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GRAND STAND, PAVILIONS, TRACK
Everything in Readiness for Animals, Events and Spectators
AMERICA'S FASTEST HORSES ON THE GROUND
Speeding on the Track, Sightliest in the World, Makes the Heart Glad
LASTS ALL THE WEEK BIG EVENTS EVERY DAY
Nine New, Light,. Airy, Exhibition Pavilions
BLOODED STOCK ON EXHIBIT
Poultry
Pigeons
See the Fancy Bird9
From all the Pacific
Coast
CATTLE, HOGS, SHEEP, GOATS
MAGNIFICENT PERCHERON STALLIONS
GIANT DRAFT HORSES
HIGH-STEPPING COACH HORSES
ON PARADE DAILY
Era? Event Carried Out on Tima Watch for Schedule
Admission . . , 50c
Grand Stand. . 50c
Bieacta:. . 7 25c
Boxes, Season $30.00
TAKE ROSE CITY PARK CAR SPLENDID SERVICE ALL DAY OR SOUTHERN PACIFIC
SPECIALS Two Trains Leave Union Depot 12:30 and 1:00 P. M. Daily
FIRST EVENT ON NEW GROUNDS $40,000 IN CASH PREMIUMS
Monday, September 21,. .' ,
Grand Opening Day.
Open Kiver Purse, J100J. 2:14 pace.
Commercial Club Purse, J1OO0. 2:19
trot. ' '
Colleg MiM, 1 :0 g-uldelea- pacer.
Mile, dash.
Mule handicap, dfrectora to drire.
Running race, fhlle.
- Tnosday September 22, .
Inland Empire Day.
Board'of Trade Purse, $400. 2-year-old
trotters. . -
Chamber of Commerce Purse, 00;
8-year-old.. pacers. . . , . ,
Trotting, J1000, t:27. class.
Special Running race.' 1130; five'
eighths mile. - r
"Wednesday, September 23,
Portland Day. ;
Manufacturers' Purse, 1400, S-year-
old pacers. .
Rose City Purse; $2500, ?:0S pacer
Trotting: $1030, 2:30 clue
College Maid, 1:09 gruldelesa pacer.
mile dash.
Special Running, $100, 1 mlle.-
Thtirsday, September 24,
. .Western. Oregon Day. , '
Pacing;. 11000. :2ft class.
Country Club. Purse, H609, treU
. ter. ;
Columbia Purse, $604. a-year-eld
trotters.
College Maid, 2:09 g-uldelesa pacer,
: mile dash-.
Running- race, flve-elgltths mllfk
Friday, September 25,
Western' Washington Day. ,
Pacing1, $5 (MT, 1:09 class. Consolation
class. i
'Pacing-, $1000, 2:25- claaa.
. Specla.1 trot.
Running, three-elg-hths mile.
Saturday, September 26,
Children's Day.
-Rapid Transit Purse, $100, 1:05
pacers.
Rural- Spirit Purse, 150, trot
ters. Trotting-. (500, Consolation, 1:1
' class.
Running race.
O A T T? T A "V"C Hrse Auction Thursday
O J. JLvJC JiJ I I O Cattle Auction Friday
A 1
COLLEGES SECURE
BEST OF COACHES
Northwest Teams Will Be Un
der Crack Football Stars
of Country.
GREAT SEASON IN SIGHT
Proapecta t 'Weuihlngton Brightest
In Teare nd Student Bare
Blgb Hope of IiBTMUnr; Cham
pionshtjj Honors,
FOOTBAIX FOB IBM.
John
Mlddleten. et
Idahe.
Idabo.
Oregon. Kobert W. Ferbea et Tale.
-Washing-ton, Ollmoer Doble, of
Jflaaesota.
O. A. C F. B. Iforcross, Jr, of
Vlehle-an,
W. s. CL. Walter Kbotaaehnd. of
Ulehlgaa.
Whitman, X M. Blanehard. of
Bowdoln.
Optatna.
Idaho, Ilgh Savldga. end.
Orogoa. F. O. Monllen, guard.
Washington. T. a. Tegrmeler,
center.
O. A. C, Carl Wolff, fullback.
W. . C-. Herbert Wexler, guard.
Whitman. Walter Brubaker, enar-
Idahe, Paul 8. aTtdg.
Oregon. Ralph B. lfcEwon.
Washington. W. B. Basmusea.
O. A. C. H. B. Cooke.
W. B. c J. Huston McCfroskey.
Whitman. Carl 8. Morton.
BT RETEREB.
Tomorrow will witness the actual
opening- of the college football season
n the Northwest. Desultory practice
has been going; on for several days at
a number of colleges, but the candl
dldate for gridiron honors will begin
systematic work tomorrow. Coach Nor
cross reached Corvallls on Thursday
last and Bob Forbes, the big- Tale end,
who is to coach Oregon, is due at Eu
gene today. Other Northwest coaches
are on the ground and will bare their
men out tomorrow afternoon.
Never in the history of Northwest
football baa there-been such an array
of coaching talent as is seen here this
year. Perhaps the most noted man
of all is Forbes, the great All-Amerlcan
end who coached West Point last sea
son. Forbes has made good both as
a player and a coach, and the fact
that he ! to coach Oregon means that
lovers of the Autumn game In these
parts will see some football of the
highest order. In spite of the loss of
many of her veterans. Oregon seems to
have a splendid squad of players in
sight and there la little doubt about
the ability ef Forbes to- whip them Into
shape by mid-season.
Whether or not Oregon will win the
championship Is another question, for
the strength of Oregon's rivals must
be taken Into consideration. Five years
ago the presence of a man like Forbes
at a Northwest Institution was equiv
alent to a championship certificate. To
day all the colleges have formidable
coaches gad the championship question
cannot be figured, out on paper.
Norcrose la Clever Coach.
F. S. Norcross, Jr, the clever Mich
igan quarterback, who Is booked to
coach O. A. C, ag-aln this year, la
coach of more than ordinary ability.
He has made good both as a coach and
a player and his career during the
coming; season wiU lie watched with In
terest, whether or not Norcross can
hold the position that be established
last year remains to be seen. Figuring
on the basis of a veteran team, Nor
cross appears to have the advantage
over his Northwest rivals, especially
over Forbes, who begins work at Eu
gene with only five veterans. There
are some disadvantages about a veteran
team, however, and although old play
ers are, desirable, too many of them are
apt to overbalance a team. The Cor
vallls eleven has, however, lost enough
of Its veterans to Insure a lively scram
ble for the open positions.
One disadvantage that the Aggies
will suffer lies In the fact that their
game with Washington Is the first con
test of Importance on their schedule
and In the additional fact that It la to
bs played in Seattle. The Corvallls
players will go north without having-
played a single game of ' Importance.
while Washington will have played
four or five good, stiff games. In spite
of these handicaps, O. A. C ought to
win. There Is no question about the
superiority of O. A. C. over last year's
Washing-ton team, especially because
of Wolff's ability In the punting de
partment. With other elements of
strength equal, Wolff's ability should
cause Washington's downfall on Oc
tober SI.
Blight. Prospects at XT. of W.
Washington has a first-class coach In
the person of Gllmour Doble, a former
Minnesota star. Doble learned the
rtma under Dr. H. I Williams and the
writer believes he will make the best
coach that Washington has seen since
the days of Jim Knight. Washington
always comes to the front with a good
bunch of material, but there la no de
nying the fact that her teams have
been disappointments since the memor
able season of 1903. Alumni and stu
dents of the Seattle Institution are
greatly encouraged over this year's
outlook, for they really see the possi
bilities of a championship team.
Middle ton Football Wizard.
John R. Mtddleton, the Idaho coach.
needs no Introduction to football cir
cles of the Northwest. - His work last
year branded him as the most unique
gridiron general ever seen in the
Northwest. Those forward passes that
his man Small pulled off sent the cold
chills down Oregon's spine and knocked
Pullman's championship aspirations
into smithereens. There Is no denying
the fact that MIddleton's proteges will
prove a formidable factor In the com
ing battle tor Northwest honors.
Walter M. Rhenschild, the Michigan
man who Is to coach Washington State
College, has an enviable football record.
Hurry Up" Yost cannot say enough
nice things about him and other Mid
dle West critics are equally enthusias
tic over him. He will be confronted by
a squad of green men at Pullman, but
the situation Is by no means a hope
less one. Pullman has a large supply
of material and Rhenschild will, no
doubt, turn out a team that will be one
of the foremost In the championship
race.
J. M. Blanehard, the Whitman coach.
seems to have' drawn out' an unneces
sary amount of advance criticism be
cause he failed to turn out a cham
pionship team last season. Such at
tacks are unjust. Fair play demands
that he be given a trial with the Mis
slonarles before he Is alluded to as a
"false alarm" or a "Juicy lime." Whit
man's prospects are none too good and
It is barely possible for Blanehard to
turn out a winning- team. He ought to
have a fair chance, however.
All In all, the Northwest coaches
promise better than any set of pre
decessors that they have had. If In
dications count for anything, they will
show us a high quality of football
during- the coming season.-
EXODUS OF PUGS
ROBS PUBLIC OF $1,500,000
Chicago Geo-RlchQnick Company
In Receiver's Hands.
CHICAGO, Sept. 19.--A concern In
Chicago which has had 20 months of
life and which has sold $1,253,000 of
preferred stock to people all over the
country, at a price to yield Jl,B00,O0J
or more, went Into a receiver's hands
yesterday.
The receiver at once called on the
officers of the company to turn over
the assets. He got some engraved
oertiflcates of stock in "allied and sub
sldlary companies" and $119.92 in cash.
The receiver will try to find where
the other . $1,499,680.08 has gone, for
he does not attach value to the cer
tificates.
The concern which has had this
thrilling existence Is the Mercantile
Securities Company, second in the
chain of the Rhodes Bros, high flnancs
corporations. John C Fetzer Is the
receiver. He is also receiver for the
Central Ufa Securities Company.
Following a petition for an account
ing, filed by several stockholders, and
a number of hearings before Master
In Chancery GueTrn, Judge TuthllL In
the Circuit Court, yesterday appointed
Mr. Fetzer receiver for the Mercantile.
The Mercantile Securities Company
Is a subsidiary company of the Central
Ufe, which was placed In a. receiver's
hands In June by Judge Kohlsaat. of
the United States Court. It Is a Maine
corporation, capitalized at $1,600,000,
equally divided Into common and pre'
ferred stock. The company was or
ganized in January, 1907. the officers
being Birch, Thomson and Edward F.
Rhodes, Miss Minnie Scully, who fig
ures In all the Rhodes corporations,
and William L. SherrllL
The prospective stock purchasers
were told that the company was to
be an agency company for the sale
of Central Life Securities Company
stock and that the proceeds were to
be used to establish a great bank in
Chicago. Although the preferred stock
was issued at a par value of $10, much
of It was sold at $12.50, $14 and even
higher.
Preferred Death to Insanity.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 19. While
confined In the general hospital In the
Presidio. First Lieutenant Felix W. Mot-
low, Artillery Corps, yesterday attempted
suicide by slashing his throat with a
razor. He was discovered by one of
the Hospital Corps soldiers and given
Immediate attention, but because of his
enfeebled condition, his recovery Is said
to be doubtful. According to the state
ments of brother officers, Motlow has
been brooding over the fact that his
brother. Second Litutenant W. G. Mot-'
low, became mentally unbalanced a year
ago and has been confined in St. Eliza
beth's asylum, Washington. It Is said
the younger brother feared that he was
to be overtaken by the same late.
Tomorrow (Monday) positively the
last day for discount on East Side gas
bills. Don't fall to read Gas Tips.
FROM
CALI01
Ift
Fighters Are Leaving for East
ern Fields in Hopes of Pick- .
ing Up Easy Money.. . :
PAPKE GOES TO - CHICAGO
Al Kaufman Starts -for New Yorkl
Jack Gleason Captures. Fapker
Ketchel Match Joe Gans ' ' :
.. Seeks New. Fields. 1 :
BT HAHRT B. SMITH.
SAN FRANCISCO. CaL. SeDt. 19. rSno-
elal.) The . pendulum Is swinging from
one extreme to the other. For weeks
there have been fights and fighters until
you couldn't rest. You have been able
to see all the famous ' pugilists of the
world gathered together on the Rue de
Fillmore, but things are changing and
with the approach of the cool season In
the East they are commencing to talk
about going to New York or Philadelphia
or Boston to annex , some of the money
tnat is to be made in the six and ten-
round game. The exodus of "fighters we
nave met" will start next Sunday nutht
when the veteran trainer. Billv Del&nev.
and his heavyweight charge, Al Kauf
man, leave for New York, In company
with the middleweight champion, Billy
Papke, who will go to his home in
Illinois until It is time for him to return
to the city to commence training for
Stanley ietcnei.
Kaufman Has Ambitious.
Kaufman having done very well In Los
Angeles, where he met and defeated
Battling Johnson and Jim . Flynn. the
latter an especially hard customer, wants
to try the snort round game, after which
he will return to California. Al still
thinks he is destined to become the
heavyweight champion of America and
already his manager has' announced his
willingness to post $1000 as a side bet that
Kaufman can beat Tommy Burns.
Papke, who has been in the city over a
week and has been doing a sparring ex
hibition at one of the local theaters, is
anxious to return to Chicago so that he
can taste the fruits of victory among- his
friends at home. Now that he Is matched
with Stanley Ketchel for a return bout
of 20 rounds before Jack Gleason's club
In this city on Thanksgiving eve, there la
nothing to keep him in California. He
can go home, have a real good time and
return to the Golden West by the 1st of
November.
The announcement of the rematchins
of the men came as a complete surprise
and It is generally admitted that Glea
son stole a march on the other boys In"
the promoting business. Jack went to
Los Angeles to see the other fight on
Labor Day and no doubt utilized his time
to good advantage in getting the boys to
gether.
Ketcbel-Papke Match. -Ketchel,
of course, has everything to
win and nothing to lose by a return
match, and It must be that Papke. is
confident of his ability to beat the Mich
igan boy again, else he would not con
sent to a return bout, but would pick up
a few easy ones while he can still lay
claim ' to the mlddlewelR-ht title. It IS
generally -admitted that Gleason has se-
cured one of the big- cards of the year.'
It will not be a boxing match, but a
Blambang affair, . with plenty of action
and very likely plenty of blood spilled
before the- battle- is decided;
Joe Gans Goes Eatft-
In spite , of all his declarations that he
has quit the game for good, it la a sale
bet that Joe Gans win be boxing before.
many moons. " He has received many
flattering offers to embark in the six
round game around New York and Phil
adelphia, and when he finds the theatri
cal business panning out is likely to fall
back on -hia standby. .There, was one
$4000 offer if he would take part in four
six-round ' bouts in .New York, and only
the. other night came an offer of $2004
if he would meet Tommy Murphy, Leach
Cross or ' Packey McFarland before some
club in Gotham. That money will look
good to Gans, so don't be surprised when
you - read that be Is matched.
He took his departure from San Fran-"
Cisco last Monday - night, and his leaver
taking was not untlnged with sentiment.
"The whitest colored man that ever came
over the pike," was the- way one writer
paid his tribute to Joe Gans, and It Is
about right.- -
"I want to thank the people for the
way they have treated me," he said-' ' I
appreciate it all .very much. - Somehow
my leaving this ' time seems ' different.
Every other time, that I left San Fran
cisco I expected- to some back, but this
time I guess that It Is good-by for keeps. '
And so passes. Joe Gans out of the pu
gilistic history of California. He may be
brought back to fight, but It will not be
the same Joe Gans that we used to
know.
Nelson on the Stage.
Battling Nelson has been gathering; the
coin all week at the Central Theater,
where "blood and thunder" melodramas
hold forth. He Is doing a boxing act
along with a show that Is entitled "The
Curse of Drink." He says the title Is
quite , appropriate Inasmuch as be is a
teetotaler. The Dane's father and bro
ther from Chicago- have been his guests
all the week, and they have been on hand
at one or two suppers that he has given
the press. The Nelson family, however,
holds out for mineral water, when the
rest of the bunch Is going for something
stronger.
The Dane, being the undisputed cham
pion lightweight. Is much, sought after.
He is getting dispatches every day. A
Philadelphia club made an offer of a
$10,000 purse if Kelson would fight Packey
McFarland six rounds the first week In
October. He has taken the matter under
consideration, but is not likely to ac
cept. He would undoubtedly be out
pointed in that short distance and when
he hooks up with Packey, wants it 45
rounds or to a finish.
Just now the Battler is drawing $1500
a week as a theatrical proposition, which
Is not had, and he can afford to keep the
other fellows waiting at least until the
first of the' year. The chances are that
Nelson will go to Chicago to accept thea
trical offers In the Middle West and that
he will be back to California to fight
around the holidays.
Moran to Fight Hanlon.
Another match was arranged ths first
of the week, when Owen Moran, the
English featherweight champion, and
Cute Eddie Hanlon, the California light
weight, who was thought to have a
promising career ahead of him several
years ago, signed articles. They will fight
20 rounds before Sam Berger's club, at
the Coliseum on Wednesday night. Sep
tember 30. The weight is 133 pounds at
$ o'clock on the afternoon of the fight,
which will give Hanlon an advantage of
several pounds In the weight. It ought
to be a tough fight and I look for Moran,
on account of his youth, to be installed
the favorite.
- Delaney Is Attell's Manager.
Abe Attell, the featherweight champion,
has placed himself under the manage
ment of Billy Delaney, the veteran
trainer, and his career in the future will
be mapped out and governed by the Oak
land man. Attell visited Delaney In Oak
land this week and the mutual plans be
tween them were at that time- arranged.
When Attell 'made his proposition, De
laney at first - demurred, saying he al
ready had Al' Kaufman and that his
physical condition was such that he did
not believe he would be able to handle
another man. Attell Insisted, however,
and Delaney finally surrendered.
Under the new- management, Delaney
declares" that Attell will in the future be
known, as. a fighter as .well. as. a, boxer.
There ;wll) be no more stalling, says the
veteran, and what 'Delaney says' he
means. First off. Delaney makes the an
nouncement that li will- match Attell
with Nelson for a $5000 side bet and ha
is willing' to- taflk- ever -the details of the
bout at any time. .
- "If, . Nelaon. Is dissatisfied with his
night's work with- Attell a few months
ago, I will be delighted to match Attell
against- hint to go over the same route,"
said Delaney. "And as an Inducement,
Nelson can have side bet of $5000; .
"I had a heart-to-heart talk with Attell
and the public can rest assured that as
long as Attell fights under- my manage
ment; he- will cot out his stalling- and
win or lose- bis battles by- the knockout
route, -' X used to think that Attell was
only a boxer, but the. night I saw him
and -Nelson hook. up. he convinced me
that with proper handling-, he could fight
as well- as box. Yes-, I- know he put up
a miserable fight with Moran and I know
the reason why. '
"From this time on, Attell Is. going- Into
the ring to win and win In a hurry.- There
wtU be no- stalling a long, as I am with
him and- he will prove himself a fighter
as well as a boxer- I am sincere in this
offer to Nelson and ha can take it up
any time he sees fit."
Germs in Mineral Waters.
CHICAGO, Sept 19. That, several
highly-recommended table- waters from
various springs contain more colonies of
bacilli than the water that passes through
the city's mains; that the companies sell
ing these waters are perpetrating a fraud
and are to be "put out of business," were
some of the startling disclosures made by
Dr. Joseph Favil Blehn, director ofr the
Chicago City laboratory last night. He
spoke In the rooms of the Chicago Drug :
Club at the monthly meeting of the Chi- -cage
section of the American Chemical
Society. He said, that many of the bot- .'
tied spring waters were merely hydrant
water run through a worse than useless
filter.
PLAN FOR PHYSICAL WORK
Department in Charge of Y. M. C. A.
Massmeetlng Today.
Physical Director Grllley.. the Leaders'
Club and the physical committee of the
Y. M. C. A will have charge of this after-.
noon's meeting lm the association audi
torium. The physical department will
make public Its plans for the Winter. Mr..
Grilley will outline what he hopes to ac
complish, and there will be representative
members- present to present their particu
lar Ideas for the season's work. The
meeting will begin at 3 o'clock.
The speaker of the afternoon will be G-;
A Smith, of Vancouver, B. C, who is at'
present in the city to. confer with- Mr.
Grllley as president of the Physical Di
rectors' Society. Mr. Smith became well
known last year in the. brief visit he
made here with the champion Vancouver
basketball team. Milton. Hunyon,. the
basso In the White Temple choir, will!
sing and the Rose City Quartet will also'
give selections under the leadership of A.!
K. Marriott. Mr. Marriott has for some:
time led the singing at the Y. M. C. A-i
meetings. The other members of the'
quartet are W. C- Aylesworth, F.. D. Mil
ler and C. H. Parrish.
New Carrier for Portland.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. John H.1 .
Buehler has been appointed letter carrier
at Portland.
Olympia Beer. -It s the water." Brew
ery's own bottling. Fhoneu Main 671
A 2467.
ENTIRE ADDITION
to be SOLD TODAY
COME AND SEE COUNTRY CLUB ADDITION
$140,000 has been spent to make the Country Club
the finest amusement park in the West. Our addi
tion joins it. That investment is for your benefit
if you buy a lot in this addition. $140,000 worth
of pleasure and a lot on Hill Crest Drive, a parked
boulevard overlooking Mount Tabor, Mount Hood,
Portland Heights, the City and the Country Club.
View lots equal to Portland Heights without a
climb.
BUILDING RESTRICTIONS
' . CEMENT SIDEWALKS
CITY WATER
GRADED STREETS
LOTS 50x100 FEET
$500 AND UP
Take Rose City Park Car to Coleman Avenue.
VAN W. ANDERSON
215 Lumber Exchange.