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THE SU2TOAY OREGONIAtf, PORTLAND, MAY 3, 1903.
SELLING BAD, MEAT
State Health Officer Says
' "Yes" Smith Bros, "No."
CHARGES MADE BACK AND FORTH
Ir. Weeds Hutchinson Say That He
Has Testimony That Diseased.
Cattle Were Slaughtered
, far Food
Complaints have reached the oars of
the state and city health officers that
diseased animals intended for food have
fceen sold at the city stockyards. The
authorities are Investigating the .reports.
Dr. "Woods Hutchinson. State Health
Officer, has been informed that the own
ers of a slaughter-bouse on .St. Helens
road recently bought at the stockyards
and slaughtered several dairy cows
whose flesh -was unwholesome, and gave
evidences of -disease. Several of the ani
mals had strong evidences of tubercul
osis. Xr. Hutchlnsln did not get his in
formation from personal Inspection, but
from the -testimony or an expert vet
erinarian. He has written a letter to
the Cltr Board-of Health calling the at
tention of the city officers to the com
plaints. Smith Bros, are mentioned as one
of the firms which has slaughtered dis
eased animals and sold the flesh thereof
to the city trade.
Frank I Smith, of Smith Bros., last
night indignantly denied that his firm had
slaughtered diseased or unwholesome
animals.
"We "buy very few dairy cows," said
he. "The only dairy cows we have pur
chased for the past month, we procured
at the Union Stockyards over two weeks
ago. All the slaughter-houses In the
city get their animals from the same
var&s we do. The Inspectors of the
Bureau of Animal Industry are supposed
to inspect tho animals that pass through
those yards. The Inspectors are there to
condemn all diseased animals. Jt Is their
duty to protect us and other purchasers
from buying such animals. Therefore,
if the dairy cows we bought were diseased
we should have been Informed of It.
"But they were not diseased, so far as
I could see. Neither were they Inferior
for food. And I pride myself that I am a
pretty good Judge of cattle.
W. H. Daughtrey, manager of the Union
Stockyards, took the same position as did
Mr. Smith, saying:
"There is no truth In tho reports. The
animals are inspected by men in the em
pfoy of the Bureau of Animal Industry.
Dr. B. N. Hutchinson, chief of the bureau,
end his assistants are supposed to exam
lne every animal that comes into the
yards."
Dr. Woods Hutchinson, State Health
Officer, takes issue with Mr. Smith on the
Inspection matter. He said:
"The Government Inspectors have no
power whatever to condemn diseased ani
mals that are sold here for city consump
tion. They have authority only over ani
mals In the interstate trade. Would to
Heaven they did have authority to con
demn diseased cattle In the city trade.
Only two abattoirs in Portland are In
spected by the Government officers. The
stockyards are not inspected at all. What
Portland needs Is a central abattoir where
all animals killed for city consumption can
be examined, or else a central station
where all meat sold in the city can bo
inspected."
Dr. Woods Hutchinson went on to say
that Ills informant In the case in question
was of undoubted veracity.
"My informant, said he, "saw the cows
at the stockyards Just before they were
sent away to the abattoir. He said they
had been culled out of dairy herds be
cause they were afflicted with chronic
mastitis, an inflammation of the udder.
Two of the cows gave strong symptoms
of tuberculosis. The cows were all, in
very poor condition. I was not notified
of the matter in time to examine the meat
before It was sold and consumed."
Dr. Woods Hutchinson said he had also
beard that Smith Bros, had several times
at the stockyards slaughtered sheep and
hogs that "were half dead. The Indica
tions -were strongly suspicious that the
meat of the animals had been sold for
iood.
. Mr. Smith denied this report also. "We
bave never slaughtered a hog or sheep at
the stockyards," said he.
"I have witnesses." said Dr. Woods
Hutchinson, "to testify that the car
casses of the eheep and hogs were shaken
so as to remove the blood therefrom. If
the animals were to be used for fertilizer
or for their hides, why -were they put
through this process?"
Mr. Smith declared that the whole mat
ter had been devised to Injure his busi
ness. He suspected collusion . between
Dr. Woods Hutchinson, Dr. E. X. Hutch
inson and the Union Meat Company. "We
see many funny things about their do
ings," eald Smith.
LIGHT 6n LAW-MAKING.
Publicity First "Would Nullify Refer
endum Petitions.
PORTLAND, April 28. To the Editor.)
The policy of invoking the Initiative and
referendum has been to some xtont the
BUbJect of criticism. An examination of
the amendment to tho constitution shows
that when tho people propose a law they
roust. In the petitions, include the full text
of the measure so proposed. It Is a great
pity the constitution does not require
that all bills proposed by the Legislature
Eball be at once posted upon public bul
letin boards In every place In the state.
The people would then be thoroughly ad-
.vised as to what is going on In Leglsla
tive halls, and with such publicity there
would be little or no need of tho initiative
and referendum.
How is It done In practice? A bill was
introduced to amend section S039 of Bel
linger & Cotton's code, which was at that
time accessible to but very few persons,
it received but a brief mention in the
newspapers, and nobody could tell exactly
rhat it was. The main object of that
bill was to cut out the last two para
graphs of -the law, reading as follows:
Par. 7. The personal property of all persona,
who, by reason of Infirmity, age or poverty.
(nay. in the opinion of the Assessor, bo unable
to contribute towtrds the public chances:
Par, 8. The personal propttty of every house
holder to tho amount of $300. the articles to
be aelected by euch householder, shall be ex
empt from taxation.
Had this bill been so published that its
true effect had been made known. It is
doubtful whether it would have passed in
the form It did. But the classes of per
sons above mentioned would have been
more reasonably and fairly dealt with
than "with this law as it passed, striking
out all exemptions and allowing assess
ment and taxation upon every article
these persons mentioned in the above par
agraphs may have. The argument is,
that in levying his writ the Sheriff will, of
course, not take away any widow's kitch
en stove or the food in the house, not
withstanding the law. However, nothing
Is exempt, and the Sheriff is bound by his
oath of office to obey the law. The con
stitution does not make him a Judge to
construe the law, and let off some here
End force others there.
it is just such ill-advised measures
-which place the burden of the taxes upon
the poor, and put duties upon a Sheriff
which he never will enforce in letter or
spirit, that call for a careful revision of
our entire tax system by a competent
commission, as I have heretofore con
tended. '
The above is "why referendum petitions
tre bow being- circulated against this law,
as also against the equally Ill-advised cor
poration license and portage railway acts.
If people could be made to realize now,
just what these acts mean, the petitions
would bear the .nairies of nearly all the
voters .in the state coining forward volun
tarily to sign. .
ROBERT C. WRIGHT.
WILL ERECT LARGE MILL
Robert Sa'ltor, "Well-Known Lumber
man, to Bnlld at Llnnton.
Robert Suitor & Sons are to erect a $50,-
000 lumber mill at Llnnton, on the Wil
lamette, seven miles, below Portland, work
on the olant to commence immediately.
It is expected, permission will be obtained
todav from Federal omclals lor tne con
struction of an fOO-fo.ot wharf, . and pile.
driving will commence as soon as this
sanction Is had.
The plant will have a dally capacity or
1E0.X feet, and will give employment to
75 men. Active operations wm oe com
menced by the new mill within a com-
oaratlvely short time, for orders ior tne
machinery will be given with instructions
to hasten the delivery.
The site of the new plant la excellently
adapted for -milling purposes. Ten acres
of land lylnjr alonjr the Willamette were
eecured -hy the company from Meier &
Sketched frota life.
jr. grauman, manager of the grauman vaudeville- cir
cuit AND DIRECTOR OF THE NORTHWEST CIRCUIT.
Frank, who were active In Inducing Mr.
Suitor to locate near Portland. The mill
Is to be the property of the Suitor Lumber
Company, which will be incorporated for
the purpose Immediately.
Mr. Suitor Is- one of the best-known lum
bermen In the state. He has been active
ly engaged In lumbering operations In
Oregon for more than 15 years, nis opera
tions having been confined during recent
years to WrInd City. His property at that
place was recently disposed or ana me
company moved its headquarters to Port
land. The comnany controls a large amount of
valuable timber land, but the policy of
the operators has not been announced.
Tho company .has the opportunity of
either cutting Its own timber or buying
from other sources, since there Is a large
amount of available logs near by.
MAYOR AS ARBITRATOR.
Immediate Settlement Will Be Only
Temporary Expedient.
PORTLAND. April. 29. (To the Editor.)
Portland practically laces similar condi
tions that confronted the country one
year ago. Alter long conunueu puuuc
suffering, the contending parties, were Dy
public opinion forced, to consent to arbi
tration, which resulted In a satisfactory
verdict to the.public at large, and meas
urably so- to the. parties concerned.
To nrevent a repetition of this disas
trous controversy, may not the principles
uton which it was settled by the commis
sion, be practically applied to the settle
ment of the present trouble. If so, no
cumbersome commission .is necessary.
which In most .cases Is decided by the
one man agreed upon by the representa-
The Mayor or the
city Is regarded as Just and Impartial.
whose sole aim Is to guard and promote
the Just rights of all classes .and condi
tions. To nut an end to what is becoming
a public -disaster, he signifies his willing
ness to act in any capacity the opposing
partles may desire. Inthls case, neither
... a uZZit v,irr. v io
nartv need hesitate to. make him the sole
arbitrator of their difficulties, " with the
express understanding that hla decision
should be based so far as practicable upon
the principles that guided the National
commission and made its decision monu
mental C - i
But it should-nbt. ije ' forgotten that
whatever the Immediate result, it Is at
best but a temporary expedient. Until
men come to regard themselves as one
great family, Inheriting from their fathers
and from their father's .God,-"an estate In
this great country, that they are In -duty
bound, and by self interest as well,- to
conserve, by regarding the rights of
others equally as- their own, there can bo
no lasting peace. VThe Decalogue," says
Carroll D. Wright, "13 the best union
platform." M. S. GRISWOLD..
THE ENGLISH SPARROW.
Government Bolletln Tells How Pest
May Be Combatted.
PORTLAND. May 2, (To the Editor.)
In .answer to a. communication from J.
M. Card, Dallas, Or., in reference to the
English sparrow, I would refer him to
an exhaustive Government report on the
matter, as- tho subject la too lengthy to
discuss in these columns.
Full Information Is found in Bulletin
No. 1 "The English Sparrow In America,
Especially in its Relation to Agriculture,"
by Walter B. Barrows, under direction of
Dr. C Mart Merrlam, United States De
partment of Agriculture (1SS9).
That the English sparrow does great
damage In certain localities Is an undis
puted fact, and various methods of ex
termination aro suggested, such as the
use of firearms, traps and poison, and
the destruction of nesta. The volume can
be found in the Portland Public Library,
and is doubtless extant In some library
In Dallas, as tha Government reports re
ceive wide clrculatldn.
' HERMAN T. BOHLMAN.
Made like a ten-cent cigar.
"Opla" 5o clf&rg. J. D. Meyer, d!a-tributar.
NEWTHEATERFORUS
The Empire Will Be Opened
Next Month.
VAUDEVILLE CIRCUIT FORMED
D. J. Graaraan, ef San Francisco,
Outlines Policy "Walca Recently
Formed CoxapanyWIll Adopt
Local Men Will 3tanKe It.
Some time between the 1st and the 10th
of June next the Empire Theater, at the
corner of Twelfth and Morrison streets,
will swing its doors open to receive the
public of Portland. And from that time
on the Northwestern Vaudeville Company
will there produce a line of the best tal
ent that can be secured in this country or
Europe.
The Empire Theater In Portland will be
only one in a line of Empire Theaters that
will stretch from this city to St. Paul
anl Minneapolis. Including on tho way
such towns as Tacoma, Seattle, Spokane,
Butte, and Great Falls,
Calvin Helllg. of tho Marquam Grand.
Is to be the general manager for the
Northwest of the new theatrical company;
Georgo L. Baker, of tho Baker Theater,
will be tho resident manager, and D. J,
Grauman, the California theatrical man
ager, will be an associate manager.
The personnel of the Northwestern Vau
deville Company shows Its close affiliation
with the two companies that now control
this line of business in California tho Or
pheum Company, and the Pacific Coast
Vaudeville Company. Charles L. Acker
man, who is vice-president of tho Orpheum
and president of the Pacific Coast Vaude
ville Company, Is also president of the
now company. A. Abrams, a wealthy res
ident of San Francisco, who is vice-president
of the Coast Vaudeville Company,
and who is now acting as president of the
Orpheum during the absence of Mr. Mey
erfeldt in Europe, Is treasurer of the
Northwestern Company, and D. J. Grau
man, who is heavily Interested In the
Coast Company, is a director of the com
pany which proposes to Inject a new and
much-needed element Into the vaudeville
business in the Pacific Northwest.
When seen yesterday In the apartments
of Mr. Helllg, whose guest he is, Mr.
Grauman outlined his company's plans,
which are now far on the road to comple
tion. "Early In June," said he, "we will open
our Empire Theater In Portland, and will
""er ,c"d ST" SZ"
tending from San Francisco, through
Portland, the Puget Sound and Montana
cities, to Minneapolis and SL Paul, a line
of vaudeville attractions that have never
before been able to play through this ter-
i ritor5' on account of the lack of contlnu-
I ous engagements.
"We have spared no expense in our pre
liminary -arrangements, and will spare
none in the futuro to make the Empire
Theater a place of amusement that Is
second to none in the country. The the
ater here will havo a seating capacity of
about 1400. It will have four large exits.
'so- arranged that the house can be emp
tied in one minute. The ventilation has
been so carefully and elaborately pro
vided for that In the hottest days of Sum
mer our theater will be delightfully cool,
and the interior furnishings will be as
sumptuous as money can buy. There is
certainly no house in the Northwest that
will surpass It In comfort or In appear
ance. "There Is one thing that I wish you
would state as emphatically as you can,"
said Mr. Grauman, "and that Is, the
trademark which has carried the Grau
man circuit to success will be branded
deep on the policy under which the Em
pire Theaters will be operated."
The reporter asked what tho trademark
might be, and Mr. Grauman straightened
up In his chair.
"Strictly moral, he said, "strictly moral!
Without this clearly understood we could
not attempt our undertaking. There will
be no smoking allowed, nor, of course,
any drinking. We will play no problem
plays in our theater. We will put on only
those attractions which have sufficient
worth In themselves to make it well worth
the public's while to go and see them. The
Empire will be a vaudeville theater, but
It will be a first-class theater, and noth
ing else. We cater only to the best class
of trade.
"Do you know," said Mr. Grauman.
"that there are a great many more good
people in the world than there are bad
people? And in any business that depends
so directly on public support as the theat
rical, business it Is necessary to remem
ber this fact all the -time. It Is this policy
that has made the Orpheum a success in
San Francisco. Without it the best show
that could be given in the world would
fall."
JThe plans of the new company are not
yet completed as regards some minor de
tails, one of which is the price to be
charged in Portland. The weight of opin
ion among the directors, however, leans
toward the side which declares In favor of
the familiar "10. 20 and 30 cents," with an
extra charge for the boxes.
'Some of the attractions will be so
high-priced," say some of the directors.
that In self-protection we must charge
more." And this side favors the placing
of the admission figures at a scale which
would read "10, 23. 50 and 75 cents."
"At these figures," they say, "it would
never be necessary to raise the price."
And the advocates of a lower charge
answer that they will not raise the price
anyway.
Some discussion was also indulged in
before the theaters of the new company
were Anally christened Empires. It was
suggested tnat Columbia was a good
name, and still another faction favored
the name Majestic. But with tho final
selection all were pleased.
A season of 42 weeks will be offered to
performers by the Northwestern Com
pany, and to such a circuit every attrac
tion of merit In the country will be drawn.
In fact, there are few circuits In the
United States, and none In the West, that
can offer anything like as good induce
ments to people who play.
The Northwestern Company is not a
merger of the Orpheum and Grauman cir
cuits. It is an entirely distinct corpora
tion, but being owned and financed by
practically the same people that now con
trol the two circuits to the south. It will
work In entire harmony with them, and
tne cookings will be. If not exactly the
same, at least very similar.
NOW ARCHITECTS COMBINE
Permanent Organization Formed
Afflllnte With American Institute.
The Portland Association of Architects
formed a permanent organization yester
day afternoon, with the following officers:
Edgar Lazarus, president; Richard Mar
tin, vice-president; A. Kleeman, secretary;
E. Schock, treasurer - and H. J. Hefty,
trustee. Seventeen Portland architects.
representing tho strength of the profes
sion In Portland, are members of the or
ganization. It is the intention of the Portland as
sociation to ask for the privilege of affil
iating with the American Institute of
Architects At present the only Portland
architects who are fellows In tho Ameri
can Institute are Mr. Lazarus and Mr.
Kleeman.
The movement Inaugurated In Portland
Is to be extended throughout the state by
the local association. It Is Intended that
the etiquette of the profession shall be
observed and the scale of prices pre
scribed by the American Institute shall be
continued In effect In Oregon.
The meeting yesterday was the second
the architects have held for the purpose
of perfecting their organization. A week
ago preliminary steps were taken and the
completion of the details of organization
was left until yesterday. After that meet
ing the following statement of the pur
poses of tho local association was given
out:
"The objects of the society aro to unite
the architects of the city and state for
the purpose of stimulating a more friend
ly feeling among members of the profes
sion; a closer observance of professional
etiquette; to secure proper legislation to
protect tho profession; tho Interests of
better building In tho city and state at
large, and to combine their efforts so as
to promote the artistic, scientific and
practical efficiency of the profession."
IMPORTANT PURCHASES.
Mr. Henry J. Eilers Still In the East
Placing Heavy Piano Orders.
The following Is an extract from an
Item which appeared In the Musical Age,.
New Tork, April 23:
"In tho midst of all the business strug.
gles and battles, Henry J. Eilers has
managed by his own efforts and those of
his coworkers to come out around the
top of the heap, with the result that
when Mr. Elleg is in town In any lead
lng piano manufacturing center, such
as New York. Boston or Chicago, it
means the giving of orders, not for ten
or 50 pianos, but for several hundred,
and to be delivered within a limited
period of time."
Mr. Eilers. who Is still In tho East,
Is making a thorough canvass of the en
tire piano field. Ho Is purchasing
pianos not only by the hundreds at low
est possible factory prices, but Is also
devoting special care to tho selection of
tho latest art products. The public Is
therefore certain of some rare surprises
when the new Instruments reach Port
land.
PERSONAL MENTION.
E. Z. Ferguson, a contractor of Astoria,
Is at tho Imperial.
Marshall B. Woodruth, United States
District Attorney at San Francisco, Is at
tho Portland.
Nelson Bennett, a prominent railroad
contractor. Is registered at the Port
land from Tacoma.
Mr. and Mrs. Rogers, of Sydney. Aus
tralia, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. N. Wag
ner, 371 North Twenty-fifth street.
P. J. McGowan, a well-known cannery-
man who has followed the business on the
Columbia since pioneer days, 13 a gue3t
of the Perkins.
H. E. Cushman, brother of tho Con
gressman, of Tacoma, and a deupty In
the office of the United States Attorney
In Seattle. Is visiting in the city.
Thomas I. Richards left for New Tork
City and other Eastern cities last night.
Mr. Richards' visit will be In the Interest
of his new cafe now being constructed at
Park and Alder streets. He expects wto re
turn In a month.
Eugene D. White, who has been In
Canada for the past two months, has
returned to Portland. He reports beau
tlful weather In the Northwest Terr!
tories and prospects for a bountiful har
vest of grain. People are still pouring
Into the Canadian Northwest and trains
from the East and South ore crowded
dally.
Cincinnati Enquirer Colonel J. T. Gray
son. of Portland, Or., who Is at the St,
Nicholas, in speaking of the growth and
advantages of his state, said: "In a few
years, if tho present growth of tho state
Is maintained, Oregon will become one of
the richest and most populous states In
the Union. She has every advantage In
mineral wealth and other attributes, and
all that is required Is a proper course of
development, and such is now being ap
plied with great energy and Industry.
Every inducement Is being held out to
immigrants of the right character to take
up their residenco in the state and it is
a certainty that the environments will
make of these people splendid citizens.
Oregon Is rapidly advancing commercial
ly, socially and In every other way. Her
products reach every market in the world
which Is .due to her magnificent shipping
and transportation facilities. The fruit
grown In Oregon has no superior, her
crops are never affected by the elements
that retard successful harvests In other
states not eo well blessed. In a climatic
way. Oregon's auriferous wealth Is well
known, and her reputation In this respect
is established. Portland Is making great
preparations for the Lewis and Clark Ex
position which is to be held there In 1903.
I should advise every single young man
who wishes to better himself to go to
Oregon, where the opportunities for ad
vancement ere splendid and manifold.
STEAMER LTJRLINE.
This lavonte steamer, thoroughly re
paired and renovated throughout. Is reg
ularly on the Portland-Astoria route, leav
ing Taylor-street dock dally, except Sun
day, at 7 A. M.
It is Havana.
Of-la So cigars. Costliest but beat.
&li i-&rx.cL bow
"vrA-" coptwckt tm
j txv.caam
As long as they last, we GIVE AWAY with.every -boy's suit
a complete BASEBALL OUTFIT, consisting of BALL BAT,
MASK' AND MITT. Remember, all these articles .with each
suit sold. The greatest possible treat for any boy.
Moyer Clothing Co
Third and Oak Streets
THE GRANGE AND SCHOOLS
ITS INFLUENCE DISCUSSED AT
MEETING IN MULTNOMAH HALL.
Importance of Industrial Education
Ursred and Present Course of Stndy
Criticised ax Useless.
At a meeting of the Evenlns: Star Lodce.
No. 27. Patrons of Husbandry, held yes
terday In Multnomah HalL first steos were
taken toward organizing farmers and their
wives In Oregon In behalf of the Iewls
and Clark Exposition. Mrs. Edyth Tozier
"Weatherred was expected to Tae present
ana explain her plans, but, as she was
called to Eastern Oregon, she could not
attend, and sent a letter Instead to Mrs.
Anna Lehman. Mrs. Lehman had Invited
Mrs. "Weatherred to attend, and the let
ter was in reply. It is a as follows:
"Tours received today, and am so
Is one subject uppermost In 'my mind, it '
Is that of having the farmers' wives and
daughters take an active Interest in the
exhibits for our Exposition. It wa3 the
farmer who made Oregon blossom and
yield, and It is the farmer who will pre
sent our diversified resources to the best
advantage. Now I have a plan which I
am sure will appeal to all good "women of
Oregon, and that Is. with tho co-operation
of all the Grange lodges In the state, we
can present an exhibit of bottled fruits
which will surpass that of any previous
exposition In the United States. My ex
perience at other expositions has given
me many ideas, all of which our state Is
well capable of carrying out grandly.
Then, too, I have plans for the farmers'
boys and idrls. These details I will clad-
ly give to your people at a time when It
will be convenient to meet you. Am going
to Eastern Oregon tonight, and will re-
turn in about a week. If you wish me to
como at some regular meeting, I will do
so."
The letter was read In open Grange
meeting, and was received with much fa
vor. Mrs. Lehman was instructed to
make a date for Mrs. "Weatherred to at
tend and address the Grange at length.
The time was not fixed yesterday by rea
son of thero being so much business on
uunu. xuo vjmuyea ui uia sutie mil re- ,
spond to this invitation to actively partici
pate in the exposition, and Mrs. "Weather
red's full explanation of plans will be
watched for with much interest.
In the afternoon over an hour and a
half was spent in the discussion of the
question, "What-Influence Can the Grange
Have on Rural Schools?" Mrs. H. L.
Vail Introduced the subject, showing, that
the order had secured rural free mall de
livery and good roads. Mrs. Vail said
that teachers should know something of
the country. The South Mount Tabor
School, she said, had a. nature study class
which was doing good, work along that
line, but Mrs. Vail said that many coun
try teachers were without any knowledge
of the country, and could not tell one tree
from another. The Grange could help,
she said, by beautifying the home and
hall surroundings, and by getting the
teachers to become members of the
Grange.
C. H. "Welch said that the. subject was
in line with the suggestions of the Nation
al master, who hejd that the Grange
should take up and press the question of
industrial education. Mr. "Welch said it
was the coming question in educational
matters. He declared that many boy3
were being graduated from the High
School who were unfitted to acquire an
honest livelihood.. Their course of study
had not been practical, and really unfitted
them for the practical concerns of life.
He arraigned the public schools as falling
far short of what they should accomplish
for the American boy. The boys and girls
were pushed up through the grades and
graduated from tho High Schools at high
pressure with most disastrous results. Mr.
"Welch declared that the Grange would
take hold of this question of Industrial
schools under the leadership of the Na
tional Grange In the near future. Mr.
pecial
of
Men's
To close out balance of
broken lines we have
bunched two hundred of
our men's $1.90 anil $2.50
hats and placed' them on
sale at the extremely low
price of
$1.35
s
Not every, size in every
style, but every size in
some style. Here is a rare
opportunity for money saving
WHEN YOU SEE IT IN OUR AD.
"Welch said further that- prominent edu
cators in this state favor "industrial ,
schools.
Judge J. C. Caples spoke entertainingly
along the line of the subject, and said
that nothing was too good for the boys
and girls of the country. Mr. Brock, a
retired teacher, said that one reason the
country schools were not the equal of
those'In the city was because they were
not graded, and one teacher was com
pelled to hear the recitations of several
grades. Mr. Brock called attention to the
new school consolidation law, by which
several districts can, come together, erect
a large building and maintain a well-graded
public schooL This would put the rural
schools on the same plane with those of
the city. Mr. Brock also said he was in
favor of tho industrial adjunct to the
schools.
Professor Gear, also a former teacher,
made a very forcible talk In behalf of in
dustrial schools. Mr. Gear declared that
the subject was the most Important that
could come before a Grange, and, instead
of an hour, half a day could be spent with
profit on the subjects He suggested that
fathers' meetings be held in tho country
on the same plan that mothers' meetings
were being held. Large benefits haa ai
cme fm e mothers' meetings in
Portland, and the country could profit as
well. Other remarks were made Dy J.
Milam, Mrs. P. Kelly and Mrs. H. L. Vail.
The subject was reserved for further con
sideration. During the day 12 members were given
the first and second degrees and nine new
applications were received. It was de
cided to make a special order of the busi
ness of erecting a new hall at the next
meeting, Juno 6.
ANNUAL TEA. HELD.
Lnrgc Number Visit the Baby Home
At "Waverly Yesterday Afternoon.
A larsre number of people visited the
Baby Home at Waverly yesterday after-
! noon between 2 and 5 o'clock, the occa
? slon being the annual tea. The rooms
J had been attractively decorated with a
nrofusion of flowers and ferns,
Mrs. W. "Wynn Johnson and Mls3
Judith Scott had charge of the teatable,
which was ornamented In pink with a
great display of blossoms. Miss Bella
Kotfertson, Miss Venlth Robertson and
Miss Frances Gill assisted at this table,
and were very busy. Mrs. Frank Branch
Rllev had charge of the candy -table,
j assisted
by Miss Jjucy Button, joiss
Nan Robertson and Miss Helen Harmon.
Tha matron. Mrs. Blackhall, and the
attendants In the building also "were at
tentive and helpful."
"WANTED ON COMMITTEE.
Mrs. Aana Lehman to Assist la 1005
Fair Fralt Exhibit.
Mrs. Anna Lehman, of South Mount
Tabor, has been asked to take a place
on the domestic committee for the state
work of the 1905 Fair. Mrs. Edythe
Tozier "Weatherred wrote her that she
wanted to use her name on that commit
tee- She said that under this head will
come the general arrangement for the
bottled fruits and other important ex
hibits. Mrs. Lehman has not yet ac
cepted the place of honor and hard work
offered, but it Is admitted that she wouia
make an efficient member of that com
mittee. She Is a nromlnent member or
Evening Star Grange, No. 27, Patrons of
Husbandry, and" In close touch with that
farmers' organization. Her experience in
that order would ha valuable when It
comes to organizing the farmers to pre
pare fruit for display.
East Side Notes.
A horse and wagon belonging to W. H.
Ellsworth flcrured In a bad runaway yes
tprfln-e- Th horse dashed across the
rallwav track on Eas First street, where
tho horse's hoof was caught in tho
erooved rail and was partly torn off.
The horse was ruined.
Dr. J. R. McLean, president of the
Pacific Theological Seminary at Berke
ley, will arrive in Portland today, and
will occcoy tho pulpit of the Sunnyslde
Conaretratlonal Church this evening. He
will preach In Oregon City this morning
aad come to Portland on tne electric car.
Sale
Hat
s
IPS SO.
Professor McLean is on his way to- at
tend the Congregational assemblage at
Seattle.
Great Bicycle Act for Shields.
Manager Shields late last night secured
another headline act for his opening to
day in the person of "The Marvelous Mar
telles," an Eastern bicycle act, pro
nounced by both press and public tho
strongest bicycle act on the stage today.
Some of their tricks, both on the bicycle
and on a single wheel, are simply mar
velous. It will bo interesting to the peo
ple of Portland to know that this team
of experts belong in this city, and in pri
vate life are known as Harry and Emma
Blaney.
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"We are offering exceptional bargains in
used pianos taken In exchange for some
of our new
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. Estey, Starr, A. B. Chase
- and Richmond Pianos
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Several uprights In good playing order
from $100 to $200.
Several square pianos from. $25 to $50.
Finest assortment of hlgh-grado new
pianos In the city. Cash or easy monthly
payments.
" "
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826 "Wasaingrten St., near Stxta St.
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