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CITY WANTS LINE'S
RIGHTS TO RIVER
Mount Hood Road's Franchise
Held Up Pending Negotia
tions With Company.
LITTLE SANDY IS SOUGHT
Superintendent Dodge Believes Boll
Ron Pipe Will Be Inadequate in
Fire Years Railway's Attor
ney Would Hold Fast.
In an effort to Ret the Mount Hood
Railway & Power Company to a-We the
city the rlpht-to all waters In the Lit
tie Sandy Rler except flood waters,
the committee on Judiciary and elec
tions of the City Council, composed of
Councllmen Joy. Wllhelm and Jennings,
decided yesterday not to take action
until the next meeting of the commit
tee concerning the granting of a fran
chise to the company for laylnu a
track on Villa avenue In Montatrllla.
The company desires lo lay a track
at this point, to be use.l by the Port
land Railway. Ufht A. Power Company
In running- Its Montavllla cars to a
connection with the Mount Hood line,
that passengers may be transferred at
that point.
City's Water In View.
Superintendent Dodge, of the water
department, aald that In ten years the
new Bull Run pipeline lust btnr com
pleted will not be adequate, with the
other line now In use. to supply the
city with water, provided the city con
tinues at Its present rate of growth.
It will be practically Impossible to ob
tain much more water from Bull Run.
he said, without dlvertlnn the waters
of the Little fcandy Into It. which he
thoufht the city ought to obtain the
right to do.
I'nder the present arrangement the
company has the right to the use of the
natural flow of the Little Fandy and
the Bis; tfandy. and the city has the
rlsht to the flood waters of the Little
Sandy. The water of the Btt Bandy
Is not lit for drtnklna- purposes, de
clares Superintendent LHvlge. The
averace dally flow of the Little Bandy,
according to Engineer Clarke, of the
water department. Is about ll.OOO.Ooa
gallons, not quite half the present
dally supply of Portland through the
old pipeline.
The Mount Hood Company has
agreed with the city to contribute 150.
OO toward a reservoir to hold the
flood waters of the Little Candy, when
the city desires to build one. This
promise wss obtained In ex-Mayor M
mon's administration. But In return
for this new franchise the Councllmen
and City Attorney Grant believe the
company should give the city the nat
ural flow of the Little Sandy, and take
the flood waters for Itself. It already
having the natural flow of the Btg
' Sandy. To this C. W. Fulton, attorney
representing the corporation. would
not consent yesterday. He Insisted
that the company he represents Is
spending Its millions for the erection
of a power plant and a reservoir at the
headwaters of the Big feandy covering
I0 acres. He said the company will
need the waters of both streams with
in five years. On the other hand. It
was pointed out that the corporation
so far has done no mora than lay the
foundation for the power plant, and
that the wooden flume It has built Is
apparently of temporary construction.
Vnllon Sees Holdup.
Mr. Fulton said the Mount Hood
Company will supply power to points
In Oregon and Washington, and that It
will therefore need all the water It
can get.
"If you fail to give us a franchise
to lay this track the ones you will
Injure will be the traveling public, not
the company." he declared. "The com
pany can get along without this fran
chise. Tou have no mora right to hold
us up and refuse us a franchise be
cause of the effort to obtain our wa
ter rights than youave to bold me up
with a shotgun."
ROTARY MEN. CONVENE
Is mors uncertainty. Boston will prob
ably put In an Invitation, and Minneap
olis and Kansas City are also In the
Held.
Iondon Spoke Cheered.
Tho afternoon session was filled
with lively discussion. In the reading
of telegrams and messages from clubs
of Eastern cities, a letter from Harvey
C. Wheeler, of Boston, sending his good
wishes to the convention, was followed
by a great burst of applause when the
secretary mentioned, after the closejof
the reading, that through Mr. Wheel
er's agency a Rotary Club had been
organised In London, so that the
American organization could now
hoast of affiliations across the sea.
The report of E. L. SkeeU of Seat
tte. chairman of the committee on clvlo
activities, brought forth a surprise In
the form of a long and keen debate. In
which the California delegate appeared
to be arrayed squarely In opposition
to all other members. Mr. Sk eel's rec
ommendation that Rotary Clubs should
take up discussion of subjects of clvlo
development at their meetings for the
information and cultivation of Its
members evoked approval from the
large majority of the delegates. A mo
tion had alrsady been put to hare the
report of the committee adopted, when
the California delegation, under the
leadership of the representatives from
San Francisco, suddenly attacked It
with sharp speeches, declaring It was
foreign to the original purposo and In
jurious to the prestige of the associa
tions for them to mingle In the argu
ment of other civic questions. Such
work, they declared, should be left to
the Commercial Clubs of the cities.
Robert Rortson. the sole delegate
from Oakland. CaL, wao chief among
the attacking party. His speeches were
brief and witty.
Opposition Only Joke.
In a few moments, however, most of
the delegstes rallied from their sur
prise at the unexpected opposition,
swarmed to the defense of the resolu
tion with fiery speeches and called for
a vols to put the opposing delegation
utterly to rout.
The vote was unanimous In fsvor of
the resolution. In the pause of surprise
tbst followed the ballot, a member of
the San Francisco delegation explained
that the whola thing had been a con
spiracy ob thslr part to bring about a
thorough discussion of the question.
With cheers and handclapplng the de
fenders acknowledged that the Joke was
on them.
L. B. Thresher led the closing discus
sion of the sfternoon session, on the
question of whether the National As
sociation should have an official period
ical. The meeting was adjourned at (
and convened again at 7:30 to give Mr.
Thresher an opportunity to complete his
srgument. The entire convention Agreed
with his suggestion that the periodical.
. the National Rotarlan. or one similar
to It. should be continued as the of
ficial monthly organ of the association.
L. B. Mettler. of Kansas City., led a
discussion In which the assembly de
cided In favor of a resolution that In
future the Rotary associations should
not mlthhold their plan of organization
from publicity, and should work toward
the elimination of the features In It
which make It resemble In some re
spects a secret organization.
The meeting last night was followed
with an Informal reception by the Port
land Cosssmerclal Club to the visiting
delegates and -their friends.
Business seems to sit lightly on the
shoulders of the Rotarlans. The sssem
bly yesterdsy comprised perhaps the
largest representation of strong busi
ness men from all parts of the I'nlted
States that has ever been brought to
gether In one room In Portland. While
their business session waa on they ac
complished an enormous amount of rou
tine work, but after Its close they
larked like boys all the say. to the
hesdquaretrs. and their most dignified
members Joined In the sport of decorat
ing one another's backs with the Panama-Pacific
buttons that the San Fran
cisco delegates bsd scattered among
them.
They will lay business entirely eslde
today, and boarding the steamer Mon
arch at S o'clock, the, whole Rotarlan
throng will go for an excursion up to
Cascsde Locks and a luncheon under
the trees at Bonneville. They will not
take on the yoke of business cares con
nected with the convention again until
the calling of the general committee
meetings at S o'clock tonight after their
return.
Committees appointed yesterday were:
Auditing. Mettler. of Kansas City: Mar
tin, of Minneapolis; Phillips, of Lincoln:
McCann. of New York, and Swetland. of
Portland. Credentials. Chenoweth. of
St. Louie: MMer. of Chicago: Wetmore,
of San Francisco; Fltxwllson. of Boston,
snd Randall, of 6t. Paul. Resolutions.
Plnkham. of Seattle: Rutledxe. of St.
Louis: Stephens, of Los Angeleai Mead,
of Philadelphia; Jack, of Spokane: Fll
tsatrualt. of Uuluth, and Elliott, of San
Francisco. Resolutions of thanks.
Thresher, of Minneapolis; Stearns, of
Tacoma, and f pants, of Des Moines.
Many Cities Represented.
Members of the delegations In which
are represented all of the larger cltlea
of the United States snd nearly all of
the more Important businesses and pro
fessions are: Chicago Paul P. Harris,
H. L. R.iggles. Dr. W. R. Noff. Jacob
Benner. W. 8. Miller,- A. W. Fleck. Ches
ley R- Perry.
Portlsnd Louis A. Cotton. J. C Eng
lish. John T. O Nelll. J. U Wright.
Loa Angeles N. D. Bronson, E- I.
Woodruff. Walton J. Wood. Will Steph-
'epokane-L. F. Allen. Lawrence Jack.
A. A. Kraft.
St. Paul E. C. Leslie. Edward Ran
dall. Clarence C. Gray.
Tacoma W. Carr Morrow. William O.
Stearns. '
Ft. Louis T. O. Chenoweth. C. W. Rut
ledge. William Orafeman.
Oakland Robert Robertson.
Kansas C.ty-Leo B. Mettler, H. St.
John, W. N. Rynerson. C. C. Bowlus.
Hoton-J. E. Fltxwllson, O. Herbert
Tsylor. ,
Minneapolis F. L. Thresher. TV F. Col
lins. Mac Martin. W. R. Callaway.
Philadelphia Olenn C Mead.
Cincinnati Lincoln F. C. Phillips.
San Franclsco-O. M. Elliott. R. R
Rogers. C. H. Victor. C. J. Wetmore.
Seattle J. E. Plnkham. H. W. Moul
ton. W. H. Preston. Chester F. Lea.
Charles Perry. E. L. SkeeL
Des Moines C. S. Spates.
New York Tl C. MacCan.
Salt Lake Clty-H. L. A. Culmer.
Duluth E. J. Flllstrault.
TAFT'S TOUR UNDECIDED
President Xot Yet Certain Whether
He Will Visit Portland.
A response was received yesterday
by H. Beckwith. president of the Com
mercial Club, to the Invitation sent
Isst week to President Taft. Inviting
him to accept the hospitality of the
club In Tortland In his coming tour of
the Western states.
President Taft declares that tho
Itinerary for the coming tour Is not yet
settled but that If this city Is Included
In his route he will bo pleased to con
sider the Invitation.
Arrangements for his entertainment
here will depend upon later Informa
tion concerning the plans for the tour,
which Is expected within a short time.
Portland Day at the Centennial.
For Portland day. Friday. August
tSth: Shrlnecs" day. Saturday. August
th, and Scandinavian day. Tuesday.
August IJth. a special fsre of II each
way has beeo made by the O.-W. R. A
N. Tickets good on steamer Potter,
leaving at A. M. dally, except Sunday.
Saturday sit 1 P. M-. or on the Harvest
Quee-n or Hassalo at S P. M. ; Saturday,
10 P. M. Full particulars, reservations,
etc.. call at city ticket office. Third and
Washington streets.
GROUP Or
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ROTtR9 REI'RE.ETIXG
TJTE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX. TUESDAY, AUGUST
GRAFT DAY STORMY
Accused and Accuser
Fight at Hearing.
Talk
PERJURY CHARGES MADE
Two Testify That Fercot Swore
Falsely In Denying Knowledge of
Protection Fund Hearing
Halts Cntll Next Week. .
A general squabble In which charges
were hurled In every direction and
which for a time threatened to break
out In a free-for-all fight, culminated
yesterday's session of the graft inves
tigation before the County Court. In
which County Detective Maher Is ac
cused of conspiring with F. L. Perkins,
a newspaper reporter, of forcing "pro
tection money" from North End saloon
keepers and others.
After two Frenchmen had told-jon the
witness stand that Fercot, one of the
alleged supporters of the protection
fund, had admitted that he had per
jured himself In denying his connec
tion with the case. Judge Cleeton an
nounced that unless the prosecution
had something more of a substantial
nature to support the charges against
Maher. he did not care to hear any fur
ther testimony. Attorney Fouts said
that he had other witnesses he In
tended to produce. Then Attorney
Clark, on the other side, said that the
Frenchmen had all perjured themselves
on the trial and he suggested that all
be Indicted on charges of perjury, that
the truth, might be brought out.
Fonts and Maher Clash.
Fouts declared Detective Maher had
Intimidated the French witnesses al
ready by threatening to shoot them.
He declared that Maher had been de
cidedly active In the case and had gone
so far as to threaten Fouts himself
and for doing so had to he admonished
by one of the County Commissioners.
Maher then broke In with a declaration
that Fouts was open to criticism and
Investigation In a case concerning two
of his clients. This led to a general
talkfeet In which Maher. Perkins. Fer
cot. the District Attorney, and others
came In for general criticism and
which, but for the Interference of the
court, might have resulted In blows. It
broke out again after court adjourned
but quieted before any trouble re
sulted. In yesterday's hearing A. H. Perry,
newspsper reporter, testified that he
had started an investigation of vice
conditions In the North End. He said
he waa attempting tor his paper to
get at the facts In regarl to graft ru
mors and said he had conferred with
Captain Bailey, of the police depart
ment, and obtained from him a list of
places at which to look for Informa
tion. He said he had found nothing
against Maher.
Henry Libert, a French Insursnce
agent, testified that he was at Sea
side the morning of August IT and
visited Fercot. He said that Fercot
was not 111. as had been reported In
Portland, and that he had told him
(Libert) that he had had too much
notoriety out of the local Investigation
and for that reason wanted to get out
of IL-Fercot. he said, told him Perkins
and eputy District Attorney Frank
Collier had visited him at 2 o'clock
that morning and obtained an affidavit
In the case.
Denial Advised, Testified.
Libert said Fercot 'declared he had
denied everything In the affidavit and
that he had done so at the Instigation
of Ed Donovan. A. Methlvler, another
Frenchman, who was with Libert, told
a similar story and declared that Fer
cot had dented that he had contributed
to the Jackpot merely to escape noto
riety at Seaside where. Methlvler said.
Fercot has a good name.
At the conclusion of the hearing
Judge Cleeton announced that nothing
whatever had been broaht out so far
against Maher and said he would hear
no more testimony unless it was
against Maher. Attorney Fouts prom
ised to produce witnesses against Ma
her and the case went over until next
week, the date to be set later.
Y. M. C. A. BOYS ON "HIKE"
Seventeen Youths Start on Annual
Walk to Ocean. '
Seventeen T. M. C. A. boys started on
an annual "hike" to the sea yesterday.
Eighteen had made all the arrange
ments to go, but one of them. Dwlght
Cole, failed to reach the steamer Mon
arch In time. He left tor- Astoria last
night and planned to meet the crowd
either last night or this morning.
Th boys planned to spend three
hours visiting the Centennial yesterday.
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BIO CITIES OF KTIRK IXITKI) STATES PIIES1DEXT HAIS, OF CHICAGO,
THIRD FROM LEFT.
after their arrival at Astoria. They
will walk to Columbia Beach, Gearhart.
Seaside, Tillamook Head, Elk Head,
slong Cannon Beach, over Necarney
Mountain, through Nehalem City, Gari
baldi. Hobsonvllle and to Bay City.
There they .will be entertained by the
T. J. Potter Company.
Leaving Bay City, they will walk
over the Wilson River road to Tilla
mook and thence to Forest Grove.
From there it is planned to take the
electric car to Portland, at It Is thought
the boys will have had enough walk
ing by the time they reach Forest
Grove. J. C. Meehan is in charge of
the boys and Guy H. Johnson and
Chester G. Raymond are also with the
party. The boys in the party are:
Dwlght Cole. Clark Moreland. Guy
Rodgers, Louis Depew, W. F. Neunherx,
XffllarH McClimor Tlnrcv Ford. PercV
Ford. Harry K. Hennlg. Roland G
Bristol, Marvin Ward, Edward Nichols,
Carl Mueller, Horace Foulkes, Kennlth
Grow, Louis W. Williamson. Richard
Dent and Leonard Wright.
PAVING ABUSE MARKED
CHARTER CTACSE TO AID SMALL
HOME OWNERS ASKED.
Condition Wltlch Permits of Im
provement Assessments Absorbing
Property Are Deplored.
ST. JOHNS, Or.. Aug. 21. (To the
Editor.) I would like to call the at
tention of the charter commissions
(both kinds) to the following clipped
from The Oregonlan of Aug. 17, 1911,
Page 10:
At the meeting of the Water Board yes
terday T. B. Wilcox, one of the members,
suggested that the City Council should re
scind about half the ordinances which have
been passed for the hard-surfacing of
streets. Mayor Rushlight concurred in this
view.
It was pointed out that these improve
ments are la many Instances forced on prop
erty owners. Mayor Rushlight told of a
young man of Montavllla who visited him a
few days ako and complained that he was
paying for his home on the installment plan,
that it cost $2soo and he had paid all but
$lloo. The street Improvement cost S.V."..
and he could bond the place for only $300.
and was unable to raise the difference of
233 to meet the street assessment. The
Mavor said ha was helpless In that case.
He told of another Instance where a
property owner turned over 21 lots to the
street contractor, because the lots were
wortb only J30O each, while the street as
sessment was $400 a lot.
"The contractor tried to sell them to
me." said the Mayor.
If this Is true, and there Is no rea
son to doubt It. Is It highway robbery
or Just plain stealing? Was the man
that lost his 21 lots "benefited" by the
street Improvement; will the contractor
get a Judgment .against him for the
other $100 per lot? And the young
man at Montavllla his lot assesa-s4 at
$300, street Improvement. 1535. cannot
raise the 1235 cash, with the result
that the property will be sold. But
of course, he can rent It from the con
tractor, or whoever buys It. I can
not help saying that a City Engineer
who will plan and recommend such an
Improvement as suitable and nocessary.
snd a City Council that will accept
such plan and order by resolution such
Improvements made, are in my opinion
(whatever that Is worth) incompetent
to the last degree to hold the offices
for which they draw salaries.
And these two cases cited are only
two out of hundreds that cO'il.1 be
cited In the City of Portland. Many
small home owners now will be renters
soon, because of the practical confisca
tion of their little homes by the cost
of street and sewer work.
Now how can this be preventej In
future? By putting the following
clause In the new city charter:
Limit of Assessment No lot, part
thereof or psrcel of land shall be as
sessed for any local or special Improve
ment to exceed 60 per cent of the ss
sessed valuation of such lot. part
thereof or parcel of land, as the tame
may appear on the last annual assess
ment roll of the County Assessor for
Multnomah County, Oregon, except up
on the express consent of the owner of
such land or his duly authorized agjnt.
first obtained In writing.
This little clause in the charter will
do more to curb the activities of the
paving trust (If there Is any) than any
other thing that can be done. This
clause, it is fair to say. Is a part of the
charter of St. Johns and while It has
at times been the cause of delay in
street Improvements. It has also pre
vented confiscation of property or
hardship on the little home owner.
An attempt waa made to change this
clause In our charter two years ago
but the voters refused to change It.
And perhaps you may ask: What con
cern Is It to the people of St. Johns
what Is In the new charter of Portland?
Just this: The voters of St. Johns voted
by a majority of 66 votes to annex to
Portland and it Is likely that the
voters of St. Johns will be voters
In Portland when the new charter Is
submitted to the people for ratification
or rejection, and may Insist upon hav
ing the same protection for the little
home owner that they now enjoy.
Miles of hard-surface streets and
boulevards are splendid for automo
bile owners, but how does the poor
devil that had his home eaten up to
pay for them feel about It? This Is
not a theory but a condition that actu
ally exists today. Some time ago I called
at the Auditor's office In Portland to
Inquire as to the methods used in mak
ing street assessments for Improve
ments and happened to mention the
fact that our charter set a limit on the
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amount that could be assessed against
a lot for street improvement. I was
informed that there was no such limit
imposed by the Portland charter. I
then asked how they regulated the
amount that could be assessed against
a lot. and was told by the deputy with
whom I was talking" that the regula
tion was very simple. He said that
when the Council passed a resolution
to Improve a stree the contractors ex
amined the plans and specifications and
looked the street over, and if they
thought that after the Improvement
was made, they could sell the lot or
parcel of land, together with the street
Improvements, for enough to pay for
the Improvements they would bid on
the Job. but if they thought they could
not sell lot, street Improvements and
all, for the cost of the Improvements
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the Oregon coast. rrequen, v
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Astoria nu w,
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Natatorium,
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they would not bid. But It seems the
contractor that had to take those 21
made a bad guess and probably has the
'"Reasonable and appropriate street
Improvements are all right, but no
council or commission should have un
limited power to saddle a debt on a
property-owenr Uiat In many In
stances he is not able to pay. In fact
to confiscate hi, property &
$18,750 FEE SUED FOR
Sidney Norman Seeks Commission
tor Portland Hotel Stock Deal.
Suit was broughrTn the State Circuit
Court yesterday by Sidney Norman
against Robert H. Ellis. Edward Boyce.
Harry L. Day. Eugene R. Day and Je
rome Day. to collect $18,730. which he
contends is reasonable commission for
acting as agent for the deendants in
the recent purchase for them of $275.
000 worth of the stock of the Portland
Hotel Company.
The purchase was made from the Spo
kane & Eastern Trust Company, of
Washington. June 1 of this year, avers
the complaint, and the stock was turned
over to the aeiennains. ir. i""'"""
saya he was to get a . reasonable fee
for making the purchase and he con
siders $18,750 as reasonable.
Sidney Norman is a nephew or W.
S and Ben Norman, hotel operators of
Spokane and Tacoma. He Is engaged
in real estate and financial promotions
at Spokane and Los Apgeles.
FEATHER HARVEST LURES
Young Women Employed at Daks
Watch Ostriches Avidly.
Young; women employed at the Oaks
have learned that It- is almost time for
the harvesting of a crop of feathers at
the ostrich farm, and every girl and
woman, at the Oaks has been plotting
and planning to get an ostrich plume
from this harvest.
The ostriches at the Oaks are all
prime birds, and yield good and valu
able plumes every eight months. The
birds 'wer last plucked early in the
year, and their manager is making
preparations for another gathering of
the long feathers. Young women em
ployed at the Oaks have but one fear,
however, and that Is that the birds
will not be plucked until after the
farm closes for the season.
So far Miss Tlrty Broadwlck. the girl
aeronaut. Is the only young. woman of
the Oaks family who feels sure of a
"feather." Miss Broadwlck say, she
will get one, even If she has to drop
CLASSIFIED AD. RATES
iUr r Band.
One time 13a
Same ad two conaecattve tlma. . ....... .Bo
batue ad tiiree consecutive ttinee .2iOo
toaine ad frix or eatven co executive ttmea. .6eo
l&emittajivce uuat tKiwiMti&jr oub-ui-(uvr
ruera.
to! words count as one line oa caen ad
rerUsements anil nu hU counted lor lose
tii an two lines.
When one advertisement Is not ran In eon
ec u live imum tne one-Lime rate applies.
On charge or book UvrLasemeutw tne
charge will oe based on tue actual number
et lines appearing: in cue pMer regaxOiesa
el tiie number oi words in eca line.
In w Xoday ali advertisements axe
charged bj measure vniy, 14 Unee le toe
a he above rates apply to advertisement
under "ew Today aud ail outer class! news
Uous excepting the lollowingt
bituations Wanted, Male.
bituations Wanted, t einaie.
For Kent, Koouis, Private Kami Ilea,
Koom and Atoaxd, i'rivate 'aniliiea.
The rate on tiie above c.assnicauuaa la 1
cents aline eacn Insertion.
ftor tne accommodation of patrons, IDa
Oregon! an will accept classified advertise
ments over tiie teicpiione, providing toe ad
vertiser is a subscriber to either pbone. Ma
prices will be quoted over tne pbone. but
bill vriii be rendered tiie i olio wing oar
Whether subsequent advertisements will be
accepted over the pbone depends npoa the
promptness of the payment of telephone ao
Vertlbcmenta. Situation Wanted and Per
sonal advert feemente will not be accepted
ever the telephone. Orders for one Insertion,
only will be accepted for "Houses for Kent.
Furniture tor bale," "Business Opportuni
ties," "Kooming-houses" and "Wanted ta
Kent.-
AUCTION 6AIaS TODAY.
At Baker's auction house. 152 park t.
Piano, furniture, etc. Sale at 10 A. M.
Residence gale. 1S2 Washington at, today,
1f A. M. S. H. Barger.
ftCEETTCG NOTICES.
I NOBLES Again our po
tentate speaketh, saying:
All BOBi mm men
wishing to make the pil
grimage to Astoria and Sea
side. Saturday, August 2ti.
should - make their reserva
tions of Captain William
so final arrangements can be
made. The celebrated Kil
ties' Band has been secured
to accompany the Nobles,
several drills, both at Astoria and on the
l c Tho ,,.ln n-111 MVi thtt
Deacn at oettamc. - - i".
North Bank station promptly at 9:4o A. M..
arrive Astoria 1 P. M. ; leave Astoria 5: JO.
arrive Seaside 6:10 P. M., where It will be
parked and the sleepers occupied as our
hotel, durinc our stay there. If you miss
this trip you will always be sorry, as nu
merous stunts are being arranged, which
will make the pilgrimage one round,
of pleasure, from start to finish. A
new baggage car has been secured ana
will be fitted as a temple. where
several weary sons will be initiated Into the
mysteries of Shrinedom en route. You must
be In possession of a red and white card in
order to be permitted to all ceremonies.
This card can be secured from Noble Will
iam Davis. HUo street. The Kilties' Band,
not all being Shriners. will, by special dis
pensation from our Illustrious potentate,
take the degrees with the uninitiated ladies,
in a large tent on tho beach at Seaside, the
services taking place at high ,tlde. at the
hour of midnight, when, one-by-one, the
ladles will be subjected to the Moslem test,
under the solemn, soothing strains of th
Kilties. ARCHIE thvri.OW, Potentate.
B. G. WHITBHOUSE, Recorder.
ft WASHINGTON LODGE, NO.
Tv 4. A. F. AND A. M. Special
communication this (Tuesday)
ivQ evening at Masonic Hall. E. 8th
AJSA and Bumside sts., at 7:30
' NX o'clock. M. M. degree. Visitors
welcome. Order W. M.
J. H. RICHMOND. See.
DIED.
BntlN At Los Angeles. August 9. Har
riette E. Bullen, formerly Buck, beloved
sister of Mrs. A. S. Brelngan. Portland.
Victoria and Vancouver papers please
copy.
FUNERAL NOTICES.
VANBUSKIRK In this city, at the resi
dence of her daughter. Mrs. William Tay
lor. 13HS East Harrison street. Martha
Vanbusklrk. aged "1 years. 3 months. T
days. Deceased leaves the following rel
atives to mourn her loss: Richard Rhodes,
city Mrs. Clara Hart. Seattle; Mrs. Vesta
Dwinell. Wilbur. Wash.; Merltt Rhodes,
Fargo N. D. ; Mrs. Irah Purcell. Kelso,
Wash.': Mrs. William Taylor, city; Mrs.
Jennie Oliver. Bremerton. Wash.: Mrs.
Ella Groce. Kelso. Wash.; George Rhodes.
Seattle; Eugene Rhodes, Kelso, Wash. Fu
neral services will take place at Flnley's
parlors today (Tuesday), August 22. at
2 P. M. Interment Lone Fir Cemetery.
Fflends are respectfully Invited to attend.
TARALDSON At the residence. 1692 Here
ford street, Portsmouth station, August 21,
Fred Taraldson, aged 19 years. 10 months,
29 davs. Funeral services from the above
residence, at 2 P. M. tomorrow (Wednes
day). Friends invited. Interment at
Klvervlew Cemetery.
KILTHAN At her late residence, 498 Mil
dred avenue. Katla Kllthan. Funeral
servles will be held today. Tuesdsy, Au
gust 22, from the German Congregational
Church, cor. 27th and Stanton sts., at 2 P.
M. Friends invited. Interment Rose Citjr
Cemetery.
DOXAUGH The funeral services of Mrs.
Sarah Donatigh. beloved mother of Attor
ney D. M. Donaugh, will be held today,
August 22. at 2 P. M-. from Hemstock's
Funeeal Parlors. 16S7 East Thirteenth
street, corner I'matllla avenue. Frienda
invited. Interment Rlverview Cemetery.
VAN FRIDAGH In this city. August 21. at
Lucretia Court. Elizabeth van Frldagh,
aged S3 years. 27 days. Friends invited to
attend the funeral services, which will bo
held at Trinity Church. 19th and Everett
sts.. tomorrow (Wednesday), at 2 P, M
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
FOX The funeral services of the late Caro
line Fox will take place at the First Ger
man Baptist Church. Fourth and Mill
streets, today (Tuesday). August 2' at 3
P. M. Interment at Sellwood Cemetery.
Friends are respectfully invited to attend.
M'KAY The funeral services of the late
Eva McKay will take place at the lata
residence. 210 East 35th street, today
(Tuesday), August 22, at S P. M. In
terment at Rlverview- Cemetery. Friends
are respectfully Invited to attend.
DAMON Rev. Charles Milton Damon, at his
late residence. 1436 E. Flanders, aged 6
years, S months, 6 days. Funeral services
will take place Free Methodist church.
65th and Glisan, at 1 P. Ml Interment
Gresham Cemetery.
TEGHTMIER Late residence. 760 East
Davis street, August 20. William Teght
mier, age 715 years. Funeral services will
be held at Lerch'a Chapel, Tuesday, Au
gust 22. at 2:30 P. M.
VAUGHN The funeral services of Bianca
E Vaughn will be held at Multnomah
Cemetery today (Tuesday), at 10 A. M.
Friends invited.
XONHETH FLORAL CO.
S1AKVJCAJU 3U)u
1LOKAL liCSIUNa.
Phones : Main HOi; A 1108.
A. R. ZELLER CO., 59 Williams STS.
Phone East 10M8. C 1088. Lady attendant.
Successor to Zeller-Byrnea Co.
JjunnlJijr A AlcKDte, .funeral Director
7tia anil s'ine. Phone Main 430. Laajr a
slstmnt. Office of County Coroner.
J. r. FIN LEY SON, Utl and Madlaon.
Lady attendant. Phone Main B, A HUM.
' EDWARD HOLilAN CO., Funeral Direct
r. i203d st.Ladjrasalstant. Phona aL
EAST SIDE Funeral Directors, sncce
to . Pupping, lno. K. St. B 252S.
LEKCH. Undertaker, cor. East Alder anal
Bllth. East 7S1. B 1888. Lady aaslstant.
l'earson Co., funeral directors. 868-371
Russell st. Lady assistant. East 1080.
with her parachute Into the ostrich
enclosure.
Sprains require careful treatment.
Keep quiet and apply Chamberlain's
Liniment freely. It will remove the
soreness and quickly restore the parts
to a healthy condition. For sale by all
dealers.
Plummer nas the highest quality oUts
oil in Portland. Sample free. Call or
phone Plummer Drug Co.. 260 Third. "
HOTEL
NEACOXIE
GEARHART, OREGON.
(Clatsop Beach)
European Flan.
Booms by day or week.
Moderate Rates.
G. L. REES, PROPRIETOR. .
Write or telegraph for reservations.
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