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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, : PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY, 31, 1807. VICE DRIVEN TO COVER IN RED LIGHT DISTRICT Mayor Lane Answers Strictures Cast on Administration "by Proprietor of Hotel Who Has Long Resided in ;: i North End and Has Just Made Complaint. Your K,' i : .-.i.v.?: i Mayor Xane puncture Dan J. Qulmby In many way in a letter written in anawer to' the communication of Mr. Qulmby retarding the north end condi tlon. The mayor ehows , what, hi volley ha been in the paat and out lines what It will' be In the future. He contraata condition at the present time with those or tn pat - gmng j Mayor Qorge H. . William much credit for the commencement of the campaign A Millionaire's Munificence? spends Wealth With Lavish Hand tb; Brine Back .Little ri Daughter'. Health. ..pi- ' v INCIDENT IS , RECALLED . 'THROUGH CASE HERE ; AT HOME. EXCELLENT RESULTS ALREADY SHOWN It ha been but a. short while, two or . three year, sine the famous Armour Lorenso case was filling column of newspaper apace all over the country and people gasped with aatonlahment at -the father love which was so great a to causa Mm to spend 160,000 In the effort to bring back health and happi ness to hla little daughter. The famous Dr. Lorenso, an exponent of bloodleaa surgery, hi knowledge gained by long years of study-and experience in Euro-' peso countries, made the long journey to Chicago and by bt method treated the little unfortunate child with what uccea w all know. 7 This well-known - Incident wa re-1 .called yesterday when pretty little : Alpha Staley, a child of about 4, waa brought by loving parents to the of fice of Fer-Don' medical expert In the Grand theatre building.- Her child ish face, drawn with pain, but with 11 pa steeled" to any expression of the agony which would cause an older person to cry aloud, was a picture to excite the tenderest sympathy ot the most hard ened. Her poor little body , waa de- formed and misshapen, caused from a lifelong affliction of the hip. It was her father who recalled the above men tioned case when ..he said that were he a man of wealth he would gladly pay the same amount "Tes," he said, "and more than that, I would give my. alt' The doctors upon examination expressed hopes for recovery through their sys tem of surgery" without a knife, and as Fer-Don said, "Even though my doctors would never receive one cent for- the cure of this little girt ample payment waa received in the look of joy which overspread the faces of the parents and of the little girl,- who, grown old through suffering, , understood as well as anyone her condition and could look .down the future and see it rose-hued In the sunshine of perfect health. Not alone at these offices are the re sult of Ker-Don'a remedies and or his doctors' .treatment shown, but every night at his 'free show grounds. Wash Ington and Twentieth streets, demon st rations, the like of which have never before been seen In Portland, are made. Last night aa usual many interesting ones were made and those Who partlcl pated expressed themselves as greatly benefited. ' ' Xiokea by a Xora. B. A. Beard, , who I employed at the Fashion stables at Nineteenth and Washington streets, was kicked by a horse several days ago. The Injury caused him much pain and .discomfort, being just below the knee. He limped upon the stage last night to inquire whether Fer-Don'a remedies would help him. He was taken into the dressing ' tent, where Fer-Don's Magic Relief was applied to the Injured member. In five - minutes he .returned to th stage, walk lng without the aid of a cane and told the assembled " people thy he was greatly- benefited, and then to the amusement of all proved It more thor oughly by jumping over a chair.. M,r. Willis,, S31 Larrabee street, was Relieved of - paralysis of the arm through the use of Fer-Don's magical preparation. After one application ahe waa able to raise her band above her head, pick up a chair and clinchher flppraa, all . of which had been Impos ts against the unbearable condition of the past. .The letter written by the mayor i a roiiows; "D. J. Qulmby Dear Sir: There was published In yesterday's Oregonlan an open letter addressed by you to roe In wnicn - communication, - among otner things,' you stated that the moral at mosphere of. the north end at this time Is worse than you have known It to be during a residence In that district covering a period of XI years, and for the condition of affairs as outlined by you, you assert that I, as a pubiio of ficlal.- am to blame, and as a fitting and proper rebukto roe you call upon all person who believe In th primary election law and upon all Republican to vote the Republican -ticket straight at th eoiaing eleetlcn, eU, Drives Under Cover. "In reply I have to say that at this time- X cannot enter Into a discussion to the extent that th subject Justly demands, for you have opened up a question which has commanded th at tention of the world since Its earliest history and baffled the brains of far wiser men than either you or L It Is quite evident, however, that you have forgotten the condition of affair which existed In the Immediate neighborhood of the Qulmby house for many years, and , I call your attention to th fact that In the olden days and up until the time when Mayor Williams in hi wis dom compelled them to stop doing so the women in the redllght district ad- Joining that ; hotel sat half-dressed leaning out of windows on the street level plying tneir every wile upon all men passing by, while now following in the steps of Mayor Williams they remain upstairs out of sight ndr bear- lng, subject to arrest if they solicit attention to themselves. In th olden days touch cases, "panel games', and robberies were of frequent occurrence and maquereaux swarmed the city street airing themaelve and their lap dogs, an insult to every decent woman in town.' "Today no such condition of affairs Is permitted to exist, snd If it does exist, does so by stealth and in fear of me law. do you claim that the former state of affairs was better than the present. In these respects T Hotorlous Dives Suppressed, The city 1st growing br leaDS and bounds, and the tenderloin has been crowded to the wall In cronped quarter under pressure from all sides, and the more guaeq aens nave been removed from the heart of vthe city In the dis trict lying between Washington and Morrison streets on the dark streets. where they festered In the eyes of young women ana gins wno work In the tele phone exchange. Others have departed front the Immediate neighborhood of a large steam laundry on fourth street, where many other honest girls must needs work for a living; others went for being too close to the Qulmby house' Itself, that they might not annoy the guests of that place, as the present proprietor can testify. "Th Golden West hotel' of 10 rooms, went out of business,, and all other houses of that class, with signs Of rooms to let' have takes down such badge of respectability and false pre tense. Many others have gone, among them the notorious Paris house, which, with its (0 rooms. Is closed, and all or Its inmates and not merely a part of them, as you unfairly and mjsleadlngly state are gone, other nouses in dif ferent sections haveVnoved on, and cer tain massage' parlors and now closed. The Rloharda place operates under the glare of an arc light, subject to vis its of Inspection from the police at any time, and many of these persons so re moved have gone among their kind In the district mentioned by you, and many have lingered a bit overtime, but their houses are bullded upon sand. Knowledge Bottled TTp. "Always there has been a dread urged by many seemingly sensible per sons that the evil might be scattered to her five months before. To Take Boys to Theatre. One of the salient point of Fer- Don's character is his' love for "children. As he does In. every city he visits Fer Don will 1 spend an afternoon at the theatre with the newsboy and other. Since hi announcement 1 of this in tended treat th boy have expressed 1 much anticlpatqy pleasure and .eager-! ness for the time to : arrive. He an nounced definitely- laat night that on Saturday afternoon this feature of hi visit would take place and. Invited all newsboys and other ' boys under U years of age to meet In front of . the Grand , theatre building at . 1:30, - when be would have them accompany him as hi guests to some- theatre and enjoy a i pleasant afternoon ' 5 ' broadcast over the city, and, hampered by a small and over-worked police force, wnose insufficient nay. failed to attract recruits, an attempt to eradicate might well have proved a failure, the blame for which would not have rested where It property belonged, but would have been unjustly visited upon me, as Is done by you, where In one place you ac cuse me of so scattering it from the Paria house, though In the main your argument Is fliat I have restricted It. "At any time during my admlnlstra tton I would have been glad to have had the benefit of the knowledge which a IS years' residence in that district must have given you, but at no time un til now, upon the eve of an election and In tha heat of a campain, have I heard from you in regard to this matter. Tet It was your plain duty as a man, to your children and to mine, and to the children of every parent in this city, to have come and shown me the right way to govern this evil, if it so hap pened that you knew how better than I did. that In the interest of this com munity T might have given them the benefit,' the wise counsel to be derived from you : . but you 'have not done so. and Tn so far aa you have failed In that respect, to that extent have you failed in your duty aa a good and use ful cltlsen. For it year you say you have lived in that district: what a burstlna- store. house of information upon every phase of the subject you must have acquired in that length Of time, of priceless value to your fellow men, who struggle to cast off the influence of the baneful shadow which o'ersets them: what grudge of fate it wa that they should have been denied access to what seems an almost infinite knowledge of so im portant a subject snd In addition and despite it all at this time, regardless of the misery and crime which - you must have -seen, to find you advising nonest and decent people to vote a ticket . straight from Hop to bottom,' the candidates of which (for the most part at least), are being backed to the limit by every element In the community wnicn lives by-preying either upon its flesh and blood or its ether more gross ly material Interests, all seems strange to me. .:,.,).! v: f'i; f.xti'-' -.'!,:'., ' "In conclusion I would -ear that I be lieve that you are mistaken in your as sertions, and as evidence to that end I offer you that of a committee of reput able gentlemen, headed by a well-known minister of this city, who, after mak ing a tour of that district a few nights ago, . report conditions much Improved over what they were two years ago. "HARRY LANE." , BIG ROGUE BIVER ; SALE OF ORCHARD Medford. Or.. May 81. The DeHart orchard of too acres, one of .the. moat fruitful in the Rogue River valley, was sold to eastern parties yesterday for S3.000, jL. GET.IT, here for less money and pay for it at YOUR CONVENIENCE. COME IN AND LOOK OVER OUR LARGE STOCK OF MEN'S SUMMER. WEARABLES AND BE CONVINCED THAT . v ' i ... . n . t "v . Oevurtz Sells on Credit for 1ess THaii Others Do for Cash SINCE THIS CLOTHING SECTION IS REALLY A SIDE LINE TO OUR GREAT FURNITURE BUSINESS, RE QUIRING LITTLE ROOM AND SMALL HELP EXPENSE WE CAN WELL AFFORD TO SELL AT A LESS PROFIT THAN THE REGULAR CLOTHING DEALER, WHO HAS ALL THE BURDENS OF RENT, LIGHT, HEAT, INSUR ANCE, OFFIQE EXPENSES, ETC., TO BE ADDED TO THE COST OF EACH SUIT THAT HE MAY SELL. Here You Pay a Little Down, Then A WEEK You Are Welcome to Credit mmm 7 Corner First and Yamhill 2S Kir Ajas-avM dm v r sk f i i n .r t. i. tw.. ' . -i .iw i I mmr w r . tl5iE3,ir'3 f I ':.- -W iff' . . . a Li AJ1 T "j-r .,-. I T V ill iJiniJi wsiii n r; ST - , , mm rii HHP? k - y v 1" Corner Second and Yamhill "" ".!'-;'...!..' i NO TROUBLE TO SHOW GOODS OR TO EXPLAIN OUR SYSTEM. COME IN TOMORROW AND SECUR YOUR SUMMER SUIT. HOTEL LIFE COMPLETE PUZZLE AND SNARE TO THIS WOMAN "X" Nathaniel K. Clarke, clerk of the Portland hoteL waa telling of the pe culiar happening that enter into hi life as a hotel clerk, on of which con cerned a woman who was at the Fort land several weeks ago and who evi dently was not used to hotel life. "She came to the desk the first morn ing after her arrival in Portland," said Mr Clarke, "and inquired the cost of her" rooms. I told her the rate. Then she asked If she could have some writ ing material. I furnished her with a quantity and she asked if there were any charges for- it. I informed her there were none, and she thanked me profusely. j "Later she salted me u mere were charges for having her baggage carried to another room, the first one assigned to her having been unsatisfactory. Again I assured her there, were none, and again she thanked me. Then a friend came to make an afternoon call and was received In the reception room. After the frlendhad gone she came and asked if there were any charge for CASTORIA Tot Infknti and Children. Th Kind Yea Haw Alwajs Bcsght Slgnataxwof Ztfy$J&C&& :,-'.v-:..j:;,,;;v;v:.,w;j the use of the reception room. Again the usual answer and again the thanks. "By this time I began to notice her lack of acquaintance with hotel life, and sougjrt to help her in every way could. . "Finally one day she came to me and asked whether there 'were any extra charges for making more than one trip In the elevator each day. . That was a severe shock, but I told her she could get In and ride up and down all day free of charge. But the straw that broke the camel's back was not equal to the straw she used on me. "Now, not to mislead you.-this woman was well dressed, apparently the moth er of a family and th wife of a well- to-do merchant,, yet she knew nothing of hotels. The final inquiry aa to charge brought a smile to my face that I could not repress. , : ' . "She came to the desk one morning ask asked me if there was any drink ing water in the lobby, J directed her to the fountain and she asked me if there, would be any extra charge if ahe were to , take, a drink. I said there MTOr OlUXBLTJia If you suffer from rheumatism or pain, for Ballard' Snow Liniment will bring quick relief. - It la a - aura cure for sprains, rheumatism, contracted muscle and alt pains and within the reach of alL Price Z6C. SOo, 1.00. C R. Smith, Tenaha,-. Texas, writes: "I have used Ballard a Snow tJnlment in my family for years and have found It a fine rem edy for all pains and ache. I recom mend It for peine la the chest" Bold by alt drugglata, would not be, and then she asked if the water furnished In her room was an extra charge. I replied In the negative and she walked away smiling and con tented and I bet that to this day she doss not know how near I came to breaking down under the ordeal. SWALLOWED NAIL OR UNKNOWN DRUG North Powder, Or., May SI. It is not yet known whether little Benjamin Hansen, 16 months old, son of O. W. Hansen Jr. of the firm of Hansen Brothers, died 'the 28th instant from .blood poisoning, caused from the effects of having swallowed a shingle nail, or rrom naving partaken or be contents of some unemptled medicine bottles aft erwards found In the yard of the house when the family moved In. He was playing there the day before he was taken sick with what the, physicians treatea as peritonitis. ' He wss the only grand child of Mr. and Mrs. mtt of I Qrande. all of whom spent th 10 day of his Illness at bis bedside. PACIFIC N0RTIIWEST . GIRLS IN GOTHAM New : York. May . The Pacific northwest party of girl tourists arrived by steamer from Norfolk last evening. Mrs. Bedfleld. chaperons, was lost after midnight while seeking relatives at Or ange, New Jersey, and waa nearly ex hausted when found near her. brother-in-law's residence She is now with him, snd the party is chaperonelesa at the Martha Washington hoteL They will probably leave for Niagara Palls Sunday, on .being rejoined by Mrs. Red- field, , " " - . mmm tmm The Cook reputation Is safe when he prepares a cup of Ghlrar delli's Cocoa. He may be sure that Its delicious fra prance will please the coct c exacting guest. With his own breakfast, also . ; lu tfrmka a ca of GlurardoP- 0