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-j - ; P- ' THE OREGON DAILY JOU: I" GOTLAND, , WEDNESDAY V-' LIi'19, POOR: AND ? Mrs."" Pipple's Struggle Against Adversity Has Left Her Weak r'artd Helpless. jjk RAILROAD AND CITY , -'STRIP HER OF PROPERTY Little HousVon W Whittled Half Lot May Be lanen ior- Assessment. - Mr.Ernestine Ptpple.-ownlnr one halt t . V , i. aJ piosEjep Ji tot ot Una pn1Macaaara stresw bum and earning a living for herself and two ! children. is In danger of losing her horn - because fme-rtmot pay.JIMO aewer as sessment Her case haa been tan up by Dudley Evana. of the county hoard J of charities and T. C Devlin, city eu- " 7 dlter. who will est . savmg u PrSo5T?ppl Wived with' her husband 'near Ortgon City. . Two years ago!h died. Their- wild-land farm waa m&st. : . faced, and only a.amall sum waa left ' - ? when the estate waa settled. She cam iiit tuturht half a lot on Macadam treat, and took ln waahlng to maintain heraelf and family. Gradually her eye ' eight failed -and blindness ensued, let ''as her vision, left her and she became blind aha . struggled on ajuinei.ine aa Then to add to hef troublea the South- n ..- .... forward with a, claim to 10 X"t of the rear end ef-her ' half lot ' and eeUbJtehed Ite right, and, - shortly after the pouuty demanded the ' permanent use oi n m .end of the half lot tot county, toad pur----ajoses. She-was 4gneranf-the taw-and failed to file a claim for damages within tha nreacrlbed time, and cannoCeeure ' redress for thla loss. And now the.Tlty , of Portland Uya, a sewer past horhait lot and assessed tl.0 against It. ths Jot being now within tha city limits. - '" '"-To pay thla assessment la beyond her power; and notice was" served on her that If tha sum renuaned unpaid the property - would te confiscated. If there be any law that allows tha of ' . flclala to rsmrt tha assessmsnt. It will " be invoked and Mrs. Plpple' Itlthrhotne will be. saved.,'; '.-"- '"."j '.".'vV TV; .FAIR FIREMEN TO BE-' :T; BEST IM THE CITY X Chief David Campbell of thaflra ..d - partment ; contemplates lnataUlnl a i. en 1n company and a combination hoaa and chemical company atrthe lawla and - dark xpoaitton arounda thla week. Tha - bulldlnc la la readineaa for tha men. tlia ' apparatus la on tha around and horaea have been aacurod. The personnel f tha'companiea has not bean determined, ' but the exposition firemen will be tha best, In the.fortland department Chief; Campbell is having- difficulty in ""aelectlne; horaea. . Many animals ware - a examined but they failed o ml tha re- qulrementa and were rejected; he kept 'five out of tha twenty or mora that-ha "'tested":' -ar. r:-:.: r.i Aa soon' aa the department, ta. Installed tha. man wllL begin the arduous work of vtralnlng tha animals. It will take sev eral months to teach )ham all the tricks " of tha business Drills will be held every ' day until tha department-is brought to sv high stats of efflclenfcy? :. .1'., . l;odern woodkews- -JUJ,JUAL ELECTION erlja, In Or Modem Woodmen of America, In Ore - gontare entering on thetr annual politi cal campaign. In which they-hotit-teounty ,and state conventions, where the will v of the majority qf tbelr members Is -Jlmade known. The etate deputy has issued 'notices directing campa to select :7 delegates ! ak tha7 first-'- meeting "In February to" attend ' tha county conven ttona that -are to be held on the first t' Wednesday lnAprll. where delegates will be selected , to represent- each . county at the -state camp to meet at - Baker City' tha first Wednesday In May. J. W. 8lmmons. state deputy, has re turned from a trip' through tha- state,. . visiting camps at Salam,.. Eugene.: Cot tage Grove, Monroe, Olendale r and Anlauf. -He installed officers at the three-.last., named places. Fred -X- Pall la consul and E. p. Looney is clerk Of Monroe camp; D. E. Johnson Is consul : and W, K.. Homme clerk of Olendale camp j Jasper Jillen'ls consul and H. J. ' Rltchey clerk of Anlauf camp. -- . TOO MANY NAMES FOR J ONE TRULY GOOD-MAN . G. T- Meeker, ailaa 3. O. Marlowe, alias . J. J, Fenwell, was arcested: last " night after having secured--Ins by means of - a worthless check from F. T. Barry, a real -aatata - dealer. I at No. 4 North tHUta street. .The real, eat .came detective., learned the check was ..worthless, traced the man through the , city, and finally caused bis arrest st the .Union depot. Meeker says ha lives In Walla Walla. . Wash, and, that, he came to thlsiclty for the purpoaa of purchasing property. -He selected a -certain- tract-foTrihicli ha gave the real estate- man check tor 1.100.- Then ha . wanted a check for 0115 cashed snd his request was granted. His record will be Investigated. t : - ' - - m - I, " - - , Vraf arrad Stock Oanaad aooas. . Allen. Lewis' Best Brand,-. f4 f ' , ' IVOost Heat Least IMIOuiiey CARBON RICHMOND COAL uilolmes Coal FIREMEN'S EFF0.1TS : PREVENT BIG FIRE Many j Guests ; n Oxford Hotel Endangered by. Flames in 'the Basement.., Fire -broka out in tha basement of tha Oxford cafa, corner Sixth andv Oak atreets, about 11:41 o'clock last, night, and only by herolo work' upon tha part of Chief Campbell 'and his men -waa the Oxford hotel block saved rrom dastruo tton. - Many guests -war asleep t- the Oxford hotel, which occupies the. J we upper stories of tha block, but all escaped before they war, endangered. Ruasall Blyth. who own tha build Inc. estimate their losses at 14,000; F. H. Power;- proprietor of tha Oxford hotel, states that his ?-loss Is about 13.000. - Tha other estimated losses are; K. B. Hahn.-Oxird afa.-.00Or-Ar W. Meyera. .piano dealer, f 9,000) C, N. W. Wilson's barber supply-house, ' II. 000; P. M. Jones. Kacycla CeaUr.-4,0U0; J. H.. Mvera. Oxford " restaurant I00; Portland afa company, JJOO. ah were insured but the. Mayer piano house. which carried but, f 1.000 Insurance. . Several rooms oh the third floor were broken open and tha contents oz n dresser drawers were scattered about the floors. Mr. Powers saye thla - was tha work Of firemen, but no one viae Is of this opinion. The police eay aome of the guests did not leave their rooms when called, - but . waited . In tha hotel until tha others had gone. IX R. Smith reported1 tha loss of a gold watch, , Tha firs waa. dlscoverea dj- axra. rpowera. Who had gona to the Oak street nhnM at tha hotel to lock tha door. She at once awoke tha hotel guests one of .whom -turned la t still Ore, alarm. Among tha guests wire V .Miss Maria Ware and Horace McKlnlejc- of land fraud "fame. Tha Are' Is supposed to have originate In tha basement under neath the Oxford cafe. - Mrs. Powers stated that tha odor waa like one emails in a street car when tha fuse burns out Mrtln Mftjeski. a bartender, was overcome by -smoke, but was rescued by tha firemen. BOTH AT DEATHBED : :: -OF EMM ABBOTT George Kenney Meets Man Who . Was" With Him When ;.; . i' '. Singer! Died.' -'f 3eorge Kenney, who Is among the old- tlma showmen' of tha legit.' la In' Port land once more as business manager of Joe Murphy, who la soon to appear hare In "Kerry 'Cow" and "8haun Rhua." Mr, Kenney waa lor many yaara treas urer of the Emma. Abbott Opera com pany. On hia. first) visit here with1 the lamented songstress she purchased the' corner -property at Seventh and Morri son atreets, Mr. Kenney handling tha money In the transaction, - which amounted to about $30,000. . Charles Sweeny paid 7,000 for the property a short -tlma ago. , -v. Mr. Kenney was introaucea to a Portlander at tha Marquam -Grand last evening, and In an exchange of remin iscences ' It was discovered that Dotn were present at ths death of Emma Ab bott, which occurred about 1 years age in tha Templeton Hotel , in Halt Juaae city. niavensTways attflhuttd-hairaeath." I said Mr. Kenney, "to the fact that we opesad -th- na w ' opera.- house at Ogden. The Walla of her dressing room were ao damp that they could be dented like putty by av man's -hand, That night the prima donna caught a severe cold.. We fiffay!iaTsraaTr-ituT Lake, "Chimes of Normandy, tha mgnt following. If I remember rightly, and the third night Emma Abbott' wa dead ot pneumonia. I. -shall - nevor forget the aad scenes in her death cnamrjer.- .-3Bor L" replied the stranger whom .Mr." Kenney had Just met. In answer to ths astonished look of inquiry, he- con tinued: "I war a. bellboy in tha Ten platon. hotel at that time, and was as signed to Mlaar Abbott's sick room. No, 2a, to run jerrands." ' "'And I sent you on. errands, no doupt," ejaculated Kenney, . .. . . .. 'So you did. and you paid m wtll" .- UMBRELLA SHEDS FORr . RAILROAD COMPANY Materials for fhf new unbelTa aheds to cover the tracks of the Northern Pa cific -Terminal company at. tha union depot as on the way. and work will begin immediately. The contract has been, let to Councilman A. K. Bentley of Portland. The work will cost abouu . . . - ... - , - . . . i ' The proposed sheds will cover all the tracks leading into the atatlon, and cross sheds ..will ' connect them;- shelter ing the platform so that crowds of peo ple may come and go "1n wet weather Without being .exposed to the rain. -; The walks and apaces between-ths tracks will be paved with asphalt, . . Pnblle Is Aroased. - ' .The publlo ia aroused to a knowledge of the curative merits of that great medicinal tonic. Electric Bitters, for sick stomach, liver and kldneya. Mary H. Walters, of St. Clarl Ave., Colum bus, O.. writes: "For several months I wat-xivea -up-to dle.lil had fever and ague, my nerves were wrecked;. I could not sleep, and my stomach was so weak from useless doctors' drus that I could tint atAf. Rmrn affjir hea-Tnnfn frt t . U . -i e.iecirio utersiA omainea reiier ana in a abort time T , was entirely cured." Guaranteed at Red Cross Phsrmscy. Sixth and Oak streets, on tha way te Jhe Immiuiiiuw. jrrice tvo. - r HILL COAL $7.50 $7.50 'Dce asal - a fc. A il ass a-w w a. aa ss L" . V i - I I - I f ''ill- l'ff'll 11! ' f I I i - j , . HA1RHBALTH iaia rMterae cuwr and besuty at youth to gray aalr. stops hlr (ill. lag. -Fosltlnly remores Saadratt, kills tha gona. Makes hair aort, gtoeer,. lusarlaat. CMDC2 HEALTH "rtad lacloasd tt.rg for tetttaS BAIK BEALTR. Aa aellghtad with hottla seat M. Betas ao nana, it atnmt kUlad mm ta aava sty saw gettiag waits loag Derora 1 waa an aid woataa: bat. tEKk to HAIR. white loag btttm HCAtiTH, as gray hairs eaa ba fauna la ay head. Have Dot oaaa all af eaa battle' , Lars fiOe. bottlea, Srogglata'. Take seta, lag without Philo Bay Oa. stgsstars, . filga this,- take ta aay of follotrtag drag glata. and get lOe: battle Balrhaalth aad gfie. rak HarDna flnas, medleaied, both for 60c.; vvguias- pi lew tmr. ; apr avnv 97 rwio May fja( Kewark. M. J., prepaid; far aOr. and thla adv, Free eoas set slvea br drosrlat wltaaat this atira adr. aad 60c for BaUsealth. Ksiaa ,..4.. AddCMsV i e m t WOODABD. CnVABn .J oo. TomrU ama waajuarMB. - SAYS IT- COSTS TOO . MUCH TO GET MARRIED M art Comes From Salem Hunt ing Bargain-Counter Prices ,u ln Wedding Fees. A -young man from ' Salem r who wag mafrled In Portland yesterday , Is re turning to - lila- homo - fully tnvlncod that tha tea for performing the wedding Ceremony, should ba reduced. . ; . Me came into the county clerk s offlct and said he wanted a license to marry. 'How -much does It eostr ho asked of Deputy Kerne. -.i" Z'CT, Three dollars," answered the deputy. "Gee--that's high." replied ths young ma4 .from .aalem, r"and -how. much, doea it coat to get the ceremony performed?" Tha law allows an-official $5," aald Mr. Kerna, bu$ .he may charge aa much less aa he caaa to accept.' , , o the young man rrom Salem de parted with hia license, and , in. about an hour Deputy Kerns had a telephone call from Justice. Waldemar Baton, of tha east aide.' '; "Tour"young man from Salem has been here," aald the Justice, -''and-he consumed half , an hour in dickering with me over the price or a marriage cere mony. I - finally agreed on down and t to be paid next 4nonth. and aant him away happy. He wanted to -give his note for thw IS. but 1 took his word for it.. He, declares .that the law are distinctively antagonlstlo to the anti- Taclal snloids doctrines of President RopsOvelt, and thinks the fees should be reduced to. fit the circumstances of young people of moderate .means,". SERGEANT SL0VER IS -CHIEF OF DETECTIVES Whett-Chlet Hunt read l-the-ews-4 papers -that there were "big mitt" men in town' be decided" that strenuous -measures were necessary to control thla clasa of rogues. j .,;,'...,, . - Xiooklng over his list -of men, he de clded that Sergeant Blover was the most capable officer to ua terror to fraaaa the hearts ot the bunko men.' He then created a new office chief of detectives end gave the title and emoluments to 8ergeant Slover, and detailed Policemen Vaughn, Jones and Hellyer io assist Slover in elearing the clti'.of, the "big mltt'-men.. . , . ,, .- ; ,,1 -.. ; . - It was ahown In the police court that the -"big fnitf inn were poker ' players who had been driven from . the back rooms e-f saloons by bneriff Word and had" been- forced to . take ;.ref uge ih a room , in 'the. lodging house. " HOUSEMOVERS D!t 1 NOT SPARE THATJREE - Is it lawful for a housemover to cut f rom a treejimbs hat reach far-into the -. atraetT Thla curloua queatlon la presented.- In a damage suit filed' by Emily Snow against A. D. Moodle, llta R. Clarey. Au, K Shannon, Andrew John eon and C Annln. rSbe alleges thst In moving a - building - they . cut aeveral branchea trom . her ahade trees In Twelfth street. Their answer admits that they cut the branches, but alleges the-y were compelled to do -Bo, and that they are not bound to pay her any damages.!- - - '' -'The trees are ofjurarlant growth, tha Mmbwwxtenaing nearly - to the -center of the street making It Impossible to move a building -alongy that highway without, cutting aome of the projeotlng branches. J , , . ...-. - , - HISTORICAL SOCIETY . .. . MEEDS MORE MONEY I Judge C-R- Belllnger ana George II. Hlmes, curator of the Oregon Historical society, are working for an appropriation of I1J.B0O from the state to carry oa society work. , The 1)111 has been pre sented te- the legislature and; Is In the hands-of a committee. --jr-----r-r---: It is desired- to expend a portion of Per Ton . 7 Per Ton o. 3S3 Stark! Street " , ' ' '' . I ' ' r Wc plciceON- SALE our entire stock . of MEN'S MEI'S PANTSregular price $250 Sala Price $1.50 MEN'S PAlT ADEN'S PANTS-reffular price $4e00 Sale Price $3.5 . :: -MEN'S PANT S-reffuIar price $5.00 Sale Price $4. 1 S: ... .m .-V- .1., t,........f.. ....j..--7-.V - - , ---r-- - . ' . - . . . - j - ' ' ..... . " I BOYJS . CORDU ROYT PANTS,.50c values :l2S MEN'S $2 00 li ATS. Special n . : . J. . $1.35 : BOYS' SAILOR SUITSJA'P ."HA Llr PRICE ' : v AllreutiPricer 'End- Saturday The Red Front' See -Thursday's Journal for - - particulars. , v the appropriation ' before 'J the lwt and Oark expoaltlon ' In putting the exhibit in presentJlhspa There " is - - an immense . Amount of documentary material wlchaa to be segregated and made ready for bind ing and filing, and this wUt have to be done by an experienced-librarian.' A great many of the exhtbfta have to be refrranged that they may, be viewed to the best advantage -W expect many visitors this year I aald Mr, Hlmes yesterday, "and we desire to have tha exhibit lit preaentable ahape.' We -cannot accomplish much unless we are given the funds by the legislature. ! it Is Impossible to accomplish- the work before ' us without assistance.'' 'ofa-S: Hmu. snH00L7ALHMNIWILL: ... ri" ? ENTERTAIN GUESTS ' The following program will be given at tha entertainment to be held In the assembly hall of the Brooklyn school next Friday night, beginning at .7:41 o'clock. It will be under the auspices of the Brooklyn School' Alumni associa tion and the proceeds wilt be used to furnish the aasembly hall: . Piano duet, Tlllle and Bertha Goetten; lecture, "Abraham Lincoln," M. O. Wln stock; selections,.. Brown's Mandolin club; recitation, "The Jiners," Miss Wohlgemuth; soprano - solo, selected. Mra J. Pratt: selections, Brown's Man dolin club; recitation, "Cigarette's Ride and Death," - Mrs. Carrie Alexander; solo, selected. Miss Minnie Ublman; vocal duet, selected, Mra. Pratt and Mr. Herri gan; pantomime, "How My Brother Has to Dress, Shave, Eat His Breakfast arid Catch a Train in Twenty- -Minutes" Miss Olive Ralph: "The Hunter's Call Haywood club quartet. " r ". , 1 Men's Good Clothing . at Less Cost. , bwlng to .'our great January clear ance sale we have 'been -left with a great Moray r:odds and .ends in overcoats and suits, -Line after line has been closed out' entirely, .and, ar great many only oneand two- garments of a-kind left. Ws dot not i cars' to' carry theTtt over .another, season, and In order to doss them out by Saturday evening, February. 4. have placed the ridiculous low prlc. of , t7.lt a garment on goods that sold as high as 1 60. , Bse our ad. on page I of thla Issue. SAMUEL. ROrl EN ftL A TT CO., Reliable Clothiers. - - ' Car, Third and .Morrison Streets. ' ' 1 1 " ' X An Ideal Fuel: ; Try Great Western wsshed coal lump M. range f S. delivered. Contains no dirt, rock or dust, no soot te blacken up your slovellde snd rill up and clog .the pipes. We guarantee this eoal to be aa repre sented. Great Weatern Coal company, 441 HorL Phone Mala 141. -..--' :' I r i :'X :Xi: ,l . ........ ' v 1 L-i CLEARANCE-PRICES., Note the reductions iieiiHifiitt ON YOUR PART WIIX BE ECESSARY IF YOU JQETHE REMARKABLE VALUES THAT-ARE B;Iillg:i. . At 382 Weare permitted to retain the store fintil SATURDAY pose of as much stock as we, possibly can instead of packing and shipping it to -bur net? location. The ladies of Portland and vicinity shall derive the benefit of our - SEE THE BARGAINS iAND THEN JUDGE-'DONT DELAY DONTTUT OFF COME O N N OW I ALL GOO p S WAY, WAY BELOW ORIGIN AL COST AND NEW GOODS, TOO; NOT OUT OF DATE TRASH 1 GET A HUSTLE ON YOU IF YOU WANT TO BUY SOME OF THE GREAT VAI Ct.MTMr nmurt rt?t?TTlTrri'AT THTC STORE OF ;' Tl-' .- " U US .1 w " ' M""' M VI' Tiis Copland Suit & .',. ' .v ' " " A .-,,!, t 4-- - WASHINGTON STREET Tremendous Price Slashing $25.00 LADIES' SUITS FOR . ..' .1 . . . . I . .94.00 $30.00 LADIES' SUITS FOR.' :T , 97.50 $12.00 LADIES' SUITS FOR .7. . ?2.90 - .. $16.00 LADIESVSUITS FOR, V. , ... i . .94.50 . $14.00 LADIES' SUITS FOR. . . . , . . .?4.25 ' j- ' And Everything Else in Proportion." v ' -j . , ! -i . , -' 302 . VAS1C;CTCN STIUllIT PANTS at- ' - Night ' sr. THIRD OA K yISH TO PARTAtCE BENGOFFERED .- NIGHT .and prefer to dis-" A n,. m ww i N 4T. TrXfX'l m. w Millinery Co; 't 4