.- y- THE OREGON SUNDAY JO URN All. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST ' 7. 1904.' so 4 FAIR IS TAKING DEFINITE 1905 Exposition Grounds Already Are Thronged With Buildings. Men on Government Buildings. Begin Soon. V Work on the government building for th Lewi and Clark exposition will be gin "within the next six. weeka Plans art being- drawn by the supervising ar chitect at Waahlnirton. I. t- ana as aoort a they are completed and the con tract a let work will commence on the structure It la ta be situated on the peninsula. .directly acres the lake from the fair . grounds.' The building will be one of the largest end moat attractive of the whole expedition, costing $2S0,00. It 'will be. erected , on the same axle as the other buildings In the grounds, tha front facing on the lake, and will be quadran- guUr In shape, with, a beautiful court in tha center.' The mala section will be 700 feet long and 109 feet wide and there will be two winga of over. Sua feet long by -it feet wide. The . exact ' elevation of ' the structure ha not aa .yet been made known. The architecture , will be In keeping with that of the other butld- .inge of the grounds, which la of the Spanish renaleaauc. ' . ' . I ' , Beady by Storotu . According to H. W. Good, president of ,the Lewis and Clark expoeltlon. work .will not begin later than the" middle of : September and Will be finished by the - first of March, giving ample time for tha exhibit to be put in place by the time -Uhe- expoeltlon opens oa - the first ,oX 'June.- This, building will be one of the fea ture of the fair. To eee it and Its ex ihlblta will be well worth coming hun ' idreds of miles. Every department of the I government will be represented, the ex jhlblta being In proportion to the amount .- 'of the fpnda available for each depart ment , '..... .," . .. .' President Good atated that the gov ernment Is an old band In sartlcipattng .'in expoeltions and takes great pride In Its buildings and exhibits. From all In dications the government Intends taking -special peine, with Its .Lewis and Clark exhibit. It Is expected that much of t the Bt Louis display will be transferred here with other additions. ; The bridge which is to span the lake ; between the main fair ground and the peninsula will be a beautiful piece of work. Plana for this have just been completed and work will begin , at no , distant day. - It will be broad and will 'be beautifully Illuminated at night.' Large towers at both ends of the bridge will be- erected on 'Which will be Im mense clusters of lncandeacents which will cast their light over the entire sue ' fsce of the lake. . , . : , - Many States Will Exhibit, ' All of the Pacific . coast states and ( many of the eastern and middle west statte. have already manifested an In tention of exhibiting at the fair and the state's building wilt be taxed to Its ut- .most capacuy It Is. expected that at leaet SO statea will be represented. Colonel Doach. director of exhlbita, and. J. A. Wakefield. . director of conces alona. who have been in St. Leu la for several weeks, arrive in Portland next, week and will commence the awarding of space to the different exhibitors. " . Rapid headway la being made on the I buildings and the grounds at the expoal- J GAINS MANY IDEAS AT ST; LOUIS FAIR na ncia urinn attxb zx TBsTDXO TOUB OT Til XAgT KB ATS CrOTXSsTltZsTT EXKIXITB AT Tn r Aim . ui wo-trozavrtrx ' rOBTXVAsTO rOUCS BTAJTS WXU. Slgmund Slchel ha returned from At laatle City, where he went a a repre- , aentatlve of tha Imperial Council of An clent and Accepter Order of Noblee of ' tha Myetlo Shrine from Al Kader Tem ple, Portland.: Bla tour included visits at tha Louisiana Purchase exposition. St. Louis, Columbus, O., Philadelphia, New York and Chicago. , Mr. Slchel eays Ihat the government exhibit at the, St. Louie fair 1 of sur passing Interest and will be of Immense importance to the Lewi and Clark fair, - to which the entire exhibit Is to be brought. He spent a week Inspecting thla and the transportation and machln- wry exhibit. "The government exhibit," he aaya. "consist of a postal exhibit, a naval ex hibit, an Irrigation exhibit, an agrlcul ' turat exhibit, a horticultural exhibit, a marine exhibit, a mint and currency ex hibit, telegraph and wireless telegrsph exhlbita. All these are shown by the ctual apparatus In operation or by means of life-else wooden structures and . wax figure and by moving pictures. It I aimpiy Immense, and the most educa tional arrangement that could be imag ined. For example, a part of tha naval , 'exhibit ia the front half of a battleship, full slse, constructed of wood, and by mean of an excavation under it set up . ao mat it iooks like tne real thing. There I a full crew and officer aboard, rep resented In life-atae wax figures. The whole thing la open to the public, and hundred were aboard of the ship at one ' time., going through the various com partment and examining the working of the model. The guna were real naval 'gun. .'. 'Talaabl Xrrigmtloa Map. ' Mr. Slchel was much taken with a rep resentation of the advantage of irriga tion aa shown in the government exhibit by a profile map of the topography of the: state' of Arlsona, with -water . run ning in the river and Irrigation dltcnva. The map was about llxSH feet In size, and on It. by mean of grain and trees, was shown the difference between arid land irrigated land In actual practice. It waa a wonderful lesson in Irrigation , te those who are interested In the devel opment of Oregon' veat areas of agri cultural and fruit land that await the narlo touch of water. "The Vnlted States poetofflc exhibit ' 1 one of th most extensive." say Mr. fileheL "In It la ihown every, method by which the government handle the mall, from the dog sledge In Alaska to the fat mall train aero the statea Th I edge are real end tha dogs are wax figure and very lifelike. .The actual handling , of th malls wa shown In the govern ment post of flee, which I a part tf th exhibit, and th operation of the mall tralna.- tha mall wagons and th distri bution, of th letter down to th least Oeiatl are Illustrated by moving pictures. Kven the actual mall wagons are shown, with stuffed horse hitched to them, and SHAPE and Features -Work Hon park Under the direction of Super intendent of Construction F. A. Ertaon. A small army of workmen la at work at the. present time on the Forestry build ing Which la to be the largest log build ing ever constructed. The large live foot logs which are to be used for tn foundation' log! are nearly all In place and many -of the other timbers arevon the ground. An immense engine ia be ing lined to draw the large logs from the lake, up a mammoth skldway over 1. 000 feet In length to the site of the building. The place preaents the ap pearance of a great beck wood logging ramp, Bark for covering the gabre ends of the building and the shakea for the roof will arrive next week. Plaa Xlg Torestry Exhibit. : . An attempt le ta be made to have ev ery county In the state make a f oreatry exhibit in this building and there will be (very phase of the lumbering and ogging. Industry , represented. One of the feature of the place will be a big sawmill which will cut tha Immense log Into lumber during the progress of the fair aa a practical demonstration of (he lumbering Industry of this state, ' Staff work ia being placed on the liberal arts, the state building and the foreign exhibit building la being placed and this gives the buildings a very changed appearance. Within three mote weeka the piaster of parte castings will aH have been pieced and the plastering ' will have begun. - The towers are being finished On the liberal arte building and the dome . is nearly completed on the state's building. This dome will be cov ered with a translucent fabric allowing a aoft mellow light to enter the build ing. . The building formerly known aa festi val hall haa been named the foreign ex hibits building, official notification of the same being made yesterday. The work on this structure la alao progressing rapidly and when completed it will be Imposing, especially from the exterior. Will Install Tire Tore. Plastering on . . the ,, administration building ' will commence tomorrow an J will be finished, within two weeka. Yes terday g force of men was employed in putting the roof on the fire department building. Thla structure will be .finished first of all. As eoon as the apparatus arrive for the lire house, a force of men will be put on duty in order to protect the buildings from fire. The water works of the grounds are adequate In every respect and with a competent fire department there 1 little danger from aevere loss by fire. Much attention ia being paid at the present time to the ground. A large force of men la employed under skilful landscape gardeners In keeping the lawns mowed and watered and in plant ing ahruba and flowers. - The two sunken garden are finished and the work of planting these In graaa -and flower will begin shortly. Much of the work of- tha. gardening foree at tha prea- eni time is Demg done along the lake shore where path are being laid out and graveled and the debris cleaned away. By the time the rains begin the surroundings will be In excellent condl tion for the winter. . . the horsea are th skins of animals that ouea in th service." , Xi-at Slsplay. He waa impressed with th perfection ef the government printing office and .mint, where the actual printing of post age stamps, government bonds and like supplies waa in progress. "There wa a complete government mint, and men from the regular mint were there at work turning out bright new coin, raed ale, aouvenlra, etc The exhibit of printing of bonds, stamp and other aocument were accompanied by the act' ual plate uaed In this process. It la aa education to the every -day man In the method of expert workmanahlp by which th machinery of our country ia run. - -"The agricultural and horticultural exhibit la very extensive. Th govern ment ha secured sample of fruit of all klnda grown In th United States and baa had them reproduced In wax. I aaw Oregon applea and prunes there In this form. Agriculture l represented by the grain and by papier mache producta of varioua Kind, and atockralslng la slml larly ahown. There 1 a model dairy ana -tnp-rmreninery -jor runnln f itTTMHf tne cowe are papier mache, Th butch ering of livestock and the packing busi ness ia represented by moving picture. Th ahowlng i wonderfully complete." ; .. aTew Telegraph XOaa. - Among otner thing Mr. Slchel aaw the new telegraph system, by which the sender of a message write It hlragelf and th Instrument at the other end of the line produce the message In the ender handwriting. He sent his name and addreaa over the system and aaw It come out on the receiver's desk In hi own peculiar chlrography, ' He also saw the wireless system of telegraphy a used oy tne government In operation. "Being interested in police condition. I naturally investigated In a measure the Bt. Louis department." says - Mr. Slchel, "and I was particularly Interest ed In the fact that St. Louis has engaaed and brought to the fair the pick of de tective rrom th department of all th principal cttlea in tha country to assist th SU Loul force. The . Idea ia that many crook from th varioua renter of crime who flock to St, Loul during th fal fI11 tUt,m h. 1 i. and arrested or can be placed under sur veillance. I have had m talk with Mayor Williams and have atrongly recommend ed mat Portland should adopt a slmllnr course during the Lewis and Clark fair. It would pay us to bring the best de tective from place like Denver. San Franclaco,. Chicago and New York, for many criminal will "follow th clr cult"-and come to the Portland expoal tlon after- the SC Loul fair 1 out of th way. I did not go to St. Ixula pre- juan-eo. out intending to criticise our home fore should I find opportunity to ao so. nut i must admit that our no lice force excela In neatnes and effi ciency, After I left NewYork I did not see a ponce force until I got home thallulted me aa well aa our own." .. Schedule of 5tearacr T. J. Potter. Th seaside su emrr T. J. Potter will leave Portland. Ash , street dock, for Aatoria and Ilwaco follow: Auguat . Tuesday, :4I a. m.: August 10, Wednesday, 7:80 a. m.; Auguat 11, Thursday, :li a. m.; August 11. Frlr dy,..;0 a. m. Auguat II. Saturday, :00 a. m. Get transportation and berth tickets at O. R. A N. ticket office. Third and Washington atrecta. The red-headed girl are aald to be for Parker. . ' CURIOUS CUSTOMS OF MANY LANDS m kxwdv ra mxocxxo to in na AKBBZbAsT SOX SZS WOT PTTB. XJCLT AJTD WOaTSSmS WXT SYZXTBODT BOXS JTOT BAT WIT xzs jnroEB. Mr. Mnhech Charan Slnha of Allsba bad, who 1 at preaent In Portland, glvee tn the following article hi vlewa on ome of the alngular differences be tween the custom of people of differ ent clvllixatlona: 7 What a world of mutual misunder standing, mutual reproach and mutual contempt would be saved if the Indi viduals, snd for the matter or that. communities, or even nations, were to realise the fact - that certain rule or conduct' or tdeaa of propriety which are in vogue with, them may have had ineir origin in reason peculiar 10 in. country or may have even come Into existence in an arbitrary manner, with out any apparent reaaon, and that It by Tip means follows that those who do MAHESH CHARAN BINHA. " not conform' to the rule or these ldeaa are. necessarily entitled to be treated with contempt or ridicule. To those who are always ready to call a custom of a country other -than their own "a stupid, barbarous custom" It never strikes that others can with an equal amount' of logic make a. similar remark on seeing things different from theirs. An American traveler goes to India, for instance; he see th native of th country not clad from top to toe; he take photograph and showing to bis f rleads delight in cutting a Joke and calling the Hlndoa uncivilized. How lit tle he sees that the naked paintings and sculptors exhibited In the chops of Americans make a Hindu Indignant and apt to remark that there is na decency In the west. While in America the moat modest girl can visit a public society witBrfcer half-open reast." witlmn ut terly unconcerned and unconscious look on her face., the Indian girl will never appear in the public unless she 1 com pletely muffled. She consider It a great breech of decency If the slightest part of her breaat 1 exposed to public gaae. .... The fore of custom la seen to strik ing advantage when we bring the east and west together. What the one na tion considera I wrong th other ve hemently assert Is. right; what th European call Indecent the Asiatic maintain ia decorous; what th Indian condemn aa Improper th Englishman belie vea Is correct. The white man, with the lofty superiority of his west ern civilisation, look down on his dark Argan brothers, oblivious that he him self may be the object of ridicule and contempt for ome of his own peculiar habita and custom. The eastern man will Invariably wash his hands before taking food and rinse his mouth after finishing th meaL The westerner dispenses wtth . ' both. The easterner uses' his Angers ' freely and laughs, at he .too much artificiality of lha westerner when ha cuts even hla bread with his knife and forw and spoons out the orange Juice Instesd of taking out the cover with the finger and tast ing the pieces one by one. - . . The Impartial critic, trying to ascer tain where the truth lie, ha to give It up aa a bad Job, when he And men and women equally Intelligent and equal I ly well-equipped with the - Idea of morality, decency and propriety,; hold ing such contradictory vlewa. Some year ago there waa a very Interesting and amusing -controversy be- tween some missionaries on a matter which bristled with difficulties, -A man desirous of being converted to Chris tianity wa anxious to oe oaptiseo witn hi family. -Now this man had two wives and what waa to be done with them was the problem to be solved. On party said, baptise the man and only one wife, to be aelected by him. for, it was urged, th Christian church- can never tolerate polygamy. But. retorted the other party, why deprive thes-otner woman of th blessings or Christianity and cause the man to commit .an of fense against society by forcing 'him to desert a womsn who wa hla legal wife and who could not be deprived of her right br any change of religion on his partT Beside. they argued, polygamy Is not a sin, for It was practised Dy tne patriarch of old and I nowhere pro hibited In the bible, except that it Is aald that a bishop should not be the husband of more wive than one.. How thl controversy ended I forget, but the question Involved Is simple. 4n the west a certain custom 1 found to exist.-now sanctioned by law, whilst In the east another custom exist, also sanctioned by law. It la merely a rase of the survival ef th fittest monogamy Is tha fittest, and though the right , of polygamy haa not been taken away, it is very rarely nowsaays, that a man, at loast. an educated man. Indulge m polygamy. You may pity a man for his fplly. yet you hav to admire hi cour age who tries to control and to pleas more wive than one, when the ordinary experience -1 that on )s mor than enough In all conelnre. The traveler from the west to Japan re shocked to see thst men and women bath naked in the - publlo bath. They begin to condemn the people and call them uncivilised and immoral. The Indiana, while they see th Euro peans kissing their wive openly before the public, to put It mildly, are simply hocked. To their minds, the art of kissing a woman publicly,, even if she were one' wife, I aa act utterly want ing In delicacy and good taste and they consider there are no term, strong enough to condemn It. In India, both high and low. would consider It de grading to he caught In any act Indicat ing famlllsrlty. with women. Yet, looked at impartially, there is no wfong in V y ''Mnie e MfaAoti i am ii mi i i WHERE DO YOU BUY YOUR GLASSES? Do you go where you can get the beat examination? Do you go where you can get the best results? Or do. you Just flrop In any place, pay th exorbitant price asked ana tax wnei ia nanaea you? , , - i The Oregoa optical company sen only reliable qualities, glvee the beat poaslble service and quotea the lowest possible prices. It will certainly pay you to try tne "Oregon mi weea. - OREGON OPTICAL COMPANY ' zxciinuTi oynciAjra. ITS Tourth St., T. X. O. A. Bldf. either of the practice. .- TO bath naked In society In Japan is aa much sanctioned by .custom a kissing women in the streets in .Europe and America. and keeping . women away from th lght of public' in some 'parts of India. .-' ' i ' . i ALASKA OIL IS ! LATEST BONANZA BIO WELLS AXJtSABY . TLOWIWO Ajn OTKEM 1 W1X& SOOaT Bat "smouaxT. W" bhtpmewts ot 600 BABBJCIjC A BAT FBOMIED roBTLABD XBrarxxT wait Able ... 1 . 'It I reported on good authdrity from the Alaska oil field that within a few week th operators there will begin shipping otl at the rat of 00 barrel a day. There are now five wells flowing or caDoed. and drill ara at work In eight more wells. . All these are in the Kyak field, which ha been th scene of operations by an English syndicate several yeara and In which a large num ber of Independent, operator are now at work. '' Harry White of Portland leave next Tuesday for the Kyak field, where he haa extensive oil and coal Interests,. Ha ha mad six trips, in as many auc- celve summers, to th Kyak oil field, nd lr In constant touch with affairs there. He expressed doubt that the shipment of U from that field will be gin before next spring. However, he admit that it will net be long until the development there will result in the shipment of 10,000 barrel a day from Alaska, H 1 of th opinion that the bulk, of It will be sent to China, Japan and other oriental point a. where re fineries may be established. But a large quantity of the oil might Be brought to Portland were a refinery Mtauiisnea here. ',' ' Opportunities t or ; Bortaaad. It ia not probable that any of h otl Will be refined In, Alaska, as It can be much more conveniently ahlpped in its crude state in tank steamer, before the naptha, gasoline and by-products are segregated. Many things are manufac tured, from the by-product of crude oil, and che location of a refinery in a com munity mean much mora than that of a mere distributing point for kerosene oil. At the present time there Is no oil refinery on th Pacific coast north or San ' Francisco. " Portland is .directly In th Una of transportation from Kyak to the Panama isthmua and th Hawaiian island, and it 1 - apparent that thla city and Puget -sound will be th channel through which a vaat sham of th Alaska oil and coal product will flow eastward. A dispatch from Boston a week ago to the effect that the Alaska coal and oil fields 'are the big prize that Hill and Harrlman ar fighting for was shown to an Alaska oil operator in Portland and his comment waa; Karrlmaa Seaka Prise..;. ',4; That 1 the exact truth, and th first time I have een tha inatd fact in print. Thl fight for control f Puget ound transportation la backed by the Standard OH company on the Harrl man aide, and we of Alaska hav known for a long time that the Eng- lieh syndicate which for yara ha been entrenching Itaelf In the Alaska oil field la a first-cousin of 'the standard. Oil company. If the Standard Oil and Harrlman Interests can control . th transportation overland from the north west and alao handle the Panama rail way through the proposed renewal of it contract with th , Paclflo Mall Steamship company, it will hav th Alaska oil -and coal trade to the east and middle west cornered, ao far as business In the United Statea is con cerned. - It cannot, however, control the ocean . transportation of oil . and coal as far as Paclflo coast porta for there will be plenty of tramp tank steamers In the trade as soon as the business will warrant them starting." Alaska coal and oil operator are attaining themaelves to hasten th ex tension of the government cable from Juneau to Sitka aa it la propoaed to secure by thla cable telegraphic con nection into the oil and coal field and thu greatly facilitate development and business. ' The cable Is now being man ufactured and General Oreely la ex pected to begin work on thla extension a soon as the- SeatUe-Juneau line 1 completed. BARBECUE WILL BE CAMPAIGN FEATURE - (Arterial Dispatch to Th Joural.) . Spokane, Aug. (.According to pres ent plana, the old-fashioned barbecue, with It roaat ox, aweet cider, speeches, songs and general good time, from f In the morning till 12 at night- may be one of the distinctive feature to mark the Republican campaign In eastern Washington this fall. ' Although th plana are not fully ma tured, the preaent Idea I to hav at least on or mor national speaker preaent on each occasion. . Invitation will be Issued to the farmers to spend the day with their families at the barbs rue.' Thla will give the leader of th Republican party an excellent oppor tunity to try their , wile on th poor farmer, and to rain hi Influence tn tha election! The barbecue campaign I Planned for Indian summer, and th aerie of feast I to be given at different Intervals, al lowing the speaker to round up tern Washington in a systematic circuit, - IT'S EASY TO TRADE AT TOE (CDGCAdD . THE BIG STORE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BLOCK 69-7 1 Third Street, Between , Oak aricl Pine Prices: Were Never So L vtore room and refitting our present Dig store, we are sacrificing H Ma KlrAVKf A ' 3 I UU,UUU I AlA light and dark cneviots, pure all-wool worsteds, vicunas, etc., in the very newest and best styles. Not a suit in the lot but is hand-tailored, with shape-retaining fronts and broad shoulders. They come in double breasted sack, single breasted sack, square or military cor ners, alsojonejDrJhreebutton iox. iney are unquesuonaDiy are wondersT -. ." "- JUL r JDp I Single and double breasted homespuns, serges, cheviots,' tweedsflannels, cassimeres and : hand-loom tweeds, all sewed throughout with pure silk, hand-worked shoulders and, collars, some half lined others .full skeleton made. Not a minute to spare. ' Now is the time to get a Summer Suit. ''';.. V . k. ,: ,- ;S . .'. :. y;t . , ;, . . ,'.,;-:. v never has been such a grand opportunity to Secure so large an assortment of really fine Pants at so low a price. We can fit any person from 30 to 48 waist orx28 to 37 inseam. Don't think of buying .Pants until you see them., ' i " .. COST OF LIVING NOT INCREASED OOaCPXaXHT XMAt : 9AUZX.T V. rznxs ui axons txajt a TEAS AOO ' IS SO rOTnTDBB SOlCS OOsTatOPITTTIS A MM XQWX, Much complaint has been made of lata that the cost of living In thla city has been materially Increased during the past 'year, but generally there ar no fact to warrant such an assertion, in only one respect haa there been any great Increase In the Cost, and that ha been In rente, which have been advanced all through th city, on an average, of fully 2b petcent. j - . ; 'i At thl date last year eggs were sell- tug In the retail roars-eta at. 13 cents a dosen, while the same figure ar rul ing at th present time. . Thar has been a very small increase In the coat of poutry about per cent; but a chicken are not a diet for every. day use In th average family, that rise in vaJu doe not cut much flgur with th coat of living. . In all line of trade there I a differ ence of about it per cent In the retail and -th wholesale cost, the following figure being of th latter:. . . Package coffee a year. ago waa ouoted at 11 1-11 cents a pound, while thla year It is sold at 12H cents. . Dry granulated sugar on August. 8. ELECTRIC LIGHT FIXTURES AT COST " ' " ' ' ' - ' - '' In order to make room for our new line of Wagner- Bullock machines; and supplies, we are - closing out electric and combination FIXTURES AT COST. They must go during the next 30 days Remember wo can .' furnish you with everything in the, electrical line. ' - Northwest Electric Erigineferihg Co. PHONE MAIN , FORALL-WOOL $ 1 2, $ 1 5, $ 1 8 and $20 SUITS. We haye taken about 1,000 fin Suita, all colors and styles, that sold early in the, season at $12.00 to $20.00 and put one price for choice of the entire lot. Black, clay worsted, blue . serces. CTav clavs. Scotch tweeds, fancv Scotch rassi'merM frock stylesiall sizes, Jronv 34to uic greatest oargains we nave 1 " ; ' ' FOR CHOICE IN THE Summer Outing 1 None hidden, held or removed. All ' our $20.00, $18.00, $15.00, $12.00 and $10.00 Outing Suits are on our counters and in this sale at ?5.00 for choice of the best. Over 400 to Close For $3.50, $4 and $5 EXTRA QUALITY ALL-WOOL TAILOR-MADE ; " Over 2,000 pairs of the very latest and hest styles, in wor steds or all-wool cassimeres, clays, cheviots, .tweeds, in cluding choice of all our finest aualitv Outiner Pants. There 103. was selling at $.JH per 100 pounds, while this year th price Is $S.0 for the aam weight. A year ago hams were sold at 16 cents a pound, but thla year, notwithstanding tn atria or th butcher la th east and th higher cost of hogs, hams ar quoted at 14 centa Breakfast bacon year, ago sold at prices ranging from 1SH to 20 cente a pound, according to Is and grade, but the figure thla year ar lower at II ii to it centa At thl time a year ago lard of kettle- lear grade wa selling at 11 cent a pound for flv-pound can, but thl year price ar cent down. a In flour, patent grades were ranging rrom U.H to M.10, but thla year there was an advance on account of th high er coat of wheat throughout the world and th Jap-Russo war. Ruling figures yesterday were $4.20. Th wholesal prlc of butter a year ago wa It hi centa a pound for fancy creamery stock, and the sam flgur ruled yesterday, v " . Last year there was a very larg crop of potatoes and the aeaaon wa earlier. Pricee on A,ugut t fanged from 76 td 80 cents, while the market yesterday was very firm at 1. 50. Oniona were also mor plentiful a year ago and price were down to 11.10 to $1.25, whHe this year th market I short at $1.60. In meata there haa perhaps been mor complaint In regard to the alleged high price than In any other commodity, but the values at thia time a year ago were almost Identical with the onea that ruled In the markets yesterday. - i Wood for fuel la becoming mor acarct and mor costly for th dealer to ob tain,, but with the exception of block wood th price are practically th aam aa a year ago. . .'-.,... Th vegetable market, this season, al though not as plentifully supplied as T 1888 309 STARK STREET ..On account of adding' more- goods just now, to make way for a arwaa .. .awaw -.'- 5 1 UUll 42,Jtut Tiot all sizes'Jn-every" ever ottered. ; see Uiem, tney " ....";.; '. ' ' '.. OF THE BEST Suits STORE during the former year. Is not showing any advance In prlcea. and la many eases tomatoea and green corn especially -lower valuea were ruling yeaterday. . HARD LUCK STORY AND BOGUS CHECK- A man giving th nam of Miller was arrested last night by Detective) Kerrigan n a charge of obtaining money under fale pretense from P. Hlns, proprietor of the North Park hotel. 104 North Seventh street He will be arraigned befor Municipal Judge Hogue Monday. Th check aald to hav been passed for ft on Hlns waa signed John Mc Neal and waa mad payable to John H. Fisher. . It wa for $34. The man who passed It told th victim a hard luck story, saying ha had been working for the North Paclflo Mill company, hut had lost his job and needed money ' right away. He- did not indorse the check, but left It with Hlna He was to call th following day, but never returned. He waa found In th north end laat - night He ha shaved hla mustache since th check was passed, according to Hlns. ' ' Btrra tacoma tzbs iVAjros. (Special Dlspalck to Tbe JooraaL) Tacoma, Wash., Aug. R. Man ning today bought 100 ' acre of tld land from Allen C. Mason at about 11000 an acre. Options war bought everal week ago. Manning I said to be representing the Chicago, Milwaukee ft St Paul railroad. Other options pur chased at tha same time were not due until August 1. t -t-