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10 THE SUNDAY QREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, FEUKUARY 1G, 19Q8. OREGON WILL BE LIVESTOCK CENTER Portland Country Club to Give Impetus to Important Industry. PLANS BROAD IN SCOPE J'repai'HtJon or Grounds tioiiig Rap idly Forward, but live Tears 'Will lie Required to Carry Out the Arrangements. Oregon has readied a point where it bids fair to rival all tfthcr states In livestock breeding and the organiza tion of the Portland Co untry Club and Livestock Association has done as much as anything e!ise for the de velopment -of this indv.stry. The move ment looking to the organization of the. association' had its inception three years ago, but it wa)j not until the .last year that the plant i materialized. in spite of the fact tb at prominent busi ness men, not onl'y of Portland, but throughout the st ite had backed the movement from tl ie first. The movement - looking to the es tablishment of a. .permanent livestock show in Oregon' began with the ex ceedingly fine s howing that Oregon herds made at 1 the Lewis and Clark .'Exposition. Foil owing the Exposition, . tocn who had t een Interested in -i the ti ock shows tan ;re tried to organize i t livestock rsn elation, but their, ef f rts met with Jf ittle success. The men li Bf crested. how ver, were not of the ill tftting kind ai id, after almost eount e. w meetings a nd many setbacks, the Po rtland Count ry Club and Livestock As. (Delation wa s at last formed. To 1a ', tlie plans that these -men had In vic in 1905 are being realized, for witl lin a hor t distance of the city, men and team! i are at work preparing the i -ountry C lub grounds for one of tlie n ost colos sal livestock shows ever iield test of Kansas City. i Coniplei :e in All Details. Tlie -work of building the plant, which Is to become tlie permanent home ol ' lives- tock shows On the Coast, was beg un la t year. A plot of ground. most ail mi rat y situated for the pur- ng a livestock show and ; of light harness horses, d and E. M. Lazarus was architect. Planning for a stitution. the men who ie Country Club, had Mr. plans on such a gigantic will take five years to out. "When the Country lete and the plans of the e been realized, there ng in the United States to 1 it. for in addition to the les for livestock of all de ow rings, fine race track ind. provision is made for he Hunt Club, the Automo e Kennel Club and in fact, ng in which breeders and are interested, act for clearing tlie tract ;ht by the club was let last ge gangs of men and teams it work. For .a while dur neial flurry it looked as if g of the Country Club ive another setback, hut the sort happened. The were kept at work and the be Jir.o.OOO will bo spent ivestock and light harness lat the association has ad- pose ni . 3oiui: for the r. lcinj was purcl lase employed permanent. are behind tl Lazarus dr a scale that Jt carry themi Club is coiwj architect K will be not.lM compare witl splendid Stat scrlption, sh and grandst: quartering t' bile Club, th for everythi sportsment The eontr of land boui year and lai have been I ing the Dna the huil.Jin would re-i-e nothing -of eontracloim result wij3 and the 1' tnretinw tl vei tlsmt t ill be given as announced. WrJU ' Spend I;arge Amount. In actill Hon to the expenditure of $150,000 : for improvements, another $10,000 t1 II be distributed among the breeders i 5f livestock of the v.arious kinds amd the breeders and owners of light hpern ess horses. Breeders of the extreme 1 last and the Middle West, have priici lised the Country Club offi cials thant they will ship their herds to Portland: - this. Fall. But for the fact that Or on breeders have the best blood a-'in ong their herds, this an nouneenifi it would frighten them. But remember! .ng that their flocks, Ore-gon-bredL carried ofT tlie honors at the Lewis ani I Clark .Exposition, these breeders elcome their Kastern broth ers, knowl ng that when It comes to the dlstributio n of blue ribbon and cash prizes, the; y will not return home empty handed. The Con ntry Club cannot be consid ered a I .urely local institution, be cause Its stock is held by prominent breeders a nd business men through out the stu. te. This is why the pssocia tion means so much to the breeding in dustry, not only of Oregon, but f the entire Noil hwest. Its alms and am bitions are not to make money for its stockliolderii, but to encourage the breeding of fine livestock, from the breeding of sheep, swine and beef cat tle to the breeding of tine poultry and down the lfcJie, including the breeding of fine dogs. AVI th the Country Club as a show place of a big National annual exhi- bition and with the Swifts ready to spend $3,500,000 Ln a packing plant, Portland bids fair to become known as the Chicago of the Pacific Coast. The breeder who ships his herds from the Kast to Portland does not do so for the money and ribbons that his herd may win. If he- did, it .would be a financial loss. He ships to Portland to find a market for his herds and the Oregon breeder who buys from him, does so beeause he knows that the beef, sheep and swine he sends to the packing house will in return bring him fancy prices. What the Coming' Livestock Show Means to Portland BY G. A. WKSTGATE. LET it be set down as a foundation fact that the pure-bred livestock Industry is an Intensive effort. The tendency, therefore, is toward elim ination of the range and the substitu tion of the well-oared-for. well-fenced, well-Improved breeding farm, attract ive to the eye, useful as a development text, the pride of thtjj community. It is past the stage of argument that the stock show is ju3t a. Important to the pure-bred livestock breeder as his markets. The Pacific National Show to be held in Portland, beginning with the Fall of 1908, will be the breeder's clearing-house. It will stimulate the production ' of show stuff. It will -be a meeting-place of breeder and buyer. It will be a great factor in the supply of material for the great packing house industry which is soon to be es tablished In Portland. The practical benefits derived from the Lewis and Clark and other live stock shows held in this state are be yond immediate estimate. The Oregon breeder Was given opportunity to enter the lists with the whole world, and before eminent judges was time after time awarded the blue.. He found that he could produee as good as. the best, and gained confidence to continue, to advertise, to improve toward even greater triumphs The Oregon breeder received the educational impulse at this great show, and is better prepared now than then to compete with the world. - " This livestock show will great4y ad vance -the meat products of the West. At present, . in . spite of abundant range, fine climate, rich grasses- and. everything tending to heavy produc tion, Oregon is importing much of its meat and' dairy products. The time' has come when these conditions should be reversed. The markets -of the North, of Asia, of Central America, of all the Pacific islands, are. ready .to become Oregon .customers. - It remains to be demonstrated, and of the chance of success there Is small doubt, that' this show to be held here will hold as much of high quality and own as muclr of. public interest as simi-T lar events elsewhere. The Interna tional at Chicago is a great success each year. ' The' recent Denver show, held for the - first- time,' was an' unquali fied success In every way. In one day nearly '50.000 persons .were in atten dance, and It was winter" time at 'that. The new Ideas which will be received by a . great industry .in a -show -like this are without number. As the live stock is' a leader here, and' will, gain even higher place .with time, what is of benefit to it cannot fail to -be of benefit to the State and to Portland, its leading city. Every branch of trade gains in the prosperity of a leading industry. At the last Oregon State Fair, J. II. Hawley, of Monmouth, a breeder of Lincoln .sheep, exhibited an Oregon bred lamb that weighed 214 pounds, the largest of his age ever exhibited In an American show ring. This animal was not fed grain, being raised on clover, rape and the like. .Prof. J. A. Craig, acknowledged as the leading sheep au thority of America, once collected five hundred samples of long wool fleeces from different sections of the world. One Cotswold fleece, from the Willam ette Valley, included In that number, was only equaled by one other fleece, which came from New Zealand. : Ore gon has already triumphed in her ex hibitions of dairy and beef' cattle, pf horses and of swine. It has been right ly said that "There is nowhere on the face of the globe a land of people' so dominant in the improvement of live stock or so potent In the production of the highest types of domestic animals as the British Islands. There. is-nowhere on the American continent a region affording conditions so closely allied to those of Great Britain as the Pacific Coast of the United States. The similarity is noticeable not only in the climatic conditions and natural envir onment," but also in the genuine en thusiasm and deep-seated faith in the industry by the tillers of the soil." Is It not worth much to get these facts before our people and before the, world? The result will be to make. Portland the greatest distributing center of livestock and livestock products west of Chicago. . In that process every branch of trade will receive . . help. Wealth end population will increase as a direct result.. This city will receive immediate advertising results in sup porting and promoting the' greatest exploitation, enterprise ever under taken in tlie West. It Is a business proposition,, long deferred, .now ripe and ready and soon to invite the at tention of the world as a presenl ac complishment. The hog made' Chicago. The steer made Kansas City. The sheep has made many cities. Old World, and New. The horse has made empires. The " whole useful creatureliood, through the Pacific National- Show, is waiting here, available for Portland's every useful purpose. RULED BY BOYCOTT Irish Land League Terrorizing ' the Country. : PICTURE DRAWN BY- JUDGE GRIP RAVAGES LONDON Lays Low Thousands, Including Three Cabinet Ministers. LONDON, Feb. 15. Influenza is claim ing thousands of victims in London and the visitation of the present .time as the worst that has -been known in many years. No less than three members of' the Cabinet, Premier Sir Henry Camp-bell-Bannerman. Augustine Birrell, Chief Secretary for Ireland, and the Marquis of Rlpon. Lord Privy . Seal, . are confined to their beds with the malady. Child Plays Too Close to Stove. ROSEBURG, Or., Feb. 15. While play ing about a stove during the momentary absence of the mother, the infant daugh ter) of Neva Harry was fatally burned last Monday at Brewster Valley, 30 miles west of here. Her clothing became ignited and her screams brought other, children, who smothered the fire as' quickly ' as possible, but the child died the following morning, after IS hours of innse suffer ing. " ' ' Landowners Cut Off From Society Because They . Rent Farms . to'. Cattlemen Leaders in Parlia ment Defend . Agitation. DUBLIN. Feb. 15. (Special.) County Court -Judge Curran, in addressing the grand Jury at the opening of the Long ford" Quarter-Sessions, mentioned some extraordinary Instances of boycotting whteh had been brought under his notice in the returns supplied to him . by the constabulary. He deemed it his duty to call attention . to the terrible state " in which he found some .portions of the icountry. He referred to the! open, per sistent, and . long-continued - conspiracy against certain .. individuals who refused ;to be frightened by mob' violence. "When sitting there. last, he referred to the same state of - affairs , in ' the vain- hope" that some steps would be taken by the authori ties to put an end to' this persecution, and to afford these - unfortunate" people some protection to their persons and property. He' found that during ' the last three months the boycotting , and persecution had gone on unchecked. The laws under whiph they lived were -flouted and tram pled under foot, and mob law reigned triumphant in a portion of the country. During all this period ndt a finger had been raised, not a movement 'had been made, by the authorities for the protec tion of these unfortunate people or towards putting an end to this persecu tion. Proceeding, his honor said: "I find that there have been since the last Quarter-Sessions some 26 cases of boycotting, affecting ol- individuals, and let me refer briefly to a few of those. Firstly, we have the case of the Messrs. McCann, - who were boycotted . because they resisted this mob violence and per secution, and asserted their rights to deal with their property as the law allowed them. They have been subjected to a terrible amount of persecution, so much persecution that they can neither buy nor sell their stock at fairs or markets. Their neighbors deserted them and, if they re mained with them, they would be boy-' cotted themselves and their families. They are hooted and boohed going to and from their place of worship, and I hope the parish priest duly denounced such outrageous conduct from the altar. Priest Yields to Boycott.' "Tlie unfortunate woman, who was earn ing some $20 a year cleaning the church in the town of Newtonforbes, a position which she occupied for 20 years, was de nounced by the local branch of the United Irish League, and why was she de nounced? Because her husband remained faithful to Mr. McCann. There was a resolution passed calling on the parish priest to dismiss this woman, and she was deprived of her position by the parish priest in this Ignominpus manner. A man named Adams remained faithful to Mr. Pearse. and died while in his employment, and his family were refused boards to make a coffin for the body. There was also a Miss Conlon who was employed in the town, and she was 'hunted out of Longford on a resolution sent for ward from County Sligo, which-stated that a friend of hers had. offended the League In that county. Mr. Percival is unable to buy in Longford, and any one selling to him, if a member of the league, is expelled from the branch in default of making a public apology and undertaking not to offend again." If not a member, the party dealing with him is boycotted. "I am glad to say that Ireland is comparatively froe from ordinary crime, and I may tell you that the County Longford, so" far as ordinary crime is concerned, compares favorably with any county in Ireland. But an agitation such as this, backed up by a criminal con spiracy to compel people to do what they have a legal right to refrain from doing, affects the peace of the county far more than a number of ordinary cases, which generally only affect 'the private interests of the parties concerned. The amount of claims for compensa tion for malicious injuries In the County Meath during the past quarter is about $15,000. The claims are" in respect of cattle driving, burnings and the maiming of- cattle and sheep, j At a Nationalist meeting at Castle reagh, J. P. Hayden, M. P., said that the agitation which had been carried out for the past few months had been responsible for the distribution, of 10, 000 of the lilO.OOO acres of untenanted lands, and people were determined that, failing legislation for that purpose, they would never rest till such lands were divided among them. Mr. Birrell had jnadp certain promises, but was Mr. Birrell capable of carrying out" these promises? He did not -doubt his bona fides, but 'unless the people of Ireland showed that there was danger in' his falling to carry out hrs prom ises there was very little hope of Mr. Birrell or his government carrying out any ,of them. Mr. T. M. Kettle. M. p., said that had it not been for the cattle-driving, the people of England would not have known-that there was a land question at all. They had shown Mr. Blrrel that an amendment in the land bill was necessary. ,; He advised the people neither to trust Mr. Birrell rior the Liberal government. Let them trust themselves. There was a saying in Connaught, "Money down." They wquld approve. of what Mr. Bir rell had to offer them when they saw the money down -on the counter. SINNOTT ENTERS THE RACE Declares His Candidacy for Office of District Attorney. Roger B. Sinnott, a lawyer . of : this city, yesterday .formally announced his intention to enter the primaries as Republican, candidate for District At torney. His platform, he says, is .the oath of office,- taken by the District Attorney, to' support the constitution of the state and Nation and to fully and faithfully enforce the laws. Mr. Sinnott is widely known in Port land and Oregon." He was born at The Dalles ' in 1872, and received his early education in the public schools of that 'city. He took an academic course later and then went to Notre Dame, Ind., where he took a collegiate and ,law course. He has- been engaged in the practice of law since thi. Mr. Slnnotfs-father located in Port land in 1859, and was one of the founders of the city. Prior to com ing to -Portland, a eight years ago, Roger B. Sinnott was in the la"w office of Judge A. S. Bennett, at The Dalles, and hfs brother is now Judge Ben nett's partner. Mr. Sinnott yesterday issued the fol lowing statement: To the Republican Voters of Mult nomah County: I herewith submit for your consideration my candidacy for nomination for District Attorney. My platform is the oath of office, as fol lows: . "I,- Roger B. Sinnott, do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitu tion of- the United States and the con stitution of the State Of Oregon, and the laws thereof, and I will faithfully, honestly and impartially discharge the duties of District Attorney for the Fourth Judicial District in and for the County of Multnomah, State of Oregon, during my continuance, therein, to. tlie best of my ability. So help me God." ROGER B. SINNOTT.- NEW DIRECTORS ELECTED Stockholders of Merchants National Bank Fill Four Vacancies. Four new directors were -elected yes terday for the Merchants' National bank. They are A. C IMowrey. a prominent Portland lumberman: Joseph M. Healy, a local capitalist; M. L. Holbrook, a weal thy real estate man, and A. F. Smith, a Portland lumberman. R." B. Ihman, who is going to- California for an extended visit, and C. E. Smith, whose other af fairs demand his attention, retire! from the board. Mr. Smith's place on the di rectorate was taken by his son, A. F. Smith. In addition to the new directors men tioned, tlie following were re-elected': J. Frank Watson, F. S. Morris. George W. 'Hoyt, R. W. Hoyt and R. L. Durham. The directors then met and re-elected the old officers for another year. They are: President, J. Frank Watson; Vice President, 1. L. Durham: cashier. R. W. Hoyt; assistant cashier, George W. Hoyt; second assistant cashier, S. C. Catching.. Painters and decorators were brighten ing up the banking rooms yesterday and the institution W'll. reopen its doors to morrow morning at 10 o'clock. It is un derstood that a large number of deposit ors will bo on 'hand early in the day to make substantial deposite. T He Meant ' to Boy 1,1 a Plaiiola. Piaiio. k But It Was An Entirely Different Instrument Eilers Piano House: - . ' Sirs : Will you please send me catalogues of ' music for the Pianola Piano, suitable for the Pianola Piano," as that is the kind of. Pianola mine is, and oblige', " , , This letter illustrates how mistakes sometimes happen. The gentleman started out to buy a Pianola Piano, but he went to a store which sold an imitation. The salesman did not feel under moral obligation to enlighten the customer. IT IS THE PIANOLA, and NOT some other piano-player, . that enjoys the distinction of having been purchased by every member of the English royal family. It is the Pianola, and NOT some other piano-player, that is used by one hundred of the leading colleges and educational institutions. It is the Pianola, and NOT some other piano-player, that has received the indorsement -of the greatest living artists. It is the Pianola, and NOT some other, piano-player, that has the im portant "Metrostyle" and "Themodist" 'devices; and it is at Eilers Piano House, and NOT some other store, that the genuine Pianola and Pianola Piano are exclusively sold in the Northwest. We will accept your present piano at a reasonable value toward payment of the genuine Pianola Piano. Prices rang from $575 up. Payments, if desire"d. Y dispensars or pianorelrabilitx 353 Washington Street, Corner of Park MAN DIOGENES SEARCHED IN VAIN FOR FOUND AT LAST Visits Local Railroad Office Determined to Make Good $35 Out of Which He Cheated Company Twenty Years Ago Strange Request Cannot Be Granted. I Kailroad Work at Ccnlralia. CENTKALIA, Wash., . Feb. 13. (Special.) Subcontractors have . 100 men at work on the grade of the new railroad of the Centralia Eastern. The Krade will extend, when finished, from Wabash, the new townsite, about a mile and a half from Centralia, to the Mendat'o coal mines on the Hannaford Creek. . W. F. Nelson, the contractor, is in Centraiia superintending the .work. The contract for - laying the tracks will be let as soon as the grade has been completed. Swcjl Spring style footwear has ar rived at Rosenthal's. See Keats' Auto ad. section 4, page F Diogenes were still making the rounds with his rusty old lantern, lonkine for an honest man, he would have found the object of his search in Portland yesterday. No more weary wandering for Dlogene6; he would have ended his long search and sent his lantern to the scrap pile with a joyous heart. 'R. E. Morse strolled intp a local rail road office yesterday and announced that he owed the company money and wanted to pay it. He said that 20 years ago lie had made a trip from Portland to a Middle Western city, tak ing with him his wife and twin sons. Tlie boys were 12 years old but he had represented them to be below that age in order to' get a half-fare rate. The full rate would have been .$35. He se sured the half-rate for the youngsters and therefore figures that he is still indebted to the company to the extent of $35. For 20 long years R. E. Morse said this act of deception had pained him. lie suffered the. twinges that come from a wounded conscience until he made up his mind that he would set tle the account and become able to look himself in the face once more. For most of the 20 years, life had been a struggle with him, ho said, and it was not always during that time that ho could spare the $35 needed to square accounts with the railroad company. However, he had the $35 handy yes terday and felt that the time had ar rived for him to make good. He drifted into the office of the. company where he bought tire tickets 20 years ago and made known his errand. He said he wanted to pay the company $35 and asked who was the proper man to re ceive the money. ."This . is a most' unusual request," said the clerk, as he turned several shades paler and sent the stenographer out for a stimulant. "I really do not know what to do in your case," and he regarded R. E. Morse with wide-eyed wonder. ' "I just want to pay my honest debt, that is all," said the man with the money. "I realize there is just one thing for'a man. to do in this. world, and that is to be square and honest. I want to have the peace of mind that comes with" having done, the right thing and until you take this money I shall -never be satisfied. As soon as I know 'that my debt Is paid, I shall feel easier. Prithee, take the $35 and give me a receipt for the money." "Really, I have no Authority to take this money," said the railroad repre sentative, "and I shall have to write for instructions about it. I will let 1 -' - - ---- - - ' ' - " . i . " - - - t w i - f y x x , -xv y .x' I I M U v - j: ' -(r,W I -Z. xT, ! 'VVi ' n x I - S - r"i1S" il," it ..;vv;-'. 'Jfvi . -: ifu ' . u':V. (.K -. - --4 Is. - 'Tvx. ''-, x a,o r -r , t I- r'- - I ' OHJLDIXG THE RACE TRACK AT THE AEW COEXTRT CUB C-ROl S ns.kv . 1 u...! ...;-, -- . .- ." . you know whether we can accept thii money or 'not." Later in the day the man with the inconvenient memory wandered back and Insisted on leaving his roll with the general agent. The money was ac cepted with the distinct understanding that if the agent were not granted authority to accept the money for the counpany, Mr. Man-afraid-of-his-con-science should receive it back The railroad men In that office were incapacitated for work the rest of the day. "l'linny thing."' they all said. "Never saw such a person in my life. Must be crazy or something. A man who can remember a debt for 20 years ought to know enough to keep the money. At that, I think we will have to give it back to him: I do not know of any reason why we should tako the man's roll. Anyone who can cheat this com pany out of $35 earns It, believe me." CONCERT WELL ATTENDED Fine Eilers Kecital Attracts Enlhu ' . siastio Musical Audience. : The exceptionally fine programme ar ranged, for the weekly Pianola recital at Eilprs Piano House attracted an, enthu siastic audience' ot muslc-lovera last Fri day night. ' The programme was well chofpen. In cluding a number of exceedingly diffi cult, ptano numbers which were rendered in an artistic manner with the aldi of tho Metrostylo' Pianola. All the variegated tone colorings, shadings and thunderous climaxes were executed with absolute fidelity. Miss Ethel Lytle pleased all with a cycle of East Indian songs. This group was well received, she. being admirably accompanied by the Pianola. Eye glasses $1.00 .at Metzger's. 51 WHEN I TELL Our New Patients We extract teeth without thft least pain. I mean exactly what T ay. When I tell you wa fill teerth and. apply Rold Crowns and Bridge Work without the least pain, I mean that also. All I ask la an opportunity to extract or fill one tooth for you. and I positively will convince you that we have been dplnr exactly that for the pant tenyears. a thousands are willing to testify. - DON'T WORRY ABOUT MONEY Arrangements can be made whereby you - can pay for your work Just Bv you have it done, as much or as little as you like. Don't be misled. Come to the old established, place. Our respon sibility and reputation for honest treatment of our patients has been proven many times by our larjre and increasing . patronage and. ten years of continual suc cess. - Why take chances clse- where when you know your work here will be of the best and prices the lowest. If you have any trouble with your- plate, or if you can't eat with them, iet us make you fno of our corrugated suction platox, guaranteed positively to fit any moutn. NO DELAY RELIABLE DENTISTRY $5.00 A SET fiold FtlMnxn 1.0O ud Silver Fillings 50 told Crown. Bridg-e Work. S-k $5.00 I AM .MAKING A SPECIALTY OF rOKt'GLAIV MKI1JGK WORK. This is without doubt the most beautiful uid lasting work known to. dental science. Ask to see samples of this beautiful work. No charge for Painless Extract ing when other work is ordered. DR. A. C FROOM SEW 'YORK PAINLESS HKNTIST, 4th lad Morrison t. Blumaaer Buildln. 4