THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1906. GOWUTZ DESIRES DEEPER CHANNEL Washington Delegates Call on Colonel Roessler for Assistance. PRESENT FIGURES AS BASIS Most of Party Represent Logging In. terests and Reach Agreement Relative to Floating Logs in River at Certain Times. A delegation of 19 prominent busi ness men of Kelso, Ostrander and Cas tle Rock, three towns on the Cowlitz River in Washington, visited the office of Colonel S. W. Roessler yesterday af teruuon and laid before the chief of the United States Kngineers for the district of the Columbia claims for the improve ment of the Cowlitz River in order that the stream may be made navigable for a greater distance than it is at' present. Tne delegates are all more or less in terested in the logging industry which is a considerable factor in the Cowlitz County products and in addition to ex pressing a desire for the deepening of the river channel, the delegates de Bired some sort of an amicable under standing relative to the floating of their log rafts so that such work would not Interfere with the navigation of the stream by the steamboats operated by Captain Joseph Kellogg and the Kellogg Transportation Company. In respect to this latter contingency, it seems that the steamboat captain had frequently complained of the chan nel being blocked by drifting logs, which were practically running wild, and at yesterday's conferenoe with Colonel Roessler the representatives of both sides expressed a willingness to get together and frame some means of relieving the situation. The discussion on the question of how the loggers and steamboatmen were to arrange matters so that the boats would not be interfered with by the logs occupied most of the afternoon. Both sides by making concessions final ly managed to frame up an agreement which is conditional on Its operating successfully, whereby the loggers are to cease driving their booms at noon on the three week days the steamer is scheduled to visit the Cowlitz above Castle Rock, and the, work of driving is to oe discontinued until the river craft shall have passed above the logging point. This arrangement was made after both sides had thoroughly argued the question, and as the rival rivermen seem likely to get along by arbitration in the future no further agitation is anticipated on either side. After the logging question had been amicably adjusted Colonel Roessler was importuned for hie Indorsement of a proposal to deepen the Cowlitz in order to permit of the stream being visited by coasting schooners as Is said to have been the case in years past. At present the stream Is only naviga ble for a very few miles by the lightest draft of the river boats, and this situa tion the Kelso delegation claim is not sufficient to accommodate the demand for transportation facilities. In his of ficial capacity Colonel Roessler stated that he could offer no assistance un less the river was covered in one of the river and harbor appropriation bills. In he latter event he stated he could report to the head of the War Department that money available for dredging and deepening the river was insufficient to meet the requirements, and in this manner have the attention of the department called to the stream. The Cowlitz County delegation stated that Senators Piles and Ankeny had both visited the stream and also Con gressman Jones, and that all three leg islators had agreed that the stream was of sufficient importance for the Gov ernment to make some effort at putting It in navigable shape1. According to the delegation the last Congress gave something like $30,000 for the improve ment of the stream, but this sum is in sufficient for the reason that it will only meet the requirements of a small amount of the dredging necessary and would leave nothing for the mainte nance of' the necessary dykes and jetty work essential to retaining a channel In the stream. Captain Kellogg volunteered to as sist the movement toward securing legislation that would cover the neces sary expense in any manner he pos sibly could, and the delegates attend ing the session pledged themselves to work industriously to secure a larger appropriation at the next Congress. The delegation displayed figures showing the commercial value of the Country they represent, which makes the estimates of the various products shipped out of the vicinity along the Cowlitz River as follows: 45.9S0 tons of manufactured lumber products. 2.730, 000 feet of fir and cedar piling, 135, 000,000 feet of logs and timber, 10,000 tons of farm products, and various other commodities that net the produc ers handsome revenues each year. This great output from a growing country is one of the reasons why the citizens are agitating better means of transpor ting their products to market, and an open river would assist materially In relieving the situation. The Cowlitz County delegation was composed of the following: Mayor A. E. Cagwin. of Kelso; H. Alger, A. Burcham, John L. Harris, Dr. W. W. Webb. Guy Hogg. F. L. Stewart, H. England. W. W. Stone, John Ayres, Dr. F. M. Bell, E. S. Collins. W. F. Ely. A. Crawford. C. C. Woodcock, "Font" By erley, D Mslone and James Studebaker. Colonel Roessler promised to pay a visit to the Cowlitz River as soon as the duties of his office would permit, and the Washington delegation re turned home last evening highly pleased with the results of their visit to this city. RF.FVSE TO LOAD VESSEL. Yosemite Coming to Portland Be cause of Longshoremen's Action. ASTORIA. Or., July 5. (Special.) Although' the steam schooner Yo semite, which arrived yesterday to load lumbe- at the Chicago Mill carried a complete white crew, the local long shoremen refused to load her, because the crew was composed of nonunion men. Being unable to secure a cargo here, the stamer left up the river for Portland this morning. DISCHARGE JAP CREWS. Captains of Novo and Aurelta Will Employ White Sailors. The captains of the steam schooners Novo and Aurvlla. which are here to load lumber for San Francisco, yesterday dis charged all the Japanese members of the crews, and will employ white sailors on the return trip This action was made necessary on ac- uni. of the attitude oi the lQiigshoraman 1 toward the Orientals, for they refused to work any vessel on which the Japs were employed, and in accordance with this, mandate the operators of the vessels be lieved it best to accede to the demand, and have commenced discharging the little brown men. As soon as they became assured that the officers of the vessels had acted in good faith the longshoremen commenced load ing the two steamers, and no further trouble is anticipated in getting them away with their lumber cargoes. Barkentine Clears From Astoria, ASTORIA, Or., July 5. (Special.) The barkentine Mary Winkleman cleared at the Custom House today for San Pedro with a cargo of 530,308 feet of lumber, loaded at Rainier. The barkentine Tropic Bird, which sailed yesterday iOr San Francisco, carries a cargo of 327,340 feet of lumber, loaded at Vancouver. Nebraska Goes to Drydock. SEATTLE, Wash., July 5. (Special.) The battleship Nebraska this morning steamed from her dock In the Moran ship yard to the navy-yard at Bremerton, where she will be placed on the drydock for a general overhauling, preparatory to her official trip on July 16. Captain Is Only Survivor. MACHIAS, Me., July 5. A message re ceived here conveys the Intelligence that the three-masted schponer Ella G. Eells, of Rockport, Me., was wrecked yesterday on Libby Island and that her master, Captain W. A. Breen, was the only sur vivor of a crew of five. SAILOR PICKET IS SHOT UNION STRIKER WOUNDED BY UNKNOWN AT SAN FRANCISCO. Charles Ohman Got Into an Alterca tion With Nonunion Man Who Refused to Quit Work. SAN FRANCISCO, July 5. Charles Ohman, a picket of the Sailors' Union, was shot In the right arm about 1 o'clock this afternoon by an unknown man, with whom he had an altercation a few hours before, when the stranger refused to quit work on the steamer Vanguard, unloading at Washington street wharf, Oakland. Ohman had asked the stranger early in the day to quit work, which the latter refused to do, and in the alter cation that followed Ohman admits striking him. Ohman declares the man walked up to him later, asked why Ohman had struck him, then drew a revolver, fired and fled, with Ohman and several others in pursuit. He escaped. Ohman is not seriously in jured. Marine Notes. The British ships Arracan, Moulton and Deccan, three well-known vessels on the Coast, have been sold to Lewis, Herron & Co., of London, for a sum said to be 20,000 pounds. Captain Andrew, up to but recently In command of the steamer Charles R. Spen cer, expects to leave In a day or so for his ranch in Tillamook County, where he will spend his vacation. The British steamer Richmond expects to finish loading at the Portland mill to day or tomorrow, and will be taken down to the North Pacific mill to complete her cargo of lumber for the Orient. Inspectors Edwards and Fuller inspected the steamer Cruiser yesterday afternoon. The vessel is employed as tender to the crews engaged In building the Columbia River bridge for the Portland & Seattle Railway. The dredge Portland has been pressed Into service at deepening the channel in front of the Inman-Poulsen mill. The dredge will be occupied at this work about three weeks, after which she will return to the work on the East Side fills. Inspectors Edwards and Fuller are ex pected to arrive at a decision' in the In quiry as to the causes leading up to the collision between the steamer J. B. Stet son and the barkentine Jane L. Stanford some time today, but this will probably not be announced until tomorrow. The steamer Roanoke left down last evening with a full passenger list and all the freight she could handle for San Fran cisco and way ports. The vessel is the only one on the regular Frisco run at present, and finds herself hardly capable! of handling all the freight sent in for shipment to that port. Arrivals and Departures. ASTORIA. Or., July 5. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M.t smooth; wind, northwest; weather, clear. Left up at 10 A. M. Steamer Yosemite. Sailed at 12:45 P. M. Barkentine Mary Winkleman, for San Pedro. San Francisco, July 5. Arrived Schooner John A., from Astoria; Norwegian steamer FerJ Viken, from Ladysmlth; schooner North Bend, from Coos Bay; schooner Edward R. "West, from Willapa; bark Cardonolet. from Port Gamble. Sailed Steamer City of To peka; schooner Forest Home and steamer Rainier, for Seattle; schooner A. B. Johnson, for Gray's Harbor: U. S. S. Sheridan, for Manila; steamer City of Panama, for Ancon. Yokohama, July 5. Sailed June 30. German steamer Nlcomedla. for Portlands Arrived pre viously Kanasawa Maru, from Seattle, for Hons Kong. PERS0NALMENTI0N. W. A. Slusher, a wool man of Pendle ton, is in the city. P. A. Wey, a hotel man of St. Louis, Mo., Is a guest at the Oregon. E. B. Conkltn. an Ontario merchant, is In Portland on business this week. A. C. Churchill, a Newberg business man, is in Portland for a short stay. Dr. J. T. Sweetman and wife, of Char lotte, N. Y., are guests at the Portland. S. H. Friendly, a merchant of Eugene, Is in the city with his wife and daughter. R. A. Booth, a Eugene lumberman, ac companied by his wife, is staying at the Imperial. Mrs. R. M. Hall was called East this week by the serious illness of her father, who lives in Bloomington, 111. Mr. and Mrs. Champlln, of Gold Hill, are in Portland for a few days. Mr. Champlln Is a business man of Jackson County. Mrs. N. K. Clarke, wife of the clerk at the Hotel Portland, leaves today for the Breakers Hotel, Long Beach, where she will spend the Summer. 9. M. Stockslayer and D. W. Murphy, both of Washington, D. C, where they are connected with the United States Reclamation Service, are in the city. They are preparing statistics on reclama tion work In Oregon, to be filed with the Reclamation Bureau for reference in fu ture work done in this state. CHICAGO, July 5. (Special.) The following from Portland. Or., regis tered at Chicago hotels today: J. Ras sl, at the Majestic; E. L Harmon and family. C. W. Hodson. at the Great Northern. NEW YORK. July 5. (Special.) The following from the Pacific Northwest reg istered at New Tork hotels today: Portland H. C. Leonard. Breslin: W. D. O'Neill. St. Denis; F. M. Seller and wife. Savoy: S. N. Butters. Fifth Avenue. Sumpter, Or. A. E. Mayo. Imperial. Spokane S. Berry, Woodstock; A. R. Crowell, Wolcott. Seattle J. Lewis. St. Andrew; L Prager, Astor. NEARLYTHREEYEARS Term of Imprisonment Is Im posed on Meldrum. PLEA FOR CLEMENCY MADE In Addition to Serving Time on Mc Neill's Island, ex-Surveyor-General Must Pay $5250 in Fines. In the United States District Court, yes terday morning, Judge Wolverton Imposed a fine of J250 for each of the 21 counts of the indictment under which Henry Mel drum was convicted on November 17, 1904, and also sentenced the ex-United States Surveyor-General to 60 days' imprisonment In the Federal prison on McNeill's Island on each of the 18 counts. In the agregate, he must pay $5250 fine and remain In prison 10SO days, or exactly 15 days less than three years, in case the full measure of the punishment and fine is carried out. With credits on account of good behavior, he can walk forth a free man May 7, 1908. When Judge Wolverton asked the de fendant if he had anything to say why sentence should not be pronounced, Mel drum's attorney, R. W. Montague, made a stirring appeal for mercy, charging an in ordinate craving for liquor as the cause of the downfall of his client, and declar ing that the Government had suffered no material loss by reason of his. acts. United States District Attorney Bristol then addressed the court, stating that Meldrum had been convicted on each of the 21 counts of the Indictment returned against him by the 1 Federal grand Jury, 18 of which were for forgery of affidavits in connection with township surveys, and the remaining three for uttering these affidavits. Under the circumstances, Mr. Bristol thought the Government would be satisfied with a sentence of 60 days and a fine of $250 on each of the 21 counts. In pasing sentence. Judge Wolverton took occasion to reprimand the defendant In severe terms for his violation of a public trust. Meldrum stood with head erect while the sentence was being imposed, and at the conclusion of the Judge's remarks took a seat by the side of his young son Don and commenced to figure with paper and pen cil. He was evidently computing the length of time he would have to remain in prison, together with .the aggregate amount of his fines, and seemed well sat isfied with the result of his estimates. At the conclusion of sentence, several Oregon City friends in attendance gath ered around Meldrum as he left the court room and shook him warmly by the hand. His bond of $4000 will remain in force until next Monday, when he will be com mitted to McNeill's Island to serve his sentence unless his attorney should suc cessfully interpose some legal obstacle to such a proceeding. Meldrum's family, consisting of a wife and five children, are residents of Oregon City. IS OPPOSED TO BRISTOL SENATOR FULTON WAS AGAINST HIS CONFIRMATION. He Says Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock Is in His Dotage. Senator C. W. Fulton spent a busy day yesterday at the Imperial receiving call ers. He left last night for his home in Astoria, where he will spend most of the Summer. Jonathan Bourne was one of those who called on Senator Fulton, and he spent some time with him. Whitney Boise, W. W. Banks, G. L. Westgate and others prominent in politics talked with Senator Fulton yesterday. ' When the Senator's attention was called to the reappointment of District Attor ney Bristol, as. shown in a dispatch from Oyster Bay, he said: T expected he would be reappointed, and I thought It would have come even sooner than it did." When asked the reasons why he op posed Mr. Bristol's confirmation by the Senate, Senator Fulton said: "He was not confirmed because I did not want him confirmed. When the Attorney-General called on me at the end of the session I told him I did not desire to make a recommendation at that time, and would make no recommendation un til the so-called land-fraud trials in Ore gon were concluded. "As to the reasons why I did not ask for Mr. Bristol's Indorsement I can say nothing. The case Js that I did not want him indorsed, and he was not. I do not care to give my reasons." A stinging arraignment of Secretary Hitchcock, of the Interior Department, was made by Senator Fulton yesterday. He accused the head of the Interior De partment of harboring a grudge against Oregon that works a detriment to the state. "The Secretary of the Interior is In his dotage," said Senator Fulton. "He is a childish old man. Irritable and of intense prejudices, and seems to think that it is impossible for anything good to come out of Oregon. It is very regrettable, and is injurious to the state." BETTER FIRE PROTECTION District Engineer Holden Says Hy drants Are Needed. The contractor has started work on the Brooklyn engine house, which will stand on Powell street and East Twelfth street, and will face but a single car track. There will.be a com plete engine company installed at this place as soon as the building Is fin ished. There will be a hose wagon also. Hose company No. 3, In Stephen's Ad dition will remain for the present, and will receive a new hose wagon. The reel there will probably be given to Sell wood, which is asking for better fire protection. At East Twenty-eighth aid Davis streets work will start on the en gine house that is to be built there as soon as the Brooklyn building is com pleted. This Fall both places will be provided with engine companies. District Engineer Holden says that the suburbs need fire hydrants In every direction. He says that the 100 a year are not enough, and that 500 hydrants a year could be placed on the East Side, and even then could hardly be found. The district engineer calls at tention to the rapid growth of the East Side, and the great area of unprotect ed sections, where fire hydrants are needed 'as the only protection that can be had in these districts. MUwaukie Country Club. Eastern and Seattle races. Take Sell wood or Oregon City car. starting from First and Alder streets. ALL DEPARTMENTS REPRESENTED FURNITURE, CARPET, DRAPERY, BEDDING, CROCKERY Our efforts in this mammoth sale have been equally directed in all departments, to enable them to offer the extreme limit in "Removal Sale" values. In our Crockery department alone are many sale items that will prove opportune to the economical purchasers. We mention here a few of the sale values in this department. An assortment of fancy German china plates, richly decorated. Set of six plates, iy2-in. Re duced from $2.75 to $1.85. Set of six plates, 6-in. Reduced from $2.50 to $1.25. 11-inch hand-painted Haviland chop plates. Reduced from $4.50 to $3.50 each. 82-piece decorated Din ner Sets. Reduced from $10.00 to $5.00 set. 100-piece decorated Dinner Sets. Reduced from $13.00 to $7.50 set. YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD ICE CREAM FAMINE Wreck of a Milk Train Is the Cause. MOST INOPPORTUNE TIME While Citizens of Portland Swelter With the Heat, Cooling Dessert Is Unobtainable, Despite Increased Demand. The sweltering citizens of Portland are not throueh being angry yet about the ice cream famine which struck the town for a few hours of the 3d and 4th, but just to get even they are making up for lost time and yesterday every ice cream parlor and soda counter far and near was crowded to standing-room capacity by a hot, thirsty crowd of disgruntled people. The wreck of a milk and cream train couia never have happened at a more inoppor tune time, but the hot wave and the con sequent discomfort of the populace was evidently not taken into consideration when the cars containing the extra sup ply of lacteal fluid for Portland's Fourth of July celebration were tumbled in a heap out near Fairview Tuesday. It was hard to make every one understand that the wreck was the cause of the ice cream famine in fact, many would take no ex planation, but got angry enough to raise their temperatures several degrees. Supply Is Short. The supply was only about 1000 gallons short of the demand, after all. That meant that about 25,000 persons had to do without a dish of the cooling ice, for it is estimated by dealers that one gallon will serve 25 persons. Fully 50 per cent of the family orders were not filled by the large firms, for the reason that deal ers had to be supplied as long as possi ble, and the extra cream which would have been frozen for the occasion was serving to Irrigate the dairies around the scene of the wreck. Since last Saturday it has taken from 1500 to 2000 gallons daily to supply the unusual demand for ice cream, while the ordinary supply for Summer months is only 500 gallons daily. Two Thousand Gallons. When 2000 gallons of cream are con sumed in one day it. means that a great many partake of it, for It goes a long way. At the Exposition last year on the Fourth there were 50,000 on the grounds, but it only took 800 gallons to serve them. But it was not nearly so hot tnen as It was last Wednesday. One company states that many people who are not in the habit of buying cream ordered for the Fourth, and, not being able to get it then, ordered again yesterday, evidently deter mined to spend the money for that pur pose. The soda water counters were about as well patronized as the ice cream tables, and even yesterday there was no cessa tion In the continuous line which stood be fore every fountain in the city. There are so many new concoctions invented each season by the soda mixologist that it is entertaining to watch him mix drinks. Some of them have so much fruit and are garnished so extravagantly that they look like combination salads, but they taste good especially to the Summer girl. And she has not been forgotten, either, for there is one especial combina tion named for her. The "ballplayers' delight" is another mixture which Is find ing favor with amateur sportsmen, and there are all sorts of fairy dreams, punches, smashes and fizzes to tempt the thirsty patron. The ice cream soda and the sundae are probably the most popu lar mixtures served at the soda fountain. Then, "how'd you like to be the ice YOUR CREDIT , iseoop AMETHYST" GRANITE IRONWARE Three sizes Pudding Pans, sale price lOt, 15, 20 $ 6-Quart Milk Pans, sale price, each 20? 8- Quart Milk Pans, sale price, each 25 9- inch Pie Plates, sale price, each , . . .10 10- inch Pie Plates, sale price, each 121'2 17-Quart Dishpans, sale price, each 60c 21-Quart Dishpans, sale price, each 75? Pint Cups, sale price, each ,t 7y2 12-inch Spoons, sale price, each .' 5. 14-inch Spoons, sale price, each . 10 Soup Ladles, sale price, each 10 Dippers, sale price, each 10 Colanders, sale price, each 25 Saucepans, sale price, each 200 Three sizes Preserve Kettles, sale price, each 300. 400, 500 AN ASSORTMENT OF FANCY JARDINIERES China Cuspidors, in assortment of colors, up from 150 $6.60 Colonial Toilet Sets, 10-piece blue, pink, gray English Porce lain, sale price, set $3.50 $3.50 Umbrella Jars, decorated, sale price S1.50 $5.50 Umbrella Jars, decorated, sale price $2.25 C0MPLETEH0U5E-FURI.I5HERSI man?" He also got in his work during the heated term and sold enough Ice to make a miniature glacier on Mount Tabor. The largest firm here manufactures 100 tons daily for the city trade, and the de mand since Saturday has been several times that amount. This company keeps several thousand tons stored, so there is never any danger of an' ice famine, and those who were not able to get ice cream Wednesday satisfied themselves by mak ing water ices, which are equally as good and much more cooling. This firm esti mated that about 18,000 tons of ice are consumed in Portland each year, two thirds of this amount being used in June, July and August. Compared with the con sumption of other cities this is a very small amount, which is proof that Port land Is not a "hot place," and that hot waves come few and far between. GOING TO NOTRE DAME President Quinlan, of Columbia Uni versity, Portland, Is Transferred. NOTRE DAME, Ind., July 5. (Special.) Assignments of positions for members of the Holy Cross Order In the United States for the ensuing year were an nounced today. The most "important change is the transfer of Rev. Thomas Corbett, for many years- rector of Corby Hall, Notre Dame, to Columbia Uni- WISCONSIN MEN TO BE RE ARRESTED. Telegraphic advices were received by United States District Attorney Bris tol yesterday to the effect that the Department of Justice at Washington, D. C, had ordered the rearrest of the eight men at Oshkosh and Shawano, Wis., who were discharged recently by Commissioners McDonald and Dlllett. They had been Indicted by the Fed eral grand Jury of Oregon under sec tion 5440 of the Revised Statutes, charged with conspiracy to defraud the Government of several thousand acres of the public domain, and the question of their removal to this state for trial was brought up on hearings before the Commissioners named, with the result that the eight defendants were turned loose. It is claimed by the- Government that the Commissioners exceeded their authority In so doing, consequently tne eight men will be brought up for an other preliminary examination at once, before different Commissioners, as it is evident the Department of Justice does not place much reliance In Mc Donald and Dlllett. It is believed the latter are bound by political ties to the defendants, and that Government In terests are of secondary Importance with them, under the circumstances. versity, Portland, Or., as prefect of disci pline. Three young doctors of philosophy who have just completed their studies in the Catholic university, and Rev. Michael Quinlan, who has been president of Co lumbia University, Portland, for a num ber of years, were assigned to positions in the faculty of Notre Dame University. The presidency of Columbia University will be filled by the general chapter of the order which convenes here August 8. Fraudulent Promoter Sentenced. BOSTON, July 5. Ferdinand El Borges, formerly of Indiana, and one of the pro moters of the Ubero Plantation Company, was today sentenced to serve from 12 to 15 years in state prison for larceny and conspiracy by Judge White in the Superior Criminal Court. Borges was convicted on 73 counts of larceny and one of conspir acy in connection with the affairs of the Ubero Company. He was indicted with ex-Congressman William D. Owen, of Indiana, who has not yet been arrested Are unlike all other pills. No purging or pain. Act specially on the liver and bile. Carter's Little Liver Pills. One pill a dose. PLAN BRANCH JAIL It Will Adjoin the Kelly Butte Quarry. SAVING IN TIME PROPOSED Prisoners Will Work Ten Hours a Day and Will Not Have to Go From and Come to Mult nomah Jail. A building to be used as a branch jail will be built adjoining the Kelly ! Butte quarry, five miles east of Port land, to be ready for occupancy August ! 1. The rockpile prisoners will be worked at Kelly Butte quarry for sev eral months, and County Judge Webster and County Commissioners Barnes and I Lightner have decided that It is a waste I of time and money to bring prisoners I to and from the County Jail to the rock quarry. The new structure will be 67 feet ! long, 22 feet wide and the walls 12 feet high. The floor will be of cement and I the roof constructed of sheet iron, j The walls will be strong enough to withstand any attempted outbreak by the prisoners. There will be 48 bunks, and accommodations for eight guards. I although that number will not be em ployed. There will be a guardroom where an armed guard will be stationed during the night. His room will be so ar ranged that he can see the actions of the prisoners In his charge, and steel bars will protect him from an attack in the event of an attempted jail deliv ery. A large furnace will supply heat, and two bathrooms will be provided for the prisoners. The structure will cost about J3000 and similar buildings may be erected close to other rock quarries. The prisoners are to be worked ten hours a day getting the rock from the butte and crushing it. A traction engine will haul the rock to the crusher. Kelly Butte contains 12 acres of solid rock 80 feet high. I Judge Webster says Multnomah County Is to have the best county roads in the United States constructed of crushed rock, and colled hard. The Linnton and Macadam roads are to be so made, also all the main roads on the East Side and the peninsula boule vards. The state has a project on foot to build a first-class continuous road from Portland to the California boun dary line. Mallory Resigns as Claim Agent. E. E. Mallory, claim agent for the Portland Railway Company, has re signed, his retirement to become ef fective immediately. He leaves the service on account of ill health, after having been connected with the road as claim agent for years. He will be succeeded by B. F. Boynton, formerly asistant superintendent for che Oregon Water Power & Railway Company. Mr. Boynton will act as claim agent for the new Portland Railway, Light & Power Company, acting for the allied corporations, as well as the city elec tric lines. A successor to Mr. Boynton as assistant superintendent of the O. W. P. lines has not yet been named. Change In Express Companies. The Northern Pacific Express Com pany has passed out of existence and the Northern Express Company has taken its place. The change took place the first of the month, and is said to have been due to the desire to in- Fancy tinted water sets, Utopian ware, gold edged. Reduced from $3.25 to $2.25 set. Decorated china Berry Sets, 7 pieces. Reduced from $3.00 to $1.50 set $2.50 sets reduced to $1.25 set. $2.25 sets reduced to $1.00 set. Seven-piece glass herry sets reduced from 90c to 400 set. 85c sets reduced to 350 set. $1.10 sets 600 set. reduced to $1.00 sets 500 set. reduced to Corresponding "remov al sale" values on all other glassware. MAKE YOUR OWN TERMS crease the capital stock of the com pany, while the charter of the old organization forbade it. The Northern Pacific Express Company has been in existence 25 years, and handled express business on all the Northern Pacific lines, a field which will in future be covered by the Northern Express Com pany. The latter organization was formed under the laws of New Jersey for the purpose of succeeding the for mer, and the officers are the same, J. M. Hannaford, of St. Paul, being presi dent and M. G. Hall, of Portland, being superintendent of the Western divi sion. Julius Caesar. He rests; that weary, wandering child, of birth unknown, of manners mild; He sleeps beneath a Summer's sun. where rank and color are unknown. No more along our teeming street wUl Julius drag his faltering feet; No more hie haunts will greet his call mell- fluous tones "Play ball, play ball." No more In gorgeous robes atlred will Julius pose, adored, admired; No more in Shakespear's measured liner? will Julius mix his wit and wines; No more the Mascot of the field, no mors the eloquent appeal On stump, on etage and bar-room floor; Great Caesar's dead, he pleads no more. For eighty suns this child of mirth. Ill-bred, Ill-fed. Ill-wed, In dirt. Has lived a slave, a clown, a king andt now his spirit doth take wing. And to Virginia's friendly shore returns to rest forevermore. That Julius sleeps a peaceful sleep; that memory green his grave will keep; That Caesar answered Nature's call, we know. Vale "Play ball, play ball." MAC MAHON. PortlaHdv Or.. July 5. "The best pill I ever used," Is the fre quent remark of purchasers of Carter's Little Liver Pills. When you try them you will say the same. HAND 8APOLIO FOR TOILET AND BATH P!gr roughened by needlework catch every stain and look hopelessly dlrty. 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