THE SUNDAY OREGON! AX, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 17, 1907.
PLANS AND SCOPE OF PORTLAND COUNTRY CLUB
PROMOTERS PROMISE SPLENDID
HOME FOR OUTDOOR SPORTS
WHEN the Country Club has been
completed, Portland will have one
of the grandest places for out
door sports In the country. It will be a
place where the Hunt Club can hold Its
annual meet, where the Automobile Club
can hold Its races, where the Livestock
Association can hold Its annual exhibit,
where the Kennel Club can bench and
show its dogs. The plans for the Country
Club. If carried out on the grand scale
now purposed by those who are behind
Its construction, will moan the expendi
ture of something like $250,000 on the
plant In the next Ave years.
The grounds selected by the Country
Club officials are located on what Is
known as the Sol Hirsch trustees' estate
and are about two miles northeast of the
city, near the Sandy Road. The Rose
City and the Montavllla carlines pass
close to where the buildings are to be
erected and there will be a siding from
the O. R. A N. that will be used to de
liver the livestock and other freight on
the grounds. Already the contract for
the building of the race track has been
let and for two weeks past a large force
of men has been clearing the under
brush and stumpage, preparatory to the
construction of the mile track. The
track will bo finished by April and dur
ing the Summer months it is the Inten
tion of the Country Club to arrange for
fortnightly running and harness mati
nees. At a recent meeting of the officers of
the Country Club a committee was ap
pointed, consisting of T. B. Wilcox, H.
C. Campbell, J. W. Bailey. G. A, West
eate and M. Wisdom, for the purpose of
sending a delegate to the annual con
vention of the National Livestock Asso
ciation, which meets next month at Chi
cago. The delegate will perhaps be Mr.
Campbell, who will he in the East at the
time of the meeting. The purpose of
sending a delegate to the convention will
be to secure dates for holding a livestock
show in Portland.
Another plan that the club has In view
Is the holding of one o the largest light
harness meetings ever held In the Pa
clflo Northwest. Just as soon as It Is
feasible a splendid stake book will be
gotten up and as a special inducement
for horsemen to bring their stables to
Portland during this meeting, it Is plan
ned to give two 110,000 purses. If this Is
done, the new club will have the honor
of offering to light harness men two of
the largest purses ever raced for West
of Chicago. There will be no betting al
lowed, the management expecting to
reap the reward through patronage. Suit
able' cups and other trophies will be
given to the winners In the matinee
races.
E. M. fjujni- Explains Plana.
The plans of the Country Club have
been drawn by E. M. Lazarus, and what
will be dore Is best explained by him:
The 90 acres, which was thickly
overgrown with brush, forms a
natural amphitheater of vast propor
tions, will be rapidly transformed Into a
thriving place, with horses in grass-growing
paddocks, pigeons cooing in the dove
cotes, hens scratching in well-kept runs,
ducks and geese In the pond, dsn in the
aquarium, dogs romping In the kennels,
blue-ribbon cattle and high-bred horses
pirouetting in the show ring, members
of the Driving dub speeding their horses
on the mile track, and the Hunt Club
members trying their mounts over the
Bteople-chnse course In the Infield. On
certain days, or portions of each day.
members of the Automobile Club will
have the right-of-way. This will form
the middle and foreground of a pano
ramic picture of unusual beauty, afford
ing a view of the distant mountains with
the city in the background, which can
ITALIAN TAKES THREE YEARS j
TO WRITE PLAY.
"The Ship" Deals With Rivalry of
Two Families In Venice Dur
ing: Sixth Century.
ROME, Oct 29. At last, after three
years of hard work, Slgnor Gabriel
d'Annunzlo, the Italian poet and dra
matist, has finished his tragedy "The
Ship," which will shortly be given here.
The epoch, the sixth century. Is dif
ficult, as there are so few records of
that time of Venice, where the scene is
laid, and d'Annunzlo Is habitually pre
cise to the verge of fanaticism Jn the
matter of correctness of scene and
atmosphere.. That he took three years
to write the play shows the difficulties
he had to contend with, when one con
siders that he composed the whole of
"Francesca da Rimini" In 40 days.
Although the play .which is in verse,
is called "The Ship." it might equally
well have been called "The People," as
they make the play, which without
them Is nothing;.
The play la founded on the struggles
of two noble families for supremacy,
that of Orso Faledro d'Aqullea, and that
of Gratlco. Orso was the Tribune,
but suspicions having been aroused of
his honesty and charges of unspeak
able crimes having been made against
him, he was deprived of his office and
possessions, and he and ills four sons
had their eyes burned out. only one of
hi family escaping this torture, his
daughter Basillola, a magnificent crea
ture of quite unusual beauty and char
acter. As the curtain goes up the Faledro
family are seen on a bridge groping
their way along without shelter and
In rags. Meanwhile Gratlco. who has
been away commanding the fleet at sea,
arrives to hear he has been appointed
Tribune and to be consecrated In the
cathedral.
As the cortege reaches the basilica
he Is confronted by Batiiiola, In all her
magnificent beauty, who declares that
his triumph would not be complete did
not the daughter of his enemy dance
before him. This she does, and so po
:ent is her loveliness ami her words that
the crowd Is on the point of turning
igainst Gratlco when there is a sudden
reversal of popular feeling, and Basi
llola and her father and brothers,
mocked and bowled at hy the fickle
?rovd. are dragged off and drowned,
while Gratlco goes on to his triumph.
. There are four principal characters
jrso, Basillola, Gratlco, and the Deaeon
v Ema of the Gratlco family eight sec
mdary personages, and 124 members of
:he chorus, while 300 or 400 compose the
eople.
Prince Killed in Duel.
VIENNA, Nov. 16. The Nueswiner
fourna' asserts that Prince Arnulf of
3avar' i, whose death three days ago
sras rflelally announced as the result
f ; eumonla, died in a 'sword duel
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be seen from the grandstand or the Club
house. The miles of fence enclosing the
grounds will be overgrown with roses.
while shrubs and vines of all kinds will
give color notes to the picture that Is
largely made up of gsnnbrel roofs, of
Hght gray shingled walls, white trim
mings and touches of green here and
there.
The buildings are all to be uniform in
style, and everything will be done for
housing the animals In comfort and econ
omy to the minutest detail.
The main entrance to the grounds Is
located between the Clubhouse and the
grandstand, has car service to the
gates.
The grandstand, placed east of the en
trance, will have a seating capacity of
2500 people, and is modeled after the one
on the racecourse at Themblay, near
Paris, the natural slope of the ground af
fording the proper gradient for the seats.
The roof will be supported by Iron trus
with the Duke of Genoa, brother of ex
Queen Margarita of Italy.
The duel, it is declared, was fought
at Maurano, near Venice.
CONFESSES HE IS GUILTY
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ouitg Burglar Captured Within an
Hour After Crime.
Clyde Eastabrook, 21 years of age.
was arresteJ last night by Detective
Sergeant Baty and Detective Price at
the corner of Fourth and Alder streets
on a charge of burglary. At the sta
tion he broke down and admitted his
guilt.
About 10 o'clock last night, resi
dents In the vicinity of Seventh and
Clay streets saw a man coming out
through a window in the house of
Robert Evans. Knowing that the fam
ily was not at home, they telephoned
to the police station, and Baty and
Price were immediately assigned to the
case. With no clew except a slight de
scription of the man furnished by the
neighbors, they arrested Eastabrook at
the corner of Fourth and Alder streets
about 11 o'clock. After- a short cross
examination the fellow broke down,
gave his name as Eastabrook and ad
mitted his guilt.
Neither Mr. Evans or his wife re
turned home last night, but two offi
cers went through the house and saw
plainly that a crime had been commit
ted. Bureau drawers were ransacked,
and the whole house searched by the
burglar. It is not known what he
stole.
DISOWNS HIS WHITE WIFE
Chinaman Soon Wearies of Spouse
Acquired in Vancouver.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 16.-Special.)-Shortlived
has been the matrimonial
career of Tom Chun, the civilized Chinece
cook of Healdsbung. and his handsome
Caucasian w..e, Gertrude May Chun, who
was1, before a sudden Summer wedding In
Vancouver. Mrs. Hlgglnson. It looks like
a case of divorce for the pair who sprang
a Chino-Amerlcan alliance on their star
tled friends a few months ago.
Tom has diowncd his wife. He caused
this notice to be inserted in local and
Healdsburg newspapers:
"Gertrude May Chun (formerly Mrs.
Higglnson) having left my bed and board,
1 will not be responsible for any debts
contracted by her after this date, Novem
ber 13, 1907."
ONE KILLED, TWO INJURED
Train Strikes Automobile, Hurling
Out the Occupants.
NEW YORK. Nov. l(f Joseph H. Rek
steln. a wealthy lumberman, was In
stantly killed and his wife and Supreme
Cotirt Justice and Mrs. Alfred Stekler,
were Injured tonight when a West Shore
engine struck the automobile In which
they were riding near Englewood, N. J.
In northern Australia there is one white
man to each TOO square miles,
Metzger saves you money on watches.
PLANS OF THE COUNTRY
ses 35 feet long, no posts to obstruct the
view of Uie horses battling through the
stretch to the finish.
The paddock and owners' stand are
placed Immediately adjoining the grand
stand on the west.
Home for Half-Dozen Clubs.
The clubhouse, which is situated west
of the main entrance, is the common meet
ing ground for the members of the Au
tomobile Club. Portland Hunt Club, the
Driving C.lub, the Kennel Club, Live
stock Association and the Rod and Gun
Club. The principal feature will be an
assembly hall of large proportions ex
tending from the ground floor (which Is
practically on the street level) to the
open timber roof, with a wide gallery en
circling the second story: successive gal
leries face the track on a plan similar
to the M. A. A. Club. Dinlngrooms, both
public and private, with every conven
ience of an up-to-date clubhouse, will be
CONTINUES WAR ON RATS
HEALTH BOARD WILL NOT RE
LAX PLAGUE PRECAUTIONS.
Dr. Ralph C. Matron Appointed
City Bacteriologist and Will
Make Examinations.
While there have been only about 800
rats brought to the city garbage crema
tory for destruction since the bounty
was announced hy the Health Depart
ment, the board hy no means has aban-
A SUCCESSFUL EVANGELIST
WHO WAS ONCE NATION
AL, LEAGUE PITCHER.
Rev. E. R. Hrnnistnn.
Rev. E. R. Hermlston Is con
ducting successful services at
the Central Baptist Church. A
large number of conversions
have been made. Monday even
ing a closing meeting will be
held and a banquet will be
given for the men who have
joined the church. Judge Frazer
will give an address. Mr. Her
mlston. who is conducting the
services, was at one time a
basehall pitcher In the National
League.
doned Its purpose of ridding the city
of these disease-bearing animals.
At the meeting of the Board of
Health yesterday the discussion of
methods through which the introduc
tion of bubonic plague might be pre
vented and the appointment of a bac
teriologist was the only business of
Importance transacted. There were
present at the meeting Drs. Pohl.
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CLUB AND LIVESTOCK ASSOCIATION GROUNDS
provided. Provision will be made for a
natatorium and Turkish baths and sleep
ing quarters for club members.
The Automobile clubhouse, which Is
located at the bottom of the hill, opens
directly on the County Road, Is to have
a 'garage for storing maciiines, with
wash-rooms, chaffeurs' room, battery
room, repair and blacksmith shop, and
every convenience for motoring enthu
siasts; the floors to be of concrete and
the building to be mill constructed of
slow burning type: the gasoline tanks
are to be placed under ground and fed
through a pipe to a small pump Inside
the hnlMinsr.
The Portland Hunt Club quarters em-1
brace stables, kennels, with harness and
locker rooms for both men and women.
A steeple chase course, modeled after the
one at Ptmllco, Md., which Is considered
by cross-country riders one of the best
and most Interesting in the country, witn
Jumps for schooling the hunters, will be
laid off in the field.
Yenney, Wilson and Glesy, with Dr.
Lane, Mayor, presiding.
Dr. Ralph C. Matson was appointed
city bacteriologist at a salary of $75 a
month, and he was Instructed to ex
amine a certain percentage of the rats
coming into possession of the city at
the crematory, at which place they are
to be labeled when received, designat
ing from what district of the city they
had been caught. In case a rat should
be found with evidence of being in
fected with the disease, the Health
Officer will at once have that district
quarantined, after which it will be
thoroughly fumigated and rid of re
maining rats in a systematic manner.
The city laboratory Is to be located
at the medical department of the Uni
versity of Oregon. Twenty-third and
Lovejoy streets. The board received
official notice that the Council voted at
its last session the sun of $2500 for
the purpose of "plague" work, and the
members expressed their satisfaction
over this action of the Council, saying
that it showed the members of that
body appreciate the seriousness of the
situation.
Members of the board discussed a
proposal that expert rat-klllers be em
ployed by the city, but no action was
taken, it being- the opinion of a ma
jority that at present the public should
be educated thorough the press to a real
ization of the menace threatening the
city, to the end that homedwellers and
property owners generally join in an
effort to kill all rats about their prem
ises at once. Along that line It was
urged that all garbage and exposed
food be kept In ratproof receptacles. It
being explained that if they could not
obtain food the rats would soon die or
would become so ravenous that their
trapping would be easily accomplished.
Dr. Yenny said last night that he was
sorry to notice some, efforts being made:
to treat the plagne menace as a Joking
matter. He said people should know,
as medical men do, that this is In re
ality a most serious matter, and should
do everything In their power to assist
the Board of Health in ridding the city
of disease-bearing rats and fleas.
DR. POHL TALKS ON PLAGUE
City Health Officer Speaks Before
Academy of Science.
At the regular monthly meeting of the
Oregon State Academy of Sciences, held
last night in the Ctty Hall. Dr. Esther C.
Pohl, City Health Officer, gave a-talk on
the bubonic plague and its manifestations
and the measures which have been
adopted by the local health department
in preventing th introduction of the dis
ease into Portland. Rats are known to
be the prime gents- In the transmission
of the disease, and Dr. Pohl emphasizetf
the necessity of not only killing and
burning as many rats as possible, but to
cut off .their food supply by disposing of
all garbage by burning. The extermina
tion of the rodents, the speaker said,
would lessen the danger from the disease
95 per cent.
The work of cleaning up the waterfront
Is being prosecuted. The sewer outlets
on the river bank are being repaired.
Under the appropriation recently granted
by the City Council, a bacteriological
laboratory for the examination of rats
will be established.
In the absence of President E. P. Shel
don, Colonel A. W. Miller acted as chair
The general stables, which are to house
350 horses, are located in the southwest
corner of the grounds, where fresh air,
sunlight, good drainage and freedom from
draughts will be the prime consideration.
The Driving Club quarters, with pro
visions for the racing rigs, are provided
for at the east end of the general stables.
The superintendent and his family are
to be housed in a cottage close to the
stables, with lodgings for trainers,
grooms, etc., near by. Dining-room, with
kitchen, pantry, storeroom and refriger
ator, recreation-rooms, library, and gen-eralbath-rooms
will also he provided.
Plans for Kennels.
The kennels of the Kennel Club are to
be located Just east of the stables, where
the baying of the dogs will not disturb
the horses. One hundred and twenty-flve-foot
kennels are tobe made to ac
commodate both large and small dogs.
In the Head House will be the office,
washroom, with Its two baths high above
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PORTLAND BUSINESS MEN SEE
FRUITFUL VALLEY.
Entertained hy Commercial Club.
Speeches Made by Hood River
and The Dalles Men.
MOSIER, Or.. Nov. lft. (Special. ) The
Portland excursionjsts who have been
the guests of the Mosier Commercial (.Tub
today arrived at 11 A. M. They were met
by a committee of the club at the station
and under the care of A. P. Bateham
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DISTINGI ISIIED COLORE
CLERGYMAN WILL SPEAK
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NIGHT. Rev. I. L. Thomas, of Balti
more. Md.
Rev. L L. Thomas, of Balti
more. Md.. field agent of the
Board of Home Missions and
Church Extension, Is one of the
most distinguished colored men
.in the chtirch. He has traveled
extensively throughout the
South and other sections of thj
country. He Is a speaker of
rare accomplishments and Is
heard wl4)h great delight
wherever he speaks. He was
called nearly three years ago
to his present position from the
pastorate of Sharp-street Me
morial Church, Baltimore. The
building was erected of granite
at a cost of nearly $100,000.
It Is very commodious and has
all necessary appliances for
progressive church work. Dr.
Thomas is held In high esteem
by the board at Philadelphia,
and his work has been high
ly complimented by leading
churchmen. He will speak to
night at Sunnyslde church.
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the floor for, convenience in washing the
dogs, kitchen, with storerooms, refrigera
tor and fuel room. The second story of
the Head House is to be used for men's
quarters and for very young puppies.
The ordinary kennels for bulldogs, etc,
will be 4x5 and they will vary so as to
better care for puppies and litters. The
larger kennels are to have partitions five
feet high and wire guards going five
feet higher: those for the smaller dogs
four' feet high. with three feet wire
guard overhead. Benches are to be
raised 12 or 18 inches above the floor,
made loose, so that they can be easily
removed and cleaned; each kennel to
open to the yard; kennel floor to be of
concrete, properly drained. The yards
aro to bo bounded by Iron post? set In
concrete, with boards going six Inches
below the surface and three feet above;
above the boarding will bo five-foot and
three-foot fences; shelters to be provided
In each yard and the yards so arranged
that the dogs can either be confined In
and other enterprising residents of - the
valley were immediately taken to lunch
at the Pines Hotel, after which the party
was loaded Into carriages and taken for a
drive through the apple orchards of the
valley.
The drive consumed some four hours
and Included all the principal points of
interest In this rapldly-rcwing fruit
raising section. Much surprise was ex
pressed at the rapid development of the
valley and the acreage In bearing. The
yield per acre also amazed the city
visitors. For the first time In his life,
Tom Richardson was stricken speech
less. Delegations were on hand from
both Hood River and The Dalles.
The approximate value of the apple and
prune crop for this valley this
year Is $40,000. This showing be
comes all the more remarkable in view
of the fact that the real development of
the valley covers a period of but four
years.
In the evening a public banquet was
served to the visitors by the ladles of
the valley, at which President Bateham.
of the Mosier Commercial Club, pre
sided. After a brief address of welcome
by Mr. Bateham. short speeches were
made by Hon. E. L. Smith, of Hood
River: Tom Richardson, Judge Lake, of
The Dalles; Fred W. Wilson, of The
ialles; John F. Carrol. J. P. Carrol, of
Mosier; J. M. Mosier. of Mosier; Dr.
David Robinson, of Mosier; A. Bennett,
of Irrlgon; A. King Wilson and others.
The members of the party will spend
the night in their private Pullman and
will return to Portland In the morning.
The trip through the valley, made pleas
ant by Ideal weather, was a revelation
to the Portland people and will undoubt
edly result In a wonderful amount of
valuable publicity for Mosier as one of
the foremost fruit-raising communities In
Oregon.
GIRL HOLDS DOWN CLAIM
Secures Orejron Timber Land by
Being Handy With Gun.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 1 (Special.)
Miss Marion Hammersley. a Chicago girl.
Is In San Francisco from Oregon, where
she has been locating timber claims and
living the life of a frontiersman. Being
cooped up In a city palled upon the plucky
girl and she decided to set out for fbe
wild
That trip from which she has just re
turned to San Francisco furnished her
with every kind of experience she had not
had before. She plunged Into the forests
of Curry County, Oregon, located claims,
and by coolly keeping her rifle aimed their
way. persuaded several prowling claim
Jumpers that her neighborhood was un
healthy. SKULL CRACKED IN GAME
Football Player Fatally Injured in
Collision With Opponent.
WARSAW. Ind.. Nov. 16. James Orcutt,
formerly a student of Winona Technical
Institute, was fatally Injured during a
football game here today between tw'o
high school teams. His skull was frac
tured as the result of a collision with
another player.
Great Britain makes use or over Z2.00U.0OO
worth ot shellnah every year.
runs for exercise.
the smaller runs or turned into the larger
The pigeon-house is surrounded by a
15-foot yard entirely shut In by wire net
ting. Inside the house will be covered,
enabling visitors to see birds and nests
without going Into the same room. The
nests will be arranged In the central
stack, with dishes to hold the squabs.
The poultry house is to be divided intc
20 parts, with scratching pen on the
sunny side of the building and nesting
and roosting room on the northern side;
scratching pens separated with chicken
wire, with board along the. ground 'to
prevent cockerels from fighting. Roost
Ins pens will be so arranged that nesting
hens will be entirely in the dark. The
ventilators, as well as thr small doors of
the runs, will be controlled with the turn
of a crank at the end of the building.
The runs will be about 150 feet long and
10 feet wide. fenced with galvanized
wire to a height of eight feet, with over
two feet of wood next the ground, the
end of each run to consist of one large
gate, ho that the entire run can be fre
quently plowed. Each pen is designed for
25 fowls: windows in the keeper's room
will command the whole length of the
rooms on the inside and the runs on the
outside.
The cow barn is so arranged that the
cows face principally north; this leaves
all gutters towards the south, where they
wlll receive the sunlight, an Important
factor in keeping this portion of the sta
ble dry and sweet.
Stables for Show Horses. .
The show horse barn Joins the cattle
barns on the west, and arc to be con
structed similar to the racing stable
These livestock buildings are located at
the southeast corner of the grounds. The
livestock brought from distant points en
ters on the O. R. & N. switch directly
Into the grounds, with runways from the
cars to these respective barns. Feed
and grain houses are placed at the en
trance of the harn. directly over the
switch, so that hay and other stuff may
be swung to the loft overhead with a
traveling crane. Two circular silos are
to be placed on the south side of the
barn, silos to have waterproof beds made
of Portland cement and the studded
walls to be double-sheathed Inside and
cement rubheroid paper between the lay
ers of sheathing; the door at the top of
each silo Is left to receive the carrier
and the ensilage as it enters the silo:
ensilage to be delivfred directly to the
feed rooms below proportionate to the
number of cows.
A covered pavilion -for exhibition pur
poses of livestock, poultry, etc.. Is to be
placed between the horse and rattle
barns on the west. Covered runways
connect these respective barns with the
livestock arena.
An aquarium, which also serves as a
reservoir, is placed near the eastern end
of the grounds, with a 300-yard rifle
range of the Rod Gun Club on the
eastern boundary line.
Private bungalows and cottages will
grace the hill slopes on the northeast,
permitting a 90-acre panoramic view of
the various sports and shows.
The grounds are to he lighted by elec
tricity, supplied theoush a conduit laid
underground. A watch-clock system will
require a watchman to make the rounds.
A telephone system connecting all the
buildings and a fire-alarm system, with
the necessary fire equipment and fire
squad, will protect them. The buildings
are to be supplied with Bull Run water
from the city mains. The sewage will
be conveyed into a special building where
It will be pumped by an nutomatle elec
tric pump into a series of tanks, where
the solid matter settles and the liquid
portion only Is taken from the filter beds.
From these It comes out clear water; the
residues will be removed from the tanks
and used as fertilizers. The roads will
be macadamized and an'-llghted by elec
tric lanterns at Intervals of 200 feet.
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Whiskey
Old, mellow and frag
rant ; for three gen
erations the choice of
discriminating judges
Sold
By Leading Dealers