The Sunday Oregonian., February 22, 1914, Section One, Page 15, Image 15

THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 22, .1014.
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C LADDER Of 6UCCESS
SOME OBSERVATIONS BY" THOSE UP
xnc TOP iX)0raN"G DOWN
BY SHAD O. KHANTZ.
TlIK UK'S a difference between a
Job and u. position.
Along- about 35 years ago Hor
ace D. Ramsdell had a hard time find
ing a job. Now he haa a position.
"4s soon a 1 got out of my head the
idea that 1 wanted a Job, I began to
progress toward a position." he says.
"That, according to my notion, is es
sential to the young man who would
be reasonably successful that and the
Rood, old-fashioned steady snnd."
By practicing that kind of philosophy
all these years. Mr. Rarasdell has ad
vanced to the aetive and honored posi
tion of secretary-treasurer of one of
Portland's biggest mercantile institu
tions Llpman. "Wolfo & Co. to say
nothing of his even more active and
equally honored position as president
f the Portland Commercial Club.
To have attained this proud place In
a community like Portland is nothing
really remarkable. Mr. Ramsdell thinks.
"I never did anything but work,'
he says, but this simple statement of
fact in itself probably hides the major
reason for his apparent success. He
never did anything but work. While
others about him had time for more or
less diversion he kept on working.
This engaging habit of work fastened
Itself upon him from the start. As a
jouth of 17 it controlled him. Ha was
"the boy" In a house furnishing store
ct his home town Vincennes. Ind. His
alary was $40 a month and that looked
as big to him then as Mount Hood does
along side of a hole in the ground.
Portland Attraction Lures.
: But as much as $40 a month wasn't
enough to keep him in Vincennes In
the face of more powerful attractions
In Portland.
. A year or so after he came to Portland
this attraction became Mrs. RamsdelL
Bhe modestly proclaims the part she has
played in molding her husband's ca
reer at least in being responsible for
it being cast in Portland.
"There was no keeping me in Indiana
after she left with her family to come
to Portland," Mr. Ramsdell admits.
"After she was here a year I followed
lier. I determined to stay when I left
Vincennes. That was in the Fall of
"78. Both of us have been here ever
lnee."
Coming to the Pacific Coast proved
Mr. Ramsdell's second Jump "out West."
He was born in Rhode Island and when
his folks moved to Indiana they con
sidered that they were coming pretty
far West. His undertaking In coming
to Portland was regarded by the Indi
an folks as nothing short of an ad
venture. His experience In the store back In
Vincennes was an asset to him when, he
arrived in Portland, but an asset upon
which he could not readily realize.
Portland had few house furnishing
stores then And what few there were
had an ample supply of clerks.
But he had determined to stick
especially since the future Mrs. Rams
dell seemed determined to remain per
manently in Oregon.
Meal tickets made deep Inroads Into
the scant saving from that J40-a-
month Income and finally his sole cash
resources were reduced to $3.50. That
is all that stood between him and it
might be too much to say starvation.
so it may better be called embarrass
ment.
He Becomes Bill Collector.
Back in Vincennes he had learned
among a multitude of other duties, the
ways of the bill collector. So he set
himself up as a collection agency. His
first client was Mrs. Frances Murray,
a physician, and one of the first of
her sex to practice that profession in
tne Northwest. His efforts as a col
lector were attended with success.
After a year his industry came to the
attention of M. W. Henderson and B.
y.. Holmes, who then were engaged in
the mercantile business. He was re
tained as a bookkeeper and utility
salesman.
Soon thereafter the stock of this firm
was bought by S. Llpman &. Company.
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which concern a short while later was
succeeded by Llpman, Wolfe & Co. Mr.
Ramsdell continued for the new firm
as cashier and bookkeeper. He was
the whole office force at the start.
In addition to his clerical duties he
attended to the monthly collections.
It was the custom in those days for
the stores to call on each customer and
collect the monthly bills from them In
person.
As the business grew he continued
In charge of the accounting depart
ment. He always has managed the of
fice detail. It was a natural result
that eventually he should become sec
retary-treasurer. A few years 'ago he
bought a substantial interest In the
Arm.
"I just grew up with the business,"
he says, but it must be borne In mind
that he had to have the faculty and
ability to grow In proportion with the
business Other men less capable
doubtless would have been swamped by
the enlarging burden of duty and per
haps lost forever in the commercial
maelstrom.
"The young man today has oppor
tunities just as good as those of my
day," he Insists.
One thing, though, he must have a
definite object ahead. That's what I
mean when I say that he should not
seek for a mere job that he should
aim for a position.
"I have seen hundreds of young men
come and go in this business. The main
trouble with most of them seems to be
that they try to put in as little time as
possible and get as much money as
possible. ,
All men working for wages ought
to be paid every cent that they earn,
but the young man ought to think of
more than money. He ought to think
of the future for himBelf. He should
do things for his own satisfaction and
for his own aggrandizement, regard
less of the immediate reward in sight.
"He should stick to one thing sn4
learn It learn It well.
"This business of jumping from one
Job to another never paid. The young
man who is tempted by a few dollars
In another line of work never learns
any line of work. In the long run he
will not get so far ahead as the young
man who stays at one thing the young
man who is looking for a position ln-
teaa or a jod.
Mr. Ramsdell has taken a leading
part in the movement that has spread
over the country in the last few years
to bring about a better understanding
between the big mercantile establish
ments and the public.
"Merchants formerly were more In
dependent," he explains. "They have
found that such a policy does not pay.
A big mercantile establishment is a
public institutions. A dry goods store is
a woman's club. Gradually and cer
tainly the merchants of the country
are beginning to recognize this con
dition. Almost generally they are
meeting it."
Cultivation of closer relations be
tween employers and employes has had
much of his attention in recent years.
"The feeling is growing among em
ployers," he says, "that their employes
are entitled to more of their consider
ation.
"No man ever made a-big fortune In
business who doesn't owe it largely to
the people who worked for him. This
feeling has had pronounced develop
ment in the last five years. In all parts
of the country employers are adopt
ing methods that will result in a more
equitable division of rewards."
It was natural, then, that a man
holding such advanced ideas and with
such a record of faithful devotion to
duty should be recognized by his asso
ciates in commercial life and chosen to
fill a high place among them. He ap
preciates the honor attaching to the
presidency of the Commercial Club.
"I consider It a position," he insists.
"If it were a job It wouldn't be worth
striving for."
the Benton yesterday, from San Francisco.
Robert Bardy, of Oakland, Is at the
Carlton.
M Chrlstenson, of Corvallis, is at the
Cornelius.
C. I Ireland, of Moro, is registered at
the Perkins.
C. D. Risser, of Spokane, is at the
Washington.
L. D. Summerfield, of Albany, is at
the Oregon.
Mrs. C. M. Strauss, of Albany, Is at
the Cornelius.
G. H. Weber, of Carlton, Or.
the Washington.
Louis Cohn, of Pasco, Wash,
the Multnomah.
A. D. Rlchelderfer, of Wasco,
at the Perkins. v
A. M. Johnson, of Salem, is registered
at the Cornelius.
George W. Moore, of North Plains,
Or., is at the Carlton.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Morton, of Eugene,
are at the Cornelius.
C. W. TheSaud is registered at the
Oregon, from Vale, Or.
Paul E. Murphy, of New Westminster,
B. C, is at the Oregon.
W. K. Merrill, of Lyle, Wash., is reg
istered at the Imperial.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hartzell, of Med
ford, are at the Benson.
W. D. Reed, of San Francisco, is reg
istered at the Washington.
H. J. Rosenberg and family, of Pen
dleton, are at the Imperial.
Clark W. Thompson, of Cascade
Locks, is at the Multnomah.
W. B. Bolton, of Witch Hazel, Or., Is
registered at the Multnomah.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Florence, of Spo
kane, are at the Multnomah.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Capper, of
Plttsburgi are at the Benson.
E. J. Harrison registered at the Cor
nelius yesterday from Eugene.
Charles J. Metcalf Is registered at
the Perkins, from Valdez, Alaska.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Davidson, of Spo
kane, are registered at the Oregon.
A. J. Beecher and child, of San Fran
cisco, are registered at the Benson.
Arthur G. B. Bouquet, of CorvallU,
registered at the Imperial yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Glos are reg
istered at the Carlton, from Corvallis.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Bullis registered at
the Washington 'yesterday, from Rose
burg.
J. W. Whelan and C. A. Ward are
among the Seattle people at the Wash
ington.. Frank D. Downeey and .Fred B,
Lewis are registered at the Carlton
from New York.
Howard J. Seehan, of the Hotel Lotus,
at Vancouver, B. C, registered at the
Multnomah yesterday.
Mrs. James Mclntyre, wife of the
famous minstrel, is registered at the
Oregon, from rew York.
DOCTOR-WIT TO TALK
Woods Hutchinson, Writer and
Physician, Here Friday.
HEALTH OFFICE ONCE HIS
Speaker at Taylor-Street Methodist
Church for Woman's Club to Be
Introduced by A. . L. Mills,
Raconteur's Personal Friend.
Dr. Woods Hutchinson, noted as a
scholar, scientist, lecturer and writer,
will lecture Friday night at Taylor-
Street Methodist Church under the aus
pices of the Portland Woman's Club.
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Dr. Wooda Hatehinsoa, Who Will
lecture Here Friday Night.
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jl Tg'iti talnment, education, real enjoy- tf?&?
g$0r&Z&L. ment It opens. "Do likewise." Do l'mlli(wi'$r
WSg&SjigS today. The P. P. P. Clnb now l.tfcrl!
forming at Ellera Music House ti'-"
niaJtea It possible for every- Ore- FlitfV
why hesitate?
N the price of a theater ticket each week
does it!
ROAD EXPERT IS HIRED
CLACKAMAS COUNTY EMPLOYS F". E.
HOBSON, OF PORTLAND.
Systematic Expenditure of General Road
Fund and Hard-Surfacing; of
Highways la Planned.
OREGON CITY, Or.. Feb. 21. (Spe
cial.) The County Court of Clackamas
County has appointed F. E. Hobson, of
Portland, who has been engaged In en
gineering work at Grants Pass, to un
dertake general supervision of highway
construction in this county. While Mr.
Hobson has not received the title of
roadmaster, nnder the provisions of
the law authorizing the appointment of
such an official, he will have practi
cally the duties of that official.
The court plans to make a more sys
tematic expenditure of the general
road funds than has been the custom
in the past, and will construct a few
miles of hard-surfaced road where the
travel is the heaviest.
Mr. Hobson is an experienced road
engineer. He will have direct charge
of the surfacing with hard pavement
of some of the macadam roads now
constructed, and will be employed for
at least four months.
County Judge Anderson said today
that Mr. Hobson will work under the
instructions of the County Court and of
County Surveyor Meldrum, who, under
the law, acts as the county roadmaster.
unless a separate appointment is made
by the court.
OLD SYSTEM PASSES I
Transferring Saloon Licenses
Ends This Week.
LAST CHAWCES TWO DAYS
At Wednesday and Friday Meetings
of City Council Transfers Will
B Considered Mayor .
Names C Conditions.
This week marks the end of the old
system of transferring saloon licenses
from one owner to another, which has
been the practice of the City Council
for many years past. After next Sat
urday the City Commission by its own
election will be governed by an iron
clad rule which will prohibit the
transfer of any saloon license from one
owner to another under any conditions,
excepting in cases of the death of a
part owner of a license or a change
In the management of a hotel the
liquor license of which Is held in the
name of the, manager but in reality
belongs to the corporation owning the
hotel.
The Commission decided definitely
upon the anti-transfer policy about a
month and a half ago and set March 1
as the date for it to go into effect.
Yesterday Mayor Albee announced that
the policy is to be followed strictly as
agreed to originally. The Council will
consider transfers at the regular meet
ings Wednesday and Friday of this
week, after which no transfers will be
considered. The ordinary applications
for transfers will not even be received.
It is said.
Mayor Albee says there are only two
conditions under which there is any
excuse for transferring a license. One
cf these is In cases where a hotel com
pany holds a license in the name of
the manager of the bar. In case the
company should want to cnange man
agers, Mayor Albee says he might con
sider & transfer of the license to the
new manager. If the Council should
refuse to do this the manager of a bar
literally eould demand anything he
might want and the hotel company
would have to graat it or lose the li
cense.
Another condition which will be
given consideration Is in the case of
the death of a holder of a license or
the death of a part owner of a license.
Mayor AJboe says he does not intend
to make a practice of granting trans
fers in such cases, but will consider
granting the transfers- if the condl
tlons warrant.
eliminating the commercial or face
value of liquor licenses and holding
them to be mere grants of privilege
without value in the liquor business.
The Mayor says that there is no reason
why a liquor license should be consid
ered an asset to a saloon business.
Saloon people are opposed- bitterly
to the" anti-transfer policy because of
the fact that for years saloon licenses
have been considered assets in the sa
loon business. When the model liquor
law was adopted several years ago
the number of saloons in Portland was
limited. to one for each 1000 popula
tion, provided, however, that all li
censes existing at the time of the
adoption of that, limit should continue.
Provision was made against any new
licenses.
Accordingly, the licenses began to
acquire value. Their worth rested in
the fact that the Council transferred
them from one owner to another, and
that a new saloon before starting had
to buy up the license of another sa
loon. The value at one time was $5000.
The value has gone down gradually
until at present the licenses, practically
are worthless from the standpoint of
sale. With the adoption of the new
policy of not granting transfers they
will be valueless.
PERS0lIAL MENTION.
G. W. Swaggert, of" lone, is at tike
Perkins.
A. E. Edwards, of Seattle, is at the
Benson.
W. Hay ward, of Eugene, is at the
Imperial.
Howard Throckmorton registered at
PROBATE PETITIONS FILED
Mrs. Carrie M. Fruiht Asks That She
Be Made Executrix.
Petition for the probate of the will
of Fred H. Fruiht, who died February
6, leaving an estate valued at $80,000,
was filed yesterday by Mrs. Carrie M.
Fruiht, who asks that she be appointed
executrix of the estate.
By the terms of the will, which wae
filed with the petition, Mrs. Fruiht will
receive one-third of the estate, Frank
and Frederick Fruiht one-sixth each
and the residue of the estate is left to
Otto Fruiht. v
Jessie M. Carson filed a petition that
she be appointed administratrix of the
estate of Mrs. Mary Varney, who died
February 15, survived by a minor
daughter. The value of the estate, the
petition states, Is approximately $1200
"Which Is Man's Life, His Work or His
Play?" is the subject.
Dr. Hutchinson will be introduced by
A. L. Mills. In 1903-05, when Dr. Hutch
inson was State Health Officer of Ore
gon, he began anti-tuberculosis work in
Portland and during his term of office
started the Open-Air Sanatorium. In
all his endeavors he had the backing,
co-operation and financial aid of Mr.
Mills, one of his most staunch friends
and admirers.
It is told of Dr. Hutchinson that he
started out early every morning for
weeks searching for the Ideal spot on
which to locate the sanatorium. Places
where the fog did not hold were noted,
and the site at Milwaukle was finally
decided upon. In the work he had a
number of enthusiastic helpers, among
whom were Mrs. Helen Ladd Corbett,
T. B. Wilcox, Dr. Stephen Wise and
Mrs. Trumbull.
At political and social meetings and
at medical gatherings,' Dr. Hutchinson
is always in demand. He Is eloquent
and interesting and introduces Just
enough wit to add charm to his
speeches.
An outline of Dr. Hutchinson s career
is of Interest. He began medical prac
tice in 1884; was professor anatomy.
State University of Iowa, 1891-1896
professor comparative pathology. Uni
versity' of Buffalo, 1896-1900; professor
of methods of science teaching. Teach
ers' College, University of Buffalo, 1896
1898; lecturer on comparative pathology,
London Medical Graduates' College,
1899-1900; lecturer on biology, exten
sion tiepartment. University of London,
Eng., 1899-1900; State Health Officer of
Oregon, 1903-1905. Fellow American
Academy of Medicine; member Ameri
can Association for Advancement of
Science. Editor: "Vis Medicatrlx," 1890
1891; "The Polyclinic." 1899-1900. Author
of "The Gospel According to Darwin,"
1898; "Studies in Human and Compara
tive Pathology." 1901; "Play as an
Education"; "Acromegaly and Gigan
tism"; "Instinct and Health." 1908;
"Preventable Diseases," 1909: "Con
quest of Consumption," 1910. Contribu
tor to English and American reviews
and magazines.
For the coming lecture the committee
on arrangements includes Mrs. Fred
erick Eggert. president Woman's Club;
Mrs. Millie Trumbull, Mrs. James W.
Tifft, Mrs. D. M. Watson, Mrs. William
Gadsby, Mrs. William P. Strandborg,
Mrs. R. E. Bondurant, Mrs. William
Fear and Mrs. Sarah A. Evans.
Illinois Woman Would Be Mayor.
ROCKFORD, 111.. Feb. 16. Mrs. Mary
Kennedy has announced her candidacy
for Mayor of Mount Carrol. She Is be
lieved to be the first woman to seek
that office In Illinois.
Teams Wanted at Grants Pass.
GRANTS PASS. Or., Feb. 21. (Spe
cial.) Josephine County is in a pros-
OREGON MASTER BLACKSMITHS AND HORSESHOERS ELECT AND CLOSE SECOND ANNUAL CONVENTION WITH BANQUET
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when for less than the price dealers
ordinarily pay when they buy their
pianos to sell again and when on little
weekly payments (not more than the
price of a theater ticket) we now supply
the latest, most durable, truly high grade
player pianos by means of the p. p. p.
club plan, why hesitate?
you've seen our announcements hereto
fore of the player piano purchasers, club
now forming, haven't you?
we agree by this method to furnish
latest improved high-grade player pi
anos with neat bench to match, with
free music rolls and with privilege to
exchange music rolls free, and we agree
by means of this p. p. p. club to do all
this for a price about a third less than
has hitherto been possible in the ordi
nary retail way.
furthermore each instrument will be
supplied to members on such little
monthly or weekly payments that any
home, any man, any woman, any boy
or girl who has a love for music can be
come an owner.
isn't it worth while to investigate?
we know that every musicless home
will quickly decide upon one of these
player pianos if this proposition is look
ed into, there are only 112 instruments
no more, call or phone or write today.
eilers music house, the nation's largest,
eilers building, broadway at alder street
SCESB AT IMPERIAL HOTEL LAST NIGHT.
Having decided to hold its third annual convention in Portland. .February 11-12, 1916, the Oregon State Association of the Master Horseshoers'
and Blacksmiths' Association closed its second annual session with a banquet at the Imperial Hotel last night. It was decided yesterday to or
ganize the entire state, with locals in all towns, or with one local for several towns or for the county.
The election of officers, held yesterday, resulted in the re-election of F. S. Gunning, of The Dalles, as president; Ira Jorgenson, of Salem, as
secretary, and George Melson, of Eugene, as treasurer. Joseph Franzwa, of Eugene, was elected first, and J. A. Postle, of Lafayette, second vice
president. '
The principal address yesterday' was made by Ed Johnston, of Oakland, Cal., who took trade harmony as his general theme. John Knight, ex
Sheriff of Marion County, and a veteran blacksmith, was present through the convention as a delegate.
nnrmi, rnnd i Hnn when there ia an ad
vertisement in the paper calling for 30
teams to naui ireigni inio una lumuw
Valley. The copper mines employ 25
or 30 teams each year hauling coke ana
m - fr.a heM,i Inmher Indllstrv. which
is mostly handled by auto trucks.
Ways to Interstate Bridge Graded.
CLARKSTON, Wash.. Feb.' 21. (Spe
cial.) Since the bridge connecting
Lewiston and Clarkston has been made
free, the highway commissioners are
grading Diagonal street, leading to the
Clarkston approach and will pave the
street this Spring. Tungsten and flam
In garclightsarebeingphicedfr
You want quality not quantity
when buying scissors or shears
Cast Iron sliears break. Soft shears
soon dulL Get the satisfactory kind.
Insist on the Wiss that cut clean,
won't break, won't get loose and last
for years. Remember the Wisa Test
when buying shears or season.
ST AND A RD WISS TEST
A dean, true cut from heel to point through
3i. thtcXBesses ot cheete cloth. .
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if you Dorr sn this ISa
bridge to the Flatiron building, and
along Sixth street.
PRACTICAL COURSE FOR
HOUSEWIVES!
12 LESSONS FOR $10
Soups t
Chowders
Entrees
Meats
Hot Breads
Pastry
Cake
Desserts
Use of left overs
Frozen mixtures
Course to be followed, if de
sired, by lessons in cooking and
serving, with the necessary
carving, of several course din
ners. The price for these ad
ditional lessons to be determined
by the menus chosen by the
class.
Phone or call Main 7876, A 6144
Miss Mabel Stegner, Y. W. C. A.
The Commission in its .action is
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