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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN. PORTLAKD. ' FEBRUARY 28, 1904.
RATES FOR SPOKANE
Transcontinental Freight Men
Make Concessions.
NEW SCHEDULE ON CARLOADS'
Terminal Rates Are Granted on Some
Commodities-Charges on Others
Are Advanced Boycott on North
ern Lines' May Be Called Off.
The special meeting- of transcontinental
freight men In Chicago, -which adjourned
some days ago, was devoted to the ad
justment of freight rates from Eastern
and Pacific Coast points Into Spokane.
Many concessions were made by the
roads, and "while the new rates will doubt
less not be entirely satisfactory to the
Spokane shippers, who have long been
fighting for terminal rates, It Is hoped
the new schedule will Improve present
conditions and harmonize to a great de
gree existing difficulties. Reductions in
rates were made on many, articles and
terminal rates were made on some com
modities In carload lots. In fact, all of
the rates announced so far are on carload
lots, the schedules on smaller consign
ments being still under consideration by
the executive committee, to which the
action of the Freight Association was re
ferred. Spokane has fought for years to
obtain terminal rates, but so far has
failed. An attempt to force this conces
sion by the courts failed, and recently a
boycott was declared against the North
ern roads. What effect the action of the
freight men will have on this condition
of affairs remains to be seen. It is
hoped and believed that it will result -In
the boycott being declared off.
The meeting at which, the new rates
were fixed lasted three weeks and was
secret In its nature. Many wild rumors
gained circulation as to what was going
on In the meeting, but the report given
out by some of those in attendance shows
most, If not alL of them to have been in
error.
The meeting was between the repre
sentatives of the Great Northern, North
ern Pacific, Union Pacific and O. R. & N.
JPrelght conditions and the demands of
the Spokane shippers were discussed at
length. On a number of points the freight
men could not agree. Those points bad.
to bo loft to the executive committee for
settlement. This Is the reason that the
result of the meeting has been kept quiet
so long.
The new rates on carjoad lots go into
effect April 15, next The schedule Is in
two divisions, one giving the rates on
goods from Eastern points into Spokane
and the other giving the rate on commod
ities from Pacific Coast points Into Spo
kane. As "yet, the freight officials have not
had time to figure the exact prices, and in
this schedule only the amount of the ad
vance or reduction can be given. The
changes ( on carload lots from Eastern
points to Spokane of the principal com
modities are as follows:
Baking powder, advanced 10 cents per
100 pounds; cereal breakfast foods, ter
minal rates: coffee, roasted, advanced 10
cents per 100": condensed milk, advanced 5
cents per 100; dry goods, provision made
for carload rates on same articles on
whioh carload rates apply to Coast, reduc
tion of 48 cents per 100; furniture chairs,
Idtchen safes, wardrobes, same rate as to
terminals; hardware anvils, anvils and
vices combined, reduction varying from
15 to 30 cents per 100; bolts, nuts, washers,
advanced 5 cents per 100; hasps, hooks,
etc., reduced 30 - cents per . 100; butts,
hinges, reduced 22 cents per 100; sledges,
"wedges, mauls, reduced 13 cents per 100;
jara and glasses, advanced 5 cents per
lOO; machinery, advanced 15 cents per 100;
paper building, roofing and felt, reduced
10 centB per 100; paper bags, reduced 10
cents; paper tablets, reduced 30 cents;
rice, reduced 13 cents.; cotton llnters, re
duced 42 cents; concentrated lye. reduced
30 cents; garden seeds, reduced 32 cents;
sandpaper and emery, reduced 43 cents:
sewer pipe, reduced 23 cents; whiskey and
brandy, reduced 43 cents; wooden, ware,
advanced 9 cents.
The changes on carload lots from Coast
points to Spokane-'are as follows:
Beans, advanced 7 cents; canned goods,
advanced 6 cents; tropical . and citrus
fruits, advanced 11 cents: nails and spikes,
reduced 6 cents; barbed wire, reduced 5
cents; plain wire, reduced 5 cents. These
represent the principal changes on arti
cles from the Coast to Spokane.
It will be noticed In looking over thte
schedule that reductions, have been made
on almost all metallic goods and advances
have been made on wooden articles. ,
The changes on less than, carload lots
will bo announced at a later date, when
the action of the Association shall have
been approved by the executive commit
tee. It will be noticed that the above sched
ule contains many concessions to the Spo
kane business man arid Jobber, and the
freight men are haplng that it -will meet
with their approval. As one of them
said, they did not, expect Spokane to bo
entirely satisfied, realizing as they do the
determined . effort she has put forth in
the past to secure terminal rates on all
goods. Eut it is hoped that a happy me
dium may be reached that will revive
business conditions and once again set the
wheels of trade moving smoothly.
The manner in which Spokane business
men will receive tho new sahedule will
bo watched with Interest The question
Is, will she accept it as final or will she
continue to fight for tho goal that she
has tried for so long to galp?
Tho fight that Spokane has made for
tcrmlnal rates is almost a historical one.
It began several years ago. A demand
was made that the city be given the same
rates as Coast Terminal points, hut the
railroad companies refused, claiming they
could not do so and protect their interests
by protecting the interests of the Jobbers
of the Coast They argued that such a
concession would shut the Coast jobbers
out of the Inland field and allow Spo
kane and inland point jobbers to en
croach upon the territory of the Coast
jobber. This argument fell on deaf ears
In Spokane. She took the matter Into
the courts and spent thousands of dol
lars havlnc; depositions and evidence
gathered. Although tho case was fought
hard, the courts decided against Spokane,
the decision citing that the city was en
titled to her demands only on the two
articles, shot and grindstones. Regardless
of this signal defeat the shippers of the
city have continued to fight for their
goal, and the recent boycott against the
Northern linos is tho latest step in the
battle.
State of Maine Fox Farm.
Illustrated Spurting News.
One of the most Interesting farms in
New England is that which is devoted to
fox-farming in Piscataquis County, Maine.
whore large quantities of foxes are bred
for various purposes, largely for their
pelts. hut also for hunting clubs, menag
eries and zoos In various parts of the
country.
The idea of breeding foxes occurred to
the Maine farmer about three years ago.
He owned a rocky, unprofitable farm, and
had half concluded to abandon it and seek
the great West, when he was asked by a
stray gunner from the city if he ever
caught foxes to sell to hunting clubs. The
question opened up to him a new possi
ibllity. and he set to work to capture
foxes, which were fairly numerous in that
part of the country.-
His farm covers about three acres, and
this he has had thoroughly fenced with
heavy wire-netting, sevon -feet high, and
ounea tnree xeei in me conn, mat Aiasier
Reynard may not burrow out of his corral
Scattered about the farm are a number
of small buildings sot much larger than
dog-houses. In these the foxes may seek
shelter if they do not care for their bur-
rows.
There are about 150 foxes on the farm
at a time. Those which have the finest
pelts are killed, off each "Winter at the
time fur is at its best and. as the foxes
are very well fed, these pelts .bring the
highest market prices. These range from
$5.00 to $8.00 each truly surprising rates
when one considers that a good fox pelt
eight years ago, brought but $2.00. The
foxes that are not so good are sold at
varying prices to hunt clubs, menageries,
zoos, etc. There is a steady demand for
both the skins and the live foxes, so
that business on the Maine farm is al
ways good.
When the farm was started only the na
tive red Maine fox was reared, but since
the venture has proven such a vast suc
cess the farmer has obtained, by ex
change, numerous other varieties of foxes,
including the silver gray fox and the
Alaska blue fox, whose pelts bring the
highest prices, being made into boas and
muffs. No pelt of the silver fox brings
less than $100, and that of the Alaska fox
not less than $30. Some of the common
red fox pelts are dyed brown or black,
and thus hring a handsome price.
ORDERED TO PAY ALIMONY.
Paul E. Skibbe Must tSupport Kis
Wife During Divorce Suit.
Paul E. Skibbe. a blacksmith, who is
stubbornly contesting a divorce suit filed
against him by his wife, Lizzie Skibbe,
was ordered by Judge Cleland yesterday
to pay into court $50 for her attorney's
fees, $25 to assist her to prepare tho case
for trial and $25 per month alimony dat
ing from February 1.
The litigants were married in 1S91 in
Portland, and have one child. In her
complaint Mrs. Skibbe 'accuses her hus
band of driakjng to excess, and says he
beat heir and she was compelled to leave
him.
Skibbe fa an .answer and cross bill denies
.these things. He says he went to Alaska
some time ago, giving his wife $100 before
he left When he returned he avers Mrs.
Skibbe told him she did not love him
any more, and kept threatening to leave
him without provocation.
The plaintiff Alleges that her husband Is
possessed of property valued at $5000, of
which she Js entitled to receive her share,
and the defendant, while admitting he
owns seme property, asserts that it is
not worth so much.
Both parties have filed numerous affi
davits by -themselves and friends. Mrs.
Skibbe in an affidavit recites that she was
compelled to have her brother stay In
the house! "because she was afraid, and ad
mits that she went home to her mother.
She asserts that she never refused to go
out with -Skibbe, .as he has alleged, when
he was soher, -but says she did decline to
go down town with him when he was
partially intoxicated and was wearing his
shop clothes. She avers that lnuendoes
by her husband concerning a .Lewis River
captain are outrages. This person she
says is none other than Captain McNeill,
the husband of her , sister, who visited
them at the time of the Woodmen's carni
val. Mrs. Skibbe states that If she should
tell her brother-in-law concerning the
actions of her husband there would be
trouble.
When she stayed at the cottage of Cap
tain .Max Skibbe, the brother at Seaside,
she asserts that she did not "run around,"
and that such statements by her husband
are false.
Skibbe In his own .behalf alleges that
when his wife left him she took part of
the furniture, and says she is not with
out means because her Interest in her
mother's estate Is worth from $600 to $1000.
Captain Max Skibbe affirms that his
brother, Paul, Is not a habitual drunkard,
and he never heard of. any serious differ
ence between Paul and his wife, and be
lieves his brother always treated her well,
and never heard Mrs. Skibbe express her
self otherwise. Captain Skibbe denies, as
stated by his siBter-ln-law, that he can
testify to having seen her husband beat
her, and that her arm was bruised and in
bad shape.
F. W. Skibbe, another brother, makes
an affidavit along the same lines.
J, E. Haseltine has subscribed to an affi
davit that he las- transacted business" with
Skibbe for 17 years, and gives him a good
reputation.
FROM WASHINGTON TO ROOSE
VELT. A PATRIOTIC AND INTERESTING
DISPLAY MADE BY EILERS
PIANO HOUSE.
Indicates Both the Commercial and
Artistic Growth-aod Development
of the Great American
. ' Nation.
About the only.firm In Portland that
showed its patriotism on Washington's
.birthday was Eilers Piano House, who
made a very appropriate and unique dls
playipf instruments, showing the progress
in plant. building from Washington to
Roosevelt..-At -one end. of the handsome
blg; show wjjhdow was placed a melodeon
used In Washington's day. It Is a small,
quaint little .Instrument standing about
three feet high and having five octaves.
Next this- instrument around which the
maids ,and men of colonial times made
merry, stands a Clavichord, the popular
Instrument of-Jackson's time. It is a lit
tle larger than the melodeon, and is also
cased in, unstained rosewood, and its Ivory
keys are yellow with age. Probably the
most unique Instrument Is the one which
stands by it a "Cottage Piano," the an
cestor of the present-day upright It is
cased injsolla ebony, and has peculiar
little hrackets which, when the lid is
turned back from- the keys, serve as candle-stands.
Next this is a very smart
looking Chickering square piano, looking
good as new in its handsome beautifully
polished rosewood case. This is the piano
popular in drawing-rooms in the days of
Lincoln. A superb Colonial Chickering up
right stands next and by it there is a
Chickering quarter grand piano, two of
tho noblest present-day instruments.
Above them very appropriately hangs the
portrait of our present President, Theo
dore Roosevelt The whole of the group
is flanked by the National colors, and it
makes a beautiful as well as an exceed
ingly interesting exhibit
Incidentally, the exquisite instruments
exhibited by Eilers Piano House are sn
eloquent tribute to tho taste and culture
and wealth of.the Northwest
Rain Gladdens Sluslaw Loggers.
EUGENE, Feb. 27. (Special.) log
gers along the Sluslaw report that tho
recent heavy rains have been of great
advantage to them in assisting them
to run their logs to the mills, and now
nearly all the logs have arrived .Jit
their destination and are safely held
in the boom. On this stream logging
is different from that on the Willam
ette and McKenzle. The logs are
dumped into the river at any time and
when the floods come they are turned
loose and allowed to go. the log-gers
depending upon the boom at the mouth
of the river to hold them. Some al
ways scatter along tho banks, but
these are dragged into the channel af
ter the water subsides or left to be dis
lodged hy the next flood. The cast
month there has bra continuation of
high water, which has been decidedly
favorable for driving. In addition the
boOm above Florence. which in past
years has not held all the logs, so that
many have sone to sea and been lost
as a consequence, has been able to con
trol and hold all the logs without diffi
culty. 'What logging has been done
along the Siuslaw this Winter has
been more successful and profitable
than for years.
"CITY FOSTERS CRIME"
ATTORNEY HANEY MAKES THIS
DEFENSE FOR CLIENT.
George Morency Admits He Robbed,
but Is Given Light Sentence by
Judge Cleland.
Georsre Morency, a youngman from
Minnesota, was led to commit tho crime
of larceny because he squandered his
money in some of the low resorts which
are permitted by the city authorities
to exist in Portland. This statement
was made by his attorney, Bert Haney,
before Judge Cleland yesterday. Coun
sel said the present city admlnlstra-
tion is responsible for three-fourths of
the crime committed in the city.
Morency came up for sentence on a
plea of guilty to stealing $65 from Ed
Hall, and might have gone to the peni
tentiary for a long term of years, but
a sentence of only six months in the J
County Jail was imposed. Mr. Haney
said his client was but a. youth and had
been in the state but three weeks be
fore he was arrested. He was in quest
of work in the logging camps, but was
unsuccessful. He drifted in Portland,
where "thanks to the present city ad
ministration,' he found inducements
such as lead young men astray. Here
he met Hall and the two took in the
town. ThO boy lost all his money, and
upon awakening the next morning was
seized with a desire to steal from his
bedfellow. Ho gave way to the temp
tation, taking $65 of Hall's money and
gambled It away.
When arrested he made no attempt
to deny the crime. He was sorry for
what ho had done. Mr. Haney con
tended that tho defendant was not of
tho criminal type and said he always
worked for a . living. In answer to
questions propounded by the court the
prisoner .said he was .21 years old and
had never been in trouble before.
In passing sentence Judge Cleland
said: "I wish you to know that the
law would permit meto give you a long
term In the penitentiary. I mention
this so you will appreciate the sen
tence about to he imposed and let it
work for your reformatlqn. Tou will
find in the long run It is better to get
money honestly.' Tho court is always
anxious to have young1 men turn back
from wrong-doing. What your counsel
has said leads me to believe that there
is a chance for you to become -an hon
est man. Because I believe there is
ground for this hope, I will give you a
light sentence. .1 will reduce the sen
tence to six" months in the County
JaiL '
New Administrator Appointed.
George L. Storey was yesterday appoint
ed administrator of the estate of Gerald
Robertson, who died in Portland Novem
ber 11, 1SS9. Michael Warren was appoint
ed administrator and was removed in Au
gust 1S90. and Charles Bains was ap
pointed In his stead. Bains never did any
thing with the affairs of trie estate, and
has left Oregon. Storey Is the principal
creditor, holding a claim for $S4L The
property consists of a suburban tract
Articles of Incorporation.
W. S. Abbett. Inez Abbett and Clar
ence H. Gilbert yesterday filed incor
poration articles in the County Clerk's
ofllce of the Abbett Tinning- & Roofing
Company: capital stock $1000.
Articles of Incorporation of "Steuben
Loge, No. 4, dor Herrmann's Sohne,"
were filed in the County Clerk's office
yesterday by Matthls Nickels, F. W.
Schraeder and Emll Rosin. The ob
jects of the society are fraternal and
benevolent
Estate of Caroline Beck.
Samuel Beck was appointed In the Coun
ty Court yesterday administrator of the
estate of Caroline Beck, deceased, valued
at $5000. The heirs are Samuel. William.
Emanuel, Harry, Jacob C and Mabel
Beck, Ella Eisenbach and Clara Levy,
children residing in Portland": Sarah
Strauss, living in Santa Cruz, and Silvan.
Leo and Alvln Davis, and Mattie Neu
bauer. grandchildren, residing in San
Francisco.
Will of Elise Munk.
The will of Elise Munk was admitted to
The property la Grovers Addition, valued
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'WIPING OUT AN UGLY BLOT. .
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at $5000. Is "bequeathed to. the foster-children."
Amelia Xatherine RfcaVMarle .Eliz
abeth Rawe and Lizzie M. TU&b, the first
named to receive two parts, "and the others
one part each of the property. The house
hold furniture is devised to Amelia Xath
erlne Raab, and various articles of jew
elry are distributed among the foster
daughters. The will provides that any
blood relative who shall claim any in
terest in the estate shall receive only $L
Amelia K- Raab is named as executrix.
Charges Husband With Cruelty.
Mrs. Sophie Opsal desires the matrimo
nial bonds existing between her and An
drew Opsal. a blacksmith, dissolved, and
has commenced divorce proceedings In tho
State Circuit Court through her attorney,
Gustav Anderson. She charges him with
having treated her cruelly during the
past six years, and of drinking to excess.
She says he went on ) protracted sprees
and was then always in an ugly mood
and assumed a threatening, violent attl-
tude toward hsj There are two children
the issue of the union, both boys.
Cannot Recover Usury.
Usury once paid cannot be recovered
was the opinion expressed by Judger
Cleland yesterday in passing upon the
demurrer to the complaint in the case
of L H. Curtis against the Guaranty
Savings & Loan Association. Curtis
held a building and loan contract with
the company, secured In the usual man
ner by a mortgage on his property. In
settlement he claims he paid more than
legal interest and sued to get the ex
cess back. Judge Cleland decided that
the majority of authorities held against
him, and sustained the demurrer.
Court Notes.
J. E. Henry, charged with entering a
house at 71 Fourth street occupied by
Grace Hurlburt and Samuel McBlrney,
with Intent to steal, pleaded guilty yes
terday and was sentenced to six months
In the County Jail.
An information against A "F. Hanshaw
and H. Hagan, alias H. Jewett charging
them with burglary In breaking Into
houses at 220 Crosby street and 112 Sixth
street was filed in the State Circuit Court
yesterday by District Attorney Manning.
Marietta Bernard has filed suit In the
State Circuti Court against F. D. Love and
George McGulre and Mrs. G. McGulre for
possession of lot 1, block 4. Auers Addi
tion, and for $500 damages for the alleged
unlawful withholding of the lot
Ard Moore Haradon was appointed ad
ministrator of the estate of his mother.
Fanny -Moore Haradon, deceased, yester
day, on the petition of his father, Frank
F. Haradon. The estate consists of real
property valued at $7T50. The husband,
son, and Mary M. Haradon, -a daughter,
are the heirs.
Suit for a divorce was commenced yes
terday by Sarah. EL Cartwrlght against
W. D. Cartwrlght She alleges in her
complaint that he deserted her In No
vember. 1902, andvls now living .i Sacra
mento with their children, aged 12 and 10
years, respectively. The Cartwrights were
marrieu m vuituuvcr, rvusii., wiprii iv,
1890.
Drowned Baby Found In River.
COLFAX. Wash.. Feb. 27. (Special.)
The nude body of a fully-developed child
was found floating In Snake River at the
mouth of Penewawa Creek this morning,
tied up in a flour sack. The And was
made by Chaunccy Smith, a fruitgrower
of Penewawa. who telephoned to Sheriff
Canutt and' asked that the Coroner be
rent to investigate. Coroner Crawford
refused to go and telephoned to bury tho
body at Penewawa. Mr. Smith failed
to give the sex of tho child. He stated
that he thought It had been in the water
two or three weeks and that It probably
rame from Lewlston, Idaho, but gave no
grounds for his suspicions. It will prob
ably never be known if the child was alive
when thrown into the water, as no au
topsy was held.
Value of Otis EstaTe Is $3,000,000.
CHICAGO, Feb. 27. Mu;h valuable real
estate in the business district of Chicago
was devised by the will of the late Fred
erlck R. Otis, which has been filed In the
Probate Court The value of the estate
will, it Is believed, exceed $3,000,000. The
beneficiaries are the widow, Charles T.
and Lucius J. Otis. sons, and Mrs. Adele
M. Demlng, Margaret E. Otis, Winifred
Otis, Hine and Grace K. Otis.
Have vou friends commsr from the East?
If so. send their names to the Denver &
Rio Grande omce. 1Z4 Truro street Port,
land. Or
"Trix," the card game: Try lUAll deal
ers. 50c Gray & Smith, Agts., San Fran.
INSANE NOT BANGEftOtlS
DR. HENRY WALDO COE DEFENDS
INSTITUTION AT MT. TABOR.
Says Patients Are Harmless, aYid
Neighboring Property-Owners Have
No Right to Protest.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. Feb. 19. To
the Editor.) I experience more regret
than I can express that I should in any
way be a party to anything which
should cause any one distress, either
in mind or property, and I am there
fore much disturbed that there should
be any uneasiness at Mount Tabor
over the temporary establishment at
the Smith residence, upon the summit
of Mount Tabor, of an institution for
the care of the Alaska insane, in
which the subscriber is interested.
It- is difficult to find any avocation
or business which does not have some
features making the same objection
able to its neighbors, and it is-. worthy
of consideration by those who hav.e in
terested themselves In a public way as I
against the present business move on
our p'art that we must all give and
take In this world of ours. It Is one of
the penalties of being of sufficient
means to own property that the holder
must risk, among other things, the lo
cation in his neighborhood of lines of
activity which; shall not consult his own
convenience nor in fact even his own
financial welfare.
It must be understood that our sani
tarium proper, with which the Alaska
insane have no connection of any kind.
Is not chiefly nor even largely devoted
to the care of the insane. Its main
purpose Is the treatment of nervous
diseases of whatsoever kind, having- no
more relation to insanity than would
pneumonia or rheumatism. Only our
separately enclosed tract, with two
cottages thereon for nental cases, one
for males and one for females, is de
voted to these; while tho greater part
of our patients, located many blocks.
away on another tract are the nervous
cases, no more connected with the men
tal cases than with the school children
at Montavilla.
A schoolhouse, upon the foundation
of which stands this great Republic, Is
a nuisance to its adjoining neighbor,
and no one would choose for a building
site the next lot thereto, other things
being equal.
A saloon has its objections to many
people, yet throughout the land, where
legalized, other business must take the
inside lots while the corner is moro
often the location point of the most ob
jectionable line of business, according
to the belief of all in the block, because
tho saloon Is able through paying the
higher rent to have the pick of tho
special neighborhood.
The location of a hospital, a sani
tarium or a health resorts may make
the immediate property less desirable,
and this regardless of the class of pa-,
tlents taken.
We found a neighborhood at Tabor
Heights, largely owned by nonresident
speculators, In the neighborhood or
which our institution was located. Not
a shingle had been put upon a Toof, not
a bucket of paint upon any house, not
a nail had been driven Into- the small
est new building and not a single evi
dence had for ten years been manifest
ed, except in tax sales, or mortgage
foreclosures, of the deep interest now.
manifested by its nonresident owners
In this, one of the prettiest suburbs of
the city of Portland. From this do
nothing policy of its property-holders
so largely nonresident, and a policy
which they have pursued to this day,
before we went Into that neighborhood,
property was the cheapest In Portland.
We bought what property we could
care for and paid for It We leased
every other house In the neighborhood
which we could rent stipulating In every
case that we would as a partial pay
ment give to such buildings a good coat
of paint We put in water and baths
In these houses, brought electric lights
to Tabor Heights, got the streets im
proved, and the grass of ten years
torn up from the principal and older
thoroughfare of the suburb. We set
out shade trees upon tho grounds and
also upon the streets, not only before
our own property, but in front of that
of others, and have watered and cared
for these trees now for two years free
of expense to any one else. Tabor
Heights four years ago was a desolate
wilderness of abandoned hopes of real
estate boomers. Today, thanks to the
moral support of a few residents of
that pretty suburb, whoso faith m the
region remained steadfast throughout
and our own special efforts, that sec
tion is now once more becoming known
and admired as it should be. We arro
gate to ourselves the larger credit for
the improved conditions ot mat sec
tion in the work which we have done
In making it a live, bustling center of
activity.
When we bought our first portion of
land there, making an allowance for
its ImDrovements. we paid less than
$200 an acre. Today I understand that
$1000 an acre is asked for adjoining
oroDerty.
The present agitation Is based abso
lutely upon wrong premises. Real estate
dealers and others have worked up a feel
ing that there Is danger to the neighbor
hood. Possibly they tnemseives are aiso
suffering a misconception of the whole
purpose and tenor of the restraint and
care of the ordinary Insane. I believe that
In the breast of everyone there Is that
disposition to fairness, which. If this mat
ter were understood, would not have per
mitted even a small gathering of those
who met at Mount Tabor to discuss this
subject. I believe that the ordinary man
and woman has some sympathy for the
unfortunate class which are denominat
ed "the Insane" and that every one Is
willing to submit to a trifling Incommo
datlon it In so doing respect Is had for
those so unfortunate as to have been be
reft of their reason. Of all persons on
earth, the mentally afflicted are the most
unfortunate.
In nrivate institutions for the Insane
the dangerous classes are promptly weed
ed out In public institutions tney are
riven soecial supervisory care. The few
ness of these members in an insane col
ony as found in a public asylum, where
perhaps in the average ward of from 20
to 0 patients from two to six attendants
are ample to oversee the same, and
where in an institution of from 1000 to
3000 patients not a single casualty oc
curs among those who have to do with
the patients for ten years ort more, is
ample refutation of the old theory that the
Insane man or tne insane woman is a
wild beast dangerous to the community
Many of these patients chafe under re
stralnt yet with all this no special danger
to the attendant is current How much
less would there be danger to the public
if such patients should escape?
Some of those patients are bed-ridden.
A large number are simply weakmlnded.
The vast majority under kind care have
no desire to flee.
It is time that this idea that the insane
are as so many wild beasts should pass
away, and if this incident at Mount Ta
bor shall be the means of educating the
public, a little more, upon this great sub
ject It will have been worth the trouble
and annoyance and publicity which has
been, given it
Mr own personal views regarding the
danger from contact with the Insane has
been manifested In more ways than one.
If I had for a moment thought such with
In the range of faintest possibility, for
more (than five years I would not have
lived almost under the same roof with
some of these unfortunates, and have
permitted by own little children, too small
to be able to defend themselves, to take
such risk as those who have spoken
against the present movement would lead
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the uninformed to believe exists. One mo
ment's danger to these little fellows would
more than overcome all the benefits which
I could ever hope to receive from all the
sanitariums on' earth.
HENRY WALDO COE.
DAILY CITY STATISTICS.
Births.
February 4, to the wife of Clayton Touns.
Williams avenue and Falling, a girl.
February 22, to the wife of R. C Blair, 120
Twelfth Jforth, a girl.
February 11, to the wife of Harry Knlcton,
146 Front, a boy.
February 18, to the wife o' Philip Bresen,
Front and Washington,, a boy.
Building Permits.
E. A. Kllppel, Grand avenue, between East
Hoyt and East Gllsan, two-story dwelling;
S1800.
L. Wustfeld, East Third, between Broadway
and "Wildler,' repairs; $523.
O'Shea Broe.. Sixth and Washington, ' alter
ations; $2000.
Daniel Mclnnls, Thunnan, between Twenty
seventh and Twenty-eighth, two-story dwell
ing; 11000.
Real Estate Transfers.
Cleveland Rockwell, trustee, to George
Bleloh, lots 4, 5, 0, block 51, Sunny
side i r-v 1
Joseph Kronenberg and wife to P. J.
Qucsenberry, 137 acres, section 7, T. 1
H.'il. Rude'et'al. to E. J. Archambeau,
undivided Vt Interest In block V, Couch
Addition 1
Henrietta Adams and husband to Ed
ward Hurlburt et al., lots 1, 2. blwck
3, Adams' Addition.... 1
Sarah B, Isaacs to George Bleloh, lota
4, 3, 6, block 51, Sunnyslde 1,000
W. H. Sellwood and wife to W. II.
Ovens, lot 11, block 60. Sellwood...... 175
SL Johns Water Works to Henrietta
Adams and husband, lot 3. block 1,
Adams' Addition to St. Johns 275
Edgar E. Coursen and wife to C O.
Sather. lots 1. 2, 14, block 3, Rosedale COO
J. A. Duff to D. S. Duff, undivided
interest in lot 4, block 5, Lincoln Park
Annex 300
W. B. Roberts and wife to G. L. Oa
born. lot 15, block 0. Stewart Park Ad
dition 123
Henrietta Adams to Edward Hurlburt
et al., lot 3, Adams' Addition, St.
Johns -" 1
E. Jones to Paulina Phillips, lots 21. 22,
block 3. Mansfield
H. B. Wolff and wife to Effle Baren
stecher lot 20. Hillhurst Addition 1
Elizabeth A. Kelly and husband to
'trustees M. E. cnurcn, Alt. -laDor vil
la, lots 7. 8. block 6. Mt. Tabor Villa
Annex lco
W. F. White and wife to Merchants'
National Bank, lot 3 and W. V- of lot
2, Mountain View Park 1
H. W. Vlets to Hattle Ryckman, lot 5.
block 13. Klnzcl Park 250
Laura Breske and husband to TV. M.
Cake, trustee, easterly 65 feet of lot 4.
block 187. city 4.050
P. H. Marlay to May C. Snell, lot C
block 300, Couch Addition 75
P. H. Marlay to "William MacMaster,
lot 12. block 30, Sellwood 1
Anna E. Bainter and husband to M.
Blanche Kennedy, N. CO feet of lots
2. 3. 6 block 24. Sumirslde 300
Sunnyslde Loan & Investment Company
to Anna. E. Bainter. S. 80 feet of lots
2. 3. block 24, Sunnyslde 400
Same to same, lot C, block 24, Sunny
slde 150
H. Freeborough, guardian, to M. W.
Wllklns, 5 acres, beginning 20 chains
W. and 20 chains X. of Iron stake on
Section Line road, at SV. corner of
Sophia Jflblln farm 2,000
University Land Company to Sarah E.
Merrill, lot 6, block 61, University
Park 200
Ira O. Shattuck to Joseph G. Houston,
lots 17.. 18. 19. 20, block 114; lots 18,
19. 20. block 50. University Park.... 1
A. L. Stone to Minnie Stone, lots 3 to
11. block 13. Fairview l
Sheriff (for Southwest Portland Real Es
tate Company) to N. D. Simon, block3
M and L. Futton Park , 230
Associated Banking & Trust Company
to Earl F. Seney. lot 16. block 24. Lin
coln Park Annex..... 150
J. "W. Boyer and wife to "Walter S.
Boyer. lot 29. 30. block 4. Portsmouth
Villa Extension 500
William J. Hill and wife to Etta M.
Dart, lots 5 and 7. block 2, Midway
Addition 300
Ambrose H. Johnson and wife to Mrs.
Albina Seguln, lot 8. block 9. Paradise
Spring Tract 200
Clara Kenscher to George Kenscher, lot
IK block 2. Wilson's Addition 1
A. F. Alexander to R. L. Stewart, lot .
22. block 12. Mount Tabor Villa 1
Victor Land Company to R. L. Stewart,
lot 22. block 12. Mount Tabor Villa.. 1
Sheriff (for William Hahn et al.) to Vic
tor Land Company; lot 1C. block 2,
Park Addition to Albina; lot D. block
3. Cole's Addition. East Portland; lot
22. block 12. Mount Tabor Villa 8
Alvtna Hevel et al. to Schuyler C. Jones,
2.09 acres. secUon 10. T. 1 S., R. 3 E. 1
ColleRe Endowment Association to Gene
Williams, lots 15. 25, IB. 20. block 17.
College Place 1,000
Crescent Land Company to E. M. Ras
muFsen. lot 2, block 4, Keystone Ad
dition 1.100
Emma "Watson to W. E. Watson, parcel
land. East Sixteenth and East Everett
streets 1
Missouri A. T. Van Busktrk to Mary
C Burton. X. of lot 54. section 2.
Greenwood Cemetery 50
Mary E. Tlchner and husband to Emma
Austin, block 30. Caruthers' Addition
to Caruthers. . 900
Meant What He Said.
PORTLAND. Feb. 23. (To the Editor.)
I wish to call attention to an unjust crit
icism . of Mr. MacDpwell. In., an article
; in last Sunday's Oregonian entitled "Ma
pring
STREET
terialism Clashes with Fine Arts," the
writer differs wth Mr. MacDowell in tho
use of a word.
Mr. MacDowell rays:
Few colleges In the United States consider
the fine arts (except belles Iettres and archi
tecture) worthy of serious consideration. The
effect of this is very powerful, for most pre
paratory schools and women's colleges have
Imitated the universities' neglect of art. and
thus the higher education in these institutions
becomes Incomplete, and materialism chokes
out Idealism.
The writer of. the article says:
It Is evident that In the sense In which he
uses the word he does not mean materialism
at all -he means Intellectuality. -
Both materialism and idealism are in
cluded in the word intellectuality; there
fore It would not be correct to use Intel
lectuality as opposed to either material
Ism or idealism.
It Is not probable that Mr. MacDowell
wroteshl3 letter of resignation to Columbia
University without giving it considerable
thought. When he wrote materialism .ha
meant ntateriallsm. V. A, BREWER.
Hanna's Opinion of Beveridge.
Senator Beveridge, author of "The Rus
sian Advance," Is considered a young
man In the Senate. On his entrance -upon
his Senatorial duties at the age of 36, the
older Senators did not look with favor
upon this Innovation- Since then, how-
ever, ho has won the confidence of the
Senate In a remarkable degree, and has
been made a member of the Republican.
"Steering Committee" by the older Sena
tors, who have come to place high esti
mate on his Judgment. He Is now re
garded as one of the most conservative
men m the body and one of its hardest
working members. One day in the cloak
room of the Senate, Mr. Beverldge's abil
ity was mentioned In the presence of Sen
ator Hanna. "Beveridge," replied Hanna,
"why he does as much work as any three
men In the Senate put together."
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