The Sunday Oregonian., April 30, 1911, SECTION FIVE, Image 64

TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, APRIL 30, 1911.
SCHOOL CHILDREN TAUGHT HOW TO
CONSTRUCT HOMES FOR SONG BIRDS
Audubon Society Interesting Young Folks in Means of Encouraging Our Feathered Friends
Asked Place Proper Houses in Their Yards.
Portland People
THE AtTimV SOCIETT. under
the direction of Mr. William L.
Fin ley. the president. Is anxious
to make Portland sr dry of sons; birds.
The public school authorities are In
thorough sraypathy with the mort
meoL The puptls of the manual traln
tas department In the different schools
'cave for the past month been planning
'and building bird homes.
In the assembly hall of the Holladay
1 school during the past week over &9
'bouMfi many unique In design, have
ibeen exhibited. These wr all made
by the manual training students under
the direction of Mr. Steele. If the other
schools turn out as many bird house.
It Is Ilkety that bird tenants will enjoy
good hounes fur cheap rent.
Mr. r'ii' .'T says that Inquiries are
0ften made for bird houses by people
who would like to erect tiieni about
their hoTfi. but either do not know
bow to make them or have not the time.
Tor this reason he has been anxloi: to
make arrangements so that a good
u .neer of bird homes can be put on
i a small pi'ie. All those who
desire to set bird 1. . to place In
their gardens or abrut their yar.!s ran
do so neat Wednesday, when the houses
will te on exhibition In the Auditorium
on the fourth floor of the Olds. Wort
man H King store. The Oregon Audu
bon Society will sell these at cost and
return the money to the makers.
East Open War on Sparrows.
""to the fcast everything possible Is
be!- r dene to rid ths country of the
E.i (.is.) sparrows. said Mr. Fln
1. because they drive out the
song birds. They have not yet entered
Loe Angeles, but they have been multi
plying rapidly for the last few years
la other parts of the West. In I'ort
land they are Increasing to an alarm
ing extent.
"One cause why our song birds are
decreasing In numbers Is because our
civilisation baa done away with their
nesting places and others have not been
supplied. Eastern people who come to
Oregon often make the complaint that
they see so few birds and bear so few
songs la comparison to other places.
This la true and there are several
causes for It.
-In the Eastern statea there are no
longer extensive forests where birds
scalier out and nsst. They congregate
in small patches of woods, especially
about houses where there are few trees, i
Here In Dregon we still have vast
stretches of forests, where the birds
live away from the habitations of man.
"The country out here la newer and
song birds hare not tsken to civilisa
tion as they have In the East. Blue
birds, wrens, white-breasted swallows
and chickadees still 'nest la the holes,
crevices and crannies of old slumps In
the midst of the woods. As these sre
being cleared away, some birds are
bard put to find house. If people
would make bird boxes and out them
In their gardens, they would soon be
rented. The birds would learn to coma
to the city Instead of being driven fur
ther Intothe woods to find homes.
Bird Now Returning.
"This Is ths Um of the year when
the birds are returning from the Booth
and there la an Increasing demand for
houses. Thousands of swallows have
arrived lately. Bluebirds are plentiful
and house wrens ara fidgeting about
for homes. The English sparrow Is
here, too. It Is becoming a great prob
lem to get rid of these Imported for
eigners for they Increase so rapidly
and drive out our native birds.
"In building bird houses, one should
keep In mind the tenants he wishes to
secure. If he wishes to keep out Eng
lish sparrows, the doorway must be
not larger than ths also of a half dol
lar, or about an Inch and a quarter In
diameter. This Is big enough for a
wren or a swallow. For a bluebird,
tha door should be an Inch and a half
or two Inchea In diameter, but this will
also admit an English sparrow.
"If yon want to make a bird house
after the birds' own hearts, make It
out of old weathered boards, or better
still, sections of tree trunks with the
natural bark on the outside. The best
bird home Is one that la drilled out of
the dead limb by the bird Itself. It Is
always dry when the weather is wet
It has tha advantage of being protected
from bird-hunting animals. Bird houses
may be made out of old boxes. One
can hunt among tha maples and aiders
until he rinds a mansion that has been
armed out tne previous year by a
woodpecker or a chickadee. The limb Is
likely dead and can be cut off and be
carried home easily and erected In
new and advantageous position.
"For swallows, bluebirds and wrens.
a long deep bird bouse with the door
way near tha top Is .pest. The floor
should be six or eight Inches, or even
more, from the entrance. The bird ten
ant would rather go down Into his nest
man through a horizontal hallwav.
This arrangsment Is good, for It gives
young Diras plenty of room for stretch
Ing and climbing. They do not climb
out and leave home before they ara
wen grown and able to fly, and so are
not liable to fall a prey to atray cats."
WELFARE OF CITIZENS SHOULD
BE CONSIDERED BY CITY COUNCIL
Unortuiut Alliance Between Saloons and Thond Wno Purrey to Vke la Pointed Cut by George Al Thacher
Organised Enorta to Commerdalixe Vice Should Arouse Condemnation of Diverse) Element of Citizenship.
SECOND . ARTICLE. BY QEORQI A.
THATCHER.
IN my discussion la last Sunday's Ore
genlaa of the practical need of a
City Council which will take op the
saloon question not only from tne busi
ness side of revenue to the city, but
from tie point of view of the welfare
of tha large number of citizens who are
seeking recreation. I pointed out bow
nnfortunate conditions are. That raises
tha question, "where Is tha blame to
restr
I do not think, that any reasonable
man or woman can blast severely the
seeker for pleasure In tb resorts that
have been prepared for htm by the sell
ers of beer. Oenerally speaking, these
seekers of amusement do not know
what pleasure Is. but they grasp
greedily at the Imitation.
To forest for a little while, to be
carried out of oneself, to be In a stale
of Intoxication over something that Is
tb need.
It . Is perfectly legitimate for tha
sell-r of beer to meet that need.
That Is the verdict of society
and It la an boneet verdict. There
la a point, however, where the stimu
lating of that need by the saloonkeep
ers makes U a public aulsanca and be
caaae It does so often become a public
nuisance many people become prohibi
tion lata
Undoubtedly the fart that the aaloon
business Is so often outdone (ae It Is
overdone n rortland) Is at the bottom
of the abuses, and once a new source
of revenue is discovered, the biggest
establishments are tempted to use It.
It Is easy to encourage the presence of
fast women where liquor la sold and It
I often done la saloons In Portland.
Incidentally It provides an easy place
for respoctabl but foolish girls to be
come fast, especially for thoeo who are
poor and do not have attractive homes.
It Is not bocaaso tb saloonkeeper Is a
too of society, but becaueo bo wants to
Bask money, that ho lets bis place be
Com disorderly.
It la absurd to place all the blame on
saloons for the making of prostitutes,
but ma ay saloons open their doors to
dspravsd tnsa and women to Inveigle
young girls Into a sorrowful life. The
ladepeadeat of March anent the grand
Jury report la New Tork. asking for a
commission for an Investigation of the
social svll with a view to Its control,
says: "Brewers have discovered that
the best way to retain trade la to refus
to servo disorderly places. Bonding
rompanlo refus to bond saloons of
tad . reputation. " The Independent.
which of 1st years baa become a po
litical weekly, says In this same editor
ial about prostitution: "There la no
greater evil among us. and It la time
that It was taken up seriously, for
both morals and health, for the protec
tion of marriage and the borne: for It
le the foe of honorable marriage and
the destruction of the home.') That Is
plain talk and It la also practical as
well aa true.
How many Portland saloons are In
direct alliance with the making of
prostitutes and encouraging directly
the business of prostitution In order to
make profits out of a business badly
overdone? There Is absolutely no doubt
but that the alliance exists here, aa
anyone can learn by personal Inspec
tion. In collecting statistics. I have a evi
dently run onto two aggravated raaes
where young girls, barely more than
children, have through the bad In
fluence of aaloon people become fit
subjects for retreats Ilka the Florence
Crlttenton Home and the House of the
flood Shepherd. One afternoon In tb
Pol Ire Court I waa requested to with
draw berauae of the deslr of the
Judge to have no unnecessary publicity
In the hearing of cases of this sort.
It may surprise the readers of The
Oregon Lao to know what money Is
being spent by the State of Oregon and
the City of Portland, and what prac
tical work la being done to cut off the
supply for the ranks of prostitutes. At
the lo session of the Legislature the
sum of fseoe was appropriated for the
snpport of the Florence Crlttenton
Homo and 8S619 for certain claims and
Improvements. In the last session of
the Legislature, the Secretary of State
laforma me that IT5e was appropriated
for this home. He also Informs me that
the state appropriates annually 17009
toward the support of the Inmates of
the Houses of the Good Shepherd, the
statutory allowance being ISO annually
for each Inmate.
In 1919 the woman's auxiliary o the
police department cost aoout 13300.
Thla department Is devoted to rescue
and preventive work. The same year
the Toung Women's Christian Associa
tion spent out of tbelr funds 1210. and
nearly as much more waa paid out to
aaaist this assoclstlon by the Salem
Electric, the O. W. p. the North Bank
and the Colon Depot railroads In ordsr
that suitable persons meet all trains
coming and going at the depots, to save
young women and glrle from falling
Into bad hands and to glvs them advice
snd assistance. It requires no argu
ment to show that preventive work Is
worth mors to tii city, state and Indi
vidual than rescue work. Even In the
pollc department It Is the pride of the
Chief to prevent the breaking of law
When Mr. Roosevelt was In the city
and crowds thronged the streets. Chief
Cox's aim was not to arrest thieves,
but to preaerva order. anH he
ceedad.
Some Statistic.
The Toung Woman's Chriatlan Asso
ciation alma to do preventive work en
tirely, and so It la impossible to give
any figures. The association has some
thousands of members, 'and glrla and
young women are all welcome at the
association s. building, at Seventh and
tayior. it might bs described as an
association to enable women and glrla
to realise their social kinship to each
otner. .it nss soma of the characteris
tics or a hotel, a borne, a club and
public employment agency. Ita rooma
are tnronged every day In the week.
The woman's auxiliary of the Police
department has headquarters In this
building and works In harmony with
the association. In 11 this branch of
the police took charge of 411 girls be
tween the ages Of IT and 24 rears.
Ons hundred and one, were sent to their
nomee. i niny-elght slrk girls and 14
Insane girls were looked after. On
the list known aa requiring continued
care were 120 glrla Lodgings were
given to lot girls and 427 meals were
furnished. There were 201 Investiga
tions conducted and 1250 letters writ
ten. Valuable work was done in white
slave cases, and restuaranta were
watched where tha female help was
changed frequently. Thirty-two lodg
ing houses of doubtful reputation were
Investigated, and an effort Is mad to
obtain Information about houses . of
prostitution and saloons thst try to
gst hold of Ignorant and foolish girls
and fore them Into the ranks of pros
titutes, various prosecutions ar car
ried on (th publlo dance ball nuisance
has been abated in Portland) and ar
rangements are being made for bous
ing unfortunates, There are ssveral
"homes' In Portland. Th Juvenile
Court has temporary accommodations
for minora of both sexes. St. Elisa
beth's Home In Monta villa, an Episco
pal Institution, had n girls in 110.
It has 10 girls at th pressnt t'ms. It
doe not receive State aid. The Flor
ence Crittenden Home, at Slst and
Gllaan. does not take girls except for
a period of sis months, th theory be
ing thst If girls csn be taught to lore
their babies they will have something
to bold to when they go out. For
th two year ending January 1. this
bom cared for 93 girls. At the pres
ent time there are 11 girls and IT
bablea In th home. Thla is a State
rather than a city Institution and only
aoout one-iourtn or the Inmates come
from Multnomah County. Girls from
th city don't like- to go there because
of th restrictions.
The House of the Good Shepherd, at
East 20th and Irvine;, gave a home to
iuj gins in 1910. There are 80 girls
In the home at the present time.
The Louise Horn la a Drlvate Insti
tution, maintained by Mr. McLaren of
in Portland Commons. The monthly
reports for 1910 show the total of 117
girls, though they evidently come and
go and so are counted more than once
In the year. Thirty-five new girls were
received in the year and 6 babies wer
cared for. There ar at present 9 girls
In the home. .Then some mothers and
babies ar cared for through th aid
oi tne oince and do not enter th home.
The Police Socket.
I have examined the entries In the
docket in the police court for the year
of 1910. Thla shows what official no
tic Is taken of women and glrla who
are detected by tha pollc in lives of
vice.
Mr. Fuld, In his late volume on
police administration, says, "the law of
varann- furnishes - the fundamental
legal basis for the police supervision
over prostitutes." In 110 there were
357 female vagrants arrested In Port
land. I have Included in that number
women who were out after hours and
who were arrested on that charge, and
women who were charged with keeping
bawdy houses and selling liquor with
out a license- The number of women
arrested for being drunk and disorder
ly and for larceny and other offenses
was 14. These other offenses Included
fighting, profane and abusive lan
guage and 'threats to kill, but th
drunks and disorderly and larceny
constitute, the Isrge majority.
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Probably the mass of them belong to
the ranks of prostitutes.
The disposition of these cases Is
doubtless ths most difficult pnoblem
thst confronts ths municipal judge.
In 110, of the 0 dlsreputatble
women arrested. 214 were discharged
on one pretext or another, and In a
majority of cases that discharge waa
accompanied wtth the condition that
th woman leave town. That put th
female vagrant on the same footing
aa the tramp. Society does not know
what to do with her, so she Is ordered
to move on. It Is realized, of course,
thst they all can't or won't move on.
so the punishment of a line Is Imposed
in many rases. In 1S10. 2T4 female
offenders were fined. The standard
fine for a prostitute is t!6. That Is tbs
smount of the salary of a Councllmsn
for a month. Fines levied In this
fashion amount to a license for practi
cal purposes, and the same offenders
come up at Irregular Intervals, so that
a fairly notorious prostitute may
easily pay the salary of a Councilman
all the year, and If she keeps a noto
rious bawdy house her fines may total
the aalarles of two or three Councll
men. As a matter of municipal house
keeping this is a thrifty method of
making one hand wash the other. In
fact, in 1910, the lines Imposed on dis
orderly and vagrant women amounted
to $8020. which Is enough to pay the
salaries of the IS Councilman and leave
a balance of 93520 to apply on the
salary of the Mayor.
It is a bleesed thing to reflect, how
ever, on how much better we are than
our ancestors. It Is a matter of history
that prostitutes used to pay the church
certain fines or licenses. Now they con
tribute to a fund which pays the sal
aries of the city fathers. It would not
be regarded as civilized today to extend
the blessings of religion by means of
revenue from that source.
The prison sentences Imposed on
womsn In 1910 were (T in number.
Three-day and five-day aentences were
common, while SO and (0-day sentences
were not unusual. The accommoda
tions In the city jail ar such that
there Is valid objection to placing wom
en there. One person who has practical
knowledge of the aubject remarked to
me that a rat ought not to be confined
there.
Of the remaining number of women
In the Police Court In 1910, six were
sent to the different homes which I
have described; 22 were held to the
grand Jury; five were turned over to
the Juvenile Court; three to the United
"States authorities, and one to the wom
an's auxiliary of the police. This list
makes suggestive the fact that there
are no reformatories or workhouses in
Oregon for women. This leaves three
alternatives: a discharge, a Jail sen
tence or a fine.
The fine system seems to be pretty
well Intrenched In all criminal courts
In the United States. It combines the
qualities of mercy and efficiency and it
saves an enormous amount of trouble.
A humane Judge Is Inclined towards
leniency and the custom easily becomes
fixed. Then, too, it provides revenue.
Take the matter of drunks in Portland
In 1910. The total number of drunks
arrested In 1910 was (247. according to
tne Judge s docket. That Includes the
plain drunks and the drunk who were
disorderly or fighting or out after
hours, and who had become a menace
to tho public peace. Less than half
the number received sentences of vary.
ing length, but the great majority were
lined. The total amount of fines lm
posed waa 118,937.60.
There's a very Interesting and im
portant point which arlees right her
In connection with my assertion that
the saloon business Is overdone in
Portland. For nearly 30 years it has
been the law In Portland that no saloon
keeper ahould sell liquor to a man who
wao intoxicated. To be specific, a city
ordinance adopted on October 18, 1883,
makes that restriction. It was repeated
in an ordinance on September 7. 1898
and it has been repeated again in th
new license law which went Into ef
fect on April 1, 1911. Of course there's
sn occasional man who will drink one
day and be drunk the next, but in 99
cases out of 100 tha bartender knows
when his customers are Intoxicated. Of
course, its a matter of profit to sell
to drunken men. A man who Is drunk
often wants to treat every man in
sight. Then, too, a man who Is drunk
is not at an particular in counting his
change. In fact, he can't count It very
often, and more often he would not If
he could. That matter of profit to the
saloonkeeper has resulted In the law
becoming a dead letter. It was violated
in rortland some 5000 times in 1910
ana Knowingly violated. Does th sa
loonkeeper suffer? Not at all. It Is the
man wno is so dull of Intellect and
weak of will that he become a sot.
who suffers in health and nurse, and
who then goes to the oollcs station an
who before be can return home must
pay a rine or go to the rockplle.
collectively he was called unon to
contribute 819.000 to the city's revenues
last year In order that somebody might
oe punisned lor to saloonkeeDer's vio
lation of the law. Of course th higher
"'n license me greater the pres.
COLLEGE WILL OBSERVE
SILVER ANNIVERSARY
Christian Brothers' Institution Plans to Commemorate Occasion of Its
rounding on May 14 and 15 by Notable Exercises.
fw-l saxassWseeaeasS!"
I I sf 'Hi IIIMf- lssilla
CHRISTIAN Brothers' Business Col
lege, a Catholic Institution at
Grand avenue and Clackamas street,
will hold its sliver jubilee May 14 and
15. An elaborate service will be held
at St. Mary's Cathedral Sunday morn
ing, and on Monday night Bishop 0"Dea,
of 8eattle, will address a meeting of
the alumni, students and friends of the
college in the college auditorium. Sev
eral high-class musical and literary
numbers will also be rendered,
Tha Sunday morning service at the
cathedral will open with pontifical lizh
mass, celebrated by Archbishop Chris
tie. Rev. William J. Deeney. S. J., of
San Francisco, will preach the pane
gyrlc, his subject being "The Teacher
Saint," referring to St. John De La
Salle, the founder of the Brothers of
the Christian Schools.
Father Deeney is said to be one of
the most eloquent Catholic orators in
aiir fur nrnrit wh , . ' 7 I tne mosx eloquent uatnoiic orators in
saloons? t0 many th P"ic Northwest. He entered Sa-
. . I vicu alCou I iwUJIVBe all jiituui, AOOd, auu
"1UUC' 4uor xjw. graduated In 1889. In 1890 he gradu-
Of course s-riiis ar ..tnnn. . I ated from St. Mary's College, Oakland,
lri mirno... ,,... ,k. . with the degree of bachelor of arts. He
tlcal purposes, though they serve meata. entered the Jesuit order the following
ui aaia 10 aiscredit tn anils, January, and af rer a novitiate career
wnicn are perfectly legitimate, but to I spent several year at St Louis Unl-
call attention to the fact that In rais
ing the license from 8300 to 1800. aa
the model license law does, it simply
increases tne necessity for profits, es
pecially in the cases of those who In
order to make a llvlna- hin hmA
violate the law heretofore. High license I Santa Clara College. Two years ago
IS not a restrictive measure SO Inns- as I y was transfer-ran tn Orea-on nwinflr to
mere are any sources of nroflt vhlnh
can ba developed to meet tha Increased
license, mat is too self-evident to re
quira uexuoas trauon. .
versity. Missouri. He afterward taught
at Santa Clara College, California, for
three ye ara He also spent some time
at Woodstock College, Maryland, where
he completed his theological studies. He
returned to the Pacific Coast in 1907
and held the position of minister of the
Pnre Iiquor.
Ill health. . He has now recuperated,
and is acting- as chaplain at the Or-
phans Home, Be&verton.
Choir Is Enlarged.
The usual choir of 80 voices which
There la a popular impression that th I ings at St. Mary's ha been increased
toxic effects of adulterated liquors are
far worse than those of good standard
quality. Leach, who Is an authority on
cnemical analysis, says, "It is a com
mon experienoe of tha publlo analyst
to bavo submitted to him by well-mean
ing temperance advocates sample
which are alleged to have caused the
worst forms of Intoxication, and are
terns suspected of being imnure. As
matter of fact the chief adulterants of
liquors are water and sugar."
One day at the police station I over
heard a conversation on the subject and
made some Inquiries. I was told of a
saloon where wine could be bought at
retail for 15 cents a quart, wjth the
bottle and cork thrown In. and ' the ef
fects of that concoction were pictured In
terms that were Impressive to say the
least.
I find that there-is no ordinance In
Portland referring to the matter of adul
teratlng liquors. Dr. Wheeler, of the
health office, assure me that his office
makes no chemical analysis of liquors.
I bought a quart of wine for 15 cents
and an eight-ounce bottle of whisky
for tho same sum, and took them to the
office of th State Dairy and Food Com
missioner. Mr. A. 8. Wells, the chemist.
analysed th samples for me. The per
centage of alcohol was 20.20 by volume
the wine, sixteen to 18 per cent Is
to between 50 and 60. An orchestra un
der the direction of Professor Frank O.
Eichenlaub will accompany the choir.
Tha choir will be under the direction
of Professor Frederick W. Goodrich.
Solemn Dontlflcal vespers will be
held in the evening. Rev. Bernard Mur
phy, O. 8. B., will preach. Brother
Andrew, In charge of the Christian
Brothers, Business College, has issued a
pamphlet' as a souvenir of the occasion,
which contains the names of the alum
ni and articles showing the growth of
the college in the last 25 years.
Some of the articles are: "The catn-
ollo Business College," by Archbishop
Alexander Christie; The Pioneer
Brothers of the Northwest," by Brother
Michael, F. S. C; "The Christian Broth
ers in Oregon," by Brother Xenophen
Cyril, provincial of the Western prov
ince; "That California Climate," by Will
Scarlet; "From St. Michael's to St.
Mary," by Brother Lucius; "Reminis
cences of the Past Tnirteen years, by
Brother George, F. S. C.;' "Vocations of
the Order of the Christian Brothers," by
Brother Jasper, Martlnas, CaL; "Saner
Athletics for Catholic Youth," Brother
Joseph, F. 8. C.
The pamphlet also contains biograph
ical sketches of the alumni, with cuts, j
a list of the donors to the college, and
illustrations of the gymnasium classes,
baseball and basketball teams and
track teams. Accounts of the games
of baseball and basketball played ar
also given.
College Founded in 1871.
The Christian Brothers Business Col
lege was founded In Portland in IS 11
by Father Flerns, ' under the name St.
Michael's College. It was then located
at Fifth and Mill streets. Bishop Olor-
i o 11 t was the first nrnRldAnr. hnino. In
charge from 1871 to 1874.
Father O'Dea, now Bishop O'Dea, of
Seattle, took charge at the end of this
time. In December. 1885, Archbishop
Gross appealed to Brother Bettelin, tua
provincial of the Western province, for
assistance in the college. His first ap
peal met with refusal. Brother Bette
lin stating that the number of avail-,
able teachers In the San Francisco dis
trict would not permit aid being ex
tended. But after the second appeal
Brothers Michael, Aldrlck, of Mary and
Bertran, were sent to take charge.
Brother Aldrlck, who was the superior,
died two months after arriving In
Portland. January 23, 1888. Bishop C
J. O'Reilly, of Baker City, who was
not then a priest, taught on of the
classes.
In August. 1895, St. Michael's College
was removed to quarters at Fifteenth
and Davis streets, upstairs over St.
Mary's Cathedral. The name was
changed to St. Mary's Parochial School.
When Archbishop Christie took charge,
however, he disliked the school over the
church, so an addition was built to the
old building at Fifth and Mill streets,
and the school was held there again.
This building was originally a flrehouse.
The move back to the remodeled build
ing was made in 1898, and the institu
tion called Blanchet Institute. From
1898 to 190S Brother George was the su
perior. That year Brother Zenonlan
came from San Francisco, and remained
in charge of the school one year.
Brother Andrew, now in charge of
the college, was placed - In charge In
August, 1907, while hs was In the East
on a visit. He was at that time prefect
of discipline at St. Mary's Cathollo Col
lege, Oakland, Cal.
w Building Erected.
Soon after reopening the school in
September, 1907, he saw the necessity
of a new building, and better facilities.
He therefore laid the matter before
Archbishop Christie and received In
structions to plan for a larger school.
In October, 1907, the block at Grand
avenue and Clackamas street, where the
college now stands, was purchased from
F. X. Larabee, president of the Oregon
Real Estate Company, for 123,000.
Ground for the new structure . was
broken In March, 1908. The building
was erected and equipped for 963,000.
Seven rooms are provided for tho
grades, two for the commercial classes,
two for business classes, besides the
muslo-room, gymnasium, chapel, living
rooms for the brothers and office.
A large, regulation-size, handball
oourt was built adjoining the college
proper. The large cement basement
contains locker-rooms and lunchrooms
for the scholars. Twelve rooms for
boarding pupils are also provided. The
building was dedicated November 29.
1908, and school opened two days later.
Seventy boys were enrolled the first
day, and the present enrolment is 198.
The business class Is exceptionally
large.
A. G. Rushlight, candidate for Mayor,
Is one of the graduates of the college.
Other members of the alumni are: Am
brose M. Cronln, John F. Canaan, vr. j.
C. Zan, Sergeant Joseph lielier, ev.
Bernard Murphy, John O'Neill, Dr. Wil
liam Trimble, Frank Hennessy, Frank
Sinnott, Mano A. Zan, William McCann,
Charles A. Craft, George Kelly, Dan
Campbell, Joseph P. Cronln, vvunara
Cronln and the Healy Brothers.
Arrhhlshon Chr stle Is giving tne ju
bilee celebration his support, as the fol
lowing letter from him will snow:
'w take nleasure in giving our
heartiest approval to the efforts of the
Christian Brothers In behalf of their
future Jubilee celebration. Their 25
years of faithful labor in Portland have
redounded to the very best Interests of
our youth and I am sure that they will
h... the, cordial co-ODeratlon sOf all
classes. In their endeavor to make their
Jubilee a means of reducing the lndebt.
edness of their fine new college."
tha usual amount In port wine. The
percentage of fruit juice was 11.68,
which Is nearly normal. Th coloring
waa heightened about one-third by
the uso of logwood. I expected to learn
that there was something villainous In
that wine, -but the analysis shows that
under the pure food law the wine 1
not adulterated, except by the use of
small .amount of coloring matter. .The
place that sold It and the kind of men
who buy It create such a strong "sug
gestion that tha police are deceived.
There Is an unpleasant after-taste to
the win which may Incline a con
sumer to drink some more to drown it.
but otherwise It is not detrimental to
health. Of course, drunkenness caused
by win Is a bad sort, but the reputation
of the stuff Is duo to "suggestion." I
am Informed that wine can be purchased
In California as cheap as 16 cents a
gallon. The freight to Portland would
permit a profit at retail when sold at
la cents a quart.
The whisky was of the sort known
as bad whisky. The percentage of
alcohol by volume was 40.86. There
Is no absolute standard, though 5 per
cent Is regarded aa approximately the
standard. ' By weight the percentage
of alcohol waa 13.24, while the usual
(percentage is 44. Tne stun was colored
with burnt sugar. This alleged whisky
s ooi lieu ta svauus.ru wuibjij is.
Therein lies the only question in re
gard to the use of cheap whisky. Is
new or crude alcohol Intended to pro
duce a worse form of intoxication than
alcohol (or whisky) which has been
kept In store for four years of more?
Physicians don't seem to know. There
la a popular impression that new or
crude alcohol Is worse for the human
system than the same stuff when It Is
several years old. It would take scien
tific experiments on a "wnisky squaa
to determine the matter. What is whis
ky anyway? As nearly as t can learn
It Is alcohol diluted with water ana
colored with burnt sugar, or by be
ing kept in a barrel with the Inside of-
the staves charred lor lour years or
more. The alconoi is maae irom grain.
snH If tha whlskv is distilled by a con
tinuous process It is known as "straight
whisky." The amount or "siraigm
whlskv" sold Is a very small per cent
perhaps five while most of It is rec
tified whisky, or maae Dy communis
water 'and alcohol ana aaaing uumi.
sugar for coloring matter.
It is a curious commentary on the
ininurinct movement that it does not
adopt scientific methods and learn first
of all what whisky is ana wny
sale should be regulated, ui course,
the manufacturers ngnt sdoui. n. oe-
fore Congress, when It comes to pay
ing revenue taxes, but that Is not es
pecially Illuminating.
we know that alcohol is its active
constituent, and that is all we do know.
Aa for this "bad wnisicy, wnicn i
had analysed, the percentage of alcohol
Is way below the stanaara or good
whisky. But Is the raw or new alcohol
worse than that kept in store for years?
There is no means of ascertaining. Our
consuming ignorance oi the subject
suggests the application of a story I
heard at the police court. A Chinaman
was arrested for selling bad liquor, and
his plea and justification were given In
his own words: "I know him all llghtee;
I make him myself." By some hocus
pocus he had secured a rectifier's license,
and so the court was constrained to
accept his explanation as satisfactory.
This happened In Portland some years
ago. Mr. Wells Informs me that he
gets more samples of beer or near-beer
to analyze than anything else . In the
shape of liquor. When a county goes
"dry" there Is a market for near-beer,
and the temperance people have lots of
trouble In making prosecutions for
violation of the law. Mr. Wells says
It actually costs more to manufacture
near-beer than the real stuff. That Il
lustrates another feature of the prohi
bition problem. To drive the devil out
of the door and have him come back
through a crack In the windows with
the legal right to stay because he has
got one per cent less alcohol on his
person must be very distressing to good
people.
Wisdom of Saloon Parrot.
London Tit-Bits.
An old parrot used to live in a liquor
tavern where there was always a great
trade on Saturday nights. One evening
the parrot was mlsed. Search was made,
and at length It was discovered in the
middle of a field surrounded by crows,
who were steadily plucking out its
feathers. As the rescuers approached
the now half-naked bird was heard to
call out: "One at a time, gentlemen. If
ease; If you'll only wait you'll
served."
I call out
you pie
. all be s
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