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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JULY 23, 1923 3 RADIO CONCERTS LISTED FOR WEEK HUMBLE DISHWASHER IN LOCAL CAFETERIA BUILDS WONDERFUL TRAIL AT ODD TIMES Adam' Elm, Seeking Health, Finds Best Restorative in Keeping Near Nature and Turns His Hand to Construction of Enchanting Approach to Beautiful Macleay Park. FURNITURE CO, ,185 First Street, Near Yamhill The Oregonian Offers Fine Programme of Music. Eastern Syndicate Offers 10-Year Period Plan. Easy Terms at Cash Prices Easy Terms at Cash Prices 13 CITY SIB FID .TO BE CONSIDERED GEVURT TEN ARTISTS ENGAGED Hotel Portland Orchestra Added to Attractions for Pleasure or Large Audiences. ORf'HKSTRA AD-TKN AR TISTS TO APPEAR THIS W KKK. Monday night. 7:30 to 8:30 Winifred Campbell, soprano; Sylvia Weinstein, violiniste. and Morris Ail. baritone. Wednesday night, 8 to 10 Genevieve Clancy, soprano; Dorothy Lewis, mezzo-contralto; Bern ice Mathisen Bailey, violiniste; Harriet Baughman. cornetist; Mar garet Laughtpn, flutist; M. de la Parelle, baritone, and Wil ford Keeler, operatic tenor. Friday night. 8 to 9 Her man Kehin's Hotel Portland orchestra and vocarsolos. Ten artists, besides Herman Ren in's orchestra, all of acknowledged talent, nine of whom have acquitted themselves notably in previous radio entertainment, are listed in the schedule of conceits to be broad cast from The Oregonian radio tower during the present week. They are segregated into three con certs, one tomorrow night and two Wednesday night. The concert to be given tomorrow night, between 7:30 and 8:30 o'clock, includes Winifred Campbell,- so prano: Sylvia Weinstein, violiniste, and Morris Ail, baritone.. All of these musicians have taken part in The Oregonian entertainments. Miss Campbell was introduced by Mity lene Fraker Stites, her teacher, and Morris Ail took part in the pro gramme given by pupils of Mrs. Fred L. Olson. Miss Weinstein made her radio debut in the same con cert, which was given on June 19, shortly after she returned from New York city, where she was an in structor in the Damrosch school. Entertainer Are DiMtributed. No two artists of the same talent are included in the two concerts to be broadcast Wednesday night be tween 8 and 10 o'clock. During the first hour will be heard Genevieve Clancy, soprano soloist for St. Mary's cathedral; M. de la Parelle, a new baritone to Portland; Miss Mar garet Laughton, a well-known and able- flutist,, and . Miss Harriet Baughman, who played a number of cornet solos in splendid fashion last night. In the second hour, between 9 and 10 o'clock, a concert will be given by Miss Dorothy Lewis, mezzo-contralto; Bernice Mathisen Builev, vio liniste, and Wilford Keeler, operatic tenor. Miss Lewis' voice has been declared .by many listeners, at radio concerts to be one of the best adapt ed contraltos broadcast by radio in Portland: Mrs. Bailey's violin Dlav- Ing and Wilford - Keeler's singing will be remembered as important factors in the recent triumph achieved in the concert arranged by Erwyn Mutch. Orchestra Friday IViglit. Friday night Herman Renin's Portland hotel orchestra will play in the radio, tower again. This will be the regtflar weekly concert of dance music, and there will also be several vocal solos with the con cert. Steps have been taken by J. B. Weed, operator of The Oregonian set, and local manager of the Ship owners' radio service, to stop or -at least abate the interference of spark stations. Complaints were received Friday night and yesterday from hundreds of listeners that their entertainment had been greatly disturbed by the Interference and in order to prevent a recurrence of the trouble, Mr. Weed has referred the matter to the district radio inspector, together with the names of the interfering operators. ENGINEER Tfl BE HIRED WORK IX PARKKOSE WATER DISTRICT TO BE RUSHED. Session Set for Tomorrow Night to Select Man for Drawing Up Specifications. Selection of an engineer to make a survey of the new Parkrose water district and prepare an estimate of the total expenditure necessary in the installation of the project will be made at an official meeting of the new commissioners tomorrow night. Several bids were submitted at the regular meeting of the body Friday night, but the matter was held over pending further investiga tion and consideration by the com mittee. With the selection of an engineer accomplished the work will be pushed rapidly and it is hoped to ar range the bond election for the early fall. Milton R. Klepper has been ap pointed attorney for the district. Open meetings will be held at in tervals to give taxpayers of the dis trict an opportunity to lay befone the commission any plans which they may have for the new water system. More than 400 water users of the district will be supplied by the new system, according to the tentative plans of the commissioners. This will require the installation of sev eral thousand feet of eight-inch mains to connect with the city tap at East Eighty-second and Fremont streets, and a number of smaller service pipes. . Milwaukie Club to Meet. Ths Milwaukie Community club will hold a regular meeting next "Wednesday night, July 26. An urgent request for a 100 per cent attendance has been made. The club has been considering several Important boosting plans for the community and the surrounding districts and has taken in a num ber of new members. Multnomah Camp, No. 77, W. O. W.. will give away J300 worth of prices at their annual picnic at Crys tal Lake park, Sunday, July 23. Adv. Summer prices on coal. Phone Dia monCoal Co., Bdwy, 3037, -Adv. IF IT took manv men many months to engineer and con struct manv miles of wonder ful highway along the Columbia river, how long does it take one public-spirited citizen, i working alone, and for the mere pleasure of it, to engineer and construct one half mile of a two-foot trail along a m'ountain stream, wild, secluded and unfrequented? The answer lies in a masterpiece of narrow trail construction found to have teen built along Balch's creek as a much needed approach to beautiful Macleay park, situated in the hills adjoining Willamette heights. Adam Elm, a native-born German with an English name, resident of this bountiful land for 17 years, now employed as a dishwasher in the Coffee Cup cafeteria, found him self in poor health from the time he entered the portals at Ellis island. No occupation and no climate which he tried in his wanderings from place to place satisfactorily eradi cated his. ailment. Doctors con tinued .to inform him that he needed a change of climate. Firially, as a last resort, he determined upon California, but when he landed in this city on his way south he be came attracted by its possibilities, he breathed fresher air and was persuaded to give it a' try as a healthful climate.. . . Elm found himself a place of residence, secured himself occupa tion, and then sought for a pastime. What was more alluring than the beauties of nature in the immediate vicinity, easily accessible by foot, and undevastated by the inroads of humanity? Elm, fond of nature and of visit ing her in her isolated seclusion, betook himself to the western hills. Unknown to him was the time-old rivulet which wended its way to ward the Willamette river through the greenwood of Balch's canyon. MOTHER OF PROMINENT AT TORNEY PASSES. Widow of Pioneer of 1858 Will Be Buried in Mt. Calvary Cemetery Tomorrow. t Mrs. Anna M. McGinn, a resident of Portland since 1858 and mother of Henry E. McGinn, prominent local attorney, died at her residence at 1S1 North Twenty-third street Friday night. She was 87 years and 8 montus of age. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning from the Catholic cathedral, at Sixteenth and Davis streets, and interment will be in the icarnily plot at Mount Calvary cemetery. Mrs. McGinn was born in Berthier, Quebec, November 3, 1834, and came to Portland as a bride in June, 1858. The ' steamer on which she came brought to Portland news of the admission of Oregon to the union, a, report which later proved errone- Berger Photo. Anna M. McGinn, pioneer resident of Portland, who will be burled tomorrow. ous, but which gave occasion for the great celebration on the Fourth of July that year. Her husband, the late and well remembered Charles McGinn, was a pioneer baker and cracker manufae turer in Portland. The family has lived in Portland continuously ever since Charles McGinn and his bride came here in 1858. Surviving Mrs. McGinn are eight children Henry E. McGinn, Mrs. John F. Shea, Edward E. McGinn and Walter C. McGinn, all of Port land; Mrs. Paul Butz of Long Beach, Cal.; John L. McGinn, a lawyer of San Francisco; Mrs. William F. Stewart of Los Angeles and Edith M. McGinn of Portland. Chinese Rounded Up. As a result of a tip furnished by an unidentified expressman, six Chinese, accused of being in this country illegally, were rounded up Friday by innalgratioa officers and Ptcture.que trail In Macleay park and insert) Adam Kim, who built it solely for love of the work. Little did he know that' he was about to stumble upon one of the prettiest scenes of nature, little disturbed from its virgin attractive ness, as he jaunted carefree through the wilds of western Portland. How he ma8e up his mind to build an original trail along the banks of this picturesque rivulet, Elm never explained. Whether it was instinct, intuition, or he luoky find of an abandoned pick and a shovel in the vicinity is all a matter of conjecture. At any rate, the first thing that Elm knew, he had con structed a very practicable bridge across the stream, and he scouted the possibilities of doing more good for the community by trying his prowess at trail building. He found the exercise healthful, and the fruits of his labors enjoyable. The praises of passersby were inspiring to him, and the appreciative remarks of connoisseurs of the art of ' trail building prompted Adam to go to great lengths to perfect his master piece. Alone he worked. During the win ter months, when the rivulet was a Jare now in the county jail. Three lor tne celestials escapea inursuay from the Dutch steamer Tjkarang, moored at the Globe mills. A rumor to the effect that the three run aways had been shipped to Vancou ver, reached Immigration Inspector Bonham. With his deputies ha. (traced the three to the truck gar den of Yip Ton, near Woodland. Re sultant investigation showed that three more Chinese, who bad been smuggled into the country were also hiding on the farm. The six were brought to Portland, three to be re turned on the Tjkarang and the three others on some other oriental liner. PASTOR'S AIDE IN JAIL REV. L. ANDERSON MATERI ALIZES WRONG SPIRITS. Spiritualist Minister Shocked, De claring Charge of Drunken- ' ness an Outrage. Rev. L. Anderson, spiritualist min ister and assistant pastor of the Church of the Soul, materialized the wrong kind of spirits yesterday afternoon. He was lodged in the city jail on a charge of. drunken ness. . . The complaint against the Rev. Mr. Anderson was made by his land lady, Mrs. L. M. Grady, who charged that the pastor became disorderly after drinking some of his spirUs at her house, 153 Thirteenth street. "It is untrue," Anderson declared vehemently from behind the bars of the city jail. "It is an outrage. It is rank injustice for a minister of God to be treated in this manner." Mr. Anderson, who prefixed his name with the title "Dr." on the po lice docket, is assistant to Rev. Ronald Angus in the Church of the Soul, which meets in the Audito rium hotel on Third street near Sal mon. Rev. Mr. Angus visited his assistant at the jail, but up to a late hour last night he was unable to procure bail for his release. Fire Destroys Home. MOUNT ANGEL, Or., July 22. (Special.) The fire department yes terday was called out to a fire at the John P. Schaefer place two miles west of town. They arrived there too late to save the large, modern nine-room house with electric light and water eystem, which, was a com plete loss. Only a small part of the household goods was saved. There was J2000 Insurance on the property. Guard Accused of Theft. J. Rhuler, employed as a guard at the Southern Pacific railroad shops, was arrested by Deputy Constable Watkinds yesterday afternoon charged with larceny of an auto mobile. .Rhuler claimed the ma chine in which he had ridden was not stolen by him but that he was only a' passenger invited for a ride. The driver of the car has not been apprehended. . I Power Manager Promoted. - WHITE SALMON, Wash., July 22. (Special.) H. McRae, manager of the Pacific Lieht & Power com pany here, has been promoted to a j of Sherwood. Both were severely larger district for the same com-J cut and bruised by the collision, pany at vPomeroy. His successor The accident occurred at East Six here is H. Anderson of the construe- teenth and Klickitat streets. Both tlon department. raging mountain torrent, uncontrol lable, with his pick, shovel, old axe, and two service worn buckets as tools, he began his labors. When one bridge was built, a protecting dam was needed to prevent the water pressure from sweeping the, founda tions out. Thus he set to work digging rock and gravel with his shovel, and carrying them in his buckets, to make a fill for a dam. Dirt, stones, trees were packed to gether, boards strengthened them, and the dam was perfected. Here clearance was needed; there it was necessary to go around. "The main thing was to get through, to get through all the time," explained Elm as he led over the trail and proudly exhibited the result of his months of work. "Ah. look at this," he exclaimed, puffing as he mounted a grade. "This was the hard job," he sput tered. "Believe me. that was no joke," he declared to impress one with the accomplishment. There the stream entered a gorge-like passage, where it was necessary to mount high on. the banks to pass. Construction of the trail up the hill at several feet of elevation be came the problem. But with the ingenuity of a highway engineer, the situation was mastered. "Why do you do all this wonderi ful work for apparently no reward at all?" was asked. "Yes; but I have my reward," he insisted. "I have my health, and I make the children happy with my path up to the park. When I fin ished my path the other day. I scraped my shovel along the dirt, and there I found a dime, and a penny. They were my reward." Elm is happy now. His trail is nearly completed, aad the com munity is beginning tp appreciate what he has done. He was prompt ed merely by the pleasure which he derived from his labors, and he will be content only . when the mas terpiece is flawless. BRUSH SALESMEN MEET CONFERENCE OF BIG FULLER COMPANY EMPLOYES HELp. Problems of Introducing Prod ucts Into .Homes Are Discussed' From All Their Angles. .Th'e Portland branch of the Fuller Brush company held its semi-annual convention at the Multnomah hotel Friday and yesterday. More than 40 ' employes, including salesmen assistant managers and lieutenants from the various offices in the state, came together to meet with rep resentatives from the main office and to discuss problems of sales manship. The Fuller company, Which has won distinction during the last few years by establishing home-to-home selling as its sole, means of en countering the public, prides itself upon me excellent course oi train ing given to all its salesmen. Speak ing before the meetings of the con yentioh was Dwight E. Watkins of the University of California, who is lecturing on the problems of sales manship in an endeavor to thrash out for the benefit of the com pany's agents some of the trials and tribulations of the salesman. The brush company has made ex tensive plans for increased produc tion and volume of business in the coming year.-The advertising budget for' the next year is $370,000; as against the $219,000 of last year. C. H. Abercrombie, secretary and sales manager of the company, is here from Hartford, Conn., to rap resent the main offices at the gath ering. He is attending similar con ventions throughout the western division of the company. A dinner at the Multnomah hotel closed the business of the conven tion last night. PAPER'S STAFF PICNICS Swimming and Dancing Party at WIndemuth Is Enjoyed. Members of The Oregonian staff enjoyed the hospitality of Charles S. Barton, ex-staff member and now one of the proprietors of Winde mut'h's, at a swimming and dancing party held at the Portland resort Wednesday night. The festival oc casion for the staff has become an annual affair, and each year em ployes of the editorial, business and mechanical staffs of the paper take advantage of the invitation of their ex-fellow worker and enjoy an out ing at WIndemuth. Many took their lunches with them and held an impromptu picnic on Ross island, others went for the swim and many participated in the dancing. Driver Is Arrested. . Daniel Grant, 275 Williams ave nue, was arrested on a charge of reckless driving yesterday after noon after a delivery truck he was driving had crashed Into a parcel post truck driven by C. L. Stevens machines were badly damaged. PROPOSAL NOW PENDING Minneapolis Company Will Take Care of Bonded Indebtedness Under Fiscal Arrangement. A plan to create a sinking fund with which outstanding bond obli gations of the city .of Portland may lift rHlAri i O o h.an T.,e-a t a.4 (A ! Commissioner Pier, in charge of the finance department, and will be con- ; sidered at a conference to be held at the city hall Monday. The Investors' Syndicate, of Min neapolis, a corporation established in 1894, has presented the plan which representatives of the com pany declare, if adopted, and applied to the entire bonded debt, not only will (insure retirement of the bonds out win save the city millions of dollars. . ' ( Company Presents It. Plan. The company proposes to enter into an arrangement with the city whereby a stipulated sum of money, based upon the amount of bonds in volved in the initial deal, will be paid to the syndicate by the city for a period of 10 years. This money will draw 5 14 per cent interest, com pounded annually, and will be se cured by first mortgages on Port land property, and deposited with the city in escrow. Under the proposed arrangement the syndicate will place mortgages up to $110 for every $100 paid to it by the city in escrow as protection to the city. The city now has about $26,000.- 000 in bonded indebtedness, includ ing water bonds. Only $4,000,000 of this amount could be retired at the present time under the contemplat ed plan.' Water Bonds Are Example. Importance of the plan Is empha sized by the fact that at the present time me water bureau Is , handi capped through failure to sell its bonds as the result of an inadeuuate sinking fund. The water bureau is called upon to retire $2,200,000 of bonds on July 1, 1923, and has little more than $1,500,000 in the sinking fund at this time to apply to this retirement. As a result, the council must issue refunding bonds and the authority of the city to do this in connection with the water bureau has been questioned by the leading bond firm or the country. Storey, Thorndyke, Palmer & Dodge of Boston, Mass. Savins Certificates Issued. Under the general plan utilized by the Investors' Syndicate in 12 states where it operates under the direction of banking and other state departments, installment saving cer tificates are issued on a ten - year plan. These certificates, which are proposed for the city, draw B per cent interest", compounded annually, arid are secured by first mortgages of an amount 3 0 per cent in excess of the maturing value of the cer tificates. According to city officials who have made an investigation of "the company, the syndicate has a, high financial rating. It was organized by J. E. Tappan, who is still the active head of the concern. Syndicate Operating Here. The syndicate has been operating In Oregon for the past year, for the most part innvesting money that has been brought from eastern states, Edward E. Goudey, presi dent of the Goudey Mortgage com pany, is the syndicate's .agent in this state, and O. A. Meister is the Ore gon state manager of 'the . concern. Frank J. Streibig, Portland attor ney, is representing the company in its negotiations with the city coun cil. It is probable that at the confer ence scheduled at the city hall Mayor Baker will designate a com mittee of the council to make a thorough study of the proposal and report to the city council. Drug Violator Gets Limit. Maximum sentence was imposed on Fred Allen, charged with being a narcotic vendor, by Judge Ekwall in municipal court. Allen was given a fine of $500 and a six months' sentence on the rockpile. He was arrested by Officers Burdick and Schaffer. NEW INVENTION Tour feet get tired first, walk on these muscles, they strengthen your arches, ankles, legs and back; take the pressure off of your bunions, corns and calluses; they gradually go away. Call at any J. CT Penney Co. Department Store, or mail $2.50 to The Burna Cuboid Arch Support Mfff. Co., Albany, Oregon The Evinrude's Little Brother The Price Is so Low Yon Can't .Do Without It. In use by Road Builders, Contractors and Equipment Companies. In use by U. S. Engineering Department. :. ' In use by City of Portland. In use by General Electric Co. Ask for Evinrude Pump Catalog. $1.50 Canoe Paddles $1.50 Canoes: 16-Ft, $78; 17-FL, $81; 18-Ft. $84 F. O. B. Factory Evinrude Rowboat Motors for rowboats, canoes and motorboats. Special Display of Canoes and Boats equipped with engines. Come in and see them. Motorboat Supplies, Gasoline Engines, Electrical Supplies and Fishing Tackle. Open Saturday evenings until 9 o'clock. 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