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THE StNDAY OKEGOMAX, PORTLAND,
FEBRUARY 2, 1908. ' '
If the
East Winds
HAVE MADE YOUR
TEETH ACHE THEY NEED
PROMPT ATTENTION
If you have no teeth to ache it is certainly time that
you were getting one of our plates that fit perfectly,
improve your appearance a hundred per cent and
masticates your food in a thoroughly satisfactory
manner.
IHt. B. E. -WRIGHT.
O u r C r o w n an d
Bridge work is the peer
of any similar work here
or . in any other part of
the United States.
flO PLATES
We aim to please and hold your family and friends' dental, work. The best
skill, gentle treatment, painless methods and all modern appliances are our best
aids in accomplishing this" result. ......
GOOD SET OF TEETH
ON RUBBER PLATE ,
$5.00
BEST SET OF TEETH
ON RUBBER PLATE .
$8.00
DR. B. Elj WRIGHT
342 Va Washington Street, Corner Seventh
OFFICE HOURS-8 A. M. to P. M.; 7:30 to 8:30 P. M.; SUNDAYS 9 A. M. to 1 P. M.
Phone Main 21 19 Twelve Years in Portland
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NEEDS MOREMONEY
Garbage Crematory May Be
Forced to Shut Down.
BLAME FALLS ON COUNCIL
Superintendent or Plant Tells Mayor
That Appropriation Is $6000 Less
Than Is Necessury for Main
tenance and, Repairs.
Mayor Lane declared to the City
Health Board, at its regular meeting
yesterday morning, that unless the
City Council provides more money for
the garbage crematory, that institution
will be closed. Superintendent Dag
gett asked for $6000 more than was
granted by the Council, 'which may re
sult seriously, should the Councilmcn
refuse to reconsider or make further
appropriation. The matter demands
prompt attention, said Mayor Lane to'
the board.
There is a Ions, high bridse leading
out to the garbage dump and crematory
proper, which is in very poor condi
tion and which may fall down at any
moment, according to Superintendent.
Uaggett. However, because of the ac
tion of the Council in pruning down
his estimate for the vcar $6000. he de
clares, he has no funds with which to
care for the elevated roadway and un
less he can secure some funds for this
work, he will be forced to close the
road. This would also involve shut
ting down the crematory, as no teams
could reach the place in any other way.
"We will simply have to notify the
Council that we will have to shut up
the crematory, unless they give us some
more funds," said Mayor Lane. "We
can't run the crematory on wind, and
they may as well be aware of, the
fact."
It was decided that it would be best
to communicate with the Council by
letter, and Superintendent Daggett was
requested to be present to speak on
the matter at the meeting of the ways
and means committee at tlie next reg
ular Council meeting.
Superintendent Daggett asked i for
$20,000 for operating expenses, but this
amount was cut to approximately $14,
000 $1000 less than he was granted
for operation last year, . although the
amount' of garbage collected is much
larger. He eaid yesterday that. It' will
require at least. $21100 to properly re
pair the elevated roadway, and . he
needed to make other alterations for
the improvement of the service, whleh
lie cannot now make because' of the
lack of funds. -
The condition of. the crematory has
aroused muoh Indignation among the'
residents where it is located, and it
was said yesterday that some of the
householders In the vicinity are con
templating an injunction suit to stop
the city from further operating the
crematory, alleging it to be a nuisance.
Harris. Portland; Rev. Robert Robe,
Brownsville.
A little more than tiO years ago a Mr,
Taylor left his native town of Perth.
Scotland, determined to seek his .fortune
in .the Western republic, across the sea:
and accordingly the year 1847 found him
in New York City, where he soon found
employment at his trade of cabinet
making., at which he served an apprentice
ship of seven -years before leaving "Auld
Scotia."- . Ere long the paths of this
young man and that of a bright and
comely English woman; from Sunderland.
Durham County, England, who had come
to New . York, converged. and this
acquaintance ripened into .affection, the
culmination of which was marriage on
June 14, 1S48. A little .later the young
couple removed to Hamilton 'County,
Ohio, where, upon July 9, 1849, a daugh
ter was born. The desire of the husband
to see more of "The West" burned in his
veins, .hence it was . not long before the
f aty removed to Iowa,, where a second
child, a. boy, was born on January 5,
1SS1. Then it was that the . bright pros
pects i or home building in the far-off
Pacific Coast . came to the knowledge of
the head of the family, and accordingly
he crossed the plains, and after a journey
of six months. withvox teams, arrived in
this city on October '2, 1S52.
yVr. Taylor secured employment at once,
and in a few months sent for his wife
OREGON PIOXEER . WHO IS
VISITING IX PORTLAND.
CAME TO OREGON IN 1852
Pccr Taylor Celebrates . 85tli' Birth
day at I'amlly Home.
Last Thursday was the Soth birthday
of Peter Taylor, and in honor of the oc
casion upon that evening children,
grandchildren, one great-grandchild
and a few Intimate friends of from
I'O to more than 50 years, gathered at
the family home on Caruthers street,
and after an excellent dinner enjoyed
several hours of most delightful eo
cial intercourse. One of the old
friends took with him a copy of "The
Oregonian dated October 2, 1853, the
date the patriarch of the family ar
rived in Portland, and he and his wife,
now in her 84th year, scanned its col
umns with absorbing Interest. Among
the 110 advertisers in The Oregonian
of that date only eight are . now
known to be among the living, viz:
George A. Barnes, Olympia, Wash;
William H. Barnhart, Portland; Wer
ner Breyman, Salem; Dr. E. H.
Griffin, Tgerna. Siskiyou County. Cali
fornia; Charles Hutchins. Portland: H.
C Leonard. Portland: 1'. A. Marquam,
Portland: C A. Reed. Portland; James
. Strong, Los Gatos. Cal.: J. W. Trutch,
England. E. B. Comfort was postmaster
in October, 18o2. and in the list of over
U.0 letters advertised only three persons
now known to be living arc found, viz:
W. B. Dobelbowcr, Rainier; William H.
1$
ill
Mrs. A. MerrUumu
. Although 78 years of age and
the mother of 16 children, 12 of
whom are living, Mrs. Merriman.
is still strong and as active as
many, women 20 "years younger.
She is the daughter of William
JI. Riddle, after whom the town
of Riddle, in Douglas County; was
named.- Tlie family . crossed -the
plains in 1851 and settled at '
Riddle. There they remained torm
six 'years, participating -in the
Umpqua' Indian war of 1855 ahd
1856.. In .1857 the Merrimans
moved .to , Jackson . County, ahd
thB old home place near Medford,
Or., is still owned by one of the
Merriman- sons. Following are
the living children of Mrs. Mer
riman, all of whom are now the'
heads -of families: J. W. Chap
man, Montana; Mrs. T. T. Prattl
er," .Montana; George F. MerrJ
man, Mftdford; Mrs. I A. Bradley,
Portland: ' Mrs. S. L. Bennett,
Medford: Mrs. J. C. Clark. Myrtlo
Point; I. A. Merriman, Medford;
Mrs. M. M. Houston, Portland;
Mrs. C. K. Fronk, Albany; Mrs.
J. C. Hill. Seattle: Mrs. John
Beck, Seattle; Will - Merriman,
Portland. Mrs. Merriman says her
grandchildren now number 33
and her great-grandchildren 5.
SYSTEM IS CHANGED
Juvenile Court Makes First Re
port .Under New Rule.
JANUARY CASES NUMBER 74
and children, and they started late in
the, Fall and came by way Tf the Nica
ragua route" arriving in Portland on Jan
uary 7, 1S54. For all this more than half
a century, this family, now numbering
six persons, has been intimately identified
with-the industrial and educational life
of this city in a most commendable way
and has set an example of good citizen
ship worthy of the highest commendation.
Rush to Pay Taxes On.
Payment of taxes may now be made at
the Courthouse. Yesterday over 100 re
ceipts were issued, but the ' rustt will
hardly begin before Monday. A large
force of men has -been put to work in the
tax collecting department of Hie Sheriff's
office making out statements..
Mctzger fits glasses for $1.0'
Sixty-one of Delinquent and Depen
dent Children Boys and' 13 Girls.
Many Crimes Are Committed
by the Little People.
In a detailed report of Juvenile Court
work during the first month of the new
year, a number of interesting facts and
figures were presented yesterday- by Cir
cuit Judge ' Gantenbein. Under Judge
Gantenbein's administration of the court
the facts of all cases pertaining to chil
dren are withheld on the plausible
grounds that suggestion might serve to
spread delinquency. Hereafter the work
done by the institution will be made
known only in a monthly report which
docs rot refer to individual cases.
The first of these reports shows that
74 children were dealt with during the 31
days just ended. Of this number 61 were
boys and 13 girls. Delinquents numbered
69 and dependents 15:
Fourteen and fifteen years are the most
troublesome ages in tVre experience of
those connected with the Juvenile Court
work, and the report shows that 27 of
the cases dealt with were of children of
thOBe ages. Ten years and under were
the least troublesome, but 10 cases being
recruited therefrom. After 10 children
begin ' getting troublesome, the figures
show very clearly, for arrests of children
between 11 and 13 numbered 20.'" Children
between 16 and 17 to the number of 14
were tried.
Offenses of a serious nature are shown
to have been committed by children.
Burglary, theft; immorality,', smoking to
bacco, disorderly conduct, truancy and
vagrancy are included In the list. Four
boys were arrested for the crime of bur
glary and 12 for theft. Ten 'were tried
for Immorality, 10 for violation.' of the
city ordinances, two for malicious mis
chief, three for persistent truancy, six
for incorrigibility", four cigarette smoking,
four tobacco smoking,'- two disorderly
conduct, five running . away, four other
causes. Causes of dependency are given
as drunkenness or Immoral dr wilful
neglect- of parents.
Of the 74 wayward youngsters "handled.
Judge Gantenbein- found it necessary to
send only three boys- to the . Reform
School, flopes of effectively reforming
the others were, held out. Thirteen cases
were continued for sentence, two were
dismissed for want of jurisdiction, 17
reprimands were given, 17 delinquents
were placed on good -behavior, . three
children were committed, to', the Boys'
and Girls' Aid Society,, nine were sent
to the Detention Home, and seven were
sent to charitable institutions. In cases
of Reparation of parents two children
were awarded to their mothers and one
to the father, the mother being declared
an unfit person, i .
Aside from the cases regularly handled,
considerable wor.k was done in the way
of warning parents and wayward chil
dren. Ten cases were investigated and
not taken Into court. 25 letters of warn
ing were sent out and 13 children were
taken to the courtroom and warned.
DIVORCE SCIT HIS REMEDY
Law Refuses) to Help Husband to
Punish Wife's . Betrayer.
After making a determined attempt
to gqt the .man who eloped with his
wife In the penitentiary and failing, D.
C. Cummings. a railroad man, started
divorce proceedings in the State Cir
cuit Court yesterday afternoon.- He
asks that he be given a decree of
dtvorce from Maggie Cummings and
that he 'be awarded the custody of their
minor child. :
Gus Goodie, a Greek restaurant
keeper Is named as co-respondent,. Two
months ago Goodls and Mrs. Cummings
attempted to elope, .but were over,
hauled by the police and lodged In the
City Jail Goodis put up 'ball for his
own release, but let the woman Ho in
jail. Cummings declined to prosecute
-.his wife, with the understanding that
she should testify against Goodls, thus
making it possible to convict him of a
felony.
At the trial Friday Judge Ganten
bein found Goodis guilty as charged
and sentenced him to a year in the
It Pays to Investigate
: Don't start .in- furnished rooms. Get a cozy flat or cottage and
furnish it to. suit yourselves. "Where to bviy your furnishings is one of
the most important things you will have to decide upon. A place where
you can' make small monthly payments, and where you can buy at rea
sonable prices should be selected. If, you investigate jou will find this
store is such a place, and there are very few others.
February Sales
Our inventory is completed and, liko every
other big store, we find many items that must
go to make, room for newer stock. It is our
policy to keep our stock bright and fresh. We
can mention only a few of the extraordinary
values we offer in- this advertisement.
TJn "Stay Satisfactory ta
Unbreakable,, and indestructible.
Use gas or wood or: coal. Tops
smooth polish without blacking.
The only range with a cash
guarantee. Price, $57.00 to
$135
Th?Stay Satisfactory "RaKSt
Another range may. do, but if
you want the best, come and seo
the Monarch, the only range roado
with duplex ' draft. One ' dollar
per week will buy one, or by pay
ing cash you can get 10 per cent
discount.
February Sales
durable, tasi colors; one yara
wide,
.36
light
grajis
4
Rag Carpets
per yara :
. Fibro Carpets; very heavy ami' durable; In
finished colors; made from the American
fiber. Der vard
Half Wool Ingrains; a fine, heavy fabric; one yard
wide, per yard . .. bif
All-Wool Ingrains; medium quality; sewed and
laid. the. yard '.'. 75
Ail-Wool Ingrains; extra quality and patterns;
laid, the yard ; 81
Brussels Carpets;, three-fourths yard .wide, in
floral patterns; laid, per yard ...T3i
Extra fine tin: wire body Brussels Carpets; .usual
price $1.30.-; six 'patterns at. . 99
Axminster Carpets; fine, soft fabric and 4 good
patterns;-usual Vrlce $1.60, sale price SI. 17
Go-Carts Underpriced
Our Go - Carts cost us less. We
have not the space to tell you all
about them but we purchased a
carload at one-third less than the
regular wholesale price.- You can
buy cheap and medium Go-Carts of
all kinds here for such prices as
'most dealers pay. - .
No. 1. Folding Go-Cart, lO.inch.
steel wheels SI. 69
No.' 2. Folding Go-Cart.t 10-incl
rubber tire wheels, reclining back
and adjustable foot end S3.49
No. 2. Same as above, with
parasol. . . S4.24
No.' 3 Sleeper reclining Go - Carts,
with 10-inch rubber tire, wheels
and springs, and reed back and
foot, both adjustable S3.99
No. 3. Same as above, with para
sol ..... ..84.74
Collapsible Go-Carts, the most dur
able kind; $10 value S7.90
. Desks at Cost
- As stated in our ads for the past;
two months, we are closing; out tho
office desk department. When
these - are gone we will have no
. more. Prices ; on desks continue
just the same as - during: the chal
lenge sale.
No. 0343. Solid oak polished, flat
top desk. 30x48; two seta of drawers. '
Regular price $?5. now. .. .817.50
No. 0315. Fhmt top quarter nawed
oak desk, alee 32x55. Regular price
fM.50, bow. $24.00
"o. 843. Polished oak roll top desk,
27xSSi 2 tier of drawers and oae
lnrae eeater drawer. Reduced from .
33.U0 to. , 829.75
A Big Value
We buy tables In straight car
loads. We gret lower prices
and lower freight rate.
This six-foot Extension Table,
as illustrated, 6 feet long. 42
In. diameter; beautiful gold
en oak-finish. 'Center 'leg
!n pedestal. , February -sale
price . 812.50
February Sale of
Dressers
A Smashing
- Bargain
Dresser1 as illustrated;
made of white maple,
with French bevel mlr- ,
ror. top;. 20x43; swell top
drawers; $16 value.
FOR
i " ' sr' n
$10.95
y
$1.25 SAVORY ROASTERS. 70c
Overstocked with seamless savory roaters;
fine 8x1 2x1 9-inch. Every home should hare one.
No phone or mall orders.
Feb- ;
marv
Sale o!
IRON
BEDS,
Ciuite a number of-beds of .which we have
only one or two 'left Quite a few samples
which are a little shopworn, and some patterns
that have not been ready sellers. All these are
offered at most attractive price. Space does
not permit us to make a complete list.
No. 30 Bed, $3.30 values for 82.25
No.' 9 Bed. $4.00 values for 82.49
No. 101 Bed, $6.00 values for 84.45
No. 570 Bed. $8.00 values for 85.75
No 238VM Bed, $9.85 for, 87.85
penitentiary, but immediately granted
a-parole. Cummings went, direct from
the -courtroom to the office of his
lawyer. B. S. Pague. and had a divorce
complaint drawn up. '
"Don'tbe surprised now if you read
tomorrow or next' week, or next year
of some husband killing his wife's-be-traver.'and
don't ask why he didn't go
to law," said Attorney. Pague in com
menting on the case: .. " You see. what
the law' does -in such cases' ,
6"Conners Found .Guilty,
C. if. O'Conners, bartender at the City
Hall Buffet, was found guilty in the
Municipal Court- yesterday forenoon', of
selling liquor to Miss Ethel' Bacon while
that young -woman was already v drunk.
He was fined $50.. A. M. Hyatt, held on
the same charge, was adjudged not guilty
and dismissed. O'Conners' arrest followed
the picking up of the Bacon girl from the
gutter in a drunken stupor. She ' ac
cused him of having plied her with liquor
and drugs. The case had been on trial
for three days.
SALE T0J20NTINUE
. One Week Xionger.
The administrator's' sale 'will . con
tinue for one more week.- All new
Spring goods will be greatly reduced.
All dress goods. " silks. underwear,
hosiery,, corsets, table linens, blankets,
curtains, wash goods etc. marked in
many cases . below ' regular cost. Be.
member we handle only reliable goods.
McAUen & McDonnell, Third and Mor
rison. - -" - '
Concert at Seaman's Friend Society.
- The regular weekly concert for. sail
ors will be given tomorrow evening in
the hall 'of the Portland Seaman's
Friend Society, corner of Third and
Flanders streets. J. G. Kilpack will
have entire charge and has arranged
the following programme: u
Miss Grace-Campbell, soprano; . Mrs.
Hutchinson, contralto; Lacy Whidom,
tenor; J. G.- Kilpack. baritones Miss
Anita. Pearcy, reader: Mrs. "VT. A.
'Coughlan. ventriloquist. ' . -
For the "benefit of the . landspeople
who will be present, a number of sail
ors will also tako part, and' a cordial
invitation Is extended to all friends of
seamen. . Concert begins at 8 P. M. .-
F
SEEKS, TO EMBROIL UNITED
STATES AND JAPAN'.
England Puzzled by-Policy and Ap
' prehensive ' of Situation When
7 American Fleet Reaches Pacific. .
LONDON, .. Feb. ' it (Special.) One ; of
the myteries"of the day is the motive of
the French press in trying, to-embroil
the United States and Japan. The Amer
icans here, who consider that they were
very1 scurvily treated by France during
the financial slump, , in view of the trar
dltional relatione iietween the two coun
tries, are very wroth . with the French
comments.- Japanese, who have neithef
likes - nor dislikes, content . themselves
with disclaimnlg the warlike projects at
tributed to them.
An already . delicate situation has been
further" complicated by indiscreet
speeches both on the American and 'Jap
anese side, and there is undoubtedly a
feeling of apprehension that the arrival
of the American fleet on the Pacific Coast
may lead to outbursts and reprisals that
may-end In the most serious possible
mnnner. .
The renewed Anglo-Japanese treaty, in
its bearing on the position and obliga
tions of England in the event of an
American-Japanese war, is also attract
ing attention, and it is evidently the
opinion of some eminent jurisconsults
that England is bound to observe neu
trality in that contingency, and to assist
Japan should any other power come to
the aid of the United States. Beyond
this, it is held, England should not go.
WATER: F0RJ3AY .cities
Plans Include Pipeline to Sierras af
Cost of $100,000,000.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. l.-r-Consolidat-Ing
the financial ' resources of the bay
cities to meet the demand for. an ade
quate supply of water and distributing
the ultimate cost of . $100,000,000 so that
the bonding limit of none of the munici
pal I ties would be endangered, is the plan
of a committee which is working out th-:
problem of a metropolitan water supply
for four bay counties.
. The details involve the purchase by
each separate municipality 6f the pres-
ent distribution system within Its owni
limit and the creation of a metropolitan
water commission by act of the Legisla
ture, which shall acquire all the nearby
sources and .sell water to the several
cities at the points where the mains
cross their boundaries. Ultimately it Is
proposed that this commission shall build
the pipe line to the Sierra and add the
would be already in operation, for its
delivery.
Roughly the cost is estimated at $50.
000,000 by the purchaso of the present
water supply in San Mateo. Alameda and
Contra Costa Counties, and another $5".
000.000 for the development and adminis
tration of a Sierra source, presumably
the Hetch-Hetchy.
. Portland Boy Editor.
STANB'ORD UNIVERSITY. Cal., FeD.
1. J.- A. Adam, of Portland, a former
reporter, will be elected, unopposed,
editor of the Quad, the annual publica
tion of the junior class, Monday.
Eye glasses $1.00 at Metzger's
PERSONAL'
If you '' can arrange to loan from $50.00 to $100.00 to a reliable
Portland company, payable at the -rate $1.00 to $10.00 a week,
you will receive interest, guaranteed at 7 per cent, payable in gold
and secured by a deed of trust or mortgage. Arrangements will
also .be made to provide free rent in a modern apartment
house for a limited time. Address, at once, J 587, Oregonian.