THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORT jLANt), SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 21915.
II
OREGON'S
BIRTHDAY
ANNIVERSARY
DRAYS
MANY ITO GHAMPOEB
. .. - r . o
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Pioneers From Near and Dis-
tant Points Recall Early
Days. :
i
"I-
NEARLY 500 ARE PRESENT
Memorable Story of Sow .Territorial
Government Was Established
' ";. . Told By Speakers.-
: By Tlx Lampman.
.Today is Oregon's seventy-second
birthday as United "States territory. -
T . . . 1 - . j,
terday at Charnpoee;, 35 miles up the
Willamette river from Fortland.-"
About BOO pioneers, their descend
ants and - friends, srathered to nay
honor to the men who by their votes
;,' . . i . ' s -
way i, xeta, swayea tne aesiiny us
,),. ,,, . tk-,.11.11..
the rast Oregon country to- theshelter
of the stars and stripes - i
...
tne memoraoie story oi.m jnam-
poeg -meeting was told In ringing
speeches. , how, by a vote of 57 to 60
. It was decided! to. establish a terri- i 1974 East Alder street; Edwin Wllllm, 315
torial : governmient under American j J'rty-aUth atreet; K. A. Kirk. 102.-, East
lnat.4 nwHah -,.... . . wrenteefltb. street north. - Add laon Bennett,
instead Of British, auspices: bow the , 8H3 81xtB atreet; Ewaenla Crals, 324 Broad-
r meeting was called ostensibly to con- j way: Mrs. c. E. Knx, 185 Easr Twelfth
elder means oil checking, the ravages atreet; Mrs. . n.Eriiow, pioneer of f847;
Of wolves but was reallv for th nnr- Jwe1! Johnson, olC Serenty-aerentb atreet;
Ll Z l'u?L t? t. X. ZJ t-PT Re it Lampman. wltb The Oreron JonrnaU
, poie to which it was put; how" Joseph , George AV Prichard. with the halem Wates
Mek' after there bad been long and nsan; Mr., and Mra. George K. Scbrieber.
profitless argunfent. drew a line on the Canby:. Mlaa Annette Twlgger: Mrs. .Aglia
, ground. n , cK4..4ii, ll ' .wb- vvDgZtff tm.i. ' .
for the United; States to follow hinjt . The e Portland I school children who were
to ens side; and how, when the fats j : . -. - ; .
of Orornn tremhlad lr -the hol.n .1 WoedBere. acbolButh Paraona. Paulina
Wrattri. "y,:i.J vratrh.w
Ffftncis Xavierl Matthew, Who : died
eDruary i. mi, stepped over to tne 1
American side with his friend,
Ettenne Luclerj and saved Oregon to
the union of etites. .
' Meeting- at Mouurteat. -
Yesterday's roeetlns was held with
in IQfr yards of; the granite, monument
rrected IB years ago to the memory of
the 68 men. ;wfo voted for American
sovereignty. ;:..- ';.::;
On an open stage beneath oak trees
that were not even emouted from he I
i vacorn ; when Cframpoeg saw .Its great
- event speaker i after speaker, amonii
event, speaker I afjter speaker, among !
iiit-iu uuvuruvi uimihc3 wjtnycwiDe, -ex-Uovernor
T. 7. Gcer. Judge PJ U.
U'Arcy, of -Htlem. and George i H.
Himes, secretary of the Oregon fio
neer assoolatian, advocated that the
state build an Auditorium at Champoeg,
lo that the annual celebration may be
held there, whatever the weather. The
state already owns 15 acres. surround
ing the uonumtnt. ' , - '
Descendants Age Konoved. I
-. A feature ofj the exercises was th
calling to the platform of the descend-
iWiflf P.vX.) M&tUliftllf ' th
j i'H. A.. -Matthieul, a son;. Stephen Alat-
Br'i. nuwaro,
a grandc.iild; F. L. Matthleu. a son of '
inieu, is sons rs, en-it. toward.
J F. X. Matthietj. J. F,, Matthieu, , gn--other
son, was (present also.
-The invocation was made by Dr. AI.
bert Atwood,; irho came from. Seattle
for .' the , celebration, ' and who , was a
Methodist minister in Oregon 40 yeiars
,! f . , '-I-' .
ii t An aadress of welcome was dellv.
;: ered In Chinook Jargon by B. lie-
i Farlartd. 1327 iThurman. . street nri.
ic dent of the Portiand Kose 0cltv Mr !
ft MciFarland is a nioneer of.ms!? iiu'r rhmiM.r.i, An, wan the late Sid;
t rather built the first steamer on the
uprujfcojunuiia. the Wasco. ad beaan
tperating her ipi 1864. ; I
Chinook Songs Sung.
m Chinook fori g-s" were 'sung by Mr. Mc
. .. Farland and Mrs. Laura-B. Bartlett, of
I j rnilanrt . rnei was -Taa. fiah.U Tifi
. u' m "Tr.M. TnM. t j ,, I
irAZTJL"":.tTu-. 7a
&B'l.
".3
whoae mVmbert
;-M. Par,vln; J. B.Hall and A. W. Mills.
They Were encored repeatedly. j
" Pioneers! yesterday were delighted
with what looked like i tha beginning
of a movement; to maket Oregon history
a more intimate and significant study
in the public schools.
..Stats Holiday proposed.
Speakers had deplored tha lack of
S PUPU. anT teafcnerand th aVpiause
Oregon historical knowledge alike in
was entnusiastic when Judare D'Arov
t ailed to -the platform Misses Georgia :
Kwing and Julia Spooner, with 16 f
pupils of the eighth and ninth grades
Of ' Woodmere j school, oh from tho
' trade schol and two from Franklin
high school. !
It was predicted that the movement
thus begun HlP result in Chamooea :
day being made a state school holiday, I
wnen cnitarsn ioi ail Oregon. Will srath-
er at the historic spot to learn and
celebrate its significance.
The children fairly "soaked up" Ire.
j formation on the trip, which was made
, going on the steamer Oregona and re-
tUrnlrifl" M h dltitr ' th. riMhamM.
i They learned much about river naviga
tion, that Pendleton hard 'Wheat flour
: goesby boat to Corvallls, that the
height of the Oregon City locks is 43
-:feet. 5, inches, and any number of
.-other things, i Particularly they were
; tnjarested in i the operation -of the
. locks. . ! ,. . :.
- 'History of X.oeks "Told,
u . On the up : trip. as the Oreorona
ead the las lock, exGovernor Geer ,
; i-ovni ma rmraren ana otners to tne)
bow, and told them the history of the
' locks, and that now, for the first time
rt In their more than 40 years' history.
; they, are free, to navigation, having
A been taken over by the government.
: : '"Let us give three cheers for the
t1 open, river," called Mr.' Geer. and they
. .were given so that the high hills
: echoed. - i
seiegauons Were Xttuneroos.
Besides more than 100 who went by
; ; steamer from Portland, i pioneers came
from all the country - aroung Chakt-
peeg, saient, vanoy, isewDerg. MCMlrrrt
ville, St.' Paul, Oregon City. Woodburn,
and other, valley towns sending dele
gations. , . The upgolng steamer stopped every
few .miles en route to pick up cele
; brants who haileoScf rom the bank.
Nearly - all brought generous lunches,
and theBe were shared with .those who
Vcame unprovided. . Some ay ailed them
. selves of the bosEpltality of the steam
ers, i . p
S; Captain C. Blub'm and Steward La-
Tobacco Habit Cured
Not only to-users of pipe and' cigars,
but the vicious cigarette habit is over
come :by using the "HTTaiTE treat
meat, j Pricey complete, postage paid;
11.00. Lane-Davis Drug Co, 3d and
Yamhill. Portland. Or. t When, writing
mention this paper.V ; -
cey of the Oregona, and Captain Clyde
Raabe and Steward V. A. Burns, of the
Graharuona. were on the Job aU the
time for the comfort and information
Cf their pa&sertgeis. , , .
'Xuy rirnm Present. '
Among those , present, with the years of
Uwir "om1nc to Orea-oa, were;
,,P- D'Arcy, Salem. 18.V7 ; M. B. riendrlcka.
i Eaton, a lent, 1897; W. D. etillwell, Tllla.
i J0, 1844; Captain J..T. Appemon, Oregon
ritv iu7. ... i a " A' "
JWty, Captain I. B. 8anlurn, born Ore-
! goo City. 1S4; Mrs. I. B. Sanborn. Oreaon
i City.. 1850.
I Jrom Portland: Joel U. Jobnsm
SSSKSTnt-sr? t.5',
; rTV8! aWJSS? SSSf
Jl. M. K. Jut) neon, t, Jefferson street - and
invnuirsj, i"Tn in f'ortiana. lso;-- Mrs. 'i.
J. Cral. H24 Broadway. 1858; Georxe H.
Klme. 1853;. T. T. Ueer. 1851. ' .
: There were many others who arrived in
Oregon,, either b oitesm r stork express.
In the- it!es. Among these was Albert
Tosler.x3U3 Eaat Flf fr-fourf h street, former
presidee't '.of the National Editorial associa
tion, the first elected to that posit km from
wet of the Rockies, who came in .
The Oreaon Pioneer association confines
. it membership to thvae -who came to Oregon
iiu 1830 or earlier.
Others Za Attendance.
Others present; were: Fannie Ladd Baker.
lb.
y;
lie.
iAi M in lie so l street: Janey M E. Galhrea
Tualatin; Elisabeth A It bouse Merrill. Albany
.11 rs. rraok Hrewater. eoro ism at Biittevll
rwar Champoeg:; tin. Jack Fletcher and Clatnlia
rietcber. M8 Kaat Aab at. ; Anaeline B. itleh- I
ardson. Fort In iwl TineoriiM- Rmmm m Hst m '.
t v(a Pan.mi HUH- U.nbl... u Lr...lj
. uiiuiicia, jurr. ' rj- rrmie, r. r-. a.
Ilensel. 841 Third street; Alvlna 8. Meri
thew, Lenta; Mrs. l. C. Howard. 103 Eat
Nineteenth street south; Mr. and Mra.. S. V.
whard. 349 Kast ElKbth treet; ErangPllne
Short fhaw. 1220 Cast Salmon atreet: Hen
rietta Z. Kbort, S74 Spokane aTenne; Jallett
t Sk?f" !?. c,',ln'w" Jtwtj,;Hor,t'.,.8n'th!
. C. II. Allton, Bremerton. W ash. : : Kllaabeth
i.aranert wooo. harden Home: Auguata k.
Millar,, 307 Twentieth street Mary Lambert
r.h,m 307 E.gt Hixttenth atreet; Nellie h.
Lesbert. Umteenr atreet: K. P..
Fred. Arthur. Richard and Helen Biirelbnch.
1 unuton; ir. j, k. hii. Portland: jack
Rowenbure. 424, t.lar street: Matthlen ti.
Howard. S2i Tenth street: Mrs. Mrers. Linn-
1 ton: It M. Cranflll. Portland: RelnhHrt lltl.l.
wh" M,rJt,r, "nth, Elsie Crawford. Mar-
J gurlte Corteaux.T Ellen Boland. JVlnlfred Mc
conkey. Josephine Jiliwuff, William gcbeii-
Conker. Josephine JUMuff. W
bona, Frank Clarke Arerett Gtlrnn, Charles
Adsmsoo, Carroll Knntaon. Theodore Tnrple,
Either Glfford, ' Madeline Rhodes.
Franklin high i achool Warren Clark, Ben
jamin Popbam. ! ? - -
Trade sctiool Ida Bundy,
CHAMPOEG NOTES
,"John Bours hue. aged It, was born at
Vancouver, Wash
His father was a
'.Hudson Bay company man
! to Champoeg in a canoe w
He came
when he was
4 years old,; two years before- the
Champoeg,. meeting. He pointed out
the depression where the old Hudson
Bay warehouse used to stand. It was
washed away with the rest of the vil
lage by the high water of 1862.
Steve Lucier, aged Tl, lives near
Champoeg .and, was present. Me ts a
son of the late Ktienne Lucier, who !
followed F. X. Matthleu across the 1
line drawn by Joe Meek. His- father's
i. - .
and Matthleu' s votes decided the issue.
d?f M. Schults came from his farm
near Hubbard. He came from Germany
around theHorn as cabin boy of the
fore-and-aft schooner Walter Raleigh,
reachiitg Portland in 1858. He worked
rMCnmg rornana in ico. xto wuimu
at the old Occidental hotel in Port ;
lanrt. and fermed the Jink Hardlne
place near Champoeg, for 20 years.
Henry Gee. who cafrfe f rom McMinn-
ville, was born a mile and a half t rom i
'
Champoeg 50 years ago, , i
- XCad Children Before Teacups,
Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Hendricks, who
came from MeMinnvtlle, celebrated the j
xlxtteth anniversary of their wedding:
tJLnrii n. , i ' -
frhr Smiths were amonir the' heroes I
ey Smith, whose i widow made a talk
Vefiterdav. - "People ta'k about hard
times nowadays,'' she said. "Why, I
hd two children before I had a tea-
cur. vt we had all we needed and
were happy. I knew two thirds of the j
men who voted for the United States 1
at Champoeg.'
John U. smith, son of Sidney Smith,
i.ald. that his. father was ' known a.
manner of talking when excited., "My ;
and Joe Meek were very pro-
fane men, and father- told me that
when Joe made his call fat a division
he embellished his remacks in 'fine i
style. " But everyone knew what he i gur- enough, there stands the cook
meant! Father: talked the Chinook i Jn irhafei; you can see him through a
Jargon,' and used it to good effect that ! Bhell hole in the brick wall. He is
day." : f working ' and whistling the English
Big Oak Marks Orare. I Tommy's latest tune. "Good Bye, Dol.
"Ninety per cent of the school j yt j Must Leave You." -teachers
of Oregoa could not tell the We Dass three ruined farms. In the
tory of Champoeg-. meaning." 'said
!- ." w---v-T. .
a
roroantie story,
If is
oir
ty to j
diffuse it. Another little rmantie ;
story is that of Mrs. Sidney Smith. and follow broad, beaten path. 'This
When she was 17, she was one of theltpath is going toj be written down in
most beautiful girls in thi .-country, history somefimei It was beaten down
as you can see she must
ive been.
She and young Sidney
lith were
walking In the woods airing their
courtship They came to the grave
or tnai -wreai pioneer, -wmg ivuns.
They
founds an acoorythat had
sprouted.
planteef if there, and,
returning a
he yarfcwent by.
watched . its g
wtlw f Tbday it is a
spreading : oak,1
feet in diameter.
It is the only
Ewlne Young.
the grave of
, "The story of Chargpoffg should be
taught 1 the schoolsklnstead of fairy
tales and fables," sahJ Edith Tosier
Weatherred, amid applause.
:' Mrs. Minerva Hendershott Eaton, of
Salem, who spoke. Is thfe wife of J. B.
Eaton, qSfTJl e state tax commission,
and mother of Allen Ht Eaton, of" Kn-
i gene. She came to Oregon from Iowa
via Panama in 1857, apd came from
Crescent City on horseback, to Kerb
ville, where her- f athe Wj se Vjted and be-
W, I, StillwelVwno came from Til
lamook, is 91 years old. He came to
Oregon in 1844, and is a. veteran of
the Indian war of 1855.
Miss Eugenia Craig.. 324 Broadway,
daughter" of Mrs. T. J. Craig, pioneer
of 185S, contributed a reading to the
program. -y- -
Mrs. Olive Enright, of Salem., daugh-
ter of the late Alfred Stanton, a pio-
neer of 1847, was among those who
made short reminiscent talks.
Oregom's 'Settlenumt Valo,.
"The settlement of Oregon was the
first immigration move in the world's
history.. said George H. Himes, as j
sistant secretary and curator of the
Oregon Historical society, "where peo
ple plunged into a wilderness and trav
ersed 8000 miles- of wild country to
make ; new homes. In all other in
stances settlements have been made
from country to country, as from Eng
land to New England, or from com
munity to community, as ' from the
astern coast to the middle west.
Mrs. M. E.'- Morgan, of. Portland, and
Mrs. Edith Tozier Weatherred, brought
so much lunch that they "sent Addison
Bennett and i Albert Tozier canvassing
through the: crowd f for anyone who
looked os though he might be able to
eat again. At that they -had such a
plenitude that they forgot one basket,
leaving it to the-Champoeg -squirrels.
Yet they had enough to keep a large
party eating all the way down to Ore
gon City. -
. rtlSTORIC SPOT VISITED
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I
Monument at Cbampoeg and the lat
at, the gathering seven
NORTHERN FRANCE
THROUGH RUINS
OR
ESPONDENT WITH
r. -I- .ifrrr - t
Led by English Colonel,; Party Wends Its Way in Vicinity
of Ruined : Neuve Chapell e, Within Short Distance of
Germans, Expecting Every Minute to Be Shot.-
. (This is the second of the stories-in the
Shepherd series, the- first of which appeared
Wednesday. William U. Shepherd, fjulted
Press, staff correeDondeitt. is thn onir Amerl.
e repreaentlug an iDdivjcual Arnvrieaa pres
tT?.BD'lJon: ".,w. i'- ruCTn tront unocr
ar n
official credentials.)
By William G. Shepherd.
lnltd Press Btaff-Correspondetvt.)
(Copyright. 115, by the I'nlted Press. Copy
- , rigbt in Great Britain.)
With the-British Army in Northern
p i, ' inM 1 8 Y1hr" Vail to New
France- April 16 Mail to New
York.) A mile back from N'euve Cha
pelle we got out of Our automobiles.
r left wa a farmhouse with the
f, . i. . - .
WMe Klnnn tTT mil- T&Yif SIX WflV
,",.;". .
side shrine, '.tho.
straw.' on whtch psoWiefs sleep at the
foot of ther altarAn English colonel
. . - .tjZ .
ae r .
"We'll gtrin twos. he said, "Keep
your dlatance apart. They never shell
a coupie ot "i w iwur
of us togetner, tpey mum try to or op
a shell
on us."
We plunged along through tne mua
of the. road.
"They shelled this building we are
passing half sin hourago," exclaims
tne cononei. i f
The building fn question has been
shelled daily f or irmirsf days; its roof Js
almost gone- I hear a man whistling
in the bulldin
1
see Cook TOong SheU Hole.
That's the cook," said the colonel.
"tia'h rone into the Kitohen wnere
,--- a sink, to wash his dishes."
yard of one hj athinths are blooming
"Now, over across this farrfi." -ssys
sv uw j v. ..
the colonetand we ttirn off the road
by the feet bt the British soldiers who.
TO FIGHT TYPHUS
f N FAR-OFF SERBIA
Photograph . by Harris and Ewlng i
Brigadier General William C. 'Gor
, gas, : surgeon ; general - of, the
United States farmy ; and ff orrrier
chief sanitation:' officer of , the
Panama canal, ,who has ; been
'made an offer by the Rockefeller
Foundation to go to . Serbia: to
fight the typhus lever scourge.
f ' '.Z''"'o- " ,
'p; - "-7 :
y 1
l
i-o ... I
e F. X." Matthleu, who was present
ty-two years ago today.
BRimARMY
DESCRIBES HIS TRIP
TO LAND OF TRENCHES
marched to the trenches that night, of
March 9 1 and waited: lintil the signal
was given In the morning; to rush the
; trenches that spread before the vil
lage of Neuve Chapelle. ,
Frederic Vllliers, who has drawn
sketches in 18 wars and is no on his
seventeenth, stops to make a sketch.
"If you don't mind," says the Colonel
quietly, "we won't stop here. There's
a hous'e ahead. of us there; and we can
stop! behind that." I
"Why, are the Germans near here?"
says Villiers, " . " .. , ' '
"They're right over there." says the
officer. But he doesn't hurry us on.
He's used to it, but it's hard to follow
his conversation. . He. asks why tht
American military attaches were with
drawn from Germany..
I have to ask him to repeat is' Ques
tion; I can't keep my eyes off -the
trees a mils away, and it's hard to
keep my mind on American military
attaches and . those problems. ' That
house ahead will hide us from the
trees and there's nothing to keep us
from . running for j i V. except that the
colonel Is ' chatting very coolly and
striding along at anfordinary gait:
Ho Sign or xof , .
The trouble about this war is that
you never know you are on a battle
field until some one who knows atfout
it, tells you so. The English artil
is booming behind us, the shells
their long, hollow, echoing tun
through the air. But in all the
land around us, broken only now and
then by the 'wrecks of shelled houses
there is not a sign, of burcmin lite
except ourselves. : y: .
"You are not afraid of the English
gune behind you, and there is not the
slightest sign ahead of you. Just-now,
that indicates danger. It takes a guide
like the colonel, whose- daily, pathway
to the trenehes lies along this route, to
tell you all about it. He knows the
road, the clumps of bushes beside it.
the irrigation ditches, the hollows, the
few trees, like a commuter knows hiss
way to work in the morning, t
We reach the shelter of the house
and while Villiers does bis sketeb, the
coinnel says:' ? - .
"That's rather a bad stretch across
there. I . lose a man every now and
then from bullets that fly over the
embankments of our trenches. It's
worse along toward evening, than it is
now because then the Germans can't
pick out our trencht line s; well In the
gloom and many of their shots go wild
at dusk.". -,.-"."..- j -
We start off down a road.- We corns
to -a portal; , huge piles of -sandbags
form a gateway and walls of sandbags
st retcb to the right" and- left of the
road. We pass through this gateway,
Orj. our right wafsee that the pile of
randbags shiftswid runs parallel with
the. "roadway. Soldiers ar sitting at
the foot of tn bag walls, some read
ing! others' ektng or fussing around
the, little chareoal -stoves. -'
Za XutnA of TrBShes.Vir V?
We turn and walk over" toward, them
across a green, sunlit clearing s big
as an erainary iront yara. we follow
along in the -side of the bag wall.
Suddenly we notice that we arVwelk.
irtg in a ditch, clothes hang- from ) the
earth walls here and there, a shoe
Sticks! out from beneath a cloth, you
trip over it, you discover; it tant' an
empty shoe, it is Jerked out of sight
you hear a" grunt from beneath tht
cloth; you've t discovered the first
trench dugout, and. In doing so you've
awakened a soldier, whoserwork hours
are at night, and whose sleeping time
comes when he can find it in thc day.
light. , ; , -
- And then it dawns upon you thst
you're' in that strange and- weird land
of the trenches. . :- . . - . .
Boys Who Wrecked
V- Auto Told to Pay
i'.'Pay up or be treated as men. was
the proposition made to Harry Mor
rison, 1,7, and Herbert Graham, It. by
Judge Gatens of the. juvenile court
yesterday. The boys took an automo
bile belonging! to E. Freytag last Sun
day, took two; 1 -year-old giris along,
drove about town at high speed and
finally tipped the machine over about
midnight et Main -and King streets.
Fortune was- with the party- and
all escaped. Neither boy - had ever
driven a. jtt before.. Freytag'a ma-
D00R T0 FIRE ESCAPE
LOCKED AND THE KEY
COULD NOT
Grand Jury, Find$: Lack of
. Fire, Protection at Oeten-
,tion Home and Baby -Home
recommendations; MADE
Body la Tavor of Ssoponlag HockpUe
". So That Prisoners Kay Bs
Tut to Work.
' Lack of proper fire protection at the
Fragier Detention :j home . and Baby
home were two of th points empha
sised by the February grand Jury in
its final report to Circuit Judge Gatens
yesterday. .! At the Detention home the
body- reported they found the door to
a lire escape on the upper floor locked
ana the key missing. It was recom
mendajd that the fire chief be requested
to investigate each institution and that
his recommendation be followed -with
out delay.
'Over insurance is commonly" prac
ticed and arson often committed, ".the
report says under the caption. Arson,
and the suggestion was made that
county officials lend their influence
to the crushing of the menace. .The
opinions of the grand. Jury were drawn
from arson cases investigated during
its term. - .
WoUla Heopea XockpUes.
The opening of the county rockpiles
that prisoners might be worked - and
rock produced for county road work was
urgedr tha jury reporting that many men
were found idle and content In Jail
and that use of the ; rockplle might
prove a deterrent to those who seek
only a comfortable existence and, who
commit crimes punishable by Jail sen
tences that they, may break into jail.
Examination of - election . frauds la
precinct 87 resulted la recommendations
that no boards be permitted to work
overtime, that members of boards . be
permitted to serve on only one board
at any- election and that c-nly one mem
ber of a family be permitted to serve
as an election official, in any "one pre
cinct. - - -
Correction of irregularities due . to
ignorance or carelessless was sug
gested as the grand jury reported it
found from . testimony, offered that
there is a common practice of irregu
lar' and illegal methods through ignor
ance or carelessness, which, although
done without corrupt or fraudulent in
tent, easily lend themselves to such
uses." l ' :
' To Kama' Committee. '
The appointment-of a comthlttee of
experts at once to investigate condi
tions at the Detention homeland imme
diate action to correct bad conditions
found there was- urged. Tho Jury re
ported the physical condition found to
be one of neglect and detrimental to
the uplifting of children sent there for
care. . segregation, ox ' delinquent ana
dependent children k was advocated.
Repair of grounds and the ' building
were urged. A- school to care for de
linquents who cannot be sent to the
reform school - apart from - the .home
was. rteonfnandcd. s :r-:.:.v-'T-'--
Following othsr -rswli. juries the
body just discharged ; recommended
construction of a new county hospital.
saying that money iarm . errort- are
wasted In the present antiquated and
inadequate building, i The conditions at
the county Jail, the city Jail and Mult
nomah county -farm were found most
satisfactory. The work pt District At
torney Evans and his deputies was
praised.., . y 1
During . its three months of service
the - grand - Jury , examined ill wit
nesses, returned 119 Indictments and
brought in it not true bills. "Frederick
H. Strong, manager of tho Ladd estate,'
was roreman and -w. T. wewoy was
secretary of the investigating body;
line was damaged to the extent of
265 and. the boys were ordered to ar-
rarfge'to pay this amount to Mr. Frey
tag on run chances 1 of leniency in
either the district or municipal court.
iliming's
These are fufl 9x12 fcuga; heavy piUjjtot to frreon
founded, with the light-weight .- rugs commonly of
fered. 4 Many beautif ul patterns, including the small
conventional designs now so popular, as well as nevS
mm '-' se . s at w ..
rtorai aesigns., . special this
at only
$62.50 Quar. Oak Dining-Room Set $39.95
Fine, substanttiar sets jn' cither golden or fumed quartercl
-oak, handsomely: finished. - , J. T
-One Buffet, Regular $25.00 . . . This rlfHA A PC
One Table, Regular $22.50 . . .'Week ihJt
Si Chairs, Regular $15.00 . . . Only
': Seooad and. SCorrlsoa Store
Mattress Special
Regi " $1 1 .50 ' Layer Felt
Mattresses, 40-pound arr
tick, roll edgesA f Q
Special . ; . . - 10
f ' and Morrii
iii. ii .i.nS- ,
Heniry Jerimairiig
Evers' Sister Tries .
To' Commit. Suicide
it y - j - : v'fr-'''
She aTamptr Zato i Hast Hlver, but. Zs
Yalta Out by a Teat and a VoUes
maa' Hefased, Hmtsaaea to Hospital.
" New Tork, May J, (L N. 8.) Mrs.
Jan Denning, who says she Is a sister
to Johnny Evers, famous second base
man of the Boston Braves, leaped Into
the East river at Thirty-first street
today in an attempt to commit sui
cide. Joseph Apento, a youth,-climbed
down' a pole below the dock and caught
Mrs.: Denning by the waist as she rose
to the surface. -K k '-:
"LeC me go," she cried, straggling
to free herself. ' Steadying himself by
holding to a projecting spike, - Apento
held- Mrs.' Denning's bead above the
water until witnesses to the struggle
summoned Patrolman MsCorrtuck.
The patrolman dragged the woman
from the water and sent her to Belle
u hospital.
Mrs. - Denning, the jKrilce say, de
cided to end her llfe-berati she could
not induce Bellevue nopual authori
ties to admit her for ti atmnt. v
MISS PORTLAND WILL
CLEAN UP SPICK AND
SPAN PRESENT VEEK
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"": .1. ,. . I. ; . :v. . , . 1
Broom and Scrubbing Brush
and Rake Will Be Used. to
";, Advantage, i
: Miss Portland is going to clean house
this "week,. . She has been getting ready
for the event for soma time. She has
spied out many dirty spots and is now
ready to go after them. She has prided
herself on being a pretty good house
keeper all tha time, but in the tidiest
at hmiMi there li-nul tar a sren-
oral spring bousecleanin. 'i.
This is tne week tnat tne broom ana
the rake will be much used. And more
amateur painters will be occupied with
a paint bucket and brush this week
than ever before. - They -will 4o the
small Jobs of brightening up porches.
flower boxes and rences.- The regular
painters will be busy in covering many
houses -with' new coats of attractive
color. f--:-v-f x , ; -- '
Wide spread response has been given
to the efforts of the Portland Chamber
of Commerce to make "cleanup and
paint-up" week in Portland an Import
ant event. , Appeal' has been made to
many organizf-tions to cooperate In the
movement and enthusiastic support
has been promised. '
Letters were, sent to the physicians
of tha city; among others, asking their
cooperation. Here is what one physi
cian said in reply:. . - .
"Want, to put the doctors out of
business, do you? With 'good water
and a salubrious climate and an abund
ance of fresh food most of the doctors
are idle loafers now, Now add to this
cleanliness, personal and property, and
the medical men will have to seek an
honest means of livelihood. But I am
with you just the same. I am having
my house painted and lawn mowed,
and when the .painters get their stuff
out I will flush out the garage."
Herbert C. Miller of the North Paci
fic colleger gives assurances that there
win -be some cleaning up over' that
way.-, - ; -
"'Next week " is final' examination
week for the senior class of North Pa
cific College." wrote3 Mr. Miller to the
Chamber of Commerce committee, "and
is therefore literally a clean-up week
for- us, as we are preparing to decorate
10 or more students with sheepskins.
We will most heartily cooperate with
yo in this great movement." a- J
.Clean-up week is statewide, the cam
paign having been launched - many
weeks ago by the State Federation of
Women's clubs, 'i Reports from ' all
parts of the state 'indicate that the
state is to be cleaned from cellar to
garret.- , .
Work of painting many o the busi
ness houses was started- last week.
The Ladd Tilton bank -and the United
States National are being painted. Sev
eral First street merchants are paint
ing their stores.
Holds a
wee A OP
.The O'Cedar Mop
Cleans, dusts and polishes at
one operation hardwood floors,
furniture, pictures, autos and
carriages. '
- Mops 75c to $1.50 ,
Polish 25c Upward :
V
CAPTAIN IN COMMAND
PENDING AN ELECTION
sasaaaaajsaaaisiiaSiisSI 11 11 - "I nr lir ) mm-
Charles W. Helme, commanding
Cornp'uiy . D, Third infantry, O.
N. G. Captain Helmo has been
the. first lieutenant in Troop A
of the cavalry for soma months.
He is an experienced ' infantry
officer, . and has seen service In
the United States army as a
lieutenant. : Ha succeeds Captain
Frank S. Sever, retired,! and has
been assigned ' to the command
pending an election by the men.
Registration Books
; Closed Last Night
Citizens of Portland qualified to vote
who failed lo ' register or to correct
any rrors in their registration must
now be content to be'sworn in as vot
ers when theygo to the polling places
June 7 to vote in the city elections
for .the registration books closed at
10 o'clock last night. Accurate fig
ures on the registration in the city will
not be available' for a week. Com
paratively : few have registered since
the books opened in March for the
special road bonding election and the
City election as the majority oj the
voters registered Inst fall. - The great
er number of , those visiting the reg
istration offices went to note changes
of address:
Fly Campaign to :
Begin Tomorrow
The fly campaign starts in earnest
tomorrow and from then on the slogan
will be "swat the f ly." fc City Health
Officer M. B. Marcellus, the school
board and other organisations are co
operating and hope to put several thou
sand flies out of existence before sum
mer begins. " ; - t : -.:
About 5000 fly trans made bv bovs
of tire manual training, classes of the
schools under the direction of ?f T,
Kerchan, manual training director, are
to be used. ; Before This work Is com
pleted it 1 expected that 10.000 will
be made. Boys in the various schools
are to beappointed deputy sanitary in
spec tors f assist In the campaign.
IJuiSeimerJ to Be -Laid
to Best Today
: Funeral of F. ft. rturkhetm.
and real esUte agettt. will be held thi
aiternoon at z:" o'clock from the H
man cnapei. Third and 'Salifeoastre
Kabbl Rlrwh will mniiiiKt (ii.
and interment' will be at Beth Israel
cemetery,
Mr,- Durkheimer died" at the Good
SanrjgrJtan hospital early yesterday
morning as a result f being struck
' -
AH
In thS ?ace of hitrh&r nrire?; nn 'Carnftts nf 1
--rvmills, the2 fast advance
orrer aecioa reauctions on a magnificent
stock of neV Carpets bought before the ad
vahce. You will not be able again to buy
Carpets at the prices we are making this
wccn, we &U11C11 yuurCafriy selections rrom
Thbtioantl
oixtee
n
Axminqter WJ
Keduced
A May sale of mammoth. proportions, involving Mic largest
stock of carpets in the northwests iJote the prices carefully
and compare quality with any other. carpet offer: ' '
; $1.35 Brujssels Carpete . . 90c
01.10 Bruscels Carpets .j . 78c
$l;60 Axmin5ter Carpets $1.23
We Showf dozens of, new patterns in these fine carpets; The
! special prices include sewing, lining and laying on your floors.
.Measurements carefully made, and your entire satisfaction
guaranteed.
Lawn Mowers, Garden Hose, Garden Tools.
White Mountain. ice Cream Freezers
and Washington Sts.
CUJlQ1& Second and Morrison Sts.
CITY CAMPAIGN TO .
BE LAUNCHED THIS
WEEK WITH ENERGY
Candidates for Comnlissioncr
: and 'Auditor Tuning Up Big
Vocal Demonstration, .
PETITIONS AREI ON FILE
Two City Commissioners and Ov Aud-
ltoir To Be rieoted Under
Commission Xorm.
City election is abewt. five' weeks
away. That will - be five weeks of
bustle for seven men wjfto ssplre to be
elect el city commlsalonerand at least
two who are in the j race for city
auditor. Two city commissioners aro
to be elected and one auditor.
Time for flung nominating petitions
rame -Wednesday and, that mornln?
five of the candidates for commission
er and thetwo for auditor made offi
cial entrance into the race. The Other
two ' candidates for commissioner filed
yesterday. They are
f Commissioners
L. Brewster,
C. A: Blgelow and Wl
who are seeking reelection. The other
candidates - for -' commissioner , are
CJeoi ge L. Baker. C. V,
IV. Caldwell. William Adams snd Dr
George, ParrisriK
For auditor the cendi
dates are Aud-
Itor A. L. Barbur, seeking reelection.
and Monroe Goldrtein.
: X Campaign on
Jfow.
This is the second election since the
city went under the commission form
of government. j I
This week the campaign will get
under full swing. All of the. candi
dates have been hustling for several
weeks, but from new ion their work
will be better organised.
- For the last two days George Baker
has been Hi In b-d with the grip. H
said last night he expected to be out
again Monday , with renewed energy.
He said he had no campaign manager
or anyone-authorised id speak for him
A few days ago E. Lj Amidon an
nounced that he had resigned as secre
tary of the Republican county com
mittee in order to be fre to work for
Baker. '. ' i I ,
C. V. Cooper has opened campaign
headquarters on the second floor of tho
Chamber of Commerce building. Out
side the building he has displayed u
large campaign banner. ' C. H. Tribe,
Wno handled the campaign of the hop
growers, when they were fighting th
prohibition amendment, Jhas charge of
Cooper's headquarters, -3
For Dr. Parrlsh, , Ferdinand Reed,
known as a wily politician, is keeping
the campaign machinery oiled end run
ning smoothly. Dr. Parrlsh Is making
a very active campaign, j
- Caldwell Zs Active.
Mr. Caldwell is very active among,
his friends. He has campaign card
out and says he is leaving notntng un
done that will promote his Interests.
C. C. Hall, well known essUlder, In
helping Commissioner Blgelow get his
campaign under way. while A. F. Fie
gel Jr. hca opened campaign headquar
ters for Commissioner Brewster In tho
Falling building. j
. No grasa in allowed to grow under
the feet of William Adams, who glveu
indication, that he will iraak as on
of the firHfcrjckiss hustlers before the
campaign Is over. ! 1
v But so farthe people have not
shown much enthusiasm i in the mat
ter," remarked one of the candidates
last night ' r f. -. ''--;(., .
Friday, by an auto driven by Joseph C.
Gibson,' real estate man with offices
in the Gerllnger building. The driver
Of the machine said Mr, Durkheimer
stepped out of a crowd directly in
front of the machine, which was mov
ing slowly. -
Mr. Durkheimer was 64 years of age.
His home was In Lent ay
The entire world - produces a total
of 1,000,000,000- tons -of coal annually.
Aa
being oh May i$t, we
7;
IhiG Week
IV
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