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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1912)
TITE SUNDAY OREGONIAN FORTLAM), AXUARY 14, 1912. 10 BUILDING THAT MAT BECOME HOME OF PORTLAND COMMERCIAL CLUB, AND TOP FLOOR PLAN. A- 1 ELK BANDS TO VIE CLUB IS OFFERED $2500 in Prizes Up for Conven tion Musicians.. Proposed Market Building to Have Fine Arrangement Ac cording to Plans. HOME PLAYERS BARRED Portland Organizations Will Be Hired to March bnt Can't Com pete Concert and March Con tests Are Scheduled. COST WILL BE $450,000 2 LARGER QUARTERS . ttf bfci I . ay tj-r-twsj .1 K If Portland" Commercial Organlaa tlon Accrpta Proposition, All Will B Ready for It by An gnnt 1, I Promised. Magnificent and spacious quarter are promised the Commercial Club In the new seven-story market building to be erected by, the Central Market Company. If the c!ub membership l willing to accept a proposition which has been made to ell the present building and take over the new quar ters on a rental basis. At the annual membership meeting. January !.. the proposition, with the Indorsement or the board of governors of the club, will be submitted for rote. If accepted, the move will be- made to the new home about August 1. at which time the contractors on the new building promise to hare everything In readiness. The Central Market Com pany will take over the present build Ins;, paying off the J33O.000 In out standing; bonds and paying; in addi tion an equity for the club amounting to about 1:3.000. to coyer the in creased valuation of the property since It was built in 190S. Deeoratloaa Be Fine. Tentative plans have been made for beautiful decorations In the new build Ins; if the deal is consummated. The club will occupy the four top floors and the roof at a total rental, but a small amount in advanro of that re quired now to pay Interest on the bonds and to provide heat and refrig eration. The Market Company will furnish heat and refrigeration In the new quarters free of charge. On the top floor will be the main dining-room, with a seating capartly for S00 per sona The present dining-room will ac. commodate iii persons. There will be r-ven or eight private dining-rooms and large kitchen and anterooms. The decorations will be Installed by the Market Company to suit the wishes of the club member a On the roof will bo provided a large garden, which, when necessary, can be enclosed In glass. It Is proposed to make this a model roof garden, with places for refreshments and recreation. On the Flxth floor will bo the offices of the club and the qttartera of the publicity department, which will be much more spacious than la possible In the present building. millard-RMsa to Be Larger. The bllllard-room and numerous anterooms will ba on the fifth floor. There will be room for ten more tables than can be placed in the present quar ters. The fourth floor will be occupied by the convention hall and the bach elor quarters. The new market building will cost about 14.10.000 and will be thoroughly modern. The construction will be of reinforced concrete and the buildifeg will be fireproof throughout. Five elevators will be provided for the ex clusive use of the club, the offices which are to be on the second and third floors to be accommodated by separata elevators. On the bottom floor of the building will be a public market, which will be so ventilated that no odor can escape to the rooms above. In the basement will be the machinery and a large rafeteria and grill room. The Central Market Company comprises Eastern and Portland capitalists. The building Is to be erected on the block bounded by Fifth. Sixth. Pine and Ankeny streets. The four floors will provide about 75 per cent more room than Is available In the present building. This Is because of the Increased slxe of the building and the fact that no light court will have to be built. In the present quarters a court in the rear of the building cuts out about 2500 square feet of the Commercial Club's space. SANTA FE ORDERS LUMBER Three Portland Firms Will Supply 3.000.000 Feet for Car. In the face of the competition of the whole Northwest, three Portland Con cerns have captured the largest dressed lumber order of the year, contracts for the delivery, beginning March 1, of 000,000 feet of car material having been let. The price Is said to be slightly ahead of the present market. Two million feet of the order have been purchased from the Mountain View Timber Company, manufacturing at K a lama. Wash., and the remainder of the order has been distributed be tween the Inman-Poulsen Lumber Mill and the Ostrander Logging Company. The Santa Fe Railroad la the pur chaser and delivery Is to be made at fan Pedro by water during; the four months following- March 1. The grades are select and common. The order was placed by J. W. New begin. Tacoma representative of the railroad. In all probability the order will b Increased during the time of delivery, as the Santa Fe plans Immediate con struction of a large number of cars. Special care has to be taken In the prep, aratlon of the lumber, as car construc tion calls for the finest kind of dressed fir. EHRGOTT TO ADDRESS MEN F.very Man a King;" Subject at Y. M. C. A. Today. Rev. Albert Ehrgott. pastor of the East Side Baptist Church, will address the usual Sunday men's meeting In the auditorium of the Portland Young Men's Christian Association this after noon at 3 o'clock. His subject will be "Every Man a King." Rev. Mr. Ehr gott has been prominent In the social service work of the Y. M. C. A, and addresses he has delivered there on several occasions have aroused much Interest. Special music has been provided for this meeting. Including a baritone solo by Milton Runyan. At the close of the meeting Bible discussion groups will meet, to which all men are Invited. Following these discussions, at s:J0 o'clock will occur the usual fellowship luncheon, to which strangers especially are welcomed. Electrical Men Bidden. A committee representing the elec trical companies of Portland met yes- MI fxr' ?FfAK-sttvr terday at the Commercial Club and laid plans to serure a routine of the dele gates to the National Electric Light Association convention in Seattle through Portland, and to arrange for the entertainment of the delegates In this city. The National Electric Light Association conventlun is to be one of th largest conventions held on the Pa cific Coast this season, and will bring an enormous delegation of the highest salaried men in the electrical business of the I'nlted States to the West. The convention will be held the week be fore the Rose Festival opens In this city. Delegations are coming on three special trains de luxe from Eastern renters, and the attendanoo will reach a total of more than 6000. The commit tee yesterday made tentative plar.s for entertainment of the delegate when thry-stopped off In Portland. Members of the committee that has charge of the prrparatlons are J. E. Davidson. A. C, Mr. M liken. O. B. Caldwell. S. O. McMwn, C C. Chapman and J. J. Payer. ENGINEERS HEAR OF CHINA W. D. B. Podson Speaks to Oregon Society on Orient. At the monthly meeting of the Ore gon Society of Engineers, held "In the Electric building Thursday night. W. D. B. Dodson. a Portland newspaper man who haa traveled extensively In China, addressed the members on the subject, "China and Chinese Engineer ing." The scope of hia discourse embraced China's present political prospects, her natural resources, the development work now under way. particularly railway construction, and its relation to foreign engineers. After covering the field of China's Industrial and commercial endeavor the speaker took up the advisability of establishing an organization in America to put Ameri can engineers in Chinese work and schools. lie said the engineer was the best business missionary, and that the ex porters of America should combine to advance the cause of American engin eers in Chins New Cartoonist Magazine. Some American humorist has said that any man lovea to look at a car toon and laugh at Its fun. If he Isn't the subject of the said cartoon. "Car toons" is the title of a monthly maga zine Just started, published in Chicago, and containing reproductions of not able cartoons from newspapers in this country and Europe, but principally this country. The cartoons are chosen with excellent taste, with all objec tionable featurea eliminated, and the new magazine Is sure to fulfill a long felt want, especially In American news psper circles. It ought to prosper, and win long life, auecesa and dollar. POLICE USE w h $ e i - ., l - rVi r -'J- ' V ' '.' ?i-!f J I f -1 mma- jilgl " m m i f Wi I 1 I AaaWsf ' 1 fzr sz.?r, jvzra- IDLE 1(1 JAILED Police Comb City, Arrest and Query 200 Persons. 80 VAGRANTS BANISHED Following Search or Suspects and Providing Them With Meal Big Squad Is Conducted to City Limits and Told to Go. The city Jail was Jammed during the early boura of yesterday morning with homeless men. gathered by squads of police from the streets and North End resorts, and hundreds who were not ar rested were searched by policemen to determine If they were carrying weap ons. The action was inspired by dn epidemic of crimes of violence which broke out Wednesday night. As soon as the saloons closed, at 1 o'clock yesterday morning, and their hordes of loiterers were turned adrift on the streets, the police became active In rounding the men up and question ing them. All who could not give good account of themselves and those who had been drinking were taken to the station on charges of vagrancy. Ida;era Are Inspected. Nine men were kicked bodily out of one big North End resort when it came time to close and tney shrank from braving the weather outside. At the Men's Resort at Fourth and Burnslde streets there were 32 lodgers, from among whom, at daybreak. Sergeant Ktenlen picked 17 suspicious charac ters and led them to the station. The others were searched, but were not otherwise molested. The police report that the number of lodgera at this place haa been Increasing steadily. Worthy men In need of lodging were not dis turbed, but those who return night after night were taken Into custody. The Jail held nearly 200 men yester day morning, and about 30 more were taken to the station but released later. Meals were provided at breakfast time for 170 men- Long before daylight the Jail corridor would hold no more, and 14 were sent to the courtroom, where they were herded by two policemen. COURTROOM TO RECEIVE OVERFLO tlx 'V 4 . VAGRANTS MM-ERIXG FIFTV-FO IR, BREAKFASTING IX MUNICIPAL HALL OK m I w m mm in cmcocts. ws- trw They were still there when Judge Tax well arrived to open court, and their cases were taken up as they stood waiting. Few of the prisoners were awarded sentences, but hordes of them were ordered out of the city. Jo Insure per formance, a squad of about 80 was placed under the care of Patrolmen Inskeep and Henson. with Instruction to escort them to the town limits. The men were marched to the southeastern section of the city and Instructed to keep on going. In the whole party there was an aggregate of 25 cents, all in the possession of one man. Destitution Is blamed by the police for most of the crime that has taken place recently in the city. It Is assert ed that few confirmed criminals are here, but that the class of offenses re ported points more to acts of desper ation on the part of the offenders. This Is borne out by the appearance of the men rounded up yesterday, nearly all of them bearing marks of honest labor. "Looking for work," wag the answer made by many when questioned by the court, and each man turned up a pair of calloused palms to support his alle gations. Albert Horton, caught by Patrolman Rich begging on the streets, ran away from the policeman and led a chase from Sixth and Oak streets to Seventh and Burnslde, where he ran Into the arms of Patrolman Mallon. Several shots hurried his flight. UP-VALLEY TREES SAFE Oregon Horticultural Head Says Thaw Did Little Harm. A. P. Bateham, of Mosier, president of the . Oregon Horticultural Society, returned to Portland yesterday from a trip to Corvallls, and says that he finds little indication to severe Injury to the fruit trees of the Willamette Valley, from the recent thaw. "The trees have seldom been in finer condition to withstand the. effects of cold weather," he said, "and I do not believe that any amount of frost we may expect will Injure them materially. Some of the peaches may have been slightly harmed by the recent cold snap, but damage to other trees has been practically nothing. "The burden of sleet that broke trees In the vicinity of Portland was a con dition that was not encountered fur ther up the Valley. These effects of the silver thaw are confined. I believe, to an area extending not further from Portland than Troutdale and Vancou ver. Even the trees within the sone of the heavy sleet appear to be worse Injured, at the first glance at the broken branches, than they really are. "I think that it will be found, when the orchardlats have had time to take stock of their trees, that the harm done by the silver thaw is of little account." W OF PRISONERS ROUNDED UP ."Si-. : z J 7- " lil n:ri - - V -1 t . 1 . v-i Ivi Band contests, in which the partici pants will compete for $2600 in gold, will be features of the Elks' grand lodge reunion in Portland next July. There will bo two distinct contests, one for open-air-concert work, which will provide free dally entertainment to all residents of Portland and visitors, and the other for marching In the grand parade Thursday, July 11. The prizes will be apportioned $1000 and 2500 for first and second places In the concert, and 1500, i.JOO ana izuu ior first, second and third places In the marching competition. George L. Baker, chairman of the committee on parades and music, will have charge of these features, which will be conducted according to the following rules: All Portland bands will be barred from competition, although every band in the city will be hired for the parade. The competing bands need not be com posed of members of the order, but must accompany or be attached to a lodge attending the reunion. Massed Band to Flay. Bands will not be allowed to com pete for both the parade and concert prizes, but bands that appear In the concerts will be required to march In the parade. Another probable feature will be a massed-band parade early In the week of the convention. In which all bands participating In the two contests will be required to Join. It Is probable that 20 or 25 bands, averaging 32 pieces each, will be in the city, making an aggregate of probably 800 musicians marching in a solid body and playing stirring airs. Competent Judges will be chosen. In the musical contest there will be a first and second preliminary contest, and the final contest. For the first preliminary the competing bands will be required to play two selections, one of their own choice, and the other a certain classical number designated by the Judges. The order of playing will be determined by lot. It Is the inten tion In the first Judging to eliminate approximately one-half the competing bands. The remaining one-half will compete in the second preliminary. A list of overtures and selections Is be ing prepared from which the pro gramme for the second preliminary will be made up. Four or five of the best bands win be selected from the second preliminary for the final contest for the grand prize of $1000. The Judges will adopt a scale of musical requirements. Includ ing the following points: Intonation, tone quality, balance, tempo, execution, shading and interpretation. No limitations will be made as to In strumentation in the marching contest, nor will the selections be prescribed. Cadence, execution, uniform, discipline and general appearance In the line of march will be considered by the judges. Although entries need not be made until the convention opens, the lodges at Butte, Mont.: El Paso, Tex.-, San Francisco and Seattle have already notified the committee that they will bring bands to compete In these con tests. Supplemental to the prizes already announced, the parade committee has offered $500, 3800 and $200 as the first, second and third prizes In a marching and drilling contest to be participated in by organizations from visiting lodges. JLrvlnsom Writes Happily. The forthcoming convention con tinues to attract mucn attention from the dally newspapers throughout the country: The following humorous let ter was received yesterday by Harry C McAllister, secretary of the convention commission, from N.' J. Levinson. former Sunday editor of The Oregonlan and now owner and pltor of the Fresno Herald: "George B. Smith, advertising man ager of the Fresno Herald (note the owner's name, upper left-hand corner) has been asked to aid In whooping things up for the annual round-up of his order In your city when it is hot as h 1 down here. He submitted' your request to me. "Before I could submit our influen tial and widely-read family journal to your cause, I should like to know something of the character and stand ing of the general committee. The names are entirely strange to me. Who is Dave Dunne and Billy Van Schuyver and Sol Blumauer and Doc McKay and On, what's the use to go through the list? wno, pray, are you mat takes the liberty of asking favors from this explusive newspaper? "To be serious, my dear Mr. McAl lister, don't send any more politely worded requests. Mall the stuff. Mr. Smith Is wld ye, because he is an Elk. I don't have to tell why I am wld ye. Work mo to the ljmit. 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