16 imWSIGSSmT OBWCOTM, " MtlXCY, - 'APKIL' 7, 1905. IS OUT OF DEBT County of Multnomah Is Now Clear, CALL FOR WARRANTS ISSUED AII Interest Charges Cease and War rant Brokers Must Look for Pat- ronage Elsewhere fop Their ' " Discount Business. Multnomah County Is out of debt for the first time since 1893. County Treas urer Lewis Issued a call yesterday for all outstanding county warrants, amount ing to $60,000, and the remaining outstand ing Toad warrants, aggregating about $40,000, will be called on April 12. This will stop all Interest charges, and war rant brokers so far as this county Is concerned can retire from business. "With the .payment of these warrants Multno mah County will be entirely free of debt, as there is no bonded Indebtedness of any iind. County Treasurer "Lewis, speak ing of the matter yesterday, said: "There Is no general fund warrant now outstanding drawing Interest. Persons who have been Investing In county war rants will probably not know what to do with their money. I think I shall be able to run until next tax collecting time on a cash basis. I have been paying March warrants on presentation, and I am not indorsing either county or road warrants 'Not paid for want of funds " Plenty of Money Left. Mr. iLewls further stated that he would 'have plenty of money left after ho had paid the tax due the state by the county, which amounts to $320,107.50. J. W. Ferguson, Chief Deputy In the Tax Collector's office, yesterday made a return to County Treasurer Lewis of $861,884.78, which is the last payment on taxes collected to and including March 15, the total of which was $1,729,209.55. All of this sum the Treasurer has re ceived. It has been distributed into the various funds, city, state, county, school, etc., which are now all In good condition. The tax books in the Sheriff's office, balanced up to and including April 3, show the total amount collected to have been $1,949,611.56. The total of the tax roll was $2,200,000. The balance of the money on hand will be turned over to the County Treasurer by the Sheriff as soon as the books have been checked up, and the amount has been distributed into the funds to which it belongs. The largest return of lax moneys to the County Treasurer in 1904 by W. A. Storey, then Sheriff, was $771,454.72, on April 16. Judge Webster has kept his promise when he assumed the duties of his office to get the county out of debt. This has been accompanied by an economical ad ministration on his part, assisted by County Commissioners Barnes and Llght ner, and the other county officers, and by a small Increase in the tax levy to provide additional funds to liquidate the warrants. . Debt Three Years Ago. Three years ago the total amount of the county indebtedness' represented by out standing warrants, " 'drawing interest at me rate of 6 per cent, was about $400,000. The county got behind In 1893, resulting from the closing of the Northwest Loan & Trust Company and Oregon National banks, of which George B. Marble was the head. County funds deposited in these two banks when they faileti amounted "to $350,000, and little of this sum was ever recovered. An accumulation of uncol 3ected mortgage taxes added to the trou ble. Markle was sued, but nothing could be obtained from him, as he was bank rupt. He returned to his former home in Hazelton, Pa., and has since remained there. The warrants for a long time tirew 8 per cent, but the percentage was finally reduced by an act of the Legis lature to 6. The warrants were consid ered a first-class investment, and brokers remained at the Courthouse all day buy ing them up' and disposing of them to banks and others. The interest paid dur ing all of these years has far exceeded the original indebtedness. Promptness in the payment of taxes by taxpayers this year has enabled the in debtedness to be wiped out now, and results In a saving of interest. Heard in theRotundas 0! more rain and lots of it, too, if they expect to get all the logs on the market which, are now in the streams waiting for high water," says Edwin Sharpe of the "West Coast Lumberman, published at Tacojna, who Is staying a-few Jays at the Perkins Hotel. "The greater bulk of the timber cut In the Northwest is transported to market on rail, but a large amount of it is floated down the streams. There are enough logs stranded in the small streams, which if not removed will make a material Uecrease in the lumber output of these two states. "At the present time it looks as. though the logs will have to remain In the small streams until next Fall as I believe it Is generally admitted that there will be very little high water before Spring. Never for years has there been such a small amount of snow in the mountains. Even at the head quarters of the Columbia but light snow has fallen this Winter. As a re sult there will be but little rise in the rivers and streams during the Spring thaw. "The output of the Bridal Veil Lum ber Company, which has sawmills on the sides of Mount Hood, is in immi nent danger of being materially af fected this Summer. The logs from the timber belt are transported to the planing mills five miles below by the means of a flume, the water for which is obtained from a creek. I was told a month ago by J. M. Letter, secretary and treasurer of the company, that there was barely enough water In the creek to supply the flume. Generally at this time of the year the creek I men tioned Is overflowing. Since then there has been but little rain. "If the streams are low at this time of the year think what they will be during the Summer months. The lum ber output will not be the only Indus try that will be affected by the low water. On the Columbia River they have not been able, until the last ten days, to run boats above Wenatchee. Usually no difficulty in the navigation of boats is experienced." Will Wheeler has been employed at the Hotel Portland as head waiter for nearly 16 'years, almost since the hotel was erected. During that time he took a va cation, spending two years in Spokane, returning to resume his old position, which had been held open for him. There are several of the colored wait ers at the Portland Hotel who have been with the management for five or six years. Taken as a rule, the colored waiters are a great class of people to drift from one part of the country to the other. It Is hard to get them to stay in one place. They will work in one city for five or six months and then jump to another town. Usually they havo but little diffi culty in procuring work. There have Wen waiters who have worked at the Hotel Portland three or four different. times. The white wallers are said to be of a more steadfast character and gener ally hold to their positions. With the going of the colored waiters at the hotel the first of May. the local negro papers will discontinue their hotel columns which they have been running ever since their inauguration. Each week the papers told of the changes that have taken place. If there have been any, and about the waiters in general. "New Ulm, a town of about 5000 inhab itants in Minnesota, bears the distinction of being inhabited entirely by Germans." remarked George E. Britt from Mankato, Minn., at the Hotel Portland yesterday afternoon. "There are no other resi dents In New Ulm. Without an exception all are Germans. I do not believe there is another town like it in the United States. "Years ago when Minnesota was first opened to immigration si German colony settled around the present site of New Ulm. The settlers cleared up the land and opened farms, and it was not long before they became very prosperous. They sent for more of their countrymen. Now the Germans own the farming land for miles around New Ulm. "They all speak the German language. It is used almost exclusively in all busi ness transactions. In fact, the English language Is never spoken unless there happens to be strangers In the town. Some of the inhabitants of New Ulm were born and raised there and are unable to speak a word of English. "The Germans, although they still re tain most of the customs of their native country, are loyal to the United States. They are not opposed to outsiders mov ing into their city, but are very sociable. The town Is rapidly increasing in size and Importance, as lots of new people are settling there. The newcomers are all Germans. The Americans evidently have no desire to Interfere." Allan A. Wright, chief clerk of the Portland Hotel, and Dr. C. A. Macrum recently purchased fruit farms in the Mosier Valley, near Hood River. Mr. Wright has about SO acres of land and Dr. Macrum has 140 acres. Men have been hired to take care of the farms. Mr. Wright, who was born and raised In the country. Is a practical farmer, and Dr. Macrum Is an expert fruit-grower. They both say that Mosier Valley will in a few years become famous for its fruits and berries as has Hood River Valley. They say the climate and the soil of the two valleys are almost Iden tical. Dr. Macrum says the Mosier Valley is one of the beauty spots of America. He says nothing surpasses It in Oregon. In going to the valley the road leads through a canyon. In which flows Mosier Creek. There is a sharp turn In the road, around which can be seen an im mense fan -shaped slope miles in extent, which is dotted with farms and orchards. Ho says it is the most beautiful valley he has ever seen. ' "No, no, I am from Cottage Grove, not Forest Grove," said ex-Mayor J. S. Medley, from Cottage Grove, at the Imperial Hotel, yesterday ovenlng. "That Is a common mistake," contin ued Mr. Medley. "People get the names of Forest Grove and Cottage Grove mixed. I find it that way especially in Portland. They seem to know more about Forest Grove than they do our town. "Why. Forest Grove Is a village alongside Cottage Grove. Our town is twice as big, and besides we havo eight saloons. A town with 2000 In habitants and eight saloons. Forest Grove hasn't any and from the way things look she never will have. Be sure and remember now." said Mr. Medley, as he walked away, "that I am from Cottage Grove, not Forest Grove." "It may take a couple of years, but we will get to Crater Lake just the same." sald.R. H. Whitehead, manager of the Medford & Crater Lake Rail way, work on the construction of which has just begun, at the Imperial Hotel yesterday afternoon. "We only have to go about 300 miles from Med ford to strike the timber belt. From that time on the road will be self-sustaining. Then we can gradually push along until we reach Crater Lake, which is about SO miles from Medford." PERSONAL MENTION. J. M. Raley. a Pendleton attorney, is a guest at the Imperial Hotel. L. S. Rosener. a consulting engineer of San Francisco, is at the Portland. F. B. Waite, a stock man from Rose burg, is staying at the Perkins. Darwin Bris'tow, a banker from Eu gene, is a guest at the Imperial. Judge J. H. Guerry, of North Bend, is registered at the Perkins Hotel. Representative W. L Vawter, of Medford, is registered at the Imperial. Dean Blanchard, a manufacturer from Rainier, Or., is registered at tho Im perial. F. P. Phillips, a real estate dealer at Cottage Grove, is a guest at the Im perial. J. S. Medley, a "druggist from Cottage Grove, is registered at the Imperial Hotel. John B. Catron, manager of the Dacres Hotel, at Walla Walla, is a guest at the Portland HdteL Herbert Eakin, a banker from Cot tage Grove, is in Portland. He is stay ing at the Imperial. State Senator Squire Farrar, of Salem, is In Portland for a few days. He Is registered at the Imperial. W. L. Thompson, a banker from Pen dleton, is a guest at the Imperial Hotel. He is in Portland undergoing treatment for his eyes. Mr. and Mrs. George E. Brett, of Mankato, Minn., are guests at the Hotel Portland. Mr. Brett is in the mercan tile business in Minnesota. A. A. Daxis and J. M. Keene, of Med ford, are registered at the Imperial Ho tel. Mr. Davis Is treasurer and Mr. Keene secretary of the Medford & Crater Lake Railroad. NEW "YORK, April 6. 8peciaL The following people from the Pacific North west registered in hotels here today: - From Tacoma C. M. Rlddell, at the Im perial. From Seattle F. D. Ford, at the Ac tor; S. B. Agnew, at the Hoffman; J. P. Hansinan, at the Hotel Astor; D. A. Mc Kenzie, at the Imperial. File Incorporation Papers. Articles of incorporation of the Gresham Trading & Packing Company were filed in the County Clerk's office yesterday by T. R. Howitt. Lewis Shattuck and J. M. Short, with a capital stock of $15,000. The objects announced are to conduct a wholesale and retail merchandise busi ness, and to do a general wholesale and retail butcher and packing business. Supplemental articles of incorporation of Pearson-Page Company, increasing tho capital stock from $SO0O to $40,000, were filed in the County Clerk's office yester day by T. Pearson, Jr.; -George A. Pear son and A. Pearson. Files Bankruptcy Petition. Vogler & Hamilton, of Tillamook, Or., filed a petition in bankruptcy In the United States Court yesterday. This firm has been in the saloon business, and Its schedule shows liabilities of $1547.05, with assets of $400. The debts are due principally to cigar and liquor dealers. Reports Theft of Horse. John Mack, a pioneer, who resides at University Parle, reported to Sheriff Word yesterday that a horse thief visited his neighborhood and stoe his black mare. 8 years old, with a white star on her forehead. She Is 15 hands hich. and weighs about 1250 pounds. Tho BheriffjJ6 4 The Meier 2b Frank Store's 739th Friday Surprise Sale 250 Silk Shirtwaist Suits Regular $ 1 8.00 Values for $ 1 1 .65 There'll be some rare fun in Portland's Leading Cloak and Suit Store this morning, judging from the inquiries that were made all day yesterday regarding the silk snit sale There's about 1000 women coming after the 250 suits the way we counted The only advice we can offer is to come early, promptly at 8 o'clock if you want one All are this season's newest and prettiest styles Immense varieties to choose from Silk Shirtwaist Suits are to be in great favor this sea sonEvery woman will want from one to a half dozen This sale offers a grand opportunity to effect a big saving on the cost of yours Here are the details; Made up of superior quality taf feta silk, leg o' mutton or shirred sleeves, collar and cuffs trimmed with piping; waists in pleated effects trimmed with fancy buttons and four-in-hand tie; skirts are seven gore in pleated and kilted effects; colors are changeable silks, black and white checks, red and white checks, blue and white stripes, brown and white checks; Plain colors are black, blue, brown, green, reseda, myrtle, grays and cream All sizes See Fifth-street window display Other stores would call them $25.00 values Second Floor . . $11 .65 The Meier (& Frank Store and 5hams 50c, 75c, 1 Values 25c For today and tomorrow we place on sale a great special purchase of "Spachter Scarfs and Shams scalloped and hemstitchetf edges, immense assortment of patterns; valued are very excep tional running at 50c, 75c and $1.00 each ; your choice w of the entire lot today and tomorrow at the low price of. .C See Fifth-street window display Second Floor. Friday and Saturday Sale of Hosiery and Underwear "Women 's fine-ribbed high-neck, long-sleeve, hand-finished a vest, in white only, all sizes, best 50c value C "Women's fine-ribbed white lisle Pants, lace-trimmed, A umbrella style, all sizes, best 50c values for, pair I C 50c Hosiery 35c a Pair 5000 pairs Women's lace lisle Hose at a very low price, for Friday and Saturday, all over lace or lace boot effects all sizes; best 50c values at Three Pairs for $1.00 $ 1 . 75 and $ 2 Wrappers 88c 100 Ladies' Percale and Flannelette Wrappers, full flounce skirt, in blues, navys, grays, black and white This is an imequaled wrapper bargain and cannot be imitated The Meier & Frank quality at Meier &. Frank prices, QQ always the lowest $1.75 and $2 values, special QQC May Delineator Now on Sale 15c 25c Ribbons at 1 5c a Yard 1 4,000 Yards for Today, Tomorrow 15c 14,000 yards of 4-inch taffeta Ribbons and satin taffeta Ribbons, large assortment of the leading shades a grand' special pur chase from an overstock enables us to offer it at about one-half value, fine quality; best 25c value, today and tomorrow at, yard Special offering of Chevrons, red with white, red with black, black with yellow, black with white, 25c values, each 19 10,000 yards of new Malincs, every desirable shade, best 25c qual ity on sale today and tomorrow at this special low price. .21 Two Days Sale of Cutlery Paring Knives, with cocobola handles, best 20e values on sale for the very low price of I C 50 dozen Bread Knives, best steel, best 35c value on sale Or for two days dSrZrQ Butcher Knives, 7-inch size, best 35c values on sale for 29i "Koholia" for Alcohol Lamps andtDhafing Dishes, 25c value. 19? 1 500 Poz. Oranges 20c For Friday and Saturday our end of the week distribution of 1500 dozen large-size, new-crop California Navel Oranges fine qual ity fruit, 35c size and grade, buy all you want at, dozen. . .2G Phone Private Exchange 4. m The Meier Frank Store's 799th Friday Surprise Sale en's Black Suits for Easter $20,$22Vals.$12.65 300 new, up-to-date men's stylish black Suits for Easter and dress wear; suits for professional and business men at just about half their real worth is the very important offering for today's 799th Friday Surprise Sole A special purchase from a leading New York manufacturer Every garment of this season's manufacture and includes black thibets and black unfinished worsteds, made in regular and stouts, round cut conventional sack coats, sizes 34 to 46 Suits are cut in the latest fashion, have hand-made button holes, hand-felled col lars, best Italian serge lining, square shoulders; suits the ex clusive clothier gets $22.50 and $35.00 for 365 days in the year; a very timely bargain for men and young men who want a handsome black suit for Easter or Sunday wear We stamp this the best dress suit value Portland men ever shared in You can see them in the large Morrison-street window The sale on these C 1 L suits is for today only, remember ... V " Men's Clothing Department, Second Floor "Uawiac" (lUfi Sole Portland Agents for P nal& "Hawes" famous $3 Hats for men, derbys and soft styles in black, tans, brown, pearl; all the new models for Spring and Summer are now ready Boys' and Young Men's Clothing We want to see record-breaking sales in our Boys' and Young Men's Clothing Departments today and tomorrow Offering as we area matchless bargain in Men's Suits you can bring along the family and kill two birds with one stone Every parent having a boy to f & ) clothe is interested in the following Second Floor ftffi St Jzm Boys' all-wool 2-piece double-breasted Suit in fine all -AVOol f.WPPrJc ortri s-i jiisA"r nyf&szs encviots. Drown arm r niri mjytnrAB nnA ; ' - , , "o" iiicuium &iciv mixtures gggg trousers made with double knee and seat, ages 8 to 16 r A 0 &?5 years ; best $6.00 values for two davs at a.oO g522r Little Bovs' Tan Reefers, of all-won! Igig on sleeve, 3 to 10 years:. great value . S4.7J nncoo in lirrli4- nainnlrtn rt-nl Hi-fAwU li 1. "n 1 .' " ww, JiQiiu jyvivatta auu VAiuuis, Willi or WIUIOUL T collar . 6 to 16 vears. 75t valnp , fTLI" vr ' j-pwj'o jj-ixc j. uxiio iu ttu-nuui uucviuis, inecus aim'Cassi- sq meres, 3 to 16 years; $1.00 values cuC Young Men's Suits at Bargain Prices SSSISP ng -Men's all-wool cassimere Suits, dark browns and r Er &S3HRwHj l grays, 14 to 20 years ; best $8.00 values for b O. JU Ynnnff ATn-n 'o- firm o11ttt1 Ciiifo in s3r.nl.- 1. : j . "Ir'SSXitt&Mfrj- worsteds, 4 to zu years; regular S1U.UU values Young Men's fine all-wool Suits in new browns and srrav t t -'.VSaBaJ rlnir?Q (inl mfuroc - Mm,ln,. fc1Q Krt ,,.,1 -f fll 1 IS .1' - -uuvi wj , .V'fju.iui. yiuuu laium iui ......... w i ii ii i i'i 1 1 a i n i iii 2 Days' Sale in Book Store "Webster's Dictionary, full sheep, in- m dexed, great value. "The Crisis," "Heart of Rome" and q ''The Conqueror," paper edition 1 Views of Oregon, 8x12, matted; great e special value Wire Meat Safes for $1.13 "Wire Meat Safes, best $1.35 value on n f sale for $ i IJl 60c "White Enameled Saucepan 48p 65c White Enameled Covered Kettle 52e 8-inch Glass Berry Bowls lg 8-inch Glass Flower Vases 1(J$ Screen Doors, "Window Screens, etc. Womes Tan Oxfords $162 Phenomenal Shoe bargains for women, men and children for today and tomorrow 1000 pairs "Women's Low Shoes, in tan, black and patent leather all sizes and widths ; a quality shoe other stores ask $3.00 a pair "for regularly ; today and tomorrow ; your choice m at the special low price of, pair V OiSr 1000 pairs "Women's Lace Shoes, in patent leather and viei kid, with patent tip, Johnson Bros.' best $3.00 values, 40 AO in all sizes, today and tomorrow at p&mJZf Men's kangaroo grain seamless Lace Shoes, quilted Afi or plain sole, pair $fcrvJ Men's kangaroo calf, lace and buckle, pair $2.08 Men's kangaroo grain Creedmore and six other styles, in medium weight, mechanic's Shoes; best $3.00 values, pair $208 15-Inch Top, Black and Tan Outing Shoes, $5.00 and $5.50 Values for $3.95 Pair $5.00 and $5.50 Survej'ors and Outing Shoes, in black and tan, 15-inch tops, marvelous value, at the low price 3& 1 Q K of, pair : Iw.O Misses' vici kid and box calf Shoes, 5 to S, $1.25 value, 98 ; 9 to 11, $1.50 value, 1.15 ; 12 to 2, $2 val.. . 1 dfO Boys' satin calf and kangarette Shoes, plain and quilted sole, great values, 1 to 2, at $1.23 pair; 2 to o1, $1.43 pair. Little Gents vici kid and box calf Shoes, pair $1.12 sent telephone messages to various out side towns concerning the theft, and also notified various liverystable keepers to he on the lookout for the animal and the man In possession. Sale of Residence Property Made. The auarter-block on the southeast cor ner of Eighteenth and Davis streets 'was sold yesterday to Dr. W. T. Williamson and T. M. Stevens for $17,500. The bouse was built 12 years ago by David S. Tut- hill and occunld by him till his death cignt years ago. it nas beenvyacant for some time, as , the owners. Allen and wlsdld not.caro to reatIt,, NEASE'S OPTION W CLACKAMAS Says He Will Not Start Gambling Hail Tnere. 31. G. Nease has obtained an option on some land just inside Clackamas "County, and the Inference Is that he will build either a gambling; hall or poolroom there. That It will not be the- first he gave assurance last night. "Whether it will be the second or not Mr. Xease does not give a definite answer, 'but says that If he purchases the Pjpprtythe JUS.hq S.111 mascot. it will not be disapproved of by the majority of Portland citizens. "To tell the truth," said Mr. Nease. "I hardly believe it would pay to start a poolroom so far from the city, when the hand bookmakers are allowed to flourish on the street corners. The Sheriff passes by them every day and can no more help seeing them doing' business than you or I. They are be coming thicker every day, and I doubt If a poolroom would have a following so far from town, when it is so easy to bet on the races on the streets. And I will not run a gambling-house, you?can say that for mel" That .the officials of ciackamas County are in with him 3Ir. Nease de nies, saying that he knows none of them. The option which Mr. Nease has obtained is upon a tract of land be tween the golf links and Milwaukle owned by D. H. Hendee. Convict Accuses a Lawyer. NEW YORK. April 6. The New York grand jury is investigating charges made by David KothschilJ, ex-president of the Federal Bank, who 13 serving nine years in Sing Sing for defrauding- the bankp against a lawyer who it understood to be Arml taso Mathews, socrotaroc o Jhe County; Republican Committee. Rothschild al leges tnat the lawyer did not follow in structions In disposing oC some money handed to him. but is alleged to have made two conflicting confessions. Hungarian Opposition to State Views BUDAPEST, April 6. At today's ses sion of the lower house of the Hun garian Diet Francis Kossuth, leader o5 the United Opposition, moved the ap pointment of a committee to draw an addreas. to the Emperor-King, setting forth the terms on which the Parlia mentary majority would be willing i support a new Ministry. The motion -will be. discussed tomorrow.