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16 TIIE SUNDAY OREGOmN, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 12, 1D15. "FATHER" Ftll'S ' FUNERAL MONDAY Last Rites for Missionary , to Be Said at Centenary 1 Methodist Church. EARLY DAYS RECOUNTED ?foar to I be Approach of Present torri&on-Street Bridge Circuit ; Kider Attempts to Swim With Ilor&e Swept Off Back. Father" John Flinn, who died early yesterday morning- at the age of 98 . years, and whose funeral will be held . Ht 2 o'clock Monday afternoon from the Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church, arranged for the first religious meet ing ever held In Portland. lie came to Oregon in 1850 as a missionary, and was a circuit rider for 0 years. At the occasion of the first religious ervices to be held in this city, Father" Flinn came to Portland from Oregon City. He came on horseback on the East Side of the river. At a ' point near what is now the approach . to the .Morrison street bridge, he guided Itis horse Into the stream and started to swim across Owing to the high water the young missionary was swept from the back of his steed and was obliged to swim for his life. Portland at that time consisted of a mall group of log cabins. After can vassing the village, "Father" Flinn called a meeting In a carpenter shop ! on what is now Front Btreet. and there held the first religious service In the 'town, which was attended by nearly all of the residents of the settlement. "Father" Flinn Greatly Loved. Tall, silver-haired, indefatigable. "Father" Flinn was a figure never to be forgotten by the early residents of Oregon. Ho was a man, every inch, and as greatly loved for his sturdy, manly qualities as the spiritual comfort and advice that he could give. As a circuit rider, "Father" Flinn was minister, teacher and physician to all In his district. Death, sickness and marriage called him to distant parts of the state, but his physical powers of endurance seemed unlimited. Often Jils missions were for Indians as well as white settlers. "Father" Flinn was born in Queen's County, Ireland, March 26, 1817, the third of a family of eight children. His father was a farmer and the boy liad to pass much of his time at work, lmt he attended school in Queen's County and later went to the high school conducted by the Friends. After his schooling three years were devoted to an apprenticeship for a largo dry goods firm. At the age of 23 he left liia home for the new country. Trip Made to America at 23. After a short time in New York he went to St. John's. New Brunswick, and it was in New Brunswick that he made his characteristic entry Into the ministry. ile was asked to take the place of a Methodist pastor who was ill at Andrews and without prepar ation drove off in a large sleigh to srtLak to a congregation of well-educated people. He preached there all that "Winter, returned to business and then bac"k to the ministry, preaching In Portland, Me. In the Spring of '49, "Father" Flinn volunteered to come to Oregon as a missionary and started for this- state by way of the Isthmus. When he readied Astoria after a 30-day trip lie found such a great crowd of miners with htm that there were no hotel ac commodations and Father Flinn passed his first night in Oreson beneath a table In a hotel room. His early sermons were preached on the site of the Taylor-Street Methodist 4hureh, the Rev. James 1-1. "Wilbur preaching in the morning and "Father" Flinn at night. He was soon ap pointed to the Yamhill circuit, which Included the counties of Yamhill, Polk and .Multnomah, and over which he made his way regularly, usually on horseback but ofttimes on foot through snow and rain. Circuit Changed Often. His circuit was changed every four or five years, so that he had been cir-cult-rlder from "WalLa "Walla to Jack sonville. From miles around people came to his modest services. Six years after the arrival of "Father" Flinn in Oregon he married Miss Mary K. Royal, a native of Illi nois, who Had come to this state three years before. She was the daughter of the Rev. "William Royal, the builder of the first Methodist church on the Fast Side. Death occurred at the home of "Father" Flinn, 719 Hancock street. The minister leaves his wife and six children, Mrs. Arthur R. Harris. Mrs. Oeorge F. Rodman, Mrs. James Kent, and Miss Klizaheth Flinn. all of Port land; TV. R. Flinn. of The Dalles, and John I. Flinn. of Vancouver, B. C. PERSONALMENTION. P. C. Lee, of Dallas, is at the Per kins. A. A. Heist, or Salem, is at the Per kins. Mr. and Mrs. Charles 1. Dever, of T'JOre than S10' .trp;iniji ot the ihextar. n-kere lasiliBht niiwi-iii. oucwu -j & PIONEER METHODIST CLERGYMAN AND CIRCUIT RIDER IN ORE GON FOR FIFTY YEARS WHO DIED YESTERDAY. V-" -"WE" Willi lfs r ri ' " k fi . . K f7- - X, f f'Tf f r -;j Winfield, Kan., are registered at the Oregon. M. Eunller, of St. Helens, is at the Baton. C. E. Bunn, of Riley, Or., is at the Eaton. W. A. Schmidt, of Hlllsboro, is at the Oregon. J. W. Stark, of Eugene, Perkins. A. McPhaden, of Seattle, Oregon. E. I... Lowe, of Astoria, Perkins. Mark Savage, of Salem, is at the is at the is at the is at the Seward. V. B. Watte, of Sutherlin, is at the Imperial. W. G. Fletcher, of Boise, is at the Imperial. J. V. Howard, of Cleveland, is at the Multnomah. Ir. A. E. Tamesie, of Pendleton, is at the Seward, William A. Weidncr, of Carlton, is at the Cornelius. r. M. Dunning, of Auburn, N, Y., is at the Portland. J. C. Blythc. of San Francisco, is at the Multnomah, Frank Patton, an Astoria banker, is at the imperial. . Mrs. G. Li. Baker, of McMinnville, Or., is at the Katon. A. O. Hunter is at the Portland, reg istered from Bend.- J. H. Scott is at the Portland from Ketchikan, Alaska. Dr. and Mrs. F. R. Davis, of Rainier, are at the Imperial. J. W. liannus is registered at the Oregon from Eugene. Mr. and Mrs. CV H. Jones, of Medford, are at the Cornelius. . . J. H. Symonds is registered at the Portland from Boston. Alfred C. Schmidt, a banker of Al bany, is at the Seward. Mrs. W. H. Malone is registered at the Cornelius from Corvallis. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Pierce, of Houston, Texas, are at the Xortonia. Mr. and Mrs. John G. Ruraney, of Detroit, are at the Multnomah. Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Dorman, of Le Roy, N. V., are at the Nortonia. Miss Cora Clausen, .of The Dalles, is registered at the Cornelius. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Miller and their daughter are at" the Multnomah, regis tering from Milwaukee. Homer Rogers, proprietor of Mount Hood Lodge near Hood River, is reg istered at the Nortonia. Mrs. J. H. Simpson, Mrs. C. C. Cathey, Miss Margaret Cathey and the Misse Lora and Gertie Taylor, all of 'Albany, drove yesterday to this city and reg istered at the Seward. CHICAGO, Sept. 11. (Special.) From Portland today registered at the Con gress was Mrs. Lowther Ferris; at the Auditorium, H. D. Langille. Japanese shipbuilding yards are full up vltti business nowaday . Boats to total tonnage of 160.0tK are now building. A ves sel quoted at $18,300 when sold before war broke out has charged hands at the price ot CARRIERS s v J e -: p s o carriers and thir helpers attended the pi cture wis Blm This is not the w as in law roruino naroor, ua enure carrying force inspected the snip Photograph by Gordon Stuart. !i SIGNS TO BE USED SAMPLES FOB STREETS I'lT UP BY" CITV OFFICIAL,. Xamcfl of Both Thoroughfares at Kaeh Intersection to Be Shown All I Throush BusincxY District. Complaints of tourists and others about the poor system of street signs In Portland's business district has brousht desired results. The city is to 2 ; Snmplen of ew Street SiKni, to Be Errrtrd ThrouKhout BumI nes Ulntrict of 1'ortland. have a revised and thoroughly modern system, with the present system en tirely banished. Municipal Trafl'ie Engineer Kirkpat rick completed yesterday the construc tion of the first samples of the new- I f i '-.It I i f 1 I WHO WERE GUESTS OF THE OREGOXIAN "WHO SAW "THE BIRTH 7 '177 ?t; i: : t 7 f tij: '77 7 r. 1-7-7 vr 7 -t PIASHLIUBT PHUTUGB.IPR OK BOYS JIST BEFORE E.TGRG THEATER. production of the "Birth of a Nation" a t the Heilig Friday cisht. as guests of the circulation department of The O first time the carriers have been -feted" by their circulation manager, for IS of the best of the carriers, by in system. They- were put on the corner of Fifth and Washington streets. The street sig-n indicates the streets In both directions on each side of the sign. Extending; out over the sidewalK on Fifth street la a sign parallel with Washington street reading. "W,shinr ton street." Over this Is a small sign reading- "Fifth street." Extending out over Washington street the arm of the Bign reads "Fifth street," with the smaller aiftn above reading "Washing ton street." The system Is entirely new, the nearest approach to It being some of the aliens in New York City. It Is proposed to put these signs throughout the business district. This will require about 176 of the arms. The samples put up yesterday are made of wood, artistically painted. The rest will be made of metal. They will be painted by the city's sign writer and will be of such nature that the paint cannot be cracked or broken off. The metal signs will be screwed into the metal- poles along- the streets, making the signs both permanent and attractive. Elks Shoot at Pigeons With Blank Ammunition Marksmanship Contest Is Flzale and Frank UenaeHeya Bland . A pears. EUGENE ' FARRELL and Larry "Walsh, prominent members of the Elks' Club, admitted that they were very fair trapshooters, but they differed as to which was the best. Each had, a record. "I'll bet you J25 that I can break more pigeons out of 25 than you can," offered ilr. Farrell when the argument waxed hot. "You're on." retorted Mr. Walsh. "We'll go out to Jenne Station and shoot It off." Brother Elks overheard the argument ar-d took a keen interest. Several of them went along when the pair, with their trusty shotguns in handsome leather casings.. and clad in the latest approved hunting clothes, boarded the car for Jenne Station. This was last Sunday. A clay pigeon flew vfrom the trap. Mr. Farrell coolly aimed and blazed away. The pigtfon sailed on unharmed, and volplaned to the earth. "Huh!" he ejaculated, blowing the smoke out of the barrell and squint ing through. Another pigeon sailed, and again he fired and the marker called "miss!" Shooter Geta Kerrotu. Several more misses, and Mr. Far rell became nervous. "It's the wind, I guess." he remarked, putting his finger In his mouth and hol-ding it up m the air to see which side got cool. "There's a pretty steady breeze." Mr. Walsh chuckled softly to him self. "You try it." snapped Mr. Farrell. lie tried it and missed. He missed several of them. "Air currents I guess. Dodgast it!" They were puzzled and they tried to figure it out. Each one took ten shots and then they gave it up in disgust. They hadn't even "dusted" one of the clay birds. Another Elk who came along and wno .seemed to be enjoying himBelf. took several shots and finally succeeded in breaking one of the clay pigeons to bits. He showed that it could be done. They came back to Portland in dis guest. They changed clothes and re paired to the club. In a dark corner of the parlor they settled in soft leather chairs and talked it over. A crowd gathered to hear the reason. The other Elks wanted to know about the $25 bet. "How did It come out? Who won?" "Oet out of here! This is a private conversation," snapped the trapshoot ers. Secret Is Eipoicd, Frank Hennessy passed by. "Couldn't touch a one, eh?" he in quired. "What's the matter,- your cvesight gone bad?" Mr. Walsh admitted that one of his eyes had been - bad ' ever since he got hit in the back of the bead with a baseball when he played in the Elks' team. "Well," remarked Mr. Hennessy, "1 never heard of anybody breaking any clay pigeons with blank cartridges!" He was holding the door open when he said it. and he was gone before the trapshooters could reply. They stiffened their backs, looked at one another, then arose and went out. "Sure, you did It!" protested the clerk at the ammunition store. "You called up yourself on the telephone and said to make 'em all blank." S-tate Representative Near. Injury. ROSEBURG, Or.. Sept-11. (Special.) O. H. Porter, state Representative from Douglas County, narrowly escaped serious injury last night when his automobile plunged into a telephone pole in .the business district. Mr. Porter was proceeding along the street when he "killed" his engine. Alighting from the car he cranked the engine with the result that it started ahead at considerable speed. After traveling a short distance it crashed into a tele phone pole and stopped. . It was with difficulty that Mr. Porter got out of the way of the car and escaped being run down. Th machine was badly damaged. Weiser's Harvest Kuir Planned. - WEISER, Idaho. Sept. 11. -f Special.) If Weiser's first Harvest Fair and Carnival, to be held on September 29-30 and October 1. fails to prove the splen did success anticipated, it will be no fault of the various committees who are working overtime completing .ar rangements. It'promises to be the tvg gest event yet staged in extreme South western Idaiio. Summed up briefly, it will be three whole days and nights of fun. feasting and frolic. as The uregonien a guests. ..... CUT OFFICIALS TO SLASH ESTIMATES With Discrepancy for 1915 and Liquor License Money Lost Serious Condition Faced. EMPLOYES IN FEAR OF AX All Special Appropriations Likely to Go Into AVaste Paper Basket, as Budget Must Be $700,000 lllglicr to Meet Necessities. Face to face with one of the most difficult financial situations that ever confronted the city government, offi cials of all municipal aepartmcnts are applying the pruning: knife without stint in connection with the budget of proposed expenditures for 1916. The slashing has gone on for about two weeks and there are 20 days still left. The streak of economy has been brought about by three distinct and impressive facts. The first is the gen eral demand of the public for greater economy and less taxation; the second, the recent announcement of Commis sioner Baker and others that they are going down the line for economy when the budget appropriations get before them, and the third, the absolute neces sity of cutting everything to the bone to keep the tax levy from being by far the highest ever fixed for the city. Lous of Llqnor Tax Felt. The city faces the dual difficulty of overcoming the loss next year af about $300,000 in liquor license revenue and of making up for the low levy during the present year. These two conditions will make It impossible for the Council to keep the levy for next Koehena Chrn j anjc ChunK. Kocheng Chenyang Chung, of Shanghai, China, who has been sent to Reed College by the Chinese government, arrived in Portland this week. He is one of 50 Chinese students who ar rived in San Francisco recently to enter American colleges on scholarships maintained by a part of the indemnity fund ex acted from China by the United States at the close of the Boxer rebellion in 1900. Of. the 50 students Kocheng is the one to be assigned to a col lege west of Illinois. Ivocheng was a student in St. Johns Uni versity, of Shanghai, from 1900 to 1913. 1 year down anywhere near where it was this year. When the city . year ended last De cember a total of $840,000 was carried over to apply on the expenses of the present year. The tax levy was fixed at 7.5 mills. It ha3 been found that this was too small. A a result the end of this year will find a balance of not more than $300,000 at the ut most. To have . even this much all special appropriations made for this year will . have-to be eliminated and the money saved. To make up this loss of $300,000 liquor license revenue will require a full mill taxation. To make up the shortage in the balance at the end of the year will require more than another mill, a minimum balance of $710, 0Q0 be ing reuuired. 9700,000 to Be Made Up. . The result Is that the city officials in preparing their budget face the ne cessity of cutting the levy appropria tions $700,000, or equivalent to more than p6sslbly two mills, to get it down as low as it w?s for the present year. Possibly $300,000 of this can be cut off by the Council failing to provide suf ficient funds as has been the case this year, but thfs policy would mean that at the end of 1916 the city would face a period of several weeks when the treas- r I CHINESE STIDEXT TO AT- I TEND REED. f t tv: v - f t v' ; t t t -rfif r , OF A XATIOX" AT THE HEELIG FRIDAY XIGHT. Inexperience of Music Lovers Creates New Kind of 'Loan Shark' Local Advertising Man Makes Several Queer Discoveries. (By A. H. Deute.) Last week a group of advertising men were discussing piano merchandising. One of the men remarked that if he were buying a piano he would buy from a local hou.se which acted as a factory representative because he could thus save the retailer's profits. Another man claimed that he could do better getting a second-hand instrument which he saw advertised for sale by distressed people breaking up housekeeping. We looked over the piano ads in the papers. Here was a ick woman, sell ing cheap; there was a man who a.ia he could sell cheaper because he was his own salesman. Then there was the "storage house which was "giving away" a great string of .pianos, and over yonder was a house which shouted Its offer to sell pianos "without in terest at any terms." We wondered how any house could exist alongside of the "storage com pany" who was "giving them away"; why the sick woman's ad appeared eight times in succession, when her offer was such a luring one. How could any thinking man refuse the of fers of the "factory branch." and how could any house expect to stay in busi ness and attempt to sell on easy terms, charging interest, when another house waa offering to sell on exactly as easy terms "without interest?' Then, last of alt, we ran into the ad of Filers Music House, which was ad vertising the fact that it was con solidating with Graves' Music Company and the Holt Piano Company. How in the world could this house stay big and keep on doing business in the face of the wonderful "bargains" offered by the other concerns? Two of us started out on a curiosity tour of inspection. First we went to the house which offered "no-Interest terms." That was fine. And the in struments were marked down so low! The man said so. We were shown a posi tively new piano, which it was claimed was worth $500, marked down to 9335, and offered on our own terms' and no interest if paid in 30 months. We were almost tempted to buy everything seemed so plausible, in spite of the fact that we had no earthly place to put a piano, being already provided with a good instrument. But, if we had not been already well supplied with a piano, hardly anything could have kept us from buying right then and there. Here was what seemed a really splen did offer, made by a man who told us how honestly his business was con ducted. We could have purchased a $500 instrument for $335, paid as little per month as we chose and not one cent of interest. We smiled to ourselves as we re marked that at last a man had come into the piano business who had slipped it over on the Filers House be cause the Filers ad plainly stated "in terest at S per cent per annum" on de ferred payments. "This Is the end -of Kilers," we remarked. If they can't meet this fellow's way of doing busi ness no one will buy from them. They're beating the Filers crowd at last. Now, we knew Hy Filers and so we ury would be as bare as Mother Hub bard's cupboard. It faces such a con dition as this soon after the end of the present year. So far the only special appropriation being given any serious consideration is an appropriation of $10,000 for a mu nicipal paving plant. Others may be presented to the Council, but It is ex pected they will go Into the waste pa per basket. There is a great deal of anxiety among city employes because of the forced economy. This Is partic ularly true with employes doing special work. While no cutting of the number of policemen is expected, it is believed that present vacancies and there are a number will not be filled. TAFT PASSES THROUGH EX-PRES1 DEMT JOKINGLY FEARS TO WEAR OUT "WEL.COMK. Trip South Is to Rejola Family Flnink Sightseeing at San FronriMco Fair. "I'm afraid I'll soon become a nui sance in Portland," commented ex-President Taft yesterday morning on his third visit to the city In less than three weeks. "I am coining here so often that the people will get tired of seeing me," he continued, adding his characteristic chuckle to his remarks. "Not on your life," interjected C. H. Carey, who was chairman of the enter tainment committee when the ex-President was here to address the lawyers' convention three weeks ago. "We'll always be gald to see you," assured Mr. Carey. 'Well, I may come back some time and stay longer," rejoined the ex-President. "Be sure now that you do," pleaded L. C. Gilman, president of the North Bank railroad and the Great Northern Pacific Steamship Company. over which lines Mr. Taft went from Portland-to San Franci'.co. Judge Taft reached Portland early in the morning from Seattle, where he had addressed the bankers' convention - 'V.. 4.. - "itiJtii resonian. Fllins up eir unusual work. the street in don earned trips to th thought we would drop in and sym pathize with him. No doubt he would be sitting alone and miserable, worry ing over the fact that he could not sell "without interest on deferred pay ments." We bumped into the big EUers Musto House just at the right moment and overheard a mighty interesting con versation. A young lady from the tele phone company was talking to a sales man. She was admiring a handsome In strument In the display window. "I would like to buy this piano It is so beautiful," she said. "But 1 am afraid I will have to let it go. You want me to pay interest on the deferred payments and at another store they say they will let me have a piano on easy terms without any interest. I think I had better go there." "Let's figure that out." said the sales man. "You say they will give you a piano for $335. It may be what you think is a very nice piano, but. after all, let me tell you it is only a stencil piano. You cannot tell what factory made it. No manufacturer is respon sible as to its guarantee. Tou cannot look beyond the dealer who is trying to sell it to you, and you want to In vestigate the standing of this dealer before you decide. Now, in our mail order work we offer almost the same grade of piano these same instruments are sold by a number of the great mail order houses but the piano we sell is guaranteed and it has a better action, and even has ivory keys. You can see by our circular that we charge only $178 for that piano. Instead of asking people to pay $10 a month, we ask only $6 a month. Even if you take two and a half years to pay for it. it costs you. all told, including the interest, only $192.92. "In other words, you are paying $142.08 . interest, where they would make you believe you are not paying interest at all. Y'et you are out $14-'. whether you call it interest or 'excess charge but, in any case, you are out the $142.0S. "Perhaps it isn't interest; it can't be Interest under the Oregon laws, but it's plain usury; you actually pay, though perhaps unknowingly, $142.08 more than, necessary." We stayed long enough to see the final outcome. The young lady went batk and compared the pianos. Sure enough, inside and outside, they were almost the same one was $333, and "without interest"; the other Was hon estly priced $17$, with interest- The young lady saw the trick; another scheme exploded. She arranged for a very elegant Kimball piano, or was it, perhaps, a Knabe piano? Anyway, a real high-grade and truly $500 quality was selected bv her, and it cost her in the sale only $2S6. She paid $26 cash and then Is to pay $7.80 each month. We didn't wait to see Hy Filers at all. We didn't want him to know what we came for. But we found how it was that Filers weren't put out of business by the "no-interest shark," and began to see why it has been possible for them to sell over 50.000 instruments in the last 3 6 years. on Thursday. He stopped for a brief visit in Tacoma on Friday. Mr. Carey and Mr. GUman met him at the station and conveyed him to the Arlington Club, where they had break fast. It rained while they were transfer ring from the Union Depot to the club, a nd from the club to the North Bank Depot, and the ex-President's straw hat got wet. "I guess it's about time to discard this hat, anyway," he remarked, cheer fully, as he surveyed the rain. At San Francisco Mr. Taft will join Mrs. Taft and their daughter. Miss Helen, who since visiting Portland two weeks ago on Thursday, have been touring the Yosemite. The Tafts will pass several days at the exposition, and will return Fast through the Pan ama Canal. "I haven't seen all of the exposition that T want to see," explained the ex President, "and I'm going to put in all my time at It until I have been over the whole ground. Yes. I'm going to get Into one of those electric chairs that they have down there and go wherever it will take me." "Don't forget the Oregon building someone admonished. "No, I think I'll visit all the state buildings." he replied. Mr. Taft expects to resume his duties as Kent professor of law at Yale Uni versity this year. He is a graduate of Tale. "I'm a citizen of the State of Con necticut, now." he explained. "Why not make It the State of Ore gon?" someone invited. His never-fading smile burst into an other chuckle as he reflected on the prospects of this suggestion. Then the train started and the ex President was on his way to California. Centralla Hopes in Amusement Park CENT R ALIA, Wash.. Sept. 11. (Spe cial.) The question of establishing an amusement park here to attract visitors during the Summer months was again the chief topic of discussion at a meet ing of the Commercial Club Thursday night. The city owns a considerable tract on the Skookumchuck River, and in its 116 budget the City Co'iimission included an item of. $1500 for parks, so .hat enough adjoining property may be purchased to make an attractive park in casf. the club carries its plans into notion in the Spring. v hte column they stopped in front e Ban -Frunatxio exposition and it 'Jl S:.AaaLT' ' '.Li " - : i : 2. V. - 1