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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JTJNF
1909.
BOSE FESTIVAL II
: GREAT TRIUMPH
COUNT-WELL ALONG
PRESIDENT OF ROSE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION, WHO BROUGHT
THE BIG UNDERTAKING TO A SUCCESSFUL CLOSE.
Official Results Known on 20
Initiative Bills.
Portland Gives a "Hundred
. Thousand Dollar" Show
' for $34,000.
CHARTER IS HARDEST HIT
: 1 - s
1MANY LIBERAL DONATIONS
President Hoyt Reviews the Great
i( I'ndertaking and Lays Stress
rpon Valuable Publicity
Secured for the City.
mCW ORLEANS MAN. WHO HAS
SEEJf EVERY HARDI OKAS,
CON ii KA II HTKS rOBT
LAND. PORTLAND. June 12. (To the Ed-
Itor. r am a stranger in your city,
having- arrived here May IT. My homa
la New Orleans, having lived there
for 22 years, and I have witnessed
every carnival or "Mardl Gras" dur
ing thnt time, except cr.e which was
last February. I feel that I am
competent to Judge carnival parades,
as I am from the carnival city, which
has no equal In the Vnlted States.
1 wish to congratulate the progress
ive cltliens of Portland on their dif
ferent parades during the Rose Fes
tival this week. They were all good,
and reflect credit on the promoters.
It "shows conclusively there Is some
"ginger" In Portland. . Again I con
gratulate the citizens.
JOHN E. PENN.
Portland's third annual Rose Festival,
which passed into history last night!
proved a week of triumph for those who
designed and carried It out, for its
achievements stand without a parallel
among public endeavors of like character
In the West.
The wonder of It all Is (hat the hun
flrews of thousands who witnessed the
Korgeous spectacles were willing; to ac-
eept the frequently heard statement that
It was a 100,000 show." while as a mat
ter of fact President Ralph AV. Hoyt, in
a moment of retrospection, last night an
J)ouned that the total amount of money
subscribed for the celebration was a trine
below JS4.000. The Festival Association
will not face a deficit, says Mr. Hoyt, If
all subscriptions are collected.
Aside from arranging and carrying out
the elaborate programme of Festival
events, the organization contributed sub
stantially to the success of the Rose
Show, fo the East Side celebration and to
a number of other events which helped
to round out the bill.
Gifts Kept Down Cost.
"If we had been obliged to pay for
everything." said President Hoyt last
night, "we could not have given the show
we did for a cent under .$100,000. but the
public confidence shown and the support
Iven to the management made it pos
sible to plan and consummate a week of
entertainment for such a surprisingly low
figure. And for this the Festival has a
number of loyal-hearted organizations to
thank. These include clubs, bodies, orders
and societies which pitched in with lusty
nod-will to assist in making a Buccess of
the stupendous undertaking.
"I feel certain that this Festival has
proved a powerful Instrument of exploita
tion. The publicity which our own local
Tress haa given it stands as a monument
to the public oplrltedness of the Portland
newspapers. The Associated Press and
other news agencies have been staunch
Jrlends of the Festival. The great trans
continental railroad systems not only
rave freely of money, but it is a posi
tive fact that if we had undertaken to
purchase at advertising rates the Na
tional and International publicity which
these roads have given us gratis it would
Have cost us hundreds of thousands of
xlollars. if. indeed, we could have reached
uch avenues of exploitation at all.
, Northwest Press Thanked.
' .''The entlra nrnan nf t vri .
' KuiuiwtjHL ex
pended us courtesies which wo could
oarcely hope for. yet it was done with
a royal good-will and unstintedly. We
Inaugurated a system of publicity which
-wee extremely effective, and one which
put us under no financial obligations
whatever. We kept in closest touch with
any and all of our citizens who planned
trips throughout the East or to foreign
lands during the year: we gave them of
ficial credentials of the Festival, named
them as ambassadors for our celebration
supplied them with an abundance of lit
erature and the result was that we had
throughout a greater part of the civilized
world an active working force that made
the Portland Rose Festival known every
where and furnished us with an Infinite
variety of helpful suggestions from sim
ilar celebrations the world over.
"It was no small achievement to bring
tiere tTie officers of the Japanese cruiser
squadron, for Portland was the only city
visited by them where they did not moor
their ships. The Pacific Coast tour of
the Chicago Association of Commerce
was timed so that these Industrial chiefs
financiers and merchant kings could be
In Portland during the Rose Festival
Other distinguished bodies of men and
Individuals were brought here for our
celebration.
Few Stood Purse Burden.
"The response of the public to our
appeal for funds was good so far as
It went, hut it was by no means uni
versal. The burden was borne by a
Very few. comparatively speaking. I
would suggest that some plan be de
vised for next year's Festival whereby
the financial assistance be divided more
generally.
"As a part of our equipment for ef
fective endeavor we secured the serv
ices of sculptors, designers and float
builders, who for years have done the
work for the New Orleans Mardi Gras
and for the "Veiled Prophet" at St.
Louis. Indicating that Portland had the
best talent to be had in America. The
electrical pr-ratj bespeak this. As
another bin. .or the future I would
suggest thai n Breat Industrial parade
be arranged, which will give the large
! mercantile and other concerns an op.
portunity to display the evidences of
I their enterprise and industry.
' "Boundless credit must be given the
I many cities and towns of the North
. west which built and entered floats
I for the -i-plrit of the Golden West' pro-
cession. There were some complaints
, as to the routing of the various pa
rades, but it would not be reasonable to
expect no criticism would be made. Last
, year any number of complaints were
, made by the public because the street-
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ing; the parades that they were unable
to sret down town to witness the pag
eants. We had only one thought In
mind In mapping; out the routes this
year, and that traa tka convenience
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RAIJPH W. HOVT.
The success of the Portland Rose Festival is due in a large measure to
Ralph W. Hoyt, president of the Portland Rose Festival Association. Mr.
Hoyt. himself, would no doubt enter a modest disclaimer to -this statement and
give the credit to his loyal associates. The fact is nevertheless that the great '
success of the present Festival is due to Mr. Hoyt's executive ability and tire
less energy. Mr. Hoyt is a busy man and has served the Rose Festival Asso
ciation for almost an entire year gratuitously and at . a sacrifice of both time
and money. The presidency of the association is not a bed of roses. Ml".
Hoyt's patience, tact and diplomacy have been severely tested at times and
his only reward Is the satisfaction that the big undertaking has come to a
close amid the applause of the citizens of Portland and thousands of visitors.
and accommodation of the public. We
worked out our lines of march with
the street railway company, which gave
us by all odds the largest individual
contribution and assisted us In a mul
titude of ways. It was deemed best,
therefore, to consult with the streetcar
officials in the matter of routes, so that
the service be not crippled any more
than was necessary, and we feel that
the public will approve of what we did
in this respect, for certainly no other
celebration of any size has ever been
carried out with freer movement of
passenger traffic.
Traffic Veins Free.
"This was brought about by keeping
open all leading arteries of traffic and
by keeping clear all prominent central
transfer points. At the same time we
instructed all clubs which had any part
in handling parades to see that their
processions passed the greatest possi
ble number of business houses.
"Another point that should be men
tioned is the Intrinsic value of such
features as the electrical pageants and
the 'Spirit of the Golden West' parade.
They are not dependent upon the un
certainty of the rose season. It so
happened that the weather and the
rose season coincided ideally, but that
may not occur again, and that is why
we laid so much stress on bringing to
perfection the finest illuminated pa
rades of the week.
"It will be impossible for us to thank
personally or by letter all, persons and
organizations, who assisted in' making
the Festival so great a success .this
year, so I hope they will accept this
as an acknowledgment of our deep and
sincere gratitude to them for what they
did. The celebration this year shows
that the possibilities of the Festival
Idea are absolutely unlimited, that big
ger and better celebrations can be giv
en from year to year, and this is the
high aim that Portland should always
have. It is not all sentiment, for in its
largest significance the Festival has a
great, almost immeasurable, value in
upbuilding our city. And I would like
to say that the loyalty and support
of the people of Portland have been a
constant source of inspiration in all
that the Festival management has un
dertaken. Without this we should have
failed,"
WOMAN THIEF PARDONED
Governor Benson Frees Mrs. Emma
Skiddy, County Jail Prisoner.
Mrs. Emma Skiddy, serving a five
months' sentence In the County Jail for
larceny, was pardoned by Governor Ben
son yesterday. Mrs. Skiddy was arrested
more than two months ago with Gladys
Frazier for stealing 190 from a man in an
automobile. They were each given one
year in the Municipal Court. Mrs. Skiddy
appealed her case to the Circuit Court,
where the sentence was reduced to five
months. She then enlisted the aid of
friends to obtain a pardon.
STOLEN JEWELS RECOVERED
I-oot From Nevada Store Found Bur
led Near Lonely Tree.
ELY, Nev., June 12. The diamonds
and other precious stones valued at
11500 which were stolen two weeks
ago from Clark & Linskog's Jewelry
store by men who tunneled under the
building have been recovered. They
were found inclosed in a canvas sack
and buried near a tree in Murray Can
yon, about 10 miles from this city.
William Hussey and C. Larson are un
der arrest on suspicion of having been
connected with the robbery.
Better Car Service to Oregon Electric
People.
The Portland Railway, Light & Power
Company has placed cars in service to
run from the west entrance of the old
Madison-street bridge, on Front and
Madiifbn streets, to First and Burnside
streets. The signs on these cars will
read "Oregon Electric Railway Depot."
This new service will be greatly appre
ciated by patrons of the electric, line
as it will bring car service within one
block of the Front and Jefferson-street
depot- Passengers boarding these cars
at Front and Madison streets will be
transferred to any line in the city.
Invitations Out for Recital.
William Wallace Graham, the well
known violinist, is sending out invita
tions for a recital to be given at the First
Presbyterian Church the night of June 30
when Ward Alden. one of his pupils of
exceptional promise, will be presented. A
number of Portland musicians will assist.
NEW SERVICE SOON
Harriman Lines Preparing to
Enter Seattle.
SETTLE GATEWAY QUESTION
With Present Facilities Travelers
Will Have Choice of Six Trains
Daily Between Portland and
Sound Metropolis,
Details for the new Union Pacific and
Southern Pacific service between Seattle
and Portland are now being worked out
and it is expected by local railroad men
that a definite announcement will be
issued within a short time.
At the O. R. & N. general offices It
was stated yesterday that it was expected
the new trains would be put on the Se
attle run soon after the inauguration of
the Portland-San Francisco limited serv
ice. While nothing definite is known at
this time it is believed probable that the
Shasta Limited will be running through
t0TtUf early ln July 1f not sooner.
If this is decided upon the Southern Pa
cific train would leave here for Seattle
about 10 P. M. and arrive in Seattle in the
early morning. Returning it would leave
Seattle about 10 A. M.. arrive in Portland
about 5 P. M. and leave for San Francisco
, M" The flrBt Shasta Limited train
will leave Portland June 22 and San Fran
cisco two days earlier. .
It is also expected that one of the
Lnlon Pacific trains will run through to
Seattle, but nothing whatever, is yet
known in Portland as to this schedule.
The inauguration of this new service
will settle the Portland gateway contro
versy without the intervention of the
courts. It is believed in the local rail
road world that the Northern Pacific will
not press the injunction proceedings in
stituted by it and which are now holding
up the Interstate Commerce Commission
order opening thegateway.
Unless the placing of two Harriman
trains on the Portland-Seattle run causes
the Northern Pacific to reducets service
which is not looked upon as probable'
the new service will give travelers the
choice of six trains each way daily be
tween the two cities. The Northern Paci
fic is now running four trains each way
daily and all. are said to be doing a heavy
business.
It was definitely stated yesterday that
the putting on of the Southern Pacific and
Union Pacific trains would not be with
held pending the double tracking of the
road, but would take place early this Sum
mer.. Corey Is Recovering.
PALAISEATJ. France. June 12. William
E. Corey, president of the United States
Steel Corporation, who was injured in an
automobile accident near here Thursday
was able to leave his room today. m'
Godllleau. the; manager of Mr. Corey's
French estate, who was also injured in
the accident, has shown great improve
ment. v
Anglers
EAT
Grape-Nuts
It Helps Patience
"There's a Reason"
Measure Making It Easy to Dis
charge Inefficient Civil Service
Employes Is Carried by
Decisive Majority.
AUDITOR'S COUNT PROVES AC
CURACY OF OREGOXIAN'S
ELECTIOS FIGURES.
Official count of the votes cast for
Mayor last Monday show that Joseph
Simon, Republican, received a total
of 8966. This is a majority for him
of 181 votes over the votes of his
opponents combined. This illus
trates to a nicety the exceptionally
accurate figures compiled by The
Oregonlan through Its system of elec
tion returns. Tuesday night at 9
o'clock The Oregonlan's count was
completed and gave Simon a majority
of 174 votes only seven votes dif
ferent than the official count, com
pleted yesterday by City Auditor
Barbur. when it is understood that
these figures have to be gathered
from DO precincts, and that there was
an unusually long and complicated
ballot this year. It will be seen that
The Oregonlan's count was remark
ably accurate.
City Auditor Barbur's force yester
day morning completed the count of
the vote on 20 amendments and ordi
nances proposed at last Monday's elec
tion. Of all the propositions checked
up the commission plan of city govern
ment fared worst. It was literally
"snowed under." Nearly all of the pro
posed amendments were beaten, includ
ing one to- abolish the Park, Water and
Health Boards.
The proposed amendment placing the
burden of proof on discharged employes
under the classified civil service lists
was carried by a good majority. This is
considered to be an excellent improve
ment over the present system, as it
has been next to impossible to dispose
of incompetents in the city service. It
is frequently very difficult to prove
cases in a formal trial, when it is a
matter of common knowledge that an
accused employe should be dismissed.
While the power to discharge for in
competency is now giv.n to department
heads, the rules for enteringVhe serv
ice are equally stringent, and no fa
voritism can be shown, it is declared
by those who believe in civil service
reform.
The official count on the measures Is
as follows:
Commission charter Tes, 4069, no 10,670.
Alternative amendment providing for pay
ment of cost of installing water mains out
of the water fund Yes 7927. no 6825. (This
s ineffective, because It depended upon the
adoption of the charter. .
City advertising Yes 6469. no 9023.
Creating office of electrical Inspector,
etc. Yes 6543. no 8466
Compelling franchise holders to make reg
ular report Yes 10,382, no 4444.
Women's auxiliary to the police depart
ment Yes 8048. no 7017.
Purchase of bonded warrants Yes 6853.
no 8687.
Authorizing deposits of city funds in
banks capitalized at 160,000 and more Yes
7340, no 6983.
Deposit of surplus city funds on receipt of
Indemnity bonds Yes 6401. no 6471.
Excluding certain officials from the civil
service rules Yes 66T7, no 8464.
Enabling heads of departments to dis
charge for cause employes appointed under
civil service Yes 8461. no 6277.
Authorizing the appointment of a deputy
clerk for police court Yes 5392. no 9198
Making Auditor clerk of velwers' commit
tee Yes 9112, no 5171.
Authorizing Auditor to withhold warrants
Yes 8664, no 6346.
Rededicatlon of streets Yes T553, no
5845.
Providing that when Council shall have
provided for street improvement the city
shall be deemed to have appropriated earth
above street grade within street lines Yes
7549, no 6653.
Providing for bonding of assessments for
sewers Yes 7892. no 6005.
Providing for increase of rate of Interest
to be charged for delinquent assessments
Yes 4011. no 9950.
Providing that acceptance of improve
ments by city shall be conclusive proof that
same Is done acording to plans Yes 6419.
no 6750. .
Providing for abolition of boards Yes
6411, no 8108.
DENIES DYNAMITE PLOT
C. C. Vaughn Accused by Wife of In
tention to Destroy Rival's Ofrice.
C. C. Vaughn, real estate dealer, who
was arrested Wednesday night for hit-
Bring Your Eye Trou
bles to Experienced
Men if You Want the
Best Service
Thompson has been fitting: glasses
for over eighteen yeari His extensive
: --- .uunLijf iias Deen
supplemented by European travel and
GtllflV in ia 1 ao I I n t i
ye clinics oi L,on-
don. Paris, Berlin and Vienna, advan-
t R 12" PS thnt a CO flaniail V.A n
practitioner. The success attending
ciiuiu. iu iniroaucing tne latest
and most Improved" method of sight
testing has been phenomenal.
Over 20.000 people In Portland and
vicinity are now wearing Thompson's
Kinases nnd constantly sending; him
their relatives and friends. One charge
covers entire cost of examination,
glasses, frames.
THOMPSON
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Fifth and Morrison
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WHEN YOU
ting Robert rtunklo with a grasplpe and
rearrested on complaint of Dunkle on a
charge of assault with intent to kill,
denied during his preliminary examina
tion in the Municipal Court yesterday
morning that he bought dynamite to blow
up the offices of rival realty dealers at
Fairview, where he is Interested.
Vaughn's wife declared she discovered the
explosive under the sidewalk and stowed
it away in the basement. Instructions
The Canadian Bank of Commerce
HEAD OFFICE: TORONTO. CANADA
PORTLAND BRANCH
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
Accounts may be opened in the name of two
people payable to either of them or the sur
vivor. Interest allowed on the undisturbed
monthly balance.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE bought and sold.
DRAFTS ISSUED payable in all principal
cities of the world.
A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED
F. C. MALPAS, Manager Portland Branch
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have been given Fire Chief Campbell to
take charge of the dynamite.
Vaughn was bound over to the grand
jury on the assault charge under 11000
bonds, which he was unable to furnish.
Wallowa Boosters Boost.
"WALLOWA. Or., June li (Special.)
.mo vv tmu v a. Booster umo nas ordered
5000 pamphlets descrintivA of thin viointtw
for distribution in exploiting the resources
itue virinuy.
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SYNOPSIS OF THE ANNUAL STATE--MENT
OF THE
GERMAN AMERICAN
. INSURANCE
COMPANY
of New York, in the State of New York,
on the 31st day of December, 1906, made
to the Insurance Commissioner of the
State of Oregon, pursuant to law:
Capital. .
Amount of capital paid up In
cash ; 1,600.000.00
Income.
Premiums received during
the year in cash $ 6.838,7808
Interest, dividends and rents '
received during ttie year.. 678,462.94
Income from other sources
received during the year .. 8,129.79
Total income $ 7,423,373.61
Disbursements
(Losses paid during the year. 3.8U.2SS.51
Dividends paid during the
year on capital stock 460,000.00
Commissions and salaries
paid during the year...... 1.862.0S6.1
Taxes, licenses and fees paid
during the year 155.466.71
Amount of all other ezpendl-
tures 463,131.53
Total expenditure's 6.731.939.93
Assets.
Value of real estate owned. 1,660,133.51
Value of stock and bonds
owned 11,035,381.00
Loans and mortgages and
collateral, etc 206,071.43
Cash in banks and on hand. 1.169,045.32
Total admitted assets 14,797,077.83
Liabilities.
Gross claims for losses un-
Pa'd 610,044.a4
Amount of unearned prem
iums on all outstanding
risks 6,696,709.48
Due for commission and
brokerage 41.715.30.
All other liabilities 482,254.58
Total liabilities $ 7,829,724.20
Total insurance in force De
cember 31, 1908 M.284.581.944.0G
Business in. Oregon for the Year.
Total risks written during
the year $ 5,152,592.00
Gross premiums received
during the year 106.078.41
Premiums returned during
the year 22.9fe.65
Losses paid during the year 38,813.30
Losses incurred during the
year 41.940.30
Total amount of risks out
standing in Oregon De
cember 31, 1908 6,782,640.20
GERMAN AMERICAN INSUR
ANCE COMPANY
OF NEW YORK
By WILLIAM N. KRAMER, President.
Resident General Agent "W. Harvey
wells, 636 Chamber of Commerce, Port
land, Oregon.
Portland Agents Harvey O' Bryan, 602
aicn.ay .Biag. ; jrruanomme at wells, 636
Chamber of Commerce BIdg.
JAHN
LADIES' BATHS
All kinds given under trained nurse.
STEW MASONIC TEMPLE,
384 Yamhill St.
Phones Main 6174, A 8544.
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