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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 88, 1904. MANY GOOD TRAITS OF WELD ANIMALS Keeper of Twenty Years' Experience Tells About What He Learned From Sagacious Beasts of Jungle and Plain "My lot has thrown me among wild animals alnoe I waa 18 years old,',' aald the animal keeper aa he puahed the to bacco down In hla cob pipe. "I am now over 40. and I do not regret that my life has been ao spent. "I find I can figure safely on the dumb tribe, but when It comes to hu mans the reault Is mighty 'onsartlnV "Wild beasts are the study of my life, and their natures are aa plain to me, af ter I get a good look at them, as the reading of a child's primer la to a school boy. Animals Know Verve. "Every animal that Is brought to me I read carefully and talk to patiently. The voice goes a long way with wild AFRICAN LION FOSINO animals further than a dub . or hook. They can tell from Its sound whether It comes from a strong or weak char acter. "Only this laat winter one of my men got In trouble and wears a bad scar be cause a previously welt-behaved tigress caught that something In hla voice whloh told that he would weaken if put to a hard test. The tigress was grumpy about something, and the keeper hit her on the nose, which made the crotchety lady worse, and she leaped at him, but missed. He struck at her again, and she growled fiercely and fixed for an other spring. Here's where the keeper weakened, as hla quivering voice plain ly told, and she drove at him like a cata pult. One of the boys outside pushed the door open and dragged the keeper out, while another boy smashed the fu rious tigress with a hay fork over the right leg. "When I was called I walked deliber ately Into the cage and told the enraged tigress to lie down. She looked at me keenly and then turned over and laid out flatly on her side. I talked to her calm ly and pleasantly and sent for a chair. 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Every type of animal has some leading trait that marks his tribe and makes him an In teresting study to me. Taks the mon key, for Instance. Now, this odd freak of an animal Is generally supposed to spend his days and nights In thinking up mischief, which arises from ths hab its of curiously going aftsr everything he sees and wanting to put It In his mouth. Juat as a baby doea. After he gets the thing and fools with It. child like, for a time, he drops It and It Is forgotten. If he gets a pain or naa a plaything taken away from him, he whimpers, cries and makes a faoe that would stir up the hardest heart with sympathy. "Lions are still better actora.' They are set up like an opera singer, with a deep voice, and have the best-shaped neads and features of all the Jungle beasts. They certainly fill the bill for good looks. Moat people think that they are wonderfully oourageoua. I have my Ideas about that, and they do not favor the lion. Hla leading trait, aa I have found It, la vanity. The top of hla head la flat, which means that he would get a medal aa a churoh member. Tou will notice his eyes are rather full and round. Hla lips run to a cvlrl Instead of a straight cut, and the under aide of his face runs more to whiskers than bone. His neck la round and shapely, hla hair thick, and hja gait makes you think of stage, people. FOB HIS PHOTOOr.APH. "What does this all mean? It means that he Is sensitive and vain, and la easily made glad or mad. His growl haa no more danger lurking in It than the bark of a dog. Of course. If the beast were atarvlng, or somebody should make an attack while there were tight eyed babies In the family, something would be doing. Tiger All Tamper. "The tiger has more temper than sense. He Is a suspicious fellow and always looking out of the corner of his eye as if be thought some one was try ing to Impose upon him. When he has no family cares and Is fed regularly he Is a fairly decent fellow. That Is, he does not make much of a racket, nor scrap with hla fellows, but squats ami ably In a corner of hla den. He naa got a bad streak In him, though, like some miserably born people, and you cannot bank on him long. His head Is a big box, but It does not seem to have much In It to give him judgment. If he were to cut his foot on a piece of broken glass he would fly Into aa fierce a rage as If a Javelin had pierced his haunches, and like aa not would try to take a piece out of a brass image If it stood within reach. Elephant Xa Affectionate. "The elephant Is a big bundle of af fection, and In this respect I think has the horse and dog outclassed. He Is as obedient as a child, and fairly feeda on small kindly attentions. He will cry when punished by some one he loves, and the cry is of the kind that pro duces big round tears. He haa some thing of a woman's nature. In taking sudden likes anit dislikes to people, and by this same token Is passionately fond of children. A child can walk all around and smong a herd of elephants without receiving ths slightest hurt "In the Rlngllng herd there are 40 of the pachyderms, and every one of them Is really foolish, as they say. over Baby Boo. This pudgy little elephant Is all swelled up because of these attentlona and gives me a lot of study to keep tire kid from growing up careless and use less, Hyena Xa a Pessimist. "Moat people have a bad word for the hyena. That Is because hs Is a peculiar beast, almost sulky. He won't mix with other animals, and he acts aa If he had little use tor the human family. The hyena Is the most restless beast I know. He haa no instinct that helps him to fit his surroundings and stop worrying. : 'The Masts are homely, seemingly corked up with bad feeling toward everybody and everything, so I lust leave them to their own uncomfortable natures, and simply see that their house la kept clean and their food Is paaaed up regularly. They take oold easily, and seem to wear down to akin and bones, aa If from discontent. XJama Is Xot wollte. 'The llama la a good looking animal. with shapely neck, tender eyes and long curling hair. It la particular about Its appearance and apenda a lot of time In combing and prettying up. But it la not a very polite beast. It haa the unpleas ant habit of spitting at people it doean't like. A Sunday or two ago at spat In the ear of a clergyman who was visit ing the menagerie quarters. I have tried to make the animals overcome thla habit, but so far have not succeeded. Sensitive animals. "The seal and the tapir are Inoffensive animals and very sensitive. They act most of the time aa if thsy were home sick, and shed tears like a baby. The tapir spends hours sitting on his hind quarters like a dog, swinging from side to side and moaning gently. The only comfort one can give him la to scratch hla side and pet him. 'The camel has the spitting hsblt also, but ft never bothers in this way unless tormented. It Is over fussy about its young, aa is the tapir, and both of them will kiss and rub thalr little ones for hours at a time. The hippopotamus Is all appetite. He la good-natured, too, like most overfed people, and In his rough way la something of a Joker. A new .helper found this out by making believe to throw bran balls Into the wide open mouth of the trusting hippo and then pulling his hand back before the Jaws shut up. Mr. Hippo didn't like this very much, and lay down flat on the platform as If he cared for none of it; finally the keeper began rubbing his noae with the aavory stuff In a tan talising way, and, waiting his chance, hippo grabbed the hand with the bran ball and held It tightly for a few minutes. Then he slipped down into the tank, and the bubbles thst danced over the top of the water showed that the hippo waa having a good laugh. 'The rhinoceros la a dumpy kind of an animal, with a scraping squeak. It la not sociable in any way, and keeps go It self. It is not a very heavy eater, and never sleeps long at a time. "Bears are dull and treacheroua. They will smash at you and bite at you when In diatemper, and that generally comes from over eating, which la their beset ting sin." NEWS OF ST. JOHNS IN PARAGRAPHS The Women's Clvio Improvement league has had a neat fenoe erected round St. Johns park at the end of the car Una, and the fence la now being painted. The park haa been cleaned up and the women have had plaoed the sev eral comfortable seats recently presented to them by the City eV Suburban. The unsightly old car barna are shortly to be removed from this point and then the improvements made by the women will show to good advantage. As soon as the rainy season sets In. the park will be planted to flowers and shrubs by the Improvement club. President Thomas McCusker and Col. It. L. Hawklna, the judges chosen by the Portland Civic Improvement asso ciation were here yesterday Inspecting the many pretty gardena for the purpose of awarding the prlsea offered the eltl sefts of St. Johns by Harry L. Powers for the best kept lawn, the neatest back yard and .-the handsomest flowers and vines. The different prlsea amounted to 1160 In cash. E. F. Monahan, son of Councilman Thomaa Monahan, who waa recently op erated on for appendicitis at the North Pacific aanitarlum, Portland, waa brought to his home here Friday very much Improved. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Isaacson of Den ver, Colo., who have been visiting rel atives here have decided to locate here permanently. Mr. Isaacson haa secured a position In the O. H. eV N. offlee and the young people will build a home In St. Johna park. Mrs. John Swanaon and children of Ogden. Utah, are visiting her brother, F. A. Smith, and family. Mrs. Josephine Hurst of Denver, Colo., who haa been visiting her mother, Mrs. E. T. Stockton, haa returned to her eastern home. PROGRAM OF TODAY'S CONCERT AT PARK Brown's Military band will give their regular Sunday afternoon concert at the City park today, the program commenc ing at 2:80 o'clock. The offerings are popular and classical, descriptive pieces will receive especial attention. The program is: March "Legion of Honor". .. .Bugllone Waltses 'Tales from Vienna Woods" Strauss Overture "Rosamunde".Frsns Schubert Habanera "Escsmllla" Redla (Jems for 'The Storks" Chopin Intermission. Serenade "Alia Stella Confldente" . Robaudl Scenes from the "Bohemian Olrr'.Balfe (a) Intermesso "Cavallerla Ruatl cana" Maacagnl Ob) Minuet "Celebrated". Paderewskl Excerpta from 'The Strollers" Bnglsnder Two-step "Prince Henry" .... BUenberg Chsrlea L Brown, Conductor. SAYS CELILO FALLS HAVE GREAT POWER F. A. Ballln, the naval architect, haa returned from Celllo, where he put In . an electrlo power plant at the falls for I. H. Taffe. It will be used to operate a cold storage plant "At Mr. Taffe's place la .the largest quantity of unused waterpower in the northwest," says Mr. Ballln. "With the proper development, 100 horsepower can be obtained there In a short time For nine months In the year the average height of the falls Is 11 feet, and It la only during the high watar season that It will be Impossible to use the power. At that time steam power w"t be util ised, aa la the ease at Oregon City. It Is surprising that big manufacturing en terprises are not establlsreM there." ujrom sekious oumi William Fox. charged with robbing the telephone box of the saloon run by B. B. I xing, waa arraigned before Municipal Judge Hogue yesterday. He entered a plea of not guilty and the case waa continued. He was arrested Friday night by Detective Hartman. He la the third man to be taken on the same charge. One waa released and the other held to the grand Jury. BIG PLANT WILL PRODUCE SHINGLES or or xjtvs is eoued by PIOUOTEM OF nW OOVOBBM OB WHICH TO BVXXB WZU BB FXTTBB WITM TME MOST KOOBBB One of the largest and most modern shingle mills on the Pacific coaat la to be built on a 16-aere tract of ground Juat purchased for 115,000 by the Olsen Lumber ft Shingle company from Russell A Blyth. The ground lies below the Portland Flouring mule and has a front age of 600 feet on the Willamette river, beginning at the bluff by the University building. There la also Included 1,160 feet of Moch's slough, extending to the Oregon Railway 6c Navigation company's St. John spur. M. Olsen, the well known shingle manufacturer. Is to be the general man sger of the new mill; and construction of the plant will be commenced at once. It will have a dally capacity of 160,000 shingles and will give steady employ ment to 10 men. Contracts for construe tlon of the buildings, and for a dock 100x100 feet, for ocean shipments, have already been let and work will be com menced by the contractors tomorrow morning. Orders for the machinery are given, and It la aald. that with no bad luck the mill will be completed and manufacturing shingles within 10 days. Ths company has enough cedar logs now on hand and secured to manufacture 60,000,000 shingles. The site secured Is Ideal for shingle and lumber manufacturing)' as it has complete shipping and storage facili ties, and la ample In extent. The main building will be 40x70 feet and will contain the necessary log-Jack, drag saw, power quartering machine, knee bolter, ohalloner. Improved 10-block shingle machine, and hand machine, to gether with shafting, conveyors and like equipment. There will also be a power house 30x50 feet, containing two Si horsepower boilers, and a Ill-horsepower engine. There will be a double dry kiln, 11x105 feet, equipped with the moat modern system of piping and with two roller bearing steel trucks. Ths whole plant will be lighted by the company's own electric lighting plant. Nothing will be spared to make the new Institution the most modern and econom ical in operation of Its kind on the coaat, with every convenience for easy handling and reduction of the log to the finished product. PORTLAND IS AFTER TWO BIG PRIZES The effort to bring the next meetings of the trana-Mlsslsslppl congress and the national Irrigation congress to Port land has been enlarged upon to the ex tent of endeavoring securing for this city the office of president of both "or ganizations. The convention and the presidency naturally go together in these movements, since it Is regarded as al most necessary that the olty which la to entertain a congress shall be the home of its chief officer and promoter. A plan la In the handa of the Portland Commercial club and the Lewis and Clark fair board to secure two Port land men who are fitted for the two po sitions and secure their flection at the trans-Mlsslsslppl meeting In St. Louis In October, and the Irrigation congress at El Paso In November, st which events it will be sought to have Port land named aa the place of next meet ing for theae two bodies. It Is understood that, two Portland men have been selected, but hsve not yet been conferred with and the an nouncement of their names awaits their acceptance. w A G O N S ram am ?! , - POLICE FORCE IS BEHIND TIMES TOT KEPT FACE WITH THE OMWTI OF THE OXTT rxBB DE FABTBCnrV IS BXTTB1 EQUIPPED BBXXF KXBTOBT OF FOKCES. Although Portland aa a olty haa ex perienced remarkable growth since 1871. Its police and fire departments have not kept pace with it. When the pollco force waa organised In 1871 and j. it Lappeus appointed chief, he had nine men, and they were enough, but after all theae yaara, with a population of about 115,000, the department haa only 70 patrolmen, some of whom work -as plain clothes men. " and alx detectives, aside from the captains. Jailers and drivers. In 1181 the paid fire department waa established. It had 10 permanent and 40 call members; four engines, one hose and one truck. Todsy It naa 161 perma nent members, eight engines, four trucks, four hose and four chemical companies. The police department haa had It chlefa since Its organization, while the fire department has had seven. Lappeus waa ths first police chief and Thomas A. Jordan the first fire chief, Lappeus served from 1871 to 1171 and from 1880 to 1811, and Jordan served from 1888 to 1884. Pennoyer Beglme. Chief Lappeus served 10 years a longer term than any of hla successors. During the Pennoyer regime 1818 to 1888 there were four police chiefs ap pointed. It waa the stormiest time the department haa ever seen. The first man to tackle the Job waa L. W. Robert son. He lasted five months, and in hla stead J.ohn Myers reigned. That indi vidual got all he wanted of the position in 'three months, and left the office. Then followed Pat Barry, who waa ap pointed from the ranks. Ten months sufficed him, and Mike Cloheasey took charge and served during the rest of the term. Luseme Besser served ss police chief from 18T8 to 18S0, W. H. Watklns from 1888 to 1884. Sam Parriah from 1184 to 1811, B. W. Spencer from the end of the Parrlsh regime for four months, and then Chsrles H. Hunt served two years. Ho was relieved by John W. Mlnto. Then came the Pennoyer ad ministration. From 1811 to 1801 Dan H. McLauchlan waa at the head of the department, when be was relieved by Chief Hunt, who now haa charge. Fewer Fixe Chiefs. The fire department haa had a less strenuous existence, and haa not been before the public so much aa the police department. It has had bat seven chiefs, and David Campbell, Its present head; has served longer than any of them. Jordan was the first chief, and then came Harry Morgan, who served one year; Robert Holman, who served one; Joseph Buchtel, who served two; David Campbell, who served one and T. De Boest, who served under Pennoyer. After the expiration of De Boeat'a term Campbell was reappointed. Both the police and fire departments are regarded aa being In better condi tion now than at any previous time, but neither havo sufficient men and appara tus to handle the situation properly. Police Save a Wagon. The qnly new features of the police force since Its organisation are the patrol wagon, the report system and the mounted officers. White gloves have been added to the uniform of the men on the down town beats, and they will soon march with cluba dangling In their right hands. The fire department cannot boast of much new apparatus, although there were no. chemicals when the department was first organised. There were but CARRIAGES Waaon Excellence. Strength, durability, safety and utility . ' Dined The Studebaker Wagon. Everv nigral of selected material. Iran and ateel of best oualitv: tires than fifty veara of waron makine exnerience behind every waeon made by the Studebakers. We sell all the get a Studebaker wagon book and let Lightest Running Studebaker Bros. HARNESS sag BBS .SBBBBBBBBBBB BBBI .aaal BBB - grflr 4f OO is PPular Pricc to Py for HAT. At -'VaTX tnJJ price a man gets all of style, good looks and good service that it's possible to get into a HAT. WE SELL THE CELEBRATED YOUNG'S NEW We're proud of it, because we believe it's the BEST $3.00 HAT ON EARTH If we knew of a better YOUNG'S HAT, and seU it of a better $3.00 HAT. Fall Blocks are now ready I ION CLOTHING CO. -aaaf m. V- 1 Reliable Outfitters to Men and Boys 166 and 168 THIRD STREET, Mohawk Bldg. 11 boxes in 1871, whereaa now there are 128 street boxes, 18 bridge boxes and IS automatic boxes. The fire boat la the distinctive feature of new appara tus The graateat fire In the city's history occurred before the organisation of a permanent department. It started In the building occupied by Hurgren v Shlndler, Saturday morning. Auguat 1. 1878, and quickly awept beyond, the con trol of the volunteers. The Oregon City, and other near by departments were brought In by train, and the fire checked after It had burned over 20 blocks, rendering hundreds homeless and desti tute. The mayor called for aid, which was promptly given by neighboring cities and states, so that all had food and shelter until they could care for themselves. Upon the ruins and aehea of that fire sprang the present city of Portland. with Its metropolitan departments and lta tbouaands of industries. FARMEmS' TTLE1 (Special Dlipiteh to The Jonrnul ) Diamond, Wash., Aug. 27. An Inde pendent farmers' telephone line run ning from Bndlcott to Mark Newhall's farm, a distance of eight miles, was Installed this wsek. It la owned" and controlled by 12 farmers. The putting In of the phones, construction and wire did not coat over 826 and It la said by those who ought to know, that 21 a year will cover the ezpenaa of repair. in Lumber seasoned four to five veers: hand set: durably painted. More many styles and sizes. Come in and us show yon bow good they are. Wagon Made. We sell the Studebaker because we can guarantee it. Co. Northwest. Portland, ore. YORK $3 HAT one we would discard the in its place. We don't know Neither does anyone else. and we're expecting you in. MM SWEDISH DOCTOR WILL LECTURE HERE SOON Dr. P. Waldenstrom of Stockholm. Sweden, will lecture In the Swedish lan guage at Taylor street Methodist church at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening. Dr. Waldenatrom ia one of the most learned men in Burope. He is psstor of the mission church ef Stockholm and ia at the head of the denomination in Sweden. His rank In the University of Upaala la Lector, equivalent to the lecturers In oar universities who rank above the pro fessors. He haa been a member of the legislature and Is a warm personal friend of the king of Sweden. This is Dr. Waldenstrom's third trip to America. Dr. Waldenatrom has visited Portland before and la alwaya a guest of Dr. W. T. BUen. After visiting a Chinese the atre on hla laat visit here Dr. Walden strom said: "Tell me, are we In an Insane aaylum or are we In hell 7" To the Canyon of the Clackamas oo the 0. W. P. Tou make It by trolley Sunday for 54) cents round trip; distance, 35 miles. You dine at the hotel, 60 cents. Music st the pavilion at no coat. Cars least First and Alder at 7:80, 8:80. 11:30. 1:30, 2:10. 1:10, 1:20, 7:80. Tickets must be pro cured st the office. BgJBBBH I I i a j!4b R O B E S ,