THE SUXDAY OKEGOKIAlf, POfeTLANl), MAY 7, . 1905. 39 Daniel Waldo: The Oregon Pioneer T. T. GEER DESCRIBES EVENTS IN THE LIFE .OF ONE OF THE MEN WHO HELPED BUILD A COMMONWEALTH BT T. T. GEER. OMMENTING upon the recent annl-J I vcreary of "the birth of Oregon." which occurred at Champoeg on May 2, 1S, The Oregonlan ald: "The Bite where"on the Xuture state- was born sixty years ago was but a bright spot in the emerald setting of a far-away spring In a beautiful wilderness. It is little more than a lonely spot of beauty now, over which a modeet shaft of granite, engraved with the names of those who participated in the event on May 2, 1S43, keeps faithful vigil." This is true, though it might be added that In some respects It Is today more of a wilderness than on that now historic day 62 yean? ago, for fully 50 per cent of the brush and timber that skirt the banks of the beautiful "Willamette and the ad jacent hills Is much younger in years than, is Hon. F. X. Matthleu. the only survivor of the famous "Wolf Meeting" which' resulted in hanging the scalps of the antl-organlzcrs on Jo Meek's capacious belt. There was. indeed, in thoi days a heavy growth of willow fringing the banks of the river In most places, but the country generally was bare of timber, resulting from the custom of the Indians In burn ing, each Autumn the heavy yield of grass which characterized the entire Willamette Valley when the first emigrants ventured to dispute lt possession, .with the redmen. Mr. Matthleu.. who arrived in Oregon City on September 25. 1S42. relates that during the first few years he assisted the Hud son's Bay Cosipany in propelling their batteaux laden -wlth supplies from "Van couver to the store at Champoeg. It was impossible to land anywhere-In front of where Portland. now stand?, because of the dense tangle of willow and vine maple that thrust its protruding and forbidding fortifications against the designs of "gain ful man." Unless camp was made some where below the site of the future me tropolis of the Northwest, progress had to be made to a point above where a small ptream thrust its modest contents into the moving river, which, even then, was pursuing the even tenor of Its way trom"the Cascade's frozen gorges to "the bitter, moon-mad sea." In his matter-of-fact -way. Mr. Matthleu describes the beauty of- the placid river at that time, as the overhanging border was so plainly reflected in the" river the precise picture which, more than 20 years later. Sam Simpson, in poetic phrase, re produced In the form of a permanent gem, "In thy crystal depths, Inverted, Swings a picture of the sky." But In 1843 the "lonely spots of beauty" in Oregon predominated, as they had for preceding centuries. Champoeg was a bustling city, as compared with all that magnificent country which now consti tutes, the heart of the Willamette Valley. The spot where the Ptate capltol now Stands where laws are made and un made, tangled and untangled was a wheat field, owned by L. H. Judson. the product of which was tramped out of the straw by oxen In a pit located where the opera-house now serves as a gathering place for the lovers of Shakespeare and others. The "Oregon Institute" was, in deed. here, but It had no architectural rival of companion, nor pupils, save" the descendants of the heroes and heroines of Fennlmore Cooper. The call for the Champoeg meeting was issued to "the inhabitants of the Willam ette. .Valley." and the fact that though they gathered from far and near there were but 102 present, indicates tne new. ness of the country. With the exception of a few settlers on the French Prairie, this vast country was unoccupied. ancL.no venturesome intruder had undertaken to despoil the fair boeom of Nature any where east or south of Salem. - Waldo Starts "West. It may be regarded as a singular coin cidence that on the very day that the Champoeg meeting was held when Jo Meek Impulsively called for "a divide" Just in time to prevent me presiding of ficer from deciding the aye and no vote against the friends of an organization Daniel Waldo started 'With his family and household goods from Southwestern Mis souri to the far-away Oregon country. Prior to that year It may be truthfully said that there were few. If any, real emigrants to Oregon, those who had come previously having been either missionaries or trappers. Daniel Waldo was born in Harrison County, Virginia, on March 22. 1800. When 20 years of age he anticipated Horace Greeley's advice and came West, settling in Gasconade County, Missouri, .not great distance west of St. Louis. He at once engaged in the sawmill business, and In the c'ourse of ten years had gathered sufficient means with which to purchase from the Government nearly 3000 acres of first-class land in St. Clair County, in the southwestern part of the state, to which he moved in 1830. Soon after set tling In Gasconade County, however, he had married Miss Meltnda X.unsford and was a man with a small family when he located on one of the flneet bodies of land to be found anywhere in the great state whose fame at that time rested largely upon that of Thomas H. Benton. Here Mr. Waldo lived for more than 12 years, engaged In stockraislng as a business, but also in -wrestling: with the old-fashioned chills and fever for eight months of the twelve. In the Summer of 1842 much was being said about the Oregon Country, and solely as a means of escape from the lnces sant attacks of the prevailing malaria he decided to go to the Pacific Coast. But in Xevember of that year, he at tended a gathering of his neighbors. where the question was freely dis cussed, together with Its uncertain ties, save as to -its manifold perils, and upon Yeturnlnsr home said to his wife that he had practically abandoned the Oregon project, since it -was but one chance in a .hundred that they would escape the murderous tomahawks of the Indians. -Here it was that the he role spirit of the pioneer women, so often manifest during the ensuing doz en years, came to the front, as Mrs. Waldo exclaimed: "Well, we will go to Oregon. Wo will take the one chance. We had as well be scalped by the Indians and be done with It, as to stay here and be shaken to death with the ague!" So preparations went on unchecked, and the first of the following May saw the .entire family ready for the-long and perilous Journey. Mr. Waldo's health was poor in the extreme, and he. was "hauled' most of the way across the plains in a small -wagon drawn by two mules. Having more than the average supply of -worldly roods, Mr. Waldo arrived in Oregon with a start toward a prosperous fu ture- Ho did not dispose of his land in Missouri, but. besides a good trav eltou? outfit, started with "5 head of c&ttle. and arrived in the Willamette Valley with 50 of them, mostly cows, still able to travel. The hardships endured by a family which crossed the plains in 43. with no roads of any kind and streams un bridged, and treacherous Indians . at every nana, is not to oe even adequate ly Imagined by the growling- tourist of the present day. who, though sitting in the upholstered .seat of a Pullman car, becomes Insufferably cranky if Green River is reached three minutes late, or the latest Chicago daily paper has missed a train! The "Waldo family reached Oregon City in November, and at once pro ceeded to the "mission" on French Prairie, 10 miles north of Salem, cross ing the Molalla River near where Can by nw stands. But the mission was on the river bottom, and river bot toms were not in the line of Mr. or Mrs. Waldo's search for a healthful location. Though the ague is prac tically, unknown in Oregon, even on the low lands, the fact had not then been definitely discovered, and the Droaa acres af -the Willamette River bottoms afforded them no attraction as a per manent home. The next day after their arrival at the mission the quick eye of Mr. Waldo saw; the low range of hills lying to tne eastward, and he suggested to his fam ily-that he would take a horse and ty personal observation decide what in ducement they might furnish for such a home as he was seeking. It was one of those strange coinci dences which so often puzzle the mys tified sojourners in "these low grounds of sorrow" that over on Mill Creek, near where the thriving town of Auros- ville now stands, Mr. Waldo found a lonely shack occupied by William Bur roughs, a trapper, but whom Mr. Wal do had known while living In Gas conade County, Missouri. 20 years be fore. Burroughs was then a carpen ter and working in St. louIs. There was not at that time a settler within all the territory since known the Coast over as the "Waldo Hills.' In the course of his trapping experiences Burroughs had traveled across the hills from north to south, and tola waiao that one of the most attractive "build- ins: places" he had ever seen was a few miles to the north, in the midst of one nf the most beautiful amphitheaters which Nature had ever taken the time to construct, undulating In topograpny, with waving grass two feet high as far as the eyo could reach, and a bounti ful spring breaking forth from the foot of a huge oak tree, rrounaea oy srrove of majestic fellows, inter spersed -with occasional firs, which had certainly been standing there as vol unteer sentlnelB for more man -uu years. Chooses His Homestead. Burroughs' description was possibly not In this exact language, but It is what Waldo saw as he stopped on the crest of the adjoining hills and had bis first view of the magnificent homestead which afterward became famous as the practical seat of government for all this portion of Oregon. Returning to the mission. Air. waiao tnM his famllv that he had found what he had been looking for, and the next day they wended their way across tne unclaimed attractions of Salem prairie and into the hills beyond, and made the first wagon track whlcn ever nis ttirhid' the vlrsrln sod of the "Waldo Hills." . . Pitching his tent among tne nan dozen giant fir trees which still grace fully wave In response to tne greet intr of the western sea breeze, over innvtnir the results of Intensified civil lzatiori for half , a century, as they had previously done the wanderings of the untutored Indian. Daniel Waldo found ed on that November evening in i the "homestead which was his when-he aa . in --1880. and which is today the hospitable home or ex-juago juim The first business or importance was fn "stake out his claim," and this ho .ii.i hv stnlllshinc the boundaries of a mile square and seiectea nrst nis soum Tirst comer, unon wlllcn ne piaiucu i huire stone, which still rests in us original position certainly the oldest eenulno "landmark' in tne prej,em stiit p. of Oreiron. A log cabin -was soon built. In which, th next vear. the present owner of the estate, Judge Waldo, was born, but It was Immediately replaced by a larger one. which today stands as it was built in the Fall of 184-4, protected from the storms of Winter and the Summer sun by a shed and south wall. 'and but for which It would long ago nave oeen but a memory oi tne arcnueciurui am bitions of the early Oregon pioneers. In this old cabin still rests a part of the wasron that brought tne family acenss the plains in 1843, and against the can. where roared the Winter nres In those days, rests the old door whose latchstrlng was always on the outside- held together with nails made by nana. with battered heads, a half-Inch across and the. pointed ends clinched on the op posite side. The early archives of Oregon show that Daniel Waldo was a member of thr Territorial Legislature, which met In Orczon City. or. rather. aT "Will amette Falls," as it was called at that time. This body consisted of eight men, but how they were chosen is not entirely telear from the record. At any rate. Tualatin district was represeniea bv Peter H. Burnett. David Hill and M. M. McCarver; Champoeg by Daniel Waldo. Thomas D. Kelzer and Robert Newell: Clackamas by A. L. Lovejoy, and Yamhill was described as not be ing represented. Later. Mr. Gilmore appeared, but the record does not In dicate the district he represeniea. This law-making body met "at the house of Mr. Hathaway." on the l'Sth dav of June, 1844. and continued In session for nine days, during which time it passed laws prohibiting Slav- erv In Oregon: authorized John Mc- Louchlin to construct a canalat Will amette Falls: provided for the attach ment of a part of Tualatin County to Yamhill, authorized several persons to keep a ferry at the Willamette Falls and the laying out of a road from the latter place to Yamhill River: refused to grant a divorce to W. H. King, the committee reporting rather in favor of passing it up to the next session: passed a resolution offered by Mr. Burnett. "censuring- David Hill for his mlscon duct in absenting himself from the house and neglecting his business as a member of the Legislative committee provided for the election of a Terrl torlai Assessor and. adjourned to meet again in December. The special session met on the 16th of the following December, "but neither Mr. Waldo nor Mr. Kelzer was in at tendance. The other six members transacted the business of the session, which adjourned on the 24th of the same month. His Official Career. This was the beginning and the end Ing of Mr. Waldo's legislative career. During the next few years, however. he was the Justice of the Peace for all this part of Oregon, his Jurisdiction ex tending, so far as the records or the memory of living men serve to indl cate. from Willamette Falls to Call fornla, and from the Pacific Ocean to the summit of the Rocky Mountains, Judge Waldo's was a court governed exclusively by the mandates of common sense, and Its attendant ctnlcal solu tlon of abtruse problems, unhampered by notions for rehearing and the inter position of bills of exceptions. Its sessions were usually held under the fir trees, or with the cotirt, lawyers, par ties and witnesses sitting on the wood pllrt Ih front of the cabin, while. Nes mlth. Bellinger, Thurston. Burnett and other prominent territorial figures elo quently wrangled In the Interests of their clients, for these advocates, with others, frequently hied themselves across country oa horseback to present Important cases to this arbiter of seri ous differences among the early set tlers. Daniel Waldo lived on his homestead for more than 20 years, adding to Its area until it exceeded one thousand acres, and Its boundaries remain Intact to thin day. In 1864, the family having removed to Salem for the purpose of educating the children, he left the farm and madu his home In Salem until his death In 1880. He "bought the house which had been built In 1S57 by "Jink" Harding, the Marlon County Clerk, and which Is the present home of his son, Judge William "Waldo. Daniel Waldo did not dispose of his vast landed holdings In Missouri until after the war. but arriving in Oregon with 30 cows, when grass was to be found every where of luxuriant growth and In end less quantities, he was in affluent circum stances from the start. He was one ot the prominent stockholders In the Wil lamette Wollcn Mills Company. In Salem, in the early 'SOs, and could always be relied upon to assist In any enterprise which promised to aid in the development of the country. He was the very embodi ment of the "Simple Life." as delineated by Charles Wqgner: was a man of un usually strong "common sense." a safe adviser In all matters of business, cither I from a financial or ethical standpoint, and after SO years of activity, was laid i to rest in the Oddfellows' Cemetery south of Salem, having contributed largely to ward the upbuilding of the country he had sacrificed so much to reach while it was yet an independent country, be longing to no nation under the sun. The surviving members of the Waldo family are William, who has served as President of the State Senate and Judge of Marion County: John B., who served six years as Judge of the Oregon Supreme Court, and Mrs. David Logan, now of Washington, whose husband was for many years one of the leading lawyers and politicians of Oregon. The old farm home Is owned by John B. Waldo, who, since his retirement from the Supreme Bench, has lived a quiet life amid the scenes of his birth and early manhood. I spent two hours with him last week and found him deeply engaged. In assisting a hired man la shoeing an obstreperous horse, though to do so. he had just laid down a late work on botany as full of technical names and meaning less colored plates as his pasture Is of buttercups. The residence Is a two-story. old-fashioned farmhouse, built by his father in 1856, but still In a splendid state of preservation. Being a great lover of Nature as well as of his ancestral tradi tions, the farm is kept as nearly like his father left it as it is possible to do, con sistent with a taste for neatness which is not lost sight of. Changes From Sixty Years Ago. But the changes which civilization has wrought In 60 years arc amazing to con template. Leaving the Waldo home on my bicycle, I rode down the road leading to Macleay through the pasture, fully a mile of which is as straight as a string a straight string. Alighting under a huge oak by a small stream across which Is quilt a rustic bridge with convenient seats arranged. I threw myself, on the grass In the mingled sunshine and shadow and yielded myself to the full control of a fancy which was la complete accord with the beautiful surroundings. hlle con trasting my bicycle -as a vehicle of loco motion with the old wagon hub of '42. which I had Just seen in the old cabin on the hill, the Southbound Springfield train came plunging and snorting by, not a half-mile away, and thus Indifferently breaking Into the spirit of my reverie, I almost wished for a return of the days of the lynch-pln, wooden-axle wagons and buckskin moccasins. Disappearing from sight and sound around a point, the rum ble of the steam Intruder was superseded by the far cry of a genuine Oregon quail along the creek bottom below, lustily call ing for Its mate, which had most likely fallen a victim to the wiles of some de signing rival, while farther down the hooting of a grouse served to break tho stillness which can only be found In all its enchanting perfection In a country pasture on a day In May, and remind that some of the old things have not yet passed away. Two mourning doves were sitting, each on a tree 100 yards apart. engaging In the most sorrowful outcries in apparent rebellion against conditions which kept them separated, though there seemed no barrier to a speedy family re union which would have ended all their troubles In a minute. On the other side a pheasant was drumming In all its se qucstercd happiness, and as I looked In Its direction, while thinking of the scene as Daniel Waldo first saw It in Novem ber. 1843. the R. F. D. mail-carrier hove In sight and went direct to the house with mail that 60 years ago It requited mora than a year to receive from New York. Behind him was an automobile forging along at the rate of 20 miles to the hour. The combination was not con ducive to a continuation of mental rev cries whose basis was the Waldo farm in M3, and It was entirely broken up when a China pheasant, not SO yards away, flapped his wings and gave an 1ml tatlon "crow" that would have sent Peter H. Burnett or Samuel R. R. Thurston into the throes of hopeless bewilderment And the pheasant was not to be seen then or afterward, though there washo tlra ber or grass near. The Intrusion of the free-delivery car rier, the automobile, the railroad and the China pheasant, having turned my Tev- erie Into an omelette, I arose, mounted the bicycle, and without stopping for hills or other Impediments, at the end of 53 minutes arrived at my home in Salem, feverishly anxious to read -that day's Ore gonlan. which was waiting. In order to ascertain the latest move ot rsan raiier son and Rojestvensky. Move. Towards City Ownership. CHICAGO. May 6.---The resignation of John C. Fetzer from the receiverships of the Union Traction and North Chicago and West Chicago Street Railway Com panics was received by Judge Grosscnp today. The resignation is ociicved to oe the beginning of a move to consolidate the Union Traction and underlying inter ests with those of the Chicago City Rail way in dealing with Mayor Dunne and the City of .Chicago. Judge Grosscup said today he wSnld accept Mr. Fetzer's res ignation. Caisson to liaise the Sully. HONG KONG, May C An enormous 4600-ton cab-son. specially constructed to raise tho French armored cruiser Sully, wink In Allong Bay In February, was launched here today and will leave Im mediately for Saigon. NEW TODAY. DAIRY RANCH AN IDEAL DAIRY RANCH of 178 acres. 2 miles from town, on good road; land In neighborhood Mils at from $30 to $100 per acre. This land can be had at 0 per cre Address R. McMurphey. Eugene. Or. FOR SALE-0; ACRES IN FINE STATE OF cultivation. In Irvlngton tnear racetrack): large orchard, large 7-room -houm and barn; will be sold oa easy terms. J. L. Wells Co.. 9 Grand ave. AUCTION SALE. New and second-hand goods.-' cor. Yamhill and Front sts. every Tuesday and Thurs day. A. WaUon. Auctioneer. BUSINESS OPENING Requires -some, capi tal. Is attractive and wilt bear closest In vestigation. Principals only. O C3. Ore. PORTLAND HWGHTS FOUR DESIRABLE lots; a bargain. 470 JeCersca. M3SETIXG X OBCE8. HALL. OF INDUSTRr XODCE. NO. S. A. O. U. Every mmber who Atiirt to Iara the workings of the New Assessment Pteaa thoald aot fall to attead l4ie tomorrow (Mon day) evening, at wales attuw, tne commit tee appoint ed. for that purpose jflH explain the optlosa and the best plan tor each Vrothrr to taJce according lo ms age. uci n bcbkh be on band. Brother of sister lodges laylted to be present. . E. W. creasy. Master work man. Attest: Jobs V paddock. Recorder. MEMORIAL. SEIIVICES or Portland . Aert. No. 4. Fraternal Order of Eagles, at Eagles Hall, comer Second aad Yamhill streets, this day (Sunday). May 7, at 2iX P. M. All Brother Eagles are cordially Invited to be present. LOUIS DAMMASCH. W. Secy. S. C. SPENCER. TV. President. ROTAL. CIRCLE NO. 328. W. O. W.. WILL, give one of their enjoyable parties. In their hair In the Ablngton bldg., Thursday even ing. May 11. 1965. Whist, dancing -and re freshments. Admission 13 cents. All wel come. FIRST PICNIC OF THE SEASON GIVEN by the German!. Sister Lodge? No. 3. O. D. H. &. at Rohse's "Park, Sunday. May 7, 1905. Admission, icentleraan and lady. 23 cents; extra lady, 25 cents. Good music MIRZA COUNCIL. 321, KNIGHTS AND LA DIES OF SECURITY, will entertain their friends with whist and dancing- Thursday eve.. May 11, at Alfeky Hall: admltxlon free. A. U. JHlLLrs, Lomramet. LILT OF THE VALLET LODGE. S17. MOD ERN BROTHERHOOD OF AMERICA, will give the sixth and last of Its series of whLt Tuesday. May 8. In Willamette 'Hall. You are cordially Invited; admission 15 cents; refresh ments served. BORN. HATCH To the home -of .E: T. Hatch, on Wednesday. May 4, 1905, , twins, a. boy 7U. and & girl, 7 pounds. DIED. . BLUMLE At Springfield. HI.. May 6. 1B03. Charles . i.. wusnle. - beloved nusoana . or Mary E. Blumle. nee Killduff. and Father of Alice and Charles Blumle. CHAMBERS In this city. May 6. 1005. Sarah E. Chambers, aged 66 years. .Notice of fu neral hereafter. FUNERAL NOTICES. MACCORMAC In this city. May 15. Mrs. Johnston Mac Cormac. of Astoria, aged 73 years and 6 days. -Friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral services at St. Stephen's Chanel. Thirteenth and- Clay streets. Sunday. May 7. at 1:30 o'clock. Interment at Riven-lew Cemetery. Services at the grave private. HIDA In this city, n May C 10f3. Mary J. Hiaa, aged to years - montns 13 day?, oeioved mother Of Mm Edith Thompson. Funeral today (Sunday), May 7. 1S03. at 2:30 P. M.. from Holman's Chapel, corner Third and Salmon sis. Friends respectfully Invited to attend. Interment XMverrlew. Cemetery. Butte County (Cal.) papers plea.-: copy. PFIRTER Friends, acquaintances and members o the Portland Gruetll vereln are respectfully invited to attend the fu neral services of the late Nicholas Pflrter. which will be held at Flnleys chapel today at 1:30 P. M. Interment. Lone Fir Ceme tery. VANCE Friend's and acquaintances are re- spectrully invited to attend the funeral services of the late Israel Vance, which will be held at Flnley's chapel today at 3 P. M. Please omit flowers. STANSBERY Friends and acquaintances are respectfully Invited to attend the fu neral services of Garfield Stansbery. which will be held at Taylor-Street M. E. Church today at 2 P. M. Interment at RIvervIew Cemetery. DOANEr Friends and acquaintances are re- spectfuuy invited to attend the funeral services of the late Rev. Nebemlah Doane. which will be -held at Taylor-Street M. E. Church. Monday. May 8, at 2 P. M. The remains will be taken to Salem, Or., for In terment Tuesday morning. BOORN In this city, at 230 Beech st.. May 5. iwo. iruman u. uoom. acea ca rears 7 months 2 days. Funeral will take place from the residence. Sunday, May 7. at 2:30 P. M. Interment Lone Fir Cemetery. Frfend.1 respectfully Invited. St. Cxoud (Jllnn.) Journal-Press please 'copy. DUNNING, McENTEE OtLBAUGIL successors to Donning & Campion, under takers, and embalm ers, modern la erery de tail, 7th and Xlae. l'&one Mala 430. Lady asslsburt. ' EDWARD HOLM AN CO.. Undertakers and cmbahsers. bare moved to their nevr build ing. Third and Salmon. Lady assistant. Telephone No. S67. J. P. FIN LEY SON".. Funeral Directors. cor. zd saa aiaoisoa. OTnce of Coaaty Cor oner. JLady assistant. Telephone No. 9. F. S. DUNNING, Undertaker. 414 East Alder. Xady assistant. Telephone East 23. ZELLER-BYRNES CO.. UNDERTAKERS, Eatbalmers, 23 Rus'l; East 18; lady aVL. - CLASSIFIED AD. BATES. "Rooms," "Rooms and Boerd." "Hobsc keeplsr Booms. "Situations Wanted." 15 words or lets. 18 cents: 18 to 20 irords. :a cents i 21 to 25 words. 25 cents, etc. No dil count for additional insertions. UNDER ALL OTHER HEADS, except "ew Today,' 30 cents for 15 words or less; 10 to 20 words. 40 cents: 21 to 25 words. 50 cents, etc first Insertion. Each additional Insertion, one-half; so' farther discount un der one month. "NEW TODAY (gauge mecssre agate), 15 cents per line, first lnseruost 10 cents per line of each additional Insertion. ANSWERS TO ADVERTISEMENTS, ad dressed care Tie Oregenlan. and left at this office, should nlways be Inclosed la sealed esTelepes. No atamn, 1 required oa such letters. The Oregontan will not be responsible for errors in adTertlsements takes through tbs telephone. NEW TODAY. HIGHLY ATTRACTIVE SALE OP REAL MAHOGANY. BIRDSEYE MA-PL- AND GOLDEN OAK FURNITURE, velvet carpets, Asmlnater rugs, lace cur tains, portieres, steel ranjre, refrigerator, etc. for PARLORS. DINING-ROOM. xvii'CHEN AND EIGHT BEDROOMS, at CORNER ALDER AND PARK STS., ON Tuesday Next at 10 A. M. On view Monday afternoon. GEO. BAKER &. CO., Auctioneers. Wednesday Next at 10 A. M at Residence, 89 Fifth St. Near Stark "We shall sell the contents of S-room house, including two costly upright fold lnc beds: iron beds. In full size and three quarter; twice-folding bed. with mirror on top: nne oaK dressers and commodes chiffoniers: wardrobes: toilet sets; sheets blanket-.; comforters; feather pillows bedroom sets; Y Y springs; hair and oth er mattresses: oak parlor tables: rock era In weathered and golden oak; por tieres; lace curtains; pictures; lamps dining table and chairs; oak sideboard crockery and glassware; Brussels and wool carpets; mattings; rugs; heating stoves: cook stove and utensils; sewing macnine ana ower cuects, ait in good condition, and for positive saje to highest bidder for cash. GEO. BAKER & CO.. Auctioneers. Thursday Next at 10 A. M. and Friday Next at 2 P. M. Regular weekly sales for all kinds of household effects consigned for sale. . GEO. BAKER & CO.. Auctioneers. GEO. BLACK PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT 31S Worcester Black General practice. ZarestlfaUeas. KstaU work. tclat rie4iel aaOta. 7fcoa Wc IX. OLD GOLD. JEWELRY. BOUGHT..' MADE over, exchanged; dlamoads. precious stones leose Bd mounted: watches.- Jewelry re paired. Uncle Myers, the Jeweler.. 143 34, near Alder. FOR. SALE THAT FINE i PROPERTY OF 3 IMS aaa 3 feeuses. X. K. cor. of East 13th ad- East-ABlceay; lets 109x156 feet.- J. L. Wells Co., H GreA ave- NITH" TODAY." GILMAN Auction and Commission Co. S. L. N. GILMAN, Auctioneer OFFICE AND SALESROOMS. 0. 413 WASHINGTON ST.. EXTENDING TO 166 ELEVENTH STREET. ESTAB USHED 41 TEARS. Auction sale of importance to buyers of household furniture, to those fitting up spare rooms and furnishing residences. Great liquidation sale of almost new and first-class house furnishings next TUESDAY. MAY 9, AT 10 A. M-, AT 41S WASHINGTON STREET. Can be Inspected tomorrow (Monday! P. M.. Including davenport and wardrobe couch, combined. In green or red lavelle: select pieces for parlor In mahogany and Lavelle rockers and chairs: handsome dining-room suit, chairs In dark leather, golden oak frames, table round and hand polished; buffet, en suite; Axmlnster rug. 9x12; nicely tinted Iron bedsteads, varied tints, the best Quality : 4 wire springs; curled hair, padded felt wool mattresses: 300 new bed comforters: choice books: steel-spring cots; adjustable cots; stands: commodes; dressers, not expensive; aiso costly dressers In blrdseye maple, oak. etc. with shaped plate mirrors: chairs of all descriptions; also rockers. Tou can fit up rooms in fine style for little money it you take advantage of this sale. All furniture rtrst-class. N. B. Goods on our floors must be as good as or better than advertised. Attention is called to the standard and nnely bound books In this sale. They are select. S. L. N. GILMAN. Auctioneer. Auction Sales OF Household Furniture BY GIlxiiAN AUCTION & COM. CO., At 41 3 Washington St, Thurs day and Friday, May 1 1 and and 12, Each Day at 10 A. M. Great variety of furniture at your own price, affording opportunity to fit. up a room- or furnish a house at the ' LOW PRICES. Sales begin at 10 A. M. each day. We attend to sales of furniture at residences. S. Ij. N. GILMAN. Auctioneer. Auction Sales BY J. T. WILSON AUCTIONEER Stocks and Merchandise Bought or Sold. Telephone Mala 1626. MONDAY, TOMORROW At Salesroom, 180 First Street Corner Yamhill, at 10 A. M. Auction sale this day comprises lS-foot dining table In oak. with box-seat chairs to ma ten: oak sldeooaru: wamut side board: two upright pianos: buffet: com bination booKcase; wararooes; iron ocas; serines and mattresses: rockers: chairs: bedroom sultesr clocks: lace curtains; car- ptes: ROGERS BROS, knives, forks and spoons: dishes, glassware; kitchen requi sites; tables: treasures: cook stoves; and many lurnism.ngs of value. xotb in addition to tne aoove list, we will sell a Columbia graphophone. with records and otner specials. WEDNESDAY'S SALE At Salesroom, 180 First Street at 10 A. M. This sale comprises a fine assortment of house furnishings. Including carpets. rugs and linoleum; a nne selection of up-to-date furnishings. Sale promptly at 10 A. AL. FRIDAY'S SALE At Salesroom, 180 First Street at 10 A. M. Groceries, Shoes and Miscellaneous We will offer at public auction canned corn, peas, beans, peaches, apricots, to matoes, spices, extracts. oaKing powder, starch, an assortment of breakfast foods. cereals, tea, beans, shelled peanuts, bot- tlorf nrosMTM lam- ratsun Mi!rp and everything In the grocery lfne, Including select prunes In boxes. , NOTE We have for private sale 300 Iron beds and a variety of store nxtures, Inquire for price at any time. J. T. WILSON. Auctioneer. 211 FIRST STREET AUCTION SALE TUESDAY, MAY 9. AT 10 A. M. ELEGANT. MASSIVE AND NEW. BRASS-TRIMMED METAL BEDS: six dozen of hesc BEAUTIES must be sold- at once tor account or an . astern whole sale house. These are travelers samples, so don't miss this sale. Also some BOX- SEAT DlrilNtx CHAIRS and carver chairs, in oak and MAHOGANY; fine 6-hole steel range; mantel beds; bed lounges; bedroom suits; lace curtains; spreads: towels; lady's deskr line box couch and many other very fine pieces of furniture. These roods are lust llk new. To be sold without reserve at 211 First street. C. I. FORD, Auctioneer. AUCTION SALE FnmltHre, Carpets, Etc. THURSDAY, MAY 11, AT 10 A. M At 211 First Street C. L. FORD, Auctioneer. AUCTION SALE Furniture of All Kinds FRIDAY, MAY 12TH, AT 2 P. M . At 211. First Street C. Ij FORD, Auctioneer. NOTICE "We accept all kinds -of goods for sale at our salesrooms, zii nrst si. THE PORTLAND AUCTION-ROOMS. A. SCHUBACH, Proprietor. ChoiceSpaceatFairOrounds NOTHING ITS EQUAL ANYWHERE. In connection with the GREAT GIANT WHIRL FLYING MACHINE Covered by 5009 electric lights. Sarround ed by the greatest amusement enterprises in the wono. Will draw over two thousand- people every hour of the day and night. Spaces. 10x8. 15x13 and 21xlS. Will build to suit purchasers. Prices low for cash. Exceptional references given. Room 316, Chamber of Commerce. 4Cnnn Business property, close .in. luUUU near Morrison St.. pays Id per cent, rae urae w nmnea ror Buying t It at this price GEO. M. STRONG, l2 Second aU Portland Auction Rooms NEW TODAY". Real Estate ARDMORE S"S9 Lots In Doschers- Second Addition, next to 1905 Fair: easy terms. W Two lots. Uth and College. SlOOt 38x160. facing; east on 23d. $1SM Quarter-block. 21th st near entrance to Fair. 29 Full lot. Northrup, near 22d. $JMfl 31 acres. 1G acres under plow, near ' Cedar Mills. Inside lots. Gllsan. near 23d. 9240 7-room house, 2Ud, near Rooserelt. $3596 East front lot. 11th St., near Har rison. Full south front lot and S-room house on Johnson st. $3966 Nice- Jlttle home on Montgomery. "near-Portland Academy. SB: T3xl00. Everett St.. Nob H1U. 90x130 In front of new Banfleld home. Portland' Heights: best view. $646 6(5x100 facing east oh 12th St.. with a house that could be remodeled; room for two more; first-class neighborhood, where houses command high rental; 7000 after 13th. - ' Sll.eee lOOxlOO. In North Portland, covered with buildings; pays 10 per cent net. SM.eeO FUU lot. near Washington st. $14.666 Improved' property. 30 feet from Washington st.; leased for; S123 per month. Quarter-block facing east on 23d and Irv ing with a larga modern 18-room dwelling; the house costing $16,000 to build. This property will be sold for a reasonable prlco and on-favorable-terms. 45-roora hotel on road to Fair grounds. ARDMORE Oveivthe River $123 per acre, the best improved farm In NMultnomah' County. $130 and up Lots In Feurers Addition. $466 Lot C. block U. Central Alblna. 9199 Corner lot. Union ave. and ivon sts. $700 East front lot. Gantenbeln ave.. near Page st. 8750 0 lots in Edendale. $966 Lots near Steel bridge. $1660 Full-lot 7th, near Weldler. $1236 3-room cottage. Williams ave. $106 Block 28. Patton's Second Addition; will trade for Spokane property. $1660 3-room modern cottage In Sunnyslde, renting for $17.30 per month. $2666 Corner lot and modern new house. G93 E. Sth st. $2066 One of the most modern and up-to date little homes In Sunnyslde. $2286 2 lots In bearing fruit and 3-room house. Sandy Road, near E. -Sth. $2366 New li-room house. Williams ave. $2300 3 lots, southeast corner it in ana Tillamook. $2300 33x100 and two houses. 404 and 4GU E. 0th: rent $23 per month. $2760 100x120. Hancock and Rodney ave. $3660 Modern home. Williams ave. $3380 Quarter-block, 2d and Wasco. $3360 2 lots and modern 8-room house, Williams ave. $4660 10 acres, facing 2 boulevards, near Peninsula Station. $4680 Quarter-block facing Holladay ave. $4230 Corner and new modern S-rooi house in Irvlncton. $4300 Corner and modern S-room house, E. :0th and Ankeny. $3000 1 acre. E. 3d and Stephens. 300 ft. railroad frontage.' Will trade lor St. Paul or Minneapolis property. $3300 Two lots and D-room modern house. E. Oak. nelr nth: will trade for farm near Pendleton or Umatilla. $3780 100x100 and 0-room modern house in McMlUenrs Addition, near Steel bridge. Room for two more houses. $8300 100x100 and the best built, up-to- date home in irvlngton, out iiancocK. Suburban Home Beautiful home, located at Mt. Tabor, con sisting of about two acres of ground, large, modern, well-built residence and windmill, for one-halt of original cost. Will trade. GRINDSTAFF & SCHALK 246 STARK STREET. THE CENTER OF ALB1NA $550 And upward for fine, level lots, be tween Unssell and Sellwood and Gan tenbein and Kirby streets. High, good view, graded streets, sewer, water and gas mains laid. Your own terms. The best "buy on the market. Portland Trust Company OF OREGON 109 Third Street Ardmore The most desirable building site in Portland; surrounded by palatial homes with anrtmobstrncted view of our famous mountains; the only ex clusively high-class residence property supplied with bitulithic streets, ce ment sidewalks, Bull Bun water, sewer and gas laid to each lot. Take Washington-street car to City Park and-get off at Park Ave. For plats and prices call on or address Grindstaff .& Schalk !(S STAKE STREET. IVAN HOE THE SIGHTLIEST SUBURB of Port land, lots 50x100 feet, with alley In rear; EXCELLENT WATER SUPPLY. Take either Mount Scott or Woodstock car Sun day afternoon, and view this addition- ot comlortabie homes. .Man on me ground. Lots 5100 to liO. $5 Down and $5 .a Month BUY NOW, before the advance- A. H. BIRRELL McKay Bldg., corner 2d and Stark. Real Estate Investments $a).000 Income 13 per cent JOO.OOO Income 44 per cent $22,000 Income ...10i per cent lS.'OOO Income 12 'per cent $11,000 Income 13 per cent 5 6.000 Income 12 per cent ?11.500r-Income 64 per cent Moat of the above' are close in. West Side, business: are right in line of rapid advance In values; I can supply any rea sonable demand for West Side Income or vacant property. All sizes tjf warehouse sites on "ive3t and- East Side, on or off track. R. M. WILBUR, S06 McKay Bldg. Warstiouse BM 100x200, North Port land, on sidetrack. One of the few good sites left. Northrup & King. 211 Commercial BIk. EAST ANKENY HOME We have a beautiful S-room. all modern home on East Anneny su, near isnn price. oee.eo: ' MALL & VON BORSTEL . 3fC S. Burn-side St., NEW TODAY. FOR SALE BY - Hartman, Thompson s Powers Room 3, C of C. $4500 50x100 feet, corner of E. th and Davis sts., with three 6 rootn houses, renting for $33 per month. 9-room house, 50x100 feet, on the corner of Sd and Fay sts.. South Portland. This nronerty $4000 has one of the finest views in the city. COCAi 8-room house, almost new, fur .3 .ml Ml nace and modern plumbing, on slde. 6-room modern house. 50x160 feet lot on E. 12th St., near E. Washington. 6-room house, almost new. modern plumbing, gas nxtures. 0x100 feet, on the corner of E. 31st and Couch sts. G-room modern house, 6 blqcks this sjde of Fair grounds, street Improved and cement sidewalks . 6-room house. 0x100 feet lot on E. Salmon St., near 29th. 6-room house, 50x100 feet lot. streets graded and cement sidewalks, on E. 16th and Clinton sts. 6-room house on Grand ave., near Beach st. $3750 $2700 $2600 $2350 $2300 $1600 $1550 $1500 5-room cottage. 50x100 feet lot, on Borthwlck st., near Fre mont. 5-room house. 100x100 feet lot. on Mallory ave., near Alberta street. 50x100 feet lot on Broadway car line, near 15th stl $1500 We Will Build Four Houses On Easy Payments We have two lots in the best residence portion of the West Side and two lots in the best res idence portion of Irvington on which we will build a home after your own plan, on payments of 10 per cent cash and 1 per cent a month. South Sunnyside SjfCA For lots ln South Sunnyside: 4nU cash. $10 per month; each Inf rlv1(Yl- -ofwiito niil an.T graveled and sidewalks. Thl3 nronertv Is situated on south SCCTA s'le f Hawthorne ave., bet. JjU and 3th sts.: each lot 2 font nWi, We Advise Everybody Before purchasing property to look well to the title. BESERVoIR PARK is "beyond any question. There is no incumbrance of any kind or nature whatever. It has a clear title in every respect. Anyone interested, can see abstract at our city- office. Lots are selling rapidly and prices are advancing. Get in before you REGRET not having bought. Look at this property before buying else where. Every lot is level and in cul tivation in BEARING TREES and BERRIES, or in nice GREE1T LAWN. Lots, 100.00 and up. Terms, to suit purchaser. Take MT. SCOTT car and get off at Kern Park (or Reservoir Park Station). Agents on the ground and at our office at station. For further particulars, call at our city office, 226-228 Front St., or phone Main 474. H. METZGER Managing Owner. N. B. Free lunch served on Sun days. FARMS YV have more than 50,000 acres of them and dome of the best on the market. You can make a better selection and buy cheap er throucb us than br traveling over tne country on an independent search. We first ascertain about wbat is wanted and then en deavor to show that and nothing- else. Again, you have the advantage of a large list and our general knowledge ot tne country. Call or write for our list. City Properties "We have a nice list of well-located prop erties, business, residence and vacant build ing sites. Loans TY have - money at reasonable rates for loans on adequate real estate securities. Acre Tracts At Jennings "Lodge and the recent addi tions thereto, the finest suburban tract about Portland, we have choice acre tracts of 'tbe finest soli .and on the O. W. P. car line. CaU for Information. THE SHAW-FEAR COMPANY 243 STARK ST; Mt. Tabor ILots in the beautiful Buchanan Addi tion, 100x100 feet each, for sale at prices ordinarily paid for lots SOxlOO. In addi tion, will sell on terms to suit all cus tomers. Take your Sunday outlns to thla tract today, and you will not rest com fortable until you have purchased one or more lots. Take O. w. P. car to Jit. Tabor, get off at Boland avenue, this, side of Reservoir. One pretty home com pleted on this tract and several mora contracted for. For prices, terms, etc., see Rountree & Diamond 211 Stark Street, corner Second. 12 Per Cent On an investment. Close in. Corner. Three-story building. C. BEN REISLAND No. 602 Commercial Block BURNSIDE STREET Desirable lot centrally located near 10th. (West Side), excellent location tor fiats aai future retail business. A. H. BIRRELL 202 afcKay bldg. EAST ASH STREET , See the lots- we are selling oa East Ash sC for $500.60. Each on easy payments, viz., $100.00 down, balance monthly pay ments to suit purchasers. MALL & VON BORSTEL ase E. Euraside St.'