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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 31, 1911)
DECE31BEK 31, 1911. IU - s. t PROSPEROUS 1912 PREDICTED BY ALL Bankers, Merchants, Ratiroad Officials and Others See Bright Skies for City. 1911 RECORD BASES HOPE Portland Development In Every IJne Assure Thriving F-r Say Bn si ne! Leader Who Hiw Watched Strides. With continued Improvement In th lumber market, with further develop ment of agricultural, horticultural, livestock. dairying, shipping, fish ing and mining resource, with po -tlve assurance of more extensive rail road construction and building opera tions, with increased bank deposits and a higher proportion of reserve ready to rr.eet all legitimate demands for money, business men of Portland look forward to the comlns year without apprehen iilon of political disturbance and with optimistic vlewa for an Indefinite, pe riod in tha future. Opinion of leading railroad official, hanker and business men expressed on -The Prbspect of 1911." are: H. C. Wormian. Olds, Wortman A Klnt. The outlook for 1911 1 mot promising Indeed. The great amount of anticipated railroad development In this portion of the country and the building activity promised for the city will be beneficial factor In the year' work. The Influx of new resident and land seeker will continue. nd with usual crop condition at usal prices, we have every reason to expect a most prosperous year. fttellar Year Predicted. Will Ltpman. Llpman. Wolfe A Co. I believe that 1912 will eclipse 1911 and he a most prosperous year. The Eat 1 beginning to know u better and our products are being sought everywhere. The eyes of the entire country are fastened upon us on account of the ef fective publicity that ha been given the city and state. We are Independent of the Influence of Wall treet and financial trouble do not affect ua. With the completion of the Panama Canal our trade will be doubled. Carl R. Gray, president the North Bank Road and Hill line In Oregon The Pacific Northwest Is completing a year remarkable for advance along all commercial. Industrial and agricultural lines. I can foresee no reason why 111 should not be a repetition except upon a larger and more comprehensive scale. Acreage will be larger; there la sure to be an even greater Influx of colonist and there are already Indication of a betterment In the demand for forest product. Co-operation and "get to gether" will do the rest. B. a Josselyn. president Portland Hallway. Light Power Company There Is probably a greater land area tributary to Portland along line of least reslntance than to any other city In the Cilted Ktate. The trafnc from thla imnense territory ha no moun tain range to cross, but runs down hill or stream to the commercial me tropoll of the great Northwest. The product of the soil, mines, orchards forests and streams are o dlverifled that a failure In any one or more would not materially affect the proe perlty of the city or Impede It con tinued growth. Thl can hardly be aid of any other city, regardless of else In support of thl tatement at tention la called to the fact that during the year Just passed our greatest In dustry lumber ha been at a stand still, due to unfavorable condition In other part of the country, yet Port land ha continued to forge ahead with greater Increase In almost all lines of human endeavor than aver before. With the lumber market re-established, and I am Informed that many awmlll will tart running at once, one would need be a pessimist of the worst sort to predict anything but prosperity for Portland and the entire state during the coming year. Our company ex pect to keep up with the procession and to make provision fort the usual Increase In population by additional facilities of every sort, that it may con tribute to the success of the whole. Oat look la It. ..ale. 11. M. Haller. president Portland Chamber of Commerce and vice-president Kelley-Clark Company The out look for 11 appear to be very good. The lumber Industry, which I the only one of our many Industries that ha been In any way backward during 111. Is beginning to brighten. The country as a whole seems prosperous, finan cial affairs are In good shape. The outlook is particularly favorable for the Pacific Northwest. There are thou sands in the fcast who are getting ready to come to thl country and In vest money here. The Panama Canal, watch Is near completion, will attract manufacturers, farmer and business men of all classes. The situation In Portland Is excellent and will continue to grow better. There 1 no reason why 111 should not be a prosperous year. Berkvrltb Feree) Plreepertty. Harvey Beckwltn. president Portland Commercial Club and manager Well. Fargo Company I see no reason why there should not be the same ratio of increase In all line of business for 113 over lll as there waa In 1911 over 1910. Thl estimate la based on the Increaae In population, both In the city and country and the new enter prises constantly coming In. Further more, the Indications are that there will ,r . greit deal of railroad-building la Oregon, which Is a very large Item In the distribution of money. The lum ber Industry today, according to pres ent reports. Is better than it wa two months ago. With continued Improve ment in this line we will have employ ment for many additional men. which meana prosperity. John A. Keating, vice-president Lum bermen National Bank We should have a good year In Portland In 1911. la nearly all line of business the vol ume Is Increasing. Settlers are going Into Interior Oregon. Klectrio railroad extensions will stimulate further growth In that rich and valuable ter ritory. Both of these will produce larger markets for Portland whole salers and better business for Portland retailers. The lumber market ahowa sign of Improvement- Quite a ten dency I evident toward the develop ment of diversified manufacturing n terprlse. Financial condition are so and. I am confident more than ever before that Portland will be a great city. Kapvrtaaeat Time Over. 4.-. Chapman, manager promotion department Portland Commercial Club W e are Just on the edge of getting the benefits of the Immigration for the last nTQ years. The old methods of farm ing have been abandoned and the new tried eat. A a result, there has been an actual decrease la production la those sections where the grain fields have been turned Into orchards. These orchards will begin to produce in 111 and will return Increased production from year to year. The most refresh ing phase of the situation Is that the people have new Ideas In farming and we are beginning to reap the benefits. I am sure that 1911 will be better than 111 and that 1913 will be better than 1911. The settlers who come here In the next few years will not need to ex. perlraent In growing crops. They can profit from the successful efforts of those already here. We can't expect to gat much direct benefit from Central Oregon for the next few years. That section now I undergoing transforma tion Inaugurated with the completion of the railroads When Central Oregon begin to produce It will have a bene ficial effect on all the rest of the state. In Southwest Wsshlngton, which Is directly tributary to Portland, the logged-off land development I under way. all of which mean more trade and more prosperity for Portland, lloaae Bisk Gala Steady. Edward Cooklngham. vice-president Ladd Tllton Bank The outlook for the coming year seems to give promise of a general uplift In business over all the country, although It Is possible there will be no widespread expansion In business projects until the situation has been clarified by the passage of constructive legislation regulating cor porations and until sound monetary legislation has been enacted by Con gress. The local banking situation has been characterised by a steady and per sistent growth of a healthy nature. On December f. 1911. the total deposits of the Portland banks aggregated more than 171.000.000. against which they ' were carrying about $2.000.000 of re- serves, an average of over 36 per cent. There has been an increase witnin me i year 1911 of 11.100.000 In the capital ac counts of Portland banks, and about $600,000 of surplus and profit accounts. These combined Increase show a most healthy growth In Portland's banking power. 1I3 Prosperity Certalsu A. L. Mills, president of the First Na tional Bank I can see no reason why the business community of the North west need feel any apprehension for 1912. With the steadily Increasing number of Immigrants, all bringing with them more or less money, coming Into the Northwest with the lumber Industry showing signs of recovery, with favorable crop conditions through out the Northwest and with the banks able to accommodate every legitimate demand of the community there Is no need for anyone to entertain other than a cheerful outlook for the New Year. E. C. GUtner, secretary Portland Chamber of Commerce The prospects for a healthy growth In Portland dur ing 1912 are most excellent. The build ing of public docks, of a new post office, a new library. Federal expendi tures for river and harbor Improve ments and most probably reclamation work added to the proposed construc tion by private capital will exceed any year In the history of Portland. A large amount of ratiroad construction la assured, which not only opens up new territory but stimulates great business activity in all lines. The early opening of the Panama Canal and cer tain early increase In harbor depths sufficient to accommodate the great shipping sure to follow are already having their Influence and Portland now is making the real start for su premacy as the greatest city on the Pacific Coast. It strategic location a the commercial center of an empire I becoming known in the East and the Chamber of Commerce has not been an unimportant factor In circulating that fact. The problem, however. In a ahort time will not be how to get Immigra tion and business, but how properly to handle that which 1 certain to come by reason of the completlou of a series of project which have direct Influence on Portland's growth. In my opinion Portland's growth during 1913 will sur pass sny past year and will be exceeded by every future year for many years to come. Miller Is Optlmletlew R. B. Miller, trafflo manager O.-W. R N. Company In the territory served by the lines of this company the condition from a commercial point of view are reflected largely by activity In lumber and agriculture. Price for lumber have been low and a number of mill have been shut down, all of which Is due to market oondltlon and possibly overproduction. It Is expect ed that a number of mills will resume operations about January 15 and this, of course, will serve to stimulate trade generally. Over SO per cent of last year's grain crop ha been moved. It J brought ordinary price. There Is no reason at this time to expect that next year's crop will not be normal at least. Oregon. Washington and Idaho are growing and will continue to grow. The increase In population will be more marked as agricultural methods change, that lr to say, when the one-crop Idea Is abandoned and diversified farming I pursued. It I the agricultural resource that are responsible to a very great extent for our development and pros perity. My view as to the future are optimistic. ItaaMoa Please Alnsworth. J. C. Alnsworth. president United States National Bank. The situation Is encouraging fxom every standpoint. Railroad construction will be conducted on a larger scale, real estate Is becom ing more active and building operations are Increaelna- In volume. The situa tion In the East Is clearing up. Al though It Is Presidential year, no great Issues are at stake. The effect of the election has been largely discounted. Orders for steel, which ars growing more numerous, are a very good baro meter of trade. It means thst the rail roads are active, which, of course, mean that all line of industry are active. Portland securities are much sought by Eastern bond-buyers They are generally pronounced the best In the West. Emery Olmstead. vice-president and manager Portland Trust Company. I feel optimistic over the situation In Portland. Condition In the United State generally are better now than they were a year ago. There la plenty of money for legitimate Industry and ratev are easy. lcally, 1 am looking forward to continued normal condltlona. Meter Vrcee Precaatlea. Julias X Meier, the Meier 4 Frank Company. Having Just closed the larg est year's business In our history, the natural Inclination Is to take an opti mistic view for 1913. However, there Is unfortunately some conditions In this community which give the conserva tive merchant cause for caution. It is an accepted theory of economists that greatly Increased building operations during a period of prosperity calls tor caution. Portland has been unusually favored by an Influx of population and capital, which has more than offset thla general theory. The best Infor mation we have Indicates a quietness In real estate and building operations. Lumbering has ten unusually Inactive and for the first time for many years. It would seem thst we have reached the point where It behooves merchants and others to give serious consideration to the Importance of building up the In terior. The population of Oregon, out side the City of Portland. Is approxi mately double the population of Port land, whereas It should be a greater percentage. While there IS a tendency toward greater Interest In agriculture, I hope to see an Increased Interest dis played In bringing farmer to the stste. and In teaching them how to get the best results from the solL The year llx. Is a Presidential year, and while that does not necessarily disturb busi ness, the fundamental conditions throughout the United States Indicate aa era of conservatism. A great future for our City of Portland and the State of Oreaoa la assured. CITY 815 IRE . UN EVER IN 1911 Every Department Has Record of Development of Mot able Interest. MANY STREETS IMPROVED Cost or Work Mill Exceed Mark of 1910 by Slore Than $13,000,000. Total of 92.2 Miles of Water Stains Laid. Statistical records of Portland's prog ress In 1911. as compiled by the vari ous city departments, will show the year to have been by far the most Im portant and successful In the history of the city. Every line of development, excepting Bewer extensions, will set new records. Street ImDrovements will exceed the ! 1 afnrl nr !4tA K at- t . i n C AAA 00(1 The water-main record will take a long stride forward and practically every other record will be broken by a long margin. The Extensive system of sew ers laid in 1910 caused a lull In that line of development In 1911. Despite that fact the record for the year Is In excess of the records of years prior to 1910. C'Hy Sound Financially. The annual reports of rlty officials have not all been completed, but they are far enough along to show that .all former records of annual progrees will be smashed. On top of the vast Im provements, the report of City Treasur er Adams shows the city to be on a sound financial basis. The balance on hand this year will be nearly three time as great a the balance In the treasury at the beginning of the year. The annual report of City Engineer Hurlburt. as completed yeoterday. shows that more than 100 miles of hard fir face was laid on Portland streets dur ing the year at a total cost of 23,603,184. Of this amount the East Side received 83.26 miles, at a cost of 24. 699,879. and the West Side 17.14 miles, at a cost of 31,003.305. The total was 100.40 miles. The total amount spent on the streets was $7,021,361. which was 23,000,000 more than the expenditure of 1910, which year waa the biggest of all pre ceding years. Of the various classes of paving used, bltullthlo held the preference. There was a total of 43 miles laid, at a cost hf 32.20.966. Asphalt was second, with 30.67 miles, costing 21.652.863. and Hassam third, with 23.17 miles, at a cost of 21.313.213. Many large districts were paved. The biggest of these were Skldmore, Laurelhurst. Division. Beau mont, Lombard and Richmond districts. Street Work Large. In addition to the 37,021.361 already expended this year, there Is a total of over 31,000,000 more of contracts which have not befn finished. A large part of this work will be accepted by the city early next year. Following Is a table showing In detail the work of the city In street Improvement work during the year: I.FNGTH AND COST OF STREET IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE YEAR 1911. Asphalt Bltullthlo llassam ........... Concrete ............... ptone block ............ Wood block Total hard surface.... Macadam .", cr.dms and sidewalk .. riratllns Kleval'd roadway Fill and plank roadway Total miscellaneous .. Grand total In 1910 the amount expended for street Improvements was 25.123.000. A total of 63 miles of hard-surface pav ing was laid. In sewer extensions the year has been a big one. A total of 60 miles of trunk and lateral sewer mains was laid at a cost of 3566.291. In 1910 there were 109 miles of sewers extended, at a cost of 3907.000. The general exten .inn r tha sewer system In 1910 made unnecessary any vast extensions this year. Improvement wont was centemu on street Improvements and only such sewers as were necessary to complete the city's system were laid. The amount listed In the City Engineers report Includes only the sewer exten sions which have been accepted by the city. Water Mala Extended. The Water Department this year has laid a total of 2 .2 miles of mains of various sixes, which Is about 10 miles mors than were laid in 1210. In addi tion to the city mains there were 9.4 miles of private malna laid, making a total 28. miles-as compared with 51 miles In 1810. The mains were from four to 80 inches In diameter. The ma jority were the standard eight-Inch, mains. The total cost of the pipes has not been summed up yet by the Water Department. Financially th city has had a very successful year, according to the re port of City Treasurer Adams. After all expenditures there will be a balance January 1 of 22.193.238.45 which is three times the amount on hand at the beginning of the y3ar. The report of City Treasurer Adams Includea every thing up to last night. It shows there waa a balance of 31.809.929.63 on-hand January 1 of this year. The total re ceipts, not counting liquor licenses amounting to 3191.500. which will b added to the fund, to date have been 314 690 865 62. which, added to the bal ance of 1910, has made the total re ceipts for this year 3U.300.79G.15. With th liquor licenses added, the total Is 316.492.296.16. The total disbursements forhe year np to last night were 213.199.056.70. leaving a balance In the fund of 33. 198.238.46, as compared with 21.602, tZt.il at the end of 1910. Beaded Debt Nearly 11 Sflllloaa. The bonded indebtedness of the city to date Is 210.794.600. not including J-00U00 In Jail bonds which have been sold but for which th money haa not been paid. During the year a total of 24 909 662.8T In improvement bonda waa aoid. Thl Include $L100,000 In Broad way bridge bonda The report of births and deatl: has not been completed for the last haff of December. The official figures up to December 16 and the estimate from then until yesterday show a total of 2327 deaths and 1660 birth. A study of'th birth and death In th last 12 vears shows a remarkable change in favor of the births. In 1900 there were but 42 more birth than deatha Each year the births have gained a little over daatha until this year the roporta j wm enow about 1222 mora births than j CITY'S Bl ILDIXO PER HITS FO 1011 MAKE GM)I SHOWING. Portland. Rulldlnr permits Issued in Port land for 1911 totaled 7639; valuation 219.173.874. Permits In 110. o-. valuation, 20.SS8.20I. Seattle. ' Seattle. Wash.. Pec JO. (Special.) Building permits In Seattle In 1911 were 10.959; valuation. 27.491.156. Permits In 1910. 13.071: valuation. J17.41S.078. Spokane. Spokane. ' 'Wash.. Dee. 10. (Spec clal.) Building permits Issued In Spokane In 1911 totaled 1165; valu ation. 3.1.10.0?0. Permits Isnued In 1910. 2524: valuation. I5.88S.484. Los Angeles. Los Anxeles, Cal.. Dec. 10. (Spe cial.) Building permits Issued in Los Angelee In 1911 reached a total of 11.49J: valuation, J2J.004.189. Per snlta In 1910, 10.738; valuation, J21. 614.106. the records at the building Inspector's office show that the aggregate cost of construction wa 21.707,328 less than that of 1910. much of the cost repre sented in the 1910 totals rightfully be long to the 1911 total. The fact that the gain in the number of permits in 1911 was equal to 18 per cent indicates that building construction shows an actual Improvement over the record made In 1910. In addition to the construction au thorized there are now plan in the building Inspector' office for modern structures which call for a total ex penditure of 21, 800.000. Among theso prospective buildings are the Oregon Hotel to cost 2600,000, the Honeyman Hardware Company' concrete ware house to cost 2175,000, the Empress deaths. Following are the deaths ana births by months in 1911: Deaths. Births. January fg February , J J J, J March i ?,: a.?1 :::::::::::::: stf & July .70 32 August i,'tg 31g September ............ October ?i5 November '! December - Total. 88,50 BUIXDIXG OPERATIONS VAST Permits for ItlT Are 1166 Store Than Those for Preceding; Year. While the records in the office of the city building inspector show a smaller total in building permits for the year as compared with the totals of 1910. there was in reality more building con struction In 1911 than thsre was In 1910. The total permit for December, 1910, were augmented to abnormal fig ures for the rsason that builders were anxious to take out permit before the new building code became effective January 1. 1911. Under the old code the fee charged for permits were consid erably less and in cases where b g buildings were- planned, the amounts saved in taking out permits before January 1. 1911. reached large propor- " It., estimated that at least 23,000.000 In building were represented H i" 1910 totals whereas normally mey would have been Included in the totals of 1911. The records show that more modern. fireproof structures were erected in Portland In 1911 than in 1910. . umber of Permit Galas. Portland Issued 7689 permits in 1911 for structures worth an Wte of 219 178,874. Permits issued in 1910 to taled 523. The gain made this vear was 1168 over the totals of 1910. While Kast side. West Sid. Total. Length Length Length miles. Cost. miles. Cost. miles. Cost. .. 1:4.44 1.321.10 6.23 831. 75T 30.87 1.602.883 .. 87.17 1.1IK7.010 5.00 803.956 42.17 2.290.9S8 .. 20.74 l.lb3.4T 1.43 127.72 22.1T LS13.21S 1 86 T4.S92 1.8 T4.9H3 .70 86.782 2.62 184,74 2.32 251.6.16 .21 19.614 21 1U.514 .. 98.2 4.IW.TI 1714 1.008.305 100.40 S.SOS.IM . . I SO 75.7.V .80 15.042 160 K0.7H2 .. 64 12 957.7H 2.R7 1.0 87.49 1.127.B72 . . 8.20 28.148 3.80 140.210 6.50 171.8.'8 .Ol 1.690 .01 i.eio .10 26.6A5 .10 26. IMS .. 68.72 1.0S6.329 0.88 331.848 75.70 1,418,177 . .161.98 D.88S.20 24.12 L835.15S 178.10 T.021.861 Theater to cost 3360,000, the Central Market block to cost 2250,000. besides several smaller structures. It 1 prob able that work will be started on the new postofflce building as well as the Auditorium. These two buildings will cost 21,600.000. 1813 Outlook Koeeate. Building construction In prospect for the new year aggregates a total cost of about 14,000,000. In the opinion of many, the building activity of 1911 will surpass that of any previous year. In realty transfers the year wit nessed a most satisfactory activity,. There were 18,333 transfers recorded with a total valuation of 325,269,549. In 1910 there were 18,704 transfers In volving a nominal value of 3100,096,060 This total Included the 270,000,000 transfer Involved in the Oregon-Washington Railroad Navigation consol idation. In the face of the 1910 show ing, there was much greater activity In inside property In 1911 and many more Important deal were closed. Trading outside of Portland and throughout the state waa more general and a greater amount of foreign capital was Invested men in mio. The building record in Portland for 11 year follows: Year. Permits Valuation. llioi... 1903... 1U03... 1IHI4... 1905. .. 190... 190T... 1908... 1909... 1910. .. 1911... 745 s l.t: ns 2X44 1628 1720 2318 Sins Z.7R0.80 4 2M.0.VJ 4.029.223 4.183.803 8.902.0.12 9.446.912 10.405.151 18.481.880 20.886.2)2 19.178.874 8890 4S49 4739 8523 7689 The following statistics, compiled by the Portland Dally Abstract, show the amount of real estate transfers in 1310 and 1911 by months: Vonth. January ... February . March .... April Mar June Juir Au-ust September October . . November December . 1010. . 2.329.802 . 3.15.208 . 4.1O0.S6S . 2 973.068 . 2S04.142 . 2.5U5.I10 . 2.402.344 . 1.74.840 . 1.642.518 . 1.7S2.6.U . 1.638.323 . T. 4 26. 1S 1911. J1.070.1S3 2.1WI 410 2.409.913 2.774 444 2.541.956 1.536.100 2,3.-4.308 2.016.14 1.840.547 1.61)7,661 2.303.450 2,029,549 TIES AXD DIVORCES GAIX Marriage Licenses S4S4 in 111 and 1 Decrees- Total 6S6. Both marriages and divorces In creased In Multnomah County In the year, as compared with 1910. Th records for 1911 show that County Clerk Fields Issued 3454 marriage licenses. In 1910 there were 2193 licenses Issued. Court records reveal that during 1911 there were granted 63 divorces, an average of more than 12 a week. Few of theee were contested. In 1910 there were 469 divorces. Proof of the growth of the county in population is shown by comparing the figures of 1911 with those of 1902, when there were 1142 marriage licenses and 141 dlvoroea. CATTLE TRADE BIG Livestock Worth $10,000,000 Is Sold in 1911. $1,000,000 GAIN IS SHOWN Statistics Prove Local Stockyards Have Become the Leading; Fea ture of Portland Market. Sheep Movement Is HeaTj. FOBTLAHD LIVESTOCK RECEIPTS. 1910. 1911. Inc. Cattle 89.733 88.884 1.S49 Calves 8.297 6.818 1.479 Hon 83.323 86.188 2.860 Sheep 167.418 800.827 133,209 Horses and mules L741 2.169 618 Totals 330.512 484,271 183,769 Ten million dollars worth of live stock was sold at the Portland Union Stockyards in 1911. This Is $1,000,000 In excess of the business done in 1910. In the coming year. $15,000,000 worth of stock will be handled at the yards. The year just closed was a satisfac tory one in every respect from the stockyards' standpoint. Not only did the total receipts show a material In crease over those of the preceding year, but it was demonstrated in more ways than one that the stockyards have become a leading and permanent feature In Portland's trade, as well as a necessary adjunct to the stock growing industry of the Pacific North west. It was long ago predicted that Portland would be the center of the Northwestern livestock trade, and the prediction has now been verified. The sturdy growth of the business handled insures the future success of the Port land Institution. The total receipts of cattle, calves, hogs, sheep and horses and mules at the North Portland yards this year have been 484,271 head. This is 133,759 more head than received in 1910. The total number of cars unloaded this year was 5846, or 438 more than last year. Sheep Movement Heavy. Since the yards were established In their present location on the Peninsula, 926,662 head of stock of all kinds have been handled. The movement of sheep to market in 1911 was unusually heavy, the total ar rivals being 300,627 head, or nearly twice the number disposed of in 1910. This naturally cut into the consumption of cattle, but not to the extent that might be expected, as the receipts of cattle during the year 88,384 head were only 1349 head less than last year. The falling off in cattle con sumption waa mainly during the cur rent month, and can be accounted for in the large quantity of poultry dis posed of in this market, January is likely to see an unusually heavy move ment of cattle to Portland. Not only wore the shep receipts largely Increased, but there was also a gain in the movement of hogs, as compared with last year, and the ex pansion In this line will be still great er In the coming year. The table here given showing the total receipts of all classes of live stock by months at the Portland Union Stockyards was prepared by O. M. Plummer. secretary-treasurer of the Portland Union Stockyards Company: Month. January Feburary March April May June .... July August September October . , November necember 1911 total (WO 1910 Total Figures' 'iii ' for ' September to Decemb.r Oregon Supply Big. , Oregon farms and ranges supplied nearly one-half of the cattle and calves, over one-third of the hogs and about two-thirds of ' the sheep sold on this market during the year. The total sup ply of these classes was 482,012 head, and of this total, shipments of 283.4o9 head originated In this state. Idaho was second and Montana third in fur nishing cattle and calves. A large part of the hog supply still comes from Ne braska, but the North Pacific States are coming to the front in this respect and this year furnished more than half the total number received. In sheep shipments. Eastern Oregon ranges, of course outdistanced all other sections. The 'source of the various classes of livestock received at the yards In the paat three years Is shown in the fol lowing table prepared by Mr. Plummer: 1909.11910.1 State. Orefon ... Idaho Washln(tn Montana -California IIOOB.'I 1910. I 191L I ! 17.3 12' 45.4 131 w,.ooj 1,858:6.67214.142 120.301 Z.OOlliXO.0-1 iwojo 528 1.285; 62 138 8.657 11.946i 15.2S0 8.318 2,872 8,816 432 V Nevada Wyoming Colorado . Nebraska Wlaconaln Illinois ... 'Iowa -Kansas .. Missouri . Attnneaota Total Tie 1.367, 676 842 22 ao.556 89.T83 1909 Figures are for September IS to Big Increase Augured. There are many reasons for believing that business at the Portland stock yards wlli show, a substantial increase In 191T The establishment of the new 8. 4V S. plant will be an Important fac- ests not now Identified with the yards in tha coming year, uuuiu. will be represented mere, ana uuo pendent buying In the country it Is be-, lleved. will cease largely. The stock yards are a clearing-house where busi ness can be transacted at minimum ex pense, and packers and other buyer, are no longer disposed to follow the old method of picking up their supplies In the country districts. A determined effort will also be msde to obtain the enforcement of the city ordinance which regulates the inspec tion of all meat products brought into Portland. This will tend to cut down the receipts of country-dressed veal, nork and beet as much of the meat that has been sent Into the city would not stand impaction, where, the same took could b .afely shipped her g' a result of the campaign of edu cation started last year, more hogs are being raised In the Northwest. The tockyards company brought In hun dreds of breeding hogs from the East during the year, and th Increase will be ready for market in th coming aea- The small diversified farmer wIU sup ply th market with cattle la th fu- ture, so the passing of the ranges will not be a detriment to tne inaustry. im small farmer will be able to put out a better grade of beef and there will be more of it, as soon as the value of pure-bred stock is realized. The Pacific Coast furnishes the en tire East with mutton sheep, and in suite of the heavy marketings there will be no scarcity of this kind of stock. Portland Is the natural sheep market of the West, being In the heart of a great sheep country. The quality of sheep in this section Is improved for mutton purposes, and the demand is growing, for with many mutton is tak ing the place of beet and pork because of Its lower cosL TELEPHONE WORK IS GREAT Approximately One Million Dollars to Be Spent In Portland. Telephone companies operating In Portland will spend approximately $1,000,000 In extensions and Improve ments within thd coming year, a simi lar amount having been spent within the present year. The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company has purchased the quarter block at the southeast corner of Oak and Park streets, adjoining the new Oregon Hotel Annex, for a new office location. At the present time the vari ous executive and clerical departments of the company are housed in a num ber of different buildings. Portland officials of the company have not been advised definitely as to the exact plans of the new building. However, it will be constructed along the most modern plans. Much Work I Planned. In addition to the amount to be ex pended for the new. building and the equipment to be placed therein, the company will make many Improve ments and additions to Its present tele phone plapt. While the amount apportioned for new work for 1912 i about $600,000, It is probable that considerable more work than is provided for in that fig ure will be done. The city is develop ing so rapidly, especially in the resi dence and suburban districts, that it is necessary for the company to add con tinually to its outside plant. The 12 months Just closed has wit nessed the most rapid growth In the history of the telephone company In Portland. A net gain of more than 5000 telephone stations has been made, so that at the present time there are ap proximately 84.000 telephone stations connected with the Portland exchange. During the year approximately $800,000 has been expended in improvements and additions to the plant in Fortland. Service la Improved. C. H. Moore, district commercial su perintendent of the company, says that many Improvements and betterments In the service and plants of the com pany have been made In the cities throughout the state, and that this has a direct effect in facilitating commer cial relations with the metropolis. A recent consolidation of the Independ ent and Pacifio plants at The Dalles and in all the towns In Washington County nas made it possible for com plete communication to be had. and the use of two telephone systems in these towns is eliminated. Many improvements have been made on the long-distance lines, and conver sation with Seattle, Tacoma. Spokane, San Jranclsco and all other cities In the Pacific Coast States Is possible. Many betterments In the toll lines are contemplated for 1912, which will in sure further the handling of a larger amount of business between Portland and cities and towns of the Pacifio Northwest via the telephone route. Home Extends LI nee. The Home Telephone Company spent fully $200,000 In the development of Its facilities In Portland in 1911. The com pany has pushed Its lines Into many portions of the city that it has not reached heretofore. Including Sellwood and parts of Rose City Par. A con stant effort has been made to keep pace with the general growth of the city. The number of subscribers has been tattle. u so, 2?? I'SS HS? Calves. Hobs. Sheep. H. ft M. Cars 853 9.075 20,189 183 559 170 4.0SO 24.238 86 437 fSl 6.B82 25.018 185 609 8 223 141) 7.18 24.654 250 558 5 777 843 7.940 84.686 247 494 8 788 1.229 4.460 28.614 300 630 8690 7 6.248 88.006 1:13 554 8.195 878 7.448 29.654 120 523 5 04! 9S3 9,202 28,213 77 43a 601 8.63 25.366 301 504 4'.400 168 10.025 11.958 156 389 88 84 8.818 86.1S3 300.827 2,259 6.S46 20558 2.4X8 86.283 82,0f2 630 1.417 89 733 8,297 83,823 187,418 1,741 6,408 ..108.673 17.658 205.789 500,137 4.580 12.671 J 8L 1909. Increased from 9000 to approximately 12,600. The company plans to make further expenditures in 1912, Its estimate for the work outlined being $250,000. MEN TO AID SUFFRAGE W. M. Davis Calls Meeting to Help . Votes for Women. W. M. Davis, the latest champion of equal suffrage, has completed all ar rangements for holding Wednesday night In the assembly hall of the Com mercial Club a public meeting for the purpose of organizing an auxiliary of men to aid the women In their fight for the ballot. He Is trying to get Gov- II Hogs. II Sheep. 191111 1909. 1910. 1911. 1909. J 1910. 1 1911. 23.559 30.538' 18.80T 457j 1O.160! 4.578 112.6261 208,421 803 12.048 18,967 11.053 13.5241 35.388 34.658 17,978 1.938 2. IMS 279j 12 S 8 S.64ft 8,011 8.083, 21.215 7.858 T87 4,722 9.622 2,474 83.789 "J, 2, 48818.297'a,81836, 263, 88.828:88, 188f82.092167,418;80O,62T December 3L 1309. ernor West to preside, but so far has not received a definite reply, he says. Among the speakers who will address the Wednesday night meeting, accord ing to Mr. Davis' programme, are C. W. Fulton, D. Soils Cohen, Dan J. Malar key. Judge Gantenbein, County Judge Cleeton, Judge Qatens, John F. Logan and W. S. U'Ren. "We Intend at thi meeting to per fect an organization of voters to help the women," said Mr. Davis. "As soon as the ball has been started rolling right In Multnomah County the organ ization will be extended to all parts of the state. I am ready to bet that the women will win at the next election. Heretofore they have lacked a strong supporting organization of men." Smoke Nuisance Fought. Tha Portland Municipal Association has prepared resolutions to present to the City Council asking that some thing be done to abate the smoke nui sance and asking that public comfort , station be estabiisned In tne congested parts of the business district. The smoke nuisance, the association de clares. Is growing because of the more general use of coal and oil in public buildings. A request is made that pro vision be made by the Council for smoke-consuming devices in buildings and factorlea. Coal $( up. Edlefsen Fuel Co. PnPTIfl'Jn'Qcnunni i uuiLnuu uuuiiuul GROWTH IMMENSE Board of Education Unable to Keep Pace With City's Ex traordinary Stride. BUILDING NEEDS GROW Despite Great Activity of Municipal ity in Providing New Structures and Enlarging Old, Room Still Inadequate. So great has been the growth ot Portland's school population that the Board of Education, although combin ing earnest consideration and liberal appropriations to meet the situation, has been wholly unable adequately to respond to the requirements of the dis trict for new buildings, additions to buildings already constructed and the necessary equipment. Even with the remarkable activity of the Board in recent year to provide Improved and lndUpensable school fa cilities, many districts of the city to day are without actually necessary ac commodations and are clamoring for more school buildings. This seriously congested condition In some of the schools has been relieved somewhat by the use of portable buildings, in which some of the classes have been tempor arily housed. Portland feels proud of the efficiency and thoroughness of its publlo school system and It has a right to. But the phenomenal Increase In the population of the city has surpassed the ability of the Board of Directors to provide ad ditional buildings rapidly enough to meet that condition. Building Keeda Grow. In 1911 the enormous sum of $1,100, 000 was expended for new buildings and yet the overcrowded condition of the school, has not been met. The Board has made arrangements for liberal expenditures in the same direc tion in 1912, but Bince it Is conceded that the growth of the city is both conservative and substantial and Is bound to continue, the Director, are convinced that the problem of meeting the requirements of the district In the way of buildings Is one that will con front them annually for years to come. Of the $1,100,000 expended In 1911 for new buildings and additions, $500,000 was required in the construction of the new Lincoln High School, which will have 68 rooms. Other new buildings constructed during the year were gram mar school buildings at Weston, Rose City Park, Fernwood and manual train ing buildings at Creston, Mount Tabor and Woodstock. Old buildings were re placed at Holladay and Thompson and a new gymnasium, costing $80,000, was constructed for the Washington High School. These additional buildings pro vided in the aggregate an increase of 122 rooms for school purposes, but these have not sufficed satisfactorily to re lieve the congestion. New Site to xte Bought. The policy pursued by the Board of Education of issuing bonds only for the construction of high schools and meeting the cost of all other Improve ments and maintenance by direct tax ation was Indorsed by the taxpayers of the district at their annual meeting Friday night. At the same time the tax levy of 6 mills, recommended by the Board, was also approved, after an effort to reduce the levy to 6 mills and make up the difference with an issue of bonds to the amount of $400,000 had been defeated. This will enable the Board to con tinue ltg pay-as-you-go policy In pro viding additional grammar schools which are contemplated in 1912. New grounds will be purchased for the Eliot, Falling, Mount Tabor. Shattuck. Shaver, Terwllllger, Washington High; Wood lawn and Llewellyn schools. Additional rooms will be provided for the Creston, Fulton Park. Montavllla, Richmond, Weston, Gregory Heights, Kenton and Jonesmore schools. Steps will also be taken to obtain a site for an additional school building in the southeastern sec tion of the city. Old Buildings Doomed. The Board Is confronted with the nec essity of replacing the Alnsworth. Fall ing, Shattuck and Couch buildings on the West Side and the Hawthorne and Buckman buildings across the river soon. These structures are antiquated and will no longer serve school pur poses. It will be the policy of the Board to erect permanent fireproof structures to replace these buildings, as their location is within the fire dis trict and under city ordinance they can only be replaced with modern concrete and fireproof structures. Limited as it Is in the matter of funds for new buildings, it will be Im possible for the Board In 1912 to re place all the structures enumerated above with fireproof buildings. How ever, a beginning will be made and In the course of the next few years the Board hopes to be able properly to re place the wornout buildings and at the same time provide other necessary smaller structures and addition from the funds derived from a special tax levy without resorting to the issue of bonds. 80,093 Pupils In City. The census of the district for 1911 show 40,111 children of eligible school age. The total registration In th schools, including the night classes, was 30,093, an Increase of 10 per cent over that of the preceding year. The last census shows a growth of 1S00 in the school population over that of the year before. The 1910 census, in turn, showed -an increase of 3500 over that of 1909; 1909 and 1908 each showed an increase of 1500. Expenditures of the district for all purposes in 1911 amounted to approxi mately $2,700,000. The budget for 1918 carries appropriations of $2,707,000. Property owned by the district, includ ing sites, buildings and equipment, ap proximates a valuation of $4,000,000 and the total bonded indebtedness is $719, 000. The district employs 768 teachers, whose salaries aggregate nearly $1,000. 000 annually. Alleged Woman Thief Caught. Anna Green, whom Sam Goldberg accused of decamping with $1500 of hU money, was arrested yesterday by De tectives Mallet and Royle. She had $625 In her possession. Goldberg ap pealed to the police, several days ago. While he was making his complaint, he was recognized as an alleged de faulter from San Bernardino and is now held awaiting officers from that city. The Victrola will furnish more en tertainment than any other possible gift. Sherman, Clay & Co., on Morrison at Sixth, have all the records. Victor records may be used on other ma chines. Coal ft up. Edlefsen Fuel Co. ,