THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAU. PORTLAND. SATURDAY EVENINO. FEBRUARY 3. IS37.
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ANNEX ST. JOHNS TO
PORTLAND THEIR Aim
Strong Movement In City Down the Wiilamette Begun by Those
Who Criticise Administration and Compare the Tax Levy ,
.J, '.' . ' . With That Of This Municipality. V-
... It hai eornt at last movement to
annex 8t John to the elty f-Port
land. A petition la being; prepared for
that purpose and will he presented, to
the people of St. Johns early next
, month.. The conservative, property
holders and tx payer In. 8t John,
re behind the movement Authorita
tive end rponlbl persons will direct
, the sentiment for annexation which hae
prank " up suddenly through' recent
: events In St. John.
There will be bitter opposition to an
nexatlon In St. John among many peo
' pie who have el ways watched with alert
V attention for any announcement of this
kind. However, thoae who are push
ing f. anhexalTmTBcTieme are oonll-1
dent that there I a majority oftag
, payer In that city who will th
advantage of annexation.
Very atrong argument are advanced
In favor of annexation. It la asserted
that the only advantage In not being
a .part of the city of Portland ha
bees In the tax levy, but It 1 this
year SI mills, beside Portland's IT mill.
. that argument falls flat and la cited
aa a very atrong on In favor of the an
nexation cause. In feet, this Is the
- direct reason for annexation, colored up
. with a few of th reasons for this
enormously, high levy. ; h m
: Bxtravagaat Xxpease.
" It Is argued that the eoat of th
-government ln.Bt Johns 1 an extrav
' a ranee, that It only benefits a few who
are In office, or those .who gain some
benefit - through - the administration.
- hence the" scramble for office. -It la ar
gued that Immense sums are paid out
by the city for printing,' street im
provement, ete that , are beyond rea
son and look shady, and that' for-all
this, th big Industrie and property
holders in Bt Jobna - are compelled to
pay. Th Portland Woolen Mill alone
pay Into th elty this yesr over soo
taxes.
Private cltlsens have been assessed a
high a 80 for street Improvements
In th resldenc awe t Ion of th city.
These are only example, of a preva
lent condition In St. John. . . ,
Xxact IMaaaoes Unknown. '
Bitter opposition W expected. front all
people who have been benefitted and
those- who favor annexation declare' that
It ha beeni-iheebject of those people
Portland a possible and. And In th!
reason! for o atrong a sentiment tn the
counoU-agamat ..granting . the Paclfta
State Telephone Company a franchise.
They also say that capital will be
taken out of Bt John and Industry will
lessen Instead of keeping up its growth.
No one In th city of St. Johns ia
aware of the financial condition of the
city. A recent report made by Recorder
Thorndyke waa found very -unsatisfactory.
It accounted for the expenditure
of over 1 10.000. but not a, single other
item waa Incorporated In the report to
ahow how much money bad been re
ceived by th treasurer or recorder be
yond the 14,000 received from tb sa
loon licenses. The recorder, has said
that $60,000 a year passes through his
hands. No one know what th tregs
nrer holds or haa paid- out. Two bills
of over $400 each' were recently paid,
to th St. John Review, far printing.
All the thing have aided greatly In
precipitating a sentiment for annextlon
that la growing every day.,-
SUGGESSFUL-TRIAL
OF THE HELEflE
' Portland Company .Cot Contract
in Competition With All
Coast Bidders. .
STEAM SCHOONER .
;. , : 'i WILL" CARRY LUMBER
Willamette Iron Jk Steel ' Work
Holds Trial Trip of Vessel Whose
Machinery They Installed in Hull
Unlit in Hoquiam. ,
When th new steam schooner Hel,
-'eiie'a stern and head line were cast off
yesterday afternoon from th dock of
- th Willamette Iron and Steer Work
in 'North Portland th boat swung out
. Into the channel even more gracefully
than th passenger liners that hav
" piled out of this port for year. Pilot
. Crang was on th bridg and It wa
for the first time sine he retired from
th pilot service to engage In business
. on ashore. - r
After backing Up stream a few ' feet
- th engine were ordered ahead -and
slowly th new craft gained momentum
on her first trip. 8h steered as wall
a had her tiller been In commission
' for many a' voyage and there waa not
a hitch anywhere excepting .-' that ' a
- stronger -eord -was required for th
team whistle which had to keep busy
responding to th chorus of . aalutea
from craft along th wharves Pilot
' Crang waa fearful lest th string would
break and ao sent on of th sailors
- aloft to attach on that would surely
' stand th strain. , '
On tb bridge was also Captain O.
Anderson,, who will be master of the
' Helen when she la turned over to the
owner tn a week or so. A. Olson will
. probably go' as chief officer. '. C H.
' Norrlln bad charge of th engine room
yesterday and he waa more than satis
. fled with th - way th machinery
worked for th flrt time.
About 28 guests of th Willamette
. Iron and Steel Works wars on board of
. tb Helen when ah pulled out at 3
o'clock and on th way down th Vlver
' a veritable banquet wa on th pro-
. gram. At a point about three miles be
' low th mouth of th Willamette th
turn wa made and th run back to th
. iron' work wharf mad In about an
hour and IS minute. Several - Im
promptu speeches wer delivered, Wil
liam H. Led better of th hydrographlo
service carrying off th honors of th
occasion.
, . : The Helen I owned by E. T. Krua
of San Francisco. The hull was built
by tha Mathews Shipbuilding company
, at Hoquiam, Washington, and It was
tawed her to have the machinery In
stalled by the Willamette Iron and
Steel -Work. Tb dimensions of the
boat are: Length J8 feet, beam- SI
feet, depth 13 feet. She will hav a
capacity for 100.000 feet of lumber. '
. The Willamette Iron and. Steel Worka
secured th contract for the machinery
In th open market In competition with
San Francisco and other builder and
has flv mora contracts of similar char-
' acter to fill shortly. Th next steam
schooner hull to arrive at the Iron
works will b th Marhoffer, which I
.now being completed at LlndatronVs
shlpysrd at Aberdeen. The steam
schooner Jim Butler whfen Is now load
ing lumber . at Ltnnton wa equipped
. with machinery by th Willamette Iron
and Steel Wark. Captain Olson, mas
ter of tb Jim Butler, waa. on of th
gueata on tha Helen yesterday.
" Eighteen Thousand for Ranch.
(RperUI CnVtpateB to Tk JasreaL)
Freewater, Or.. Feb. 13. F. M. Lock
wood "bf Walla Walla, formerly of He
lix., has purchaaed from W, A. Fer
guson hi t.O-aere ranch on Muddy
rreek for ll.00. Mr. Lockwood-ta
tend to make his place on of th Ideal
home or this" section, .mis is-on oi
tb biggest land ;, sales consummated
tier tn- some, time. V .-. ' . ... '.' "...
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SONS OF REV0LUT10H CUT
OUT COUEBIATE PRIZES
Essays Offered Not of Sufficient
Merit to Warrant Cash
Rewards.'''
Lack of interest shown by students
or Oregon college In the prises offered
for assay on event of th American
revolution ha decided the members of
th' Oregon Society of the Son of the
America Revolution to discontinue the
offering of prise to these student and
confine them to high school and gram
mar students. This was brought out
yesterday at the annual meeting of the
society. Jt was' decided yesterday to
offer $300 for prises for essays this
year. .
The following officers wer elected
yesterday to serve for the ensuing year:
Wallace McCamant, president; Alfred F.
Sears Jr, vice-president; Amedee M.
Smith, secretary; A, A. Lindsay, treas
urer; W. H. Chapln, registrar. The
board, of managers consists of James' F.
Ewlng, P.,S. Malcolm, Tyler Woodward
and Stephen A. Lowell of Pendleton.
Th members decided to hold the next
annual banquet on Lexington day, April
If. Friends of th member will prob
ably be invited to th affair, which will
consist of a light dinner at which
speeches and anecdotes will be re
counted. '" , I . '
Following Is th report of th board
of managers ss read by President Mo-
Camant;
"In submitting this report for " th
year, I regret to state that our Inten
tlona have been better than our achieve
ment. -. . ;
"Th prise for th public school es
says hav been awarded. ' Th collegiate"
essay wer not considered by the com
mittee of sufficient merit - to justify
them In giving tb prtsea offered. Books
wer given In recognition of the three
essays, aent In. Th question of again
offering prises for collegiate easays la
respectfully submitted. Ws might meet
better respon If we extended th
offer to post-graduate of th colleges.
seminaries, academies and normal
schools of th stat.
"I submit to you th proposition of
ROSENTHAL, THE r
"DEVIL INCARNATE"
Wizard of the Weber Piano on a
Tour of Conquest in Amer
ica Comes to Portland March
V Twelfth. '
GREATER THAN EVER BEFORE
Prefers Weber Piano Above Any
' : Other and Will Use That In
strument Iri His Entire Tour
Seats in Demand.
Rnaenthel la eomln to - Portland!
The "(riant of Modern Pianists':' tb
elnnl of tha Weber Piano: the' "devil
Incarnate," as Hugo Wolf , styles hint;
pianist of modern time ha so com
pletely electrified Europe as has Moris
Rosenthal, master cf tone and har
mony: the kins of technique; conqueror
of th Piano, Rosenthal ha bo, equal in
the times. ' . .
Th return of Rosenthal to, America,
after. an absence of eight years. Is a
musical event of no little Importance.
Thla year he cornea to Portland greater
than ever. Hitherto th great artlsrs
almost , supernatural technique ha
commanded boundless comment; this
year he astonishes his hearers by his
wonderful imaginative power, hi poetic
temperament and th irrealatlble charm
of hla trong personality. Through
these additional Interpretive power.
Rosenthal has lust conquered London.
He now comes to conquer America.
His effort toward that end haa. been
phenomena! and ' every on hag "been
bowing at his feet, New Tork" was
taken by storm. A marvelous exhibition
of artlxtto achievement, touching th
limits of human possibility, roused an
audience of musicians and muslo-lovers
to the most sincere bursts of applause
a public performer had ever received in
thHt city. .-- - -
Llsit's Concerto In E flat major gav
him th opportunity to let hi art shin
in all directions. The chant of th
adagio cam out soft -and warm from
under th velvet cushion of his fingers,
and tn the scherso, ha coaxed mysteri
ous, twilight- shadea out of the keys.
Here he showed s remarkable sense for
the blending of th solo Instrument with
the orchestra, weaving them both to
gether Into a color harmony, out of
which all material sen of th piano
tone seemed to have disappeared. He
played the flrlale with overwhelming
and unsurpaasahly refined brilliancy.
Thunderous - applause followed and,
finally, Rosenthal granted an encore.
his well-known concert atudy, "Papll
lou." He used two prelude of Chopin
for this atudy and allowed hla butter
files as If in a spirit of momentary
Improvlsatiotwto dangle about tbem. .
Th Interest already created by th
comtngof Rosenthal to Portland makes
It very necessary for all who wish to
hear him to reaerv' their seats early.
Tb Inquiries that hav already been
made at Etler Plana House foretell a
greater appreciation for thla man than
ever befor. - H will appear at th
Hetllg theatre,- Tuesday, March 12.
Rosenthal has bis preference a to
pianos, """as does - every - great - artist.
Nothing but the Weber will satisfy him.
Ellers Piano House la th exduslv rep
reaentatlv of this magnificent instru
ment on th Pacific Coast.
FASTER TRANSFER
OF PASSENGERS
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ssaTBBsSBaaaBa-HiBaMWS'aP
Central. Station for All Electric
Unes Will Also Keep
Streets Clear. ' . ' .
LITTLE SLIPS STILL TO
: BE USED, HOWEVER
Traveling Public Ma Go From On
Car to Another in Dow Town
I District the Sam as at the Pres.
', ent Time. '. ..
A union station for the trt ear
line of Portland will occupy th block
bounded by - First, Beooad, .Oak and
the educational committee of th Na
tional society. When this committee
waa organised th Intention was to In
form th Immigrants coming- to th
country of th distinctive character of
our American Institutions. - Something
has been done to carry out that purpose.
But the work naturally devolves on our
eastern oclptles. On th Pacific eoaat
we hav a different element to deal with.
Her we hav a number of natlv Amer
ican - discontented - with - th existing
condition and with our present form of
government ' Should w not as a pa
triotic society consider what we can do
to prevent discontent ' from ' chsnglng
Into positive hostility?
"During th year death . haa "called
hence our venerable compatriot, Theo
dore Eckeraon. who military service
of over (0 years claims honorable rec
ognition. I recommend that a notlo of
hi life be Inserted In th next year
book we 'hav occasion to publish."
Pin streets, and furnish a place where
passengers can wait for cars, and Vis
itors, can go and board a ear for any
part of th city. - Th company's offl-
olala say th new station will not af
fect th present operation of cars on
Morrison, Washington and ' Third
streets, and that It will not be neces
sary ror a passenger to d tranarerreo
to go to tb union station.
Th company lines now operated on
First and Second streets will b th
main arteries to and from th new union
station. These track - will be looped
throue-h th building, from east to wt.
and a large area Insld th building will
be given to standing room ror cars.
The new station will be principally for
the us of th suburban car lines. - i
Vo Chang- la Transfer System, ,
" It will b th street railway head
quarters of th elty, and particularly
for th us of th suburban cars," said
H. W. Ooode, president of th Portland
Railway Light A Power eompany. Ths
St. Johns, Vancouver, Oregon City,
Mount Scott Sellwood. Montavllla. Irv-
lneton and -Others-suburban -ears- will
loop through th station, and hav their
waiting track in it. iner wiu o no
ehang In th present transfer system
so far as restricting th transfer points
is concerned. It will not be necessary
for passengers on a ear -to-go to-the
union station to o iransiarrea to an
other car."
Mr. Good corrected the rumor that
the new union station la being built
la order to save for th company an an
nual expense of 150,000 to 160.000 over
th present transfer system, by carry
ing all passengers to the-union station
and putting them through th gate or
turnstiles to reach th car tney ce-
Ired to take. He said th .little slip
of paper" now uaed as tranarers will
continue to be uaed. and that th paa
senger may leave on line and connect
with another at the usual points in the
down town district , . '
- Other Unes May Vse It ' :
A ear lin down Burnald - street
where a track has lust been completed,
will bring th street car traffic of th
northwest section of the elty to the
new union station. Cars thajt now wait
at Yamhill street and on Second street
also those that stand on First street
considerably to the Inconvenience of
street traffic, will be taken In at the
new station, and kept off. of the streets
while waiting chedul time of depar
ture. . --
The anburbarr lines are already oper
ated on either Flrt or Second trt.
with th exception of th Bunnystd and
other Morrison street cars. Th car
from all th bridge, with th xcep
tlon of Morrison street bridge, traverse
tracks on First -or Second streets or
loop on those streets before starting on
the out trip. The location selected for
the new union station will therefore
be convenient for the cars as they are
now operated, and the e-nly change In
trackage necessary will be th running
of tracks through the building, connect
ing First end Second streets. It- will
be feaslb1for the other electric Inter
urban railway now under construction
to use this station. Th Portia nd
Balara electric, and the United Rail
way, coming In on Front street could
easily reach the station. ' The Bfrk
"Begnlav as th Sua"
Is aw xprnton old as th race. No
doubt th rising snd setting of th sun
Is th most regular performance In th
universe, unless It Is the action of the
liver and bowels when regulated with
Dr. Kins' New Mf Pills. Guaran
teed by Red Cross Pharmacy, tto.
Tfa ri Oal TM MOWlTTAXJrS
Hnllard Snow Liniment Is prled for
the H -dee"Aur eure for Rhau-
tiara ni all palna, Wright W. liv
ing, orand jjnctlon, Colo., write: "I
iiMd Iil lard's Know Liniment last win
ter for ih:umatlsm and ran recom
mend It a th host Liniment on th
market J thought, at th tlma I was
.en own with Oils trouble, that It
Would 'b. a week before I could get
annul, hut on sppiyina your- uiniment
everal time during th night I wa
ehoiit In t hours snd well la - three,
bold by all druggist, I
STRANGE
PREDICTIONS
Planetary Professor Foretells Events
and Quickly Reads the Lives
of People, Though " Thou--.
sands of Miles Away.
Sends Letters to the' Rich and Poor
Alike, in Which lie Advises
- - Them About Business Mar. .. -
' riage. Speculation, Lore -Affairs,
Wealth,
,' Etc.;
Offers Free Readings to All Who
- Write and Send Date .
of Birth.
1 In his office In New Tork city, sur
rounded by charts and dials -of strange
design, frot. H. Post el studies dally
over th lives of men and women wno
have written him' for advice on affairs
of business, love, speculation, travel.
event or lire. Th following leuer
gives an laea oi Mr. rosieia aoimj; .
uigfl nraMrTBToirr
Pmf. Peatel: v 1
iMar Sir To are certainly th Boat wonder
ful aitrolnaer Uvliur. krerr on of roar Dradie.
tloas came trae. I consider that yoa not eely
aavad me from aa awrol Seatti bar prevented tb
teas of bondreda OI dollar. I trast that atany
people will profit by your advice. ' Ktneeraly,
auna art m. isivn.
Th accuracy of recent predictions
made by thla - eminent Astrologer has
caused many of hla friend to believe
that he possesses a supernatural power,
but he modestly asserts that his pre
diction ar due alone to a sclentlflO' un
derstanding of natural laws. Th many
thankful letter . Prof. Postal ha re
ceived trora people who hav benefited
by hla advice furnlah ample proof that
he Is smcer In hi work and haa a
kindly feeling toward humanity.
Readers of this paper can obtain a
reading free of charge by addressing a
letter to Prof. Postel, Dept 202, No. 12
West 14th St, New Tork. Simply say
you wish a reading of your life, stating
your birth date,- see and whether mar
ried or single. If you wlsb to do so
you may lnclos 10 cant (silver or
stamps) to pay postage and " clerical
work; however, the reading will be
promptlya8nt whether you Inclose th
10 cents r not
street snd Foraat Grove line of th
United Rallwaya company .would also
hav convenient connection at Stark
and 8eeond atreat.
H
THAT'S .BKIGHT.:'
Electric light is pre-eminently
the light of happy con
tent .It dispels gloom, dingi
riess and' discouragement.
Light homes make light hearts.
Electric lightispra
Jight- a light -that is at once
clean, convenient and economi
cal. At the prevailing rates for
current on meter basis it is well
within the means of all, and
when used sensibly--reconomi-'
callyelectric light is as cheap
as it is .good. - -
IS YOUR HOUSE WIRED?
Phone Main 6688 for ourrep
:.. resentative. . -LC-ilU
; He will prove these state
ments with facts and figures.,
PORTLAND RAILWAY
LIGHT & POWER CO.
FIRST- AND AIDER STREETS
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Of all th peraons on this earth who practice th
tactics of th octopus th quack doctor is th worst
, Hi tentacles are always outstretched for prey, and wo
' unto the man who fall Into hi clutches. , -
Tha quack 1 found almost everywhere, but his
favorite rendesvou Is In th large -cities. It is eaay to
'distinguish him by hla face, a likeness of which is
printed in hla advertisements and literature.' It's not
usually an intellectual face by any means, but one bear
ing all the marks of a degenerate. He catches his vic
tims by offering a cure for a email sum, but when once
he haa them in bt power h. squeeses out their last
dollar. .
Worst of Sll. th quack never care. H couldn't If h
wsnted to. HI graft la to make you take hi dope as '
long as poaalble so that hla income will be greater.
Th dope that he give you i poison. It wrecks ths
- nerves, weakens the atomach and vita la and often
cause men to become sddlcted to the drug habit
Drug don't res tor
strength; they ' don't
feed nerves which sr
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them. But that doe
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excitement must pass
off, and often they ar
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They don't cure dls
eas. If you are weak you
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nerves need new life.
New life 1 electricity.
. -That is - why - Electro
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Eleotro-Vlgor 1 a body battery mad up of separata
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, J.- J. MILLER. ,'
Joldfleld. Nev. ,
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x' the demand for Gas Ranges is so great that it is extremely difficult
; tojnake prompt delivery at that time. , Therefore
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e Order Your Range Now : ,
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, a is more economical, more reliable and is always ready. It is clean,
- saves trouble, worry and labor. . In fact there is not an ideal fuel
feature that Gas does not possess. One of its strongest recom
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For Summer or Winter Use
Gas is just as much bf a benefit in winter as in summer. Heat your '
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-swinter as you do in the summer. . Many people believe it is neces
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