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THE MOKNING OREGONIA&, MONPAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1902. IG LUMBER TRADE One Firm Has Engagements for 7,000,000 Feet. ORIENT, AFRICA AND AUSTRALIA Fleet Sow en Route, Exclusive o Steamers, Xlax Capacity of 10,000, OOO Feet Record Grain Fleet for First Week inXovcxnuer. The American schooner Forester, the latest addition to the Pacific Export Lum ber Company's foreign fleet arrived up from Astoria at an early hour yesterday morning, and will commence loading for Tsingtau today. The schooner Salem ar rived up Saturday- to load for Shanghai, and the British bark Sussex left up yes terday to load at this port for South Africa. The schooner Fearless Is com pleting a cargo tor Shanghai, and "will bo followed by the MIndoro, which sailed from San Pedro for Portland last Thurs day. This fleet has a combined carrying capacity of about 4,500,000 feet, and the same firm which has these vessels under charter will load the Quito for Manila about the middle of the month with 2.500, 000 feet of lumber, making a total of about 7,000,000 feet, nearly all of which will be cleared within the month by one firm. The British bark Adderly, under charter to T. M. Stevens & Co., Is com pleting her lumber cargo at Rainier. Un til this year, the greater part of the for eign lumber business has been handled by foreign vessels, but the numerous large American schooners that have been built within the past few days are cutting Into the trade, and the Adderly and the Sus sex are the first British vessels that have loaded lumber here for a foreign port in several months. The lumber fleet now en route and en listed for Portland loading numbers 14 vessels, with a capacity of. over 10,000,000 feet, and. all of the vessels will be due be fore tho end of the year. This is exclu sive of the steam coasters, which have been carrying away several million feet of lumber monthly since the first of the year. In. addition to the vessels mentioned as loading for foreign ports, the follow ing lumber vessels are now loading at Portland for coastwise ports: G. W. "Watson, J. M. Weatherwax, John A., Liz- ale "Vance, with the Nokomls at St. Hel ens; Addendal and Chehalis at Knappton, and Robert Dollar at "Westport. IMMENSE LAKE TRAFFIC. Sssiness for the Year 1002 Will Break All Former Records. The maritime commerce of the Great Lakes has for many years been the won der of the world, and for the year now drawing to a close it will break all pre vious records. The end of July usually marks the turn lag point in the open season of lake navi gation. This year, however, an earlier opening brought out a much heavier ton nage movement than last season. The to tal freight receipts for the first seven months of this year were 25.713,820 net tons, as against 18.S91.257 net tons to the corresponding date last season. This in crease is at the rate of 30.C per cent over the received tonnage last season. Ship ments thus far this season have amounted to 16,876,006 net tons, those of last season Iwteg 19.653,834 net tons. The most con spicuous gains have been made in tho pment of ore and minerals not includ- i ?J"loa' B siason's total amounting to 1017,912 gross tons, against only 9.0S3.9S2 ,,Nii&sr tons In 1901 a gain of 4T.3 per cent. ,.; -Coal shipments increased from 3,670,871 net tM last season to 4,652,323 net tons this eaaon. Slightly less than half of the to tal freight tonnage on the lakes consists 9t Iron ore. The movement of registered tonnage of Jeaeels on these Inland waters Is reported or the first time this year. In these re ports of Internal commerce only the ves sel movement between American ports is included. In seven months 37,413 vessels arrived with a tonnage of 35,037,376 tons registry, and 37,708 vessels cleared, of 35, 786,701 tons registry. This is more than twice the registered tonnage of both for eign and American vessels engaged in the foreign trade of the country for the same period of time. The foreign engaged 2, 174,954 tons of sail, and 14,094.967 tons of steamships of all nationalities to July 81, 1902, making a total of 16,969,921 tons. Further analysis of this -enormous total shows that 14 ports each report arrivals and clearances of 1,000,000 tons and over. Five ports Chicago, Milwaukee, Duluth, Cleveland and Buffalo each show clear ances of 2,000,000 tons and over. The com bined arrivals at these five ports was 1L42L099 tons. anAthe clearances 11,455.544 tons'. BIG FLEET IX PORT. Grain Tonnage Heaviest on Record for First Weelc in November. The British ship Isle of Arran, and the British bark Sussex are on the way up the river, the former under charter to load wheat and ,the Sussex for lumber. This leaves but two' ships In the lower harbor rpady to come, up the river, the Lodore, which arrived" Saturday, and the Aller ton, which has a heavy cargo of rail3. The County of Roxburgh is under char ter for wheat-loading, but is still in quar antine. Tho grain fleet now in the river Is the largest on record for a correspond ing date, there being 26 vessels, with a net register of 47.658 tons. One year ago there was the same number of vessels, but their net register wa3 but 46,527 tons. On No vember 3, 1900. the in-port list numbered 17 vessels of 31,140 tons net register, and on the same date in 1SS9 17 vessels of 30,242 tons net register. Of the fleet now in port 6 are finished and ready for sea, 2 other! nearly finished, 15 under charter to load, and 3 disengaged. This fleet will probably receive some sub stantial additions within tho next few days, as there are half a dozen vessels fully due here, and nearly a dozen that will be along before the end of the month. The Isle of Arran left Astoria Saturday afternoon, but was dropped at Brookfleld, the towboat returning to Astoria for the Sussex. She left up again at 6 o'clock yesterday morning with the Sussex, pick ing up the other ship at Brookfleld. and will reach Portland some time today, tho weather on the river being so boisterous that progress was slow. HAD A XARROW ESCAPE. Steamer Robert Dollar Was Disabled Ofit tlie Washington Coast Friday The British bark Lodore. which had such a narrow escape from destruction on North Beach Friday morning, was not the only vessel In distress at that time. According to advices received in this city yesterday, the steamer Robert Dollar, now loading lumber at "Westport. was In a serious predicament little farther to the north. She was bound from Seattle for the Columbia, and when a short distance south of Gray's Harbor her engine broke down, and for several hours she was drifting helpless. As she was coming down the coast on a comparatively short Journey, she was keeping rather close in chore, and was accordingly in imminent danger of drifting on the beach. She was sighted by one of the San Francisco liners, which stood by to see If she was in need of a tow, but about the time nego tiations -were in progress between the two captains, the repairs to the machinery were completed so that she was enabled to steam out of danger without assist ance. The Robert Dollar passed the bark Lo dore on her way down, but the weather was so thick that she failed to see her, and she accordingly missed a good pick up, which fell to the tug Tatoosh. No particulars have yet been received as to the damage, if any, sustained by the Lo dore, but it is believed that the greatest expense attendant on her mishap will be for payment of the services of the rescu ing tug. She is under charter to the Port land Grain Company, of this city, and will come up the river at once. SMALL CATCH OF SEALS. Stormy Weather Prevented Getting? the Many Seen. VICTORIA, B. C, Nov. 2. The Behrlng Sea catch of tho "Victoria sealing fleet will be smaller this year than ever. It will be less than 6000 skins, compared with 10,500 taken last year. The average per schooner, based on the catches of the 11 schooners of the 14 that have reported their catches, will be 428 slilns, compared with an average of 437 for each of the 24 schooners which hunted the year previ ously, and 4G7 tor the year- prior to that, when 38 schooners took 17,577 skins in Behrlng Sea. The stormy weather caused a great falling off in the catch thl3 year. Sealing masters say they saw as many seals as ever, but tho weather was too rough to reach them. The cruise off the British Columbia Coast last Spring resulted In a catch of 31,753 skins, half that of last season. The Copper Island and Japanese fleets took about 8000 skins. All told the year's catch will be less than 20,000 skins, the lowost catch for years. KAMBYSE'S CREW RESCUED. Natives of Costa Rica Were Fought From Stranded Ship. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 2. The Kosmos steamer Karnak, which arrived here to day from Hamburg and Central American ports, rescued the crew of tho steamer Kambyses, which went ashore off the Cos ta Rican coast recently. In addition to this work, the officers and men of the Karnak fought off thieving natives of Costa Rica, who were bent on stealing the cargo of the Kambyses, and, with rifles aid revolvers, compelled the peons to return to the surf without the rich loot. Ofilcera of the Karnak report that when at Punta Arenas, three weeks ago, the Colombian rebel gunboat Padllla was pa trolling the entrance to the harbor for the purpose of preventing tho departure of the steamer Poas, an English-built vessel lately acquired by Colombia, and which is intended for the defense of Panama, in conjunction with tho Bogota. "When the Karnak left, the Padilla was maintaining an effective blockade, with no prospect of tho Poas getting to sea. SUNDAY OX THE FROXT. Wheat and Lumber Vessels Moving In Spite of the Bad Weather. Tho water-front was a wet place yester day, both afloat and ashore, but in spite of tho dampness that prevailed, the de mands of commerce forced some of the vessels in tho river to shift into, berths that had been vacated for them. The schooner Salem, which had been hing In the stream shifted up through the bridges to Inman-Poulsen's mill, the Danish bark Ingeborg went from tho stream to Mont gomery No. 1, where she will discharge bal last, and the Clan Galbralth moved from the stream to Weldler's dock. Tho For ester went from the stream to the North Paclflc dock. The departure of a number of vessels last week has eased the situa tion quite materially, and nearly all of the ships in the harbor aro now provided with berths at the doclc Sailors Wanted to Kill Captain. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 2. A short lived mutiny occurred today aboard the French bark Edmond Rostand. Four or five membrjs of the crew, who had been on shore a night, drinking and carous ing, returned to the ship with the avowed Intention of killing Captain Rol. First Mate Gourlaeun was aboard shjp when the drunken sailors arrived, an(f"he drew his revolver and drove them down on the wharf. A crowd quickly gathered before the police arrived, and the uelligerent sailors made their escape. Two Sealers Saved. VICTORIA, B. C. Nov. 2. The steamer Athenian, which reached port today from the Orient, brought among her passen gers Clarence and "William Baker, two sealers who were lost from the sealing schooner Geneve in August off tho Cop per Islands, and who were given up, as all the local schooners had returned without bringing news of them. The seal ers were picked up by a Japanese sealer and carried to Japan. They had a trying experience. Coal Ship Sprang: a. Lealr. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2. The ship W. H. Macy arrived today 15 days from Ladysmith, B. C, with a cargo of coal. The first day out of the northern port the ship began to leak, and up to the time of her arrival three pumps were neces'sary to keep out the water. Whaler Arrives From Xorth. SAN FRANCISCO Nov. 2. The steam whaler Jeanette arrived from the Arctic today with a, valuable catch. The Jean ette brought news to the effect that many natives of Herschei Island died this Sum mer from a malignant form of la grippe. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA, Nov. 2. Left up at 0 A M. British bark Sussex. Condition of the bar at 5 "P. M., rough; wind southwest: weather cloudy. Tacoma, Nov. 2. Arrived Steamer Montana, from San Francisco; steamer Cornelia, from Cook Ashing banks. Sailed Steamer Queen, for San Francisco; steamer Montanara, for San Francisco. San Francisco, Nov. 2. Arrived United States steamship McArthur, from Seattle; steamer C-. C. Llndaucr, from Gray's Harbor; steamer Centennial, from Seattle; steamer Wycfield, from Nanalmo; ship W. H. Macy, from Ladysmith; steamer Grace Dollar, from Gray's Harbor; steamer Sequoia, from South Bend; schooner Charles E. Falk, from Coo3 Bay; steamer Newburg, from Gray's Harbor. Sailed Schooner Manila, for Port Gamble. New York. Nov. 2. Arrived La Champagne, from Havre; Noordham, from Rotterdam. Liverpool, Nov. 2. Arrived Cevlc, from New York. Lizard, Nov. 2. Passed Minnehaha, from New York, for London; Zeeland, from New York, for Antwerp. Naples, Nov. 2. Arrived Vancouver, from Boston, for Genoa. Gibraltar, Nov. 2. Sailed Travem, from Ge noa and Naples, for New York. Queenstown, Nov. 2. Sailed Umbria, from Liverpool, for New York. Movllle, Nov. 2. Sailed Columbia, from Glasgow, for New York. Detroit Left for Naval Maneuvers. NEW YORK, Nov. 2. The United "States cruiser Detroit, which arrived In this port fr.om Boston on Friday last, and has since been lying In the naval anchorage In the North River off Thirty-fifth street, sailed today for Culebra Island, where the tor pedo flotilla. North Atlantic, European and South Atlantic squadrons and many unas signed vessels have been ordered to ren dezvous by November 25 to participate in the maneuvers of the combined forces, of which Rear-Admlral Sumner, the senior officer, will assume, command. A Snre Cure for Diarrhoea. Coming as it does, in the busiest season when a man can least afford to lose time a sure and quick cure for diarrhoea Is very desirable. Any one who has given it a trial will tell you that the quickest, surest and most pleasant remedy in u?e for this disease is Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. There is no loss or time when it Is used, as one or two doses of it will cure any ordinary attack. It never falls, not even in the most severe and dangerous cases. For sale by all druggists. Swedish dentists have subscribed for tho gratuitous distribution in their country of a. periodical which fs to Inculcate better Ideas regarding tho care of tho teeth. FOR FARMERS' INSTITUTE MOVEMENT IS STARTED BY THE GRANGES OF OREGON. Committees From Western Oregon Coantics to Arrange for Gather ing; in Portland. At a meeting of the committee ap pointed by Evening Star Grange, No. 27, Patrons of Husbandry, to agitate the holding of a Farmers' Institute in Port land, held yesterday afternoon, it was de cided to call a meeting of all the com mittees which have been appointed by granges of Multnomah, Clackamas, Co lumbia, Clatsop and Washington Coun ties for "Wednesday, November 19, at 1:30 P. M., 64 Grand avenue, corner East Pine street. At this meeting the character THE BEST STATE Portland Chamber of Commerce- Bulletin for N ovember. No one who has given even passing at tention to the material growth of Oregon in recent years can have failed to note that the state 13 now progressing at a rate never before known in its history. No one who has seen Portland All up so rapidly with people that it is difficult to house them can have failed to note that it has passed out of the category of provincial cities and entered upon tho period of- metropolltanlsm, with trade, commerce and industry expanding in every direction and calling forth the en ergies of all its people. Present condi tions and prospects for the future justify the assertion that In Oregon we have the best state in the Union and in Port land the best city. Oregon has only Just begun to get under a full head of steam and to do things In a way that promises big results. The early settlers passed over the great plains of the West to make their homes In the Willamette and Walla Walla Valleys, so entranclngly pictured In the first half of tho last century by Kelley, Benton, Floyd, Linn and other champions of American occupation of this region. They had no sooner set up their provisional govern ment, which In turn was succeeded by territorial administration and begun to feel at home, than the discovery of gold in California drew on the sparse popula tion and postponed until a later day the full development of the Industrial enter prises that had taken start. California held the boards down to the '80's, when attention was diverted to the Northwest, but before Oregon could avail itself of the new chance the railroads built through to Puget Sound, and, by making large areas of cultivable land accessible to transportation, pushed Washington into the front rank of Northwestern States in population and manufacturing output. The Klondike rush temporarily obscured Oregon, In that It had its headquarters for the actual handling of tho bulk of the business and the bullion product at the Puget Sound cities, and further that it served to distract attention from our gold districts as a safe field for the Invest ment of capital. Old conditions have disappeared and new .conditions have arisen, and Oregon once more finds itself intrenched on the firing line for Its full Bhare of people looking for homes and of capital seeking Investment. Demand comes from nearly every state -in the "Union for land timber land, farming land, irrigable land, grazing land any kind of land, so long as it is land. Tim ber districts that Eastern mlllmen would not look at half a dozen, .years ago have been worn with paths by cruisers. Farm ing land that once your Dakota or Kan sas man would not take for-a present Is eagerly bought up by the newcomer of today, who is glad to live In a country where himself and stock, do not eat in four months what is earned in the- other eight months of the year. The so-called arid land in the middle and southeastern sections of the state that a few years ago held about the same standing in pub lic esteem as the Great American Desert of pioneer days, has become a live sub ject and irrigation companies are con tending for possession of it. The Des chutes Valley alone, If put under irriga tion, would support a farming population of from 30,000 to 50.000. Ledges that were passed over because they were supposed to bo pockety have turned out to be rich mines, for men have been found "who had tho confidence and pluck to sink on them with deep machinery. The engineer who condemned the great properties In tho vi cinity of Sumpter has passed from mem ory, while the men who are operating these same mines are among our captains of industry of the new era. They who scouted the Idea that there is a Cripple Creek in Bohemia District would like to get In now at four or five times what It would have cost them two years ago with the capitalists who have made the region a dividend-payer. The mlneowners who are developing the ledges of Jackson and Josephine Counties are making fortunes where tho pocket hunter went broke. Dairying, once believed to be imprac ticable in the Willamette Valley, has be come a paramount Industry as a part of the general scheme of intensive farming that obtains all over the country, from the rocky lands of Vermont to the fertile fields of Oregon. The Southern Pacific Company took up this subject at a time when it was thought that no Inducement could draw the farmers away from ex clusive wheat production, and, by intelli gent effort well directed, placed the en tire western division of Oregon upon a new and surer footing. The knowing ones that snickered at the poor cobbler that put his scant savings in a patch of rock and sand below Prlnevllle have lived to see that cobbler become one of tho most prosperous and contented citizens of Crook County, and the patch of rock ana sand Increase In value from an orlglnul investment of $125 to JSOOO, with a stand ing offer for it at the latter price. The Columbia River must be deep at its mouth, for it is the fresh-water harbor of the great transcontinental line terminat ing in Oregon and is needed for the big carriers that will run across the Pacific and up and down the coast. This is the Oregon of today, the Ore gon to which homeseekers are flocking, as compared with the Oregon of a few yeans ago that few thought of and fewer still came to. People In the East demand to know of it, and when they have in formed themselves of It they come here to live, and when they are here they can't be driven away. Some parts of it are better than others, but it is all good. Every part of It can be made to servo some useful purpose. Never has the state as a whole been so prosperous; never have Its people, collectively and Individually, been so abundantly supplied with money and other of the world's good things. Its population now approximates 500,000 and Its aggregate wealth $600,000,000. Its prod uct of farms, mlne3 and orchards this year will be between $55,000,000 and 560,000,- 000. Its factories will turn out $60,000,000 and scope of the proposed institute will be settled. G. B. Leedy, State Master, and W. K. Newell, Fruit Commissioner of Washington County, were present and heartily Indorsed the movement. H. C. "Welch, chairman, presided. The secretary was authorized to send notices to all the committees In the above counties and ask their attendance. Fol lowing Is a llat of the committees which have been appointed: Evening Star, No. 27 H. C. Welch, Al bert NIblin, L. H. Wells. Butte Grange, No. 148 Arthur Cutting, B. G. Xeedy (State Master), E. J. God man. Highland Grange, No. 261-J. R. Miller, C. N. Larklns, Frank Nicholas. Tualatin Grange, No. Ill J. Q. Gage. Robert Baker, J. L. Kruse. Multnomah Grange, No. 71 Mr. Oatls, Mrs. W. C. Brown, S. B. Edwards. Molalla Grange, No. 40 C. I. Howard, Mrs. M. S. Howard, Ida S. Graves Harding Grange. No. 122 Frank "Wilson. Mrs. J. C. Sprague, Phillip KohL Mllwaukle Grange, No. 2158 S. A. Trayle, Richard Scott, J. G. Johnson. AND THE BEST CITY worth of goods. Everyone has something to do and everyone Is turning his oppor tunity to good' account. Portland Is the product of Its own peo ple. It never had transcontinental rail roads to boost It at home or herald it abroad. When anything Is to be done it calls out Its own people and they re spond like soldiers bugled to a charge. Some people have thought it slow, but they have seen their mistake. They have found out that the trouble was with them. They wanted things that they could not get anywhere else in tho world, and when they did not get them they kicked at the town. They would have voted a New York financier a great man who would have refused the same re quest, but when they cannot win out In Portland they say the town Is going down hill. They do not know what It is to make a success of anything, for thev never have anything that commends itself to those who have the money to put out. f the town were in the hands of such there wouldn't be any town here. Port land pushes along in a strong, Steady way and It is not a slow way, either. It may be likened to a true athlete who always saves hl3 strength for the final brush. There is a finish to everything and It Is the strong man that wins every time. What is Portland doing to merit the good things that have been said of her? Cast your eye over the city and see for yourself. Fully EOOO dwellings have, been ouuc since june i, iwo, and people move Into them as fast as they are completed. That makes, in round figures, 19.500 dwellings, and at 6,2 persons to a dwelling, which was the average at the census of 1900, that means a population of approxi mately 120,000. In 20 years Portland has advanced from 106th to 42nd place among American cities. In 10 years more it will be in 20th place. Fifteen years ago, a few miles of horse car lines served urban traffic. Today 120 miles of modern electric lines hardly meet the demand. The trains dally unload at the Union Depot scores of persons who have come to Oregon to live. The stores are full of buyers and the streets are congested with traffic. That means a jobbing trade of $140,000,000 this year. In no other city in the Northwest are the conditions, such, for no other city has Portland's volume of business. Postofflco "ceipte laeyrhW' jear. The sawm'ills are cutting- aay industriously. That means a cut of 2W.00O.OO0 feet of lumber for tho year ending December 31. All the factories are working full time and some of them overtime. They must do It to keep ahead of the pressure from behind. If you want to see a financier or a merchant you must bo ready with your business the minute you get into his office. Four or Ave years ago he could draw his chair up to ,you and chat with you. Today you must come out of the brush and into the open, for his time is limited, for there is some one behind you whose business is Just as urgent as yours. If he be a financier ho may be arranging the details of a new .enter prise of considerable proportions, for such things are done in Portland as well as in :New York. If he be a large retailer he is probably ordering today the goods he will put on his counters in the Fall of 1903. That's another thing that is done in Portland as well as In New York. Any way, financier or merchant, your Port lander is a busy man and you must come to tho point quickly If you want a hear ing. There Is no dullness for anyone, in the Fall of 1901 our wholesalers looked for a temporary lull in business in the month of December of that year, but it hasn't come yet. Last Summer the banks ex pected a dull season while the sun was high In the sky. It hasn't come yet" and there are no signs of it Bankers and bank clerks have never worked so hard in Portland as they have this year. They are at their desks early and late and If one should -peer through the bank win dows of a Sunday, he would, perchance, see a clerk laying out the mail for Mon day morning. With a constantly Increasing popula tion and an expanding business, Oregon and Portland are only now entering upon the era of greater things. They are branching out and no power can stop their forward march. What the state at large needs is an open door. Throw East ern Oregon open; take tho Deschutes and John Day Valleys and Coos. Curry and Tillamook Counties out of the Iso lated column; diversify Industry; utilize the Indigenous products for manufactur ing on a large scale; encourage the ex tension of transportation facilities; and gridiron tho state with good roads. Build up the state and tho City of Portland will take care of Itself. It needs to be kept before the people of the United States and the 1905 fair management will look out for that. In state and city one thing is paramount to all other con siderations, and that is to stop kicking. Don't say that such and such a section is not fit to live In. Say it is all good, but some of it is better than others. Say Oregon is the best state in the Union, and Portland" the best city, and you have a war signal to run up to the masthead. To safeguard the welfare of state and city and to promote the best Interests of both, it is essential for Portland to main tain and support a strong, aggressive commercial organization, having a mem lersh!p representative of every branch of its Industrial life. Through an agency of this kind the greatest amount of good can be accomplished, otherwise what or ganization would have represented the community and acted, on the various sub jects as set forth in this bulletin; and. these are only a few of the many matters coming before this chamber? Individual effort spasmodically applied cannot ac complish what organized effort can, con sequently every active enterprising busi ness man of this city should be a membet and add his personal effort toward mak ing the chamber useful. , Pomona, Columbia and Clatsop Three representatives. Oswego Grange, No. 175 C. W. Bryant, C. C. Borland, Florence A. Dickson. Damascus Grange, No. 260 A. Newell, E. Tong, S. C. Y'oung. Gresham Grange, No. 270 John Roberts; H. B. Chapman, A. Brugger. It was reported that there was much Interest In the proposed institute It-is being talked up at all the grange meet ings. It Is realized that much worlc will have to be done to make the gathering a success and get the farmers to attend. It is expected that the session will continue two or three days, and that speakers from the Oregon Agricultural College and prom inent grangers will be asked to deliver addresses. It will bo purely a Farmers' Institute for educational purposes. It Is the first time anything of the kind has been undertaken In this state under the auspices of the granges. Members of the granges from all portions of Oregon and Washington will be HTVlted to attend. From reports received there will be a large gathering. The institute will be held about January 20. , MOXUMEXT PLAXS SUBMITTED. Contract for Structure In Lone Fir to Be Let After Bazaar. The Lone Fir Monument Association held a meeting yesterday afternoon at 64 Grand avenue to consider the matter of letting a contract for erection of the pro posed monument, according to plans and specifications prepared by Architect Delos D. Neer. M. L. Pratt, president, pre sided. E. D. Martin, chairman of the building committee, reported verbally that the plans and specifications prepared, by Mr. Neer had come Into the committee's possession and were then submitted for inspection. Specifications were read by Secretary J. W. Ogllbee. These set forth the char acter of material, which is concrete for foundation and selected granite for the steps, base and shaft Height of this part from the ground will be close to 12 feet 7 Inches. Also Mr. Neer showed the figure of a soldier with a flag, making tho total height of monument from ground to top of flag about 23 feet The granite coping and double chain fence around the grounds were also explained. The cost of the plain monument up to the base of the figure Mr. Neer estimated at $1500. This Is exclusive of figure and the coping and chains. There was pretty thorough discussion of the subject of letting contract for. the first part at once. Many favored this, And others thought It would be well to defer this until after the bazaar, now being pre pared, had been held and the result known. This was finally agreed to. The plans submitted were conceded to be very attractive and in keeping with the sur roundings. SADDLETREE FACTORY BURXED. Leisure Brothers Lose Entire Plant and Have Xo Insurance. Fire broke out In the saddle and stirrup factory of Leisure Brothers at 552 East Twentywflrst street, near Brooklyn, yes terday morning, shortly after 3 o'clock, completely destroying the plant and its contents. Tho building, which was one story, stood alone across the street from tho residence of H. H. Emmons, and there was no one about it at tho time. In a very few minutes after the fire was seen tho entire structure was enveloped. Hose Company No. 3 went to the fire, but the run is so long that nothing could be done. The loss is estimated at about $1500 in building, machinery, Implements and stock. It Is understood that the firm carried no Insurance. Leisure Brothers started the factory the first of the year, engaging in tho manufacture of saddle trees and stirrups, using Oregon small oak. They had worked up quite an ex tensive business. It is a very severe loss to tne owners. MONXAVILLA SCHOOL CROWDED. Directors Hire Another Teacher- Judge Caples Will Speak Friday. Mfcntavilla Schoolhouse has become so crowded that the directors had to pro vide another teacher. Miss Matlock was employed and a new sixth mixed grade started. Principal R. W. Bowland reports" that the attendance Is over 300, and he expects that It will increase to 320 before the end of tho first term. So crowded are some of the rooms that tho principal will have to glvo up his office. Montavllla building contains eight rooms, and now has nine teachers. Next Friday afternoon the patrons and friends of tho school are Invited to at tend and Inspect the work of the pupils, which will bo displayed. Judge John F. Caples, late United States Consul at Val paraiso, has consented to be present and talk on his experiences. It will bo a rare opportunity to hear him. SCHOOLHOUSE. COXTRACT LET. T. A. Baker Will Erect Four-Room Building for Lents District. Contract for erection of tho new schoolhouse for the Lents district has been let to T. A. Baker, tho price being $2700. He will proceed with the erection of the building at once. It will be two story, with four rooms, tho two rooms on the lower floor to be completed. School Is held In the large hall In Lents, and will probably have to be kept there through tho year. Want Road Extended to Colombia. It Is expected, that the petition for tho extension of the Fairview Road from the Sandy Road to the Columbia River will be presented to the County Court today. The petition bears the signatures of a considerable number of the farmers, and It seems to be the general wish to have this road opened. It will provide access to the Columbia River, so- that the sur rounding country may have the benefit of cheap river rates of transportation, and also because there is a strong probability that, If the road be. opened, a ferry will bo put on between the Oregon and Wash ington sides of the Columbia. Agitation for this road has been continued for a long time. s East Side Xotes, Tho Epworth League of the Patton M. E. Church will give a social this evening at the residence of Mrs. Killingsworth, 224 Alberta street. Special services will be commenced fn tho Trinity Methodist Church, East Grant and East Tenth streets, next Thursday evening, November 6. Rev. Howard Os borne, an ablo evangelistic speaker and singer, "will conduct the meetings. East Seventeenth street is being im proved between Division and Powell streets. It has been graded for most of the way. and sidewalks laid. Gravpl win next be put on. This is an Important street, as it cuts tnrough a heretofore closed district. Mrs. Holt C. Wilson, of Pnrtlnnrl Vino just made a donation of 30 excellent books to tne xroutaaie Library Association, a gift that Is highly appreciated. The num ber of books on the shelvfts nf tv. li brary Is constantly Increasing, and It is one oi tne most important Institutions of that suburban town. Rev. Jerome McGlade. na.qtnr nf xrj- pah Presbyterian Church, and Rev. E. M. anarp. or Aiount Tabor Presbyterian Church, will start a series of. evangelistic meetings this evenlncr in th TTpnu-nmfK Presbyterian Mission Church, to continue every mgnt tm isovember 13, except on Friday and Saturday nights. HIDDEX IX A BOX. 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