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THE MORNING OKEGONIAN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1906. FREIGHT DEPOT . FOB EAST SIDE BIG FUEL PRICES TROUBLE BUYERS YOUNG EMBEZZLER HIDES FACE FROM CAMERA FROM MAKER TO PLAYER Mnnpy-makinir and monoy-saving, water proofs our clothing and makes ail our days seem sunny. A Climax in Piano Prices Acting Under Manufacturer's Instructions The Reed-French Co.. Sixth and Burn side Will Sell the Schubert Pianos at Prices They Dare Net Quote Harriman Lines Will Provide v Added Facilities for East Portland. Cordwood, Slabs and Coal Soar High While Dealers Stand Firm. DENY RAID ON THE PUBLIC PART OF FRANCHISE PLAN 10 Shortage of Cars Shuts Off ord woofl Receipts and Merger of Com panies Vnites Control of Wood Supply on tlie Hiver. Torrtwood, innnwei1. (frd.$4. to $4.75 t P Jab wood, unsaw etl, cnr.i .. 1.75 to 2.50 Coal, ton R.'K) to 8..0 Ia?t year onrl womi sold to consum-ri-fl at or T.O and 17 cents less than nnv. Summer tI)o prion of ii:ih- wfM-id wns 25 and .V cfnts Irsst. Coal below ?S is practlraMv out of market exefpt for CfioB Hay. at Coal and rt.i.lwood arp s.--arve and Flabwood Plentiful. IVaU-rs In each df-ny com bination to b"oct prices. Lucky tlip households that bought th?ir Winter fuel last Summer, when cordwood, slabwood nnd coal prices were low, for cost of the fuels Is now soaring, and dealers declare that it will not come down. High prices of cordwood and coal have driven miinv consumers to slabs, only to teach them that that by-product of the sawmills has prone up, too. Much of the slahwood supply is being thrown into the dump at the lnman Toiilsen mill, which last month raised the price to dealers from JiO tents to $1 per load, because finding the wood more valuable, at less than Jl, for fills thau for market. lealers are licensed of combination to exact high prices from consumers, and the air Is full of complaints, espe cially tigainst one company that con trols tlie present cordwood supply, and another that controls the slabwood mark"t. But the dealers return that they are compelled to put up prices be cause of increased cost of labor and hauling, and of the fuel itself. "We're Losing Money." "We are not making money oit of present slabwood prices.'' said M. C. Hantleld. of the Banflcld-Yeyscy Fuel t'ompany, yesterday. "Our books will prove to any person the truth of what 1 say. "We ought to charge 2T cents a lon,j more than we do. Portland has cheaper fuel than any city In the I'nit cd States" "Cordwood costs us ."0 cents more than last year.' asserted .1. E. School field, proprietor of the Portland Fuel Company, which controls the present cordwood supply of Portland, "and that is just the increased cost to the con sumer." "Coal prices are no higher than last year," said A. I, Stephens, of the Pa cific Coast Company, which holds the bulk of the coal supply, "and will not be put up." , "Coal dealers have held prices down," remarked Manager Reeves, of the C. R. Davis Coal Company, "al though they have been able to obtain onlv one-tenth of the coal they need." Thus runs the testimony of the several Sealers, and meanwhile tlie consumer Kroans. yet must go down inlo his pocket for the price, else live in a cold house and live on food uncooked. He remon strates In vain. His surprise at prices when he orders fuel pains the dealers, but makes them not more benevolent. They are in business not for their health, they say, and if they'd cut prices they'd go broke. It's a hard old world for con sumers when paying time comes round: this the dealers admit, but aver that they have bills to pay, too. and that they are all but eaten up by the exac tions of laborers, and teamsters, and scownien, and lowboatmen. and sawyers, ami others too numerous to mention. Will Cordwotl CJo Out? The inevitable effect of high cordwood pricey is to, increase consumption of coal and slanwuVid. The advancing cost of logs anil labor has led some observers to the opinion that in the near future there will be no market for cordwood, on ac count of tiie cheaper slabwood and coal. William K. Jones, of F. B. Jones & Co., cordwood dealers, is of this opinion. Lumber manufacturing is accompanied, by a large slab waste or by-product, which, in a great milling center like Portland, makes a large supply of fuel. More than half the, cost of this fuel to consumers comes from handling and saw ing and hauling, and as expense of labor and teaming advances, this part of the fuel cost increases. fiut for slabwood. cordwood and ierhaps coal prices would now have attained a ioftier height. Merging of three leading cordwood com panies recently into the Portland Fuel Company by J. E. Schoolfleld has placed in the hands of one tirm control of near ly all the wood that comes to Portland from tvater points, which means most of tiie wood in the Portland market, because scarcity of railroad cars has almost shut off rail shipments. This merger has been accompanied by an advnee of cordwood prices from J4 to $4.&i, and to J 1.75 for credit accounts Denies Priee Itoosl.. I Mr. Sehoolfield says that his ' company lias advanced prices not arbitrarily, but because it pays big prices to the cutters. Wootl that cost tlie dealers $2 and 52.25 last year, he says, is costing his company today J2.S0 and J2.75. The cost of unload ing from barges; he asserts, has ad vanced from 30 cents a cord to 45 cents, an Increase of lf cents a cord. Expense of hauling has increased also. There is considerable di5sat:faction, however, among buyers, who are not easily convinced that present cordwood prices are just. The Sehoolfield combine Include Brown & Hicks. Pioneer Fuel Company and Phoenix Fuel Company. And with S hoolneld Is associated George. ut,.i ai.t. 'c..... ....... i . i ci .i t ' i, .Tnun i iirniiiri-ricM, .Ml. OLIIOOl- lleld says that not more than 2000 cords at river shipping points "Is outside his company. .Most of the Independent wood is owned by F. B. Jonen & Co.. and is on Lewis River, whence It will be shipped as soon as the river shall rise high enough to permit navigation. The ad vent of thi.s wood, and. when cars shart he available, of supplies along the South ern Pacific and Oregon Water Power Railway, will relieve the high-price ten sion, though no hope is given out by deal, ers of lower prices. "Slabwood Too Cheap." In the slabwood line, M. C. Banfield says that his company makes no money out of green wood at $1.75 on the West Side and $2 on the East Side. The 25 cents higher price on the Kast Side comes from larger cost of slabs at tlie mills. Inman & Poulsen chargo $1 a load six pevenths of a cord! on the Fast Side and tlie Portland Lumber Company a little lets on Hie West Side. For handling and hauling the wood Mr. Bantield's company therefore receives (1 a load, which he deelures ie too little. No person or group t" i v AV - i - ; 4 i --tji1,SL''' s , ! i!i'U " 3 'nwnuiiiiiiriiiiiii(i..i uuIumWii BKKXARn . VEI.CVTH LEAVING ( Ol'KTHOrSK FOR I'EMTEXTIARY IX CHAKGE F SHERIFF STEVENS. MAS WITH BACK TOWARD CAMERA IS AKTHl'R VElXiUTH. With the exception of the picture which The Oregonian took of Bernard O. Velguh at the time of the arrest, every effort of a photographer has been foiled, either by Veiguth himself or by his brother Arthur. Wednesday afternoon, when Veiguth appeared before Judge- Sears to plead guilty, he managed to dodge the picture-takers, and It was not until Sheriff Bob Stevens took him to the East Morrison street station that a snapshot could be taken of the prisoner. Veiguth did not know that an Oregonian photographer was laying for him, hut he was not to be caught napping, so when he appeared at the station door, he covered his face with his handkerchief. He caught sight of the photographer, and as he turned his back the picture was taken. Arthur Veiguth was readng a paper. of persons, he asserts, can handle and haul slabs for Si a load without losing money, and that's what happens to his company. The charge to consumers, he says, should he $2.2o. which would yield his company a small profit. The $2.o0 price for dry labs. he admits, makes a small profit, but not enough. Dry slabs, he declares, cost $2 without hauling, and the hauling Is worth 75 cents more, but his company charges only $2.50 fn all. "I don't have any particular liking for the title 'Slabwood King,' " paid he yes terday, "and If anybody, desiring to buy the business, will pay us the value of our plant. I'll deduct $K00 from the figure. That's how we count the value of the business." Coal Dealers in Trouble, Too. The coal dealers are afflicted by lack of cars, which huts off almost completely shipments from mines In ashlngton, British Columbia and Wyoming. Several cargoes from Australia are en route, and one or two are due within the next two or three weeks. Rock Springs coal from Wvoming Is gelling for $8.50. and Welling ton, from British Columbia, at tne same price, but the supply is short. Black Bagle, from Coos Bay, sells for $7. uos lyn and Ren ton coals are entirely out of the market. One dealer estimates that Portland's present supply of coal Is not more than oo tons, which is hardly a month's supply. MEANS TO PROTECT HOMES Street ;rales to He Kstablislied Near Mount Tuhor Gravel Pit. As a measure. of some protection to the homes and property adjacent to the big gravel pit In North Mount Tabor,- where the Pacific Bridge Company Is taking material for street fills. Councilmen Kellaher and Bennett have decided to have the street grades established on Ahereromby street and Villa avenue. Abercromby is the street just east of the pit and In the pathway of the excavating. By establishing the grade on this street north to the Barr road H is thought that it will protect the property to .some extent east anl north, especially should the ex-' cavations be extended northward, follow ing the hill. The establishment of the grade on Villa avenue between Wiberg lane and to the city limits; It is thought, will protect property on the south side of tlie pit. Manager Simon offered to give a no-foot strip through his 9-acre tract, which adjoins the pit on the north to West avenue. This will give an opening for the property that is now bottled up. It Is likely that a full 60-foot street wi! be obtained to West avenue, which will be better than a narrow strip. These measures appear to be the best that the city can take to protect the homes of tnese citizens. Manager Simon Is going ahead cutting down another slice through tle gravel pit, which will bring It down to a level with the land on tlie north side. Should he undertake to dig lower and cause a deep excavation below the surroundings, it Is thought that the same action thawas taken with re gard to the gravel pits In Woodlawn might be effective in stopping the exca vations in North Mount Tahor. No Judge for Grand Jury. According to Vnited States District At torney Bristol, who returned from San Francisco Wednesday, it will probably be impossible to summon another grand Jury to make further investigations into the land fraud matters until after the end of the year. One difficulty of calling a grand jury prior to that time Is that both Judge Hunt and Judge Wolverton have been assigned to San Francisco, and there would probably be no judge to re ceive reports from the body. Judge Wol verton will leave October 15 to take his place in the Circuit Court, and Judge Hunt will take tlie place of Judge Mor row in the Circuit Court of Appeals, be ginning October 20. Tour DruKClnt Tell Yul that Murine Ey, RemMy Cure, Eyes. Makta Weak Bye, Strong. Doesn't Smart. Soothe By, Fain, and Sella lor 60 ctnu. IS UP TO SUPREME COURT TANNER CASE NOW AWAITS JUS TICES DECISION. Charges Preferred by Grievance Committee of Bar Association Korwarded to Salem. The fate of A. H. Tanner, former law partner of the late Senator John IT. Mitchell, is now with the members of the Supreme Court. For some time past the grievance committee of the Oregon Bar Association, before which body Mr. Tanner was cited to appear to show cause why disbarment pro ceedings should not be taken against him, in view of the- fact that he had been indicted for perjury, has been considering" his case. Judee Tanner was Indicted and pleaded Ruilty-to a charge of perjury in the Federal Court. He was par doned by President Roosevelt. Judge Tanner appeared before the grievance committee and argued his case in per son, but it was not until yesterday that the papers in the case were sent up to the Supreme -Court. The charges against Mr. Tanner are signed by Attorney Frank S. Grant, who is prosecutor for the Bar Associa tion. The charges follow: IX THE SUPREME COVRT OF THE STATE OF OREGON". The Stat of Oregon on the relation of the Grievance Committee of the Oregon Bar Asso ciation, plaintiff, vs. Albert H. Tanner, de fendant. To th Honorable the Juetices of the Su preme Court of the State of Oregon The State of Oregon, upon the- relation of the- POLICE STATION'S DIES AND . : Kitty Found Lying Cold in Death by Joe Goggins, Whose Prediction of Dire Calamity Is Verified. THE hi black cat Kitty died Rt police headquarters v late Tuesday night. Cats frequently die, but this large lellow was so well loved by the whole department that his untimely death caused great ditres among the officers and his passing was marked by manv tributes of praise from friends. -But it was not only m the passing of Kitty that interest centered Wednesday at headquarters. Following the death of the big cat came a chain of troubles for the department such as has seldom been mown In a single day. Many of the olicemen believe the day's turmoil to be Jirectly attributable to the feline's sad end. Early in the morn ing Joe Goggins, faithful boarder and lodger at the Pity Jail. found Kitty lyina cold in death. He bore the big black cat tenderly to the light of day. from a dark recess In a favorite corner of the building, where, through a life of activity the- feline had cornered and van quished many a festive rat. "Here's Kitty." said Joe Goggins. faith ful boarder and lodger, to Jailer Ben Branch, as he laid the lifeless remains down on the cement floor and smoothed back the soft fur. "What's the matter with Kitty?" asked Jailer Branch. "Dead," said Joe Goggins, faithful boarder and lodger, gin fiend and out cast, as he gazed sadly at Kitty's limp, still form. - H 1$ i Grievance Committee of th Oregon Bar Asso ciation, complains and alleges. 1. That the defendant," Albert H. Tanner, ha heretofore been duly admitted to the bar of the State of Oregon, and by virtue of his ad-mb-eion licensed to practice law in all the courts of said state. II. That on the Sth day of February. 1005. the Grand .Jury for the United Stifles of America, inquiring for the District of Oregon, returned an Indictment against said defendant, Albert H. Tanner, charging paid defendant, Albert H. Tanner, with the crlmw of perjury, as de fined by section 5.'12 of the Revised Statutes of the United States. x III. That on the 11th day or February. 1905. the said defendant, Albert H. Tanner, personally appeared in. the Circuit Court of the United States, for the District of Oregon, the court in which fwid indictment wae filed, and en tered his plea of guilty to the crime charged in said indictment, and that eald plea, was entered upon the records' of said court. IV. ' That no further proceedings were had In said court upon said plea until the 17th day of July. li)no, when the said indictment against said defendant, Albert H. Tanner, was dis missed upon an order of the said court reciting that a pardon had been granted said defend ant, Albert H. Tanner, by the President of the United States. V. That the said plea of guilty of said defend ant, Albert H. Tanner, in said court, amounts to a conviction of a felony Involving moral turpitude, and the record thereof is conducive. VI. That under the statute of the State of Ore gon an attorney Is a public officer, and must be a man of gooa moral character, and, not withstanding, the defendantr Albert H. Tan ner, ha been granted a pardon by the Tree- Ident of the United States, ea,id pardon does not restore him to the rights of holding public office nor restore to him the necessary quali fications for admission to the bar of this state. Wherefore. The relators pray this honorable court to enter nn order disbarring said ne fendant. Albert H. Tanner, from the further practice of la w in this tate and that his name b stricken from the roll of admitted attorney of this court. (Signed) FRANK 8. GRANT. Attorney for the Plaintiff. BLACK CAT TROUBLE FOLLOWS j "What. Kitty dead?" exclaimed Jailer Branch. "Dead, and look out for trouble today, Mr. Branch," replied Goggins. "Look out, I say, Mr. Branch." "Ah, go bury the cat, Joe never mind the trouble." said Jailer Branch, "that's all superstition." Goggins buried Kitty, and then the trouble started. Jailer Branch went into "the cell-rooms to inspect the place, tripped, fell to the cement floor and nearly cracked his skull. He was badly hurt. The trouble had only begun. At 10 o'clock, while Patrolman "Joe Burke was alighting from the steps at the rear of a patrol wagon, in front of headquarters, his prisoner M. P. Lock hart, leaped upon him tn a savage man ner, knocked him down and fought him desperately. It took three policemen to subdue the assailant and lock him in jail. At 2 o'clock J. Hogsel, held for an al leged murderous assaolt, broke from the building and dashed out for liberty. He was overtaken and. after a hard battle with three policemen, was returned and locked up. Shortly after the Hogsel sensation Policeman Price was detailed to escort an insane man P. Gibson to the County Jail. Suddenly becoming seized with a desire to do something to startle society. Gibson faced a big plate glass window on Fourth street and attempted to jump through it. After a hard fight, he was manacled and placed invjail. At night Patrolman Adams was assaulted in Blazier's saloon and badly hurt. "I told you so." significantly spoke up Joe Goggins, faithful boarder and lodger, gin fiend and outcast, when he was told of the hard luck of the police depart ment during the day. Now That East Third Street Has Been Lost to Allied Roads, freight Terminal Will Tie ' Built Anyway. East Portland will have an exclusive freight depot to be provided by the Har riman lines. This Is a facility that was promised in connection with the East Third street franchise but since that measure died an ignominious death at the hands of Mayor Harry Lane, the O. R. & N., and South ern Pacific have decided to proceed with the plan. Those concerned will not talk of th details of the arrangement but it is known the erection of the depot will be commenced early next year. It is to be located at a point convenient to both the O. It. & N.. and Southern Pacific somewhere on Ea."t Second street and will be roomy enough to handle the volume of business calculated to be moving several years hence, while It will be In keeping with all recent buildings authorized by the system. East Siders were fearful least the in ability of the O. It. & X., to obtain the coveted franchise would cause the com pany to let the depot plan drop. Consid erable pressure was necessary to secure the Washington-street passenger depot as the officials regarded the travel from that point too small to warrant its mainten ance and It is S;iid the monthly reports have not shown the dividends of the sys tem will be largely paid from the revenue gathered there. At the same time the business is being added to as the station becomes familiar to travelers and hun dreds who formerly crossed the river to board trains at the Union depot now de part from East Washington street. This is particularly true of local business as most persons intending to travel to San Francisco or further South usually pur chase tickets at tlie down-town office or the Union d?pot. Shippers on the East Side maintain that if a freight depot is established there, the returns the first year will easily prove the venture a good one. Coupled with the Importance of tlie new depot is the recent order of the Harriman Northwest executives to handle all East Side freight at Albina, which virtually makes the East Side the terminal for all com modities consigned to dealers there. With the completion of the bridge from Oswego to Milwaukle, the prestige of that locality from a terminal standpoint will be ma terially enhanced. All kinds of business, both car lots and less than carloads, will be assembled there from all Southern Pacific as well as O. R. & N.. points, while that coming from the Sound over the Oregon & Wash ington line will be treated likewise. It Is figured that sucli a system will facili tate the operation of trains on the Steel bridge. Various theories, have been ad vanced regarding the future of the bridge and it has been said its location would be changed or Its width added to for double tracks, hut the officials maintain the present capacity of the bridge is fully able to take care of a much larger vol ume of travel and that it will not be altered until the life of the material In It has ended and a new structure Is needed. This means tlie upper deck will not be widened as expected as the en tire bridge would have to be treated in the same manner. Naturally the new bridge at Oswego will relieve any congestion on the Steel bridge by paving the way for freight going to the East Side to be V.-livered immediately without the necessity of hauling it through the terminal yards. The Oswego bridge will have one pier 100 feet high, 45 feet of which will be under water, giving the structure over 50 feet In the clear. The distance from the West Side divLsion to the terminals will be between six ahd seven miles greater by the new route but in view of tlie caution neces sary in passing through the city on the present Fourth street line, which requires the trains to be operated at a snail's pace, the route by way of Milwaukle is being counted on to prove faster be causo the additional mileage can almost be made in the time demanded in getting trains through the business district under slow headway. EAKI.Y ' ISKMKF IS EXPECTED Betterment in Car Situation Will Also Help Oregon. Traffic men of the Harriman system are confidently anticipating relief in the car-shortage situation from San Francisco. Since tlie disaster at tho Bay City, coupled with the embargo on lumber and its products to the titles on the bay, the delivery of "empties" at Ashland has been somewhat desul tory. Several weeks ago they ceased entirely. Now comes word thRt condi tions have so adjusted themselves that the cry for rolling stock in the bear state has subsided to the extent the Oregon lines can be helped out and it is hoped to use the cars t,o advantage on the Willamette Valley division. The movement of lumber and other commodities eastward over the O. R. & N. is said to bo in good shape, and most orders are being filled. In Cali fornia the shipments of dried fruits and such products has placed shippers in an embarrassing position, and every available car was pressed into service immediately on being unloaded, there by cutting off one source of supplj" ior Oregon consignors. ROl'TE OF NEW JIII.Tj ROAD Portland & Seattle Extension Makes Large Total Mileage. Official announcement made yester day of the plans of the Portland & Seattle with reference to the Kenne-wick-Spokane-Texas Ferry extension carries with it many important fea tures that promise to alter the railroad map of Washington in no small way. It has been known for some time that plans were welt under way for the building of tho road, but the officials have managed to keep the route well hidden. The road will not parallel the line now used, o has been generally sup posed, but will leave the north bank road at Kennewirk and follow the north side of the Snake to Texas Ferry or Rlparia and there join the O. R. & N.-Northtrn Pacific line building to Lcwiston and Grangeville. . From Devil's Canyon the Spokane line will branch north to Washtucna Iike and then strike northeast to a point in tlie vicinity of Washtucna. There two surveys have been mado, but it is certain tlie road will follow Cow Creek, and then head directly northeast to Cheney. From the latter These beautiful instruments are offered at lessthan even ordinary pianos are sold for. Time payments as easy as rent. Cf It was so cloudy and Mack yesterday we thought we weren't to have any business at all, but before the day was over three people saw the real value of the Schubert Piano, and in each instance selected a piano. (We did better than we had adver tised in the morning, though.) CJ Every one of the Schubert rianos must be sold within a week from Saturday night. That 's instructions ! J As an inducement to bring you to Sixth and Burnside today or tonight, we will remit the first payment. " (Just give it to you, in other words.) f Select the piano and make your first payment in November. Pay us seven or eight dollars a month after that. J We want this proposition to stand out good and 'strong: A beautiful Schubert I'iano bought on payments like rent, and at so low a price we refuse to quote it in print. Cf Country inquirers will receive the- Schubert catalogue and the terms will be given by mail. K The Reed-French Piano Mfg. Co. The wholesale piano house in a wholesale district. Sixth and Burnside town the survey runs north to a point beyond Spokane, where it begins a cir cle which means a belt line around the' city to the northward, crossing the Spokane River and connecting with the Great Northern near Hillyard, fol lowing in an easterly direction to East Spokane or Yardly. where the North ern Pacific is constructing new termi nals. The belt line is needed as a means of keeping off Spokane's streets, as there is a campaign on against the present tracks. This means the Portland & Seattle will have a line from Portland to Seat tle 423 miles long. The road from this city to Texas Ferry Is expected to be in operation within another year, and tho Spokane line a few months later. Reports from Tacoma are to the effect that contracts have already been l't for the jrradlng and it is promised the grade will conform to a large extent with that secured along the north bank of the Columbia, which does not exceed four-tenths of one per cent. Railroaders Coin New Phrase. Railroaders have coined a new ex pression in speaking of tariffs, which they refer to as "becoming effective at tlie earliest legal date." This is one result -of the Hepburn amendment to the interstate commerce law. It is compulsory for tho roads to give the I Commission notice In writing at least 30 days in advance of a new rate beinrf put Into effect, which usually means 32 days after notice is forwarded. An in stance of the kind came up yesterday, when the Southern Pacific announced a tariff of Jl a long ton on coke from Portland to Oswego. The fuel has to be hauled by way of the West Side division and the St. Joseph-Lafayette cut-off. therefore takes a rating larger than would be expected In view of the proximity of Oswego to this city. The previous tariff was about 7 cents a 100 pounds, and the material is used at th0 smelter of the Oregon Iron & Steel Works. , Grand Trunk May Raise Dividend. LONDON, Oct. 11. At tiie semi-annual meeting of the stockholders of the Grand Trunk Railroads of Canada, held here today, the president, Sir Charles Rivers Wilson, while not pledging- himself, said he would be greatly disappointed if he were unable to announce at the annual meetine an Increased dividend for the third prefer ence stockholders of stock who at tended the meeting with the intention of attacking the policy of the presi dent. Trogress or C. & X. W R. V. Holder, general agent of the Chicago ,t Northwestern, has been ad vised that the Pacific Coast extension of the system has progressed a dis tance of almost 1!0 miles this season, as tho line Is open from Casper to Lander. A circular issued October 1 shows a regular passenger service is being maintained as far west as Arapa hoe, but at that time the grading was completed and steel laid Into Lander. Portland Is "Getting . in the Wood" Annual Seanon of Storing Winter'! Fuel Supply On I.nbor Higher Than in Former Yeum. iviOW that hoppicking is over the great I 1 Portland industry of putting in the Winter wood Is in full blast. Probably no other city in the world employs more men In the Fall of the year in the fuel line than Portland. AVood is the fuel of the great majority of the citizens and great stacks of it are being hauled in front of the dwellings of the rich and poor. About 25 steam and gasoline saws and an army of men are now working overtime In this line of work. The rush continues until about the middle of November as a rule but this season everybody appears anxious to get the wood in while the weather is fine; knowing that it will rain some of these days and the wood will get wet. The labor condition, it ia found, affects the wood handling as it ajs all other lines of indjstry and prices are con siderably higher than in the past. One of the chief reasons of the raise In prices of handling wood is that the old timers who spent most of their time at the China gin saloons and slept in cheap lodgings are working on the railroads and iu U-gging camps and the men who now engage In the work will not handle fuel except they can make as much or mora than at other kinds of lnbor. Hundreds of cord of wood are lying about the streets at what are called hard places or where there are steps to go up. Easy places or where wood can lie wheeled In on the level are picked up very readily while in 'the slang of tiie woodmen, the high stops and the curved basement stairs are left for tiie men who are "strong in the hack and weak in tho brain." The saw men have not raised their prices but most of them ask bonuses for getting work done right away. All the wood yards are rushed to the fullest extent and ?ire pressing into service all available teams to till tlie rush outers that keep humming over the wiics. WILL FIGHT RAILROAD CUT Peninsula Residents Vp in Arms Against Harriman. Residents of tlie Peninsula in general, and of University Park In particular, are concerned over the survey that the O. It. &. N. Company has just completed across the peninsula, connecting the bridge the Portland & Seattle Railway Company is building across the Columbia River with the St. Johns branch of the O. R. & N. In Mock's bottom. W. J. Pcddicord. presi dent of the I'niversity Park Improvement league, said yesterday that tiie survey has been completed, or nearly so, and passes a little east of the University Park Methodist Church and connects with the blanch on the low land between Columbia University and the home of John Mock. Tlie apprehension at University Park and vicinity is that the survey is for tlie Harriman road to Seattle, and that It may mean another deep cut across the peninsula, such as is proposed at North ern Hill by tlie other company. "That 'cut will be bad enoush for this section," said Mr. Pcddicord. "but we can not stand another. It would ,mcan ruin for this section. We suppose this is the Seattle branch for the Harriman inter ests, and that it Is proposed to cross the Columbia River on the Hill bridge. In order to connect with tlie hride and tiie St. Johns branch of the O. R. & N. across Mock's bottom, it would require as much of a cut. if not deeper and wider, as the Hill road proposes to make at Northern Hill. We will make a fight against a second if It is-undertaken. The Push Club will watch this branch and take such action as may be necessary should a cut be con templated. A tunnel should he required here, as well as at Northern Hill." EVERY LITTLE NOISE CoflTce Xcneii Knally Irritated. Ever notice how cross and irritable a coffee drinker is when he has not had his usual dram? Trifling noises that a naturally healthy person would never notice, sound like a boiler factory or a brass band to a nerve poisoned coffee slave. But there's a big difference when such a one finally learns the cause of his trouble, quits coffee, and uses well-made Postum. . "For 12 years I was afflicted with stomach trouble, loss of appetite, my food distressed me and caused heart burn. Every little noise disturbed me. "None of my physicians relieved me, but ali advised me to stop drinking cof fee. About two years ago my husband brought home a package of Postum. and we gave it a fair trial followed direc tions about boiling It 15 minutes and liked it. "Very soon I noticed a change in my condition. Now. witli Postum as my beverage. I sleep better, eat without dis tress, and enjoy life, since every little disturbance or noise does not shatter my entire nervous system. "Today, thanks to Postum, I am a well woman, and every member of my family has been benefited by it. A friend while taking dinner with us a while ago re marked on the delicious coffee 1 served. When I told her it was Postum she was surprised, saying she had tried it but did not like it. "When I told her that boiling it 15 or 20 minutes gave It that rich flavor, she followed directions and then knew for herself. "In addition to the great relief I have experienced from distressed stomach and irritated nerves, since using Postum, I find I ain more 'level-headed' and every little noise does not disturb me as it used to." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek. Mich. Read the famous little book. "The Road to Wcllville," in pkgs. "There's a reason."