THE -MORNING OBEGONIAN, MOOT AY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1902.'
BILL FOR GRAIN MEN
Umatilla County Wants State
Grain Commission.
WILL ASK LEGISLATURE FOR IT
Delegation Will Also Introduce n.
Measure to Tax Innurance Com
panies More for the Benefit of
the Common School Fond.
Bills will be Introduced at the coming
session of the Oregon Legislature as
follows:
Umatilla County
For a state grain commission. '
Taxing Insurance companies more- for
tho benefit of the common school fund.
For a railroad franchise tax.
Taxing telegraph, telephono and ex
press companies on the basis of their
gross receipts.
For a new and more practical road
law.
Making corporations liable for4 Injuries
to an employe when due to the neg
ligence of a fellow-employe.
Clackamas County
Abolishing rebate on taxes for early
payment.
For state control of school books and
their Bale at actual cost.
For precinct assessors, 4
Making eight hours a day's labor
throughout the state.
For graduated income and Inheritance
.axes.
PENDLETON, Or., Aug. SI. (Special.)
The members of the- Legislature from
Umatilla County will vote at the Jiext
session to place all state officers on "flat"
salaries, but they will favor other meas
ures, which they deem of much greater
important to the people of the state and
of Eastern Oregon. Dr. C. J. Smith,
Senator-elect for Umatilla County, says
the delegation has discussed iseveral other
matters, and that it will offer a bill to
Impose a tax of not less than 1 per
;cnt on the gross premium of lire, . acci
dent and marine Insurance companies for
support of the public schools, Instead of
selling the remainder of the school lands.
The State of Washington has sold, he
says, only a small portion of Its school
lands, while Oregon has sold most of its
school lands at a very low price. The
Washington school lands are now, in
many cases, worth ?20 to $30 an acre,
and are rented to farmers for nearly as
much a year as was paid for the fee
simple of Oregon school lands. The dele
gation figures that the tax would raise
revenue sufficient from the insurance com
panies to run every school In the state
for six months each year without a dis
trict tax.
Another measure which will be pro
posed is a railroad franchise tax. follow
ing the lines laid down by Minnesota,
"Wisconsin, Illinois and Ohio, by which
$200,000 annually will be raised for the
support of the state government. This
will pay one-third of the cost of main
taining the several institutions of the
state.
A bill will be offered to tax the gross
receipts of .express and telephone com
panies, and other quasi public corpora
tions, which, if enacted, will still further
reduce the burden of taxation upon farm
ers and land owners.
Umatilla County will also advocate the
enactment of a new and more practical
road law, with the County Surveyor as
general superintendent of all county
roads. At present there Is no system In
making, Improving and repairing county
roads. No record of grades is kept and
no scientific methods aTe employed in the
construction of county highways. The
bill will give the Surveyor a small salary
as county road commissioner, so that
with his fees he can devote much of hi?
time to seeing that roads are made and
repaired in a systematic manner, with
proper grades and In accordance with
modern scientific principles.
Another measure the delegation will
advocate Is one making corporations liable
for injuries to an employe resulting from
the negligence or misconduct of a fellow
employe; also a bill to establish a state
board' of health, with, county boards; also
a direct but graduated Inheritance tax.
A bill will also be introduced providing
for the appraisement of lands but once
In five years. This bill. It -is said, will
rave Umatilla County $3000 a year.
The delegation from Umatilla, backed
by Union and other Eastern Oregon legls
lators, will strenuously urge the enact
ment of a law to establish a state grain
commission, which shall inspect and fix
the grade of wheat and other grains
Senator Smith, who voices the views of
the other members of the Legislature
from Umatilla, says the wheatralsers of
Eastern Oregon are very anxious for the
passage of this bill; that under the pres-
enr system Oregon has but three grades
of wheat, while Washington, which has a
grain cbmmlsslon, gets the benefit of an
extra grade called "choice milling. This
grado commands 1 to 1 cents more a
bushel than No. 1 wheat. The cost of
maintaining " a state grain commission is
defrayed in Washington by a tax of 50
cents a carload of loose wheat and 75
cents a car of sacked wheat, the railroads
being required to collect the tax when
they collect their freight bills. As each
car is Inspected, the seal of the inspector
is attached. Indicating the grade of wheat.
In this bill it Is proposed also to provide
for regulating warehouse charges, and
weights and measures used In handling
grain.
CLACKAMAS COUNTY BILLS.
One for State Control of School
Books "and Sale at Actual Cost.
OREGON CITY. Aug. 2L (Special.)
Just what measures will be introduced at
the next session of the State Legislature
by the members from Clackamas County
is largely problematical. Most of them
are undecided, and have given the subject
little thought. Representative Huntley
said today that probably some changes
woujd be made in the pharmacy law, but
It was too early to forecast the nature of
the changes that might be made. He Is
& member of the State Pharmacy Board,
and, of course, takes a deep interest In
all matters relating to the drug business,
He believes the present tax law should be
amended so as to remove the 3 per cent
discount for early payment. Mr. Huntley
says that the present law is an actual
disadvantage to the small farmer, and
there are many such in Clackamas Coun
ty, as the average farmer has less money
to spare in he Spring when the taxes
become due than at any other time of the
year. Mr. Huntley has the Interest of his
constituents at heart in this matter, for
he is well able to pay his own taxes as
soon as they are due and obtain the ben
efit of any discount.
State Senator Brownell, Representatives
Huntley, Webster and Paulsen stand
t squarely upon the platform promulgated
by the Republican county convention last
March. They are opposed to any increase
in county salaries, and have promised to
labor lor the following measures:
Control of the school text-books by the
State of Oregon, and their sale to the
people at actual cost.
Reducing the passenger fare in tho State
of Oregon to S cents per mile.
A Preelnct Assessor law.
To raise a- portion of the state revenue
by a graduated Income tax and a gradu
ated Inheritance tax.
To obtain legislation constituting eight
hours a day's -work throughout the state.
Another matter of great Interest to the
people of this county Is the personnel of
the Commissioners" Court, which now con
sists of three Commissioners. Several
years ago the Board of County Commis
sioners was made up of the County Judgo
and two Commissioners, but a special law
was passed taking the Judge off the bench
and electing a Commissioner in his stead.
This lav. was evidently not entirely satis
factory to all the people of the county,
and the following plank was placed in the
platform:
"The repairs and improvements of our
roads and highways being now under the
direct supervision of Road Supervisors
elected by the people, we believe that the
best interests of our county can be best
subserved by the restoration of the trans
action of all county business to the Coun
ty Court, and we would therefore instruct
our Representatives to work for the pas
sage of a bil to that end. to go Into ef
fect at the expiration of the terms of
the present acting Board of County Commissioners."
SMUT IX "WHEAT.
Prominent Pnlouse Farmer Discusses
the Evil and Suggests a Remedy.
COLFAX. Wash.. Aug. 3L Mr. LIllls F.
Smith, one of the most prominent wheat
growers In the Palouse, has been so suc
cessful In KTOwIns clean wheat vear after
year, while many of his neighbors have
lost heavily by smut, that he was asked
the reason for his never being troubled
with smut. He attributes his success In
escaping this pest to careful vltriollzlng.
and gives his method of handling seed
wheat as follows:
"In the first place, I vitriol In a trough.
The trough ought to be a little wider
than your scoop, which should be a small
one. My trough Is 12 Inches wide. 12
inches deep and 12 feet long. I put my
vitriol in a grain bag, 10 to 25 pounds,
and put in one end of the trough, with
the top of bag hanging over edge of
trough. This keeps the vitriol from mix
ing with wheat, but allows the water to
absorb all the vitriol that it will, insur
ing strength. I pour the wheat out of
the bags into the trough filled with vitriol,
water, and stir it up several times, skim
ming off tho white caps, straws, un-
threshed heads, etc.
"In tho other end of the trough have
a place to hang a bag so that one man
can fill a bag two-thirds full with sccop,
and then It Is put on drain board on op
posite side of trough, where man works.
so as to allow the surplus vitriol water to
run back in trough.
"There is mo doubt other ways of killing
smut grain, but I know of none so cheap
and effective. I have used this method
for seven years, and raised 200,030 bushels
of wheat in that time, and have raised no
smut. Before that time I raised a good
deal of smut from vltrlollzlng in a barrel
in the sack.
"Dry wheat In bags can be left uncov
ered and take all the rains of Winter for
months and not absorb enough moisture
to prevent the wheat from being No. 1
milling wheat in this climate, and yet we
expect every part of every kernel of wheat
to be surrounded by vitriol water by five
minutes Immersion in a barrel.
"Smut Is a live plant, a parasite, grow
ing on other plants like wheat, of which
the smut dust is the seed. Wheat in a
bag in a barrel, every kernel must touch
at some points other kernels so closely
as to prevent water passing between, and
If at this point there is a smut seed kept
from contact with the water, it would not
be killed. If there were a whole unbroken
ball of smut In the bag and the vitriol
water did not permeate its center, there
would be live" smut seeds in it, which our
force feed drills would break and scatter
all along the tubes through which, the
seed wheat passes, which would adhere
to some of the kernels.
"I think It Is wise to procure seed wheat
clear of smut, cockle, oats, rye or other
foreign seeds, of which an abundance can
be found In this neighborhood at market
price.
"I seldom run my seed wheat through
a fanning mill, as there are no other seeds
In it to take out, and by stirring and
skimming It, I take out the straws, white
caps, etc, that Interfere with drilling.
One man can vitriol and skim more wheat
in this way than he could clear in a fan
ning mill, and more than he can vitriol
In a barrel. So I find. It economical and
sure. It don't pay to raise smut One-
fourth smut on a 20-bushel crop means a
loss of five bushels per acre, besides loss
In price of balance, besides danger of
blowing up machines and being disagree
able to work In. It easily represents a
loss that takes off the profits, and gener
ally more.
"I believe If farmers would adopt this
method, keeping plenty of vitriol In the
bag In water, and let It be In water long
enough to absorb vitriol before putting In
wheat, that we would not hear many. If
any, complaints about smut, especially if
you choose wheat for seed free from
smut, although I have got new kinds of
wheat twice from others that was smut
ty, and sowed and raised no smut.
"It might be well to Immerse your bag
that you Intend putting your seed wheat
in in vitriol water, if It be second-hand,
to be sure to kill any live germs of smut
sticking to it."
Change of Mine Management.
SUMPTER, Aug. 31. (Special.) A deal
has been made In the stock of tho Gold
bug Grizzly, changing the management
of that company. C. G Laybourn, who
represented Minnesota associates In the
acquisition of the great Malheur porphyry
dike, on which work has commenced for
the erection of a 20-stamp mill, purchased
the Griffith and Butterbaugh Interests of
the Gold Bug-Grizzly. He, with J. J.
Hennessy, one of the original owners,
now has control of the concern. Mr.
Hennessy will manage affairs at tho
property, which consists of 10 full claims
on the southerly extension of tho great
mother lode passing through Cracker
'Creek district. A shaft Is now down"
100 feet on the property, the sinking
plant is complete for a considerable more
depth, and all Is in readiness for the re
sumption of work, which Is to be within
SO days. Mr. Hennessy says that sink
ing will be the plan of development, and
work will be pushed vigorously from now
on.
No One Was Frilled.
LIVINGSTON. Mont., Aug. 31. It was
learned today that no one was killed In
the stage accident near Gardiner yester
day. Miss Mae Leonard, of Chicago, suf
fered' a dislocated collar-bone and severe
bruises about the body. Joseph Balrd and
family, of St. Louis, were also bruised
and scratched, one of the lead horses was
instantly killed, and it is miraculous, con
sidering the nature of the accident, that
the passengers escaped without loss of
life.
Fire in Montana Mine.
BUTTE, Aug. 3L The entire hoisting
plant, pumping station and shafthouse of
the Alice Consolidated Gold & Silver Min
ing Company was destroyed Joy fire to
day. The plant was one of the most mod
ern in the state. The loss Is estimated at
J100.000. Part of tho fire crept down the
shaft, but this being Sunday, no lives were
lost.
A. flying spark from a passing engine
is supposed to have started the fire as
the hoist had not been In operation for
over a week. The flames spread rapidly
and for a time threatened the mill and
smelter and the town of Walkerville, only
tho veering of the wind saving them.
The loss is partly covered by insurance.
Tho Emperor of Japan Is a mun of very sim
ple tastes and rather democratic tendencies.
He receives hlB guests Btandlng and talks
freely with all his visitors as an equal.
HEAT PROSTRATION
Simple Way to Prevent.
Take Horsford's Add Phosphate during
hot weather. It srtves strength to endure
the strain. Makes a delightful Acid. Tonlo
superior to lcmonzae.
SHIPS SHEEP AND HQfiS
JUXCTIOX CITY'S CONSIGNMENT TO
PORTLAND MARKET.
Producers Desire Large Porlc-Paclc-ing:
Plant Here Cattle Sent to
Graze In Klamath County.
JUNCTION CITY, Or.. Aug. 31. (Spe
cial.) M. L. Barnett and Frank Dlnges
shipped 200 head of sheep each today to
the Portland market, and G. C. Millet
shipped 100 head of sheep and a deck of
hogs. The farmers throughout the Valley
are turning their attention more toward
the raising of hogs, as there is nothing In
the livestock line that is so remunerative.
A large pork-packing plant in Portland,
which without doubt there will be within
the next 12 months, will give this Industry
redoubled Impetus.
G. C. Millet, who farms 1200 acres of land
adjacent to this city, and who is one of
the best-infercned farmers In Lane County,
estimates a shortage of 25 per cent in the
yield of wheat in this vicinity, the quality,
however, being AL The barley on Mr.
Millet's land yielded 50 bushels to the acre.
Yesterday he shipped 500 sacks of barley
to Portland. He has 16,000 pounds of rye
grass seed from this year's crop.
W. C. Washburne and J. M. Cook, of
this city, have sold 200 head of yearling
cattle to Ashland men. who will Winter
them on a range near Fort Klamath. The
price paid was J1S a head.
Three real estate transfers of consider
able importance have taken place here in
the past two days. M. B. Lingo, living
about nine miles west of here, sold his
home place and bought the Elmer Sam
uels farm, lying about four miles south
west of this city, and Messrs. J. Casebeer
and George Arehart, both living west of
here, transferred their farms to a stock
man residing east of Harrlsburg, whose
name is not obtainable.
A forest fire on the west slope of the
Cascade Range, due east from here, has
been burning for the past four days. As
viewed from the streets of this city, the
Impression gained la that the fire Is cov
ering a large area and spreading. The
spot where the fire Is raging Is In one of
tho finest timber belts of the Cascades.
CORDWOOD SITUATION.
Salem's Home Supply "Waning Al
ready Ships in Much.
SALEM, Aug. 31. (Special.) "It will be
but a very few years until Salem and
the state Institutions that aro located
here will be obliged to ship in every cord
of wood that is used," said a local whole
sale wood dealer today. "The acreage
of timber from which cordwood may be
cut Js practically exhausted In the vi
cinity of Salem. Salem's present wood
supply is being obtained largely from
timbered districts so remote that wood
cutters cannot haul their product to the
city and sell the same In competition
with wood that Is shipped here. Thjs
condition will do much to hasten the tlmo
when all of the city's wood supply will be
shipped in., Even now of the 50,000 cords
of wood that are annually burned the
proportion that Is shipped In from dis
tant points is rapidly Increasing.
"Fully 20 per cent of the trees, par
ticularly of the fir family, that are seen
in the Valley are unfit for either fuel or
lumber, for the reason that they lire
decayed at tho heart Otherwise the
tree appears healthy and vigorous.
"There Is no shortage In the wood sup
ply this year and no dealer has control
of the supply. The fact that a great
amount of wood is being Bhlpped In this
year has provided for the shortage that
would surely have. existed. I have ship
ped to Salem over 7000 cords from Pratum,
this county. Many large contractors
who a year ago cut several thousand
cords in this county, cut not a single
cord this year. They became discouraged
last Spring when the valuation of cord
wood depreciated and many, were com
pelled to let go of their holdings at
about actual cost."
When asked If the Increased price of
lumber in any way affected the price of
cordwood, the dealer said that wood
suited for lumbering purposes was never
reduced to cordwood, while the Increased
manufacture of lumber produced a larger
amount of sjabwood and, refuse for fuel
that must be sold In competition with
cordwood and the result was to contract
rather than to expand the price of the
cordwood.
The price of wood In Salem is prac
tically the same as for the same time
last year. Big body fir brings $3, good
oak Is worth J4, while second-growth fir
Is worth $2 50 to J2 75, according to qual
ity. The scarcity of first-growth fir has
increased the demand for good second
growth fir and Its consumption has been
advanced largely. In fact, there 13 more
second-growth fir wood burned In Salem
at the present time than ever before.
When the supply of second-growth fir
has been exhausted then the shipment
of cordwood to Salem will begin In
earnest.
Superintendent J. D. Lee. of the State
Penitentiary, has given Farmer Porter
a force of 10 trusties with which to clear
a tract of about 20 acres belonging to the
state, on Mill Creek, west of the Reform
School. The land Is covered with a
growth of oak and ash, which will be
used for fuel In the prison chapel and the
officers quarters. The bulk of the wood
that Is used at the Penitentiary Is
bought by contract.
READY FOR BIG CELEBRATION.
Business to Be Generally Suspended
In Oregon City.
OREGON CITY. Aug. 3L (Special.) A
meeting of the Federated Labor Union
was held last night to complete the ar
rangements for the celebration of Labor
day. Marshal C. W. Kelly apolnted the
following aids:
S. S. Walter. Painters' Union; F.- W.
Humphrys. Clerks' Union; J, J. Brown,
United Textile Workers; J. K. Morris,
Carpenters' Union; J. Fineucan. B. B,
Dolan, Horace Williams, Fred Mosler,
George Simmons. George Chambers, Fed
eral Labor Union.
Manager J. H. Howard announced the
following appointments:
Ticket seller, E. E. Taylor; ticket takers
at upper gate, C M. Oglesby, John Fin
eucan: ticket takers at main gate, John
Kelly, S. S. Walker.
The parade will start promptly at 10 A.
M. and after its arrival at Canemah Park,
the exercises of the day will be held. J.
T. Morgan will deliver an oration on
Labor, and G. R. H. Miller will recite
an original poem. The number of floats
for the parade Is constantly Increasing
This year is the first In the history of
Oregon that the Governor of the state
has proclaimed Labor day one of general
observance. All the banks and business
houses In tho city will close from 9 A. M.
until 4 P. M. The woolen mill and
Crown Paper mill will shut down tomor
row morning and will not resume opera-
tlonh until Tuesday morning. The Will
amette Pulp & Paper Company will per
mit any of Its employes who desire to
lay off, and should the majority of the
men not work, the mill will probably shut
down.
Certificates for Teachers.
OLYMPIA, Aug. 3L State Superintend
ent Bryan has Issued certificates to the
following named teachers in Clark County
as a result of tne recent examinations:
Esther Brown, Dorothy Cooper, Annls
a Cook, Zella Cotterell. E. H. Drum,
Gertrude Ewing, Pearl Hedge, Lucy John".
son. Ella Meaney, Flora McKee, Sam W.
Neldlgh, Laura M. Robb, Ellen Reilly,
Florence Snodgrass, Grace Sawyer, J. B,
Gehr. Thomas Bowman, Cora Cameron,
Mary Cheyne, Clemltena Cameron, Lizzie
Dolan. Joanna Frazer. Wm. Hargravea,
Herwigh Lechner, Ray Morgan, Adlna
Malmstem, Lulu C. Owens, Alice Reld,
Louise Bugs'. W. Walter Smith, Maud
Thompson.
STORE CLOSED JILL DAY
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TOMORROW
Dress Goods ,
DISPLAY OF HIGHCLASS NOVELTIES
Sale of 2500 Yards of Wool
Sale of WOO Yards Jill-Wool, Sponged
and Shrunk, Heavy Black Cheviots, special
In tine Cloak Room
DISPLAY OF NOVELTIES LL H Sf
and Sale of Walking Skirts at POO KJf$) I DKJ
Jaunty Walking Hats
A great array of new styles $3.00 to $9,00
Special sale of Felt Walking Hats $1.75
September iSale of Lace
Curtains
A GREAT SPECIAL PURCHASE
Of Scotch Lace, Battenberg, Irish Point, Brussels
Point and Arabian Lace Curtains, Hundreds of
Lace Curtain Bargains.
Fowne's Lisle Gloves
Fowne's 2 Clasp, Lisle-Palm, NeUBack Gloves,
black, white, mastic, sable and gray. f
COOS BAY IS WAITING
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and expensive oreaKs causea mo closing
of the mill. After several years It was
extensively overhauled and again put In
operation. But that was whoh the price
of lumber was very low In 1S92, and the
mill again proved unsatisfactory and has
now been Idle eight or nine years. But
It Is kept in good condition and Is ready
for work at any time its owners may de
sire to start It. Its present Idleness Is at
tributed to the fact that the owners are
all In the East and are old men who re
gard the mill as an unfortunate invest
ment on which they do not wish to waste
more good money. The company owns
a considerable part of tho townslte and
something like 90,x5i) acres of timber land",
but it would not sell any part of the prop
erty and this policy has done much to
retard the growth of Empire City. This
town was the C003 County seat until
about three years ago, when Coqullle City
was able to muster enough votes to get
It. The old Courthouse Is to be sold to the
highest bidder in a few days. The cus
tom-house for the Southern Oregon dis
trict Is retained here and John Morgan,
who has also for many years kept the
leading hotel of the town, the Arago, is
Collector of Customs.
Marshfleld, near the head of Coos Bay,
is the largest town In the county, its
population being estimated at about 2000.
It Is a much younger town than Empire
City, but its more rapid growth i3 due to
the location. It Is conveniently reached
from all the sloughs, of the upper half of
the bay and from Coos River, the only
considerable stream flowing Into the bay.
It was a convenient trading center, and
that made the town and keeps It thriving.
It has a shipbuilding yard, coal bunkers,
a salmon cannery, cold storage plant and
creamery. Its electric lighting and water
service are supplied by private corpora
tions. Nearly all the buildings are of
wood, and they range up to four stories
in height. It Is tho northern terminus of
a railroad 27 miles long, that extends
Into the Interior to Myrtle Point, on the
Coqullle. That road was originally de
signed to reach through to the Southern
Pacific at Roseburg.
The boom to which Coos Bay people
point when asked about large, new de
velopment agencies began about 12 years
ago. Coos Bay men did not start it.
Coos County business men subserJbed and
paid 575,000 to aid construction of the
Coos Bay, Roseburg & Eastern Railroad,
and another railroad was talked of to
reach the northern shore of the bay. The
town of Glasgow was platted on the north
side of the bay, and the town of East
Marshfleld on the east side of the upper
bay, Portland people being interested in
both of them. Both were extensively ad
vertised, and a few sales were made. All
the real estate on tho bay advanced in
sympathy. A lone dairyman now occupies
the townslte of Glasgow, with all Its
graded streets and long wharf, and East
Marshfleld Is similarly metropolitan. No
railroad was built then and the boom
fizzled. But while It lasted it was about
the rosiest thing Coos Bay has ever seen.
Coos Bay Is tho commercial end of the
wholo Counts of Coos. The chief agri
cultural section is In the Valley of the
Coqullle, but the exportable products of
that valley go to market through Coos
Bay, although the Coqullle River Itself Is
an ambitious port. Lumber from the Co
qullle is sent by rail over to Coos Bay, and
shipped to San Francisco from there at
a saving of 50 cents per thousand feet un
der the cost of shipping direct out of the
Coqullle River. And so it Is with other
products. Coos Bay's superior harbor
gives it command of all the commerce of
Coos County. And that fact draws in
dustries directly to Its shores.
Two sawmills now In operation on the
bay saw dally about 300,000 feet of flr
lumber. Another to be put in operation
In two weeks will saw 100,000 feet more.
Three mills not running have capacity for
sawing 450.000 feet, chief of these, of
course, being the big mill at Empire City.
Shipments of coal are now comparatively
light and come from but one mine, at
Hbby. For the past two or three years
extensive work has been prosecuted in
opening -up new measures and blocking
out the coal for mining advantageously
at the lower Beaver Hill mine, and It is
said heavy shipments from that mine will
be resumed the coming Fall. Shipbuild
ing plants on Coos Bay have e capacity
jfor turning out 10 to 12 complete
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TODAY LABOR DAY
Tweed Suitings Qc
Jit xnpninl
Jit special
75c
vessels a year. What is said to be the
largest creamery In Oregon is near the
mouth of Cocs River.
The timber resources of this part of
Oregon aro so vast and varied that few
people, even here on Coos Bay, have any
adequate conception of them. They are
both hard and soft and are fast becoming
the mainstay of California wood Indus
tries, to say nothing of the quantities
shipped to the Eastern States. This will
be the subject of another letter.
Coos Bay. Is to a large extent a little
world to itself. At election time It Is
reminded that it has political affiliation
with Oregon, and the geography confirms
this. At other times its face Is turned
to San Francisco, where nine-tenths of
its trade goes. But this contact with the
outside world Is not close enough to viti
ate Coos civilization. The frivolities,
vices and ambitions that so sorely tempt
and afflict most of the remainder of earth
obtain but scant footing on Coos Bay.
The people here live circumspect lives,
every man of them Is a philosopher and
every woman wise and comely. They aro
thrifty and contented to a marked de
gree. The i only way for tho outsider to get
Into this region is to come by steamer, one
of which arrives about once a week, or
by stage, 70 miles or more, so it is gen
erally true that the newcomer lands at
Coos Bay with an empty stomach or a
perjured soul, maybe both. The stomach
difficulty, at any rate, could not get to a
better place for a remedy. These con
ditions are not conducive to communica
tion between Coos Bay and tho rest of tho
world and so long as they do obtain, Coos
Bay will remain an undeveloped country
behind the times. This is, of course, no
crime and Coos Bay people are entitled
to their preference eo long as they can
attain It. But the region Is too rich to
be kept bottled up at this stage of the
world. If Coos Bay will not or cannot dig
out, others will tunnel la. Then trans
formation will be Inevitable and we shall
have a Coos Bay with a numerous popu
lation, large commerce and notable In
dustrlal activity.
One whose time Is valuable will go to
Coos Bay from Roseburg over the old Coos
Bay military wagon road, the trip consum
ing about 20 consecutive hours. There Is
another stage line from Roseburg, which
goes to Myrtle Point and there connects
with the railroad for Marshfleld. It In
volves staying over, night at Myrtle Point
Another stage line for Coos Bay leaves
tho Southern Pacific at Drain, but that
also kills two days. All through mall for
Coos Bay points goes over the Roseburg-
Marshfleld line, of which Liveryman C.
P. Barnard, of Roseburg, is proprietor,
But it Is no parlor car Jaunt on the best
line and under most favorable circum
stances, as anybody will find who travels
that way. Those who may wish to make
railroad connection at Marshfleld should
note that passengers are carried between
Myrtle Point and Marshfleld only every
other day. And the management or tne
road is so unwilling to bind itself to any
regular schedule that It will not handle
the mall, because that would necessitate
regular trains. So we have the rather
unusual spectacle of stage coacnes earn
ing the mall right alongside tho railroad
track for 27 miles.
Of course nothing is available here that
hAfirs noon the Grand Central Railroad
project for Coos Eay. I asked Banker
Bennott, of Marshfleld, what he thought
nf thA enterprise, and he said ne naa no
inside knowledge of the matter, but that
from what he saw on the outside he could
And no Dartlcular reason to criticise it.
"Those people don't ask us to give them
flnvthin and they don't ask for credit or
other favors," said he, "therefore they
don't give us ground to pry into their
affairs. So long as they go ahead and
pay their way I think we are bound to
credit them with good faith. But I don't
know anvthlng about their main project-
The Belt Line Railway Company's dock
is Tir&etlcallv completed, but the men can
not get lumber enough to finish it wholly.
All the mills on the bay have greater de
mands made upon them than they can
meet. The construction crew Is idle De
cause of a change of plans to make the
belt line a pile road instead of putting
it on bulkheads. This made necessary
some relocation, which the engineers are
now engaged on, and President Greene
says when the surveyors get ahead far
enouch the construction will proceed
President Cooke, of the Land Company,
has camps established and about 20 men
engaged in. preparing the new townslte for
occupation. It cannot be denied, even by
Olds, Woftman & King
THE DOORS OF OUR ESTABLISHMENT
WILL BE CLOSED TODAY, but hen they
open tomorrow we will be glad to have visitors -call
and see the sumptuous showing we are making.
Velvet suits, velvet jackets,
street suits, separate skirts,
new Fall coats, children's
coats, silk waists, silk skirts
Dress Goods
Department
An tmeqtxaled array of
black and colored suitings ;
silks, the newest, latest and
finest; velvets, velours, vel
vet ine corduroys; waistings
and Blanket robe novelties.
An unequaled variety of
veils, medallions, bands,
laces, galloons, lace collars,
chiffons, liberty silks, os
trich boas, neckwear and
kid gloves.
A charming and dainty
array of new lingerie.
The best of light weight
wool underwear.
"THOUGHTLESS FOLKS
WORK," BUT
tho scoffer, that tho Coos Bay develop
ment scheme has started, a considerable
movement In this direction. Tho hotels
are crowded beyond capacity and the
transportation lines show a very marked
Increase in the number of those who seek
the Coos Bay country. Real estate prices
have aUvanced sharply wherever It was
suspected property might havo specula
tive values In connection with the new
enterprise. But In Marshfleld they say
there has been no appreciable Increase of
prices, though real estate transfers are
somewhat more numerous lately. People
are watching and waiting and hoping
against their own doubts. They are ready
to leap upon receipt of the first indis
putable evidence that the Salt Lake rail
road is certain to go. They need no ae-
surance on any other point. J. M. L.
OLDEST MAN Kf IjIXN COUNTY.
Death of WIHInm G. Baton, Oregon
Pioneer of 1853. '
JUNCTION CITY, Or.. Aug. SI. (Spec
ial.) "William G. Eaton died In this clty
last night at 7 o'clock, of senile debility,
at the age of S5 years, 7 months and 9
days.
Mr. Eaton was born In Knox County,
Tennessee, January 22, 1S17. In 1S36 he was
married to Hiss Annls Hendricks, and
they had two children, J. J. Eaton, of
this city, with whom Mr. Eaton resided
at the time of his death, and Mrs.
Amanda Harper, of Colfax, Wash. He
emigrated to Jackson County, Missouri,
In 1S45. In 18-15, his first wife having
died, ho was married to Miss Mary BIbee,
and their two children. Charles and F.
M. Eaton, both reside near Colfax, Wash.
In 1S47 Mr. Eaton enlisted in the war
with Mexico. He was mustered out In
1848. In 1S53 he crossed the plains with
his family to Oregon, settling In Lane
County, about 12 miles below Eugene,
and In 1S79 moved to this city, where he
has resided ever since. Mr. Eaton at the
time o his death, was probably the old
est man In Lane County. Ho was a
member of the Christian Church. The
funeral took place this afternoon, and
the remains were laid to rest in tho
Odd Fellows' cemetery.
TROOPS FOR PUGET SOUXD.
Eighth. Infantry Hendanarters to Be
at Fort LaTTton.
atttfi Auet. 3L A number of im-
rr.rnTi- nrders relative to the Depart
ment of the Columbia have just been is
sued by the war Department, unaer ma
command of a Colonel of the Eighth In
fnntrv nnw returning from the Philip
pines with his men, the email quota of
men now on duty at i? ort iawion win De
innronwd no that at least 400 men will
be regularly stationed there. With this
large assignment of men increasing the
i-tiTiii- of tho nost a srreat aeai or improve
ment work will be ordered, providing for
via ti-nnejfnrTTmMnn of tho area about the
quarters Into a beautiful military park.
It is also ordered that tne neaaquaners
band of the Eighth Infantry regiment
be stationed at Fort Lawton. With the
afternoon and evening drills and con
certs at the post it will be an attractive
ninr-n rtnHriEr the Summer. The orders
in so far as they affect the movements of
the Eighth Infantry mean consideraoie
to this department, for it Is readily ap
nnrn fmm thpm that the War Depart
ment Intends that hereafter this regiment
will be a permanent broncn ot tne aepaxi
ment of the Columbia.
rninnoi Douehertv. of the regiment, wm
be stationed at Fort Lawton. With his
men the fort will have live companies. j.o
this time it has been only a two-company
nnc TTnnn tho arrival of the Eighth In
fantry men the greater part of them will
have to pitch tents ana live unaer canvas
at Lawton for some time to come, as
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SALE. .er Fall Hats
the Millinery Department
will display the celebrated
H. BENDEL HAT.
In the Linen Depart
ment, a 7 g r e a t sale of
TABLE DAMASK.
In the Shoe Depart
ment, a sale of women's
shoes, party slippers, boys'
and youths' school shoes.
In the China Depart
ment a remarkable run on
chamber sets.
Am6ri9RE
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QUICK-WITTED PEOPLE USE
quarters to accommodate only two com
panies of men are now at the po3t.
Another Important piece of construction
work to be done In this department, it
has been made clear by the War Depart
ment's action, will be pushed through to
completion at the earliest time. This
Is the establishment of a post at Haines
Mission, Alaska. Captain W. P. Rich
ardson has been relieved from duty a3
aide-de-camp on tho staff of General
Randall, in command of this department,
and has been detailed as construction
Quartermaster to take charge of the build
ing of the new post at Haines. Captain
Richardson has been ordered to proceed
to Seattle and here await further Instruc
tions from the Quartermaster-General.
When the fort la in condition to accom
modate the troops It will bo given a full
complement of four companies. The Ono
Hundred and Twanty-fslxth company of
coast artillery now stationed at Skagway
will be relieved immediately and will re-
turn to the Puget Sound, where It will
take station In Fort Flagler. Two com
panies of the Eight Infantry In command
of a Major of that regiment have been
ordered to replace the coast artillery at
Skagway. The One Hundred and Twenty
sixth has been at Skagway since May,
having been ordered there from Fort
Lawton. Captain C. P. Summerall is in
command.
Boys "Were Not Drowned.
ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 31. (Special.) The
three young boys who went out tomcod
fishing on the river yesterday and were
supposed to havo been drowned returned
home this morning. They had rowed across
the river, a distance of aeven miles, to
the home of a friend of the family of one
of the boys, where they had remained over
night. The eldest boy was 13, and the
youngest 9 years old. The boat that they
went In was a small and light skiff.
Mayor Hughes, ot Baltimore, who enter
tained Prince Henry of Prussia on his visit
to that city, has received no recognition ot
thd courtesies he extended, but is shedding no
tears in consequence.
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