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THE MORNING OEEGONIAN, MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, '1902!
roading. and was caused by the fact, that
Americans could not be had- at, ,the" old
rates. The advance, applies only to Amer
icans. ?
Tannery Plant Destroyed. toy Fire;
ATHENS, Pa., Dec. 7. The UnionTan
ning Company'3 plant was partially de
stroyed by fire today, together with;10,000
hides. Loss. $50,000. '
WITH STEEL RAILS
r
REALTY SALES SMALL
COLLECTION OF ALASKA BIRDS AT CITY MUSEUM ATTRACTS MANY VISITORS
LARGEST RECORDED FOR
THE
Fleet of Six Steamships Com
ing From Antwerp.
WEEK IS 530,000.
H. Lambert Bays Southeast Corner
A GOOD
FIRST VESSEL NOW EN ROUTE
French Bark Martha Rohx Chartered
for Portland Loading; at Lowest
Kate on Record Wisconibe
Park Arrives.
The Norwegian steamship Norman Isles
sailed from Antwerp November 30 with a
cargo of steel rails for Portland. The
Danish steamship Polarstjernan will fol
low with a similar cargo the latter part
of the month. Four other steamers, the
names of which have not been made pub
lic, are reported under charter, to follow
in January, with rails, the total amount
to come being nearly 30.000 tons. The rails
are for the Southern Pacific Kallroad, and
will probably be used to replace the light
steel now in use on the mainline between
this city and San Francisco The traffic
over the road has Increased very greatly
In the past few years, and the rails now
In use are lighter than those used on any
other road running Into Portland. It is
impossible to run fast trains over such a
road as the Southern Pacific has main
tained in Oregon; and the proposed im
provement is probably a part of the Har
riman policy to spend a good share of the
revenues of the roads in the betterments
in the state which supplies the revenue.
It .is over 30 years since the first fleet
of rail ships came to Portland, and what
Is now the Southern Pacific was the road
for which they were intended. They were
used on both the Eqst Side and the West
Side divisions of the old Oregon & Cali
fornia Railroad, and were brought out
from Europe in a fleet Of eight vessels,
the largest of which was the old bark
Alden Besse. All of the re3t of the ships
were British, and were as follows: Alice
Graham, Skiddaw, Sparkling Dew, Har
rington, Coldstream, Brietolian and Do-
venby. The same year the British ships
Panama, Madawaska and Niobe arrived at
Kalama from Europe with railroad Iron
for the Northern Pf ifle line between
Kalama and Tacoma.
The steamship Norman Isles, which is
the first of the rail fleet to sail, is a
well-known vessel in the Northwest, and
has loaded lumber at Portland on two
different occasions for the Pacific Export
Lumber Company. The Danish steamer
with the long name, which follows her. Is
a new vessel of 3379 tons, gross and 2199
tons net register. The Norman Isles,
which is a turret steamer, Is of 3455 tons
gross and 2190 tons net register. They
will probably make the run out In about
70 days.
CABLE FOR HONOLULU.
British Steamer Arrives at San Fran
cImco with the LonK "Wire.
The British steamer Silverton arrived
Thursday, carrying the cable which is to
he laid between this port and Honolulu,
says the San Francisco Commercial
News. She sailed from Portland, Eng
land, on September 23, covering the dis
tance or 14.000 nautical miles In 72 days,
The Silverton was built In 1S73, and is
owned by the India Rubber, Gutta Percha
and Telegraph "Works Company, Limited,
London, popularly called the Silverton
Cable Company. She Is of 4935 tons gross
and 3724 tons net measurement, 350 feet
in length, 55 feet In breadth, and 34 feet
6 inches in depth. She waa at this port
many years ago, and took a cargo of
wheat to England. In addition to 32 of
ficers, cable and electrical staff, she car
ries 127 cable handlers, crew, and petty
officers. Her average speed at a consump
tion of 33 tons South Wales coal per day.
is 9.5 to 10 knots, and 11 knots under Bail
and steam. In her three circular tanks
the Silverton carries three coils of cable,
wcigmng m an 4ho tons, sufficient to cov
er the 2059 nautical miles between hero
and Honolulu, while in the hollow cones
in the centers of the tanks Is colled
spare cable, in case of mishap.' Including
the cable, apparatus and coal, the vessel
has on board C507 tons, which brings her
to a depth of 28 feet 8 inches. The work
of connecting the cable at this end will
"commence as soon as possible. When
that is finished, she will leave port, pay
ing out on a revolving drum over which
the cable makes four or more turns. . The
average speed of the vessel while laying
the cable will be between 6 and 7 nauti
cal miles an hour. In a depth of 2000
fathoms the cable will touch bottom
about 20 miles astern, or in about three
hours after passing from the ship. C. H.
Mackay, president, and G. G. Ward, vice
president of the Commercial Cable Com
pany; W. H. Baker' and E. C. Bradley,
vice-presidents of "the Postal Telegraph
Company, will arrive from New York
early next week, to see the cable con
nected at San Francisco. ,
MORE RECORD-BREAKIXG.
Martha Ronx Will Load Barley at
PorJJand for Europe at lCs 3d.
The French bark Martha Rous, now due
at San Francisco twhh general cargo from
Liverpool,, has been chartered to load a
teargo of barley at Portland at lGs 3d. the
lowest rate ever paid for a United King
dom ehip from Portland. As the vessel
will be obliged to take In ballast at San
Francisco, and incur the expense of an
other set of port charges, it is probably
no more remunerative to the owners than
11 shillings would be from San Francisco.
While the French have been blamed for
the demoralization of rates, by accepting
such remarkably low figures for their
ships, it remained for a German ship
owner to establish a new record in San
Francisco. The German ship Rlgel, well
known in this port, was chartered last
Friday by Balfour, Guthrie & Co., to load-,
wheat for the United Kingdom, Havre,
Antwerp or Dunkirk at .lis 9d or Is 3d
lower than the previous low recoid es
tablished by a French vessel.
The Rigel loaded in Portland three
years ago on what was considered a rea
sonable rate, 37s Cd; for 12 months later
the rate soared up to 52. Cd, and quite a
number of ships were taken around 47s Gd.
She was loaded in Portland by Balfour,
Guthrie & Co. early in 1900 at 37s 6d, and
carried 2344 long tons, her earnings for the
voyage being 524,4. On the rate which
she has Just accepted with the same sized
cargo, her owners will receive but 5S306.
The latter figure will but little more than
pay her port disbursements.
THE STRIKING ENGINEERS.
Inspector Birmingham Has Not De
cided on Their Appeal.
Supervising Inspector Bermlngham at
San Francisco, has not yet rendered a de
cision on the appeal of the striking engi
neers of the steamers Columbia and Geo.
W. Elder from the decision of Local In
spectors Edwards and Fuller. The delay
Is said to be due to the inability of Cap
tain Bermlngbarn to secure the testimony
of Mr. Benson, the walking delegate who
wrote out the resignations of the engi
neers. It Is believed that he can shed
some light on the matter that will clear
up some of the mystery which surrounds
the testimony of the Elder's men, who
were the only ones to testify here. The
opinion of local stcamboatmen is that
Captain Bermlngham will modify the
penalty from revocation to suspension for
a certain period.
At the time the law under which In
spectors Edwards and Fuller were pro-
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The collection . of Alaska birds recently Installed at the City Museum Is attract
ing much attention among visitors on account of the brilliant and beautiful plum
age of the feathered denizens of the North. One that Is much admired Is the Pa
cific elder. The male Pacific elder is a handsome bird'' with stronK black and
white marklncs. The female's -coat Is brown. The down of both birds Is very
valuable and Is largely obtained from the nests which the female lines with
down plucked from her breast. They are sreat divers and fly with rapidity, gener
ally keeping- along the shores. If properly protected those birds would be very
profitable' for their flesh, down' and eggs. They are well-shaped birds, standing about
12 Inches high. The King cider has a peculiar horny crest at the base of the
beak, and Is altogether a striking-looking bird. They gather In large flocks, the
ceedlng was enacted, licenses were Is-
sued for a year only, hence the greatest
time that could be lost by a man through
revocation was one year. Since that law
was enacted, the age of a license has
been increased to five years. This, it Is
believed, would be too long a time for a
man to be deprived of his license for the
Infraction of the law, and the modifica
tion may be made. The local inspectors
.had no option in the matter, as they
could only follow out the law as laid
down to them. Captain Bermlngham,
however, is a higher court, and has the
power to approve their decision or turn
It down, as he sees fit. There is nothing
new in the strike situation locally. All
of the " steamers, river and ocean, are
running on time, and many of the men
who quit to make room for the nonunion
engineers have sought other employment.
FROM THE FAR NORTH.
Well Known Willamette Engineer
Now Has Important Position.
Fred Bell, superintending engineer for
one of the big transportation and trading
companies operating on the Lower Yukon,
is in the 'city, visiting relatives and re
newing old acquaintances along the river.
Mr. Bell Is stationed at St. Michaels, and
is out for the 'Winter. While young In
years, he has steamboated on about every
prominent body of water In the North
west. Nearly 20 yeara ago he was engi
neer on the little steamer Dispatch, run
ning between "Vancouver and Portland.
He afterwards ' ran on Lake Couer
d'Alene, with Captajn Sanborn, an old
Willamette River man, and on the Arrow
Lakes and Upper Columbia with Captain
John Gore,, another old Willamette man.
He left fresh water about 10 years ago,
and spent a number of years on steamers
running out' of Seattle, going north four
years ago for his present employers, who
own a fleet of abdut 30 steamers of vary
ing types. He, has charge of the
shops of the company at St. Michaels,
and has turned out some iron and steel
work for the steamers In .his charge
which would do credit to some of the big
shops much nearer civilization. Mr. Bell
Is accompanied by his wife, and will
visit California before going north again.
LUMBER FOR SAN PEDRO.
Portland Mills Doinjr a Heavy BrsI-
ness With Southern California.
Portland lumber shippers are getting in
to a,new market of pretty big propor
tions' In Southern California. At the
present time there are .three vessels with
a combined carrying capacity of nearly
2,000.000 feet now loading here for San
Pedro. Three other vessels of nearly
equal capacity are on the way to Portland
to load for the California" port, which is
becoming such a good second for San
Francisco. The vessels now fcere arethe
schooners Luzon, Olga and Wempe Broth
ers; and those en route are the schooners
F. S. Redfleld. O..M. Kellogg and Mary
Wlnkleman. There are also a number of
steam schooners making frequent trips
between the Columbia River and the
Southern California port. The growth of
the lumber business and the reason there
for Is thus commented on by the Los
Angeles Herald:
The importance that San Pedro as the
port of Loa Angeles is assuming is shown
clearly by the report from the local Cus-
tom-House, showing the business done
during the month of November. In com
parison with the same, month, for 1901, the
lumber business at this port shows an
increase of nearly 150 per cent. The total
number of feet received at San Pedro
makes a very credltablo showing along
side the amount received at San Fran
cisco, and if the same rate of Increase Is
maintained for another 12 months San
Pedro will gain the distinction of having
the largest receipts of lumber of any
port on the Pacific Coast. The wonderful
growth, of Arizona and Southern Cali
fornia is responsible and San Pedro- is
the barometer that best shows this activ
ity. Thero arrived at this port last,
month 71 steamers, 35 schooners and one
bark, a total of 107 vessels,' against 49
last year for the same month. The net
tonnage for November. 1901, was 18,689, and
for November, 1902, 40,862. These vessels
brought the following cargoes last month:
Total feet of lumber, 26,303,360, against
10,500,000 feet in November, 1901. In addi
tion to this large amount of lumber there
was received last month- 9,267,000 shingles.
807,000 laths, 263,000 shakes, 65.550 ties. 1450
poles and 102 plies. The total amount of
merchandise , Imported was 6S6 tons, and
the pasenger steamers brought 2371 pass
engers. MANY COAST STEAMERS.
Remarkable Increase in Business
Gives Employment to Hlg Fleet.
The steamer Robert Dollar, of the Frank
Woolsey line, arrived In yesterday after
noon, and will reach her dock In this city
early this morning. She brings consider
able inward cargo, and has a full outward
cargo awaiting her. The coastwise freight
business is hea-vier than ever before, the
volume of business now handled by the 1
steamers alone being greater than It was
when ther.e was no rail connection to
San Francisco. The Frank Woolsej'
Company will also load the steamer
Homer, which arrived In at Astoria Sat
urday. This steamer has been under
charter to the Government, but has now
finished her contract and will load gen
eral cargo at Portland for San Francisco.
The Lalcme, of the same line, sailed from
San Francisco for Portland Saturday af-
ternoon. and the Redonda, coming by way j San Francisco. Arrived at 4 P. M. Brlt
of Eurqka and Coos Bay, will leave the j ish ship WIscombe Parle, .from Newcastle,
Bay City today. The Alliance, Despatch, 1 England. Arrived down at 5 P. M.
Prentiss and Fulton, of the Gray Steam- Schooner Salem, French hark Cannelbiere.
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males by themselves, while the females care for the broods. 1 They usually stay
In the North during the Winter.
The ptarmigan are smaller birds, and are well-prepared for changes In weather,
having not only Summer ajid Winter coats, but are further protected by the feath
ers, which cover their legs and feet. The Summer coat picture shows the ad
vanced transition stage, for a little later no white will appear.
The harlequin Is a handsome bird with black and white patches. It Is very shy
and a great' diver.
The long-tailed duck, or old squaw, has for, - Its only ornament a long black
tall. The nickname was given on account of the female doing all the talking.
ship Company, have all of the business
mat they can handle, and the O. R. & N.
steamers are full to the hatches when
ever they sail.
The big San Mateo, which carries 5000
short tons, will sail for San Francisco
Thursday with a full cargo, and will re
turn for another cargo in about two
weeks. She could find a full cargo here
by returning at once, but her owners had
accepted a grain cargo from Tacoma as
.soon as she discharges the one now load
ing here. .
f MORE' CARGO SHIPS. .
"Wlsconihe Parle Arrives From New
castle, and Emclic Is Ontsldc.
The British ship WIscombe Park, with
general .cargo from Newcastle, England,
for Balfour, Guthrie & Co., arrived in yes
terday afternoon, after a passage of 150
days. Cargo ships have been coming so
plentifully of late that thx; problem of
finding room for discharge Is becoming
serious. The docks are still comfortably
well filled with wheat, and not only has
there been upwards of 30,000 tons of inward
merchandise handled here within the past
60 days, but there Is fully 15,000 tons more
due hero at any time. One other ship of
the cargo fleet, the German ship Emelie,
was reported In the ofilng last evening,
and another vessel flying no signals was
also reported from the Weather Bureau
Station at the Cape last evening. Aside
from the Emelle, the cargo ships nearest
to hand are the Muselecrag, from Ant
werp, and the RIverdale, from Hamburg.
TARTAR 'PRINCE BURNED AT SEA.
Crew and Passengers Saved toy
Steamer for Algoa -Bay.
LAS PALMS, Canary Islands, Dec. 7.
The Prince Line steamer Tartar Prince,
Captain MacFarlane, New York, Novem
ber 10, and St. Vincent, November 23, for
Port Natal, was burned-at sea November
25. The crew and passengers were saved
by the steamer Argyll, bound for Algoa
Bay. The crew afterwards was trans
ferred to the Liner Goth, Table Bay, for
Southampton, while passengers proceeded
to their destination on the Argyll.
(The , Tartar Prince was a steel-screw
steamship of 3375 tons gross. She was
owned by the Prince Line, of Newcastle,
England, and was built in 1S95.)
Domestic and Foreign Ports.
ASTORIA. Dec. 7.-iSailed at 10 A. M. '
Steamer Vosburg, for Tillamook. Arrived
at 2 P. M. Steamer Elmore, from Tilla
mook. Arrived at 2 P. M. and left up at
4:15 P. M. Steamer Robert Dollar, from
"avvboil
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Reported outside at 4 P. M. German ship
Emelle, and one other square-rigger. Con
dltion of the bar at 5 P. M. moderate
wind southwest; weather rainy. Sailed at
6 last night Schooners Novelty and Oliver
Qlsen, for San Francisco.
San Francisco, Dec. 7. Sailed Schooner
Pearl, for Unga; City of Puebla, for Puget
Sound; steamer Charles Nelson, for Seat
tie; schooner Roy Somers, for Gray
Harbor; schooner Coquille, for Coqulllo
River.
New York, Dec. 7. Arrived Steamer
Umbrla, from Liverpool and Queenstown
Sailed Steamers Furnessla, for Glasgow
Ryndham, for Amsterdam.
Southampton, Dec. 7. Sailed Blucher,
from Hamburg and Boulogne, for Now
York.
New York, Dec. 7. Arrived Deutsch
land, from Hamburg, Southampton and
Cherbourg; Cassell, from Bremen.
Lizard, Dec. 7. Passed Steamer Kroon
land, from New York for Antwerp-
Havre, Dec. 7. Arrived La Gascogne,
from New York.
Plymouth, Dec. 7. Arrived Pretoria,
from Jn ew York for Cherbourg and Ham
burg; proceeded. .
Liverpool, Dec. 7. Arrived Etruria,
from New York, via Queenstown. Sailed
Dec 6 Siberian, from Glasgow, for St
Johns, N. F.; Halifax, N. S., and Phlla
delphla.
Queenstown, Dec. 7. Sailed Lucanla,
from Liverpool for New York.
A SOLDIER'S FOE.
Knoclccd Down oy Unsuspected
Enemy.
Coffee so affects the brain and nerves
that proper nutrition Is Interfered with
and the final ending Is frequently nervous
"During the Spanish-American W.ir
went with my trooDs to Chlckamnura
sayg Lieutenant J. G. Talbott. of Snrine
field. 111. "If there is any one Dlae nn
earth where one drinks more coffee than
anotner it is in tne Army, it is a sol
alers 'Dackbone, and I can assure you
that I drank my share. After several
montns 01 nara arming my neaith gave
out. the chief cause heing coffee, bad
iuuu, overexertion ana neat.
. v v oukgcuii, x ten
dered my resignation, and, with my heart
iuu 01 regret ana my nervous system
shattered, I returned home. Almost the
first thing the doctor whom I consulted
advised me was to quit coffee. That was
the first Intimation I had that coffee had
anything to do with "my condition. THe
next thing was 'what shall I drink?'
. "My wife's mother used your Postum
Food Coffee, and knew how to make It
right, so I tried it and grew very fond of
it. m.y nervous trouoie soon iert; my 010
time health came back, and that Fall :
coined so in flesh thafc the hovs. on return
ins: after 'muster out.' hardly knew me
Quitting coffee and using Postum did
wonders for me.
of First and Madison Streets, With
Two-Story Balldingv
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Real Estate Transfers.
' Monday J 35,96?
" Tuesday 30,352 ."
Wednesday 23,403 "
,, Thursday 15,361
" Friday 17,248
" Saturday '. 12,578 "
Total $142,011 "
Bnildlnc Permits.
i Monday $ 8,950 , ,
1 Tuesday 600
Wednesday 3,800.
'j Thursday .4 .'
1 Friday .'. ,,
Saturday .. 2.125 - -
Total ? 17,475 .
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The real estate transactions of the past
week are characterized by an increasing
number of medium sales, the largest rec
orded amount being J30.000. Probably few
large sales will now be consummated until
after the holidays, whose approach ha3
rendered the market? slightly dull for the
past few days. The $80,000 sale was that
of the Occident Investment Company to
H. Lambert of the southeast corner
of First and Madison streets, including
the two-story brick now occupied by
Mitchell, Lewis & Stover. John A. Bell
has sold to A. J. Bell a. lot in Fruitvale
and a lot at the northeast corner of
Twelfth and Columbia streets, for 512,000.
Two good-sized deals were made in
Couch's Addition, the southwest corner
lot at Hoyt and Fifteenth streets being
sold to Conrad Auer by F. Briske, togeth
er with a half lot in the same block, for
$5250. The other transfer was that of a
lot on Second street, near Couch, which
wa3 sold by the Macleay Estate Company
to the Northwestern Real Estate & Im
provement Company, for 56000. Realty
holdings In the northern part of the city
are rapidly changing hands, and a con
tinual growth is manifest in the number
character of the buildings being erect
ed. Work in the structural lino has been
so much delayed by the weather that
nronertv-owners are chary of beginning
work until Spring, and consequently the
building permits are smaller than usual.
especially of larger structures In the busi
ness section.
A rumor is current of a large apartment
house to be erected near the Exposition
site next year This is the first provision
to be made for the thousands of visitors
who will assemble at the Fair, and It is
evident that such a building. If well locat
ed, would be a profitable Investment.
HOBOS THRONG THE CITY
Driven in From Seattle and Other
Retreats, They Seek New Fields.
Whltechapel rooming-houses, resorts.
and especially saloons, were more crowd
ed than usual with strangers yesterday
and Saturday, due to the fact that the
rains have swept nobos and other wan
derers from their retreats, and also be
cause of the arrival of a floating popula
tion from Seattle, where open gambling
has received a setback. A policeman of
considerable experience on beats in Whlte
chapel said last night: "It is true that
we have a number of tough strangers in
the city at present, but the same condi
tions are present every Fall. Hobos
hang around the woods, logging camps,
etc., from April to late In the Fall, but as
soon as the regular rains set in, these
people do the breakbeam act on the han
diest freight train and make their way
to the nearest city, where they expect to
pick up a living somehow during the Win
ter months. Then we have a delegation
from the crowd hanging around gamblers
In Seattle. These people literally lived
on what gamblers threw them from their
winnings, just the same way as a dog
lives on bones thrown by his master. But
now that play has stopped over there,
more or less, the gamblers jackals are
without their usual means of livelihood
In despair, they have gone to other places,
some to Portland, where they are not
known, In the hope that they will escape
arrest for vagrancy. They are not doing
much street work yet, except that they
are boldly asking men around saloons for
money. A few of these offenders were
detected and arrested, but the most of
them are keeping under cover. They fear
they will be sent on the rock pile, and
I know that lots of hoboes and 'Yegg'
men generally avoid Portland on this ac
count." (
NORTHERN PACIFIC DEAL
Oregon's Choice Land Taken to Help
Paget Sonnd Railroad.
PORTLAND, Dec. 6. (To the Editor.) A
dispatch in The Oregonian. states that a
United States Government patent was filed
for record whereby the united States
transfers to the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company 61,360.01 acres of land In Oregon
counties.
As there seems to be a great stir in
Washington, D. C, at present over land
frauds and land grabbing In Oregon, it
seems that this transaction could well be
Included In the invetrtigation. The idea
that nearly 62,000 acres of Oregon's best
timber land should be given to a com
pany "to aid in the construction of a rail
road and telegraph line from Lake Su
perior to Puget Sound" Is preposterous
and Oregon should justly "kick" at help
ing to enrich .a railroad whose every aim
is to build Jap Washington at Oregon's
expense.
This land was given in lieu of land
taken from the company to form the
Mount Rainier forest reserve or National
Park, and as the land taken was largely
worthless, the deal by which the most
valuable land In Western Oregon was ex
changed would make Interesting reading
no doubt. Of course, It was done by Leg
islative enactment, but that does not re
move the sting. Poor Oregon rarely gets
a square deal at the National capital,
where Washington is forever pushed for
ward at Oregon's expense. And the climax
has been reached when Oregon Is made to
pay for "a railroad and telegraph line to
Puget Sound." MOSSBACK.
American Wages on Mexican Roads.
EAGLE PASS, Tex., Dec. 7. The ma
chinists in the shops of the Mexican In
ternational, at Cludad Porf erio Diaz, have
been notified that from December 1 they
will be paid standard American wages on
a gold basis. The machinists will get $3 30
and the bollermakers $3 50 per day in
American money or in Mexican silver at
the average rate of exchange for the
month in which they work. This is an
entirely new departure to Mexican rall-
DR. B. E. WRIGHT,
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A. P. ARMSTRONG, LL.B., PRINCIPAIi
DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT
PORTLAND, Dec. T. Maximum temperature,
42 dee.; minimum temperature, 38 deg.l
reading, 11 A. M., 12.7 feet; change in -
hours, rise .2 foot: total precipitation, 5 P. M. -to
5 P. M.. .12 Inch; total precipitation since
September 1, 1902. 16.C9 Inches; normal pre
cipitation since September 1, 1902. 13.12 Inches;
excess, 2.97 Inches; total sunshine, December
6, 102, 1 hour and 7 minutes; possible sun
shine. December 6. 1002, 8 hours' and 48 min
utes; barometer, reduced to sea level, at' 8
P. M., 29:95.
PACIFIC COAST WEATHER.
1 I !? Wind 2 ;'
s a o g .
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STATIONS. 3 8 0 J."
w ? 2
n o O
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Astoria I 40JO.00! G'E
Baker City 34 0.10 NW
Bismarck I 0.00 8 NW
Boise 40 0.00 V
Eureka 60 0. CO 10 S
Helena 0 0.04 ONE
Kamloops. B. C... QO.00 W
North Head I 41 0.00 2S E
Pocatcllo 1 4010.12 8 PR
Portland 42J0.12 8 SE
Bed Bluff CS 0.00 14 SE
Roseburs 44 0.28 NW
Sacramento CP. 0.00 W
Salt Lake City 5210.00 61 SE
San Francisco 621 T 8 SV
Spokane 32J T 8 E .
Seattle 4410.00 SE
Tatoosh Island ... 42!0.2C21SE
Walla Walla 300.01 SW
Cloudy
snowing
Clear
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WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Moderatelv heavy rains have fallen In West- .
ern Oregon, and rain and snow are reported to
have fallen generally throughout Eastern Ore- .
gon and Southern Idaho. ,
The river Is now falling at Salem. Tne nopa
crest at that place was 20 feet and passed there
early Sunday morning. Tho river at oruano
at 5 P. M. was 12.7 feet, and there Is no dan
ger, of IB feet being reached on this rise, but
the raln3 now falling are liable to cause an
other flood wave, and the river will continue
slowly rising Monday, and probably remain at- "'J
a critical stage for several days.
"WEATHER, FORECASTS. vf.
Forecasts made at Portland at 8 P. 2L. for ;
28 hours ending midnight, December 8: - y.y
Portland and vicinity Occasional rain,
Southeasterly winds.
Western Oregon and Western Washington , '
Occasional rain. East to southeast winds. - v
Eastern, Oregon, Eastern Washington and -Idaho
Rain 'or snow.
EDWARD A. BEALS, Forecast Official.
NEW TODAY.
FOR TODAY Best hard wheat flour, $1 sack.
Pendleton No. 2 hard wheat flour 80 cents.
Fifty-pound sack of best graham flour.
00 cents. Fifty pounds best whole wheat
flour, 90 cents. Fifty-pound sack Liverpool
salt. CO cents. Five-pound box ot table
salt, 10 cents, or 3 for 25 cents. Citron,
orange or lemon peel. 15 cents per pound.
New currantf, hand-picked, 3 pounds for 25
cents. Three 1-pound packaces of seed
raisins, 25 cents. Sago, tapioca, split pea3
or lentels. 6 pounds 25 cents. Small white
or pink beans, 6 pounds 25 cents. Good
cooking apples, 65 cents box. Table apples,
85 cents box. Good cess, 25 cents dozen.
Best Mocha and Java coffee, 25 cents pound.
Oregon sweet creamery butter, GO cents
square. Best hams, 15 cents pound. Union
ham. 12 cents pound. No. 1 bacon 17 cents
pound. Washington-Street Cash Grocery, 426
Washington. Phone North 3811.
FOR SALE FARM OF 880 ACRES, SITU
ated in Klickitat County, Washington. 6
"miles from Columbia River and 3 miles from
' the Columbia & Northern Railroad? 500 acres
open land, mostly In cultivation; the re
mainder of the tract has a scattering growth
of oak and pine timber and some or; farm
house, barn and stock eheds; plenty of water,
which can easily be utilized for Irrigation
and for supplying house and. stock yards, at
small expense, if desired. This Is a, flrst
cla3s stock and grain farm, and the loca
tion, climate and soil are unsurpassed for
fruit, the land being In the famous fruit belt
where the best apples In the world grow. No
better Investment on the Pacific Coast. Price
$15 per acre. Edward W. Cornell, 408 Com
mercial block, Portland, Or.
MORTGAGE LOANS
On Improved city and farm property. Building
loans. Installment loans. W1L MACMASTER.
311 Worcester block.
"The influx of a multitude
of thugs from Seattle, as
announced by the police "
(The Oregonian) should warn you of the
necessity
For Burglary Insurance
For very small cost we can insure you
against all manner of burglary and theft.
HARTMAN. THOMPSON & POWERS,
3 Chamber of Commerce.
University Park
Is the seat of the Columbia, Uni
versity and is the homes of culture
and refinement, no snobbery, no
rowdyism, no saloons, no places
of vice are there. It has street
car connection with all parts
of the city. Has city water, city
public school, electric arc street,,
lights, graded streets, the only sys- X.
tem of wide boulevards in the city,
public parks, churches of every lead
ing denomination, beautiful homes, -and
yet the prices of lots are from
$105 to $210 each. Terms, 5 per
cent cash and $5.00 monthly on
each lot. - No interest, no taxes.
Abstract with each deed.
UNIVERSITY LAND CO.
151 Sixth Streets
OUR METHODS
APPROVED
EUGENE, Nov. 23, 1902.
Dr. B. E. Wright. i
Dear Sir: Too muh cannot be said in your praise. I
thank you for painless dental work. I extend my thanks
to your entire staff, attendants and .all you certainly
have a deserving force. You verify all that you adver
tise. Yours, truly, X.. G. ADAIR, S. P. Agent.
DR. B. E. WRIGHT'S lJcl
34214 Washington, Cor. Seventh
8 A. M. to 5 Pi M.; evenings, 7:30 to 8:39:
A. SI. to 12 M. Telephone North 2131.
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