THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, . PORTLAND,1 SUNDAY CORNING, AUGUST 7, 1910,
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HOUSES AROUSE
HEALTH OFFICIALS
i HOLDS DOG
UC'EEISI BE
TO COUNTY
Drs. White and Lytle Confirm
Reports That Diseased Cat-
tie Cut Up and Sold in City
: of Portland..
This Decision Among . Others
Handed Down by Judge Mor
row, Before Leaving on His
Vacatioh.
CITY PLAYGROUNDS BULLY PLACE TO FROLIC, SAY THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN
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"Something must be dons st once to
cleanse slaughter house and meat
shops." Dr. C. S. White, state health
officer. -
"Much of the meat would not be san
itary, or safo to eat without thorough
cooking," Dr, W. H. Lytle, statp veter
inarian. Dr. White and Dr, Lytle have been !n-Kpr-rtlng
.wlaughter houses and meat rpar
kets throughout the state, .Much of tlie
.meat from them pomes' to Portland.
Frequently they confirmed reports that
tubercular cattle are being hurried to
uninspected slaughter houses to be cut
up in beefsteaks and roasts lor unsus
pecting victims. '
"An investigation of the sanitary con
ditions of the slaughter housca'tn Ore
gon and of the methods of handling
meat in the state vhere the United
States bureau has no inspectors, .reveals
conditions In' many Instances revolting,"
said Dr. White.- "We would uge the
.various county health officers, and in
the Incorporated towns, the city health
officers, to Investigate and urge better
sanitary conditions. In almost all thu
houses we visited the blood and all the
of fall was fed in a raw. state to hogs.
A great part of this was not consumed
And the stenchiwas abominable. '
Hog's ftt Banquet.
"In some places hprecs and other do-
. mefltlo animals that had died of acci
dent or disease were kept within a few
feet of the slaughter houses, where tho
hogs shared banquet' honors with the
homeless dog and buzzard. 'Flies In
myriads swarmed from the carcasses
and offal to the freshly slaughtered beef
and mutton that was hung for periods of
from 12 to 20 hours in these pest houses
before being taken to the markets In
town, or put in the wagons to be hauled
over the country for food.
In many -places the water supply was
simply an unwilled,, uncurbed hole in
the ground, where all manner of filth
.. had easy access, and was used for wash
ing meat hands. The accumulated hides
from animals slaughtered before wero
- piled In a heap almost under the beeves.
A slaughter house ahould.be built on a
piece of ground easily drained. 1 Hogs
should not be kept within 200 feet.
Should Hive T if lit Floor.'
"The building should have a tight
floor, with a trough -or depression for
carrying off the blood. The carcass of
any animal Intended far food should, af
ter dressing, be removed to ft room wit a
all windows and-doors tightly screened.
Hides and pelts should not be kept m
the same room with meat Intended for
food. ' The water supply should be pure
and clean. The well.f near the slaugh
ter house, ' should be cemented three r.-r
four feet beneath the ground, and with
a cement or tight fitting wooden curb.
"Let every health officer, county or
city, investigate the source of their food
supply, and the state board will be
anxious and willing to cooperate with
them In abating the unsanitary condi
tions prevailing." '
"Dr. White has told of shocking1 con
ditions, but he has not overstated the
case," said Dr. Lytle. "There must be
a great deal of radical enforcement of
sanitary law before things will be as
they should to conserve the health of
meat eaters." ... . ,
GRAIN COMPANIES ARE
.BUILDING WAREHOUSES
Spokane, Wash., Aug. t. In prepara
tion for the season's wheat crop, the
Northern Grain & Warehouse company
has begun the erection of a series of
warehouses along the line Of the Spo
kane & Inland Empire Kleetrlo railway
in the Palouse . country . One big
farmer's union warehouse is now v In
course of construction at Crabtree on
this line. The farmers are gradually
growing more optimistic regarding the
outlook and now most figure on an al
Ptlotos taken at new Sellwood play
grounds' ehowinng multitude of
"shavera" enjoying themselves to
the limit. ;
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"One long recess time with the teacher
away" Is the way One little dlrty-faeed
chap expressed his Idea of the play
grounds In the city parks.
Another said It was a bully place to
play, and still another said he ran away
from homo, to get with the big crowd
of children at the playfleld.
Whatever It may be In the minds of
these happy children, many of whom
never got outside a dingy little apart
ment building; the. park commissioners
are satisfied the playground feature Is
a success. During the last five days
of July, tho. reoords show, 12,142 boys
and girls made merry at the five city
playgrounds. s
Bomp anA Shout
To have seen the romp of the young
sters, and to have heard the shouts of
childish glee would within Itself been
sufficient to roll back the years and
make you a boy or ertrt again. The sum
total of happiness experienced by these
12,142 children cannot be estimated in
dollars and bents. In other words, to
have this gladness of heart, condensed
into material jshape, neatly packed and
wrapped In packages, all the gold or
money, kings could not. purchase It
Here Is - where the Portland children
are Immensely wealthy. They own it,
and the park board is the donor.
The board Is composed of Mayor Si
mon, chairman; E. T. Mlsche, superin
tendent; Ion Lewis, E. G. Clark. J. E.
Weatherbee and Isadore Lang, commis
sioners. . ' . .!
The special feature for the parks this
year has been the playground. To make
this a success all members of the board
have worked hard.: There were play
grounds tnstalled at Nort Park. Penin
sula, Sellwood, Columbia and City Tark.
At each place have been installed a
splendidly equipped open air gymnasium.
At each of these places this summer
boys and girls are developing, them
selves, physically and morally,' under
the direction of competent directors.
Tots Enjoy Exercise.
'It may be deceiving the boys and
girls a trifle to have them take many
of their school forms of exercise, but
It Is done In such a manner that they
like it, and that Is why one little fel-
jow ran away : from .home to 'go to the
playgrounds The major part of the
physical work done at the playgrounds
Ik under the eye of a physical director.
If a crtaln feat on the trapeze Is not
done according to the best and' most
scientific way, the boy .or girl is re
quired to do It again.' This time ( foe
does it more slowly, ana the exact
moves of the body are exacted by the
trainer. This Is scientific teaching of
play, . Under such methods It, has been
found that the number of bruises and
injuries are reduced to the next figure
to nothing. i
The children are allowed much lib
erty In choosing their form of play,
but the following, games have been
largely used; Playground ball, base
ball, quoits, "nigger" baby, cat and
mouse, prlsonor, blindnian, blackman,
Ruth and Jacob, fox and , geese, tea
kettle, and - the old nursery game of
"ring around rosey." .
Record of Attendance. '
The record' of children attending the
five parks from July 24-31 inclusive is
as .follows:
Name
1 Week
North Park ,4504
Peninsula . . . ... .K01 5
Sellwood . . . , 1034
City Park ....1575
Columbia . , T ,..V..1114
Total Ave. Attend-
Attendance ance
Day
S43
' 432
279
, 225
169
1738
Hour
125
ISO
7R
126
76
Tio
' Total ...12,142
A. M. Grllly, physical director of the
T. M. C. A., has taken an Interest In
the playgrounds this year and has been
made general physical director.: At each
playground "Is an assistant. Superin
tendent Mlsche Is here, there and every
where, and enjoy the play of the chil
dren aa .much as they do -themselves:
In his report to the park board he speaks
enthusiastically of the work and says
it is one of the best developers of mind
and hody that .Portland youth could
be given. , .
On August 30 an athletic ' fiesta la
to be given at the Peninsula park. All
the children frequenting the parks will
be taken to the Peninsula, and there
contests in various games, dances and
athletic feats will be held. This will
be open to the .public, but only the
children will be admitted to contest.
At Sellwood Park a new swimming
pool is being constructed. It is sup
posed to be ready for use about August
14.. It may be a few days later, but
when it is ready there; will be a grand
rush for it. It will he the only place
open for the children, except the river,
which Is a dangerous place for bathing.
The new pool is "a large one, and will
accommodate fully 200. Comfort houses
have been erected nearby, and a much
needed want for the East Side children
Is supplied. , " , .
Circuit Judge Morrow, prior to his
departure for the- east last night on his
vacation, handed down several decisions
in cases which had accumulated dur
ing his recent term as presiding Judee. .
Among the decisions was one affirming
the sentence of Municipal Judge Bn. '
nett. Jn fining E.:A. Parsons for Keep
ing dogs without payinjr license, ' Par-' '
sons contending this would be double
uutauun, as na naa ' previously nald
taxes on them to the county as per-
sonai property. . ,,..
Judge Morrow held the oog license :
of 13 per head, must he paid, -despite
previous payment as personal prnporty.
The $25 fine imposed by Judge Bennett
was reduced to $10. -
A five-year-old case was disposed of
In the quashing of a writ of review
secured by James C. Spencer; James W.
Cook and Frederick Hastings against the -city
of Portland and city Officials. The
plaintiffs were owners of lots in Alblna
fronting on Misslssfpip avenue, and ob
jected to ah assessment for street Im
provement between Morris and Prescott
streets on the ground that the required
number of property owners had not
signed the petition and the assessment
made by declaring each lot an assess
ment district. Quashing of the writ
of review settles the case in favor of
the city.
' In the case of the Portland Sash &
Door Co. against Kate E. Parker, Judge
Morrow dismissed the complaint and
declined to allow costs Jo either 'side.
The company sued for a balance alleged
to be .due on material furnished for
construction of a housefor Miss Parker
In Ivanhoe. She ordered the best ma
terial, says the court, and failed to get
It, and the workmanship on mill work
was also declared defective. Miss
Parker paid llffO on the bill, and Judge
Morrow thought this enough.
Other decisions announced "were a?
followsr Shipman, Denny, Rhame & Co.
against the Portland Construction com
pany, motion to pupplement complaint
overruled.
Ilorn & Co. against Sam Wamer, mo
tion to strike out plea In statement
denied;, plea overruled because filed too
late, m '
Willis J C. Westlcy against the Den
ver A Mo Grande railroad and others
and Rena M. Westley against 'the same,
motion to quash service on the Denver &
Rio Grande allowed. .. ,
"Protests, from all parts of the state
are . pouring Into Jefferson Clfcy, Mo.,
against the signing of the proposed con
tract for the sale of 2100 Misaourt con
vlct's for four years at the rate of 70
cents a day to a combination of prison
labor contractors.
most average crop. All the warehouses
being built by tho northern company
are 60 by 150 feet That of the farmers
at Crabtree is. twice as large. .,.
FOREST FIRE NEAR . .
MARSHF1ELD SUBURB
Marshflcld, Or, Aug. A Ire which
has been burning in the timber between
North Bend and Marshfield for the past
week Is " becoming somewhat alarming
for several of the residents of Marsh
field Height, an adduion which has not
been entirely cleared and which con
tains a number of ' scattering houses.
The flames are coming uncomfortably
near to the houses.
Journal Want Ads bring results.
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Piano
ii .. .iifiiii, iBargains
; a;. . r ima 1 I inn T v-r-r-s ?-?-y-T . iva
An8fli3 ApoiIo Player Piano
Like "above "cut and only' used: six months; left
f with us to be sold at a sacrifice. Now is your chance
to get the finest player-piano m the world atjt great
D.argain. jjo not delay.
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AT. EPLLW PESICE
New and Slightly Used
Now is the chance for the man - with cash like-
wise for the party who can only pay $5 per month;
There are only a few in the lot, so if you can use one
'you will have to call' soon" Think of pianps from
,$6&00 up. ' ' ;. ... V V i-
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No Statute for Criminal Action
. Against Hillman Real Es
tate Firm.
ilovenden-Soule Piano Co.
106 Fifth Street, next to Perkins Hotel,
Because of the lack of a statute cov
ering the alleged offense, there will be
no prosecution of the firm of Cooper &
Taylor promoters , of ,the . townsite of
Hillman, " accused of . misrepresenting
conditions in selling lotsv , The matter
"was called to the attention of District
Attorney Cameron's office by the state
attorney goperal,1 and Deputy: District
Attorney Garland, after "an exhaustive
study of the subject, has decided there
is no statute on which a charge could
be based. "
"I thought of trying to make a case
of obtaining money by false pretensoS,"
said Mr., Garland yesterday, "but it is
necessary that there ahall be some sort
of a written agreement before a charge
of this sort can be made. In the Cooper
& Taylor case there was undoubtedly
misrepresentation In the literature
turned out by the firm, but this Is not
sufficient on which to base a warrant
under any statute now in force. '
"Some special legislation should be
passed to cover questionable real estate
deals, such as that of the f I.rm in ques
tlon. They used pictures taken scores
of mile away from the Hillman site
and photos of buildings supposed to
have been in Hillman, but which were
In reality in bther towns. In a state
Browing as Oregon is and "with -new
townsltes springing up constantly soma
legislation should be passed to disting
uish between the legitimate and the
fraudulent"
Garland Aa preparing . data " on legis
lation .which the district attorney's of
fice believes is needed in Oregon and
which Is not now. on the statute books.
This will be presented to members of
the legislature at the next session with
a request ! for laws which ,will cover
the subjects. ' .-
LAYING RAILS ON
IH BRANCH
Trains May Be Running to Lo
well, 20 Miles From Eugene,
by Last of September.
(Swclal Dispatch to The Jonrnl.
Eugene, Or.. Aug. The Southern
Pacific company has begun laying 90
pound rails on the - Natron-Klamath
Falls cut-off, having' already laid 600
feet, and Monday will start a large
force of men to work on a. five-mile
stretch which ends at the Fall Creek
bridge. This stretch will be laid to fa
cilitate transportation of bridge steel,
this structure being the largest on the
Whole route. As son as this bridge Is
completed far enougli so as to lay rails
on it, work will continue on up the val
ley, and it la expected that trains will
be running as far as Lowell, a village
20 miles from Kugene, by the last of
September. -
Borne Klamath Falls people want the
soft drink places closed because they
nay. some of the drinks are not "soft."
CLAIMS BIGGEST SAW
PLANT ON THE COAST
. (Spertat Dispatch t Tb Jonrnnl.)
Marshflcld, Or., Aug. 6. The C. A,
Smith Lumber & Manufacturing com
pany has sawed the first log in its new
mill in this city. It is the second mill
the company has erected here and has
a capacity of 150,000 feet a day. This
gives the company a dally capacity of
450,000 feet with the " two mills and
mokes it the biggest sawmill plant on
the Pact f la coast - '
Miner Palls Over Bluff: Dlc.
'" "fto's ( ufTr"7Tugri. Wo rd" reached
this city today telling of the death near
MarlaJ, Curry county, on August 2, of
Henry C. Barlow, a miner, who fell over
a bluff into Mule creok. The-wife of
the deeen-eed lives near Goldcndale,
Wash, The body was burled at Marlal,
it being impossible to bring it over the
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THOMPSON
EYESIGHT SPECIALIST "
Second Floor " Corbett Building
, Fifth and Morrison , , ,
'Th House of He liability'
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"Tho House of Reliability'
Our ig CCb- Summer ook Sale
The announcement that our mid-summer sale is now in progress will be of
interest to every citizen in Portland. Ours is not a sensational store; neither. is
this a sensational s"ale. It is simply our usual custom of offering, once a year,
an opportunity to buy books at a material reduction in price. :v
. . The sale will continue through the month, new goods being added each
day. Many of the articles will be on exhibition in our display windows, and in
addition many specials will be arranged on thej inside for, convenient selection.,
The sale will not be confined to books alone, for we shall also offer several
articles in stationery at reduced prices. '
The following is only a partial list and is merely an example of the oppor
tunities we offer you to save. We invite you to come and LOOK you'll not
be asked to BUY but in coming you may expect to find prices, while, not sen
sational, that represent big savings in money, and qualities that are in keeping
with our business. "The House of Reliability."
250
Plays, Poems,
.... etc . ',... .
Reg.
Price
Half
Burl's Manual
of Self Help,"
was $1.00.
Now 49c
. LJlli- y.-,..-w ..'.Li.
Odds and ends in
Cook Books, ;
Values to $2.00.
Now 25c
A great sab of
$1.00j $1.25, $1.50
Books, now only
29c
The Copy
500 titles to se
lect from.
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Good books at a
price that will
clean up the lot
in short order.
BUY.NOWt
. 1000
Standard
Titles
Appropriate
for the home, for
either adults or
children.
50c Books
Now 26c
WEBSTER'S X
CENSUS
DICTIONARY
Was $2.50, Now
$1.45
A Great Sals of
1000
Quires
Eaton-Hurlbut.
Marcus Ward,
Whiting's and
Crane's high grade
Writing Paper in
all sizes and col
ors. '
Itejr. .60c Value
While It Lasts
29c Quire
With Eavelopes to
Match.
100
BOOKS on ART
Reg.
Price
Half
"Outbursts
of Everett True,",
was 50c,
Now 9c
Books of Travel,
Biography, His-
- tory, etc.
Reg.
Price
Half
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