,rTHEOMOitc AIliJjOTONAir: PORtLAND.1 MOND AV ' EVEWNQ. OCTOBER ' 1SS3.
DAV IS SET ASIDE
ASSESSOR SIGLER STANDS PAT I'JIIILE
FILTH 111
FOR CHILDREN i
PROTESTS COtlTJNUE TO PILE IN
A
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Coard of Equalization Due to
Have Extended and Stormy
f Meeting; .
NORTHERN PACIFIC ;
' . FORMALLY OBJECTS
J 6. R. ft N. and Southern Pacific Also
Expected to Protest Some Prop
l I erty Holders Find They Have Been
T a-J . C fVt saw1 Caw Sa
VflTVH 04WII wv e w
County AiMiur j B. D. Slgler U bat
..' tllng In defense of his 'assessment of
. property In Multnomsh county -at Us
. ih valuation. The board of equsl-
: Jxat16n U'lh aessTon IMS wnt and win-
- .be In the. county courtroom during ornce
hours until Saturday, evening t hear
eom plaints . by property , owners who
- think their holdings have been assessed
- too high. County Clerk,; F. 8. fields Is
assisting Mr. Slgler In the reception of
written sworn-joomplalnts, . which are
Sambered." recorded , and retained for
consideration by the board before riv
ing a ilnal answer.
, Never-before In the history of the
state of Oregon has there been such a
meeting- of a board of equalisation.
Heretofore the' adjustment of valua
tions for dissenting property owners
baa been a pussllng- thin. It has been
; difficult to .strike - a fair percent
df the real value; property was asaeaaed
t from 0 to SI per cent of Its market
Value, although the statute plainly com
" aianded all assessors to enroll property
efwhst It would being at a voluntary
-sale, -This year, howsver, the property,
f both real and personal, tangible and in
Unstble. .waa assessed by Mr.. Slgler at
"what he thought . was its true cash
-value. ; -' , t, ,.. ,, ' -J-
Thla forenoon only -one of the bis
; corporations filed .an , .official .protest
agalnatthe valuation that had . been
placed on its holdings. Jay Sedgwick.
' assistant tax agent of the Northern Pa
cific, filed a petition praying that the
-assessment of. the company's property
In this county be made not to exceed
I11&.71I. It had been valued this year
; at IJ15.H0; last ysar It waa valued at,
I J.8. , The assessor naa incroasea tne
assessment of the total property for the
county three times, but had multiplied
last year's assessment of. the Northern
Pacific by three and one third. It waa
set -forth In the petition that the assess
ntent Is -"far beyond Its true value. -It
, - la Understood that the company claims
that the former assessment la" this
' county was nearer the cash valuation
"than other property's assessment, and
that the Increase thla year should not
be made so great for that corpora-
' ton. . ' '." - " - 1
'. It Is understood that the O. R. at .N.
company's tax agent, J. W. Mdrrow, who
' is In eastern Oregon looking after as
sessment In counties there, will be here
before the end of the week to file a
petition for a reduction, and that the
Southern Pacific company, ae-well as
some of the public utility corporations,
J will attempt to induce tpe board to lower
' -the figures. .
A feature of the sssessment this year
.,- ts the elevation of values -on the stocks
f large .mercantile corporations such
as the Meier -a Frank company, former
ly assessed at about $170,000, thla year
at ttSMOO, and Llpman, Wolfs Co.,
heretofore valued at $100,000, , now on
' the rolls for $170,000. - .'',.
,.-' Other assessments of large concerns
;. .'indicating the Increase In the valuations
'. this year were:
.'-' Olds. Wortman King. 10. $-!,-,
; 101,$100.000. Allen at Lewie, 10$.
$525,000; ' lttt. $115,000. Flelschner.
Mayer tc Co., 105, $760,000: 1(04 $100.
' 000. First National bank. 106 $1,S1.-
750; 104. $171,110. United States Na
; tlonal bank. 105, $$04,000; 1104. $142.-
800. Henrav Welnhard estate., 105.
$2t.4SO: 1104. $102,800. Van Schuyver
Son, liquor dealers. 1005. $54,00; 1004,
$11.$65. The Ladd Interests, l0i, $64$,
416; 1904, IH,M.
Not all who cams . to the courthouse
to "kick" remained to continue that sot,
for many looked up their asseaements
; and went away with the statement that
ail they wanteQ wss "a square deal," and
(hey were satisfied they had received It
v L. Tberkeleen. owing about $25,000
worth of property In this city, looked
: over the situation, examined the as
, sessment of other -property and said he
was satisfied-.---'
J. Foott. another property-owner, said
the same, but both of them joined In
' making this statement: -'
- "The assessment Is all right. An
equal Increase On all' alike has wronged
no one; but the property-owners want
the county and city officials to under
stand that they must not take ad van-
!, -tage of the situation to Impose heavier
taxes on the people than are necessary.
' Xaat year we paid 40 mills; this year
' the assessment Is three times aa large,
therefore the tax should normally be
about one .third as r many mllla, or
1$ 1-$.- ':- ' - -
.'The Northern Pacific's sssessment
.. this year as compared with 1004 la:.
Right of way and track. 1004, $1,100
, fjer mile; 1I0S, $17,000 per mile; flgurf
petitioned for by the company. $7,820.
.Rolling stock. 1004. $1,054; 105,
$.000; aaked for, $1,064. '
Th1e and the aaaessmenf of other pub- I
lie corporations will doubtless cause
. much discussion. ' Assesaor Slgler be.
' lleves be will be able to maintain hit
position before the board, and that not
only will the assessment of their tangl-
bla property remain as it la now on the
- books, but that the valuation of Intan
gible properties, franchises which were
assessed arbitrarily by Mr. Slgler, will
stand the test which may be- placed
upon It by having the matter taken Into
the courts, if such, resort be had by the
companies. .
The sssessment of all property of tho
Portland Consolidate! Railway' company
ia $S,041.4O,as- follows: Roadbed and
machinery, ,$1,101,420; realty. $140,000;
franchise, $$00,000. -
"Although I admit that-there are mi
nor errors la the assessment roll, which
could not well be avoided, as these are
: maters of mere detail, the assessment of
the larger property holdings are. In my
, opinion, right, and should stand. said
Mr. Ugler. I will defend my assess
ment In those partleulara.'
The people filed, past the assesaor and
the .county clerk all' the forenoon, and
there were complaints in some Instances
, that, caused amusement. One mas
wahlad bis assessment of $1,000 for s
- nlnaf room house and ' other - Improve
ments on the lot decreased to $500. He
: stuck to his ground snd Insisted--tht
he had succeeded 4n building a modern
house of that slse for hair, a thousand
dollars lernd so made affidavit. .. , -
The realty of the county this yesr
will aggregate $14T.t7I.TT: last year it
waa valued at $14,411,177. Personal
property la aseeeeed this yeari at $.
. 011.421. making the total for the county
f all klnja $Ut.l0.41(.
The) Increase is not quite three tlmu
on realty. ' for the reasons that Im
provements are not asaeaaed up to orig
inal Cost, owing to the depreciation in
the value of a building rrora its use.
Improvements have been about doublet.
while realty has been trebled. . The
realty assessment Is as .follow;
Town lota, 10S. $S,031,221; last year
It was $21.2,200; Improvements there
on. 10S. $3.21.T$0; 1104. $la.l7.loo.
Acreage andacreage ' additions, 1105,
$K,$02.$40; 1004. 1 5, 41 $.070 Improve
ments thereon. 1805, $l,tl$.t$5; 104,
8718.ZSS. - -"
.Jacob Rosenthal protested against his
assessment, which was $55,(00; stock
of ftoots and shoes $60,000, money and
accounts . $5.0M.. furniture $100. Mr.
Rosenthal claims that his former assess
ment, $11.500,. 1 was high enough, ami
msde affidavit to that effect. .
" Few of the. larger property owner
have filed protests; tbey are busy exam
ining the rolls and will determine Sctlou
later.' It is expected that there will be
many- petitions for reduction filed, so
th. tfc ttnmrA will tiawa ma mini aa
tended session and the most work of all
ever held In this countyu t ,
FOR DISPOSAL OF
Data Gathered for State Com
mission Sriows Magnitude of
' Architectural Work at Fair.N
ILLINOlV BUILDING- H'
; SOLD FOR SMALL SUM
' ir:
Agriculture Palace Contains More
Than' Million Feet lot s Lumberf
California 1 In " Controversy With
7 Contractor. ' . . V
V
"' Figures have been submitted to Presi
dent Jefferson Myera of the Lie wis and
Clark Centennial Exposition commis
sion, by F. A. Erlckson, superintendent
of construction, to form a groundwork
for specifications for bids for disposing
of the various structures erected by the
state of Oregon. . " . "
Illinois Is flrat to sell. The Illinois
building haa been 'sold for $450 to B.
Verateeg. who ownaj-"the ground on
which It stands.--"- 1
- Exclusive- o( doors, saahee, molding.
hosepipe, glass snd other fixtures, the
number of feet of .lumber computed to
be la each Of the -buildings to be sold by
the - state, the money for which sales
will revert to the state treasury. Is as
follows: t
Administration building. 7.m feet;
Colonnade - entrance, 11.000; fire station,
0,000; Police building. $0,000; Agricultural
building, 1.150.000; Foreign Exhibits build
Ing, - 410.080 Festival, Hall. 117.000; Min
ing, building. 225,000; Mlnea building an
nex. 10,000; Machinery and. Electricity
building, 600.000; Oriental building, 400,
000; Oregon State building,' 78,000.
Bids will be accepted on all . these
buildings, on any one building, or sny
part of any or all of the butldtnga. '
J. A. Filcher, California commission
er, received a communication yesterday
from - Governor Paides of That ' state,
asking if Its building could be sold
with ths proviso thst It be not torn
down for two or three months. A con
troversy Is expected with the contractor
snd the building Is wanted as evidence
in support of the contentions -of the
state.
THEY. WILL NOT HAVE TO
WALK TO HEW YORK U
Members of "darnival of Venice"
Company Get Pullman Tick
ets and a Money Gift.
. ."All members of the 'Venice' company
have been paid In full and have re
ceived an additional gift of money from
me; all who came from New Tork will
start for home tonIghTon first-class
tickets, with Pullman fares and dining
car money In their pockets. These other
reports are all bosh," said Bolossy Kir
alfy' today. . '.;
Two or three choristers made the as
sertion that Klratfy, In cutting out the
aalnrles on nighta when rain prevented
performances had left them penniless,
without sleeping-car money or the cot
of meala. Which was .true In some
cases. . This sad -condition, however,
waa the, result of . the employes over
drawing on the boxofflce.
There ts a clause In every theatrical
contract providing that If the manage
ment Is unable to give, a performance on
account of "fire, rain, lightning, delay
In transportation, or for any other res
gemenra controlM
salaries will not be paid for. such day
or days." This clause was in every one
of Klralfy's contracts. M. '
This afternoon. In paying off nls peo
ple. Klralfy gave them a few dollars
extra and railroad tickets, which satis
fied all but two or three of the girls.
A belligerent chorus man named Ford,
who demanded his mortey for the days
no performance - waa 1 given.- refdsed .to
leave the room. The V tage carpenter,
"Butch." waa called In and ejected Fort
without ceremony. ( 1. ,
BIG MAN ACCUSED OF '
' BEATING SMALL WOMAN
William M. Cliff was arrested' yes
terday afternoon ; by Sheriff Word
charged with beating Rose Smith. The
couple lived, in a tent -at Ivanhoe. Cliff
is a large six-footer, and states that
he Is a barber and is working In a
Waahlngton street shop. - Rose Smith Is
a small woman, who looks and acta as
though she wss very much afraid of her
giant companion. M. M. Confrey.f who
lives near the couple, stated that yes
terday afternoon he saw Cliff alap the
woman and throw her against the door
of the tent - and then he heard not see
as. thouh,som onswaabaJng beaten
and that he heard the woman scream.
Rose Smith' said .that If Cliff, had
Struck her, It did not hurt. Cliff stated
that she was drunk snd that ho was
attempting, to -carry her Into the tent
so that he might not be disgraced by her
appearing In the yard In such a condi
tion.! The eduple state they 'came to
Portland, from, California and. expeet-Uo
be married as soon ss Cliff can get a
bang; account. 1....
BUILDINGS
Mrs. Sarah A. Evans, Meat In-
1 spector, Finds Conditions
, Often Deplorable. ;
SPOILED VEAL IN t. v
v FIFTH STREET. SHOP
Eighty Per Cent of Markets (Jnclean
Bakeries Generally ' in Good
,Shap4rocery Stores Doing Bet
tef. Says Mrs. Evans. -7-'
. Deplorable conditions exist In many
of the meat markets and restaurants f
the city.- according to Mrs, Sarah Ann
Evana-clty roeJkgflnpoctnr, In har
monthly report submitted te the board
of health today, Inatances were cited
where shops were unclean and the gen.
nrat surroundings unaanltary In the ex.
treme. . '
Mrs. Evans' work the vast month has
been principal! In markets and restaur
ants. All told slys has made 110 Inspec
tions - A portion of the report follows:
"With one exception the bakeries were
clean, but aa no. bread Is made during
the day little Idea can be bad of the
conditions under which the bread Is
made. . The method of , delivering tin-
wrapped bread by drivers Is unclean and
4e be condemned, but I fall to find Snjr
ordinance covering It. . t ;
"I found one 'popular restaurant In the
heart of the city with absolutely no out
side ventilation . lav, the kitchen except
through a - window- cut- Into' the back
room of a fish market which is now on
h blacklists A -tollet-ls-next-to-tlto
kitchen door, which stood open and could
only.be ventilated through, a long nar
row , hallway. Chlnesev were employed
and great barrels of garbage -stood In
the kitchen, producing a medley of
odors which ' penetrated the surrounding
buildings snd have been complained
of. They have been notified to clean up.
"In grocery stores I found a decided
Improvement snd a general dlsposltlon-tp
cooperate with the health board.
-'Out of- U meat markets I. found, but
10 that would come within the clean-up
Hat. In three I found them dependent
on their - neighbors for water; In six.
toilets were connected with the shop and
two were In the room where meat was
kept and prepared. .
'The Excelsior market at East Mor
rison street and Union avenue refused
me admission and I was compelled to
call a policeman. ' When I made the
examination I found tha place filthy.
Three markets that were In bad condition
last month were .. decidedly Improved
upon. i . . , ,
"In a market on v Morrison street ' I
found a great quantity of chickens
cooped In a small cellar where- the
butcher was making eausage and - had
pickled meat . atandlng . open. While -1
was . making my examination I saw a
rat run ever an open firkin of meat and
gnaw some, of the meat that stood -out
of the- brine. 1 gave them 14 hours to
get the chickens out and the place
cleaned up. - Upon returning. I found my
ordera carried out. ; - -
"September 21 I found In a market on
Fifth street in the center of the city a
quantity of spoiled veaL I was told that
It had .been sent by a well-known com
mission house to have the hides taken
off and they were' then awaiting the
garbage man to have the carcasses taken
to the crematory.i.The market .has no
back entrance and- insufficient ventila
tion and unventilated toilet. I gave
orders and on returning In two hours
found the carcasses removed and a gen
erous quantity of chloride of lime had
been uaed. .. .
"I visited the commission' merchant
and -was told by him that frequently
veal came In which waa soured. It was
then sent to the markets that (the hides
might be saved snd such parts of the
carcasses as had not spoiled might be
saved. He had been doing this for It
years snd hsd not (thought of It being
unhealthy. He promised be would not
allow it to occur again.
"In the Wood market, on Sixth street,
I found an unventilated toilet In the
meat room and a tank under the floor
for waah water and drainage which was
at lntervalsMemptled by pumping it In
to the toilet. Other conditions 'of the
-ilace were generally bad.- Three visits
railed to nna any improvement and In
structions were disregarded.
' "At the Johna market, on Sixth street,
I found condltlona unhelthful. 'Chicken
coops were In an unventilated room next
to the shop. In the same room with the
Ice box. t'pon a second visit I found
things unohsnged snd a dog penned In
one of the coops."
MANY ENTRIES FOR,
FAIR.POULTRY-SHOW
More than 1.000 birds , have, alresdy
been entered for the poultry show at
the exposition, which opens Thursday
and will continue for a week. Only birds
which stand a chance to win, so their
respective owners believe, hays been en
tered. In qualify the aggregation of
chickens. It la aald. will excel anything
ever seen in ins weei,
Eastern eTitniTiBve not been so nu-
merous as expected. On account of high
express rates. Pierce county,- Wash
ington, heads the Hat with Hi entries.
Nine varieties sre represented.
' About 100 entries have been made for
the- pigeon hw, The- Padflo Coast
Pigeon Fanciers' association has entered
St birds,. Including one pnlr.of Imported
pigeons of the "blue runt" variety, val
ued at t2S0." f.--,
The Judges for the poultry show are
all experts, the list Including Oeorge D.
Holden, president of the American Poul
try aaaoclatloni Theodore Hughes of In
dianapolis; R. C. H. Hallock of 8t Louis,
secretary of tfli National White Wyan
dotte club; W. W. Browning of Ogden,
president of the Utah Poultry associa
tion; C H. Hinds, Alameda.' Cel.; H. C.
Collier, .Taooma; E.1-." Ledd," Portland,
and Thomas Wilkinson, Nana I mo, B. c.
- faaeral of Mrs. King. .
(Special nispatiw te The Joornal.)
Corvallls. Or.. Oct. t. The funeral of
Mrs. Anna M. King, aged SI years, who
e)ld Saturday.- waa held at 10 o'clock
this morning. She was the wife of Sol
King, an old and weslthy Benton eltlsen.
Interment wss made In Odd . Fellows'
cemetery,
' Be ald the Fine. -
orld ' Bell ihWThornrng pleaded
guilty to having secured ISO from E.
uangley by- false personation. Bell waa
fined IV by Municipal Judge Cameron.
The fine was paid. '" .m -
Walter T. Smith atari
Walter V; Smith is st" St. Vincent's
hospital suffering front a badly sprained
ankle. He received the. Injury In a fall
while stepping . from a etUbatoaa, .
Injury Received White He Was at
' the' Drydock Last Thurs- -V
day Afternoon.
THOUGHT AT FIRST HE ;
WAS NOT BADLY HURT
Doctors Say Patient Will Recover
an4 There Is No Cause for Alarm,
but That Absolute Quiet Will Be
Necessary for Some Time." f : ',
.,.vv;V-.i ,. -:.-, j. I..
Senator John H. Mitchell la in ths
Good Samaritan hospital, suffering from
m wroken rib. . The 1n)"rj.Tras raralTtrd
leee-Trrtmida-Sftarnoon while Senator
Mitchell waa Inspecting thai, steamer
Oceano which had 1 just Men placed in
drydock. T " t
Supposing that-, he ' received ' nothing
more serious than a bruise, the senator
returned to his .office and did not con
sult a physician. , On Friday he was
again at hta office as usual, and on Sat
urday he waa one of the throng which
celebrated Portland day - at the fair.
After walking about the fair grounds
for . a time he -experienced so , much
pain that, he realised that his Injury
must have been .more 'serious than he
had Imagined and be went' to the Good
Samaritan hospital. There an examina
tion disclosed the fact that one of his
ribs was fractured.
. The docking of the Oceano attracted
a number of visitors, as the . vessel is
one of the largsst that enters the Co
lumbia. river. Senator Mitcheli was one
of a partyoCjrom!nent citisena who
visited the scene and as he was leaving
he atepped on soma loose, earth , beside
the dock. The ground gave way and
Senator -Mitchell was thrown down vio
lently. Though badly bruised, he did
not realise the extent of his Injury and
an -hour later he was at his office in
the Columbia building, where he attend
ed to some business that was awaiting
him.'. . .. . .
When Senator Mitchell went to the
Good Samaritan hoapltal two daya later
he was examined by Dr. D. J., Wiley,
who found that a rib had been frac
tured. Dr.- Wiley Is out of town today
but It Is stated at the hospital that the
patient Is progressing favorably and bis
THEIR FATE HANGS
II
If Indictment Is Defective Jones,
t Potter and Wade Will Go
'. ' . v'' -.Scot .Free. "; ' '"' J'-''. T7-
LIMITATIONS LAW ZTT r
BAR TO NEW ACTiON
If Present Charge of Land Fraud
jJStands,, Howover,-They -Will Face
- Trial Tomorrow Morning Many
in Grand Jury Venire Offer Excuses
A last effort to overthrow the indict
ment against W. N. Jones, Thaddeus B.
Potter and Ira Wade, accused of land
frauds In the SUets Indian reserve,
waa made this morning by their attor
neys. Judge M. Ii Pipes and S. B. Hus
ton. For two hours Judge Hunt lis
tened to the srguments Of the defend
ants', attorneys and of District Attorney
F. J. Henev and then took the matter
under advlsoment until, tomorrow morn
ing.
A former indictment against these
defendants was found defective and was
quashed. Tney were then reindicted
when the statute of limitations had all
but run. If this new Indictment could
be knocked out the defendants would be
Immune from further prosecution.
Decision Zs; Important.
A motion to nuaah waa denied hv tha
court -and a, pJtis- In abatement was then
filed. The plea proved as unsuccessful
as the motion to quash and the attor
neys then demurred to the Indictment.
If the . demurrer Is overruled the trial
will begin at 10 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing. ' '
S." Br Huston made the opening argu
ment this morning.' In support .of the
demurrer. He Insisted that the Indict
ment was defective. In that It failed to
allege an overt act such aa would tend
to make -effective the conspiracy' with
which the defendants are' charged. Such
an omission would be fatal. Judge
Pipes argued still more fully the alleged
defect In the", Indictment. Their ara-u
DEGIIO
ments were vigorously combated byMr.lwhlch- would -faellltate-herreductlon of
Heney. who rna1stedlhat the crime had
been properly charged. '
A panel of 00 veniremen was ordered
last week for ' the Jones trial. A call
of the list thli morning" revealed the
fact that only 17 of the 00 had responded,
and of theae nearly one half asked to be
excused from serving. Of the IT men
who lined up before the bench to present
their reasons for being excused only eight
succeeded In convincing Judge Hunt that
the reasons were sufficient. The rest
of the panel were told to appear In
court tomorrow morning, when the Jury
will be drawn.
Among those ..excused was W. K.
Newell of Washington county, a member
of the Isst legislature. Newell was the
author-, of the bill providing for the
transportation of Insane . to the state
asylum and It waa through his earnest
efforts that the bill became a law.
J; M. LONG, JR., GIVEN
A YEAR'S SENTENCE
J. M. Long. Jr.. pleaded guilty befogs
Judge Frasler thla afternoon to having
placed Viola Marcellla In a disorderly
house at Astoria. He was sentenced Jo
one - year In the county Jail, bong-aj
wife, charged with a - similar offense,
pleaded k gwltty and The esse was eon-
tinned,!, . . , ; .
Two Are Senteaoea
Presiding Judge Frsser this, morning
sentenced A. Nelson, who pleaded guilty
to the charge of assault and battery, to
serve sis months In the county Jail. - D.
Rsust, an Italian. .. was . sentenced -toy
serve four yeara in the penitentiary for
having stolen I Fe worth of . 4swelay
from Mrst.Vlsmar -
' Senator John
complete recovery Is expected,. although
It will be necessary for him' to remain
absolutely quiet for some time. Senator
Mitcnen s health .has not been robust
-CERTIFICATE,
HO BURIAL "
Health Officer Instructed to Re
fuse. Permits Unless1 Doctor
, States Cause of Death.
UNDERTAKER'S WORD
IS NOT SUFFICIENT
City Board Approves Plan to Enlarge
I Garbage Crematory Sufficiently So
as to Easily Care for All Waste
Matter."" '- ' ;
Hereafter no burial permit will be
Issued by City Health Commissioner
Matson unless the death certificate- is
signed by some licensed physician. The
order was given to Dr. Matson today by
ths board of health. ,
'Several cases have come to ,my at
tention," said Dr. Matson to the board,
"where death certlflcatea have not been
signed by a -licensed physician as re
quired by the city ordinances. . Jn many
instances the cases have, been attended
by men who are not licensed physicians.
They go to the coroner, who signs the
certificates, and then make application
for a burial permit." t
The board notified Dr. -Matson to rec
ognize ' no . more certificates - unless
signed by a licensed physician although
they were signed by. Coroner Finley.
Certain undertakers have- also been
In the habit of burying bodies snd se
curing burial permits several days later.
Mataon cited an instance where1 inquiry
waa made by a man In California of a
person who had been buried and on In
vestigation had - found that no -such
death appeared on the records. He vis
ited, the undertaker and -Inquired If -he
had taken out a permit, but he replied
that he had not. The board ordered Dr.
Matson to prosecute undertakers who
failed to comply with the law In this
respect. , . . J '
C. U''Daggert; superintendent of the
garbage4 crematory, Jj-ecom mended the
enlargement of the crematory by build
ing two additional furnaces, the Instal
lation of a boiler and drying apparatus,
garbage, and the organisation of a city
garbage department to collect and dis
pose of all the garbage In the City. He
further recommended' that a few needed
repairs be made in the crematory.
Doctors . Pohl .and Oiesy were . ap
pointed a committee to pry-pare esti
mates of the probable expense of the
proposed Improvements for the purpose
of referring the matter to the city coun
cil. , The members of the -board were
favorable to the -plans of the superin
tendent and will -recommend to the city
council that the Improvements be made.
" "If we can get the council to take up
this matter It will do away with all this
fuss about-private Individuals attempt
ing to get possession of franchises for
handling the garbage." said the mayor.
"Ood helps those who help, themselves,
and the c try can help Itself the same ss
an Individual. -jL am In favor of ths
city handling it4Town garbage,; ; .
A resolution Was 'adopted, asking the
city council to take some meaaure to
drain ' the Asylum and Sullivan gulch
sloughs and other streams on the east
side, which ars a menace to the health
of the communities In which they sre
looated. It wn suggested that tha cost
of the work be assessed to the property
owners. Tile drainage waa thought te
be the beat.
Xeney A gala gusts rasd.
Presiding. Judge Fraser this morning
sistained the demurrer to the amended
oomplalnt if lied by Charles F, Lord, who
Is suing United States District Attorney
Francis J Heney, for 140,000 damages,
sieging defamation of - character. This
Is the third time a demurrer has been
sustained - In- this tae. L6rd alleges
(hat Heney defamed hie character 140,-
SOS worth in conectlog his name In' the
land fraud cases, . . -
H. Mitchell . -
. and this fact, coupled with his age, have
naturally aroused some anxiety, but It Is
I said that no serious consequences are
apprehended by his physician. . ; .
PRAISE' GIVEir TO
Committee of Fair Commission
ers Adopts Resolutions Laud- 4
ing Work of Corporations.
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EXPOSITION GREATLY -,
AIDED BY. LOW RATES
LiberalAdvertising Given ths Project
. Also a Great Help and One That
Was Largely Instrumental in the
Heavy Attendance, . ;V
Owing to the presence In Portland Of
James J. Hill the committee sppolnted
by the Executive Commissioners' asso
ciation to draft a resolution In recogni
tion of the : efforts .- of ' transportation
companies to make the fair a success
held a special meeting last night and
completed Its labors, . The resolution
Is signed by J. A. Filcher tit California,
president ; Wilson H. . Fairbanks ' of
Massachusetts snd Richard Scott of
Oregon.' Shorn of preamble, . the docu
ment reads ss follows:
"It Is now practically aaaured that
the -Lewis and Clark exposition will go
down In history as one of the success
ful expositions of modern times.
. "This success Is due to - various
causes,- but -we realise that one of the
most potent factors In promoting the
success of the enterprise has been the
great transportation companies of the
country. - i .
; "They were early In. the field with
the announcement of favorable freight
rates and low passenger rates.
"This early work wss followed by
generous advertising on the part of the
transportation companies. and the fame
and beauty and attractive features of
the fair became known by means of rail,
road circulars. - .
"For the generous rates snd the lib
eral advertising we, as exhibitors, owe
S debt of gratitude which we take
pleasure in acknowledging.
Among the railroads that especially
have exploited the fair we feel Justified
In mentioning the - following:
.Boaton AlbanyChlcBWO A North
western, Southern -Pacific, Boaton "
Maine, Canadian Pacific,. Old Colony,
Chicago, Burllhgtdh ft Qulncy, Rock
Island. Illinois Central, Great Northern,
Baltimore ft Ohio,- New York Central,
Union Pacific. O. R. ft N. Short Line,
Northern Pacific Chicago, St. Paul ft
Milwaukee, New Tork; New- Haven ft
Hartford, Wabash, Chicago ft Alton,
Denver Rio Grande, Atchison, Topeka
ft' Santa Fe. - -
, Many other steamboat lines snd rail
roads have done their duty, and as a
combined force have, been moat potent
. fully Stated. r':
From Fuel.
; Best stats for an artist Colorado.
1 Best state lor a doctor Md. . H
; Best state for a tramp Wash. - '
: Best state for' a toper R. L (and
rock). . -f1..-.-- fr-. .- .
. Worth . mors than nlns states, put
together Tenn.
Beat state for hogs Pelmi-Uu-
' Worst state for health 111.
The state .we like best Me.
.' Best -state for wealthy slnnera Maaa
Best state -for dogs Ky. (yt). - ,
Beat state for a poor shot Miss. . '
I Best stats for Arabs Ala. ' ;
Bestial ste for those who can't pay
O. ' ' . . ; . ,jf .!
Best stats for e-floodArlhjyir i - -
Two elates oftenest together Wta
K9r. I -' '- '...- -f,
.- Best state for miners Ore. . I
;. Worst state Of all Tessa .'
,i Questions Iaso Lsv,
' -T.' J; Oelsler, attorney for Curt Miller.
proprietor - of the Grand laundry, who
was a r res tod on ths charge of causing
a woman In his employ to work more
than 10 hours a day, will contest the
constitutionality ef the law. ,
RAILROADS
Saturday All City' School. Pupils
May See Fair Free of Cost v
With Their Teachers.
ATTENDANCE FIGURES
ARE. VERY GRATIFYING
ToMiMon and a ; Half Mark Will
Probably Be Reached Many Spe
cial Musical Programs Will Grace
Walja Walla Week. , f
e
e - The attendance Stjtha rslriupe
lo 11: JO o'clock' this morning, as I
d furnished by the director of ad
missions, was S.44. This maxes
the total attendance to that hour
this morning I.t4.t6. The offi
cial '" figures for Portland day .
ahow the attendance , to have
been t.14u or 1 more than was
shown by Ws turnstiis figures. e
Next Saturday has" been deslgnsted
by the exposition commission as
Thomas. Jefferson and Public School
day, and preparations are making to In
sure its being a feature of the fair. The
notice, making It one of-the "Axed
events" waa Issued this morning by -Theodore
Hardee, assistant to ths pres
ident, - ,
On that'day all children attending the
nubllo schools areata be- admitted free -
They will assemble: at the baseball park
adjoining the fair grounds at :K o clock -In
the morning, ahdr-eseorted by their
respective teachers wlfltmach into tha
fair grounds In "barade formation,
headed by the Administration band. Ait .
escort for the parade of ' Centennial
guards, under command of Major Me
Donnell, will be provided.
- Generally speaking,' the present week
Is to be known ss Walla Walla week,
but the special day set spart for Walla
Walla, Pomeroy and Ooldendale Is tomor
row. - Every afternoon a special program
of mushj win.be given, under the direc
tion of Walla Walla talent. Miss M. "
Grace Jones, a 1 graduate of the New
England Conservatory of Music, will
appear on the program Thursday, Friday ,
and Saturday. Mrs. L. L. Tallman, well
known In musical circles of Waahlngton. - -will
give vocal selections, her. sister.
Miss Lucille Bradley, acting - as ac
companist. . ..
A reception was given by Walla Walla,
Goldendale and Pomeroy hostesses this -
afternoon at the' Washington building T
to fair officials and Portland people. So
cial -affairs are under the direction of
Mrs. Gilbert Hunt, hostess, and the
following assistants: Mrs. B. L. Sharp
steln, Mrs. Stephen B. L. Penrose, Mrs.
John B. Catron. Mrs. George W. White
house, Mrs. Louis F. Anderson, Mrs. V
H. P. Isaacs, Mrs. William H. Stirling. ; .
Mrs. Thomaa H. Brents, Mrs. - Mag '
Baumelater. Mrs. . F. M. Pauly, Mrs.
Charles Buffum,- Miss "Anna Id Bowles,
Miss Mabel Brents and Miss Mabel
Hunt. A musical program was rendered -beginning
at 2 o'clock. - '
, Tomorrow will also be Wslt Whltmsn
day, but the program of exercises to
be held . In honor of the poet has not
been completed. '
Exercises In honor of Mrs. Abigail
Scott Dunlwsjr. have been postponed Ut
til Saturday afternoon.
The Idaho commission will give s
dnnce tomorrow evening at the V'ew
Tork building. .It will be preceded! by
dramatio readings from "The Conquest.
by Miss Maude Battelle Hammell, and
vocal selections by Claire Montelth.
DIRT WILL FLY SOON OH
WALLULA PACIFIC 1
Senator Rands Says In a Month
. Road From Vancouver
v Will Be Started.
: Senator IE. 'M. Rands of Vancouver,
who has been conducting the right of
way campaign for the Wallula Pacific, la
suthortty for the statement that prob-'
ably within the next 80 days "dirt will
fly" in construction of that railroad. He
returned to hia home st Vancouver yes
terday, after a week devoted to right of
way work In eastern Washington and
Oregon.
' He denied the authenticity of Inter
Views given out a Walla Walla, but
took.oocaslon to say thst -the Wallula
Pacific will construct the road It Is
surveying from wjallula to Vancouver.
" The Portland at Seattle Railroad cem-
fiany wilt carry on the heaviest part pf
ts construction 'work from Vancouver.
Selms A Shields, gradlng contractors,
are preparing to build large supply
warehouses there. and all doubt la re
moved that the company will begin con
struction work st that end of the- line. '
CLUBMEN FINED THREE
HUNDRED DOLLARS EACH
'- ' r-
" (Spectsl Dupetek te She Jnarnal.Y '
Corvallls, Or., Oct. t.4-Justlce Holgate
opened court thla morning at t o'clock.
Charles M. Cllne, proprietor, and Jack
Mlllne, barkeeper of the corvallls Social
club, were fined f 300 each for violation
of the prohibition law. Thla was their
second offenae and Imprisonment might .
have been, sdded according to law, had
the Judge seen fit
- Thirty days wss allowed 'In which to
appeal. A week from today four m,ore
cases of the club msnsgers will be tried.
fated to. Swallow toot.
-C. 8. Moore this morning pleaded not
gtillty to the charge 'Of robbing Mrs.
M. J. Hollls of $20 worth of Jewelry
snd clothing. .When arrested yesterday
Moore-4e-ea1d to have attempted to hide
several articles of jewelry In his mouth,
Mrs. Holds Js proprietor of a .rooming
house st til Morrison strseO She states
that Moore has roomed In her house for
several weeks, and that ha always cams
In at very late hours; when she ques
tioned him regarding this, he would In
form .her that he was working out if
town . or that he had been vlsltlnjf
friends In nelghborlng-eltles. :
Oarfew Bang for Bailey.
Pat Bailey, alias J. Duggan, appeared
st Sehmeer's oyster house, 164 First
street, yesterday armed with a big cow
bell, which he wss ringing with all his
might Schmeer objected to ths noise.
Ths bell ringer objected to Bchmeer, snd
proceeded to kick down the door of th
oyster house. Bailey was arrested hr
Patrolman Crate, snd was -this morning
flnsd 10 by Municipal Judge Cameron.
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