THE 36lNINa OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12,
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OLD RATE RESTORED
SpencerCompany Puts Up the
Freight Tariff. ;
TOO MUCH BUSINESS OFFERING
Mc-tlnko Talcen Off the- Upper Run
Road Snpervliior Tears Down
Barbed Wire Fence -it Iiyle
Los Raft Ashore.
The Dalles Transportation Company
better known as the Spencer line has re
stored freight rates between The Dalles
and Portland to their former figure. This
Is the first move made since the rate war
began on the Upper Columbia. "When the
Regulator Company reduced the passen
ger rate to 25 cents it did not touch the
freight tariff. Captain Spencer cut the
passenger fare on his boat to 60 cents", and
also lowered the freight rate down stream,
making a flat rate of $1 a ton, without
classification, against the former rate of
J1.6Q. The result has been to throw more
freight business to his line than he can
handle. Just as the Bailey Gatzert, of the
Regulator Line, is overcrowded with pas
senger travel.
Captain Spencer has been trying for sev
eral days to get another boat for his line
so he can devote the steamer Charles R.
Spencer solely to the passenger trade, but
has not succeeded yet. Therefore, to re
lievo the freight congestion he has put up
the rate to the old figure.
Another development in the steamboat
war -was the withdrawal yesterday of the
Regulator steamer iletlako, which has
heen running between The Dalles and
Cascades. The boat was "brought down
to this city and tied up at the boneyard.
'General manager Campbell, of the Regu
lator Ldne, says the "boat was put on the
run for the benefit of the people of The
Dalles, but as they gave their patronage
to the opposition boat, the Metlako "wag
withdrawn. This the Spencer people deny,
saying the Metlako was only put on to
run off a new boat, the Stranger, which
it evidently succeeded In doing, for the
Stranger has been tied up here at the
city levee.
On the Spencer's trip down yesterday
Captain Johnson was warned not to land
at the Government wharf at Vancouver.
Jacob Kamm's agent appeared on the
dock and ordered the boat away, but it
pullejcup alongside nevertheless and land
ed anumber of passengers, but no freight.
At Lyle another interesting scene was cre
ated by the Road Supervisor there. The
Regulator Company, which owns the
waterfront, had Inclosed Its property with
a barbed-wire fence, which, It is said, ex
tended across the county road. "While the
Spencer -was making a landing there the
Supervisor appeared on the scene armed
with a spade and a pair of nippers and
proceeded to open a passage way, encour
aged by cheers from the passengers on
the boat.
The Common Council of The Dalles has
also taken in hand the matter of public
landings, by a resolution declaring that
the steamboat dock Jn that city is com
mon property.
The cut rates have greatly stimulated
passenger travel on the river, and the
business is bound to continue large at
learst until the carnival is over. The,
Bailey Gatzert yesterday brought down
340 passengers, according to Regulator
officials, while Captain Spencer said 1S3
fares were collected on his boat.
It Is understood that the O. R. '& XI
Co. Is becoming anxious over the amount
of business diverted to the water lines,
and may take some steps toward settling
the controversy. R. B. Miller, general
freight agent of the company, was at
The Dalles yesterday, lor the-purpose, it
is said, of looking into the matter.
CASCARA BARIC SHIPMENTS.
About 40,000 Pound Will Go From
"Will up a Harbor to San Francisco.
SOUTH BEND, Wash., Sept. (Spe
cial.) S. ST. Ellsworth today shipped
11,329 pounds of cascara bark to San Fran
cisco. "During the year he will have
shipped 40,000, pounds, -which he has gath
ered himself or purchased from others.
At the ruling price of 10 cents per pound,
bark .gatherers can make $S per day, and
since the rise in the price, there has been
quite a stampede for the brush 'on the
part of the farmers in the Willapa val
ley. The best peeling season is in June,
July and August. It is very plentiful In
this section and in the past has had no
particular value. Last year but cents
per pound was paid, and only about 7000
pounds of bark shipped. If the present
price holds up until next year, the output
irom here will bo enormous.
LOG; RAFT ADRIFT.
Goes Ashore on the Jetty Sands, but
Remains Intaot. '
ASTORIA. Or., Sept. IL (Special.) The
Hammond log raft broke loose from her
moorings at Flavel this afternoon.. The
wire from the steamer Francis Leggett
broke and it went with the tide on the
Jetty sands below Fort Stevens. Tonight
the raft is intact and it is expected that
tomorrow, with the assistance of a bar
tug, it can bo taken off the sands to a
safe anchorage.
Blythsvrood Off for the Cape.
The British ship Blythswood left down
the river yesterday afternoon in tow of
the steamer Harvest Queen. She is. bound
for Cape Town and carries 1,300,427 feet
of lumber valued at $20,043. Balfour,
Guthrie & Company dispatch the vessel
A large crowd of friends of the officers
and crew were at the Eastern Lumber
Company's mill to see the vessel's de
parture, and they gave her a send-off
more enthusiastic than that given the
warships. Captain Prltchard did not go
with his ship, but will join her at As
toria,
Berlin "Will Be Laid Up.
ASTORIA, Or., Sept. 11. (Speclal.)The
American ship Berlin has finished dis
charging her cargo of canned Alaska
salmon and in a couple of days will be
taken up to Clifton, where she will be
laid up for the Winter.
Inverness Can Discharge More CoaL
ASTORIA, Or., Sept. TL (Special.) The
British bark County of Inverness has re
ceived a permit from the custom-house
to "discharge 200 tons of coal here in ad-
Ution to the o50 tons already discharged
Marine Notes.
Captain Aiden, formerly pilot of the
Bailey Gatzert, has accepted a position
as captain of the lone.
Local United States Inspectors Edwards
and Fuller are off on another trip to Coos
Bay, the third this season. They will
Inspect the steamers Liberty and Dispatch
atCoquIllo City and will return home
Monday.
Nothing further has been learned of the
charter of the Windsor Park. There
no doubt that the vessel has been fixed
for the Cape and it Is likely that the
Portland Flouring Mills will furnish her
a cargo. ,
Domestic and Foreign . Ports.
ASTORIA. Or., Sept. 11. Arrived down at
10 A. II. and sailed at 1:30 P. M. Steamer
Alliance, for San Francisco and way points.
Condition of the bar at 4 P. M., rough; wind
southeast: wt-athcr rainy
Baja. -Francisco, Sopt. 11. Arrived Schooner
Bella, from Sluslaw; schooner Emma Utter,
from Coos Bay; 'schooner Jasnes H. Bruce, from
Gray's Harbor; schooner Mary Etta, from Slus.
law; schooner Mildred, from. Whatcom. Sailed
Schooner Jessie 'Myer. for Coos Bay; ochooa
er Mlndora, for Port Blakeley.
Tacoma, Sept. 11. Arrived German steam
ship Luxor, from Hamburg'.
Seattle, Sept. 11. Arrived Steamer City of
Seattle, from Skagway; steamer Umatilla,
from San Francisco. Sailed Steamer City of
Puebla, for San Francisco; steamer Humboldt,
for Ska sway. 1
Plymouth, Sept. 11. Arrived Moltke, from
New York.
Southampton, Sept. 11. Sailed Auguste Vic
toria, from. Hamburg, for New York, via
Cherbourg.
Isle of "Wight, Sept. 11. Passed Rotterdam,
from New York, for Boulogne and Rotterdam.
Browhead, Sept. 11. Passed Lucania, from
New York, for Liverpool.
Movllle, Sept. 11. Sailed Astoria, from Glas
gow, for New York.
Naples. Sept. 11. Arrived Hchenxollern,
from New York, for Genoa, and proceeded.
Liverpool. Sept. 11. Arrived Cevic, from
New York. . . ,
New York, Sept. 11. Sailed Cendrlc, for
Liverpool.
Hoqulam, "Wash. Arrived Sept. 10. Schooner
Charles E. Falk, from San Pedro, for Aber
deen. Bar buoys were replaced yesterday by lighthouse-tender
Manzanito. 7
Queenstown, Sept. 11. Arrived Lucania,
irom Aew lorx, ror Liverpool, and proceed ea.
Liverpool, Sept. 11. Sailed Cymric, for New
York; Devonian, for Boston; Victorian, for
New York.
SALMON AGAIN IN MARKET
Few
Chlnooks Are Cnncrht Great
Scarcity of Catfish.
The Pall season for fishing for salmon
opened Thursday, and fish dealers here
were rejoicing yesterday over the number
of salmon sent in as the result of the
first day's catch by gill nets and the few
traps in operation. The run was fairly
up to expectations. The fish received
were mostly sllversides. the chinook.
which were in the river when the season
closed, having nearly all gone up to or be
yond The Dalles and the seaspn for steel
heads has not arrived yet. They will be
the principal catch later and will last all
through the Winter till the seaspn closes
in March. The few chlnooks which were
caught are very fine and the sllversides
are a fresh run and of excellent quality,
and. will doubtless be plentiful ' enough
to put an end to importing salmon from
the outside.
Fish dealers are troubled on account of
the short supply of catfish, as the little
bullheads or horned pouts are called here,
They are the only species of catfish found
Oregon waters and were introduced
some 15 years ago and had become very
numerous and were in great demand. Of
late they have become scarce, and now not
one-fourth enough can be obtained to
supply the demand. Many have been
shipped to Puget Sound, but now dealers
nave een notilied not to send any more
there at present, for the laws of Washing
ton forbid them being sold at this season.
Perhaps some such law in this state Is
needed, but some think that there are
plenty of' bullheads In sloughs, lakes and
bayous on Sauvles Island, where they
have not been fished out. Just what has
caused their scarcity outside of constant
fishing is not known, but some Imagine
the carp have been preying on them or
their spawn. The leathery hides and
sharp horns of the bullheads should render
them rather a tough and indigestible
morsel and difficult for even a carp to
swallow.
There is a variety of the bullheads or
some small "cat"' in the Sacramento,
which grows to a weight of from one to
two pounds, and there Is talk of Importing
lot of them to plant here. As there Is
such a demand for catfish here, It might be
advisable to plant the blue or channel cat
of the Western States here, but the matter
will be well considered first, for fear that
they should prove as bad as the carp.
bturgeon will be In moderate supply
In a few years, and will fill a vacancy In
the market. Meanwhile with salmon and
trout and smelt and shad in season, and
such salt water fish as come In, the pub
lic will not suffer for fish food.
WEDDERBURN,
Where Is Located R. D. Hume's Farm of J0,000 Acres, and
"Which Pays One-Seventh the Taxes of Curry County.
WEDDERBURN. Or., Aug. 31. (Special
correspondence.) Curry County extends
along the shore of the Pacific Ocean from
near Langlols on the north to Chetco on
the south, and about midway Rogue River
empties Into the ocean, and on the north
bank Is located Wedderburn( and on the
south bank, directly opposite, is Gold
Beach, the county seat of Curry County.
Mr. R D. Hume owns all the town of
Wedderburn and all the land along the
banks of Rogue River for several miles
up that stream on both sides. He has
large salmon cannery, and also cans
green peas. The reason why for 30 years
Mr. Hume has been buying all the lands
touching Rogue River is that hemay con
trol, by owning all the water front, all
the fishing Interests, which are very val
uable. Mr. Hume is one of the pioneer
salmon canners of the Pacific Coast, hav
lng been among the first to engage In the
business extensively, both In California
and In Oregon. When he first came to
Rogue River the run of salmon was very
heavy, and as a consequence he made
money. But it was the case on Rogue
River as it had been on other fish streams
that, without artificial propagation, the
run of salmon became each year less and
less, until It seemed that all the fish had
been caught out. Mr. Hume, at his own
expense, established salmon hatcheries on
Rogue River, which the Government has
since operated, and gradually the supply
of fish has Increased. But the business
of salmon) fishing was too profitable to
be In the hands of one man, so others
fished on the river, and in order 'to do
so became in many instances trespassers
on the lands now owned by Mr. Hume,
and as a consequence lawsuits have fol
lowed one another, in some of which Mr.
Hume has been victorious and in others
not. A rival company Is now fishlijg on
the river and succeeds in doing a profita
ble business. Mr. Hume informed me he
had spent many thousands of dollars
($40,000 he said) in stocking the river with
salmon, and he considers it very unjust
that others should be able to profit from
his investments along that line.
Stocked the River With Fish.
Mr. Hume, whom I met for the first
time on this visit to Wedderburn, Im
pressed me as a very keen and aggressive
business man, and one who by his lndi
vidual efforts has added to the wealth of
Curry County In the development of her
natural resources. . Mr. Hume pays one-
seventh of the taxes of Curry County.
and has given employment for many
years to a large number of men. Had
Mr. Hume not had the foresight to stock
Rogue River with salmon, there Is no
doubt but that the fishing Interests In
the river would be as valueless as those
in Smith River, California, where in
years gone by the run of salmon was
very large, but is now practically ex
hausted. Mr. Hume has enjoyed a very
profitable return from having kept np the
run of salmon, as his annual catch has
kept his cannery supplied, and he Is re
puted to have made large sums of money.
In addition to canning salmon, he has a
vegetable cannery, and during the past
few years has raised peas and other vege
tables and canned them for the market.
He Owns the Land.
My newspaper experience has taught me
that a writer can best keep out of trouble
by leaving unsaid certain things, and in
my expressions of opinion regarding .the
state of affairs at and near Wedderburn
I do not wish to take sides in the con
troversy, either for or against either par
ty. This is Mr. Hume's private business,
since he owns all the lands along the
river, and in a certain .sense he is king
of this vast domain. But in writing my
impressions of persons and things as I
see them, I am Interested In also dis
cussing them, and so are the readers of
tills paper in hearing them' discussed.
WORK ON BAR SLOW
Chamber of Commerce to In-
vestigate Delay.
WINTER SHIPPING HAMPERED
Alfred Tucker Insists That Protest
Should Be Made at Slorr
Progress on Columbia
RiVer Improvements.
The Portland Chamber of Commerce Is
to investigate the progress of work on
the bar at the mouth of the Columbia
River, and, if possible, to secure action
by Federal officials which will result in
hastening the completion of the Improve
ments. The navigation committee was In
structed yesterday to take up the matter
and to make a showing of the work al
ready done and the necessity for hasten
ing the undertaking.
The insistence of Alfred Tucker that
the Improvements were not being com
pleted as rapidly as Columbia River com
merce demanded resulted. In the -Chamber
of Commerce taking action. Mr. Tucker
insisted that the channel at the bar should
have been greatly improved for this Win
ter's commerce, but he expressed a doubt
as to whether any work would be. ac
complished. "We expected," Mr. Tucker said yester
day, "that the dredge would be at work
on August 1. The Government originally
planned to have the transport Grant
transformed Into a deep-sea dredge, the
work to be done by contract. The figures
submitted for the work were unsatis
factory to the engineers, and they decided
the Government 'itself should make the
changes. The boat was sent to Mare Isl-.
and and a contract was made with an
Eastern firm for the pumps. I understand
the boat is ready but the pumps are not
yet In place, though the undertaking was
planned last Winter.
"It is now asserted that the dredge
will be completed and ready for work by
October 1. While this may be possible,
we want to know what has been done
and Is heing done. I very much doubt
whether any work will be completed this
Fall.!
"The work on the south jetty is not
progressing as rapidly as we hoped it
would .be pushed. I have been informed
that some of the contractors are delin
quent. I do not want to make this as an
assertion, but I have heard that it Is true.
The enclneers tell us now that we can
not expect any results from the Jetty un
der two years.
"The bar pilots declare at low tide
that there Is not more than 2t feet of
water on the bar. The engineers say there
is over 22 feet. I am inclined to believe
the depth of water Is somewhere In the.
neighborhood of 22 feet. At high tide this
means an average depth of 29 feet, and
in a rough sea it would not be safo to
take vessels over drawing more than 23
feet
"The delay In the improvement work at
the mouth of the Columbia is a. matter
in sWhich we are seriously interested. In
the midst of the shipping season we do
not want vessels to be compelled to He
to for a week or four weeks, as the case
may be, waiting for a chance to get over
the bar. It Is a shame that Columbia
River traffic must bear this handicap.
"If there has been any delay that coujd
be avoided, or if there is a tendency now
to delay the Improvement, I think we
have a right to enter a protest. A well
grounded protest never lost anyone any-
OREGON
As to Mr. Hume's legal rights In this mat
ter, I am not competent to Judge, and the
courts are the ones to decide it. When
I was at North Bend, and Mr. D. T.
Simpson told me he would donate a manu
facturing site to anyone who would agree
to erect a factory to employ 50 or more
hands, I said: ""Would you donate a site
for a sawmill?" In which business he him
self is engaged, and he said: "Yes, under
certain conditions."
Might It not be better for Mr. Hume to
grant pnv.ueges to individuals and cor
porations on his lands and the water, front
and make conditions that would return
him a profit than to try and prevent
anyone doing business, and be In law
suits which are generally expensive even
when you win them? Mr. Hume is a man
of superior attainments and ability, and
has twice been elected from Curry County
to the Oregon Legislature.'
A Ferry In Xceded.
If you wish to take a team from Wed
derburn to Gold Beach, it is now necessary
to KO four miles and more un Rosrue River
and down again on the other side to Gold
Beach. This road is one of the worst-kept
pieces of road in Curry County. If there
were a ferry boat from Wedderburn across
to Gold Beach the distance would be only
about half a mile, and the expense to the
county of keeping up that nine miles of
county road would be avoided. If it were
known to a certainty that a ferry boat
would cross the river at a suitable hour
each morning and each evening the travel
ing public would even accommodate itself
to these times of crossing In preference
to going so far around. I was told that
the ferry would not pay expenses to run,
as steam power would have to bo used.
Mr. Hume offers to furnish a good ferry
in complete working order, to any person
who will furnish bonds to operate it
throughout the year, for one-half the in
come. This is a business opening for
some one.
Canning Pens.
Two'years ago the experiment was made
of growing" peas for canning, and the vines
were pulled up and threshed, thus avoid
ing the expense of picking, but the canned
product was not a success as some of the
peas were too old and some too young, and
the yield per acre was small and the sea
son short. This year the green peas are
being picked, by hand, and shelled and
graded by machinery, but the scarcity of
pickers has been a drawback, although
one cent a pound Is being paid for picking,
and In good vines 250 pounds can be gath
ered in a day. I am told that on the Hume
tract are at least 1000 acres of land suit
able for growing peas. Mr. Graves, the
superintendent, informed me 600 pounds
could be grown to the acre when carefully
cultivated. That would make 6,000,000
pounds on the tract of 1000 acres. The pea
picking season lasts about 40 days.
family of four could pick about 40,000
pounds during the season, which would
amount, at 1 cent a pound, to $100. If this
1000 acres were leased out to Individuals,
giving VJi acres to a person, on an aver
age, GOO persons could each earn $100 dur
ing the picking season. These same peas,
when canned, would sell for at least 5
cents a pound net, leaving a handsome
profit for the cannery each season. The
great difficulty In making a success of this
enterprise is getting enough persons to
take care of and be on hand to pick the
peas. Mr. Hume is to be commended for
his enterprise in experiencing along this
line, and It Is to be hoped he will make It
a success. The canning of 6,000,000 pounds
of peas on Rogue River each year would
mean a large payroll and add to the
wealth of Curry County. The pea season
at Wedderburn should be made as' much
of a "gala" day as the hop season is In
the Willamette Walley.
I - E. C. PENTLAND.
thin, and if we are riitit In this matter
we can undoubtedly secure haste in the
work at the mouth of the Columbia.
"This matter will have to be taken up
at Washington with the proper officials
and the aid we seek obtained. I have no
doubt we can accomplish a great deal for
the bar by investigating and insisting
upon more rapid progress, and It is time,
to act."
A general sentiment existed among
trustees of the chamber that the work
should be pushed more rapidly, and tie
committee -on navigation was instructed
to make i its Investigation and report at
once. ' -
SYMPOSIUM OX SHIPPING.
Portland Chamber of Commerce
Asked to Adopt Resolution.
The Portland Chamber of Commerce has
been asked by a special committee repre
senting the New York Board of Trade
and Transportation, of which Aaron Van
derbllt Is chairman, to adopt resolutions
showing the sentiment of the Chamber on
the question of restoring American deep
sea shipbuilding and shlpowning. The
question has been referred to the commit
tee on navigation, which Is expected to
report resolutions embodying the Ideas of
Portland men familiar with the question.
The New York organization is Inviting
arguments bearing upon all phases of the
question. In a circular sent out by the
committee In charge of the matter, stress
In InM unnn th ftcslrfi of the New York
Board to gather the plans of business men.
and different organizations In touch with
maritime affairs. A plan that will result
in buildinsr ud the merchant marine Is
sought.
In the New York committee's circular
the following assertion is emphasised: "It
is a fact that" the United States of 1S10,
with 7,000,000 Inhabitants, owned more reg
istered tonnage for over-sea trade than
the United States of, 1903, with a popula
tion of 80.000.000."
In an interview which Chairman Van-
derbllt of the committee, which accom
panles the circular and Is intended as an
explanation of the committee's aims, this
comment Is made upon the discussions:
"It Is a free-for-all discussion, and if
out' of it all shall be formulated a plan
for upbuilding our shipping in the foreign
trade that shall he practicable ana ei-
fectlve, that is what the people are more
concerned about than In the discussion oi
abstruse or impracticable theories.
TOO MUCH FIGHTING.
Republican Party "Would Get Along
Better With More' Harmony.
ASHLAND, Or., Sept. 5. (To the Edi
tor.) In a retort to the Eugene Register
relative to the Knowles affair, The Orego-
nlan says: "The Oregonian takes. nov de
limit whatever in it It Is too trifling a
matter for any sort of emotion." Yet
we have seen the editorial page of that
grand old paper; for several days past
spattered all over with emotion regard
ing the "Knowles affair." In fact Is, now,
no less than In times past, that "straws
show which way the wind blows" and
these "trifling things" frequently start
great conflagrations. The Oregonian will
agree with me, that revolutions and re
bellions, and all manner of big things,
started from a germ somewhere. These
little things grow. Public sentiment on
all propositions, finds its starting point
in some "trifling affair." The philosophy
of "emotion" does not wait for full growth
In the coming of an event, before cast
ing a shadow. The disposition of the
American people against "bossism," has
long been growing, and the high office is
no longer accorded, as a matter of right
license to "boss." The embarrassments
that trammelled the Republican party In
the last general election in Oregon, and
Its partial defeat, was simply the result
of the efforts of a few would-be bosses.
When party strength grows so great
that It Is thought, that a nomination is
equivalent to -an election, all manner of
aspirants for the various offices crowd to
the front and organize under the direction
of their "bosses," and then commences
the disintegration of the party In the
strife between its factions;, a straw that
joints to certain defeat soonor or later.
Even the President of tne unuea states
cannot safely undertake the role of a
"boss." The Emperor of Germany may
do so, but the President must be diplo
matic in his relations with the American
people, as well as with foreign potentates.
President Johnson said that he might
have been dictator, and history tells what
happened to him.
The createst danger that can menace
any party Is too much apparent strength.
Men who are able enough, ana nonest
enough, to give the best administration
of affairs, are not the men who will en
cage in the disgraceful squabbles for of
fice that occur when It Is thought that
the nomination is equivalent to an elec
tion. A certain amount of modesty and
nersonal Drlde is one of the essential
qualities for a good officer; and the pos
sessor of these qualities shrinks from
such a "squabble." The "squabbler" is
frenerally the grafter, and wholesale
grafting Is the surest sign of party dis
integration, for the masses of the people
won't stand it. Anything which tonus
to show this growing condition ought to
arouse emotion. If the Republican party
of Oregon Is not In great danger, I miss
my guess. Factional disturbances lost
us our Governor . and all the patronage
and other advantages belonging to that
high office, and now this same factional
strife seems to have discredited our con
gresslonal delegation at Washington, and
the public patronage of this state is he
lng doled out by the big bosses at Wash
ington, the National capital, l nave ai
ways been a Republican, and still am, but
I cannot bring myself to believe that the
practices and factional disturbances that
now, and for some time past have emoar-
rassed the party in Oregon, reflect any
thing of the principles of which we have
so long boasted.
"There Is a fate that shapes our end,"
etc. and if things have fallen so low with
the party, that each faction can find
justification for the charges and counter
charges made, then Republican principles
have been abandoned and we are drift
ing in that current which will Inevitably
shift the administration, In this state,
ana peruaya in iuc ouu, w "
The text -for this article Is not In the
spirit of criticism of The Oregonian, but
Is simply the result of the train of
thought aroused by It. The Oregonian
has long and valiantly stood In the front
with its sound and forcible warnings, and
had its advice and admonitions been lis
tened to, conditions would have been
different.
I see in yesterday's Oregonian some
prognostications as to the coming elec
tion, and the probable strife again, on
the Congressional nomination. It is likely
that every county has some one who as
pires to that office, and if the aspirant
happens to be one of the self-appointed,
patriotic statesmen, shown by the few
recent campaigns to be plentiful, more
antagonisms will be engendered, and
every county will have Its wise "Ifs"
when the returns are all in. There is lit
tle satisfaction in trying to figure out
Just how It happened, when friends are
condoling together over defeat. The
"didn't know it was loaded" gag, doesn't
render the explosion less fatal.
C. B. WATSON.
Takes Dleae hy IClMsinK Dylnjr Boy
NEW YORK, Sept. 11. Suffering from
hydrophobia, Andrew Marks, aged 60, and
Sylvian v Marks, his son, aged 33, are on
their way here from their home at WIH
iamsport. Pa., for treatment. Clinton
Marks was bitten by a dog three months
ago. The wounds healed, but a month
later hydrophobia developed. He died
in terrible agony. The father, who was
his constant attendant, kissed him as he
was dying, and the foam around his
mouth evidently inoculated the father.
Sylvian was Inoculated by treating a
wounded leg with an Instrument during
his brother s illness. n
PMnful urination, too frequent, scanty, cet- I
tine up at nlcht, cured by Oregon Kidney Tea. J
HAS NO PLACE TO MEE1
LEWIS ATfD CLARK COMMISSION
"WANTS AX OFFICE.
i
Would Erect Administration Build
ing af Once, anil Director-General
Will Meet With Them.
The' state Lewis and Clark Commission
will likely set a limit of $300,000 on the ex
penditures to bo made by ' the board for
buildings at the Fair. The members dis
cussed the matter in an Informal manner
yesterday afternoon and this morning the
building committee will take it up again.
The suggestion that the state commis
sion proceed to erect certain buildings
cannot be adopted. It was discovered yes
terday tlfat this plan was at variance with
the statute creating the commission. The
hiw provides that the board of directors
of tho Lewis and Clark corporation shall
submit the plans for buildings to the
state commission,, and that these plans
shall be carried out.
None of the plans for buildings had been
received yesterday, but It is likely that
some definite understanding will be
reached at the regular, meeting of the
commission this afternoon.
The state commission is anxious to at
least erect the administration building at
once. The desire for suitable offices Is re
sponsible for this.
The plans for the Fair buildings will be
referred to the commission by Director
General H. W. Goode. Conferences be
tween the commissioners and the director
general are expected to settle the question
of beginning work.
The state commission desires that con
tractors shall accept 'salvage as a part of
their compensation. The salvage will
amount to several thousands of dollars;
and If credit for this could be secured la
advance, the commission would be able
to erect better Fair buildings.
Word was received yesterday of the
death of Mrs.-Elizabeth Williams, wife of
Commissioner Williams, of Ashland. The
commission passed a resolution of sympa
thy. F. G. Young, a member of the state com
mission, who is in St. LouLs, has written
the following letter to Secretary Henry
E. Reed, telling of the proposed site for
the Oregon building at the Fair:
"I think it advisable for me to report
through you to the appropriate commit
tee of the directors, that President Fran
cis and Mr. Taylor, the director of works,
assured me today that a site for the Ore
gon building in the shape of Fort Clatsop
would be reserved for us on the block ad
joining the Art building on the right. Mr.
Taylor gives final approval only on archi
tects' plans. He had read an outline do-.
scrlption of the proposed structure on
Saturday and entered no oojection to any
feature.'
The site set apart for Oregon will, I
think, lend Itself admirably to the pur
pose of securing publicity for the Lewis
and Clark Centennial. It Is on a thcrgugh-
rare that connects tne main ciusier oi
state buildings, Inside hotri and Govern
ment buildings with the Art building.
Festival Hall, the terrace restaurants and
Peristyle of States. The site can Include
a rectangle 125 feet by 200 feet. It Is high
and sightly. I would beg to suggest that
a committee be designated by the board of
directors to confer with a committee or
the commission when co-operation In the
establishment of Oregon headquarters on
the World's Fair grounds is requested.
'I would congratulate President bcott
and the board of directors on the exceed
ingly high standing the Lewis and Clark
Centennial Exposition enterprise has with
the authorities here. The board of direc
tors has reason to feel assured that its
work Is, accorded great credit here, and
most fortunate is it in its representatives.
Messrs. Barrett and Hardee. Mr. Hardee s
work for the Interests of the Lewis and
Clark Centennial could not, I am sure, be
surpassed."
The board of directors of the Lewis, and
Clark corporation did not meet yesterday
afternoon. The meeting has been called
for Tue.dav afternoon at 3:30 o clock.
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Awful Suffering of Baby and
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' Mother.
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weeks old a swelling appeared on the
back of her head, and in course of time
broke. It did not heal but grew worse,
and the soro spread from the size of
a dime to that of a dollar. I used all
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but nothing seemed to help ; in fact, it
grew worse. Her hair fell out where
the sore was, and I feared it would
never grow again. It continued until
my aged father came on a visit, and
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get Cutlcura Soap and Cuticura Oint
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to-day she has a nice head of hair, her
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scar left to recall that awful sore, and
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it returning."
Mrs. Wm. Ryek, Elk Eiv.er, Minn.
CURE PERMANENT
Mrs. Ryer writes Feb. 25, 1903, Six
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"Tourletter of the 19th Inst, received.
asking in regard t4he cure of my baby
some six years ago. Well, the disease
has never returned to her head which at
that time was a solid sore on top and
down the back. Once or twice since
then a patch has come on her hand near
the wrist but it Anally disappeared
after proper treatment with Cutlcura."
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Professor Unna, Hamburg, Germany,
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701 FIRST AVE.. SEATTLE. WASH.
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AINSLIE.- DR. GEORGE, Physician ana
Surgeon COO-COT
ANDERSON. GUSTAV, Attorney-at-Law81U
ASSOCIATED PRESS: E. L. .Powell, ilgr..auu
AUSTEN, F. C. Manager for Oregon and
Washington Bankers' Life Association oi
Des Molnts, la. - 502-503
BAAR, DR. GUSTAV, Phys. and Surg..SOT-bO
- utO ASSOCIATION Of' UtS
MOINES. 1A.; F. a Austen. Mgr 502-303
BATES, PHILIP S., Pub. Pacific Miner... 215
BENJAMIN, R. W.. Dentist 314
BERNARD, G., Cashier Co-Operative Mer
cantile Co i 204-203
BINSWANGEB, OTTO S., Physician and
Surgeon f. 407-403
BOGART. DR.. M. D., Dentist.. 05
BROCK, WILBUR F., Circulator, Orego
nian - 501
BROWN, MYRA, M. D. 313-314
BRUERE, DR. G. E.. Phys. .411-412-413-41
CAMPBELL, WM. M., Medical Referee
Equitable Life 00
CANNING, M. J 602-603
CARD WELL, DR. J. R., Dentist 503
CAUKIN, G. E., District Agent Travelers'
Insurance Company la
CHICAGO ARTIFICIAL LIMB CO.; J. K.
Fltzhugh, Mgs 601
CHURCHILL, MRS. E. J 7I6-71T
CLINTON, RICHARD, State Manager Co
operative Mercantile Co 204-205
COFFEY, DR. R. C. Surgeon ,.405-406
COGHLAN, DR. J. N 713-714
COLLIER, P. F.. Publisher; S. P. McGulre,
Manager 415
COLUMBIA GRANITE CO 417-413
CONNELL. DR. E. DE WITT. Eye. Ear,
Nose and Throat 613-614
CO-OPERATIVE MERCANTILE CO.; J. F.
Olsen, Gea. Mgr.; G. Bernard, Cashler.204-205
CORNELIUS. C. W., Phys. and Surgeon. . .212
DAY, J. G. & I. N 313
DICKSON, DR. J. F.. Physician 713-714
EDITORIAL ROOMS Eighth Floor
EVENING TELEGRAM 325 Alder street
EQUITABLE LIFE .ASSURANCE SO
CIETY; L. Samuel. Mgr.; G. S. Smith.
Cashier 1. 303
FENTON, J. D., Phys. and Surg 509-510
FENTON, DR. HICKS C. Eye and Ear. .511
FENTON. MATTHEW F.. Dentist 509
GALVANI. W. H., Engineer and Draughts
man 600
GEARY, DR. E. P., Phys. and Surgen...40O
G1ESY, DR. A. J., Physician and Surg.. 700-710
GILBERT, DR. J. ALLEN. Physician. .401-403
GOLDMAN. WILLIAM. Manager Manhat
tan Life Ins. Co. ot New York...? 200-210
GRANT, FRANK S., Attomey-at-Law....61T
GRISWOLD & PHEGLEY. Tailors
131 Sixth street
HAMMAM BATHS, Turkish and Russian..
300-301-303
HOLLISTER. DR. O. C, Physician and
Surgeon - 504-505
HOSMER, DR. CHAS., SAM'L; Phys. and
Surgeons - 40(1
IDLEMAN. C. M., Attorney-at-Law. . 615-618
JEFFREYS, DR. ANNICE F.. Phys. and
Surgeon, Women and Children only 400
JOHNSON, W. C. 315-3I6-31T
KADY, MARK T., Supervisor of Agents
Mutual Reserve Life Ins. Co.. ....605
LANE. E. L.. Dentist 513-514
LAWBAUGH, DR. E. A 804-805
LAWRENCE PUBLISHING CO 417-413
LITTLEFIELD & CORNELIUS 213
LITTLEFIELD. H. R., Phys. and Surg. .213
MACKAY. DR. A. E.. Phys. and Surg.. 711-713
MANHATTAN LIFE INSURANCE CO. OF
NEW YORK; W. Goldman. Manager. .200-210
MARSH. DR. R. J., Phys and Surg 303-310
McCOY, NEWTON, Attorney-at-Law 715
McELROY. DR. J. G.. Phys.& Surg.701-702-703
McFADEN. MISS IDA E.. Stenographer.. 210
McGinn, henry e.. Attorney-at-Law.311-312
McGUIRE. S. P., Manager P. F.- Collier.
Publisher
McKENZlE, DR. P. L.. Phys. and Surg.512-13
METT. HENRY - 213
MILLER, DR. HERBERT C, Dentist and
Oral Surgton 60S-C09
MOSSMAN, DR. E. P., Dentist 513-514
MUTUAL RESERVE LIFE INS. CO.;
Mark T. Kady, Supervisor of Agents. 6U4-C05
NICHOLAS, HORACE B.. Attorney-at-Law.713
NIL.ES. M. M., Cashier Manhattan Life
Insurance Company of New Yorw 209
NOTTAGE. DR. G. H., Dentist 602
NOTTINGHAM, T. W., Mg. The Warren
Construction Co. 210-21T
O'CONNOR. DR. H. P.. Dentist 309-310
OLSEN, J. F., General Manager Co-operative
Mercantile Co 204-205
OREGON INFIRMARY OF OSTEOPATHY
400-410
OREGONIAN BARBER SHOP, MARSCH
& GEORGE. Props 129 blxth street
OREGONIAN EDUCATIONAL BUREAU,
J K. S.trauhal, Manager 200
PACIFIC' MERCANTILE CO .206
PACIFIC MINER, Philip S. Bates, Pub... 215
PAGUE. B. S., Attorney-at-Law 513
PALMER BROS.. Real Estate and Busi
ness Chances 417-413
PORTLAND EYE AND EAR IN FIRMAR Y
Ground Floor. 133 Sixth street
REED; C. J., Executive Special Agent
Manhattan Life Ins. Co. of New York. .209
REED. WALTER. Optician 133 Sixth street
RICKENBACH. DR. J. F.. Eye, Ear. Nose
and Throat - 701-702
ROSENDALE, O. M., Metallurgist and
Mining Engineer '. .116
RYAN, J. B., Attorney-at-Law 515
SAMUEL. L., Manager Equitable Life 306
SCOTT, C. N., with Palmer Bros 417-413
SHERWOOD, J. W., State Commander K.
O. T. M 517
SMITH, DR. ALAN AVELCH, Physician and
Surgeon 207-203
SMITH. 'DR. L. B., Osteopath 400-410
SMITH. GEORGE S., Cashier Equitable
Life 300
STOLTE. DR. CHAS. E.. Dentist 704-705
SURGEON OF THE S. P. RY AND N. P.
TERMINAL CO TOO
SUPERINTENDENT a OFFICE 201
TUCKER, DR. GEO. F.. Dentist... 610-611
VESTER. A.. Special Agent Manhattan
T.lf - 209
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CONSTRUCTION CO.; T. W.
Nottingham. Mgr. -iiwit
WENDLING. DR. ROBT. F.. Dentist 705
WILEY, DR. JAMES O. C. Phys. & Surg.70S-9
WILSON. DR. EDWARD N.. Eye. Ear.
Nose and Throat 304-305
WILSON. DR. GEO. F.. Phys. & Surg.706-707
WILSON. DR. HOLT C. Phys .& Surg.507-503
WOOD. DR. W. L., Physician. .411-412-413-414
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