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THE MOBNING OEEGONIA;. TUESDAY, "MARCH 18, 1902.,
JOHN ViNCE GONE
Well-Known Market Man Dis
appears. LEAVES MANY DEBTS BEHIND
No Trace of HI Whereabout, and
It Is Only Known He "Will Not
Return Creditor Talce
Business.
"Where Is John Vince?
This -was the Question asked yesterday
ty a chorus of anxious creditors. Echo
answered, "Gone to pastures new and
prreener." The pastures here were green
once but greener than they are at present.
Mr. Vince has left not a single vestige
behind. The wind blows In four direc
tions, and the guesser has four alterna
tives from which to choose. Nobody
makes any secret about the fact that
"Vince has gone gone forever. His son,
Ernest Vince, is still In town, .and still
In charge of the business. Even he does
not know where his father has gone, but
he is Quite certain that Mr. Vince, Sr.,
will never set foot In Portland again.
The impression which the elder Mr.
Vince has left behind him is that he don't
care if he never comes back. A small
coincidence of his sudden absence is that
almost all the large produce firms in town
John Vince.
are mourning over unpaid bills. The chime
of their lament reaches the high pitch of
nearly 510,000, and it may go even higher,
for there Is no telling what the morrow
will bring forth.
The cause of the sudden collapse of Mr.
Vlnce's business Is the new credit system
of weekly payments. This system was put
into effect this month by the produce mer
chants of the city. Heretofore Mr. Vince
had been able to stand off his creditors
for SO. CO and even 90 days. The new
system requires payments every 10 days.
Mondaj . March 3, he made over to his son,
Ernest Vince, a bill of bale, conveying to
him all the goods, fixtures and business,
for the specified sum of 5L About the
same time the elder Vince is supposed to
have cut stick. The younger Vince has
turned this bill of sale over to the Mer
cnanto' Protective Association, which has
assumed charge. "What the association
intends to ?o is problematical. R. L. Sa
lmi, secretary, would say nothing for pub
lication jesterdaj. It was learned from
merchants, on Front fctrect that the debts
of Mr. Vince would aggregate between
$WXK) and $10,000. Early in the day the estl
mute was $40oO, but the figures grew stead
ilj rrealer.
A meeting of the Merchants' Protective
Association was held yesterday morning at
11 o'clock. Twenty-eight members were
present, and they all had bills against
Mr. Vince. A long list of creditors was
drawn up. The larrest creditor Is Bell &
Co., who have about $900 Invested in Mr.
Vince. A few of the other Arms which
would like to interview Mr. Vince are:
Allen & Lewis, about $500; Everdlng &
Farrell, about $650; W. T. Turner & Co.,
about $350; Page & Son, about $300; Chlo
peck Fish Company, about $400; E. J.
Partridge & Co., about $200; and La Grande
Creamery, about $200. There arc many
other firms which have unpaid accounts
running from $25 up to $300.
The announcement of Mr. Vlnce's dls--appearance
and unpaid bills caused a big
sensation in trade circles. It had been
apprehended for some time that he was
"shaky." But it was thought his "shakl
ness" was only temporary, for he- was
recognized as a very shrewd business man.
Mr. Vince owned two stores, one at
Fourth and Alder streets, and one on
Third street, between Washington and
Stark. The flnst store did a big business,
and Its profits amounted to over $400 per
month, according to the authority of his
son, Ernest Vince. The other place was
not eo much of a money-maker. It had
been up to a few months ago. The young
er Vince says its decline was due to the
fact that one man could not give equal attention-
to the two establishments.
The elder Vince has been in business
here for about 11 years. He is a clever
dealer, and in the past five years he built
up a large business. His success in this
time, and his winning way of coquetting
with fortune have caused many men to
envy him. In 1S97 he bought out the busi
ness of Malarkey & Co., a firm which"
had held forth for many years at the
northwest corner of Fourth and Morrison
streets. Several months later he moved
to the northwest corner of Fourth and
Alder streets. Here he built up a large
retail trade, one of the largest In the city.
Everything seemed to favor him. His
delivery wagons grew in number faster
than those of any firm in town, and they
were as spick and span, on the outside,
as paint and varnish could make them.
In fact, they were so outwardly neat that
daily people bought from Mr. Vince for
the sake of appearance. It mattered not
if the bookkeeper drew up bills of buyers
with a magnifying glass, such was the
minimizing effect of Mr. Vlnce's suavity.
Neither did it matter if the odors from
his corner on hot Summer days, were the
most noisome in town. The breeze of a
good business kept up a free circulation
of air and rudely disturbed the composure
of the myriads of blue-bottle files which
made that corner their haven and pro
tested with Indignant buzz because the
perfumery was not spared to themselves
alone. ,
Ernest Vince said yesterday:
"Yes, Mr. Vince Is gone. No, he Is not
coming back- I do not know where he
is at present. AH the family Is with him,
except myself. Yes, he made out a bill
of sale to me. I think the debts of the
firm will aggregate under $10,000.
"I have no Idea what the Merchants'
Protective Association Intends to do with
the business. If the business Is worked
properly by them it ought to compensate
them for their losses. But they will have
to manage it well, to keep it from dete
riorating. There is enough stock here to
R;::;;iil;HIB
keep the store going for two or three days,
but it needs constant replenishing. As for
myself, I shall etay here and go Into
business for myself."
"LEST WE FORGET."
St. Patrick' Day of Thirty Year Asro
In Portland.
PORTLAND, March 17. To the Edi
tor.) This, so htetory teaches us, is the
"day we celebrate" in honor of one St.
Patrick, who, prior to the date that Mount
Hood was a hole in the ground, made him
self conspicuous in "Ould Ireland" by
banishing from Ite 6od the reptile that In
the Garden of Eden did tempt and lead
astray the consort of good old Adam, and
prevailed upon her to partake of the tree
of forbidden fruit. Amid all the countries
of this universe of ours, Ireland, be it
said, Is the only one that 'has shown even
a disposition to exterminate this seductive
reptile,' and that has shown a desire to
shield Its fair sex from the wiles of the
deceiver. Is it surprising, therefore, that
the sons and daughters of Erin should de
sire to commemorate the day, and extol
the virtues of their patron saint? As I
look back over the busy past, however,
and recall the enthusiastic celebrations of
the day that took place along In the '70s
and note as well the all but utter abol
ishment of the public observance of the
event today, I can but feel that it would
do us all good to have the old custom
revived and to once more Indulge In a reg
ular old-fashioned St. Patrick's day cele
bration. Turn back with me. the pages of an
active past and recall some of the prin
cipal features of the celebration of the
day In Portland In years gone by. "Who
among us that lived here In the '70s can
ever forget the annual celebrations of the
day as it was observed at that time? It
was second only to .the Fourth of July,
and many an Irishman of that date con
tended that St. Patrick was a better man
than ever the Declaration of Independence
dared to be. How the Irish societies, mili
tary, civic, temperance, religious, social
and educational, used to take off their
coats a.nd with a pull all together make
each succeeding demonstration superior to
Its predecessor! How the columns of the
dally press fairly teemed with the notes of
preparation! How the Irish lads and las
sies, aye, and their parents, too, used to
prepare for the event! It was looked for
ward to with as much interest as the pri
mages were on Saturday last.
First came the parade. The whole city
turned out to see it, and the line of march
was as carefully studied as Is that of the
circus parade of today. All the bands of
the city were called into service. It rarely
failed to be fair weather, although an oc
casional rain storm did not in the least
dampen the ardor of the webfooted Irish
man. The event was ushered in by the
rushing, thither and yon, of the ribbon
bedecked marshal and .s gallant assist
ants, as, mounted on their prancing steeds,
they cavorted along our public thorough
fares and dazzled the eyes and won the
admiration of the assembled thousands
Then came the band playing "The "Wear
ing of the Green" or some other popular
air. It would be followed by some Hiber
nian organization, then another blast of
music and another society would fall Into
line. And then another, and another, until
the parade would assume all but mam.
moth proportions. Ard the banners, the
flags, the greon sashes, the gold tinsel, the
"Washington Guards, with Captain Mills in
the lead the Emmett Guards with Cap
tain "Wiley to the front, the City Guards
with Captain Hart commanding, the Fire
Department, the carriages filled with
prominent citizens, the officers of the day,
a fair sprinkling of the Catholic clergy,
and representatives of the press in open
barouches. There was Baltimore of The
Oregonian; there was King of the Herald
and Hodgkin of the Bulletin, basking in
the smiles of the assembled multitudes
The parade, the marching and the counter-marching,
the plaudits of the spec
tators as some special feature of the pa
rade would attract their attention. Every
body, those days, knew everybody else,
and strangers were curious. It was
"Hello, Tom," "Hello. Bill," as they were
recognized in the ranks. To see the Irish
parade, to see the paraders puff up!
"We have no such parades nowadays to
note the proud bearing of the color-bearers,
and the difficulty In keeping step, the
shifting of the hayfoot and the strawfoot,
and the decorations, and the crowd, and
the green neckties, and the pretty girls,
and the proud mothers. "What wonderful
enthusiasm!
After this was the gathering of the
clans at the old Oro Flno Theater, the
getting settled Into their seats according
to precedence, the array of talent on the
platform, the orator and the president of
the day, and the McCormlcks, the Ral
elghs, the Guerlns, the "Wileye, the Kear
neys, the Donovans and the hosts of oth
ers. The spread-eagle speeches, and the
cheers, the tumult, and the music why,
we can hear Tom Parrott and Professor
Parrlsh yet. Yes, and there was Charley
Bray. And then was the banquet. "What
good things they used to have to eat! The
tables fairly groaning beneath its load of
delicacies. And then more speeches, and
more muslc.-and after that came a cessa
tion of hostilities until the ball in the
evening.
If, In the meantime, an occasional Celt
would become overenthuslastlc and possi
bly Indulge In an overindulgence of the
"oh, be joyful," all were prone to over
look the matter and blame the strength
of the spirits rather than the weakness of
the Individual. The grand climax was the
ball In the evt-nlng. "What fun, what
crowds, and what music! What marvel
ous costumes and dancing no two-steps,
or dip waltzes. Just good, old-fashioned
round dances, with ah occasional waltz
or a ecottische, with perhaps a lancers
quadrille, the fireman's dance, money
mcdk, Virginia reel, the polka, and every
body balance to your partners and seven
hands round. And then to see the vim
with which some old couple would shake
up an Irish jig! The day was full of fun
and frolic. Everybody went in for a good
time. "What In the world has become of
St. Patrick? Ain't he as good a man as
he used to was? "What has become of the
old-time Irishman? F. E. H.
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Nevr Building: for Dallas.
DALLAS, Or., March 17. Abel Ugow has
awarded the contract for the building of
his block in Dallas, at the northwest cor
ner of Mill and 'Main streets, to Erb &
Van Patton, of Salem, for 57000. This will
be a modern business block, with plumb
ing, electric lighting and steam heating
throughout. It will be two stories high.
Hlllaboro Brevltle.
HILLSBORO, Or.. March 17. Sheriff
Sewell reports having collected $75,000 on
the 1901 tax roll.
Grand Chancellor Aljken, of the Oregon
K. of P., has been making official visits to
Pythian lodges In this county, finishing
his tour In Hillsboro this evening.
City Oltlcer Nominated.
TACOMA, March 17. The Democratic
city convention nominated for Mayor,
Frank B. Cole: Treasurer. George H. Mc
Geer; Controller, Frank LaWall. The
delegates called on United States Senator
Turner at the Tacoma Hotel In a body
this afternoon.
Landslide on Great Northern.
EVERETT. Wash., March 17. A bad
landslide has occurred on the Great North
ern coast-line track five miles north of
Edmunds. Trains will be delayed 24 hours.
Passengers from Seattle walked 10 miles
into Everett. Dynamite Is used to clear
the track.
IIotv to Prevent Pneumonia.
You have good reason to fear an attack
of pneumonia when you have a severe
cold, accompanied by pains in the "chest
or In the back between the shoulders.
Get a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy and use it as directed, and it wu
prevent the threatened attack. Among
the tens of thousands who have used this
remedy for colds and la grippe, we have
jet to learn of a single case that has re
sulted In pneumonia, which shows that
this remedy Is a certain preventive of that
dangerous disease. For sale by all drug-jrists.
BIG FIRE IN A CHURCH
(Continued from First Page.)
icated to Rev. St. Michael Fackler, one
of the first missionary Episcopal clergy
men located in Oregon, was "broken.
Rev. Dr. A. A. Morrison, the rector of
the church, reached the scene shortly af
ter the fire started. He has been sick for
the past five weeks with an attack of
grip, and he remained near the chancel
door and gave valuable directions to the
firemen, but yielding to the entreaties of
his friends, who were afraid that he would
cuffer from exposure to the cold. Dr. Mor
rison went to his vestry. -He said that he
did not know . what arrangements would
be make for holding further services, but
would probably be able to make the nec
essary arrangements today. "I regret that
the fire has taken place in the midst of
our preparations for Easter," he said.
Two thousand people watched the fire,
and were kept In proper order by a squad
of police, who stretched ropes around the
vicinity of the burning church.
The church building was built In 1S71-72,
of timber, and cost $23,000. It was conse
crated in 1S73 by Bishop Morris., The
urchltect was a Mr. Jordan, a man of con
siderable ability in his profession, and
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the contractor was L. Therkelsen. In
those early days the building was looked
upon as a decided ornament to the city,
and to this day Us graceful lines and
dignified proportions are admired. The
organ was purchased In 1S74 In Boston,
Mass., for 52500, and reached this city
by ship around the Cape. The stained
glass windows rere made In Munich,
Austria, and were admitted free of duty
Into this country, on the plea made by
Judge and Mrs. "Williams that the win
dows were works of art.
Thanksgiving day, 1S74. the building was
partially destroyed by fire, which started
from a defective flue,, in almost the same
fashion as yesterday's blaze. It was sub
dued with a good deal, of difficulty, and
"William Bruin, who was then the Chief of
the Fire Department, got eo drenched
with water that he caught cold and died
shortly afterward.
The rectors of Trinity Church have been:
Rev. Mr. Stoy. Rev. Mr. Plummer, Rev.
Mr. Foote, Rev. Mr. Cole, Rev. Mr. Gar
rett, and then the present rector. Rev. Dr.
Morrison, who took charge In December,
liSXf. Before the fire broke out the church
building and parish-house, exclusive of the
site, were valued at about 520.000. It Is
thought that the fire must have been smoli
derlng In the flue for hours before It ulti
mately broko out yesterday, and In the
opinion of those who watched the fire
fighters work the latter deserve credit for
their plucky efforts In saving the tower
and the main portion of the building. At
one time during the progress of the fire It
looked us if the roof would undoubtedly
fall In and bury everything In its ruin.
RUNNING TO THE FIRE.
Grent Crowd Attracted by Very
Lively Scene.
The turning out of the Fire Depart
ment In response to an alarm Is a regular
circus to visitors from the country, and
citizens in the vicinity of englne-housas
also come out to see the prancing, wild
eyed teams whirl the apparatus off to
the fire. The sight on Fourth street, yes
terday, on the occasion of the fire at
Trinity Church, was rather an exciting
one. Between Morrison and Alder, there
were no less thin 13 teams and vehicles
standing along the street, or backed up
to the sidewalk, and, even before the
doors at engine-house No 4 were
opened, the trampling of the horses on
the floor could be heard. "When the doors
were opened and three big horses,
breathing fire and smoke, hauled a big
ladder truck out and came pounding
down the street, followed by an engine
and a hosecart, all horses running at the
top of their speed, there was shout of
"Boys, look out for your horses," and
the drivers of the vehicles flew to the
heads of their teams and held them as
the fire apparatus went thundering by,
the horses fairly pulling the arms off
their drivers, who 'were straining every
nervo to guide them In the best
part of the rough street, which Is In rather
rough condition. Some of the wheels
ground along the rails of the Southern
Pacific, and the water standing therein
flew from them as If from the prow of
a fast steamer and spattered everybody
on the street. Then other engines and
hosecarts and ladder trucks came whirl
ing in from cross streets, and the wild
procession seemed as if it would never
get by. The last to come along was a
big white horse attached to a hose reel,
and at the Intersection of Alder some
stupid fellow drove a covered wagon
right in front. The driver did his best
to check his horse, and the sagacious
brute, fairly sat down on his haunches
and' slid for- 10 feet- or more, till the
wagon was out of the way: and then he
buckled down to his, work again and
galloped off with his cart, and all the
hurly-burly was over and no one hurt.
The windows of the upper stories all
along the block were crowded with clerks
and others, who were as much Interested
In the scene as the people from the country.
OFFICIAL CANVASS .MADE.
Return Are Blade Qnletly and "With
out Incident.
The official canvass of the primary elec
tion returns by County Clerk Swetland
and Justices Vreeland and Kraemer took
place yesterday afternoon. In the County
Court room, beginning at 2:30 o'clock.
Judge Cake was present, and also F P.
Mavs, C. E. Lockwood, Thomas Hlslop,
Dan J. Malarkey, Guy G. "Willis and "W
N. Gatcns. A. -N. Gambell and James
Dunlap acted as clerks for the canvassing
board! and others In attendance also kept
tally. Everything passed off quietly. The
canvass was made in one hour and 20
minutes.
Following is the official list of city dele
gates: Precinct 1 J. Candllsn, J. J. Engelhardt.
Ole Munson
Precinct 2 W. A. Storey.
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Precinct 3 William HIJgera, Amos S. Groce.
Precinct 4 Frank Klernan. C. M. Olsen.
Precinct & Chaa. W. Bowie. Han3 Obers.
Guy G. Willis.
Precinct 6 W. S. Buchanan, W. H. Carney,
J. X. Sutton.
Precinct 7 A. J Mills. John Gill, F. P.
Mays.
Precinct S Herbert Holman. Dan J. Ma
larkey. Precinct 0 M. Kutner. Frank Pozzl, F. P.
Brock.
Precinct 10 E. X). Johnson, Harry Beck,
Carl Jones. '
Precinct 11 Norrls R. Cox. T. B. McDevltt,
Jr. R. L. Hams, L. R. Wheeler.
Precinct 12 A. J. Capron,WIHlam W. Banks.
Precinct 13 John McCraken, Geo. E.
Streeter.
Precinct 14 J. W. Stearns. C. L. Gaither.
Precinct 15 B. H. Thornton, Chas. S. Rlely,
Andrew C. Smith.
Precinct 10 J. P. Kennedy. C. A. Macrum,
Walter J. Holman.
Precinct 17 John P. Kavanaugh, Joeph A.
Airocnt. A. B Gritzmacher. W. H. Warren.
Precinct IS Sidney C. Catchlngs, Hanter Sut
cltfTe. Precinct 1&-C H. Prcscott. Phllo Holbrook.
H. H. Xcrthup.
Precinct 20 Wallace McCamant.
P.reclnct 21 D. J. Buckley. John Matthle
sen. Precinct 22 Arthur Crcker. J. H. Keith.
Precinct 23 B P. Cardwell. Cha. W. Smith.
Precinct 24 William T. Mulr. James W. Ma
thena. Chan A. Moncll. I i
Precinct 25 Fabian Byerly, L. S. Alnsvtortb.
J. D. Lconixd.
Precinct 2ft Clarence Gilbert. Owen Jone.
Precinct 27 C C. Newcastle. A. L. Smith.
Precinct 2S Geo. H. Howell, F. E. Watklns,
H. E. Louasbury.
Precinct 21) David F. Drjden.
Precinct 30 Herman H. Jons. B. D. SIgter.
Precinct 31 F. C. Ho-cker. S. J. LaFrancc.
Precinct 32 C. E. Smith. N. H. Bird.
Precinct a, William M. Gregory.
Precinct 34 A. A. Courtney, L. Zimmer
man. Precinct 35 Joseph Wcbcr.
Precinct 3C Alfred X. Wills. Lewis H.
Adams.
Precinct 37 W. A. Oc.eby, J. P. Bartow,
E. Thomas.
Precinct 38 C D. Thornton. A. W. Curry.
Precinct 5 V. R. Bishop, R. E. Sew all,
Henry Whitehead.
Precinct 40 T. H. Compton. H. C. Smith.
Precinct 11 M. A. Flinn. F. S. Dunning. C.
M. Kllcore.
Precinct 42 D. Kellaher. E. G. Clark. S. B.
Cobb. W L. Bole.
Precinct 4T Benjamin F. Greene, J. A. Pet
tit. M. E. Griber.
Precinct 44 L. P. Hosford, Walter E. Dren
nan. Precinct 45 E. X. Wheeler. E. R. Becket.
Chauncy M. Brlgham.
Precinct 40 J. Frank Barrett. Joseph W.
Beverldge. John M. Lewis.
Precinct 47 Adolph Harr. C. E. Field?. John
L. Hartman.
Precinct 4S H. M. Carlock, J. S. Hutchin
son. IV W. Peaslee.
Precinct 43 Bobrt Warwick. A. F. Gordon.
Precinct 50 N. C. Merges. W. H. Smith.
Precinct 51 H. R. Blersdorf, J. C Jameson.
Robert W. Gallowav.
Precinct 52 F C Barnes. W. X. Jones,
Geo. H..Lambrson.
Pr-clnct 53 "'1111am H. Moore, William C.
Elliott.
Precinct 51 Thaddeus S. Potter, William R.
Stokes.
Precinct 55 L. A. Davis, H. Van Auken.
Precinct 50 Jame Church.
Precinct 57 Clare W. Oliver.
Nntlon'to Move Ajcalnt Railroad.
CHICAGO, March 17. The Record
Herald will tomorrow say:
Within a week, legal action will be
begun by the- Government against the
railroads centering in Chicago, with a
vlew to enjoining them from violations
of the interstate commerce act. W. A.
Day, attorney for the Interstate Com
merce Commission, has held a conference
with United States District Attorney
Bethea In which the general- features of
the contemplated prosecution were dis
cussed. It Is said" the contemplated ac
tion will take the form of bills for In
junction against the various roads, the
allegations of the bills being passed upon
evidence that was taken here by the com
mission on three recent hearings.
SURVEYORS START EARLY
PARTY PREPARING TO GO UP
NORTH PORK OF CLEARWATER.
Supposed to Be In Interest of the
Northern PacineTimbcr Belt
' In Vleiv.
LEWISTON, Idaho. March 17. C. O.
Brown, of Moscow, who last year bad
charge' of the Umber cruisers of the
Weyerhauscr syndicate In the Clearwater
timber belt, Is here superintending the
construction of two large bateaux, which
will be used In carrying a surveying par
ty up the north fork of the Clearwater
River. The party will start at the mouth
of the North Fork about April 1. and
will take the level of that stream to a
point as far up as the boats can be used.
The party will then complete a survey
to- the summit of the Bitter Root Moun
tains along the tributaries of the North
Fork.
Mr. Brown says the survey la being
made by an Eastern railroad company,
Independent of any other transportation
lines. A railroad engineer will be in charge
of the party. The survey Is of much Im
portance In Its bearing on the Mlssoula
Lcwi3ton cut-off plans of the Northern
Pacific.
Tho survey of the cut-off as made by
the latter company, follows the Middle
Fork of the Clearwater, connecting with
the company's Clearwater line at Stuart.
It has frequently been stated, however,
that the Northern Pacific le desirous of
flrdlng a route down the North Fork, In
order to tap the center of the big Clear
water timber belt, and It 13 believed that
the party now sent out Is Indirectly rep
resenting the 'company. But little Is
known of the Upper North Fork country,
and the surveyors will penetrate a wild
region. The party hopes to be able to
complete the survey b fore the early Fall
snows come In the high mountain ranges.
NEED ANOTHER RAILROAD.
Remarkable Advancement of Clear
water Country la Pnit Feur Yearn.
E. H. Libbcy, of Lewlston. Idaho, left
for home yesterday, after spending a few
days In Portland. He says he has no
.loubt that the Lewlston-Riparla Railroad
will be built within a few years, because
the demands of trade must be served and
thpy are not served by the present ship
ping facilities from the Clearwater coun
try. "When the Northern Pacific Railroad
was built Into Lewlston. four years ago,
the entire wheat crop of the Clearwater
Valley wan between CG,C0f and 400.000
bushels; last year about 6,000,000 were
actually harvested, and the Increase has
hardly more than begun. Mr. LIbbey
says the Clearwater Valley and the strip
along the east side of the Snake, north
of the Salmon and on the ridge between
the Salmon and the Snake, will produce
25,000,000 bushels of wheat a year when
the country Is developed like the Palouse
country. Before the railroad reached
Lewlston, all Its traffic was carried by
two steamers on the Snake. Now there
are six boats besides the railroad, and
there Is need for more.
"Of course, the railroad from Rlparla
to Lewlston would not actually penetrate
this productive country," said Mr. LIb
bey, "but If there shall be a railroad
down the Snake from Lewlston, we will
manage to get boats on the upper river
that will serve a large part of the tribu
tary country. "We expect the Government
to make Improvements at Wld Goose
rapids that will permit the passage of
steamers, and that will give transporta
tion facilities to the Salmon Rivet sec
tion. Branch railroads will also get Into
the country, for it will pay them well.
"There is a great coal bed at the mouth
of the Grande Ronde River that will
some day come Into market. The measure
upon which a tunnel has been driven for
about 150 feet Is more than SO feet In
thickness. This Is no Idle rumor; I saw
It myself and know It Is there. Near
the surface It assayed 35, per cent fixed
carbon. I have not heard reports from
specimens farther In on the seam."
NO CHANGC IN HOP RATE.
Transcontinental Freight, Bureau
Leave Tariff at $2.
It transpires that the reduction of the
rate on hops that was asked of the Trans
continental Freight Bureau was not grant
ed. The hopmen petition for a reduction
from $2 to jl 50 per 100 pounds.
Formerly the rate on hops was for years
53 20. In 1S93-6-7 the hop Industry suffered
severe depression. Vermin appeared In
the crop, the quality was poor and prices
sank to a figure that was In many cases
below actual cost of production. When
these hard times came upon the hop busi
ness and the Industry was threatened with
extinction, the railroads reduced the rate
to 51 50 per 100 pounds, and that rate re
mained In effect until lust Summer. Then
It was advanced to 52.
The railroad men take the ground that
the hop Industry Is now flourishing, and
more than half the product of the Pacific
Coast States has already been contracted
at prices based on present freight rates.
For this reason, they conclude the demand
for reduced rates comes from the buyers,
and would not help the producers at all.
That being the case, the rate has no bear
ing on the quantity to be moved, end the
railroads decline to Interfere with the
present tariff.
SURVEYORS STILL IN THE FIELD.
Selecting Route for Rnllway From
, Mount Scott to Clnckamnh River.
The surveyors of the Portland City &
Oregon Railway Company, who have been
surveying out a line for 'an electric rail
way from Mount Scott toward the pro
posed electric power plant on the Clacka
mas River, have been In the vicinity of
Damascus. Walter Smith, a farmer liv
ing near Damascus, said yesterday that
the surveyors had gone over toward
Eagle Creek and were working their way
through a canyon In that district. At Da
mascus they run several lines, said Mr.
Smith, some by way of the ford on Rock
Creek and another thrpugh the Baker
orchard and another through Damascus,
In tho effort to find the best grade.
"We can find out nothing as to their
movements." said Mr. Smith, "as they
will not talk about their Intentions, but
we all presume that It will mean an elec
tric line through our country, which will
please all of us very much. Still, we can
not tell which route they will finally se
lect. They have not gone Into Powell'B
Valley.'-
THE DALLES PORTAGE ROAD.
Judsrnient Given Contractor Prop
erty Will Be Sold.
SPOKANE. Wash.. March 17. It Is ex
pected that within six weeks the right of
way cf the Central Navigation & Con
struction Company will be sold at public
auction at Goldendale, "Wash. This Is
what Is commonly known as the Paul
Mohr line, which was to connect Eastern
Wash'ngton with Portland. Judge Miller
has signed a decree awarding Contractors
Winters and-Chapman a Judgment of
about 535.000 against the road. The cred
itors announce that they will at once ap
ply for execution and sale.
OGDEN CCT-OFF BEGUN.
Commencement of the Work Is Cele
brated In OKdcn.
OGDEN, Utah, March 17. Ogden, in cel
ebrating the commencement of work on
the Ogden-Lucln, or what Is now known
as the Harrlman cut-off, on the Southern
Pacific, has made St. Patrick's day an
event of great Importance. The city Is In
gala attire, a parade, speaking, a barbecue
for thousands and other attractions af
fording enjoyment. At sunrise a salute
was fired and pandemonium broke loose
when all the whistles of the railroad shops,
locomotives and factories added to the din
of bells.
The Harrlman cut-off route, commencing
at Ogden, lies directly across Great Salt
Lake The briny Inland sea will be spanned
by trestllng and piling, making a road 46
miles through water which will be one of
the most scenic lines In the world. The
cut-off Is to eliminate Promontory Moun
tain, one of the worst sections of the
Southern Pacific, and will reduce the pas
senger time between Ogden and San Fran
cisco over two hours.
New Terminal Yard.
EVERETT. Wash., March 17. The new
terminal yards of the Great Northern
Railroad are opened here, and a new
schedule Is In effect. Everett Is now the
Pacific Coast terminus of the Great North
ern. Freight Is assembled In trains here
for various points of destination.
Railroad Note.
H. G. Ballou has been appointed city
passenger and ticket agent of the North
ern Pacific in Seattle.
Manage.- Koehler and Superintendent
Fields, of the Southern Pacific's Oregon
lines, left: yesterday morning for Duns
mulr, and will spend the week Inspecting
all the lines under their Jurisdiction.
George E. Mosser has been appointed
traveling passenger and freight agent of
the Great Northern, with headquarters In
Spokane, succeeding J. C. Macklnnon, who
left a few weeks ago to go into the hard
w ood lumber business In Alabama.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul has
concluded to add to Its office force In Se
attle, and has appointed Hugh J. O'Neill
city passenger and ticket agent there.
Until recently he had been .with the
Southern Pacific In Toxas. He left Port
land Sunday evening for his new position
In Seattle.
AT THE HOTELS.
THE PORTLAXD. ,
Chas Weinshenk. S F IH D Smith. San Fr
W F Zwlck. Seattle Mr & Mrs Hush A
Wm O'Donnell. Bak C Balne. X Y
V H Elliott. XT J F Mead. Yt
G V Luce. San Fran Clay Lambert. X Y
Geo S Long-. Tacoma (J G Swarts. X Y
Emll Purech. San Fr W L Benjamin. Ashton
J McDevltt. San Fr C Wolf. Chicago
Mrs F W Pettygrove. Harry Murphy, city
San Francisco John S Batchad, S F
MIm Oleta Pettygrove, E It Johnstone. Mlnnpl
San Francisco
H G Allen. X Y.
Jas Inglla. Detroit
Mr & Mrs P W Sex
ton. Minneapolis
F J Wadlay. Detroit
A Husoand. bt ram
J M Van Kleck & wf.
X Y
Harry Mills, Chicago
A H Fischer. X Y
Geo Phlpps. St Paul
Max Abraham, Chgo
C A Clark. Montreal
Mr & Mrs Hy Lund,
Jr. San Francisco
G W Dorman, St Paul
Geo Bancroft, Clnclnn
H J Halfhlll. Cortland.
X Y
G McClellan. Phlla
Henry Cohen. San Fr
E J Goldberg. Chgo
J X Fox. Cincinnati
A F Fowler. San Fr
B HIrschfeld. X Y
Paul B Divlcr. X Y
J O Conrad. Pasadena
L Burke. X Y
Kathcrlne Flsk. X Y
C E Metzger. X Y
W A Stlne. Astoria
THE
M J Lee. city
F Edwards, city
F L Fisher. K.in Vr
PERKIXS.
Can. San Fran
W H Snyder. Castle
Rock
V W Duvil. Oregon C
Hattle D'Orsay
A B Thomson. Pen
dleton Jacob Mertzlg. Pitts
burg. Pa
F A Douty. Indp
C E Moulton. Tacoma
.ucicaii, ao
W B Thomas, Beaver-
ton, or
Miss Stpyle, "The
Christian" Co
Miss Merrllees, do
Herbert Fortler, do
Chas Rouan, do
Mrs Rouan, do
Wm H Dougherty,
Walla Walla
B Llndenberger, As
torla
W S Lysons. Kelso
Chas Xellaen. June Cy
O F Demorest. city
Master Demorest, city
J R Whitney. Albany
Pery R Kelly. Albany
Chas Leddy, San Fran
J S Ashby. Everett
E L Bashford. Rosebg
u at uass. iieaford
S X Knight, Cal
J W Berry. Salem
Evan Carson, Cal
Mrs Taj lor. San Fr
E J Gallaeher. S F
IE L Walsh, do
J E Staurier, Everett
W A Perkins, Leona,
Or
T E Bledsoe,, do
IS Be It el son, Tacoma
Mrs H L Fenton, Dal-
Rev Robt Dlven, Pen-
aieton
I las
E H Carlton. Canby (Mrs W S Collins, do
Mrs Carlton. Canby iV S Gilliam. Walla W
R J Patrick. Portland! D W Manchester,
F Wels. Astoria
I Cleveland
Mrs Wels, Astoria
Charles Cleveland,
Gresham
R D Bloomfield. Ta
I Mrs Sarah E Gordon
Miss Georgia Gordon
J K Ettlnger, Pater
son. X J
coma
A L Landlngham. As-
J G English. Danville. I torla
111 JMrs Landlngham. do
J E McCarty. Salt LkRose Graham. Xewbrg
M G Hope. Vale, Or V H Blulck. Vancr
E E Hewitt, La GrndJ J Hohson. do
Mrs Putman, city IMrs L Hughes, Xah
C H Carey, city J cotta
C A Clney. Howard, Miss Ivy Hughes, do
S D J R Goulter, Ilwaco
Leo Schroeder, do
THE IMPERIAL.
C. W. Knowles. Manager.
H S Young. Detroit, S S Farlner, Grantbrg'
Mich
iJirs tanner. do
C H Freeman. S F
L Martin, Dawson
Mua E Best. San Fr
Miss Helen Wetherby,
X Y
Frank Williams. X Y
F A Lejer. X Y
Stanton Elliott, X Y
J A Grayham. X Y
J W Lalng. Victoria
.u&a .j tiiuca xiccttun.
vr -r ... tt-.i .
Seattle
Mrs Hitchcock. Chgo
Mrs F C Wallace. Cas-
tie Rock
Edw L Carson. Seattle
Wm P Lord. Jr. Salem
A F Shultz. Jefferson
Master Shultz. do
Will E Sherman. Sa
lem A S Hammond. Med- I
ford 1
W J Furnish. Pendltn
S Poot. Valdes. AlaskJJ W Frier, Chlaigo
Airs j u .L,ougee,.Mlnpl
Mrs J A Powell, do
Jas WIthycomb. Cor-
vallls
M W Jennings, Chgo
Florence C Powell, do
Mrs J W Gunn.SeattIeChas Knecht. Albany
Dr J F Calbreath, Sa-Florence Knetht. do
lem J S Cooper. Indp
Robt Gibson. Astoria IX Woodard. Chicago
J Reld. Astoria IS W Garland. Lebanon
A L Roney. Goshen JMre C H Fisher. Boise
A S Shockley. Bak CyfF W Cbausse, Granfa
Mrs Shockley. do j Pass
Mrs J O Storey, Cas- Mrs L E Mjers. city
cades IVIrgll Myers, city
Mary Dunlop. do C W Fulton. Astoria
Miss Sfrlby. Spokane W G Howell. Astoria
I L Patterson. Salem (Aug Hlldebrand, do
X S Hitchcock. Chgo I
THE ST. CHARLES.
Mrs C Dayton. Seattle!:
Wot 11o -YXa..m.
B F Coe. Sprlngbrook
U v Grobe. St Helens
M cowan. Westport
W W Glllett, Pendltn
G C Scheurer. Lewlstn
A C Scheurer. city
W E Her. Butteville
W Perkins. Drain
T E Bledsoe. Drain
J E Martin. Irlng
T H McCoy. Tacoma
G W Wilson. Astoria
B J Pern". San Fran
J B Harp. Oregon City
W J Kinder, clty
E J Barnes, city
G W Stoker & wife.
Eerett
Wm Fahey. Greenwood
C LIndblom. Minn
John Rlntz. Minn
A L Harter & wife,
Sandy
OHe St Martln.Caron
Kate St Martin. Carson
Isadore St Martin, do
Tom Cooper, Kalama
C L Utter. McCormlok
J T Mow err. do
Mrs R i,co. Carrollton
W L Pulllam. Wlnlock
P A Berglund. Astoria
M X Crls-ell.WlI-om.Hle
Dub Dals, Vancouer
R O Good. Vancomcr
R V Harris, Kelso
B A Reetz, Kel'o
John Wicks, Kalama
W C Davis. Kalama
J W Dernback, Cath
lamet (John Eldred. do
Francis WIest, Stella
F A Walker. Rainier
X H McKay. Sauvic's
X Royer. Gresham
Chas McD Crofts. Ta-
Jas McCarthy. Dayton!
R E Fllppin & wire,
Clatskanle
A D Merrill. Wis
D Bradley. Eugene
G E Badger. Qulncy
Jas Jameson, do
coma
E C Hendershott,
allup
Puy-
Eva McDanlels, Che
halls J W Strong, city
Hotel Brunswick, Seattle.
European, first-class. Rates, 50c to JL50L
One block from depot. Restaurants near
by.
Tacoma Hotel. Tacoma.
American plan. Rates, $3 and up.
Donnelly Hotel, Tacoma.
European plan. Rates 66c and up.
THIS
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HOW ABOUT BAR PILOTS?
DID OR DID NOT COMMISSIONERS
PROMISE SIX MORE?
Records of Chamber of Commerce
Say "Ye," Two Commissioners'
"No" Trustee Want to Know.
Did they promise, or did they not? Tho
Portland Chamber of Commerce would
like to know. It Is on the records of the
secretary of the chamber that the Oregon
Board of Pilot Commissioners agreed, at
a conference with the trustees of the
chamber, to appoint six more bar pilots.
Commissioners Foard and Tallant. of As
toria, say they made no promise to name
a specified number of new pilots. Com
missioner Farrell. of this city, said yes
terday that the Commissioners gave such
assurance to the chamber, but that the
board preserved to Its own discretion the
time In which the appointments should be
made. He said that the board had In
view the best Interests of the pilotage
service, and would conserve those Inter
ests In ways that best accorded with Its
Judgment.
The following dispatch was received
last night from the Oregonlan's Astoria,
correspondent:
"Pilot Commissioner Tallant, when ques
tioned this evening relative to the alleged
promise the Board of Commissioners had
made to the Portland Chamber of Com
merce to appoint six new bar pilots, said:
'We did not promise the Chamber of Com
merce committee that we would appoint
six new- pilots at present. What we did
agree to was that we wduld appoint new
pilots as fast as the service at the mouth
of the Columbia demands It. We have
already appointed one man, and think that
Is sufficient for present needs, as the num
ber of vessels en route Is very small.
About next September, however, we hope
and expect the commerce will be such as
to require more men, and we stand ready
to appoint whatever number is needed.'
"Chairman Foard said: 'We have made
no promise or agreement to appoint any
specified number of new- bar pilots. We
did tell the Chamber of Commerce commit
tee that we would appoint new men when
ever commerce required It, and we wilt
keen that promise. At the nresent time
there are pilots enough to handle the ship
ping, but next Fall we expect more will
be required, and, If so, the board will ap
point them. "
Commissioner Sylvester Farrell said to
a reporter yesterday:
"There Is no misunderstanding In regard
to this matter, so far a I am concerned.
Yes, If Is true that we assured the Cham
ber of Commerce we would appoint six
new bar pilots. We have named one of
these. Several applications have been
filed, but we do not look upon the appli
cants as fit for the service. We would
appoint more pilots now. If we could get
them. But the fact Is that many capable
men do not wish appointments, because
they see at the present stage of buslne-s
there would be no money In It for them,
owing to the present number of pilots.
"When we gave the assurance to the
Chamber of Cqmmerce we did so with the
provision that we should carry it out as:
soon as convenient, and In accordance
with the best Interests of the service."
The conference February 2 was attended
by the Pilot Commissioners Martin Foard.
E. W. Tallant and Sylvester Farrell; the
trustees of the Chamber, L. Allen Lewis.
Lewis Russell, W. J. Burns, W. S. Slbson.
F. M. Warren, Adolphe Wolfe and W. B.
Ayer, and by the navigation committee of
the Chamber. Including George Taylor.
Jr., W. D. Wheelwright. E. T. Williams
and Alfred Tucker. The record of the
secretary of the Chamber Is as follows:
The Pilot Commls'tloners having stated
that they were willing to appoint such
additional number of pilots as the trus
tees would recommend, Mr. Ayer offered
the following resolution:
Resolved. That the Pilot Commissioners be
requested to appoint six additional pilots from
the State of OreKon.
On motion the resolution was unani
mously adopted.
Mr. Williams asked the Pilot Commis
sioners If they would appoint six addi
tional pilots without unnecersary delay
or detriment to the service, and they re
plied "Yes."
The subject will probably come up at
the meeting of the Chamber today.
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