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.THE MORNING OREGOXTAJT. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1,, 1915. BURNING MORTGAGE OF FAIR CHEERS Californians, Happy at End of Difficulties, Attend in V Larger Numbers. ADMISSION DAY GAY EVENT Aatives and Pioneers Make Merry All Xight; Oregon Men Attend Convention and. Salem Woman Is Honored Socially BT ANNE SHANNON MONROE. OREGON EXPOSITION BULL.DING, Ban Francisco, Sept. 12. Since the burn ing: of the mortgage every one at the big exposition has had a care-free, go-as-you-please, happy-?o-Iucky holiday apirit that adds to the festivity of these approaching-the-close weeks. Of course, the mortgage meant noth ing so personal to the mass of people 'who come here to seek relaxation, but such a solidarity is California that when a big debt and a big problem hung over the exposition fathers, the exposition children could not play quite o blithely. You heard the question, "I wonder how the fair is really do ing?" "How is it really coming out financially?" It was a skeleton stalk ing. Many said. "When the fair is over then there'll be hard times." Then a good rumor went cavorting about with word that the fair was out of debt. Exposition Difficulties End. So you see what it means to Califor nians finally to have laid the ghost of Bankruptcy; the burning of the mort gage publicly in the Court of the Uni verse, in the presence of thousands of people, was the last word on exposition difficulties. Everyone is saying, "Isn't It nne that the fair is out of debt?" The crowds have been all but record- breaking day after day since the burn ing of the mortgage. Admission day, with 175,000, was "the maddest jam, all day and night, since opening day. Native daughters and pioneer sons and daughters formed a procession al most solidly from the ferry to Van Ness avenue, and the crowds that flocked in with them filled all the avenues, palaces and state buildings. Many buildings were given over to them, the Oregon building being offered for luncheon. Sev eral hundred were fed at the long tables on the north balconies overlooking the bay. At the Missouri building they danced steadily from noon till midnight. The California building was open all night with the Marimba band furnish , ing music. It was altogether a mag ; niflcent outpouring of people to show their loyalty to their state. Oregon Men Attend Convention. The lumbermen's convention and the annual meeting of the Hoo Hoo were attended largely from the Pacific Coast. George M. Cornwall, of the Timberman, Portland, and O. M. Clark, of the Wilson-Clark Lumber Company, were in attendance from Oregon. George M. Cornwall, who takes an active Interest in Hoo IIoo doings, was a member of the good of the order and the press committees. There's one timber industry in Ore-a-on that has had to wake up and start its wheels going at the behest of the Exposition, and that Is the North Bend Manufacturing Company, of Coos Bay. They manufacture the curious and beautiful myrtle wood novelties which are sold as souvenirs in the Oregon building. The supply sent down and ex pected to last through the entire Ex position season has been so far de pleted as to demand replenishing. Mr. Gray, manager of this department, says that the company will be compelled to open up and turn out a large supply to keep him going till the close. Oregon Wood, Alluring. Two handsome Port Orford cedar chests have Just been reeei-ed from the Woodcrafter Company, of Marsh field, and are attracting a great deal of attention. The woods of Oregon are the most persistently alluring feature of the building, whether in the shape of beautiful trays, bowls and chests, or the handsome panels on the top floor, which show the grain and different styles of finish of the many varieties of Oregon woods the Oregon maple, red cedar, oak, ash. Port Orford cedar, hemlock, larch, pine, spruce. In hand some panels, prepared by the Parelius Company. One panel of Oregon maple finished with a reddish stain is as beautiful as a painting, so exquisite ie the design In the natural grain. Mrs. P. J. Mann and H. S. Mann are t the Inside Inn. Henry S. Ladd is also registered at the Inside Inn. Mrs. Gray gave a luncheon Saturday honoring Mrs. I. L. Fatterson, of Salem, state re gent of the Daughters of the Amer ican Revolution of Oregon, and Mrs. C. S. Jackson, of Portland. The guests Included Mrs. A. M. Clark, her daughter-in-law. Mrs. Carl Tuttle. of Detroit; Mrs. Tees, of Linnton; Mrs. Adams, hostess for Nevada: Mrs. Ridenbaugh. of Idaho; Mrs. Slack. Mrs. Lowenberg and Mrs. Stoney, of the woman's board, and Mrs. Ramsay, wife of the captain of the battleship Oregon. COURT BARS SENSATION SriTS OVER NEIGHBORHOOD SCAX DAL THROW3C OUT. ' Judge McGinn's Interruption of Case Brings Applanae From Specta- -torn, Wno Are Reprimanded. Just when neighbors of the K. An derson and Elias Jackson families had settled themselves in the courtroom of Circuit Judge McGinn, prepared to hear an airing of a neighborhood scandal Judge McGinn interrupted the trial and threw the case out of court. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson had sued Mr. and Mrs. Jackson for 20. 000. They had been slandered, they said. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson, it was alleged, had told some of their neighbors that the An dersons were conducting their house improperly. The Jacksons came back with counterclaim. They demanded J25.900 damages. Their daughter Edna had been led astray, they said, by the And ersons. The girl had been persuaded to leave her parents and had finally gone insane, according to their charge. Judge McGinn tried to get them to settle the case. They wouldn't settle. A jury was drawn and Mrs. Anderson was called as the first witness for the rlaintiffs. She was testifying about the Jackson girl, around whom most of the scandal centered. Then Judge Mc Ginn interrupted. "I am not going to sit here and hear people who ought to have more sense tell about this poor girl's shame," said the court. "This case goes out of court." A wild burst of applause interrupted at thie point and Judge McGinn ham mered with a gavel. "There must be no demonstration of this kind in the courtroom," he warned. The crowd left the courtroom and Judge McGinn dismissed the Jurors. 16 CARS OF SHEEP SHIPPED A. 'Wrieelhouse Destines Lot for Market at Chicago. HOOD RIVER. Or- Sept. 14. (Spe cial.) Sixteen carload's, double-deckers, of sheep were snipped from here today to Arlington, where the sheep ; PROMINENT COTTAGE GROVE PHVSiri4 ri Rim. Dr. George C. Wall. COTTAGE GROVE. Or., Sept. 14- (Special.) The funeral of Dr. George C. Wall, prominent physician and Mason, was held here Sunday, the Masons being in charge and a large body of Knights Templar and blue lodge Masons escorting the body to the grave. Dr. Wall first came here about 25 years ago. He recently took a post-graduate course in medi cine in Germany. He was a native of England and was 63 years old. He is survived by his widow, who is a resident of Portland. She was formerly Mrs. F. W. Whipple, of this city. will be fed for a short time and then be shipped, to Chicago markets. The sheep, property of A. Wheel house, an Arlington livestock man, have been pastured for the Summer on neighboring forest reserves. Most of the animals were driven from Trout Lake, Wash., where they have been on the reserve pastures around Mount Adams. Some of them, however, have been on the ranges west of Hood River. They were driven to Dee. on the line of the Mount Hood Railway Company, and loaded there. FEED CONTRACTS AWARDED City Saves $1900 by Rejecting; First Bids; Orders Arc Divided. Bids for the city's supply of hay, grain and feed for the ensuing year were opened yesterday and recom mendations of awards were made by Purchasing Agent Wood to the Coun cil. The Council will make the awards this morning. For the Fire Bureau Albers Bros, got the order for 80 tons of bran, 428 tons of hay, 183 tons of oats, 174 'tons of straw and two tons of oil meal, amounting to an aggregate of 115,290. G. W. Simpson got the contract for 24 tons of bran, 48 tons of hay. 24 tons of oats and 24 tons of straw for the Park Bureau, amounting in all to $2256. The awards were divided in the street cleaning bureau. Lensch Bros. got tne order for 300 tons of hay for J4674. and AJbers Bros, for Ron Inn. of hay for $5027. Lensch Bros, got the award for 160 tons of oats for J3756, and the Northern Grain and Ware- nouse company for 160 tons for $4292. Forty tons of straw for the Street Cleaning Bureau will be pro vided by Albers Bros, for S249. nrHr. for 17 tons of bran were divided be tween ienscn Bros, and Albers Bros. The- cost of the supplies is $2938 cheaper than for the present year. The city rejected the first bids opened and readvertised. The total bids for all the supplies were $1900 less the second time than the first. BIRTHDAY BRINGS BOUQUET Assessor Reed Forgets Anniversary but Employes Don't. When Henry E. Reed, County As sessor, entered his office yesterday morning he found a huge bouquet of yellow chrysanthemums on his desk. "What's this?" he asked. "Why am I thus honored?" A card announced that the best wishes of his employes were extended to him. Mr. Reed scratched his head. "Why?" he asked Mrs. Singleton, his secretary. '. Your Dirthday." she reminded him. "So it is, so it is." he affirmed. "I'm 49 today. I'd almost forgotten about it.'" Then he called his deputies in and thanked them aJL SEASIDE SCHOOLS OPEN Attendance Reaches C33 and Tuo Teachers Are Added. SEASIDE, Or.. Sept. 14. (Special.) The city schools opened yesterday with an attendance of 235. Two teachers have been added and the rooms for merly used by the city high school will now take care of the increased attend ance. Mr. Otto, one of the directors of the new Union High School, has appealed to the Supreme Court for an order re straining the districts from canvassing the votes cast at the election last Thursday. This was granted and the court set September 24 for the hearing. In the meantime the district high school will be held in the Council chambers of the new City Hall. IpiHiilllllllllllllllllllllilimilllllllllllllllllllllllllH TEIN-BLOCH superiority rests on Stein-Bloch style and tailor ingland they are the result ofj Sixty-one Years! o f K nlo w ing How." THETSTEIN-BLOCHf CO. Wholesale Tailors ROCHESTER, N . V Smart Clothes 4Mm ml llllllilWIIIllllllllllHllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllH Sold Exclusively T) T71 AT OT?T T TATn - By JJ11J O-Cj JL1j11N VJT OREGON'S ROLL 325 Final Registration Mark Is Ex pected to Reach 1000. . PflE-MEDICS DRAWS MANY University Y. 31. O. A. Committee Aids Xctt Arrivals in Getting Lo cated Portland Student First to Sign With Registrar. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON' Euer, Sept. 14. (Special.) Waiting; in line to register. 32o students filed through the aisles of Johnson Wuli th- Oregon Administration building, and left their names with Rpsristmr A R Tiffany. The record exceeds that of last voi- for the initial six hours by exactly 38, according to figures furnished by Mr. Tiffany. Paul Downard. of .Portland, was the first student to retristor- in Johnson Hall, and Russell Fox. of As toria, second. Both are freshmen. Although there was not a clas rat ing of the men and women to register at the university, it is figured that the majority of those who did are new students. Klrst Day Devoted to Freshmen. The first day of enrollment .always s devoted to the freshman class, while tomorrow the upper classes will hold sway with a predicted intermixing of "f rosh." "Optimistic" was the word Registrar Tiffany used to express the sentiment of the faculty regarding an increase in the liberal arts enrollment. "I predict a final registration mark will show figures between 900 and 1000 before the last student will pass my window to enter college this semester. In addition, it is likely that the Febru ary term will bring back scores of old students, who have remained away be cause of financial reverses. Commerce, Journalism Popular. Among the men the commerce and journalism courses with a liberal sprin kling of economics seem most popular. The law school and its enrollment is still a problem, as figures for admit tance have not been cited by the de partment. The enrollment in law will feature tomorrow's work. Pre-medics has received a large choice, especially among the men. New students arriving in the city have been met by delegations from the fraternaties and a committee from the university Y. M. C. A. that has assist ed them in obtaining rooms and board ing-houses. HUGHES IS FIRST CHOICE BEPIBLICAJi STATE COMMITTEE. MEN REPORT ON SENTIMENT. AGED TREE YIELDS EXHIBIT Quinaby Sends Apples to Fair From Growth Begun 65 Vears Ago. QUINABY. Or, Sept. 14. (Special.) Prom a tree 65 years old, William Ji. Egan, of Mountain View Farm, will send a box of apples to the Panama Pacific Exposition. Planted in 1849 by John Leraen, the tiny tree has grown to a height of 50 feet, with a 50-foot spread to its branches, and from which more than 50 bushels of apples will be Harvested. The tree is hale and hearty and has missed only a few years with a heavy crop since Mr. Egan. the present owner of the place, has taken note of it. Pears from a 50-year-old tree will form a part of the interesting exhibit. Idaho Senator's Geographical Handicap Considered Insurmountable by Many for President. That Mr. Justice Charles. E. Hughes would be the first choice and Senator Borah second choice of the Republi cans of Oregon today for President is indicated by an estimate made by party committeemen received by Ed ward D. Baldwin, secretary of the Republican State Committee. Request was made of party executive officers in each county to give their judgment as to the preference of the rank and file of the party that the best obtain able information might be available for Secretary James B. Reynolds, of the Republican National Committee, who is now in the city. Replies received from more than half the counties of the state give the following percentage: "Plrrt choice for Republican nomine in 1916 Hughes . . .56 per cent 'Root 5 per cent Borah .... 17 per cent Any good Re- Taf t 10 per cent, publican. . 12 per cent Second choice lor Republican nominee In 1W16 Borah K2 per eent'Taf t 15 percent Root 13 per centTIuhes .... 8 per cent Many of those who gave Borah as second choice said that many Republi cans in their counties would rather have him than any other, but they re garded his geographical location as a handicap which couid not be overcome in the race for the nomination. Vancouver Enrollment Lest;. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Sept. 14. (Special.) The total enrollment in the Vancouver public schools for the first day of the present school year was 1359, this number being less than th of & year affo. The greatest decrease in enrollment is shown in the high school. 271 being enrolled this year against 313 last year. NEW TRIAL S SOUGHT Wilson T. Hume Files Motion in In-gen-aoll Snit. Wilson T. Hume yesterday filed a motion for a new trial in the suit of Mr. and Mrs. a. E. Ingersoll against W. II. Warren, private secretary to Mayor Albee, and members of the po lice moral squad. Judge Gantenbein probably will rule on the motion Sat urday. The principal grounds cited by Mr. Hume is that the Jury which tried the case returned a verdict in favor of the policemen, but did not mention Mr. Warren's name. The judge had in structed them that a verdict for the policemen would automatically vindi cate Mr. Warren. GARDENER TEST ARRANGED Civil Service Examination Also Set for Asphalt Plant Inspector. A. municipal civil service examina tion foe the position of gardener In the park bureau has been arranged for Tuesday. September 8. Practical ques tions will count 25 points, practical test of demonstration 50 points, experience and personal fitness (field and green house demonstration) 25 points." An examination will be held Tuesday. Our 3 2 SO Piano The Aldrich J A dependable Piano cannot be made to sell new under $250. fj We have long sought a Piano which, while very moderate in price, was thoroughly dependable, whose quality never varied from year to year from the standard previously determined upon, and which was worthy of our guarantee. Not finding this Piano in the market, we have had it built for us by one of the largest Piano Manufacturers in the United States according to our own opacifications, under our supervision, and subject to our rigid tests. I These Pianos will be marketed by us under the proprietary name. "Aldrich" (owned by Sherman. Clay & Co.), and will be protected by our full guarantee. ' J We do not claim that the Aldrich Piano is the highest-grade instrument in the market. The prices at which it is sold make this impossible. We do. however, confidently recommend the Aldrich as an honestly built product, which will give the purchaser ex cellent service. We feel satisfied, considering the care with which the Aldrich Piano is built and the excellence of the materials used, that, at the price, it represents the biggest value in the piano trade. J The Piano pictured above is the $250 moflel the most popular style of the Aldrich line other models at $265. $275. $295 and $325. Convenient payment terms. Sherman, i ntass llav& Go. VICTROIAS AND RECORDS Vi PIANOLA PIANOS STEI.VWAV, WEBER AXI OTHER PIANOS Sixth and Morrison Sts., Opposite Postoffice September 28. for asphalt plant inspec tors. 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