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ujr??ijss 12r THE MORNING OBEGONIAN. MONDAY, MAY 11, 1903. GUI FOR FACTS Fireboat Committee Will Hear Anybody. AS TO THE TUG HAMILL Open to Conviction That She Is Not Suitable, OBJECTORS KUST GIVE FACTS WacMater and GHann Tell Reason Xor Their Vote on Pnrclinne Text of Offer to Sell, With Expla nation by Owners. dent fireboat at a. cost of not more than 540,000. Including her purchase price. The hollers at present in the boat are suffi cient, with slight alterations, to furnish steam for the pumps working at-a maxi mum capacity of 6000 gallons per minute at a pressure of 200 pounds per square Inch., and at the same time supply steam enough to'operate the propelling engines. "The machinery as a whole on the Er nest A. Hamill is above the average used in tugs of that class and will undoubtedly operate successfully In a fireboat. It will not be necessary to change the location or arrangement of engines or boilers to make room for the pumps, and the work of In stalling pumps and getting the boat into service could be done in three months, if the pumps could be obtained inside of two months, which is altogether probable." The committee of the Executive Board which once recommended that the can nery tug Ernest A. Hamill be purchased by the city, to be converted Into a fire boat, will meet in the Mayor's office this afternoon at 4 o'clock. At this meeting the committee hopes every person who has any data on the much-abused boat will be present, fortified with facts, fig' tires and expert opinions on which an to telllgent judgment may be based. The committee has made one report which favored the immediate purchase of the Hamill. This report was referred back by the Executive Board on Friday last. and the committee was practically asked to reconsider their decision, in the light of the violent opposition which it occasioned. "We are perfectly willing to do this," said Mr. MacMasteryesterday. "Our minds are open on the subject, and we desire to do the best that we can for the city. "We acted upon the best information which we could obtain when we recommended that the Hamill be purchased, but if it is un wise to buy her, we are quite willing to be convinced. If the rlvermen and people who are versed in handling craft Salong our water front think that nothing but a stern-wheeler should be obtained, then we will recommend a boat of this descrip tion. Cont Only 951,000 When Altered. "One point about the Hamill, which has never been brought out, seems to me rath er important. Let us take the report of Mr. Johnson, the expert who made the least favorable criticism on the boat. Mr. Johnson thinks that more repairs and alterations would be necessary than are suggested by the other experts. "Well, even taking the alterations which he pro vides for, and including quarters for the crew, the entire cost of the Hamill. In cluding her put chase price, would only be $31,000, which would leave us a margin of $9000 with which to buy hose and other necessities. "Whether the offer of a bribe was made to Mr. Johnston or not, I cannot see that it alters the character of the Hamill. And if we recommend her purchase It will be only because her owners can deliver us good value for every dollar we pay them. "If it is demonstrated to us that a stern wheel boat is better, we shall certainly not buy the Hamill. But this matter was carefully investigated before. The con clusion reached was that the proper style of fireboat for Portland would be a twin screw boat with a steel hull, and the rea son was principally because a steel boat is Indestructible. As we have only $60,000 to expend, the only way we can obtain an efficient boat of this description is to buy the Hamill and improve her equipment until it answers the requirements. And this, as I said before, can be done, even according to Mr. Johnston, by an expendi ture of $29,250. The other engineers, Mr. Ball and Mr. Ballln, quote even lower fig ures. It has never been said yet by any expert that the Hamill could not be sat isfactorily altered. Committee "Want Information. "The people who are opposing the pur chase have been Industrious. They have appeared before various commercial bodies in Portland, which in turn have requested the committee not to buy the Hamill. Now., the committee is extremely anxious for information, but it would not be in telligent to take hearsay evidence alto gether in this matter. If the Hamill is not a good boat, there must be reasons why, and so far we have not had any suffi clent reasons, substantiated by any relia ble data, presented to us. I do trust that if they exist, they will be laid before the meeting tomorrow afternoon. The com mlttee's one Idea Is to do the best thing for the city possible with our limited ap propriation. If the Hamill la purchased the money will be paid only after she Is brought to Portland under her own steam and delivered here, after a thorough trial trip under the direction of the city." Mr. GIIsuii'm I'onltlon Stilted. Mr. Gllsan, another member of the com mlttee, said that It had been long ago de cidea that a twin-screw, steel-hull fireboat Ehould be purchased. "Whether this phase of the matter will be reopened I cannot, of course, say," said Mr. Gllsan. "But if it is not concluded to reopen the discussion as to the compara tive merits of a stern-wheel and a twin screw boat, I cannot see how we can do any better than purchase the Hamill. A boat such as she will be when altered ac cording to the present plans cannot be built for less than $90,000. Personally, don't care what kind of a boat is select ed, and am quite willing once more to take up the question of what style the fireboat shall belong to, and when that is once more decided, to try and get the best craft of that style that we can for the money. "What the committee would especially like," continued Mr. Gllsan, "is for the Board of Trade, the Chamber of Com merce and the other bodies that have been passing resolutions on this subject to attend the committee meeting and give us some definite Information as to whv we should not recommend the Hamill In this way they would aid us to arrive at a proper conclusion. Resolutions are not any aid to us, when they contain no spe clflc data." Engineer BalPx Opinion. "The Hamill." said B. C. Ball, ah engi neer, who examined the boat on behalf of Jbo city, "can be converted into an effi THE ORIGINAL OFFER. Letter In Which the Hamill Was Of fered to the City. PORTLAND, May 10. (To the Editor.) In connection with the proposed purchase of the Ernest A. Hamill by the City of Portland, you have not published the offer made by the receivers of the Pacific Pack ing & Navigation Company to sell the boat to the city, which offer has been of record in the office of the Auditor of this city since April 21, 1903. In justice to all con cerned, we ask you to publish it. It reads as follows: April 21. 1903. To the Honorable, the Mayor and the Executive Board of the City of Portland Gentlemen: We have been authorized to submit to your honor able body, on behalf of the receivers of the Pacific Packing & Navigation Com pany, an offer to sell to the City of Port land the steel steamer Ernest A. Hamill, which, we are advised, would be suitable and appropriate as a fireboat. The facts In connection with this proposal are as follows: The vessel Is too large and too powerful a steamer for the fishing business of the Pacific Packing & Navigation Company on Puget Sound. She was built at To ledo. O.. in 1S9S, was serit to the Pacific coast in sections and put together here to be operated on the Yukon River. She was subsequently and In the year 1899 turnea over to tne pacinc American Fish erics Company, one of the constituent members of the Pacific Packimr & Navi gation Company, and since then has been but very little used. In the Fall of 1900 she was hauled out on the shipyard of the company at Eliza Island, where she has since been, carefully protected from deterioration during that time, so that she is in fact practical- a new steamer. She is built of steel throughout; has a steel aecK covered with a wooacn deck. Her deckhouses are of steel, and she has steam derricks on deck. Her length is llo feet: beam. 24 feet: draught. 9 feet- She is a twin-screw steamer, having two compound condensing engines with cyl inders 18x24. with 16-lnch stroke, develop ing 330-horsepower with 150 pounds pres sure, ane has two steel Doners, wnicn are now allowed a pressure of 150 pounds, but would be allowed a greater pressure than that above mentioned, as that was an that was required for the company purpose. Her speed Is about ten miles per hour, and her coal consumption for 24 hours in constant service about 12 tons, She has a complete electric light plant and -searchlight, ample accommodations for officers and crew, and Is arranged for water . ballast. Her tonnage is 1S3 tons gross. She Is now lying In the shipyard at iiiilza island, near Falrhaven. We are authorized by the receivers to state that they would be willing to pay the traveling expenses of a subcommittee from your Executive Board, consisting. say. of three of Its members, tosether with the Chief of the. Fire Department and an expert marine engineer, to exanr lne and inspect the boat, and If found sat isfactory would be willing to make a trial trio at their own expense, and 11 sun sat isfactory would undertake to deliver her at Portland within a very reasonable length of Ume thereafter, the total ex pense to the city delivered to be the sum of $2L730. She can be nut in commission on 24 hours' notice, and -would proceed to Portland under her own steam immedi ately. The receivers of the company are anx ious to have an early decision arrived at in this matter, so as to maKe otner ar rangements in tne event tne ixecuuve Committee does not accent her. ava inclose vou two nnototrranns or tms vessel, which will give you some idea of 't nnnpnranco and character. Ave would lurtner state mat irom wnat we can learn we are aavisea mat eomnarativelv small expense this boat onnlrt he made a most complete and sat lsfantorv fireboat. and could be in serv ice at a very early date, and at a saving of a great many thousands of dollars to the city 01 .roriianu. v a.-U'h von -would klndlv advise us if your honorable body will have this sub committee inspect ine vessel, turn re would further be very giaa to nave tne opportunity of presenting the matter more tuny at tne nrst meeting 01 iu board. Respectfully submitted. COTTON, TEAL & Ml.Jti. At the risk of trespassing further on your space, we wisn to can attention to .a few facts, some of which have Been over looked. At the time this offer was made it had been definitely determined by the Executive Board that the fireboat should be a twin-screw steel boat, otherwise the offer would never have been presented. Under the offer made, the city took ab solutely no chances on buying her. If from the first inspection it appeared the boat was unsuitable, the committee could reject her. If otherwise, a trial trip at tne expense of the receivers was tnen to De had, when all the questions of "handling. coal consumption, ' "structural weaK- ne5, speeoy etc, wouia ue ucinuiuuai- ed. just as In cas of a boat Duut tor tne Navy, by actual test, and If she did not meet the requirements, could then be re jected. If satisfactory, she was then to Do delivered at the receiver s expense ai me City of Portland for $21,750. COTTUJN, liALi 6Z. -MliNUlt.. NO HITCH ONO.R.&N. Conference With Enginemen Is Amicable. SLIGHT CHANGES ARE ASKED Athletic Club and the Young Men's Chris tian Association did not satisfy the as sociation players, although they split even In the series, winning the city cham pionship in the singles, while the club men won in the doubles. The associa tion men desire to arrange another series in the doubles, as they think they cm best the clubmen for the championship. They suggest that a challenge trophy be played for, to be defended against all amateur teams in the city which desire to contest on the handball court with the team in possession of the trophy. "WAR ON THE BEACH. Committees Return to Meet Manage. ment Many Mlgnratory . Railroad Men May Be Secured to Break: Great Northern Strike. The conference between officials of the O. R. & N. and the engine crews of the system will probably be ended today or tomorrow. The "differences between tne company and Its employes are not serious, and there Is every prospect of an amica ble agreement. The committee representing the engi neers and firemen returned to Portland Friday after a week or ten days ab sence, during which time It met the other engine men, and was better prepared upon its return to settle the controversy. There are no really serious questions up between the conferees. This is the an nual conference that is held between the company officials and Its engine crews. The engine men are 'asking for a slight Increase in wages and a graduated scale which provides a few minor changes. A better understanding relative to the switch engine crews' work and the assistance which shall be -allowed is also sought. The question has been gone over thor oughly, and the o'fficlals and engine men have practically reached an agreement. It Is not likely that any hitch will arise. The engine crews were not concerned in the previous conferences held between the railroad company officials and the train men, at which the question of an advance In wages and the double-header service were discussed. This question concerned the trainmen alone, and an agreement was made whereby the Increase In wages was granted, and the trainmen withdrew their request for double pay on double-header service. It Is a similar question that Is separat ing the Great Northern and Its employes. The question, In fact, has been brought up between the employes and all the West ern lines, and has been settled by all save the Great Northern. That line has granted the new wage scale demands, but refuses to make other concessions. The trainmen are to announce their decision this week. While neither the trainmen nor railroad officials can get a correct line on the Great Northern's, recruiting work In Port land, It Is generally conceded that the road would be able to pick up a number of trainmen in the event the employes of the Hill system went out. There Is declared to be a large number of railroad men in Portland who are not regularly employed, and who might accept an offer irom the Great Northern. Railroad officials declare that most of the available trainmen In Portland are brakemen of the "migratory" class. These are brakemen who do not take kindly to serving one railroad or in one locality ior any length of time, and who have shifted to the Northwest tn Summer. Naturally, many of them have drifted to Portland, where the onnortu- nltles for securing employment are better than elsewhere in the Northwest. Troubles of Property-Ovrnera Who Are Behind in Taxes. . Since the strike and complications aris ing out of.it put a stop to. building opera tions, in Portland several persons who spend their Summers at the coast have been endeavoring to arrange for build ing "cottages by the sea," while idle car penters were numerous here.' They 'went down to look around and decide where tp build, as some favor the south beach, which is in Oregon! and others the north beach, which is in Washington. They ran into an incident on nbrth beach which effectually cured them of wanting to invest any money there. In Wash ington if one for any reason, or with out any reason, does not pay taxes on his or her property, and it is after due process pf law sold for taxes, it cannot be redeemed. The parties looking for a location happened to visit North Beach Just as a man whose mother's cottage there had been sold for taxes was In the act of dispossessing a keeper who had been placed in possession and given a gun to defend his possession. The man who wanted possession also had a gun and he ousted "the man with the gun" and' took possession. "VI et armls" in reality. There Is a difference of opinion among the persons Interested as to whether the taxes on the property were really paid or not, which will probably be settled later by the courts. The purchaser of the tax title and his law yer, who had put the "man with the gun" in possession of the property, now feel as if they had in some way been delinquent themselves. There were sev eral other cottages In the same locality sold for taxes. Orte of them was furn ished, and the man who had bought it for a dollar or some other trifling sum was removing the furniture. Imagining that this belonged to him also. The party searching for a location went to South Beach and purchased lots and will build there. They indorse the statement of John Maguire, superintendent of the Astoria & Columbia River Railroad, who told them that South Beach was the only beach to have a cottage on. It Is the only beach, he says, after living on which a week, a man could go away from and talk about for ten hours a day the remainder of his life without ever telling a lie. It must be remembered that Mr. Magulre's railroad goes to this beach. "WILL SHORTEX ITS TIME. Canadian Pnclflc Summer Schedule Northern May Make Change. The Canadian Pacific has announced that It will shorten Its time on its fast overland trains next month. A Summer time card will go into effect at the time. by the terms of which the Canadian's crack train will make the transcontinental run in 96 hours. This is the regular running time of the Canadian during the Summer, and tha an nouncement of the proposed change Is simply a tightening of the schedule to meet the Improved conditions of the warmer months. The Northern Pacific has already short ened the time of Its North Coast Limited. though as yet no new literature showing the change has been Issued. Usually the road Is prompt to issue new publications showing similar changes, and there Is some speculation relative to the delay An intimation has been given that the railroad company might find it possible to further Improve the service, and the delay was occasioned by this fact. How ever, no official confirmation of this story is given. Neither the Union Pacific nor the Great Northern has announced a shorter time card for the Summer months. The Union Pacific has been unfortunate during the Winter In maintaining its schedule, but Improvements are being completed which will insure the delivery" of trains to the O, R. fc N. on time. If It Is found that faster time is possible, a change might be made later. IVnnts Nctt Handball Content. me recent series 01 nandDau games played between the Multnomah Amateur DRESS PATTERNS FREE Of the Popular Material for Summer Gowns. For three days, beginning Tuesday, and continuing Wednesday and Thursday, with each order given for a gentleman's suit, we will give free a complete pattern of Summer material for a lady's suit. Again, with each lady's suit of our mer chant tailor material, we will give free a complete pattern of the latest style Summer goods for a lady's suit. The goods we offer free are fine, very fine; you will recognize them as what you have to pay $1.50 to $2 per yard for. We have made direct connections with the pro ducers to get these goods. We had to get them that way. In order to get them at a price so we could even think of giv ing them free. Here are the goods we will give you: English sail cloth, London twine cloth, voiles, MIstrell etamlne, crumble canvas, very fine granite eta mlne, fancy open granite wool crash, fancy hemstitched etamlnes. Not a few styles, but upward of 75 "styles, in tans, modes, grays, browns, royal blue, and the shades olive, deep green, muff-col ored. A dress pattern of any of them you will have to pay from nine to twelve dollars for. They will go free with each order for a gentleman's suit or a lady's suit, ready to wear or to order, of our tailor material. We don't care when you have the gentleman's suit made; any time before the Fourth suits us. You have to get a suit, either lady's or gentle man's, likely both. Now's your chance. The prices of our gentlemen's suits are from $25.00 to $35.00; splendid material; each thread warranted all wool. Hun dreds who have profited by our sales of the past will vouch for this. No design ing or measuring of ladies' suits will be done during this sale; our time and room are limited. If you are not just prepared to buy, come in, get your name on our order book, make your selections and be assured of a very fine dress. We abso lutely guarantee you satisfaction. It don't cost you. a cent otherwise. Any of our materials will be sold by the yard If you want them at prices that will make any dry goods store man holler. "How can they do it." THE J. M. ACHESON CO., Merchant Tailors, Manufacturers of Ladles' Suits, Skirts and Coats, ready 1 to wear or to special order, Fifth and Alder streets. 4 Meier (to Frank Company . . ; Picture Framing done here. New and complete line of moldings. The Art of Embroidery taught by an expert Free instructions. Headquarters for Flags and Bunting and the President's Portraits. For Details See Our Sunday Advertisement Many Interesting Valnes and Lowest Prices in . Monte Carlo Jackets and Walking Skirts First Showing in Plaited Pedestrian Skirts A Great Sale of Babies' Necessities Special Sale of Leghorn, School and Seashore Hats Comforters and Grill Drapes Reduced The Drug Department Has Special Values 700 Pairs of Ladies' Shoes on Sale pair FOR. TODAY AND TOMORROW ONLY, The regular $2.50, $2.75 and $3.00 values will be offered at the reduced price of $1.45 a Men's and Boys' Clothing Excellent Values at Reduced Prices Special Sale Trunks and Traveling Bags You will -find our assortment of Stoves and Ranges, Refrigerators, Ice Cream Freezers, Lawn Mowers, Croquet Sets, Garden Hose, Hammocks, Vudor Shades, Baby Carriages and Go-Carts, and Sewing Machines as complete as can he seen anywhere and the prices always the lowest. Great showing and splendid reductions in the Linen and White Goods Departments: Meier &. Frank Company II Meier &. Frank Company Meier &. Frank Company TO SPY OUT THE LAND MR. GROSSCUP AXD HIS J.VUXT TO GOLDEXDALE. How the Xorthcrn Pnclflc Counselor Tooki Trip Into the Klick itat Country. Benjamin S. Grosscup, general "Western counsel for the Northern Pacific, Is pur suing his vacation trip with all the ardor of a small boy sent out to bring in the wood when he would prefer to be playing ball out back of the barn. Mr. Grosscup has forsaken the comfortable office chair and the nine-course dinners that he has grown to know with varying degrees of Intimacy, as his sphere of Influence has changed from the back-country" Justice shops to the larger centers of civilization and cultivation, for a ride on the quarter decK of a plow-horse through the moun tain fastnesses and the stretches of prai rie intervening between the Lower Colum bia and the Yakima Valley. Accompanied only by R. B. Lehman, a TAKES QUICK OFFENSE. Mr. Ball'H Integrity Instated Upon by Business Associate. PORTLAND. May S. (To the Editor.) In this morning's discussion of the fire boat question. The Oregonian deliberately and prominently grouped a series of state ments for the evident purpose 01 inspir ing unfavorable judgment on the integrity of Messrs. B. C. Ball and F. A. Ballln. The application of these inferences to the latter gentleman has no particular Interest for me, and may be left for the comment of others, but I am most deeply interested in their significance to Mr. Ball, both as a close personal friend and a business as sociate. It has been my privilege to be closely associated with this gentleman for about 12 years, including four years at college, and this acquaintance has made his character as unassailable to me as It is to the many other friends who know him "from the ground up." "It might bo pertinent to suggest in con nection with this whole fireboat matter that the province of reputable Journalism should have no place for ignorant and malicious defamation of honorable citi zens who have freely given their best ef forts to serve the city's interests. Un fortunately, the up-to-date reporter seems to be more specifically devoted to the dis covery of Imaginary mare's nests than to the plain exposition of facts. . In Justice to Mr. Ball, who is as yet too recent an arrival in Oregon to rely upon the verdict which a more extended ac quaintance would Insure him, I request that you give this a place in your col umns. WM. IL CORBETT. In the grouping of the statements of which the correspondent complains, there was no intention of reflecting upon the Integrity of any one concerned. In the body of tho article Mr. Ball was quoted In detail as to the reasons why he as sumed the position, and of the accuracy of this interview no criticism is made. The facts of the case were, as even Mr. Ball and Mr. Ballln will admit, somewhat remarkable, and. In stating them, briefly and without comment. The Oregonian only performed its duty as a newspaper. That the statement should have been construed by any persons as containing any innu endo whatever is most surprising. For all troubles Arising from urinary Irrita tion, take Oregon Sidney Tea, VIEWS OF PONTOON OF PORTLAND DRYDOCK, LAUNCHED AT VANCOUVER. j?notos.-br J. "W. Tollman, Vancouver. Steamer Undine Towlnfc the pontoon, to Its location or the river front. Before, it could be aecHred it floated dovrn stream half a railed Start of the Pontoon en its nltde Into the river. Tacoma abstracter and intimate friend, and his own reflections on the woes of a "Western counselor, Mr. Grosscup started from Portland a week ago on what he termed a vacation trip. Mr. Grosscup in sisted he wanted to get away from the city and Its mad whirl and seek the rest ful quietude of the country. He declared that he had been run down. Those who appreciated the giddy time of a resident of Tacoma could understand his longing for the peace of the sylvan glades, and those who realized how he had been compelled to dodge in and out of his retreat to es cape the seeker for passes appreciated the feeling with which he spoke of the wear and tear upon his nervous system. Conse quently, railroad men accepted'Mr. Gross cup's plunge into the woods as a pure vacation venture, and readily consented to put aside all intimations that the North ern Pacific had Interests lurking In the underbrush and that Mr. Grosscup had du ties that had to do with mountain passes and cross-country rides. Nothing save dire necessity, railroad men now contend, drove Mr. Grosscup and his friend Mr. Lehman "into the country and forced them to strap on their own saddles or plunge Into the thickets them selves to look for refractory horses. Noth ing save a direct command to report upon the country the Northern Pacific had'sur veyed and a feeling that one's own inves tigation is better than an agent's report is declared to be responsible for Mr. Gross cup's mid-Spring vacation trip out among the young trees and dew-laden grasses. Mysterious Mr. Grosscup, on a gum-shoe stunt through the highlands, presents all the spectacular features of an elephant's performance as he slips slyly from tree to sapling In his own native fastness. Mr. Grosscup has the happy faculty of acquir ing knowledge when he goes out in search of it. but it is not the custom of the adi pose Mr. Grosscup voluntarily to place himself at the mercy of an untried animal under a backwoods saddle. Rather has he enjoyed himself as helmsman for a natty runabout with some other person conveni ent enough to take the ribbons when he turned back and to slip the harness oft the restive steeds. More than that, Mr. Grosscup's thoughts turn to vacation periods like the gentleman's in the clas sic, "when the weather is warm," not when threatening clouds hang over the river valley and pneumonia lurks in tha underbrush." Mr. Grosscup neglected to avail himself of the privilege of seeking free transpor tation when he left Portland. He paid his own fare, and so did Mr. Lehman, until they fohsook the routes pf comfortable travel at Cascade. That Is the place where one of Mr. Grosscup's friends is en gaged in he pastime of snaring the wily salmon for a fastidious Eastern market It was given out that Mr. Grosscup in tended to spend a few days at this point eating home-cured bacon and watching the game chlnook do athletic stunts In mld cbanneL But Mr. Grosscup had no time for this pastoral existence. Instead he plunged immediately into the balmy Spring weather and got out among the pines, where he could breathe freer. From Cascade the vacation party mean dered up the Columbia River Valley to White Salmon. Thus Mr. Grosscup inno cently turned his vacation footsteps In the direction that Northern Pacific surveyors took' months ago as they sought an outlet for Mr. Mellen's road down the north side of the Columbia River. Then quite by chance Mr. Grosscup, in his desire to commune further with nature pulled bard on the starboard line and the nose of his faithful charger was pointed out over the Klickitat County lands toward Columbus. Columbus is a thriving little village with ambitions; quite the kind of a place that one would visit for the purpose of specu lating in real estate If he knew that nat ural gas was about to be discovered in, the immediate vicinity and aerial communica tion with other points was guaranteed. It is not a spot famed for Its seductive in fluence upon the vacation-loving towns people. Mr. Grosscup and Mr. Lehman evidently thought well of the place, for they spoke of it to themselves as they passed on toward Goldendale. It Is mere ly a coincidence that Goldendale Is an other town the Northern Pacific has marked In red ink on its "proposed" maps. From Goldendale the two hied them selves onward to Toppenlsh and thence to Yakima, They may have reached Yakima by this . time or they may be loitering along the way looking for nice locations for grade stakes, or in sL purely hollday splrlt, speculating upon the possibilities of certain streams as the home of numerous catfish. Innocent though the remark- may have been, there are men versed in the ways of railroads who recall it now that Mr". Grosscup is authority for the statement that when the Northern Pacific came to Klickitat County it would go in by the back door. Interpreted, this meant that when Mr. Mellen was ready to lay rails he would- begin the spike-driving process at some point probably Toppenlsh on the main line, and hunt for an outlet to the Columbia down in the valley. Mr. Gross cup, Instead of following the plan that the Northern Pacific Is reputed to possess, climbed over the -railing; of-the verandah and marched boldly out again by way of the rear entrance. Had Mr. Grosscup started at Yakima or Toppenlsh to ride over the route he has covered one would be a very poor observer of the trend of public events who did not conclude there was "railroad business" In volved. . But when Mr. Grosscup begins hlg pilgrimage at the Columbia and emerges from the wilderness at Toppenlsh. it is merely a vacation Jaunt, and those rail road men who perceive another motive for. the trip are wasting time discussing a "busy man's outing. "WALLACE GLASS BLOWERS Will Be In Portland All This "Week,. Commencing Tuesday Evening. During the coming week the storeroom on Sixth street, between Alder and Wash ington, will be occupied by an entertain ment so meritorious in every respect as to deserve a visit from all. The Wallace " Glass Blowers, whose reputation has preceded them, will give' their opening exhibition Tuesday even ing, and will continue all week, giving two exhibitions daily. Women Work ior the Fair. PORTLAND. May "9. (To the Editor.) The women of the Northwest, as well as the men, have a great undertaking on their hands, and we of Portland, being la the immediate center, must of necessity take the Initiative In Betting this great work in motion. Naturally the spirit and. energies manifest here will permeate the whole Northwest, hence our responsibili ties are double. In view of all this, let us try to forget our little selves, our lit tle friend3 and foes severally and collec tively, and above all the unkind words ere they are spoken, and have but one common thought, the Lewis and Clark. Fair, the success of which rests upon the united . and harmonious efforts of all. Come one and all to the Lewis and Clark woman's meeting Monday afternoon and enroll yourselves among the willing work ers for the Fair, which we must make great. MARY OSBORN DOUTHIT. BUSINESS ITEMS. It Bafcy Is Cnttlasr Teeth, S rare aa4 see that old aad well-tried. rtM4r Mrs. Wuulsw'a Soetkter Syrup, for aU14rtB taetats. It aeotkea-tbe child, sotteas t& swbh aUwh U 9Ja. rw yiiaA oeUe aad 44nfesa, Vigor and vitality are quickly given to th whole aygtem by Hood's Saxsapaxma.