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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 13, 1910. THE FLOOD IN PARIS rz I'll ES mm i ' ! u. II. Mahifpst Interest in Religious If You Have Never Seen Flying Machines, Goto Meier & ; Frank's This Week. Campaign Being Carried on ' 'Among Them. TEE MOT WETO 1 0 GOD SEE AEROPLA ' v- S. -. V In M. C. Ixuifr, hO has been I the ndiroud cotmtriKtion - cam in along: the I)MU-ljutea Vlver by the Young Men's Christian , Association, reports .,' that much good la buln aorompliahed among tha tliouHticI of men employed In building; tha line of tha DeKthutes Railroad company and the Oregon fl'runk. Mr- Long has been in tha lies chute canyon tor about two, month and ban been given a vary cordial re : caption by the workman. . Troiu Oamp to Camp, Mr. ' Lonir'a work consists of riding horeebark from camp to ramp, holding meeting, distributing reading matter and having personal talks with man who ara In wl of advice. 11a crris -with him a phonograph, which has been found very uaeful. It Is tha only form of entertainment of fered , In the Urn chutes canyon, and the tnon group around It whenever Mr. Long bfglu : one of his meetings. , j John Decker, another T. M. C. A. rep resentatlve, is also engaged In tha Des chutes work. le Is stationed at Orasi Valley, on tha Bhanlko line, where there Is, a big supply camp.' BosldftS bis worn t among the men there, ha forwards to Mr. Ixng magazines and other supplies that are shipped In from r ortiana, ' Work oa remanent Basis. The work ort the ,Deehutes has been , put on a permanent basis and will be continued as long as construction lasts. Tha contractors are paying the expenses. Porter Bros, alone subscribing 1100 ft ' month for this purpose. The contract - or say they do It for an altrulatlo mo tive, but that, without considering the good to the, men. they would ba repaid In the Increased sobriety and attention to duty on the part of their employes. :Mr. Decker was the first Y. M. C. A. secretary to visit the Deschutes. He made such a favorable report ot the op- nnrtunltr for useful worK mere tnai w. H. Day of New York, railroad field sec retary Of the Y..M. V. A., tuiwo " ' canyon.- Of ona of his meetings there Mr. Day says In. a recent number oX Association Men: , - . "As night shut down I was obliged to tla up at one of the camps, wbere I gave tha boys a little Saturday night talk on what Ood wap' doing for. the men In the other camps through tha association. - Wantad Mora fraacalna;. : t "i had turned to go to my bunk when one of the men asked: ' - "Can't you glva us some preachln In the niornin'? Tomorrow is Sunday and we are going to lay off. We never had no preachln' In this camp yet' -. i "When I came out from breakfast I found the men all corraled In ona of the bunkhouees. LAcklng a musical In strument and singing books, the sing ing could hardly be called a success, but it afttned the best way to open a Hiinrfnv morntnr service, we- made an- attempt at It, As I talked to them about God's love and interest in them, though isolated from the world, and of what he had done to make It Aasy for them to do right and hard to do wrong, I found an Interest and attention" mani fest which would have been an Inspira tion to any apeaker. T .-( t ..workers Thanked Hint- ' "'After the goap'el talk and prayer, each man many of them foreigners came up, took me by the hand, thanked me for coming and urged that I try to find secretary to aend them regularly." Now that a permanent secretary has been provided, the greatest need Is read ing matter to distribute among the men. lrge supplies' of magailnes have al ready been sent out, by the Portland Y. M C. A- but many more are needed. Tha Y. M. C. A. Is anjlous for those who will do so to leave either ollor new magailnes at the Y. M. C. A bulia In or, if not convenient, to notify the association, which will end for thern, r YOUR OPPORTUNITY IN LAURE LHURST Bay f jrbwPrlce Will Doable j,'. an Irlpla Xnslda of la Montis. . , : ) I Do not mlsa the. greatest opportunity of your life. Prices In Laurelhurst. the greatest addition that Will ever be offered to the .cltliens of Portland are sura to double, yea. treble In value dur ing the next 24 months, do you want part of the enormous Increase that this beautiful property offers In so short a time? Just think! More than 160,000 worth of J.aurelhurst, the addition with character, was Bold In one dayFebru ary 12, 1910. .There must be good reason for " this enormous - sale. In vestigation on your part wjll ehow rhat their Judgment In- buying, In ,LaurM hursl is of the very best, and that your decision will be tha same, s ,s l The reason for this great activity la due largely to the fact that tha prpp rtv Is being properly developed. All., of tha Streets are being Improved. High class building " reatrlctiona have been tstabllahed. It has ample car service, tn fact. laurelhurst has everything that 'goes to make a most beautiful rcsl tlonce district -perfect, , j.. . ,, PECULIAR POINT ..-' IN SMITH CASE l (Salfin Bnresa of Tbe JourMl.1 ; . i r Salem, Or., Feb. 13. A peculiar point Of Jaw baa arisen In the case of tha state vs. A. B. ftmlth,-which has been appealed from, this: county and which has been set for argument "before the supreme court- for Wednesday. Febru ary 2S. ' Smith was convicted In the lower court before George H. Burnett of a holdup, lie entered the Jewelry store of , C? H. Klnges on Coromerctsl , atrefet at nooa about a year ago, com- - polled the - clerk . to deliver over tha cash and taora - desirable ; Jewels,. but .was caught on the street before , he ' Could get away.-: ' .-. '; Tha law defining hold.ips and pra f scrlbin the penalty . therefor was amended by the legislature In 1909 by Increasing tha penalty, making the mtn- - (mum 10 years Instead of , five and the maximum 26 years instead of. IS 4 year. The point raised by Smith's at torneys and tha one on.' which they x" tect to procure a reversal of the judg- . pient of the lower court is whether tha ; old or the new law or any law at all can apply to Smith's case. . To Buy 1 5,000 Acres ot Land. , v.'fgpeelnt DUpatcb tn The Journal.! . Bams Valleyc. OrHiFeb. 12. Agents of ': the San Francisco syndicate that recent ly bonded 1S.000 acres of land In Sams Valley are at work making Irrigation surveys. They, say that the land will ; surely bo purchased at the expiration of the option time. April 1. - :: s The reallstlo view ot a part of, Paris Bubmerged dorlng the recent flood. The scene represents the Inundated tracks of .the railway leading to the Qual D'Orsay station. ; : ; . - - I ' MOVEMENT STARTED ; : . - , FOR LIABILITY LAW t ioaiem narus m in oarnai.j Salem, Or., Feo. 12. K. a. Harris hns launched at Salem tha movement of the-labor forces for an employers' liability law, defeated at tha last ses sion,, of the legislature In ' 1909, but which la being initiated by labor and will be balloted upon at the next gen eral' election. November 8.; The bill la almost ' Identical with that-Introduced In the legislature last winter. The pe titions are 'now being circulated in Salem., - ' - . , The late convention of the State Fed eration of Labor, held at Portland, was a unit for this legislation Notice was served on the legislators -last winter that tha labor forcea would go' before tha people with the bill, at the nest election. . ' ' "' ,. . . The present legal doctrines of con tributory negligence and tha negligence of fellow servanta,', says Mr. Harris. are so highly developed in this coun try, to the detriment of tha working man as to have almost entirely abol ished the common law doctrine which allowed tha worklngman compensation top injuries received. Now there Is no compensation to be secured by a work man or these dependent upon him lf.lt can be shown that hla own negligence or that of a fellow servant contributed in the least degree to the accident that caused his Injuries." BMMaMai'HaBwMMaas ' r- IJn coin's Memory Honored. v - S(leia Bare a of Tb IonraU.1 ' Salem. Or.. Feb. , .12. The Grand Army of the Bepubllo and the Women'a Relief, corps honored ' the anniversary of Lincoln's birth this afternoon with appropriate ceremonies .at tha Unitarian church. There was an address by Rev. Philip J3. Bauer, paator of tha First Congregational church, recitations ; by Charles Gallowajr and Parry Biegleman and a talk by Rev. Paul . S. , Bandy, pastor of tha Unitarian, church. The musto was under the direction of Wil liam McGilchrlst Sr. , Tha Meier A Frank company will this weak give the patrons of the big store one of thegreatest treats ever offered to Portland people. They are to have an aviation display vuch as has never before been seen in tha northwest It will be composed of at least two ma chines and, models of several others. This Is the first time that tha north-, west, and Portland in particular, has ever witnessed such an exhibit aa Meier Frank have planned. They are show ing the aeroplanes on the fourth floor of the building from to 6 o'clock every oay. ' - 4 ' ' , '; Special arrangements are to be made , with the school children of the , city j whereby they can come and sea the ma- j chine any morning during the week. Aa- rang omenta are to be made with the . teachers to bring certain classes at car-, tain hours. The macmnes wm no mor oughly demonstrated to them by the lec turer, Laurence Dare. Dare Is himself aa expert aviator. He has had experience In both America and France. lie will give, hourly lectures) during the day. - One of tha features or me aviation exhibit will be the "glider.- the appa ratus with which would-be aviators are taught to fly. There is no engine la the machine, which simply starts down a hill and lifts off tha ground. These lit tle tests are adapted to teach, the avi ators to handle the machine while tn tha air. - . Another featu.ro of aviation week at Meier Frank'a store Is to be tha toy balloons liberated hourly from the roof of the building. They carry with them orders for merchandise on Meier A Frank, and the boy or girl who brings one of the "'balloons In will receive the merchandise called for. t - 'Aunt Hester 118 Years Old. ' Delmar, Del., Feb. lJ.--"Aunt Hester" Cordrey, who la believed to be one Of the oldest women In the world, cele brated ber 113th birthday today at her home neat thla place. "Aunt Hester" was bom on a farm near here February II, 177. , She was one of a family of la children and several of her brothers fought in the war of 1112. Until quite recently she personally supervised the work on her little farm. , Transcript In Meyers Case. . Stlcta Boreas of Tha Journal.) ' Salem, Or.,Feb. 1J.- Transcript of the record In the trial of George Meyers for murder in tha first degree was filed with the supreme court yesterday. Mey ers waa convicted of murder In tha sec ond degree for the killing of Officer Thomas Eckart ' and waa sentenced to life Imprisonment in the penitentiary. .1.1 IHEPOORIARI'SCHAM :':"' ' ! ' ' V If x-.jj-.tv-! -r J , i s .; - " It is the' soil, tte generally thinks it "is business, the city markets of 'trade, a profession, a trade,' speculation anything but goqd old Mother Earth. There was a time in our history when the northern farmer or southern planter formed the great body of our citizenship, and his calling was looked upon as , the very highest and most profitable in the country. Times changed with the wonderful development of our manufacturing and mining industries, and with the sudden and wonderful increase in popula tion large titles sprung into existence. They have grown until two thirds of our people are living in cities (supported by the other third in the country), 1 struggling for daily bread, dependent wholly on the pay envelope at the end of every week or month, as the case may be, saving little, longing' for the free dom and stimulation of country hills and valleys. " The grind of city life is wearing, its rewards few, its price high to the .average man or woman. Its pleasures i are many they are paid for always. City, life has become a remorseless treadmill to the average salaried man, or v; day laborer; 90 per cent of whom rebel against being mere cogs in a machine, working over some other fellow's products. Times are changing again. ' The call has gone forth from the soil the greatest wealth and health-producer in the world. The natural is succeeding the artificial. Hundreds of thousands are answering the call from the old ': and new world. "Never in the history of the nation has there been such a heavy, earnest movement to the undeveloped farming lands of the west. It . is but fairly started. It is perfectly natural. To him who comes first is the choice offered. He who follows takes the next best. All land is not profitable, much is costly at any price, but little is choice. - - If YOU have heard the call, if YOU are looking for a country home or land where you may some day perhaps make a home, write to us or call on . us today. We sell land especially valuable for fruit raisingthe highest grade of Columbia River fruit lands, crossed by two railroads, along the shores , , , -of the greatest, most beautiful river of the far west. It is high bench land,ir ' rigated by water taken from the Snake River, ready for, irrigation NOW. " We . ' sell our lands in five and ten-acre tracts, and sell it on easy yearly of monthly -. payments. T , . .' - k tf Wcr do not claim that BURBANK is the best and only place for a fruit ranch home; we do claim its advantages make it as good as the best. , Won't you find out from us what they are? ; It will cost you nothing to secure. ohe ; - of our handsomely illustrated booklets, and you may learn something from - Vatieast'';r - v ' ; ;- : i Sincerely yours, , ' . - n , Burbanlr Land Company 7 . : , r . Buipbanlc-orihc-CoIumbia v -1 lVf-Plfl Pr " PORTLAND OFFICES lA-CaAJL .Ci, JTi UO. 2 LUMBERMENS BUILDING , , DISTRICT SALES AGENTS FD7TH AND STARK STS. BRANCHES: Portland, Spokane, Walla Walla, North Yakima, Paica ,.4 I VILLAMEAD'S location is such that it will appeal to the "homebuilder, Why? Because it. is on the carline, only twenty minutes from your business. Because the improvements are in cluded in the price of the lots. ' Because your home will be sur rounded by nice homes. VILLAMEAD will appeal to investors because we are selling lots with the improvements in at the same price that surrounding unimproved lots are selling, REMEMBER, Villamead is "on the carline," "on an eighty, foot street," and at present prices Villamead lots are cheap. $5S0 and Up Fortllsii InA Cmnipiy Southeast Corner Third and Oak Streets . - AGENT ON THE GROUND wmm EIGHTS STREETS GRADED AND CEMENT WALKS ALL TO BE PAVED WITH HARD-SURFACE STREETS IN THE SPRING. TWO SCHOOLS. TWO CARLINES. SEWERS. BULL RUN WATER. BUILDING RESTRICTIONS. ' 'iVH: LOTS ''1:;' ':MfelSs6 0600 and Up-40 Per Cent Mown -010 Per -Month ' 11 o . SOLE AGENTS FOR WAVERLEIGIt 122: Clslh SL, Ccr. VcsIiin-tcii A-15CD Phcnca llzln CZ BRANCH OFFICE EAST THIRTY -FIFTH AND CLBITOII STZEirrO 2