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8 CARMEN'S PAY IS UP City & Suburban Makes increase of Wages. ADVANCE, $14,000 PER -YEAR Request of Employe Fnlly Granted, Except aa to Overtime ?2 25 Fer Day of 10 Hoars, $2 Fer Mgkt. I Notice -was yesterday posted at the barns of the City & Suburban Railway Company substantially granting the re quest of the employes for an increase of pay. The "advance thus amicably ar ranged for dates from March 1, and means an additional expenditure for labor by this company of about $14,000 a year. The letter from the company to the com mittee representing the employes, giving notice of the Increase, Is as follows: Messrs. Traub, Morris, Stearns, Valentin. Ixgan, Hnffard, Spencer and Shaw, Employes' "Wage- Committee Gentlemen: I am Instructed by the board of directors of this company to Inform you that, after careful consideration of your request for an Increase of pay, they have decided to adopt the schedule prepared' by you. with the exception that night runs may reach a maximum of 10 hours, and day runs 10 hours and 30 minutes without extra pay. While most of tho runs are consid erably less than 10 hours. It Is not practicable to keep all day runs within this limit, and some few of the night runs may reach It. This, tho directors feel, should be made with out extra pay, and also that tripper runs may be added without materially Increasing the payroll. Tou will, of course, appreciate that this schedule Involves a very large addition to the monthly expenses, and the directors feel that you will readily agree that the small concession Is not unreasonable. In accordance with the above the rates of pay for all carmen, beginning March 1. will be as follows: For regular day runs not exceeding 10 hours and SO minutes. $2 25 per day. For regular night runs, not exceeding 10 hours, $2 per day. All overtime for regular men, 22 cents per hour: extra men. 20 cents per hour straight. I am further directed by the board to ex press to you its appreciation of the loyalty of the employes to the interests of the com pany, especially for having conducted this negotiation for Increase of pay in so frank and open a manner and through the medium of employes of long and faithful service. Re spectfully yours, C. F. SWIGERT, Secretary and Treasurer. January 23 the committee had a con ference with the officers of the company and presented the request of the car op eratives for an advance of pay. The day men wanted $2 25 per day of 10 hours, with 23 cents per hour for extra time. The night men wanted minimum pay of $2 per night, for any number of hours up to 10, with 25 cents per hour for all time over 10 hours. As heretofore arranged, the day men worked full 10 hours and received $2 per day. Night men worked an average of eight hours a day and resolved an aver age of Jl SO for the service. Both sets of men were paid 20 cents per hour and they wanted their pay increased to 22 cents, an Increase of 12 per cent. There was no grievance on any other score. "Under the new schedule the men will receive $2 and 52 25 per day, respectively, which was the main thing desired, though the allowance for overtime is not all thy asked, and they are asked to work a lit tle longer lor the new wage. The men understand that the tripper runs will not be paid for extra and that this arrange ment may require the night men to work in some cases as many as 12 hours a day without extra pay. The employes generally express satisfac tion with the new -arrangement, as it gives them, a chance to earn more money regularly. WHY PORTLAND PLAYERS LOST Basket-Ball Team Complains of Un fair Treatment at Monmouth. The Portland All-Star basket-ball team returned from Its Monmouth trip yester day. The members feel greatly disap pointed over the result of the game Sat urday. The boys claim that many things worked to their disadvantage, and helped to lose the game. In the first place, two of tho regular players could not ac company tho team, and this proved a de cided handicap. Then again, the train upon which the team left Portland was delayed by a wreck, and the players did not arrive at Monmouth until' after 10 P. M. The boya had no chance to limber up, but went right to playing In the poor ly lighted gymnasium. Tho hall Is very small, and tho spectators sat right on the side lines, leaving no space for the players to get tho ball without plunging Into them. Monmouth has a .good team, but the referee. Physical Director Forbes allowed the school players to rest and play for wind every few minutes, thus do laying the game greatly. Portland could not get accustomed to the hall during the first half, and Mon mouth succeeded in getting 9 points to Portland's 1. During the second half Portland .got together and scored 12 points, as also did Monmouth. It was in this half that Portland's men think that Mon mouth did not give them the full 20 min utes' playing time. Four times did the ref eree stop the game to allow the Mon mouth players rest, which is strictly against the rules, and after 20 minutes had elapsed, time was called on the game. Portland's players say that they should have had at least 7 minutes' more time, as the half began at 10:40 and ended at 21, and -no time was deducted for the numerous delays. This was substantiated by many of the spectators. The game ended In Monmouth's favor, 21 to 13, but the Portland players agree that another game shall be played before Monmouth claims the championship. Af ter the game the teams were nicely enter tained, and general good feeling prevailed throughout. The Puget Sound trip has been post poned one week, on account of Victoria being unable to secure the hall on the dates set. The Portland tram will leave on Wednesday. March 12. playing Seattle, "Victoria and Vancouver in succession. Doxov.vx-Tizt'nsTox match. Pastime Club Trying to Arrange a Contest Between Them. The managers of the Pastime Club are endeavoring to arrange i match between Mike Donovan and "Dutch" Thurston, and It Is quite likely that the above named boxers will do a turn with the gloves .on either the 20th or 27th of March. Both Donovan and Thurston are 148 pound men, and are among the best men in their class A comparison of their records shows that they are evenly matched, and they ought to put up a great fight before the local club. Articles have been forwarded to both men, who are now In California, and it is expected that the match will be definitely arranged within a few days. Goff After a Fight. Charley Goff, tho well-known middle weight pugilist, passed through Portland yesterday, en route from Spokane to San Francisco, where he wishes to arrange a bout with Ryan or anybody else in hia class. . Helena Gets Good Players. The Helena Baseball Club has signed 11 players for the coming season. They are: Jack Flannery, shortstop; John E. Sullivan, catcher; T. B. Keefe, catcher; B. Bruyette, third base; J. Casey, second base; "William Clark, first base; W. B. Gilman, left field; Jamea A. Wiggs, pitch er; Henry Gehrlng, pitcher; Thomas B. Hamilton, second base; Pat Ryan, right field. Manager Flannery expects to sign only one more player. Members of Oatdeer Committee. Chairman H. W. Kerrigan, of the M. A, A. C. outdoor athletic committee, has selected H. H. Herdman, Jr., and Frank B. Watklns as associate members of the committee. Both Mr. 'Herdman and Mr. Watklns are fully qualified for work In this Important capacity, and the club Is fortunate In having such & capable out door committee. Players Contracts Approved. President TV. H. Lucas, of the Pacific Northwest Baseball League, yesterday ap proved the following contracts: For Portland Samuel Vlgneux, playing manager and catcher; Jacob Delsol, short stop; Fred Weed, fielder. For Spokane Harry P. Reitz, second baseman; Carl B. Wood, catcher; John H. Bolm, pitcher. , Finals ia Billiard Tournament. On Wednesday night H. G. Foster and H. A. Weis will play 100 points even to de termine winners of first and second prizes In the billiard tournament, which has been In process at the Mujtnomah Ama teur Athletic Club. The winners In Inst night's games were H. A. Weis and C. W. Zeller. RACES AT OAKLAND. Favorites and Seconds Divided the Honors on a Heavy Track. SAN FR&NCISCO, March 3. Favorites and second choices divided the honors at Oakland today. The track was very heavy and holding. Jockey Bullman will leave Wednesday for New York, to report at the Behnont stable. Results: Seven furlongs, selling Courtier won, Harry Thatcher second. Irate third; time, 1:39. Five and a half furlongs, selling Do reen won, Larry Wilt second, Estada third; time. 1:15. Half mile, purse Delsego won, Oroslus second. Discharged third; time, 0:54. Seven furlongs, selling Lodestar won, Rushflclds second, Sunello third; time, 1:37$. Six furlongs Edlnborough won, Jerld second, Sir Dougal third; time, 1:22. Futurity course, selling Sea Lion won. Educate second, Ned Dennis third; time, 1:17. Races at Xevr Orleans. NEW ORLEANS. March 3. Crescent City results: Six furlongs Tho Four Hundred won, Dolce Far NIente second, Rose of May third; time, 1:14. One and one-sixteenth miles, selling Chickadee won, Josie F. second. Vassal Dance third; time, 1:. Six furlongs Merry Maker won, The Messenger second, Allopath third; time. 1:14X. Six furlongs Imp Albula won. Van Hoorebeke second, Balm of Gilead third; time, 1:14. One mile and 70 yards, selling Felix Bard won. Sir Florian second, Beana third; time, 1:45. One mile John Grigsby won, Pharaoh second, Woodtrice third; time, 1:41. Martin Licensed to Ride in England. LONDON, March 3. The license com mittee of the Jockey Club today exam ined a number of Jockeys previous to de ciding on their licenses. The investiga tions included several prominent English riders whose bank accounts are allesod to show profitable relations with F. T. Kelly, the Bradford bookmaker, and oth ers concerned In the Bank of Liverpool frauds. While the committee's decisions were not announced, it was understood that at least two of the most prominent Jockeys will rot appear on the turf In the year 1902. The committee granted a license to J. H. Martin, the American Jockey, whose first mount will be In the Lincolnshire handicap. International Chess Tonrnnxnent. MONTE CARLO. March 3. In the in ternational chess tournament this morn ing Plllsbury was successful over Tar rasch, Napier over MIescs, Gunsberg over Maroczy and Mason over Mortimer, Pop lel resigned his adjourned game with Marshall from the 13th round without further play. In the afternoon, Popiel and Schlechter drew; Wolf won from Eisenberg and Marco from Marshall. Telchmann and Tschigoran adjourned their game In an even position and Jan owskl won from Scheve. HOW TEE SEIDS FEASTED. Chinese Family Gives Bnnqnets to All Its Many Conslnx. There was a sound of revelry last night In the Chinese restaurant at the corner of Second and Pine. The occasion was a re union of the members of the Sold family. This family Is represented in Portland by about SO men and boys, to say nothing of the women and girls, who did not attend the reunion. Eight tables were spread in the spacious banquet hall of the res taurant, laid with 12 to 14 covers each, and the Scids, with Charley Twin Wo. Rev. Chan Sing Kai and a few other invited guests, filled the whole of them. The pio neer member of the family here Is Seld Back, who has been a resident of Port land for 34 years, and comes as near being Americanized as it Is possible for a native of China to be. The other members ot the Seld family have been In this country from 20 to 30 years, and are all workers and self-supporting, not a loafer among them, as Seld Back proudly stated. Nearly all of them are "cannery boys," who will soon be going off to work in canneries all the way from the Columbia to Alaska, and this reunion was to give them a chance to be all together before that scattering. The banquet was spread In lavish stylo, all the delicacies and luxuries of the Chi nese cuisine being provided. As in Chi nese names the family name comes first, as Smith John, so in their banquet the dessert is partaken of first, and sakes, fruits, pastry, nuts, etc., were served first. Then came green turtle, sharks' fins, pre served eels, birds' nest pudding, and, of course, plenty of pork, of which Chineso are very fond, and in addition many deli cacies of which outsiders know nothing. A full band furnished a continuous musical performance for the celebration, and all enjoyed themselves. The charge for the banquet was J3 a plate, and there were wines and liquors for those who wanted them. The Seld family halls from a valley some 60 miles from Hong Kong, one of the most beautiful places Imaginable, to hear them tell It, where there are great fields of rice and abundance of apricots and other fruits. Insurance Company Suspends. DENVER, March S. The Western Mu tual Stock Insurance Company has sus pended, after a career of about 12-months. The embarrassment Is said to be duo tn InahlHtv in onllnot nvt nrnnlnm nntna ,and heavy drains by extra heavy losses uiruuga ueaui ui siock. ine policies is sued by the company amounted to about $91,000. BUSINESS ITEMS. If Baby Is Cattlas; Teeth, Be sure and use that old and well-jried remedy, Mrs. Window's Soothing Syrup, for chlldrea teething. It soothes the child, softens the guau, allays all pttn. cures wind colic and diarrhoea. Preferred Stock Oysters. Biggest oysters, finest flavor, biggest tins. When you suffer from sick headache, dizziness, constipation, etc, remember Carter's Little Liver Pills trill relieve vou. One clll is a dose. SHE KOmNff MR. ALBERS BRINGS SUIT TAKES THE CLUBBIXG CASE ETTO CIRCUIT COURT. Aslcs 910,000 Damages From Police men Church, Caffee aad Roberta, aad Commissioner Rankin. Suit has been filed In the State Circuit Court by John Henry Albers. of the Al oers & Schneider Company, against O. P. Church, Jameo Roberts, Edward T CafTee and Charles N. Rankin, for $10,000 dam ages for injuries sustained by the club bing he alleges he received at the hands of the three first-named defendants when his store was In flames. Sunday, February 23. Mr. Rankin, who Is a member of the Board of Police Commissioners Is made a party to the suit because, it is asserted, he "aided and abetted" the three police men in their attack upon the plaintiff. The papers In the case were drawn by Judge Henry E. McGinn, attorney for Al bers. The complaint, after stating that Church, Roberts and Caffee were regular police officers of the city and were on duty at the fire, alleges: "That whilst at said fire, the plaintiff was attempting to enter and go into his i .. . T1llota ARE YOU REGISTERED? Are your friends and em ployes registered? If yotl are a business man, how maoy of your clerks and other workers arp qualified to vote at the primary election a week from next Saturday? Tou will have to hurry. But 10 days remain before the registration books will be closed. Five days this week and five days next week. Regret when it is too late will not demolish the machine and dethrone the Boss. Votes will do! To vote, you must reg ister. To register, you must be at the Courthouse before Fri lay .night, March 14. Register today! , A premises, which were in danger of being consumed by the flames, the defendants (Church. Caffee and Roberts) being armed wlthdangerous weapons, towlt, billet clubs such as are usually carried by policemen, did lay violent hands upon the plaintiff and did unlawfully and maliciously make an assault upon the plaintiff -nith the said policemen's clubs, a dangerous weapon, as aforesaid;' and him, the said plaintiff did then und there beat, wound and ill treat with said clubs and with their hands and fistjy-to such an extent that he was clubbed into insensibility; his head was cut In a number of places, hla body badly Jaiuiscd; he wis made sick, lame and dis ordered, and so remain, and nil of thlc, too, was done to the plaintiff when ho was quietly pursuing his own affairs, without Injury to any one. "That during all the times that the de fendants, ChUrch. Roberts and Caffee, were engaged in so unlawfully and mali ciously assaulting, beating and bruising the plaintiff, the said defendant. Charles N. Rankin, was present, and by word of mouth unlawfully aided, abetted and en couraged said officers in so unlawfully and maliciously beating and 111 treating the plaintiff as aforesaid." The plaintiff asks that he be granted Judgment in the sum of flO.000 latGO fqr damages actually sustained and SXXX) as exemplary damages. He ao asks that the defendants be required to pay the charges of his physician and eurgeon and the cost of medicine supplied him, and for his costs and disbursements in the action. NEW COURT TERM OPEXS. List of Jurors Who Will Serve Dar ing; March. The March term of the State Circuit Court opened yesterday with a large at tendance of lawyers and considerable busi ness was transacted. As Invariably hap pens, about one-half of the persons sum moned to serve as Jurors for the term were excused for various reasons. The names of the persons excused were as follows: Alex Matthles. Isaac Lawlor, Isadora Lang. R. H. Loutitt, William Eccles, Matthew Steele, David A. Mor ris. W. R. Stokes, J. C. Bayer. T. A. Galback, Frank Dayton, Henry Fas bender, W. L. Dinsmoor, George Ormsby, W. T. B. Nicholson. Burt H!ck3. W. W. Bretherton. Ferdinand Opitz. Victor A. Avery, L. C. Henrlchscn. Fred Eggert. A. A. Ncwhall, W. J. Van Schuyver, J. M. Arthur. Thomas P. Patterson, Otto Nelson. O. J. Croce. William Macbeth and E. M. Sargent did not answer when their names were called. W. Wlntermantle. I. Grant Foster. I. H. Page, Joseph Fcttlg, Carl Carlson and Alex Johnson were not served by the Sheriff. lhe remaining Jurors who will serve are F. N. Lasley, W. T. Legg, Vcrlin Ennis, Charles T. ICamm, Philip Lawton, P. O. Lundln, Robert J. Jones, W. H. Courtney, A. G. Long. L. B. Chipman, George A. Williams, William Forest, W. J..Ferrell, J. S. Otis, Hiram Terwllllger, W. L. Archambeau, Sylvanus C. Arml tage. C. N. Prond. L. C. Newell, Alex Refiling. Owen Martin, M. PIckert. Pat Holland, Patrick, Harnett. Bernard Pape, L. S. Normandin, Isaac Hill, Edward D. Barnes, Charles B. Bartel, Big Wert heimer, S. D. Paddock, Isaac Gevurtz, Alfred Baker, J. M. Nlckum. Cases have been set for trial as fol lows: March 4 State of Oregon vs. William Grimes; B. G. Piatt, trustee, v. J. H. Peters ct al; State of Oregon vs. Sturman and Nelce. March 0 State vs. V. Htnkle; William Hearn, administrator, vs. Rachel Loutitt; Zllllngcr vs. Debenedetti et al. March 7 State of Oregon vs. Green; C. G. Adams vs. City & Suburban Railway Co.; K. G. Piatt, trustee, vs. J. B. Teon. March 10 Versteeg vs. John Kern ct al: Al bert Boblnson s. Taku Fishing Co.; W. P. Whlto vs. J. H. Woodward and Alnsworth Bank; A. J. Langworthy vs. City A Suburban Railway Co. March 12 George Anderson vs. City & Sub urban Railway Co.; Louis Roesango vs. Ben Revars. March 14 Ettte Hatneld vs. Robert Hat field; O. R, & N. Co. vs. J. H. Oatman et al. March IT George W. Proebstel vs. Foster & Greene; Horace Blgelow vs. A. M. Cox. Constable. March 18 John Klemas vs. Mary Dempsey; M. Blamauer vs. Rlbert Hlghet. March lfrMary A. Kelleher vs. County Court ot Multnomah: Peters & Roberts vs. "W. P. Fuller Co.; Estelle Mager vs. Phil Nels. March 20 G. L. Vandcrhoof vs. L. J. Schnell; John B. Frost vs. Pacific States Sav ings. Loan & Building Company; S. Hlckllng vs. Charles H. Hlckllng. March 21 A. H. Harrington vs. Pacific States Savings. Loan & Building Co. Other coses will be set later on. DAMAGE CASE SETTLED. Salt of Bernard Wolfard Withdrawn by Mutual Consent. ..ww.utu, ! lucuwu, i i?1 tne Southern Pacific Company for 540.000 damages because of tvmnnni in juries sustained at Snowden, on the Ash land division, on February 8, 101, was dis missed by Judge Sears yesterday, on mo tion of plaintiff's attorney, Thomas O'Day. ...- . ... .wU.t,.vu..db .itio uui stated by counsel. The trial- of tho case I mo amount of the compromise was not was begun in the moraine. The lurv m empaneled and sworn, and the cmenlnsr statements to the Jury were made bv - --- -w - J"J ...., .uauuc UJ the attorneys. When court convened for the afternoon session, Judge "O'Day arose and announced that they had agreed to a settlement of the case, and reauested that an order of OismiMfci b entered OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, MAECH ?, 1902. and the Jury discharged. Wolf&rd com plained that one of his legs was so mashed that It became necessary to amputate it below the knee, and the other was badly crushed and mangled, and ha was bruised and otherwise Injured. Insurance ia Installments. Judge George and a Jury were engaged yesterday in the trial of the suit ot Augusta Larson against tho Order of Washington, to recover $3000 Insurance on av benefit certificate executed In her favor on the life of her husband, Guataf A. Larson, deceased. The defendant does not dispute the liability and offers to set tle the claim at the rate of $50 per month, and Ms tendered Into court about 5S00. payments which have become due and pay able since tho death of Larson. W. C. .Bristol, who la representing Mrs. Larson as attorney, contends that the whole sum should be paid at once, and he made several speeches, as the trial progressed, In which he denounced the order for not settling up at once. H. K, Sargent ap peared as attorney for the defendant. The trial will be concluded today. New Telephone Company. Articles of incorporation were filed yes terday of the Midway Telegraph & Tele phone Company, by Harry V. Gates. Hel en M. Gates, Oliver B. Gates and Charles Cogswell; capital stock. $4000. The ob jects announced are to acquire, cither by purchase or construction, and to op erate a telephone and telegraph business In Oregon and California. The papers were executed in Washington County be fore S. B. Huston, notary public. The principal office Is to be located m Port land. Assault Case Dismissed. On motion of District Attorney Cham berlain, a charge against Frank Valliant, alias Harry Johnson, of assault on Bertha Flood, was dismissed by Judgo Frazer yesterday. Valliant is a barber. Hvlnir nt The Dalles, and he has all along denied' inc cnarge. united states District At torney John H. Hall appeared as his at torney. Xotes of the Court. The Inventory and appraisement jp the estate of Mary J. Parrish, deceased, was filed in the County Court yesterday. The property Is' valued at $3000. Tho Inventory was filed yesterday In tho estate of Hanley H. Holmes, de ceased. The valuation of the property Is 56100, of which J1700 is cash. Incorporation articles wero filed yester day of the Vesuvius Mining Company, by W. W.. Gibbs, A. H. Wiilett and J. C. Moreland; capital stock, $2;000,000. "Not a true bill" was returned by the District Attorney yesterday In the case of Lulu Watson and Claude Brlggs, charged with larceny In a dwelling-house of $32 from John Lee, on February 13. P. Selling yesterday fikd suit In the State Circuit Court against G. W. Hunt, and M. L. Pipes, as administrator of the estate of R. S. Strahan. deceased, to re cover $3S25 on a note executed by Mcrsrs. Hunt and Strahan to F. S. Akin In the year lS&i. The complaint sets forth that Pipes, as administrator of the Strahan estate, has rejected and disallowed the claim. Susie W. Smith, administratrix of the estate of Preston C. Smith, deceased, petitioned the County Court yesterday for authority to sell the real property In order to pay claims amounting to about ?2T,000. The estate includes water-front property at the foot of Harrison street. Portland Heights property, lots in Car ter's Addition and various other lots and acreage valued at a large sum. VALUE OF JBEET GROWING. Western Indnstry the Farmers Do Not Want to See Killed. WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. The ways and means committee of the House recently gave a hearing to D. C. Corbin, of Spo kane, in opposition to the proposed re duction of duty on Cuban sugar. Mr. Corbin Is largely Interested In the one beet sugar factor In Washington, and contended stoutly for the preservation of the present duty on the Cuban product. He told the committee that the farmers of his state could not Understand the proposition to lower the duty on sugar from Cuba, and that pending action on the proposed Cuban reciprocity scheme there was a general ctandstill in the in dustry, both at the factories and among the farmers. He quoted one of the lead ing farmers of Eastern Washington, who said: "I don't understand one thing. Now, the farmer never has had very much pro tection. I have been a protectionist be cause 1 believed In this tort of talk that generally prosperous times through out the country are a good thing for the farmer; they give him a good market and good prices, etc. Wo never needed any protection on our wheat,, because that goes to foreign markets. But here Is an Industry coming up which Is very profitable to us. I can see that It Is going to be a great thing for us, and 11 appears that this Is the first thing to be attacked. The farmer nover got much protection, anyhow. "Now ho has a chance In a new indus try here to do .nomcthing for hinvelf, and they are not going to allow him to do It. And for what reason? I read theipapcrs, and they say It Is because the Cubans are poor and have got to be helped. Where does the American farmer come in? it Is all very well about Cuba; but wc have been spending a great many hundreds of millions of dollars to assist the Cubans, and have given the lives of a great many of our men. Now it appears that we arc under obligations to Cuba. That is the thing that I don't under stand. It seems to me that It Is the other way about that they ought to be under some obligations to us; but it seems that the argument is that we are still under obligations to them, 'and that we must help them out. "I have not any objection to doing that if they will divide up this thing a littlo bit. They propose to hit the fanner. I read the other day that the steel trust has made In the last year something over JIOO.OOO.OOO on a vers highly protected product which they make. Now this must be cither a business proposition or It must be a purely philanthropic propo sition. If it is a business proposition. It seems to me that It Is not business-like to destroy an Industry which Is becom ing very valuable to the American farm er for J.he sake of helping somebody In distress" who Is foreign to us. It Is all very well to help other people, but let us help ourselves first. The American farm er needs help as well aa they do, and we think that charity should begin at home, if there Is going to be anything of that sort." Continuing, Mr. Corbin said: "This Industry is going to be a great thing for our state. They are agitating now the question of building two more factories there, which, of course, they will not do unless they think they can make money out of the -enterprise. As a mat ter of course, they are not going to put in their money and lose it If they can help It. I very much hope that nothing will be done to Jeopardize the Industry. Of course, if It Is, we who have put our money Into It will lose It. "We now have but one factory, with a dally capacity of iOQ tons of beets. Last year there were between 2000 and "3000 acres under beet cultivation, and this year we expect to have 4000." This arrument of Mr. Corbin -was nre luceu ay a. genenu aiuicweai rc&a.ruiii the beet sugar Industry of the State of faced by a general statement regarding Wjmhlnartnn !n which connection h snid "'In introducing this Industry out there the conditions generally are very favor able. We get a very high-grade product. The beets which I bought from the farm eo iiui fear &vcia&cu iwuui 72 t cent, with a coefficient of purity of about ers last year averaged about i7 per S6. This Is about the average. "Of course the farmers there knew IlULlllUg UUUUl OU&CL1 UCCUi X2UVYCVC1, W our agricultural experiment station ex- periments t have been made with sugar beets that have been planted for a so- rfp nt vcm. and nnalvnp have hn made which ehow that the climate and Ten Years of Blessed Work and Glorions Victories. Paine's Celery Compound His Brought Health and New Life to the Sick and Diseased in Every Part of the Civil ized World. For the last ten years the work of Palne's Celery Compound has been a blessed and cheering Tone to men and women of every rank In society. In no one case has the great medicine failed to oen eflt, and where It has been used promptly It has In every case brought a cure. The blessed results that spring from the use of Palne's Celery Compound are not Confined to this. land of ours. The great life-giving medicine has been sent to every quarter of the civilized world, and has cured the sick, restored the weak and.de pressed to health and strength, and caused tens of thousands to live who failed to find healtfc In worthless prescriptions, sar sapariilas, nervines and pills. Palne's Celery compound has cured when all other remed'es failed. It la to this best of all medicines, Palne's Celery Compound, that we would direct the attention of every man and woman suffering from weakness, general debility, rheumatism, neuralgia, heart trouble, dys pepsia, anemia, blood diseases, liver com plaint, and kidney trouble. Thousands of grateful letters have poured in testifying to wonderful and permanent cures. It Is foolish and criminal to delay the use of such a disease banlsher when others have so clearly demonstrated its value; when many of your "friends and neighbors have been made well by Its use. The health-giving virtues are so eminently great that the ablest physicians are pre scribing Palne's Celery Compound daily for the sick. If you are weak physically. In the grasp of disease, or simply feeling out of sorts, irritable, sleepless, or despondent, try one bottle of Palne's Celery Compound, and note well the magical effects. Always Ask for Diamond Dyes TAKE NO OTHER. the soil are particularly adapted to the cultivation of this root. But the farm ers themselves have had no experience with It, and I suppose that the first sea son there were not a half dozen men who had ever cultivated the beet before or who knew anything about it. "The country out there Is a wheat coun try, and, like all those Northwestern States, tho first thing the farmers did there was to raise wheat. They did that until they exhausted their lands, and they became very foul, as they are now In Eastern Washington. Weeds, wild oats, and all manner of foul stuff from a constant succession of wheat crops have grown up, and although our soil Is remarkably fertile and rich, It begins to show the result of this continuous pro duction of wheat. The farmer raises wheat because It Is an easy crop to make and does not require very hard labor: so he drifts along until he finds that Is, they are beginning to find in our country there that that sort of farming will not do. He Is getting poorer all the time. That has been the experience In Iowa, Minnesota, Dakota and all of the wheat states. So he has come, to the conclusion that he has got to do' some thing or other. He has got to diversify his farming In order to live and make any money, or even to keep even. "There Is one thing about this sugar beet crop which Is a most Important thing to the farmer. It is not supposed that any farmer contemplating raising sugar beets Is going to devote his entire farm to that product. He takes a certain part of his farm and puts it In condition to raise sugar beets; and when I say 'In condition' I mean first-class condition, for he has to do It When he commences raising sugar beets he has to do intense farming; he cannot do it in the slipshod way that he can when he Is raising wheat, when the lands are virgin and anything will grow under any conditions. He must get down and. do intense farm ing, aa I say. "The consequence Is that he gets his land In first-class condition. The farmer who plows his land for wheat plows It about four or five inches deep, and keeps plowing It that way year after year, and never plows any deeper. But when he goes to, raising a beet crop he has got to plow the land 12 Inches deep or 15 inches deep, and he has got to put It Into con dition to raise his crop. "Now, after that Is done and this has been demonstrated In that locality this year after he has had It In beets two years one of the best farmers In our re gion told me that he had been raising beets on a little plot of 10 acres which he had in wheat, off and on, every year for the last 20 years up to the last two years, and on that 10 acres of ground, plowed up In a 120-acre field, he raised 20 bushels to the acre more than he did on the other ground, which was exactly the same. That shows what you can do after this crop of beets hns been culti vated for two years on a field. A man then can raise as much wheat on .65 acres of ground as he could on 100 acres of exactly the same ground before this crop of beets was raised on it. . "Now, that is what we need, and that Is what Is needed all over the country that Is. In the Western States especially, because their methods of farming have been a little slipshod and they have not really done good work, which they have to do now that they soe the necessity for It, and so they are taking hold of It in the proper way. "Of course, the proper method of farm ing, as these farmers arc beginning to find out, Is diversity of crops and rota tion of crops. It goes without saying that It Is necessary t6 get the best re sults. They have not understood that heretofore, but they are beginning to un derstand it now. My first year there was pretty nearly an absolute failure. The farmers did not do any good, and the factory did not do any good. Last year they did a great deal better, and the farmers became very much encouraged. They are Intensely Interested In this mat ter now, and I can show you why. Up to within the last 12 months you could buy farms there and there arc not finer lands anywhere in the world for from $20 to $25 per acre. That was about all they were worth to raise wheat on. Tou cannot buy some of those farms today for $50 an acre. "They have actually doubled in price in anticipation of the profitable crop which they have now. It is the most profitable crop they have ever had. Last year, on those very lands that have been selling for from $20 to $25 an acre, they have made a net profit, after charging everything charging the farmer's own labor, his boys' work, his teams' work and everything else from $10 to $26 and $27 an acre net. In other words, they have made practically the value of their land In one seasen." ONCE A WEEK. Personally Conducted Excursions. Via Rio Grande lines, either via Hunt ington or Sacramento, to all points East. Through sleeper to Chicago, etc. Magnifi cent scenery. Call for lowest rates, etc., ft Rio Grande offlca, No. 13i Third street. A GOOD Goes Into battle with his well disciplined and have seen hard service. The same thing applies to a good musical firm. If their pianos and organs have a reputation for good service and have seen many years of testing, they are half sold when or dered from the factory. That is why such pianos as the KNABE. STECK, HARDMAN, FISCHER. PACKARD and LUDWIG have won in the battle of competition a reputation that many another piano factory has fought to obtain. WE REALIZE , What it means to feel one has such resources behind him when it comes to selling such pianos as these. In fact, it makes competition easy. W HAT WE KNOW ABOUT ORGANS Tou know also, and that Is that the ESTET, MASON & HAMLIN. PACKARD and CCHICAGO COTTAGE are the only best organs made. Write us for terms and catalogues of both pianos and organs and Information as to our easy payment plan. ALLEN & GILBERT CO. Successor to The Wllsy B. Allen Co. 2J9-211 First Street PORTLAND, OREGON. WHllll-'.fiSrl jj eSwnic Tj i i $mm Those $3.00 Silk 2S6 Washington St. Near Woodard. Clarke &'Co. DAIRIES MUST B.E CLEAN COMMISSIONER BAILEY TO INAUGU RATE A CAMPAIGN OF PURITY. The Animals Mast Be Healthy and Milk Will Have to Stand Tests. Dairymen about Portland will hive to look spry. Food and Dairy Commission- f er J. W. Bailey Is going to Inspect all dairies that supply Portland with milk. He has their names recorded in a big book. State Veterinarian William Mc Lean will accompany him in his pere grinations, and they will start on their crusade In a few days. Their intention is to help dairies to clean up. According to Mr. Bailey's records, there are 4000 cows within a radius of eight miles from Portland, supp.ying Portland consumers with milk. The number of dairies Is 142. The number of cows In each dairy ranges from one to 1S2. II is provided by law that any dal;y that sells milk in a city of 10,000 or more Inhabi tants shall register with Commissioner Bailey its name and location and receive a number, which shall be displayed on delivery wagons. As to the care of cows, the law says: Whcncows are kept by any person for dairy purpose, either for butter or cheese, or for the production of milk or cream for sale, and are confined In stables, such cows so con flnert shall each be allowed at least eight hundred cubic feet of &lr space, and such cows so stabled shall not be confined facing each other closer than 10 feet: and all stables where such cows are kept shall be well 'venti lated and kept In good, healthful condition; and If there be any suspected diseased cows or other animal belonging to or about any dairy, the said Dairy and Food Commissioner shall notify the State Veterinarian; and if any dairy above stated Is found to be In a filthy or unhealthful condition the Dairy and Food Commissioner shall notify the proprietor that said dairy must be put In a healthful condi tion within three days; and in the event of the failure of said proprietor to put said dairy in a healthful condition within three days from the receipt of said notice, he or they shall be deemed sullty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished as hereinafter provided for viola tion of this act. Mr. Bailey has condemned a cow?owned by a man named Tantfelt, at East Third, and East Everett streets. The cow was affected with a sort of eczema. A woman brought in a sarapS of milk from Bethany, Washington County, the other day. She said her local crenmry allowed her only 3.6 per cent of butter fat, and she thought she was cheated. She declared her cows were the best that ever ate grass. Mr. Bailey analyzed the milk at 3.2 per cent. The woman whs then satisfied with the creamery. RENTAL OF POSTOFFICE BOXES Stephens Conies to the Relief of Citizens of Smnll Towns. WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. Representa tive Stephens has come to the front with a proposition to relieve the residents of small towns from the annual rental of postofflce boxes. He has Introduced a bill authorizing the Pcetmaster-General to purchase for the United Statco all the potofnee boxes and box fixtures now in use In the several postofllces where a charge Is made for the use of such boxes. Mr. Stephens takes the position that the citizens of these towns do not have the advantage of free delivery, and are com pelled to rent postofflce boxes; and that the amount paid In rental by each citi zen annually would often pay for hfs box. He further contends that It is un just that the citizens of the large cities should have their mall delivered to them free when the citizens of small cities and towns are required to pay a heavy rental for the privilege of getting their mall when they so after It themselves, cr else undergo the Inconvenience of waiting In line. On Sundays and all legal holidays the mall Is n&t delivered at the general delivery window, but for a short time "after the arrival of each mall, and If a citizen should not happen to be on hand at that hour he would not get his mail until next day. Ina word, Mr. Stephen proposes that the resi dents of small towns shall receive their mall under the most favorable conditions, at no expense whatever to themselves. Preferred Steele Tomatoes. Enchllades (with green peppers), appe tizing. After-effects of the grip, severe cold and fevers are quickly vanished by Hood's Sftraspirllia. GENERAL flcht half won If his men are and IV ries Are about the only kinds we don't supply; but almost every kind of electrical battery you may want we have or can get at short notice open circuit wrrk. for electro-plating, for tne use of physicians and mas seurs. Chemicals, jars, porcelain cups, zinc and other essentials to a complete electrical outfit. Western. Eiectric Works 305J Washington St., Portland, Or. Umbrellas that we sold last Fall for $5.00, $4.50 and $4.00, are nearly all gone. There are some very natty effects in borders left and they are particularly up-to-date. JOHN ALLESINA TWO STORES: 309 Morrison St. Near Meier & Frank Co. DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. PORTLAND. March 3. S P. M. Maximum . temperature. 60; minimum temperature. 40; " river reading at 11 A. M., 0 0 feet; change In the past 24 hours. 1.0 foot; total precipita tion. 5 P. M. to 5 P. M.. 0.02 Inch; total pre cipitation since Sept. 1, 1901. 26 45 Inches; nor mal precipitation since Sept. 1. 1901. 33.23 inches; deficiency, 0.8O Inches; total sunshine. March 2. 2:43; possible sunshine March 2, 11:12. PACIFIC COAST "WEATHER K 3 "Wind. p F3 - O jj -a a ? 2 tsjr o o 3 s 2. Jo y o :. 33 : f : i. . STATIONS. Astoria Baker City Bismarck Boise Helena Kamloops. B. C. Neah Bay Pocatello Portland Bed Bluff Itoseburg Sacramento .... San Francisco . Spokane Seattle "Walla Walla ... 4610.14 420.00 MSE Raining Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Cloudy Raining 24 0.14 1401 30 U.WI jsfn no 42(0.74 301 Clear Cloudy Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Cloudy Raining Pt. cloudy 0.02 0.00 o.oo 0.00 l00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1 Trace. 'Light. WEATHER CONDITIONS. A disturbance of decided character has mada Its appearance off the Northwest "Washington coast. It will probably move eastward during the next 24 hours, and cause high southeast, shifting to southwest, winds during the next 24 hours along the Oregon and "Washington coasts and on Inland navigable waters. Except a few small showers In Northwest Oregon and "Western Washington, no rain of consequence has fallen during the last 24 hours in the states west of the Rocky Mountains. The Indications are for rain in this district Tuesday. WEATHER CONDITIONS. Forecasts made at Portland for the 2S hours ending at midnight Tuesday. March 4: Portland and vicinity Rain, with brisk to high southerly winds. Oregon and Washington Rain, with brisk to high southerly winds, and moderate southerly gales along the coast. Idaho Increasing cloudiness, followed by rain; warmer In southeast portion; southerly winds. A properly prepared food is one which in no way destroys the natural salts of the grain is a scientifically preparedfood and the health of young and old is benefited by its use Cook as directed to enjoy its delicacy All reliable grocers ) .rf r o- "w-Tifr dainties" DIPT. 8 THE CARE OF THE HAIR houldbaonntttrsttoeTCTjrirmn. IfGnrcr Bleached, it caa be resre to Its n&tunl color, or sudz any shade desired. The imperial Ha;r Regenerator Is the acknowledged STANDARD HATS OOLORING of the age. It Is eaeilr ap pUM. cinken thn hair sots asd glossy. Is absolutely harmlcs. Cample of hair col ored free. Corveepondeace confidential. lzuxrklCbea.Mlz.Ul35 W. 23d St., New fork NEW TODAY. MORTGAGE LOANS Ample funds at 5 to 7 per cent Interest on favorable terms. F. V. Andrews & Co., Hamil ton building. DOWN THEY 00 Oregon ranch eggs, 2 dos ...35 o Sugar-cured hams 120 All goods retailed at wholesale prices. LA GRANDE CREAMERY 2M Yamhill et. W. T. SLATTEN, Dentist Bridge work. $3; gold crowns, $5; full set teeth, fully guaran teed. 95. Extracting without pain. Free examination. Room 211 The Falling, cor. Third and Washington. Bring this with you, or will bo charged regu lar rates. 10 SE 10 N E 8 W 00 CIm SJE 12 W 8 SE S 10 SE E 10 W 14 S 12 SE SW