TITE MORNING OREGONIAX, WEDNESDAY, JULY 2. 1919. 22 VESTERIM SHIPYARD OUTLOOK BRIGHTER, Congress Will Make $356,- 000,000 Available. COAST ASSURED OF SHARE j:rintatcmcnls and Further Con tracts tpot-icI and Cncmploj. DKTit rroblcro Counted Solved. t OCFOnNIAX SEWS BlT.nAf, Wmsh- I fnsrion. July I. representatives of Pi- rific roaal hlptuilder were pleased with the final agreement of the nenate ! and houw today for an appropriation of 1 35. 000. 000 tor the shipbuilding pro- J While this amount Is a reduction of f 131.000 .no from the amount allowed ' oncinally by the senate. It raises the nnmnrltilin by J80.COO.000. an.wer to a Question on the floor of ' the houre today Chairman Good, of the pnuse appropriations committee, grave the assurance that additional funds will be cranied to complete the programme when needed. Mere taBaaloaa t allkely. Harrison S. Robinson, of San Fran eico. representing the Pacific Coast Shipbuilders, rave out a statement to- . i . hi in which he said: The passage of the shipping board soorooriation by the house of represent ..tuea today Is particularly trratlfylnc .. the supporters of the shipbuilding industry on the Pacific coast for three reason: Klrst. conaresa has formally approved the minimum programme of he shipping board, which calls for the einenditura during the year wnicn commences today of 1704.800.000. This means that there Is no dancer or any further suspensions or cancellations by reason of lack of funds. Relsjalateaseata Are F.apeetea. "Second, the shipplna; board Is now In a position to co forward with the .naktnr of substantial reinstatements t suspended contracts in those cases where, as Chairman Hurley has ex pressed it. Injustice was done by the original order of suspension. Tha mat :rr of these reinstatements necessarily hm been held up until the shipplnc board could be advised as to funds which would be available. "In his testimony before the house ap propriations committee. Mr. Rosslter. director of operations of the shipping hoard, testified that the suspensions made on the Pacific coast early In this year were 'rather ruthless, and ln-Hi-r.trd his entire sympathy with and r-.t-nton to supnort a reasonable pol icy of reinstatements. More faafraeta Premised. "Third, congress has heard with ap proval statements of the Intention of the shipping hoard to build additional I irse ships of from 12.000 to 15.000 tons deads eicht capacity up to a total cost of $I00.w00.ooo. provided funds for the lurpose can be obtained from the sale of a number of the smaller vessels. The appropriation bill carries an au thorisation permitting the shipping board to contract for new vessels up to a total of $100,000,000. It is certain that many of the con traits for these ships will go to the highly efficient Pacific coast yards, which produced during the period of rational emergency more than 50 per rrnt of all the steel tonnage delivered to the government. 9ale Kaaae Are Available. In Its tequest for a total appropria tion of I704.UOO.OOO the shipping board asked for new monies to the extent of 11.000.000. undertaking to raise $213, eou.OO from balancea of old appropria tions and from cash receipts during the ear realised from the sale of ships. The original exaction of the house was to cut the new appropriation from 1 lsl.000.000 to :i5.000.0o0. The senate restored tne figure to $491. 000.000. "The final Joint action of both bouses of congress provides $.li.000.000 In new monies. This figure was adopted be cause of the belief by some members of congress that the shipping board could raise a larger amount from the sale of shipa and could use for the purpose of ahlp conatruction larger sums from ex isting funds than the board Itself had estimated. the harbor shortly before noon yester day in an endeavor to "make out' strange-appearing sternwheeler that nosed her way upstream, the sides of her lower house, from the steps for ward aft to the engine room, being gone, and in their place were railings and wire netting. It was the steamer Tahoma. until recently operated by the Peoples' Transportation company, be tween Portland and The Dalle, but which was sold to the McCormick in terests to be used as a towboat at their St. Helens mills and the plant of the St. Helens Shipbuilding company. The original tonnage of the vessel was 14 and by removing the sides of the lower house it was reduced to less than 100 tons, which gives her the ap Dearance of a small Mississippi river packet, and her maindeck is cool, while as she is engaged in towing her crew of licensed officers Is reduced by the elimination of a mate. The steamers Cowlitz and Hustler were changed much the same manner some time ago. BOILER IS BCILT EACH DAY Willamette Iron Works Sets Record in June. Finishing 13 Scotch marine boilers in IS working days, accomplishing the mark aet of "a boiler a day," the Wil lamette Iron & Steel works' crew of boilermakers yesterday felt their June record would entitle them to an easy lead over all other boiler shops in ine Cnited States. In February they tested IS boilers In S4 working days, but the Jim mark is the banner. Th ahowlnir Is about three times as much as was being accomplished during the early days of .the war construction there. As yet the boiler shop ia being kept going at a gooa cup wun nine change In the force, though the em nives in all denartments number about 1200. whereas during the peak of boiler work and ship fitting out tnere me oisl number of workers was about JOOO. ASTORIA SHIPMENTS LARGE Jane Lumber Clearances Amount lo 23 Hood Cargoes. ASTORIA. Or.. July 1. (Special.) The lumber shipments by water from tha Columbia river during me monin of June were fairly large. Statistics compiled by ueputy col lector Haddix enow that during tne month 21 vessels loaded at the mills In the lower Columbia river district and the combined cargoes amoumea to 17.si.5S feet of lumber, fcignteen vessels laden with ll.J9.000 feet went to California ooints. two carried 2.450.- 42 feet and went to the Atlantic sea board and three laden with 1.899.B2S feet are en route to foreign ports. In the same period 11.4-8.&iu ieei were loaded at the mills in the upper river district, making a grand total of 29.417.62S feet of lumber that left the Columbia river In cargoes during the month of June. TOPEKA'S SCHEDULE A D V AX CED Steamer to Make Round Trip Every Ten Days. On the arrival of the Admiral line steamer City of Topeka here tomorrow she will be on the first voyage under a new schedule, which provides for a round trip every ten days, the former running time having been snortenea two days. The change means the ves sel will be dispatched on the return voyage tho night of July 4. She serves Marshfield and Eureka on ner way oe tween Portland and San Francisco and It Is said the shortened time will not allow lengthy visits a: either port. The steamer Aureiia, wnicn is usea i an exclusive freight vessel on the same route, will ply as before. 1 he City of Topeka'a schedule was ad vanced largely to accommodate passen gers during the summer season. FIR TIES LIKED IN EAST 5.000.000 FEET OP MATERIAL SEXT TO ATLANTIC. Tl y Astoria Port Improvements Awarded to Foundation Co. SUCCESSFUL BID $815,000 Dock Measures 152 0 Feet in Length and With Warehouse Requires Huge Amount of Materials. ASTORIA. Or., July 1. (Special.) The Port of Astoria today awarded a contract to the Foundation company of Portland for the construction of pier No. 3 and warehouse at the port termi nals, the prica being $815,491.50. The other bids submitted were: Portland Bridge Building company. $931,617.25; Porter Bros.. IS17.7S0.62; Harrington Peters company, $999,866.60. The J. A. McKachern company offered to do the work on a cost plus basts at 7V4 per cent. A. Guthrie & Co., also bid on a cost plus basis ranging at 5 per cent, offering also to rent equip ment at S per cent. Kprinkler System Provided. In addition to the contract the port is to install a sprinkler system esti mated at $25,000; furnish the cement at $19,120: electric wiring $7000; railroad trackage $14,227. and sand fill . esti mated at $100,000. There will be approximately 3,000,000 feet of lumber used in the job. with 366,660 lineal feet of piling varying in lengths from 40 to 95 feet; 670.0UO feet of lagging; 336,000 feet of sheet piling; 48.000 feet of whaling strips; 11.000 cubic yards of riprap; 392.000 feet of bracing; 35,000 pounds of wire spikes; 31,000 boat spikes; 34,250 mal leable washers. Saea 130 Feet Long. The pier will have a frontage of ir.86.52 on slip 2 and 535.33 feet on the pier head line and a frontage of 1760.18 feet on slip 3. The freight shed is to be 160x1520 feet long, with reinforced concrete walls and frame trussed roof. BOILERS PUT INTO SHIP rXIOX OIL STEAMER OLECM SOOX TO BE SERVICEABLE. 18 Vessels Already Take Cargoes and Seven More Will Sail Dur ing the Present Month. Farther Aid la Am a red. "However, the amount of new money today appropriated by congress Is not the principal factor in the situation, fur the reason that the appropriation mas made with the expressed under standing, stated on the floor of the bouse, that if the new monies, amount ing to $J5.oo.Ovo. voted today shall prove Insufficient, then congress will make up during the fiscal year any such deficiency, so that a total of $704. i'i. 00i will be actually available for the use of the shipping board during the year. "When the reinstatements to which I lie Pacific coast yards obviously are entitled shall have been made all dan ger of uneniplo ment during the win ter in the shipyards of California. Ore son and Washington will disappear." MIIPYARDS TO HAVE HOLIDAY biandifrr Plants to Remain Idle Saturday After Fourth of July. VAXCOCVKR. Wash.. July 1. Spe rial.t The StanUifer shipyards will be closed all day Saturday following the Kourth. according to a statement Issued from the yards today. This will give the employes of the yard a three.&ay holi dav. The bankers of this city today re edited a letter from Governor Hart slating that he had proclaimed the morning of Saturday, July 5. a legal l.o'tday. This will have the effect of Kivlng the bankers and all others In tne habit of taking a half holiday en Saturdays a full day's respite from busi ness cares and labor on that day. There appears to be some doubt as to whether county offices can close up for an entire day. ROSE CITY OtT FOR REPAIRS other Ships lo Brine Cargo Remain Ins a San Francisco. Cargo remaining at San Francisco Use week, when the liner Rose City was withdrawn from the run to under go repairs, is to be sent here on other vessels, the first lot being due to move In a few days aboard the steamer Provtdencia. which plies between Pa cific coast ports and Mexico. A second steamer is being arranged for to load the remaining portion of the cargo there. A new cylinder head Is being cast for the Rose City, that having been or dered the latter pari of the month to tep'.ace one damaged on the way here. The vessel should be In service again uixut July li. though the exact date has not been fined. blue's APPEARANCE STR.IXCE fculcs of Lower House of Steamer Tahoma Removed. There a straining of eyes along With the sailing of the steamer Fort Scott today there will have been 18 of the new wood steamer fleet dispatched o the Atlantic coast with ties for tne United States Railroad administration, approximately 25.000.000 feet of the material having been floated, which Is one-half of the order placed with the Charles R. McCormick company. Assignments of new vessels insures the 25th cargo being loaded this month, and if vessels can be made available as rapidly as needed, the last of the ties should be on the way east the early part of September. Reports from eastern railroads are that fir ties have made a favorable impression, even among those railroad ers who have clung to southern pine material for years. Also, the fact they have been delivered In large quanti ties and the Inspection before loading was such that no ties are being con demned on arrival, is adding to the reputation being built up for fir. Three new ships were assigned yes terday, the Fort Seward to the Pacific Steamship company, and the Alector and Aimwell to the Columbia Pacific Shipping company. The Braeburn. which the Pacific Steamship company is to operate, will be ready shortly, as she goes on her n-nour sea trial today. Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND. July 1. Sailed at 5 P. M. 5 1 earner Fort Pill, from St. Helens for United Klnrdom. Arrived it P. M. Steamer W. F. Herria. from Gaviota. ASTORIA. July 1. Arrived at S A. M. Tug Hercules, from San Francisco. Arrived at 3 and left up at 4 A. M Steamer W. F. Herri n. from Gaviota XEW ToBK. Ja-r 1. Arrived yesterday Steamer est Wuechee. from Portland. FAX FRANCISCO. July 1. Arrived Steamers Manoa. from Honolulu: TJIkem bang. from Faiboa. Sailed bteamer Ad miral Farrafut. for Seattle. SAN PEDRO. July 1. Arrived yesterday Steamer Tiverton, from Columbia river. TACOMA, July 1. Arrived yesterday Steamer U.rndon. from Portland lor Hono lulu. SAN FRANCISCO. July 1 S.lled at 8 A. M bteamer k.tmilh. for Port. and. VLADIVOSTOK. Jam 51. Arrived Mun- casler Castle, from New York via Victoria. SHANGHAI. June 21 ArriveJ Astral. from Ssn Francisco: Cadretta. from ban rranciaco; Chlcafo .Maru. from Ticonj. sSATTLC Wash.. July 1 Arrived Steamers Preiid-nt. from fcn Dicg;o; May- fair. Irom sm rvarcisco; lny oi ocaiue. from southeast Alaska. Sailed steamers Admiral newer, lor san Diego; Redondo. for southeast Alaska- Tides at Astoria Wednesday. Hull. Low. :M A. M....7.S feetill:2 A. M....00 foot i;3o r. M. . . .S.O feet, 0:01 P. M 2.1 feet Columbia River Bar Report. NORTH HEAD. July 1. Condition of the bar at i P. 34. Sea smooth; wind northwest, 30 miles. Casual Transport Arrives. NEW TORK. July 1. The transport Relvidere arrived here today from Plymouth with 1S13 troops, all scat tered casuals, except eight officers and 340 men comprising the 213th and 2SSth military police companies. Read The Oregonian classified ads. Willamette Iron Works Making Speedy Work of Extensive Repairs on Former Government Dredge. First of the three big Scotch marine boilers built for the Union OH com pany's tanker Oleum went into place at the plant of the "Willamette Iron & Steel Works yesterday, and the others will follow in short order, and so con fident is A. O. Pegg, superintending engineer for the oil corporation, that the $123,000 job outlined is to be fin ished on Time that he has fixed July 21 as the date of the trial trip. The Oleum reached the plant a week ago yesterday. Her old boilers, which had been In the ship since her con struction in 1900, had to be removed. Preliminary to that a strip of the steel deck, alongside the after hatch was cut away, then the boiler fasten ings released and a number of other smaller Jobs undertaken, but Thursday the first of the old boilers was hoisted by the sheerlegs. The fact the first went into place prompted Mr. Pegg to remark yesterday that the force at the Willamette "went at the Job as thougn they had been repairing ships always. The Oleum was originally the United States dredge Thomas, having been built for work on Ambrose channel, at New York, being laid up at the comple tion of the original project It was about nine years ago that the Union Oil company purchased her. removing the pumps and dredging gear and con verting her Into a tanker for the Cali fornia-Columbia river trade, fehe has a capacity of 44,000 barrels and plies here with the Washtenaw and Argyll. The new boilers have a diameter of 14.9 feet, while the old ones were 13.6 feet, so the former are the same as the government is installing in the 8800 ton steamers building here. In addi tion to new boilers she is to have new breeching, new casings, new stack, also the engines are to be overhauled, the condensor retubed and overhauled. while she will be drydocked for clean ing and repainting the hull. SEATTLE DRIVER KILLED MURDERERS COMMIT 7 SIMILAR CRIMES IX 18 MONTHS. Thomas Ryan Found Shot Through Head in River and Car Re covered Xear Olympia. SEATTLE. Wash.. July 1. (Special.) Thomas Ryan, rent car driver, whose body was found in the Duwamish river Monday, was the seventh automobile driver to fall a victim to murderers in IS months in the vicinity of Seattle. Robbery, it is now believed, was not the motive for the murder. Ryan was shot twioe in the back of the head, evdently by a passenger that he is known to have started from Seattle with for Tacoma. The passenger stated, according to Domlnick Scozza fava. a fruit dealer, who was present when the man secured the car, that he wanted to pick a woman up a few blocks distant. The finding of the automobile driven by Ryan and which was taken by the murderer on the Olympic highway, near Olympia, has changed the base of op erations of officers seeking the mur derer to Thurston county. Deputies from King county and detectives from Seattle went there today to work on the case in the hope of picking up Information. According to Scozzafava, Ryan did not carry a purse. Nearly $10 was found in one of Ryan s pockets. Local police are checking Ryan's movements. He is known to have had money in a safety deposit vault, and this was found intact by the coroner today. Pacific Coast Shipping Notes. ASTORIA. Or.. July 1. (Special.) The tuc Hercules arrived at 2 o'clock this morn ins from San Francisco and sailed at fi:a0 this afternoon for San Diego with a Benson loir raft In tow. she was assisted across the bar by the tuc Wallula. The emergency steamer Alectro returned at 3:10 this afternoon from her "4-hour trial trip at sea and proceeded to Portland. The steamer ftenzonia. laden with lumber and ties from ISrays Harbor, sailed at 5:15 this afternoon for Kurope. after taking on fuel and completing her crew here. The steamer Boykln, with lumber and ties from West port for the Atlantic coast, started for sea at 6 o'clock this evening sfter tak ing on fuel at the port dock. The steam schooner Santiam arrived at DIDN'T HM WELL DAY lil 21 YEARS INIrs. Davis Says Smothering Spells and Other Troubles End When Tanlac Re lieves Indigestion. "Tanlac has piven me just what I have been looking- for now for 21 lone years," says Mrs. J. W. Davis, who lives at Spokane Bridge, Wash. "I just cant begin to tell you all T have suffered she continued, "and when I look back over all those long years I wonder how I managed to live through It all. I suffered terribly from indigestion every time I ate anything, for my stomach was in such bad condi tion that my food just seemed to form into a lump. This undigested, sour food would cause gas to form so bad that it was simply out of the question for me to get a good breath. Then there were times when I would become nauseated after eating and couldn't retain my food. I had headaches, too. and oh! when one of those awful spells of sick headache came on me I would just suf fer death, almost. Then I got to where I couldn't sleep very well, for almost as soon as I got settled in bed I would commence to have smothering spells. Now all this suffering kept up day after day for 21 years, and I had reached the point where I was about past going. 'I saw Tanlac advertised then, and I commenced taking it right away, and to my surprise I began to improve before I had finished my first bottle. I have been improving ever since, too, and I am now enjoying as good health as I ever did. I have a splendid appetite and thoroughly enjoy my meals, and everything I eat agrees with me per- I fectly. 1 never have indigestion or any j kind of stomach troubles now, and have j gained so much strength and energy that I can do all my housework with I perfect ease. And those terrible head- aches they have left me, too, and that : alone Is enough to make me praise Tan- i lac as long as I live. I don t have those - smothering spells any more, and I sleep just fine every night. When I get up in the morning now I feel so rested and refreshed, and that tiled, worn-out feel ing has left me entirely. I know there is not another medicine in the world that equals Tanlac, and I never lose an opportunity to tell others about the great good it has done me." Tanlac is sold in Portland by the Owl Drug Company. Adv. ) 3:30 this afternoon from San Diego and will i load lumber at the Hammond mill and ; KnaDDton. The atcamer Kankakee, lumber laden, from St. Helens for the United Kingdom, Is taking on fuel at tho port dock and will sail tomorrow. The tank steamer Argyl, with fuel oil for Astoria and Portland, will be due about mid night from California. The lighthouse tender Manzanfta arrived at 10:30 today from Puget sound. SEATTLE. July 1. (Special.) With 2000 tons of oriental oils and 3000 tons of general cargo, the steamship Genchu Maru, of Suzuki & Co., Is due in port tomorrow from Dalny Manchuria and other oriental ports. Captain James S, Gibson, veteran Seattle shipping man, who left Seattle recently for Savannah, Ga., to go with a party of New York and San Francisco business men on a cruise in the schooner yacht Invader, is on his way from Panama to Honolulu, accord ing to word received in Seattle today. Cap tain Gibson informed business associates in Seattle by wireless that he probably would go direct from Honolulu to Victoria and Vancouver. B. C, instead of making the cruice in the yacht from Honolulu to San Francisco. The Invader Is owned by John Baraeson, president of the General Petro leum company. Completing a voyage of seven days and six hours from Nome, one of the fastest che has made In resent years, the Alaska Steamship company's liner Victoria, Captain Fred Warner, arrived In Seattle at 6 o'clock last night. clal.) The steamer Svea arrived this morn ing and Is loading at Wilson Bros.' mill for California points. The emergency fleet steamer Fort Snelllng cleared today from the Blagen mill for West Hartlepool, England, with a cargo of 2,305,- uoo xeet or lumber. The steamer Daisy Freeman cleared today rrom the Anaerson-xiddieton mix lor Call fornia ports. A total of 30 lumber carriers cleared Gravs Harbor during June for coastwise and for eign ports. SAN FRANCISCO, Ca!., July 1. (Special.) The Matson liner Manoa arrived from Honolulu today filled to capacity with pas sengers and island cargo. w. R. Grace & Co.. a (rents for the John son line, announce the return of the Swedish motorships to this port and a monthly serv ice between here ana Scandinavian ports. Six vessels will be placed in the service. The Dutch steamer Tjikembane, bound for the orient from New York, put in here early today for fuel. The hospital ship Comfort, which arrived late last night from Charlestown, S. C, the first mercy ship under the Stars and Stripes to bring convalescent warriors to this port since the days of the Spanish war, steamed to JUare island today for an overhauling. The Comfort Is the vanguard of the Pacific fleet and will be retained on this coast. The Comfort, which has a capacity of 400 beds. maae tne trip to Ban Francisco in 1 days. She had on board 135 convalescent sailors nd marines, most of them Pacific coast men. Coming from the Newfoundland banks to work on the coast the steam whalers Hawk and Port Saunders arrived here today. Both are modern vessels of steel construction. SALE OF SURPLUS MATERIALS A real opportunity to buy new materials at a considerable saving. These materials are for sale at prices below cost, and include the following: Mild Steel Bars and Billets Flats, Squares and Rounds TOOL STEELS Carbon and High Speed PIPE Iron Steel, Black, Galvanized STEEL PLATES Marine, Tank, Flange BOILER TUBES Lap-Welded Steel Pipe Fittings and Valves Rivets, Bolts, Screws, Studs, Nuts Drills, Taps, Reamers, Dies New stock bst ready for distribu tion June 21st. Mailed on request. Address communications to Atten tion S. F. Woodbury, Purchasing Agent WILLAMETTE IRON & STEEL WORKS PORTLAND. OR. TACOMA. Wash.. July l. The steamer Glyndon. built at Portland, loading here tor Honolulu, will finish taking car.ro here tomorrow evening, it is expected, and shift to Seattle to complete the cargo. The atam- nas aooux tvu ions oi ireitrnt out xrom Tacoma this voyage. it is expected that tne Todd DryaocK &. Construction corporation yards here will ave two launchi.ics this month. Plans nre now under way to put two vessels in- the water. These vasrels are of 7500 tons each. It is bolieved that undor arrangements be ing made with the shipping board all the contracts awarded this company by the board will be completed. Twelve vessels were srspended last winter. The reoort lor tne i.scai year or unitea States Tea Examiner Kenton of this dis trict shows thtit this district ld all ex- a mint nr. ports in the United States. For the year 46.060,623 pounds of tea were exam ined, or an increase or more man ouu.uuu pounds over last year. Captain uuptii'. oi mo sieamsnip cenaior f the Pacific Steamship company will not make the trip north this trip, but will re main at his home on Bain bridge Island for a lnnr-nedtd vacation. Captain Charles G. Hansen will make the ship north for this trip The Darga commoaore toaaea a cargo oi empty oil drums at tee isortnern faciric rrientat dock Monday and moved lo Seattle. where this cargo will be put aboard the trimshln Senator fcr the trio north. The strikinr coppersmitns oi tne uoaa hlpyaraS have gone dbck to wont aner d inr out two weeks. The experts were ret ting $7.50 a day and wanted $0. the scale which Seattle men were getting. A com- nrnmlM was reached at a raise of ft a day. There are less th3n a score of coppersmiths and helpers working at Todd's, this being the smallest union cf the memi iraacs. Marine Notes. Further examination of the forward part of the hull of the steel steamer west Har lan indicates the damage is more serious than was first supposed, and It is felt most of her cargo will have to be discharged and the vessel drydocked. A diver has reported that extending downward from the 10-foot mark the stem is badly damaged and plates buckled aft from there several feet. The forefoot also suffered from the impact with rocks below Skamokawa, where she struck early Friday morning, when her steering gear failed. The steamer Graham ona. of the Tellow Stack line, which struck a rock on the Snake river a week ago. arrived yesterday and berthed at the East Washington-street terminal. A soft patch was applied so the vessel could make port under her own power. Immediately after the accident the vessel was beached and her passengers sent here by railroad. The steamer Phyllis of the E. K. Wood Lumber company fleet built at Aberdeen In 1917, came Into the harbor shortly before noon yesterday with cement, asphalt and reneral merchandise from San Francisco. She discharged at Couch-street dock. The steamer Fort Scott proceeded rrom the Peninsula mill to Rainier last night, to fin ish her tie cargo. The steamer Ernest H. Meyer loaded three boilers for San Francisco at the plant of the Columbia River Shipbuilding corporation yes terday and proceeded to Wauna to work the last of her lumber cargo. The steamer Fort Sill left St. Helens for Astoria yesterday morning, the last or ner tie cargo being stowed. The steamer Kangl moved from Portland to St. Helens to start her cargo of railroad material. " The steamer Kokomo, which is to take on ties for the United Kingdom, shifts from the Grant Smith-Porter yard to the Dubois mill, at Vancouver, today and after loading 00, 000 feet goes to Prescott to finish. The steamer Bushrod is to depart from here this morning for Grays Harbor, where a shipment of ties is ready tor her to take aboard. H. Devine, a well-known deepwater stew ard, who left Portland aboard the 9500-ton steamer Cokesit, turned out by the G. M. Standi rer Construction corporation, has writ ten Harry Montgomery, shipping commis sioner at the custom house, that the vessel reported here June 26 after a satisfactory voyage. The steamer West Quechee, one of the 8800-ton coterie tne uoiumum Shipbuilding corporation delivered, reported at New Tork from Portland yesterday after a voyage of 28 days. The steamer Clackamas, one or the turbine driven wood ships the Peninsula Shipbuild ing company is producing, was up for her initial inspection yesterday and today United States Steam Vessel Inspectors Edwards and Wynn have ordered the Aimwell and Butte j to be gone over, at the G. M. Standifer Con- struction corporation's Vancouver wood j plant. ' i A. R. Hunt of Seattle, inspector for the division of construction and repairs of the shipping board, was in the city yesterday in connection with changes in the organization ordered the latter part of June. Fred Smith, port engineer under C. D. Kennedy- of the division of operation, becomes assistant to Mr. Hunt, W. H. Rober is port engineer nu Captain E. P. Bartlett port captain. STREET CAR SEEMS PEEVED THING LIGHT AT YARDS HOGS COXTIXCE FIRM WITH GOOD DEMAND. Cattle Are Weak and Slow Sheop Are Easier, but Lambs Hold Steady. Eleven loads of stock reached the yards yesterday and business was on a rather liffht scale. Hogs continued firm, with $20.00 quoted as the top. There was no improve ment in tho cattle division. The undertone of the Bheep market was also weak. Receipts were 199 cattle, 7 calves, 269 hogs and 596 sheep. The day s sales were as iowow.. vt. fnce 2 steers. 670 $ 8.50 4 steers. 1000 8. 12 steers. 948 2 steers. 810 2 cows.. 800 2 cows.. 1120 830 7.401 7.40 7.00 1 cow... 16 cows. . 10 mixed. 2 hogs.. 6 hogs.. 3 hops . . 5 hogs.. 9 hogs.. 45 hofs.. 3 hogs.. 3 hogs..' 609 9S9 2H5 1S5 177 220 155 250 13 7.001 7.65 20.20. 20.30 20.50 20.50 20.O0 20Ji0 20.50 20.501 Wt. Price. g hogs... 221 $20.35 1 hoc... 230 19.50 4 hogs... 217 14 hogs. .. l(j 20 yearl.. 114 A cows.. .1050 3 cows... 870 1 bull.. -is" 1 buli...l010 1 bull... 1100 8 hogs.. . 4 hogs. . . 12 hogs... 1 hos 3 lambs. 13 lambs.. 15 200 140 66 SO 0.60 20.00 8 25 6 511 7.00 7.50 6.00 7.50 20.60 20.50 20 50 18.00 10.00 13.00 rainfall since September 1. 1D1S. 41.10 inchi-s; normal rainfall since September 1, 4:;.:s Inches; deficiency of rainfall since Septem ber 1, IMS, 2.8S Inches. Sunrise, 8:24 A. M. ; sunset. 9:05 P. M. : total sunshine, 15 hours 21 minutes: possible sunshine. 15 hours 21 minutes. Moonrlse. 10:05 A. M.; monnsel, 11:03 P. M. Barometer (reduced sea level 1. 5 P. M., 29.92 Inches; relative humidily at noon, 43 per cent. THE WEATHER. STATIONS. Vnhirlp Leaves Kails and Bunts Automobile to Sidewalk. Exactly as though imbued with a grudge of lang standing, a Brooklyn street car left the rails at the corner of Yamhill and First streets late yes terday, deliberately trundled across the street and tossed a contented little delivery car of popular make onto the sidewalk in front of the Lilly seed store. "That's a dirty trick when a car nas to leave the rails to 'get' a Ford," com mented one of the first arrivals at the scene. The machine belonged to tne -acnic Oyster company and h,. I'apaynaKos, head of the concern, had only a minute before parked it while he entered a nearby store. Loss of a tire and slightly ben frame were the only dam ages sustained by1 the machine. The street car was pulled back on the rails in a few minutes and traffic resumed its normal course. AUDITOR ASKED TO REPORT Alleged Inefficiency by City Em ployes Requested. Citv Auditor Funk was yesterday re quested to furnish a complete report in connection with nis cnarges 01 in efficiency in city departments which has resulted in the double payment of bills and also to present recommenda tions which will tend to correct the alleged evil. According to Aumtor runK, aiiegea carelessness on the part of city em ployes has resulted in the loss of hun dreds of dollars to the city and that more than $1000 have been returned to the city by firms of the city which prove his charges of lack of system. Mayor Baker has called upon Audi tor Funk, as the principal auditing of ficial of the city to devise some system which can be adopted and which will avoid, as far as possible, duplication of the mistakes. CHERRY SHIPMENTS LARGE The Dalles Growers Get Good Price for Fancy Fruit. THE DALLES, July 2. (Special.) This city will ship more cherries to all parts of the United States this season than it has sent out in tne past several years, according to fruit growers in Wasco county. Approximately 15 tons of cherries will have been shipped when the season ends the Jatter part of this week. The Cherry Growers' association, a newly formed organization composed of many growers in all parts of the county, will be the largest individual shipper, more than 500 tons being han dled by this concern alone. Growers are receiving a good price for their fancy fruit. A combination watch and cigar cut ter Is a new novelty just brought out for the man's pocket. . 1. . A fnllOWB! Good to choice steers 10-50 Medium to choice steers 12'222 2-2 Fair to good steers S liS 2'iJ Common !o fair steers 7.75 W 8.7 Good to choice cows, heifers... 8.000 9.00 Medium to good cows, heifers... 6.50 7. 50 Fair to medium cows, heifers... 4-50 5 50 Canners J 00 Bulls 6.00 T.50 Calves .0018.0 Etockers and feeders 7.00910.0 PrimfliiiTed ln2r,2?J? Medium mixed XS JS 55 Rough heavies i?S?S?'I0 Pigs 17.25 17.50 Sheep Prime aprlngr lamba lt.5013.5 Pair to medium lambs K.00 10.00 Yearlings 00 8 50 Wethers e.OOigl 8.50 Ewe's 6.00 8.00 Chicago Livestock Market. CHICAGO, Julv 1. Hogs Receipts 33.000, active, 3040c higher than yesterday's gen eral trade. Top $21.75, new record: bulk $2121.65; heavyweight $21.1521.60; me diumweight, $2121.85; lightweight $21 21.75; light light, $19.2521.40; heavy pack ing sows, smooth, $20.4021; packing sows, rough. $19.2520.25; pigs, $1819.25. rrattlfe ReceintB 14.000. unsettled. Beef steers, medium and heavyweight, choice and prime, $14.5015.50; medium ana gooa. J12.35 14.60; common, $1112.40; light weight, good and choice, 13.5015; common and medium, $10 13.50; butcher cattle, heif ers, $7.7513.50; cows, $7.40 g 12.25; canners nnd cutters, $67.40; veal calves, light and handyweight, $17.2518.o; leeaers, steers, $9 2512.75; etocker steers, !-. Sheep Receipts 14.000, firm. Lambs, top $17 75, culls and common, $8.5014.50; year ling wethers. $10.2514; ewes, medium, good and choice, $6.508.75; culls and common, $2.506. Omaha Livestock Market. OMAHA. July 1. (U. S. Bureau of Mar kets.) Hogs Receipts l'J.wiu: zdipuc msn- er. TOP $21.l:U; DUIK f-V.oafflJ-w.ffu, .,ivht "f. 7553121: medium weight, $20.80 21.20; lightweight. $20.85 21.20;heavy pack- ine sows, smooin, iu.utf.,.1,, iv...B rnuirh. $20.25 020.60; pigs, $1.501. rattle ReeelDts OOUO. active, bu) iu strong. Beef steers, meaium aim .., weight choice and prime. $13.2514.75; me h .mil all. 250113.50: common. $10.25-511.50: lightweight, good and choice. $12 5014.50; common and meaium, ,i. k.,;, ttle. heifers. $7.60ffll2.75; cows, $7.25(11.75; canners and cutters, $o.50 ffl7"5- veaf calves, light and handyweight. $13'5015: feeder steers. $1013.25; stocker steers. $812. . . , . c QAna(nt 17.500. strong to higher. Lamba, 84 pounds down. $1415.50; culls and common. $i0fi'lS: yearling wetherr. $11.2513.25; ewes, meaium ino .-uu.i.c, 7; culls and common, $3 6. Seattle Livestock Market. SEATTLE. July 1. Hogs Receipts. 1059; strong. Prime. $2121.25; medium to choice, $20.7521; rough heavies, $18.75 19.25; Pigs. $18.75019.73. TT.r.ints. 437: unsteady. Best steers, $1011; medium to choice, $910; onTTimnn to aood. $68: best cows and heifers, $89; common to good, $57.50; bulls, $57.50; calves. $714- Baker Boise Boston Calgary Chicago Denver Des Moiues . . Eureka Galveston . . . Helena tJuneau . Kansas City . I.os Angeles. Marshfleld ., Med ford Minneapolis . New Orleans. New York North Head.. North Yakima. Phoenix Pocatello Portland Roseburg Sacramento . . St. Louis Salt Lake San Diego . . . San Francisco. Seattle "Sitka Spokane Tacoma Tatoosh Island tValdel Walla Walla.. Washington . . Winnipeg .... 4SI 74!0.0n..!NWU.'loudy 561 fwn.OAi. . XW Clear 601 noio.ool. .nw cloudy 441 02,0.oo. . IB Cloudy 70 84 0.00 .. NE Clear 66 8s)o.oo . .w Icioudy no u. 00(10 s w Clear Weather. lOlN 12, SB ..Iw s 50 0.00 84 0. 001 8S0.O0 l.'.4!0.00 S!0.flO!14'SE 56) 74 O.0OI..ISW 4S 6410.001. ,NW . . 84'O.OD 12INW 63 nnio.mi'20 s 74! SH O.OOt. JSF. Clear Clear Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Clear 1't. cloudy Clear Clear 5s 8SI0.0OI10 N W'Pt. cloudy !ii0.oo;3o:xw 8410.0(1 . . W IIS O.OO . . IN W 92 0.00I14ISW 7610. 001. .IN W HO'O.OO . . NW 80'O.OOlMIS ooio.nono's K2!0.02ilO:NE OS'O.OOi r.sio.ooir.4 7210.00112 M'0.02. . 7410.00:14 72'O.OU . . 5;o.ooio;s 52l0.12l. . Ml 0.04I. . W 90.ft.00l. .INW 84iO.OOM!N- W w NW S N Clear Pt. cloudy Pt. cloudy Pt. cloudy Clear Clear cleur Clear Pt. cloudy Clear Clear Clear Cloudy Pt. cloudy clear Clear Cloudy Clear Pt. cloudy Pt. cloudy tA. M. today. P. M. report of preceding day. FORECASTS. Portland and vicinity Fair; moderate westerly winds. Oregon and Washington Fair; moderate westerly winds. Idnho Fair. TRAVELERS' GUIDE. . ss Naval Stores. SAVANNAH, Ga., July 1. Turpentine firm. 89c: sales, 479 barrels: receipts, 627 h.rrels: shipments. 124 barrels; stock, 7676 Rosin firm, sales 1127 barrels: receipts, 18'S barrels: shipments, 199 barrels; stock, 56 494 barrels. Quote: B, $14.75; D, $15: e'$13 0515.10; F. $15.1015.25; G, $15.15 15 35- H, $15.2015.40; I. $15.3015.65; K. $163516.50; M. $16.5016.60; N, $17; WG, $17.25; WW, $17.60. New Tork Sugar Market. NEW TORK, July 1. Raw sugar steady, unchanged. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND, Or.. July 1. Maximum tem perature, 76 degrees; minimum temperature. 50 degrees. River reading, 8 A. M., 13.3 feet: change in last 24 hours, none. Total rainiall to P, M. to a P, M.). none; total UTEAMSHIP . JAeiADMIKAL L1IMS. "CITY OF TOPEKA" Sails 9 P. M-, July 4, for Coos Bay, Eureka, San Francisco, con necting with steamers to Los An geles and San Diego. Tickets sold to all these points and baggaga checked through. ALASKA Steamers every week for all prin cipal ports in Alaska. Travel la heavy; make reservations early. Next steamer to Noma and St. Michael. July 1. Ticket Office, 101 Third street. Main 1466 A S333 Local Freight Office K. 4331 ' PACIFIC STEAMSHIP CO. Ea SCANDINAVIAN la'AMFDirANl LJ H. Denmark, Norway, (Sweden. Lniteii StaUa. July 2'ii Osrur 11, Aujc. 2; ilelllir Olav. A uf . 0 ; Frederick A III. Aug. SI. C'hiiberff Agency, 702 2d Are., heat- tie. Waal... or Lo--aJ Agents. AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND AND SOUTH SEAS Via Tahiti and Kara tonga. Mail and pas senger avevica from ban 1 raucico avary "NION S. S. CO. OF NEW ZEALAND. ISO California St., San Francisco, r local ateamsbip and railroad agencies, STEAMERS The Dalles and Way Point. Sailings, Tuesdays, Thursdays andA Saturdays, 10 P. M. v DALLES COLUMBIA LINE Ash St. Dock. Broadway 3451 Travelers to All Parts of the World SM m for camhlp reservations Lidell 4k Clarke, 105 3d St.