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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1901)
THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1901. WILL MAKE FENCES Latest Addition to Local Manufactories. PORTLAND ANCHOR FENCE CO. 3fw Enterprise Will Employ 25 Men and Will Be in Operation Within GO Days Ground. Secured in the Xorth End. The most recent enterprise that has been developed In Portland Is Ihat of the Portland Anchor Fence Company. The firm Is composed of N. E. Ayer, H. F. Band and W. If. Ladd, -who hope to have the plant In operation within 60 days. A site has been selected on tne land of Mr. Ayer, near the corner of Twenty-third and Xlcolal streets, in North Portland, where a building will be erected for shops and warehouse at a point where the com pany will have 300 feet frontage on a rail road switch. Air. Band, who has been in the city, with his wife, for several days, was seen at the Portland Hotel last evening, and said that the building and plant would cost about $30,000. About 25 hands would be employed, at first, but this number, he thought, would be increased to 50 within the year, as the territory commanded by Portland is very large, and this point has been selected as a base of supplies for the entire Northwest. "The Anchor Fence Company," he said, "has 22 factories In operation in the Unit ed States, and the aggregate output is very larse. "We furnish fencing for all the big railroad companies, which use it to enclose their right of way, by the mile; and farmers are also enclosing their fields with it very extensively." Mr. Band did not make any noise about his proposed enterprise, as he was not asking any subsidy in money or land, and so he did not appear before any of the business organizations seeking help. All he wanted was to interest a few local business men here. In order that the Inter ests of the concern will be attended to In his absence. Mr. Ayer will act as mana ger of the concern. Raw material In Iron and steel will be procured from Pittsburg, both by rail and ocean routes, and so the lowest freight rates have been secured. This will enable the plant In Portland to lay the output down as cheaply as can be done by any of the Eastern houses. "We will use a large amount of Oregon fir." he said, "and will make Portland the timber headquarters for all our houses, as we consider the flr the best material for our purpose. The traffic in timber will therefore be no small factor In our busi ness here, and It Is likely to grow into great proportions as time goes by." He ordered the necessary machinery Saturday from Chicago, and New Haven, Conn., and expects to remain here until it is In position. Standard Oil Profits. NEW TORK. The Standard Oil Com pany, of New Jersey, today declared a dividend of 20 per cent, payable on March 15 to shareholders of record February 15. Shares of this Ca.6? JjsapPof'ifinetit . ccSjw Three railroad lines are now under way to the Nehalem Valley, the Coble. Nehalem & Pacific the Northern Pacific and the Portland, Nehalem & Tillamook. The latest to declaim Its purpose of sotnc through to the Lower Jehalem and Tillamook Bay Is the first one r . J ? sj i a SM j? r a r i L"fliV 3v tr "r slji - ,. im II (m f"" wry t, Ju ,iUv ' V f$ f '71 KIV rPf ( VJ -YAMHILL J- i)AVl iriiSz: ' l n tS : r--'i Jfr l.-. "P7 company at once jumped from S03 to 811. The dividend will disburse about $20,000,000, as the capital stock of the com pany is $100,000,000. In March last year J20 per share was paid. In June 510, In September $8, and In December $10. STREETS AND SEWERS. The Everlafttlnj; Question of Assess ments and Values. PORTLAND. Feb. 9. (To the Editors House bill No. 54, to take the place of the "Bancroft bonding act," Is reported to contain this provision: No application as aforesaid shall be received and filed by the Auditor. Clerk or other offi cer. If the amount of such assessment, with any previous assessments for street improve ments or sewers, assessed against the same property and remaining unpaid, shall equal or exceed 50 per cent of the valuation of said property, as shown by the last tax roll of the county in which it is situated. This seems to me to be inconsistent with and contradictory of the rule of assess ments for street and sewer improvement, and liable to cause needless trouble, uncer tainty and litigation. Street and sewer assessments can only lawfully be laid for the amount of special and peculiar or di rect benefits which the assessed property sustains by the Improvement. In this state the' property assessed is only liable for the assessment. The owner is not personally liable for the assessment. County Assessors assess r;al property for taxation in this tate at only part of its value. This valuation by the County As sessor would probably be made before the street or sewer had added to the value of "the lot. If the property-owner can only take advantage of the bonding act, if all the street and sewer assessments un paid amount to less than 50 per cent of the part of the value of his lot, as determined by the County Assessor for taxation purposes before the lot was benefited, and Its value Increased by the Improvement, It would be unjust for municipalities to assess property for street and sewer Im provements durintr 10 years for a greater sum than the property-owner can bond under the bonding act. The municipali ties should be limited in street and sewer assessments for 10 years to 50 per cent of the assessed value of the lots, or the rule should not be In the bonding act. This limitation in the bonding act is not the limitation enacted in the charter of municipalities of this state on street and sewer assessments. I would suggest that the bill be amend ed by striking out the sentence quoted, as unnecessary. If not struck out, then that a provision be Inserted that the mu nicipalities of the state having a popula tion of 2500 or more be limited In street and sewer assessments for 10 years to an amount that shall not "equal or exceed 50 per cent of the valuation of said prop erty, as shown by the last tax-roll of the county In which it Is situated." Then the charters and the bonding act would be consistent. Who shall pay these street and sewer assessments, their amount, and how can the Interest be paid, and by whom, are each and all Important ques tions, in which the public is Interested, which Is the reason for writing you this letter. RALPH R. DUNIWAY. Woman Suftrafre. New York Sun. "Woman suffrage Is not withheld because, as Mrs. Stanton alleges, "men have paid no attention" to the class of women who have been arguing for it for nearly 'a centurv. but because a far greater body of women argue that to impose on them the duty of the suffrage would be an In justice and an outrage. If women should unite in demanding the suffrage they would soon set It at the hands of men who already have framed laws for the special benefit of women throughout all the states of the Union. RAILROAD ROUTES FOR THE NEHALEM COUNTRY. C - ' a t V J? R .. fW-vvW?Sk ivfik mi I'" l-tfSrvr'-'7' I ft w V Yfk l"kS$S Ok. y i V,- .."WEF C V&WMrABt "V M& JG? ( UM I IWVYfc rr ir I P '- 1 . '-J' T 1 T5 1 Z " e - i- I S - T I I. mm, u xtsjB. ra vv TvrrM3L' w that was started for that country, the road frem Goble. which has its base on the river and also connects with the Northern Pacific track, thus glvlnc it both water and rail en- trance to Portland. The total length of this route is about 12S miles between Portland PEOPLE WON'T TRAVEL EXPERIENCE WITH CHEAP BATES IK THE WILLAMETTE VAMEV. Southern Pacific Carried Ferrer Peo ple to Portland Carnival Than Northern Pacific In One Day SALEM, Or., Feb. 10. In a brief sub mitted by General Freight and Passen ger Agent Markham, of the Southern Pacific lines in Oregon, to the committee on railroads of the House, when it had under consideration the bill to reduce passenger fares to 3 cents per mile, con siderable Interesting information Is pre sentedinformation that is frequently lost sight of in agitating for reduction of rates. The chief points were the follow ing: "Three cents a mile Is the prevailing rate in the most thickly populated sec tions of the East. Travel in what di rection you will out of New York, Chi cago, St. Louis or any of the large cities of the East, and you will find that 3 cents per mile is the prevailing rate. In only one locality throughout the whole length and breadth of the United States is a lower rate established by law, and that is between Buffalo and Albany, N. Y., where the charter of the New York Central Railway provides that Its rates shall not exceed 2 cents. Between New York and Philadelphia, where there are 102 trains dally, the rate Is based on 3 cents per mile. "Now, If 3 cents per mile is a fair rate alike to public and carrier in the thickly settled East, where the cost of operation Is so much less, It is not too much to say that 4 cents is a fair rate in the sparsely settled territory served by this company's lines in Oregon, where the cost of operation is much greater. "Density of population is not the only factor to be considered. Much depends on the character of the population served and I do not believe It will need any ar gument to convince the members of this committee that the people of that part of Western Oregon served by our lines are not as likely to be Influenced by lower rates as are the people of Wash ington and Eastern Oregon. I think, perhaps, I can best illustrate this point by giving to you the results of our ex perience on occasion of the Elks carnival held in Portland a few months ago. On five different days we placed on sale round trip tickets at one and one-third regular one-way rates, equivalent to 2 2-3 cents per mile, good for three days from date of sale. We also arranged for the sale of excursion tickets at still lower rates, contingent upon guarantee of sale of a certain number of tickets. From Salem we named a rate of $1 60 for the round trip upon a guarantee of 300; from Albany $2 40 upon a guarantee of 200. These rates were upon a basis of 1 cents per mile. From Eugene, Roseburg, Grant's Pass and Ashland charter car rates ranging from l 1-3 to 1 1-7 cents per mile were named We were told that we would not be able to carry the crowds that would want to come to Portland. The Salem committee said It would have 1000 passengers. It was assigned 300 tickets. Different members of the lodge, which numbers upward of 100, were given the tickets to sell, and everything pos sible "was done to work up a big crowd. When the excursion reached Portland the committee came to us with 27 tickets It had failed to dispose of. In short, we carried from our stations in Oregon at the low rates named only 1872 passen gers. On the other hand the Northern Pacific carried from Seattle 1600, and from Tacoma 600 people on one excursion. I We earned $2 75 per passenger, while the and Nehalem Bay. The Northern Pacific branch is definitely projected only to Pitts- burg, a distance of 24 mjles from Scappoose. The intention Is eventually to bo through to the coast, making a' line 111 miles long between Portland and Nehalem Bay. The Northern ' I A. North-rn Pacific earned an average of $3 50 on Its Tacoma and Seattle business, all on one day, or more money than we earned during the entire carnival season. "Our experience with the Elks carnival was the culmination of a number of ex periments made from time to time, for the purpose of Increasing travel, and it satisfied us that the process of educating the people of Western Oregon to travel freely must, of necessity, be slow. "The average rate per passenger per mile received from all our passenger traf fic was but 2.393 cents; for passengers picked up and laid down within the state. 3.01 cents. The through rates are low between Portland and San FrancUco, because of water competition. Of the bus iness carried between Portland and San Francisco 60 per cent was second class, at an average rate of less than VA cents per mile, and the first class 40 per cent, at an average rate of less than V cents per mile. Nearly one-third of our local business was carried on mileage books at 2 to 3 cents per mile, and on excursion and commutation tickets ranging from about one-half a cent to 3 cents per mile. Not withstanding the difference in extent and character of population, we ha.ve du plicated in Oregon the low commutation rates in use in California, where we have an important and growing suburban traf fic. "We urge the committee to consider well the fact that there Is no great pub lic demand for the passage of this bill, the presentation of which is merely car rying out a programme which has been followed at every session of the Legis lature for the past 10 years. The earn ings from our passenger business are re ceived from travelers from every clime. The prosperity of the community does not depend upon, lower passenger rates, but it does depend upon freight rates low enough to enable the producer to market the products of his farm, factory or kill at a profit, and we are willing to stand upon the record we have made, be ing always ready to adjust our tariffs to the necessities of commerce, be the mar gin of profit never so small. "The Interests of the people and the railroads are so closely Interwoven that they cannot be considered separately. The railroads cannot be operated to the injury of the State without operating to their own Injury. Their business is pros perous In proportion, as it Is conducted on business principles. The right of con trol by the state Is admitted, but the United States courts have decided that under pretense of regulating fares and freights the state cannot require a rail road corporation to carry persons or property without reward. Neither can it do that which in law amounts to the taking of private property for public use without just compensation or without due process of law." CHRISTIANITY SUBSTITUTES. Rev. J. F. Ghormley Prenched on the Futility of Such a Search. Rev. J. F. Ghormley preached at the First Christian Church last evening on "Modern Substitutes for Christianity." He chose as his text I John, lv:l, "Be loved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God; be cause many false prophets are gone out into the world." In part, he said: "The ww Id in every age has had an abundance of false prophets, who 'being ignorant of God's righteousness, and go ing about to establish their own right eousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.' Here is the rule by which teachers of religion are to be tried: 'Hereby know ye the spirit of God: Every spirit that confess eth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God; and every spirit that confess eth not that Jesus Christ is come In the flesh is not of God; and this Is the ?.? Pacific's line to the coast is said to be sub- stantially the same as that mapped out by the Goble. Nehalem & Pacific beyond Pitts- burgr. The Portland, Nehalem & Tillamook project is for a road direct from Portland to the Nehalem and Tillamook coast that shall spirit of antichrist, whereof ye "have beard that it should come, and even now already is in the world. "The -question might be asked. If the world does not need substitutes for Chris tianity? We are told that science Is bringing a new revelation to man con cerning himself. We are told that man sojourned in the animal kingdom untold millions of years before he came into his present estate, when he came Into pos session of inventive genius, and his fur ther bodily development was doomed; that as man has In his body many of the relics of the animal kingdom the glll sllts of the shark, the head of a tiger and a bear It Is not unscientific to sup pose that he will play the shark, and will possess the spirit of the tiger and the bear; that sin came into the world, not from having received a law from above and disobeying it but from 'the residu um of the animal in man. There can be no such thing as pardon, according to this theory. "Christianity rests upon no theory. Sin Is in the world, whether by the way of the shark or the fallen angel. Sin Is the transgression of law, and man is a moral being. He Is capable of receiving law and obeying it. But if he disobeys and falls, then what? The doctrine of the fall of man is established' by testimony which cannot be called in question. The angels fell, and that boy once pure the pride and joy of a Christian home has fallen. The only remedy is 'pardon.' But who can forgive sin? Forgiveness or pardon rests In authority. But who has authority? Sin is no Invention of theol ogy, neither can it Invent the power. What power will science substitute? And what evidence can it furnisfi the world that Its substitute will be effecual? It is scientific to affirm that any scheme of redemption which science may Invent will bear upon it the Imperfections of the inventors. This Is a faithful saying that Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners, and there Is no other name given among men whereby the world can be saved. He Is God manifest in the flesh. He is the fullness of the Godhead bodily, and he is the power by whom we are to be forgiven. Any substitute which would be effectual would bear all the charac teristics af this power and would be this power, and would not, therefore, be a substitute. "Substitutes for Christianity have nev er shed any new light on the problems Involved. But departing from him who is the way, the truth and the life, they have been lost In the fogs of mysticism on the high seas of human speculation, and the wrecks of their stately ships are found upon the rocks and reefs, driven thither by the storms of passion." 0 VEIN OF COAL DISCOVERED. It is Located Near Pendleton, and Will Pay to Work. PENDLETON, Or., Feb. 10. In view of the extensive prospecting that has been done, a report of the finding of a paying vein of coal on the ridge between McKay and Birch Creeks, a few miles south from Pendleton, has occasioned considerable Interest here. It is increased by the re port coming from Walla Walla of the dis coveries mrtde near there. Coal Is known to exist In the Birch Creek country, ard last Summer an agent of foreign capital ists come to secure leases on 20,000 acrea of land In that locality. 3400 Piedced Y. M. C. A. Buildlnjr. Of the J5000 asked for by the directors of the Y. M. C. A. for the new buildlnjr. $3400 has been subscribed under agreement that unless the entire amount is secured by February 15, none of the pledges arc to be collectable. The committee is put ting forth every effort to raise the re maining $1600. The Women's club expects to secure $1000 towards the fund, and the balance, $500, it is thought can be easily secured. The pulpit of the First Presbyterian In operation 8 MULTNO MAH be 20 to 30 miles shorter than either of th others. An alternative route out of Portland is shown, one out the north end of town and one out the south end. The country to be drained is rich in Umber, coal and agrleul- ture, capable of the highest development. EVERYTHING REDUCED Even Postage Stamps selling 13 two-cent stamps for a quarter. Our Fourth Annual Reduction Sale Is now on. Cutting prices on everything. Bargains in fine ladles' and gents" purses, cutlery, druggists' sundries, patent medi cines, etc. You always save money by patronizing Laue-Davis Drug Co., 3d and Yamhill RELIABLE LOW-PRICE DRUGGISTS church, recently made vacant by the res ignation of Rev J. K. Buchanan, will be filled by Rev. Mr. Dlven, of New Bruns wick, N. Y., if the latter accepts the call which has been extended to him. Mr. Dlven has preached a trial sermon to the congregation here, and, having been called, has returned to his home In New Brunswick to consult his family. It Is expected he will accept. Rev. J. K. Bu chanan has removed to Goldendale, Wash., to serve the church there. Much Litigation Over Small Cane. With seven acres of land as the prop erty Involved, a case has 'been on trial in the Circuit Court here this week for the third time. The defendant won the suit. Hundreds of dollars have been expended by each party to the litigation, in law yers' fees and court costs. It Is styled First National Bank of Walla Walla vs. Donald McDonald, the boundary line be tween the farms of J. R. Klllgore and George Carmichael being the point at issue. In the three trials, the time of the court has been taken up for a total of no less than 10 days, although the value of the disputed seven acres can not be more than $700. John L. Sharpstein, of Walla Walla, and A. D. Stlllman, of Pendleton, are the bank's counsel, and Judge A. S. Bennett, of The Dalles, and Thomas G. Halley, of Pendleton, are counsel for the defendant. The plaintiff will appeal to the supreme' court. AMERICA IS LEADER. Berlin Paper Says It Controls the "World's Financial Affairs. BERLIN, Feb. 10. Foreign buying was the feature of the week, the market show ing a growing interest for foreign rentes, particularly Argentines. The market for American railway shares was firm, but more auiet. The general firmness of the market Is variously explained. The Vossische Zel tung sees the chief cause In the two great financial operations Involving the Union Pacific Railroad and the steel combina tions. "America," it says, "has gradu ally seized the leadership of the world's financial affairs, and Europe has grown accustomed to receiving Its chief Impulses from the business movement beyond the Atlantic." The Berliner Tageblatt sees In the steel combination "a sharpening of American competition with German industry which cannot be overestimated." The London exchange, being so near the gold point, the market fears gold exports. The Chambers of Commerce and the manufacturers' societies of Rhine coun tries have adopted a resolution in favor of better protection against foreign hard ware, especially American. The resolu tion emphasizes the fact tnat the Ameri can pig-iron Is 50 per cent cheaper than German. Fairly Good "Week In Xondon. LONDON, Feb. 10. On the whole the business of the stock exchange last week was fairly extensive. Pripes were firm, "with substantial improvement In some cases. The monetary situation continued to Improve. The reduction In the Bank of England's rate was Intended lposslbly to help the new Issue of 3 per cent oonds, 11,000,000 which will be bid for them, but at the same time the measure was necessary on other grounds. Americans still lead In the market and continue to show remarkable strength, the advance for the week ranging from 2 to 8 points. In this rise the leading shares were Union Pacific, Wabash, Denver & Rio Grand, and Santa Fe. Yesterday, in WgF The nervous system is the fountain fjom "WhiclFSaws thowery essence of life. The strength o$the muscles, the impaiaes of ihe heart, the motion of the blood and tho power of tiie brain are derived from the nerves. When oveanffork, -worsy siokness, strain, anxiety, loss of sleep or impropordiet have v?om.oiat fhejiervons strength the whole body suffers. Headache, losS appetite, nerv ousness, irritability of temper, insomnia, depression of spirits and general weakness and debility foRow. There is a new life, new strength and restored health for those who seek relief in the light way. Dr. Miles' Nervine offers the quickest, -auxesfc &n&best relief for a worn-out nervous system. 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Wabash being from 2& to 5 points higher; Denver & Rio Grand, 2; Santa Fe. ; Denver & Rio Grande preferred, ; Union Pa clflc fell 1 point; Union Pacific preferred, ; Northern Pacific, . Money was in fair demand; short loans, 3&8"3i; three months' bills, 44. World's Bicycle Record Broken. FRESNO, Cal., Feb. 10. The first races oil Fresno's new veledrome, built by the National Racing Association, took place this afternoon. Results: One mile, scratch Lawton won. New kirk second, Turville third; time, 2:28. Earl Klser, of Dayton, and Arthur Stone, of Denver, rode In two motor paced heats of a five-mile pursuit race, Kiser winning both the first, in 8 minutes 10 1-5 seconds, and the second In 7 minutes 58 seconds. The last lowered the world's record for a motor-paced five-mile race on an eight-lap track. The day was per fect for racing, ana 1500 people watched the sports. J. Y. Chestnut, a farmer and grower of blooded cattle In Whitman County, dem onstrated the profit of breeding pure blood cattle, when he sold two calves, each 11 months old, for $66 SO. The calve3 were sold by weight at 4 1-3 cents per pound on foot, and weighed 1527 pounds. Both were high-grade short horns and had been fed hay and barley chop after being weaned. The price obtained is about the average price paid for three-year-old steers. ears Only they who use it know the luxury of it. Pears' is the purest and best toilet soap in aU the world. is UAmKv'a fifp.im PrtrtVH Oatmffftl AAWiMWJ M wwA -w -... 0. CflTM BELT & CO., Baltimore, Md. t when it's 5&0& there's 1 ujk none V r&& spare JLtfjtffceQ FLECKENSTEIN MAYER CO., Sole Dlsfr&tsfors Portland, Oregon