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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
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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
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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.