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THE MOKNINXr OEEGOMAN, FRIDAY AUGUST 5, 1904.
RUNS GREAT SYSTEM
Julius Kruttschnitt, Railroad
Magnate, Visits Portland.
INSPECTS HARRIMAN LINES
Under His Direction $5,000,000 Will
Be Expended In Material and
Rolling Stock 60,000 Tons
of Steel Ralls .Ordered.
One of .the foremost figures In American
railroad circles -was In Portland yesterday.
Pew people knew it and the arrival
and departure was effected with the
emallest possible degree of publicity.
Julius Kruttschnitt, director of main
tenance and operation of the great Harrl
man system, accompanied by Assistant
Traffic Director 'E. O. McCormick and Pri
vate Secretary Neal came In early In the
day by the Southern Pacific and left out
last night hy the Northern Pacific at 11:45
o'clock.
They came hy private car, and although
Mr. Kruttschnitt jand Mr. McCormick
came up town long enough to confer with
Messrs. Calvin, Craig, Coman and other
prominent officials who do something in
the railroad line themselves, and to take
dinner with them at the Arlington Club,
they steered clear of the Portland Hotel
where magnates and others are wont to
resorts
Mr. Kruttschnitt is one of the busiest
.men in the country for his jurisdiction ex
tends over the entire Harrlman system
which Includes many odd thousand miles
of main and branch lines.
At the time of his appointment to his
present responsible post he announced
that he Intended to keep in close commu
nion with conditions on every portion of
his territory. He has kept his word and
since April 1, when he was made operat
ing director, he has practically lived in
Ills private car. He keeps in touch with
everybody who has to do with the opera
tion of the Harrlman' roads. He left Chi
cago, "which is his headquarters, several
weeks ago, came west over the Union
and Southern Pacific, has visited all the
principal points in California and now re
turns to Chicago. y
His visit to Portland has no particular
significance. It is merely an Incident in
the Inspection of the Harrlman lines. "
At. San Francisco the other day Mr.
Kruttschnitt announcedvthat he had been
Authorized to expend $5,000,000 on material
and rolling stock. This budget provides
for the purchase of 00,000 tons of steel
rails of which 20,000 tons are for the
Southern Pacific, the same amount for
the Texas Central, 10,000 for the Union
Pacific and the remainder for the Oregon
Short Line. Thee rails are to be of the
heaviest type to replace light ones now
in use.
Another item which will eat into the
$5,000,000 set aside, Is one of 250 tank cars
for use In carrying the product of the Cal
ifornia oil fields. The sum of $1,000,000 will
toe devoted to the purchase of 1000 box
cars, and JTOOjOOO for an equal number of
flat-cars. Sixty-five new locomotives will
cost another 51.000,000. Ten of these are
to be passenger engines and they will be
the largest ever constructed In the country-
Each one, Including the tender, will
welfcn ISO tons, or about 20 tons more
than the largest now In use. This is the
only announcement made by Mr. Krutt
echnltt on his western trip. If his visit
to Portland portends any great thing
the secret of It is guarded well for Mr.
Kruttschnitt Is not a garrulous man and
those who hedge him round about have
learned long ago to play their hands
close enough to prevent "look Ins." That
is the reason why the great railroad
operator came to Portland in silence
which was tangible as a chemical com
pound, and the nature of his coming- was
'the manner" of his departure.
LARGEST SPECIAL TRAIN.
Knights Templar From Pittsburg
Will Visit Portland In Style.
Portland will be visited on August 31
fcy 2S7 Knights Templar from the city
of Pittsburg, who will be at that time on
their way to attend the twenty-ninth tri
ennial conclave of the order to be held
at San Francisco from September 4 to 8
inclusive.
The visitors have chartered what is con
ceded to be the finest and largest special
train ever sent out for a transcontinental
journey, and the entire party will be In
Portland from C:15 "Wednesday morning,
August 21, until 4 o'clock in the afternoon,
when it will take its departure for the
South over the Southern Pacific.
The management of the party has re
ceived accommodations for the entire
number at the Portland for the day, and
hreakfast and lunch win be taken at that
place. 3uring the afternoon arrangements
have been made with the street-car com
panies for a trolley ride for the entire
number of visitors over .the lines of the
city to view the scenery of the surround
ing country, and to also Inspect the gen
eral appearance of the place.
The special train bearing the tourists
will he composed of six of the largest
Pullman sleepers In the possession of the
company, four compartment -cars, a GO
foot baggage-car and a C8-foot commisary
car, built exclusively for the use of the
Knights on their trip.
The trip will be the longest that' has
ever been made by a special train and will
include Jover 8000 miles of the different
rail way systems of the country. It will
come over the northern lines and will re
turn by way of Los Angeles and the
South.
The Pittsburg commandery of. the
Knights Templar is the largest in the
United States and the richest, and has
heen planning for this trip for the past
three years. It secured 50 rooms at the
Palace Hotel in San Francisco two years
ago. The party will include some of the
most prominent men in Pennsylvania and
the surrounding states.
GOOD LAUD NOT WANTED.
Bids for Grand Ronde Acreage Are
Not Spirited.
Monday morning the sale of land at the
Grand Ronde Indian Reservation will be
closed, and no bids will be Tecelved after
11 o'clock In the morning. Bidders on the
2G.O00 acres of land that is held open by
the Government are reported as compara
tively scarce.
Jefferson Myers, president of the Lewis
and Clark State Commission, returned
yesterday from Tillamook and the Grand
Ronde country. Mr. Myers is of the be
lief that the sale of these lands has not
been sufficiently advertised, or the bid
ders would be greater In number.
"There is some really good land. In the
Grand Ronde," said Mr. Myers last even
ing. "Of the 26,000 acres that is open to
sale, 14,000 acres is the very finest graz
ing land, several hundred acres Is good
farm land and about 6000 acres is timber
land. On this timber land it Is estimated
that there is 250,000,000 feet of good lum
ber. "The district has plenty of water and is
penetrated by the Tillamook road and
the Sheridan tollroad, both good roads.
The district is near Sheridan on the
Southern Pacific and Is only 60 miles from
Portland, In Yamhill County. Part of
tho fcest land bas been allotted jto tho
Indians, but there Is plenty lefti and It
is surprising that there are not more bid
ders. The bids will be closed on Mon
day and the awards made. No land goes
for less than JL25 per acre, but more may
be bid. There are about 350 Indians left
on the reservation, composed of the tribes
of the Yamhill, Umpquas, Calapoolas,
Santiam3 and Grand Rondes."
Mr. Myers reports considerable discour
agement at Tillamook on account of the
-small demand for cheese. The fanners In
that district, Mr. Myers states, have pro
duced a large quantity of cheeso and
find the market fclecldedly dull. Crops are
heavy, however, and there Is much pros
perity in the district.
ONE CHANNEL AT A TIME. ,
Dredge Chinook Will Continue to
Work In Present Position.
.The Chinook wllL continue to dredge at
the same place on the Columbia River
bar where It is now working In spite of
adverse comments and protests made by
bar pilots against the uselessness of its
present location. It Is about half a mile
south of the channel now being used, and
will remain there.
Major W. C. Langfltt, Chief of the
United States Engineers having charge of
the work, yesterday explained his reason
for not moving the Chinook futher north,
by saying:
"The deepest channel over the bar Is
constantly shifting and since the Chinook
has Jbeen at work there, I have changed
its location twice, each time the channel
and the shipping shifted. The consequence
is that its work has been only tem
porary. On the second shift, however,
we struck the old channel of IKS, the one
which should uutimately, with the aid of
the Jetty, become the deepest channel to
the sea. I Intend to keep the dredge
there, though recently the pilots have
been taking the ships to sea through a
channel half a mile north of that point.
To accomplish any permanent result the
Chinook will have to be left where it is,
and for that reason I do not intend to
move it?'
The complaint against Major Langfltt's
action came from the bar pilots,vnotably
Captain George "Wood, who falls to see
the motive Jn keeping the dredge at work
where It Is doing nef present good.
"According to the soundings made re
cently by the Government engineers,"
says Captain "Wood, "there Is but 19 feet
of water where the Chinook Is at work
And the shoal Is fully two-thirds of a mile
in width. Between the obstruction buoy
and the No. 0 buoy on the north, not less
than 21 feet can be found, and that is
where Nature is undoubtedly forming the
new channel, which before the Winter Is
over will undoubtedly bo heading toward
the northwest."
T. B. CAESON IN GEEAT PALLS
Portland Man Is Interviewed in Mon
tana Newspaper.
The Great Falls Tribune, Montana, of
August 1, has the following account of the
visit of a Portland man:
T. R. (Kit) Carson returned to Great Falls
yesterday, after an absence of four months In
Portland, Or., where he is in buslsees. Mr.
Carson is the "origlaal bathhouse" man of
Great Falls, having- donated $2000 to the
youths of Groat Falls, through the City Coun
cil, for the purpose of establishing- a public
bathing place here. .
Ho is as much interested as ever in the
question of a public bathing place, but not
to the extent of 82000 more, as tho original
$2000 appears to have strayed from tho path
outlined for It Speaking of the public bathe
at Portland. Mr. Carson said:
"Portland has the finest public baths of any
city In the country and any Summer day
one can witness several hundred persons in
bathing. The baths are maintained entirely
by the municipality and are a .great source
of health and pleasure. Before they were
established on the Willamette River there
were several deaths annually from drowning,
but since their establishment there has not
been a single death from drowning thero. I
notice that they have not built any public
baths here, but I don't suppose there is much
show of my getting that $2000 back. The kids
who want a bathing place will have to look
at It In the light of a good Intention gone
wrong."
Then the original bathhouse man stroked
his brilliant not brllliantlned) moustache, lit
a fresh cigar, dusted his patent leathers with
a silk pocket handkerchiefs, and said: -.
"Say. but it is good to get back here and
breathe this air. Fine place out there, but
it's not Montana by several miles. Mon
tanans out there? Sure. See somebody that
I know from Montana almost evory day. I
generally take 'em out In a speedy automo
bile a friend of mine has to see If the cli
mate there weakens their nerves. They've all
mado good thus far, but some of them hung
on pretty tight, especially going around the
curves."
PEAST OF ST. DOMINIC.
Roman Catholic Holy Day Will Be
Celebrated Next Sunday.
Yesterday was the Feast of St. Dominic,
an important day In tho calendar of the
Catholic Church. St. Dominic, founder of
the order of Dominicans, was eurnamed
De Suzman. and was born In Calahona,
Spain, In 1170. He completed his education
at the University of Palentla; in 1193 was
made canon of the Cathedral at Osma
and In 1198 a priest and archdeacon. He
subsequently became known as a preacher
and was sent on missions to various parts
of Spain and into France. Dominic died
at Bologna in 3221; he was canonized by
Pope Gregory IX on July 3, 1231.
Dominic Is said to have written some
commentaries upon St. Mathew, St. Paul
and tho Canonical Epistles.
There was no special celebration yester
day, but on Sunday solemn high mass will
be offered at 10:20 A. M. at the Church of
the Holy Rosary. Rev. Father Lawler,
O. P., will be celebrant; Rev. Father
O'Brien and Father Lamb, O. P., deacon,
and subdeacon, respectively. Right Rev.
Thomas, abbot of Mount Angel, will de
liver the sermon, and the male choir will
render "Messe Solemnelle, opus 19."
BREAKS LAST YEAR'S RECORD
Thermometer Reaches 95 Yesterday
and Eclipses August, 1303.
Oregon Is bound to have plenty of hot
weather If it takes all Summer to accom
plish the task. Yesterday the mercury In
the official thermometer at .the "Weather
Bureau, lying comfortably towards the
bottom of the tube and mostly In the
bulb, with 57 degrees at 6 A. M.. In ten
hours was forced to exert itself to the
extent of 93 at 4 P. M., a climb of 3S de
grees. After that it got tired and slumped
oft into a happy medium.
August Is not very far advanced yet,
but already It has eclipsed the same month
last year in point of heat by five degrees.
August 17 was the hottest day of the
month last year, and that was only 90.
The following' were the hourly tempera
tures yesterday.
5 A. M.
6 A. M
7 A. M
58 12 noon Si
57 1 P. M. 90
61 2 P. M 02
8 A. M. ....CG
OA. M. 70
10 A. M. 74
11 A. M. 7S
3 P.
4 P.
5 P.
M-.
M..
M..
MANX BEACH "VISITORS.
Ziow Saturday-Bandar Rate Announced by
the O. It. & 3T.
In addition to the 54 round-trip, week
day boat rate to beach points, the 0. R.
&. N. announces the popular $2.50 Satur
day rate, returninc' Sunday evening. Par
ticulars of C. W. Stinger, city ticket
TICKETS FOB OCEAN BEACH.
Season tickets Portland to any point on
the beach, $4.00. Saturday excursion tick
ets good returning Sunday night, only
52.B0. Tickets and berth reservation! at
O. R. & X. City office. Third and Wash
JLj3arEayacUl& tones and strewrtfcens-
MARQUAM DECREE SIGNED
JUDGE SEARS-OUTLfNES TERMS
OF REDEMPTION.
If Supreme Court Affirms Decision,
Judge Marquam Has Six Months
, In Which to Recover Property.
An appeal to .the Oregon Supreme
Court is allowed in the suit brought
by Judge P. A. Marquam to recover
the Marquam block and other property
from the United States Mortgage &
Trust Company, the Title Guarantee &
Trust Company, the Oregon Company,
J. Thorburn Ross and Thomas H.
.Prince according to a decree signed
yesterday by Judge Sears. The exact
terms of redemption of the property are
stated, and Judgment is given Judge
Marquam for costs and disbursements.
Six months time is given the plaintiff
In which to redeem the property after
the mandate of the Supreme Court, if
Judge Sears' opinion is affirmed by that
body.
Judge Sears decided recently that the
Title Guarantee & Trust Company acted
as trustee for Judge Marquam when it
bought tho theater property, a part of
the John Qujnn donation land claim,
and lots 1 to 4, inclusiyo, In block 120
of the city plat, December 10. 1900.
"Judge Marquam may redeem the
theater property on the payment of
$350,249.97. with interest; the part of
the donation land claim Involved for
$10,000, with interest, and four city lots
for $3300 with interest," says the de
cree. "The lots may be redeemed sepa
rately on payment, with interest, of
$850 for No. 1, $950 for No. 4 and $750
for either No. 2 or No. 3. In each case
the rents and profits due Marquam ara
to be deducted .from the amount
named." The decee also makes provis
ion for the appointment of a referee,
who shall determine the amount of in
terest due the trust company, the
amount of tho rents and profits due
Judge Marquam and the net amount to
be paid by him in redemption of the
theater property and land.
NEW TRIAL FOR MARTIN.
SHetz Indian to Face New Jury
Decisions by Judge Bellinger.
Albert Martin, tho Siletz Indian ac
cused of murdering TJ. S. Grant, an
other Indian, last October, will have an
other chance to evade a long term of
Imprisonment, for United States Dis
trict Judge Bellinger granted him a
new trial yesterday. Martin was recent
ly found guilty of manslaughter, while
the other Indian in the case, Logan,
was discharged. In making tho order
for the new trial. Judge Bellinger stat
ed that he believed that Logan was th
more guilty of the two in accomplishing
Grant's death, and it seemed to him
that Martin was too drunk at the time
to have committed the crime. The Judge
therefore concluded that Martin, who
lwiow out on ball, ought to get tho
benefit of a new trial. The date of tho
latter has not yet beerrset.
Howard Winter, of "Washington, has
a grievance against Koon, Schwartz &
Co., et al., of Philadelphia, Pa., and
asks that they be restrained from using
the Hapgood label on their canned sal
mon, alleging that "he has that exclu
sive right. A motion was made to set
aside the service fomerly made upon
the defendants, and this was granted
yesterday by Judge Bellinger.
W. E. Tallant comes off victor in the
United States District Court in the suit
brought against him by the Columbia
River Packing Company to collect a
stated account for $47S5.46, for the op
eration of seining .grounds on the Co
lumbia River. A vera!ct was round in
Tallant's favor yesterday.
In the dispute to tho ownership of
$3,000,000 worth of mining property
near Baker City, the Iron Dyke Copper
Mining Company sued the Iron Dyke
Railroad Company, moved to avoid tho
service of a subpoena upon them, on
the plea that their presence within tho
jurisdiction at the time of service was
at the time of the foreclosue of tho
mortgage at the State Court. Judgo Bel
linger denied the motion.
An Interesting question relating to
the rights of citizenship comes up In
the case of Robert Irving against O. M.
Smith et al. Judge Bellinger decided
that tho allegation that the defendant
is a citizen of another state is not an
equivalent of nonresidenco here, and
that citizenship Is not conclusive of
residence. He allowed the motion to
remand the case to the State Court.
MARRIED A HIGHWAYMAN.
Mrs. Mabel Dixon Was Deserted
Three Days "After Wedding.
"Three days after I was married to my
husband I discovered that he was accused
of being a highwayman. He left me then,
and I haven't heard of him slrfce," was
the burden of Mrs. Mabel Dixon's evidence
yesterday before Judge George In a di
vorce suit against her husband, whom she
accused of having deserted her. "I mar
ried George W. Dixon May IS, 1903." went
on the witness. "A day or two after my
husband disappeared his brother came to
In the City's
ISS ELLEN DOUGLAS did not like
the way Tom Smith proposed to
her. In fact she did not see why ho
should propose marriage at all when he
had seen her for the first time only a
minute before and he seemed in a beastly
temper at the very momentf
Furthermore he had never been for
mally lntroducd and, taken all in all,
Miss Douglas was not pleased with his
offer which was phrased as follows:
"You are a peach, ypu are. Td like to
have you for my wtte, I would."
Instead of coyly dropping her head and
modestly remarking upon the suddenness
of the offer, Mies Douglas, who is pro
prietress of a lodging-house across from
the Union Depot retreated to her tele
phone, and called up Main 212.
In consequence thereof Smith had an
honorary escort of two liveried servants
of the law to show him into Judge
Hague's establishment They came quick
ly In response to the telephone call and
took Smith away in a sort of closed car
riage with a uniformed driver and several
footmen, all la livery.
Smith was not quite ready to explain
the psychological phenomena which
caused his sudden flame of affection and
spontaneous matrimonial inclinations. He
was granted a day's reprive in which to
think it over" and he will make his report
today.
CHARLES FOSS had a desire to hit
the pipe. He knew of a dope-selling
t"iink named Ah Goo, who has the seduc
tive drug on tap, so Charles made his
way to Goo's opium den and sought out
the Chink of the infantile name.
He told Ah Goo what he wanted and
when the Chink refused to let him hit the
pipe ho hit the Chink. He hit him so
hard that the "Chlak had just breath
enough left to fish out his police, whistle
and give a shrill toot before lapsing into
dreamland. Charles" then fled into tho
yawning arms of a policeman, who had
answered the police whistle.
He will serve 20 days.
JOHN PUGH, 474 Johnson street was
talking to hla infant son and heir ap
parent, "Wille lire. Ftigb. sras jjetU&s
me and told ;me he would have prevented
the wedding had he known it was going to
take place. He told me that George was
accused of knocking a man down and rob
bing him of $100 at Seattle, and that
George had fled to Canada on learning
that the police were after him. I have
never heard of him since that time."
Decree of divorce was granted.
ATTEMPT TO MAKE DEFENSE.
Letter in Jennings Case Saldto Have'
Been Dictated by Attorney.
Attorney C J. Moreland Is accused of
trying to manufacture a defense for his
client after a suit had been brought, ac
cording to a paper filed yesterday by Bro
naugh & Bronaugh In the Glrcuit Court,
answering allegations made by Helen Cyn
thia Jennlncs to a suit for reconveyance
of property and divorce. Jennings' an
swer goes on to say: "Plaintiff -admits
that the defendant wrote a letter to him
saying she would come to Roseburg, but
alleges that said letter was written after
this suit was begun and after she had
retained George Stout, attorney at law,
and In whose presence and In the pres
ence of plaintiff and others she had abso
lutely refused to go to Roseburg, and after
the death of the said Mr. Stout, and after
the retaining of J. C. Moreland as her at
torney herein, and which letter was dic
tated by the said Moreland and was not
written In good faith, but in the attempt
to manufacture a defense to this suit"
Suit was filed last Juno by Jennings
against J. S. Seed for alienating Mrs. Jen
nings' affections, and then Mrs. Jennings
sued her husband for divorce, alleging desertion.
Court' Notes.
The Douglas Cemetery Association
filed articles of incorporation with the
County Clerk yesterday with tho ob
ject .of acquiring land for a cemetery
In this county. The trustees are: W.
H. Coons, Charles Hummell, T. "W. Cor-'
der, George Richardson and J..H. Doug
lass. The Douglass Cemetery Associa
tion was formed at a meeting held at
Troutdale, July 28.
The will of F. D. Rhoads, of this city,
dated July 2, 1904, was filed yesterday
In the office of the County Clerk. After
bequeathing $1000 in legacies to rela
tives, the decedent directs that tho re
mainder of his property be given to
his sister, Mrs. Persis D. Nichols, River
Falls, "Wis., and to his brother, L. "W.
Rhoads, of San Jose, Cal., who are also
named as executors. The estate con
sists of real estate in this state and
"Washington, and cash deposits in four
banks.
KLAMATH IRRIGATION PE0JECT
Government Engineer Believes It Is
Entirely Feasible.
The Interest of many farmers and irri
gators is turned at the present time to
Klamath County and the portion of Ore
gon lying near tho California line in the
Tcgion of Klamath and Malheur Counties.
Just now Government engineers and ex
perts are hard at work developing & big
irrigation project that will, if successful,
reclaim 320.000 acres of-arid land.
E. T. Perkins, an engineer in the recla
mation service of the United States geo
logical service, who was yesterday in the.
city en route to the big irrigation mass
meetings at Ontario next week, is of the
belief that the Klamath reclamation
project Is a feasible one.
Mr. Perkins noted the fact that Oregon
has at the present time the largest avail
able fund for reclaiming land of any state
profiting by the National Irrigation act
He states that the reclamation service Is
particularly desirous of taking Immediate
action tending to the development of arid
land.
' In' a report which he 'has received "upon
the Klamath region the following show
ing Is made" as to the arid acreage that It
Is possible to reclaim for farming pur
poses: Irrigable From Clear Lake and Horse
Fly Reservoirs.
Acres.
Langell Valley 12.060
Poc YAlley 10,000
Sevon Valley ...V, 30,000
Alkali Valley , 20,000
, Irrigable From Klamath River.
Acres.
Between Klamath and Merrill 60.C00
From Merrill to Carrs . -10,000
Bed of Tule Lake 50,000
Bed of Lower Klamath Lake 20,000
Butte Valley, irrigable by pumping.... 100.000
Total '. S20.000
Tammany at the Lick.
New York Press.
Richard Croker used to run over to
West Baden with the Tammany boys and
try to keep them straight, but it was no
easy task. Croker never drinks, but the
same cannot be said of the rest of the
organization. Ho, however, keeps full qf
nicotine, and requires an occasional boil
ing out Now It happens that "West Baden
Is only a mile and, a half- from French
Lick, where the caldron runs rum as
sweated from the afflicted, and the Boss
could never keep" the boys from slipping
over to the Lick for a gamble and other
fun. Does Tammany know Tom Taggart?
"Why, the Lick Is our Monte Carlo, and
Tom Taggart is the Baron -Blanc, Does
Tarn know Tom? Ha! ha!
Trouble Shop
the evening meal he was entertaining the
little one and talking with it in its own
picturesque infant language.
Suddenly a queer noise rent the air.
Pujrh was startled to- hear an echo of
his own voice. He said something more
.and again the echo came. To test it he
sang a snatch from a popular song.
Back came the words as perfectly as If
transmitted by phonograph. Pugh com
menced to cast his eye about for the poll
parrot, and discovered it was his next
door neighbor, "William Mclnnls, a mail
carrier, whose tender nerves had been
ruffled by the sounds of Eugh's remarks to
the baby.
Pugh exploded In wrath Immediately and
just what he said to Mclnnls won't bear
repeating, although It was used as evi
dence In an abusive language charge in
the Trouble Shop, yesterday morning. But
the court held that It Is annoying to bo
mocked and since no lives had been lost
nor any blood shed the case was dropped.
fHjLED In every corner was the dingy
Trouble Shop. Men nudged and el
bowed and jostled to get nearer the front
Men on the outside tried to force entrance
and over tho whole assemblage there was
an atmosphere of expectant curiosity.
They were waiting to see Joshua Crcflield.
high priest, seer and revelator of the sect
of "Holy Rollers."
There were several charges against tho
seer. He is accused of being a menace to
decent society, an unprincipled vagabond
and several other choice things. They
thought of charging him with Insanity
but it Is believed the line betwee'n rogue
.and lunatic is finely drawn on the side of
rogue in his particular case, so the in
sanity charge Idea was dropped as en
tirely, too charitable for his needs.
Creffleld's appearance before the court
was the signal for a craning of necks and
the focusing of scores of curious eyes
upon him. Those who looked saw an insignificant-appearing
little manwith. tow
hair, characterless features, a fleecy
blonde mustache covering thick lips and
weak mouth, a. pair of beady blue eyes set
off with slight brows. "When he spoke his
voice had the same lack of character.
He waived examination before Judge
Hogue and was held to answer to the
grand jury. Pending his appearance befor
that body he win be confined in tho
County Jal
NEED TWO MORE BRIDGES
EAST SIDE RESIDENTS WISH SUL
LIVAN'S GULCH SPANNED.
Favor Vooden Structures Instead of
Fills, Which They Think
Would Take Too Long.
The failure of the City, Council to au
thorize tho erection of two wooden
bridges across Sullivan's Gulch on Union
and Grand avenues Is source of general
disappointment to all busienss men and
property-owners Interested. E. H. Virgil
yesterday ascertained from "William M.
Ladd the exact figures for which ho guar
anteed to erect two good wooden bridges,
which are as follows: At Union avenue,
$S312. and at Grand avenue, ?5900. Mr.
Ladd showed Mr. Virgil the figures as
submitted to him by- responsible bridge
men, who are thoroughly able to go ahead
and put up the two bridges at these fig
ures at any time.
The suggestion of Councilman J. P.
Sharkey that a fill might bo made does
not strike the residents with any degree
of favor, as It means a further and an
Indefinite delay, that business men along
Grand avenue say would be ruinous to
them. It would take over two years, they
say, to make a .fill at these two cross
ings, and it is doubted whether a fill
could be made even In that time, owing
to the red tape In letting the contract
whereas wooden bridges could be put up
In a few months.
"I would suggest" said a property-owner,
"that the council advertise for bld3
for two woodea bridges. The men who
offer to build them on the figures sub
mitted to Mr. Ladd cotiM put In their
bids, as well as any others. We would
then see the end of this damaging delay
In getting bridges over Sullivan's Gulch.
Reference- of the matter to the street
committee simply means more delay."
WILL BE FINISHED BY JAN. 1
Substantia! Progress on Morrison
Street Bridge Is Now Apparent.
"While construction on the .new Morrl.
son-street bridge seems to be moving
slowly, substantial progress Is being
made, and Superintendent F. M. Butler
says the bridge will be completed by the
first of the year. Over 75 men are em
ployed, scattered about over ' the big
structure. The East Side piers are nearly
finished, and the remaining cylinders near
the draw are being filled with concrete
and gravel. Already-actual work on the
steel structure of the bridge has been
commenced from the East Side. The big
floor sills are being laid under the false
flcor- and the lower chords will go In
next From now on the public will be
able to see something of the .progress of
the work. Heretofore the work on tho
piers has not made much of a show. The
main portion of the iron has been re
ceived, and Is scattered about on the ele
vated roadways on East "Water, East
Stark and East -Oak streets. The size of
the steel bars on East Oak street will
give some Idea of the magnitude of the
frame of the bridge. Along East Morri
son street the business men are suffering
from the business stagnation as patiently
as possible, knowing that- the reopening
of the Morrison-street bridge means the
renewal of activity.
MISSING BOYS"RETURN.
They Walk Barefooted to Troutdale
and Back Home,
i Little Harry and Fred Federsplel, the
sons of Mr. and Mrs. J. Federsplel, 626
East Ash street, who disappeared from
their home Tuesday last returned yester
day carrying on their shoulders a big
crosscut- saw, which they had brought
all the way from Troutdale under the
blazing sun. Both youngsters were badly
broken up with their long tramp bare
footed along the hot and dusty roads.
The feet of one of the boys were swollen
nearly double their natural size. It Is 16
miles to Troutdale.
The family formerly lived at Troutdale,
and when they came to Portland left the
saw there. The youngsters, after ,the
had started out to pick berries, concluded
they would go after It having no Idea of
the distance they would have to travel.
It was Hate when they arrived at the
house where the saw had been left The
youngsters were given some blankets and
they slept on the porch. Shouldering 'the
big saw, they started pn. their long tramp
home under the blazing sun. The saw
blade at times grew almost too hot to
touch, but the plucky youngsters never
faltered for an Instant until they could
drop the saw in their father's yard. Their
parents were greatly worried over their
disappearance, and were greatly relieved
when they got back. The boys are only 8
and 11 years old, and they covered a total
of 32 miles.
Moved Train Dispatcher's Cage.
The office of the train dispatcher of the
Oregon "Water Power Sc. Railway Com
pany, located on a high post on the cor
ner of ftast First street and Hawthorne
avenue, has been moved several feet back
from East First street and placed on a
higher and larger post. As the Southern
Pacific Company Is laying double
tracks to East Market street the cage
had to be moved out of the way. The plac
ing of tho dispatcher's office In this ele
vated cage at this intersection remover
the probability of accident All the cars
on the electric line and trains on the
Southern Pacific Railway cross this inter
section, and the dispatcher can see all
tne tracks for some distance.
NEW DREDGE LAUNCHED.
Will Deepen Channel on Bars
Upper Willamette.
in
Dredge No. 2 built by Joseph Supple for
Government use in deepening the channel
of the Upper Wllllamette was launched
yesterday and will be In commission . In
ten days or two weeks. Not even a glass
of water was used to christen the new
vessel.
As soon as the machinery 13 adjusted the
dredge will be moved to the upper river
and commence work. The job cut out
for It this Summer Is the deepening of the
three barsCandlanl's, above the mouth of
the Yamhill River, Coffee Chute and Lam
bert's Bend. Over these bars at present
there are places where the channel Is not,
over SO Inches deep and the brats ope
rating on the stream draw about three
feet The intention I3 to diepen the
channel at all points needed mull there Is
four feet on the shoals. Beyond ihat there
Is no, use In dredging. In fact a channel
that Is too deep across the ars Is a
detriment as It draws too much water
from the sides of the channel.
The new dredge, which will operate
under the direction of David B. Ogden, as
sistant engineer in the Government serv
ice, is capable of cutting a channel 20
feet deep and 70 feet wide, and can work
through, the gravel at the rate of 60 yards
an hour. Double engines will be used
to operate the crane, which handles the
dipper. The boat which Is 0 feet long
and SO feet beam, Is crowded with ma
chinery. Shed Roof Breaks Under Crowd.
"WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Aug. 4. Forty
five persons have been injured by the col
lapse of a huge cattle shed at the ex
hibition grounds while watching a fight
between a negro and a bull. The' shed
overlooks the bull ring, where Normeus,
the black' bullfighter, nightly wrestles
4 with the, .anlraaL .crowft ot 359 Umbed
- 1
on the shed to watch the show without
paying entrance iee.-
"Wlthnnt n mnmcnt's wnrnlnir h
roof - broke through and precipitated,
half the crowd to the floor, a dis
tance of about 25 feet In Its -descent
the roof turned over and fell on the peo
ple, causing more serious injuries tnan
would have otherwise resulted. About 14
tnken to, the hosDltal in ambulances.
jvhlle several with minor injuries were
able to walk away. James bpeeiman, ot
Ronttio Wash., and a boy named Sopher.
from Calgary, were fatally hurt. Most
of the injuries were fractures of umbs.
.
CAEE.Y THE NE(3.
Do" Our Farmers Realize Their Miser
able Condition?
PORTLiAXD, Kag. 3. To the Honorable Mer
chants' Shipping Commission Gentlemen: As
you ask for opinions and Ideas o bow to re
store the American merchant marine, and hav
ing written and talked on that subject for the
last 15 years, I would like to submit a. few
Ideao on the subject.
The body politic and the human body In
some respects are alike. If any part becomes
atrophied, or vice versa, and circulation Is not
equal, Buffering 19 bound to come. Although 1
am a loyal Republican, I believe the Repub
lican party has made a terrible blunder, either
through ignorance or selfishness of Its men In
office. In allowing the once grand and numerous
American shipping to be swept from the face
of the seas; and on a parallel with tho shipping
they have committed Just such a terrible blun
der In not putting an export bounty on wheat.
The two are about the only Industries that
have not been helped by the tariff. In fact,
the tariff has swept the shlpn out of existence
and reduced the wheatralser to abject slavery
and acute mental suffering In, many Instances,
for he had seen his farm slip from his own and
his posterity's handv to fall Into the hands
of the hard-working classes of Europe. And
the pioneer merchant has shared the earae fate
in many instances, and all thla has happened
on the most fertile soil the world knows.
After the Civil "War, England had to pay the
United States $15,000,000 for allowing the Ala
bama to fit out; this was for shlpj that were
of no value to -us. But since that time the
people of America have allowed England to
make back that sum a hundred times over by
carrying nearly all our foreign merchandise;
all because no wise stateman saw fit to In
augurate a bounty to keep our own merchant
marine In existence. "We have been used to see
the expression: "What of it? If they can do It
cheaper than us, let them have It Why tax
others to do It?" But does not this condition
exist: The merchant marine Is taxed out of
existence and the American farmer to slavery
on account of the tariff.
If the party will grant a bounty to ships and
wheat commensurate with the tariff protection
to our other industries, then ail classes shall
be protected equally, and the meaning of our
Constitution will have been abided by.
The fitting out of those merchant ships will
take an Immense amount of our products from
the farm and range, and much other trade that
we do not get now. The landowner will then,
through prosperity that would come of that
needed bounty. Improve the condition of, his
land and home to such an extent that a trade
of at least $500,000,000 a year will be created
for our own people.
The principle followed In the past has been:
"Sufficient for 'the day Is the evil thereof,"
where it ought to be the God-given injunction,
"Cast thy bread upon the waters, and thou
sbalt find it after many days."
THOMAS WITHICOMSE.
CATCH rEK BOTH WAYS.
Ship Subsidy .and Protective Tariff
Go Hand in Hand.
SALEM, Or., Aug. 4. (To the Edltor.lj
Apropos of the current agitation of the "ship
subsidy" question, I quote your editorial of
July 31 ult., which really merits republication:
"It seems we have mmc people amonc us
who don't want foreigners to carry our prod
ucts oversea to markets at lower rates than we
can afford to do It ourselves. Jt is a singular
conceptln of business, that would require us
to pay increased freight rates; through publio
taxation. In order to take the trade away from
those who offer to do it at lower prices. The
eplrit behind the effort is the desire ot the few
to make money, through the help of the Gov
ernment out of the many. The subsidy will
go Into the pockets of preferred Individuals,
and then we shall have a ship trust to add to
numerous other exploits in thl3 line. But,
since the foreigners can carry our products at
lower rates than we can, why not let them do
it? Why pay taxes to put money Into the
pockets of a few? The wheatgrower, the cot
tongrower, the lumberman, the miner, the to
baccogrower, the cattleman, will not get an
additional dollar, but will be forced to help pay
the subsidy to the shlpman. This scheme will
never bear debate before the country. We have
cheap freight rates on ocean transport. Are
we to pay taxes to make them higher? This is
the whole question."
All of which Is well said; but this Is not
"the whole question," but Just the one-half of
It; the other half is our protective tariff. A
ship subsidy will "ketch 'em 'gwine," and our
protective tariff will "ketch 'em comin'." In
the parlance of "change, the combination will
"milk the street" j. h. A.
What Mr. Klllingsworth Said.
PORTLAND. Or., Aug. 4.-(To tho Editor.)
I notice that In giving the account ot the
proceeding of the meetings held by the Ma
rine Commission, published August 2, that
the remarks made by me before the. commis
sion or any mention of that fact did not ap
pear. All others were mentioned. These are tho
remarks made by ma on that occasion, which
I desire published:
"Mr. Chairman and Members of the Com
mission I am profoundly interested in the
question you are engaged In solving, I was
fortunately present on last Saturday even
ing and heard your most excellent speeches
covering all phases of the subject I was
interested to such an extent that I was pres
ent at your morning session and would have
been pressnt all this afternoon, but was un
avoidably detained until a few moments ago,
for I greatly desire to gather more informa
tion on so vital and Important a subject I
deeply regret that I am not prepared to offer
you detailed information that might prove
beneficial to you in your deliberations, but I
am not 10 prepared. Hence my few remarks
will bo a general statement, and I feel con
fident In giving my own views that I but
voice the wishes of 05. per cent of the citi
zens of the State of Oregon, and that is, we
want a merchant marine second to none on
the face of the earth; In fact we want the
first as we are first In everything else. Now,
gentlemen, business Is nothing more or less
than a bloodless war, and we must of neces
Ity use the .modern gun. If other nations
give subsidies, we should do likewise. The
question has been raised, would It pay, or
that It costs too much. I say that cost
ehould be entirely eliminated from this ques
tion, when we take Into consideration that
every dollar In the United States may be at
stake or In danger by an Inefficient navy.
No business-house or man expects to receive
a profit of each separate dollar Invested; for
example, fixtures, counters, etc, but before
this commission, all that is necessary is to
make a statement of so plain self-evident a
fact. I was struck most forcibly by the re
marks of one or more members, last Saturday
evening of the great" necessity of Immediate
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1 rloKylu TUAiuRS CURED. H
Mrs. Hayes' First letter Appealing-
to Sirs. Pinkham f or elp :
" Dear Mrs. Ptskham : I have been
under Boston doctors treatment for a
long1 time Trithout any relief. They
tell me I have a fibroid tumor. I can
not sit down without great pain, and
the soreness extends up my spine. I
have hearing-down pains both back
and front. My abdomen is swollen,
and I have had flowing spells for thrco
years. My appetite is not good. Ican
not walk or be on my feet for any
length of time.
" The symptoms of Fibroid Tumor
given in your little book accurately
describe my case, so I write to you for
advice." (Signed) Mrs. E. P. Hayes,
252 Dudley St. (Roxbury), Boston, Mass.
Mrs. Hayes' Second Iietter :
"Dear Mrs. Pdtkham: Sometime
ago I wrote to you describing my symp
toms and -asked your "advice. You re
plied, and I followed all your direc
tions carefully, and to-day I am a well
woman.
" The use of Iiy&Ia E. Pinkliam's
Vegetable Compound entirely ex
pelled the tumor and strengthened my
whole system. I can walk miles now.
"Iydia E. Pinkliam's Vege
table Compound is worth five dol
lars a drop. I advise all women who
are afflicted with tumors or female
trouble of any kind to give it a faithful
trial." (Signed) Mrs. E. F. Hates,
253 Dudley St. (Roxbury), Boston, Mass.
$5000 forfeit If original of above letters proving
genuineness cannot be prefaced
action: clerk3 and men holding the plow
handles do. in a short time, make good sol
diers, but they cannot soon make good sail
ors, and become accustomed to the roll ot the
ocean wave. It la absolutely necessary that
America should furnish the men to man our
ships and Navy, for success and victory la'rgo
ly depend on tho man behind the gun. Every
citizen in the State of Oregon, and In fact
on the Pacific Coast, ehould be most loyal
to this proposition, for the increasing energies
of this Nation, we all of us understand and
do believe," must find vent over the broad
Pacific for we are no longer the back door,
but the front door. In our Natlon'a progress.
More especially, it is eo ot Oregon, for her
forests are comparatively untouched; her
mountains are covered with the finest timber
In the world for shipbuilding; also her moun
tains are In places filled with precious metals:
Iron, copper, coal; her valleys and lands rich
ly blessed to furnish the laborers with all the
necessaries for sustaining life, and I am pos
itive had the citizens of Oregon been present
last Saturday evening and heard your full
and completo explanation of this subject, their
opinion would be the samo as my own, and
that Is, that I have full confidence in the
wlsdem and ability In this commission in for
mulating and presenting a plan that will be
Indorsed and acceptable to every true Ameri
can citizen from the Atlantic to the' Pacific.
I thank you for the honor conferred."
W. M. KIL.1JNGSWORTH.
Molybdenum Again.
PORTLAND, Aug. 4. (To the Editor.) No
ticing in today's Oregonian a quotation from
the Pittsburg Dispatch on the discovery of
molybdenum In Oregon, allow me 'to say that
we have that article. I think, in great abund
ance, as it has been discovered In three differ
ent places In our state, all at a very high
altitude one on the Mlnam. in Wallowa. Coun
ty; one at the head of the Imnaha. and one
at the head of Eagle Creek. The latter two
are in Union County, and can only be reached
during two or three months in the Summer, aa
they are at an altitude of at least 10,000 feet.
" I have Just returned from that section, and
find the snow still lying In the gulches to the
depth of 30 or 40 feet in some places. I was
very anxious that the state commission would
allow me or some one else to procure about
200 pounds of this molybdenum for the 1003
exhibit, but so far have been unsuccessful. It
Is very i-aluable, and is Imported into the
United States from Russia at a very great ex
pense, and Oregon is the only state In Union
in which it is found.
Wulfenlte. Hubnerlte and Scheelite are also
found In Union County, and are of great value.
Union County seems to be the richest county
In our state for all the rare minerals. It
seem3 that the state commission have desig
nated the County Courts of the different coun
ties to make this collection, but the facts are
that the County Judges would not know what
these minerals were If they should see them,
any more than the man in the moon. They
were not elected on their qualifications in min
eralogy. J. H. FISK.
What Killed the Hogs?
AMITY. Or., Aug. 2. (To the Editors
Grant Aliens living near Amity, In Yamhill
County, turned T5 head of hogs In a field
ot peas July 31, and inside of three hours,
26 of the largest ones were dead; loss about
$250. The day was very warm, and the hogs
had access .to plenty of water, but there wna
no water "in the field of peas. It Is hardly
reasonable to suppose that the lack of water
was the cause of the death of so many In,
so short a time. If anydne of your many
readers have had a similar experience with
peas and hogs, we would like to hear from
them. J. H. ROBBINS.
FINE ST. LOUIS SERVICE.
New Sleeplng-Car Arrangement Made by the'
O. K-& N. Low Rates.
St. Louis Fair visitors will be Interest
ed in knowing that the O. R. & 2f-.ha
inaugurated a dally through standard
slfeptos-car service to that city, passen
gers arriving there. in the mornlnf .
August 8 9. 10. September 5. b. ;, Octo
ber 37 4?5.he O. R. & N. will sell SO-day
return trip tickets to SL Louis for JCT.bO;
fo Chicago. $72.5 Stopovers alloweg going
nnd returning. Particulars of C. WStlrt
?r. city ticket agent. Third and "Wash
ington. f
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Only one pill a dose. Carter's Little
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