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rTHE MORNING OKEGONIAN. WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, i903. II NOT ENOUGH MONEY Claims of Indian War Vet erans Exceed Appropriation. EXAMINATION 'ABOUT COMPLETE. Sum of $100,000 Appropriated by legislature Will Have to Be Aug mented If All Legitimate Ac counts Are to Be Settled. Adjutant-General 2. U. Gantenbeln has allowed the claims of 7S3 veterans of the Oregon Indian "Wars, the total compen sation to be given them being $134,621.01. fiixty claims have been disallowed and three are still pending, awaiting the re ceipt of further information from the War Department Not all of the claims have, yet been ex amined. A new claim was presented yes terday, and three came in the day before. It is believed there may be a few more, but the work Is practically completed. The appropriation of $100,000 made; by the last Legislature will have to be aug mented In order that all of the surviving voterans may be paid. Some discussion of different plans for meeting this situation has been had, and there has been a dis position to issue certificates of indebted ness. This is not likely the policy to bo adopted,, however, and it Is probable tho findings will merely be filed and the next Legislature asked to pay the veterans who have not "received their money. By the provisions of the act, California and Washington Indian fighters who served In Oregon are not remunerated for their services. A number of this class of claims has been filed, and some of the veterans barred by the statutes have been at a loss to understand the reasQn. The law, however, clearly defines the duty of the Adjutant-General. . Adjutant-General Gantenbeln yesterday gave out the following statement: Nearly 5000 Volunteers. The aggregate number of troops borne on the rolls of the volunteer service of Oregon In the Rogue Hirer and Taklma Indian Wars o 1855 to 1856 is 4520, the approximate number in service at any one period being 2500. These volunteers were enlisted in the Ninth Regiment of Militia, In the First and Second Regi ments of Oregon Mounted Volunteers and In various recruiting battalions and independent companies. The Territory of Oregon promised to pay each volunteer $2 per day for his personal service and an additional $2 per day for the use of his horse. This promise, however, tne territory failed to redeem. When Oregon was admitted lnlo the Union as" a state,- the Gov ernment assumed the territory's indebtedness to Its volunteers, but only paid the offlcers and men at the same rate as offlcers and enlisted men of the same grade In the regular Arm, In the case of the enlisted men about one-fourth of what the territory had promised to pay them. Repeated efforts were made by the veterans to secure legislation from the State of Ore gon for the paymnt of what bad been prom ised them by the territory, but these efforts did not succeed until the early part of this year. A bill was then Introduced in the Leg islative Assembly appropriating SZOQ.CGb to pay the survivors for their personal service and for the use -of their horses. The bill was finally passed, the provision for pay for horses being .stricken out., and tho appropriation -being reduced to $100,000. It was made the dutyVof the Adjujant-Goneral of the State, wlthouf. ad ditional cost to the state, to examine and pass upon -the claims as presented, and to prepare, certify and flje with .the Secretary of State vouchers showing the amount payable to the clamntj! under the provisions, of the act. Thereupon the Secretary of State was required by the act to issue bis warrant for the amount found due the claimant. Act Carelessly Drawn. As the act was carelessly drawn. It wo necessary to secure the opinion of the Attorney-General on a number of questions. He held that the act went Into effect from the date It was filed In the office of the Secretary of State, February 24, 1903; that only surviving volunteers are entitled to the compensation pnn-ldcd for In the act; that the estate of a volunteer who died since February 24, 1003. was entitled to the pay of the deceased voi , unteer; that Veterans who served within the Territory of Oregon, but In Washington or California organisations, were not entitled to the benefits of the act. The necessary blanks and Instructions were Immediately prepared and forwarded to appli cants and certified copies of pay rolls were or dered from the War Department. The claims were checked up with -these rolls, and owing to the length of time since the service was rendered, none of these claims were found to be correct In all particulars. Corrected, claims were prepared by the Adjutant-General and returned to claimants for execution and veri fication. Upon the return of the corrected claims, the vouchers awarding the amount due each claimant were forwarded to him. to be executed, verified and mailed to. the Secretary of State, upon receipt of which a warrant was Issued to the claimant, until the amount ap propriated was exhausted, several days ago. Every effort was made to expedite the ex amination, allowance and payment of the claims, as the claimants were old men. and most or them" were In need of the money. Six teen have died since the act went Intoeffect. Of the 4526 volunteers there appear to be about 850 survivors. Summary of the Claims. The following is a summary, of the claims filed and of the action taken by the Adjutant General: Claims corrected and allowed , ... .783 Claims disallowed ."......-60 Claims suspended for further information from the War Department .......... 3 Total claims flled .'gig Total amount claimed, estimated.. .t240.OOO.O0 Total amount allowed 134.5Si.01 Average amount allowed per claim.. 171.80 The claims of commissioned officers were dis allowed, as the act provides that "all commis sioned officers shall receive' such sum as -was paid to officers lot the same rank of the Army of the United -States at said tune, provided that any amount paid by the United States oh account thereof shall be deducted therefrom." The pay rolls show that tho officers were paid In full by the. United States, and are, there fore, cot entitled to any part of the $100,000 appropriated by. the state. The act provides compensation ror those "who served under and by virtue of the di rections of the offlcers of Oregon -Territory." hence the claims of Washington and California volunteers were rejected, although- they may have served for a short time m Oregon. The act provides that enlisted men shall be paid ?2 per day for their personal service, less "any amount paid on account thereof b7 the United States." This was construed to mean less" any amount paid for the personal service of the volunteer (but not for' the use of his horse) In money. In clothing or other public property. Hence the amount deducted Is not always the same as the amount of money actually received by the veteran Irom the Government, as the latter Includes th amount, allowed the volunteer for the use' or his horse, but does not Include the amount of stoppage against him for clothing. The fol lowing case will illustrate the method 6f al lowance: 'Method of Allowance. Solomon W. Crabtree served In Captain -Davis Laytoa's, Company H, First Oregon Mounted Volunteers, from October 17, 1855, to March 7, 1856-168 days. The Government allowed hlxn for Als personal -service $76.84, for his horse 34.80. a total of $131,141 -Clothing and Other public property charged at ?27.B0 was is sued to him, and he, was actually paid by the Government $103.84, being the difference be tween $181.14 allowed for himself and horse and his stoppage of $27.80. The Oregon act provides that he is to re ceive for his service $2 per day, less any amount paid on account of such personal serv ice by the United States. ,or in this -case. $2 per day for ICS days, being $316, less $76.84. leav ing $230.69 due him under the act from the state. If the claimant did not furnish his horse Ifc aaowst to b deducted from th st&U al lowance is "greater than the amount received In money from the Government, as the latter is the difference between the amount allowed him by the Government tor his personal lervice and the value or clothing- and other public prop erty issued to him. In some cases veterans thought that too much had been deducted for the publio prop erty drawn by them. The amounts given in the pay rolls certified to be correct by the Aud itor for. the War Department were considered conclusive and are, of course, binding on th Adjutant-General. They are based on the rt? port of the commission appointed by the Sec retary or War in the Fall of 1856, and com posed of Captains A. J. Smith and Rpfus ln galls, of the United. States Army, an or of Gov ernor lof Fayette Grover. ' As many volunteers served in two and even three different companies, the examination and. allowance of these claims has been very la borlous. SOME RAILROAD HISTORY S. A. Clarice Tells of the Incorpora tion of the Oregon & California. WASHINGTON, dT C. July 16. (To the Editor,) Mr, Lyman's History of Ore gon fallB'to give the correct story of. the organization of the Oregon & California Railroad Co., at Salem, an organization that resulted In the construction Of the railway now operated. In the fall of 1B66, returning from the East via Panama, I met with S. G. Elliot, who had been In Washington, working for the land grants that finally aided the con struction of the line from Sacramento to Portland. As we became acquainted he explained the project to me, ana aesired that I should organize an Oregon com pany to work in harmony with tlut with which "he was connected. At his persuasion I remained a few days In San Francisco to meet the men he rep resented, chief of whom was Ralston, a famous financier at that time. Their at torney drew up a document that was signed by a number of the prominent men of San Francisco, proposing to work in harmony with the Oregon company and aid the financing of the enterprise. Arriving at Salem. I introduced the mat ter to my friends, B. N. Cooke, the Mc Cully brothers Governor Woods and J. H. and I. R. Moores, who all favored it. They suggested that as Joseph Gaston had been trying to work up some railroad scheme, they would like to include him in the organization. He could dp them nei ther good nor harm, but they wished to help him to business. Acting on their desire I introduced the matter to Gaston and told him of their kind wishes. Not long after this, when I proposed to draw up incorporation papers and organize the company, my friends told me that Gaston had already obtained the signatures of the gentlemen I named to him as Incor porators. They signed supposing that he was working with me. Gaston repaid my kindness to him by stealing the busi ness away from me and leaving me out. Then he took the incorporation papers his friends had signed to Portland, where as I was reliably Informed capitalists gave him $6000 to let them own the company. That corporation was known as the "Ore gon Central." ' I immediately drew up other incorpora tion papers, that were signed by the same gentlemen, in the name of the Oregon & California Railroad Company. These were placed on file with the Secretary of State before the first articles were, and so had precedence, 'the Oregon & Cali fornia being finally designated by the Oregon Legislature as entitled to the land grant, and under it the road was finally built Mr. Gaston's part in the enterprise was the betrayal of tho Salem friends who had been so anxious to assist him. The company was organized with I. R. .Moores as president, and S. A. Clarke qb secretary, and so remained for three years, when it was turned over to Ben Holladay. S. G. Elliot took the first con tract to build the road, and had made some progress when 'Holladay bought him out. When Holladay came into possession I handed In my' resignation having Ought the Statesman newspaper I had business enough of my Own. My faithful labors for that enterprise had no reward", as Holladay never paid even the salary that the board of directors had agreed on for the last two years. AU the. satisfaction I had was the kindly good will of the original incorporators whose confidence I enjoyed. It Is at least due that when the history is written credit be given to the one who took such active part in the organization and early management and got so little return for the years expended. , S. A. CLARKE. NO CANDIDATE IN SIGHT. Federated Trades Council "Will Elect President Tills Evening:. Union men are wondering who Is to be the next president of the Federated Trades Council. The semi-annual elec tion of officers of the Council takes place tomorrow evening at the regular meeting. Charles H. Gram, the man now Iri the president's chair, sayj that he doesn't wuil uuy more or. it. jio one else has as yet announced himself as a candidate, and only the election can decide who is to noia tne omce for the next six months. At the last election Gram was elected mmum mucn opposition, 'mere are a number of factions in the Council, how ever, ana it is the aim of each to keep Its high cards up Its sleeve until the time for the showdown. This will be to morrow evening" and a lively time Is promised. The new secretary will also be balloted for. Grant McDonald, the present holder of the office, will probably be re-elected, if the statements, of prominent members can be taken as proof. He filled out the unexpired term of A. R. Lawtoh, who resigned soon after the last election. The office of president is entirely one Of hon or, there being -no salary attached. The secretary, however, draws a small sal ary for a considerable quantity of routine work. Plans for the celebration of Labor Day will probably be completed at a meeting this evening of the committee appointed by the Federated Trades Council. It Is thought that the National Ball Park, on the East Side, will be secured for the celebration. Latimer Resigrnct Position. After several months', work for the American Labor Union, T. F. Latimer has resigned the position of state organ izer. He will be succeeded by C. D. Smith, of San Francisco. Latimer's So cialist organ, the Liberator, has also faded away to a better world. Daniel Mc Donald, the president of yie American Labor Union, will leave Portland today ior Hope, Idaho. He has been challenged to a debate by Patrick H. Scullln, the Seattle carpenter, who is in the city advo cating an. arbitration scheme. It is not probable that the debate will come off. Xevr Kind of Cherry. A sample of very fine seedling cherries has been" Sent to The Oregonian by F. T. Boody, of this city, who states that the. tree on which they grew was pro duced by a pot planted In his garden sev eral years ago. He wishes' an opinion as to whether or not this cherry will prove a valuable addition to Oregon's many excellent fruits or not The cherries are large and fine in coloring and flavon and are a good variety, but there are so many extra fine varieties of cherries in Ofegon that it Is scarcely possible to hope- for any addition superior to the best one now grown. Mr. Boody's cherries closely resemble the Lambert In every way but Lamberts of still larger size and equal in- every other resbect were seen'on Front "street yesterday, grown by A. T. Webb. If They average threo and one-tenth Inches In circumference, and selected ones meas ured 3J4 Inches In circumference, while 39 taken at random weighed a pound This Is .about as good a variety as can be hoped for, and the Royal Ann is fully equal to it, and the' Blng and several other late varieties are about as good A! cherry-grower here who 5ately wrote to j ro minuet mJi in the Eat that be A .;. w. vr. . ; . , .- . . : i?, . JfOHK SPAIX, BETTER. had cherries measuring 3 inches in cir cumference was notified by return mall that he was taken for a prevaricator, but he sent 'samples East which at once caused an apology to be sent, for they measured 3 Inches without trouble. Mr. Boody will do well to cultivate his new variety, and spend & few "years In en deavoring to develop It, as seedlings of the first or second crop seldom attain their full size. PInn Pleasant Drives. The street committee of the Executive Board is considering the. matter of plan ning pleasant drives from some central point In the city to alf tho nice residence districts in the city and to the boulevards leading into the country. There" are sev eral handsome Suburbs on the East Side where there are wdl-kept thoroughfares affording pleasant drives, but to reach them people of the West Side have to run the gauntlet of drawbridges and railroad- tracks, and pass through the least attractive parts of East Portland. The White House road is a fine drive, but the approach to It is through an unattractive part of the city, and over streets Borne of which are. not well kept. Th'e committee will seek out the most de sirable approaches to the attractive sec tions and driveways mentioned and mi t- 4in6' them by linger boards. They wlH also select and mark a route to the Linn ton boulevard, through one of the best residence portions of the city. It will require but little work to make this boulevard one of tho best drives leading from the city, and, as it passes by the Exposition grounds, it is certain to be come one of the most attractive, as peo ple will drive out that way to watch the progress of the Fair buildings. Edison's Ancestry. PORTLAND, July IS. (To the Editor.) Kindly inform me through the columns of your valuable paper when Edison, the inventor of electricity, was born; also the hlrthplace of His parents, and oblige G. A. B. Thomas Alva Edison was born at Milan, O.. February 11, 1S47. His father's family emigrated from Holland In 1730. His mother, Mary Elliott, was born in New England of Scottish parents. HANlC KXOWX AS "SUGARFOOT," SITTING BREAKING BRONCHOS FINE EXHIBITION OF HORSEMAX. SHIP AT HAWTHORNE PARIC, Oregon Cotvlioy Subdue- OntlaTr Hordes Who- Fight - Vlcionsly Against Saddle and Spar. We have been taught. that the deyil was long ago cast Into the swine for his many misdeeds and the hog has suffered, so cially, by the decree. There seems to" be some question as to the truth of the as sumption, for- It would appear rather that the "broncho" of the plains was more exp ensively the devil-haunted beast of "the field. From bis outward seeming; this must be so. What was probably the best and rough est exhibition of rough riding ever seen in Portland occurred yesterday afternoon at the Hawthorne Avenue ball park. Five young buckaroos and fifteen wild eyed and tangled-maned range horses fur. nlshed the sport and the spectators were kept dn the qui vlv for two hours while tho feats were being performed. Case Frescott, Fred Spain, John Spain, Walt Ware and Hank "McGrath, all expert broncho bustere from the Union County range, came to Portland Monday with a herd of untrained horses and advertised a "Cowboys' Tournament." Themen are not show cowboys but have the unmistak able characteristics of the genuine article. The horses were not merely trained to cut up didos for the benefit of the audience but were strangers to saddle and epur. Tho riders-belong to. the celebrated "N" outfit and are regularly employed to break horses for sale to the Army. They are hardy, strapping fellows of long- experi ence ani many hard knocks. In their pic turesque "chaps" they might have just stepped out of a Remington picture. . The first horse up was a mouse-colored animal of doubtful meln which did not, however, come up to expectations when Hank McGrath started him for the center of the field. There was a wild attempt or two to unseat the rider and escapo from the hateful saddle, and then, de Jtt'GRATH SITS EASILY OX OUTLAW .-Jt.---OUfc.J-jut-Jt.t-.e.-j.e OX BUCKIXG BROXCHO. feated and disgusted, he took a bit of a run and came to the starting point docile ly enough. There were others, however who fought it out with a courage which was ad mirable. Some displayed vicious tempers' and attempted to bite the lega of their riders, and others seemed lost to all In stincts save to run wildly from the .urN known terror of the strange burden. The "buster" is the Ideal "rough, rider" of the world, the successful emulator of the cen taurs of old. He sits hid saddle, with a careless abandon "which is the perfection of .graceful horsemanship. Th"e spurs are his chief reliance and he holds the reins loosely, belaboring his" unwilling mount with a quirt as nonchalantly aa If It were alt tho veriest child's play. Bridles are not used" -In th$ first stages -of breaking, the "hackamore," a compromise between bri dle and halter, being better fitted to the work. Once In the saddle the cowboy permits his body to move pliantlyMn unl sop: with the horse.'' l his; girths hold, and the Lord have mercy on him if they do not, he usually stays in his seat until the bruised and beaten horse is glad to settle down to a decorous run. Thero is an element of chance In it, however, and the best of riders are some times thrown as one was thrown yester day. . The only unfortunate incident of the af ternoon was an injury received by John Spain, known as "Sugarfoot." After a number of horses had been ridden success fully, an ugly long-legged, sorrel was roped and brought up for his turn. He fought desperately against the saddle and the crowd realized quickly that he was -the most formidable proposition yet at tempted. It was announced that "Sugar foot" would ride him, and after a -tussle he succeeded In getting into the saddle. The ugly sorrel got into immediate action like a steel spring. He jumped stiff legged with all four feet at times off the ground. With bowed back and head be tween his front feet, he bounded and pitched like a thing possessed. In mount-, ing, "Sugarfoot" did not become firmly seated, one foot being out of the stirrup. At'one of the especially vicious plunges the rider shot over his horse's head and fell heavily to the ground. He got to his feet almost Instantly and after a few mo ments' breathing spell, gamely remounted whllo the sorrel reprobate repeated his performance of plain and fancy bucking. HORSB. :o:xco:o He was finally mastered, and amid the cheers of the crowd the brave rider dis mounted. Then he discovered . that he had received a. very painful Injury in the right side. Dr. E. L. Irvine was sum moned and after an examination ordered the man taken to his room' on Third street. It was feared there was a rupture but Dr. Irvine announced that in his opin ion it Is merely a severe wrench from which he expects his patient to rapidly recover. The men ride so well that it would be unfair to single out any particular ones. No men In Oregon or In the vast North west cattle-land can do better.vand they are far and away better than those usually seen in the "wild west" shows. They are considering an offer to ride at tho Festival of Mountain and Plain, at Denver In September, and have almost concluded arrangements for an Eastern tour In tho Fall. The performance at Hawthorne Park will be repeated every afternoon during the week, and on "Sunday. EAST SIDE NEWS NOTES. Sunnyside Mail District. Station Master E. C. Minor, of Sunny side, says that under the new arrange ments for mall his carriers are handling their districts easily and effectively. The three carriers there cover the territory embraced between Holgate street and Sullivan's gulch and from East Twentieth street to the city limits. At first there was some delay owing to new territory being taken In, but the carriers have become familiar with the people on their routes and de liver the mall promptly. The peoplo in the vicinity of the Doernbecher'factory are highly pleased with the nejv service theyre now getting. Residents of Tabasco Addition are anx ious for free delivery. This Is a well settled district southeast of Sunnyside on the Section road, surrounded by free de livery routes, but the people have to go to the postofficc for their mall. However, until more carriers are .given they cannot hope for free delivery. Injured by a Fall. Edward S. Lamb, who lives at 534 East Fourteenth street, south, Is in -a very critical condition as the result of lnju dies sustained by a fall from a tree in Stephens' Addition Monday. He fell about 23 feet and struck on his back. Dr. Ir vine was called to attend him. His spine seems to have been injured and his lower limbs are paralyzed. The full extent of his injuries cannot yet be determined. He Is 62 years old and a veteran of the Civil War. East Side Note. Mrs. H. H. Newhall and children are spending the Summer at Ashoff's, on the Mount Hood road. E. L. Posson and children, with qlute a party, have gone to Bull Run, where they will camp out for about two weeks. The funeral of Mrs. Clara M. Fitch, wife of George A. Fitch, will be held this afternoon from Dunnlng's undertaking parlors at 2:30 o'clock. Mrs. Delia Buell Lamberson, who died at The Brown, on Grand and Hawthorne avenues, will be burled from that place this afterjioon at 3:30 o'clock. Interment will be in Rlverview cemetery. She was 81 years old. The funeral of Miss Lena Kryger, aged 22, was held yesterday from the Third Presbyterian Church, East Pine and East Thirteenth streets, Rev. A. J. Montgom ery officiating. Interment was made In Lone Fir cemetery. Mrs. E. C. Minor, who has been crit ically sick at her home In Sunnyside, is much improved. She is able to sit up, but is still under the care of her physician.- Her sister, Mrs. E. C. Campbell, who came from the East to visit her, is also quite sick. Charlas Nelson, a skilled shlpcarpcnter, while at work yesterday in Supple's boat yard at the foot of Belmont street, acci dentally cut a deep gash in his left foot with an adze. The cut was between the ereat toe and the instep, and the foot was saved from being severed by the heavy nails In his shoe. A physician was called, who dressed the wound and sent Nelson to his home in Aimna. where ne will be confined for some time. PERSONAL MENTION. G. J. Perkins, of San Francisco, 13 registered-at the Imperial. J. R. Moses, a merchant of Philomath, is registered at the St. Charles. Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Tutt. of Colo rado Springs, are at tho Portland. J. M. McPhee, a well-known mining man of Sumpter, Is stopping at tho Im perial. Governor Chamberlain returned to Sa lem yesterday,, after spending two days in the city. W. S. Myers, one of the leading mer chants of Tho Dalles, is In the City on a business trip. B. Y. Johnson, who recently resigned his position as weather observer at Astoria, came to Portland yesterday. J. C. Henry, a well-known citizen of La Grande, Is an Imperial guest. Mr. Henry Is a delegate to the .grand lodge, A. O. U. W. H. L. Wilson, of The Dalles, was at the Imperial yesterday. "The salmon run is light as yet," he said, "but cannerymen expect a good season now that the river is getting back to normal. There are no such catches as In the old days, however, and we must admit that tho fish are be coming less plentiful each year." "Mr. and Mrs. Tyler Woodward have re turned from a seven weeks' trip to New England and Canada. They first went to Wellesley Seminary, where Mrs. Wood ward was educated, to attend the grad uating exercises and see their daughter receive her diploma. Mr. and Mrs.Wood ward then "proceeded to visit his native state, Vermont, and Boston, where he had business to attend to, and afterward continued their trip through New Eng land "down" to Portland, Mo. They then went across the border, visited the prin cipal cities of Canada, and spent some time among the "Thousand Islands." Robert Wakefield, president of the Port land Bridge & Building Company, has re turned from San Francisco, where he has been for the" past six weeks looking after the progress of several important con tracts. One -of these Is the foundation for the Merchants' Exchange building, and another is tho foundation for a wine storage building for the Swiss and Italian colony there, in which wine is to bo stored In Immense tanks to get age before being bbttled or barreled. Mr. Wakefield say3 Wakefield & Jacobson have two of the pantoons for the floating dock for nhe Port of Portland ready to turn oyer, and two of the others well along. He does not know what to do with them, as he can not obstruct the river at "Vancouver with the fleet of pontoons, and the Port of Portland does not appear to have done anything, toward preparing the site for them in the river here, but he hopes to get the completed portions off his hands soon. NEW YORK, July 21.-(SpecIal.) North western people registered at New York hotels today as follows: From Portland A. B. Steinbach, at the Hoffman. From Seattle J. Shafer, at the Broad way Central. . " From Tacoma R. M, Thompson, at the jFAstor. j?Tom HpOKane G. u. Linn, at the Astor; B. A. Merrick, at the Ashland: Miss L. Moore, M. Dobbins, at the Broadway Cen tral: Mrs. F. E. Goodall, J. W. Matchett, at tho Navarre. y- Tea and Coffee Drinkers. Use .Horsford's Acid Phosphate. It al lays the nervousness and disordered di gestion caused by excessive use of Tea, Coffee or Alcoholic drinks. Puts the stom ach id an active and healthy condition. Try IU LAND COULEE! CITY-ADRIAX" ItAILUOAU WILL BE OPEN AUGUST 15. Completion of Xctv Branch, of North ern Pacific Will Gladden Farmers of Eastern Washington. The Coulee City-Adrian branch of the Northern Pacific will be completed and ready for-reception by the operating de partment by August 15 This itf the branch line promised Eastern Washington farmers by President C. S. Mellen at the time the railroad presidents, and farmers met in conference a year ago. It con nects the Washington Central, a Northern Pacific line, with the Great Northern and does away with the necessity for a bade haul on a largo amount of Big Bend whent- "That portion of the wheat crop that comes to the Coast will be brought out nver fhf now hramh thls vpr" nniri J. M. Hannaford, second vice-president and traffic manager of the Northern Pacific. Mr. Hannaford came to Portland yester day from St. Paul on an Inspection trip and left last night for Butte, Mont. "The completion of the Adrian branch will not make any change In the distribu tion of wheat. That road taps what is naturally a Puget Sound territory and the completion of the branch line will give the farmers bettervfreight and passenger facilities. In addition a great assistance will be given to the territory through which the branch line- runs. ,"This Is the only new line of the North- em Pacific in the Pacific that has been turned over to the operating department recently or Is likely to be ready in the Im mediate future. I understand the new Gray's Harbor branches still In tho hands of the construction department. "Vvtlrk Is being pushed rapidly there and we will probably soon begin handling business over that line. "Business conditions 'are very satisfactory- Passenger travel is very good, both east- and westbound. The low ex cursion rates have naturally affected tho traffic somewhat, but there is apparent a better feeling and a more general inclina tion to travel. The homeseeker traffic Is good and likely to continue so. "We are not having any trouble at pres ent owing to a lack of equipment to han dle the freight business, nor do I an ticipate that there will' be any difficulty when tho wheat begins to move freely this Fall. I believe we .are able to take care of the business. ' "Since the first of the year the Northern Pacific has added 2000 new box and flat cars to its equipment. Between 25 and 50 new locomotives have given us better facilities for handling trains and we are In good condition at present. "The lumber traffic from the Coast has been very good all Summer. They say that the lumber shipping season end3 about October l,.but I have noticed that we are generally hauling lumber all Win ter. But-even If there should be a rush this Fall to get the lumber from Coast .mills Into Eastern markets, I believe wo will be able to handle the business." State Bankers Jleet at Whatcom. WHATCOM, Wash., July 21. The Wash ington State Bankers' Association will hold Its eighth annual convention here on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week. Thursday will bo devoted to busi ness and a ball in the evening, given by the Commercial Clubs of Whatcom and Fairhyen. Friday the visitors will go on an' excursion to Semiahmoo to see the salmon fisheries, and Saturday they take a trip Into the mountains over the Belllng ham Bay & British Columbia Railway. The entertainment programme ends with a smoker Saturday evening at the Fair hay eri Commercial Club rooms. STEAMER LURLINE. This favorite steamer, thoroughly re paired and renovated throughout. Is reg ularly on tho Portland-Astoria route, leav ing Taylor-street dock dally, except Sun day, at 7 A. M. Oregon Kidney Tea is prepared without alcohol, which Is Injurious in kidney and blad der diseases. 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