THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 13, 190?. . , 10 REITERATES HIS HOPYARD EXPOSE Dr. John M. Ferguson Says First Report Is Not Overdrawn. SYNOD INDORSES PASTOR jCltes Instances of Public Record . 4Where Immorality Is Openly , Practiced, and Warns Young t. Girls Unattended by Parents. llcv. John M. Ferguson, Sunday achoci ' missionary for the Presbytery of Portl nd, was heartily indorsed on ibis am titude toward the conditions in Oregon hopflelds by the Oregon synod yestertt ay afternoon at its session in the Thl rd Presbyterian Church. Mr. fergus& n delivered his report In open meetingr of the synod. It was substan tially tl. same as was read before the Portland Presbytery the first of the week. Before 3 eading his report to the synod Dr. Fergi ison said that the synopsis printed in The Oregonian was substan tially corn ect. Since the agitation was. started it had been said to him that the agitatl on might result in exclud ing worken for better conditions from the hopfleld s, but he declared it to be his convlctl on that it would result in freer access to the hopflelds of all who go there ta improve conditions. He also said he believed that every owner of a hopfleld. will heartily welcome any agency that promises to better the moral surrou ndings of those who pick hops and de clared that he was not afraid of the ul timate result. He intimat ed that libel s uits had been threatened, and in respee t to these he declared that the soone r they were started the sooner a more, sweeping and startling exposure of rrt al conditions in certain hopflelds of On igon will be brought to the attention ol ' the fathers and moth ers of the Stan) '. Dr. Thompson said that the dark pic ture that had been drawn could be proved by (act s and evidence that could not be 01 erthrown. The follow ing is the repoi X given yesterday be fore the synod by Dr. Ferguson: "Two correcttiot ts are necessary. The words, 'thugs an4 1 blacklegs,' were not used in the fctrm er report. It was not slated that huridr-ds of girls were ruined at the Krebs' .r!l this year, but that by reason of the immoral conditions pre vailing in the ,hpyards in past years hundreds of glrlls, in the .aggregate, had been betrayed. "I appear ibeforo synod to rean... -i strongly the essieri'tial statements of the former report rgardlng the gen ral con ditions throughout Oregon hopyards. "As Is well known, the hopplcking sea eon has been for years a saturmalia of vice. However ignorant, the guileless hopgrowers majy be, the general pub lic well understand! i the true state of af- falrs. "Entering the yn rds, one cannot but think of the words of Dante: Rl Isen uprlg-ht. My rested eyes I movvd around and sarch'd With fixed ken, to kna w what place it was Wherein I stood. FVr certain, on the brink T found me of the lam entable vale. The dread abyss that J lns a thundroua sound Of plaints lnnumenlbto-i -Dark and deep, And thick with cloads .o'erspread. Mine eye in vain Explored its bottom, nar could aught discern. "In such a place alV grades of morality are represented. The scarlet woman -s found, of course, whe comes to ply her trade; young men an d women of easy going ideas of moral ity drift In from cities and towns. Those often live to gether as man and ivlfe while in thO yards. Cites Independ ence Case. "The trial at Independence, on Septem ber 27, shed much lighit upon conditions. A married man, his w ife and a you -g girl came together to the yards. The husband showed such preference for the girl that the wife soem left, and the couple lived there together until the ap pearance of the girl's nather, when they fled, but were arrested and brought to trial. The testimony revealed the vile conditions under whicfci some couples lived while there. ' "At the Krebs' yards -one hears many deplorable instances of yung girls who halve been betrayed in years gone by. In the drama of life there the successive acs of the Rape of Lucrece are often enacted, and one sees portrayed the darl;er portions of Byron's poems. At the dancehall the superficial observer is consurained to believe that all is fair and lovely, yet the announcement that no introductions are necessary gives the loey to the indiscriminate freedom of promiscuous association cultivated there. "Many acquaintances are made there which later result in serious harm. The mothers of young girls may think that their daughters are safe in such places, failing to recognize the fact that many boys and young men spend the season In the hopyards .for the very purpose of seeking sensual gratification, and that they gladly weloome the freedom of as sociation -which allows them an acquain tance. "All these fellows ask is a start. Some times they associate with their own im moral kind, but if possible they gain the confidence of some innocent girl, betray her and then leave her to her fate. Every resident of Oregon knows that this has occurred times without number. These lewd fellows of the baser sort plot and plan to contrive the rain of girls in the most cold-blooded manner. If one does not succeed in persuading her to yield, another tries to do so. Helplessness of Tnprotected Girls. "In the average hopyards an innocent young girl resembles a deer pursued through the forest by hunters and hounds. She may escape without being robbed of her virtue, but only because , of her native strength of character, or . because she was surrounded by favorable circumstances. The only safe way for a girl to visit the hopyards is to go in the company of her father and mother. The one bright feature in the social life there Is found in the presence of these family circles. "The father, mother and children work together among the vines, and at other times seek no other company tnan that of other family circles, whose members they know. Sometimes parents are fool ish enough to allow their daughters in company with neighbor gins to attend these camps unattended; sometimes the daughter roes with the family of a neighbor. This is a bad plan. Indeed, for the reason that the parents have a false sense of security, thinking that the girl will be properly looked after by those to whose care she has been intrusted. The neighbors soon realize that they can exercise only a limited authority, and be tween the two the girl, if at all willful, has her own way. ' 'The question may be asked. What is to be the result of ell this agitation? It U believed that the moral sense of the people of Oregon will not longer tolerate such conditions of gross immorality as have prevailed in the past, but will de mand that movements for definite better ment be launched. "One is not astray in expressing confi dence that the hopgrowers who value re spectability and decency will gladly wel come any efforts that may be made to mitigate present evils, and that another year will witness the practical removal of this stain on the name of our fair state." Ministers Indorse Br. Ferguson. Rev. Mr. Williams, of McMinnville, arose and indorsed the report submitted by Mr. Ferguson. He said that the true picture could not be too black. Rev. Henry Marcotte, of the Westminster Presbyterian Church, also indorsed the report, and declared the conditions are worse than represented in Dr. Ferguson's report. Other ministers were anxious' io Indorse Dr. Ferguson. It was apparent that practically the whole of the Oregon Presbyterian Synod was back of the mis sionary whose expose of conditions has so startled the state. Resolutions were presented by Rev. B. Nelson Allen in dorsing the report of Mr. Ferguson, and urging all Presbyterian ministers to warn fathers and mothers from allowing their girls to go to the hopflelds unattended. These were unanimously adopted. Educational Mass Meeting. Fifteen-minute addresses were de livered last night at the mass meet ing held in the Third Presbyterian Church In the interest of Christian education. Rev. "W. S. Holt. D. D., had charge of the meeting. Professor H. M. Crooks spoke on the needs of the Albany College. He pointed to the ad vantages of that institution as a place to secure a higher education. Its needs he said were buildings for a boy's dormitory, a gymnasium and a science hall, and more funds. T. P. Scmitt, a business man of Albany, told of the fidelity of the people of Albany toward their home institution. He said that he came to Portland depressed over the financial condition of the college, but now felt greatly encouraged over the action taken by the synod yester day afternoon. He said he was now confident that Presbyterian people would do their duty by the college. J. Thorburn Ross spoke on the topic, "Making an Invest ment Pay." Rev. William H. Foulkes, of the First Church, closed the ad dresses with an earnest plea for the Presbyterian college. ALBANY COLLEGE GIVEN HELP Presbyterian. Synod Pledged More Funds Than Asked For. At the session of the Oreron Pres byterian Synod yesterday in the Third Presbyterian Church, the Albany Col lege, the church's denominational school, was given a big boost and sub stantial indorsement. In response to an appeal by Rev. W. S. Holt, D. D., in behalf of Albany Col lege, after President H. M. Crooks and Secretary A. E. Smith had submitted their reports before the synod, asking for aid for the college, the "members of the synod in the morning pledged them selves to raise over $1200. President Crooks submitted an extended report of the general condition of Albany Col lege, that financially was not bright, but in other respects was encouraging. He pointed out that the want of funds had greatly crippled the work of the college. Attendance in the depart ments had been large and was grow ing, but the faculty had been handi capped for lack of funds with which to prosecute the work of the school. Pro fessor Crooks also announced that the Board of education had reduced the ap propriation from $2000 to $1000 for the support of the college, thus crippling it still more. He made a statement concerning the $25,000 endowment that was being raised, showing that about $15,000 had been raised. Professor Crooks declared that he did not want resolutions, for If reso lutions that had been passed in behalf of the Albany College could be sold for $1 each the funds of the college would be ample. Secretary Smith followed with his report showing the financial condition of the college. He reported that the assets of the college are $67,515, and there was a floating debt of $5855, with $11S0 to meet it. He said that If the institution can secure $1000 from the churches and a way found to carry the present Indebtedness for three years the difficulties would be tided over. Dr. "(V. S. Holt then made a plea for aid for the Albany College with the re sult that nearly $1503 was pledged, of which the First Church, by Dr. Foulkes, pledged $500. Anti-Saloon League Indorsed. Rev. W. S. Gilbert read a report on the advance of temperance throughout the United States and in Oregon par ticularly. A chart showed that the majority against the amendment to the local option law was 10,000. and fines to the amount of $5000 had been col lected since June, 190S. Dr. J. R. Wil son, D. D., president of the Anti-Saloon League, delivered an address on the purposes and accomplishments of the league. He thought the league a more effective agency for the spread of tem perance education and the promotion of temperance principles than a third party movement could be, for the reason that men stick to their party and will not throw away their votes on j a third party. Following this address the league was indorsed and com mended. The synod was unable to agree in the election of a synodical missionary, or rather no minister could be found who seemed willing to accept the place. Dr. Robert McLean, recom mended by the committee on Home Missions, was defeated by a vote of 24 to 35. Rev. A. J. Montgomery, pastor of the Third Presbyterian Churqh, again declined the place. A special nominating committee was appointed, which canvassed the matter and then referred it back to the synod. A vote was taken and Dr. B. S. Ely received the largest vote. He would have been appointed but he declared that he could not accept. The election was postponed until 1907. Dr. Holt, retir ing missionary, was commended for his nine years of service. Bishop James M. Thpburn, of the Methodist Church, received the cour tesies of the synod and was escorted to the platform, where he spoke briefly commending the work of the Presby terian Church in foreign fields. Mrs. J. M. Honeyroan, of the Y. W C. A., was accorded the floor of the synod and spoke of the work of that organiza tion. - . Albany Trustees Elected. Professor Crooks, of Albany College, was commended for his work for the cause of education. Dr. Holt said of him that he could earn more in the harvest field than he receives. Rev. E. M. Sharps, Rev. H. H. Ketchum and Rev. Mr. Patterson were appointed a special committee to nominate trustees of Albany College and upon their report H. S. Tem pleton. H. I. Babcock. W. H. Foulkes, O. M. Scott, A. J. Miller, William Fort miller, A. C. Schmidt and J. C. Elliott were appointed. Rev. Dwight E. Potter, secretary of the western division 'board of foreign missions, spoke in the forenoon in behalf of that field of work. He said that the average elder and church member re garded the foreign mission as a nuisance that must be cared for some way, but there was no enthusiasm on their part. Dr. Moore, of the San Francisco Theo logical Seminary, spoke for the wrecked L Presbyterian churches of San Francisco. Nicoll's System AND Sensible Prices We aim to place our .tailoring busi ness above the evils of high, fancy prices for credit and inferior- gar ments at deceptive cheapness. Nicoll 's immense tailoring business was built up on the plan of sensible prices for first-class tailoring, and we mean to continue along the same lines. Trousers $6 to $12 Suits $25 to $50 Satisfaction suaranted in all cases. Garments to order In a day if required. Full dress and Tuxedo suits a specialty. WILLIAM JERREMS SONS. lOS Third St He said that the generaly assembly had undertaken to raise $300,000 for their re building, of which amount 1126,000 had been raised. Rev. El Nelson Allen, last moderator ot the Cumberland Presbyterian synod, pre sented the records of .that synod and a check for $38 for the balance of money on hand, which were accepted. Invitations were received from several places for the next session of the synod, and that of Ashland was accepted. Programme Today. The' delegates will spend Sunday In Portland, and the following is the pro gramme: 10:30 A. M. Sermon by the moderator. 12 M. Sunday school; address by Mr. Hicks. 3 P. M. The communion of the Lord's Supper; Rev. H. N. Mount will preside, Rev. Harry S. Templeton administer the bread, Rev. William G. Smith administer the cup, and 13 elders to serve. 6 P. M. Rally of Portland Presbyterian endeavor societies; Rev. H. S. Templeton to preside, and Clyde E. van der Maaten to deliver an address. The - topio is, "Rally to the Work'.' Ex. xiv:15; II Chron. xxxi:20-21. 7:30 P. M. Popular meeting, home and foreign missions; addresses by J. E. Mc Afee and Rev. Dwight E. Potter. 9:15 P. M. Personal covenant meeting, led by Rev. William H. Foulkes, D. D. MRS. JANE EUDEY DEAD Oregon City Pioneer of 1856 Passes Away In Portland. Mrs. Jane Eudey, of Oregon City, died yesterday morning, at 11:45 o'clock, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. W. Vanstone, S6 East Seventeenth street, Portland, the immediate cause of her death being heart failure. The deceased had a severe sick spell several months ago, and had never fully recovered. She had been living with her daughters on the East Side for the past five months. Mrs. Eudey was born in Cornwall, Eng land, January 21, 1826. She came to this country in 1856, coming around Cape Horn in the Hudson's Bay Company's ship Princess Royal, and going to Oregon City, where she had resided almost con tinuously ever since. She had been a member of the Methodist Church of Ore gon City ever since her arrival, and was also a member of the Pioneer Associa tion. Mrs. Eudey's husband died about five years ago, and the following sons and daughters survive her: Mrs. W. T. Jew ell, of San Francisco: A. P. Eudey, Mrs. E. W. Vanstone, Mrs. E. H. Miller, John Eudey and Mrs. Mary Varwlg, of Port land. Funeral arrangements will be an nounced later. TEN YEARS FOR ANDERSON Sellvfood Postofflce Robber Con demned to McNeills Island. Charles Anderson, who was recently found guilty of the charge of robbing the Sellwood postofflce last December, was yesterday sentenced to serve ten years' imprisonment in the Federal peni tentiary on McNeils Island, and to pay a fine of $100. The sentence is divided into five years and $100 on the first count, and 2 years on each of the two other counts. Anderson stoutly declared hia innocence when asked by the court if he had any thing to aay. The prisoner listened to his sentence with apparent indifference. The conviction of Anderson ends the desperate gang which did so much to terrorize the 'community last Winter. Frank Wayne is now serving a nine-year term, and other members of the gang have pleaded guilty and are awaiting sen tence. v Taken to Face Charge. "Slim" Johnson, who was arrested Thursday night by Deputy Sheriffs Leon ard and Beatty, was last night taken to Salem by Sheriff Culver, of Marion County, where he is to be tried on the charge of robbing and burning a store, September 18, at Gervais. Or., belonging to Nathman & Nibler. The powder used in opening the safe set Are to the build ing, which burned to the ground. Sixty dollars in coin and other papers were obtained by the robber. j The Late Mrs. Jane Endey. . Men's Suits, Raincoats and Overcoats We Have Ever Shown at This Popular Price . - - - The EQUAL of any Suit or Raincoat in Town at FIFTEEN DOLLARS Hundreds of Garments to MQYER BANK IS DONE WITH LOWIT WILL STAND FOB CLAIM WITH OTHERS. Reorganizes, While Reasonably Confident, Still TJurge All to Subscribe for Bonds. That no settlement of any kind will be effected by the Oregon Trust ' & Savings Bank with Gus A. Lowlt, for mer proprietor of the defunct Golden Eagle store, is assured. The bank has resolved to take Its chance with other creditors of the store and take an equal pro rata settlement with them. That the store will pay at least 40 cents on the dollar, under the man agement of Assignee Kennedy, now seems assured. It is probable it will do even better than that. The men in charge of the bank's affairs say they have had quite enough to do with Mr. Lowit. All negotiations with him are over. f There is a rumor that the bank wilt pay interest on the certificates of de posit of the Home Telephone Com pany. This is an error, officials of the bank state in the most positive terms. No interest whatever will be paid dur ing the time that the bank's doors are closed. ' President Day and Secretary Rich mond, of the Depositors' Association, are hopeful of better results during the coming week in telephone bond and bank stock subscriptions by de positors. The total up to last night was $651,500 subscribed, out of the required $1,000,000. Receiver Devlin said last night: "There are 1300 subscribers to bonds among the depositors and this number of people have taken over $600,000 in telephone bond and bank stock. A ; somewhat larger number of deposit ors, representing over $800,000 in de posits, are still to be heard from and we are expecting a liberal peroentage ot these depositors to come in and take the easiest and quickest means to secure their money. There can be no reorganization unless all the bonda are subscribed." A. E. Reames, counsel for the reor ganizers, made the following state ment last night in regard to the pro gress being made: "It is gratifying to note the good humor of the depositors in discussing the matter of taking bonds for their deposits. The depositors are very largely Intelligent people who. seem to grasp the situation and readily realize that the reorganiza tion plan is the only way by which every one can be paid in full. "It is a decided compliment to Port land to observe how the depositors are willing to discuss and consider the bond question In a plain, businesslike way and with entire good will and good humor. This leads those in charge of the reor ganization plan to believe that these same 1 - ' lj tJt" - XsW' Br W. C. BOTH THE GREATEST LINE OF . "1 WHEN YOU SEE IT depositors will. If the bank opens, become Its staunchest supporters. "As the claimants investigate the tele phone securities offered to them, they universally find that they are good for their money and if they are able to hold them a while, there may be a profit in the investment for them. Most of the depositors seem to prefer getting these securities into their own hands than even receiving a hundred cents on the dollar through receivership handed out to them in small dividends. "It is true that many of the deposi tors feel that inasmuch as they have sub scribed for bonds, the balance of them ought to come in readily. They do -not appreciate, however, that some people re quire more time to consider this matter than others and that the same arguments which convinced them will in time bring the other depositors to the same views. "We are now at about a standstill; bond subscriptions within the last few days have not been what they should have been, compared with business done previously. However, this is to be ex pected.. When the depositors come to realize that all must subscribe at least a substantial part of their deposits, there ought to be no trouble in closing out the rest of the bonds within a week or ten days. "Everybody is working to the same end, and if those who have been holding 4ack will give the matter more prompt atten tion and come to a final decision, we ought to be able to close up the bond sales within that time." Local Architect Gets Contract. MARSHFIELD, Or.. Oct. 12. (Special.) The committee having In charge the se lection of plans for the new hotel to be built in Marshfield by a local company to day decided upon the design submitted Those pains in back of the head are direct result of Eye Strain and to get relief, your eyes must be properly fitted with glass es. Over 50 of the eyes take a different lense, we have the latest mechanical appliance for making ex aminations. ' Try us when others fail J. D. DUBACK Professional Optician See Grinding Plant in Window 173 4th St. Y. M. G. A. Bldg. IN OUR AD IT'S SO TWO STORES THIRD & OAK by Arichitect H. S. Himebaugh, of this city. There were six other competitors, including architects from Portland and San Francisco. Contracts for the building will be let at once. The hotel will be a concrete structure costing $75,000, will con tain 7G rooms and will be the finest build ing in Marshfield. The need of a flrst-clasB hotet has been one of the most serious drawbacks to the community, and the work of construction will be pushed with all possible speed to accommodate the many visitors to Coos Bay, LARGE CROWD AT FUNERAL Friends and Neighbors Pay Last Tribute to J. M. McCall. LA GRANDE, Or., Oct. 12. (Special.) The funeral services of the late Council man J. M. McCall were held from the Presbyterian Church today, under the auspices of the La Grande Lodge I. O. O. F. Rev. C. E. Deal, pastor of the Meth odist Episcopal Church, conducted the services. The esteem in wiuch ti.e de ceased was held by the people of this community was attested by one of the largest gatherings ever present at a funeral service here. Mr. McCall was born in Tennessee, June 18, 1840, and came to-the Grand Ronde Valley in 1865. 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