THE MORNING O REG ONI AN, SATURDAY. JANUARY 17, 1903.
LIKE A YOUNG GIANT
Hurried Glance at the Three
Idahos.
ELEMENTS OF STATE POWER
.Gre&t Kecent Growth, but the Coon,
try Still A'evr Transportation
the Supreme Immedi
ate JSced.
Br a StnE Writer.
BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 14. Even as one
tushes through Idaho, by train it is borne
In upon him that this is vital country.
Every outward circumstance proves It.
In the towns and villages there is every
where a striking proportion of new houses;
in every settlement the public schoolhousc
is a prominent landmark: the arrange
ments for receiving and forwarding
freight are strikingly on a large scale and
as strikingly busy; the look even of vil
lage streets even as one gazes from the
car window when the train halts is singu
larly alive and bustling; and there is Just
enough of the miner and cowboy element
to create the atmosphere of frontier spirit
and energy.
There are, in truth, three Idahos, as
there are three Oregons, and each has its
special character. Northern Idaho is that
part of the state which lies north of the
Clearwater Mountains, and includes the
mining region of the Coeur d'Alene, the
agricultural country of Latah County and
the "Valley of the Lapwal. The Latah
district Is a continuation of the great
grain belt of Eastern Washington, and
is separated from It only by an arbi
trary line. It extends to the foothills of
the Coeur d'Alene Mountains, which cut
it off from the mining country which lies
to the east of this mountain range. So
separated. Indeed, are the agricultural and
the mining districts of Northern Idaho
that there is no direct route of travel
connecting them: and to go from one to
the other calls for a roundabout journey
through the adjoining State of "Washing
ton. In this part of Idaho there are three
considerable centers of population Mos
cow in Latah County, Wallace in the min
ing county of Shoshone, and Lewlston
in Nez .Perces County, on the Snake River.
Air of these towns are immensely pros
perous, and each would have metropoli
tan ambitions but for the fact that Spo
kane, just across the line in the State of
Washington, overshadows the whole
Northern country and effectually en
grosses the. conditions which go toward
the creation of a large city. In the nature
of. things the Northern Idaho cities are
bound to grow, but they are also bound
to remain in secondary relations even to
their own territory, for it Is destiny that
Spokane is and is to remain the great
city of the northeastern corner of the
Pacific North-west.
Northern Idaho contains approximately
one-third of the population, and, .reckon
ing the values of the Coeur d'Alene mines,
something more than one-third of the
wealth -of the state. But with these ad
vantages, which make It in a business
sense the mdtet important section, it is
still in a measure subordinated politi
cally by the southerly sections which lie
geographically in closer relations. The
sharp and definite division of its inter
jests, Hs dependence upon Spokane, and Its
lack of a common center, with the fact
that it Is practically remote from the state
capital, which 1b the center of political
Interests, renders it in a sense an attach
mentand a somewhat alien attachment
to the State of Idaho.
Passing for the present over Central to
Southeastern Idaho, ive come to a coun
try approximating in all its conditions to
Utah, and having its main social and
business connections with that state. Lik
"Utah, it is a region of great agricultural
resource. It lies south of and below the
Tegion of the universal rimrock; Its areas
suitable for agriculture are wide and
vastly rich; Its upland pastures are among
the best of all the range country in the
West, and ii has a population which for
industry, system -and thrift is hardly
rriatcned outside the Mormon community
of "Utah, whence its people came, and with
which they continue to affiliate in all
ways. It is in fact an organized and dis
ciplined agricultural army moved by a
common purpose and working with ef
fective energy in the occupation and de
velopment of the country. Of the very in
teresting social character of this south
eastern population almost - wholly Mor
mon excepting in the town f Pocatello
I shall speak in another letter to follow in
this series.
The southeastern district has Its full
share of prosperous trading centers, but
its chief town is Pocatello, In Bannock
County. The -importance of Pocatello Is
mainly dependent -upon the fact that It is
the headquarters in Idaho of the Ore
gon Short Line Railroad that Is, It is
the point where two very important divis
ions begin and end, and where -the repair
ing shops are located. It is the home of
several hundred railroad employes, the
place where they .receive and spend their
earnings apd where their chief depot of
supplies for the Idaho lines is maintained
But Pocatello has a very considerable Im
portance outside of its railroad business.
iqr it Is the' trading center of the whole
-southeastern country. It is too close to
Ogden and Salt Lake reasonably to cher
ish metropolitan , aspirations, but it has
no rival as a local center in a- very rich
country", and there Is every reason to an
ticipate for it a large future something
like-Cheyenne. Pocatello has a very con
siderable present importance in connec
tion with. Idaho-politics, due to its own
large vote and to Its status .as the nend
quarters of he southeastern district of
the. state. In the division of powers in
political conventions and in State Legls
latures the southeastern district holds
about 'onethird of the whole, and Is,
therefore, a factor of importance. As the
center of railroad operations Pocatello
contains a large body of mechanical "vot
ers. and is. therefore, the stronghold of
the labor union system, which Is as pow
erful in Idaho as eteewhere.
s
I have Written thus much of Northern
ssd Southeastern Idano merely by way
of introduction to my main theme, for it
H of Central Idaho the country of which
Boise is the center that I am more par
ticularly to speak; and to comprehend
Central Idaho fairly it is Important to
know something of its relationships to
the state, something of the chain of in
depeadentt communities of which it is
middle and most lnportant link. Central
Idaho is the Idaho of tradition and history
the eastern outpost of what used to be,
before the railroads recast our geography,
the Pacific Northwest. It now lies prac
tically midway between Portland and Salt
Lake and while thus measurably lost to
us retains something of its old tributary
relation and all of its old friendly feel
ing. In spite of changes which have turned
the face of Central Idaho .toward .the
East, an Oregonlan still feels at home in
Boise, for on every street corner he meets
men in whom the sentiments of lang
syne are strong and who do not wish
to forget the time when Idaho was part
of Oregon.
Central Idaho lies south of the Clear
water Mountains and extends down to the
Nevada line. It partakes somewhat of the
general character of Eastern Oregon,
somewhat that of Nevada and somewhat
that of the better parts of Wyoming and ;
Utah. It is generally elevated, broken
by mountain ranges and excepting in Its i
higher mountains and along its streams
It Is bare of timber. Its climate la. that
of the intermountaln region dry, bright
and cold in Winter, warm In Summer, at
all times vital and inspiriting. Its many
valleys are sheltered gardens; its hill
sides pasture tens of thousands of cattle
and sheep; its mountains are seamed with
minerals and crowned with noble forests.
Old as it Is In a sense Boise was founded
forty years ago It Is essentially new
country. Its Industries are of the primary
sort grazing, mining, farming, lumber
ing in the mountains, the round of activi
ties which make up the life of a country
whose potentialities are great and varied,
but which hES not yet attained the popu
lation and the development needful to the
putting of Its vital forces In motion.
Any one of thp several great resources of
Central Idaho would make the fortunes
of a country; togethor, when time and
transportation have done their work, they
will make thi3 country as rich as the best
parts of Utah or Colorado.
-
When Idaho was admitted to the
Union, a little more than 10 years ago,
her population was S4.3S5. In the years
between 1SS0 and 1900 It grew to 161.772
more than double and today it Is some
thing more than 200.000 and growing by
leaps and bounds. The official record
shows that no other state made such pro
gress in the last census period both by the
test of increase of population and by that
of Increase of wealth. In this great pro
gress Central Idaho has had her full share.
Not her population alone, but every ele
ment of her fortunes has doubled in 10
years. Whether the Inquiry be In respect
of agricultural production, of num
ber and acreage of farms, of flocks
and herds, of number and value of dwell
ings, of irrigation development, of min
ingthe answer given by the official record
is the same. And yet, with all- this
growth scarcely a mark has been made
upon the general resource of the coun
try. The things waiting upon enterprise
and pressing to be done are as many as
before; as development goes on, new.
vistas of opportunity open up to increase
the appeal which Central Idaho makes to
enterprise and the spirit of progress.
The most Important of the immediate
needs of the country. Is transportation.
Today, Central Idaho has practically but
one railroad the Oregon Short Line. .
which runs from its entrance In the
Southeastern corner of the state to the
Oregon boundary at Huntington with one
stub branch to Hailey, In the Wood River
region, and another stub connecting the
main lino with Boise. Along this main
line- there has grown up a string of pros
perous settlements, but practically the
great interior, outside of the mining
camps in the mountains, is untenanted.
Great flocks of sheep and almost equally
great herds of cattle roam over the coun
try and gain something from it, but it is
for the most part unpopulated and must
remain so until some means of transpor
tation shall be created for it,
There used to be a time when popula
tion would march Into the wilderness far
In advance of railroads, content to bury
a generation or two before the day of
final deliverance; but times have changed
and the spirit of the- Immigrant has
changed. Men and women are no longer
willing to live and die In the .wilderness In
the hope of founding homes for their
children; they want something for them
selves and if one district will not provide
it they move on to another that will.
Every day there moves through and past
Idaho scores of home-seekers; they fail
not to see the invitation of the country,
but in spite of It they move on. "Why,"
I asked the head of a family on the train
two days ago, "do you seek further?"
"Because," he replied, "I am looking for
a country where I can get in on the
ground floor and at the same time have
access to a' railroad. This country Is all
right, but that Dart of It near transpor
tation Is already occupied and is held for
big money and I won't push out Into the
wilderness where a railroad may not come
for 20 years. I can do better elsewhere."
This tells thevstor; immigration is pour
ing into the Western and Pacific States,
but it declines to go beyond the range
of easy access to transportation. Many
homeseekers aro coming Into Southern
and Central Idaho, but If the country were
provided adequately with transportation
facilities it would gain five where It now
gains one. i a. H.
-PRICE OP SALMON INCREASED.
Advance of One-Third Over Last
Year Wage Increased.
ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 16. (Special.) Pri
vate information received here from San
Francisco today Is to the effect that the
Alaska Fishermen's Union, of that place,
the membership of which Includes all the
fishermen employed at the Bristol Bay,
Alaska, canneries and who live at San
Francisco, had fixed the price of salmon
for the coming season at the following
rates per fish:
Sllvcrsldes and Red Alaska, 3 cents;
king salmon, .15 cents; dog fish, 2 cents.
These are an advance of 231-3 per cent
on all grades over last year's prices, ana
are what the fishermen struck for dur
ing last season. The men also ask that
the wages for the trip up and back be
advanced from $50 to $75.
The Alaska Fishermen's Union, having
headquarters In this city, is expected to
adopt the same schedule at a meeting to
be held tomorrow evening. There is li
able to be some contention between the
fishermen and the cancers over these new
prices, as the independent companies say
they will be unable to stand the advance.
An official of one of them in speaking of
the matter today, said:
"The Increase will be a great hardship
to the Independent canncra Besides the
amount paid for the fish, we furnish all
the gear and board the men from the time
they leave here until they return. This Is
a very heavy expense. Another thing that
cuts quite a figure is the fact that the
fish are so small that about 13 of them are
required to make a case of the canned
article. The advance means an increase
of fully 14 "cents a case m the cost, and
even at last year's prices many of the
companies lost money. The market is far
from strong, and much of. Jast season's
pack Is still unsold, eo I fear the can
ners cannot pay the new prices and come
out even."
FOR STATEMiNING BUREAU
TWO BILLS INTRODUCED I.V SEX ATE
ON THIS SUBJECT.
Commissioner to Be Appointed by n
Board or by the Governor
Other Senate Bills.
SALEM, Or., Jan. 16. (Staff correspond
ence.) Two bills have been introduced in
the Senate for the creation of a bureau
of mines. One of them. Senate bill No.
38. was introduced by Senator Booth. The
other. Senate bill No. 42, Is fathered by
Senator Myers. The two bills are materi
ally different in many essential particu
lars, yet having the same general pur
pose. The Booth bill provides for the appoint
ment of a commissioner oi mines by the
Governor, for a term of four years, the
appointee to be a man of seven years'
practical experience in mining, and also
to be possessed of practical and scientific
knowledge of mining, metallurgy, miner
alogy and geology. The office of the com
missioner shall be In Portland. His com
pensation shall be $3000 per year, and he
shall have power to appoint a custodian
to take care of his library and mineral
collection, and assistants, specialists and
deputies 'for the purpose of making ex-
tended geological researches and surveys.
The bill provides for "an appropriation of
$15,000, of which $6000 Is for the salary of
the commissioner for two years, and $0000
for other expenses of the bureau.
Tho commissioner of mines has power
to enter mines at any time to inspect
them, tho appliances for working, the
character of the ore, cost of operation,
etc He must visit each mining district
at least once a year, make collections of
minerals, ores, coal, cements, clays, rocks.
fossils, etc., and gather full and complete
Information regarding the mining re
sources of the state, and keep the same
in his office, open to the Inspection of all
persons Interested. He must make bien
nial reports to the Governor.
The Myers bill provides for the creation
of a bureau of mines, composed of J. F.
"Watson, C. H. Raffety. F. E. Beach, S.
M. Mears and John C. Welsh, all residents
and taxpayers of the City of Portland.
They shall hold office for four years, and
their successors shall be appointed by the
Governor. They shall receive no "com
penpation. The bureau has. authority to
elect a commissioner, who shall receive
a salary of $3000 per year, and a secretary,
with a salary of $900 a year. Two depu
ties may be appointed, with salaries of
$1800 a year each. An appropriation of
$25,000 Is provided for the salaries and ex
penses authorized" by the act.
The duties of the bureau and commis
sioner are much the same as those pro
vided in the Booth bill, except that the
commissioner may, if he believes any
company is selling stock so as to defraud
purchasers, make an investigation and
report tho facts to the board. He may
also, at the request of any mining com
pany. Inspect any mine and make a cer
tificate of its characterover the seal of
his office.
This latter provision was opposed by
tho friends of the Booth bill, on tho
ground that it is improper for a state
mining commission to certify the char
acter of mines. This, they believe,, should
be left to private mining engineers.
Both of the bills require the commis
sioner of mines to take an oath of offico
which pledges him, among other things,
to maintain absolute secrecy regarding
any matters or Information coming to
him concerning the character of particu
lar mines. The two bills will go before
the committee on mining in a few days,
and then the provisions of each will bo
modified so as to mako one bill, or one of
LEADERS IN THE WHITMAN -OREGON DEBATE
Fred Cox, of "Whitman.
the measures will be approved and the
other rejected.
RiKhtx of Tide-Land Owner.
. Title to tide lands and rights appurten
ant thereto is the subject of two bills in
troduced in the Senate. One of these Is
by Senator Fulton and the other by Sen
ator Myers. The Fulton measure, Senate
bill No. 49, provides:
"That the title to all tide lands on the
shores of all bays, tidal rivers 'and
streams within this state not heretofore
disposed of Is hereby vested In the owner
or owners of the bank or upland In front
of which the tide lands are situated, each
bank owner being vested with the title to
tho tide land or shore in front of and adjacent-
to the bank or upland owned by
such owner."
t The purpose of this bill, is to protect a
man who owns land -which is supposed to
extend to th water's edge. There are
many lands which are so located that
there may be a very narrow strip of land
! between the shore owner and the water
line, but-by purchasing this another per
son may cut the upland owner off from
the bay or river. This bill. If passed, will
prevent any such losses by upland owners.
The Myers bill provides:
"That all persons owning tide lands
upon navigable waters xf tills state, I
where the tide ebbs and flows, shall nave
appurtenant to said tide lands the right
to construct wharves in front of the same
and out to the navigable channel thereof
and the right to use the water frontage
between low water mark and the channel
for the purpose of ingress and egress.
"It shall be unlawful for any person to
Interfere with the riparian rights of an
other by placing or maintaining any ob
struction whatever between low water
mark and the channel of any bay or river
in this state; provided that drifting with
gillnets for salmon shall not bo deemed
an obstruction within the meaning of this
act, and provided further that no license
from any fish commission or other officer
or board appointed or created by the State
of Oregon shall be a defense to an action
for the violation of any right of a riparian
owner.
"Any person violating any of the pro
visions of this act, upon conviction there
of, shall be deemed guilty of a misde
meanor, and shall bo punished by a fine
of not less than $25 nor more than $250.
j or by Imprisonment In the County Jail
, for not less than 10 days nor more than
j 100 days. Justice courts shall have Jurls-
dlcti5n of such offenses."
j The bill, if passed, will provent the
maintenance of anchored nets, traps or
other obstructions between low water
mark and the channel of a stream.
Senator Marsters has Introduced a bill
In tho Senate providing that any person
wishing to buy state land must make a
bid therefor, accompanying tho bid with
SETTLED IN
YAMHILL COUNTY
IN 1862
The lute A. D. RnnnelH.
MOXMOUTH. Or., Jan. 10. (Special.)
A. D. Runnels, vrho died here Janu
ary 8. 1002. was bora ln 'Cambridge,
Vt.. March 6. 1831. With his parents
he moved to Iowa In 1853. In 18C2 he
married Miss 'Mary A. Glahdon, with
whom he crossed the plains In 1862,
locating at North Yamhill, gome years
after the death of his wife he married
Miss Irene Duncan, of McMlnnvllle, in
June, 1874. During his residence at
North Yamhill he was Justice of the
Peace for 30 years, and was a charter
member of the oldest I. O. O. F. lodge
In Yamhill County. For several years
he had resided here, where Mrs. Run
nels died In May, 1902.
25 per cent of the price. The land must
then be advertised for sale, and sealed
bids received on a day stated. No bid
shall bo received at a less price than $1 25
per acre, nor for less than 40 acres. The
first applicant may raise his bid on the
day the bids are received.
Senator Rand has Introduced a bill by
request, providing that the Superintendent
of Public Instruction may 'call an annual
convention of county superintendents at
such time and place as he may deem
proper. All county superintendents are
required to attend, and their actual ex
penses are to be paid by the several coun
ties from the general fund. This is Sen
ate bill No. 45.
Senator Carter Is father of a bill, Senate
bill No. 48, which makes It the duty of
th& Attorney-General to - foreclose State
Land Board mortgages, with the assist
ance of district attorneys. The purpose
of this bill Is to save to the school fund
.the fees paid to attorneys for foreclosing
state mortgages.
WHITMAN DEBATERS WIN
Dcfentfi University of Oregon on
Labor Arbitration Question.
WHITMAN COLLEGE, "Walla Walla,
Wash., Jan. 16. Whitman College hojds
the debating championship of the North
west. As champion of the Inland Empire
tonight, she defeated the University of
Oregon, the champion west of the moun
tains. It was a battle royal, although
Whitman clearly had the better of It. The
decision stood 2. to 1 In favor of the neg
ative. Whitman had the negative of the
question, "Resolved. That tribunals
should bo established with power to sot
tie all conflicts between capital and labor
affecting public Interests." A large audi
ence greeted the disputants, the Federat
ed Trades Council attending In a body.
Theoys from Oregon put up a fine de
bate, and every one expressed admiration
for the brainy young trio from the
'varsity.
Rev. Austin Rice, head coach of. Whit
man's team, a Yale debater in 1836. said:
"One of the strongest and closest debates
I ever heard."
The judges of the debate were Judge
Eakln, of Union; Professor H. T. Condon,
of tho University of Idaho, and H. S.
Blandford, of Walla Walla. Most of tho
V. "W. Tomllnson, of Oregon.
speeches delivered had been prepared;
there was very little extemporaneous
work on either side. Tomllnson made a
fine opening speech for Oregon In a forc
lblevand easy manner. Cox followed for
Whitman. His stage .presence is good, his
style earnest and convincing. Graham
was the favorite Oregon speaker with the
audience, winning much applause. His
delivery Is clear and fierce. Campbell
made the great speech for Whitman, put
ting her case on a winning footing, which
it never lost. Bailey and Ringer closed
the argument for their side, scoring some
nice points on rebuttal. Campbell
summed up the argument for the nega
tive, when Tomllnson sprung the sensa
tion of the evening in his final rebuttal.
After having the question reread, he said:
"Honorable judges, the question does not
require compulsory arbitration. We have
argued for conciliation from the first, and
every gentleman on the negative has ar
gued our case for us."
The affirmative wa3 unable to meet the-
objection of the negative that the court
of arbitration, to be effective, must have
the power to enforce their decisions; that
this meant slavery to labor and confisca
tion to caDltnl. Also the affirmative was
unable to prove that compulsory arbitra
tion has worked successfully. ,
PEACE IS YET FAR OFF
IXJUXCTIOX AGAINST RATIFYING
BASEBALL AGREEMENT.
New .York Clnb of National Lcbruc
Obtained the "Writ Meeting: to
Be Held Monday.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 16. That peace
In baseball Is etill far off was Droved to
night when President Harry Pulliam, of
the National League, was served with an
injunction restraining him from ratifying
at the meeting of the National League to
be held in Cincinnati, beginning Monday
next, .the agreement reached by the joint
peace conference of the American and Na
tional Leagues last week. The Injunction
was Issued at the Instance of the New
York Baseball Club of the National
League.
DYROX ROSE WOX THE RACE..
Fast Track nnd Good Races nt Oak
land "Weather Fine.
SAN VRAXniRPn .Inn. 18. In the riix
furlong handicap at O aid and today clever
sprinters went to the post, wltn tfyron
Rose favorite. Money Muss faced out
with Sd Sam nnd killed him off. Mindor
avoided the early pace, and, taking the
rail, landed Byron Rose a winner.
Two horses fell in the hurdle handicip.
Red Steel went down at the first Jump.
and later leaped the fence. Corrlllo also
fell early In the race. Both riders es
caped Injury.
Pobrlands won from Mike Rice, wnne
the Duke of York II, the favorite, was
third. As Sad Sam ran out today, as he
did in the previous race. Jockey F. Kelly
was reinstated by the stewards. in-3
weather prevailed and the track was fast
Summary:
Five and one-hilf furlongs, selling J. t.
Benngtt won, Instar second, Isabelllta
third; time, 1:05.
Futurity course, selling Golden Cottage
won, Erema second, Mildred Shultz third;
time. 1:11.
rvn mill nnd nnp-nuarter. .hurdle han
dicap Poorlar.ds won, Mike Rice second.
Duke of York II third; time, z:zu.
Six furlongs, handicap Byron Rose
won. Money Muss second, Yellow Tall
third; time. 1:14.
Five and one-half furlongs, selling Liz
zie Rice won, MI Relna second, Warte
nlcht third; time. 1:0T&.
rn' miin nnrt SO vnrds. selllne Katie
TX1 TTIInn ao.nnrA flcclnn t 1 1 fl
time, 1:44.
Result at New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 16. Crescent
City results: ,
Six furlongs, selling Little Jack Hor
ner won. Lighthouse second. Dr. Scharff
third; time. 1:18 1-5.
One mile and one-eighth, selling Simoon
won, Ermack second, Eliza Dillon third;
time. 2:00 4-5.
Five furlongs Ahumada won. Uranium
second, Star and Garter third; time, 1:03.
Handicap, high weight, six furlongs
Kaloma won, Mrs. Frank Foster second,
Ailyar third; time, 1:18.
Seven furlongs Amlgarl won. Tioga
second, Buccleugh third; time, 1:31 4-5.
One mile, selling Boundless won. Joo
Lesser second, Chickadee third; time, 1:4L
Commission on California Races
Accepted, Portland Club Cafe, 130 Fifth
street. Direct from the tracks.
Dallaa "Wln Bnnket-Bnll Game.
DALLAS, Or.. Jan. 10. In a very excit
ing and interesting game of basket ball
played here this evening. Dallas. College
defeated the first team of the Chemawa
Indian School by a score of 29 to 4.
Levering "Will Not Accept.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Jan. 16. Morti
mer Levering, who was elected president
of the American Horse Show Ass6cia
tlon at Kansas City last night, said to
day that he would decline to accept.
ERIE CLOSES ITS CASE.
No Blacklist of Coal Miners Good
Effects of Checking.
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 16. More mine
officials were called to tne witness stand
today and informed the coal strike com
missioners that under the influence of the
union, the mlneworkera restricted produc
tion of anthracite coal and otherwise in
terfered with the discipline of the em
ployes. The Erie Company, which con
trols the Pennsylvania Coal Company and
the Hillside Coal & Iron Company, closed
Its case 'early In the day after calling a
physician, who testified to the good health
of the mineworkers. The Scranton Coal
Company, which operates, besides its
own, the collieries of the Elk Hill Coal
& Iron Company, then took up the attack
on the demands of the miners. The Scran
ton and the Elk Hill companies turned
their coal over to the New York, Ontario
& Western Railroad, which virtually con
trols them.
The witnesses called today testified gen
erally that no blacklist exists, that the
contract miners work on an average of six
to seven hours a day, that the local
unions compel the men to load an equal
number of cars, thus restricting the out
put; that the men are careless In obey
ing orders and that frequent petty strikes
occur because a union man Is dismissed
for insubordination. One Inside foreman
in his testimony said the employment of
a check weighman. Insisted upon by the
union, has proved to be a good thing for
tfib company, because the miners sent to
tho surface cleaner coal; that Is, coal
with very little Impurities in It. The ac
countant for the Scranton Coal Company
presented figures that showed since a
check docking boss was employed by the
company at the request of the miners,
the dockage against the men has been
reduced about one-half. The miners pay
the wages of the check weighman and
the check, docking boss. It was also
ototai tiint tho rheckmen have no trouble
.with the regular weighman and docking
boss of the company.
Superintendent May. of the Erie Com
pany, testified a few days ago that the
employment of check docking bosses Is not
practicable, because the two men would
not" agree regarding the amount of dirt in
a car.
When the session of the coal strike com
mission opened today counsel for both the
miners and the Erie announced that the
difficulties existing between the two par
ties regarding the compilation of certain
wage statements to be presented to the
commission are being amicably adjusted
bv the experts representing each side.
The Erie thea rested its case, with the
exception of the calling of one witness,
ana tne scranton Coal Company and the
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Elkhill Company then presented their side I
of the controversy. James E. Burr, of !
Scranton, of counsel for the two com
panies, made a preliminary statement.
William Allen, inside division superin
tendent of the Elkhill Coal & Iron Company,-
said that during his 29 years" ex
perience in the coal regions he had never
heard of the existence of a blacklist.
Witness told of Insubordination. Tho '
company promised to give breaker boys
a sleigh ride. The snow melted and be
cause they did not get the ride all of
them struck; tying up the colliery. An
other colliery shut down because the men
struck upon the refusal of one man to
show a union card. Another case, a driver
wilfully crippled a mule because he was
uiscnargea ana all drivers struck, closing
the mine.
No Chenp Coal on Sale.
NEW YORK. Jan. 16. Not a pound of
railroad coal could be had in the city
yesterday. Thirty thousand tons arrived
but it was all high-priced Independent
coal, which sold at 510 50 f. o. b., which
meant so cents additional cost for each I
ton before it could be brought to this !
sldo of thfl river I
There was great Indignation because
hone of the dealers could obtain the $5 J
road coal. The sales arrents. of tht rail- t
road companies were asked where the $3
coal was. who got it. or if any of it
could be obtained. They gave evasive an
swers." The dealers were therefore com
pelled to buy the Independent coal at
510 30. or go without it.
Sny There Was Little Prollt.
CHICAGO. Jan. 16. Coal dealers from a
number- of suburbs appeared before the
special crand iurv todav. Th PSA wpri
for the most part small retailers, who t
torn or tne trouble experienced by those
who have to depend upon the output of
mines not under contract, or upon "free
coal." The free coal mined in Illinois be
ing only 20 to 40 per cent of the entire
output, and it being admitted by opera
tors that contracts were made at such
low prices that little profit was made on
them. It was declared that the burden of
profit-making falls heavily on dealers who
are compelled to handle the free coal.
Suicide at Oregon City.
OREGON CITY, Or., Jan. 16. (Special.)
William Warner .committed suicide in
this city this morning by taking an over
dose of morphine. Warner came here
from Portland yesterday, and told a
farmer that as he could not secure em
ployment he Intended to take poison.
The man was a Bailor, and carried a sea
man's bag. He took a. room in a lodging-house,
and was found in the room this
morning deadly sick. Before a physician
was called he died. The name of the cap
tain, J. T. Grey, was found on his person.
Captain Grey, on being notified, came to
Oregon City and. Identified the dead man.
The Coroner's verdict was In accordance
with the above statement.
Corvnlll Boys Are Arrested.
OREGON CITY, Orl, Jan. 16. (Special.)
Chief of Police Burns last night ar
rested Chester Keady. Thomas Cameron
and a boy named Stuart, who are wanted
in Corvallls. Keady was serving a 40 days'
sentence in the Corvallls Jail for assault,
but made his escape. It Is thought that
Cameron and Stuart assisted him. Keady
came straight to this city, and was ar
rested Wednesday for vagrancy, but
promised to leave town and x was re
leased. Yesterday the police received
word from Corvallls that the boys were
wanted, and he located them at Parkplace.
They were sent to Corvallls tonight
Aberdeen Indlfrnnnt nt Elran.
ABERDEEN. Wash., Jan. 16. (Special.)
Much indignation exists here on account
of the action of the doctors of Elma who
sent a man named Smith, suffering with
smallpox, to his home in Little Rock,
without an officer.- Smith came here In
stead of going to Little Rock, and the
officials here blundered again In sending
Smith alone to the City Hospital. Smith
wandered all over the city looking for
the detention place, and was finally cor
ralled. The citx. "will compel the author
ities of Elma to Indemnify It for the
expenses attending Smith's case.
Small Chance for Omnibus Bill.
SANTA FE, N. M., Jan. 16. Governor
Otero, who has Just returned from Wash
ington with hliJ family, is doubtful as to
the xrobabillty of the omnibus statehood
bill becoming a law. He opposes tha Trop
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in a special car which Just arrived here
over the O. R. & N. a very prominent
cnicagoan came to Portland. It is the
one hundred thousandth Kimball piano.
Piano manufacturers number their pianos
consecutively, and since commencing the
manufacture of the now world-renowntd
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This result has been accomplished in
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from Portland to Eugene or from Portlanu
to The Dalles, and some thirty miles be
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pioneer Washington house of D. S.
Johnston Company, and this fine Kimball
is still in daily use in tne heme of a
prominent railroad man in Tacoma.
My Hy Eilers, although not by any
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ening Kimball Piano No. S9, at White
Bear Lake, near St. Paul, Minn., where
, ,s, llK dally use at a prominent physi
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here In Portland, belne used dally in a
prominent phyelclan's home.
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hundred thousand Kimball pianos that
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leading and most responsible piano dealers
in the United States are selling the Kim
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from comparatively modest beginnings to
by far the largest and finest piano manu
facturing establishment in the whole
world.
The Kimball factories produced last year
nearly as many fine pianos as were made
by all of the planomalcers combined in the
crat city of Boston.
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duced last year more fine pianos than
were made and sold in the entire United
States by every one of the then existing
manufacturers combined.
There are now more Kimball pianos in
daily use In Oregon than any three other
high-grade makes combined.
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The Kimball piano is one of only three
great American planes that Is not today
being sold in department stores.
In spite cf the enormous output of the
great Kimball factories, there was not a
dealer, large or small, who was able to
get half enough Kimball pianos last year.
Eilers Piano House, who are the general
Western wholesale representatives of the
Kimball, could 'have sold three or four
times the number of Kimball pianos last
year had they been obtainable.
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than fifteen years. And great as has been
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osition to unite Arizona and New Mexico
Into one state, but favors the passage o
the omnibus bill, which he says has the
majority of votes In tho Senate, if It can
only be brought to a vots.
Mined Gold In 1840.
MISSOULA. Mont:, Jan. 16. James Hart
ford, a '49 argonaut in Yuba County,
California, a companion of John W.
Mackay In operations there, and since
1864, the best-known placer miner In Mon
tana, Is dead of paralysis. He leaves an
estate of several hundred thousand
dollars.
Rev. E. J. Lion.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 16. Rev. E. J.
Lion, rector of St. Stephen'3 Episcopal
Church and dean of this diocese, died last
night of hemorrhage of the brain.
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