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TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAN. PORTLAND. MAT 26, 19fJ.
CEMETERY WORK WILL PERPETUATE
NAMES OF MANY PORTLAND PIONEERS
Lone Fir Improvements Carried Out by Untiring Zeal of Secretary Strowbridge Park Effect Developed.
Irreducible Maintenance Txrd Proposed Subscriptions Needed to Continue Task.
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TW. p'n of th Lone Fir Omcterjr
L.'t Owntu' Anclitlon, which
purrdd to th l-j.tlnd Lon
fir tmtry tompn. lo Improve,
boautiTy and m.iiniiia cemetery
(tr.un.1,. the pl.nrr rr.tlnc p!a.- ct
many of th farlv rM.nt of Port
land and th atair. are rapidly b:n
worked out. Bv nt Thursday, when
the Grand Armv of l-e r.rpuh.lc po..t
hold thMr Mem-'rla! ilay exrrcise. the
public wi!l be affor.lt-1 opportunity to
at ha b. n a-compUehed.
edredy and Thurdny of next weli
the ao-:ation i.l ma:main booths In
different portion, of t.ie Krounda at
tha aouth entrin.-e and at Monument
S'fiare In the center, where attendant
vl l five Information ae to t!:e piana
of the a.aorlatlon and keep blanks for
thote whi deeire to make contributions
f the Improvement f-in I. It la exact
ed thousands w-i;i vi.it the cemetery
edne.dv and Thursday and these
booths will be mair.ta.ned as bureaus
of Information. a. tae aeeoctatioa Ue
stresthat the puM:c should hlrt full
tnformat.on a. t the purposes nd
p:ans for tha future of thia pioneer
cemetery.
AccordmaT to the report of Seeretarr
J. A. Strowbrluae. so tar $Cjit has
been eapended on the arrounda. pome
thtnc over 3 blorks have been part'y
and wholly Improved. About fjooa haa
been subscribed toward tha expense
find, and It Is e.-.lmated that ful'y
Ste.e4 will be required to complete
the Improvements and pave the road
sivi with crushed ro-k screenlnjta.
Tha names of about 190 lot owners
have been saeured bv Secretary 8 trow,
bridge. lwir.tt to lark of records thesa
ttau ! c&laacj cl. wl'Jt jaucu
work and correspondence. Born of tha
lot owners live on tha Atlanllo sea
board, and many tiara written from
tha llastern states.
In tha cemetery there art 30.900 bodies
burled. The monev that haa been
subscribed and paid In has coma from
1 lot owners. The Portland Rail
way. Light k J'ower Company has con
tributed Ili'J toward the erection of
the atone wa'.t:naroom at the south
de. besides donatlnK cement and rock.
As fas: a. ttar monry comes In It will
be applied to the Improvernenta until
the grounds have been covered from
the west to tl.s eat.
The aoclai..-n does not pretend to
dictate what any lot owner shall pay.
that belnc left wholly to tha owners
thcmsrlvrs. but It 1 desired that ail
Interested should contr.buta something
toward tha Improvement and preserva
tion of the cemetery. whlc!t la sacred to
the a.hrs of so many of the pioneers of
this country.
Park E fleet Deietescd.
The Improvementa have been under
the direction of Harold F. Wold, land
scape enxirerr. and were started In ire
space between the aouth entrar.ee and
north to ttremen's plot. For a width
of about ISA feet the (-rounds were
cleared of the tangled brush, and weeds
and leveled and then seeded to grass.
About the graves In this Bona tha
ground was graded without disturb
ing the graves or tha gravestones.
Hundreds of rose bushes were then set
out along the pa: ha which Intersect
this space. The effect of this Improve
ment was Immediate and pleaaing. as
It opened a full view through the cen
ter cf l-e cemetery to the north end.
where are located tha firemen's plot
and the Masonic plots.
When the waiting-room has been
completed i: will be possible to see
from the room straight through the
cemetery north, went and east, the
clearing of the underbruah and auper
f luous shrubbery having made this pos
sible. For many years the eHrubbery
was permitted to grow without care
and run riot over craves, concealing
tnem In the mass of brush and weeds.
This wis especially true of the zone
extending from the south entrance,
which gave a very painful Impression
of reelect and dl.restiect to tho dead,
and the first movement of the asso
ciation was to dispel this Impression.
As soon as the grass has covered the
lawn and the rosrs are In bloom there
the full effect of the Initial plan will
be apparent.
Older Portloa Impreved First.
The main efforts so fsr have been ex
pended In the older portion at the west
aid, which was the first 19 acres laid
out as a cemetery and which was In
lid. unkempt condition of shrubbery,
broken trees, grass and weeds, wholly
neglected. Here most of the pioneers
are burled, but more than 75 per cent
of the graves were hidden under the
tangled mass. Within the past few
weeks all thlt haa been changed, and
this part of the cemetery has been
vastly Improved. It Is now possible
to look through all portions of the west
side of the grounds under the growth
of small trees that have been permitted
to stand, and yet nothing haa been sac
rificed. Graves that had been corered
for a quarter of a century were Im
proved, ruined and broken coping was
removed, and. thj atone win be part of
the waiting-room under construction.
The transformation has been complete.
This work extends through to the
north side, where the Masonic part
located. At the start the work was
j done In this part of the cemetery
I largely aa a demonstra lion. About 45
j men were employed for some time, but
at present li men are at work.
Irreducible Fa-ad Plaaaed.
The association haa replot'ed the
cemetery ground for two purposes to
locate all the graves and also to se
cure a revenue for malntaln&ncc pur
poses. The lots, of course, are marked
on the new plat and may be found at
once. By thia plat several of the road
ways have been closed, leaving a large
number of burial placea at the die
posal of the cemetery association, the
proceeds to be used to form a trust
fund for malntalnence purposes only.
According to the provisions of 6S:0 sec
tlon of the laws of Oregon this main
talnance fund becomes an Irreducible
fund, only the Income from which can
be used, and the principal must be kept
. In bank or invested as a trust fund.
' Many have asked what la to become
of the cemetery after the association
has completed the Improvements, and
this question may be answered that
this Irreducible trust fund will be built
j up out of the sale of the lota In the
, closed roadways. It is estimated that
' a considerable sum will be realized
from the sale of these, lotJ. Enough
roadways will be left to give access to
all parts of the cemetery grounds, and
It Is proposed to pave these remain
Ing roadways with crushed rock. Some
of those roadwaya have already been
graded preparatory to paving with
crushed rock. The roadways on the
four sides of Monument Square have
been graded and gravel paths are to be
laid through the aquare from the four
corners. The intention Is to open the
roadway near the center through the
street .at the south side of the ceme
tery throuzh tfie space now occupied by
the greenhouse, which will be moved
in a short time. The general plan Is
to continue the Improvements through
to the east side as fast as the money
will permit.
Barrel! Xlst Perpetuated.
Erection of the stone waiting-room
at the aouth entrance has been started.
As Colburn Barrell was the man who
started Lone Fir Cemetery and his wife
named It Lone Fir, their names will be
perpetuated In this stone edifice. On
one of the piers will appear the name
of Colburn Barrell, who founded the
cemetery In 1SS4, and on the other pier
win appear that of his wife, who gave
It the name of Lone Fir Cemetery. It
was originally called the Crawford
Cemetery, but was renamed by Mrs.
Barrell after the scraggy fir tree which
still stands near the Masonic plot at
the north aide. Those In charge of the
work believe It la fitting that the name
of Mr. and Mrs. Barrell should thus
be perpetuated In the walla of the
waiting-room, as part of Its his
tory to atand for all time aa a tribute
to their memory.
The waiting-room will be one of the
artistic features of the cemetery. The
roof la to be aupported by solid atone
piers and covered with glass. It Is
planned to make the entrance to the
cemetery from the south side. A move
ment haa been started by which It Is
hoped that the street, part of Kast
Morrison, along the south line of the
grounds, will be paved and become the
main entrance to the cemetery. The
association will assist In this move
ment, and It Is thought that the street
railway company will Interpose no ob
jections to the Improvement. The as
sociation also proposes to erect- an
artistic stone wall alone the south line
as aoon as It can be done.
Hard Tak I udertakea.
The association will clear the grounds
and rut the grass before Memorial day,
so that the cemetery will present a
clean and attractive appearance. It
haa not been an eaay matter to pro-l
Ject and get this movement under way,
nnd It has been entirely a labor of love
and patriotism on the part of all who
have had anything to do witn tne work.
I'd to this time all efforts to take care
of the cemetery failed, and this Is the
first time results were secured.
Those who had been doubtful of the
success of the movement are now
pleased over what has been accom
plished, and some who opposed the Im
provement, as Iconoclastic have been
won over. The directors give large
credit to the untiring work that Sec
retary Strowbrldge haa done toward
this preservation movement, and on his
shoulders has fallen the bulk of the
work which he has cheerfully carried
In the lait two years since the enter
prise was projected, and la still willing
to carry. Being the son of a well
known pioneer and deeply Interested In
the work undertaken. Mr. Strowbrldge
brought untiring energy and sound
business principles to the execution of
the work, with the assistance and ad
vice of the board of directors.
The men sssoclated with him are Dr.
. E. Joseph i. Dr. Dav Raffety. George
L. Storey. G., F. Russell. H. 8. Rowe,
Judge Karl S. Bronaugh. M. C. Banfleld,
A. A. Dekum, M. O. Collins. Thomas M.
Word, L. X. Guy. Alexander Muir, Jo
seph Buchtel, M. L. Pratt. John W.
Ogilbee. T. S. McDanlel. E. B. Williams,
K. H. Whitehead, K. K. Kubll. Thomas
.V Jordan. S. C. Pier, John H. Lewis.
Herman H. Jones.
GENERAL PERSHING BEING GROOMED
FOR WEST POINT SUPERINTENDENCY
President of Defunct Cincinnati Bank Arrested for Misapplication of Funds Veteran Shipbuilder Celebrates
Birthday Anniversary Lord Cheylesmore Becomes President of London Council
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"SEA BREEZES" ARE MADE
Austria Manufactures Crisp Ozone
for Parliament Building.
VIENNA. May 2Z. (Special.) On re
turning to town after a recent recess
the Austrian deputies found the cham
ber, lobbies and restaurants of the
Parliament building all more redolent
to ozone than the air of the seaside
and mountains where they had spent
the holidays.
Electric machines with the high po
tential of 8000 volts have been Installed
In connection with the ventilating ap
paratus, and the filtered air pumped
Into the building Is ozonixed by pass
ing threugh a network of wires over
which powerful sparks are playing for
10 minutes. The effect Is most marked
when one stands near the adits, where
one obtains a sniff of something rem
iniscent of the air after a violent thun
derstorm, almost like the sea breexe
coming In over the flats at low tide.
The Innovation l due to the initiative
of the Speaker. Dr. Sylvester.
The Austrian Chamber holds the
record among all the Parliaments of
Europe for wasting time, and If the
ozonized air so Increases the vigor of
the members as to expedite the busi
ness of the House the considerable ex
pense of the new apparatus will be
well worth while. A wa. however,
suggests that the current of ozone in
the Chamber should be so directed as
to Invigorate only the working parties
and not the obstructionists.
EW YORK, May 25. (Special.)
General J. J. Pershing, now ata-
ioned in the Philippines. Is be
ing pushed as a candidate for the posi
tion of superintendent of West Point
to succeed General Barry. General
Pershing Is the officer who waa
Jumped over the heada of Captains,
Majors, Lieutenant-Colonels and Colo
nels by Roosevelt to make him Briga
dier-General. This happened In Sep
tember, 190S. and the act was neces
sarily associated In the public mind
with the fact that Pershing had mar
ried a daughter of Senator Warren,
then at the head of the committee on
military affairs. He is now fourth on
the list of Brigadier-Generals. If he
Is not chosen, it is said, the appoint
ment will go to General A. L. Mills.
who held the place before.
The failure of the Second National
Bank, of Cincinnati, haa been followed
by the arrest of the former president.
E. E. Galbreath, on charges of misap
plying its funds. Galbreath made a
draft on a 8t. Louis bank where he
had no money and turned It In to the
Cincinnati bank In exchange for cash.
The amount waa $33,000. He has been
released on ball.
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Charles H. Cramp, of Philadelphia,
has Just celebrated his 84th birthday.
He is suffering from a cold, but other
wise is well and active physically and
mentally. Mr. Cramp was a native of
Philadelphia and a ton of William
Cramp. His father was a shipbuilder
and the son learned the business
young. The Cramp shipbuilding con
cern has been for many years the
greatest shipbuilding concern in the
United States and has built some of
the best ships of the Navy.
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Lord Cheylesmore has been made
chairman of the London County Coun
cil. It Is an important post and one
which was first held by Lord Rose
bery. Cheylesmore is a soldier, a fa
mous shot and has been editor of the
Guards' Magazine. When he was sta
tioned in Bermuda some years ago in
command of the Second Battalion of the
Grenadier Gurrds h met the beautiful
Miss French, of New York, and mar
ried her. She is one of the popular
American women In London society.
Dr. Lpdwlg Pick, superintendent of
the Friedrichskain Hospital In Ger
many, has been invited to deliver a
series of lectures on pathological and
anatomical subjects at Columbia Uni
versity in November. Dr. Pick lec
tures at the University of Berlin and
Is so popular that many American stu
dents go to Berlin every year to study
under him.
Catholics all over the world will join
in the celebration of the 16th centen
ary of the peace of Constantino next
year. The Pope has appointed a su
perior council to arrange the celebra
tion and Prince Chigl has been named
Its president. The protector of the
council will be Cardinal Cassetta.
Prince Chigi has communicated with
the bishops all over the world and It
has been decided that one feature of
the celebration will be the erection In
Rome of a great church to be known
as the Church of the Holy Martyrs.
PORTLAND PHYSICIANS
STUDY TUBERCULOSIS
Drs. L. Ricen and Ralph Matson Attend Convention in Italy Having for Its
Object Prevention of White Plague.
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PARIS. May 25. (Special.) France
ran boast of some of the most artistic
watchmakers in the world, and one of
them has accomplished a wonderful
feat by making a watch whose caae la a
single pearl. This timepiece has Just
been flnished by a Paris Jeweler, after
li months of the most exacting labor.
Cutting the pearl was not the least dif
ficult thing about this novel watch.
The pearl was three-fifths of an Inch
In diameter. The works of the watch
are considerably less than an inch In
diameter, and thin In proportion: yet
they are made with as much precision
as a full-alzed watch, and have all
tha up-to-date irr. pro Venice la. The
cost, which Included the price of the
pearl, u isooe.
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it is believed to be possible to wipe
tuberculosis from the face of the earth."
The sessions were held at the beautiful
grounds of the castle of St. Angelo, one
of the oldest structures at Rome, built
bv the Roman Emperor Hadrian In
139 A. D.
Dr. Matson read a paper before the
convention dealing with the applica
tion of modern methods In the diag
nosis of tuberculosis. Dr. Matson. who
has been doing research work In
Europe for the past year, working par
ticularly with the Von Noorden and
Von Neusen clinics In Vienna, will re
turn home in August.
Dr. Ricen, who had been doing re-
search work In Paris, mainly In the
Pasteur Institute, and who will work
wit Dr. Ross in Liverpool will remain
In Europe for some time devoting most
of his time to the study of cancerous
growths.
IRISH WELCOME BLAKE
Son of Late Canadian to Succeed
Father in Parliament. 1
DUBLIN, May i'5. (Special.) The
Irish Parliamentary party will welcome
to Its ranks an Irish-Canadian re
cruit In Hume Blake, son of the late
Hon. Edward Blake, who -vas him
self for a number of years one of the
most distinguished members of the
House of Commons.
When Edward Blake came over and
Joined the Irish party the prophets
wrote him up at once as the Premier of
the coming Irish parliament, but he
failed to assimilate the British at
mosphere and returned to Canda to die.
Ireland, however, does not forget his
generous contributions to her fighting
finances and in Inviting his son to
come in and take a hand in building
up a new nation, she Is paying a debt
to his father's memory".
Apart from any question of senti
ment, it is John Redmond's desire to
surround himserf with men having ex
perience of colonial administration, and
it was this motive that prompted him
to send his own son out to Australia
as one of the party Ambassadors, in
search of experience and, Incldently,
in search of cash to replenish the party
exchequer.
Galway would like to send Hume
Blake either to Dublin or London, to
represent It as an expression of Its
lovaltv to the family name, but cir
cumstances must be considered in pro
viding the new recruit with constitu-
ancy.
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L. RICEN and Dr. Ralph Mat- present from Oregon. Among the
world-known scientists who read pa
pers were Professor Sahll, Professor
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I 1 son were the Portland repreeenta
tives at the convention for the pre
vention of tuberculosis which was held
at Rome on Sunday, April 14. The con
gress was opened formally by their
majesties the King and Queen of Italy,
and among the 8009 delegates present
from all parta of the world, Dr. Matson
and Dr. Ricen were the only two men
von Leube, Professor Calmeue, Profes
sor Maragliano and Professor Much.
Modern ideas of preventing the spread
f tuberculosis are rapidly penetrating
Into the most remote corners of the
globe and being put Into actual prac
tice. With the assistance of the gov
ernments aa4 educational institutions
Tax Cuts Alcohol Consumption.
PARIS, May 25. (Special.) The sta
tistics published by the City of Paris
during the last 10 years since the sup
pression of the octroi on beer and
wine, - and the increase of the same
tax on strong alcoholic liquors, such as
brandies, eau de vie, cognac, and pure
alchohol generally, have shown that
the consumption of beer and wine,
described as hygienic drinks, has con
siderably increased, while that of pure,
alchohol has diminished almost by one
half. Before the octroi tax was removed,
the average quantity of alcohol con
sumed by Parisians was nearly elfrhl
litres a . head per annum, and now the
amount has fallen to only four litres
per head. Drunkenness, It is assumed,
has declined In equal proportions
among the working population.