THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, JULY 15, 1906.
33
UN
TARIAN5 MAY
SELL OLD CHURCH
Large Sum Offered for Quar
ter Block on Seventh
and Yamhjll.
TRUSTEES CONSIDER IT
Only Sentimental Reasons, It
Said, Opposed to Acceptance.
Wanted for Business
V" "poses.
An offer of purchase has been made for
the Unitarian church property at the
southwest corner of Seventh and Yamhill
street.- and it is possible that within a
few monthii this building, which Is one
of the landmarks of historic Portland,
will give way before the extension of the
downtown business district and be sup
planted by a modern brick block. The
proposition to sell is now before the trus
tees of the church and a decision will be
reached at their next regular meeting if
a special session is not called before that
time.
Although the trustees refuse to give out
the exact amount which has been offered,
saying that they have promised to keep
it secret. It is known :o be about $100,000
and said to be in excess of that sum. Ne
gotiations with the Unitarian Society
have been carried on through a local real
estate broker, who has concealed from
the members the identity of the Svou'.d-be
purchaser. It is known, however, that
it is desired for business purposes and
that if the society decided to sell, a hand
some block immediately will be erected.
The church occupies a quarter block
that is one of the most desirable sites for
commercial purposes not already occupied
by a business building. The Taylor-Street
Methodist Episcopal Church is the only
other structure of the kind remaining in
the central business district. An offer
was made for this property tome time ago
by a business Arm, but the owners de
clined to sell, as they have a good church
building and it would cost a great deal to
buy a new site and duplicate it In a less
central district.
Church Likely to Sell.
It is thought likely that the Unitarians
will consent to sell. The matter has been
considered Indirectly several times, but
this Is the first offer that has been seri
ously considered and It is regarded as a
very acceptable proposition by members
of the congregation. The building Is old
and would probably have to be replaced
toy a finer structure before a great while
In any event. If the society Is going to
rebuild at all, it would gain by selling Its
expensive site and buying a cheaper lot
In some other location.
Still it Is known that there Is some op
position to the sale. The church is one
of the oldest religious edifices In the city.
The chapel at the south of the main build
ing was erected In 1866, and work on the
main church was commenced the follow
ing year, upon the arrival of T. L. Eliot,
who served many years as Its pastor, and
Is still pastor emeritus. For this and
many other reasons some members of the
society do not regard the sale with favor,
while others realize that It Is desirable
from a practical business standpoint.
"We regard the proposition as a very
good one from a financial standpoint,"
said William F. Woodward, one of the
trustees, yesterday. It is by no means
certain, however, that we shall sell, for
there are many things which will Influ
ence us to remain In the present location.
In the first place associations of many
years bind us to the present site. Be
sides this there is much that can be ac
complished by a church in a business dis
trict because of Its location. Trinity
church in New York is an example. We
are at present maintaining a free reading
room, which is open every day of the
week, and as the city grows, still more
could be done in this line. I do not yet
know what the general opinion of the
congregation Is towards the offer."
Trustees Meet August 7.
The regular meeting of the board of
trustees will be held on the first Tues
day in August.
The week has been a good one In real
estate circles, considering the season and
the especially hot weather which has pre
vailed. Few very large sales have been
concluded, but a 'great deal of residence
and suburban business property has
changed hands. One of the most impor
tant transactions was the sale yesterday
of the Browne well building in Alblna.
which occupies a half block site. It is lo
cated at the southeast corner of Russell
street and Gantenbeln avenue, and was
owned by J. S. Brownewell. The pur
chasers are J. M. Porter, of Corvallls,
and 8. C. Perrlne. of Los Angeles. The
price was $21,000. and the agents Reed
Field & Tynan. , i
The building on this block is a
three-story brick, occupying a single
lot. Ic contains the Station B branch
Postoffice. The price paid is regarded
as quite low, considering the present
demand for real property.
Another East Side transaction was
the purchase of a site for a large ware
house by the Standard Construction
Company at the northwest corner of
East Second and East Main streets.
The quarter-block is an excellent
warehouse site, and will be still better
when the proposed fill on East Main
street is completed. The corner was
owned by C. M. Rankin and T- H. Gard
ner, and was transferred to Edmund
Ames, of the Standard Construction
Company, which will build a large
warehouse upon it.
The price has not been given out,
but is supposed to correspond to the
half-block in the same neighborhood,
bought a few weeks ago by Blake
McFall for $15,000. Hartman & Thomp
son, who made this sale, were also
the agents for a lot at the southwest
corner of Nineteenth and Halsey
streets, sold by E. B. Holmes to W. I.
Swank, who will erect upon it a fine
residence, for which he has plans al
ready prepared.
The East Side has been especially
active during the week. Besides the
sales announced, a $14,000 option has
been taken on a half-block at East
Salmon street and Union avenue, and a
$12,500 option on a quarter-block at
East First and Belmont streets.
Several good sales were made in the
business district. Frank Kiernan sold
the three-story brick building at the
southeast corner of Second and Yam
hill streets for $50,000 to a buyer
whose name has been withheld.
Thomas Papworth, who has been in
terested in a number of recent deals,
bought the three-story brick, occupied
by Roberts-Manning Company on
Frnnt street, between Oak and Pine.
The building was owned by R. B. Lam
son, and sold through the agency of
Goldsmith & Co.. for $34,000. The
same owner sold property at Tenth
and Burnside streets to Isaac Swett
for approximately $20,000.
Blneham s addition, comprising i
lots, on the west side of the Macadam
road, was sold yesterday by Hazara
Stevens, of Boston, to r letcner unn,
president of the Oregon Furniture uo.
The lots lie directly opposite the fac
tory of that company, and will be useu
In connection with its business1. The
price was $4500, and the agent uavia
B. Stearns. Mr. Stearns aio
lot at the southeast corner of Twenij-
second and Overton to Barnard u nara.
for S. B Llnthicum.
Transfers for Week.
July 9 !
Tu
July 8..
July IV.
July 11..
July 12..
July 13..
July 14..
Total
July 9..
July 11..
July 12..
July 13..
July 14..
26,449
u 26,194
Permits for Week.
8,270
4,795
Total $113,361
Bank Clearings for Week.
The way in which business is moving
in Portland is Illustrated by the bank
clearings for the past week, which were
$6,022,571. For the corresponding week last
year they were $3, 630,533.
ABUSE BAD MEN? YES.
But Walt Till You Know They
Bad, Says Mr. Geer.
Are
SALEM, Or., July 13. (To the Edi
tor.) You will permit me to object re
spectfully to your implied conclusion
that 1 am at all opposed to the "un
sparing criticism of public men, who
ever they may be." provided they need
it, but I do differ from your position
that while "liberty has its price." a
part of that price "is the fire of criti
cism which men must stand who ven
ture to serve the public, and no dis
tinction in this particular can be
drawn between bad and good men."
-For why should good men be sub
jected to abuse by the press, for
"abuse," not criticism, is what I was
discussing in the address which you
were unfavorably considering. This is.
Indeed, a strange position, that in or
der that the press may properly dis
charge its undoubted duty In criticis
ing public men. when it Is required,
that It need not and cannot make, any
distinction between different classes of
public men "between bs.d and good
men."
This Is precisely what I was object
ing to on July 4, and to which I still
offer my dissent. No newspaper has
the rlsht under any possible interpre
tation of the guarantee of liberty of
the press to attack a "good man" in
the public service. Of course, this is
frequently done, as you admit, and
which you defend. But why? Is It
on the assumption that the only way
to ferret out the bad men in the public
service Is to attack all officials indis
criminately, with the auxiliary conclu
sion that the "good man" can stand
It. while the 'bad man" must neces
sarily succumb and, therefore, be discovered-?
If so, then we are presented with a
sample of "logic" which it would. Indeed,
be difficult to "follow." A similar logic
was prevalent In the days of witches In
early Massachusetts history, when a
woman, if accused of being a witch, was
given the privilege of proving her inno
cence by being thrown in the bay, and If
she swam out It was an evidence that she
was really a witch and was burned at the
stake for It. but if she was drowned. It
was clear and accepted proof that she was
not a witch.
According to .this position that "no dis
tinction can be made between bad and
good men" In the Indiscriminate on
slaught which the public good demands
shall be made upon public officials. It was
necessary, for Instance, to drive General
Williams from public life forever, and un
justly, as you admit, in order that some
rascal might be made to feel the lash
which he deserved. But how did this un
just and indefensible attack on General
Williams aid In exposing some public
Last Warning Before the Price Goes Up
This Stock
It Has More Than Doubled
in
Will Advance to 65c at Midnight July 21
Value Since Last September It Will Soon Double Again
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has increased in value more than 100 since September 1, 1905. The natural increase of business and inquiries for
motors has forced the price up several times; it will soon go still higher. This stock should make a life income for you
Hetty Green, the Richest
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McCormick Gould Morgan
Carnegie "Whitney Edison
Rockefeller Belmont Stanford
Senator Clark Maekay Moore
Keinze Marshall Field Leeds
Pillsbury Leiter Harrimai;
Studebaker Armour Pullman.
Fairbanks Swift
Here is the way manufacturing stocks in necessities jump:
First Sold at Now Sell at
The Electric Trust 15c S187.00
Quaker Oats, common. 45c $145.00
American Radiator, common 33c SIOO.OO
American Smelting 3oc $155.00
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Professor Benson Bidwell
Inventor of the Trolley Car System.
Inventor of the Railway Car Telephone
System.
Inventor of the Bidwell Cold Motor,
lnventpr of the Water Electric 'Gen-
I never made an unsuccessful invention.
My first invention was the electric fan.
Just as it is run over the country in hot
weather. I didn't get a patent on It. but see
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I next invented the trolley-car system.
Just as It is run today. I "made it perfect
and successful right from the start. It has
never been improved since I invented it.
Look at the millions of money it has made
for the stockholders. The stock of the trol
ley manufacturing companies sold below
15 cents a share in 1893 and 1894. Poor men
could buy that stock then. Thousands of
them did buy it, and every one who held
onto it Is a rich man today.
No Man on Earth Ever Lost
a Penny He Invested
With Me.
If so. I will make it good.
Next I Invented the railway-car tele
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as if seated in an office. It is a more per
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This Is My Greatest In
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kind" of a motor the steam railroad people
have been looking for. It will change all
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roads, because It will be cheaper to run
than steam and can be run faster and more
safely than any present method.
The one drawback the railroads have had
in changing over to electricity has been
that no motor as at present made can be
run 1C0 miles at 60 miles an hour without
burning out. It would melt the very wires.
train of cars could be. run -from New York to
of (JO or !0 miles an hour and not even
By using a Bidwell cold motor
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The Bidwell cold motor is the greatest invention since I invented the trolley-car.
The Opportunity of a Lifetime
I want to give every man and woman a chance to come in with me on this, for I
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The stock will be sold on the square. There will be no hocus pocus about pre
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Every dollar invested will represent one hundred cents of the best stock. Every
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deal all around.
I have made a lifelong reputation for square dealing. I will personally see to it
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assessable. In order to make it possible for every man and woman to get in with me on this
big deal I have decided to sell the stock until July 21 only, at the following prices:
50 shares. $30; 10O shares, $60; 150 shares. $90 : 200 sharea, $120; 250 shares. $150;
300 shares. $180: 500 shares. $300; 10OO shares, $600; 5000 shares, $3000. Not over
6O00 shares at this price to any one person.
Our Monthly Payment Plan
50 share, S 0.00 cash, five monthly payments of 95 ach.
100 shares. $10.00 cash, six monthly payments of $8.K0 each.
150 shares. 915.00 cash, six monthly payments of 912.75 each.
2'M) share, 917.00 cash, seven monthly payments of $15 each.
250 shares, 921.25 rash, seven monthly payments of 918.75 each.
30O shares, 925.50 cash, seven monthly payments of 922.50 each.
500 shares, 942.54) cash, seven monthly payments of 937.50 each.
10O0 shares, 960 cash, ten monthly payments of 955 each.
5000 shures. 9450 cash, ten monthly payments of 9260 each.
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ORDER, P. O. ORDER
Special to Electric Men and Manufacturers
We are now prepared to accept your orders in our own new factory, where we have
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Here Is a Vital Point
to Remember
There never has bef.n a failure of consequenea
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Bidwell Electric Co.
Chicago
The undersigned is an authorized broker for
the sale of our stock in the West. Call and see
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Until 9 o'Clock Sat
urday Until 10
Mail orders bearing postmarks up to midnight
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JOHNSTON
Broker
. 401-408 Eitet Building
Seattle, Washington
malefactor? Will it be claimed that as a
result of his forced retirment by reason
of this shameful abuse, his place has at
all times been better filled since, and has,
therefore, been a public blessing and im
provement? Hardly.
And. besides, there can be no set of
circumstances under which any man or
newspaper can be justified in smirching
an innocent a "good" man's reputation
not even for the mistaken conclusion
that the public good requires it. The
public good never requires that the char
acter which a good man has been 30 years
in establishing shall be undone for al 1
time, that some newspaper may exercise
that "liberty" which it assumes is guar
anteed to it by the Constitution, and usu
ally that some partisan advantage may
be gained.
When Washington's second term as
President was drawing to a close he was
RESIDENTS OF W. M. CANNAJ1Y, MT. TABOR. NEAR FRETTYMAN AVENUE.
urged to become a candidate for the third
time, but he opposed it, not on the lofty
ground which is usually accredited to
him, but, as he said in conversation with
Jefferson:
"I should be acccused of being the
enemy of one nation, and subject to the
influence of another; and, to prove it,
every act of my administration would be
tortured, and the grossest and most In
sidious misrepresentations of them made
by giving one side only of a subject, and
that, too, in such exaggerated and inde
cent terms as could scarcely be applied
to a Nero, to a notorious defaulter or
a common pickpocket."
In speaking of Jackson, in 1824, just
after his defeat for the Presidency, Gov
ernor Coles, of Illinois, while talking to
Jefferson said the extraordinary vote
which Jackson had received had "made
him doubt the durability of our Institu
tions." To this Jefferson replied: "Srr,
it has caused me to doubt more than
anything that has occurred since the Rev
olution, he does not possess the temper,
the acquirement, the assiduity or the phy
sical qualifications for the office; he has
been In various civil offices and has made
a figure in none. He has completely
failed to show himself competent to an
executive trust in Florida, and. In a
word, there are 100 men in Albemarle
County better qualified for the Presi
dency." Instances of this character could be
reproduced by the hundreds to show that
for more than a century the distrust
and suspicions of public men. and of the
best of them, has been used to Indicate
that there was no hope for the "durabil
ity of our institutions," and yet they
seem to endure with a most hopeful and
promising future. Washington suspected
Jefferson, Jefferson was sure Washing
ton was not In any sense to be trusted,
and his newspaper organ said, the day
which saw Washington's retirement from
the Presidency was one upon which to
engage in public rejoicing all over the
United States; Hamilton lost his life when
it was most urgently needed for the gen
eral welfare, because of the public
"abuse" which was "showered upon"
him. and so it has always been.
In discussing this question the only dif
ference between us is as to whether this
"wholesale abuse of public men," wheth
er, in certain cases. It is Justifiable or
not. is a good policy. I think not, and
that your position that good men and bad
men alike must be "unsparingly criti
cised," and that "if one sort must suf
fer, so must the other," is wholly unten
able. Courts might as well and with quite
as much justice be directed to send
every man to the penitentiary for a
term of ten years in order that no man
who ought to go there might be over
looked. The man of good works should
be entitled to all the credit for his faith-
to
"suffer"
fulness without being made
with the other "sort."
And this is all said with the direct
statement that all wrongdoers should be
made to pay the penalty for their wrong
doing, that lawbreakers should be always
'punished, that the newspapers should be
permitted a free hand in criticising public
officials when their conduct requires It,
and with the unreserved declaration that
the newspapers are and have always been
a power for good in this direction. But
with all this. It is still perfectly proper
to say, as I did at the outset that "the
wholesale abuse of public officials by the
newspapers, and often by each other, usu
ally without justification," Is a flagrant
wrong to the faithful officials so abused
and not in any way inspiring to such
of the rising generation as may aspire
to public life. T. T. GEER.
The objection to Mr. Geer's reasoning
is obvious and fatal. There is nobody,
and there ought to be nobody, to decide
authoritatively who is good and who is
bad in public life. Upon every person
opinions differ. The wheat and tares flour
ish together, and must Stand alike the
storms of public opinion. ,In a free coun
try this Is unavoidable, and when we
find a way to avoid it we shall no longer
be free.
Boy Crushed to Death by Auto.
CHICAGO, July 14. Charles Moody. 11
years old, son of C. H. Moody, president
of the Moody & Waters Pierce Company,
was caught between an automobile and a
wall yesterday and killed. The accident
occurred In the barn In the rear of his
father's home while Frank Allen, the
chauffeur, was cleaning the machine. The
boy accidentally started the machine, and
before he, could escape was forced against
the nall. Thd fender struck him in the
neck and fractured the vertebrae. When
Allen heard his cries and released him
the boy ran 50 feet, then fell into the
chauffeur's arms dead.
McKlnley's Niece to Marry.
NEW YORK, July 14. Cards have
reached this city announcing- the com
ing wedding of Captain Grayson VII
lard Heidi, of the Fifteenth Cavalry,
to Miss Grace Howe McKinley, a niece
of the late President McKinley and
for a time mistress of the White
House. The wedding will be at Fort
Des Moines. Iowa, next Wednesday.
Captain Heidi comes from Atlanta, Ga.,
and has four brothers in the army.
Miss McKinley has been teaching at
Mount Holyoke.
RESIDENCE OF DR. K. C. WALKER, SCHUYLER. NEAR TWENTY-FOURTH.