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AFTER THE RAILROADS
Ipstitton to increase assess
ment IS THIS COUXTY.
1 Aim. Ik to Tax Those Corporations on
the Basis of Their Xet Earnings
Statement Submitted.
TfwoBrHnps inv "hen bpnin. havlnc
Sfor their object the tixatlon of railroads
ion the basis of their net earnings in Jmiu-
Inomah County. The first step "was the fll
I inff' of a petition by J. A. Clemenson,
Sin -which he prays on behalf of himself
land other residents and taxpayers that
fa certain statement relating- to the prop-
orhr nnr? fiarnfnr's of th railroads dolntT
ihasincss in Multnomah County be inquired
.nto to the end that the roaaneas 01 me
railroads may be assessed at such pro
portion of their actual value as the prop-
crty of other taxpayers is assessed. Eef
j erence is made to recent decisions of the
Oregon Supreme Court to support tne
contention that railroads should be taxed
on the basis of their average net earn-
i ings. This petition was served upon As
sessor McDonnell and a copy win oe
served upon the other members of the
Ttmrrt of "EniiaHzation County Judge
Cake and County Clerk Holmes -when
it shall assemble next Monday.
Mr, Clemenson, who is a Yamhill-Street
druggist, says that while the petition is
in his name he Teally has nothing to do
with the matter except to permit the use
of his name. E. B. Watson, the attor
ney, has taken the initiative In the pro
ceedings. He was the attorney for Jack
son County in the case recently brought
against It by the Southern Pacific Com
pany for a reduction of assessment, and
the railroad company then won. The
Supreme Court took the ground that net
earnings were a fair basis for the taxa
tion of railroads, that having been the
contention of the Southern Pacific Com
pany in the Jackson County case. Now
Judge Watson seeks to have that basis
recognized by the assessing and taxing
powers of Multnomah County. That he
has a wider application In view, how
ever, Is shown by the following letter:
Portland. Axis. 21. (To the Editor.) As
the time for completing the assessment for
the present year Is near at hand, and the
rTPssary data for estimating the value of
railroads doing business In this state in con
formity with the recent decisions of our Su
rf rcme Court in the Jackson County tax case.
C.ed March 23. and June 24. 1001, and reported
in 64 Pacific Reporter 307-3J9. and 65 Pacific
Reporter 309, are net readily accessible to
many Assessors charged with this responsible
Uy, will you kindly publish the correct fig
uts for the Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany, Oregon Railroad & Navigation Com
nar.y"s Pacific System, and Oregon & Cali
fornia Railroad Company, for each of the
years ending June 30, 1898, l&bl. 1900 and
15C1, and as many previous years as you may
ih rk proper tinder the following heads:
Mlieage. gross earnings, operating expenses,
ret earnings, taxes and other deductions from
in- ime, and thereby enable the taxing of
ficers In every county in the state in which
crv portion of this species of property Is
Fltuated to make a just and uniform assess
ment of the same? E. B. WATSON.
T"i n mumnr tn h fm-pirnlnir Question may
bo found in the petition which Judge Watson
L.niself prepared.
It is expected that the County Board of
Frualization will set a time for consider
ation of the petition to be presented Mon
day. Then, if it shall be concluded that
the assessed value of railroad property
should he raised, the companies affected
will be notified and given a hearing and
the valuation will be fixed as the judg
ment of the board may dictate. Judge
Watson does not intimate what course
will be taken if the equalization board
shall not deem it wise to act In accord
ance with the petition.
Following is the petition In full:
To the Honorabla William M. Cake. County
Judge. Hanley H. Holmes, County Clerk.
and Charles E. SIcDonclI, County Assessor
of Multnomah County. State of Oregon,
respectively, and as composing the Board of
Equalization of said county:
The unfierslgned, your petitioner, by this, his
petition, respectfully states and shows:
First That he is a resident and taxpayer
of Multnomah County. State of Oregon, and
rresente this petition on behalf of himself
and other residents and taxpayers of said
county similarly interested.
Second That he has resided in said county
far several years past, and is acquainted In a
general way with the actual values of prop
erty, and the Urates of such actual value at
which the various classes thereof have been
assessed lor taxes during the the four years
beginning July 1, 1S97, and ending June 30,
IDtil, and that in his best judgment, farming
lands and city lots, with the Improvements
thereon, have been assessed upon an average
c' shout -50 per cent of their actual value,
and the roadbeds of the Northern Pacific
Iailroad Company, ffregoa .Railroad & TCavl
ga'ion Company and Orcgbn & California
rJroad Company (leased to the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company to June 30, 11)27,
the owner of $0,850,000 of Its ?7,O00,000 com
mon and $11,991,500 of its $12,000,000 preferred
capital stock, and thereby xcal owner of its
C5576 miles of railroad within the State of
Oregon, and operating the same as part of
the "Pacific System" of said Southern Pacific
O-impany. containing altogether 4961 miles of
roadbed), at not to exceed 1 per cent of their
a-tual value.
Third That from standard works on rail
road statistics generally accepted and acted
incn as correct, and published reports, of-fi-.al
and otherwise, the following table has
bcrn carefully complied for the three years
brginning- July 1, 1S9S. and ending June 30,
lX), and is -substantially correct: ,
(1S3S.)
Northern Pacific Railway
M.leage .... .......-....-.--.-.-..-.. 5,033
dross earnings ...4........ .........$23,679,718
Operating expenses ................ Il,702,tb4
2ei earnings ..... 11,0k. 031
Per cent of expenses ............... 49.42
l'c cent net 50.58
O R. &N. Co.
lineage 1.093.59
uross earnings ........$ 6,S9o,o93
Ontratins expenses 3.S75.551
Net earning ............ 3,01!.89
Prcm of expenses ............ . 5B.2U
x'c- cent net id.ixj
Southern Pacific (Pacific System)
Milage r 4.9C1
Grv-s earnings $37.C3C.229
( peratlng expenses 22,225,732
:N,t earnings 15,410.497
Per cent of expenses ............... 59.06
Icr cent net 40.94
(1899)'
Northern Pacific Rati way
s' ieage 5.030.9D
Cross earnings ........... .......26,04S,G7S
Operating expenses .....v... 12,097,978
.,.t earnings - 13,"J50,U9o
I er cent of expenses ............... 40.44
o'er cent net ....................... 53.56
O. R. & N. Co.
SUeage 1.093.59
Gross earnings .....................$ 7,005,979
Operating expenses ................. 3,791,075
Net earnings -3,214.904
Per cent of expenses ..... .. 54.11
Per cent net 45.S9
Southern Pacific (Pacific System)
Miieage 4.961
Gross earnings $38,703,144
Opirating exponsces 24,495,747
Net earnings 14,207.396
Per cent of expenses ............. 63.30
Per cent net 36.70
(1900.)
Northern Pacific Railway
Mileage 5,036.93
Gross earnings $30,021,318
Operating expenses .. ........... 14.539.69S
Net earnings 15,461.620
?rr cent operating expenses......... 4S.49
P.r cent net ........ .--'-...--.... 51.51
O R. & N. Co.
Mileage 1.093.59
truss earnings $ 7,522,392
Oie-a'tIng expenses ................ 3.M2.143
Net earnings 3.CS0.249
P'-r cent operating expenses ........ 51.07
Per cent net ............. ...... 48.93
Southern Pacific (Pacific System)
Mueage ... 4.961
Gross earnings $45,061,630
Operating expenses ................ 27.439.3S9
Net earnings 17,622.271
Per cent operating expenses ........ 60.80
Per cent net - 89.20
(Average for three years.)
Northern Pacific Railway
Mileage 5.03699
Gross earnings $28,5S3,-J36
Operating expenses ..... ........ 12,753,453
Net earnings 13,790.449
Per cent operating expenses... 4S.12
Per cent net ....................... 51.SS
O R. &: X. Co.
MUeage -.$ 1.093.59
Gross earnings ........A.. ....-....$ 7.141,255
Operating expenses ................ 3,836.257
Net earnings ... 3,304.997
Per cent operating expenses ........ 53.80
Per cent net 46.20
Southern Pacific (Pacific System)
Mileage , ,JA i$5;
Gross earnings ...$40,467,011
Operating expenses 24,720,2sa
Net earnings 15,74?k
Per cent operating expenses........ Si S3
Per cent net 38.yo
Fourth That the net earnings on all said
roads for the year beginning July 1, 1900, and
ending June 30, 1901, were not less than said
average lor said three preceding years, but
in advance thereof.
Fifth That tho actual and assessable values
of said roadbeds upon the basis of their salo.
average net earnings for said three years
(189S-1000), under the decisions of the Su
preme Court, In the case . Oregon A Cali
fornia Railroad Company and Southern Pa
cifio Company vs. Jackson County, filed March
25 and June 24, 1901, and published In 04
Pacific Reporter 307-310, and Co Pacific Re
porter, 369, with the same reductions for taxes,
rolling stock, depot grounds, etc, separately
assessed, and uniformly, and "with, the same
rate of Interest for capitalisation 13 a -follows:
J Northern Pacific Railway
Mileage - o.imu.-ju
Average net earnings $13,790,449
Average taxes deducted , 4i'i
Net income per year.. 13,3,18S
Actual value of railroad per mile,
capitalized at 5 per cent 54,o0
Average value of rolling stock, de-
pot grounds per mile deducted.... ri,0
Actual value of roadbed per mile. . . 03,49.!
Fifty per cent reduction for unl-
formlty 26,i40
Proportional or assessable value per ',
mile 26,i46
O. R. & N. Co. -
Mileage noloo?
Average net earnings $ ' I'ori
Average taxes deducted , 05i'Si
Net Income per year .-.'
Actual value of railroad per mile, .AOSn
capitalized at 5 per cent 4W.JSO
Average value of rolling stock, de-
pot grounds per mile deducted A'w
Actual value of roadbed per mile... 30,95
Fifty per cent reduction for unl-
fm-Tnltv lW.JlG
Proportional or assessable value per
mile :''"." V
19.970
Southern Pacific (Pacmc system;
Mileage ir-i"-oi
Average net earnings ''?' oi
Average taxes deducted r'Ico
Net income, per year - io.w-,4uu
Actual value or railroad per mile,
capitalized at 5 per cent ......... w.u
Average value of rolling stock, de-
pot grounds per mile deducted i.u-s
Actual value of roadbed per mile..-. 62.19-
Fifty per cent reduction for unl-
formlty ,""; '
Proportional or assessable value per
mile Ji.iwu
Sixth That the first cost of construction
and equipment of said railroads per mile was
as follows:
Northern Pacific Railway ?'5?? 21
O R &N 57045 77
Southern Pacific (6. & C.) 55.458 74
And that It would cost an equal amount per
mile to replace the same;
Wherefore. Tour petitioner prays that all of
said matters may be Inquired into and con
sidered, and that the portions of said road
beds In Multnomah County. Oregon, may be
duly assessed at such just proportion of their
actual value as the property of other tax
payers In 5aid county Is assessed at upon an
average for tho present year; and as In duty
bound will ever pray.
EAST SIDE NEWS.
Clarence Kittrlclc Seriously Injured
l)j- a Fall.
Clarence Kittrick, son-in-law of W. E.
Spicer, fell about IS feet yesterday after
noon in Spicer's -warehouse, on Bast
First and East Washington streets, and
probably was fatally injured. He was in
the second story of the building, and
slipped and plunged headlong to the
bottom of a bin, striking on his fore
head. Dr. Dav Raffety was summoned.
It was some time before Kittrick could
be controlled. He had three convulsions
at the warehouse, and it was feared he
would die, but he was finally controlled by
hypodermic Injections, and taken to his
home in Upper Albina. The full force
of the fall was received on the forehead.
Two bones of the right hand are frac
tured, but these injuries are not serious.
Dr. Raffety said last evening that Kitt
rick's injuries are very serious. It will
be 48 hours before It will be known, what
the outcome will be. Mr. Kittrick has a
wife and child.
Rally of Sub-Boards Tills Evening.
There will be a rally of the Sub-Boards
of Trade tills evening at the Manley
building on Williams avenue, Upper Al
bina. Full representation of the boards
of the Tenth and Eleventh Wards is de
sired. An organization will be formed for
the purpose of securing concerted action
on all matters of mutual advantage.
Mill Man Injured.
J. Jones, employed at the East Side mill,
fell from a building in the lumberyard
yesterday on East Water street, and was
severely Injured. He dropped about 12
feet, and was -unconscious for about half
an. hour.
East Side Xotes.
At a meeting of the Eleventh Ward
Sub-Board, held at Piedmont Thursday
evening, it was unanimously decided to
co-operate with the other boards at the
rally this evening.
Peter Hume, a pioneer resident of
Brownsville, who has been the guest of
W. R. Bishop, on East Eleventh street,
will start on his Eastern tour this morn
ing. Yesterday he was provided with lit
erature concerning the resources of the
state, which he will distribute on his tour.
Rev. J. J. Dalton, D. D., pastor of the
First Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
East Side, will preach tomorrow evening
on, "Is Heaven a Place or a State?" He
will take the same text that Rev. Frank
E. Coulter used Sunday evening at Cen
tenary for the sermon, which has aroused
so much criticism. Mr. Dalton says his
sermon is not In answer to Mr. Coulter,
but will be an exposition of the text.
Albina's new department store's grand
opening this evening. Music 7:30 to 10:30.
Everybody invited. Respectfully, Ken
nard & Adams.
Wise Bros., dentists, both 'phones. The
Falling.
0MIIMMtHMMMMHI
Free Swimming Bath Assured
The free swimming bath will be built,
with Portland money. If possible, but
it will be built. Subscribe today and
help to finish up the $1800 yet re
quired, so that the committee need not
appeal elsewhere to build free swim
ming baths for the wealthy City of
Portland.
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PASTOR COULTER RESIGNS.
Congregation of Centenhry Church
Protested. Against Him.
Rev. Frank E. Coulter resigned as 'as
sistant pastor of Centenary Methodist
Church Thursday evening. He was pres
ent at the opening of the prayer meeting,
and started to conduct the services, but
objection being made, he turned the meet
ing over to Dr. L. E. Rockwell. At the
meeting of the official board, which fol
lowed, Mr. Coulter tendered his resigna
tion, which was accepted, and the Inci
dent was closed. Good feeling prevailed
all around. Until the conference convenes
the pulpit will be filled from time to time
by local ministers and others whose serv
ices may be obtained. Dr. .Rockwell and
Bishop Cranston, with the official board,
have the matter of the new pastor In
hand, and, with the help of Bishop Malla
lleu, who will preside at the coming ses
sion of the Oregon conference, will be
able to secure a suitable man to succeed
the late Rev. G. W. Gue.
EXCURSION RATES.
Astoria Regatta.
The O. R. & N. Go. has made a round
trip rate of $2, Portland to Astoria,
account carnival and regatta. Tickets
will be sold August 2S for steamer Has
salo, and August 29, 30 and 31 for steam,
ers T. J. Potter and Hassalo. Limit fo
return trip, September 1. For the accom
modation of Portland people, the T. J.
Potter will leave Astoria for Portland at
UP.lLon August 29. and at 11:30 P. M.
on The 30th. Ticket office, Third and
Washington.
THE MOOTING "
BIBLE IS WORTH $2000
"WAS PRINTED IN SWITZERLAND
NEARLY 350 YEARS AGO.
Original Owner and 25 Others "Were
Imprisoned for Reading
From It.
At the close of the services in the Meth
odist Church in Silverton, Or., on a re
cent Sunday night, Rev. John Herr ex
hibited a Bible that was printed In Swit
zerland nearly 350 years ago. It was
shown at the International Sunday School
convention at Atlanta, Ga., In 1899, where
Mr. Herr was offered $1000 for Ip; and
again at the Epworth League convention
recently held in San Francisco, Cal.,
where a wealthy Swiss offered $2000 for
it. It was printed from wood type.
There were but 50 copies in the edition,
CHARGED WITH PASSING WORTHLESS BILLS.
Harry Conway and Frank W. Burke, who were arrested Wednesday on suspicion or
having circulated worthless bank bills issued by the defunct State Bank of Brunswick.
N. J., were interviewed at the County Jail yesterday by an Oregonlan reporter. Conway
refused to talk-further than to say that he might make a statement In the future, but that
he is not prepared to talk now. Burke talked more freely.
"The package of notes which I had," he said, "was sent to mo by this man Smith,
who is under arrest In Sam Francisco. I un derstood from him that they were notes which
had been leftover after the bank for which they were printed had suspended. Ho told ma
that when they came Into his possession they were unsigned, and I suppose he signed
them himself, or had somebody sign them for him."
"Why was a bunch'of them sent you?" Burke was asked.
"Well, I agreed to help him put them In circulation," was the reply. "I understood
that they were genuine bills, except that they had been left unsigned."
"You viewed the matter more as one of disposing of green goods rather than as passing
counterfeit money?"
"Well, I don't know as I did," was the somewhat equivocal answer. Continuing Burko
said ho did not know whether he would plead guilty or not. Ho desired first, ho said, to
consult an attorney. He Is without funds, and Conway is understood to, be penniless.
Conway is a bartender, and Burke is said to bo a warehouseman. Both are very poorly
dressed. They are kept apart in the County Jail.
of which but three are known to be in
existence the one Mr. Herr has, an
other is in the museum in Berne, Switzer
land, the other in the museum in Ber
lin, Germany. Rev. L. H. Pederson has
furnished the Pacific Christian Advocate
the following historical sketch of the
Bible:
"It was translated ,into the Swiss lan
guage from the Latin Vulgate by Ru
dolph Wiesenbach, in the year 1550, and
printed by Andrew Gessner, in Zurich,
Switzerland, in 1553. In the persecution
a short time after, these two were burned
at the stake. The Bible cost 1000 francs.
At that time a half-franc was the
wages per day pf ordinary labor, while
a skilled mechanic might earn 1 franc.
It was an age when the laity were forbid
den on pain of death to read the Bible.
When on a certain occasion its owner
and 25 others were discovered reading
its pages, they) were at once arrested and
confined in prison for the offense, where
they lingered five years. The struggle for
religious freedom which ended in 1558,
was the means of their release, but In
place of 26 coming forth there were only
10, the other 16 having died, and some
suffered martyrdom. During this period
many Bibles and other religious writings
were publicly burned, -but this one had
been taken to a monastery, where it was
found and restored to a grandson of the
original owner.
"After the death of the grandparents
of the present owner, it was probably
stowed away with" other articles, for it
was recently found in an attic, and in 1899
a distant relative sent it to Rev. J.
Herr, living near Lima, 0 It was in a
poor condition, so he had its loose leaves
fastened by a binder, and some fly-leaves.
added. With the Bible, but not fastened
to it, was a family record on parchment,
on which was also the history of the
book. This record is also in the pos
session of Brother Herr, and by its means
more than 2500 descendants of its origi
nal owner have been traced.
"Its outside dimensions are: Length, 13
Inches; breadth, nine inches; thickness,
four and one-half inches. It weighs nine
and one-half pounds. Its covers are some
what wormeaten. It Is bound in beach
wood, grown on the Alps, this being cov
ered with leather tanned in Russia.
There are some simRle brass ornaments
on Its covers, others having been lost.
Its leaves are made of linen. Its title
page is highly and symbolically litho
graphed. It also has a picture in colors
covering two pages, picturing the last
Judgment, Christ being the central figure.
Its preface gives the gist or root-teaching
of each book. Following this is an order
of Scripture lessons for various days, such
as Epiphany, Palm Sunday, etc. This
is followed by a brief concordance. The
initial letter of each chapter is an orna
mental scroll; the chapters are divided
into paragraphs. The Apocrypha is placed
between Chronicles and Job. In the mar
gin of Jeremiah i:4 are placed letters
from the Hebrew alphabet."
OIL BUSINESS OVERDONE.
Crude Petroleum Down to 16 Cents
a Barrel in California.
E. R. Bishop, a former business mm
of Heppner, who is now on oil operator
In Kern County, California, was at the
Imperial yesterday. He said the oil
business is suffering from overproduction
and so there is very little money in it,
though he hopes for an Improvement in
a few years. His oil well is situated
within 40 miles of Bakersfleld, in the
foothills along the western slope of the
Sierra. Nevada mountains, and so is some
what remote from the market, though
there is some talk of a pipe line to the
Coast and San Francisco.
"My well Is 1200 feet deep," Mr. Bishop
said, "and the cost of sinking it was
about $7000. The well is not a gusher, but
there is ample evidence of an abundance
of oil, and the fluid can be pumped out
at small expense when, the price justifies.
At the present value, 16 cents a barrel,
however, there is nothing in raising It
to the surface. Crude oil a few years ago
was worth $1 a barrel in the San Joaquin
"Valley, but overproduction has brought
it away down." v
Mr. Bishop thinks there has been con
siderable operating of the "wild cat" order
in the oil business, and out of near 2300
oil companies that have stock on the
market in California, not over 300 have
struck oil. "Of course these companies
will come out all right if they strike Jt,"
he said, "but persons who Invest then
money in such stocks should realize first
that the whole thing is a big "gamble."
Mr. Bishop Is engaged In selling "fishing
tools," as he calls them, though there is
no fishing within many miles of Mc
Kittrlck where his store is. located. These
OREGONIAN, SATUEDAY,
fishing tools are used by well borers for
recovering drilling tools that have be
came entangled in the deep wells. They
are very expensive, and a set of them
may be valued at several thousand dol
lars, so they are rented to well-borers
who give bonds for their value, should
they too, become lost in the bowels of
the earth.
TO DISCUSS Y. M. C. A, AFFAIRS
Conference of Pacific Northwest Em
ployes Will Be Held Todny.
A conference of the employes of the
Young Men's Christian Associations in
the Pacific Northwest will begin this
morning in the First Baptist Church. The
purpose is to discuss practical association
problems. The sessions will be held in
the morning at 9, In the afternoon at
1:30, and In the evening at 7:30. Among
the Y. M. C. A. QfHcers who arrived yes
terday are: M. M. Moss, In charge of the
religious and educational work of the Se
attle association; S. H. Ward, general
secretary, of Spokane; Jdhn Fechter,
general secretary, of Salem; J. B. Pat
terson, physical director of the State Ag
ricultural College. The conference will
be continued tomorrow, and will ,be ended
by a men's meeting conducted by the
delegates to the conference Sunday after
noon at 4 o'clock, which will be held In
the open air on top of the first story of
the Y. M. C. A. building, now in process
of repair. The programme of the confer
ence follows:
"How far is a secretary justifledin taking
part in organizations outside the?"'" church
and association clubs, fraternities,' societies,
eta" John Fechter, Salvm.
"How to lead young men to take the best
caro of their bodies." A. G. Douthltt, Seattle.
"How to awaken and retain the interest
of young men and of the community in the
educational classes." J. M. Pattuloo, Tacoma.
"Can the association Christianize Its mem
bers?" "Reno Hutchinson, Portland. ,
"How to lead our young men to take an
active interest in the practical welfare of
their Immediate fellowmen." A. S. Allen, Se
attle. "How to cultivate loyalty on the part of
our young men to the association and its
enterprises." Bobert Carey, Seattle.
"How to promote among our young men a
more intelligent and responsive sense of publio
duty." Oscar Cox. Portland.
"How much personal service should we ex
pect from members of the board. Illustra
tions and suggestions." S. H. Ward, Spo
kane. "Practical suggestions on junior work."
W. A. Davenport, Boise, Idaho.
"What city associations can do for railroad
men." A. K. Hicks, Pocatello, Idaho.
"Manual training in the development of a
boy." W. J. Standley, Portland.
"Essentials In attractiveness about an as
sociation building." S. B. Hanna, Everett.
"Tho employment work of an association.
Why maintained and when successful." W.
E. Wright, Portland.
"Things to be avoided in the physical de
partment." M. M. Bingler, Portland.
EASTERN MULTNOMAH.
Prosperity Items From a Prosperous
Section.
GRESHAM, Or., Aug. 23. A. H. Bell,
the Rockwood merchant, will commence
work next week on a new store building.
It will be 50x60 feet, two stories high,
and be arranged for a stock of general
merchandise, feed and hardware. The
new building will occupy the site of the
old one which has stood there for over
20 years. The old building will bo moved
away. With the new hall which has re
cently been finished, a new parsonage, a
new schoolhouse in prospect soon and sev
eral dwelling-houses going up or recently
completed, Rockwood is having a substan
tial boom.
Special School Itfeetliifr.
The Board of DIrector.3 of Gresham
School District has Issued a call for a
special meeting to be held tomorrow even
ing. The purpose is to raise funds for
extra expense incurred on the new school
house. A very smalL levy will raise all
that is needed, and the people prefer
being taxed at once to going in debt,
even for a small amount. The school
house is rapidly nearlng completion, and
will probably be ready by September 15,
as originally intended.
Brief Notes.
D. W. Metzger has lumber on the
ground for a new warehouse. It will be
fitted up with an engine and mill for
grinding chop feed.
The Columbia Telephone Company has
completed its line to Rockwood, which
place is connected with Portland by a
'phone at Bell's store.
Andrew Breugger, who lives near Syca
more, is preparing to build what will
probably be the finest dwelling in this
section It will cost over $1800.
Threshing Is well under way, and the
grain yield is better than ever before.
Four machines are in operation, and will
have runs- lasting about two months each.
Proctor & Beers' sawmill has resumed
cutting railroad ties. It is expected that
all the mills will resume cutting ties
about September 1 at the old rate of 23
cents apiece.
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Former Resident of Forest Grove.
FOREST GROVE, Or.. Aug. 23. Mrs.
Charles Gardner, aged 29 years, who died
at her home in Portland yesterday of
organic heart trouble, resided here
at one - time. She left a husband and
two daughters, Leona and Nettle. Inter
ment will be in the Naylor Cemetery here
tomorrow.
Blotched, red, rough, tender skin
smoothed to satin softness, using Satin-,
Skin Cream and Powder. 25c. Meier & F.
ggpjj
AUGUST 24; 1901:
A FIT AT A TRIAL
WITNESS COLLAPSED WHEN HE
WAS CAUGHT IN A LIE.
Linnton Boat-Stealing Case Dis
missed Because There Was Too
Much Blind Pig in It.
Eugene Doutrevaux, a Frenchman, who
lives at Unnton, had a preliminary-examination
yesterday before Justice Vree
land on charge of larceny by bailee of a
boat belonging to Gaston Marquis. The
courtroom was filled with Frenchmen and
some Italians, mostly witnesses in -the
case. In the examination for the defense
one of the witnesses, Edward Sequle,
caused a sensation by falling in an epi
leptic fit when Deputy District Attorney
Spencer caught him on a plain contradic
tion. Gaston Marquis said he bought a
sailing yacht, which he valued at $75, al
though he admitted that he paid $15 and
received a receipt for $15. He turned it
over to Doutrevaux for safe keeping, with
permission to use in taking out parties.
When Marquis went to Linnton on August
19 to get this craft he handed Doutrevaux
$3. telling him that It was for keeping the
boat. Defendant pocketed the $3, and
when the owner of the yacht undertook to
take possession Doutrevaux ordered him
off, at the same time demanding more
money, about $8, for taking care of a
horse. The defendant then brought forth
a gun, which to the, witness looked like
a small cannon, but, according to some
of the witnesses, was a harmless gun
barrel, without even a stock. However,
Marquis was convinced it would shoot a
bullet, as he said it had been fired at a
target. Marquis was closely questioned by
the defendant's attorney, and brought out
the interesting fact that he was a horse
trader. The other witnesses were not clear
on any particular point.
It came out at the trial that all had
patronized the "blind pig" at Linnton and
were not in condition to remember what
occurred when Marquis demanded the
boat. Doutrevaux made a general denial
of the use of the gun, but admitted that
he held the boat for his pay.
When Edward Sequle came on the
stand for the defendant 'he was sadly
mixed up. He said one moment that he
was so far away that he could not hear
what passed between Doutrevaux and
Marquis, and the next instant he said he
was close enough to deliver over the
boat he was in. Deputy Spencer then
asked him how this could have been. The
witness glanced at the attorney for an
instant, and then with the look of a man
who had fallen In the river and was go
ing down for the last time, threw up his
arms and tumbled over on the floor in an
epileptic fit. A friend of the prostrate
man rushed forward, and in the effort to
loosen his shirt collar by cutting it open
with a knife, came near severing Sequie's
jugular vein. He did Inflict a slight gash.
Sequle was then lifted up and some Bull
Run water dashed In his face. When he
revived he was excused from the witness
stand.
Justice Vreeland concluded from the
character of the testimony on both sides
that the complaining witness, defendant
and all the witnesses had been patroniz
ing the Linnton "blind pig" too freely
to give intelligent accounts of what hap
pened, and discharged the defendant.
HARBORS OF THE WEST.
Impressions of the Visiting Con
gressmen. WASHINGTON, Aug. 15. Upon his re
turn from the Pacific Coast, Representa
tive Burton, of Ohio, chairman of the
House rivers and harbors committee,
stayed in Washington a few days, and
was seen by many of the Washington cor
respondents. To them Mr. Burton declined
to talk of any specific project, or to in
dicate whether or not- his committee, in
the light of trie recently gathered-informa-tion,
would change his attitude regard
ing particular river and harbor works. He
did Intimate, however, that the bill pre
pared at the next session of Congress
will differ in many particulars from the
bill which was defeated at the last ses
sion, as there were some few projects,
particularly along the Pacific Coast, which
have heretofore been carried by the bill,
which were found to be unworthy of con
sideration by the general Government,
while others that had been recognized only
to a limited extent deserved more liberal
appropriations than have heretofore been
allowed. Mr. Burton also intimated that
the next bill would probably have to be
drawn on more liberal lines than, that of
last Winter, because of the exhaustion of
so many appropriations for works now
under construction.
All efforts to have Mr. Burton express
an opinion as to the merits of the im
provement at the mouth of the Columbia,
at The Dalles, and in fact at any specific
Oregon or Washington point, were un
availing. "The committee received a very hospit
able reception on the Pacific Coast," said
Mr. Burton, coming down to the general
features of the trip. "The citizens every
where, as well as the commercial bodies
and transportation lines, vied with one
another In making our visit a delightful
nnp Thr. rilsnlav of cordiality was very
gratifying to all of us. Even more marked
was the desire to give us every iaciui-y
for obtaining information. They conclud
ed early that we had come for work
rather than for a junket. It was notable
that San Francisco, Portland and Ta
coma. the principal centers from which
nra morlo rmr ovaTTilnnHnns. looked OUt
just as carefully for the Interests of- mi
nor towns in their vicinity as for their
own and took pains to'airora run oppor
tunity to examine Into tho prospects and
TinRihllitlf's In other nlaces. even though
they might in time prove to be rivals.
"The features, wnicn upon a nrst v-sit
to the Pacific Coast are most impressive
to a person who has spent his life on
the Atlantic side or In the Middle West,
nrp tViA vast nosslbilitles of that region.
the great value of resources, agricultural
and mineral, the unlimited suppiy or um
ber in Oregon and Washington, and the
great wealth of their nsnenes. xo tnese
may be added excellence of climate and
honnfv of scpnerv. In utilizing: all these
they are handicapped by remoteness from
markets, and the consequent nign cost
of transportation. Their patriotism, and
onortrv i5 wnrthv of the hlsrhest admira
tion. In an unusual degree they have
nnnonrtoii tpfth obstacles unknown on the
Atlantic Coast long distances from great
centers, obstacles interposea Dy mountains
and deserts and In former years the hos
tility of the Indians. Among tnese ens
advantages they have shown a sturdy
hmo'nf Amprionn cltizenshlD. Their hos
pitality is worthy of all praise. In past
years the impression has prevailed that
the Pacific Coast was sugntiy regaraea
by the rest of the country, but I think
this feeling is passing away.
"A Tilenciant feature of the trip, which
was during the heated term, was the
cool temperature and constant sunshine,
particularly 'vest of the Cascade Moun
tains. Nothing out tne long aistance oc
twpon thpsp. localities and the Atlantic
Coast prevents them from being favorite
Summer resorts. Opportunities for recre
ation and climate are unsurpassed any
nrhnrp. Whenever the tide of Summer mi
gration starts in this direction, it will cer
tainly become very large.
"Ti nnmmlttsp nlsn enloved its triD
fr Aln'skn. Little Is reaulred there In the
way of river and harbor improvements,
except, pernaps, in me w range- in ar
rows, where a deepening and widening of
tha nhnnnpl would bfr desirable. Much is
required, however. In the way of more
efficient lighting. These channels are re
mote from lighthouse 'headquarters, so
that often buoys and aids to navigation
get out of place and remain as a snare to
navigation for a long time before they
are relocated.
"nnr frfn was necessarily a hurried
one and laborious in many ways, but
was rendered more agreeable by the gen
eral welcome extended to us everywhere.
While many Improvements are required
our examination would lead to the con
clusion that In some cases Improvements
have been undertaken on the Pacific
Coast without sufliclent discrimination, so
that less imnortant nroiects have received
large appropriations, to the disadvantage
of others more important and more prac
ticable. "The prominence of the arid land prob
lem was impressed upon us by tne trip.
At the same time, under present condi
tions, the quantity of arid land which can
be made valuable for cultivation is mucn
smaller than Is popularly supposed. The
value of irrigated portions would consist
in the extreme productiveness and in their
proximity to mining and other localities
where cultivated land is very scarce.
"We all returned with the pleasantest
impressions of the Pacific Coast, and I
trust with an amount of information which
will be of very great assistance in fram
ing a bill next Winter."
' 9
CAUSE OF "NIGGER BURNING"
Not a Desire for Vengeance, hut a
Lack of Amusement.
J. P. Mowbray's Dialogues In "My Library."
Before the Judge could reach Kansas the
practical man interrupted him, without
the least heat, but with an easy return to
actuality:
"By the way," he said, "I have just
come from Georgia and was fortunate
enough to see one of their nigger-burnings."
He said this with the conscious superior
ity of the man who places facts far above
mere deductions. Perhaps his composure
annoyed the Judge, who stopped walking
and said:
"Did you enjoy it?"
"Well, sir," replied practical compla
cency, "I am glad I saw It there Is so
much mistaken apprehension among the
people of the North who never saw It."
"Let us hope," said the Judge, "that
they will always have the same excuse
for misapprehension."
"I think you mistake the motive of the
people who burn niggers. You think it is
in some way an unbridled vengeance."
"Yes," said the Judge, "I think that
would be our estimate of It."
"Well, sir, there you would make a mis
take. I did not observe any riotous sense
of justice, at least to any large extent."
"Well, what in heaven's name did you
observe?"
"I observed that most of the men en
gaged in that business were actuated by a
desire for sensation. It wa3 a kind of ex
citing amusement. I think you do them
too much honor by attributing any idea
of Justice to them."
The Judge, who had started In with his
walk, stopped suddenly again and stared
at me. I must have stared back. The
practical man had opened a depth that had
not occurred to either of us. The Judge
pushed the library door shut softly, as if
it were well not to let anything permeate
the house. The practical man proceeded:
"I was in a scattered community in
Georgia when a lynching was proposed. I
happened to be at an out-of-the-way
shanty boarding-house In a district where
I was prospecting some pine lands, and I
had the opportunity to see how the lynch
ing proposition worked. Well, gentlemen,
it worked a good deal like an approaching
circus with a brass band, spotted horses
and a fairy rope-walker. The men didn't
ask what the nigger had done they
wanted to know where the show was,
and they wanted front seats. They dropped
their tools and gave up their jobs and
got together in knots. It promised just
the kind of excitement that their dull,
lmbruited natures could thrill at. It's a
fact, gentlemen. Even the niggers and the
women felt the thrill of it. Why, two
years before, when I was In Texas and
a lynching was in progress, proof came
from some of the officials that a mistake
had been made in the man, but rather
than disappoint the crowd they burned
the wrong nigger first, and then started
in to catch the right one. Now, I don't
think that the kind of animals I saw ever
wasted as much time in defending the
honor of their families as would an ordi
nary alligator. .And they enjoyed the fun.
Yes, sir, I don't discount that word. They
enjoyed It, and they let the children see
"And yet," said the Judge, "you think
the country is all right while it permits
such atrocities."
"Why, the country will correct the
whole business in time. They will either
burn all the niggers or the present race
of Tar-heels and Clay-eaters will die out
for want of amusement."
DAILY CITY STATISTICS.
Building Permits.
T. J. McNamee, repairs to house, north
east corner of East Tenth and East Oak,
$400.
Frank SpltulskI, two-story dwelling.
East Sixteenth, between Carl and Rhine
streets, $2000.
J. Weiss, two-story dwelling, Hawthorne
avenue, between East Ninth and East
Tenth, $2900.
Birth Returns.
August 21 Boy, to wife of R. D. Webb,
126 Grand avenue.
August 19 Boy, to wife of John J.
Smith, 344 Morris street.
Death Returns.
August 22 Maurice Gardner, 29 years,
105 North Thirteenth street; heart dis
ease. August 22 Martha E. Rollins, 4 months,
Good Samaritan Hospital; lntersusception
of bowels.
August 21 F. Bonney. 17 years. Good
Samaritan Hospital; brain trouble.
August 21 Mary E. Stimson. 51 years.
East Ninth street; secondary anaemia.
August IS James Hanna, 50 years;
drowned in Willamette River.
Real Estate Transfers.
Mary Mclntyre and husband to Mary
IMcIntyre. their daughter, SB.
NE. H of NE. K, section 10. T. 1 S.,
R. 2 E., 10 acres, August 22.i $ 1
Louis Goldsmlfh and wife to George
M. strong, lote 7 and 10, block 1,
Goldsmith's Addition, August 12.... 2000
Mary A. Burton and wife to Charles
E. Drake, 60 acres on Base Line
road, December 22. 1900 1000
Central Trust & Investment Com
pany to Helen M. Stratton. 10.2o
acres near Hawthorne avenue, and
lot 6. block 127. Portland, and lots
7 and 8, block 5; lots 6 and 7, block
7; lots 1, 4, 5 and 6, Central Addition
to East Portland. August 9 1
Amanda Matheson and husband to
John W. Brock and wife, land in
section 16, T. 1 S., R. 2 E., Au-
inist 23 .' 750
W. W. Spaulding and wife to George
A. Young and E. K. None, undivided
two-thirds Interest In land adjoining
the J. A. Slavin donation claim, Au
gust 17 1
Theodore A. Goffe to Ellen A. Goffe,
lots 5 and 7. block 22, Multnomah.
January 31, 1S91 .. 1
For abstracts, title Insurance or mtg.
loans, see Pacific Coast Abstract Guar
anty & Trust Cc 204-5-6-7 Failing bids.
t
Dyspepsia causes its victims to live In
misery. Hood's Sarsaparilla cures dye
peosla. SENSIBLE TO QUIT.
Coffee Agrees With Some People,
but Not With All.
"Coffee has caused my son-in-law to
have nausea and pain In the stomach and
bowels.
"In, my own case I am unable to drink
coffee without having distress afterwards,
and my son, 11 years old, has had dys
pepsia, caused by drinking coffee.
"We all abandoned the use of coffee
some months ago and have been using
the Postum Food Coffee since.
"Each and every one of us have been
entirely cured of our troubles, and we
are naturally great friends of Postum. I
have tried several different ways" of mak
ing It, but there's no way so good as to
follow the directions properly; then we
have a delicious drink." Mrs. A. E. Mou
hlo, 331 Lynn street, Maiden, Mass.
1 CARNIVAL IS COMING ON.
ITS C03IMITTEES ARE ACTIVE IX
PItEP.VlUTI O X.
Multnomah Field Will' Have 40,000
Candle-Po-iver Electric Lights-and
Many Attractions.
Electric lights ot 40,000 candle-power
will make Multnomah Field brilliant dur
ing the evenings of the carnival. No
such scene has ever before been witnessed
In the Pacific Northwest. The field con
tains five acres, and It will be Immensely
Improved. Seats will be so arranged that
evry square foot of the grounds will be
in view, and none of the sights will be
missed. The carnival committee on build
ings and grounds Is making such altera
tions as will transform the field into a
bower of beauty.
The military tournament competitive
drills will be held on Multnomah Field
during the evenings. The shooting- con
tests will be held in the afternoons. Sev
eral military companies are drilling regu
larly in preparation for the carnival
events. Some special feature will be In
progress on Multnomah Field all the
time.
The Great Auditorium.
Plans are maturing for the putting of
extra fine touches on the Interior of
the music hall of the Exposition building.
The finish will be something fine, and
the accoustlc effects will be near perfec
tion. When the decorators and scenic
artists get through with the music hall.
Its old admirers will not recognize It.
The Germnn Villase.
This feature of the carnival will be a
great attraction. Its shady bowers of.
evergreen will be enlivened by the strains
from a $2500 music box, located at tho
south side of the lower east ring, in,
ample space of 50x150 feet. The conces
sion for the village has been sold for
$503. The cane concession has been let for
$25. and bids for other concessions aro
being received.
No Dull aiomcnts.
Tho amusement committee Is arranging
for a carnival of life and brilliancy, with
a continuous performance of thrilling"
events. The attractions will not be lo
cated in one particular place, but are to
be situated In various parts of the grounds
and buildings, and will not run in oppo
sition. As soon as the turn in one place,
is completed another act will commence
In another wing, thus preventing the
crowd from becoming stagnant and forc
ing the spectators to circulate. There
will be life and animation everywhere.
The steamboat lines have all agreed to
co-operate with the carnival commltteo
and the railroads in giving the peopte of.
the Northwest a big holiday of a week
on excursions rates of one. and one-third
fare for the round trip.
EXHIBIT FOR CARNIVAL.
Oregon City Fish Hatchery Is Pre
paring One.
ASTORIA. Aug. 23. E. N. Carter, su
perintendent of the Government hatchery
near Oregon City, is making arrange
ments to have an exhibit at the Port
land Carnival in the nature of a. mlna
ture hatchery In operation. He has re
quested Master Fish Warden Van Dusan
to assist him and salmon eggs In differ
ent stages of growth will be furnished
from the state hatcheries for the ex
hibit. PEACHES AND PEARS SCARCE
Housewives Must Rustle to Get a
Supply for the Winter.
Housekeepers are making efforts to
supply themselves with peaches for ean-
nln rtnA nroaarvtnrf hilt find the SUDDiV
"nardly up to the demand, and Uhe price
high enough, and some of tne iruit not
up to the standard. The fact Is that the
crop of Crawford peaches now coming in
is short, and. taking In all kinds of,
peaches grown in the Ashland section,
t'here is not more than two-thirds of a
crop. There will be a fair supply of
Mulrs, a freestone peach, which Is said
to be just as good as the Crawford, com
ing in just after tho Crawfords. There
is but little probability, however, oc
peaches being any cheaper than' at pres
ent. There Is complaint of a scarcity of Barr
lett pears in the market for "putting up."
This Is accounted for by the fact that
unusuall- heavy shipments of these pear3
are being made from the Ashland region
tto Chicago and New York. One commis
sion firm in this city has shipped IfcW
boxes a day all this week,, and la now
hunting- for pears for the city trade.
What does it profit a man or a woman
to live in the finest fruitgrowing state in
the Union, if the people of less favoraa
states buy all the best fruit at prices na
tives cannot afford?
BUSINESS ITEMS.
If Baby Is Cutting Teeth,
Be sure and use that old and well-tried remedy..
Mrs. -Winnlow'a Softthinic Syrup, for children
teethlm-. It soothes the child, softens the sums.
altays all pain, curea wind colic and dlarrlwa.
DAILY METEOItOLOGICAL REPORT.
PORTLAND, Aug:. 23. Maximum tempera
ture. 72; minimum temperature, 50; river reading-
at 11 A. M., 4.7 feet: change in 24 hours,
0.4 foot: total precipitation. C P. M. ta 5
P. M.. none; total precipitation since Septem
ber 1, 10OC 42.70 Inches; normal preclpitattea
since September 1. 1000. 4C.CO Inches; deJtelen
cy. 3.00 inches; total sunshine August 22, 0.34;
possible sunshlno August 22. 13.43.
PACIFIC COAST WEATHER.
H
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5
STATIONS.
Astoria
Baker City ....
Bismarck .. ..
Boise
(T-l
su-
&
NE
S
.NTV
S
Pt. cloudy
04
Jiar
Pt. eloudy
Clear
Ctear
L76
100
Eureka
6210
irplpnn. .. ....
bZ
121
0
Cloudy
fcamioops. B. C.
SSO
Clear
Clear
Ncah Bay
-Pocatello .....
CG
16 JW
10 S
10 SE
10 SE
8 N
121 S
SE
12) SW
8N
8 NW
31 N
92
Clear
Portland
T.
Clear
Clear
Pt. ctoudj
Red Bluff
82
Roseburg
70!
Sacramento ..
70
Clear
Clear
Salt Lake
00
60
02
San Francisco .
Spokane
Clear
Seattle
Walla Walla ...
Clear
Pt. cloudy
100
Light. T Trace.
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
torrent n. few small showers in Southern Ore
gon, no rain has fallen In the states west of
the Rocky Mountains during the last J nours.
It Is decidedly cooler In Western Oregon,
Vn,f in PTnstprn Oroeon. Eastern Washington
and Idaho warm weather prevails, with after
noon temperatures ranging between au ana
10O degrees.
Tho inriicntinns tire for threatening weather
over the greater portion of this district Sat
urday, with showers and thunder storms In
TMV.rth.n5!trn Orezon. Eastern Washington and
Northern Idaho, and possibly light tocal show
ers over the lower end of tne wiunmeue val
ley. JfUHfiUMi).
Forecasts made at Portland at 8 P. M. for
28 hours ending midnight August 2U
Portland and vicinity Cloudy and threaten
ing, with probably showers. South te west
winds.
riratmn Fnlr southt Drobablv showers norm
portion; coder east portion. South to west
winds.
Wnhin(rtnn Fair west: urobably thunder
storms east portion. Cooler east portion. South
to west winds.
MinTrT- smith- nrabablv- thunder sterma
north portion. Cooler north and west portlo'ns
South to west wind3.
EDWARD A. BEALS; Forecast OOlclal.
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