14 Till: SUNDAY OKEGONIAX, rORTXAND, APRTL" 18, 1915. PORTLAND SECOND IN IPBDVEMENTS Figures Compiled by Municipal Librarian Puts Rate, of Taxation Among Lowest. DATA TAKEN FROM 8 CITIES Comparison for 3-Year Period Shows Per Capita Expense Below Aver age, AVitli Lead in Jtany Muni cipal Activities Vet Held. Compared to cities of corresponding size on the Pacific Coast and in the Middle "West. Portland has more than held its own in permanent public im provements, being rated second in total outlay for such, improvements, accord ing to a report which has been com piled by Mrs. C. U B. Kelliher, libra rian at the Municipal Reference Library at the City Hall. The data has been taken from the Federal reports from eisrht cities for five years ending In I $12. The Federal reports were issued only recently and the preparation of ttie table of comparisons has required about a month's time. in addition to the report on perma nent improvements Mrs. Kelliher has prepared a comparison of the depart mental expenses of the various cities for 1912, which is held by Sirs. Kelliher to be an average year, showing that Portland is among the lowest cities in the rate of taxation and in expendi tures and yet led by a big margin in many of the municipal activities. In cluding the amount of paving and the expenditures for schools. Conservation In Eipentea Shown. The cities compared are San Fran cisco, IjOS Angeles, Minneapolis. Seat tle, Indianapolis, Denver, Oakland, St. Paul and Portland. Of these cities Portland expended a total of J13.10 per capita, tor general expenses in 1912. The highest per capita expenditure was $22.49 for San Francisco and the lowest was $13.01 for St. Paul, ihe average per capita expenditure in all the cities of the United States having a popula tion more than 30,000 was $17.34. This shows that Portland was under the av erage by more than $4. The rank of Portland as compared with the other cities in the various departmental activities shows that Portland was censetvativo during 1912 in her expenditures. Of the nine cities mentioned Portland was sixth In the per capita, expense for police protec tion; sixth in fire protection expense; third in the cost of sanitation; ninth in the cost of health protection; sev enth in. the cost of highways; eighth In the cost of charities; sixth in the cost of schools; seventh in the cost of libraries and ninth in the cost of rec reation. The report shows that in expendi tures for permanent improvements Portland more than held its own dur ing the five years ending In 1912. The t ost of permanent improvements in the various lines of municipal activity is shown in the report in the lump sum expended during the five years and the per capita expenditure. Tab Kept on Expenditure. Tabs showing these expenditures follow: Kxpcnditures for sewers, sewage dis posal plants, refuse collection and dis posal plants and equipment, buildings and equipment for the prevention and treatment of communicable disease: Per capita Total expen- expen- Cily. ditures. dltures. Sail Francisco $r.,!:.4.M7 $l:t.70 l.os Angeles . . 1.S67.002 3.3 Mtnnnapolis U.'JL'I.JISO ."..39 Seattle N.r.Mi," 31 5a Tnrilanapulis -.t-VJ.4:itf &!f& Tortla.nd .4'2,iz 1,26 Penver 2.6r.7Htf "12,b0 St. Paul , 425,032 6..1U Oakland 1,20."., 195 .31 Expenditures for lands, buildings and permanent tfluipment for hospi tals, correctional and reformatory . in stitutions: Per capita ""Total expen- expen t'ity. dltures. dltures. f-'n tvanclsco 42.4U0.o-10 $3.U0 T .n Angeles -, . . rtK.nri 1.56 Minneapolla .' 30VUV.1 IRA Seattle li.(!l .0 3:;cilanapoliB c.u,i:;.i .31 rortuujd 4u. .in Denver 3:;4,7,"m R2 fct. Paul . 12ti,2M . . is7 Oakland 6 .... Expenditures' for parks, boulevards, playgrounds and. .civic centers and all buildings and permanent equipment on such land: .... Per capita Total expen- expen City. dltures. diturea. Pan Francisco 813. 2S4 51.82 J.os Angeles 'C20.41J Minneapolis 1.6H.r.sl 3 18 fcea.ttle 4. lint. 040 17:19 litlianapolls 017.39:: . 3 91 Portland 901, 4H2 4.37 Denvtr 3,548,800 17. 7S St. Paul 444.323 2.05 Oakland 60S.977 4.03 Kxpendltures' for land, buildings and permanent equipment used by the pub lic schools: i-'er capita. ' ' "Total expeT- ' ' expen City. dltures. dltures. San ITanciico $.4tS,042 $1S..M J..os ATtg-eles ............ a. .60.1 , 8. SO Minneapolis 3.S71.117 11. S4 h-eattle) ,70H,17." ll.I'.tt Indianapolis 1.031. Kill 4.42 Portland 3.2Srt.7:i2 37. lo lenver V,5:i.ltt2 7.22 Pt. Paul -l.A2tt.37a H 99 Oakland . 1.610.531 U.83 San Francisco Spends $45,017. Expenditures for land, buildings and permanent equipment for public libra ries and museums: Per capita . . Total expen- expen City. dltures. ' dltures. Pan Francinco $ 4S.011 I .10 Los Angeles 118.9119 .40 Minneapolis 13H.1I1 .43 Seattle 200.7r." .ST IndlH-nanolla 2S2.US7 1.05 Portland ............. .... Denver 40,S8t .21 Hi. Paul 47,440 Oakland 110,770 .72 Expenditures for the acquisition of land and for the pawing and improve ment of streets, roads, alleys, bays, rivers and harbors, including docks, viaducts and bridges. Per capita Total expen- expen City. diturew. dltures. Sim Francisco Jrt,71.30l $1(1.14 J.os Angeles 12.lll2.SllK 29.P3 'Mlnneupolia 4.493,401 14.91 Heattle 19.743.210 JsH.84 Indianapolis 3,792,180 ltj.18 Fortland 20.2.';u,329 104.77 Denver . . . 4,ttfi4,0,sS " ill.oT Ht. Paul 1.477.21 4 8.8T Oakland 4,333,340 CSSH Portland ranks among the lower cit ities In the per capita taxation, accord ing to the report. The following table shows the total receipts in the cities and the per capita taxation for five years ended in 1912: Total tax Par capita Uecelpts. tax. San Francisco $44 287.007 $106.25 Lo Angeles 8tl.740.aiiS J 13. 41 Minneapolis 25.974 S21 S8.18 beattle 1W.017.1KJI K4.40 Indianapolis 14.0rt6,11il 62,34 Portland 17,363,017 S8-6T Xnver 0.340.404 95.88 St. Paul 13.223.778 01.08 Oakland 10.H95.9.-1T 71.22 Governor Strong, of Alaska, reports that til white population ot the territory is estimated at S9.00O, an increase of 3000 over last year's estimate. The area is &90.SS4 square miles, and the density of population at the last Federal census was one Inhabitant to tea square miles of area. MUSIC OF GREEK GODS TO BE HEARD AT HEILIG Barrere Ensemble Will Visit Portland for First Time May 5, Under Direc tion of Steers and Com an- r. U? H If v V v 1 A V til ft h J- r. AT- BARRERU ENSEMBLE. TIE novel delight of becoming- fa miliar with the tone-color and pos sibilities of the flute, oboe, bassoon, horn and clarinet will be experienced by Portland music, lovers Hay 5, when the Barrere Ensemble comes to the Heiligr tinder the direction of Steers & Coman. There is an indefinable, rap turous beauty in the music of these instruments that hark back to Arcadian days In forest glade and meadow, when the world was in Its Spring and man kind was in a state of joyous inno cence. Then Pan piped in merry danc ers on the flower-sprinkled fields, and the Greek gods visited the haunts of men. George Barerre, who leads this -miniature orchestra, is the greatest flute player the world has yet produced, and the other pipers are solo artists of first rank, who understand their re spective instruments as probably no one else understands them. It is fascinartlng study to trace out in this web of music the slow, tender song of the oboe, now melancholy, now gay; the soft rich notes of its bass, the bassoon, breaking in now and then with grotesque humor like one of Shakespeare's clowns, for the bassoon has been called the buffoon of the or chestra. One hears the noble, dreamy music of the French horn, the call of the clarinet with its wonderful capacity for crescendo- and diminuendo, dying away into the most enchanting pian issimo in a sudden pause in the music when all the other instruments listen breathless to the melting beauty of its strains. And rising supreme above all is the penetrating sweetness of the. flute, like cascades of fairy laughter, for it is the most agile of all the wind instruments, and gives forth the highest notes of the orchestra. It is a great delight thus to trace the individual characteristics of each instrument, and become so familiar with each one that its tones can be immediately recognized in a moment. Thereafter all orchestral music becomes a new pleasure, for it is understood as It never wu before. The Barrere Knsemble gives many little known masterpieces of genius by Beethoven, Mozart and more modern composers, which have never before been heard in Portland. 165,000 CASE IS ENDED ATTOH.MlVS FOR MISS MYRTLE DAVIS ASK FOR IVON-SUIT. Action Taken Before Railway Company I'rearntja Testimony Showing; la- ' proper Relations. Following sensational developments Friday In the suit of Miss Myrtle Davis againts the O.-VV. R. & N. Company for $165,000, Miss Davis yesterday took a voluntary non-suit, abandoning her case. No opportunity had been given the railroad company to present the testimony of railroad conductors, brake men, porters and passengers summoned from the East to prove that Miss Davis traveled in company with Dr. M. J. Buck, the Pittsburg physician who tes tified in her favor. Miss Davis alleged that she had been injured by falling on the station plat form at Union, Or., four years ago. Her chief witness was Dr. Buck, who had treated her. and who declared that the fall lmd incapacitated her for life. Cross-examining Dr. Buck Friday morn ing; Attorney Cochran brought forth the admission that the two had traveled together In coming to Portland to pros ecute the case against the railroad com pany. When court' opened yesterday morning the attorneys for Miss Davis requested Judge Morrow to grant them a non-suit. FUNERAL ( SET FOR TODAY Redaien' Are to Attend Services for George J. Erdner. Funeral services of George J. Erdner, who died at his home, 300' Kast Fiftieth street. Thursday, will be held today at 1 P. M. from Finley Chapel. He was a member of "Willamette' Tribe. No. 6, Improved Order of Red Men, and the members of this -tribe will attend the funeral. Mr. Erdner was 56 years old. Ills widow, Mrs. Catherine Erdner, and four children Katherine, Emma, Geo. and Edward Erdner, survive. Mr. Erdner was stricken with paraly sis a year ago. He was born in Pitts burg and came to Portland C2 years ago. He was In the meat business for many years. He was a member of the Turn Verein. Knights of Pythias CLEVER LITTLE MAID PARTICIPATES IN SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT AND ALSO SPEAKS AT BUSINESS MEN'S LUNCHEON. I -mm . 1, - ".. . Ti Miss Helen Christians, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Chris tians, a eweet and clever child, recently took the part of Miss Muffet in the Holladay School entertainment. - In costume recently she also spoke -"Daffodils" at the Progressive' Busi ness Men's Club luncheon. She carried an artistic shower bouquet of the blossoms. She. is a black-eyed, black-haired little miss, -with a charming manner. . MUT SPIRIT LIKELY TO PERVADE NATION Membership Begins to Reach Out From Coast to Rocky , Mountains. CONVENTION PLANS AFOOT Preparations Being lade for nig Part In Hose festival Show Tomorrow at Hcilig Is to Bolster Treasury. That a great National order of men united to serve their fellow men, am bassadors of good fellowship and orig inal optimists may be the outcome of the Mut movement in Portland is not unlikely. In the original band of Port land folk who organized the Muts (n a spirit of levity, membership has been sought by piominent citizens of most of the towns between the Roky Moun tains and the Coast, and a cOiTVention of delegates to a Grand Lodge meet ing probably will be held in Portland during July of this year. Such a move is now afoot and prob ably will be consummated with repre sentatives present from at least 25 cities. t - From every direction there comes in formation that the doings of the Muts as loyal friends of their town, dissem inators of smiles, and' answering "here" when the call from humanity is heard, while "not taking themselves too seri ously," has made a hit. Kex Duty la Rose Festival. The next movement in which the Muts will have a duty to perform will be during the Rose Festival. And in preparation for that event and the fol lowing Grand Iodge meeting, the Muts will make their Spring opening at the Heilig Theater Monday night, when they will attend "The Candy Shop" in a body and afterward publicly initiate William Rock, foremost comedian of the company. William Rock and Maud Fulton, a team which for a few years was among the most popular funsters of vaudeville, are in the loading roles of the all-star cast of the "Candy Shop," while the chorus and trend of the play mark It as one of the most interesting produc tions of several seasons. The produc tion scored an immense hit when here last season and is said to carry even a stronger punch this year. "All faithful Muts are expected to be on hand at our Spring opening and to let their friends know that we are getting ready for another creditable campaign alonff our own lines," said Chief Mut William Strandborg. Performance to Aid Treasury. "We have purchased the entire seat ing capacity of the Heilig on Monday night for two reasons. 'The Candy Shop' is a good show' and carries the smile that we encourage at all times, and it is sure to induce patronage. The other is that if we sell all the tickets our treasury will be in better shape to enter upon the work of the year with out levying an assessment." The officers and committees of the Muts are: Officers: W. P. Strandborg, Frank Cotftnberry, J. "Ed." Werleln, Charles F. Berg, W. T. Pangle, George L. Baker, W. C. Bristol, Frank B. Riley, K. K. Kubll, F. T. Griffith. A. L. Fin ley, A. L Stephens. John II. Burgard. Dean Collins. Gus C. Moser, W. 11. Gal vani, 1 E. Warford. Membership E. B. Duffy, Thomas J. Swivel, Fred Spoeri. Stunts" R. W. Edwards. K. K. Kubli, Harry G. Terry, Harvey O'Bry an. S. S. Hewitt, C, C. Chapman, Mark Woodruff. ' Smiles Rube W. Foster, II. W Metz ger. P. B. Riley, Dean Vincent, George D. Lee. Newsboys' Club Ivan Humason. C. A. Malboeuf. A. C. Callan, J. C. Friendly, W. C. North. x - Big Brothers John H. Burgard, Ben Selling, Guy W. Talbot, Emery Olm stead. Dr. F. H. Dammasch, John S. Bea.ll. William McMurray, F. M. Case, W. L. Morgan, William Merriman. J. C. English, V. R. Manning. II. R. Albce Dorr E. Keasey, w. E. Coman, Edward Boyce, Harvey Beckwlth, John H. Stev enson, George W. Hoyt, Dr E. A. Mar shall, Kurt H. Koehler, Eugane Brook ings, F. D. Hunt, George W. Kleiser, Judge W. N. Gatens. FORESTERS FEAR 1915 FIRE Plans lo Curb Destruction Jn pry Season to Be Iaid. Fearing that this will be an unusually dry season and consequently one par ticularly favorable for forest fires, the Forestry Department already Is get ting its organization in shape to pre vent any wholesale destruction of for ests this Summer. With this Jn view, C. H. Flory, Assistant District Forester, with headquarters at Portland, will leave tonight for Tacoma. Wash., for a conference with the representatives of the Washington Timber Owners' Asso ciation. Mr. Flory said last night that plans relative to the patrolling of the Wash ington timber would be taken up and also the question of establishing look outs, the division of the territory and the placing of men. "We plan to It-ave no stone un turned." he said, "to place our force so that we will secure the highest de gree of efficiency. Our organization must be planned greatly on the lines of a city fire department, so that when a fire starts we can get a force of men sufficient to fight it on the ground la the least possible time." 70 BALL TEAMS CAN'T PLAY City Diamonds Not Complete, so All Applications for Day Are Denied. Application of 70 amateur baseball teams for use of the city's new base ball diamonds today, attest the fact that amateur ball is going to thrive this Summer. . Because the city's diamonds are not completed alt cf the applications were denied. The diamonds will be ready for use probably next Sunday. Park Superintendent Convlil said yes terday that applications for use of the fields began to come in early last week for use of the fields today. When It was found that the fields could not be completed by the- grading outfits all the applications had to be rejected Mr. Convlll's mandate stopped about 35 baseball games for the day. Tunction City Planning Cleanup. JUNCTION CITY. Or.,' April 17. (Special.) Clean-up will be from May 4 to 11. The High School students are making a list of the debris to facili tate the work. The Commercial Club, Women's Improvement Club and the city officials are determined that thlB year the clean-up week shall exceed all previous efforts In efficiency. An Entertainment Never Before Seen on the Pacific Coast Ice Skating in . the Arcadi an Garden Beginning Tomorrow (Monday) Night BESERVB TABLES NOW FOH DINNER UK A1TEH-THEATEK SUPPER. Professor Waltenberg, one of the world's greatest art skaters and racers, together with Professor Jas. Bourke. Canadian Champion Ice Skater, and Miss Marguerite Klrkreith, one of the finest f'igure skaters, will appear Mon day night for engagement in the Arca dian Garden. . This is most unusual act ever intro duced on the Coast, and will far sur pass any and all features of its kind in the world. The famous Apache dance will be given on skates. V- . " . , , v y ( S V': . Rplltpvv i . py ''" i J IX Every Saturday Night Will Be Carnival Night Grand Opera Singer Wr 1mo a pica no d to iDOunif for M o d r y proKramm the npprar ftnc of Mmr. Florrnre Kokrnhoft, It u i tt n I a n 1m h l ezxo Hoprii no. It of Drnmark 4rnnd Opera 4 ompanj. AImo Morrn, Tenor. 11 ItH aU t-P REYNOLDS. VLttt Agr i'l-fu W. H. DALY IS SPEAKER GAKBVOK PLAXS MISCISSEU CIVIC LKAGIK LUNCHEON. AT Callectlon at Public Gxpeute Declared Only Solution to Insure Proper Regulation. Will H. L)aly, Commissioner of Pub lic Utilities, in discussing at the Civic League luncheon at the Multnomah yesterday the issues that are to come before the voters in the election in June, expressed himself as favoring the collection of the city's garbage at general expense. Unlike the municipal water service or a municipal lighting service, it Is something that cannot bo left to the option of the individual citizen, in the opinion of Mr. Ialy, and it is something that is vitally connected with the pub lic health. . "You can turn off a man's water if he doesn't pay his fees," said Mr. Daly, "but under a system of garbage col lection based on a similar method, when you stopped collecting the garbage if the fees were not paid the garbage would become a menace to the public health. It is something that must be attended to. Irrespective of the attitude of the individual householders, and hence something that can bo effec tively handled only at the general ex pense of the city." Mr. Daly said that not more than 50 per cent of the garbage is collected at the present time, and urged the neces sity of a system that will insure com plete collection and disposal in the in terest of public health. In discussing other issues he ex pressed himself as favorable to the Bancroft bonding act amendment, and to the plan of reinstating suspended citv employes in the order of seniority instead of the order at the time they were suspended. II. B. Torrey, of Reed College, was chairman of the day and J. F. Kerchen was the only other speaker besides Commissioner Daly. SPOKANE MAN IS CHOSEN J. M. l-'itzpatrick Klectcd Fresideut of "L'nitcd Metal Trades. J. M. Fitzpatrick, of the Union Iron Works, of Spokane, was elected presi dent of the United Metal Trades at the ninth annual convention held at the Commercial Club building in Portland yesterday. Other officers were named as fol lows: First vice-president, Eugene Roberts, of the Puget Sound Iron & Steel Works, of Tacoma; second Vice president. A. M. Clark, of the Columbia Steel Company, of Portland; third vice president, Eric Johnson, of the Seattle Machine Company; treasurer. William lrior, of the Oregon Brass Works, of Portland. The visiting delegates were guests of the Portland shopowners at lunch eon and in the afternoon they were guests of John B. Yeon, county roafl- liiifik prtiand ! Wmmm Bids You Welcome ''tTsH'-lit?"u The 8rreat balconies- overlooking tho jfkiX "f 'JM f 4 ! j" j courtyard are now open to the soft To tJ- C&r i2ivr"!y airs r Prl""- A multitude of easy 1 ,'S ti- ,5irt1'JfJ' chairs invite you to linger here in 1 ',l!r??t!!r!"lT Ml supreme comfort. J anaassMa-aggJli'''' This evening from five-thirty to elgh t I 0l wo will serve a sumptuous I , TABI.B D'HOTH lINNEIt f M AT l TUB l'LA'I't:, I Service in the Grill Continues I to 1 A. 2Vf. I 1 The Orchestra Will Play in the Lobby During f f S ik. tha Evening. J f KlB FUSa. 0l:- BB"' M'"W"X!iU-,H fSaBBg'U 'gJ-vfcsia- iT rjcv-fir.'iLr.r.-H'v master, in a trip over the Columbia Highway. They were Mr. Yeon's guests at a dinner afterward at the Automo bile Club. Among the 60 delegates were repre sentatives from Vancouver. B. C, Se attle. Tacoma, Spokane, Portland and Kverett. GRACE APARTMENTS SOLD i . Norllirup-Strcct Property Brings Consideration of $35,000. The Grace Apartments, at the north east corner of Twenty-fourth and Northrup street, were sold yesterday for a consideration of 935.000. the prop erty being bo ight from Mrs. Ada If. Simpson by Frank Malmquist. Mrs. Simpson accepted as part payment a building located at Tenth and Clay streets. ' ' , Mrs. Simpson was represented in the negotiations by F. E. Taylor Company and Mr. Malmquist by W. S. Pauleen. The Grace Apartments Is considered one of tho finest properties of its char acter in the city. this city, made an assignment yester day to the adjustment bureau of the Portland Association of Credit Men for the benefit of Its creditors. Liabili ties may amount to $125,000, it is said, while the amount of assets had not ben asrrrtstnrrt yetrdrv. California Hotels Mail Order I'irui Liabilities Large, Rice & Phelan, a mail order firm of REED COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN AWARDED SCHOL ARSHIPS IN COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK. ' v ' ' 7 -Glen It. Johnson and Howard D. Barlow, members of tho senior class at Reed College, have been awarded scholarships in Columbia University, New York, and will take up courses of study there next September. Johnson has won a scholarship In the department of sociology, while Barlow was awardt-d the Richard Butler scholarship open to all college or university graduates born in the State of Ohio. Barlow will take work In the department of music. Mr. Johnson has done considerable research work and has published results on three of tho problems on which he has worked. Mr. Barlow entered Reed from the University of Colorado, where he did the work of the freshman year. He baa been, director of the college chorus and of the First Methodist choir. San Francisco GEARY AT TAYLOR Bellevue Hotel 10 minutes to Exposition without transfer. Built of concreto and steel. Private bath to every room. First class in every detail. H. W. Wll.l.h, Manaa-rr. (Member of Offl.-ll Kxposltlun Hotel Bureau.) San Francisco Hotel Sutter The leading flrnl-clB.s hotel of San Francisco which has not raised its rates. Rooms, from 1.,0 per day up. Direct carline to exposition. Send for booklet and room chart showing prices of every room. on r.oi ATRfO PHESCHIPTIOJIS! UPKCIF-IC", TitrruKATK.s, PaXLbTsi A HOMKOPVTIIIO PHtltMACT IN CHAI1GU OK A TIMIbD HOMtO PU.tHHAtlST. kUU KOIt CATALOtiVii WOODARD, CLARKE & CO. VtM4-Urk HUs, sUer Mrrrt at rmt Park. Pnrtiann. Uz. Eaitire New ManagemciaV Ncwry decorated and ia t'orished Juroughout. Bataii l.00 per Day ndn Yah B.tb .2.00 as a