Morning Oregonian., November 06, 1903, Page 11, Image 11

THE MORNIKG 0KEG0NIA3T, FKIDAT, NOVEMBER '6, 1903:.
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DOGK WILL STAND
Port of Portland Accedes to
MrSuMontgomery's Wishes.
CASE FINALLY DISPOSED OF
Hitch In Delivery of Machinery Or
dered for Drydock Poyver Plant
Contractor Wakefield Is
Granted More Time.
Montgomery dock will not be torn down.
Bo the Port of Portland Commission de
cided at an adjourned meeting: yesterday.
Mrs. Jl B. Montgomery was on hand to
bear the good news, and cordially
thanked the Commissioners. Qaptaln
Spencer, who started tho agitation for the.
removal of tho dock, and Mr. Adams
were not present. In fact, Captain Spen
cer has not attended the last two 'meet
ings of the Commission, and the members
were tired of postponing action on the
matter.
Mrs. Montgomery was accompanied by
her attorneys, Judge A. H. Tanner and J.
F. Boothe. Invited by President Swlgert
to address tho meeting. Judge Tanner
made a long argument lor his client,
pointing out the Injustice of requiring her
to remove the dock, and also pay the
whole expense of the litigation. The orig
inal Injunction by the Port of Portland
was sustained by Judge Cleland, of tho
Circuit Court, but his ruling was re
orsed by the State Supremo Court. Tho
cape was appealed to the United States
Supreme Court, which affirmed tho Judg
ment of the State Supreme Court, and
ga e the Port of Portland jurisdiction over
the harbor line. The cost Incurred by the
Port in the trial amounted to some 52000,
ana several members of tho Commission
Luieved that the owners of! the dock
Fhould pay the bllL Judge Tanner's re
nii'ks were Intended to conlnce the
0 mmhwioners of the Impropriety of this
. The Judgo thon read a long reso
lution he had provided for the guidance
c-f the board and asked that action bo
taken on IL The resolution concluded as
follows: " t
"Unsolved by the Port of Portland, That
the said petition of Mary Phelps Mont
gomery, executrix of the last will and
tostament of James B. Montgomery, de
ceased, be and Is hereby granted, and that
there be and is hereby granted to her
and the heirs, successors and assigns of
Lie said James B. Montgomery the right
and permission to perpetually maintain
thr said Montgomery dock. No. 2, as now
c nstructrd and maintained, notwith
standing the said decree by the Supreme
C .urt of the State of Oregon, and that no
step shall be taken to enforce the said
decree or to remove said dock or any
portion thereof.
"And be it further resolved, That this
Port of Portland does not intend by any
thing In this resolution to waive or im
rair its authority of Jurisdiction to regu
late the building of docks and wharves
in said port, and grants this permission
beraup of the great loss tho removal of
said dock would occasion, and because
the same Is not an obstruction to navi
gation, and does not materially injure
the harbor of Portland."
It whs decided to group the questions
of removal of tho dock and payment of
lawyers' fees, and take but one vote on
the st'bject, but at that point Commis
si -ncr Thomas raised an objection.
"If the dock Is not an obstruction," he
'old. "and Is yet outside the harbor line,
fro line ought to be moved out to it."
Mr. Thomas 6aid he was -not yet ready
to vote on tho question. He was in tho
East whan the matter was discussed with
tV pllov, and wanted more time to look
Into it. Captain P,easo and Mr. Driscoll
were in favor of settling It on the spot
Aftei 'considerable discussion of the va
rious phases of the case, Mr. Willis
moved the adoption of the resolution ire
e nted by Judge Tanner, and Captain
Feas seconded It. Mr. Thomas gave no
tice that if a' vote was Insisted upon be-,
f re he could examine the merits of the
zse, he would be compelled to vote
.gainst tho resolution; but the president
-r.'ered the vote. Voting In favor of tho
slution were Commissioners Willis and
IVase. Commissioner Thomas recording
m emphatic "no." Mr. Driscoll did not
i ti As President Swigert was in doubt
as to tho result, he ordered tho roll
i. lied Those voting for the resolution
vurc Pease. "Willis. Driscoll and Swlgert;
ugainst it, Thomas. That settled the mat
t r, and Mrs. Montgomery and her attor-nn-s
withdrew.
1. utine business was taken up by the
I r sentation of Mr. Thomas' report on
machinery ordered by him in the East
f r the drydock power plant. Tho ma
chinery was previously described in his
nir grams to tho board. There la somo
2.1U h in the delivery of tho engine ordered
at Cincinnati, and tho clerk was instruct
cJ to wire tho engine-makers that tho
apparatus must be delivered according to
the terms of the contract.
A committee, consisting of the .president
end Captain Pease, was appointed to act
with Engineer Cummlngs In locating the
power plant. It will probably bo at the
southeast corner of tho property.
Contractor "Wakefield's request for an
extension of four months' time on the
drydock contract was granted, which will
make him Hablo to tho penalty clause if
the pontoons are not completed by De
cember 4. Tho contractor also presented
a claim for $7700 for extra work on the
dock, which was allowed.
A letter was read from the North Pa
cific Lumber Company, stating that it
proposed to extend Its dock, and asking
for light on tho whereabouts of the har
bor line. Tho matter was referred to
Captain Pease.
The president announced' that the dredge
Portland had been temporarily withdrawn
from the drydock site to take out a
lump formed last Summer at tho mouth
of the "Willamette.
WRECK OF THE SEWALL.
Particulars of Loss of American Ship
Off Formosan Coast.
Further news of the loss of the ship
Benjamin Sewall, which was briefly re
ported by cable, have been received by
the Tartar. Just arrived at "Victoria. The
ship was abandoned off Garambea, South
Formosa, on October 6, and 11 men and
ono woman were lost. After being aban
doned the Bhip was boarded by the steam
er Oro on October 6, when bound from
Java to Kobe. Then only three lower
masts and the lower rigging were stand
ing. The mastheads were gone above the
eyes of the rigging;- the cross-jack yard
was intact; ihe malnyard and starboard
yardarm were gone, while the foreyard
as broken In slings. There was much
wreckage floating along the port side of
the ship, but there were no signs of lifo
ca board. Captain Coleman sent his chief
c nicer away in a boat, and the latter,
with groat difficulty, boarded the Sewall.
Jt was then found that the vessel had
teen abandoned. She was loaded with
lumber, but her lower holds were then
two-thirds full of water. The chronome
ters and clock on board the vessel were
still going, the former showing 48 hours
had elapsed since winding. One live pig
ard a cockatoo were found on board.
It was decided to try and tow the ves
sel to port. Owing, however, to the
heavy cross swell prevailing, and both
icssels rolling heavily, operations proved
very difficult, and it was not until 3
o'clock In the afternoon that the Oro was
able to make fast to the ship and to com
mence towing. The Benjamin Sewall
steered very wild, and at 4:30 she took a
fccavy sheer on top of a high swell and
parted all the tow lines. As night was
approaching Captain Coleman decided to
abandon the attempt to tow tho ship, and,
after recalling his chief officer and men,
tho Oro proceeded on her course.
Frightened by a Clairvoyant.
. SEATTI; "Wash., Nov. 5. It leaked out
yesterday why the steamship Oregon was
more than 2-t hours lato In arriving from
Nome on Tuesday. It was because a clair
voyant in Nome predicted that the vessel
would sink and that but three persons
would be saved. Charles D. Iane, tho
millionaire gold miner and shipowner, a
part owner of the Oregon, was a passen
ger on the vessel. Iano caused the ship
to stop for 24 hours at Dutch Harbor
until the spell which ho believed hung over
the ship was removed.
Three days before tho vessel was ready
to sail from Nome, Mrs. Solomon, a well
known clairvoyant of Nome, sent a note
to Mr. Zone, warning him not to take
passage on the vessel as, within CO hours
after tho ship left Nome, she would strike
a rock in Unlmak Pass not shown on the
sailing charts, and that she would go
down. But three passengers would be
saved, she declared.
Navigation at Mouth of Danube.
The Department of Commerce and La
bor is in receipt from Hon. John B. Jack
Ison, United States Minister to Boumanla,
of a copy of the statistics of navigation
at the mouth of the Danube for the year
1902. The tables in the pamphlet show
that vessels of 17 nationalities passed out
of the river or loaded at the port of Su
llna. Tho nations represented are as fol
lows, and are named in order according
to amount of tonnage: Great Britain,
Greece, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Russia,
Turkey, Germany, Boumanla, Holland,
Prance, Spain, Ielglum, Denmark, Nor
way, Sweden, Bulgaria and Samos. No
American ship seems to havo visited the
Danube in the last ten years, while the
British tonnage is almost one-half of
the entire total. v
Fate of Castaways. v
SEATTLE, "Wash., Nov. C The steam
ship Kaga Maru has arrived In Seattle
from the Orient with the startling news
that the castaways from the
American. 4
ship Benjamin SewalL abandoned off
Formosa some time ago, had been mur
dered by savages of Botel, on Tabago
Island. That fate of the seamen, tho
Kaga officers said, was generally believed
by those who have been in search for
them. The men were: "Wat Morris, First
Mate Henry Adams, Third Mate Thomas
Hickle and Peter Johnson, all Americans.
A dispatch received at Yokohama October
IS was to the effect that the TJ. S. S.
"Wilmington and two Japanese vessels
were in the vicinity of the Island making
a search for the missing seamen.
Elmore Loses Her Propeller.
The steamer Sue H. Elmore is in trouble
off Supplo's boatyard. The water is very
shallow ther as the harbor line is far
out in the river and no dredging has been
done lnsldo It. After the steamer slid
down the ways, where she had received an
overhauling, she stuck on a mud bank
and In splto of all the pulling by tho O.
B, & N. Co.'s powerful tug Ocklahama,
she could not be moved. The only effect of
the maneuvering was to break tho El
more's propeller. It Is probable that the
steamer will be pulled off at high: water
this morning, and If so she will be towed
to Astoria and beached there while a new
propeller is being put on.
Steamers Stormbound.
Captain Conway, superintendent of O.
B, & N. water lines, who returned from
Astoria yesterday, says that the bar "Wed
nesday was the roughest he ever saw.
The steamer Columbia went down to the
mouth -of the river, but when he saw how
things wero Captain Doran returned to
Sand Island and anchored there, where
he still remains. Captain Conway de
clares this Is tho first time he ever knew
the fine steamer to be barbound. The
coaster Aurella is also detained in the
lower harbor by the gale.
Caught But One Whale.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. GTho whaling
steamer Karluk arrived here today from
the Arctic She caught only one whale
during the season. Captain McGregor
reports that at TJnalaska the ateamer Al
exander was hove down for repairs when
he Jef t there. She had been leaking bad
ly, and had lost six men by jesertIon at
Port Clarence.
Marine Notes.
The Austrian steamship Kobe will take
on 500 tons more of wheat at Montgomery
dock.
The Reno will leave down today, tho
Ardenoraig tomorrow .and the Charles
Gounod Monday.
The big steamship Algoa is expected to
finish loading for the Orient tonight and
will probably leave down In the morning.
Domestic and Foreign Ports.
ASTORIA, Nov. R Condition of the bar
at 5 P. IL rough; heavy southwest gale.
Columbia and Aurella bar bound. '
San Francisco, Nor. C Sailed Steamer
Acme towing schooner C A Klose, for Co
lumbia River. Sailed at 2:30 P. IL-Bar-kentlne
Addenda, for Columbia River. Sailed
Tug Sea Rover, for Columbia River.
Liverpool, Nov. 6. Arrived Teutonic,
from New York.
Havre, Oct 0. Arrived 1& lorralne, from
New York.
Naples, Nov. 5. Arrived Princess Irene,
from New York.
New York, Nov. 8. Bailed Le. Touralna,
for Havre; Rheln, for Bremen'; Prinze Os
car, for Genoa and Naples; Numldlan, for
Glasgow.
Cherbourg, Nov. C. Arrived Pretoria,
from New York via Plymouth for Hamburg.
Sailed Kaiser "Wllhelm IL, from Bremen
and Southampton for New York.
Genoa, Nor. 6. Sailed Nord America, for
New York.
Tacoma, Nov. G Balled American schoon
er Robert Scarlet, for San Pedro; American
steamship Tacoma, for Hong Kong.
Ban Francisco, Nor. 5. Arrived Steamer
Karluck, from Butch Harbor; steamer Se
quoia, from Gray's Harbor; steamer Tellus,
from Ladyamlth; schooner Eldorado, from
Tacoma; schooner Oakland, from Tillamook.
Sailed Steamer Czarina, for Coos Bay;
steamer Coronado, for Gray's Harbor;
schooner Bella, for Sulslaw River; bark
Skagit for Port Gamble; steamer G.. C
Llndhauer, for Gray's Harbor; steamer Hero,
for Ladysmlth; steamer Mackinaw, for Ta
coma. Seattle, Nor. 5 Arrived Steamer Portland,
from Nome; steamer City of Pueblo, from San
Francisco; steamer Montara, from San Fran
cisco; steamer Dirb?o, from Skagway; steamer
Arizonian, from San Francisco, via Blaine.
Sailed Steamer Queen, for Sen Francisco;
steamer Al-KL for Ekagway.
TO INSPECT WEATHER STATIONS
District Forecaster Beals Prepares
For River's Annual Rise.
District Forecaster Edward Beals leaves
today on a trip of Inspection along tho
"Willamette River, to place the observa
tion stations In ship-shape for tho annual
rise of the river. Mr. Beals will also
make some investigation relative to suit
able sites for the establishment of two or
three new stations along the river. It is
the purpose of tho weather bureau to
erect and equip these stations as soon as
the money for that purpose can be raised.
As to when this will be done nothing def
inite Is known at present, but It is be
lieved that before long it will bo possible
to carry out the plans of the bureau.
Mr. Beals will remain away about two
weeks, -visiting observation stations,
searching out the weak points in the
service and Improving them.
BUSINESS ITEMS.
If Baby Is Catting Teeth.
El ewe aad use tint old aaa welUtrted reaMtfy,
Mrs. Window's Soothing Syrup, tor caltfrex
teetbisr. It soothes tfaa child, soiteaa tb guaas,
aUurs all sals, wn wlaa eoUe ia4 AIutmm.
FORTUNE FOR HIS PATENT
INVENTOR OF STEEL-HARDENING
PROCESS HAS OFFER.
Carpenter Who Can Make Armor
Plato BuIIet-Proof May. Get
$100,000 for His Secret.
Z. T. Clark, who lives in a cottage on
the Sandy road and East Twenty-seventh
'Street, will be able to draw his
check for $100,000, provided tho negotia
tions in progress for tho salo of his pat
ent process for hardening and toughening
steel and iron come out successfully. The
patent was issued to Mr. Clark in No
vember, 1SS5, and ho is now the solo
owner, although he had a partner at tho
start. He says that tho proposition to
sell, his patent camo from parties from.
New York, to whom he gave his terms.
They seemed satisfied, but asked for 00
days to consider.
Mr. Clark is a carpenter, and has been
a resident on the East Sldo for the past
13 years. Before coming here he was a
machinist with the C, B. & Q. Railway,
and It was while thus engaged that, in
experimenting with metals, he discovered
the hardening solution. Ho first tried to
harden brass andr did not succeed, but
when annlled to Iron, the process worked
to perfection. Mr. Clark says that hls-fl
solution will work on armor plates as
well as on the most delicate razor. The
combination of chemicals produces the
solution, and in the combination is tho
secret He has sold largo quantities of
the solution to miners and to others, tho
former using it to harden their drills.
Mr. Clark says that the process for
hardening iron shown in Portland some
time ago was simply his process. In
some way the men concerned obtained
his solution and used it as their own,
but he holds the' patent himself exclu
sively. "No one else can possibly com-
- bine
the chemicals so as to produce the
hardening solution," said Mr. Clark. "I
have no fear of that, -although it may
havo been tried. There have been some
infringements, but I have the only patent
Issued from tho Patent Office for tho
solution. It was for this reason that tho
men who are negotiating to purchase it
traced it down to me. It was, known
in "Washington that I had such a solution,
as Captain J. W. Kern, who invented a
rango-finder, gave the information when
ho was back there.
"1 don't know what they want to do
with it. They thought $100,000 was pretty
steep, but I made no concessions. They
may want It for armor plates. Steel
plate-3 hardened by it will result steel
bullets that pass through plates not so
treated. A man camo to Investigate the
process. I told him I could drill holes
through plato glass. He would not be
llcve it, but I soon convinced him that It
could be dono by doing It Some peoplo
offered $10,000 for tho patent provided
tho solution would evaporate, but it will
not evaporate; it will last indefinitely.
Of course, I don't lmow whether tho peo
ple who have been negotiating for tho
patent will take it or not, but I can keep
it If they don't, for I know Its value. I
have on hand materials for several bar
rels of the solution. I am a poor man,
but don't have to sell my patent for any
thing less than it is worth."
APPARATUS FOR SUNNYSIDE,
Chemical Combination Fire Engine
Has Arrived From Chicago.
Tho chemical combination engine for
Sunnyslde has arrived and Is now stored
in Engine House No. 7, East Third street,
preparatory to going into commission. It
is a beautiful machine. It carries two
0-gallon tanks for the chemical solution
and 2000 feet of hose. The engine has
three parts extension ladders, hose and
the chemical solution. Its length Is 30
feet. Extra charges of chemicals aro
arranged for. Tho hook Is also a combi
nation for tearing tin apart or making
an opening through a plastered wall.
The double tanks are arranged so that,
when the chemical solution is exhausted,
connection can be made with a flro hy
drant and a stream of water obtained.
District Engineer Holden and other fire
men visited No. 7 house to see the new
apparatus, and all expressed themselves
as pleased with its appearance.
In this house also is the fire englno
intended for Sunnyslde. It is engine No.
5, and has been thoroughly overhauled
by Engineer Smith and is ready for ser
vice. It is light, but throws a good
stream and is in every way fitted for
what will be required of it in the Sunny
side district.
It Is estimated that there will be flvo
permanent men at tho Sunnyslde englno
house when both the combination chemi
cal and engine are in commission, be
sides tho extra men, of whom there will
be about five.
The engines will probably go Into ser
vice by the first of tho year. It is ex
pected that the building now occupied
by the hOBO company on East Thirty
fifth and Belmont streets win be the quar
ters of the new apparatus, although that
matter Is still in tho hands of tho Exec
utive Board. It is regarded as central
to the district to be covered, and will
glvo tho apparatus a down-hill run in
nearly all directions. Tho engines will
probably answer alarms as far north a
,Tie Doernbecher factory. East Twelfth
street, Stephens' Addition and a long
way southward.
Sunday School Convention.
The Sunday school convention of tho
Evangelical Association, north district,
was held yesterday In the Evangelical
Church at Lents. Delegates to the alli
ance convention of the day before were
delegates to this convention also. G. W.
Plumer presided, and the day was taken
up with the following programme: "Our
Boys and Girls for Christ," Mrs. Esther
Frankhauser; "Giving," W. J. Hudson;
"Should Wo Have a Home Department?"
Mrs. N. Shupp; "How to Keep Boys in
the Sunday School." G. W. Plumer; "Shall
Our Denomination Sunday Schools Use
Union Literature?" Mrs. G. A. Natzle;
"Denomination Sunday Schools vs. Un
denominational Schools," Mcs. Gresley;
"Pastors Place In tho Sunday School," A.
E. Myers; "Decision Day," Mrs. S. A. Sei
wert. In tho evening the convention
closed with an appropriate sermon by
Rev. S. ,A. Seiwert. Both alliance and
Sunday school conventions were well at
tended, and much Interest was displayed
in the proceedings. Luncheon was served
at the church by the women of the neigh
borhood. Accused of Bloody Threat.
Ford Metrger, a saloonkeeper of Gres
ham, was placed under arrest yesterday
by Constable Keenan on a warrant from
tho East Side Justlco Court, charging him
with threatening to kill James Chalker.
He furnished $50 cash bail ano was re
leased. He ridicules the charge, and says
that it is wholly without foundation, as
he has not oven spoken to Chalker for
several weeks. Tho charge is that he
threatened to carve Chalker up and throw
the pieces into Johnson Creek.
Death of Charles Knapp.
D. F. Knapp, who resides on East Burn
side and East Twenty-second street, yes
terday received the sad news of tho death
of his son, Charles Knapp, at San Fran
cisco, at the age of 24 years. The young
man was welll known in. Portland, was
born in Kenllworth, and was in San Fran
cisco to finish his apprenticeship as a
machinist. The body will bo brought to
Portland for burial.
Mothers' Meeting.
A mothers meeting will be held this
afternoon at 2:30 in the Brooklyn build
ing on Mllwaukle street All parents and
those interested In the work of tho school
are invited to be present The teachers
will hold a. reception at the close of tho
exercises.
CUSTOM-HOUSE BUSINESS.
October Summary Shows Gain Over
Preceding Month.
Tho October statement of transactions
of tho Custom-House of this district show
a rood increase In receipts and -galue of
exports over the showing of the previous
month, but a decrease as compared with
the same month last year. In October,
1902, the value of domestic exports was
51,447,535 and receipts irom all sources ag
gregated $79,035. The summary statement
of the past month follows:
Vessels entered from foreign ports........ 5
Vesesls cleared for foreign ports............ 12
Vessels entered from domestic ports........ S3
Vessels cleared for domestic ports....... - 24
Entries of merchandise for duty.. ...... 87
Entries of merchandise free of duty..... 25
Entries for warehouse...................... O
Entries for export to adjacent British prov
inces .. "... S
Entries from warehouse for consumption... 22
Entries from warehouse for transportation.. 1
Entries for Immediate transportation with
out appraisement -... 5"
Total numbr of entries of all kinds. ... -200
Entries for consumption liquidated. . ...170
Entries for warehouse liquidated............ 3
Certificates of enrollment granted...... ... 2
Licenses for coasting trade granted 11
Licenses to vessels under 20 tons granted.. 1
Total number of documents to vessels Issued 14
Value of exports
Domestic ....,$1,153,001
Receipts from all sources
Duties on Imports .59,139.80
Fines, penalties and forfeitures...... 8.10
Miscellaneous customs receipts........ SSS.10
Storage, labor and cartago... ........ 1&25
Official fees G7.30
Total $59,011.05
Amout of refunds and drawbacks paid 703.15
The value of domestic exports in the
past 12 months was as follows;.
November
December
...... a? 84092
.... 1,775.890
January ..
February .
March ....
April
Mar
Juno ...
l,4Gl,CS5r
788,018
702,794
730,245
7C0.98S
CIS, 590
July 444.158
August ...... .. 273,063
September ............... ...... C71.5S7
October ........ 1.1C5.001
The total receipts of tho district in each
month were as follows:
November .....S
December ....
January ... ......
February ....
March ........ -......
April w
C0.942
73.093
111,035
(57,514
07,793
r 04,201
46,070
93.033
. 03.930
Juno
July
August 03,909
September ...... ................... C2.451
October 69,011
OREGON PABMS AEE CHEAP.
Eastern Buyers Make Profitable In
vestments at Low Prices.
"Farming land is cheaper in Oregon
than in any state I have ever done busi
ness In," said, a real estato man yester
day, "and I do an exclusively out-of-town
business. I have bought and sold
lands in all tho Middle Western States,
and I never saw as fine a farm, sold for
as little money as a 200-acre ranch I
bought for an Illinois man out here in
Yamhill County the other day. It is in
tho red soil district west of Newberg, and
cost him $10,000, but he sold an Illinois
farm that is flooded about half tho time
to pay for it His old place contained 150
acres, and be was paid 5100 for every
ono of those unhealthy acres. In ex
change ho gets a bettor, healthier farm
whero ho works less and makes as much
money from his apples as he made from
the whole of his old farm, and has a neat
little $5000 bank account to boot
"Do I havo many customers? Well, I
have been operating In tho neighborhood
of Albany for four years, and during that
time I havo seen half the farms in that
part of the country change hands. I havo
not done It all, of course, but I have lo
cated a good many people in that dis
trict They were almost all from Iowa,
Illinois and Nebraska.
"What's the matter with the old ten
ants? They aro Just like Indians; they
get their sustenance out of the soil and
aro happy. Somo day I or somebody else
who has a customer staked out in tho
East comes along and asks his price.
Well, he does not know, but end3 by
shrewdly asking more than ho expects. I
make a bid of about half what I would
havo to pay for It anywhere else, he ac
cepts this finally, and some Eastern client
of mine, up on all the latest schemes,
goes out there and lives on It He intro
duces diversified farming, "silo" feeding,
and all the Middle West ideas, and we
have a modern farm. In tho meantimo
your old Oregonlan goes back in the hills
to do somo moro pioneering. That ac
counts for the diversified farming that
has become so common in the Willamette
Valley during the last few years. The old
mossbacks are being driven out of tho
Valley, which Is a wonderful country for
this modern method, and as a consequence
Is going to be ten times as productive as
formerly. Portland will get the benefit of
this increase, and If it were nothing more
than the metropolis of this Valley it would
be a rich city."
WANTED A SEWER-MENDER.
Irate Citizen Finds No City Official
Anxious for the Job.
The nostrils of an East Sldo citizen are
offended by the perfume of a broken
sewer, which empties its contents in tho
street In front of hi3 house. The citizen
ha3 offered a reward for the detection of
tho proper city official whoso duty It J3
to cure such evils.
"I havo been after every city official
I can think of," said tho man yesterday,
"and each refers me o the other. Evi
dently, Tvo skipped the right official.
How to find him Is a most wearying task.
"First I went to tho City Engineer.
That gentleman very urbanely referred
mo to tho Plumbing Inspector. But Mr.
Plumbing Inspector said he was not
vested with the power to remedy a broken
sewer, and sent me to the Deputy City
Engineer. Tho last-named personage was
very learned In the law and started In
to expound It As proof of the Immensity
of his knowledge, he said that ho had
been present at tho meetings of the char
ter board when the charter was formed.
"When I broke Into his dissertation by
declaring I didn't need law so much as a
mended sewer, he Impatiently directed
me to the City Board of Health. Tho
City Board of Health "denied all respon
sibility for the nuisance, and told mo to
hunt up the Health Officer. This I did,
with the same result as before. That
gentleman sent me to the City Attorney.
But the City Attorney found himself
unable to copo with tho trouble, and told
mo to hunt up tho Superintendent of
Streets. Mr. Superintendent of Streets
said he was just like the other gentlemen
who draw down salaries from taxes and
told me I would better lay my troubles
before the City Engineer.
"So here I am, after having gono tho
entire round of the honorable gentlemen
who keen their chairs warm In the City
Hall. Will anybody kindly give me the
name of the proper personago beforo
whom I may present my petition?"
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Cotton Culture in Liberia Fails.
NEW YORK, Kov. 5. On board the
steamer Majestic, which arrived today
from Liverpool, werey'l2 negroes from
the Southern States, who went to Liberia,
West Africa, to experiment In cotton cul
ture, with tho view to future colonization
from this country. They saythe experi
ment was a failure, and they embarked on"
the Majestic In a penniless condition.
Visitors to rortlaad.
Should not miss tue aellghtful trips up and
down the Columbia River. Particulars at
O. R. & N. city ticket office. Third and
Washington.
WINS AFTER BRAVE FIGHT
DETECTIVE HARTMAN 'LANDS
' HIS PRISONER IN JAIL.
Burly Negro Resists Arrest, and a
Crowd Looks On While He Se
verely Beats His Captor.
Guns were flashed, but not used, yes
terday in a terrific fight Detective Ix C
Hartmaa had in arresting Lynn Williams,
colored, at Second and Burnside streets,
on a charge of stealing $33 from Jake
Hickman, colored. Hartman was severe
ly beaten about the face and head, bat
he was cool-headed enough not to shoot
his prisoner. The latter dropped his gun
when requested to do so, and was safely
locked up at the pollco station. Thirty
whlto men stood around at the sceneT of
the fight and saw tho officer nearly
beaten into Insensibility without going to
his assistance. Tho police aro after
another negro who, Hickman says, helped
Williams to steal tho money, but the
suspect has escaped so far.
Hickman recently earned money work
ing with tho gang of colored me3 help
ing to repair asphalted streets, and early
yesterday morning he had about $13 in
his possession. Ho says v he met Wil
liams and another colored man, whose
namo ho does not know, and told them
to take him. to hl3 room on Second street
as he was sick. "All right" said the duo,
and somo little time after they had
deposited Hickman In his room he awoke
to find that he had been robbed of 533.
The thieves had generously left him $S
Avlth which to start lifo anew. Hickman
lost no time in communicating with the
police, and Hartman was ordered to work
on the case. Now Hartman Is ' a recent
addition to the detective force, weighs
about 163 pounds, and is considered a
plucky officer. Williams, it was known,
stands six feet high and weighs 210 pounds,
but without asking for any assistance
from his brother detectives or police
men, Hartman started after his game
alone. He met Williams at Second and
Everett streets, and told him he was
under arrest The prisoner was in an
angry mood, but accompanied Hartman
as far as Second and Burnside streets,
where he said: Tm d d If I go a step
further," and ho smashed Hartman on
the head. Without drawing his revol
ver, the detective grappled with his pris
oner, but was hopelessly overmatched In
.weight and Williams repeatedly smashed
him on the mouth. Hartman drew his
head away and missed two knockout
blows which probably would have finished
him. By this time a llttlo crowd of men
had gathered at the corner of the street
drawn there by the prospect of a fight
"Help. I'm an officer," yelled Hartman,
but nobody came to assist him. The on
lookers stood around with their hands in
their pockets. Cut and bleeding, Hart
man drew his revolver simultaneously
with Williams.
"Drop your revolver, or I'll fill you full
of lead," said Hartman, as his gun
clicked. Williams saw that he meant
business, and sulkily dropped his own re
volver on tho sidewalk.
"Step back two paces," ordered Hart
man, and his prisoner oboyed. Hartman
then seized the revolver on the sidewalk
and, in splto of his painful Injuries, took
his prisoner on tho march to the police
station. When the crowd saw that Hart
man was master of tho situation, its
mood changed the way of the world
and there were cries of: "Shoot the coon.
Fill him full of lead. What business has
ho to attack a whlto man?" and so forth.
A reporter afterward saw two business
men who came up as the fight was about
over, and one of them said: "Hartman
deserves the greatest credit for not shoot
ing his prisoner. Many a detective would
have fired. But what could we Jo? The
moment Hartman and tho negro drew
their revolvers, we ducked for the near
est doorway. We had ourselves to think
of. No, sir. We ain't going to face any
gun play."
Last night at the pollco station, Hart
man was warmly complimented by his
brother officers on his pluck. One of his
teeth is broken and his lips aro cut
PRAYED THAT UVES BE SPARED
Purchaser of Shotgun Startles Two
Country Sightseers.
A man with a double barreled shotgun
in front of a down-town hardware store
yesterday afternoon, sent the half dozen
pedestrians howling and fleeing down tho
street in the wildest kind of a panic The
man was Ignorant of the panic ho was
creating until he suddenly saw an old
farmer and his wife suddenly throw up
their hands and fall to their knees begging
for mercy.
Tho man had entered the. gun store for
the purposo of buying a shotgun. It was
dark and gloomy In the store and the
prospective buyer took tho shotgun to the
sidewalk out side the store. He wished to
try the balance and tho sight of the gun
and several times ho brougnt it up to his
shoulder suddenly and swept the horizon
with the shooting Iron. Peoplo who were
hurrying through tho rain caught a
glimpse of tho man and the gun from
underneath their fluttering umbrellas and
believing him to be on tho rampage,
screamed for help and sought safety In
doorways and up convenient stairways.
The old folks from tho country did not
notice the man with the gun until they
were opposite him across the street The
woman saw tho gun pointed straight at
her and sho let a yen out of her that
could be heard for ten blocks. The old
man looked around to see what was tho
matter and also saw the waving shotgun.
In an instant he jumped In front of his
wife and prayed to be spared. Tho man
who was buying the shotgun dodged back
into tho store and out of a side entrance
just as a big policeman dashed through
tho front door.
CHANCE TO RAISE MUSHROOMS.
Culture of Edible Fungi Offers Prof
itable Field to Women.
There aro very rew of the ladles who
visit the Waverly Gob! Links who do not
come home with a nice bag of mush
rooms, and many a table In Portland's
smart circles is supplied from this source.
They grow in greatest profusion at this
spot the moisture from the river in all
probability having much to do with It
Humidity has a greater effect upon the
growth of mushrooms than any other in
fluence, however, and with the naturally
damp climate of Oregon it Is a wonder
that the culture of this luscious delicacy
Is not extensively engaged in. It has be
come a favorite Industry with many
women in tho East the numerous mush
room clubs throughout the country caus-
INFANTSINVALIDS
Baby's bright eyes, rosy
cheeks, firm flesh and sound
limbs are the results of using
Mellin's Food.
You will bs glad that you sent for a samplo
of Mellin's Food when you see how eaeerly
baby takes it.
MELLIN'S FOOD CO.. BOSTON. MASS.
wp FOR M ano5J
Mrs. Rosa Adams, niece of the late General"
Roger Hanson, C. S. A., wants every woman
to know of the wonders accomplished by
Lydia E Pinldiam's Vegetable Compound,
TDln'J,Dra?L:""L?nnot ten youtb. pen and ink what good
. X-yoia E. Plnkham's Vegetable Compound did for me. suffering from
Tj .,c'r"a,i w L"c SMZf uitreme lassxiuae ana tnat all gone ieeling-, I
would nsa from, my bed in the morning- feeling more tired than when I went
mS before had nsed two bottles of Lydia E. PinlrJiam's Vesre
tame Compound, I began to feel the buoyancy of my younger days return
ing, became regular, could do more work and not feel tired than I had ever
been able to do before, bo I continued to use it until I was restored to perfect
health. It is indeed a boon to sick women and I heartily recommend it.
Yonrs very truly, Mbs. Bosa Adams, 819 12th St., Louisville, Ky." t
tbw doses every week, for I find that it tones up the system and keeps mo
feeling strong, and I never have that tired out feeling any more.
" I certainly think that every woman ought to try this grand medicine,
for it would prove its worth. Youra very truly, Miss Elsie Dastfobth, 203
Do Soto St., Memphis, Term."
FREE MEDIOAIt ABVICE TO WOMEN.
Don't hesitate to write to Mrs. Pinkham. She will understand
your case perfectly, and will treat you with kindness. Her advice
is free, and the address Is !Lynn, "Tass. Ko woman ever regretted
having written her, and she has elped thousands.
5000
FO R FEIT If "wo cannot f orUroith produce tho original letters and signatarea of
above testimonial!, walca will prove their absolute genuineness.
Xydia E. glnlthnm 3Ied. Co., lynn, Sla&j.
lug many to become enthusiasts on the
subject. Tho mushroom Is not only an
edible food, but a very healthy one, and
were the correct species more thoroughly
known. It would become a3 much used In
the household as many ot our garden
vegetables.
With very llttlo expense and care, a few
mushroom beds can be started, and It will
astonish the grower how profitable they
will prove. The women o this country
who have gono Into this industry have
adopted the French methods of raising
them In cellars or basements. Tho beds
are made In frames, and are ranged one
above the other, like shelves, a small
amount of space thus being put to much
use. Tho soil should not bo more than
six or eight Inches deep, and after plant
ing the spawn, all the skill that is re
quired In their culture Is maintaining an
even temperature about 50 degrees Fah
renheitand gathering the crop. There
Is no great labor about this, and the
woman who Is looking for a quiet way to
make some money will find this a success.
HKEDMDf
!lI(lSjlJl 0 Supper 1
There
an affi
. "i5gSKilteM'iaP,Ci I!
initv oetween - r g
the crisp, nuiiy WHOLEWHEJlT filaments and M
preserves, that charms the palate. Shredded
Wheat has all the food value intended by Mature
for man.
Dr. Chas. A. Barnard, Centerdale, R. I., writes :
" It is the most perfect food yet offered to mankind."
SOLD BY
Any vromen who are troubled -with ir
regular or painful menstruation, -weakness,
leucorrhesa, displacement or ulcer
ation of tho -womb, that bearing-down
feeling, inflammation of the ovaries, back
ache, general debility, and nervous" pros
tration, should know there is one tried
and true remedy, Iiydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. 2fo other medicine
for women has received such wide-spread
and unqualified indorsement. Ifo other
medicine has such a record of female cures.
" Deab Mbs. Pctkham: I am very pleased
to recommend Iiydia E. Pinkham's Vege
table Compound for womb and ovarian difficul
ties from which I have been a sufferer for years. It
was the only medicine which was at all beneficial,
and within a week after I started to use it, thero
was a great change in my feelings and looks. I
used it for a little over three months, and at the
exu of that time I suffered no pain at the menstrual
period, nor was I troubled with those distressing
pains which compelled me to go to bed, and I have
not had a headache since. This is nearly a year
ago. I always keep a bottle on hand, and take a,
If sho goes about it right. The Agricul
tural Department at Washington will
send any one who applies a pamphlet on
mushroom culture, which will give all
necessary information, and the spawn or
brick from which they are grown can bo
obtained from any prominent seedsman.
There is a great chance for the farmer's
wife or tho woman In tho poultry b ill
ness to go Into this as a side line and a.dd
materially to the year's income, as tho
big hotels and restaurants of the c'ry
can no doubt uso all that are put on tua
market here.
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Stockyard3 May Avert Str'k
CHICAGO, Nov. E.-r-Represi! t
tho packing interests at tho Url
Yards have offered tho striking -makers
and canners an increas-.. j,
that probably will bo accept, n! 3
employes, preventing a generic t,t 3
all tho centers of tho Industry
Oregon Kidney Tea eliminates v i-or ,r
itics. It la a perfect Spring meiV
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