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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1906. 5 SEALS TAKE BOTH SUNDAY CONTESTS Listless Exhibition of the Na tional Sport Seen by 3800 Fans. REFUGEES IN THEIR GLORY Sojourners From the Well-Shaken Southland Have Chance to Cheer, and They Make Most ol It. Home Team Rotten. PACHTO COAST I-EAGCE. . Tetterday's Results. Eaa Francisco 6-3, Portland 3-5. Los Angeles 0-17. Oakland 1-4. Seattle 1-4. Fresno 0-2. Man flint f the Clubs. "Won. Lost. PC. Portland SO , 45 .64 San. Francisco 77 67 -J75 Los Angeles 72 74 .493 Seattle TO 70 .oO Oakland 66 81 .449 Fresno 49 85 .306 Several centuries ago Bill Shakespeare told of a young fellow whose olfactory nerves were tuned to high C. so he sent him to Denmark. Hamlet that was his same although, he Is not generally known to ball players, because he never got out of the amateur ranks reported back what his smeller detected, that there was something rotten In Denmark. Had Bill Shakespeare, who Is also unknown to ball players, have sent the Dane with the screwy sky-pieoe to Vaughn street yesterday afternoon he would have come away wearing cloth pins and begged Mr. Beutelspacher, the fumigator man, for a treatment of disinfection. Honest, It wasn't a double-barrelled game that thbse 3S00 saw. They sat through three' hours and 50 minutes and the gloom, which settled over the grounds long before the final spasm was tolled off was in keeping with the feeling of dis gust that filled the minds of those 3S00 as they hurried to cold soup and delayed dinners. And you can't blame them. Think of IS men, ancient and youthful may as well make it 19, so as to include the ump slopping around for 16 innings and consuming three hours and 50 min utes, with about only ten minutes of actual good baseball played In both games. Callff and Welsh pitched the first game. Everything, from satin-lined, velvet trimmed, bone-head plays to flashes of real baseball, was tossed Into the ses sion. Yes, and it mustn't be forgotten that Wheeler found new use for a hand kerchief. He was considerate enough to tarn his back on the grandstand while he bound up his bungling calf with the ker chief. The Seals tucked the game away in a 6-to-3 finish, and in the second game they made it 6 to 6. Even with, the first dis courager, the fans stuck it out for the second game. Only a few refugees, who had the skidoo sign hung on them by the earthquake and are now enjoying a roof over their heads because they are in our midst, waxed Jubilant and happy. The few got their money's worth. They sat behind Parke Wilson's lucky crew and made lots of noise for a nice-looking lot of young men. It was a fine Sabbath cubing for the homeless ones. Charley Moore hooked up with the ex purgated rooky Myers in the second fool Isher. Rooky Myers must have been dec orated with horseshoes by Wilson when he went into the game, for he won a game that brought to mind what Hamlet said about Denmark. In the first two Innings. Myers was as wobbly as the raw est recruit, and five runs were tolled for us. That's where we stopped. In the third Moore blew up and the Seals hav ing made one in the second, chased five over the pan la the third. It was a ehame, but hopes will go glimmering even on Sunday. Ben Henderson was trotted out of right field and pitched four Innings without giving the sojourners a. sem blance of a bingle. McCredle's affection ate companion, that boil, kept him out of the pastime. The only real feature of the game was the appearance of Catcher Carson. Car son had to suffer for the gobs of disgust that filtered through the breasts of those 300 put-ups. He was toasted, and most unjustly so, because of a few bum heaves lie made to bases and because he dropped a. couple of fouls. It's dollars to rusty pins that the cranky fans who criticised him were as short on gray matter as a gnat In the first game he hit safely, and in the second game ha drove out three as pretty singles as were ever clouted from a bat. They counted in the run-getting, also. On top of this fine bit of work be stole two bases. That's going some, for a man who has just spent five days on board a railroad train. The Seals and our now justly famous three-ln-a-row tumblers will hook up in a final game this afternoon. This will positively be San Francisco's last ap pearance on any stage in the Northwest this year. The scores (carry smelling salts when you read them): First Game, i t PORTLAND. AB P. IB PO McHale. ef 4 Pweeney. 3 S Mitchell, If. Smith. Sb 4 Kane. 2b 5 Henderson, rf 3 Carson, o - 3 Lister, lb 4 Callff. p 4 Totals 33 8 5 27 SAN FRANCISCO. AB R IB PO 6pencer, cf 4 1 i S Mohler, 2b 5 2 2 S TVheeler, es 3 0 11 Hlldebrand. If 0 10 6 Irwin. 3b 3 0 2 0 Williams, lb 3 i 0 6 Walthour. rf S 0 0 2 "Wilson, c S 1 1 5 Welch, p 4 0 1 0 Totals.. 29 6 8 2 SCORE BY INNINGS. San Francisco 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 Hits 2 2 1110 1 Portland 1 0 0 0 O 0 1 Hits 1 O 1 0 0 0 1 S 2 0 6 0 8 1 3 1 8 SUMMARY. Struck out By Callff. 5; by Welch. 5. Bases on: balls Off Welen, 8 Two-base fcits Sweeney and Mohler. Double plays Califf to Lister to Carson: Smith to Kane to Lister. Sacrifice hits Wheeler 2). Hllde brand (3). Spencer. Irwin. Walthour and Wilson. Stolen bases McHale (3). Irwin, Smith, Spencer. Hlldebrand and Wheeler. Hit by pitched balls Williams and Hllde brand. First bass on errors Portland, 2. 6an Francisco. 5. Left on bases Portland. 9: Ban Francisco, 6. Time of game Two hours and 8 minutes. Umpire Mahaffey. Second Game. PORTLAND. AB K IB PO A E .8 2 0 1 0 0 .1110 10 .3 1 1 10 0 .3 0 0 1 3 1 .311411 .2 0 0 2 3 0 . 3 0 3 2 0 1 MoHale. cf. Mitchell. IX Emlth. 3b.... Kane. 2b . Henderson, p and rf . -rsoOc c. ............ . Lister, lb ...... S 0 0 8 0 0 Moore, rf 3 0 1 2 0 0 Totals 24 5 T 21 8 8 SAN FRANCISCO. AB B IB PO A E Spencer, cf 3 1 12 0 2 Mohler. 2b 4 0 O 4 4 2 Wheeler, ss 3 1 0 0 1 0 Hiiaebrana. ix 1 2 o o i Irwin. 3b - 4 1.2 8 0 0 Williams, lb.. 4 10 4 0 Walthour. rf 2 0 110 0 Spies, o ,v 3 O 0 6 4 1 Myers. p.... 8 0 0 1 1 0 Totals .26 6 (21 10 H SCORE BY INNINGS. Portland 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 Hits 2 1110 11 7 San Francisco 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 6 Hits 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 SUMMARY. Struck out By Moore. 1: by Henderson. 1 : bv Myers. 4. Bases on balls Off Moore. 2: off Henderson. 2: off Myers. 4. Two-base hit Irwin. Sacrifice hits Sweenev and Spencer. Stolen bases McHale, Mitchell, Kane (2) and Carson (2). Hit by pitched balls By Moore, Wheeler: by Henderson. "Walthour. First base on errors Portland. 2: San Francisco. 2. Wild pitch Moore. Innings pitched By Moore, 3: by Hender son. 4. Hits Off Moore. 4. Time of game One hour and 45 minutes. Umpire Ma haffey. Fresno Drops Two Games. SEATTLE. Sept. 16 Seattle took both, games of a double header with. Fresno today. Fresno had the lead in the first up to the ninth, when Seattle tied, O'Banion becoming nervous. McGregor finished the game but Kane and Van Buren got timely hits, bringing In the winning run. Hoag was hit hard at critical moments. Garvin was effective when he had to be. The scores: First game Seattle 110100111 17 13 2 Fresno 2 02011000 06 11 3 Batteries Jones and Blankenship; O'Banion, McGregor and Hogan. Second game Seattle 2 0 11 4 S 4 Fresno 0 110 02 5 2 Batteries Garvan and Hansen; Hoag and Dashwood. Umpire Derrick. Even Break at Oakland. OAKLAND. Sept. 16. Los Angeles and Oakland broke even today. In the morn ing game Oakland's errors equalled the hits. The afternoon game was a tie up to the tenth when Oakland bunched hits and won out. The scores: Morning game Los Angeles 0 1 2 3 4 1 5 1 017 17 2 Oakland 1020010004 11 11 Batteries Randolph and Eager; Hop kins and Bliss. ' - Afternoon game Los Angeles 1 00002100 0 t 11 4 Oakland 3 00000100 15 9 S Batteries Nagls and Buckley; Graham and Hackett, Umpire Perrlne. J NATIONAL LEAGUE. s Standing of the Clubs. . Won. Lost. P C. Chicago 105 32 .769 New York S6 4S .642 Pittsburg S2 ' 50 .624 Phlldaelphla 71 70 .503 Cincinnati 58 78 .425 Brooklyn 54 79 .406 St. Louis 48 M" .S53 Boston 42 95 .307 Cincinnati 2-2, St. Louis 1-3. CINCINNATI. Sept. 16. The Cincinnati team won the first and tied the second game in a double-header with St. Louis here today. In the last game it was agreed that the game should terminate at 5 o'clock. At that time Cincinnati was at bat and one man out with the score a tie and Emslie called the game. Klem umpired the first game and left for the East early and ESmslie umpired the sec ond. The scores: First game R.H.E. R.H.E Cincinnati 2 6 lj St. Louis 1 9 4 Batteries Ewlng and Schlie; Rhodes and Marshall. Umpire Klem. Second game R.H.E R.H.E. St. Louis 2 4 31 Cincinnati ....3 5 1 Batteries Esslck and McLean; Thomp son and Noonan. Umpire Emslie. Chicago 5, Pittsburg 1. CHICAGO. Sept. 16 The locals closed their home season today with an easy victory over Pittsburg Hildebrand pitched a clever game, but received poor support, wild throws by Leach and Myer giving Chicago four of. the runs. Score: R.H.E. R.HE. Chicago 5 7 0 Pittsburg 1 6 3 Batteries Pfeister and Moran; Hllde brand and Peitz. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Standing of the Clubs. Won. Lost. P C. New York 79 51 60S Chicago - SO 51 .fill Philadelphia 74 57 .565 Cleveland 72 57 .558 St. Louis . . 66 64 .509 Detroit 60 69 .47 Washington 42 S2 .339 Boston . ; S9 93 .295 Chicago 2, Detroit 0. CHICAGO, Sept. 16. Chicago shut out Detroit. 2 to 0 here today in a fast pitchers' battle. Chicago scored one in the third on a pair of singles and a sacrifice. Another run came in the eighth on a force out, single, double and a single, and the visitors' only mlsplay. At no stage of the game did the visitors get a man past second base. The score: R.H.E. v ' R H E. Chicago 2 4 0 Detroit 0 5 1 Batteries Altrock and Roth; Seiver and Schmidt. Cleveland 2, St. Louis 0.. ST. LOUIS, Sept 16 Cleveland defeat ed the locals today. Howell, who opposed Bernhardt, lost his game through wild pitching in the first and sixth innings, when the visitors scored their only runs. The score: R.H.EI , R.H.E. St. Louis 0 3 1 Cleveland 2 7 1 Batteries Howell and Spencer; Bern hardt and Clarke. Will Establish Church and School. The parish of the Redemptorist Fath ers at Piedmont was dedicated yesterday forenoon in a cottage at Portland boule vard and Rodney avenue, by the Rev Father E. K. Cantwell. This dedication was the result of a visit to Portland last Spring of the two Redemptorist fathers. Rev. W. T. Bond and Rev. Joseph Bell, of St. Louis. Mo., who came for the pur pose of establishing a mission in Port land, and they were guests of Rev. Fath er W. A. Waitt. of St. Francis Church The archbishop assigned to the fathers that portion of the city comprising Wood lawn. Piedmont, lying north of Alns worth avenue and east of Greeley street. They secured a tract on the Portland boulevard west of Union avenue. Selection was approved by Provincial Rev. Joseph Firle, who visited Portland and looked over the field. A church and school will be erected as soon as preliminaries have been arranged. The district is not well settled, but is rapidly being built over. Leased Wood Working Plant. Barnes & Llndsley, of Spokane, have leased the Estacada Wood Manufacturing plant for an indefinite time. E. L. Barnes will be with the plant most of the time and will be the manager. Perry Boult man is retained as foreman. The con cern manufactures cross-arms for tele phone poles and other wood work ONLY A PIPE- DREAM Ah Ton's Vision of Wealth in Oregon Dispelled. THROWN INTO A DUNGEON Immigration. Officers Take Steps to Prevent Chinese Member of Steamship Arabia's Crew From Deserting. Because he had planned to desert on reaching this port. Ah, Ton, a Chinese member of the crew of the Oriental liner Arabia, which reached Portland yesterday morning, has been lodged in the County Jail for safe keeping, while the vessel is in the harbor. He will be kept in prison until the Arabia sails, when the unhappy Chinese will be an unwilling passenger back to his own country. Ah Ton had visions of the United States as a place where he could pile up "heap much money plenty quick," but if he writes his impressions of America when he returns to his own people, he will be utterly- unable to explain to them why this country is known as "free." His description of Oregon scenery also will be vague, for obvious reasons. All the way up the Columbia. River, Ah Ton was seen to gaze Intently at the trees along the shore. Possibly he bad been given to understand that money grew on them like leaves and all that one had to do was to climb up and shake down a pocketfuL He had listened to the tales of other Chinese who had been successful in making Chinese fortunes in Oregon and had re tired in their own country to enjoy it In their declining years. He made up his mind to do likewise. That he chose Portland as the place to make his home, while a delicate compliment to Tom Richardson, was not appreciated by the officials of the immigration service. The wily Chinese had secured a cer tificate from some fellow countryman which, he intended to produce as evi dence that he was entitled to remain. The only thing that remained for him to do was to escape from the vessel. He laid careful plans to accomplish this, but foolishly told bs schemes to other Chinese on the ship. They did not keep the confidence entrusted to them and as a consequence Ah Ton .was not permitted to set an unshackled foot on the shore bo so longed to explore for himself. . As the ship drops over the horizon on its outward voyage. Ah Ton's fare well to inhospitable Oregon will be far different than were his rosy visions of opulence when America rose out of the sea ahead of him on the trip from the Orient. The Arabia had an uneventful voyage across, making the run from Yokohama in 18 days. During the last three days of the trip, she lunged through moun tainous seas that shook things up a bit. As she was about half loaded, she plunged and rolled about, instead of wallowing through the seas. The weather was decidedly heavy and the tumbling of the vessel made the end of the trip unpleasant. The Arabia brings the last of the recent cement shipments from Japan. The Japanese product has been coming from the other side on almost every steamer during the year. With the large number of cement ships now en route to Portland from Antwerp, the Japanese article will be driven out of the market. There are now 13 ships and ore eteamer under charter to W. P. Fuller Company to bring cement to the Coast from Germany, and the large amounts arriving are expected to be sufficient for- the large construction needs of the Pacific Northwest for some time. t The principal items of the Arabia's carge, which she will begin discharging at Montgomery dock this morning are: Camphor, 8S5 tubs: gunnies. 334 bales; tea. 7000 packages: mattingt 7000 rolls; cement 3500 barrels; curios, about 300 tons; Chinese merchandise. 700 bales. ' . Yosemite in From Bay City. The steamer Tosemlte arrived in last night from San Francisco, bringing a email cargo of general merchandise. She berthed at the Oak-street dock, and will discharge cargo today preparatory to taking on lumber for San Francisco. She Is a new craft, built for coastwise carry ing, and this is her third trip to this port Arrivals and Departures. ASTORIA. Sept. 16. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M.. smooth: wind northwest, weather clear. Arrived down at 5 A- M. and sailed at T A. M.. steamer F. A. Ellburn, for San Francisco; left up last night, schooner W. F. Jewett; arrived at 9:30 A. M. and left up at 11 A. M , steamer Tosemlte. from San Pedro; sailed at 11 A. M., bark Coloma, tor San Diego. San Francisco. Sept. 16 Sailed last night, steamer Tiverton, for Portland. San Francisco, Sept., 16 Arrived Steamer Montara, from Seattle; schooner Robert Searles, from Tacoma. Sailed Steamer Coya, British, Thomas, for Autofagaata. BEZDEK GOES TO EUGENE WILL COACH OREGON" ATHLETES THIS SEASON. Former University of Chicago Player Looks for Cleaner Athletics ' in the Middle West, Hugo Bezdek. the newly elected physi cal director and football coach of the University of Oregon, passed through the city yesterday, en route to Eugene, where he will begin his work immediately. Bez- dek comes from the University of Chi cago where he was graduated .this year. He is a big fellow, with a frank, open countenance and has every appearance of a typical college athlete. Bezdek is a pupil of Coach Stagg.and has been assisting his former coach with the early training of the Chicago players. He and Stagg have been over the new rules thoroughly, and have experimented with numerous plays. "The new rules will bring about a dif ferent system of play," said Mr. Bezdek last evening, "but there will be more open work and much more punting. There wm do more premium on speed ana skin than on weight, and the teams that are well grounded on every phase of the rules will have a big advantage. Many of the colleges of the Middle West have taken effective measures to stamp out 'graft' In college athletics, and I look for an era of clean sport In all parts of the country. Chicago has adopted a three-year rule. according to which no freshman or post graduate students will be allowed to com' pete In Inter-colleglate sports. There Is a general feeling throughout the Middle West that each Institution should be on Its own honor as far as the regulation of its athletics Is concerned. "Michigan and Chicago will not meet I this season, as they canot agree upon terms and conditions of a contract. Michi gan is to play Pennsylvania, and Chicago will meet Wisconsin and other Western teams. Eckersall. Chicago's famous quarter-back, will be in college again. The re port that he will be in Seattle and that he will play with the Seattle Athletic Club is incorrect. T am not familiar with football con ditions in the Northwest, but am anxious to reach Eugene and begin work. I under stand that Oregon has same good mater ial and that her men play with great spirit and determination. It is altogether too early to make predictions as to the results of our games." Bezdek is a modest, manly fellow and he made a good impression upon the Oregon students and graduates who called upon him yesterday. He was met by Captain W. G. Chandler, who accom panied him to Eugene last evening. Chandler Is a well-known football player and is a great favorite In. Portland. He played on the Portland Academy team in 190L and has been Oregon's star end for three years. Captain Chandler believes that Oregon will have a very creditable team this season. He bases his opinion on the fact that seven or eight of last season's veterans will be in college again, and that Coach Bezdek. who is fresh from the tutelage of Stagg. is more modern and up-to-date than any other Northwest coach. PLAYERS ARE TOO NOISY President Bert Sees Exhibition at Seattle, and Acts. SEATTLE. Wash.. Sept. 16. (Special.) President Eugene Bert, of the Pacific Coast League, today had a heart-to-heart talk with Umpire Derrick, borrowed from the Northwest League to finish out the season cere. Yesterday President Bert saw Pitcher Fitzgerald protest overmuch against .Derrick's decisions and President Bert told the umpire that he did not want too much noise from the players. . Derrick protested that he did not have the authority of the regular league um pires, and Bert Immediately gave it to him. He told Derrick that he wanted things run with an iron hand and he advised tn umpire to serve notice upon the captains of both teams that this rule must be followed In the league. Bert said afterward he liked Slats Davis' hard rule, but deprecated his talkative moods. Derrick has all of Davis' arbitrary me thods and Bert told him to use them. This has been one of Seattle complaints, that the league would not send umpires north and the temporary officials had no authority. Bert shoved that objection aside Immediately. President Bert had a long talk with Russ Hall today and went ever Seattle's grievances. Hall is strongly Inclined to go south, and it is probable he will do so, but Bert is going to stay around and see the Seattle team on the train next Sunday night. Jim Agnew. who wanted to quit, is out on Hood's Canal, enjoying a vacation. He will come back within a few days and Bert proposes to talk matters over with him. Judge W. W. llcCredie, of the Portland' team, is to be here for the Republican state convention and Bert wants to get him together with the Seat tle magnates. Bert's whole attitude Is one of conciliation and It is doing a lot of good. CHILD EATS OPIUM TABLETS Two-Year-Old Son of Kev. K. G. Rissanen Quickly Succumbs. ASTORLA. Or., Sept. 16 (Special.) While playing about the family home this evening, Karl Raflel Rissanen. the 2-year-old son of Rev. K. G. Rissanen, pastor of the Finnish' Church in Union town, picked up and ate about 15 tablets containing opium and strychnine.' The child died a few minutes later. Married "Between Cars." OREGON CITT, Or., Sept 16. (Spe cial.) Alice G. Comstock and Frank H. Campbell, both of Portland, were mar ried "between cars" in this city yes terday afternoon. They arrived in the city about 4:40 o'clock in the afternoon and in the 20 minutes that Intervened until the street-car returned to Port land, they had procured the necessary license at the Courthouse, located and engaged Justice of the Peace Stlpp. who expeditiously pronounced the ceremony and regularly filed the certificate of the marriage at the office of the Coun ty Clerk before the office closed at 5 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell returned to Portland on the 5-o'clock car. Italians Crack on Trees. OREGON CITY, Or.. Sept. 16 (Special.) The rain and scarcity of help have con spired to do extensive damage to the Clackamas County prune crop, which promised a good yield with large returns to the grower. Many Italians are crack ing on the trees as a result of the severe rain of the last few days, while hun dreds of bushels of this fruit on the ground beneath the trees are becoming unmarketable and will be a total loss to the grower because of the Inability to get the necessary help to save the crop. The driers in the vicinity of Canby are all running to their full capacity. Beaten and Deserted. OREGON CITY, Or., Sept. 16. (Spe cial.) After having submitted to fre quent beatings at the hands of her hus band, Mrs. Diana Meyer, with a 6-months-old baby in her arms, called on Deputy District Attorney Schuebel and related a pitiful tale of mistreatment of herself and child by Meyer, who, she said, had deserted them, leaving them In entirely destitute circumstances. They came to Oregon City from Seattle during the Lewis and Clark Fair and invested in some property at Bolton, an Oregon City suburb. Hoppicklng Resumed in Clackamas. OREGON CITY, Or., Sept. 16. (Special ) Hoppicklng was resumed In earnest in all yards in this locality yesterday after day afternoon and picking continued to day. No damage has resulted to the hop crop here on account of the rain, except in. a. few.va.rds whr roitia nf tha vfnae were laid on the ground on account of the heavy foliage. The yield continues about one-fourth below the average, but the quality is good. Picking will be fin ished in most of the yards in this county by tne last or the week. Sues for Divorce and Children. OREGON CITY. Or., Sept. 16. (Spe cial.) Anna Laura L. Benson has filed suit for divorce from Ralelgn E. Ben son, to whom she was married at Can yon City, July, 1901. Desertion Is charged by the plaintiff who asks for the care and custody of two minor children. Hops Damaged by Rain. EUGENE, Or.. Sept. 16. (Special.) The recent rain, by mold and breaking strings and poles, damaged Lane County hops to the extent of 15 to 20 per cent. Pickers are In great demand, as growers wish to hurry the harvest. A few yards are working today. Secretary Shaw at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS. Sept 16. Secretary of the Treasury Shaw arrived from Memphis today and will remain until tomorrow when he goes to Hannibal to make an address. He has been making a cam paign tour in several Southern States. Secretary Shaw was to have been en tertained at dinner at the St. Louis Club on his arrival, but was so fatigued that he was escorted directly to the Jefferson Hotel, where he will rest until he departs for Hannibal. BAKER CITY BOOMS City Is Not Waiting for the Eagle Valley Railroad. CONFIDENCE IN FUTURE Property-Owners Erect Handsome Business Blocks Not a Vacant Dwelling In Town at the Present Time. BAKER CITY. Or.. Sept. IS. Baker is not standing still waiting for the Eagle Valley railroad. It is growing in the meantime. There is not an empty dwelling house in Baker that is fit for a tenant. There is not .a vacant busi ness block in Baker City and the new buildings which have gone up this sum mer are slated for immediate occupancy. Much as it wants the railroad, and the latest information is that it will get it. Baker is not waiting for any such a project to materialize its dreams of advancement. From neighboring quar ries Baker men are blasting native rock, bringing it to Baker and erecting build ings that would be a credit to any city of double the size. The summer , has been an Important one in a building way. It has seen 'the new St. Francis Cathedral roofed over and made ready for the interior finish ing; it has seen 'the completion of Palmer Bros, new building; it has seen the erection of the Rand building, the Queen City Furniture Co's. home, and the Shoemaker building, one of the bigest blocks in Baker, which will house the new Baker business college and four of five other business enterprises. The Cathedral is well on the way to ward completion. Already - there has been expended $25,000 on the handsome structure which marks the seat of Bishop O'Riley's see, and although only the shell of the building is completed what has been done is paid for. Bishop O'Riley, by his recent work in the East, has raised funds to put the cathedral out of debt. The money which has been expended thus far has been spent almost alto gether in Baker City for Baker materials so far have been used throughout. Bishop O'Riley says the cathedral will be finished without delay. Finest Building in Baker. .The Shoemaker building now being erected on First street will be the big gest business building in Baker City. It will be a three story structure although only two 6tories are to be completed this year. It occupies almost the entire quarter block, and Is built of Baker County stone, and will cost about $22,000. The building Is to be completed by October 1 and will be a handsome structure. The Rand building, which is being put up by Mrs. John L. Rand, wife of the prominent attorney. Is Mrs. Rand's per sonal enterprise. The building is of Baker County stone, and will cost about $20,000 when completed. Palmer Bros., who, have for years done business in a little frame building not much larger than a fair sized closet have Just completed the erection of their new home, on Front street. Baker's main business street. The building is of stone with two stories and a basement. The second story will be used for offices. The building with itB prism glass front, and handsome show windows Is the most modern in Baker. ' New Telephone Headquarters. The Pacific States Telephone and Tele graph Co.. is erecting a new office build ing in Baker which will be finished for the company's use within a few weeks. The building is to front on First street, on which are located the Rand and Shoe maker buildings. It will cost about $12,000. The structure Is to be of brick, and will be two stories and basement 60 feet by 100 In size. The basement will be the battery room, the first floor will be de voted to office and store rooms, while on the second floor will be the "hello" girls and their switch board. The ex cavation Is now being made and the foundation has been started. The build ing must be completed before the Winter sets in. Real estate in Baker is active. The recent purchase of an entire addition of 460 lots by a Portland firm has awakened new interest in real estate. Rental properties are anything but a drug on the Baker market. WILL HAVE ELECTRIC LIGHT Mosier to Be Supplied With Current From Hood River Plant. HOOD RIVER, Or.. Sept 16. (Special.) Mosier may be lighted by electricity from Hood River, a proposition having been made the Hood River Electric Light & Power Company to extend its wires to that place. The distance to be traversed is between five and six miles and if enough patrons for electric lighting can be secured the company will extend, its lines. It is also proposed to supply power for the box factory at Mosier from the same source. A new telephone system is being In stalled at Mosier and a reduction has been made in the toll between Hood River and that point. Mosier Is said to be developing into an important fruit shipping point. Fifteen cars of prunes have been shipped from there this season and its apple ship ments, it is said, will be much increased this year. Of late considerable land has been taken up in Mosier Valley, and it is expected to develop into good orchards. A number of wealthy Portland people are already Interested at Mosier and others from the East have bought there lately. RAINIER NOW . A SEAPORT Lumber Ships Take Cargoes at Co lumbia River Town. RAINIER, Or. Sept 16. (Special) Rainier Just now is making rapid strides toward being one of the large shipping ports of the Lower Columbia. The activity in lumber has caused a flurry in the demand for docks and the manufacturers have gone to work with a will. New docks are being built to the channel of the river in many places to answer the requirements of the big lumber carriers and old docks are being extended as rapidly as pos sible so that the largest ships can take cargo at the various mills. C. C. Wilson is among those who are building new, deep-water docks, while the Rainier Mill & Lumber Company and others are beginning extensions. Further additions to the port's facili ties will be the new docks being built in connection with the. Beaver Lum ber Company's mill, a little to the east of Rainier. The water front has not been without lumber carriers for many months and as many as six vessels have loaded here at one time. At pres ent there are two ships taking on lum ber cargoes, while three others are due to arrive. The town is prosperous. All kinds of -SEPTEMBER. 17 GTOf'IG) WML IMHM 0 Everyone speaks well of Reed French's $190 piano. Two cars sold in two weeks, every custo mer a willing refer ence. We have but five of these $190 pianos left $5 a month. Read the note below and see what one man has done for us. Our illustration isn't hard to read. The Reed-French Com- pany does just what the picture implies $5 a month and you own a piano r nor is it an old-fashioned, rent-worn piao, but is brand new, latest style, with all the et ceteras that go to make up a modern piano. The piano is small but its small- ness is in its favor, for a small piano in a small room sounds better than a big piano ; it 's also just the piano for private apartments. THE PRICE? (When an American sees a thing, the nest things he asks is "What's the price?" We know, for we are of that persuasion ourselves). The price is $190. This isn't' a retail price by any means; it's what we call our "maker to player" price. A retailer would want $300 for such a piano. THESE $190 PIANOS ARE ABOUT GONE We have five left this will be the last advertisement in reference to them for some time. Won't you look at the pianos? They are worth much more than we ask for them. We make the price $190 to advertise the piano and the Reed-French Company. . Our warerooms (Sixth and Burnside) will be open tonight Monday. Even if you can't buy, come and look. Encourage ment is often worth more than pecuniary profit. A friend worth having A gentleman (a carpenter living in this city) bought one of our $190 pianos last Friday. At the time we asked him to say a good word for us whenever he could. He promised to do so. How well he kept his word is exemplified by his taking his noon hour Saturday to brinjr a friend, who also wanted a piano. Failure doesn't hover over an enterprise when it has friends like this. One ninety is the price Five a month are the terms. Reed -French Piano Mfg. Co. "FROM MAKER TO PLAYER." A piano house in the wholesale district Sixth and Burnside. skilled and unskilled labor is in de mand at top figures. The longshore men's union is handling the lumber cargoes to the satisfaction of ail con cerned. WORK OX LA GRANDE MILL Palmer Lumber Company Completes Preliminary Construction. LA GRANDE. Or., Sept. 16. (Spe cial.) The construction work prelim inary to the building of the mill for the George Palmer Lumber Company was finished last week. On this part of tne work a force of 15 men had been en gaged for a month. Temporary build ings for storage and office headquar ters are in readiness and telephone connections have been made. Almost dally large quantities of material. In cluding lime, cement and lumber are being received. Three teams are at work transferring the material from the cars to the mlUsite. Engineer Seitz has been engaged several days in various surveys, and in a short time work will be com menced on the excavations for the log pond. This will be 300x500 feet with a depth of five to eight feet. The pond will be supplied by a pipe line from the river. A great amount of rip rap ping along the river banks will be re quired for protection to the pond and mill buildings during the periods of high water. For this purpose the logs cut from the millsite will be utilized. One of the largest buildings on the grounds will be the dry shed, which wil be 175x375 feet. The present plans are for band saws that will turn out 150,000 feet of lumber per day. All the work is progressing as rapidly and as satisfactorily as could be expected. GRAY'S HARBOR SHIPPING. First Six Months of. 1906 Show In crease Over Year Before. . ABERDEEN. Sept. 16 (Special.) The importance of Gray's Harbor as a sea port has been set forth many times and in many ways. Each succeeding report, however, shows progress over the pre ceding one. United States Deputy Col lector of Customs Dorn has complied the following official list of cargoes shipped and the estimated value for the year ending July 31 last as follows: 1905 Steam. Sail. Tot. July 27 29 49 August 27 84 " 61 September 21 2ft 47 October 20 29 49 November 29 21 SO December 21 81 52 1906 January .. 24 35 59 February 24 21 45 Maren S3 2S 61 April 19 27 48 May 29 24 53 June 17 19 3ft Total 284 324 60S ' Coastwise, 562: foreign, 46. The total amount of lumber shipped during this period was 342.062,651 feet and the value of $3,902,817. NOW IRRIGATE FROM WELLS Grand Ronde Farmers Not Depend ent on Streams for Water Supply. LA GRANDE. Or.. Sept. 16. (Special-) The use of electric power for raising water is a scheme that is being rap idly developed in the Grand Ronde Val ley, and not in all cases has It been found necessary to resort to the streams as a sourco of water supply. P. H. Dickinson, of May Park, has a 24 horse-power mo tor attached to the well pump on his five-acre tract and has all the water needed for irrigation purposes. In fact, the motor, does not perceptibly lower the water in the well and even when working in combination with the windmill there seems to be no way to exhaust the supply. On account of the uncertainty of the wind the electric motor was added. It seems to be a demonstrable fact that there Is any quantity of water under neath the surface In this valley, and some extensive undertakings are about to be made in the way of irrigation from wells, especially in what is known as the Sand Ridge section. . . LYTLE'S DEMAND IS MET TILLAMOOK PEOPLE WILL SE CURE RIGHT OF WAY. Stretch of 15 Miles Betweeu Their City and Buxton Desired for New Railroad. TILLAMOOK. Or.. Sept. 16. (Special. ) Another meeting of the business men of Tillamook was held last night in the rooms of the Tillamook Development League with a good ''attendance to con sider the proposition of E. E. Lytle. of the Pacific Railway & Navigation Com pany, who wants the people of Tillamook to guarantee him free right of way loo feet wide between Tillamook City and Buxton, in Washington County, for which he agrees to construct 15 miles of road in Tillamook next year and have the line finished by 190S. It was decided at the meeting that If 50 responsible persons would sign the bond to furnish Mr. Lytle with a free right of way a large number of citi zens would also sign an agreement to help. Mr. Lytle will get the free right of way and terminal grounds at Bay City and Tillamook. Papers to this ef fect have been drawn up and are being signed, and it is expected that enough, signers will be obtained. Mr. Lytle's road appears to meet with considerable favor among Tillamook peo ple on account of the proposed route be ing so much nearer to Portland, and as this is a matter which concerns Port land, it is thought that that city ought to help the citizens here, for it is liable to cost them considerable money to pro cure the i rights of way and terminal grounds. Should Mr. Hammond build his road Into Tillamook, considerable of the trade from this county will be diverted to As toria and other places. W. C. King, president of the City Council, will leave soon for Portland to see what help can be obtained there. Brick Yard Rushed With Orders. LA GRANDE, Or.. Sept. 16. (Special.) The La Grande brickyard has 500,000 brick on hand at the yards at Oro Dell, and will this week fire a kiln of 400.000. There are 30 men employed and there will be steady work for the force as long as the weather will permit. With the most rapid work it will be barely possible to fill or ders now in. On account of the impossi bility to get labor and building material several extensive building projects have been deferred until next Spring. Beet Harvest Begins Today. LA GRANDE. Or.. Sept 16. (Special.) If conditions continue favorable beet digging will begin tomorrow on the Sugar Company's farms. The hoped-for rains are here, which were necessary to put the Ground In proper condition for digging. It will be at least a week before the beet supply will Justify starting the factory. Manager ' Bramwejl Is well pleased with the Outlook, both as to the crop and the prospects of a big run. . The beet pulp has already been contract ed to Bull & Russell, who will feed sev eral hundred head of cattle at the fac tory yards this Winter. McMinaville's Realty Boom- M'MINNVTLLE. Or., Sept. 16 (Spe cial.) McMinnville is feeling a boom in real estate. The price of property has been gradually rising during the last year and now good property is hard to get. There are no vacant houses and many are unable to find a place to live. There are a half-dozen new houses now building and contracts nave been let for as many more. BUSINESS ITEMS. 'I ' If Baby I Cutting- Teeth Be wire and use that old and well-tried rem edy, Mrs. window's Soothing Syrup, for chil dren teething. It eootbes the child, softena the gums, allays au pain, cures wind collo end diarrhoea.