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THE OREGON ' SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1903, 11 SLEPT ON BEDS OF ICE; HARDTACK FOR HIS FOOD famous Discoverer of Muir Glacier, Guest of Harriman, Tells of Wonderful Travels at Commercial Club ; ; . Starts Story of Life at Pelican Bay. VIA you ever aleep on an Iceberg with . r.t v.Tvitark for a blanket? Did vaii avm" tiki an Ice cold bath In gla- clal crevasse to cure the gripT Well. If you fcave not then you do not know the joyg of lira accoramg i .. John Mulr. geologiet, explorer, nat- ' tirailat and diecoverer of Mulr glacier. , Alaska, waa a member of the Harriman party In Portland yeaterday, and baa spent a. month with .the TaUroad mag nate at Pelloan bay. where the faraoua nature lover commenced to write the story of hie life's travela and re aearches; "ha work that nearly every J.ublisher of prominence In the country ,aa been trying to get 'or.year!vtn ! going to the extent of sending atenog raphera bothering tha kindly old gen tleman In an effort to hurry on fala ,VThat the book will be one of the ' wnnat wnnrierf ul stories ever wnw, 1 riAimit the deorecating remarks tRat I Mr. Mulr makee about it, la believed by .'those who talked with liim last night ' at the Commercial club reception. UU an naivete, his aualnt Scotch . humor haa clung to him despite his , 0 years' residence In the United States, and his lovable characteristics stand s out In everything th man saya, and he I writes as he talks. . In fact ha ecoffa -at any attempt to designate hla writings aa literature despite the fact that hla world wide reputation has become so ' firmly . established upon his writings l alone. His discoveries, which have i placed him in the lead of all living nat itiralista. have been but the framework of his renown, but aa he said last night In telling of his biography, the hardest ' part of It. he found In the starting. . Holds Auditors Spellbound. ' His travels to Alaska when nearly . 60 years of age with nothing but a email hand sled and a aack. of hardtack " for comoanv and food, over unexplored regions ofthe. glacier which bears his ! . name because be was tne rirat to aia i cover it. were filled ! fairly astounded the small coterie of (listeners last night v Think of a man, j alone and unaided at tha aga Of 66 and ' just recovering from & ' aevera attack or tne ariDne. wuiaennr over uia on ..,.u known ice fields of the Mulr glacier pV A Ul JJIUO UB.Y 9 ITltll liUlUaJiK U B;CL VU which waa nothing but two wooden bars and they were pretty hard to Bleep on. I used the sack of hardtack for the rest of my bed because I did not want to have my body coma in direct contact with the Ice. Takes Joe-Cold Bath. "Well. I had kept thia up for nine days and I was faat getting na or ray cough. Through the day I simply awel teied from the sun'a raye and froae at night. When I had Juat about com pleted my clroult and waa congratulat ing myseir on getting Baca, 10 u starting point feeling so well. I ran Into an old erevica which bad Jammed at tha brfttom and filled Witn water nrtntAlntnr flnatlna- nieces of ice. To all appearances tha place looked Just like tne rest or tne giaoier. - wupou It or rather In it, and went into tne f reeling water over -my ears ana neaa. "i graDDea noia or tne siaes m Fulled myseir out. 11 was mgni ana waa tired. I pulled off my dripping clothes and made myself as comfort able aa possible with tha sack as a cover, and went to aleep. When I got up in tha rooming nearly froxen, I waa without a trace of. the cough." s That waa a sample of tha atorlea told hv John Mulr last night and tha old man's simplicity fairly took his lis teners, .who were composed or lawyers. avs with nothing to Bleep .but his sledge and a aack of hardtack wnicn no naa to use as pari, oi uia bed to keen his, body from coming In, contact witn tna ice: wia oniy cover ing, the clothes he' wore on hla body and the frosen sky or the rar north I -'From such experiences will ha form tha .torv of his life. Yes. I had been Buffering with the ' grippe down - in my own home where ' I had every comfort money could I I never had the R-rlDDO or any other merit while climbing tha glaciers in i Alaska or in Kwltserland or in the Cau casus. Why should I have it where I had comfort in the world? I could not answer the Question because there are certain life principles wmcn even our : greatest physicians have not discov ered. . Whv Lord Kelvin once estimated the are of the world and then had to change It because of the discovery of radium. Bo there must be life prlncl- Fhyslclnns ana Business men, on ineir eet They oould scarcely believe thfelr ears, but not one doubted tha sincerity of tha man nor tha truth of bla statements. One man waa lnroduced as a natur alist to Mr. Mulr and the - two com menced telling of what they loved, which caused the explorer to remark aa a sort of a preface to his stories that. "beauty and a few bread crumbs will carry a man a long way ir ha haa tna right amount or enthusiasm. rjood Meal Spoils Waturallst, 'But there are some people who love the beautiful who would give tip seeing the most wonderful picture or nature for. a good meal," he added. John Mulr regards nature as a living. with adventures act,e age"w and taik,9 ,f nature, " one artisan engaged in some work. He told how nature had sculptured out tha side of the mountains with the glaciers and spoke of the work aa If nature had pre conceived a design and set about to He told of the apparently wnicn nature naa taxen YANCKWICH FORCES SLAP OPPOSING SPIRITUALISTS State-Spiritualist Association Adopts Ecsolutioh -Eecom mending: Withdrawal of Tapers of Ordained Jlin-. . . isters "Who Do Not Observe Uho; Eules. , Tha Stats Rnlrltuallst "Association of ureson me ona meeting in tna - quam building adopted a resolution by unanimous vote yesterday afternoon reo oramendlng the withdrawal of tha pa pera of all ordained ministers who are not qualified or who are not living ac cording to tha rulea and usages of the National SDlrltuallat Association of America. , , . This Is tha alan direct at Mrs. Help, John -Slater and their affiliation, aa the meetlnr over which Harry Tanca- wlcta la presiding holds that the Selp ministers are not qualified and are not living according to tha rulea of the na tional society. j Tha Yanokwich convention appears to have tha only duly elected delegatea to tha atata convention, Mra Selp admit ting that there are no delegatea at her convention. The apllt appeare to be definite and final and neither narty Is anxloua to have a reconciliation affect ed. In fact, tha Yanckwtch faction aay they are glad to gat rid of the other S Yv-teaF4 auk r aa a a kau aaat r a Vt a Anas vvhi v va itr itirj oaa J t Vliv wna w w bring Spiritualism Into contempt through out the country by charlatanism and fakerlsm. ' Another resolution was adopted thank' Ing tha council and tha mayor for pass ing tha Barrett-Cottel ordinance regu lating the conduct of medluma. Tola ordinance, they aay, will have .the ef fect of doing away with fakera of tha class who profess to be able to tell a man what color of eves hla-wife will have when ha rata rir. or to locate burled treasure, or tell tha color of allk used in nlKhtshlrts lbs veara aao. A third resolution was adooted bv the terms of which tha convention fully supports Messre. Love, Barrett, Yanck wicn ana Trigg m au the atepa have taken of late In regard to the nks. - meet with : Mr a. Luoy JX Mallory. 501 TamhlU atreat. Is September, 10I. Mra. Lou Ellen Cornell was appointed to act as chaplain c.t all atata occaarbns. Tha convention will be continued to morrow at ig, be held, turar. the Women of Woodoraf John 'Slater will ba the leo ' . . , ET OUR PRICES AND - SAVfi . MONEY,. .', ' v on all kinds of ' -V '::' 1 PLUMBING SUPP m ES J BATH TUBS, ' TOILETS, BOILERS, PIPE, ETC. . ' , ' ' v (We sell to house-holders as well as to the trade) ' I j M. B ARDB & Stn'lNik PlumMn Supply Hous 110 NORTH THIRD STREET, NEAR QL1SAN PHONE .MAIN 1027 there yet. because I roundabout 60 or these places where aha is still at Sles which we have railed to discover, ny way I reached the point ona day when I decided that I would not Stay at home and suffer that oough which : bad: been bothering ma for three months. , Btarta for tha Xortb. :"Si I threw down my-pen and told Mrs. Mulr that I was going to tna moun tains. She wanted to know which mountains 1 Intended visiting, ; and I ' told her Alaska. She told me not to go because I would aurely die thera on account of the dampness; aha 'wanted ma to go to the Sierraa where the ell- mute ) dry. nut i naa never naa a 'cold or a cough on the glaciers and, the next day I departed for Alaska. "When I arrived at tha glacier I went . to the far portions which I had not gone aver. I had about a year's work there and I decided that I might as well do it then a a any time. Well, the part which I visited was about 2S miles across and, I started out with i my hand ; aled and Sack of hardtack." Tid you go alone?" aaked ona of tha list en era. . "My yes," replied tha traveler, "I had enough to do to take care of my . self without taking care of anybody . alSe. W 1...... , "Well, I traveled over the glacier, going in a circuitous route. While the "distance waa about SS miles In a tra!ght line, there were mounds and dips all the way, from 500 to 1,000 feet in neignt, ana tne piace waa riuea witn crevices. You see I crossed these by first cutting a place for my foot in which I could secure a firm footing for my spring. Then I -leaped across. I had to be particular In landing as well as in gauging tha distance of my leap because the crevices are all the way 'from 1,000 to 1.600- feet deep and a man does not get a chance for tha aecottd Jump. ' "Once over,' I had to cut another place 1 for my foot in order to gat a firm holdi to pull my sled across. " I had to do this 200 or 300 times a day and I was rretty tired when night came on. Then would lay down on my sled and sack of hardtack and aleep until morning. I D 15.000 or 20.000 years to perform In fin ishing the sculpturing of the northern side of several peaks in the Sierras, and concluded br saying that "Nature is evi dently 'not satisfied wirthher work down tnere yet. because I round" i TO of work.1 I- do not see whv the nublishers ahould wish ma to write books for them." he aald, "I have never left a trace of my work In the roreats or mountains; I have never defaced a llvlns; thing in nature aava a few branches of silver firs - above the tree line and a few branches where I made my camp.- I have never even cut my name or Initials In the bark of a tree and I do not see what Interest there can be In what I write. Even the branches resumed nor mal In a few years. When a man tells a story ha can make It interesting by acrewing nia race certain ways or d a-estlculatins: with his hands or wit other means of expression, but when I write ohi well. I guess lt'a all rUrht but for the life of me I do not aea what the-v can) want of them. "Yes. I had a Dleaeant time with tha Harriman s. They ara a fine famllv. Mr. Harriman is not only a compan ionable man but is vary kindly. Hla life is a sermon and a wonderful one at that. Ah. I know him. Hla kindly acta and hla lovable nature ara known to me.'l Harrimaa Captures Xlxn. He wanted me to come and visit with him at Pelican bay, but I told him I had some work to do and couldn't, but when ha reached San Francisco he made me come along.' l said I would no tor a couple or days, nut would have to go back then. Well, we got there, and I had my visit and was ready to start back, but he wouldn't let me. and set ms stenograpner onto ma, .and I started my book. I just got a skeleton outline or -It. but they- say tha hardest part Is the start, sq, I suppose I am well along my way. But for the life of me I can not sea why the publishers want It" . Then Mr. Mulr told Of tha Harriman family, of the womanliness of the daughters and the manliness of tha anna and the simplicity and absence of friv olity in ineir living. ".None of the but. terfly.fada of what Is called eociety," remftrkeu ino agea explorer. Ana so ne taixea. Telling stories of ejetrtl Sta the forest reservations of which hels this and that lournay In Aiasaa or tne united States,- more particularly upoivhls love-work in tland. Irxft&r -or dwelling bad to rest my ahouldera on the sled. rcuujy mo pioneer spirit, saving tne YO semite, the Grant and several other parks, to posterity. Telling In bla -own sweet, simpie manner or Teats that seemed impossible to a man of hia slender frame. Telling of hla love for nature. So. whether Harriman hntlria nv more railroads In Orea-on. or vhih. h doea not, the old naturalist's atory last night revealed tha fact that Harriman naa provea nimseir to Da the only man who haa been able to Induce the re nowned naturalist to write tha bloa-ra- pny wnicn is being sought after, not by the publlahera. but by the entire world. they trou bies in tha Spiritualist ranks. tum o ciaasuy stadiums. When these resolutions came un for action xancKwicn related tne legal ateps ha had. taken to secure nosseasion of the books of the society. He said aiso: "The time had to coma when we could tell who waa an honest medium and who waa a fraud or a faker or a a-raYter. What have we to do with any grafter wno aavertiaea mat i am selling spirit- uaiiBiu ni two Diis a neaa r xne oral nance passed by the council doea not prohibit you medluma , from reoelving money tor your services, any or vou can practice and can receive from any of ua aa much aa wa choose to give you. .uniy tnose mat aavertisea are hurt You never advertise and you are not hurt. It is only. the grafters who are nurt by tnis. ordinance, you all ought to be thankful that tha ordinance was passed." 'i Rev. J. C. Love told something of t,he irouoie witn Mra. neip, stating mat sne had Bent an insulting letter to the board asking that her name be taken from tha rolla and all memory of her member ship forever forgotten. 'The cause of Mrs. Help's not being brought to justice by the national association Is that she forestalled the action by resigning. Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: President, Mrs. M. A.- Congdon; vice-president, A. Cowper thwalt; secretary, Emily I Drlscoll; treasurer, J. E. Trigs;; trustees. George Laaelle, Althea' Bailey, W. H. Arm strong, F. E. Dunton and J. F. Taylor. Tha program laat night waa religloua In character, aa will ba tha sessions to day. , Saip Organix&tloa meets. The SelD organization of . "the only authorised convention of the Oregon State Spiritualistic association" elected tne roilowmg officers for the ensuing year: Mrs. H. B. SelD. president: Mra Virginia Rowe, vice president; Mrs. Belle M. Havlland. secretary: Lou Ellen Cornell, Mabel C. Wilson, Rose M. Ruff, Jenny Werner, Edward F. KUng, board pr irusteea. ; Mr. and Mrs. John Slater were at- polnted missionaries in tha name of tna Selp clan of Oregon state Spiritualists. The Selp convention also conferred upon "the world famous" John Slater the rlghta of licentiate minister. Mra SelD ana juts. Kowe were granted run -oral nation Darters. The buainesa session adjourned to OREGON LEADS! Oregon Apples. Peaches. Pears acd Cherries Stand Above All Others in the World's Fruit Markets. Tillamook Has Made the Start, Proving Herself the Oregon Cranberry Field. OREGON'S ADVANTAGES F02 CRANBERRIES: MOIST CLIMATE Securing good growth' ' SUNNY SUMMERS Assuring goocl flavor BEST SOIL Producing large crop MILD WINTERS 7 :.' -L.,..- Preventing damag;e by frost FREEDOM FROM PESTS Oregon Coast has none ; , PROVED OUTPUT 1900 census gives Oregon Kigh'est average yield in the United States. One Tillamook grower produced at the rate of 325 ..bushels per acre. N TILLAMOOK CRANBERRIES COMMAND TOP PRICE Portland price, arerages $4 - per bushel.'' " - TILLAMOOK; CRANBERRY BOGS IDEAL' Possessing typical features and peculiar ad vantages of. soil and climate . ,, Tillamook Cranbeiry Company This company owns 103 acres of Cranberry Bog, a few miles south of Nestucca Bay; containing in its formation the elements that make a perfect soil for the raising of Cranberries of superior quality and abundant yield. The company, in order to secure immediate development . of this property, makes the following liberal. " i Offer to ..... . ;. ..t Investors: TRACTS OF ONE ACRE or more to eacK purchaser, includ ing for each acre one SHARE OF STOCK in the .Tillamook " Cranberry Company, and one LOT AT CRANMOOR BEACH, which is the Ocean Front of the property, a splendid beach, near the Slab Creek Camp ing Grounds, and sure to become, on the completion of the proposed railroad lines, one of the best and most accessible Oregon beach resorts. Method of Management RETIRED BRIGADIER-GENERALS 1: CHOOSE ROSE CITY FOR HOMES ' Ton bear of c'uba of all klnda iflara; cluba of (raduataai of different oIlea;ea: cluba of women rradoatea from all eollefea; cluba , of Greek eociety members; cluba of teachera; eluba of rorernment amployaa; cluba of clerks In variooa a'oree; cluba of potleemaa; cluba of pol'.remen'a wlrea; cluba of re tired football atara; eluba of young wo- rnrn wno nave cnriatenea Dattieanipa: cluba of Teddr bear fanclera; cluba of IN 'WOMAN'S BREAST ANY LUMP IS CANCER Any tamor, lamp or eore on the Up, fac or anprbere, aix month a, ia cancer. They Barer pain until . ml most paat en re. Three Pfaysldans Offer $1000 If Thrj Fall to Care Aay Canrrr -rvihoat aorrra or ran -at mai TMJ.CH for in dara Not a tfnllar nnd ! raid Until a-ured. Only lafalltble cure bbv .aa aairr alacorervd. "v Bat book oa ean- ? re rprln44. r ant nXM with l ., I e a 1 1 monlala ef 1 f , ,'-' lthnvaanda rtird I I I jwlibnat a fallura. II . A i-actnc laUnd ' - C"'". 'A tiaat makes I ha -, i , vS,cura.. Wt voa- . 7 Von rarth. FaaaH canewra cared at j' y --. No X-Ray or thr wlril. V fe t . for 1 1 boo. aMtfreai r?v.ftfiaS.DnauMifY&co. 'S K: V i!tr iL. fiftt F. Ut friadfca. e anthaslaatlo horsewomen; cluba of ten- nia entbusiaeta; eluba of golf enthusi ast; baaeball cluba and almost every variety of cluba Hot who ever heard of a club of retired brlaadler raneralaT Tet In Portland there la a aubatantlal charter membership for auch a dub. It la hard to aay Just why aix of Unele m rearea military leaders should have fancied Portland aa a home city at the same time. Whether it Is be cause tha atmosphere of the city of roeea emanates- the peaceful quiet and rest for whtob they have lonawd through many year a, or because they dream that soma day when strife cornea thia will be close to tha acena of action is nam 10 aay. However, aix of tb pnaaOler fenerala have made their home In Portland and thouarh thev renen Portl have formed no club they occasionally coma toaetner and reminisce of the lima wnen iney were at tha baolc ani vau n ma nmtioiL ataauaar atoaaa aa Oolimkta. Oanaral Thomaa VrA rthtir AwiAer. haa a aummer home on tha hinka nf k Colombia near Vaaonuver. He waa born In Ohio, aerrad throuak tha civil war. and was breveted major and Ueutenant- coioaei ror raiiaot and cneritorloua serv ice. At the bffinninf of tha Spanlsh Amerlcan war ba waa cnaoael of the Fourtaath Infantry at Vaacouvar. lis wu annotatea nnaaflier-aranarai af tha muiutn, jaay , lias, najor-a-raaraj ff tba vwluntaera, Auiruat 11. lit a. aad vrimmaimi -iwrM oi ua regular array, arca L l. Ha waa reUred la . ny opera t i waa atauoneev a anad nur rsrs at Taaoovvar and barani fratMl of rwuiira. in us winter ! live with 01a raaauy at Aessandra Court Ona on a car tain la tha army end a -wjcntr ia aaam4 te CaptaJa wuitasa rattoa ! tb Thtrtaaath. Ha wwwr uiftTfn ana a aoa. Oeaarai W. Brke waa Kara la O-. sacticvt and eerved thrli tlx civil raa krevated captain and for raJ .aat arvtae arxl awaked F'eii vi nmrm inr resve uHn f bi-herderaf9rt. Vet Vtrtinia. t aetton at Irainlm. He was arrolntea Ir1ra4er-err ik. r(aUr army Ccter i, and re tired at hla own reauest'after 40 years' aervioe, October 21, 1899. He waa sta tioned In Vancouver for many years and on hla retirement made this hla . home with hla wife and only daughter. Served In Civil War. ' Governor John Wilson Eubb waa born in Pennsylvania and served through the civil war. He was colonel, of the Twelfth Infantry and waa appointed brlfradler- aeneral April . 1906, and waa retiree y operation of the law April 16. 1907. He waa commandant of tha department 01 Dakota but had been stationed at varloua tlmea In the northwest and liked It aa a home. He la now at the Norton but is planning to build a home for hla large family. ' , . General Forrest Henry Hathaway waa born in Vermont and aerved through the civil war. He waa breveted lieutenant and captain for meritorioua service. He waa appointed colonel - and ' assistant quartermaster areneral in 1903, and ap pointed brigadier general January 20, 1904. He was retired, at hla own re quest after 40 years' aervlce, January 21. 1904. He waa stationed at Van couver at tha time, but now Uvea with hla family at J56 Eleventh street. Hia eon Paul haa recently takdn the exam ination for an appointment to tha army irom civil jire. ' Wears Cedal of Honor. . General Edward Bancroft Wllllston was born In Vermont and served through the civil war. Ha waa brevet ed captain for meritorious aervlce and awarded a medal of honor at Trevllllan station. Virginia. Ha was colonel of the Sixth artillery and .was aj? pointed brirad er-reneral Jnlv If. 1900. Ha discharged April II, 1904,-by operation of the law, while In tha Philippines. On his return to America he visited Port land, and finally made hia home here at 160 Eaet Firty-alxth street. . General John Moebr Bacon la a brlrm Iter of tha volunteers, though his rank in the regular army la coloneL Ha waa bom In Kentucky and served in tha civil war. Ha waa breveted major and lieu tenant-colonel for gallant service: waa colonel or tba Eighth cavalry, and appointed brigadier-general of tha vol- nnteera March 4. lt. lie waa retired May 8; 1(99, by hia own request after 10 yearr service. Ha waa stationed at Vancouver many years, and on Ms re tlrement moved at once to Portland Helghtha. where ha owns hla homa He bought a prune farm at Vancouver wmie in tha eervlea. Hla oldest son ta preparing lor west roint Weddings at White Temple. A pretty home wadding occurred laat Wednesday night at tba home of Mr. H. K. Pay, 14 East Sixteenth street, when his daugtiter. Iflse Zella B. Payaon, waa united la marriage to Mr, John I. XoeareL Mr. B. B. Plngo waa best man, and Mies Lena Payaon, sister of tha bride, acted aa nnoeatnald. Mlaa Veda HoUlatar aaaf "O Promise Ma" ba- for tha ceremony, ana played tha wad' ding march. Mlaa Paynoa la erne or tha popular The marsh of the Tillamook Cranberry Company will be developed by the corporation. The pur chasers will own their individual holdings of land, and contribute to the development fund. All the land sold will be uniformly improved. The crop will be cared for, harvested and sold as a whole, and the proceeds distributed as a dividend on the stock. A fruit specialist, of high authority in the state, and wide experience in the cranberry marshes of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, will supervise the plant ing and care-taking of the property. The purchasers, being all the stockholders of the company, will direct the management of all its affairs, making the investment entirely safe. EInalhan Sweel Fiir Out Attached Coupon for Illustrated Booklet "THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A TILLAMOOK CRANBERRY" Snd me a copy of your booklet, ''The Autobiography of a Tillamook Cranberry." Name. Addrest. P. O. - .O n A . '.v 'a m sweet, act. o ; 204 Corbett Bldg. Portland, Oregon rntf r-eoola or tna Kast Fid, and Ur Koea-el ta a well-kaawa clerk at Bohsrta Prne. rr. J. WbltcAmb Brengher. of tha M Mte Tempiet parrormei ua ceremony. after which a wadding sapper waa erred. Tha ammle) were tha reciplenta f nom'roua and eoe'ly wadding rre. dlng tour and will recara ta anaka thMr noma is ronitM. Mr. J oh a S. Lens rrf Warle WT?. Waah, aad Mlaa rnley Kandera. ef portiard, ware erfud la tnarrlare br J. 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