THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, TOKTLAXD, FEBRUARY 4, 1912.
LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY GROWING TO
LARGE PROPORTIONS IN PORTLAND
Most Encouraging Feature 1 Heayy Shipment to TxxgeX Sound Buyers Gradually Giving Waj to Central Mar
ket Stockmen Satiafled With Condition City Rapidly Becoming Center of Big Business.
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1 1NCE my last article relating to the
livestock Industry and the growing
Importance of Portland as s mar
ket for stock, too annual report of tb
t'nlon Stock Tarjs .Company has been
published, and a careful analysis or
thla publication gives the entire year's
transactions at tba yards In a ery
Intelligible and comprehensive way. A
study of thla report will convince the
most skeptical that Portland la a mar
ket of great and growing Importance,
particularly when compared with other
cities In the Northwest.
There were received at the yards In
lll the following: Cattle, .:
calves. CMS; hogs. C.7S: sheep. S1C.
li; horses and mules. I4S". Of this,
the following was received by boat:
Cattle. S7: calves, S: bogs. 1160: sheep,
2071; horses and mules, 2S. The fol
lowing was driven In: Cattle. 1M:
calves. CI: hogs. SCO; sheep. 1I.S1S;
horses and mules. 1S5.
Valsse Stay Be tS,Ses),ao
No strictly accurate amount can be
given as to the value of this stock, but
as near as can be estimated the sum
received from the purchasers was a
trifle more than 19.900.000; but some
of the estimates give It aa well over
1 1 000.000.
Stated In carloads, estimating the
usual amount per carload for that
driven In and received by boats, there
were Just about 000 carloads received
at the yards. or'IO carloads for every
working day In the year.
As compared with 1910. there was a
decrease of 147 calves and 94 cattle,
with an Increase of 1950 hogs and 1JJ,
134 sheep. But In value these figures
give no Information for the reason that
the quality of the receipts are constant
ly growing better. When the yards
were first opened most of the stock re
ceived was only about half finished,
and practtcal'y none of It stall or grain
fed. Now there are as fine beeves,
calves, bogs, sheep and lamba coming
In as can be found In any market In
the United States. In fact.-lt la gen
erally conceded that the mutton now
being turned out here cannot ba
' equaled anywhere else In the country.
The figures above show how this mar
ket Is being looked to for these prod
ucts. Hear Products) laereasee.
Careful estlmatea show that the
value of the receipts of 1911 were fully
10 per cent above those of 1910. based
on the same market prices, which telle
In another way how much better the
Incoming stock Is finished, for we must
remember the phenomenal prlcea re
ceived In 1910 for hogs. And one of the
surprises of the above ngures Is the
number of hogs received. It was sup
posed that 'no-cent bogs" In 1910 bad
about cleaned out all the porkers In
the Northwest, even all. or nearly all
of the brood sows. But In soma way
the growers combed around and sent In
nearly 2000 bead more than the year
previous. And It Is known that there
are many thousands of hogs and sheep
now being fed for this market, partic
ularly In Wajlowa and Union counties,
from where the best of these animals
are now coming.
The best feature of the above men
tioned report, however from a Port
land atandpolnt Is found by analysing
the receipts and shipments from the
yards. The receipts were, aa before
stated, about 0000 carloads. Of this,
lust about (0 per cent was slaughtered
In Portland, li per cent shipped to
various small towns and cities, and 36
per cent shipped to the cities on Puget
Sound. .At the packing-houses here
ship large amounts of dressed meat to
Seattle. Tacoma and the smaller cities,
like Aberdeen. Chehalls. Centralla and
Olympla. It is quite certain that West
ern Washington geta fully Ti per rent
ff her meat supplies through the Port
land gateway.
Balppfag Ala Grows.
And these figures show the Import
ance of this aa a livestock market
beyond any arguments that can be
made to the contrary, and the only way
the Sound cities can escape getting
their meat products through the Port
land ' gateway la the removal of the
Cascade Mountains.
One paragraph of the report men
tioned Is worthy of great considera
tion. "The broadening of the knowl
edre among livestock men that a cen
tral market offers better opportunities
for the realisation of valuea than coun
try selling, assures continued growth
of the business of the Portland Union
Stock Tards. An Increase In the num
ber of na and two-car shippers and
the addition f the number of buyers
are features that are worthy of note.
Under the old style of buying the
seller bad to rely almost entirely upon
the generosity of a single buyer to get
what his stock was worth. Aside from
that somebody had to pay the expenses
of thla buyer. Evidently the consumer
was not charged with such expenses.
Now. when a shipment arrives at the
tockyards there Is not only one buyer
but over a dosen. often 20. and It would
be an Impossibility to Tig the market"
under such circumstances. A couple of
buyers might combine to keep prlcea
down three or four might but a
dosen or 20 could not.
And that brings up this phase of the
conditions from another viewpoint;
that of the shipper. Upon my trip
throughout Malheur. Baker. Wallowa
and Union rountlea recently I was
charged by The Oregonlan with the
specific duty 'of Interviewing the ship
pers of livestock to this market. I ob
tained from the managers of the yards
a complete list of all who had shipped
ooe or more carloads here from that
territory since the Installation of the
yards at North Portland, said list con
taining more than ZOO names.
Bayers Losing Grow a a. '
In the short time at my disposal It
was Impossible for me to see such ship
pers as did not reside In the towns, but
I certainly Interviewed enough of the
town residents to get a fair Insight Into
the views of all. and I am free to say
that I was agreeably surprised at the
feeling of the shippers towards the
stock yards people, the buyers and the
city of Portland. Almost to a man
thee shippers said that at first they
had many misgivings aa to the outcome
or their operations In having their
stock sold on an open market. They
had been educated to trust to their
favorite buyers, and each one had a
urt of sneaking Idea under his bat
that he waa on the Inside and could
get a little better price than his neigh
bor. These buyer as a rule were hale fel
lows well met. and their business was
to buy at the very lowest possible
price, for thereupon, to a large extent,
rested the foundation and continuation
of their Jobs. But they had to make
the owners believe otherwise. And o
well had they performed their duties
lhat It was difficult to get the owners
to ship direct on consignment to some
commission house, or accompany their
shipments and arrange after arrival for
some person to do the selling.
fcvery shipment that was made to the
open market waa talked about through,
out the "cow country" and the result
- r n 4 w 1 1 li lntret whilji crtmnari-
tom were made with shipments made
under saiea made to buyers; the result
In nine cases out of 10 showed that the
' open market afforded .the best prloes
and the most satisfactory system of
settlements.
This I say. Is the consensus of opin
ion among those I Interviewed, and out
of all with whom I talked I found only
one or two who were dissatisfied. And
later I found a reason for such dissat
isfaction rested In-their-friendship for
a buyer-thrown out of a Job, or about
to be. Therefore I can safely aay that
all the shippers will soon -cut out the
buyers entirely and ship to the com
mission men for open sale.
In reading up on the subject, taking
the Fort Worth yards as the best ex-
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"SALEM. Or, Feb. S. (Special.) To build a temporary tabernacle to house
the crowds expected at the meetings Is one of the plans of Rev. E. J. Bulgln,
of Los Angeles, and George U Rose, of Muskogee, Okla., who have Just start
ed 20 days of revival meetings here. Until the tabernacle la completed a
unique arrangement Is followed to accommodate the crowds. Every even
ing the evangelists hold meetings exclusively for men and In the afternoon
meetings for the women. These are held In the First Baptist Church.
rr. Bulgln is a converted agnostic lawyer, formerly of North Carolina,
and with him Is George L. Rose, baritone singer, and his wife. Practically
all of the churchea of the city have united In these revival meetings and
the various pastors are enlisted aa committee members.
It Is planned to obtain funds to build a tabernacle In as short a time
aa possible by nllstlng the aid of business men and those who are Interest
ed la the revival meetlnga will largely share In the work of actual construction.
ample. I find that onr yards have had
the same experience as other new
yards In this respect. The army of
country buyer have to be reckoned
with, and It takes considerable time
for them to lose their hold upon the
shippers. In time most or these buy
ers become commission men.' thereby
capitalising their acquaintance with the
shippers to good advantage. That was
particularly the result at ion worm
and undoubtedly we will reach It In
much less time here than tney oia in
the Texas town.
And sDeaklng of Fort Worth it is
comforting to read of the rise of the
yards there. By analyxlng their re
ports It will be found that In 10 years
from the-time the Fort-ortn yams
were opened they were receiving less
stock than Portland la now receiving.
EVERY CHURCH MEMBER
GIVES 16 CENTS WEEKLY
Central Seventh-Day Adventist Congregation's Average Said to Be Highest.
... John Bain to Address Ministers TomorroV
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N average of 1C cents a week a
member for foreign mission was
the record made by the Central
Seventh-Day Adventlct Church last
year. ThI average Is counting every
man, woman and child In the church.
The figure were given In the annual
report of the church treasurer, Dr. Al
bert Stratton. at the annual business
meeting last Wednesday night. This Is
the highest average contributed to
missions by any Protestant denomina
tion, except probably the Presbyter
tans. The total raised by the church dur
ing the year for all purpose waa Sll.
241.12. Of this 7i5J.ll waa con
tributed by the members aa tithe.
There -are now 341 members' In the
church, so that the average contribu
tion a member was"C3 cents a week, or
$32 93 a member for the year.
The amount contributed to foreign
missions during the year was $2830.87
or $8.31 a member. Of the $11,241.11
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PART OK GROUP OF RAILROAD AGEMS PHOTOGRAPHED AFTER THEIR LUNCH EON AT IMPERIAL
Now that the weekly luncheons of Portland freight and passenger men have proved so pleasantly auccessful the , permanent organization
Traffic Club Is merely a question of time. Members of the younger element among the railroad men the men holding comparatively minor
tions-havebeenthe prime movers In the campaign to get the club started. They are Imbued with enthus asm and originality and have be.
to Interest railroad men of all classes In the movement. Higher officials
"""tTueon'lastweek A. O. Martin, assistant general passenger
assistant general freight and p.enger agent of the North Bank road,
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And really, with all due deference to
the gentlemen who had the old yards
In this city and at Troutdale. and with
all credit due to the gentlemen . who
founded and made such a great success
of the old Union Meat Company still It
must be said that It was the entrance
of the Swifts Into this territory that
made thla a stock market of more ban
local character; Just as it was the en
trance of the Swifts and Armours into
the Fort Worth field that made the
Texas city a market of far-reaching
Importance.
It Is true we have not as yet received
the attention of the Armours. But the
Swifts are here, and the Schwarsschlld
Sons Company, the richest of all the
packers, are operating a plant In South
Portland, and are about to start a large
plant near the Union Meat Company
packing house, a plant controlled by
the Swifts. But the packing house end
of the story will be told In later ar
ticle. There Is another branch of the sub
ject to be dealt with before dismissing
the stock yards subject, and that is the
system of receiving, unloading, yard
ing, feeding, weighing, delivering and
paying for stock of different kinds, and
the attention being paid to the hand
ling of dairy cows and other high-class
stock for sale to dairymen and stock
growers. An article on these subjects
will follow at an early day.
raised, only $623.85 was spent for
church expenses, the balance going
into the conference treasury for other
purposes. Including home mission
work. The $7353.11 received as tithe
Is devoted entirely to the support of
the ministers.
Member of the church contributed
during the year $768 toward the con
struction of the Doremus Union Church
School, and $104.50 was paid In tul
tlpns. One hundred and five new members
were added to the church during the
year, and 15 Were granted letters to
Join other churches of the denomina
tion. John Bain, of the Municipal Associa
tion, has been Invited to address the
Portland Ministerial Association at Its
meeting tomorrow morning at 10:30 In
the Young Men' Christian Association
HalL His subject will be "Civic Re
form In Portland." This Is the first
meeting of the association In two
FREIGHT AND PASSENGER MEN LAUNCHES MOVEMENT FOR PERMANENT ORGANIZATION OF TRAF-
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months and several Important meas
ures are to be considered.
At It meeting on iionaay. January .
Multnomah County Sunday School As
sociation discussed plana for a musical
festival which Is to be held In the Gipsy
Smith auditorium June 7 and 8. Many
responses have been received to the
requests for members for this chorus,
which holds Its first reheasal In the
Y. L C. A. auditorium on February
12. It waa also decided to bold a
religious-patriotic service in the audi
torium, Sunday, June 9. The com
mittee In charge of the arrangements
consists of Revi Albert Ebrgott, Rev.
C. A Phlpps and R. R. Steele. .
The annual county Sunday school
convention la to be held Friday, Sat
urday and Sunday. April 19. 20 and 21
In conjunction with the Graded Sun
day School Union. Prominent Sunday
school workers from the East will par
ticipate. The following are the com
mittees In charge of preparations for
this convention:
Committee of arrangements; W. ' R.
Lltzenburg, Mrs. H. - S. Black, C. A,
Etaver.
Committee on-programme Rev. C. A.
Phlpps. Edward Drake. Mrs. J. W.
Wllklns. Mrs. G. C. Ruff. -
President, Albert Ehrgott; vice
president, A. A. Morse; secretary
ireasurer, C W. De Graff.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the First
Congregational Church, has inaugur
ated a series of lectures on topics deal
ing with civic questions. Officer of
various philanthropic associations and
societies are to be invited to appear
before the society every week and re
view the work of their organizations.
The movement Is intended as a cam
paign of Information concerning the
administration of the institutions of
the city. Mrs. Lola G. Baldwin, of the
department of public safety for women,
will be the speaker at the meeting
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in
the church parlors.
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A feature of the monthly meeting of
the Men's Club of the First Congre
gational Church tomorrow night In the
church parlors will be the address of
Dr. Jonah B. Wise on "The Russian
Jew."
A Swedish Baptist Church of 44 mem
bers was organized January 28 at Cher
ry Grove, Or., a new community west
of Gaston. A private railroad leaves
Patton on the West Side branch of the
Southern Pacific and extends six miles
west to this new community that is
being developed by A. Lovegren. A
building to be used temporarily as
church and school was erected during
the previous week In the midst of
heavy rains, so that It was ready for
the meetings In connection with the
organization. A hotel likewise had
been completed to entertain the guests.
There are only a few homes erected
and the temporary mill is not yet com
pleted. Nevertheless Mr. Lovegren.
who Is a consecrated member of the
Swedish Baptist Church, determined
that in the new community from the
beginning there must be the helpful
Influences of Sunday school and church.
Even though the community Is so
small and so new, Mr. Lovegren haa
gathered about hjm many helpers, so
that a church of 44 member could be
organised.
There were present Rev. Frederick
Lindeen. pastor of the First Swedish
Baptist Church of Portland, together
with several of his members, also
members of the other Swedish Baptist
Churchea in Oregon. Rev. F. C W. Par
ker, state secretary of the Oregon Bap
tist convention, was lkewlse preeent
and participated in the services, preach
ing In English at the morning service
and welcoming the church after its or
ganization in the afternoon.. Pastor
Lindeen preached on Saturday evening
and Rev. A. G. Sandblom, Swedish Mis
sionary, and others spoke on Sunday
evening. At the Sunday school, several
Sunday school workers in the Swedish
churches made short addresses.
Rev. J. J. Staub, of the SunnyBide
Congregational Church, Is preparing a
series of special Sunday evening serv
ices on the general theme. "A Man and
His Vital Relations In Life." Music of
special adaptation will be given at
every service. The topics are: Feb
ruary 4. "The Man and His Home";
February 11, "The Man and His
Church"; February 18,. Layman's patri
otic service under the auspices of the
men' league. "The Man and His Coun
try"; February 25, "The Man and His
Bible": March S. "The Man and Hi
Creed": March 10. "The Man and His
Fellow-Man."
Rev. H. S. Black, pastor of Immanuel
Baptist Church, has been assisting Rev.
J. E. Maley at Brush Prairie, Wash., in
special meetings. In spite of the sever
rains the meetings have been well at
tended. Invitation are out for an evening
with the Joint Courts, Cathollo Order
of Foresters, at Cathedral Court, 95 T
hall.Marquam building. The commit
tee of arrangements is composed of M.
J. Malley. Thomas Memberg, Michael
Hunt, William E. P. Sheahan.
A Welsh sermon will be delivered by
John R. Griffith at the United Pres
byterian Church, Wasco street and
Grand avenue, this afternoon at 3
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agent of the O.-W. R. & X Company, was the guest of honor. W C. Wilkes
has been Invited to the next regular meeting, which will be held at the
NORTHWEST AIMS TO GET SETTLERS
BY EXHIBITS IN LAND SHOW SOUTH
Oregon, Washing ton and Idaho to Have Displays for Inspection of Homeseekers-George L. Hutchin, General
Manager of Portland Rose Festival to Exploit City's Annual Fete at Los Angeles Hvent.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 8. (Spe
cial.) A concerted effort by the
Great Northwest to capture some
of the thousands of home.seekers that
will reach Los Angeles at the - climax
of the tourist-colonist rush in 'March,
will be made at the coming Land
Show, when Oregon, Washington and
Idaho will send exhibits of their choic
est products here and send their best
boosters.
Feeling of fhe Northern sections re
garding the Land Show Is shown In a
letter Just received by. General Man-
PACIFIC UNIVERSITY FRESHMEN WILL BE SEEN IN CLASS PLAY
ON WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY.
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PACIFIC UNIVERSITY. Forest Grove, Fob. 3. The Freshman class here
will give their annual play February 22, In Marsh Hall. The cast of charac
ters have been assigned and the honor of the leading parts fall to Miss
Ruth Thomas and Harold Benjamin, of this place. Both are prominent in
freshman circles. Other members who will perform are: Ben Mayfield. Ray
mond Bryant, Bothwell Avison, Hazel Davies. Hester Harbison, Carl Con
net. William Boone. Tho play chosenls "What Happened to Jones."
ager Vllson from General Manager
of the Portland nose r esn-
val which celebration will be field
next June. In this letter Mr. Hutchin
declares the desire to exhibit at the
Los Angeles Exposition Is universal.
Los Angeles will be the goal of a
greater proportion of tourists and col
onists this year than ever before be
cause of the special campaign adver
tising the Land Show that has been
prosecuted throughout the East and
Middle West by the transcontinental
railroads. Hundreds of agents through
out the eastern territory have been
Instructed to spread the fact that the
Los Angeles Land Show will be of tre
mendous value to the horaeseeker and
greater In every respect than the ex
positions in New Tork and Chicago.
Portland to Take Part.
Following is the letter from Mr.
Hutchin:
Philip D. ivilon. General Manager Pacific
L.and and Products Exposition, Los An
gelea, Cal.:
Dear Sir: I take great pleasure in writing
that great Interest has betn aroused In Port
land for your approaching Land Show.
Unfortunately, the statu haa made no
available appropriation for an Oregon ex
hibit, but there seems to be a universal de
sire upon the part of our people to have an
exhibit at your exposition and land show,
that shall be commensurate with our Import
ance as a state.
The subject Is being agitated generally
and canvassed with the hoie of enlisting our
progressive citizens In making a strong rep
resentation at your great exposition.
All aeree that this Is a golden opportunity
to set forth the merits of the Portland Rose
Festival and that vast region known as the
Pacific Northwest. Oregon certainly should
be represented In some way. but Just what
way must be determined later.
Portland appreciates the honor you have
extended by Inviting her participation and
pledging desirable space for adequate dis
play. . j.
Personally, 1 foel that we cannot afford
to overlook this rare opportunity to exhibit
the great resources that make Orecon a
marvelous El lorado for the homeseeker.
The public fully realties that tens of
thousands of tourists and homeseekers will
be sojourning in Southern California during
the life of the Pacific Land and Products Ex
position, and that they will avail themselves
of the splendid opportunity to see and to
learn of the wonderful resources of the West
Coast country. Beyond doubt, this exhibi
tion will be the direct means of attracting
new settlers, new capital and new life to
our land of green acres and golden grain
and luscious fruit and rainbow tinted flow
era. And 'that is why Oregon should make a
creditable showing and that Is why I am
trying to have our state put before the world
as It richly deserves.
With best wishes for the success of jour
great land show, I have the honor and
Pleasure to subscribe myself, yours sincerely.
V , GEORGE L. HUTCHIN
General Manager.
An "Oregon day" will be set aside
HOTEL LAST THURSDAY.
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been able
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which time the visiting Oregon people I
will be shown especial honors
guests of the Land Show management.
Gardener's Loan Goes . Ajniae.
Miss Hattle Chamley, the pretty 18-year-old
daughter of Dr. S. R. Cham
ley, 1150 Weat Adams street, one of
the prominent physicians of Los An
geles, will have, to show cause in sup
plementary proceedings In tho near
future why she should not pay a, $-0
Judgment - obtained against her this
week by a collection agency. Dr. Cham
ley Insists that he. will not satisfy tho
Judgment, and that in order that his
daughter should be taught a lesson he
will compel her to pay the bill with
the first 820 she comes in rightful
possession of.
Miss Chamley borrowed tho money
from Earley Marshall on December 2
last. Marshall at that time was em
ployed by her father as a gardener.
Marshall Is now employed by Mrs. W.
S. Rush, 1108 West Twenty-fifth street
Everybody interested In tho suit, di
rectly or Indirectly, except the inan
who Is out the money, is a figure In
local society. Marshall says that his
former employer's daughter told him
that she wanted the money to pay a
gambling debt.
"She told me," said Marshall, "that
she had been playing poker or bridge
whist and had lost 830 and had but
810 to her name. I didn't want to see
her have trouble with her father and
loaned her the twenty. She refused
to pay it back and I turned It over to
the collection agency, to whom I as
signed the claim. The Judgment will
be satisfied in time.
San Francisco Visit Happy.
"That night she mysteriously dis
appeared from home and it was not
until Christmas time that she came
back. She had gone to San Francisco
with a girl chum. -She confessed to me
upon her return that she had had a
good time and was willing to take all
the punishment that her father gave
her. I left the doctor's employ about
that time. He didn't discharge me.
but ho might have after all the facts
came out.
It required considerable Ingenuity to
at-va the summons on Miss Chamley.
Once. twice. thrice the constable
called, but she could not be seen. It
was declared at the house that she was
111 In bed. The services or a messen
ger who had reached legal age was
secured and with a box of candy In one
hand and the summons in the other
the naner was served. No notice of
the action was taken by the doctor or
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his daughter and the default Judgment j oll enterprise and If . Arnold would
was accordingly entered. ! make the selection of lands, implying.
Consternation and .chagrin ran riot In of coursei the rejection of all unsuit
and around the Labor Temple, and ; able on-erings, he would be given an
unionism from one end of the city to ; e(juaj interest with Herndon and Bulck
II.. . 1 wna ehAtlf a4 OTII horrified - . . . I A I n ll-.i nf a n V . GO 1
whpyi it became known that two union
llie uiuei bo ouvtnu "
bricklayers were working for the city
for 41 a day cancelling their fines.
Men Plead Guilty.
When sober and not In Jail the two
men George Dreslln and Charles Groot
are capable of earning $6 a day at
their trade, so high-priced walking
delegates told the clerk In Police Judge
Frederlckson's court. They maintained
that this scale should apply on the
men's fines every day they worked.
Groot pleaded guilty to a vagrancy
charge and received a $10 fine or ten
day sentence. Dreslln pleaded guilty
to a similar charge and was sentenced
to pay 20 or serve 20 days. Neither
had the money end both elected to
work out their sentences at $1 a day.
Prisoners are not 4orced to work in
and around the city Jail or the central
station If they do not want to. Those
who won't work there are sent to the
chain gang. When Jailer Shand asked
for laborers to assist In the remodel
ing of the central station building
Dreslln and Groot volunteered to pay
their fines In that manner.
They were working away when a
walking delegate, passing the station,
saw them. An investigation showed
that the men were working under the
direction of armed guards for $1 a day
when. If they could pay their fines
they would be working as free cltl
sens and receiving six times as much.
Clerk Refuses Ball.
There was a hasty consultation at
the bricklayers' union headquarters and
a committee was appointed to call on
Police Judge Frederickson, who sen
tenced the men. and present their de
mand. The Judge was not rresent, so
the committee waited upon his clerk.
A communication from the union of
ficials was submitted and a verbal re
quest was made for the release of the
men. Ball was suggested.
"Nothing doing In that line," said the
clerk. "The men pleaded guilty."
"Can't the Judge pardon them?" was
asked.
The clerk shook his head.
"Can't he let them out by reducing
their sentence?" spoke up a third.
"Why doeHn't the union pay their
fines?" asked the clerk.
"We haven't got funds for that pur
pose," said the spokesman. "We have
little money In the treasury."
"Seems to me you ought to be able
to borrow the money," said the clerk.
"These men are working for one dol
lar a day here, and they can earn six
dollars a day on the outside That's
good security. You or the union bor
row the money, pay the fines, get the
men Jobs and let them pay you back."
The committee filed out of the court
room and In the hall held a consulta
tion. Less than an hour later, Groot,
onlv had a couple of dollars to
pay on the remainder or
nald out." and in ten minutes more
was back at his same Job at six dol
lars a day.
Then the committee 'went out and
came back about noon with enough
money to liquidate the remainder of
Dreslln's fine. As his services were
not required about the Jail at six dol
lars a day, he went in search of work
elsewhere.
Young German Is Sanguine.
Too proud to ask assistance, even
from the German Vice-Consul, Helnrlch
Holmann, a young German, a student
at the University of Vienna, was found
Bleeping In the greenhouse of the
Westlake Park, Alvarado and Orange
streets, early one morning this week.
He was suffering from Inflammation
of the foot and .was taken to the re
ceiving hospital. He had not eaten all
day, but with profuse politeness, dep
recated the trouble he was giving when
Nurse Johnson brought him a little
luncheon.
"I am only a student," said the young
man, with a smile, when Patrolman
Thomas, who had arrested him. ushered
him Into the examining room of the
hospital. "Really, there is no occasion
for you to trouble yourself so much."
His appearance was that of a gen
tleman, quietly dressed and scrupu
lously neat and clean.
"I have been working here during
noon hours In a restaurant," he told
Thomas, "until I had some little trouble
with - one of my toes. I went to the
County Hospital for an operation, and
when I was through there I was with
out funds. I went to the greenhouse
and slept there two or three nights
simply because I had no money to en
gage a room."
N Mother Haa Fortune.
Laborious cross-questioning brought
forth the information that the young
man is a grandson of Hitter von Eib
litz, whose castle on the Rhine was
destroyed by Napoleon and who was
executed subsequently as a revolution
ary leader, xoung Hormann, Dearing
on his face the marks of two duels In
Prague, which he would not discuss,
came to America a few months ago
to study abstract philosophy, as he
put It.
He studied some at Northwestern
University, at Chicago, then came to
Los Angeles, earning his own living
as he traveled. His father, a lawyer,
died some years ago, but his mother,
he says, has an ample fortune. He
will not ask her for aid.
Ralph Arnold, a consulting geologist,
engineer and oil expert, has filed BUlt
in the Superior Court here against
David D. Bulck, automobile king, and
others for a fourth interest - In the
Bulck Oil Company.
Arnold wants 760,000 shares of the
stock or its equivalent in money and
he wants the certificate of an issue of
2.900,000 shares of the stock annulled
until the case Is adjusted and he can
receive his portion of that Issue and of
such sales as have been made from It
to about 4000 persons In the East.
Public Interest in the case lies In
the prominence of the principals and
in the sensational success of the Buick
company. Arnold Is a Callfornlan, a
son of the late Delos Arnold, of Pasa
dena, which is now the young man s
home. His father was a famous
scientist and when he went to Stan
ford the boy knew more about fossils
than the professors and almost as much
about geology. He had played with
mastodon bones in his nursery.
Oil Knowledge Vast.
When he' was 25 Arnold was a grad
uate engineer and a member of the
United States Geological Survey. Un
der this department he made for the
Government the maps and wrote the
bulletins of all the oil lands in Cali
fornia. At Washington the authori
ties say young Arnold is the leadlntr
oil expert of the Pacific Coast. He Is
busy every minute at $100 per day.
according to his attorneys, and is on
the stafTs of numerous oil companies in
this country and In Mexico, besides
having a connection with an i,ngiisn
syndicate which has twice taken him
i Kurone.
, x..iir i invsntnr of the Buick
. automoDue and organizer and- head of
i . Qenerai Motors Company. His home
is at Flint, Mich. James a. LeniRii
and J. M. Herndon, also defendants In
the suit, are Los Angeles promoters of
oil and n&ineral lands.
It is alleged in the complaint that
Herndon went to Arnold and told him
. about to Interest Bulck In an
. lor nis sci VRca .1 1 " . " J
ary. Later xenigu wu lan-en . i -combination
and their Interests were
made one-fourth each.
With the opening of the American fac
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the aluminum market, which the little re
public had held for several years. Neither
Switzerland nor France possesses such rlrli
mines of oxide of aluminum or such sources
of electrical energy as the United States.
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