THE MOBNINGr OEEGOmAN, TUESDAY, KOYEMBEB 13, 1900.
SAW MANY WONDERS
Forestry Expert Tel Is of South
eastern Oregon.
10CK FORESTS AND LAVA CAVES
Bones of Prenistoiio, Extinct Anl-
- aaals la Laree Knmber-The
DeriTa Potato Patch..
JL J. Johnson, Forestry Expert of Ore
gon for the United States Geological Sur
vey, has returned from a six months'
cruise orer every 'timbered section east
of the Cascade Mountains. He has trav
eled thousands of miles during this trip
and has found very many Interesting
pieces of information In regard to the tim
ber lands of that section, as to the ex
tensive area covered by timber and Its
peculiar distribution. In some places the
timbered land forms an Island as it were,
Including several townships, while the sur
rounding country Is of a semi-arid charac
ter, the only vegetation on it consisting of
juniper, mountain mahogany, sagebrush
and bunchgrass, with alkali lakes and
flats t" pumice stone deserts scattered
over it
There are immense lava flows or beds,
comprising many curious formations in
which scarcely a living thing is to be
found. In Crook County in a large tract
of magnificent yellow pine timber, free
from undergrowth, and the ground cov
ered with grass, he found a sink or de
pression in the ground which exposed the
entrance to a lava cave, said to be two
miles long. The entrance is large enough
to drive a four-horse team into, but the
Interior roof, walls, and bottom, are fear
fully rough and Jagged, so that explora
tion is very difficult and unpleasant.
Only a few miles from this lava cave
the timber ends and a desert is reached.
Some four miles out on this desert are
a number -of ice caves, of considerable
extent, but they are of no use to any
one, as they are too far from any set
tlement. On the upper branches and tributaries of
the John Iay River are what are known
as the famous fossil beds of the Paclflo
Coast, where a great many rare and valu
able fossils of prehistoric animals are
found Imbedded in large hills, and along
river and creek bottoms. This region
was once inhabited by races of animals
not now found on the earth, but Just
how so many of them came together In
one place to be destroyed and burled'
there Js a query which only Professor
Condon can explain.
There are a numb'er of strange geolog
ical formations in the territory traveled
over by Mr. Johnson In the John Day
country, but one of the strangest is what
he calls a "rock forest," on a steep
mountain side, where there stand pillars
of rock, several hundreds of them, some
as large as 23 feet in diameter and many
from 25 to ISO feet In height, standing
like trees in a forest, and having the ap
pearance of a forest which had been
visited by a cyclone, breaking off the
.trees at various heights. The pillars
vary greatly in the material of which
they are composed, and show streaks,
veins, bands and blotches of different
Colors, forming a most wonderful spec
tacle. The task of explaining the forma
tion of this wonderful rock forest, Mr.
Johnson leaves to the geologist.
Some 20 miles from this rock forest is
a section of several thousand acres known
as. "the devil's potato patch." This
patch is covered with round buttes run
ning up to sharp points, some of them
1000 to 1500 feet in height, some a mile
through at the base, looking from a dis
tance like a lot of gigantic potato-hills.
These buttes are covered with sagebrush
and bunchgrass. The devil selected a j
level tract of country for his potato patch
and the wagon road wends in and out
among these buttes for several miles.
The rivers and lakes of Eastern Ore
gon are also very peculiar. Some lakes
are fed by a number of streams and
rivers and have no visible outlet. They
rise-and- fall -withthe-changes of the
seasons, T5ut are said to be constantly
growing smaller arid more shallow. Many
of" the rivers are headed by Immense
eprlngs, run a distance, disappear, and
reappear miles away and Anally fall Into
eomo lake, and that is the end of them.
One river particularly attracted Mr.
Johnson's attention. It Is called Spring
River. This river empties into the Des
chutes some four or Ave miles above the
falls at Big Meadow. This river is only
three-fourths of a mile In length from
head to mouth. It Is fed by enourmous
eprlngs welling up from the ground. There
are hundreds of those springs within a
email area, all bubbling up like foun
tains, of all sizes, and where they unite,
about 100 yards from the main foun
tain, they form a stream BO feet wide,
three feet deep, is cold as Ice and clear
as crystal. Half a mile from its source
the stream is over 100 feet In width. This
Is the shortest river and the widest for
Its length to be found anywhere. Mr.
Johnson saw hundreds of remarkable and
strange things In that wonderful region,
an account of which would fill a book.
In regard to the "forests of Eastern
Oregon, he says he has located and re
ported 1,000.000,000 feet of lumber, which
the Government has never known exlst
ad in that part of tho state. The prin
cipal varieties are yellow pine, tamarack,
lodge-pole pine, white fir and mountain
spruce. There is considerable sugar pine
scattered on buttes In Southeastern Or
egon. There are hundreds of thousands
of acres bearing nothing but Juniper and
mountain mahogany, which trees are
quite valuable to that country for fenc
tng and fuel. For fenceposts tho Juniper
is a good timber, bolng very durable,
and It Is also a good fuel. The mountain
mahogany -grows to a size of five to six
inches In diameter and makes splendid
fuel, equal to nut coal.
Mr. Johnson has sent full reports of his
investigation to the department in "Wash
ington, comprising over 2000 pages. These,
when compiled and printed, will form the
most complete forestry report furnished
from any of the states, as they deal with
every forestry subject, commercial and
scientific. He will go to "Washington
about tho end of the year to assist In
compiling these Teports, but his stay
there will be short on account of his hav
ing been lately appointed Commissioner
from Oregon to the Pan-American Expo
sition at Buffalo, where he expects by
the aid of the people of Oregon, to make
the finest and most complete forestry
exhibit ever made at any exposition.
Oregon should do her utmost and Portland
especially, in assisting the Commission
ers to secure a magnificent exhibit of the
state's wonderful resources, to do which
requires skill labor and money. Mr.
Johnson is of opinion that the Buffalo
exposition will be an Immense success,
owing to the vast population of that sec
tion and the many natural advantages it
has, -and Oregon should be well repre
sented there, as It will be the beginning of
the advertising of our Portland-Oriental
Exposition in 1902.
The Monfcooa In Jamaica.
Review of Reviews.
The agricultural features of Jamaica
cannot be disposed of without due refer
ence to the part played by the mongoos.
Borne years ago the cane fields became
Infested with snakes and rats to such an
extent that drastic measures had to be
employed in order to rid the country of
the posts. It was decided that the mon
ffoos weuld do -the workj and accordingly
the mongoos was imported. The animal
Vent to work with a will, and soon there
ras scarcely a snake left on the Island. 4
Ene rats.llkcwise, were driven from the
fields, but. taking refuge in the cocoanut
trees, the rodents began to do that dam
age to the nut which, ever since has "ben,
"Ouch a drawback to the raising: of cocodP
tmts. But the mongoos did worse than
this. The moment the animal found so
more snakes and rats to feed upon. It I
attacked the ground-laying birds, destroy
ing: "themf and'iheir -eggs as-welL These
birds had heretofore. been valuable to the
country, because they lived upon the pes
tiferous t tick -which was such a nuisance
to man and cattle. "With the disappear
ance of the birds, the ticks increased
enormously, and now. In their turn, they
are attacking the mongoos.
Raisers of poultry in Jamaica would
consider It a blessing "if every, mongoos
were swept off the island, when, the ani
mal had 'succeeded In doing away with
the snakes and made the rats seek safety
in the cocoanut trees, it went for the
chickens. Naturally, prices rose sky
ward, and it was considered a luxury to
have poultry on the table. With the de-.
Btructlon which the tick now does to the
young mongoos, it is said by those who
know that the ground-laying birds are
once more appearing, and it is further
suggested that more birds should be im
ported. The catttle owners will welcome
the feathered agency that formerly min
imized the- effect of the tioks by feeding
on. these insects. -'
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FROM A SOCIALIST.
Be "Wants the "Wealth ot the "World
Redistributed.
PORTLAND, Or. Nov. 12. (To the Edi
tor.) The writer in the Fortnightly Re
view quoted in The Oregonlan of Nd
vember 10 labors under two disadvant
ages, either of which would preclude him
from an intelligent discussion of socialism.
Jn the first place, he is woefully, densely
ignorant of prevalent economic and Indus
trial conditions, and secondly, he has not
even a rudimentary knowledge of the
socialist programme. '
No man acquainted with actual condi
tions would make the statement: "Num
bers of operatives In manufacturing towns
have done precisely this very thing, saved
their money and built houses, 'and there
are tens of thousands of workmen up
and down the country who have done the
same. . . . It is true both of capital and
of land that the bulk of them Is owned
in very small shares by an enormous num
ber of people." The writer thus inti
mates, but is very careful not to say
directly, that most of the proletariat or
wage-workers own land or capital.
Let us look at the actual conditions.
Bliss, in his Encyclopdla of Social Re
form, on page 138S, says: "Mr. G. K.
Holmes, expert on wealth statistics for
the 10th census, finds that .3 of the people
own 20 per cent of the wealth; 3.S7 per cent
of the people own El per cent of the
wealth, and 91 per cent of the people
own 29 per cent of the wealth. The fact
that Mr. Holmes Is not a partisan either
of conservatism or radicalism gives his
estimate an unwonted value."
Thomas G. Shearman, a contributor to
the Forum, basing his figures on careful
estimates of the fortunes of the wealthy
and on Assessors' returns, and drawing
sharper the line between rloh and poor
concludes that "14 per cent of the popu
lation own 70 per cent of the weaitn, si
per cent of the population own 12 per cent
of the wealthy 89.4 per cent of the popula
tion own only 18 per cent of the wealth."
These were conditions which prevailed In
1890, and to these quotations might be
added the following table and quotation
taken.from "The Present Distribution of
WealthSln the United States," by Charfcs
B. Spahr, an eminent authority:
Aggregate Average
Classes No. wealth. wealth.
$50,000 or over 125,000 $33,000,000,000 J3S4.O00
000 to 150,000.1.375,000 23.000,000.000 16,000
$500 to $5000.. 5,500,000 8,200.000.000 1.600
Under $500.... 5,500 800,000.000 150
Total 13.500,000 $85,000,000,000 $ 5,200
"Seven-eighths of the families," he
says, hold but one-eighth of the Na
tional wealth, while 1 per cent of the fam
ilies hbld more than the remaining 99." -
It will be remembered that this was
before the panic of 1893, when many of the
middle class, or $1500 fellows, were forced
down Into the ranks of the proletariat or
$150 fellows. A few workmen may own
their homes, but they are the exception
that prove-tho rule that the proletariat is
landless and practically propertyless. Too
often the little home of the vrorker Is
covered by a big mortgage and he might
as well be paying rent. For various
economic reasons the workman real-estate
owner Is disappearing, for it is an irre
futable economic truth that as tho capi
talistic system Intensifies the possessions
of the small property-holder are absorbed
by the larger institutions. Any one at all
familiar with the conditions in manufac
turing centers will laugh at the assertion
that any considerable number qf wage
earners are buying real estate.
I have proven by indisputable statistics
that nine-tenths of the people only owji
about one-fifth of the wealth of the coun
try. "What, then, can be said of tho man
who 3ays: "It ,1s true both- of capital
and of land that the bulk of them is
owned In very small shares by an enorm
ous number of people" 7 What can be
thought of a paper that prints such stuff
and what of a paper that quotes It?
Truly, great la capitalism and Ignorant
editors are Its prophets! ,
The writer in the Review says that
the motive of socialists Is "spite and
envy toward the comparatively few people
who are rich." It has truly been said
that he whose heart is foul Is most ready
to impute base motives to others. The
application is obvious. The writer men
tioned is also suffering from loss of sleep
for fear socialists "will rob the work
ingman." Socialism does not seek to rob
the worklngman, but endeavors to keep
him from being robbed.
In the present order of society, the
capitalist class, in possession of the tools
of production and distribution, employs
the proletariat, paying It only a small
portion of what It produces, taking the
remainder for itself, thus robbing the
workman, who not only creates all the
product by his labor, but also he or his
class have created the tools with which
he worked. The capitalist class, thus In
control of the means of living, controls
the avenue of public thought and the
political action of the world. This thought
Is commonly expressed In the oft-heard
sentences, "Money rules now-a-days," and
"It takes a pull to get a good Job."
The socialist proposes that the Govern
ment shall take charge of the system of
production of the country, give each per
son an equal opportunity, give him what
wealth he produces, and thus destroy the
present economic dependence of the pro
ducer, with its resultant panics, poverty,
misery, and degradation of the worker.
Socialism, being Justice incarnate, can
do injustice to no man. SOCIALIST.
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Sun Dials.
Andrew Lang in the Dally News.
Mottoes on dials are of an obvious mo
rality. "What thou seekest is a. shad
ow," says one; "so doth life vanish as
the shadows," proclaims another. "The
Night cometh," quoth Scott's dial at Ab-
botsford. in that Grecian .tongue with
which the laird was not acquainted. There
is a long Latin motto on a dial of the
memorable year 16SS: "Son and comrade
of the stars, I follow myself and flee
along the course of my own foot-tracks,"
and the rest is hard to construe; pos
sibly the poet was no Latlnlst, or the
stonecutter altered his Latin. A Scot's
motto runs and puns thus: "Tak Tent
o' Time, ere Time be Tint" "Take heed
of time ere time be lost.' That any motto
can exist to this effect, "Tempus laban
tur." we are unwilling to believe, but it
exists, and the stoncutter must be' re
sponsible. Another of the puns is:
Time tide
Doth waist;
Therefore,
Make haste.
We shall
Ingenuity easily adds, "Die all." These
are but melancholy and mortuary con
siderations. "We prefer "Gather ye rose-
1 buds while ye may," a proper message
for a garden dial.
To regulate the stomach, liver and bow
els, ana promote digestion, take one of
Carter's Little Liver Pills every nhrht.
LTry them.
-Keep the liver and kidneys in. order.
Hood's.SarsaparUla is "tho'remedr-to re-
jjul&te these organs.
IN THE SEVERAL COURTS
-ATiTJSGED HWIKS TURN UP E)OB. AN
OREGOTT ESTATE.
Henry "Wilson, Decedent, Reported
to Have Chanced His Nome Fay
Severe. Jury Disagrees. A$raixu
Persons claiming to be the lawful heirs
of Henry "Wilson, deceased, yesterday
filed proceedings for possession of the es
tate, which amounts to about $12,000, in
the State Circuit Court, by Attorneys R.
"W. "Wilbur and John F. Xogan. "Wilson
was a Norwegian, and for a number of
years resided in East Portland. The
story told in connection with tho case is 1
that his real name was Henry Tonn3sen,
and that.. he ran away from a.' ship to
which" he was bound in the early days of
California to go to the gold fields.1 Those
were times when crews of vessels, ivn ad
count of the gold fever, deserted to a
man at San Francisco, and ship -aptaJns
did everything in their power to bring
the men back, it being impossible to ob
tain new men. To avoid being captured
and returned to the ship, the name of
Wilson was assumed, and becoming
known as "Wilson, it was inconvenient for
the man subsequently to avow his proper
name.
The alleged heirs are Tobine Nils en and
Hannah Backman, who aver that they
are sisters of deceased, and Martin
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ASTORIA, Nov. 12. Mrs. Fannie. Clark Montgomery, who died at her home In this city
November 2, was a pioneer of Clatsop County. She was born in Chelsea, Vt.. in 1825, and
came to this place In 1869, .via the Isthmus of Panama, in company with her sister and
brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Parker. In 1859 she was married here to A. Montgom
ery, and hod resided here continuously up to the time of her death. Mrs. Montgomery was
a charter member of the Congregational Church of Astoria, and of the local branch of the
"Woman's Belief Corps, and up to the time of her last Illness was an active worker In each.
She was also prominently identified with charitable work in the city. A husband and one
son, John A. Montgomery, of this place, survive her.
Thompson, Oscar 'Anderson and Willie
Anderson, who Bay they are nephews. It
is alleged that Henry Wilson was born
at Farsund, Norway, In 1830, and that his
parents were Cornelius and Elizabeth
Tonnesen. An Information to escheat the
estate to the State of Oregon was filed
about a year ago, and the petitioners ask
to be allowed to Intervene in the escheat
case.
ANOTHER JURY DISAGREED.
Stood 9 to 3 in Favor of Fay Severes
' Acquittal.
A second Jury has failed to agree in the
AAA TJ Oj.vva tnf?fnf a1 ftv VtA Tmi I
der of Emma Golden. The Jury retired
on Saturday nlcht. and was disdharged at
10 o'clock yesterday morning. Nine men
stood for acquittal from the start, as fol
lows: John R. Slaven, John A. Palm
qulst, Chauncey Ball, F. J. Strelblg. S.
I. Ogden, W. E. Peacher, James Hum
phrey, J. -W. Curran and W. M. Killings
worth. The three Jurors who were for
'conviction of murder in the second degree,
or manslaughter, were: I A. Pattorson,
J. G. Gruner and Henry "Webber.
District Attorney Chamberlain immedi
ately took measures to have the case set
for a third trial as soon as possible, stat
ing emphatically that he would never
consent to have a murder case dis
missed, and that he would try It until
some sort of a verdict was reached.
The attorneys for the defense sought to
delay the matter, asserting that while
they were willing to keep on trying the
case they had other business which Just
now commanded their attention.
As Judge Frazer has charge of the trial
calendar this term, Judge George could
not act. The dlbcusslon was resumed be
fore Judge Frazer, and December 3 was
finally agreed upon as the date for the
next trial, and the District Attorney or
dered subpenas issued for the state's wit
nesses at once.
"When the Jury came into the courtroom
it was suggested that perhaps the Jury
was not sure about some portion of the
court's charge, and that, if so, the part
which they were uncertain about might be
again read to them. Judge George asked
the foreman, Mr. Kllllngsworth, If the
Jury was unable to agree upon the law
or the facts, and Mr. Kllllngsworth an
swered that they were unable to come to
gether on the facts. Judge George then
questioned each Juror on the possibility
of the Jury coming to an agreement, and
received a negative answer in each In
stance. The Jury at the first trial stood
8 to 4.
Appointed, a Commissioner.
Judge Bellinger yesterday made an or
der for the appointment of a special
commissioner to take testimony in the
case of Philomme Smith vs. Hiutsemilkin.
This is a suit to settle the title to an
allotment of land on the Umatilla Indian
reservation. When the allotments were
made it was held that plaintiff was not
entitled to thfi land she had been llvinc
on, as she was only a quarter-blood or
tnereaoouts. men me aeienaant wiin
the unpronounceable name selected plain
tiffs claim because it was a good one,
and he entered upon and took possession
of it. Plaintiff appealed to the commis
sioner and he decided that she was en
titled to an allotment of land, and now
she is endeavoring to have Hiutsemilkin
ejected from her old farm, so that she
may take it for her very own.
United States Grand Jury.
The grand jurors summoned for the
United States Circuit Court apppeared yes
terday. They were duly sworn in, and
after having been charged by Judge Bel
linger retired to enter upon the discbarge
of their duties. The number impaneled
was 21. as follows:. Montgomery J. Can
ning, foreman; R. A. Abbott, James Red
ford, J. C Campbell. Charles X.undberg,
James F. Falling, W. B. Griffith, A. J.
Johnson, F. Langer, William Cameron,
Joseph G. Evans, Jr., W.. A. Hall, Bruce
McKnlght, R.;P. Ungerman, JT.jWood
ell, T. Hcnness, George .W. Bredwell, if.
M. Parker, C E. Woraen, Ash Lewis and
S. A. Alloway.
Court Notes.
John Teuscher has sued George I.
Ramsey to recover $3l4, and has attached
160' acres' of land.
In the $10,000 damage suit of Severin
Rasmussen vs. Inman, Poulsen & Co..
the Jury returned a verdict for the plain
tiff for $600 In Judge Bears' court yester
day morning.
Clarence W. Garrison has filed an at
tachment suit In the State Circuit Court
against John "W. and S. A. NIckum for
$231, balance alleged due for cordwood
cut and delivered at Scappoose.
T. H. Grubb, administrator of the es
tate of R. J. Marsh, deceased, was au
thorized by the County Judge, yesterday
to sell the Interest of the estate in tho
Marsh Printing Company for $2000.
A demurrer to the complaint In the suit
of H.H. Goss against Oliver- P. Hnssey
for $10,000 damages for. having' alienated
the affections -of his wife, was-overruled
by Judge' Sears yesterday by' consent. It
stated that Hussey will plead a settle
ment as a defense.
FEW BOOK AGENTS NOW. -
Bat tits) Boole Salesmen Are More
numerous Than Ever.
PORTLtAND. NovTis. To the Editor.)
In this morning's Oregonlan appears an
article on the "passing of the book
agent." The writer thereof was either
lamentably ignorant of the subject of
which, he wrote upon, or Intended the
CLARK MONTGOMERY.
article -as a column of humor. There
are more book agents today than at any
time since Gutenberg first experimented
in the art preservative.
There are now two. classes, called
"book agents" and "book salesmen." The
book agent is generally transient in the
work, using it as a makeshift to supply
present needs; the book salesman is in
the business permanently. The term
book agent Is generally applied to that
class of canvassers who sell such books
as "Our Immortal Home," Every Man
Hl3 Own Horse Doctor," Moody's "life
of Christ'," and similar books which sell
for a dollar an.d four bits. The agent
who sells these books Is, In most every
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through college. Book-buyers seldom, if
ever, buy this class of books. Then the
book salesman, another class of the "ge
nus homo," Is the man who sells high
priced editions of out authors and the
various reference and technical works.
They scorn the title of "book agent" and
rightly, too. They are not agents, but
salesmen. They are, and must of neces
sity be, refined and intelligent men. They
sometimes carry a line of books ranging
in price from $50 to $1500 per set. They
receive a stated salary and a small per
centage on their gross sales.
There are four times as many publish
ing houses in the country today as there
were ten years ago, and as they are
all thriving there must of course be four
times as many book agents as there
were a decade ago: That the writer of
the article mentioned knows not whereof
he writes is plainly to be seen from his
prophecy that in 1910 no bool; agents will
be enumerated in the census of that year.
Does he think that our publishers are
going to go out of business or that the
people are going to stop reading? Even
if the latter were the case they would
be as helpless as at the present time
when tho "smooth-tongued and persua
sive rascal" says, "this, is tie place for
the signature, please." C R. JONES.
Central W. C T. U.
At Central W. C, T. U. yesterday Mrs.
M. I Drlggs led the devotional. The fol
lowing programme was. rendered : A poem
read by the president, Mrs. Blackwell,
"So He Brlngetb Them"; Miss Lyman
read an article on "What a W. C T. U.
"Woman Should Do," followed by a dis
cussion in which Mrs. Stone, Mrs. Rlggs
and Mrs. Blackwell took part; Mrs. Stone
read from the Union Signal relative to
the Illinois State Convention and a sketch
of Mrs. H. G. Refl.de, 'and quoted from
the president the three of the "W. C T.
U. principles "Total Abstinence, Prohi
bition and Woman Suffrage." She quoted
some figures concerning the liquor traffic,
and J. G. Woolleys vote was given as
350,000. She concluded with a plea for the
educational work, especially by the scien
tific temperance of the public schools.
She read a report, and offered her resig
nation as leader of the programme com
mittee and vice-president of the union.
In view of her 111 health. It was with
t greui regret mai nor raisuauua
was
accepted. The woman's Federation will
meet Friday afteTnoon at Noon Rest.
All W. C T. TJ. women are expected to be
present. i
Flttiners for a Japanese Brewery,
Milwaukee Be'ntlneL
A contract was practically clcsed yester
day afternoon by the Vllter Manufactur
ing Company for the furnishing of the
first complete setof brewing machinery
ever sent from America to Japan. The
Milwaukee company had prepared plans
for the entire brewery, including the build
ing, and the cost will be $S3;000 or $110,000,
depending on the size of the plant.
Mr. Shlmogo, who Is to own the new
plant, had already been through Europe
viBlting the German,French and English
manufacturers of "brewing machinery, but
American hustle and enterprise secured
the contract, taking-it away from the
slower European rjyals.
. Mr. Shlmogo would' be. able to get the
machinery lnthrcVmontha time fronuthe
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Vnter Company, while the German con
cerns would not ship inside of six months.
He wul sign a contract about January 1
for the machinery, and within five months
from that time'will have his plant in oper
ation. He Is' already Interested in five
Japanese breweries, but' wishes to own
one personally.
The proposed plant will be located at
Kyoto, and will be the first oll-American
plant in Japan. It will Include Ice ma
chines, bottling apparatus, brewhouse ma
chinery complete, construction iron and
other machinery. There is now one Mil
waukee ice plant and one bottling house
in Japan hut the others of the five brew
eries are fully equipped with German ma
chinery. A BAKER CITY OPINION.
M. A.
Butler Replies to the Argu
ment of Mr. Hammond.
Baker City Republican.
Marlon A. Bugler, the attorney, who has
Just returned from a business trip to Pen
dleton and Portland, said that he was
glad to see that some Interest was being
taken In the transportation question or
Oregon by interior people and newspapers.
"This question ought to be thoroughly
understood In the interior," said he. "so
that our representatives In Congress can
have full and complete support that will
enablo them to secure further appropria
tions for pushing of the Improvements of
the Columbia River recommended by our
best engineers and already commenced by
Congress. In the improvements of the Co
lumbia River bar and channel lie the
secret of the development of the trade
of Oregon. The able letter of Major Alfred
F. Sears, published in last Sunday's Ore
gonlan, fully and logically sets this point
before the public The vital question at
issue Is not the place from which our
products shall be exported, but it is the
broad question of building up the domes
tic and foreign trade of Oregon to tho
highest possible point in extent and
profit. As Major Sears says, producers
are not crowding toward the ocean to
And customers. Goods have to be sold,
but wheat Is bought. That city which
nature has , located nearest to the pro
ducer where his products can be loaded
on ships for export and where he can
buy his dally supplies at the least possi
ble cost Is the one that will be the com
mercial center of any region. The fight
put up by Astoria for the loading -of
ships there Instead of at Portland is not
based upon legitimate business princi
ples. There Is no real competition with
Seattle that the natural efforts of the
transportation lines will not control. The
loading1 of ships at Astoria will not affect
that competition In the least, and can do
no real good to Astoria. The Northern
Pacific and the Great Northern are bound
to taka as much of the products of the
interior tributary to their lines to tho
Sound as possible that is what they are
in business for. Tho Northern Pacific
has Just learned that it wants Portland
very much, and it certainly will run a
short line into that city In tho near fu
ture. Portland need have no fear on that
score.
"The Hammond letter, In my opinion,
is merely another effort to get somethings
for nothing from the O...R. & N. What
benefit would It be to the O. R. & N., or
to the farmers and business men of the
interior, if the O. R. & N. should hire
the Hammond road to haul tho 'wheat of
the interior from Portland to Astoria at
an annual cost of $500,000, when, if it was
cheaper to load ships at Astoria, the O.
R. & N. could take it there in Its own
boats? Wheat shippers can handle all
traffic they have to move and at less cost
by loading the salps at Portland than
they can by loading at Astoria, and the
loading at Astoria would not increase the
shipments one pound. It may be possi
ble, as Mr. Mellen says, that some day
Astoria may be used as the backdoor for
the Portland business houses, but it does
not seem probable,, and I believe tha
Astoria has a greater mission than that
in the development of its lumber and
coal, which He at its very doors, but
should be in ships' bottoms on the way
toi the Orient. Deepen the channel and
improve-the Columbia River bar, as Con
gress has provided, and the inland farm
er will be really profited, while Astoria
will develop its natural and great re
sources. What Oregon wants most Is peo
ple to raise more wheat and other prod
ucts for shipment. There will be no
trouble about the shipping of them from
our own port. To this end our commer
cial bodies should co-operate In the great
movement Inaugurated by the O. R. &
N. for the peopling of that vastly rich
region In Central Oregon. The railroads
will take care of the shipping business;
the people want the cheapest rates they
can get on their supplies for dally con
sumption and on their products, and be
lieve they can best secure these by keep
ing the Columbia River open."
HEHALEM RAILROAD PROJECT
To Start on a Business Basis "With
Timber to Carry Out.
The Vernonla correspondent of the Bt.
Helens Mist says the citizens of that
locality are taking a great Interest in a
project to build a railroad to that local
ity. A meeting held there a few days
ago was largely attended. The meeting
was addressed by Joseph Gaston, of
Portland, who explained the plans of the
company and the proposition now before
the citizens of Nehalem Valley. The
company is styled The New York &
Oregon Coal & Timber Company. Gen
eral James S. Negley, 1B5 Broadway,
New York is the president, Joseph Gas
ton, of Portland, the general Western
agent, and Lester F. Clark, the local
agent, nbw at work contracting to buy
timber land.
The company wants 50,000 acres, and
will commence work on the road Just as
soon as that amount can be secured.
Mr. Clark has already a good start
in this purchasein the Upper Nehalem,
and win soon go' to Mist, working there
a while, thence on down the river. The
correspondent says the men back of
Messrs. Clark and Gaston are experienced
railroad people, have an abundance of
money and the necessary push to build
this road. They contemplate starting the
road at Portland and will extend it to th
mouth of the Nehalem. As will be seen,
they will not rely upon the commerce
BETTER THAN THE KNIFE
Pyramid Pile Cure Cures Piles
Quickly, Painlessly, "With
out Dansrer.
People go along for years, suffering with
piles. They try this and that and the
other thing, from carrying a buckeye to
getting treatment from a physician. They
obtain temporary relief, maybe, but they
are never Quit cured. A little strain in
lifting excessive fatigue, a little constl-'-patlon
or a llttlo diarrhoea, and the piles
come back. They don't seem to amount
to much, but they banish sleep and appe
tite. No position is comfortable. There
Is intense local pain and that dreadful
agonizing feeling of weight In the perin
eum. Maybe In the early stages some of the
many salves on sale will afford tempo
rary relief. If the case is of long standing-
there is only one speedy and sure
remedy. It is Pyramid Pile Cure. Even
in light cases it Is the safest thing to
use. Other applications may cure and
may not. Pyramid Pile Cure is always
certain, always reliable, always brings
comfort at once. It's prompt use saves
months of severe suffering. In extreme
cases it will save surgical operations and
their attendant dangers and discomforts.
It is better than a knife. Will cure easier,
quicker and safer. Thousands have used
it. Thousands have been cured by it.
The cost is trifling; compared with what it
does. The price Is one dollar. Most any
body would gladly pay ten dollars to be
rid of piles.
Druggists sell Pyramid Pile Cure. If
yours hasn't it, he will get It for. you
from the Pyramid Drug Co.. MArshalL
.iCclL, torn manuiaoturers.
of the valley to make their road pay.
but expect to make the road pay at th
first by transporting: their own. logs and
tho finished product from, this 50.0tt
acres of- timber, and the commerce of
the valley, which will come later as th
valley develops.
COMING SESSION OF CONGRESS
'Will Be Busy One, as Both Parties
Are Opposed to an Extra. Session.
-WASHINGTON. Nov. 8. The coming
session of Congress is going to be a very
busy one. The Republicans will make
every effort to get through their legisla
tion in order to avoid an extra session
but the fact that they will bo In control
of both branches of Congress after the
4th of March, as now, will enablo them to
legislate this session without being dic
tated to by the Democrats. Had the next
House been. against the Republicans,
they would have had to make concessions
on all pending legislation In order to
avoid an extra session. As the' case
stands, the Democrats equally with the
Republicans will endeavor to avoid an
extra session and therefore will not delay
or filibuster against Republican legisla
tion. The -most Important legislation to come
up will be a measure for the reorganiza
tion of the Army, and it Is very probable
that 100.000 men will be asked, with a
proviso that it can be Teduced to 75,000
after the Philippine Islands have been
composed, and there Is no longer any
war there. While the Democrats will
fight this measure, they will understand
that it will be useless to oppose It, and
probably will not undertake an extra ses
sion for the purpose of defeating It.
DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
PORTLAND, Nov. 12. 8 P. M. Maximum
temperature, 02; minimum temperature, T;
river readme at 11 A. M., 4.5 feet; change In
the past 24 hours, 0.3 foot; total precipita
tion. 5 P. M. to 5 P. M., 0.00; totalSrclplta
tloa since" Sept. J, 1800, T.22 Inches; normal
precipitation since Sept. 1, 1900, 7.02 Inches;
deficiency, 0.70 Inch; total sunshine Nov. 11,
4:24; possible sunshine Nov. 11, 0:30.
Pacific Coast "Wenther.
B I Wind.
2 S 8 o
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Astoria
Baker City
Bismarck
Boise
Eureka
Helena
Kamloops, B. C.
Neah Bay
Pocatello
Portland ........
Red Bluff
Roseburg-
Sacramento
Salt Lake
San Francisco ...
Spokane
Seattle
Walla Walla ...
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Clear
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Cloudy
Cloudy
Ft. cloudy
Clear
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Llght.
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
The high-pressure area dominating the weath
er In the North Pacific States remains nearly
stationary, and fair and pleasant weather
continues la all districts. Tho temperatures
west of the Rocky Mountains are from 10 to
20 deg. above the seasonal average. The indi
cations are for fair weather In this district
Tuesday.
WEATHER FORECASTS.
Forecasts made at Portland for the 28 hours
ending at midnight Tuesday, November 13:
Portland and vicinity Fair; winds mostly
northerly.
Western Oregon and Western Washington
Fair; winds mostly northerly.
Eastern Oregon. Eastern Washington and
Idaho Fair; variable winds, mostly southerly.
EDWARD A. BEALS. Forecast Official.
AUCTION SALES TODAT.
At Central Auction Rooms, cor. Alder and
Park sts. Sale at 10 A. M. Geo. Baker & Co..
auctioneers.
MEETING NOTICES.
A. & A. S. RITE, OREGON
LODGE OF PERFECTION,
NO. 1. Special meeting this
evening at 8 o'clock. Work In
4th, Cth and 6th degrees. By
order VEN. MASTER.
YOUNG PEOPLE'S CHRISTIAN TEMPER
ANCE UNION. An Important business meet
ing will be held at the rooms of I. D. Boyer.
177 Fourth St.. Y. M. C. A. building, this
evening at 8 o'clock. All members urged to be
present, as business of great importance must
be attended to.
HAWTHORNE LODGE, NO. 111.
A. F. & A. M. Special communica
tion this (Tuesday) evening at 7:30.
M. M. decree. All Master Masons
cordially Invited. By order W. M.
IT. OLtArKK. jk., see.
CASTLE LODGE. NO. 13, K. OF P. Regu
lar convention this (Tuesday) evening at 7:80
sharp. In castle hall. Auditorium building.
Pago Rank. Visitors welcome.
C. T. ROBERTS, C. C.
J. M. MANN, K. of R. & S.
Don't fall to hear National Prelate Martin
tonight at Foresters' Hall; subject. "The Big
Three"; under the auspices of Mlrza Council,
Knights and Ladles of- Security.
BORN.
CLAPOHAW Nov. 0. 1000, to the wife of
Myron Clapohaw, 'Gales Creek, a son. Dr. C
L. Large attending.
RUFLI Nov.12. 1000, to the wife of Chaa. F.
Rufll, Greenville, a son. Ie. C. L. Large at
tending. DETJE Nov, 12, to Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Detje, 624 Mill St.. a boy.
DIED.
WHALLEY In this city, Nov. 10, John Will
iam Whalley, In the 08th year of his age.
Funeral services at St Stephen's Chapel on
Tuesday. Nov. 13, at 2 P. M. Services at
grave private.
SEAMAN At his residence, 010 19th street.
Portland Heights, Nov. 12. 9 A. M.. C. B.
Seaman. Funeral from residence Wednesday
at 1 o'clock. Friends invited.
EDWARD HOLMAfl, TJndertaIer,4th
and Yamhill sts. Rena Stlnson. lady
assistant. Both phones Jfo. 007.
Flnley, Kimball &. Co., Undertakers.
Lady assistant. 275 Third nU Tel. 9.
F. S. Dunnlnc Undertaker, 414 East
Alder. Lady Assistant, Both phones.
HEW TODAY.
SPECIALS ON CLOCKS.
Jnst think! We offer the celebrated Gilbert
clock, eight-day, strikes every half, alarm, at
tachment, fine oak case, regular $5 value, to
day at $2.60.
I. GEVURTZ
The Homefurnlsher, 173-175 First.
16 lbs. Dry Gran. Sugar, $1.00
Oregon Cash Grocery, 232-234 North 14th.
Bonds, Mortgages, Warrants
Will purchase approved bonds, -warrants, and
make loans at lowest rates. W. H. Fear.
Chamber of Commerce.
MORTGAGE LOANS
On improved city and farm property, at lowest
current rates. Building loans. Installment
loans. Macmaster & BIrrell, 211 Worcester blk.
5 MORTGAGE LOANS-5
On approved Portland city real estate.
Title Guarantee & Trust Co.
7 Chamser of Commerce.
Best creamery butter ........... ..50o and 65o
Creamery butter 45c and 60o
Dairy butter ......40o and 4&o
2 dozen eggs for ................... ..45a
Sugar-cured hams ......................llo
Best aid bacon, smoked.. ............. ...10o
Turkeys, per lb ....; ,.. 12a
J &AGBA2SDJB CHT? AMT7RY, -26 TimMIU
Ali gooas reiauoa at- wnoiesaie pnooo.
&
CLASSIFIED AD. RATES
M8eeat "Roocas asd-Board," nMaop
hag Rooeoa, "Sttasttosa Wanted.'4 IS worts or
lea. 15 ceata: 13 to-99irordv 30 cants; 21 to at
words, as cents, eta. N dUcouat for -Mfrrml
tssoruoa.
UNDER AU OTHER HEADS except Tw
Today 30 cents for IS words or less; la to 30
word. 40 cents; H to 93 words, SO easts. ta
first Insertion. Each additional laserUoa, oo
aalf; no farther discount under co month.
"NEW TODAT" rur measure axato), 13
cents ptr Una, first fcuerUoa; 10 cents pr uaa
for each additional insertion.
ANSWERS TO ADVERTISEMENTS, ad
drssd cars The Oresonlaa and left at this .
flea, should always ba Inclosed la sealed eaTl
cpss. No stamp la required on such lttrs.
The Oreronlaa will not bo responsible fore?,
rccs la adverusaaents taken through the tele
phone.
AaniSEMXXlTS.
MAHQUAM THHATER
, , . . CALVIN HETUO. Maaamr.
Three nlehts and Saturday Matlieq. eosaT
tTJS?0!1 Thursday. Nov. is?
HOTTS FasclnaUnr Musical Comedy.
"A TRIP TO CHINATOWN."
"A TRIP TO CHINATOWN."
"A TRIP TO CHINATOWN."
',!Snt2t,bZ,iL comedy cast, HARRT
GILFOII. and all the FavorltesT
MUSIC GALORE. FUN FOR AIX.
balco 'as06' l0r ma-Une Lower fioor, BOcj
CORDRAT8 THEATER
Tonight and all week; triumphal return of the
Slde-Spllttlng Spasm of Jollity.
"A HOT OLD TIME."
"A HOT OLD TTAtB.'4
"A HOT OLD TIME.
"A HOT OLD TIMB.,
"A HOT OLD TIME."
."A HOT OLD TIME."
JOHN W. JESS as Larry Moeney.
with an Unexcelled Company of Farceurs.
Everything glistens with newness, even the
jokes. Only Matinee Saturday. Usual prices.
METROPOLITAN
Third and Yamhill sts. Phone Grant 74L
Tonight and all week (Saturday Matinee).
the best of them all, BEN HENDRICKS, has
made millions laugh in the play that made
him famous,
OLE OLSON,"
"OLE OLSON,"
"OLE OLSON,"
"OLE OLSON,"
Tho World's Sweetest Singers (direct from
Stockholm. Sweden).
NATIONAL SWBDI3H LADIES' QUARTET.
Next attraction Hoyt's "A Day and a Night."
FREDERICKSBURG
SEVENTH AND ALDER STS.
ALL NBW TEOPLE.
ALL NEW PEOPLE.
ALL NEW PEOPLE.
"THE ROUSBLLES. Aerial Act.
ROJETTO & LA JESS, Acrobats, Gymnasta,
, Contortionists.
FOUR PRINCES. Comedians.
MARIE D. WOOD., California Nightingale.
AUUloSiUK FREE.
NEW TODAY.
RELIABLE MEN TO SELL OUR LINE OF
high-grade lubricating Oils, greases, paints
and varnishes. Salary or eommlsaion Ad
dress The Adam Franklin Oil Co.. Cleve
land, Ohio.
ON AND AFTER THIS DATE I WILL NOT
be responsible for bills contracted by my
wife. W. A. Godden.
FOR SALE REAL ESTATE.
PIEDMONT LOT 50x100, WITH 5 -ROOM
house; bolter, bath, patent closet, $1100.
Sunnyside, Mount Tabor car limr-lOOxlOO,
with a good 6-room house; price $1050.
Upper Alblna A quarter Mook on improved
streets, with neat S-room house. S130O
Bast Burnslde St., near lbth Modern B
room home and lot, prLe $2720.
West Side, south of podtemce 10 - room
house. t200.
16th st.. north of Washington Modern 7
room house; boiler, bath, patent closet, fire
place, fine mantel, hand-polished woodwork;
price only 522(A).
10th St., south of postofflce 0 and 7-rcora
houses; price $2750; rents $300.
Choice building lots on E. Burnslds, E. Ai
der, E. 10th, E. 12th; prices reasonable.
$500. $S00. $1500 to loan at low rate
F. BRESKE. 444 Sherlock building.
83 Third st.
$400 Lot 60xlSO, 3-room house; near school
and oar lines; half cash.
$000 G-room house, lot 60x118; bam, be
tween two car lines; dirt cheap, half cash.
$00 Large lot. 6-room house; convenient
to cars, good terms.
$2200 Good 5-room house and full lot. Hoi
ladays. near steel bridge; very sightly.
S1700-rl0-room noose, lot COxlSH. Upper Al
blna; good fruit; handy to cars; a bargain.
$1000 8-room house. Lower Alblna, good
location; full lot. snap.
$1300100x100. Upper Alblna; very sightly;
convenient to school and cars.
WHALLEY & PLYMPTON, Benson Bldg.
8-ROOM MODERN HOUSE, WITH FUR
nace; new; finished In natural wood, 76x100,
facing street and private park; on very easy
U block Third and Wood sts.; cheap, $15.
60x100, adjoining Hollade,ys, on car line,
$7.50.
60x100, Holladay's, near school, $9.
135 acres, bottom land; orchard, house; on
main road and river; very cheap; $1600.
320 acres, 9-room house and bam. hop
house; 25 acres In orchard, bearing; 12 acres
In hops: 275 In cultivation; rich land. $80
per acre. MONTAGUE & BORDEN,
228 Stark st.
EXTRA BARGAINS. ON EASY PAYMENTS
$3000 B-room house, corner lot.
COO 3-room house, lot 60x100.
000 8-room house, lot 50x100.
600 l-room house, lot 60x100.
160020 acres, 6 miles east, cleared.
450123 acres; bouse, barn, orchard.
6000 Well-Improved farm, 1 miles east.
1000160 acres; gpod stock ranch.
$50 to $300 Lots on easy installments,
near car lines. Bargains in lodging-houses,
restaurants, stores, cigar stands, and other
business chances. ... .. .
McCOY & CO., 107 First at
J. W. OGU.BEE. ROOM 11, 145 FIRST ST.
$4000 Farm. 50 acres; 40 acres in cultiva
tion (good state). 10 acres In fine-bearing-orchard,
good buildings; 0 miles southeast
Morrison-street bridge.
$2700100x100 feet, with good modern 10
room residence (cost $3500 when built); good
stable; In Sunnyslde; very reasonable la
$56030 acres, new hard-finished house of 8
rooms; only garden spot cleared, creek run
ning through land, would take somo stock or
wagon and horses In exchange. t
$1200--ROOM C6TTQBy CORNER MULT
nomah; Installment. .
$700 5-room cottage. Maegly Highland; in
stallments. ,
$550 l-room cottage, Multnomah; tastan
rnents. .
$1750 7-room house. East Ankeny; central.
$1700 8-room house. Ninth, East Portland.
$10758 lots adjoining Sunnyslde; bargain.
$1100 O-room house, Eugene st.; bargain.
$1100 7-room. house. Sunnyslde; great snao,
012 Commercial block.
WB HAVE PROPERT1 OF ALL KINDS
and In all parts of the city and suburbs, for
sale at lowest srl6es. and can make better
terms than others, as we handle property
owned principally by mortgage companies.
Call and see our list, as we have some special
bargains on hand, and will drive you out to
see the property. It will cost you nothing to
look It over. CI rinds taff & Blaln, Z40 Stark
street.
$850-CORNER LOT IN HOLLADAY'S AD
dltlon. $15005 acres near Irvlngton.
$900 House and lot at Woodlawn.
NEWTON McCOY, room 715 Oregonlan bldg.
J.W. OGILBBE, ROOM 11. 145 FIRST ST;
$600 Choice quarter block (Improved street
' In TlbbetU" Addition, very cheap.
$350 5-room house, with lot 45x110 feet, nt "
Mansfield Addition, near Mount Tabor,
FOR SALE. OR TRADE FOR DHSIDE RESI
dence property A highly Improved 10-acre
tract, 2 miles east of Mount Tabor, low
prices and easy terms made for a quick mVl
Address A. T. Webb. Terry. Or.
SUBURBAN HOME PARTTES DESIRING
model little suburban home of 10 acres, with
neat 0-room house, fruit etc., for less than
cost of Improvements, call on Hart Land
Co.. 107 Sherlock building.
DTVESTIGATE Beautiful lot. Ilth near Tilla
mook st., $450; choice corner 100x100, at 0th
and Tillamook. $1100; all city Improvements;
nap. Call 620 Marquam blk. Phone Grant C2L
A LARGE LIST OF FARM AND CITY FROP
erty. business chances, etc See us before
buying. Canadian Employment and Real Es
tate Office, 220H Morrison, room-lS.
FIVE-ROOM HARD-FINISH. COTTAOH,
large lot, near Sunnyslde; beat buy on mar
ket; must sell. Room 220 Abtngton building.
8-ROOM FURNISHED HOUSE, CENTRAL;
on time. Hotel 57 rooms; bargain; central.
Call Occidental for Information.
FOR SALE LOTS 0 AND 7, BLOCK MB,
-Couoh; price $3500; one-half cash. By Far
rlsh & Watklns. 250 Alder st.
FOR 8ALE LOT 10, BLOCK 24. WEST EU
gene St., between Williams ave. and Rod
ney. Inquire 619 Union ave.
$4500 VALUABLE FULL LOT TWO BLOCKS
from Hotel Portland. 8. B. Rlggea. S0-31
McKay building.
JXa EZTOTffiMWL Wattagi
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