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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 30, 1903)
THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, "AUGUST 30, 1905; MEN ARE AT WORK PREPARING LEWIS AND CLARK FAIR GROUNDS FOR BUIL'DINGS OliBAJflXO THE GROCXDS IX PREPARATION TO SOWIXXG GRASS SEED. GRADEV'G ROADWAY ASD SITES FOR EXPOSITION STRUCTURES. rhoto by H. II Smith. GREETING TO VETERANS O. A. R. POSTS AXD nVOJIEVS RE X.IEF CORPS GIVE RECEPTION. Gaeats Express Amntemcnt at the Extent and Richneas of the Coast Country. Civil War veterans and their -wives, re turning to their Eastern homes, "were -welcomed to Portland last night by the Grand Army posts and the Women's Re lief Corps of this city. More than 150 veterans, strangers to the Pacific Coast, were the .guestg. of the Portland men and women. "Good evening: what regiment?" the gray-haired veterans of the war of the 'COs greeted each other as they shook hands during the general reception that followed an interchange of formal greet ings by orators who wore the Grand Army button. Here and there men found those who had served In the same regi ment, or who had enlisted for the Avar from the same state, but though there might have been many such reunions, the general character of the reception made all the , visitors feel equally enthusiastic over making the acquaintance of 'other old soldiers. The members of the Women's Rolief Corps, returning to their homes, were not as numerous as the survivors of the Civil War, but there were scores who belongod to that order present from Eastern States. They were received as enthusi astically as the veterans themselves, and Just before the refreshments wore served there was an Interchange of cheers be tween the veterans and members of the Relief Corps. Portland posts cheered the visitors, and those who were visiting Port land responded with cheers for tholr hosts. Among thoso who spoke during the early part of the evening was the new Adjutant-General of the National organ ization, and two department command ers. Others of the Easterners who ad dressed the gathering wero prominent In the Grand Army organization, and In the business and political life of their home states. The sentiment that the visitors echoed w&s that of amazement at the extent and richness of the Coast country. Many of them acknowledged this to be their first trip to the Pacific Coast, and expressed astonishment at the extent of the country. The hospitality shown by the committees which planned the entertainment was commented upon favorably, and the op portunity of greeting the veterans resi dent In Portland was one the visitors ac cepted with pleasure. The speeches exchanged by the veterans were largely of a character peculiarly In teresting to the old soldiers. Personal reminiscences occupied much of the time, and the effect of the gathering at San Francisco was repeatedly mentioned. Re turning veterans spoke of the comrades they had seen In San Francisco for the first time in years, and recalled some of their experiences together. Now and then a speaker congratulated the others that they had been privileged to participate In the war which was in directly responsible for the extension of the country- Mayor Williams In his ad dress of welcome had stated that on the Pacific Coast the hardy pioneers had fought a battle for their country scarce ly less notable than thoso who marched to the front In 1SC1. Ho referred to the work necessary to save the Oregon coun try to the Union. Department Command er Dwlght O. Judd. of Massachusetts, in dorsed this statement, and added that the war of the Ms incidentally made it pos sible for the Union to extend and take In the Coast country. The Rev. Herman Bross, of Nebraska, Introduced as the next National Chaplain of the Grand Army, enthusiastically laud ed the Oregon country, and Insisted that the Coast districts which he had been able to see for tho first time gave him a better idea of tho country's extent and made him enthusiastic over Its future. This gave Chaplain G. E. Calkins, of Portland, who presided, an opportunity to recall that Eastern people regarded Port land and the Pacific Coast country, as he had once regarded It. tho extreme Western limit of the country, or tho Jumping oft place. Chaplain Calkin add ed that, even before the acquisition of Hawaii and the Philippines, San Francis co and Portland were really, so far as the lines of longitude are concerned, in the center of the United States. He referred to Alaska's extreme Western position. Judge John F. Caples took up the idea of expansion that Chaplain Calkin had suggested and predicted that eventually the entire Western hemisphere would be under the American flag, a sentiment that was greeted with enthusiasm. To tho address of welcome which Mayor Williams delivered Major C. A. Partridge, of Illinois, the new Adjutant-General of the National organization, responded. Major Partridge referred enthusiastically to the Western country, and thanked tho Portland people for their hospitality. A. C Ycngling, Department Commander of Ohio, spoke along similar lines. "Tho Daughter of the Regiment" was recited during the evening by Mrs. A. G. Revnolds. of Portland. Mrs. Reynolds' recital was greeted with applause. Ic cream and cake were served by the ladies of the Women's Relief Corps, "aft er the speech-making, and an hour was spent by visitors and -Portland veterans in an Interchange of reminiscences and greetings. peace breaker, and state and National legislation looking to its suppression is demanded. Race hatred and prejudice are pronounced a menace to peace. "If there be uncontrollable passions In the depraved Intended victim of lynching," the resolutions say, "there is a remedy which medical skill may well be called upon to heal, as it would any other dis eased condition; for the Increase of sensual criminality affecting present mor ality and future generations forces the suggestion that this remedy administered with wisdom and the best surgical abil ity would be protection to society and a kindness and mercy to the offenders." Newspapers, the resolutions declare, should not be warmakers by being sensa tional and unwarranted newsmongers. KNOCKED DOWN AND KICKED Why Mrs. Thoxnpnon Seeks Divorce From Prosperous Plumber. Clara H. Thompson alleges that her hus band, Adam F. Thompson, knocked her down on the public street, and when ho was lying unconscious kicked her. She statoe that Thompson has on more than one occasion choked and felled her to tho floor with his fist. Yesterday Mrs. Thompson filed suit In tho State Circuit Court against her husband for a divorce on the ground of cruel treatment. -She savs he has frequently accused herbf un faithfulness to her marriage vows, has used all manner of abusive language to ward her, and called her vile names. There Is one child, the issue of the union, of which she asks the legal custody. Tho Thompsons were married In this county in 1697. In sn affidavit filed in connection with the complaint Mrs. Thompson sets forth that her husband conducts a plumbing business and earns about J20O a month, and she asserts that healso owns a house and two lots, which he rents, and that ho is able to pay the expenses of the suit and the fees of her attorney. Mrs. Thomp son further states that she has gone to her father and mothtr for support and protection. Fire In. Railroad Tunnel. tBRlSTOD, Tenn., Aug. sa Fire has been raging for two days In the Cralgen tunnel. YEARNS TO BE A FARMER GREATEST HEIGHT OF EZRA ICEX- DAiiL's ambition. Creator of Joe Miller Scorns Xetr Yorlc Critic Hopes to Put Artemus Ward on the Stage. Behind the scenes at the Marquam, Ezra Kendall was sorting a collection of questionable-looking collars for one which might suit the peculiar style of beauty appertaining to Joe Miller, the vinegar buyer. It was between acts and the or chestra was playing something doleful. A matinee audience only large enough to make a conveniently-sized line-party sat without and the manager was almost blue. Not so Mr. Kendall, for Js he not the mightiest baiter of blue devils of them all? As such he looks and acts the part, and the quality of good cheer he dis penses Is warranted to keep In anjy cli mate and always remain fresh. Nor small audiences, nor lowering skies, nor a cold In the head are enough to put Ezra Ken dall In the dumps. He Is the original hu man seltzer and under the beneficent in fluence of his talk even the manager chirked up a bit, yesterday, and forgot the box office. "No. Pm not an actor," said Kendall, and he smiled blandly as be made tho In criminating admission. The listeners ex pected him to add his Inimitable, "now what do you think of that?" but he didn't. "I simply go about doing imper sonations of myself for the entertain ment of my friends, the public Some time or other, when I am dead and gone, a real actor will como along and do Joe Mllfr for you, but he won't call It Joe Miller; he will play "Ezra Kendall." "I believe the people like naturalness on the stage, but they can't understand that naturalness is play-acting. Because a fel low plays himself ho gets no credit and so I'm not an actor, I'm simply 'that old guy In the high hat.' who makes a fool of himself that the people may laugh. By tho way, the fact that people will pay sometimes makes me think I will, but I don't know. "If the good Lord lets mo live a few years longer, I want to play Artemus Ward. I believe a play written around the great humorist would be a tremendous success and to create sucha. part would be a fine thing. I presume I'll have to wait till all the contemporaries of Ward are dead, however, for if some old codger who knew him In the flesh should see me doing that great man he would rise up and holler: 'a bas Kendall! To the woods with you.' "Who was the real Joe Miller? So you never heard of Joe Miller's Joke Book. Well, what do you think of that! Why, Joe Miller was a. good but happy man who wrote a book full of embalmed witti cisms. I conceived the idea of imperson ating him as an excuse for working off my .ancient Jokes. If I played a book agent or a rag tag lawyer and committed my atrocities In his name, the public would lynch me, but from the lips of poor old Joe Miller they are tolerated. You see Joe gives me license to bo a fool." Somewhere In the canvas world outside the dingy little dressing-room the voice of the call-boy was heard, speaking as one with authority. Kendall gathered up a pasteboard box marked "madras shlrtsj which contained property flowers and a box of property candy and looked stageward. "Excuse me for getting busy but the services are about to resume." "You and "The Vinegar Buyer" didn't make a hit In New York last year," was asked him as we proceeded to the wings. "No, perhaps not a hit. but we didn't faro so badly." Then the comedian al most forgot his entrance cue. In order to explain. "You see we' have a good play for good people. It's the kind of play which the pure In heart enjoy. The folks can put out the cat, lock up the house and spend tho evening with Joe Miller and the Bas com's Corners folks without being shocked. Everything in the play Is clean, you know. Now New York audiences, especially first night audiences. If t not right down bad, are blase, and conse quently we were too proper for them. "Old William Winter saw Jst 30 min utes of our first night and tho next morn ing took half a column to say that there was nothing to It. HIS OPINION OFGAMBLING MAYOR WILLIAMS MAKES FURTHER EXPIiAJTATIOX. ' He Is Opposed to It, but Suppression Being? -Impossible, Prefers License to Boodling. "The Impression appears to have gotten around through an Interview printed sev eral mornings ago that I am not opposed to gambling," said Mayor Williams yes terday afternoon. "I want It understood that I am most decidedly opposed to gam bling. The point is that since gambling is a necessary evil. It is better to permit It under restrictions than under prohibition. As I have said before. I believe Portland's system of licensing gamblers Is preferable to the closed system, which means police boodle." "Were you misquoted In the article to which you Just referred?" was asked. "Well, there was nothing in the article that I can call a misrepresentation, but its publication was unauthorized. I was dis cussing the matter with the Salt Lake visitors. and was not talking for publica tion. I don't think It was right for the reporter to stand around and listen and then quote me without first asking me about the matter. I said things, perhaps, that I would not have said to a reporter for publication. It has caused me con siderable trouble. "I would be In favor of closing gambling If it were possible for me to do so," Mayor Williams continued, "but what I can do would not have that effect. That being the case, there are two systems to choose from. One means boodle for boodlers and the other means money for the city treas ury. Of course, I am in favor of the sys tem that will bring the revenue Into the treasury, and that Is the system that is now In effect in Portland." FIGS GROWN IN OREGON. Luscious Oriental Fruit Comes to Perfection in Yamhill County. A box of as luscious figs as ever re freshed a thirsty Oriental was brought to The Oregonlan office yesterday by C. A. Berry as a speclnfen of what grows In Oregon. They were grown on the farm of Mrs. J. J. Calhoun. In which Mr. Berry has an interest, four miles northwest of McMlnnvllle, In Yamhill County, on a tree which was sent to Mr. Berry's mother from California about SO years ago. The tree was planted on the south slope of a hill, and It has been bearing fruit ever since, except one season. That was tho only occasion when It was frostbitten, but, though It died down to- the roots. It sprang up again and Is now about 16 feet high, and the same distance across from tip to tip of the limbs. It now has about three bushels of fruit on It, in every stage of development. A number of sprouts have been cut from it and planted, and are thriving well. They are expected to bear In four years after planting. The fig Is a peculiar fruit In the fact that the flower Is within the fruit, "and, I when the fruit Is ripe, the flower sheds Its ; seeds In the heart of the bag of delicious pulp. Tho bud first appears as a tiny knob on the limb or on the end of a shoot and gradually grows until It reaches about the size of a small pear. It is about the same shape as a pear, except that the small end Is much smaller In proportion, the large end of several figs brought to The Oregonlan measuring 24 Inches across. In color It Is a greenish yellow, j and before It ripens Is hard, but when ripe is soft and begins to .show outward signs of decay. Then the skin can be pulled off easily, displaying a beautiful creamy pulp with the seeds in the center. The fruit does not all ripen at once, as do apples and pears, but may be found In all stages of maturity on the same limb, from the bud to the ripe fig. Thus several weeks intervene between the beginning and end of the crop. The experience of Mr. Bern with this fig tree goes to show that figs may be grown to perfection on any sunny, south ern hillside In the favored Willamette Valley. It is not sheltered from the north wind, nor is It in a. specially favored location. There Is no reason why others should not grow figs in Oregon as suc cessfully as Mr. Berry. He has exhib ited fruit-bearing limbs from it at the Yamhill County Fair, and it has aroused great interest, "many people having gone miles to see ft. FINEST FOSSILS IN WORLD Carnegie's Museum Will Get $250,000 Collection Bought by Steel King:. NEW YORK. Aug. 2). Dr. William J. Holland, director of the Carnegie Mu seum of Pittsburg. Pa., and confidential adviser to Andrew Carnegie in things scientific, has passed through this city with what is believed to be the greatest collection of fossils. In point of species, in the world today. The collection was purchased from Baron de Boyet, of Brus sels. Belgium, at a price said to exceed ?250,0C0. A cable dispatch some weeks ago announced that Mr. Carnegie had purchased the collection for Harvard University. Dr. Holland declares, how ever, that It Is for the Carnegie Museum of Pittsburg. The collection represents tho work of over halt a century. It contains fossils of many birds and fish of which only ono or two duplicates are known to exist. The specimens came across the Atlantic packed in 25S boxes, the whole weighing 30 tons. THE STORE NOTED FOR BEST GOODS AT LOWEST PRICES A riCTURESaUE ROADWAY SURROUXDED BY SIIADE TREES. on the Clinch Valley division of tho Nor folk A Western. It Is supposed that the fire was caused by the ignition of a stratum of coal In the tunnel. Dratttic Rcnietly Xor Lynrhlnps. MYSTIi. Conn.. Aug. 29. The Universal Pea- Union, at is closing session today, adcrted a scries of resolutions or "convic Uors." Lynching is declared to be a monstrous ' Cloklns-Out Sale. For the next 30 days we will close out our stock of fancy stationery, tablets, cn vekn!s. rens. Dencils. Inks and our lanre I stock of souvenirs, views, etc. at cost prices. v e win remove our printing plant on October 1 to our new building. No. S9 First street, and our stationery stock must be sold by that time. J. R. ROGERS. 'Phono Main S6S.. 32 Morrison st. Cloud Cnpp Inn. This unlcfje hostelry. flt snow lino on Mnnnl Ilmvi. !s nnrr onen for sessnn: I shortlist route to summit. "Inn" can be j reacaKl by the Transfer & XJvcry Co.'s stages from Hood River. Or. For terms. address Mrs. S. Lanrille, manager Inn. or Tninstcr livery i.o. Have you friencs conimg from the East; If so. send their names to the Denvr & Rio Grande oXSce. 121 Third street. Port land. Or. real money for laughing Is beyond me. Laughter. like the." air and scenery, ought to be free. When I get time to settle down on my farm and be just a farmer. I'm going to take a vacation every year and go up and down the land teaching people to .laugh free of charge." It may have been an optical delusion, but Mr. Kendall's left eyelid seemed to quiver just the least in the world as he 1 said this, but he had found the right collar and the effervescent talk continued. "Ambition. Say. don't Jolly me. Do I look like a m-m who. dallied with ambi tion? Well, como to think of it, I have an ambition. It's to be a farmer and with the farmers stand That's the life. Kindly-faced old cows, murmuring brooks and new-niown bay. That's my Idea of bliss and. when I reallztf my ambition. I'll let the brooks do the murmuring. You won't hear one from me." Apropos of his desire to get out among the farmers someone asked: "Do you expect to return to vaudeville?" "Well, this kind of a matinee audienca "I've lived In New York It years, but i aon t want to oe a New Yorsr favorite. If I can have the people of this country at largevfor me, I have nothing to fear from New York and don't care a tinker's what-you-may-call-it for New York's opinion. So long, au revolr and good day." and this fellow of Infinite Jest." this Ezra Kendall of ours ambled Into the pale rays of matinee calcium for the last act, to smile his smile and make his puns. In short "to be Just himself." and the little audience gave him laughter for his smiles and for the quips and quiddi ties of his most excellent humor the pat ter of gloved applause. Clerk DenicM Embezzlement Charge. DENVER, Aug. Zf. City and County Clerk Alchele, Indicted by the grand Jury on 25 counts charging embezzlement, lar ceny of records and destruction of pub lie documents, appeared in the Criminal Court today and furnished" bonds in the sum of $12,000. He said he would, plead not guilty to all tho charge. REMARKABLE SALE OF HIGH-GRADE DRES We will place on sale Monday morning styles and values in NEW FALL DRESS MATERIALS at prices that will eliminate the word competition S GOODS Come Monday for 46-in. Voiles In all the new shades in blues, browns, greens, modes and black. The regular re tail price for this grade is $1.50 in all first class houses. The entire line will Qpp be placed on sale Monday morning at uOl 52-inch Prunellas In all the leading shades for Fall, 1903, also black, standard price $1.75 per yard1, take your choice on Monday 54-inch Zibelines The soft cloth shades and mixed effects fit for a princess. Redfern says: "Zibeline is the ideal gown fabric." Zibeline stands alone. The regular retail price for the quality that we carry is $2.25 yd ; Cfl the price for Monday, straight 0 1 iwU Like everything else of exceptional merit, there are counterfeit Zibelines. We wear the crown for fine Dress Goods. DOING BUSINESS ON THE SQUARE This Will Remind You . 40-in. Zibeline, new shades, very stylish. The faker would place them on the bargain counter at "69c, special for this day Efn only." Take your choice Monday at. .wUu 52-inch Granite Cloth This fabric is peculiar, it appeals to par ticular people and must be known to be fully appreciated ; as a matter of course it has many imitations, made specially for the bargain (?) stores. The cloth we carry is to be found only in first-class stores and retails for $2.25 per yard. The entire line on Monday will go at A Few Extras 40-inch black, strictly all-wool Voiles, standard value and cheap at 50c 9n per yard: Yours Monday at Uuu Snap Number Two 42-inch Black Voiles, an extra fine cloth, you-pay $1.00 for no better fabric, take your dress pattern Monday for per yard (Hows that?) $1. 73c wft will show in our Cloak DeDartment acom- mprial rrflvplfir's samnle line of swell corset- 1 fitting and Louis IV Suits, newest styles in Jackets, Capes and Skirts secured for 60c 6n j tne aouar. ON MONDAY. MORNING McAllen & McDonnell THIRD AND MORRISON Mall Orders Receive Prompt Attention Samples and Fashion Sheets Mailed Free t AITBRATIOXS EHlarRlss: oar store Is .responsible for the terrible cat la prices take advantage of It. f