TIIE SUNDAY OHEGONIAIf, PORTLAKD, MAY 13, 1906.
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FOR
XPDSITION
t. Ballot Composes "Made
in Oregon" March for
the Fair.
IS VOLUNTARY EXILE
agulshed German Musician, Dla
polnted in Love Affair, Conceals-
His Identity After
Coming to America.
luntarily an exile from the father-
there Is now In Portland employea
Journalist one of the most eminent
clans of Germany, and who when
un; man, was a protege ot'Em-
r William I. His name Is Robert
it, and he Is now employed on the
hrlchten, ' a German publication.
B
X
Robert Ballot.
which he Is assistant editor. He
Germany about ten years ago be-
se of an unhappy love affair, and
then hag devoted much of his
e to mining in Alaska.
Ballot is the composer of the
do In Oregon"' march, which he has
Icated to the Oregon captains of in-
try. His composition will be the
clnl march during "Made In Oregon-'
ositlon. Mr. Ballot plays more than
IlftVrent instruments, and is a com
er of no little prominence. In Ger-
ny. he Is known throughout the
ntry, but since he has been In this
ntry he has evaded notoriety. He
leader of the opera and member
he famous Philharmonic Orchestra
Berlin. He has a $3000 violin, which
presented, to him by William I. of
many. Mr. Ballot is but 40 years of
Like Hero In Fiction. ,
(Many a hero In fiction has been
de to lead a far less Interesting life
in has Professor Ballot. When but
imall boy he -wrote a letter to Wlll
x I of Germany, requesting that a
lin be given him. There was some
ng In the letter that was different
m ordinary appeals or requests, and
! Emperor made Inquiries aborut the
He round that the youth was
ssessed of undoubted musical talent,
l had him sent to the Imperial Hlh
liool of Musle In Berlin. It was then
t He gave young Ballot the $3000
lin. Ballot graduated from the veri
est schools' of musle In Germany, and
s a pupil oT the famous Wlrth and
lers. 'He soon brought fame to his
me because of several excellent enm-
sitlons,- and he has been-leader , at
nous times of several of the most
ominent . hands and orchestras In
rmany: 'As a teacher of music he
is also known. '
An unhappy lovr'affalr Mlscourne-eri
hd disheartened him and he
Imerlca to endeavor to forget. He waa
epiy in love witn the daughter of a
Unitary high In ecclesiastical ci-rcles
a necause or his being a worldly
uslclan the father forbade the mar
.ige. This cast a shadow over the
e of the young and rising musician
Mich will probably remain with aim
run death.
Known to Few In America.
I'pon coming to America he took
iin to conceal his Identity and thnre
re but few in this country who know
no no is. He went to Alaska where he
et Professor K. R. Blochberger. of
ortland. who was United States Con-
ilar olTlcer for the Kootenai district.
rofessor Ballot worked- in different
Ines, but Is now said to have several
ry valuable properties In British Co
mbiu. from which he expects to real
e a large sum of money. Professor
mn un-ttiiiH iiiierestea witn xrores-
r Blochberger In mining property.
During the last few months Profes
r Blochberger, editor of the "Nach
ichten," has been In poor health and
e wrote and requested that Pfofessor
allot come to Portland and assist in
inducting the newspaper. He has been
i Portland since February and but few
ersons of this city are acquainted
1th him. Formerly Professor Ballot
Kas in rather poor health but now he
- strong and In the best of condition.
he outdoor life of the Far Northwest
as been a boon to his health.
LAST OF FERRIS WHEEL
down Vp With Dynamite and Re
duced to Scrap Steel.
CHICAGO, May 12. Blown to pieces
.y a monster charpe of dynamite, the
'erris wheel came to an ignomlnous end
enterday at St. Louis, after & varied
areer of IS years. At Its ending It wai
inwept and unsung.
Constructed as one of the engineering
oats of a century, the wheel first was
feature of the Chicago's World s Fair,
n 1S?3 Then for a long period of un
.rofitable inactivity It towered in an
musement park at North Clark street
nd Wrightwood avenue, and Anally was
emoved to t uouia to form, for the
second time, the huge mechanical marvel
f a great exposition. For more than a
nonth heavy wagons laden with 4X
cms of steel of Us construction lura
iered through Chicago's streets.
The old wheel, which had become St.
,ouls" white elephant, died hard. It re
mired i"0 pounds of dynamite to put It
ut nf business. The first charge waa ex
ploded under the supports at the north
(side of the structure, wrecking its found
'atloa and permitting the wheel to drop
4b the ground, a matter of but a few feet.
As the wheel settled It slowly turned,
with its bottom as a Bupport, and then
after tottering a moment like a huge
giant in distress, collapsed slowly. With
in a few minutes it was a tangled mass
of steel and Iron, 30 or 40 feet high. The
huge axle, weighing 74 tons, dropped
slowly with the remnants of the wheel,
crushing the smaller braces and steel
framework. When the mass stopped set
tling it bore no resemblance to the
wheel which was so familiar to Chicago
and to St. Louis and the 00,000 amusement-seekers
from all over the world,
who, in the days when it was In opera
tion, made the trip to the top of its height
of 264 feet and then slowly around and
down to the starting point.
Following the blast that wrecked the
wheel but which failed to shatter Its
foundation, came an explosion of another
charge of 100 pounds of dynamite. The
sticks were sunk in holes drilled in the
concrete foundations that supported the
pillars on the north side of the wheel.
The wheel was the wonder of two con
tinents, by reason of its cost of $360,000,
its dimensions and Its utter uselessness.
It waa the rival of the Eiffel tower, of
Paris. Chicago was glad to get rid of
It, and St. Louis is said to have wit
nessed Its destruction with satisfaction.
George Washington Gale Ferris, presi
dent of a Pittsburg engineering firm,
originated the idea of the wheel that
bore his name, taking the notion from
a bicycle and adapting the constructive
principles of steel bridges In Its erection.
Ferris financed the wheel, built it in
Pittsburg, erected tt at the Chicago Co
lumbian Exposition, and took in $750,000
at SO cents a ride. Then Ferris took a
kaleidoscopic trip to Europe. Later he
lost all interest in the monster, and died
In Pittsburg of tuberculosis, aged only 40.
The stockholders, who had made 100
per cent profit out of the wheel in 1893,
later leased the ground in North Clark
street and re-erected it there. Ferris'
Wheel Park was not a success, and the
wheel was taken down again and. re
moved to St. Louis on June S, 1903. The
cost of taking It down was $40,000. Its
ruins are estimated as worth $8000 as
scrap iron.
TO EVERETT
OREGON A WASHINGTON RAILROAD
FILES ARTICLES.
Portland Is Glvea as tbe Chief Place
of Business and the Capital Stock
la Put at a .Million Dollars.
SALEM, Or., May 12. (Speclal.)
Artlcles of incorporation were filed in
the Secretary of State's office today by
the Oregon & Washington Railroad
Company, with principal office at
Portland. The expressed object Is to
build a railroad ' from Portland to
Everett, Wash., on such route as may
be selected by the board of directors.
W. W. Cotton, William Crooks and W.
A. Bobbins, all of Portland, are the in
corporators and the capital stock Is
$1,000,000, in shares of $100 each.
Another railroad organization to file
articles today is the Northwestern
Railroad Company, with Parley I Wil
liams, George F. Egan and Frederick
D. Hall as Incorporators. The object is
to construct and operate a line of rail
road and telegraph from a point on the
Oregon Shoft Line railroad between
Huntington and the Snake River near
Nagle In a general northerly direction
along the Snake River to or near Lew
lston, Idaho. The capital stock, is
$1,000,000 in shares of $100 each.
Other articles of Incorporation, filed
during the past week are:
. Empire Lumber Company. Limited;
principal office. Ontario. Or.: capital
Stock, $50,000; Incorporators. L, Adam, El
mer A. Clark and M. E. Thayer
The American Bank & Trust Company:
principal office. Klamath Falls, Or.; cap
ital stock, $100,000; Incorporators, Fred
Melhase. William T. Shlve and Charles
E. Worden. , ' .
The Riplev-Oregon Fruit-Food Com
pany; principal office. La Grande, Or. ;
capital stock. $40,000: Incorporators. W. F.
Ripley u. Oldenburg and James Ireland.
Llllard Irrigation Company; principal
office, Baker City, Or.; capital stock.
$5C00; Incorporators. J. W. Llllard, Susan
B. Llllard and Willis .W. Llllard.
The Rainbow Gold & Platinum Mining
Company; principal office. La Grande,
Or : capital stock. $750,000: Incorporators.
E. A. Stephens. Allie Stephens and Carrie
Ci Stephens. '
The Molson Hop Farm Company, of
Rlckreall. Or.; capital stock, $50,000: prin
cipal office, Portland, Or.; incorporators.
Albert J. Ray. Clifton N. McArthur and
Earl C. Bronaugh. , , .
Sanford, Sill Company; principal
office, Shaniko. Or.; capital stock, $25,000:
Incorporators. A. C. Sanford. H. B. Sill
and J. L. Hadlcy.
Langlois OIL Company; principal office,
Portland, Or.; capital stock, $150,000; In
corporators, James O. Spencer, E. R.
Goucher and J. A. C. Freund.
Guard Printing Company; principal of
fice. Eugene, Or.; capital stock. $20,000;
Incorporators. EL L. Campbell, J. R.
Campbell and Charles H. Fisher.
Oregon & Washington Railroad Com
pany; principal office. Portland. Or.: cap
ital stock. $1,000,000; Incorporators, W. W.
Cotton. William Crooks and W. A. Rob
bins. Corvallis Meat Company; principal of
fice. . Corvallls, Or.; capital stock, $5000;
Incorporators. J. C. Hammel, E. R. Bry
son and George F. Brown.
Lane-Beckwlth Company: principal of
fice, Pendleton, Or.; capital stock. $5000;
Incorporators. J. F. Lane, J. S. Beckwlth
and Fred Fontaine.
TREES AND H0USEM0VERS
Some Day There May Be Reform,
But When? '
PORTLAND, May 1. (To the Editor.)
The results of our damage case against
a housemover for the cutting of shade
trees are unimportant from a money
standpoint. Possibly one dollar is the
value of the trees; probably the Jury
thought they would grow again. So they
will, and 14 years from now It took that
time to grow them the gap caused will
be filled, and the trees in 1920 be again
ripe for a similar heroic treatment, when
the man of the house Is absent.
The public should know that there is an
ordinance Imposing penalties for the cut
ting of trees without the consent of the
owner. These penalties the housemover
will figure in as a part of the cost of
moving; if to this be added the sum of
$1 damages, the fixed charges - are
easily determined. Let the merry work
go on; it does not cost much. Irving
Street, "and Twentieth from Irving to
Kearney were strewn with the' wreck
age, but the house was saved. I am
wondering, however, whether had the
telephone or the electric light company
cut the trees because they interfered
with Iheir wires, thus increasing their
cost of maintenance, and a like damage
action . had been brought, the damage
would have been greater or less.
Permit me to add that the lover of the
tree should not be discouraged at the out
look. The Oregonian has made a good
suggestion by its Invitation to property
owners to unite to prevent the cutting of
trees by the housemover. the telephone or
electric light companies, when the spirit
moves them. Speaking for myself, I shall
be glad to co-operate In this movement In
any way. financial or otherwise, even at
the expense of submitting to dollar ver
dicts. ZERA SNOW.
Dented a Marriage License.
Elmer Pratt, a young man, was grievous
ly disappointed yesterday afternoon be
cause Deputy County Clerk Rose declined
to Issue a license to permit him to wed
Grace McKlnney. an attractive girl. 17
years old. The legal age limit is IS years,
and if the bride is over the age of 16 a
J-Jidden Qangers
Forewarned is forearmed."
Before a man can protect himself from
peril of any kind, he mast know where the
danger lurks.
We have to fight against heavy odds in
tha sale of SINCERITY CLOTHES.
And the reason is that 6b per cent of
the clothes are "faked" into ihaft
"Doped" by Dr. Goose, the Hot Flat
iron, to mask Defecti in the Clothes.
It takes more time, and tosts more, to de
sign, and sew, and revise by conscientious
hand-work.
But clothes cannot be made sinter ely
without it.
SINCERITY CLOTHES mean correct
style, perfect fit, and a guaranty of work
manship and materials. .
Flat-Iron style and fit, produced by Heat
and Moisture, disappear quickly with damp
ness and wear.
Which will yu have?
SINCERITY CLOTHES are for sale in
most communities.
If you object to Flat-Iron trickery in
yeur clothes, let your next purchase be a
SINCERITY suit.
Send a a-cent stamp for " The Test," which
is a sure way to detect the work of old Dr.
Goose," the Hot Flat- Iron Fakir.
You will find this label in SINCERITY
CLOTHES:
"SINCERITY CLOTHES" :
MADE AND BDARANTEEO IT
KUH, NATHAN AND FISCHER CO.
GHIGA80
license can be issued by the written con
sent of the parent or guardian. Young
Pratt told Mr. Rose that he thought the
father of his affianced would agree to
the marriage, but was not sure that her
mother would assent to the nuptials.
DEMOCRATIC MEETING.
Citizens Gather to Indorse the Candl-
dates of the Party.
A citisens' meeting was held last night
In Alisky Hall that was largely attended.
Senator Gearln, Governor Chamberlain
and SherifT Word were Indorsed for re
election and William Horan and George
L. Hutchln were given a vote of confi
dence in their race for the Legislature.
The efforts of those present will be used
to bring about the election of all these
candidates.
"Citizen" Parker presided and made an
address, telling of the good work of the
three Democrats who were making a fight
for re-election at the head of the ticket.
Having served with credit to themselves
and the party, Mr. Parker believed they
should be supported by all nonpartisans.
Short talks were made by others along
the same line, and It was the general
opinion of the gathering that those who
were meeting heavy opposition should be
supported by citizens generally. The gath
ering then formally indorsed the forego
ing candidates.
There was but little discussion, and the
meeting lasted but a short time. A. series
of meetings has already been held since
the primaries by the "citizens" with the
object of lining up the independent vote.
Harrlman Line Incorporates.
Incorporation articles of the Oregon
4 Washington Railroad Company were
filed in the County Clerk's office yes
terday by W. W. Cotton, William
Crooks and W. A. Robbins, who are
associated with the O. R. & N. Co. The
purpose of the company is to build a
railroad from Portland to Everett, by
such route as the board of directors
may select, and the capital stock of the
corporation Is $1,000,000.
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SALE OF PORCH PIECES
A seasonable opportunity is here offered in this special sale of
Outdoor Furniture. These pieces,. Arm Rockers, Arm Chairs,
Settees and Swinging Settees, are constructed of ash, in the
weathered finish, and being strong and comfortable, make most
desirable, pieces for porch, lawn and Summer cottage. Pieces
will "be sold separately or in suites. 'Sale commences tomorrow.
Settee like cut above Special. '. .$3.25
Ann Rocker to match Special .2.75
Arm Chair to match Special ....$2.50
Swinging Settee Special ..i . , $3.00
Rocking Settee Special $3.50
NO. 0614.
Regular value $18.00
Sale Price 9 8.25.
SPECIAL MAY SALE
' OF
RECLINING GO-CARTS
Owing to the fact that in the near future we will be located in
our handsome, new store, at the corner of Morrison and
Seventh streets, we have decided to reduce our line of Go-Carts,
with the intention of lessening stock of same for removal Eight
different patterns constitute this special-Sale line, and we have
liberally applied extreme special values in order to close out
this particular stock. These Go-Carts are all of standard
elastic gear, with adjustable front and back, patent foot-brake,
etc. The special prices here mentioned include Go-Carts com
plete with parasols, cushions and other attachments. This sale
commences tomorrow morning. v
NO. 963.
Regular value $15.00
Sale price .7S
Go-Cart Pattern No. 801;
Eegular value $12.75 ; Sale
price ............$5.25
Go-Cart, Pattern No. 802;
Regular value $13.50; sale
price $5.50
Go-Cart, Pattern No. 966;
Regular value- $15.50 ; sale
price $6.75
Go-Cart, Pattern No. 805;
Regular value $17.00 ; sale
price $7.50
NO. 0588. '
Regular value . I1S.S0
Sale price ..$8.50
IN ORDERING BY MAIL, SPECIFY NUMBER,
ALSO COLOR OF PARASOLS AND CUSHIONS
NO. 8O6.
Regular value 16.75
Sale price TXtO
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