The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, September 20, 1908, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND. SEPTEMBER 20, 1903. s E TO CAMPAIGN Offers His Services to State Central Committee. OTHER SPEAKERS ENLISTED Taft Clubs Are Organized In Many Paris of Oregon That Send in Assurances to Party Headquarters. Immediately following his return from the Orient and California yesterday, H M. Cake, brother of State Chairman W. M. Cake, proffered his services as campaign speaker to the Republican State Central Committee. Mr. Cake's services were gratefully accepted by the com mittee, which at a later date will arrange his itinerary. The condition of State Chairman Cake, who is still confined in a sanatorium, continues serious. Between mailing campaign literature to the various county chairmen for dis tribution and arranging the itinerary of several speakers who have volunteered their services for the campaign. Secretary McArthur Is a very busy man. Among the supplies received from National head quarters yesterday was a large number or Taft-Sherman buttons. Several letters were received at headquarters from the outlying ceuntles. all making encourag ing reports and predicting that Repubil cans very generally will support the ticket. One of the first rallies to be held by the Republicans In this county will be held at Shinnyside, Monday night. Sep tember 2K. Several local speakers will address this meeting In addition to Mayor tieorge F. Rodgers, of Salem, whose services have been volunteered to the State Central Committee. Arrangements will be made by which Mayor Rodgers, who has considerable ability as a cam paigner, will deliver a number of other addresses throughout the state. Next Tuesday night a Taft-9herman Republican Club wil) be organized at tyrants Pass under the auspices of the Slate Central Committee, which will take tip the work of organizing these clubs more systematically this week. Several of the best speakers among the Republicans In the state will take part in the campaign. Judge S. A. Liowell. of Pendleton, will tour Western Oregon during the last two weeks of the cam paign. Probably the most active of the speakers, however, will be R. R. Butler, ' of Condon, and J. D. Lee, of this city both being Presidential electors. Mr. Butler will spend the entire month of October In :he western part of the state, while Mr. Iee will make a thorough canvass of Kastern Oregon. "Wallace Mc- Camant will- make addresses In Southern Oregon and W. A. Williams, of Forest Grove, will visit Eastern Oregon points Senator Fulton also will give two or three weeks of his time to campaign work. It has not been decided by the State central Committee w-hat part of the State Senator Fulton will cover and his Itinerary will not be determined for sev eral days. WILA RECEIVE SENATOR GORE Thomas Names Committee to Take Charge of Rally. George H. Thomas. Chairman Demo cratic County Central Committee, yester day announced the following reception committee to meet Senator Gore, of Ok lahoma. when the blind orator vielts Portland next Friday nlgiit and delivers an address In the Armory: Governor Chamberlain, chairman; Newton McCoy vice-chairman; Judge M. G. Munly. Judge Seneca Smith. D. M. Watson, Mayor Lane. State Senator M. A. Miller, Na tional Committeeman for Oregon; Robert D. lnman. Judge Alex Swede, Chairman Democratic State Central Committee; and George H. Thomas. Chairman Democratic County Central Committee. John M. Gearin. ex-United States Sena tor, will be chairman of the meeting and the various vice-presidents that will share the honor of presiding with him will oe announced this week. Herman Grimm will be chairman of a committee of young men who will serve as ushers. During their sojourn in Portland. Senator and Mrs. Gore will be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Watson. Arrangements have been made by the Democrats to hold three rallies this week, at the following places: I'niveraity Park, Sellwood and Lenta Wednesday night at Duke's hall has been fixed as the date for the meeting at Lents, when addresses will be delivered by E. ft J. McAllister. Presidential elector and Bert i- Haney ex-District Attorney. SHORTAGE OF TORPEDOES Vncle Sam's Supply Far Behind That of Other Nations. NEW YORK. Stpt. 19. According to a special dispatch from Newport, R. I., there appears to be a shortage of tor pedoes In the Navy, especially those of the Whitehead make, compared -witn those on hand In tiie navies of other countries. It is said the United States Is far be hind Great Britain. Germany and Japan. It is understood that this country has let's than 5C0 submarine missies on hand. while Great Britain has 10.000 stored away. Germany and Japan are each said to have 0X The Government supply has been In creased 100 during the year and will be augmented when the new torpedo factory at Newport is started about the first of the year. EVANS WOULD BE LIBERAL Relives Old Soldiers Deserve More Than $ 1 2-a-Month Pension. POUGHKEEPS1E. N. T.. Sept. 19. Fighting Bob Evans, the retired Rear Admiral, came out today as an advocate of higher pensions for Civil War Vet erans. He made a characteristic speech at the unveiling of a monument to the One Hundred and Fifty-sixth New York Volunteer Regiment at Highland, opposite this city, in the course of which he said: "Be good to those old men who fought In the greatewar that our Union fnlght be saved. Don't give them any more 113 a month bounties. If you are going to starve the men who all but gave then lives for you. it would be better to do It at once and not prolong the process day by day and year by year, as you have been doing." COLONIST TRAVEL GROWS Latot Figures Show Improvement in Transportation. Colonist travel Is beginning to ar rive In this state from the East and Middle West, taking advantage of the special low-priced one-way tlcketa to the Pacific Northwest. The movement Is not so heavy, however, as It was iast year, when there was a large In flux of new settlers from ail parts cf the country. This Is accounted for by the somewhat unsettled business conditions throughout the country, and people of the East are slow to leave their homes and settle In a new coun try unless they are assured of a com plete return to normal conditions. Figures shave been compiled by the Harrlman lines, showing the movement of colonists over their roads Into this territory for the week ending Septem ber 8. The O. R. & N. brought In 80 new settlers, as compared with 1450 for the corresponding week of 107. Of this number. 16J passengers were destined for points north of Portland, while In the corresponding week of 190 there were 467. Portland was the destination of S43 during the first week of the present month, while this city received 345 during the same week of last year. That Eugene is getting a large num ber of new settlers under the colonist rates Is the statement of John H. Hartog. manager of the Eugene Com mercial Club. He hag aent the follow ing characteristic telegram to William McMurray, general pajfcenger agent of the Harrlman lines in this territory: "Would it be possible for you to cut Eugene off your schedule and not stop trains here for a few days until we catch up with the Influx of new comers ?" " LUMBERMEN TO COMBINE LARGE COMPANIES WILL HERE AFTER HAVE . SAME GRADES. Action Considered td Result Irk Ad vantage for the Buyer and Seller of Timber. At the monthly meeting of the Ore gon and Washington Lumber Manufac turers' Association at the Commercial Club yesterday the announcement was made that the Southwestern Washing ton Lumber Manufacturers' Associa tion and the Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacturers' Association have de cided to unite with the Oregon and Washington Association In a bureau of grades and patterns on all lumber shipped by rail from the Northwest. Lumbermen regard this step an im portant one. believing that It will work to the advantagV of both the buyer and the seller in making for uniformity of the. lumber product. The three associa tions that have joined In the proposed bureau represent practically the entire cut of the Pacific Northwest The following Joint committee has been appointed to have charge of the details of forming the bureau and di recting its operation: A. N. Riggs, of the McCormick Lumber Company, of McCormick,- .Wash., representing the Southwestern Lumber Manufacturing Association: C. C Bronson. of the Day Lumber Company, of Seattle, represent ing the Pacific Coast Lumber Manufac turing Association; and L. J. Went worth, of the Portland Lumber Com pany, of this city, representing the Oregon and Washington Lumber Man ufacturers' Association. A. W. WastelL secretary of the Ore gon and Washington Association, was appointed as delegate to represent the association at the trans-Mississippi commercial congress, which will be held In San Francisco October 5-10 In clusive. Among the subjects to be dis cussed at this conference Is the con servation of natural resources in which the lumbermen are keenly Interested. COUNTY EXHIBITORS HOWL Claim Benton County Got First Premium Through Influence. SALEM. Or.. Sept. 19. (Special) The representatives of - six counties which entered the county exhibit com petition at the State Fair, filed with the State Fair board tonight a state ment that the judges of the county ex hibits were influenced by an official of the fair management In awarding first premium to Benton County, and they assert that they will advise their counties not to exhibit at the State Fair again unless the management of the pavilion be placed in -other hands. The counties represented in the pro test are Multnomah. Clatsop, Lane, Yamhill, Polk and Columbia. The protest is directed against W. H. Savage, superintendent of the pa vilion, although his name Is not men tioned in the complaint. "Savage and two of the Judges assert that he- ex ercised no Influence whatever. CLUB NAMES NEW OFFICERS Presidency of Willamette Associa tion Conferred on R. C. Redman. At a meeting of the Willamette Im provement Association at Willamette station Friday night officers were elected as follows: President, R. C. Redman; vice-president. Harold Cher ry; secretary, L. C. Fones; treasurer, S. T. Kllpatrlck. Committees were named as follows: Light and streets. Messrs, Fones,- Kilpatrick and Morsen; entertainment, Messrs. De Lind. Brown, McLaughlin. Tozzl, Gotchlll and Fones. The association meets every Friday evening at Anderson's hall. At the recent meeting a number of matters or interest to Willamette station and the neighborhood was discussed and efforts will be made to Induce the city Engl neer and City Council to aid in street improvements. HOPHOUSE IS DESTROYED Fir Near Hillsboro Docs $2200 Danutge Insured for $1500. HILLSBORO. Or.. Sept. 19. (Special.) The hophouse of Mrs. L Sinclair, a widow, living three miles northwest of Hillsboro. was burned this arternoon. with a loss of X2200. The blnclair yards contain 20 acres and over 15 had been harvested and placed in the hophouse. The fire caught from the kiln. The hophouse was conducted by Mrs. Sinclair's sons, who carried $1500 Insurance on the building and contents. Picking has been practically com pleted in Washington County, the Cor nelius district, however, being a trifle late. Heavy rains are falling this eve ning and it is feared that mould will spoil the small part of the crop not yet harvested. CHINESE FALLS TO DEATH Meets Fatal Accident In Hophouse Near Tualatin. HILLSBORO. Or., Sept. 19. (Spe cial.) How Sin. a Chinese, aged 6Z. met death near Tualatin about S o'clock last night by falling from- a anding 20 feet in height, at a nop- honse on the Gore estate. The celestial was helping some or his countrymen to place hops on the drying floor and accidentally fell over the bannister, crushing his skull In he fall. Coroner Brown Investigated he facts today and reports the death accidental. How Sin was employed by Sing Ring, and had been in this coun try about JO years. HILL BEHIND LINE? Tomorrow (Monday) positively the at day for discount on East Side gas bills. Don't fall to read Gas Tips. Northern Pacific Reported to Own United. CONSTRUCTION IS RUSHED Rumored Thar Local Men Backing Trolley Project Are Acting for Great Interests Centering at St. Panl. With large construction forces rush ing the work between the city limits on the northwest and Llnnton, the Uni ted Railways is making a strong show ing. In fact, there Is no railroad proj ect near town that is showing more activity at the present time, not ex cepting the North Bank road, than the United. Chief Engineer Lloyd Wick ersham has orders to hurry the work as fast as possible, and he Is making the dirt fly to accomplish as much con struction as possible before the heavy rains of the Winter put a stop to grad ing operations. Before the rains set in. It is expected to have' the line in operation as far at least as Llnnton. The liberal expenditure of money by the promoters of the United Railways leads to the general belief that the Northern Pacific is behind the project and that this road Is to be the opening wedge In an Oregon division of the Hlil system.- Late events have seemed to strengthen this belief. Private in dividuals interested in such a project would naturally hesitate about digging Into their pockets for continued ex penditures of money for construction purposes without some return. This feature oT the investment does not ap pear to bother the men behind the Uni ted Railways, and work has gone on uninterruptedly for many months with but very little comparative return. The Front-street line Is paying a revenue Into the company, for a con siderable amount of switching of freight cars Is done each night, but the sum realized would not by any means pay. the Interest on the big Investment so far made by the company. Private investors usually become discouraged under these circumstances and the In ference, supported by a number of sig nificant circumstances, is that the Hill Interests own the control of the United project and are putting money Into the scheme without stint. Extensive terminals that will be of use not only to the United Railways, but to the present Hill lines as well, have been secured about Guilds Lake. These terminals are now being filled and brought up to the required level for the building of terminal tracks and freight sheds. At the same point a convenient connection could easily be made with the Hill tracks, so that traffic brought from the Tillamook country and from other Oregon points south of Portland could readily be de livered to the transcontinental Hill roads. 'The United Railways route to the Tillamook country and south through the Willamette Valley offers an easy avenue for the Hill roads to open up the whole western half of the state. For obvious reasons, better terms can be made with property-owners for rights of way and Innumerable ad vantages gained by operating under the name of the United Railways than in coming out boldly as the Hill lines. It is believed that within a reasonable time, howevur, the Interest of the St. Paul magnate In the- United Railways project will be made known. HIT Br Till MO KILLED RAYMOND NELSON" STRUCK IX LIMBER YARDS. Coroner Norden Will Investigate Death Following Accident on -Northern Pacific Tracks. Raymond Nelson, 30 years of age, died at St- Vincent's Hospital yesterday afternoon as a result of injuries sus tained at the mills of the North Pacific Lumber Company shortly after noon. He was struck by an ln-coming North ern Pacific train at 1 o'clock and died three hours later after being removed to St. Vincent's Hospital. Nelson was an employe of the lumber mill and was engaged at the time of the accident in wheeling lumber across the railroad tracks, which run through the lumber yards. There were no wit nesses to the accident and It is not known Just how it occurred. , Nelson was struck by the engine and knocked to one side of the track, sus taining a number of broken bones and Internal Injuries. He was removed to the hospital in an ambulance immed iately and died three nours later. Coroner Norden began an investiga tion as soon as the man died and will hold an inquest Monday morning at 10 o'clock. Little has been learned of the man, except that he Is single and has a nephew living in this city. He also Is known to have a brother living In the East. Pioneer Soldier Is Dead. Lieutenant John Stack, s pioneer of WRONG FOOD Causes World of Trouble. If we only realized it, we are the principal cause of our own misfortunes, and eating improper food is a large factor In the make-up. By giving a little thought to the question of what we ought and ought not to eat. we can make things much more pleasant for ourselves and others. "Some time ago I was in the habit of eating buckwheat cakes, sausage, fried potatoes and coffee for breakfast," writes a N. Y. lady. "I was troubled with headache and Indigestion, but thought medicine would relieve me. Finally I saw my mistake and made up my mind that the cause of my trouble was in the food I was eating. "About this time I saw" Grape-Nuts mentioned in our paper, and I began to eat It with cream for breakfast and to drink Posturo Instead of coffee. "I not only found them delicious but they corrected the headache and indi gestion, and I feel like a new person. My mind Is clearer, nerves steady, my step has spring In It, and I feel like ringing all the time." "There's a Reason." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek. Mich. Read "The Road to Well- rille." in pkgs. Ever read the above letterf A lew eae appears from time to time. They are grauine, true, aad full of fcumaa Interest. I QUAINT F URITU1 Is remarkable for its pure lines, its unusual beauty and its perfect con struction. Less massive than the Mission, more comfortable than the Arts and Crafts; this style yields the maximum of comfort, simpli city and durability with the mini- CUT SHOWS FURNITURE BT ROOML mum of cost. A SOLID CARLOAD OF THIS BEAUTIFUL FURNITURE ARRIVED YESTERDAY This completes our already large stock and enables us to make an unrivalled showing of Quaint Furniture for every room. BOOKLETS SHOWING DECORATIVE " SCHEMES IN COLORS SENT ON REQUEST FIFTH and STARK J. G. MACK & GO. FIFTH and STARK Oregon and Washington, died Septem ber 16 at i'ern -af fruit farm, near Hillsboro. Or., where he was visiting his daughter, Mrs. R. S. Alexander, Mr. Stack was a veteran of the Civil War, having served four years as a member of Company I, Twentieth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. , The funeral was held In Portland yesterday at the Cathedral, Rev. Father De Loremler of ficiating. Members of George Wright Post, No. 1, acted a pall' bearers. Mr. Stack was aged 77 years, having "been born in County Waterford, Ireland, May 4, 1831. Interment was i Mount Cal vary Cemetery. Memphis Banker to Speak. John R. Pepper, of Memphis, Tenn., prominent in business and church cir cles in that city, will address the Sun day schools of the Methodist Episcopal Church. South, at HlVj Second street, this mr.rning at 10:30 o'clock and will occupy the pulpit at J.l o'clock. Mr. Pepper Is president of the Union and Planters' Bank and other commercial Institutions of Memphis and has been superintendent of the First Methodist Church for 28 years. Agree on Rate Reduction. BUTTE, . Mont., Sept. 19. The State Railroad Commission has announced that it has perfected an arrangement with the Great Northern by which the recently made reduction In rates on farm products over the Northern Pa cific becomes effective on the Great Northern also. The tariff is a distance one and covers everything but hay, which ia transported under a special com modity tariff. The rate also applies to mixed carloads. Great Britain has the longest oout line of any of the countries of Europe. These Are Grand Piano Days at Eilers "What is a Grand Piano?" we asked one of Portland prominent musi cians ? " ' "What is a Grand Piano?" his man of music and temperament replied. "In the heart of the woods a storm Is raging; trees, centuries old, are the keys; the mighty performer is the wind. Hear the sighs and sobs, the shouts and whispers, the excitement and accentuation, the melancholy, the intense ness and the power, the vibration of agitated branches, of the .sweeping of unseen hands. Is it not a glorious, swelling anthem? Fluttering leaves and little twigs, like grace notes, ripple down. Suddenly all is rest; peace and contentment and quiet; the storm Is over. The magnificent melody ceases. "What this means In Nature that is the grand piano to the mnsinan. A grand piano ah, it is the culmination, the cornucopia of the world's most glorious music. It is the instrument for genius. It thrills and responds and throbs. It glories at the master's touch." "mi 1311 mr ;fc' m liffl m U 1 Should not & Grand Piano, then, develop, not genius, perhaps, but musical ability? Could a student hear a Paderewski, then return to his or her Upright Piano, no matter how good, and feel content? Could a mistress of the home "give up her music" had she once made captive the power of it in a Grand Piano? The Grand Piano is the sovereign of piarios. The Square Piano for the youngster, maybe, who is taking the first initiatory steps. The Upright, always for the home of limited size. But the Grand for the music-room,' the home of art and luxury, the home of the artist-musicians, who live to woo the muse of melody, as only the Grand Piano will permit. Finest Grands and Baby Grands in All the World Now on Special Sale t Eilers Piano House An Exhibit of Greatest Interest to Music Lovers, Artists and Connoisseurs. If you are a lover of the beau tiful we extend to you a cordial invitation to view this week the finest display of Grands and Baby Grands that has ever been made in the great West, not to say America. This is an exhibit extraordi nary; a sale of the very choicest instruments, made by the fore most makers of the world; , a gathering never heretofore at tempted or thought of. Noteworthy iri our present dis play may be mentioned tie fa mous Weber small Grand, and the renowned Chickering Quarter Grand, wonderfully beautiful We ber Art Grands, style "CC," also ' Chicago's magnificent high art product, the Kimball, and numer ous others, in every conceivable style and size. Finished in the choicest and most exclusive woods, used only in highest grade piano-making. ' Something like four carloads of Grand Pianos were secured by us upon an unusually advantageous basis. We, in turn, propose to let our patrons participate in this fortu nate transaction. Now is the time to buy a grand. ' Uprights will be accepted in part payment at fair valuation. If you have a home that ought to have a Grand Piano, you can afford now to secure the ultimate desire of every discriminating musician a Grand at Eilers Piano House, 353 Washington St., at Park.