: V- -THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. TUESDAY- EVENINO. MARCH
12, 1C07.
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REQUIRE SIORE ROOM ;
PIOIIEER FIRE
FIGHTER DIES
: IN HIS
CHAIR
Ex-Chief Morgan Wat Head of
Volunteer " Department for
vf Eight Years, and Wa a Bom
1 ; IndeedHad ' Been , Pollce-
; man at City Park Since. '.V:
'
- Harry Klnsey Morgan, f tb
f the al chief of the volunteer fir
department, died while Bitting .In a
at 1:3 " o'clock thla morning. Death
was do to, pneumonia. Mr. Moron
mi born InMurtha, Wale. "4
bar Imd T years old If bo had lived
until March IT. ' '
The death of Mr. Morgan leaves Just
five surviving chief sine tho depart
ment w organised InilSSl. They are
Charl I - Hatchina. Thoma A- Jordan.-
Robert Holman. Joseph Buohul
and William A. Hart, tba laat of the
volunteer chiefs, Jordan waa the flrat
chief under tho paid department. e
waa elected aherlff. and Morgan uc-
J seeded Wm aa the head of the depart
tnent. ' r " .
i Morgan's term began In 1814 and last
d until 18a, when political change
reused hi removal and the appointment
of a. J. Coffee, then a captain of on
of the militia . companies. Coffee
clashed with Commlslonr T. Brook
" TreveU one hour after h waa appoint
ed, and three hour later he found him
self out of a Job. Chief following
Coffee were ' Robert Holman, Joeeph
Buchtet, David Campbell. T. DeBoeet
and Darid Campbell. the present hli
Morgan was called by th member
', of the department "the sauciest UtU
' devil" that ever carried trumpet. In
tbe old days th chief bad practically
no assistance, and they wanted none,
from their foremen. Every chief wanted
tbe glory.' . - - " :
- when th paia aeparxmeni cum im
..' existence and Jordan had - made new
rule there waa aomeunng aoin.
gan extended th rule and h uaed th
Cr language of the - volunteer day
1 when a man did not do what he wanted
him to do. At th time of th Star
building fir at Front and Pin street
" la tbe fall of 1111 be ordered on of hi
; men to go to th top' of th ladder and
ee what waa burning Inside, -.
runny Jteply Sign tn Air-: '
"Wood, chief. I believe." yelled th
fireman after he had mad th Investlga.
. tion. Th flames war bursting In his
yea, but he calmly sat upon th ladder
' Just below th burning joint and smllad
upon th chief. .. ,
"You're too funny to be four torles
In tho- air." the' chief yelled back.
',' "Com down , out of there!"
The fireman 'did not move. He was
mix feet taU and weighed about 18
pounds. The chief was of th medium
height, and rather stout. Still, h went
up tho ladder after th man. When he
kin k. aa loud that b
could be beard on the atreet Tt feet
below: "Whv didn't you come down
. when I told you tor . - . ;
Ttn -a. fireman amid th TBI
i tk. imAAmr , - . Ht . foreman
told m to keep this bos on until be
7. rmA ma Off." '"."'
, "My hat' off to you." ld th little
- chief, and without another word It slid
- ...... tm lAAmr
t That was th laat big fir that Chief
Morgan bad to battl against. , tie went
' out of offloe with tho change of adV
ministration in Hit,' Later b wan ap-
,' pointed city park -policeman, and b
held that position until hi death..
- -ur Morgan leavea no family, ' He
. ,.. th. mother of Walter F.
(Jack) Matthew,' former chairman of
tbe Republican etate central committee
i -MTTniti fltata ntarahaL and V.
" P. Matthew. Later be was married to
: ' l..nh.lr. aha died a few
aara aao. Mr. Lanphelr had - four
. daughtere.'thre of whom aro new In
Th funeral arrangement nave not
' been completed yet. Interment will
t.u ar..,. mvA tha tnn.
oral will be conducted by th fir de
. nartment and the Exempt Firemen'
;' association. ... ;
FRANK M. M'CULLY
DEAD AT
-t vyni(iM, . .
rr wrsiir tUhut atata aebool smoer
. iatendent and a widely known teacher
; throughout tho northwest, died at th
hospKal In this city at I o'clock .thle
morning from a surgical operation. Ha
"waa a son of Captain McCully. form
erly of Salem. Oregon, and was a grad
uate of Willamette unlveratty.
CASIL11R PERIER
DEAD AT PARIS
Former President of France and
Hero of Franco-Prussian
v , ' War Passee Away. ; n
ioarasl sarlsl ern. ' Y"
- Pari. March II. Jean Paul Caslmlr.
Perler. former president of France, died
at his home. It Ruo Nltot, thi morn
Ing after an Ulnea of soveral month.
He served during the, Franco-Prussian
war with great bravery, for which h
waa rewarded by the cross of the Le
gion of Honor.- '
In 1884 Caslmlr-Perter was elected
president of the French republic, after
having rved la the chamber of depu
ties from 1881. . During th laat four
year of hla rv1o aa deputy, he waa
wv.nrMiint of th chamber and presi
dent of the budget committee.
H first served in me tnunow i
deputies from 1874 to 1881. when he
waa appointed under-aerretary of stats
at the war ministry. He waa born In
184T. ; ;
STRIKING MINERS CAN
KPT PURCHASE WEAPONS
Cofdfield Man Goes to Tonopah
and Buys All the Rifles ana
- - - I Revolvers. -
(Jearasl Spl Serrlee.) j
n..K km ki.rrh iv-in antici-
al VHwya is, iiwbb 1 i
nation of trouble aa a result of the labor
quarrel Dlamondfleld Jack" Davia, the
moat determined man In Nevada, came
to Tonopah from Ooldfleld last night.
bought all in avaiiaDie vni euu
munition In th city and went back to
Ooldfleld with a tonnean loaded with
guns and cartridge. No more arm
will be Mid hero until th trouble 1
- Davio was pardoned out of tho Idaho
penitentiary in iiui ny uorinwr num.
He had been sentenced to be banged for
th murder of a sl.eepherder and.th
aentanc had been commuted to life Im
prisonment. Governor nuni, in wm
closing days of bla administration, par
doned Davis. .
Sino he waa released from th Idaho
penitentiary Davis has led an exemplary
Ufa, o far aa deeds of malic are eon-
....... A xjm mmm a Nevada and made
on of th first rich strikes known, in
thi community. . n nas aoquireu con
lderable wealth. .-' ':""'';
HIIIERS HAY
CLASH TODAY
Opponentr of -iCw-W at-Coid.
field Are Making a Demon
' stration Ths Afternoon. :
Columbian Woolen Mills Store
Leases Additional, Quarters in
the Commonwealth Building.
LYMPIA
It Frank
The Top Coat this
spring we have in so
many different ' styles
that we can' please
. everybody and anybody.
If you . disliked it be- -ore
on account of its
shortness, here are other '
lengths which will sure
ty be right ' .;
' If you never liked the
tans, here are blacks and -grays
$10 to $20. T:,.:'..
GlolhtinqD)
CaJKulxnPiuXj
Men's and Boys' Outfitterm,
1C3 and ICS Third Street..
Mohawk "Building.
fJearaal Iseelal arrVe.t
. 1.tjfl.u tm . v. rpk. I.W..
situation at Ooldfleld Is unchanged thi
mill mn. mil rrroini. i mininini ini.
afternoon, when there will be n parade
and mas meeting or the worklngmen
who are opposed to ' th Industrial
have been cloeed by order of th com
mittee organised to maintain order, and
The meeting waa called for thi aft
ernoon witn tne oDjeci or organising a
1wa1 mlnaraf nnlnn and hreakinc awav
have eloaed In order to Dermlt th min
er lo aiieno uit meeun. tot aireeLv
are run .01 miners, out au nas pean
quiet up to noon. -, v
Grand ODenine This VVeek. -r
Vnmw OIama Ua,iu Ik. Msaaf.rA
plan merchants, are making extensive
preparations iot a grana opening o
mark their re-entrance Into the arrive
retail piano Held. It Is contemplated to
have the opening on Thursday and Frt-
oay ox mis wm. in aoaiium 10 rmr
sons' orchestra, recitals will bo given
at different Intervale , throughout the
two days. Th crowning feature, bow
ever, win be the grand concert to be
given on Friday evening in th Recital
hall, at which such well-known ' ar
tist aa Mis Kathleen Lawler, : Mrs.
waiier neeo, aiessra. Anour jtiezanaer,
J. W. Belcher, Dam Zan, W. A. Mont
gomery, . F. W. Qoodiich and other
will appear. On of th selections to
be sung at this concert wUl . be th
opening promises to be th most pre-
MUUUU. M&M. a)wn M IM WVBW
NEEDED THE MONEY AND
THEREFORE HE KEPT IT
Dean, a local real astat and Insurance
man, was arresiea iasi nigni on a
V. A. th. nf I1M U ..,ti
Th money waa given into his custody
keepers. It waa delivered in .a locked
rla tkov. to ha nlaced bv TJsan In tha
vault In hi office,
. (I. v.mh I th. took taa no Ant .na
found it empty. Dean admitted having
ha needed It for hi own use. and ha
promised 10 rcpiaoa iu inuniaj nis
arrest was determined upon. " He spent
tha nlrht In tha eountv lall and Jiaa
bee unabl to glr bond.
MRS. MEL LIEN AGAIN AT
HOME IN OREGON CITY
lien, who it was alleged eloped with 1(-
jraar nin r rea Diwvrs, dm muninj 9
h. knmt ihra aha left a hnaband and
two small children. No explanation of
her aboene haa been made public.
'Young Slever' father says.th boy is
at work In a minni camp. -
Front aa Idea conceived in DOS, fol
lowed shortly thereafter by a determi
nation to nut It Into active effect. Grant
Phegley. . manager of the Columbia
Woolen Mill company, bs brought
that concern to th forefront of the
merchant tailoring business in the Pa
clfio north weat. Not only Is th Co
lumbia Woolen , Mil la company the
largest Institution of Ha kind in Port
land, but It la th largest from the
Canadian Una to Ban Francisco and
from tha shore of th Paclflo to to
Rocky Mountains. A against seven
or eight employes In th beginning, the
,nn.. nv,r 40:
against a monthly payroll then of 1109,
It la now nearly J.ouv; a aain.
average of It suits a week turned out
blltjll, ,UW M.W.BMW Mwn "
and 100, and growing so rapidly that an
estimate can D oasea oniy on in- w-.
that have gone, for every week I In
excess of th former In actual business
don.
80 great ha ben the Increase, ana so
rapid, that th company, has vftlready
n . 1 . m .A it. Aii.pt.r. antl la now
VMVV vuao. - - -
about to mov it manufacturing de
partment Into targe ana tommooiuu.
room In th Commonwealth building.
In that place, over MOO quaro feet of
space hao been leased, where tailors,
trimmer and finisher will carry on
tha large manufacturing end . of th
business. ' "
At the time of th opening of th
tore, Mr. Phegley eevered tola connec
tion with a local tailoring establish
ment and stated to a reporter that In
the inaugurating of a new enterprise of
thi kind, allnougn ruiiy aware m
marvelous possibilities of the plan, be
waa Inclined to be conservative and
placed hi original order for good
while In that frame of mind. He pur
chased In email qua n title, little aware
that the business was about to grow to
aucn proportions rrom n very
As a eonsequeno. almost before h
knew It, he was keeping the wire hot,
beseeching th eastern mills to hurry
additional orders of gooda forward to
Portland with all possible dispatch. "
- Today the weekly bualneaa of th Co
lumbia Woolen Mill company will aver
age from 7 to lev suits, or near? tour
time th amount at th outset. While
he had aeven or eight men working for
blra at mat time, wun a mommy par
roll or about MOO, he point with prld
to the fact that b now haa five times
that number, with monthly pay roll of
nearly 41,000. It la a aignlf leant fact
that hla bualneaa. hla number of em
i b n 1. hia w mil have all in
creased in substantially tn. same pro
portion, aooui iuuiiuiu.
, "When 1 started tnis ousinasa,- aaiu
w. sh.,l T had onlv a handful Of
goods and waa very cautious about ob
ligating myseir too neavuy. y nw
tione .wer not In very good harmony
4 w mm T ,mm fnnnJ thftffl tn be.
I bought with limited Ideas and it waa
not long befor I naa to cnange my
mind and increa my purchases. For
Instance, I purchased more goods by
four time thi spring than I did last.
I have already purcnasea over
j - -... maA. fnw thlM ... .fill
As th average cloth to a suit of
clotbea la about three and on:thlrd
yards it wUl be resaily ssen inat me
preaent ' stocK or ina wjiuibhi.
1 1- .MfflMnl ta hill Id 1.000
twiuywij . "- '
ulta of olothea for PorOand men this
spring alone. There naa no peen ma
Instance, since -the stor was opened.
n Mr fhealev. that, too
muoh stock has been ordered; on th
contrary, most oroer nave n i
duplicated. - This number of aprlng
suit suiu j . - -
evidences the enormous amount of busi
ness that Is being none. .
"It is true," said Manager Phaglex
that w are actually doing th large!
tailoring business in th Paclfl north
west . I know this to be a fact For
a time I was engaged in selling cloth
on th road and I know th amount of
business that la being dona by all th
leading tailors on tbe ooast.,
Tha Columbia Woolen Mills company
1 th only tailoring company In th
eity that maintain Its own manufac
turing plant. All other bouses let
their work out on contract or by th
piece. In thla company's business, the
manufacture of Its own clothing Is not
only a sourc of great economy, but It
guarantees a more perfect fit and facil
itates th business of th company." '
. Electric power la uses in an o wie
marhiitarv. When the business waa
new there war oniy two aewwg mat-
chines, whlls now li machines are re
quired to keep up witn ..in orders.
These are au or Uia laiear paiiern ana
operated by electricity. Another fea
ture of the mechanical department Is
a pressing machine. . Thla is a wonder
ful little instrument and la the oniy
one in Portland. It haa a pressure of
1.J00 pounds under th Iron, which I
Sufficient IO prea in. muav i,u
goods to th thinnest possible crease.
tnjm nnva batter coeds than
we do, continued Mr. Phegley. "It t
also a fsct . mat none uuys in mm
quantity that we- do. As one Instance,
I will call to your mind th 111.10 suit
offer that we have been advertising
for th last two months, w gave an
xtra pair of trousers free with every
i. m.. asm tf that buslnasa. I
ordered 1.500 yard of gooda Juat after
the woolen market nroice in m anar.
- t kmM tha eooda for 10
ner cent leas than they had previously
old for. . Th wholesaler lost money
but I took sdvantage oi no mirwi
conditions and the result waa over 800
suits sold on inai specie ouar
... - rrk.t mm fa aa I know.
breaks all tailoring records In Portland
or anywhere else on ima nwi.
' - ... th. nhsnnenanal tnan
ner In which th people accepted this
offer, w are pleased to etat that our
. . laaiiur af thla rear was
almost doubl that of th earn month a
year ago. our renruary wai
mors than two and a half times larger
III. n ,.uiu"i ,i .
The great increase in th buslnas of
th Columbia wooien anna
v ....itf. aniv two Increases, but
they have been med In on year. Th
first on was made last summer. Be
fore that tlm th hop work had all
been don on th ground floor In th
.... tha aalaaroom. Th business
cam so fast, however, that a balcony
waa built, where th tailors hav bees
working all winter. Now, thla haa be-
..unit tan email that 1.800
squar feet of space haa been leased in
tbe COmmonweaitn ouiioinn, wmn u
the mechanical work will be done from
m. i . . am -Tha aalaaroom of. tha
company will be continued at its present
location,
(1
97
V eUmblng.
of hills when :
when yen drtv
a to Bos , .
City Park.
Be page IS.
BISHOP HOT FORCED
. TO SELL BUSINESS
MEN?S FURNISHINGS
I
I ft r ' ' . J
NECKWEAR 5Qcand $1.00 all
; the new silks, shades : and pat
terns in the wide and medium;
i Four-iri-hanas, ; iFolded Squares,',
- Chauvet Scarfs and Wide Bats,
: 'C an endless variety.- 1 'a
UNDERWEAR: ImportedStutt
garter Worsted, per gar.. $2.50
' Original Linen Mesh, pe.r gar. $3
CooperSilk Lisle, gar. $1.50 Bon
Bon French Balbriggan, gar. $1
NEW XINE MEN'S SHIRTS $1.50
' . -V,
1 , i M
W f I V .r I ana. JOB " a
X: Down t
'-. - -1 i j. i. - t rrvrr r X
: f X 3Lc : .'
I "New Method" Gas Ranges i
- Are fitted with patent burners that SAVE
Ci Afi "nviitmrtiftTt in
, mantel does in iUumination. . Investigate t
iw a
our range, au prices. ,vasy payracnw
;;it.Li:.'.:,-of $1 .down, $1 a week. . - , -
. 17S.5rinlSL & SONS 21M27 1ia
THE BEST EAST SIDE RESIDENCEDISTRICT IN THE EOTTOE CITY. Tt SURPASSES ANY-
v- . ' . . - i 1 J ' ; . ...mb m' m.wm .! aa. a. )'' i m n i'n : n
THING AND EVERYTHING THAT HAS EVER BEEN OR EVER WILL, iJJi xkj
V THE PUBLIC '
Lots $225.00 and Up
A SUB-DIVISION THAT OFFERS EVERY ADVANTAGE TO THE SEEKER OF A HOME
SITE AND TO THE INVESTOR AN EXCEPTIONAL OPPORTUNITY.
''."
M W.
MAIN 550 . ' . ' ; ENTIRE SECOND FLOOR
V v Branch Office East Twenty-Sixth and Franklin Streets
N. B TAKE WAVERLY-WOODSTOCK CAR . " '
MAIN 553
elothl.r. from aotlv buslnes was aul
to financial reverse. Nobtlng oould be
fartber from th faet, for Mr. Blehop I
on of Portland's successful business
men. as Is well known by everyone fa
miliar with the commercial affairs of
tha olty. He sold out his . business
Febmsry 1 to 6en Belling and will lesv
Through the blunder In the license
department at the city hall th Impres
ini, mrmm ton fiut v.st.rdsv that ths
recent reUrexneol eX C P, BUhop, Uj ' shortly wlta bis famUy for a protracted.
European trip. - ' . '
The blunder occurred In connection
with the application for th refunding
oi tha unearned portion of th occupa
tion tat which Mr. bishop had paid th
city. W. M. Jackson, manager of th
Bishop store, ststed to - the- deputy
license clerk that the eppHnet'en wss
due to tn sal ft ta business, Jo
deputy replied that be would writ out
the petition to the counoil and Mr. Jack
son loft. When th petition was placed
on file later In the day It contained th
statement that "owing to ctroumatsnces
over which h had no control, he Mr,
Bishop) was compelled to - close his
establishment."
. This unauthorised statement gave rise
to tho mistaken report that the sal
Mr. Bishop's buslnes had been due
financial reverses.
Mrs. A. D. Johnson of Brewertnf
Washington, accompanied by Miss Pn
of th same place, Is visiting Portia
friends. The Indies sre making thd
ha4uuartrs at the Portland.
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