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THE MOKING OKEGONIAN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1900. RANBERRVCULTURE ndustry a Success in Coos and Tillamook Counties. THE COST OF PREPARING A BOG Test.Sliows That a Net Profit of $1000 an Acre Can. Be Obtained Berries Superior to Eastern Product. Cranberry culture, ljas become an estab lished industrj-to Oregon.. While the production has not attained large propor tions, the areas adapted to cranberry growing are large. There are vast stretches of marsh land in Coos, Tilla mook, and other coast counties, which could be set out in bogs. Coos and Curry are just -now the centers of the industry. Last year Coos produced 1010 boxes. Til lamook's output has not been reported. The leading cranberry-growers of Ore gon are C. D. JdcFarlin, of Empire City, and W. C. King, of Sand Lake, Tillamook, county. Mr. .McFarlin Is an old Massa chusetts grower, and was the first to en gage extensively in cranberry-growing in Oregon. The celebrated McFarlin berry -was developed by him. Mr. McFarhn and "Mr. King differ in their opinions as to the variety of berry best suited to Ore gon. Singularly enough, Mr. King names the McFarlin, while Mr. McFarlin thlnKs the berry which, bears his name ripens too late. Mr. McFarlin is experimenting to develop' a berry 'which shall have the McFarlin's size, but earlier ripening qual ities. Writing to The Oregonian, Mr. McFar lin thus reviews cranberry conditions in Coos county. "I came to Coos county In May, 1SS5, to engage in cranberry culture, and located about two miles from the coast, in order to get the benefit of cool winds in summer. While the bracing air is everything ror health and comfort, it does not promote the growth of cranberries. Cool nights, with cool winds in the day time, through out the growing season, do not allow the berries to grow so large as the berries which come from Cape Cod, and some parts of New Jersey and Wisconsin, on account of climatic conditions my berries cannot be picked much before October 2. In the East, early varieties are picked in the latter part of August. As a result, when I send my berries to the San Fran cisco market I find myself In competition I with the Eastern product "In certain parts of Coos county, the eoH, being peat or vegetable muck, Is well adapted to cranberry culture. Sand for mulch is handy, and of good quality. While my berries do not average large, I can gather as many bushels to the acre as the Eastern grower can. Owing to the heavy timber that formerly covered this country there are many logs in the bogs. This makes the cost of preparing the bogs for the vines more costly than in Massachu setts. "While making a bog at South Carver, Mass., in 1875, I obtained wild vines from a natural bog. These became, under culti vation, the largest variety known. This berry took my name, and Is known all over the United States as the McFarlin berry. It is not an early variety, and for that reason Is not the best for our climate. I prefer an early variety. I grow the following varieties on my place here? Mc Farlin. Early Black, Champion, Black Veil, True Blue, Cape Cod Belle, Cape Cod Beauty, Black Diamond, Jersey Cherryt Cllnkerpln, Berlin Belle and Saint Claire. In my opinion, the Black Veil and the Black Diamond are among the best va rieties for this coast. "T am experimenting to get a cross be tween the Early Black and the McFarlin. The Early Black is my earliest variety, but it is a small berry- I have hope that I shall succeed In uniting the early quali ties of the Early Black with the size of the McFarlin. Seedling -vines of. the cross are making healthy growth: Though I got a few berries fromHhese vines last year, I am not certain that I- shall .pro duce a cross which will be suitable to" our climate. I shall know definitely this year. "As nearly as I can estimate, the Oregon vines are profitable for 12 or 15 years. My vines are free from insect pests. I have imp'orted the vine worm and the berry worm, but they disappear after the first year. Our pure air Is too much for them. ""Berries grown on the Pacific coast have a darker color than those produced in the East. "My market is San Francisco. So many large Eastern berries are shipped there that I am forced to sell at a disadvantage. The average purchaser prefers a large, fine-looking berry, supposing it to be the -best The fact is that the small Oregon berry makes a better sauce than the Eastern berry, and outweighs it several pounds to the bushel." Tillamook's Cranberry Klnsr. W. C. King, of Sand Lake, is known as the cranberry king of Tillamook county. He has been in the business since 1893. He finds that cranberry culture can be fol lowed with profit in Tillamook county. The vines make vigorous growth, and -prove very productive If the bogs are properly prepared. When Mr. King was gathering his crop in 189S he measured 'off a space of bog and had the vines care fully picked. He found that the yield was at the rate of 1000 bushels to the acre, "Allowing $1 a bushel as net profit," says Mr. King, "I do not know of an ag ricultural' product that "will compare with cranberries, and 51 is a low figure for the net profit per bushel." Of cranberry culture in Oregon, Mr. King 6ays: "It costs from $200 to $400 an acre to pre pare the ground and plant the vines, in cluding the cost of plants. Land on which there Is standing timber Is the most ex pensive to prepare, though it is none the less adapted to cranberry culture so long as It is composed of vegetable muck or peat. "The bog nrust be so situated that it can be drained by means of ditches to a depth of at least 15 inches, and the grower must have plenty of water for irrigation and flooding. While I have seen success ful bogs that did not have a water supply, I do not consider it safe for the grower to be without water. A bog once prop, erly set out will last indefinitely. The first cost, though large, cuts little fig ure in the long run. "The cranberries grown here are of a darker color than those grown in the East. They are superior in flavor, and weigh more to the busheL My experience ha3 taught me that the McFarlin berry is the best variety for this coast It is the largest and most prolific, a splendid keep er, and by long odds the best seller. In the East it is considered a poor keeper. It appears to be well adapted to this cli mate, and grows to perfection. I have had good success with the "Cherry and Bell variety. It yields well, Is of good color, and flavor, .and is of good size, though not so large as the McFarlin. "The picking season is usually one of pleasure to picker and grower. The , weather generally is fine September and October and men, women and children come for an outing in the -cranberry fields. They come with a camping outfit prepared to enjoy the pleasure of outdoor life. Lines are stretched three feet apart across a plot of ground, and the pickers work between the lines. The vines hang on uprights about six Inches high, and make a pretty sight The bright red berries, in many cases three and four deep, touch each other and completely hide the vines and ground. "The pickers use a six-quart measure, and are required to pick the berries clean as they go. When the measure is full I ic TvYt-lA Intrt q TicVl Tnv t1 vrrViAn I ? '"'"- v. .. .. . """ tae box is xuu the picxer is given a hk-i cent check. Yardmen are In attendance to oversee the pickers, and carry the boxes away. My best pickers average about three bushels a- day. - "In the East, the vines are often In fested with pests, at'whlch times the en tire cropsndangeredif the r growera haveot an "abundant supply owater. I understand "that ,the estsJiaveJ'been .Im ported Into Oregon at aifferent -times In plants, but fhey ?oort disjSpjpear. They cannot thrive in 'thismate'j, "The chiefqulslles of a" successful cranberry bog 'are a good peat bed,'-en-tirely free from clay or loam drainage to a depth of 15 Inches, plenty of water and a coat of from three to six Inches of clean beach sand over the entire surface. There is money in the cranberry business, and the many bogs of Tillamook county are waiting for men "with means and enT ergy to develop them." PROSPEROUS BAKER COUNTY Every One Has Money and Is "Loolc ine; lor More. "This has been one of the best and most prosperous winters in Eastern Ore gon," said TV. C. Cowglll, of -Baker City, last evening. "The snow came early, was not very heavy, and the weather barely touched zero half a dozen times. f Bright sunshine, plenty of good sleighing, .and sledding on the stage lines to themlnes, have put all in good spirits. Buslnes3"has' been uninterrupted and much heavy ma chinery has been moved td the mines that are Just opening as producers or enlarging their output. Sumpter Is dally growing faster than houses and buildings can be erected; rents have gone up; every house and business block in Baker is occupied. Granite, Bourne, Cornucopia, Bonanza and Boblnsonville are full of miners, pros pectors and investors. Even in the snow, claims are being staked out along the ledges adjoining the big mines, and every mall brings advices of new people on the way, or who are coming in the .spring to the land 01 gold and honey for we have honey as well as nuggets. ""While mining is the one absorbing oc cupation, and every one Is on a gold basis even the pops and whlte-metallsts forgetting everything In their pursuit of the yellow wand of power the agricul tural interests of Baker, Grand Ronde, Eagle, Bine and Harney valleys are large and' prosperous. The stock on the ranges has done well, has required little feeding, and has suffered no losses. The crop of hay this fall was immense, owing to the late and wet spring last year, so that there has. been an abundance of fod der, much of which will have to be car ried over. "With all this, and the prospect of the building of the Seven Devils railroad next year from Baker City, It is safe to say that the prediction of conservative capi talists that the population of Baker will be doubled in less than two years will be realized. The wealth Is there, both In minerals, timber and agriculture; cap italeven Portland capital is coming in faster than it can be utilized, and nothing can stop the advancement of Eastern Oregon. This condition of affairs Is large ly due to the judicious advertising In the East by Portland papers and Oregon's home railroad the O. R. & N. of simple facts and figures relative to the resources of the Inland Empire. Eastern Oregon people appreciate this, and will not be slow to Improve the opportunity now theirs, and to do .their share towards the upbuilding of the whole commonwealth of Oregon." COMMISSIONERS WANT RELIEF Police Board Asks Council Commit tee for Money. The council committee on ways and means met yesterday to consider the gen eral appropriation ordinance for the year, which is to be presented to the council tomorrow. In the present condition of finances, It would seem that the commit tee had enough troubles of Its own, but it was waited on by the board of police commissioners, the chief of police and the police clerk, who urged that the commit tee do something for their relief. As was suggested in- a communication from . the police board some.tlme agofit rdeslresthe city to assume the-'expensesjOf the.'3JO Hce building, license officer.-retc amount ing in the- aggregate to--abbdt'$5G0 per month, or $6000 per.'year, n .. .r '. If the police commissioners' -can' be "re lieved of these expenses they will try "to pull the -department tnrough. The" com mittee, consisting of Showers, Cameron and Baker, would like to help the police board out If possible, but doubt that they have any power to do so. The request of the board of police commissioners was referred to the city attorney for a written opinion, and he promised to furnish It by tonight It seems quite certain that the council has no power to appropriate anything for the police, above the apportionment of 1 mills out of the 8-mill levy which is allowed them by law, and that If the city attorney devises any way by which more funds can bo granted for police ex penses It will be only In the nature of "beating the devil around the bush," as the saying Is. b TO START PENNOYER'S MILL Michisran Owners Arrive and Are Ready to Saw Lumber. O. A. Bitan and O. J. Evanson, who have become interested In the Fennoyec sawmill, arrived from Cumberland, Wis., last evening, and are staying at the Per kins. Mr. Ritan says he hopes to have the mill start up soon, but will try to ar range for better rail facilities, in order to ship lumber East This winter has been very mild in Northern Wisconsin so far, Mr. Bitan says, and loggers are worrying over the absence of snow and cold weather, as they depend upon a permanent freeze to enable them to move their logs from stump to stream. They can get along without snow, but not without cold weather, as runways can be dug in tfce ground, and water pouTed into these, which, when frozen, enable the teams to haul the logs over the long distances now necessary In Wisconsin four to 10 miles. On his return to Wisconsin, after a visit tf Oregon,-last fall,-the big timber back Pthere looked like telegraph poles, Mr. Rltan says. Here a sawlog averages 2500 feet of lumber; there It takes 10 to 12 logs to make 1000 feet. The size of Ore gon logs enables th? loggers to .get them to market about as cheaply" here as It can "bo done East even though railroads have to be built into the woods first He expects to find some difficulty in get ting used to winter ways out here, as such soft, springjlke weather as this is only seen- in Wisconsin after the streams break up and -navigation, opens in the eariysunmreT.' ' Lumber -is bringing i good prices In the East now, and, thePortlan&Lumber Man ufacturing Company, as ibwlll still be called, hopes to sendits quota of Oregon lumber to th,e yards atvCbltago, Kansas City and Omaha "'" o Three Men Still Unreported. PORTLAND, Jan. 8. (To the Editor.) In the dispatches this morning there Is lven a list of the persons rescued from the Filipinos, which list Is supposed to be a full one of all soldiers and sailors captured! but the names of the three Ore gon volunteers' are absent These men's names T$ere Mills, McCoy and Lawrence, all of cttnpany M, Second Oregon, United States volunteers. Were these men res cued or were they killed or are they still prisoners? J. K. NOELL. e SMITH'S SHAMPOO. Is the best preparation for cleansing the scalps and washing the hair. Always gives satisfaction. Price 25c. at drug -stores. i , ,v . .. Dr.aswato,. dentist 713 oekum 'building. ACROSS ASIATIC DESERT. TRANSCASPIAN LINE IS THE GREAT KARA KUM. How the Russian Engineers Keep Back the Encroaching Sands New Use for Naphtha. On the Transcasplan Railway, July 11. All the daylight scenery on the line since leaving Dushchak has been desert, the dge of the great Kara Kum. In the night Merv was passed, and the Merv oasis, which occupied such a prominent place In public attention a few years ago, when the Russians were "at the gates of Herat." When this morning came the train was well into the most abominable part of the line. Separating the oasis of Merv from the cultivated lands, of Bokhara that lie along the River Amu-Darla Is that desert r asSHii s3Srxx!' ANCIENT MEDRBSSEH IN THE generally spoken of here as "the sands." a desert which Is actually worse, so I am told by Russians who have visited North Africa, than the Sahara itself. Of course, it is no rival of the Sahara In size, and as to barrenness It Is merely just as bad, but In the character of the sands and the danger to life It Is declared that this Central Asiatic desert is the worst in the world. From the ends of the railway ties to the limits of sight, and scores of miles beyond the sand is blown Into hillocks that can be compared with nothing but the billows of the ocean. From trough to crest they are from eight to 20 feet in height, irregular and "choppy" as the waves of a cross sea, and. like that sea, marked over the whole surface of each wave with smaller ones and the smallest of ripples. It Is the wind that marks this tracery. The cur rents of air in the desert seem unceasing, but they bring little relief to the .way farer. Their only function apparently Is to harry the sand billows Into new-forms and change the- face of nature moment by moment. The slope of these sand waves Is least abrupt on the side -against which the wind blows. At the crest a little cas cade of sand spray Is continually blowing over and slipping down the other steeper face, thus advancing continually the crest and the wave Itself. The motion of this sea of sand, therefore, is as constant and the forward progress of the waves them selves as certain as that of the ocean it self. These sands are ground to the fin est of grains by their constant friction, so that the surface Is almost as flexible as that of the sea, though, of course, not aa Tapid in its motion. Railway construction through this ter rible wilderness was declared absolutely Impossible by the critics of General Annen koff when he began to construct the line. He answered that prediction, as similar" predictions have been answered In Amer ica, by building the road, and trains' today run over . It . without -Interruption. For a .long '.time, 'however, "all '"traini schedules iJounjey was' always, passed,' in' daytlmVJon account of the "frequent 'derailing of 'trains? by,' the 'drifting" of 'sand over"' the" track.' ' .Protection From the Sands. Various plans have been 'tried for the protection of the line, and the present system seems to have a fair degree of success. Most important of all are the precautions against the shifting of the sand by fascines of saxaul and drift fences of laths, similar to some of the snow fences in use on American, lines. The saxaul Is a gnarled, knotty shrub .or bush, which fills the same function In the land scape of these Asiatic deserts as the sage brush does in the United States. Even here In the sands It grows at Intervals, though how It finds nourishment Is one of the mysteries of the region. The, smaller branches are stuck or are growing In fas cines right along the track, just beyond the BRIDGE ON THE TRANSCASPIAN RAILWAY CROSSING THE AMU-DARIA rails, while the larger bushes are planted In lines over the hillocks themselves. These are supplemented by the sand fences of lath. In the beginning the locomotives on this railway burned saxaul for their fuel, bMt the great value of the bush In the desert for purposes or protection, ana tne tear oi denuding these areas which support no other vegetable life, induced the engineers to look about them for some other supply. . It was then that the introduction of naph- tha refuse fiom the Baku fields was made with such success, and since that t time It has been the only fuel on the trains. There has been another advantage ', in the change which was not contem plated. It has been found that the drip pings of naphtha on the sand on both hides of tne rous nave a cusunci vaiue in hardening the ballast and preventing the sands that flow upon the "right of way" from remaining there. So now the naphtha is used freely for this purpos, tho troubled sands of the desert are quiet ed by the pouring of oil, and another parallel Is furnished to the storms of the ocean. " The railway journey across this desert Is exceedingly trying at best. It Is neces sary to keep the windows of the cars closed to shut out the sand blast, which;, Indeed has. engraved the panes of the windows almost to the condition of ground glass. The shades, too, must be closed toj keep out the glare of the sun from the sand. In the cars the thermometer showed a temnerature, hour after hour, of from 34 to 38 degrees Reaumur, or from 108 tOi 117 Fahrenheit, in the shade. It was necessary to avoid touching any wood or' metal in the car. I have worked In the, mid-Australian desert at Broken HlllwHh the temperature at. 109 In the shade, but' this beats all records of heat for me. , Lonely Desert Station. , It is hardly necessary, to say that no ono 'lives In .this desert except those who must sllve here to care for the railway. The nomadic Turkomans are not to be found, for .there is nothing to support life, and they have the far more attractive steppes at their disposal. Until the railway came the desert was a sblUude as well. Now the stations are miserable little places where no' one ever descends from the train or. joins It, with but one or two houses occupied by the railway hands. Around each Uttle statidn-house of ma sonry is a yard fenced with lath, and actu ally swept daily with a broom to keep it olean. Not a spray .of green Is to be seen any place, and all the water for "domestic use Is hauled in tank cars from the Amu Darla river. I fibtlced that It -was the practice to sleep , outside the houses, the beds being scattered around under the eaves, wherever there was enough shade toJ protect them from the direct jays of the sun. No doubt the rapid reduction of temperature by evaporation after sunset makes these the coolest places that can be found. Before the railway was built, many an expedition, military and. otherwise, had tried to cross this desert and had failed. It was Sri the eastern edge of these sands, t 4V "3f ABANDONED CITY OF' MERV. not far from the present boundary of Bokhara, that ancient history located the scene of the act ascribed to Alexander of Macedon when he refused the water that was brought to him in a soldier's helmet, and pouring it into the sand declared that he had no right to drink when his army was dying of thirst 'Since then armies, explorers and travelers have found the difficulties of the way all but Insurmount able, till Annenkoff built his railway and the -way was made clear. TRUMBULL WHITE. TAXES IN BRITISH TERRITORY Complaints Against the Regulations Made by Canndian Authorities. PORTLAND, Jan. 8. (To the Editor.) In The Oregonian of the 5th appears a letter from W. H. Gold, in defense of the Brit ish. I think some parts of this letter are misleading. He says: "For where has the British government ever either appro priated to itself or made burdensome by taxation any mlneray lands in her king dom?" I would call Mr. Gold's attention t6 the Atlln country, In British Columbia; also the Klondike. At Atlln a foreigner has to pay a heavy tax on everything, and then had his claim taken from him, ana now at this time several millions of dol lars is filed against the government for grounds that were taken. . Also at Daw son, where the British flag la flying with all its glory, we Americans, as well as all foreigners, had to pay 10 per cent or the output of the mines, besides taking out a license, which cost ?10 for one year. Also trouble came when we went to re cord. The officers always have . some excuse to put you off for three or four days. During the time the officials would send some man jof their own, and If he thinks the, ground good, he stakes It and goes to Dawson and It Is recorded, and the ofitces .receive one-half. Then, when tth discoverer goes back'to see about re cording his discovery, he " Is slmDly ln 'fo'rnied triat'the groundls"'recorde'd. They 'dc Ihp't. alld V 'any one ''to, argue the point If7th'lsv'isi"'att,empted you are 'gruffly toia Ito geV out of line. . If you don't obey, without a word, you are arrested, and that means 30 days on the woodpile. Also, If any one should pick up the driftwood that floats down the Yukon, he is com pelled to pay 50 cents a cord for It. The officials are In with syndicates that have sunk wells all over Dawson, and they have men at every well, and compel you to pay 10 cents per gallon for water. Also every one Is forbidden from taking water from the Yukon or Klondike for house ue. This Is to force people to buy water, whereby it helps to enrich the officials. I could name a good many more sucn steals, but It is hardly necessary. I call to mind one Incident where a gentleman or a foreigner placed a free ferry across the Klondike, so that miners could cross at will without pay. The government forced him to quit and do away with tho ferry, whereupon they, with other parties placed a boat on the river and compelled every one to pay 25 cents per head to cross. I only want to correct Mr. Gold in his statement In The Oregonian of the 5th. If I had "not seen the above with my own eyes, I likely would have sympa thized with the British. I am now on neither side; but I am glad the British are getting a little of their own medicine; that Is, the oBers have taken just the same as the British have taxed us at Atlln and on the Klondike. I consider our government has just as good a cause to complain against the British as the Brit ish had against the Boers. We Atllndero and Klondlkers had to pay all the taxes and had no voice when it came to election. Then, again, wo were forbjdden from cele brating the Fourth of JulyK 1899. They Issued an order on the 3d of July so we Americans had to obey or saw wood. The man that had to make a living by fishing and hunting was compelled to pay a li cense and tax for every pound besides. Then, again, after 6ne had secured a li cense to cut logs and build a cabin, the police would come around and compel you to pay 50 cents per log, after paying $10 for the nrlvlleire. In fact, one has to pay a tax on everything he gets, except tha air he breathes. E. O. SMITH. . . Old Fort to He Restored. New York "Herald. The National Society of the Daughters of the Ame"rlcan Revolution is to restore old Fort Cralo,. or Vile House, at Troy, N. Y., the home of the old Van Renssel aera" before and during the Revolutionary war. It Is situated on the banks of the Hudson, In the newly formed city or Rensselear. The building' was put up about the year 1650, and Is probably the xiiaest" continuously inhabited dwelling in the" state" of New York. , -.. - imSBaBSmtSmKA IN THE SEVERAL COURTS INTTBIBER . OF DECISIONS TO BE HANDED DOWN TODAY. Right of Appeal From the Municipal Court to JBeJDeclued Notes of Litigation. Judge Sears will render decisions in the following cases this morning at 9:30 o'clock: Nina E. Wood vs. Harlow B. Drake; motion for a new trial. Noble Heath et al. vs. Otto J. Kraemer et al.; motion for judgment by default. H. S. Gile vs. Green Mountain Mining Company; objections to confirmation of sale. Peter Conrad vs. Pacific Packing Com pany and J. R. Stoddard, garnishee; mo tion to arrest judgment William M. Ladd et al. vs Josephine Durrer; motion" for judgment R. K Carter et al. vs. William Frazler; motion to dismiss as to Schuttler & Hotz. Anna Hauman vs. O. H. Crab; motion to make amended answer more definite and certain; also demurrer to amended answer. W. E. Lewis "vs. J. C. McGrew et al.; demurrer to answer. Mark "Milas vs. Peter Covacevlch;- on merits. F. A. Bryant vs. State Board of Dental Examiners; motion to make state board of dental examiners submit certain ques tions to petitioner. E. H. Ahlgren vs. H. H. Emmons et al.; motion to make complaint more definite and certain; also motion to strike out parts of complaint. National Surety Company vs. Whiting & Mulr; demurrer to answer of defend ant Mulr. Katie RIshrIck vs. City of Portland; mo tion to make M. J. MacMahon a party plaintiff. Judge George will thte morning decide the application of the constitutional clause conferring appellate jurisdiction on cir cuit courts, and the right of appeal from the municipal court, and concerning the omission of the customary appeal clause from the last city charter. Judge Frazer will announce a decision this morning in the suit of Mary H. Couch et aly. vs. City of Portland; mo tion to quash writ of review. OPENING OF JANUARY TERM. Grand. Jury Chosen and Cases Set for Trial. The January term of the state circuit court opened yesterday morning with a large attendance of attorneys. The out look for a busy term is favorable. The grand jury was drawn, as follows: W. R. Bishop, foreman; William Connor, F. E. Beach, A. M. CummlngS,, Frank Nau, A. W. Allen, C. F. Pearson. John F. Logan was appointed bailiff of the grand jury. The following persons were excused as jurors for the term: J. N. Fullllove, Gra ham Glass, Oscar E. Helntz, A. J. Free man, Edward Hall, William Bohlander, Samuel Morrow. William Palmer was not served, the summons being given tp his wife, and Charles Zeek failed to appear. Graham Glass was excused because he is not a citizen, and the others for various reasons. J. T. Hayne was not served, as he Is in Alaska John E. Druck is at Lebanon, R. Loverldge in Sacramento, and F. E. Le Sourd In New Orleans. Cases Set for Trial. Department No. 1 Sherman, Clay & Co. vs. J. M, Long, January 10; Bruce & Ayers vs. Sunderlarid, January 11; Lee Chung Duck vs. Lee Hoo Sing, January 12; Grover vs. City of Portland, January 1G; Therkelsen vs. Therkelsen, January 23; Raft vs. Sullivan et al., January 25; Ains lee vs. LIpman, Wolfe & Co., January 30; Poppleton vs. Herman & Co., January 31; Miller vs. ' Llndenbaum, February 1; Creagh vs. New York Life Insurance Company, February 2; Brand vs. Baker, February 6; Roe vs. Portland ' Railway Company, February 7; Pope vs. Portland Railway Company, February 13. ' Department No. 2 Palmer vs Title Guarantee & Trust. Company, January 9; Schuman vs. "Wager, January 10; Leach & Bowen vs. Albers & Schneider, January 11; State ex rel. Caswell vsi Patterson, January 12; Beers Vs. Hamlin, January 13; Featherstone vs. Mutual Warehouse Company, January 16; Buchler vs. Miller, January 18; Bryant vs. State Dental Ex aminers, January 20; Klernan vs. Kratz, January 23. Department No. 3 Moore vs. Shoefner, January 9; Irvlngton Park Association vs. Watson et at, January 10; Frlzze vs. Man glnl, January 11; Alden vs. Thrall, Janu ary 1G; Klernan (trustee) vs. Patterson et al., January 17; Hawson vs. Hawson, Jan uary 18; Hawkins vs. Donnerberg, Janu ary 23; Title Guarantee & Trust Company vs. Multnomah County, January 30. Numerous other cases are to be set in the various departments, and In the crim inal court all of the cases are yet to be filed. Probate Court. The final account of F. R. Strong, ex ecutor of the will of Theresa Scott, de ceased, was filed. The receipts were $6781 and $5702 was disbursed, including 5630 executor's commission, $1000 legacy, and payments to John Scott. The Inventoried value of the estate was $24,007. John Scott Is the heir. The executor asks for $300 extra commission. The estate was filed In 1S93. Hans Voos filed a petition asking that the executor of the estate of Annie Voos, deceased, be directed to pay him a legacy of ?50. Eliza Shlpman has filed a similar petition, and also stating that she owns an Interest In the real estate and asking why the estate Is not closed. The estate of Leander Qulvey, deceased, was closed, and the property turned over to the widow, Henrietta W. Qulvey. All claims have been paid. The adminis trator, J. H. Mlddleton, cnarged nothing for his services. The value of the prop erty was only ?66. The sale by Richard Nixon, admin istrator of the estate of Joseph Leonard, deceased, of certain rear property, was confirmed. F. C. Hoeker was appointed guardian ad litem of John Tallman Wheeler, a minor, to represent him in the matter of the sale of certain property. J. J. Doyle was appointed administrator of the estate of Mary Warren, deceased, valued at $2500. The heirs are Alfred T-. Warren and Clara M. Doyle. Mortgages Foreclosed. Mortgage foreclosure decrees were ren. dered by Judge Cleland yesterday in the following cases: A. Peebles vs. L. B. Chlpman et al. Franklin Building & Loan Association vs. George H. Thompson et al. WF E. Bralnard vs. G.jl. Pershln. et al. In the suit of R. Nixon, receiver, of the Portland Savings bank, against the Bays & Jeffery Company, to recover ?20, 000, a default decree was rendered by Judge Cleland yesterday. Six hundred shares of stock deposited as collateral se curity were ordered sold, "Woman Tliief Convicted. Annie Stebblns, a colored crib woman, was tried and convicted yesterday after noon in the criminal court of tho larceny of $80 from Andy Grow, October 31. The latter testified that he had just arrived on the Spokane train from Colfax, Wash., where he had been working. The woman, he stated, got him to enter her place on "Fourth street by running away with his nat. The witness said, "I begged her like a child tp get out, and told her I wanted to go home. She said she would call a big black nigger and have him beat me to death, and I gave her two bits to open the door." Grow further stated that the woman slipped ner hand Into his pocket and abstracted four of seven $20 gold pieces which he had in a purse, and he missed the money after he got out On cross-examination the man Insisted that his name Is Andy Jackson Grow, and not Andrew Jackson. He resides at Oak land, Or. The defendant denied the theft and endeavored to establish an alibi. She is at liberty on $250 cash ball, pending the passing of sentence. She will prob ably appeal the case to the supreme court Criminal Court. Charles Lawrence, charged by Informa tion with larceny of a lady's gold watch, a bracelet and two rings, the personal property of N. G. Gingrich, pleaded guilty in the criminal court yesterday, and was sentenced to V& years in the penitentiary. Huston Shannon, charged with larceny of an overcoat from a. dwelllng-houae, pleaded guilty to simple larceny, and will be sentenced Wednesday. Charles Law, convicted of selling lot tery tickets, was sentenced to pay a fine of $150. Sale Confirmed. The sale of the Wlllamet Iron works property to the George W. Glbbs Com pany, of San Francisco, and Honeyman, DeHart & Co., of Portland, for $41,000, was confirmed by Judge Cleland yester day. The sale covers the foundry prop erty on Front street, the block at Third and GILsan streets, all the accounts due, patterns, tools, machinery, etc. Court Notes. The Sidney Stevens Implement Company was granted judgment by default against RoTbert Ross, for $621 and Interest from December, 1S9G. The suit of the Marine Iron work3 vs. The Dalles, Portland & Astoria Naviga tion Company was dismissed in Judge Sears' court yesterday. In the suit of the KJng Real Estate Company against the City of Portland, Judge Frazer granted the plaintiff 30 days further time to move for a new trial. In the damaee suit of SteDhen Shobert vs. Hexter, May & Co., Judge Frazer yes- teraay granted judgment upon the ver dict In favor of Shobert for $1500. The defendants gave notice of appeal to The supreme court. DESERTED JOHANNESBURG. Consul-General Stovre Says Ultland crs' Exodus Is Without Precedent. From a Washington Letter. J. G. Stowe, the American consul-general at Cape Town, announces In a re cent letter to the state department that the, exodus of Ultlanders from the South African Republic and Orange Free State has been unprecedented in history. "Many of these people the mining pop ulation, the bone and sinew of the coun try," he says, "have scattered over the world. Numbers of them too poor to get out of the country are subjects of char ity In the cities of Cape Colony and Natal, and have to be fed. Some have funds for a few days or weeks, but will In time have to be supported by the public, and this In a country that can not or does not produce the foodstuffs for Its own people. The English army is fed with supplies from other countries, and, while much of these may have orig inally come from the United States, they reach here via Englana. The customs duties and railroad and telegraph reve nues have fallen off. As the railroads and telegraphs are owned by the government, a very large source o government sup port Is lost, to say nothing of the em ployes thrown out of work. "Johannesburg, in the Transvaal, and Bloemfonteln, in the Free State, are to all Intents and purposes deserted cities. Johannesburg, the largest commercial center in South Africa, has, so far as trade is concerned, ceased to exist This once busy, bustling city, producing month ly over 15 tons of gold and yearly $60, 000,000 worth. Is silent Up to this time goods have reached the Transvaal via Delagoa bay, but It Is not supposed that they will long be permitted to enter. The two republics must then live on their own resources. Their crops are ready for the sickle, but cannot be cut, as the men are off to the war. Prices are 'so high that the trade papers refrain from publishing the usual column of 'market prices.' Large quantities of gold en route to seaports in this colony for shipment to England have been taken by the Boers. Representatives here of export commission-houses of the United States are constantly booking and cabling large orders, particularly of foodstuffs, but word comes from the canners of meat and fish, makers of flour, corn meal, etc., that they have about all they can do to sup ply the home demand, and are many weeks or months behind orders." i a DAILY CITY STATISTICS. Real Estate Transfers. P. H. Marlay and wife to Charles P. Bacon, lot 12, block 7, Sunnyside; January 8 .........$ 1 Thomas Darling and wife to Russia Newman, lot a, biocic m, Aimna; December 7 Oregon & California Railroad Co. to 850 T. a. Mensiey, jnvv. or rj- of section 35, T. 9 S., K. 3 E.; De cember 26 180 Security Savings & Trust Co. to J. L. Atkinson, lots 5, 6. block O; lots 4, 5, 7. S. block P: S. lot 1. lots 2, 3. 4. 5. and S. of lots 1. 2, 3. 4, 5. block X, Tabor Heights; January 6 Frank W. Royal to Helen A. Royal, undivided V lot 8. block 220. East 900 Portland; January 6 1C0 T,. H. Davis to W. S. Cutler. lots 5. 6, block 3, Davis Highland; May 17.. 150- j. v. ueacn, aammisirator, to it. jci. Greely, W. of W. of SW. of section 28, T. 2 N., R. 1 W.; October 4 - Frederick C. Hawker and wife to Mary RIchet 100x38 W. of lot 4, block 1, Paradise Springs tract; Jan uary 8 2S0 400 E. F. DeBord and wife to Mary RI chet same; January 5 1 Mary RIchet and Thomas Richet to Frederick C. Hawker, lot 7, block 17, Elizabeth Irvlng's addition; Jan uary S zow M. P. Bennett and wife to Andrew C. Smith, lot 31, block 13, Irvlngton; November 27 v.":'v.v Evelyn Keyser to A. F. Flegel. W. of SW. of section 15, T. 2 N.. R. 2 W.; November 22 -""V 140 H. Blaser to F. E. and E. J. Clark. S. of S. of W. of NW. of section 8, T. 1 S., R. 4 E; No- vember 13 Building Permits. Lambert Dunker, repairs to house on Chapman street, between Mor rlson and Nartllla ....................$ I.oOO H W. Corbett, four-story brick block corner of Fifth and Stark...... oO.COO A Fuhrer. story-and-a-halt house on Lake street 350 Multnomah Athletic Club, club house on Chapman street, be- tween Morrison and Yamhill 2a,C03 Death. January 7, Gladys Simpson, age 41 years. Good Samaritan hospital, acute bronchial congestion. JUDGE FOR YOURSELF. Take a trip to Chicago by either of the routes offered by the O. R. & N. Co.. and you will come back convinced that the O. R. & N. trains are as good as the best. By patronizing the O. R. & N. Co. you are given the choice of two routes to Chicago either by the Great Northern to St. Paul, or by the Oregon Short Line and Union Pacific to Omaha, and the North western from there to Chicago. A solid vestlbuled train Is run through to Chicago by the latter route. This train Is first class in every respect fitted with tha latest-Improved, sleepers,, both first and second class, carries a diner clear through, has a library car attached, and, in fact, i3 equipped with all the latest improvements which tend to make travel ing comfortable. Full information re garding rate and connections can be had of Mr. V. A. Scblllinir. 26 Washington street BANKRUPTCY DECISIONS JUDGE BELLINGER SETTLES TWO DISPUTED POINTS. Men Wno Backed the Fredericlisbnraf Musio Hall and Toole It Under Mortgage Protected. Judge Bellinger yesterday rendered two r!AffjInn in 'hnnmmtnr n5P which Will Interest all persons doing business. In the case or sabln, trustee, against tamp, in which It was sought to set aside the trans fer nf rirnnortv hotichf hv n rrpmlaT who loaned the money to establish an enter prise, the court held tb transaction legal. In the matter of the estate of J. S. Booth, bankrupt. It was decided that a trustee In bankruptcy who acquires property cov ered by a lien, which is not recorded. Is In the same position as an Innocent pur chaser. Following are the decisions in full: "In October, 1897, thj Colby company negotiated with Camp for an advance of not less than $5000 or more than $oo00, to enable such company to secure a lease and fuml3h what Is known as the Freder icksburg cafe and music halt In January, of 1S98, and from that time until June fol lowing, the defendant loaned money to the Colby company in pursuance of this agreement to the aggregate amount of $5400. It was a part of the original agree ment made In 1S97 that the Colby company should pay the sums of money advanced on demand, after six months from the first loan and tnat In default of a payment the company would give the defendant pos session of the premises to secure him for repayment, and It was also provided that If the money was not paid the defendant should have the option to buy all the prop erty for a sum not less than $7500. nor to exceed $8000, and that part of the pur chase price should be the sums of money so loaned and unpaid. "It Is alleged that tha company, not hav ing made the repayments as provided for, the defendant, after demand, went lnta possession of the property under his con tract, and so remained until September, 1898, when he exercised his option to buy it, there being then due him $5675 26; thnt he paid tho further sum of $2500 In cash, to the Colby company, and took from It a bill of sale for the property, and there upon the defendant took an assignment from the company of the lease to the prem ises to be so occupied. "On December 2S, 1898, a petition In In voluntary bankruptcy was filed against the Colby company and the plaintiff in this suit appointed trustee, in which capacity this proceeding Is begun. The plaint.ft adopts the sale made by the Colby com pany to the defendant, and seeks to recov er from defendant the amount of the pur chase price of the property In such sale. "To the answer of the defendant setting forth tho foregoing facts, the plaintiff de murs. The demurrer Is overruled. "The transfer by the Colby company to Camp was not a preference under the bankruptcy act. It i3 true, the transaction wa3 consummated within the four months, but it originated In October, 1897. What was done was In pursuance of the pre existing contract, to which no objection 13 made. Camp furnished the money out of which the property which is the sub ject of the sale to him was created. Ha had good right. In equity and In law, to make provisions for the security of the money so advanced, and the nroperty purchased by his money 13 a legitimate and frequent mode of providing security In like case3. There is always a strong equity in favor of the Hen by one who advances money upon the property which is the product of the money so advanced. This was what the parties intended at the time, and to this, as already stated, there is and can be no objection In law or in morals. And so when, at a later date, but still prior to the filing of the pe tition in bankruptcy, Camp exercised his rights under this valid and equitable ar rangement to posseas himself of the prop erty and make sale of It in pursuance of his contract he was not guilty of securing a preference under the bankruptcy law. It is not protended that tha sale was for an inadequate price, or that there was any fraud or that the Interests of the creditors had been lit any way. Injuriously affected, any furfhe-'than it may her to the Interests of the creditors to' secure o their own benefit the property purchased, with Camp a money." AS AN INNOCENT PITRCHASEIR. Position of Trustee in Bankruptcy When Lien Record I Not Filed. Judge Bellinger rendered a decision also in the matter of the estate of J. S. Booth, bankrupt It follows: "In this case there Is a claim of liena by H. F. Fischer, a creditor of the bank rupt, growing out of the following facts: On January 22, 189S, the bankrupt, being Indebted to the claimant In the sum of $870. gave to him his promissory note of that date for the amount, and to secure the same, with his wife, executed a bond, by which the obligors bound themselves, in the sum of $S70. to sell and convey cer tain parcels of real estate belonging to the obligors, and upon which this bond is now sought to be enforced as a lien. "On the same date, the bankrupt being Indebted, to the said Fischer In the further sum of $600, gave a second promissory noto for that amount, and as security there for executed and delivered to the claim ant a chattel mortgage upon a steam launch then under construction by the maker of the note. The chattel mortgage wa3 not filed for record,, nor was there any record of the bond, or other notice of either of theso Instruments. The ref eree found against the claim of the Hens, and such finding is approved. "The bankruptcy act provides that claims which for want of record or other reasons would not have been valid Hens as against the claims of creditors of the bankrupt, shall not be liens against hl3 estate. These liens could not have been maintained against a purchaser of the property, for value, without notice. In other words, this property is property that the bankrupt might have transferred, free from these claims of Hens, to any pur chaser not having notice; and it Is not claimed In this case that there was any actual notice of the existence of theso Hens. The trustee of the bankrupts es tate stands in the position of a purchaser for value, without notice." "Good luck grows not on bushes' but good health Is assured if you take Hood's Sarsaparllla. Many children look too old for their years. They go about with thin faces and sober manners not in keep ing with robust childhood. 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