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MORE ABOUT LAND BOARD
GOVERNOR GEER AGATX CALLS FOR
INFORMATION.
Oifuands That His Accasers Sepply
1 AdminItratlon Has Nothing
to Conceal,
SALEM, Dec. 20. (To the Editor.)
About a month ago The Dalles Chronicle,
in the goodness of its heart, declared
that It "could at any time furnish Gov
ernor Gecr with the names of gentlemen
in Sherman and Wasco Counties who have
been compelled to pay $4 and $4 25 an acre
for lands that the state Is authorized to
sell for SI 25, the difference going presum
ably to middlemen in. the employ of the
state."
This was a most serious charge; serious
for the people and the State Land Board,
if true, and serious for the paper mak
ing it, If not true. I at once, through
the columns of The Oregonlan, so that
the whole matter might "be made as pub
lic as possible, requested the Chronicle
to publish the names of these cltlzeis
of "Wasco and Sherman Counties, In obedi
ence to Its offer, and added a request
that it be made "specific."
After a silence of three weeks that pa
per ventures a reply, in which It says:
"This paper made the charge and re
peats it, that settlers are obliged to pay
$4 and $5 an acre for lands for which the
state gets only SI 25. The Chronicle could
furnish scores of names of such pur
chasers, and would do so were it not that
the matter is so open 'and notorious that
the publication is unnecessary."
But this is evasion of the very worst
form, and the Chronicle shall not escape
so easily. This is a question of public
Interest, and the dominant desire to cen
sure the State Land Board, or, rather, one
member of It, is not to be accomplished
by concealing such "open and notorious"
information as seems to be lying around
loose in that vicinity. Nothing less than
the names of the men who have paid more
than SI 25 for SI 25 land will satisfy the
people who have little Interest in com
mon with those who have no higher mo
tives than the perpetuation of factional
lights in the Republican party.
I have no hesitation whatever In saying
that there is not a man in either Sher
man or "Wasco Counties, or elsewhere in
the State of Oregon, who has paid more
than $1 25 for land that the state Is au
thorized to sell for that price, and if The
Dalles Chronicle will publish the affidavit
of such man, describing the land so it may
be located, I will agree to pay for the
publication of the same at the usual ad
vertising rates. If such a state of af
fairs exists it will bo worth that much to
me as a public officer to find It out, and
since The Dalles paper voluntarily of
fered to furnish these names, the burden
of proof Is upon it, and it should do so at
once or go 'way back and sit down.
In commenting on my letter In The Ore
gonlan 'concerning the land question the
Chronicle says that I "made a good case
for the state officials along the line of
mineral lieu lands." Thanks, then, on the
part of the State Land Board, so far as
the mineral lieu lands go. "We will con
sider that question disposed of, therefore,
and, since there Is practically no base to
be had now, nor for several years past,
but mineral lands, about all the vitality is
removed from the Chronicle's original
complaint.
As a last kick, however, that paper
gives an Instance where "a tier of town
ships In this County of "Wasco was added
about a year ago to the forest reserve,
and immediately after, when the residents
of this county applied to the State Land
Department for the right to purchase
lands In lieu of lands In sections 1C and
36 In the townships just reserved, they
were told that every acre of these lands,
amounting to some 6000 acres, -were al
ready in the hands of private parties. In
point of fact, the lands in question had
all been purchased from the state before
they were declared a part of" the reserva
tion, and purchased at a time when, with
out the prospect of their availability as
base lands, they were not worth a nickel
an acre.
"The Chronicle Is willing to believe that
all this was done under the strict form
of law, but It cannot help wondering how
the State Land Department, if it were
as anxious to conserve the interests of
the people as Governor Geer and his
apologists would have us believe, allowed
this land to be thus appropriated by men
in point of fact by one man who now
charge what they please for It, while the
intent of the law is that the settler should
have the land for SI 25 an acre."
A chromo should at once be presented
to the man who can successfully diagnose
such a case as this. The Chronicle Is will
ing to admit that, all this was done "un
der strict form of daw," but "cannot help
wondering how thfe State Xand Board al
lowed it to happey." Of course, when a
man is so far goni that he cannot "help
wondering" when officials perform their
"duties according to the strict form of the
law, and criticise them for it, he con
fesses himself a sympathizer with those
who do things differently, and should at
once join their ranks, for there is where
his confession places him. To perform its
duties "according to the strict form of
the law" is a habit the present State Land
Board fell Into at once when it began
its work, and proposes to stay by that
method, notwithstanding the criticism of
the Chronicle and its coworkers along dif
ferent lines.
In regard to this tier of townships, the
Chronicle says that It contained about
5000 acres of school sections which "the
state had sold before It was declared a
part of the reservation." That is true,
and it was "under the strict form of law,"
and, what is more, the State Land Board
was bound to sell It to the first appli
cant. The school fund received Jl 5 for
every acre of it. and the Chronicle says
it "was not worth a nickel an acre." Since
the Chronicle ought to know, then the
man or men who paid $1 25 an acre for
land worth only a nickel an acre were
$1 20 an ace in the hole, so far as their
deal with tjtie State Land Board was con
cerned, and they would have remained
there had Jtfnot been for the action of the
General Government Jn adding the land to
the forest reserve. Will the Chronicle
believe me when I assure It that the
Land Board of the State of Oregon docs
not set aside forest reserves, neither add
ing to nor taking from? And will it In the
future remember that we have Its own
admission that In disposing of the lieu
land which came to the state Instead of
this 5000 acres, that It was all done "under
the strict form of law."
The Chronicle Is really entitled to pub
lic sympathy, for In this land business
it is mixed to the very point of Imbecil
ity. It alleges that this 5000 acres of
school land is "not worth a nickel an
acre," and adds that the men who own It
"charge what they please for it, while the
intent of the law is that the settler should
have it for $1 25." What sort of a friend
of the settler is this who wants him to
pay SI 25 an acre for land that Is "not
worth a nickel an acre"? Of course, ref
erence Is not made here to the lieu lands
selected in place of the 5000 acres, for
the editor says he is discussing lands that
"the settlers should have for SI 25 an
acre." Since all lieu lands must be sold
for "not less than $2 50 an acre," the
learned editor is still claiming that the
settlers are defrauded because by some
means they are not permitted to buy
this land for SI 25 an acre that Is worth
less than a nickel how much less is not
stated.
Twice the Chronicle refers to "Governor
Geer and his apologists," but admits that
since it has been made to understand the
mineral selections, "a good case for the
state officials has been made," and that
in the only othe Instance mentioned
the law has been followed "strictly."
These admissions render the gauze under
which It sought to conceal Its real motive
for the criticism unusually thin. Officials
who perform their duties "under the strict
fnrm of the law" do not need apologists.
ri-r-
1 The apology should come from those wSo
criticise such officials.
Acting for a moment under the wrong
conclusion that The Dalles paper thought
It knew what it was talking about, let
me assure it again that the Governor is
no the walking embodiment of the State
Land Board. 1 am willing to fight the
battles of that board, when necessary,
but I wish to assure the public, who may
be led to suppose otherwise from these
hysterical incantations of a few men
whoso desire for the perpetuation of fac
tional troubles dominates every move
ment, that Treasurer Moore and Secretary
Dunbar are here with me in this land
business; that they are not by any means
mere dummies In my hands; that they
are able, honest and Industrious gentle
men, who always have something to say
on these important questions, and that
the state has never had better or more
competent officers in their respective de
partments than they.
There are three things that The Dalles
Chronicle and Its associates in Its frantic
endeavor to forestall the action of the peo
ple in naming the next Republican state
ticket should do:
First Read the land laws of the state,
discover the difference between the lieu
lands and the school lands, and the prices
for which each is sold.
Second Read the constitution of the
state and discover that the State Land
Board consists of the State Treasurer and
Secretary of State, as well as of the Gov
ernor. This will lead to many surprises,
but will, in the long run, no dptibt, be
quite beneficial and ought to funush Im
mediate relief. fc"
Third Grasp the Idea as quickly as pos
sible that the people of Oregon are not
at all to be fooled by these childish at
tacks on an administration that has noth
ing to conceal and whoso members have
worked in harmony In all things for the
public good, and, therefore, for the best
Interests of the party which honored them
with Its confidence. T. T. GEER.
DAILY CITY STATISTICS.
Marriage Licences.
Robert J. Howard, 21, Evelyn Taylor. 18.
Joseph . Howard. 23, May L. Taylor, 17.
Birth Returns.
December 0, to wife of William Nelson, a
elrl, 331 College street.
December 11. to wife of Victor Emerick, a
boy. East Thirty-fourth and East Taylor
streets.
December 1. to wlfo of George W. Elmonds.
a girl. University Park.
December 10, to wife of Afred N. Patterson,
a girl. Union block, First street.
December 15, to wife of Grant Redman, a
girl, 801 Hendricks avenue.
Death Reterns.
December 18, George R. Vosburg, 72 years,
140 East Twelfth -street; senile pneumonia
December 18, Bemhard Martin Behrenz, 84
years; late residence, 22 North Eighth street;
place of death. County Hospital.
December 18, Mary Cecelia McDonald, 20
years, 034 Belmont street; meningitis.
December 18. Louise Vineset, 20 years, 440
Fifth street; miscarriage.
ContngriouM Dlaeasc.
Olive Dooley, 094 Front street; diphtheria.
Building: Permit.
McKean & Buergey, three two-story houses,
southeast corner Fifteenth and Johnson streets;
S0400.
Real Eitate Transfers.
Portland Trust Company of Oregon to K.
D. Goltra. lot 3, block 20, Wheeler's Ad
dition $1100
J. C. Havely, trustee, et al. to Portland
Trust Company, lots 3 and 4, block lid,
and all block 113, Woodstock 500
S. P. Lee, executor, to Albert Huber,
lot G and S. 20 feet of lot 7, block 137,
? 1500
William L. Kesterson and wife to Noah
D. Kesterson. nine acres, section 1J, T.
1 S., R. 3 E 375
G. G. Gammans and wife to Reuben Tre-
ber, lot 6. block 10. Lincoln Park 150
Portland Lone Fir Cemetery Company to
Mrs. Annie Holmes, lot 33, block 37.
LonoFIr Cemetery '. 33
L. A. Buckman and husband to J. G.
Buckman, ots 31 and 32, Eastwood.... 800
Bertha Stelger to A. B. Castor, lot 14,
block 10, Mount Tabor Villa 35
Otto Roenicke and wife to O. R. & N.
Co., right of way, section 12, T. 1 N.,
R. 1 W. 400
H. L. Burton et al. to O. R. & N. Co.,
right of way, lot 5, block 38. Portsmouth 100
H. E. Noble et al. to O. R. & N. Co.,
fright of way, NW. 4, section 21, T. 1
JN.. R. 1 E. 300
H. R. Davis and wife to O. R. & N. Co.,
!rlght of w;- lot 24, Melvln Tract 1
Susie M. Gllbdt to O. R. & N. Co., right
of way. SE. UsectlonUS, T. 1 N.. R. 1
E 1
Hub Land Company to O. R. & N. Co.,
right of way, lots 7, 8, 9 and 10, block
38. Portsmouth i
Lewis Russell and wife to O. R. & N.
Co.. right of way, sections 17 and 18,
T. 1 N.. R. 1 E 5000
Susan M. Roberts and husband to O. R.
& N. Co.. right of way, section 12, T.
I N.. R. 1 E 300
William H. Bun-age et al. to O. R. & N.
Co.. right of way. NW. U. section 21.
T. 1 N.. R 1 E 500
Electric Land Company to O. R. & N.
Co., lots 5, G and 7. block 3S, Portsmouth 1
Multnomah Real Estate Association to
O. R & N. Co., right of way, SW. U,
section 1C. T. 1 N., R. 1 E 1
J. L. Hartman et al. to O. R N. & Co.,
right of way, S. , section 12. T. 1 N.,
R. 1 E i
Ruben Weeks to O. R. & N. Co., right of
way, SW. U. section 7, T. 1 N., R 1 E. 1
Ainsworth National Bank to O. R & N.
Co.. right of way, NW. U. section 21,
T. 1 N., R. 1 E 2
F. W. Paine and wife to O. R & N. Co.,
right of way, NW. U. section 21, T. 1
N., R. 1 E 1
University Land Company to O. R & N.
Co., right of way, section 15, T. 1 N
R IE i
Hub Land Company to ,0. R & N. Co.,
right of way, NW. U. section IS, T. 1
N.. R. 1 E 1
Electric Land Company to O. R & N.
Co.. right of way. lots 1, 2. 3. 4, 5. block
28. Portsmouth 1
W. E. Lewis and wife to Maudo G. Hud
son, M interest in lots 3 to 8, block 2;
lots 21 to 24, block 3; lots 5 to S and
18. block 5, lots 4 and 8, block 6; lots
5 to 12. block 8; lots 1 to 4. 17. 20. block
0: lots 3 to 0 and 8 to 18. 21. 22, 23, 24.
block 10; lots 19 to 24.N)lock 11. Prlne
dale 472
J. G. Hunter and wife to O. R & N. Co.,
right of way. Melvln Tract, and lots 10
II and 12. block 38, Portsmouth 1500
Ahlo S. Watt to S. A Murhard ct al.. 100
square feet. Sherry Ross Tract 2
Thomas Connell and wife to J. H. Clark,
lot 7. block 2, Ravenswood 800
Percy H. Blyth and wife to J. H. Peter
son, lots 5 and 8, block 13, Watson's
Addition 2500
Julia E. Bllnn to Mary A. Hunter, lot 12,
block 0. FalrvieV i
D. W. Pierce and wife to James Rlchey,
169.81 acres. Caleb Rlchey D. L. C. 0500
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
Company to H. G. Colton,- 29.84 acres
Archon Z. Kelly D. L. C 3000
Portland Trust Company to Mary A Bra
dy, lots 7 and 8. block 9, Williams-Avenue
Addition 045
Pacific Coast Abstract. Guaranty &
Trust Co., A. B. Manley. secretary, W. Y.
Masters, attorney, 204-5-6-7 Falling bldg.
CATARRH OF THE HEAD AITD
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acne an over, stops up your nose, makes
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'burn, brings on catarrhal headaches and
neuralgia. Smith Bros.' S. B. Catarrh
Cure attacks this common, dreadful dis
ease, on new and correct principles. It
eradicates the disease from the system and
restores the mucous membranes to a
healthy condition and will cure catarrh,
no matter where located. For sale by all
druggists. Books on Catarrh free. Aa
dress Smith Bros., Fresno, Cal.
To Rulld a Railroad to Valdes.
SEATTLE, Dec 20. L. C. Dlllman re
turned today from New York, where he
sold 2S copper mining claims, located in
the interior of Alaska, for Sl,200,000. He
says the London syndicate to which he
sold the claims has definitely decided to
build a railroad from Valdes, Alaska, to
the location of the claims, a distance of
140 miles. The cost of the road win be
about $3,500,000.
THE MORNING OKEGONIAN, SATUKUAT,
FOR COPENHAGEN DIRECT
STEAMSHIP "WILL LOAD A FULL
CARGO AT PORTLAND.
Kerr Marie et for Oregon "Wheat
Steamship Goodwin in Port
Overdue Mitchell In.
Portland exporters have shipped wheat
to some very remote quarters of the globe
within thii past few years, and yesterday
a demand was reported from a new and
unexpected source. The British steam
ship Java, a eooo-ton carrier, has been
chartered to load at this port for Copen
hagen direct. During the past season,
cargoes has been cleared from Portland
for South America. South Africa, Siberia,
the Orient, Germany, Belgium, France
and other European countries, but this
is the first appearance of Denmark buy-
BRITISH TURRET STEAMSHIP
ers in the market for a direct shipment.
Cargoes cleared for Quecnstown or Fal
mouth, are sometimes diverted to Copen
hagen, but this Is said to be the first
large cargo that has ever been taken for
direct shipment frcm Portland. The
wheat crop of Denmark Ls reported to
be in much the same condition as that
of Germany, and as Walla Walla wheat
has a fine reputation In Germany there
is no good reason why it should not prove
equally satisfactory in Denmark.
The Java is now fn the Orient dis
charging a cargo of general merchandise
from Liverpool and London and as soon
as she finishes discharging, she will pro
ceed to Portland in ballast. Portland has
already dispatched five steamship car
goes this season, but all of them have
cleared for St. Vincent for orders. Two
more are now in port loading, and three I
others arc listed to arrive. In the sea- ,
son of 1SS7-9S Portland dispatched eleven .
steamships with wheat, and from present
indications the "tramp" fleet will, by
the end of the present season, be larger
than that of last year.
"WIKD AND "WEATHER,
Government Forecast for the NortH
Pacific for January, 1002.
The regular monthly forecast which ac
companies the North Pacific Pilot chart,
is out with the outline of what may be
expected In the way of wind and weather
next month. It predicts fog off the
Oregon and Washington Coast for H per
cent of the entire month and regarding
the winds in thl3 vicinity, has the fol
lowing: The course of the winds ls from south
east with falling barometer through south
to west and northwest, with rising bar
ometer. North of 45 degrees and between
the Coast and 135 degrees west a majority
of the winds come from the southeast
quadrant. Gales from the southern semi
circle will be frequent, the hardest com
ing from southeast. Between 40 and 45
north the prevailing direction of the wind
ranges from southeast Immediately un
der the Coast, to southwest between 125
and 130. and to northwest between 130 and
135. Gales (generally from southwest)
much less frequent than farther north.
South of 40 degrees the prevailing direc
tion goes from southeast under the Coast
to northwest between 125 and 130. In the
square included between 35 and 40 north,
130 and 1S5 west, the winds are about
equally distributed around the compass.
Continuing southward along the Coast,
northwesterly winds may be expected as
far as Acapulco, covering a belt extend
ing 300 miles offshore. From 15 to 10
northeasterly winds will prevail; likewise
from 10 to 5 degrees as far west as the
105th meridian, becoming easterly beyond.
Between & north and the Line southwest
erly winds will extend from the Coast
to 90 degrees, to the westward of which
the direction becomes successively south
erly and southeasterly.
NEW TURRET STEAMSHIP.
Argyll Nojc In Port Is Less Than
Four Months Old. t
The British steamship Argyll, one of tho
very latct additions to the fleet of tur
ret steamships which have become quite
prominent in the Columbia River trade,
arrived up from Astoria yesterday fore
noon, and made fast at Irving dock where
she will load wheat for Europe. Captain j
Harrison reports a rough trip across the
Pacific for the greater part of the dis- '
tance. but met with no accidents. The
Argyll is near enough like the Suther
land to be a twin sister, and Is on her
maiden trip, having left the yards at
Sunderland less than four months ago.
Turret steamships arc too much like the
American whalebacks to make any pre
tensions to beauty, and the Argyll Is no '
exception to the rest of her race. At the
same time, she is a stanch, comfortable
freighter, equipped with all modern ap
pliances for rapid handling of cargo, and
possessing a fair degree of speed. Her
dimensions are: Length 340 feet, beam
45.5 feet, depth of hold 27.2 feet. Gross
tonnage 3340. net tonnage 22S0. She has
a deadweight carrying capacity of about
6500 tons. While not built for speed, she
is better equipped with power than most
of the tramp steamers that visit this
port. Her engines are of the triple ex
pansion type with cylinders 26, 42 and 63
inches diameter of cylinder by 42 Inches
stroke. The Argyll comes under charter
to the Northwest Warehouse Company,
and will take out about 1S5.000 bushels of
wheat.
WILLIAM MITCHELL IN.
Belated British Ship At Lnst Reaches
Astoria In Safety.
The British ship William Mitchell,
which has been doing the "Flying Dutch
man" turn, off the mouth of the river for
the past six weeks, was towed Into As
toria yesterday morning by the tugs
Wallula and Tatoosh. Pilot M. D.
Staples has been pn board of the craft
lncA December 9, but contrary winds
kept him down to the southwards until
yesterday. The "William Mitchell makes
the ninth arrival within the past three
days, and has reduced the fleet that is
fully due to small proportions. Of those
still outside, the barkentlne Renfleld is
causing some anxiety, as she was fully
due off the river at the time of the big
gale. The Irby Is also out long enough
to have been In reach of that gale if she
had made a fast passage. The arrival
of this lato fleet swells the In-port list
to a total of 29 vessels, of which 10
are loaded. Nearly all of the others are
comparatively recent arrivals, and but
few of them will be ready for sea again,
until past the turn of the year.
The British ship William Mitchell,
which arrived In port this morning, after
a passage of 151 days from Table Bay,
was at no time In danger. Captain Gil
bert reports that he made the run from
Table Bay to the Columbia In 112 days,
and he has been 39 days trying to get In
side. Eleven times he came up to the
whistling buoy, but was each time driven
awiy before he could get a tug to bring
him in. The vessel was well provisioned,
and those on board were in no distress,
ARGYLL, CAPACITY 0500 TOXS, TO
except that the fresh water wa3 running
short. - Several days ago the Mitchell
spoke the steam schooner Sequoia, and
from her secured some oil for the .side
lights, and when she arrived had only
enough for another day. Pilot Staples,
who has been on board ,the ship since
December 9, says she Is very difficult to
handle, as she will not hold to the wind,
but speaks In the highest terms of the
efficiency of the officers and crew. When
he was able to get the vessel up to the
mouth of the river early this morning
he dropped anchor In 16 fathoms of wa
ter and hold on until the two tugs came
out and picked her up. As It was 1m
poss'ble to raise the anchor. It was
slipped with 90 fathoms of chain.
ANITA ARRIVES IN.
She Ifna Had Quite nn Experience
Since She Left Qulllnyutc.
ASTORIA, Dec. 20. The gasoline
schooner Anita, which arrived in today,
had quite an experience on her trip, and
brought .only 63 cases of salmon from
Kinney's cannery, at Qulllayute. She put
Into that port early last month, and had
taken on only a small quantity of sal
mon when a storm struck her, carrying
away her anchor chain, and she was
obliged to go to sea. Later she went to
Neah Bay, and afterwards made two un
successful attempts to reach Qulllayute,
but the sea was too rough. While beat
ing about the place the schooner sprang
a leak, and her master. Captain Tabell,
was forced to take her to Seattle for re
pairs. No Change in Route.
NEW YORK. Dec 20. There Is, it ap
pears, some truth in the stories which
have been current of late, that the Brit
ish postal authorities had decided to
change the mall route to Australia, cables
the London representative of the Tribune.
An influential official of the general post
office is authority for the statement that
the question of trying the American route
has been undoubtedly under considera
tion by the authorities. Nothing, how
ever, can be done in the matter for three
years, the existing contracts having that
period to run.
RnlHliig the Ruth.
CORVALLIS, Dec 20. Appliances are
being gathered for the removal of the
steamer Ruth from the snagon which
she still hangs in the Willamette at Cor
vallls. The Modoc arrived up last night
with a big barge and a lot of big tim
bers, v and left down this morning for an
other scow brought from Portland to
the mouth of the Yamhill by the Elmore.
She Is expected, here tomorrow afternoon,
when the work of lifting the boat out
of her present position will begin. It ls
expected that a couple of days and pos
sibly much longer time will be required
In getting her afloat.
Libel Suit Dismissed.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20. United
States District Judge DeHaven today
handed down an opinion dismissing the li
bel suit of Levi & Co. vs. the British ship
Marechal Suchet, et al., for damages re
ceived by a part of her cargo on a voyage
from Liverpool to San Francisco, via
Cape Horn. Costs w.ere awarded to the
claimants.
Domestic and Foreign Ports.
ASTORIA Bee. 20. Arrived at 11 A M.
British ship William Mitchell, from Table Bay.
Sailed at 4 P. 1L Steamer Chico, for Seattle.
Condition of the, bar at S P. M., moderate;
wind southwest; weather hazy.
Tacoma, Dec 20. Arrived British steamer
Selkirk, from Ladysmitb. B. C. Sailed Brit
ish steamer Oceao, for Manila; Italian steam
er Luigl Clampa, for St. Vincent; American
barkentlne Katl-f FHcklnger, for San Francis
co; American stcSmer Asuncion, for San Fran
cisco. H
Plym6uth. Dec.20. Arrived Kaiser Wilhclm
der Grosse. from New York, for Bremen.
Qucenstown, Dec 20. Arrived Lucania, from
New York, for Liverpool.
San Francisco, Dec 20. Arrived Steamer Ri
val, from Willapa Harbor. Sailed Steamer
Czarina, for Seattle; schooner Advent, for Co
lumbia River; schooner Parkersburtr, for Co
qullle River; schooner Sailor Boy. for Gray's
Harbor; steamer John S. Kimball, for Seattle:
schooner Gem, for Coos Bay; steamer Tellus.
for Ladysmlth.
Seattle, Dec 20. Sailed December 19, Nor
wegian steamer Guernsey, for Japan and Chi
na; 20th. British ship Boadlcea, for United
Kingdom; steamer City of Puebla, for San
Francisco. Arrived Steamer Walla Walla,
from San Francisco.
Muroran. Arrived December 19 Crusad"r,
from Portland. Or., for Manila.
Hong Kong. Sailed December 10 Empress
of Japan, for Vancouver
Yokohama. Arrived December 17 Empress
of China, from, Vancouver for Hong Kong.
Rotterdam, Dec 20. Sailed Ryndam, for
New York.
Havre. Dec 20. Arrived L'Aqultalne, from
New York.
Boston, Dec 20. Arrived Ivernla, from Liv
erpool. New York. Dec 20. Arrived Slcllla, from
Naples; La Savole, from Havre; Campania,
from Liverpool.
DECEMBER 21, 1901.
TO BREAK! HE SALT TRUST
IXDEPEXDEXT PRODUCERS DESIRE
TO EXPLORE NEW FIELDS.
A Canadian Inquirer Who Wants to
Know About Oregon How the
Price Has Advanced.
Since the salt business of the country
fell into the 'hands of a trust and the
price was put up 150 to 400 per cent there
has been manifest among independent
manufacturers a disposition to open new
fields of production In order that the
price may be worked down to reasonable
figures again. They seem to regard the
business as one that will yield abundant
protlt at prices much below those now de
manded for salt. These men are not nov
ices seeking opportunity to experiment at
other people's expense, but ore usually
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LOAD WHEAT AT PORTLAND.
men of experience in the salt business,
who;e properties have been taken by the
trust. These plants were sold at reason
able figures, based on the prices of salt
two years or moro ago, but the present
prices tempt the old operators to go bacK
into the business.
The following is one of several letters
received by the Portland Chamber of
Commerce, making Inquiry as to the pos
sibility of salt manufacture In this state,
this letter being from a manufacturer In
Seaforth, Canada:
This place ls the home of the salt industry
in Canada. I havr been engaged in salt manu
facture for years, but tho trust has taken hold
of the whole field, and I And myself looking
for new ileitis. In looking over tho resources
of your state. I was Interested to find men
tioned, among other minerals, largo deposits of
salt and coal In close proximity, and if such is
tho case I would consider the question of go
ing out there and looking Into the matter, with
a view of establishing the industry.
Will you bs kind enough to let mo know (1)
in what part or parts of the state the salt
formation occurs, and If adjacent to navigable
waters; (2) do you know the thickness of the
layer? (3) Is there any salt being manufac
tured In Oregon at present? (4) Where does
tho fcalt used on the Coast come from? (5) At
what prices, does it sell for per ton, barrel,
sack, etc? (0) About what quantity, it any.
is used in the salmon Industry? (7) Is there
an ample supply of coal or other fuel? (8) At
what prices?
We would like to locate near Portland, If
possible, so as to be handy for exportation to
the Orient, as Immense quantities are annually
imported by China and Japan from England
and Germany.
In looking up data for the information
of the Canadian inquirer the following
statement was obtained from a leading
jobber of Portland, who has for years
been familiar with the salt trade in this
territory:
There is no salt manufactured In Oregon that
wo are aware of. Fine salt ls brought to tho
Paciilc Coast at this timo from Liverpool. Salt
Lake and San Francisco. Half-ground salt ls
brought frcm San Francisco and Salt Lake.
The usual packages are 50-pound, 100-pound or
200-pound sacks. The CO-pound sack is the
usual size for nne salt, and the 100-pound sack
ls the usual size for stock salt.
For tho past year the Federal Salt Company
has practically controlled the salt business on
this Coast, and has put up prices to a very
high point. Half-ground salt has been raised
300 to 400 per cent, and fine salt over 100 per
cent. The present cost to us of half-ground
salt is $1Q CO per ton in 100-pound sacks. San
Francisco refined salt ls $25 per ton In 50-pound
sacks. Liverpool salt ls $25 CO per ton In 100
pound sacks. This is the Portland cost.
The territory ls allotted so that deliveries are
made In certain portions from San Francisco
and In certain portions from Salt Lake, the
rato of freight governing the delivery cost to
tho different parts of the territory. There ls
a very large quantity used In tho salmon Industry-
The first salt works on the Pacific Coast
were In Oregon, the plant of Lewis and
ClarK, which was established nearly
100 years ago, on the Clatsop Beach.
It was 50 years later when California be
gan turning out salt for the market from
the salt marshes about Alameda. Oregon
went out of the business when Lewis and
Clark returned to the East, and the In
dustry has not yet been re-established
here. There ls plenty of sea water on the
Oregon coast, but tho facilities for evapo
rating it in large quantities are not good.
In the southern part of the state arc
marshes that might be utilized for salt
works. The Coqullle River ls salt 12
miles above its mouth, and its shores arc
low. Saline springs are, known in Polk
and Douglas Counties, and In the latter
It Is understood preparations are being
made for establishing salt works. There
aro deposits of various salts at the lakes
of tho southeastern quarter of the state,
among the minerals there found being the
sodium chloride so much desired to break
the hold of the commercial salt trust. Salt
springs also abound there. In other parts
of the state it is said1 evidences of the
presence of ealt have been dlscoverea,
and there is no doubt that it would be
possible to supply a considerable part ot
tho home demand If the Industry were
developed: perhaps all the local demand,
or mor. But there has been little expert
examination of Oregon's salt resources,
and not much accurate knowledge of them
ls available.
Oregon has an abundance of coal,
though It is not yet extensively mined.
Coal and salt are found within reasonable
d! tance of each other. Wood Is also an
abundant and cheap commodity In all
parts of Western Oregon, save In the
Lower Willamette Valley.
A bulletin just issued by the Census
Bureau gives the total salt production or
the United States for 1900 at 15.1S7.S19 bar
rels of 2S0 pounds each. Michigan ls first
with 5,206,310 barrels, and California ls
fifth, with 640,420 barrels. The manner or
making the settling and evaporating
ponds of California and of preparation for
market Is thus described by A. A. Oliver,
of Mount Eden, Cal.:
The land having been cleared of grass and
weeds, is first diked with a good levee three
or four feet high. It is then partitioned oft
into reservoirs of different sizes for receiving
and evaporating the water. Crystallizing ponds
are excavated and platforms for stacking the
salt aro built. The ground ls principally peat
nvrl:nrlY tilt... .Iiv i fMrtnllllrif- nonds
are dug In the peat, of which enough Is left J
to rorm a bottom or carpet in tne pona, mc
salt crystals belns readily removed from tho
peat floor. There are usually seven evaporating
reservoirs to a plant, the brine being drawn
from one to another as It strengthens and de
creases in volume by evaporation. Tho last
three are called lime ponds, because large
quantities of gypsum and other matter, pre
cipitated before the salt, settles in them. The
brino Is retained in the seventh reservoir until
It reaches a density of 25 degrees Baume.
When this strength of brine is attained, tho
crystallizing ponds are filled to a depth of 10
or 12 Inches and the brine evaporated until 29
degrees by the hydrometer is reached. The
mother liquor is then drawn oft and the salt
gathered up and conveyed into warehouses to
drain. This completes the solar process.
Much of the salt Is sold after drying in tho
warehouses, but many thousands of tons aro
taken to refining works In San Francisco,
where it Is more thoroughly dried by artificial
heat and ground Into various grades for chlorl
nation works, packing-houses and silver mills,
and for dairy and table uses. The regular
trade winds which blow In the Summer months
aro quite strong In this locality, and greatly
aid evaporation.
While the principal salt works In Cali
fornia are located on San Francisco Bay.
small quantities of salt are produced m
other places In tho state. There are salt
works at Salton, in Riverside County. In
a portion of the Colorado Desert, which
ls below the level of the sea, salt water
ls pumped from, wells and evaporated.
At National City, in San Diego County,
salt is made by the evaporation of water
from San Diego Bay. A small amount ot
rock salt, which is said to be very pure
and transparent, has been mined in San
Bernardino County, SO miles south of Dan
by; as "many as 3000 tons have been mined
there during one year, but only 250 tons
were mined in 1S99. The distance from
railroads prevents a larger production. A
small amount is made from, saline springs
near Sites, in Colusa County, and at
Black Lake, In San Lute Obispo County.
HOW'S THIS FOR A COMBINE?
A Newport Banlc Consolidation's
Amazlnc Directors.
New York World.
Newport, R. I. The names of the banks
Included in the important Rhode Island
bank consolidation of this week are not
made public, but it is said that tho com
bine will absorb at least two-thirds of
the banks of this city. It ls to be known
as the Newport Trust Company, and It
ls probable that no trust company in the
country presents a stronger or more prom
inent list of directors and stockholders,
Nearly all of the men are New Yorkers,
and are widely known in the financial
world or in Boclety. Hero is tha great
directory list:
Henry A. C. Taylor, son of Moses Tay
lor, whose fortune ls estimated at $45,000.
000; George Griswold Haven, the princi
pal patron of the Metropolitan Museum
of Art; George F. Baker, president ot
the First National Bank of New Y'ork;
E. J. Berwmd, president Berwlnd-Whlte
Coal Company and director In the Atchi
son Railroad Company; George G. Do
Witt, counsel for Chemical National
Bank of New York: Commodore L. C.
Ledyard, ex-Commodore E. T. Gerry and
Rear-Commodore C. L. F. Robinson, of
the New Y'ork Yacht Club; Jacob H.
Schlff, of Kuhn, Loeb & Co.; Thomas F.
Ryan, vice-president of Morton Trust
Company of New York; Levi P. Morton,
ex-VIce-Presldent of the United States;
Samuel P. Colt, president of-rubber trust
and of Industrial Trust Company of Prov
idence; James Stlllman, president City Na
tional Bank, New York; Nathaniel Thayer
and E. Rollins Mor3e, Boston capitalists;
H. McK. Vanderbilt; James T. Wood
ward, president of Hanover National
Bank, New York; ex-Secretary W. C.
Whitney and his son, Harry Payne Whit
ney; Harry S. Eldrldge, Thomas A. Law
ton, United States Senator G. P. Wetmore,
W. G. Roelker, Jere W. Horton and An
gus .McLeod.
The capital stock is fixed at the small
sum of 5C00.C00, and 13 all subscribed at
5140 a share of the par value of $100.
The president will be Frederick Thomp
klns; vice-president, Angus McLeod, and
secretary and treasurer, Thomas P. Peck
ham." The incorporation will have a mon
opoly of the business of the multl-rrilllion-alre
Summer residents.
AT THE HOTELS.
THE PORTLAND.
Mrs A Kuhn. Colfax
C B Bletcher & wife,
Seattle
J D Sherwood & wife,
Spokane
Mr & Mrs H M Hoyt
& child, Spokane
A Neumann. N Y
R S Kuhl. Yreka. Cal
J A Dousherty, St L
A M Simon, San Fran
C X Larrabee & fmy.
city
H E Boyrie, Seattle
J D Farrell. Seattle
E B Lyon, Minnpls
L Harley Davis, N 1
James Hen-man. S I
H Abraham
H C Hexter, Pendleton
A J Mlnard. Chicago
I Hanak. San Fran
Major Chas Humphrey,
N Y
N J Mitchell. Pittsburg
Geo W Klelser. San Fr
F I Shaw. Seattle
Arthur Elston. San Fr
G F Wentworth, Tacoma
Afosotwieii; Pore
Made from grape cream of tartar
most highly refined and chem-,
ically pure. Leaves neither
acid nor alkali in the food.
ROYAL BAKING FOWDER CO.,
L Schilsky & wf, N YJH R Burke. San Fran
a s .berry, wr & end. Anarew uray. viciuri
Salt T.aki lv A Howe. Carlton
Fred K Baker & wife. iEmil Pursch, San Fran
Everett. Wash C M Osborn. San Fran
G P Baldwin. San Fr H B Langworthy, Chgo
G I Kinney. Seattle Max Mayfleld. Boise
Harry C James. DenvrJE J Haines, Sandusky,
J S Mendelsohn. Chgo Ohio
R P Lewis, San Fran (Dick Springer
Claude Cummins, (Anna Maclay, Ilwaca
Seattle iT H Purdy. Chicago
T L LIUis. St Joe. Mo Sam Orner. Chicago
J S Colton Fox. Engldl II J Kinney
THE PERKINS.
Wm M Stewart, HoodJ B Egerer, Aberdeen
River
IM M Bridges, Univer
I slty Park
I John Bogart. Woodlnd
J T Ward. Amity. Or
Mrs E C Callender,
Athena. Or
Mrs Ida Hamilton,
Paisley, Or
Miss Hanson, do
P J Keeler. Phila
Will Walker. Phlla
Mrs Tt M Wnnrtf-rlp- in CI Horden. N Y
Falls City. Or (Mrs W D Horden. X Y
Capt Thomas. EnglandGeo W Hale. Seattle
Geo S Sherwood. Ta- C J Bellinger. Salem
coma D Simpson. Salem
C D Stansell. Seattle jJas Adklns. Canby. Or
D J Swanson. Seattle iJohn Templls, Whatcm
Wm R Reed. HeppnerJMrs Templls, Whatcom,
G B Reese. lone. Or IE S Collins, Ostrander
Ben Hendricks, "Ole J P Anderson. Tacoma,
Olson" Co J A Jette. Champoeg
Mrs Ben Hendricks; do;Jas Rosenburg. N Y
Wilma Stern, do, L C Kinney. Astoria
Ellne Syden. doJB L Eddy. Tillamoolc
iiuaigara Heaen, aojiirs is u jaay, ao
C C Stives.
doi
f Eildv. Tillamook
Miss Stives.
doMrs E J McNary. Sa-
T C Martin. Seattle
I iem, ur
Mrs T C Martin, do
W P Edris. Haiia
R C Kennedy, Rltxvlll
W E Thompson, Spok
C R Fowler. Centralia
E D Mason, Monmouth
Miss Mason. do
A M Gibson. Boston
John Michels. N Yaknt
Mrs John Mlcaeis. ao
Wm Van Victor, Gol-i
dendaie. Wash
Rev E Kenkle. Astoria
J P Tamlesie, HUlsbro
I W Allison. Hlllsboro
John S McClure.Seattle
1 Miss Michels, do
Master J Micneis. uo
F A Phillips. Milton,
Wash
Mrs F A Phillips, do
Miss Nellie Colwell, El
lensburg. Wash
Mrs W F Slaughter. St
Helens, Or
Samuel Gray. KendrlcK
Mrs Samuel Gray, do
Miss firav. do
Addle McMurren, Eu
gene. Or
E R Sklpworth. do
Chas Weber. do
J C Williams. Heppnr
W O Minor, Heppner
H at Brace. San Fr
A B Keith. Auburn, Ot
C K Rfltnn. "Wn.sh Tin KTr A Tt TCeithi do
Geo Buzan, Pendleton IWm Berron. Rldgefleld
B W Mclntosch. S F
Chna Earlev. VlentO
J C Taber. Pillar
Butte, Or
Sirs J C Taber. do
Chas Cunningham.
Pendleton. Or
R T Cox. Pendleton
A M Long. St Louis
B F Francis. Boise
A Robinson, Bolso
J Kennedy. Seattle
Mrs T G Mitchell,
W Eccles, La Granda
C W Henderson. S F
A J Goodman. Indp, Of
G H Taylor.Goldendall
E H Taylor, do
R Tockwater, Vancvr
A Adams, Vancouver
J J Cooper, Vancouver
J C Bevens, Cornelius
Jas A Rountree, Bak C
P E Everett. lone. Or
Z M Brown, Prlnevlllo
Seattle
Miss Mitchell. Seattle .Tt F- Allen. Prlnevlllo
Master W Mitchell, dojw Lloyd. Dalles, Or
THE IMPERIAL.
C. W. Knowles, Manager.
C W Demlng. TroutdalJ Mrs J D Robb. Fisher
ji uouiam. Vancouver
Etta Holllngsworth,
Mrs Gouldln. do
Whatcom
E M Rand. VancouveC
J S Cooper, Indp
Mrs Cooner. do
John Fox. Astoria.
C E Redfleld. Heppnerj
J w Morrow. Co
Mrs A E Miller. Salem
A B Eastham. VancoiC
C C Bockhouse, Omaha j Marie Hardy, do
W B Wheeler, do
Julia Hardy, do
M McLaren, do
W S Sebbold. do
P S Davidson, Jr,
Hood River
A S Zleler, Boise
E A Ward. Tacoma
J B W Johnston, do
W G Erdmaiin. Vane
F E Ramsey, city
J P Howe. Seattlo
Mrs Howe, do
J H Fink. Spokano
Yale Gleason. S F
C A Rohenbecker, Se
attle Mra Rohenbecker, do
J L Carlson, Seattle
Mrs Cooley. Colfax
G B Hegart, Ft Stevns
Mrs Hegart. do
E J Lee. Colo
L B Geer. Union
L M Davidson, Hood
River
Jas Sherridan, Butte
Fred K Barker. Astorl
F G Young. Eugeno
D W Dobbins, Eugene
J E Ferguson, Astoria
Mrs Ferguson, do
Andrew Peterson, Wesf
Port
A H Huntington, Bake
J S Lock. Huntington
Martin Murray, Louts,
vllle. Kv
E M Hansel, Bolsa
Mrs Hansel, do
A G King. Vala
Mrs Kinsr. do
John C Luce. John Da
J S Bohannon, Indp
Mrs Bohannon. do
Bertha Bohannon, do
Hazel Bohannon. do
T A McBride. Or CIW
C S Brown, Astoria.
Mrs Brown, do
J L Slmlty. do
F L Parker, do
Mrs Parker, do
J N Wlsner. U S F Co
Annie De Rena Aw
bery, Eugene
THE ST.
CHARLES.
Mrs M A Wlckersham.
Scappoose
Miss Eflle Vaughn, do
Van Sorenson. Lyle
W B Colvln and wf.
Marshland
O E Elliott and wf.
Marshland
N Merrill. Clatskanlo
H Jenkins & wf, Os- 1
trander I
T C Watts. Reuben
L Michael, Stella
A Nelson, do
A L Morgan & Co, Ark
E Erlckson, Claskanle
August Mayney, do
Albert Mayney, do
Chas Wilson. Astoria
Geo Eleo. do
J L Cook, St Paul
Elmer Wilson, do
T Wilson, do
Harry Davis, Park
Place
F Dummlre, do
H Malburg. Rainier
C G Wooldrldge. do
L Talbot. Camas
F W Hudson. Maygers
Herbert Heyes, Kelso
John Mellville, do
M Sullivan. LaFayettf
Theo Tlllotson, La Cart
Earl Marble, Mt Plea;
C W Davles. Carrollton
M Burnett, do
E B Barlow. La. Du
Chas Raymond. Dalles
E T Bolen & wf, Mai-.
heur
Lane Butts, do
Ben Butts, do
Chas Beck, do
F F Foster. Dalles
Mollie Johnson, clty
Wm McPhee. Arlingtoa
W S Smith, do
W J Stater, Nowhere
J A Harris, McMlnnv
John Blower. Victoria
Mrs F H Day. do
A M Kirchem. Togan
W Miller & wf, Hos-
klns
W Wilson, do
Leo Hoff, Woodland
Thos Coppln & wf, Cal
C H Oakes. Oak Point
C H Thomas. Catiuam
Frank Barr. W W
C L Utter. Manila
Chester Edwards, do
J C Reimus, Stella
J Senecal. Dufur
Geo Moss, Eufaula
H A Lamb & fam,
Rldgefleld
W T Campbell Hpnr
C J Llttlepage & wf,
Latourell
Mrs H L Colvln,
Marshland
Hotel Brnnsvrlclc. Seattle.
European, flrst-clasa. Rates. 50c to 5LML
One block from depot. Restaurants neas
by.
Tacoma Hotel, Tacoma.
American plan. Rates, $3 and up.
Donnelly Hotel. Tacoma.
European plan. Rates EOc and up.
Care must be taken to avoid baking pow
ders made from alum. Such powders are
sold cheap, because they cost but a few
cents per pound. Alum is a corrosive acid,
which taken in food means injury to health,
100 WILLIAM ST., NEW YORK.