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THE MORNING O REG ONI AN. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1904.
MERGER 18 ORDERED
Southern Pacific Lines Com
bine With 0. R. & N.
QUESTION AS TO LEGALITY
Two Lines Are Competitors for Inter
state Commerce, Therefore Af
fected by Merger Decision
Mr. Koehler May Remain.
An order from the headquarters of the
Harriman system In Chicago, signed by
Julius Kruttschnitt and approved by Mr.
Harriman. which vraa received at the
Southern Pacific office yesterday, confirms
the announcement that the Southern Pa
cific lines In Oregon are to be consolidated
with the O. R. & N. under E. E. Calvin
as general manager. The dispatch does
not give any further details regarding the
disposition of the officials that have been
promoted. It Is simply a confirmation of
the general changes. It states, though,
that all the officials of the Southern
Pacific lines In Oregon, including the vari
ous agents, will report to Mr. Calvin as
general manager of both the Harriman
lines In Oregon.
The action of Mr. Harriman in giving
Mr. Calvin the management of both roads
and consolidating certain offices of the
two lines is regarded locally as a merger
of the lines pure and simple. It Is be
lieved that the Southern Pacific as far
as Ashland is to be operated as the
southern branch of the O. R. & N. This
merger, It Is thought, will result In a
change of rates between Portland and
flan Francisco In all probability an ad
vance on both the rail and water lines,
as these lines, Instead of being nominally
competing lines, will, under the new re
gime, be under the same management and
2iave common Interests.
May Come Under Merger Decision.
In view of this the question has been
raised and Is provoking considerable dis
cussion as to whether or not this merger
is a violation of the decision In the North
ern Securities case. Just at thla stage
no one Is willing to discuss the subject
freely for publication, but from various
eources It Is gathered that In case the
combination of the roads results In an
advance of tariffs to such an extent as to
ibe objectionable to shippers, the matter
may be brought up for more thorough In
vestigation. The probable effect of the consolidation
of the two lines is, of course, receiving
much attention at the hands of those who
are interested in railroads. That the con
solidation will have Its effect upon rates
there Is little doubt. It Is pointed out
that In the past the boat line operated
between Portland and San Francisco by
the O. R. & N. has always been a com
petitor with the Southern Pacific and
until about two years ago there were
frequent "rate scraps" between them.
These wars, of course, resulted In better
rates generally for the shippers doing
business between here and San Francisco.
About two years ago there was a general
advance on both lines, and affairs have
been run upon that basis, but notwith
standing this the lines have been com
petitors, and, as such, have been bene
ficial to trade. It Is argued that after the
consolidation of the O. R. & Jf. and the
Southern Pacific lines In Oregon, the boat
and rail lines will cease to be competitors,
both being operated under the same man
agement and under the direction of the
same man. It Is feared by shippers that
under this combination rates may be ad
vanced and both lines will be forced to
observe such tariffs as may be fixed for
them. If such proves to be the case, the
shippers will have no other recourse but
to pay the price. Naturally shippers aro
Interested and are watching anxiously for
the results of the combination.
WiII Compete No Longer.
"While the boat line and the Southern
Pacific have had an agreement upon rates
for two years past, they have been oper
ated under separate managements and
have to all Intents and purposes been com
peting lines. They have had separate so
licitors for business, and the competition
thus established has been a stimulus to
trade, it Is said. But when the consolida
tion takes place at the first of the month,
it is feared that all this will be done
away with. "With one management for
both lines, it Is feared that business may
be directed by either line at will by the
management, and the shipper will have
to acceed to the will of the
management. It is upon this that the
question of the legality of the combina
tion has been raised. It Is argued that,
the two lines being under one manage
ment, It will be easy for this manage
ment to cpntrol and-jiivide traffic and fix
rates to its own Interests regardless of
those of the shipper. As both lines deal
in interstate commerce, such a combina
tion. It is argued, would amount to a
monopoly that would come under the
merger decision.
These matters are some that Mr. Krutt
schnitt and Mr. Stubbs are expected to
take action upon when they arrive here.
Consequently their arrival is being anx
iously awaited.
Mr. Koehler May Remain.
President Mohler, of the O. R. & N.,
left last night for L,a Grande to meet
General Manager Calvin and accompany
him to . this cits. Mr. Calvin will assume
Ills new duties on April 1.
It Is generally believed that Mr. Koehler
will retain his position with the Southern
Pacific, acting as assistant manager of
the line to Ashland, and reporting to Mr.
Calvin. Mr. Calvin, it is expected, will
make some changes in the departments
under him after his arrival, but the nature
of these changes cannot be forecasted at
this time.
Ex-President Perkins Here.
Ex-President C. E. Perkins, of the
Burlington, arrived in this city last night
over the Southern Pacific from Cali
fornia. He was met here by C. M.
Levy, assistant to President Elliott, of
the Northern Pacific, and Judge C. S.
Grosscup. general counsel for the North
ern Pacific at Tacoma. The conference
among them was not in relation to busi
ness, but simply a social meeting. Mr.
lievey worked under Mr. Perkins for
years. The party left yesterday morning
for the North. Mr. Perkins, who Is one
of the heaviest owners in the Burlington,
has large interests on the Pa6lfic Coast,
and his visit hero was for the purpose of
looking after these.
Mohler's Appointment Announced.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 29. The ap
pointment of President A. !. Mohler, of
the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Com
pany, to succed H. G. Burt as president
of the Union Pacific Railroad, with tho
title of vice-president, was today an
nounced in the office of the Union Pacific
In this city. Mr. Mohler will make his
headquarters In Omaha and will prob
ably assume his new duties about April 1.
Before their departure for the East, Dl
rectprs Stubb and Kruttschnitt will pay
a visit to Portland to consult with Presi
dent Mohler.
Montana Officials Are Changed.
ST. PAUL. March 29. A. E. Long, su
perintendent of the Kallspell division of
the Great Northern Railway, has leslgned
and will be succeed Tby J. H. O'Nell, at
present superintendent of the Montana
division, 'With headquarters at Havre. C.
A, Jonto, assistant superintendent of the
Superior & Mesaba division, will be trans
ferred to the Montana division, to succeed
J. H. O'NelL The changes are effective
April X.
Calvin Starts for Portland.
SALT LAKE. March 29. E. E. Calvin,
assistant general manager of the Oregon
Short Line, whose appointment as suc
cessor to A. I. Mohler as operating head
of the O. R. & N. lines and Southern Pa
cific in Oregon was announced today, left
for Portland today. It Is expected he will
enter upon his new duties April 1.
EXHIBIT BY PEESS AETISTS.
Pictures Will Be On Display at Hotel
Portland, April 4.
For a second time the parlors of tho
Portland will be thrown open upon a
display of pictures by the Newspaper
Artists' League, the members of which
are the leading men and women em
ployed upon the local newspapers and
magazines. The preparations for this
artistic and social event have been un
der way" for months past.
Last year's salon occasioned much
favorable comment, far exceeding the
expectations of the most sanguine of
our patrons, and It will doubtless be
the source of much satisfaction to the
many who have so generously contrib
uted to the success of these exhibi
tions, of making comparisons as to
the progress of each Individual artist,
resulting from the stimulation of such
substantial assistance.
Many homes contain some souvenir
of last year's display, and the artists
look forward to many more containing
some memento of the event, much time
and money being expended in endeav
oring to secure the appreciation and
support of the public generally for
such a praiseworthy and creditable un
dertaking. Ib may be truly said each artist has
progressed during the yeir past, and
will display In the forthcoming exhi
bition his or her originality and clev
erness in the particular field their in
clination may have taken them.
F. A. Routledge Is easily the fore
most marine artist of the Pacific North
west, his stunning and effective ma
rines being greatly admired.
Lute Pease has undoubtedly made
greater progress during the year past
than any other local artist, his work
being stronger and more effective, with
a boldness which could only be at
tained by an increasing confidence.
Harry Murphy has returned to the
scene of his earlier labors. His work
has become widely and favorably
known, marked ability being displayed
In all his characteristic work.
Chap Chapln will delight many ad
mirers with her strikingly clever idoal
heads, artistic and decorative, a field
which she has taken for her own.
Lillian Lewis, a newcomer, whoso
work will be shown for the first time
in these exhibits, is a versatile artist.
Her sketches will attract much atten
tion. Rita Bell has a number of sketches
done In a style particularly pleasing
and suggestive of much originality.
Collsta Murray has entertained mag
azine readers with her Interesting il
lustrations. The original drawings and
paintings sho displays are truly artis
tic. Rea Irwin has outclassed all his pro
vlous efforls. his work being not only
artistic, but shows large power of con
ception and marked ability to work up
subjects in a masterly way.
Murray wade will display not only
sketches In black and white, but soma
of his more ambitious efforts in oils.
The work shown by him covers a wldo
range and demonstrates his ability to
handle his subject, both in techniauo
and color scheme.
John Seed, Jr.. displays comics and
caricatures which are both Interesting
and demonstrate much ability.
Milton "Werschkul Is a young man of
much promise. His work is original In
style and shows much preparation and
carefulness of detail.
The exhibition opens Monday even
ing at 8 o'clock, April A, and continues
the following afternoon and evening.
The artists extend a cordial Invitation
t-icir mcny friends.
"Indians, Insane, Women."
PORTLAND. March 29. (To the Editor.)
Since somebody in your office took the
liberty to substitute for the above cap
tion to my little article in Monday's Issue
of your widely read newspaper a caption
of his own, which placed me, ostensibly,
among the "antis" and does me and my
friends a grave Injustice, I must ask you
to print this protest and explanation.
My letter, which was Intended as sar
casm, pure and unadulterated, was taken
seriously by scores of my friends and Mrs.
Dunlway's, as was only natural, from Its
appearance under Its printed label.
Like the artist who found It necessary
to label his pictures with "this Is a man"
or "this Is a horse," I must ask you to
allow me to say, seriously, that I am an
equal suffragist; that I protest with all
my might against the political rating that
classes the mothers of the race In the
company of "Idiots, insane persons, crim
inals. Chinamen not native-born, and In
dians not taxed;" that "Wyoming Is not
"desolate," although her women have been
voting for 35 years; that homes are not
"disrupted" In Colorado, where women
vote, and there are many more happy
homes in Idaho than existed in that state
before the women were enfranchised. The
husbands in those states have not, in
reality, "massed themselves In Alaska"
to fight against equal rights for the
mothers of men; but, on the contrary,
all the leading citizens of these states
are defending our noble cause against the
riff-raff of the saloons and dives In dis
franchised states (and their own) which
alone have any cause to dread the en
franchisement of women.
Mrs. Botsford's article struck me, after
a careful reading, as such a capital satire
on the methods of the "antis" that I
sought to hold It up before the public In
a little more light, that our opponents
might see clearly the political company In
which this glorious free government holds
Its wives and mothers In every state
In this Union, except the fortunate four,
where the women have been raised by
the votes of honorable men above the
company of "idiots, insane persons" and
so forth.
Believing you will do me and my friends
the justice to publish this as It Is written,
head-line and all, I am, yours for a po
litical rating with honorable men,
MRS. CHARLTON EDHOLM.
Theatrical Man's Tongue Removed.
NEW YORK, March 29. After two
weeks of preparation a surgical operation
for the removal of the tongue has been
successfully performed upon Thomas Ma
guire, a well-known theatrical treasurer,
formerly of San Francisco, but who has
been . attached to New York playhouses
for several years. Magulre was a victim
of cancer at the roots of his tongue,
caused by excessive smoking. A few
years ago the doctors Informed him that
his only chance for life lay in the entire
removal of the tongue. He cheerfully
submitted, and said In bidding farewell
to his friends who gathered around the
operating table, that he should soon learn
to talk with his fingers. The surgeons
now believe he will rapidly recover his
health.
State Gives 1812 Veteran a Pension.
ALBANY. N. Y., March 29. Both
houses of the Legislature have passed a
bill authorizing the payment by the
State of New York of a pension of 572
per month to Hiram Cronk. the last
American survivor of the war of 1812.
Both Republicans . and Democrats sup
ported .the. bill for a pension, and the
sum of S72 was agreed to after a state
Senator had declared that Cronk was in
want.
LIGHT ALASKAN WATERS
NEW STATION AT TREE POINT
WILL SOON BE ESTABLISHED.
New Aid to Navigation at Entrance
to Revillagigedo Channel, Near
Cape Fox.
"Within a few years Alaskan waters, in
which navigation has always been hazar
dous, will be as well lighted as any other
portion of the Pacific Coast. Government
engineers connected with the lighthouse
service have for several years past been
Industriously engaged In building new
light stations, and more are In progress of
construction or are contemplated. The
next lighthouse to be illuminated will be
that at Tree Point, In the extreme south
eastern corner of Alaska. The structure
Is now being completed and the light will
be established on or about April 30.
The lighthouse Is on the westerly ex
tremity of Tree Point, on the eastern side
of the southern entrance to Reviilaglgedo
Channel and Is about four miles northwest
of Cape Fox. The building consists of an
octagonal one-story, fog-signal structure
with a pyramidal roof surmounted by an
octagonal tower supporting the lantern
The light will be a fixed white light of the
third order, and will Illuminate 216 degrees
of the horizon. The focal plane of the
light will be S6& feet above the water and
56& feet above the base of the tower, and
the light will be visible 15 miles In clear
weather. The approximate geographic po
sition of the light, as taken from the
coast survey chart of that section, Is
5i:4S:13 north latitude and 130:55:40 west
longitude, and the bearings are as follows:
Dundas Island, left tangent. SE. by E.,
13 miles; Zayas Island, right tangent, S.
W., 13& miles; Barren Island, SW. 5-16
W., 15 miles; Cape Northumberland, Duke
Island, YVSW. 9-16 W., 15 miles.
On the same date there will be estab
lished In the structure a Daboll trumpet,
operated by compressed air, to sound, dur
ing thick, or foggy weather, blasts of
three seconds' duration, separated by
silent Intervals of 27 seconds. When the
new light Is put In operation, the tem
porary fixed white lens-lantern light now
there will be discontinued.
WRECKS ON BRITISH COAST.
Over Four Thousand Shipping Cas
ualties in Winter of 1901-2.
The wreck chart of the British Isles for
1S01-2 has just been published. It is thick
ly spotted with wrecks around the coasts
of Devon and Cornwall. The total num
ber of shipping casualties on the shores
of Great Britain and Ireland during the
year was 4124, an increase of 116 over
the previous year. The number of lives
lost as a result of these casualties totaled
627, an Increase of 205 over the year
1900-1901. The localities of these casualties,
excluding collisions, were as follows:
East coast of Enelnnrt. 717- wmth nnrt
396; west coast of England and Scotland
ana east coast of Ireland, 996; north coast
of Scotland, 101; east coast of Scotland,
127; other parts, 214 total, 2551, or "69 more
than that of the previous year.
During the last 49 years as many as
31,271 persons perished from shipwreck on
or near the coasts of the United Kingdom.
During the same period the number of
lives saved by the Royal National Life
boat Institution totaled 33,900, those saved
thus exceeding the number who perished
by 2629. The figures show how necessary
Is a national harbor of refuge on the
north coast of Devon and Cornwall, some
shelter to which ships anight run when
in distress on that awful lee shore a long
range of f&rbidding cliffs without a single
estuary Into which a big ship could go
In rough weather.
Arago and Chehalis Are Like.
ASTORIA, Or., March 29. (Special.) It
Is now thought that the captain of the
schooner Mable Gale was mistaken when
he reported having sighted the bargentine
Chehalis off the mouth of the Columbia
last Wednesday evening. The barkentlne
Arago, also one of Simpson's vessels, and
almost an exact counterpart of the Che
halis. arrived at Willana harbnr Mnrrh
25. This would Indicate that she was off
the Columbia on Wednesday evening and
she was probably the vessel sighted by the
Mable Gale.
The Chehalis Is now only 24 days out
from Honolulu for Knappton, and is con
sidered hardly due, as at this season of
the year the winds In her course are not
usually favorable for making fast pas
sages. New Deck Crew on Dredge.
A new deck crew has been signed on
the bar dredge Chinook to take the places
of 24 men who were discharged by Cap
tain Dunbar. These men lost their places
by refusing to perform some work to
which the captain assigned them. The
job was the loading of some machinery
which the ofilcers were partlcularlyanxlous
to have aboard. On the refusal of the
mon to attend to this work they were
discharged and the machinery was put
aboard by the officers, assisted by a few
sailors. The action of Captain Dunbar in
dismissing the men met with the indorse
ment of Major Langfitt. and no time was
lost In securing others for the work.
Lumber Schooners Loaded.
The schooner Virginia, with 670,000 feet
of lumber for San Francisco, left down
the river yesterday, afternoon In tow ol
the Harvest Queen. At Clifton the tow
boat will also take on the bark Harry
Morse. The schooners Alice McDonald
and Zampa will complete their cargoes at
Inman, Poulsen & Co.'s mill today, and It
Is planned to take them down the river
tomorrow. The schooner Jackson, the
next of the coasting fleet to get away, will
finish loading early In the coming week.
The British ship Cromartyshire, which Is
going to South Africa, has almost finished
loading her lumber cargo.
New Hamburg-American Steamers.
The Hamburg-American Packet Steam
ship Company has ordered two new steam
ers to be constructed by the Relgerstleg
Shipbuilding Yards of Hamburg. One of
these vessels Is Intended for trips to the
West Indies, and Is to be 350 feet long
and 43 feet wide, with a capacity of 5000
tons. The other is to make trips to the
west coast of America, and Is to be 410
feet In length, 45 feet In width, and of
7000 tons capacity. Both steamers will
carry freight and passengers.
La Fontaine Is Uninjured.
ASTORIA, Or., March .29. (Special.)
Captain Andrew Hoben, Lloyd's surveyor,
was down from Portland today and mado
a survey of the French bark La Fontaine,
which was recently aground on the mid
dle sands. He found that the vessel was
uninjured and Is In a perfectly seaworthy
condlton. The 400 tons of cargo that was
lightered from the vessel Is being re
loaded and the work will probably be
completed tomorrow.
Crew Refused Duty.
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., March 29.
British ship Linlithgowshire, which sailed
from Fraser River yesterday, put into
this port this mbming. her crew refusing
duty on discovering that the majority
were green hands.
Marine Notes.
The rate of reinsurance on the Lamorna
has been advanced to 60 per cent.
The steamer Aurella will leave for San
Francisco with a lumber cargo this after
noon. The Carnarvon Bay; from Newcastle,
England, for Portland via Port Los An
geles, was spoken March 10 In 26 north, 21
west.
The British bark Thistle shifted from
Montgomery dock No. 2 to Greenwich No.
1 and the French bark. La Bruyere from
Irving dock to Oceanic
The British naval estimates for this year
amount to 51S4.453.000. an Increase over the
previous year of 512.160,000. The outlay
for the -French navy will be 560.400,000.
The American Syren and Shipping, a
New York maritime publication. Is In the
hands of a receiver. During Its short life
It has occasioned large losses to Its stock
holders. ' Preparations are being made to send the
Regulator steamer Dalles City out on
her first trip Saturday. If she cannot be
got ready In time she will go on her first
trip Tuesday.
Inspectors Edwards and Fuller yesterday
Inspected the steamer Hustler, and today
will Inspect the steamers Kehanl and
Glenola. They will probably go to Astoria
the latter part of the week.
The work of completing the drydock Is
being pushed with all possible speed. The
basin will be ready for Its final dredging
In a day or two, and the pontoons will be
placed In the berth early In the coming
week.
Foreign and Domestic Ports.
ASTORIA. March 20. Condition of the bar at
5 P. 11., moderate; wind east; weather cloudy.
Hull. March 26. Sailed German bark Nomta,
for Portland.
San Francisco, March 29. Sailed Barkentlne
Newsboy, for Columbia River. Sailed at 4
P. M. Steamer Despatch, tor Portland. Ar
rivedSchooner Laura Madsen, from Astoria.
Swansea, March 26. Sailed British baric
Dumfriesshire, for Portland.
London. March 20. Arrived Minneapolis,
from New York.
Brisbane. March 20. Arrived previously Mlo
wera, from Vancouver, via Honolulu, for Syd
ney; N. S. W.
Seattle, March 20. Arrived Steamer Senator,
from San Francisco; British ship Clan McKen
zle, from Port Townsend. Sailed Steamer
Montara, for San Francisco; steamer Farallon,
for Skagway; steamer Umatilla, for San Fran
cisco. Arrived Steamer Jeanle, from San
Francisco.
San Francisco, March 28. Arrived Ship Ed
ward Sewell, from Philadelphia; steamer Ala
meda, from Honolulu; steamer Laura Madsen,
from Astoria; steamer Alaskan, from New
York; schooner Julian Rus?. from Santa Ro
salia. Mexico. Sailed Steamer Dispatch, from
Port Orford; steamer Rainier, from Seattle;
barkentlne Newsboy, from Portland; schooner
Western Home, from Coqullle River; steamer
Nevadan. from Honolulu; United States steam
ship Dlx, Manila.
New York, March 20. Arrived Palatla, from
Naples1 and Genoa.
Tacoma, March 20. Sailed-Stcamshlp Tot
tenham, for Shanghai.
BTTET02T IS NOT SENTENCED.
Senator Is Busy Preparing a Bill of
Exceptions.
ST. LOUIS, March 29. Sentence was
not passed today upon Senator Burton,
of Kansas, who yesterday was found
guilty in the United States District
Court of having illegally accepted pay
ment from the Rialto Grain & Securi
ties Company, of St. Louis, for the use
of his influence In behalf of this com
pany's Interests.
Counsel for Senator Burton today
filed a motion In arrest of judgment,
and there is now also before the court
a motion for a new trial, filed Immedi
ately after the verdict was rendered.
Judge Adams will first have to dispose
of these motions before sentence can be
passed.
The defense is busily at work pre
paring a bill of exceptions and making
a complete record of the evidence in
troduced. It may take two or three
days before this is completed, and tho
bill of exceptions ready for filing on
which to base an appeal to the United
States Court of Appeals, which is the
court of highest jurisdiction in this
case.
If sentence Is finally passed upon
Senator Burton and his case is ap
pealed he will bo released on bond,
pending the rehearing of the case by
the Court of Appeals, at St Paul. May 1.
NO PLOT AGAINST E00SEVELT
Alarming Letter Written for Pur
pose of Having a Man Deported.
NEW YORK, March 29. The story of an
alleged plot to assassinate President
Roosevelt, which upon investigation
proved to be entirely without foundation,
was made public today by Police Com
missioner McAdoo.
Several days ago the Commissioner re
ceived a letter from a man In Italy, say
ing that an Italian was about to come to
this country for the express purpose of
assassinating the President. The writer
gave a detailed description of the alleged
anarchist, the steamer on which he would
sail and full details of the alleged plot.
When the steamer docked, an inspector
was on hand with a large squad of detec
tives, and the suspect was found and de
tained. Investigation, however, Jhowed
that the case was purely one of spite
on the part of the man who wrote the
letter. It was found that the detained
man was not an anarchist and that he
had a perfect right to enter this country.
He was allowed to land.
The object of the letter. It was found,
was to have the man deported.
BITTER. TOWARD BEYAN.
Lawyer for Mrs. Bennett In Will
Case Becomes Sarcastic.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., March 29. Phllo
S. Bennett's will waa admitted as a com
petent document fof probating by Judge
Edwin B. Gager, of the Superior Court,
as the result of the first day's hearing
In the appeal of William J. Bryan from
the decision of the Probate Court, which
disallowed the "sealed letter" found with
the will giving Mr. Bryan 550,000. The
chief contention, the admissibility of the
"sealed letter" as evidence, was being
argued by counsel at the time the court
adjourned for the day.
' Ex-Judge Stoddard, who appears as
senior counsel for Mrs. Bennett and the
other heirs, fought every Inch of the
ground over which the appellants moved In
their efforts to Introduce evidence, and at
times he directed bitter Invectives and
sarcasm against the opposing side.
SAVES FIVE MEN ER0M GALLOWS
Little Girl Says She Was Instructed
How to Testify.
CHICAGO, March 29. A child's testi
mony reversed saved five men today from
the gallows. Today's instance of youth
ful unrcaliablllty under oath was In the
case of William McCarty and four Polish
young men on trial for murder, the wit
ness being a little girl, Appolllna Starista,
who first gave direct, straightforward,
eye-witness testimony, apparently estab
lishing beyond question the guilt of the
men, and then repudiated her sworn evi
dence. In explanation of the remarkable
change of front, the chLJd declared that
she had been Instructed how to testify
by the widow of the murdered man.
Charges against the prisoners were with
drawn by the state's attorney, the five
men walking out of the dock free by or
der of the court.
Plague Mortality Rate Is Appalling.
BOMBAY, March 29. The latest avail
able bubonic plague returns for the whole
of India for the weeklng ending Marsh 19
show the appalling mortality of 40,527, an
increase of 7000 over those of the pre
ceding week. In the Punjab and the
northwest provinces each there is a death
roll of 10,000 weeklyr iff the Bombay presi
dency the deaths number S500 and in Ben
gal 5000.
DO YOU WEAR, GLASSES!
Properly fitting glasses and MURINE
promote Eye comfort. Murine makes weak
Eyes strong. Druggists and opticians, or
ilurlne Eye Remedy Co., Chicago,
STATE AID HEEDED
Onfy Way to Get Good Roads
to Coast Counties.
CUT OFF BY COAST RANGE
That Section Needs to Be Reannexed
to Oregon by Solid Highways
Counties Cannot Do It-Mail-Carriers
Risk Lives.
Oregon's coast counties are cut off from
the rest of the state by tho Coast Range
of mountains as completely as by a
Chinese wall. They have a fringe of
towns on the coast, but these ship their
products to, and buy their supplies, main
ly from San Francisco. They send mem
bers to the Legislature and furnish their
quota of office-seeker3 to the state; their
mall is carried to them across the Coast
Range when the roads are passable,
Wjhlch is often not the case in Winter.
Otherwise these counties have nothing In
common with the rest of the state.
These counties need to be reannexed to
the State of Oregon. They have the same
products and the same wants as the
country between the Cascade and Coast
Ranges. Their products should be ship
ped to, and their supplies bought In the
same markets as those of the Willamette
"Valley. They have been annexed, in a
business sense, to California, but that is
because there are no solid, permanent
roads binding them to the rest of the
state. It is a common explanation of
their isolation from the rest of Oregon
that the roads are bad because they do
business with California, and because
there Is little communication between
them and the counties directly east of
them. This Is a confusion of cause and
effect; the lack of passable roads Is the
cause, not the effect. If the Coast coun
ties were united to the Willamette Val
ley by roads which could be traveled In
reasonable comfort in Winter as well as
In Summer, business relations between
the two sections would grow up, the now
unsettled country along these roads
would become settled and in course of
time railroads would draw the ties closer.
Where Present Roads Are.
There are five roads across the Coast
Range between the Willamette Valley
and the Const counties: From North
Yamhill to Tillamook; from McMlnnvllle,
by way of Grand Ronde to Tillamook;
from Roseburg to Marshfield; from Rose
burg to Myrtle Point; ' from Dothlan to
Gold Beach. All of these pass through
the Coast Range, often at an altitude of
S000 feet, and In cold weather are often
blocked with wet snow, while In warm
weather the black soil Is soon converted
by the moisture into a seemingly bottom
less morass. The roads in the Coast
counties themselves are generally good,
at least will average as well as those
of the Willamette Valley counties,
but the roads leading to those counties
from the adjoining counties on the east
are often impassable at this time of the
year. The summit of the Coast Range i3
generally the county boundary and on
both slopes of this range the roads are
bad, but the Coast counties give them
more care than the adjoining Valley
counties, for tho former depend on these
roads for their mail service, while the
latter have little. If any selfish Interest In
them.
Troubles of Mailcarriers.
On the road from North Yamhill to
Tillamook there has been nothing worse
this Winter than a snow blockade for a
few days, though, of course, the mud Is
always deep In warm weather, and tho
road Is sadly neglected east of the range.
The road from McMlnnvllle to Tillamook
by way of Grand Ronde Is deep in mud
and was blocked by a landslide at one
time this Winter. The stagedrlver on. the
road from Roseburg to Marshfield went
over the grade Into the Coqullle River
with his whole outfit one day and lost
everything except the mall, which was in
the water an hour before he recovered It.
He says that It Is Impossible to get the
county to keep the -road open, ev'en for
packhorse. In Winter, and that he is tak
ing fearful risks every day in carrying
the mall. The mailcarrier from Roseburg
to Myrtle Point, who can only travel
with a packhorse, went through a bridge
one day and got his mall wet. He only
saved himself by calling for help. There
has also been difficulty In getting mall
over the route from Grant's Pass to Cres
cent City.
State Aid Is Necessary.
The only hope of permanent remedy for
this state of affairs Is aid from the state.
Counties cast of the Coast Range have
little, if any, interest in the construction
of good roads through the sections where
the roads are now bad. for they have no
business worth mentioning in the sections
to be traversed and there is little taxable
property In those sections to contribute to
the cost. The only Interest the Coast coun
ties have In the matter Is the necessity
of keeping open a way to get the malls.
But If the state were to contribute a large
share of the cost, solid rock highways
might be constructed. This would be fol
lowed by the development of trade be
tween the Willamette Valley and the
Coast, the development of the almost un
settled country in the Coast Range and
the gradual development of taxable val
ues which would pay for the mainte
nance of the roads, once they were built.
In the course of a few years, the taxes
the state would derive from the sections
thus newly developed would begin to re
coup It for the original outlay.
The construction of state roads through
the Coast Range Is heartily supported by
John E. Magers, one of the active mem
bers of the Oregon Good Roads Associa
tion and formerly its secretary. When
asked his opinion on the subject, he said:
"I think It Is the business of the state
to assist in building good roads every
where within its borders. It would be the
best work of the state. Nothing would
develop It as fast and bring to the rural
communities all the advantages of city
life. If Oregon is to hold its Immigration
and develop as It ought. It must Improve
Its roads. The Coast counties should have
good roads in order to have a fair share
of the improvement which comes to other
counties. The great need Is a state road
from the north to the southern part of
the state. That should be built first and
then by-roads should be made, leading
into it as feeders from the east and west.
State roads through the Coast Range
would develop trade between the Coast
and Valley counties and the state at
large should help in building them, as in
other parts of its territory. I believe In
employing convict labor on the roads; It
Is used In the South to good purpose.
Adopt New Jersey Law.
"The best road law is that of New
Jersey, which has been adopted by New
York and other states, and works well.
It provides tha't any community which
wishes to build a road may petition the
state for aid. The state then sends Its
road overseer to examine the scheme and.
If he reports favorably, the state gives
one-third of the cost, the county one
third and the citizens of the community
one-third. Under this law New Jersey has
built M0 miles of good macadam roads in
the last six years. Before we can do
anything in this state we must adopt
some such law, although some good work
has been done in individual counties, like
Multnomah, Yamhill. Washington, Mar
lon and other counties- But there has
been no systematic effort The most Ua-
TORTURING
DISFIGURING
Skin, Scalp and Blood
Humours
From Pimples to Scrofula, from
Infancy to Age
Speedily Cured by Ctrticara wbsa
Ail Else Fails.
The agonizing itching and burning
of the skin, as in eczema; tho fright
ful scaling, as in psoriasis; tho loss of
hair and crusting of the scalp, as in
scalledliead; the facial disfigurements,
as in acne and ringworm; the awful
suffering of infants and anxiety of
worn-oat parents, as in milk crust, tet
ter and salt-rheum all demand a rem
edy of almost superhuman virtues to
successfully cope with them. That
Cnticnra Soap, Ointment and Resolv
ent are such stands proven beyond all
doubt. No statement is made regard
ing them that is not justified by the
strongest evidence. The purity and
sweetness, the power to afford immedi
ate relief, the certainty of speedy and
permanent cure, the absolute safety
and great economy, have made thtm
the standard skin cures, blood purifiers
and humour remedies of the civilized
world.
Bathe the affected parts with hot
water and Cuticnra Soap, to cleanse
the surface of crusts and scales and
soften the thickened cuticle. Dry,
without hard rubbing, and apply Cuti
cura Ointment freely, to allay itching,
irritation and inflammation, and soothe
and heal, and, lastly, tate Cuticnra Re
solvent, to cool and cleanse the blood.
This complete local and constitutional
treatment affords instant relief, per
mits rest and sleep in the severest
forms of eczema and other itching,
burning and scaly humours of the skin,
scalp and blood, and points to a speedy,
permanent and economical cure-when
all else falls.
Sold throughout the imU. Cntienr Bnolrcot, SOe.
ln form of Cboeolte CoiUd Pilta. 23c pre ! " &
hstmrnt, Ac Sop. 15c Drpotti Ixmdoo. 47 Charter
SOimc Sq.i Pari. S Rue d la Pitxt Koitnn.lXColumSni
v. Totter Dnirk Chrm. Corp.. Sole Proprietor.
OS" Send for Uow to Cure Every Humour."
portant thing Is to adopt a good system
and then get to work under It."
A recent Interview In The Oregonlan
with F. E. Whitney, chief clerk of the
Railway Mail Service, on the difficulties
of getting mall Into the Coast counties
has afoused the Ire of the Marshfield
Mail, which defends the character of
Coos County roads. Mr. Whitney is at
tacked unjustly. He said that the roads
leading to the Ccast counties were bad,
but that the roads actually in those coun
ties are as good as in any other counties
in Western Oregon.
Coal Is Dearer in New York.
NEW YORK, March 29. Prices for coal
here during the year beginning April 1
have been fixed at a meeting of the Re
tall Dealers Association on a basis prac
tically 10 cents higher than for the cur
rent 12 months. After the first of the
coming jnontn, when a 50-cent reduction
by the coal roads goes Into effect, the
dealers who buy 2240-pound tons will sell
2000 pounds for $5.85, compared with $5.75
for the same period last year. On June
1, 10 cents will be added to the price, and
on September 1 It will jump to $6.25 last
Winter's rate. Increased rent, higher
wages and taxes are the causes to which
the dealers attribute the necessity of the
advance over the older rate.
Leave of Absence for Postmasters.
WASHINGTON, Marcn ). Acting Postmaster-General
Wynne has Issued an or
der allowing ten days' leave of absence
to all Postmasters of second and third
class postofflces who want to attend the
convention of the National Association
of Postmasters of the second and third
class postofflces, to be held in St. Louis
May 18 next.
I Be Comfortable.
5i It doesn't cost any more to set a IE
tf shoe which la both comfortable and Ig
stylish as to bey simply "for 6
looks." Crossett's are Irallt tight. gf
I If TOUR ce if dntk not kep them,
F tcHte me. I irflltH tou who dot. t
II Lewis A. Crosscit, Inc.
1 NORTH ABINGTOX. II ASS. E
ATHLETES
TO KEEP IN GOOD TRId
MUST LOQK WELL TO THE
CONDITION OF THE SKIN.
TO THIS END THE BATH
SHOULD BE TAKEN WITH
fi AND
SAPOLIO
JW Grvcmr and Dntggtih
THE PALATIAL
OREGON! BUILDING
iH&lB ffl ifflBij
Not a dark office In tho building!
absolutely fireproof; electric lights
and artesian water; perfect sanita
tion and thorough ventilation; elt
vators run day and night.
Roams.
AINSLBE. DR. GEORGE, Physician and
Surgeon . 606-607
ASSOCIATED PRESS. S. B. Vincent. Msr-813
AUSTEN", p. C. Manager for Oregon and
Washington Bankers JAia Association of
Des Moines. Ia .. 602-303
BAAR, DR. GUSTAV. Physician and Snr
Scon r two-ool
BAJfKERS" LIFE ASSOCIATION OP DES
MOINES, IA.. P. C. Austen. Mgr 50203
BATES. PHILIP S., Pub. Pacific Miner.. .213
BENJAMIN. R. W.. Dentist -..314
BINSWANGER. OTTO S.. Physician and
Surgeon . 407-403
BOGART, DR. M. D., Dentist... 705
BROCId WILBUR F.. Circulator, Orego
nlan . .........OOI
3RUERE. DR. G. E Phys.... 411-412-413-414
BUTLER. DR. R, E., Pays, and Surg.... 514
CAMPBELL. WH. M.. Medical Refere
Equitable Life ...700
CARD WELL. DR. J. R.. Dentist 60S
CAUKIN. G. E., District Agent Travelers'
Insurance Company.............. 713
CHURCHILL. MRS. E. J 716-717
COGHLAN, DR. J. N....- ,-7XJi-71d
COLLIER. P. P.. Publisher; S. P. McGulre.
Manager 415
COLUMBIA GRANITE CO- -..417-413
CONNELL. DR. EL DE WITTE; Eye. Ear.
Nose and Throat....... 813-614
CORNELIUS. C. W.. Phys. and Surgeon.. .213
DICKSON. DR. J. P., Physician 713-714
EDITORIAL ROOMS... Eighth Floor
EVENING TELEGRAM 325 Aider Street
EQUI. DR. MARIE D.. Phys. and Sur. .512-513
EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SO
CIETY. L. Samuel. Mgr.: G. S. Smith.
Cashier 303
FBNTON. J. D.. Phys. and Surgeon.... 509-5W
FENTON. DR. HICKS O, Eye and Ear... .511
FENTON. MATTHEW F.. Dentist 509
GALVANL W. H.. Engineer and Draughts
man.... .....600
GEARY. DR. E. P.. Physician and Sur-
on 404-405-408
GIESY. DR. A. I.. Phys. and Surg..... 709-710
GOLDMAN. "WILLIAM. Manager Manhat
tan Life Ins. Co. of New York 209-219
GORAY. DR. J. P.. Eye. Ear. Nose and
Threat 204-205
GRANT, FRANK S.. Attorney-at-Law 61X
GR1STVOLD & PHBGLEY. Tailors
131 Sixth Street
HAFF & COLWELL. Mining Engineers.
U. S. Deputy Mining Surveyors 602-603
H AMMAN BATHS. Turkish and Russian..
.1 300-301-303
HARDEN. MRS. L. K.. Stenographer 201
HAWKE. DR. C E., Phys. and Surg.. 608-609
HOLUSTER. DR. O. C Physlan and
Surgeon B04-508
HOLMES LUMBER COMPANY 401-403
HOSMER. DR. CHARLES SAMUEL.
Physician and Surgeon 701-703
IDLEMAN. C. M.. Attorney-at-Law. .. .615-616
JEFFREYS. DR. ANNICE F.. Phys. and
Surgeon. "Women and Children only. .....409
JOHNSON. "W. C 315-316-317
KADY. MARK T.. Supervisor of Agenta
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Co 6PJ
KOEN. HOMER R.. Manager th arumiaux
News & Subscription Company 313
LANE. E. L.. Dentist...... ... 513-514
LAWBAUGH. DR. E. A 604-805
LAWRENCE PUBLISHING CO 417-413
LITTLEFIELD & CORNELIUS 213
LITTLEFIELD. H. R.. Phys. and Surg... .213
MACKAY. DR. A. E.. Phys. and Surg..711-71J
MANHATTAN LIFE INSURANCE CO.
OF NEW YORK. W. Goldman. Mgr. .209-210
MARSH. DR. R. J.. Phys. and Surg. .. .309-31(1
McCOY. NEWTON, Attorney-at-Law 715
McELKOY. DR. J. G.. Phys. & Sur.701-702-703
McGINN. HENRY EL. Attomey-at-Law.311-lU
McGUIRE, S. P.. Manager P. P. Collier.
publisher ...... . ...13
UcKENZIE. DR. P. L.. Pbys. and Surg.. .200
METT. HENRY -.213
MOSSMAN. DR. 2. r.. Dentist 40U
MUTUAL RESERVE LIFE INS. CO.,
Mark T. Kady. Supervisor of Agents.. 604-C03
NICHOLAS. HORACE B.. Attorney-at-Law.71S
NILES. M. M.. Cashier Manhattan Life
ln&ft-ance Company of New York... 209
XOTTAGE. DR. G. H.. Dentist.... ..605-603
NOTTINGHAM. T. "W.. Mgr. The Warren
Construction Co.. 216-217
O'CONNOR. DR. H. P.. Dentist 3G3-3U
OREGON INFIRMARY OF OSTEOPATHY
.. 409-410
OR2GONIAN BARBER SHOP. MARSCH
& GEORGE, Props 129 Sixth Street
OREGONIAN EDUCATIONAL BUREAU.
J. F. Strauhal. Manager ......200
PACIFIC MINER. PhiUp S. Bates. Pub....21i
PAGUE. B. S.. Attorney-at-Law 5U
PALMER BROS.. Real Estate and Busi
ness Chances 417-413
PARKER. DR. MARY. Eye, Ear. Nose and
rcroat ..512-513
PORTLAND EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY
..Ground Floor. 123 Sixth Street
REED. C. J., Life Insurance. .....ta
REED. WALTER, Optician... 133 Sixth Stret
ROSENDALE. O. M.. Metallurgist and
Mining Engineer.... ..... .........319
ROTH. DR. JOHN B.. Phys. & Surg... 313-311
RYAN, J. B). Attorney-at-Law 515
RYAN. CHAS. N.. Advertising Broker ...... 21 7
SAMUEL. L.. Manager Equitable Life.. ..304
SCOTT. C. N.. with Palmer Bros 417-414
SHERWOOD. J. W.. State Commander K.
O. T. M 5ir
SMITH, DR. ALAN WELCH, Physician
and Surgeon.. ..207-203
SMITH, DR. L. B.. Osteopath ...409-41t
SMITH. GEORGE S.. Caanler Equitable
LiXa - 38
STOLTE. DR. CHARLES E.. DentIst..7O4-70i
SURGEON OF THE S. P. RY. AND N. P.
TERMINAL- CO 700
SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE 2U1
THE GRUMIAUX NEWS & SUBSCRIP
TION CO. Homer R. Koen. Manager... .313
TUCKER. DR. GEORGE F.. Dentist.... 610-611
CMPQUA LUMBER tu., . J. .renaergasi.
Manager.
.601
VESTER. A.. Special Agent Manhattan
Life
VOSE. DR. WILLIAM H.. Eye. Ear. Nosa
and Throat .....,.304-303
WARREN CONSTRUCTION CO.. T. W.
Nottingham. Manager 216-217
WASHINGTON LOAN & INVESTMENT
CO, 217
WBNDLING. DR. ROBT. F.. Dentist -70S
WILEY. DR. JAMES O. C. Phys. Sc Sur.703-;.
WILSON. DR. EDWARD N.. Eye. Ear,
Nose and Throat - ..304-303
WILSON. Dxt GKO. b. Phy. .fc Surgv.703-707
WILSON. DR. HOLT C, Phys. & Surg.507-503
WOOD, DR. W. L., Physician.. 411-413-413-411
Offices may be had Ity applying ts
the superintendent of the jiuiMina,
Teom ZOItjtcand fler "