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TOE SUXDAY OKEGOXIAN, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 12, 1909.
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EXHIBIT. A MARVEL
OPERSTOMORHOW
Portland Fair and Livestock
Show in Readiness at
Country Club.
BEST WEST OF CHICAGO
Throughout Week, Closing Satur
day. Races and Home Stretch.
Fun to Prevail Three-Minuto
Car Service Is Arranged.
Banning tomorrow end continuing
throughout the coming week and until
Saturday night. Portland will entertain
th foremost display of livestock ever
exhibited west of Chicago. Besides this,
the coming meet of the Portland Fair. and
livestock Show will bring together the
greatest aggregation of turf performers
that ever "stepped a mile" In the Pa
4Ci(la Northwest. Running horses which
lave. drawn enthusiastic crowds all Sum
ner long will furnish numbers on the
1aily racing card and will give sport to
1 the great following which the "ponies
rave in Portland.
If this be not sufficient to attract the
crwds out to the splendid and pictur
esque oval at the Country Club, there
will be nrghtly programmes of fun.
mtisement and hilarity on the "Home
Stretch." This Is a new departure and
represents more Individual attractions
than have ever been aggregated In Port
land or any city In the Northwest since
the Lewis and Clark Fair. Nearly 100 con
cessions, booths and sideshows have been
allotted In the "Home Stretch." which
will be loca'ed betwci the great steel
grandstand to the north of the race
course and the 13 livestock bams on the
south. The Hippodrome, where daily and
rightly chariot, pony and special-event
races will be held in addition to the Judg
ing of stock, broncho-busting and other
typically Western attractions, has been
converted into a bower of fir trees cut
J doTi and transplanted on the Home
trrtch grounds.
From 9 o'clock last night until early
morning hours today, carloads of horses.
cattle, sl.eep and special exhibits have
Jen arriving at the fairgrounds and
have been installed In their respective
space In the various barna and sheds.
:fYom the Salem State Fair more than 100
. carloads of stuff for the show-ring has
'either arrived or la on Its way here.
Exhibits Ready Tomorrow.
According to advices from Southern
Pacific offices, considerable delay has
'been encountered In getting the ship
ments to j Portland under way, which
"means that the exhibits In the different
(divisions will probably not be In place
untll an early hour tomorrow. Rush or-
d-rs were issued yesterday giving the
'livestock exhibitors right of way over
Mother freight find at mklnight last night
(fully 50 carloads of entries were delivered
tat the sidetracks at Montavllla ready for
iplaeement in the stock barns.
Most -of the racing entries are to come
"by express and will be rushed . to the
grounds during the early hours today.
There are In the neighborhood of SO cars
of this class of stuff, and they should he
comfortably housed In the local stables
by not later than noon today. A full
trainload of turf performers arrived last
:IilSht. They will be dlscntralned in time
'to give them a chance to warm up on
tho track this afternoon. Most of the
California stuff got In early last night,
nd with the training they have had over
. the various circuit towns, they will be In
fk. tho finest slupe possible when tho rac
ing card in called tomorrow.
In addition to the great display of
livestock and harness and running
horse entries which will be here from
the State Fair, the local meet will have
almost all of the Kastern and Middle
West stock which has been attratced
to the Coast on account of the exposi
tion at Seattle two weeks after the
show here. Some of the most import
ant consignments have already arrived
and will appear here for the first time
In the West. Other shipments are due
today and tomorrow, giving the local
exposition a rank among the National
stock expositions not excelled anywhere
in the West. The estimate given out
by the officials of the Portland fair
that the exhibition here would repre
ktent 1 1.000,000 worth of stock is con
' servative In the extreme, for the rea
son that fully one-fourth of that sum
will be In the Eastern nominations
that could not be counted on until the
last week.
Officials for Races.
. The officials for the races are: Start
er, t'berto- H. Strider: racing judges,
G. W. Redmond, of Hillsboro. Or.; Ken
est. ot ia Grande. Or., and G. W.
Westgate. of Portland, Or.;.clerk of the
course, Wiley A. iloores; timers, to be
elected.
The officials for judging the exhibits
are: Judge of draft horses. Professor
Craig, of Stillwater, Okla.; jndge of
beef breeds, Frank Brown, of Carlton,
Or.; Judge of dairy breeds, Thomas
fWythycombe. of Portland, Or.; judge of
long wool, E. D. King, of Burlington,
Kan.; Judge of dual purpose cattle, fine
end medium wool sheep, E. A. Gwlnn,
of Lawrence, Kan.; Judge of swine,
Frank McEldowney, of Portland.
The race programme for tomorrow 1st
Race No. 1.
1:3 trot Paul W., b. K-. by Zotnbro,
Fawyer: Zona Del, gr. g., by Zombro,
Te Ryder; Nellie Mars, b. m., by Courier,
Erwln; Gloria O'Neil, b. m., by Parole,
Javls; Zum Oak, b. g., by Zombro. Starr:
Kastus. b. g., by Ora Guy, Brooker.
Race No. 2.
v 2:11 pace (Open River purse) A. E. E.,
b. m., by Zombro, 3. S. Bailey, Albany,
Or.: Dan S. S., g.. by Athablo, F. E.
Ward. Los Angeles: Mortrlx. b. a., by
Axmorvr. ilrs. F. N. Chadbourn. Pleasan
ton. Cal.: Judge Dlllard, ch. h., by Hal
Dillard. Frank Childs. Spokane, Wash.;
I.eola. b. m., by Westfield, Frank Frailer,
Pendleton, Or.; Whitehall, g. g., by Cop
per King, Barteau & Dawson, Boulder,
'. Mont.
Race Xo. S.
Half-mile dash, by Portland Hunt Club
Call Bond. E. Oppenhelmer: Mike Wis
dom. William Walter: Lady Myrtle, D. A.
Famillo: Oregon Maid. 8. B. Loewenberg;
Buster. James Nichols.
Race Xo. 4.
One-fourth mile dash, for polo ponies
Dick. Lieutenant A. C. McBride, Vancou
ver Barracks. Wash.; Nell, Lieutenant B.
sj S Wheeler. Vancouver Barracks. Wash.;
Polly. Captain Leroy 8. Lyon. Vancouver
Barracks. Vash.; Bess. Lieutenant H.
J". K. Zimmerman. Vancouver Barracks,
Wash.: Lacy, Lieutenant J. L. Devers,
Vancouver Barracks. Wash.: "31," Lieu
tenant F. M. Barrows. Vancouver Bar
racks. Wash.
Three-fourths-mile dash. 10 starters,
chariot race.
fc. Th Portland Hunt Club, which plays
' a strong part in tomorrow's pro-
g'Hin? hi ot announced its plans
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Nearly all the world's, great musical authorities use and endorse the Kimball Piano. Among them
Calve, Patti, Emma Eames, Nordica, Sembrich, DeRezke, Walter Damrosch, Anton Seidl, Campa
nari, Arditi, Sousa, Chas. Kunkel, P. S. Gilmore, Remenyi, Ondricek, De Lussan, Leonora Jackson,
and hundreds upon hundreds of others, including America's latest and foremost pianist, Myrtle Elvyn
If you are a lover of the beautiful, we extend to you a cor
dial invitation to view the finest display of Grands, Baby
Grands, Uprights and Pianola Pianos that has ever been made
in the great West, not to say America.
This is an exhibit extraordinary of the very choicest instru
ments made by the foremost piano makers of the world ; a
gathering never heretofore attempted or thought of.
There are but four truly great and representative American
Pianos Weber, Kimball, Lester and, the founder of them all,
the Chickering. There is but one establishment in Portland
where these superb pianos can be obtained.
American piano makers today are unexcelled. American
pianos are universally recognized as the finest the world pro
duces. This superb collection, in every conceivable style and
size, and finished in the choicest and most exclusive woods,
used only in the highest-grade piano-making, is unquestionably
the most artistic exhibit that we have ever presented, or that
we shall ever be able to present.
We are tremendously proud of the conspicuous successes
that have attended our former piano exhibitions, but greater
preparations have been made for this event than any, and the
present one greatly surpasses them all in both magnificence and
magnitude.
You are most cordially invited to inspect these instruments.
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353 Washington Street,
At Park
for the -dav. but that they will be a
strong drawing; card Is assured from
the fact that the club is to hold the
finest horse show ever Elven In the
Northwest In about two weeks and will
take this opportunity for giving: a
dress rehearsal.
As a novel departure the manage
ment has arranged niphtly programmes
to ba held on the "Home Stretch." a
midway feature in every way equal to
the Trail of the Lewis and Clark Fair.
One of the big stunts to be pulled off
will be the hanging of a man every
night during tne week. This is a most
realistic stunt and few persons have
ever been able to discover the trick.
A band of "cowpunchers" have been en-
Katted from the ranees of .Montana to
give nightly broneho-bustlng exhibi
tions. There will be balloon Jumps, a
real Southern plantation, fireworks dis
plays, free dances and many other fea
tures to interest the public.
Headauarters of the management
were moved out to the Country Club
grounds yesterday afternoon.
Lieutenant Wheeler announced from
the Army post at Vancouver last night
that the polo pony event tomorrow
afternoon would be the most brilliant
event of Us kind ever seen In Port
land. The ponies will leave the bar
racks post this afternoon and will con
sist of the finest array of talent the
Department of the Columbia sportsmen
have ever set up for a race.
The Portland Railway. Light &
Power Company will maintain a three
minute schedule of cars and trains on
the Montavilla and Rose City Park
lines every day during the week, and
for the night entertainment on 'the
Home Stretch cars will be run from
the grounds at frequent intervals until
midnight. A. complete system of elec
tric lights has been Installed and
"night will be turned Into day" for the
al fresco events.
ASTORIA FAILS TO
UPHOLD ITS CASE
Hearing on Freight m Closes
Without Showing Rates
to Be Unjust.
CATHOLICS DEDICATE BELL
Ceremonies Before Mission Dolores
In San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 18. A large
bell, swinging from a staff 18 feet in
height, standing before the doors of
the Mission Dolores, the oldest build
ing in San Francisco, was dedicated
today by Rev. Father Maximilian, head
of the Franciscan Order in this city.
The bell marks the peninsula end of
El Caraino Real (the King's highway),
which extends from the San Diego Mis
sion, and Is one of the 56 erected at
various points along the Coast.
Congressman Joseph Knowland,
president of the Order'of Native Sons,
delivered the address of the day, and
the exercises were attended by repre
sentatives of the city government, the
commercial bodies and hundreds of
children from the public schools. .The
dedication was Intended as an observ
ance of the 133d anniversary of the
dedication of the Presidio by the
Spaniards.
Mrs. K. Sherman OIney,
Of the Olney Healing Institute, will
lecture In the. Woodmen of the World
Tmpl, 12K Meventh street, Sunday eve
ning at o'clock. Subject, "Trte Power
of the Spoken Word." Ail invited.
BENEFIT IS NOT SHOWN
Contention Tbat Ship Should Not
Be Compelled to Come Vp River
Is Not Supported by Any
Shipping: Men,
(Con tinned From First Ps.
from Boise to Portland, and an addi
tional rate of 12 a ton for the haul of
100 miles further to Astoria. W. S.
Houck, of McMlnnvllle, testified that
ho had contemplated moving his flour
mill from that point to Astoria but
was prevented from doing so because of
the added cost of transporting wheat
from Portland to Astoria.
Clark Points Oat Error.
Captain M. .J. Kinney, of Portland,
endeavored to make comparisons be
tween rates in force in the Middle West
and those In Oregon, reading from let
ters from shippers. One of these let
ters, purporting to give the wheat rate
between Chicago and New Tork, Com
missioner Clark himself pronounced a
mistake. Captain Kinney declared that
Oregon grain rates W'ere about double
those of the Middle West.
On the point contended by the Farm
ers' Union that additional ports would
bring into activity new exporting firms,
contradictory evidence was given by
H. W. Blakely, general Western freight
agent of the Northern Pacific, and by
Peter Kerr, of Kerr, Gifford & Co. Mr.
Kerr declared that all the firms en
gaged In grain exporting on Puget
Sound were represented In Portland,
and that during his ten years' experi
ence there had been only one change
in the number of firms operating in the
two places. One firm had withdrawn
and another had entered the field. -Facilities
Here Are Ample.
Mr, Kerr testified that Portland's facili
ties for handling export grain were ample.
and ha expressed the opinion that a com
mon rate to Astoria would not Increase
the price paid the producers. He denied
that there was a combination of grain
buyers and accounted for the general
Similarity of prices by saying that they
were figured out by all firms on the same
market basis. Charters cost the same at
Puget Sound ports as at Portland.
Facilities for handling a large grain
movement on the Astoria & Columbia
River Railroad, the only rail connection
between Portland and Astoria, were de
clared Inadequate by J. Russell, superin
tendent, and H. M. Adame, general man
ager of the road. The larger type of
freight engines, known as the Mallet, Mr.
Russell said, could not now be safely used
on the railway's roadbed. Whereas this
type of engine could haul 115 to 120 loaded
cars Into Portland 'over the North Bank
Road the engines that would be available
on the Astoria & Columbia River Road
could not haul In excess of 60.
With all other conditions equal, Mr.
Russell said, there would be an added
time en route between Portland and As
toria of two days on North Bank traffic,
while an additional week would be re
quired to get O. R. & N. freight cars
through the Portland terminals. There
was always a oar shortage, he said, dur
ing the grain moving period.
Mr. Adams said that the passing tracka,
terminal tracks and warehouses at As
toria wire wholly insufficient for handling
a grain movement and that such facilities
would be very expensive to construct be
cause of the necessity of building them on,
piling.
Similar Cases Cited.
Considerable testimony was introduced
tending to show that even facilities for
export and the advantage of common
rates with Seattle, Tacoma and Portland,
would not produce an export business.
Mr. Adams cited Everett, Wash., as an
illustration. Everett has a rate common
with Seattle on the Great Northern,
Washington Central and Spokane 4 In
land. It Is 30 miles nearer the wheat
f!lds than Seattle. The Great Northern
constructed a wheat warehouse thero
costing $150,000: It had been used only
one year and then for an overflow from
the Seattle and Tacoma warehouses. Al
though charter rates were not higher at
Everett and the harbor was excellent, the
railroad had been unable to find a les
see for the building. He ateo cited Bel
Hngham, which, like Astoria, is 100 miles
nearer the ocean than the points having
terminal rates. Belllngham has a rate
oommon with Seattle and Tacoma; has a
good harbor and the Great Northern
reaches tidewater on a water grade from
Seattle. Tet no grain handling facilities
have ever been established there and no
grain cargoes jbav ever moved through
that port.
The intimation given by the complain
ants that the Port of Portland was re
ceiving a rebate from the railroads on
towage up the river was refuted by C. F.
Adams, president of the Security Savings
A Trust Company and treasurer of the
Port of Portland Commission. Mr. Adams
denied that the Port Commission received
any rebate from the railroad companies.
Its towage rates over the bar to Port
land, he said, were the same as from
the Straits of Fuca to Tacoma. Two
million dollars has been expended by the I
Port of Portlsnd in improving the chan
nel between Astoria and Portland. Two !
dredgers have worked continuously. In
season, since 1902.
On cross-examination, Attorney Murray,
for the Astoria Chamber of Commerce,
endeavored to get an admission from Mr.'
Adams that this improvement by Port
land was for the purpose of keeping As
toria from getting any export business,
referring to the deepening of the channel
as a barrier against Astoria. Mr. Adams
insisted that the purpose was to make
Portland a cheap port and increase its
business, and that Astoria had never
been taken into consideration as a fac
tor to be guarded against in preserving
Portland's interests. '
Mr. Murray also asked If the- Chamber
of Commerce had not discussed the mat
ter of Informing the railroad companies
that any railroad which granted Astori
a common rate would be deprived of the
patronage of Portland business interests.
Mr. Adams replied that he had never
heard such a thing suggested and believed
he would have heard of It had it been
discussed.
In the early part of the hearing As
toria had endeavoned to make the point
that because of the Increase in tonnage
capacity of wheat-carrying steamships,
expectations that would have been. re
tained on the Columbia River had gone
to Puget Sound. It had been contended
by Astoria that larger ships could load
grain at Astoria than, at Portland. This
contention was based solely on statistics
showing the increase of exportations from
Puget Sound since 1SS7, was not reinforced
by records of channel or harbor depths
and was contradicted by witnesses for the
Portland Chamber of Commerce. The
fact that Astoria Is nearer Europe than
the other ports was brougrit out also.
Yesterday, E. W. Wright, manager of
the Merchants' Exchange Association and
statistician of the Portland Chamber of
Commerce, gave testimony throwing fur
ther light on these points.
Wright Reviews Shipping.
Mr. Wright testified that the North
ern Pacific road across the Cascade
Mountains was not completed until
1887, and that prior thereto the North
ern Pacific gained freight entrance to
Puget Sound via Portland and the
Kalama - Tacoma branch. J Subsequent
to 1887 the Great Northern completed
Its railroad. Before these roads ' were
built practically no wheat had been
grown in the country now served by
the Great Northern, Northern Pacific
and Washington Central Railroads. In
most recent yekrs the only variations in
exportations between Portland and
Puget Sound had been due to crop con
ditions. If the Big Bend country and
other Washington districts served by
the northern roads had a large crop
and the tcrntoy tributary to Portland
a shorf crop, or vice versa, the varia
tions were more marked.
During two years of the four in
which the Shipowners' Union main
tained a differential against Portland
and in favor of Puget Sound the effect
of tne differential was felt. Mr. Wright
told of going to Europe on two occa
sions In behalf of the Portland Cham
ber of Commerce and finally securing
the removal of the differential by Port
land agreeing to remove compulsory
pilotage at the bar and Sibsorb the cost
of hauling away ballast discharged on
shore. These two conditions, he said,
were -responsible for the fixing of the
differential and would have applied at
Astoria in exactly the same way as at
Portland.
There was no material difference,
Mr. Wright said, in the charter rates
between Portland and Puget Sound.
The option was usually given of load
ing at either place. The difference in
distance was mot a factor, he said. The
passage of sailing vessels between
Liverpool and Portland, he said, varied
from 110 to ISO days, neither, passage
being an extreme in length of time.
If a ship were chartered for a certain
date and arrived a month or six weeks
ahead of time, the vessel was tied up
at the owner's expense until her lay
days began, unless the owner offered
a bonus to secure a more rapid dis
patch. -Most of the grain-carrying steam
ships from Portland and from Puget
Sound coaled at Nanalmo or Comox,
Vancouver Island, on outward passage.
This required steamers loading at
Portland to go about 200 miles in the
direction of Seattle before commenc
ing the Journey to Europe, via the
Horn or the Suejs Canal. The matter.
Mr. Wright said, was Insignificant and
was not complained of by vessel own
ers. Mr. Wright also produced statis
tics, showing the percentage of ves
sels arriving with cargoes for Port
land and loading wheat. These figures,
taken from the Customs House records,
established the fact that a large per
centage of the vessels arriving in the
Columbia for wheat cargoes would
have to come to Portland, no matter
what the exporting facilities of As
torla. The taking of evidence was closed
late yesterday afternoon, and counsel
stipulated that there would be no oral
argument. All briefs will have been
submitted to the Interstate Commerce
Commission by December 1.
FIREBUG BURNS STORE
Yamhill County Business Men Suffer
Loss of $9000.
M'MINNVILL-B, Or., Sept. 18. (Spe
cial.) The general merchandise store of
Peterson Bros., at the new town of
Broadmead was totally destroyed by -fire
last night. The firm started in business
late last July, with a stock : worth
about J9000. They carried insurance to
the amount of J4000.
The destruction of their store was
plainly the work of an incendiary. The
destruction of the large barn. Including
the season's crops of hay, clover seed,
oats and farming Implements, belonging
to George McCulloch a few nights ago In
that vicinity, following close upon the
destruction of the Lancefield bam re
cently, would indicate the activity of
some maliciously Inclined person.
INJURED GIRL MAY DIE
Hurled From Buggy When Auto
Backs -Into Vehicle.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 18. (Spe
claL) Miss Thankful Edmunds, 17-year-old
daughter of Alber Edmunds,
near Ridgefield. was thrown from a
buggy last evening when an automo
bile backed into it, and sustained In
juries which may prove fatal. Her
right arm and leg were broken, her
breast and shoulders were bruised, and
she did not regain consciousness until
noon today.
She had been to Vancouver to ar
range to enter high school, and had re
tuned home. John Rader met her at
the station, and the two started away
in the buggy. A large white pouring
car attempted to turn around, when
the buggy upset, throwing the occu
pants out. The autoists whirled away
without offering aid.
The car headed for Vancouver. It la
supposed to have been from Seattle.
Palouse Good Corn Country.
GARFIELD, Wash., Sept. 18. (Spe
cial.) C V. Hall, one of Whitman
County's prosperous farmers, has on
exhibition here a stalk of corn meas
uring 10 feet in length. Mr. Hall has
10 acres of corn that, will make from
2n to 50 bushels an acre.
COMES TO PORTLAND IN . ORDER
TO HAVE A CANCER REMOVED
Wealthy Idaho Mining: Man Comes -to
Take the Nevr Treatment.
Many Oregon people who know
Judge John T. Thompson, the big
Idaho mining man, will be glad to
know thut he is at present a Portland
visitor, but they will regret to learn
that his visit here is neither for busi-,
ness nor pleasure, but for the pur
pose ot having a cancer removed.
Judge Thompson has had a varied
career, with many ups and downs, and
for years prospected through prac
tically all the Rocky Mountain region
with but little or no success until fif
teen or sixteen years ago, when for
tune smiled upon him and he struck
the mine he now owns and has made
him very wealthy. Last night Judge
Thompson said: For many years I
have had neither money nor physical
ills, but now I have both, and am free
to confess that I prefer my former
condition after I have suffered In
tensely for over five years from a
cancer, which lately has been worse
than ever as a result of an operation
on it last year in New York City. Both
myself and my regular physician have
been following the results secured in
the removal of cancer by the methods
which the Specialists of the American
Cancer Company discovered in the East
last Winter, and when I saw in the
papers that tney had opened offices In
Portland at room 21 Raleigh. bulldLng,
Sixth and Washington streets, I decid
ed to come here at once, as an old friend
of mine living in 'Salt Lake City went
East about three months ago for tin
purpose of taking this same treatment
for cancer, and returned home aftei
having the cancer entirely removed.
All the physicians In the East who saw
the cancer after it was removed, de
clared that every particle of it had
been taken out and that my friend
would bo immune. This decided me .to.
come to Portland at once, and I feel
confident of the result.
The Judge thinks Tortland a greal
city and says that Oregon has a sieat
future before it.
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