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MALARKEY THINKS
STREET SCEJTES EVIDENCE THE AP?30ACH OF CHRISTMAS DAY.
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HERE WE GO OVER THE
Smaller Fair Appropriation
and Improvement of
Highways Urged.
TIIE MORNING OREGOXIAJs", SATURDAY. DECEMBER 21, 1912.
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GOOD ROADS HELD ASSET
Oregon Will Be Visited by Many
Tourist In 1915 and It Is De
clared Wise to Put High
ways In Condition.
"Five hundred thousand dollars is
altogether too much." said Dan J. Ma
larkeyv prospective president of the
State Senate, yesterday. In reference
to the proposal that Oregon appropri
ate that amount for the Panama-Pa
ctflc Rxposltion at San Francisco in
1915. -While I have not reached a def
lnlt conclusion as to what amount
would he proper, I have no hesitancy
in saying that the amount which has
been suggested Is entirely too high,
I am a firm believer in Oregon ad
vertlslng her resources and advantages
on such occasions as the coming world's
fair, but 1500.000 is a lot of money to
talk about taking out of the pockets
of the taxpayers for any such purpose.
"To emphasize the fact that this is
too much," went on Mr. Malarkey, "let
us recall the fact that all that the
State of Oregon appropriated for her
own Lewis and Clark Exposition was
1500. COO. While It Is said that the
State of California appropriated ?90,
000 for that fair. I must confess that
with my memory of the showing that
" was made by that state I cannot see
where it was spent. It may have been
appropriated, but I must confess that
the expenditure of that amount was
not apparent In the buildings and ex
hibita at our fair In 1905. I do not
refer to these figures In a retaliatory
spirit, but only by way of comparison.
'Wise Expenditure I'rged.
"I am in favor of appropriating such
an amount as shall enable Oregon to
make as creditable a showing as her
resources and her financial ability as
a state will warrant." declared Mr.
Malarkey. "Just what that amount
should be I am not prepared to say
without further study of the subject.
but I am most anxious to see my bill
making any appropriation drawn so
that the amount specified shall be
carefully expended In such manner
as to bring the best results for the
state, with expenses other than those
connected with the actual gathering
and exhibiting of the state's resources
and products reduced to a minimum."
The fact that Oregon herself will In a
measure he on exhibition in 1915 la not
overlooked by Mr. Malarkey. "It must
not be forgotten." he said, "that a large
proportion of the people from the East
or abroad who come to the fair will
pass through or stop over in Oregon,
going or coming, and that It Is as Im
portant to consider the impressions
they get within our state as those
they get of our state at San Francisco.
For this reason. If the state had $500.
000 to spend in such manner as would
help It the most in connection with this
1915 fair. I would favor spending a
good part of it on road improvement.
and in otherwise making our own
dooryards, so to speak, more attractive,
so as to make the best possible impres
sion on the stranger within our gates.'
Xolta Would ImprOTe Roads.
The idea of getting ready for the fair
by improving Oregon's roads Is shared
by J. H. Nolta. Representative-elect,
who believes that if the state has 1500.-
000 to appropriate, it would be the wise
thing to keep at least $200,000 at home
for the improvement of the Pacific
Highway.
"Surely we can make a creditable
showing at San Francisco on $300,000,
or even a whole lot less," he said, "and
even if we make the finest showing and
spend ever so much at the fair, unless
we have a good north and-south high
way through the state for the thou
sands of tourists who will make their
trip to the fair the occasion for a "see
America first stunt up and down the
Coast, we will lose much of the effect
of our exhibit, however fine It may be.
"Our perfect fruit, blue-ribbon cattle
and peerless farm products will be for
gotten when the automobile traveling
north from the fair strikes the rocks,
ruts and engine-killing grades of some
of our roads.
Probable Cumili Given.
"Tourists who pass through Oregon
south to the fair, seeing our good show
Ing there for we are bound to make a
good showing will say, 'Well, these
Oregon fellows have the goods all right,
but we don't see how they get them to
market over their Infernal roads.'
"So the opening of the fair must And
us with one grand trunk highway from
the northern to the southern boundary
of the state, and If possible -one from
east to, west as well. We have the re.
sources' and products to show at the
fair and the scenery to show at home.
We must have the roads.
VALUABLE DOGS POISONED
W. B. Hollingsworth Believes
o'clock Burglars Are Guilty.
W. B. Hollingsworth, Deputy Sheriff,
who lives at 463 Rodney avenue, and
i-verett Linderman, of 467 Rodney ave
nue, in the same general neighborhood
which has been terrorized by the "3
o'clock burglars," each lost a valuable
dog yesterday by poisoning. Mrs.
Hollingsworth found a quantity of
"rough on rats" beside an ash barrel
in her yard. It was mixed with scraps
or bread and meat and cornmeai.
Shortly after discovering the dead
body of the dog yesterday morning
Mrs. Hollingsworth answered a call
over the Home telephone and was
greeted by a rough voice, which said:
"Your do's dead. You'll hear from us
again." Thursday night, about :30,
Mr. Hollingsworth's daughter. Gladys,
heard the dog begging at the front
door to be let in. She opened the door
and Just as she did the dog started
growling around the side of the house.
She went to the end of the porch and
says she caught a glimpse of a man
running away across lots.
"I believe that the persons who did
tl:i dog-poisoning stunt are the sot-ailed
'3 o'clock burglars.' graduated
from porch thieves to something more
pretentious," said Mr. Hollingsworth,
"and that they are residents of the
district which they are victimizing, as
their acts display a knowledge of the
neighborhood impossible otherwise."
F. M. Ponieroy Dies at Albany.
ALBANY. Or- Dec. 20. Speclal.) F.
M. Ponieroy. resident of Albany for the
last IS years, died today at his home
here, aged 65 years. He was a native
of Indiana and had lived in Oregon al
most 25 years, coining from Corvallis
to this city. He Is survived by his
widow and three children. Mrs. Paul
Schmidt, of Portland: Mrs. Maude Arm
strung, of Salem, and Robert B. Pome
roy. of Portland.
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PEDDLI.XG OREGOX GRAPE AXD
ARE ALL HAPPY? i!
Dismal Christmas Awaits
Least in Seven Homes.
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HUNGER AND COLD CREEP IN
Father in Jail, Mother and Daughter
Are Out of Funds Widow With
Seven Lies Sick In Bed and
Others Are in Dire Want.
"Is everybody happy?"
One might think so. seeing how
broad has been the reach of the Christ'
mas spirit that prevails in the city at
this time, and with wbat good will
people on every hand are searching out
those less fortunate so that they may
share their Christmas cheer with them.
But. broad as has been the Christmas
movement, there are still many people
In Portland whose Christmas day will
be a cheerless one Indeed unless some
thing can turn toward them a portion
of the good will that Is so free In
the city in this holiday season.
At the headquarters of the Associated
Charities there are on file records of
many families or Individuals who face
Christmas in a condition of poverty so
extreme that they must not only ae
spalr of Christmas gifts, but may not
even know whether they shall have
barely enough to eat on that day of
festivity. The Associated Charities
withholds the names of these families.
but the cases are well established by
their Investigators and the organiza
tion Is making every effort to provide
for. these people Insofar as means Is
given it by the public-spirited citizens
of Portland. More tnan luu lamuies are
already provided for. but a partial list
compiled by Secretary V. R. Manning,
shows that there are still many whose
Christmas prayers may be still doubt
ful of an answer.
So, 1 Father In Prison. .
A mother and her 7-year-old daugh
ter alone in the city may not meet the
husband and father on Christmas day,
because he is confined in jail. Not
another relative have they excepting In
the East, where a home awaits them
If they could only secure transportation
to New York. At present they have
not even enough to pay rent for the
rooms In wnicn tney are staying nor
to buy sufficient groceries. Four days
from now Christmas is to be celebrated.
Ne. a Mother Most Provide for Seven.
A mother of seven children, all un
der 16 years, recently widowed and
left with scanty resources, working
hard to support her family has broken
down and will greet Christmas day
from a sick bed. Underfed and over
worked, the verdict of the physician
Is rest, proper food and a nurse. She
has not available at this time enough
to pay her rent and buy sufficient
food, and none of her children are
MISTT.F.TOK OX THE STREETS.
WISHES WERE HORSES."
old enough to undertake the task of
brsadwlnning for the family.
Ko. 8 Aged Woman Utterly Alone.
Sixty years old, penniless and friend
less and ill, a woman in Portland will
spend the holiday of peace on earth and
good will to men. A home waits for
her In the East where she has a sister
living, but the sister is herself too
poor to send transportation.
No. 4 One Year Brings Poverty.
"A year ago we were so happy, eat
ing our Christmas dinner together In
a log cabin. It tasted so good because
my husband had earned it." Just
year old Is the woman, really not more
than a child, and her husband but two
years older. Both were orphans. The
chances of the city seemed so much
brighter than those of the farm and
log cabin. This year they will eat such
Christmas dinner as they may receive,
If fortune is good to them, in a room
in a cheap lodging-house. The hus
band worked for a time after they
came to Portland, but an attack of
pneumonia has at once put an end to
his earning power and eaten up the
most of the earnings he had accumu
lated. And with her husband thus con
fined to his bed, the girl wife is look
ing forward to Christmas and to a time
a little later when there will be three
mouths to feed in the little family in
sead of two.
Xo. 6 Husband I1I Wife Helpless. .
Handicapped by the loss of an arm,
a man has sought in vain for employ
ment and today faces the coming of a
ghastly travesty of Santa Claus witn
no gift to bestow save famine and
sickness. His wife has never before
faced the necessity of . breadwinnlng
and is unable to care for her family
There are four children. The father
asks only that he may have an oppor
tunlty of earning a livelihood for his
wife and children, but that Is at the
present not to be hoped for.
No. Illness Takes Earnings.
An expert bookkeeper, living In a
pleasant home and able to support his
wife and children comlortably, was un
expectedly discharged by his employer
because he was suffering from tuber
cular glands and it was feared that In
fection might endanger other employes.
He was cured of his malady, but the
cost of the cure wiped out all his sav
ings. Hungry and scantily clothed,
the family faces the Christmas season,
for even could the father find a Job
at this time. It is now too late for his
earnings to amount to enough by
Christmas to do more than pay for the
bare necessities of life, of which they
have been almost deprived for a time.
No. 7 Mother Finds No Work.'
An uneducated foreign woman has
Ave children to support, all under 10
years of age. She comes day after day
to the employment bureaus to seek
work, but has been unable to secure
enough to provide for herself and her
children. Under present conditions it
appears but a matter of time until
anxiety and lack of proper food' will
make it Impossible for her to take ad
vantage even of the scattering oppor
tunities to do day labor that come to
her. In the meantime Christmas 1b
but four days ahead.
Octogenarian Dies Thursday.
Mrs. Eliza Kincald died Thursday at
634 East Salmon street, aged 87. Fu
neral services will be held at Flnley's
chapel, at a time to be fixed later.
Pv-ai-vou-enter streetcars were tried and
discarded In Brooklyn, N. Y.f goyearg ago.
2. A CURBSTONE FLORIST. 3. "IF
THREE DAYS REMAIN
Greatest Rush of Christmas
. Buying Due Tonight.
SHOPPERS OUT IN FORCE
Big Stores Will Xot Work Delivery.
men Sunday but Augmented "Bat
tery Will Be Pnt Upon the
Routes Monday.
Managers of the stores of Portland
predict that the late shopping rush for
the holiday counters will be a sort of
double-header this year.
The first big crest of the wave will
strike the stores tonight, when thou
sands of. people, realizing that Christ
mas Is only four days away and that
Sunday offers no opportunity for Christ
mas shopping, will hurry to make their
purchases.
The tide of the shopping again will
reach its flood on Tuesday night, which
Is the night of those who put off their
shopping nntil the eleventh hour think
ing there was plenty of time, those
who couldn't make up their minds until
the last minute and those who never
become thoroughly Inoculated with the
Christmas shopping germ until there
are only a few hours left in which, to
do their shopping.
Store proprietors make no attemot to
estimate what the figures In the-census
of the two big rushes of shoppers
will be, partly because the shopping
up to date has overthrown all prece
dents, and partly just because you
never can tell.
"Early shopping was greater this
year than ' ever before In Portland,"
said one last night, "and the early
morning shopping has been greater,
but we are finding out that the late
shopping also is going to be greater
than ever before how much greater
we can only guess."
The staffs of clerks in every big
store will be still further augmented
for meeting the heavy- trade of this
afternoon and evening, and additional
force will be secured in the delivery
departments. . -
Sunday will come as a welcome in
termission In the late shopping period,
in which the employes In the stores
will have a slight opportunity to rally
from tonight's attack and prepare for
the assault of holiday buyers which
will be resumed Monday.
'We will not work a soul in our store
Sunday," declared the manager of one
of the leading department stores last
night,' "not even our deliverymen.
Some might think that Sunday, when
no shopping will be done, will offer an
excellent opportunity . for the delivery
departments to catch up. We think.
however, that the cay of rest, consider
ing what they will have to cope with
In the next two days thereafter, is of
more importance.
'We hope to get our deliveries pretty
well cleaned up Saturday night, how-
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dcliveryman we can lay bands on, and
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Christmas packages pouring out over
the city as fast as thetide of pur
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store.
OREGON EXHIBIT ATTRACTS
Homeseekers Will Come in Great
Numbers Next Year, Says Sawhlll
J. E. Sawhill, secretary of the Central
Oregon Development League, who re
turned yesterday from the Minneapolis
and Chicago Land Showp, said that Ore
gon's exhibit at these tv o shows taught
some notable lessons to the people of
the East and Middle West.
'Perhaps the most Important," said
Mr. Sawhill, "was that Oregon demon
strated that it has lots of cheap land
for general farming. . Unfortunately
the idea has prevailed that Oregon is
a place of high-priced land given over
to aDDle-growine. The exhibits of
grains, grasses and vegetables attract
ed much attention, as the people un
doubtedly expected Oregon to display
fruit chiefly.
'The attendance at the Minneapolis
show was 80.000 and at Chicago 250,000.
It was the general opinion of exhibit
ors, of land companies and others ex
perienced in Immigration matters, that
there will be a greater movement to
Oregon next year than ever before In
the history of the state. These two
land shows had a great effect in this di
rection, as the inquiry by homeseekers
at both shows was very large.
' Cases Go to Highest Tribunal.
SALEM. Or.. Dec. 20. (Specials-
Preliminary papers in appeals to the
United States Supreme Court were filed
with the Supreme Court today in the
cases of the Corvallis & Eastern vs.
the State Land. Board and of the O.-R.
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