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12 THE SUNDAY ' OREGOyiAX, POIITLAND, APRIL 19, 191. IS POORFARM IS METAMORPHOSED; $4000 CREDIT REPLACES LIKE DEBT Disinterested Delegation From Lents Grange Finds Model Farm Has Taken Place of "Starvation" Home of Re cent Fame Dairy, Poultry and Swine Herds, Fruits, Berries and Vegetables Money Makers. Get Your CONFERENCE TOPIC Canadian Home PORTLAND 1915 1 1 wY from thi Reed College Days' Programme Middle of May. CITY UPLIFT IS OBJECT All Dynamic Bodies of City Join and Papers Covering a Wide Range Have Been Assigned Many Distinguished Speakers. President Foster and a general com mittee of Portland citizens -whom he lias selected have worked out prelim inary plans for the "Portland 1915" conference and festival, to be held at Iteed Collegre May 15, 16 and 17. The general aim of the conference, which corresponds to the conference on the "Conservation of Human Life," held at the college a year ago, will be to get together all the organizations that are working for the moral, civic or commercial advancement of the city for a three days' discussion and the interchange of ideas and methods of work. Among the organizations tlfat will co-operate are the Ad Club, Com mercial Club, Rotary Club, Oregon Civic League, Portland City Health Department, Oregon Immigration Com mission, Central Labor Council, Manu facturers' Association, Portland Wom an's Club and a number of others. The colleges and the universities have been asked to send delegates. A feature of the three days' meetings will be the festival. The students are hard at work on a number of enter tainments planned primarily for con ference visitors. On the Wednesday afternoon und evening and Thursday evening preceding the opening the Classical Club will present the Anti pone of Sophocles, a Greek tragedy. The women of the three college classes will engage in competitive Maypole liances. There will also be male games and sports of various kinds and a fairy play adapted to .juvenile performers called "Snow White." The college is well equipped this year to handle the visitors, as there are three halls available, each ; of which will seat from 300 to 400. There are also more than 20 other rooms large enough for exhibits and for smaller Eectional meetings. Three large rooms are equipped for stereopticon lectures. Reduced rates of one fare and a third for the round ' trip have been granted on the certificate ' plan by all railroads, going tickets to be sold May 12 to 17, and on return. May 15 to 19. Purchaser should ask for a certificate. Governor West will preside on the opening day and deliver the opening address. A portion of the programme, which indicates quite clearly the sub jects within the scope of the confer ence, is as follows: "A Pageant for the City of Portland In 1915." Professor Josephine Ham mond; "The Prospects for Public Mar kets." John F. Carroll; "Survey of Port land's Unemployed in 1914, With Sug gestions for 1915," A. E. Wood; "Re port of Committee on Commercialized Pleasure Resorts." W. T. IJoster; "Gov ernment of the City, as It .Was, as It Is, and. as It Might , Be; , Certain Plans for the -City 1 Commissioners for 1915," R. G.DIeck: "Art and Civic Progress," Dr. T. L. Eliot; "The Health of the City" (illustrated), Dr. H. B. Torrey; "Dental Hygiene" (illustrated), Dr. W. C. Adams: "Immigration and the Wel fare of the Laborer," A. H. Harris; "Lodging-house Problem in Portland lor 1915," Mary Heilman; "Manufactur ing Prospects for 1915," R. W. Ray mond. Other speakers are Professors N. F. Coleman, W. C. Morgan and Dr. E. O. Sisson,-Commissioner-of Education for Idaho. Dr. Foster has enlisted the active support of a. large number of prom inent citizens, who form the general committee in charge of the conference programme. 'In the committee : are: W. C. Adams, R. H. Atkinson. C. W. Barzee, C. F. Berg, John H. Carroll. C. C. Chapman. C. H. Chapman. H. P. Cof fin. Mrs. Helen Ladd Corbett, R. H. Cot Tier, Will JI. . Daly, . Marshall N. Dana, W. G. Eliot, Jr., J. C. English, Mrs. Sarah A. Evans, .W. T. Fletcher. A. H. Harris--Mary-.Heilman, Mrs. Max Hirsch, J. K. Howard, M. Louise Hunt, C. S. Jackson. Jacob-' CanzIer,- Mrs. J. B Kerr. Robert Krohn, M. , B. Marcellus, Harry H. Moore, F. D. Morrlsoa, David N. Mosessohn,- F. - A.-. Olmstead, . Edgar. B. Piper, Horace D. Ramsdell, R. w. Raymond. L. K. Richardson. James J. Sayre, Mrs. Simon Selling, Andrew C. Smith; Mrs: H. R; . Talbot. Mrs. Millie Trumbull, Calvin S. .White, Jonah B. Wise.-Adolphe- W'olfe, C-N. Wonacott. W. F. Woodward and Mrs. J. C. E. King. ,' ' STATE'S CASE IS CLOSED i - Armstrong Brothers Will Present De fensive Testimony Tomorrow. The state yesterday . closed its case against A. P. Armstrong and Robert Armstrong, on trial for -giving out In advance secret information relative to city civil service examinations. Court adjourned until Monday morning, when the defense will, begin the in troduction of its evidence. Attorney Collier," who, with Attorney Moody, is defending the Armstrong brothers said yesterday that probably they will be able to conplete their case in a day, in which event Judge Kavanaugh will submit the case to the .jury some time Tuesday. Yesterday morning five of the grand jurors who indicted the brothers testi fied as to the admissions made by. them during the investigation of the charge against them. . They testified to the effect that Robert Armstrong had admitted that' he procured a list of examination questions from his brother's desk and lefti them in an office at a North End saloon. The grand jurors testified that A. P. Arm strong admitted that Robert Arm strongs statement naa been correct. THANKS GIVEN OFFICIAL District Attorney Kennies Commend ed for Aiding Immigration Men. Because of the activity of United States District Attorney Reames in the suppression of fraudulent real estate Institutions which hampered the state immigration commission work. the commission yesterday adopted resolutions-thanking and commending him. One', of the concerns suppressed through his efforts was a firm known ns the ' German Immigration Bureau. Because of the similarity of the name to that of the German Immigration Bureau of the State Immigration Com mission much confusion is reported to have resulted. Fuel .oil consumption hv the United Slates Tfa-y -Jast year 1b estimated at ao.ooo.WM" . gallons. wVz35t I J -cl3'j - I - The Multnomah County poor farm, by systematic management, has shown a credit of between $3000 and $4000, for the past nine months, as opposed to a debit of $4000. It has been placed, so far as possible, on a scientific basis of production, and it is estimated that within the next year or 18 months it will be yielding sufficient foodstuffs to suppiy all the county Institutions and possibly some of the city institutions, as well. This much was brought out last Thursday, when, a strong committee of members from the Lents Grange, at the invitation of Rufus C. Holman. chairman of the Board of County Com missioners,, made a visit to procure exact information as- to the working of the farm. . - II. A. Lewis, one of the Grange com mittee and himself president of the Gresham County Fair, declared that a year ago the farm was worse off than it had been when first operated for the county. He and all the members of .the committee were favorably im pressed with the changes . that had been made, frequently commenting on work which particularly interested them and giving advice here and there on matters regarding, which they are considered experts. Mr. Holman plainly pointed out to his visitors the state of affairs he had found upon entering office in June. 1913. "At that time," he said, "the county was purchasing $4000 wortli of pro duce; eggs were being bought, even, the dairy herd was inbred, the bull having grown from a calf with the herd, and the hogs were dying of cholera, due to the position and con dition of the pens, while nothing seemed to be run on ji systematic or business-like basis at all. State Experts Called In. "The first thing it seemed to me should be done was to Invoke the aid of the Oregon Agricultural College, our own state institution, which was brought Into existence so that county, city and state might all benefit from it. Yet, when I asked the head of the in stitution to come down and go over the farm with me, it was - the first time his advice had been asked. "Dr. T. Withycombe came down and we took an inventory of everything on the 193 acres. We went carefully into- the needs of the patients, realiz ing that, with the number of tubercu lous cases and elderly people, we should need eggs, butter and milk In large quantities, fruits and truck garden-produce. . 1 "As a result of DY. Withycombe's visit, he offered to give his personal assistance in the dairy. Professor Dry den's for eggs and poultry and Profes sor Bouquet's for garden produce. I told them If they would take over the supervision we would support them in all they did,. and I think that the plan has worked perfectly. ".The : first thing necessary - was to hire, a competent working .foreman. Men hired from the college needed too much, money,- so. .we- installed John Denlson, at a salary of $75 per month; to -work, under the direction of the O. A. C. - "The next step was to make the land SECOND APPEARANCE OF FAMOUS PLAY IS DUE Margaret " Ulington Returns to Portland for Another Presentation of "Within the Law" at Heilig Play Now Has 10 Companies. MARGARET ILLINGTON" S reapT pearance at the Heilig on Tuesday-evening. April 28, her sec ond visit to Portland this season,: In the stellar role of Bayard Veiller's sen sationally successful modern American human interest drama, "Within the Law," draws attention to the fabulous fortune that. Is the reward of the play wright -fortunate " enough to' "put across" a real hit, and also to the al most Incredible hazards that enter in to the production of a play. As is now fairly well known, "Within the Law" Is one of the phenomenal suc cesses in the history of the American theaters. In this country alone 10 companies, the greatest number of or ganizations ever sent forth simultane ously in the same vehicle, are making known the Veiller play in as many dif ferent sections, and with huge profit. So, potent is the fascination this play is- exercising on playgoers that several of these companies have been obliged to return at least once to every city after their original visit, a procedure hitherto unknown. Miss Ulington is returning to Portland after a record- breaking tour of California and this is the first Instance on record where any star .or play has appeared twice in this city the same season. In London "Within the Law" has al ready passed the 11th month of a run that promises to establish a new rec ord for American dramatic offerings in the British metropolis. Four other companied are touring the English provinces. In far-away Australia the vogue of this absorbing play is almost as great as in America. Melbourne, where it was first presented in the Antipodes, and Sydney have been ap plauding its persecuted shopgirl hero ine for months past. "Within the Law" is also being played .in Berlin and in Vienna, and in Paris it will be made known next month. In New York this play continued Into the second year of a consecutive run that amazed even the. calloused Broadwayites. In Bos ton it is now piling up a similar rec ord. . Two years, ago an unknown and un heard-of newspaper, man dabbling at writing plays. Bayard Veiller is today known wherever newspapers are read. His fame Is already established as the author of the most successful drama of modern times. As for fortune well, only " Veiller himself and the American Play Company, which soon sored his play, can accurately state his 1 PRIZK STRAIN OF HENS. 3 A NICE P1LK OF EGGS, PART OK DAIL.T COLLECTION". 3 PRIZE HOLSTE IS COW, WHICH AVERAGES 40 POIXDS OF MILK A DAY. a game preserve, under W. L. Finley's supervision. Slllk; Herd Is Being- Built. "The college advised that some cows not good for milk be sold. With the proceeds, one of the. best bulls in the country, of the Holstein strain, was bought in the East. "This strain will be continued, as ex perience has proved them to be the best milk givers. Of course, it will take time, as it all has to be done with a minimum of outlay, but when the herd is at full strength we shall have enough milk to supply the Detention Home and the City Hospital, as well as the poor farm, containing between 400 and 600 persons." The remainder of the improvements were noted without assistance from Mr. Holman, except that he explained occasionally the difference in the work and system. An exact daily account of all eggs laid is -kept. Instead of-buying eggs from other sources, as formerly, the hens now average from 165 to 185 eggs a day. They are housed in what was formerly the pig sty. everything being spotlessly clean under Professor Dry den's supervision. The chickens- are fed on waste material; even the bones. L HarKartt IllinKton, Star of "Whkla f the Law. weekly income, but it has been author! tatively stated that the dramatist's royalties from the New. York, produc tion alone have not. fallen below $1000 weekly for the past year. . And when the fact is taken into consideration that there are 18 other companies turn ing in their weekly grist of gold, the total dazzles one. '! ! - -k - ;i r --('ifj if'f "If ' if ffft u It J '; I H - - r r I 1 11 H ttwts , 8 i 3 l t ' y 1i VH ' I . I ", $11 ' y--V"" W,- V' XI IV . i which formerly were thrown away, be ing ground into food. Consequently the hens are almost self-supporting. The coops and laying pens are made by inmates of the farm from a model sent from the college, and are models of advanced ideas. HoBs Now Well Housed. Instead of being situated in the mid dle of a mud slough, with their house at the bottom, and all the filth running down towards the farm buildings, the pigs have been moved onto harder, drier ground, with their quarters at the top of the slope, and with running water at the bottom. Rats have been practically annihi lated, where once they swarmed. All the manure is saved and what is not needed is sold at a profit. For the first time, too, once barren land has been put under cultivation. Berry bushes and vines have been planted In soil best suited to their needs, strawberries in the front, and raspberries and loganberries at the rear, on the slope. In addition. Mr. Denison reduced a large piece of land to a condition of cultivation last Win ter, by removing huge rocks and boul ders, and this will be planted. Mr. Denison showed the visitors some letters from O. A. C as proof that he was following directions and also that the college is working to make the poor farm a. farm, in the best sense of the word, one that will really produce and be self-supporting, and yet be a model demonstration farm in one. Professor Bouauet had lust sent down Borne special late cabbage seeds airect from Denmark, and some kale, beet and carrot seeds, -while a recent letter indicated that the college au thorities are studying local conditions. Prise Co iv Is a Marvel. The best cow at present Is giving 40 pounds of milk a day and has aver aged this for the past nine months. The egg average, too, is looked upon as highly satisfactory, in view of the short time things have been put pn a new basis. On Christmas, Thanksgivlnir and other festival occasions. It has been the custom heretofore to provide some thing special and- for this purpose ducks have been bought In the open city market. On such future occasions Mr. JJenlson hopes to have enousrh ducks to supply all needs. He figures that, by the end of anoth er year, the proceeds will have shown a further net gain- of $2000 and he sees no reason why the needs of many oth er institutions should- not be supplied, once everything has been systematized and brought down to an efficient and cheap basis. Mr. Holman wants to change the farm from what was once jocularly described as a "starvation" farm, to one which can be used as a college demon stration farm for residents of the dis trict in which It is located. He wants It to be what he says It should be, namely; a farm that produces produce and Is not handled In a . hap-hazard manner, producing nothing and being nothing but an expense instead, of a profit. If the opinion of the members of the Grange is any criterion, and It should be, as the committee was picked for the individual knowledge of its members, then Mr. Holman al ready ha3 accomplished more than could have been expected within the time since he took office. livestock Exhibit Planned. The Oregon Pure Bred Livestock As sociation met yesterday at the Imperial Hotel to formulate plans for the live stock and poultry exhibit to be sent to the San Francisco Fair. The members Indorsed the plan furthered by D. O. Lively to maintain a continuous live stock exhibit during the entire exhi bition rather than for merely two or three weeks, as has been the custom at previous expositions. C. L. McCoy, president, and N. C. Marls, secretary of the association, conferred with the Oregon Commission on matters per taining to the San Francisco exhibit. Mr. McCoy is a member of the Fair Commission. ' k J" :li IP ON T waste your time and money on worn-out land that is high-priced simply because it was once worth its present price! The richest virgin soil is waiting for you in Manitoba and the Alberta-Sask&tehe You can buy it for TO- I - . 1.. i: .. j UWUMHn " iucic luanunux per aero or. sou in many parts PACirc J ,he s- costs! Fertile Canadian West offers yon not only soil J aaaw I cf wondrous productivity, but it also offers you a aplendid climate Lj! CJ churches of all creeds, splendid public schools, exceptionally good ,. - Brcuuiu pruposuran to majce to any earnest farmer or to tnen who wish to farm and who are sincere In their desire to jrin this country e actually are in a position to enable you to own 10 acres tor every acre that you new own or farm and every acre here will produce double what a worn-out acre produces anywhere. On top ot that, we fcivo you tl 20 Years to Pay for It X2a "t,n wcu iv a aj Irrigation ijr mcrciy one iwronein aown. i ne balance is spat up into 19 equal pay ments. The farm will more than meet the payments and your family's living ex penses. Canadian Pacific farms pay for themselves over and over ag-ain before the time the last payment falls due. We can refer yon to scores of farmers who paid tor their farms with the proceeds of just one crop! Yon Are Loaned $2000.00 to Pay for Farm' Improvements! Here Is land adapted to grain growing, to poultry raising, dairying, mixed farming and to cattle, hog and sheep raising. Yoa decide for yourself what kind of farrmnsr you wish to follow. The Canadian Pacific helps you select the Und best adapted to your purposes. And then, if yon so desire It. we arrange to have Your Farm Made Ready by Experts Zu?tm22Z;. aLd, Jf.Vut an expert on the case and select th farm that will exactly suit you the one that you can farm to most advantage to yourself r Let na tell you about the 400 000 000 bushel crop In Canada this year! Write for Handsomely Illustrated Books. Address L. P. THORNTON, District Representative. 71 riae t. Multnomah Hotel Bldaj.), y Portlaad. Oregon. -jrf Two Linn Men Named Miller Again On Ballot Colnrldenre of ' Many. Years to. Be Follonrd In Primaries Rnssells Also Doubly Represented. ALBANY. Or., April 1 (Special.) A coincidence of many years will be apparent again this year in the forthcoming primaries in this county when there will be two men named "Miller" on the county ballot. This name has long been prominent in Linn County politics, and for the past sev eral elections at least two men of that name have run for office In the coun ty. A further coincidence Is that few of the Millers who have been candi dates have been related In any way. The precedent was established In 1906. when there were five men named Miller aispirants for nominations In the primaries. Frank J. Miller, of Al bany, now chairman of the State Rail road Commission, was an aspirant for the Republican nomination for joint Senator from Linn and Marion coun ties; Milton A. Miller, of Lebanon, now United States Collector of Internal Revenue for Oregon, was an aspirant for the Democratic nomination for State Senator from Linn County; J. W. Miller, of Shelburn, was an aspirant for the Republican nomination for County Clerk, and R. B. Miller, of Scio, and Mart Miller, of Albany, were aspirants for the Democratic nomination for County Commissioner. The first three named were nominated and elected. Two years later J. W. Miller was re nominated and re-elected County Clerk, and In the same primaries M. A. Miller was chosen Democratic county central committeeman for South Lebanon Pre cinct and R. B. Miller was chosen for the same office in North Scio Precinct. In 1910 Milton A. Miller was re elected State Senator and J. W. Miller, the retiring County Clerk, was chosen as a Representative in the State Leg islature. In the Democratic primaries that year Lee Miller was elected county central committeeman from Syracuse Precinct. In the election two years ago J. W. Miller, of Shelburn. was the Repub lican nominee for County School Su perintendent; B. M. Miller, of Halsey. was the Democratic nominee for Coun. ty Recorder, and A. C. Miller, of Cala pooia Precinct, was the Democratic nominee for Justice of the Peace of District No. 1. In the Democratic pri maries that year E. Miller was chosen county central committeeman for San tiam Precinct. - The Millers running this year are Arch C. Miller, who lives near Albany, who is one of three aspirants for the Democratic nomination for CountyCom mlssioner, and B. M. Miller, of Halsey, who has a clear field for the Demo cratic nomination for County Re corder. Though not on the county bal lot. Frank J. Miller, aspirant for the Republican nomination for re-election as State Railroad Commissioner, is an Albany man. The Russells are vying with the Millers, for there are two men of that name candidates for county offices, and like the two Millers who are running, they are not related. They are O. H. Russell, of Sweet Home, who ls an aspirant for the Republican nomina tion for re-election as County Com missioner, and R. M. Russell, formerly of Shelburn, but who has lived in Al bany the past few years, while serving as chief deputy In the County Clerk's office, who is an aspirant for the Re publican nomination for County Cleric PLAY TO PAY FOR BELL Chapatonian Club Will Give Drama In Holy Xante Parish Hall. The Chapotonlan Dramatic Club will stage the Western drama, "Along the Missouri." Friday and Sunday nights, April 24 and 26, in the Holy Name par ish hall. This la the heaviest produc tion undertaken by the club. It re quires special scenery and lighting ef fects. ' William J. Clarke, late of the Georgia Minstrels, will take the role of Bill Watson. The pastor. Father Chapotan, recent ly placed an order for a new angelus bell, which Is to be erected on the par ish grounds, and the proceeds of the play will go towards its purchase. This bell will be the largest on theCoast outside of that at Los Angeles, having a carrying tone, under favorable weath er conditions, of 15 miles' radius. . The cast for the play follows: Will Watson, (called "Bill, the farjner), William J. Clarke; John Watson (his son), Martin Shea, Jr.; Norwood Crane (a schemer). H. Jack Lay ton; Dustln Barnes (a tramp), Laurence Lavagette; Manders Maffitt (a politician), Dick Clancy; Rip Stokes (Bill's hired boy). Earl Campbell; Catherine Patton (a village schoolteacher), Mrs. William J. Clarke; Virginia Maffitt (Maffitt's daughter). Miss Nina Leader; Tilly Watson (Bill's maiden sister). Miss Maud Llttlejohns. RAILWAY DETECTIVES MEET Association Disapproves Use of "Blacklist" by Railroads. Nine new members were taken Into the North Paclflo Association of Rail way Special Agents and Police, which now represents all the railroads of the Pacific Northwest. x The members, after some discussion, r Canadian Pacific practically the same price per acre . . -.D..lre:iicj. 'I? ,,Bd ,or from 51 1 districts the price Is from JSS to &. declared that the "blacklist," so-called, by which railroad men who were dis charged in one division of a railway system were barred from obtaining work in another division was undem ocratic and unfair. They declared themselves as opposed to it. The meeting was concluded with a visit to the county and city jails. E. B. Wood, chief special agent of the O. W. R. & N. and president of the asso ciation, presided. The next meeting will be in Vancou ver, B. C. July 18. It Is the intention of the association to hold a meeting at Pendleton at the time of the Round up, when many noted crooks ply their trade. The chief business of the asso ciation is to perfect systems of catch ing railway thieves. MITCHELL CASE PASSES Judge Dismisses Indictment on Jiec- nicndation of Jurors. On the recommendation of " the 13 Jurors who were unable to ' agree at the trial last week. Circuit Judge Kav anaugh yesterday dismissed the indict ment against E. E. Mitchell, tried twice for killing George Morgan, last Decem ber, near the corner of Burnside and Third streets. Mitchell was indicted for second degree murder. At both trials the Jury was unable to agree. Immediately after the second trial was concluded. Attorneys Williams and Jeffrey, who defended Mitchell at both trials, circulated a petition among the Jurors asking for Mitchell's discharge. They secured the signatures of every Juror, although at the last trial the Jury stood three to nine for conviction. C. U. GANTENBEIN, Republican Candidate for Judge of the Circuit Court, Department ' Six. "I rely upon my record as Cir cuit Judge, and. If nominated and elected. I will continue to admin ister Justice promptly, without delays or technicalities, and as an earnest advocate of judicial reforms." (Paid Advertisement.) V" (By Fred I Eversoa.) Frank S. Grant, candidate for the Re publican nomination for Attornev-Gen eral. forty years of age, was for three years Chief Deputy City Attorney and three years Cltv Attornev of Portland. While serving in this office he conduct ed some of the most Important litiga tion in the history of that city. The famous Broadway - bridge case, which involved the constitutionality of the initiative and referendum law, and the fiercely-fought case against the South ern Pacific were ably and successfully argued by Mr. Grant before the Supreme """i t iiio . i! i Lru o K&itra. r i m writ ten opinions uniformly showed pains taking preparation and marked ability. Nor has Mr. Grant's experience been confined to the civil side of th In w As City- Attorney it was "his duty to prosecute loiators ot tne penal or criminal ordinances of the city, which he did fearlessly and without favor. As City Attorney he expedited all of tne legal ousiness ot tne city ana con- auctea nis oixice economically by pre venting, as far as poosible. the delavs and expenses of unnecessary litigation. He will apply the same policy to the office of Attorney-General. Mr. Grant's experience as a lawver, and his training as Portland's City "At torney, especially fit and qualify him for the office of Attorney-General, (Paid Advertisement.) av V-l 1 s - ; 1 1 1, A ..if. 1 1 WaeVllftft- 1 - fit r-i-' ' 7 THOMAS i-:i. Thomas Egan. the brilliant younar Irish tenor, is one of two Irishmen who have made their reputation in European grand opera. Italy is sup posed to have a monopoly on' the stars of grand opera, yet it was in Italy that Egan first attained distinction. The Italians were the first to appreciate his talent and art. He studied under the great Italian teachers, and he lived for years outside Naples, adjoining the palace of Maslni. the greatest grand opera tenor of all times. Egan and Masini were warm friends, and the young Irishman profited from the ad vice of the great Italian master. Egan studied in Naples under Cava lier Sarmlento. Caruso's famous in structor for many years. Last year Caruso insisted on bringing Sarmlento to New York as his guest for the grand opera season. It was under this famous teacher that Egan perfected himself in the standard operas "Aida." "Rigo letto," "Trovatore." "Carmen." "La Tra. viata," "Faust," "Pagllaoci" and many others. The young Irishman then appeared In opera in the great Italian centers, and immediately won fame. The musi cal critics showered him with compli ments. Then he went to Germany to study the operas of Wagner and be come familiar with the German char acterization of these works. Returning to his native Dublin for a much-needed rest, the opportunity came for him to display his talents in lre- land. The Royal Italian Grand Opera Company, of Drury Lane, was booked in Dublin, and their leading tenor be came sick on the eve of their appear ance. Egan, with little preparation, stepped into the breach, and sang the very difficult role of Canio in 'Pasli accl." He made such a hit that on the following day he was signed ur as the leading tenor of the grand opera com pany. Ills success in that position is a matter of operatic history. But an Irish singer is only at Imme In the songs of his native land. Ksan and McCormack had first to win their laurels on the grand opera stage, but both returned to the melodies which they learned as boys. On the termina tion of their engagements Egan came to New York to appear In concert, and he met with a royal reception in the Eastern cities. He is master of all the great national songs of Ir.tand, both in the Irish and English iuii-c-h-. He is to make a special concert tour of the West, appearing on the I'nast in Vancouver, Portland. San Francisco, Oakland. Los Angeles and other cities. He will be assisted by a famous dra matic soprano. Madame' Lillian Breton, who also renders Irish melodies. Egan's Portland concert will be giv en in the Masonic Temple Sunday aft ernoon, April 26. DR. F. H. 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