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THE SUNDAY OKEGO'XIAN.. PORTLAND. APEILi 10. 1910. HILLCONSTHUCTION PLANS ARE VAST STORES FOR RENT ;Wevliave several stores for rent in new blocks, situated in fine -locations for business. Corner 8th and E. Morrison and also at Corner 7th and E. Burnside Empire Builder Believed to Be Projecting Line to Every Pacific Coast Port. GETTING READY FOR CANAL Northern Lines to Ge Placed in Sit uation to Grasp Vast Traffic to Interior That Will Follow Opening of Waterway. Now tha t contracts are to be let within a few days for an extension o 311 miles of the Oregon Trunk Line Hallway southward ; that the activity of surveying crews in the Malheur can yon Is admitted to be backed by James J. Hill ; that the United Railway is known to be owned by the Great North ern magnate and to be heading- toward Tillamook Bay; and that there is rea son to believe that the same interests now own the Pacific & Kastern. head ing from Medford into the Cascade mountains and the Oregon Kleetric, speculation is once more general as to the Kmpire Builder's basic plan of operations In Oregon. In spite of the repeated denials by local representatives of the Oregon Trunk that California has not been con sidered as a railway field, the report will not down that J i 1 1 is headed for San Francisco. It is recalled that in the ca rl ior days of the Oregon Trunk construction, building south of Madras "had not been con bide red." Then a point as far south as Bend was fixed as a definite place to be reached with extensions beyond that point yet to be taken up. Now it is definitely an nounced that the road is going to build at once to the northern boundary of the Klamath Indian reservation which takes the line to no practicable ter mlius and undoubtedly means that the Oregon Trunk is to go on to Klamath Kails so soon as rights-of-way through the reservation can be secured. Hill s Friends Investing:. Men close to Hill have been making large investments in Lake County and in the vicinity of Lakeview. His friends have about closed the deal for the purchase of the Willamette Valley and Cascade Wagon Road grant which will mean an expenditure of about $", 000.000. Other interests allied with Hill have been Investing at Coos Bay and Kugene. These straws have convinced men who have studied the railway situation and the effect the completion of the Panama Canal will have on it, that a definite plan is on foot for building a net work of interior rail feeders to very harbor of any consequence on the 1'aclnc Coast. Extension of the Orcgoa Trunk Line to Klamath Falls will put the road at the headquarters of the Klamath River and also at the head of a feasible rail way route down theKlamath River and t lie Ocean Shore line to Kureka. The prospective extension to Lake VJew provides an opening for reaching the headwaters of the Pitt River which would supply a water grade into the Sacramento Valley and, provide a feas ible route to San Francisco. The construction work that has here tofore progressed slowly on the United Railways has, with the transfer to Hill, taken on new life. Porter Brothers nave been given the contract for com pleting the 3400-foot tunnel under the hills that divide the Willamette Val ley from the Tualatin, and it . is be lieved the road is to be extended at once along the heretofore projected route to Tillamook Bay. Already the Hill lines touch tide water at Vancouver, B. C, Blaine, Bel lingham, Kverett. Seattle. Tacoma, Olympia, Aberdeen, South Bend, Port land and Astoria, and it now looks as If it were planned to connect up with Tillamook Bay, Coos Bay, Eureka and San Francisco. Kfreet of Panama Canal on Koads. A lesson on the effect that the com pletion of the Panama Canal will have on the railway traffic is to be found in the recent reduction of freight rates on canned salmon from the Pacific Northwest to points west of Chicago. Prior to last year the railroads en joyed practically a monopoly of the canned salmon trnffie to the East. Last year tramp steamers made great in roads on the business. Thousands of cases were loaded on shipboard, car ried around the Horn, transhipped at New York and laid down at Missouri River points at raips less than the pub lished railway tariffs for the all-rail haul Eastward. A fter ennvassing the situation the railroads discovered that they could not profitably name rates on i-Hiincd salmon that would compete with water haul and rail transhipment to points East of Chicago. The best they could do was to meet the rates to points as far east as the Middle West metropolis. The completion of the Panama Canal, It is believed, will put the railroads ip agal nst wa ter com pet it ion In similar form on all manner of shipments, ex cept perishable goods, east and west bound, that now take the long rail hauls. The volume of rail traffic. It is predicted, will move from the interior to each const, and from the coasts to the interior. Interior Freight x ia Canal. For instance, freight destined from Philadelphia for Kutte, Boise, Salt 1.41 ke. Ienver and other interior cities will take the canal route to some Pa cific Coast port and be transhipped by rail, instead of taking an all-rail route to destination. Non-perishable freight from the Far West, interior and Pacific Coast destined to Chicago. Kansas City, St. Louis and other Middle West points, for the most part will come to a Coast port and go by steamer to some At lantic port, there to be transhipped by rail to destination. Tide water connection. It is believed, will become invaluable to the railways that are now carrying ali rail trans continental traffic. By some it is be lieved that the Empire Builder is figur ing Just on this result and is preparing his rail systems to meet the impending change in conditions. Yerkes Hugs Go Cheap. NEW YORK. April 9. Disappointing low prices marked the sales yesterday of the Yerkes art collection in the opin ion of experts, although the aggregate of purchases mounted high. Thirty Oriental rugs, offered in the afternoon, brought $285,250. said to be about half the real value. Thirteen pieces of tap estry swelled the afternoon total to $3SS,900. Last night's sales amounted to $148,100, bringing the figures to date up to $2,034,450. High prices included $35,600 for a silk carpet from the Arde bll mosque; $63,000 for a 40-foot Per sian state carpet; $27,000 for the great mosque carpet of Ardebil ; $l,t00 for a Bagdad carpet, and $17,700 for a tao atrx ".Yuicau And Venus' T --TTTlTM,e W- iK j , . - t ""T'J' "SV " j come- . j j t T ' TZ-TF p"fr ' stt--, . I X MAP OF OHKliON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, MOVING THE OREGON THINK RAILWAY AND OTHER. I K K CONSTRUCTION OR BELIEVED TO BE PROJECTED. VALUES ARE CHECKED COMMISSION XEABLV THROUGH AYITH O. II. & X. HOAD. State Railroad Board Is Determin ing Physical Quantities of All Oregon Rail Properties. The State Railroad Commission has practically completed checking the physical quantities of the Oregon Rail road & Navigation Company, according to Clyde B. Aitchison, State Railroad Commissioner. For over a year the Commission has been engaged in de termining tne valuation of the physical nrrtnprtlpa ftf the railroads ODeratilttT in Oregon and it is expected the work! will occupy fully two more years. The cost of replacing the lines In their present conditions and the details of the original cost are special lines the investigation will take. The Commission now has complete testimony on the following smaller roads: Salem, Falls City & Western, Corvallis & Eastern, . Walla Walla Traction Company. Mr. Aitchison said no attempt would be made to fix a valuation on the franchises of the respective roads un dergoing investigation, the inquiry be ing merely confined to a valuation of the transportation properties. It is not intended that there shall be any arbitrary value put on the properties, but a thorough inquiry into costs and costs of upkeep is being made. In addition to Mr. Aitchison, three engineers are now in the field and for over a year have been working on the O. R. & N. A few days will see the completion of this road and attention will then be turned to the remaining lines. Among the lines to undergo the investigation are the Southern T'aciflc, Northern Pacific. O. R. & N. and their adjoining lines and feeders. Tnere are also being considered about half a dozen smaller steam lines and the var ious logging roads in Oregon, as well as the different trolley properties. TEST SUITS TO BE BROUGHT Railroad Commission to Secure De cision on Claim Disputes. Thst in all probability a friendly suit will be instituted by the State Railroad Commiwion against the Harrlman lines was indicated, last night by W. W. Cot ton, attorney for the O. R. & N. It le planned to get a decision on cases that do not appear to be covered by the law. Cases where claim? are made for refunds in shipments made in original packages and shipments from without to Portland and then reshipped. are among those it is desired to test in court. A conference was held yesterday be tween Mr. Cotton and the Commission, wiien Mr. Cotton made It clear that the O. R. & X. will pay without further pro test of claims for refunds where it can be shown by shippers that the shipments com under the state ruling. These claims will aggregate several thousand dollars and blanks are new being pre pared so that the work may be expe lited as much as possible. BEACHES AYIL.lv BE EXPLOITED Railroad Will Advertise Oregon Re sorts in Idaho and Montana. Rates between Idaho and Montana and the beach resorts on the Astoria & Co lumbia River Railroad are now being fig ured out by H. M. Adams, general freight and passenger agent of the road. With the recent publicity campaign an nounced by the road and the appropria tion for the purpose, it is intended that an advertising campaign will be Inaug urated in those states that will have the effect of giving Seaside, Gearhart and kindred r?sorts the greatest season they have ever known. Mr. Adams said yesterday that there would be a genuine improvement in the service this Summer. A new train, com posed entirely of Spokane, Portland and Seattle equipment, will be run in each nUrecUoa duUy.. it im planned th this train shall be an express and carry din ing and observation cars. From Astoria to Seaside, Mr. Adams said, an hourly service would go into ef fect early In the season, and in place of taking one and one-half hours for the short run from Astoria to the beach, a quick schedule is being drawn up. "Even the local train will be a fast one," eaid Mr. Adams. 'There will be no more dilatory tactics and it is the in tention of the road to give Seaside the best service it has ever had. '"We are thoroughly revising rates and this Summer It will be possible, for round trip tickets to be booked to Seaside from Chicago. Rates will go into effect early. "There will also be an entire revision or our Portland-Astoria schedule. Run ning times will, where possible, be ex pedited. , but there will at leant be one good train a day In each direction." OFFICIALS TO COXFER SOOX Southern Pacific Will Seek Agree ment as to Fourth Street. General Manager O'Brien, of the Har rlman lines, said yesterday he hoped to have a conference with W. D. Fen tlon, counsel for the Southern Pacific, and City Attorney Kavanaugh to see whether an amicable arrangement could not be made in the matter of the Fourth-street trains. Mr. O'Brien expressed himself as be ing against any litigation and he an nounced he would hold a conference as soon as iar. Kavanaugh and Judge Ken ton could conveniently meet him. The recent decision, he believes, does not affect the Southern Pacific franchise on Fourth street, but indicates that the city has-a right to dictate to the road what motive power may be used. Thousand-Acre Laud Deal Closed. ASHLAND. Or., April 9. (Special.) Benton Bowers, a well-known capital ist of Ashland, has just closed a deal for the purchase of 1000 acres of land near Kagle Point, 30 miles north of this city, from C. C Beekman, of Jack sonville, who has held it for many years. Mr. Bowers contemplates im proving and subdividing the property. MINISTER AND WIFE, WHO CELEBRATED THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING. r - x ' , s K i r REV. AXD MRS. A. A. DARLING. Her. and Mrs. A. A. Darling celebrated their golden wedding; Friday, ' March 25, at their home, 1074 East Seventh street North, with their children, grandchildren and friends. They were married 50 years ago in Michigan, one year after Rev. Mr. Darling had entered the ministry, and spent nearly 50 years together "sowing the seeds of the gospel" on the frontiers of Northern Michigan. Both had been teachers before their marriage. Following their marriage they were sent to Northern Michigan to preach to the Indians and logging men. Rav. Mr. Darling learned to speak the Indian tongue. He en tered the ministry when 25 years of age, and wa married when 26 years old. Three years ago Rev. and Mrs. Darling came to Portland, as their children had .come before, and will spend their remaining years here. Their children are; A, F- Darling. Portland; A. J. Darling. Estaeada; Mrs. E. Healey, Texas; Mr. Lettle Knickerbocker. Portland, Rev. II. B. Blafee, who was associated with Rev. Mr. Darling in Michigan, was present at the golden wedding cele bration, and some other friends of other days. Rev. Mr. Darling is 76 years of age and his wife 75, and both enjoy excellent health. PORTLAND if BTH PLACE BEATEN BY ONLY FIVE CITIES IN BUILDING PERMIT GAIN. Seattle Shows Loss or 4 2 Per Cent Over March, 1909, and San Fran cisco Loses 4 7 Per Cent. Reports published by the American Contractor of the building operations throughout the country show Portland holds sixth place among all the cities for percentage of Increase in amount of building permits and Ilth place for the total amount of permits for March. Its percentage of gain over March, 1909. was 66. Seattle showed a loss of 42 per cent. The country as a whole held up well, but It took the combined increases of Portland, Chicago. Philadelphia, Minne apolis and Rochester to make good the $5,000,000 loss shown by Greater New York. The- following table of statis tics shows Portland's remarkable standing as compared with other cities throughout the country: , Marrh. March, Per 1910. 0B. Cent City. CoBt. Cost. Gain. Baltimore f 8.19.275 $ 7:i2.2!0 30 Birmingham .... 448.507 358.847 180 Buffalo . ... lrt.MM . ... 10.002. IIO 664. 00O 39 Chicago . . . Cincinnati Cleveland .... Columbus Dallas Denver Dps Moines. ... Detroit ....... Grand Rapids.. Hartford Indianapolis . . Kansas Ctfy. .. L.os Angeles. . , Louisville M urn-hoster . , Memphis Minneapolis Nasbvjlie . . . , "Newark , Now Haven . . . New Orleans. . New York. Omaha 8.14.VRO0 2- J47,a:iO H14.07.1 3 I,102,li04 3,1."i,iX:. 2 7S5.7It &1H.76S 23 riS'J.377 41i4.01 4 37 l,11!l.ftrtO 1,040. 7X0 K 107.7Rr, 115. 775 3 . 6f 1 . 64 O PS4. 0OO 7. 3i,r,7 soi.noo 56 r.21,0'0 211.820 345 3 ,026,:i!t! 603,275 4S 1.622,:ts8 1,708.r3 1.710.921 1,3 54.726 48 38.455 345.466 2 106.475 7S.OS3 36 422.257 376.7ft 14 3,-'6.160 752.S20 S! 1M2J16 2H2.1H4 1.7l3.5(tl 3,278,025 4)1 350,034 3K4.5 4 302.210 341. mm Ml 23,802,106 29,04,80 17 500,943 611,245 18 ALREADY BlILT, Paternon 247.4S2 265.274 Philadelphia .... 6.34.1.270 3.857.840 Pittsburg 85S.052 1.051.D:!S Portland. Or 1,471,585 883,583 Rochester l.oso.o:m r!ia.o St. Louis 2.347.944 2.075.OS7 Salt Lake City... 425.7O0 59,500 San Antonio..... 199.5UO 279.55 San Francisco.... 1.027.3OO - 3.873.7ul Scranton 300.619 85,2r,3 Seattle 1.475.8US !.A62,075 Spokane 84ti,97.' 1,177.205 Tacoma 329.871 295.132 Toledo 555.790 261.490 Worcester 341. 0O3 316.540 Total .X70.897.S30 $70,800,629 Loss. 38 18 66 80 12 19 28 47 i'i 28 11 103 7 STATION NAME MADE ISSUE Railroad Commission Hears White Salmon-Bingen Controversy. To determine whether the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway station shall be called Bingren or retain the name of White Salmon an inquiry was held at the -Columbia River town Fri day by the Washington State Railroad Commission. No decision was given and the commissioners will announce their verdict later. White Salmon turned out en masse with a brass band and hundreds of citi zens to receive the commissioners. White Salmon feels that on the result of the inquiry its status as a town hangs. When the railway was run through White Salmon, the station was built on the townslte of Blngen. owned by Theodore Suskdorf. The postoffice is also called Bingen. - But on the prac tically unanimous request of the citi zens of White Salmon, the name was changed to that of the apple town. On the tour made by the Washington Rail road Commission in May, 1909, Mr. Suksdorf appeared before the com missioners and demanded that the name of the station be restored to Blngen. Although it was announced the rail road company would have an oppor tunity to prepare testimony, according to W. B. Kerr, attorney for the line, no such opportunity was offered and the road was arbitrarily f ordered to make the change to Bingen. The railroad, appealing from the de cision, the Commission was advised to hold an Inquiry by the Attorney-General of the State of Washington. The inquiry held Friday was the result. W. B. Kerr appeared for the Spo kane, Portland & Seattle Railway and said the line wished the station to be called one and not two names. The town of White Salmon appeared as an Intervernor. J. C. Mclnnis, Senator W. B. Presby and Mr. Lewis, prominent White Salmon residents, as well as a number of other citizens, put forth claims for the retention of the present title of the station. On the ground that White Salmon postoffice was known as Bingen and that the station was within the cor porate limits of Bingen, Mr. Suksdorf demanded the change of the name to Bingen. PERS0I1ALMENTI0N. T. H. Gowley, of Tacoma, Is at the Ltnoi. E. P. Smiley, of Warrenton. is at tha Oregon. C. H. Klameir, of Albany, it at the Nortonia. H. D. White, of Baker City, Is at the Portland. H. T. Bagley, a merchant of Hllls boro, is at the Perkins. A. Houghton, a drug man of Baker City, is at the Ramapo. Frank J. Thorn, a business man of Condon, is at the Nortonia today. O. B. Aasraard. a La Center mill-operator, arrived at the Perkins last night. H. E. Coolidge, son of the La Grande banker, will be at the Imperial over Sunday. F. L Dunbar, ex-Secretary of State, came up from Astoria yesterday and registered at the Portland. Will R. King, one of the Justices of the Supreme Court, is down from Salem and is at the Imperial. F. W. Settlemler, grower of nursery orchard stock at Woodburn, will be at the Oregon for a few days. George Graham, proprietor of the Iroquois Hotel, of Toronto, 1st lie guest Long leases ean be given and the rent is low. Appty to GEVURTZ & SONS 173-175 First St. Real Estate a.t Pu Wic Auction TUESDAY, APEIL 12, AT 1 P. M. SHARP BEAUTIFUL 'A-ACRE TRACTS CLOSE IN, WEST SIDE Only 20 minutes' car ride on Oregon Electric (Salem and Hillsboro lines)T . This is one of the most picturesque tracts along the Salem Electric Line with grand view, building restrictions and fine car service. This beautiful property will more than treble in value in a short time. Very liberal terms. FREE TRANSPORTATION! dome, bring all your friends. Train will leave Jeffferson-street Station at 12 :10 P. M. M. E. LEE of Phil Metschan at the Imperial. Mrs. Graham accompanies him on a tour of the West Coast. Dr. Arnold Lindsay and wife have returned, from Los Angeles and are located at the Hotel Franklin. H. C. Friendly, fruitgrower at Hood River, will be at the Perkins over Sun day. He Is acotnpanied by Mrs. Friendly. E. C. Morgan, an insurance Inspector from San Francisco, is at the Seward while making an examination of risks in this city. Eben T. Wells, interested In the man agement of the Home Telephone Com pany at Tacoma, will be at the Se ward over Sunday. Vice-President C. Carstensen, of the New York Central Railroad, 'will ar rive at the Portland this month, ac companied by his family. H. C Bowers, manager for the Hotel Portland and district president of the National Hotel men's Association, left yesterday for Los Angeles. N. K. Clarke, a former Portland ho t elm an, now located at The Dalles, Is at the Seward. He is acompanied by his daughter. Miss Exa. I. Burpee, a well-known engineer and promoter of irrigation projects, who makes his home at The Dalles, came to the Cornelius last night. Mrs. E. Phelan, widow of the Seattle capitalist, who was largely interested in Portland real estate, is staying at the' Ramapo for a few days. E. G. Butler, largely interested In business enterprises at Kelso, was among1 the Southwestern Washington people at the Oregon yesterday. A. H. Griffin, proprietor of the Hotel Washington at Aberdeen, and one of the best-known caterers on the Coast, is at the Oregon, accompanied by his wife. m Miss Mabel Bean, a niece of Judge Bean, of the United States Court, came down from Salem yesterday and in company with Miss Mabel Dove Is reg istered at the Imperial. J. D. Sullivan, who is engaged in the placer mining operations of Southern Utah, came in from Salt Lake yes terday and with Mrs. Sullivan secured quarters at the Cornelius. L. W. Herrick, among the well known merchants of Aberdeen, Is in vestigating Portland wholesale stocks. He is acompanied by his wife and daughter. They are at the Perkins. Charles H. Rowley, assistant man Real Estate Auction Sale FRED PHILLIPS, Auctioneer Waterfrontage and Townsite Lots GRAHAM CITY GRAHAM ISLAND (SMdegate Harbor) Will Be Sold at Public Auction. Dominion Hall, Vancouver, B. C. Thursday and Friday, April 14-15,2and8p.m. Terms: 4 cash; balance 6, 12, 18 and 24; 6 per cent. Send for Booklet, Maps, Etc. Write to FRED PHILLIPS, AUCTIONEER 324 Hastings St. West, Vancouver, B. C. 411 C0RBETT BUILDING. PHONE MAIN 6860. ager of the Nortonia, left yesterday to attend the meetings of the National Hotelmen's Association at Los .Angeles. -Mrs. Rowley will accompany him. A. C. Parlett, manager of the Eagle Lye Company, of Milwaukee, arrived at the Lenox yesterday on an inspec tion tour of business conditions in Ore gon. He is accompanied hy his wife and daughter. E. B. McKeeber, formerly editor of the Mollne, 111.., Dally Mail, is visiting his brother-in-law, Dr. D. A. Watters, pastor of Patton Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. McKeeber has sold his in terest in the Mail. E. E. Kiddle, of Island City, grand high priest of Oregon grand chapter of Royal Arch Masons, arrived at the Portland yesterday and is accompanied by Nathan Kingsley, also high in rank in Masonic fraternity. E. W. Dutton, of Atlanta, Ga., ar rived at the Cornelius yesterday and will remain in the city this week. He is inspecting the Portland Coast head quarters for a fire apparatus company in which he is an officer. H. B. Litt, who has been in Portland for the past six weeks, left Thursday for New York to resume buying for the H. B. . Litt establishment here. After a short stay in New York Mr. Litr. will sail for Europe in the company of John Clark Stratton, a prominent cos tume designer, and will remain in Paris for some time. Oil Lands Withdrawn. WASHINGTON, April 9. Secretary Ballinger today withdrew from all forms of disposition under the mineral or non -mineral public land laws ap proximately 27,736 acres of land in Wyoming, which are supposed to con tain deposits of oil. The withdrawal, it was aid. was made in aid of legisla tion affecting the use and disposal of petroleum deposits on the public do main. Mexiran Sugar Yield Grows, GUADALAJARA, Mexico, April 9. In the season 1908-9, Mexico produced sugar to the amount of 143,179 tons, ac cording to the Vista Azucarera, the an nual sugar review of Mexico. It is estimated -that the production of the present season, 1909-10, will reach 180. 000 tons. Th work of compiling a mairnetio ur vev of Africa ha been practically com-