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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 4, 1906)
11 ATTORNEY FIGHTS LEGAL RESIDENCE Store Rented NEWSPAPER CORNER, SAN FRANCISCO IS THE SCENE OF MUCH ACTIVITY DISMISSES LOWITZ The Dundore Piano Company Have Rented to the Northern Pacific Ex press Company Their Warerooms at Sixth and Alder Streets, and They Are to Vacate the Premises Augnst 18th. Superintendent Let Out Insulting Member of the Board. for Maintains Year Is Not Re quired Before Divorce May Be Sought. '. fr.-i- " J. THIS MEANS MUCH TO PIANO BUYERS 1 Only Twelve Days More in Which to Close Out Their Entire Stock of Steinway, A. B. Chase, Estey, Em erson and Other Fine Pianos. ASKS NEW INTERPRETATION CALLED ION LEWIS A LIAR ill THE MORNING -OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 193C. PARK COMMISSION I Denies Charge, Kef uses Apology and Is Summarily Discharged Chief Gardener to Act Until a New Man Is Chosen. Ion Iewis delivered an ultimatum at the meeting of the City Park Board yes terday, that ha would tender his resig nation unless Herman Lowitx, superin tendent of city parks, was dismissed from the service, which was immediately done. Mr. Lewls preferred charges against Mr. Lowltz, who, he said, had used abuslva and Insulting language to him. "Mr. Lowlta will have to be dis charged or I will resign from the board," emphatically declared Mr. Lewis, after he tiad explained to tho other members of the board the charges which he had entered. "Had he apologized for his words I would never have mentioned the matter, but he positively denied having Insulted me." Mr. Lewis stated that when he was attending to some committee work at the City Park Superintendent Lowitx had called him a liar and otherwise grossly Insulted him. Superintendent Lowitz, who was present at the meeting In his defense, denied that he had ever failed to treat the member of the board with due courtesy. He was asked to retire from the com mittee room while his dismissal was ta ken under advisement. A motion effect ing his Immediate discharge was pre sented and passed by a unanimous vote. Superintendent Lowitx was then called back and the motion read to him by Clerk Wiegand. The motion directed that his salary be paid for the month of August, and re quested that he remove himself and his personal belongings from the City Park within 15 days. He was not even given a chance to resign. Hie retained his com posure 'when apprised of the action of the board and did not evidence any sur prise, although It Is said that he had not expected dismissal. Head Gardener Krupke will have charge of the parks until a new superintendent lti appointed. Dr. Dav Raffety and Ion Lewis were appointed a committee to obtain a capable man for the position. The members of the board are very anx ious to obtain a good landscape gardener. In addition to the charges brought by Commissioner Lewis, Mayor Lane re ported other complaints about the actions of the superintendent. He said that he had learned that Lowitx has used the em ployes of the City to perform private work. Superintendent Lowitx explained that he had used the City employes to move a greenhouse with the understand ing that it was to be purchased byi the city. The board directed that a notice be spnt to the Portland Investment Com pany requesting that the gates to the Forestry building be kept open hereafter from 8 o'clock In the morning until 6 o'clock In the afternoon seven daya a week. ' It was reported that the fire on the outskirts of Macleay Park had been got ten under control. A force of men was sent from the City Park and had a. dif ficult time In subduing the flames which were raging In a thick growth of under brush. SHERIFF'S TAX STATEMENT Total Collections on the 1905 Roll Amount to 9148,050.81. Sheriff Stevens yesterday submitted the following tax statement to the County Commissioners' Court, showing the con dition of business In that department up to and Including July 31: Debit. lnnn tax roll $147,007.0276 Penalty collected 771.10 Interest collected 281.68 'Total 1148.059.8179 Credit. Psld Treasurer August 2, 1B06.$ 1O.408.OO4S Unpaid 137.SU1.813 Total 1148,050.8176 Delinquent taxes collected and turned over to Treasurer August, 1906: 1002. 1903. 1904. Tax $3.2075 12.H8 I151.8.'i77S I'enalty costs. .8425 17.61 IS. 80 Interest 1.30 35.08 24.35 Totals $4.85 $182.85 $193.00775 Tax sale redemptions of property sold to Multnomah County: 1898. 1902. 1901. Tax $29,144 $28.97 $22.95 Penalty and coats. 11.99 20.44 Totals $41,134 $50.41 $22.95 U. S. MARSHAL CALLED IN Government Authorities to Settle Neighborhood Row Over Mailbox. Upon complaint of J. C. Frost, Deputy TJnited States Marshal Kerrigan yester day arrested John H. Gibson, a real es tate dealer, upon a charge of destroying a. rural delivery mailbox near Frost's res idence at Stanley Station, Milwaukle. The prisoner was taken before United States Commissioner Sladen, and his hearing set for next Monday. it appears that last Tuesday Frost placed the bailbox on property belong ing to Gibson without his consent, and tho latter became incensed at what he considered an Infringement upon his rights and removed the box, throwing it over In his neighbor's yard. The latter put It up again, but it met the same fate next day, and Frost preferred the charge that caused the arrest. It Is thought the trouble Is in the nature of a petty quarrel and can be settled without great difficulty. GET IN THE SWIM. The A. & C. R. R. sells $2.60 excursion round-trip tickets to Seaside, good going Saturday morning, afternoon, evening and Sunday morning, returning Sunday even ing. Spend a delightful two-day vacation at Seaside. Ample accommodations at reasonable rates for all. Tickets at 248 Alder street and the Union Depot. RARE CHANCB TO TRAVEL Very IOw, Long Time Round-Trip Tickets Via O. R. N. August 7, 8, 9 and September 8 and 19 the O. R. & N. soils very low long-time round-trip tickets to Eastern points. Par ticulars by calling upon C. W. Stinger City Ticket Agent, Third and Washington p tree's, Portland. v. 'I v. -. THE PORTLAND -HOTELS ARE ILL FILLED Business Rushing as Never Before in City's History, Save During Fair. MANY TOURISTS ARE HERE Among . Visitors Are Easterners Kecking Investment for Capital, and Strangers Looking for New Homes. Portland's hotel prosperity continues. With the exception of last year during the Exposition the business this season is the largest In the history of the city. There Is no boasting, padding of registers or ex aggerations on the part of the hotel man agements. These ara actual facts. The people are not all tourists. Many of them are from the East who are here in connection with different business deals and the financing of various enterprises. Many of the strangers are citizens of other states who have heard of Oregon's prosperity and good times and. who are coming here to look over the situation be fore Investing. And the traveling men are here at ttie different hotels as never be fore during the Summer months. There has been no particular increase in the tourist travel. It Is about the same as during other years. Consequently the unusual number of people who are con tinually stopping at the hotels of Portland are not pleasure-seekers, but citizens of other localities who have heard of the great developments of the Northwest. No Setback From Fair. "Portland Is the only city I know of that has not had a setback on account of an exposition. In fact, it is going ahead and growing rapidly." This statement was made several days ago by Dr. LeRoy Dibble, a representa tive of the "See America First" move ment, who Is making a tour of the coun try In the Interests of the association. Dr. Dibble's assertion Is worth something he has traveled In every civilized country in the world and all over the United States many times. But Dr. Dibble's statement does not make the situation any different. It Is an actual fact that Portland derived great benefits from the Lewis and Clark Fair, and 'that the entire city and sur roundings Is enjoying a healthy growth as a result. The Hotel Portland had every room oc cupied last night. This was true also of the night before. The Oregon Hotel was equally fortunate. And last night was no exception to the rule. Business at the ho tels, not only the two Just mentioned, but all the others as well, has been good, un usually so, all Summer. The hotel trade this season Is an un usual one In more than one particular. It Is brisk continually, the travelers are of a good class of customers, with plenty of money as a rule, and they are coming and going continually. The volume of business as a result Is steady and con stant. About the same number arrive every day that depart, and full houses all Summer has been the result. There is no particular reason for the extraordinary number who are constantly coming to Portland, except the prosper ity of the country In general. The West, and particularly the Northwest, is at tracting more attention this year than ever before. This is not only true rela tive to the extreme Bast, but the middle West and South as well. In fact, the good conditions of thl part of the coun try are widespread, known everywhere and have made the people Inquisitive to see this land of tha great. Many Homeseekers Coming; In. And the people are not merely passing through the state on a sight-seeing expe dition. Quite the contrary. Many of those who came out "to grow up with the country" are remaining and have al ready commenced to "grow up with the country." In a sort of an endless chain fashion they have written to friends else where, the friends have finally arrived and they are now writing to their friends, and as a result the hotel prosperity con tinues. "It Is unusual how business keeps up," H. C. Bowers, manager of the Hotel Port-, land, said last evening. "The people are from everywhere. I notice that many of them arrive here from the South. This Is due, perhaps, to the fact that the East erners have come by way of San Fran ttf ! ' Vi ' "Sill & ' itSS '; ... - mks: CHRONICLE BUILDING AT THIRD AND cisco to see the ruins of the burned city. Business Is better here than ever before In the history, with the exception, of course, of last year." The larger hotels of Portland are not the only ones that are enjoying the in crease of business. The Perkins and the Imperial hotels are doing the best busi ness in their history. The smaller hostlerles are also full of travelers and others looking for locations and report that the business has been equally as good all Summer as it Is at present. The boarding houses in -all parts of the city have their share of the fVade, and this year has been an unusual one with them aa well. C. W. Mott, Immigration agent for the Northern Pacific, who was In Portland a few days ago, remarked that the busi ness In his line this year had been some thing enormous. "It Is astonishing, the development that the Northwest is making," he said. "Every time I come out thiB way, and that is quite frequent, I marvel at the growth and development of the country in general. The Northwest is the great est country In the world." Mr. Mott Is In a position to know whereof he speaks. It is his business to know these things. And as the Northwest grows and the good times continue all over the United States, the prosperity of the Portland ho tels goes on as never before. STATES EMPLOYERS' SIDE ROBERT TUCKER DISCUSSES PHONE LINEMEN'S STRIKE. Says That Trouble Resembles Re cent Street-Car Dispute, and That Most of Men Were Satisfied. "Our difficulty here bears a striking similarity to tho recent street-car agi tation. The fact is that our men are all well satisfied and I feel safe in say ing that they are not in sympathy with the action of the organized body." That Is how Robert Tucker, of , the Empire Electric Company, which is in stalling the plant for the Home Tele phone Company sums up the strike situation. 1 "Mr. Elmore, representing the Elec trical Workers' Union, Is quoted with having stated that the contract en tered Into last October by the electrical workers and ourselves, is satisfactory but says that it will last but a few months. The term of the contract Is two years from date. Of course the construction company will turn the plant over to the operating company when It is completed, and no one was In a better position to know this than the officers of the International Broth erhood of Electrical Workers who signed the contract. "I am really at a loss to understand what our company is expected to do, if, after entering into a solid contract, agreeing with the overnead construc tion workers and the polemen as to wages, overtime, hours and other mat ters, we find the local council entering1 a decree that our men shall not ob serve the contract. President Sumner, of the Home Telephone Company, bas stated to me that he was of the -opinion that when the company had begun to operate that It will meet any reas onable scale of wages. We hope to complete the plant and place It in con dition for operation within tha next three months." BUCKMAN TRACT IS SOLD Twelve Blocks on East Side Trans- ferred and Thrown Open. The Northwest Guarantee and Trust Company has purchased the Lydia Buckman addition, consisting of 12 blocks, from the Buckman estate, through J. F. Kinney, a Portland capi talist. The price paid was 200,000 and the deal is one of the largest In resi dence real estate ever consummated In Portland. The tract Is bounded by East Davisi East Gllsan, East Twelfth and East Sixteenth streets, and has lain unde veloped ever since the blocks were laid out. It has suitable locations for 93 homes. The company will place the property on tfie market at once. The tract overlooks the city and commands a good vtew of Mount Hood and Mount St. Helens. A building line will be drawn so that no structure will ob struct the view from another and the minimum cost of residences erected will be placed at $2500. 8KB AMERICA FIRST. The Denver Rio Grande has resumed the operation of its open-top and parlor observation cars through Colorado's famous scenery scenery not found else whereMn the world. AH reduced rates. Apply via this route. For whatever In formation you may desire call upon W- d McBrlde. 124 Third street i$ f & ' 1 MARKET, IS !' THE CENTER OF THE PICTURE. BARRETT A BOOMER Finds Opportunities for Amer icans in Colombia. WAY TO WIN FRIENDSHIP Land of Undeveloped Wealth Where - European Capitalists Are Busy, and Americans Would Re ceive Hearty Welcome. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Aug. 2. John Barrett, American Minister to Colombia, Is making good In his mission. He was the first American Minister sent to Bogota after the rup ture between the United States and Co lombia following the recognition by this Government of the Republic of Panama. Now that he has firmly established him self before the Colombian government he has started to study the country and to make known to the people of the United States the Interesting things that he learns. He is striving to Interest Americans in Colombia, believing that an influx of American capital will do more than anything else towards convincing the Colombian government of the friend liness of this Nation. Mr. Barrett has collected a vast amount of Interesting data about Colombia and. turned it over to the State Department. He gives Information about that country that was not generally known here be fore, and he presents it in his character istic style. His report to the Secretary of State is in part aa follows: Opportunities for Capital. Not only Should the merchants, 'manufac turers and capitalists of the United States turn their eyes to Colombia, but all men who are students of international politics or who care to keep Informed on remarkable achieve ment and possibilities beyond the confines of the United States should watch Colombian progresa Then there is a particular reason, growing out of the recent Panama unpleasant ness, why the Government and people of the United States should lend Colombia a helo lns and eympattietio hand In her efforts to develop a new ara of prosperity. Making a simple calculation for the future, Colombia will presently experience a material development like that of Mexico, which has astonlfthed the world and attracted the In vestment of $600,000,000 gold of United States money. After having visited nearly all Latin American republics from Mexioo to Argentina, the writer- holds that Colombia, In proportion to area and population. Is the richest of all in variety and extent of undeveloped resource and opportunities. , The Time to Act. It especially behooves the trade. Investment and political Interests of the United State to give heed to Colombia's potentialities with, out further delay, because the corresponding Interests of Europe are already aroused to their appreciation and legitimate exploitation. Althoush Colombia la at our very doora nearer to all the principal ports of the TJnited States than any other South American country, we are almost in the attitude of listlessly watch ing the distant nations of Europe develop her Internal resources aad control her foreign com merce. This can be realised when only a few days ago a great Bngllah corporation com pletely bought out the principal American rail way, steamboat and development company in Colombia. And thta followed the sale by an other American company of one of the best railroad concessions in the country to a Eu ropean corporation. 6uch transfers cannot in dicate lack of confidence In the future of Colombia, aa Europeans study that phase of the situation even more carefully than Ameri cans. They axe rather due either to a dealre to make immediate profits by selling out, or to lack of familiarity with the ultimate pos sibilities of the country. Colombia's stragetlc position in commerce and International relations is demonstrated by the faot that she is, for practical purposes, the only South American country bordering on both tha Atlantic and Pacific, and therefore having Immediate and direct access by the great highway of the sea to the markets of the entire world. The completion of the Pana ma Canal will, moreover, strengthen this Ideal position. She has nearly BOO miles reach of coast respectively on the Atlantlo and Pacific, and the canal will benefit her even more than It will the United Statee or Panama. Area and Population. Colombia's area entitles her to rank among the larger countries of the world. Com parisons In this case are interesting. To pic ture her extent it may be said that Colombia Is larger than Germany, France, Holland and Belgium combined. It Is likewise larger than all the coaat states of the United Statee from Maine to Florida united, with Ohio and West Virginia added. As the population la not more than 4.000,000, with a capacity 500,000 square miles) to sup port 40.000.000, it can be seen that the re public Is in the very Infancy of development. The majority of the inhabitants are hard working and industrious and were It not for the many civil wars that have drained their lit eblood and exhausted their energies, - they would he one of the richest people per capita in the world. It is the fervent prayer of all sincere friends of Colombia that President Heyes may be spared in health and life to succeed In his noble efforts to evolve perma nent peace and consequent prosperity for ills long-sunertng land. Steamship Communication. There are two principal ports on the Atlantlo or Caribbean shore, namely, Barranquilla and Cartagena, which are connected with New York by regular steamship lines running fre quently and with Berlin, Philadelphia, Balti more, New Orleans and Galveston by occa sional steamers. On the Pacific side the only port of im portance Is Buenaventura, which is connected with Panama by regular weekly steamers and small co&stlnr vessels. Colombia is greatly favored with navigable rivers. By means of the mighty Magdalene, flowing almost due north through the heart of Colombia from Scuador to the Atlantic and by Its tributaries, over half her area has a natural outlet and Inlet to and from the sea. Remarkable Climate Unique Capital Perhaps the chief marvel of Colombia Is her variety of climate. The average foreigner pictures Colombia ae hot and sultry. He looks on the map and this view Is confirmed. But what a mistake. Although all of Colombia Is geographically In the tropics and Its southern most point - is only a few miles from the equator, It has sections as large as New Eng land where the climate Is as cool and re- freahing the year round as Vermont In May and September and where all the products of the temperate zone grow even better than they do In Maine and Minnesota. It Is not merely location on the map but altitude above the eea tnat determines temperature. Equatorial proximity is counterbalanced by vast plateaus in tne Andes to such a Height that they possess an ideal climate. Interwoven with these lofty plains are beautiful warm valleys where grow In abundance all the products of the rich tropica. The average resident of Co lombia can have upon his table any day the beat rood or both sones raised In his Im mediate neighborhood. Bogota, the capital. Is a city of 120.000. only 260 miles from the equator, yet glorlee in a climate wnicfi Js never as cold aa Atlanta and never as hot as Montreal, that is bracing but never chilling the entire year, and that would make it one of the world's popular health resorts if It were easily accessible. But that is not all; It Is beautifully located on a level plain or savanna, S5O0 feet elevation, that winds In and out through the surround ing mountains for nearly 100 miles and varies In width from 6 to 40 miles. That this plain was once the bed of a great inland sea there can be no doubt. Its soil Is marvelouely rich, and It raises cattle, horses, mules, pigs and goats, as well as wheat, corn, barley, alfalfa, potatoes and all kinds of veKetablea that-would please the most critical farmers of Illinois ana KeDrasKa. on the other hand, take the railroad train from Bogota to the edge of the plateau, mount a mule and descend the moun tains for a two hours' ride, and you win be in the midst of great coffee haciendas, sugar and banana plantations and all the luxuriance of the real tropics. Products of Soil. In the so-called "hot country" we find coffee, sugar, tobacco, cacao, bananas, va nilla, corn, rice, beans, yucca, orang, lemons, pineapples, alligator pears and other tropical fruits growing la splendid abundance. Then in the forest are cedar and mahogany, dyewoods, Peruvian bark, rubber trees, sarsa parllla, cocoa, Ipecacuanha, gums and reams and rare orchids. Cotton will grow readily In the open, but so far It la little cultivated, while on the warm uplands are the cinchona wax palms, balsam of tolu. vine of the cross and the arise. To' describe the products of the cooler plateaus of Colombia would simply be to name those of Northern United States and urop, but the oddity and advantage of It all to Colombia Is that the hot and cold sones are In such remarkable and accessible proximity. We do not often think of Colom bia as a cattle country, but I have seen as fine beef on the hoof In both the hot and oold sections of the republlo as can be raised on our Western plains. The day is not re mote when Colombia will be supplying the New Tork market with meat Vast Mineral Wealth. Colombia would be a rich country If de pendent only on Its agricultural and forest wealth, but It has a vast supply of minerals and precious stones that alone would make it a land of immense riches. There Is an Immense coal supply In Colombia. Although found in many different parts of the re public. Including the neighborhood of Call In the Cauca and near the Atlantlo Coast, there Is so much soft or bituminous coal In the mountains around Bogota that the nnmerou mines running Into the sides here and there remind one of giant gopher boles. There are also Indications of anthracite deposits which may rival those of Pennsylvania. 8b far these have not been developed because the natives do not understand or like hard coal. Gold Is mined in the State of Antloauia. Tolima and Santander In paying quantities, and experts declare that soma day there will be a "boom" here like that of the Klondike and California. 611ver is found In Antloqula, Cauca and Tollma; copper In Boyaca. Antlqula, Cauca and Tollma; superior emeralds in Boyaca; platinum In Choco; petroleum In Tollma; while lime, chalk, marble, asphalt, lead and quicksilver are found In 'large de posits In many parte of the country. At Pradera, not far from Bogota, Iron and coal are side by side In such amounts that costly Iron works have been erected, and It Is now proposed to undertake the manufacture of steel by the Bessemer process. When this republlo is once opened up with railroads it will experience a great mining development. Not only in mines, but in rail road a industries, agriculture and commerce Colombia Is an Inviting field, and the more one studies it the more he is convinced of Its greet potentialities. .Of course there are prospectors upon prospectors who visit Co lombia and return to the United Statee con demning and denying Its resources, but other countries, like Mexico, have had similar ex periences and yet turned out immensely rich. Salem Will Oil Streets. SALEM, Or., Aug. S. (Special.) The use of crude oil on the streets in lieu of water for settling dust was commenced in Salem today for experimental purposes. The streets surrounding the Courthouse block will be oiled. It is estimated that the cost of sprinkling the streets can be reduced two-thirds and better results attained. In Suit Brought hy Selma Voss, Law yer Says It Is Unreasonable to Make Woman Ixmger . Endure Cruelties.' In the divorce suit ' of " Selma Voss against Henry J. "Voss. Charles J. Schna bel, the plaintiffs attorney, has raised the novel point that It Is not necessary for Mrs. Voss to have lived In Oregon a year and acquired a legal residence before she can sue. The couple came to Oregon only a few weeks ago, and Mrs. Voss alleges th.t her husband beat and abused her. The neigh bors Interfered and threatened Voss with rough usage If he did not stop whipping his wife. A coat of tar and feathers was hinted at. Mrs. Voss, as a measure of relief, sued for a legal separation and the custody of a minor child. Mr. Schnabel will contend In court that the requirement of one year's residence in Oregon so as to be entitled to sue for a divorce applies only to cases where the cause of suit arose out of the state, and Is In the nature of a check upon people coming here from other states and mak ing Oregon a dumping ground for legal separations. He argues that it cannot be the intent of the law that Mrs. Voss, hav ing been brought into this state by her husband, must remain here and stand his abuse and cruelty for a year before she has any standing In the divorce court. Mr. Schnabel avers that decisions of the Supreme Courts of Tennessee and New York sustain his contention. Pending the hearing of the case, Voss has been enjoined by an order of court from interfering with his wife In any manner. He has taken away the couple's child, which be will have to bring within the jurisdiction of the court before he can appear and defend the case. Mrs. Voss asks for suit money and alimony. HUSBAND ESCAPES SERVICE When Sued for Divorce, James Nes- bltt leaves the State. ." Harriet McCann Nesbttt, who has sued James D. Nesbltt for a divorce because of cruel treatment and drunkenness, alleges that when she told him she intended ob taining a legal separation he protested and endeavored to persuade her to aban don her purpose. Mrs. Nesbltt yesterday filed an affidavit In the State Circuit Court reciting that her husband has gone away and that a deputy sheriff has been unable to find him and serve him with papers in the divorce suit. The couple formerly lived In Astoria, and Nesbltt was employed by the Astoria & Columbia River Railroad Company. Mrs. Nesbltt says that sha believes he has left the state. Compromise With Company. In the County Court yesterday. Judge Webster authorized the administrator of the estate of Conrad Lehr to compromise a claim against the Northern Pacific Ter minal Company on payment of $750. The company also pays the medical' bill and funeral expenses. Lehr was caught between two cars In the terminal yards and was killed. The company asserts Lehr was to blame because he did not put out warning signals on the car. Lehr left a wife and six children. The acci dent occurred July 3. Rush for Licenses Expected. Now Is the time to secure hunters' licenses at tha office of tho County Clerk. The season for deer begins August 15 and the duck season opens September 1, and the upland bird season October 1. In 1905 In Multnomah County, 3300 hunters' Lcenses were issued, and so far this year only 750 have been sold. Furdon Will Probated. The will of Annie Purdon, deceased, was admitted to probate in the County Court yesterday. The property is valued at J2000 and is bequeathed as follows: Two-thirds to St, Vincent's Hospital and one-third to St. Patrick's Church. John McLough lln is named as executor. Venturesome Task of Railroad Laborer Ex-Sailer at End of TAtmg Rope Die lodges Loose Boulders oa Face of Columbia River Cliff. AS VENTURESOME a task as rail road builders are often required to undertake has fallen to the lot of a member of a Columbia. Valley Railroad construction gang which, is working at Wing's Point, a short distance below Cape Horn, on the north bank of the Columbia River. The crew is working at the base of a sheer cliff of rock and the frequent blasts along the grade have loosened fragments of this cliff so that they roll down to the river without the slightest warning. A workman, who was formerly a sailor, conceived a plan whereby the men would be safe in working at the base of the cliff. He volunteered to poke down the loose rock with a crowbar if the rest of the gang would let him down by a ropa from the top of the cliff. This scheme was adopted and the sailorman was lowered from the top of the mountainside . by his fellow workmen. With a crowbar tied to bis waist and a rope around him, he worked down the face f the cliff, de taching all loose rock with his crowbar. At the highest place where the work of dislodging the stone waa begun, the sailor was 200 feet above the spot where the grade is being built, but he coolly kept at his work as if he were on solid ground instead of being suspended be tween , earth and sky. Permanent Exhibit Committee Meets Chamber of Commerce held a meeting yesteraay, out aeierrea acuon until the return of President R. R. Hoge, who la wnv nn a vacation William Mvr,.,,. general passenger agent of the O. R. & n! ana io 3 mem rnuuu, was elected as a member of the commlttAA In th. niaA. of A. I Craig, his predecessor. Cruelty to Horses. MT. TABOR. Or., Aug. 3. (To the Editor.) During my residence in Portland of several months t have many times de sired to call attention to the cruel practice All who have been hesitatinr about purchasing a high-grade Piano in this closing-out sale will have to ex pedite matters now, as the end is in sight. There never was a time in the City of Portland when Piano-buyers could get as much for their money as in the wind-up of this great sale. If we were to tell you that we were sell ing Pianos at actual factory cost or less, you would take the statement with a grain of salt. No firm, de spite their assertions to the contrary, wll or can do business along these lines. We do not' presume on the credulity of the public nor do . busi ness on the theory that "there is a sucker born every minute."' We appeal to the intelligence of the people, and when we say that you can buy any Piano in this stock at substantial reductions, you may ab solutely rely upon our statement. An investigation is all - we ask. You really cannot afford to let this oppor tunity" pass 4 to secure a high-grade Piano at practically the price you are charged elsewhere for inferior in struments. The reliability of such well-known makes of Pianos as the Steinway, A. B. Chase, Emerson, Estey and others, is sufficient guar antee that when you secure one. of these makes you will have the very best that it is possible to secure. The sooner you call the larger stock you will have to select from. Remember, the time is limited to August 18. The store will be kept open even ings for the accommodation of those who cannot get in during the day time. We have some alluring Piano propositions open for you. Come in and see what they are. You do not have to bring along a well -filled pocket-book, either. Just a small de posit down and a little every month will secure one of these bargains. Come in today or tonight. DUNDORE PIANO CO. Opposite Oregonian -Building. of overloading borses in this fair city, espe cially In wet weather, when the streets are heavy. The article appearing in The Ore irontan August 2, entitled "Pony Drops Dead Striving to Haul Heavy Load Up Grade" is a fitting example of this and only goes to show that the Humana Society Is asleep or ' the law is not being enforced, for if a few of these teamsters were arrested and fined there would be less overloading. RUTH SMITH BIPWELU Northwestern People In New Tork. NEW TORK, Aug. 3. (Special.) The following from the Pacific Northwest reg istered at New York hotels today: Prom Portland, H. G. Coburn, Jr., and wife, at the Cadillac; A. B. MeClellan, at the Tork: from Tacoma, Mrs. M. Eade. at the Cadillac; from Everett. Wash., F. P. Thomas and wife, , at the Wellington; from Spokane, W. Ferguson, C. Ferguson and wife, at the Herald Square; from Seattle, F. M. Brown, at the York. I J. Hoffman, at the Herald Square, and B. C. Cheasty, at the Holland. 1) AIT.Y METEOBOWKJICAI, REPORT. PORTLAND, Aug. 3. Maximum tempera ture, 83 deg. : minimum. 55. River readln USA. M., 7.2 feet; caangs in 24 hours, fall of 0.S of a toot. Total precipitation, 6 P. M. to 5 P. M., none; total since September 1, 1905. 88.70 Inches; normal, 40.81 Inches; de ficiency, 7.61 Inches. Total sunshine August 2, 1908. 10 hours and 18 minutes; possible, 14 hours. Barometer reading; (reduced to sea-level) at 8 P. M.. 80.04. PACIFIC COAST WEATHER. 3 VIND. g s- I- B "s. a So station. S;;i j 5'- 0 O "Z i 3" ? S - : a : Baker City 1 8" '0.00' 141 NW Clear Bismarck.... 720.22J 8UX "lou(ly Bole 88 T ( 8W Pt. Cldy Kureka Bii O OOllOlN" Cloudy Helena 6410.04 6 IN Rain Kamloops, B. C... StiO.OOl. . t Clear North Head ., 66 0.00 I81NW Cloudy Pocatello 84j0.2R'l6lNW Pt. Cldy, Portland 84 0.00 4!NW Clear Red Bluff flaJO.OO B SE Clear Roseburg 88 0.00 8 NW Clear Sacramento BOtO.OO 8's Clear gait Iake City.... 900.00 4W Clear San Francisco 80:0 00 12'W Clear Spokane 86(000 4iNW Clear Seattle 80HX00 8JiW Pt. Cldy. Tatoosh Island.... 84 0.00 18j8W Cloudy , Walla Walla 8010.00 4N iPt. Cldy. T trace. WEATHER CONDITIONS. During the last 12 bours thundershowors have occurred at Pocatello, Idaho, and at Helena. Mont. Elsewhere - In the Rocky Mountain and Pacific States fair weather has continued. It Is warmer In the Willam ette Valley and the Sound Country, but else where In this district the changes tn tem perature have been unimportant. The Indications are for fair weather Sat urday west of the Cascade Mountains and for thundcrshowers at widely scattered places to the east of this range of moun tains. WEATHER FUKKUABXB. Forecasts made at Portland for 28 hours ending at midnight. August 4: Portland and vicinity Fair and eeoler. Westerly winds. Western Oregon and Western Washington Fair, cooler except near the coast. West erly winda Eastern Oregon. Eastern Washington and Idabo Poeelbly rnunderahower. EDWARD A. BEAIjS, District Forecaster. NEW TODAY. BEST CREAMERY BUTTER 45c SQUARE Dairy "butter, square.. ,m . , .fio Ranch eKrrs, 2 dozen. ......... M ...4So "Rpnt eu ear-cured ham . r,...H jKn Breakfast bacon, pound. .........17o Full cream cheeee 15o Wisconsin Swiss cheese. ...2.ro Cream brick ............ .20o Limburgrer cheese, each g.e Remember Saturday ls chicken day. Chick" ens, 1 6c and 17c pound. All goods retailed at wholesale prices. LA GRANDE CREAMERY 284 YAMHILU