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"DEAD HORSES" IN
CITY DEBT LIST
Bonds Issued With Nothing to
Show for It Will Soon
Fall Due.
TOTAL IS NEAR $1,000,000
Major, Alive to Situation. Trges
Law Requiring Sinking- Fund to'
Be Otabllsbed From Start la
I'd tare Bond Issues.
Bonded debts, totalling approximate
ly ft. 000.000 for which there la nothtng
ef value remaining" to show how the
money was spent, are banging over
the heads of the Portland taxpayers.
The money obtained for the bonda
was spent for bridges that have disap
peared, for an electric light plant that
has been sold and the money spent for
other things than the payment of debts,
and for a debt Incurred tn the hard
times of 1 for money for current
expenses-
From the time these debts were In
curred until the tax levy was made
eat two years ago. the city did noth
ing to provide for a sinking fund to
offset these debts when they shall be
come due. In 11 years some more of
these bonds will begin to mature and
unless the future administrations of
the city keep up a tax for the neces
sary sinking fund, the taxpayera will
be suddenly faced with a great de
mand upon the treasury that It will be
hard to meet.
One of the first of these bonds to
eome due will be the lioe.00 Issue
of t per cent bonda sold January 1.
1SI. with a life of 30 years. From
these the old Madison-street bridge
and a ferry were purchased. The Born
side bridge, at a cost of less thsn liOO.
00. was built also from the money re
eelved for that Issue. All that re
mains of that Issue ! the Burnslde
bridge, which must soon be rebuilt.
Bridge, "ow Gone, In List.
In the city sold IJOo.OOo worth
f 5 per cent bonds fir the purchase
ef the old Morrison-street bridge, which
waa removed a few years ago to make
room for the new bridge at the same
place.
When the city consolidated with the
city of East Portland. It took over a
bonded debt of fSO.000 that city had
Incurred In ISM In purchasing an elec
tric light plant. These were 30-year
bonds, drawing per cent Interest. The
plant was finally sold to the General
Klectrtc Company for about $27,500 and
the money spent by the city, although
no provision waa made for paying the
original bonded debt.
In HI, when the city was ta finan
cial trouble. bonJs were Issued to the
value of $130,000 and the money nsed
tn meet the emergencies of that time.
These bonda were for $0 years and
are drawing t per cent Interest.
The foregoing bonds make a total
debt of $1,110.00. Taking away from
it what might be conaldered the pres
ent value of the Burnslde brlge. about
fl.ooo.eov remains to remind the peo
ple ef what the city has used and dis
posed of. A provision baa been made
In the tax levy each year to pay the
Interest on the foregoing bonds, while
the city waa really having the use of
the money. Nothing was paid by the
taxpayera toward satisfying the debt
when It shall become due.
Sinking Fsnd Needed.
What seems to have been a serious
error In the way the city has sold
sme of Its bonds waa not to provide
In the law tlml authorised their sale
a sinking fund to satisfy their final pay
ment. Much of the bonded debt of
the city has been Incurred without a
provision being made to aatlsfy the
bomls when due. In some cases. It la
probable, the city will be compelled to
Issue new bonds to meet the dues
on those maturing.
Before Msyor ?tmon prepared his
last annual budget City Auditor Bar
bur called Ms attention to the fact
that there will begin to come due la i
about 11 years bonds amounting to j
$1,415,000. for which no provision has
been ma le. Thee bonda Include $175.
0. sn:d In ! for a site for the
present tlty Hall: $500,000 worth of
bonds s"ld In I Ml for the ronst ruction
of the City Hall; the $500,000 worth sold '.
January 1. for the old aladlsoa
bridge and the construction of the
Burnslde bridge: $40,000 for the old
electric light plant and some bonda
for parka and boulevards.
The Mayor Included In but budget a
tax for meeting this Indebtedness, aad
It was later approved by the Council.
In the light of careless provisions
In the past tor the payments of ma
turing bonds, the present city officials
i:i endeavor to have future bonda
sold on a condition that a sinking
fond from the start must be made la
meet their final payments.
K TRAVELERS TO CELEBRATE
Association to Give Big, Dinner on
?Cew Tear's Eve.
Next Saturday night will be the big
night among the members of the Trav
elers' Protective Association, for the
"road agents' Intend to celebrate tbe
wih.!up of the successful year of ltl
La most fitting fashion.
la order to properly observe the de
mise ef the old year, the "knights ef
.the grip" have arranged to bold forth
at the Commercial Club at a dinner
and following the precedent set laat
year, the association will make te
aflalr another notable one br having
their wlvea, mothers. Bisters and sweet
hearts present.
A sumptuous "feed will be spread
before the members and guests and a
number ef short talks have been ar
ranged. Oovernor-elect West will be
the principal talker of the evening,
white "spiels- will be expected from C.
I". t'raxer. president of tne association.
H. C McAllister. Jay Bowermaa. J.
Wood Smith. J. O. Hughson and Dan
Ke!laher.
Before the dinner the Travelers' Pro
tective Association will convene In an
nual session and elect officers tor the
coming year.
WIDOW'S CLAIM UPHELD
51 r. Minor Sustained, Though
Agreement Barred Liea.
One of the most complicated probate
cases In County Judge Cleeton's tour of
service wss decided yesterday In favor
of Mrs. W. W. Minor, who recovered a
claim for $ against her husband's
marble works, not knowing that be bad
agreed with creditors that a lien would
dot be placed oa the property save br
them. In deriding. Judge CHeeton " "Id
that attorneys might not consider hl
findings logical, but he Insisted that In
justice no other decision could be given.
Mr. Minor wanted to buy his partner's
share in the marble business. H. A.
Heppoer and the Vermont Marble Com
pany, who held claims against the part
nership, were consulted by Mr. Minor
and an agreement was entered Into
whereby the loan Mr. Minor would nego
tiate was not to be nied as a lien against
the business In case of suit.
Thereupon Mrs. Minor, who was not
told of this agreement, mortgaged a piece
of her Individual property, she and her
husband signing the note to complete this
transaction with Portland banker.
When the note matured after Mr. Minor's
death. Mrs. Minor paid It In full and
filed a claim against her husband's estate
for the outlay, amounting to tU&
This action of the widow was opposed
by the creditors, who produced the agree-
XExHEH OF ORGCO.t rMTER
MTV UW SCHOOL. CHOSE
A DELEGATE TO PHI
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Fred W. llaesamocd.
Fred W. Hammond, of the
School of Law, University of Ore
gon, has been chosen to repre
sent Chase Chapter of the Phi
Delta Phi legal fraternity, which
holda Its convention In Los An
geles December X. X and 30.
He will leave today. Chase
Chapter of Portland has among
Its membership many of the fore
most members of the bench and
bar In Oregon.
ment ente-ed Into by them with Mr.
Minor In an endeavor to have the widow's
claim quashed.
CONFESSION PROVES FALSE
Self-Accnsed Thief Sent to RockpUe;
Owner Not Found.
Though the one whom Jokp Shank
confessed that be had robbed denies
ownership of the stolen property, 8bank
was arraigned In Police Court yester
day morning. en a vagrancy charge and
waa sentenced to 00 days at the rock
pile. Tbe police have a theory that In
confessing the theft. Shank la shielding
someone else, possibly a woman shop
lifter. The prisoner waa arrested several
days ago by Detectives Tlchenor and
Howell In the act of attempting to sell
silver forks and cutlery. Ha told the
officers that be had stolen the goods
from the steamer T. J. Potter, but upon
Inquiry there, the officers of the vessel
were positive the cutlery bad never been
In their possession. Shank still adhered
to his statement and refused to modi
fy It.
The stolen srtlcles are in the original
packages snd are Just about of the bulk
that a shoplifter would find most con
venient. FIRE HER0F0UND DYING
Raw Meat and Icicles Idaho Man's
Only Food.
SPOKANE. Wash.. Dec it- With raw
meat and Icicles his only food. Patrick
Keegan. hero of the Coeur d'Alene forest
fires, was found today lying critically Ul
In his cabin on Nine-Mile .Creek near
Wallace. Keegan was suffering from
erysipelas. He declared he had been
alone for 13 days and was too weak to
go to a spring nearby for water.
During the forest fires In the Coeur
d'Alenes last August. Keegan headed a
relief party of men who entered the
Bullion mine at the risk of their Urea
and rescued a number of miners.
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a.,rrS. .2tl CM"' UJ"d'n.CttaS,,S Acul'olter.-trTavfi '
tw.i.i.,1 Thursdav nla-ht. Amont the prominent educators In attendance wer-W. J. Kerr, president of Oregon Agricultural College, ur. uavia
Snldden Comm1.on.r of taOon of The Stat, of Massachusetts; F. F. Nalder. Attant State Superintendent of Schools of the Stat, of Wash
fww -H- Rldo" of the faulty of the University of Oregon; J. M Aok.rmaa. SuperlnUndjjnt of Publlo Instruction for Oregon, and L. B.
AlderaUa. of KugeneTwhe has been elected State Superintendent of PubUo Instruction to sucoeed Mx. Aoksrman.
POTLAGH FEATURE
OF ROSE FESTIVAL
Novel and Typical Demonstra
tion Now Being Planned for
Show in June.
TRIBES WILL BE INVITED
Electrical Parade to Be Made Edu
cational la Spirit, and Illustra
. tire of Progress Made
Since Pioneer Days.
As a novel and typical feature of the
Fifth Annual Rose Festival, to be held
the week of June 6-10 next, a huge "pot
latch, In which It la hoped the manage
ment will be able to present living pic
tures of the thrilling pioneer and trail
biasing days of Oregon's history. Is in
the planning. Efforts will be made to
secure delegations from every one of the
aboriginal tribes that had any part to
play In the earlier development and con
quest of the Northwestern empire.
No such event has heretofore been at
tempted on a scale of this magnitude in
former celebrations, but the management
of the Festival feels that this annual
spectacular demonstration is well enough
known now and of sufficient Importance
to attract the redmen to a display and
function of this character.
Emphasis la laid on the fact that only
a small percentage of the population of
the Northwest ever have had the pleas
ure of witnessing this form of entertain
ment, for It Is only upon rare occasions
that the Indiana of these parts get to
gether and exemplify one of these In
herently characteristic traditions of their
race.
Effort will be made not simply to es
tablish a typical Indian village, to ac
commodate a single tribe, during the Fes
tival, but It Is hoped that the Festival
may be able to throw open a large tem
porary reservation, where each tribe may
have Its own village and conduct Its own
feasts, dancing and revelry according to
custom and at the same time Join with
all the other tribes In the historical pa
geantry that will be a part of next year's
celebration.
The plan will be laid before the Gov
ernment, to secure permission for delega
tions of the Indiana to leave their re
spective reservations for the week and
to assist in carrying out other details
In connection with the programme of
events in which the Indians will be asked
to take part. The scope of the proposed
"potlateh" will depend upon the manner
in which the Indians respond to the In
vitation which the Festival will send out
shortly after January L but a strong ap
peal will be made to get as large a rep
resentation as possible. In order to bring
together for the first time since white
men came to this country chiefs, sub
chiefs and tribesmen of all the redmen
In the Northwest.
Another Innovation In the character of
the public parades will be undertaken.
An endeavor will be made to symbolise
in one of the glittering electrical pa
geants the moat Important events In the
history of the Oregon country. The plan
Is to avoid the purely mythological and
allegorical, and to make tbe big proces
sion largely educational In character.
General Manager Hutchln, who has
charge of designing the numerous floats
In the parades. Is already at work on pre
liminary sketches for the studies In his
tory that will be shown. Oregon, from
the time the empire was a wilderness.
Is to be represented plctortally In the
series of floats. All events which bad a
bearing on the coming of the white man
and In the successive steps In pioneering
and developing the country will be given
in exact and Impressive detail. Aa soon
as Mr. Hutchln has completed the de
signs, the plans will be placed In the
hands of the master fioatbutlder. who
will be here with his staff of assistants
within a week or 10 days, and actual
work of constructing the parades will be
under way.
Sixteen or mora floats will be required
to depict the important events that have
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one will XOUUOT to minuicn uc.,
fortunes of the empire builders who came
here and conquered.
It Is Intended to spend several thousand
dollars more on this one parade than has
been put into any former pageant since
tbe electrical floats were used in Festival
celebrations. Not only will the floats be
more elaborate than former ones, but the
sttendant pageantry to give the faithful
historical settings for the floats will ex
ceed In grandeur ail previous spectacles.
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want good furniture and who appreciate the oppor
tunity of buying it at most unusual prices.
Our entire . stocks, which are very large and
very exclusive, will be offered at substantial reduc
tions, with only a very few reservations. - "
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V. L Chick Seeks $9675 Back
Pay From C. H. Chick.
SIRE'S DIVORCE RECALLED
Attorney for Younger Man Says Pay
Withheld Because He Sided With
Mother in Family Quarrel.
Elder Chick Wealthy.
As the outcome of a sensational di
vorce suit, the denouement of which was
the settlement of 1100,000 by the husband
on the wife, the son now seeks the
courts to compel his father to pay him
wages said to be due since 1905. Charles
H. Chick, wealthy tlmberman, is the de
fendant in the recent suit as he was in
the divorce case. His son, V. L. Chick,
asks the court to compel his father to
pay him 39675, which. It is alleged, la due
him for labor as his father's field man
ager, bookkeeper and general agent. The
suit was died yesterday by Attorney John
F. Logan, who represented Mrs. Chick
In divorce proceedings last June.
Mr. Logan says Chick, paterfamilias,
"kicked" his son out of his office for up
holding his mother, and that tbe claim
for back wages Is the result of that action
of Chick. Sr. It is cited In the complaint
of the younger Chick that he went to
work for his father In Michigan In 1906
when his sire conducted his extensive
timber business In bis own name, and
that after the Chicks removed to Oregon
the firm was heralded as C. II. Chick &
Son.
It was understood, relates the son. that
his father agreed to pay him 150 a month
In Michigan and 1200 a month In Oregon.
This salary, he contends, was not al
lowed him. but Instead he waa tendered
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only S35 a month since his employment by
his father. Even the $35 was stopped, the
son alleges, June 1, when he was dis
charged by the head of the firm.
Attorney Logan says multicolored lit
erature wherein the Umber Arm is her
alded as Charles H. Chick & Son will
play an important part in the suit of son
against father.
An alleged affinity figured in the di
vorce suit of the Chicks last June. It
was testified that Chick, Sr., was seen
emerging from a lodging-house with a
woman not his wife, and the suit hinged
on that Incident. Agreement by the ac
cused husband to pay the aggrieved wife
J1OOO0O was the finale of the proceedings.
Chick. Jr., will maintain that his father
promised eight years ago to make him
his partner In the timber business, and
that alleged non-payment of his complete
salary Is Indicative of the truth of this
contention. Chick. Br., It Is believed,
will contend that property deeded to his
son in Portland more than pays him
for his services as an employe of the
firm.
MENDE ILL AND TROUBLED
Attack at Ditchburn Wedding and
Suicide Attempt Excused.
W. T. Mende. the divorced husband of
Attorney John Dltchburn's new bride,
whose nuptials at the Imperial Hotel.
Thursday night, Mende disturbed by
denouncing: his successor and attempt
ing suicide, attributes his attempt on
hia life to his own ill health and de
spondency at the thought of his former
wife marrying Ditchburn. He said.
I called him up on the afternoon of
the wedding and was Informed that he
bad gone to the Im-jial Hotel to be
present at the wed.ng of his mother.
"I went there, Ju-c to see if It was so.
I did not go Into the dinlcg-room. but
met the party In the lobby. I shook
my finger in Dltchburn's face and called
him a dirty dog. Then my son told me
that he would atay by his mother.
I had been 111 and was all upset over
this affair, and I did attempt to take
my ltfe. pulling out a pocket-knife, but
my son stopped me. I am glad that he
did as I do not want to cause him any
trouble. This is an awful hard thing
for me, and I lost my head."
Elegant fitted traveling bags and
eases at Harris Trunk Co.. 132 Cth St.
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Special
Announcement
Our regular Annual Clearance Sale
will begin Tuesday morning. It is the
sale we hold and is
who know and
MAIL RUSH HEAVY
Sixty Extra Men Kept Busy AH
Holiday Week.
WEARY CARRIERS HAPPY
Santa Claus Assistants See Recom
pense for Hard Work in Welcome
They Find Everywhere.
Task Well in Hand.
When the 175 clerks and the 137 mail
carriers receive, handle, distribute and
mail letters, postal cards and packages
by tbe million, one can get some Idea
what the holiday season means for the
servants of the United States.
To assist the 313 regular employes
of the Portland Postofflce, substations
and mailing station, 60 special men
were employed during the week, but
even with the increased force. Post
master Merrick said yesterday it had
been necessary to utilize every minute
of working time to dispose of the im
mense Christmas business.
Five hundred sacks of mail arrived
in Portland Friday and a much larger
amount waa received yesterday.
Thoughout the week tne mails nave
been unusually heavy and It is esti-
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mated tnat tne entire bubuicdb wi
week will exceed that of the corre- I
spondlng week last year ' by 20 per '
cent. '
Notwithstanding the holiday rush, '
nearly all of the mall matter was dis
posed of lasi night and. except for mis
addressed letters and packages, all of
the mall should De in tne nanus oi tne
right persons tomorrow, said Mr. Mer
rick. Corridors Are Crowded.
A steady stream of people poured In
and out of the Postofflce yesterday and
at times the corridors were so crowd
ed that it was difficult to make head
way. But there was joy in the air, good
order was maintained and typical
Christmas spirit was in evidence.
As Monday will be a legal holiday,
the Postmaster has arranged to have
the general delivery windows open
from the usual opening hour until noon.
The general delivery windows will re
main open today from 10 to 12 o'clock.
Among the members of the Postofflce
force who were glad to end their eight
hours work yssterday were the mall
carriers. The 160 regular and special
postmen were probably as tired a body 1
of men as there were In Portland last
night. Though the work is arduous,
the postmen enjoy the excitement at- i
tendant upon their duties.
The Nestor of Portland mallcarrlers 1
Is N. L. Qllham, who has been con
tinuously employed since May 18, 1883.
More than 27 years of continual serv
ice as a postman has brought Mr. Gil
bam many interesting experiences.
"When I went into service as a car
rier in Portland, things were much dif
ferent," bs said yesterday. "At that
time there were only 12 or 15 carriers
on tbe force. We had to work really
harder then and often we would put in
from 10 to 14 hours a day. Now we
average eight hours a day, but are
kept busy nearly all the time we are
on duty.
Conditions Are Changed.
We nsed to know every one in town
and always could pick out a strange
face on the streets. It Is different now
and we are lucky if we can keep
acquainted with half of the people liv
ing in our districts."
F. P. Holm, secretary of the Mail
carriers' Association, is also a veteran
on the local force. He recalls the time
when the holiday business at tbe Port
land Postofflce was a pleasure to look
forward to.
P. F. Dwyer is next to Mr. Gilham in
point of service, having been employed
constantly as a postman 25 years. T.
Minogue has seen 21 years of contin
ual service and H. C. Hutchinson and
W. F. Daugherty are also old-timers
in the work.
"While the work during Christmas
week is hardV. we know what to ex
pect and we never hear complaints
from our colleagues," said Mr. Minogue.
"We stand next to Santa Claus in the
estimation of tbe little ones. Believe
eagerly awaited
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me, the Portland postman is a mighty
popular man during the holiday sea
son." YOUNG MEN ARE INVITED
Y. 31. C. A. to Entertain Those Away
From Home Especially.
Officers of the Portland Young Men's
Christian Association are expecting a
large attendance at the Christmas exor
cises this afternoon at 3 o'clock in the
auditorium. While the meeting will be
open to all men. Religious Work Direc
tor Perkins is extending a special In
vitation to young men who are spending
Christmas away from home and a hearty
welcome will be extended to all who at
tend. Mrs. Sara Swanson Illsey, who is to
sing plantation songs. Is reputed to be
an entertainer of exceptional ability. She
is a resident of New York City and has
sung a great deal before association aud
iences in the East. The other musio
will also be excellent,, including a sax,
ophone solo by XX A. Reddy, music by
the Y. M. C. A. orchestra and the first
appearance of the new Y. M. C. A.
chorus. Tbe address of the afternoon,
"A Christmas Message," will be deliv
ered by Dr. Luther R. Dyott, pastor of
the First Congregational Church.
LLOYD WOULD CLIMB AGAIN
Mount McKinley Man Seeks Oppor
tunity to Verify Story.
SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 24. Thomas
Lloyd, the Mount McKinley climber who
Is about to start for Salt Lake and who
will continue his Journey to New York,
says he will be very glad to accompany
any expedition of members of the Ex-:
plorers' Club or Arctic Club, of New
York, who wish to climb Mount Mc
Kinley from the Fairbanks side.
Mr. Lloyd has been elected an honorary
member of both these clubs and is
anxious that members of them should
have an opportunity of verifying his
story of the ascent The other members
of the Lloyd party who are in Fairbanks
are also anxious that a New York expe
dition should make a Winter ascent and
will give all possible assistance.
A Few Lines to the General Pnblle
In Regard to A FIRST-CLASS
LIGHT FOR A HOME.
1 am In the lighting business, at
189 Madison St., Portland, Or. The
Madison bridge ha been opened
now and it is convenient for the
general public to get to my place
of business, right at the western
end of the bridse. All cars cross
ing Madison bridge stop in front
of my door. I handle the Model
Acetvlene Gas Generator, which
Is accepted bv the National Board
of Fire Underwriters and can be
Installed in your home without
any objection or extra charge from
the insurance companies.
This machine is sold under a
rigid guaranty that it will work
perfectly. It furnishes a soft,
clear and beautiful light; safe,
easy on the eyes and economical.
I also handle everything you
may need in the line of gas man
tles and burners, as well as the
Wakefield Universal Gas and Elec
tric fixture. I carry a complete
line of fixtures of every kind, suit
able for any home, as well as
many specialties which are useful
and advantageous.
My new catalogue Is complete,
and from it you may learn all the
particulars of operating and in
stalling Acetylene Gas lights In,
your home. Write me today for it,
and tell me what your needs are.
Full particulars will be furnished
promptly, with estimates and In
formation regarding what the
answer to your problem is.
P. A. BRYANT
189 Madlsoa St., Portland, Or.
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