Morning Oregonian., October 21, 1901, Page 5, Image 5

THE 1VI0BNING OBEG.ONIAN, MCVNDAT. OCTOBER 21, 1901.
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
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Big Show.
Strange Rodent Arrives. As a truck
man vras carrying a bunch of bananas Into
a Front-street commission-house a day or
two ago, a strange animal, much resem
bling a rat, but with a curiously shaped
head and hind legs much longer than the
lore ones, escaped from a nest in the
center of the bunch to the ground, having
three young ones fast to its neck. A hue
and cry was raised. In a moment every
man -within hearing was on the scene,
racing and chasing and kicking and
stamping In a frantic effort to kill the
poor little beast, thus thrown on its re
sources In a strange land, far away from
home, with a family on Its hands, or, more
correctly, its neck. From, the excitement
It appeared as if some horrible monster
had been turned, loose to kill and slay and
devour the population of the city. After
all the fuss, and after a number of the
bold defenders of the country had been
severely kicked on the shins, the little
animal made good its escape with two of
Its young. Tire crowd had one of the
little ones as a trophy. Just what the
animal was is not known, as there, are fib
many species of small rodents In the
tropical region -whence the bananas came,
but some say It was a kangaroo rat. It is
scarcely possible that from this Invasion
a pest of strange rats will spring, but it
may he hoped that the brave little animal
which eluded the "host of its' pursuers may
succeed In bringing up Its young In peace
and comfort.
Sad Famhjt Reunion. C. A. Marrlam,
recently of Charleston, S. C, arrived in
Portland with his family, Saturday. The
death of his daughter since the family
started West made the family reunion a
sad one. Miss Marrlam and her brotherT
the youngest son of the family, were vis
iting Eastern relatives prior to the re
moval to the new Western home. Just as
they were ready to make the start for
Portland, Miss Marrlam was taken with
typhoid fever, and died October 5, at Tel
low Springs, O., before her father, who
had been telegraphed for, could reach her.
The eldest son, C. A. Marrlam, Jr., was
then nearing Portland from New York to
join the family here. As he could not be
communicated -with, his first knowledge
of his sister's sickness and death was
received upon reaching Portland the fol
lowing Tuesday. The present meeting of
the family is naturally a sad one. Miss
Marriam's remains were taken to her old
home for burial before the Western trip
was again taken -up.
The Biggest Bowl Ever. A huge
wooden bowl, some four feet across and
about a foot in depth, the largest wooden
howl ever seen here, attracted the atten
tion of a number of persons on Front
street Saturday. One old worker in woods
said It was made either of yellow poplar
or cucumber wood. The dealer who dis
played it said it was for use in a bakery.
The wood was light and rather soft, but
It was said would not shrink or swell or
crack from any ordinary usage. It was
decided that it was to be used by the
baker for mixing cake, the ingredients to
be stirred by a wooden spoon. A tin pan,
It was eaid, was not suitable for this
purpose, as the metal would soon be worn
out in the stirring and scraping, and be
Huxeo. up witn tne Ingredients of the
cake, which would have a bad effect on
fhe cake and the eaters thereof.
Accident to Captain Riley. Captain
W. J. Riley is likely to be deprived of
somp of the pleasure he anticipated in
shooting over his magnificent "Dead Wil
lows" preserves this season, through an
accident. While riding along the street
on his bicycle he was run into by a reck
less messenger boy and thrown against a
passing electric car. The force of the
blow tore two of his ribs loose from
their connection with his spinal column,
and the result is that he is Incapacitated
for active exercise for the present. He is
anxious to be all right again, But such in.
juries are slow in healing. He says if
his ribs do not "catch on" pretty soon he
Awill have them taken out and see If he
cannot make two women out of them.
Women are much the same as they were
In the days of Adam and Eve, but the rib
, racket is not worked these days.
Postofficb Tree in No Danger. a
beautiful evergreen tree in the Postoffice
grounds, on the Sixth-street side, supposed
to be a mountain larch, has grown so
large as to shut off the view of the
street and the Portland Hotel from sev
eral windows. One of the officials In the
building said a few days ago that he had
a notion to cut it down. United States At
torney Hall remarked that If he did this a
suit would at once be commenced against
him for cutting timber on Governmeni
land, and added: "In that case you mignt
be required to arrest yourself, which
would be a difficult thing to do." it is not
likely that the tree will be molested very
soon.
Glad His coat Was Stolen. B. E.
Upplncott was made happy by the loss
of an overcoat a day or two ago. A sneak
thief stole it from the hall of his resi
dence at 10 o'clock in the morning. Mr.
X.lppInqo(tt, says ,he,had worn the coat
five years, and" was afraid he would have
to wear it another Winter. The loss of It
has now given him a valid excuse for
buying a new one, and he is trying to
make up his mind what style to buy.
The kind which fit like a blanket to an
Indian does not please him much, and th
other new style one pleases him still less.
He feels sorry for the thief, who must
have been much disappointed In his prize.
Appointed Customs Inspector. W. B.
Addy, a son-in-law of William L. Hig
glns, formerly employed at the Oswego
Iron Works, has lately been appointed a
Customs Inspector at Nogales, N. M. Half
the town is In New Mexico and half In.
Old Mexico, and conditions are rather pe
culiar there in regard to smuggling and
"running in" Chinese. A cigar can be
purchased "across the line," the duty on
which is much more than the first cost.
Mr. Addy's duty is to patrol the boundary
line on horseback and prevent smuggling
of Chinese or merchandise. All the In
spectors in this section go fully armed and
ready for business.
New Version of Old Conundrum
About 50 years ago the following conun
drum was sprungxon the American pub.
lie: What Is it that Is black and white
and is re(a)d all over? The description
answered the papers of that day very well.
Yesterday an old citizen who remembered
It remarked that it did not apply to all
the papers of these times, as many of
them are black and white and yellow all
over and were not red at all.
Sportsman Herb From Elgin. J. b
Thorson, a leading citizen and capitalist of
Elgin, is spending a few days in this
city enjoying the sport of pheasant
shooting. There are plenty of prairie
chickens and ruffled and blue grouse on
his native heath, but very few Chinese
pheasants, which are protected as well as
possible in order to stock that section. Mr.
Thorson is an ardent sportsman and "could
not -wait any longer to have a shot at?
the king of the game birds of this Coast.
Bailey Gatzert Winter Schedule
Dalles Route. Leave Portland every
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 7 AM.
foot Alder street. Leave The Dalles every
Sunday, Wednesday and Friday, 7 A. M.
carrying both freight and passengers.' '
Ministerial Association. Rev. W. O
Forbes will deliver an address this evenl
Ing before the Presbyterian Ministerial
Association, which meets in the First
Presbyterian Church.
The Dalles-Portland Route, Regula
tor Line Steamers, From Oak-Street
Dock Daily, At 7 A, M.
Hat Compressors Bust. Albers hav!
and grain warehouse on North Front
street has been a very busy place for
the last two or three weeks. Three hay
compressing machines have been at work
day and night compressing some 3400 tons
of hay to be shipped on the transport
Adato, which is expected here in a few
days. It takes a lot of hay to keep the
compressing machines and about 100 men
busy, and owing, to- the car famine it
haj been hard work to keep a supply on
hand. On Sunday or any other day when
it is possible, a train is secured and a
run made out into Washington County.
Cars are dropped off at Dilley, Forest
Grove. Gaston and other places, which are
picked up loaded on the return trip. On
arrival the cars are unloaded and are
ready for regular business the next day.
Two of the compressing machines makp
round bales, 55 cubic feet to the ton, and
one makes square bales, 80 cubic feet to
the ton. When a round bale falls from
the compressor to the floor It sounds .like
a block of wood falling, and is just about
as hard and heavy. The hay which is
being compressed Is bright, clean tim
othy, of which there is any quantity in
the Willamette Valley this season.
Close the Pawnshops on Sujjdats. a
Portland pawnbroker said yesterday: "1
am glad to see that efforts are being made
by the City Council to close the pawn
shops on Sundays. There are few pawn:,
brokers in the city that observe Sunday
the same as any other day in the week,
keeping open their places of business from
early in the morning until late at night.
Why should these few be allowed to' ig
nore Sunday? Why not enforce the law,
so as to compel all to close and observe
one day in the week, as the leading dry
goods and clothing houses do? I am, prac
tically speaking, a stranger, having been
in the city only a little over a year.
Prior to ray coming I was engaged in the
pawnbroking business in New York; There
the law compels all pawnbrokers to keep
closed on Sundays. I am sorry to' state,
in Portland, not only Sundays, but also
legal holidays, are ignored by men In the
pawnbroking business."
Manufacture of Minzng Machinery.
The revival of mining industries all over
the Northwest, and t,he development of
mining In Alaska has resulted In giving
an impetus to the industry of manufac
turing mining machinery in this city. Six
stamp mills of five stamps each were seen
a day or two ago standing in front of an
up-town iron works, ready for shipment
to Alaska, where they are to be set up,
together forming a battery of 30 stamps.
A number of such mills have been manti--
factured at this establishment lately,
nearly 100 stamps In all, and shipped to
various points in this region. A very
handy two-stamp mill Is also being man
ufactured, a sort of "pocket companion"
for prospectors, which is very serviceable
in making a practical test of the value ot
new discoveries.
"Waiters' Alliance" members, see
meeting notice.
HOW THEY EAT PRISON FARE
Pampered Colored Vagrants at First
Turned Up Their Noses.
Quite a change as to their .taste in
culinary matters has come over the spir
its of Burr Williams, alias "Blackle," and
W. Green, colored, since they took up
their residence in the City Jail to serve
terms of imprisonment for vagrancy. At
the time of their arrest the prisoners
were the best-dressed men in colored
Whitechapel. Their new suits of clothes,
shiny shoes and diamonds aroused envy
and despair in the hearts of their rivals,
and it was popularly supposed when the
edict went forth to gather in. the swell
male vagrants of Whitechapel that Wil
liams and Green would be spared the
indignity of being taken to jail, on ac
count of what was vaguely stated to
be their "pull" in political circles. But
the two were arrested and spntpncod hup
ordinary persons, and all the colored girls
shed copious tears ojf regret.
"Never mind. TKe poor boys won't
have to eat prison fare. We will send
specially cooked, daintily served food to
them," sobbed more than one afflicted
damsel.
So, when Williams and Green were
taken to the City Jail to begin their
terms of imprisonment, they did not
deign to accept the ordinary prison fare,
confident that their Whitechapel friends
would send them a feast worthy of a
Vanderbllfs table. Other prisoners
munched at common liver and onions,
bread and potatoes; but Williams and
Green turned up their noses.
"Our turkey and cranberry sauce will
arrive shortly." said Williams to his side
partner, and the latter said that he
hoped their friends would send some
kangaroo soup, celery, chicken, elephant
heart, rhinoceros steak, eagle cutlet,
pate de foie gras, and a bottle of extra
dry.
Williams lips moistened at the mere
mention of those dainties, but as the
evening passed on, none of the White
chapel fare arrived. Next morning, when
Jailer Roberts counted prisoners to know
the number of breakfasts to order, Wil
liams and Grtn pleaded to be excused
from prison fare. Steaming hot break
fasts arrived, and 30 prisoners attacked
them with such ability that Williams
drew his belt tighter around him to sup
press his hunger. But three hours later,
Williams could stand It no longer and he
beckoned to a policeman he knew and
said hoarsely:
"I'm nearly starved. I've had nothing
to eat since yesterday morning. Our gals
haven't sent us any grub."
"Is that what you have been waiting
on?" asked the policeman, derisively.
"Say, you fellows had better make up
your mind to eat prison fare; The boss
won't allow any food to be sent to you
from the outside."
"Why?" asked Williams, desperately.
"Because you're no- better than any
body else," grinned the policeman. Then
be -went away.
"It's up to us," said Williams to his
side-partner. The consequence was that
when Jailer Roberts came that afternoon
to count noses for dinner, Williams and
Green were among the first row of ap
plicants. They looked empty and miser
able, and it was hard to believe that
these two were the pampered darlings
of only a short time before. The other
prisoners chaffed them unmercifully, and
when Williams' plate was handed to him,
a note was found under the potatoes, and
It read:
"Dear Blackie. I hev goat anotther fel
lah and he spendds all my money. Don't
love ye enny more, honney. There are
otherrs. Belle."
SURVEYED IDAHO LAIRDS.
Albert Oliver, of Portland, Returns
From Extended Trip.
Albert Oliver has lately returned from
an outing of Ave months, spent In sur
veying public lands In Idaho, from which
lands are to be selected for the support of
the Idaho State University. The lands
surveyed comprise some five townships
and are situated on a plateau lying be
tween the Snake and Salmon Rivers. The
plateau Is about 25 miles In length and
from one to six miles in width. It lies at
an elevation of about 3000 feet above the
Snake, and is covered with an open forest
of pine trees. The plateau has been oc
cupied by Caufield as a cattle range, and
the benches from the plateau down to
the Snake make a fine Winter range.
The plateau is a paradise for hunters
prairie chickens, ruffled and blue grouse
being abundant, and bear and deer occa
sionally seen. '
Mr. Oliver says his crew had all the
grouse they cared to eat from the time
they were large enough to shoot. He
could jump on his pony and ride out and
shoot a dozen at any time. A number of
small creeks, rising on the plateau and
emptying Into the Snake and Salmon, are
well stocked with trout, and afforded good
sport. Mr. Oliver prefers young blue
grouse to either the ruffled grouse or the
prairie chicken, they belne fattpr nnrt
juicier. The" nlateau la nhnm- inn uoe
from Lewiston, the nearest railroad point. I
REFERRED TO PRESBYTERY
RESIGNATION OF- REV. W. O.
FORBES AGAIN ACTED UPON.
Congrrceratfon of Forbes Presbyte
rian Church. Stands Firm" in. Re.
fusing to Accept It.
At the Forbes Presbyterian Church,
Upper Albina. yesterday morning, the
pulpit was supplied by the Rev. J. p.
Wilson, D. D., and at the close of the
services a congregational meeting. was
held to elect commissioners to represent
the church in the matter of the resigna
tion of the pastor, the Rev- W. O.
Forbes, " at the meeting of tthe Portland J
iirauieijf, wmen win oe -neia in tins
church tomorrow evening. At a former
congregational meeting the resignation of
Mr. Forbes was received ind the meef
Ing declined to accept it by a vote of 60
to 6. Commissioners were then ap
pointed to present the wishes of the
church before the presbytery at the Ore
gon City meeting. This was done, but
the presbytery again referred the resig-
NEW CHAIRMAN REPUBLICAN COUNTY GENTRAL
COMMITTEE.
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DB..O. P. S. PliUMMHR,
- Df. O. P. S. Plummer, whose selection as chairman of the Republican County
Central Committee, came at the recent reorganization of the committee, upon
the resignation of Donald Mackay, Is a Well-known and active worker In tha
Ay Kepubllcan party. The honor came to
Plummer said that he had no other objects at heart than the ireneral welfare
of the Republican party and the success of its candidates at the polls.
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nation back to the church, and appointed
another meeting of the presbytery for
Tuesday evening, October 22, in the
Forbes Church.
.The- congregational .meeting held yes
terday was presided over by Dr. Wilson,
and after the business had been an
nounced the meeting voted to refer the
whole case back to the presbytery for
settlement, and" appointed -no commission
ers. It now rests with the presbytery
to settle the matter. A good many of
the members were disappointed that this
was not done at the Oregon City meet
ing. The situation is a little bit acute.
Some rather severe things have been said,
and a member of the church remarked
yesterday that no matter what Is done,
it will be a hard matter to unite the
church. Mr. Forbes, as shown by the
vote to refuse acceptance of his resig
nation, has evidently a very strong hold
on about 90 per cent of the membership.
The failure of the congregational meet
ing to appoint commissioners yesterday
seems to leave the matter just where
it was left at Oregon City, and throws
the responsibility of a settlement of the
difficulty on the presbytery. The prom
inence of Mr. Forbes, his long services as
pastor of the Albina Church, and his
work as a missionary gives the matter
more than ordinary interest.
Work of the Snb-Bonrtis of Trnde.
The East Side Sub-Boards of Trade, the
first of which were started about a year
ago. have accomplished more for the sev
eral districts than any other organiza
tions ever before effected. A number of
Improvement associations were organized
eight years ago, but they did very little.
The following sub-boards are in exist
ence: Selllwood, Eleventh Ward. Cen
tral Albina, Montavilla, Brooklyn, James
B. Stephens, Clinton Kelly, and the Pen
insula. Sellwood has a woolen mill to
show for its work, also a cannery com
pany, and a general building movement.
The Eleventh Ward Club has under way
the widening of Union avenue between
Alberta stree tand Dekum avenue, move
ments for a new schoolhouse, for free
mall delivery, and other improvements
Albina Central has inaugurated a move-"
ment for the erection of a ?S000 hall and
the widening of Vancouver avenue foi
nearly a mile. Montavilla Is just finish
ing up the raising of a bonus for the
purchase of a strip of land 100x1500 fpr
a sidetrack for the O. R. & N. Railroad:
and Is also trying to get a justice of the
peace office established at Montavilla for
the preservation of order. The Brook
lyn, Stephens and Clinton Kelly boards
are working to secure Hawthorne Park
for the use of the public, the Brooklyn
sewer system, free mail delivery in the
southeast, fire protection for thp East
Side water front, and -a woolen mill. Suc
nyslde board is working for better water
pressure and fire protection.
Each of the hoards is working for
something. Attendance at meetings Is not
as large as at the start, but those who
do attend go for business. The change
In the name of the Portland Board cf
Trade has changed the connection of the
sub-boards, but their relations remain
the same.
The East Side Improvement Associa
tion, recently organized, Is a central push
club, and all the sub-boards have signified
desire to co-operate with It, and they are
appointing committees with this in vie.
All these organizations have plenty to
do and there always is something of in
terest at the meetings. As President Wil
liam D. Fenton, of the East Side Im
provement Association, remarked at th
last meeting, "We hope to promote a clvjo
pride In our city and get better improve
ments." Want Express Office Retained.
East Side business men are very much
concerned over the report that the ex
press office maintained on Grand avenue
is to be discontinued. The office, to
gether with a telegraph office, has al
ways been maintained on the East Side.
Business men fear that if the express of
fice be discontinued, the telegraph office
also will follow. A strong protest comes
from every side against the removal of
either. A petition to the manager of the
express company will be circulated at
once asking that the office be maintained
and representing that its removal would
be a serious blow and inconvenience to
the East Side.
Dan KellaKer, a Grand-avenue business
man, said yesterday that the business In
terests and the Interests of all on the
East Side would be seriously affected by
the discontinuance of he express office,
and that very likely the telegraph office
would follow. He had talked with a
great many on the subject, and all are
of the same opinion. However, Mr. Kel
laher thinks on p roper presentation to
I the manager, the office 'Will 'not be dis
continued. It is expected that the com
mittee on transportation of the East Side
Improvement Association will at once
take the matter up. This committee Is
composed of J. E. Hunt, A. A. Kadderly,
Joseph Buchtel, A. W. Lambert and R.
L. Cate.
Milvraukle Public Meeting.
There will be a public meeting of the
residents of Milwaukie and vicinity this
evening in the Town Hall for the pur
pose of taking steps to prevent the re
moval of the shops of the Portland City
& Oregon Railway Company to some
other point. For this meeting a call has
been issued setting forth that an effort
is being made to induce the company to
move elsewhefe and that it behooves
the people of Milwaukie to do something
to prevent this being done. Incidentally,
some plans will be adopted looking to the
crectfon of cottages for the accommoda
tion of the railway employes, also to fa
cilitate securing right of way for 'the
him unsought, and in his acceptance Dr.
railway to avoid the long trestle In Mil
waukie, and the securing of land for the
enlargement of the shops.
? East Side Notes.
The funeral of O. C. Anderson, the hoy
who was accidentally .killed on the Morrison-street
bridge, while on a street-car,
last week, was held at Dunning's under
taking parlors yesterday afternoon. There
was a large attendance. L. H. Lucas, of
the Spiritual Society, conducted the fu
neral. From the way In which the petition for
the Improvement of East Burnside Is be
ing signed up, it will soon contain a
large majority of the property. C. N.
Rankin, who has charge of the petition,
says that only one man has refused to
sign. Those who have heretofore been
opposed, to the improvement are now In
favor of it.
Wise Bros., dentists, both 'phones.
Failing. "
The
WEPT OVER LONG DISTANCE
Foster Sisters Shed Tears While
Phone Bills Mounted Up.
A very affecting incident occurred in
this city a few days ago, which inciden
tally proved rather expensive to the man
who brought it about. A number of years
ago two little girls in tHis city were left
orphans, and though In no way related,
were by chance brought up and kindly
cared for by the same person. A strong
affection grew up between the two girls,
which was warmer from the fact that
neither had any parents or brothers or
sisters to lavish their affections upon,
and their love grew and strengthened as
they came to womanhood. Finally some
turn of the wheel of fortune separated
them. One remained in Portland and In
due time was happily married. 'The other
went away "up country" and finally was
also happily married. An intimate 'cor
respondence was kept up between the two
for a few years, but was finally dropped
owing to changes of location, and years
passed without either seeing or hearing:
of the other. A short time ago the one
living In Portland heard that the other,
with her husband, had taken up their
residence in a town only 100 miles or
so distant from this city. A great desire
to see the old and dear friend came over
her, and she could not eat or sleep on
account of It. Circumstances rendering
it Impracticable that she should go on
a journey at the time, her husband sug
gested that she have a talk with her
friend over the long-distance telephone.
He rang up the distant city and called
for his wife's friend, and after a reason
able time was notified' that she was at J
the phone. He then called his wife to
talk to her, and the following conversa
tion took place:
"Is that you, Sadie?"
"Yes. Is that you, Susie?"
"Yes."
Then both began crying for joy and
kept it up for half an hour or more,
without being able to say ,a word. The
unfortunate man, who had arranged the
interview, seeing that his bill was mount
ing into the hundreds, and bid fair to
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continue to mount indefinitely, called it
off for the time and the two friends
continued to cry without expense. A
meeting between the two friends has been
arranged for, as neither of their hus
bands is willing to take the chances of
financial ruin by allowing -them to tackle
the "long-distance telephone again.
VANISHING SEAL HERDS.
Professor David Starr Jordan Ob
jects to Criticism Thereon.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Cal., Oct.
15. (To the Editor.) Referring to your
editorial of the 12 inst., regarding the fur
seal herd, permit me to say:
The fur seal herd of the Pribllof Isl
ands has steadily declined in numbers
since about the year 18S5, when pelagic
sealing began In Behrlng Sea, and It is
still declining. The decline is directly
proportioned to the number of 'females
killed at sea, and Is due -to such killing
and to this cause alone. This decline has
been measured since 1896 by the actual
counts o,f pups and harems on. the breed
ing islands. This te the only way It can
be measured. Between 1S95 and ISS? it
amounted to about 15 per cent of the
breeding herd. It has not varied far from
this In subsequent seasons.
The increased land catch of this sea
son is, according to the press notices,
22.672 skins, as against 22,470 for the pre
ceding season, an Increase of 202 skins.
This figure Is an insignificant one, but if
it were 10 times as great it would not
prove Increase in the herd. As Is well
known the quota of any year Is taken
from the bachelor herd, which Includes
animals, 4, 3,' 2 and 1 years. By taking
more' or smaller 2-year-olds the quota of
any year may be arbitrarily Increased at
the expense of subsequent quotas. It
must further be remembered that the
present quota of 22,000 may just as prop
erly, perhaps more so, be compared with
that of 30,000 for 1S96, and such compari
son does not show Increase. ,
As -a matter of fact the increased land
catch of this season is probably due to
permission granted under the advice of
the Fur Seal Commission to "kill 2-year-olds
rather than 3-year-olds alone. The
skins are more valuable at 3 years, be
cause larger; but it is better to have
30 2-year-olds than to wait a year for
20 3-year-olds, the pelagic sealer in the
meantime taking the other 10. After the
fourth year the male skins are worth
less. The increase of idle bulls noted In your
article is due to an entirely different
cause, namely, the depletion, of the
harems due to the killing of females at
sea. The Increase of this class of animals
proves the decline of the herd. Th'ere
are not enough females to give the
normal number of bulls harems, hence
the excess of Idle bulls.
You say that the pelagic catch shows
the Industry "to be In as good shape as
it ever has been." I would merely quote
the following figures taken from the Vic
toria Times of October 4, which, what
ever else may "be said of them, cannot be
said to be prejudiced against pelagic seal
ing. The catches for six seasons are
given as follows:
1895 74.12411898
1896 55,677 1S99
1897 30,4101900
28,552
35,346
35,548
In the period covered the catch has de
clined more than one-half.
That the pelagic catch does not decline
as rapidly In proportion as the herd itself
Is due to the fact that the females in
feeding and in traveling tend to bunch
together. As their numbers diminish the
feeding ground narrows. The larger the
herd the more widely it must scatter to
pbtain Its food. That Individual catches
of vessels have not fallen off in as great
proportion as the annual catches of the
fleet is due to the fact that under the
conditions noted above the fewer vessels
have been able to work to greater ad
vantage. As to the date of the predicted ex
termination, of the herfl It has only been
claimed that present conditions tend sure
ly and certainly In that direction. The
herd will grow smaller and smaller as its
breeding females are killed at sea. As
a herd it will last under present condi
tions just so long as our Government pro
tects Its breeding haunts on the islands.
When the herd becomes too insignificant
to warrant the cost of such protection, its
end will come quickly.
It is not just to speak of the preserva
tion of the fur seal herd as an effort in
the interests of monopoly. The North
American Commercial Company in the
open market offered the highest bid for
the skins of male seals which the United
States Government might think safe to
permit to be killed. This company pays In
round numbers the sum of 510 for each
skin it receives. The killing of these su
perfluous males can do no harm to the
herd, and is in line of proper mainte
nance. It Is the only killing that can be
regulated and controlled in the Interests
of the herd. It has been practiced since
the beginning of the past century.
Pelagic sealing cannot be called an in
dustry. It is a species of economic sui
cide, for it shamefully wastes its own
capital. Involving the destruction of the
mother seals with their dependent young.
In the end It must destroy itself. It
should'be a matter of satisfaction to erery
American that our flag no longer protects
and that our citizens are no longer en
gaged in the business of pelagic sealing.
DAVID STARR JORDAN.
WHERE TO DINE TODAY.
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New Hlgli-Grnile Piano
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- Every day Increases the popularity and
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reason Is that when once used relief is
sure to follow. Don't forget this.
EYES MADE
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( Without bragging, but as a mere
g statement of facts, the Portland Op-
( tical Institute announces that its
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L -it beyond the competition of any
( house on the Pacific Coast In this
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when the highest quality, perfectly
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g will have an eye made to your or-
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Tke Optlclna.
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ANDERSON. OUSTAV, Attorney-at-Law...012
ASSOCIATED PRESS. E. L. Powell. Mngr.SOtf
AUSTEN. P. C. Manager for Oregon and
AVashlncton Bankers' Llfo Association of
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BEALS. EDWARD A.. Forecast Official U.
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BINSWANGER. OTTO S.. Physician and
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BROCK. WILBUR F.. Circulator Orego-
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BROWN. MYRA. M. D 313-3H
ERUERE, DR. G. E.. Pbyslcian..-12-413-414
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CAMPBELL. WM. M.. Medical Referee
Equitable Life TOO
CANNING. M. J C02-803
CAUKIN. G. E.. District Agent Travelers
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CARDWELL. DR. J. R 503
CHURCHILL. MRS. E, J TX6-T1X
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CORNELIUS, a W.. Phys. and Surgeon....20a
COVER. F. C. Cashier Equitable Llfe...30
COLLIER. P. F.. Publisher: S- P. McQulre.
Manager .........415
DAY. J. G.. & I. N 313
DICKSON, DR. J. F., Physician 113-714
DWYER JOE E.. Tobaccos 40vt
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EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE SOCIETY.
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FENTON, DR. HICKS, C, Eye and Ear. .311
FENTON. MATTHEW F.. Dentist ..BOO
GALVANI. W. H. Engineer and Draughts
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GAVIN. A.. President Oregon Camera Club
214-215-210-217
GEARY. DR. EDWARD P.. Physician and
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GIESY. A. J.. Physician and Surgeon. .700-710
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GOLDMAN. WILLIAM. Manager Manhat
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McKENZIE DR. P. L.. Phys. and Surg. 312-13
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VASELINE NO GOOD FOR HAIR.
Dandruff Germ Thrives in It; as "Well
ns in All Grease.
A well-known Chicago hair specialist in
vited the Inter Ocean reporter to come to
his office and see, under a microscope,
how the germ that causes dandruff
thrives In vaseline. The specialist aaia
that all hair preparations containing
grease, simply furnish food for the germs
and help to propagate them. The only
way to cure dandruff is to destroy tho
germs, and the only hair preparation that
will do that Is Newbro's Herpicide. "De
stroy the cause, you remove the effect."
Without dandruff no falling hair, no bald
ness. Ask for Herpicide. It Is the only
destroyer of the dandruff germ.
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