THE OREGON " SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 27, 1908.
ELECTRIFYING
STAPLES TOiJAIL TRAGED
IV
ORDERS FIVE CARS FOR SUBURBAN SERVICE
GET LAUE'S
PLACE?
DOT 10 BE
PROBED
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Millions Have Been and Mil
Drug Clerks Will Ask Goy-
Coroner Thinks Inquest Into
Death of Robert Burii' in.
, Overcrowded Cell Would
Serve 'Jfo Purpose-rolice;;
Chief, Issues Warning.
lions . More Are; Being
Spent Means Safety,
1 Economy- and Cleanliness
. ernor to Appoint One of
Their Number to Fill Va
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suueaww
cancy in State Board of
- Electricity vs. Steam.
Pharmacy.
TimnD
lERill
By FREDERIC J. HASklN. .
KCopyright. 1908, by Frederic J. Heskln.)
Washington, Pec 26. The , Illinois
Central railroad la getting ready to elec.
' Itriy Us Chicago terminal, which occu
r'ea the lake front. The abolition of
the smoke an dirt-nuisances has been
one of the considerations which led to
this action, but there is another Import
ant consideration. Besides its own lines,
those of the Big Four and other lm-
rortant roads enter the city througn
his terminal and conditions are becom
ing rather crowded. As there, is no
room on amy side for expansion, the
terminal: being hemmed In on the east
tov Lake Michigan and on the west by
city owned property, all chance to spread
out has been eliminated. Therefore the
question has been one of getting the
maximum of train handling facilities out
f the present space. . It is this that
ias led to the decision to eleotrlfy the
terminal. y. v'?''j
Some careful figuring has been done
Jn the premises. !; calculated that
the expense of electrification will be
loss than $4,009,000, while It is expected
that the added earning power of the
terminal will bring new revenue more
than sufficient to pay good Interest ton
the cost of installation. The main line
of the Illinois Central, running through
the very heart of the fashionable part
of Southeast Chicago, has eight tracks
from Kensington In." and over thesv
tracks more than 00 trains pass every
y Tire xiectaifted Terminals.-
tv,. .i.nirii.atcnn or this terminal
.will make the fourth great terminal of
the country to bo electrified. The tst
movement In that direction Was the
Baltimore A Ohio tunnel electrification
in BfcUlmore, extending from the Mount
Jtoyfcl station to-Camden station, be
neath the heart of the city. - This ex
periment was a. success from the be
ginning and was regarded as proving the
feasibility of tunnel electrification be
yond a doubt. The next step In terminal
olactrifioation was that of the New York
Central and the New Haven, out of th;
Grand Central station- The results of
this work have been suramarhsed and
they make a showing far beyond any
thing dreamed of by! the advocates of
electrification. .
To begin with It has reduced the net
expenses of operating the terminal
about 14 per cent, and at the same time
lias increased Its faculties one third. It
has wiped out, almost entirely, tho
moke nuisance below the Harlem river,
and lies eliminated a large portion of
the deadhead running of trains between
the lirand Central station and the Mott
Haven yards It has mad the Park
venve tunnel a habitable ' place for the
passage of , trains Instead of a stifle
box where dangers .from collisions al
ways abounded. After providing for an
Income -sufficient to meet -the Interest
on the extra capital required for the
electrification work, th reports show
a decrease of operating expenses of np
ward of 13, per cent. In addition to this
It la figured that the outlook for in
creased business is such, as to warrant
the expectation that the Having as a re
stilt of electrification 'will be beyond
the roost ambitious hopes of the rail
road. v -
ennsy's Experiments,
The Pennsylvania is preparing to
lectrlfv it New York terminals be
tween Newark, New Jersey and Jamaica.
Iong Island, In conjunction with the
Long Island railroad. Nothing like the
exnaustiveness wiia wmcn in rtun
nylvanla experimented to -determine the
best type of electrification has ever been
een before. In order to determine the
Question, it built a five mile stretch of
track on Long Island. It erected a
structure on this track to simulate a
tunnel, and made its experiments under
a nearly operating conditions as It
could attain on ..an experimental line.
Then it tried all kinds of electric en
gines imoni them the slnaie-phase. and
the direct current, finally choosing the
latter. Which means a uuro, ran sys
tem under New York,- ; : r '
It is predicted. that within 10 years
evpry. wrminai in wiq ruuni( new
will he electrified. It is a significant
fact that in not a single Instance has
the electrification of a steam line, either
In part or In the whole, been followed
bv unsatisfactory results, and the in
creased favor with which the traveling
riubllo look upon an electrified terminal
eads it to patronise the road having
nueh a terminal Instead of the .dirty,
smoke-begrimed one of the unprogres
elve road. This has led 'the Lacka
wanna and other Jersey roads to con
sider the electrlf Ication ' of their sub
urban tones, -and favorable decisions
are expected to be the outcome In each
Instance. . . ' .. . ,.",."
ftmoke la Cong-rasa' Syes. ,' .
In this' connection It is Interesting to
note with what facility a railroad may
hold one view for one purpose and a
view diametrically opposite for another
purpose. Washington has long wanted
to be free from the emoke nuisance.
The untold millions which the govern
ment' has spent to give the city build
ings commensurate with the dignity of
the nation, and the growing preponder
ance of marble and -fine granite utilised
tn private building construction ' has
made it particularly advisable that the
smoke nuisance Should be -entirely
abated. Senators and rmsentatlve
thought that In view of trie fact -that
congress had given several million dol
lars In money and concessions toward
the erection of the new union station,,
the railroads oueht to electrifv the t.
that the Baltimore & Ohio was at that
very moment operating 'its Baltimore
tunnel by electricity with marked suc
cess, and that the, Pennsylvania rail
road had already decided to .electrify
its new ion terminal, tne ornciais
of both roads stated to congress that
electrification Was In the experimental
stage and not to be considered. Con
areas toolt their -word and the Wash
ington tunnel is always smoke befouled,
a fact which has been responsible Tor
several serious accidents, and washing
ton must still put op with the smoke
nuisance.
On the Other hand, railroads fceldonrt-
Ret sufficient credit for the enormous!
expense to which they go In providing
big city terminals. A few years ago
"a party of European capitalists were
figuring on building; a trunk line from
New York to Chicago. They had a com
petent enadneer estimate the cost. H?
found ti at a terminal in New York
wou.d cost them at-least 1100.000,600,
This would mean a capitalization of
1100,000 a mile for the whole line with
not a shovel of dirt turned west of
the - North river.- The engineer was
promptly Informed that It would be un
necessary for him to make any further
investigation, and . the project wit
abandoned- . .
. Electrified. Tunnel. :
, Many railroads have found electricity
particularlv valuable in' the operation of
tunnels. The Grand Trunk has electri
fied Its line through the 8t. Clair tun
Wl, out of Port Huron, Mich. "They
ere now able to, put a 1000 ton train
through the electrified section In 15
minutes, . whereas,' under the steam
regime a TOO ton train was the maxi
mum, and it required some 30 minutes
to , make the run. The occasion for
running trains through the tunnel in
motions has passed, and on the whole
' Three handsome new motor 'car that
are to make 45 miles an hour, on a
straight track have been ordered by
the United "Railway and are being com
pleted at the shops of the American
Car company in St. Louis... They will
be forwarded to Portland aome time
next month and will be placed In . op
eration over the new road pf the United
Railway between Portland, Llnnton and
Holbrook, February 1. y - -
the Grand Trunk Is as phased with
its Investment as a little fetrl with a
new doll. The Great Northern finds
that it has increased the capacity
the Cascade tunnel 40 per cent by Its
electrification. It can haul the heavi
est sort of train through it In vastly
less time than was required even with
the big ia ton Mallet compound push
ers, Which ate up coal so fast as to
set James J. Hill to thinking how to
cut down the expense. .
Perhaps the most Interesting piece of
tunnel electrification now talked of Is
the Hnosae tunnel ' in Massachusetts.
This is the longest tunnel in the United
States, and one of -the longest in the
world. Though It carries a double track
Its maximum capacity has been reached,
and some way must be found out of the
difficulty. Electricity is regarded as
offering the only feasible solution of
more trains
inder present
en (fine gases
render the tunnel next to insufferable
to the traveling public, ana apsoiuieiy
dangerous to those who work in it. .En
gineers are now discussing the question
f ro and con, and it is believed that elec
rif Ication will follow in the- not far
distant future." ' . -
:; Electricity Better Than Bteam.
'On the whole it Is probable that more
than 100,000,000 Is now being spent on
the substitution of electricity for steam
by American railroads. In addition to
the projects already mentioned - the
Northern Pacific, the Southern Pacific,
and a number of other roads have plans
for electrification of certain portions of
their lines on hand, and there are other
projects. . New York has come to the
support of electrification through a lit
tle magaslne devoted entirely to demon
strating to the railroad men of the coun
try that electricity as a motive power
can perform every service on a railroad
that can - be performed by steam,' and
can do It. more efficiently end "econom
ically.' One of the most Interesting
things It has -brought eut is the fact
that a pound of coal ill a powerhouse
will give twice as much power when ap
piled to an electric engine as the same
pound of coal would give in the firebox
of a steam locomotive Another inter
esting fact Is that a 100 ton electric
locomotive has more weight on Us driv
ers than a 175 ton steam locomotive. In
a steam locomotive ins piuuns H"7?fA
decreases as the soeed increases, w nil
an electric locomotive It has as much
pulling power at 5 miles an hour as
ft has at five miles. .
Tk. .... f einctrlcitv may serve, to
cut down the consumption "
bevond what Is Indicated In the preced
ing paragraph. The Inland Empire elec
t? wacFhaa found- that a waterpower
Plant gives it all . th. motive power
a arreat mountain watershed there is a
river which might supply power enough
. ,.i it. trains serosa . The North
ern Paclflo is preparing to make the
idle waters pull Its trams through Its
mnuntu n section Wt
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TO
Ull HERE
Publicity Manager of Com
mercial Club Satisfied
v Outline Plans Today.
medial club?CwhTchChalrVnan T. B.
Wilcox has called for tomorrow noon.
According to Mr. Wilcox the meet
ing iS to talk over plans for continuing
th! promotion work of the club through
""Both Kt. Richardson and ,1 have
been away for some time." W Mr.
Wilcox, "and we are anxious to get to
gether again and map out our plans for
next year. All that I can say is that
the work will go on as usual .
Tom Richardson said that he had no
.!.. i,vinr anv offers he has
had from "other cities before thepm
mittee at tomorrows meetlnsr. Besias-is
tha S10.00O a year offer made him In
DenvVr. Mr. Richardson has Just had
another asking him to head the publicity
work of El Paso. Texas. He says he
will not accept either offer. ,
The executive committee of the -club
consists of T. B. Wilcox, chairman r W.
M. Ladd, A. L. Mills, J. C. AIns worth,
irrnnlc Watson, w. r . Diriwi,
Livingstone and T. B. Honey man,
CLAIM BIlllOIIS
FRO ST. I
v.-. wr Y,
LontMt Leased Wire.)
p,iV Dec. 16. A claim involving
billions is being brought against the city
of St. Louis by the Marquis and Count
de Lafayette. It involves the owner
shin of what is ndw Carondelet Park
snd the site of the old Southern hotel.
When they were farm lands they were
both owned by a widow named Mottler,
which is the family name of Lafayette.
The present marquis and count claim to
be descended from a wealthy widow of
the city of St. Louis, who was author
ised by the state of Missouri to obtain
a quitclaim deed, but the Lafayettes are
holding out for a sum that would bank
rupt the city.
The Lafayettes' say they need the
money to keep up the dignity and po
sition which 4he family name demands,
and to protect their title against the
claims of the Count dtf Carobron, Mrs.
Bellamy Storer's son-in-law. They were
once peasants, to whom the 'courts al
lowed the titles. The Widow Mottier
left her money to' descendants. scattered
up tne Mississippi vauey as rar as
Paul, but the Lafayettes claim all the
property as the heads of the 'Mottler
family. - - " .
The Marttuta de' Lafayette Is now vis
iting the Storers tn America.
RHISII
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One of pew,Car for Portland, Llnnton and Holbrook Interurban Service.
The cars are 67 feet long and will
seat 60 passengers.' They are divided
into - three compartments baggage,
smoking and passenger. . The cars will
be -very heavy and of Pullman con
struction and will . be finished Inside
with the maximum degree of comfort
as t to , seats . and general accommoda
tions. - Cach car is operated by four
motors and the controllers are so ar
ranged as to- make It possible to op
erate trains of three or four cars from
MARVELOUS PROGRESS IS MADE
BY JOURNAL CARRIERS' BAND
" Portland has one of the finest boys'
musical organisations In the country.
It is Th'e Journal Carriers' band, the
first and most , successful association
of this kind on the Pacific coast. Fif
teen months ago the band was formed
with bujt 21 pieces. Now there are SS
members and It is the Intention of the
management to Increase the band to 60
pieces within the next few months.
The " director Is ' Major ' Charles E.
York, who has been directing bands for
nearly 40 years. When the band was
first organised practically none of the
members had had any experience. Now,
with the drill and experience of only a
few months more than a year,.The Jour
nal Carriers" band compares favorably
with many of the professional musical
organixatlons of the country. The band
is ruiiy equipped wim ine wen Known
York Instruments.
The boys all have new uniforms and
the uand is now ready for engagements
of any kind, either in parade or con
cert work. David H. Smith, at The
Journal office, is business manager of
the organization. . r
STORM OF PROTEST THAT
MEANS
' (Butted Prats Leased Wire.)
London, Dec. 2. The government's
repressive measures in India have
stirred ut such a storm of protest
among the pro-Indians that a desperate
right over the colony s ruiure is now as
sured after the reassembling of parlia
ment. On One side ' the reactionaries
will stop at nothing to prevent any move
In the direction of autonomy for the
dependency. On the other hand the In
dian sympathisers will savagely criti
cise the law recently passed by the In
dian Council In Calcutta by which the
southern - provinces were virtually
placed under martial law.
The reactionaries' strength was not
revealed until Indian Secretary Lord
HER RED CROSS STAMPS
I NATIONAL I
19 oar
i . By Martha Opie.
Please give me a Red Cross stamp, she
said.
A dear little girl with curly head.
As she hurriedly laid her penny down
And smiled away the impatient frown
VI tne oierx, wno tnougnt "sick ioiks
snouia pay
heir own expenses, anyway."
She drew an envelope, soiled and torn.
From the depth oi ner pocKet, raggea
and worn. '
And carefully placing the stamp there
on
lllIIIUL Hit
THE fJOUHTMIIS
Countess Cassini Meets Her
Fate and "the Virgin
ian" in Switzerland.
(Beant News by Lonceit Lewd Wire.) .
Paris, Dec. 2. As a result of a
mountain-climbing. experience, the
much-admired Countess CasslnL ' the
daughter of Count Casslnl, now Rus
sian ambassador to Madrid, whose band
has been sought by members of the
European nobility and royalty, and by
Americana, has at last found her fate.
and her friends expect her engagement
to be announced almost any day.
Several months ago, While In Spies,
in Switzerland, the countess attempted
a ste?p climb snd found- herself in a
position of great danger, when she for
tunately encountered Alexander Mose
ley, a handsome young clubman . of
Richmond, v who was descending by
the same pass. They meW lie saved her,
they loved, so It seems, and the con
stant attention of Moseley to the count
ess since that time has caused their
friends to consider the engagement a
mAttr of cnuraA: , - --. I
m in
II u
Moseley's mother Is a daughter of
Mann S.'alentine, th philanthropist,
to whom Richmond owes t,he Valentine
museum. Moseley is connected with a
firm engaged , In the' manufacture of
beef extract. : - -.." '. "-',
A French physician claims to ? have
found many disease germs In medicine,
particularly ' in pills, many of whlcn
do not contain antiseptics. .
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fae one controller when It is so de
sired. - ..-!:,-.
Service that will give a train each
way nearly every hour is contemplated
by the company. The track between
Portland and Llnnton is completed and
read for fast service now , while the
Llnnton-Holbrook portion of the line Is
finished, except for the laying of the
steel and several hundred men are at
work on this task. The grades are
completed and the bridges ara ajj Jn
The band appeared - at the Carriers'
association Christmas entertainment last
Wednesday evening and made a most
favorable Impression. There were six
numbers on the program and rhany en
cores. , The members of the band are
Director Major Charles E. York.
Cornets John Mill. Clyde Sheets,
i.ioyci gtairora, r . m. cttoKes c. E,
Blackwood. Reginald Fox. Clifford Har
rison, E. C. Janin. W. R. Miller. M. K.
Myers.
Trombones Louis Janin. Soren K-
Holm. S. KInman. Frank Robinson.
Horns Earl Orltiith, Chester O'Neill,
jonn victors, waiter nmer.
Piccolo and Flute -George Griffith,
Roy Cross.
Clarinets Bernard Mercer, George
Delaney, Dan Kelleher, Theodore Hen-
gei. c is. nan. L,inn Paget, w. j,
Schuster, Ralph Robnett, H. Cannell,
uoraon Kilboume, jr. n. smith.
Bass James H. Clow, Car Plopper.
Baritone Lloyd Riches. ,
Drums Waldemar Finck, "tieroy
Tnomson.
Cymbals Artie Susaman.
DESPERATE FIGHT
Morley announced his intention grad
uallv to give more of the Indian ad
ministratlve offices to natives Instead
of Englishmen. By the old aristocracy,
which has always canstdered India a
providentially provided refuge for Eng
land's vounr sons and "poor relations.'
this suggestion was received as almost
treasonable. The Indian secretary is
theoretically supreme In the dependency
ana parliament can not rorce mm into
any policy he disapproves. It can drive
him from office bv refusing to make ap
propriations ror nis department. It is
uncertain whether Morley can command
a majority. The contest promises to
smash party lines and to provoke quar
rels that may completely alter existing
political conditions.
With
a sad little smile,
gone.
was quickly
Out Into the Christmas throng she
flew:
Nobody noticed, nobody knew
The lone little creature, thin and cold
With the pinched little face under hair
of g;ld.
But she darted - across the crowded
street, ' -
'Mid the roar of wheels and the
horses' teeV
A clatter a cry of anguish shrill-
And the brave little form lay crushed
and still.
Tenderly back through the open door
That she just had passed the child they
bore;
And still in the hand was tightly
pressed
The letter, in childish scrawl addressed:
"To mamma. In Heaven." With gentle
touch
They loosened the fingers lifeless
clutch.
Not the stamp alone marked the paper
red -
That this message bore to the loving
dead.
"Dear mamma: I'm lonely since you
are gone.
It Is hard, so hard, to be left alone!
I cough just the same as you used
to do.
And that makes me think, oh! so often
of you.
They tell me that I may be made to live
By Red Cross stamps, so I'm going to
give
The penny yon gave me before you died
To buy one to send you thra Chrlstmas-
. . tide!" .
Wllllamsport, Pa.
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as far as the tunnel Just beyond Sum
mit; -. .- , -; '
When the new line ia built Into For.
est Orove there will be two Interurban
and one steam - road Connecting that
place with Portland. Between 8000 and
4000 men have been employed almost
continuously on the construction work
or tne new' line. The completed por
tion of the road Is about 1( miles long.
counting the three miles within the
city limits os Portland, -
BAILEY I'll
KEEP PLEDGE
Holdover Senator Says He
Is Still Bound by Prom
ise to People.
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State Senator A. A. Bailey.
A. A. Bailey, holdover senator from
Multnomah, Clackamas and Columbia
counties, does not believe that the laps
of two years absolves any honorable
man from living up to a pledge made to
the people by him. He was elected to
the senate on a Statement No. I plat-
rorm, and considers it his duty to abide
by the promise made by him to the
people of his legislative district. He
has sent a letter to The Journal In
which he makes his nosition clear. It
la as follows:
To the Editor of The Journal As
to the wisdom or political expediency
of Statement No. 1, there can be, and
probably is. an honest difference of
opinion among men. But when a man
has voluntarily signed that pledge and
has received the votes of the people of
his district upon the understanding that
he will live up to it, there can be no
difference of opinion among honorable
men as to what he should do.
There Is no possible ground for ar-
f ument. All the sophistry and Map-trap
n reference to the oath of office and
the constitution of the United States
being opposed to and conflicting; with
this nledcre Is buncombe, mi re and sim
ple, and only Intended to mislead. . The
onlv course open for a man who has
ignea statement no. i is to fulfill the
promise Absolutely and without any
equivocation or evasion.
"A. A. BAIliET.
PENDLETOX CHIEF TO
ROUT "BLIND PIGS"
Pendleton, Or., .Dec. 26. Disgusted
with the frequency of drunkenness in
Pendleton. Chief of Police Ourdane has
begun a crusade upon the "blind pigs"
of this city, which he declares he will
fight until the evil is exterminated.
"Angelica Bill" Frakes was today
riven the limit of fine and Imprison
ment1 tinder the city ordinance for sell
ing HQuor to Indians, wno revealed th
source of their supply.
Owing to the nearness of Walla Walla
the police have trouble securing evi
dence against local offenders who In
sist that their supply comes from tht
Washington town.
If we could see ourselves as others
see us. it would lust about nut the look.
Ing glass people out of business.
Alder and'taorrison
l omorrow we begin our tirst ANNUA!
CLEARANCE SALE in ourvnew location. The
prices on everything in the millinery and our
new ladies' furnishing departmentstare greatly
reduced. ' -
. We have the Portland agency for the "Jewel"
corset. They are designed by the best corsetiere
in the country, the best .made without equal, to
fit all figures at all prices. We beg to draw
especial attention to the "Abdo Strap" corset for
stout women. I hey are strongly made of extra T
heavy coutille, double boning, instantly adjusted
to reduce the hips and flatten the abdomen; all
the new spring models are included in this sale. T
LADIES' WHITE RIBBED UNDERWEAR.
w SPECIAL 29 .
Vests with long sleeves, high neck and fancy X
stitching around neck; pants ankle length. Regu
lar price 40c, special'. .29 J
LADIES' FINE BLACK CASHMERE HOSE
. Full fashioned, seamless. Regujar, , price 35c, J
special i , . v .V. i ...... . . . ... .23 X
Children's extra heavy ribbed hose, double knee;
all siaes. Regular 30c, special . ......;.. .23 T
Sample line of ladies' muslin underwear, from
the plain to th most elaborate; trimmed in lace, T
embroidery, hemstitching bot' "tueksv.-. Regular 2
price from 18c up, your choice at HALF PRICE
rtJKKISHIBTO BBPaJITHEirT T
Drug clerks of Portland want repre
sentation on the stMe board of phar
macy in order that they may be enabled,
through this representation, to raise the
the men who are working
behind the counters of the drug- stores
in the state. Petitions are now out ad
dressed to Governor Chamberlain, ask
ing hat he appoint William J. Staples.
c,3L the Precrlptlon department of
II ""' pnarmacy, to me place on
the -board made vacant by the reaigna
tion of John M. A. Laue, who severed
his connection with the board on De
cember 12.
The petitions indorsing the applica
tion of Mr. Staples have been circulated
for the past few days among the drug
gists of the cltv and htv. m.i with J?
eral favor. All dru clerks asked to
sign have affixed thit- inni.0.
while the large majority of the proprie-
y"? iiavw Biven tne support of
their names. ,
aerernor to Appoint.
Mr. Laue resigned at the last meet
In of the state board held on December
J' aJter a servlc of ia years on the
board. His place will have to be filled
uy m appointment ny - the governor
wiiinn tne next tnree months,
the board meetlnr in regular
every three months.
it, is contended by the drug? clerks
who are back of the mnvmnr a.
appointment of Mr. Staples, that thev
are desirous of raising the standard of
the men who sell drugs and compound
prescriptions. Under the Oregon- law no
man is permitted to compound prescrip
tions of sell poisons unless ne is a
regularly registered pharmacist No one
who tin not taken the state examina
tion and been irlven a crifi-ot n k.
oounted as a registered pharmacist
jt i. ib pre.ni time, it is said, there
lrh rf num,b of unregistered men
who are worklnv hhlnH r,,
compounding medicines, selling poisons
and thus violating the state law. Th...
men can be hired cheaper by emploWs
than registered men and the competition
rTtWu'nvth.e.two ce Is detrimental
to the best intereata nf k i..b
public, the clerks argue. ,
For these reasons it Is desired by the
Clerks that Mr. Staples be selected by
state board. He has been engaged in
tn. druR business for the past 10 veers
and holds a responsible position with
l'lh!t .led'n arugPflrm,? For
. in a-rguea mat ne would
be a good man for the nmitin. u u
It Is , understood that cr.nt.
ef Salem Is also a mVim... V. "Ti
S?8lV2n" He ta n "Jployer. being one
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BEIT IIITER"
GIlfES OFFENSE
Fair Original Threatens to
Sue Artist Who Pub
lished It.
Hunter," a. brilliant pSstTr in'reT
macK, puhllshed in "A Book of Sweet-
yt$l S,amaf" . SInt Artist Will
Orefe of Twenty-sixth street unless the
Cthin0 a?ttthdAraYhn trom "cuutton
jvithin SO days As the poster has been
?atAt"r'd,.br2a1c"t rt dealers
forS. ArtUt Orefe
"a.;"0"Pniior,a f ehlad of him
lZ bT " -t'VnWod-that
tho nlctura wb A k. u . ,
crimlnately. ; ,w " ..."T" laalB;
Mary J Walker, keeper of the Klna-s-ton
hotel, Aand Florence Thompson
roomer in the same house, were a?st
At2werr1ayee?n wrnts sworn to bV
Andrew Draffln. a sailor. Draffln al
legea in his complaint , that hi was
steered to the Kingston by an elevator
man ln the Perkins hotel and wh5
""red to h T loraladrnn i,!
t0TlmJHer'? gobbed of
tigaUr the cas ttorPer ,s lnv-
. Coiffure a la Parnassus.
Tho long-hatred, disheveled poet had
waxecV extremely Indignant at the last
remark from the scoffer.
"My dear sir,", he observed with
crushing hauteur. I would have you
"n,?w,tthat 1 comb my hair everv dav."
scoffer' yPU ' t9 bd?" "u"8te
Auction Sales
BY
The Portland
' Auction Co.
211 FIRST STREET
Monday, Wednesday and Friday,
: : 2 p. m. . -. '' ' - .
: For this week we've bsen fortunate
enough to collect come of the
choicest pieces ef furniture we've ever
had, and that la going, some. To
enumerate all would take too much
space, so will Just mention a - few
pieces. In Birdseye lfaple we have
one large serpentine frost dresser co
lonial, French plate mirror), twover
fine Princess dressers, round center
table (very choice), neat bedroom
chairs and few other pieces, all - la
Birdseye maple. Buffet in golden oak
(original cost $52), nearly new. Some
very high grade dining chairs. In weath
ered oak finish. Two fine aatlana ma.
horaay dressers and setee. one eoloaial
mirror tsxeu (very nest French plate),
fine hall seat with mirror to match Id
golden oak. mahogany brlc-a-brac.
stand, and In fact so many real nk-e
pieces that you'll have to come and see
them. We also have our usual collec
tion of kood staple furniture. Coma and
be convinced that the Portland Auction
company is doing the business.
Notice 1 .'.We take roods on Con.
alffnment or buy them outrisht at too
an prices.,: ,K(ng up Mam i&ii
A 1 2 I . Snd get best r8UltS.
Notwithing tho expose ot conditions
in the city Jail which directly or indi
rectly led to the death of Robert Burnt
Friday night no inquest will be hfld.
"The city physician has reported to ;
me that Burns died of alcoholiam," sal.I
Coroner Norden last evening. "I know
lust what the conditions are in the
jail, and I can see no reason why I
should spend 140 to $50 of the county's
money to show the people of the city
what they know already about their
city Jail." . .. ,,-r- "- , ,
Chief Grltsmacher, "however. Is takln
precautions to prevent other Inmates of
the Jail from sharing Burns' fate. Late
J'esterday afternoon he issued the fjl
owlng order:
Chief Waraa Captains.
, To Captains of Police: Give close at
tention to the jail conditions during
the hours of your relief 'end Instruct
the jailers of your commands to be par.
ticularjy, careful in - confining drunks
and Intoxicated nersons not to overload
the cells used for that class of offend
ers, but always release those nearest
sober into the corridors. There should
never be over six persons eonfinou in
one of those cells. ,
"I know. It Is a difficult matter to
handle those crasv with liquor outside
of a cell, but under present -conditions
we have to handle them the best we can
and do everything we can to protect
them from bodily Injury and from being
killed, while in our custody.
"C. Oni i ZMACHER.
"Chief of Police."
The chief has been demanding a new
jail or an east side pollen station evr
since he-became the head of the police
department Several times the city of
ficials have become sufficiently inter
ested In the needs ef thedenartment to
begin talking . about the site for the
new building.
: Ziose Sight of Issue. -While
the discussion waxed warm,, the
original proposition, the crying neces
sity for a new Jail, was lost sight of.
so the building deemed none too In ran
when it was built 25 -years ago Is still
the combined police station, municipal
court and city Jail.
Burns, a youmr steamfltter and ma
chinist who lived at the Bauman hotel
and had Just tried to eecure a position
in the city water department, wss found
at Third and Oak streets at 8 o'clock
Friday evening bv Officer E. Burke. He
was able to walk into the police sta
tion,' although he was plainly drunk.
He was one of It men who were forcel
to sleen in cell No, 6. The cell Is 9xfl
feet. Burns was dead when the cell
Was opened early yesterday morning.
In the application for a civil - service
position, which Burns had in his pocket
when arrested, it was stated that he
has no relatives in the city. This means
that he will probably be burled at pub
lic expense and no further move made
to Investigate his death.
LAID TO REST IX .
TOMB HE BUILT
-i (Spedal DUpateh to n Joneaatl : '
Pendleton, Or., Dec. 2 1. Because he
had a horror of being buried in the
cold earth. B. F. Mansfield, one of tho
pioneers of Umatilla county, a short
time aeo commenced the erection of .1
tomb of Iron and concrete. Today tho
tomb is ' finished and the old gentle
man was put Jn It a corpse.
Mr. Mansfield was in the best of
health when he began the construction
of his mausoleum. For the first few
davsvhe supervised the work on . the
structure which he had carefully
planned. . Then he began to fail visibly
and soon was forced to his bed, where
life lingered until Thursday. His fall
ing health was induced by a wound in
his knee received in the Rogue river
Indian wars of which he was a veteran.
Mr. Mansfield was a native of Illinois
and was-71 years of age :...i'....
On Tuesday Next, at Baker's
Auction House, 152 Park St.
We are Instructed by owner to see up
holstered parlor furniture, rockers, cen
ter tables, bookcases, ladles' desks,
furnishings of three bedrooms, dining
room suite in solid oak, Wilton and Ax
minster carpets, 9x1 V rugs, folding
bed, walnut sideboard, parlor heatni-H.
gas heaters, kitchen cabinet, cook stove
anJ other effects. On view tomorrow.
Bale Thursday at 10 e'clook. , v
ON THURSDAY NEXT Jv
At same address 'we shall have con
signments of furniture, etc. Sale at
10 o'clock. ; - ; v - ' ,. . - .
Note In closing the year's business
we wish to thank our many friends for
the patronage of 1908 and wish you all
a happy New Year. ,
PRELIMINARY NOTICE
We are Instructed by owner.
who Is
leaving the city, to sell by auction dm
Monday, JTanaary 4, 1909, the elegant and
mfiit cost Iv furnishings of hln family
residence on Portland Heights. Full rr
tlculars will appear in a few days. . .
J BAKER ft SON, f '
' Auctioneers.
Office 153 rark street.
Auction Sales
, . r at . .
Wilson's Auction Rooms
Corner Second and Yamhill Sts.
Monday, Wednesday, Thurs
day, Each Day at 10 a. m.
On Monday ai.d Weflniiay we sil a
fine assortment of parlor and liiirrv
furniture, - dinlug-rom, hedr-ni it I
kitchen effects: carpels, ran. 1 i nol"-,
etc; ranges, gas stoves. liftfnir i
and sundry housekeeping etfti t. ,
Special Grocery Sale Thur. ' :
at 10 a. m.
ComDrlsIng" a fine slorw i f ! ?
Staple groceries, nmvlf '!.
rently ' purchased rnMii t i
This stock has ! i ii . . i i , .
sales room fur r . . .. .
You Will f lllii rPt
line of gro-erie !) ( , ..,--
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