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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 22, 1909)
.-.-..-5: TIIE STTXDAr OREGOXIAN. rORTLAyit AUGUST 22, 1909 Mateel Howe at the Seattle Fair WIEN- Oregonlans visit the Fair at Seattle they very naturally make a ?peclal effort to see their own rtate'bulldlng. and as I am an adopted Oregonlan. I. of course, -went to the Ore gon building- aa soon as possible not that It requires any special effort to see the building, aa It la very centrally located, and one could hardly avoid seeing it even If one tried. It Is on Nome. Circle and di rectly across from the Forestry building. The grounds about are very beautiful and the building Itself, built on straight, simple linrs, is all that the most critical Orconian could desire. Inpide and out it is"W.lt of Oregon material and R designed by an Oregon architect. The limher used In Its construction, the beau tiful woods In which it is finished, the pictures that decorate its walls, the rugs on tlie flooors of tlie rest and recreation rooms, the product on display all come from Oregon. And It is. to be cure,. In charge of Oregon ians. Manv state buildings are built simply as places of r-st and comfort. Most of them are beautiful buildings and P"V" ant pUces to spend an hour or two. but they do not always have much In them of Interest or much to look at. As I rememb-r the Oregon building at the Lew! and Clark Fair it was more a beautiful building where one could rest than a show place. But the Oregon building at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific reposition Is one large advertisement, from start to finish, of Oregon s re sources and possibilities, and there are a thousand things to see. Of course there Is a very pleasant . pa-lor or drawing-room and one or two ret rooms, where a tired sight-seeress can take a nap or powder her nose or read a magazine-an Oregon magazine too. Moreover, there are concerts and singing everv afternoon In the big drawing-room. But these rooms are mere In cidents. The real purpose of the Oregon building is to advertise Oregon. "V'ou can rest if you want to. but you are not particularly encouraged to rest. In the fir.ot place there Is a large lecture room, which seats about 150 people, where lec tures are delivered every 20 minutes. These lectures are necessarily about Oregon and are Illustrated with moving pictures. The "day I was there the lec : trin iin the Columbia Ure Bifvhi a. . - r River, and some very beautiful pictures were shown. Air. venrun. nu.... . i. h.i. of the. building, told LTIlUrilk in v ..... ... ... me that the lecture room was full lor every lecture and that they naa naa iu -v. ..... i- Av,rt corner In order. bo hold the crowd AbTtut PePj visit the Fair every day and about 6000 visit the Oregon building every any. i m ,1.. i rt t- vprt carefullv. and. while a. large number of Oregftnians were nH.i.rf tnoBt of the visitors were from, the 'East or Middle TVost. Mnto if "our" building Is dome and around this dome is a rather marvelous picture designed to illustrate - -a r nrfcnn and done en tirely In grains' and grasses, left in their natural colors. Tne picture Columbia River, with its steamboats and miiia and factories and cities. It shows . -nAt.v water nower. stock raising, timber, mining, farming, etc. It is an enormous picture and wonderfully j t-: tht dome, and the first sight to greet one upon entering the building, is the display of fruit. Aid here most visitors linger, as it is by far the most complete and best display of r,,it on the erounds. In the center Is , ..j Anmnletnlv covered with apples and their leave, and around this mound, with an aisle between where one mav walk and look, are more than W0 . -t anniCB rnwnoil and . tempting. Those In charge of the Oregon building have tried to show everything from a commercial standpoint. So the apples i i iiir hores lust as tliey t naclK-d ready for shipping. And they v. Kail i-wir in tr nnn tra vu anvwhere. They were muen joo t- i Til IV TX T.M ER CHICAGO. August 21. (bpeciai.J Oary. the wonder steel city which the I nlted Steel Corporation created in I-ake County. Ind.. 4s in . a bad way. F.zpressing its sentiment In the sim ,.it toi-mn. r.arv wishes to be decent. tit v'.-- . ...... . hut it does not wish to be dry. Because it Is dry, common laborers are leaving the town by hundreds, and the steel plant is menaced with a scarcity of unskilled labor. Saloons were wiped out of Gary a year ago last March. It was a unique situation which brought about prohi bition. On the Indiana statute books is an act popularly called the Moore re monstrance law. By its provisions, when a majority of the voters at the last previous election petition tor the banishment of saloons and the prohl hibitlon of the sale of intoxicating drinks, the will of the voters so ex pressed Is mandatory on the county commissioners and the saloons must go. , At the time of the last 'previous lection." Gary was a very small town o small that it required only 185 voters to put the remonstrance law into effect. This handful of voters, led by a Methodist preacher, made the town legally "dry." although at the minute prohibition became operative there were J000 qualified voters in Gary, the great majority of whom were, and are Still, in favor of licensing saloons. U4 Goes On; Labor Ie.-cru. Knowing the habits of its employes, the steel corporation never intended that the town should be dry. Beer Is to many steel city employes what coffee ..v T7ocrnixin7 Custom, tlie IS LO vino. ' " " - . corporation reserved four places in its own part oi tne c.ij . vnnArt. provided for in- leasea oi huk""j r- stant cancelation if the proprietors thereof should violate the regulations v . , i rn Sundays or noli- days or remaining open after 11 o clock at night. The counienancn. i kind of lawlessness or ruwuji... -penalized in the same way. Only two of the four reservations had been opened for bars when tne Methodist preacher "got through the remonstrance law. The places, of coures, were closed up at once. The steel corporation could control the situation In Its own plant, but It was powerless to prevent a reign of law lessness and immorality in the patch," a territory adjoining the steel city on the south. In that com munity scores of "blind pigs'- were conducted in almost open defiance of the law. The vilest sort of immoral resorts sprung into existence. Condi tions became so bad that the town board was forced to put the lid down tight. It Is still down, and that la the reason many common laborers are de serting the -town and the big plant. Grand Ontn for Chicago. Oscar Hammerstetn. grand opera Im presario, who. to use his own words, 'has been "back and forth between Chl--cago and New York." has made up his mind he can afford to invest something lik a million' dollars in a permanent homs for the'opera In Chicago. Mr. Nnmmersteln -is' -willing that about one-third of this amount shall be chalked up on the board under the j "' . , I , , . ' , ' . r ; w r y c vs' . - - ' - - - ' - t ,, I -. i,:-",irT! ' r !' ',--" ' rr-iu - ' : "--I t;;' - . h f , j r I ' I If I f i . - -t. - t J.: h1; - i ' ' h I ! 1 r " 1 rn" r r :; t . . ,l ; r L,J p-:-!-., 41 4 ; I j I , ; ! TIT "r " ' - T'i 111 I U I k I ( I i "I? ? " ' ; t :jt . ;JUtr: - - ----- " - ' - - I ! ORKGOS BlILDING AT A-Y-F EXPO SITIO. ttr- i. ,.... much for me. I had to have one or die unhappy. So I smiled very fweetly-or at least smiled my sweete.t-and said to Mr. Wehrung that I thought it would be such a splendid advertisement for Ore gon to give apples away to all who came. I said they looked so delicious and so tempting and Mr. Wehrung Immediately sent down Into cold storage anrfi got me two great big beauties which tasted bet-te- than they looked. I did not mean to hint, but I could not help it. All my life I have looked at fruit and longed for It when on display, but this being the finest display of apples I ever saw. I J net had to have an apple. And what one Just has to have one generally getsby one means or another. The apples on display, by the way, have been In cold storage since last year and out of cold storage over a month. I Imagined that they would have to be changed very often, but I was told that thev kept In perfect condition for as long as six weeks. Ifs pretty warm too just nridor that dome. Later other fruits will be shown. This Is just between sea sons for fruits, because we raise other things in the fruit line than apples and the exhibitors try to show as much as they can. heading "Revenge.- all of which indl- .-o-ti- risrar has not caies mi me . . forgotten something that happened In Chicago last Spring. i At that time the Metropolitan opera forces came to this city to pass around .h rand and noble art" at anywhere - mi r- nnaa. It so happened irom .o 1 1 -- .- . . that Mr. Caruso had parted with the Metropolitan warDiers mm ment was aadly in need of a tenor to fill Important roles In tnicag". " was quite urgent that tnis tenor ... ure up as closely aa possible to Caruso. The Metropolitan management. caui to Mr. Hammerstetn witn a cry tress. Would he be good enough to loan Mr. Zanatello In an emergency? "Certainly." was the prompt "P'y "take Zanatello if you like him and he will consent." Zanatello was glad enough to come to the rescue and to piece out the money harvest for himself. After it was all over and ' Mr. Hammersteln tried to find a P place to give his song birds a try-out in Chicago, he dis covered that any design of his along that line had been blocked. The one house In town where grand opera can be successfully given, had signed a contract with the Metropolitan people, one of the provisions of which was that the house should not be given over for grand opera to rival organi zations. Mr. Hammersteln concluded the provision was aimed at him, hence the plan for revenge. Oscar's unofficial contract with Chi cago music lovers is that he will give them many weeks of opera every year at prices which shall never go above J5 for any seat, while the great bulk of the seats shall go at $1.50 and $2 Just what the theater prices are in the. first-class houses. If Mr: Hammersteln sticks faithfully to that programme, there is hardly a doubt Chicago will .. - ucaarin tf nnAfL The trouble In times past is that the town and its iriouiary po(iuiin"ii ua Hkll..Ail nav nnlwiffHAIISlV Vl i ST nriCeS for whatever might be offered them in .i T. the way oi warmers or opei . Steward to Reform Police. In Lerov T. Steward the Mayor be- Hvu he hA- found the right man to lift a demoralized police department to the plane where it belongs. The ap nninimsni fulfills the programme of having a man who has had nothing directly to do with the department-- civilian. Certain customs and prac tices have giown'up among the police which make it immensely difficult, if not lmpossioie, ior a meinucr ui department, however good his inten tions, to root out. A sort of free--it which lmDalrs the effl- clencv of the department. To get rid thin reauires a man who has not oh.orhcd anv of its Influences or ob ligations. Also It requires a man of strong will power, great courage and an executive nu ui B. j combined In few men. Mr. Steward Is believed to be this kind of man. i superintendent of mall delivery ikii.avn nnstofflce for a dozen years or more, he has become familiar with the ground plan, as it were, of r-hiv Wo knows the city, its col onies, classes and local habits of life probably belter than the police them selves, the latter usually being spe cialists In some one quarter. That knowledge is relied upon to go a long r-oiw-fl has a I m ' w '"' one corner is a disnlav of the dresses macie-uy ic riri ot the college. Now, would you ever Imagine that girls went to an Agricultural College? But chey very apparently do or else the boys were pretty busy making other things in cluding grandfather clocks, furniture of all sorts, iron and steel implements and dynamos and things like that But the most interesting part of their ex hibit .concerned agriculture. as it should, seems to me. The school Is Interested in teaching farmers the new methods and new theories about the conservation of moisture. ho they have made! this idea their chief eshioit, and have a student in chargo to ex plain all about it. Ifs funny to me how our grandfathers ever got on at all. so many new things have been discovered since tHeir day. And there are so many new things belns dis covered every day. But then our grandfathers certainly worked harder than the present generation One of the newest and greatest discoveries is how to conserve and keep the moist ure in the ground. Over 500 tons of water are lost in a month from a single acre by evaporation. The O. A. C. dis- nlav has the earin in is ici.nr. at the start In masring .Ministration of Mr. Steward success- Mr. Steward has handled a big force of men in such manner as to prove him self at once diplomat, e ecutant and master. He has the soldiers idea of , ... . nk.Hicni. tn rearulatlons. having been for many years an 'cer In the Chicago regiments i National Guard. The Mayor and the people expect him to inject more of the military idea into mo P"'"-" - lllitary iaea into ...c v -- ANOTHER NOVEL BUT INEXPENSIVE BUNGALOW By the Bnngalowcraft HH feature of this house is the large t living-room running through and .nninir hv hroad French windows on a back porch, which faces the open court or patio. rm... tinn of this house is nui ex pensive, the object being to get aa much room and aa many conveniences as pos sible at the lowest cost, and yet to secure an attractive and artistic exterior. This house can be built on a 50-foot lot, but it will look much better on a wider lot, wit lawn and shrubbery on one side at least. The house is 42 feet front and it has an average depth of S4 feet. It should be built In Southern California for about $1800. or with hardwood floors and paneled wainscoting and beamed ceildlngs in the living and dining-rooms for $1800. There is a fine large front porch which opens directly into the living-room. This room with its bullt-ln seats, broad fire place and exposed stairway. It will be seen is a living-room in fact and not only In name., The dining-room opens from the living-room through a wide but tressed ope'nlng with a drop-beam effect and bookcases 4 feet inches high are built In the buttresses at each side of the opening. The dining-room is a charming room, very light, being, in fact, almost surrounded on two sides by win dows. A strong feature of the house is the ease and thoroughness with which it may be ventilated. The kitchen is built In full cabinet style. The dining-room has a handsome bullt-ln buffet, and In the kitchen, beside the buffet, will be noteJ the cooling closet. There Is a commodi ous screen porch with wash trays and broom closet. The bedrooms are of good size and the bathroom is conveniently lo cated. There are three large closets for the bedrooms and a linen closet which opens from the bathroom. Upstairs the floor is to be laid, but at the price mentioned above the rooms will not be finished. Two large bedrooms and on small one with closets can be built on the second floor. The exterior construction of the house is all of wood In rough finish to be stained. An economical feature of the house is the single chimney which an swers for both living-room, fireplace and kitchen flue. The complete iplans and specifications for this house qost $10, and the entire arrangement, as well as the exterior appearance are well worthy of careful study. Any information regarding bungalows or bungalow building addressed to Tho Second Letter, How Oregon Is sources in the . .. . j 4v.a t water in jars at tne- Donom "? student in charge .how. by prc u ,.u.,a , - the I evaporates where the earth in the tubes is coarse atja .impuivaaa., how much more slowly It evaporates when the earth is fine and pulverized. It Is all very simple and yet how much it means to the farmer. This little ex hibit was one of the most interesting I found on the grounds. Back in my own- state Kansas hundreds of farms that were almost worthless have been worked with this new method of farming and have be come verv valuable. - But I never understood how it was done. And how simple it is and yet how wonderful. From this most fascinating corner I wandered all over the building and It was all worth seelngJ . Every Oregon industry was represented. Upstairs were the public school exhibits, which I promptly refused to consider. When I was very voung I had to prepare papers' for" display at the Chicago World's Fair, and I'rememher how I struggled over them and how bad they were when I finished But a teacher told me it was a i-p'.er.dii exhibit. I have no doubt of it. but I refuse to look I prefer appls and students myself. But there are things for ment, making the subordinates rigidly ... . . t ..aIa a Ilia lat responsiDie i men- outci -ter to the commander-in-chief and he in turn to the public he serves. Mr. -Steward has the greatest pos sible chance to exalt himself in the opinion of Chicago. If he succeeds in revolutionizing the city's constabulary, there Is little he might ask for that he could not have In the way of pub lic preferment. The salary of the job Is $8000 a trifle more than New York's Commissioner of Police draws. The position is one of dignity and honor to the man who will make it so. No More Bushing Into Strikes. Settlement of the wage differences between the streetcar employes and the traction companies by peaceful methods . i otva than the jtvertina of menus va.;snjr " . . : a situation which would have been in Company, 403 Chamber of Commerce, n D Bungalowcraft Co., 403 Chamber of Com merce, Lots Angeles, Cal.,' will receive I SCBtEII j" ijp. ""'"vl ' i gjysl 7T L,viM ffrr rri A . U--J 1 1 L--l jVi-s ij "ill ' "i II U. LJLi' ' ML Effectively Advertising Her Re State Building. avAFv'nnn to see. including a beautiful Ktffed bird." of Oregon birds stuffe stuffed. Then there was a huge sheep. about the size of three nunaio, ami i i a fntaiiii.nnt lnrticinc man inauire whether or not that was the remains of a real sheep. When everyone with ui i...,hoii , said verv foolishly thatthey grew such wonderful things i rir.nn that he did not know but thot tho nheen. too. were out of the All over the building, upstairs and down, there many beautiful pictures of Oregon's scenery, taken, of course, by Oregon photographers. Every picture in itoif was an abvertisement for n.nn o s th whole huildine is. But my most pleasant and vivid memory of the Oregon Dunams s i mo niH nwee-t annles that I hinted for so brazenly, so I insist that my Idea was a good one. : An Easterner ii trtrft nne of those apples If" he got one. If a thousand people visit the Oregon building now, how ,n,.iri visit It If thev eot Oregon annies there for nothing? I cannot answer my own question, but I know I okniH cm at least twice a day every -io t was on the ground, wouldn't you? ' tolerable in its attendant inconveni ences. The big import "of the thing lies u.h. rnt tha.t Chicago has done away with' the old style of settling troubles of this kind. The success of these lat est negotiations, coming on top of the amicable adjustment of other like dlf-fo.-nBi outs the stamp of well-en trenched custom on this method of ziooiino- with labor troubles. In the iha.n will he no rushing into strikes, except in possible Isolated cases where the labor boss has it In his power to dictate walKOUts arDiirainy. Thora la new temoer among Chi- caeo people in these matters. They are ,.in,l there Is no wage question which cannot be adjusted peaceably and fairly, if the comfort and convent ence of the public be Involved In i i -Hart either the reoresenta. tives of the streetcar men or the trac- Los Angeles, Cal. nc.3T Tnocfls plam mt:. BOTHGALOWC AFT CO. .1 T I TKcy- axe I prompt and detailed replies without any I charge whatsoever. WHERE DULL CARE FADES That applies to the selection of a place at. which to spend an afternoon or even ing. There is only one "best" place The Oaks. This favorite amusement park in all it3 his- tory never was more beautiful than now. The grounds contain masses of the choicest flow ers; the great oaks shield the visitor from the hot rays of the sun; the outlook is of the picturesque Willamette, and the amusement features are as nearly complete as an ex penditure of time and money can produce. One of the best bands in the country fur nishes the highest class music in two con certs afternoon and evening. Signor Du mond, the talented operatic tenor, goes on the programme Sunday and will continue through the week, this notable addition to the concert being made as another compli ment to visitors. An added attraction is pre sented in Mme. Schell and her trained lions, Prince and Babe. All who have seen these handsome animals agree in saying they are the most beautiful specimens of the king of beasts ever seen in this country. Among the regular features are the chutes, scenic railway, figure 8, tickler, crazy house, dreamland, roller" skating rink, dancing pa vilion, shooting galleries, old mill, "hell," boating, swimming pool, postal photographs, candy and bon-bon booths, luncheon pa vilions, Oaks Inn, giant whirl, carousal, magic mirrors, road to Dublin, and many . others. Despite the closing of the Madison bridge, the street railway company is giving an ex cellent service to The Oaks, and vast crowd3 are moved from East Morrison and East Water to the park without delay or incon venience. Take cars at Third and Yamhill, with but one transfer. tion officials been stubborn in the dispute-which has just been settled,, that side quickly would have lost the sym pathy and support of the public, f or tunately the men who carried on the negotiations were alert enough to see this fact sticking out prominently. Moreover, It so happened there were broad-minded men on both sides and, although the fight was a stubborn one, there was jn reality very little danger of a tleup which would have paralyzed the city. In the agreement made fully four fifths of the streetcar employes obtain an immediate advance in wages not quite so much as they asked for, but enough to show that the traction offi cials were disposed to treat with their men in good faith. It Is believed the graded system of pay provided for in the terms of settlement, will be better liked the longer It is In operation. The service to the public Is likely to bene fit by this arrangement. To continue In his. Job and get the higher pay which comes with length of service, the motor man and the conductor. It Is expected, will be more efficient and more careful. Chicago, as a city, will lose a big per centage of the net profits flowing into the treasury by the proprietorship in streetcar operation, but It can afford that if the number of persons killed by the cars is reduced in proportion as operating efficiency is Increased. Seeking Out Iiand-Grabbers. Captain George-Wellington Streeter has not steamed into port with his warship to retake the "Deestrick of Lake Michigan." He is still somewhere down the canal flying his signals and proclaiming his coming. It so happens that the attention of Chicago's land-granDers is aisinticu from "the cap'n" to the legislative com .v.l.h la ftrr-ltiiir about the lake shore and the river and seeking out those who have squattea on iana mm uuc w.i ham it the committee Is right in Its conclusions, the land-grabbing has reached enormous proporuuna. i"'"' of the value of the territory thus appro priated range from $50.0000.000 to $100,000,- Much of the alleged seized land is in the South Water street district, believed to be the busiest commercial thorough fare In the world. tLere is me cieanns house for practically all the fruit and vegetables used in Cfiicago and other t n rnnnrighnnt. The buildings of the firm run right down to the water's edge. The commodities of the street being mostly perishable, facilities for quick transfer from snip to snop are itossoij. ha the street become that there Is constant reaching out and in- trenchment on the river. South Water street merchants are re ferring back to documents made In 1ST.6 to establish their rights to the land in use. The legislative committee questions the validity of title based ,on these musty papers. Hence, there is prospect of many lawsuits or of a blanket act by the Leg ... tA -tJSSxtoft? Tavord fc on; of the principal reasons why it Is strongest points to its iavor, ana j r medicines. A th f!tMA&&r nothing more than frSrd StaJES UwnichactPso unpleasantly and dlaasttoujly on 11 fnSa rrmmbranes and tissues of the stomach and bowels, that even the deu!d the blood, the condition In which the digestive If such teeant purmed to health than the original syf?1?1- Vs.-t i fth. gg7egatesrof all blood purifiers, and trouble. Notso bSoiutelr safe and harmless remedy. It la made rrf?3 r2?hlS tSd t deansS eXcts and juices of roots herbs anffilrl ewh of which to in daily use In some form by physicians to toeirWtict Yen .of work and research have proven S. 8. S. to contain i!h riBneasarv to purify the blood and at the same time supply the Srrth theSst and best tonio effects. S. S. 8. cures Rheumatism. nr?h!sMeTOclrs?Skto Diseases. Scrofula. Contagious Blood Poison andTu fet btood 34 It leaves the system to perfect condition lti. fcVTo Tnnrrftad the blood. Book containing much valuable lnforma on bMnvSlcal advice desired sent free to all who write. ODtb THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA,. GA. AWAY islature, giving relief to the merchants and at the same time compensating tlie city for its lost property. Taft's Great Birthday Trip President Taft Is in for the biggest birthday celebration he ever had .in his life. It develops he will leave Washing ton on his long Western tour on his 5-d birthday anniversary. He will not reach Chicago until the next day. but the people along the route of his travel will see that the day is not one to be forgotten in the Presidential experience. It Is another very interesting coincidence that tlie birthday anniversary of President Dial, of Mexico, falls on the same day as that of President Taft. Exactly a month after their birthdays these two chief magis trates of sister republics are to meet on the international bridge between El Paso, Tex., and Juarez. Mexico. There they will exchange courtesies and salutations. As suggested in a previous dispatch to The Oregonlan, the" President is not ex pected to fire one of his heavy guns in Chicago. It Is to be a day of fun and cameraderle rather than of intellectual jousts. Mr. Taft will arrive In time for a noon luncheon, given by the Commer cial Club. In the afternoon he will visit the Art Institute to look over the plans for the "Chicago Beautiful." Thence he goes to a bast-ball game. In tlie early evening he will be entertained at dinner by the Hamilton Club and later will oc cupy a box at the ball of the American Bankers' Association in tlie Auditorium. Mrs. Annie Besant, high priestess of theosophy, who has been here to tell Chicago about "wireless thought," may have solved a problem for the man who stavs out late at night and wants to get home in a hurry. Thought vibration, ac cording to her theory, can be projected with such force as to make the distant "cabbie" turn around without being called, drive up to the curb and await the pleasure- of his prospective passenger. Indeed, Mr. Passenger need not call out his street number. If he thinks it hard enough the cabman will understand and drive straight to the spot in the dark, being guided by the vibrations tossed out at him from the shadowy Interior of his conveyance. The same principle holds true when a man's hat Is cast olf by the wind. Think at yonder pedestrian with a hiKh voltage and the gentleman will turn about and pick up the vagrant chapeau . for you. ! Two new prescriptions for a long and healthy existence have been made. Ono 1 i i. tlia nllmr is to eat pie tor uii Is to go without clothes. Dr. Charles McCormick is the man who prescribes the pie. He gave out the "dope" at tho convention of the Association of Inde pendent Doctors and the delegates shout ed their delight. Dr. J. H. Kellogg, of Battle Creek, Mich., offers the state of nature as a panacea for the Ills which boset mankind. "Don't wear any clothes unless you have to." is his admonish ment "but if the foolish laws require It, sidestep dnrk clothes and tight clothes." PURELY VEGETABLE a a Q V o o ttlirra-oit VbAATl OTIO of tho
