V
1N6T0H FOLK
TO GET SURPRISE
Enlarged Clubhouse Arrange
ments to Be Nearly Ideal
for Tennis Players.
CHAIRMAN PROBLEM BIG
'nnn of Prominent Jkmbw Soj
fcetrd but President Woodard
Haa Yet to Make Announce
ment McAlpIn Se Work.
BT RALril H. lllTTHELL.
Only a few mora month and the ten
nis folk of tha city will begin to lay
plans for the. season of 1J12. and there
promises to be a happy surprise for
those who use the Irvlnrfton courts
this year, for construction work Is well
unler way on the enlarged clubhouse.
Oslnr to the increased membership
very year, the men and women who
nartlctrata in the snort have been over
crowded, and it la the aim of the club
directors to eliminate this feature
thranrh the new Quarters.
As has been announced, the women's
quarters will be on the second noor.
where additional lookers will be placed
nd where more shower baths will be
Installed. Heretofore many of the fair
sex folk have been compelled to carry
their racquets, shoes and wearing- ap
parel to and from the clubhouse, which
feature made It most Inconvenient, par
ticularly when a tennis tournament ia
la progress.
It is also outlined that the men's
shower baths will number four Instead
of two. as beretofore. and will re
main, with the lockers, et cetera, as In
previous years, on the first floor.
The plana outlined. If there la money
enough on hand, is to place billiard
tables In the basement, though this plan
may not pan out till a later date.
What the Irvlna-ton Club will do for
a tennla committee chairman baa not
yet been made known. Chairman Brew
er refuse to accept the honor again,
and though there are some members,
particularly those who realize the po
sition's demands, would like to see
F. H. V. Andrews again In the position,
bat It Is doubted whether Mr. Andrews
coald be Induced to take the place
again.
Ralph Oorrl'.l and James Shlves. both
prominent In tennis circles of the city
and members of the club, have been
suggested, but It has not been made
known whether President Woodward has
seriously considered any one yet.
Brandt Wlckersham and W. O. Edgar
have also been suggested, but Mr.
'Wlckersham haa plead "business" and
It Is said Mr. Edgar would be the "right
man in the right place."
It Is surely a position where there Is
considerable work and It is a position
where a capable tennis man Is re
quired. e e
Mr. Shlves last week "caught the
worm" when he announced that he
would be the frst tennis player of 112
to participate In tennis play on the
Irrlngton courts. Mr. Shlves met and
defeated Mr. Fleming, also a promi
nent member of the Irvlngton Club.
Play waa enjoyed on the cement court.
Chairman McAtpln. of the Multnomah
Club, Is preparing: for a busy season
In 113. his first meet being the Spring
event with the 1'nlverslty of Oregon
players, which was postponed from
November and which Is to be made an
annual affair In the future. The aim
Is to bring out the best there Is In the
tennis line In the university's capable
young players, latent talent In the ten
nla Una needing; only such an event to
arouse the shy ones.
With the opening of the new Mult
nomah Club the tennis man will be out
oon. and taking advantage of the first
opportunities on the cement and as
phalt courts.
HIGH-POWER RIFXES SCEXACE
Fennsylrania State Game Commis
sion Would Curb Hunters.
HJLRRISBURG. Ps-. Jan. 27. (Spe
cial.) The Pennsylvania State Game
Commission In Its annual report In
cludes several paragraphs on the dan
ger of nslng high-power rifles for
bunting purposes. The commission
states: '
"We view with alarm the disposition
f many to use the high-power rifles
In the neighborhood of towns, near
public roads and thickly settled rural
communities, and that no more acci
dents from the same have been report
ed is a source of surprise and wonder
to us. Wlth the Increase of travel that
must surely come because of Improved
roads, we feel that the danger from
this source must surely increase and
be a serious menace to human life dur
ing the open season for deer, even un
der present conditions, when men are
compelled to look before they shoot.
What can be done to restrict. If not
eliminate, this danger la a most per
plexing question.
"We recognise the benefit of an out
ing with gun and dog.
"We appreciate the value of expert
riflemen as a National defense In time
of war.
"We understand that the experience
obtained In hunting and In camp life.
In traversing our forests by day or by
night, fits our young men to meet the
responsibilities of life as nothing else
can fit them.
'We realize that the value of the
food supply secured through hunting
n..ens much to many people.
"But we also recognize the fact that
but a limited portion of our people
hunt not over 3 per cent at the out
sideand consider the remaining 97
per cent are entitled to some protection
the yar round from the reckless man
with a high-power rifle In his hands.
tVe hope to give this question careful
consideration the coming year."
TIA JC.WA RAClVa POSSIBLE
Story Will Not Down That Ponies
Wlll Il Played In Mexico.
XKW YORK. Jan. 57. (Special.)
Out In California, the story will not
down that next year a big racetrack
will be In full blast at Tla Juana. Mex
ico. Just across the southern border of
that state. It Is frequently said In
Sin Francisco and Los Angeles that
the Tta Juana venture will receive the
financial support of Adolrh Spreckels.
Thomas IL Williams. Henderson etc Ho
gan. Matt Winn and others. Tet well
posted Individuals here say that there
Is nothing In the project for the rea
son that there Is a tartt understanding
between the American and Mexican
governments that a gambling conces
sion for Tla Juana will not be forth
coming. It is a a ell-known fact that several
years ago a Western bookmaker, now
a reformer, obtained such a concession
from the Dlaa regime but that It waa
afterward revoked. President Madero
Is said to be unalterably opposed to a
racetrack at Tla Juana and Is even hos
tile to the big racing plant at Juares.
opposite El Paso. But at the same time
it is reported that Madero will not In
terfere with the new racetrack at Mex
ico City, which waa opened last year
for the first time.
Racing In California may be revived
before the Panama exposition In Frisco
In 115. but It is said that much de
pends upon what may be accomplished
by the Jockey Club In this state. If
raring Is resumed here It is predicted
that there will be favorable legislation
or court decisions not only In Califor
nia, but also In Louisiana, where the
closing of the tracks in New Orleans Is
deplored by many leading business men.
WILLAMETTE IS EASY WIXVER,
University Basketball Team Defeats
Chfmsiri, Mi to 18.
WILLAMETTE CNTVERSITT'. Salem.
Or, Jan. 27. (Special.) The Willam
ette University basketball team defeat
ed the Chemawa Indian School team at
Chemawa Thursday evening, il to 11.
Neither team played good ball. The
Willamette team Is not In good physi
cal condition and needs a lot of hard
work.
Willamette from now on haa a very
heavy schedule. The team will meet
the University of Oregon and the Ore
gon Agricultural College teams In twe
games apiece. Washington State Col
lege, the University of Idaho and the
University of Washington also will be
played at Salem.
Ducky Holmes Lode Receiver.
LINCOLN. Neb- Jan. 17 William
(Duckey) Holmes, former manager of
the Lincoln and Sioux City Western
League baseball clubs, was appointed
receiver of the Lincoln baseball club by
District Judge Stewart thla afternoon.
The appointment goes into effect next
Tuesday. President Despaln has an
nounced he hoped to be able to pay off
tne mortgagee by that time.
AMATEUR ATHLETICS
7tN attempt Is to be made to rejuve
J cate the Columbus Club basketball
team. It started the season with bril
liant prospects and had a large num
ber of trips scheduled. Edward Shock,
ley la to have charge of the new team,
and will have a number of good men
under htm. among the number being
Daly. Nelson and Johnson, all of last
year's quintet.
Because the Tlgard Athletlo Club of
fered the promoters of the Kid Ex-poslto-Sprlng
match better terms, the
scene of the action for the event has
been changed from Gresham to Tlgard.
and the date will be changed from
January 2S to February . Exposlto's
training aeason started yesterday.
The game between the Brownies and
the Jewish Boys basketball teams will
"r again v eunesaay right
at the Jewish Boys' HalL As the floor
was needed for other purposes, the
game had to be stopped Friday night.
VIEWS AND REVIEWS OF
PAST WEEK IN SPORT
BT P.OSCOB FAWCETT.
CECRKTARY HEYDLER. of the Na
tlnn.l Ijiirui nft out bis Official
k7 records of bases on balls and
trikeouta early last week and com
parisons with the Pacific Coast and
American circuits are highly entertain
ing. For instance. Heydler's figures
how that National league pitchers
gave 4271 bases on balls while the Pa
cific Coast heavera passed only 274
and the American leaguers
On the other hand strikeouts in the
Paclflo Coast AA. circuit exceeded those
In the National League 4S against
The comparisons really are of little
value on account of the difference in
the length of the seasons and in the
,.f t.ma In the leagues but
Heydler's dope would seem to Indicate
that President i-yncn na a uu .
wobbly assortment of gunners In the
older organization.
The summary also serves to swing
the batteries aronnd to this department
of Coast League baseball in 1911. For
i.t.nra would vou believe that Port
land pltchera gave nearly one-fourth
.. .... in inanv eomnlimentary tickets
during the aeason as Vernon pitchers?
The figures are: ronnno, .
Angeles, 611: Sacramento. 605; Oak
land. 601; ban Tanoisco, i, auu
Vernon. 439.
vitnr was the most generous
mound man In the circuit, donating 127
passes, almost up to uene jvrapp a
record of 13 In the American League.
Diirpi vr the 100 mark are as fol
lows: Koestner. 127; Steen. 117; Sea-
ton. 114; Fitzgerald, m; tutor, mo;
Miller. 103: Henderson. 100, and
Delhi. 9.
Abies of Oakland finished with 83
bases on balls, Pernoll. 81; Csstleton
of Vernon. "6; Stewart. ; Baum of
Sacramento. 49. and By ram. 47.
Harry Sutor. who ambled second
In wlna and losses to Henley on the
San Francisco staff, led the Coast
.I..!.... In .ti-tlroouta with 139 to his
credit. Miller of the Seals finished
second with 218. Koestner I rorliana
being a close third with 237 whiffs.
Seaton. Steen and Abies were all
over 310.
That Oregon University will win the
Northwestern college conference
basketball championship la the predic
tion brought to the city by Arthur
Geary, graduate manager, who hopped
Into Portland yesieroay armugn
game with some local quint for the
night of February .
r.nn hna four of last veer's stars
still on deck Fenton. Walker. Jami
son and Slmms ana tney are piayins;
together in wonderful form, declared
Mr. Geary. "Last season we lost the
title by only a hair and as Washing
ton nas only two vexerans ia me mJn
T tki.k 1 fmrt f 1 v uv that ODr
chances looks exceedingly bright."
The Oregon scneuuie ior me miami
Empire trip has been slightly altered.
standing as follows: February 9,
Portland team; February 10. Whit
worth College; February 12-13, Wash
Invfnn T'nlveraltv: Februarv 14.
Gonzaga College. Spokane; February
16. Washington State College: February
IS. Idaho University; February 17.
Walla Walla Y. M. C. A.
Not all the big leaguers are In favor
of the Pacific Coast League's plan of
numbering Its players so that the fans
may know the participants. President
Navln. .of the Detroit, near-pennant
winners, says the National and Ameri
can leaguers would not want their
dignity to be lowered by being desig
nated as a bunch of horses.
"Players aren't machines. They are
just as human a ordinary men. quoth
Navln. - "They like to know the fans
and to be known In like way and It la
a 10-to-l bet that the players would
rather sutler salary cuts all along
the line than be labeled like a bunch
of horses."
All of which I a side slam at the
high-bred college athlete, who for
aeons and aeons has contentedly worn
Identification numbers In his prowess on
the cinder path and field. Insofar ss suf
fering salary cuta Is concerned, we
must smile. Ballplayers are human, as
President Navln says, but that very
qualification carrlea with It a certain
amount of good haxd sense.
AUTO ADDS JOY TO
SPORTSMEN'S TRIP
Portland Anglers -and Hunters
Find Motor-Car Enhances
Pleasure of Outing.
PARADISE OF SPORT FOUND
Motorist Declare Wilds or Colvllle
Reservation Offer Best S hoot
In e and Fishing in
Northwest.
Hunting the prairie chicken and the
big gray goose, luring the wily moun
tain trnuf from its hidden lair are the
best of sports. Portland nimrods and
anglers have tramped the lowlands and
highlands, have whipped the turbulent
streams of the Northwest In search of
thla sport. And some or tnem nave
been amply rewarded for their arduous
endeavors.
The valuable part that the automo
bile may play In this pastime is shown
by the experience of Perry D. Tull and
James A. Clock, of this city. In a re
cent hunting and fishing tour, which
thev made Into the wilds of the Col-
'vllle Indian reservation In Eastern
Washington. During their Journey,
which consumed something like three
weeks, they experienced all the nor
mal troubles of the motor car enthusi
ast and passed through the vicissitudes
of the average huntsman and angler.
Tull. a former Portland merchant, but
now retired, and Clock, ex-railroad of
ficial and present real estate dealer,
planned a tour into the vast National
reservation now set aside for the Col
vllle Indians. They gathered their para
phernalia, equipment and Impedimenta
In Spokane and set out In Tull's seven
passenger Loxler In the midst of the
hunting season.
Itoada Are Good.
The car was rigged out with a huge
hamper and special trappings to carry
the entire camping outfit needed for
the outing. This Included tent, stove,
cota and bedding, cooking utensils,
guns, fishing tackle and the usual ar
ray of articles and accessories neces
sary for such a trip. The party
motored to Davenport over as fine
macadam roads as there are anywhere
in the Pacific Northwest. They were
able to maintain average speed of 30
miles an hour. There they laid In a
full supply of provisions, which would
serve to fill In with the game and fish
While on the numbering subject many
of the Portland fans are wondering
what system wlllibe evolved. Manager
McCredle's plan calls for the placarding
of the men as follows: First baseman
1, second baseman 2, third baseman 3,
shortstop 4. left fielder 6. centerflelder
(. right fielder 7 and then the battery
men. W. W. Metzger, who holds the score
card concession at the local lot, has an.
other plan, which calls for a changing
of the numerical allotment after every
series. This, Mets figures, will in
crease the sale of hla cards just that
much.
That Walter Pomeroy. the wonder
ful Olympic Club swimmer, aspires to
swim the English channel and will
make the try when he goes abroad with
the American team to the Swedish
Olympic meet, la the news brought to
Portland by Peter Gearhardt, San
Francisco sprinter, who is here con
ferring with T. Morris Dunne regard
ing the Western Olympic trials at Stan,
ford on May 18.
"Pomeroy Is a wonderful swimmer,"
stated Gearhardt. "He swam around
the Seal Hocks at the Cliff House and
subsequently crossed the Goffden Gate
In record time, following which he
swam from the ferry to the Oakland
wharf. Ho believes he can shorten the
time made across the English Channel
last September, when the Englishman
mastered the strait In 22 H hours."
The channel was first crossed by
Captain Matthew Webb In 1875, Webb
being In the water 21 hours.
Down around San Francisco the base
ball fans are excited over a rumor,
dally gathering more momentum, that
Harry Wolverton is after Honus Mltze,
the stocky Oakland catcher, for his
New York American band. The High
landers need a good backstop to assist
Ed Sweeney and as Wolverton has al
ways been a great admirer of Mitze's
there may be some foundation for the
report after all.
"I don't wonder that "Wolverton
wants Mltze at New York," commented
Manager McCredie, of the Portland
team, when apprised of the rumor.
"Mitze Is the greatest thinking receive
er we've had in the Coast League for
many years. He is continually break
ing up the opposition's plans and is the
hardest man In the circuit to play the
hit-and-run on.
"Mitxe Isn't any exceptionally swift
thrower," added Magnate Mac, "but
that old ball la always there In the
groove for the second sacker to place
on the would-be stealer. He would
make good back there in the Ameri
can League right at the jump and
don't you forget it."
e
Fielder Jones recent Interview In
The Oregonlan aaent the few really
successful major league managers, has
brought the subject to the surface In
several Eastern papers. The Cleveland
Leader points to Frank Chance, of the
Cubs; Fred Clarke, of Pittsburg, and
John McGraw, of New York, in the
National League, and Connie Mack, of
Philadelphia, and Hughey Jennings, of
Detroit, in the American League, as
types of the men who should be In
cluded In the successful class.
"There waa a sixth member of this
successful galaxy," says the Leader,
"when Fielder Jones was with the
White Sox. but apparently he is hope
lessly lost to the major leagues."
Few baseball fana stop to consider
what a successful leader means In a
financial way to the owner of his re
spective club. In these days even a
tall-end aggregation ts not necessarily
a poor financial venture, for, while it
may play 80 or 100 games at home. It
likewise plays an equal number away
from home. The big money, though, is
made with the winning team. As a re
sult every owner seeks the pennant
winner, the club that will be up in
the race most of the season, if for no
other reason than financial.
But to get the winner the clubowner
must get a good manager. There is no
alternative.. The finest assortment of
stars In the universe under poor man
agement will not win the pennant. A
clever, brainy manager with an ordin
ary team Is a far better investment
than a squad of "phenoros" managed
Incompetently.
which were to serve as the pieces de
resistance for the table during . the
outing.
"We didn't care particularly how long
we were gone." said Mr. Clock, In tell
ing of the trip, "but we went prepared
for all emergencies. The State of
Washington has done an excellent
thing in the way of highway construc
tion In that part of the state. I don't
know of any place on the Pacifio Slope
where the roads are in any better con
dition. We made as good time from
Spokane to Davenport and to Daisy and
on up the hills along Hall Creek as
we could have done in town. There
are places where the state and the Uni
ted States governments have worked
hand In hand In building public high
ways and the results are such that the
maximum tonnage can be hauled with
the minimum of motive power."
The Tull-Clock party pitched camp on
the Colvllle reservation about 150 miles
from Spokane and made their hunting
and fishing stand alongside the banks
of Hall Creek.
Breakfast Easily Provided.
Each morning one of the tourists
strolled down about 200 yards to a
wagon bridge and caught mountain
trout for the morning meal. Usually
Clock caught the fish while Tull pre
pared the "side-lines" for a real South
ern meal, Tull being an excellent cook.
Aside from the trout fishing, the
chief sport was bagging prairie
chicken and geese, which were found
In large numbers In the uplands of the
reservation.
"We drove our car sometimes 15 or
20 miles up Into the best game sec
tions," explained Clock, "and would
leave the car on one of the Government-built
roads and beat the hills for
game with our dogs. One morning we
brought down close to 100 pairle hens
in less than three hours, all of them
fat and plump, and we got nearly two
dozen geese. W would occasionally
move the automobile to a more advan
tageous spot and save miles of walk
ing on foot.
Sportsmen's Paradise Found.
"We boast of fine hunting and fishing
In the vicinity of Portland and in the
wilds of Oregon. I have been through
most of these sections where we think
the fishing and shooting is good, but
there is no place I know anything
about that can approach the Colvllle
Indian Reservation for game. It la, to
my mind, the sportsman's paradise of
the West. The Indians are, for the
most part, educated and they assisted
us In locating the best game preserves
and told us where the finest fishing
was to be had. But a funny thing
about it was t fe.t they never would
Join us In the Tort- They seemed to
think that the white race kills game
and catches fish simply for the love
of killing, while they look upon the
same pastime aa a necessary means of
livelihood. We never could get an In
dian to eat a bit of fowl or a fish that
we had caught. Sometimes, when we
had had a good day of it, we offered
the redskins the best we had in the
catch, but they merely shrugged their
shoulders. They prefer their primitive
methods of hunting and fishing to ours.
"We found the big automobile handy
in manifold ways. We gathered wood
for the camp in It; we drove over to
Daisy, the nearest railroad point, 30
miles away, and got supplies and malL
We used it for taking trips over the
reservation when we did not feel like
hunting or fishing. As a matter of
fact, I never knew that a motor ear
could contribute so successfully to the
comforts and pleasures of an outing as
Mr. Tull's Lozler car did for us."
T
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FAN'S LAVGir AT IDEA JOHXSOX
TKYIXG TO TirROW GOTCH.
Ed Kennedy Says Champion Grap
pler Would Make Mincemeat of
- Big Xegro Press) Agent Busy.
Shakespeare's "Comedy of Errors"
has nothing on the maneuvering be
hind the Jack Johnson-Jim Flynn box
ing match. But when the enterpris
ing press agent sprung the yarn from
Salt Lake Cltv suggesting that John
son meet Gotcti tor the wrestling
championship he prepared this grand
and gullible republic for one long and
lurid guffaw.
"Johnson wrestle with Gotch? That's
crazy talk," was the exclamation yes
terday of Ed Kennedy, well-known
ball player-wrestler, who Is now a
Portland policeman. "The 'nigger
would never get off the mat alive.
Gotch hates the blacks and I believe
he'd cripple Johnson in such a man
ner that Lil Artha's golden grin would
be forever tarnished.
"Wrestling is not like boxing," con
tinued Kennedy. "Gotch could handle
Johnson like a child, but he wouldn't.
He would handle him as if he were a
snake. Charley Olson was once
matched with a 'coon' In Quebec. Be
fore going on the mat he said to the
darkey: 'You think you're going to
wrestle here tonight?' The negro an
swered: 'Yeesah, an' j uh's not gwan to
hurt me.'
"Well. Olson picked him up at the
gong; tossed him to the floor, banged
his head against the corner post and
then fired him boily intb the orchestra
pit. The darkey was laid up In the
hospital for six months."
e
Meanwhile, the fuss over the Flynn
boxing match continues and to help
matters along, Johnson has prepared a
lecture with moving-pictures which
describes what will happen to Mr.
Flynn some time during July, 1912. It
goes like this: "I will tap him gently
in the ribs to open hostilities. Start
blood from his nose Just to show that
I mean business. Feel his chin with
left jab. Feint him Into a killing
position by my footwork. Hang a left
uppercut on his right ear. Then, if the
rowd insists that tne ngnt go on, i
will unwrap my right uppercut and
they can bring him to whenever they
like."
Zbvszko. the Polish champion, will
not appear In Spokane until the middle
of February, his special match witn
Berg having been postponed. The Pole
agrees to toss Berg three times in an
hour. Zbyszko had little trouDie in
disposing of Karla, the East Indian, at
Boston on Monday night. The Boston
bouts are betng staged by Promoter
George Tuohey. who piloted the Turk
In Portland six or eight weeks ago.
finally departing without having se
cured a match.
Mike Yokel, the Salt Lake middle
weight is in the Middle West for a
match 'with Hank Gehrlng at Cleve
land. Gehrlng vies with young Miller,
of St. Paul, and Eddie O'Connell in
claims for the welterweight champion
ship of the world. Yokel threw O'Con
nell in Salt Lake several months ago
and his Utah friends look for him to
be returned victorious over Gehrlng.
Frits Holland, the Spokane boy, who
Is making California boxing fans sit
up. is 24 years old and weighs exactly
158 pounds. His other measurements
are. Height, 5 feet 10H Inches; reach.
73; chest (normal), 87H; chest (ex
panded), 42; forearm, HVi; waist, 314;
neck, 154 ; thigh, 20; ankle, 10; wrist,
7U; ".
Yale Puck Chasers .Lose.
NEW YORK. Jan. 27. Princeton took
the lead In the Intercollegiate Hockey
League here . today by defeating; Tale
four goals to one. j
ADA COUNTY ACTS
TO GET GOOD ROADS
Million-Dollar Bond Issue Is to
Be Put Before Voters for
Their Decision.
FARMERS' AID IS SOUGHT
Educational Campaign Upon Value
of Good Highways Is Carried on
and Demonstrations In Con
struction Work Given.
BOISE." Idaho, Jan. 27. (Special)
Ada County, of which Boise is the seat
of government, has launched a cam
paign for the voting of a 31,000,000
good roads bond Issue, the largest ever
attempted by any county in this state.
The hope of the good roads advo
cates Is that the rural residents may
be convinced that good roads in their
county mean Improved conditions for
them. The Boise Commercial Club has
taken the initiative In backing the
bond lssu. and will direct a vigorous
campaign, which it Is known will be
opppsed.
Previous Issues Failures.
Good roads bond issues have met
with disaster In Ada County In the
past due to opposition of farmers.
Boise good roads advocates have stood
by the Issue and had only their votes
been considered all bond issues would
have carried.
Model Roads Built.
The new proposal for the 31,000,000
bond Issue Is meeting with more ap
proval than any previous one and the
farmers are showing more of a dis
position to support it than ever before.
This la due to the educational cam
paign that has been carried on In the
county for the past two years and the
practical demonstrations in good high
way construction that have been made
on short stretches of road.
Probably no other piece of road con
struction has aided the proposed bond
issue more than that of the cement
highway being laid southwest of Boise
toward Meridian for 10 miles at a cost
of 378,000. The road is being con
structed under the supervision of the
County Commissioners and is the first
of Its kind ever laid in this state.
There was a wide difference of opin
ion among highway experts as to the
practical use of cement and concrete
for a roadbed, but the county highway
that Is being installed here in con
crete is withstanding the most diffi
cult tests. The highway Is 16 feet
wide.
The plan of the good roads advo
cates is to circulate petitions in the
county calling for a special election in
the Spring to vote on the adoption or
rejection of the bond issue.
Should the bonds carry the money
secured from their sale will be placed
in trust with either the County Com
missioners or a body of citizens, who
will proceed with the adoption of a
uniform good roads plan, after which
the money will be used for road build
ing. FIXLEY WILL MAKE REPORT
Fish and Game Commission Will
Have Annual Meeting.
Secretary Gebhardt. of the Oregon
Fish and Game Commission, sent out
announcements yesterday of the an
nual meeting of the organization,
which will be held Wednesday evening,
January 30, in the convention hall at
the Commercial Club.
Officers will be elected at that time
and State Game 'Warden Finley will
make his annual report, showing what
the Fish and Game Department has ac
complished in the year.
"All sportsmen are urgently asked,
to attend the session." said Secretary
Gebhardt last night. "Two good speak
ers will give entertaining talks and
Mr. Finley's report should prove in
teresting.
The present Fish and Game officers
are: John Gill, Portland, president; J.
R. Bowles, Portland, treasurer; A. E.
Gebhardt, Portland, secretary.
Mohawks to Play Watkins Team.
. Another attempt will be made this
afternoon to settle the long-drawn-out
championship of the Archer and
Wiggins Football League, when the
Mohawks and the F. E. Watkins teams
meet, on the Columbus Club field. This
will be the first part of a double-header,
as the Nob Hills and the Holladay foot
ball teams will meet to decide the city
championship of Independent football
teams. The Nob Hill band, which Is
composed of high school football play
ers last week defeated the Columbus
Club eleven.
Pugilist Spokane Fire Chief.
SPOKANE, 'Wash., Jan. 27. (Special.)
Albert Weeks, secretary of the Spo
kane paid fire department, has been
made Chief of the department, his ap
pointment taking effect Immediately.
He has been in the department 15 years.
Weeks, better known as "Boomer"
Weeks, is an athlete and a few years
ago fought a draw in Spokane with
Frank Gotch, champion wrestler, when
the latter aspired to become a cham
plon pugilist.
CALIFORNIA
This Winter. Orange groves in full bloom, tropical flowers, famous
hotels, historic old Missions, attractive watering places, delightful
climate. You can see it at its best via the
SHASTA ROUTE And "J .Th0U8and
SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY
Route of the
SHASTA LIMITED
A 6trictly high-class train in every respect, unexcelled dining-car
Bervice, quick time and direct connections to all points south.
SPECIAL ROUND-TRIP RATE OP
$5S.OO
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.
Under New
. :
ment of Mr. T. F. Gallagher, late of New York City.
Mr. Gallagher has just arrived and brought with liim
the Largest and Most TJp-to-Date Line of Woolens
for Spring Ever Shown on This Coast in fact, as
large a stock as carried by All the Tailors in Portland
Combined. "We mean and can prove this assertion.
To introduce our high-class work, for a few days only
we will give you your choice of over 100 patterns.
Ladies' Man-Tailored Suits to measure, lined with
best quality Skinner's Satin, special values
at $35.00 and $40.00, your choice
We are not giving anything away FREE not even trousers, f
but we positively assert and we can prove that we can produce
a man's suit for $20.00 that is the equal if not better than
' any other tailor in Portland can produce for $35.00. Our
men's department is under the management of Mr. Q. A.
Lindberg, late of the firm of Neilsen & Lindberg, one of the
be3t cutters and fitters in America. Call and see our big stock.
High-Grade Tailored Suits for men, to measure, spe
cial values at $30 and $35, your choice
SATISFACTION
NORTHWEST BUILDING, THIRD FLOOR, COR.
SIXTH AND WASHINGTON STS. Take Elevator
Open Monday and Saturday Nights Till 10.
BARONESS IS DEFEATED
ENGLISH FEXCEB LOSES MATCH
TO MRS. DEWAIt.
Rules Are "Waived, "Touch" Only
Counting, Which Is to Disad
vantage of Visitor.
NEW YORK. Jan. 27. (Special.)
The Baroness de Meyer met juts. v h
nm W. Dewar. of Philadelphia, this
afternoon at the Colony Club to cross
foils and lost. Since she arrived here
from England, the Baroness has want
ed to show her skill. A bout was
scheduled at the Colony Club several
weeks ago, wnen tne oaroneas
have n:et Miss Sybil Marston, of Call-
; w... t K'n. 11 nft at thA last
luriua, uu. . . " -- - -
minute because the Baroness declared
that Miss Marston was a pruieaaiuii".-
Thls was vigorously ukiucu uj -fornia
girl.
The bout today was held in the gym-
.ki.k waa an rnlri that the
women of the fashionable audience had
to keep on their furs ana wraps. in
1 1 1 nmnanHora hnwftver. had no ef
fect on the two fair opponents in their
four-minute dout. witn me iuu. oiu
j . ... i(vn tv.A ritlAa of fencinK.
agreeing that the "touch" only should
count, xnis was a pny, "
. . n nnnrnAH Aa ATI A (it the
D&ruucaa y ao v -
judges said privately after the victory
had been awaraea to jurs. ijur mai.
the Baroness de Meyer was oy xar mo
better fencer.
WASHINGTON GIRLS VICTORS
Tl. W. C. A. Business Maids' Quintet
Lose at Basketball.
The Washington High Girls Basket
ball team defeated the T. W. C. A.
Busldness Girls' quintet Friday night,
1 to 7. This is the second game be
tween the two teams and since the
losers of this match won the first game
another will be played late in Febru
ary. The game Friday was fast from the
start and at the end of the first half
the totals were 3 and 6, Washington
Management
TAILORS
FOR MEN AND
WOMEN
We beg to announce ttiaf
the Portland branch of the
'House of Bair" is now
under the able mana ce
GUARANTEED
being in the lead. The T. W. C.
has been under the 'direction of Mi.'
Cary, the physical director at the ir
stitution. The lineup:
T. W. C. A.
Vera Hall .R F Ruth Thay
Edna l.ak Lt F Beatrice Sa:
Jessie Thayer. C..... Rita Sa:
Clarice Oaks it a.... Emma Kruac
Rhea Jaslyno
Helen McFaul...R O Freda Kruicti
Pacific 39, McMinnvllle 5.
PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, Forest Grov
Or., Jan. 27. (Special.) The faste
game of basketball played here in th
c-llege gymnasium this year resulted 1
a victory of 39 to 25 for Pacilic Univerl
sity. Though, the visiting quintet fror
McMinnvllle College played a pluck
game, they could not break up the loci
varsity basket-shooting machine. Pa
cino held the lead throughout. Capta!
McKee, for McMinnvllle, made the mn
Jorlty of scores for his team, while Shal
ver waa the basket shark for Pacific
Bis Saskatchewan Tract Sold.
HUMBOLDT, Sask., Jan. 27. Or
hundred thousand acres of unlmprove
farm land today were sold to a Brltis
syndicate for $1,652,000. The land wi
be colonized by English or Scotc
farmers.
CALIFORNIA
HOTELS, HEALTH and
WINTER RESORTS
BELLEVUE
HOTEL
SAN FRANCISCO
Cor. Geary and Taylor Streets.
EVERY ROOM WITH BAT It
American plan from S4 a dan 3 par
sons from VI a day
European plan, from 92 a day 3 per
sona from S3.50 a day.
SPECIAL MOXTHLY RATES.
A refined house of unusual excel
lence, centrally located. Illustrated
booklet upon request.
W. E. ZANDER. Manager.
JUST OPENED
HOTELSUTTER
Sutter and Kearny Streets
SAN FRANCISCO
An np-to-date modern hotel tak
ing the place of the old Occidental
Hotel and Lick House.
European Plan $U0 per day and up
SAN FRANCISCO
Geary Street, above Union Square
European Plan $1.50 a day up
American Plan $3.00 a day up
New steel and brick structure. Every
modern convenience. Moderate ratee.
Center of theatre end retail diitricL Ost
car line transferrins ell over city. Elec
tric emaibue meets trains end steamers.
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