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THE JFOnXIXG OREGOXIAX, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 35, 1911.
and D. H. Krfoot, of Vale, are staying
at the Imperial.
8. H. Morse, of Roseburg, is regis
tered at the Lenox.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Craven, of Dallas,
are at the Perkins.
J. G. Tste. of Hood River. Is regis
tered at the Portland.
Mrs. O. M. Narln. of Tendlcton. Is
staying at the Perkins.
J. J. Dunlgan and Sam Mnthershead.
of Bums, are at the- Imperial.
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. MrCully. of II.il
sey. are staying at the Perkins.
MY. and Mrs. R. Coates. of Raymond.
Wash., are staying at tne Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. McLcod and Mr.
and Mrs. J. S. Prandstrom, of Kelso, are
staying at the Cornelius.
Ross Blackwell. formerly of Minneapo
lis, passed yeeterday in Portland on
hie first visit here. He plans to locate
at The Dalles.
CHICAGO. Jan. 5.-(Speclal.-Hotel
arrivals today from Portland are: Con-
TUNNEL IS RUSHED
United Railways' Bore Through
Cornelius Gap Near Done.
Offer for Entire Broadway
Issue Is Made Subject
to Restrictions.
TASK TO END FEBRUARY 15
Are Invited to Inspect the
New Portland Home of
Trains May Pierce Hill by March
7 Workmen Drilling on Both
Sides Approach Each Other
Rapidly Slim Wall Left.
FIRM ASKED FOR DEPOSIT
DGE AND WATER
BOND BIDS OPENED
DEALERS
HARDWARE
Bidder for $50,000 of Rrldjje Bonds
Is Lo Angrlcs Hanker Offer
for $500,000 of Water S
curtOr It $481,440.
F!5 for l.-.OO.OO') of Broadway brldK
bonda and liOO.Ooo of itr bonda wera
pend by City Auditor Barbur yaster
lay. and will be r-fTTd to the Council
at Ita meetlnc today. For the water
bonda there were four bids, each for the
antlre lue. while for the Rroadway
hrtriita bond there were two. one of
which w for JS0.000 and the other for
ih entire lioo.ooo. at he rate of 9.so.
from Karaon 4c Company., of Chicago.
The laat bid. however. wa not accom
panied by the required 10 per cent
. heck and waa auhject to the opinion
of the firm's attorney.
The bent bid for the water bonda waa
a Joint bid from iC 1 Iay & Co.. Ete
hrook 4c Co.. and PIodKett Co.. of
Boston and New Tork. They offered for
trie entire amount 1131.440. Other blda
for the water bonds were: Parkinson
p.irr. New York. I480.1S5.50; Well.
Roth A Co- and othera of Cincinnati.
H7.00: and Morris brothers, of Port
land. 1473.451.
Bid Made for Tart.
The bid for 150.000 of Proadway
t.rttire bonda waa made by P.. C, Gillla,
hanker of I.o Anireles. and also the
hesd of the Mount Hood Railway
pnoer Company, and it la doubtful that
the bid will be arrepled. aa the Council
ta expected to dispose of the entire Is
sue to Karson. s'oq 4. Company. Mr.
lilllla' bid was 3V,.
t'nfalr methods on the part of the
enemies of the Broadway hrldR-e are
rharjred with the lack of interest on
the part of buyers In the Broadway
bonda. r'earlns that the bid of Karaon.
Son Company is not made In rood
faith and that the company will revoke
its bid. as did the CnlcaKO bankera who
recently failed to accept the Broadway
bonds for which they hud made an offer
of 33. OS. Councilman ienefee will pre
sent a resolution to the Council at Ita
meeting today, providing for the sale
of 1500.000 more of Uroadway bridge
bonds as soon aa they can be properly
advertised. Thus, if the company re
jects the bonda because of the Influ
ence of the attorney to whom the com
pany will refer the bonds, little time
win be lost In getting the other bonds
sold.
Bid I I'nusual.
The bid offered by Faraon. Son A
Ov. waa so out of the rertilar order
of bids, as requested by the city In
advertisements, that at first the dis
position was to reject It altogether,
but it was decided to give the company
an opportunity. Accordingly. City Audi
tor Barbur sent the company a telegram
last night saying that If the proper
amount were deposited In a Portland
bank by 10 o'clock today, the Council
would take action. The same company
also bid on the water bonds, but as no
check accompanied this bid. it was not
considered.
The Council at Ita meeting today, ac
cording to previous plans, should au
thorize the letting of the contract for
the substructue of the Broadway bridge,
but thla may be poatponed until the
bonda are awarded. ,
Councilman Menefee said last night
that be was not certain that the city
ought to accept the offer made by Far
. son. Son 4: Co. for Broadway bridge
bonds, for ita uncertainty might cause
the city to lose the bid offered by Gillla.
"With the 150.000 from Mr. Gillla
and the money received for the first
l.sue of l.'oO.OOO of bonds." said Mr.
Menefee. "we could go ahead and get
the work underway, and could sell the
other bonds later. But really, 1 don't
know which we should do."
GEORGE J.M'CABE DIES
funeral of Weil-Known Railroad
Contractor to Be Held Today.
Funeral services for George J. Mc
Cabe. railroad contractor, with offlcea
In the Chamber of Commerce building,
will be held at St. Mary's Cathedral, at
o'clock this morning and Mr. McCabe'a
bodv will be taken to Seattle, where
burial will be tomorrow afternoon.
Ieath took place at 3 o'clock yesterday
morning, following a long Illness. A
widow, a son and two daughters sur
vive. Mr. MrCabe waa In railroad work and
railroad contracting In Washington and
Oregon for 10 yars. having come to the
Northwest from North Dakota In 1330.
His first position In Washington waa
thst of superintendent of the Colum
bia River 4c Puget Sound Railway with
headquarters at Seattle, which he held
until his health gave way. After re
covering", he began business for him
self aa a railroad contractor, and slnco
that time has carried out many Im
portant pieces of work in the two
states, some for the Northern Pacific
and some for the various Harrtman
lines.
Mr. McCabe waa born In Watertown.
Wis- 45 years ago. He began railroad
work aa a telegraph operator for the
Chicago. Milwaukee St. Paul when a
young man. and soon rose to be train
dispatcher and later trainmaster, hold
ins; these two positions for the North
ern Psrlflc in North Dakota. He mar
ried Mlsa Marie Kondeau in Tacoma in
IK 99.
Mr. McCabe'a residence waa at 145
Twenty-third street. North.
PERSONALMENTION.
A. E. Murron. of Woodland, la at the
Lenox.
K. F. Massam, of Medford. la at the
Portland.
F. L. TTUllinger. of TamhlU. la at the
Cornelius.
K- L Fletcher, of Eugene, la at the
Imperial.
L. II. Paulson, of Elma. Wash., la at
the Lenox.
R. T. Starr, of Seattle, la registered at
the Ramapo.
W. L. Ireland, of Granta Pass. Is at
the Oregon.
J. H. Culp. of Albany, Is registered at
the Cornelius.
J. N. Stone, of Milton, la registered
at the Oregon.
C. E. Blackwell. of White Salmon. M
at the Portland.
J. H. Bratton. of Goldendale, Wash.,
Is at the Ramapo.
j. . Lawrence. Thomas E. McKnight
Kir.EVK mimt:r tenders
HKMtiNATlOX " AS PASTOR
TO BECOME FARMER.
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Rev. V. B. Plokertoa.
EUGENE, Or- Jan. 14. (Spe
cial.) After having devoted him
self eontinuously to the ministry
for 15 yeara. Rev. W. B. Pinker
ton, pastor of the Flrat Congre
gational Church of this city, has
tendered Ma resignation, and
shortly after the first of Febru
ary will move with hla family to
Grants Pass, where he has pur
chased a farm of 72 acres.
Mr. Pinkerton has found It
necessary to change hla vocation
in order to gain a much-needed
rest. He tendered his resignation
about the flrat of last October,
but the church refused to accept,
being desirous of retaining him
for another year. The pastor,
however, had already made ar
rangement to go on the farm,
and upon his insisting to be re
leased, the official board voted to
accede to his wishes.
Mr. Pinkerton has been paator
of the local church for over
three years. He haa not given
up the ministry, but expects to
enter It again after having had a
good vacation.
gress. J. W. Morrow, A. B. Pemhath and
wife. Mrs. George H. uurnam: nrevourv.
Fred O. Jenning; Labile, J. It. Amos.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 24. (Special.)
Portland arrivals today are: C J.
Wellraan. J. Walruh, F. E. Bowman.
George E. Farewell. Theodore Roths
child. William D. Fenton and wife, and
Miss Woodworth, at the Palace.
MASSING CASE TOIXTS MORAL
IX POLICE COURT.
Mn Charged With Extorting Prom
ise or Klopemont, and Epileptic
Regarded Menaces. .
Lessons drawn from the case of Wil
liam Massing, who waa released In Mu
nicipal Court several months ago, and
soon afterward killed tha wife whom
he had threatened, were brought to
bear twice before Judge Tazwefl yes
terday to procure the detention of men
held by the District Attorney to be
dangerous to society. In both cases
the prosecutors cited the Hasslng case
as warning against heeding too far
the representatlona of frlonda of the
accused man.
In the charge of attempting at the
point of a revolver to force Mrs. Marie
Parker, a telephone operator, to leave
her husband and elope with him. Amoa
Warner, a young signpalnter, was
bound over to the grand Jury. The com
plaining witness testined that Warner
had been attentive to her before her
marriage and that on last Sunday he
met her at the telephone office and at
tha revolver's point forced her to sign
an agreement aaylng: "in one year from
today I promise to leave with you.
Amoa Warner."
Warner told the . court that Mrs.
Parker had telephoned to him to meet
her and to bring hla revolver aa she
wanted him to kill her. He denied hav
ing the weapon at the time of the Inter
view. He waa held under ball of $500.
Though Dr. Taralesla, assistant aur
geon at the Insane Asylum, wrote to
frlenda of Warren Smith, a young pa
tient at the Institution, that he was
"likely to commit homicide" and should
be closely watched, difficulty waa ex
perienced by the District Attorney in
prevailing upon the young man's rela
tives to allow him to be returned to
the asylum. Smith Is An epileptic, and
when Buffering from his disorder has
made several homicidal attempts upon
his relatives. He was committed to the
asylum a year ago. hut waa released
last May. He assaulted his grand
mother a few days ago and did her
serious injury. He was taken Into
court charged with a felon)', but upon
the promise that he would be returned
to the asylum, the case was dismissed
and he waa turned over to the County
Court.
HOOD RIVER WILL PAVE
Work on 15 Blocks In Business Sec
tion, to Cost $100,000.
HOOD RIVER. Or- Jan. 24. (Spe
cial.) Hood River will start grading
and paving IS blocks within the busi
ness section. The Improvements will
cost 3100.000. The macadamizing of the
streets outside the fire limits will be
additional.
The Council passed an ordinance pro
viding for readvertlsing for the aale
of $30,000 worth of bonds. This bond
sale Is to bring In the Tucker Spring
water for municipal purposes.
Work on the fnlted Railways' tunnel
through Cornelius Gap on Tualatin Hill,
northwest of Portland, la progressing so
rapidly that it will be possible, on or
before February IS. to "break through"
the solid stone wall that la constantly
diminishing in thickness.
It la aimed to beg'n laying tracks
throutrh the bore by March 1 with the
probability that trains will operate
through it six days later.
This work, undertaken by the engineer
ing firm of Porter Bros., of this city. Is
being completed faster than any similar
task ever begun In the Northwest. Work
was commenced there early last Sum
mer, the air being turned into the giant
drilla June li. From- that time the
men have been working practically day
and night
The tunnel will be 410 feet long' and
IS by St foet In the clear, being lined
with massive timbers.
Two forces of men. are working on the
project, the bore having been started
from both sides of the hill. By careful
computation the two "breata" will make
a perfect union when they meet.
Electric power Is being used In all the
work, current being supplied by the rail
road. It Is "stepped down" In trans
forming machines to meet the require
ments of the drills and other apparatus
used on the ground.
In tha east bore a big steam shovel
Is used to handle tha muck, while on
the other sldo of the hill It Is gathered
by hand. This has made It possible to
pierce the hill more rapidly from this
aide.
Three hlg air compressors have been
attached to the electrlo wires to provide
power for the machine drills. The plant
Is well equipped to provide ventilation,
so little time is lost after blasting. A
big fan Is In operation in each tunnel,
carrying away the fumes through a 24-
lnch galvanised Iron pipe. This also fur- i
nlshes air for the men.
While the work haa been under the
direction of L. B. Wickersham. engineer
for the United Railways, James F. Clark
son, sub-contractor for Porter Bros., has
had immediate charge of operations. .
The waste material Is handled as ex
peditiously ss possible, that from the
west end being deposited In Rock Creek
Canyon and that from the east side
going Into Holbrook Canyon.
Rapid Propress Made.
Unusual speed has characterized the
work from the start. While the com
pany cut the first 300 feet beyond either
portal, the remaining work haa been done
by the contractors, who have cut an
average of 460 feet a month. Tha record
for December waa 600 feet More than
900 men have been employed on the con
tract all the time. They camp on the
ground, working In three shifts.
As soon aa the tunnel Is completed the
I'nited Railways will operate their trains
by that route instead of around the hill
as at present This w'll effect a con
siderable saving In time and will elimi
nate many difficult pieces of road. The
line that clrclee the mountain, while con
structed with every idea of safety, being
built so that It might be maintained per
manently, never waa Intended for other
than temporary use. At one time It was
Intended to operate steam trains over
this portion of the road and beyond that
point to the present termlntis of the line,
connecting at Burlington with electrlo
cars. However, the entire trackage has
own electrified and the use of steam
engines no longer Is required.
As soon as the hill Is pierced a force
of men will be put at work laying the
rails. The steel for part of the under
ground track is already on the ground.
It is figured that the tracks may be put
In place In less than a week. This will
make the operation of trains through the
hill possible before the middle of March.
The completion of the tunnel will has
ten Ihe construction of the line beyond
Banks, the present terminus, toward Bay
City, the ultimate destination of the
road. With tne means of transporting
supplies In a quicker and safer manner
at hand, work on the west end of the
line can be rushed.
When John F. Stevens returned from
the Bast last wei'k he announced that
the Tillamook Bay extension will be
built at once. While lie could not prom
ise Its completion hy the end of this
year, it Is believed by many that that Is
possible.
The distance from Banks to Bay City
Is SO miles. r
Screens to Be Barred.
PPRTNOFrF.Ln. Or.. Jan. 24.-
ISS.UJISJJ
3 fWViiJ Jv
Tools an.
d
Cut!
ery
Pacific Hardware and Steel Co,
22d and Nicolai Streets
We Do Not Operate a Retail Department Nor Own Retail Stores
Only Exclusive Hardware Jobbing House in Northwest
-(Spe
cial.) At a recent meeting of the City
Council an ordinance was proposed re
quiring that there be no screens before
any windows on the main streets. The
law Is aimed at "soft drink" establish
ments which have "bars" behind closed
doors at which are served beverages,
the softness of which has at times
been questioned.
LOAN FUND TO BE AIDED
Music to Precede Cards at Masonic
Temple This Afternoon.
The annual card party and musicale
for the benefit of the scholarship loan
fund will take place today at Masonic
Temple. The Monday Musical Club has
prepared a splendid programme which
will begin promptly at 2:16 o'clock.
All who wish to hear the programme
are requested to be In their places by
3 - o'clock. After the programme the
card plavlng will begin. A large num
ber of charming girls will serve fruit
punoh in the banquet room, where Mrs.
P J. Mann, chairman of the refresh
ment committee, will preside. It is
hoped to clear a large sum for the loan
fund, which the committee, with Mrs.
Frederick Eggert as chairman, dis
penses to help girls to help themselves.
PAVING LATITUDE GIVEN
Proposed Amendment Will Permit
Choice of Material to Be Vsed.
Competition between street pavins
companies to Insure the lowest possible
price for street work is the purpose of
a proposed amendment to the city
charter, which will be Introduced to the
Council this morning by Councilman
EThe law now provides that the con
tract for street pavement must be let
to the lowest bidder for the kind of
pavement named In petitions presented
bv interested property owners. Nearly
all kinds of hard-surface pavements are
controlled by patents, and when pro
ceedings are started for one of the pat
ented pavements, the city must let. it to
tha company holding the patent and
competition Is prevented.
If the amendment is approved, the
Council will be empowered to cause
plans to be prepared for at least two
kinds of pavements for streets that are
to be Improved. When the Council has
selected the kind of pavements from
the bids submitted, the executive board
Is to let the contract to the lowest bid
der for the kind selected.
After proceedings have been begun
for the competitive bidding for the lm
provament of a street, the property
owners may, under the proposed law,
prevent the awarding of a contract by
filing a petition representing the own
ers of at least 80 per cent of the prop
erty affected.
The proposed amendment also pro
vides for a similar method of gaining
competitive bids for sewers under 24
Inches In diameter. Sewers over that
size are not laid by patented processes.
Irrigation Project Boosted.
GRANTS PASS, Or., Jan. 24. (Spe
cial.) This section will have plenty of
water for the coming Irrigation season
if the proposition submitted by the
minority stockholders of the Golden
Drift Company Is accepted. In a let
ter to H. L. Gilkey, president of the
local company that Is assisting the
farmers, George Sanders, as agent for
the minority stockholders, states that
the company will operate the ditches
that are now ready to receive water and
in addition will make available not less
than $15,000 for extensions and Im
provements. Every man who works In the open
should 'use Webfoot Oil Dressing. Not
a shine, but the best shoe grease made.
Preserves the leather and makes shoes
absolutely waterproof. All ehoe and
general stores.
The
Last
Week
An ornament to
S3.50. S4.00.
Of Our
Picture Sale
During1 the last week we are offering ex
ceptional opportunities to beautify your
home at a very moderate outlay.
This Week's Specials
ROMNET PASTELS in soft sepia tints, hand painted moon
light marinas, landscapes, etc. All with special antique
srllt frames. Sale prices. 75. SI. . 81. 50. 81.88.
83.75. ETC.
FRVIT PASTELS Handsomely framed,
any dining-room. Sale prices, SI. 75.
S6.75 and 87.50.
HALL AXD HAT RACKS Handsomely framed, serviceable
goods. Sale price only 82.75.
ENGLISH HmiXO SCEJfES Especially appropriate for
the den. 13.00 values at 82.25.
COLORED LANDSCAPES and figures in miniature brown
and gilt frames. Exceptional values at 13c only.
srpii PRINTS. 7x9. reproduct'ons old masters, handsomely
framed in brown and gilt ovals. Regular 60o values at
35.
NOVELTY PRINTS, 10x12, all latest catchy aubjecta. Regu
lar 75c values at 45.
Our Framing Department
Is showing the MOST COMPLETE and UP-TO-DATE DIS
PLAY of mouldings In the city. OUR SHOP Is one of the
best on the. Pacific Coast- Briny In your pictures and allow
CAPABLE salesmen and EXPERT workmen to give you
satisfaction: SPECLA-L. LO W RATES on frames THIS
WEEK ONLY.
(From The Oregonian. January 17, 1911.)
200 HENS RUN BIG RANCH
All Expenses, Including Threshing, Are
Paid by Flock.
WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Jan. 17.
(Special.) All the expenses of a 400
acre wheat ranch In the Walla Walla
Vallev are being paid by 200 hens, ac
cording to the statement of Frank
Breed, one of the best-known poultry-try-raisers
of the valley, at the lunch
eon given the poultry show exhibitors
today.
After paying for all the groceries,
fuel, meat and even for the threshing
of 200 acres of wheat last year, the
chickens had a balance of )S2.60 to
their credit at a grocery store January
1. They are pure bred poultry and are
the property of C. C. Parker, who farms
the Davis ranch on Dry Creek.
Wholesale
SANBORN, VAIL & CO.
Retail
COMPLETE LINE OF ARTIST MATERIAL AXD STATIONERY
Mentloa Thla Ad" tor Extra 10 Per Cent Dlseonat.
LET YOUR CHICKENS
PAY FOR YOUR
INSTEAD of paying out a good snare ot
your salary every month to the land
Imitt r fmoll tQ4" ff Q Til P fif
acres and put a little house ON YOUR OWN LAND.
Read the item from The Oregonian of January 17
and fijrure out for yourself where you can make a
few chickens, a little garden patch and a small plot set out to hemes bring you an
income from the start. You can work in Portland and spend little more time on
the car than you do to live in the city, if you have to take the car at all.
Make up your mind today that you'll go out and investigate .
Without delay.
IN TWO YEARS LOTS IN FOLKENBERG WTL BE WORTH
WHAT YOU PAY FOR ACRES TODAY.
SPECIAL EXCURSION SUNDNY
CARS LEAVE FOR FOLKENBERG at 9:15 and 11:15 A. M. and 2:15 and
3:15 P. M.
RETURNING FROM FOLKENBERG, CARS LEAVE at 1:00, 2:00, 3:00
and 5:10. Take United Railways electric cars at Third and Stark Streets.
LOTS IN FOLKENBERG, 50 by 100
feet, $50 to $175-T$5.00 down, $1.00
a week.
ONE AND TWO-ACRE TRACTS
$200 to $450 per acre $25.00 down,
$10.00 a month.
THESE PRICES ARE MUCH LOWER THAN MOST PROPERTY NOT
NEARLY SO WELL LOCATED
For a Few Days as a Special Introductory Inducement We Offer a Discount of 15
Off These Low Prces, and Some Lucky Bayer Gets a House and Four Lois FREE
Folkenberg is only a few miles from the city limits on the United Railways, with
the station right in the center of the tract. The city is rapidly growing in this
direction. Buy now and share in the advance in values. Call or phone for more
information or arrange to go out and see the property. When you see for yourself
the possibilities of Folkenberg you'll want your home there.
J. W. HEFFERLIN REALTY GO.
Pacific Phone Marshall 2899 203 Corbett Bldg. Home Phone A-4684