THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1910.
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SENATORS
LET CHANGE SLIP
Share in $1,000,000 Survey
Fund Lost by Inactivity of
Bourne and Chamberlain.
WORK HERE NOW DELAYED
tioTrrnment Will Put Out Survey
ors on SUry to Pl.t Public
Land of XovUieit Contract
Men to Be Given Preference.
OREGOXIAX NETS BUREAU. Wash
ington. Aug. . Under authority
granted by Congress. Just before ad
journment, the General Land Office' J"
preparing to employ, on regular sal
aries, a corps of 0 or more transit men
to expedite the work of surveying the
remaining public lands of the West.
There Is more than 1.000.0'0 now
available to carry on public land sur
veys. In addition o amounts appropri
ated a year ago. and covered by con
tracts let last May. and by the close
of the present season It Is expected
that a greater amount of surveying will
have been completed than In any one
year since this class of work was un
dertaken. Supervisors Arthur D. Kidder and
Frank M. Johnson. In charge of sur
veys In the field, have been In confer
ence at Denver, laying out plans for
expending the appropriations made at
the recent session, and already they
have started men to work In several
states of the Mississippi Valley. Within
a few weeks, they expect to have Gov
ernment surveyors, on salary, at work
In every state of the West, and with
unusually large forces In Idaho. Mon
tana and Utah, each of which state se
cured, through their Senators special
appropriations of $100,000 each.
Oregon Senators Too Stow.
Oregon got no special appropriation,
and while It does not need It like Idaho,
or Montana, yet 1 100.000 In a special
fund would have gone a long way to
ward closing up the surveys of public
lands In the state, thereby making
available for entry all remaining public
lands that are not reserved or with
drawn. But while Senators Borah and
Hevburn were getting $100,000 for
Idaho. Senators Carter and Dixon were
getting the same for Montana, and Sen
ators Smoot and Sutherland were grab
bing a like fund for Utah, the Oregon
Senators sat Idly by. watching the per
formance, and never so much as asked
-for $100,000, or any other special
mount for Oregon, which explains
why surveys In Oregon will proceed
more leisurely than. In the states
named, for Oregon's surveys must be
raid for out of the general fund.
The new legislation authorixes the
appointment on salary of regular Gov
eminent surveyors, whose compens
tion at the outset will range from f 100
to $1S0 per month. 1 his system Is to
supplant the present contract system,
though for the remainder of the pres
ent season, surveys will be made both
under contract and by salaried survey
or on the Government payroll, as there
are contracts now In force which were
let before the new law went Into effect.
Ultimately all surveyors employed by
the Land Office will have to pees the
rivtl service examination, but for' the
present season the examination will, it
Is said, not be necessary- The season
Is already so far advanced that the work
would he materially delayed If the Land
Office had to wait on the examination,
and therefore authority has been granted
by the Commission to make appointments
Immediately, with the understanding
that the appointees must take the exam
ination If they desire permanently to re
main in the Government employ. By next
season all surveyors will be under dvtl
service.
Contract Men Preferred.
In the appointment of surveyors. In
structlons have been sent out to give
preference to contract surveyors who
have heretofore run lines for the Gov
ernment and whose work has poven ac
ceptable upon examination. Some of the
contract surveyors have proven efficient.
others have proven unreliable. The latter
cla9 will not be appointed, but ail of
the former who care to enter the aervVe
will find no difficulty In doing so this
season. - Moreover. It Is desired to se
cure Western men. a far as possible, for
this class of work.
In the appointment of surveyors thi
season the General Land Office, will de
pend largely upon the recommendation a
of the Surveyors-General of the respect
ive states. Those officials are Informed
as to Ihe competency of surveyors resfd'
Ing In their states and .will be better able
than the officials In Washington to pick
tne rtsnt men.
In determining the lands first to. be
purveyed. Supervisors Kidder and John
son will consult with Surveyors-General
and direct that work be started upon
land now occupied by settlers and for
whose survey application has been made.
This will be done In order that settlers
may Initiate entries ss soon as possible.
After the occupied lands have been sur
veyed, the Government surveyors will
work around the districts first covered
nd wiH not be Jumped about from one
place to another.
The General Land Office hopes to set
record for 'surveying work this year,
and not only desires to clean up the
platting of the public domain as rapidly
s possible, but to . demonstrate the ef
fectiveness of the new system, which
was authorised upon Its recommenda
tion. The mere fact that surveys can
be begun within a month of the time
when the appropriation became available
Is one big point In favor of the change,
for under the old system conTracts were
seldom let until eight or ten months af
ter the appropriations were made, and
vri.rk was really a year behind. That is
why surveys are being made under con
tract this season: the money to pay for
those contracts was appropriated more
than a year ago.
MRS. PAYNE'S BREAD BEST
flaking Context Is Conducted
Evening Star Grange.
by
At the bread-making contest held
Saturday afternoon during- the lec
turer's tiour. at the meeting of Even
ing Star lodge. Patrons of Husbandry.
In the hall on the Section Lin road,
Mrs. Nellie Payne won the first prlae
for the finest loaf of bread, the prize
being a cut-glass dish. Second prize
was won by Kmma I .arse n. the prize
being a silverware dish, and the third
prtate was won by Mrs. Harry Elliott,
the prize being a handsome brooch.
George H. Himea. Mrs. Pollock and
Mrs. Margaret Reed were the Judges.
Much Interest was taken In the con
test, and the display of fine bread
showed that the making of bread is
ox a wn arc. ia ua axscussion ox
J bom life following the contest, G. H.
Him, who bu always been Interested
In breadmaklna- and hu given prises.
strongly commended those who had
made effort -to win the prises. He
said that the ability to make (rood
bread was an accomplishment to which
every young; woman should aspire.
Mrs. Hay hurst read a paper of in
terest. A challenge was accepted from
tVoodlawn Grange for a debate.' and
the Joint committees were appointed
to make arrangements, select a sub
ject and tlx time and place. The joint
committee was given power to act for
the two granges.
ECHO OF TRUST IS HEARD
Furniture-Collection Case Raises
Fine Point Follow Ins; Conviction. .
The contention was made In plead
ings before Justice Olson yesterday
that a company which has been ad
judged guilty of violation of the Fed
eral anti-trust law cannot proceed at
law to enforce any contract Involving
the transactions upon which It has
been convicted.
The point Is made in the answer of
H. F. Joslln to a suit filed against him
by G. E. Elfers to collect a bill of $40
for furniture, the bill having been
assigned to Klfers by William Gadsby
Son. Joslln, In his answer, sets
forth that the Gadsby Company was
PRESIDENT OF CHILE. WHO
STATES, AND
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prosecuted In the Federal courts for
being a member of an association to
control the price of furniture, that it
pleaded guilty and was fined $500 on
July 6. 1907.
The answer further sets forth that
the obligation of Joslln was contracted
while the Illegal combination was In
force and that therefore Judgment In
favor of the company or Its assignee
would constitute a compulsion on the
part of the court of compliance with
an illegal act.
Josltn's further defense Is that the
articles he purchased were not worth
the price charged.
MESSENGERS NOT VICIOUS
Company Manager Denies Asser
tions of Paul Binklcr.
Assertions of Paul Blnkler that vice
exists among messenger boys Is un
true, according to J. W. Hays, man
ager of the Hasty Messenger Company.
He said last night:
"Most of the statements reported to
have been made by Paul Blnkler re
garding" the Hasty Messenger Com
pany, which appeared In The Ore-a-onlan
of last Sunday, are woolly un
true and without foundation. The
peculiar story he tells regarding beer
turns out to be entirely a hoax and
merely a practical joke on Blnkler by
his mischievous comrades.
"During the quarter of a century
that I have lived in Portland. In my
capacity as Western floion manager.
Postal Telegraph manager. Pacific
Messenger manager and Hasty Mes
senger manager, I have employed prob
ably 5000 boys and clerks and out of
this small army less than half have
turned out bad. One of the brightest
men In the last Legislature was one of
my former messengers, and he had the
pleasure of greeting In the Legislative
hslln six other rormer comrades.
"We have doctors, lawyers, dentists.
actors and business men by the score.
nd I know of four ministers of the
gospel who formerly 'donned the cap'
In the messenger service.
"These boys must necessarily be
brighter and quicker than the average
youngster, and as their business neces
sitates active mentality they have but
little time for mischief and foolish
ness." WEBER'S BAND PLEASES
The Oaks Visitors Made Happy;
Symphony Concert on Tuesday.
Beginning last week. Weber's Prise
Band of America at the Oaks has. from
the first appearance, succeeded in creat
ing a position tnat la believed to be In
the front rank of tne great oanas oi we
country. At every appearance of this
talented organization the audience have
demanded encore after encore, to which
Mr. Weber happily has responded.
The ' cornet soloist. - Frank Simon.
charms his hearers with numbers that
call for the most vociferous applause,
and the vocal solos of Miss Blanche Me
haffy. soprano, brought the audience to
a high state of enthusiasm that would
not be stilled until tne charming singer
responded to repeated encores.
Durmg tne'' concert Dumwy iiisiiu -'i ' .
Weber announced that Mr. Cordray. man
ager of the Oaks, naa arrangea wun
him for a symphony concert to be given
Tuesday afternoon, and had offered the
use of the big auditorium free to visitors
for the occasion, ir. Weber on similar
occasions has taken high rank as a con
ductor of the beautiful and intricate
compositions of the great composers of
this and past times. ,
In addition to the artistic musical
attraction at the Oaks, it should not
be overlooked that many regular at
tractions are available to visitors, of a
class that please all visitors to this
beautiful park on the Willamette.
reached by cars from East Morrison and
East Water streets or by launch from
he foot of Morrison street -
Strack a Rich Mlae.
S. W. Bends, of Coal City, Ala., says he
struck a perfect mine of health in Dr.
King's New Life Pills for they cured-)
him of Liver and Kidney Trouble after
12 years of suffering. They are the best
pills on earth ror constipation, juaiaria.
Headarhe. Dyspepsia, DebUlty. 2to at
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HAIR PILLOW GIVEN
President of Chile Can't Sleep
' on Feathers. .
HOTEL MEETS HIS WANTS
Upholsterer Is Told to Fill Hush Or
der and Latin-American Execu
tive Enjoys First Night's Rest
Since Leaving Home.
VEW YORK. Aug. 8. (Special.) Pll
inm-e stuffed with horsehair afforded
President Montt, of Chile, the first good
sleep last night he has had since he left
Santiago.
American feather pillows are not to the
liking of the South American executive,
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HIS WIFE.
MRS, MO.TT IX CARRIAGE.
and as soon as he arrived In New York
he asked for pillow stuffed with horse
hair. The hotel clerk had never heard
of horsehair pillows. A rueh order was
put In with an upholsterer, however.
Montt and his party went to Boston
yesterday and did not get back until last
evening. When they arrived the Chilean
president was shown to a bed equipped
with horsehair pillows. There were also
horsehair pillows for every member of
the president's party and they slept as
If back In their native Chile. The pil
lows will be presented to them to take
to Europe.
Don Pedro Montt, president of Chile,
is making a brief visit to the United
States before he goes to Europe for his
health. Last week he was the guest of
President Taft.
The Chilean president is one of the
foremost Latin-American statesman, and
belongs to a family of great men. His
father was president of Chile for 10
years, from 1851 to ISfil, and he himself
was elected for a term of six years June
2t, 1907. He was born In 1S46 In Santiago,
the capital of Chile. He was graduated
from the National Institute of Santiago
with the degree of Doctor of Laws. In
1870. In 1S74 he was elected to Congress,
where he remained almost continuously
until he became president, with the ex
ception of having served as Speaker of
the House of Representatives and as
Minister In different Cabinets. He was
also in 1891 Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary to the United
States.
His wife, . who accompanies him. is re
garded as one of the most beautiful of
Chilean women, and comes, like her dis
tinguished husband, from a noted family.
President Montt speaks English. German
and French with almost the same fluency
that he does his native language, Span
ish. New Bills Open at tbe
Vaudeville Houses
Orpheum.
ANOTHER good bill, fat aH through,
is decorating the Orpheum boards
this wek. and everybody concerned Is
consequently happy.
After Minnie Dupree and her com
pany present their very funny farce,
"The Minister's Wife" the audience col
lectively and Individually agree that It
is rightfully the featured act (and so
the type says), but when Al Jolson, a
slender singing and dancing chap has
made his nth exit, the concensus of
opinion repldly turns turtle and popu
lar acclaim hoists the gentle minstrel
to the topmast notch of popularity. .
He Is a "gent" quite after the heart
of any vaudeville audience. Last year
so history narrates he mtnstrelled
with Lew Dockstader's ebonized enter
tainers. This year, he segregates, and
minstrels by his lonely. And he cer
tainly Is some show. His monologue
Is new, pristine in Its freshness and
splashing over with laughs. His songs
are the same. One of them "The Bar
ber TShop Chord" becomes a ragtime
classic when Jolson sings It In his dandy
fine voice. Then, he whistles on his
fingers several tantalizing airs and fin
ishes with his own conception of
how "The Deep" should be sung. His
marine atmosphere, interpolations ad
dressed to audience and orchestra, and
sunny personality, make him the man
of the hour, and yesterday he had to
run away from encores after making
a "speech." ....
And now to Miss Dupree. who is
highly reminiscent of Grace George -at
her best. Miss Dupree's sketch Is a
keen little, clean little bit of rolliking
comedy that sets everyone in excellent
good spirits, and brings Instant - ap
preciation of ' the talented ' actress'
charm of person and histrionic ability.
The sketch tells of a light-hearted
maiden who weds an earnest saver of
souls and goes with him to a country
village. She sets all the gossips'
tongues wagging because of her pretty
clothes and care-free air, and the In
evitable Deacon somebody comes to the
parsonage too remonstrate with the
minister. The latter, in turn passes
the remonstrance on to the butterfly
wife, with additional and private views
of her scandalous doings. Then Just
as the rift in the lute begins to ap
pear, she brings her Judge and self
appointed censor from his perch of self
rlghleeusness by her discovery, of a Xat
'.
pink, silk stocking and a snaky, red
curl In some of his old college books.
Too, the long expected "call" from the
city parish comes also and simultan
eously, and the curtain goes down on
the scandalized deacon flouting the
hose, while the culprits warble a hymn.
Miss Dupree's support includes J. Paul
Jones as the minister and Harry Lari-
bee as the deacon.
An excellent act Is that of the six
Kaufmans, four maids and two men
all good-looking, finely-proportioned
athletes who evidently take to cycling
as a duck to -water. Their act is beau
tiful, and does not tire or wax tedious,
as too often does -the, bicyclist's art.
They Introduce a lot of innovations,
dress particularly attractively and
please abundantly.
Sidney Dale and Pat Boyle present
a singing and dancing novelty, called
"The Belle and the Beau." The "Beau"
Is the best dancer Orpheum folks have
seen in many days, and the terpsichore
team-work of the two is a marvelous
bit of detail. The "Belle." who dresses
In a wonderful French gown and bon
net, sings In a gentle way, with sur
prising top notes, and then takes off
her (?) hair and hat and proves an
alibi. '
Then there' is Mister O'Brien-Havel
(hyphenated. It you please), whs Is a
rotund Jelly-like person, and walks
easily on his eai or the back of his
neck. Assisted by Miss Bessie Kyle,
the hyphenated person presents a ridic
ulous farce by that dean of vaudeville
playwrights. Will M. Creasy, called
The Office Boy and the Typewriter.
The lines wre funny, but O'B-H is
funnier, and Is a fat little riot all by
himself. His bit of fooling -with the
telephone is a concentrated laugh-getter.
Mile. Renee, billed as the "Goddess
of Music" looks like Mrs. Pat Campbell,
walks like Salome and plays artistical
ly on the saxaphone, cornet, piano and
ocarina. The orchestra ought to draw
half her salary for able assistance ren
dered.' Opening the bill are the Dennis
brothers, equilibrists of the better sort.
Their act holds Interest from start to
finish, and may be classed as of the
hair-raising species. On a ladder, rap
Idly revolving in mid-air, the two ath
letes pose and equilibrate sensationally.
All in all, its a dandy good bllll.
Grand.
TS a dandy good bill at the Grand this
week that has Henry Lee for its star.
Mr. Lee s a sterling actor of the old
school, and received an ovation upon his
appearance. He Impersonated, the late
'Mark Twain," Joseph Cannon, General
Grant. General Lee and Colonel Roose
velt. After a short address, Mr. Lee
hurriedly makes up for each successive
character In view of the audience.
Two playlets are on the bill. One Is a
novelty having for Its setting a studio
where the producer seems to have at
tempted to place as many different
objects as possible in a limited space.
Walter Shannon has a good voice and
makes a hit during his duet; singing bits
of grand opera, with Beatrice McKenzle.
The other sketch is one of those weepy.
taoloid dramas with . a happy ending.
presented by Mies Alice Mortlock and a
company of three. Miss Mortlock -is
The Other Woman" and the beat part
of the drama.
A trio of men, juggler, singer and com
bined dancer and musician, make up the
half dozen turns. Lew Hoffman, the
luggler was given continuous applause
for his tricks from his entrance on horse
back. The audience perspired In sym
pathy with George O'Malley when he
tied hlmeielf Into knots during his eccen
tric dancing and for other reasons, when
he sang. Musical Irving was eccentric
In his appearance but his hearers couldn't
get enough of his cello solos and those on
a cigar-box violin wltjj one string.
The pictures show a stirring war mm.
with appropriate music by the orchestra,
and views of Pekin.
Lyric.
The Armstrong Musical Comedy
Company, at the Ljjrlc, redeems itself
this week in the presentation of "The
College Girls." The public is willing
to forget the offense of last week and
would stay away from all shows for
a month if necessary in order to enjoy
the hour and 15 minutes of solid, side
splitting laughter the company fur
nishes this week. From every angle.
It is the best show the company has
put on during Its 11 weeks in Port
land. The comedians have the chance
of their lives and the chorus blossoms
out in a lot of new costumes, dances
and catchy music.
Gus Leonard. as Professor von
Neverwasslt. Is In his glory at the head
of the college and his speech to the
students, declaring a holiday. Is a
scream. Will Howard, as Billy Watts,
and Will Armstrong. as Dennis
O'Reilly, the lonely male students in a
co-ed institution, get mixed in nat'ural
and consequently humorous situations.
Ed. Mitchell is brought out in a new
role as Prigley Smith, a deaf million
aire, who endows the college, and is
finally Jobbed out of his daughter
Winnie. Miss Ethel Davis, by the pro
fessor and O'Reilly playing wild men
and giving Watts a chance to prove
himself a hero, an .accomplishment
Smith demands of a son-in-law. Winnie
and her sister Delia, Miss Clara How
ard, are In on the game, for Winnie
wants 'a man and has a particularly
bad case of love with Watts.
The chorus makes several big hits,
especially with Its champagne dance,
the football chorus and "They Always
Follow Me." t
The climax Is reached when the pro
fessor and O'Reilly appear In their
wlldman costumes and the audience,
for the first time, has an opportunity
of seeing Gus Leonard's legs rattle
around In tights.'
FATHER M'DONALD IS DEAD
Priest Well-Known In Portland, Dies
. in Montreal.
Rev. Father Dougal McDonald, C S.
S. R... formerly connected with the
Holy Redeemer Church, of the Redemp
torlst fathers of Piedmont, of this city,
died a tew day ago at his home in
Montreal, Canada. News of his death
reached the Redemptorist community
at Piedmont Sunday. Since 1907 he was
connected with the mission field of
the Northwest and was stationed at
Portland and Seattle. During the three
years he was connected with these
communities he was engaged in hold
ing missions and retreats in Oregon
and Washington. He was but 39 years
old and had been an ordained priest
but 10 years. His former associates
here speak of him in the highest words
of praise, and say that he will be
deeply missed throughout the North
west. He was stricken while holding
a mission near Winnipeg. Canada, as
a result of an old complaint, and an
operation was performed wltnout suc
cess. ' f
This morning at S o'clock solemn
requiem mass will be celebrated in the
chapel of the Holy Redeemer Church.
Piedmont, for the repose of the soul
Brooks to Lead Alaska Surveys.
SEATTLE. Aug. 8. A. H. Brooks,
of the United States Geological Survey,
sailed on) the steamship Alameda to
night for Valdez and Seward, where he
will oversee the work being done by
survey partfes in the Alaska coal fields.
Mr. Brooks has charge of the surveys
in the Alaska district and has several
parties at work there now.
No municipality In the country lsr' growing
faster as a manufacturing city than is New
Jinslann,
If LAW DISLIKED
Mayor of Newport Says Coun
ty Option Is Failure.
ISSUE IS STRICTLY LOCAL
State-Wide Prohibition Is Strongly
Opposed by Royal Bensell,
Who- Is Confident Law
Would Be Violated.
NEWPORT. Or., Aug. 8. (Special.)
Lincoln County bears the distinction of
being one of the few counties In the
United States which have been voted
"wet" after having been voted "dry."
Royal A. Bensell. serving his third
term as Mayor of Newport, which is the
largest town In Lincoln County, Is much
opposed to state-wide prohibition. When
interviewed on account of his long resi
dence in the county, he gave his views
as follows:
Experience with "wet' and dry' condi
tions in Newport for the last six years
convinces me that the only proper method
of handling the liquor is to allow locali
ties to control It.
Where the sentiment against saloons
predominates, the law can be enforced.
If public sentiment is opposed to state
wide prohibition, the law will be more
or less a nullity. In other words, any
law that may seem generally desirable
and yet obnoxious to certain localities,
will be defied; and defiance of the law
is dangerous, especially In the liquor
traffic It encourages disrespect for legal
authority and promotes stealth and hy
pocrasy. Local option not tne rarce now in
force in some places with proper admin
istration of the laws regulating saloons.
Is the only sane way of meeting this sub
ject fairly, and will, in my opinion, re
sult in much that is benenciat to tne
people."
PENITENCE SAVES MAX $75
Heavy Fines Inflicted by Gradiner
Justice for "Bootlegging."
GARDINER. Or.. Aug. 8. (Special.)
Prosecuting Attorney Brown secure-1
the conviction here last weeic oi inree
violators of the local option law, and
fines jvere assessed as follows: Alfred
Varrellman, 8250: Jerry Reuben, 8275;
Fred Assenbeimer, 8450.
Additional charges against the same
en were not prosecuted, on their
promise not to violate the law in the
future. Varrellman, who is a son oi
Frank Varrellman, a wealthy resident,
and who has served a term In jail for
the same offense, made a penitent ad
dress to the court, saying that he had
decided to heed the pleas of his father
and never sell liquor again.
"That speech." said Justice Williams,
hss saved you just 175. young man."
The accused men surrendered their
stocks of whisky for confiscation.
RABIES INQUIRY BEGINS
State Health Board Rushes Physi
cian to Wallowa County.
To make an investigation oT the epi
demic of rabies which has spread over a
portion of Wallowa County, Or. w. ti.
Lytle. State Veterinarian, leaves for that
section today as the representative of
the State Board of Health.
Ir. Lytle will procure the brains and
spinal cord of the dog that is reported
to have the rabies, and will bring the
specimens here for examination.
"I do not take much stock in the
rumors that these animals are afflicted
with the rabies," said Dr. C. S. White,
of the Board yesterday. "Hydrophobia
In any form Is scarcely known west of
the Rocky Mountains. There have been
reports of this disease in the past, but
upon Investigation the rumors have been
found incorrect. However, we Intend to
investigate the situation In Wallowa
County and ascertain the facts at once."
Covotes afflicted with rabies In Wallo
wa County have created pandemonium
In the neighborhood of Bly on the state
line for some time, according to infor
mation that reached the office of Dr.
White yesterday. Coyotes have bitten
domestic animals and a dog on one farm
In Wallowa County with the result that
the animals -have developed marked
svmotoms of hydrophobia. A cow that
was reported to have been bitten per
formed sundry antics about the place
and ended Its gyrations by trying to
butt down a treej
SALMON RUN FALLING OFF
Packers Fear They Will Lose Money
- - on Chinese Contracts.
ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 8. (Special.)
While the catch of salmon Sunday eve
ning was slightly better than on the
few nights previous, as is the usual
case following- the 24-hour closed sea
son. It was far from being satisfactory.
The salmon caught average very small,
while at this season, of the year large
fish should be coming in.
' The pack of .both pickled and canned
salmon Is rapidly dropping behind, and
the question of filling their Chinese
contracts Is beginning to bother some
of the canners. Last season one of the
local canning companies had a Chi
nese contract for putting up 40,000
cases, but It packed only 32,000 cases
and was thus compelled to pay out a
net loss of over 84000. This year its
Chinese contract is for 32,000 cases, and
up to a few days ago it had packed
only about 20.000 cases. '
Next year practically an the Columbia
River plants will be using the new
seamless or what are termed sani
tary cans. -This will result in elimin
ating the Chinese contracts 'to a great
extent, and more white labor will be
employed in the plants.
WAR ON SPITTING NOW ON
One Victim Forfeits' $10 Bail and
Another Pleads Not Guilty. '
The first gun in. a campaign of prose
cutions against those who make the
corner of Sixth and Washington streets
Impassable for women and children was
fired yesterday in Police Court, when
Alec Linden, arrested Sunday afternoon
for spitting on the sidewalk, forfeited
810 ball.' Harry Scott, who was arrest
ed on Saturday for a similar offense.
appeared in court and after some de
liberation decided to plead not guiityi
Hearing In his case was set. for next
Saturday. -
Patrolman Grislm has the backing of
the police officials in his work at this
corner and is acting under instructions
from Chief of Police Cox to arrest
everyone loitering about the corner to
the obstruction of traffic, and especially
to-break up. tnajiractic of spitting on
is.
NELSON AUTOMATIC AIR FENDER TO BE CONTINUED
IN SERVICE ON PORTLAND STREETS
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EFFICIENCY SHOWN BY PRACTICAL. OPERATION I' THIS CITY.
The' citizens of Portland are becoming familiar with the appearance of
the Nelson automatic air-controlled streetcar fender, the only projecting fen
der ever successfully operated In this clt. During the past four weeks it
has been in actual passenger service running over the different lines of the
city, attached to car No. 546, shown in the photograph above.
FENDER BUT RECENTLY PERFECTED.
The Nelson fender is a somewhat recent invention, having been per
fected only a year ago. However, it is already in use in" several Eastern
cities, Including Brooklyn, New York. As In Portland, its success in Brook
lyn was the result of competitive tests. More than sixty other devices were
entered against it in a test conducted by the New York City Public Serv
ice Commission, the Nelson fender being given the highest percentage of
efficiency by that commission. In the City of Portland more than forty de
vices have been tested during the past year and a half by the Mayor and
City Council, and by far the best efficiency was shown by the Nelson fender.
. . NEW PRINCIPLE IN FENDER CONSTRUCTION.
A new principle in fender construction is involved in the Nelson device.
Heretofore gravity has been depended upon for dropping fenders to the
rail in cases of emergency. But gravity has always proven too slow. A
car traveling at the rate of 15 miles an hour travels 22M feet per second,
while at the start a .gravity fender will only drop at the rate of about 5M
feet, per second. Thus It Is seen that a car at that rate will travel 17Vi
fee while the gravity fender is dropping to the rails. The victim invariably
goes underneath such a fender. . '
, HAS AUTOMATIC ATTACHMENT.
The Nelson fender is operated by air. Without any additional equip
ment it is cut in on the air piping of the air brakes, and is operated by the
motorman with the same lever he uses in operating the brakes. It does
not Interfere with the ordinary use of the brakes, but by throwing the
handle into full double emergency the fender is thrown instantly to the
rail and Is held there by an air pressure of several hundred pounds. By
releasing the air the fender is raised to normal position. An automatic
rod- carries in front of the fender, operating the fender and brakes auto
matically if it contacts with a pedestrian on the track.
LATEST MODEL IN TJSE HERE. -
On account of track and street conditions here it was found necessary
to design and construct a special model for use on the Portland cars. This
has been done by F. A. Nelson, patentee of the fender and the supervising
master mechanic of the American Automatic Tender Company. It Is known
as "Model No. 8," declared by mechanics-who have ' examined it to be the
"last word" in fender construction. More than $33,000 has been spent In per
fecting the device, ' and at the present time more than a dozen cities are
awaiting demonstrations of the Nelson fender with a view to the adoption
of the latest and best thing In this line.
INDORSED BY PUBLIC OFFICIALS.
At Seattle recently a particularly severe 'test was given the Nelson fen
der. Under the conditions imposed, the fender was required to be run over
. all the car lines of the city and then put immediately into the efficiency
or "dummy" test In exactly the condition It came off the endurance run.
The test was conducted under the supervision of A. L. Valentine, superin
tendent of public utilities of the City of Seattle, and at its conclusion he
made the following statement:
"In my opinion the automatic fender, manufactured in Minneapolis and
exhibited by F. A. Nelson, the inventor and vice-president of the company,
did all that was claimed for It."
An equally strong indorsement was given by A. W. Perley, inspector
of tracks and safety appliances for the State of Washington. He declares
.that the Nelson air fender is the solution of the streetcar fender problem.
. APPROVED BY MECHANICS.
The Nelson fender has met the approval of the best mechanics in the
United States, who declare that it is in a class by itself as a life-saving de
vice. The American Automatic Fender Company, of Minneapolis, owning
the patent rights, is controlled by 8. C. Stickney. of the Chicago & Great
Western Railroad, and C. S. Mellen, former president of the Northern Pa
cific. These men took hold' of it only after a thorough investigation of its
merits, and their mechanical engineers declared the Nelson air fender to
- be as near perfection as any life-saving device can possibly be. At the re
quest of Mayor Simon this fender will be continued in service on the streets
of Portland pending the return of Mr. Nelson, who is now installing it
in certain Eastern cities. ' ,
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