Morning Oregonian., April 13, 1901, Page 5, Image 5

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THE MQBKING , QREGONIAN, . SATTTRDAY, APRIL 13, 1901.
BUSINESS HAS GAINED
?TRADB IX MERCHANDISE HAS
GREATLY INCREASED.
Large Production of Pig Iron-Henry
Speculation in Food
., Stuff u.
NEW YORK, April 12. R. G. Dun's
"weekly review of trade "will say tomor
row: The tone of general business has been
better this week. Marked activity in the
distribution of merchandise is reflected
in the gains of 45.9 per cent in bank clear
ings at New York, compared with 1900.
and 20.8 per cent compared with 1899, with
gains of 13.5 and 10.8 for the same period
at leading cities outside New York.
Even the textile markets show gains.
The activity in the metal division has
taken pig iron production to near record
.figures, and some dealers do not see how
production of partly finished forms this
year Is to be made to meet the demand.
The Government report of the condition
of wheat on April 1 is the surest possible
basis upon which expectation of con
, tinued commercial prosperity could be
.founded. Stringency of money is largely
local in New York, and does not alter
reports from most of the larger cities of
favorable conditions in collections. Rall
Toad earnings, in March, -were 7.4 per cent
larger than last year, and 32 4 per cent
over 1899, according to practically com
plete returns. Pig iron production on
April 1, according to the Iron Age, was
iat the rate of 296,676 tons weekly.
This quantity has been exceeded twice
1n the history of the Industry, on Decem
'ber 1, 1899, when 296,959 tons were produced,
and on February 1, 1900, -when the output
was 298,014 tons. The remarkable feature
of the situation Is the decrease of 69,568
tons in furnace stocks during March, In
the face of this enormous production,
wlille in six months the loss in supplies
"amounted to 203,256 tons. Quotations are
generally steady for all forms except
plates, on which $2 a ton more Is de
manded without restricting purchases.
Contracts for delivery of pig Iron do not,
as a rule, extend beyond this month, a.nd
furnace stocks cannot be expected to con
tinue decreasing unless new business
comes forward, for many furnaces have
gone into blast since the month opened,
and production on May 1 will probably
be at a new high record.
The Wheat Market.
Speculation has been unusually heavy
in food stuffs, the local market averag
ding over 2,000,000 bushels of wheat daily.
Prices receded sharply from the top point
of two weeks ago, wheat losing about 4c
for spot. Realizing sales were acceler
ated by expectation of a high percent
age of winter wheat condition in the of
ficial report.
Two elements of strength appeared to
check the decline, and caused some re
covery. Insects were reported numerous
in the Southwestern section, and foreign
buying was sufficient to make Atlantic
exports, flour included, 6,732,000 bushels in
two weeks, against 3,912,857 last year and
3,890,480 in 1899. In silk goods more ac
tivity is reported, and another trifling
advance occurred in raw materials.
Failures for the week numbered 203
in the United States, against 193 last year
and 24 in Canada against 42 last year.
BRADSTEET-S REVIEW.
Retail Trade Improved Increase in
"Wheat Shipments.
NEW YORK, April 12. Bradstreefs to
morrow will say:
Crop and trade advices alike continue
-0ravorafole... The seat of greatest strength
Is in tlie iron and steel trade, whUe the
textiles evince the most irregularity. De
spite the unquestionably quieter tone of
export trade in manufactures, it Is to
be "noted that Americans are still reap
ing some advantages from their superior
ity In certain lines of iron and steel. Re
tall trade has been helped by better
weather in most sections, and while spring
jobbing is smaller at several markets, im
proved retail trade conditions are expected
to help re-order business.
The low price of cotton Is still deter
rent to trade at the South, and talk of
restriction of the anticipated Increase in
acreage is heard. Planting is, however,
lelng actively pushed, and retail trade
Is for this reason still quiet. Northwest
ern trade advices are quite cheerful, and
large numbers of buyers are in the towns.
On the Pacific coast Alaskan trade Is
active, and general trade from nearby
points is good.
At the East trade is better at retail,
while wholesale lines are quiet. Cotton
goods notesome slight improvement In
tone, and It is hoped that the bottom
has been reached at the prevailing con
cession in prices. Wool is quiet and some
weakness in washed wool Is noted. High
water in the New England rivers has
rendered much machinery Idle, but this
curtailment has been rather welcomed.
Cotton is Jfcc lower again on large move
ments. Raw sugar has been again
strengthened, and the advance of 10c per
100 pounds in refined, announced this
week, was anticipated by buyers, who
have bought heavily. The outlook favors
a further strengthening of both raw and
refined grades.
Iron and steel are aggressively strong.
DespIIeuSe" lacTQiat pig iron produc
tion is close 'roitSt maximum of last
year, stocks are still decreasing. Good
sales of iron and billets are noted at
Pittsburg at last week's prices. Finished
products are active, and most mills are
sold ahead beyond July. Despite the drop
in export trade, some good orders are be
ing received. One for a large quantity
of rails said to be for South America;
an order for rails from Glasgow 1b also
noted, and a 4,300 ton order for structural
material for a dock in Japan has gone
to Pittsburg. New bridge and "skyscrap
er" construction will take a large quan
tity of material Plates are higher, and
an advance in bars is noted from St.
-Louis. 'Copper has sympathized with the
stock market, and is reported higher
abroad.
High water has apparently been
reached and passed for the season in
the Eastern shoe trade, and shipments
this week are smaller than last, while
?one-elghth larger than in this week a
year ago. Orders for rubber goods are
large. Reports from the Western shoe
traaes are in a high degree satisfactory,
Jboth as to distribution and manufacture.
Improvement in "Wheat.
Wheat has apparently discounted the
good crop reports, and better export buy
ing of both wheat and flour is reflected
In the change from a bearish to a more
cheerful tone. The ichange in price, bow
ever. Is a slight one. The slight decline
in -corn is a result of Chicago manipula
tion. The "high price of late has tended
to restrict the heretofore heavy ship
ments abroad.
Wheat (Including Hour) shipments for
the week aggregate 6,405,601 bushels,
against 4,698,693 bushels last week, 2,886,
C53 bushels in the corresponding week of
1900; 1.9S3.619 bushels in 1899, and 4,423,302
bushels in 1898. From July 1 to date this
season, wheat exports are 162,227,029 bush
els,, against 153,916,286 bushels last season,
190,332,419 bushels in 1S9S-99.
Failures for the week in the United
States number 225, against 188 last week,
152 in this week a year ago, 243 in 1899, -215
in 1898 and 195 In 1897.
Canadian failures number 25, against 29
last week, 35 in this week a year ago, 25
inaS9S, 27 In 1898 and 39 In 1897.
i Bank Clcaringrs.
sNEW YORK. April 12. The following
ttible.1complleja by Bradstreet. shows the
Jank-iclearings at principal cities for the
"week ended April 1L with the percentage
of Increase and decrease as compared with
the corresponding week last year.
Inc. Dec.
New York 51,773.985.000 i45.8 A ....
Boston 152,507.000 20.3
Chicago 150.tJ5S.O00 13.7
Philadelphia 95.2SS.000 1.9
St. Louis 41.966,000 18.6
Pittsburg 41,572,090 24.1
Baltimore 28.736,000 7.5
San Francisco .... 20,17l,X) ,11.3 ....
Cincinnati 18,666,000 2,5 ....
Kansas City 17,090,000 9.4
New Orleans 10.741.000 23.5
Minneapolis 10.138,000 4.6" ....
Detroit 9.912.000 28.5
Cleveland 13,745,000 2S-.2
Louisville
8,751,000
6.8
Providence .... -..
Milwaukee ........
St. Paul
Buffalo ...
Omaha ....
Indianapolis
Columbus, O
Savannah
Denver
Hartford
Richmond
Memphis
Washington
Peoria
Rochester
New Haven
Worcester
Atlanta
Salt Lake City....
Springfield, Mass..
Fort Worth
Portland. Me
Portland, Or.
St. Joseph
Los Angeles
Norfolk
Syracuse
Des Moines
Nashville
Yiiimlngton. Del...
Fall River
Scranton
Grand Rapids ....
Augusta, Ga.
Lowell
Dayton. O
Seattle
Tacoma
Spokane
Sioux City
New Bedford :
KnoxVille. Tenn...
6,33.000
5.216.000
4.336,000
5.488,000
5,960,000
6,910,000
6.379.O00
3.218,000
4.SS3OO0
2,737.000
4.079.000
2.791,000
2,703.000
2.293.000
2,074.000
1.3S6.000
1,371,000
2,188,000
2.SS8.000
1.536,000
2,506,000
1,187,000
2.129,000
3,304.000
3,217.000
1,274.000
1.044,000
1.676,000
1,619.000
95S.O00
09.000
1.007.000
1.367,000
1.326,000
515,000
1,516.000
2,403,000
1.029.000
1.040 000
1.207.000
437,000
554,000
1,161,000
1.072,000
554,000
325.000
17.2
4.6
.1.6
12.0
6.4
17.5
25.4
2aCi
3.0
3.6
7.5
i4!2
4.6
"z.2
20.2
1.9
1.6
4.5
'h'.2
iJL9
17.6
7.8
3.7
10.2
"2.1
15.1
11.7
2.4
6.4
11.8
20i5
39.8
'3.3
21.2
'b'.h
20.0
33.9
6.6
5.4
Topeka
Birmingham
Wichita
Binghamton
Lexington, Ky.....
Jacksonville. Fla..
Kalamazoo
Akron
Chattanooga
Rockford. 111. .i...
Canton. O
Springfield, O
Fargo, N. D
Sioux Falls, S. D.
Fremont, Neb
Davenport
Toledo
Galveston
Houston
Evansvllle
Macon ...
Helena
Little Rock .
Springfield, 111
Youngstown
Wheeling
83.9
31.2
5.6
20.3
583.000 ' 74.0
312,000
311,000
561,000
422,000
426.000
450 000
475.000
34S.O00
230,000
126,000
1,076,000
2,304,000
7.122.000
6.642,000
911,000
596,000
749,000
639.000
486.000
620.000
648,000
5.4
35.7
16.3
6.8
8.1
55.7
29.0
14.4
12.4
11.0
33.6
8.9
12i2
-24.8
23.5
20.0
4.9
10.8
Totals. U. S $2,512,082,000
Outside N. Y. 738.097,000
Dominion of Canada
34.0
12.1
Montreal $ 13,466,000
10.6
Toronto
9.686,000
6.4
7.3
7.3
Winnipeg
Halifax
Hamilton
St. John. N. B
Vancouver
Victoria
1,700,009
1,393.000
SS5,000
600,000
SIG.tXX)
5.9
10.9
617,000
.$ 29,166,000
Totals
7.8
TELLS OF NOME DIGGINGS.
One Miner Who Understands His
Business Talks Confidently.
T. J. Cooper, a Colorado mining man,
who spent last Summer at Nome, is at
the St Charles, on his return to the
frozen beach. He got hold of several
placer claims In the vicinity of Nome City
last year, and considers himself one of
the few who have made money up there.
His mines have been operated, during his
absence, as he left men and teams there
lor the purpose, andso -expects to .find
quite a. dump of pay ground ready for
the sluice boxes when he returns North.
His holdings He along the creeks, where
the distance to bedrock is ,not more than
a few feet, and when the thaw enables
the miners to begin washing the sluices
can be operated for four months of each
year.
Mr. Cooper does not look for any such
rush northward as there was last year,
and therefore considers that wages will
advance In the mines, as laboring men
will not be so numerous. Last season he
paid ?7 to $10 a day and board, for 10
hours' work, and the days were long
enough to enable men to put in consider
able extra time, as In Midsummer there
are fully 20 hours of daylight out of
the 24.
Although there Is lots of gold all over
that country, Mr. Cooper thinks that fully
nine-tenths of the adventurers who rushed
to Nome last year made failures. He
considers that mining is a distinct trade
and that men who have no knowledge of
the art have no business there. The
wholesale failures of last year he ascribes
to the fact that most of the men knew not
what they went there for, and as gold
was not as easy to find as they thought,
they just put in their time walking the
streets and along Ihe beach. He obtained
title to a claim on the beach, and used
horses and scrapers to throw the sand
into some large sluice boxes, the water
for washing being furnished by a gaso
line engine. He made money out of the
sand, while many men were dubbing the
country a "fake" and clamoring to return
South.
To illustrate the value of some of the
creek claims, Mr. Cooper tells of two
miners who sold their placer to Charles
P. Lone for $150,000. Lane agreed to pay
$10,000 down and asked for 60 days time
to visit San Francisco and procure the re
mainder of the purchase money. The
men agreed to this on condition that
they be allowed to work the claim In the
meantime. They had sunk a shaft some
20 feet deep and drifted along the bed
rock, hoisting the gravel to the surface
with a windlass, to be washed with a
rocker. They fairly picked the nuggets off
the bedrock In handfuls, and were doing
so well that Lane's son, who had re
mained at Nome, procured the $140,000
somehow and closed the deal. The two
men said that if they had been left to
work the claim for 60 days they would
have cleaned up the $150,000 before the
period had elapsed. Lane has spent many
hundreds of thousands In purchasing
claims up there, and these have all proven
good Investments. Mr. Cooper does not
like to spend his Summers up there, let
alone the Winters, but his Interests there
will not admit of his absence. He ex
pects toleave for the beach about .the
26th of this month, when navigation will
begin to open 'in the Behrlng Sea.
Railroad Notes.
C. E. Stone, of St Paul, assistant gen
eral passenger agent of the Great North
ern, was In Portland yesterday.
George W. Heintz, of Salt Lake, general
passenger agent of the .Rio Grande &
Western, Is visiting friends and relatives
In Portland! Mr. Heintz was at one time
connected with the passenger department
of the O. R. "& N. Co.
The O. R. & N. Co. has-made a round
trip excursion rate of $13'75, effective April
15, between Portland and Hot Lake, near
Union. The rate will be in force all
year, with a 30Hiay limit
The Nahcotta will carry an excursion
for the O. R. & N. Co. tomorrow to Fort
Canby and Hwaco. where lightship 50" Is
in a cradle. She will leave Astoria at
8:30 A. M., returning at 5:45 P. M.
The Boiler Gave Out.
WASHINGTON, April 12 Secretary
Long received a dispatch this evening
from Commander Hemphill, saying that
the torpedo-boat Thornton has been put
on trial over the Barren Island course,
and ran about 45 minutes at a speed of
2&5 knots, when the forward boiler gave
opt Jie adds that no one was hurt The
contract requires a continuous run of two
hours at a speed of 2S knots per hour.
POSTAGE HIGH IN 1805
INFORMATION GIVEN BY A NEW
ENGLAND ALMANAC.
Men Made Wqather Predictions
Year in Advance, and, as Notv,
Hit It Occasionally.
Through the kindness of J. E. Hasel
tine, of this city, a copy of a New Eng
land almanac for 1805 has been placed In
the custody of the Oregon Historical So
ciety. In addition to the usual calendar
pages, giving the dajs of the week, with,
the "courts, aspects, weather, etc.," the
author gives the following observations,
which, In addition to what has been said
In the calendar pages, make up tho sum
of his judgment of the weather for the
year JS05:
January Snow or rain perhaps the 6th,
10th, 13th and 21st days of this month, a
little before or after.
February Snow or rain the 5th, 10th,
17th and 24th days of this month, a little
before or a little after.
March Snow or rain the 8th and 30th
days of this month, a little before or a
little after.
April Snow or rain the 3d, 7th, 14th and
2Sth days of this month, a little before or
a little after.
May Rain may happen the 1st, 9th, 12th,
20th, 23d, 27th and 31st days of this' month,
a little before or a little after.
June Rain, more or less the 22d and
26th days of this month, a little before or
a little after.
July Perhaps rain, more or less, the
22d and 26th days of this month, a little
before or a little after. i
August Rain, perhaps more or less, the
2d. 21st and 22d dayB of this month, a
little before or after.
September Perhaps rain, the 1st. 8th
and 18th days of this month, a little be
fore or a little after.
October Rain or snow, perhaps, the 2d,
13th and 23d days of this month, a little
before or a little after.
November Rain or snow, the 6th, 9th
and 26th days of this month, a little be
fore or a little after.
December Snow or rain, the 3d, 7th,
9th and lSlh days of this month, a little
before or a. little after.
Then follows an explanation of the 12
signs of the zodiac, a poem entitled "The
Hermit" six pages, a charade and" a rid
dle, announcement of a vacation at Har
vard College, and appointments for the
"yearly and quarterly meetings of Friends
for New England." Then follows an
announcement by the author, a Mr. Low,
after the manner following:
"Thus, courteous reader, thou seest what
I have provided for thy entertainment the
current year. There are some things
grave and serious, and some things inno
cently gay and cheerful. This I have done
to suit the genius of all sorts of readers.
''WIth.regard to the weather, I have ob
served the rules which the most experi
enced and learned astrologers have writ
ten on this subject And besides what I
have said in the calendar pages. I have
inserted a page of the weather by itself,
setting forth the date in each month
when snow or rain may be expected. I
have said, a little before or a little after,
which as the weather Is uncertain. Is the
best that I could, do; and I believe It will
prove tolerably correct
"Though I am very well satisfied with
the present government of the United
States, I have omitted to say anything
.of politics, as it might wound the feel
ings of some of my respectable readers,
and as I wish not to enter upon a sub
ject, which, perhaps I do not fully under
stand at present. I have thought proper
to omit it , ,
"Now unto the immense and divine
Triad, the beginning of days and the end
of time? to fh?e"robt afid'tHe offspring; of
David, ihe bright and morning star, to
the prince of life, the" undoubted victor
In death, and to the boundless fountain
of wisdom and knowledge, be ascribed
everlasting honors. Amen.
Then in the, next four pages are given
the members of the Supreme Court of
Massachusetts, the date of holding the
same, the time and place of holding the
Probate Courts of the several counties,
and then the courts In Connecticut, Hhode
Island, New Hampshire and Vermont
Then Is given the "Supreme Federal
Court," with John Marshall Chief
Justice; William Cushlng, William Pat
terson, Samuel Chase, Bushrod Washing
ton, William Johnson, Associate Justices;
Levi Lincoln, Attorney-General; Ellas B.
Caldwell, Clerk. All of New England Is
divided Into two circuits, and places and
dates of holding courts given.
The rates of letter postage are as fol
lows: "Every letter composed of a single sheet
of paper conveyed not exceeding 40 miles,
8 cents; over 40 miles and not exceeding 90
miles, 10 cents: over 90 miles and not ex
ceeding 150 miles, 12& cents; over 150 miles
and not 300 miles, 17 cents; over 300 miles
and not exceeding 500 miles, 20 cents; over
500 miles, 25 cents. Every letter com
posed of two pieces of paper, double those
rates. Every letter composed of three
pieces of paper, triple those rates. Every
letter composed of four pieces of paper,
weighing one ounce, quadruple those
rates, and" at the 'rate of four single let
ters for each ounce any letter or packet
may weigh. Every ship letter originally
reecived at an office for delivery, 6 cents.
The postofflce does not Insure money, or
any other thing conveyed by post The
general postofflce Is kept at the seat of
Government"
At the close, the following tables are
given: Showing the value of silver coin;
the weight and value of coins as hey
pass in certain specified states of the
Union, with the "sterling and Federal
value"; for reducing the lawful money
of Massachusetts to dollars, cents and
mills, from 1 farthing to 50; vand of
simple interest at 6 per cent, calculated in
dollars, cents and mills.
TOLL ROADS.
Duty of Connty Court-to See That
They Are Kept In Repair.
ORETOWN, Tillamook ' County, Or.,
April 8. (To the Editor.) This county is
cursedtwlth two toll, roads. "Whose duty
Is It to see that the .road company com
plies with the requirements of the law In
building such a road and keeping it In
repair so that It Is in a.safe condition for
travel? Is it not the duty of the County
Court to fix -the rate of toll .by the mile,
instead of allowing the charge of a lump
sum for passing" through the gate, regard
less of the distance traveled over?
Wehave two toll roads upon which we
have, to depend for all our hauling. One Is
1G miles long, and the County Court fixed
the rate- of toll at $1, which is 64 cents a
mile; the other Is eight miles long, and
the charge Is $1,. or 12J cents a mile.
What Information you can. give on this
subject will be greatly appreclated'by the
residents of the south end of Tillamook
County. ' , A. W. FLETCHER.
In the absence of any information to the
contrary, The Oregbnlan presumes that
the toll roads mentioned are established
and maintained under the general statutes
of the state. Title 3, of chapter 76, of Hill's
Annotated Laws, governs this subject.
The law provides that whenever a public
road is so situated that the labor thereon
will not keep it In repair, the County
Court may lease the same to "some person
or corporation for a period of 10 years,
giving the lessee the privilege of maln-talnliJg-
a toll gate and collecting tolls in
consideration of . nValhtalning the road.
The road must be leased loathe lowest
bidder. The lessee must give bonds for
the performance 'of his contract, and'must
keep the road in good repair. " If he fail
In any respect. It Is made the duty of the
District Attorney to maintain an action
lnv the name of the . county against the
lessee. -
The .rates of toll -are fixed in the lease,
find tolls are collectible only at gates, 'the
-number of 'which 'gates bnr any road are
prescribed by the County Court The law
provides that a basis rate of toll shall be
fixed by the court, an,d the rate on all
classes of persons and property Is fixed
by law on the basis-rate.". That Is, the
basis rate is that which is charged for a
sh'ecp or hog. That lsthe Unit of toll, and.
I Is fixed "by the County Court. For horses,
mulcsj asses and cattle, whether used for
draft or led or driven loose, four unit tolls
are charged.
For a person other than a footman and
not traveling in a vehicle. 10 unit tolte are
charged.
For two-wheeled vehicles, 20 unit tolls
are charged.
For four-wheeled vehicles, 40 unit tolls
are charged.
Therefore, If a unit toll of 2 cents be
fixed for sheep and hogs, a wagon, loaded
or unloaded, must pay 80 cents. No foot
man can be charged,, nor shall any person
while traveling from one portion of his
farm to another, with or without stock or
vehicle, br person in his employ, or In go
ing to or returning from church, a funeral
or an election.
The court has no authority to fix the
rate of tolls at a certain amount per mile.
RUSH FOR FISHING LICENSES
Astoria Fishermen., Making Ready
for Season, Which Opens Monday.
ASTORIA, April 12. The office ofrMas.
ter Fish Warden Van Dusen was crowd
ed today by applicants for Jlshlng Ucenbes,
who wish to be prepared for the opening
of the season Monday. .,
Hatchery Wanted- on' Coanille.
The Master Fish "Warden today received
a communication from the Southern Ore
gon Company, of Empire City, stating
that those Interested In fishing' on the Co
quille River would secure a suitable site
for a hatchery and have It ready by the
the timehe finds an opportunity to "visit
the place, and establish the hatchery. The
letter speaks of the gradual "decrease In
the salmon " pack there, and -urges that
artificial propagation be 'commenced as
soon as possible.
Fishermen Complying With Lavr.
Master Fish Warden Van Dusen received
a letter this morning from Water Bailiff
William W. Smith of Parkplace, In which
he states that Tie is 'personally acquainted
with all the fishermen on the Clackamas,
and-'-many on the Willamette, and Is "well
satisfied that there is little, If any, Illegal
fishing on either of those streams. He
also states that all the fishermen are
ready to take out licenses.
Changes in Lighthouse Service.
The resignation of B. E. Brodie as as
sistant Tceeper at the North Head light
house has caused the transfer of several
employes In the service. W. C. Langlols,
first assistant at Destruction Island, is
transferred to first assistant at North
Head; Thomas Gibson, third assistant at
Tillamook Rock, Is to be first assistant at
Destruction Island, and William Dahl
green, a member of the Columbine's crew,
goes to Tillamook Rock.
Clerics Organise Union. ,
A clerks' union was organized here this
evening. It starts with a, membership
of about 50'and will be affiliated with the
American Federation of Tabor. f
Arrested for Illegal Fishing.
Four men were arrested and three 'boats
and nets seized. byWatgrCBailfff.Wlck
man near Westport. today. The men Haa
their Jiets .outs, drifting,... . when can-
tiered. ( They were brought to. this city-"
xonignt ior.tnai, - , ,
,i Arbor Day Exerclses.t
Appropriate exercises Were held -in alw
the public 'schools today in observance
of Arbor day. Trees and shrubs 'were
planted by the pupils In all .the school
house -yards.
Will Have Water Analyzed.
OREGON CITY, AH1 12. The Water
Commission will have the city water ana
lyzed. It today sent samples to the State
Agricultural College, at Corvallis, and to
Professor E. L. Washburn, at the Univer
sity of Oregon. A sample filter has been
In operation on Main street for the past
four weeks by a firm, which proposes to
put In a plant for the city water works
with a capacity of 1,000,000 gallons dally.
The water has a remarkably'' clear ap
pearance after being run through 'the fil
ter, but It is yet to be.se'en whether it will
take out the offensive germs supposed
.to impregnate Willamette River water.
The watei is run through ground qua'rtz,
and alum Is used as a clagnate' to cause
the bacteria to settfein the sand sedi
ment. Baker City Much Disappointed.
BAKER CITY, April 12. Baker Citv
people are much disappointed because
jrresment MOK.iniey'6 Itinerary does not
Include Baker Citv. Mavnr Pnrtor cntd
yesterday If the President could be in
duced to come this way on his return he
would be given a rousing welcome, An
invitation from the Mayor' and president
of the Chamber of Commerce will, in
all probability, be extended to the Presi
dent. May Mean Change in Officials.
OLYMPIA, April 12. The State Board
of Control will remove its offices from Ta
coma to this city Monday, and as soon asf
tnis noara is nrmiy estaDiisnea its mem
bers will start out on a tour of the state
institutions. After Its return to this city
"from the Institutions, It is not unlikely
that some of the changes in management
prophesied of late will occur.
A DAY ON Tfll COLUMBIA
RIVER. ,
A visit to Portland Is Incomplete with
out devotlnsr at least one dav to th Co
lumbia River and Its magnificent scenery.'
You can leave Portland at 9 A. M. any
day on tho O. R. & N. Co.'s palatal
Portland-Chicago special train, lunch at
The Dalles or in the dining-car, be back
at 4:30 P. M., and have seen the most
attractive portion of th'e Columbia. In
making the trip by rail you obtain a jiear
view of -the many beautiful cascades, the
train coming to a standstill for a few
moments at Multnomah Falls, and
as'the track skirts the south bank of the
river the stream and its north shore are
constantly In sight.
. Should ' you desire a ride on a river
steamer, take the O. R. & N. Co.'s train
at 9 A. M. any day except Sunday, for
Cascade Locks, spend a short time there,
and then board the steamer as she passes
through, the locks en route fo Portland.
A more extensive river excursion can
be had by leaving Ash-street dock, Port
land (dally except Suridayj, at 8 P. M. for
Astoria, on the t R. & N. 'Co.'s fast,
electrlc-llghtecf'steamer "Hassalo." arriv
ing' at Astoria, 100 miles distant, about
daylight; returning, leave Astoria at 7
A. M. (except Sunday), arriving at Port
land about 5 P. M. All meals can be had
on the steamer, and altogether the trip
Is most delightful, restful and comfort
able. ""
Particulars of Willamette Rlvertrlp can
also be had upon application at the'O. R.
& Ni. Co.'s cltr ticket office, Third and
Washington. Telephone 712.
The new library at Athens is now com
pleted. 'It was begun 14' years ago by
Professor Zlller.'of Dresden. It has room
for 400,000 volumes.
AVALANCHES OF SNOW
SEVERAL SERIOUS SLIDES ON COL
ORADO MOUNTAINS.
The Weather Has Cleared After
Continuous Storm of Ninety
six Hours.
BEUNA VISTA, Colo., April 12. A re
port has reached here that a huge ava
lanche, sweeping everything before it,
came down Italian Mountain, in Taylor
Park, about 40 miles west of this place,
and that several lives were lost On this
mountain several mines have been in
operation all Winter, employing about 300
men. Owing to the great distance of the
mountain from any point of commupl
cation with the outside world, and the
vast amount of snow on the range be
tween here and the mountain, several
clays may elapse before the facts are
learned.
Snoivslidc on a Stage Road.
ASPEN, Colo., April 12. A serious snow
slide is reported to have occurred along
the Castle Rock stage road, four miles
from this ciiy. The stages to and from
Ashcroff and Taylor Park have not thus
far bsen able to get through and com
munication with those places can Jmly be
had by snow shoes.
Buried a Worlc Train.
DENVER," April 12. A huge mass of
snow' and rocks swept down from the
mountain near Adelaide, on the Florence
& Cripple Creek Railroad, burying a work
train and killing three men and seriously
injuring four others. The dead are: J. P.
Allen, foreman; Tim Maloney, Howard
Whlpps. The Injured: C. W. Brown,
bridge foreman; John O'Connell, section
foreman; Frank Graham, section fore
man; John Palmer, laborer.
WORST OF THE STORM IS OVER.
Snow Melting Rapidly in Colorado
Under Bright Sunshine.
DENVER, Colo., April 12. The weather
has cleared this morning after a continu
ous snow storm of 96 hours, and under
the bright sunshine the snow is melting
rapidly. The storm was the most exten
sive known in April along the eastern
slope of the Rocky Mountains In 10 years.
There was but little snow on the west
ern slope. Rotary snow plows were kept
In operation during the night on all the
railroads running over the divide, and
passenger trains were run, although the
schedules were badly disarranged. Many
freight trains were stalled in snow drifts
and nol75was run except on special or
ders. Service on several mountain lines
was entirely abandoned. Three collisions
occurred in th blinding snow between
Denver and Pueblo, the most serious of
which was that at Eden, between the
Rio Grande's Atlantic Express and the
Rock Island passenger from the East, in
which six persons were slightly injured.
The storm was of great benefit to farmers.
i Arkansas Ont of Its Banks.
WICHITA, Kas., April 12. The Arkan
sas River is out of Its banks tonight, po
licemen are guarding the ends of every
bridge to keep -people from crossing, two
bridges are under water, the approaches
to two have "been washed away, an Island
went under water after Its Inhabitants
escaped, and the night force at the water
works Is Imprisoned in the middle of near
ly a niile of flood. For five days It has
been raining continually.
TEACHINGS OF JESUS.
Fallible at Points Because We Do
Not Understand Them.
sXLEMf, Or.'AprI112;-;(To the Editor.)
AnTedltaViai" appeared. recently in your pa-
,Ijer commenting upon a. socialistic dis
course aenverea. Dy jjranit ju. coulter, in
which editorial some of the points are
certainly not well taken, in view of rea-
l.son and- -logic and the paradoxical con
clusions sought to be established. Par
ticularly Is this (true in respect to Jesus,
tlie Christ; It makeo the man who ut
tered the greatest and most sublime truths
ever known, stoop to the utterance of
pure and simple folly. While the tenor
of the entire comment is not favorable
to tne teachings of Jesus, yet simple Jus
tice Is not done him when It Is attempted
to show that one of his greatest and
ftiost" practical truths would not be at all
applicable to the present day and age,
upon .the ground that he did not live In
an age of complex civilization. Certain
ly this man of "many truths" could not
have erred, steeped as he was In the di
vine spirit. How could he make so great
an error as to say, as your comment would
have bim say, that one must eell all he
had and giVe to 'the poor, until he who
fulfilled his sayings, and bowed to the
divine decree wasMef t an1 object of abjsct
poverty, and in turn must seek others for
sustenance? How J could the man who
said "Do unto 'others as you would they
should' do unto you'r ever utter the mean
Ing as expressed in your comment? Ie
It not a pure and simple paradox to at
tempt to impute two diametrically oppos
ite sayings to one such man as Jesus?
Reason comes to our assistance and de
clares the same fountain does not send
forth both wisdom and fol'y. Where, then,
it the error? It simply exists in the ef
fort to Interpret the meaning of his say
ings to fit the tenor of an adverse edi
torial. The folly of his saying relative
to giving to the poor does not exist any
where else but In this particular com
ment. Therefore the ground becomes self
evident. For eighteen hundred years the world
has endeavored to overthrow the teach
ings and philosophy of Jesus upon some
'pretext or other, until now It seems
strange anyone of common reason could
possibly mistake the wisdom taught by
him. But we find the most eminent writ
ers contending against the immortal
truths, and the man who wrote, that un
paralleled rule, "As ye would others
should do unto you, do ye even; so unto
them." Can or does the combined wis
dom of the world today understand or
heed this simple rule In Its full import?
rDo we not set It asldef along with the
great results from Its obedience, for rules
laid down by ourselves? Rules more easily
lived up to, but only getting in return a
proportionate good. The benefit to be de
rived . from the practice of the golden
rule cannot be comprehended by mortal
man, therefore with what reason can one
take that equally broad and far-reaching
taxlom of Jesus when he said to sell all and
give to the poor, and show any want of
wisdom when It Is not within the .province
of mortal man in the first place fully to
understand and comprehend the wisdom
contained or expressed? His teachings
contain more wisdom than we are willing
to put into practice. It seems sacrellgious
to call Jesus ignorant, especially when
those who do so, seek .him and his say
ings when they seek the highest summits
mortal roan can ascend. The fact he
was ignorant of the forms of government
as now, existing does not impair the ap
plication of his precepts. It is our sense,
deeply burled In the confines of material
ism, that errs. No Individual ever stood
I In the history of the world upon the
same plane with Jesus. Strange these He
brew bards who wrote the philosophy of
Jesus, as your comment asserts, didn't
leave any such Immortal truths as the
meek and lowly Nazarene. The reason Is
plain. Jesus was of spiritual prlgin. He
was of less material parentage than they,
and being divine, must have taught a
higher theology. It is well enough to
boint out the error In the teachings of
Jesus', If It were not for the fact that this
error exists in our not having demon
strated sufficient wisdom to understand
them. If all that has been said against
Jesus and his doctrines were true, the
words and name of that mighty power in
the world today would have been swept
Into oblivion ages ago, and we would have
Strong Testimony from
Prominent Doctors,
After Years of Scientific Research and Thorough Tests, Promi
nent Practitioners Prescribe and Indorse DUFFY'S
MALT WHISKEY for All Diseases of
the Throat and Lungs.
They Prescribe It Exclusively as a Tonic
and Run Down from
The' following letters from prominent physicians were taken at random
from many thousands we have received from doctors who have made their
great successes with DUFFY'S PURE MALT WHISKEY-
Dr. Philip Taylor, 502 E. Grace St..
Richmond, Va wrote us, on Dec. 7,
1900, as follows: "Gentlemen: I have
used Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey In my
practice, and am well satisfied with its
effects."
Dr. J. D. Cole, Alexandria Bay, N.
Y., wrote us on Dec. 5, 1900: "I have
been using Duffy's Malt Whiskey in my
family and practice for the past fifteen
years, with very beneficial results. I
often prescribe It for anaemfc patients
and some forms of indigestion; also for
convalescents after typhoid fever, and
all wasting diseases. It Is a good tonic
for the aged."
Dr. H. Cenlcola, Bridgeport, Conn.,
on Dec. 14, 1900, sent us the following:
"I have prescribed Duffy's Pure Malt
Whiskey in my practice, and think it a
pure and beneficial tonic and stimu
lant. I cheerfully recommend It."
Dr. J. A. Hammond, Schuylervllle N.
Y., wrote us, on Jan. 2, 1901: "I have
used your Malt Whiskey for about
seven years, in my practice, and find It
very beneficial in cases of debility and
for old people. I have used it success
fully in cases of typhoid fever after the
fever had left and the patient was much
debilitated. I cannot recommend It too
highly where a tonic Is necessary."
Dr. George S. Converse, New Haven,
Conn., on Jan. 16(j 1901, wrote: "I have
used Duffy's Malt In my practice and
always found it pure and satisfactory."
Dr. Albert C. Smith, President Suf
folk Dispensary, 10 Charter St., Boston,
Mass., wrote us: "In the treatment of
the large number of patients who come
for aid and relief we find it necessary
In our work to use a stimulant which,
without question. Is absolutely pure,
and we are glad to say that In your
'Duffy's Malt' we have succeeded in
obtaining what has been of great as
sistance in many cases of pronounced
danger. We should be unwilling to be
without this valuable stimulant." This
dispensary registered In one year al
most 37,000 patients. It Is one of the
largest Institutions of Its kind In the
world.
Dr. W. F. Hooper, Newport News,
Va., on Dec. 18, 1900, wrote j "I have
used your Duffy's Malt In convalescence
from typhoid and other febrile diseases
with satisfactory results."
Dr. R. P. Oppenhelmer, 405 Church
Ave., Knoxvllle, Tenn., wrote us as
recently as Jan. 19, 1901: "I have used
Duffy's Malt Whiskey extensively In
my practice for ten years, especially
among cases requiring stimulants and
tonics, and I take pleasure In stating
that I find It excels all other whiskeys."
t)r. De Witt Brugler, of the Blue
Cross Medical Aid, 1502 Marshall St,
Philadelphia, Pa., on Jan. 18,, 1901, wrote
us the following: "Duffy's Malt Is the,
only whiskey used and dispensed at the
Blue 'Cross Medical 'Aid Dispensary.
We place no reliance upon any other for
medical use."
no light shining ln the darkness of this
world, sunken Into the depths of moral
depravity. To all such as write and pub
lish to the world the weakness and k falli
bility of the doctrines of Jesus Christ, I
have but this to say: "The light shlneth,
but the darkness comprehendeth it not."
CHARLES MILLER.
Our Aerulnaldlst.
Salt Lake Tribune.
Suppose that Agulnaldo had sent a
forged letter of some American prisoner
ln his hands to General Funston, explain
ing that Agulnaldo really wanted to give
up the unequal contest; that If General
Funston with a squad of soldiers would
be in a certain place on a certain date
he would find Agulnaldo in a condition
where he could not successfully defend
himself, and that he could be easily cap
tured; that Funston had gone with his
squad, and Agulnaldo had suddenly sur
rounded and captured him, what then?
Would not every man and journal that
Is treating Agulnaldo's capture as due to
perfidy have exulted? Would not the last
one of them be jeering and asking If It
did not begin to look as though the
Filipinos were capable of self-government?
Would it not have been a side
splitting joke on Funston? Would It
not have been treated as an entirely jus
tifiable ruse on Agulnaldo's part? The
truth Is these carpers fear that with
the capture of the little would-be assassin
their occupation Is liable soon to he gone.
Is it not true that as one after another
of our dead have been brought 'Toack from
Manila they have never shown as much
real grief as they do over the capture of
the little mongrel?
t
Important Rate Meetlnjr.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 12. Railroad
business of great Importance will be
transacted at the Transcontinental Pas
senger Association meeting that will open
at the Hotel Del Monte, Monterey, next
Monday. Among the subjects on the pro
gramme for fixing rates at this meeting
are the general convention of the Episco
pal Church in this city in October: the bi
ennial meeting of the Knights of Pythias
in San Francisco in 1902; the general as
sembly of the Presbyterian Church in Los
Angeles in May, 1902; the convention of
the Federation of Women's Clubs In Los
Angeles in 1G02; the convention of the Bap
tist Young People's Union In Chicago In
July this year: the annual encampment of
the Grand Army in Cleveland ln Septem
ber, 1901; the National Irrigation Con
gress at Colorado Springs, July 12 and 13
this year; the National convention of the
Travelers' Protective Association at Port
land, Or., ln 1902.
Asuinnldo Cannot Speak Spanish.
Washington Letter.
It is curious, but nevertheless true, that
Agulnaldo, the captive leader. Is unable
to speak the Spanish language with the
exception of a few words. This seems
rather strange, inasmuch as many of his
followers know only Spanish. The rebel
chief spoke only the Tagal language,
and when he wished to know the con
tents of documents written in Spanish it
was necessary to secure the services of
a translator. This curious fact was made
known to the Secretary of War In a
letter written by Agulnaldo himself. This
seems to mark Agulnaldo as a man of
only ordinary ability, notwithstanding he
has succeeded In keeping the revolution
alive so long.
Termo and Lake view Extension.
A letter from Lakeview Intimates that
the Nevada, California & Oregon Is likely
to change Its plan In the matter of the
extension from Termo, Cal., to Lakeview.
The general opinion has been that the
road would build along the east side of
Goose Lake, through a thickly-settled
farming and horticultural country, to
iaKeview. ana maKe a terminus.
T- tin.
been hinted to the business men of Lake- i-
and Stimulant When the System U,WeaX
Disease or Overwork.
purlng the past few years we have
received hundreds of thousands of Just
such letters as these. There can be no
more convincing proof that Duffy's Pure
Malt Whiskey is the only absolutely
pure, invigorating stimulant and tonic
to be used exclusively In all cases where
tlie system needs, to be sustained.
The doctors, as well as the people,
have learned that It does not pay to fill
the system full of drugs. They realize
what the system want3 Is a tonic and
stimulant to aid the circulation and
lend artificial force to throw off the dis
ease's germs.
DUFFY'S PORE MALT WHISKEY
CURES Consumption, General Debil
ity, Ln Grippe, Cold, Bronchitis, Ma
laria, Low Fever, DyMpepMia. Depres
nion and weakness from -whatever
cnnHes.
It builds np and nourishes tho
body, it invigorates the brain, tones
np the heart and prolongs life.
A leading; Ifew York doctor said,
"Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey is a
form of food already digested.'
NO FISEL OIU
CAUTION Our patrons are cau
tioned against so-called Duffy's Malt
Whiskey offered for sale in bulk or ln
flasks and packages other than our pat
ent bottle. Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey
is gold in sealed bottles only. Offered
In any other form, It Is not the genuine.
There Is none "just as good as"
Duffy's. The dealer who says so Is
thinking of his profits only. Ask for
Duffy's, Insist on getting It. Look for
the trade-mark on the bottle.
FRFF AHVIf F If yu are 9lck and nm down
I ILI HUT ILL. write our doctor for freo ad
vice. It -will cot you nothing to learn how to
rpD-jiin hpaHh. strength and vitality Medical
r booklet containing symptoms, treatment and
teatlmonlaLi sent ireot All corresponaenae wun
our doctoc. Is strictly ccnfldentlal. and nq te
timnnlttLTare used, without nermfsslon. All
I druRRlats" and ffrocers, or direct. S1.00 a
DUFFT MALT TVHISKBT CO.,
Rochester. N. Y.
view and the farmers along the lake- that
if they do not accept proposals soon to
be made the road will be built on the
west side of the lake, where there is no
settlement except at the northern end.
If the line follows the west share of tho
lake, Lakeview and a good farming coun
try will be left ln the cold.
New Jersey's Income From Trust.
Springfield (Maes.) Republican.
The charter fee paid to New Jersey by
the United States Steel Corporation
amounted to over $220,000. It Is estimated
that the treasury of the state will this
year receive $2,100,000 from the trusts dom
iciled there alone. Including fees paid on
filing certificates of trust incorporations.
And the present costs of the state govern
ment are lets than $3.000.0QO yearly. In
other words. New Jersey is meeting over
two-thirds of the expense of its state gov
ernment from the trusts It has let loose
to operate In other states.
Mrs. William It. Day Stricken.
CANTON. O.. April 12. Mrs. William R.
Day was suddenly stricken 'with serious
Illness this afternoon, following an attack
of sick headache. The e-Secretary of.
State had been in Cincinnati during tho
day sitting in the United States Circuit
Court, but had started for Washington
before he could be. reached with a mes
sage calling him home. Mrs. Day has
been unconscious since 3 o'clock this after
noon. Tvo Monster Switch Engines.
The O. R & N. Co. has added two mon
ster switch engines of Baldwin manufac
ture to its equipment. One la in serv
ice at Umatilla and the other In the
company's yard in Portlind. These lo
comotives weigh, with their tenders, 2C0.
000 pounds, or ICO tons.
Supplies for Polar Expedition.
NEW YORK, April 12. The Hamburg
American liner Pretoria, which sails from
Hoboken tomorrow for Hamburg, will
carry 30 tons of supplies for the Baldwln
Zeigler polar expedition. The supplies will
be forwarded to Tromsoe and Sandjford,
Norway.
Formosa now has a railway about 23
miles long connecting Tainan with TakaJ.
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