The Sunday Oregonian., April 23, 1911, SECTION TWO, Page 22, Image 22

TIIE SUXDAT OHEGOXIAX, PORTLAND. APRIL 23, 1911.
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Missouri, that stato It looking for some
one to succeed him in this beneficial
practice.
In St. Louis, wlicre he hss lived for
tho last J yaars or more, ho Is promi
nent in many circle. He Is president
of the Tralttc Club and a' member of
other organisations ol high standing In
that city.
JVIIISIG TO BETHEME
C. R. GRAY'S FORTE
Teachers' Convention to Mee
ST. LOUIS SAYS FAREWELL
in Festival Week.
OPERATION
John F. Stevens' Successor
Established deputation by
Bringing Results.
RISE FROM RANKS STEADY
Krldrnc of Special Onlo Show a
in Mlmalallng farmers of Mis
souri to Better Method
of Raising Cora.
Testimonial to Mr. Gray Takes Form
of Bis Banquet. .
ST. LOflS. Vo April ( Special.)
Carl Raymond Gray, retiring senior vlce
preMident of the St. Louis A Ban FYan
Cisco, mho leaves Ixul Monday (or
Portland. was the Traffic Club's gueot of
honor at a testimonial banquet last
night In the Hotel Jefferson.
Nearly 3iX shippers and railroad men
were there. Governor Hadley and B- K.
T oakum, chnlrman of the executive com
mittee of the Frisco system, tendered
their r pects by communication, while
the sentiments of the commercial and
traffic Inter.wts of St. Lou la were ex
pressed by George I. Tan -. president
of the St. Iula Transfer Company, who
officiated as toastmaster; Dr. V. J. II
lianwon." pastor of the Third Baptist
Church, to wbfen Mr. Gray belongs;
Mayor Krelsmann, J. EL HTol. vice-
FOUR STATES ARE COMING
.Monday Musical Club and Commer
cial Club Convention Bureau
Plan for Entertainment
of Delegates.
Music circles of rortland and busi
ness men are already taking: active In
terest In the third annual . convention
of the Northwest Music Teachers" Asso-
coxnEn BioGR.rttr or
CARL YMD cn.tr.
Bora pteinbr 2. 1ST. at Prtncs
ton. Ark.
Eddcaled prvptrafury department.
Cslvirstiy of A'kunsaa.
Eatend rallrial strvace March to.
1VU. as mMrtir boy with Ht. Lou la
A ta Fraartsce Railroad Compaay
al Fr-ttll!. Ark.
fute)ant rarevr. with dates:
M'aH(. operator and agent,
afarrk SO. to March 23. 1 .
Cnlef clerk, sencral H'rat.ra agent.
March S3. lWi to April 10. 1"T.
Cnmmr-j as.nt. April IB. MT,
to Jane 3. 1V
I'tatrtrt fre.ait ar.nl. July 1. 1W,
to March 4. 1MM,
IMTUloa fr.lsht agent. March 2T.
to rto,.- IT. IT.
IUvtsloa susMrlnirntioit. October IT.
1S9T. to Ociolxi- l.i. linn.
fuperlnt. njtnt trttua porta (Ion. Oc
tober IS. 1K. to April T. Itt
Ooeral manager. Ayrll a, IfmH. to
NoT.mber S. ISO.
BVeond vle-prealdent and general
manager. November &. 0ia. to Aug
ast 1. ISO.
fecond lr-p el1"t. A u goat 1.
IS", to PKtmbcr is. ISO.
VIce-praaMrnt In eharge of opera
tion. December IV to pKtnbir
1. taoe.
rWnlor vlee-r .i.lent. December 2.
to itxr I. Jsll.
Ail sarvico with St. Louis Saa
Franctaco RaArad.
NEW PRESIDENT OF tttt.T. LINES IN OREGON, WHO BEGAN
CAREER AS MESSENGER BOY.
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From the bottom of the railroad ladder
to the top In Si years has been the note
worthy career of Carl R. Gray, who on
May 1 succeed Jnhn F. Stevens as head
of the North Bank and the 1 1 1 11 railways
la Oregon.
Mr. Oray entered the service of the
Bt. Louis St San Francisco Railroad,
known as the Frisco system. March St.
aa messenger boy. and never has
been la the emplur of any other road.
Gray was a stripling in his home town
of Fayettevllle. Ark., when he secured
Ms Brst Job as a messenger boy, an
undertaking; which his father, who was
a member of the faculty of the Univer
sity of Arkansas. Is said to have disap
proved. A year later found him acting
as telegrapher in connection with con
struction work of the road from Monett
to Fort Smith. Shortly after that he
became a full-fledged telegraph operator
i-ittsourg. Kan. lie was presently
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CARL R. GRAT.
president of the Business Men's Ix-ajtue;
Charles V. Knapp. editor of the Ke-
puhllc; P. M. Belleville, of the Fltta-
hurg Traffic Club; George S. Johns, of
the roMt-Dlspatcb: J. W. Garneau. presl- I
aent ct tne .iicrcnanis Mcn.nKi; w it
made agent at G Irani, was advanced lxl Ham Marion Reedy, editor of the Mirror
Osweg.j, and from that point was pro- f George W. Simmons), fire vice-president
muiei to me position or chirr clerk to
F. D. Russell, general Western ent,
with headquarters at Wichita.
of the Traffic Hub anil vice-president of
the Simmons Hardware Company, euid
B. L. Winchell. president - of the 9L
Louis At Sun Franclfco.
Commercial Afent at It.
When Mr. Rus.elt went to St. Louis
as general freight agent. Gray was msde
commercial agent at Wichita, having by
that lime arrived at the line age of 19
years.
In the early "Sfla th Santa Fe ab
sorbed the Frisco, and this mercer took
Gray to Carthage. Mo, as division
ireight agent of the S.inta Fe-Frisco I William J. Kelly, one of the early
nen. in jtarcn. in, the merger I business men vt Portland, died at his
WILLIAM J. KELLY DIES
Pioneer iroeer and Contractor Suc
cumbs, After Week's Illness.
was oiasoiveti. uray remained with the
Frisco, being made division freight
agent at Wichita. He was transferred
a year later from the traffic to the oper
ating department, assuming the division
superlntendency at Neodosha.
He was advanced aubseouently to su
perintendent of transportation with head
quarters at St. Louis, then to gineral
manager, second vir-preejdent and an
ally senior vice-president, which posi
tion ho re!nttjthed when he announced
hta acceptance of Mr. Hill's offer to come
to PortianiL
Alth.n.a.i. In his rapid rise, he passed
many o.d-r employes on the way. not a
trace f jmaiuu-y can be found among
any of his le gifted and less fortunate
associates. He is a. popular with all
these as he i with the lonely agent at
the wayside prairie station and as h is
with the officials In the general offices
of the Frisco at St. Louis.
Ojteratkin His forte.
As an operstlng man he Is regarded
aa without a peer In the West. iresl-l-nt
Ripley, of the Santa Fe. It la said.
I. the only man who contests Arst place
with him.
A remarkable Incident of his genius
Is evidenced In the fact that his Brst
employer Is stltl in rharr- of the sta
tion at Fayettevllle. where he has re
mained during the successive strides of
the office bny who later became dictator
of his lutle. The old station building
which he swept out as a youth, and
whose windows he washed, still stands
beside the track, although a new struc
ture now serves the railroad and the
Peopi-. N
During his Incumbency of the office
of senior vlce-preaident. Mr. Gray was
successful In abolishing the railroad
lobbyist from th- hails of the Missouri
legislature, and he has provided against
Ms return by having passed a law mak
ing this practice a criminal offense.
Now each railroad Is represented at the
state capital by a legitimate agent, who
meets with tiie legislative committees
having railroad questions before them.
The sessions are held openly and the
question, nt Issue are discussed In a
business-like way. Mr. Gray was Instru
mental In bringing this reform about.
Mr. Grsy found, a few years ago. that
he had a railroad running through 4a
counties In Missouri, most of which were
backward. There were poor farms In
tnese counties and nobody was going to
them. This meant little or no freight.
Working with Governor Hadley. of Mis
souri, he decided that the way to get
farmers was to make farmers, and that
the way to make farmers was to edu
cate tle farm boy to be a farmer.
Making of farmer Sneered.
So they decided to offer prises, and
every year they gave $lo In every county
to be ald In the shape of a college
scholarship In boys only. The boys con
testing fr this scholarship, which was
obtainable at the Missouri Agricultural
College, had to farm a patch of com
land. The result was that hundreds of
boys, and afterwards girls, began rais
ing corn scientifically, and 4V. one In
each county, were annually selected to
go to the agricultural school to leara
farming according to proper and modern
Id-.ws. fines Mr. Gray Is about lo leave i
home. 105 forbett street, at non yes
terday, aged . He became III about
a week ago, death being; due to a com
plication of diseases.. . . .
Mr. Kelly was a native of , Rhode
Island. ' When IS years old he accom
panied his family to Oregon, arriving
at Kalem in the early. 'cos. He came to
Portland In and engaged In the
grocery business with M. . J. Murphy.
He . became affiliated Inter' with the
contracting firm of ITam Sc Nlckum and
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Ile Wllllasa J. Kelly, be Died
1 raterday.
the firm was reorganised In l&sS under
the name of Nickum A Kelly. He was
actively associated with the firm until
a year ago. when he was compelled to
give up business on account of ill
health.
Mr. Kelly was Identified prominently
with the early history of Portland,
having served as a member of the
Volunteer Fire I department, was City
Assessor before the office was merged
with the County Assessor's office, and
was appraiser In the United States
Customs Office during- the administra
tion of the late ex-Presldent Cleveland.
Mr. Kelly is survived by two daugh
ters and one. son. Mrs. Fred J. Rosen
berg and Mrs. Marg-aret Gavin and
John W. Kelly, all of Portland. The
funeral will be held Thursday morning.
Palla President Hurt by fall.
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DALLAS. Or- April C (ApeclaLr-John
Hayes, an old-time resident, was serious
ly Injured by falling between tl rallnatd
platform and a car of slabwood today
and Internal complications are feared,
lis Is 0 yeara old
elation, to be held In Portland June 7,
8 and 9. Oregon. Washington. Idaho
and Montana constitute the territory of
the organizatifyi and 'the leading- musi
cians of the four states 'will be present
ant represented on the. programme.
The association comes to Portland on
Invitation of the Monday Musical Club,
which will extend under the leadership
of Its president. Mrs. II. A. Heppner, the
city's hospitality, assisted In the work
of preparation by the Convention Bu
reau of the Portland Commercial Club.
With the talent of the city's musicians
and the genius of the Commercial Club
co-operating. It Is expected that this
musical event will add not a little to
the brilliancy and gayety of Rose Festi
val week. . ,
Sessions to Be Educational.
Doing honor to the occasion, II. J.
Filers has extended the courtesy of Ms
new Recital Hall for the sessions of
the convention. Morning- sessions will
be devoted to educational conferences.
Including- vocal. Instrumental and pub
lic school music and theory. Papers
will be presented by musical authori
ties, to be followed by discussions.
Afternoon sessions will be varied with
recitals. Business will be suspended In
the evenings and the time given to so
cial events and concerts.
A special feature of Interest will be
a manuscript concert on "American
Composers Mght." when all of the
artists taking part will be musicians
of the Northwest and the music will be
the product of Northwest composers
solely. .Composers who will contribute
manuscripts are asked to communicate
as early as possible with the chairman
of the programme committee. M
Alice Brown Marshall. 651 Ladd avenue.
Banquet to He Given.
A banquet at which toasts and. ad
dresses will be given by prominent
musicians will be held the opening
night. The programmes for the two
following evenings have not been com
pleted. but an effort Is being made to
secure the most distinguished talent of
the NorthwesL Mrs. Rose Hanscom
and Mrs. Rose Bloeh-Hauer will be
among the soloists, and J. H. Boyer
will give one evening of choral work.
The sessions and concerts will be held
at hours not conflicting with the prln
cipai events or the Rose Festival, so
that those In' attendance from other
states will have the benefit of festival
excursion rates and the double pleas
ure of attendance at the convention and
the Rose Festival. Twenty-five hun
dred souvenir programmes of the fes
tival and the convention are being sent
out.
C. W. Kantner. of Seattle. Is presi
dent of the Northwest Music Teachers
Association: Edgar S. Fischer. Walla
Walla. Is vice-president; Mme. Maud L.
Cleary, Boise. Is treasurer, and J. H.
Boyer, of Portland, is chairman of the
executive committee. On the pro
gramme committee are Mrs. Alice
Brown Msrshall. Portland, chairman;
Professor J. H. Boyer, and R, W. Ray
mond, manager of the convention bu
reau of the Portland Commercial Club.
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KNIGHTS' DISTRICT COXVKX-
TIOX COXVEXKS TUESDAY.
Prominent Officials of Order Are to
Bo Present at Installation of
Cosmopolitan Lodge.
SILK SALESMAN ARRESTED
Solicitor for Department Store Ac
cused of Taking Bolts of Silk.
Thefts of silks, valued at about $800.
are charged against J. C. Mayer, a so
licitor for Olds. Wfirtman 4 King, who
was arrested yesterday In his room at
Fifth and Washington streets, by De
tective Day and Hyde. It Is alleged
that the cloth was surreptitiously tak
en from the department store at In
tervals for many weeKs back.
Mayer -Is said to have slipped a bolt
or two of the valuable cloth Into his
sample cases every time he visited the
store. His room was searched and sev
eral bolts .of silk recovered.
The district convention of " the
Knights of Pythias will be next Tues-
ay in the Castle Hall of Ivanhoe
Lodge. Knights of Pythias, Eleventh
nd Alder streets. Grand Chancellor
Voran. of Eugene, Grand Keeper of
Records and Seal Stlnson, of Salem,
nd many prominent Knights from all
ver the state will be in attendance.
Grand Chancellor Toran's official
term has been signalized by a most
gratifying- growth throughout the state
nd a feature of his present visit will
e the Installation or a new lodge or
he order In this city, to be known as
Cosmopolitan Lodge, No. 109.
Cosmopolitan Lodge Is unique. In
that Its membership comes from affill
tlon of Knights from every state In
nlon, the Hawaiian Islands, Bermuda
nd Canada. A great many newcomers
within the last few years came from
states where Pythlanism Is very strong
and they have banded themselves to
gether aa a cosmopolitan lodge. The
degree teams of Calanthe Lodge will
confer the first and second ranks upon
the new lodge's members next Monday
night at Its Castle Hall. 129V4 Russell
street, while the third rank will be con
ferred Tuesday evening- at the Castle
Hall of Ivanhoe Lodge by the degree
team of that lodge.
Captain Louis C. Otto is the chancel
lor commander and H. M. Kimball kis
the keeper of records and seal.
ADDITIONAL BOXES SOLD
Addition of $250 Is Made' to Klr
niess Charity Fund.
Through the sale of two additional
boxes yesterday afternoon the total re
ceipts from Friday's auction of boxes
for the four-performance Charity Kir
mess were run up to within $70 of the
$3500 mark.v Voluntary offers were
made to Thomas Scott Brooke by Mrs.
Amanda Kerr and Alexander H. Kerr,
to ptircnase boxes at $125 each, the
purchasers to take their choice from
the seven upper boxes remaining; to be
sold. Mrs. Kerr chose box H and Alex
ander Kerr selected box S; each giving
the financial director of the Kirmess
a check for $125.
Miss Mae Falling announced yester
day afternoon that her purchase of
box C at Friday's auction was made for
Major H. C. Cabell. This is the box
for which Miss Failing- paid $230. over
bidding several other Kirmess enthu
siasts. Miss Falling will retain or her
personal use box W, for which she
paid $160.
EXPOSED PIER IS MENACE
Motor-Boat Club , Asks . Government
to Remove Obstruction.
Efforts are being made by officers of
the Portland Motor-Boat Club to have
the Government remove an exposed pier
hlch was used for the old Morrison-
street bridge. The subject has been
placed In the hands of United States At
torney Met Dun ior investigation.
It is kmUI that st tne low water sea
son, the pier appears ti bdoui eigne
Inches from the ejurface of the water and
is considered; a menace to light craft. 1
The old pier stands within the west side
span and on account of its position it
has never been an obstruction to heavy
liver teafflc.
If It Is found that the Government En
gineer accepted the work of the con
tractors as satisfactory, it Is believed
that it will remain for the Government
to remove the pier.
said that the. President will attend if
Congress does not continue in session
too Ions'. Seattle delegates to the
Western Development League conven-
tion May 4 and 5, In Helena, Mont., will
advocate the union of interests of this
leagrue and the land show to be held
In St. Paul In December.
Bristol to Address Rotary Club.
"Good Roads" will be discussed by
William C. Bristol before the Rotary
Club Tuesday noon. In taking up this
subject It Is assumed that Mr. Bristol
will refer to the statements made be
fore the club at a recent meeting- as
to the vetoing" by Governor West of
measures passed by the State Legisla
ture. W. L. Campbell, manager of the
Paciflo Railways Advertising Company,
will act as chairman "of the day.
Taft May Visit Puget Sound.
Seattle's publicity bureau is author
ity for the statement that President
Taft will attend the Northwest De
velopment Congress, whloh will be held
In. Seattle September 5 to 9. The
Northwest Development Congress Is a
federation of the principal commercial
bodies of Washington, Oregon. Idaho.
Montana. Wyoming and Alaska. It is
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