THE. MORNING- OREG,ONIAN, SATTJRDA OCTOBEB, 20, 1900.
AIDS- DEVELOPMENT
opw Humboldt Bay Prospers
j i- Throujgh Portland.
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fcAKKOND'S REC5PIE FOR PROGtCS
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pffeirs toBafld Railroad to Oregron
4 , Cool Jtftae and Take f 10,000
4't Steele in, Company.
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President A. B. Hammond, of the As
toria $ Columbia River and Corvallla &
JEtastem Railroad Companies, has ro
Sjarned from Humboldt County. Callfor
ala, where he recently purchased the
Eureka & Klamath Falls Railroad and
aquipment, about 1,000,000,000 feet of red
wood timber, standing:, and steamboats
aid sailing1 vessels connected "with the
Property. He "was much pleased with the
conditions he iound there, and thought
aprtiaaa naa a cnance xo ueveiop pruui
ble relations with that country, and
jfiat it, should .do so.
'jThe Humboldt Bay country Is very
jrospexous,' said Mr. Hammond to a re
porter yesterday; 4,ln fact. It Is the most
5osporous country I know anything
aout. Humboldt County has no debt,
floating or otherwise. The same is true
octhe City of Eureka, the county seat, a
torn of 10,000 population. The country
rads down there are well built, and! fln
isid with a coating of gravel, and In
Cnnertlme are sprinkled from, end to
tenof the county. They are ballasted
ill railroads with clean river gravel.
T2ough the dairy business of that local
Jif. Is of comparatively recent growth,
o-cr 4,000,000 pounds of butter are annu
aly exported. Taxation is not so high,
thugh the public conveniences are some
twxat unusual. A fine Courthouse was
'jilt two or thred years ago, and It was
jpDmptly paid for without Incurring any
firdebtedness.
"The lumber business la in a flourishing
teindltlon, which is' due largely to the
tot that the Southern Pacific, the Santa
IFY tltt O. R. & JT. and Union Pacific
Kailrotds snake Humboldt Bay a Vjom-on-punt
rate on shipments of lumber
ard slingles to the Bast. That is, Hum
bold iay has the same rates as Puget
connoj Jrorcianu, ou.ii xtiuicibou, duu jjj
ego aid other Pacific common points.
Humbildt Bay can ship lumber and shin
gles 5a; Portland to Chicago and other
JDasten points lor tne same cnarge tnat
CtPoland manufacturer would have to
.pay iff the same. The O. TR. & N. Co.
does frfsely In putting these rates into
Humloldt Bay, because one effect is to
irnit resron flour Into that market where
feormffly California ffour was used ex-?
clusliely. And when there shall be a
JtBtttf steamer service, which will be
1whet more lumber and shingles are
chipped this way, Portland Jobbers
ehoiid get a large proportion of the trade
-of taat country, which now goes to San
ETraacisco. There are two regular steam-,
.rs plying Between iiumooiQc .t$ay- ana
fBu Francisco, and usually" one or more
,cr running irregularly, so there Is a
bolt to San Francisco every 2 days, or
ofener. The steamer for, Portland leaves
Humboldt Bay only afoout once In two
weeks. That port would send out a large
Amount of butter, lumber and shingles
j5y way of Portland' and take a largo vol
Aime of merchandise In return from this
City by proper development of the trade.'
"Is there anything In the report that a
railroad line down the Coast to connect
Portland and San Francisco Is contem
plated?" was asked Mr. Hammond.
"Some time or other there may be such
llne built, but it does not figure. In any
present j)lans that I know of. 'Talk of
Shat now is premature. Z don't seethe
necessity tor a Coast railroad, because
Jthe transcontinental lines In making
23umboldt Bay a common point are ab
sorbing the steamer charges and putting
that place on the same footing as other
pacific Coast ports, except the Oregon
coast, which Is not given the common
rate. If Humboldt Bay had a railroad
outlet, it could. not get better rates for
transporting Its butter, lumber and shln
Clfl o market."
Jfeholem. Coal.
Then Mr. Hammond spoke of some of
Ills interests in Oregon. "I see it report
ed," said he, "that Portland at last has
discovered coal suitable to Its needs near
the mouth of the Nehalem. This coal
land has been known for a number of
years. Several of my acquaintances have
.epent money there in the work of pros
pecting and investigating the coal meas
ures. "Various means "have been suggest
ed to get this coal to market. Now, the
Astoria & Columbia River Railroad Is
completed to a point within 18 miles of
these coal lands. It would be extended
to the coal section, where spruce and
cedar timber abounds, if arrangements
could be made with the transcontinental
roads for getting the lumber to market
at the same rates that prevail from Hum
tooldt Bay.
"I think Portland capitalists should en
deavor to develop coal mines in our own
etate rather than haul coal from Puget
Bound. I notice that the project of form
ing a company; with $50,000 capital to "de
velop the 'Nehalem coal mines has been
broached. That would be a good move.
I would be glad to take a fifth or more of
the stock In such a corporation, provided
the remainder of the stock should be sub
scribed ror in Portland."
"Tou may be asked to make this state
ment good," suggested the reporter.
"I only wish I might," was the answer.
T should be mighty glad to do it tomor
row. I hope somebody will try me. 1
only regret that there is too little pros
pect of it in Portland."
"What is the prospect for your devel
oping your timber interests In Oregon?"
"My investments in timber lands have
been jxiade In the "Willamette "Valley and
in Clatsop and Tillamook Counties, where
the bulk -of Oregon timber is situated,
, and .where most of the other large timber
purcnases of recent years have been
made.' From those points common-point
rates do not prevail, and until they shall
be put in I .do not think the properties
-can be developed.
'fSpeaking of the lumber rates from,
Oregon, a prominent and influential cltl
sei. of Portland told nitf a short time ago
that a sawmill man had Informed him
that Astoria was not entitled to common
point rates on lumber because sawlogs
were $1 50 per thousand cheaper In As
toria than In Portland, therefore As
toria should pay the -additional local
freight rate or the lumber industry would
be destroyed. If this were true, there
would be all the more reason why the
lumber business should be carried on at
Astoria, where the. raw materials could
be had so cheap. But the fact is that the
difference cannot possibly be more than
50 cents: per thousand, and In many cases
It Is not more than 16 cents. Towage
from the Lower Columbia to Portland is
0 to 50 cents per thousand, and from
points above Oak Point it is less, while
ihp towage to Astoria is 20 to 30 cents.
Therefore, the statement that logs cost
& CO less at Astoria than here is an
error.
'If Oregon Is to develop and keep pace
with Washington, she must have the
same transportation rates, for she pro
duces the same articles and must sell
them In the same markets. Under pres
ent conditions, the business of Western
Oregon must pay the local rate to Port
land before; It can get on an equal basis
with that of similar points in Washing
ton. That's why Oregon does not make
faster progress."
KEJCAMCUM FrSHnVG GROUXDS.
1 -Court Must Settle Ilpnte Injunc
tion Kai Issued.
ASTORIA, Oct 19. A suit has been
-iflled'ln the Circuit Court by Martin Ryan
fad Thomas Spencer against Mildred
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Bowman, 1. Coffman, Richard Eberman,
Willis Eberman, Jacob Brainier and ITred
Paquet, all of Seaside. The complaint
alleges that the plaintiffs are the owners
of all fishing rights, other rights and priv
ileges on each bank of the Necanlcum
Creek from its mouth to the lower bridge,
known as the Grimes Grove Land Com
pany bridge; that they have at a cost of
$800 constructed two-pound net fish traps
In the said stream for the purpose of
catching salmon. The complaint further
alleges that the defendants have, without
any right or authority from the plaintiffs,
an.d against their protests, placed ?et' rets
In the streams, completely closing tHe
channel, so as to prevent the run -of fish,
greatly to the injury of the plaintiffs. It
is asked that the defendants be enjoined J
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The Burnishing of the Griddles and the Lighting of the Fires,
We shall give through the principal . grocers . in every section a i-lb. package
of either our Self-Raising Buckwheat or our Self-Raising Pancake Flour
With every . purchase of H-O (Hornby's Steam-Gooked Oatmeal).
This is simply an inaugural sale and the grocers have only a limited number of these free packages so order now. The H-O. Company's Pancake Flour Is
a carefully blended preparation of Rice, Corn and Wheat a delicious and wholesome mixture for pancakes ready for instant use. The H-0 Company's Self
Raising Buckwheat is prepared from the pure, old-fashioned sort of Buckwheat the finest that grows combined with a pure raising ingredient.
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and restrained from further operating the
set nets between the points mentioned in.
th ecomplolnt.
In thesabsence of Judge McBride, Coun
ty Judge Gray granted a temporary In
junction against the defendants, penu.ng
the hearing, of the case. at the Circuit
Court, which meets on November 1. " The
bond of the plaintiff was fixed at ?S0).
One thing which may have considerable
bearing on this case is the'k fact that the
fishing law passed by the last1" legisla
ture failed to contain, any provision. rela
tive to the Necanlcum, either regarding
the closed season or the kind of gear
used.
Complaints About .Fishing; Genr. -
Fish Commissioner Reed has r&tnmiadj.
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from Niagara, Or., where he went to In
vestigate the report thafa dam had been
constructed on the Santlam River. He
found that a dam 50 feet In height was
contemplated, but that the builders
have agreed to put in a fish ladder that
will permit the salmon to pas3 the ob
struction, i
Mr. Reed is receiving numerous ' com
plaints from various parts of the state
that parties are putting set nets and traps
in many streams and stretching them
from bank to bank. The Commissioner la
powerless however, to have these ob
structions removed, for the reason that
the law passed by the last Legislature,
while It provides that at least one-third
of ""the Columbia and each of Its ' tribu
jtorlon nuiat ba laffc unobstructed;-it maUCs
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no such regulation for other streams in
the state.
Pleaded. Ignorance of JUaxe. '
Andrew Olsen, who was arrested yes
terday for obstructing the work of the
viewers and surveyors who are laying out
a route for a county road to the Ne
halem, was arraigned before Judge Gray
this morning on a charge of contempt of
court. The man pleaded ignorance of the
law and said that he had instructions
from the owner to allow no trespassing
on the place. He was released on his own
recognizance to appear before the Coun
ty Commissioners' Court on November 7.
Portland Cnntom-Honse Bid Acepted.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.-The Secretary j
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of the Treasury today accepted the pro
posal of Butler, Ryan & Co., of St. Paul,
for finishing the interior of tho Portland
Custom-House, the contract price being
$95,993 and the time limit 14 months.
Washington Teachers' Salaries.
.OLYMPIA; -Wash., Oct. 19. A decision
has been mailed to the County Superin
tendents to tho effect that teachers can
draw their monthly salaries with no fur
ther auditing -'than a simple resolution
of payment by a majority of the Board
of Directors. This point is often called
into question when one of the School
Directors is absent from a meeting of tho
board," and 'the remainder of the Directors
nroceed with tho business. In ono dis
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trict In particular, a Director wa3 not
In attendance, aifd afterwards sought to
restrain the payment of the teacher's
salary, which had been ordered without
nia consent.
Guilty of Attempted Murder.
WALLA WALLA, Wash.. Oct. 19.
Ed Sutherland was today found guilty
of tho attempted murder of Emma Kid
well, a 15-year-old girl. The jury was
out 27 minutes. The crime was com
mitted In this city August 3. Sutherland
first attempted to ravish tho young wom
an, and then tried to kill her to shield
the former crime.
For n. Cold in the Head,
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