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THE MORNING OBEGONIAN, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1905.
SERVE NOTICE ON
.EASTERN BREWERS
Object of Hopgrowers' Meet
ing to Be Held in Port
.. land Next Tuesday.
BUYERS MUST PAY MORE
Producers Will Be Asked to Sign an
Agreement to Take Their
Stocks off the Market
for Sixty Days.
SALEM. Or.. April 13. (Special.) To se
cure an agreement from hopgrowers to
hold their hops for GO days longer is the
chief purpose of the meeting to be held
at the Portland Hotel next Tuesday. In
the movement which resulted in the call
ing of This meeting are: Isaac PIncus &
Son, of Tacoma, who have 800 bales;
Krebs Bros., of .Salem, who have 1800
bales, and M. H. Durst, of California,
who is a heavy holder of 1904 hops.
The leaders in the movement feel sat
isfied that the growers who have not al
ready sold are still firm holders, but they
want this fact demonstrated in a manner
that will be convincing to the brewers.
They believe that when the brewers are
satisfied that the growers are not to be
stampeded they will advance prices un
til the holders will sell. At present the
short sellers among the dealers are assur
ing the brewers that if they wait a while
the growers will weaken and there will
be a slump in prices. The brewers have
believed this assertion and are buying
only in small quantities to suit their pres
ent needs.
"So far as we are concerned," said Con
rad Krebs today, "we have no intention
of selling before August or September.
It won't require any 60-day agreement to
keep our hops off the market, and I know
that many other growers feel the same as
we do. The story has been told and repeat
ed by some of the dealers who are trying
to bear the market that our hops will
soon be sold, and that then there will be
a. panic among the growers and a slump
in prices. It is probably true that if we
should dump 1800 bales on the market the
price would go down with a rush. But
the stories that have been told are not
true, and the fact that we have not sold
when It was said we would shows that
they were not true. If any of the grow
ers are in doubt about our being firm
holders, we will convince them at the
meeting in Portland Tuesday.
"I have information which convinces
me that the 1S04 crop has already been
oversold and that dealers will not be able
to fill all their contracts. I feel certain,
too. that the demand for brewing pur
poses, before the 1505 crop is harvested,
will exceed the supply. The brewers are
playing a waiting game because they be
lieve the growers will weaken, and they
know that If they put the price up a cent
or two a pound the growers will only
hold the more firmly. But they need the
hops and must have them, and it Is only
a question of time when they will pay
the necessary price.
"'I know of one firm that has had a 300
bale order here for several days, and all
efforts to get hops to fill the order have
failed. ' Another "firm has sold 300 hales
of hops tor April delivery, and has not
yet been able to buy any of the hops "to
fill the contract. The holders are not
selling and will not sell at present prices.
When we get together in Portland this
determination will be made known, and
if there are any weak holders they will
be strengthened.
"The effort to keep up prices now is
not merely for the purpose of getting a
good price for 1904 hops. "We are looking
ahead to the crop of 1905. It is every
where admitted that the situation from
the growers' standpoint is stronger today
than it has been for many years. Now
if we let the brewers dictate prices to us
under such favorable circumstances, what
will we have to hope for on the coming
crop if the yield should be large? If we
give up when we arc in control of the
situation, it will be notice to the brewers
that they can always name the price and
we will accept it. Every grower should
look at the matter in that light The
grower who sells now is encouraging the
brewers to play a waiting gamewlth the
1905 crop, with assurance that by waiting
they can beat down the price.
"I think there will be no more hops
sold within 60 days unless the price goes
above SO cents, and I think the price is
pretty sure to reach that figure. There
are many who won't sell at 30 cents."
CATCH IS OF GOOD SIZE.
Salmon at 3Iputlx or the Kiver Dodge
the Nets.
ASTORIA, Or.. April 19. (Special.) The
fishing situation on the lower river con
tinues practically unchanged. Gillnetrers
drifting near the mouth of the river are
making very poor catches, but those
working above Tongue Point are faring
much better. The reason for this is said
to be that the water is so clear the fish
in the lower river, where -the water Is
deep, -swim close to the bottom and thus
escape the nets, whereas above Tongue
Point, where the water Is more shallow
and the nets drag along the bottom, they
are unable to escape.
One packer who secures the greater bulk
of -his fish from above the Point says his
receipts run Irom .six to nine tons per
day, and his pack thus far exceeds the
amount he had on May 1 of last year. The
inside traps at Baker's Bay are also do
ing well and are taking more salmon than
at the corresponding period of last year.
The outside traps,, those located along
the edge of the channel, are not meeting
with as great .success. The fish taken
are of excellent quality, and average from
18 to 23 pounds each, but the proportion
of large salmon is said to be Increasing.
REGENTS STAND ON RIGHTS.
Would Disburse Funds Without
.Other Supervision.
BOISE, Idaho, April 19. (Special.) A
controversy is in prospect between the
board of regents of the State University
and the State Auditor, over the method
of disbursing the moneys appropriated for
the maintenance of the university. It has
always been alleged by the board that its
claims did not have to be passed upon by
the board of examiners, but should be dis
bursed directly by the regents. All other
boards having charge of state institutions
are obliged to send in the bills, and these
are audited and warrants issued for them
y the State. Auditor, but the board of
regents alleges it is authorized, as a body
corporate, to operate independently of
that general provision governing other
institutions.
Heretofore the board has made requisi
tions on the state for iump sums, and
these have been disbused without further
action by the state authorities. In re
sponse to' a request from State Auditor
Bragaw for an opinion on the subject.
Attorney-General Guheen has held all uni
versity illfe.jftUB.tB. submitted i ibApi
board of examiners and- paid as in case
of all ordinary claims against the state.
His opinion says:
"I find no law authorizing you to draw
warrants upon the Treasurer for moneys
in his possession appropriated to the uni
versity upon requisition of the board of
regents; but, on the other hand, it is ex
pressly provided that you shall draw war
rants upon all stated funds or appropria
tions only upon presentation of proper
vouchers or claims in favor of the parties
entitled thereto which have been approved
by the board of examiners, as provided
by law, and claims against the state in
curred in the management of the univer
sity are not excepted from this mode of
procedure."
It is not known what the board of re
gents will do. At their last meeting they
submitted the matter to attorneys for a
legal opinion.
SALT LAKE MAKES BIG BID.
Offers 530,000 Building for Head
quarters of the WQodmen.
LOS ANGELES, Cal.,-April 19. Todays
session of the convention of the Pacific
Division of the Order of Woodmen of the
World was taken up with routine mat
ters. Great interest is being manifested
in the election of a successor to Head
Consul Foley, which will take place to
morrow. So far the fight is between Fo
ley and I. I. Boak, of Denver, present
head clerk of the order, with A. B. Keith,
of Butte, Mont., a likely choice in the
event of a deadlock between the support
ers of the two leading candidates.
Salt Lake City is making the most
strenuous effort of any of the cities to
secure the location of permanent head
quarters of both the Woodmen and the
Women of Woodcraft. A telegram was
received today from the President of the
City Council tf Salt Lake pledging the
donation of a $30,000 building to the Wood
men for location of their headquarters
there, and also a pledge of a $15,000 lot
to the co-ordinate women's branch for
the location of its headquarters.
None of the other cities that are com
peting for the location have as yet made
any such Inducements.
Late tonight It was almost certain
that L L Boak, of Denver, will be the
next head counsel of the order.
In his report at today's meeting Head
Clerk Boak stated the increase in mem
bership in the jurisdiction for the past
term was 762, the total number of orig
inal applications received being 32,597, in
whiph California leads with 19,899.
The head physician rejected 1500 appli
cations. The number of death claims
paid during the term was 1266, and the
amount so paid aggregated 12,397,159, or
an average monthly payment of $1,894.27
each.
WITH WHISKY AND WEAPON.
Oregon City Men Arc Said to Have
Broken the L-a-w.
OREGON CITY, Or.. April 19. (Special.)
District Attorney Harrison Allen today
returned informations against Charles
Straight and Jacob Wind. The former is
charged with assault with a dangerous
weapon on Deputy Fish Wardens Smith
and Ball, as the result of an altercation
as to fishing rights. The charge against
Wind is that of selling liquor to a minor.
Both men will plead tomorrow.
The indictment of Wind is the sequel
of the Juvenile court that was held by
Judge Ryan Monday, when six young lads
of the city, charged with pilfering, dis
closed that they had been expending the
proceeds of their booty for liquor, which
they purchased at one of two saloons or a
prominent drugstore In this city. The
charge as to the illegal sale of liquor by
the other saloonman and the drugstore
dealer is being investigated by the author
ities. Bodies Charred by Fire.
MISSOULA. Mont.. April 19, What was
believed to have been a case of murder
and suicide, investigation has proven to
be a mysterious double murder. At the
inquest over the remains of Levi T. Drew,
white, and Emma Teal, colored, last
night, it developed that the back door
lock of the woman's den had been broken
off by an Intruder, who, after sending a
bullet through the head of each of the
drunken and stupefied carousers as they
lay on the bed, had set the structure on
fire in an effort to conceal the tragedy.
The absence of the revolver used In the
killing also substantiates the murder
theory.
The police are working on the idea that
the guilty person is an unknown woman,
who is alleged to have said that if the
Teal woman and her paramour did not
pay her $200 they owed, she would kill
them both.
The bodies of both victims were badly
charred and mutilated by fire. The bed
clothing evidently had been set on fire.
Wanted on Forgery Charge.
ABERDEEN, Wash., April 19. (Spe
cial.) Sheriff Graham and Police Officer
Chrlstensen arrested at South Bay, where
he had taken refuge, George Spaulding, of
Humboldt County, California, who is
wanted by the county officials on the
charge of forgery. It is alleged that
Spaulding made false oath to many road
warrants, he being County Road Super
visor, and obtained several thousand dol
lars Illegally. When leaving California
it is also alleged he eloped with the wife
of another man. The woman is said to
be in Hoquiam.
Spaulding had taken refuge in a hunt
ing lodge and was well armed. He was
brought through here today and lodged in
jail In -Montesano until the authorities in
California are communicated with.
Gift for Montana University.
MISSOULA, Mont., April 19. Word has
been received here that W. J. Bryan has
named the University -of Montana as one
of the 25 institutions to receive a be
quest of $400 under the will of Phllo S.
Bennett. The Nebraskan is the executor
of the will and has selected this state's
phlnclpal Institution of learning as the
best upon which to bestow the money.
The 5400 will be Invested and the Inter
est thereon will be devoted to the pur
chase of suitable prizes for the student
annually preparing the best essay on the
"Progress of Good Government." The
fact was officially announced at the uni
versity tonight.
Indictments Not Yet Returned.
SALEM. Or., April 19. (Special.) The
Marion County grand jury paid a visit
of inspection to the state penitentiary
today and will visit the asylum tomorrow.
As some of the members of the jury have
made arrangements to go home Friday.
It Is presumed that the Jury has complet
ed Its investigation of the state land
frauds.
No indictments have been returned yet,
but several are expected Friday, or per
haps Thursday. The Jury may, however,
take a recess for a week or two," in order
to give the District Attorney time to pre
pare the indictments they have ordered.
Invalid Burns in House.
SPOKANE, April 19. A special from
Ritzville, Wash., to the Spokesman Re
view, says:
Mrs. Eamuel Weller, an invalid, while
alone in the house on the Weller home
stead, burned to death today. The cause
of the fire is not known.
Headed Toward Big Bottom.
CHBHALIS, Wash.. ,April 19. (Special)
The crew of Northern Pacific surveyors,
camped on ' Jackson Prairie, has run a
preliminary line about six miles, from
Jackson Prairie to a point north of
Ethel. They are supposed, to be running
AMBLES INTHEBAY
Drunken Crew of Orient Can
not Manage the Vessel.
WRECK IS BARELY ESCAPED
Captain Saunders Finally Lets Go
an Anchor When the Tide
Whirls His Craft Over
Toward Belvedere.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. April 19.
(Special.) The schooner Orient went to
sea tonight in tow of the tug Pilot.
The Orient was bouridvfor Gray's Har
bor, and five of her sailors lay helpless
in bunks, sleeping off Vallejo whisky,
with which they had fortified them
selves before going on board.
When the Pilot cast off the Orient
and returned to port, the currents took
charge of the Orient. They carried her
close to Mile Rock and missed scraolnar
ther sides on Fort Point by but a few
leet.
The tide swept the helpless schooner
over to Belvedere and Captain Saun
ders anchored his vessel. With a sober
crew the Orient went to sea again and
got clear of the land on a spanking
breeze.
RESIGNS THE PRESIDENCY.
Mr. Brumback Leaves McMlnnvillc
to Take Chemistry Professorship.
M'MINNVILLE COLLEGE. McMinn
villc Or., April 19. (Special.) President
Arthur M. Brumback has tendered his
resignation as president of McMlnnvIlIe
College, to take effect at the close of the
present school year. He will occupy the
new chair of chemistry at his alma mater,
Denlson University, at Granville, O. The
chair of chemistry is a new department,
and Mr. Brumback will be the first man
at its head.
When President Brumback came to Mc
MlnnvIlIe College in 189S the science de
partment was ill-equipped and in a strug
gling condition. He Immediately began
the work of creating a real and as nearly
as possible a modern department. His en
ergy seemed never to lag and his determi
nation was unwavering. The result of his
work is well evidenced by the healthy
condition of the college he is just leav
ing, and especially the science depart
ment. President Brumback is 3S years
old. He will leave for his new home early
in July.
PRUNES FALL FROM TREES'.
California Crop Will Be Far Below
Average.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 19. (Special.)
The. prune crop of California, in all the
principal districts, will range from only
one-quarter to one-half of the California
season output. Ten days ago Ihe outlook
was good for a record-breaking prune
producing season. The trees were bear
ing enough small prunes to give basis for
high hope in this direction.
Suddenly a great change has come. A
very large percentage of the prunes have
fallen from the trees after the fruit had
attained about the size of peas.
DEAD GIRL IN CHINESE DIVE.
Bruises on Body Indicate That She
Was Murdered.
HELENA, Mont, April 19. A special to
the Record- from Havre says the dead
body of Lizzie Booth, an lS-year-old girl,
the stepdaughter of George Card, was
found in a Chinese bunkhouse, known as
a "hop" joint today. The body was cov
ered with bruises, and Coroner Gray be
lieves she had been killed.
Toy. .a Chinese gambler, has been ar
rested on suspicion.
NORTHWEST DEAD.
Mrs. Charles Ewing.
MBDFORD, Or., April 19. (Special.)
Mrs. Llla Ewing, wife of Charles Ewing,
contractor of construction on the M.
& C. L. Railroad, died very suddenly last
night of heart disease. She was 45 years
of age and leaves a- son 4 years old. The
remains were shipped to Portland this
afternoon for interment.
A. R. Borbero.
VANCOUVER, Wash., April 19. (Spe
cial.) A. R. Borbero, a resident ,of Hock
inson, died Monday at his home at that
plact. Death was due to his extreme old
age. He was one of the moat highly re
spected, pioneer? of this section. One son
and two daughters survive him.
Suit Over Big Parrot.
BUTTE, Mont., April 19. A Miner spe
cial from Helena states that the hearing
on the order to show cause why the in
junction that resulted in the shut-down
of the Big Parrot copper mine in Butte,
should not be made permanent, was be
gun before Judge William H. Hunt in the
United States Court this morning. The
restraining order was granted on the ap
plication of the Nipper Consolidated
Mining Company, 30-36 of the stock or
which is held by F. August Helnze. and
who brought an action in the Federal
Court to recover $4,166,666.66, the value of
ores alleged to have been .extracted by
the Parrott Company from veins claimed
to apex in the Nipper ground.
Pacific to Debate at Seattle.
PACIFIC UNIVERSITY. Forest Grove,
April 19. (Special.) The members of
the university debating team, W.
B. Rasmussen, '05; R. F. Peters, 05, and
H. E. Thomas, '05, will leave for Seattle
to morrow morning to meet the Univer
sity of Washington representatives Fri
day evening.
Pacific will support the negative of the
question. "Resolved, That the United
States should not retain permanent pos
session of the Philippine Islands unless
they shall ultimately enjoy Statehood."
The supporters of the affirmative of this
question won In the Yale-Princeton, Whitman-Pullman
and Oregon-Washington de
bates. Surveyors Running Lines.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Apr 19. In
formation comes from Dayton that a large
number of surveyors are running prelim
inary lines and making Investigations.
None of the party will talk, but it Is be
lieved that they are making surveys for
an electric line to be constructed irom
Lewlston through Pomeroy, Dayton,
Waltsburg and Walla Walla to Pendle
ton. The general Impression is that the
proposed raod will connect with the
Graves line projected from Spokane to
Lewlston. Some believe that it will be a
part of the proposed Lewlston-Grange-vllle
line.
Boone Promises to Cause Trouble.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. April 19. (Spe
cial.) Captain John J. Brady has left the
iE Alcfttru Island Cai-x. la $ICJLsutMjau
of 14 general prisoners. Among them was
Lieutenant Francis M. Boone, who Is
sentenced to a year's confinement at that
place. Considerable anxiety . was mani
fested by the men In charge of the pris
oners, as Lieutenant Boone announced be
fore they started that he would give them
a good time in taking him 'to the prison.
Special precaution is taken by the guard
that he does not escape or commit self-destruction.
Skull Found in Excavation.
ASTORIA, Or., April 19. (Special.)
Workmen employed In grading the sits
for the new hospital building unearthed
the skull and a portion of the skeleton
of a human being this morning. The con
dition of the bones indicated that they
had been burled a great many years. It
is known that an Indian burial-ground was
located In that vicinity years ago. and
when the adjacent street was being im
proved, & -couple of years ago, the bones
of a number of Indians were dug up. The
skull , f ouifthhK morning, however, is
.thougfi id have been that of a white man.
No Clew to Clairvoyant.
SAN JOSE, CaL, April 19. The officers
have found no clue to Weber, a clairvoy
ant who, according to the story of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Drew, made them In
sane by persuading them to inhale some
kind of poisonous, fume and then be
guiled, them out of $3000. The couple are
in a sanitarium and today are fairly ra
tional. A letter has been sent to relatives in
New Hampshire conveying information as
to their misfortune and present condition.
Judge Grants One Divorce.
OREGON CITY, Or., April 19. (Special.)
Judge McBrlde today granted a divorce
in the case of Samuel B. Hendee against
Isabelle Hendee.
The suit of Sarah Marks against Willard
Moore and E. C. Herren, being a proceed
ing to cancel a lease to a hopyard and
recover damages In the sum of 5500 be
cause of alleged nonperformance by the
defendants of the terms of the agreement,
occupied the time of the court. It was
submitted to the Jury this evening.
Fix It Up With Strikers.
BUTTE, Mont, April 19. A Miner spe
cial from Livingstone, Mont., says:
"Word has been received from Aldridge
that an agreement has been reached be
tween the Montana Coal & Coke Com
pany and Its employes. The men had
been on a strike since last August. Mem
bers of the union deny that a settlement
has been reached, though they admit
that the strike will probably be settled
within ten days. About 300 men are em
ployed. Jurors Are Thinking Hard.
BUTTE. Mont. April 19. Though the
jury in the case 6f Jerry Slatery, charged
with the murder of Patrick Mahoney,
has been out since Tuesday afternoon at
3 o'clock, no verdict has been reached
and a disagreement Is regarded as very
probable. The Jurors refused to retire
last night and spent the time deliberating
upon the case.
This Is Slattery's second trial, the first
resulting In a disagreement.
Fine Piano for Conservatory
PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, Forest Grove,
April 19. (Special.) The new $1500 con
cert piano, secured through the ef
forts of Professor Chapman, was In
stalled In the conservatory today. It will
be used tonight In a public rendition of
"Fair Ellen," "Young Lovell's Bride"
and the "Hallelujah Chorus." by the
choral unlpn.
DAILY CITYSTATISTICS.
Marriage XJceas.
Herbert F. Kerron. 23: Edith A. Colllnson.
23. r
James O. Botkln, 20; Edyth R. McGowan.
26.
G. P. Llslsnoll, 25: Katie Delflno.
C H. I.ambson. 24; Margaret Gatchet. 20.
Hans Jarihaw, 35; Lena C. Hansen, 21.
Deaths.
In Portland. April 8. 1805. Robert Brown.
& native of Scotland, aged 69 years.
In Portland. April 16. 1005. Geortre Grif
fith, a native of Maryland, aged 82.
In Portland. April IT. Henry T. Hlldrth.
a native of New Hampshire, ased 84 years.
In Portland, April 16. Annie Newsorae, a.
native of Maryland, aged 61 years.
In Portland. April 17. 1003. George Goodon.
a native of Scotland, aged 50 years.
In Portland. April 17, 1005. Frank P.
Sandstrom, a native of Oregon, aged 1 year.
Births.
In Portland, April 15, 1005, to the wife of
Henry Brown, a girl.
In Portland. April 18, 1005, to the wife of
William T. Patterson, a boy.
In Portland, April 15. 1905, to the wife of
F. J. Base el. a girl.
In Portland, April 15. 1905, to the wife of
Ozel Landerholm, a glrL
Bulldlnr Permits.
E. A. Baldwin, store, Russell, between
Mississippi and Delay, $1000.
Dr. Holden, dwelling. Spring street, be
tween Chapman and Twentieth, $2500.
H. H. Prouty. foundation for store. East
Morrison, between Third and Union avenue.
$300.
Mrs. May Mellch. dwelling, Union avenue
and Cambridge, $2000.
A. E. Whltesldes. dwelling. Qalmby, be
tween Twenty-flrst and Twenty-second,
$1050.
W. C Day, repairs dwelling, Davis, be
tween Twenty-first end Twenty-second, $200.
Ral Estate Transfers.
Title Guarantee & Trust Co. to H.
Anderson, lot 5, block 12, Tllton's
Addition $ 800
M. E. Bsldlng and husband to Hi
bernla Savings Bank, lot 17, block
21, Southern Portland 250
Pacific States Saving, Loan & Build
ing Co. to C. H. Korell. 14.48 acres,
beginning at southeast corner sec
tion 30, township 1 north, range 1
west 1,300
P. McGarren to J. C Cock ran, lot 25,
block 16. Point View 100
Portland Trust Co. to F. J. Ely, lots
8. S, block 32. Tremont Place 160
Oregon Real Estate Co. to K. P. Hall,
west V lots 3. . block 83. Holla
day's AddlUon 2.750
A. Wyxnan and wife to C. Taber. par
cel property beginning southeast
corner lot 2, 'block 323, city 4,000
C Lumsden and husband to J. G.
Mann, parcel property beginning
southeast -corner block F. Alblna
Homestead 2,250
JL. Schwartz and wife to J. Scbnell,
lot 17. block 8, Alblna 1,000
Mrs. P. Hawes and husband to A.
J. Staffenson. southeast U south
east Vx. section 18. township 1
south, range 4 east 1,200
I. Price to C S. Kelty and wife,
north 25 feet of east 75 -feet, lot
4. block 275. city 10
Merchants Investment & Trust Co.
to J. W Swank et at. all sub
division A, and east 3 feet of sub
division P. lot 4. block 4, Portland
Homestead 1,400
Sheriff to E. Sarson. lots 41. 42. block
14. Alblna; lots 13, 14, block 10.
Central Alblna 24
George W. Joseph and wife to E. E.
Shields, lots 33 to 36 Inclusive,
block 3, Point View l
E. E. Shields and wife to N. H. Sult
Ier. trustee, lots 33 to 36 inclusive,
block 3. Point View 800
Sunnyslde Land & Improvement Co.
to C D. Gabrlelson. lot 19, block
13. Sunnyslde 300
F. A. Helm et aL to H. O. Hender
son et at. north 35 feet lot 7; all lot
8, block 2. Mount Scott Park 170
H. C. Stewart et aL to C. W. Owens,
lots 5, 6 block 154. Caruthers Ad
dition 1,400
P. McDanlel and husband to O. J.
Groce. Vt acrp, beginning on east
line of Marcus Neff D. L. C, section
29, township 1 north, range 1 east. 1.675
A. M. Hall, administrator, to J. A.
Carnahan and wife, lots 3, 4, block
3. Rosedale - - 450
C Taber to V. V. Rand, lots 5. C. 13.
14. block 1. subd. lot M. M. Pat
ton Tract 1
L. V. Pates and husband to G. Fab-
llnger. lot S. block 88. Sellwood . . . 250
F. R. TVoodmansee and wife to M. G.
Broke, lot 4. block 9. Keystone Ad
dition 3.000
Bacon I heard Bumpton was confined to
his bed, this morning. Egbert Nonsense! I
met him down at the Postodce: Oh. well,
he wasn't confined more than half an hour.
You see. it was a folding bed. and the
pesky thing closed, up on. hira. YaaktM
THEIR TRADE ME
diiiioii ouiumuia Lumuermen
Ask Protection.
SMALL HOPE OF GETTING IT
Eastern Canada's Interest Favors
Free Trade in Lumber and Will
Oppose Measures Against ". ,
American Dumpers..
OREGON! AN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, April 19. Taking advantage of the
Canadian tariff laws, which permit the
.free entry of foreign lumber into the
Dominion, lumber manufacturers of the
Northwest, and especially of the State of
Washington, are flooding the British Co
lumbia markets, closing small mills and
greatly reducing the profits of the larger
mills, according to advices of the State
Department. American lumber has
wrought such havoc in British Columbia
that the lumbermen of that province,
through their Legislature, have appealed
to the Dominion government to give them
a duty on lumber which will save them
from damaging competition, if not annihi
lation, at the hands of American com
petitors. The lumber situation in Canada is very
similar to that In the United States. The
East, older and more thickly settled, has
largely exhausted .Its timber resources
and Is compelled to go Into distant mar
kets for its supply. Canada imposing no
duty on lumber, the Eastern provinces
have been buying from-British Columbia
and from tne "United States. Our own
Eastern States axe buying almost exclu
sively from the West, for the tariff of $2
per thousand on foreign lumber prohibits
Eastern States from buying In Canada.
The Eastern States want this tariff re
moved, believing that under free trade
they could get Canadian lumber cheaper
than they now get American lumber from
our own Northwest.
The existing duty on lumber imposed
by the United States is working great
benefjt to Pacific Coast lumber Interests,
enabling them not only to supply the
home demand and the demand from East
ern States, but successfully to enter Cana
dian markets and crowd out Canadian
mills. A great deal of the surplus product
of American mills now finds its way into
Canada, and Is able to compete even with
the mills of British Columbia, where there
is as much and as fine timber as is found
In our own Northwestern States.
Naturally the lumbermen of British Co
lumbia kick. Their small mills have been
closed, and the profits of the larger mills
have been materially reduced, just on ac
count of American encroachment upon
their field. That Is why they seek an
Import tariff on lumber. But Eastern
Canada does not want such a tariff, as it
would increase the cost of their lumber,
and they think they now pay cnoqgh.
when they add to the actual cost the
cost of transportation. The East in Can
ada, as in the United States, wields the
balance of power, and is very apt to pre
vent the enactment of a lumber tariff,
just as the Eastern States In the Ameri
can Congress will be very apt to reduce
or remove the lumber tariff if they get
the opportunity.
The British Columbia situation is fully
explained in a recent report to the State
Department by American Consul Abra
ham E. Smith, of Victoria, In which he
says:
The Legislative Assembly of British Colum
bia met In annual session February 8, 1805,
and the lumber question at once came to the
front. On February 13 a motion was made
by a Liberal member Indorsing the request
made by the lumbermen of British Columbia
at a meeting held a few days previously that
the Dominion government place an Import
duty upon foreign lumber brought Into Can
ada. During the debate it was stated and
reiterated that the purpose was to keep
American lumber out of the province; that
the mills of the State of Washington had for
the past year made a practice of selling their
surplus product In British Columbia at rates
which compelled several lumber mills to
close down, and that only by Imposing an
Import duty, preventing the so-called
"dumping" of American lumber In the prov
ince, could lumber mills be profitably run In
British Columbia. The resolution passed by
a unanimous viva-voce vote in the assembly,
and has already been forwarded to Ottawa.
It Is well known that any Import duty on
lumber Is strenuously opposed In Manitoba
and other prairie countries. Great interest
is felt respecting the action to be taken by
the Dominion government.
Meanwhile the British Columbia Loggers?
Association has as unanimously presented a
petition to the provincial government asking
the removal of the tax on logs cut In British
Columbia and sold to American lumber
mills. This tax on all logs cut on leased
government land In British Columbia, re
bated If logs are manufactured or used In
British Columbia (described In Dally Con
sular Keports for April 13, 1904. No. 1926).
ranges from S4 to $7.50 per 1000 feet B. M..
and $1 per cord on cedar, fir or spruce. The
argument of the British Columbia loggers
Is that under the working of the ,'act the
small or Independent loggers are at the
mercy of the large mills, being debarred an
alternate market. As soon as the "large
mills are supplied the small loggers have to
find a market In the United States or sell
their products at ruinous prices. An effort
will be made at the present session of the
British Columbia Legislature to remove the
restriction complained of. that the timber of
the province may be cut and used Instead of
being allowed to remain In the forests or
destroyed, as millions of feet are by fire
annually, because, by the provincial law,
the loggers are prevented from disposing of
their product In the markets of the United
States.
Knocks Out Telephone Lines.
M'MINNVILLE, Or., April 19. (Special.)
During last night's thunder storm a
charge of electricity followed a telephone
wire Into the central office just as Miss
Georgia Morgan was connecting two
lines. The shock was heavy enough to
stun the young woman.
Every long-distance line that runs north
and south of this place was rendered
useless by the lightning and many of the
local lines are out.
Fail to Baise the Money.
EVERETT, Wash.. April 19. Friends
and relatives of George H. Holcomb, ex
Clty Treasurer, have notified the surety
company on his bond that they are un
able to raise funds with which to effect a
settlement. As a result. Holcomb, now
out on bonds, will probably be prosecuted
to the full extent of the law. His short
age is $11,136.
Prisoner Wanted in Clark County.
CHEHAL.IS, Wash., April 19. (Special.)
Last night Sheriff H. W. Urquhart ar
rested Dick Perklnson at Centralla. He is
wanted In Clark County for forgery.
Perkins has served two terms In Walla
Walla from Lewis County.
Passenger Train . Kills Two.
LOS ANGELES. Cal., April 19. Charles
E. Davie, an employe of the Port Costa
Milling Company, and his sister, Miss
Helen Davlc. today were run down and
killed by a Santa Fe passenger train near
Pasadena.
Opposed by the Co-Eds. ,
SEATTLE. Wash.. April 19. (Special.)
At the State University today the amend
ed constitution for the student-body was
defeated. . The co-eda opposed It.
THE EILERS CLAIM OF LIBERALITY
AGAIN VERIFIED
A Caller at Our Store Greatly Impressed With the
Splendid Collection of Highest-Grade Instruments,
and More Than AH With Our Low Prices.
Sale of Exchanged Pianos to Close This Week The Splendid
Chlckerlng Upright and Many Others of the Advertised
Pianos Sold Two More Uprights Exchanged for Pianola
Pianos Yesterday Now Is the Time for Bargains In the
Very Best Pianos Some Used Pianolas Included.
"You cannot find finer pianos' East or
West," declared a gentleman from the
East who knows piano business through
and through all over the entire country,
who called at our store yesterday, "and
there is not another establishment that
can show a greater variety. When it
comes to prices, you beat 'em all. How
can you do It when you have to pay
freight clear across this big continent?"
This Is just another of the many in
stances which are continually arising-,
which prove our assertion that no mat
ter whether, your purchase be a brand
new piano of any of our makes, from
the most elaborate and costly Chickering.
Weber or Kimball to the smaller-priced
but good, reliable new pianos, or an ex
changed piano, such as purchasers are
now securing, it is to your advantage to
buy here.
As we have explained many times in
print, we explained to our caller, our
small-price, many-sales policy and the nu
merous exclusive devices anc methods
which we employ that save many dollars
In the cost of handling pianos, and also
the advantages which we have in pur
chasing in Immense quantities to supply
six of the largest piano stores in the
AVest.
Just think, our contracts with Eastern
factories for the present year average a
carload of instruments every other day.
That is, pianos, organs, pianolas, pianola
pianos, orchestrelles and electric pianos,
ISO carloads, and over 3000 instruments.
Is it any wonder we can afford to sell
at a small profit, and our patrons are
pleased patrons?
DOG-EATERS LAND
Dr. Hunt Arrives at Seattle
With Igorrotes.
TO STOP ON PUGET SOUND
Over 300. of the Little Filipinos
"Were Keady and Anxious
to Visit Lewis and
Clark Fair.
SEATTLE. Wash., April 19. (Special.)
Dr. T. K. Hunt" reached Seattle tonight
with a party of 51 Igorrotes for the Lewis
and Clark Exposition. One small Negrito
boy and three white assistants complete
the party. The Igorrotes will be held here
for a short time, and may give local ex
hibitions. Their village on the Trail will
be built when the details are settled with
the Exposition offtciuls.
A canao. Or native dance, lasting for
three days, fouowed the return of Dr.
Hunt's party from St. Louis, and when
he sought to gather his party for the trip
to Portland, over SCO asked to accompany
him. Only five persons, including Julio, a
native interpreter, are with the Portland
as well as the St. Louis parties.
One of the natives contracted a severe
cold on the trip across the Pacific and is
In a local hospital. The others are quar
tered In a North Seattle house, rented late
tonight.
Dr. Hunt, when he left Portland, talked
of bringing representatives of Ave villages.
The fact that the Igorrotes took in 5202.000
at St. Louis, while other villages barely
paid expenses, decided the company in
favor of bringing Bontoc Igorrotes alone.
OFFICERS OF DAUGHTERS
Election is Held by Congress of
Women of Patriot Ancestry.
WASHINGTON, April 19. The most im
portant work heforc the Congress of
Daughters of the American Revolution
today was the election of officers. Among
those placed in nomination for vice-president
general, in addition to those nomi
nated last night, were; Mrs. Franklin E."
Brooks, of Colorado; Mrs. Mary Wood
Swift, of California; Mrs. John Leary. or
Washington; Mrs. Mary Phelps Mont
gomery, of Oregon.
Mrs. Sarah T. Kenney, state regent of
Connecticut, named Mrs. Charles W.
Fairbanks as honorary president. Mrs.
Fairbanks evidently was taken by sur
Want to
Then take any
new medicines on the market.
They -
people are relying
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Xade by tho J. O. Ayrr Co.. XwU. Xu.
Also tnnnftrtnrrri of
AYX'8 SATR VIGOR For tfc b&ir.
AYMt'8 COBBY fgCTOBAL ?or ctrngSs .
But to Return to the Sale It
Closes This Week.
Among the advertised pianos there still
remains a dainty little W eber for 5325; one
Kimball for $275; two Hardman pianos,
one for 5210 and one for $1S3, and an Ever
ett in a rosewood case for 5225. etc. etc
Two more upright pianos were accepted
by us yesterday in exchange for Pianola
Pianos. One Is a very attractive little
Hlnzc and the other an excellent Decker
& Son upright. These also will be ready
to go on sale In a day or two.
Used Pianolas.
Pianolas which have ben exchanged by
us for Pianolas with the Metrostyie at
tachment, a couple of discontinued styles
and one salesman's sample, all in first
class condition. With the exception of
Metrostyie Pianolas, you could not find
anything more satisfactory! and if you
prefer to follow your own taste In the
matter of Interpretation, these Pianolas
are Just the thing. There Is one in an
ebonized case for only 5130; one in ma
hogany, price 5146; another cased in a. very
dark mahogany, 51o; one discontinued
style, walnut case, 5200; another discon
tinued style, mahogany case, 5200, and a
salesman's sample, in quite a late style.
$1S3.
All of these prices Include one year's
subscription to our circulating library, or
$15 worth of music
These Pianolas, as well as every piano
Included in this sale, arc purchasable by
a very moderate cash payment and small
monthly installments.
Every instrument fully guaranteed and
money back, should purchase fall in any
way to prove exactly as represented.
prise, but she yielded the chair tempor
arily to Mrs. Carey, of Indiana. The dele
gates rose as a body and gave Mrs. Fair
banks an ovation. The nomination was
made an election amid enthusiastic ap
plause. In resuming the chair, Mrs.
Fairbanks said:
"This is the last of many honors you
have conferred upon your president-general
and she thanks you from the bottom
of a grateful heart."
Other nominations then were made as
follows: For chaplain-general, Mrs. T. S.
Hamlin, of the District of Columbia; for
corresponding secretary-general, Miss
Virginia Miller and Mrs. John R. Toung,
both of the District of Columbia; for
treasurer. Mrs. M. S. Davis,, of the Dis
trict of Columbia; for historian-general,
Mrs. Jonathan P. Dolllver. of Iowa; for
editor of the American Monthly Maga
zine, Mrs. E. M. Avery; for business man
ager of the magazine, Miss Lillian Lock
wood - The rules were suspended and
Mrs. Avery and Miss Lockwood. were
elected.
At the afternoon session the following
officers were unanimously elected: Vice-president-general
in charge of organiza
tion of chapters. Mrs. Charlotte Emerson
Main, District, of Columbia; chaplain
general. Mrs. T. S. Hamlin, District of
Columbia; treasurer-general, Mrs. M. B.
S. Davis, District of Columbia; historian.
Mrs. John Ethan Dolliver. Iowa; assistant
historian, Mrs. M. A. Lockwood. District
of Columbia; librarian-general. Mrs. Alice
A. Solomon. District of Columbia.
Mrs. Fairbanks, the retiring president
general, gave a reception In honor of the
Daughters- at her home tonight. It was
said that Mrs. Donald McLean, one of the
candidates for the office of president-general,
and some of her friends did not at
tend the reception.
Voting for the candidates for president
general and various vice-presidents closed
the night. The ballots were then handed
over to tellers. Announcement of the re
sult will be made tomorrow.
Government Iteceives Notice.
WASHINGTON. D. C, April 19. Tho
following cablegram was received
at the State Department today from Vice-Consul-General
Davidson, at Shankhal.
dated toda:
"Kennedy, a Dowic missionary, was
attacked by Chinese at Tsungll village,
in Hangchow district. Cloud investigating-."
Mr. Cloud Is a clerk at the Shanghai
Consulate-General. There have been
vague rumors of disturbances and growth
of anti-foreign feeling similar to that
which led to the Boxer uprising of 1900,
but no official advices have come to the
State Department to verify these. If Mr.
Cloud finds that there Is any danger of a
general uprising in that quarter, the Chi
nese government will be immediately
called upon to take steps to protect the
missionaries.
Grant Iteforms to Restore Peace.
VIATKA, European Russia. April 19,
The local Zemstvo has passed a res
olution, which will be forwarded to
the government, to the effect that the
only means of quieting tho people is
to inaugurate Immediately the prom
ised reforms, namely, the convocation
of a representative assembly and the
granting: of liberty of the press and
of meetings, etc
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