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THE ST73DAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 3, 1911.
BOYS FROM ANTIPODES INSPECT
CITY AND ENJOY VARIED SIGHTS
Climb Crest, Attend Games and Snow Great Interest in Football Contest Round of Festivities for Youngsters
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I Australian boys who are rlslt-
In; Portland In ,th course' of
tblr tour around ths world
Wfp rnnsplcuous on Tortland
strata r""rJr from me time thejr
were escorted around Portland In a
""srelnc-Portland" car to the close of
the day's activities. Kverywhere they
mere favorably greeted and nowhere
was the Interest more manifest than In
the football a-amo with the stars of tha
Portland Association League.
Immediately after their excursion. In
the eourire of which Council Crest was
rtslted. the Australians declared that
Portland Is the most beautiful city they
liad yet visited. Just as their car
reached the summit, the mists cleared
away and three snow.eovered moun- i
tains were unfolded to view.
Luncheon was taken at the Tounir
M-n's Christian Association hulldlns;
and the youngsters and their Portland
boy hosts then trooped out to the Mult
nomah Field. That Interest In the
xame was sustained was shown by the
continued rooting.
All kinds of social events in various
homes are planned for the visitors
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from the land of the kangaroo and
ornlthorhynchus. while. In addition, they
are enjoylna; school dances and other
similar functions. They declare, how
ever, that they find It Impossible to
dance In the American style.
. Starting; at 10:10 o'clock from the T.
M. C. A, bulldlns;. the Australians will
march to Trinity Church for services,
following which they will ba at the
disposal of their hosts.
The visitors will be taken Monday
moraine; for a car ride to Kenton.
where they will visit the Portland
Union Stockyards, concluding- their call
with luncheon as the guests of tlia
Union Meat Company. Their first en
tertalnment. consisting; of scenes from
the Australian bush with their band
will be given at the Bungalow Theater
the same night. Sawmills and promi
nent factories in Portland will be visit,
ad Tuesday and at noon a luncheon giv
en by British women will be served
the Parish House, at Thirteenth and
Clay streets. A football game with a
star association football team from the
Portland High Schools will be played
on Multnomah Field Tuesday afternoon
and at night an entertainment will be
given In the auditorium of Washington
High Schoal.
They will leave Tuesday morning
over the O.-W. B, K. for Kelso. Wash
continuing the same night to T acorn a.
They will visit Seattle and British Co.
lurabla and then double back to Los
Angeles, where they expect to make a
number of side trips. Including; visits
to Tellowstone. Mariposa Grove and the
canyon of the Rio uranae. tngiana
will be reached next May, It la expected.
FOREST FIRE WITHIN 30 MILES
OF LOS ANGELES CAUSES HAVOC
Six Lives Lost and Property Wortn Hundreds of Thousands Destroyed Anti-Socialist Fint Waxes Hot as Close
Kears Old Stake, Set in 1886, Settles 'Boundary Dispute.
LOS ANGELES. Dec S. A forest fire
In Southern California, where tha
hills are for the most part bare
and the valleys largely barren, sounds
like an anomaly, to. put It mildly, but
during the past week and a half, within
10 miles of Los Angeles, a forest Ore
haa raged, defying the efforts of hun
dreds of fire fighters, destroying prop
erty valued at hundreds of thousands of
dollars, and costing the Uvea of six
persona, according to the figures avail.
able at the present writing.
The fire started In the Mallbu Moun
tain range, where, contrary to popular
opinion, the hills are well covered with
trees and the vales filled with heavy
underbrnsh. In connection with this
fire, the wardens have come through
with an interesting theory which ac
counts, to their minds, at least, for a
large number of the forest Urea of the
West. It Is none less than the sun's
rays beating down upon empty, dis
carded flasks and setting fire to the dry
grass and brush as If by a magnifying
glass: In other words, the former con
talners of firewater have atarted the
Mazes that, fanned by the breesea. have
swept the many acres from the middle
western prairies to the Pacific Coast.
Doubtless this theory has grown from
the arrest and conviction of a San
THego County rancher who. for spit'
et Are to a forest and field in that
county when he was many miles away
and could prove it. Unfortunately, for
Mm. the flames got away from the
point of origin tefore they had time to
destroy his Implements, and the sun
glsn and part of the tinder he so care
fully placed and which did their work
with precision were found and caused
h.s conviction. He Is now serving a
sentence In San Quentln.
FJeek tu llmrtltt.
Arguing from the facta developed In
the trial of that rase the warden claim
to hava discovered that tha convex
Ides of an empty whisky flask consti
tute an excellent magnifying glass, con
centrating the rays of the sun until the
heat generated Is sufficient to set fire
to the tinder beneath. That Is all that
is needed, for the winds do the rest.
Hoa-ever, It absolves many hunters and
campers of the charges of carelessly
leaving their campflres smouldering, or
of throwing away lighted matches
without a thought of possible results.
The MaUbn range fire, which Is still
threatening numerous settlers and
small towns, developed also some so
ctety heroes and heroines. Tha ranch
on which the ttre is raging Is owned
by the Rlndge estate, the affairs of
which were recently wound up
In the Probate Court ten years
after Frederick H. Rlndge died.
Mrs. Msy K. Rlndge. the widow and
administratrix of the vast estate, who
was so highly complimented by tha
court for her administration of the
properties valued at about five millions,
her sons and their wives both boys
were married within the past six
months formed one rescue party and
went throughout the entire ranch
warning squatters and neighboring
ranchers of tha danger. The women
and young men made the trip through
the ranch on a handcar, taking turns In
pumping the handles over the uneven
track. At certain points in the estate
where valleys ran up into the moun-1
tains to the ranch of some settlers the
brides and grooms mounted horses,
without saddles or bridles, and rode
recklessly Into the hills to sound the
warning. On several such occasions
their rides were literally races with
death, as they were caught by the
flames and had to dash through walla
of Ore to effect their own escapes.
Aatt-Seetallat Fight Hot.
The bitter warfare against the So
rlalists under Job Harrlman here, and
tha strength of the Socialists, the re
sult of which will be known at the
election day after tomorrow, haa weld
ed the opposing factions of the various
parties opposed to Socialism as nothing
else could have done. It haa also ere
ated a campaign the like of which
Southern California has never before
known and which haa led both aides
Into excesses that nothing but des
perate righting would cause. Several
thousand Illegal registrations have
been discovered and It la believed the
extent of the fraud will not be known
until election day. Some estimates put
the fraudulent registrations aa high as
thirty thousand and the City Attorney
promises that every man or woman
now who tries to vote Illegally will be
arrested and prosecuted. Several bun
dred warrants have already been Is
sued, one conviction haa resulted and
thousands of cases will be on the books
of the courts after election. The en
tire police force and a large number of
deputlea sworn In for the occasion win
be on duty next Tuesday to nab any
one who attempts to vote fraudulently,
and according to the City Attorney
there will be many arrests on that day.
The Oood Government organisation la
accused by the Socialists of having
caused many of the Illegal registra
tions, and vice versa. As a matter of
fact the frauds are about even, as
many on one side as on the other. Tha
Good Government organisation, how
ever, has lost prestige to an Immeas
urable extent during the campaign. In
the first place, when It was found tfiat
the battle waa to be between Mayor
Alexander and Job Harrlman tha busi
ness men of the city organised to man
age Alexander'a campaign. Taking his
rue from the Good Government men, Al
exander attempted to repudiate the
cltlxens' committee, but it would not
be repudiated. ' The Goo-Goo organs be
littled the popular movement
and grilled the former enemies
of Alexander who now flocked to
his support. But tbey were
called off when It was aeen that Alex
ander did not hava everything his own
way and the fight would be much closer
than had beon anticipated.' Tha sur
prising feature of the campaign, so far,
has been the tremendous Interest on
tn part of the public In the Socialist
doctrine: and the suspicion of many has
been aroused by tha remarkable getting
together of men who formerly were tha
bitterest enemies. The anxiety on the
part of both sides will not be nded
until tha votes cast December S ars
counted.
Old Stake Settles) Dlaawte.
A stake driven Into the earth In 1S6I
and covered for years by the accumula
tion of aand and debrla haa Just ben
unearthed at Long Beach and' settled a
dispute over the boundary Between
Rabchos Los Cerrltos ana itancnos ios
Alamltoa. The atake was put down by
the original surveyor of the beach prop
erties, now covered by a prosperous
city. It waa discovered by employee of
the City Engineer's offloe at the foot of
Alamltoa avenue, and basldea settling ,
the dispute between the two former
ranch properties, will effectually dis
pose of trouble over the exact eastern
boundary of the City of Long Beach. In
the presence of Mayor Windham of
Long Beach and other city officials the
stake was dug from ten feet below the
surface of the ground and replaced by
a concrete stake that will last for all
time. The wooden stake, by the way,
despite Its years In the wet beach soil.
was In a remarkable state of preserva
tion. The discovery of the stake waa
hailed with rejoicing In the City At
torney's office, where several suits are
pending, the outcome of which depend
upon the exact position of the hitherto
lost stake.
"Calf Leye Leads ta Death.
"She loves me."
"She loves me not."
Over and over again little Wllmot
Haase repeated these lines at the
Strickland Home for Boys, on Eagle
Rock avenue, shortly after breakfast
tha other day. For each line he pulled
petal from a large red rose.
Did Irene Bennett, aged 17 years,
love him? That was the question the
rose was asked. Petal after petal
dropped from his fingers. The supreme
test waa near at hand.
A few minutes before the 14-year-old
boy had told some of his play
mates, who also happened to be among
his rivals, that If the rose test failed
he would kill hlmeelf. His hand trem
bled when the rose had been shorn of
all but a doxen petals. Finally the
last one waa reached, but he did not
pluck It. He already knew the answer.
"She loves me not."
Half murmuring these words, his
body trembling. Wllmot walked to the
medicine cupboard In the kitchen of
the house. A moment later a scream
waa heard and Claude Raymond, aged
15 years, an Inmate, rushed out of the
kitchen door, calling loudly for help,
declaring that Wllmot had taken car
bolic acid.
The shock of the dose aroused Wll
mot from a atate of despondency to a
state of terror. Mrs. J. Strickland, the
matron, snatched the first thing avail
able upon reaching the kitchen, which
happened to be a bottle of olive oil.
Wllmot drank the entire contents. The
matron then gave him raw eggs, but
even had other remedies been given It
would have been useless, as the boy
had taken more than two ounces of
the acid.
Wllmot was hurried to the County
Hospital, where he died a few hours
later. He Is the son of W. F. Haase.
a structural Ironworker. The boy had
been at the StrlckOand Home more
than a year.
Irene Burnett, said to be the cause
of the tragedy, left the home, where
she had been helping Mrs. Strickland,
three weeks ago. The majority of the
tractive brunette. More than a dosen
of the boy, all of whom were under IS
years, and wear short trousers, wooed
her. Her choice was not Wllmot, al
beit he was her most persistent suitor.
One night, shortly before she left
the home, another boy took her to a
moving-picture show. This was more
than Wllmot could stand, and he had
been brooding over It ever since. The
girl confided to Mrs. Strickland that
she did not care for Wllmot. When
Irune'a affairs at heart became so
Graves Music Company during; the
past year has sold three times as
many pianos as during the year be
fore. During the coming year we are
going to double the business that we'
did this year. We want every family
in Oregon to know that we sell good
pianos, and sell them on more advan
tageous terms and better prices.
We know that a modern piano busi
ness must be well advertised. Not only
must it offer the best in musical in
struments, but it must make itself
known continually.
Pianos from Graves Music Company
last a lifetime. A new buyer must be
found for every hour of the day,
therefore when so many new families
come to the state almost daily, it Is
necessary for an institution such as
ours to keep constantly before the
public. We want to determine where
it pays best to advertise. We are
willing to pay money to find this out.
Thus we publish an advertising test
certificate herein which calls for $40.
It is good for so much actual cash,
and will be accepted by us as the first
payment for any piano In stock. .We
have marked down all " our pianos.
Nothing reserved a genuine price-reduction
sale.
Select your piano now. Present your
coupon. Arrange to pay the balance
as best suits your convenience, and the
piano is yours.
But even this is not all the induce
ments we now offer. If you choose
to pay cash, in addition to the con- -pon,
when you select your piano, we -.pay
a premium of $1 for every dollar
up to the amount of the certificate
that you pay us at the time that you
select your instrument.
We publish under the certificate a
schedule showing exactly how much
these certificates can be made to
amount to.
Bear a mind that our plane price" are much lower than air In this or
say vther city. Everything reduced. We do not have to depend altogether
Pi oar piano department for oar profits. This In only one of fifteen de
partmeate la the Grave Mnsle Company's great munlc house.
Bear In mind that you need make no cash payment other than
vertlvlng-test certificate when yon select your piano.
Here la the Coupon It la the same aa cash:
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part payment for any new piano, when presented on.
before December 23, 1911. Bring; this coupon to us at
nee. select any piano in oar sale. We villi accept the
upon as so much actual cash on the piano that i-on
elect. GR4VKS MUSIC CO.
Special Premium Offer
$2.00 for $1.00
la order to make It aa object to any one who wishes to pay more than
he required first payment, we hereby offer to Inane a receipt for 93 for
every dollar that la paid up to the amount of the coupon published here
with. EXAMPLE Brlii In the congoa and get receipt for S40. Brlng'ln the
coupon and pay S3 cash and get receipt for 850.
Bring coupon, pay SIO cash, and get receipt for SAO.
Bring coupon, pay SIS cash, and get receipt for 70.
Bring coupon, pay SO cash, and get receipt for S"0.
Bring coupon, pay -." cash, and get receipt for SIM).
Bring coupon, pay 30 cash, and get receipt for SlOO, etc.
. ever again will It be so easy to get a fine, warranted, sweet - toned
durable t piano, aa now.
Bear' In mind that the balance remaining; nnpald can be settled in
monthly payments of SB, SIO or SX. or any greater amount that may best
suit the convenience of the purchaser.
Keversl very choice, brajul new, warranted makes of pianos will be sold
rtnrlng thla sale for Sl.SS per week. Still others will go for fl.50 per week,
or pay . or 4t monthly.
All Instruments on sale are plainly marked reduced to lowest cash price.
1'hiMie buying on time will secure the same cash prices, but will pay simple
Interest on deferred payments.
Bear In mind that thcee pianos are the latest, choicest, brand new,
especially selected instruments from the country's foremost and most. trust
worthy makers.
prrtVrr' tnatrument la thla sale la jncondltlonaIly warranted In every re-
lo more beantlfu! plaaoa have ever been on display In Portland than are
J""t now. No arrester variety haa ever been shown. No lower prices.
If ever so low.
Note the Prices
We want to sell at least 120 pianos
before the close of this year; we want
120 additional enthusiastic and loyal
friends for Graves Music Co.
For $148 you will secure tomorrow
morning pianos which have never been
sold for less than $250; $167, $183,
$189, etc., will secure such grades as
were never to be obtained heretofore
for less than $250 and $300, $350 and
$375.
Ask particularly to see a magnifi
cent $400 style, now $274, and the
plainer cases, same make, $255. $8 a
month buys them, while the less ex
pensive styles go at $6 and $5 a month.
Sale prices on the very fanciest
$450 and $500 styles are now $298 and
$327. Pay as best suits your con
venience. In this sale we are anxious to sell a
lot of player pianos. We want these
player pianos, every one of them, out
of the way before inventory period.
Buy your player piano of Graves
Music Co. Our prices are reduced and
our terms of payment easier than else-,
where. Bear in mind that we guar
antee not only the quality, but we
guarantee the price, too. We agree
to refund all money paid if purchase
after delivery is not found exactly as
represented and satisfactory. During
this advertising test sale our store will
be open day and night. We have no
time to lose. Again, we repeat, no
cash payment is necessary. Cut out
the coupon, bring it in and select your
piano.
Remember the sale begins Monday morniiig at 8:30. If you have no piano, come right away.
If you wish to order by mail, we assure you that we will make most careful and painstaking selec
tion. We ship instruments subject to examination and trial. All money that has been paid for the
instrument will be refunded if on receipt of same it is ' not found in every way satisfactory and as
represented.
Grayes Music Co. Z&
Largest Wholesale and Retail General Music Dealers in the West
numerous that they threatened de
morallzatlon to the institution, Mrs."
Strickland suggested that the girl had
better leave.
W ilmot attended the Garvanza
School. He was In the eighth grade
and his report card, which he received
only two days before his death, showed
him to be doing well In hi studies.
He would have graduated to the High
bcnooi at the close or the present term,
Little is known of Irene Burnett bv
Airs, btrickiand. she at one time at
tended the Home of the Guardian
Angel on West Washington street. She
has a brother, Joseph, at the Strick
land home.
HUE POULTRY TO VIE
BEST BIRDS IX NORTHWEST IX
COMPETITIOX HERE.
Ore pon Poultry and Pet Association
W ill Open at Mnltnoraah Hotel
Beginning- Monday.
More than 1200 of the finest poultry
stock of the Northwest will strut, crow
and cackle In the exhibition hall on
the first floor of 'the Multnomah Hotel,
Third and Pine streets, tomorrow
morning at the opening of the third
annual exhibition of the Oregon Poul
try and Pet Association. The show
will continue through the week and
close Saturday night. December 9.
Entries began to arrive Saturday
morning, and a score of men were em
ployed in the exhibit hall all day set
ting up coopa and preparing to trans
fer the fowls from the shipping coops
to the exhibit pens. The entries will
all be In today and everything will be
placed in readiness for throwing the
show open to the public at 8 o'clock
n the morning.
In point of the number and quality
of the exhibits, and the territory rep
resented, officers of the association
agree In saying that the coming show
will be the best they have ever held.
Poultry fanciers lh Washington, Cali
fornia. Idaho and British Columbia are
sending their fowls to compete with the
Oregon products.
Judges will be Elmer Dixon, of Ore
gon City, and W. M. Coates, of Van
couver. B. C, both experienced poultry
fanciers. Mr. Coates was Judge In the
show given by the Oregon Poultry As
sociation last year. The Judges will
begin their work Monday afternoon,
but the awards probably will not be
finished until Wednesday, after all of
the entries have been scored.
The prise list Is large this year, and
this has done much to attract competi
tors. Solicitation by the association
among the business men of Portland
has met with 'liberal responses. The
Multnomah County Court has offered
(50 to be distributed among competi
tors under 16 years of age, for the
purpose of Interesting boys and girls
In the raising of fine poultry. Differ
ent poultry clubs are offering specials
for Slngle-eomb Black Mlnorcas, Buff
Orpington. Plymouth Rock, Black Lang-
shun, Barred Plymouth Rock, Wblte
Plymouth Rock, Silver-laced and Gold
en Wyandotte and other classes. Prizes
are also offered for ornamental ducks
and geese and for pit games.
Special premiums and sweepstakes
offered by business men and poultry
fanciers of Portland and vicinity In
elude cash trophies and merchandise
representing several hundred dollars.
hopes to effect a material saving by I system. If the gusher is a success Ii
owning and controlling. Its own water will be connected with the Capitol.
Cottage Grove Elks to Pay Tributes.
COTTAGE GROVE. Or, Dec. . Mem-
bera of the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks residing In this city will
have their own Lodge of Sorrow here
tomorrow, although there Is no regu
lar lodge at Cottage Grove. But there
are a number of Elks living here who
hold membership in lodges in nearby
cities. These men have organized a
social society called the Antlers Club,
and Instead of going out of town to
morrow, will hold services In honor of
the memory of departed brothers Sun
day afternoon In the First Presbyterian
Church, Rev. A. 8. Mason to deliver the
address.
Capitol Mny nave Water Plant,
OLTMPIA. Wash.. Dec. 2. (Special.)
The State Board of Control Is driving
an artesian well in Capital Park, op
posite the Statehouse. The state Is
now paying ISOO a year for water and
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This Winter. Orange groves in full bloom, tropical flowers, famous
hotels, historic old Missions, attractive watering places, delightful
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SHASTA ROUTE .Thoniand
SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY
Route of the
SHASTA LIMITED
A strictly high-class train in every respect, unexcelled dining-car
.service, quick time and direct connections to all points south. .
SPECIAL EOTJND-TRIP RATE OF
$55.QO
Portland to Los Angeles and Return.
With corresponding low rates from all other sections of the North
west. Liberal stopovers in each direction and long limit. Interesting
and attractive literature on the various resorts and attractions of
California can be had on application to any S. P. agent, or from
John M. Scott, Gen. Pass. Agent, Portland, Oregon.
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