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HOP PRICES WILL
SOAR T
Shortage in Germany and Eng
land Will Help Growers in
This Country.
EXPORTS WILL BE HEAVY
Official Report From Berlin Shows
Yield So Small That Kuropc
Must Draw Heavily on
Vnited States.
With the German hop crop the
smallest in a century and the Knslish
crop the lightest since 1SS2. there Is
a good prospect that prices will go
ky hiph this season.
The official estimate of the German
crop was announced at Berlin yester
day as 120.640 hundred weight, accord
ing to a cable received by Klabar.
Wolf & Xetter, of this city. None of
the records available shows snch a
small crop in past years. It is only
22 per cent 'f the Geiman production
In 1!S. As- Germany is the chief hop
growing country in the world, this
practical failure of the crop will have
a world-wide effect on prices.
Tlie smallness of the present year's
output Is shown by a comparison with
the crops of the past 22 years, as fol
lows: Table Shows Comparative Yield.
Cwt.i
list 439 Mill 1!!
74.1i li""
14$ 4v;7l 1:1
Ht .:: 1!'"?
: ..... . I 'tn
it . ;;. 3" i"4
1.9 I (Sil'.SSVlSi'S
i.fr, im iio,;
lsyt 4v .";-' v.l
Cwt.
405. M
4JS.i39
1'4;.3.".S
447. J
41.".. SIS
4.1 OSS
r 7 r. . 7 s 4
41 I . - 3
4 7.1 3
..'.'...
H; 4!.M
ijk 4:;t.3i i.lv l:.40
In diwuseinfc the hop situation in gen
eral, as affects! by the tierman govern
ment's report. Herman KUtber Mild:
"Tiie es'im.-.t'd hop consumption cf
Germany is SH'.rteO hundred weight, so
there is a shortage this year of IS.0H
hundred weight. Onnany ordinarily ex
ports about l:V.lcO hundred weight, to
England, America and other countries,
but this year runs short on her own
consumption. I'noVr previous contracts,
however, tlwro will probably be exports
of Ki.Ofrt to Sil.imn- hundred weight, so that
Germany will have Icks than l'X.eoo hun
dred welg.it for her own needs.
Crop Smallest on Record.
" I cannot find in my statistics a Ger
man crop as small an this In the past
V years. The trade looked for a crop
there of 1wi.' to 170.X hundred weight,
and on that basis estimated the total Con
tinental y.Mld at 4uh,0uO to 4So.oi0 hundred
weight, so If the other European of
ficial returns come down accordingly,
the Continent will grow only CTiO.ouO to 375.
) hundred weight of hops. This means
third of a crop, for last year the Con
tinent -had i.oTo.onl hundred weight."
To show ihe European shortage in a
clearer light. Sir. Klaber prepared a
table of the crops of the last two years,
because- the ,lMts crop was .a kirge one
and left some surplus for this year's
use : ... r. ..... .
Knglish crop
19i!
rt.
... 470. Tl
... 214.4S4
Two yearn . . a85,'245
continental crop
,...1.070.000
jo!l (estimated) "75.0O0
I.
Two ears . i .' 1.447..00.J
Total Europe, two year. S.loO.lMO
The English consumption is finO.QOO hun
dred weisrht annually, and the Continental
consumption T30."X) hundred weight, or
a .total of 2.69.0i0 hundred weight for
all Europe for. two years. Against this
la a two years' crop of 2.130.iJ. which
means a deficit of 52,755 hundred weight.
Mr. Klaber figured the Vnited States
crop last year at 2H,0u0 hales and this
ytar at lTT.Oip bales, estimating Oregon
this year at -".'. California at G2.UU0,
Washington at 13.000 and New York at
4'J.OUO bales.
Figures for This Country.
"According to tlie United States Gov
ernment.'" sa!d he. "the home consumption
Is about 220.0u0 bales a year, or a deficit
this year of 43.UO bales. This is offset,
however, by the stock carried over from
last year. Our imports pr 'lably will not
be more than lO.Ouo to 1j.U"0 bales, but we
will export the usual quantity, about
50.00 bales, so It looks reasonable to as
sume our brewers will run along with
enough hops, but will enter the next
crop year with less than their usual
carry-over tnirplus.
"England cannot expect to Import any
hops this year from Germany, Austria
or Belgium, and the chances are the
only hops she will get will be from
America. The German dealers have been
aclive in England for nearly a month,
buying up all the low-grade hops they
could. This puta England in a very in
teresting posntion. as s-he will lose to the
German .dealers a quantity probably
equal -to the Import from Amer
ica. . In other words. the. Eng
lish brewers will have only the present
rrop. which la one of tlie smallest Eng
lish crops on record, and their surplus
stock of old hops to see them through
the season."
FIREMAN'S FALL FATAL
J. L. Tavls Dies as Result of Blow
From Brldgebeam.
J. ravis, of 351 Union avenue
North, a fireman 'of the Portland Ex
press, between Roseburg and Portland,
on the Southern Pacific, died at the
Good Samaritan Hospital at 4 o'clock
yesterday afternoon from injuries sus
tained after his head struck a bridge
beam while crossing the Pudding; River,
half a mile north of Aurora, at 11
a'clock yesterday morning. His limp
body dropped from the cab of the en
gine 20 feet Into the river below and
was entirely submerged In sediment
and water when the engineer, George
Thompson, noticed his absence and In
vestigated. Davis was still alive when, after
much dilriculty, he "had been carried
un the steep declivity and placed
aboard the baggage-car. A moment
later Engineer Thompson threw open
the throttle and began the race with
death. After covering the distance
from the scene of the accident to port
land. 29 miles, in 25 minutes, Davis, although-
mortally injured. - displayed
signs of life upon arrival at the Grand
Central station. He was placed In a
waiting ambulance and rushed to the
hospital.
SEASON
His death was inevitable, lor ne naa
fracture of the skull, and both shoul
ders were broken. He died two hours
after his removal to the hospital with
out regaining consciousness. .
Davis is survived by a wife and two
children. Ills parents are respected
citizens of Ashland. Ie was born in
Kansas, and seven years ago was mar
ried at Looking Glass, Or. Since serv
ing es fireman on the Houthern Pacific
for the past three years, he has resided
In Portland.
DEBT OF $15,000 IS DENIED
Wa.-fiitiutoii Hallway & Voxver Co.
Repaid Loan, Says I.anggiith.
It Is denied by Arthur Langguth that
the records of the defunct Oregon Trust
A Savings Rank show that the Washing-:
ton Railway & Power Company was ever
Indebted to the bank in the sum of $23,
V9 or In any other such than $10,000. Mr.
Langguih was' attorney for the Washing
ton Railway & Power Company, which
began the construction of a street rail
way system in the city of Vancouver,
Wash., and admits that the company bor
rowed JIO.OX) f rom the suspended bank
early In the year 190T. As to the remain
ing $15,000. which was obtained by the
company, Mr. Langguth says it was pro
cured from Moore Brothers personally.
The only debt the Vancouver corporation
ever owed the bank, explains Mr. Lang
guth, has been paid In full.
In July, 1908, the property of the Wash
ington Railway & Power Company was
taken over by the Vancouver Traction
Company, which paid the receivership of
(F.ATTl.H MATRON OIF.ST OF t
MM". HERMAN VOX IIOKSTEL
AT LtSCHKO.V. t
. A .
Mrs. Barney Klawaus.
Mrs. Herman Von Borstel gave
a very pretty luncheon at her
home, 3u8V East First street.
North, on Tuesday afternoon in
honor of Mrs. Barney Klawaus,
of Seattle. The rooms were artis
tically decorated, the color
scheme befng pink. Those pres
ent were: Mrs. Barney Klawaus,
Mrs. Charles E. Stolte, Mrs. Henry
Erank, Mrs. Samuel B. Martin,
Mrs. Bertren W. Cooper. Misa
Sadie Knapp. Miss Camilla Herz,
Miss Jessie JIarkins. Miss Agnes
M-Konahl. Miss Lillian Stone,
Miss Sophia Lentz, Mrs. Herman
Von Borstel.
the defunct bank all that was owing and
cancelled the original noto of JlO.ouO ex
ecuted in return for the original loan.
It is the contention of Mr. Eangguth,
supported by the officers now in charge
of the affairs of the defunct bank, that
the original corporation as absorbed by
the Vancouver Traction Company does
not owe the suspended bank as an insti
tution a cent.
SMUGGLE IN QUEER WAYS
Parisian Devices-Add Much to Mu
seum of Frauds.
PARIS. Oct.- 16. The Museum of
Frauds in the Avenue Victoria has late
ly received several interesting acquisi
tions. The ingenuity of smugglers anx
ious to escape paying the octroi duty on
alcohol and petrol is remarkable. The
smuggling of motor petrol Is carried on
on a large scale, and all sorts of devices
are resorted to and detected.
There has Just been placed in the mu
seum a curious motor reservoir. It is
made of canvas, and holds 60 liters of
petrol. The duty Is 20 centimes per litro,
and as the re-servoir is placed under
the chassis of the car, and Is Invisible,
the vehicle'can make hundreds of Jour
neys a day, thus defrauding the octroi
of considerable sums.
in the museum are numerous advo
cates' satchels, carriage cushions, pneu
matic tires, mannlklns, mortuary
wreaths, soldiers' knapsacks, etc., all of
which have been used in smuggling alco
hol through the customs.
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S. W. Mryker. Dr. C. C. NewcMle. Second How H. H. H. William.. Malhew Steele. C. I. StonebcrK, Dnvld Heodemou. " B,Ir' n,
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COOK NOT CREDITED
Drs. Walker and Wolf Discuss
North Pole Dispute.
BOTH ON POLAR TRIPS
Explorers Give Keasons Why They
Believe Peary Has Best of
Controversy Over
Di-scovery.
t-,- t-.,ia ir.iiKtr jsurffeon In the Mc-
Cllntock expedition that went north to
hunt for the Sir John rTaniuin pun, .
1867. and Dr. L. J. Wolf, who was sur
geon In the Peary expedition of 1905 and
1906. gave Interesting talks to the mem
bers of the Oregon 8tate Academy of
Science at the City Hall last night con
cerning the difficulties that beeet Arctic
travelers. .
Both speakers ar local residents, ana
neither seemed to put faith in Dr. Cook s
claim of having discovered the North
Pole. An interesting feature of the talk
of Dr. Wolf was his description of Es
kimos, and their habits of life.
Dr Walker began his talk by reciting
a history of the various attempts to reach
the Pole, and he was aided in this by
a large map on which he traced the
routes of the various early explorers. In
referring to the contentions made by
Peary and Cook 'regarding their respec
tive discovery of the Pole. Dr. Walker
emphasized the difficulty of any attempt
to disprove the assertions of either. He
inferred that it was quite impossible for
Cook to have obtained as much water
each day ns he says he drank and used
on his trip.
Dr Wolf questioned Cook s claim to
rapid progress in the early stages of
sledging, as he said the Ice near the land
was much more difficult to cross, owing
to Its unevenness, than that farther
northward. , . .
According to Dr. Wolf, the Eskimos in
the vicinity of Etah. on the north of
Greenland, are exceedingly gentle people,
who have no chief and no other persosn
with exceptional authority. Crime among
them is almost unknown r.nd seldom
have they been known to kill one of
their own people.
An exception to this rule of never kill
ing one of their own kind, however, was
related by the speaker. It was a case
where the "medicine man." or prophet,
had predicted so much evil that his as
sociates tired of him, and ono day taking
him with them on a hunting expedition,
thev returned without him.
While the Eskimos in that locality have
no regular marriage ceremony. Dr. Wolf
stated they were monogamists, which
was probably due to there being practi
ally an equal number of each sex. -
One of the more tiresome tasks that
fall to the lot of the Eskimo women,
he explained, was to tan skins. This
was done by patiently chewing the Inner
side of the skins, until every particle of
flesh was worn away.
PERSON ALMENTION.
Charles C. Bingham, of New York, is
at the Cornelius.
A. M. Dickinson, of Bridal Veil, is reg
istered at the Nortonia.
Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Long, of Salem,
are guests at the Lenox.
John Adair, an Astoria canneryman, is
registered at the Imperial.
Harry Scott and H. H. Haven, of Spo
kane, are at the Nortonia.
J. B. Cartwright, owner of a Seaside
Hotel, is registered at the Imperial.
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Ireland, of Gales
burg. 111., are registered at the Lenox.
Senator H. M. McGowan, of Pacific
County. Wash., is staying at the Perkins.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Krausse have
moved into their new home, 831 Overton
street.
Samuel McClure. a wealthy timber own
er of Stillwater, Wis., is staying at the
Portland.
Alonzo M. Petty, of I.os Angeles, rep
resenting a religious publication, is regis
tered at the Cornelius.
W. B. Stratton, ex-Attorney-General of
Washington, and now a legal practloner
In Seattle, Is at the Portland.
Miss Carrie Dickinson, of Bellingham,
Is the guest of her brother. M. C Dickin
son, manager of the Hotel Oregon.
W. H. Armstrong, who is interested In
numerous manufacturing enterprises in
Vancouver, B. C-, Is at the Seward.
Miss Sadie E. Sapp, one of the stenog
raphers for the Washington State Su
preme Court, is a guest at the Perkins.
L. F. Gordon, right-of-way and tax
agent for the Oregon & Washington
Railroad, came to Portland from Seattle
yesterday for a short business visit.
D. S. Fotheringham, of New York, who
FIRST DEGREE TEAM OF HASSALO LODGE, I. 0.
as formerly interested In the Northport
Smelter, was at the Oregon yesterday.
He left last night on his way to Panama.
H. P.' Hildrcth, special agent for the
Western Fire Assurance Company, visited
the local agents of the company, Wake
field, Fries & Co., yesterday. Mr. Hildreth
Is located In Seattle.
H. C. Oaterman, a wealthy Chicagoan,
whom disnatches credit with having ex
cited Walla Walla by the way he spent
money, is now at the Oregon, accom
panied by William Drennan, of Chicago.
W. E. Hampton, .president of the. Na
tional Wood Pipe Company, which is con.
structing-a large rluxit on tlie peninsula,
is in Portland from Los Angeles, and Is
making his headquarters at the Sjward.
'Aaron JJ. Gould, a prominent archi
tect of Boston, is In Portland for a few
days. Mr. Gould came to the Coast on
a visit, and is so much impressed with
Portland that it Is very likely he will
return to this city within the next
three months, and make this his perma
nent home. A. Warren Gould, a promi
nent architect of Seattle, is a brother.
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WOMAN ROUTS LABORERS
Brandishes Sliovel and Puts Grad
ing Crew to Flight.
WALLA WALLA. Wash., Oct. 16.
(Special.) Mrs. Jennie Waltz of this
city, created excitement among the O.
R. & N. construction crew that was
grading In the rear of her property
today, when she ran out end grabbing
a shovel from the hands of one of the
workmen, brandished it about and
would have strucK down one of the
men had it not been for a fellow work
man. The men scattered and refused
to go back to work until Mrs. Waltz
would leave. This the woman would
not do, and guarded theground the
entire day.
The workmen "then started to grade
In the rear of the George Brown prop
erty, above Mrs. Waltz's, but he put
the men to rout with a club. The rail
road company has offered to give the
two property owners $1 for every foot
of steel they lay. which abuts their
property, but neither will settle and
will carry the matter Into court.
NEW TAX SOURCE IS FOUND
Pacific County AVill Assess lleserva
tions Made by Weyerhaeusers.
SOUTH BEND, Wah.. Oct. 16. (Spe
cial.) In every deed given by the Weyer
haeuser Timber Company there Is a reser
vation to the company of the right and
title In all minerals, oils, gases, -coal,
fossils, right to enter and -explore for
came, sink shafts on same if found, right
to go over anywhere with logs, to dam
streams and make same overflow and
riparian rights. The Commissioners of
Pacific County have decided. If possible,
to ' tax these reservations and have In
structed County Assessor Peeples to take
the matter up with the State Tax Com
missioners with this end. In view.
It is said that the Weyerhaeuser people
value these reservations so highly that
they will not allow land sold by them
. to go delinquent, preferring to pay back
taxes' themselves. If it shall be found
feasible to tax these rights, there will
undoubtedly . be a scramble by every
county in the state to follow Pacific
County's lead.
BLYTHE SEEKS APPLE LORE
Magazine Writer Visits Famous Or
chards at Hood River.
HOOD RIVER, Or., Oct. 16. (Spe
cial.) Samuel G. JJlythe. of the Satur
day Evening Post staff, visited Hood
River today to secure material for a
story on the Oregon apple Industry.
Mr. Blythe was the guest of P. S. Dav
idson, Truman Butler, C. IT. Vaughan
and W. 11. Walton, and was taken
through a number of the extensive
orchards In the valley. He also visited
several of the fine country homes, apple-packing
houses and cold-storage
plants.
Mr. Blythei Is making a tour of the
Pacific Coast', In quest of special in
dustrial material for the Post, but will
shortly return to his home in Washing
ton, D. C, to be present when Con
gress convenes.
Robert Krohn's Father Dead.
Robert Krohn. physical director of the
Multnomah Club, received word yester
day afternoon that Henry Krohn. his
aged father, living in Los Angeles, had
died of paralysis yesterday at 1 o'clock.
Mr. Krohn will leave tonight for Los
Angeles to attend the funeral. The chil
dren of the deceased planned to be pres
ent at 'the golden wedding anniversary of
their parents next Tuesday. Henry
Krohn, whose age was 74 Is survived by
his wife and six children, as follows:
Bernard Krohn, Hood River, Or.; Hugo
Krohn, Davenport, la.; Miss Meta
Krohn, Los Angeles, Cal.; Mrs. Hugo
Braunligh, Davenport, la.; Clara
Krohn, Los Angeles. Cal.: Mrs. w illlam
Thompson, Los Angeles, Cal.
0. F., WINNER OF FIRST PRIZE
LAST RITES TO BE
LODGES TO BEAR PROFESSOR
MORRIX TO FINAL REST.
Hibernians and K. of C. to Attend
Funeral Services of Catholic
Educator Today.
t'nder the auspiqes of tlie Ancient Or
der of Hibernians and the Knights of
Columbus, the funeral service over the
remains of Professor Lambert Morrin will
be held this afternoon. The funeral cor
tege will leave Dunning, McEntee & Gil
baugh's undertaking parlors at 2 o'clock
and proceed to St. Mary's Cathedral,
where requiem mass will be chanted. In
terment will follow In Mount Calvary
Cemetery.
Professor Morrin died last Tuesday
night at St. Vincent's Hospital. For a
number of years he was a teacher In the
Christian Brothers' College, but was em
ployed more recently as an Instructor in
the Columbia University. He was presi
dent of the Gaelic League in this city and
held the chair of mathematics at Colum
bia University. He was a native of Cas
tlebar. County Mayo, Ireland, and was a
graduate of Trinity College, Dublin. He
obtained his A. B. degree at the age of 19.
In 1879 Professor Morrin annotated for
the first time in English the old Irish
story entitled "The Pursuit of DIarminda
and Grainne," for the Society for the
Preservation of the Irish League. The
story has since been dramatized by Doug
las Hyde, LL.D., and has been placed on
the elementary, intermediate and univer
sity curricula of Gaelic studies in Ire
land. In 1SS0 the Irish party, under the lead
ership of Charles' Stuart Parnell, offered
a prize of five pounds sterling for the
best essay on "Primary Education," in
Ireland. Professor Morrin was the win
ner of that prize in a competition open to
12.000 teachers.
Professor Morrin held several diplomas
of a high order, among them being one
from the French Academy. He came to
this country In June. 1SS9. His scroll
work in Gaelic has been declared by
competent critics to be among the best
in the United States.
ILL LUCK STRIKES CAMP
Accidents-P I le Ip Fast After Three
Years Immunity.
FALLS CITY. Or., Oct. (Special.)
After establishing the remarkable and
almost unprecedented record of running
three years without- a single accident,
the logging camp of Mike McLaughlin at
Black Rock, five miles from this city,
has suffered a series jof mishaps In the
last two weeks which seem to indicate
that ill fate has started In to make up
for lost time. Though men were getting
killed and injured In camps on all sides
of It In the past three years, not a man
'in McLaughlin's camp received an In
jury until two weeks ago. Since that
time one man has been killed, another
dangerously hurt, several others injure!
and two logging engines wrecked.
The series of accidents started two
weeks ago when a log the donkey en
gine was dragging down hill "upended"
and crashed into the engine-house, de
molishing it and breaking the engine.
Engineer Rainous Russell escaped death
miraculously, coming out of the accident
with a few bruises and his face badly
blackened by a swish of. the swinging
chain. As soon as Russell was able to
go to work again, he- took anofher en
gine, but that day a tree fell on it
wrecking it. This time the engineer es
caped unscathed.
Three days later. Frank Colgra. a tim-ber-faller
in the camp, was struck by a
falling tree and killed instantly. Two
days after that another employe of the
camp, whose name has not been learned
here, was struck by a breaking cable and
at last reports there was considerable
doubt of his recovery. Other men about
the camp have suffered minor injuries
In the past two weeks.
VALUES ARE JUMPED UP
Klamath Property Worth $3,000,
00 0 More Than Last Year.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or., Oct. 16 (Spe
cial.) Assessor Lee, who has complet
ed assessment of Klamath County, finds
an aggregate valuation of $10,557,958,
an increase of over $3,000,000 over last
year. The Klamath Falls assessment
is "$1,668,552, which is nearly double
last year's valuation. The town of
Merriil comes next,' $136,277, and
Bonanza next with $125,175.
The largest taxpaying firm Is the
Weyerhaueser Timber Company, with
an assessment of $1,018,664 on their ex
tensive pine holdings.
The actual area of Klamath County
is considerably over 4,000,000 acres, of
which only 1,072,780 acres is assessed,
leaving a balance of more than 3,928,000
not assessed. Within the unassessed
area is the Klamath Indian Reserva
tion, with its 120,000 acres.
AT SEATTLE
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Pianos Absolutely Free
We Lave aectiruulatea some more good, square pianos, taken in
exchange for our popular upright and player' pianos.
To help families secure a piano and give their ehildren the pleas
ures and benefits of a musical home, we will distribute these pianos
to families who will agree to give their children lessons and not dis
pose of the instruments.
We are not selfish in this matter; we make no demands or require
ments or obligations we want to help the children until tluy are old
enough to help themselves. .
Time lost can never be regained. If they" start now, in a year they
will be plaving well. If they wait a year or two they will Ite where
they are now, aud may never start, and will deprive themselves and
their future homes and families of the greatest pleasure of a home life.
We rent piauos for $4.00 a month, it applied on purchase at
your convenience.
We sell pianos on monthly payments to suit tlie convenience of
our customers.
You ought to see our piano for $200.00 ; full iron plate, bushed
tuning pifis, nickel-plated repeating action, ivory keys, double
veneered cases, in walnut, mahogany and oak; Colonial oases. A piano
wdth a beautiful singing tone and an ornament to any home.
Nearly 100 pianos to select from. Your inspection invited.
Graves Music Co.
Ill Fourth St., Portland, Or. 4
Everything in Music, Wholesale aud Retail.
ARE YOU GOINC TO BUILD?
It rtoe riot nav to buy an old buildlnft. when we can build you J
BeVitTAI HOME or an ARTISTIC CALIFORNIA Bl BiGALOW, with
every convenience, tor less money.
WHV NOT IMPROVE THAT VACANT LOT OP TOIHS WITH A
Modern Apartment House or Residence Flats?
.. vou to see u. Hig-h-rlass workmanship and satisfaction
aTi planS and specifications free. Money loaned for build
er. Houses built for small payment down, balance like rent.
It will pay
guaranteed.
Ing purpoaoa.
SPENCER-McCAIN
PHOVE MIX 0O0. ARCHITECTS A.TD BUILDERS.
rJTuBW Lumbermen's bldg, coiu fifth and stark sts.
READY FOR THE FIGHT
WALT EVAXS FINISHES HIS PRE
LIMINARY TRAINING.
John Berg Is Exceedingly Confident
That He Can Best His Doushty
Opponent In Coming Battle.
Walt Evans, the light heavyweight
champion wrestler of the South is work
ing hard at his training quarters to get
into condition for his match with John
Berg, the light heavyweight champion
of the Pacific Coast, to take place at
the Dreamland Hall tomorrow night.
He does not by any means underrate
the ability of Berg as a wrestler and
he knows he is up against one of the
best men in the game.
Evans comes here with a good clean
record and a reputation as a wrestler
second to none, he is out for honors pure
and simple and when the gong sounds
tomorrow night, the sport-loving publio
of Portland may rest assured that the
best man will win.
As the men are evenly matched as to
weight and the title of champion Is at
stake lovers of the mat game can look
at one of the cla.sslest matches ever
'pulled off in this city.
Will Sehiimamg win bo u "
Cush in a boxing exhibition. L. C. Arm
strong, young Eppinstein and Kid Bo -linger
will also take part in the prellml-
naBecause of the reputation of both men
in the main event, this match has caused
a lot of talk and following are some of
the opinions on the outcome of tomorrow
night's wrestling match between Berg
and Evans:
HaSry Cort I came down from Seat
tle especially to see this , match and.
while I know Berg to be a clever wrestler,
I think Evans will beat him.
George L. Baker-I pick Evans because
I think he is underrated in Portland and
from his showing in the South. 1 believe
he is a real champion.
Jack Coffman Berg always looked beat
to me. especially In the light heavy
weight class.
GERMAN PRAISES FRENCH
Gaedke Says Army of Republic- Ear
From Decadent.
PARIS. Oct. 16. (Special.) Colonel
Gaedke. the well-known German mllitary
critic attended the - French maneuvers
and communicated his Impressions to the
EIGHTY-ONE BOSTONIANS COMING
Five Carloads of Most Distinguished
Americans Expected Monday.
Tomorrow morning a little tralnload,
occupying five cars, of-most world re
nowned Bostonians will arrive in Port
land, making headquarters at. Eilets
Piano House. The party Is composed ot
eighty-one of the finest selected, high
est grade Clilckering pianos that have
ever come West. Prominent among
these arrivals will be a large number
of the very latest 1910 styles V and
styles W Chlckering Grands. And in a
later shipment of some forty additional
Chickerlngs a large number of x'he most
attractively dainty little ChickerinB
uprights, to be called style H, will
CT'he sale of Chickering pianos Is un
precedented. Ten years ago ' when
Eilers Piano House was first estab
lished the Chlckering: was purchased
in large numbers by music lovers 't
the West, but this year it is confident
ly predicted by the Eilers Piano House
management that a ten times greater
number of Chickerinsrs will be sold.
The new ChicUering Grands may be
termed the peers of modern piano pro
duction, everv feature in construction,
finish and resultant tone being in con
formity with the old established . nick
ering principle of super excellence.
The Chickeringr is Americas oldest
established, costliest and most desir
able piano, the fundamental piano of
the trade. It is sold in the West ex
clusively by the Eilers Houses.
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CO.
Berliner Tageblatt. The Matin today re
produces the Colonel's views. They ire
interesting In that they are diametrically
opposed to the Judgment of writers, com
petent and incompetent alike, who asseit
that republican institutions, the two
years' military service, and the doing
of anti-militarists have brought aoout
decadence in the Flench army.
The German critic repudiates the Idea
that the French people have ceased t
interest themselves in their army, and
that to them the maneuvers are not, as
with Germans, a popular fete. Colonel
Uaedke says he saw people come from
all quarters of France to see ...: sol
diers. As to the character of the man
euvers, he declares thut, if General Trc
meau has not found a new plan for the
operations, it Is incontestable that lie
directs them very cleverly and in an in
teresting fashion. The German crliio
never saw the French troops engaged
In Improbable situations. In spite of the
two years' service, the cavalry always
discharged its task with remarkable
skill. The patrols led as If to war, ani
the fire of the troops was excellent.
Surprise Given Old Resident.
Alex Monroe. 521 Patton road, was ten
dered a surprise party last night, on his
72d birthday. Mr. Monroe is living with his
daughter. Mrs. Sophronia Dorias. He Is
an old resident of Oregon, having crossed
the plains in 1S59. Mr. Monroe has two
children, both living in portland-Mrs.
Sophronia Dorlas and Mrs. IMia Hart
man. The following guests were present:
Miss Lena Shorts. Mr. and Mrs. G. H.
Mlchaud and family. Mr. and Mrs. .
.. t rirr;in. the Misses
I l-neineciiei . ----
Lambert, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Bergevln.
i ..... ..... vftoc, Taoola Wopnpr.
MISS Cttllie VWlKIiei.
Mrs. Sophronia Dorlas, Mrs. Lena Hart
man. ,
Mian ' TIpIoii GouM entertained five hun
dred tenement mother, with their children
at her country home the other day. The
party wus taken to Ml Oould's e.tat. by
ihe Volunteers if America, who "upPl'r fh"
transportation Hurt luncheii besides gatherlnft
and rarlne for the visitor
THE. COLUMBIA
RIVER VALLEY
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rouilun; iciirt'C null many
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cuu uetler tueiuaeives by
comluK to tic Aortliwml.
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pnyuiatl.' vliit:u vui aura
ly etti liere, and tlie vml
lucrcaae wlucn Mill lollvvr
auy amull tuveatiueut inada
at tbia time.
It nitl pay you ta look
Into tbe (.undltioua la tbla
laud ol uuVurt unity. Kcue
vt'lclc aud l'aaco are al
ready tbe Important com.
uerelal Centura of tbia dl
trict. For In.tormatlon cut
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