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MAN FAfiFIl iiinii miu I nuLu AFRICAN DANGERS IS IN PORTLAND Dr. Buchanan, Explorer, Lecturer, , Journalist, Clergyman, Friend of Notable Men, Is Paralyzed. INTERESTING CHARACTER CONFINED TO HIS ROOM ' - , ' '' 3 In a quiet little room in the Pat ton Home, his body racked with pain, and his limbs almost useless from paralysis, liven one of the most Interesting characters in Portland. He is Ir. George Davidson Bu chanan, explorer, lecturer, journal ist, clergyman and intimate associ ate with the great and the near ere at. Because of his acquaintance with a . host of notable persons of the past generation, his experiences n Stanley's trail in the heart of Africa and his exposure of the atrocities in the Congo, his life story Is'of wide interest. He was a pulpit Orator, and thousands of men and women all over the English speak tog world have heard his lectui as. Though hg has been crippled by paralysis for eeveral years, his mind itill retains its vigor. An intimate friend of the late Cecil Rhodes and of Barney Barnato, of Drummond. philosopher and theologian, and of Melba the singer and many other famous men and women, Buchanan tuts many anecdotes which he relates to cccaslonal callers. It is a far cry, how ever, from pulpit and lecture platform, and the thrills of his earlier years to the isolation of the Patton home, which few people take the trouble to visit. HADE FRIENDS OF PYGMIES Dr. Buchanan was the lirst white man to enter the heart of Africa over Stan ley's trail, and during that trip he met and became friendly with several tribes of pygmies. They were not only a tiny people, but timid, with habitations built ,ln the trees close to the jungle rivers. At first they fled before him, but when he dtsmlseftt his native escort they lowly approached and finally clambered all over him, glvlnjj free play to their curiosity. Thus the big white man won their friendship, which he made firm by gifts of beads, calico and trinkets. When he left the first tribe of tiny people he had a march of three days before he came upon another tribe and was surprised when a delegation came forward and welcomed him. To this day '' Dr. Buchanan has not been able to fig ure out how the news of his coming reached that second tribe. riOCBED IN BIG EXPOSE He was one of the first newspaper men to expose the atrocities inflicted upo,n the natives of the Cd'ngo by the ivory, slave and rubber traders. The story of those crimes was written for an English syndicate, and the truth so embittered "those in charge of affairs In the Congo that Dr. Buchanan fled to Kngland, as he feared a price would be put upon his head. He finally re- j ?- r i iii ass .'.v.l .9,V.1,.,,,.,.'.WM -if v ! Dr. George Davidson Buchanan turned to America for greater safety. It is more than 35 years since Dr. Buchanan left Capetown. South Africa, but a few months ago he received a long letter from there filled with deep ap preciation of his work. This letter was signed by many persons of prominence In the life of Capetown, and was filled with expressions of love for the man. Dr. Buchanan has held pulpits tn Presbyterian churches in various parts of the world. He held pastorates in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia. Melba was his soloist at the last named city. He was also pastor of churches In Scot land, In England and America. He gave a course of lectures in Port land in 1910-11, almost the last work he did on the platform, as he was stricken with illness early In 1913, and has been at the Patton home since. ALL HOTEL ROOMS ARE ENGAGED FOR SHRiNERS WEEK Reservations Still Coming and Many Are Bejng Delayed; Vis- uors to uex rine welcomes Only One-Third of Taxes Are Paid, and Only 7 Days to Go Multnomah county's freeholders are not paying their taxes as quickly as they did last year, according to a statement issued at the close of business Saturday night by Shefiff Hurlburfs tax office. With only seven more days in which to pay before the penalties are imposed hardly more than a third of the levy has been collected. To and Including March 26, the total collections were $1,657,290.23 and for this amount 39,167 receipts had been issued. To and including the same date in 1919. with a smaller assessment roil and fewer payers, the amount collected was $1,633,248.51 and the number of receipts was 41.058. For the next seven days, the taxes must come in at a, rate of $621,000 a day if the balance of the first half due April 5 is made up. The total balance unpaid of the first half is $4,346,209.00. Portland's 11,000 rooms In her 200 hotels have all been engaged for the week of June 22-24. as sleep ing quarters for the thousands of visitors who will attend the national Shrine convention at that ' time. Many more thousand rooms will be needed in private homes of the Rose City to care for the huge crowd. Reservations for visiting delegates are being made dally at the Shrine head quarters in the Gasco building. Most of these are from afar. Residents of Oregon. Washington and Idaho particu larly are delaying their reservations for hotel accommodations. RESERVATIONS ARE DELATED The executive committee has requested that these reservations be made at once, so that the visitors may be properly placed and cared for. Portlanders having rooms available are requested to list them at Shrine head-j quarters. Main 3800 or Main 3801. ! Hotel men and restaurant owners say they will spare no expense in arranging for the Bleeping and eating accommoda tions of the visitors. The Hotel Men's and Caterers' associations have agreed that there shall be no increase In res taurant prices during convention week, and profiteering will not be tolerated. The Shrine convention will be the big gest event ever staged by the order. In the three days there will be five big parades, dances at the various temple headquarters, dansants, teas, movie dis plays from Los Angeles and many other unannounced stunts. TO"CLIA5 UP CITY To make Portland the cleanest city in the world during Shrine and Rose Festival week is the aim of the general committee which has asked that citizens give them all possible aid. The com mittee has asked that weeds and grass be cut from all lots, vacant and other wise ; that wood be carried in early bo the streets will not be obstructed un necessarily by unsightly woodpiles and debris; that all "for rent" or "for sale" signs on houses or lots, unless they are unusually large, be taken down ; that rose bushes be trimmed and boulevards beautified. Every resident bf Portland wants to be known as a good fellow and those who own cars are urged to do all they can to give the visitors a lift when pos sible. Automobile owners are also urged not to park their cars In the business sections of the city during the week of Shrine convention and Rose Festival. MAYOR MAKES APPEAL "We cannot urge too strongly on the people of Portland the need for careful and proper treatment of the thousands who will be here that week," said Mayor Baker yesterday. "It means more for the city than could be estimated In the coin of the realm and the city officials might add that they are in hearty ac cord with the efforts of the Shriners to make Portland's fame greater and wider as a result of the session of the Imperial Council and the 1920 Rose Festival." Railroads will be taxed to their ca pacity In bringing to Portland In June Shrinera from the 147 temples through out the country. Forty cars will bring the Philadelphia contingent Lulu temple already has ar ranged to travel in three sections of 10 and 11 cars each, and ! attempting to secure a fourth section for the trip west to attend the imperial council session, June 22-24, inclusive. OTHER DELEGATIONS HASTED Ilam temple, San Francisco, is com ing 10 cars strong; Egypt at Tampa, Fla., will bring 11 cars, and Medinah already has arranged to travel in two sections of 14 cars each and possibly v-ill require a third section to carry tbx crowd. Previous information from the Chicago temple indicated that more than 1000 would come from the windy city. Aladdin, at Columbus, Ohio, Is send ing a special train of 14 cars, while Kajah, at Reading, Pa, is traveling in two sections of 10 cars each. Syria at Pittsburg is coming in a special train of 10 cars, as also is Alhambra from Chattanooga, Tenn but it will require a special train of 12 cars to handle Ara rat from Kansas City. CONCESSIONS ARE OIVEJT Important concessions for Shrine week were announced Saturday by the gen eral committee following a meeting of the concessions committee. The 'Continental Producing company was named as . the official moving pic ture photographers. O. E. Sanderson was designated official "still picture" photographer. To the Paul Sales company went the contract for selling aluminum Shrine symbols for automobile fronts and a smaller design for windshields, as well as the privilege to sell postcard albums. A similar privilege went to H. P. Emery. Waller Bros, have the privilege to sell an emblem for window decorations and for windshields. Mrs. -Eliza R. Barchus will. have the privilege of selling postcard reproduc tions of her paintings of Mount Hood and Crater lake. Two Important concessions were not let by the committee, but will be an nounced later. These are the soft drink and food rights in the grandstands and the balloon and pennant and allied privileges on the streets. PLANT FOR MAKING PAINT IS ESTABLISHED; TO REFINE COAL TAR Building on Linnton Road Leased From Shell Oil Company by W. E. Sealey. W. E. Sealey has leased the building formerly occupied by the Shell Oil com pany on the Linnton road and installed a plant for refining coal tar and the manufacture of Webfoot paint. The plant will be in operation about April 1 with 12 men on the payroll, according to Sealey. Raw products used by the concern about ii years ago, but was discon tinued in 1911 when Sealey moved to Los Angeles. METSCHAN IS DEAD AFTER LONG ILLNESS (Continued Trom Pig Oat.) Columbia. In 1861 he came to Oregon and in 1862 he and a companion launched a bakery on Front street, between Ash and Pine streets. In the following year gold fever proved an epidemic in Portland under the. inspiration of recent discoveries on Canyon creek. Grant coun'y, and Mets chan rushed with the throngs to Canyon creek. There he operated a store for years, meanwhile holding county offices. It was In 1890 that he was called by a popular vote from Canyon City to Salem, where he served as state treas urer for eight years. Two years after settling in Canyon City, Metschan was man led to Miss Mary Schaum. who died In Salem in 1885. Later he married Mrs. F. D. are secured from the Portland Gas & Coke company, being byproducts in the i Sweetser of oan Rafael, Cal manufacture Of gas. Processes used in HOTEL IS ESTABLISHED the refinement of coat tar and the Following his period in the mu iun, oi painis were invemea ; treasurer s office, by the economical than methods formerly used, are said to result in a higher quality of output. The ealey concern is the only one of its kind in Oregon and with the ex ception of a small plant at Tacoina it ployed as a farm hand at $50 a month. His mules recuperated from their long travels because floods Interfered with farm work during the winter, and In the spring Metschan sold the animals and joined the gold stampede to British Co lumbia. His interest in gold proved short lived and he promptly came to Oregon. f Writing to his fjkther in Oermany'. under date of Augr-it 1, 1862, Metschan Bald : "This city is a fitting-out place for another mining secSoo. I arrived here after a two-day ocean trip on June 8. The place seemed llyely and I concluded to establish a bakery In partnership with another baker, a business which was needed here, as there were only twp bakeries ,to supply a population of 4000, besides the many strangers who were continually returning to the mines. "We rented a house for $35 a. month. The building being an old one and very much neglected cost us considerable for repairs. We had worked on the building only one week when the river, owing to melting Snows in the moun tains, rose to such a height that th oldest inhabitants, except Indians, could i nof remember such high water. This ex- i perience spoiled our calculations, for the SCITY OFFICIALS ELATED TRACT ACQUIRED PLAYGROUNDS OVER FOR Work of Grading Begins to Make Attractive Spot for East Portland Children. "l feel that the city made a splendid purchase In obtaining the Buckman tract to care for the needs of children in East Portland," said Commissioner Pier, in charge of the park bureau. In commenting on the acquisition Friday of the site south of the Benson IMy is tne oniy rennery or coal tar in the Northwest. The paint turned out mt the Sealey factory is manufactured from' paraphine asphaltum and tar cre osote. It is impervious to moisture and Is practically fireproof. state record of which Metschan was widely known in the state, he returned to Portland, and here, in 1899 he established the Im perial hotel at Broadway and Wash ington streets, and throughout the re maining years of his -life was actively in charge of its affairs until his fatal illness appeared, when he surrendered the reins to his sons, leaving Phil Metschan Jr. as manager. Metschan's connection with Oregon's political history made him a valuable technic high school. lower part of the city in which our house r The tract contains 64 block and was iicnuired from various owners for $10-.- was located, was uilder water three feet. Through this experience we lost a full month and sustained a loss of at least $300. ' : "On July 10 we started the second time and one week thereafter were ! ready. You may ilsk "how is It possible to become indebted so much? "It Is very simple. Our oven cost $300. Then we had to have a horse and wagon to deliver the bread to our customers, costing $350. Everything else in propor tion. Business was good the first month. It is not so good at present, but one is his own master, and I earn more, even now, than if I were working for other people. Old residents tell me that this TOO, The property is assessed at $!6, 810. Ownership of the laud was dis-tritmu-l among several private Indi viduals, which necessitated much work in aoiulrim; title, a-i-oording to Deputy City Attorney Lionel Mackay. who han dled the lejial hide of the transaction. Installation of playground apparatus lo expected to be completed early In June, according to l'iper. Workmen alreudy have started filling In low places and grading other portions pre paratory to fitting up a" beautiful play- kaVwowTOl tCmmui'JKa I Announcing THAT WE HAVE A TREAT FOR MUSIC LOVERS IE wish that you would accept this invitation to hear a recital For an instrument has been in vented which reaches new heights in the art of reproducing music The Cheney. With tones serenely pure and sweet, it reflects the tones of instruments and artists .as perfectly as a crystal mirror reflects your figure, n Of ClHIIEMIErsr is fundamentally different from all other phonographs. It embodies a series of revolutionary acoustic inveiv tions which adapt the sweet purity of the violin and the majesty of the pipe organ to tone reproductiona. Even piano records, the despair of the ordinary, phonograph, are perfectly played by The Cheney. You recognize the timbre of the piano tones the very touch of the artist. Records take on new beauty overtones hitherto lost, burst forth Come and hear The Cheneyyou will appreciate within five minutes what pages of type cannot describe. CHENEY TALKING MACHINE COMPANY See the Cheney and hear it played at G- F- Johnson JPiano (Jo. 147-149 SIXTH STREET, PORTLAND CHICKEIKG MKHIIX-FACK ARB-MARSH A1X ' WESBE1L PIANOS MAKTIJT MELODT "t" SAXOPHONES I 111 "The Longer You Play It The Sweeter It Grows MYERS SUCCESSOR I fVLK is 6UNC0MB (Continued From Pace On.) nearly all employes are Republicans, so far as tbeir politics are known. Since the president placed all postoffices under civil service ratings, about 600 cases have been reviewed, but only four or five new ratings ordered, which shows ex ceedingly small percentage of cases in which civil service finding are reversed. Many large offices have been handled in this time, and senators are generally so well satisfied with results they acqui esce in selections made as result of com petitive examinations. REJECTIONS RARE Senators still have a veto on nomlna- tions personally obnoxious to them, but rejections are rare. Balancing the few cases where con troversies have arisen are others told In the cloakrooms, where efforts to set aside successful aspirants in examina tions have met with failure. It Is known in one case, personal appeal was made to President Wilson himself, where only a shade of difference in ratings existed, but the appointment went to a Repub lican instead of the man In whom a high official of the administration was inter ested. Cases of this sort early in the game have served to discourage politi cians since that time, ft is realized that in some places stories are published for political reasons purporting to forecast nominations. TRACES TO ilYERS Such forecasts are good when they deal with the business experience and standing of candidates, and bad when they assume that politicians will control the appointment. This is the experience everywhere, and will doubtless prove the same at Portland. Publication in Portland of stories to the effect that United States Marshal Alexander Is the probable 'choice are believed traceable to former Postmaster Myers, who met repeated rebuffs in Washington in his efforts to secure further consideration, and has sought to shoulder responsibility for his undoing on Chamberlain. Under the name of Wehfoot naint councilor to his party, and he retained this product is used extensively for a Personal interest in political affairs roofing and by fishermen for preserv ing the wood of their boats and traps. It may be -used on wood, iron or cement. The Sealey company also manufac tures a lacquer which is said to pre serve iron and steel from rust. The output of the plant will amount to approximately 180,000 annually at the outset, according to Sealey, and later additions will greatly Increase the vol ume. The business was started here is the dullest season of the year and the 1 ground site. At leiiwt one good bnwv until the last. ' He was no less less prominent as a fraternalist and promi nently known to many lodgemen as past grand master of both the Masonic and the I. O. O. F. lodges. He was a Scot tish Rite Mason and Shriner, and be longed to Portland lodge No. 142. B. P. O. Elks, as well as the A. O. U. W. JOINS GOLD STAMPEDE It is recorded ot Metschan that when he arrived in California in 1861 with a span of travel-worn mules he was em- farmers arp harvesting, which lias a depressing effect on business. "Oregon is a vert- fertile state, and by far the best fruit land in America. The apples, peafs, plums, etc., are the finest I have ever seen.! 1 enjo them very much." ' Funeral services; will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, probably in the rooms of the Masonic grand lodge. Services will be under the direction of the Oregon grand lodge of MaBons and interment will be at Rlverview cemetery. The body is at Holman's parlors. ball diamond will We laid oul within the nfxt two months. No slrrublery will be planted this spring, it Is announced by I'ark Superintendent C. I. Keyscr. "The place Is right and I'm more than satisfied with the ucquioillon "In every uetail." said Piper. "The city Is for tunate in being able to obtain property that will servo ,so many children. If we can purchase the property bounded by Seventeenth, Twentieth, Taylor and Belmont streets I will feel that the cen tral east side district is well provided with playground property." Back from his trip to Washington. D. C. where he sought rehearing of the department's action deposing him as Portland postmaster, Frank S. Myers had nothing to say Saturday night as to results of his journey. "As you have noticed," Myers said Saturday night, "the post office depart ment does not yet regard the matter as settled and I don't care to discuss my trip." Since Myers' appointment, the post matership of Portland has come under civil service, and applications for the succession under the regime last Tuesday were received at Washington. A number of Portland men are known to have made bids for the appointment Robert Barclay post office inspector of Spokane, is stifl acting postmaster. Article on Twins by Journal of Heredity The readers of The Sunday Journal will recall an interesting article printed last Sunday detailing- the result of re cent scientific research In regard to twins. The material In this article "was taken from the Journal of Heredity, which is the official organ of the Amer lcen Genetic association of Washington. A paragraph to that effect was in the article giving credit to the Journal of Heredity, but in reducing the type matter to fit the space limitation on the page this important paragraph, among others, was cut out. The facta stated in the article should have been credited to the Journal of Heredity. Solicitor Is Warned Washington. March J7.- L N. S.) Robert W. Williams of Tallahassee. Fla., was today named as solicitor of the de partment of agriculture. r UNION DENTISTS Dr. Fred MelKsh It TEAKS IS POETLAND Honest. Conscientious Dentistry Examination Free 2311 MORRISON COKNEB SECOND TVLCPHONK: , MAIN MM mter ?ouge of (Quality var ONE WHOLE WINDOW NEW ARRIVALS Ladies Plain and Brogue OXFORDS, PUMPS and SOUTHERN ties, HAND turned and GOODYEAR WELTS, MILITARY, PEDESTRIAN, FRENCH leather and COVERED heels, in BROWN and BLACK SURPASS kid, Pat. colt and LOTUS Mahogany CALF. The REGULAR PRICE of these SHOES is from $12.00 to $16.00 EXTRA SPECIAL until EASTER ONLY, $10.00. 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