THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1903. CHICAGO A GREAT MART Central Station Through "Which the Tide of Traffic Flows The "World's Great Grain Market CHICAGO, Oct 1. (Staff Correspond- ence.) No more vague expressions of ' geographical location are In common use than the terms "down East" or "out : "West," but of the two the average "West- erner has a much clearer perception of what they mean than the man from the East- The latter. If he fs a resident of New York or Boston, generally regards Rochester or Buffalo as way out West, with Chicago about the limit. The V.rest erner bound east, on the other hand, seldom alludes to his Journey from the Pacific Coast as "going East" unless he intends to leave behind him .the 2000-mile stretch between the Pacific Coast and Omaha or St. Paul, and in nine cases out of ten going East means going to Chicago or some point still nearer the setting sun. Chicago is the grand central station through which the tide of traffic, both passenger and freight, flows from West to East, and from East to "West. Small branches of this traffic split from the main stream at Omaha and St. Paul on the Eastward flow, but In most cases j they trickle back and reunite at ' the I windy metropolis by the lake. The term "windy" lg used advisedly; not as an allusion to the greatest "hot-air" dls- Twno!itT nn onrth hut hv reason of the continuous draughts of cold air which sweep In from the lake when the "ember" j days come round. Chicago has as much wind and more dirt than the Pacific Coast climatic freak, San Francisco, and her citizens set the Pacific Coast city a good example by making no attempt to apolo gize for it. And yet Chicago with all of her wind and dirt which smudges the faco of nature and man alike is, from a com- i morel al standpoint, the most Interesting municipality on the face of the earth. All roads led to Rome In the old days, and all roads lead to Chicago at the pres ent time; it is practically the terminal point of more miles of railroad than cen ter in any other city on earth, over 90,000 miles of standard-gauge road radiating from this railroad hub of the universe and handling a traffic of such magnitude that it is impossible for figures to compass any adequate comprehension of Its di mensions. In addition to the 'all traffic, there i a lake business of such vast pro portions that over 18,000 vessels entered and cleared at the port last year, and In spite of the steady enlargement of the scope of thev railroad operations the lake traffic Is growing more rapidly than ever. The population of the city is in round numbers about 1,800,000, although some of her enterprising citizens claim that she is already past the 2.000,000 mark. The commerce of the city amounts to nearly $2,000,000,000 per year and the capital em ployed In manufacturing enterprises is about $250,000,0)0. Chicago does not con flne her commercial operations to any particular line. She rallies under the cry of the Count of M.mte Cristo and the world is hers, at least for the purposo of barter and traffic In its products. The importance of the Chicago wheat pit as a power in the world's grain mar kets is well known and appreciated wher ever wheat Is grown or handled. Not only Is there n;re wheat bought awd sold In Chicago than In any other market on earth, but the seething, 1 -stllng, strug gling, yelling crowd of jperators who daily give an apparently good imitation of Bedlam turned loose in the wheat pit practically make the market for a'l of the rest of the world. Coming from a wheat country, the operations on the Eoard of Trade were of particular Inter est to me In fact, they are Interesting POOREST "RESERVES IM OREGON "WARNER. MOUNTAIN WITHDRAWAL UNIQUE IN BEING MADE SOLELY TO PROTECT WATER SUPPLY sr LETTER NO. IE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash- i lngton, D. C, Oct. 7. If ever a reserve Is created in the Warner Mountain coun try In Southern Oregon, it will be unique j among forest reservations In the North- j west. The large withdrawal that has been made in that region Is unlike with drawals elsewhere, having been made al most entirely with a view to creating a reserve xvhoso main object will be to perpetuate the water supply, so essential to the outlying country, which depends so largely upon irrigation. The creation of a Warner Mountain reserve was first suggested in 1S98 by Forest Superintendent B. F. Allen, of California, who had been making exam inations in the Warner Mountains in the northern extremity of that state. The project originated in California, and was at firsl confined solely to that State. Later on, however. Superintendent G. L Taggart looked Into the question, and extended his investigations northward into . Ore gon, under authority granted by Commis sioner Hermann, with the result that he on May 27, 1900, recommended the with drawal of a large tract In Northern Cal ifornia and the adjoining section of Ore gon, surrounding Goose Lake. Unlawful Cutting of Timber. In the course of his travels Taggart found that there was a great deal of un lawful cutting of timber in the Warner Mountains, and It was only when he re ported this fact that Commissioner Her mann issued specific instructions detail ing him to make examinations with a view to determining the necessity for a permanent reserve. It is stated in Taggart's report that a great majority of the citizens whom he interviewed were in favor of the creation of a forest reserve. "In SouthernOregon," he said, "the water question is a serious and important one to all settlers. The only objectors to a reserve were sheep men, sawmill men and shake makers." He went on to say that the disastrous fires of the past have been started large ly by sheepmen. The mlllmen, he found, did not want a reserve because it would prevent them trespassing upon Govern ment land and cutting timber illegally, which, he added, many of them were then doing. The shake-makers are ac countable for the waste of thousands or rather millions of feet of the finest tim ber to be found in the mountains. ' He reported that the timber supply of the Warner Mountains is limited, there not being over 10 per cent of the whole area of the mountains containing tim ber. Merchantable timber, he said, would average 25,000 feet per acre In Oregon, and in some instances run as high as 50,000 to 70.000 feet. Not 5 per cent, of the land embraced in the present Warner Mountain withdrawal is agricultural. Yet preservation of the water that comes from these mountains is the only hope of the settlers in Lake Counts'. Want to Make Homes. Mr. Taggart believes most of the set tlers now within the limits of the with drawal are there for the purpose of mak ing permanent homes, although some of the claims were taken for speculative purposes. In his Judgment, much tim ber land has been obtained fraudulently, and much timber is still being cut illegal ly. There Is practically no land under cultivation within the limits of the with drawal. . "In my Judgment, what timber is there' says Taggart, "should be pre served for the conservation of the water and for future as well as present uses. I can see no Injury that could be done to any one by reserving these lands, but that great benefits Would accrue if they were reserved. "Sheep do great damage to the under growth and brush generally, and should not be allowed in these mountains or within tho limits of the proposed reserve." Taggart's report was eventually sub mitted to the Geological Survey, for rec ommendation., and came back August 1L 1902. with the following comment by the Director: "Tho proposal for the creation of & enough to quicken the pulse of anyone j who views them, -Either from the visitors' gallery or from the floor of the pit, al though what It all means may seem a trifle vague to the uninformed observer. Trading on the "curb" begins as early as buyer and seller happen to meet, but the regular session of the Board of Trade does not open until 9:30 A. M. Long be fore that hour the men on the curb have warmed up to their work, and a few min utes before the big bell taps in the room upstairs the early murmurlngs of the traders have swelled Into a roar which fills the hall and corridors downstairs, and Is wafted up Into the pit above them like the breath of an oncoming cyclone, and not Infrequently this Is about what follows the preliminary skirmishing on the curb. There are four pits in the big room where the world's prices on wheat and corn are made. The wheat pit is almost directly under the gallery, and just beyond is the corn pit. To the right of the corn pit is the oats pit, and far ther over toward the right-hand corner is the proxisions pit, the arrangement of the various pits being in accordance witb their importance. A few minutes bofore 9:30 the roar of the curb softens and the bulls and the bears come trooping up and gather around the respective pits in which they expect to do their dally scrappkig. There is a momentary lull as the hands on the big clock creep slowly round and the noise of conversation is temporarily over whelmed by the rattle of scores of tele graph keys over to the right of the pits. "Clang" goes the big boll way up next to the roof, and Its echoes are drowned J by the roar of a thousand voices, each ages rendering the business or snang maklng a wild effort to howl a little ; halng extremely hazardous, even If it louder than the other. Sometimes there j were necessary, which it Ms not, in order is a steady avalanche of buying and sell- j to get the vessels out -with full crews, ing orders drifting in from all over the ( Notwithstanding the wild hustle for busl world. and the noise never softens ness that has made Chicago famous, her throughout the session. Usually there are j citizens seem to find time for recreation, brief lulls, which, however, are dispelled and a number of beautiful parks are al on the shortest possible notice whenever i ways thronged in fine weather, while the any bullish or bearish news drifts In and theater crowds at a large number of ex buyere become frightened or confident, as i cellent amusement houses are Immense, the case may be. It Is difficult for the The streets are dirty, v but extenuating outsider to understand how anything like circumstances may bo shown by the fact an accurate account of the enormous i that on every street and in all directions transactions can be kept, but mistakes j extensive building operations and repair are very few in number, and the immense ; Ing are under way. Real estate prices volume of business Is possible only from the fact that a nod or a sign from a buyer or seller is sufficient to close' a deal where thousands are Involved. As one of the brokers explained it, "It is simply a matter of honor and credit, and the man who is lacking in either cannot operate on the board." Brokers anxious to secure quick action for their clients make extensive use of the sign language. On the edge of the pit stands a quiet appearing young man who alternates his gaze every second or two between one of the pushers and shov ers in the pit and a young man who stands Just inside the doorway of an of fice off the floor of the pit. The man in the offiee has a telephone headpiece clamped to his ear, and suddenly throws up his hand, wriggles his fingers, and perhaps shrugs his shoulders. The man on the edge of the pit makes a dive into the human maelstrom and reaches the ear of his confederate, who immediately becomes more excited than before and does a little stunt in sign language with a man way over on the other side of the pit- He then returns to the human signal station on the edge of the pit, and that quiet individual twirls his Angers, nods his head and Indulges In a brief panto mime that would distract fho lnmaie of a deaf mute school, but is understood without comment by the man at the tele phone. Between signs the gentleman forest reserve in Northern California and Southern Oregon, under the name of the Warner Mountains and Goose Lake For est Reserve, is disapproved." No reasons were assigned. There was" no evidence that the matter had received intelligent or careful consideration. Noth ing but this bare adverse report, a char acteristic method of the Survey. On May 9, 1903, the Bureau of Forestry recommended the creation of a reserve; in the Warner Mountain country in Ore gon, and on July 15, recommended tho withdrawal of an even larger tract, with the last recommendation offering Jthe following explanation: "These lands are practically all non agricultural, forested lands, and their protection is of great Importance not only to preserve the forest as a source of timber supply, but also to Insure an equable and continuous supply of water to those arid and semi-arid districts. Though a considerable part of these lands has unfortunately passed into prhate hands, It Is believed that much of it is still vacant, and particularly is this true of the more mountainous dis tricts, and the more mutilated and "in ferior forests, tho territories most in need of proper management and protec tion. Residents Favor Reserve. "The sentiment of the residents of the district, most all stockmen. Is heartily in favor of forest protection by the crea tion of forest reserves." July 27, on the showing made by the Bureau of Forestry, combined with the report of Superintendent Taggart, tho Secretary ordered the withdrawal that stands today. The records of this case close with a joint letter from Senators Mitchell and Fulton, dated September 5, In which they, file, without comment, resolutions of the Roseburg Board of Trade remonstrat ing against the withdrawal of lands in the Warner Mountain country. The La Grande Reserve. The La Grande reserve was first sug gested by Forest Superintendent James Glendlnnlng, of Idaho, who, on July 17, 1900, filed with tho Commissioner of the Land Office a letter from E. H. Llbby, President of the Lewlston Water and Power Company, asking that necessary steps be taken to secure an examination of the Blue .Mountains at the headwaters of Asotin Creek and other streams ris ing in the vicinity. He urged the reser vation of tho lands, with a view to per petuating the water supply. This letter was referred to tho Geolog ical Survey, and by tho Survey returned to the Secretary with a mere recommen dation that the reserve be created to em brace not only the northern arm of the Blue Mountains In Oregon, but that it be extended Into Washington. On this recommendation the withdrawal was made, November 5, 1902. On January 9, last. Congressman Jones filed protests against the reservation of certain lands embraced within the with drawal, and asked that careful examina tion be made before the lines of a reserve were established. Similar letters were filed' by Congressman Cushman and Sen ator Foster. At the request of Congressman Moody, a small addition was made to the La Grande withdrawal last January for state, flsh cultural purposes. The records of this case close with a rccomendatlon of the Bureau of Forestryi under date of July 16, 1903, that a with drawal be created embracing identically the lands that are today included within the La Grande withdrawal. The Joseph River "Withdrawal. On May 21, 1903, the Bureau of For estry, based upon a report from Special Agent H. D. Langllle, urged with with drawal of the small tract in Northeastern Oregon, now known as tho Joseph River Withdrawal. Langllle, reporting to tho Bureau, said: "On account of the wholesale occupa tion of this locality for speculative pur poses, the necessity for the temporary i withdrawal of these lands pending an found time to tell me that what Ihad Just witnessed was the purchase of 50,000 bushels of December wheat at 76 cents, and that the San Francisco party who ordered it had already been notified of the purchase. The Board of Trade, however, is not the only place in Chicago where farm products are handled on an extensive scale. There is a Livestock Exchange, Fruit and Vegetable Shippers' Asso ciation. Milk Exchange, Butter, Egg and Cheese Association, Produce Exchange and a number of simi lar institutions. The cash grain business Is handled in elevators all over the Mid dle West and Northwest, as well as by the Institutions along the Chicago water front. For this reason Its magnitude is not so easily appreciated as Is that of the livestock industry, which has its Central West headquarters out at the Union Stock Yards. These yards have an area of about 400 acres and facilities for handling at one time 200,000 hogs. 50.000 cattle and a large number of sheep and horses. In the yards are 20 miles of watering troughs and 50 miles of feeding troughs, and the magnitude of the busi ness like that of wheat and corn is so vast that here also are the world's prices regulated. The smell of salt waters missing from the Chicago water front, and it would be overwhelmed by the aroma of the Chi cago River even if it were otherwise in evidence, but the sailor is here. He Is less picturesque than his brother on the Atlantic and Pacific, but none the less Interesting, and fully as garrulous, but not so easily shanghaied, the short voy have long since passed the point where five to eight-story buildings were profit able, and the structures now going up In the business districts are from 12 to 20 stories high. On one of the principal business streets an old-established bank ing concern has nearly completed an 18 story building on a lot adjoining the cor ner where the bank is located. They are now arranging to move Into the now building, and as soon as they are in will tear down the eight-story building erect ed a dozen years ago and replace It with a structure the same height as the one Just nearlng completion. While on the subject of high buildings, I am reminded that the shadow of the Ferris wheel, which has been hanging over Chicago since the close of the World's Fair, Is about to be removed. When the big show closed the wheel was sold to an enter prising showman, who removed It from the fair grounds to a select neighborhood not far from Lincoln Park. He secured a short lease of the1 grounds and opened up with an aggregation of sideshows and attendant nuisances that soon resulted in depreciating property in the vicinity in a striking manner. For this reason a re newal of the lease will not be granted, the wheel stands idle, and anyone needing a Ferris wheel in a fair state of preser vatlon can secure one at. a bargain, as the property-owners insist that it be re moved. ' E. W. W. examination and report as to their suit ability for a forest reserve, is most ur gent. I have the honor to recommend. therefore, that a temporary withdrawal be made of the following described lands Sections 1, 12, 13, 24 and 25 in township 2, range 44. Townships 2 and 4, range 44. Townships 2, 3 and 4, range 45. Townships 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, range 45. Townships 3, 4, 5 and 6, range 47. West half township 3, range 48, and all of fractional township 5, range 48, all north and east. These lands were withdrawn, and so stand today. No other recommendation was made; the land office was not con suited, and even the Geological Survey was given no opportunity to take a hand in this instance. Two, or rather three, other withdrawals wero made on the sole recommendation of the Bureau of Forestry, which furnished the Interior Department with no reasons. further than It deemed temporary with drawals necessary, pending detailed in vestigation, which it promised would be made this Summer. These are the Mor row withdrawal in Eastern Oregon, and the two withdrawals of lands which It Is intended shall be added to the Cascade reserve, on the west, should the investi gations of the Bureau seem to justify such extensions. The latter withdrawals embrace 25 Vs townships in all, while the Morrow withdrawal includes: Townships 6 and 7, and north half 8, range 25. Townships 6 and 7,- west half 8, range 27, Townships 4, 5 and 6, and north half 7, range 28. Townships 5 and 6, and north half 7, rango 29. Townships 4, 5 and 6, and north half 7, range 30; all south and east. The files do not show anything as to the character of these lands, nor the reasons for recommending their with drawal. Tho mere request of the Bureau of Forestry was sufficient, and is unsup ported by recommendations from any otner Bureau. , FACTS ABOUT VOLUNTEERS Mrs. ICilgore Tells About Contro versy With Mr. Beals. PORTLAND. Or., Oct ". To tho Ed ltor.) You will kindly let me state to the public, " through your valuable paper. the facts concerning our hall and our work for the volunteers of America In Portland. In the first place, let me say. myself and husband came htre about six months ago to work f0r God and souls under the auspices of the Volunteers of America, but some two months ago, on account of my health, my husband Captain Kllgore, wrote to Colonel Dun can in San Francisco, who has charge of the Volunteers on tho Pacific Coast, that my health had failed me, and for him to send new officers to take our places This he declined to do until after the council, which Is taking place at San Jose October 6, 7 and S. He wished us to remain until October 12, when he would be able to relieve us by -sending other officers to take our place. About ten days ago my husband was offered a position on the railroad, pro viding he would accept the same at once, which he "did, but he was compelled to go to Walla Walla, as his run would go out of that place. We took permission to cloBe the hall for ten days, and, when I returned to make things ready for the new officers, I found this man Beals, who had previously been assisting us in our work, but whom we had expelled and forced him to vacate our quarters be fore leaving, was moving our seats and benches from the hall, he having delib erately broken our lock, which we had placed upon the front door, and sold out to this1 man Carson for 512.50. Of course, I objected to this procedure, as he was unauthorized to act in behalf of the Vol unteers of America "without our consent,. which I can positively say we should not have given him. Now, in regard to our spending money for our claim, which we had collected here, I will say we have never had. $10 salary since we have had charge of the work in Portland, neither has myself or husband solicited to exceed 510 from the good people of Portland. On the con trary, our support has come from the free will offerings given by those who have listened to our works of warning to flee from the wrath to come. My husband has worked a good part of the time while in Portland, preferring to do this than to solicit. In conclusion, our bills are all paid. and when the new officers arrive they will have no debts to pay. We thank the public for their kind words of cheer and wo also feel grateful to Mr. Weln- hard for the use of his building so long. for he could have rented the same many months ago for at least four times what we were paying him; and last but not least, we thank Mr. Carson for the J25. which cleared our indebtedness. MRS. KILGORE. In charge of the Volunteers of America, CAR STRIKES WAGON. Ten People Are Thrown Out, and Several Badly Injured. KANSAS CITY. Mo., Oct. S. A west bound Chelsea Park trolley car struck a wagon containing 14 persons at 10:30 o'clock last night at the corner of Thir teenth street and Stewart avenue. In Kan sas City, Kan. The front wheels of the wagon were torn In splinters, and all the occupants of the wagon were thrown to- the pavement. The Injured are: Mrs. Edna Barker, Welborn, Kan., may die; Mrs. Otto Brenner, Welborn, Kan., cut and bruised, rendered unconscious; Otto Brenner, Welborn, Kan., cuts and bruised, rendered unconscious; Knox Barker. Welborn, Kan., cut, rendered un conscious; Mrs. Bertie Wilson, bruises. rendered unconscious; John Wilson, 15 years, Kansas City, Kan., bruises; Lottie Wilson, 12 years old, Kansas City, Kan., bruised, rendered unconscious; Dottle Wilson, 10 years old, Kansas City, Kan.; bruised; George Gray, 20 years old, Wel born, Kan., bruised and cut, rendered un conscious. The occupants of the wagon had been to the city to witness the Priests of Pal las parade and were returning home when the accident took place. WELL WITH AMERICA. MacVeaRh Takes a llopcfnl View of the Venezuelan Case. PARIS, Oct. 7. Wayne MacVeagh, sen ior counsel for the United States, has ar rived here from The Hague, having com pleted his argument before the Venezuelan Arbitration Tribunal. He will sail for New York October 10 from Cherbourg, on the American line steamship St. Louis, Mr. MacVeagh regards the situation of the case as satisfactory and hopeful. The members of the council expressed satisfaction at the American view of the exalted character of the tribunal as rep resenting the modern idea of the humane adjustment of international differences In stead of the old system of a resort to force. Counsel for the other countries. outside tho blockading powers, will prob ably follow the general lines of the Amer ican argument. When the court reassembles November 4, Judge Penfleld and Minister Bowen will look after American and Venezuelan In terests. It is expected that the further hearings will last about a fortnight. Pacific Coast Notes. It Is reported that Fort Custer, Mont, will be reopened next Summer, and 1000 men stationed there. Thieves have entered several houses at Woodburn, Or., and chloroform was used on the households while tho residences were looted. Thomas Brasher will be Acting Mayor of Union, Or., until the December election, Mayor EL W. Davis resigned office after five years' service. He Is now Register of the La Grande Land Office. Striking telegraph linemen at Spokane, Wash., refuse to return to work until the telephone operators are provided for. aney say the girls have stood by therri and they propose to stand by the girls. In the United States Circuit Court at Spokane, Wash., Judge Hanford sentenced 15 men who had pleaded guilty to selling llnuor to Indians. Each of tho men was given a sentence of $100 fine and confine ment In prison at McNeil's Island for from two to five months. Was the Eruption a FlrcT "New York Herald. Paris. A peculiar question has been r-iiivri hofnro the Seine Tribunal do Com merce In an action against an Insurance company, consequent upon the eruption of Mont Pelee, Martinique. A colonist intmwi from the eomnanv 245.000 francs (549,000) damages for fire caused by the disaster. The company pieaueu uiai me goods were destroyed. by the mechanical ofTffrta nf the emotion before the fire reached them. The tribunal has sent the parties before an arbitrator to decide tne amount of damages due to fire. Whether tho damage by names prcceoeu tne me haniKni ooHnn n nuestion of an lnfln Iteslmal porlod of time likely to play as largo a part as in tne rair win case. Education Board in Bad Light. EMPORIA. Kan., Oct 7. Judge Kepp Hnger. of tho Kansas City, Kan., Mercan tiler Club, Is here gathering Information TocmrAtntr the alletratlons of boodling made against the Kansas City Board of Education. Professor tawieu, presiaeni of the Emporia High School, is quoted to day as saying: "I was an applicant for tho prlnclpalshlp last Summer and I was Informed by a third person that I could have the Job for $300. I turned down the proposition. I found out many things that were rotten to the core, and am willing "to tell them before a Grand Jury." Parliament Orders Investigation. OTTAWA, Ont, Oct. 7. At today's sit ting of the Parliament, Mr. Talbot charged that some of the petitions pre sented against the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway project were forgeries. He moved that the matter be investigated before the committee on privileges and elections, and this was agreed to. Became Insane on Sea Voyage. ABERDEEN, Wash., Oct 7. (Special.) F. H. Sewall, aged 24, became Insane on the voyage of the 'steamer Coronado from San Francisco to this city. He has been taken to a hospital for treatment He was on his way to Seattle. Judge W. C. Wills. PRINEVILLE. Or.. Oct 7. (Special.) News has just been received of the death at Willow Creek, this County, of ex County Judge W. C. Wills. Interment will be made at Dallas, Polk County, Or., Saturday, Oct 10. Alexander H. Kerr in Washington. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Oct 7. Alexander H. Kerr, of Portland, w.as In the city today. Death at Insane Asylum. SALEM, Or., Oct 7. (Special.) G. C. Rowley, of Portland, died at the asylum today, aged 46 years. Palma Returns to Havana. HAVANA, Oct 7. President Palma and his party Teturned here- today from their tour of the island. Great nerve and bodily strength is given by Hood's Sarsaparllla. Try It BOOM FAIR ON LETTERS OFFICIAL EMBLEM MAY BE USED BY ALL. Great Publicity Will Thus Result Franking Privilege for.Com 'misaioners. Sixty thousand letters leave Portland daily for all parts of the world, and it Is the expectation of officials of the Lewis and Clark Exposition that within a short time the greater part of this mall will bear the official emblem of the Exposition. With this end in view the publicity com mittee met yesterday afternoon and de cided to allow all printers to place the official emblem on envelopes. It was admitted that this privilege If withheld or restricted by the officials would be a source of no small revenue. but it was likewise admitted that, should the privilege of using the emblem become general, there would be greater publicity. It was decided that the publicity was of much more value to the Exposition than the revenue and the decision was made on this basis. The only requirements of those who desire to print the official emblem on letter heads is that they secure formal permission from headquarters, and ' for ward 50 cents for a photographic repro duction of the emblem for half-tone pur poses. It is the belief of Secretary Reed and members of the committee that there will be a very heavy demand for these en velopes by business men as well as others who are sending out mall, arfd that there will be no small amount of advertising of the Fair through this source. During the afternoon there was a meet ing at headquarters of the executive com mittee with the chairman of all commit tees at which considerable routine mat ter was disposed of. Among other things authority was granted Director of Works Huber to purchase a ton of grass seed from the Portland Seed Company. He was also authorized to advertise for the neces sari' material for the building of the water tower at the Exposition grounds, and was directed to proceed to Oswego to secure some trees that have been donated to the Exposition for planting on the grounds. Those present at this meeting were: Directors Scott, Wolfe, Ladd, r en ton. Mills and Wesslncer. of the execu tive committee; Chairman of Publicity Flelschner. Chairman of Manufactures Connell, Chairman of Exhibits Devers, Chairman of Concessions Frlede. The form of the bill to Congress, as In dorsed by the Lewis and Clark corpora tion several days ago, has not yet come up before the Lewis and Clark Commis sion for approval. It Is said, by mem bers of the commission, that one change, at least will be suggested and that one Is In regard to the provision for free use of the malls. As the bill now stands the franking privilege Is now extended to members of the State Commission. It Is nreuer! that th assent of Concress could be as readily secured for all otnciais as for a part and the commission will urge that they be included, as it will mean a large saving In postage. The expenditure for postage at the present time Dy tno commission amounts to more than J20 a month. GALE SWEEPS, GERMANY. Four Lives Already Lost, and Prop erty Loss Will Be Heavy. BERLIN, Oct 7, 5:13 P. M. A hurri cane is sweeping over Germany. 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The "Warren Construction Co. 216-217 O'CONNOR. DR. H. P.. Dentist 309-310 OLSEN, J. F., General Manager Co-operative Mercantile Co 204-205 OREGON INFIRMARY OF OSTEOPATHY 409-410 OREGONIAN BARBER SHOP, MARSCH & GEORGE. Props 129 Sixth street OREGONIAN EDUCATIONAL BUREAU; J. F. StrauhaL Manager 200 PACIFIC MERCANTILE CO 200 PACIFIC MINER. Philip 5. Bates. Pub... 215 PAGUE, B. S.. Attorney-at-Law 518 PALMER BROS., Real Estate and Busi ness Chances - - 417-413 PORTLAND EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY Ground Floor, 128 Sixth street REED. C. J., Executive Special Agent Manhattan Life Ins. Co. of New York. .209 REED, WALTER. Optician.... 133 Sixth street ROSENDALE, O. M., Metallurgist and Mining Engineer 310 ROTH, DR. JOHN B., Phy. and Sur. .313-14 RYAN. J. B.. Attorney-at-Law ,....513 SAMUEL, L.. Manager Equitable Life 300 SCOTT. C. N., with Palmer Bros 417-418 SHERWOOD, J. "W., State Commander K. O. T. M 51T SMITH. DR. ALAN WELCH, Physician and Surgeon 207-203 SMITH. DR. L. 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