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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (July 25, 1915)
THE SUNDAY OREGON! AN. PORTLAND, JULY 2.", 1913. -11 AVIATION SCHOO L IS WANTED HERE Chamber of Commerce Making Efforts to Interest War Department in Subject. INVESTIGATORS TO BE HERE Presence of Senator Chamberlain vs Chairman of Committee on Military Affairs Urged by Cbamter Committeemen. If it is possible to secure the pro posed Army aviation school for Port 'land, the Chamber of Commerce in tends to neglect no opportunity to get it. The commission of Army officers de tailed by the War Department to In spect the various available sites will be here Monday morning. Officials of the Chamber will acquaint them with all the conditions that make Portland desirable as the proposed aviation base. Within the last few weeks agents of the Chamber have secured options on seven sites in the neighborhood of Portland and will offer them to the Government at cost. All these sites have frontage on deep water, which is one of the essential requirements. Most of them are along: the Columbia. One or two are on the Willamette within a few miles of Portland. An other fronts on the Pacific Ocean. Members' of the commission are Cap tain R. C. Marshall and Colonel Samuel Reber. They already have Inspected sites in California, and it is reported that a place near San Diego has been tentatively selected. Nevertheless, of ficials of the Chamber of Commerce propose to impress them, if possible, with the superior advantages of the Portland territory. Senator Chamberlain Detained. It was expected that Senator Cham berlain, who is chairman of the military affairs committee in the Senate, would be here when the officers arrived, but he advised the Chamber from Rot Lake, Or., yesterday that engagements in Eastern Oregon would prevent his being present. Officials of the Chamber are confi dent that Senator Chamberlain's pres ence, on account of his high position, would do much to Impress the officers with Portland's claims and advantages. They were hopeful last night, after telephonic conversation with the Sen ator, that he might yet find it con venient to be here on Monday. Conditions in Southern California are held by some Army authorities to be too nearly ideal to give the men the training which will be of most value In case of war. The purpose is to establish a school in a location where the aviator will have all manner of climatic conditions to deal with and will be given the practical training which will make him effective in aerial service wherever he may be called and under any condition. 1' aroma Sltea to Be Viewed. The commission of the Government will go on from Portland to investi gate sites proposed near Tacoma. and the desire of the Portland Chamber is to present as strong a case as possible to theArmy men while they are here. The commission has asked the Chamber to furnish options on a number of suitable sites. The seven secured are all at reasonable terms. Every one of them is situated at points where con ditions are favorable for hydro-aeroplane experiments. Should a foreign enemy attack the Pacific Coast of the United States, it is pointed out that the center would be somewhere along the Oregon -or Washington coast. Troops would never be landed in the vicinity of the deserts to the east of California, it is said Troops would push inland through the country where subsistence might be ex pected. That means along the Colum fcia River. If there is to be an aviation station out here where practical problems are to be solved, the Chamber believes it should be near Portland. DAHLIA SHOW PLANNED WARNING GIVEN' AGAINST ALLOW. ING PLANTS TO BLOOM EARLY. B. W. Gill Comments on Activity of Pest and Tells of Best Methods for Elimination. THREE ACRES AND ONIONS MAKE FAMILY WEALTHY Edward Ziniker Purchased Marriage License on Credit and Now Owns $4000 Country Home and $10,000 Town Huse. ' Pi fV I I fcj4 ,1 I f 5Sj3V"f " r rmr V merest I " ' . i 2) aS, 1 ' of r- " ft- .'.X?.' '-" ..i-'A--. .: . .vr- fcJWf? a :.;, UGENE, Or., July 24. (Special.) loam, without too much sand 'and with Preparations are beinjj made for the National Dahlia Show which will be held in Portland September 23, 24 and 25. The premium list will be ready, for publication soon and will cover all types of dahlias, with entries for ama teur, juvenile and professional grow ers. Other flowers will have consid eration at the show for prizes are of fered on gladioluses, asters and many other annuals and perennials that bloom during the Fall. R. W. Gill, secretary and show mn acer. calls attention to insect pests that are troubling the dahlia this Summer. "Black aphis are plentiful." he said, "and they can best be destroyed by spraying with 'liquid nicotine diluted into warm water with a little savon roap added. This preparation can be procured at the sed stores with full directions for applying It.' "The- thrip, a minute brown insect, hardly visible to the eye, is also prev alent and the same spray will destroy them.. Care should be taken to spray the tinder side of the leaves as well as the top: If sprayed once In two weeks until the Fall rains start all insects can be kept in control. "Many dahlias about the city are blooming quite profusely s now, and here lies a danger to those who wish the finest blooms in the Fall. Most of the buds should now be cut off so that the plant may fully develop for the Fall season. Too much bloom now will tend to ripen the plants and diminish the blbom later. Cutting; the buds off now tends to produce new growth making the plant grow into a strong healthy bush. - "It Is best to hold back the blooms this way until about August 15 and" then let them begin blooming." Membership may be obtained In the National Dahlia Society by applying to It. W. Oill, Portland. Or., Route 1. This money is used to help defray the ex 'pense of the show. 1 A homely vegetable did it alt Dnions and a' knowledge of how' to grow them have bought a 320-acre farm, raised 10 fine children, put swaj a bank account and built a MOOOcoun-, try house and a $10,000 town house. This didn't happen in any mythical Graustark country, but in Lane County, six miles south of Kugene, at the base of Spencer's 'Butte. Twenty-six years ago a boy came over from Switzerland and made his way Into Lane County. Twenty-five years ago this boy, then 20 years of age. bought a marriage license on Credit, or, what amounts to the same thing, borrowed money to buy it with, and went to the villagepf Creswell to iet married. The boy's name was Ed ward Ziniker. The girl's name was Emma Reugger.. As a usual thing sweethearts are not overly fond of onions. Not so these sweethearts. Ed ward Ziniker and his young wife, with no money in the world, moved to the base of Spencer's Butte and went to work raising onions. "I worked hard those first years." said Mr. Ziniker. "I had no money to buy horses or tools with. I did every thing myself in the hardest way." Acres Bought on Credit. After a while he bought 50 acres, like his marriage license, on credit. Two acres he planted to prunes. Three acres he planted to onions. On these five acres he concentrated his efforts. During the many years that he has been at the business Mr. Ziniker hasr raised on that three-acre tract at Skin ner's Butte 1,500,000 pounds of onions. He has usually received about a cent and a half a pound f or them. Approxi mately he has grown $25,000 worth of onions. This year he has three acres and a half. He expects a yield of 50 tons. This is the average annua yield. They will bring in about $1500. For many years the onion money has gone into a rainy day fund. His prunes and incidental crops have made - him and his family a living and kept -up expenses. He banks rather heavily on prunes and, next to onions, they, are closest to his heart. For nine succes sive years his two acres of prunes bore heavily without a single failure and made him a lot of money. So much profit did these two acres yield that he has planted six more, which will soon be bearing. - . ' i Inteusincatlon la Success. Speakinar of the Spencer Butte coun try, Mr. Ziniker said: "You'd hardly expect a man to make more than a ltv ing there. It's hard to do that rais ing general crops. I have made every thing I vp got by cultivating Just a few acres." Intensively and lbyally Mr. Ziniker has stuck to his two specialties prunes and onions. An instance will illustrate his attitude. Two years ago he won first prize for onions at the State Fair. The prize was a thorough--bred Poland China pig. Mr. Ziniker wrote up to the officials saying that he wasn't in. the hog (business and sug gesting that the pig be sold and his reward be given in cash. 1 - The variety of onion mostly raised by Mr. Ziniker Is the Oregon Yellow Tan. The best soil, he says, is a black lots of humus. The house on the farm was designed by him and built entirely by him and his sons. "I didn't spend a dollar for labor." he says. House Built by Family." - The new house' In town' was also de signed by Mr. Ziniker, though the plans were technically Xlrawn" and mod ified by a Eugene architect. It Is one of the best residences in Kugene'ano stands in the College Crest Addition. When completed it will cost -i. about $10,000. Ordinarily it vould have cost much more, but Mr.' Ziniker and'bia sons have done most of the work them selves. One son wired the house, an other supervised the concrete work and all did the carpentry work. When he was a boy it was Mr. Zlnlker's am bition to become a cabinetmaker and his love and ability for coiytruction Is tins early emoiuon cropping out The house is unique and ingenious in its architecture. Every bedroorn. Is a corner" room with five windows. No space is wasted. The house has three stories and a basement. - One attractive feature rs a balcony on the second story around the chimney over the- living-room. The house has a wide area of porch and contains 1 rooms. "I have to have A big house." said MV: Ziniker. "I have a big family." So he has. Ten children, five boys and five girls. ' The oldest is a Boy. 23t the youngest a girl, 6.- Mr. Ziniker has moved his family to town so his chil dren will have better educational- op portunities. . - . The older boys will look 'after' the farm, which now consists of 320 acres, the original 50 having long since been paid for and added to. Mr. Ziniker will devote his time to the two acres of black onion land which he has at his town house in Eugene. - "I expect these two acres to make me a living." he Said. - ' - , i Mr. Ziniker Is only 45 years old and has no intention of forsaking the onioc for some time yet. ' .' t GREAT PRICE SLi ASHING! In Furniture Carpets Rugs Draperies Etc. July i alwy & backward month in. this line of business. This year-it has been very quiet, unusually so. Our pol--icy is not to carry over goods from one season to tha other, so orders have been issued ' to each .department to .. close out all surplus stock, throwing- profits to the wind. Read below, some of the very tempting offers made. -These are only a few of the hundreds of articles in our store that have been unmercifully cut. All standard goods, but we must have room and must keep our help employed. If ;ou don't see what you want in this list, it is in ; stock and reduced In same proportion. So come along and save enough on your purchase to pay for a Summer outing. Dress ers Re duced One-Half $23.00 Solid Mahogany, 45-inch base, dustproof drawer bottoms 24x30. oval or pattern French plate -"'glass mirror. ' . $33.00 Golden Oak, straight line, quarter ". sawed, rubbed and dull finish $36.00 Colonial, scroll pattern, French bevelled plate glass mirror. .' $32.50 Circassian Walnut, Arts andCrafts pattern. .;. r. $13.65 $16.50 $18.85 $18.95 - $40.00 v Scroll, 20x36 French plate glass JOQ-,ir ' mirror. . . . . . . ......... u)a3VJU $55.00 Circassian Walnut, beautifully grained Q f OC Colonial-pattern, 28x34 .French plate mirror pa5-aCO Drapery Department New arrivals of Art Cretonnes and Sunfast Draperies, in & beautiful selection of colors, worthy your inspection. Fancy Curtain Nets in white and ecru, 50 inches wide. Regular price 50c, special ; . . : 35 Regular price 75c, special... 48d Regular price $1.00, -special. . . . . . . .' .. . .f5 Regular price $1.50, special. ,.'.?... .05 A Range of Merit The Jenning Speciafr Gss Range easily holds its owrf with any of the' mnre advertised Gss Ranges. There's "a reason. - It is equipped with elevated oven, fitted with broiler, having four cooking burn ers and one eifnmer burner. Exactly as shown in illustration. Mission type, fully guaranteed, connecting free of charge. Regular $25.00, special $14.K.". Refrigerators ,1'on can now save "big- mo'uey if you buy one of our 'celebrated rc f rltferatora. Tha Summer 'has Just started, yet wa are maklnx tre mendous pripe reductions nthl. cellent lin. van we won't carry any over fantU next year. Take advan 4ase of. this unusual offer. '""Of I f 1 'I Carpets, Rugs ' y Second Floor . Woolen Velvet Rugs, 9x12, Oriental' and floral, designs, durable, sightly .' and very smart ; reduced from $25.00 to ...S1G.75 Grass Rugs,' introducing the famous Crex products. Crex was the originator of these Rugs. We have them 9x12, regular $10.50, spe- 8x10, -regular. $9.00, spe ci&l 5C5'35 6x9, regular $5.00, spe cial .83.75 4-6x7-6, regular $3.50, spe cial .,..82.75 Aerolixx Porch Shades, a Luxury. Reduced The cold', backward season mikta It imperative that the prlce-outtlnic la thla department must ao the limit. Hence, tomorrow Aerolux. thw Porrta Shade hat will outlaat any vhnde. may be Ui-chaBrd at practically your awn viice. Qlaace at these reduction: A--xt ft. ""long Tea-ular 13.50. . u.w g x? ft. lonpr. regular f3.73 fly lonK. regular M. 50. .Sa.10 lOxT ft. C loin;, regular J T.iO . .".. Dining-Room Furniture, Second and Morrison $15.00 Solid Oak Extension Table, golden j Aak fiiliah. i7.inrh Inn - . .fill A". H - -. , r - w $24.00 Quarter-Sawed Oak, golden oak ' finish, 45-inch top, 6-foot extension $18.30 $19.00 Solid Oak. 6-foot extension. 45-inch ' - I' top, with ootagon pedestal, fumed oak finish at .. ., . : 913.75 .1 $40.00 bohd tuarter-bawed uak, massive i . O l i O J1- A. t t 0 pcuesuiii fO'incn lup, o-ioui Mcaniun .... -t.if $18.50 Solid Oak Buffet, handsome French beveled plate glass mirror. Large linen drawer and lined silver drawer $12.45 1) One-third off. - Many designs to select from $30.00 Quarter-Sawed Oak Buffet, plank top. beautiful and original design S11J) $45.00 Solid Quarter-Sawed Oak, very 'large bae and French beveled plate glass.$24.K. $2.50 Solid Oak Chair $1.73 $4.00 Quarter-Sawed Oak Box Seat Chair, completely upholstered in genuine leather. .$2.73 $30 Quarter-Sawed Oak Chair, full box - seat, golden wax finish $1.05 $6.00 Quarter-Sawed Oak, Colonial design, entire seat covered with genuine leather. . .$4. 113 Odd Dining-Room Chairs, one to six of a pattern. Oenry JilT Jenning & Sons Fifth and Washington "The Home of Good Furniture 1W0 STOUS Second and Morrison ST. JOHNS TO BE ASSESSED Grecly-Street' - Extension Will . Cost Xearlj-"50O,000 Nearly all of St. Johns la to be In cluded in the general district to be assessed for the cost of extending Greely street, south from Killings worth avenue to Delay street along the crest of the east bank of the Willamette River. Proceedinas for the extension with St. Johns included in the assessment district were filed with the City Council yesterday by Com missioner Dieck. The project, which -has been under contemplation for -several years -past. Involves an expenditure of nearly $500. 000. Of this amount close to $400,000 will be for the pavlni of the roadway Jl eet in width. "The project involves a number of deep tills and cuts. Prop erty valued at-ri0.000 will be, taken, while property valued at aliout JjO.000 will re-ert to -property owners, thus making the net- property cost about IfiO.000. - Xw Pastor to Be Installed. -' Rev. Wilhelm Pettersen. the new pastor of the Norwegian Lutheran Church at Fourteenth and Davis streets, will be installed this mornlns; at the 11 o'clock service. Mr. Petter son came to this city from Portland, Mo. He was for 21 years professor of history and literature at Augsburg Seminary, Minneapolis. I' PASTOR SEVERS TIES TO TAKE PRESIDENCY OF MONTANA J . COLLEGE. ' . - . .! t av wr""- - -'iwa t ---W r- ! I ALBINA RELIC GONE Tiny Early-Day Jail of Former City Is Torn Away. DISORDERS ARE RECALLED Clilneac Banished and Murder Com pany FVrmed, bpt Broken 1"p on Klectlon of -Mayor, 'Wlio -Applies Fearless Hand. First Row. Left to Rlaht Frank J. Miller, of the Ore ton TabHo Serv ice Commissions William Fortralller, Or. K. H. Geoel brack . An row t'rooka, H. M- Palntr. Second How Ceoraxo H. Crowoll. J. V. F.MI on, Charles H. Cnalek, Homer Dairl. Third Btw On. K. G. Frank lin, Dean ot Alaaar Collecel H. M. Crook, President or Albany Colleiret Fred Fortmlller. Lnlln M. Falmor. Dr. Oeaelbraeht la . Moderator of the Board and William Fortmlller Clerk. - . A LB A NT. Or.. July 24. (Special.) After serving-' seven years as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of this city. Rev. Kranktln H. Geselbracht will leave Albany July 31 to become president of the Col lege of Montana, at Deer Lodge. - During his pastorate here the First Presbyterian Church has added more than S00 new members and has erected a new atone church at a cost of $4S,000. With the destruction of the little Jail building standing at the rear end of a lot which faces Harding street between Goldsmith ana nauroa streets, now oeins " - will .pass the . last relic of . the old Albina city g-overnment. The O.-W. R & N. Company, owns nearly tha entire block and. has its main line running1 through thislook in such a way that the old Jail obstructed the view of the locomotive engineers, and the company petitioned to have it wrecked, and thla was completed yesterday. -Albina was Incorporated nearly 30 years ago. the articles of Incorporation having been prepared by Tom Plttlnger and his brother, J. M. Plttlnger. and passed through the Legialatura by the former. John i-. Steffen, the present superintendent of Station B. on Rusaell street and l.'nton avenue, was the first Mayor, of the city that was to rival Portland, but which was swallowed up bv the city n the 'west side. .-John Hughes wm recorder and police judge. Need o Jail Soon Apparent. ' Karly in the history of the-Albina city . government It was found neces sary to acquire this small lot and erect a jail of modest proportions. Marshal Mike Curtln reported to the Albina Coomvil that th temporary jail would not "hold water." and the erection of the 'little jail was -ordered. It was buirt.of 2-by-t scantling bolted to gether? as the man who pulled It -down (in testify. H was occupied princi pally by tramps and -tiranae. At the time AlOkna was nicorporaica it was a gathering plsre for disorderly persons and was headquarters of the movement to drive out Mhe" -Chinese from Portland, and rrearly every China man In Albina was' rounded -up one night and taken across the ferrv to the west side and told not t.o return on pain of death. There were railroad man, men-dynamlters and others in Ik. .iti(rn. Nearly every -man of the better class1 went armed at night. Klectlon Wis WIUi, liaod Clarara. T H. Rtetfen was Mayor three months when the regular cHy election wae held, the first under the charter. . Major ' M Hill was 'the candidate of the "!aw an d order party" and ho was op nosed by Steffen. J. W. Hoggs, master mechanic of the rarshops, whs also candidate for Mayor. Mr. Hill was elected. StefTen's defeat was attributed m ih f.c-t that unfortunately he sent out a lot of "sinkers" to the boys. while Major Hill supplied nrst-ciass cigar.- That broke he back of one of the agitators, for Major-Hill was a determined man and fearless. In tho early days hot meetings were held in TivolikUsll. and addressed by an agitator oy me nnm ui v Major Hill died several years ago. He described a meeting held in the Ttvoli Hall as follows: "Well I remember the last meeting I attended In the Tivoll Hall. It- was full of tn.Ty, excited men, who only needed a torch to set them on Arc. Cronln. an agitator, delivered a fiery address, full of incendiary suggestions. r - He proposed that a company of 100 men be organised for the purpose of assassination. These 100 man were to be divided Into groups. of seven, and when It was decided to put a man oat of the way lota would be drawn to decide which squad should do the work. Cronln also counseled that the separa bly should buy a lot ot 'calico mean ing dynamite. tagry A ad lea ce Kneed. "Dr. J. J. Fisher was sitting near me. I waited till Cronln was through with lis address. I carried a 'bull dog' in my pocket, and arose snJ- fsced an angry audience. 1 denounced Cro nln as an agitator, a scoundrel aady traitor, who ought to be serving time In the penitentiary. I urged the peo ple not to follow Cronln In such deeds of violence. Cronin was sitting within a few feet of me. but did not Interrupt me. Dr. Fisher also arose and ad dressed the crowd. Then he and I left the meeting. "It may be said that the plan pro posed by Cronin was carried out.- an assassination assembly was formed, and arms were secured from Astoria, but we learned of it and Intercepted the arms. We cleaned out the agitators and went to work to build a city. We tore down the hills and built streets in every direction. As a city we didn't last long, but we made things hum while wo were a corporation." After consolidation ex-Mayor John H. Steffen was appointed a member of the fire commission and was active in that capacity for a number of years. BEM1R.nU.Efl SAFE Wife of. Missionary, Now in Persia, Tells of Horrors. FLAG PROTECTS REFUGEES R0TARIANS DUE TOMORROW Portland Club Will Entertain Kast- crncrs Passing Tlirouyh City. Plans are under way for the en'er tainment of 100 Rotarians and their wives, who are returning from tho Na tional Rotary Club convention at San Francisco. Their special train, whlcb will arrive here tomorrow at 4 V. . M.. Is bound for New York. Philadelphia. Boston and Detroit. They will be met by a local delegation ot the club at Salenr and taken about Portland in automobiles and also for a trip on the Columbia ' Itlver Highway. Tljey will dine at Chanticleer and return to Portland in time to leave at 11 o'clock at night. Uurlnc their ab sence in the afternoon the Rotary Roses will decorate their trsln and leave U well supplied with fruit and flowers. Thomas J. Swivel In chairman of the entertainment committee. rortlaml Minister Typhoid Victim, but Ilecovere Christiana Arc . llescucd and Fted and Iead - of Ileae It each Hundreds. Net-i of Rev. E. T. Allen and Mrs. Allen, missionaries in Ururaia. Persia, who were reported killed by the fana tical Kurds upon the evacuation of Urumia by the Russians January S, 1915. ha come to Portland from Mrs. Allen.. Mr. and Mrs. Allen have been stationed In Persia as missionaries ot tha .Preabyterian Church since Mil. Rev. Mr. Allen was at one time as sistant pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, when Dr. Hill was the pastor, and authentic news of Ms safety comes as a relief to , his many Portland friends. A letter from Mrs. Allen recently was received by Mrs. J. S. Bradley, of the board of foreign missions of the First Presbyterian Church, in which she tells of some of. the horrors attendant upon the evacuation of the Persian city By the Russians. American Flag aTea Christiana. Writing" from Urumia under date of Mav 25. Mrs. Allen said: "Ever since the Kurdish raid our Christian popula tlon liaa lived in fear and misery. But not until wa experienced the horror of the -evaouetlon of Irumla by the Ku slans on Saturday, January S, and all that was meant by being at the mercy of the ratrattcal Mohammedans, did we realise, it all.- ' "The.Chrltlan from tho villages in tho route ff the withdrawing army, as many as -"could possibly follow, went with the hord, and of their trlala and r - r LAST RELIC OF ALBINA CITY GOVERNMENT IS DESTROYED i- y "V'l- 1 ;. ' : r Slew's it- hardships and destinations you have probably heard more tJian e. Wo learn tliat the soldiers were nmt kind and that the Russian government did much for their comfort and welfare. "But what happened to Hioks left be hind it is impossible to make even a beginning of the story. We knijw tnt. tliat but for the presence ot "Old Glory" floating from ea. h of the gates and from adjacent property that we were compelled to take hold for shel tering the refugee, not owe Christian would have remained: all would havo perished by the sword or made to em brace Islam." . 1 :,0X Seek Mtaaionary'a Help. Mrs. Allen then relates Urn manner In which the-off ugees flocked to the city compound. Twelve thoiigund or more women, men and children were taken care ot on a few acres and with out a cent provided for their relief. The city compound, enclosing a boy' and girls' school, a seminary, a hospital and number of smaller buildings, was too small for the thousands thnt . swarmed Its grounds. Iespite all ef forts to prevent It. typhus and typhoid fever, measles and scarlet fever broke out and hundreds died." Mrs. Alien also writes thst her hus band was attacked lv tphold fever. but was improving rapidly. Despite tho kerolc work of Mr. and Mrs. Allen and their associates in irumia. the refugees still die of epidemics that the authori ties are unable to check. People Yet Are Starving. "Of the suffering and sorrow, of the wrecked homes, houses and fortunes. I cannot even think. Rut we have given and done and still the people are starv ing and suffering before our very eyes. Rev. Mr. Allen and Mrs. Allen have a son. alace. who is attending scnooi at Tabrix. and front, whom the last word was received December I'l, 1914, according to Mrs. Allen's letter. Rev. Mr. Allen was sent first to Per sia in 1H91. bis wife going there three years later. I.atrr he returned to this country and lived in Portland a num ber of years, where he was assistant to Dr. Hill, of the First Presbyterian Church. From Portland Rev. and Mrs. Allen were eatloned at Irrlgon. Or., for a while, and from there they went to Chicago. In 1H11 they were returned to Persia, where they have been since. Upon the receipt of the news that Mr. and Mrs. Allen were In distress, tho Board of Forelan Missions of tho Federated Presbyterian Churches of the United States cabled lie.000 to him for Immediate relief, and the total amount that has been sent for the relief of the refugees will approximate $30.ooo. CITY TO ASK PARK TRACT Land Adjoining Old Poor Farm Is Soitglit rrom Ciinnl). The City Council will ask the Pcat-d of County Commissioners to make tho city a present of 2C acres of around on the old county poor frfrm tract west of the city for park purposes. A reso lution memorialising the county t give the property to the city has been prepsred by Commissioner Dleck and will be considered by the Council on Wednesday. Use of the tract was given up by tho county In IJ10, when the new county home wss established near Troutdale. The purchaser, after- pay ing 3&.0"0. defaulted In payment of th balance t 119.t'i'i'. and tho ground went back to the coonty. nill.DINW THAT DID DCTV A JAII. YKAR AGO, CAItn OF T1IAXH. We bh to extend our sincere and heartfelt thanks to our friends for their kindness and smpathy during the sickness, death and burial of a lov. ing wife and mothor. Martha J. Thomas. Also for tho many beautiful floral 'tri butes, and especially so for tho floral remembrance from Esther Chapter, No. li. o. i:. s. JOHN TlfOMXH fntishantt). MRS. MAUDE WILLIAMS daughter). T. V C.1I., JOHN R. AND Adv. j AM US D. THOMAS tbou).