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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 6, 1908)
SEA PARROTS, NOT EARTHQUAKES. LITTER COAST WITH DEAD FISH New Light Shed Upon Cause for Wondrous Masses of Ocean Denizens That Strew Oregon Shore. DAX J. MOORE, hotel man of Port land and Seaside, now takes op cudgels In behalf of the much abused earthquake. This seismic phen omenon. In Mr. Moore'e opinion, has plentr to answer for without being charged . -with wholesale slaughter of the toothsome herring abounding in North Pacific waters.' He maintains that, after years of observation and study of the habit and characteristics of earthquakes, be Is led to believe that- no ' self-respecting earthquake would select any particular species of fish, edible or otherwise, for destruc tion, lie, therefore, enters protest against the report published that an Inoffensive submarine earthquake, prob ably going about its-legitimate busi ness of leveling coral obstructions on the floor of the ocean, should be ac cused" of having a spiteful, yes murder ous, antagonism toward herring. Mr. Moore said: "This report of an earthquake being responsible for' large number of dead herring washed aahore along the Ore gon Coast, Is an effort to shield the real culprits by casting blame where It does not belong. I pro fees to know all about earthquakes and also all about herring. I am positive in making the assertion that no earthquake, either at sea or ashqre. Is a respecter of fish or man kind.' When once an earthquake makes up its mind to shake things up a bit. people and fish alike must take their medicine. The earthquake does not i ODD WAYS OF MAKING MONEY Novel Methods ' by Which Several Shrewd Americans Have ' Achieved Fortunes. IN the whole history of the world there has never been a country where it is so easy to make money as in the United States, and this is the most prosperous time the people of our Nation have even known. That there are many ways of making a living be sides being a life insurance president, a prizefighter or a hodcarrler, is shown by the following collection of unusual occupations, - says the Kansas City Journal. Of the whole list of unique callings that have come to my attention, none Is more peculiar than the business of "Dr. Cockroach." of .Louisville, For a stipulated annual consideration the "doctor" contracts to keep one's prem ises rid of cockroaches. He does not whistle them away like the Pled Piper Cf Hamlin, but at regular Intervals he comes around with queer-looking tools and mysterious powders, by means of which he persuades the cockroaches to go. "Bird Doctor and Specialist" is the sign on the shingle which hangs in front of .an- establishment on Broad way In New York. The proprietor is a young woman, who tajces mamma's pet canary: to board while the family is away at the seashore or absent -from home at other times. She also has a hospital for sick birds and teaches backward songsters their mission In the world. While it might seem that this young woman is making small use of her time, she really knows all about birds and. their troubles, and is able to make a competence from her work. Popcorn Trust. An Englishman possessed of a small annuity and in bad health went to El Paso, Tex. The expenses of living were so great In the Southwestern city that he soon found his income Inadequate. He invested ail the ready money he had in eight gilt and gaudy popcorn stands, with little engines to run the poppers. The Idea worked, and before long he branched out to San Antonio. He soon worked up a baby trust which brought him an Income of $8000 a year. A woman in Boston makes a business of taking inventories of houses which are rented furnished. She comes to the house and makes complete lists In trip licate of every article, with a description of its condition. When the house Is given up she comes again and checks over the household goods and appraises the loss or damage.- She has been so successful in this kind of work- that her services are much in demand. An Italian in New York takes over the rubbish from the 1 garbage collections of the great Eastern metropolis at a stated annual' price and makes from $20,000 to tM.000 a year from the business. He em ploys hundreds of sorters- and pickers, who g over the rubbish to get out old bottles, rags, rubber, leather and other junk. It 1s said that he realizes from 00 to $3000 a year on old rubber shoes alone. A Memphis newspaper woman boldly advertises in the newspapers that for a consideration she would prepare papers to be read at women's clubs, write speeches for banquets or trace pedigrees back to forgotten grandmothers to the Colonial Dames. Her advertising was persistent until commissions began -to come In and many a woman leader, of club life in this or that particular town has shown in the reflected glory of this Southern girl's hard-working genius. Several years ago a shoe buyer for one of the Chicago department stores con ceived the Idea of buying up plightly damaged or blemished shoes from the manufacturer and retailing the same at a sarriftre price. He opened up with one clerk In a single room near the roof of a s ley scraping office building. To get a good pair of $5 shoes with nothing more than a little scratch on them for $2 was such a bargain that -customers came fast. The business Increased so rapidly that the original store has been enlarged to IS rooms, and 40 clerks are employed in stead of one. The capital earned from the original store has been reinvested until now the concern owns eight large stores in other places. Raises Bullfrogs for Market. A New Jersey girl, broken down by teaching and olllce work, was ordered by her doctor to fcet some occupation which would keep her out of doors. She fol lowed the physician's advice by acquiring a boggy farm in New Jersey, where she began the culture of bullfrogs. Persons who heard of the new venture smiled un til they learned that she was making a lot of money selling frogs' legs at big prices to Xw York hotels and restau rants. In order to get the fresh air she does her own killing. Attired in rubber boots, she tramps about the marshes and shoots the frogs with a small rifle. An enterprising New Yorker makes a business of matching buttona But this man is no relation to the famous Blm, the Button Man, who makes campaign buttons tnd badges. Blm makes a spe cialty of forecasting the action of politi cal conventions. Time and again this en terprising man has successfully defied all the political prophets. In 19tO he staked his reputation on the belief that Roose velt would be. nominated Vice-President, and meuie a big clenhup from the sale of buttons at the of the convention tall. " !Tha United Elates consumes millions of stop to inquire whether folks in Its way are Republicans or Democrats, neither does it differentiate between herring and squid. "Now the truth Is, species of sea fowl are wholly and solely responsible for these occasional periods of great mortality among the smaller fishes herring, smelt, etc. Residents -of and visitors to the Coast at times when schools of these fish come in the Inlets and coves have seen the water covered for miles with a perfect mass of black feathered loons, which, in turn, are backed up by other thousands of puffin, or sea parrots. These creatures feed on the small fish, which first be ing chased into shallow water by whales and other monsters of the deep, become prey for the useless birds that follow the fish. "While it is a well-known fact, at tested by myself and David Starr Jor dan, the two great Coast authorities on piscatorial . and ornithological sub jects, that the loon and sea parrot carry records for "precision, accuracy and dis tance' in Dishing circles, it neverthe less sometimes happens that, with all fishers, the game escapes. However, the game seldom escapes without In jury. The sharp bills of the loon or the Roman-nosed bills of the parrot may not always strike true, bat even If the poor little herring' gets away, it Is almost certain to have sustained an injury from the effects of which It soon turns turtle and is washed ashore. "This is the only true and author ised version of the report of large numbers of dead small fish being washed on the sands of the Oregon beaches, and I again protest against the blame being laid to my old ague smitten friend, the earthquake." olives every year, but they are nearly all unripe. About eight years ago a Califor nia vnman whllA i-avlinff ohrnoil learned the secret of pickling a ripe olive in a peculiar fashion. The year after she came home she marketed 20 gallons of ripe olives. xiiree jvtuw laior uo wum not begin to fill the orders which came lng over 100.000 gallons of ripe olive oil and picKied ouves. A novel way of making a living Is to do other people's reading for them. In the old days when a learned man desired to write a sclentlfio book it was a labor of years. Not so nowadays in the United States. Suppose a physician who has at tained great prominence as a specialist in the treatment of a peculiar disease de sires to perpetuate his fame by writing a book on that subject. What does he doT r 1 , .nntpnM wtt h - nrofes- sional reader to provide the history of cases Of the peculiar aiseaso reconwa m the medical journals of all lands. The busy man then goes hastily over this col lection, selecting the Instances fit for his own use, and thus completes the work of 10 years In one year. Not long ago one of our great physicians paid a profes sional reader $5000 for compiling certain Information for him. The business of looking up family rec ords to qualify a. man or woman for ad mission to the Sons or Daughters of the American Revolution or other historical societies is as well recognized in Wash ington as that of the attorney who looks up the war record, of a claimant for a pension. And there are other information bu reaus willing and qualified to write a good speech for a budding statesman or make a splendid argument on any side of any question. Or, if the budding statesman desires to write his own speech and is not familiar with the bypaths of history, the bureau will look up the history of any bit of legislation, seek out the pre cedents, cite decisions of the courts and otherwise assist and instruct. For 14 years a Kansas City woman made her living and laid by a compe tence by designing the costumes worn in the annual Priests of Pales parade. An other woman in Columbia, S. C, is known as "official painter of heraldry to the Daughters of the American Revolution." She makes a snug living by designing and painting coats-of-erms an heraldic designs for those who are vain of their ancestry. Koejrel-Payson Wedding. A very pretty home wedding occurred last Wednesday night at tne nome oi n. N. Payson, ltMO East Sixteenth street, when his daughter. Miss Zella B. Payson, was united In marriage to John J. KoegeL R. B. Pin go was best man, and Miss Lena Pavson. sister of the bride, acted as bridesmaid. Miss Veda Hollister sang "O JOINS CENTENARY MKTHO DIST CHURCH CHOIR. Miss Lonlse Elisabeth Heltmaau Rev. Clarence True Wilson has been successful in securing for Centenary Methodist Church some of the most noted singers who have come to Portland. C. E. Patterson, tenor, who was in the City of Chicago for ten years, holding the best choir 'positions there, has been elected musical director of Centenary and will sing there this morning and to night. He had charge of the muslo in Trinity Church, Den ver, during the pastorate of Dr. Robert Mclntyre. He was solo ist for Dr. Gunsaulus at Plymouth Congregational Church, later at the Central Music Hall, where David Swing preached, and was for years a popular singer in the Sinai Temple under the min istry of Rabbi Hirsch. He is drill ing a class In Centenary and has secured the noted soloist from Nashville, Miss Louise Elizabeth Heltman, contralto, who has re cently come to Portland after teaching voice culture -for some years in Belmont College. She will render "The Ninety and Nine" at Centenary this morning. played " -t- ' ' f . ' ' y y ; L - v V ' . I ' , -. C "v. ': - rl null tffV -ail TiKlt mill II I ii ' """ : llll 1 1 E E E JBBB 3 3 31 las! American ALL American Gentleman Tailors. Twenty years on Broadway. Twenty years' experience in high-class merchant tailoring. In twenty years we never put our Bhears in a piece of cloth that we sold a suit for less than $45.00 to $100.00. We have a large foroe of high-class cutters, designers and tailors. On Tuesday, One Day Only To get our large force of tailors working we will put our fine line of English and "West of England serges, blue, black, in any styles in fact, we will put our whole stock at your mercy and give, you your choice of any suit or overcoat in our house made to order for $20.00 Made just the same as if you paid us our full price. ONLY ONE SUIT AND OVERCOAT TO A CUSTOMER. This is positive, as we only want to show you what it is to wear high-class tailoring. If we sell you once, we will always sell you. "We are compelled to throw our goods at your mercy, as we want our shops. working. Our shops can get out about 200 suits and overcoats, and we will not sell any more during this one-day sale. "We use the same work, the same linings, same haircloth, same canvas in fact, we do not vary one cent in these garments. We do not know how to make anything up but high-class garments. In fact, we are going to give you an idea of what high-class lailoring is. Your choice Tuesday only, blue and black West of England serges. Reg ular price $45.00 to $75.00. THIS SALE IS POSITIVELY FOR ONLY ONE DAY American Gentleman HigMlass Merchant Tailors SIXTH AND STARK STREETS imm!a Ma" before the ceremony, and the wedding march. Miss Payson Is one or tne popular juuus yv the East Side, and Mr. Koegel is a well 1 .Mofir Rnherts Brothers. Dr. J. Whttcomb Brougher of the White Temple performed the ceremony, auer wnicn a wedding supper was served. The couple Gentleman Tailors Sixth and Stark DAY were the recipients of numerous and cost ly wedding presents. They have taken a short wedding tour and will return to make their future home in Portland. . Telephone Employe" W ed. , , , . Joseph E. Green, of Peoria, I1L, and Miss Gertrude M. Greene, of Folsom, CaL, were married yesterday morning by Justice Fred I Olson. Both are employes of the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company and are residing in this city, though the formerly lived in the towns mentioned. The groom is employed In the contracting depart Twenty Years on Twenty Years in High-Class TUES Black broadcloth and doeskin. Genuine Henry Clay blue or black, black and blue drape cloth, unfinished worsteds in narrow or wide wool. Regular price $55.00 to $80.00 for suit or overcoat. Have comfort out of your clothes. Here is what kind of cloth we carry: West of England blue or black serges, black broadcloth, black doeskin, genuine Henry Clay worsted drape cloth, fine imported unfinished worsteds. All the latest shades in browns or grays, in tweeds or English worsteds. Our prices are $45.00 to $60.00. All these go on sale Tuesday. At. your mercy for $20.00. A suit or overcoat made to order, browns or grays, in worsteds or tweeds regular price .$50.00, ALL GO ON SALE AT $20.00. Made to Order in the Best of Tailoring These are all new Fall and Winter goods. Our West of England blue serge in fine wale is something we always can guarantee to a person as a life time wearer. Regular price $60.00. Sale price $20.00. AMERICAN GENTLEMAN TAILORS 20 years on Broadway. Now in Portland to stay No. 94 Sixth street. Corner store, Sixth and Stark. On this sale we will accept all mail orders we receive up to Wednesday, Septem ber 8th, last mail, with their deposit accompanying order. We will mail a self-measuring blank and complete line of samples if you so desire. Let us know what kind of cloth you want us to send you. Blue, black, brown, grays, or what else you like. NOTICE To all those in and out of town people that want to take ad vantage of this sale t All mail orders received, with a deposit accompanying order, we will mail samples and self-measuring blanks up to Wednesday's mail only. We will mail samples of any kind of cloth you desire. Now, if you want a fine Fall and Winter suit you cannot afford to miss this great opportunity in fine tailoring. CLOSED ALL DAY MONDAY, LABOR DAY ment of the company, while the bride was employed as a stenographer in that department. They will make a trip through Nevada on their honey moon and on their return will reside at the Cornelius Hotel. Prescriptions at Eyssell's, 289 Mor. Broadway Tailoring Denied by Klaber. Klaber, Wolf & Netter deny the report circulated that they bought hops In the SUverton and Mt. Angel Sections at 74 cents. Mr. Klaber stated last night that the firm had not paid that price any-. where.
