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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1910)
THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND, AUGUST 7, 1910. 8 I! FUEL PRICES ARE I GOING YET HIGHER .i Wood and Coal Now Selling for ! More Than Ever Before ;i . in City's Career. ii inORJ SUPPLY IS REASON Cord wood Dealers Say Tlicy Operate ' at Loss Slabwood Men Make Money Sawyers Increase' "Prices 5 Cents a Cord. :-WhT is furl high? : This question was asked of six of the prominent wood dealers of the city yesterday. Five replied with the counter-query. "I It high?" while the sixth rave the reply that runs round In a rlrcle. "the high cost of living." j Whatever be the cause. It cannot be gainsaid that wood and com I are now at the top prices of their career In Portland. - Coal of itood quality sells for f 10.(0 a ton. a price which Is cut Jo 110 If you uy $2S worth at one Ume. Cordwood Is at least t ana runs from that to 7. Slabwood may be ob tained green i-S0. dry II. ; Fuel Is at Its cheapest In the Spring, put -usually does not take Its f'nal up ward leap until people come back from the beaches and start buying with 'Unanimity. This year It was high In the Spring, because It fall-d to be reduced from the Winter rrlres of last year: It has continued high during the Summer and Indications are now that It la still "go ing up." No Trn.t In KvUlonoc. The "man n the street- who seeks m cause promptly replies "combine." r "trust." But this charge does not appear to be verified. Its place being taken by the economic law of demand and supply. ( Cordwood Is high simply because the demand exceeds the supply and because of the difficulty of obtaining men to eit and stack It. according to the state ment of those who have made a study of the question. That some concerns, at least, are not making fortunes was indicated by the remark of one dealer yesterday. "Our Balance for last year was 1100 against us. We kept on only to liquidate our debts." . , Wood Is one of those commodities Wist does not pass through a number of hands. In the average case, there is pr wholesaler and the dealer purchases ftcumpage. puts men on It to cut it. has It shipped to his city yards, then sells it green or leaves It to dry out. In the latter esse he gets considerably more for It. Usually, however, cord wood has dried out before It Is brought to the city. Profit l.t Small. The cost of cordwood delivered at the dealer's yard appears to be from 14 to 4.IS. He retails it at from $ to 16 50. In other word a profit of : per cent on the selling price Is taken. . . "Now." asks the dealer. "Is that profit excessive I don't think so. Out of it we have to pay rent and taxes, wa have to pay our teamsters, we have to look after wear and tear of wagons and harness, feed our horses, pay In surance, pay men to hustle up timber, pay collectors and interest on the money wa borrow from the bank. . "The last Item Is because we have to pay spot cash for timber. The buyer buys his Winter timber supply, then wants to pay for It by Installments of 15 a month. (This la the case from the point of y)ew of the cordwood dealer. The slab wood man has a lesa appealing story. ' While It would not be generally ad mitted. It Is. nevertheless, a fact that the large slabwood concerns obtain their slabwood supplies free from the large lumber yards simply for carting It away. In most Instances these con tracta are of long standing, which ac counts for the centralization of the slabwood Industry in a few hands. If they keep the slabwood to dry out. the slabwood dealers charge II. 50 for do ing so. Take It green and the slab wood man consents to receive tJ.50 a cord-- His cost of delivery Is not over 11 cents a load, for the slabwood man. Ilka the cordwood man. divides the city Into districts. As far as Fourteenth street delivery la free, after that an ad ditional charge of 25 cents Is added for each additional ten blocks. Slabwood Men Have Monopoly. liThua. In the case of slabwood, the aigh prices are obviously the result of ia slabwood supply emanating from a few large mills. These mills, by their eentracts. limit the supply to certain dealers who are able to make any price fkey see fit. As a matter of fact the price of slabwood la controlled by the price of cordwood and not dependent on the supply or the demand- With cordwood, stumpage can be ob ttlned In the general market at fl a cord, men may be engaged to cut and stack It at tl a cord, yet although a man may earn fl a day at this work, there Is shown a tendency to avoid It because, principally, of Its lonely na tare. The Job of a woodcutter Is soli tary. i Wood Cheaper a Year Ago. ' A year ago fuel waa cheaper. This la generally admitted. Cordwood cost If. 0 at the most: slabwood waa 60 cents cheaper. One of the reasons as serted for the Increase Is the higher tost of freight. The Oregon Water power rate Is Ave cents a cord higher than It waa last year. Again, wood cut Is now further from the lines. Where last year farmers would haul It for SO cents a cord, this year they ask "i cents, assert the men who know. The rate from Estacada. whence most of the wood originates. ! i cents. The total cost of wood shipped by this route Into Portland would thus amount to 11.70. Allow its for the amount of Inferior wood list Is shipped, the dealers assert thst It ii Is the total "cost when It is loaded SB wagons and taken oft the cars. Shouiu the farmer or broker sell the wood, placing It on the cars at point f origin, the rate varies from 1 to IS IS a cord. It la said. t "I have seven teams." said a dealer. Nov I have always to allow for one being out of use. Including the up keep of wagons, my delivery wagona cast me It a day. Including the men fv ho drive them. One wagon haa thus t make two deliveries to clear Itself for one day. Then I get the profit on succeeding deliveries. Mf I don't work a- team. It costs me to feed at least II. to a day. Again you ought to count Ike cost of horses dying or having to (t to pasture." Barges Reduce Cost. :No dealer would tell what was the east of shipping fuel by river on a targe. It Is done by a number of the dealers, from SO to 100 cords being brought down at one time. It Is thought that shipping by this method the rail cost Is halved, while the cost of handling remains the same. As to coal. It appears the price Is beld up simply .because there are too few dealers In the field and too scant a supply of the commodity. With low Pacific Coast freight rates and the cost of fuel in Wellington, It would seem an Inordinate profit Is being made. , Coal dealers asert their scale Is not large and for this reason their price la high. The householder ponders wheth er to change from wood to coal. He realizes he has to have his grates changed in his furnaces, he reflects that wood Is cheaper apparently. If. Is certainly cleaner, and anyway, he says, "what's the use. If they don't eatch me on the wood tbey will on the coal?" Sawyers Increase Rates. The Portland Wood Sawyers' Asso ciation, after aeveral meetings in -the last few days baa decided to boost the price of woodsawlng of all kind. Four foot slabwood, which has cost 75 cents a cord to saw, will cost 80 cents under the new schedule and the price of saw ing cordwood was raised from SO to 60 cents. For sawing 12-foot slab wood the cost remains at II per cord. Price of sawing on all kinds of wood waa increased. It costs usually 75 cents to get a cord of slabwood taken from the street into the basement and Tor cordwood the cost Is a little less. The total cost of sawing a cord of slabwood and hir ing It taken into the basement aver- V s I -S J i f fv t r. en? ..V5,v RESIUEXCE AT VAMHILL ages 1. SO In addition to the first cost of the wood. Nearly all woodsawlng machines are run by gasoline engines and the owners say that as they pay S cents more for a gallon of gasoline they must charge more for sawing. V. J. DAWSON SEEKING BAIL Construction Company Secretary Ac cused of Kinbexxlement. J- Charged with embexxlement of 1400 of the fundo of the Willamette Concrete Con struction Company, of which he is sec retary, Volney J. Dawson, a real estate dealer and promoter, was held at the police station yesterday afternoon while an effort was being made to find the txX bond which Is a prerequisite to his release. Dawson waa) arrested by Patrolman Humphries at his office In the Board of Trade building yesterday afternoon, on a complaint sworn to by F. A. Paulson, president of the company. Paulson, told the police that Dawson had Just arrived In town after a long absence and was preparing to flee again, and haste waa urged in making the arresa. It is charged that Dawson, acting as custodian of the funds of the company, withheld them for his own use. and fled from this city to Tacoma six weeks ago. Dawson says that the shortage la on the other side. His story Is that Paulson had some contracts for concrete construction and no money to carry them through. The company waa Incorporated and Dawson eays he advanced the money to carry on the work, reimbursing himself as collec tions came In. He alleges that the com pany Is still In his debt for his advances. Dawson also charges that In his absence from the city his desk was broken open and his private accounts and correspond ence were scrutinised. He says that his arrest at a late hour Saturday afternoon, when offices were closed and ball hard to secure, was a deliberate and malicious act on the part of Paulson. A Brussels Inventor has devised a novel svtm of construction of concrete chim ney. In which, althouch tho concrete Is In blocks, reinforcement Is used. TWO UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FORCE Or OREGON I S J f ' j ' J a $ , ft iii - ; .:( fit Jg I fejj -K? Two men have been added to the executive force of the Oregon-Idaho Toung Men's Christian Association, with headquarters In Portland, in order to meet the growing needs of the association. The new secretaries are H. A. Dalxell and C. A. Steele, both graduates of the University of Oregon. The other members of the Oregon-Idaho force are I. B. Rhodes, secretary, and F. E. A. Smith, assistant secretary. v Mr. Dal sell, on September 1, will begin Tils service as student and boys' secretary. His time will be divided between the 14 college associations, the boys' clubs, boys' departments of city associations and high achools. For two years he has had charge of the Eugene Boys' Club, and In his senior year at the University of Oregon was president of the student T. M. C. A. He Is spending the Sumsner at training schools at Lake Geneva and Lake Forest, III. Mr. Steele, who graduated at Eugene this year, will have charge of the office work at tha Portland headquarters. He will supervise the work of the corresponding members of th T. M. C A. In tha two states and assist In other departments. He has volunteered for Y. M. C A- missionary work, and will make this part of his training for tha foreign field. Both Mr. Dalzell and Mr. Steele were active members of the Portland T. M. C A- before at tending the university. TS NEED County Court Makes Excep tions in Cases of Lurline . and. Hassalo. . PASSENGERS ARE FAVORED Protest of Major Mclndoc Against Commissioner's Action Will Be ' Heard by Next Grand Jury. Delay Not "Unreasonable." - Exception will be made In the casea of the Lurline and Hassalo. the only boats on the river carrying United States mall. In enforcing the traffic IILBOA NOTffllTORIS MULTNOMAH CLUB'S TEMPORARY QUARTERS. f it i: it. AKO LOW.VSD.ILE STREET!) TO HOISE BIG OR GARIZATIONJ regulations through the Morrison street and Burnslde-street draws adopted by the War Department and confirmed by the County Court the past week. Commissioner Goddard has given or ders to the bridge tenders to allow tUose boats to pass up or down the river at any time, even In the elbsed periods. However, the schedule of neither boat conflicts with the closed draw periods and unless the vessels happen to run late the bridge men will not be called upon, to break their schedule. The operation of the mallboats was taken Into consideration by the county authorities when they drafted their regulations, although they were told at first that none of the boats on the river carried mall. As soon as they learned the facts they Instructed the bridge men accordingly. Malls Regarded in Schedule. Major J. F. Melndoe. the Government engineer In charge of the local harbor, also provided for the passage of the mall steamers when he recommended a schedule to the War Department He sent a communication on July 14 to Postmaster Merrick asking him for Information with reference to these boats. In his reply a few days later, the postmaster Informed him as follows: "The Lurline is due to leave the foot of Tamhill street at 7 A. M. daily, ex cept Sunday, for Astoria and way points. The Hassalo is due to leave the foot' of Ash street at P. M. daily, except Saturday and Sunday, for As toria and way points; Saturdays . it leaves at 10 P. M. "The Lurline Is due to return to her dock at 4 A. M-. the Hassalo at t P. M." While no official announcement has been made to that effect, it is under stood' that exceptions also will be made for passenger steamers that ar rive at either bridge In the evening's closed periods. Thus far this phase of the situatloa has not been brought to a test. The Dalles City, laden with SO passengers, according to her master, was delayed at the Burnside-street bridge Wednesday night, but since ALUMNI ADDED TO EXECUTIVE - IDAHO Y. M. 0. A. then haa pased- up the river before the closed perloda went Into effect. The Dalles City Is one of the five boats renresented In the seven com plaints filed with District Attorney John F. McCourt by Major Melndoe Yesterday morning. The others are the Vulcan. Hustler. Shaver and Pa loma. The Paloma filed three separate complaints. . With the exception of the Dalles City and one case of the Paloma, all of the alleged delays occurrea in im mornings, within the periods estab llshed bv the War Department. Al thnnrh the War DeDartment's schedule Is not yet officially in effect, as it h not been lea-ally "published," as Is required by the regulations. It Ii a Question In the minds of some at tornevs whether prosecutions can be maintained for the offenses said to have been committed in the mornings. Mr McCourt received the seven pro tests and examined them carefully but did not take action. They will receive his diligent Investigation, he says. So far as the Federal Court is con cerned. the cases have not yet been brought to Its attention and cannot be until after the grand jury convenes next October. Tha subject is now entirely In th hands of the District Attorney. He has not the power to summon wit nesses before him and all the lnforma' tlon he will be able to glean before the grand Jury convenes will be such as he can obtain through personal in quiries. The grand Jury, however, will have the power to summon witnesses and demand documents from any an every source It deems necessary. Whether true bills ever will be re sVVw. ? i - a 4usa aV . -e&jav.woM 'a i , f -Vf, ?4 s turned depends almost entirely, there- rore. upon the Judgment of the Jury men. Major Melndoe made no recommen dation In submitting the protests of the vessel owners: The original let ters filed with him were sent to the District Attorney's office, a brief note accompanying them. The engineer's office also sent copies of the lnforma tion to the War Department and to the Attorney-General at Washington, as is required by toe statutes. Commissioner Goddard denied em phatlcally that the County Court pre sumed to exercise authority over the bridges in defiance of the Federal Gov ernment, as is Intimated by Major Me lndoe. When the county authorities deter mined to come to the relief of the peo ple of Portland they endeavored to learn whether the War Department had ever issued orders Intended to govern the traffic situation here. So far as they could learn none, other than those Issued by Secretary of War Lamont In 1885, was in effect. As this order specified only, the manner in which the vesselmen should signal to tne oriagemen. they concluded that the draw schedule had not been estab lished. It was then that they acted. Mr. McCourt said that he also was aware that the War Department had Jurisdiction In regulating the traffic, but he expressed the belief that the department did not intend to deny tha people passing over the bridges such accommodations as easily could be granted without inconveniencing the vesselmen. The fact that regulations nave already been . provided for the morning traffic 'he declared, was an admission by the department that the rlvermen's rights on the water were not supreme and that they must make certain concessions to the overhead passengers. "Unreasonable Delay" Is Issue. Whether a vessel has cause for pros ecution or not, he said, depended largely upon its class and the length of the delay. These Issues, in the minds of an ' Intelligent juror, ha thought, would receive consideration. The law specifically provides, he points out, that the delay must be "unreason able." It Is upon this term, also, that the Jury will have to hinge the facts in nearly every case. Major Melndoe will Insist that the cases be vigorously prosecuted. He says the offenses are openly and glar ingly in ceriance 01 toe Federal au thority. While he Is zealous in his desire to bring all of fendera to Justice, Mr. Mc Court is Inclined to allow the law to take its course and let the cases al ready brought to his attention rest upon their own merits. BAND SEAS0N NEAR END Only Two Concerts In Parks Re main to Be Played. The Park Band season is growing shorter, and only a few more concerts remain until . the music appropriation will have been spent. Brown's Park Band will give this programme at the City Park bandstand this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock: March, "Old Comrades"." Telke Walts. "Vienna Bloods" Strauss Overture, "Oberon" Von Weber (a) Serenade, "Celebrated" Schubert (bl Spanish Fantasia. '"The Dove" . . Yradler Idyll, "The Kill in the Forf'...Etlenberg ' INTERMISSION. Paraphrase on "The Palms" ..Gruenwald Scenes from "Carmen" '. .Blset Soldiers' Chorus from "Faust" Gounod Kxcerpts from "The Dollar. Princess". . .Fall March comlque. "Scandl'lus Dulns" . . Keeble Charles L. Brown, Conductor. . Tha hAnri will rive unnth.r at Chapman Square Wednesday night at .... CARD OF THANKS. We wish sincerely to thank our many relatives, neighbors and friends for their sympathy and Kindness tendered us in our late bereavement in the death of our dearly beloved child. Otis Warden. We also extend our thanks for the beauti ful floral offerings at the funeral. MR. AND MRS F. C, HAKNACK. Tke Hons . at R liability" Our !tfUw6summer !feook Sale The announcement that our Midsummer Sale is now in progress will-be of interest to every citizen in Portland. Ours is not a sensational store; neither is this a sensational sale. It is simply our usual custom of offering, once a year, an opportunity to buy Books at a material reduction in price. The sale will continue through the month, new goods being added each day. Many of the articles will be on exhibition in our display windows, and in addition many specials will be arranged on the inside for convenient selection. The sale will not be confined to Books alone, for we shall also offer several articles in Stationery at reduced prices. . The following is only a partial list and is merely an example of the opportuni ties we offer you to save. We invite you to come and look you'll not be asked to buy but in coming you may expect to find prices, while not sensational, that represent big savings in money, and qualities that are in keeping with our busi ness, "The House of Reliability." 250 Plays, A' great sale of $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 Books, now only O n the Poems, Etc., 12 Regular Price s V c 500 titles to select from '"Buel's Manual of Self. Flps," was $1.00, now 49c Good books at a price that - wilt" clean op the lot in short order. Buy now Odds and ends in Cook Books ; value to $2.00, now 25c Ol) 3; W;.;5Ut .r.o. Portland's Oldest," Largest and Best Book and Stationery More T Multnomah Club Men Occupy Temporary Quarters. $193,000 IS NOW PLEDGED Building Committee Will Meet To morrow Xlght for Purpose of Considering Architects' Plans , for New . Structure. If any member of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club failed to show up at the new quarters of the- club at Fourteenth and Tamhill streets, which were thrown open for the first time yesterday he was either out of the city or prevented from being pres ent by sickness or urgent business. The big throng which congregated at the old Macleay home easily demon strated this, for the new home was crowded from early morning until late at night. Nothing formal waa provided in tne. way of an official opening of the new quarters, for this Is to be made a gala event some time next week. But the fine enthusiasm displayed by the club men at yesterday's informal gather ing was an emphatic demonstration of Multnomah spirit and indicative of the motives behind the movement to make a bigger, greater and more progressive Multnomah Club when the time for the Maladies By Dr. Lindsay, the noted doctor at once and receive HRONG AT OPENING ClOUaAiUneilia, ELIAL GROWTHS and all Skin Ailments are permanently and forever cured by Dr. Lindsay's Specific Blood Cell Remedies. They act directly on the Blood Cells, eliminate the poison and restore the Internal organs to their normal conditions. He is particularly anxious to hear from man who have . been treated by other physicians without receiving any beneficial results or a permanent cure. 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Hours. to S. daily; 10 to 1, Sunday. DR. LINDSAY, 1284 Second St., Corner of , Alder, PORTLAND, OREGON bill's 1000 Standard Titles Appropriate for the home, for either adults or children. copy 50c books 26c now, copy Webster's Census ictionar? Was $2.50, now $1.45 opening of the greater clubhouse ar rives. . . : ' ' ' Superintendent Dow Walker was on hand early.' and clubmen began to ar rive .at the new quarters a few min utes afterwards. Of . course, they all did not come at once, but during the morning, the noon hour and all through the afternoon and evening a steady throng of enthusiastic members kept pouring in to inspect the -quarters, which will be the home of the club for the next few months, while the new structure is building. The subscription list in the bond sale Is now quite close to 1 200,000, the sum the clubmen voted. to raise, and the directors are well satistted that this total will be reached before Monday night. Unofficially it was stated last night that $193,000 had been pledged, and one director explained that the entire amount might have beenprom ised, but that several members who had been soliciting-had not yet been heard from. At any rate it is safe to c;- that the bonds have all been sold or ruaranteed, which means that the vro'k of erecting the new quarters will not be delayed for lack of funds. -morrow night the building com mittee of the club will hold a meeting ard officially act upon the plans to ba subAUcd at that time by Architect Whitehouse and Fouilhoux, who have undertaken the task of planning the new structure. The architects believe they have complied with all of the specifications suggested by different members of the club, and alterations required can be substituted without Inconvenience. MORE CARS ARE PURPOSE Initiative Petition .Aims at Regula tion of Traction Lines. 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Tho.--proposed ordinanoe provides for a. larger, number of cars to be used be tween 6 and 9 o'clock in -the morning and 4:30 and 7 o'clock in the evening. The promoters of the new measure fur ther desire that the street' railway company be prohibited from permit ting any person to board a car when a seat is not available. The petitioners would also abolish the use of straps as useless ornaments in streetcars. BOYS KNOW "BLIND PIG" Conditions Surrounding ', Work of Hasty Messengers Investigated. Investigation of conditions surround ing the work of boys employed by the Hasty Messenger Company resulted yesterday from a statement made by Harry Brinkley, a messenger, 14 years old, who was arrested for riding a bicycle on the sidewalk. Brinkley told Probation Officer Teuscher that young boys employed by the Company at 128 Second street have been accustomed to obtain li quor from 'a nearby saloon. In a signed statement he said that the boys "would chip in and put 'the money in a bag, then let the bag down from the window, with a string, to the news stand man below, who takes the money, fills the order for beer and has the liquor sent to the boys." Probation Officer Teuscher said that he Investigated and found conditions bad among the boys employed ty the messenger company and discovered evidence of a suspicious character. The charges that the young boys had been supplied with liquor will be more fully investigated. Moisan Is Recommended. SALEM. Or., Aug. 6. (Special.) Representative Hawley has recom mended Gustave J. Moisan for the ap pointment of postmaster at Gervals In Marlon County. William J. Clarke, present postmaster, has submitted his resignation, as he is assembly candi date for the office of State Printer. enureiy eliminated every trace of