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THE MOKIVIA'li OKEGOMAN, FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 27, 1907. 11 ONLY REMEDY IN GOOD WAT ERWAYS John Fox, Director of Rivers and Harbors Congress, Ex plains Car Shortage. TALKS TO BUSINESS MEN Address Is Feature of a Rousing Meeting Under Auspices of Cham ber of Commerce Gives Startling Statistics. A rousinK meeting that developed a Itrong sentiment for the improvement of rivers and Jiarbors throughout the United 6tates, was that held last night in the Commercial Club grillroom under the aus pices of the Chamber of Commerce. John Fox. director of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress, was the speaker of the evening and his talk on what has been accomplished In saving large sums of money for the people of the United States by the proper development of In land waterways aroused enthusiasm. A. H. Devers, the Chamber of Com merce's representative In the Rivers and Harbors Congress, presided and intro duced Mr. Fox. His address was heard with attention and many valuable facts were learned by the large number of prominent Portland business men who at tended. Engineer.: are not usually orators, said Mr. Fox. and w deal rather with fig ures of fact than with figures of speech. The development of rivers and harbors is a subject In which there Is the keenest in terest today. I am happy tontsht In be ing, not in the camp of the Philistines, but In the midst of friends of this very Im portant subject. In many places It is hard to get an audience when speaking on this subject. Here I find the greatest interest and support. The greatest factor in regulating railroad rates is the natural competition afforded by the waterways. The freight congestion now being experienced all over the country, and perhaps a manufacturing congestion may be avoided by deepening our waterways. Thers are tremendous burdens of freight to be carried and the rivers and harbors of the country are turned to because the railroads of the country are unable to han dle the traffic nXXcred. The grain crop of the United States for 1907 amounts to about 4.800,000,000 bushels, an Increase of 85 per cent during the past six years. Coal to be carried amounts to 350,000,000 tons for the year, an Increase of 45 per cent during the past six years. Lumber of the country to be handled amounts to 84,000. ono.000 feet, an Increase of 00 per cent In six years. Ores of various kinds requiring transportation within the present year amount to 43.000,000 tons, an increase of 70 per cent within six years and cotton has Increased 20 per cent within the past six years. Explains" Car Shortage. The railroads have added together track age, motive power, cars and terminals 7.4 per cent, but the traffic to be carried by the railroads has increased about 44.6 per cent. This explains why cotton bales have been rotting In the south for three months ' and why grain has been rotting in the west for the -past year. These are some of th- reasons why this is the psychological m ment to aid the movement to provide ade quate harbors and additions to the present transportation facilities. Foreign countries and our own experience teaches us the wisdom and economy of cheap transportation by water'. Germany i ships her low class freights by water at one-fourth of what it costs by rail. Ger many has spent $1,400,000,000 for the lm 'provement of her rivers and harbors, until the Rhine, though most noted for Its scen ,ery. is perhaps the greatest commercial highway in the world. France has expended $1S5, 000,000 on her harbors, and Italy has Invested $57,000,000 in the same way. and the United States has spent $323,330,000 in river and harbor lm . provements. Perhaps the results are not shown in any . more striking way than in the Great Xakes ; Improvements. The harbors of the Great ' Lakes have been dredged to a uniform depth -of 21 feet. In this work $68,500,000 has f been expended. Traffic passing tbrough the St. Mary locks In 18t5 amounted to . 44,270,000 tons, a commerce six times as I great as that of the port of New York, or nine times as great as that passing through the Suezanal. Now the vessels of the Great Lakes are practically 10,000-ton vessels. The Improve ' ment of these great waterways reduced the Irate on railways paralleling the Great Lakes from 7.66 mills T-er ton mile to 4.33 mills. This effected a tavlng of $175,000 to the American people In 10O6 because of the in vestment in improvements of these water ways. Value of Waterways. A striking Instance of the value to the people of this country of Improvements of Inland waterways is given In the work done on the Monongahela River, between Pitts burg and Morgantown, a distance of 57 miles. The railroads charged 44 cents per ton on coal. Now, after six locks and dams have been constructed in this river, a con tinuous chain of barges, laden with coal, is passing over this stretch of the river and coal is carried for the charge of 4 cents per ton. 1 Tipples pour their coal Into these 1000-, ton barges and towboats take three big barges for a tow. The tonnage last year handled by means of the development of this river aggregated &.00.000 tons, which was carried into the Ohio River and 40 cents was saved on every ton. Te cost of these Improvements was $6,700,000. The tonnage of the United States last year was 187,000.000.000 1 tons. Thece are 45.000 miles of navigable rivers In the I'nited states which my be developed to a depth of 30 feet. It only 1 mill per ton mile were saved on this traffic by the proper development of our waterways, costing $500,000,000, the people of this country would save $187,000,000 In a year. This should -teach the people all over tne country the need of the substantial and permanent improvement of all waterways. Boston, .by the Improvement of her harbor, sends grain to Liverpool at a cost of 2.5 cents per bushel, where the charge was formerly 11.5 cents. As the price of grain In Kansas is governed by the price. In Liverpool, the "Western farmers benefit largely by this great work. At the beginning of the new century, it is the duty of the citizens of the country to take up this great work of the improvement CONFER WITH HENEY Roosevelt Wants Land-Fraud Cases Hastened. r....... V I 2-s "-'1 ': t w "I It , I J John A. i"ox. i of our waterways, so long neglected. Our work Is to atd in the work of converting people to this great development. You of this Coast will profit largely and directly by the canalization of the Mississippi from St. Paul to St. Louis, so that commodities of this country may be carried from the Great Lakes to Portland by the Panama Canal, thus reducing your rates and man lng your products more valuable in the markets of the world. Herman Wittenberg was introduced and spoke in caustic terms of the Harriman regime in the Pacific Northwest. He said: The rates of the railroads are prohibitive for carrying our commodities. Harriman said he traveled through Eastern Oregon for 05 miles and saw only two chipmunks. He has surrounded us with a barrier of Iron and takes our money from us and laughs In our faces.. Then he auks us what we are going to do about It. With the Willamette and Columbia Rivers developed as they should be.' he would sing a far different song. I have heard Traffic Direc tor Stubbs. of the Harriman system, say In a dozen different meetings that the surest way to bring down railroad rates in to rur nfsh plenty of water. When we have de veloped our waterways, then we -hall ar rive at the destiny God Almighty Intended us to reach. J. N. Teal spoke briefly on the same topic. He said in part: There Is no other thing that touches us so nearly as the development of our water ways. We must end this system of ever lastingly going down on our knees to some one ;t000 miles away and asking for con cessions. The way to do It Is to deepen our rivers and our harbors. Colonel E. Hofer, of Salem, also spoke along the same lines. Secretary E. C. Giltner will accompany Mr. Fox down the Columbia today to Astoria by steamer that he may see the river and form an idea of tne possibili ties for development of latent commer cial possibilities here. Mr. Fox was the guest of Secretary Giltner of the Chamber of Commerce at lunch, at the Commercial Club, yester day. Governor Chamberlain, C. W. Hod son and A. H. Devers were also present. Later Mr. Fox was taken by Mr. Giltner on a trip around the -city. He was deep ly impressed with the view from Port land Heights. The visit to ,.ue Forestry Building-was also much enjoyed by him. Mr. Fox was the guest 01 u.r. and Mrs. Teal at dinner. WILL ARRANGE FOR ACTION President Summons Prosecutor to Meet Him on Western Trip He ney Likely to Make a Plea for Bristol's Retention. ORBGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, 3ept. 26. President Roosevelt is going to take hold of the Oregon land fraud cases atd arrange some definite policy for their trial. He has sent word to Francis J. Heney to meet him at some convenient point while on his Western trip, and together they will go over the situation in detail and decide 'Just what shall be done. Until the President coni fers with Mr. Heney. nothing is likely to he done, but soon thereafter the wheels of justice will be expected to get in mo tion and the prosecution will be vigorous. Put End to Delay. The President's attention has been called to the present unsatisfactory con dition of the land fraud docket and he Is aware of the desire of both the Depart ments of Justice and the Interior to have the long pending cases disposed of. Both departments are displeased at being placed in the attitude of delaying action when they have persistently urged that the cases be brought to trial without de lay. But the wishes of departments have so far been largely disregarded and up to the present moment, so far as is officially known, no date is fixed for resuming trials and no one knows when the cases will be cleared up. It is to put an end to this uncertainty and to arrange a defi nite programme that the President has sent for Jlr. Heney. Say Good AVord for Brls At that conference it is probable that the President will discuss with Mr. Heney the case of District Attorney Bristol. Mr. Heney has never been willing that Mr. Bristol should be displaced at the con clusion of the land trials and has stead fastly fought to have him retained in of fice, going to the extent of undertaking to secure his confirmation by the Senate. As this will be Mr. Heney's only chance of seeing the President before Congress convenes, . it is quite probable that he will take advantage of his opportunity to put in a last word in Mr. Bristol's behalf. WILLi SOT OBJECT TO MR. WU Government Cannot Consistently Protest Against Chinese Boycott. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Sept. 26. (Special.) On the very sensible ground that the United States cannot afford to make itself a laughing stock for the whole world, the Adminis tration will not object to the reappoint ment of Wu Ting Fang as Chinese Minis ter to the United States. Whether or not Wu was instrumental in instigating the boycott of American goods in Qhina, this Government, in view of its Chinese exclusion polioy, cannot consistently object to the Chinese policy of boycotting American goods, particu larly when Americans have free access to China. Wu will not be welcomed by Washington society, but his appointment is not considered an affront to this Government. DAILY CITY STATISTICS Births. , ANGEL At Fifteenth and Skidmorn streets. September 24, to the wife of Edwin Angel, a daughter. Marriage License, LEE-MURPHY Worth S. Lee. 30. Moun tain Home. Idaho; Cell G. Murphy. 24. city. LARSON-OLSON Hllmer F. Larson, 27. Tacoma: Anna Olson, 34. city. BUTT-DOUGLASS Lawrence C. Butt, 28, city; Kate M. Douglass, 23, city. KALMBOCH-WALLACE William Kalm boch, 2!. city; Pearl T. Wallace, 24. city. OLSEN-1LLIDGE: John H. Olsen, 3J, city; Grace D. midge, 25. city. Deaths. STUBBLEFIELD At St. Vincent's Hos pital, September 21. Mrs. Sadie E. Stubble field, a native of Wisconsin, aged 24 years, 6 months and lO days. CONROY At foot of Lincoln street, Sep tember 24, M. J. Oonrby, aged about 47 years. SUPPLE At Bridal Veil, September tfl. Michael Supple, a native of Ireland, aged about 19 yearB. LA FOLLETTE At 432 Center street. Sep. tember 25. Charles La Follette. a native of Indiana, aged 78 years and 4 day. DUNCAN At Baby Home, September 23, Jessie M. Duncan, an infant. ERVIN At. Baby Home, September 19, Mildred Ervln, an infant. SMITH At 749 Kerby street. September 17, Annie Smith, an Infant. Building Permits. CORBETT ESTATE Repair atore. Fifth and Oak streets: $50. M. A. KING One and one-half-story frame dwelling. East Taylor street, between East Forty-third and East Forty-second streets; 1H0. DR. KESTER Repair dwelling. Poplar street, between Hazel and Hawthorne: 12000. MRS. R. V. MARSHALL One and one-half-story frame dwelling, Hawthorne ave nue, between East Thirty-fourth and East Thirty-fifth streets; fJfiOO. MIKE BUDENICK One-story frame dwelling. Bush street, between Potter and Holman; $250.- MRS. M. J. SMITH One-story rrams dwelling. East Thirteenth street, between Lee and, Bldwell; $1800. F. J. WY ATT Repair dwelling. 406 Miller avenue; $100. C. M. TONQUAT One and one-half-atory frame dwelling, Grove and Allen streets; $400 Articles of Incorporation. YATES SEWING CABINET COMPANY Incorporators. Odavllle Yates, Frank B. Lacy and Belle McDonald Lacy; capttal, $15,000. OREGON LUMBER AGENCY Tn corpora tors, G. L. Brown. Le Roy Brown and Ed mund O. Sheldon; capital. $25,000. EDITH MINING COMPANY Incorpora tors. Charles 8. Townsend. Harry H. Atlee and H. K. Sargent; capital, $100,000. TROOPS MAYBE CALLED ON Greely Informed of Alaska Trouble and Reports to Washington. VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 26. (Spe cial.) General Greely, Commander De partment of the Columbia, has received the following telegrams from Captain Black, bignal officer at Keystone, Alaska, relative to the recent battle be tween crews of rival railroad com panies: I am informed that Home Railway employes tried1 to pasa up Copper River Railway grade. Home people were unarmed. Copper River fired, wounding- six men, five swiouely.' Deputy United States Marshal on scene with deputies. Civil authorities think they will be able to handle the situation. (Signed) ' CAPTAIN BLACK. As the military authorities can do nothing in the matter without the de mand of the Governor of Alaska, Cap tain Black has been instructed to keep In touch with Major Van VIeet, com- manaer dl run uiscuin. . General Greely reported the matter to the War Department today. DEAD OF THE NORTHWEST J. M. McCulIough, Who Settled at Oregpri City in 1847. ECHO, Or., Sept. 26. (Special.) J, M. McCulIough, a pioneer of Oregon and an old resident of this place, died at his home in this city, Wednesday, September 25, after a long illness. Mr. McCulIough was born in Tennessee, January 8, 1832, and came to Oregon City in 1847. He lived there until the Indian War of '55 and '56, when he enlisted as a volunteer. June 27. 1859, Mr. McCulIough. was married to Miss Luclnda Johnson, and in 1863 they came to Eastern Oregon where they, since lived. Mr. and Mrs. McCulIough reared a large family, 11 children having been born to them. The widow and seven chil dren survive. The children are: Ben jamin, James. Mrs. Kate Gllliford and Mrs. Emma Hammer of this place, Mrs. Anna H inkle, of Latteview, and Mrs. Izza Chappell and Mrs. E. Owens, of Okanagon. j Deceased was a member of the Christian Church. Funeral services were held Thursday in the Methodist Episcopal Church, with interment in the I. O. O. F. Cemetery. D wight H. Thomas. FOREST GROVE, Sept. 25. (Spe cial.) The remains of Dwight H. Thomas, for. many years a resident of this city, were brought "here this even ing and will be buried tomorrow in Union Cemetery beside his mother, under the auspices of Diamond Assem bly No. 27, United Artisans, of which he was a member and in which he' car ried $2000 insurance. His death re suited from blood poisoning starting from an injury in the knee received about two months ago. He was taken to the Carlton Hospital, where he died. He was a graduate of Pacific Uni versity, class of 1803, and leaves a widow, who was formerly Miss Nancy Morrison; also a graduate of the Uni versity in the same class as her husband. Charles S. Fogg. TACOMA. Wash.. Sept. 26. Charles S. Fogg, a prominent lawyer and capital ist of Tacoma, formerly of Iowa, died this morning, aged 56 years. He was a native of Maine and leaves a widow and w Prestige The STEIN WAY is the world around admitted to be the GREAT PIANO. The word "STEINWAY" carries with it the PRESTIGE of the musical world. 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He remained in jail until two months ago, when he got out on bail. The Jury went out at 8 o clock last night and acquitted Thompson because there was nothing to disprove the allegation of self-defense. Smith, a member of the construction gang, was the state's prin cipal witness. He was the only man who actually saw the killing, and the state used his evidence larpely in the convic tion of Thompson at the former trial. The defense scored strongly, too, in breaking up the testimony of Snyder, another member of the construction gang, and the principal witness for tho state at this trial. Snyder's story differed so ma terially from what he told at the last trial that the transcript of his previous evidence was compared, and he became utterly confused. Mining rules In Pennsylvania have to be printed in thirty-two languages to reacn all nationalities employed. I Hanan shoes keep your feet dry. Rosen- that's. Seventh and Washington. Burnt W Sale ood IPsun! 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