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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 8, 1914)
THE MORSTXG OREGOXIAX, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3. 1914, 0 10,000 CELEBRATE WITH VANCOUVER Wild West and Fair Exhibits Outbid Threatening Weath er on Opening Day. THRILLS ARE CONTINUOUS Indian War Dance and Military Pa rade Supplemented by Cowboys and Cowgirls Combine in Picturesque Pageant. VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 7. (Spe cial.) In spite o threatening weatner earlv today, more than 10,000 persons from all parts of the Pacific North west attended the opening day at the Columbia River Interstate Fair and 80th anniversary celebration. and though a shower or two fell during the afternoon, all remained until the last wild steer had been lassoed and tied by the cowboys. Then clouds rolled by and .the sun appeared. When Gene Nadreau, a mighty cow boy in size and appearance, dressed In picturesque cowboy costume, sat on an insignificant donkey and sang "Mandalay" through a megaphone, With the cowboys' band accompaniment, the crowd cheered him lustily. Range Folt, Soldiers Parade. Something was do.ng every second from the time the big parade started through Vancouver in the morning un til late tonight. Colonel George S. Young led the Twenty-first Infantry through the business district at 10:30 o'clock, and was followed by many cowboys and cowgirls, who had entered for the championship contests to be held every day until Saturday, when the results will be announced. Beho Gray, who has won the world's championship in trick roping, aston ished the throng today by throwing three lassoes at one time at a horse and rider. One noose caught the rider around the neck, one settled around the horse's neck and the third caught the animal's four feet. Wild West features and horse races were sandwiched in so closely that there was no time for suspense. The Indians, in gay colors of war paint and flashy garb, entertained the crowds with ceremonial dances to the tom-toms. There are 40 Sioux in the party, and one, Maggie Whitecap, is a graduate of Carlisle University. Governor Opens Fair. At 1:30 o'clock Governor Lister for mally opened the fair by an address in the grandstand, and he said that the Columbia River Interstate Fair far ex ceeded his expectations and is one of the finest in the Pacific Northwest. In the big exhibition building sev eral thousand persons surged and mar veled at the variety of products grown on land in this vicinity. The six granges have splendid exhibits and are trying hard for the large cash prizes offered. A. C. Reeves, past 73 years old, is writing poetry for several entries by his grange of Minnehaha. Here are two samples: you may talk of the lay of the minstrel. And the musical women and men; But for everyday prime satisfaction. Just give me the lay of the hen. Of all the garden products That In this booth are seen, For downright worth and excellence. Give me the humble bean. Mr. and Mrs. A. Farin. who have won the first prize for the best individual farm exhibits here, again have a big booth filled with several hundred dif ferent kinds of products of the farm, dairy and kitchen. E. P. Goerig, the "Pieplant King," who has a wonderful 15-acre farm near Woodland, has an unusual exhibit. Gnme Exhibit I'nlqne. The Clarke County Game Commis sion, J. M. Hoff. warden, has one of the most unusual booths in the building. It represents a beautiful moss covered glen in the mountains, and in It are perfect specimens of various kinds of animals killed in this part of the Northwest, including cougar, lynx, beaver, bear, deer and game birds. The County Auditor, William Marshall, sealer and weigher, has a booth in which a collection of scales and measures that have been inspected and condemned are shown. The Washington Agriculture College, of Pullman, and also the Western Washington Experiment Station, of Puyallup. have large sections devoted to information for the farmer. Tomorrow will be Pioneer day when pioneers of the early days in the Pa cific Northwest will be guests of the association. Mrs. Fred L. Olson, of Portland, granddaughter of Esther Short, on wWose 'donation land claim Vancouver stands, will sing a solo and F. V. Holman, of Portland, will de liver an address on "Why Did They Do It?" The biggest days of the fair are yet to come. Thursday will be Portland and Van couver day, the Mayors having de clared half holidays. PARTY LOVE FEAST SET DEFEATED CANDIDATES TO PLEDGE SUPPORT TO DR. WITHYCOMBE. Spar to lie Given to Delinquent Heads of Commltteem McArthur and Han ley Lay Cumpalgn Plans. Those Republicans who w ere defeated for nomination for state and county offices at the May primaries will be the principal speakers at a bis Republican banquet at the Commercial Club next Tuesday evening:. Of course, the successful candidates will be there as well as the ordinary Republican voters, both men and women especially the women. While the banquet was suggested through the desire of the defeated can didates to demonstrate their loyalty to the party and the men who are running for offlce on the party ticket, all ar rangements are directed by the Mult nomah County central committee. Tickets will be placed on sale within a few days. Members of the committee 111 handle them, or they can be ob tained at the headquarters. 441-444 Mor gan building. Many of the erstwhile candidates for Governor, Including Gus C- Moser, Charles A. Johns, Grant B. Dimick and others, already have expressed their In tention of speaking at the banquet. They will tell why Pr. James Wlthy combe, the man who defeated them, should be elected Governor of Oregon. The executive committee of the cen tral committee will take occasion at this banquet to instill additional en thusiasm into the ranks of those pre cinct committeemen who have been least active thus far in the campaign. They will be especially urged to attend. Instructions have been issued to or ganize sub -committees in each precinct five men and five women in addition to the regular committeemen to com pose the sub-committee. Officers and members of the various Republican clubs that have been and are active in promoting the interests of the party in the county and state like wise will be invited. Arrangements were completed last night for the active work in the cam paign of C. N. McArthur, Republican candidate for Congress in the Third dis trict, comprising Multnomah County. A committee consisting of Frank Korrell, chairman; Lynn B. Cooyert, secretary -treasurer; S. C. Pier, W. R. Tindall and Finley O. McGrew, was elected last night by the county cen tral comimttee. Two other members are to be added to this committee with in the next few days. The committee will outline plans for Mr. McArthur's campaign and will have charge of the work between now and election time. Meanwhile, Mr.' McArthur will con tinue, for the next few weeks, his quiet work anion? his friends. About Octo ber 1 he will begin his speaking cam paign, and proposes to cover every part of the county. William Hanley, Progressive candi date for United States Senator, will leave on an automobile trip today through the Willamette and Yamhill valleys. He expects to visit Salem, Al bany and other cities, and may go south as far as Eugene. CITY RECEIVER IS FACED OREGON CITY DEBT SPEEDS AHEAD OF TAXES, SAY OFFICIALS. Court Said to Be Willing to Appoint Mnn for Emergency Since' Banks Refuse to Cash Warrants. OREGON CITY, Or., Sept. 7. (Spe cial.) A receiver to straighten out the tangled condition of Oregon City's finances is more than a possibility here. With the two local banks refusing to cash city warrants, with a total debt estimated at 5590,000 by Mayor Jones and the city at least two and a half years behind the taxes in its ex penses, according to Councilman Henry Templeton, the financial condition of the city is considered serious. Circuit Judge Campbell has offered to appoint a receiver for the city if the proper application is made. "Judge Campbell," said J. E. Hedges, secretary of the Water Board, today, "told me that if a taxpayer of the city would come to him and make the prop er application for a receiver he would appoint one. He said that he could see no reason why a receiver could not be appointed for a municipal corpora tion as well as for private concerns." City banks first refused to cash city warrants August 1. When the ruling was first made by them customers were accommodated, but now the Bank of Oregon City refuses to take in even a small warrant for large depositors. The Bank of Oregon City holds S130.000 in unpaid city warrants and the r lrst National Bank holds $50,000. Although the Bank of Oregon City refuses to take city warrants, it is offering to buy county warrants. Besides the amount of warrants now held by the banks several thousand dollars in war rants are held by citizens as invest ments. Councilman Templeton said this evening that the city was paying its salaries with taxes which would not be collected for at least two years and a half. Oregon City's assessed valuation is S2. 795.337. 64, according to County As sessor Jack. The 1913 levy was 10 mills and the amount of tax $27,953.48. If the total debt of the city is $500,000 the town is mortgaged to about 20 per cent of its valuation. The total annual income of the city, inMurtiiiar taxes, fines and licenses is about $10,000, and the officials say this does not cover the expenses, excluding the money spent for street worK. Carlton Man Still Missing. CARLTON, Or.. Sept. 7. (Special.) No trace was found today of D. A. Walker, who disappeared from his home near here Sunday. One hundred men and bloodhounds were engaged in a search for the missing man today. Snow in Baker County. BAKER, Or., Sept. 7. (Special.) Light showers fell here this afternoon. Snow fell in the mountains surround ing, but melted quickly. The weather is quite chilly tonight. PARTY RANKS TORN 8Y INTERNAL WAR Progressives and Democrats Fear Bolt in Washington Primaries Today. ROOSEVELT LETTER CAUSE s for Bull Moose Hanson Says Falconer Garbled Indorsement, While in Jeffersonian Ranks Split Is Over Wilson and Clark. OLYMPIA, Wash.. Sept 7. (Special. Dissension has grown to such an ex tent on the eve of the Washington dl rect primary set for tomorrow that thi r, ,.(..., .,r,H nmocrfltic leaders al - o v,rit from the successful ICdUJ ' . ' " " . candidate. -j it Drnvfaaslvp nnndinRte ie xxaiiaoii, j. luej.v."..- Senator, displays an eleventh-hour tele gram from coionei kds'i. 6 " , him equal indorsement with J. A. Fal coner and he is charging Falconer s managers with "a contemptible gar bling" in publishing the much-discussed Roosevelt letter indorsing his opponent. Hanson displays the following tele gram from Colonel Roosevelt: "My let ter Indorsing Falconer for Senator was not Intended as a Progressive party choice only in the general election against Senator Jones. From all re ports vour fight for Progressive prin ciples entitles you to the same consid eration and, if nominated, I wish you success against the present reactionary and all party bosses." This telegram to Hanson came only as the result of several days' bombard ment of Oyster Bay and Senator Miles Poindexter. So bitter has been the feeling be tween Falconer and Hanson that Pro gressive leaders fear that the party cannot fight solidly behind either of the men at the primaries. In Democratic ranks a bitter eleventh hour fight centers about the candidacy of ex-Senator George Turner, of Spo kane, and Charles G. Heisner, of Seattle, for the Democratic rtomiantion. Heisner was the Western manager and state chairman during Woodrow Wilson's pre-convention campaign and has opened a bitter personal attack upon the Spokane candidate because of his support of Champ Clark. Heisner's supporters threatened openly to bolt the party if Turner is nominated. From Spokane comes the report that the Republicans, to some extent, are planr.ing to enter the Democratic pri maries and to vote for Turner in the effort to give him the nomination. This would be only a repetition of what occurred in 1910 when the Dem ocrats, by the wholesale, went into the Republican primaries and nomin ated Senator Miles Poindexter. While these Spokane reports were given credence by Turner's Western Washington opponents, it is not be lieved that the alleged support from the Republicans will materialize to a great extent as the Republicans have a sharp contest of their own in that dis trict. The second choice voting is causing some anxiety among candidates on the eve of the primaries. First reports ituui oeaiiit, ..ii;.. ......... didates for the Republican Congres sional nomination, sa.v uwi we porters of Representative W. E. Hum phrey are openly advising the voters to write in some other name for second choice that the votes may not fall to any one of the three other candidates who have filed. In several other districts, candidates are endeavoring fo make the electors forget the second choice votes so that these will fall to the weakest oppon ent To a large extent the spirit of the second choice provision of the law is being violated. From all parts of the state come re ports of heavier registrations than usual, due, in a large measure, to the efforts of the prohibition forces to get out their full strength. PLAN TO AID VISITING NURSE FUND UP TODAY New Members to Charitable Organization Sought and Booths Will Be Opened to Receive Help From Public. TO devise plans for the continuance of the work of the Visiting Nurse Association, a meeting of members and others Interested will be held at 10 o'clock this morning in the parlors of the Hotel Portland. This organization, which provides the care of a nurse for Portland's needy sick, has been in ex istence for 12 years, but is now in financial straits. A city-wide campaign to occupy next Monday is being arranged, and today's meeting is to perfect the plans. The announcement of the project Sunday aroused a wide discussion and interest and there is little doubt but that to day's meeting will be well attended. It is hoped to have all members of the association and many other citizens present Mrs. Thomas D. Honeyman is chair man of the meeting today, and brief expressions of opinions on the project ed campaign will be asked for and sug gestions as to conducting it will be welcomed. The general committee In charge is composed of Mrs. Robert G. Dieck, president of the association; Mrs Honeyman. first vice-president and Mrs. S. S. Montague, second vice president . Among those who will be called upon for opinions and advice will be W. D. Wheelwright Dr. A. A. Morrison. Rabbi Jonah Wise and Father Edwin V. "The war will make It difficult to obtain large donations this year," said Mrs Honeyman yesterday. "Lncertaln tv as to how the conflict will affect finances in this country probably will make people chary of giving. Vv e anti cipate a generous response, however, when we have shown of what benefit this work is to the people of Portland." "We hope that our appeal has reached many, and greatly desire a large attendance at the meeting at the Ti , . DA,(i9nH it la mir aim to create enough interest in the work of the Visiting Nurse Association to make the public realize its importance and re spond freely. We do not intend to em ploy more nurses with the money we desire to raise, though that would be an excellent thing. We will be con tent if we can get enough money to continue the work" The civic organizations of Portland, including the Rotary Club, the Cham ber of Commerce, the Commercial Club, Portland Ad Club, the Rosarians and others have been asked to send repre sentatives to this meeting today. Members of the committee declared vesterday that several already had re sponded by Inquiring about the cam paign and taking out memberships. The plan of the campaign has met with general approval. The money needed will be procured : : j I Mm. Thomas D. Honeyman, Who I Jm Taklnp Prominent Part In Nurse Association Campaign, 388 Morrison Bankrupt Piano Stock of Soule Bros. by enrolling new members in the asso ciation. Memberships will be offered at $10, $5 and t3 a year, and subscrip tions to the association tuberculosis fund will be accepted separately. Booths will be opened in department stores, banks, hotels and other down town business houses next Monday, to the number of 20. Each of these will be In charge of a society woman as sisted by a corps of girls. The canvass will be thorough, as the booths will be located so as to catch the majority of shoppers and business men on the streets that day. The Visiting Nurse Association is making its- plea for assistance on the charitable nature of Jts work The nurses employed visit the poor in Port land that are sick and need attention but cannot afford it Their services are I free, but when possible the patient pays something for the attention. No payment is required, however. The present contributing member ship of the association is 425 and it is hoped to more than double this next Monday. The association Is now run ning about $2500 a year behind and im mediate aid is necessary if it Is to con tinue its work. It For future protection of the piano dealers who handle these pianos and must obtain the regular re tail price, I have extended then the courtesy of pro tecting their pianos against advertised low prices. However, the names of many of these pianos are list ed in this advertisement and the prices are at the ex treme right. Terms : Although I will not sell any piano except for spot cash (as it is money the creditors want) I have bad several men come to me who woulji be perfectly willing to loan money to any person who wishes to buy and make a small first payment and the balance can be paid at $1.00 or more per week, as you wish to arranse. Now Listen Me! The Court of Mult nomah County Says Sell at Once! Here Are the Prices That Will I am W. B. Shively, the I Jf If .,cI.;,o., TVio .TnHrrn trove I A (ISOlgllGC " " Ow me authority to sell these pianos at once for what I can get for them, so orig inal cost or retail selling price makes no difference, as the creditors positively must have their money. You will buy a piano if you take five minutes to look over this stock. Store Openin the Evening Until 9 6 Clock Almost Every Piano a Brand New One Ivers and Pond, Behning, Wegman, Lester, H. P. Nelson, Chase and Baker, Weber, Kohler & Chase and Many Others $600 Wurlitzer Electric Piano $166 $500 Weber Piano $288 Talking Machines Must Qq J Columbia, Edison or Victor We Must Also Close Out All Fixtures: Four Desks, Two Safes, a Number of Chairs, Music Rolls, Rugs, Stools, Benches, Cabinets and Typewriters W. B. Shively, Assignee Sale by Order of Court Store Open Evenings Until 9 o'Clock 388 Morrison Believe Me, They All Go Now! Read These Prices: New Pianos $97.20. Many of Them $250 and $300 Values. Guar anteed Ten Years It seems almost impossible to think of buying a new Grand Piano of $250 to $300 value for only $97.20, but it is not a question of price or value. Tho court has ordered these instru ments sold, and they must go for whatever they will bring. At this price you will not find simply one or two pianos for you to select from, but you will find a big stock, of all colors of cases, all brand new in struments, almost every thing in the $250 to $300 grade. Mew jrianos $1x0. Many ol Tnem $3uu to $350 Values. Guaran teed Ten Years A big stock to select from, several different makes, all new pianos. Instruments guaranteed for ten yeara, with an unco nditional guarantee. Theae instru ments are all plain cases, but they ara beautiful pianos. Player Pianos, $188. Original Values $700 to $800 The above are splendid in struments and practically as good as new, so far as tone and looks are con cerned. $188 seems an ex ceptionally low price for a player piano, but we don't want thia sale to continue any great length of time. We want to wind it up at the very earliest possible moment. All New Player Pianos, $850 Values, Guaran teed Ten Years, Now $337 $1000 New Player Pianos Now $688 A number of other player pianos for one-half, yes, a great many of them we will take even one-third of their value for immediate sale. Baby Grands, $337 for $800 Values $387 for $900 to $1000 Values Many Makes Prices Never Heard of