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1 i THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, MARCH 1, 100S. MP mia niiLnu Ifi EVERY LINE Portland Forgets Panic of Last Fall and Resumes On ward March. FINANCIAL TROUBLE PAST KLitiMus Prove City's Pros-perily, and future Is Made Certain by Announcement of Groat In dustrial Enterprises. FACTS THAT INM'RE PORT LA NIK PROSPERITY. Sft-ift & Company announce Imme diate construction of LiM,ou pak ln plant. Two auspended banks reopen, and no depositors in Portland banks will lotte as result of October Dante. Oneral Manager O'Brien orders work to proce.! on Portland end of Orecon Wfl.hinirtnn Railway. .Vpw Willi, mot te Valley electric rood open. and 'xtertFiona into new districts are announced. Hfavy expenditure for building. Per mit for January and February far ex reerilny thoa- of fcattle. Export business exceeding that of any prevlou February. Postal sales 'now large eraln over 1W7. Property values remain fl-m and volume of transfers show aln. BY HORACE) E. THOMAS. Business conditions in Portland are onre more on an absolutely normal baMs. Evi dences of the -panic and its subsequent tlay of business recuperation have van ished in this city n completely as though they had never occurred With commer cial' and industrial life running alnn on almost as extensive a scale as in days of the most .pronounced prosperity. Oregon has ever known, the city and state have almost forgotten the lejral holidays of just three months uko and the only re minders of clearing-house currenry are the few specimens cherished by souvenir collectors. Portland's miraculous recovery from financial depression that engulfed' the en tiro country is a record that proves beyond cavil the fundamental business solidity of which the city has always boasted. The panic was recognized a a crucial test of property valuations, com mercial stability and of the entire field of Industrial activity. While Portland stag gered for a time under the blow, her re covery has been more rapid and more complete than that of probably any other city in the United States. Local citizens who are in touch with conditions have evidences on every hand and hardly need to be told that such Is the: ease To any outsiders who may doubt Portland's con tention." the city has to offer facts and figures that will convince the most dubi- Statistics Tor January and Vebruary The statistical record "'of the past two months is sufficient proof that Portland Is enjoying the same prosperity that has prevailed for several years past, with the sole exception of the Interim ccupled by the legal holidays and the few weeks of commercial reconstruction. In nearly every department of Industrial life, the official figures for January and February approach closely those of the correspond ing two months of last year. In some case the records for 1W7 are even sur passed. This favorable comparison is truly remarkable, when it is considered that January and February of last year were months of almost unprecedented Na tional prosperity and were part of a period that is absolutely unequaled for growth and development In the history of Portland. But groing even beyond sta tistical figures, which In some cities are distorted to misrepresent the facts, there are many phases of local progress which ca n be cited not o n 1 y as e vid e n ees o f present prosperity, but as foreshadowing many months of assured activity. Perhaps the most significant feature of many encouraging happenings of Febru ary was the reopening of two suspended banks, marking the complete recovery of the banking world from 'the shock of lust October. The resumption of business by the .Merchants National Hank and the Oregon Trust & Savings Bank by mer ger under the name of the German-American, assures that no depositor in a Port land Institution will suffer the loss of one cent as a result of the financial strin gency. The doors of both institutions swung open within, a period of four days, and. with the assumption by V. M. Ladd of the obligations of the Title Guarantee Trust Company, the banking situation is all that could be desired. Roth of the reopened banka report large gains in deposits and banking business generally has been more than satisfactory. February is usually a lipht month in hanking circles, coming between the holi day rush and the opening of Spring trade. JJuring the month, however, clearings amounted to $Jl,R.BSo.21. an Increase of more than $400,000 over January which had more business days. The clearings were well up to those of February. 1907. when the total was $14.014..11. Clearings are increasing consistently and will soon count. If not even surpass those of last year. Coming ff Swift Packing Plant. The authoritative unnouncement of the establishment by Swift Co.. of a pack ing plant to cost almost $4,000,000. indicates vonrtdence In the permanency of Port land': development as an industrial and shipping center. Not only will this city and the entire Pacific Northwest benefit from thiH nbattcir when it is in opera tion, but the work of construction will immediately be beneficial. A vast amount of money will be paid out for labor by the packers during the next year and be sides this no inconsiderable sum will be .pent here for building material. Another desirable influence of this embryo industry W Its effect on land values on the Peninsula In the vicinity of the site. An entire town will grow up with the Immense meat-packing business and land near Swiftvllle is olready held at a premium. Although Swin & Co. have bought acres of land to be occupied by their plant and stockyards and Presi dent Swift has formally announced that construction will proceed without delay, a Peat tie publication during the past week printed an absurd etory to the effect that the packers would abandon Portland for Seattle. Such a report needed "no con tradiction, in view of the circumstances, and the negotiation by the Swifts during the past wevk tor additional acreage throws Mill more lichi on the lack of fact !n the Seattle article. j Koumptlon of luiilroad Work. Connected with the Swift project Is the order issued by General Manager O Eiricn during February for the re I Ulil sumption of work on the Portland end of the Oregon & Washington Railroad. The part of this railway to be laid now wil! serve the Swift plant, and the order, was issued by Mr. O'Brien after a conference with President Swift. It will afford a means of tak ing in supplies for the packing build ings and Us construction will give em ployment to men now idle. Orders nave also been given for work to pro ceed on the Ilwaco-Napton . branch of the O. .R. & N., another evidence that conditions have become readjusted in the Pacific Northwest. With the openin-g during the past month of the line of the Oregon Elec tric Company, Portland has been placed in direct connection with new portions of the Willamette Valley. Besides this it will give Portland "more frequent service with Salem and other cities along the main line of the Southern Pacific. Beginning the middle of the present month, it is announced, eight trains a day. each way. will be run be tween Portland and Salem. More good news for Portland and other Oregon cities is the announce ment of tne United Railways, made the past week, that Its plans will be great ly extended to include electric roads to many portions of the state now with out such communication. This com pany proposes to build to Tillamook and to Corvallis, with branches rami fying from these main lines. The company is backed by business men of established standing and local citiaens are. more confident that the plans of this company will be carried out than they wero during any of the former ownerships of the system. Advancement in Building. Portland's building shows the ad vancement that is being made1, per haps better than any other one item of statistical information. During the past month 413 permits were issued with a valuation of $834,880. In vol ume this is slightly below the record of February. 1 !07. when the outlay was $8S6.41S. in cost, although only 278 permits were Issued that mouth. It Is shown, therefore, that the con struction movement is even more gen--eral at the present time and that a large portion of the expenditure is for new dwellings. It is an increase over last January, when $62:1.545 was spent for building. In that month Portland was one of only eight cities in the United States which recorded an In crease in building expenditure over January. 1907. Portland's permits is sued that month amounted to $($04,475. During both January and February of the present year Portland has main tained a big lead over Seattle in build ing expenditure. For the two months permits have been issued in Portland amounting to $1,458,628. and in Seattle amounting to $1,091,575. In the two cities the 'amounts were divided as follows: Portland- January. $623,545; February, $834. S80; Seattle! January, $448,995; February, $642,580. It must be remembered, too, that in Seattle building permits are charged for on a flat rate, while in Portland a graduat ed scale prevails. As a result, tnere is a reduction in the cost of permits to local builders who underestimate the actual outlay, while in Seattle there is no such Incentive to hold down the estimates. Portland Shipping. Another reflection of renewed pros perity is shown by the official ship ping figures of Portland harbor during the past month. Exports for February were far in excess of those for the cor responding month of any previous vear. Wheat shipments aggregate 2.279,898 bushels, valued at $2,073,705, as compared with February of last year, when 652,725 bushels were ex ported. This big lead was somewhat reduced by lumber and flour shipments, both of which were somewhat lower than the previous February. Export lumber amounted to 7,176,876 feet and export flour to 55,245 barrels. March business promises to exceed that of February. ; In the business of the Portland post office, too, thre has been a gain dur ing the past month, although the exact amount is not known. Stamp sales for the month did not end until midnight last night and the volume of business will not be ascertained until today or tomorrow. Postmaster Minto an nounces that the Increase will prob ably be 5 or 6 per cent and would be larger had not the receipts of Febru ary, 1907. which amounted to $45,582,12, been unusually large for that month of the year. It Is well to recall in connection with the postal business that stamp sales for last January reached a total of $58,952.27, a gain of $7,235 over January, 1907. Property Values Maintained. Even throughout the worst of the panic there was no break in property valuations in Portland and realty was never stronger than at present. It is true that the sales tell off for a time, as was inevitable In view of the tight ness of the money market, but prices held firm throughout. This is regarded as complete vindication of local prop erty owners in not boosting realty by fictitious "values. Cities that have been ever ready to discount the future in the matter of property values are now suffering a slump that Portland has been saved by its conservative policy. Daily transfers have been gaining steadily during both January and Feb ruary and are now practically normal. The sales for February, as officially recorded, amounted to $1,306,820 Con sidering the large number of sales that were listed at a nominal valuation of $1 or $10, the record shows a good month's business. Realty transfers for February, 1907. amounted to $2,369,150 and came within the most active period In the realty market that the city has ever known. Seattle Realty Transfers. An example of the different methods employed by various cities in arriving at statistical information has been fur nished the public during the past month. The incident refererd to was the action of Seattle publicity officials in including an item of $35,000,000 in the realty transfers for February 4. The item was for the transfer of prop erties in Canada from the St. Paul, Mil waukie & Manitoba to the Great North ern and was 'filed in Seattle because the interested companies happened to have holdings there. The actual trans fers in Seattle for the same day were $52,1M.S5. but Seattle papers paraded them before the public as amounting to $35,052,181.85. Several similar transfers have been filed In Portland, but this city made no effort to pad legitimate figures by their use. One that comes to mind was a trust deed filed by Studebaker Brothers somewhat over a year ago for $4,000,000. The deed was filed here because the company had holdings in litis city, but Portland made no effort to represent that there had been a transfer of local property amounting to $4,000,000. Pullman Porter Alleged Thief. Ben 1. Alexander, a colored Pullman car porter, was arrested last night at ParK and Flanders street by Detectives Hawley and Inekeep. Alexander is charged with larceny. The complainant Is L. E. Lindsay, of 544 Klrby street, who reports that on Friday night while enroute to Portland he left his pocket book, containing $70. under his pillow In the sleeping car and when he went to look for It in the morning it could not be found. The porter was Immedi ately suspeted and a warrant was is sued for his arrest. When Alexander was searched at the police station lottery tickets were found in his poses sesion and an additional charge was regiatered against him. Perfect fitting glasses $1 at Me tag ex' a. MAY QUIT SEATTLE Frye-Bruhn Company Offered Site on the Peninsula. SWIFTS MAKE THE TENDER Stockyards Controlled - by Chicago and Kansas City Capitalists Will 'ot Be for Their Own Kxrlusive Cse. "When it waa first announced that Swift & Co. had secured approximate ly 3000 acres of land on the peninsula, and would expend about $4,000,000 in establishing a packing plant and stock yards, the impression waB left in the minds of most people that the Swifts alone were interested in the undertaking. From a reliable source it is learned, however, that the land is held !n the name of the Union Stock Yards Company, and that while Bwift & Co. own a controlling interest in that concern, the yard3 will be thrown open for use by other firms. It is pointed out that the establish ment of stock-yards -on a large scale in Portland, surrounded by numerous packing: plants, will In a short time make this city one of the grreat centers of the country for the marketing; of livestock. The t'nion Stock-Yards Company is said to be an organization similar to that operating in Chicago, Kansas City and Omaha, at which points several of the bis? packers oper ate their abattoirs and curing plants within the same limits. One of the leading cattlemen of Ore gon, who is conversant with the situ ation in Seattle, said last night, when asked as to the probability of the Frye-Bruhn Packing Company building a plant here: "There are several reasons why the Frye-Bruhn Company may locate in Portland. In S92 it obtained from tho City of Seattle a 25-year franchise for conducting a packing-house, one mile from the center of the town, under cer" tain restrictions. On account of the proximity to the residence dstlrict the company got into several lawsuits, which were decided In Its favor, how ever. But there has been at. all times more or less friction on this account. "The Company's business is consider ably larger than that of any other In the packing-house business west of the Missouri River, and has outgrown pres ent facilities. Hence, the company in on the point of either extending Its plant, which would cost $2o0.000 or $300,000. or locating elsewhere. "A short time ago the City council of Seattle revoked a 15-year franchise which had been granted the Yakima Sheep Company and made its franchise expire at the same time as that of the Frye-Bruhn Company. With these and other obstacles staring them in the face, the Frye-Bruhn people are com pelled to look for a new location, and now that the Swifts have decided to establish stock-yards In Portland, It looks as if Frye-Bruhn would be com pelled to come here in order to protect their interests and trade, for, as sure as the sun shines, when installed In their new plant. Swift & Company will reach out and, make a desperate effort to get the Sound business. The Frye Bruhn people cannot afford to double or triple their capacity at the expense already mentioned, when the company's franchise has only a few years to run. "The stock-yards company has of fered the Frye-Bruhn Company a suit able site and It Is more than likely that the Seattle concern will take ad vantage of the offer and locate here. It certainly never will allow Swift & Company to control the Portland and Oregon market, together with an op portunity to invade Puget Sound terri tory." i PUTS BUHBEN DN FARMER EDITOR D1XOX ARGUES AGAINST IiAXD-TAX SCHEME. Proposed Initiative Law Would Re lieve Paper Mills and Railroads of Tax Payments. CANBY, Or., Feb. 29. (Special.) George V. Dixon, editor of the Canby Tribune, who has been fighting the proposed amendment of the Oregon Tax Reform Association, exempting manufacturing plants from taxation and placing the taxes wholly upon the land, has issued the following state ment to the newspapers of Oregon: To the Oregon State Press: Brother Publishers The Oregon Tax Reform Association is attempting to patch up the state constitution by tacking on an amendment exempting from taxa tion every class of property In the state except land. The petition has been filed with the Secretary of State and will be on the June ballot for passage or rejection by the voters of Oregon. I have always said and still maintain that this measure, if it should become a law, will work an unnecess ary hardship on the farmers of the state. I was the first man in the state to discover this plot and to expose it through the press, and I now ask your assistance to the extent of pub lishing my protest. If you hold differ ent views on the subject, it is your right and duty to defend those views through your editorial columns. Let us have fairness and justice for all. I shall not enter into the argument of any fine-spun theories about the sin gle tax, or the doctrine of Henry George, upon which the movement is based. I contend that the exemption of aU manufacturing plants and per sonal property will double the taxes of the farmer and put him further "In the hole" than he has ever been before In Oregon. The farmer Is paying taxes enough, and I don't believe the busi ness men of the state will-support a law requlrfng the entire "burden of tax ation to be thrown upon the land owner. Oregon is an agricultural state and Its chief resources are the farms. These farmers are not wealthy men. They are men of moderate means, who make a comfortable living oit their farms. The manufacturing cor porations are making more money than the farmers and they are just as able to pay taxes, and more so. In Clackamas County abort one third of the taxes is paid by the "Wil lamette Pulp and Paper Mills, the Ore gon City Woolen Mills and the South ern Pacific Railway. If this measure should become a law the farmers would be compelled to pay all the taxes, which would be an unjust burden. It Is not a "square deal" by any means. The product of these paper mills and woolen mills is controlled by the mists, and no matter what .they pay for raw materials, the price of their finished products remains the same. The price of print paper has been advanced so rapidly during the past year or two that country newspapers AUCTION SALES The World's Greatest Books TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION AT GILMAN'S SALESROOMS NO 411 WASHINGTON ST. BET. TENTH AND ELEVENTH STS. THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY MARCH 5th, 6th and 7th .' 2:30 AND 8 O'CLOCK P. M. BOOKS WILL BE ON EXHIBITION WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4 THIS IS A SVPEBB COMJSTTIO.1 OF TJ1MBF.HED. LIMITED EDITIOXS DB I.l'XE O?" 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Tennyson, Carlyle. George Eliot. Bulwer Lytton, Eugene Sue, Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Poe. Smollett Irish Literature, Emerson, Stevenson, Modern Eloquence. Arabian Nights 6v John Pnvne, Court. Salon and Green Room by John Doran, Byron, Richardson and many other valuable authors. ,,, , Note- Thepe books am from the Ftock of Merrill. Baker Co. of Ixmdon. who recently failed for One Million Dollars. The books are all entirely .new. No such Important aggregation of fine books has ever been offered to this public Catalogues are now ready and can be readily had upon application at the office of tne auctioneer. S. I.. X. OILMAN. Auctioneer. Terms cash. have been compelled to advance their subscription prices in order to make a living. The single taxers argue, that their amendment should be passed because it would discourage the holding of large tracts of land by speculators and break up Harrlman's land monopoly. It would not give one single advantage in this direction. The tax" assessors can increase the assessment on large unimproved tracts now Just the same as they could if all manufacturing pfants were exempt. I know of a specific example In Clackamas where the owner of a large tract was led to sell because the tax assessor increased the assessment on his land from $10 to $25 per acre. Before the increased assessment was made the land-owner said he didn't care to sell, that he had all the money he needed and didn't have to sell, find that if he chose to hold a large tract and thus hold back the settlement of the country that was his business. But when he found his taxes were mor$ than double what they had been, h,e sold to the first buyer he could find, and the land is now be ing cut into small farms for home builders. The remedy Is already In our hands and to shift all taxes from per sonal property values to land values would hurt no one but the farmers and bread-makers of Oregon. The single taxers argue that land values are created by society and that It should be returned to society in the form of taxes, that the products of labor are the property of the Individual producer and should remain his wholly and unimpaired. I claim that this Is a very fallacious doctrine Wlm no found ation in reason. The value of a manu factured product Is just as much created by society as the value of land and the manufacturer should be com pelled to pay his Just share of taxes. For example, what value would a suit of clothes have if society did not de mand clothing? What value would a streetcar have if society did not de mand streetcars? Yet the single taxers would exempt them from taxation and make the land pay the taxes. I claim that every man who claims protection under the law should contribute toward the support and maintenance of the law. Every man with- children in the free schools should help defray the ex pense of running the free schools. If he is able to do so. In other words, "he who dances should pay the fiddler." Let us not decree that the farmer and land-owner shall walk while the manu facturer rides at his expense. Yours for a square deal. GEORGE W. DIXON. BROTHERS WED SISTERS Cupid Makes Unusual Score in His Game of Hearts. Marria&e licenses were Issued yes terday afternoon for an unusual dou ble wedding, the grooms being broth ers and the brides sisters. Antonio and Lulgi De Sanchis, of 370 Everett street, were the grooms at the wedding, which was solemnized last night. The brides are Miss Santina Capriotti and Miss Margaret Capriotti. Hereafter the bridegrooms wiu De brothers-in-law as well as brothers, and the same will be true of the sisters. February 29. marking leap year, paw numerous captives of Cupid led to the altar. Ten couples appeared at the County, Clerk's office and secured licenses, the day's business being the larg-est in several weeks. The list follows: John Front and KMzabeth Alt, J. WV Hatfield and Mary Hanson, Lulgi De Sonchls ana Margaret Cap riotti, Antonio De Sanchis and Santina Capriotti, George W. Rich and Mary Orr. Jacob Schmld and Ixulsa Huber, Ernest E. Long and Zuleth M. Went land, N. G. Ellerbe and Mrs. F. C. Krebs, Terrance J. Conway and Rather-1 ine Chambers. Arrivals and Departures. PORTLAND, Feb. 24 Arrived British bark Calluna, from San Francisco; French bark Hoehe, from Honolulu, bailed Steam ship Alliance, for Coos Bay. DAILY jrETEOROIXXJICAL REPORT. PORTLAND, Fb. 29. Maximum tempera ture, 4S degrees; minimum. 39 degrees. River reading at 8 A. M . 3. feet; change In last 24 houra, rise .6 foot. Total rainfall (ft P. M. to 5 P. M.). .13 inch: total rainfall since September 1. IftOT, 25.85 Inches; normal rain fall, 31.57 Inches; deficiency, 5.72 lnche& Total sunshine February 3 hours. 48 min ute?: possible sunshine, 11 hours, 4 minutes. Barometer (reduced to sea-level), at 5 P. M.. 2tti2 inchee. WEATHER CONDITIONS. The pressure haa rlaen eMghtly over- the Washington coast and fallen over Northern California (Pince morning, in Consequence tha depression noted over the former region on thi morning's weather chart is not nearly so t pronounced, though the barometric press ure over the. Pacific Coast ritatei continues unusually low. Rains were general from the Pacific eastward to, the Rocky Moun tains, though the amounts as a rule were mail. There were no marked changes in temperature during the last 24 hours. In general the temperatures were below the normal west of the Cascades and Sierras, white east of the range of mountains they were above. The indications point to rain Sunday over Western Oregon and Western Washington and to rain of mow over. Ka stern Oregon, Int ern Washington and Idaho. FORECASTS. For the 28 hours ending midnight, March 1: Portland and vicinity Rain; freh south erly hr""a. jern Oreton an4 WPfrn Washington Rain: fresh southerly brew. Western Oregon, Eastern Washington "and Idaho Hafn or enow. ' TACIFIC COAST WEATHKR. Observations taken at 0 P. M., Pacific time, February u. 0 i STATIONS. ; Baker City I Bismarck i BoIt;e , Rut-pka ! He!ena Kamloops. . . . ... 1 North Head.... t Pocatello T. I 6S 0.021 4INE O.OOI 8 S U.H12 SE T. I 4INW Pt cloudy Snow Pt cloudy Cloudy Pt eloudv T. ICalirl C!oudv 0.14I301SE 0.12 It; 3 O.ttlilti.S C'.omly . :i-ar Rainy Pt cloudy Cloudy Cloudy clear Pt cloudy Pt cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Portland Red B'.uff...., Roseburg Sacramento. .... Salt Lake , Han Kranctsco.. Spokan , Tacoma Tatoosh Island.. Walla Walla..., 0,08i 18jSE 4;ke 24;sw 6!N 2iSV 12':S SIS 0.24 0.08 0.01 0.10 T. 0.02 Ir.( .jl2 K 10.001 8 SE T. Trace. Ij. LODHOL7., Acting District Korecastor. ALEKT1NO NOTICES. ALL MODERN WOODMEN requested to attend funeral of Neighbor A. E. Skinner, ot North Dahfota, at Finley's parlors. 11 A. M. today. Has no relatives here. HARD TIMES BALL BT LADIES' AUX ILIARY to tha Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, Woodman Hall, lStS Eleventh street, Saturday evening, March 7. Burch ard's Orchestra. Admission 25c. Prises. THE ORDER OF REINDEERS North Star Lodge, No. 2. will give whist and dancing party Tuesday evening, March !l, at their hall. Corner id and Yamhill. Pro gramme and refreshments. Admission 15c. V. A. O. D. Attention. All members are requested to attend a reception to the supreme officers to be held at Woodmen Hall, 11th and Alder sts.. . Monday. Much 2. at 7:30 P. M. By order of committee. MEMBERS OF MULTNOMAH COUNCIL, ROYAL ARCANUM, will meet Monday at 1:45 P. M., at the lodge rooms, 11th and Alder, to attend fh funeral of our deceased brother, Lewis H. Lamberson. Services at the First Presbyterian Church. WILLAMETTE LODGE, NO. 2, A. F. AND A. 1L Special com- 1 . at 2 P. M. . new Matton Ir Tem ple, to conduct the funeral services of Brother J. R. McAvov. late of Eureka IiOdge, No. 20. Seattle. Wash. By order of W. M. W. S. WEEKS, Sec. W A SHIN C5TO X LODGE. NO. 4, A. F. AND A. M. Special com munication Sunday, March 1. 12:45 P. M., East Side Masonic Temp!, 8th and Burnslde. to conduct funeral of Brother John t. Rovr. Iat of Tekoa Lodge. No. 78, Tkoa. Wash. Take car lor cemetery 2d and Morrison sts., P. M. All Mamns invited. Ordr W. M. 1:S0 J. ri. RICHMOND, Sec. MYRTLE CHAPTER. NO. 15. O. E. S. Special meeting this rSunday) pie at 1 o'clock, for the purpose of conducting the funeral serv ices over the remains of our lat Bister. Sonhle Geer. late a member of Romona Chanter. No. 08. of Silverton. Or. Funeral services to be held at Holman's chapel at 1:30. Officers and members urged to be jlresent. By order W. M. JENNIE H. GALLOWAY, Sec'y. DIED. BITOT -At the residence or her daughter. Mrs. C. W. Hewitt, 410 East Tenth street, February 28. 1B0S. Mary Elizabeth Burt, aged 4tf years. C months and 2 days. No tice of funeral will be given later. SMITH February 28. Marie Smith, agefl 76 year?; mother of John J. Buckley, or 27 Tillamook street; Christine Johnson, of Brennan. Idaho; Frank Smith, of Browns- ville. Or., and Alex Smith, of Payette. Idaho. Friends can view the remains to day at Dunning. McEntee &. Giibaugh's chapel, where they have been prepared for shipment to Brownsville. Or. FUNERAL NOTICE. LAMBERSON The funeral services nf Lewis Humphrey Lamberaon will be held at the First Presbyterian Church, p. M.. Monday, March 2. ROGERS In this city. February 2R. Wil liam Rogers, aged 23 years. Funeral services will be held at Finley's chapel, Monday, March 2, at 3 P. M. Friends in vited. M'AVOY The funeral of the late J. R. McAvoy will take piaee at the family resi dence. No. tif-0 Water street, Sunday, March 1, at 2:30 P. M. Interment Green wood Cemetery. M'OORMICK The funeral prvSces of Lna C. Mcformick will be held at the family repidncc. 4:;0 Couch st., at 2 P. M. to day. Friends invited. Interment Rfver view Cemetery. M'AVOY The funeral services of Robert John McAvoy will be held at the family residence at HSO Water stret at 2:30 P. M. to-iay, Sunaay. Friends are respectfullj Invitee to attend. Interment Greenwood Cemetery. BOYER Funeral of the late John L. NV Boyer will take place Sunday, March 1, at 1 P. M., from the residence of bis daughter, Mi. A. Cohen, 131 North Eighteenth st. Friends are respectfully invited to aLtend. GEER In this city. Sophie Geer, wife of Parr W. Geer and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adolf Wolf, of Silverton, Or. Funeral services wilt be held at Hoi man's chapel. Third and Salmon street. Sunday at 1:30 P. M. Third and Madison. PhtBe Main 0, A 1509. Dunning. McEntee Cilibaugh. Funeral Di rector. ?th 1'lne. rhns At. 430. Lady aast. EKICSON UNDERTAKING CO., 400 Aide st. Lady assistant. Piione Main 4133. EDWARD HOLMAN CO.. Funeral Direct rs. 320 d st. Lady assistant. Phons M. 507. ZELLER-BTBNES CO.. Funeral Direct rs. 213 Kn ell. East 1088. Lady assistant. F. 8, DUNNING, Undertaker. 414 East Alder. Ladr assistant, f bona East 62. C0RBETT BUILDING 5TH ASD MORRISON STS. 1 I 7 - ; 1 (ill A-a, l. a ALPHABETICAL DIRECTORY Akin, Otis F., and MaoeL, osteopaths, formerly Macleay blag, ir'houe A ftly. Main &:i7. Cavanago, m.. Dr., dentist, rormeny Cc- lumbia & Buchanan blcgs. Main 613V, A 61 if A CnriateiiHcn, C, optician and jeweler, (orn.eny with Butterfteld bra. Caict 413. Main &16S. Chance, Arthur W., Dr.. dentist, lormerly Dekum blag. Ofnoes H10-1L Main Chapman, H. E., formerly Abmgton bklg. ; oii ice 804. Coffey, U. C.. Dr.. physician and surgeon, of flee 1017. Pbone Mum 4-ii). Conroy, R. J., Dr.. physician and surgeon, of fices S0S-S. Main 51SU, A M8.. Corbetl Estate of I. r., Robert H. Strong, manager. Phune Main Mu. A 2261. Crockett, E. N., Dr.. .phyeician ana purgpon, formerly Mohawk b:c&- Main 74ti, A Crossley Co., The. reai estate, formerly Mc Kay bldg. Oftlcea ua-. Main A f22. Die jk, Robt. G , civil eagineer, formerly Mohawk bldg. Phone Aac&S- Dufur & Dutur, public stcnuiapars. Pbon Main 3U04. A Falls City Lumber Co.t formerly Mohawk bldg., F. S. Btlcher. Main 5578, AlOTtS. . Gate., Gertrude Lord, Dr.. ofKopatli, for merly Mad ray blag. Main lH-3. A 4YJ. Gouuey & A'uud, bonis, formerly Buchanan blGg. Main 8472. A d472. HegeiB) H. . vV., Dr.. physician and surgeon. lormeny Macleay biug. Mala 4ol4, A fcuU. Offices IOuti-12. Jcfferds, Henry C, Dr.. physician and sur geon, formerly Dekum blng. Main 466, A14ti- Joiiae, N. , Dr., physician, lormerly Co lumbia bldg. Suite loua. Main 27 tS. Jonts, Trc-ve, Dr., dentlat, formerly Buchanan bldg. Offices 1011-12. Main 4014, A53S3. Kelsey, Frank C, civil engineer, formerly Co lumbia bide- Main 6l4ti. King. J. C. Elliott. Dr., physician, formerly Mohawk blag, Main 22uo. Kyue. B. F., Mrs., formerly Bussel' bldg. A3'J87. Residence ClUiT- Labbe, Edmund i , Dr., physician and sur geon, formerly Labbe bldg. Main 45u A 1450. Lent, Geo. P., attorney, lurmeriy '.vd Mir r'son st. Office 419. Main 483. A 16S3. , Lee, M. E. Heal En:its and Lns, (oimeriy Raleigh bldg. OfXiu 411. Main btiu. Locke A Oullete. Drs.. offices 819-820-ML Phones Main 741, A 2741. Mackenzie. K. A. J., Dr., physician and sur geon, formerly Dekum bldg. Main 2tI7, A12i. Manion, Katherine C, Dr., formerly Hamil ton bld. phone Main 2S1L Maieon Ralph C. and Ray VV., Drs.. formerly Marquam bldg. Main 767. . McCusker. Clarence J.. Dr.. Physician and Surgeon, formerly Fieldner bldg. Main 276, Mctechan, E. L., Dr., dentist, foimerty Mar quam bldg. Phone Main 740. , NiLhola, A. c. C L 4 H. S . Drs.. physicians and surgeons, formerly Dekum bid. Main oO. Oregon Life Inuranc Company, L. tiamuel. Gen. Mgr. Phones Main tki5. Aitu2. Oregon Railway & Navigation Co., surgeon's offices, 9U8-10. Main 2t7. A 1207. Otis Elevator Company, formerly Fenton bldg. Cfnccs tt01-2. Phona Main GiMh Peters, Geo. D., Dr.. dentist, formerly Co lumb a bidg. Office 1021. Phone Main 7B7. Petzel, A F-, Dr., dentist, formerly Dekum bldg. Main 4. A14G3. . Pierce, E. A., Dr., physician, onlces 1007-1008. Phones Main 2544, A3D30. Polivka & Co., tailors, formerly 249 Morri son. Phone Main Jill. Schoonmaker. F. M., real estate, formerly Mc Kay bldg., offices 703-9. Main 7855. A Story. L. E., Dr., phsiciau, surgeon, formerly St. John. Offices 01-j2. A14M6. Main oltitt. Sweet, Einathan, formerly Abington bidg. ; of fice 2o4. Tayior. Frank' M . Dr., physician and sur geon, formerly Dekum bldg. Main 26. A12ii.. Upton, Jay H. & Latourette, H. T., Attorneys, formerly Swetland bldg. Offices G26-7. Mala 6&ti9, A 1 869. Veazle & Veasle, attorneys at law. formerly Chamber of Commerce bldg. Main 11. Williamson & McNary, physicians, formerly Marquam bldg. Main 440. Taquina Bay Co., The, formerly Mohawk bldg. W. F. Stlne. Main 5578. A107S. Zan. Jas. C. Dr., physician and surgeon, formerly Maro'iam bide Main 850 CLASSIFIHL AD. RATES (FOR CASH ADVERTISING.) 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Overland Express 111:45 p.m. Arrivina Portland i North Coast Limited.. Portland Express . . . . . Overland Express 7:00 a. m. 4:15 p. m. 8:15 p. m. OREGON RAILROAD NAVIGATION CO. Leaving Portland Pendleton passenger , Chicago-Portland Special Spokane Flyer Kansas City & Chicago Express Arriving- Portland Spowane Flyer Chi., Kan. City & Portland Ex.. Chicago-Portland Special Pendleton Passenger I I 7:13 a m. S:ao a m. fe : 15 p. m. 6 :00 p. m. 8:00 a. m. 9:45 a. rn 8:o0 p. m. 5:15pm. ASTORIA COLUMBIA RIVER. Leaving Portland Astoiia & e&4ide Express Astoria & Seaside Express Arriving Portland Astoria & Portland Passenger. Portland Express 8 :00 a. m. 6;00 p. in. 12:15 p m. 10:00 p. m. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY CO. Leaving Portland 1 C P. ft. Short Line, via Spokane) 8:15 p. m. Seattle T 111:45 p. m. Arriving Portland I C. P. R. Short Line, via Spokane) 8.O0 a m. Via Seattle ":00 a. m- Jefferson-Street Station SOUTHERN PACIFIC. I.ravlnsr Portland Dallas Passenger Dallas Passenger . Arriving Portland Dallas Passenger ..... Dallas Paesenger . . . . . 7-40 a. m. 4:13 p. m. 10:13 a. m. 5 ;50 p. m. NEW TODAY. ON TUESDAY NEXT AT BAKER'S ArCTION HOI'SE, COR, AL.IKjH AND PARK STS. We have had consigned to us by the owners for positive sale at this time o:ne very choice pieces of furniture, carpets, etc..) comprising very pretty parlor suite of S pieces in walnut frames, LKATHEK UPHOLSTERKB rockers in golden and weathered oak, parlor lounges, very mas sive center tables, quartered oak library table. A VKKV SUPERB DINING ROOM SUITE, vis., pedestal claw foot table, set of box seat chairs, and sitle board with claw feet to match the tsble. the whole set is hnnd polished GENUINE; QUARTER-SAWED oak of good manu-' farture (not made for so-cailed bargain salesl; two 10.6x12 BODY BRUSSELS RUGS, aiso rue. 11.6x14. IN BEIS e have the verv latest Eastern paiierns. and thev are" the best made bed in tho United States, the real MAUL.EAM.K. In VKRXIS MARTIN AND BRASS FINISH, best steel hNnx-over sprinns. good mattresses, pillows, very high grs.ln dressers, commodes: chiffoniers In ma hogany and oak. We also have the part furnishings of a recently furnished cot tage: included in this lot you will find Iron beds, separate dressers, dining-room furniture, tapestry carpets and rug, pictures, tub. Mason Jars and other ef fects. Pile on TUESDAY next, at 10 o'clock. Yon are welcome to Inspect the abov. goods tomorrow (Monday). ON THURSDAY NEXT AT BAKERS AUCTION HOUSE. COR. AUDER AND PARK ST., we shall sell the furniture, carpels, stoves, etc.. of six-room residence, removed for conven ience of sale. Sale at 10 o'clock OB Thursday. Unclaimed Baggage Sale On March ISth we hold the regular semi-annual sale of trunks and naegag4 for the P.asrsage & Omnihus Transfer To. and N. P. Terminal Co. Don't forget tho date, at 10 A. M.. at our Auction Rooms. BAKER & SON, Auctioneers. 'reTAIIj NEWS We belong to nrt FURNITURE) TRUST and have never been dependent'on local Jobbing houses, as we always carry a stock of good East ern furniture, rugs, etc., which we sMl at a fair profit, so please don't be led to believe all you read In the papers. .Office and Salesrooms. SS2-4 Alder t. PorH Auction Co, (INCORPORATED). 211 FIRST STREET Deliberately asks you DO YOU KNOW, HAVE YOU FOUND OUT that during the past week we filled TWO BIO STORES with all kinds of second-hand furniture or every conceivable description, and also that for the past few days men and drays have been hard at it hauling the furniture of THE PERKINS HOTEL To the PORTLAND AUCTION CO., to be sold at Public Auction as fast as we can make room for It on the Auction House floors, and the goods for auction don't stay long with us. consequently we need more all the time and will con tinue to pay the same prices, and all you have to do is 'to SHOW US what you have for sale, WB WILL. SHOW YOU the money tlat will buy it. Is it neces sary to say more? Our regular AUCTION SALES AT 211 FIRST ST.. TUESDAY, 10 A. M. THURSDAY, 10 A.M. AND FRIDAY, 2 P. M. AuctionSales BY J. T. WILSON. Auctioneer Monday, Wednesday, Friday At 10 A. M. Each Day At Salesroom. 203 First Street Buyers will find up-to-date parlor and, diniriR'-room furnishing, bedroom end kitchen effectB. carpets, rugs, linoleum, steel and gas ranges. We have: special inducements for retail selling, comprising" fine pieces of mahogany furniture, leather coucJi. Phowcases. fine square piano In rosewood case. Schiller upright piano in 6ak case, violin, guitar, electric medical battery, fixtures and other first-class furniture SPECIAL HARDWARE SALE Next Saturday At Vancouver, Wash. The Vancouver Hardware Co.'i Store, 406 Main Street AT 2 P. M. We will commence a series of Auction Sales at this store in order to redu' this stock into ready cash. Buyers will find a fine stock of building hardware, too!s. steel ranges, tin and granite ware, wooden ware, plumbers' supplies, log gers' supplies, and a general stock of first-class hardware, etc. Remember the date of sale, Saturday, March 7th. NOT K We pay spot cayh for anything worth selling. Phones Main A 4213. J. T. WILSON, Auctioneer. OUR FLAG WILL BE OUT AT 451 JEFFERSON STREET TOMORROW, 10 A. M. AUCTION SALE Everything in the 7-room house must he sold. Nothing elaborate, but all good, clean goods, and an exceptionally fine CHARTER OAK STEEL RANGE. You won't forge-1, 10 A. M., 451 Jeffer son st., tomorrow. C. L. FORD, Auctioneer. m pernio mm co. Main 06i5. 2U First bL A 4121. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF 6TOCK holdera of the Baby Homo will b held on Monday. March 10, lftOS. at 2 o'clork p. M.. in the Chamber of Commerce, second floor, this city. At this meeting report of in year's work will be heard and 12 director thoten to serve for the coming year. F. 3. Afkin. secretary ACREAGE if you want an extra choice 4, 5, or l-acre tract, phone Tabor 21. . MIST gKI.U Boxioo on Washington st.. near Kin)?. fl.VMi below the market price. I ned tiia money. Address V tititi, care Orenonian. J. W. FEROfPON, Public Accountant, Mortgage Ixmn. 4Mi Ruthchikl Hulltlinff. FoK KENT Dwelling, 5T Fourth St.. near Lincoln, with well kept yard; n.a!l fam ily preferred; key ntxt door. W. J. Hawkins.