The Oregon daily journal., August 16, 1908, Page 28, Image 28

THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. AUGUST J88
MEIER & FRANK ANNEX WILL BE HANDSOMEST
TRAMP KING REACHES
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PORTLAND ON SEVENTH
TOUR OF THE GLOBE
Around the oitl mote t
,tncn times with a 1 "i
m 11 ha If n
of 1 1 li In V
nutiiticr if ".MuIIIkiiii bunches" In-
Ct eaNf,l. . 1
Heuvecn here mid Hull.- anil between
traveled ''('li "urt ii, His Mill 'f having vln- that point anil I n vit he says lie passed
,. . , ,,,,, ui,,t,,. fimii ill.' lliiiiixiimU ami th.iumiii.ls (if the vagrant
Itcd every quinti'i of II" " "" class. ,. t i , i i,,i i , n the meat number
.,. ......,-.l a of I ... Alfl C I.-UIU I
the Antarctic zone and from TtlstHi
ll'Anounii to the Hebrides. Frank (Murk
former newsboy of N,,v Vork and Am.r
loan na lor unit, r A.lmlnil PnWon
years ego. clinns v,1''1 reason In
be tin- "king .f trumps " He " l"'
has all other Hi rnll"J tramp monarch
faded ami iey AWi no
II."
Clark stowed In P.ntlaii.l to, lay en
route on Ills latest tour of tie globe
He If aiming "t tiie sail. u s home until
the ship Ancios wei;:lis anchor for U
t rpool when In- will vv.uk Ms v. ay to
Knilarid again He nas visited Un
tight Hlfie .Ifcland three Hun s before au.l
aA
.4 fn.ST'S
OF
N.1
KING
,,i ii, iim.. i,, th recent hard times.
hut hiijs that even In good limes the
linrile "nf fiiUKiieJ UUlluins" Is cer
Kl nwn,K larger. I
! I'ne tramp klnn rainhle.1 (in entertaln
IliKh iiT hli; a,l , n t ,11 ,n ill hl nilvellt III i1
. i. inline, 1 Mir, i aii.l a ii pmlrr who a
ih'lli lo.lay , a, mill brief minti'lies of 1 1 1 j
It.ilK In I'wisHliiK I 'art of the tale us
I,, hi la Klin Kiederlek. of the restless
''' aniun.l ; i huimii lain, uns Ilk. this: j
Sever PaJd Kllrod rr. i
"Yen, I haent paid the Harrlman or
C. mills anvthliiK In my wanderings
aioun.l tubs 1 1 nent nor have 1 con
tributed to the coffers of Hiiy other
transportation octopus. And ftln't It
funny. I've inner .pent a niRht In Jail
cither t v e been kicked off frelitfil cars
In Minneapolis and In firemen. I've
been shut at by brakesmen In Montana
and hustled across the Herman border
hv the stolid hut alert police of Kaiser
( lilie s land, but 1 have yet to see daj&-'
llKht streaming through dungeon bars. ,
"Why do 1 do It? you say, Oh. It's
tut tvhe wanderlust, ain't that what
they call It? How lonR will I keep up i
my meuuderliiKK Well," and the "klnK i
looked nosently through space "I jruess ,
I'll milt when the blR chip passing takes i
place.
"There are thousands or tramps Just
like nie, too. They can't settle down.
The spirit of unrer.t Is always with
them, and unless death stops them In;
the midst of their Journey Ings they will!
lie tramp octogenarians. Then there are
thousands of young fellows swelling
the ranks tivery year. Boys of good ;
families, too, but whose people nave ;
not enough money to give tnem a start. ,
They read romantic novels and stories
of ndveiiture, and before they know It ;
the desire to roam Is upon then, and ;
too strong to be shaken off. Nine
tenths of T'nrle Sam's sailors todav i
I were boys who got the wanderlust in '
their Turns and signed up with the;
government so that they could satisfy
their longings to Bee the world.
Calls for Good Sprinting'.
"I made the trip out from New York
this rime only after a great many diffi
culties. It userl to be that traveling
was easy. Now, the railroad officials I
are more watchful. It Is a rare feat,
for a tramp to ride out a division on
the 'blind.' 1 accomplished this going 1
from Denver to Salt Lake last month,
but I was nearlv thrown under the
wheels on two different occasions to do ;
it. In order to ride the blind you have
to be able to sprint some. I am 46 :
years old. but I used to do the hundred
in close to 10 flat, and I needed all my i
sprinting ability, too. I can tell you. I
"Take It all around. though. the i
1'nited States Is the best country of '
them all for the tramp. Here a hand
out' can always be obtained, and in most
Instances without nnv labor, which Is
the true tramps especial bane, being
given In exchange. In Australia the !
people are kind hearted, too. In Oer
many the peasants ' will give you any- j
thing they have If you tell them you're .
from America, but the police chase you j
around more than is plensant. Italy Is I
a warnf hearted country. There, as in j
Hpaln. the hobo only hns to go to the
back door to get a copper with which
he nn n r,i-r l.roQ.1 ,) ii,inn In al,,,,,L '
ance.
Russia Well Guarded.
"I have never been able to reach the
interior of Russia, as the secret police'
flas no warm spots In ht noart for it
e!ther. He says John Bull's small de-
-mesne is 110 place far the poor victim
of "wanderlust."
Break Stone for Meal.
Whv. think of it. if a tramp wants a
night's lodging he can get it at the there are .too suspicious of strangers,
waysicip
"casuals," but what does he
have to do for it? Only break a ton or
two of stone the next morning when he
!b given a bounteous meal of bread and
water!
Clark says the tramp evil In this coun
try Is getting worse every year. He has
rounded the Horn eight times now in
his career and crossed the I'nited States
via the tie route more times than he can
remember and this year the army of
unrest, he declares, is in excess of all
former years by a hundred thousand.
Especially In the northwest has the
but I have been in Severn 1 of the sea
port town, rind don't feel strongly In
clined to go back.
"Iiown In Holland they grab wander
ing 'Willies' like myself and ship them
out or the country on mi outbound sail- i
ing vessel. The Dutchmen make you )
earn your passage."
In all his long experience as a nomad j
on the world's map the tramp king said
he had never (tone hungry more than a I
day. He was nlwnvs able to beg enough
or In a pinch to work a few days for I
money to buy n meal.
COUNCIL 10
CALL BLUFF
City Officials Have No Fear
Street Eailway Company
Will Kef use to Use Pave
ment Franchise Calls for
Between Bails.
That the Portland Railway. T.ight AI
Power company was only "bin t f in tr "
when it sent in an edict to the "Mayor,
the City council, the city i jh uutc
board, t lie committee on streets and to
all other officers and acrents of the city
of Portland," refiif-irig to pave any m',r
streets with pavement other than the
kind used In the body , of th street.
Is the opinion of the (Ut y officials who
were at the citv hall .! rday morning
Section 7 of the franchise granted to
the City Suburban Uailv.av . inp;m
and now owned b th-- Portland Hail
way, Light (V- Power company, pr , i.le.s
that "said City Suburban Kailway
company, its successors and hsMkiis.
owner or owncis of the railway tracks
constructed or maintained under author
It v of '"I'M s ordinance, shall fill in or
grade to the established grade and
plank, pave, repave, reconst rnct. or oth
erwise Improve or repair from time tot
time whenever directed by the common
i'v.:-..,;, ai.d necessary to put the same
;i,-, .I ,.-.... condition of pavement and
e adjacent portions of such
ets. and in su h mann, r as
authorities may direct.
'. the street or streets.
: which the said railways.
; ' after be constructed, j
t . f said railways, be-
: c bet worn the tracks,
i of o'ie foot on the
re: n,ot ra lis."
Mold oomp3j to iw. I
While ever, f,. w .,, . ,R nnMg-unus
and rn?her Indefinite it bejieved thnt '
if the ir.atur .; ,,.u, roarl
thwt the coiripnr.y w. . w. While
(1be company has a ,...,t ,,ir ln tJtP
wn'.t. "into Kd ,. ;.'; ;(.. p,,.
merit' n rej-a r n:, a ,, . r,r.
tin of wid uch street r,r firA.
it Is believed that the itv ha. . r
to compel the. company to lsv p, J(tnd
nf pavement th- rii, Vsnts m the
ilntiM, follows ' And in miry man
ner a tte muni'-iial itborltie. -n.r
lsH-t," ate." '
Bet,ird the edict r,f iv,. rs,- rr,.
tinfrnt rvernei! -i-A for . ,. rTnn-(-
o t.erw It ; ..- ... ( jjj,,
an'Mrrer arr rf argument i ; umod
bin tb flrwl f fht Lakes e itm
the city arvt tb ontapanv 1 1. ra'O
cat!o rf t ha r-ret frao 1 1 an th
1 r nn irarwn'.a. j
Jr hvktUKi t.rt fcva bei rriniinf
p "raat-t It fyer tf wmintaa tha i
la iaajr ivo'jiM t acva- a'aubatituta
franchise, for the present one. For
months the railway company has been
gradually curtailing the benefits which
the city thinks it is entitled to for the
streets which it has given to the com
pany. The feeling of unrest and opposition
between the company and the city has
been manifested in regard to fenders,
airbrakes, electric light bills and now
comes un In the paving proposition.
Not one alone is considered of suffi
cient importance for the revoking of
tiie franchise but in the aggregate they
form an array that keeps the councii,
the mayor and the city executive hoard
on the alert for some move which can
be taken as an indication of the stand
ing of the two warring factor.?
Strange to say the real ight on which
the matter of a new franchise hinges is
not on am- of the matters named but
upon the company's action in abandon
ing streets on which it was given a
franchise. The citv attorney has given
an opinion that the courts have held
that a franchise Is a contract and the
violation of its terms annuls the con
tract. Translated this means that the!
city has the right to revoke the com
pany's franchise because the company
has railed to accept all or its preroga
tives in the matter of laying tracks.
At Sword's Points.
While both sides have been sparring
all these months the city has been
planning and scheming t find the weak
est point in the company's armor, and
the company has been equally hard at
work scheming and planning to enmesh
the city into false positions that will
befog the main issue when It comes up
At least this is the opinion of those
who have stood on the "outside looking
In "
Therefore W'hen the fompativ sent in
an ultimatum to the citv executive
hoard It was not accepted in pood faith
'o, t.Uoe who have been wM,;ing the
figt'T 'to t simply as a bluff on the
' pas t of tiw- company to engulf the citv
ii.ffb-.ils in'., a new oompll, atlon which
I w.al.l ,1, tra- t t hem from their efforts to
IreviKe The franchise Hy thus delnv-
ii-.K the (O, officials ftom carrying nut
llh.ir : u, of taking away the present
' fraic ''oe the eompanv hopes to win out
comil't.lv in the fight when the new
citv ,,;fh , rs are elected next June.
1! ANMI CONf'KRT IX CITV
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The annex to the Meier & J"rank
store on Sixth and Alder streets Is to
he the handsomest business building !n
the Pacific northwest when it la com
pleted, according to the promises made
hy the owners, the architects and the
cont ractors.
Worw on the excavation for the base
ment of tiie new building Is progres
sing as raj, idly as could be' expected
uiul.-r the circumstances. The base
ment of .the annex is to be 21 feet In
depth Already the Workmen have gone
below the foundat ion " line of the main
building ,,f tl e Meier Si Frank company
and below the foundation line of the
Stearns building. It is necesary- to put
underpinning under these foundations
before the basement for the annex can
be completed. This work Is being done
as rapidly as possible. As soon as com
pleted the work on the new basement
will be begun and the real work of
construction cum me need
The new annex Is to have a floor
space of ion Viy l?,o f. et There will!
be a basement and .a sab-basement.!
The building proper will be 10 stories I
WILL ASK LATER
f,ll COLLECTION
repair as
Ft; eat or - '
t h m u i . e ' ,
iip. y poi ; ;
slor.g an 1 o
are or
th hi,:.. v
tween tt,e r.
and for 1 1
out'ide 5t t
An attractive program has beer, se
lected for this afternoon's band concert
In the city pnrk. bv Sflg PeCaprio's
band. The concert begins at 2 3a o'clock.
Following is the program in detail.
Grand March "Aida" Verdi
Waltz "Xalla" Dellbea
Overture 'The Count of Ewk ". .
Mercadante
Intermeizo ' Pag!lacc" Leoncavallo
INTERMISSION
Grand selection ' Romeo arid Juliet"
Gounod
Hsritone soo Ca vatina. from "At-
tilla'-
Fig. DeCaprio.
i 1st avmrhont
Trree dancog from "Henry VIII'
Slarh Peace Forever"..
East Side Clubs to Petition
Postmaster for Night
Service.
ever been made to him. "However," he
said. "1 can't do an'thlng, anyway,
until the dejartmont gives me permis
sion. I asked long ago for additional
help ao that I coul 1 make this improve
ment ln the service, but It has not yet
been allowed me. I can't do anything I
now. But I don't believe there is any I
complaint about the service " ' ,
The fact that the push clubs Intend;
to take the matter up. however. Is In- i
dleaflve that the csl shl. rs are not
satisfied, although they may not have
made any direct complaint as Individ
uals to the postmaster.
In heighth. It will be of steel frame
construction and will be absolutely
fireproof. The exterior will be fin
ished In dull white glazed terra cot
ta. or porcelain finish, which has the
advantage of being not only a beauti
ful finish but easy to keep clean. This
finish will be something new to Port
land people. It having been used In
some of the eastern cities but not yet
on the Pacific const
There will be three entrances to the
new building. (ine will be a large
double entrance at the corner of Sixth
and Alder There will be another at
the extreme northrn enrner of the
SI6BA ALPHA EPSILOH
ORGANIZE FRATERNITY
building facing on Sixth street. Seven
fiassenger elevators will be Installed
n the enlarged store. There will also
be three freight elevators.
Special arrangements are to be made
for the comfort and protection of the
patrons of the store. Sanitary and elab
orate lavatories, waiting-rooms am
restrooma will be provided through
out for the use of both men anj
women. The building will be provided
witli an automatic fire protection sys
tem, so arranged that in case of fire
In any part of the building a system
of sprinkling pipes will be turned on
In that part, fed by a tank on the roof.
Iti-ii t.,,mo t ( ict, .4ol 1 .-A.,.,
terns, a vacuum cleaning plant and al
every nepartmeni.
i luiiiLinuii-ttni icil U..IUII.1IIV, i
commercial Btnn niaii" in iturne o
in the. country are the contractors.
Tho flrtn Via ecot-.' hnna rt nm.nr
l n v ii H new kii il'i in i ir np.x I tr i
V,.lnnr. T..l P. Tn II-
ter building, are the architects.
The business mer. rf tVe ettet side are
agitating a later collection of the malls
on that side of tl, river at night and
the matter it Is understood, is to be
Verdi brought up for d-'sciiPFln at the next
meeting of the I nitM Ksst Side Push
dante from 1st aymrhony . Beethoven t r1uh, wltn , v!ew to 1Tmk!nr an j
German tempt to have the service Improved. '
. Iaralla At present the latest collection Is at
night. Many men whose work during ,
the day time Is on this side of tha !
river do not hs time during the day '
CHARTERED STEAMER
FOR CITY OFFICIALS
BUY BEDDING NOW
apply Toxtr Vee&a Ko and Bars Co-1 t0 '1 " thlr forrespor.dence.
stdeiabla Xeaejr.
I efpectal'y "men ampioyed In th service i
The -loK.ne out Ml Is nesrlna thei others, and K would he a grest con-
end. Y re' lit ,liKr.. ,.f K 1 . m, r. . vnUnr for them If (hev cm.lri Vila
the a.ork at ,,r.f Not. the hurnlni: ! their letters at heme and mail them!
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11 H hite
en1 mnfnriiriSM .! they would be taken un the
$1 . 1!b t II 5. 1 ii grade , same nlrht. Thla they canrKM ei do
a' tl 4S "at i ii Whiteiaa long aa the latest collection ia ao
m hHntm i iii grade at II ti, ti learly in the evantrg.
f'A" at (I Spe-cial jrtce on tahlej roatfnaatar a-.lntf. when ske1 about
aflftvf, ti,w a fairreAila fr Ui- A 112m 1 th anttr mmA that thr waa na mvi.
McboDnel Ibui and Mariiaaa. . plaint that t vava aara .- Komi bad
George S Rhepherl. admlrsl 4
of the Astoria regatta, 1 plar- a
nlr.g to have the city officials 4
attend the regatta In a bodv and 4
wilt endeavor to have them char- 4
ter a steamer for the three day-a"
visit at Astoria.
Both the council and te c?y
excwtlve board hsve accepted
the Invltsjftcin extended to them w
to attend th great aiustle
went and Admiral Fhephnl b 4
lierea that the offVjaia should
make the trip in a style oeflttlrg
the oifnity of the city. 4
a
. Thn members of the Sigma Alpha Kp
silon fraternity who reside in Portland
met recently and have organized an
alumni association ln this city. A com
mittee was appointed to aecure the !
natures of all the local member of
this fraternity and petition the supreme
council for a charter.
C. M. Jett was elected president and
C. H. Kabie secretary and treasurer.
This fraternity has a very large en
rollment of active chapters In the Uni
ted States, those on the Pacific coast
belca- Iceland Stanford Jr.. University
cf California and University of Wash
ington It has also an enrollment of
5" a'.umnl associatlona located In the
larger cities throughout the country.
Members In this city are C. M. Jett,
P. McCamant, MartinV L.. Pipes W. A.
tpanton. Hen H Morrow. Eliot Holcoroh.
C L Wernicke Pr. Sabin, Gelsey, Oood-
II. koy V. Meikla. C H. Kable, J. F.
Kable.
EAST MADISON MEN STUB TOES
a a i r-N i ia n a -T- rxirmiT wr r r n t. r
AINU HUWL A I tAtUUIIVL BUAHU,
APrRAISE3IEXT OF
TWO ESTATES 3IADE
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Alexander Bonaey. Norman H McKay
and Fret f'hlman hara apprat ed tha
estate of John lewiard at 1 7.M.
The eta'e of John Ciena haa ben
valued at l.i By th arpra leers. W.
X offe. Oscar Biair and char lea H.
Featar.
4 .
The residents living along East. Mad
ison street feel that they have been
Jobbed on the street work done -along
that thoroughfare, according to the
opinion expressed at a meeting of the
East Madison Street Improvement as
sociation held last night at the home of
George Stevenson, 871 East Madison
street.
"The atreet mi never properly
rolled." says Attorney H. 8 McCutchan.
secretary of the club, "and the top
dressing was not put on as It should
have been. The traffic on the street
haa worked up the big rocks from be
low, and the street is In very bay condi
tion generally. Many of the sewer man
holes are below grade. One of them I
about six Inches below, and you can'
find It at all unless you dig for It
When the old cross walks were relayed
they dyni even pull out the old nails
nut nist pnundeo: tnem aown. in som
f daces there are spikes three or fou
nches lonk sticking up for people t
stub their toes on."
The members of the club were ar
pointed a committee of the whole t
wslt on the executive board when I
meets next time, and layetheir grievance
before that body. The meeting was pre
sided over hy Dr. William F. Amoe
Another meeting will be held aa soo'
ns the committee haa had a chanca t
appear before the executive board.
PATROXAL FEAST
OF ST. LAWREXCE
The patronal feaat of 8t Lawrence
will be celebrated today hy tha offer
ing up of solemn high mass at 10:10
o'clock at St. Lawrence church. The
maaa will be sung by a rhlldren'a
choir which haa been rehearsing a se
lect progrsra for the event. The pul-
Slt will be occupied by Rev. E. V.
Hsra.
During the ' coming week cor tH na
tions for th Grand, Jubile offering
t be presented t toe pastor cf the
church os the occasion of Uta Silver
Jubilee of the parish will be recel v
by committees wnicn win visit B
parishioners.
PRE3rATCRE BLAST;
THREE 3IIXERS DEAI
Boulder. Colo.. Aug. IS. Three gal
miner were killed at :J lock Oil
afternoon ln the Ingram an me, nort
of Salina.
The accident canaed by pre
mature explosion of a number of 4yna
mit charges placed In drill bolea foi
firing when they went off duty tonight
No on aa yet knows just bow tea s
ploaios was at a; ted. -
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