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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN. PORTLAND. JULY 31, 1.910.
Vinson SOON TO
BE IN PORTLAND
NEW STORE BEAUTY
PORTLAND COMMERCIAL CLUB TO PRESENT CUP FOR BEST
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Grand Opening.
Report on Auditorium Plans
Will Be Submitted in the
Near Future.
CHILDREN HAVE BIG TIME
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EASTERN CITIES VISITED
Association's Secretary Finds Build
ings Erected by Stock Companies
Are More Satisfactory Selec
tion of Site Is Difficult.
The auditorium project for Portland
will crystallize within the next few
days. The Portland Auditorium Asso
ciation, of which Mrs. H. "A. Heppner
. Is the prime mover, has been notified
by W. A. Vinson, secretary, that he
will be in Portland On next Wednes
day with a full report on the public
buildings of Eastern cities. ivlr.- Vin
son has been In the East for more than
a month and has spent several days
in each of the leading cities which
have public auditoriums. He has in
vestigated the matter from the Mis
souri River eastward, and has. found
that the best way has been to organize
private stock companies to ' finance,
build and manage such buildings. .
Hia telegram to the Auditorium As
sociation received yesterday afternoon
is as follows:
"Investigation shows that privately
financed buildings are much more sat
isfactory than municlpally-oavned
structures. I have gone into the most
exhaustive details covering the audi
toriums of Pittsburg. St. Paul, Minne
apolis. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Louis,
Kansas City, Des Moines and other
cities having stock companies. Two
city blocks will be needed for the
Portland Auditorium In order to allow
for a building of 300 feet in length.
Will reach Portland about Wednesday."
Permanent organization of the board
of directors for the Auditorium Asso
ciation has been delayed until the re
sults of the secretary's investigation
could be known.
Meeting Will Be Called.
A meeting of the affiliated organiza
tions that are working with the Com
mercial Club, such as the convention
bureau, the Rotary Club and other bod
ies, will be held within the next week
or ten days. Secretary Vinson's plan
is to lay the matter before the con
vention bureau and after securing their
co-operation to go out and get all other
boosting clubs lined up to work hand
In hand with the parent body.
One of the difficult problems in
volved will be the securing of a tract
of land of sufficient proportions to al
low the erection of a building 300 feet
or more in length. At present no such
areas are available on the West Side,
and it will be a question of determin
ing whether the Auditorium shall be
on the West or East Side of the
river.
"We have been waiting to hear some
definite report from Mr. Vinson," said
Mis. Heppner last night. "It is a mat
ter of too great importance for any one
organization to decide upon finally.
What we want is to have all business
interests in Portland enlisted in the
movement. It doesn't make any differ
ence Just what form the final organiza
tion takes, but one thing is certain, and
that is. Portland must have a public
auditorium.
Convention Hall Is Needed. -
"We can't get big National conven
tions without such a meeting-place,
and we can't afford to wait much
longer, for we are even now bending
all our energies toward securing the
Grand Lodge of Elks, the National En
campment of the G. A. R. and of the
I'nlted Spanish War Veterans for 1913.
Where shall we house such great gath
erings? The only solution is a big au
ditorium that will seat from 6000 to
10,000 people, and we have no time to
lose in getting the project under way."
Interest in Newspaper Is
Quickly Lost
Curiosity SittlKflrit When Reader
Kind It Printed In Japanese.
THE desire to be first to read the
news was illustrated in the Port
land Hotel lobby yesterday afternoon,
with attending Incidents that were
amusing to those who witnessed them.
A Japanese boy hurried in to the lobby
with a bundle of papers under his
arm and carelessly laid one on a chair
where the bell boys sit when they are
not busy. A woman's quick eye caught
sight of the paper and Its inviting
loneliness on the chair. She leisurely
stepped over to the bell boy's bench,
sat down and picked up the paper in
a manner that would not attract at
tention. Then she as leisurely folded
the paper, after glancing at it. arose
nd walked away, with her nose lu
the air.
About this time a fat traveling man.
who also had his eye on the paper,
rwalked briskly to the seat and opened
the paper. Then he as quickly folded
It up. pulled his hat down over his
eyes and crossed to the opposite side
of the lobby.
Presently a second man sidled up to
the bell boy's bench, sat down,
stretched his legs out till he was com
fortable and settled (town to read.
Then he drew his knees up, looked
around the lobby, jammed the paper
down on the seat and walked out onto
the veranda, while the fut man churkled.
Then an otw-rver. who had noticed the
queer actions of the trio, became so
curious that he went over to look at the
paper. At tlrst glance he saw it was a
Japanese newspaper.
PAVING RECORDS BROKEN
Fifteen Miles Completed In July and
Payments of $250,000 Made.
Fortland broke its record for street im
provements for July, for approximately
16 miles of hard-surface paving was com
pleted during the month. The greater
percentage of the paving was installed
on the streets of the East Side. The
sura total paid out for the work this
month reached more than $250,000. the
largest amount ever received by contrac
tors for paving In the residence districts.
While the work reached large propor
tions for July, It Is believed that the
August record will prove even larger, as
many streets in all parts of the city are
now being improved and contracts will
be let probably this week for additional
work. Several of the Jobs contracted for
In July wLU be comokUJ by the middle
Of August
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PORTLAND COMMERCIAL, CLIB CUP.
The above is from a photograph of the cup which will be presented
by the Portland Commercial Club for the best Oregon exhibit of dry
farming produce at the International Dry Farming Exposition which
is to be held in November of this year. The cup bears the following
Inscription: "International Dry Farming Exposition, Spokane, .1910,
presented by the Portland Commercial Club. Portland, Oregon, for the
best exhibit of Oregon produce raised in arid or semi-arid districts
without irrigation."
As the cup is offered for an Oregon exhibit, the cup will neces
sarily be given to Oregon exhibitors.
NEW HEADS WM
Western Union Reorganizes
Pacific Coast Service.
DIVISIONS ARE CREATED
Greater Efficiency Promised by C.
II. Gaunt, Xewly Appointed Gen
eral Superintendent Com
pany to Specialize- Work.
C. H. Gaunt, the new general super
intendent of the Western Union Tele
graph Company at San Francisco,
spent yesterday in Portland, accom
panied by I. N. Miller, Jr.. assistant
general superintendent; J. L. Ord, su
perintendent of construction at San
Francisco, and H. F. Dodge, of Wash
ington. D. C. They left last night on
the private car Electric for San Fran
cisco. Announcement was made yesterday
by Mr. Gaunt of a new organization of
the Western Union executive heads of
the Pacific division under an entirely
new arrangement. There will be es
tablished, with headquarters at San
Francisco, three new departments, each
to have at the head an administrative
C. 11. (iMDt, Nevr General Super
intendent of Western Vnlon,
Who In ReorgranlsInK Telegraph
Service on Const.
officer, who will be experienced in his
particular line. The titles of the new
officers will be division superintendent
of plant, division traffic superintendent
and commercial division superinten
dent. These officials will have full
supervision of all the departments of
the Western Union service. There will
be assigned to the division superin
tendent of plant the care of the equip
ment and facilities of the company, to
gether with all line construction. Tho
division superintendent of traffic will
have entire executive charge of the
operating forces, the movement of the
telegraph business and the arrange
ment and handling of all circuits.
Work to Be Specialized.
The commercial division superinten
dent will have Control of the machinery
for getting business and will represent
the company In Its dealings with the
public
This Initial organization is only the
first step in the specialization of all
branches of the work of tiie company,
and It will be extended down the line
of organization to the farthest point.
H. C. Chace. formerly assistant su
perintendent of telegraph of the Santa
Fe at Los Angeles, has been selected
as division traffic superintendent, and
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to committees of the House of Repre
sentatives at Washington. and a
trained telegraph and business man,
will be designated commercial division
superintendent. The division superin
tendent of plant will be announced
later.
"It Is our purpose to develop a pro
gressive and active spirit all along
the line," said Mr. Gaunt. "We want
to meet, with equal energy and com
plete organization, the spirit of enter
prise which characterizes all of tho
Northwestern cities, and my territory
here will be supervised in a way which
I am sure the public will appreciate.
I shall, representing the new manage
ment of the Western Union, do all I
can to make this new organization ef
fective and complete in every detail.
Greater Efficiency Promised.
VThe expanded organization will
make the great facilities of the tele
graph company more serviceable and
efficient, and to all employes of the
company who assist in its operation
greater comfort and prosperity in their
positions are offered."
Mr. Gaunt has just returned from a
trip to Seattle and Tacoma. He was
in Portland a short time on his way
north and spent yesterday here in
specting all of the properties of the
Western Union Company In Portland
so far as was possible. When in Seat
tle Mr. Gaunt arranged for the occu
pation. In a short time, of a new and
commodious operating room, and ho
said that improvements in the operat
ing room at Portland were contem
plated and would very likely be ar
ranged for before he left the city.
GOOD ROADS WILL BE BUILT
County Will Also Cse Oil as Best
Preservative.
That good roads are necessary to a
community was declared by County
Judge Cleeton yesterday In defining the
policy which the County Board plans
to follow. The movement for better
roads will not only receive unanimous
support, but will be emphasized as the
best Investment the county could make.
Of equal importance is the best method
of preserving the roads. Members of
the board agreed that oil, when prop
erly applied. Is the most satisfactory.
"This court is friendly to the cause
of good roads," said Judge Cleeton,
and it is our intention to carry on the
work energetically. We are better
equipped now than ever to Improve the
roads promptly.
"The best mehods of preservinsr and
maintaining the roads when completed
have been a subject of thorough study
by us, and we have come to the con
clusion that a good application of oil
once each year will be satisfactory.
Roads treated with oil will remain in
a better state of preservation than
when sprinkled with water, and be
sides, the method is much more eco
nomical. As the roads are completed
we will treat them with oil. For this
purpose we will use gasoline motor oil
ers. "We are convinced that oiling will
prove at least "5 per cent cheaper than
sprinkling with water, and at the same
time the oil will preserve the roads to a
much greater degree. In fact, we be
lieve that the life of an oiled road will
be folly 50 per cent longer. The oil
not only serves to pack the roadbed,
but It acts as a magnet and attracts
the particles of dust blown on the
roads."
County Commissioner Goddard also
strongly advocates the use of oil on
the roads, and Is in accord with Judge
Cleeton In following out the policy for
better roads throughout Multnomah
County.
BELLBOY STARTS MUSIC
"Has Anyone Here Seen Kelly?"
Sung When W. Kelly Is "Paged."
It was with fear and trepidation that
the bellboy at the Imperial started to
"page" W. C. Kelly, for whom a friend
at the desk had Inquired. The boy
knew what he was up against. But he
was faithful to his duty.
"Mr. Kelly," he shouted. Men in the
lobby started to smile.
"Mr. Kelly," he repeated. The boy's
voice was weaker this time and he wore
a blush that could not be erased.
Soon some one started t and in a.
moment everyone in the lobby was sing
ing the chorus- -of the popular song,
"Has Anyone Here Seen Kelly V
Crowd, Estimated to Total 25,000
Before Closing Hour Arrives,
Greets Olds, Wortman & King's
Fine Home on Alder.
"Aw, Mamma, go away. Lemma be.
Toung hopeful balanced himself on
the long slide as he glanced toward his
mother patiently waiting for him. She
was but one of scores of mothers wait
ing until their offspring should tire of
the big playroom at the new store of
Olds, Wortrnan & King, that opened
yesterday afternoon.
Where in all Portland could children
find so delectable a place to spend the
waiting time while mother wandered
around the counters? A slide, loaded
with children climbing up the stairs,
a giant see-saw that will accommodate
30 children at a time, a miniature merry-go-round
that will seat over a dozen
and a half dozen other ways of pleasing
a crowd of children kept the young
sters busy while their mothers shopped.
And the mothers certainly flocked to
the new store. At 1 o'clock every door
In the block was besieged by a crowd of
women, estimated to exceed 4000. 'Ex
citement grew as the minute hand of
the clock finally approached the hour.
Through the glass doors could be seen
the long counters loaded with merchan
dise and the clerks, looking slightly
anxious after their two days' siege of
removal was at an end. -
As by Magic Doors Ely Open.
There was a single stroke of a bell.
As If by magic every door swung wide
open and four seas of people swept to
wards the center of the building. At
2 o'clock it was estimated that more
were In the building than could have
found standing room In the old store.
Conservative estimates late in the even
ing placed the visitors at well over
25.000.
"Merchandising is no longer a busi
ness; it has become a science," said Ad
vertising Manager Dinsmore.
It certainly seemed true, for with
the automatic attachments that tell
whether a. customer's credit is good or
not, the automatic cash registers that
record in three columns the price of
the goods and work out and print the
total and the clock-work regularity of
the employes, a science seemed to be
the only possible descriptive term.
The store has many Interesting fea
tures, too: the beautiful white and
gold tea room, with the wonderful ma
hogany furniture Indeed the whole of
the store furniture Is mahogany the
beauty parlors, where such mysterious
processes, such as arm moulding and
expression chan,'ng go on, the mani
cure rooms' and the heap of other nov
elties. And here's a secret. In one of the
big windows there's a big cake. There's
something strange and peculiar about
that cake, but it would be against the
law for it to be told, so If you want
to know what It la you must see the
cake yourself.
Electric Lights Aid In Beauty.
There are cases that seem to be made
of solid glass. They are illuminated
with hidden - electric lights. There is
a way to get into the cases, but no
uninitiated visitor can tell how It's
done.
In the grocery apartments apart
ments seem to be the best way to
describe these rooms de luxe there is
a faint, fragrant perfume of coffee.
In addition there are a dozen charm
ing lattice-work demonstrating booths,
where manufacturers will be permitted
to demonstrate anything new in the
eating or drinking line.
"Stocks are at a low ebb 'now," said
Mr. Dinsmore. "The store cannot now
be seen at its best."
If that be the case, the new Olds.
Wortman & King store, charmingly de
signed and pleasantly situated, will
seem almost to be performing the im
possible. PULPIT ADDS WARNING
PASTORS TO PREACH OX FOR
EST PRESERVATION.
Danger From Fires In Exceptionally
Dry Season of This Year
Regarded as Acute.
In 30 churches in Portland today ser
mons will be preached on the subject
of forest fires and the waste of nat
ural resources upon which a large part
of the prosperity of Oregon Is based.
This unique method of arousing the
people to the necessity of preventing
the beginning of fires, rather than
volunteering to quench the flames, was
originated by District Forester Chap
man, who sent 2000 letters to minis
ters throughout Washington and Ore
gon asking their aid In preserving the
timber which means employment to
thousands of men If unburned, as well
as the preservation of many towns.
Among the many replies received, a
Methodist pastor said that he believed
that the first example of conservation
was to be found In the parable of the
loaves and the fishes, while another
has announced his Intention of pre
paring a series of sermons on the sub
ject of the tree of life.
The necessity for instructing the
people concerning the tremendous val
ues which are going up in smoke with
a dry year such as 1910 gives promise
of being, is Indicated. " say forest offi
cers, by the fact that at this time there
are probably 100 fires burning their
way over the mountains. Not all of
them are dangerous to either property
or lives, but they may become so at
any moment.
In most cases the fires are thought
to be the result of sparks from rail
road locomotives and donkey logging
engines, but there are Instances where
such reasons will not apply. Along the
line of the Sumpter Valley Railroad in
Baker County five fires were reported
yesterday. They are on lands owned
by private citizens, and the forest ser
vice Is fighting only to prevent them
from entering reserve lands. Two fires
on the National forest areas in that
vicinity were stopped by gangs of
Greek laborers from Baker City espe
cially employed. The Oregon 1 Conset
vatlon Society is exercising a patrol in
portions of the state, but in others
there appears to be no effective or
ganization. It was pointed out yesterday by tim
ber owners that unless rains shall re
lieve the situation -August will prob
ably be the dryest and most dangerous
which Oregon and Washington have
encountered in many years.
TREES ARE COLLECTED
OREGON" HAS 60 SPECIKS TO GO
IX FIELD MUSEUM.
Half Thousand Specimens Will Be
Gathered From World Over and
Sent to Chicago.
Arrangements were yesterday com
pleted whereby a perfect specimen of
each of the 60 or more tree species
peculiar to Oregon will be placed In
the Field Museum at Chicago. Huron
H. Smith, the Oregon representative of
the museum, is making the collection,
which will ultimately embrace a sam
ple of every tree known to grow on
the globe.
It Is estimated that it will require
ten years of active work to complete
and Install the collection- three years
being devoted to the 547 varieties of
trees now known to be peculiar to
North America. The exhibit Is In
tended to be of the utmost educational
value.
The collection will be installed In a
series of large glass cases, a single
case being devoted to a species. It
will show a cut from the trunk of a
tree, one-half the average diameter of
the species at maturity, the bark be
ing attached. In the same case will
appear a wax reproduction of the tree
in full foliage during the Summer sea
son, and its condition and appearance
during the Winter. In another space
In the cabinet will appear photographs
of the tree, and specimens of the wood
sawed in various ways and showing
what uses It Is best adapted to. A
complete history of each specimen will
be given, together with a map show
ing In what prt of the world the tree
grows, an estimate of the amount of
the wood available and of the future
supply.
The collection will be classified un
der three general heads, trees that are
valuable for lumber, trees that fur
nish woods best suited to special uses
such as artificial limbs, tool handles
and vehicle builders, and those for
which no beneficial use has been dis
covered. Mr. Smith carries a permit from the
bead of the Forestry Service allowing
him to cut specimens on any forest
reserve in the United States. This per
mit is the only one of the kind ever
issued.
The work has been completed in
many of the Southern States and it is
thought probable that the specimens
from the Coast states can be secured
during the present season.
Mr. Smith yesterday exhibited a
specimen of "cork" wood, which is
found at no place in the world outside
of Missouri, Alabama and Texas. It
grows under water, and the specimen
three feet in length and two Inches In
diameter weighed four ounces.
MOTHER SLAPS NEIGHBOR
Children Fight, and Family Row Is
Taken to Court.
The childish game of "pasa it along"
was played by the Ferguson and Mac
Mahon families until Judge Bennett In
tervened yesterday morning and decreed
that the honors were even and the game
should stop.
It all began when, as alleged, the Fer
guson boy struck the 9-year-old Mac
Mahon boy. Then the MacMahon girl flew
to the rescue of her little brother and hit
the Ferguson boy. The latter retorted in
kind, striking his adversary dn the arm
and back.
Bib Brother MacMahon entered the lists
and chastised young Ferguson for strik-
We have had enough of the wishy-washy kind.
We have a sales force that is not equal to the gi
gantic task we have before us. To move over a
million dollars' worth of the best real estate in the
Northwest, we MUST HAVE FIVE EXCEPTION
ALLY HIGH-GRADE MEN AT ONCE.
We require men of red blood, men of fire and deter
mination, men of iron muscle and nerves of steel.
We require them immediately. The height of our
season begins tomorrow.
We prefer men from Eastern cities, with real estate
selling experience. We positively refuse to even
talk to men who are worn out selling Portland prop
erty. We will make these five men rich this Fall,
if they come to us with the grim vow to MAKE
GOOD OR 'FESS UP.
We want men who can get the business. We do not
want men that need help to close. If you cannot
.handle a customer till you have his money, don't
bother us, PLEASE!
Liberal commission; big advertising campaign to
back you up; opportunity to sell in Portland or any
part of the Northwest.
Our property is known. There is enough of it to last
two years and keep you busy all the time. Every
inducement that we can offer to make it worth your
while to stay with us for all time, we agree to give.
Please reply by mail today, setting forth the experi
ence you have had. Y 156 Oregonian.
lng his sister. Mrs. Ferguson then flew
out at MacMahon and gave him several
stinging slapa. She alleges that Mac
Mahon struck her, but he says that he
simply held her arms to prevent her from
hurting him. All this occurred In the
vicinity of Twelfth and Harrison streets,
where the parties live. All the neighbor
hood and an array of lawyers were pres
ent in Police Court yesterday morning to
try the affair. Judge Bennett, following
hWs usual policy In neighborhood wars,
admonished .both sides and promised a
Jail sentence to the first who shall again
break the peace.
EX -DOG -CATCHER BEATEN
Albert Nelson Meets Man Who Re
members Dealings in Vancouver.
Although Albert Nelson resigned his
position as" dog-catcher for the City of
Vancouver, Wash., the malice of those
who disliked his activities in that work
still follows him and caused him to re
ceive a beating yesterday afternoon In a
North End saloon.
Nelson appeared at police headquarters
yesterday afternoon with a swollen Hp,
which he said had been administered to
him by a man twice his size. Nelson said
that he did not know the man. but In the
goodness of his heart had invited the
stranger to have a drink.
"I don't drink with no dog
catcher," was the reply, followed by &
stinging blow In the face. . When Nelson
appeared to make complaint, the alleged
assailant f&llowed, but after a warrant
had been given for his arrest he was not
to be found.
Nelson occupied a large share of the
public attention during his incumbency
as dog-catcher, on account of the fre
quent attacks that were made upon him.
Almost every day some story would
come from Vancouver, saying that the
city's custodian of vagrant canines had
been assaulted again, and the trouble
went even to the length of 'an exchange
of pistol shots on one or more occasions.
The police are looking for Nelson's
assailant. .
. Delivery Boys Privileged.
Special delivery boys in the employ
of the Postoffice may ride their bi
cycles on the sidewalk where the
streets are In bad repair, directs Chief
of Police Cox. in an order Issued yes
terday. The action Is taken at the In
stance of Postmaster Merrick, who
gives assurance that any of the boys
misusing the privilege by reckless rid
ing will be dismissed.
CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to thank our many friends
who remembered us with floral tributes
and sympathy during the loss of our
beloved wife and daughter.
JACOB SCHNEIDER.
JOHN MAR DO R F.
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LABOR LEADERS TO SUE
EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY BILL
MEETS OPPOSITION.
Editor or Portland Labor Press Is
Delegated to Start Action in
Marion County for Changes.
In an effort to secure a title for the
employers' liability bill that will meet
more nearly with their demands', mem
bers of the Portland Central T.abi.r
Council will file a mandamus 3u:t in the
Marlon County courts to compel the Attorney-General
to change the title of
the bill now pending.
Harry J. Parkinson, editor of tho
Portland Labor Press, has been delegat
ed to file the suit. In discussing the
matter yesterday, he said:
"Organized labor of Oregon is not
satisfied with the ballot title fixed by
Attorney-General Crawford . for the
Employers' Liability Commis-ion bill,
and will file suit in Marion County to.
have the same changed.
"When the measure was filed some
two weeks ago the Attorney-General
prepared a title and the same was filed
with the Secretary of State. This one
was withdrawn and a new one substi
tuted on last Monday.
"The original title reads:
A bill for an act creating- a board of com
missioners of nine men to examine the sub
ject of employes Indemnity for Injuries sus
tained In the course of their employment,
and to prepare a measure to be presented
to the Legislature governing same, and to
report to the Vovernor on or before the
first day of February. 1911, and to appro
priate 11000 for the purpose of the act
While the substitute reads:
An act to secure Indemnity for all in
juries sustained by employes in the course
of their employment, except injuries inten
tionally self-inflicted, by creating by a com
mission of nine men to prepare a measure
covering the said subject to be enacted by
the Legislature, and to report such measure
to the Governor not later than February 1.
1911.
- "The labor forces' take exception to
the omission of the J1000 and they
charge that the change is made to con
vey the Impression that the measure
will 'secure indemnity for all injuries
sustained, while it is to create a com
mission to make recommendations only.
"The labor unions are presenting a
law to the voters at the November elec
tion which will give protection to per
sons engaged -n hazardous occupations.
It is their contention that the measure
proposed by the employers' of Tortland
is an efort to defeat their measure."
Harris Trunk Co. tor trunks and bags.