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TT V'TXG OREGQNTA MONDAY, MAY 13, 1901,
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CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
ImnscmentJ Tonlsbt.
iAKQUAi GRAND Lecture (matinee) Setcn
Tnompson, "Personality of -"Wild Animal.1"
Bvenlng, "Wild Animals I Have Known."
CORDRATS THEATER Hal Beld's Idol ot
the South, "Roanoke
Seventh-Street Improvement. No
time la to be lost in carrying: out the plan
for opening and extending Seventh street
to a connection with North Seventh. This
project has been undertaken a. number
of times in past years, but "was always
found so difficult of accomplishment that
it "was abandoned, but now it is to be
carried out owing: mainly to the energy of
A. B. Stelnbach- To assure the success
of the plan, a considerable expenditure of
time, labor and not a little money has
been necessary- The last dollar of the as
sessment for damages was paid In a few
days ago, all the preliminaries have oeen
rushed through, and the work of clearing
the right of way for the extension will
be commenced today. Timbers, trestles
and other plant necessary for the remov
al of the buildings are on the ground,
and the work will be pushed with the
same vigor which has been successful
in securing the extension. It will be nec
essary to remove five houses entirely
and to move back several others. All
the buildings are small, but most of them
are comparatively new and worth the
trjpjble of removing. The matter of se
curing the improvement of North Sev
enth and"Seventh streets from the Union
depot to Yamhill street or thereabouts will
be taken in hand at once. Just what
Mnd of an improvement will be made la
not yet definitely decided, but many ot
tlje interested property-owners favor
Trinidad asphalt, as there are no railway
tracks on the streets and the property
owners do not intend that there shall be.
-The only objection to an asphalt pave
ment Is the cost, and if it can be shown
that the difference between this and oth
ed kinds of desirable pavements is not
too great. It will doubtless be chosen. The
desire is to make this one of the finest
streets in the city a boulevard, in fact,
and no trifle will be permitted to stand
in the way of accomplishing this end.
Poisoned bt Poison Oak. Notwith
standing that timely notice has been giv
en to persons going afield after wild
flowers to a.vol3 poison oak, nxxd. remedies
and protective solutions named, reports
are continually coming in from parties
who have been poisoned by this baleful
plant. A professor in one of the private
schools of this city, who recently had a
number of his pupils for an outing in the
hills west of the city, took particular
pains to point out the poison oak to the
boys and warn them to avoid it. He was
slightly surprised when one of the boys,
remarking that poison oak did not hurt
him, proceeded to pull and eat the leaves
thereof. It does not affect some people,
while others are poisoned If they touch
it and some are poisoned if they go among
the plants without touching them. Some
say that eating the leaves of poison oak
or drinking a tea made from them will
prevent one from being poisoned by. the
plant; but not many would care to take
such chances. The best remedy for the
irritation caused by coming in contact
with poison oak Is Laboracque's solution,
which any druggist can furnish. A sim
ple solution of salt in water is nearly as
good, and this will also act as a preven
tive if the hands and face are bathed
.with it before going- among the poison
oak.
Cottonwood Becoming Scarce. Cot
tonwood, once eo plentiful along the
shores of the Columbia and all the sloughs
and streams tributary to it, Is rapidly
disappearing from all places easy of ac
cess. The wood is chiefly used by paper
mills, but an excelsior factory in this city
uses a considerable quantity and it is
also used for other purposes. For manu
facturing excelsior the wood is cut into
cordwood and then into blocks like stove
wood. These blocks are set upon end In
front of .plungers carrying many small,
pointed chlBels, which move up and down
rapidly, in their "descent each chisel cut
ting off a thin shaving. Cottonwood is
the only wood used here for making ex
celsior, as it i6 tough, and the thin shav
ings do not break In pieces when bent;
as excelsior made of flr or spruce docs.
One manufacturer tried a lot Of white
flr for ranking' excelsior, but after cutting
up a little took the remainder for fuel.
In a few years, unless something cheapen
and better Is discovered for making pa
per, cottonwood will be scarce in this
region. It is a quick grower and If care
is taken the supply may be made to last
some time.
Music op the Blind. A blind man, his
wife and a pretty little child have been
attracting crowds on the streets of late.
The man sings some old-fashioned songs
and nls wife plays some sort of a melodeon
and has a habit of "batting" her eyes,
which creates the Impression that she is
blind, or nearly so. Neither the vocal
nor the instrumental music is anything
extra, but the sight of the sightless
couple endeavoring- to make a living for
themselves and their little one is pitiful
and touching, and many who see it drop
a dime or a quarter into the abaloue
shell which forms their contribution box.
They are wanderers and probably make
more money in this way than many a
sound couple can by hard work. As us
ual in such cases, many report the couple
to have plenty of money; but what is
g1en to them, is not missed, as they do
not stop Jong enough in one place to
wear out their welcome and make them
selves a burden on the community. The
sight of them excites sympathy, but this
is one of the mdst short-lived of the gen
erous emotions, and cannot be played up
on often by the same unfortunate.
Homing Instinct or the Salmon. Cats
come back, sinners sometimes return,
curses and chickens come borne to roost,
and a homing- pigeon finds Its way to Its
cote from afar; but the homing instinct
of all these animals, including- the curses.
Is, according to the Astorlan. thrown in
the shade by that of the chlnook salmon.
Chickens hatched in California from eggs
laid in Oregon never came to Oregon to
roost, nor would a kitten born in Alaska
to a cat raised in Oregon come back
-within a thousand miles of Oregon. The
Astorlan states that chlnook salmon
hatched in a hatchery on the headwaters
of the Sacramento River from eggs col
lected in Oregon, and marked by cutting
off the dorsal fin, have made their way
"ba'ck" to this state and are now bslng
caught In the Columbia River. This
would be wonderful if true, but it Is
only a joke. As the headwaters of the
Sacramento are not far from the Oregon
line, it -would be easier to believe that the
marked fish had come overland to the
Columbia than by the roundabout water
route.
Streets Must Be Kept Clean. The
police received orders yesterday to serve
notice on all householders and business
people that the streets must be kept
clear of refuse for the Summer. Many
complaints have been received lately by
the authorities that all sorts of rubbish
has Teen thrown on the streets, and the
police say that if this practice is persist
ed in 4S hours after the notice to quit is
received, the offender will be arrest
ed. Grass, wet sawdust, broken boxes,
and pieces cf paper have recently littered
pavements.
Str. Bailet Gatzert Dalles Route.
Dally excursions from Portland to The
Dalles and return. Leave foot Alder
street every morning at 7 o'clock, except
Monday. The scenery is the grandest on
earth, the 6teamer is a palace large,
airy staterooms: meals unsurpassed: of
ficers kind and obliging. All tourists
should take this trip. Call up 'phone
Main SSI for all information.
Traveler's Baggage Stolen. Charles
Xangert, of Chicago, reported to the po
lice yesterday that his leather valise, con
taining clothing, money and valuable pa
pers, had been stolen from the baggage
room, at Kalama station, last Thursday.
Timber Lands. Liarge tract, railroad
running- through It. for sale cheap for
cash. Apply to owners, SS Third street "
Ma:y Varieties or Mcsn. Of the va
riety of a-usn materials now offered fur
sale there is no end, anywhere from -J
to 1R being in common tuse. As, witu
a few exceptions, they are made from
tv heat and oats, mainly from the former,
the variety exists more in the labels and
the minds of consumers than in the mush.
Every manufacturer bf such materials is
anxious to sell his own particular brand,
hence the gTeat diversity of names for
the same rolled -wheat or oats. Mush
is wholesome for some people, as It makes
an unstable foundation for building up a
breakfast which allows the structure
to disintegrate more rapidly than if the
foundation were more stabie. The Scotch
have a national reputation, more fanciful
than real, as eaters of oat meal porridge
or much, or, as they call it, "brose"; al
so sowans, a sort of thin gruel, ana
scones, a thin cake, made from oat meal,
and It is asserted that some of the most
powerful, hardy and enduring-men In the
"wur-ruld" have been raised on these oat
products. Lately a kilted Highlander has
been perambulating the streets of this
city, armed with a bagpipe, the dulcet
notes of which attract people to the doors
where they are met by a trio of bare
legged young gillies, who serve on them
samples of Scotch Oats, so- called. Pro
prietors of other mush materials, prob
ably influenced by jealousy, have given
out that If a man eats much of these
Scotch oats his pantaloons will slough
away and he -will sprout a kilt or petti
coat, and in a short time become a High
land lad, with bare knees and a bagpipe,
and will go wandering around the world
playing plbrochs, reels and strathspeys
and dancing the Highland fling, till he
is dead. This would be terrible, if true,
and to avoid such a fate one would be jus
tified In sticking to the old Oregon style
of breakfast hot biscuits and bacon.
Dope Fiend Has a Good Time. A story
is going the rounds of a joke played by
one Charles Schmeltzer, a dope fiend, on
his guardian and another lawyer, both of
whom are said to be county employes or
officials. It appears that Schmeltzer had
a "fortune" left him by some relative In
the East, of which, of course, his guard
Ian has control. He has spent much of
his time in Jail here for several years,
and Is so thoroughly disreputable that it
Is not desirable that he should be given
much money to spend here. So he pleaded
to be sent to California and to be fur-'
nlshed with money to enjoy himself there.
He was accordingly given a small portion
Of his fortune, and in order that it might
last him longer, the county furnished him
With a ticket to San Francisco, paying
the charity rate of $10 therefor. Schmelt
zer started for California, paying his
own fare to Oregon City, whence he re
turned to Portland, and. It Is said, sold
his charity ticket to a scalper, and added
the sum obtained to the money he had
been given for his trip. He hired a team
and went sporting around and enjoying
himself, and telling all his friends at the
opium joints that his guardian has thou
sands of dollars belonging to him. This
Is probably only a pipe dream. Schmelt
zer, however, had hardly commenced en
joying life before he was caught and
sent to jail again. He should be made to
refund to the county the price of that
charity 'ticket.
New Block tor Sixth Street. The
occupants of the row of one-story shacks
at the southeast corner of Stark and
Sixth streets will move out this morning
and the work of tearing down the build
ings will be commenced. Excavating for
the foundations for the brick block to be
built there will be commenced as soon
as the first of the shacks Is cleared away.
The building will be a handsome one of
light-colored brick, with terra cotta trim
mings, and will greatly improve the ap
pearance of the corner. The wooden
building on the northwest corner of the
same streets, which Is having a new story
built under it and an extensive addition
made on the rear end, will furnish quar
ters for a saloon and an. oyster house,
now located in the shacks to be torn
down. The upper part of the building, It
is said, is to be occupied by "snorting
men" gamblers, probably so there is
likely to be saloons on thr.ee corners of
the Intersection, and it will be a "sporty"
neighborhood. 'A building fronting on
Stark street, at the rear of Sam Wolfe's,
Is to be occupied, It Is said, by a Turkish
bath establishment
Heard Only the Singing. There has
been some discussion of late in regard to
methods of attracting attendance to the
Churches on Sunday. Some favor trained
choirs, others congregational singing,
while some think that a higher grade of
preaching is the only legitimate attrac
tion. Yesterday a reporter who had been
detailed to report a morning sermon at
one of the churches overslept himself,
and did not reach the church till the con
gregation -was coming out. Espying: a
friend in the crowd, he applied to him for
information about the sermon. "Oh, I
can't tell you anything about the ser
mon," said the man: "I came only to hear
the music" "But you must have heard
the sermon," urged the reporter. ''No;
I did not I was asleep all the time the
choir was not singing." This man Is evi
dently cut out for an angelic chorister,
if he ever .gets where the angels are,
which is doubtful.
Holding for Higher Prices. It Is a
standing rule with some people who have
products to sell to accept the first good
offer they receive. This Is found In the
long run to be a very good rule, although
sometimes money is made by waiting for
a higher market Some people, however,
rarely sell when offered a good price, but
insist upon holding on for a better one,
and these more often lose than gain by
waiting. A case in point was a lot of sev
eral tons of very good dried apples con
signed to a commission house on Front
street a few days ago. The shipper was
offered 6 cents per pound for them last
Fall, but would not sell. After he had
gone to the expense of shipping them here
he could not get any more than 3 cents
per pound for them, and so decided to
warehouse them, which, added to freight
and truckage, will cost him quite a sum.
Old Wine in Old Cabks. At the Cus
toms Appraiser's office are several casks
of old wine. At least, the wine is sup
posed to be old, as the casks look as if
they had been stored In an underground
vault for many years. The contents of
these casks are protected by a wire fas
tened around them and over the bung,
where it Is fastened with a seal of lead.
This enables the casks to be shipped in
cars with other freight If they were not
sealed they would have to be shipped In
a car devoted specially to liquors not
sealed. Some Imagine the bung was sealed
to prevent any of the contents being ab
stracted, but the liquor from such casks
is sometimes abstracted by starting a
hoop and boring a gimlet hole, which,
after the liquor has been stolen, is
plugged and the fioop driven back to its
place.
Odd Fellows Visit Cleonb Farm.
Several members of the Odd Fellows'
lodges drove out to the farm at Cleone,
owned by the Grand Lodge, yesterday
and took a look at the place. They went
over the farm pretty generally, and were
convinced It is good property. The two
story building, which was. built for a
home over 12 years ago, has never been
used. Some persons have examined it
with a view of purchasing and trans
forming it into a composite grist-mill at
Falrview. It would answer for that purpose.
Cleanup in Sellwood District. A
wagon will make the rounds In Sellwood
district Thursday for the purpose of haul
ing tin cans, old wire and other rubbish,
and residents are requested to be ready
to make contributions to the load. Under
the direction of its Sub-Board of Trade.
Sellwood district has been cleaning up
the back yards, vacant lots and blocks,
and Thursday is the time fixed for haul
ing the debris away. The board will fur
nish the wagon.
Reception at Unitarian Chapel. The
John Burroughs Society and the Woman's
Club expect to tender a reception to Er
nest Steon-Thompson after the lecture this
evening. The reception will be given in
th'e chapel of the Unitarian Church from
9:30 to 10:30. Members of the society and
club with escorts and friends are invited.
Real Estate for Sale. See Arthur,
Kohn, 2S5H Washington street
t 'Inventory op a Junk Shop. Several
J Deputy Sheriffs and a Deputy Coroner oT
iwu nave uetu uu:j iui acvciai ujo
malting an inventory of the contents of a
junk store on Davis street They say
there is only one thing more needed to
complete their education, and that Is to
make a catalogue for a rummage sale.
Any one who has ever ventured Into a
junk store can have some Idea of the
amount of work involved in making an In
ventory of the stock. Piles of all sorts
of old cast-Iron scrap must be handled
and weighed. Piles of rusty iron pipes
must be measured s to length and size
and accurately counted. Barrels of old
bottles, piles of old leather belting, old
gum boots, old rope, tons of old rags,
to describe which half a dozen adjectives
would be necessary, must all be -counted
or weighed or sized up in some manner.
Boxes of old brass, old tools, old metal
of all kinds in all shapes, old machinery,
old books, old waste paper must all be
arranged, counted or weighed and classi
fied 'and noted, and the office furniture,
consisting of a fumble-down desk and
two old chairs, carefully listed. The fail
ure or attachment of a junk dealing firm,
the absconding of one of, the partners
DANGER FOR PORTLAND
CITY'S INTERESTS IX MSHAUSSI
aiUST BE PROTECTED.
If Bis Lines "Will Sot Pool Their
Interests, Independent Line
Should Be Built.
William Reid, secretary of the Port
land, Nehalem & Tillamook Railway Com
pany, sees danger ahead for Portland un
less the transcontinental railroad inter
ests represented by Harriman, Hill and
Morgan can be Induced to pool their In
terests in the Nehalem country. If they
build separate lines Into Nehalem and
Tillamook they will divert the traffic from
Portland. Mr. Reld says the business men
of Portland should protect their 'Interests
by urging the transcontinental lines to
take up the Nehalem project on a basis
eoo9S
BENEFACTORS OF OREGON.
JOHN LEDYARD.'.
John X.edyard, the explorer. Is entitled to a place among the benefactors of
Oregon, for the reason that his effort to reach the Northwest Coast of America
by way of Siberia and the Pacific was tho forerunner of the Lewis; and Clark
expedition. Ledyard was- born in Groton, "Conn., In 1751. At 18 he entered
Dartmouth College as a divinity student, to fit himself for missionary work
among the Indians. He could not, however, put up with the restraints of uni
versity discipline, and absented himself from college, spending six montha
among the Indians of the Six Nations. This wild life infatuated him, and
after making a canoe voyage down the Connecticut River to Hartford, he went
to New London, where he shipped as a common sailor for Gibraltar. He
chanced to be In London when Captain Cook was about starting on his third
and last voyage, and joined the expedition. He was with Cook when the latter
was killed, on February 14, 1770. on the Island of Hawaii. In 1784, With the
idea of fitting out an expedition to the Northwest Coast of America, Ledyard
-visited Cadiz, and then remained for a time at Lorlent. Afterward, in Paris,
he met Thomas Jefferson, then American Minister to France; La Fayette,
Paul Jones, and others, all of whom made efforts to procure for MtO the
necessary means to carry out his designs. Every effort failed, however, and
Jefferson made In the explorer's behalf an application to Empress Catherine II
of Russia for permission to pass through her dominions, as Ledyard had now
formed the Intention of journeying across Eastern Asia, and by way Of Beh
rlng Sea, to the "Western Hemisphere. Receiving no answer to this applica
tion, Ledyard finally went to London, and there he at last succeeded In ob
taining the necessary money. He proceeded to Hamburg-, thence to Copen
hagen and Stockholm, Where he attempted to cross tho Gulf ot Bothnia on the
Ice to the coast or Finland, but. meeting open water, he was obliged to Change
his course and Without companion, traversed on foot the entire distance to
the north of the gulf. Immediately under the Arctic Circle, and so made hla
way to St. Petersburg. He now procured a" passport from Empress Cath
arine, and started for Siberia, In company with a Scotchman In the Russian
service. He reached Irkutsk, and from there sailed down the Lena River in
a. small boat, tout was obliged to return. Early in 1788 he was arrested by order
Of tllO BmprCSB, conducted to the frontiers orSoland, and dismissed from Russia.
The reason for this summary proceeding was never given, but it Is BlippoSad
that Ledyard was suspected of being a spy. Iedyard died at Cairo, Egypt.
January 17, 1789.
Nehalem and Tillamook will so south via
the Corvallis-Albany route and a direct
train go dally from Albany to Astoria and
vice versa via Sheridan. I am no prophet
nor the son of a prophet, and, while Portr
land capitalists and moneyed men and
heavy property-owners may say all, 'Wolf,
wolf, there Is no "wolf coming,' yet the"
wolf will be there, and this plan consum
mated within, three years mark my words
unless we do something Immediately.
"How is this to be avoided and Port
land secure the Nehalem country? I
hold In one of three ways: First Before
this fight comes and before the Northern
Pacific builds Its Scappoose-Nehalem
branch, which President Mellen says will
be commenced this Summer or Fall, In
a letter he has directed to me, let the
Portland people meet, appoint a commit
tee to wait upon the three transcont
inental lines, and say that they, the Port
land moneyed men, will build these first
43 miles from near Linnton to summit
Coast Range at the estimated cost of
?650,000, In first mortgage bonds, for the
Northern, Southern and Union Pacific to
own and acquire a permanent joint own
ership in isame one-third to each com
panyoperating It in the name of Port
land, Nehalem & Tillamook Railway
Company, and In exchange therefor they
to supply their own rolling stock and
give to the Portland moneyed men taking
these ?550,000 bonds their Joint and sev
eral obligations, guaranteeing principal
and the Interest, $33,500 per year, on these
bonds to the Portland owners.
"Second Lease to the three transconti
nental lines these 43 miles, Jointly, for 99
years or lees, at an annual rent, as per
mitted by the Oregon railway corpora
tions act, passed In 1SS7. If this second
proposition is chosen, Portland people
need hot furnish the money on bonds for
J650,O0O, as we know already an Eastern
syndicate which will guarantee to supply
that money on a lease.
"Third It the three transcontinental
lines express to the Portland committee,
which is here proposed to wait upon them,
that .they would wish no bonds or
other "indebtedness over the Fortland-Ne-halem
line, then let each company con
tribute $250,000, or $750,000 in all, which
would Include rolling stock, and become
Joint owners and managers of that line,
Just as these three companies now pro
pose to own and operate the Burlington
system one-third Interest to each. To
Portland either mode is an enormous
gain, securing perpetually all the Neha
lem and Tillamook traffic pas"sing direct
ly through this city for redistribution,
and enhancing the value of city of Port-
land property permanently.
"If the three transcontinental lines can
not be got to agree to thus own the Port-land-Nehaleni
line, and insist on carry
ing through their Individual plans separ
ately for the Nehalem country and Tilla
mook, as I have indicated above, then
there Is no other course left for the Port
land people than to protect this city's
interests and complete the 43 miles from
near Linnton to the Coast Range sum
mit, the shortest route, for $650,000 In
bondB this Summer, and thus perpetually
secure to Portland the traffic of .that re
gion beyond any peradventure and profits
of the stock. I have no financial or other
property Interests In Portland, and there
fore speak disinterestedly In her people's
Interests."
ting under way. It Is now up to the peo
ple, and every person In the state should
constitute himself a committee of one to
get a hustle on and assist in making
it a success. Here Is an opportunity to
show the world that we can do just as
big things out here in Oregon as the peo
ple of any state in the Union can do, and
that we can do them Just as gracefully
and well.
366 DAYS IN ONE YEAR
Not in 1901. but there will be In 1904.
This year the O. R. & N. Co.'s "Portland
Chicago Special" will leave every day
for the East and will continue Summer
and Winter to furnish the best railway ac
commodations extant. Ask. the city ticket
agent at Third and Washington about our
leader, as well as other trains and lowest
rates.
WHERE TO DINE TODAY.
The place Portland Restaurant. Loca
tion 305 Washington, near Fifth. Reason
why Best In the city.
DOWN BELOW BED-ROCK.
For XX century snap In spectacles and
eyeglasses, see my ad on this page.
WALTER REED, Optician.
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with some of the junk, or the proceeds
thereof, made It necessary In some way
for the Coroner to intervene in the settle
ment of the firm's affairs. As the stock
is generally known as "dead horse," the
Coroner seems a very proper officer to
attend to it, but about half the stock
would be better for going through the
hands of an undertaker, or a crematory.
At last accounts the inventories of the
Deputy Sheriffs and Deputy Coroners dif
fered to the extent of several pieces of
old Iron and a bag or two of rags and
waste paper.
Will Develop Antelope Coal. The
first election of officers and directors of
the newly organized Columbia Coal & De
velopment Company will ' be held this
evening in the office of O. M. Rosendale,
Oregonlan building. The capital is ?o00,
000, and the stock will probably be dis
posed of in New York. The property of
the company, consisting of coal land, Is
near Antelope, and some of the seams on
the surface are three feet wide, in places.
Mr. Rosendale, who is a mining engineer,
returned yesterday, after thoroughly In
specting the company's property, and it
is understood that his recommendation
Is that the measures are valuable and that
the coal Is of excellent quality. Several
blacksmiths around Antelope have re
ceived specimens of the company's coal,
and have used It In their forges, with ex
cellent results. The ground Is to be
opened up at once. Some of those Inter
ested in the new company are Dr. H. R.
Biersdorf, Ernest House, F. F. Sedgast
and O. M. Rosendale.
Past Sachems' Outing. About 1600 peo
ple went to The Dalles yesterday, in the
fourth annual railroad excursion of the
Past Sachems Association of Oregon. It
was a typical day for an outing, and the
girl with the red waist, white skirt, straw
hat and young man was much in evidence
when the trains left the Terminal depot.
The usual late passenger was there, and
he ran after and tried to board the last
car of the first section, but missed his
hold and fell and was severely cut about
the bodv. "Never mind," said he: "I'll
go with the next train," and he did, get
ting his Injuries dressed at The Dalles.
The picnic grounds never looked pret
tier, and the baseball game between the
Alblnas and The Dalles team was much
enjoyed, but the girls did not like It when
The Dalles team won by 18 runs to 9.
"All right; wait until The Dalles nine
comes to Portland," said the losers, good
naturedly. Bricklayers' Picnic. The Bricklayers'
Union gave the first Sunday picnic of the
season yesterday at Hohse's Park. The
day was ideal, and a large crowd attend
ed. Dancing was the principal amuse
ment. Cathedral Class Tuesday, May 14,
First Presbyterian Church, at 8:15 P. M.
Professor James F. Ewing will guide the
class among "The Literary and Historical
Shrines of Germany." See local on last
page.
Rev. W. D. Simonds at the Unitarian
Church this evening. Subject: "Jesus
and Caesar: Two Masters of Men."
Slugs. Slug Shot will kill them. Buy It
from the Portland Seed Co., corner Alder
and Front streets.
that would be satisfactory to the me
tropolis. If that effort falls, Portland
should build the Nehalem railroad and
thus safeguard Its rights in a rich terri
tory which is tributary to it. To a
reporter Mr. Reld said yesterday;
"The recent fight between the money
interests which control the Union Pacific
and Southern Pacific, under one executive
head In E. H. Harriman, and the other,
the Northern Pacific and Great Northern,
under control of J, Plerpont Morgan, be
tokens no good to Portland if continued.
It teaches the lesson that not until one
of these systems enters a new territory
does the other take action. So will It
be very soon here. Whenever the North
ern Pacific Insists on building and active
ly commences to construct Its Scappoose
Nehalem line, the Union-Southern com
bination will step In. not by building
a line direct from Portland to Nehalem,
because not 40 days ago It had that Op
portunity offered it by simply guaran
teeing the Portland, Nehalem & Tillamook
Railway Company that it would, within
tho next two years, build over their route
and surveys direct into this city on a 1
per cent grade. Mr. Harriman declined.
Why? I can plainly see the reason now
to follow the plan C. P. Huntington fin
ished before his death, but was unable
to consummate it When Mr. Hunting
ton refused me connections or trackage
into Portland 10 months ago, he then said
in his letter that the Southern Pacific
would build this Summer (1301) a short
branch line from Sheridan to Tillamook
City, which I had surveyed 15 years ago
on a 1 per cent grade. That line, he said,
would not only be extended into the Ne
halem,, but carried to Astoria, and would
serve, he said, all the purposes bf Port
land's getting lumber from that territory
via Sheridan.
"So long as the Northern Pacific does
not build Its Scappoose-Nehalem branch,
the Union-Southern combination will keep
its hands off, but never will allow the
Northern Pacific to control alone all of
that vast Nehalem territory. If the
Union-Southern will not take the Port-land-'Nehalem
direct railway and short
est into Nehalem, as we offered It, with
out paying- anything. It is clear to me
that it intends to kill two birds with One
stone namely, extend that short branch
from Sheridan to Tillamook and Nehalem,
secure that local traffic away from the
Northern Pacific, and also build on to the
north bank of Young's Bay, and Astoria
a level grade and thus cut off Ham
mond's road from ever doing them any
harm whatever at Astoria, and still pos
sess a twofold termini to the Southern
and Union Pacific combination, namely,
at Portland and at Astoria. With what
results to Portland? That the city shall
receive all her lumber and produce via
Sheridan, the latter being distant 67 miles
now by rail over the West Side O. & C. to
the Union Depot round Robin Hood's
barn, of course, as Huntington intended,
but nevertheless not as long a route as to
Astoria and thereafter over Hammond's
line to Portland. What lumber Is des
tined for Union Pacific points over the
O. R. & N. Co.'s line will be delivered
to the latter at the Union Depot over the
West Side road from Sheridan, and what
freight goes to California from Astoria,
Naturally Portland's Territory.
St. Helens Mist.
The railroad fever seems to be absorbing
the attention of Portland's business men
to yie exclusion of every other consid
eration except the big exposition. This
is a very commendable spirit In many
respects, but it Is especially gratifying to
many of us, because of its tendency to
ward the development of Portland's trib
utary commerce, which has been too long
neglected. If the Portland, Nehalem &
Tillamook Railroad proposition material
izes It will open to commerce the richest
portion of eWstern Oregon, and be the
means of annually putting into Portland's
market products whose value will reach
many thousands of dollars. The people
of Portland will make no mistake In push
ing this latest railroad movement to a
successful termination at the earliest pos
sible moment.
IMPORTANT TESTIMONY.
Portland, Or.. May 10, 1901.
To whom it may concern:
For more than 30 years I have been a
sufferer from sick headache. I have been
much troubled with constipation all my
life and for more than two years I have
been greatly annoyed with a distressing
form of diabetes. About two months ago
I began drinking "Whltter Medical
Springs Water" and have continued its
use to the present time. As a result I
have not been afflicted with evenas much
as a symptom of sick headache since I
commenced using this water. My consti
pation has .disappeared and my bowels
move regularly and I am no longer har
assed 'with sufferings from diabetes. Prior
to beginning the use of this water I had
tried nearly all sorts of remedies without
avail as to any of the above-named ail
ments. It therefore affords" me pleasure
to give these words of testimony as to
the merits of the "Whltter Medical
Springs Water."
H. W. PARKER,
Foot of Mead Street. Portland, Or.
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EAST SIDE NEWS.
WlUsbnrg People Trying to Get a
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WIllBburg people are after a. frult-can-nlng:
establishment, to be located near
the Portland "Woolen Mill, on Johnson
Creek. A. N. Wills, representing the large
property-owners of that district, said yes
terday that a strong effort is being made
to induce outside capital to start the can
nery. The Inducements offered are a site,
well placed and convenient to the South
em raclflc, and a bonus or lana and
money. Mr. Wills says the canning es
tablishment is sure to come, and the work
for it will continue until It 1b secured.
Persons are now figuring on the enter
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tion with others on the subject. It is
believed" that the location offered cannot
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latter seriously. They were hauling a
load of railway ties from a saw mill In
the vicinity of, Pleasant Home, and had
reached the so'uth end of Main street.
From this point down to the tie yard is
a steep Incline, about 450 feet long. Just
as Mr. Rosecrans turned his four-horse
teana from the county road on the Incline
the horses became unmanageable, and
dashed toward the tie yard at break-neck
speed. The wagon upset and the men
were thrown to the ground with great
violence. Yarwood was partly covered
with the ties, and seemed dangerously in
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bruises. Yarwood was sent to the coun
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Preaching: by Dlrthop Dnbba.
Bishop Rudolph Dubbs. of the United
Evangelical churches, finished his work
in Oregon yesterday. He preached In the
morning in the First Church, East Tenth
and East Sherman streets, to a large con
gregation; at 3 P. M., In the First Ger
man Church, and In the evening in the
Second Church, In Upper Alblna.
Methodist Chnrcli Dedication.
Rev. I, E. Rockwell, presiding elder for
Portland district, dedicated the new Meth
odist Church at Warren yesterday morn
ing. There was a large attendance.
East Side Notes.
The G. A. R posts have appointed com
mittees and started preliminary prepara
tions for the usual Memorial day exer
cises. There will be an open meeting of Mult
nomah Tent, No. 67, K. O. T. M., at the
hall, East Seventh and Stephens streets,
tomorrow evening. Arnold Llndsey will
deliver an address. Ladles are invited.
The funeral of M. Hall, who committed
suicide at Salem, took place yesterday
afternoon from Castle Hall, In. Hill's
building, corner Williams avenue and Rus
sell street. The services were conducted
by Calanthe Lodger ICnights of Pythias.
The Oregon Yacht Club has moved Its
boathouse out in the river some distance
from the shore, so it will not Interfere
with the log raft of the oar factory. The
boathouse Is now reached by a floating
bridge. Several of the new yachts were
on the river yesterday.
Dr. Wise has removed; to rooms 211. 212
and 213. The Failing, cor. 3d and Wash.
Everybody's Responsibility.
St. Helens Mist.
The big fair which the people or Ore
gon propose to give in. .1805 has . been
auspiciously launched and is rapidly get-
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