THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, TUNK 9, 1UU7.
II
LUST WET SUNDAY
Manning's Order Will Not Ee
Resisted. ,
COURTS TO DECIDE LAW
fchonld Charter Provision Suspend
State Statute, Wholesalers Will
Request Council to Pass Xew
Ordinance Covering Closing.
This is tha last Sunday when thirsty
Portland can quench lta thirst with any
thing stronger than soda water or Bull
Run water that Is, unless citizens take
the precaution to ler in a supply of bot
tled goods during the weeK. Today, as
for years past, saloon doors will swing
open to all who would enter, but next
Sunday barrooms will be tightly closed
in accord with the notice issued Friday
by District Attorney Manning. Not even
at the various roadhouses may liquor be
had. for the notice applies to all of Mult
nomah County.
Although there is loud protest against
the enforcement of the Sunday-closing
law among a few individual saloonmen.
liquor Interests as a whole, both retailers
and wholesalers, are accepting the situa
tion quietly. They say that they will
obey the closing order without protest If
It can be shown that the state law on
the subject Is not nullified In Portland by
the charter provision which delegates to
the Council complete control of the sa
loons within the municipality. The liquor
men are united in saying that a test case
will be made of the law and it Is probable
that one saloon will remain open next
Sunday In order to throw the Issue into
the courts.
"It appears that nobody is sure of the
law on the point of Sunday closing In
Portland and there will probabfy be a
test case," said President Kirchner, of
the Retail Liquor Dealers' Association,
yesterday. "The organised dealers will
make no big fight on this issue, and if
the law provides for Sunday closing we
shall obey it willingly. Whatever the law
is. I have no doubt that eventually all
saloons In the city will be closed on Sun
day. "Sunday closing, of course, means a
loss in business and the order comes at a
time when the license has recently been
raided. The bartenders will doubtless be
glad of a holiday, but at the same time
It will be necessary to reduce their
wages."
The wholesalers are going even a step
farther than the retailers by saying that
in case the state law for Sunday closing
does not apply in Portland they wiH re
quest the Coiuiell to put through an ordi
nance covering the Issue. There is also a
movement, in .case the state law does not
apply, to have the lRsue put up to a vote
of the people and let them deter
mine whether they want the saloons to
remain closed on the first day of the
week.
To all inquiries Mr. Manning says only
that his recent order will toe rigidly en
forced. He believes that the state law
on the subject will be held effective in
Portland and he means to see that all
saloons obey It. The subject lias been a
theme of much discussion among attor
neys for the past two days and opinions
are widely different. The saloons realize
that it only means now for this point to
be mially determined In the courts.
Many still contend that when the sa
loons are once tightly closed, the liquor
interests will retaliate by Insisting on the
enforcement of the state law which pro
vides for a general suspension of places
of business and amusement on Sunday.
This law is very strict and in places
where it has been put into effect there
have been loud protests. In Washington
I'ounty this law is enforced so strictly
that drugstores are the only places of
business open and they are ordered to
confine their sales to drugs, not even the
sale of cigars being permitted. It U be
lieved by some that the liquor dealers
will try to get this condition of affairs
here, expecting that It will result in a
reversal of the sentiment favoring Sun
day closing. Section 1968 of the state
code is as follows:
If any person shall kep open any store,
hop. grocery, bowling-alley, billiard-room or
tippling. house for purposes of labor or traffic,
or any place of araument, on the first day
of the week, commonly called Sunday, or the
lord's day, such person, upon conviction
thereof, ehall be punished by a fine not less
than $5 nor more than Provided, that
the above provisions shall not apply to the
aters or keepers of drustores, doctor shops,
undertakers, livery-stable keepers, butchers or
bakers.
E
JIIXTNOMAH FAIR ASSOCIATION
SUES TRACKOWXEKS.
Demands Privilege of Purchasing
Irvlngton Property for $150,000
Under Terms of Old Lease.
Suit was filed yesterday afternoon
by the Multnomah Fair Association
against Mrs. Elizabeth Ryan, Captain
K. W. Spencer, and the Irvington Real
Estate Company, the company being
composed of Mrs. Ryan, Mrs. E. W.
Spencer and Mrs. VT. S. Chandler, of
Marahfield. Or., to compel the owners
of the land to sell the Irvlngton race
track property to the Multnomah J-'air
Association. A tender of $150,000 was
made to the people who own the
Irvlngton race track, several days ago,
but the money was refused and now
the battle will be fought out in the
courts.
There is an interesting story back
of the troubles of the Multnomah Fair
Association. Captain E. W. Spencer,
who was instrumental in putting the
lid on racing in Portland, and W. S.
Dixon. Racing had been a dead card
in Portland for a number of years,
and It was not revived and placed
upon a sound basis until the. Mult
nomah Fair Association, which was
composed of a number of prominent
Portland business men took hold of
thlags. When racing was first opened
here. W. S. Dixon, of Vancouver. B,
C, obtained a leasa on the track for
five years, with a stipulation that the
lease could be extended to run for two
years more. The rental of the property
was fixed at $1000, and the conditions
of the lease called for improvements
to the amount of an additional $1000.
The fixed selling price of the property,
according to the lease was $160. U00.
In course of events, and by a deal
that the officials of the Multnomah
Fair Association entered into with
Dixon, the lease was turned over to
the association. Attached to the lease
that finally became the property of
the association was a stipulation
signed by Dixon before a witness to
the effect that in consideration of the
lease which he held, he was to have
charge of the betting ring. Dixon
held the betting privileges until 190R.
when the oftiriaW of the association
decided for tha good of the racing
This caused Captain ftpencer, who is
a relative of Mrs. Ryan by marriage,
to take a hand In the game, and he
declared that unless Dixon was allowed
to remain In control of the betting
ring he would take tha matter into
the courts. This he did, with the re
sult that an injunction was served on
the association and racing waa closed
after 13 days of the sport.
The allegations made by Captain
Spencer and Dixon at tha time the injunc
tion was granted, were that the Mult
nomah Fair Association had. violated the
terms of the lease by allowing betting.
This is the same answer that is being now
made in the suit to enforce the terms of
the option to purchase in the lease. No
denial is made that the lease contained a
stipulation for the sale of the property
for $350,000; neither is a denial made by
the owners that they have received their
rental regularly.
The fact remains that Dixon himself
violated the lease when he conducted
gambling on the track and was in charge
of the betting ring. But it was not until
the association took the book-making
privileges from him that any trouble
arose. It Is the contention of the officials
of the Multnomah Fair Association, who
have offered to the owners of the property
the $150,000 for the property, that it was
well known to the owners of the prop
erty that betting was being carried on
and had been carried on at the track for
two years previous, and they had not at
tempted, so long as Dixon was in charge
of the ring, to stop It.
There is no question about the Irvlngton
race track property now being too valu
able for racing purposes. Portland has
grown up around the track and even if
racing had not been molested two years
ago, 1 would not have been possible to
have continued the same there untii the
termination of the lease.
Just who is behind the offer of $150,000
for the Irvlngton track, A. R. Diamond,
president of the Multnomah Fair Associ
ation, will not say. It Is believed, how
ever, that a syndicate wants the property
with the Intention, in case the suit is set
tled in favor of the association, of plat
ting it and selling it. One thing is sure,
no matter who gets the property, there
will bo no more big racing events on the
Irvington track.
ESTIMATE COST OF LINES
WASHINGTON' COMMISSIONERS
INSPECT O. R. & N.
Secure Data as to Value of System on
Which to Base Rate
Charges.
For the -purpose of obtaining an accu
rate estimate qf tne value of the rail
roads of Washington, the Railroad Com
mission of that state is now probing the
O. R. & N. with a view to establishing
a basis of value for the charges made
by the railroad and to determine if they
are equitable. Engineers for the com
mission have traveled over the Washing
ton lines of the Harrlman system, es
timating, mile by mile, the character of
the country traveled, the hills cut
through and the gulches filled, and even
the number of yards of . earth moved.
Bridges on all the lines have been meas
uredand the cost per foot for construc
tion estimated.
Records of the railroad companies have
also been taken Into consideration and
statisticians for the commission have
gone over the books of the different
railroad companies in order to compute
tiie total cost of construction and the
present value. Agents of the commis
sion have spent considerable time in
Portland in looking over the books of
the O. R. & N. - '
The commission will hold a hearing at
Olympia at which the attorneys of the
railroads will either approve or protest
the valuations of the commission's ex
perts. Witnesses may be examined as
to the value of the roads in case the
commission desires any additional facts.
A. C. Spencer, of the O. R. & N. legal
department, will attend the session at
Olympia as thef representative of his
road. He cannot say whether or not
the company will controvert the figures
prepared by the commission as to the
value of the O. R. & N. lines in Washing
ton, but he will learn what the commis
sion's figures are and decide whether a
different showing should be made.
NOW GIVES SUNDAY SERVICE
O. R. & S: Co. Adopts New Schedule
on Condon and Heppner Branches.
Sunday service will be inaugurated on
the Condon and Heppner branches of the
O. R. & N. today. The growing passenger
traftice on these lines has created a gen
eral demand for Sunday trains. No. ; 11
will hereafter leave Condon at 11 A. M.,
on Sunday, arriving at Arlington at 1:10
P. M. No. 12 will leave Arlington Sun
days at 3:15 P. M., arriving at Condon at
6:3.
The Sunday train on the Heppner branch
will leave Heppner at 11:30 A. M., arriv
ing at Heppner Junction at 1:30 P. M.
Returning, the Sunday train will leave
Heppner Junction at 2:40 P.M., arriving
at Heppner at 4:30.
Fits Up Emergency Hospital.
Arrangements are now being made for
the establishment of an emergency hos
pital at the Union Depot by the Northern
Pacific Terminal Company. Necessary al
terations are being made in the rooms at
the depot and within a short time the In
stitution will be open for use. The need
for such a hospital has been felt for some
time, for almost daily people are brought
to the depot 111 or In need of surgical as
sistance as a result of accident. The hos
pital will be in charge of a surgeon and
instruments, operating tables, etc, will
be available.
Changes in Mall Schedule.
Owing to the change of time on the O.
R. & N. trains to the East, which be
comes effective today, the mail car for
merly carried on train No. 15. of - the
Southern Pacific, has been transferred to
train No. 13, leaving at 11:30 P. M. The
O. R. & N. train, formerly arriving at
7:30 P. M., will hereafter reach the Union
Depot at 8:20 P. M.. delivering the mall
at the depot too late for No. 15, which
leaves at 7:50 P. M.
HE WEDS AGAIN NEXT DAY
'Mysterious Billy" Smith, Divorcee,
Marries Miss Josephine Barde.
OREGON CITY, Or.. June 8. (Spe
cial.) "Mysterious Billy" Smith, a saloon-keeper
and ex-prize fighter, came
up from Portland this afternoon, ac
companied by Miss Josephine Barde,
and they were quietly married at the
courthouse by County Judge Grant B.
Dimick. departing for Portland imme
diately after the ceremony.
There exists a question If Smith's
marriage yesterday Is a legal one un
der the Oregon laws. Friday after
noon Judge Frazer. in the Circuit
Court, granted Mamie Smith a divorce
from "Mysterious Billy," who was in
default, having failed to make an ap
pearance. The Oregon state law provides that
neither of the parties in a divorce pro
ceeding can remarry within the time
United Xuf takiag a scb4. wbio la
How to Tell Clothes
By A. Frank Taylor. .
HERE'S a great test for clothes!
Thousands on thousands have
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It has prevented them from spend
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Clothes that had been improperly
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and had been Improrerly Tailored in
the Second Place
Clothes that, when they came up
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should have been although that would
Cost a little money
but were given over to Old Dr.
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Resemblance.
Clothes that, while they looked
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way my test reveals at th"e "try on"
lost their Shape a short time after they
had been worn
Bulged at the Lapels Drooped and
Wrinkled at the Shoulders Gaped at
the Collar and Creased Back and
Front.
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the Suit that has been properly and
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moulded permanent Form into the Very
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i Just try this Test of mine, Mr.
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It doesn't make any difference upon
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Look for the label below in the Coat
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six months. But when either party is
In default he loses his right of appeal.
In all divorce cases, however, the state
is a party, being represented at each
divorce trial either by the District At
torney or his deputy. Hence it is ar
gued by many lawyers that the right
of the state to appeal a divorce suit,
regardless of its termination in the
trial court, does not expire until the
statutory six months have elapsed.
It is on this phase bf the question,
says Judge Frazer, that the legality of
the marriage of a divorced person
within six months following the grant
ing of the decree hinges. Lawyers
are about evenly divided in contend
ing for and against the legality of such
a ceremony.
But as the law is generally con
strued, public' opinion is disposed to
question the genuineness of any cere
mony that is performed within six
months following the granting of the
divorce, whether either party is in de
fault or not, for by strictly interpreting
the statute it is claimed the suit does
not pass entirely beyond the jurisdic
tion of the trial court and the repre
sentatives of the District Attorney's
office until the six months have ex
pired. Record Cut of Logs in May.
VANCOUVER, B. C, June 8 All
records for lumber handling on the
British Columbia coast were broken in
the month of May. The Government
scales measured more than forty mil
lion feet of logs put Into the water,
and rather more than thiol was cut by
the mills during the month's operations.
This is by several million feet the
largest cut ever made in British Col
umbia. Newport Residence BurneM.
NEWPORT, Or.. June 8. (Special.
The residence of L. Greenbrook. a few
miles from Newport was destroyed by
fire last night, with all the contents,
valued at $1600. The fire originated
from a defective flue. .
Baby King.
"A child Is born," the word is passed,
A people greet their King.
And fortune smiles with pleasing grace.
E'en- now the lowly sing.
A child shall lead, the word is said.
A babe ax mother's breast.
This little one may rule a realm.
We wnUper, "this la beat."
'Tis best that Innocence shall rule,
'Twere well If all could kneel
Before a throne made pure by love,
With peace and truth the seal.
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diameter; husks are three inches and rods and filling are one
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, artistic in appearance. It is
common bed, and is offered
commonly low price. Regular
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No. 6061 Regular $55 value; sells at.. $42.50 II No. 3036 Regular $30 value; sells at .$22.50
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