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J 10 THE M6RNINQ 0BEGC1NIAN. WEDItfESDAY, MAT 14, 1902. , MORE BAR BREEZES This Time Piiots Find a Few Defenders. HOT ALL CENSURE DESERVED Delay of Steamships Due to Other Causes "IV. B. Ayer Suggests Steam Pilot Boat to Chamber of Commerce Trustees. The Chamber of Commerce jester day Discussed the Columbia bar pilot service. Decided to ask President Mohler when the O. B, & N.'Co. would put on an other bar tug. Indorsed plans for an exhibit at the 1003 Osaka Exposition. Decided to recommend the "appoint ment b the Go'vernment of a perma nent Consular Bureau to gather Indus trial Information in the Orient. Several more breezes from the Colum bia River bar blew In yesterday upon the meeting of the trustees of the Chamber Df Commerce. They came from the cool sea -waves and fanned up a general dls sussion about pilotage at the mouth of the river. Their refreshing effect was a sen timent that the Oregon bar pilots .have been getting more censure than has been rightly coming to them, from the delay :o the steamships Strathgyle and Ventnor. The opinion was expressed that the time has come for a steam pilot boat, provided oy the State. This solution wa3 offered by W. B. Ayer, and was echoed with favor by others, but was put off for further con sideration. The Pacific Export Lumber Company, which has been clapping spurs to the pilots recently, had several letters for the trustees to consider. So did the pilots, and so did President Mohler, who, by some whatnot or other, had got Into the tnlx-up. All these letters were balanced to -a judicial nicety. But the trustees re lolved not to weigh out their decision hntll further information could be ob tained. The Pilot Commissioners will be requested, to aid the Chamber to this end. Some of the trustees were inclined to ac jept the explanation in yesterday's Ore tonlan of the case of the Ventnor, as free ing the pilots of blame. But they decided to get the explanation from some official Source. The defense was that the pilot fcchooner sighted the Ventnor, but was Unable to reach, her until the next morn ing .after her arrival on account of lack &f wind. W. S. SIbson, who was appointed to investigate the case of the Strathgyle. Reported that Captain Gordon, master of the vessel, was at fault, and that the bllots were not to blame. He said he had satisfied himself that the pilots were on the lookout for the steamer, but that she fras concealed from them by fog. Criticism for Pilot Board. Nothing- was done with the Quito and becano cases, or the "17-foot report," fur ther than to read, more correspondence Jrom the Pacific Export Lumber Com pany, reproving the pilots. One of the (nost trenchant parts of this correspond ence was In reply to the response of the pilot Commission, defending the pilots: It seems very strange that the Pilot Com mission, Instead of overhauling the pilots for hiaklng false statements about the depth of water, calculated to magnify the importance Of their own services, should attempt a feeble. Ineffectual and Inconsistent defense of the men tvho are, to a certain extent, under thelrcontrol. It was the assertion of the pilots that there was a scant depth of 10 feet on the bar that caused the January survey by Captain Lang fltt, which discovered a depth of 21 feet. "We are satisfied that this report as to IT feet would hae been further disseminated If It had not been for the prompt action caused by the re port and the determination to make new sound ings. As soon as this Intent became known to the pilots they reported a depth of 20 feet. " Mr. SIbson wrote the following to Cap tain C. S. Gunderson, who piloted the ptrathgyle Into the river. The letter was Approved by the trustees yesterday: I think, under the circumstances, that Cap tain Gordon's complaint was not well taken, fend that the bar pilots were In no way to blame for the delay suffered by this vessel. We are Inclined to believe that when a steam er Is known to be tlue. It would hn nrivlsnlil to have not only a. pilot-boat, but also a tug boat, with a pilot aboard, outside the bar. on the lookout Tor her. Mr. Mohler replied that the O. R. & N. carries pilots on Its tugs merely as a convenience to shipping and to expedite business. To provide pilots for steamers, he said, was not to be expected of his company. "We should much prefer to be absolved from carrying them on our tugs," he wrote. "I take It that the Chamber of Commerce does "not expect us to as sume this extra unfair burden, when pro visions are made to handle it In another planner through the pilots who receive Compensation for It,1" How About Another Tug? The trustees decided to ask President Mohler how soon his company would have another bar tug In sorvlce. At a confer ence with the trustees March 14 Mr. Moh ler gave assurance that his company Would put on an additional tug. He said the boat would be in commission by the next shipping season. The trustees yes terday desired more specific Information as to when that time would be. Mr. Ayer then suddenly launched the opinion that Oregon should have a steam pi.ot-boat for service on the bar. He said a sailing schooner Is out of date, and un ab'e to cope with the needs of the pres ent commerce of the river. 'Delays are caused by inability of the pilots to be on hand," he said. "A steam pilot-boat should be provided." "You're right there," echoed Charles E. Ladd. When asked if he wished to make a resolution for such a boat, Mr. Ayer re sponded he would defer it for the present. To "Work for Exhibit at Osalca. The Oriental committee advised that the Chamber devise means for making an Oregon display at the Japanese exposi tion at Osaka next year. It also recom mended that appointment of a permanent Consular agent In the Orient, to gather commercial and Industrial information, be urged upon the State Department at Washington. The report further advised that co-operation of other commercial bodies on the Coast be sought. The report In both recommendations was adopted. Somebody desired to know if the fire boat committee was still on earth, and If It was doing anything. J. C. Flanders is chairman of the committee, and It was an nounced that he was preparing a report. The question of inviting the Interna tional Sunday School Convention to Port land in 1903 was referred to the directors of the Lewis and Clark Fair. The trustees did not think much of the Thunder Mountain Toad project, and the opinion was expressed that the proposal la In the nature of a boom. The secre tary reported about $S00 raised for the road fund. The trustees appropriated $S for audit, lng the accounts of the secretary, which have not been audited since September. A Miracle of Inaccuracy. New Tork Times. "When Mr. Bryan W. J. plain "Mr. Bryan," is not quite definite nowadays made his recent speech at Birmingham everybody who read his references to Moses and the promised land must have either known or suspected that the Ne Lraskan statesman had revealed an amus ing similarity between his knowledge of Biblical history and his financial and eco nomic 'nfonnation. He said, It will be re membered, that he had no great desire to be the Democratic Moses, but was willing to play the role of Aaron and let some body take that of the greater brother, and lead the children Into their destined abode. It was obvious that there was something wrong about this, but it was left for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat to point out the error, and what is much more Important to make exactly the right comment upon It. "If," said that fortunate paper, "Mr. Bryan will turn to the sixth book of the Old Testament, he will find that Joshua, after the death of Moses, led the Israel ites into the promised land. Moses never saw it, nor did his older brother, Aaron. Mr. Bryan is looking for another Demo cratic Moses, and Is not likely to be dis appointed. The party is out of Joshuas." Whether the party really Is supplied only with Moseses, who, for their sins and fol lies, can go no further than Mr. Bryan did in his two attempts at leadership, is a question that remains to be settled, but the scarcity of its available Joshuas is la mentably apparent. There may be a bit of exaggeration In. the Globe-Democrat's assertion that the organization Is "oubof" them, but It does look so for the moment, and anyhow the phrase Is a delightful one. CRYSTAL TOLD HIM WRONG What a Boy Save In a Glass, and. What the Facts Are. The Oregonlan Is In receipt of a letter from Mrs. Katie E. Easton, Alberta, Can ada, in which she tells a curious story about her two brothers, Peter M. and Bennle H. Dorlmd, who went to Alaska during the Klondike rush. They lost their money and returned to California. On May 10, 1301, Bennle was killed by a rob ber, and all track of Peter has been lost. Mrs. Easton became Interested in spirit ualism, and, although she made little progress herself, she developed a me dium of her little son. Homer Barry. In her letter she says: "I had been sitting for development a few times when one day my little son. Homer Barry, asked me If he might not try to see if he could get communication with his father, Thomas Barrj't who died before his only son was born. After he sat at the little table the third time It rapped. That was on February S; on February 9 I told him to take a pencil In 'his hand and hold It over a slate to see If we could get a spirit letter. He did so, and after a few scrawls he began to write automatically, and to our joy and aston ishment we "got a letter signed by my dear brother, Bennle, giving unmistak able evidence that? it was from spirit life. Since then, we have had a number of let ters telling things and giving proof in disputable that the thoughts are from de parted friends. "On February 10, the third day after Homer got the table rapping, In the fore noon he was sitting at a table writing spirit letters, and the leaves of the book In which he was writing would not He down, so I got a glass paper-weight and laid on the leaves. The glass paper weight was left lying on the table, and In the evening I proposed that we form a circle around the table, and we did so. There were four of us, and almost imme diately Homer's hands reached out Invol untarily towards the glass paper-weight. I said: 'Look Into It, Homer.' (I do not know what made me say It) Directly he said: 'I see Johnny Longmore.' That was a neighbor of ours who died here. Next he said: I see Uncle Bennle.' He de scribed most minutely where Bennle was when last In Redding, and his Journey to Modoc. He saw the man shoot him, and saw his spirit rise from his body, -while the murderer and his companions were going through his pockets. After that he described, while looking in the crystal, things that happened about 17 years ago in our family, with the greatest accu racy. He said: "I see Uncle Peter stand ing on a street-car with "Dorland" writ ten on the side of his cap, and "Conduc tor" written across the front of the cap, and "Ending 575 Beech street," written on the car.' He also saw Bush street and Portland, Or., written over the top of the car, and he said: 'I see Uncle Peter going into a restaurant away out at the end of his line to get dinner. He could see the number 575 on a pole along the street, and he said: I see him go to a hotel that has "Kearns" on a sign.' I think, since I have made Inquiry of a gentleman whom I happened to meet here, and who had been in Portland, to whom I related the above circumstance, that the hotel is Kcehan's Hotel, as my little boy gets spirit names, or rather names written by spirit people, the way they sound when pronounced, and not as they are spelled by us. I am writing to you to know If you would be kind enough to investigate and ascertain If there is a young man by the name of Peter Dorland who Is a street railway conductor in Portland. From what my little boy sees, he evidently gets supper and breakfast at Keans (Keehan's) Hotel, and Is too far out at noon to get dinner there, so gets It at a restaurant, and he travels over Bush and Beech streets. Once Homer saw his uncle Peter pulling off his socks In his room. An other time he saw him lying In bed with his arms crossed, and a third time he saw him go upstairs and He down on his bed as though tired." Should there be a street-car conductor in Portland by the name of Peter Dor land, with the Interesting history abovo mentioned, and should he have pulled off his socks the night Homer saw him, It would be a coincidence well worth Inves tigating. Inquiry among the street-car men, however, fails to reveal any Kean's (Keehan's) Hotel or any car line that travels over Bush and Beech streets. In fact, these places have not yet been placed on the map of Portland. RHow evcr, It may be he saw the wrong Port land. Other visions may -more nearly ap proach the facts. In fact, they are 'of such a general nature that any one know ing the circumstances and possessing something of an Imagination could easily form the mental pictures mentioned. Warring: Afralnst Inexorable Pate. New York Commercial Advertiser. Every one of his associates in the great "anti" revival is a Bourbon, pure and simple. He Is fighting established events, fighting his own people, and seeking to undo all that the chosen representatives of hs people have done to solve the prob lems which have been put Into their hands for solution. Tillman is no more a Bour bon in fighting the ClvU War over again. In trying to undo by denunciation Its ac complished results, than all the "antls" are in attempting the same Impossible task with the late Spanish War. One la just as Irrevocably settled as the other, and everybody except an Incurable Bour-i bon realizes thatlact. Nothing that Till man says of the abolitionists is more vio lent or more Indecent than what the de scendants of the abolitionists said of President McKInley. or more unjust and more unpatriotic than what they and other "antls" are saying now of Secretary Root, Governor Taft, and the officers and soldiers of the American Army in the Philippines. Tillman has now disclosed with brutal, shameless frankness the real nature of the business he In company with others has been engaged In, and in doing this has performed a great service. He has ruined the business. SHOUT TRIP Up the Columbia. With a perfectly clear atmosphere, no smoke or haze to mar the view, this un doubtedly Is the best time of year to see the magnificent scenery along the Colum bia River. Take the O. R. &. N. Coa train 'rom Union depot any day at 9 A. M for Cascade Locks or The Dalles returning, leave Dalles at 1:10 P. M.. ar riving Portland at 4:30 P. M. Or. If pre ferred, return may be made from Cascade Locks by river steamer, reaching Port land about 4 P. M Ticket office, Third and Washington streets. STRETCH OF NEW ROAD IMPROVEMENT OS O. R. i W. "WEST OF TUB DALLES. About 9300,000 Spent in Correction o Seven and a Half Miles Other Work In Progress. One of the most Important of the track corrections that have been so extensively carried on by the O. R. & N. Co since President Mohler came to the manage ment of the property was completed and opened for business yesterday. It covers a stretch of seven and a half miles, from tunnel No. 3 eastward to a point two miles west of The Dalles. The new line makes a saving of 28 curves, and 903 degrees of curvature, or a little over two and a halt complete circles. The minimum radius of curvature on the old line Is 574 feet, and equalling 10 deegrees curvature, and on the new line 1432 feet, equalling 4 degrees curvature. The distance is shortened 1000 feet, and this hill reduced in height from 106 feet to 43 feet. At one point the O.R. & N. TRACK CORRECTION Dotted line shows old track, -" solid line shows where the road is rebuilt. ' two lines are only about 400 feet apart, but there Is a difference In elevation of 102 feet. The cost of this Improvement is about $300,000. By It, two trestles of a total length of 3S2 feet have been done away with. The excavation to accomplish this was 97,000 cubic yards of solid rock, 8500 cubic yards of loose rock, and 375,000 cubic yards of earth. There are 8000 cubic yards of riprap to protect the track from the encroachments of the river, and 1275 linear feet of 24-Inch cast-Iron pipe was used, in stead of wooden boxes for culverts. The new stretch of track has been fully ballasted, and laid with SO-pound steel rails, and in all respects It Is up to the highest Eastern standard. Considerably more than $1,000,000 have been spent In track correction between Cascade Locks and The Dalles In the elimination of curvature, reduction of grades, replacing wooden bridges, cul verts, eta, wtlh steel, and other Improve ments. More than $4,000,000 has been put into betterments in the past few years. The stretch now completed adds materially to the efficiency of the railroad. This Is representative of the work in progress on many sections of the line between Portland and Huntingdon, all tending to reduction of traction resistance, so as to enable the company to ppcrate the road with greater safety and less expense. The cna of these Improvements Is not yet in sight. CIRCULAR APPOINTING COMAN. Issued In San Francisco lie Goes to Southern Pacific Tomorrow. The official circular appointing W. E. Coman general freight and passenger agent of the Southern Pacific's lines In Oregon, vice R. B. Miller, resigned, to accept service with another company, reached Portland yesterday. It is dated In San Francisco, May 10, and the ap pointment Is to become effective on the loth. It Is signed by E. O. McCormlck, passenger traffic manager, and William Sproulo, freight traffic manager, and Is approved by J. C. Stubbi. third vice-president. The circular has the heading "Southern Pacific Company (Pacific sys tem and lines In Oregon), Traffic Depart ment." In this appointment and In those re cently made In the O. R. & N. Co. the two companies are kept entirely separate, no evidence of common ownership or di rection appearing. Mr. Coman will return this morning from a short visit to Puget Sound, and will have barely time to clean up his desk In the O. R. & N. office before moving over to the Southern Pacific tomorrow. His successor In the O. R. & N., Mr. Adams, left for Spokane last night to close up his affairs there and move his household effects to Portland. Mr. Miller will move over from the Southern Pacific tomorrow and take charge of the freight department of thfl O. R. & N. W. E. Coman was born In Portage City, Wis., In 1SC9. He began railroading at the age of 15, and until September, 1SSS, he worked in the offices of the Missouri Pacific, Burlington & Memphis route at Kansas City as messenger, and later as clerk. From Kansas City he came to Portland as clerk in the O. R. & N. Co.'s local office. -In September, 1SS0, he was transferred to the general freight office of the Union Pacific In this city, and In 1S94 was appointed traveling freight agent for th O. R. & N. In October. 1896. ho accepted the position of rate clerk In the general freight office. The following Spring he was appointed general agent for the same road at Butte. Six months later he returned to Portland as traveling freight agent for the Oregon Short Line. This position he held two months, when he was made general agent for the same road at Portland. December 15, 1903, he was appointed general agent of the Oregon Short Line in Salt Lake City, which po sition he resigned last August to come to Portland as assistant , general freight agent of the O. R. & N. Co., and he Is now made general freight and passenger agent of Jthe Southern Pacific Flans of the Rock Island. DALLAS, Tex., May 13. Prominent Rock Island Railroad officials have con ferred here with a committee of business men with reference to the extension to be made from Fort Worth to Galveston, probably via Dallas. "The road certainly will be constructed from Fort Worth to the Gulf," said Judge Lasslter, attorney for the Rock Island, "and will come by way of Dallas If en trance to the city and terminal grounds can be" secured. The old Choctaw will come here under the same conditions. It is a hard matter to obtain entrance Into Dallas now, as the ground Is all taken up. The lines will be equipped with 80 pound steel rails and rock ballast, and after a time all the wooden bridges will be replaced with steel. The new charter has been sent off, "and Mr. Low, of To peka, will be president of the new com pany." Xew Railroad1 In Colorado. DENVER, May 13. The first collateral mortgage of the Denver & Northwestern Railway Company of Colorado, executed to the Mercantile Trust Company of New York, and covering the road's first bond issue, has been filed for record in the office of the County Clerk. The amount of the bond Issue Is $6,000,000. and It Is pay able In gold coin, May X 1903. It Is an nounced that the purpose Is Immediately i, to construct .and put In operation the rajl- road and also to purchase the entire cap ital stock of the Denver City Tramway Company, valued at $5,000,000. The main line will be constructed from Denver to Alvado, thence to Coal Creek Canyon, thence through the valley of South Boulder Creek on up to RoUIns ville. In Gilpin County; thence across the Continental Divide about two miles north of James Peak, thence westerly through the valleys of the Frazler and Grand Rivers to Hot Sulphur Springs. To Aid Sunnyslde Trolley Road. NORTH YAKIMA. May 13. At a meet ing of the Commercial Club, an executive committee consisting of Edward Whltson, Miles Cannon, O. A. Fechter, George Donald and W. L. -Stelnweg, was appoint ed to take charge of the matter of secur ing the traffic contracts, right-of-way and subsidy demanded by J. F. McNaught as a condition of the building of the elec tric road to Sunnyslde. Mr. McNaught agreed to have the road in operation by July 1, 1903, If his conditions are com plied with by the first day of July, this year. Vlnlnjc's Successor. SAN FRANCISCO. May 13. The Exam iner says: George F. Chapman, of New ark, N. J., Is to be E. P. Vlnlng's success or as general manager of the United RaU- ' ways of San Francisco. Brown Bros., of New York, offered him the portion several days-ago. and he hae accepted. In order to do so, Mr. Chapman was compelled to tender his resignation as general superin tendent of the North Jersey Street-Rail-way Company. Rallroad Notes. A. B. C. Dennlston. general Western passenger agent of the Great Northern railway, came down from Seattle yester day morning, and will spend two or three days In Portland attending the passenger rate meeting. General Passenger Agent Charles S. Fee, of the. Northern Pacific, has Just sent out a novel advertisement in the form of an immense postcard, calling attention to the North Coast Limited, which resumed ser vice May 4. The message sld.e purports to be a leaf from the logbook of this cele brated train, and bears Illustrations of seven ages of pleasure that come to its patrons. The fine full-page halftone of Mount Hood that General Passenger Agent Dan iel?, of the New York Central lines, re cently ran In the Four-Track News Is reproduced In the March number of Ad Sense, n prominent advertising -publication, of Chicago. It Is well printed on coated paper and makes a most striking picture. Under It la the caption, "Mount Hood, near Portland, Oregon." WILL ADVERTISE OREGON George McGowan "Will Do Missionary "Work In Scotland. George McGowan, of this city, will leave for Scotland this morning to visit his native home in that country. He vnl take a large quantity of literature with him, descriptive of Oregon industries and resources. This he will distribute in Scot land, he believes, with good effect. The Board of Trade has commended his plan, and supplied him with a large quantity or. advertising matter. Mr. McGowan will go to Aberlauer, In Northpast Scotland. Mr. McGowan came to this country 40 years ago. He settled on the present site of Burns. This town he named after the Scotch poet. He was appointed receiver of tho Harney land district In Cleveland's first term. "A feeling of unrest rules among farm ers of my native country," said Mr. Mc Gowan yesterday. "Nearly all the land is owned by Old aristocratic families, and there is little opportunity for a poor man to own his own farm. It Is difficult for an American to understand this system of land tenure. But farmers there have heard of this country, where a poor man can acquire a home of his own, and they look to it longingly. Besides, agriculture has been severely oppressed by the com petition of American grain. I shall be gone three months." R. L. Barnes Brother at St. Pierre, R. Lea Barnes, cashier of the Wells, Fargo & Co. Bank, has given up all hope of the safety of his brother, A. K. Barnes, who was cashier of the Colonial Bank of London, at St. Pierre, Martinique. Mr. Barnes has cabled several times to the London office for news of his brother, but has received no Information save that the bank Is In ruins. His brother Is known by many of the prominent business men of Portland, having made a visit to Port land seven years ago. Youngr People's Culture Union. This evening at 8 o'clock the regular meeting of the Young People's Culture Union of Beth Israel will meet at the temple. An interesting programme has been prepared, Including an Informal talk on "What Books to Read and How to Read Them," by. Miss Isom, the Ubrarian of the pubUc library. BUSINESS ITEMS. U Baby Is Cutting Teeth, Be euro and use that old and -well-tried remedy. Mr. "WlnsloWa Sooth I tic Syrup, for children teething-. It soothes the child. otiena the gum. allays aU pain, cure wind colic and diarrhoea. Vigor and vitality are quickly given to the whole svtem by Hood's Sarsaparilla. '- i ;- I M 1 .IsflBSSSSSSSsHiW. lsssP5Wmpf'; SfIBSf IsSSSSSSk BT'HsHF l BSSSBBBSsV. "SisHSsyBr George McGowan. 1 RAILROAD TIES MAY GO UP I EASTERN MULTNOMAH MILLS RE FUSE BIG CONTRACT. O. R. & N. 'Company Makes an Offer lor Their Entire Output for Two Years. The sawmills In Eastern Multnomah County evidently expect that the price of railway ties will advance materially. Re cently an agent of the O. R. &. N. Co. visited all these sawmills and wanted to engage their entire output of railway ties for the next two years at the rate of 24 cents per tl& This offer was In advance of any price that has been paid for ties In that part of the county since the In dustry assumed large proportfons. How ever, only one sawmill, the Palmer mill, accepted the offer and entered Into a con tract according to these terms It Is supposed that the owners of the mills did not want td bind themselves for that length of time, even at. that price. They are now receiving 23& cents, the re cent advance In price being voluntary on the part of the buyers. The mills are delivering a vast number of ties at Trout dale dally. An extensive Industry has been developed, w'lth no prospects of abatement. With the present price there Is a profit in it for everybody the sawmill and the haulers. Stone & Co.'s sawmill has just filled a contract for supplying 8000 ties for an outside ral)road company on the Rio Grande. The railroads must have ties, and shipments are being made In some cases as far east as the Missouri River. The tie combine has an agent In Portland, and through him a considerable business is being done. The eastern part of the county has gtown very prosperous through this tie business. There Is still much timber left that will be worked up Into ties. Hereafter ties will be handled direct from the wagons to the cars at Trout dale, which will save much work In hand ling them. TO IMPROVE EAST OAK STREET. Petition for Its Improvement From East Third to East Tvrelfth. The first step toward the repairs of dis rupted and disgraceful elevated roadways has been taken in the circulation of a pe tlon for the Improvement of East Oak street, between East Third and East Twelfth streets. There Is every reason for hoping that this improvement will be undertaken. The expense will be com paratlvly small. A considerable part of the street will only require redressing and fixing up, as it has been Improved before. There are two blocks of elevated road way between Union aventie and East Sixth street that will have to be rebuilt, as both have been condemned. The City Engineer closed them up several years ago, and marked them dangerous. It has been suggested that In connection with this Improvement the long-talked-of Im provement of East Sixth and East Seventh streets, through Central East Portland, ne undertaken. These are the only two streets In this thickly settled residence district that are not Improved. It is thought that If some one will start a pe tition It will carry. MARINE POWER WAYS.' They Are Belnjr Built In Joseph Sup pie's Bontyard on Cant Water. Marine power ways, the first to be built at any of the Portland boatyards, are be ing finished at the Supple yard. The ways extend about 200 feet. Big timbers were fastened to the tops of piles, driven solidly at intervals from the upper portion of the yard down Into the river. Cradles have been built, which will rest on these fixed ways. These are 14 feet wide, and securely put together and braced. In the upper portion of the yard there will be a long shaft, and each cradle will be attached to this shaft by a steel rope, which will be wound around a drum wind lass. In taking a craft, large or small, out of the river, the cradles are let down Into the water, the boat Is floated onto them, and then gently pulled up by steam. Each cradle can be operated separately. On ways of this kind boats ran be taken out of the water or launched without strain. FUNERAL OF MRS. BROOKER. She Was a Well-Known Woman of Corvallls and AIo of Portland. The funeral of Mrs. Eliza Brooker, whose death occurred in Corvallls, May 11. was held yesterday afternoon at Dun nlngs undertaking parlors, 414 East Alder street. Lone Fir cemetery was the place of Interment. Mr. and Mrs. Brooker came from England to Corvallls In 1879, where they lived until 1891, when they mdved to Portland. They made their home on the East Side for several years, when the removed to Corvallls. Her husband, Richard Brooker, was In part nership with J. A. Wilson In an extensive sheep ranch near Corvallls. Mrs. Brooker was 65 years, of age, and was a woman of highly estimable qualities. A husband survives her. DEMAND FOR DWELLINGS. Two Churches Are Being: Changred Into Double Flats for Residences. The demand for dwellings in Central East Portland keeps up, and has become so great that two church buildings are being transformed Into flats. The church on the corner of East Yamhill and East Sixth streets was raised up.and Is now a double flat, which will accommodate two large families. The church on East Sev enth and East Yamhill streets Is being changed Into a flat or double house. It is not probable that the movement of changing churches into dwellings will continue. Cheese Factory Output. The report of the business of the Fair view cheese factory for the month, of April shoW3 that 45,720 pounds of milk were brought to the factory from the 13 patrous. The amount paid for this milk by the company was $467. One of the pat rons bring in 500 pounds, and the small est delivered Is 25 pounds. The prices paid are an Inducement for farmers to sell their milk right at home. Since the cheese , factory commenced operation at Falrview, there. has been a marked In crease In the number of cows In the com munity, and also the grade of the stock. It has been found that It pays to keep only the best grade of stock. Parents' Meeting. The second parents' meeting at Brooklyn School will be held tomorrow afternoon, May 13, at 2:30 o'clock. City Superintend ent Rigler, Mrs. Trumbull, who has given much study to the school question In the East; Mrs. Sarah M. Kern and Mrs. Dr. Amelia Zelgler will be the principal speak ers. Mr, Rigler was unable to be present at the first meeting held In this school bouse. Morrison Brldsre Approach. Foreman Richmond, of the Morrison street bridge, has started work on the East Side approach. It is found as the work progresses that the timbers are greatly decayed, and that practically the whole of the approach will have to bo renewtd. It was the first part of the bridge that was built 15 years ago. Fore man Richmond says It will be made new throughout. East Side Notes. Rev. J. J. Dalton. D D., pastor of the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, has moved to 533 Eabt ivnkeny street, where he will live for the present. Rev. A. K. Glover, the general diocesan missionary of the Episcopal church of Oftfgon, is at present at Ashland, and will be absent about a week more before he finishes up his work in that part of the state. The St. Johns match factory has re sumed operations, with John Poff as man ager, after an idleness of about IS months. It Is hoped that the factory can now be kept in operation. Dr. E. H. Parker, a well-known Port land physician, and wife, have Just re turned from Arizona, after an absence of nearly one year. The trip and sojourn at Arizona were for the benefit of Dr. Par ker's health, which had been Impaired. He lis now the picture of health. THUNDER FROM WEISER. Idaho Paper Says Hard Things About Portland. . Citizens of Idahd along the Thunder Mountain route from WeJser are saying hard things about Portland. The reason Is the failure of this city to dig down deep enough into Its pockets for the proposed road from Warren. Only about $500 has been subscribed here, and Welser citizens exnocted Portland to raise at least $12,000. Up at Welser the newspapers are uttering sarcastic blasts. Through an error In this paper. Mason, Ehrman & Co. were credited with having given only $10. This firm really sub scribed $50. "Judging from the impor tance of the firm's trade up this way," one paper rightly Infers an error. Spokane has not responded to the ap peal of Welser merchants with any more alacrity than has Portland. It feared that Its contribution to the fund would only help Portland. One of the reasons why Portland has been averse to giving to the fund Is the affront that would be offered to other Idaho Interests, which believe they are as much entitled to Portland's consideration as any. Subscriptions to the fund in Portland are as follows: FleSschner. Mayer & Co $200 Allen & Lewis Closset & Devers Mason, Ehrman & Co K Pacific Paper Company M. Seller & Co 25 Bishop & Co i)J Canning, Wallatfa &. Co 10 Zan Bros JJ Lang & Co i Kelley Clarke & Co..V 2a Krausse & Prince v ? Pacific Coast Rubber Company Fairbanks. Morse & Co Pearson-Page Company V Portland Seed Company - Sanborn. Vail & Co - o Fortland Coffee & Spice Company...... 10 Neustadter Bros George Lawrence Company fu Page & Son Fisher, Thorsen & Co io Buell Lambtrson's Sons 10 Bell & Co JO W. B. Glafke & Co 10 Wadhams & Kerr Bros 10 R. Livingstone 10 Charles L. Mastlck & Co 10 Total -....790 The Pacific Coast Biscuit Company ias agreed to make a contribution, provided the whole fund is raised. The Welser Signal thus delivers itself: The reports, gleaned from Spokane and Port land papers, and published on the first page of this Issue, certainly do not promise much to wards the extension Into Thunder Mountain of the present wagon road to "Warren. The pa per accounts Indicate a very regrettable and Illiberal state of mind all around conditions under which It can scarcely be expected to attain effective results In the openlnc of new sources of prosperity and business. The aspect of northern points disputing and dividing upon the matter Is really eorrowful. Divided they are no stronger than each Individual resource, but, united, they would be as the bundle of sticks, strong for one common end, and receiv ing benefits In proportion. At Portland, the lame excuie is offered that "no plans and spec ifications were furnished." Plans and specifi cations were entirely Immaterial in the mat ter, and the only point to settle at the time of consultation was whether or not Portland would contribute $12,000 or $15",000 to assist In getting quick access to a vast new field. To determine that required no "plans and speci fications." The present business of Welser Tilth Portland alono Justifies the Investment without considering the new trade secured. That sinister influences, suggested as emanat ing from Boise, have undoubtedly been at work, mav be easily presumed from the refer ence to Short Line backing for Boise and If "Portland merchants know Tihat It means," they know It means a total loss of all that business to Portland. The whole business demonstrates the diffi culty of building upon an inefficient quality of human material bricks without straw. That Is what the committee in Portland struck. The upshot of the whole matter Is that we shall likely see no road. It may be that the Northern Pacific will find It necessary to build the extension from Dixie In order to meet Southern railway competition. However, this Is over so rough a country, of great declivities and widely varying altitudes, that the expense will be so great that if left to Spokane to ac complish It, Is not an Imminent possibility. Welser has an opportunity to Join with the Dewey road and secure the short run from Long Valley. Had Portland supplied the fund3 asked for, we could, under the attitude of the north, apply this to the Long Valley Junction with Dewey and this would be even better for Portland Interests than the Warren extension, but the ease of Joining with Dewey' was not known at the time Portland was consulted. As Thunder Mountain developes some of the min ing companies and other Interests may push a road out this way. Prospectively, however, there will be no early connection from this side, as there should be, and In all events no road into the district before late In the Fall. Boise is advertising for bids on a road, but as the Pittsburg subscription has been withdrawn from her, she Is without the funds to carry on the enterprise. Tho Warren extension Is tho only possible way to reach the new camp with wagons at an early date, and Welser, under all circumstances has the best of the situation. The road problem will be solved In some way, and to our advantage. COMING ATTRACTIONS. Sale of Seats for Goodwin Today. At 10 o'clock this morning N. C. Good win and Miss Maxine Elliott's advance sale of seats will take place at the Mar quam Grand Theater, where on Friday night and Saturday matinee they pre sent "When We Were Twenty-One," Henry V. Esmond's beautiful play; Satur- l day night, "An American CJtizen." by Madeline Lucette Ryley. There are no artists now before the public whose ad vent is more eagerly anticipated than is the coming of N. C. Goodwin and Miss Maxine Elliott. These gifted players will present their charming successes which have proved so brilliantly successful both In London and America. They bring with them their own and entire scenic produc tions that graphically depict the locale of each storj't some of these being the most handsome settings ever seen on the stage. Miss Elllojtt will display some magnificent creations of the dress-builders' art. As the members of the company who sup port Mr. Goodwin and Miss Elliott have been with these gifted players for years, the most finished presentations ever given by these artists may be expected. 'Two Little Walls" at Cordray's. "Two Little Waifs," a new play by Lin coln J. Carter, will be the offering at Cordray's, Sunday, May 18. By some crit ics this new product is said to be the best In Carter's repertoire. Its Initial perform ance In Chicago Is reported to have met with signal success. The story hinges about two twin sisters, waifs, bearing a striking resemblance. The fact that they are unknown to each other leads to many misunderstandings and Intricate situations. Stanley and Lollta Lamb, two clever little tots, essay the parts of the waifs. MIs3 Helen Carroll fills the dual role of a lov able, affectionate wife, and In direct con trast the cold-hearted, unscrupulous ad venturess, and her transitions from one character to the other are said to be easy and complete. The supporting company Is said to be strong and well selected. The Lambkins, whose talents called them from Portland to the stage two years ago, are features of the company. Success of "In Mczonrn." No play which has been given at the Baker Theater s!ne the Stuart company opened there has made such a hit as "In Mlzzoura," which Is the offering there this I week. The story of the play is one which cannot fall to arouse Interest, It Is put on with an attention to detail which re flects credit both on Mr. Stuart and Man ager Baker, and there Is not a scene or situation which does not make an Impres sion of itself. The company has ben demonstrating its ability ever since It has been in town, but up to- date It has had no opportunity like that afforded it In the present play. "In Mlzzoura" will run only a week, and as It Is already crowding the house, those who wish to see it will do well to secure their seats early. The Return of the Frawley'a. Fresh from a most successful tour of the Northwest, the Frawley company will come back to the Marquam Grand Theater for a week's stay commencing next Monday night, and during the week several plays new to Portland will be pre sented. Strong as It was when It was last here, the Frawley company has been greatly strengthened for this occasion. As before, popular Benjamin Howard will be the leading man. Harrington Reynolds has rejoined the company, and John Daly Murphy, a well-known Frohman come dian, will be in the cast. MInnette Barrett, a well-known Port land girl, has again joined the Frawley forces, and will be prominently cast. MIs Barrett has made a wonderful hit this season, and during her stay In Seattle with the Stuart company the newspapers constantly spoke of her as overshadowing the star. "The Count of Monte Crlsto." The play .which made James O'Neill fa mous, "The Count of Monte Crlsto," will be produced by the Stuart company at the Baker Theater next week. The play requires an elaborate scenic setting, and a large force is now at work In the thea ter providing It. Everything that Is re quired for the effects necessary in tho piece will be provided, and Mr. Baker promises that the rising of every curtain during the performance will reveal a sur prise. The play will run for a week, be ginning with the matinee Sunday. Bronson Howard's Masterpiece. "The Banker's Daughter," which is soon to be given by the Stuart company at the Baker Theater, Is acknowledged to be the greatest work of Bronson Howard, the greatest American playwright. The play is already In preparation, and a production which will be fully worthy Is promised. Full of Wit. "Too Rich to Marry" is the first play wherein Dunkard life Is portrayed that has ever been on the stage. There Is not a line or word in the play which could shock even a Dunkard, and yet the com edy Is full of wit as nut Is full of meat. la will appear at Cordray's in the near future. DAILY CITY STATISTICS. Mnrrlasre Licenses. C. O. Gultander, 23: Frana S. Jonasson. 22. Don R. Stoddard, 27. Pacific County, Wash ington; Christine Talbot. 23. J. E. Gates, 26; Frances May Joy, 18. Peter Dregersen. 56; Mrs. Hannah Dreger Een, 54. Contaslotui Diseases. May 0. Frank and Joe Varak, 217 Marguerite street; scarlet fever. May 10. George Godfrey, East Main and East Eighth streets; smallpox. May 10, Mrs. Werner. Occidental lodging house; smallpox; patient came from Oregon City. May 10, J. D. Wright. Good Samaritan Hos pital; smallpox; patient came from down tho river. May 12 Marie Landrua. 26 East Twenty eighth street; diphtheria. May 12. Enls Hlckok, fiOO East Yamhill street: chicken-pox. May 12. "William Bechan; smallpox; patient arrived from Kansas. May 11, O. L. Kedlsh, 395 East Eleventh street; measles. Births. May 8. to the wlfo of J. H. Tooz, 402 Fourth Btreet, a girl. May 7. to the wife of Simon Benson, 320 Eleventh street, a boy. May 8. to the wife of Michael Habn, 0C3 Hendricks avenue, a boy. May 4, girl to the wlfo of H.H. Wlnalow. 475 East Everett street. Deaths. May 11, Iva Ella Fullam. St. Vincent's Hos pital. 22 jears 3 months 15 days; meningitis. May 10, Graham Glass, 5G2 Fourth street, 72 years 11 months 29 days; pernicious anaemia. May 11, Anna Garbarlno, Sellwood. 70 years; cancer of stomach. May 11. John Catlln Hozzard. 227 Whltaker street. 5 yeara 11 months 15 days; valvular disease of tho heart, with dilation. May 10, Samuel Grant Walker. 210 Mill street. 35 years; tuberculosis. May 0. William Farnham Sterling, Ellens burg, Wash., 11 months; tuberculosis of tho brain. May 11, Mary A. Morgan. 520 East Fifteenth street, 72 years old; diabetes. Building Permits. C. Buck, two-story dwelling. Fourth street, between Montgomery and Harrison; $2000. Georgo W. Bates, four two-story dwellings, northwest corner Twenty-first and Davis streets; $11,000. John Schwartz, two-story dwelling, Fremont street, between Cleveland and Hendricks; $1000. A. A. Courteney. twe-story dwelling, corner of Twenty-first and Schuyler; $3500. Nell O'Hare, one-story dwelling. Hussell street, near Brtndle; $800. Real Estate Transfers. Henry R- Long, trustee, and wife to H. A. Hill, lots 7 and 8. block 29, Sellwood 300 Trustees Methodist Episcopal Church of Gresham to B. W. Emery, two acres, section 10, T. 1 S.. B, 3 E - 500 Sheriff (for S. B. Paul) to C. A. Ayls- worth. lot 3, block 4, Mount Tabor Villa Annex VV 13 C. A. Aylsworth and wife to Josephine M. O'Brien, lot 3, block 4, Mount Tabor Villa Annex ,V";, 60 George Ward and wlfo to Julian Myers, lot 19, block 18, Mount Tabor Villa.... 230 George T. Newman and wife to C E. Warrens, lots 5 and 8. block 4, Feurer's Addition 1 Laura Burke to N. J. Robertson, lot 3, blocks, Lisle Addition 150 W. E. Splcer et al. to Arthur O. Thomas, lot 11. block 13. subdivision Rlverview Addition to Alblna 1450 E. J. Thompson to Kate A. Glbbs, lots I and 2, block 1. Albion Addition 1 Annie Krall and husband to T. B. Ham ilton, lot 20, block 2, Woodlawn 150 Robert Catlln. guardian, to H. L. Powers. 10x100 feet, lot 4, block 49, Miner's Ad dition to St. Johns 75 David Goodsell and wife to Dennis Mur phy, lot 8, block 1, Goodsell's Addition. 250 F. B. Hughes and wife to Marie Bruce. lot G, block 15, Klnzel Park 1 K. Derby and wife to B. R. Smith, lot 5, block 200, Holladays Addition 275 W. M. Ladd and wife to Bessie M. Teal, parcel land, 150x100 feet, St. Clair and Wayne streets, city. 1 Charles Ashman to Samuel Swanson. lots 23 and 24. block 2, Tobasco Addition... 1 Samuel Swanson to G. L. Webb, lots 23 and 24, block 2, Tobasco Addition 1 A P. Mead and wife to O. T. Dwler, lots II and 12. block 3, Bralnard SO Hawthorne Estate to S. Balllnger. lot 5, block 7, Hawthorne F'rst Addition.... 350 Daniel Gorman to J. P. Menefee. lots 14, 15, 16, block 23, Alblna. .-. 3600 Amelia Zlmmermann and husband to Au- n,,.H TT- TTiitrhlnsnn. lots 1. 2. 3. block 1, Strawberry Addition 275 Charles H. Dodd et al. to Security Sav ings Bank, lots 12, 13. 14. Central block. Portland; also part of lot 11, Central block 3 Margaret A. Ferrlss and wife to William H. Casey and wife, SW. of block 9, Wheeler & Helple's Addition 3500 Jacob Jensen and wife to J. H. Gelchty, lota 12 and 13, block 10, First Addition 350 Violet Hartman to, Ellen N. Garrison, lot 3. block N, Portsmouth Villa Ex tended 500 G. McCulley to Julia Marquam, of E. of S.' of SW. of NE. . section 21. T. 1 N., R. 1 E 1 John Roberts to George A. L. Winters, lotS, block 14, Sunnyslde 350 Louis Klcolal et al. to Louis Kuhn, lot 3, block 25, Sherlock's AddlUon 700 Abstracts, and title insurance, by the Pacific Coast Abstract Guaranty & Trust Co.. 204-5-6-7 Falling buUdlng. One taken every night stimulates tho liver, carries off the bile and improves the digestion and appetite. Carter's Little Liver Pills. Don't forget this.