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14 THE MORNING QREGOKIAN SATPjgDAY, MAY 30, 1903. ; A "RAIL-ROAD AeROSS CTREGON FACTS AND. SUGGESTIONS RELATIVE TO A LINE THROUGH MIDDLE OF STATE FROM EAST TO WEST sr BY VALLIS NASH In Northeast California and Eastern I Oregon Is a territory 300 miles from north to south and50 miles from east to "west absolutely without railroad advantages or communications. The -whole State of Ore gon covering: 03,000 square miles is con nected -with the -world outside by one line of single-track railroad along its extreme Eastern and Northern edges, and one similar line Irom North to South through the .valleys that lie immediately to the east-of its coast rango of hills. The reasons for the present isolation of this, immense tract are found, first: In the financial conditions -which carried the Northern "Pacific Railroad to Its -western outlets at Portland and on Puget Sound through, its then extension, the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company's road along the shore line of the Columbia River. Second In the then current belief that the extension to Portland and tKe outlet to the. Pacific -was only a practical prop osition for the Union Pacific, and its ex tension, the Oregon Short Line, by such lines reaching the same Columbia River line at its nearest accessible Eastern point at Huntington. Third In an entirely mistaken belief that a lino across Oregon 350 miles south of the Columbia River road, was, first, impossible from a railroad stand point; second, that such line could not be provided -with local frieght and passen ger trafllc to Justify its construction, and, third, that, as a through connection from the Eastern lines to the Pacific, such a lino offered no attractions in comparison with tho Columbia River road just re ferred to. From an intimate and dearly purchased knowledge of the topographical features of Oregon;-from the constant watching of the development of tho state over its whole area in population and industries for more than 20 years, and from a close association in Oregon with the effort that was begun in 1SS0 and suspended in 1S90 to ascertain tho practlbility of and to con struct the railroad now to bo described, and the consequent personal knowledge of tho location, cost and advantages of the same, the writer deems the time oppor tune to make a strong effort to interest In favor of this enterprise those who are able. If they are willing, to carry it to an early success. Shortly sketched, the line of the pro posed railroad crosses Oregon In a general east and , northwest direction. Leaving tho Oregon Short Line at Ontario, It Etrikes the Malheur River about four miles from its junction with Snake River; follows the Malheur up Into the Harney Valley; crosses that Valley for 75 miles of level agricultural land; passes then through the region watered by the many streams which are afliuents of Crooked River; thence directly across the irrig able area containing 1,000.000 acres claimed by the State of Oregon for irrigation from the Deschutes River and its tributaries, and on which irrigation has already com menced; thence by grades never exceed ing V& per cent, reaching the heart of the timber region of the Cascades; crosses that range by a safe, easily accessible and entirely practicable pass, down the Valley of the North Santlam River, through continuous fir timber of the finest and closest growth; following for 40 miles a river where at every two or three miles at least is an available water power for manufacturing or milling purposes, and then entering the East Side of the Wil lamette Valley, and reaching Silverton on the TVoodburn branch of the Southern Pacific Railroad, and so into Portland. The distance from Ontario to the sum mit of tho Cascades by this route is ap proximately 330 miles. Prom that point' to Mehama, on the Columbia & Eastern Railroad, is about SO miles by that road; 16 miles of Willamette Valley road to Sil verton, and from Silverton to Portland 46 miles, or 422 miles in all, as against 444 by Huntington and tho Columbia River. These figures are believed to err on the conservative side. . From a point on this line about 185 miles west of Ontario it Is believed by the writer that a road could be run south westward through the Lake country to a connection with the Southern Pacific Rail road at some. point near Hornbrook. But this last is nothing more than a sugges tion, and rests on no personal investiga tion, though engineering reconnaissances have shown enough in its favor to call for complete surveys. Within the knowl edge of the writer there are but two prac ticable entrances for a railroad from the Snake River Valley on. to the Eastern Oregon plateau by tho Malheur or by the Owyhee Rivers. Both having been carefully examined, the Malheur route was found by far the better. Tho only costly part of the 330-mile sec tion from Ontario to the summit of the Cascades is the 10 miles up tho Malheur 21 crossings of the river and a good deal of rockwork are involved. The long . stretch across the Harney Valley calls for no remark. From there on to the crossing of tho Deschutes River the land is more rolling, but offers no serious ob stacles. After tho Deschutes is crossed, tho easy ascent to the pass over the Cas cades soon begins. The slopes afford room for development by .which the ruling V& per cent grade can to diminished if de sired. The country on the west of the river is lightly timbered until the timber belt proper is reached. The pass into the recesses of the chain is round a flat topped, low mountain called "Haystack Mountain." From the volcanic region of the eastern side of the rango tho survey enters tho strange north and south strip called "Big Meadows," "Little Meadows," and so on, and runs through heavily grassed pasture land for several miles north before making tho westward run. The peculiarity of the pass is that this, the highest part, is crossed on a fill, which very largely diminishes tho danger of ob struction by snow. The western descent is nearly SO miles longr broken into three long stages of uniform grade, separated by levels of two or three miles. The max imum grade on the western side of the pass Is 3 per cent. The stretch of line now under discussion calls for one long but low trestle, or fill, near tho summit, and a good deal of small bridging and some rockwork, until tho completed part of tho Columbia & Eastern Railroad Is reached at Boulder Creek, some two miles beyond the present terminal station at Idanha, almost 50 miles east of Albany. If it is thought best to stop construction when the Columbia & Eastern Railroad is reached, then Albany will be the point of access to the main lino of the South era Pacific But to shorten the time and distance to Portland the line of tho Co lumbia & Eastern will be left at Lyons, or near by, and a link of 10 miles or thereabouts will connect at Silverton with the Woodburn-Springfleld branch of tho Southern Pacific Railroad, 46 miles from Portland. The conditions, difficulties and cost of construction will now be dealt with. Starting once more from Ontario east ward, the first point to notice is that the rock work in the Malheur Valley was practically done ten years -ago; the ap proaches and piers for tho 21 crossings, as well as the various rock grades wero constructed by over ten months labor of two heavy rock gangs. The bridge spans ore none of them large. The second point to notice is that whatever railroad first constructs Its lino hers is -practically secure against after In vasions, thero being in effect no space to lay a second line along side, above or below the first, while, as before noted, this Malheur Valley Is, from the engineering standpoint, about the only access- to .the Eastern Oregon pla teau. Nothing need be said about construction westward to the Deschutes Crossing; all easy, cheap work. The Deschutes bridge will take two, if not three, spans, but tho approaches are easy; Easy work again on the east slope until the heart lest rock cut was finished and track laid of tto range is reached. There the heav on it for about a quarter of a mile to hold the pass and exclude possible in vasion. A great deal of work was done between the rock cut Just referred to and the end of track of the C. & E. R. R. . Premising that the following figures are given from memory only, the writer hav ing nortseen the papers for upwards of ten years, it is believed that reference will show the estimates of cost to be, from end of track across the mountains to tho Deschutes River, $1,250,000; from the Deschutes to Ontario, 56,000,000, or 56,250,000; from Lyons to Silverton. 16 miles, about 520,000 per mile. These fig ures include equipment. It is premised that control may be had of the C. & E. R. R. and the records in its possession. To the advantages above shown from its completed and partly finished work must be added the value of Its fran chises, right of way to both public and private domain, tide lands in Lincoln County and surveys and estimates; also the value of the road and equipment from Albany to Yaquina, 1 miles; 9ne mil lion dollars docs not seem to tho writer an extravagant price, which should be added to the estimates of cost. An allowance must be made for addi tional cost of right of way over tho fig ures of 15 years ago, and it may be nec essary to provide for a higher cost of construction In these times. Everything considered, it is suggested that $9,000,000 will be a fully sufficient capital. What then are the inducements for this outlay? Why build this road at a cost of 521,327 per mile? Shortly stated, no single 50-mile section from Ontario westward, or from Idanha eastward, can be opened to traffic with out the traffic In freight and passengers j being there to await its opening, and i yield dividends from the start. 1 In the first place, tho lino cuts directly through the greatest timber belt on this I continent. Nearly every section (outside 1 the Cascade Forest Reserve) is now in j tho possession of Eastern syndicates and Western millowners. Within the personal knowledge of the writer, many miles of this timber have been "cruised" to cut from 35,000 to 40.000 feet to the acre. Each mile, on the lower scale of figures, yields 1160 carloads, at 30 tons to the car. The writer was" told by the head of one of the large syndicates that they owned be tween 1,500,000,000 and 2,000.000,000 of feet of the Western Oregon timber. Transporta tion is the burning question with them all. The timber within logging distance of this road must go out over it, the only ques tion being of more or less mileage. Until the Eastern connection Is made, the tim ber will go west to the Willamette River and its roads. Once the line is open tho vital question must be how to handle the trafllc offering. Only those behind the scenes can realize the enormous profits awaiting these syndicates. They have paid DO cents per 1000 feet or less for the tim ARROW ON THE SOUND PAPERS ARE SPECULATING OX HER ROUTE. Portland. River Shnrps Have "Vot Changed Their Opinion of Boat Case of QnlcU Dispatch. The arrival of the steamer Arrow at Seattle has revived speculation in the Sound papers as to her future route. The steamer has secured accommodations at the Galbralth-Bacon dock. From that dock steamers are already operated to Tacoma, to Bremerton and to Olympla and It Is considered improbable that the dock would contract to accommodate any steamer running in opposition to estab lished lines already using It This nar rows tho speculation concerning the Ar row's run down to the Seattle-Everett route, according to the Seattle crimes, as aside from Tacoma, Olympia and Bremer ton there Is hardly another run on the Sound which would afford a sufficient amount of day business for a steamer of her passenger accommodations. The Post Intelllgencer believes that if the Arrow does not go on the Tacoma route, she will run to Bremerton. That paper says:' "So far as the public knows she is owned by tho Arrow Navigation Company, and that company, so far as Seattle Is con cerned, is Captain J. S. Cochran, who went to Port Townsend yesterday to meet the steamer, and whq came to Seattle on her yesterday afternoon. Captain Cochran Is a very pleasant man, and Is anxious and willing to tell all about tho boat until asked what route eho will take. Then he bottles up, and his sidestepping Is some thing fine to watch. He says the public will know the plans for the boat in a couple of days, but until he is ready to announce it questions along that line are useless." Portland steamboat men who watched the construction of the Arrow and know Just what kind of material went Into the boat cling to their first belief that she was built merely for speculation. They say she cannot compete with the Flyer or any of the crack Sound boats and will stand no more show of running off any of tho old established liners than a sail boat would. Engineers, who examined the machinery before and after it was put into the Arrow, have all along expressed tho opinion that the steamer was only built to be sold. She Is very neatly fitted up and presents a show appearance, so probably some one will come along with plenty of money to spare and take her oft the hands of her builders. It Is a different .class of boat that the same people, the Arrow Navigation Com pany, are building up at the foot of Clay street The new Telephone, or whatever her name will be, promises to be a great improvement over the old Telephone that was designed by Captain U. B. Scott Although work on her Is not being rushed, good progress has already been made on the hull. This has been built on exactly the same lines that made the old Tele phone the greyhound of the river. Her engines will "bo those built for Mohr's steamer Klickitat and never used, and will be the most powerful sternwheel en gines ever put Into a boat here. -The cabins will be those now on the old Tele phone. They are being repaired - and painted and will be transferred to the new hull as eoon as Joe Pacquet completes It No one seems to know what will be done with the new sternwheeler, but the gen eral opinion is that she, too, will be taken over to the Sound. POTTER'S TRIPS TO THE BEACH. Arrangements of O. R. & 2f, Steamer Llxze for Summer, The O. R. & N. Co. has arranged its schedule of the steamer T. J. Potter for the coming beach season. The Potter will ply between Portland and Ilwaco tho same as in the past few years, leaing Portland on her first trip at 10 A. M- Saturday, June 27. Her last trip will be out of Il waco on September 6. During the season, with certain exceptions, she will leave Portland every day from Tuesday to Sat urday Inclusive, running through to Il waco, via Astoria, Coming from Ilwaco, she will leave daily except Saturday and Monday. A new departure has been made toward the end of the season in the arrangement of the Potter schedule, in that, on Wednesday, August 26; Friday, August 2S; Wednesday, September 2, and Friday, September-4, the boat will leave Ilwaco In the morning, making a day trip to Portland. These four day trips up the river have been arranged for the special ber on the stump. Including logging and sawing, the timber will cost them at the mills less than 56 per 1000 feet on the cars. Add any reasonable transportation and compare the price of the timber in Eastern markets and say if there is not Justification for the eager buying by the Eastern syndicates or speculators,, and for the providing of the road to carry the product. Besides the timber traffic of the Cas cade region proper in Oregon, yellow fir, spruce, cedar and hemlock, an immense area of yellow, and sugar pine on the head waters of the Deschutes and its tributaries awaits transportation, all of which will come down the streams to the railroad at the crossing. The writer re cently received particulars of one pine tract of 50,000 acres in this district cruised at 15,000 feet to the acre, and this is but a small portion of it. The line nexjt enters the Irirgable area of Eastern Oregon. It Is understood that 1,000.000 acres has been already claimed by the state under the Carey act. Of this, districts of 2S.000 acres, 80.000 acres and 400,000 acres are already being handled for irrigation purposes. The water la to be ' on the first-named tract by July 1 next, ' and plots of 40, 80 and 160 acres are now being sold to the incoming settlers. These men will have to transport themselves and their families, household goods, build ing materials and their implements at least 100 miles by team to get on to their purchased lands from Shaniko, the pres ent end of the Lytle road, the Columbia Southern. The proposed road runs for 40 miles through this district. Thero is no reason in soil, climate and productiveness why the Irrigated lands of the Des Chutes Valley should not rival those of the Yaki ma Valley of Washington, and every SO acres support a family. No one who Is not familiar with the conditions coming before the Immigration Bureau of the Harrlman roads can form any idea of the multitudes In the States of the Middle West who are certain immigrants to the Pacific Slope In the near future. The jna jority of these people seek irrigated lands by preference. The road then penetrates the sheep ranges, and their products for 50 miles north and south are- tributary. The Harney Lake Valley is a tract of alluvial soiKTS miles by 30 in extent, at the least. It is formed by the subsidence of the waters of tho great lake which in ages past spread from the Blue Mountains to the California ranges. Wherever set tlement has gone it has prospered. Not only cereals, but fruits grow to perfection, and only transportation is wanting to its development Towards the eastern end of the Harney Valley, the land rises' towards the Blue Mountains In the North. Re connaissances showed that a short con necting spur would give access to the mining regions of Sumpter and Baker County, where so great tfevelopment Is in progress. The last section to Ontario is also through the stock country and will Be reached by the herds and flocks of South convenience of people returning from the beach to Portland. There has been some difficulty toward the end of the season In the past In pas sengers getting from Ilwaco over to As toria on the steamer Nahcotta, on ac count of a larger number desiring to make the trip than the Government license modate 700 or S00 people at a time, the four day trips up the river will enable families to return to Portland In entire comfort These up-river- day trips have been arranged by the O. R & N. Co., In I response to special solicitation, and It Is i expected that they will tend materially u1t.41uj1u1u1u.auuu ui iui hi xeui;u, GIVEX QUICK DISPATCH. General Fnidherbe Completes Large Cargo and Is Ready to Sail. The last ship of the May wheat fleet, the General Faldherbe, completed her car go early yesterday morning and will prob ably leave down the river tomorrow. Her cargo clnslsts of 109,334 bushels, valued at 5S7.467. Kerr, Glfford & Co. are the export ers. This ship was given remarkably good dispatch. She arrived in the river May 15, bringing 5000 barrels of cement The work of discharging her Inward cargo be gan on Thursday last week, and no time was lost in getting the cement out and the wheat in, two crews of longshoremen working on her. The Faldherbe is bound for CaDe Town. The British ship Langdale. which pre ceded her, arrived down at Astoria yester day morning, ready toput to sea for the United Kingdom. The Donna Francisca, which will also load for England, will ar rive in the harbor today. WATJEX IS SAFE. Bat Reports the Loss of the German. Bark Edith, COOKTOWN, Queensland, May 20 Ad vices from Port Moresby, Now Guinea, say that the overdue German ship C. N. Watjen, which sailed 'from New York October 29, for Yokohama, has been towed to n. 5tif imrhnratK nt TTnll !nnnil . Guinea, with the Ices of her foremast 1 mainmast and rudder. About 15,000 pack I ages of her cargo were jettisoned. The ( Watjen saved eight of the crew of the Hamburg bark Edith, bound from Puget . Sound to Port Pierre, which was totally i wrecked on the Nerus shoals January 29. The captain of the bark and her crew are missing. Inspectors' Hard Trip. Local United States Inspectors Edwards and Fuller have returned from a hard triD 1 to Tillamook, where they Inspected the steamers Annerlne and Maria. They went over the mountains from Forest Grove in j private conveyance, and, owing to the j muddy condition of tho roads, were com , pelled to foot It most of the way. Since tneir return they Inspected the Bailey Gatzert, Undine and Leona here, and the City of Eugene, at Oregon City. Keel a Great Fir Stock. ASTORIA, Or., May 29. The keel for ; the new steamer which R M. Leathers is to build for G. W. Hume, to be used in towing logs for the latters mill, was brought over from Knappton this morn ing. It is 66 feet long Sxl2 Inches, and is as fine a ffr stick as can be cut Work on the construction of the boat will be com menced next week. Melville Boilers Are In Portland. ASTORIA, Or., May 29. (Special.) The steamer Melville, recently built at Knapp ton for the. Callender Transportation Company, will be taken to Portland to morrow to have her boiler and engines in stalled. The Intention is to have her ready to go into commission by the middle of June. Evidence of a Shipwreck. CHERBOURG, May 29. The body of a sailor belonging to the coasting steamer Vllle de Cherbourg, with ten passengers on board, which 'was due to arrive here from Havre last Monday, .has been picked up off Cape Lahave. It Is. believed the vessel has been lost Largest Steam Schooner. ABERDEEN, Wash.. May. 29 (Special.) At Hoqulam today, the keel of the larg est steam schooner ever built pn the Pa cific Coast was laid. She will be built for the 33. K. Wood Lumber Company, 'of Hoqulam, and will baan oilburner. British Steamer Founders. SYDNEY. N. S. W.. May 29.The Brit ish steamer Oakland foundered off Port Stevens today. Some of her passengers and crew were saved. Marine Xotes, ' Tho Professor Koch, from Bremen for eastern Oregon and Northeastern" Cali fornia. 'Settlement Is. however, spread-' ing" through all the river and creek bot toms; houses are being built .and orchards planted. . ( It remains to notice that the extension southwards of the Columbia' Southern Railroad crosses this line and becomes tributary to it, for the whole of its South ern extension past this road and for 50 miles, north" of it as well. Nothing has been said of the claims of the proposed road to through traffic as the shortest and most natural extension to the Coast of the Oregon Short Line, and therefore of the Union Pacific It Is worth while to call attention to the possibilities of very . speedy completion from the vas.t amount and value of heavy preparatory work which .has been done. Bearing this in mind It is per haps not a rash forecast "that from 12 to IS months of vigorous construction would open the road from end to end. Trained and responsible engineers made the surveys and estimates oh which this paper is founded. Many of tem could, if desired, be reassembled that the work might have the advantage.of experienced and familiar oversight By its fostering .care bt -the new In dustries opened to -cthe existing popula tion of Western Oregon, aa well as by the estflhllshmpnf nf -tVin Tmmlpnitinn Tn reau, the Harrlman system has shown ! Itself fully alive to the advantages It ' will gain by such development as is the , certain consequence. But the very suc cess of these efforts will result in the near future In a congestion which will disastrously react on all those responsi ble for It The writer knows what Is so I far the special work of the Immigration ' Bureau. Thousands of pamphlets draw ing attention to the resources and oppor tunities to be found in Oregon are being daily sent over the Middle States: Trained and competent agents follow up this general work and concentrate effort on likely localities and special groups. Result an exodus into this promised land. Where ten men have so far spread over an area measured by miles, four times that number will very shortly be at work on quarter sections. What Is to be done with the products of their labor under present conditions? Again: The O. R. & N. Co.'s line along the Columbia is in effect a huge tunnel for through trafllc What possible chance is there of its handling the product of Western Oregon wnen the new owners of the forest erect and put In motion their new mills, handling 100,000 or 200,000 feet a day? As for the timber districts of Southeastern Oregon, there is not the re motest chance of transportation for them withjexlsting means. Here lies the urgent motive for the Intrusion of other roads Into what should be the exclusive terri tory of the Harrlman system, and events point that way so clear'y - that he who runs may read. The time for action is now, before the urgent pressure of the new conditions compels either to costly and hasty work, or secures the division of the immense and profitable field with other interests. So far as the writer has stated facts he believes himself to be In a position to prove them. So far as opinions and de ductions go, he thinks he can Justify them. 'WALLIS NASH. Portland, May 26. Portland, was spoken May 12 In 28 north, 10 west The barkentlne Arago has cleared for San Francisco with 700,000 feet of lumber shipped by the North Pacific Mill Com pany. The China steamer Indravelli dropped down to the mills yesterday morning and began loading flour. She wll take out one of the largest cargoes evershipped from Portland. The Maritime Register says J. J. Lynn, of Port Huron, is negotiating with the Cralgs of Toledo for a steel lumber steam er of about 215 feet length for the Pacific Coast trade. The vessel te to be similar to the Francis H. Leggett, lately built at Newport News. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA. May 29. Arrived down at' A. II. British ship Langdale. Left up at 7 A. M. Schooner John A. Condition of the bar at 4 P. M., smooth; wind -vest; weather hazy. Eureka. May 29. Sailed 28th, at 3 P. M. Steamer Prentiss, for Portland. Fremantle, May 29. Arrived prior to date British ship Scottish Minstrel, from Portland. San Francisco, May 29. Arrived Steamer San (a Monica, from Gray's Harbor. Sailed Steamer James Dollar, for Seattle; schooner Roy Somers. for Gray's Harbor; schooner Ab ble, for Gray's Harbor; barkentlne John C Meyer, for Ballard. Hoqulam. May 28. Arrived Steamer Cffn tra il a, from San Francisco for Aerdeen; schoon er William Benton, from San Pedro for Cos mopolts; barkentlne Katie Fllcklnger. from San Pedro for Hoqulam. Seattle, May 29. Sailed Steamer City of Puebla, for San Francisco; steamer Santa Bar bara, for San Francisco; French ship Hoche. for Cape Town; 2Sth, steamer Dlrlgo. for Skag way. Arrived Steamer Rainier, from San Francisco; steamer' Valencia, from San Fran cisco; schooner Cecelia. (Sudden from Saa Pe dro. New York, May 29. Sailed Celtic, for Liv erpool. Liverpool, May 29. Sailed Victorian, for New York. Arrived Germanic, from New York. Naples, May 20. ArrlvM-Nord America, from New York. . Latest Manual of Statistics. The current Issue of the Manual of Statistics is a substantial volume replete with Information in the special fields that are embraced within Its scope. Last year 100 pages were added to It in consequence of the increasing demand that the ne cessity of keeping pace in Its records with the phenomenal Industrial and financial development of the United States made upon it This year a further addition to Its size has been found imperative, and tho present volume numbers 1044 pages. The book is not bulky, however. A large amount of space In the volumo Is devoted to railroad securities. This department offers the most complete and most trust worthy Information ever collated regard ing the organization, history, capital, bonds, earnings and other details of tho great transportation systems of the United States, Canada and Mexico. The activity of recent years in the reorgan ization and merging of many great rail road properties and their extraordinary material, as well as financial development has constituted a movement of remarka ble Importance that has attracted the at tention of financial and Industrial circles throughout the world. The Manual of Statistics in presenting complete, care fully studied and intelligently condensed records of these transactions, and In showing the existing condition of these railroads, performs an excellent service for the operator and the investor. Noth ing that one canposslbly require for in formation In these particulars is here lacking. Exceedingly valuable are the freight traffic statistics of the principal railroads, showing in a striking manner tho earning power of the corporations. The maps of many of the- larger trans portation systems are also of peculiar and valuable interest exhibiting as they do the possibilities of future business development through the agricultural und Industrial growth of the sections of the country that they traverse. Painful urination, too frequent, scanty, xet ting up at night, cured by Oregon Kidney Tea, IL Don't Dnidjfe MR. MANNING PROTESTS DISTRICT ATTORXEY "WRITES LET TER TO COUNTY OFFICIALS. :-: . T v 1 Ontslde Legal Talentfbt Needed, He Says, to' Look After Bank 'Litigation. John Manning. District Attorney, Is paid an annual salary by Multnomah County to attend to the county's legal business. Mr. Manning considers that he Is quite competent to attend to these matters, and consequently feels aggrieved because Judge Webster haaappolnted Carey & Mays, a local firm of attorneys, to prose cute a suit against the First National Bank. Mr. Manning further considers that tho employment of outside attorneys Is a wholly unnecessary expense to ttie tax payers, and. In order that he might not be considered as acquiescing in any policy that might be made tho subject of criti cism on the ground of extravagance,-ha wrote the following letter of protest to the County Commissioners and to Judge Webster, under date of May 26: "Gentleman: I understand that your board has seen fit to employ the services of an attorney, without any knowledge on my part, to bring an action for Mult nomah County against the "First National Bank of this city in a matter wherein j the county, according to your claim, has j been Injured. j "I would suggest to your honorable j board that it would be better for you to consult with the District Attorney, who 13 paid an annual salary by the County . of Multnomah for taking care of the I county's business before you take the lib- erty of spending the county's money to secure the services of other attorneys ( waen it may not De necessary tor you so to do. "I am bitterly opposed to the expendi ture of the people's money when It Is wholly unnecessary, and strenuously ob ject to your board employing the services 1 i oiner counsel to assist me in litiga tion wherein the County of Multnomah is interested. I have two deputies regu- larty employed to assist me for that pur- j pose, and we are able to take care of the 1 county s business, and are Indeed perfectly willing to do so. Your honorable board should not be so ready to employ other counsel and spend the county's money when not necessary. Very, truly, JOHN MANNING." auu, moreover, .air. canning nas otner matters to protest about , "Since I assumed the office of District Attorney on January 14," said the only Democratic officeholder In Multnomah County, "Judge Webster has never seen fit to consult my office about anything. He has studiously avoided asking my opinion on any legal matter, and, while I have not the least objection to him 1 tuning this courso if he desires to, I do object to him spending the taxpayers' money to employ other attorneys In my place. "This Is not the first time Judge Web- I ster has Ignored my office and placed the legal business of the county in other hands. Some weeks ago ho instructed or permitted Ralph Dunlway, an attorney of this city, to bring suit for damages in the name of the county against the own- j era of a ship which once collided with and Injured the Morrison-street bridge. I did not protest publicly against this, for the sole reason that I understood Mr. Dunl way took the case on a contingent fee, and that therefore, the enuntv mntn not lose anything. The work Itself, how ever, could just as well have been done by my office, and if the suit was won Mr. Dunlway's contingent fee would have gone to the credit of Multnomah's tax payers." For the question as to why Judge Web ster chooses to ignore the District At torney's office, Mr. Manning had no ready answer. ." i&n see no adetluate explanation for it he said. "My office is thoroughly capable of handling the county's business. I have two competent deputies to assist me, and there seems to be no personal friction with Judge Webster." Judge Webster was seen about the Manning letter, and declined to make any statement for publication. MOTHER GRAY'S SWEET POWDERS for ch'lfon. Mother Gray, for years a nurse In the Children's Home, in New York, treated children successfully with a remedy, now pared and Dlaced In the drue stores, called Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children. Thy are harmless aa milk, pleasant to take and. never fall. A certain cure for feverlsh ness. constipation, headache, teething and stomach disorders and remove worms. At all druggists. 25c. Sample sent FREE.- Address Allen S. Olmsted. Le Boy. N. X. HOME INDORSEMENT Hundreds of Portland Cit izens Can Tell You AIL About It. - Home Indorsement the public expres sion of Portland people, should be evi dence beyond dispute for every Portland "reader. . Surely the experience of friends and neighbors, cheerfully given by them, will carry.inore weight than the utterances of strangers residing in far-away places. Read the following: Mrs. D. E. Sawln. of 65 East 10th street says: "Doan's Kidney Pills were brought to my notice from reading about them fn tho paper from my home, Leominster, Mass. Every now and then I read of some one whom I knew personally being cured of kidney trouble by the use of Doan's Kidney Pills. I would not have paid so much attention to it had I not known them to be good, reliable, people, who would not make such a statement un less It were absolutely true. Last Fall, when I found my kidneys were not per forming their functions properly, I went to the Laue-Davls Drug Co.'s, store, cor ner of Yamhill and Third streets, and pro cured a box. They benefited. me very much. To say I have a high opinion of Doan's Kidney Pills expresses nfy feeling towards them very mildly." Sold for 50 cents a box. Foster-MIlburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. sole agents for the United States. Remember the name, Doan's, and take no substitute, - A rich woman II you had the VslIvso of tho clothes Vubljed to pieces ye&rly In the w&sh, you'd roll in. Vealth. Millions worth of clothing a.ro thrown wa.y yearly, worn, out by washing Save year-pert a.nyway. Wash with Pearl inet it does awrxy with the rubbing ; every thing washed with Pea.rllne Iatsts much longer. PEARL INE washing is easy, quick, economical , . 695 Vse Peaurlme J tt. Louis .V 11. TT1 U U C The Highest Priced but the Best Quality. Order from Fleckenstem-Mayer Co. In Three Words It takes but three words without superlatives to define the superiority of Hunter Baltimore Rye viz: The Perfect Whiskey ROTHCHILD BROS., Portland, Or. See-saw weather, cold to day, warm tomorrow plays havoc with y.our health and comfort, unless you wear the Dr. Diemel Undergarments. They give ample protection and absolute comfort. All Deimel garments bear the Dr. Deimel name on a wo ven trademark label. For sale at best houses every where. In Portland at Olds, Wortman & King. Buffum & Pendleton. C. GEE WO The Great Chinese Doctor is called great be cause his wonderful cures are so well known throughout the United States, and because so many people are thankful to him for eavinff their lives from OPERATIONS He treats, any and all diseases with powerful Chinese herbs, roots, buds, hnrlc and vprAfahlM. Ck ...at am ontlr.lu nn. uiunii iu ujeuitu.j. - . . try and throush the use of these harm less remedies. Thls famous doctor know the action of over BOO different "edles that he has successfully used In different diseases. He guarantees to cure catarrh, asthma, lung troubles, rheumatism, ner vousness, stomach, liver, klaneys. female trouble and all private diseases. Hun dreds of testimonials. Charges moderate. Call and see him. CONSULTATION FREE Patients out of the city write for blank and circular. Inclose stamp. Address THE C. GEE WO CHINESE MEDICINE CO. 253 Alder St., Portland, Or. Mention this paper. Scotfs Santal-Pepsm Capsules POSITIVE CURE Tax Inflammation or Catarrh of tho Bladder and Diseased Kidneys. No care so pay. Care quickly and Perma nently the worst cues oj Gonorrhoea, and Gleet, no matter of borrlong stand ing. Absolutely harmless. Sold by drasjflts. Price 8I.C0, or by xnaiL postpaid, 41.00, 3 boxes , 93.75. THE SAHTAL-PEPSIM Cu., BELLEFONTA1NE. OHIO. IiAHE-DAVIS DRUG CO.. Portland, Or. M CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH Pennyroyal f ills ia KED se4 Gold uulllt bom. uaiti. vitft bin ribtwa. Take a other. Refas Bavsereas SalMiitatleai sad Imita tion. Bay t jour Drawbi. or rat 4c ia ttuap tar PartJeuUra, TexMaaaolals ulM KcMcf far Lodiea," to Ullrr, by r Israsul. lMnivtouoim. sow vj l "J T1 BnalJii. CfcleJieHcvCiiaajIcaie. AtaMcatMsMMc MiiM lun. PJUIJU. i" " THE PALATIAL QUI Mil ifliii m inBn Jiot a dark office in the building:; absolutely fireproof; electric lights and artesian water; perfect sanita tion and thorough ventilation; ele- Ivators inn day and night. Booms. , ANDERSON-. GUSTAV, Attorney-at-Law. .612 ASSOCIATED PRESS; E. Lu Powell, Mgr.SCKl AUSTEN-, F. C, Manager for Oregon and "Washington Bankers' Life Association of Des Moines,- la 502-503 BAAB, DR. GUSTAV. Phys. and Surg. .S07-S0a BANKERS' LIFE ASSOCIATION OF DES I MOINES. IA.; F. C Austen. Mgr 502-503 ! BENJAMIN. B. TV.. Dentist 3U ! BERNARD G., Cashier Co-Operatlve Mer- : cantlle Co... -. 212-213 1 BINSWANGEB, OTTO S., Physician and Surgeon 407-408 BOGART, DR M. D.. DENTIST 705 BROCK, WILBUR F., Circulator Orego- nlan 501 BROTVN, MTRA. M. D 313-314 BRUERE. DR. G. E.. phys 411-412-413-414 CAMPBELL, TVM. M., Medical Referee Equitable Life 700 . CANNING. M J 602-603 ' CARDTVELL, DR. J. R.. Dentist 506 CAUKIN, G. E., District .Agent Travelers Insurance Company 718 CHICAGO ARTIFICIAL LIMB CO.; TV. T Dickson, Manager 601 CHURCHILL, MRS. E. J 716-717 CLINTON, RICHARD, state manager Co operative Mercantile Co .. 212-213 COFFET, DR. R. C. Surgeon 405-406 COGHLAN. DR. J. N. 713-714 COLUMBIA TELEPHONE CO 615-616 CONNELL, DR. E. De TVITT, Eye, Ear. Nose and Throat.... 613-614 CO-OPERATIVE MERCANTILE CO.; J. F. Olsen. Gen. Mgr.; G. Bernard, Casnler..212-13 CORNELIUS, C. TV., Phys. and Surgeon.. 208 COLLIER, P. F., Publisher: S. P. McGuire. Manager 415 DAT, J. G. & I. N .318 DEVERE. A. E. ' 403 DICKSON. DR. J. F.. Physician 713-714 EDITORIAL ROOMS Eighth Floor EVENING TELEGRAM 325 Alder Street EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SO CIETY; L. Samuel, Mgr.; G. S. Smith, Cashier .....306 FENTON, J. D., Physician and- Surg. .600-510 FENTON, DR. HICKS O.. Eye and Ear. -.511 FENTON. MATTHEW F., Dentist 509 GALVANI, TV. IL, Engineer and Draughts man 600 GEARY, DR. E. P., Phys. and Surgeon 406 GIESYV A. J.. Physician and Surgeon... 709-710 GILBERT. DR. J. ALLEN, Physician.. 401-403 GOLDMAN, "WILLIAM, Manager Manhat tan Life Ins. Co. of New York 208-210 GRANT. FRANK S.. 'Attorney-at-Law 617 GRISWOLD & PHEGLEY, Tailors 131 Sixth Street HAMMAM BATHS, Turkish and Russian.. 300-301-302 HAMMOND. A. B 310 HOLLISTER, DR. O. C, Physician and Surgeon- 504-505 IDLEMAN. C. M.. Attorney-at-Law.. 416-17-18 JEFFREYS. S. T., Attorney-at-Law 518 JEFFREYS. DR. ANNICE F.. Phys. and Surgeon, "Women and Children only 400 JOHNSON. TV. C 315-316-317 KADY. MARK T., Supervisor of Agents, Mutual Reserve Life Ins. Co....... .605 LANE. E. L.. DentistT 513-514 LAWBAUGH. DR. E. A 804-803 LITTLEFIELD, H. R,, Phys. and Surgeon..206 MACKAY. DR. A. E., Phys. and Surg. .711-712 MANHATTAN LIFE INSURANCE CO. OF NEW YORK; TV. Goldman. Mgr 209-210 MARSH, DR. R. J Physician and Surgeon 309-310 McCOY. NEWTON. Attorney-at-Law 715 Mcelroy, dr. j. g., Phys & sur.701-702-703 McFADEN. MISS IDA Ej.Stenographer.,.201 McGinn, henry e., Attorney-at-Law.311-12 McGUIRE, 3. P., Manager P. F. Collier. Publisher 415 McKENZIE DR. P. L., Phys. and Surg.512-513 METT. HENRY .-218 MILLER, DR. HERBERT C.. Dentist and Oral Surgeon 608-609 MOSSMAN. DR. E. P., Dentist 513-514 MUTUAL RESERVE LIFE INS. CO.; Mark T. Kady, Supervisor of Agents.604-605 NICHOLAS, HORACE B.. Attorney-at-Law.713 NICHOLS. THE DRS., Phys. & Surgns.606-607 NILES. M. IL, Cashier Manhattan Life ,Insurance Company, of New York. 209 NOTTAGE. DR. G. H., Dentist, 609 OLSEN, J. F.. General Manager Co-Operative Mercantile Co 212-213 OREGON INFIRMARY OF OSTEOPATHY t , 409-410 OREGONIAN BARBER SHOP; MARSCH" & GEORGE, Proprietors.... 129 Sixth Street OREGONIAN EDUCATIONAL BUREAU; J. F. Strauhal. Manager .-.200 PACIFIC MERCANTILE CO.; F. M. Schwartz, Agent .....211 PAGUE, B. S., Attorney-at-Law ...518 PORTLAND EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY Ground Floor, 133 Sixth Street QUIMBY, L. P. TV., Game and Forestry "Warden 718 REED, C. J.. Executive Special Agent Manhattan Life Ins. Co. of New York.. .209 REED, "WALTER. Optician... 133 Sixth Street RICKENBACH, DR. J. F., Eye, Ear, Nose - and Throat , -.701-7021 ROSENDALE. O.. M., Metallurgist and Mining Engineer -.318 RYAN, J. B., Attorney-ajtrLaw 515 SAMUEL, L., Manager Equitable Life.... 306 SHERWOOD, J. TV. State Commander K. O. T. M 517 SMITH. DR. L. B., - Osteopath 409-410 SMITH, GEORGE S., Cashier Equitable Life ..1 ,..306 STOLTE. DR. CHAS. E., Dentist. .. .704-705 SURGEON OF THE S. P. RY. AND N. P. TERMINAL CO 706 SUPERINTENDENT S OFFICE... 201 TUCKER, DR. GEO. F., Dentist 610-611 VESTER, A, Special Agent !Manhattan Life -. 209 WENDLING. DR. ROBT. F., Dentist 705 "WILEY, DR. JAMES O". C, Phys. & Sur.70S-a "WILSON, DR. EDWARD N.. Physician and Surgeon .304-305 WILSON, DR. GEO. F., Phys. Sc. Surg.706-70T WILSON DR. HOLT C, Phys & Surg.507-608 WOLF-MORSE CO j 403 "WOOD. DR. W. L., Physician.. 411-412-413-414 Offices may "be had by applying to the superintendent of the building, room 201, second floor. . men ;r THE MODERN APPLIANCE A positive way to perfect manhood. The VACUUM TREATMENT cures you without medicine of all nervous or diseases of the generative or gans, such as lost manhood, exhaustive drains, varicocele, impotency, etc. Men are, quickly re stored to perfect health and strength. Wrzte for circular. Corre3pondencf confidential. THE HEALTH APPLIANCE- CO., rooms 47-48 Safe Deposit building; Seattle, Wash. t - . 3 '