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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1904)
V 10 THE. SUNDAY ORBGONIAK, PORTLAND,, AUGUST 7, 1904. THIEVES ARE AGTIV STREET-CAR ON SIDEWALK oo l OS 00 00000 00 0 0 0O0000000000000000000000O0 0 'STORE NOTED FOR BEST GOODS AT LOW PRICES." (Many Burglaries and Hold- Ups Recently Reported, - tEEW OF CULPRITS CAUGHT Prim Itials -Grow Increasingly Bold as x Summer Progresses, and Street- CarRobbsry on Portland Heights Marks Climax. In eplto of patrolmen and Catectives, the jrelgn of terror, instituted by thugs and .hold-up men, continues. Since July ' 4 Jthero has been an average -of one crlmo mer night, including the holding: up of individuals and street-cars, the burglary of residences, and business houses, picked pockets! raids on toolhouses and almost every known kind of thoft. But 'few of the guilty persons have been ar rested, and the list of suspects picked up as exceedingly small. The climax seemed Ito have been Teached Friday night and yesterday morning, "when the Portland Heights car was held up and five burg harles were reported to the Police De partment. On each case detectives and (officers have been detailedrbut actual re sults are wanting. "Whether tho con glomeration of thugs, pickpockets, hold rap men and highwaymen is composed of fexpert crooks, of ex-gamblers or of men pew In tho business, is still a matter of conjecture with the police, and In the meantime the robberies continue. The reign of terror was properly in augurated on tho glorious Fourth. The ilist of crimes from that day to date is surprisingly long. Since that time three street-cars have been held up by hlgh (waymen and people have been accosted ley thugs in all parts of the city. The (tenter of the town has proved' no safer (than the darkest spot in the suburbs. ) A partial list of the crimes from July X to date is as follows: t July 4, E. S. Young, room on steamer Annie Cu minings entered and gold watch tand jewelry taken. ; July 4, J. Clark's room entered, watch itaken. I July 4, Miss Rlnner, 2S8 East "Wash ington street, bracelet stolen. July 6, Boosevelt saloon. Sixth and Da Ms 'streets, entered and quantity of Uquors taken. July 9, J. Xu Shambrook lost $40 by pick pocket in saloon. July 9, room of bellboy at Imperial Hc ;tel entered, trousers and Jewelry taken; jthief arrested. r July 10, Peter Leeny held up on 3urn-islde-street bridge, 58 taken. ! July 11, Henry Maier-robbed of $300 by partner In Burnside Exchange saloon. July 19, Harry McGowan and wife held nip, ?S taken. July 19, street-car held up near St "Vin cent's Hospital and ?20 taken from con ductor. July 27, Paul Wesslnger's residence ran eacked during family's absence; three inen arrested and bound over for crime. July 2S, A. W. Quick, of Albina, $20' worth of tools stolen. July 28, G. W. Clagett, 441 Florence ave mue, $25 worth of tools stolen. July 28, James Buller, of Delena, Or., Jost $59 by pickpocket. July 29, J. F. Shea, 562 Gllsah street, residence burglarized, 20 cents taken. . July 29, residence of J. Griffith, next door to Mr. Shea's, entered and $12 stolen by burglar. July 29, Mrs. Minnie Swltaer, 294 Clay Street, house entered and jewelry stolen. July 30, J. H. Seltemreck had watch aken by pickpocket In front of Orpheum Theater. August 2, "William "Withwell'K residence. North Hoyt street, entered and $13 .taken. August 3, street-car held up on Will cmetto Heights line, $26 taken. August 3, Ferdinand kelson held up at Eleventh and Hoyt streets and relieved jof $25. August 4, G. A. Stevens, of Albina, tools valued! at $20 stolen. August 6, Portland Heights car held up on curve at head of Carter street, pas sengers terrorized and conductor and mo- lorman relieved of tSL August 6. residence of "W,. T. Perry, 231 East Second street, entered, $153 taken. August 6, grocery store of Charles Haf fenden, 1062 Corbett street, entered, but Iburglars got no money. August 6, butcher shop of J. Kurath, 1001 Corbett street, $2 taken from cash Tegister. August 6, Mrs. C. H. Abby, 285 First' Btreet, watch taken from room. August 6. attempt made to enter house ct Thirty-first and East Pine streets; burglar frightened away. In the majority of cases the amount ob tained by burglars has been small, but ,the robbery of Mr. Perry's residence early yesterday morning netted tho thieves a larger amount than they havo obtained in any other instance. The crook who robbed Mr. Perry was evidently the earns man who has entered other residences, as he employed exactly the same means. He gained entrance to the house through the bedroom of the little daughter of Mr. Perryi and from this room passed through the hall into the other parts of the resi dence. He used a ladder in reaching the eecond-story window. ESCAPED IGNOBLE DEATH. Thugs Who Held Up Street-Car Were Nearly Massacred. Some Interesting sidelights were cast yesterday upon the stirring hold-up of a Portland Heights street-car Friday nlcht .Neither of the two nervy thugs are prob ably aware that they escaped an itrnoble death at the hands of aroused residents of the vicinity. The ignoble death that came so near to being meted out to the ungallant vag. abonds was stored in a double-barreled shotgun belonging to C. W. Nottingham. This formidable weapon was in the hands of Lloyd Smith, paying-teller of the Ore- eon Savings Bank, who lives In the im mediate vicinity of the hold-up. Mr. Bmlth was. attracted from his home by the shooting and emerged in time to see one of the robbers promenading through . the car with a section of light artillery in his right hand. Mr. Smith ran toward the scene of action, only o be rudely halted by the inside bandit's pal on the outside of the car. The bandit requested him to execute a rear movement, which order was obeyed without reluctance. Mr. Smith retreated to the Nottingham domi cile and borrowed some artillery. Thu3 reinforced,- fS advanced as a skirmisher. Nearing the vicinity once more, he saw that the status of affairs had altered. The robbers had departed from the car and ! Coming right for him was one of the mercenary wretches, running for all he was worth. "Throw your hands up, or you're a dead one." commanded tho gallant wielder of the bird gun as he draw the yawning muzzle of his weapon in line with the bandit's head. There was a yell of terror in response that echoed through the surrounding hills n and woods like the scream of a locomo tive. ."My name's Johnson. I'm trying to get away from 'em I'm no robber. Don't shoot!" shouted tho fleeing man, all in one breath, and the gun wa3. lowered. Further reinforcements in the form of Blaise Labbe and a revolver of question able ancestry coming to Smith's succor, a determined search of the vicinity was i i m n i t a i i t n i i n i i o i i m i i t i t i i ' t ' ' ' ' " " n ' ' c PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE HORSETHAT CLIMBED MT. SHASTA " ' 5j!&j&aa A. s. Roeenbaum, Southern Paciflc agent , ' Wm'lT rWWm at Shasti Retreat, CaL,' sends to The Ore- , Pi? ' ' ' r T 'ir 'SaB tfpnlan pictures of the horse which climbed I. . e made, but the robbers had not tarried. The only suspects were a man and woman who had Jumped from the car when the robbers appeared and who were yet run ning at a distance of two blocks from the scene. PAST AUTOMOBILE TEEP. Idaho Men Travel 40tf Miles From Caldwell o Pendleton. Driving at full speed across dusty plains, climbing mountain ranges and fording streams, Walter R. Sebreo, a banker of Caldwell, Idaho, with Frank McDowell, traveled from that point to Pendleton In five days of actual driving. Over a distance of about 400 miles in a 20-horsepower automobile. They arrived in Portland yesterday, having left their machine at Pendleton. "We did not come any further with It," said Mr. Sebree, "on account of the sand about Umatilla. "We could ha'e come through with It, but that sand was too much for comfort As far as we went we had a good journey. There was no trou ble at all, and wc made a detour to Jordan Valley outside of the regular run. We forded the Burnt River half a dozen times, the last time getting stuck in the qulcksond eo that we spent half a day getting the machine out. "The best of the trip was from ta Grande to Pendleton over the mountains. There were stumps in the road, and some places 'hardly any road, but we succeeded in averaging 12 miles an hour tho whole distance. From the top of the mountains, some 6000 or 7000 feet above Pendleton, we could look out for 100 miles and see noth ing but wheat That was tho finest sight I ever hope to see. The whole landscape was made up of different shades of yel low, it was hard to believe that it was wheat, but eo it proved when we got down to it" AT THE Y. M. C. A. TODAY. Bishop Earl Cranston and the Claf tin Glee Club. Bishop Earl Cranston of the Methodist church and the Claflln University Jubilee Singers will make up the programme at the men's meeting at the Young Men's Christian Association this afternoon. Bishop Cranston will- speak especially to yourtg men. 9 'The Jubilee Singers are a quintet of colored young men, students at the Uni versity in Orangeburg, S. C. Thoy have been touring the country, giving concerts from the Atlantic Coast to the Paciflc under the direction of their president Dr. Dunton. Two or threb concerts have been given in Portland and large audi- ences have been delighted with the fine voices and musical abilities of the sing ers. The meeting begins at 3:30 and is free for men only. m C. EWABBENS, v The well-known life Insurance man, has recently been appointed agency director of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insur ance Company s Paciflc Coast agency, with headquarters at Portland. Mr. War ren was formerly cashier of this company and states tnat among his reasons for re turning to its ranks are that it is one of the oldest and strongest companies and operates under tho famous Insurance laws of Massachusetts, and it3 contracts have more benefits for the insured than any other. One particularly desirable feature that appealed to him is the annual dlvl dend, to the reduction of premiums or to increase the amount insured. This Is es sentially a policy-holders' company, and Mr. "Warrens decided that In presenting the subject to his friends he could best serve them by representing this com pany. The manager, Mr. H. G. Colton, is much pleased to have Mr. Warrens back with him. MANY DEACIX VISITORS. Low Snrnrday-Sanday Rato Announced by the O. It. & X. In addition to the ?4 round-trip, week day ooai raie to ocacn points, tne u. , & N. announces the popular $2.60 Satur day rate, returning Sunday evenimr. Par ticulars of C. W. Stinger, city ticket agent. Tnira ana Washington. business hems. If Baby Is Cutting Teeth. Be eure" and use that old and well-tried remedy. Mrs. Window's Boo thins Srrup. tor children teething. It toother the child, oftens the ffusos, til pels, cures wind collo &nd Civrboe&. SPECIAL TRAINS GALORE ARMY OF KNIGHTS TEMPLAR TO PASS THROUGH PORTLAND. Local Commandery Is Preparing to Entertain Visitors En Route to Encampment. From August 25 to September 8, and from Monday, September 12, for about two weeks, tho Portland Commandery of the Knights Templar will keep open house at the parlors of the Portland Hotel, in honor of the visiting Knights and their ladles, who will pass through Portland en route to the Triennial Con clave to be held in San Francisco during the first week of September. The Oregon Commandery, No. 1, Is making great preparations for the enter tainment of the visiting Knights. It is estimated that more than 20,000 Knights will visit for a shorter or a longer time in Portland while on their way to the Golden Gate city. Committee have been at work for sev eral weeks on the plan3 for the enter tainment, and already several thousand dollars have been raised for tho enter tainment of the visitors. The parlors of the Portland have ben reserved for the visitors all during the time that the trains will be passing through tho city, and committees from the Portland Commandery will be pres ent at the depot to meet the incoming Knights and show them to the hotel, and to aid in e3cortins them over the city and in pointing out to thenu them the principal sights to be seen. Most of the trains that will como havo already planned In advance Just what the pas sengers will do In each place, and the Portland hosts 5Vliract more as guides in pointing out tho things that the guests have determined to see. Henry Bates Stoddard, the grand mas ter of the Knights Templar of the United States, will visit Portland and will per haps lead the list of tho guests, as the Grand Encampment Special, on which he. In company frith other of the officers of the grand encampment will travel, will reach Portland on Friday, August 26, at in the morning, and will leave at 4 o'clock In the evening. Right Eminent Sir Georgo Mayhew Moulton, the deputy grand master, will also visit Portland during the passage of his train through the city. Mr. Moul ton will In all probability be the next grand master of the Knights. The Denver Commandery will pay Port land the longest visit and will reach the city on the morning of September 1 at 5:S0 o clock. A steamer has been char tered for The Dalles, and early In the morning the members of the Denver party will leave for a trip up the Columbia. They will return to Portland in the even ing and will spend all of the next day looking over the sights of the place. In the evening the Colorado guests will leave on the steamship Columbia for San Francisco, having chartered that vessel for tho trip. The New Haven Commandery, com prised of over 100 people, will reach Port land on Monday, August 29,' coming by steamer from The Dalles. They will re main until Wednesday noon, leaving over the Southern Pacific by special train. The Hartford Commandery Is 'the oldest in the united States, having been organ ized more than 100 years ago. St John's Gommandery. No. 7, and Cal vary. No. 13, of Providence, R. I., will reach Portland, coming by way of Ta coma, on "Friday, September 2. They will leave In the evening at S o'clock. The Do Molay Commandery, of Boston, composed of 100 Knights, will come by way of Tacoma, reaching Portland on September 2 at 8 o'clock In the morning, and leaving at in the evening. The Coeur. de Leon Commandery, of Boston, with 125 members, . will come at 7 o'clock on Septomber 3, and will leave in the evening. The Sutton Commandery, of New Bed- zord. ana tne iugn jue aycns Meirose Commandery will be in Portland on Au gust 31, leaving in the evening of Sep- temoer i. The Washington Commandery, of Hart ford, will visit the city on September 2, reaching here at 7 in the morning, and leaving in the evening at 5:30. The Hamilton Commandery, of Bridge port, and the Holy Sepulchre, of Paw tucket, will reach the city on the morn lng of September 1 at 8 o'clock, and will leave In the evening at 7. The Trinity Commandery, of Hudson, will also be in the city oil September 3, reaching here In the morning and leav ing in the evenimr at 8 o'clock for the convention. The Pittsburg Special, which will bring the Pittsburg Commandery and which will land 5S7 -Deople in the city"" on Au gust 31, will bo the largest special train that has ever started across the conti nent It Is especially fitted up for the Kfllshts and will make more than S000 miles In its Itinerary. Oregon will also be well represented in California. Already sufficient people have signified their intention of going on the trip to call for the chartering of four cars from this city alone. The Pendleton Commandery, Grant's Pass and Salem, Albany and Eugene havo also chartered cars and swlll leave on September 3 for San Francisco. More than 100 of the Knights of Oregon will attend the con vention, but many of them will take with them their wives, so that the number will be nearly doubled. San Francisco Is making great prepara 'tions for the entertainment of the con vention, which will bring together more people than any gathering of the year, with the single exception of the St Louis Fair. In San Francisco a single con tract for 580,000 has been let for the elec trie illumination of 10 blocks on Market street . Besides this a vast sum will be spent tn the decorations of the Palace Hotel, which will be the headquarters of the delegates to the convention. Alto gether the decorations and Illuminations will cost the San Francisco Knights more than 5150,000. Everything will be free to the "visitors during their stay, as they will be the guests of the San Francisco Knights. 2fEW VERSION 0E ACCIDENT PORTLAND, Aug. 5.--(To the Editor.) At my automobile salesroom and ma chine shop Saturday evening there was no automobile connected with the accident that occurred. Not 5 cents' worth of prop erty was destroyed, and nothing was damaged in any wise In the calamity that cost my brother his life, and the accounts published concerning that disaster, In which it waa stated that an explosion had taken place, were incorrect from first to last and from beginning to end My brother was testing an auto igniter on a small pressure tank in the machine shop. This tank Is In no way connected with an automobile, but is especially ar ranged for the purpose for which It was being used, and contained perhaps two quarts of gasoline, under about 20 pounds air pressure. My brother evidently in tended to remove a regulating valvo be yond the cut-off, which could have been done safely under any circumstances, but instead, for some unaccountable rea son, removed tho cut-off valve under pressure. This caused the gasoline to flow out saturating his clothing, as he worked In a stooping position over the tank di rectly In line with the flow of gasoline. He undertook to stop the flow by putting his thumb over the opening. This caused the gasoline to be forced back and up over the igniter where it formed a lurking spark, causing- the Are. He repeatedly Bald after the accident that he thought the fire was all extinguished. Two men were standing within arm' reach of him at the time, and endeavored to grasp him as he sprang to his feet and ran through tho machine shop into the garage, where thoy overtook him and smothered the flames with blankets. The lire in the machine shop was then easily extinguished without damage. My brother was able to assist in disrobing himself and was perfectly rational- for about an" hour, when he became uncon scious and died from tho effects of, the burns he had received. This statement is made to allay the fears, falsely created, of-automobile own ers who may be laboring under the lm preselon that their machines are liable to explosion, and in justice to a slncers public who prefer truth to falsehood. J. B. KELLY. CARD OF THANKS. The family of the late Peter Damp hotter wish to express their sincere tnanks to tho many friends, members of Local No. S3, American Federation or aiu slclans. to the Commander of the Nine teenth Infantry, .and leader and members of the Nineteenth Infantry Band, U. S. A, for the expressions of sympathy In their hour of sorrow. MRS. -PETER DAMPHOFFER. - MR. AND MRS. HARRY LINLBY. MR. AND MRS. ED. "WYNKOOP. BROKEN AXLE NEARLY. CAUSES SERIOUS ACCIDENT. Rumor That 40 Persons Had PUiqged Through Morrison Bridge Causes Much Excitement. A brbken front axle caused Brooklyn car No. tO, of the City & Suburban Rail way Company, going east, to jump the track on East Morrison street "at the cor ner of Union avenue, yesterday evening, and plunge into the sidewalk In front of H. Baumer3 store, on the 3outh side of the street Miss Jessie Blanck, a teie craoh onenitor. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Blanck, living at 634 Tlbbetts street, ar.d Mrs. Fluke, living on East Seventeenth and Tillamook streets, were thrown cut and severely bruised. The car was moving at an ordinary rate of speed between East Third street and Union avenue, when the axle on the south .sjdft of the front end gave way, which caused the car to make a complete "cir cle, so that the front end struck the side walk In front of Mr. Baumers store with such force as to cause, the building to shake from top to bottom. The front trucks were pushed up on the walk, but hero fortunately the car came to a stop. Mr. Baumer and his clerks, who were inside the store, thought the car was coming Inside, and the people rooming upstairs were badly frightened. Miss Blanck and Mrs. 2. S. Weaver, wno is visiting tho former's home, were sitting outside, as the car was a combination car, part being closed and part open. Miss Blanck was thrown off wltfi, great force on her hips and shoulders, and Mrs. Wea ver was shaken up, but- at the tlmo did not think she was hurt Mrs. Fluko re ceived some bruises. The women were taken Into Mr. 'Baumer's store for a short time, and then were able to take the car for their hemes. In the course of an hour tho disabled ir was gotten back on the track and out of the way of traffic, which had been interrupted. It was an accident for which no one wds to blame in any way. There were ahouf ten passengers on tho car, and none but Miss Blanck and Mrs. Fluke were Injured. Air were badly frightened. as when tho car started on tne circle toward the Baumer store they did not know that it would not plunge through the sidewalk into the slOugh about 20 feet below. The car struck tho walk with such force that the boards end tim bers were considerably smashed up. An exaggerated rumor, based on the accident to the Brooklyn car", spread over the city like a flash yesterday Afternoon. In the downtown district It was reported suddenly that a street-car had plunged through tho Morrison-street bridge into the cold waters of the Willamette, and that at least 40 people had met death like rats in a trap. Down Alder and Morri son streets poured an excited crowd. Men started to run; other men saw them run ning" and joined In the procession. "What s- the mattcr7" inquired the peo ple along the way.' "Car- through tho bridge," gasped the hurrying throng. Clerks forgot that they were selling goods, customers forgot that they were matclng purchases, truck drivers urged their horses into a gallop, automobiles exceeded the speed limit and were not bothered by policemen, who were doing a little sprinting of their own. Firemen wondered. If there was a firo and they were not in it Street-car men wished they were going the other way. The first people to reach the wharf at the foot of Alder street saw the -river rippling a3 usual. There were no heart rending shrieks, no rowboata to the fes cue, no steamer wnisues blowing, no gaping hole . In the trestle-work. Cars were running over the bridge as on any other day. And suddenly It came to the minds of the multitude that thev had been stung. A car had gone over the Morrison-street bridge, but it had gone on to Mount Tabor and went over the end of the bridge instead of the side. The crowd was soon swelled to a mass of several thousand people, and as the first-comers returned to their dull rout ine of life they mot still others hurrying to see tne catastrophe. Portland as Conven tion City Reasons Advanced By Manager of Commercial Clob. (Tom Richardson, manager of Portlanfl Commercial Club, in Lewis and Clark Journal.) You ak me the question, "Why should Portland be selected as a place In which to hold conventions?" and I take pleasure in replying: The hotel situation I3 of the utmost im portance, and without going Into details I can truthfully say that both for those who are economically inclined, as well as the other class, who desire the best and are willing to pay for it, Portland is fully equal to other cities of her population. Tho city Is well provided with halls in which to hold conventions. Now, put yourself Into the posiUon of being a delegate to some convention In a distant city, and In addition to the inter est you would have In the proceedings of tho convenUon, your first thought would be that you. would like to see the city and Ita environs thoroughly, and if you could make your choica you would prefer that the convention should be held in some section of the country that you had not visited. Portland, as the metropolis and chief market of the Paciflc North west, is in a portion of the United States which 13 yet to receive a visit from many mllliona of our people. The city meets the requirements of the delegate in having a splendid system of trolley lines, which not only covers the city but all the surrounding territory, and as a large portion of the American peoplo live where there are no hills, a view from a trolley car thoroughly covering this city is of Itself worth a trip across the. conUnent. I carried back when I was here last year a most delightful impres sion of Portland, on account of a hurried run up Portland Heights, Willamette Heights, to Hount Tabor and other points then tho beautiful river rides t on the Willamette, and that climax o'f river trips anywhere in - tho United States, a ride on the Columbia. The place in which to hold receptions is one of the features that bother the business men of most cities. Here the Portland Commercial Club fills this long felt want, and with four elevators run ning, the spacious apartments of this club can be visited by from 2000 to 2000 persons an hour in perfect comfort. . , Conventions are not held entirely from the standpoint of tho business they have in charge delegates are anxious to study local institutions. Portland offers a num ber of theater's and side attractions that will Interest many visitors; her churches are equal to tho best; her fine public school buildings, , public library, city hall with its museum,' and, grandest of all, the beautiful hillside home3, unmatched any where else In this country all form an inducement for convenUons to come to Portland. Tho City Park, to my mind the most unique public playground in America, Is open to the visitor, and from its splendid height affords an opportunity for tho lover of nature to view a panorama cov ering city, lake, mountain, valley and river, incomparable in this country. Travelers are anxious to visit places where the water is pure, and In . this re gard Portland excels, for she not only has Of American Dress Goods Extraoraiiiary If you are. a judge of values come in Monday and examine the goods found here. We have nofear of the results. We only ask! you to. come and see for yourself. o o . e 9 e 9 e a Black Grenadines, Voiles 40-inch Black Spider Web Grenadine -29 46-inch Silk Knit Grena dine ... $1.15 42-inch Dotted Stripe Gren- N adine ....$1.00 44-inch Black Llama Voile 7gS 44-inch Black Turkish Mo hair AA-inch Black Turkish Mo o e o e o e o s o or o o o o 0 o 0 e o 0 o o o o o 0 0 0 O" o o o 0 0 0 0 o 0 0 0 0 0 O 0 o e 0 hair ..... 756 SPECIAL 46-in. Black Chtfr fon Voile, worth $1.50 . sale 93 In our Cloak and Suit Depart ment. NeSv Fall Suits, Walk ing Skirts, Tackets and Coats. Swell and exclusive with this house- . MEW ARRIVALS In our Cloak and Suit Department New Fall Suit Walking Skirts, Jackets and Coats Swell and Ex clusive with this House. 0 o 9 O e c 0 O o THE OJTI.Y EXCLUSIVE DRY GOODS THIRD AJTD OOOO OO OOOQOO0OOOOO90OOO9OOOOOOOOCOD0OOOOeO9OeOOOOOOe an unlimited supply of pure mountain water which i3 delicious to drink, but as It comes direct from melting mountain ice and snow, it la cooled to the "Just right" point, and you cannot reach that artificially. In addition to all this, It is as soft .as rainwater and. a bath in it is a luxury. Portland's pseudonym is "The City of Roses," and here are produced tho world's finest specimens. This Is not a mere fig ure of speech, for Portland's growers ex cel the productions of King Edward's world-renowned flower gardens. In cher ries, strawberries, blackberries, apples, prunes, Oregon stands at the top, and visitors going" through this state havo been brought back merely through eating our Royal Anne cherries. Understand, I am answering your ques Uon. "Why should Portland be selected as a' place in which to hold convenUons?" and not trying to tell anything about the benefits that will accrue to this city and state. A delegate attending a convention in this city can. at small expense of time and money, see the Willamette Valley, which Is unequaled anywhere in the rich ness of Its soil, while from the standpoint of natural beauty it is equaled by but few of the famous valleys of the world. The peaceful Pacific, the world's great est ocean, can be reached from Portland, either by rail or boat. Inside of ICO miles, where surf bathing and other seaside en tertainments can ba enjoyed. PorUand Is easily the most delightful city in America in which to spend the Summer tho climate here from June 1 to October 31 approaches perfection. Ore gon is practically free from flies, mosqui toes, gnats, fleas and other vermin. The man or woman who loves mountain-climbing can find every opportunity to enjoy this exhilarating pastime. A delegate attending a convention here can take a trolley car in tho business center and in 15 minutes be lost to the busy world in the midst of a primeval forest Portland affords a splendid opportunity to study the financial, commercial and Industrial condlUons in the grea? Paciflc Northwest This city is very decidedly the center of this portion of the United States In actual business. Here are the great lumber mills, wholesale houses, fac tories, and this la the home of the men who own and control the destinies of the Paciflc Northwest. The man or woman east of the Rockies who makes a trip to Portland will go back home a, better American. ' . At the Lewis and Clark Centennial Ex position and Oriental Fair there will be gathered all that is choicest In the for eign and American exhibits at St. Louis. There will be a showing of the products of tho ' Paciflc Coast, Alaska and this great Northwest country that will be be yond the expsctaUons, both of the visitor and of our homo people but I leave the subject of this fair for you to treat in other columns of your splendid publica tion. I have only begun to answer your ques tion, "Why should Portland be selected as a place In which to hold conventions?" There are hundreds of other good rea sons, and one that Is greater than all I have mentioned is that a splendid, whole hearted Western welcome awaits not. only the delegates to conventions, the visitors and the homeseeker, but all who care to tarry, even temporarily, within the con fines of Oregon's matchless metropolis. The Lock Step. New York Sun. The three met in the park last Sunday morning, and, lighting weeds, seated themselves en a handy bench, after which the conversation became fluent, or until one of the trio mentioned casually: -"That fallow over there leaning against a chain post bears the prison mark if ever a man does." "I fall to see anything remarkable about him other than that he 13 seedy" "No, it Is not that I mean he glances at Dassors from the corner of his eye. There, he moves to the next post Notice that walk?" "Nonsense! Walks with a slight hitch, OO0OOoeOOOO000O0O00OO0O e e o o o 9 o o o o o o 'ec In strength all day on GRAPE-NUTS AND CREAM World's Pair Exhibit Space Agricultural Building. 103, OOO09000000000eO8O90OOO and French ( Silk Sale Monday. 2750 yards of 60c, 75c and $r ' values this is a broken line 0 of Silks picked from various lines b Satins, Surahs, Taf- fetas, Wash Silks and Moire o Velours special while they last .. .25$ On Monday we will place on sale a new arrival of Fall Silk and Wool Challies" at Mid 5 summer sale prices they are 50c values special for one week, per yard 29$ Odd and end line of Wool Dress Goods that were 65c, 75c and $1.00 values special, to close, per yard 29$ o O O o o o o o o o o - o 0 o o e 0 O o o o o o 0 o o STORE IX MORRISON. THE CITY, CORNER that's alii What do you think about It, Brown?" But Brown didn't think, and If he, did h3 said nothing. He was strangely silent all at once, though until the ugly subject came up he had been the busiest talker of the trio. "I say, Brown, do you think that poor fellow over there is a prison bird?" "I hope not, for his sake. If he has been one I pity him. He will run afoul of the hard old past wherever he goes; even here in the quiet park of a bright Sunday morning. Poor dei'il! I am goiag over the way to speak to him, offer him a little help if he needs it." . Brown crossed the drive and touched the seedy man on the arm. The seedy ono turned with a frightened look, but a smile came .upon hie face, and he started to say something; but Brown uttered quickly in an undertone: "Hush, not here! Move along and I will follow. I want to help- you If I can." And before Brown knew what ho was doing he had both hands upon tfie other's shoulders and was lock-stepping with him away from the rive toward a sequestered part of the park. Soda Water Hash. New York Press. "Twentieth Century?" asked .the man behind the soda water counterl The elder ly customer nodded affirmatively. The clerk poured a" little lemon syrup Into the glass, then filled it almost full with malted milk, broke two eggs on top of this and gave the mess a vigorous shake, after which he filled the glass with soda. The check was for 20 cents. "Do you strike many combinations as queer as that?" a curious customer asked. '"Lots," replied the clerk. "He takes two like that every day. and tells his friends about it The name is his own, too. But there's one man who comes In here that gets a worse combination. He has hot beef tea, vanilla, an egg and soda. Can you beat that? And there's another man who drinks hot beef tea, chocolate, an egg and soda. No. They haven't any names. No one could do 'em justice with a name. Whero do they find 'em? Oh, they say they think 'em up." TICKETS FOR OCEAN BEACH. Season tickets Portland to any point on. tho beach, ?4.C0. 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