THE MORNESG- OREGONLAJST- MONDAY, JANUARY 13, ' 1902.
.
REPORT ON SCHOOLS
Board of Dfrectors Makes
Recommendations.
SUGGESTS LEVY OF 2.5 HILLS
Question of TeaekerV Salaries la Left
to Taxpayers, ud Expenditure
o 940,000 for Nevr Balld-
Ibks Is Urxe.
In order that the taxpayers may be in
formed on the subject previous to the
meeting to be held January 20, at "which
time the voting of the annual levy and
the question of raising the -wage schedule
of teachers will come up, the Board of
School Directors has made public, its re
port at this time. "With salaries retained
as at present, to provide funds for im
provements to school buildings, and to
retire certain bonds which will fall due, it
will be necessaary to Impose a levy of 2.5
mills. Should the taxpayers decide to
grant the request of the teachers for
higher salaries, the board will readjust
the schedule on a basis of an 8 per cent
raise, which will make necessary an ad
ditional levy of 0. of a mill, making a
total of 2.9 mills.
The amounts recommended by the board
for more adequate quarters is $40,000,
which will provide for new buildings, for
moving the Multnomah school building,
and for other improvements contemplated.
The proceedings in the courts preliminary
to the kindergartens receiving the $5000
raised for that purpose are reviewed in
the report, and the board's action in re
fusing to order the money paid before
judicial decision was rendered explained.
The report of the Board of Directors fol
lows: School Directors' Annual Report.
To the Taxpayers of School District No.
1, Multnomah County, Oregon. Ladles
and Gentlemen: In accordance with a
time-honored custom, the Board of Direc
tors submits for your information and
consideration its annual report, together
with such suggestions and recommenda
tions as in the judgment of the board
should be considered and favorably acted
upon by you in order that the schools
may be successfully maintained and car
ried on during the coming year.
At the last annual meeting you provid
ed the board liberally with such funds
as were sufficient to maintain the schools
according to the recommendation of the
board, authorizing the expenditure of $40.
000 in construction of new buildings. Dur
ing the year the board has completed the
new Central School building in East
Portland by adding to the four-room
building heretofore constructed at that
place 14 schoolrooms, an assembly hall
and an office and library-room. This
building is now one of the best, in con
struction and arrangement, in the North
west, and one of the best, if not the very
best, heated and ventilated school build
ings on the Pacific Coast.
The board also during the past year
purchased a piece of ground at a point
near Ockley Green, midway between the
Peninsula and Thompson schools, and
caused to be moved to this point the old
Multnomah School. This building has been
thoroughly repaired and greatly Im
proved, so that it Is now almost as good
as any school building In the district.
Library for Stephens School.
A short time prior to the death of the
late James B. Stephens he conveyed to
School District No. 21 a tract of ground,
containing about 1 acres, in East Port
land, lying east of his late residence and
adjoining the Southern Pacific Company's
right of way. This property, by consoli
dation, now belongs to District No. 1.
The school which bears the name of the
donor of this land Is one of the principal
schools in the district and Is at present
greatly in need of a library for the use
of pupils and teachers. In order to pro
vide a fund for the purchase of such a
library the board has caused to be sold
to Thomas Cpllison one lot and the one
half of the street abutting thereon In
said tract for the sum of $1000, and has
directed a committee of the board to ex
pend a part of this sum In the purchase
for the Stephens school of suitable books
for the school library, with necessary
bookcase In which to keep the same. "We
trust the propriety of the action of the
board in this regard will be apparent to
and approved by you.
Kindergarten Question.
At the last annual meeting the subject
of kindergartens received consideration at
your hands, and after much discussion a
. resolution was passed by the taxpayers
present authorizing the Board of Direc
tors to establish and maintain as a part
of the public school system schools com
monly called kindergarten schools, and in
order to enable this to be accomplished
the levy recommended by the board was
increased 2 mills for the purpose of rais
ing $5000 to be expended by the board for
kindergarten purposes. The board being
in doubt as to the legality of the action
of the taxpayers, after carefully consid
ering the matter, did not see its -way
clear to the Incorporating Into the public
school system of kindergarten schools
without being first authorized so to do
by the qualified electors of the district
at an election called for that purpose
But the members of the board were de
sirous of having the money so raised by
the additional levy used and expended
for the purpose for which It was raised,
and to that end adopted a resolution de
claring it to be the sense of the board
that the clerk of the district turn over
to the Portland Free Kindergarten As
sociation the said sum so provided for.
to be expended by the association for the
purposes for which the amount was
raised, this association being composed
of highly competent and responsible peo
ple, and people who are familiar with kin
dergarten work. The clerk, being cus
todian of this money and being under
bonds to account for It, did not feel Jus
tified In turning over the money without
further protection. Accordingly, proceed
ings were commenced In the Circuit Court
of the State of Oregon for Multnomah
County by parties friendly to the Kin
dergarten Association, for the purpose
of obtaining an order directing the clerk
to turn the money over to the Portland
Free Kindergarten Association. Thcso
proceedings resulted in an order being
made to that effect, and the clerk at
once complied with the order and turned
over the moneys. This explanation Is
made in order that you may have a
proper understanding of the disbursement
of this amount shown by the clerk's re
port. Death of D. P. Thompson.
Since the last taxpayers meeting, and
within a few weeks past, the Board and
the district have suffered an Irreparable
loss In the death of D. P. Thompson, one
of the most earnest and efficient mem
bers of the School Board this district has
ever had. Mr. Thompson's interest in
public schools and his devotion and loy
alty to the public schools of this district:
his untiring energy expended in' their
behalf, as well as the donations made
by him for the benefit of the schools are
too well-known to all of you to require
any comment from us. The vacancy on
the Board caused by the death of Mr.
Thompson has been filled by the remaining
members of the Board J by the election
of R. K. "Warren, with whose qualifica
tions you are all familiar.
School Ceasns.
The school census just completed shows
a total number of children between the
ages of four and 20 years, of 20,874. An
increase over last year of 245. The actual
attendance at the expiration of the third
month of the present school year was
10,941, being an Increase over that of the
same time last year of 570. This increase
in attendance has caused over-crowding of
rooms in many localities to such an ex
tenf that is become necessary to rent
additional rooms and Increase the teach
ing force by the employment of several
additional teachers. This over-crowding
is especially at "Woodlawn, Sunnyslde,
Sellwood, Lower Alblna, and Southeast
and South Portland. There are now
rented and occupied at the district at
"Woodlawn three rooms in addition to the
school rooms belonging to the district, at
Sunnyslde two rooms, at Sellwood two
rooms, at South Portland (near the Failing
school), one room, and in Lower Alblna
ono room. The buildings in other parts,
of the district are also crowded, espec
ially at the North Central and Couch
Schools. The best rooms that can be ob
tained and rented by the Board are unfit
for school purposes, because they are
poorly planned, poorly lighted and poorly
ventilated, end are usually without sani
tary appliances.
Need of Keir Baildiass.
In order to keep pace with the in
creasing attendance, as before suggested,
it has been the policy of the Board to
recommend a small levy each year for
building purposes. In carrying out that
plan the Board has concluded to recom
mend the expenditure during the coming
year of $40,000 to provide additional room
at the places in the district where most
needed.
In addition to the estimate for build
ings, it will be observed from the examin
ation of the clerk's report, which is sub
mitted herewith, that there falls duo
during the year 1S02, ten bonds of $1000
each, issued August 2, 1892, by district
No. 2, which sold bonds were assumed
by this district at the time of tne con
solidation of the districts. It has been
decided by the Board to recommend the
retirement of these bonds when they
become due, and such a provision has
been included in our estimate.
Expenditures Compared.
The following statement of estimates of
expenditures and income for the coming
year, and expenditures for the past year
Is submitted for the purpose of ready com
parison: Expendl- Expenses
tures. 190L for 1902.
Teachers' salaries $213,024 10 $220.000 00
Janitors 15.227 50 17,000 00
School Clerk 1,600 00 1,600 00
Superintendent's cierKrs
Superintendent of re
pairs and new build
ings New buildings, includ
700 00
700 00
1,300 00 1,000 00
ing moving iiuitno-
mah school building. 47.228 27
Interest S.728 83
Telephone 168 31
Insurance 3,929 20
Water 1.424 55
Advertising 39 00
Rent 1.111 00
Stationery 2,974 44
Fuel 5,851 95
Gas 278 30
Janitors' supplies 946 28
Printing 616 00
Streets and sewers 4.182 22
Repairs and sanitation 4,629 43
High School laboratory 307 87
Expense school election 304 30
School furniture 3.4S7 25
Attorney's fees 200 00
School census 455 S6
Extraordinary expenses 709 62
To pay bonds
Due on contracts and
audited claims
40,000 00
9,000 00
200 00
3,000 00-
1,500 00
50 00
1.000 00
3.000 00
6,000 00
250 00
850 00
600 00
2,5v0 00
8,000 00
300 00
303 00
3.000 00
500 00
600 00
1,500 CO
10.000 00
3,290 86
Total $319,425 33 $335.640 86
The estimated income for the year 1902
Is as follows:
Cash on hand $20.440 19
County school fund 185.000 00
State school fund 28,000 00
Delinquent taxes 2,500 00
Sundry cash receipts 350 00
Special district tax of 2.5 mills,
enough to raise 99,350 67
Total $335,640 86
Levy of 2.5 Mills Recommended.
It will be observed from consideration
of the foregoing estimates that In order
to. maintain the schools during the com
ing year on the same basis and at the
present schedule of salaries and provide
for additional school room required and
retire the bonds mentioned, a special levy
of 2.5 mills will be required, and this is
the levy recommended by the board.
Teachers' Salaries.
There has recently been presented and
filed with the board a petition signed by
practically all of the teachers in the dis
trict, asking to have their salaries raised.
Several grounds art urged in support of
the petition, one of the grounds being
the great increase in the cost of living
since the present schedule of salaries was
adopted. "While this application and the
reasons upon which it is based strike the
board with much force. In view of the
fact that contracts have been made with
the teachers for the entire school year,
providing for the payment of salaries as
then existing, the board does not feel
justified In Increasing the salaries at the
present time without authority from the
taxpayers, and It has therefore been de
termined to. submit the question to your
consideration and action. If the taxpayers
should decide that the salaries of teach
ers should be increased, the board will
undertake the task of slightly readjust
ing and raising the salaries to an extent
aggregating about 8 per cent, but In or
der to accomplish this it will be neces
sary to add 0.4 of a mill to the levy above
mentioned, making the total levy for all
purposes 2.9 mills. Respectfully submitted,
J. V. BEACH.
R, WILLIAMS.
R. K. "WARREN.
H. WITTENBERG,
L. W. SITTON.
Report of School Cleric
The report of School Clerk K. S. Allen
follows:
To the Taxpayers of School District No. 1,
Multnomah County, Oregon Ladles and Gen
tlemen: I herewith submit for your considera
tion the following statement of funds received
and disbursed for the year ending this date:
Balance on hand as per last report.. $ 20,214 20
Receipts.
County school fund $151,130 25
State school fund 23,167 33
Tax roll of 1899 4.451 IS
Tax roll of 1000 130,103 SO
Delinquent taxes received from
County Treasurer 3,581 86
Delinquent taxes collected by School
Clerk, of wnicn 13U0 a wasv
mortgage taxes 2,218 G5
Tuition received 813 23
Sundry cash receipts 342 05
Lot of land sold In Stephens' Add... 1,000 00
Palling School building, loss by fire 162 43
Bills payable , 42.000 00
Total receipts $387,187 10
Disbursements.
Teachers' salaries $213,024 10
Janitors' salaries 15,227 50
School Clerk's salary 1,000 00
Superintendent clerk's salary 700 00
Superintendent of repairs and new
buildings 1,300 00
Total $231,851 GO
New Buildings.
Central School building $ 40.550 81
Multnomah School building 6.677 40
Total $47.228 27
Repairs to BHildingrs.
High School building $ 702 42
Harrison School building 372 23
Falling School building 203 03
Atkinson School building 431 09
Park School building 30 00
Couch School building 107 14
Chapman School building ,. CO 03
Ainsworth School building 11 00
Portland Homestead school building 35 00
Fulton School building 19 67
Williams-Avenue School building... 2M 31
Alblna Central School building.... 63 25
Multnomah School building 2 00
Holladay School building.. 51 83
North Central School building 60 75
Central School building 255 45
Stephens School building 152 00
Brooklyn School building 548 37
Sunnyslde School building 712 34
Peninsula School building.. 36 10
"Woodlawn School building 12 00
Portsmouth School building 127 70
Clinton Kelly School building 211 72
Sellwood School building GO 30
Midway Schcol building so 45
Thompson School building 61 25
Fulton Park School building........ 5 50
Total .- $ 4,829 43
Mlscellancens.
Bills payable, notes given since last
report $ 42,000 00
School furniture 3,487 25
Office furniture 20 03
Interest 8,728 SS
Tuition paid to school district No. 29 121 55
Pacific States Telephone Company. 1C8 31
Insurance S.829 20
Water L 124 55
Advertising .... ,-. 39 00
Rent l.lll 00"
Stationery .... i 2,074 44
Fuel 6.851 95
Portland Gas Company 278 30
Janitors' supplies 040 23
Printing 610 00
Streeu and sewers 4.182 22
High School laboratory 307 8T
Free Kindergarten Association 5.000 00
Total $ 81.1S6 83
General Expense. -
Auditing committee $ 60 CO
Attornys fees 200 00
Expense of school election 304 30
Making delinquent tax roll 150 00
For abstract of title. S. 4 of block
10, Multnomah 15 00
For collecting taxes.... 307 50
For cartage 67 87
Taking and typewriting census re
port. 1001 456 80
Total $ 1.651 53
Balance on hand.'. 20,430 44
Total $3S7.187 10
There Is due on contracts for the
Central School building $ 2,744 50
There is tiue on contracts for con
crete sidewalk at Holladay School
building .... 378 36
Total amount due on con tracts... $ 3,122 SO
Sundry claims not yet audited 168 00
Statement of Indebtedness.
Bend account
100 10-20 bonds. Issued October 1.
1893, payable In 1013, Interest fi
per cent $100.000 00
10 bonds. $1000 each. Issued by Dis
trict No. 2, August 2, 1802, pay-
INDUSTRIAL MAY OP THE! SECTION OF OREGON TO BE PENETRATED BY
THE COLU3IBIA SOUTHERN EXTENSION.
able In 1002. Interest 0 per cent.. 10,000 00
10 bonds. $1000 each. Issued by Dis
trict No. 31, June 2, 1800. payable
In 1010. Interest 6 per cent 10 000 00
10 bonds. $1000 each. Issued by Dis
trict 31. June 1, 4601. payable In
1010, Interest 0 per cent 10.000 00
Total bonded Indebtedness $130,000 00
Ccnsas Report.
The census of the district kas been taken,
with the following result:
Number of females between 4 end 20
years of age 10,743
Number of males between 4 and 20 years
of age 10,131
Total 20.874
Of the above number, 1570 females and 1422
males are between the ages of 4 and 6 years.
Respectfully submitted,
H. S. ALLEN, School Clerk.
Portland, January 11, 1002.
Report of Auditing Committee.
Following is the report of the auditing
committee:
To the Taxpayers of School District No. 1,
Multnomah County, Oregon Gentlemen: "We,
the undersigned, your committee, appointed at
the taxpayers' meeting, January 16, 1001, to
audit the report and accounts of the School
Clerk of said district, beg leave to report that
we have made a thorough and complete exam
ination of ,ald School Clerk's account and
books, and find that all expenditures and dis
bursements by the Clerk have been made on
vouchers approved by at least three directors
of the beard; and that his accounts and books
are correct.
We have compared the cash on hand and
balances In bank and find they correspond with
the accounts shown by the reports of the
School Clerk. F. C. MILLER,
S. ORUTZE.
Auditing Committee.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Sir. M. B. McFaul and family leave to
day for a visit to Mr. McFaul's old home,
Allisonvllle, Ontario.
Miss Llllle Hepp, .postmistress at Lorcn,
Cal., is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Jacob Hepp, of Palestine.
Frank Gibson, the well-known Polk
County grain merchant, is registered at
the Perkins from RlckrealL
"W. D. Pugh, of Salem, who Is In the
city on business. Is a prominent con
tractor of the Capital City.
C. M. Sollss, of Jacksonville, who Is at
the Imperial, is a prominent lawyer in
that section, and is in the city on legal
business.
John Hale, the well-known contractor,
has returned from a business trip to
Puget Sound, during which ho visited
Seattle, Tacorna and other Washington
cities.
Miss Lang and Miss E. L. Lang, of The
Dalles, who are well known In local so
ciety circles, are at the Portland, and
will spend several days In the city with
friends.
Crls Barch, of Dawson City, who is.
at the Imperial, is a large dealer In pro
visions In the Alaska metropolis, and it
was from his firm that an absconding
employe recently embezzled $30,000, and
succeeded In getting to Circle City on
his way outside before being captured.
NEW YORK, Jan. 12. Northwestern
people at New York hotels are:
Portland Gerard. A. B. Stelnbach;
Marlborough, T. W. B. Landen; Astor, R.
J. Prince.
Spokane Nethcrland, E. L. Marvin.
Seattle Holland. E. C. Cheasty; Cadil
lac, G. N. Gerkon.
Tacoma Navarre, J. P. Amy and wife.
Special Officer Nask Critically III.
Special Officer J. H. Nash, who has been
.connected with the police department for
the past 15 years, and who has been sick
for the past month, was reported to be
critically 111 at the Good Samaritan Hos
pital last night, and fears are expressed
that he may not possibly recover.
An Attack of Pneamonia "Warded OS.
"Some time ago my daughter caught a
severe cold. She complained of pains in
her chest and had a bad cough. I gave
her Chamberlain's Cough Remedy accord
ing to directions, and in two days she
was well and able to go to school. I have
used this remedy in my family for the past
seven years, and have never known It to
fall," says James Prendergast, merchant,
Annato Bay, Jamaica, West India Islands.
The pains in the chest Indicated an ap
proaching attack of pneumonia, which, in
this Instance, was -undoubtedly warded off
by Cfcomberlaln's Cough Remedy. It coun
teracts any tendency of a cold toward
penumonla. For sale by all druggists.
In the last decade the world's product
of beet sugar has been double that of cane
sugar.
NEW TRADE FIELDS
(Continued from First Page.)
the average Is not greatly different from
the temperature of similar country along
the Columbia River. The districts to be
brought under irrigation He between 2500
and 3500 feet above sea level. Prlnevllle
Is at an altitude of 2S00 feet. The great
alfalfa fields of Colorado are 4000 to 6500
feet above the sea. Alfalfa thrives im.
mensely In he Deschutes Valley, from
the river bottom fairly to the tops of the
adjacent buttes. Nearly all forage plants
do well there: wheat Is grown to supply
the local demand (lack of transportation
making more extensive production use
less), and all the common crops of a tem
perate climate. Including fruits, are grown
to perfection, even in the present unde
veloped state of the country. Of course,
it is a great stock region, the raising of
cattle, horses and sheen being by far the
most important industry.
Twelve to 15 acres of ordinary Eastern
Oregon range land are required for the
support of one steer. To be sure, this land
belongs to the Government, no taxes are
paid on it. there Is no Investment of pri-
vate capital In it, and the 6ne steer Is
practically clear profit to Its owner. But
this does not contribute to the greatness
of the state or the prosperity of the com
munity to an extent at all commensurate
with the forces of production used. The
12 or 15 acres ought to turn off half a
dozen steers or their equivalent. There
fore It Is entirely within bounds to say
that the 60,000 square miles of range land
In Eastern Oregon are five-sixths wasted
when they are used to support 1,000,000
horses and meat cattle and 3,000,000 sheep.
Any process by which this waste will be
reduced will to that extent serve humanity
and civilization. Settlement and cultiva
tion will do this, and the extentlon of
transportation facilities will put In the
settlers and make conditions that will
make life attractive. As the Indian gave
place to the range cowboy and shepherd.
they In turn are giving way to the far
mers with plowshares and prunlng-hooks.
But livestock will not disappear. Only
the method of conducting the business will
be changed. The farmers of Oregon will
raise and fatten and send to market more
animals than are now gathered from the
expansive ranges; and they will also raise
and market many other products. They
will have comfortable and attractive
homes, where the sagebrush and Jack
rabbit now occupy the plain. Thousands
will live In comparative luxury where
dozens now camp In isolation.
As an Indication of the Increased pro
duction that follows the advent of trans
portation In such a country as Central
Oregon, the experience of the Columbia
Southern In Sherman County, the first
year the railroad operated there, 1S97, It
carried out 35.000 tons or 1.166,666 bushels
of wheat. Last year it carried out 93,000
tons or 3,100,000 bushels. Before the railroad
was built that was said to be "desert," Im
possible of agricultural development. Few
people wete there because they could
not get their products to market. Now
the county Is well settled and the in
crease In Inward flow of merchandise has
Kept pace witn tne outward now or
products of the county. The country into
which the extension of the Columbia.
Southern Is projected will yield not only
agricultural productions, but also lum
ber In largo quantities, and gold, silver
and copper ores. Coal Is also found there.
Four Eastern lumber companies own
61,000 acres covered with yel.ow pine on
the Upper Deschutes. The estimated
yield 13 20.000 feet of lumber to the acre,
giving the quantity controlled by these
four concerns at 1,2SO,000,000 feet enough
to give profitable traffic to a railroad for
years. A large timber area besides this
Is tributary to the proposed extension,
not to ypeak- of the timber of the Cas
cade forest reserve, which reaches well
down the side of the range, and will ba
available for commercial purposes when
the Government shall provide rules and
regulations for selling and cutting.
But there are other parts of Oregon that
would pay equally well for the advantage
of adequate transportation. The Wallowa
Valley lo one of the most notable of these,
though In extent It is not large. The.
productive capacity of that valley Is not
exceeded anywhere, area considered. But
lack of transportation facilities prevents
full development. It doesn't pay to send
out much besides livestock, which can
carry Itself to market or to the railroad.
Near the mouth of the Grand Rondo
River la a flue bed of good coal, too, which
Oregon Is greatly In need of. As matters
now stand much of the trade of that
fertile valley goes out by way of Lewis
ton, Idaho. Coal, granite, livestock, farm
crops and unexcelled fruit, to say noth
ing of better conveniences for the people,
cry for a railroad through the Wallowa
Valley.
Several small streams flow into Snake
River in Baker County, among them
Eagle and Pine Creeks. They drain con
siderable valleys of surpassing richness
In agricultural resources. The adjacent
hills are filled, with minerals, and Just
across the Snake, well up In the midst
of a nest or ragged mountains known
as the Seven Devils, is probably the
greatest mass of copper In the world.
That is a difficult place to reach, but It
it has been pronounced feasible to get
the ore across the river by aerial tram
way, and there a railroad could take It
to smelter or to market. A railroad has
already started for that locality, to reach
both the mineral and agricultural traffic,
and It is believed legal difficulties that
have enveloped It for two years have now
been solved and the enterprise wll go
forward.
The Nevada-California-Oregon narrow
J gauge la building northward in California
towasd the Oregon line with the avowed
purpose of reaching Lakevlew this year.
What effect the advance of the Columbia
Southern In that direction will have upon
the narrow gauge line remains to be
seen. Both are aiming for the same ter
ritory. One would hold it to Oregon, the
other would drain Oregon off to San
Francisco via Reno Junction, Nevada.
Thirty miles of railroad are now under
construction from a point on the South
ern Pacific Just south of the California
Oregon state line toward Klamath Falls.
That Is built mainly to give outlet to a
valuable body of timber In the Pokagema
country, several miles to the westward
of Lower Klamath Lake. It will, of
course, serve commercial purposes and
will be extended to Klamath Falls and
possibly beyond. Portland will have a
fair show on the line of that road, though
it does cross. Into California. A prodi-
I glous quantity of timber will come out
ui uiul region.
Coming to the Immediate region of Port
land, there is the Nehalem country lying
ripe for development, with four railroad
lines projected into it. The Astoria &
Columbia River has made plans for get
ting to the Nehalem. The Goble, Nehalem
& Pacific, the logging road reaching five
miles southward from Goble station, on
the Columbia River, started with the
avowed purpose of crossing the divide
and traversing the Nehalem Valley to
the sea. Financial difficulties overtook it,
but these have largely been arranged and
the road will probably be continued some
distance, but whether It will go farther
than Is necessary to reach new timber
Is questionable. The Northern Pacific has
started a branch line to the Nehalem
Valley from Scappoose station, but work
on that has been suspended. The most
ambitious project for the Nehalem is the
Portland, Nehalem & Tillamook Railway
Company, which was organized a year
ago to build from Portland to the sea
coast at Nehalem, with a branch to
Tillamook. Much examination of the
route and resources of the country has
been made by agents of this corporation,
but nothing further has yet resulted.
The timber resources of the Nehalem
country would be immediately available
for Portland upon the building of a rail
road, and Portland could use that splendid
Umber at once. There are coal measures
that give assurance of commercial Im
portance, and a large tonnage from the
opening of those mines would come to
Portland, where cheap fuel is a matter
of prime importance. Other minerals are
found, but the coal is alone of sufficient
Importance to warrant the utmost effort
to get it to" this market. The agricultural
possibilities of the country, particularly
the dairying of Tillamook County, would
also demand consideration. The Tilla
mook section Is greatly handicapped by
lack of adequate transportation facilities.
On the north side of the Columbia Is a
productive country that lies within the
sphere of Portland's influence. Of course
all the trade that Is handled by water
centers in Portland, but the extension
of the Portland, Vancouver & Yakima
Railroad to the St. Helens mining dis
trict will tap resources that are of as
sured richness and are already consider
ably on the road to become producing
mines. This gives promise of becoming
an Important mining camp.
A railroad Is projected to the Bohemia
mining district in Lane and Douglas
Counties. Surveys are In progress and
proceedings have been begun to get that
district out of the forest reserve. Suc
cess of this move will mean the prompt
building of the road to some of the best
mines In the state.
These great fields He almost untouched
by Portland. Their possibilities can only
be hinted at. The development that fol
lows adequate transportation facilities
will do the business for Oregon as a state
and for Portland as a commercial city.
LIFE-SAVING NET TESTED.
Firemen Leap From Second-Story
IVlndonrs in Safety.
The $100 new life-saving net recently
purchased for the use of the Fire Depart
ment was christened yesterday morning.
Twelve men Jumped into it from one of
the second-story windows at fire head
quarters, and pronounced It "all right."
The exercises were conducted by Chief
Campbell and Assistant Chief Lauden-
kloss. The net. which Is made of canvas,
Is held shoulder high by 10 or 12 firemen,
almost at arms' length, with the palms
of the hands turned upward, keeping the
elbows from touching the body. It is
kept folded In half and Is made with
hinges and automatic locks, and can be
made ready for use In two or three sec
onds. The firemen who jumped were:
Assistant Chief Laudenkloss, Foreman F.
Dowcll, Perry Jackson, Chrl3 Reichle, J.
T. Klncaid. W. P. Gillham. J. Erickson,
A. G. McClalne. W. O'Brien. George Stin
son and F. Jacobson. All landed safely on
their backs, uninjured. One of the most
Interested Jumpers was Laudenkloss yel
low dog, "Prince," and when he landed
he barked for more. Then Jackson and
Klncaid mounted the electric light pole
at the corner of Fourth and Yamhill
streets and jumped from the cross-trees,
a distance of 32 feet, landing with safety
and ease.
The jumping occupied one hour, and the
net was pronounced to be an entire suc
cess. In a similar life net, 20 lives were
saved by persons Jumping Into it from
the fourth and fifth stories of a burning
building, In New York City, May 7, 1901.
OrcRon Notes.
Philomath Is to have an opera-house.
A Calapooia correspondent says that a
meeting of School District No. 23 will be
held January 18 to consider means for
raising money for a new schoolhouse.
The Badger Mining Company, of Susan
vllle. expects to Install a reduction plant
on Its property In the near future. The
plant will Involve an outlay of 5100,000.
At a meeting of the Common Council
of Coquille City, last week. It was decided
to close the public schools and churches
of that city for an unspecified time, on
account of the number of cases of small
pox. The cable for the bucket carrier to be
used by the Uncle Sim Mining & Milling
Company of Blue River has been received
at Eugene, and will be taken to the mill
at once. The buckets are being made at
Eugene.
The annual meeting of the members of
the Oregon Hopgrowers Association will
he held In Woodburn, January 15, at 10:30
A. M., for the purpose of electing seven
directors, one of whom shall hold the
office of president.
The telephone line at Cottage Grove Is
now In working order and has six sta
tions in operation. Communications can
now be had from any point into Bohemia.
The contractors have finished their work
and received payment for their labors.
The Oregon Boom & Timber Company
has filed petition on the Umpqua River.
It Is one of the most voluminous papers
that has ever been filed with the Clerk
of Douglao County, and covers the use
of the river and Its tributaries for float
ing logs and timber.
A force of employes of the Southern Pa
cific Company are digging a big ditch lead
ing under the freight depot out across the
main track and platform and across the
south sidetrack for the purpose of drain
ing the company's depot yards. Hereto
fore water In large quantities has stood
about the yards'.
The Coos Bay Creamery Association
has elected directors for the ensuing year
as follows: D. Mcintosh, J. J. Clinken
beard,,Ivy Condron, H. E. Bessy, George
Ross; Steven Rogers, treasurer. The- new
board has elected officers a3 follows: J.
J. Clinkenbeard, president; H. E. Bessy,
vice-president; George Ross, secretary;
H. E. Bessey, general manager.
The County Court of Coos County has
appropriated 51000 to be expended on the
Alleghany-Elkton wagon road, and this
makes the building of the road an as
sured fact With the 5S00 raised by sub
scription, 51500 Is now available, and with
this quite a start can be made. The
Douglas County Court has accepted the
survey of that part of the road which
COnUOHT llll IT TMI mSCTtll A OAUtLt eO. CMC4IIMATI
A LITTLE
IJjpaiSTINGUISH between economy and wisdom.
1 3-2
Sitting at home to
my, but it is scarcely wisdom. In the same
way, doing without Ivory Soap is economy
Hr-ryffiIM.i
but it isn't wise; your risks are greater than all
possible saving. Every, cheap soap contains free
alkali. Now, free alkali will eat its way through
the new oil cloth on the kitchen floor. Imagine,
then, what it will do in a single Monday's wash
ing I Is such economy wise?
BUY COAL NOW
Don't wait until cold weather comes and the last bucketful
is gone; order now and be ready for the cold, weather.
WE GUARANTEE FULL WEIGHT.
Holmes Coal & Ice Co,
Something
If you will take the time to compare present prices
with former figures, or with present figures In other
establishments, you will realize that our prices
have dropped to an amazing extent.
JOHN ALLESINA
2S6 "Washington St.
Near Woodard, Clarke &
6&j&
7CVf thrj
lies In Douglas County, and has declared I
it a county road.
Scott King, of. Corvallls. and his dog
located a skunk In a hollow tree. He got
the usual forked stick and ran It up the
tree and began to twtet. In due time the
skunk was hauled-out. Then another trial
was made and another akunk was brought
down. Encouraged by his success, Scott
kept up the process until 10 skunks were
dug out.
Office-holders complain that office rent
Is too high In Baker City, says the Re
publican. Property-holders claim that ex
penses are high, and that they charge
only enough to make a fair profit. It is
likely that both the cost of living and
rents will come down during the present
year. Plans are being figured upon for
several new buildings, 'mere is sucn a
demand for -offices at present that the
property-owners seem justified in asking
high rent. ,
The Cascade Coal Mining Company is
preparing for active operations to begin
Mondav. Machinery has been purchased
In Eugene and Portland and Is now being
shipped to CreswelJ, from which place
it will be removed" to the company's mine.
The power will be steam, and the boiler
Is a Eugene product. The engine and
pump will come from Portland. A shaft
will be sunk Immediately to tap the vein
cf coal. It will probably be 20 days before
the vein will be touched.
A. D. Hopper was In Sclo last week
-looking after the business of the flax
mills. He expressed himself as wen
pleased with the workings of the mill
and. with the outlook. The market for
high-grade fiber la good. The mill Is run
ning full time. The company will en
deavor to rent ground and raise Its own
flax the coming season, or at least that
part of It that Is not contracted for. They
have straw sufficient on hand at present
to keep them running until April.
A petition was recently circulated
among the residents of Alsea for pre
sentation to the court, praying that the
Alsea road district be cut In two. A day
or two after the adjournment of the court
a counter-petition was forwarded to Clerk
Watters, In which a large list of sub
stantial citizens of Alsea strongly pro
tested against the proposed division of
their road district. As the matter now
stands the court Is not likely to take any
action, since the first petition has not
yet been presented.
W. A. Woollever reports that while
crossing in over the Coquille bar last
Sunday the steamer Mandalay struck and
swung around, broadside to the sea. One
of her small steam pipes was broken by
the concussion caused by heavy seas
breaking against her side, and the state
rooms and cabins were filled with steam.
It was found by sounding that there was
less than four feet of water where the
vessel struck. Although in a dangerous
position, the steamer was, by the good
management of Captain Reed, worked off
the shoal, and reached Bandon without
further trouble.
The Directors of the Coquille public
school attempted to have the teachers
of that city sign an agreement releasing
the School Board from any obligations to
pay the teachers their salaries during the
period that the schools will be closed on
account of smallpox In Coquille. This
move was, however, blocked by the teach
ers, who refused to sign any such ar
ticles unlets the School Board would In
turn release them from their contracts
to teach the remainder of the present
school term. The result was that the
teachers carried their point and are now
enjoying a vacation, and at the same
time drawing their salaries.
The President's Ensllsk.
London Chronicle.
The full text of President Roosevelt's
message has now reached this country. It
quite bears out Thackeray's favorite gibe
about "the 34th column of the Presiden
tial speech" ; but, long as It is some 22,000
words In all It is readable from first to
last. The President has a most vigorous
and telling way of putting things, and
whether he writes on anarchism or irri
gation or reciprocity or forestry, is al
ways at pains to make himself Interest
ing and Intelligible. His is a strenuous
and forceful style, not perhaps very flex
ihle but full of brtaknesa anr! siin-plpnr
I Some of 'his phrases axe really too good
BIG WASTE.
save shoe-leather is econo
247
Stark Street
Dropped
TWO STORES
Co.
309 Morrison St.
Near Meier & Frank Co.
This signature 1b on erery box of the gemms
Laxative Bromo-OuinineTabieu
remedy that caxes a cold la. oae daffc
for the occasion. What should we think
of a sentence like this in the King's
speech: "So far Ingenuity has been wholly
unable to devise a substitute for the
great war craft whose hammering. gun3
beat out the mastery of the high seas?"
Obviously, up till March, 1905, Americans
may safely copy the President's English.
Dr. J. T. McCormac, of Marshfield, has
bought of J. W. Coon 1 miles of water
frontage on the Coquille River at Cedar
Point boom. The purchase of this front
age by Dr. McCormac is part of plans
which he has had for some time In mind,
and which will have an important bear
ing on the development of the timber re
sources of Coos County. He will now
proceed to enlarge the boom, at Eaglo
Point by extending It up the river, and
later building a supplementary boom be
low. The Intention is to make room for
about 3,000,000 feet of Iog3. A plant will
then be put In for hoisting the log3 from
the water and loading them on the cars
In an economical manner.
WHAT SHAIili WE HAVE FOB DES
SERT? This question arises In the family every day.
Zmt us answer it today. Try Jell-O, a de
licious and healthful dessert. Prepared In two
minutes. No boiling! no baking; simply add
boiling water and set to cooL Flavors:
Lemon. Orange. .Raspberry and Strawberry.
Get a package at your grocer's today. 10c
Pears5
was the first maker
of sticks of soap for
shaving. Sticks in 3
sizes; shaving cakes
in 3 sizes.
Pears Soap established over loo years.
JfrOCob
TJLTO CL
There is no article
where there is not
something "cheaper"
to compete. And it
usually is "cheaper"
in every sense of the
word. You don't
want the " cheaper "
sort, the best is none
j too good for you.
mis applies with
force to "Tapioca,"
for no article requires
greater care in selec
tion and preparation.