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THE MOKNINQr OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, iJTJLYi 7, 1903. it GUTTING DOWN DEBT Multnomah County in Good Financial Condition. BETTER THAK FOR HAHY YEARS Liabilities Are Only ?22G,383-Thls Will Be Hnch Itednced by Money Realized From. Sale of Prop erty Seised' lor Taxes. Multnomah Is. In better financial condi tion than at any -.time for many years past. The total liabilities on June 30, 1003, amounted to J226,3S3, a decrease since Juno 30, 1902, of $101,218. County Auditor C. A. Brandes. speaklns upon the sub ject yesterday, said: "We are going to try and pay off this $226,383 indebtedness within the next two years. ,-The outstanding road warrants will all.be paid off next Summer, and after that time there will be no road warrants drawing Interest. They will be cashed 5y the Treasurer when presented. After the Spring tax collections have been made In 1904, we will have money to do this and also to take up other warrants. "We ex pect to realize $75,000 or more from the sale of property bid In by the county for taxes, and will use this money to liquidate outstanding county warrants. Multnomah County is in good financial condition. It owes these warrants, but has no other Indebtedness. It has no bonded indebted ness like many other counties have. Take King County, "Washington, for instance, I understand it has over $700,000 worth of bonds outstanding and drawing interest. This county owns the Courthouse, the Armory block, the poorfarm, a 60-acre gravel pit, and it owns a gravel or rock pit in every road district in the county of from one to two acres. The county .bought a gravel pit of four acres recently to Improve the boulevard road on the Peninsula. This is the finest drive in the city, and won't cost half as much as the "White House road." County Judge "Webster and Commis sioner Barnes announced when they went Into office that they would endeavor to conduct the affairs of the county in a careful, businesslike manner. "When the road, fund was exhausted Judge Webster informed people who desired new roads built that as there was no money In the fund It was impossible to comply with their demands, and he adhered to the policy of doing no road work except what was absolutely necessary, until road taxes were again available. Judge Webster be lieves in. getting the county out of debt as soon as possible, and he proclaimed In the beginning of his term that the tax levy must be sufficient to raise money enough to pay the expenses of the county and road districts for the year, and that the expenditures would be kept within the receipts of the year, and the amount of outstanding warrants be diminished and not Increased. The recent report of the Auditor shows that this promise has been kept by the County Court. During the past six months the decrease In the amount of warrants drawn has amounted to $15,540.06, as compared with the same months in 1902. This Is shown in a comparative statement prepared by Auditor Brandes, as follows: Warrants drawn for the first six months of 1902, and 1903: 1901 Armory $ 2,072.32 Albina Ferry 3,224.78 Current expense 9,786.07 Circuit Court 6,702.25 County Clerk 18,033.40 County Auditor 2,274.91 County Sheriff 7,849.72 County School Sunt 1.456.0S 1903. $ 411.30 3.S02.66 6.927.17 7,327.48 11,842.52 1,668.12 6,343.50 1.1S0.89 1,136.40 15.10 766.75 4.C83.20 9.115.29 4,824.44 10.035.88" 4.14Z.40 120.00 26.897.07 8,309.26 16.00 3.855.91 3.354.37 5,503.48 930.05 211.77 1.472.67 3.50 2,110.72 973.31 2,276.58 9.00 862.2S 3,339.6S 104.62 10.90 S8S.03 1,697.90 Charity ; 1,270.05 Elections 6,613.70 Insane Jail expense Justice, Portland Justice, Mount Tabor Madison bridge Poor Farm Roads and bridges ... Steel bridge ..' Section corners 578.S5 2.975.S0 3,061.95 15.50 5,516.03 9,457.04 17,772.58 3,697.10 40.05 Road districts 34.266.67 A. and C. revenue 11,425.40 Bounties 28.00 Burnslde bridge 4.531.0S County Court 4,640.43 County Assessor 6,497.05 County Coroner 1,519.90 County Surveyor 1,220.25 County Treasurer 1,101.55 District Attorney 36.30 Hospital 2,280.26 Indigent soldiers 1,141.19 Justice, East Portland.. 2,206.90 justice, Multnomah Municipal Court ... Morrison bridge Rebate taxes Registration 22.60 792.60 6.379.S5 3.70 4,676.67 Stationary 564.00 Expert accountant County Board of Health. 169.25 Total amount of warrants drawn from January 1 to June 30. 19Q2.$184,634.58 Total amount of warrants drawn from January 1 to June 30, 1903. 139.0SS.G2 Decrease In amount of warrants drawn $45,546.06 MORE EXAMINATIONS YET jClvll Service Commission Has Two Months' "Work Ahead. M. E. Thompson, agent for the house on the corner of East Market and East Eleventh streets, which was burned Sat urday night, was not lnformd of the fire until yesterday. He visited the ruins yesterday at noon and his Investigations confirmed In his mind the supposition that the fire had an incendiary origin. He found the kindling in the walls saturated with coal oil, and the holes 'bored in the walls In the upper portion of the building to Insure a draft and consequently a quick fire. Mr. Thompson said, In speaking of the result of his lnevstlgatlons: "We carried nn insurance of $1000 on the furniture ana $400 on the house. The house was oc cupied by a young couple, Mr. and Mrs. S. Wolff. I placed $1000 on the furniture, and, while at the time I thought It a pretty high figure, the furniture exceeded the policy by a considerable. There was a fine piano, carpets and other things of value, so that the policy would not have covered the loss. It appears that most of the furniture had been removed from the house. Mrs. Wolf Is a yo.ung woman and is a very nice appearing person. was in to see me today and said that she lost everything but the clothes she wore. Her husband, she said, was absent at Salem, and had not yet returned. They had been, married but a short time ago. I learned today for the first time that there was another family living 'on the second floor, but I don't know anything about them. "The affair looked so bad to me that I telegraphed the company that it had bet ter send a special agent to investigate and settle the insurance on the prop erty." , The neighbors knew very little of the couple who had the house rented, and did not even know their name. According to the story of Mrs. Wolff she left the house at 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon. District Engineer Holden thinks that It would have taken at least two hours to have made the preparations to burn the house, and that fires were started In five different places. It appeared to have been the expectation that the house would burn so rapidly that no trace of the Incendiary origin of the fire could be discovered. To Build Church at Highland. Tho Congregatlonalists have purchased two lots, centrally located at Highland, la this city, and are maturing plans for the erection of a neat and commodious church building, to cost about $4000. The style of architecture will probaWy follow the general lines of the MIzpah Presbyterian Church. It Is expected that plans will be ready nd the building begun by the first of Au gust, possibly sooner. Preparations for Conventions. Preparations were made yesterday for the Evangelical Association anniversaries, which will open this morning in the grove at the foot of Spokane avenue. In Sell wood. The big pavilion tent was set up and other smaller tents were secured so the gathering can go on rain or sunshine. Rev. 2f. Shupp and Rev. G. W. burner were kept busy yesterday with these prep arations. Tho ministerial convention will be held today. A large attendance Is ex pected. Skyrocket's "Wbrlc A skyrocket crashed through the corner window of the room on the second floor of the building occupied by Justice Seton's Court on East Morrison street and Grand avenue, probably Saturday night Tester day morning when Constable Keenan opened the courtroom the rocket stick was found m one corner of the room op posite the broken pane of glass against the baseboard, which was slightly black ened froma small fire which had started but died out East Side Notes. A chimney fire at the home of John F. Cordray, 751 Bast Burnslde street, yester day afternoon, called out the firemen. No damage was done. The Unlversallst Society and Sunday school will have their annual ' picnic at Magoon's Park, near Oregon City, Wednesday of this week, weather permit ting. If day Is stormy, postponed to next day. Boats leave foot of Taylor street West Side, at 8:30 and 1130 A. M. Contractor Peter Hobklrk. Is pushing work on the Stephens and Highland Schoolhouses. On the Stephens annex the frame for tho second story Is up, and on the Highland building -the roof Is being shingled. Both these buildings will be finished in time for the opening of school In the Fall. At the North Central the basement Is not completed, but plumber Is on hand to be used as soon as the walls of the basement have been finished. FIRE WAS INCENDIARY. Kindling Fonnd in Rnlns Saturated With Coal Oil. The work of the Civil Service Commis sion, In placing the employes of the city upon the basis stipulated In the new charter, will not be completed for at least two months. Several examinations are still to be conducted, and the firemen's tests are as yet uncompleted. . The largest body of jnen which the Com missioners must examine is that belong ing to the City Engineer's department These number between 60 and 70, accord ing to the month, and Include every class from skilled draughtsmen to common day laborers. These must go through similar examinations to those glven the employes of the street-cleaning and police depart ments, as but verj' few employes of the city are exempt from the civil service regulations which are to govern the city hereafter. Secretary Potter, of the Civil Service Commission, is one of theTfortu nates who will not be required to show how much he knows in. order to hold his job. The firemen have gone through the test for athletic proficiency as well as the medical t examination, and apparently the Commissioners have, not yet decided whether or not it will bo necessary to give any further tests. Tho charter states that examinations must be made in writ ing whenever practicable. The word "practicable" gives tho Commissioners a possible loophole, out of which they may escape from holding the members of the fire department to a written examination such as was given the patrolmen. Nat urally the firemen will not be adverse to escaping from a written test of their knowledge. The papers prepared by the doctors as to the medical condition of the firemen have not yet been passed upon by the Commissioners, but this will be done before long. J The clerical force of the city must also stand an examination. This includes all clerks and stenographers In the City Hall, as well as the stenographer of the Chief of Police. When all the preliminary work of plac ing tho city's employes upon a civil serv ice basis is completed there will still re main a quantity, of Toutlne work, such as filling the positions when vacated by re tirement or resignation. A roster is kept of all In the service, and the names are constantly being changed. Wonld Teach. School. Applications for positions .In the schools of the county are being received every day by County Superintendent R. F. Robinson. As manv as 10 to 12 appli cants present,, themselves upon somo busy days, and the' number seldom falls below three each day. A large proportion of the applicants are from tho East They have gained the idea In some way that all that Is needed to secure a school In Ore gon is to ask for It and they often appear surprised when told that there are many applicants ahead of them. Out of every half dozen, at least one of the applicants is a younsr man. This is a somewhat larger proportion than is now employed. In tho schools here, and in almost every case the would-bo teacher comes from an Eastern State. The places In the city schools are now all filled, and the only chances left are In the schools of the county. Far Front Satisfied. The Executive BOard will soon be called upon to act as peacemaker between. Pa trolman O. F. Isackson and the Civil Service Commission. Tho officer has filed a petition asking , that he bo given a new marking In' his examination for captain of police. It has been referred to the police committee of tho Executive Board. and will probably be acted upon at tho next meeting. In the petition. Patrolman Isackson avers that he received a percentage of 75, or Just enough to make 'him eligible for the position .he sought After that he says the Commissioners marked him down to 73' on account of his height and weight although two other applicants who were shorter were not thus penal lred. The percentage of 73 killed all his Hopes of ever wearing tho captain's cap. and therefore he has a quarrel to pick with tne civil service Commission. Will Not "Work for Nothing. To pay the city's employes for their work In June required $25,000. It was pay day at the City Hall yesterday, and the She-fpay rolls were unusually high. The de partments which were paid were the no lice, fire, street-cleaning, sprinkling and sewer gangs, as well as the men of the City Engineer's department making a total of $17,349.41. The other employes of tne city received their pay on July V and this sum amounted to $S000. Therefore, "to pay the salaries of allstho hired men of the municipality for last month cost at least $25,000. Farmer and linger In a. Fend. STEVENSON. "Wash.. July 6. (Soeelal.1 Judge Miller hag adjourned the case of Frank RIed vs. the Wind River Lumber Company, pending a survey of the land In question. Ried sued tho company for damages ror flooding drift on, his meadows in driving logs in Wind River. and also petitioned for an injunction to keep the company from using the river for all time. The court dismissed the In junction. There Is a bitter feeling be tween tne parues mvoivea. TanderLIlt Nurses a Sore Eye. PARIS. July 6. The condition of W. K. Vanderbllt Jr., who was injured by an accident in an automobile while out riding in .fans, is saia not to De serious, out one of his eyes Is damaged and he Is kept in a dark room art the hotel. Catarrh of the bladder and BWthrs, are cured ley Oregon KUam Tw, WHV WOOLEN MILLS FAIL EXPERT MANUFACTURER DETAILS HISTORY OF THE INDUSTRY. Oregon Is Well SI tasted for This Pnrsait nnd Well-Managed Con cerns'Are Sare of Success. "There's no reason," -said J. P. Gal bralth, -of Albany, last night "why woolen manufacture cannot.be made an exceedingly profitable Industry In Ore gon." Thereupon Mr. 3albralth ran; Ills memory back over the history'of the in dustry In this state, and added "It has been very profitable In tho past" Then he extended his prophetic vision Into tho future and remarked: "It is destined to, become one of our great producers of" wealth." Mr. Galbraith for manv years, -In. fact for nearly a quarter or a century, has been connected with the manufacture of woolen goods in Oregon. He was secre tary of the Brownsville mills from 1877 to 1SSS, when they were sold to the Eagle Woolen Mills Company. When tho Al bany mills started up In 1889 he became secretary of that company. This posi tion ho retained until nearly two years ago. The Albany mill cost about $90,000, and was sold recently to a Portland company, which wijl soon have It In operation again. "Why didn't the Albany mill succeed?" responded Mr. Galbraith to a Question on that point "Simply because It wasn't well managed. One man who ran the-factory two years lost the com pany $25,000. It's all in the way a woolen mill Is run whether it makes or loses money. V "There's the old Brownsville company, which mado a large fortune for Thonpas Kay, J. M. Moyer, William Cochran and David Dalglelsh. How much, you ask? Oh, $350,000. In what length of time? Just 11 years, from 1S77 to 1ES3. After storing up this large fortune the com pany sold the factorj' to Hugh Fields and Riley Kirk for $10,000, who Incorporated the Eagle Woolen Mills. Did the Browns ville factory ' profit after that you ask? No, It didn't It all goes to show, as I said before, that the success of a woolen mill depends on how the enterprise Is run. A man must know the multifarious Ins and outs of the manufacture and also the equally numerous details of the busi ness end of things In order to make money." J. M. Moyer and others built the mills at Albany after the dissolution of the Brownsville company. Thomas Kay went to Salem and established mills there. The two projects started In on equal ground. Each town gave a cash bonus of $25,000. Kay made money and built up a prosperous business, which Is continued by his son, T. D. Kay, a member of the Legislature from Marlon County. This mill Is the most profitable in the state or on the Coast, and is earning handsome dividends for its owners. Tho Albany mill, on the other hand, wasted Its capital and the fortunes of its owners. So did tho Brownsville mill, after passing into tho hands of Fields and Kirk. A little more than a year ago the Brownsville factorj was sold for $3000. Fields and Kirk threw away a great deal of money trying to make It go; some people say as much as $300,000. - "We've got the best raw material," continued Mr. Galbraith, "tho -best wa ter and the best" climate on earth for woolen manufacture. Our natural ad vantages for the industry are excelled nowhere." Some time ago a union of Pacific Coast mills was proposed by California Inter ests. A meeting of representatives from the various mills was held at San Fran cisco and a committee was appointed to draw up a scheme of organization. From present indications tho project will fall through, owing to the unwillingness of Oregon mills to go into tho merger, es pecially on tho part of tho Portland nnd the Salem companies.. These two com panies are making good money and have more orders than they can fill. They could not see how Jhey could profit by tying up with California mills, which are unprofitable and which operate In an environment much inferior to' woolen manufacture to that of tho mills In Ore gon. Manufacturers In this state thought they scented a scheme of California men to unload unprofitable properties at the expense of Oregon mills, and' they have said "Nay, nay." "I do not believe," said Mr. Galbraith, "that the proposed combination will bo made. It Is not In the interest of Ore gon mills to tie up with those of Cali fornia." Then Mr. Galbraith adverted to tho reported salo of the mills at Napa, Cal. It Is announced that the plant Is to bo moved to Oregon. He remarked that this sale was Indication enough . of tho unprofitableness of woolen manufacture In California. Mr. Galbraith did bellovo that Oregon mills can find more money In women's skirtings and dress goods than in other products, such as blankets and flannels. ANOTHER BUTTE TO BE. Eix-Mnrsnnl Houser Tells of Great Future of John Day "Valley. "You'll see," remarked Z. Houser, ex Unlted States Marshal, last night "you'll see a city in John Day "Valley some day like Butte, Mont" Mr. Houser had Just arrived from the Quartrburg mining district in Grant County. Ho looks much the same as ho used to do when ho was Marshal, ex cept that his faco has. a copper-colored coat of tan. And on the subject of cop per Mr. Houser has plenty, to say;.in fact whole mountains to talk about, like "Dixie" and "Strawberry," into whoso vast wealth men have hardly peeped as yet; have only seen a twinkle, albeit enough toropen dreams of promise. "Where trill -thnt city be -located?" re sponded Mr. Houser. "Oh, somewhere; I don't know. Wish I did; I shouldn't bo hero this minute.' I'd be up there," and waved his hand to the eastward, toward the second Butte yet-to-be. Mr. Houser Is lice-president and man ager of the Standard mine, on Dixie Creek, a tributary of the main fork of John Day River. "Some very fine prop erties are over there," he said; "very fine, indeed. It's worth the while of Portland capitalists to look them up. I'm not trying to boom anybody's min ing stock, not I, but simply to tell tho truth. Lots of Portland money avail able, do you say; for safe investments? Yes, I guess there is. Portland capital ists have that reputation, v Show them $2 for $1 and they'll put up readily enough.' "Portland will have to huBtle," break Ing away on a new lino of discussion, "or bo-shut out of the interior Oregon coun try," "Why?" was asked. "Within three years that country will have a railroad. Yes, sir, and in less than three years. And unless Portland looks sharp It will lose Interior Oregon, as It did tho Clearwater region. Even' thing on the Columbia and Its tributa ries should gravitate to Portland. The Clearwater may flow to Portland, but its trade goes off tho other way. "Now, unless you people downhere get into the interior country yourselves you'll see a railroad coming down from Butte or up from Salt Lake or San Fran Cisco, and running right through the state. That will cut out Portland and carry off tho prize to other cities. What the O. R. & N. should have done was to acquire the Sumpter Valley road when it had the chance and extend It That road is now one of the most profitable properties in tho wbolo country. Mr, Houser said that the preliminary survey of tho proposed electric railroad from Baker City -was finished to Prairie .City. "Surveying parties have been out for several months." ho remarked. "Th J roadbed Is to be a very substantial ono and 90-pound rails are to be used." Who was backing tho project he did not know. nor was he Informed whether the line was to T)o merged into a larger system by and by. "Even now," he concluded, "many of the activities of the Interior part of the state follow channels away from Port land. There's the cattle industry of Har ney County, for example.- Most of tho cattle of the county are driven to south ern markets." RHUDDLAN CASTLE IN PORT Ship Arrives to Load Wheat for Africa. The British ship, Rhuddlan -Castle came Into port somewhat unexpectedly yester day morning, as her departure from As toria had not been reported. The ship berthed at the Sand dock and began dis charging ballast In the afternoon. She comes from .San Francisco under charter to T. M. Stevens & Co., and will load wheat for AlgoaBay on. a rate of 26s 6d. Captain Roberts reports an uneventful passage up the coast The-ship left San Francisco June 18, and arrived at Astoria last Thursday, he weather was good, with westerly winds most of the way. Nothing was spoken on the trip except a small schooner. The Rhuddlan Castle came out to San Francisco from Antwerp with general cargo in Meyer, Wilson & Co.'s line. She mado the passage out - in 127 days. Tho Saxon, which arrived up last Fri day with miscellaneous cargo from Ant werp, began tho work of discharging yes terday afternoon at Columbia dock No. L The Arctic Stream, which is fixed to carry wheat to Durban, 13 still at Oceanic dock, with part t)f her ballast discharged, and will take out the remainder when the slip Is cleared. The steamship Centennial completed her wheat cargo at Montgomery dock No. 2, and left down the river last night bound for San Francisco. The China liner Indrapura, lying below her at the O. R. & N. dock. Is still well up out of tho water, but It Is expected sho will .have all of her west-bound cargo In her so she can sail at daybreak Wednesday morning. SUMNER. -STRIKES A REEF. Transport Is Beaclrtd Near Manban, on Luzon. MANILA. July 6. Tho United' States transport Sumner, having on board the Fourth Infantry, struck an uncharted reef and her forward "hold filled rapidly, ne cessitating the vessel being beached. The Sumner was beached In seven feet of water near Mauban, Island of Luzon. Several of her forward plates were broken. Two Interoceanic transports were dis patched to continue the distribution of the Fourth Infantry to various stations In Luzon and carry the Sixth Infantry to Ma nila, where that regiment will embark on the transport Logan. Righting: the Stanley Dollar. The steamship Stanley Dollar, loading lumber at Inman, Poulsen & Co.'s mill, still has a .heavy ,11st to starboard, but will, probably be righted today. A large force of longshoremen, w.ere at work on her yeiiterday removlngvthe deckload.and rearranging the cargo In the hold. Steam winches were also being used in the effort to bring the vessel to an upright position. The trouble is supposed to be in the ar rangement of the steamer's water-ballast tanks, but whatever it', is, it Is evident that she is not well adapted for carrying lumber. Wynerlc Gets-a Charter. Tho steamship 'Wynerlc, after lying Idle nearly two months on Puget Sound, has at last got a charter. James Laldlaw & Co., of this city, have taken the vessel to load coal in British Columbia for Nome. The Wynerlc left San Francisco May 10 last for this city, seeking a charter. Her owners expected to get some lumber busi ness here, but soph changed their mind and gave the steamer orders oft the Co lumbia River, to proceed io Puget Sound. She accordingly went to Port Townsend and has remained there ever since. GoTerament Gives Up Dredge. The dredge Columbia "tvas turned back to the Port. of .Portland yesterday by the Army Engineers, -and sho will remain In this harbOr until the water falls, after which -the Government will take her back again. In tho meantime sho will be used In improving the channel in. -this city, and may dredge out tho berth for tho new drydock at St Johns. Domestic and Foreign Ports. A STOMA. July 6. Condition of the bar at 4 P. M... smooth;-wind, Bouth; weather clear. Small steamer 20 miles to tho southwest San Francisco. July 0. Arrived Steamer Santa jionic'a, from Grey's Harbor; steamer George Loomls, from Seattle; steamer Uma tilla, from Victoria; steamer Chehalls, from Gray's Harbor; pteamer San Mateo, from Ta coma. Tacoma, July 6. Sailed Steamer Queea, for Sanpranclsco. JiSmljfrg, July -4. Arrived Pretoria, from -New York. J Roi$aram. July 4. Arrived Potsdam, from Now" .York, 6th; called Amsterdam, for New-Jerk."', SyilKeyjN.S. W., July 6. Sailed Ventura, for .StS" Wranclscb. XfJJork, .July C Arrived Nordam, from Rotterdam and Boulogne. Liverpool, July 5. Arrived Caledonian, from Boston; Cth, Tunisian, from Montreal. Glasgow, July 5. Arrived Columbia, , from New York; Siberian, from Philadelphia. Bremen, July 6. Arrived Frederick . der Grosse, from New York. London. July 0. Arrived Mlsnetonka, - from New York Yokohama, July 3. Sailed Empress of In dia, for Vancouver. Seattle, July 6. Salted-Steamer St . Paul, for Son Francisco; 5, arrived Steamer Nome City, from Nome. Ealled-Steamer MontorsC for San .Francisco; steamer Farallon, for Skagway; steamer James Dollar, ' for San Francisco; Cth, called bark Diamond Head, for Honolulu: steamer Senator, for Nome; 78 Schlitz Means The bet materials the best that money can buy. A brewery as clean as your kitchen; the utensils as clean. The cooling done in filtered air, in a plate glass room. The beer aged for months, until thoroughly fermented, so it will not cause biliousness. Thebr filtered, then sterilized in the bottle. You!re always welcome to the brewery for the owners an -proud of it. Phone Oregon 635 Main, And thesize of-itproves that . eo5 Chambefocommerco people know the worth of ; .B1J- PorUanii The Beer That Made steamer City of Topeka, for Skajrway. Ar rivedSteamer Edith, from San Francisco. Tho reported arrival of the steamer Portland, from Nome, on July 4. was a mistake. HISSOURIANS TO MEET. Club "Will Be OrKonizccl to Entertain Clinnip Clarlc The Missouri Club will meet tonight at 8 o'clock In the rooms of the Mining Ex change, in the Chamber of Commerce building. Permanent organization will be effected by adoption of by-laws and elec tion of officers. The. committee on by laws appointed at the preliminary meet ing will report a plan of organization and submit a constitution and by-laws. This committee Is composed of Frank Motter, Alex-S week and V. K." Strode. The Immediate "purpose of tho club vis to entertain Champ Clark when he visits Portland two weeks hence. But the ulti mate purpose is to create an auxiliary to the Lewis and Clark Exposition. It Is believed that the club can render valuable aid to the Pair by cultivating Missouri in terest In- the celebration. Anybody who has lived in Missouri or whoso parents lived there may join the club. A committee was appointed at tho pre liminary meeting to arrange for tho en tertainment of "Mr. Clark. This commit tee Is made up of "W. M. Davis, "W. D. Fenton, Dr. John "Welch, J. V. Beach, Oglesby Young and C K. SItton. Mr. Clark will bo In Portland July 24, and will address the Chautauqua at Gladstone Park. Hi3 stay here will bo brief, bb causo ho must 1111 an appointment at Po catello July 2S. Mr. Clark represents the Ninth Missouri District in Congress, and the Missouri Club hopes to enlist his in terest In the Liowis and Clark Exposi tion. Brief Pacific Coast Nemra. Forest fires aro blazing between Monte Rio and Tyrone, In Sonoma County, Cal., and tralnloadB of men are being sent out to fight them. Robert N. Tobbet, a graduate of Al bany College, where ho made a record as an athlete, has been appointed deliv ery clerk in tho Albany postofflce. The engine of a passenger train on the North Shore Railroad was. derailed early Sunday morning by striking a cow near SBHlk Hi IIbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbw TSie Xusest Selling1 Brasd 4K H(jP of Clears in tlie World. JS Jim Dumps said, "Wife, your bread and cake Are not like mother used to make." But when he ate, with cream, of course J Baked apples In a ne'st of " Force," Which his good wife had fixed for him, "This beats Ma's food I" cried "SunnyJIm.w Tbe Beadrto-erre Cerad beats bread and caKe. ' CLras Little for Other Food. "I trust you will not publish my namo, but 1 felt that I owed It to your company to express my esteem for a food, which by using has caused me to feel that it so far satisfies appetite that I care very little for any other food." 4 (Namo fxirnlBned on application.) Ask for tit Brrxtry Bottling. Milwaukee Famous Camp Pltotelsi, Cal., and tho engineer. Frederick Hamilton, killed. Negotiations are on foot for the salo of tho Everett smelter to the Coeur d'Aleno mlneowners, headed by Charles Sweeney, who wish to escape control of the smelter trust. Conflagration, nt Santa. Bonn. SANTA ROSA, Ca.. July B. The most destructive ore m the history of this city occurred this afternoon. It started in the freight warehouse of tho California Northwestern Railway, and before It was brought under control by the heroic efforts of the Fire Department and the citizens, tho California-Northwestern Railway de pot, tho Vestern Hotel, tho immense dried fruit warehouse of Peterson Bros., an ice factorj and seven private dwellings were wiped out oy tne names. Tne lire was aided by a heavy north wind. Had the wind not changed, tho entire western section of the city, covering many blocks, would In all probability have been de stroyed. The property los3 will exceed $100,000. "Warm weather weakens but Hood's Sarsaparilla tones and strensrthens. Dyspepsia and oiher stomach troubles quickly relieved and in most cases surely cured by the use of This scientific germicide is abso lutely harmless; it subdues the inflammation of the mucous mem brane of the stomach, and by re moving the cause, effects a cure. Used and recommended by leading phy sicians. Take no substitute and see that "ch bottle bears my signature. Trial sUe, v.Vw, i uiuggisis or oy mau, iroi 62b Prince Street, - NewYork. " Said for Booklet. Slycozone THE PALATIAL OREGONIAN BUILB Not a darlr office In the Tmlldlnst absolutely fireproof) electrlo llgkts and artesian vrater; perfect sanita tion and thorough ventilation ele vators ran day and nlgat. Booms. ANDERSON", GUSTAV, Attorr.ey-at-La-wClS ASSOCIATED PRESS; E. L. Powell, Uffr.&Otl AUSTEN. P. C., ilaaager tor Oregon and Washington Bankers' I.Uo Association oX Des Moines, Ia....., 502-303 BAAR. DR. GUSTAV, Physic and Surs. .80T-S03 BANKERS' LIFE ASSOCIATION OF DE'S MOINES. 1A.; F. C. Austen. Mgr boi-503 BENJAMIN, R. W.. Dentist 3H BERNARD G., Cashier Co-Operatlva Mer cantile Co 212.-HZ B1N3WANGER, OTTO 8., Physician and Surgeon 407-403 BOG ART, DR. M. D DENTIST.... . TW BROCK. WILBUR F.. Circulator Oreo- nlaa . ...SOX BROWN, MYRA, M. D.. 313-3U BRUERE,- DR. G. E., phys....411-412-il3-Ul CAMPBELL, WM. M., Medical ReXerea Equitable Llfo 700 CANNING, M. J . CU2-GUJ CARD WELL, DR. J. 11.. Dentist 6W CAUKIN, Q. E., District Agent Travelers Insurance Company 713 CHICAGO ARTIFICIAL LIMB CO.; W. T Dickson, Manager ........ ....... 6U1 CHURCHILL. MRS. E. J -7I&-717 CLINTON, RICHARD, state manager Co operative Mercantile Co 212-213 COFFEY, DR. R. C, Surgeon ..405-40U COGHLAN. DR. J. N - -713-714 COLUMBIA GRANITE CO., . 417-413 CONNELL, DR. E. Da WITT, Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat... .. .... . 613-014 CO-OPERATIVE MERCANTILE CO.; J. 1 Olien, Gen. Mgr.; G. Bernard, Cadnier..212-13 CORNELIUS, C W. Phys. and Surgeon.. 2uti COLLIER, P. F., Publisher; S. P. McGuixe. Manager ... ..... ...........415 DAY, J. G. & L N ... 318 DEVERH. A. E. -403 DICKSON. DR. J. F.. Physician 713-71 EDITORIAL ROOMS.. Eighth Floor EVENING TELEGRAM 323 Alder Street EQUITABLY LIFE ASSURANCE SO CIETY; L. Samuel, Mgr.; U. S. Smith. Cashier 309 FENTON, J. D., Physician and Surg. .50t-51u FENTON, DR. HICKS C, Eye and Ear.. .511 FENTON, MATTHEW F., Dentist -W GALVANL W. H.. Engineer and Draughts man . ................... .........600 GEARY. DR. E. P.. Phys. and Surgeon.... 40a G1ESY, A. J., Physician and Surgeon .709-710 GILBERT, DR. J. ALLEN, Physician.. 401-403 GOLDMAN, WILLIAM, Manager Manhat tan Llta Ins. Co. ot New York .,..209-210 GRANT, FRANK S., Attorney-at-Law .617 GRISWOLD St PHEGLEY. Tailors- . 131 Sixth Street HAM MAM BATHS, Turkish and Russian.. .... 300-301-303 HOLLISTER, DR. O. C, Physlclaa and Surgeon ... .. . .504-30 IDLEMAN, C. 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