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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1912)
THE MORMyG OKEGOXIAy, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 191,. ' i - 16 THIRD LINE REPORT MAY HAVE SPURRED Hill-Harriman Local Agree ment Believed Hurried by Milwaukee Road. LUMBER PROPERTY EYED New Railway to Portland Thought to Want Inman-Ponlson Land on East Side Route Pro posed, Surveyed. Did the threatened early invasion' of Portland by the Milwaukee R' Jorce the Hill and Harriman Interests Into an agreement for the division of the East Side shipping b'ls1lnes?l .-.. In view of resent activity by Mil waukee officials In Chicago and on the Coast it Is believed that the local roads concluded it wise to come to an under standing on the East Side. terthan to allow the third line to get in. ana help itself to some choice terminal Prufhou'gh it has been announced re peatedly in the last five or six years that the Milwaukee intends to build into Portland, the city is no nearer a place on the Milwaukee system now than It was at the time the Milwaukee plans first were made. However, it la So secret that the Milwaukee d rector, plan eventually to extend their rails Into Oregon. Rumors Aw Revived. It is understood, too. that the Mil waukee officials are eager to obtain a site on the East Side for their pro posed terminal development. In fact, n Has been asserted repeatedly that they have obtained options on the Inman Poulsen property on the east bank .or the river, where connections are han with the Oregon Water Power line of the Portland Railway. Light & Power Company. In the last few weeks ru mors that this land is to be taken over nave been revived. The Inman-Poulsen Lumber Company owns 2 lcks i n one compact body, valued at H.000.000. Several possible routes from the present Milwaukee main line Into Port land have been suggested. Surveys have been made over one or two or them. While two or three other routes have been pronounced feasible, the one now being considered is that by way of the Cowlttx river. The proposed route leaves the Mil waukee main line at Beverly, Wash on the Columbia. It follows the Columbia, through the Saddle Moun tains to a point almost due east of North Takima. Extensive water power development now is In progress on this portion of the line. Connection will be made with North Takima, after which the original North Coast survey will be louowea inrougu n.-. which will lead to the headwaters of the Cowlitx Kiver. A variety of routes Is possible from the mouth of the Cow. litx to Portland, but every Milwaukee plan provides the use of the Oregon Water Power line and the East Side terminals. Agrtcnwrnt Believed Hastened. Knowledge of these plans and of the probable ' Intention of carrying them Immediately into effect quickened the action of the rival roads in coming to terms on the East Side. It Is said. Al though their agreement does not nec essarily bar other roads out of that territory, Jt makes It obviously harder for a. third line to secure strong foot hold. ' Inasmuch as the final entrance of the Milwaukee, ia only a matter of time anyway, it Is reasonable that the roads already here should seek to protect themselves In every way possible be fore another competitor enters the field. These Milwaukee plans, however, are alternative to a possible traffic agree ment with the O.-W. R. & N. Company for operating all the way between Ma rengo and Portland over the Harriman tracks. The Milwaukee already has an arrangement for using the Harri man tracks in getting into Spokane and will share the new depot at Spokane with the rival road. If It is shown that they have definite plans to enter Portland Independently of Harriman aslstance, it Is thought possible that the O.-W. R. & N. Company will make terms that will permit the Joint use of their tracks east of this city and obviate the necessity of this huge ex penditure. Relations Grovrlns Friendly. Inasmuch as the O.-W. R. & N. main line is being double tracked and a new road is being built between Ayer Junc tion and Spokane, such an arrangement would not be burdensome to the road. Th recent agreement for operating the Harriman trains east of Omaha over the Milwaukee tracks is an indi cation of the growing friendly rela tions existlne between the two systems. BENBOW NURSES CHARTER Ex-City Attorney Announces He Will Father Commission Form Draft. The opening guns In the Spring elec tion campaign probably will be fired bv w. C. Benbow. ex-ueputy city At torney, who has announced that he intends to place on the ballot'under the Initiative privilege, a measure provld lng a commission form of Government for the city. The circulation or petl tlons will be begun soon after January 1 and a lively campaign of several months' duration will be conducted in behalf of the measure. With Mr. Benbow's announcement ar rangements are known to be under way for the presentation to the voters of a second commission charter measure, the aim of the authors of this being to confuse the issue and bring about the defeat of the Benbow charter - which they declare Is weak and not what is needed for the city. There is a possibility of the second charter being the form prepared by the official charter commission appointed by Mayor Rushlight, which measure waa defeated at the last general elec tion. It is not considered probable that either the commission or the Mayor will be instrumental in getting it on the ballot but it is considered certain that others will because of their op position to the Benbow charter and their-unwillingness to allow it to go on the ballot alone. PERSONAL MENTION. J. L. Clark, of Corrallls, is at the Bowers. . P. W. Knowles. a Dufur merchant. is at the Perkins. H. E. Lones and wife, of Wenatchee, re at the Bowers. B. R. Wcstbrook. a hotel man of Al- bauy. Is at the Oregon, v. K. M. Kennedy, of Scappoose. is reg, istered at the Cornelius. A. S. Anderson, a mining man- of Helena, ia at the Bowers. Richard Fredericks!!, of Tacoma. is registered at the Bowers. r.ov R. Gill, a wholesale hardware merchant of Spokane, Is registered at the Multnomah. Mr. and Mrs, A. Hanes. of Eugene, are registered at the Bowers. W. F. Osborne, a hotel man of Eu gene, Is at the Perkins. Dr. A. F. Brockman. of Blckleton, ia registered at the Perkins. Ralph S. Fisher, of The Dalles, 1b registered at the Bowers. Mrs. W. H. Ozman. of Cathlamet. is registered at the Imperial. D. B. Hill. Postmaster at Maryhill, is registered at the Oregon. John Donnelly, a Spokane contractor, is registered: at the Bowers. A. P. Stockwell, an Aberdeen lum berman, is at the Portland. S. V. Beckwith. a Medford capitalist, is registered at the Portland. Hugh Nelson, a hop dealer of New berg, is registered at the Cornelius. H. . B. Waldran, an orchardist of White Salmon, is at the Cornelius. P .J. Groen. a cattleman of Midvale, Idaho, is registered at the Perkins. Herman Wise. ex-Mayor and Post master of Astoria, is at the Imperial. Captain George' C. Flavel and Mrs. Flavel are registered at the Portland. Alexander Gilbert. Jr.. a business man of Seaside, is registered at the Seward. George H. Johnson, a merchant of Walla Walla, is registered at the Per kins'. - J. H. Hayden, a- merchant of Walla Walla, and Mrs. Hayden are at the Oregon. , Mayor M. Gorman and Mrs! Gorman, of Cathlamet, are registered at the Imperial. Victor H. Elfendahl, manager of the Port Blakeley Mill Company, is at the Multnomah. E. S. Ritter, wire chief of the West ern Union at Seattle, is registered at the Oregon. President P. L. Campbell, of the State University, at Eugene, is registered at the Imperial. , N. C. Evans, president of the Hydro Electric Company of Hood River, is registered at the Imperial. Sol Freidenthal, treasurer of the Schwabacher Company of Seattle, is registered at the MulthomaTl. C. F. Hepburn, a lumberman of Min neapolis, and son of a New York finan cier .is registered at the Seward. Mrs. Charles Wright and Mrs. Carl Brand have gone to New York -to be with Mrs. Wright's sister, who is se riously ill. Douglas Rodman, in charge of the forest department of the C. A.tenrith Lumber Company at Marshfield, fe reg istered at the Multnomah. C. N. Chambers. H. G. Fisher. W. W. Ashbey. F. E. Van Tassel, J. R. Hurl burt and J. H. Simpson, of Albany, are registered at the Portland. Peter Connacher. of Yacolt; J .H. Dunlop of Cascade Locks, and R. A. Parish," of Castle Rock, all prominent lumbermen of their districts, are reg istered at the Oregon. CHICAGO. Dec. 6. (Special.) John S. Beall and N. A. Coleman, of Portland, are registered at the La Salle Hotel. TAILS TO HOLD Mi DOMESTIC CROP REPORTS OFF SET ARGENTINE SEWS. Wheat Closes Easy at Chicago at Xearly Cnchanged' Prices. Corn Is Weaker. CHICAGO. Dec 6. Wheat today failed to hold an advance based on cables confirming damage from hot winds in Argentina. Clos ing prices were easy at a net gain of a shade. Bear Influence was found In millers' reports, showing a larger Winter crop acre age in the United States than last year and a higher condition. Heavy Increase in offerings from the country eased corn. Shorts buying on all setbacks held the oats market steady. Provisions had a firm undertone because of a lighter run of hogs, and closed steady. The leading futures ranged as follows: WHEAT. Onen. Hljth. low. ' Close. Pec .8Ts -54 -84 -84 May 0 .90 AWi, July 88 .88 Vi .87 -87 H CORN. .. .4914 .48 .49 .. .45 4 .484 ..48 .48 .. .43'- .491, .-4 .49(4 OATS. .. .33 M. .32 VI .32 .32 Vi .. .33 .:l3hk -32Ti -33 .. .33'. .33 t .33 ..Jo 54 MESS PORK. Dec. May July Dec May July jan 19.42 19.47H 19.3714 10.40 May 18.73 18.S0 18.75 18.7714 LARD. Dec. 10.90 1O.90 IV. w iv.vv Jan 10.60 10.BO 10.57V4 10.57V4 May 10.2214 10.22 Vt 10.2214 10.2214 SHORT RIBS. Jan 10.2714 10.30 Wjj May V.Vi 14 iv.u ia ..pits Cash quotations were as follows: Flour stead v. Corn No. 3. 461447140: No. white, -47 471iC! No. 2 yellow. 47Sf47c; -o. 4. 4014 4614c; No. 4 white,- 4546V4c; No. ,4 yellow. - V l"c ft v, Ko. 2. 62c Barley reed or mixing, .3 J? -3c; fair to choice malting. 67 s? IOC Timothy seed S3 41 3.90. Clover seed !0i6 IS. Pork Mess. 17.75e,lS. r.rnln statistics: Total clearances of wheat and flour were enu.l to S72.O0O bushels. Exports for the week, as shown by Bradstreet's. were, equal to 5,023.000 bushels. Primary receipts were 1.341.000 bushels, compared with . 684,000 bushels the corresponamg oay a yean ago. R.timated receints for tomorrow: Wheat, ; cars: corn, 2S cars; oats, 169 cars: hogs. 13.000 head. vnm.t Kmtnif Whett Markets. TACOMA. Wash.. Dec. . Wheat Blue stem. 61c; fortyfold, 781io: club, 7c: red ttussian, ,oc iwtcw.j . , J.' li,at, so; corn, 1 : oats, 2; hay, 17. SFTATTLB. Wash.. Dec. . Wheat Blue- stem. Mhc; -or-yioui. iobv, - red Russian. 75lc: Ofe, 731c Yesterday's , . ra-,.t "G hiv 11 flour. : oats, 1; barley, 1. Grains in Baa Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 6. Spot quotas tlons: walla Walla, f.45e.4S; red Rus sian. S1.4214 BtUh ; luraey reu. i l KOt I 1. ....: feed barl- fl. 4214 81. 45; brewing barley, II. B0: white oats. 31..iUtr l.oi ; nran, . "-- dlinrs, $3.;;4: shorts. I272i.ou. Call board sales: IVK , n iradlnr. Barley December, $1.40 per cental; May. 11.13 per cental Minneapolis Grain Market. uiWF.APOl.LS. Dec. . Close: Wheat, December. Slilc; May. S6c; July. 8714( STSic Cash. No. 1 hard. 8414c: No. 1 Northern. 8-5 (".; SO. .-vonneru. ?2c: No. 2 bard Montana, 8214c: No. 3, ,814 to SOc. Klax 11.2. Barley 405c . European Grain Markets. MVEBPOOU Dec. 6. Close: Wheat Fpot stead,. Futures easier. December 7e 34d. March. 7s SSI: May. 7s 2d. Kngilsh country markets . quiet, French country markets quiet. O.-W. R. & 1M. CLERK IS HELD Stenographer Arrested In Connection With $3000 Then. SPOKANE. Wash., Dec. 6. Thomas Crow, a stenographer, was arrested to day on a charge of forgery sworn to by James Martin, a special agent of the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navi gation Company. The charge was made In connection with the cashing of rail road pay checks. Checks totaling about 5000 were lost or stolen a week ago while en route from Portland to Wallace, Idaho. Four teen of the missing checks were cashed In Spokane. JETTY HEARS FISH South Revetment at Mouth of Columbia Soon Ready. WORK HALTS UNTIL SPRING IVltb Acceptance of Last Barge of Kock Wednesday 150 to 200 Men Will Be Paid Off Major Mc Indoe Pleased at Result. Save for the building of one spur on the channel side where sand has been "making out." and the distribution of a small amount of - rock should the Winter storms show any material sink ing of the enrockment at one or two points, the south- Jetty at the mouth of the Columbia River is finished and as far as its influence can be Judged Independent of the north Jetty, it is accomplishing as much good as could be expected. Work for the 1913 season will cease there next week and the last barge of 111' 1. nnnanaA 1V,MlnAAHA V. Ds- rUL Ii n 111 v,c n i.i, i . . . cember 11. . When that is distributed at the end or tne jetty irom uu iu a men will be paid off there and the - h.wl until Rnrin? There will Yi JJTLL UAIICU ....... ' 7 - . be a large force of men retained In the machine shops repairing equipment and getting more ready for the north Jetty, and many of the men paid off ii V. fnr thn Winter f O HS- slst in building the depot at on -anoy r ,nA r..nMnn nf rock for the north n,h. iinnb -flnlRhpd the track built for the rail line as far as conditions will permit ana prelimin aries generally disposed of, so as soon as the channel is dug around Sand Island in the Spring rock will be sent there. , A..h -fattv- never looked so well as it does today." remarked Major Mc Indoe. Corps of Engineers, U. S. A., yes terday. "During the season two spurs were built and the enrockment on them finished and it may be necessary to build a third next year, but other than that there will be little to do there in 1913." . DEAD FISH AKE NOT GAME Contractor Said to Have I'sed Power W ithout Authority. Acsumlnethat fish killed-and stunned in ' the river, through blasts fired to dislodge the east pier of tne old u.-vv. r x. T hridsrft. were of the game va- rietv nn me warden Finlev called at tention to the use of powoer to unueu states DeDutv District Attorney Evans and a deputy from the Game Depart ment called on Captain sreier, oi iuc harbor patrol force, yesterday to as certain if the dead members of the finny tribe had sprung from varieties that the state seeks to protect. Cantain Sneier has wltnessea so many disgusting specimens hauled from the river that- he says he can tell a carp or pike as far as he can see one movine- in the water and unhesitating ly classed tne aeaa nsn as Demus'i'is those families. Another point involved la the nllesred failure of the contractor engaged in razing the bridge to ob tain a permit for using powder in the river, but such oversignts are saia m have been mado in the past, and so long as the explosive was used in the Interest of commerce to clear"the chan nel it Is doubted If there will be any prosecution. The north cylinder of the pier was blown out yesterday and lies in deep water, though as a matter of precau tion the contractors have marked the place with a buoy and red flag to warn navigators until the channel can 'be "swept to determine wnetner oDsiruc tlons remain within the 40-foot depth. TORRISDALE LOADS LUMBER Member of Grain Fleet Fixed for Direct Nitrate Port. i hete in work a crrain cargo for the European Continent the iariale has been fixed for lumber from Portland to a direct nitrate port at 63. 3J. uomyn. jiacnii & Co. being the charterers. It was in timated a few days ago that negotia tions were unaer way xi Th. TtrrieriAiA will pom from caleta Colosa in . ballast. The rate is about one shilling and tnree pence neiow . . i ....... the ci, m n business. where coast-owned carriers were used ...... nf sm.llpp tonna&re. she be ing 2184 tbns net register. Another carrier that may find her way Into the lumber fleet is the British tramp Man ningtry. which Is reported to have left Java November Z6 for Honolulu, and after discharging will, proceed to this coast. As to the charter of the schoon- 't ......... it ; understood Williams. Diamond Co. will load her at San Francisco with lumber ana mercnanuise for the siarsnau isianos. TAHOMA REPAIRED OX BEACH Vessel Not In Trouble as Was Thought on AVater Front. aa menlfMtMl .IaIIS Ome Wliwru " "-' ... -' the beach yesterday morning when the m.-, ., .. Enn 1 . H her how steamer iwiuuhi " j - , -, . i. n .and helow Oceanic reauue . , , dock, as It was supposed by mariners that Pile OBQ OGIMieU " cue a " ' sinking after having struck a snag. . , i . , .... snetef made an lnves- XiH UUI lilt.-, L.-1 -' - - tigation and learned that as it was "layover day" tor tne veonei been taken there to have repairs made to her bow. It Is an old trick among stemwheel skippers to use the beach as an improvised drydock ' for such . i. u.- tn hn-1e Into deep worn, .o " . -" , ' water as a rule. The Tahoma is yet on The Dalles-Port lano. route aua . busy as she is the sole competitor of the steamer panes un. piiat snow is exonerated Inspectors Dispose of Bear Striking Jjog Raft. . ,i fault" is the verdict of United States Inspectors Edwards and Fuller alter investigating a -o wherein the steamer Bear, of the San Francisco and Portland fleet, ran through a raft of logs in tow of the steamer Weown, of the Hosford fleet, in the Willamette River early last month, when bound down stream. As the Bear was in charge of Cap . . : II -1 1 1 1 Cnnnr one Of . the best tain - " " , known Columbia River pilots, it was a matter of gratification to his many friends that the course he- chose In meeting the emergency was not criti cised by the inspectors. Those Inter ested in the raft set up that, though they .were being towed across the chan nel they should have been seen from the" big steamer in time fo- her to have backed sooner QUEEN LEAVES LOWER RIVER Approach of Stormy Period Sends Tjewiston to Winter Moorings. Winter conditions having manifested themselves in commercial as well as etmoi-nheric, SDheres the O.-W. R, . N. v. .nn.ind, to 'riisnense with the services of one steamer on the Port- lanH.lqtnri. rim fln d there will be a change in schedule Tuesday, when the Harvest Queen Is oraereo. out oi mlselon. The steamer Hassalo will remain In operation, leaving Portland at 9:30 o clock at night ana aeparuns ni" Astoria at 10 o ciock eacn uiurj.1115. one ..-ill .noire .11 H", T 1 H 11 H i Tl ITS HI (i. whCIl business presses, one of the extra steamers" will be placed in commission to assist, xne -steamer uewiumji, v. the Snake River fleet, which has been . i .i .,n at pinoria hut heen ordered to Lewiston to go Into Winter quarters. rne steamer pojtane win tuuuuuo iv ply that stream, collecting wheat, una fa there hna not heen sufficient business to warrant both vessels being run. HANSEN ONEONTA'S SKIPPER Captain Seike Goes to Harbor Tug at San Francisco Cantain H. B. Hansen, of the Port of Portland lorce at Astoria, naa re sumed charge of the bar tug oneonta, succeeding Captain Dick Selka, who re- slened and left Portland yesterday ail' ernoon on the Steamer Bear for San Francisco, where he will be signed as master of one of the tugs operated by the Board of Harbor Commissioners. Captain Seike went on the Oneonta STEAM EK ntTCIXIGSa't& . Dae to ArrlTS. Name. From "te Pue H. Elmore. Tillamook.. ..Dec T Breakwater. .. .Coos Bay. ....Dec 8 Roanoke Ban Dieso. ... Dec 8 Rose City San Podro. ... Dec 8 Alliance Kureka Dec 8 Anvil .Bandon ...... Dec 32 Beaver San Pedro... . Dec 13 Geo. W. Elder. .Ban Dleee..-. Dec 16 Bear San Padre.... Dec IS To Depart, SanVe. For "t Northland Sun Pedro... Dec J HorvarU . K. to u A.. Dec T Carlos San Fran. ...Dec H Kue a. Elmora. l lllamook. .. Dec B Tale 6. F. to Ie A. . Dec. 0 Breakwater.... Coos Bay Dec 10 Alliance Eureka Dec 10 Roanoke Bar- Dlefro. ...Dec 11 Rose City San Pedro. ...Dec 12 Anvil ...Bandon...... Dec 14 Beaver Ban Pedro. ... Dec 17 Geo. W. Elder..Ean Dieao.... Dec. IS Ecar, Ban Pedro. ... Dec 22 December 1. having come from the Bay City for that purpose, but on the ar rival of a message from the Board of Harbor Commissioners Thursday he left thp Oneonta and reported here yes terday to Captain H. T. Groves, acting superintendent of piloting and towing, when his resignation was accepted. The Bear was sent away witn a cheerful crowd of passengers and while travel is decreasing southbound, she had more than an average showing on the first-class list and the limit in the steerage. Marine Notes. ...... J t ' q 1 1 fn.n in via Seattle the steamer Graywood cleared yesterday witn zou.uuu leei ot iuiuuw. . i i ir Waltr.i. nao. heen o.yia.111 vT. i'i-. ' ' - ... signed on the tug Star as skipper, suc- ceeamg t.aptuan x. u. v.ui imuu. In gathering her wheat cargo for the United Kingdom the Jersbek was shift ed yesterday from Irving to Montgom ery dock No. 1 and the Isebek is to be ,.om the Oreeron HrvdOCk today and towed to Irving to start cargo. Word was received yesteraay vnai .1.- Cnn mar- rollimhi8- Which TBS Lilts nun . built to ply from San Francisco via Portland to urays naroor wuuiu ice.- here on her first trip December 18. She was recently completed and is now on Grays Harbor. After being delayed for several days , A. r-ntxrrh WAfltllPr th R llitht- Detuuae vi i (, house tender Manzanlta crossed out yesterday and neaaea tor xuwu. KOCJL, 11- UClUS vi",i. ' " ' T liver stores and supplies to that sta Two large barges of materiel for i ti ., ,i,.- hHriirn draw have been moored on the north side of the east span and a start nas Deen isi. , .1-- .. , , i .trow Thev will be built in perpendicular position so traf- . . . i - . 111 win 1-isS int-,rt. fic througn tne oraw wi fe"dWl',- the .rHv-J of the BriUsh steamer Lonsdale and the Japanese steamer Unkai Maru yesterday. The . . imhipn entered the uanisu e Li:a,.,ii , river yesterday morning from Puget - n ...lit tn eha aft fT Sound and leu up noon to begin loading wheat, fahe goes to Europe. ' . To have a new lean " ""u' ;,"r steamer Washington waa lifted on tne . . x ., i ,,.vrioov vesterday jrort ot j-ui iiii.i -, - afternoon and will be floated today. As work is well unaer way m if'-e . .. ,tatt reloading: cargo Doners aiiw uii e--- - t-.i Monday. Work on the steamer Daisy Freeman is progressins " -. . i nn hes-in loading lnspectea aiuij :y ' , . ,i ; ,i i r Efforts were iumoer tne lununw.t, . made yesterday by the crew ol the steamer ucKiananm i Miflfn int bv the and ou iitjiii v. - - Freeman at Astoria, and the gear will be delivered to ner ncic. Movements of Vessels. . . . a Arttred Tlanlsh near. lor M.?Sn5ai ofron,"saVbiSo and Eureka, Dec el-Balled-Bteamer Alliance fPor?rsaSdLuis. Dec .-falled last night Steamer Oleum, ior r . rtrltlsh Caleta Colusa, Nov. 9. Sailed British bark Torrisaaie.iur t. . - steer AuiaTfronT KdoTdo. t V CoW K.nWrkncisco Dec. 6. Arrived Steam erldlth vFl C. Bear. Jfrom Seattle ; ritv of Puebla, from victoria.; j,iauv". 'for 'poSland; Vhlp Ernest Rle'r. F?ench for Queenstown: ship Admiral Co- ondDec'S Savolo"hSmLCO'D.c Arrived previously. Tacoma Maru. irom ibwuw. cSronet, Dec. S. Sailed-Crown of Gall cia from San Francisco, for London. Welllnitou. Dec . Arrived previously. A0Rt,"gjknTrc SKL Vf Arrived-Dun. Law, from San Francisco, ior "7".";'-,.. Seattle Wash.. Dec 6. Arrived Steam ers Curacao; Maverick. Umatilla, from San Francisco? Santa Maria from Port Sn .... Cmithaosf am A laKUn: Luis; A1K1. irum , ,, Y17il British steamer ' ; Japanese steamer xonoiuw". i-i ....... Yokohama. 6alled--Steamer Governor and Bee ior Ban r.inmbia Biver Bar Report. Condition at the mouth of the rjer at S P. .M . . amoorn; fuiu, .. - - .... - - weatner, clear. Tides at Astoria Saturday. . "i6"- e . K..T . ; MK fe.t 11:7 P. M .2 feet6:S7 P. M... 1.S feet W. C. Xorth May Be Candidate. W. C. North, Deputy County Assessor, is sue-crested as a probable candidate for Councilman from the Tenth Ward to succeed James Magulre who seriously considering becoming a can didate for the Mayoralty. In the city election 18 months ago. Mr. Maguire was elected to succeed J. T. .bills, wn was recalled. Mr. North will retire from the Assessors office January l He has been especially active in ie. velopment work in the northeastern part of the city and in the late primary election was a canoiaaie ior tne .Re publican nomination lor fenenn. RUSH IS OH T Christmas Crowds Expected to Descend on Stores. SHOPS ARE ALL PREPARED Heavy Trading to Date Indicates Either That Buyers Are Obeying "Early Shopping" Cry or That Business Is Exceptional. v.tafie,, of fit Xleholfla. the natron saint of the Christmas season of gift giving, nave. Deen oeconiixis; mwic K..MA.a u li i a iltirlnv the nast week, and today- In all of the stores of Portland, which are, after all, merely nan-way stations oeiweeu mc bwu n(nt n tA the "o-OOrl hOVR And GTlrls" whom be. Is to reward, a greater rush or earjy snoppers is cij n,eu ever before occurred three weeks be for Christmas. "We- have, in making our purchases of good, in our displays and advertis ing nro-eH that nennle shOO early tlO matter where they shop, and the busi ness or tne past ween suuwo u dency on the part of the people to re spond more readily to this advice than ever before," said the head of one of the larger stores of tne city yester day. . ,.-i tli. n..t three dftTK the Christmas shopping has become more brisk than it nas Deen at me same imm I. .M,a.HIn. nenaon and WA lOOk ill Hi i J, f ' i..u.0 - --, Cetnfav to hrlnp to all of the stores a deluge of Christmas shoppers." Real Season opens xooay. c i n.111 ha thA H a v that will mark the real, earnest opening of the Christmas shopping season," said an other. "During tne- pasi ween. pcuiii v- wAAn ...,,.Ht, from the Thanks giving holiday season and making up . . . . - i .. .,,-.. their minas wnat to ivi v-,n t v. i.Ann to move iinon the stores -i ti.. mIHille of the week and the pace has been increasing ever since." Wise In many previous seasuna ui handling the Christmas rush, the man- .. n. naorlv ell of the larSTA StOTeS began increasing their forces In all departments early m tne montn, aim . . .-. -. ..iHiin to the Tiiimher of tile Bicauj o. ...I.., .w - workers In all departments will be carried on In nearly all places until about DecemDer zu. .even at mm ciuj date none of the larger stores report an Increase of less than one-fourth in their force of employes, while most of them have already doubled their staff of workers. "We've already doubled our force in every department," said one manager. "Tho Christmas shopping season is only beginning, but we are trying to make this year our best year in point of serv ice to tne pUDllC. It aireuuy Bi dence of being the best year so far as the extent of the Christmas shopping is concerned. Heavy Trade Ia Eapecteo. "Tt i. her to tell vp.t whether the present increasing movement of shop pers is due to a universal enui put into practice the idea of doing Christmas shopping early, or whether it is the forerunner of such a Christ mas eve rush as nas never oeiure neeii , i tn the ottv Hither wav it CAJJC, lOlll-ljM . i ...w J - i-n V-a .tnrAfl Br. TTlfLlrinE may uc, o-' i n.a - - - - - timely preparations to cope with the condition. Not only are the managers of the to Veen their sell- Biuiea iiii, ... - - .-n .w - - ing force balanced to the growth of tne Bnopping crawun, uu. ...w stores already they have two delivery wagons honking where one honked be fore the opening of the holiday, sea son, and two pairs of hands are avail able to hurry the Christmas parcels on their way wnere one pair wa two weeks ago. Ai.n.ct- ae if it were bv holiday ..... the hnllv end Christmas ill tl 0S 1 1 . JUOk " - ...w " .' evergreens begin to remind the aver age citizen tnat it is vimu lj making his purchases, hundreds of . .. ..iilncr all fthmit to make clear the path so that there shall be the least possiDie aeiay in mo uu" of the Christmas parcel from the store- i - nf t-1 K'lnlinliia to the tdfl Of the uuunca UL ov. -' - - particular stocking to which it is pre destined. CITY OWNERSHIP URGED EAST SIDE CLUB INVESTIGATING ' 1 . CONDITIONS. Central Union Depot Desired and Campaign for Commission Form of Government to Start. The East Side Business Men's Club has started investigation of the feasl 1. 1 1 1 e rMtv of "Portland acauir- ing and operating a telephone and mes senger system ana yesteraay tne pi evi dent appointed the following committee for this purpose: L. M. L-epper. chalr-mon- o A. BiE-elaw. M. B. McFaul. T. J. Rowe and J. J. Oeder. Resolutions adopted by the club Thursday declare that telephone rates in roruana . are exceedingly high compared with those l 1 nth.r .Itiea Thin 1-OTn - ciiarijow ii mi t tee is authorized to recommend a plan for municipal ownersnip oi a telephone system for the city. at r rniiin. T T. Kurlburt. Oerlesbv Young, J. D. Sherman and George Frasler were appointed by President Kellaher, to study the question of a municipal street railway for Portland, similar to that adopted In Seattle. The committee will confer with an engineer, select and recommend routes for a trunk line or lines in roruano, iook ing to the ultimate ownership of street linen , t., th. matter of a central ' union depot on the East Side U M. Lepper, G. 15. Welter, ill. r. jjuci?iui, v. a. in 1 . ... n .nl neorfA nilWOrth WCK flD- pointed to confer with the officials of both the rim ana narninnu iiucn. n.1 1 .. V. also la ntMlfltlnr to Start campaign for a commission form of -1... n.rnmsnt Btlli will TUt forward the Benbow charter, which was indorsed Thursday night. Borne cnanges win oe made in the charter as prepared before it is printed, and Mr. Benbow says that he will be glad to welcome any im provements that may be made. L. M. Lepper said yesterday that the charter will be gone over carefully, then printed and submitted for considera , tion to the improvement clubs with nii. I., thnc favorable tn its adon- ,in rir Hnn-v Tinne has consented to assist in the campaign for the com mission iorm. Game Refuge Is Created. ENTERPRISE, Or., Dec. 6. (Special.) A 3800-acre game refuge has been created on the Wade and Fltzpatrlck ranches near Lostine, Wallowa County. Notices informing all of the provisions of the law have Just been posted by W E. Leffel. Deputy uame warden, The refuge has been stocked with Chi nee nheasants. and many other va rieties of erame birds will be added in the Spring. In the Summer a similar refuge was created in several thousand acres tf farm land between Enterprise and Joseph. UUAY Aniiii r w i V7"OU are not yet twenty-one and , they won't let you vote, but they can't keep you from taking sides in the great presidential campaign. You like to talk politics and you ought to know about your government You can get all the facts told as interest ingly as a tale of adventure in "The American Government," by Frederic J. Haskin, a book being sold for the mere cost of production and handling. GIRLS S7"OU may be able to vote when you are twenty-one and you may not, but you are certain to have to pay your part of the taxes and you are just as good Americans as any boys on earth. You ought to know about your government and how Miss Columbia keeps house for Uncle Sam. It is your business to know. You ought to read this book. For particulars see the coupon printed elsewhere in this issue. CANADIANS ARE COMING THREE TRAESTiOADS TO REACH PORTLAND SOUTHBOUND. Lecturer for O.-W. R. & X. Returns From Publicity Campaign and Tells of Methods Adopted. Three special train excursions from Western Canada will be operated through Portland to California early in the new year as a direct result of the series of lectures conducted by John P. Clum, representing the O.-W. R. & N. Company and the Southern Pacific, who will complete his work in Northwest ern Washington early in the new year. W. F. Carson, advance agent for air. Clum, returned to Portland yesterday and reported to the passenger depart ment of the O.-W. R. & is. company that the course of the present tour In cludes 6 lectures in various cities and towns in the northern part of tne United States and in Southern and Southwestern Canada. In each city the largest available church was procured and invariably a capacity audience at tended. Travelers were recruited by the score. All displayed a keen inter est in Portland. Schedules for the California trains provide for liberal stopovers in Port land. While three trains will be op erated. the first on January 7, another on January 14 and the third on January 22 It Is probable that each of them will have to be run in two sections, as the demand for accommodations is so heavy. "The Canadian Pacific Railroad," an nounced Mr. Carson yesterday. Is pur suine- a publicity campaign to attract settlers to Western Canada that some of the railroads in this country mignt well adopt. They are sending lecturers to Europe and to various parts of the Eastern United States to snow mem what can be done on Canadian soil. Their statements axe vouched for by the Ottawa government. No falsifying is permitted and no get-rlch-quick real estate methods are tolerated. Canada is getting the pick of tne European immi srratlon "Although 137,000 American citizens crossed the line Into I'anaaa last year, MADAM ! IF YOU DON T FEEL TAKE DELICIOUS SYRUP OF FIGS." Waste-Clogged Bowels, Torpid Liver and Decaying Food in Stomach Cause the Sick Headache, lias, uacic ache, Sallowness, Biliousness and Indigestion. ; All women, get bilious, headachy and constipated simply because they don't exercise enough. They don't eat coarse food, or enough fruit and green vegetables. Those are nature's ways of keeping the liver and thirty feet of bowels active! but very few women employ them. The next best way is delightful, fruity Syrup of Figs. Nearly all ills of women can be overcome with ' Syrup of Figs alone. There is no need to have sick head ache, backache, dlzxlness, stomach sour and full of gases, bilious spells, sallow ness. coated tongue, bad breath, bad complexion, nervousness and depres sion. The surest and safest remedy Is one or two teaspoonfuls of delicious Syrup of Figs. Try this tonight tou'11 feel splendid in the morning Why Women tl. in.1. snvfofti cleenleccneac. and wurnmCft of pain find difrf i lie uiy k -' - . . i, j tress are sent by the nerves like flying messengers throughout eoay ana limbs. Such feelings may or may not be accompanied by bacKacne or headache or bearing down. The local disorders and inflammation, it Were 7. .i u k. trtnH ,ith rw pien-e' lotion Tablets. I nen the U till y, ftllUUlU M"U1 " "1" ' ..w V - - . , , nervous system and the entire womanly make-up feels the tonic eneci oi DR. PIERCE'S FAVORITE PRESCRIPTION when taken systematically and for any period of time. It is not acuret-all," but has given uniform satisfaction for over forty years, being designed for tlx tutglm purpose or curing woman's Sold in liquid form or tablets by druggists or send 50 one-cent stamps for a box of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription Tablets. Ad. Dr. R.V. Pierce, Buffalo, N.Y. there is a prevailing sentiment among all such to return to the states. " -When we have made our pile, we re going back home," more than one for mer American now residing temporarily in Canada Informed me. "They are not trying to take people away from Oregon and Washington in order to populate uanaaa. n" m i -- nnAn.tatinff with these aisn peupio 0.10 i n n -. a . states in populating the entire North west," i Organ for Auditorium Urged. The professional music teachers' club has adopted resolutions -urging that In plans for the municipal auditorium the commission should make every effort to arrange for the installation of a piper nKn-nn "Th. inataiiation of such an in strument is of paramount importance," aeciares tne resuiunun, .nu no that the commission will use every ef- ...... n nrevent 1 1 . omission from tllO scheme of the auditorium." Members of the club, wnose signatures-appear the resolution, are: Harold Bayley, W. R. Boone. W. H. Boyer. Mose Christian sen, Carl Denton, F. Elchenlaub, Emll Enna, J. R. Fargo, F. W. Goodrich, W. W. Graham, James Hutchison, George Jeffrey, Gifford Nash. J. C. Montelth, C. D. Raff, J. M. Robarts, H. A. Webber. VT. M. Wilder, and Daniel Wilson. INSIST ON MUNYON'S Rheumatism Remedy IT WILL CURE I want every chronic rheumatic to throw away all medicines, all liniments, all plasters, and glv MUNYON'S RHEUMATISM REMEDY a trial. No matter what your doctor may say, no matter what your friends may say, no matter how prejudiced you may be against all advertised remedies, go at once to your druggist and get a bottle of the RHEUMATISM REMEDY. If It fails to give satisfaction, I will refund your money. Munyon. Remember this remedy contains no salicylic acid, no opium, cocaine, mor phine or other harmful drugs. For sale by all druggists. Price 25o. when the seur bile, clegged-up waste, and poisonous matter have been gently but thoroughly moved on and out of your system, without nausea, griping or weakness. Your head will be clear.' complexion rosy, breath sweet, atomach regulated; no more constipation, gases, pains and aches. It U simply a matter of keeping your stomach, liver and bowels clean and regular. Then you will always toe well always look and feel your best. But get the genuine the old reli able. Ask your druggist for "Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna." Refuse, with contempt, the so-called Fig Syrups sometimes substituted to fool you. The true, genuine, bears the name Cali fornia Fig Syrup Company; look for thl on the label. Have Nerves peculiar amn""- m -3 Emrv tooman oufhi Is motet Th ( 1 i1 Pcmttiei Common 5-nai MUlcal J J ?Zrh R.V. Pkrto, M.D. 1008 i' pogu. if snsspos eu-Hofis of MX i (I Ttocln mothen to to cm frt thdl , I children mni Ihemthm. It t the emei- ( I tenev doctor In lour own home. Send ( '