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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (July 6, 1903)
THE ttOBNING OffEGONIAK, mNPAY, JULY 6, 1903, DAN FINISH IN TIME Capital Alone Needed for the Erection of Hotels. WHAT THE CONTRACTORS SAY Could Begin the ConstrHctlon of BIk Balldlng Xott and Finish It is. a. - Year Sites AbBBdRBt and. Room 2kast Be FohbcI for Visitors. Contractors and architects both declare that there is plenty or time for the con struction of a large and substantial hotel - before the opening of the Lewis and Clark Exposition. The man -with money Is ap parently all that is needed. "I would sign a contract tomorrow morning to build a hotel the size of the Imperial and to deliver the key to the owner Inside of a . year," said George Longford yesterday. "As to the architects, I am sure that there Isn't an architect in Portland who wouldn't sign a contract to morrow to do his share of the work; the man with the capital Is all that Is needed. Just as soon, as he comes forward there will be plenty to do the construction." Mr. Langford was the contractor on the Portland Hotel as well as the New Grand Central. He has built a number of other brick structures in Portland, among them the Weinhard building, now almost com pleted. The contention of the hotel proprietors that there is not enough time to build and finish several respectable hotels is dis puted by the statements of the construc tors and architects. "We have plenty of business and Ho not care to enlarge our hotels," say the proprietors. Evidently what is somebody's business Is nobody's business, and unless something Is done quickly the visitors to the great Exposition must roost in lodging-houses or tents pitched near the Fair site. The visitors would doubtless gain an enviable Impres sion of Portland if they were forced to sleep in this manner. The buildings -which are on the 'way to completion now cannot be taken as exam ples of the way such structures are ordi narily built in this city. The Weinhard building was supposed to be finished by January 1, 1903, but its completion was delayed again and again through scarcity of material and labor troubles. The Mo hawk building of the Falling estate has also been delayed "by the strikes of two years. As It is, the Weinhard building foundation was laid less than ten months ago and the structure will be completed In another month. Both the contractors and the union men have learned valuable lessons through the strike of this year, now happily ended, and neither will bring on another of their own free will. "When the ultimatum of the sawmill-owners as to the sale of local lumber was relaxed and material could once more be obtained' freely, construction began to rake on a new start, and as soon as the danger of a general strike was laid to rest, labor could be secured to better advantage. Therefore, the owners of the buildings now being completed are not v doing any worrying as to the construc tion business, and are not apparently In fear that their buildings will ever again be delayed. The lack of sites for new hotels cannot for a moment be called an obstacle to their construction. Ground Is plentiful In the vicinity of the Fair site, while further ' foward the center of the city are a num ber of blocks which would make ideal locations for large hostelries. With the opening of the new Alblna ferry near the foot of Russell street It is possible that property In Alblna could be built upon with advantage. This would be some, distance from the Exposition grounds, but the consequent low rates might be an attraction to many visitors. There Is apparently nothing lacking for the construction of four or five hotels as large as the Portland or the Perkins ex cept capital. Portland is acknowledged one of the richest cities per capita in the United States, and there Is no lack of money when It is needed for other pur poses. THE 1905 FAIR. Strong Arguments for an Edaca cntional Exhibit. -PORTLAND, July B. (To the Editor.) I wish it were not aeking too much to re peat many of the -very excellent thoughts ,1 find in Professor P. G. Young's paper on "Oregon's Educational Exhibit at St. Louis and at Portland," as they appear In the Sunday Oregonlan. In Justification of a repetition I would submit that re markable saying of old Seneca's: "Noth ing is too often repeated that la not suffi ciently learned." To show the stress and Importance laid on the subject of educational exhibits by the managers of the St. Louis Exposi tion, Professor Young quotes from the prospectus of that fair, which states that "education ia given the place of honor In the claslfication of exhibits"; that the Ed ucational building covers seven acres of ground, cost $350,000, is centrally located and "will bo ready for the installation of exhibits eight months before the opening of the great fair. Think for a moment what this means. That education is to be the crowning glory of this greatest of expositions; that the riches and charms of art and the marvels of Invention, the wonder and admiration of the age, are to be "ladles In waiting" to the royal cause of universal education; that it would require by far thp greater part of the magnificent sum subscribed by the citizens of Portland to the Lewis and Clark Fair simply to erect an eaucatlonal building like the one at St. Louis. I do not institute these comparisons to depreciate our efforts, but to magnify the Importance of the educational feature of our exhibits which ia already so magni fied in the mind of Professor Young, as to constrain him in his praiseworthy zeal to address the teachers of Oregon, thus on the subject of educational exhibits at St. Louis and at Portland: "You can get out of this exposition business only by forswearing your inheritance or relin quishing your profession or playing false to "Vpur trust." While this may be espe cially true of teachers and school officers. It is true in a large measure of all classes, and throughout the Northwest. But the right kind of work. Professor Young assures us, will not only win honors for the teachers who labor In this cause, but will "be the greatest boon to. all coming generations of Oregon youth," ana "do more than any other means toward the future progress of the state." Friends of education, fellow citizens, . what more do you want? What greater incentive do you need? Do we not want something more out of our exposition than merely commercialism? Do we not want something more out of our exposi tion than simply to mark our progress out of a hundred years of the past or to serve others as a milestone a hundred years hence Something more than merely to honor the heroic dead and commemorate their achievements, praiseworthy as this is? Do -wo not want a "boon to all com ing generations of Oregon youth?" Let loafers and spendthrifts, if they will, be -possessed of the idea that our fair is .to be a place and time for loafing, eight i seeing and spending money. But for the industrious, educated, cultured and enter prising portion of our citizens, from now till the gate swings out for the last time, It ought to be and will bo a very busy season. Indulge me while I make a few gratui tous suggestions, which need not be adopted simply because sujrgeeted. While wo cannot have a magnificent structure like the one at St. Louis, can we not nave a hall in the building to contain the edu cational exhibits, an auditorium of suffi cient size to seat from three to five thou sand people? All manner of educational meetings could be held there. State -Teachers' Associations of the Northwest could.be held. Friends from abroad could attend the lectures, see the department work and thue be attracted to the exhib its. If the teachers had, the patriotism they sing about what a rousing good time could be had on such an occasion. Why, it would .be worth telling a hundred years hence. Running through May and June college contests, gold medal contests, school commencements, schools of ora tory, the various drills and even a good old-fashioned spelling cqntest, which would arouse a much-needed Interest in this, so essential branch of an education, would all find large and appreciative au diences. Let the very flower of oilr schools be selected to cone before such audiences. What an honor! Enough to arouse all but the most unaspiring youth In the land. Let the various schools . throughout the state raise little Lewis and Clark trans portation funds to be used for'conyeylng me successiui nome contestants. Towns or counties could join, select, drill and send a class. Work? Of-course It will take work. But what delight the ' chil dren will take In It. And how they -will grow. The whole school will soon see In It the opportunity of a lifetime. Teachers,, don't cry-Impossible! Vision ary! Don't raise a storm of objections be cause that Is easier done than the work necessary to succeed on these lines. We teach the children to repeat 'Emerson's lofty incentive to youth: So nigh Is grandeur to our dust, As near Is God to man, When duty whispers low, "Thou roust," The youth replies, "I can." Shall such sentiment fall with weight or fall idly from your Hps before your pupils In the future? Shall we dare and do? Or shall we shrink from the under taking and like the laggard and truant thorn in the teacher's flesh vow we "don't care whether school keeps or not?" Let objectors saj- what they may. It can be done. And out of this chaos can be evolved a beautiful world of'llvlng edu cational exhibits. But, you say, I am looking forward to a protracted holiday. Let me tell you. fel low teachers: Go to St Louis next year and, be gloriously entertained, and then come home to work with might and main to entertain others, to put Oregon in the right light before, the world. This is patriotism, loyalty, true devotion to our noble cause and calling. Do the work the committee 'assigns you, and when you come to the fair come "bringing in the sheaves." You will enjoy the Exposition then much better than if you come as a drbne and a loiterer, leaning on the arm of some 30-cent dude, and ready to turn up your nose at an uninteresting, shame ful, disgraceful educational exhibit a dis credit to the backwoods of prehistoric America. Rather, let the work, whatever it may, be so grandly executed that we shall all feel our bosoms swell with a just pride that we are Oregon teachers when we behold the fruit-bearing labors of our united efforts. You will have the sat isfaction of knowing that your labors will attract the very best class of people per manently to our borders. Otherwise this class will be repelled. In either event the consequences are Inestimable. Let the school boards of Oregon awake to the importance of the work and aid the diligent" teacher in every possible way Were It not that this article is already very lengthy I would like to notice other good things in Professor Young's paper I would also like to second the Importance laid by Mrs. Montgomery on an .Oregon exhibit at St. Louis. W. J. PEDDICORD. THE BRIDE, BLESS HER. Q,Heea of Every Bunch Where Is a Member. She Baltimore American. The June bride bless her is all in a flutter now. Her head is full of strange fancies and schemes all vague and mud dled, but all happy and rose-tinted. Her heart is full of funny little thrills, and she's as happy as the biggest sunflower that ever furnished food for the poultry in Kansas. There is just enough of anx iety and dread mingled with the heart thrills to sharpen and to heighten tho pleasure. She Is so happy over having suc cessful' steered away from the Scylla of splnsterhood that she sees not the chances of smashing Into the Charybdis of divorce. She is the envy of the other girls. Does this fact add to her pleasures? As well ask If she Is human. She Is talked about by the less fortunate maidens. Not all they say about her is sweet and pleasant, but there Is a certain halo attached to the married state (from the maiden's viewpoint) that makes them employ a tone of hushed and impressive awe even when they are saying unkind things about her. She is the center of every bunch of which she is a member. They gather about her and smile and chatter. The ones who never met her before mercilessly size her up and say afterward they don't know what the fellow could have seen In that feather-headed (or plain or ordinary or homely or fat or skinny the adjective is as adjustable as It is inevitable) creature to mako him want to live with her al ways. And everybody buzzes at her and everybody wants to be regarded as her confidential friend. Does she revel In this? Again the question, "Is she human?" She wakes every morning to a realiza tion that she is to Te married, and the thought Is with her all day. Her last thought at night Is of the wedding, and she reflects bitterly upon some rude, care less person who met her during the day and never said a word about the subject of which she declares she Is Blck of hear ing. People send her little tokens, and she rejoices openly over them. But when she has locked the door of her room she turns her head on one side and looks at the thing more critically. Only the recording angel (and 17 of the girl's particular friends and everybody they think to tell) will ever know the result of that more candid inspection. She wakes sometimes in the night and goes over in her mind a long list, begin ning something like this: "The pongee, the tulle, the traveling one, the gray one, the blue one, the pink one, Ihe satin one, the one -with the pearl trimmings, tho mauve one and THE one" and she goes to sleep to dream of being carried through the skies in the midst of the dress goods department of a big store, always selecting, always telling them to send it up right away, always trying new shades dear girl, she is in her heaven. It is the one time of her life, unless she be a child of wealth, when she can really have something like a satiety In the mat ter of clothes, and she Is Intoxicated with it all has on a regular dress Jag. And sometimes, when she is simply sur feited with the thought of her wardrobe and of how she will appear and where she will be when she wears each separate gown, she pardon her, she must have re lief from the thought of her clothes she sees a vague vision of a male being In a dress suit, white gloves, a scared look, and he places a ring on her Anger and then the vision fades and she is back among her dresses. Gentle reader, the fleeting vision was the man in the case the prospective' hus band, forsooth one of the Indispensable but insignificant stage-settings for the wedding. How nice of her to think of him at all! w Do It Now. Now is the time to get rid of that cough, for if you let It hang on no one can tell what the result may "be. Others have been cured of their coughs Very quickly by using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Mr. A. J. Da Costa, of Gainesville, Fla., says, "A friend of mine, a painter of this town who was nearly dead with a cough, was cured by one bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He also recommended it to a lady here, who was suffering from grippe and a severe cough. She gratified him by trying it and 'was cured by one email bottle." Shis remedv is for saIo hv Jeil druggists. FIRE WAS INCENDIARY HOUSE BURNED ON SATURDAY "WAS WELL PREPARED. All Partitions Were Stuffed With. Paper and Blase Burst Oat Sii&al taneoasly in AH Rooms. ' The fire In the two-story cottage on thesoutnwest corner of East Market and .tast .kieventn streets Saturday night seems to be one of the clearest coses of incendiarism that has occurred in Port land for a long time. Yestrrday it could be seen from the evidence In the black ened walls of the standing shell that most careful preparations had been made to burn this building, and the effort was a practical success. "I have no hesitation in saying that the house "was set oa fire," remarked District Engineer ,Hoden. J. J. Murphy, who turned In the alarm, says' the evidence points to the fact that the house was set on lire. "The preparation to burn the house," said Mr. Holden, "was complete, and from the examination I made of the con dition of the walls it must have taken at least two hours to get ready." The walls were covered with cloth, and paper. In the partition between the hall Miss Ethel Vaughan. and the front room It was found that the spaces between the studding had been crammed with paper, and kindling placed on top. In Beveral places In the lower story the same thing was found In the walls. On the second floor In the walls the same preparations were made-, and to insure a draft holes had been bored In the walls so there would be no doubt about the fire burning Tapldly. These facts were brought out in the investiga tion made afterwards. The family whp bccupled the house could not be found yesterday, although It was reported that the woman had come to the house In the morning and then gone away. Nobody in the neighborhood seems to know anything about the fam ily. Mr. Murphy says that several boys came running to his house shouting that the house was on fire. "At that , time," says Mr. Murphy, "I could see that the whole structure-was ablaze downstairs and upstairs. The Stephens addition hose company arrived very quickly and ah ordinary fire could have been Btopped In a few minutes, but in this case the fire seemed to have tun all over the house at once. It seemed to have been lighted In four different places. A little boy said he saw a man jump out of one of the windows, but he might have Imagined this. In my judg ment the house was set on fire.' It was , ascertained yesterday from a former tenant that the house was the property of Wagner & Elliott, who live In the East, and not a Spokane man, as first reported. A thorough investigation will no doubt be made. WORK OX BIG FILL. Embankment on the O. W. P. R, Go.'s New Line Nearly Completed. Work is progressing steadily on the flreat fill across the low grourfd south of the Portland Woolen Mills on- the new branch of the Oregon Water Power & Railway Company. Contractor Mason has been engaged with a large force for several months, but much remains to be done before the track can be laid. Per haps three-fourthB of the fill is com pleted. This Js the most extensive fill on the Sprlngwater branch. It Is over a. mile In length. For some distance it averages over 30 feet in height and In places is nearly 40 feet high. At the base the width is about 150 feet. The work Is be ing done from the. east side, and the cut Is 53 feet deep at the summit through the Wills farm. The steam shovel Is not being used in this cut. but the dump cars are loaded by means of scrapers, which drop the dirt into the cars. . At the top this cut Is 200 feet wide. The Wills place Is divided Into two parts by this cut, and Mr. Wills will have to build a suspension1 bridge between his honso and the rest of his farm. At the top of the hill the cut will sever the county roads, and It will be necessary to throw a strong bridge over the railway. The next big fill, will be through -Martin's bottom in front of the Portland Crematorium, where the embankment will be. not less than a mile long, but not quite so high as at the Portland Woolen Mill. For a portion of the dis tance across the, bottom piles have been driven to carry the track temporarily. The expensive character of the work keeps people guessing what kind of a road It will be. The company has se cured - almost a water level grade to Sprlngwater, as the. steepest grade does not exceed 2 per cent Beyond Boring, to which place the track is completed and cars are in operation, work Is being; pushed forward rapidly toward the os tensible, terminus at Sprlngwater on the Clackamas River. It is known that largo bodies of timber have been secured, and contracts let for bringing ip this timber. J. D. Myer is completing a sawmill at Lents with a capacity for cutting 30,000 feet of lumber per day. and has cori tracted with the railway company to bring in 5.000,000 feet of logs for his mill. Thus the vast fields of now Inaccessible timber will be tapped. In the old buildings on the terminal grounds In East Portland many flatcarn are being built. The company Is con stantly" increasing ' Its frfight rolling stock, which -Is now being used mainly in construction work. While the stretch be. tween Boring and the terminus will bo completed In a month or more and cam operated, it will probably be six months, 6r oven longer, before the part between Lents to Portland around by Willsburg and Sellwood can be completed, owing to the great fills. Then there will come the big fill on the terminal grounds and th'S erection of the cars-hops and car-barn, so that It may be two or three years be bore 'this great railroad enterprise will be completed. Besides aH this, a great power plant Is to he erected on the Clack amas River, on which some wprk Is belnr done. MAKE LIVESTOCK DISPLAY. Xctt Feature to Be Introduced in Granges Local Fairs. Three local Granges Evening Star, No. 27; Mllwaukie. No. 2SS, and Osweso. No. 1 175, Patron of Husbandry have started flaBBWSBBSBBBBBBBBsl LiiiiisisfiHBss -t&tA. JbiiiiiiiiiiiI preparations for their annual local Fall fairs. C. Milam, chairman of the Evening Star Grange committee, announces -that a new feature will be introduced this year in the way of a livestock exhibit. This, he says, can be done, as the Grange owns nearly an acre of land op the Section Line road a short distance from the hall. He wants all the farmers of South Mount Ta bor to make arrangements to bring their prize stock to the fair. The time will be fixed so it will not Interfere with the fairs to be held at Mllwaukie and Oswego. There was a conflict last year between Os'wego and Mllwaukie, both fairs being held on the same day. These local fairs have been held for two years and have been very helpful In de veloping a spirit of rivalry in the neigh borhood. All kinds of produce, home cook ing, preserves, and needlework are placed on exhibition. An Interesting feature at Evening Star Grange fair last year was the fine display mado by Montavilla and Russellville Schools, which it Is desired should be repeated this year. Will Receive Water Franchise. J. C. Scott, the pioneer of St. Johns, will receive the exclusive franchise from the Council to supply water to the residents for 25. years. The water committee, of which C. D. Hughes Is chalrmani will rec ommend this action at the regular meet ing this evening. The specifications are rathen indefinite, except that the supply shall be abundant and that the city may acquire ownership of the plant at the ex piration of 20 years. Mr. Scott is owner QUEEN ' OF THE CARNIVAL CHEHALIS AT CHEHALIS, Wash., July 4. (Special.) Miss Ethel Vaughan, who has been elected Queen of the Woodmen of the World car nival, which will be held at Che halls, July 8 to 11 Inclusive, Is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Vaughan. She is "one of the popular teachers in the Chehalte. public schools. ' of the present water plant, and was the original promoter of the waterworks there 20 years ago. It was felt among- the mem bers of the Council that he was entitled to consideration when It came to provid ing for a larger plant, which roust soon be done to meet the rapid growth at St. Johns. Oregon Evangelical Anniversaries. The Evangelical Association anniver saries -will open tomorrow morning In the grovo at the foot of Spokane avenue, In Sellwood. These anniversaries consist of the Ministerial Association, which meets Wednesday; Sunday School Convention, which meets Thursday, and the annual campmeetlng, which will continue there after until July IS, inclusive. Elaborate programmes have been prepared for each day. These anniversaries embrace the Oregon conference, and will be under the general direction of Rev. J. E. Smith and Rev. N. Shupp, presiding elders, assisted by the ministers of the denomination of the state and the officers of the Alliance and, Sunday School Convention. Provis ion has been made for those who camp on the grounds, which are reached by tho Oregon City electric cars or by steamer. Brooklyn School Library. Through the efforts of Miss A. L. Dlm ick, principal, the teachers and pupils of Brooklyn School have secured a library of 400 volumes of an excellent line of litera ture. These boxes have been accumulated as the result of entertainments. The grad uating classes have materially helped by clvlng book socials and entertainments at the close of the mid-Winter and Spring terms, When the new building Is erected these books will be provided with a spe cial room, and an assembly hall will bo provided. East Side Notes. Professor Swope, of Forest Grove, was elected principal , of the Lenta public school. Dr. William Devenny, secretary of the Montavilla Board of Trade, has been crit ically ill since last Friday. Yesterday he waB much Improved and considered out of Canger. For a time It was thought a surgical operation would be necessary and preparation was made for it. Morrison-street bridge Is being rcdecked, perhaps for the last time before It Is re placed by a new structure. There Is no Interruption of traffic, as the new plank Is laid as fast as the old Is taken up. t With I repairs the new decking may be made to last until the new bridge Is built. Patriotic s:rvlc-2s were held last evening at the Mlzpah Presbyterian and the Sec ond Baptist Churches. At Mlzpah Rev. Jerome McGlade delivered an effective ser mon on "The True Citizen," and at the Central Baptist Church Rev. William E. Randall spoke of the "Divine Hand in This Country." The funeral of J. N. Fowler was held yesterday afternoon from his late home at Sunnyslde-. under the auspices of Ben But ler Post, No. 57, G. A. R. Many mem bers of other posts were present. , Mr. Fowler served through the Civil War and marched with Sherman 'to the sea. He was past commander of Ben Butler Post and highly respected by his comrades. Brainerd cemetery was the place of Inter ment, Washington's Letter to a Negress. Thefolowlng letter from George Wash ington to a negress, slave of John Wheatley, is in acknowledgment of the receipt of a poem dedicated to himself and written by the woman. "Cambridge, February 2. 1775. ''Miss Phlllls Your favor of the 26th October did not reach my hand? till the middle of December. Time enough, you will say, to have given an answer ere thl3. Granted. But a variety of Import ant occurences continually Interposing to distract the' mind and withdraw the at tention I hope will apologize for the delay, and plead my excuse for the seem ing but not real neglect. I thank you most sincerely for your polite notice of me In the elegant lines you enclosed; and however undeserving I may - be of such enconlum and panegyric, the style and manner exhibit a striking proof of your poetical talents; In honor of which, and as a tribute Justly due to you. I would have published the poem, had I not been apprehensive that, while I only meant to give the world this new Instance of your genius, I might have Incurred the Impu tation of vanity. This, and nothing else, determined me not to give It place In the public prints. If you should ever come to Cambridge or near headquarters I shall bo happy to see a person so favored by the muses, and to whom uature has been so liberal and beneficent- in her dispensa tions. I am with great respect, your obedient humble servant, ? "GEORGE WASHINGTON." BUSINESS ITEMS. If Bafcy Is Catting Teeth. Se rare asd use tkat 14 aaa well-tried remedy. JCrs. WiMloWa Soot61ng Syrup. Vfcr chlldrex tefchir. It aeotbe the cfelld, softea tin sums, att&Ta .ail pie w wls4 cU u4 tlarrhMa INFLUENCE OF FORESTRY EXPERT DISCUSSES IX CONNECTION WITH LUMBERING. Country Is Fast-Being Denuded of Its ValHa'ble. Prodact Look Toward the End. OREGONTAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, July 2. Under the heading. "The Influence of Forestry Upon the Lumber Industry." Assistant Forester Overton W. Price, of the Department of Agriculture, in the forthcoming Yearbook, discusses a problem that Is now confronting the lum ber Interests in the East and Middle West, and that Is destined. In due time; to be brought to the attention of the lumber men of Oregon and Washington, and of other regions, where the forest stand Is as yet but slightly diminished. The report Is' of more than usual Interest, as it re flects the sentiment s of Chief Forester GIfford Plnchot, and was prepared under his direction. Among other things, Mr. Price says: "The development of the lumber Indus-, try in this country Is without parallel. It now ranks fourth among the great manu facturing Industries of the United States, and represents an Invested capital of about J611.000.000 and an annual outlay of over $100,000,000 In wages. It affords through Its three great branches the log ging industry, the sawmill Industry and the planlng-rolll industry a means of livelihood to consldarably over 1,000,000 persons. The annual value of the prod ucts, which has multiplied nearly ten times In the last half century. Is $566000,- 000. "But although the rapid development of tho lumber Industry has had far-reaching results In furthering every branch of manufacture which depends upon wood. It has been fundamentally unsound In principle. The settler who cuts and sells trees without forethought from land fit only for forest growth has not enriched himself , In the long run. The havoc which has been wrought In the forests of the United Spates has turned trees into money, but has put the balance on the wrong side of the sheet by rendering vast areas unproductive. "With an apparently Inexhaustible sup ply of timber available, and with an In sistent growing demand, the lumber In dustry came to offer remarkable oppor tunities for money making. Step by step with its .development improvement in tools and machinery took place. The changes that enterprise and ingenuity have wrought in the American sawmill are no less wonderful than those which have taken place In the American locomo tive. From "whip sawing," in which the boards were sawed out by hand, to the modern steam sawmill, with its rail road. Its planlng-mlll, and Its cut of near ly half a million board feet per day, Is a long step but it has not taken much f over 50 years to accomplish it. In effective metnods for the harvesting and manufac ture of lumber the American lumberman has no superior, nor Is he equaled In his disregard for the future of the" forests which he cuts. "It is natural that the lumberman should not turn eagerly from a system whose only aim Is to secure the highest possible present profit from the forest to one which includes provisions for the production of a second crop upon the lumbered area. Under conservative meth ods lumbering becomes a legitimate in dustry for the production as well as for the consumption of its staple. It no long er offers, however, the short-cut to for tune which It proved to be so long- as an abundance of timber rendered the old methods of lumbering possible. "If? is difficult for lumbermen generally to Teallze that .the time for practical for estry has fully arrived. But slsrhs morn significant than any existing statistics point to the Imminent failure in the sup ply of certain timbers in the United States. "From the data available, there is no way to foretell accurately the time neces sary to exhaust this supply of merchant able timber at the present Tate of con sumption. A good many estimates of the merchantable timber standing have been made, some of which have already proved fallacious. To predict accurately how long it will be before the United States is confronted by a timber famine would require, first of all, a knowledge of the composition, quality, and condition of the forests, which It would take many vears Lto obtain. At present such an estimate Is of little practical value. We do not know that the supply of timber of many kinds is falling, of other kinds is almost ex hausted, and of others 13 practically gone; that black walnut Is no more to be had, except In small quantities and at enor mous expense; that first-growth white pine is growing rapidly to be a rarity on the market; that where the supply of spruce for pulpwood and for lumber for the next ten years Is to be found is a grave question before tho lumbermen to day. The list of woods accepted as mer chantable lengthens from year to year, species hitherto considered valueless be ing harvested more and more willingly as the result of the exhaustion of more valuable kinds. In spite of steady im provement in tools, logging outfits, and mill machinery, all tending to cheapen the cost of lumbering, the price of lumber increases steadily and rapidly. These are facts more .significant than predictions in terms of years of the life of the lumber Industry- The exact period for which the existing supplies are sufficient is a matter of -detail. The vital point lies In the crisis which the lumber industry Is approach ing In the exhaustion of the material on which its existence depends. Elimination of the Large SaivmlU. "The general application of forestry to forest lands owned by lumbermen will probably result In the gradual elimination of the large sawmill and the substitution of those of moderate size. The mammoth milling plant will be rare when only sec ond growth Is left to supply lr, for the area of timber land sufficient to produce the logs necessary to run such a plant Is enormous. It Is reasonable to expect that the mill of moderate size, supplied by a forest whose production Is equal to the mill's annual capacity, both under the same management, will become more and more the rule. The very existence of the enormous mill Is the result of an abundance of timber resources, which exist no longer except in a very few sec tions. In Europe the long-continued ap plication of conservative measures In lum bering has resulted In a distribution and type of sawmill little known In this country. Sawmills of large size do not exist, but In their stead small sawmills, for which water generally supplies the power, are distributed throughout the country wherever the local demand Is suf ficient to keep them running. Their an nual cut Is for the most part exceedingly small, according to our standards, and sufficient only to supply the wants of the Immediately adjacent country. "The general application of conservative mothods in lumbering will Inevitably re sult, as has been the case In Europe, in tho development of a permanent class of men trained to forest work. Under present methods this result can never be attained to the same degree. The lum bering In one community is generally so short-lived that there Is neither time nor necessity to train up a body of men on the ground to carry out the work. The result Is that Maine and Michigan woods men are found working in the hardwoods of the Southern Appalachians; loggers from Wisconsin and Minnesota are helping to cut the redwood on the Pacific Coast; and in each of the great timber regions there is a mingling of lumbermen from several of the others. The effect has been to develop, by constant labor at their trade under widely varying conditions, a force of men who are unequaled for enter prise and skill In their profession; but the system "has very largely failed In what Is of Infinitely greater Importance to the permanent welfare of the lumber In dustry the upbuilding throughout the country of a stable class of workers ia the woods, locally trained and carrying on their work each In his own community. "The Influence of forestry upon the lumber industry is not a, matter of con jecture. The details will have to work themselves out, but the broad results of conservative forest policy on the part of private owners are plain. The lumber In dustry in the United States Is approach ing a crisis. There Is no more doubt that conservative methods will be applied to lumbering- In this country than there Is of the envelopment of Irrigation, of regula tion of grazing, of the application of im proved methods in agriculture, or of any other modification to which private as well as public Interests point the way. How long it will bev before the results of practical forestry make themselves gen erally felt It is Impossible to foretell; but the fact remains that there will be estab lished In this as in other countries in which conservative lumbering has fol lowed wasteful lumbering a legitimate ana permanent industry, characterized, as has been stated, by conditions under which speculation cannot exist. Prices will continue normal and steady, and the quantity of timber produced will be the main factor In regulating consumption." Toleration. Philadelphia Ledger. She was an exacting Philadelphia young woman, and before she would promise to marry him he had to answer a great many questions relating to his past life. He thought he had given her a very fair. ac count of himself, but Just when the wed ding ceremony was about to take place he remembered an' omission, and fearing reproach, he whispered In her ear: "Mary, there is one thing I have not told you yet. I am a Unlversallst. Does It matter. Love?" "No, I guess not. dear," said the bride, serenely. "I am a somnambulist." DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND. July 5. 8 P. MV-Maxlmum temperature, 63; minimum temperature, 51; river reading. 11 A. M., 10.2 feet; change In 2 hours. .6 of a foot; total precipitation. 3 P. M. to 5 P. M., .16 of an Inch: total pre cipitation since September 1, 1002, 41.20 Inches; normal precipitation since Soptember 2. 1002, 45. n Inches; deficiency, 4.57 Inches; total sun shlne July 4. 1003, 3:20; possible sunshine. 15:42; barometer, reduced to sea level, at 5 P. M.. 29.04. PACIFIC COAST 'WEATHER. Wind. STATIONS. Baker City Bismarck Boise Helena North Head Pocatello Portland Red Bluff Roseburg Sacramento ..... Salt Lake City .. San Francisco .. Spokane ........ Seattle .......... Tatoosh Island ... Walla Walla. ... Light. 5810.00112; NW 88 0.00) SE 70 0.00 W 64 0.041 .... 5S!0.14!14 NW SO'O.OO 16 NW 6210.12) S 8210.00122! NW 5610.18 NW Pt. cloudy ICloudv 1 Cloud- Cloudy Pt. cloudy iPt. cloudy Cloudv Clear Cloudy Cloudy 78 0.00 22 SW cfl'n no 18 S Pt. cloudv 62 0.00 58 0.181 62 0.00 24 W j NW ! erNB 14! sw Clear Cloudy Cloudy 580.00 Cloudr 6810.001 SW Pt. clqiudy WEATHER, CONDITIONS. Very general rains have 'occurred during: the last 24 hours In all parts of Oregon, Washing ton and Northern Idaho. In Southern Idaho the weather is cloudy and threatening:, and showers have fallen In scattered localities. It It cooler in Northern California, Oregon, Ne vada and Southern Idaho, and slightly warmer In the Sound and Walla Walla, countries. The indications are fjor showers In this district Monday. WEATHER FORECASTS. Forecasts, made at Portland for the 28 hours ending- midnight, Monday, July 6. 1003: Portland . and ' vicinity Showers; south to west winds.. Western Oregon Ehcwers north; showers fol lowed' by fair south portion; -warmer souh portion; south to west winds-. Western Washington Showers; south to west winds. Eastern Oregon. Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho Cloudy and threatening, with probably showers. Southern IdaKo Showera and thunder storms, with high, gusty winds; cooler. . DAILT RIVER BULLETIN. 5? 3-D O S C STATIONS. O P a- Portland. Or 10.3 .6 .18 15.0 33.0 The Dalles. Or 40.0 59.6 Umatilla. Or 10.3 .4 .04 25.0 34.5 NtJrthport, Wash 4 50.0 53.0 Wenatchee. Wash 40.3 1.0 40.0 58.0 Rlparla, "Wash 24.7 Lewlston. Idaho 7.6 .2 .23 24.0 2t0 Weleer, Idaho 10.0 26.5 "WEATHER NOTES. The temperatures this morning over the Up per Columbia and the Snake River basins range between 44 and 02 decrees, and the weather is clear. It will be cooler at the head waters of these rivers Monday. RIVER FORECAST. The river at Portland will fall at the rate of .4 or .5 of a foot a day during the next two weeks. The river at The Dalles will con tinue falling during the next two weeks at the rate of about three-quarters of a foot a day. EDWARD A. BEALS. District Forecaster. AMUSEMENTS. BE THEATER TWELFTH AND MORRISON 'Phone Mala 78. Northwestern Vaudeville Co.. Props. George L. Baker. Resident Manager. NEW BILL TONIGHT. LOOK THE GOOD ACTS OVER TONIGHT. Positively the greatest array of vaudeville talent ever on one bill. DELPHINO AND DELMORA. DEVANT' AND ALLEN, THE WALTONS. "WOODFORD AND MALBORO. MEXIAS AND MEXIAS. ARTHUR HAHN. BUDD BROTHERS. RAYMOND AND CLARK. Prices Matinees, 20c, 10c, evening, 30c, 20c, 10c; boxes and lose seats, 50c. CEDAR PARK Under new management. Portland's most beautiful pleasure resort. Band con cert, vaudeville shows and other attrac tions. Dancing afternoon and evening. Largest floor oh the Pacific Coast. Re freshments served on the grounds. Ten acres of beautiful grove. Five hundred electric lights. Admission to grounds, 10 cents. THE BAKER THEATER- GEORGE L. BAKER, Manager Positively last week this season of the Baker , Theater Company In "EAST LTNNE." "EAST LTNNE." "EAST LTNNE." Evening, 16c, 25c, 35c. BOc; matinee, 10c. 15c, 25c. XEW TODAY. HIt- InfftTranf fronting on the East BIX ACre xratl Ankeny car line, this side of . Montavilla. All level, and nice, and la a bargain. Apply to C. K. HENRY 273 Stark Street. CLASSIFIED AD. BATES. tog- Rooms," "Situation Wanted." IS words or leas, IS etaU; 19 to 30 words. 36 eeats; 31 to 25 words. 35 cents, etc No dlxeeuat far a4- tHn.t 1. .1 UNDER ALL OTHER HEADS, exeeft "Xw oot. SO cents for 15 word or Ism: 18 ia J words, -40 cents; 21 to 23 words. SO sa. etc first Insertion. Each additional moertlc. o&e-balf; no further discount under os :acatk. "NEW TODAY" (gauge measura agate), IS cents per line. Crat Insertion; 10 mbU per Uaa for each additional Insertion. ANSWERS TO ADVERTISEMENTS, ad dressed car The Oregonlan. aad left at tkim office, should always b Inclosed la seated velope. No stamp is required oa sack, letter. Tha Orego&laa will sot ba responslbla for errors la advertisement takes througs. tao telephone. AUCTION SALES TODAY. At residence, 27 East 12th streets. North, at 10 A. M. George Baker &. Co., Auctioneers. At residence. 591 Rodney avenue, corner Sell wood street. Sale at 2 o'clock P. M. Georga Baker & Co., auctioneers. At Ford's Auction House, 182 1st St.. 10 A, 3d. sharp. H. Ford, auctioneer. 3IEETIXG NOTICES. HAWTHORNE LODGE, NO. Ill, A. F. & A. M. Stated communication this (iTonday) evening. Work. All Master Masons cordially invited, -By order "W. M. F. GLAFKE. JR., Sec "WILLAMETTE LODGE. NO. 2. A. F. & A. M. Stated, communication this (Monday) evening at 7:30 o'clock. Work In F. C. degree. All M. M. are cordially Invited to attend. THOMAS GRAY, Secretary. IVANHOE LODGE, NO. 10. K OF P. Reg ular convention this (Monday) evening. Mar quam bldg. Installation. Visiting Knights welcome. C. C NEILSON, C. C O. A. WINDFELDER, K. of B, and S. DIED. "WERNIMONT In this city, at the family resi dence, 143 Stanton St., July 5, 1003, Anna M., wife of Nicholas Wernlmont, aged 6S years. Remains are at Flnley's Chapel. No-, tlce of funeral hereafter. FUNERAL NOTICES. LOVE Funeral services of the late Lewis Love will be held at J. P. Flnley fir-Son's Chapel. Tuesday, July 7. at 2 P. M. Friends Invited. Interment at Love's cemetery. J. P. FINLEY & SOS. ProgreMlro Funeral Directors and Embalmera. cnr. 3d and Mndlaou streets. Com petent lady asa't. loth phoaesH, EDWARD nOLMAA, UndertakejU 4 th anil Yamhill at. nn Stt. .n.,XJ lady assistant. Rota Paonea Ne. 607. CLARKE BROS., FINE FLOWERS,' Floral Dejiiicua, 1280 Morrison. SCHAXEX Jfc NEU, MONUMENTS, cemetery worlc, etc., 2t$8 First. DUXXIXG & CAMPION. UNDERTAK ERS, have moved to 45 X. Oth. 4 F. S. DUXXIXG, Undertaker, 414 E. Alder. Lady assistant. TcL East 52. XEW TODAY. "Will erect for responsible party a 56-room building, with storerooms, most prominent cor. in city; long lease. A 41. Oregonlan. 6-ROOM COTTAGE FOR RENT. FURNITURE for sale; central. Call 408 Salmon, bet. 10th and 11th. Phone "West 3142. STORAGE Or wharfage at reasonable rates. Coloma wharf, foot of Oak St. Phon Main 20S0. GRAIN BAGS f For sale, new Calcutta grain bags in one bale lots or upwards, at 5&c f. o. b. San Fran cisco. Address William Denholm, Falling bldg., Portland. MORTGAGE LOANS Oa tBBBTOYed elty and farm property. BU4Ix toxap. Installment loans, ICACUAaXXK. Ill Worcester felock. Comer Residence H-bSit "hoS owner a nonresident; will sell at a low price. Apply to C. K. HENRY 273 Stark Street. Investment Property XhThou: very desirable location, bringing In $130 per month; taken on mortgage. Some person want ing a desirable Investment. Apply to C. K. HENRY 273 Stark Street. 1 Sixth Street Property aSSSftofc cation on 6th street, ready to build on. Soma Investor wanting a good buy that will pay good interest and also Increase In value, should Inspect this, as It Is a bargain. Apply to C. K. HENRY 27S Stark Street. Mortgage Loans at Lowest Rgtes Insurance in All Lines A. H. BIRRELL Formerly of Mac3Iaster fc Blrrell, REAL ESTATE. GENERAL INSURANCB AND FINANCIAL AGENCY. 203-4 McKay Building. Third and Stark. Phona Main 232. Country Home For Sale n8eanycreaii in cultivation, with tine 7-roomed house, good barn; good Will; mllkhouse. with concrete floors; nice young orchard? within ten minutes' walk 01 the d-spot at Beaverton, where-rtne could reside and do business In PortIandr"TCIth a car fare rate of $5 per month. Why jmt live In the country with this beautiful home? It Is a bargain at $3000. First come, nrst served. Apply to C. K. HENRY 273 Stark Street, r- Acreage Snap Six Acres, improyed, near East Ankeny car line. Just the place for any one wanting a suburban home. Will be sold for one-half of former value. Fine soil; no gravel. GRINDSTAFF & BLAIN 246 Stark Street FOR SALE REAL ESTATE. FOR SALE TWO TWO-STORY HOUSES,! all In good order, corner n ana nau; pay ing good Interest on investment. Also a T room cottage, 864 Corbett st., with fruit ima and shrubbery. Also two lots in. Pen insular First Addition, near the car statlon.1 Also the Macaaam House, witn zour iou, le rooms, all in gooa order, auo tne irranu Hichenev two-story house, with 8 rooms &n! one acre of ground, all In good onler Tioga,! Long Beach, V ash. Also two Klcolal cot- tlon: Drlcc. $500. Agent for New Zealand Traders and Hamburg-Bremen Fire Insurf ance Companies. Frank Hacheney, 315 Coxa merciai bldg., 2d and Washington iu. WAREHOUSE SITE. 100x200. IN EA Portland bottoms, on railroad and improved street. $7500; a- buy. $1000 for 100x200 feetj one of most signtiy pieces at Mount raDora a splendid horaeslte for the price of an ordlj nary East Portland lot. Hart Land Co., lffa ( j $18.000 FOR SALE, BY OWNER; ONE ttlrd cash Quarter-block in best resldencjt portion of city; 10 minutes' walk from post, office; 5 houses, strictly modern; all rented incomo $io per month- T 37, Oregonlan. 25X1S0. BUSINESS PROPERTY. PAYS BIC percentage: $37,500, and 100x100, good InJ come, wouia De very suitable to improve 10 a hotel or apartment house. Palmer Bros. 417 Oregonlan bldg. CHOICE RESIDENCE BLOCKS AND QUARl ter oiocKS. close int jast side; streets ar sewer, In. ready for building: sell reasor aDie. juarnngton, owner, euft 1st., near FOR SALE 8-ROOM". LARGE. "NEW HOUSI corner lot; easy terms. Telephone Bus 295 5