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13 THE MORNING OREGONIAN. FRIDAY, NOVE3IBER SJ, lUOli. JETTY SHOULD BE COMPLETED FIRST More Important to Shippers Than Other Projects, Says T. B. Wilcox. LET CELILO CANAL WAIT I'nobslructril Entrance to Columbia River llrst Great Enterprise to Bo Consummated Must Bo I nited to Attain EnU. Now that it Is definitely known that the Chief of Enulnecrs in his recom mendations and report to Congress haa approved and advUsed the early and un interrupted completion of the Columbia River Jetty, local commercial bodies and those interested In the improvement of the Columbia River will concentrate their energies towards securing the ac ceptance by Congress of the recommen dations made. Summarized, the report of General Mac kenzie to the Secretary of War. which Is practically a full verification of the sus tentions offered by Colonel Roessler for the Improvement of the Columbia, carries the idea that the one project of vital lm portance at this time Is the uninter rupted completion of the .1etty at the mouth of the river, it Is estimated that In round figures. $2,500,000 is required to complete the south ietty. To cover this n immediate appropriation of Sl.000.0tH) Is asked, with the recommendation that the remainder be made available by plac 1ng the Improvement under the continu ing contract system. In view of the neces sity for the completion of the bar lm provement it l.s the opinion, even among government officials, that appropriations for various other improvements of the Columbia- and Willamette Rivers should If necessary, be held down to the mini mum required for the maintenance of the projects under way in order to give full benefit to the jetty of the next appropria tion to be made. The Jetty has come to be considered rot only by the local officials but those In Washington as well, as of paramount importance In the improvement of the Columbia River and the development of the only great water highway from the Interior to the Pacific ocean. This realiza tion, though somewhat tardy. Is evidenced In the recommendations made and ap proved that the work should no longer be . prosecuted piecemeal under occasional small appropriations, but should be per formed under an act of Congress that would enable the construction to go on uninterruptedly until completed. As sug gested in Colonel Roessler's report, the past experience has proven that to un dertake such a project under the provision of funds made simply from time to time and In uncertain amounts. Is not only un wise but costly. In the Immediate case f the Jetty It has been shown that many thousands of dollars have been actually wasted through the destruction bv the elements of former work while operations were at a standstill awaiting further ap propriatlons. "Pieeemeal" Work Condemned. Colonel Roessler. In his report strongly condemned the "piecemeal , manner of work on the Jetty and In this he has the fullest support both from his superiors In Washington and from local Interests. Whether or not the Columbia River jetty will receive all that Is asked for It will now depend largely on the total amount of appropriation granted by Con gress for rivers and harbors, and upon the efforts made by local Interests on behalf of this particular Improvement. With a SrAOOO.OOO river and harbor bill It Is possible that Oregon will receive its full recommendations, including the plac ing of the Jetty under the continuing con tract system. With any less amount ap propriated It Is problematical as to what extent the various Improvements and pro jects will participate. Big and powerful Interests will appear -before the river and harbor committee demanding that they be fully recognized, and with a small ap propriation It will be a difficult matter to fully appease all sections. The Ohio River project, which seeks from $40,000,000 to $50,000,000. for the canalization of the river from Pittsburg to Its junction with the Mississippi, will have back of it the . most powerful influences possible to obtain. James J. Hill's approved project for the deepening to a IS foot channel of the Illinois River, will do all possible to set a big slice of the $35,000,000 needed to perform the work. Many other big im provements, such as the harbors of Bos ton and New York and other ports will appear before the committee seeking im mense sums of money, and It is this fact which to the minds of those Interested makes it Imperative that not only should the people" Of Oregon and Washington use Hll their influence on their congressional representatives to secure what Is abso lutely needed for this section, but to in sure the passage of an appropriation of sufficient amount to satisfv the various present projects throughout the country. It Is more than likely that In the pre sentation of the Columbia River demands It will be urged to provide fully for the completion of the jetty even tbough ap propriations for other improvements of - the river have to be cut down. Let's do the big thing first and get it completed and then go after the other Im provements equally as hard and get them also," Is the expressed sentiment. In this connection T. B. Wilcox, a leading worker in the tight for an Improved and open river, says: View of T. B. Wilcox. "Colonel Roessler and tho Chief En gineers have emphasized the importance of the Jetty at the mouth of tho Columbia river by recommending that provision be made at once for Its uninterrupted com pletion, and It 1 now up to the people of Portland anil, the Columbia river basin to see that such provision Is made. It will not do to carry on tho work of the Jetty as It has been performed in the past that is. spending a lot of money on trestle and tramway work only to see It go out before operations can be re sumed tinder another appropriation. Such course can find no Justification from any point of view it is costly; it simply retards the progress of the work, and It Is mighty poor business management. "My understanding is that any appro priation that falls short of a provision for the completion of the jetty, or at least for continuous work on the project until completed, is practically useless. Tho remaining work to be done forms Itself Into a 'hurry-up' Job, which should not Ira undertaken ecxept under a provision for its entire completion. Anything short of this Jeopardizes such expendi ture as might be made. "The recommendation of the Chief of nglnecrs for $1,000,000 tinder the next r and harbor bill, with authority for additional million and a half under a ,ning contract and to be appro- at suhsequent sessions under the 'Ivil bill is the only intelligent rhensive manner of proceeding mailable contracts can io completion of the appropriations can be financed as heretofore through local banks. . - " "We should see to it that he Jetty Is completed the first thing, and In this work the people of Portland and of Ore gon and the entire Columbia river basin should join hands and insure success. Some $5,000,000 has been expended on the jetty up to this time, from which we can get but little benefit without the expendi ture of further sums. With the expendi ture of another J2.300.0n0. the United States engineer seem positive, we shall obtain a satisfactory depth of water and receive the full benefit of the entire sum expended. At present we are reaping lit tle or no benefit from the $5,000,000 already expended, ana cannot until the full work Is completed. Influence on Commerce. "The completion of the Jetty is impera tive, and of the first Importance. With a railroad on each side of the Columbia river, the lines reaching through their ramifications all producing sections of the entire Northwest, transportation facilities will be available to move the produce of the country to the seaboard at some price. With the opening of the river to the sea. which it is believed the Jetty will accomplish, we shall have established uninterrupted connection between the producing sections and foreign consumers and business will flow in increasing vol ume down and out of the Columbia river. "With such facilities established the opening of the upper river for influence on rates will be In order and the people of the interior who Join with Portland opening the mouth of the river will find Portland just as willing to join with them In the opening of the upper river, "At present, if the upper river were opened, It would take a long time to con struct feeders to make its water and rates available to more than a limited section, while the open river to the sea and the existing railroads will conler an immediate benefit to all sections. As l have frequently said, I am heartily in favor of opening- the upper river, but I feel that such compared with the importance of the opening of the river to the sea is of compara tlvtly small Importance and somewhat premature. - "A division of the funds which Con gress will be willing: to appropriate for. Improvements In this section. If divided between the Jetty, the lower and upper rivers, will necessarily com pel such slow procedure In the. com pletion of each that It will be years before we have the benefit of either one. With the completion of the open river to the sea, the resulting business to come down the Columbia River will make more apparent and demonstrnto In a greater way the importance of tho opening or the upper river. Differential in Portland's Favor. "It may be said that I view this matter only from the standpoint of wheat shipments, but It is an axiom of trade that where the products of a country are marketed Its supplies will be rfrocured. WTith two railroads on water grades down the Columbia River 1 shall be disappointed If the rate on grain to Portland, or some point on the Columbia River, Is not- made less than to Puget Sound. I believe that the bulk of the grain, whether des tined to Puget Sound or to Portland, will follow down the water grades of the Columbia River, and it is hardly fair to presume that railroads will care to haul from the Columbia River to Puget Sound without compensation If the business can find an equally good and cheap outlet from the Columbia River. "I also believe that when the neces sity of hauling; over the mountains Is abrogated by the completion of the Columbia River line, wheat rates to the seaboard will be reduced, and" the further argument offered for discharg ing it on the Columbia River rather than hauling: it to Puget Sound. "Our Jobbing merchants are thorough ly Intrenched In Eastern Oregon and Washington, and to a far greater ex tent than the Puget Sound merchants, and they, too, should welcome any means that will Increase the flow of products down the Columbia River, for such certainly must Increase the re turn flow of their merchandise. "Thus are shown some of the neces sities which demand the assurance of the completion of the Columbia River Jetty, but to secure $2,500,000 for a single project. In a comparatively sparsely settled community and to a considerable ext,ent considered of lit- tie political Importance nationally, re quires extraordinary efforts, but ex traordinary efforts should and must be made. There must be a concerted ac tion on the part of our own commer cial bodies and those of the interior, as well as the employment of every Indi vidual influence that can be obtained. Personally, I am willing to do any thing that I can do, and shall feel that any labor, trouble or expense which I may Incur In attaining this end will be to hasten the growth and importance of Portland and Its tributary country. "The main tiling now Is to secure assurance of the immediate completion of the jetty. This will give us the open highway to the sea and then we can devote all energies to the development of the Interior." DElfDlORE PAY Harriman Train and Engine Crews Ask Increase. CONFERENCE TO BE HELD Employes on Oregon Lines Sow Ready to Submit Their Re quests Companies Willing , to Discuss the Matter. . Train and engine crews on the O. R. & N. and the Southern Pacific will present their request for an increase In wages as soon as a meeting can be arranged with General Superintendent Buckley. During the coming week such a confer ence will probably be held. It Is thought that the request of tho employes of the Oregon roads is part of a concerted movement and Is In line with the de mand for a 10 per cent Increase mado by all trainmen employed on the railways west of Chicago. The customary thirty-day notice of a proposed change In the existing contract between employes and employers- has been given by the men and they are anxious to talk over their request with the general superintendent. Mr. Buck ley was out of the city yesterday, but Is expected to return today. While the main line was threatened with washouts during the recent storms, he was com pelled to give his undivided attention to keeping the system in operation, but now that this trouble is over he will probably take up the wage question with the men. The demands made will vary with con ditlons and cannot be learned until the case 1b presented to the railway man agement. In the main, it is understood, a general advance in wages Is desired. What reply the railway officials will make to the request cannot be learned. Willingness to take the matter up with the trainmen and learn whit their de mands are is expressed. About 350 trainmen are employed by the Oregon lines - of the Harriman system and all are understood to be workin, together for Increased wages. The pay varies with every division. Engineers are now paid from $4 to $4.60 a day. Firemen receive from $2.40 to $2.90. The pay of conductors and brakemen varies on different runs. A voluntary Increase in wages has just been made by the -Harriman lines in its shops.- Repair men in the car shops have been given advances of from 10 to 30 cents a day and boiler makers have been given an Increase from 34 to 40 cents an hour. This increase affects a large num ber of men. HUNDREDS ARE SUFFERERS LIST OF MILLS AFFECTED BY CAR SHORTAGE. ACCUSES SISTER-IN-LAW. !. T, Dlckerson Calls Her a Med dler She Has Him Arrested. A family row that led to the arrest of R. T. Dlckerson. yesterday afternoon, is said to have been caused by Delia M. Rhude"s habit of telephoning her sister, Mrs. Dlckerson, to the effect that Dlck erson had been secretly meeting another young woman" on the streets of late. This was the story told by Dlckerson and his wife at police headquarters yesterday. wi,ile Dlckerson was waiting for his sis ter-in-law to file a charge of "using abu sive language" against him. Miss Rhude declares that he entered a local dry goods store, where she Is employed, and Insulted her by calling her vile names. The case Is set for trial In the Municipal Court this morning. "This la the result of a determined ef fort on my sister-in-law's part to break up my home," said Dlckerson. "I went to the store where she works last Monday to demand an explanation of her action in telephoning to my wife, telling her that I was making dates with another young woman who clerks in the same store. 'The manager called both women Into the office where I was seated and asked the young woman named by Miss Rhude if she knew me. She replied that she had never seen me. At that Miss Rhude leaped to her feet and said: 'You do, too, know him; you have been meeting' him right along." The manager, however, dis mtsed both women from the office, saying ne was certain tne other young woman did not know me. I returned to the store yesterday to buy some shoes. Then Miss Rhude had me arrested, saying I had in sulted her." Miss Rhude's sister refused even to speak to her, and declared to Captain Moore that her husband had done nothing wrong ana that sne aid not believe what her sister had said against him. Dickerson Is a landscape artist who lives on the Patton road. He said he had plen ty or money in the bank, and when his bail was fixed at $40 cash he sent his wife out and secured the coin at once. Dlck erson was arrested by Acting Detective Hill. At first the prisoner refused to ac company the officer without a warrant. but a patrol-wagon was summoned and he was given a ride to police headquarters. after which the warrant was secured from Bailiff McDonald, of the Municipal Court. Those Who Wish to Dractice ecTmnmo- should bny Carter's Little Liver Pills, torty niilo fj, vial: onlir one Pill a dose, - - Plants in This State and in Southern Washington ' Loso Heavily. Output Curtailed. That the layman may gain some idea of the magnitude of the lumber Industry in this state, a list of Oregon mills and mills in Washington towns tributary to Port land Is appended. It shows the extent of the leading Industry of the two states. which is now nearly paralyzed by the car shortage. The annual output of each mill. under normal conditions Is also given. The output of 1909 will be sadly curtailed by the failure of the railways to supply cars, which is forcing many of the mills on the list to shut down. It is safe to say that nearly every mill on the list is a loser in a greater or less degree because no cars are to be had for lumber loading. Each mill owner would tell the same story of serious losses, di rectly due to the shortage. The Oregon mills are: Feet. Peilee Lumber Co., Alrlie. 700.000 Ruble Bros., Alsea 4o,oiU Anlauf Bros., Anlauf l.ooo.ooo Afchland Mfg. Co., Ashland 2.000.000 Astoria Box Co., Astoria...- 14.tK.io.two Ol&tsop Mill Co., Astoria 20.0tjO,XM Tongue Point Lumber Co.. Astoria U,tMjo,ouo S. H. Kauftman, Aurora.- 700.000 Baeby Lumber Co.. Aurora Sw.tXtu C O. MrFherynn, Berlin 800,000 Norton Bros. Lumber Co., Blachly l.uoo.OOU Bridal Veil Lumber Co., Bridal Veil : 18.000.0oo is. it. LostiDaugh, Bridge H. B. Moyer. Brownsville.... Sheridan Lumber Co., Buell.. Buxton Lumber Co., Buxton.. J. R. Pickett. Canvonvllle. .. Carlton Lumber Co.. Carlton 15,000,000 v inn mver iumoer 4t,o.. cascade Ijocks Union LoKKlng & Lumber Co., Cedar Mills Tlehenor Lumber Co.. Clatskanie. . Clatskanie Lumber Co., Clatrtkanle - 18,uoo,ouo Pitt Oregon dumber uo., Clals kanle Curtain Spur Lumber Co.. Comstoek Stewart Sc Delaney, Comstot-k. . . . Wm. skldmorft & Son, Oomstock.. Oorvallla Kawmill Co.. Corvatiis.. McKlbben Bros.. Cottag-e Grove.. Brown Lumber Co., Cottage Grove J. H. Chambers, Cottage' Grove. ., . A. I. Owens & Fon. Cottage, Grove Johnson Bros., Cornelius Cody Lumber Co., toqullle Calapoota Lumber Co., Crawfords ville . . .' W. w. Johnson Lumber Co., Dallaa "Willamette Valley Lumber Co.. Dallas 12.000.000 ueurge ieuner, .-.r., uaya vreeK... fci . W. Iier, Pay ton Hoover lumber Co., Detroit H. M. Parvin & Cruz an Bro., Dexter f". M Chapman. Divide D. W. Hotter. Divide G. P. Miller. Divide : .' Frank J. Taylor, Divide... Chambers Lumber Co.. Dorena.... Pane Lumber Co., Drain .Palmer Lumber Co., Drain Klk Creek Lumber Co., Drain.... IV. J. Long, BlBln Haney Bros.. Klkton -. The Walters & Son Lumber Co., Elmora . Booth-Kelly Lumber Co.. Kugene.. M. S. Barker, Eugene Kw?ene Lumber Co., Kugene Falls City Lumber Co., Falls nty Vv. H. Lyda. Forest Grove V. H. Williams & Son. Forest Grove Klngdnn Bros., Fort Klamuth 1). S. Wheeler & Son, Friend Clarence Miller, Gales Creek Albert M. Clemene, Gervais.. . Glendale Lumber Co., Glendale.... J. M. Hamblin Son. Glenwood.. B. G. Jones. Goble, Box 24 Gohlc Milling Co., Goble Carstens Hartley. Oreenvlue. . . . A. M. Slopum, Heppner Middle Valley Mill. Hood River c. A. Frantz. Hopkins A. J. Lais. -Hubbard Oregon- Lumber Co., Inglis. Hood River and Vlento Jefferson Mill Co.. Jefferson...... Banner Mills, Lacomb Chas. E. Clark, lacomb J. M. Wiley. Lebanon Smith t Loftln. lbanon John L. Spoo. Lebanon Dillon & Gomez, Lebanon I, eon& Mills Lumber Co., Leona.... Clark & Wlleon Lumber Co., Llnn- ton W. C. Shortridge. London Addison Bros. A Ross. Lorane Lost Valley Land & Lumber Co.. Lost Valley , Lyons Lumber Co., LyonR Hyland Lumber Co.. Mabel c. -J. Bimeral, Macleay,.... Fischer Bros., Marcola Iowa Lumber & Box Co., Medford Butte Falh Sugar Pine Lumber Co., Medford A. J. Stevens. Medford B. V. Dlller, Melrose., Menominee Lumber Co.. Menomi nee Clarke & Baktr, Millwood,. ....... luo.ooo 800,000 10,000.000 2,50,OOtl iou.000 17,000,000 1. 000.01 10 .l.tKKl.tK'l 4.0110.000 Him.OoO 2.'i0.txl 1. SO. 00( 1. 200,000 8.l00.000 a, 01 10,000 ;VH),10 1.000.000 lO.OOO.OUO 2.000,000 0,000,000 :!0O.llOO l.ooir.ooo 0,000,000 400. 000 .".00,000 1,000.000 .soo.ooo l.tMlO.OOO 0. 000.1kio ;i.iVio.iioo 12.t1tHI.tMK.) 1,000,000 2.).00O 1,500,000 1.2.S0.000 8w,twm,oot (00,000 4,000,000 17, OIK). 000 1,000,000 l.ooo.oon 500.000 , 1.-.0.000 ;soo.ntio 1. titio.ntto 2.274.00O 500,000 100,000 2.0tto,ooo I.200.0tX l.OOO.OtK) S.OOO.OttO 400,000 1,000.000 140.ooo.ortn 1,000.000 &00.000 200.Ot.i0 . 400.000 400,000 yooioo tJO.OOl) 5,000.000 20,000.000 4o0.O0 200,000 1.. son. 000 2.ofio.OOl 6.000.000 .son, 000 8.000.000 10.000,000 2,rio.oon 150,000 12.nn0.ono 200.000 Curtlsji Lumber Co., Mill City.... 20.7PO.OOO dinger Bros., Milion 600.000 Marvin & Son. Monroe 300,000 VYm. Mortenson. Mount Angel, R. F. D. No. i 1.0O0.000 D. L. Trullinger, Mullno 500.000 Myrtle Lumber Co., Myrtle Creek 8,000.000 Chns. K. Spaulding Lumber Co., Newberg 20.000,000 North Powder Lumber Co., North Powder 8,000,000 Eugene Cumins Oregon City ftoo.ooo B. K. Linn, Oregon City 500,000 V. F. Harris, Oregon City, R. F. D. No. i 800.t00 Chewaucan Lumber Co., Paisley.. 200,000 Benton County Lumber Co., Phllo- math . 4,0ft0,0oo L L. Detrlck. Pltteburg 200,000. 1-lronghton & Wiggins Lumber Co., 427 Chamber o Commerce. Port-, land B.ooo.ono Doernbecher Mfg. Co., Portland.. 600,000 East Side Mil! & Lumber Co., Port land 20,000,000 Eastern A Western Lumber Co., Portland 90.000.ono Jones Lumber Co., Portland 2,000.000 Multnomah Lumber & Box Co., Portland 10,000,000 Patterson Lumber Co.. 223 Lum ber Exchange. Portland a.onn.ono Nor. Pacific Lumber Co.. Portland 70,000,000 Oregon & Washington Lumber Co., Portland IS.OOO.OOO Peninsula Lumber Co., Portland.. Rn.non.ooo Portland Lumber Co.. Portland... 05.000,000 Standard Box & Lumber Co.. Port land 20.000.000 Union Box & Lumber Co.. Portland 1.000,000 Stanley-smith Lumber Co., McKay building. Portland 30,000,000 Paeiftc Coast Hardwood Mfg. Co. , Sherlock building. Portland . Westport Lumber Co., 2S- Concord building. Portland 7,000,000 North Coast Co-operative Lumber Co.. 22V4 Washington St., Port, land 7 1,000,000 Keyetone. Lumber Co., Station B. Portland 3.000,000 Columbia River Door Co.. Rainier 3.000,000 C. C. Wilson Lumber Co.. Ranter.. 7.2O0.O00 Oregon-Kansas Lumber Co., Rainier 7.2O0.00O Rainier Mfll &. Lumber Co.. Rainier - 20,000.000 West Hill Lumber Co., Rainier Wlllard Case Lumber Co., Rainier 6,000.000 Joseph Petzel. Salem, R. F. D. No. 8 300,000 Nelsoa-Wilcox Lumber Co.. Scap- poose 2,000.000 Columbia Lumber Co., Seappoose.. 7..So0.ono Oroner & Rowell Co., Scholia 1.250.OO0 Fred Gooch. Sclo 1,500,000 Trappist Fathers Mill & Lumber Co.. Sclo 2.000.000 Thomas Creek Lumber Co., Sclo... OOu.ooO Chaa. A. White, Scotts Mills l.so.ooo Seaside Spruce Lumber Co., Seaside 400,000 T. H. March & Co.. Sheridan 700,000 F. D. Vincent, Sherwood 1.200.000 Fischer Lumber Co., Sllverton l.OoO.OOO Conzelmann Bros., Sherwood SOo.ono A. J. Porter, Sllverton 2.5O0.OOO Brewer Bros., Sllverton 800. OoO K. W. Ross. Sllverton S00.00O John G. Lais. Sllverton J.ooO.Oih) Schledler 4 Hartman, Sllverton... l.ooo.otto Le Roy Browne. Sllverton l.ooo.eoo Sllverton Lumber Co.. Sllverton... 1,000,000 Dorranee Lumber Co., Springbrook Mohawk Lumber Co., Springfield.. 600.000 Lee Brown & Sons. Stayton l.ftoO.Ooi) Star Lumber Co., Star 1.500,000 Geo. Taylor & Sons. Star 2.000,000 St. Johns Lumber Co.. St. Johns.. lO.nuO.OuO Geo. W. Killian Sublimity... ftno.OOO D. P. Weaver.- Sublimity B00.O0O Hills & Rose Lumber Co.. Swenson l.Ooo.OOO John H. Weddle. Sweet Home 2O0.niO O. R. ARree. Toledo 2,0o0.v.v0 O. L. Gray, Toledo SOO.ono Maclll Bros., Wamle l.oCO.OoO S. S. WIgglesworth, Wallowa 800,000 Warren Lumber Co.. Warren l.Otin.000 D. 1. Kelly Lumber Co.. Warrenton B.000.0OO Skinner & Wilson. Waterloo 800.000 Hertzler A Haskell Lumber Co., Woodburn 3.000.000 John Shetterly. Willamlna 800.000 t'mpqua Imp. Co., Winchester.... 25,000.000 Brlnn A Stanwood. Tankton 3,000,000 Sherman Bros., Yankton 1,500. OOO J. H. Johnson. Seappoose 1,000,000 Washington Mills. L. P. McCroskey, Cape Horn, Wash 2,500,000 Klickitat Pine Lumber Co., Gold- endale 1.200.000 Kalama Lumber Co., Kalama S.noo.OOO Baioua & Blaker, Lewisville 4.0i0.0t Claude P. Young, Oak Point 600,000 Ostrander Railway & Timber Co., Ostrander 4,000,000 Plttock & Leadbetter Lumber Co., Vancouver 20,000,000 White Salmop Lumber Co., White Salmon ; 3,000,000 Total .' 1 1,203.8100,000 BUSINESS HOUSES WORRIED Puget Sound Suffers by Blockade on Northern Pacific. The Northern Pacific was not suc cessful in getting Its entire line be tween Portland and Puget Sound open for traffic yesterday, and the train that left at 2 o'clock for Tacoma and Seat tle was obliged to transfer its passen gers, as usual. It Is hoped that repairs will be completed so that-trains leav ing today may get through without a tfansfer. There is considerable anxiety on the part of Puget Sound business concerns because It is Impossible to get freight through. The Seattle news papers are nearly out of white paper. as their usual supply from the Oregon City paper mills is cut off. Unless the line is speedily cleared, they , will be forced to suspend publication. It may be, however, that they will be able to Set shipments from the East by the Canadian Pacific. (Ireat Northern agents here are kent busy answering telegrams Inquiring as to the condition of the line. Freight officials at Seattle are anxious to get through a consignment of about 1000 tons of wheat and fiour. a part of tho cargo of the Hill liner Dakota, which sails from Seattle on November 28. Some of the grain Is also scheduled to leave on the staamship Aki Maru, which is under Great Northern man agement, and will sail from Seattle November 27. There is a large Quantity of freight piling up, and when the line is cleared there will be an annoying congestion. Oregon potatoes in large quantities are awaiting shipment to the Sound. CONTINUES TUNNEL. WORK. Pacific Railway & Navigation Com pany Forced to Stop, Grading. Although wet weather Is delaying grad ing on the Pacific Railway & Navigation Company's line from Hillsboro to Tilla mook, -work Is still being done on the portals of the Hobsonville tunnel, and during the rainy season workmen will be employed on the tunnel to be driven between the 20 and 30-mlle points. Grad ing will be done all Winter when the weather will permit. Thirty acres of land for terminal pur poses at Tillamook was purchased yes terday by E. K. Lytle. the price paid be ing tfiOOO. This gives the new line a term inal tract of 58 acres, citizens having do nated heretofore 28 acres. Rights of way are being purchased near Garibaldi. NEW BRIDGE AT TROUTD.VLE O. R. & X. Co. Is Replacing Old and Much Weakened Structure. GRESHAM, Or., Nov. 22. (Special.) The railroad bridge at Troutdale across the Sandy River came near go ing out with the recent flood, and, awakening to the situation, the O. R. & N. is replacing the old structure with a new one and had the. main span keyed up on u foundation of piling preparatory to rebuilding- new piers. Unsti eiteir s to . ssttd Mem By tat AnUus of Latter from a Self-Had Mere hut to hit Sam J0WAS SPURL0CK who can raise a million dollars at mm hour's notice, bat who cant raise a boy. HIS SON, JACK 10 went through five thousand a ye but couldn't set through Harvard. JONAS' BROTHER, WILLIAM who owns a hunclt of cows on a mountain ranKCj where they can't Rraiean hour in any direction without stepping on the mortag. Jonas writes to Brother William that in spite of the fact that Jack has been given everything that money can buy he has made a mess of his life. Here follow some extracts from Brother Bill's letter in reply: , 'Jack is your problem and you're welcome to it. You could solve it, but you won't, because Jack, isn't wheat, or steel, or stocks, but just flesh and blood." "If he were a million-dollar deal gone wrong, no subor dinate could touch him. But when your son starts for hell in a canter, you send a hired man after him to beat him back with a club." "Have you looked up the men who have taught Jack as carefully as those that you have hired to run your plants ? " "You expected him to associate with idlers and not be to make friends among the foolish and not be a That is a pretty big contract for one boy to fill, even with a father working overtime to help him." "You and your special breed of business men are all alike. You begin in your corner groceries sanding the sugar for pennies; and you finish in Wall Street sanding the sugar for millions." - 1 1 idle; fool. 5c the copy In this week's issue of THE SATURDAY EVENING POST $1.50 the year In the next installment Jack breaks a strike in his father's Chicago plant and almost breaks his father. THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA When the flood came the superintend ent ordered the span replaced, which was done Just In time to save the bridge, aa the falsework went out with the first rush of the water and drift wood that came down. Construction of the new bridge has been suspended until the flood sub sides, and the- old bridge is being cared for In such a way that It will probably stand many severe strains. If within a short time. Negotiations have been opened for one or more steamers for the route, to be secured immediately. Offers of vessels have been made to the board by F. O. Ludlow, representative of a big steamship firm of New York. The executive committee of the board met with Mr. I.udlow in the Board of Trade rooms yesterday afternoon. The Alaskan steamship line was discussed at some length. A committee of three was necessary, before It Is finally replaced ' named to hold another conference with by a more modern structure. MAIN LINE ALMOST READY Southern Paclfc Trains Will Prob ably Resume Old Route Today. The main line of the Southern Pa cific to California will again be clear, it Is expected, today. Repairs to the bridge across the Santiant River at Jefferson had progressed so far yester day that Chief Engineer Bosehke, who has been on tlo ground for the past week, directing the repairs in person, wired General Manager O'Brien and General Passenger Agent McMurray that trains would undoubtedly be able to pass today- A steel span, crossing the part of the stream still remaining unbridged, will' be. in place by 9 o'clock today, wired Mr. Bosehke, and by noon it was thought passenger trains could pass without trouble. Freight trains will not be allowed to use the bridge until tomorrow morning. The placing of this bridge in service will do away with routing Southern Pacific trains over the Corvallls & Eastern between Shelburn Junction and Albany. PROJECT NOT ABANDONED Board of Trade Receives Encourage ment for Alaskan Steamship Line. The project to establish a line of steamships between Portland and Alaskan ports has not been abandoned by the Board of Trade and unless plans now nearly matured fall a new transportation lifle will be in operation out of this port fi&la IlFgjl IliJj fill C Every mother feels a great dread of the pain and danger attendant upon the most critical period of her life. Becoming a mother should be a source of joy to all, but the suffering and danger incident to the ordeal makes its anticipation one of misery. Mother's Friend is the only remedy which relieves women of the great pain and danger of maternity; this hoar which is dreaded as woman's severest trial is not only made painless, but all the danger is avoided by its use. Those who use this remedy are no longer despondent or gloomy ; - nervousness, nausea and other distressing conditions are overcome, the system is made ready for the coming event, and tho serious accidents so common to the critical hour are obviated by the use of Mother's Friend. "It is worth its weight in gold," 6ays many who have used it. $1.00 per bottle at drug 6tores. Book containing valuable information of interest to all women, will be sent to any address free upon application to BHADFmo REGULATOR OO.. Atlanta. Cm. Mr. Ludlow today and evolve a plan whereby the steamers can be secured im mediately and placed In operation at once. The committee named was as fol lows: Wallis Nash, A. B. Steinbaeh and T. N. Stoppenbach. The appointment of delegates to the Na tional Rivers and Harbors Congress at Washington. D. C. December R and 6. and to the convention for the extension of foreign commerce, to be held in Wash ington in January, was authorized. The delegates will be named aa soon as it can be learned who among the board mem bers will be certain to attend. The Pacltic-Yukon exposition at Seattle was Indorsed, resolutions asking such ac tion having been sent the board by tho exposition management. Secretary I-aber reported that he had been offered by General Manager O'Brien the free use of an Oregon Railway & Navigation Company car. in which to bring apples donated by the Hood River Commercial Club to Portland to be dis tributed at Thanksgiving time to the poor. Word was received yesterday from O. R. & N. oflicials that the car would be spotted at Hood River Monday and hrotight to Portland Tuesday. We Cure Men f or sio Consultation Free No Pay Unless Cured A Life-Long Cure For sio I m - Iiili OUR FEE Blood Poison, Skin Diseases, Sores, Ulcers, Stric ture, Gonorrhoea, Gleet, Hydrocele, Nervous De cline, Weakness, Piles or Chronic Diseases of the Kidneys and Prostate. OUR CONSULTATION IS FREE. 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