!i:;.:.i!J. m ri'iirnn obnoncnn ; Li.il IUi TIIUIUOLU Commercial Need of the Span ; Across vColu.mbja: Empha sized bv Pioneer,; -';; .Joseph I Biiehtift ' tb pioneer,' whose 1 rye can no longer see the acoompuan ments i1' of:;; th ;.; improvement for Portland-vthat-'. .s spent "-. ..'large Bhar of hi mors than 10 year In ad vocating, is a supporter o? the Inter utate bridKe, Yesterday he dictated to his Caught a : statement I which ah trantuTllivd and which' was brought, to The. Journal. .It reads as follows; ,v ; "The world moves and Ores, on and Washington are keeping well up toward the. head of the procession. Portland, with Its SOO.oOe population, and Van couver with its growing business and beautiful surrounding country, make doner and more convenient communica tion desirable and necessary, Clark county has, by an overwhelming: major ity, voted bonds for It sltare of the exf pen of building this Interstate undue and It now remains for Portland,' In the -1 - i ..1 A..tAwl&M ,11. hAn,l for completing . this . grand ? structure which will stand as a monument to the enterprise and. spirit 'of our western cities, .-.!.,. . . .'....',.' vv ,..,, " ..Would XsA Xo Menace . 'The Columbia and Willamette rivers have been frosen over from two to four weeks at a time during many winters since '52, the year I arrived in Oregon, an many of my old pioneer friends will recall,' and,.' as the old saying has it, vHintory repeats Itself we may look for a reoccurrence of such conditions almost any winter. i vr- v : "When the Columbia I frosen 'ever and later when the ice breaks and goes out with a rash; It Is extremely danger una if not Impossible -to cross from shore to shore.- This bar to communica lion between Oregon and ; Washington win be obviated by a good substantial bridge. .Therefore,, for the best Inter ests cf all, it is opinion Imperative that ih interstate bridge should, be built, " - "I,et us turn .for a moment from a business to' a scenic) point of view. What elevated plane could be found afford in- , a grander view than can be had from the deck of this proposed bridge- away to the cast the Cascade range with Mount Mood looming up over 11.000 feet mirroring. Its snowy slopes in the- wa ters of the Columbia to the north, the thriving city of Vancouver, the military post, one of the most picturesque posts in the United States to the west whero the "Beautiful Willamette1 mingles Its waters with those of the lordly Columbia and to the south; our own Portland" with its many fine business houses, sky. wra per and beautiful residences and Council Crest towering above all. "Turning to the history of. Portland. It is not so many years ago that traffic waa carried, on between the east' and west banks of ths Willamette by means of a small ' boat nrocelled by oara and captained by Charley Frush.". Later by horse propelled, boats and. as busi ness increased,, there followed in rapid succession1 ateam " ferries in ; increasing capacity until, finally nothing" short of bridges could carry the traffic, tb Mor rison street bridge being the plonaer of all bridges of .which we how. have five crossing .the river The heed, .of bridges across the Willamette simply emphasises the need of an . Interstate , bridge more forcibly".-' ,;,, ..;,.., DISTRFCT REBEKAHS.TRY FOR VALU ABLE GAVEL . (Special to The Joeraal.T V- 1 ! ' Vsncouver, Wash., Oct sSi At the district convention of Kebekah lodges In Vancouver tonight about tOs delegates were present.- A S o'clock dinner ' was served in the dining room at I. O. O. F. hall, and all members of the Progress and Oneonta lodges Were present to en tertain the visitors. it will be deter in lned which lodge has the largest rep resentation, and that lodge will be pre sented with a neatly made gavel, carved from a piece of the old witness tree, which stood on the bank of the' Colum bia river here till two years ago, when 1 1 -was uprooted by the waves. Ridge Held will likely be the winning lodge, it having had the greater number at the afternoon sessions. - . ' ' ' ' , -Th gavel Is engraved as follows: 'Presented by the . Past Noble Grand lub to Rebekah lodge, having largest number of delegates at district conven tion." There are X Rebekah lodges In Clark county and two In Skamania, these com prising the district;1 :v;:v . PIONEER CAN NERYMAN'S : X FUNERAL TOMORROW Funera! services will I o'clock tomorrow afternoon for James W. Cook, pioneer salmon packer Of this city, from the Unitarian church; Broad way and Yamhill -'street, --Rev. T. I. Kliot will officiate. Interment at River view cemetery, will be in charge of Wil lamette lodge No. I, A. P. and A: Mi of which Mr. Cook was a past master.". Mr. Cock, w;io was SO year old, died yesterday morning. He had been a resi dent of Portland for the past 61 years. ,5! in NewMfc N. J August 23, i833 ) He came to Portland vl Pan ama . 1855 and early engaged I the tent and bag making business. In 1870 . Cook, Simmon-.JPaoklng company.' Ak pioneers tn, the cnnlng of th Colum bia, s most famous fish, tjiey. built up a business that soon etenJd u . ty. Ti?r,lii ME-.o" ""red. from business in XW. Miv Cook is survived by his widow and two daughters. Cornelia Cook and Mrsyaorlce Crytmpacker. , FR0SPECTS BRIGHT IN - . - , w. - v. r csenc pros pects for neat ysar In Gilliam county re especially bright The fall rains were unusually heavy and came at the right season and the fine. weather which has since prevailed has allowed the farmers ample time to get In an unusually large acreage of wheat. The soil Is in the best possible condition to receive the seed grain which, with the abundance of moisture.' will - get a fine ,rnlh Oil. foil ---I -I T "T start ahead of ; the weeds,? 4, ,? SCHOOL SYSTEM PANNED , AT HOOD RIVER MEET j Hood River, . Or Oct.; W-fmettoaf or vne Home . and School aaiuwUHnn was held at the high school building lat nijht and a literary program was given. The present Oregon school sva- t em t-ame In for a severe grilling by a nuinbw of speakere who1 addressed lite meeting, and . it was charged that tne .system. I too tnechanioaL and that th Individuality of the teacher - was entirely destroyed.. Monthly meeting lil l e held by th association during the rot of the ex-hoei eM.-u'K-'.''?'-.','--s , bridge mm THE , Mre,:0,' N. Denny -Has Most . " . . -j; ';v f- ; , , MicVis Valuably Collectioo of Ori-r; . rV.; f; ' ; " 1 : v T eritah Art1 Objects,' ;;vf !, ' ' ' "'M rJwii-BrrrT . ; 1 - r ,; :V- ' In tfortland.ln the possession of r r ' 'i I miWSr ' ? Mrs. O; ".Penny one of tbo pioneer t t k t t- - " daughters, of the -northwest, T la to-be t t - . ' I. $ ' found one: o the largest and-most vaU -,k f ' . T f I Il'T 4 T In tfort Mrs. O; Itf,". Penny, one of, the pioneer daughters 01 tne -nortnwest, .la to-be found one of the largest and most val uable private collections of Oriental art objects In the world.", - - ' - a, ' ' The collection' -which embodies' Some of the richest anoV roost marvelous hand iwork of the-Chinese, Japanese and Ko reans, is valued at 19,000,000 and Is made up wholly ;of gift conferred upon the late Judge Owen N. Denny and Mrs. Denny during their Jrtars,"- residence In th orlen." Each piece has an inter esting story attached" to If and these are . told with , much :harm by Mrs. Denny, who' Is 'now the' possessor of the collection, which is housed at her home, tit Sixteenth street. ' v , , ;.'In July.. 1877,-Judge Denny was sent to Tien Teen as consul, to China for the United States-..This city was the horn Of the great viceroy. L4 Hung Chang," and the diplomatic relations between the two men ripened, into a strong; personal friendship, which, pasted through th many years Judge Denny remained to the Orient. , ' . , h , It was whll 1 was representative there that General Grant and family made their famous 'trip : around the world, they, being tha , guests) of , tb Dennya for several days, It was the close and 'Intimate relations of, Judge Denny and Li Uung Chang that enabled General Grant to come into ao close a touch with th -viceroy at that tint. : Judge, Mrs. Denny and their daughter were the - honored ' guests ' of General Grant and family from Tien Tsen to and through Japan, the trip being one of continued fetelng on the - grandest possible scale. At that time - some of. tne aniciea. now ownea py Mrs. fenny were gifts presented them by the mi kado. . v:i''-T'V-;-. ,-'i ; After three and a half years of ser vice at Tien Tsen, Judge Denny was promoted to the off Ice of consul genera) and transferred to Shanghai, where he held 'office for a period of fpur and a half years, at which time he resigned his position and returned to Oregon. , In the year: 1865 he was called to Korea as advisor . to the king; ; and di rector of, foreign affairs. In entering upon his official areer, ; his position waa established at court as viceroy, ranking next the king, and by the na tives and all orientals, .was known as th 'foreign' kiac'? y,J".r" , At this ' time the old imperial palace waa fitted tip for tbelr occupation, al most everything being sent to them from the king's own household. 1 Inum erable gifts of old and rare furniture, porcelains, carvings, ornaments, eta.were presented them In recognition . of his services to their country, as Judge Denny was known all over China for hta justice to all men alike. . This office Judge Denny ' filled' for over five- years,- then being, obliged to return to the United States on acoount of ill health: In all, nearly 18 years were spent In the orient, during which time be was the recipient ' of - Innumerabla gifts from the highest 'officials in China in recognition of his services to their country;- ' yi; Xaeb Object Carries History. ?V To each of these art objects there at taches a story quite uu interesting as th object itself, but this arUcle deals only with half a dosea of the rarest of the Chinese porcelains and bronzes, , -The really rare and costly oriental CHildlAloKeFjnlHouseJlWhile H Parents Work In Nearby ..:..,. 'i,;. r.f '.', f V-f 0 (SpMlal to Tb Jeersal.)'k.-v''-, Ontario, Or. Oct . JS-ltr.., and Mrs. Orvil Becker, a young married couple, are In the Holy : Rosary hospital In a crltlcar cotadltion, ; as, the result of se vere burns received this afternoon, when their home on a ranch near town wns destroyed b? flre-i. During"; tb af ternoon. Mn ? ahj 'Mri.' 'Bc,tp h1'' '' three; ,onth old baby in the house while they went into the field. . A little later they saw that the house was on fire. Mrs. Becker arrived first, attempted to rescue th baby and waa overcome.; Becker succeeded In get ting both baby and mother out, th baby uninjured, but Mrs. Becker was so badly ournea sne is not expected to live. R:, Becker is also seriously burped, and Will lose both bands. His overalls ware completely burned from his body, , Two hundred dollars In ourrency waa burned. MOTHER AND FAlHER fete?"'.,, s'tv.- !. w4vrtft.f- 'OREGON SUNDAY .JOURNAL, PORTLANp, SUNPAY fltei,; ''40 lilt - C tm:KKi:yW:y-": - . i.- r .1..... '. 1 -J ' mmU. : ' - Sis ' '' ' Rare ?vaseB m collection of ' oriental low background, i TWs plece 18 incnea Wgb. oyaw of the Bottom Left to4I1ghVthreery' vases and kindred' art objects ' come almost invariably in 'pairs, and with but few-exceptions, Mrs. Denny's fin porcelains ; are In couples, which " are either identical In design or very slml- The justly fsmous CIadort green ' of such Interesting origin is introduced In a pair of medium alsed vases stand ing 18 inches In height, and being nine inches wide. . The body of the vases 1 that indescribably soft dull gray-green. known ' as the ,. Celadon, . a color first Introduced : Into Europe br . the Dutch East India company, . the. name, having originated from a French play in which the matinee idol,, who was widely known as depleting the character of Celadon, always dressed in this peculiar shade of green. Celadon green varies almost from a gray stone to. a blue green, and is rarely : beautiful. On this pair of vases the modeling on the body ox the vase is - dona under, the gloss in self color. . These vases are also remark able for the fact that they show the first introduction of the red and blue coloring In the floral design. , ', ' Another pair r of wonderful antique pieces is a set of Peking cloisonne vasee, standing xs incnes in neignt ana being eight inches In diameter. . Al though it Is impossible to know, the date of tbe manufactury ' of any . of .' these oieoos. as tney were mane oetore poroe- laln was either dated or marked. It IsJ known that thi pair of vases Is verj very old, the "Utput of : the , original cloisonne factory at Peking, from which all. other cloisonne . factorlea have sprung. ', Thl factory was famous, all over the' world hundreds of years ago, then operations were , suspended . for a time and within the past few years it has been reopened and some marvelous pieces are being made there now. These vases have a foundation of brass alloyed with gold, " and on this is deposited porcelain of a robin's egg blue, wrought with a very dellcgta fret work of a modified Greek key pattern. A The vases are .ornamented with tw6 panels . with a dark red .background and decorations University Referendum ; Issur) One;ef:Subjects,fbr,Meet-p 4" Preliminaries are being arranged by the College Equal ' Suffrage", leaf ue ;f or holding next Friday ;nlght.N a big meet ing ' at which hro ; will : b discussion of measures to bo voted upon in next week's special election. The. ,' league was a prominent organisation ln t (he fight for eaual suffrage last year.' and is noted, for Its aggressiveness and ef ficiency in ; activities " which; it . under- takes. '. -t"! j. V ';, Th meeting will take place', In the hew library building, and a prominent feature will be a discussion : by . B. V. Irvine of the general system of - high er .education in Oregon as affected .by thy referendum on the ; appropriation f or ., the T state , university." A ( further leaiura win ne ; songs oy the widely popular i University,; of ! Oregon 1 tjuarV tett,; ; which;; W scoring musical lilts wherever ritappeara? InPortland,'';'', ;. v.-Yi 'v'i' ,;.'(,. .- -i H-r' '-- .' -. V j - "';...';.., ;'!?;-.:.':, 'X Art objects owned by Mrs. O. ft. belleTed , to "be older, tban-the Ming- dynasty. k JPeMn ; cloiBaoaM vte ; Z & .incnei-nlgn.-t celadon vase Ming dynMtyi Jnchea i high, cobalt blue on white background Sqnare Ming vaae in gray blue, 21 - :oil';.bron2a 'vases.- Clnser ; Jar; in of a yari-tlnted' chrysanthemums.. But. terflies and loose blossoms are scat tered over th vases.'; 'itMif: tt. i-- x "'" Olft rrom U. Bug' Cfeasr. ' V'A royal vase of remarkable coloring aud reat beauty Is one that comes front the Ming dynasty, and is ; notabl for several reasons. It Is one of the things mad exclusively for 'royalty, and any on outside of the royal family . found In possession of such a vase was. dur ing the ' old; regime, Immediately be headed. The vase is of .imperial yellow, and the design Is of the imperial- five toed dragon. It is finely crackled and Is an exceptionally old and rare piece. This particular vase was a personal gift from Id Hung Chang to Judge Denny. One of the oldest and most unusually marked bronies ln the collection la a vase of graceful' design ' having two handles and being ornamented with an Intricate pattern, which history f says wag influenced ' by the .Persians,- who many hundreds of years ego did much trading with the Chinese of the Interior. The' designs show , plainly the . Persian Influence and are remarkable Jn that respect. , : u J'-"x ' A pair of tall bronses shows the three toed dragon, also, an animal whose like ness' was allowed to appear on the pos sessions of royalty alone. The dragons are shown In high relief, and according to favorite tradition ot the Chinese, the - dragons ar playlnf wltb ' balls. Hundred of year ago , the Chinese alloyed their bras and bronse with gold, and the ball and the dragon scales on these pieces scintillate with pur gold. Two very striking specimens of the blue and white porcelain period .are found In the mammoth square vases which "stand 28 -Inches In- height, ''with bases seven and. a cuarter lnche wide. The bodies of the vases are white, and on this is wrought a sort of glorified dragon with ; a tall" that, would almost do honor to ' a peacock. This wonder ful animal is seen floating about among clouda of blue, and although the moon 1 much in avidencs, there Is evidently a storm coming, up for th clouds are sharing honors . with' great streaks of lightning -wrought 'In Vdrk blue. The glorified df agon. f cotnmonly known among the Chines As the phoenix bird, indicates longevity and affluence. '.The corners, of the vase on top bear designs of four bats' for fpun idnds of happU naiw.. u..-i,fy '.pi 5 :V U 0- . . sjmall eind WendarftU Tase. s Thore wa' amorigr tha.1 porcelains a very giriall" piece, . creaitl tinted 'Vss of such" wonderfuj gl.ane that It is a source of. wonder and admiration by 1J experts In china.: The little -vase, atand ing only about five Inches in height, I a simple design, having only lions' heads for handles. ' None knows how old it Is or 'how valuable, but. Mrs. , Denny- re calls; having, a, .'Chinese visitor; wh0' upon seeing this little . vase, remarked: "Ah. very beautiful; and 1 is worth ISO taels," which is equavilent to 8 200 In our .money,, arid that was more than 40 years ago, when Chinese art was not vslue as it is now. .This tiny piece Is Still in ; its original ease ot beautiful wood,' padded with cotton,' oovered, with imperial yellow, ' red and green, such shades as were only used by royalty. Many of Mrs. ; Denny's pieces are still la their original boxes, f Peculiar interest attaches to the pair of square Ming. vases, which stand SI Inches- In height Th -bodies of th vases are of gray blue, and are marked by. the large or lobster crackle, which was used in ' the 1 Kang-He period, from ' s 1881-1 7JS,- , a , period c , when the art uf Chinese porcelain wo at Us height, ! One panel on these vases shows a design of birds: and, "flowers; another of stocks, birds' and clouds; another of magnolia Jreea, and birds. The lotus . MORNING, ' OCTOBER . 23, , I II II I 111 I ..".1 ... - "1 Denny. Top Left to tight, , J6-lneU cobalt bjne and wMtevi'iV and passion flowes are combined In a graceful design which encircle the top, Ovei? , tb entlr vase ' ar ecattered prunus : blossoms of f delicate pink, these are commonly f known a' haw thorns ..blossoms. tis?jrfW, , Two chubby glngeRJa' topped wtb exquisitely, caryed .teakwood covers oc cupy a place of fhonorijoii on of Mrs, Denny's1 fcabMts; Thyvar of-the io bait blue and white,- and ginger' Jars ra :V . ,,' ' : ' , - ' ' I -1 "f , V ,- ltt --r , 1 T "a. L J t' ' ' ' - , ' u " t 'v k ' . w ' 1 11 "r s v '" " " ' " , ,-. I I 1 - v f.-.M.yn-j;. it J'-n..;vi - r '4 : v--:r ) -H . -i-:r ' . . - U r 1. f- ' i- '" ' ' X " "1. 1 1 tU "l -. 'i- V, - ovf-; - ' ( ''V;; , , , , , y t r - ' , ' ' -.1 " i . - - ' 1 (' , V - T 3,, l' , ' ' - -: ' -rv. " " : -v. . ,..v. . ,,., . .;..... , , ,!,,.; ;i ,; v,.- ;...?'.: ft -.-.. . , . -'' ., 1 ,. ' ? .: ( . . , v,. . .' I- ..;' 1 : ' OUR "STOVE , DEPARTMENT ' ; : ": -'' ; ".: ..' ", ' 1 1 n 111 - '" i -;' H ' ' 1 . ..-Jf-v ?'--. .. .':...', ll 1 . I ' ' 4 PERFECTION. OIL HEATERS : "4.tilxi,.' ". t' REZNOR ?: GAS HEATERS , , . 1 I DOMESTIC GAS RANGES '"PITTSBURG" y HOT WATER "QUICK AS A WIND'S . ANDIRONS YlRE SETS FIRE SCREENS SPARK GUARDS noNEVLiArx HAnmvAnE co:.!PArjy 1313. . XJ - .'IBI' - J UL-J vase or cobalt blu dragon on yei- name only, as their principal use la tb holding of. sweets,, which ar sent to friends and relatives at holiday time. The prunus pattern Is again used la these jars on a background made In imi tation of crackled, floating Jce, ; Jnat- as it .floats down from thoioterios of Chltuv in th spring, , Th Aliquid,, Icy effect has been secured, to remarkabl degree, -and serves as a perfect , back ground for ) the delicate blossoms. ' .'. . . I., HAS BEEN MOVED TO ' MORE COMMODIOUS QUARTERS ON THE 'SECOND FLOOR, WHERE WB ARE SHOWING -A LARGE AND MOST COMPLETE . " LINE OF BRIDGE, BEACH & COS ' , HEANO STOVES AND RANGES- . v THE ASSORTMENT CONSISTS OrBOTH, , WOOD AND COAL BURNING VARIETIES, IN THE EVER POPULAR, WOOD SUPERIOR IONE, WANDA AND AURORA BRANDS, '-" ' . WE' OFFER THESE STOVES AS A SUPERIOR- ARTICLE IN QUALITY AND FINISH AT . ."PRICES THAT ARE RIGHT WE INVITE ' ' YpUR INSPECTION OF THE GOODS AND , ALSO OF OUR NEW STOVE DEPARTMENT 1 ?A THE SECOND FLOOR. ,' f , AUTOMATIC GAS WATER TiEATERS - ffl RECALL, ' FIGHT JGROVSBJTTER Charges' -Are-, Made 'Back' and : "fcfrtff by Adherents of t. Both Sides, , , ";-';'v ' ;- -. ,-'"'. s- " (Special to Tb Joarait.1 ?KV Hood; River,-: Or-, Oct. 25.r-FollJVln the- meeting Friday night between the committees appointed - ty ' the central committee of th Recall and, Taxpayers' association . held for the purpose of reaching an , agreement whereby, Hood River county .could be spared from the recall ; election,-, which resulted in the ultimatum , from the recall committo that in order to avoid the electioa it would be necessary ; for the vehtlro county court to resign ond permit Gov-. emor West to appoint a county Judge . .... . . , 1 - ana two -commissioners) 10 nam omuo until, the next general 'electleir, and to which the committee from tha Taxpay- ers' league would not assent, thw recall . . . I J1.1.IW.. . M t 1 , wl.t, .- word' "Recall": printed thereon In larn letters.. They ar btng worn by num-, br of the' recall' advocates,"- tA7. ' Citlsens of both sldea haVe protest,-! against the display of ' suoh- badges; , charging that such action is an open in sult to th members of the county court; who ar respected cltlxens. Stree!, . meetings are held at which photographs ar being, exhibited Showing how diit has been removed from underneath the , cement piers and largo 'chunks 1 broken : off the plersof the' Wlnans bridge, la an attempt to show tho defective con V atruction of the bridge, which Is one of the charges : In" the recall petition against the county court. ".?" j ;i ; ' ; It is alleged by the other, faction that persons . unaerioinsa several 01 , me bridge piers and broke1 th pier Jn their efforts .. . to ; secure ; campaign pboe graphs. ;7 . '- '':': K'i.y::: . i ' ";' Feeling is high and bitter; fight U being waged. , ..f '?.;'';;;' VJ-:.' LINN COUNTY: ADOPTS V V - , ; t STANDARDIZATION ; Albany, ? Or., " Oct . To i tiav ' standard by which to measure nroaress. ' a plan has been adopted bx County. of Lebanon,-and P. K Baker, of Browne-v vllle, as a ataodard for the t,lnn. county . acnooia tot m. vir iaii-ii. . ir i to tha and . nf . tlmnlatlnor . jiffort an tha . . . W . . ( , , t . . . t ' fleers and school , patrons to tb bet- 7 t.rm.nt of tha Dublin aehonln. . . Aa soon ' as . a t aunooj , oompues wmi : , any of , tha points.' upobi (notifying the supervisor, a gilded star will be given for the ; point gained. - At the close 0' 1 tna acnooi vear av nnnaai win b aivan " to each school having become standard. ized during the school , year. - , " " ' ' , ITaehvllle ;..Notes. ' . ., ; Nashville." ' Or ' Oct. 15. -Eda-ard. Brady, an attorney from Seattle, is here, tha guest of J. I Brown and family, lie came with hia brotherrwho was hurt seriously several weeks ago rat Cher halls. Wash., and who Js recovering SlOWly. -- N .".-..:.-.. . 5. :.. Mr. and Mrs, Vernon Coovert of Port land are the guests .of Mrs, Coovert's parents, Mr., and Mrs, Cbarlee R. Gil- lette. They nave spent the summer, tor Mrs.' Coovert's health; "camping out. They will return to Portland the first of th week. - . k : Miss C. Bewley is visiting bar unele, J. A. Bewley,- and her brother. A, J. Bewley. 6h , will . remain until, the Bewley family rnovi to. CervalUe In a few daya . -' H. s. Llnd hag gone to San Francisco. The Thompson and Splelde saw mill has started work. They expect to re-, cetve a contrect for tie from th Q; 6s E. Railway company. ' A stove In time savea many m cough. Roe "Household Goods" In the classified section today. - 1 ' Adv.) ' ,i LARGER AND , t1 V '! 1 .'Ul. ' FOURTH AT ALDm HOOD r