The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, February 07, 1909, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUNDAY OREGONIAy, FORTEAyP. FEBKCAKY 7, 19Q9. TWO fllLUDR FEET FINE ADDITION TO PORTLAND OFFICE BUILDINGS E T IS ENTERTAINED wmmmmmmmmmm NLUD EMPIRE OFTIMB R ROUGH mm Special Train Brings 218 Folk From Spokane on Way to California. CLOSER RELATIONS FORMED Visitors See Sight of Portland, Are Kntertained at Commercial Club for Lunch and Dinner and Leave Late at Night. i i Portland and the Inland Empire clasped hands yesterday when a spe cial excursion train from Spokane rolled Into the Union Depot, bringing IIS people from the Palouse capital. They are on their way to Southern Cali fornia but stayed a day in Portland to become better acquainted with the peo ple of tills city, their great market. After spending the day viewing the sights of Portland, visiting- friends and transacting business, the excursionists were "given dinner and an Informal re ception last night at the Commercial Club and left at 10:30 on their way south. The travelers will reach Los Angeles in one week and will then re turn to their homes on regular trains at their leisure. The excursion is being run under the special direction of the O. R. & N. and Southern Pacific Companies. W. R. Skee, traveling passenger agent for the former road at Spokane, personally con ducting It. The visitors from the interior are highly representative of the inland country and come from as far east as Medicine Hat, Alberta, and other Brit ish Columbia points. Mayor Cousins, of Medicine Hat. Mayor Moore, of Spo kane, and Mayor Scallon, of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, form a trio of city exe cutives on board the excursion train that represent a wide stretch, of inter ior country that Is tributary to Port land. . Closer Relations Cemented. Closer relations with this whole Northwest were cemented by the re ception to the visitors here yesterday and Portland's trade with this territory will grow in consequence. Since the construction of the Spokane Interna tional. tapping a great district of the Canadian Northwest, Portland has be ne the nearest Pacific port to a wide stretch of country beyond the Canadian border. Upon arrival of the excursion train yesterday morning at 11:20, somewhat behind schedule, the visitors were taken to the Portland Hotel by special trolley cars for luncheon. At 1:30 P. M.. they were taken about the city by special streetcars. Various p.lnts of Interest were visited. Including the Forestry building. Time was given late in the afternoon for the excursionists to pay private calls and attenl to errands of their own. but they gathered at the Commercial Club at .7 P. M. for dinner, which was served in ttt main dining room. Immediately following the din ner, an, Informal reception was held. after which the visitors left for their train. Dr. J. R- Wetherbee. president of the Commercial Club, presided at the recep tion and made a few renarks or wel come. Responses were made by Mayor Moore, of Spokane, and others and Portland guests at the dlnr.er spoke briefly, telling of the close relations existing between the two cities and the desire on Portland's part for further co-operation for building up the Pa cific Northwest. Spokane Chamber at Head. The excursion Is being managed by the Spokane Chamber of Commerce, and L. G. Munroe. secretary of the or ganisation. Is the official head of the party. A pleasant feature of the recptlon at Portland yesterday was the trip of Tom Richardson, manager of the Commer cial Club, and Roger Slnnott, chair man of the reception committee, to Bridal Veil, where they Joined the ex cursionists and welcomed them to Port land. This committee distributed souve nir postals to the visitors and showed them every attention. The special train carrying the excur sionists south Is a handsome one, made up of 13 cars, the equipment being strictly first-class In every way. The water troubles on the main line of the Southern Pacific in California have sub sided so the train will get through on schedule time. Upon leaving the city last night on their way south, the excursionists expressed themselves as pleased with their reception here, the first attention they have been shown since leaving Spokane. The excursion to California from Spokane has gotten to be an an nual event, the one passing through yesterday being the second of these trips. I j3 lis tl fluff St 5iiK ffifcfiLlJ LUWBERAVEN5 BU1LDINC GAT lOMBtRO'9 LUMBERMEN'S BUILDING BEING ERECTED AT FIFTH AND STARK STREETS. On the quarter block at the northwest corner of Fifth and Ankeny. under a 30-year lease to Gay Lom bard from Ma Brady, the Lumbermen's building has reached the sixth story. While the building .is . ulti mately t? be ten stories. Mr. Lombard has decided to have a temoorary roof put on at the present height so thaVthe buHdfne; may he occupied at once. D. C. Lewis, the architect, has therefore instructed the con itort5 rn.h thTfnterior finish of the six stories and expects to have tenant, move in about the first of loril The corner room. 40x60. is to be occupied by the Lumbermens National Bank which instltu Uon lsllso to use considerable space on the second floor. There are to be two "tore, on the F "h-.treet front and one on Stark, with a cafe and barber shop fronting the lightwell space. The first floor Is to be ?infs" ed "n mahogany and the upper floors in slashed grain Oregon fir The floors are to be tiled and the newest 'stylo vacuum heating appliances are to be installed. Present estimates on the cost of the buiM ng the amount at $170 000. The new building is located in a district of the city that is rapidly coming ?. fh- ,1H an office-build ng centner being Just a block distant from some of the principal structures of thircharacter In the city, notably the ' WelU-Fargo. Commercial Club. Couch, Rothchlld. Chamber of Com merce and Board of Trade. Sigma Alpha Epsilon, a newly char tered organization of tne fraternity, i.u vrv onlnv&bla banquet Friday evening In the Commercial Club dining rooms. The 20 members, representing 15 different colleges and universities, responded to toasts and gave many in teresting remlninisences C. II. Kable was elected president of the association and A. D. Wakeman, secretary .uu treasurer. Arrangements were made for Founder's Day banqueti on March 9. CIVL WAR VETERAN DIES Merle S. Brown Was Member of Il linois Infantry. Meric Sidney Brown, who died at his home at Nashville, this city, January 24, was born in Providence, R. L, April 14. 1S41. In 1860. though a very young man. he enlisted in Company D, Ninety third Regiment. Illinois Volunteer In fantry, and served three years. At the battle of Gettysburg, while guarding a I. t ; STT j ''' :: X v K : ! V J I: I : '''"'11' I The Late Merle S. Browa i i News Notes of West Side High School cannon, an- explosion occurred whicn rendered him totally deaf. Mr. Brown was married in 1864. His wife died In 1890. leaving a son. Mursay Brown, of Seaside, Or., and a daughter. Mrs. Van Berden. of St. Paul. In 1S94 Mr. Brown married Miss Anna M. Davis, of Omaha, who survives him. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic Oddfellow, and Knights of Pythias. He was burled in iiujuioman tomoi" last Wednesday. COMMENCEMENT week lias .Deen a busy one, for the February class activities began a week ago Friday tilth the class party at the Portland MoiE-hts Club in the afternoon, and the dance given by the Junior class at Mur- lark Hall In the evening. These resuvi- tt were followed by the Tologelon ban quet Tuesday evening at the Portland Hotel. Tnls junction, given in huhui the retiring members, is a semi-annual affair. Tuesday's occasion was as enjoyable as any In the long series of similar events for the past ten years. The decorations were In cardinal, the school colors. In addition to the guests of honor. Harold Wahlberg and Cecil Altman, and the entire membership of the society, there were present as Invited guests several prominent Tolos of past classee and sev eral members cf the faculty. After dis cussing a bountiful collation, the ban queters turned to toastmaking. Walker Peddicord, vice-president, was master of the feast. His address of welcome seemed to strike the right chord, for there fol lowed a series of speeches that would have been a credit to far older heads. Harold Wahlberg. president of the Feb ruary cliiss, responded to tho toast of welcome. Ray Steel, of the class of 1900, who organized the Tologrlons away back in the '90s, spoke in a reminiscent strain. tl niinorl hv Mptisru. Beatty. Bur- ney and Hanlon, all past leaders In the society. Everett Peterson spoKe tor nio . 1. 1 . .... Vurl Thnmns aDired to the i. .i. . art onH l rl t ' (1 the future of the Tolos. Herbert Stott toasted the "co-eds"; Oscar Hougen, the new mem bers. - ,t,. rar ftf t H rt f A ("1 1 1 f V . MeSSrS. Davis, Blttner and McKlnley reflected in their addresses the goodtellowsnip tnai tho sssemblase. Then Cecil Altman, In a witty fashion, summed up all the toasts or tne evening in a. iu5i , ,. A Itn a Viator At a lat llOUT the banaucters sepirated, after singing . a m.T-ia" nnd divine the "Oskl-wa-wa. Commencement exercises were Jield Wednesday evening. An account ap peared In The Oregonian of the day fol lowing. Thursday afternoon, at Judith Bern stein's, on Overton street, the Phllolexl cons gave their stated function in honor of the graduating members. Of late vears the entertainment has taken the form of a play. This time a farce was given entitled "The Obstinate Family." Miss MacConnell put the play on. Through the kindness of Mr. Bernstein the parlors were fitted up as a miniature playhouse. The characters of the play, divided Into three sets of couples, butler and maid, bride and groom, and fond .t. TVw nlnt hinces upon the at tempt of the male members' of the couples to compel ineir correnponuniS Monarch Lumber Company to Build Railroad Into Wash ington County Forest. BRING LOGS TO PORTLAND partners to repeat after them some silly phrase. This the obstreperous women re- r.i.o tn rto with the result mat me nrhsii., TiAiiuhAlrl In nnnn at loeeerneads As becomes a honeymoon, however, this tempest in a teapot soon resolves itseii In), a "aim tt HniVlfRtln felicity. The assignment of the parts provea ninut roiiniTniiR. Ada mav dikkci twa tho hntlor'a nRrt like life. Carolyn Friend i,. a maid wor "ton cute for anything." Kerren Davis as groom caugnt tne air and step of a man as one rarely sees it i. ..n-ati.,,,. thoati-ifAlfl Judith Bernstein played well the part of the bride, dis solving in tears, naizaoetn wnivnesey n-as the benienant father. Bonner Heth- erlngton. the mother, looked as though she had Just stepped out 01 a picture. In addition to the play, the party was entertained with 4nusic by Addie Bowie and Katherine Tyler. The Latin class was entertainea rTiaay a,raninr at th home of Mips Larrabee. n fivprton street. The bovs gave the interlude from "Midsummer Night's Dream." Luke Rader took the part of Bottom, Lester Proebstel, Thlsbe; Carl Kgk.nn imnprRnnated Wall: Arnold Kel- lnr Moon, and Harold Wahlberg, the Lion. The boys entered into their parts n.itv, ot uinRtratlnir the eternal freRh- ness of Shakespeare's wit. The girls, for their part, impersonated famous women 4 itK.atnM Tho fir nrtiKts ran down l 1 1 l HI"" - the gamut of time, choosing here and l here a heroine from Helen to Maud 1 1 Tho rtnss Cardinal aoDeared Wednes rinv ITnnretentious in appearance, it maintains a high standard of quality. The cover design, a graduate's diploma. Is the work of Oscar Haugen. The half tones, including cuts of the class mem bers, staff, societies and teams, are un usually clear. In looking over the class records and scanning the group pictures one is struck with the prominence that the members of the outgoing class has attained in school affairs. The class features of the issue, such as the history, prophecy and "Without Prejudice," show that the staff has tried for some measure of originality. Nellie Hemmenway. as class poet, makes her debut in that line, of literature. A special feature is a story, "The Vibrant Chord," by Jennie Donnell. But the germ of the issue Is a poem, "To a Pussy Willow," signed C. G. R- The success of the num ber is due to the untiring efforts' of the staff, with the help of Miss Moore. In token of this helpfulness the class has dedicated the number to Miss Moore. The staff consisted of Lucile Davis, editor-in-chief; Cecil Miller, associate edi tor; Cecil Altman, business manager; Hilda Brandt and Will Rpss, associate business managers. The basketball team has defeated the teams from the East Side High and Allen Preparatory School. It will play the third number in the series the 9th Instant with the P. A. team at tne acad emy gymnasium. The team has been fortunate In securing the services of Dick Hathaway. U. of O.. '08 Mr. Hath-.- nioverl three vears' on the varsity trnm. being cantaln one year. He Is the peer or any coacn in vregun. Two Immense Tracts of Standing Fir Purchased at Cost of $1,050, 000 Corporation Xow' Be ing Perfected In East. Annroxlmatinc 2.000.000.000 feet of logs now standing timber in the forests of Washington County, will be brougnt to Portland and converted into merchant able lumber. The acquisition of the tracts is an as- -w) ei.rnrHinir to WPll aUthenti- t.,,i Hnnrtn frnm Interested narties in the deal. Not only has the timber land been secured, but It Is pan oi tne pian to build a line of standard gauge rall- e tv,A Hmhnp holt tn pnnnect with the Southern Pacific at a point near Gas ton, a distance of about mnes. The two tracts secured are known as ti a.kra.lAp q ti H KimnRon Tirooerties. Transfer of the Simpson tract involves a consideration of about $500,000 and that m .u ..v. - -i ji vwi The comnanv Ul CIlO tMitausi - - " concerned in this big purchase is the Monarch Lumber company, oi wiimu W. David is the head. Ground has been v..i.- i4llr.1Tir tho TTninn Meat Com pany's holdings on the Peninsula and a temporary sawmill is to De erected tnero- t inmhor fnrn nlant that will be the largest one on the Pacific Coast when completed- It js understood by tnose in ciose wuuu .!. ... ,nto.TMMo timt tho Swifts have enoTi.iaiiir interested In the pro- 1ect and that L. C. Menefee also has L.on a larirA Rhare In tne new enter prise. Mr. Menefee was for many years engaged in the lumber business in Texas, ,i nKn,,t i Ti-n vonro nen came to urtKuii and has Invested heavily in timber 'lands i . u nn v, ( c- ,ni ti ofrTmnt and In partner ship with capitalists of his former home state. He Dougnt several bilks mi land Heights and erected a residence there. Representatives Now in East. it. T-,,.t o ti.1 .Qtino jb- Rrtlcher. the latter representing the Falls City Lum ber Company, are at present In the East, ....... n KlTT In T MO iniPrPHI fll LIIO 11C W company. Just what can be announced relative to the organization of the com pany and its capital stock will not be known until the return of these men to Portland. Timber In the older districts of the East is approaching the limit of elimina iir. r,- uttio la left available for the .,', ,f.it,,T-.x nf huilriine lumber. Some of the former big mills are either shut down or are now employed in maiiing lath and such like srr.all stuff, The im- i n,.Ata of Drpfrnn. as a result, are intrust; ivji t...-j . . . being looked upon with covetous eyes by the lumber manufacturers of the East and South, and tracts of timber are being hnneht ud rapidly by these manufac- Values of timber lands as a consequence nor,o!ticr lrvir instance, the Schrader tract a fev years ago was held at 1140,000 and sold later at $165,000: In the last deal the figure is given as $550,000. History of Railroad Project, The railroad project that Is to be un dertaken by the new company is a con summation of a projected road recom mended years ago by engineers who sur veyed several routes across tho moun tains of Middle Washington County in an -j 1.. iTinat'a tho oattfpRt route to Til lamook Bay. Last June while in Chicago R. A. Caples, recently appointed private tocretary by Senator-elect Chamberlain, ii.... ,-tI of tho Rnrvev in the mountains that had been made for the Weyerhaeuser interests. This survey was supposed to have been made to open the Schrader ' . tl. Ponlua nlan IpnTHPl that the LI ill U- Jll. v !i 1 ' " engineers discovered a pass that would lead to Trask River, where a water grade . m; iiT.mTui.fi taronlrl ho nrovided. and IU IHIOUIUUT. which could be reached on a 1 per cent grade if two tunnels were construuieu. Upon his return to Portland Mr. Caples 1,0 i.rv tho flolH notes of the survey and then set about to secure the right of way along tne line or tne survey.- no then organized and Incorporated the Ore- tflllonTl Dailrnorl Jinri It is this light of way that the lumbermen have taken over and the road Is to De duik as uuun . V. .i ... TiomnnnV tr.lt SI Into ShaDC The location of the mill plant on the Peninsula will provide water transporta- tlnn " well St fill net on three railroad lines. Logs are to be brought over the new road into the timber belt, a ais tance of about 23 miles, to the Southern Pacific which will haul to the Steel bridge and then on the tracks or me u. n. oc to the mill site. Charity Would Slake Grab. OT1W YORK, Feb. 6. Cltisens of New York who are to receive rebates from the Consolidated Gas Company which . -1 -1 V.. - T. ftmrl nf Tlpnrlv S12.000.- niuoi u'"i' i - - 000 wtiich has been held in trust, pending mm I JEWELRY L-r-.vsa 11 no m A bit of for a Valentine is very appropriate The real spirit of St. Valentine's Day is carried out in the giving of some article of Jewelry to commemo rate it. Every year our Valentine Jewelry trade has shown a marked increase over the year before. This year we are better prepared than ever before to show you a fine assortment of inexpensive jewelry ar ticles, that, for Valentine souvenirs, cannot be excelled in the city. Next Sunday is St. Valentine's Day. Call and see our catchy line of jewelry suitable for Valentine souvenirs. litigation of the 80-cent law are asked to contribute their remittances to char ity An appeal to this effect has been Issued bv the Charity Organization So cieties committee on the prevention of tuberculosis. After pointing out that the money in question is money that a ma jority of persons did not expect to re ceive, and therefore can readily do with out, the appeal conciuaeB. "With a fund oi sunicieni a. -foundation yielding a considerable an nual revenue. It will be possible In a T. T-n.a to imnlptplv eradicate -yyj-y J ) 1, J 1 i. T . -t ----- i this disease, saving thousands of lives to the city every year. FUNERAL OF ANTON MOE Obsequies Tomorrow of Man Shot by Saloonkeeper Goodager. The funeral of Anton Moe will be conducted at Dunning, McEntee & GI1- . L i Til TTiTiiTir r-Tl w H t 2:30 P. M. Daugn a iriiM-irtii tt...iT. . V , . . Moe lost his life from a pistol shot at the hands of Hans Goods srer at 51 North Third street, last Thursday night Friends of the dead man say the shoot ing was the result of a misunderstand ing between the two men, and also say that Moe was popular with his associ ates at Clifton, Or., where he had been employed regularly for the last five vears In evidence of the regard they had for him in life. 100 of his fellow workmen from Clifton and other places will attend the funeral. Cooley Gets Good Offer. CHICAGO, Feb. 6. It is reported that the trip to Boston of Bdwin G. Cooley. Chicago's Superintendent of Schools, was caused by an offer of a remunerative po sition with a publishing company. Mr. Cooley left here last Monday, going first to New York. There he was met by rep resentatives of the company, and after ward went to Boston, where the book concern has its general offices. The offer Is said to exceed by several thousand dollars Mr. Cooley's present salary of $10,000 a year. It Is not known that he has accepted it. So Record of Death. PORTLAND, Feb. 4. (To the Edi tor.) Will you kindly Inform me through the columns of the paper where Hildach, the composer, was born and when, and if he Is still living? A SUBSCRIBER. Born at Wittenberg, on the Elbe, Ger many, November 20, 1849. Records at public library make no mention of his death, so he is probably living at the present time. CARD OF THANKS. We extend our"" heartfelt thanks to George Wright Post, Women s Kellef Corpf. Ladies of the G. A- J,d,f8 the Maccabees, and friends for their sympathy and kindness in our late be reavement. ,n .U,TT MRS. J. VV tt L'jtIjEt I Ai"- J -mi.. PUCES MUCH SOUGHT HOT SCRAMBLE FOR JUDICIARY COMMITTER North western Senators Among Thoe Who Aspire to Serve as Member of This Committee. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Feb. 4. There's a lively scrap going on under cover In the United States Senate over the four vacancies that will be created on the judiciary committee on March 4. Somehow or other every lawyer who enters the Sen ate feels that he ought to be made a member of this committee, ana annum, without exception the lawyers make a grab for vacancies as they occur. This year there will be an unusually large number of vacancies, due to the retire ment of Senators Foraker, Klttredge, Fulton and Knox, and the fight is ac cordingly spirited. Among the anplrants for these places are Senators Heyburn and Borah of . Idaho, Sutherland of Utah. Carter of Montana, and Dixon and Piles of Wash ington. All are lawyers, and all have hopes of getting on this much, coveted committee. But in view of the fart that Senator Clark, of Wyoming. Is chairman of this committee, and Nelson of Minnesota is also a member, the probabilities are that but one or. at the outside, two Western men will gather In the plums. Senator Heyburn is most persistent in pushing himself for a place on the judiciary committee, claiming seniority over his colleague, and demanding the place if it is accorded to Idaho. The very fact that the Idaho Senators are both candidates is likely to keep both off the committee. The same Is true of the Montana Senators, and Piles of Washington, being a member of the committee on commerce, stands little show of getting on Judiciary. . . 1 1 1 ... .1 1... . nolnt tA 1 ne prestjiiL iuiai.-a.i.iiTiiT, iT...- i Sutherland of Utah as the lucky man If only one Westerner is recognized. If a second is to go on the committee It would be impossible at this time to pick him out. Only this is known: Heyburn is making the most persistent fight, though as yet it does not appear thar he is making much headway. Cannot rroliibit Short Guns. MONTGOMERY. Ala., Feb. 6. The Ala bama law which prohibits the carrying of a pistol less than 24 Inches in length was declared unconstitutional by the State Su preme Court yesterday, the opinion re versing a recent opinion declared by ths same court. The law applied to officer of law as well as to civilians. I . 1 . T I rTlHUW. f : . ... 1 - li.i. TlT trio I Alumni traieru,., was turlea Multnomah Cemetery tempt ' r t nv coach in Oregon. The Portland Alumnr Association of hast Wednesday. coup.e. u, compe, t..e,r - . ' ' SPOKANE EXCURSIONISTS TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SPEND DAY IN PORTLAND j rs..,. mlM,M..-i i. uu 1 : "y ' - -It a.: .-; ... 4. 'Jt? If: r T r' is s ( r- :f'- (l ; 7 - i t- x 11 y-Tlr-TTTl 1- TRAILERS FROM INLAND EMPIRE WHO WERE ENTERTAINED AT COMMERCIAL CLIB.