THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, DECE3IBER 3, 1909. 13 DETENTION HOME REPORTED FILTHY Juvenile Court Institution Is Scored by Grand Jury Which Completes Task. KELLY BUTTE DISGRACEFUL City Jail Could Xot Be Worse Sher iff Stevens' Management Is Ex tolled Crystal Springs San itarium Is Praised. GRAND Jl'RY'S RKCOMTIETA TIONS AND CRITICISMS. Juvenile Court Detention Home un cheerf ul" and filthy. Personal appear ance of Superintendent and Matron Baker criticised. Boys' and Girls' AM Society, under Superintendent Gardner. In excellent condition. Pure milk law adequate If en forced. Severe criticism for lack of harmony between Dairy and Kood Commissioner Bailey and organiza tions Crystal Springs Sanitarium manage ment commended. f Kelly Butte quarters cramped and very unsanitary: dlsaraee to civiliza tion. Vounty Commissioners orjeed to furnish new range at once, and to Install electric lights. Iron beds In place of wooden tiunks recommended. Sheriff Stevens- management of the County Jail commended: accommo dations Inadequate but clean and or derly, city Jail could not be worse. T.lnnton Quarry In good working order. City Building Inspector should In spect high scaffolds. Management of Florence Crlttenton Home commended. The Detention Home of the Juvenile Court received a solar plexus blow when the county prand jury returned Its re port for November to Presiding Circuit Judge. Bronaugh late yesterday afternoon. This Is tne second time a grand jury has criticised the iruvnasement of tho Institu tion. While the jury, which finished its work yesterday, did not recommend the discontinuance of this institution, and say that It is a burden upon the taxpayers. Ita denunciation of the management of Superintendent and Matron Baker Is more scathing than that of the preceding jury. Matron Found Untidy. "We are not pleased with the conditions which we found at the Detention Home." says the report. . "For an institution of this kind there is a deplorable lack of cheerfulness, which Is enhanced by the uncleanly conditions In the dormitories, as well as other portions of the building. The beddlnsr was filthy in the extreme. There is a decidedly objectionable odor In the basement, arising from the bad con dition of the closets and laundry tubs, which must of necessity permeate the other parts of the building. We believe that the object of an institution of this character should be to elevate tha Ideals of the boys and girls and create a desire for better things than they have Known. The personal appearance of the superin tendent and matron are not attractive or tidy, and with the exception of the school-, room we found but little that is com mendable." Judge Would Withhold Report. Judge Bronaugh who presides over the Juvenile Court, as well as the Circuit Court, endeavored to keep the grand jury's report from the public last night, saying it contained some thlnes he wished to investigate. He thanked the jurors for having completed the investigation of all matters on hand and discharged them. The grand jurors were: S. C. Pier, fore man: A. 7 Johnston. Edward Iagee-. John Schlet. John Olson. A. E. Schang and W. H. Phelan. During the last month they returned 19 true bills and five not true bills. In contrast with the Jury's report re garding the Detention Home is that re garding the Boys' and Girls" Aid Society, which they say thoy thoroughly inspected. Superintendent Gardner's management is all that could he desired, says the report. "We believe the average citizen has but little Idea of the scope and character of the efforts made in behalf of these de pendent children," continues the report. "From cellar to garret the institution la neat and orderly, and absolutely sanitary. The furnishing of dormitories by the t'ounty Courts of various Oregon coun ties is certainly praiseworthy, and we urge continued Interest on the part ' of county authorities and citizens in gen eral." Kelly Butte Disgusting. The management of Kelly Butte, in the hands of the County Commissioners, re ceives practically the same criticism as the Detention Home management. "The accommodations of the prisoners while not at work does not meet with ota u'pproval," say the Jurors. "The. quarters are not adequate to the number of pris oners confined there. Forty-nine prison ers are confined in a combined living and sleeping-room', 2ff by 34 feet, next to which Is a small dining-room 20 by 20 feet, separated by a grating from the kitchen, the latter being 13 by 20 feet. Conditions In the sleeping-room and dining-room are most disgusting, and a dis grace to modern civilization. In the name of common decency we ask that this be remedied at once. We recommend that the sleeping quarters be enlarged, and the sanitary conditions, remedied at once. ' Kitchen Range Useless. "In the kitchen we found the cooking range tt be broken and absolutely worth less. We ask that the proper authorities furnish a new ranee immediately, as proper results cannot be obtained from the one they are now using. ' "We note with surprise that the only .means of lighting the plant is by kero sene lamps, and strongly recommend the immediate installing of an electric light ing; system so that the entire plant can be quickly lighted from some given point. We believe this lighting system is neces sary to Insure the safe-keeping of the prisoners, and the safety of the keeper, as well as a matter of great convenience. "We would recommend that the wooden bunks now in us-e. which are very un sanitary, should be replaced by iron beds (Imi'.ar to those in use at the prison at the Llnnton rock quarry." Sheriff Stevens Praised. A high compliment Is paid Sheriff Stev ens and Jailers Hunter and Phillips for the manner in which the County Jail is being conducted. . "Conditions are as good as they pos sibly could be. considering the limited ad-x-antages." say the grand Jurors. "Tlie government of the Jail is the very best, and from one end to the other is abso lutely clean and in perfect order. "We ? believe the treatment of the prisoners is perfectly satisfactory, and their food, bedding and other requirements are a good, or better, than can be found in any similar institution." Conditions at Llnnton rock quarry Are said to be good. "Not altogether desirable" is the way the Jurymen describe conditions In five Multnomah County dairies." "The conditions In some cass weri open to severe criticism." say the investi gators, "but taken altogether we found a much better condition.' than we had) looked for. and we believe that the dairymen wo visited .are making on earnest effort to ward better ventilation and cleanliness, and show an evident desire to furnish pure ar.d wholesome milk. We believe the laws we have, if properly enforced by tlie Dairy and Food Commissioner, in conjunction with the various bodies who are interesting themselves in pure food products, are sufficient to make the work of this Commission, highly effective. " Bickering Is Censured. 'We must, however, severely criticise the lack of cooperation between J. W. Bailey, the present Dairy and Food Com missioner, and- the various organizations which are working along these lines. It is only through unity of action that the desired results can e obtained." The report continues as follows: We would call the attention of the City Building Inspector to the matter of the Inspection of scaffolds for workmen on high buildings, as the case of death of a. cornice worker was investigated by us in which we were unable to fix the responsibility as to who could bo held accountable for the proper inspection of scaffolds. We feel that a law should be enacted which will "have clearly denned tlse respon sibility for accidents of this character. If a law In the above matter exists, it is evi dently a dead letter, and we call the at tention of the city Council and of the next s-tate legislature for remedy. 4 ftanitaxium Ways Extolled. In view of the publicity that has been given the alleged mismanagement of the Crystal Springs Sanitarium, an institution for the care of Alaska insane patterns, sit uated at Mt. Tabor, under charge of Dr. R. 1.. .Gillespie, this tcrand Jury has given the matter a most thorough investigation and critical Inspection. In making this in spection, we have considered the following points: The location, the treatment ac corded the Inmates, the accommodations, the sanitary oondttlons, the character of food provided and the capability of the management. We consider the location as ideal (or an Institution of this kind. Treatment of inmates was gone into thoroughly and found to be uniformily kind and considerate and that wherever restraint is required, which In extreme cases must be expected, no undue haxsh methods were employed We consider the sanitary con ditions perfect and do not know of a single recommendation to make along this line. At two different times, when this Jury was not expected, a thorough investigation was made or the kind and quality of the food served the patients and found to be bountt ful. of sufficient variety and absolutely wholesome. We are pleased to report that the management of the Institution by Dr. R. L. Gillespie, from a business as well as from a humane standpoint, is, as far as we can note, above criticism and we highly commend the administration of Its affairs. We have made this report after -the most exhausted research and personal investiga tion of disinterested witnesses. Hume Praised Highly. We have only the highest commendation for this splendid Institution which, after a very close Inspection, wai found to be fully carrying out the objects for which It was created. We earnestly commend It to the authorities and to charitably inclined people in general. In closing our report, we wish to heart ily commend the conduct of the District Attorney's office and extend our thanks to District Attorney Cameron and Dep uties J. J. Fitzgerald. Thad W. Vreeland, J. H. Page and V. D. Hennessy. who have rendered us valuable assistance In our work, and have at all times accorded us most courteous treatment. . DOCK MONOPOLY KILLED PORT OF PORTLAND COMMIS SION FILES AFFIDAVIT. In Circuit Court Papers, Members of Committee Declare They Will Not Allow Trust to Form. William D. Wheelwright. C F. Adams and J. C. Alnsworth. members of the drydock committee of the Port of Portland Commission, filed an affi davit in the Circuit Court yesterday in which they say they do not intend to allow the Oregon Drydock Company to exercise a monopolistic control over drydocking at this port. Another firm Is now belli)? organized they say, to submit a competing bid. - They point out that the drydock has cost the taxpayers $.12,000 a year for the last five and a half years, and that this loss will be 50 per cent greater when the new dock of the Oregon Dry dock Company is placed in operation. "The difficulties of the commission are further aggravated."' they say. "by the fact that contractors for repairs to ships docking at a public dock have to pay about 60 cents a day extra to labor ers and ft a day extra for labor on craft crossing the bar. .All these dis criminations against the public dock disappear In the hands of private lessees. The purpose of tho commis sion is to increase the efficiency of the Willamette River as a port, by enabling It to compete with others." , The drydock case. In which the Port of Portland is being sued by Albert Crowe for an ' Injunction compelling the commission to refrain from leasing the drydock to private interests, -did not come up for argument in the Circuit Court yesterday afternoon as expected. Judge Bronaugh had Just finished a long session, in which he had heard ex tended arguments upon the legality of the 12 Indictments against the defunct Oregon Trust Bank Officials. ( As it was necessary also to arraign a nuiiiucr u anegea criminals, and the judge wished to work upon some cases he has under advisement, the drydock case was continued- indefinitely. FRUIT MEN WILL CONVENE - State Horticultural Society Opens Session Tuesday. The annual session of the Stats Hor ticultural Society will open Tuesday morning in the auditorium of tho Meier & Frank Company's store. Tuesday evening, at the invitation of the T. M. C. A., the society will meet in the as sociation building at Sixth and Taylor streets. At that -time Professor A. B. Cordley, of the Orlgon . Agricultural College, will give an ilustrated lecture on the subject, "Apple Scab and Its Control." Owing to this conference next week, no meeting will be held this week by the Portland Apple Growers' Associa tion, the organization recently formed by the Toung Men's Christian Associa tion. W. K. Newell will speak at the next meeting of the Portland Apple G-ow-ers' Association, which will be held December 11 in the Y. M. C- A. audi torium. His subject will be, "Manage ment of an Apple Orchard." FASHI0lISCHANGE. The present mode of hairdressing re quires a switch. Today and tomorrow we will give you the 'benefit of our gigan tic purchase. $5. $10. $15 and $30 values at half price. Up-to-Date Hair Shop, 147H Sixth street. - OLD BLOCK BOUGHT Carbarns Site on Chapman Street Sold for $15,500. C. V. DYMENT PURCHASER Newspaper Man Secures Property, Bounded . by Market, Mill, Nine teenth and Chapman, From the Railway Company. One of the important real estate deals of the month was made yesterday after noon when the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company sold the block bounded by Chapman. Nineteenth. Market and Mill streets to Colin V. Dyment for $15, 600. The deal was mads by R. F. Bryan. This block is at the terminal of the Chapman-street carline, at the base of Portland Heights and possesses a Port land Heights' view. It is 200x210 and about 15 minutes" -walk- from the heart of the business section. The sale is the first one of any size made in" that dis trict for some time. The location Is three blocks from Jef ferson street and' three blocks from the end of the Montgomery -street line. On the property at present are tlie Chapman-street carbarns of the streetcar company, which are included in the pur chase. New airbarna are to be built elsewhere, where the cars and other equipment of the company, now stored on Chapman street, will be moved. ' The purchase was made as an invest ment and probably nothing will be done before Spring with the property. It is one of the few erltirel'y intact blocks re mainldg on- the West Side close in. The location is considered a splendid one for an apartment-house site. The carbarns built In 1890 are still substantial. Mr. Dyment, the purchaser, is Coast editor of the Evening Telegram. LOT SELLS FOR $39,000 BIG DEAli CLOSED ON MAIN STREET PROPERTY. Mrs. Barbara B. Dal ton Purchaser. Solomon Hart Pays $35,000 for First-Street Lot. Negotiations were closed yesterday by which Mrs. Barbara B. Dalton, daughter of R. Gerlinger. purchased the. single lot, 60x100 feet in size.' located at the north west comer of Second and Main streets, from Abe Tichenor. for $39,000. The property is described as lot 4, block 24, city. The sale was made through the agency of Keasey, Humason & Jeffery. On this lot there are at present eome old shacks, but these will be replaced in the Spring with a four-story brick store and rooming-house building, which will be constructed of pressed brick, steel construction, and will cost in the neigh borhood of $60,000. Mr. Tichenor bought the property three years ago for $23,000. The building of the Baker Theater on the adjoining prop erty, the pending opening of the Madison bridge and general building In that neighborhood have helped to enhance the value of this property. Solomon Hart has purchased a lot lo cated on the west side of First street, between Salmon and. Main .streets, from the F. C. Smith, estate, for $35,000. The property is, described as lot 2, block 11. city. It is improved, with a two-story frame building which Is built with brick side walls. Mr. Hart has bought the ground pure ly as an investment and Is contemplating no improvements. The four stores now in the building, together with- the rooms on the second floor, bring in a net rental of 9 per cent on the Investment. The sale was negotiated through the agency of E. May and Clohessy & Smith. RAILWAY BUYS NEW POWER (Continued From First Page.)1 where a station will be established with an ultimate capacity of 60.000 horsepower. It Is expected to have this latter station in operation in the Fall of 1913. , "The city is growing so rapidly," said B. S. Josselyn, president of the company, yesterday, tbat we must look well into the future in providing sufficient power to meet the growing demand, and It is doubtful whether any other similar con cern Is doing as much to keep up with the growth of the city in this respect as Is thte Portland Railway, Light & Power Company. When the work we have planned is completed It will give the Portland Railway, Light & Power Com pany three water power stations on the Clackamas River within a distance of 10 Good Food Is the secret of many a successful household- Post Toasties I ti nf a iic ivicmury lingers Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Battle Creek, Mich. miles. All o these plants will be oper ated in unison, impounding the water for the upper plant and1 then passing it down through the three stations. This will make one of the strongest and; largest power developments in the United States. . More Power Lines Called For. "The company will "also operate the sawmill In getting out lumber for con struction of new power-bouses, dams, etc., for its various new buildings . and for street improvements. v "The company now has three high-tension 30.000-volt transmission 1 fries between Caxadero and Portland. Th two addi tional water power plants will require more transmission lines and to meet that need we will construct & line of steel towers from Casadero to Portland this coming year to carry two- 100,000-volt circuits of three wires each. This im provement will cost approximately $150, 000. ' "It is possible that the da.ra to be erect ed at the Estacada. or Morris site, will be or hollow concrete construction, a de parture in dam building. On my trip East I went to Ellsworth, Me., and in spected a hollow concrete dam in use at that point, and found It to be giving per fect satisfaction and its cost materially less than that of a solid concrete dam. However, the style of dam has not yet been determined, but if the hollow type Is adopted the powec-house will be placed inside of the dam." r.V LINDEN IS CAUGHT DISAPPEARS AFTER FIGHT AND DEATH OF BROTHER. Young Man Is Held Prisoner In. City Jail Awaiting Action of Dis trict Attorney. "Wanted in connection with a fight which is believed to have caused the death of his brother James, and sought for by the police since November 15, Ownie McLlnden. 24 years old, was taken into custody last night by Detectives Craddock and Mallett. He is detained at the City Jail, awaiting the action of the District Atttorney. During an altercation with his brother In the yard of their home at 398 Con stance street, on the night of November 15, Ownie is alleged to have wrested a picket from a nearby fence and pro ceeded to beat his adversary over the head in an unmerciful manner. James, the injured brother, did .not display any disastrous effects of the beating until several hours after the conflict. But eventually he lapsed; into unconsciousness and died the following day. A post mortem examination held by Coroner Norden had a tendency to show that Mc Unden's death- was superinduced! by heart disease. The estimony of witnesses ad duced at the Inquest held over the body on November 18 was of such an incrimi nating rfeture that the Coroner's jury directed a further investigation. Immediately following the fight Ownie McLinden fled from home and eluded po lice search. He was 'captured on the street in an intoxicated condition by the detectives last night. When taken to police headquarters at the time of his arrest he displayed no serious concern. While he prepared, for admission into the cellroom he jokingly said to the bystanders: "I 'spose you'll hang me up for this well, I'm not the first innocent Irishman that swung from a gibbet." The prisoner is a teamster by occupation.- . BOOSTERS TO REORGANIZE South Portland Club Plans to Form '25 Branch Organizations. At a meeting of the South Portland Boosters club, held last night at St. Lawrence's Church at Third and Sher man streets, a movement wast started to organize the entire South Portland district and to recreate the South Port land Boosters into a central organiza tion. It Is planned to divide the dis trict, south of Madison street. Into about 25 precincts and in each precinct to have an auxiliary push club working through the central organization. All property owners in the district, who are members of theclub, will be re quired to contribute monthly to carry on an advertising campaign -for South Portland. The members of the club adopted resolutions favoringn the proposal to lay water mains from the general fund Instead of charging It to the Individual property. This will come up at the electon called by the Mayor. Resolu tions were also adopted favoring" the installation of water . meters all over the city. Committees were appointed to organize local push clubs in the var ious precincts in South Portland. . . . , , ' Holley Gets Educational Meet. ALBANY, Or.. Dec. 2. (Special.) A big educational meeting will be held at Holley Saturday under the auspices, of County School Superintendent W. L. Jackson and the Holley Grange. It is the first of a series of meetings. Superintendent Jack son will conduct in different parts of the county this Winter. Prizes will be given Is a delightful food to keep on the pantry shelf, because it is always ready to serve with cream or fruits. Also used in numer ous ways to make many "good things better." In packages, there is a little booklet, "Tid-Bita made with Toasties," that tells how. i : TAKE The Addition with Character It is active. Forty teams grading streets. Preparations in progress for laying sewers, water mains, gas mains, sidewalks, etc., etc. HENRY BLDG. PHONES: Main 2565, A 5234 for the best declamation and best maps of Oregon and the United States, drawn from memory. SIMON HEADS DELEGATION Governor Benson. Appoints Repre sentatives to Civic Federation. SALEM, Or., Dec. 2. Speclal.)-rGov-ernor Benson this afternoon announced the names of the delegates appointed to represent Oregon at the National Civic Federation to be held at Washington. D. C, January 6, 6 and 7, 1910. Seth, Low is president of the Federation and President Taft will deliver an address. The pur pose of the Federation is to create a sen timent for uniform legislation for the states. The following will represent this state: Joseph Simon, W."H. Fowler, T. B. Wil cox, Charles H. Carey. C. E. McCulloch, Christmas A FEW SUGGESTIONS Auto Clocks Robe Bails Foot Rests Ammeters Robes Hats and Caps Coats, Gauntlets .Horns, etc., etc. Gillette Razors Airguns Ballou fk Wright 86 SIXTH STREET. T E you work with hand or brain; if you are rich or in moderate circumstances, or poor, there's one food that is indispensable if you want vigor and good health. Quaker Oats is within the reach of all and it is absolutely necessary to all. The one food that contains all the elements .that build brain and muscle. Eat more Quaker Oats and note the improvement in your health. "pe Quaker Qats Qmpany CHICAGO TIME To Visit H. H. Emmons, F. W. Mulkey, George E. Chamberlain, Charles H. Gramm, B. Lee Paget, Rev. Clarence True Wilson, all of Portland; George F. Rodgers and R. A. Harris, Salem; J. W. Knowles, La Grande; D. H. P. Belknap. Prineville: Dr. William Kukkendahl. Eugene; Pro fessor J. B. Hornerf Corvallis; Dr. E. B. Plckel, Medford; Rv. Arthur Lane, Al bany. One Killed, One Hurt by Blast. THE DALLES.- Or., Dec. 2. Special.) M. Merrltt was instantly killed and Louis Johnson was Injured by a premature explosion at the Government works at Celilo yesterday. A Coroner s jury vis ited the scene of the accident and re turned a verdict without placing the blame. Two Adjudged Insane. THE DALLE3. Or., Dec. 2.fSpecial.) Lew Wexel.. a bartender, "and Rudolph Ennbom. a Swedish railroad laborer, were Shoppers Should Bear in Mind That We Carry Many Suitable Presents. Thermos Bottles, Jars and Coffee Pots $3.75 Up 'ts -- Flash Lights All Styles 75c to $3.00 Boxing Gloves, Foot Balls Striking Bags from . 75c to $6.00 Hamilton Rifles Gymnasium Shoes Basketballs Bicycles Motorcycles OPP. WELLS-FARGO BLOCK TODAY 522 CORBETT BLDG. 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