THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTL AND, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 25, 1910.
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Chicago's Christmas to Be
Saddened - When Ten More
Bodies Will 6e Laid to Rest
Chief's Funeral : Monday.
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Chicago, Dec. 24. The burial of 10
victims of the Nelson, Morris & Co. fire
Jell the stockyards where 24 men per
.. Ished. will sadden Chicago's Christmas
tomoerow. Three were entombed to
day, and 11, among thorn Fire Chief
James Horan, will be placed In the
"J grave on Monday. The three burled to
'' day were those of Second Assistant Pire
' Chief William J. Burroughs,, Captain
Patrick Collins and Steven Leen, a 16
' year-old employ of the Chicago Juno
tion railway. , The Collins funeral was
''the first In It. with tears streaming
down their , faces, walked 100 of the
' comrades of the dead Captain, who was
- burled from St. Thomas' Catholic
I' church." Officials of the city, promi
nent merchants an! a great crowd of
people followed the funeral cortege to
the grave.
n The funeral of Assistant Chief Bur--'"rouirhs
was held from Medinah Temple
' and was under the direction of the Chl
cago commandery, Knlghfs Templar,
ft" with Frank p. Dean, eminent comman
der of the order,, at the. head of the
cortege," and a big delegation of f lre
' men, officers and member of- the varl-
ous Masonic lodges. ' v ' ;;
' . Festivities Impended.
The Christmas festivities In many a
w- homA will b ausnended to aid In the
funeral services of the 10 victims 01 xne
fire. They are Captain A. Xjinnon,
" who died In the hospital from Injuries,
and the following whose charred bodies
were taken from the fire: Lieutenants
H O. Brandenburg and J. Danls, flre-
men; A O. Moriaritjw. Q. E. Enthof, F,
f W. Walters, W. F. Weber, Charles More,
' ' ffleholas Crane and Patrick Reach, - a
special fireman for Nelson. Morris &
"Co, who also perished in the disaster.
Eleven Burialf Monday.
On Monday.iFlre Chief James Horan
wtn he given a military burial and on
that day. there will also, be burled 10
other victims, as follows: , Captain Den
nis M. Doyle, CJeu tenants J. J. Fltzger
7 aid and WV C. bturm, Firemen E. G.
" Schonsell; Nicholas Doyle O. F. Muraw
;wskl, Petef J. Powers, T. J. Costello and
" A F. Mclnemy and Andrew Durman,
special fireman for the Morris firm.
At every funeral representatives of
" the city will be present -and thousands,
are expected to desert their Christmas
- cheer to do honor to the men who died
' for duty. - - - : : v- . i-
There will be no- prosecutions for the
death of the Chicago firemen In the dis-
' aster at the stockyards. Coroner Hoff-
man tonight announced that no evidence
""-of culpability on the 'part of Morris A
Co. or any one else had been disclosed
by his investigation.; The authorities
agree that ammonia explosions In cold
storage fires are unavoidable and no one
Is at fault for. the consequent loss of
(f life- -j Y TJ 1 ' V- .
' A Building TJnsafe.'
A minority of agents of publicity are
. demanding prosecutions nd the en
forcement of building laws to1 prevent
, similar calamities, but apparently noth.
""" ing will be done to meet their require
;'j menta. The city administration regards
' It as unreasonable to expect the pack
'7 ers to tear down a lot of serviceable
buildings because they might become
dangerous to the lives of firemen In the
somewhat remote contingency of fire.
Deputy Building Commissioner Rea
1 soner tonight reports that the Morris
; warehouse was only "10 per cent" safe
- from fire.' He says a good building
ought to be 60 per cent secure against
collapse If fire, attacks could Interfere.
, Sanger From Fires, .
John O'Neill, agent for the Firemen's
- association, entered a protest on behall
; of the organization against permitting
the existence of buildings tq longer re
, main as a menace to firemen. His re-
"We were never called to a fire In
4 the yards " that we do not fear two
( things: ammonia explosions in cold stor
age, and total destruction , by flames.
On any windy day the whole stockyards
could be swept by fire. Low pressure
of water in the city mains is likely to
be equally disastrous at any time.
Nothing short of condemnation and re
moval of the buildings will prevent the
next big fire in the yards from being at
tended by heavy loss of life." r
The citizens' committee, appointed to
raise funds for the relief of families of
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To My Friends
and Patrons
, To you and yours I ex- .
tend t the greetings . 'of
the season. May your .
; i Christmas be one of joy '
and real Christmas
" cheer,' your New Year
' one of prosperity and
happiness. -
THOMPSON
Eyesight Specialist. '
Second Floor Cbrbcjt Building,
. Fifth and Morrison. :
firemen whose lives were destroyed
in fires, ' tonlpht announce that more
than $150,000 is already pledged and at
least $200,000 will be donated by clubs,
banks, insurance companies, business
Interests and the packer before the end
of next week. , Funds were distributed
among the families of the firemen to
day. Each family received $150 as a
gift from the city.
OFFICIALS CALLED
NEGLIGENT; FIRE
PROTECTION POOR
(Continued from Page One.)
The examination was made In Octo
ber, when an expert in the employ of
the insurance men tested the fire hy
drants and storage cisterns of the en
tire city, and the report covers 41 close
ly printed pages. '. , f - '
"In nearly all the tests on the east
side," says the report "the quantities
obtained were adeauate : for their re
spective districts under present condi
tions, but this section is growing rap
Idly and with tlA increased demands re
sulting, fire supply will , be Inadequate
unless the, system is greatly strength
ened. The supply to the district paral
leling the river to the south is entirely
deficient, with the eastern part of the
district entirely unprotected.
"No tests were taken In the pump ser
vice, owing to their entire inadequacy
to furnish fire supply."
Recommendation Made.
The report recommends that the city
Immediately take steps to provide addi
tional storage capacity on the West
Side for from 60.000,000 to 100,000,000
gallons of water. In addition to water
mains now laid or contemplated it is
recommended that new water mains be
immediately provided ' as follows, and
It Is added that the mains are consid
ered necessary in oqder to keep down
the cost of insurance;.
West Side
Along Ford j Cornell ? and Twenty
fourth streets from Park avenue to
LoveJoy street, 16-inch (proposed , In
part by the city). v 'i
Along Montgomery Btreet from Front
street to Sixth street. .12-inch.
Along Morrison street from"" Tenth
street to Front street, 12-inch, ',
- Along Fifth Btreet - from Morrison
street to Aide street, 12-inch.
Along Ankeny and Ash streets from
Seventh street to Front street, 12-inch.
Along Twelfth streot from Yamhill
street to Stark street, 12-inch, . .
:;;-Bast Side .M'i Ci:?-''..-V.iv.v
.Along Stark "street from Twelfth
street to Twenty-eighth street, K-lnch.
Along Everett street from First street
to Twelfth street, 16-inch.
Along y First street from ' Holladay
street to Hancock street, 16-inch.
Along Twenty-sixth, street, Holgate
street and Milwaukee road from Divi
sion street to Leo street, 16-inch (pro
posed in part by the city). ,
Along Division and Grand streets
from Eleventh street to Market street,
12-inch.
Along Leo and Eleventh streets' from
Thirteenth street to Umatilla street.
12-lnch. ,
distribution System.
- Further recommendations are the fol
lowing: .- . .-'-
.'That the department adopt and fol
low in au ruture construction some
well defined plan for ' a distribution
system, paying particular attention to
main arteries and secondary feeders,
so as to obtain a fire supply as follows
"A. Ia the congested value district,
12,000 gallons per tnlnute.
"B. In mercantile, manufacturing
and warehouse districts, 6000 to 10,000
gallons per minute.
"C In minor mercantile - and light
manufacturing districts, , 3000 to 6000
gallons per minute. -
"D. In residential districts, 1600 to
3000 gallons per minute.
"These quantities to be In excess of
domestic consumption and to be avail
able in high value districts about any
large building or group of buildings.
and in mercantile and residential dis
tricts about any block.
v ,: n Slxe ..of Mains. I
"That the following be adopted as
the standard minimum ' else of mains
used for hydrant supply:
"A. For residential - districts, six
and eight inch; the former to be used
only where they complete a good grid
Iron, and the latter in locations where
dead ends and an Incomplete gridiron
are likely to exist for some time, and
in any case where blocks exceed 600
feet in length.
"B. For manufacturing and mercan
tile ' districts. - eight and 12 Inch, the
former to be used only In sections
where they complete the gridiron. S
"That the ; distribution system "be
equipped with a sufficient number of
gate valves so located that no single
case of -accident, breakage or repairs
to the pipe system in Important mercan
tile and manufacturing districts will
necessitate shutting from service a
length of main greater than 600 feet
and in other districts lengths greater
than 800 feet- v ? 'V
That all gate valves be inspected at
least -once a year and 'maintained in
good operative condition. Records to
be kept of Inspections and of all gates
operated, - - l
Hydrants.
' "That additional hydrants bo installed
ho that theVe shall be:
a. In the congested value and other
important districts two hydrants at
each street intersection.
b. , In other districts one hydrant
at each Intersection, and Intermediate
hydrants in long blocks ' so that the
distance between adjacent hydrants will
in no case exceed 300 feeC '-: -.-..-;?;
'That all hydrants baring 4-teeb bai
rels and 4-tnch or smaller connections
to street mains be replaced. Those In
Important districts first and in other
districts in aocosdanoe with some well
defined ' plan by which all small hy
drants will be replaced within two
years. - -
"That, the use. of hydrants be re
stricted to fire department purposes
and the flushing of mains.
"That future installations of hydrants
have one steamer and two hose outlets,
not less than 6 inch barrel and 6 inch
gated connection to main, and net area
of foot-valve opening of not less than
20 square inches.. All hydrants to open
to the left. ,
v . Additional Companies.
"That the following companies be
established:
"Engine company No. 2, with 11 men,
and an extra first slse engine, at Third
and Glisan streets.
"A seven man ladder company, wit:
engine company No. 9,
"A seven man ladder company, with
engine company No. 24. !
' "A three man water tower company,
with, hose company No. 1. V -.
Hew Stations.
"That new stations be erected as fol
lows: "At Second and Oak streets, for hose
No. 1, chemical No. 1, and the recom
mended water tower, This house should
have space for an engine also.
"At Third and Glisan' streets, for en
gine company No. 2. ;
''In the vicinity of .Sixteenth and
Yamhill streets, for engine 'company
N-,
"In the vicinity , of Third and Hall
streets, for engine company No, , 4 and
ladder company No. 2. '.; '"' '
"In the vicinity of East Thirty-fifth
and East Salmon streets, for engine
Company No. 9 and a proposed ' ladder
company.
'In any convenient location, for a re
pair shop, storehouse and drill school.
' . Additional Apparatus.
That the following be provided: Sec
ond sire engines for Engine Companies
9 and -16; two second size engines ror
reserve; an automobile, first Bize aerial
truck fon Ladder Company 1; liKht com
bination trucks for the proposed ladder
companies; automobile- combination
hose wagons for outlying engine ind
hose companies to replace plain wagons;
automobile runabouts for the assistant
and battalion chiefs; automobile wagons
for the fire alarm linemen: a fuel wag
on for the congested .value district
That the following equipment be proi
vided: " Foe ' each engine company, - a
Siamese connection; for each ladder
truck, two pompier ladders, oxygen hel
met cellar pipe, hose roller, deluge set
and sour salvage covers; for each hose
wagon, a door opener, plaster hook and
salvage1 cover; .for the hose wagons of
Engine Companies 2 and 7 and Hose
Companies 1 and- J, turret pipes (the
above is based on, the expectation of
placing the two automobile wagons
now ordered with Englpe Companies 1
and 3.) ; -, . '. -r.- . '
Hose.
'That all 2 and 2 -inch hose be fit
ted with Natlohal Standard . 24-incb
couplings,' and that the specifications
of the national board of fire underwrit
ers be used as a guide In purchasing
hoqe. ' . .
. Operation,
'That a drill school be established
where all members, especially new men,
shall be trained In the use of appli
ances and in pompier and salvage work
and lifesaving, to be under an officer
who should be sent to two or more cit
ies maintaining drill schools. .
"Tnat the revised assignments provide
for at least four engines to respond to
first alarms in the congested value dis
trict and at least one piece of appa
ratus with chemical tanks elsewhere,
- Headquarters. ,
"That the present equipment be i
moved to larger quarters and additional
apparatus installed as follows: . -
"An additional 10 circuit t battery
charging board, and apparatus for ix
additional box bircults. .-. i
"Additional modern protector boards
to accommodate all circuits..
"That boxes be Installed so that no
group of .buildings shall be over 800
feet from some box. - t
'That all box cases be grounded.
That not more than 20 , boxes be
placed on any circuit. , '
"That circuits be placed underground
wherever ducts are available and that
no fire alarm circuits be permitted on
poles or in conduits carrying high ten
sion circuits.
. That two employes be on duty In
fire alarm headquarters at all times.
That boxes be tested monthly and
that suitable records be kept of ; all
tests and troubles. . "
t , "That means be taken to prevent
crippling the east side alarm service,
either by Installing duplicate submarine
cables or by a reserve fire alarm office
at some convenient location.
1 Pire Department Auxiliaries. :,
-That the fire marshal be given the
powers of an examining court for the
purpose of the Investigation pf incendia
rism, .v.; i. . .-v.,"s ? . . .!,,,.,.
That all installations of automatic
and auxiliary alarm systems be brought
up to the national board standard.
That the building laws be revised
to conform fullyi to, modern require
ments for construction and fire preven
tion as given in the national board
building code, especially as to the pro
tectum or floor openings. '
"That non-combustible roof limits
covering the entire City be established.
That the ordinances be revised to
Include provisions covering the .manu
facture, use. handling - and storage of
all dangerous materials not now cov
ered, and that all licensed premises be
inspected quarterly.
"That the remaining overhead wires.
exoept trolley wires, in the prescribed
district be placed underground at . the
earliest practical date.
'That owners of existing defective
ly constructed buildings which .are so
located as to form conflagration areas.
be required to suitably protect roof, par
ty wall and exposed window openings.
That automatic sprinkler 'equip
ments, provided with controlling valve
near the main in the street be required
in the frame dock sheds and in all othr
er buildings, which, by reason of their
slse, construction or occupancy, singly
or combined, might act as conflagra
tion breeders.
D0MINGUEZ FIELD
- TO WITNESS RIVAL
AVIATORS' : BATTLE
(Continued from Page One.) -
sey assured her that the record would
be shattered the next time he went
aloft : vV: :',v;.
A great Sunday .crowd Is expected to
morrow. A good program of events
has been announced. Including height
and endurance attempts and speed con
tests. - California aviators will make
their first appearance at the meet to
morrow.' Over a score of California
made machines are entered.
: AU Eyes on the "Baby "mitrM. ; ,
Much of the Interest In. th meet,
according to Indications, will center
around the performances of the rbaby
Wright" machine. Parmalee, the new
est Wright aviator, took the little craft
out today, and amazed the spectators
by a dashing flight The "baby is a
candidate for . the speed prise. When
it ascended" and darted around four
other aeroplanes that were aloft at the
time, it resembled nothing; so mucH as
a sparrow flying near a hawk.
Weather bureau predictions are satis
factory to the aviators. Clear skies and
little wind. Is the forecast.
BttaOs of SDzsty! TCgfct, ;
At 1:45 Hoxsey ascended In a Wright
biplane to attempt Le Gaxneux height
rrecord of 10,499 feet He mounted rap-
Idly at the start, ascending in gradual
ly widening circles. He declared before
be started that he confidently expected
to reach a height of 11,000 feet Box
Bey's mother occupied a box In the front
row of the stand. When her youthful
son 'ascended She waved a handkerchief
and the lad replied with a wave of his
hand, - ,'
Hoxsey was equipped as for a polar
expedition. He wore a heavy fur coat
and ear muffs. His legs were encased
in fur lined boots. He carried a pocket
full of chewing gum and a row of cigar
ettes protruded from a pocket In his
sleeve. Just before he went up he called
or a light and set fire to a "smoke." He
was enthusiastically cheered when he
left fhe ground,-.
At 2:35 o'clock every aviator with the
exception Of Brooklns had descended to
watch Hoxsey on his height trip. The
range finders, at that time, estimated
his altitude at 6000 feet. This breaks
Paulhan's record for Domlngues field,
which was 4165 feet . Hoxsey's machine
was barely visible to the naked eye at
this time.
Brooklns gave the most '. sensational
performance of the early, afternoon,
when he ascended to a height of 8000
feet, shut off his motor and rushed back
towrthn- Wo f etof the-ground "in-" '
series of spiral dips. Many of the spec
tators thought he was falling, lie was
applauded vociferously, ' ' ,y
Meanwhile Hoxsey continued his
creeping ascent into the blue, At 2;4S
it' was estimated that he was 6000 feet
In the air. . .
Willard ascended shortly after Brook-
Ins made his hair raising drop and per
formed a few simple evolutions before
descending.. ,. .'
The "baby Wright" biplane made its
first appearance' at 2:05 o'clock, with
Parmaleo at the wheel. He shot around
the course at a terrific speed, although
no official watch was being held:
At 2:30 Hoxsey started the descent He
came toward the earin in great spiral
dips. It was stated that be had hot
broken the record, nor even approached
If,:?". . v
MOISSANT OPENS MEET A
AT NEW ORLEANS AND
THRILLS ALL BEHOLDERS
-' (By the Interaatlond New Serrtea.1
New Orleans, Dec. 24. John . Mols-
sant of Chicago opened the international
aviation meet here today. He circled
tall buildings this forenoon, darted down
over streets thronged with Christmas
shoppers and Bkimmed allng the Mis
sissippi river as easily as a giant bus-
zard soars over , Lake Ponchartram.
Every moment of the 60 minutes he re
malned In the air furnished a thrill for
the thousands of ' spectators who lined
the streets or crowded the high-roofs.
Simon, of the French team, went up
3000 feet this afternoon and then glid
ed down .. in great spirals to within a
thousand xeet of housetops, whence be
darted Into the field, . '
TETRAZZINI FOR :
SAN FRANCISCO
SINGS IN STREET
(Continued from Page One.)
Madame Tetrazzini favored the au
dience with another selection, the waits
song from "Romeo .and Juliet" and
when she had finished the demonstra
tion was repeated.
Probably in no city in the country
save 'on the Pacific coast could an
opera singer take such a risk In the
night air on Christmas eve as did
Madame Tetrazzinl tonight and un
questionably no other singer ever had
such a multitude foe an audience.
The diva was, as happy as a school
girl over the affair and expressed her
self as more than delighted that she
had been able to keep the promise she
had made In New York, to sing in the
streets of San Francisco for the bene
fit of all the people.
NEW YORK FIRE
CHIEF HAS PLAN
TO STOP BLAZES
Continued Prom Page One.) .
Fire , Chief Oroker today Jn his office
at headquarters.
The firefighter was putting the fin
ishing touches on a statement he
wished to make to the legislative In
vestigating , committee at the eajfiest
moment this week. Chief Croker has
been provoked to wrath by the asser
tion of Frank B. Chambers, chairman
of the fire insurance com raft tee of the
Merchants', association, before the legis
lature investigators yesterday that
Croker was 20 years behind the times in
the administration of the New York fire
department '
Absolute Power Askeg.
"After I make ray statement to the
committee,'' said the chief, ,1 hope the
way will be paved for us to ask the
legislature, this winter to give us abso
lute power in tne matter or guarding
flip' ...When
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against fires. With, the power and au
thority I seek I will guarantee to reduce
by 25 per cent the enormous fire waste
of the city by minimizing the chances
of fires... .,
"First and foremost I would Inaugu
rate a rigid system of inspection by
trained and skilled firemen, each of
whom would be Invested with the au
thority immediately to enforce his or
ders. The majority and most destruc
tive fires in New York originate in
basements, cellars and storerooms where
all sorts of inflammable rubbish is
piled recklessly and permitted to ac
cumulate. Give us the authority here
to control this matter and I'll see to it
that every fire breeding place In New
York; is -cleaned in a Jiffy and kept
clean. v -; , .' ,
Ho STrame Buildings.
"Then we ought to have authority to
compel the installation of the proper
lire preventives in au buildings, with
power to make these installations our
selves should the owners not do so
when ordered by us. .
'If I had my way, I would not per
mit a frame building to be constructed
anywhere within the broad limits of
Greater New York. They are fire breed
ers. For a century or more in Europe
the construction of frame buildings In
cities and , towns has been prohibited.
Then, in every tenement and apartment
house, I would have a light burning in
every hall and basement from sundown
to sunup. You have no idea how many
fires are caused by the carelessness of
the occupants of tenement and apart
ment houses lighting their way through
dark halls and besements at night" -
IS
, Christmas eve among the floaters of
Burnaide street the men who are in
Portland today In search of work,
shipped to the lumber camps or rail
road .grades tomorrow, was not a tra
ditional 'season of Joy. In the resorts
of the north end the rooms reeked with
the stench of poor tobacco and the odor
of Stale beer as groups of unemployed
men most of them foreigners and far
away from the firesides where their
kindred celebrated the Christ birthday
conversed in low tones and in cut-
terals strange to any ear other than
that of a linguist
A touch of the dramatic was added to
the scene as a dark robed man hurried
through the district bearing a crucifix,
and evidently bent on a religious mis
sion which was not understood by those
about the streets. Hurrying from group
to group the fanatic would kneel on the
sidewalks and, pointing to the cross and
Its burden, utter some words that could
not be understood. Some of his audi
tors stood bareheaded as he passed,
while in one instance a huge Italian
shouldered a passage through a group
of men and then stood aside while the
preacher made his way past
As the man and his crucifix disap
peared from view, there was only a mo
ment of silence and then the groups of
men merged again. ;t.:
Christmas on Burnslde street, meant
little so far as outward appearances
were concerned. Probably most of the
men in sight, and there were hundreds
of them, had .sent the larger part of
their earnings across the water to glad,
den. the hearts of the wives and children
they hope to Join in another year or
IWO, v., ; .
On one leg of a crow recently shot
In Germany was a silver band showing
n naa . uvea . more . man s, . century.
CHRISMS EVE
SAD
FLOATERS
You See it in Our
When we tell you that we are selling
BETTER SUITS and OVERCOATS for
th6n most stores ask TWENTY and
TWENTY-FIVE Dollars for We are
confining ourselves STRICTLY to the
TRUTH All
of proving it. ,
Any of our FIVE STORES will be glad
'to show ydu.
We purchase in stich large quantities
THAT'S THE REASON.
mlLYAUKEEMAYOR
DEFENDS COUNCIL
INITSIATESTVOTE
Legislature Asked to Give City
Power to Operate Slaughter
House, Cold Storage Plant,
and Market.
Publisher' Prm Leased Wire.)
.Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 24. "We can
run a slaughter house and make It pay
without destroying business as the scof-1
f ers cry. The biggest single Item in
homes is the meat bill and the packers
ara all millionaires." i l i,, . !
This Is the way Emil Seldel. Socialist
mayor of Milwaukee defends .the action
of hjs city council in urging the 'legis
lature to give the municipality power to
start a municipal slaughterhouse, cold
storage plant and other business enter
prises. He further said:
"The government of the city is a busi
ness proposition and all the people are
stockholders. v ;-
"Publlo officials are paid to run the
enterprises. :'-":;'.
"If a city committee furnishes stock
holders with ;. cheap commodities that
enter into the cost of living, then it Is
the duty of its servants to see that
measures are adopted which will bring
about this much desired result.
"The greatest, problem - confronting
the American people today Is the cost
of Jiving.'-It is the duty of every of
ficial to study this problem long and
carefully, I think that the biggest sin
gle Item in the cost of maintaining the
home is the meat bill. 'There is hardly
a packer of any consequence in this
country who Is not a millionaire.'
WOOLEN MILL EMPLOYES
CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS
Employes and officers of the Port
land Woolen Mill Co., numbering sever
al hundred, gathered in the factory
building at St. Johns yesterday after
noon and participated In a Christmas
celebration that Included the giving of
some holiday present to everyone pres
ent '.. I.' ?
The Christmas celebration custom at
the woolen mills was inaugurated a year
ago and proved ': so -successful that It
was taken up again this year with en
thusiasm. The engine room in the lower
floor of the building was cleared and
the entire ' lower floor was decorated
with holly and Oregon grape. . At noon
the employes were given a luncheon by
tbp company. - The York military band,
the Oregon quartette and other organ
isations furnished music , during the
luncheon. Later there was an address
by the Rev Mr. McDougall, followed by
the presentation of 'gifts. The em
ployes gave each of the officers hand
some presents, while every woman em
ploye was given a handkerchief and -every
man a1 necktie. .The affair was ar
ranged by Assistant" Superintendent
Frank Test and was participated in by
all employes of the mill. , s
we ask is an opportunity
HOSPITAL SITE iS
NIKE TASK
Bowerman and Nottingham
Return From Eastern Ore
. gon in Tired Condition No
: Definite Choice Made.
: Wearied by almost continuous travel
In looking over the sites offered ior
the eastern Oregon Insane, asylum, au-;
thorized by vote of the people at the
last election Acting Governor; Bower
man and State Senator C W. Notting
ham arrived in Portland last night
After a brief stay between trains Mr.
Bowerman left ;for Salem,' while Mr.
Nottingham hastened home and to bed.
. Mr. Nottingham went with the acting
governor In an advisory capacity, slnce
Mr. Bowerman was the only one of the
state board who was able to make the
trip. He explained last night that the
governor did not wish to take the en
tire; responsibility upon himself, and
asked- the senator to go because he has
been a farmer and Is familiar with farm
conditions. y '-1, : v.". "
No selection of site was made. The
choice rests by the terms" of the bill
with the . governor, secretary of state
and state treasurer. ' Secretary of State
Benson was unable to go because of
the condition of his health and Treas
urer Steel was prevented by sickness
in his family. Mr. Nottingham will
advise with the. members of the board
before the final' selection is made.
Options have been secured on four or
five sites near Baker City, four at Un
ion and , three or four at Pendleton.
Additional , sues were suggested, but
were not given serious consideration.
Mr. Nottingham says that good sites
are offered at. each place, but did not
Indicate what place he would advise
the board to select. Each of the three
towns named, in the bill is urging its
claims to the utmost.
The - trip was begun last Tuesday
morning and one day was spent Inspect
ing the sites in each of the three towns,
The acting governor and Mn Notting
ham were kept so much on the go they
were able to secure only a few hours
Of sleep. , - -
SENATOR ELKINS IS.".
SLIGHTLY IMPROVED
(United ffWMW leaned Wire.
v Washington, - Dec. 24. An Improve
ment is reported tonight In the condi
tion of Senator Stephen. B. Elklns, of
West Virginia, who has been sufferlns
from a siege of Illness during the past
few months. . For several days during
the early part of the week, grave anx
iety was felt owing to, his failure to
progress toward health, but yesterday
and today he has rallied slightly. He
Is still dangerously ill. v v ;
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potatoes at the same time is the pur
pose of a ' simple device Invented by
two Pennsylvania men. r ':"-'
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