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8 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, MARCH 9 1903. AMAZING GROWTH Building Boom on East Side Grows' Apac e. MANY PERMITS ISSUED LATELY Property-Owners Have Let Contracts tor Xnmerons Costly Structures, Willie "Small Residences Are Springing Up on Every Side. There Is no abatement in the building boom all over the East Side. More per mits "were Issued last week for fine dwell ings than for some time previously. On a single block in East Portland, East Twelfth and East Ankeny and East Ash street. 16 handsome dwellings, costing for contract work alone not less than 532,000, In addition to the ground Improvements, which -will cost another JlOtfOO, are being completed and started up. A hopeful sign is that the many vacant blocks and lots are being co'ered -with handsome dwell ings. This means better streets and bet ter sidewalks, where the district is built up solidly. While buildings are springing up rapidly In the city, in the suburbs there is even a greater movement. On the Foster road, half a mile -west of Lents, a syndicate is erecting about a dozen new cottages, which will bo sold or leased. At Wood mere a number of cottages are being erected tor the same purpose. Liana is being cleared all through the territory iriDutary to tne Aiount scott itanway, ana the year 1903 Is closed Portland will be connected with Mount Scott by a lliyj of continuous residences. , Underbrush and sturnns are ranldlv be ing cleared away. The free rural mail delivery Just established, which brings the Morning pregonlan and other mall to the homes shortly after S:30 A. M. every day, will help All up the district. The people at Lents are asking for at least a jninuie car service, ana will aouDliess get It as soon as the motive power on the vrresnam line is changed to electricity Hanld .settlement trill nammt ft thnn At Montavilla and east of Mount Tabor many sales of building lots are reported. E. M. Stevens reports he sold 29 lots In a bunch east of Mount Tabor for build Ing purposes. At Montavilla an effort Is being made to secure better car service. Jj. IL Lewis, Henry Schneider and Dr. William Devenny are a committee ap pointed to confer with the City & Subur ban Rallwav Coramnv to seciiri n. IfUmfn ute service between C and 8 A. M. and 5 ana i in tne evening. The regular time is nOW GVerv 30 minutes nnil In the mnrnlnw and evening the. cars are so crowded that many nave to stana up the enure trip to uuu irom ioruana. The O. IV. V. & R. Co.'s Cnrshops It Is expected that it will soon be known whore the Oregon Water Power & Rail way Company will build its carbarn and carshops. The company has acquired the ownership of nearly all the land on the Willamette River from Inman Pnnisen x- Company's sawmill to the south side of oeiiwooa ana an tne unoccupied blocks between the Willamette River and the east side Of Scllwood on the south hnnnfl. ary line. It has secured the vacant blocks mrougn a contract witn tne Hellwood Real Estate ComDanv at a. pertain flmro ntn. vided the company build its carshops at Sellwood. It Is now stated on what seems srood authority that the! build its shops at Sellwood at some point convenient to an its lines, ay some It Is said the company has reserved the south west 20 acres of the City View Park for una purpose, nut it is also announced that the exact location has not been settled. The company has platted nine blocks of the City View Park tract west of the present track which will be placed on xne mantel. Tne company will build a number of cottages for lease, or sale, to the carmen, on Its crounil nonr Keiiwnoi Manager Hurlburt told a conductor the omor morning tne company would nulla its carshops at Sellwood, and that the men would not have to walk to Mllwau kie much longer every morning from their homes in Sellwood to take out their cars. They could take their cars direct from Sellwood. About 15 acres or more will be required for carshops and carbarn. The company will have many freight jcars besldo the passenger cars for the Oregon City, the Sprlngwater and Mount Tabor branches, and no small tract will be suf ficient for repair shops for so many cars. It Is pushing construction on Its double tracks to Mllwaukle. which means that the company will build up both Sellwood and Mllwaukle by providing 10 and SOmln uto car sen-Ice respectively to these places. At Mllwaukle, where the people had been fighting tho company, a change lias taken place. An association has been formed to boom that place and secure set tlers, and while the people do not expect to retain tho carshops they do expect to build up that place, and hereafter meet the company in a friendly spirit. If Mll waukle Is given a 20-mInute car service as expected it will stimulate improve ments and the settling up of the hundreds of acres of rich lands adjacent to that old town. F. H. Lechler is president of the association nnd William Shlndler is secretary. The association will open headquarters In the postofflce building and start In to induce settlers to build homes there. Snivmllls and Factories. At Sellwood the East Side Lumber Com pany is pushing construction on the new sawmill at the foot of Spokane avenue. Here the main building Is practically com pleted, although not entirely inclosed. Work on the engine and bollerhouso is progressing. The bollorhouse -has been bricked up preparatory to starting up work. The company has driven piles to the north of the mill building to provide foundations for the dryhouses and other buildings needed In the business. These piles cover a space of about 50x200. As soon as the machinery has all been placed the mill will start up and saw out lumber with which to complete its own buildings, as that Is tho quickest way to get ma terial. The mill Is being put up under the supervision of John Miller and C. P. Hogue, both of whom are practical mill men. The lumber dock at the foot of East Oak street will be built this Summer. Plans have been prepared for tho new sawmill of the Standard Box Factory, to be erected on the grounds at the foot of East Ankeny street, to be operated In connection with the box factory. The main building will be 44x130 feet, outside of which will be the bollerhouse. The, whole structure will be covered with gal vanized iron. This mill will have a ca pacity of about SO.000 feet of lumber per day. which will be used in the manufac ture of boxes. After a time the box factory will be moved to the now site and suitable buildings will be erected for that purpose. The addition to the Portland Woolen Mill at Sellwood. with new machinery. Is practically completed. This addition con sists of a two-story warehouse and an addition to the main factory building on tho south side. The output qf the fac tory will be increased one-third or more by these improvements, and many more skilled hands will be employed. The cost of the improvements will aggregate about $30,000. On the electric sawmill at St. Johns work is going forward rapidly. The main build ing, about 100x60, is inclosed, and ma chinery will come next. This mill will be novol in construction. The machinery will be so placed that any single part may be shut off while the rest of the mill can j be operated. 3. B. Rankin is president oi the company. Te Bnild Cannerr The Portland Canning Company, R. J. Holmes, manager, win erect a building for a cannery on the site of the old smel ter works on the Southern Pacific Company's line this Spring. At pres ent the old buildings are occupied for the machinery and other parts moved from the building formerly occupied on Grand avenue. It is understood that the com pany has been successful in securing large cuniracis ior sman iruiis tne coming season from fruitgrowers, which make it possible for the company to proceed with erection of the building. The loca tion is reirnr1e an frienl fnr- n ennnprr being on the main line of the Southern ceeds in its efforts to secure a strip 50 icet additional to its present 30-foot right oi way, tor double tracks, tne cannery buildings will have to be set back that much from the railroad, but there will sun ne ample space for the structures needed In tho hiislnen 'FVTiltjrTOWprs are very much interested in the new enter prise, as mey realize mat it means a irreat Heal for thnm In nrnxHfnc a venv ior worKinsr on tne surnius wnen tne market is overstocked. Nottingham & Co. will erect a two story warehouse on the block recently Purchased on East Second, between TTList Stark and East Washington streets. The buildings at the south end of the half block will remain and be fitted up for use. W. E. Snlrer trill hiilM nn odlftnn tn his large warehouse and feed mill on East xirsi ana isast Washington streets as soon as uie .cast wasnington-street elevated roadway has been rebuilt which will he uuuo in a snort time. Telephone Ileadanarters. The Pacific States Telenhnno x- Tele graph Company Is rapidly completing Its new xaisi aiae siauon on the corner of East Sixth and East Ankeny streets. On this ouarter-bloek the iuuj. in Dunamgs and equipments, xne main headquarters is a one-story ones wun a. run oasement, with walls heavy enouch to mitv tven or fhnu mn,v stories when required. Inside electricians nave Deen at worK for some time install ing a modern switchboard for both East Portland and Alblna. It is announced by the manager that when the improvements under way are completed a much better iervice win De given the whole of tho East Side. Besides the telephone station the company has completed a two-story galvanized-iron warehouse on the west Side Of the KTOUnd. SOuth of the tpTnVnna station a building has been completed for i-ie use ot tne operatives. Stone or Brick CliHrcli. Rev. Father J. H. Black, of St. Fran cis nurcn, .cast .Eleventh and East Oak streets, has surfed to obtain funds for me erecuon or a large stone or brick structure in place of the frame building. He says that plans have not yet been ccnsiaerea, Dut the gathering of money for the edifice will nmeeed rlrht olnnc Ho says that he has not decided whether dock or sione win be used. That will de pend on the amount of money raised. He says the edifice will be a fine one, on mod ern lines, ana one of the most attractive on the East Side. His parish has a mem bership of over 1100. and only about one half can be accommodated at one service. Father Black says that he will probably start construction on the new edifice the year following the Lewis and Clark Expo sition. He thinks that Tmildlng material and labor will then not be so high. He will probably erect at least a 150,000 struc ture. Public Buildings. A. E. Ellis, contractor for the erection of the two-story frame building for the Mississippi-Avenue Hall Association, at tho corner of Mississippi avenue and Shaver street, has started work. The building will contain two storerooms be low and a hall above, besides three of fices. The hall will be provided with a stage. This Is an enterprise started by the Central Alblna Board of Trade. It will cost $4500. all told. The Haywood S.oclal Club, of Ports mouth, which has become a strong or ganization, proposes to erect a $15,000 pub lic hall at some convenient point in the neighborhood. Plans have not yet been prepared, but President J. B. Easter says the club will certainly have the building completed by the time the Lewis and Clark Exposition opens its doors. He says since it became known the club intended to erect a building much encouragement has been received and large subscriptions are promised whenever the club is ready to receive them. Evening Star Grange, No. 27. Patrons of Husbandry, will erect a hall on its grounds in the nresont vear. it are favorable. With over 200 members al ready on Its roll and others coming In at every meeung, tne necessity for a new hall is keenly felt. The Grange has a beautiful buildintr site cleared and nrn vided with a long shed for shelterlnc- stock. At Mount Tabor an effort la beinir made to erect a nubile hall in niaoe of tho Oriental Masonic building, which was burned last Summer. J. R. Chamberlain is trying to organize a joint stock com pany for this purpose. The hall will be 40x70 and two stories, and will probably be built on the site of the Oriental HalL The cost of a- suitable nuhHr htillrilrTr Ic estimated at $2500 or $3000. It is believed mat a nan will be built this year, owing to the great necessity for a public build ing at Mount Tabor. East Burnsldc-Strcet Buildings. On East Burnslde street turn ttiroo-ctni-- buildings are to be erected tht Rnmmo- James J. Marshall, the well-known Port land contractor, who purchased the south west corner lot on .East Burnslde street and Grand avenue. 90x50. Inst troeir fny $7000, will erect a $15,000 structure. The nrst noor will be for store purposes and the two upper stories will be for modern fiats. D. J. Malnrkev X- Cr the northwest corner of East Burnslde street and Union avenue, have had plans preparea ior a inree-story frame building. to cost about $15,000. Work on Mr. Mn. shall's building will be started as soon as the plans shall have been completed and tho weather settled. A contract for the erection of n dr.rnnm schoolhouse for the Russellville district. on me -Lsase line roaa, will be let within the next few weeks. Architect T TV Xecr notified the board of directors "last weeK that he had completed the plans and specifications, and that he was now ready to ask contractors for bids on the struc ture. N Clerk Carlson said Saturday that tho directors Intend to let the contract as soon as possible, so that whoever gets the contract can cct material on hnnd so to start building as soon as school closes. The new schoolhouse will contain a fine assembly hall, besides the six classrooms. Miscellaneous Bulldinc Xots. The City & Suburban RnHtvnv rnmrnnr is completing the addition to its carbarn on East Twenty-eighth and East Couch streets. The addition is 200x40 feet -and will add much to the room of the main structure for housing cars. After a time the pom nan v -will hiilM a rarhnn ot junctlon on KlUlngsworth and Michigan avenues, where it has secured several acres. W. C. Avlesworth x r?o. lwvn i-m foundation of a two-story building on the Base Lino road and Winter street, Mon tavilla. which will cost $23. At the May session of the Odd Fellows Grand Lodre. which meets in Pnrin., it- is expected that the trustees of the Odd Fellows' Home near Kenllworth will be authorized to proceed with the erection of the dormitory, for which plans were drawn several months ago. These plans call for a 15-room annex- to the main building, but were got ready too late last year. The cost of the structure will be more than was expected, and the Grand Lodge will have to act In the matter. It is considered almost assured that the building wih be authorized. BUSINESS ITEMS. If Baby Is Cutting; Teetk, Be sure and ue that old and well-tried remedy. Mrs. WIusloWs Soothlnr Syrup, for children teething-. It soothe the child, softens the jana. allays all pain, cures wind colic and diarrhoea. IS SIXTY-EIGHTH UNION ORGAXIZATTOX FORMED TESTER- DAY OF MAXY WORKERS. Porters, Packers, Shipping, Receiv ing ana Order Clerks CobIbc In Ose Federation. The GSth union In the city was organized yesterday afternoon in "the office of the State Federation of Labor. The porters and packers, together with the shlnninir. receiving and order clerks ot the wholesale nouses, have formed a union, whose char ter will be granted directlv from the American Federation of Labor, there be ing no international association with wnicn the new union could be affiliated. Tho meeting was well attended by rep resentatives of all the classes which tho promoters wish to gather Into the union. 12 men from one wholesale house being present- The organization will be known as the Shipping, Receiving, Order Clerks' and Porters' and Packers' Union. A tempo rary presiaent ana secretary were elected, Charles F. Perrault and D. N. Lash being chosen. Application was mado to the Federation for a charter, and the names of the necessary seven members were-appended. Many times that number were ready to sign the application, but seven names is all mat Is required to procure a charter when recommended bv the. nrran. iz6r. G. T. Harry, the state organizer of the Federation, conducted -the meeting anri omciauy aiaea in me organization. It Is expeciea mat me membershlD will reach 600 men within a few weeks. A SECOND COXFERECVCE. Painters and Contractors Will Again Discass Scale. Evidently the conference held February between a committee from the Painters' Union and another from the Master Paint ers Association did not result in anything definite, for a similar meeting will .be held Real Estate. Monday ; $ U.SSH Tuesday g.jgo ednesday t 8.55G Thursday 29.Sft5 rlday 22.450 Saturday ...j.... C6.5S3 Total .$150,300 Bnildingr Permits. mr $ 5.330 Tuesday 5i95 JVednesday 149.450 Thursday ii-500 Friday 20,191 Saturday 3,250 Total .9105.CS6 early this week, at which the scale tell! again form the topic of conversation or argument. The labor situation for the vear hlntres upon tho result of the disagreement be tween the union painters and the contract ors. Though both sides declare most em phatically that no strike will mar the prosperity of the year, should a lock-out nr walk-out occur the position of all the building trades unions would be affected. A sympathetic strike Is an Impossibility according to the statements of the paint- era ana oi me contractors, and it is known that pressure is being brought to bear upon both sides. While It Is orener- ally known that the painters' scale has been allowed, everyone interested in build ing will rest easier when the union and the association makes it public that such is the case. April 6, the date the new scale Is to go Into effect, is not far away, and from the fact that these conferences have been held after the contractors had announced that the scale would not he allowed wider any circumstances it is evi dent that they have come down from the stand taken when the .scale was presented. TO LIST BX FAIR FIR3IS. Blacklist to Go on the Back of All Union Cards. Union men will soon have the names of every particularly unfair firm in the city on the back of their union cards. The Federated Trades Council has had under consideration the publication of a pam phlet giving those who refused to pay union wages and also a list of the fair concerns In town. This plan has now been changed, and the names of those es pecially obnoxious to the unions will be printed on the back of the union card wnicn every member must carry with him with the care he gives a full pocketbook after pay day. It has long been the excuse of the mem bers of the unions that they did. not know wnat llrms outside their own business were on the unfair list. The council wishes to let every one know who he may patronize In conformance with union principles. Xo extensive list can be at tempted, and only the names of those who nave persistently refused to meet the de mands of the unions will appear. A new set of cards is soon to be issued. All the memoers of the building trades unions will carry practically the same card, the name .of the particular union being filled in. Other allied unlons-Tvill bear uniform cards, and hereafter no union man can say that he does not know what stores or companies are unfair. GIRLS WILL BUY IIATS. Garment-workers to Get a Raise of 10 Per Cent. The 400 girls In the Garmentworkers Union will soon be able to buy eletrant Easter hats and attend the Saturday mat inees, for the new wage scale has been igned by Flelschner. Meyer & Co.. and will probably be granted by Neustadtcr Bros., the only other factory employing members of the union in Portland. The idea of working girls going to matinees is no dream, as far as the employes in tho Flelschner, Meyer & Co. factory are con cerned, for they have Saturday after noons as a -vacation; they work 15 minutes additional each day in the week. The union has sought to establish the same hours. 49i hours a week, in the other fac tory. The raise given In the scale amounts to an. average of 10 per cent, but the em ployers have made no particular ob lec tion to allowing the scale. The advantage oi tne aaoption ot me scale to the em ployers is that the union label may be placed upon all goods turned out from tho factory. Millmea Hold Meeting-. The Flour and Cereal Mill Emnloves' Union held an open meeting yesterdav for the purpose of bringing more members into the organization. A constitution and set of by-laws were adopted and a number of mlllmen came forward and signed their names to the rolL This union is one of the most recently formed in the city and has a promising membershln. John G. Hoffman is president and C. John son secretary. Another meeting with the same object will be held next Sunday afternoon. Revival of an Old Idea. Washington Post. The utterances of two presidents he of Harvard University and he of the United States on the subject of the threatened extinction of the American family have revived the old talk about a tax on bache lors as a corrective of the pending men ace. JJOUDtiess many more women than we suspect have had worthy marriage opportunities at one time or another. Some have grown up with 'fanciful no tions of the kinds of husbands thev must have; some have made wealth rather than turdy manhood the test. Establish a good, stiff tax on voluntary female celi bacy and a generation or so would weed a lot of this sort of nonsense out of the sex at large. Let us give the bachelors a rest and try the effect ot a threat, at least, on the fair ones. BIRD IN A GILDED CAGE Two Gaests Have HarmoaloBs Time at City Jail. As -a result of a "one-round sro.'' Mr. Mike Kenney and Mrs. Emma De Mar tini were among the guests registered at the City Jan-last night. Every comfort was given mem. and no trains were spared by Jailer Kalish to make the happy event a shining star in the constellation of their pleasant memories of the past. , When assigned to their apartments. Emma was the essence of Joy. and all through the corridors could be heard her melodious voice singing "Only a Bird in a uiiaea cage." Tho musical selection that was upper most in Mikes thoughts, however, was. "We Won't Go Home Until Morning" (and possibly not then). "Can't you tele phone Hon. Mr. , captain? He will make it all square," said the unwill ing guest. , "That would be absurd at this time of night," replied the ofllcer. "Then telephone Chief Hunt He will pay my balL He lives just a block from me." Upon further Investigation, it was learned that Chief Hunt did live in Mike's vicinity at one time, but had changed his residence some Jive years ago, so the lights were turned down, and the erring young man left to forget his troubles in me arms of Morpheus PERSONAL MENTION. G. W. Klnemire, a Montana stockman, is at the Perkins. C S. Whltcomb. a Roseburg merchant. is at the Imperial. G. O. Nolan, a merchant ot Tillamook. Is at the Belvidere. William Schmidt, a nromlnent Roseburg hotel man, is at the Perkins. H. M. Million, one of Junction City's merchants, Is at the Belvidere. Dr. J. E. Adkins. of Hillsboro, regis tered at the Belvidere yesterday. Professor A. N. Way. of the University of Oregon, Is registered at the Perkins. William Black, a prominent hotel man of Welser, Idaho, Is a guest at the Perkins. Mrs. Allen Bonebrake. a Goldendale physician. Is registered at the Imperial. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Mendelson have re turned after a three months visit to Cali fornia. Miller Freeman, editor and publisher of the Ranch Farmer, in Seattle, is a guest at the Imperial. Frank McDermott, a well-known Seattle merchant tailor, was among the guests at me Portland yesterday. A. B. Croasman. George T. Myers. George T. Myers. Jr., and other mining capitalists are in Douglas County, looking after their mines. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McEwen. of Sumpter, were guests of the Imperial yesterday. Mr. McEwen is the proprietor of a well-known Sumpter hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Mace Green and Miss Allle Hewett, of Tacoma, are among the guests at me Imperial. Mr. Green Is a well-known business, man In the Puget Sound city. Mrs. Bogart and son, of Toronto. Canada, are suesto at the Imperial. They are cn route to Woodland, Wash., where Mrs. Bogart's father, a prominent mer chant, will be visited. Mr. Martin Foard and wife, of Astoria. together with Miss Freda Foard and the Misses Daisy and Bertha Botefuhr, of Portland, arrived last night from Seattle, and will take the train for San Francisco tonight They will travel through South ern and Lower California. F. A Douty, a merchant of Independ ence, registered at the Perkins yester day. His mission In the city Is In con nection with the Independence Improve ment League's committee, that will meet the committee of the Chamber of Com merce, the Board of Trade and tho Travel ing Men'a Protective Association tomor row in regard to securing an Improved tram service on the west side division of the Southern Pacific Mr. J. D. Kelty, a well-known stockman of McCoy, registered at the Belvedere yesterday. Mr. Kelty reports that the stock In his section of the state is In poor condition, having suffered from the poor grazing afforded there this Winter. He accounts for this as a result of too warm a temperature for a good crass crop. Stockralsing and farming are about evenly divided In the locality of McCoy. and while the stock has suffered this Winter, there is by no means a scarcity as a result "The money that the farm ers make," says Mr. Kelty. "la all made In stockralsincr. Stock has nrnvul a mnr.v better Investment than wheat and other grains." NEW YORK. March 8. (Special.) jsortnwest people registered at New York hotels today as follows: From Seattle A. H. Burnham and wife, at the Vendome; M. B. King, at the Na varre; Mrs. H. J. Hull, at the St Denis. From Whatcom J. Hull and wife, at the Grand Union. From Spokane W. W. Wright, at the Hoffman. From Tacoma W. H. Livingston, at the Park Avenue. From Everett, Wash. A. C Goerlg, at the Vendome. Earthquake in Dominica, ST. THOMAS, D. W. I., March 8. The Island of Dominica, B. W. I., is experienc ing a series of disquieting seismic dis turbances. A severe and prolonged shock of earthquake was felt yesterday after noon. Uneasiness prevails. Two Shcepheruers Bodies Foand. CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 8. Tho bodies of two sheepherders. who died of A COFFEE DRUNK Held on to the Tree. Some people go on using coffee for a great many years without showing much effect of the drug, but as a rule It Is slowly doing Its 111 wprk, and the time will come when stomach or nerve disease of some kind will show lteelf. An interesting case is that of a man who drank coffee for a great many years before he felt of the effect of It. He says further: "Finally my health began to give way, and I first noticed being dizzy headed and I began to have spells of heart trouble, rapid palpitation of the hsart, and dizzy, sick feelings like I was going to die. "My appetite began to fail and I had a sore, distressful pain in my elde. I noticed my memory was not as good as it had been and that worried me some. "One day I stepped out of my shop .to wait on a lady when all at once I became blind and staggered along like a drunken man until I ran against one of the shade trees, which I grasped or I would have fallen. Cold sweat stood out on me and I sunk down on the ground and it was a long timo before I recovered myself again. "The family doctor, who was called In, advised me to quit coffee and try Postum Food Coffee. I thought it would be a big undertaking to quit coffee, but when I got my cup of Postum It satisfied my coffee taste, and from that day on I be gan to feel better. That was three years ago and I have never used any ordinary coffee since, but have stuck to Postum. "When 1 quit coffee I weighed 145 pounds, my weight now is about 175. For a long while people kept talking to me about the change. I had been a wrinkled, run-down old man; 'but am now fleshy, my skin smooth, good color, and when I walk I etep out like a healthy man ought to. "I honestly believe Postum saved my life, for I was simply being poisoned to death. Now I can eat anything I want and naturally enjoy life." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. exposure during the recent storm in the Red Desert, were found yesterday. One was that of C. Huffman, of Doniphan, Neb., whose body was found near Rock Springs, and the other that of William Daly, of Rawlins. Avoid harsh purgative pills. They make you sick and then leave you constipated. Carter's Little Liver Pills regulate the bowels and cure you. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT PORTLAND. Or., March 8. Maximum tem perature. 4S deg.: minimum temperature. 35 des. ; rrver reading-. II A M., 3.8 feet; change in 24 hours, rise 0.3 foot; total precipitation. 5 P. M. to 5 P. 3L. 0.3S Inch; total precipitation since September 1. 1902. 31.15 Inches: normal precipitation since September 1. 1902, 34.15 lncnes; deficiency, 3 Inches; total sunshine March 7, 1003, none; possible sunshine March T, 1903, 11 hours 24. minutes. Barometer, re duced to sea level, at 5 P. M.. 30.00. PACIFIC COAST WEATHER. - Wind. 22. O "HI M Eg g g oo Q o 3 ; ? at - STATIONS. Baker City .. Bismarck Boise ...... ...... Eureka. ...t..... Helena Kamloops, B. C... North Head .. Pocatello Portland VtiV 0.01 NE S NW N W sw" E w s s w w s w svr Clear Cloudy Cloudy Clear Snowing Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy 0.00 0.16 38 48 0.26 T 32 0.00 k2i 0.Q4 40 T T 4S Pt- cloudy Red Bluff , ... Roseburg Sacramento , ;52 o.s: Clear Cloudy Pt cloudy Snowlnjc 46 0.WM 68 T Salt Lake City 42 T San Francisco .... Spokane 520.02! Clear 380.10 Clear seatue 440.00 Cloudy Cloudy Clear Tatoosh Island ... 42 0.12! Walla Walla I4Slo.0SI18 Light. WEATHER CONDITIONS. Moderately heavy rains have fallen during- the last 12 hours in Northern California, and light rain and snow have occurred In Oregon., Wash ington ana laano. The temperature In the Pacific Coast States Is from 5 deg. to 10 deg. below the normal. The Indications are for generally fair weather In this district, except In Northwest Oregon and West Washington, where light rain Is probable. WEATHER FORECASTS. Forecasts mado at Portland for 28 hours end ing at midnight, Monday, March 9: Portland and vicinity Partly cloudy, with probably occasional light rain. Southwesterly winds. Western Oregon Partly cloudy, with occa sional light rain north portion. Southwesterly winds. Western Washington Occasional light rain. Southwesterly winds. Eastern Oregon. Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho Generally fair. Southern Idaho Partly cloudy, with light snow east portion. EDWARD A. BEALS. Forecast Official, IS OCR MOTTO, Thorough work our doctrine. Strict ad herence to both enables us to qualify any willing student for the duties of an of fice position. The success of hundreds of our graduates, as bookkeepers and stenog raphers, proves that a course with pays. Open all the year; students admitted any time; catalogue free. Call, or white. PORTLAND BUSINESS COLLEGE PARK AXD "WASHINGTON. A. P. ARMSTRONG, LL.B., PRIN'CIPAL AMUSEMENTS. MARQUAM GRAND THEATER CALVIN HEILIG. Manager. Monday and Tuesday nights. March 9 and 10, tne uiever Komantic Actor, S. MILLER KENT. Presenting Nat C Goodwin's Success, "THE COWBOT AND THE LADY." Prices Entire parquette. $1.D0. Entire par quette circle, $1. Balcony, first C rows. -75c; last 6 rows. 50c Gallery. 35c and 25c Boxes ana loges, seats are now selling. THE BAKER THEATER- GEORGE L. BAKER, Manager. A real swell production. Tonight and every night this week, matinee Saturday, the Baker Stock company, presenting iiaddon Chambers great play, "CAPTAIN SWIFT. The Baker prices never change. . Evening. 15c 25c. 35c 50c: matinees. 10c Joe. 'JSC Next week, starting- Sunday matinee, Made line Lucette Ryleys "Christopher, Jr." CORD RAY'S THEATER Tonight and tomorrow nights only, Leslie Morosco and Leila Shaw In Willie Collier's laughing success, "THE MAN FROM MEXICO." Naturally funny; cast of superior merit. Four nights, starting Wednesday, March 11. with matinee Saturday, Thomas J. Smith, the young singing comedian In the new Irish com edy drama, "The Game-Keeper," an Ideal pic ture of the Emerald Isle. Prices Evening. 25c and 50c Matinee, 25c to any part oi House; cnuaren, ioc AUCTIOX SALES TODAY. At residence. 770 Overton st, 10 AM. S. L. N. Gilman, Auctioneer. At the Ford Auction Co.'s salesrooms, 182 First St., 10 A M. H. Ford, Auctioneer. 3IEETING NOTICES. IVANHOE LODGE, NO. 10, K. OF P. Reg ular convention this .(Monday) evening. Audi torium HalL Page Rank. Visiting Knights welcome. C NIELSON, C. C O. A WINDFELDER. K. of R. & S. HARMONY LODGE, NO. 12, A F. & A M. Stated communication this (Monday) evening, at 7:30 o'clock. Work In the E. A degree All M. M. cordially Invited. By order of W. M. W. M. DE LIN, Secretary. MARTHA WASHINGTON CHAP TER, NO- 14. O. E. S. A regular communication this (Monday) evening at S o'clock. By order of W. M. SARAH B. GUERIN. Secretary. PORTLAND LODGE. NO. 118. I. O. O. F. Regular meeting this (Monday) evening, at 8 o'clock. I. O. O. F. Temple. First and Alder sts. Work In first degree. Visitors welcome. W. A CLARK, Secretary. C. K. OF A The members of St. Mary's Branch 205. C K. of A., are requested to meet Tuesday, March 10. 1903, at 8 A M., at 325 Chapman at., to attend the funeral of our late brother, Patrick Gately; thence to St. Mary's Cathedral. 15th and Davis, where requiem will be said. JAMES J. MURPHY, Pres. pro tern. G. H. SPRINGMEYER. Rec Sec DIED. MEIER In this city. March 8, 1903. Mary Meier, aged 43 years 1 month and 2S days. Funeral notice hereafter. GATELY At his residence. 323 Chapman St.. Sunday. March 8. 1903. at 8 A M., Patrick Gately. t unerai xuesaay. juarcn io, at 8:30 A. M., from residence. Requiem mass at St. Mary's Cathedral. 9 AM. Interment at St. Mary cemetery. Friends Invited. Please omit flowers. , 1 1 FUNERAL NOTICES. O'REILLY At the pastoral residence, C20 Will iams ave.. Mrs. Bridget O'Reilly, aired 73 years, mother of Rev. C J. O'Reilly. Funeral on Monday at 10 A. II. from Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Please omit flowers. FOX San Francisco, March 6. 1903, Mrs. Mary Fox. aged to years, oeiovea mother ot Aaron Fox. Troutdale: M. Fox. Mrs. Moses Fuchs. Baker City: Mrs. Thomas McEwen, Sumpter, and Mrs. I. Bloch, San Francisco. Funeral today at 10 A M., from Edward Holman's funeral parlors. J. P. FINLEY SON. Progressive Funeral Directors and Embalraers, cor. 3d and Madison streets. Com petent lady ass't. Both phones No. I). EDWARD HOLM AN, Undertaker, 4th. and. Yamhill t. Reaa Stlnxon, lady assistant. Both phones No. 507. , SCHANEN &. HEV. MONUMENTS, cemetery -rvork, etc, 2CS First. CLASSIFIED AD. SATES. "Reosas," "Rooms aad. Board." "Housekeep fc Rooms." "Situation Wanted." 15 words or less. 15 cents; 18 Xo 20 words, 20 cents; 21 to 23 words. 26 cents etc No discount for ad ditional Insertions. TINDER ALL OTHER HEADS except "New Today." 30 cents for 15. words or less; 18 to 30 words. 40 cents: 21 to 23 words. 50 cents, etc first Insertion. Each additional Insertion, one-half; no further discount under one month. "NEW TODAY" (gangs measure agate), 15 cents per line, first Insertion; 10 cents per lice for each additional Insertion. ANSWERS TO ADVERTISEMENTS, ad dressed care The OregonUn and left at this office, should always be Inclosed In sealed ea-Te2Pes- 2fo stamp ts required on ruch, letters. The Orejoniaa will not be responsible for errors in advertisements taken through the telephone. NEW TODAY. ILLUSTRATION NO. 6. The Oldest Trust Company In Oretron. PORTLAND TRUST COMPANY OF OREGON. Incorporated April 22, 18S7. Ne,U". two ycara &so a merchant thought he would like to buy wheat. He deposited ?10.000 with us upon a certificate which Is payable upon 30 days' call. From that day to this the changes In the wheat market have been such that he has not cared to purchase. The money Is still with us. drawing Interest for him. It Is available to him at any time upon gtrtns the required call. Can you not use similar paper in your busi ness? Bank certificates are good to hold. Call on us for further particulars. PORTLAND TRUST COMPANY OF OREGON 109 THIRD -STREET. 5 MQRTGAGE LOANS $5000 and over. William Denholm, Falling Building. MORTGAGE LOANS On Improved city and farm property. Building loans. Installment loans. WM. MACMASTER. 811 Worcester block. 4000 FARHSf vllliy.WS from Portland to Ashland, at prices ranging from $2 to $200 per acre, rtdfl Ctatt Canialiiilid Eta! Estala a UcatiM Bama 162 Second at.. Portland; Oregon. SOMETHING GOOD f OOOO lOOxlOO on Twelfth and Har rison. Bent boy ob market for resi dence purposes. One block from Portland Academy. Will ell separ ately. ORINDSTAFF & BLAIN. FIREPROOF SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS Chamber of Commerce Bldg. Boxes rented from $6.00a yejir andy upwards . . rnvate rooms For cli ents where boxes can be taken, con tents examined, letters written, and other business transacted. F. K. ARNOLD, SupL FOR SALE We are now offering one of the most beau tiful residences In East -Pntlnnf Mm. Kolladay ave., with 100x100 feet of ground FOR RENT A modern 10-room residence. 655 Irving, or will lease for three years. If desired. TO LEASE A new and modern 8-room residence on 21st st., near Irving. PARR1SH, W ATKINS & CO. -50 Alder Street. Acre Tracts Acre tracts adjoining Nor thern Hill for $600 each, easy terms. Five-acre tracts on the Peninsula at $250 each, easy terms, all grubbed. Francis I. McKenna, 151 Sixth St. A House An Acre A new house with four large rooms and one acre of land at Northern Hill for $1100, $300 cash, balance $20 monthly. A new house with four large rooms and Four lots at Portsmouth. price cheap, terms $300 cash, balance $20 monthly. Francis I. McKenna, 151 Sixth Street. ORVILLE MERRILL Was, yesterday, awarded the money by the Portland Homebuilding Company with which to build him a beauti ful home at University Park. It is a charming story. He asked her to marry him; she answered, "Not till you have a home for me. He pon dered, a home for her and my wages so small, rle acci dentally picked up a Portland Homebuilding Co. leaflet. He learned that by paying down $5, and paying $5 monthly, he would some day have a home for her, although, it might not be this year nor next year, yet, sure some time. " With his heart full of the hope of a true lover, he paid down the first $5, and, perhaps, his last $5. He paid his sixth payment with the thought in mind, "some day 1 will have a home for her." Little did he think that the day was so near at hand. This morning as he goes to church, every dewdrop, seems a glittering gem: and every odor the perfume of orange blossoms. Ihe rent of this home would pay all future payments and leave him a fine profit each month. Portland Homebuilding Co., 151 bixtn btreet. FOR. SALE REAL ESTATE. CITT AND SUBURBAN HOMES Wl r o w o uicn arc on ulC ms sul t aD7 prIce you and terms J-roora modern house, full lot j o-rowa moaern nouse. with 2 lots 631 .wwu. uvuuu uuuse ana lot....... 4"i 6-room mode 21o rSrSstel ill 5-room modern hanu , i7 SI 9-room houso and lot on 10th"st!!ITtII 37 v. w . o uuu jut. OB Jinn Sl... 16 6-room house and lot, Sunnysido.. l" 10-room houso and lot T7. ? -room cottage and 2 lots vJ x.nwm tA..j. a . . i ..i,,.v " au improvea..... r.v SHREVS & HASLAM. 421 Ablngton Tbld $5000 ELEGANT MODERN T-ROOil RES I nrV. cirfl . iu-room resiaence d TVest Side, fireplace, furnace, fine fruit tree! JtJ-0 tWO lot .3StS GocKi 5"n??.rn nouse and lot In Cents Addition. CHJTtT.PUOV . ct-riui,c 245a Morrison St.. room 12.1 FOR SAI.T-RWTTnv nu r x-t -rrr-r-. it r swi agricultural land, about II T : iumiau; ruuroaa vnrougn cente - luuuinj, water ia.ps WQOIe plac no agents. Address R 16. care Oregonlan. BARGAIN NEW 5-ROOlT PLASTERED COI tage. basement, Lincoln Park Annex. Slin. raree 25-foot lots, near Highland School ' cu.cu; easy terms; owner. 291 Morril uuuii mjr ALL KINDS OF REAL ESTATE, FROJ1 20,000-acre farms to 25-foot ,,A rented, rents collected: homesteads and timl r oaiais jocaiea. ncs. pnone, Scott 211 xst st. SEVEN FINE. SUNNY LOTS, CAR LINeI streets, sidewalk, sewer completed: East Tayl ranu -ou unu --in; iiuw au, or sic a. lot. S 11. Oregonian. EIGHT-ROOM" TWn.RTmT ttittot?. c.-... .uuu, mwciii, wiui oricx oasement; oarl ;' -iw. u. u. ii. turns, room 21, 26 ilOUNT ECOTT MAT. T?STTTa nrorr Lents. Or. All kinds of property cheap. Take jw.i car; lore o cents, u. a. Aadlto 13250 Corner lot. with good house, walking dls mmuuitr car. AtBo nna lot, nolIa-4 day's Add.. $1100. Miller. S03 Chamber 'Com Homes built on easy payments, any part city; um immaucu it accessary; low rate interest uuiiQing t;o.. uis commercial bldg. lnorinn TV vipp nrcmpwu -n.nn. t- city for sale cheap, as owner Is compelled to t ecu. lh i. casn. 1 1 iu uremn an. LOTS. CLOSE IN. $350; $5 PER MONTH.! xiuuaes near steci Driage on easy terms, w. rcuii, room la wasmngton block. TOR SALE STRICTLT MODERN 8-ROOM j uuvue, ai locauon. west sice: a bargain.! uwncr. room iui. bneriocK DIC7. TOR SATYR PRAPTIfivlT. t rvn t-m -iti-tt-.I residence portion of city; 12 minutes' from! jr. j. x ig, ureguuian. INSIDE IMPROVED WEST SIDE PROPER-1 ty, paying 12 and 14 per cent. L. E. Thomn-I FOR SALE NEAT C-ROOM COTTAGE. WITH I uu. in room, pantry, cement woou cellar. Own er. D 6, Oregonlan. LOT 50x100. HAWTHORNE PARK. SALMON I ana mm sts.. ov casn, Daiance long time. X 11, Oregonlan. BEAUTIFULLY IMPROVED HOMES. $300 up; lots cheap. M. "V Parsons, 411 Spencer 0u, uoaLaviiia. FOR SALE ONE ACRE RIVER FRONT: fine location for manufacturing plant. 10T sneriocK Diag. FOR SALE SMALL ORCHARDS WITHIN two miles of statehouse. E. Presnall, Salem. M. BILLINGS: real estate, loans at reasonabla rates. Are and life Insurance. 509 McKay. wanted real estate WANTED HOUSE AND LOT. BEST THAT $2000 spot cash will buy; might take more expensive property if special bargain, with good Income, paying $2000 cash and assume some Indebtedness. O. C. R. Ellis, room. 21, 264 Morrison st. FOR, REXT FARMS. !44 ACRES IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY; 60 acres cleared and in high state of culti vation; 140 acres in good stump pasture, balance timber; all well fenced, well wa tered, good orchard; good 7-room house, large barn and outbuildings, and situated on lead ing public road. W, A. Shaw & Co., 243 Stark St., near 2d, Portland. 42 ACRES, FINE FARM. UNDER CULTIVA- tion, two mues irom city; variety or fruits. V 11, Oregonian. TO LEASE. QUARTER BLOCK ON SOUTHEAST COR ner cf 14th and Alder sts. Parrlsh. Watklna & Co.. 250 Alder st. TO EXCHANGE. EXCHANGE RESIDENCE AND BUSINESS property, well rented. In fine town, near Oakland, CaL. for Portland property. In quire L. S. Graham, Salem, Or. TIMBER LANDS FOR SALE. TIMBERED LAND FOR SETTLERS SOME small tracts of good agricultural land near railroad; will cut 3,000,000 per quarter sec- ' tlon; $6 per acre: also homesteads and timber claims. Ames Mercantile Agency, Abington building. FOR IMMEDIATE LOCATION 20 FIR AND cedar timber claims, will cruise 6,000,000 to 10,000.000: 10 fine yellow pine timber claims; all conveniently located on a logging stream; cruisers' fees reasonable. Wm. Hawks, room 306 Commercial block. WANTED YOU TO JOIN PARTY START lng Monday evening to locate on timber claims, cruising three to 6,000.000. Sanford & Perry, 319 Abington bldg. Timber cruiser and locater homestead and timber claims; locating In Douglas Co... Or. Ole Reno. Hotel Qulmby, cor. 4th and Couch. HAVE A FEW CHOICE TIMBER CLAIMS. 40 miles from Portland, within a mile of Colum bia River. Call 211 Alisky bldg. TIMBER LOCATIONS IN OREGON, SUGAR and yellow pine; cruise 3.000.000 to 5,000.000 W. S. Balr. Hombrook, Cal. PARTY THAT IS LOOKING FOR EOMH school land within half mile from town and, railroad call 211 Allsky bldg. FOR GOOD TIMBER CLAIMS CALL AT 515 Marquam bldg., 2 to 4 P. M. FOR SALE FARMS. FINE WHEAT FARM IN SHERMAN COUN ty. Eastern Oregon, of SCO acres; 700 acres tillable land, 275 acres sown In wheat; nlco new two-story house, good barn, orchard; land averages 25 bushels per acre; price, $20 per acre. $2750 For a nice 20-tract near Base LIna road, close in, 10 acres clear, very rood 6 room house, good barn, some orchard, lots oC small fruit. $3500 Very nice place of 24 acres, uiuea uuu rutuiou, new nouses Barn, au kinds of fruit and berries, about 000 cords of. fine timber: ulace must, be elated. CHARLESON & STAUB. 245H Morrison. Room 12. WE HAVE THE BARGAINS IN FARMS. Duuuiuiui uun.es, city property, nouses and lots, vacant lots, acreage. We can suit your taste and pocketbook, either for cash or on terms to suit you. Among them we have a splendid farm In Washington, with buildings, stock, tools. Implements and everything that goes to make a first-class farm. A fine 250-acre place In Clackamas County. SHREVE & HAS LAM, 421 Abington bldg. SEVERAL IMPROVED FARMS FOR SALE la tuus wjuiuj, iuimngion, near Vancou ver, and only a. couple of hours' drive from Portland; many of these are highly Improved, with full bearing orchards, and can be bought on easy terms; payments to suit purchaser. For further particulars apply to the Tltla Guarantee & Trust Co., 7 Chamber of Com merce, Portland. 5 ACRES, ALL IMPROVED. 170 FRUIT: trees in bearing, small frurt, all kinds; house, barn, chicken-house, horse, wagon, harness, cow, chickens and household goods; all tot $2600; this is choice soil, living water, and convenient to car line, but must go account of sickness. D. L. McLeod. 226 Falling bldg. FOR SALE SOME CHOICE ACRE TRACTS; aiso o, au auu. -.u-ucre tracts in uresnam; farms from 40 to 100 acres; all well Im proved. Roberta & Wirtr, Gresham. Or. 4 FOR SALE LARGE AND SMALL FARMS. dairy ana siock rancnes, in western uregon and Washington. W. O. WaddeL 205 il or ris on st. FOR SALE SMALL FARM CHEAP; 8 ACRES cleared. 1 acre fruit, framed house, barn and well, near city. J 16, Oregonian. CHEAP TWO HOMESTEAD RELINQUISH ments; living water, fine soli, near railroad. D L. McLeod. 228 Falling bldg. A FARM OF 1C0 ACRES. WITH STOCK AND farming implements, cheap. Address Mrs. Mary Calvin, Bull Run, Or.