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THE : OREGON ' SUNDAY ) JOURNAU PORTLAND, SUNDAY , MORNING, JANUARY 5, lC3 fJElVYORK TOAD 11IDE FAILURE English Minister Deplores Found in Block of- Granite HAVE CHURCHES .Pact That Extra: Attrac- J tions Must Be Offered." : 1 1 ' ,i . j". ' - v .' (Spickl iDlfpatek t, A JewaaL) , V. London, Jkn. 4. Ia i th followlnr Five Hundred Feet Below, 1 f i? V Earth's Surface. ::. r ' v" j-.ussv ' ; .---4- - ... j, - V-C c, Sf lifaffltr v v Si ST iM I fcsx. - T-T r r ?i F"1 ii ' ' J y r lri r H PyW2 change run of mmmmmm. ar 11 mm 111 I II . i: :v :J,ty,.,.. ' 1i 5 ,t . , - , w 1 111 II I ' I III 1 I II? 1 ilH . ills Hit 111 II .'. .. 1 III 1 I I 1 i ! i.atllll 311V t ...It. ii'.. 111 II ,-',' HUH. : , II III -t 1 It "-.Ill I II - ' "V i InterrUw the Rr. R. J, Campbell ix- prcaaea bia vlawa on tha fallura ol tha churohta and on tha &Md of a naw ao- clal ronnal: ' .' . . ,i wa look around ua today," aald Lclal coapsl: ' "If wa 1( Mn Campbal', "ona fact la lorcad upon Tha ohurohca hava larg liold of , tha people. In BRIGHT REALTY YEAR lubrication of Money Mar ket. Will Again Open ActlTe Trading. MANY SMALL DEALS BECOEDED DAILY Email ltealdonco txta In Demand and Disposition Shown on Part of Bajerf to Improve Property a QulcklT w Possible. With tha holidays in fun swlnf'mnd everybody bent on observing the, fnataj aeaJon, it is unnatural to expect -Very much doing;' In the real eitate market XAat year, It will be remembered, the last , half of : December aa w but little property changing hands, although . of tha most active realty morvement In the history of the city. In addition to the expected Christmas -wee iuu. mere are otner conditions xnai lar more seriously affect the realty maugai id. mvn potent ox tnese is the extreme caution of the banker in making loana. It Is a widely known fact that a tight money market makes a dull real estate market. The loan ele ment enters very largely into spedu- latfvA Mai ..tat. frit.4n. am., a a rider able extent affect Investment buy ing aa welt. , , . While Portland banks are well aup- filied with cash, having reeervea large r In exceaa of tha legal requirements, It is too much to excect them to en courage speculation of any kind until the financial situation la absolutely cjear una eaie. . ; . ; Small Bnrera ZnvarL There la a class of reat aetata chang ing hands in Portland and vicinity juat now, wnicn, wnue not attracting jnucn attention, le quite extensive and augurs wm iur ni xuture prosperity or tne 'city,' and that la the 29 to 10 auburban residence aitea that are being purchased every day by the prospective home bulldera. This does not refer to the class of property that is sold on the weexjy or monthly installment plan, but to the 600 to $1,000 lots that are conveniently near a carllne and within IS-to SO minutes' ride of the business center and that are being purchased by the person of limited means, the clerk or mecnanio, witn tne intention or build ing on it a modest cottage at the ear liest practicable moment. - Tuesday of last week there were 21 uch' transactions rennrteri. nna well known agency selling five vacant lota for a total consideration of $3,400, and in each case the purchaser plana to im prove his lot thla spring. This buying of modern-priced home si tea In large numbers and by individual buyers la usually looked upon as of not much con sequence by the realty brokers, but as a matter of fact It is of Immense !m portanoe and value to this community and ia fast giving to Portland the name of -a -home-ewning elty. -- lew Tm: Prospects. , It Is probably no exaggeration to say that there are but few cities In the United States in Portland a class, where so large a number of its residents own their own homes. -The entire east side la. filled with people who very, largely Bemodelled Drawings Near ly Completed Contracts to Be Let Within Month. SEPABATE C0NTBACTS . FOE DIFFEEENT W0EK our attention. lv lost their Knaland nearly 75 ter cent of the adult population remain permanently, out of touon witn organised raiigion. ah over the oontlnent tha churches have even less hold than her. A certain amount of church attendance la aacured In thla country became the ' church la stUI a leading factor In the social life of the lower ralJdlj class. That cannot en dure. 1 .... A " " "Tha churches are driven to all klnda of extra attractlona to win tha people. If the churches represent Christianity, then Christianity la rapidly losing hold of thla country, because the Christian ity . of tooay Is not tha same as the Christianity of the first century, and is not the religion of Jesus. A Social OospaL . The religion: of leans was In its in ception and essence a ' oclal gospel. Where do 'you think you would find John the Baptist were he alive today T You would find him addressing a labor demonstration in ilyde Park or heading a popular movement ror social emanci pation. It Is our buslneaa to realise the kingdom of God on earth, and nothing else: to nreachv universal brotherhood. and to aweep away those existing condi tions wnicn tnrow a pau over tne lives of tha larger proportion of our people. "It ia no uaa blaming. the ordinary man of wealth for this. No harder workera In the publlo Interest are to be found than aoma of tha rioin. It would not benefit the poor If they gave. away tneir wnoie auoacance, -and it might, indeed, make confusion mora oon founded. "Wa ha-va to create a aocial order where every man shall hava sufficiency. There la enough wealth in the country for this even now. The national In come, divided out, would average over It per week ner family. It la for ua not only to secure a more equitable di vision than orevatla today, but a better organisation of labor, and therefore a vastly larger output Mo Zxact Banality. 'No ona imasines that the socialist State can be attained by seising the - (Speelal . Dispatch (a The . Jonra'tL) ": ' New York. Jan. 4. In tha reptile house of the New, York Zoological park they have a toad whose age Is eat!- tnated to be perhaps 1,000 years. ; v Director. ; W. ; T." , Hornaday almost ' reverences ..this antique batrachlan fas'; one oi the greateat dlsooverles of the age, : for hitherto all toads discovered" ' under the same circumstances as -was tbla ancient hava been dead and often petrified. - .-..-. t. unia is a perfectly rorraea, meaium si sed toad of the spadefoot variety. It haa only one. defect It Is blind. It neither eata nor drinks. It la confined with a little oxygen In a glass Jar. property of the well-to-do and confis cating It to tha atate. Thla would be monstrous, and would Involve e-reat In- Juatlca and cauaa the -greateat disturb ance. No aerloua man Imagines that Have Incor there can be In euch a atate exact eqnal " Ity for all lndlvlduala Men must be porated All the Latest Improve- ,"ln;Bl,,e,r v,,u ,,n r I community. But our aim can be to de- hnt, Pnnnl In Similar Rnlldinirs atroy the present capitalist system, in land and of Industrial enterprise, while fully compensating those temoorarllv affected. We ought to aim to make the community on Its manufacturing aide Portland Structure in Eastern States. PARK c$T BET COLLEGE WcJACKSOM own the houses they occupy. Thla condition haa, to a considerable extent, come about through the action of the addition owners in supplying money for building purposes to tne ouyera or jois. The onenlna- of the new year finds the orokera duo van t over tne prooaDiiiiies of an Immediate revival In business. The aarenta m-edlct that money Will be easier eariy in tne new year, n.nu uii building operations win oe renewed wun rreat viror. If confidence ia restored and once firmly established, as it should be after the showing of stability and solidity made by the local banks, brokers state there will be a large amount of money available for invest ment in Portland real estate mortgages, and as a result a large Increase in the number of transactions win rouow. This theory Is baaed on the experience of years, aa large and Important realty deals are nearly always accompanied with a mortgage. . FINE HOOD BIVEE 0EC1IAED FINDS BTJYEE A $25,000 apple orchard In the Hood River valley Is one of tha biggest sales of the past week, the purchaser being Mrs. E, B. Carroll of thla city. That sales of this magnitude can be made in so-called panicky times illustrates the confidence o.' Oregonlans In the fruit Industry. The orchard which Mra. Car roll bought Is In a atate of high culti vation and lust coming into bearing this coming season. There are 22 acres of trees and eight acres devoted to other crops, makln the price for the actual orchard average $1,000 ner acre. Philip Carroll will manage the property. This sale .was made by Mrs. MffcKae oz tne firm of Barrett AacRae. Dixie Flyer Starts Tomorrow. (Un!t! Preni Leaied Wire.) Chicago. III., Jan. 4. The first per manent through passenger service be tween Chicago , and, Florida will be started tomorrow by the Chicago & Eastern Illinois and the Southern rail ways. The. train will be known as the "Dixie Fiver." will be run each dav between Chicago and Jacksonville, Flor ida, on a 36-hour schedule. 1 -Metiger, jeweler, optician. 842 Wash. LOTS III SUBURBS in the Interior arrangement of the Hoffman a house and lot at the corner plana for the proposed Portland Y. M. j. a.-x. w. j. a. Duuaing. ACriVEIII MARKET Small Acreage Tracts Also Are in Very Good Demand. For tha five business days of laat week the average value of real estate transfers filed for record waa some what above $30,000. While this Is material reduction from the dally aver age in the early fall. It la about aou bio the dally aales during November and December, and is not a discouraging record, all thinrrs considered. The feature of the week's realty bus! ness waa the large number of transao tions in suburban residence, lots, irans fers representing; about 25 such deals were filed for record Friday, and the remainder of the week the movement In this Class of property was equally aa active. Quite a number of small acreage tracts changed hands during- the week. and In no case did the record Indicate that a concession in the price nad been maae. Soma Becent Balea. Among the more Important recent aalea are the following: L.ouls urandes sold to Dora wooirldge house occupying a S3x87-foot lot on Blackstone street, between Wilson and Vaughn streets, consideration 34,600. Four lots in Kennwortn addition were purchased by J. Adrian Epplng from I. C. Clodfelter for $4,000. The property Is Improved with a modern two-story frame residence. Alfred K. Ledbury has purchased from Andrew Buchel a house and lot at Bast Irving and East Twenty-eighth streets for $3,800. George W. Priest has aold to Arnold - 1 Wzbtl m0im i&r llL-v Wrl pi EOS r " V, : 1 ! I t it -' 4 p . - .v : -,. . i -yjUaWSlr-iiaajaiiM 5 4 ' tV ""IKI. 1 fr 1 of Halaht and Mason streeta. Central Albina, consideration $2,600. W, J. Register haa purchaeed from W. Li. Deil a quarter block in the Para dise springs tract, near Mount Tabor, for $2,800. W. E. Chrlstlernsson haa purchaeed two iota near jaureiwooa ror i,zoo. The property belonged to P. W. Brltts. ' Michael Doherty haa aold to Carrie E.a Ha yd en a house and lot on Rtia aefl street, between Union and Rodney avenues, ior ti.iav. Mary J. Hunter has purchased from Edsll Billings a B0-foot lot In High- isiiu rariv, cunmufniuDn ssuv. Felix E. Gilbert has aold to E. N. uvana a 10c at sunnysiae ror $800. ilioiuliTs IHREEJIEIfES Shoots One Man in Duel antl Is Beaten Unconscious by Companions. . into one large producing firm, in which communal anouid be substituted for pri vate Interest The man who refused to labor would be sent to a penal colony. "The thing must be done by degrees, flrat by the fixing of a minimum wage, next by the taxation of profits, and thn Vi V K.ln.tn. ah t ed, extensive changea are being made lng number of Industrial enterprises dl- rocuy unoor puDiio control. "In the Christian state, aa X see It, we woub nave, noi an arunoiai eaualltv. As a result of obaervatlona made by Secretary H, W. Stone of the Y. M. C. A. and Architect MacNaughton while on a trip eaat laat fall, when a large number of up-to-date Y. M.-C A. bulft lnga were Jflalted and carefully inapect- York, Pa., Jan. 4. Discovering burg lars In her house about midnight last night. Mrs. W. G. Wingrove gave them battle. She shot one of the lntrudera, but was attacked and beaten into un Shortly after the Wingroves retired. the husband, who wa ill, asked his wife to go downstairs and get a glass of water for him. - . . She took her husband's r,vilvAr descended to the dining room. When she entered the room she found three men near a sideboard. The woman fired One of the men ataaxered anri nriA out: "My God, I am hit! Kill her!" Another of the men fired uoon the woman, but the bullet missed her. He then beat her Into a stata of ousness with the butt of his revolver As the first blow struck her upon the non-U, sue ion 10 nor Knees and fired a shot at her assailant. Aa aha nra lying on tne noor the burglars kicked her unmercifully. Mr. Wingrove responded to his wife's cries ior neip, DUt berore he reached the dlnins- room the hnre-larj hort their escape. She Is in a aprlniia nnn. dltion. A smear of blood on the dlninar rnnm door indicates that one of the h.ir.lnr. had been wounded by the first revolver snot urea Dy Mrs. wingrove. To this desire of Secretary Stone and the building committee to nave incor porated In the Portland building all the approved modern theories of interior construction and arrangement is due the delay in letting the general contract for the imposing atructura tnat ia to go up at Sixth and Taylor atreeta. Now, how ever, the architect baa nearly complet ed the cnanges in tne piana, ana u is Intended to ask for bids foi tha ateel frame and concrete work not later than February 15. Aa a measure of aeon omv the building committee haa deter mined to adopt the plan of having every distinct class of work on the building dona by a separate contractor, The steel and concrete contracts will be brick, plumbing, interior finish, metai work. etc. Secretary Stone. In sneaking of the progress made by the building commit tee, had the following to say: "Tne old cage, -i,arge bodies move slowly, la peculiarly applicable to the taste that the x. M. c. a. building com mlttee haa on hand. We are moving cautiously In this matter, aa It Is our Intention to make every dollar of the large) sum ao generously subscribed by the publlo go as far aa possible. But when we have finished our task Port land will have the most perfect struc ture or the kind west or Chicago. "Among the noticeable features or the Institution will, be the educational department, in which will be provided facilities for the Instruction of 1,000 young men in tne useful trades. xne building win contain iz& dormi tories, a modern departure in Y. M. C A. buildings. There will also be a bora' department which will be, a facsimile of tne main Institution. Secretary Btone says tnat payments on the subscriptions to the building fund are being made more generally and more crirnipujr wiuu ws iu nnv , uren ex pected, considering tha 'financial trou bles of the past two months. Nearly one. half of the $350,000 has been paid in, ana tne nnance committee naa rea sonabl expectation that nearly all of the remainder will be forthcoming when neeaea. ' ': but an avoidance of the great eitremaa that now exist Power, place and honor would be attained, no: bv ert wmith but by great eervlce. All would have eurflclent" DIVORCES rim I WHO O. Building,, as It WW Appear "Whea Completed. ATJSTBIANS FOECED ' TO EESPECT FLAG Pittsburg. Pa,. Jan. 4. Aa ard-bearer at the funeral of an Aus trian mill-worker Droudlv hor rh Autsrlan lag in Liberty avenue today at the head of a native band, Louis u. .vi iiuiii-eiiian, siuppea tne "We use the American flag whon we march through the streets In this wwn, - no explained. An American flaa- waa nnfolrlv tnrt coming loaned from a neighboring line. Threatened complaints against the po liceman did not materialize. IT COSTS MONEY TO JOLLY NEWARK COPS Newark, N. J., Jan. 4. It costs $20 to laugh at a Newark policeman. Charles Smith was arrested for mocking a po-. llceman,' Judge Herr gave him the op tion of a $20 fine or 0 days in jail. Mockery of a policeman, -said the judge, was equivalent to mockery of the established social system, and as such' was Immoral. Smith said he had no intention of being lmmoraL and paid the $20. . .-.-; : : ., n. , . i illll SPANKED HER DAILY Mrs. Hamlins Detailed Story Touches Judge'and Jury , in Tender Spot. Waterbury, COnrt.r Jan. 4. Alleging that her husband had been In tha habit of taking her on hia kneea upalde ddwn and subjecting her to punishment that Is generally aasociated with a email boy and a slipper, Mrs. Rachel A. Hamlin had no trouble in obtaining a divorce In the superior court, i r Between eobs Mra. Hamlin told Justice Curtis of the spanks. More than half the allegations In her complaint refer to her, husband's hand exercise and her smarts. According to her testimony, spanking was her husband's regular business; he never missed a day's work at It She says his sole- diversion was drinking. When she refused him money to alake hia thirst he spanked her. She put up with hia treatment for a long while In the hope that he would stop spanking or drinking, but she says he did neither. When he attempted to chastise her be fore others, she decided, it waa time to appeal to the courts. , 5 w - Mrs. Hamlin , told her story with a vividness of detail which- caused both judge and jury to ahift uneasily a. U her tale brought back recollectlona of their .boyhood. ' -:.--fr:--: " " V January Special I We are offering special ! prices throughout January on picture framing. artists' material and wall paper, E. H. Moorehouse & Co., 811 Alder street, v-; Escaped Fire to Be Stolen. (SDeelal DliMtch to Tha Jonrn.i l Newport. Or.. Jan. 4. A Janklna the Jewelry and millinery dealer, who wa uin ui laa j ekvv mun nv T n. New Year's morr&ng flra rannria ih further loss of about $80 worth of dry goods saved from the flames and con veyed to a place of safety. The mer chandise has disappeared and It is supposed It was stolen, uoGnilis FOR FISH RODS Pike, County Pups Pick Pickerel Out of Pond j Through Hole in Ice. ejyflaf ses. tj atetzr'a4i;xij Port Jervls, Jan. 4. Fishermen who went to Porter's lake yesterday never will get through talking about tha way "Bill" McMlohaels, of plka county, and hia three trained - terrlera cut down the pickerel population. Fishing through the, ice is a popular winter sport up here, and when "Bill" and his bow wows -reached . the- plaee - the - aurfaca of the lake looked like a coffee strainer. Every hole had a watcher hut thla didn't 'worry "Bill." He set to work and surprised the other folka by ohop- ing inree more noies m ine crystal. 'hen he tied a line to.tbe hlnA leg or eaon , nog ana aroppea tne nailed end through the . hole. He placed a bag under each pup, lit his pipe and went visiting among hia friends. He hadn't been gone more than a few seconds when one of the dogs began to bark and walk away from the hole, dragging ix-pvunu jiitnerw aner nim. , "Pretty aoft for me." chuckled Hill as he Placed the saulrmtng eantive In his basket and led the dog back to the hole again. -uuesa we ii nave to nana it to bhl" said Sam Peck; "It's a three to ono ahot for him." Bv this time the other dogs had con tributed a pickerel apiece to the pile and Bill epent the next hour packing em In. When he had taken the ante- mortem statement of 36 of the finny i things, he blew a whistle. 'Each dog arose promptly, picked up the bag on . which it had been sitting and swung into tine nenina tneir master as no mi th trail for -home. ' - - T waa a. vanr trafnlna1 'am' at. plained BUI to the astonished gather ing.' "but I don't regret it They're the best fisnerment in fixe county, and an other thing In their favor they doa't lie about tneir work The next time m going to send them up alone," ;ANE COUNTY TAX 'REDUCED TWO MILLS (Special DUpateh to Tha 'Jonroktl i" Eugene. Or., Jan. 4 The tax levy for Lane county, has been fixed by the county court at If mills, which la two mills lower than that of last year. This will bring In $271,481.42, on property assessed at $18,456,786. The levy la segregated Ss follows: For state pir f loses, 1.9 mills; county school, 8.5 mills; ibrary, .OS of a mUl; road, I mill; county, 4.68 mills. - - . - ; Rheumatism Reached . Heart.' - (Special 'Dispatch to The Journal.) 1 1 , i Pendleton, Or., Jan. 4. Vernle John son, aged 11, youngest son of Mr. and Mra William Johnson, died . Thursday of Inflammatory rheumatism which fi nally reached his heart The funeral'was held yesterday, with.-interment in Ol-negr,- cemetery, vn,.v;,4. WV-j;..;. The soologlcal prise was foun-t In a pocket in a solid block of limestone In a aUvar mine at Butte, .Montana, 100 feet beneath tha surface of the moun- : tain. Charlea Van Zandt a mine opera tor,, knowing Mr. Hornaday. : had in , atruoted hia foreman. Edward Ring, to Preserve-for tha dlractor all anactmana of natural history that might be thrown ,. Out by blasts In the mine. About seven ; months ago, after a blast Mr. Ring discovered the toad In a tiny pocket pi' rock uncovered by tha explealon. f aJ xne ioaa appeared to be dead, nut'' tha foreman nicked It tin. brought it'. to the aurfaoe and placed it carefully TTa.uiu m jar, wuiun no aeaieu u. Director Hornaday heard of the find . and expressed a desire to poeseaa it for tha Zoo. Yesterday the toad, atlll in the Jar, waa received at the park. Cloae and repeated Inspection revealed the truth that It moved alugglahly, al though It had no nourishment and bad had none. for hundreds of Years. Tha creature haa tha customary warts and "Jawel in Ita head," but its skin Is ss dark as a lump of coal The. eyes are closed. Its centuries of confinement having rendered the eyaa Utterly useless. : When Director Hornaday and Curator Dltmars discovered that the apade foot waa groping about with sluggish but voluntary movements, their sur prise and Joy were boundlesa For tha flrat time haa been proved apparently the truth of a controverted theory long held that toad a can live untold years In a state of suspended animation. ' Director Hornaday has not attempted give food or drink to the black toad, as ha believes It will extat without them, and ahould ha try to feed It would certainly die. Theory of the jraturalists. Tha little animal 'la quite plump. Mr. Hornaday and Mr. Dltmars adopt tha theory of Miss Mary C. Dickinson, ! professor of natural history in the Knoae island State Normal college at Providence, who savs the toad haS tm. . doubted ly led a normal life on tha mountain aide centuries ago, whan sud denly a landslide or earthauaka sent "the harmless, clumsy reptile down Into uaaure ouu ieei peiow tne surface or the mountain. It waa not harmed In Ita rapid tran sit and the filling up of the valley formed accidentally around the toad a perfect pocket or cyat. The batrachlan. extremely tenacious of life, continued to live In a atate of auspended anima tion. Finally. In the oourse of hun dreds of yeara the deposits solidified Into limestone. - Thla, according to Profeasor Dickin son, an acknowledged authority on natural history, is the only way the toad could have got there. - Miss Dickinson estimates th age of the prehlstotia toad as anywhere from between 200 to 1,000 yeara Sll SHOVEL SNOW WHICH FELL If 1905 Civil Service Board Discov ers That Largest Gang , Was Needed in July. Chicago Jan a FarraarMno, , - . - , . V - a i. . t vi ins B-roa.1 snowstorm 01 January, 1905, were uncovered last night by the city civil service commission. The most Interesting phemonenon discovered was i)l tnat 1,1 uv street laborers sun are em- ; piuyeu or ine cur ior tne removal Oi tnat remarkable snowfall. According to the reoords, those 1,100 emergency laborers were kept pegging away at the removal of that snow all through the campaign for tha election of Mayor' Edward F. Dunne and all through hia administration. Curiously enough, the number of men required for the removal of enow rose to 1,500 in July. . . Hereafter emergency workmen muxCal remove the snow In five daya. li SEBVANTS' TYRANNY ENDS IN HUNGABY Budapest Jan. 4. Hungary la expert" enclng already some remarkable effects In Its social life from the great reflux of "Americans" to the land of their birth. , . , - - Emigration agents, and Socialist or ganizations have for some years made great headway, especially among field laborers and domestlo servants, with their text that "nothing at home la good enough." Farm laborers left for tha new world In their thousands,, and those that remained took rather a dictatorial attitude toward their employers. Even more marked was the growing dearth of domestlo servants and tha rlae in their wages. ( . Not ao now that tha returning amp loads make their presence felt In the Hungarian labor market. Todav It la not uncommon to aee the following ad vertisement, particularly in the provin cial journals: "Domestlo servant speaking English, desires a situation," yuite recently tne zoiiowing stipula tions were made to a mistress by a parlor maid: "No work in the after noons: every Sunday free, with leave of absence Monday morning; two hours' piano practice every afternoon; at least three courses for dinner and two for supper; visits of admirer to-, be per mitted at any time during the after noons or evenings; extra, allowance for' gloves." -- Tha labor union men of Denver desire a postal savings bank in that city. They; nave sent a petition to mat eiieai to each of the Colorado, aenatora and rep-, resentatlves in congress. r FOR Electrical andtrt Gas Chandeliers AND Supplies - th - ft!. J. Walsh Company ; Sll Star "St, feet. Tlrta and Sixta. . " Botn Phones. 7' ( " v'
