THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 13, 190?. . ,
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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.
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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
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THE GREATEST LINE OF .
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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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