Morning Oregonian., August 14, 1900, Page 8, Image 8

$HE MOKNTNGr OJffiGONIAST, TUESDAY, 'AUGUStl II, 100.
SHE ISTO LOAD HERE
Argyll Will Garry Hay and
Oats From Portland.
FEED DELIVERED AT ALASKA DOCK
Xot Tt Settled WfcetUer She Is to
Carry Soldiery or AslmaU
to tlie Orient. .
The transport Argyll trill sail from
Portland for the Orient "with a cargo of
Government hay and oats. The feed,
which -was purchased In Portland Satur
day by contract, "will be delivered to
Alaska dock, and a large quantity of hay
and oats, purchased under a former con
tract, is already there. Colonel J. W.
Jacobs, Chief Quartermaster of the De
partment of the Columbia, yesterday ad
vertised for 600 tons of coal, which will
undoubtedly be furnished by Portland
dealers. Colonel Jacobs said yesterday
that he ld not Toiow yet -whether the
Argyll would sail from Portland or not,
but It was learned last night on compe
tent authority that she will.
Whether or not the Argyll will take any
troops or animals. Is not known. If the
military authorities at Vancouver have
any information on this point they are
upt at liberty to part with It, for they
assert that they have nothing whatever
to say.
A number of trucks were busy yester
day in transferring baled hay to the
Alaska dock for shipment on the steam
er. The hay for shipment to the Orient
Is all double compressed to reduce ts
bulk, and has to be baled in a special ma
chine. For this reason the dealers get a
little more per ton than for the hay sold
to the Government for use at posts in,
this country, which Is shipped in ordinary
bales.
Chief Quartermaster Jacobs has now
contracted for delivery at the Alaska
dock 3C50 tons of hay in double com
pressed bales, and about the same quan
tity of oats. Three thousand tons of the
hay was contracted for Saturday, whllo
one Portland Arm was; awarded a private
oontract for 500 tons, and was the success
ful bidder on another lot of 500 tons.
The "War Departmen has also been
making' extensive purchases of hay and
oats in Seattle, but whether this Is for
shipment on the Argyll or not Is not
known. A Bortland feed dealer, who was
on Puget Sound lat week, said that the
only hay which could be furnished there
was Yakima hay, and that the price was
so much higher than, that of the hay sold
In Portland that the dealers here could
"well afford to bid on it, and lay it down
In Seattle, as they could do so and make
about the same profit as they do here,
the preater price paid on the Sound about
equaling the freight. In view of this
difference of price, the dealers think that,
the Government should make all of it3
purchases of hay in Portland.
EAST SIDE AFFAIRS.
-Grocery Hone Huns Avray Other
Mnttern.
A horse attached to a cart, the property
of R. "W. Parker, a Grand-avenue grocer,
between East Washington and East Stark
streets, was frightened yesterday morning
by the electric street sprinkler. He ran
northward to East Stark street, where
he turned toward the river. At East
Third street he turned southward toward
the stable in which he rs kept. The horse
was running at a rapid rate, the light
cart being kept bounding In the air most
of the time. A buggy and horse had been
left standing near the corner of East
Third and East Washington streets. The
Parker horse collided with the rear end
of this buggy, doubling it up and throw
ing the horse attached to it on his. side
with great force. There was a great
mix-up. The Parker horse was caught
In the wheels of the buggy, and the other
horse -was fast in the harness and shafts.
Both struggled some time before they
were extricated. The buggy shafts were
broken. The Parker horse and cart
were not injured. Mr. Parker says that
lie could easily have caught his horse,
but he was stopping another horse from
running and thus allowed his own horse
to run off. Ho says that the man who
manages the electric street sprinkler was
very indifferent. Parker called to him to
s(op, but he paid no attention, and con
tinued to send water over toward the
frightened horses. Horses that pay no
attention to the electric cars take fright
at the sprinkler.
Itond That Should Be Graveled.
The road on the hill on the Base Line
extending down to the Sandy River is ill
excellent condition. It has cost much
work and heavy expense to get this road
up that steep grade In its present condi
tion, but the work Is of a permanent
character, and can be maintained at
small rxpense. The grade Is so light that
a wheelman can ride down the hill with
safety. At the Sandy bridge there is
quite a resort Beyond the Sandy much
work remains to be done. There is very
little graveling beyond a mile east of the
Sandy on the Base Line road. The re
mainder of the roads have not been grav
eled, and become very dusty In Summer
and muady in the Winter. These roads
were laid out with excellent grades by
Mr. Hurlburt, who is a skilled civil en
gineer. The country is very hilly, but
the grades of the roads are such that the
farmers can haul full loads over them,
but some of the leading thoroughfares
oast of the Sandy should be graveled and t
put In good condition. It Is a rrowlng
district, and the farmers deserve good
graveled roads. The Base Line and the
Latouroll roads at least should be grav- J
eiea as soon as tne county can get at it.
Both are well traveled and lead to the
Sandy bridge.
Improvements at Mount Scott.
The march of improvement has been
taken up at and around Mount Scott,
and many changes have been made. M.
L. Lugg, of Portland, lias Just complet
ed another large greenhouse on his tract
on the slope of Mount ScMt. He had
one built a yoar ago, and this is the
second. Max Smith, also of Portland,
has completed a cottage, and will reside
there. TheSam Long property has passed
into the hands of a Wisconsin man, who
is so well pleased with the surround
ings that he will make his home at
Mount Scott, and has already sent for his
famUy. He will make extensive Improve
ments, including new buildings. There
is a goneral .picking up all through the
surroundings. Land Is being cleared on
Mount Scott and brush burned. The
cycle path completed along tho Foster
road this yoar hasproved a great thing
for that settlement. A great many
-wheelmen and wheel women go out there
Sundays and in the evenings and lunch
on Johnson Creek.
Special Tent Meeting.
Special religious meetings will be held
In a large tent on Fargo and Kerby
streets, Albina, under the auspices of
the Second United Evangelical Church.
itev. a. u. unasey is tne pastor. These
services will commence tomorrow even
lag, when Dr. Blttner will preach the
sermon. Rev. C C Poling, of La Fav-
ctte, will be here the latter part of the
.weeK. iroicssor x. M. Meteger. of La
Favette. als will assist in the meetings,
and will be present over the coming Sun
day These meetings will be Interest
ing, an4 the public generally is, invited
to attond them.
Opened a Gravel Pit.
The ceuntyhas opened a gravel pit an
the south side of the road- that swings
around the north side of Mount Tabor.
When this road was graded out it could
be seen that there was some good gravel
well down, and it Is now being taken
out. The excavation destroys the cycle
path for quite a distance, but the road
is in good condition, and -wheelmen can
go around the break. The gravel at this
pit is very convenient, and can be gotten
at very conveniently and cheaply.
Fire In a Cottwee.
A small roof fire occurred In the cottage
at 192 East Eighth street last evening.
It was extinguished by the department
very promptly, the loss being only about
$15. The cottage Is occupied by Mrs. A.
McLeod. The loss Is covered by insurance.
East Side Rotes.
Police Commissioner Rankin came from
Long Beach yesterday to look after some
business. He will return to the beach at
the close of the week.
The electric-car sprinkler Jumped the
track in Holladays addition yesterday
forenoon. After leaving the rails, the
car ran along the street a short distance
before It stopped.
Pred Martin, of Falrview, was se
verely Injured yesterday by a piece of
Iron falling on his foot, badly crushing
his great toe. He was brought to St.
.Vincent's Hospital In the evening. He
will be laid up for some time.
The hop field of W. W. Cotton on the
Powell road Is looking thrifty. The worms
were kept out of the field. Picking will
b(j commenced about the 1st of Sep
tember. Ir. "Wise, room 6M, The Dekum.
MR. KERSHAW'S CASE.
Denies That He Gave False -Fiflrarea
of Oregon Wheat Products.
TACOMA, A.ug. 10. (To the Editor.)
My attention was drawn to an article In
The Oregonian of the 9th, in which you
seem to take exceptions to my statement
of the crop of Oregon. I wish to state
right here that such Information is in
correct. I never gave any figures by
telegraph. I sent my figures to an in
quiry from Messrs. Mclntyre and Ward
well, which were turned over to Mr.
Lyle. They were sent by letter.- The
figures of 21,000,000 for Washington were
correct, also about 5,000,000 for Idaho;
for Oregon the 9,000,000 are Incorrect. I
have written Messrs. Mclntyre and Ward
well to publish same as sent. I have
bought and sold Oregon wheat for years,
and always wish to give credit to Ore
gon for all she deserves. I have been In
grain trade too long to Tnake -such' ab
surd statements. However, there was no
occasion for you to rush into print with
out first finding out the accurracy of
the New York statement. The newspa
pers of our Pacific Northwest have made
themselves ridiculous, however,' in esti
mates of our crops, vis., 30,000,000 for
Washington and proportionately for Ore
gon. Rather savors of "boom."
P. H. KERSHAW.
Mr. Kershaw Is entitled to his side of
the case, and The Oregonian cheerfully
publishes It. He has gone to some pains
to deny that he wrote or telegraphed
that tho Oregon wheat crop would amount
to 9,000,000 bushels, but he is very care
ful not to say what estimate he did
give to Molntyre & Wardwell. He says
it was not 9,000,000 bushels, but does not
say It was not 9,GO0,O00 or 10,000,000. From
the present outlook for the crop, Mr.
Kershaw's estimate of 21,000,000 bushels
for Washington Is approximately correct;
his figure of 5,000,000 for Idaho Is prob
ably 1,500,000 too high, and the estimate
of 3,000.000 attributed to him for Oregon
Is from 4,500,000 to 7,000,000 bushels too
low. In the present delicate situation
of the wheat market, all estimates, even
those emanating from. Taooma, Influ
ence both buyer and seller. If Mr. Ker
shaw takes a kindly Interest in Oregon,
as he says he does, and If he wishes to
maintain a reputation for fairness, he
owes It to himself and to the exporters
and producers of the Northwest to state
the estimate he did furnish, so that It
may be definitely determined to what ex
tent his figures were Juggled by the per
sons through -whose hands they passed.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Jefferson Myers, of Salem, Is registered
at the Imperial.
Lee Cochrane, of Denver, Is registered
at tho, Portland.
N. Merrill, of Clatskanle, Is registered
at the St. Charles.
J. C. Henry.- of La Grande, Is regis
tered at the Perkins.
W. M. Ridpath, of Spakane, is regis
tered at the Portland. . -
R Smith and wife, of Perry, Or., are
guests of the Portland.
F. J. Goodnough, of Huntington, Is reg
istered at the Perkins.
James W. Welch, of Astoria, registered
at the Imperial yesterday.
W. G. Rude, of Gray's River, Wash.,
Is registered at the St. Charles.
J. C. Kennedy and family, of Bkamoka
wa, are registered At the Perkins.
H. C. Coseur and wife, of La Grande,
are registered at the St Charles.
Deputy Sheriff Harry Meyer returned
yesterday from a trip to San Francisco.
W. Lindgren and wife, of Washington,!
D. C. are registered at the Portland.
W. H. Hampton, a mining man of Pla
cer, Josephine County, Is staying at the
Imperial.
Mrs. Elta Reed, formerly of Gardiner,
Douglas County, now a resident of San
Francisco, Is In the city for a few days,
staying at the Burbank.
August Toltner, of Seattle, a member
of the First Washington Volunteers, was
In Portland yesterday. He Is assisting
In the preparations for a reunion of the
regiment at Seattle, July 4, 1901.
D. W. Duncan, of the Auditor's office,
Postofflce Department, Washington, D. C,
who has been visiting friends in Vancou
ver. Wash., was In the city yesterday
and called on Postmaster Croasman. He
will extend his pleasure trip as far south
as Los Angeles.
ST. PAUL, "Aug. 13. Count and Count
ess DeTocquevllle and daughter, Mile.
Marie de Tocquevllle, all of Paris, arrived
In the city this morning from Chicago, en
route to San Francisco, via the Northern
Pacific. They Intend to make a thorough
tour of the West before returning to
Paris.
NEW YORK. Aug. IS. Northwestern
people registered at Nw York "hotels to
day as' follows:
From Portland H, B. Litt, at the
Hoffman; L. E. Amos, at the Grand
Union.
From Seattle R. Nordhoff, J. Norhoff,
and W. L. Reynolds, at the Albert.
From Tacoma J. M. Ferris, Jr., at the
Nctherland.
From Pomeroy, Wash M. A. Dunham,
at the New Amsterdam.
RATE REDUCED TO CHICAGO
For the occasion of the National en
campment of the G. A. R., the O. R.- &
N. will sell on August 21-22. round-trip
tickets to Chicago at a special rate of
S71 60, tickets good for CO days, with stop
over privileges returning.
Three trains dally via the O. R. & N.
gives the choice of many routes, and the
train service Is unexcelled. For tickets
and furthpr Information call on or ad
dress V. A. SCHILLING,
City Ticket Agent, SO Third street, corner
Oak. -.- '
BURIALS IN CITY LIMITS
POWER OF COraCHi TO PROHIBIT
THEM QUESTIONED.
Subject Gone lato Deeply, In the
Csuo of a Gra-vedlffgrer at
Lone Fir Cemetery.
The question of the authority of the
Common Council to prohibit "burials In
a certain portion of Lone Fir cemetery,
and denning the same to be a nuisance,
was argued and submitted before Judge
Frazer yesterday.
The ordinance relating to the subject
was passed In 1S95, and is as follows:
""It shall be unlawful and Is hereby de
clared a nuisance and misdemeanor for
any person or persons at any. time from
and after April 1, 1595, to dig or cause
to be dug or opened, or make or cause
to be made or constructed, any vault or
tomb In any burylng-ground, cemetery or
churchyard or In any other part or place
In the City of Portland, or sell any real
property therein, except In the pi ices
hereafter set forth, for the purpose of
PIONEER LAID TO REST.
DANIEL BLAIR. TEST.
Tho funeral of Daniel Blair Ttest, pioneer of 1852, who died Saturday, August 11, took
place yesterday forenoon, 'from the Memorial SJyan-jellcal Church, East Eighth and Tlb
betts Btreets. Rev. R. Pierce, pastor, conducted' the services. Rev. I. E. Roclqrell, D. D.,
of dentenary, and Rev. John Fllnn, a pioneer Methodist minister and boyhood friend of the
deceased, were present and assisted. At the conclusion o the services at the church the re
mains were conveyed to Lone Fir cemetery. 1 i
Mr. Test was born In New Jersey, and was 60-yeara old at the time. of his death. In
1S52 he came to Oregon with the Immigrant train of Captain Morse, and In the same train
was Miss Angeline Curry, -whom he married in 1865. They first settled In Douglas County,
where they lived 'nine years, their nearest post oflfce' being Elkton. They then moved to Lane
County, and lived on a form for several years, andln 1864 moved to Eugene, -whero'thoy
Jived till they came to Portland, eight years ago.,
Mr. Test wasjhrough the campaigns of 1835 and, 1650, of the Rogue River Indian Warn,
and was a member of Captain Tfr. TV. Chapman's company. He was also a member; of the
-Pioneer-Assoclation of this state. Mr. Test was a man of excellent character arid sound In
tegrity. For a number of years ho" had been in feeble- health. A wife and tho following
children survive him: Mrs. Rachel Marshall, Peachlandfj, B. C; Mrs. Mary TVortman, Port
land, Or.;' Mrs. Caroline MayfleldlBarker, Eugene, 'Or; Mrs, Emory Hill, Portland, Or.; C.
Grant, Edwin C., and Frank !. Teat, Portland.'
depositing any aead body therein, or for
any person or persons to Inter or .deposit
or cause to be interred or deposited ln
any grave, vault or tomb,any. dead. body
within the City of Portland, except with
in the following limits, towlt: That part
of Lone Fir cemetery beginning at a point
SO feet south-and 75.6 feet' east of the
northwest corner rt section 1, township
1 south, .range 1 east, Willamette merid
ian; thence south EW.27 feet; thence west
along the north side of the right of way
of the City & Suburban ' Railway Com
pany tothe southeast corner of-block 7,
Garrison's subdivision, in East Portland;
thence norfh to the Base Line road;
thence east along the south side of the
Base Line road to the place of beginning.
"All of Rlvervlew cemetery. In section
22, township 1 south, range 1 east.
"All of the Jewish cemetery, situate fa
section 21, township 1 south, range 1 east.
"St. Mary's Catholic cemetery, situate
In sections 35 and 36, township 1 north,
range 1 east."
While the ordinance does not so specific
ally state. Its principal purpose Is to pre
vent the Interment of bodies, etc., in the
new or eastern part of Lone Fir cemetery,
being a parcel of land between East Stark
and Morrison streets, and running east
from the old cemetery line. It comprises
about 150x800 feeti and It is said the ceme
tery association also claims the right to
plat a further J5 acres of land. Since the
ordinance was passed, the cemetery as
sociation has sold lots In the prohibited
territory, and is still doing so.
The matter came up yesterday on a de
murrer to the habeas corpus petition of
Cass Wygant, a sexton, who was fined
$35 in the Municipal. Court for burying a
body In the proscribed district. Iri sup
port of the demurrer, Deputy City At
torney R. Dunlway. argued that the city
has" a right to Tegfilate Interments as a
police measure, and Raleigh Stott and
George Stout, for the petitioner, asserted
that a person can make an Interment in
any" portion of the city he desires, pro
vided he makes it deep enough and it
does not constitute a nuisance.
Mr. Stott disputed the validity of the
ordinance upon two grounds first;, that
an ordinance could not make a tnlhg or
an act a nuisance that is not one At com
mon law or by some general statute.
Burial of the dead was a sacred rite of
humanity, so regarded by all laws from
the law of Moses down. It was not a
nuisance per se, unless It defiled the
water used or Impregated" the air
breathed by a community, and this was
not the case here. Second, the ordinance
was unfair, arbitrary and unreasonable In
restricting burials to certain spots and
prohibiting them In another cemetery and
vacant grounds. As an example f the
unreasonable character of the ordinance,
Mr. Stott cited the case of the Love tract
of 400 acres on Columbia Slaugh, but
within the city limits, and-yet under the
ordinance It 'would be a crime for Mr.
Love, when he died, to be buried on his
own ground. There were other large
tracts where a person could be buried
and the grave would not be within a
quarter of a mile or perhaps a mile of
a dwelling-house. Such a burial, he con
tended, was not a nuisance, and could
not be made so by a city ordinance.
George C. Stout, also for the petitioner,
contended that the city has p'ower under
Its charter only to regulate burials, and
-not to prohibit them. .He said there were
no authorities directly on the subject, and
read authorities in slaughter-house and
other kindred nuisance cases. The courts
could not declare a thing a nuisance .un
less It was such In fact, and a decision
of a Supreme Court was read where It
was held that a hogpen might or might
not be a nuisance, and a city ordinance
declaring all such nuisances was too
broad and sweeping.. .Counsel argued that
a body may be Interred In any lot in the
city, if it Is properly done, and it Is not
a, nuisance. Said the attorney: "UVwe
proved a body was" sealed in a vault 20
feet .thick each way, it would bo no de
fense tinder this ordinance."
The points made by Mr. Dunlway on
the" other side were many. He said tho
city does not need an express provision
In 'Its charter empowering I J to exclude
slaughter-houses, or to exclude burials
from a given district., As the burial of
the dead within the city majr be a- nuis
ance, the city has power to pass ordi
nances prohibiting such-burials. If a
particular burial Is made In such a place
and In such a manner that it Is not and
will not be a nuisance, was a question of
fact to be tried out in,- the case, but
could not be tried out In habeas corpus
proceedings after a conviction,. "It la
sufficient," counsel stated) "'to sustain the
validity of the ordinance, that the act
complained of may be a nuisance. From
the passing of the ordinance there Is a
presumption that It is, such a nuisance,
or the ordinance would not be passed."
Mr. Dunlway further contended that the
city claims authority to pass this- ordi
nance under the city charter, and to de
clare burials within the Inhabited part
of the city to be a, nuisance and detri
mental to the health .and welfare of the
city, and that it has been upheld by tho
Supreme Court of Oregon, and has been
done In every state in the Union. Under
the ordinance at bar, every one was treat-
"ed alike. All burials -were prohibited ex
cept? Jn certain localities. This was a
valid police regulation. If the complaint
was not good, if the ordinance was In
valid, 'then every owner of land within
the city could permit burial on his land.
"That this was not the law was known
to eyery one, cemeteries being always
placed- In uninhabited portions of the
land. Their regulation was a proper sub-ject-for
police power. ,
DAILY CITY STATISTICS.
' Real Etnte Transfers.
Sheriff, for Henry Bartensteln and
wife, to H. L. Plttock, lots 5 and 6,
block,.77. SellwoDd, July 5 ? 500
Wm. A. Pullen and wife to A. M.
Pullen and Bertha Pullen, 10 acres,
section 21, T. 1 N., R. 2 E., August
13 v 1000
Anna Bauman to Bertha Pullen, 5
acres, section 19, T. 1 N., R. 2 E.,
April 30, 1S97 1
Zernlah Flledner and Christopher
Fliedner tq Wm. Flledner, lots 11
and 12, block 3, Pleasant Little
Homes No. A August 1 t 200
Jefferson Myers to Louis Kruettner,
lots 3 and 9, Moyer's subdivision, of
lot 3, block 3, Portland Homestead,
August 8 . 250
Jefferson Myers to John Mler, lot i.
Moyer subdivision, lot 3. diock a,
' Portland Homestead, August 8 175
Jefferson Myers to -Joseph Urbanek,
lots 5, 7 and 8, Moyer's 'subdivision.
I lot 3, block 3, Portland Homestead,
I Augusts 325
1 Minnie C. Dammeler and -husband to
H. H. Newhnll, 71x100 EasttBurnside
street, near East Eighteenth street,
.August 11 ..v 650
1 Bnildiner Permits.
M. C. Dammeler, two-story dwelling,
Bast Burnside and East Twenty-first,
$4000.- -
S. P.' Wheeler, cottage, Bast Clinton,
$1000.
Deaths.
Daniel B. Test, August 11, Kyears, urae
mia. Ben .Broadbent. August 11. 57 years,
! fattv defeneration of the heart.
Thomas White, August 12, TTyears, car
cinoma of the stomach.
- Maud C. Porter, August 12, 21 years,
hemorrhage of the lungs.
Mrs. Minnie Gllham, August as, ts years,
tuberculosis.
Birth.
August 13, boy to tho wife of David
Grler, Si5 Macadam street. .
LOW RATE.
if
Via Union Pacific Railroad to G. A.
R, Encampment, Chlcaffo, 111.,
Aae. 2T to Sept. 1, 1900."
For the above occasion,' the Union Pa
cific Rallrdad will make a special rato
of $71 50 to Chicago and return. Tickets
on sale August 21 and 22. For further
details concerning this cheap rate, call
at City Ticket Office;--135 Third street,
comer of Alder, Portland, Or.
GEORGE LANG.
City Passenger and Ticket Agent
J. H. LOTHROP. ' .
General Agent.
CHICAGO AffD RETURN, $71.50
i
Via Great Northern. RailTTay.
Tickets on sale August 21 and 22;-good
60 days. City Ticket Office, 268 Morrison
street. i
Do not purge or weaken the bowels,
but act specially on the liver and bile. A
perfect- liver- correcten Carter's Little
Liver Pills.
THIS IS A FRUIT YEAR
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES HATE A
. GOOD CROP.
Secretary Dosch -Thinks There Will
'Be Good Market for Best Oresron"
" Apples and Prunes.
PORTLAND, Aug. 13.-To the Editor.)
Agreeable to my statement in the re
port of the expected and estimated fruit
yield throughout the United States made
a month ago, I now presentthe fruit
prospect of foreign countries, based on
several hundred replies received to a let-v
ter of Inquiry sent out by me to United
States . Consuls and dealers Immediately
In touch -with Importation of fruits from
America to "their respective countries:
Apples. Pears. Prunes
England ICO 93 50
France 100 85 100
Belgium 75 60 100
Russia 101 4) 30
Holland 90 70' 100
Servla SO SO 100
Bosnia 80 75 100
Switzerland ...95 80 ICO
L Hungary 90 60 100
Italy ou t w
Poland, .. 100 SO 100
AuBtrla 100 TO 100
Prussia 65 40 60
Bavaria 60 40 SO
Wurtemberg 90 S3 so
Hessen-Darmstadt ...100 90 100
Turkey 70 40 100
Sweden and Norway. J1 SO 8Q "
China and Japan are not reported, aa
they are principally consumera.
It will be noticed that, like the United
States and Canada, nearly all of Europe
expects to harvest a bountiful crop of
fruits, and as Consul Adolf L. Franken
thal. of Bern, aptly remarks, "This Is
what Is called a fruit year." But unlike
ourselves, they .seldom produce enough
for home consumption, except prunes.
leaving still a- fine field for exportation'
of ouriflne apples and Fellenberg (Italian)
prunes. The most noticeable fact In
looking over the estimated percentage Is
the large yield qf prunes, notably the
French prunes In the districts of the Val
ley of the Loire, and the small prunes of
Turkey, Servla and .Bosnia, tnougn in
ferior, in every respect to the Pacific
Coast-grown prunes, are nevertheless a
factor in keeping down prices, especially
for sizes running from SO to 120 to the
pound.
The Consuls report to me at great
length, and some of the suggestions are
of so much value, that I trust you will
kindly allow me to quote:
Mr. Hugo Henzelman. of Prague, says:
"If only you could find a way by which
your fruit could be gotten, into this mar
ket here, referring especially now 'to fresh
fruit, you would be surprised at the
nuantl'ty ' that could be ,sold here, for It
is a fact not to be disputed that the peo
ple here, both rich and poor, are really
wanting our fruits, the rich because it
has a finer flavor and excels the home
fruit heT:e In every way, and the poor be
cause they could buy our fruit cheaper
h'ere than the fruit grown here."
Mr. Talbot J. Albert, Consul. at Bruns
wick, says: "Each year the demand for
our fresh and dried fruit Increases in
Germany. This is ascribed to the im
proved condition of the working popula
tion, which now enjoys the consumption
of fruits more than formerly."
C'onsul-Gereral Frank H. Mason writes
from Berlin: "From all the sources, and
from a special report Just made, I learn
that the outlook in Prussians meager for
apples, jpears and prunes. (See percent
age table!) "The Spring was very late,
dry' and cold,,late frosts Injured the blos
soms In many districts; then came pro
fuse and continuous rains, which have
greatly Injured all fruits. There will
be an eager and abundant market for
A'merlcan- dried fruits In Germany this
year."
ThetConsul at Bordeaux, France. Mr.
Albion -W. Tourgee, who writes at great
length, makes somo very good points. He
says lnv'part: . ''The season has been un
usually favorable to most kinds of fruits,
having no late frosts,' a dr- -time at
blossoming, freauent and abundant jralns
afterwards. Apples In the south of
Franco aref never good, but the pear
crop promises well to be exceedingly
largo and wiH certalnlybe-of fine flavor.
Thepears of 'this region are deservedly
noted for their quality. They are, of
course, affected by the same plague of
worms as the apples, an evil that seems
so llttleregarded that the frultdealer will
sometimes regard your objection to such
occupancy with surprise.
'SThe yield ot prunes promises well,
both In quantity and quality, and I think
American growers may safely count on
the competition of an unusually large
and unusually good prune crop from this
Consular district; scarcely anything can
occur now to reduce the quantity, and
the weather is not likely to Impair the
quality. However, the almost universal
destruction of all sorts of birds in this
part of France in my opinion will Boon
render the production of good fruit well
nlghj Impossible."
Mr. A. M. Thackara, Consul at Havre,
ays among other matters: "I have been
Informed by one of the largest Importers,
of American fruits 'that apples are now
selling here for future delivery at a price
one-third of that asked this tlme last
year. He Is of the opinion that there
will be no apples or pears Imported this
"year, or, at least, very few. There may
be a small business done in prunes in the
larger sizes."
Summing up all the data obtainable, I
find that there is a very large crop of
fruit this year throughout the world to
compete with, yet I feel that there Is a
market, and a fair market for absolutely
clean, flrst-clas3 apples and large-sized
prunes, carefully packed, t6 meet the
demand of the best trade. It is a pleas
ure to state that most of Oregon's 'ap
ples this year are not alone of good size,
but, through the care of the progressive
orchardlsts, are, comparatively speaking,
free from insects- and scab. Our Fellen
berg prunes are also very large Ideal
conditions to meet this demand.
As a guide of what the available ap
ples for export this year will -be, I give
shipments of the season 1899-1900.
The total shipments of apples from all
American ports except Pacific Coast
were 1,293,121 barrels, distributed as fol
lows: Barrels.
Liverpool 614,857
London -. 319,869
Glasgow 211.555
Hamburg 72.150
Various ports 44,690
In addition to the above, there were
exported of Pacific Coast apples, via New
York, 149,515 boxes, distributed among for
eign ports as follows:
-ri , Boxes.
To Liverpool 58.922
To London 70,724
To Glasgow 13,118
Tq Hamburg 4,8?6
To Hull 1,925
In this connection the complaint comej
from European merchants that our boxe3
are too light. They say apple boxes In
tended for export should be heavier, and
strapped with iron.
In conclusion, I desire to state that
the loss In the season 1899-1900, on account
of poor keeping qualities of apples grown
east of the Rocky Mountains and In Can
ado will make buyers wary, and It Is
reasonable to expect, this to act favorably
for Pacific Coast-grown apples.
HENRY E. DOSCH.
Secretary State Board of Horticulture,
Letting Things Alone.
Saturday Evening Post.
The Joyof letting things alone is not
widely appreciated by human beings.
They want to put their Impress- on other
beings, and. Indeed, to "humanize" Na
ture. In her every aspect. This Interfer
ence Is bad enough when We waste our
woods, foul our rivere and spoil our
scenery, but .It Is most lamentable when
It takes the form of a love for blood
shed. Hunting is held as one of the man
liest and most Improving of exercises and
recreations. So "well-grounded Is tho
Jalth? In man's right to stay what, when
and where he will that laws for tha
preservation of our animals we still say
"our" animals, though they will none of
us are a matter almost of our own generation.
GENERAL CHAFFEE.
The "Man Xott at the Head of Oar
Chinese Forces.
New York Sun.
To sketch General Chaffee's life, minus
Its Incidents, Is" not h, difficult task, or
Is It a. long story. He was born In Zanes-
vllle. O.. in 1343.. His father was a farm
er and the son had the ordinary advan
tages ot farmers i.ons of the time. He
went to the district school, then he went
to an academy and then he went to war.
He was 19 years old when the report of
the firing on Fort Sumter reached Zanes
vllle, and without consulting anybody he
just determined that the country needed
his services and he started off for the
nearest recruiting station and enlisted,
not In a volunteer regiment but In the
Sixth United States Cavalry, with which
most of his service In the army has
been connected, which sailed on the same
transport with him for China, He Joined
the regiment as a private; he will lead
It In China as a Major-General of Volun
teers. r
It wa3 not long after Chaffee enlisted
that the Sixth Cavalry saw plenty of ac
tlve service, and It was not long befor
Chaffee showed that he was not of tha
stuff to remain a private Whenevet
the regiment got Into a scrimmago Chaf
ree was sure to do something or other
that won the attention of his officers, and
It was not long before he was made a
sergeant, and when the war was over he
came out with a Lieutenant's shoulder-
straps and a brevet or two for particu
larly gallant conduct on particular occa
sions. He got his Captaincy In 1SS7.
Chaffe served with tha Sixth Cavalry
until July, 18SS, more than a quarter of a
century, when he wras made a Major and
assigned to the Ninth (colored) Cavalry.
He was with the Ninth for the next nine
years, when he was again promoted and
became the Lieutenant-Colonel of the
Third Cavalry on June 1. 1S97. Ho was
serving with the Third Cavalry when, the
war with Spain- began. General officers
were needed and Lieutenant-Colonel
Chaffee was one of the first to be ap
pointed a Brigadier-General of Volunteers.
He was commissioned on May 4, 1893, and
commanded a brigade from Las Guaslmas
to El Caney. It was at El Caney that the
General fought his latest fight and won
new laurels. Many stories have been told
about Chaffee's marvelous nerve and
bravery during that battle. He himself
Is the authority for the statement that
not moro than one-third of tho stories
that have been told and written about
him are true. One of the tales was of
how he nqtlced a man In the trenches
as he was walking up and down the fir
ing lino whose shooting was so erratic
that he poked holes In nothing but the
atmosphere. According to the story, Chaf
fee got down into the trench, laid his
hand kindly on the soldier's shoulder ho
was a young private of the Twelfth In
fantryand asked him what was the
matter.
"Nothing, I guess, sir," was tho alleged
reply, "except I'm scared."
"Well, let's see If we can't steady our
selves," Chaffee Is reported to have said,
and then he lay down beside the soldier
and told him how and where to shoot
until the 'young fellow became as steady
as a church and forgot to stop shooting
when tho order to cease firing was given.
The story was printed In a, magazine
and one of Chaffee's brother officers
showed it to him. Chaffee read It through,
scowling more viciously the further ho
read. When he had finished ho ex
claimed: "That's all d d rot. What the devil
do these fellows want to make such fools
of .us for? Do you suppose "that I had
time In that scrimmage to get down In a
trench and carry on private target prac
tice with some of the boy3? I had enough
troubles ot my own, without giving par
ticular attention to those of particular
individuals. Same folks may like all this
nickel-plating, but I don't."
For his services In Cuba, General Chaf
fee became a Major-General, and later,
as '.Is well known, after .the reorganiza
tion of 1899, when General Brooke was
made Governor-General of Cuba, Chaf
fee was appointed his Chief of Staff
with the rank of Brigadier-General. It
was while he was serving on General
Brooke's staff that he was promoted In
the permanent establishment from Lieutenant-Colonel
of the Third to Colonel of
the Eighth Cavalry, which is his rank in
the Regular Army now. With his new
command he has never yet served. When
he t was selected for the China Bervlce
he asked especially that his old regiment,
tho Sixth Cavalry, should be sent with
him.
General Chaffee is about 5 feet 10 inches
tall, wlth square shoulders, deep-set gray
eyes, a remarkably firm chin, and sandy
hair and mustache that are streaked
with gray. He weighs about 160 pounds,
and is very much of an athlete. Ho says
of himself that he never feels so com
fortable as when on horseback. Other
people say of him that, when mounted,
the general appearance is that the man
Is a part of the horse. As a commander,
he is a strict disciplinarian, but not in
any sense a martinet. He requires of his
men Just as much as he requires of him
self, and no more. He expects tuvery
member of hl3 command to do his duty
lnr as painstaking a manner as he does
himself. The care which he takes of his
men, the consideration which he shows
them, and the fact that he never has yet
asked one of them to go where ho
woudn't go himself, has made, him loved
with a strong love by every' man who
has ever served under him.
For some reason, which nobody has
been able to explain satisfactorily, a halo
of romance has been thrown around Gen
eral Chaffee, almost from the time he
wore shoulder-straps. It Is said that he
has been the hero of more romantic tales
than any other officer in the regular ser
vice since the Civil War. The General,
perhaps, knows better than anybody else
whether the majority of these stories are
true, and In speaking of two or three of
them one day not long ago he said:
"Those yarns, like a lot of others I
have heard told about me, are just plain,
every-day d d lies. They sound pret
ty' enough, but they're all rot. I'm no
hero and, if the plain hard truth were
always told? there would be mighty few
halos stuck around the heads of us Army
officers. We just go ahead and attend to
our business like and other business men.
We're put In certain places to succeed.
If we do succeed, there Is no particular
sense In telling a lot of heroic lies about
us, and If we fail well, God help us."
Hidden ICnovpledee In China.
Washington Times.
There Is much to be learned after the
world captures China. Many scientists
believe that the neucleus of great events
IN
SUMMER.
I Sunburn, Chafing:, Insect Bites, Burns,
bcratcfies, sprains, aiinness or joints, raugue ana
Inflamed Eyes are cured by the use of
Pond's Extract
Used Internally and Externally
CAUTIONt Refuse tho weak, watery Witch Hazel
preparations represented to be "the same aa" POND'S
EXTRACT, which eaallyaonr and generally contain
"wood alcohol," a'dcadly poison. POND'S EXTRACT
is sold 0NI4Y in SEALED bottles, enclosed in bos
wrapper.
POND'S EXTRACT CO,
76FUUAtcN.Y.
is Imbedded amid tha mysteries of that
great region of country, which may not
bo so benighted as Is generally supposed.
Tho preservation of grapes, to make use
of one Illustration Of Chinese industry, is
one of tha many things that la only
known In that country. Millions have
been spent In civilized countries In fu
tile attempts to preserve this fruit Tho
Chinese have known the secret for many
centuries, and millions more have been
vainly used In the effort to drag from
them, tho recipe.
GENTILE AND JEW.
American Woman Get Divorce
Frost Hebrew Husband.
Spokane Chronicle, Aug. JL
Sadie Goodsteln was this morning
granted by Judge Richardson a decree ot
divorce from her husband. David H.
Goodstoin. The defendant made no ap
pearance and the case went by default.
Mrs. Goodsteln. who Is a remarkably
beautiful woman, was put on the stand
In her own behalf, and her testimony
was corroborated, by Mrs. Lillian Pray.
The allegations of the complaint are
remarkable and unusual. After reciting
that the couple were married In 1896 ax
San. Francisco and have orao child, named
Gladys, the complaint says:
"That the defendant is a Hebrew and
possesses all the bigotry,, unreasoning' ob
stinacy and stubborn adherence, to tho
religion, customs, practices and habits
characteristic of the orthodox Hebrew.
That ho is intolerant of tho beliefs
of others, especially of tho plaintiffs,
who Is & Gentile. That tho defemdant
has often in tho presenco of others hu
miliated the plaintiff by neglecting' her
and. remarking that he was sorry he had
married her; that she was a Gentile and
no husband could trust a Gentile wlfs. In
timating that only Jewish women wero
true to their husbands.
'That for the past two or three years
Goodstoin, has constantly treated his wife
as an Inferior, and has lost no oppor
tunity, especially when, his own relatives
and people of hla own faith were prcs
ent, to assert his superiority and to hu
miliate the plaintiff by taunting her with
being a Gentile and constantly asserting
tho superiority of Hebrew wives."
The testimony this morning was also
that ha had expressed tho wish that ha
might marry one of his own race.
liOtT RATES TO THE EAST.
For the Grand Army Encampment, tho
RIo Grande Western Railway will sell.
August a and 22. tickets, Portland' to Chi
cago and return, at tho remarkably low
rate of $71 50. Passengers have their
choice of going either via Kansas City or
Omaha, and returning the same way, or
via St. Paul. To return, via Baa Fran
cisco. $12 50 additional.
The Rio Grande Western Is tho only
transcontinental line passing through Salt
Lake City. Passengers are afforded a
daylight ride up the Columbia River and
through tho heart of the Rocky Mount
ains. OF THE
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