Arizona republican., 1905-11-05
HE SAW THE RUINS
Return of Irving H. Andrews from the
 Portland Fair.

Irving H. Andrews. of the firm of F.. l.. Andrews and Son, yesterday morn ing returned from a trip that extended over a perfod of three weeks to points on the Pacific coast. Portland San Francisco, and Los Angeles were the cities visited and the trip, although primarily made for stock purchasing purposes, allowed an opportunity for pleasure that MT. Andrews did not overlook.
 He reached Portland the day after the LewIs and Clark exposition closed. but visited the grounds and witnessed the work of the different department chiefs in packing and preparing for shipment many of the exhibits. The Japanese and Oriental exhibits were largely sold at auction, the representa- tives from abroad prefeFring to sell all possible with a view of saving the expense of shipment. In connection with the sale of the Japanese exhibit, Mir. Andrews tells how very clever swindle was stopped before it reached successful ending, by the police of Portland. A man by the name of Grigsby took space in most of the pa pers of the city and also caused to be placed in windows, advertisements announcing that an organIzation was being formed by the name of the So- ciety of Japanese Art Admirers, the members of which were to be allowed to take chances on drawing as a prize the Japanese exhibit.
 Memberships in the society sold at prices ranging from $1 to LOCO, a per son drawing numbers to determine what his membership would cost The affair worked well for the promoter, and it is said he sold many tickets and got away before the police discov- cred that he was a swindler and warn ed the public. Their discovery of the scheme came about by the Japanese officials advertising an auction of the same goods Grigsby was going to give away as a prize. The auction was at tended by large crowds and many rare bargains in bFieabfac were secured at very low prices.
 While MT. Andrews was in Portland, and on the 24th day of October, the coldeSt day that section had eXperi- enced for years came upon them, the thermometer registering down towards tine zero mark. MT. Andrews being from Arizona, noticed the cold Meath- CT perhaps more than the Portland residents, but he says he came near freezing to death and many times longed for the sunshine of Phoenix. The usual business setback experience ed by cities following in the wake of an exposition, Mir. Andrews says the people of Portland hope to offset by the impetus to trade circles that the construction of several railroads by James J. Hull is giving that section.
 After leaving Partland, Mr. Andrews paid a visit to San Francisco, where l he met and renewed his acquaintance | with Ben Coleman, q former resident of Phoenix. It was while enreute to | Mf. Coleman's home in 0okland that the ferry he was on was rammed by l a lumber schooner and d bad accident l was narrowly aNerted. The lumber l schooner was not loaded, so 1t cut inta l the ferry boat at q point above tae I water line and no great damage fur 1 tller than the hole it made was sus- l tained At the time the collision oc- cured a dense fog covered the bay l When the schooner drew back from l the ferry it could be seen that its nane was "The Phoenix" and Mr. An l drews WAS at once accused of being l the he@deo by reason of the fact that he was Q Phoenielan.
 On his way to Phoenix several days