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THE MOKNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, JANUARY '4, 1901.
AID FOR COLUMBIA
Washington Delegation Fav
ors River Improvement,
WILL HELP OREGON AND IDAHO
Senator Foster Sara the River Is One
of the Great "Waterways of the
Country and That He Is Famil
iar With Ita Needs.
Washington will Join hands -with Ore
gon and Idaho In the effort to get appro
priations from Congress to improve the
mouth of the Columbia River. Through
the Walla Walla Commercial Club, the
Portland Chamber of Commerce has re
ceived assurances of substantial aid from
Senator Foster and Congressman Jones.
The letters were read at the meeting of
the trustees at 3:30 P. M., yesterday.
President Taylor In the chair. Senator
Foster -wrote :
"1 am in receipt of your favor with
reference to an appropriation for the
Improvement of the mouth of the Co
lumbia River, recommended by the Chief
of Engineers, one-fourth to be Immediate
ly available and one-fourth each year
thereafter until the appropriation is
exhausted, or the work completed. I
shall be very glad to continue to give
, careful attention to this important project
which has to do with one of the great
waterways of our country. I have al
ready consulted with General Wilson In
the premises and am quite familiar with
his views."
Congressman Jones Snld.
"You may rest assured that the whole
Washington delegation Is Interested In
this matter and will co-operate with Ore
gon and Idaho in the endeavor to secure
the appropriation. Our main reliance
in the matter, however, is Mr. Tongue,
who Is a member of the committee and
therefore is a position to Insist upon hav
ing the matter taken up and cared for.
I have already urged the matter on sev
eral different occasions."
Discussing the river and harbor bill
and the appropriation It will carry for
the Columbia River, Congressman Tongue
of Oregon wrote:
"The bill when Introduced In Congress
will carry an appropriation of $400,000 for
the Columbia River. It will go further
and authorize the Secretary of War to
contract for the improvement of the Co
lumbia River to the amount of $1,500,000.
It Is possible that these two sums, with
$250,000 already appropriated, may com
plete the entire Improvement, but at
least it Is all the money that can, possi
bly be expended In the next two years,
before the next river and harbor bill
will be passed. I had at one time the
authority of the committee to Insert a
provision letting the entire contract for
the entire sum. When the bill was com
pleted, however. It carried appropriations
for $80,000,000. It was deemed best to
scale this down $20,000,000. In the scaling
down process the mouth of the Columbia
had to. lose a portion."
Object to Parcels Post Bill
On motion of Trustee Hahn, the secre
tary was Instructed to draft resolutions
to the Oregon delegation In Congress, pro
testing against any reduction of the par
cels post rate on merchandise, which
is 1G cents a pound. A bill now pending
in the United States Sen,ate makes heavy
reductions.
TAX LEVY FOR PARKS.
Commission Votes the Full Amount
Authorised by Law.
The Board of Park Commissioners de
cided yesterday to order a levy of k mill
for park purposes on the taxable property
of the city. This Is the full amount au
thorized by the law creating the com
mission. The clerk of the board was di
rected to notify the Clerk of the County
Court to place tho levy on the assess
ment roll. On the basis of the present
valuation of city property the levy will
yield between $14,000 and $15,000, which
will be expended for maintenance and
in tho improvement of parks for the cur
rent year.
L L. Hawkins, who had been appointed
by the board at a recent meeting to look
into the title to Hawthorne Park, and tind
out whether the city had rightful claim
to the land, submitted his report. He
said that he had examined every deed
by which the property had been trans
ferred, from the earliest owner to James
B. Stephens, and by him to Dr. Haw
thorne, and found that all these deeds
were warranty deeds for a cash con
sideration, and none of them contained
a reservation of any kind. It was there
fore plain that the city has no title or
claim to the land In Hawthorne Park.
Mr. Hawkins' report was adopted and en
tered of record. In order that any cloud
which may have been cast on the Haw
therne title to the land through this in
vestigation might be dispelled forever.
The reason for this Investigation or the
title to Hawthorne Park was that A. D.
Rockafellow has persisted In alleging that
the deed for this property from James B.
Stephens to Dr. Hawthorne contained a
provision that in case the land ceased to
be used for asylum purposes It should go
to the city for a park. In order finally and
effectually to dispose of the question,
the board directed Mr. Hawkins to make
s thorough search of the title to the
land, which shows that there Is no basts
for Mr. Rockafellow's statement.
There was a full board present at the
meeting of the commissioners, which was
held in Mayor Rowe's office, the Mayor
presiding.
The salaries of employes and other bills
of the park department for December
were ordered paid. These disbursements
exhausted the funds In the hands of the
commission. The estimate of $501 74 for
expenses for the current month was ap
proved, and provision was made for meet
ing the bills when due.
A donation of books on park manage
.ment and improvement, from William
Trelease. director of the Botnalcal Gar
dens of St. Louis. Mo., was received
through Commissioner Hawkins. The vol
umes comprise reports of the botanical
gardens, and contain much information
which will be useful to the commission.
Resolutions acknowledging the receipt of
the books were adopted.
Comment was made In regard to the
nonappearance of Parkkeeper Myers at
the meeting, and the Mayor was directed
to ask the Parkkeeper for a report as
often as he deemed necessary or desira
ble. It was not stated that the Park
keeper had ever been requested to at
tend the meetings of the board, and prob
ably he would feel out of place there.
WANTS TO BUILD A MILL.
Michigan Man Decides That Portland
Is the Best Point.
There are good prospects of another
large saw mill being erected In, Portland
this year, as Patrick O'Connor, a Menomi
nee, Mich., saw-mill man, who has been
quietly looking over the field for the
past few weeks, thinks well of the In
ducements. Mr. O'Connor Is known to
have $100,000 to put Into the plant should
he decide to locate here, and a number
of prominent logging firms have agreed
to furnish the new saw mill a sufficient
number of logs to keep It In full opera
tion. The difficulty In procuring the site,
however, seems to be the greatest draw
back, as land along the river front, within
the city limits. Is held at such figures
that fully $50,000 wbuld be absorbed In the
purchase of site alone. Mr. O'Connor
was shown the river front between Uni
versity Park and St. Johns, and was
favorably Impressed with the location, as
firms doing business on the East Side
freely agreed to purchase all slabs and
sawdust produced by the new mill, thus
Insuring a good market for what many
mills have to throw away.
Mr. O'Connor also took in the Puget
Sound country, and Gray's Harbor, and
found that the property-owners of those
regions were so anxious to secure his
mill that they were willing to furnish a
mill-site free. Although this had con
siderable weight with him, he saw ad
vantages in Portland that tended to off
set this liberal offer, though no one took
It upon himself to make any particular
Inducements. He left a day or two ago
for Menominee, intending to return In the
early Spring, and Intimating that he had
decided on locating in Portland or close
by.
MONEY FOR NEHALEM BAR
Citizens Send a Petition to Congress
for an Appropriation.
Testerday C. F. Pearson received from
the Postmaster at Nehalem a petition to
Congress praying for an appropriation of
$100,000 for the improvement of naviga
tion on tho bar at the mouth of Nehalem
Bay. He mailed it last night to Senator
Simon, with the request that It be brought
to the attention of the Oregon delegation
and thus get properly before Congress.
The petition Is of considerable length
and recites that the depth of water on
the bar at low tide Is 12 feet, which is not
deep enough to accommodate ocean-going
steamships, and, therefore, docs not afford
an adequate outlet for the commerce of
the Nehalem country. There are now on
the bay two saw mills and two salmon
canneries, and another saw mill is under
construction. The fir, spruce, cedar and
hemlock of the valley Is estimated at 20,
000,000,000 feet, all of which would get out
by the Nehalem River and Its 26 tribu
taries if large steamships could get into
the bay. A fine quality of seml-bltum-inou
coal in almost unlimited quantity
is said to lie two and one-half to four
miles from the bay. The miscellaneous
traffic of the country Is also represented
to be large and capable of Indefinite ex
pansion under the encouragement of a
practicable route to market, such as deep
water on -the bar would afford.
The petition bears the signature of 78
men, among them being that of Cap
tain Ahuer, of the steamer Harrison, who
has been plying to Nehalem Bay for sev
eral years, and Is presumed to be quail
fled to speak with some degree of au
thority as to the need3 of the Nehalem.
The sum asked" to be appropriated Is to
be made available In the coming three
years, one-third In each year. It Is set
forth that some years ago Congress made
an appropriation of $10,000 for the improve
ment of the Nehalem bar, but the sum
was too small to accomplish any practi
cable improvement, and it has never been
expended. It Is understood that a survey
has been made and that the Engineer
Corps has a plan of Improvement ready
to act upon as soon as Congress shall pro
vide the necessary funds.
MORE STRINGENT RULES.
Treasury Department Trying to Pre
vent Violation of Exclusion Act.
Complaints having reached the Treasury
Department in regard to attempted viola
tions of laws for the exclusion of Chi
nese oy those who have been allowed to
pass through the United States to foreign
territory, new and more stringent rules
have been adopted in regard to granting
permission for such transit, and have
been forwarded to all Customs Collectors.
The first of these reads as follows:
"The applicant shall be required to pro
duce to the Collector of Customs at the
first port of arrival a through ticket
across the whole territory of the United
States (and to his or her alleged foreign
destination, according to the steamship
manifest) Intended to be traversed, and
such other proof as he (or she) may be
able to adduce, to satisfy the said Collec
tor that a bona fide transit only Is In
tended, and s.uch ticket and other evi
dence presented must be so stamped, or
marked, and dated by the said Collector,
or such officer as he shall designate for
that purpose, as to prevent their use a
second time; but no such applicant shall
be considered as Intending bona fide to
make such transit only. If he (or she)
has prsviouslv, on same arrival, made ap
plication for and been denied admission
to the United State."
Other rules require the applicant to fur
nish a bond In the sum of $500. condi
tioned for his continuous trnnlt through
and departure from the United States
within 20 days, requiring him to furnish
the Collector of the port where he lands
with four photographs of himself. The
Collector shall prepare a descriptive list
of such applicants. In which one of the
photographs "shall be placed, with a full
description f the applicant. On receipt
of a report that the applicant has parsed
throuch his port of exit, his bond shall be
canceled by the Collector at his port of
arrival.
REVENUE RECEIPTS FOR 1900
Increase of More Than 11 Per Cent
Over 1800 Postal Business.
The receipts of the United States Inter
nal Revenue Office for this district Tor
the month of December last amounted to
$S0,353 01. The receipts for the corre
sponding month of the preceding year
were JS0.157 30, showing an Increase for
December, 1900, over December, 1S99, of
$195 7L
Total receipts for 1900 $1,275,272 30
Total receipts for 1S99 1.131.S30 50
Increase for 1900 $ 146.443 00
The receipts for the Portland Postotnce
from the sale of stamps, stamped en
velopes and postal cards for the month
of December. 1900, amounted to $21,5S7 84.
The receipts for the corresponding month
of the preceding year amounted to $20,
151 33. Increase for December, 1900, over
December, 1S99. $1436 5L
Of the late Sir Arthur Sullivan's char
Itable doings many Instances are forth
coming One secretary of a Sunday school
In a poor "Westminster district relates that
he risked a penny stamp on an appeal to
Sir Arthur for a subscription to the
school's annual day In the country. There.
was no special cJalm on the musician, but
the latter sent a half guinea, and there
after never forgot to repeat the slft 'ear
by year
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WILL NOT BE A PUSH CLUB
BOARD OF TRADE VOTES TO CON
THTOE ITS ORGANIZATION.
Directory Enlarged to Admit Repre
sentatives From Sub-Boards Mass
Meetings to Be Held.
The Board of Trade, at Its annual meet
ing yesterday afternoon, refused to con
sider a proposal to dissolve the corpora
tion and reorganize as a popular associ
ation, or push club. Judge Seneca Smith
and William M. Killingsworth favored the
change, and F. I. McKenna led the oppo
sition. Judge Smith held that the work
which the board had been organized to do
could best be transacted through a large
assembly, where every member would
meet upon an equal footing. Mr. Mc
Kenna replied that the work of a large
body would necessarily be general, and
that local questions now dealt with by
the sub-boards of trade could not receive
a hearing. The opposition was so strong
that Judge Smith withdrew his sugges
tion. To popularize its work, and to bring it
into closer touch with the public, the
stockholders voted to enlarge their direc
torate. In addition to the H. directors
now -provided for, sub-boards were voted
THE TRAINING OF AN
one director for every 25 members or frac
tion over half of that number. The new
directors are charged to call frequent
meetings of the members for the discus
sion of questions of interest. Under this
regulation a series of mass meetings will
be held this year. The first subject to
receive attention will probably be the pro
posed exposition In 1902 or 1905. The di
rectors elected are:
F. E. Beach,
Samuel Connell,
L. B. Cox,
J. W. Cruthers,
F. I. McKenna,
C. W. Nottingham,
C. E. Kumrnelln,
H. W. Scott,
Seneca Smith,
P. L. Willis.
C. W. Miller,
Year's Work Reviewed.
In the absence of President L. B. Cox,
tho annual address was delivered by Vice
President Samuel Connell. He said:
In making this first annual report. It may
not be amiss to mention a few of the objects
sought for In the year's work. The first ob
ject has been to awaken a larger local Inter
est In our own city and state. It has been
sold that our people arc lacking In an intelli
gent conception of the actual resources and en
terprises of this city and state, and that as a
natural consccuence they have very little, IS
any, pride In our city and no good word for
us not enough to defend our climate.
Believing that, first of all. our people should
.be well Informed. Intensely Interested and en
thusiastic in defense of our resources, both
natural and acquired, this board undertook
early In the year to promote the -publication
and ceneral distribution of "Oregon's Pocket
Book," a statistical presentation of the wealth
of Oregon. Merchants, professional men,
clerks, laboring men. In fact, all citizens,
should thoroughly acquaint themselves with
these matters and talk them and defend them
and support them, first, last and all the time.
At recent meeting of the Manufacturers'
Association, of this city, one man said that
it had been his rerular practice ever since he
came to the city to spend one-half day each
week vlsitinr other manufacturing establish
ments, and that he had been surprised to
learn in that practical way what was actually
being done hero. He commended this as an
excellent plan of acquainting one's self with
the various enterprises that are being built
up and that are requiring our individual sup
port. Tou would scarcely believe that the in
terior finishing for several of Portland's best
buildings has been ordered from the East, and
when the owners have been visited by a com
mittee from the local mills the excuse has in
variably been that they were not aware that
such work could be done here. Think of this
for a moment, and it will seem Incredible that
any one who has lived here long enough to
accumulate the necessary wealth to erect a
first-class building, should be so Ignorant of
the facilities of the Portland mills; but, as a
matter of fact, most any of us might easily
make Bimllar mistakes in this or other lines,
for we actually know so little of the strug
gling enterprises that are being established in
our very inWsL
Our second object has been to awaken a
larger outside interest in our city and state.
By systematic committee work we are con
stantly on the alert for new capital and new
enterprises, and seeking In every .possible way
to interest new people In our many resources
that are awaiting development, and generally
to do any and all things that will broaden our
commerce, extend our trade and build up our
community.
As to what we have done In detail, the sec
retary will report, but It will not be amiss for
me to say that the board, through its direc
tory, has been quite active throughout the
entire year, meeting weekly for the greater
portion of the year. A great many matters of
Importance have been handled by the various
committees, some of which, no doubt," will bear
fruitage In due time. Our committee on man
ufactures has been particularly active, and has
carried on extensive correspondence and nego
tiations, and now has a number of matters
pending that will doubtless come our way.
Our committee on mining has alo done a
great deal of hard work, and has certainly
done much to advance the attention of the peo
ple to our rich mining properties.. A great
deal of time has been devoted to the problem
of securing for Portland a smelter, and also to
the establishment of a successful mining ex
change. Almost insurmountable difficulties
have been encountered, but the committee has
met its defeats with courage and with the con
viction that it was doing what it could for our
city.
A problem that has confronted the board
from the beginning has been that of securing
for Portland a good, cheap coal. More time
has been devoted to this question than to any
other, and the subject has been far enough
considered to Justify us in saying that we be
lieve that there Is an abundance of coal at
different points convenient to Portland, and all
that remains to be dorfe Is to have It scientif
ically mined. A few efforts have been made
heretofore, but nothing on a scientific basis
has yet been attempted. Measures are being
considered to briny about an early develop
ment of some of the prospects, and If It should
result, as an outcome of the Investigations
started by this board, that coal will be found
and mines developed In the "vicinity of Port
land, we shall hive reason to feel that we have
accomplished the most Important step In the
future progress of this city.
As to the best plan of conducting the work
for the new year, will say that It has been
thought best to extend our membership as far
as possible, and to work up puVUc sentiment
and enterprise through sub-boards located In
various sections of the city; also to enlarge
the directory of the board, so as to give. In
addition to the orlzlnal 11 directors, a repre
sentative from each of the sub-boards as fast
as they are organized. This will enable the
sub-onranlzations to keep informed of the
doings of the board, and have a tendency to
maintain the general enthusiasm, of the mem
bership. In this connection, it Is also being
suggested that at occasional timet throughout
the year meetings of the membership be held,
so as to keep all our members In touch with
the work that Is. being attempted.
Finally, gentlemen, a word of exhortation.
Let us stand enthusiastically by our city; let
us bellerve thoroughly In It not without rea
sons which we can easily ascertain If we set
about with the right determination. Let us
bellere In our merchants, in our manufactur
ers and In our citizens. In order to do this,
we must know more, of each other, and awak
en a personal Interest In ur various public
and private enterprises. Let all do this and
look forward with good, cheerful hope, and we
will Bee things move, and mighty things
achieved, for we have every natural advan
tage and resource, and every other required
thing.
Has 554 Members.
The annual report of Secretary P. L.
Willis follows:
"Prior to the first day of this month
there had united with the board 55? mem
bers. Of these, one tendered his resigna
tion, leaving 554 members. During the
same time the directors have held 38
meetings, at which various subjects were
considered, among which were the pro
curing of cheap fuel at Portland, the
erection of a smelter In or near this city,
the construction and extension of sundry
railroads, the establishment of steamship
lines from Portland to Alaska and across
the Pacific, and the holding in Portland
of an Oriental-American fair. Gratifying
progress has been made along each of
these lines.
"There hastbeen collected nothing ex-
OFFICER AND GENTLEMAN AT WEST POINT.
cept on dues, which has amounted, as
reported, to $863 B0. There has been ex
pended, In current expenses, $513 97; bal
ance on hand, $349 53."
EAST SIDE AFFAIRS.
Summers Camp Is Opposed to Consol
idation News Notes.
W. C North, captain of Summers Camp,
No. 1, Spanish-American War Veterans,
of Alblna. Is stronsrlv onDOsed to con
solidation of this camp on the plans as
proposed. Ha said yesterday that as he
understands the proposed consolidation
It means that the membership of the
single large camp, to be formed from the
four Portland camps, will bo confined to
the Eighth Army Corps, and it is on this
ground mainly he is opposed to consoli
dation. A good many members of the
Summers Camp were not in the Eighth
Army Corps. Under present organization,
membership in the camps is not limited,
but any veteran of the Spanish-American
"Wars Is eligible to membership, those
who served In Cuba as well as In the
Philippines. Captain North said he had
talked with other members of Summers
Camp, and they were generally favorable
to holding their present organization In
tact It was the first started In the state
and it has a membership of 5. A meet
ing will be held next week, when this
and other matters will come up for con
sideration. Will Make an Example.
Ij. J. Gardner, who has charge of the
arc lights south of Hawthorne avenue to
Sellwood, is determined to make an exam
ple of some of the youngsters who have
been making targets of the globes with
guns. Three globes have been broken
this week, and the lamp at the Intersec
tion of East Seventh and Brooklyn streets
was broken down. Gardner says that he
has usually gone to the parents and re
quired them to pay for Ihe broken globes,
but next time he will make complaint
In the Municipal Court and make an ex
ample. A boy with an air or target gun
cannot pass an arc light without taking
a shot.
East Side Notes.
There will be a free entertainment this
evening at the United Presbyterian
Church, East Fifteenth and East Morri
son streets, under tne auspices or tne
Young People's Union.
H H. Wendling, a well-known East
Side resident, has Just returned from
Alaska, where he had been for the past
five years. He went to Alaska at the
time of the first excitement.
Mrs. A. F.. Cox, of Salem, Is visiting
at the home of Captain A. M. Cox, 191
East Nineteenth street North. She is a
pioneer of 1846, and, although over 70
years old, enjoys good health.
A concert will be given this evening in
the Woodlawn Methodist Church. It will
be under the direction of W. E. Wersch
kul. Mrs. H. S. Loomls, Miss M. M. Will
iams and Mrs. Buby Kellogg will assist.
"William Huss has an application for a
license for a saloon at Woodlawn "before
the Council committee, but the people of
Woodlawn have always opposed a saloon
being located there. Huss had a saloon
there about a year ago, but it was closed
down.
Sub Board of Trade No. 1, of Monta
vllla, held a most enthusiastic meeting
last night. There was a large attendance
and a resolution was passed to hold a
mass meeting Thursday, January 17, at
which time, it Is thought, the member
ship will be largely increased.
Municipal Court.
Fred McMurray, who wa3 detained In
the City Jail as a suspicious character
and bad man, was released yesterday, and
he left for Vlento. where he said he had
employment with the Oregon Lumber
Company. McMurray, who wore a cam
paign hat. military leggings, and a dark
tweed suit, was arrested by Detectives
Ford and Cordano, but he was able to
give a satisfactory account of his move
ments. He carried a dictionary, and
said he had once served. In the United
States Army for nine months. The police
recognized him as the man who broke
Jail at Seattle, several years ago, along
with a "bad" man named Blank. The
latter was shot by the posse and killed.
Howard Terry, who was arrested on
New Year's day, charged with defacing
Chinese store windows at Second and
Taylor streets, was discharged by Munici
pal Judge Cameron, yesterday, as the
Chinese witnesses failed to furnish evi
dence that Terry threw snowballs.
L. H. Chapman and Carrie Chapman
were held In ball, yesterday, at the Mu
nlclpal'Court, for the grand Jury, charged
with extortion, on the complaint of Hugh
Kerr. The latter was bound over as a
witness.
The Sydney lighthouse has the most
powerful light of any. It Is electric, and
of lSO.OOO-candle power. It can be seen
for 5Q miles.
Oxford Is the greatest university In the
world. It has 21 colleges and five halls.
FOR MUSTER-OUT
Preparing to Disband Volun
teer Regiments.
PAPERS NOW BEING MADE OUT
Will Be No Delay After Arrival in
America Newsy Letter From Cap
tain Percy Willis, Now
at Llblnanan.
LIBINANAN, P. I., Oct. 25.-(Spec!al
correspondence.) Not very long ago we
had a visit from Lieutenant-Colonel
Jocelyn, of the regular Army. " He was
making a tour of all the posts of this dis
trict In company with Major Johnston,
Inspector-General. The Major was mak
ing his regular inspection of the differ
ent commands, covering questions of ef
ficiency, discipline, drill, equipment and
sanitation. The Colonel was on a spe
cial mission. He was giving minute and
detailed Instruction In regard to the com
pany records, with the object of facili
tating the muster-out of the volunteers
next Spring. It is the intention to have
all records and reports kept complete
and perfect at all times. Then when the
volunteers embark on the transports for
home, the muster-out roll3 will be made
on shipboard, and all the paper work done
as far as possible, so that, after land
ing, a few days only will be required to
muster out a regiment. This will effect
a great saving of time and expense to the
Government. It took all the time from
July 13 to August 7 to muster out the
Second Oregon volunteers, and other regi
ments required as much or more time
than this.
Officers' Reception.
On September 23 the officers of this post
gave a reception and ball at headquarters,
which Is the house of Caledonlo Reyes,
the local Presldente. The large reception
room was tastefully decorated with palms
and American flags, while a picture "of
the President of the United States, which
hung on the wall, was a source of spe
cial Interest. The lights from numerous
candelabra and lamps and the handsome
costumes of the women made the scene
a brilliant one. An orchestra of 10 pieces
furnished excellent music. A supper was
served In American style on a long table
handsomely decorated with flowers.
Nearly all the edibles as well as the
drinks were American, and seemed to be
thoroughly enjoyed, although many of
the guests had doubtless never tasted J
them before. The Presldente's wife took
charge of the supper-table, and with the
assistance of a small army of much
achos did the honors very gracefully.
The table accommodated 24, and had to
be set four times before all the people
were served. The dancing, which Is a
favorite amusement of the Filipinos, was
kept up till the small hours of the morn
ing. Locntlon of Troops.
Headquarters band and one squadron of
the Ninth cavalry (colored) are now at
Nueva Caceres. Another squadron of the
same regiment Is at .Legaspl. Colonol
McGregor, of the Ninth, Is now in com
mand of this district. He Is. a veteran
officer of the regular Armv. Headquar
ters and the hand of the Eleventh Cav
alry have moved to Lagonoy. It Is un
derstood that the Eleventh Is going home
soon. We have three American flags
flying here now. One Is In front of
headquarters, another Is over the com
pany quarters: the post flag, the third,
Is over the boys' school. The natives
treat the flags with great respect, dof
fing their hats as they pass by them.
The schools are doing much better. An
invoice of new school books has been
received, and Is much appreciated. Al
though there were not one-fourth as
many as are needed, slll another and
larger Invoice is promised and expected
to arrive soon. There are geographic,
histories, arithmetics, readers, language
lessons, lessons In numbers, slates, pen
cils and tablets 'and copy-books. These
books are purchased by the public civil
funds of the Islands. The text-hooks are
printed In Spanish, the language lessons
In Spanish and English. There are Eng
lish copies In the copy books. The chil
dren learn eagerly, and are bright and
apt scholars. No contributions of old
books are now needed.
Mosqultos Are Indnstrlous.
Mosqultos are now very bad. Our men
In the barracks have comfortable bunks
and good mosquito bars, and so sleep very
well. But on outpost duty the mosquito Is
their ever-present and persistent enemy.
The natives build slow flres out of the
husks of the cocoanut and drive the mos
qultos away with the smoke. The smoke
Is not very unpleasant, and the method
Is very effective. A walk around town
after dark will show a fire under every
house with the smoke arising from It to
penetrate the latticed bamboo floor and
fill all the rooms. The only native here
that I know to use a mosquito bar Is the
local Presldente. He, by the way, Is a
remarkable man for a Filipino. With his
wife he came here when a young man
about 30 years ago. They had a caplfal
of 2000 pesos. He traded In cattle and
hemp, bananas and cocoanuts with Daet.
Albay and Nueva Caceres. He made
money rapidly, for there was little com
petition at that time. He bought rice
lands around Llblnanan and raised rice,
sold It at a big profit and bought more
land. He also bought small coasting ves
sels to -carry on his trade with. Today
his lands are worth 400,000 pesos, and he
has the finest house in town and two'fine
warehouses made of stone and corru
gated Iron. His crop of rice this year
was worth over 30,000 pesos, and he says
it was a small crop. He has It In his
warehouse now and has sold very little
of It. He has been Presldente of the
town under the Spaniards, again under
the Tagalos, and now under the Ameri
cans. He got tired of the Tagal admin
istration and resigned. Every Tagalo of
ficer who came down from the north
gave him different orders, he said, and
he could not stand it. All they wanted
was money, money and contributions un-
til he had no rest. They mulcted him
for SO.000 pesos. As far as I can Judge,
he has been entirely faithful to the
American Government since we came
here, and has given no end of assistance
to me in pacifying this district. If we
were to abandon this town he would
have to go with us, and he says that he
will. His life would not be worth a 5
cent piece. The vengeance of the Insurg
ents would fall upon him first of all.
They would kill him and rob him of all
his money and valuables. His wife, too,
would not be spared. Such would be the
fate of all who are particularly friendly
to the Americans. It Is horrible to think
of the butchery that would ensue, not
only In this town and those of this dis
trict, but In all the towns In the Islands
now garrisoned by American troops. Tho
fact of the matter Is that we couldn't
get out of here now If we wanted to
without a complete abandonment of every
principle of decency and honor and hu
manity. Desertions of Native Sconts.
There have been a number of desertions
of native scouts and police in this part
of Luzon. The district commander has
issued an order that no more arms or
ammunition be loaned to natives or police
and that those already loaned be with
drawn at once. Six native scouts under
command of Lieutenant Curry, Eleventh
cavalry, took French leave, and carried
their Krag-Jorgensen carbines, revolvers
and ammunition belts with them. These
men had been considered entirely trust
worthy and reliable up to the time of
thelr departure. Private Brooks, Com
pany F, Forty-fifth Infantry, U. S. V.,
deserted his company, his country and his
flag, and went over to the Insurgents,
taking with him two rifles, two belts full
of cartridges and two members of the
Gainza native police. It Is said that
Brooks was a bad character before he
joined the Army, and had been In consid
erable trouble In Tennessee. He has now
committed a crime than which there are
few worse. Cne of my native policemen
has been found In correspondence with
the enemy, and is now awaiting trial by
a military commission. My policemen
made quite a howl about It when I took
their rifles away from them, but It was
of no avail. Orders are orders, and have
to be obeyed. I am afraid It will be
quite a while before these people can
be trusted with arms.
Captain "Worrlclc's Success.
Captain Worrlck made a good strike the
other day near Daet. where he struck
Segovia's band, killed Ave, wounded 15,
captured 16 rifles, and 10 prisoners. Se
govia has been operating around Nueva
Caceres, San Fernando and Llblnanan for
some time. Finding the atmosphere un
pleasant around here, he moved up to
Daet, only to meet Captain Worrlck with
the above-mentioned result. I suppose
now he thinks there is no rest from the
hated Americanos. Segovia was a Cor
poral In a Spanish native regiment. Is a
man of no education, hut now glories
in the high and mighty title of Lieutenant-Colonel
of the lnsurrectos. He has
about 50 rifles with him.
Our last paymaster was Major J. A.
Watrous, well known In Portland. Mr.
Tadmore. the same clerk he had when
he paid us at Vancouver Barracks, was
with him. The Major is assigned to the
Department of Southern Luzon. This was
his first trip since he came over, when
he paid the troops In this the third dis
trict of that department. He looks well
and is as genial and courteous as ever.
The Pay Department changes the Pay
masters from district to district, so that
we have a different man every pay day.
For this reason the officers of the Pay
Department will have the opportunity of
seeing more of the Islands than any offi
cers 'In the service. They are nearly al
ways on the go, and seldom visit the
came locality twice.
Expedition Sent Out.
On October 12 three expeditions were
sent out to capture Colonel Ellas An
geles, who had been located in a cuartel
in the mountains between Pamploria and
Pasacao. One party under Lieutenant
Lawrence, Forty-fifth Infantry, went
from Pasacao. The second, a part of
Captain Winterburn'e troop, Eleventh
Cavalry, started from San Fernando. The
third party went Into the mountains near
Pamploria. All had the same objective
point, the insurgent cuartel. I was or
dered to move southwest of Llblnanan to
Intercept the enemy, should they make
their escape In that direction. The cav
alry found the cuartel and captured two
Mauser rifles, but the Insurgents escaped.
I marched my detachment to Mambolo,
but saw no enemies. It poUred down rain
nearly all day, and we marched most of
the time In mud and water from two to
eight Inches deep. Mambolo had been
burned. Only one house was left In the
village. Under Its protecting roof we took
a brief rest and shelter from the rain
and ate our lunch. A native man and
wife and a good-sized family of children
were occupants of the house. We shared
with them our ration of hard tackand
boiled ham, which the poorly-fed children
devoured eagerly. A few days afterwards
I heard that Angeles with 40 rifles was
at Barrio Dom Poro, near BIcol. Ac
cordingly I started after him on the
17th with 35 men. About 11 A. M. we
came on the cuartel situated adjoining
an old sugar mill. and close to tho bank
of the river. Just back of the cuartel
was a field of growing sugar cane. A
small stream flowed close by covered on
the opposite bank by a thick growth of
trees. As soon as we saw them my men
opened fire, and the Insurgents took to
their heels, some escaping Into the thick
sugar cane and others Into tho brush on
the opposite bank of the creek, our men
following them at double time. From
their position on the other side of the
creek the insurgents fired 15 or 20 shots
and there were a few shots from the
cane field and from across the main liver
close by. Then they disappeared. We
formed a skirmish line and beat through
the sugar cane, but the enemy could not
be found. In the cuartel we found a re
volver, 42 rounds of Remington and If rag
ammunition, an American haversack and
canteen and a lot of lnsurrecto corre
spondence. After taking lunch th-rc we
burned the cuartel and proceeded on our
way.
Lieutenant George K. Armstrong has
been assigned temporarily to this post.
He has been recently promoted Second
Lieutenant from Regimental Quartermaster-Sergeant
of the Forty-fifth Infan
try. He Is weW known to many people
around Vancouver and Portland. He was
formerly First Sergeant of Company F.
Fourteenth Infantry. Captain John Mur
phy's company, and was also empioyea
jauy, miu w ow jr.-
for some time by Balfour, uutnne a
Co,, shipping ana commission mer -
chants. He makes an excellent officer.
He Is now Past Quartermaster and Com
missary of Subsistence, but aside from
that he Is always ready when called upon
to go on a "hike" after the insurgents.
The other night, Octoher 23, I sent him
out with 30 men to make a night attack
on an insurgent cuartel near the base of
the mountains. A native who had been
a prisoner of the insurgents in the same
cuartel and escaped from, thorn acted aa
guide, Leaving Llblnanan at 1 o'clock
P. M. they marched up the river till near
nightfall and then crossed over to tho
other side and had supper. Having" re
freshed themselves with bacon, hardtack
and coffee they set out for the cuartel.
They captured two insurgents on the way.
One was a Corporal. He tried to escape
and was killed- The other was & sol
dier. He had better luck, and making
a dash for liberty In the darkness and
thick woods succeeded In getting away.
Through the thick woods and tropical
undergrowth, following a narrow trail
filled with mud and water. In darkness so
dense that the men had to touch each,
other frequently to keep from getting lost;
they pushed out to the cuartel. They
arrived In Its vicinity about 11:30 P. M.,
and divided Into two sections and ap
proached It from two sides. As luck
would have it, however, the insurgents
had received warning and fled. The cuar
tel was a large one, situated at tho base
of the mountains near a clear running
stream. A large quantity of palay was
found In It. The Lieutenant spent tho
rest of the night in It. In the morning h
set it afire and started on his return.
Natives' Interest in Election.
The educated natives, of whom there
are perhaps a couple of dozen in this
town, who take the Manila papers, are
as much interested in the result of tho
Presidential election as we are. They
all understand that Agulnaldo expects In
dependence to be granted In case Bryan
Is elected, and frequently ply me with
questions about It. They have very vaguo
Ideas of America, of Its grandeur, wealth
and system of government, and are very
anxious to learn more about It. Many
of them would like to visit America If
they could, but most of them "are too
poor. I have no doubt, however, that
within a few years many of the wealthy
Filipinos will send their sons to tho
United States to be educated.
Rice Planting;.
The rice planting season la now on.
The natives are putting in their crops.
Owing to the fact, however, that an epi
zootic which prevailed here several months
ago carried off nearly all the caribaos,
only a very small part of the usual crop
will be planted. The cariboo is abso
lutely jessential to tho Filipino for rice
planting. No other animal can wade
through the mud and water and drag the
plow.
The method of rice cultivation Is strange
and peculiar to the Filipino. A corral
is made on low ground from a half acre
to an acre in extent. This is fenced
In to keep out stock. The enclosed
ground is thickly sown with rice. It
soon comes up a beautiful green, like
a lawn. The adjoining rice paddles aro
then plowed up and made ready for trans
planting. Laborers then, men, women
and children, pull up the young rlco
plants In the corral and carry them to
the Held and set them out from 12 to 13
inches part. This method requires a
great deal of labor, but It Is the method
universally adopted here. The soil is
very fertile. One grain of rice will often
produce 12 or 14 fruitful stalks of the
cereal. This Is not the case In all por
tions of the district, but Is the ruls on
the lowlands, all of which are now cov
ered with water. Back on the high lands
a grain of rice will only produce from
two to four stalks.
Women and children barefooted work
In the mud and water half way to their
knees while transplanting the rice, and
take it all as a matter of course. Next
year there will be a very small crop and
probably much suffering among the poor
people. Saigon rice will be Imported,
but they will not be able to buy it- They
will have to live on other food. Soma
will raise corn, but the majority will
have to eat sweet potatoes, bananas and
cocoanuts and what fish, they can catch.
Children Poorly Cared For.
A great many children are born hero
but there are also a great many deaths.
Last month there were E5 births and 51
deaths. At this rate the population will
not Increase very fast. There is no epi
demic 'either. It seems to bo nothing
more than the customary ratio of births
and deaths. The native women don't
know how to care properly for their chil
dren, or If they do, they are not able to,
on account of their poverty. Many of
them are superstitious and fanatical and
think their Ignorant native doctors can
do more good for them than an Ameri
can physician. They tie tight bands
around a child's stomach and think it
a sovereign remedy for cramps and stom
ach ache. For headache they tie a
tight band around the head. Doctor
Thornburgh has felt obliged to leave sev
eral cases In disgust where the natives
repeatedly disregarded his instructions to
take up their old fanatical methods of
treatment. For a fever euro many of the
natives gash the backs of their necks and
pull a string back and forth through
the holes thus formed, thus lacerating
and Irritating the flesh. Many natives
can be seen with the acars of these
wounds on their necks.
Truly the white man has taken up a
burden in the effort to educate and en
lighten these people, and it will tako
long time to do R. PERCY WILLIS,
Captain Forty-fifth Inf., U. S. A.
PERSONAL MENTION.
O. H. Flthlan, a Chicago manufoctoxerg
is at the Perkins.
Dn C. Major, of Grants Pass, U regis
tered at the St. Charles.
McKinley Mitchell, a wheat dealer of
Gervals, Is at the Perkins.
G. W. Rea, an old resident of Heppner,
Is registered at the Perkins.
William Frobe, a Wasco cattleman, la
registered at the St. Charles.
E. W. Conyers, a mlllman of Clatskanie,
Is registered at the St. Charles.
John Mlnto, of Salem, a well-known pio
neer of Oregon, Is at the Imperial.
A. P. Cayler, a grain dealer of La
Grande, Is registered at the Perkins.
M. O. Lownsdale, a La Fayette fruit
grower, registered at tho Imperial yester
day. John Sommerville, a sheepman and cap
italist of Welser, Idaho, Is at the Im
perial. Ion Lewis returned yesterday from tho
East, after several weeks' absence from
Portland.
Isadore St. Martin and sisters, owners
of the Wind River medical springs, aro
-guests of the St. Charles.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. W. B. Wilcox,
and wife, and Holt C. Wilson, of Port
land, are visiting frlenda In Washington,
NEW YORK, Jan. 3. Northwest people
registered at New York hotels today as
From'Spokane-nJ. A. CDell, at tho Im-
PFromTacoma L. Chapin, at the Grand
Union. . . ,,
From Seattle M. F. Chesmet and wife,
at the Grand Union; R. A, Weiss, at the
Grand.
NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-JT. -V. Sweeney
and wife, of Portland, visited the Eastern
office of The Oregonian today. They have
been in the city two or three days. They
will leave In a day or two, and will take
the Southern route home. They expect to
get back iO Portland in about 10 days.
Money XTnder False Pretenses.
Detectives Snow and Kerrigan arrested
A. P. Blood yesterday on the complaint of
Sheriff Keys, of Walla Walla, charged
with obtaining $20 on false pretenses,
by working a bunco-game on a Walla
wua citizen. The latter states that he
gave the money to Blood to Invest In an
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