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Xtih AiuKAJUNii UKEtiUfllAK, FKIDAY, MAY 24, 1901.
MAMMOTH GRAIN CARGOES
AVERAGE OF OVER. 16O.O0O BUSH
ELS FOR. 19 PORTLAND SHIPS.
Pled for .the Season to Dale Num
ber 123 Snips Fnlwood Goes
to Astoria, in IS Hoars.
The British 6ark Vlmeria was cleared
yesterday by GIrvin & Eyre for Queens
town or Falmouth for orders. with 132.
511 bushels of wheat, valued at $81,015.
The Vlmeria Is the sixth May ship to
clear and brings 'the fleet from this port
for the 6eason to date, up to 123 vessels,
with cargoes averaging over 100,000 bush
els. The Vlmeria Is the nineteenth ship
to clear with a cargo In excess of 130,
000 bushels, the average cargo of the
vessels elnff over 150.000 bushels. The
others In the order of their size were
-as follows: .
Name - Bushels.
Wilhelmina 214.879
Kalsow 182,269
Ohlng: Wo aZ-Sf2
Fcter Klckmers leo.sso
arfield 1M.338
Magdalene . - 161,156
Cedarbank 166,666
Aisterufer - Ia0,8l4
W. J. Plrrle - 140,o3
Km Tlearsr i.. 140.515
Monmouthshire 137,242
II versdale .-" 136,900
tRobert Adamson . 136,664
F'.bfek 1S6.-19
Semantha 134.660
R"rope ............ .................... 133,437
Vlmeria 132,511
Altalr 13L376
Australia 130,546
wheat or barley, at 41s 2d, from Puget
Sound. A small flour ship was reported
fixed for Portland at the same rate, but
as she was only about half as large as
the Falrwohl, she Is In effect a much
cheaper ship. San Francisco Is still tak
ing up steamers at 40 shillings, the Oak
Branch, a big whaleback, which load
ed lumber In this port last year, being
chartered to load in August at 40 shillings.
Harrington Point-Knappton Channel
ASTORIA, May 23. No official report
has been made of the survey made by
the lighthouse tender Manzanlta of the
north channel from Harrington Point to
Knappton, nor will it bo for some time.
It Is learned, however, from unofficial
sources, that the depth of water found
was not over 12 feet, and that the channel
is filled with snags, which will render
it difficult to navigate.
WILL CARE FOR ITSELF
EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN OREGON
MUST SUPPORT MISSIONS.
Ice on Labrador Coast.
ST. JOHN'S, N. F., May 23. Reports
from the Strait of Belle Isle show that a
vast body of Ice Is packed against the
Labrador coast preventing all prospect
of traversing that region. It Is also re
ported that Icebergs are sweeping south
along the eastern seaboard of Newfound
land. Belle Isle waters are not likely to
be navigable by ocean steamers for some
time to come.
Pilot Was Reckless.
KINGSTON. Jamaica. May 23. The Ma
rine Board has suspended for six months
the pilot who was In charge of the Ger-
j man troop steamer Schleswig, Captain
Schluter, from Mobile, April 27, for Cuba,
which went ashore recently near Port
Maria, on the northern coast of Jamaica
The pilot was found guilty of "reckless
and negligent navigation."
Total 2,863,418
Average 150,700
THE TRUANT TRADER.
Identity of tlie Steamboat "Without a
Country Disclosed by Her Owner.
The Identity of the mysterious craft
wMch has been prowling around the Co
lumbia river without securing the proper
credentials from the Government was
established yesterday. As was 6tated In
yesterday's Oregonlan, the craft was
it king no effort to keep out of the way
and the Ignorance of her owners regard
irs the rules of the Treasury Department
was the cause for her not complying
with them. As soon as the owners were
apprised of the fact that the Trader
vas an "outlaw" boat they took Imme
d'nfe steps to have her looked after by
the proper authorities. The Trader Is
run by a Front-street commission house
arrt "one of the owners called at the !n
'etor's office yesterday morning and ex.
rlatned the situation. He also sent word
OTi the river to the captain of the
bopt and she will return to this elty at
onee for Inspection. Messrs. Edwards
and Fuller will leave this morning for
Ysquina and on their return will gQ to
Newport. Idaho, and the Trader will be
looked after as soon as they return from
the latter point.
Chansre to Be Made Five Years
Hence Large Fsad Will
Be Ralaea.
Bishop B. "Wlstar Morris was asked'
yesterday to explain why the Episcopal
Church In the Diocese of Oregon will be
compelled to do Its own missionary work
five years from now. "It Js In accord
with a rule adopted by the Board of Mis
sions," he replied, "by which 20 per cent
will be withdrawn each year from the
organized dioceses. This rule is made
necessary by the rapid' extension of our
field of missionary work. Our new pos
sessions, Cuba and the Philippines, to
gether With South America and Brazil,
are many new points in our missionary
work requiring attention. The board find
it utterly impossible to meet all these new
demands without relinquishing some part
of the older organized dioceses, that ought
now to be able to care for themselves.
This will bring the question of self-support
home to Oregon in five years' time.
The board has consented to reconsider the
decision, but the rule Is not to be an
nulled; with the one exception of Texas.
Oregon Is, territorially, the largest or
ganized diocese in the United States,
larger than all the New England states,
put together. Eastern Oregon alone Is
twice as large as Maine, and developing
rapidiy. So,. In view of the needs of the
diocese five years from now, I have pro
posed this scheme of raising $50,000 to
support the missionary work in fitting
manner at that time."
In addition to the offerings made to
German Steamers Collide.
HAMBURG. Slav 23. The mail stpamer I
Tiin .,., r .in ," . . j . I in aaaition to tne onermge maae to
2$?L? ?? I this object in all the Episcopal churches
i of Oregon, Bishop Morris has prepared
and sent out a little pamphlet covering
with the Hamburg-American line steam
er Fuerst B'smarck near Brunhauser and
has returned to Hamburg. The Fuerst
Bismarck was not damaged and will sail
for New York today, according to schedule.
Manifest of Signal.
ASTORIA, May 23. The manifest of the
steam schooner Signal, which sailed yes
terday for San Francisco, was filed In
the Custom-House today. She carries
425,000 feet of lumber from the Knappton
mill.
DANGEROUS DERELICT SIGHTED.
Unknown Vessel Floating Off Coast
of South America.
PORT TOWNSEND "Wash.. May 23
F oiting around In mid-ocean off the
coast of South America and ip the
truck of vessels sailing northward from
Valparaiso, Is an unknown derelict. Re
port was brought here by Captain Jo
hannson, of the Chilean bark Royal Sove
reign, arriving from Valparaiso. The
derelict was lighted by Captain Johann
son April 2, in 16 south and 12S west.
The vessel was completely submerged,
the only things visible being two masts
which stood about 30 feet above water.
The Sovereign sailed close enough to the
derelict to ascertain that it had been
a square-rigged craft, as spars were
trailing In the water, being held to the
masts by ropes. Identity of the craft
could not be made out. but from appear
ances Captain Johannson Is of the opin
ion she had been a derelict for some
time, and says it is a serious menace
to navigation.
THROUGH BY DAYLIGHT t
Dccp-Drnft Ships Have No Delays Be
tween Portland and Astoria.
The O. R. & N. Company is putting
all of the deep-draft sailing 6hlps through
by daylight from Portland to Astoria,
and the venerable Fulwood, which never
before made the run from Portland to
Astoria in less than two days, went
through in less than 14 hours yesterday.
She left Portland at 4 o'clock In the
morning and reached Astoria at 5:40 last
evening. Her draft on leaving Portland
was 23 feet 6 inches. The Magdalene
has not yet left Astoria, but will probably
get out today. Portland has at last suc
ceeded In securing a better channel above
Astoria than there is below that point and
the greatest effort must now be made to
secure -a deeper channel between Astoria
and the sea. It will require 40 feet on th
bar to place It In as good condition for
Ships as the 25-foot channel In the river.
TO FIGHT THE TRUST.
for
New Line of Steamers "Wanted
Hnytian Ports.
NEW YORK. May 23. The Journal of
Commerce says At the office of the Con-
sul-General of Haytl In this city, the re
port is confirmed that the Haytlan Gov
ernment is trying to have a new line
of steamships established to plv between
the United States and Haytl. "This step
is being taken. It is said, because of the
reported agreement between the Cameron
line, the Atlas line and the Dutch West
Indies line, to Increase freight rates on
merchandise shipped from the United
States to Haytl about 75 per cent The
Haytlan Government is anxious to de elop
trade with the United States and It is
stated is doing all In Its power to assist
Haytlan merchants and the commerce
with this country. Negotiations -Kith a
view to inaugurating a new steamship
.service are, in fact, already under way.
Domestic and Foreigrn Porta.
ASTORIA, May 23. Sailed at 3:30 P. M.:
Steamer Signal, for San Francisco. Ar
rived down at 5:40 P. M.: British ship Ful.
wood. Condition of the bar at 4 P. M.,
moderate; -Rind southwest; weather,
clear.
San Francisco, May 23. Sailed: Ship
Port Crawford. Queenstown; ship Iro
quois, New York. Arrived: Barkentlne
Benicia, Honolulu.
Valparaiso In port April 26: British
ship Ea&t Indian, for Oregon.
Victoria, B. C Arrived May 22: Bark
Khorasan. Y'okohama.
Hong Kong Anived April 11: Norwegian
steamer Skarpsno. from Oregon.
Seattle Sailed May 22: United States
steamer Rush, Behrlng Sea; United
States steamer Albatross, Alaska.
Hlogo Arrived April 28: Japanese
steamer IdzumI Maru, from Seattle.
San Francisco, May 23. Sailed: schoon
er Barbara Hernster, Cape Nome; steam
er Centennial, Seattle. Arrived: Bark
Star of Bengal, Chemalnus; schooner
Ruth E. Godfrey, Port Gamble.
Yokohama, May 23. Arrived May IS:
British steamer Belgian King, from San
Diego.
Seattle, May 23. Arrived: Steamer
Charles Nelson, from Skagway. Sailed:
Steamer City of Topeka, for Skagway.
Tacoma. Sailed May 23: Bark Tidal
Wave, for Port Los Angeles.
Tacoma, May 23. Arrived: Chilean
bark Yosemlte, from Vancouver.
San Diego. Sailed May 22: Schooner
Emma Utter, for Coos Bay.
Port Townsend. Sailed May 23; schoon
er Bangor, for Vancouver; Chilean bark
Royal Sovereign, for Blakeley.
Naples, May 23. Arrived: "Trave, from
New York, for Genoa; Werra, from New
York, for Genoa.
Cherbourg, May 23. Arrived: Kalserine
Maria Theresa, from New York, for Bre
men. Liverpool, May 23. Arrived: Servia,
from New York.
Liverpool, May 23. Arrived: Nordland,
Philadelphia. Sailed, May 22: Waesland,
Philadelphia.
Hamburg, May 23. Arrived: Deutsch
land. New York.
Southampton. May 23. Arrived: Kai
serin Maria Theresa, New York via Cher
bourg, for Bremen.
Gueenstown, May 23. Sailed: Germanic,
from Liverpool, for New York.
New York, May 23. Sailed: Auguste
Victoria, Hamburg; L'Aqultalne, Havre;
Neckar, Bremen.
Greenock, May 23. Arrived Steamer
Sardinian, from Philadelphia via St.
Johns, N. F.
London, May 23. Sailed Menominee, for
New York.
Rotterdam, May 23. Sailed Steamer
Potsdam, for New York via Boulogne.
Prawle Point, May 23. Passed Steamer
Robert Adamson, from Portland, Or., via
Callao, etc.
Hoquiam, Wash. Sailed May 22 Steam
er General Banning, from Aberdeen for
San Francisco. Arrived Steamer Fulton,
from San Francisco for Aberdeen.
the ear.y history of the diocese, with
card for the Teturn of 50 cents. A further
suggestion Is to provide a card to be
was ose female present, and her little daugh
ter, and about 20 men. The services at night
Were7 attended by about 30 men, no female.
Most of the few men who will attend, our
service here- are without their families or aro
single men. There Is a. constant change In
the population, and, I suppose, In the censre
g&tlons. The Methodist clergyman has about
50 communicants; and the Congregatlonaltsts,
whoge house of worship has Just been com
pleted and opened for two Sundays, has 10
communicants. ""
Missionary "Work la Early Days.
Bishop Morris' little book does not aim
to give any historical incidents later -than
1653. "When I cam to Portland, in 1869,"
he said yesterday, here were two
Churches in Portland Trinity" and St. Ste
phen's chapel. That was before the days
of the railroads. It was distinctively a
steamboat age. Every place of any conse.
quence was a steamboat landing, either on
the Willamette, Columbia, Puget Sound
or the Pacific Ocean. Traveling was slow
work. It used to take me five days to go
to Astoria and back. It was my custom to
go up to Lewiston to hold services, for,
although Idaho was not my jurisdiction,
X, could go there more- easily by steamer
than the bishop to whose jurisdiction It
really belonged, and would have to make
the Journey overland by stage. To show
you how high prices were in that day, I
had occasion to telegraph to New York
for a school teacher. Ten words and the
answer cost me just 515. I opened St.
Helen's Hall the September after I ar
rived, and one year after that the Bishop
Scott Academy. When I laid the corner
stone of the academy there was not a
house In sight."
Many of the familiar faces of that day
are gone now, death in the .past 10 years
having swept away a great number of
those early pioneers; though, strangely
enough, the reaper, however relentless he
may have been toward fathers and sons,
seems to have spared the women, both
mothers and daughters. The growth In
the diocese that has taken place since that
day may be shown by a glance at the
following table of church Institutions for
the year 1900: '
St. Helen's Hall. Portland (pupils) 180
Bishop Scott Academy (pupils) 110
Ascension School, for girls, Coe Union
County (pupils) 9
Good Samaritan Hospital, Portland (pa
tients) 1484
REAL ESTATE GOING UP
no snaps, and Buyers must pay
market prices.
Large Increase in. Sales Compared
"With Last Year Dealers Ex
pect a Basy Summer.
widely circulated for annual subscrlp- ' Clergy 20
THE "WRECKED WILLAMETTE.
Lifted From the Rocks to Keel Over
in Shallow "Water.
VICTORIA. B. C. May 23. News has
been received from Union. B. C. to the
effect that the steamer Willamette, -which
went on the recks some time ago, was
floated on Monday, and as soon as she
was lifted from where she had been lying
she heeled over, and had It not been that
she was Tiurriedly put In shallow water
she would have turned turtle. As It was
she fell over until her bilge caught on
the beach, and lies half over, with the
water up to her hatches. With her hull
emptied, it seems the heavy wrecking ap
paratus on her made her topheavy. The
union machinists and boiler-makers who
have been at work on the Willamette
have struck In consequence of advices
from the machinists' executive in Seattle.
NEW SUB -BOARD OF TRADE
MESSAGE FROM THE DEAD.
Bottle Brings News of the Fate of the
Stenxner Croft.
LONDON, May 23. A bottle, which was
picked up at Granton today contained a
message 6aylng that .the steamer Croft,
"with all bands, was sinking In mid-Atlantic
The British steamer Croft of the Arrow
Line, laden with grain and general mer
chandise, sailed from New York January
25. 1S99. for Leith and Dundee, with a
crew of 25 men, and was never again
licard of. She has long since been posted
as missing at Lloyd's.
Freights Still Advancing?.
The highest rate yet paid this season
for a new crop ship was reported yester
day, the German bark Falrwohl being
taken for October-November, loading
Eleventh. "Ward Orgrnnizes "With C.
K. Henry President.
At a well-attended meeting of Piedmont,
Highland and Woodlawn residents, held
last night In the building on Ainsworth
and Union avenues, the Eleventh Ward
Sub-Board of Trade was organized.
Charles K. Henry presided. C. W. Miller,
secretary of the Portland Board of Trade,
made a statement explanatory of the con
nection of the sub-boards with the central
body, and after full discussion it was
decided to organize as part of the Port
land Board of Trade. The election of
officers resulted as follows: President,
Charles K. Henry: vice-presidents, M.
Billings, of Woodlawn; Robert Campbell,
of Piedmont: George F. Dashlell. of High
land; J. B. Easter, secretary and treas
urer. The rolls were opened, and 24
names were signed. It was decided to
take up the opening and improvement of
Union avenue, between Alberta street and
Dekum avenue, without delay. Charles
K. Henry A. Grindetaff, and George Ep
perly were appointed to prepare a petition
for the opening of the street 70 feet wide
between these two points. Committees
on Bull Run water, free delivery and
Lewis and Clark Exposition site will be
appointed at the next meeting, which will
be held Thursday night.
THAT TIRED FEELING.
There Is nothing better for it than a
sea trip. The O. R. & N. Co.'s steam
ships Columbia and Elder leave Portland
every five days for San Francisco, and
are two days at sea. Call at Third and
Washington, and see plans of steamers,
and get Information regarding rates and
sailing dates.
WHAT SHALL WE HAVE FOR DES
SERT r
This question arises In the family every day.
Let us answer It today. Try Jell-O, a de
licious and healthful dessert. Prepared In two
minutes. No boiling! no Diking! simply add
boillr.r ater and set to cool. Flavors:
Lemon. Oraare. Raspberry and Strawberry.
Get a package at jour crocers today. 100.
BUSINESS ITEMS.
If Baby Is Cattlns; Teeth,
Be sure and use that old and well-tried remedy.
Mrs. WlnsIows Soothing syrup, for children
teething. It soothe the child, noftens the gumt.
allays all pain, cure ind colic and diarrhoea.
tlons for the period of five years, with
different sums Indicated, from $1 to $100
annually.
Episcopal Church on Pacific Coast.
Bishop Morris briefly sketches in hla
little booklet the first Pacific Coast serv
ices, quite recently rescued from obliv
ion by Bishop Nicho.s, of California.
These were the services held by the Rev.
Francis Fletcher, chaplain to Sir Fran
cis Drake, on his memorable voyage to
i this coast In the Summer of 157a more
man uv yeare ago. mree tilings m we
history of that service are worthy of
special notice:
First, that in Drake's Bay was held the
first religious services of any kind, of
which there Is any known record, on the
Pacific Coast of the United States, In
the latter part of June, 1579.
Second, at that service the Book Of
Common Prayer was first used within tfie
present territory of the United States.
Third, at that service was offered the
first missionary prayer of which there Is
any record in the American church.
To commemorate these services, held
on the shores of Drake's Bay, a "Prayer
Book Cross" was erected In 1894, by the
generosity of George W. Childs, of Phil
adelphia; through Bishop Nichols' agency,
on the site in Golden Gate Park, San
Francisco.
The first services of the Prayer Book
within the territory of Oregon and Wash
ington of which there Is any knowledge
or record, were held by Rev. Mr. Beaver,
chaplain to the Hudson Bay Company,
at Vancouver, In 1836. Mr. Beaver held
services at Vancouver and Cathlamet, In
Wahkiakum County, 'but there is no
record of his having held any services
within the present territory of Oregon.
So far as known at present, the very first
services of the church within the bor
ders of this state, were held by the Rev.
Mr. Fackler at Champoeg, and possibly
Oregon City, between the years 1848 and
1851, of which, however, there are no
particulars.
The first recognition of the Board of
Missions to which in one sense the Epis
copal Church owes everything It has
in all this Western country, of Oregon
and Washington as a proper and Inviting
field for missionary efforts, was in 1851.
In this year the first missionary service
ever held by the Episcopal Church In
behalf of Oregon, took place on March
23, In the third Sunday in Lent, 1851, In
St. Bartholomew's Church, New York
City. It was at this occasion that Rev.
William Richmond, of the Diocese of
New York, was appointed Oregon's first
missionary. Martin F. Tupper, very
highly estimated as an American poet
In that day, inspired by the earnestness of
the spirit that dominated this missionary
meeting, hastily penned the following
verses:
A "Word (by Request) for the Oregon
Foreign Mission.
Push on to earth's extremest verge
And plant the gospel there,
Till wide Pacific's angry surge
Is soothed by Christian pray'r;
Advance the standard, conquering van!
And urge the triumph on.
In seal for God and love for man.
To dlrtant Oregon!
(Churches 45
ucctories -o
Communicants 2700
Sunday school scholars 1550
Offerings $37,742
The good work that Is being done In the
Good Samaritan Hospital is especially
worthy of comment. Of the 14S4 patients,
233 were treated absolutely free, while
180 paid In part for the services rendered.
No less than 33 different countries and
nationalities tvere represented among
them: Austria, 7 patients; Australia, 3;
Belgium, 1; Brazil, 1; British Columbia,
1; Bohemia, 1; Canada, 31; China, 8; Cuba,
1; Denmark, 12; England, 45; France, 5;
Finland, 8; Germany, 83; Ireland, 27; Italy,
14; Japan, SO; Norway, 23; Nova Scotia,
1; Newfoundland, 1; New Zealand, 1; Po
land, 1; Portugal, 2; Prince Edward
Island, 2; Roumanla, 2; Russia, 14; Scot
land, 20; Siberia, 1; Sweden, 42; Switzer
land, 8; United States, 1023; Wales, 4;
West Indies. 1. '
Twentyrfour different creeds were repre
sented, only 98 out of the 1484 patients
being Episcopalians: Adventlst, 10; Bap.
fist, 54; Christian, 64; Christadelphlan, 1;
Congregational, 30; Cumberland Presby
terian, 1; Episcopal, 98; heathen, 78; He
brew, 25; Lutheran, 151; Methodist, 192;
Moravian, 1; Presbyterian, 119; Quaker,
10; Roman Catholic, 142; Salvation Army,
3; Swedenborglan, 5; Spiritualist, 2; United
Brethren, 7; United Evangelical, 15; Unl
verslst, 3; Unitarian, 4; Wlnnebynerlan,
1; "Protestant," 181; no religious faith,
287.
" In this way, perhaps better than In. any
other, may an insight be obtained Into the '
breadth and depth of the work that is
being accomplished by the Episcopal
Church In Oregon.
i '
The.New TforK of
'.Australia.
All about Sydney, the commercial
metropolis of the new commonwealth.
Correspondent Frank G. Carpenter fur
nishes photographic and word pictures
of life and business among the richest
people of the world How the Austral
ians look They are called cornstalks
and the girls are giantesses Sydney's
enormous trade and its wonderful har
borA look at' the streets and their
miles of wood pavements The stores
and hotels The biggest Town Hall of
the world and the biggest organ A
Sunday on the domain The good Sa
maritan Artificial teeth for sale.
In The Oregonlan next Sunday. Or
der a paper from your local newsdealer
In advance.
ttMMtMMMMMHMMMfl
RIGHTS OF LABOR.
Faint not, O soldier of the Cross,
Its standard-bearer thou!
All California's gold Is dross
To what thou wlnnest now!
A ast realm wherein to search
For truest treasure won,
God's Jewels In his infant church
Of newborn Oregon. .
Thoir-shalt not fall, thou shalt not fallt
The gracious living word
Hath said of every land, that all
Shall glorlfy'the Lord:
He shall be served from East to West,
Yea. to the setting sun
And Jesus' name be loved and blest
In desert Oregon.
Then, brothers, help lu xhls good deed,
And side with God today!
Stand by His servnnt, now to speed
His apostolic way;
Bethlehem's ever-leading star
In mercy guides-hlmon
To light with holy fire from afar
The Star of Oregon
March 23. 1851. Martin F. Tupper.
Two months later Mr. Richmond arrived
in Oregon. Portland he describes as fol
lows. In a letter to the Board of Mis
sions: This City of Portland was commenced. In
earnest, only about a year from last March.
There are now from 1200 to 1500 Inhabitants:
a Methodlrt and a Congregational house of
worship the latter not jet entirely finished; a
schoolhouse; a number of vessels from Boston
and elsewhere lying by the banks of the river:
a splendid steamer belonging to the Pacific
Company, of New Tork, about to ply up and
down the Columbia and the Willamette; two
steam saw mills; a Masonic Hall, etc. The
Methodist missionary Is also having the timber
hewed for a female seminary under his direc
tion, two blocks (10 lots) having been set
apart to his church for that purpose. I ought
to Inform the committee. In order that In their
future appropriations they might act under
standlngly. that the expense of living and of
labor of all kinds in this region Is enormous.
I occupy a room in a shanty, merely clap
board, quite open to the air, with a rough tin-
planed and uncrooved floor no carpets, no
plastering and no celling. For this I pay $12
a month. $3 ($15 was the price) having been
deducted by the landlord on account of my
mission. I also do my own cooking, and
gather my own wood out of the forest behind
me; and yet my expenses will be as great as
at a good boarding-house In New York. Wash
ing is now reduced to $4 per dozen, and car
penter's wages are from $S to $12 per day.
Milk is 20 cents a quart; butter, which I dis
pense with at present 60 cents a pound, and
other things In proportion. I bad to pay a
woman $2 SO for a half-day's work, scrubbing
my floor. Alas! gold has been found In abund
ance between the TJmpqua and Klamet Rivers,
In Oregon.
And the first church services held by
him in Portland (June 29, 1851), Mr. Rich
mond describes as follows:
We had services In our own place, for the
first time, this morning. The use of the pub
lic schoolhouse has been granted us. There
WorUingrraan's Views on Strikes and
Unions.
PORTLAND, May 23. To the Editor.)
At this time when strikes and agitation
seem to be the order of the day It seems
fitting that a more reasonable side of the
question should be presented. Rioting and
bloodshed, destruction of property, is the
news from Eastern cities, while the pros
pect of an agitation covering a larger
field faces us in the near future.
My sympathy is with the working man
and I rejoice to see his condition bet
tered, but It Is not hard to see that
unions as they are managed today are do
ing him more harm than good.
The foreign element is In the majority,
and as they are naturally hot-tempered
and impulsive, quick to recommend
"strikes" as a way out of their troubles,
rule or ruin seems to be the motto.
I am a working man, and an American,
and I claim the right to be a member of
a union or not, just as I think best, and
I say all honor be to the business' man
of our city who says he will protect his
men from being called "scabs", by union
agitators.
It Is an elegant expression surely, but
only used by the Ill-mannered and Igno
rant. When a man takes a situation he is
not given a life lease of It. So if he
leaves It and refuses to work when given
the privilege, it Is his no loncrer. ana
I should feel perfectly free to take It and
hold It as long as I was competent to
do so.
If not allowed to, where Is our boasted
American freedom and liberty, which
ought to give every one the privilege of
working where and when we see -fit?
WORKINGMAXM.
BUFFALO EXCURSION RATES
Settled at Last.
The long-lookcd-for Pan-American rates
are fixed at last; $86 via O. R. & N. Co.,
Portland to Buffalo and return. Good for
30 days. Stop-overs on return trip. Tick
ets on sale Tuesday, June 4 and June 18,
and the first and third Tuesdays each
month thereafter until October 15, inclu
sive. Full particulars at city ticket office,
Third and Washington.
CHEAP EXCURSIONS EAST.
On May 30 and June 7 the O. R. & N.
Co. will ell round-trip tickets for $60,
Portland to St. Paul, Minneapolis, Omaha,
St. Joseph, Leavenworth, Kansas City
and Council Bluffa; limit 60 days fromdate
of sale, stop-over privileges en route.Clty
ticket office, third and Washington.
PAN-AMERICAN ROUTE
Via Great Northern Railway.
Buffalo and return, $S& Tickets on sale
first and third Tuesdays of each month,
June to October, inclusive, good for. 30
days. City ticket office, 122 Third street.
Now Is a good time to buy Portland
property and to obtain long leases at
present rates, according to the opinion of
prominent dealers who have been han
dling real estate for years. The city Is
full to overflowing with people. Every
habitable house Is occupied, and there Is
more than one applicant for every one
of the hundreds of dwellings which are
being built. That there are fully 5000
more people Jn Portland than there "were
six months ago, Is a faat that figures
based upon actual conditions will bear
out.
. Where are all the people coming from
who dally ask for vacant houses? What
are they going; to do when they get set
tled here? These are questions frequently
asked, but the newcomers seem to go
right to work or to obtain Immediate
employment, and so far as Is known,
the ranks of the Idle are not Increased
by their arrival, and If It were not for
the continued scarcity of house room the
Increase in population might pass un
noticed. Portland has become a Mecca for the
well-to-do of all callings, of the entire
Northwest, and many of the transfers of
valuable property can be traced to the
arrival from the great Interior of farm
ers, mining men and stockmen, who have
accumulated a competency In Oregon,
Washington, Idaho and Montana. Port
land's excellent school facilities have be
come noted in the great empire whose
commerce is tributary to the city; and,
as in California everybody hopes some
dav to reside In San Francisco, so in
the Northwest everybody hopes ultimately
to bring up in Portland. The city. Is
known as clean, healthful, sightly and
yet conservative, so that no one fears
evil results from the change of climate,
or hesitates to Invest In a home at the
ruling prices. More families In a neigh
borhood means more groceries, butcher
shops and bakeries, and the people who
follow these useful callings need more
house room. This appears upon analysis
to be the main reason for Portland's
rapid Increase of population, though, of
course, factories and saw mills have be
come more numerous In the city, while
mines and logging camps have multiplied
In the Interior. Many of these outside
Industries are managed by people whose
permanent residence is Portland, and
whose children are being educated here.
The filling up of the dwellings in town
has caused a demand for suburban prop
erty, as the raise in rents gets tenants
to thinking it good policy to pay out
a HttU more monthly and let it apply
on the purcnase price oi a suDuman
home. Portland's excellent car service
between the business center and Mount
Tabor, Montavilla, Mount Scott, Sellwood,
Fulton, University Park and St. Johns en
ables people living In those pretty suburbs
to go and come between home and work
at will, and many new homes have been
started beyond the din and hustle of the
city within the past year. Crowded
schools, and well-patronized street-cars
are the result.
Big; Change in Situation.
A reporter called on a number of lead
ing real estate men yesterday. He had
not been sent on the same errand for
over a year, and he found a marked
change for the better the moment he
entered the first office. Men were busy
H talking "shop" to prospective buyers, who
were telling how ,they preferred this or
that locality In purchasing a home. As
the newspaper man's words were to be
few, he usually apologized for cutting Into
a business conversation and asked what
was the state of the market. When he
last year asked this question he found the
real estate men with plenty of leisure to
reply, but now the answers came quick,
bright and chery.
"We find a marked demand for subur
ban property," said Wakefield, Fries &
Co., "while. Inside lots have stiffened con
siderably in price. The demand for both
is very healthy and the prospects are
good for heavy sales this Summer. The
demand for dwelling houses renting from
J12 to 520 is very strong. The enormous
amount of building on both sides of the
river shows how property is increasing
In value."
Grlndstaff & Blaln Business has been
better for the-past two months than for
any like 'period for many years. And in
dications point to a still busier period.
There hasn't been a vacant house in the
city for months. Rents have advanced
somewhat, but they are very reasonable
still, compared to those of Seattle or of
any city In the country. The snap propo
sitions of 18 months ago are all gone,
and the buyer must make up his mind
to pay something near what the property
Is worth. The mortgage companies which
threw a lot of foreclosed property on the
market have got rid of It, and the par
ties who purchased it are quite satis
fied with the change that has taken place
in values. We hope there won't be any
boom, but If the 1905 exposition should
be assured, we are very likely to have
one, and values will go away up. The
market Is already Inclined to start that
way.
Montague & King A good movement in
real estate Is assured for this Summer.
The demand for vacant lots on which to
build dwellings has grown of late In all
portions of the suburbs. The demand for
houses is very brisk. Timber lands are
also In demand, and many capitalists are
here from Minnesota, Wisconsin and
Michigan, who want to buy big tracts of
forest adjacent to the rafting streams.
Quarters that would have been bought
a year ago at $6 an acre are now bring
ing 510 to $12. The Nehalem forests have
not advanced In price yet on account of
their' remoteness, but are likely to come
Into demand with the advent of rail
roads now projected. '
Rountree & Diamond The outlook Is
very good; values are strengthening.
There Is a good deal of Inquiry. We
are confident that Portland property is
on the eve of a good market. A- few
good sales, now highly probable, will start
the ball rolling. We look for a very Dusy
Summer.
Heavy Bnyine Since January 1.
S. B. Riggen The market shows an up
ward tendency and the volume of sales,
compared with the same period last year,
shows that people are not afraid to buy.
There Is more building than at any time
in our history. Of late years men bought
only what property they needed; now they
are actually buying on speculation. This
Is a splendid time to buy all the going
prices. Property Is cheaper now than
it ever will be In Portland again. The
real estate transfers In 1900 to May 21,
In this city, aggregated $1,200,000. In 1901.
to May 21, they reached the snug sum of
$1,950,000. This is a pretty good straw to
show which way the wind is blowing, as
'figures don't tie".
Hartman. Thompson & Powers Prices
are stiff, and the tendency Is upward, es
pecially In Sellwood, where the woolen
mill is soon to be put In operation. There
is a marked tendency to clean up and
beautify homes in the suburbs; to use
paint more liberally, and to purch&se acre
property within a few miles of the busi
ness center. Six weeks ago a Sellwood
man offered a small tract for $1800, and
was very anxious to sell. We offered- to
find him a buyer at that figure and would
have entered Into a contract to that ef
fect. Then he asked $2000 for the land,
and a few days ago could have sold It for
$2200. but he Is not yet ready to let Itgo.
We mention this to illustrate how a man
ufacturing enterprise can raise the value
of property. What the proposed woolen
mill has already done for Sellwood. fac
tories would do for other portions of
t "II II I fc 1 !
IHontwirr um by thx moctm auks eo. euciiun -
tb3t
A CASE OF EXTRAVAGANCE. '
OU never cut off three-quarters of a new
cake of soap and throw it away! Yet you
pay twice the price of Ivory Soap for a cake
of " tinted" toilet soap less than half as
large. Your little cake of toilet soap costs you four
times the price of Ivory, for it lasts only half as long
and costs twice as much. No money can buy purer
or- better soap than Ivory. If it came in dainty
paper, all scented and colored, you would pay fifteen
cents for a very small cake of it.
Portland, were the enterprises encour
aged. Other firms who declined to be quoted
on the score of modesty agreed with
the foregoing statements, and all noted
the strong demand for modest homes.
"Wage-earners who are becoming restive
over Increased rents," one man said,
"come Into the office dally looking for
suburban cottages for sale on the In
stallment plan. They have a few hundred
dollars saved up and are anxious to make
a first payment and then follow with
monthly payments of $20 to $30. A large
number of suburban cottages have lately
changed hands In obedience to this de
mand. "Of late years It has been considered
cheaper to rent than to own property in
Portland, but this period Is happily pass
ing away, and a large proportion of city
property 1$ now paying fair interest on its
value. When a man can save the In
terest on $1000 by Investing that amount
in a home, much money now lying Idle
In the banks will be put In circulation. It
will soon be considered cheaper to nuy
than rent a home In Portland, as taxes
are not high, considering the assessed
valuation of property, and the owner of
a modest dwelling can do a. large por
tlon of the repair work himself."
HATCHERY NEAR PENDLETON
Will Probnbly Be Established for
Propagation of Salmon.
PENDLETON, 67 May 23. Field
Superintendent E. C. Greenman, of the
Oregon State Fish Commission, .has
opened headquarters at Pendeltbn. He
will also open headquarters at Lewiston,
Idaho. Superintendent Greenman has
finished his survey of the Umatilla River.
He will probably locate a hatchery three
miles below Pendelton oh the Umatilla
River, at the mouth of McKay Creek.
This creek flows Into the Umatilla River
from the south and is a clear, mountain
stream. About a quarter of a mile back
from the creek is the Fanning -Spring,
which discharges at least 1000 gallons of
water a minute. This water will be car
ried In a closed flume for a quarter of a
mile, to the mouth of McKay Creek, and
into the hatchery that will be constructed
at that point. The transmission of the
cold spring water is said to be neces
sary In order to maintain the proper
degree of temperature at the hatchery.
Before the hatchery is built It will
be necessary to catch at least 600 salmon
for breeding purposes. This will be done
by building a gate across the stream and
setting traps behind it.
Superintendent Greenman left today for
Elgin. Thence he will proceed to Wal
lowa Lake and examine the Wallowa
River as well as the Grind Ronde and
Its tributaries. Then he will go to
Lewiston, Idaho, and explore the Clear
water. It Is now believed thit Oro Flno
creek is one of the places best adapted to
a hatchery.
Sportsmen and others who are inter
ested in the propagation of fish make
remarks regarding the absurdity of at
tempting to hatch fish under the pres
ent conditions. They point to the fact
Viof Via rVilnmVila "Rludr in AHa? with
fish wheels designed to exterminate the f netter Than Carlsbad Mineral Water.
salmon. The taxpayers of the state are This is to certify that I have used the
furnishing money to propagate fish to Witter Springa Mineral Water indla
t.A ti, noMnne mnm. nf th flpnth- f eases of the skin with marked-success,
feed the capacious maws or tne aeatn- r T . , PmDiOVed it as an aiHunnt in
that he send a competenet and trusty mar
down to the ranch to break these horses
and render them manageable, as In con
sequence of being a sufferer from rheuma
tism I am physically unable to do this
klndof work. Mr. Archambeau's only replj
to this request was that the animals wert -.
used to browse and could rustle for them. N
selves and that they were not worth th
trouble and expense of breaking.
Sixth "The horses were actually fed
morning- and night good, clean oat hay
and timothy, myself and hired man driv.
lng them up every evening- for the pur
pose of feeding. Owing to their wild, un
manageable disposition. It was a very dlt
flcult task to get those horses' corralled,
and we frequently had to chase them
around some time before we got them In
the corral, and sometimes it was absolute
ly out of the question to get all of them
in. Some of them drowned in a lake on
my ranch in an attempt to swim C"v?
same. And others caught cold and not
being acclimated soon perished from the
effects of lung fever. Not one died from
neglect or lack of feed. I stand" ready any
day to have any experienced horseman
visit my ranch and inspect my barn and
corral and then report whether or not i
am In a position, to care for, feed and
winter as fully as any ranchman In WesJ
ern Washington a band of 31 head ot
horses, provided said horses are in a rea
sonable condition as to flesh when re
ceived and manageabler but I know
enough about horseflesh not to undertake
this kind of a job with a lot of wild, un
broken, unmanageable and vicious bron
cos and I did not do so In tEe case In
question.
On or about the 20h of January Archi
bald sent two men to my ranch to inspect
the horses, who pronounced them all right,
Archibald telling me subsequently that ne
had sold them for $30 per head, a pretty
fair price for an animal ready to "kick
the bucket" from starvation.
Now. In relation to my bill, wnich
seems to trouble Mr. Archambeau even
more than the "starved condition" of the
horses, let me say that seven head ot
said horses were the sole property of Mr.
Archambeau. Has he paid me for my trou
ble, care and feed expended upon them?
Not a cent. Neither has he offered -to do
so. but that Is not all, he still owes me
for care and feed expended upon other
horses which fie claimed to own. r only
mention this In passing to call attention
to the fact that Mr. Archambeau does not
hurt himself In hunting up little things
of this kind. C. F. C. HOFFMAN.
Portland Customs District.
LEBANON, Or., May 20. (To the Ed
itor.) Can you answer the following ques
tions through the columns of The Orego
nlan: 1. In what customs district Is Portland
situated?
2. Does that district include Astoria
and any of the cities of Washington?
3. Who Is the chief of the examining
board? A. D. S.
1. District of the Willamette.
2. No.
3. R. F. Barnes, Deputy Collector of
Customs.
dealing machines. The recent Uw
against the operation of fish, wheels does
not extend to the Columbia River, where
most of the wheels are located. The
sportsmen of Pendleton are deeply In
terested in the manifest absurdity of the
laws, and more so since the founding of
hatcheries in this vicinity Is almost an
assured fact.
WHO STARVED THE HORSES?
C. F. C. Hoffman, of Knlamn, Says
He Didn't.
KALA"MA, Wash., May 22. (To the Ed
itor.) In The Morning Oregonlan of Feb
ruary 26 last there appeared an article
under the caption, "Starved the Horses,
etc," wherein It was alleged that one
W. L. Archambeau, of Portland, had hired
one C. ,F. C. Hoffman, a rancher near
Kalama", to winter a band of horses? that
the animals were In good condition when
turned over to Hoffman, etc.; that Hoff
man had actually starved to death 11 head
out of a band of 31 head of said horse?.
all the property of said Archambeau.
Now,, in justice to myself and that the
general public may not be misled In this
matter, I desire to make the following
statement, which I hope you will kindly
publish:
First The horses were not the sole prop
erty of eald Archambeau, but were owned
by us Jointly, except ven head.
Second None of the horses delivered to
my ranch were fit for the Government
service, except In case of an emergency,
being all nearly old horses except a few,
and those would not be purchased by any
agent of the Government for any branch
of tne United States service.
Third The horses were not what Is
known as "American horses" but were of
a class known the country over as
"brochos," 24 head of which were pur
chased at $7 SO per head.
the treatment of liver and kidney affec
tions, and consider It equal. If not better,
than the justly and world-renowned Carls
bad mineral water, of Germany. In
every case It has had an action equal to
the Carlsbad water. It Is almost Indis
pensable in the treatment of cutaneous
diseases, relaxing the skin and soothing
the eruptions. It must be U3ed ae any
other medicine, judlciosisly and carefully.
I heartily recommendlt to any of the
profession who may require a valuable
aid In the treatment of all skin diseases.
ORMISTON W. SWAYZE. M. D..
Oakland Cal.
When the head feels dull and heavy, the
ekin appears sallow and greasy, and the
stomach refuses food, take Carter's Little
Liver Pills. Don't forget this.
i C3,rs
soap is not only the best
in all the worla for toijet
and bath but also for shav
ing. Pears was the in
ventor of shaving stick
soap.
All sorts of people use Pears soap, all sorts
of store set' ic, especially druggists.
HAIR SOFT AS SILK.
New Scientific Treatment Kills Dan
draff Germs, and Makes Hair. Soft.
if is an accepted fact, a proven fact,
that dandruff Is a germ disease: and it
I 1& also a demonstrated fact that Newbro's
Fourth The said horses were brought t Herpiclde kills the dandruff germ. Wlth-
from. the ranges in Eastern Oregon, In tne out dandruff fallings hair will stop, and
early Fall last year, were placed In pasture i thin hair will thicken. Herpiclde. not only
in South Portland and left there until late kills the dandruff germ, but It also makes
In the Fall, when they were brought to j hair as soft as silk. It Is the most de
my ranch near Kalama. Wash., In more Ughtful hair dressing made. It cleanses
than a half-starved condition, their mane? the scalp from dandruff and keeps it
and tails matted and their ribs plainly
visible beneath the hide; in disposition
wild as deer, ungovernable and vicious.
Fifth After the horses were delivered to
my ranch "I proposed to Mr. Archambeau
clean and healthy. Itching and irrita
tion are Instantly relieved, and perma
nently cured. At all druggists. There's
nothing: "Just 'as good."" Take no substi
tute. Ask for "Herpiclde."
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