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.
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American
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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.