THE SUNDAY OREGON IAN, PORTLAND, AUGUST 1. 1910.
KNIGHTS AT BIER
HONOR MB. SCOTT
Solemn Midnight Service Held
at Scottish Rite Cathe
dral by Masons.
THOUSANDS VIEW BODY
After Lying In State, It Is Center
of Beaatiful Cerenaony rrlvate
Knaeral Service to Be Held
. at Residence Today.
The body of h late Harvey W. Scott
arrived In Portland from Baltimore at
7: JO o'clock yesterdsy roomlni. accom
panied Y the widow and hi aon
and daughter. It lay in atate at the
Scottish Kite Cathedral from S to 4 P. M..
where It waa viewed by thousands, and
a the midnight service of the Masons
ma held, every seat In the great audl
. i.. .h .tiir tmln filled and large
numbers being turned away beoausa of
lack of room.
Today at X P. M- prhrata services will
V held at tha family residence at
Twelfth and Murrlson street, followed
by a public funeral service at 2:80 and a
precession to be composed of Masonic
and other organisations. Tha body will
be. Interred m Kiverview Lenwurj.
vri. n branch of business and
very phase of social, business and offl
xi.i life will be represented. Mayor 81
reon and tha members of tha City Coun
cil will attend.
Long before tha doora of tha cathed
ral, at Lownsdal and Morrison streets,
awung open last night, a crowd that
extended Into tae atreet naa gminerra.
liiiili it T:9 the throng hurried In.
the capacity being taxed to Its full
extent by o'clock. Tha doors were
.cloned, thousands being turned away.
At the beaatirul services were begun.
II, a. Clarke, master of Kadosh. presld-la-
Tha Sir Kalghta aaslaliog wars
Wallace McCamanu E. O. Jones. R. A.
Millers Ql Ml Cellars, i. W wreriein. a.
n rw&b kbi) Hrvdoa H. NteolL
Wklla they were rsoaal friends of
Mr. rVoll for many year -and ware
areally affected by bis fleam, inex
ecut4 tha ceremonies rauiliessiy.
I low Kalgtit Bary Their Paid.
Tha midnight service of tha Scottish
Rite bodies Is perhaps tha most Ironee
sive of the eeremaatal functions of tha
.Masonic fraternity. In performing the
ulisequWs over the bodies of Its de
raed members. Tha occasion last
nitiht waa shorn of none or ita atria
in iIiiiiuii lm the atactng and. won
dertul lighting effects of this staid
ancient burial service. Before the com
mencement of tha ceremonial all tha
Hants were extinguished In tha main
auditorium wbera tha vast audience
was seated.
Looking through a scrim curtain waa
seen tha caaket containing tha body.
amid a moat realistic setting represent
Inr the Interior of a cathedral. In car
rying out tha Illusion of midnight, the
cathedral chimes struck tha hour of
12. At tha last stroke of the hour, the
Sir Knights, all membera of the hlgheat
body of the Oregon order, under wnoe
direction the service waa conducted.
marched alowly Into view of tha vast
audience. They were garocq in in
habiliments ef tha order, and each
knight bora In his left hand a lighted
candle. As tha knights took their
place around tha bier, tha daao dia
pason of tha chime bells resouadlne
throughaut the audience eBamoer car
ried, without a break In the perfect
harmonious effect of Ita tone value, the
strains o( that classic among gospel
hymns, "Nearer, My Ood. la Th." Tha
hor for tha last rites over the body of
an honored member had come, and
nothing was laoklng that could mar
the beauty or the solemnity of the oc
casion. The leeaoas of this eeremanlsl are strik
ing. The beautiful simplicity of the
ritual Itself touched a tender chord and
reached the Innermost soul of every
maa and woman la tha vast audience
that had gathered to pay respect to the
memory of Mr. Scott- With the sim
plicity of ritualistic utterance waa added
the imprenlvenes of perfect ensemble
effect. Usrh of the Sir Knights to
whose direction this veremonlal function
la Intrusted fits the part he has been
chosen to All. The beauty of the ritual,
hnic expression of this ceremonial Is evl.
danced hy tha following passage taken,
from last night's work:
"This heart has ceased to beat;
lt has counted all the moments of
ur brother's life, and stopped forever;
"No feeling or affection Is Its.tsnant
saw.
"May our Father who Is In heaven for
give the weakness and reward the gen
erous loving kindnesses of our brother."
Thousands Pas by Bier.
Several thousand persons passed In
the afternoon by the bier containing
the body of Mr. Scott, lying In state
at the Sc ottish Rite Cathedral. Tha
lying In state, aver which two Mssons
watched, took place In the theater of
the building. The bier lay on tha
stsge. the settings of which repre
sented an English abbey. Slightly to
tha left ef the casket a heavy bronaa
cross was standing.
Ons single small white flower had
been placed on the purple coverings
of the casket and under tha curtain,
raised sufficiently for the procession
to pass, a long Una of people moved
the whole afternoon. Men, women and
children passed by. but a great num
ber ef thoee at the Temple counted
themselves tha personal friends of
tie dead editor.
Fanrral Service for Today.
The body of Mr. Bcott arrived yesterday
morning at 7;Ju, Tha Masonlo fraternity,
of both tha York and Scottish Rites,
ass represented among the throng gath
ered at the Grand Centra! Station as the
funeral train came to a standstill under
the somber train sheds, while numerous
Intimate friends of the Scott family re
ceived the members of the party as they
alighted from the special car.
In the family party were Mrs. Scott,
wdow; Leslie M. fWtt. John H. tVcit.
.tmhroee M Scott and Miss Judith Scott,
the latter three having met the funeral
train east of Spokane.
The body of Mr. Scott was takes to ths
Holmaa undertaking parlors under Ma
sonic escort, and there rested until 1
o'clock In the afternoon, wtien the casket
was taken to the Scottish Rite oathedral.
The trip across the continent was
marked by no epeclal Incidents, and
lslle M- droit was afforded svery cour
tesy by the railroad officials over whoss
tines ths Jotirney was msde.
T&a arrangements for ths funeral, to
day r st follows:
At 1 P private services will be
held at th Scott residence. Twelfth and
Morrison streets, where ths body wss re
moved at tha conduenon of the mid eiTht
,rvic st tve Scottish Rita Cathedral.
Rev. T. L. EJ. pastor emerltue of the
First Unitarian Church, will conduct ttA
short and simple ceremony at tha resi
dence. Mrs. Rose Worn Rsuer will be In
will be sung by a quartet. It Is expected
that then services will be conducted by
2:39 P. M.
While the services are taking place at
the Scott home. Portland Lodge No. M.
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, will
open a lodge of mourning at Masonlo
Tempi snd will arrange for the moving
of the procession of Masonic and civic
bodies at S:0 P. M-. under tha direction
of Worshipful Master J. K. Werlain. All
Masons In the city will participate as
members of Portland Lodge.
Worshipful Master J. E. Werlein has
ssslgned all bodies to the places they
will occupy - in the procession and has
commanded that they shall report to him
st tha Masonic Temple not later than
1:45 today. The procession will move
from ths Tempi to the Scott residence
at 1:20 and will arrive Just as the fam
ily services are being brought to a close.
Brown City Park Band will announce
the arrival in view of the eaakst and
will render Chopin'a funeral march as It
Is carried to tha waiting funeral car. As
tha funeral eortege moves out, th bier
will be surrounded by an escort of
Knights Templar in full regalia and
marching in hollow square.
The procession will proceed to the
corner of Third and Madison streets,
where the Masons and members of civic
societies will board waiting car to tak
them to tha cemetery, and tha carriage"
followuTy the hears will proceed out
along 'Riverside boulevard.
Clligens who desire to witness the In
terment will find cars awaiting them at
Second and Jefferson streets, the officers
of tha Portland Railway, Light Power
Company having made arrangements for
a large number of extra cars..
Among tl organisations which will ba
represented is the Portland Press Club,
with whom will march many newspaper
men from other portions of the state.
The club will meet at the Imperial Hotel
at 1:30 sharp.. .
Tester. .y the eAVnty Courthouse, the
Cltv Hill, th Federal courts and the
officers of various branches of th Gov
ernment represented in Portland were
closed out A respect to the memory of
Mr. Scott, f
Members of tha City Council will at
tend the funeral In a body. Mayor Simon
having Issued a call to meet at the City
Hall at I o'clock.
The pallbearers are as follows:
Active pallbearers B. W. Wright.
Oskar Huber. C. A. Warden. W. H.
Galvsuil. U G. Clarke. George II. Himes.
N. J. Levinson. Fred Plttock and f .
Parker.
Honorary pallbearers Jay Bower
man. Acting Governor of Oregon:
Georsra K. Chamberlain, United States
Senator; Joseph Simon, Mayor of Port
land; C. A. Oolph, Kufui Maliory. a.
8. Josselyn. H.-H. Northup, C. W. Ful
ton. P. 8. Malcolm. A. D. Charlton. T.
H Wilcox. Judas M. C. George. Z. K.
Moody, of The Dalles. ex-Governor of
Oregon: A. Rush, or Kaiem; Aiirea
Hotoien, of Ban Francisco; John L
Wilson, of Seattle; Alden J. Blethen.
of Seattle.
IlEMEMBKRS lin. SCOTT AS BOY
Venerable ' Minister Jtocoll IncW
drnts of Editor's Boyhood.
Rev. W. R- Bishop, who lives at East
Mill and Eleventh streets, says ne
knew tha late Harvey W. Bcott when
ha waa a l-year-old boy. living In
Tasewell County, Illinois.
"I waa riding a circuit In those
days." said Mr. Blahop yesterday. "Mr.
Hcott'a parents used- to give m a bed
to lie on and aomethlng to eat. They
used to taka car of ma from Saturday
night to Monday morning.
"I remember well ths first time I
lis Mr. Scott. His fsther operated a
horsepower sawmill. I saw Harvey sit
ting on tha ataad la th center, driving,
the four horses, and I remember think
ing then what a dangerous plac It
waa for a boy.
I called to see mm Just Be tore ne
went to Baltimore, Ha told ma he
was In great pain, but ba aaid. Ur.
Bishop, do you know the first tiro I
saw your
-No. Mr. Scott. I don t. saiq.
" 'You ware preaching from th text
'Zeceheua, com down." ' he said.
"And I was. too.
"From tha time I last saw Mr. Seott,
In &, In Illinois, I naver .saw him
until I met him in Portland, sine
than I have met him In Republican
conventions all over tha state. When
I picked up ths nswspapsr last Mob.
day and saw th headlines It ssemed
as if th light la th room bad gon
But-"
Mr. Bishop Is Itysar a of age. He
baa a vary clear memory and recalls
Incidents of his friendship with Mr.
Scott and members of th Scott family.
VOTERS SLOW JO REGISTER
Rush Expected When People Return
From Vacations.
Yesterday waa the flth day the reg
istration books at the County Clerk's
office were open, and before the office
closed at I o'clock last night, 64
votsrs had registered for the day,,
bringing th total registration up to
tl.420. For th corresponding period
two years ago there was a total of
H.84J registered. The difference of
1511 shows a comparative Increase In
th number of voters.
Th number of Republicans reg
istered yesterday was 402, Democrats
It and miscellaneous 14. The same
date last ysar 411 voters rsglstered.
showing an Increase for. th day of
131.
I'nless voters who have not as yet
rsglstsrd appear at tha registration
polls faster than haa been the practice
the past week or two. It Is ths opinion
of County Clerk Fields thst many will
fail to get their names on the books.
There are Just 3 dsys left in which
to register and. as only a little over
half of the voters of Multnomah
County have registered, the time la
short to accommodate the tardy ones.
Mr. Flslds" fore is kept busy most of
th time now, but when the rush be
gins the deputies will have their hands
full every minute of th day.
During th month hundreds of voters
he-re been away on their vacations,
but aa they will begin ta oome home
from now on. It Is expected that regis
tration will become much heavier, and
for that reason It Is urged that ths
people In the city who are entitled to
vol should register without aeiay.
DR. P. AINSLEY TO PREACH
Itrad of Christian Missionary So
ciety Visits In Portland.
rr. Peter Alnsler. president of the
American Christian Missionary Society,
author of several works on theology
and pastor of a prominent church In
Baltimore, will speak at the Rodney
Avenue Christlsn Church at 11 o'clock
this evening. Th meeting at the First
Christian Church will be a union ser
vice in which th congregations of th
Rodney and Central Christian Churches
will Join. ,
Dr. Ainsley is In the vt est in the in
terest of the National convention of
th American Christian Miaslonary So
ciety, which will meet In Topeka. Kan.
s. October 11 to 17. While a visit
to Portland wag known to hav been
included In his Itinerary, his arrival
yesterday was unexpected, but prepara
tions were Immediately made to hear
th distinguished minister during his
stay is) Portland.
A Sit ef primeval rw forest about half
mile souar is rsxwfu'.lv prrv-l in the
nsvsrian hishlanda ef Germany, tha trees.
once wtd.ly distributed, hating become al
most extinct in Euros ,
PRESS AND PUBLIC
JOIN 111 EULOGIES
Wide Variety of Expressions
Tells of Appreciation of
Mr. Scott.
WORK FOR OREGON FELT
Insistence Vpon Rights of North-
west, Clear Thinking Tpon Vi
tal Questions, Advocacy
of Bight Extolled.
Dally since last Monday Tha Ore
gonlan has reproduced voluntary trlb
utss ta tha memory of Harvey W. Hoott
that have come by telegraph, by letter
or In the columns of the newspapers
of the State and Nation, but In spite
of this the unpublished tributes have
continued until now It will be found
Impossible to give more than excerpts
from the great majority of them.
Tha communications will be referred
to th members of Mr. Scott's family
for them to acknowledge in some fit
ting way.- In them there Is to be found
a variety of expressions soms of syiti
pathy, some of eulogy, some of renil
nl scene. '
In one letter, signed by. Mrs. J. C.
Gullette, a schoolmate of 50 years ago
In the village of Groveland. Tazewell
County. Illinois, the writer tells of re
cent conversations with Mr. Scott at
Hot Lake In which many Incidents of
school life were recalled.
Start for Oregon Recalled.
' I well remember the morning they
started on their long Journey to Ore
gon." says Mrs. Gullette In her letter.
"Our teacher allowed us to leave the
schoolroom as they passed through the
town. There was quite a caravan, as
others accompanied them. The teams
wars of bath horses and eaan. Harvey
and his sister were walking so as to
bid farewell to their schoolmstes, ho
a chubby well-grown boy of 14.
How' ha began to learn his "Rngltsh'
from the editorial page of The Ore
gonlan 20 years ago, when just out of
German schools, is told by Hlgmund
Blehel.
"Sines then I have been a constant
reader of The Oregonlan editorial
page.' Mr. Slchet continues, "and I
freely admit that I have been aided In
reaching conclusions on the Important
questions of the day by whaf 1 found
there. I am one of the many who deep
ly deplore the death of Mr. Scott. But
his life hss been a wonderful success,
and his work has left a fine and lasting
Impress on the citizenship of Oregon
country and of Portland In particular.
Soma reaollectlone not . heretofore
given of Mr. Scott' part in tha develop
ment of Oregon are given In a com
munlcation from William Re'd, In which
be says In part:
"Most people characterise Harvey W,
Scott aa only the great, honest leader
of tha Republican party of Oregon, and
few oregonlans know, as my 36 years
knowledge of him demonstratss, that
not party principles alone, but Immi
gration 'nto and development of Oregon
were his greatest alma In ilfe. While
United State vice-consul at Dundee I
wrote and published 30.000 copies In
Scotland of my first work, entitled 'Or
egon and Washington Considered as
fields for Labor and Capital In 1373,
and detailed at length their resouraes.
Mr. Scott met me thereafter and urged
my removal to Oregon permanently. W
being both of Scotch descent and Mr.
Bcott having without fee or reward,
earnestly urged my Scottish financial
directors to develop the then young
Stat of Oregon, the result was that
between i7 and 1SI. over tT.600.000
of Scottish capital alone was Invested
In Oregon, .
Advocacy Wn TJnselfisb.
"In this "History of Portland' he gives
detail of these Industries and credits
me with soma, but my Scottish direc
tor well know, as do I, that Mr. Scott'
disinterested advocacy of the safety of
their foreign Investments her, when
Portland had but 15.000 population and
th state of Oregon about soo.OOO 1S
pis, was th means of making Oregon
known to the outslda world at a time
when w had no transcontinental rail
connection and only im than 100
mile of railway within th entir
state. 4
Mr. Reld also recall Mr. Scott'
leadership In tha Stats Board of Immi
gration and tba Board of Trad tjove
ments inaugurated in 1ST4 and 1373,
his coopsrstlon given th Port of port
land Commission In Its work of devel
oping the river chsnnal. and his efforts
In behalf ef a railroad to Nehalair
which finally resulted in th Harrtmau
Interest taking up tba project.
That a strong Influence in habit of
thought and us of English haa com
from Mr. Scott' Hf work Is the opin
ion of Luella Clay Carson, president of
Mills College. California, who in a let
ter says In part:
"Mr. Scott's Influence in gelding pro
cesses of thought and reasoning, and
expression of thought, was alwaya
definite and Impressive. An Influence
upon a people as to their habits of
thought and their sanity of reasoning,
though always subtle and unconscious.
Is none the lees sure and potent. Tha
daily editorials of Th Oregonlan for
these many years, read by thousands
throughout the Northwest, have influ
enced tha publio mind toward clear
thinking upon vital questions; logical
reasoning, snd simple, virile English
dlctloq and phraseology.
Calm Reasoning. Effective.
"Versatile diction and nothing over
wrought, splendid phrase and perfectly
Intelligible, noble thought upon great
themes, sppeals to calm reasoning and
judgment thes have been th dally
food for a generation and who can ea-
tlmate their valuer'
Mr. Scott's death caused the mind of
George Rubenetein, of Portland, to re
vert to the campaign days of the Spanish-American
War. "I recollect how
agerly I used to look forward to th
coming of Th Oregonlan when I waa
In camp In the Phlllippln Islands dur
ing the late war with rtpaln," he writes.
"I used to be ablo to tell one of Mr.
Scott's editorials by Just reading the
first on or two line, when I would
stop everything sis until I had fully
read and digested it."
Marion D. Egbert. Court Commis
sioner, of 8ouih Bend, Wash., ia re
minded of his meeting Mr. Bcott.
"I first met him at tha banquet
given by the cltlsens of Walla Walla
to the newspaper men who formed a
part of the historic Vlllard excursion
(September 33, 1883). I delivered the
welcoming address and Mr. Kcott. who
sat beside me, respondsd. We- hav
been good friend ever sine."
The following ar snort excerpts
from some of the letters thst have been
received sine th death of Mr. Scott:
'His wss ths soul of high honor, gen
erous t th right, devoid of Jealousy
toward others. Incapable of known In
justice, and Inspired by a lofty patriot
ism and unfaltering devotion to his
country and state. . . . His Ufa
should be a model and beacon light to
young men struggling-with cruel ad
versity." Bmmstt Callahan, Baksr
City.
. Benedictine Father Condole.
"You have our deepest sympathy and
heartfelt condolence over tha great
loss of Mr. Scott- In the name of Bene
dictine Fathers." P. Adhelm Odermatt,
O. 8. B., Prior, Mt- Angel, Or.
"I cannot tell you how much I was
grieved when I heard of the death of
Mr. Scott. I had known him for th
past 40 years, and quite Intimately for
the past IS years. I have always con.
sidered him the brainiest vrlter in th
United States." Lee Moorehouse, Pen
dleton, Or.
"May his teachings forever serve as
a beaeon light to wandering humanity,
and may the wave of sympathy now
going out from every part of the com
monwealth bring comfort to those who
were nearest and dearest to Mr. Scott."
Herman Wise, Astoria, Or.
"I was very sorry to learn of th
death of Mr. Scott at Baltimore. The
State of Oregon, and Indeed the whol
Northwest, haa suffered a great loss in
ths passing from the stage of action of
this splendid figure in tne affairs of
that part of the country."-G. W. our
ton, Los Angeles, Cal.
"I hav Just read th sad Intelligence
of Mr. Bcott' death. The negroes
throughout th Inland Empir mourn
th death of thl grand man." J. Gor.
don McPherson. editor of "The Voice
of the West."-Illustrated Negro Maga
zine, "Mr. Scott's name will undoubtedly
go down In history as that of one of
the greatest editors of his time. May
WOW AM COLLABORATES
I'RUP.iRI.XU LAW DIGKST.
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Miss ettlf Ma King.
SALE!, Or, Aug. 13. (Spe
cial.) .Probably the only woman
collaborator in the preparation
of a law ilgest in this country is
Miss Effie Mae King. who. with
Arthur k). Benson, is preparing
tha supplement to R. W. Monta
gue's digest of Oregon law cases.
The supplement Is nearly com
pleted and will be Issued about
November 1.
The supplement extends from
volume 44 to. 54. inclusive. It is
paged to start where the Monta
gue digest concludes and will
contain complete table of cases
to date. Including those In the
present work. Mr. Montague'a
work closes with the Flrty-thlrd
Oregon and the table of cases is
being completely revised to bring
the opinions down to the latest
possible date. In addition a list
of all the Oregon cases appealed
to the United States Supreme
Court will be given and refer
ences to tha United States re
ports, where they may be found.
Miss King Is connerted with
the office of Justice T. A. Mo
Bride and is a sister-in-law of
- Justice Wrtl R-- King. Mr. Ben
son Is deputy clerk of the Su
preme Court. Ha is a, son of
judge Henry L. Benson, ef Klam
ath Falls and nephew of Gov.
ernor Frank W. Benson.
he rest In pence, for ha has surely done
and said what he believed to be for
the best." G. F. McClane, Castla Rock,
Wash.
His Bigness Simple.
'Mr. Bcott Impressed ms as a teacher
able and willing to deolare tha worth
of common things. . . . He was a
man of simplicity. Ha was not like an
overdressed person In his style as a
writer. We are delighted to iook down
to th bottom of a spring of water to
sea the pebbles. Simplicity make a
clear medium through which we look.
All bigness is simple, but littleness
does not recommend itself that way."
B. . Hoadley, University Park, Or.
The following has com from the
alumni of the Pacific University:
'Th Associated Alumni of Pacific
University desire to give expression to
the sense of personal loss which we
all feel at the death of Harvey W.
Scott, and we take the opportunity to
extend to hi family our heartfelt sym
pathy In thi tlms of sorrow.
"For nearly E years Harvey W. Soott
ha been a living exemplar of th best
Ideals In the Intellectual and mora', life
of the state.' The springs of life were
always within himself, but the oppor
tunity to drink at the fountain or
knowledge was afforded by Pacific
University. 'A small school,' of which
Mr. Scott was fond of quoting th lan
guage of Webster as to his own alma
mater, 'but there are those who love
It-
"Th alumni of Paoinc university
hav always entertained a. high ap
preciation of our first and most distin
guished graduate not .only for his
deep culture and profound intelligence,
but also for th helpful counsel and In
spiration ha haa brought to many who
were seeking to scale th heights ef
learning for themselves. We grlv
that no mora shall we see his stalwart
form among the oaks on the campus
nor hear his voice In reminiscent mood
people the present with the past. His
Influence, however, remsins, and as
long as untiring Industry, lofty cour
age and high Ideals hold sway In th
Oregon country tha life and work of
Harvey W. Scott will- bear fruit In
ever-lnereaslng abundance."
The tribute is signed by a commit
tee consisting of Edward B. Watson.
: George H. Durham. : J. W. A.
Bowlby, ': Harriet Hoover Killln. '9;
John T. Whalley. '31: John A. Lee. '1;
Lois Parker Myers. '.
Bute, Printer's Office Closes. .
SALEM, Or.. Aug. 13. (8peclaL) The
State Printer's office closed this after
noon a a mark or respect to narvey v..
Scott. The flag at the State Capitol has
been flying at hall-mast since rridsy
morning.
Mrs. Thome. s Bobert Dead..
Patrolman A- C. Small, of the harbor
nollce. was yesterday Informed Cf the
death of hi mother-in-law, Mrs. Thomas
Roberts, of 360 Morris street, who died
uddenly Friday while visiting at Bur-
wen. Neb. Earl Robertat, a eon of the
deceised, left for Burweil to arrange for
th funersl. Mrs. Roberts resided in
Portland for over 30 year
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George H. Himes Recalls
tor's Early Life.
Edi-
PIONEER DAY TRIALS MANY
From Service In Yak Una Indian War
or 18B8.56 to Death Call, Late
Writer Answered Every Be-'
mand of JiKe's Duty.
BY QEOROB H. HIMBS, SBnPETARY
ob boon historic alj Hocisnr.
It Is with sens of great personal
loss that I glv a few reminiscences i of
Mr. Scott. My first knowledge of him
was In connection with bis service In
th Yakima Indian War of Ud6-58. At
the breaking out of that war, October,
1866, he was living with his parents in
..... i.. , vi , u1Ti vmntv Washington.
La few miles from the present city ol
oncnon. ...
An early characteristic of Mr. Bcott
was fearlessness. The only way of reach.
lng th nearest Postoffice QJympia 30
miles or mor distant from his horns,
was by water. It was hi duty at least
ope a weak to paddl an Indian oano
to and from Qlympla alone, regardless
of weather, and occasionally, particular,
ly In the Winter, ha would ba compelled
to go ashore, secure his canoe, and re
main in th dense woods aloBe all-night,
miles away from any human habitation.
Cull to Duty Kver Obeyed,
Soon after the eommenoemant of tha
Indian war ho' enlisted ts a private In
Captain Calvin W. Swindell's company
of Washington Territory Volunteers,
serving about nine months, or. until .th
close of the war, In this arduous serv
ice the quality pf "being unafraid" oon
tipually manifested itself, an he was al
ways ready to obey th call of duty, re
gardless of personal consequences.
The personal relations between Mr,
Scott and myself began In, the Bummer
of ISM, when he wss the' librarian of
the Portland Library, which at that
time was housed In one or two small
rooms on the second floor of the brick
building on ths northeast corner of
First and 8tark streets. It wa In oiw
of these room that he wrote the few
first articles as "samples'1 of what h
could do that led to his ' becoming th
editor of The Oregonlan.
It. waa always my understanding that
the suggestion to write these articles
came to him through the late Judge
Matthew P. Deady, who, at that - time
and for many years afterwards was
president of ths Portland Library Asso.
elation. . Possibly Judge Erasmus D.
Bhatturkf may have had something to
do with causing Mr. Soott to consider
the question of sn editortsl csreer. as
he was a law student under his direc
tion, and had been such since the date
of his graduation from Pacific Univer
sity, Forest Grove, in June, IMt.
The first artiolo that Mr- Scott wrote
for The Oregonlan was brought tp th
office of Judge Deady in February,
lade, and placed upon the "copy hook'
by Mr, Plttock. It so happened that in
the distribution of ,tbe "copy" the article
by Mr. Scott fell to me, a I waa a com
positor upon the paper at that time,
For several days It was not known by
the compositors who the new writer
was, but all were greatly pleased with
his articles, because they were eonciBe,
clear and right to the point. While his
"bandwrite" was not the best In tne
world in those eariy days, it wa easily
read, because It was so easy to get the
ser.se of what he wanted to say.
The office at that time waa at what
la now 106 Washington street, upstairs.
in two small rooms, each perhaps
2ux3. one serving as a pressroom
and tha other as a business, editorial
and composing room-
May 15, 1S65, Sees New Editor.
Early in March. 1S65. Mr. Beott began
taking his articles to ths office in per
son, and on May It, of that year, it was
formally announced that he was thence.
rortn to be traitor of ine uregunian.
And In the more than two-score years
that hav passed since then lie has
"writ himself large" In the newspaper
annals of this JJatlon and of, the world.
Many other reminiscences. might be
indulged In, but space forbids. , One
more, however, I will give to show how
highly The Oregonlan was esteemed by
competent judges in the East. In July,
1891, the National Council of Congre
gational Churches ef the United States
was held in this city. Dr. William
Hayes Ward, editor of the New York
Independent, was here at the time. One
day I asked Dr. Ward, in the presence
of a number of other scholarly gentle
men, all of National reputation in
their respective spheres, to dictate to
me 10 of th most ably edited secular
papers of the United Btates, After
considerable deliberation 20 were
named, and The Oregonlan waa one of
the 20, and the only one west of the
Missouri River. Then I asked Dr, Ward
to select the best 10 of tha 20. This
required a good deal of thought on his
prt At length he announced his deci
sion, and The Oregonlan was one of
the ten. Then an expression relative
to Pr. Ward's opinion waa asked of
the other gentlemen present, and, with
one exception, all coincided with him.
Some, time afterward I related this
Incident to Mr. Scott. He seemed grate
ful for such evidence of appreciation.
but said: "Yes, I think, generally. The
Oregonlan is a good paper; but the
credit is not all due me, by any means.
Every one employed upon the paper
deserves a share."
Mr. Scott waa always deeply Inter
ested in the early history of his adopt
ed state, and hence In all the early
pioneers, being one himself. When a
meeting was called on December 17,
1888, for the purpose of organizing a
Etate Historical Society, he was pres
ent and assisted materially In the
organisation and was elected ita first
president, and re-elected twice there
after. He would have been continued
much longer could his consent have
been gained. The society was greatly
Indebted to blm during these year for
roost cordial co-operation and . much
wise and helpful counseL
The offlc fore of Th Oregonian when
Mr. Scott began hi editorial career waa
as follows: Owner and business man
ager. Henry I Plttock; foreman, Jame
L. McCown; city editor, D. C. Ireland;
compositors, A. M. Bnyder, John F.
Damon. W. I. Mayfleld, A. Strube. "Frank
Eastabrooks, George H. Himes, and a part
of the time. J.' C. Moreland; pressman.
Louis F. Chemin; assistant, James Bir
mingham; mailing clerk, W. J. Humphrey
also a compositor; bookkeeper, E. 8.
Griffiths: bill collector, William David
son; carriers. Benjamin Thomas. J. R.
Wltherell. and W. J. Ballard. Of ths
above the following ar (till alive: Mr.
Plttock, McCown still with the papsr.
Ireland. Easubrooks, Himes. Sferalanil,
and Ballard
The religious views of Mr. Scott have
been widely discussed, and It may not be
generally known that at one time he be
longed to a church. It is a matter of
record within the knowledge of the writer
that be united with the First Congrega
tional Church or tni city on January 7,l
167, by letter from the Forest Grove Con.
gregatlonsl Church, during the pastorate
of Rev. George H. Atkinson. D. D., for
whom be had great respect. He main
tained bic membership for a number of
years, and was a regular attendant at th
services. At length he modified his
views respecting some of the tenets of
the church, and hence discontinued his
membership. Notwithstanding that he al
ways had a high regard for tha church
as sn institution, and remstned a con
stant student of the Bible, which he re
garded as the greatest book hi the world,
and to him Shakespeare was th sec
ond. According to the golden rule stan
dard, he waa always a Christian man.
JEWELRY CALLED "JUNK"
"Capper" 'tor Auction House in
Trouble With Police.
"That's a dgndy bargain, 1)14 it In.
Ill tak It off yeur hands." said a
"cappers" In th Jewelry auction house
of Cramwell - & Rosenthal, on North
SIthN street, to a. quiet man who was
standing In tha crowd. . The stranger
smiled and shook hi head and the
capper moved on to a Swede standing
nearby, whom ha prevailed upon to bid
In a watch for $8.50. Then the quiet
man stepped up and arrested the "cap
per" on a charge ef vagrancy.
The quiet man was Patrolman Hor
ton, who with Patrolman Humphries
was sent to Investigate the auction
house, which has been the subject of
innumerable complaints at police bead-'
quarters. The prisoner gave the as
sumed name pf John Smith. He has
been around the auction house for
about a month and has been befor
the .police eeurt on a former occasion,
Charged with throwing an unwilling
Assistant inr ewtomologi-
CAL RESEARCH MAJIED.
H. F, Wilson,
CORVALLIS, Or., Aug. 18.-
(Special.) H. F. Wilson has been
elected to fill the new position of
research assistant In entomology
ef Oregon Agricultural . College.
Mr. Wilson Is a graduate of the
Colorado State College, where he
made a notable record for origi
nal investigation. For the past
two years he has been carrying
out special experiment in the
South Carolina eotton districts
for the United State Bureau of
Entomology.
bidder out of the place. The officers
reported that two or three "cappers"
are kept about the place continually.
When Horton entered Friday night,
Smith was trying to Induce an old pian
to bid on some fake jewelry, telling
him that ha would give 13 for the bar
gain. Judge Bennett recently announced
his intention of taking up with tha
city oouncll the subject of revoking
I the liuense of the place. "This Is a
crooked nlaee," said Patrolmen Hor,
ton anij Humphries In their report. Tha
artiales offered for sale, they said, were
"Junk."
- Smith asked for a continuance and
hi hearing was set for August IS.
SUBURBANITESARE ANGRY
They Don't Get Mall nnd , Want
Council to Number Houses.
Several nutiioarriers lost in the sub
urbs of th eity and a discontinuance
of mall deliveries for periods of two
week's because the new men could pot
find the homes to which-letters were
addressed will be the cause of the City
Council being beset by citlxens of
Montavllla, Mount Tabor, Sellwood and
University . Park for Instructions for
the proper enumeration of their home
and the labeling of street corners.
It is complained at the Federal build
ing that mail is frequently delayed in
delivery and sometimes abandoned for
days at a time. Postmaster Merrick
has ascertained that since the sub
urban towns were brought Into the
City of Portland corporation the num
bers of the houses, placed under th
system used when they were -independent
towns, have not been changed and
that there are no street signs at all.
Under such conditions the mailcarriers
ar unable to find a large number of
people for whom they carry missives.
The City Council will be asked to
cause4 the matter to be corrected, and
the three is made that If relief is not
given the residents of those sections
will carry It Into the election.
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WATER PLANT IS LEASED
People on Southeast Bide Wondering
if Supply Will Be Different.
George W. Brown, proprietor of the
Woodmer Water Cojnpany's plant. In
tha Mount Scott district, now controls
the water supply of the South East
Side between East Forty-eighth street
and Lents Junetion, en the Gresham
railway. He secured complete control
last week by effecting a five years
leas of the Lents water plant from G
M. A. Rogers, present owner, at an an
nual rental of J3000. This lease in
cludes the well, mains and pumping
station at Lents
Citizen have always congratulated
themselves on the superior quality and
'quantity of the water with which they
are supplied, and are wondering if
they are now to receive any different
supply. The acquisition of the Lents
plant at a time, when the people of
Monut Scott are asking the city to
take over th district and lay new
main Is considered significant. Mr.
Brown gets a five years' lease on the
Lents plant, but at present Lents Is
not inside the city limits.
Veteran Criminal Arrested.
Charged with passing about a dozen
bad checks in this city, nearly all of
them calling for the sum of U5, George
Fully, an old-time forger, was arrested
yesterday by Detective Day and Hyde.
He confessed his work and will take a
short rouos to th penitentiary, Duffy has
a criminal record extending over many
years. He has ddn three terms in
Walla Walla Penitentiary, three at Ealeni
and one at McNeil's Island, the last
being on a thara ef counu-feit!ng.
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GREAT FAIR-AIDED
Mr. Scott Did Much for Suc
cess of Exposition.
EARLY-DAY HELP GIVEN
K President snd as Director R
Secured Substantial Govern
ment Recognition' and Fi
nance us Well.
BY HENRY E. REED.
Mr. Scott was actively Identified with
all the early work of the Lewis and
Clark Centennial Exposition. He was
the adviser of the first Oregon State
Commission appointed by Governor
Oser InU01 and took a leading part
in the work of selling th capita) stock
of th corporation in tha Fall of thst
year, . when th corporation wa or
ganited on January 11. 1902, h wss
elected ona of the first board of 1
directors and sight day later he wss
elected first vlce-prssldent, being re
elected at the annual meeting held in
July. Upon the death of H. W. Cor
bett. the duties of president of the Ex
position were discharged by Mr. Seott
in his eapaeity as first vice-president,
ha assuming the title of acting presl.
dent. It was the will of th majority
of the board formally to eleet Mr. Soott
as president at the April meeting In
1903, but against this procedure ha
protested, saying that th president
should not be ehosen until after th
annual meeting of th stockholders in
July,
At the meeting of the board held
July 24. 190s, Mr. Bcott was by unani
mous vote and without solicitation on
his part, elected to the presidency. Up
on taking offioe, h announced to th
board that he stood committed to Mr. '
Corbett's, policy ef creating th ax.
position with th means at command.
"I shall sit on th safety valve," ha
said.
Mr. Scott served ona. year. Berloua
Illness in th Summer of 1&0J, so im
parled his 'health that he felt he could
no longer continue to discharge tha
duties of president without making too
great -a personal sacrifice. He an
nounced to the stochholders at their
annual meeting on July 4, 1904, his In
tention of resigning, and In due time
his resignation wa relucta-ntly accept
ed by the board.
Mr. Soott' principal contribution to
the exposition was tha participation
of th United States Government.
Official recognition from th Oovern
ment was essenUal to give th exposi
tion National character, and when-the
58th Congress met for its second ses
sion In December, 190S, President Scott,
by request of the board of directors,
went to Washington and began tha
long and arduous task of convincing
Congress that the -exposition waa
worthy of National participation. The
work was by no means easy,' as
the temper of both Senate and
House was unfriendly to expositions,
and there was a disposition to believe,
that an exposition held at Portland,
se far away from the oenter pf popula
tion, could not be successful. Mr. Scott
met the various objection as they were
raised, and satisfied Congress that tba
statesmanship of Jefferson, the ex
plorations of Lewis and Clark, -the
trtftls of the pioneer settlers, the vafije
of the" Oregon country to the United
States, the prospeots of Oriental trade,
the American frontage en thp Paeifls
Ooean, and many other considerations,
had earned for the exposition the small
measure of recognition that it was
asking; from tba Government, Mr.
Soott was able to bring th powerful
Influence ef President Reesevelt to
bfear at times and In plaeeg wher help
was greatly needed. No other man in
private life in the Northwest could
hav secured from President Roose
velt" the support for the exposition
measure which Mr. Seett secured front
him.
After four months of constant effort
and close application to tha work on
hand, Mr. Scott was abj to return to
Portland with the much-desired Gov
ernment recognition.
The appropriation made by Congress
wu 470,000, but gs th exhibit was
already assembled, th grant by Con
gress was the equivalent of an isso.ooo
appropriation,
Mr. Scott's generous attitude, toward
tha expptttlQn as editor and On of
the owners of Th Oregonlan, solved
problem which had alway arisen at
other expositions to vex those charged
with the publicity work. The exposi
tion began Its eareer with a slender
purse and the amount that was allotted
to publicity, though relatively fair
was small in amount. The question
was how to maka every dollar expended
bring results. Outside newspaper were
disposed to be friendly, but some of
them professed to believe that the
Portland daily newspapers were re
ceiving pay for the publicity which they
were giving the exposition. They could
not bring themselves to believe that
unselfishness and patriotism alone
were causing Portland papers te go
to considerable expense to eolleet and
put in type th exposition news, make
photograph and cuts, and all without
any cost to the exposition. These mat
ters wer mentioned to Mr. Soott when
he was at the exposition offioes ona
day In December, 1901. and, comment
ing upon them, h aid:
There is on thing upon which I
am posltivsly determined. The Orego
nlan will not accept one cent from the
exposition for giving publicity to It.
Nsither will the Evening Telsgrara.
Furthermore, I will not permit any
other newspaper er magastne, no mat
ter where published, to receive money
from the exposition for services rend
ered in the line of publicity."
That same day Mr. Scott addressed a
letter to the exposition management
setting forth his views a above stat
ed. 'Later, similar letters were addressed-
by the responsible managers
of the Evening Telegram and Oregon
Daily Journal. In taking the Initia
tive and establishing the precedent In
this important matter, Mr. Scott did
for the Lewis and Clark Centennial
Exposition a' service which no other ed
itor or newspaper has ever done for
an exposition. Throush Mr. Scott's in
fluence the Associated Press gave the
exposition more puollcity, in propor
tion than It has ever given to any otu'
exposition. This publicity, going by
wire day after day out of Portland,
was a tremendous help to the expo
sition. .. ,'
Mr. Scott's death marks th passing
of the last of the presidents of the ,
T .wt- mr.A riark Centennial Exposition,
His predecessors died in the office. H.
w. Corbett diea ivi ,
successor, H- W. Goods, died March 81,
ian7 Mr. Scott presided at the meet.
lng of the board held on March 30,
which received Mr. Corbetf resigns,
tlon and laid it on the table. Mr. Cor
bett, 111 and doubtless feeling that his
end was nearing, sent a not to Mr.
Scott, saying that he could not erv
the exposition any longer. The next
morning Mr. Scott was called up on
the phone to b told that Ur. Corbett
had died shortly after sunrise. . Th
only death among the original board
of 18 directors have bees those of Mr.
Corbett and Mr. Scott
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