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THE OliEGON DAILY : JOlRNAL. PORTLAND, SATTHtPAY IENING. VOCTOBER 31. : 1003
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"No More Bother
OLD PEOPLE HADE HAPPY
BY NEW VISION..
With a thorough examination ani a perfect
torrection, such as we offer, a snpe of con-'
tentment always follows the purchase of a
pair of glasses from our
WELL-DIRECTED OPTICAL DEPARTMENT
A. & C. Feldenhelmer
ThlH and Washington Sts. ' ' Oculists Pi-ascriptions Filled
Tourist Cars East
Many experienced
' . traveler pre f e r
tourist sleeping
cars for the trans
continental jo ur
; ney. The
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railway ,
can arrange for -your trips
east in tourist cars, offer you
. choice of routes -arid save
you money.
k. 8. mown,
General Agent.
1 34 Third Street, Portland
HE'S ONLY 16,: BUT
HAS SAVED: $1,200
Walter McBrien, a Coming Millionaire, Has Made
a Success of Business and Has Supported
His Mother Since 12 Years of Age
fTTLB BOY SHOWS
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SUPERIOR PLUCK
(Journal Special Service.)
1 looma. Wash., Oct. tl. When the
Us and-teachers of the Midland
1 U houae near this city arrived at
U yesterday morning they found the
locked and no sign of Janitor Lu-
i, an oia man wno siepi jn me upper
m of the building. , , -,"
The dlrectora were notified and with
"r help a window was partially opened
1 a email eight-year-old boy named
r Hall pushed Into the , building
ough the opening." r. r-.
."he lad went up to the Janitor's room
'. found the old man lying in his bed,
I In death. The boy west through
' man's pockets and secured the key
the building. Then he went back
n stairs and opened the 3oor and let
others in. School waa dismissed for
I day -and the coroner notified. The
K was -.brought into town today.
ttle was known of the old man or
relatives.
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Be fooled a Desperado.
A attempt was made to hold up the
oprietor of the restaurant and lunch
unter In the Northern Paclfio depot
rds here last night at midnight, just
: he was closing up. He grabbed s
olver and put his assailant to flight,
ng two shots after him in 'the dark
" M, the same time a partner of
ould-be burglar held up the night
an of the depot yards only a few
1 away, preventing him from Inter-,-
with -the attempted burglary and
,g was bo thick neither the foreman
e restaurant man knew what was
frig to the other. - Both men ran
In all probability Portland bas a com
ing millionaire In Walter McBrlen. Al
though but is years old, and lis does
not look a day over 12, h has on de
posit In a local bank the aum of $1,100,
every cent of which he has earned him
self.
For the past few years 'Walter has
held positions that many a man might
envy. At present he Is assistant man
ager of the W. 8. steamboat line, which
operates the steamera America and Re
public between Portland and Bt .Helens.
He has also been a steamboat purser, a
railway ticket agent, a telephone oper
ator, a newsboy on the railroad and he
haa been In business -for himself. . The
place of train newsboy is the smalleat
position he ever held. He always
aspired to something higher, and never
failed to get It He not only haa the
knack of making money, but he knows
how to save It. Already he has ac
quired the foundation of a fortune, and
his friends on the waterfront say there
Is no doubt that he wilt some day be a
millionaire.
On account of his youthful career and
rise from obscurity to prominent posi
tions sounds like a fairy tale. At . the
first stampede to the Klondike his father
was among the leaders. He never re
turned. Walter was but 10 years 'old
then, and It devolved upon him to sup
port ' his mother. They had money
enough to keep them for a year or two
and the boy attended school regularly.
In 1199 he and his mother decided to go
to Alaska. They went to Skagway and
the 11-year-old son opened a small
stationery store. Business was good
from the start snd he prospered. Fin
ally he saw an opportunity to sell out
at a good profit and took advantage of It.
By this time a new railroad had been
built from Skagway to White Horse, a
distance of 111 miles, and Walter se
cured a position on the road as news
boy. The fare one way waa 120. and
the trains were crowded. The newsboy
did a big business, averaging about f ,
a day In commissions. The railroad
company needed a telephone operator
and young McBrlen was given the posi
tion at ' a good salary. - Ms held this
placs for several months, when he waa
promoted to the position of ticket agent
at Whits Pass.
'1 got along fins there." he said today,
"but .after had betn .In -Alaska twe
years ws concluded to return to Port
land. Ws have been back here now sines
1901, and I have put In the time steam
boating." ' c - k
"ild you ever have any troubls selling
tickets .to the miners up North?"-, i
"Not tho . least bit," waa the reply.
"They seemed to have, plenty of money
and always paid ovsr 110 for their fare
without making any talk about it."
Until recently Walter has been purser
on the steamer America. Among his
other duties hs had to steer the boat
occasionally, Jt Is told of him that he
could hardly reach the top of the wheel
on account of his small stature, and
the first tlms he triad it be Mmbe4 up
on the spokes and turned the wheel In
this manner.-- After a time Walter was
given his present position at the dock.
A few weeks ago-the company was
short of a: cook on on of the boats
and Walter was asked If ha thought his
mother could bs prevailed upon to. take
the place for a trip or two until soma
other arrangements could be made.
"No, sir," was the emphatlo reply.
"My mother will never work for wages
aa long as I have a dollar, and I am
not broke Just yet"
Every day hs makes out his way bills
and attends to the work of getting the
boats out on time. He was busy when
the reporter approached him for an In
terview and he said: "
"Not Just yet I will have to get this
boat off my hands first Right now I are
up to my ears in work."
And he sees that the boats get out on
time. Hs Issues orders to the crews In
a decisive tone of voice, and tbey obey
him without. a murmur. They all like
Walter.
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UTATIOW
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IN THIS WOjRLD
The Refutation of tho : .',
1 DR. JAEGER'jj HEALTH
WOOL UNDERWEAR.
DR. DEIMEL'S LINEN
MESH UNDER-WEAR
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BEYOND ANY DOUBT.
Bunum (5 ) Pendleton
THIRD ANn STARK STS.
Don't Forget to Watch
Our Opening Day
WHO SHALL WIN
OUT IN FRISCO
Get in on the $100 Guess
ing Contest
AMILY ROOMS
;entlemrn's resort
OUIS DAMMASCH
COODNI5UCH BUILDINp, 168-irO IKTH STREET.
Opposite Postomca
Cold Limche
away through the darkness and es
caped. v . ... -'
XvUs of Hallowe'en,
There were several accidents on the
morning of Hallowe'en In this city last
year as a result of greased tracks on the
electric railway lines In various parts
of the city. In one place a small station
housa waa placed on the track and there
was a oolllDlon in the fog the following
morning that badly smashed the car and
Injured some of the passengers.
As a consequence special deputies will
be placed on the tracks tonight to pre
vent this aort of work.
Boshing Jfrom Home.
Advices received here by the Pacific
Cold Storage company states that its
Steamer, the Ellhu Thomson, left Nome
on October 17 with 100 passengers. The
Thomson Is not a pasesnger steamer,
but the demand for accommodations was
00 much greater than the supply that
it waa tnougnt nest to nt ner up with
berths and bring down some of those
who are talcing part in the general exo
dus from Nqme. The accommodations
were eagerly seised by those waiting to
come back to the states. There are
fless boats on the Nome run this year
than last and It Is feared at Nome there
will be hardly enough accommodations
f of those who want to come out
tew ooxara BOMB TO vote.
' ( Journal Special Service. )
Washington, Oct 31. It is customary
on the Saturday. preceding election' day
for a large number of department em
ployes,' amounting sometimes to several
thousands, to leave Washington for their
homes In the various, states In order
to cast their .votes. Thla year, how
ever, has - not- witnessed the customary
exodus. Inquiry- at the headquarters of
the national committees shows that very
(Journal Special Service.)
San Francisco, Oct 81. The political
situation ' here . haa simmered down - to
the proposition of "What shall beat
Schmiur and the leaders of both' old-
line parties claim that they, are the
"chosen ones? to accomplish the present
mayor's defeat. On the other hand, Mr.
Schmltz friends say that neither Lane
nor-, Crocker : have much more than a
ghost of a show, and that whichever
way the cat Jumps their candidate will
win hands down. .
During the next three days work will
fee directed to the task of solidifying tho
floating vote. Here Is where money talks
and there seems to be plenty, of It
about'", v " ' '
Never has there been so much activity
on the part of candidatea themaelvea.
Schmits, Lane and Crocker have given
up Bleep and keep "going" all the time.
From now on until the polls close
Tuesday night Lane will be watched
with great Interest as he haa ths repu
tation of a whllr-wlnd finisher, and if
he Is able to come down the home
stretch in his old-time form there will
be things doing for both Schmits and
Crocker.
It Is known that the Southern Pacific
la largely Interested In the result of the
election, and while there is nothing
authentio In the report It Is pretty gen
erally understood that the officials of
the road would' not be adverse to the
success of Mr. Schmits.
v If the latter is re-elected - every Indi
cation goea to show , that , ths present
board of supervisors will also be re
elected. A bet waa placed this mornings of
11,000 to 1100 that Lane will lose by
Bchmltx' backers, Mike Fisher, man
ager of the Sacramento, ball team, put
ting. up ths short end. An Ellis street
bookmaker says he has 110,000 to placs
at the same odds.
few are taking advantage of the oppor
tunity to revisit their homes at little
expense. . In nearly all of the states tha
result of ths election can be forecasted
with certainty, and only in Ohio is the
situation believed to be sufficiently close
to act as an Incentive for the Buckeye
employes ti "Journey home. President
Roosevelt belief "iu be the duty of a
cltlsen to vote at every election and in
conaequence of this belief he will be one
of the few public officials who will go
home to vote. He .has arranged to leave
Washington Monday night on a special
train, so as to arrive, at Oyster Bay In
time to vote early -and be back In the
White House Tuesday evening.
Scotch Plaid Tailors
Suits and Overcoats
. $05.00
No More No Less
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Schlitz Beer un Draught
"Stops That Tickle"
Belmont Goush DroD
AT ALL DRVXiCtSTS
No More Dread of the Dentaf.Chair
' TUn't Ours for Consumption bos eured eooghi
for forty yean, it is itw on tae mtricct.
Musical Instruments Repaired Free.
Every twentieth- instrument which
comes to our shop for repairs will be
done free of charge. Ask for your num
ber when you leave your Instrument.
All work first-class or. money refunded.
Wright's, S49 Washington street
FULLY 90 PER
CENT
Of headaches corns from eyestrain and I
cured by proper ground lenses.
Headaches ;
Usually starting by pain In and over
the eyes, extending at times as far as
bass of the brain.
Caused by
Astigmatism, - Hyperopia and Muscular I
Imblances. Our correction of eye trou
bles are accurate, painless and glassesl
furnished at reasonable prices;
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Portland, Oregon
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PHILLIPS BR.OS.
1 141 Sixth Street Office with Waits
Sewing Machine Co.
Teeth extracted and Oiled sboltftelir .Without
eala by tat clenUflo metbod. We iK o
competing with fhep dental establiihiS0..
bat wit, firrt-ctaie deoUita,, . TV"
.. ,W goarantM i St r no pay.-. Ke cbarteV0
txilnleM titrtctlnn when -teeth are . ordore"
Gold crowos and teeth without plates, gold ON" "
Inr and other dentnl work don pulnlcMlJC ;
na tr cDecimiiT. wa ieu roa enctir whml
UtU W. A YtlatSi. jour woti wiu cosi "J ire elimination.
Open evening till . WS guarantee all our work.
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,a On Monthly' and Weekly Payments
At 15 to 30 Per Cent Less than -at Any ; Jeweler's Stora
WE DO THI8 IN' ORDER TO REDUCE . OUR ENOR
MOUS STOCK OF UNREDEEMED - PLEDGES AND GIVE'
YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET, POSSESSION OF VAl
UABLE3 WHICH YOU WOULD NOT i- BUY -HAD 'YOU
TO PAY FULL AMOUNT AT ONCE.
OUR. SYSTEM:
WE GIVE TOU IMMEDIATE POSSESSION ' OF ANY
ARTICLE BOUGHT WHEN MAKING FIRST PAYMENT.
TRUSTING TO YOUR INTEGRITY AND ABILITY . TO
PAY. THE BALANCE AS PER AGREEMENT.-'
. See Us Before Buying Elsewhere ' v
The Portland Loan Office
74 THIRD STREET ,
I Suits and Overcoats
MADE TO ORDER FOR
$15.00
No-MoreNo Less
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' u hiiiS f"rPas their ekUL these envelopea,.4houi,ands of which are being us.ed In F'ortland, represent .
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Porcelain Crowns ............. $3.00
Bridges ...........,$34M) pas tooth
Silver rilling s ....v........ so
. Full set or Teetn, mounted On rub
bnr. t4.00. Best , Set of Teeth that
Cain be made on earth, mounted kon
rujbber. $7.00. ;.
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