TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, I3ECJ33IBER 3, 1906. 13 LETTERS ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS State Horticultural Society's Secretary Taken to Task. Cause of Postal Deficit. A Water Pipe Parable. Teaching Ideals. War Insurance. Railroad Commission. - RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS. Ought to Be Three of Them and Elected by the People. PORTLAND, Dec. 2. (To the Edltr.) It seems that a plan is on foot to procure from the Oregon Legislature an act creating a railroad commission. But, railroad commissions in. Oregon have not always been successful in ac complishing good results. It is pos aible that one may be of benefit to the state, if it is gfiven proper power, and is made up of men of the right stripe. It seems to me that the com missioners should be elected by a vote of the people. The state should be di vided into throe districts, and each dis trict should elect a commissioner. They should not bo elected at large. The Southern part of the state should have me, Portland and vicinity should have one. and the Kastern part of Oregon hould have the third. There should be no commission, until one is elected by the people. There is no urgent demand for one, and therefore the law may provide for electing a commission in 18U8. There need be no hastcT It has been only a short time since we had one, and we were glad to get rid of it. It is natural for the ordinary miin to want power, and the Legislature is made up of men of about average capa cities and characters. Heretofore, the Legislature has elected the commis sioners, and it has been asserted that the railroads havo usually selected the men that were elected. That plan of selecting the commission has been tried and condemned. It should not be tried again. Some may want the Governor empowered to appoint the commission ers. The present Governor is a poli tician and appoints his personal hench men to office, wheir he has opportunity. Loyalty to the Governor is on of the chief rules demanded of appointees. Character and fitness take a subordi nate place, too often. Other Governors havo adopted a like policy. If the peo ple want a railroad commission, they should reserve to themselves the elec tion of the commissioners. Otherwise, they are likely to have three new officials to support, "without receiving any valuable services in return. I notice by a Portland newspaper that Governor Chamberlain wants the bill for the .creation of a railroad com mission to vest in him the power of removal, when he' sees fit to exercise that power. I presume that he will want the power, also, to appoint com missioners to succeed those by him re moved. This would indirectly make the Governor the commission. If a railroad commission is created, it will probably last far beyond the term of tho present Governor, and we do not know who will be the next Gov ernor. Without taking into account who is or may be the Governor, let us suppose a condition of things that may never exist, but which is possible. W know that the public service is full of grnft. and it may sometime invade the gubernatorial office. Let us suppose that some grafter should in the future be elected Governor of Oregon, and that lie should have, vested in him the absolute power of removal of the rail road commissioners and the appoint ment of their successors. Now, if a gubernatorial grafter, vested with the powers supposed, should want to feath er his nest with a quarter o a million dollars. In four years from the rail loads in Oregon. could he not do It? After removing all commissioners whom he could not control and tilling their places with his henchmen who would do his bidding, he could in ways well known to political grafters, let the three or four big roads doing business in Oregon know that the rail road commission would adopt certain rate regulations unless they would "come out" with $100,000 per annum for immunity. Ho could compel the rail roads to have "a yaller dog" fund as the insurance companies had in New York, and he could "work" the rail roads as the saloons and gamblers are often worked for immunity by officials in larger cities. Persons who have read the reports of grafting in such cities as Philadel phia, St. Louis, and San Francisco, will be able to see the opportunity for an enormous graft in Oregon, if the Legis lature should create a railroad com mission and vest in the Governor ab solute power of removing the commis sioners and appointing their successors. Such power should not be vested in any one man. It might work well, when the right sort of Governor should be in office, but no one can know to a certainty when we may have one worthy to be invested with so great powers. If a railroad commission must be created, it should not go into effect until the people have elected the com missioners. The demand seems to come mainly from Portland and certain com mercial clubs in the Willamette Valley. A few years ago. there was great oppo sition to the creating of new offices. There is a probability that the ensuing session of the Legislature will equal, if it does not surpass, any of its pre decessors In creating hew "places" for favorite henchmen who want to occupy a soft office. CINCINNATUS. APPLE EXPERT IS SHOWN. Warring Corvallls Professor Ought Now to Be Good. LA FAYETTE, Or., Dec. 2. (To the Editor.) As far as the weak brain of an insignificant farmer can appreciate pain, I am distressed to note that the professor of Billingsgate in the Oregon Agricultural College lias swooped down upon and annihilated me for presum ing to have any opinion whatever on apple subjects. I have never taken a course of in struction in the language of fish-wives and cannot compete with this expert professor in that line nor can I have any controversy with him upon applo matters. I note, however, that he ob scurely imagines that I have attacked certain estimable gentlemen whom he names and who are members, of the State Horticultural Society, because I have criticised the rule which was adopted by that society, prohib iting to non-members of the as sociation the privilege of show ing fruit in competition for the cups offered by tho business men of Portland. (The society may adopt such rules as it deems fit for cups offered by itself.) I note, also with pain and distress, that the pro fessor, who is also the secretary of the Horticultural Society, has changed the rule complained of (changed by what authority i do not know), so that now anyone can compete for the cups who will pay for the privilege of doing so. This is proper enough, I suppose; for any person who is anxious for a mug should be willing to contribute to the "kitty" in order to keep the game go ing. But if seems singular, so very singular, that the screed of a weak minded farmer should have forced this change in the rule. It is singular, too. that in the making -and changing of rules, an individual in the society should be all-powerful. Would he have influence in tho choice of award ing committees as well? Many of the fruiUgrowers of Ore gon du not need to be told that among: a host of objections. It is primarily the very expertness and Influence of the aforesaid professor of Billingsgate that explains why I do not desire to become a member of the State Horti cultural Society and will not compete for its cups. I mince no words in the matter and speak only for myself, though it would not be difficult to find a goodly number of like weak-minded fruitmen in the state. As for the State Horticultural Spciety in general, with its excellent president at its head, Its membership is an estimable and honorable body, and I will not allow any criticism of mine to be diverted from its proper course and be applied to the member shlD at large. I point my finger di rectly to the offensive spot. M. O. LOWNSDALE. IT IS AVAR INStRANCE. Congress Should Pass New Bill for Increase of Our Army. PORTLAND, Dec. 2. (To the Editor.) If by some subtle alchemy all burnable things could be made unburnable, the fire Insurance companies would go out of business. And so if by some change in human nature the selfish" and pugnacious in stincts of nations, which arc but com binations of human natures, could be eliminated, the need for armies and muni tions of war Would pass away. But the one is just about as liable to happen as the other. AH that we can do is to in sure ourselves against war by providing armies and their equipment, by building fortresses and manning them with com petent garrisons, and thus make our war insurance as perfect as possible. Of course, we have not now nor shall we ever have, in time of peace, armies equal in number to the great war estab lishments of Continental Europe. But we are weakening our insurance perilously if we fail to provide a reasonably adequate armed force. It cannot be said that our infantry and cavalry forces are large enough. Still, they are respectable in size, but the artillery arm Is wofully deficient in numbers. Not to speak of the field artillery, the coast branch has now less than 14.000 men, or only about 34 per cent of the total -number required for just one relief for the guns now in position let alone the men needed for guns yet to be mounted and the force for the submarine defenses. Or only 17 per cent for our present fortifications on the two relief basis, which would be in dispensable in actual war. That there should be any objection to the very slender relief that is contem plated by the bill now before Con gressnamely an addition of 5000 enlisted men with the proper comple ment of officers is incomprehensible. In deed I do not think there is any ob jection except from anarchists and thugs. It is simply the inert supineness which seems to characterize always our altitude towards war preparation in time of peace, which delays action In providing this small increase one which should come as a matter of course and to be followed by other increases in the near future, until our coast and field artillery be more nearly on an adequate footing. For ar tillery is not made in a day or a month. Volunteers, no matter how patriotic and zealous, would be helpless in a modern fortification and but little better in serv ing a modern field gun. Shall we make -our insurance just a little more effective? It will nut cost much. But no matter what the cost, we cannot afford to let another session of Congress pass without enacting thU very necessary piece of legislation. ARMY OFFICER. POSTAL DEFICIT CAUSES. Railroads Are Paid Too Much for Carrying tlic Mails. ASHLAND, Or., Dec. 1. (To the Ed itor.) I am glad to see the proposition outlined in The Oregonian that has been made to the United States Govern ment by a private corporation to pur chase the Postal Service. I, of course, would be bitterly opposed to a sale be ing made; but the proposal will be the means of bringing under consideration the many abuses that are being im posed upon the Government, and these I think fully explain the matter of the deficit. Nothing could bring before the world in a clearer light the outrageous impo sitions that we, as a people, have to suffer from the lack of our servants at Washington, D. C, not doing their duty in defense of the people who send them there. If the people of that private corporation referred to see their way clear to pay the price they offer, and make the reductions in the rates they say they will, it shows that there is something very wrong in the present management. It is not from the fact of it not having- been known and it is not from not knowing just where the trouble iies but it is from the fact that the people lack the earnestness in demanding of -their representatives that they look after the interests of those who place them in the position of representatives. There is not a man in Congress, or the United States Senate, or one In the Cabinet, or on the Judicial Bench, but knows that the Government is paying too much for the service rendered by the railroads in carrying the mails. And if the parties to a private corpor ation can feel so sure that they can make the railroads come to a reason able rate something they would have to do to make a success why should not the Government be able to do it? To allow matters to run on without any correction after such an offer hav ing been made will only establish the fact all the more plainly that the rail roads manage the Government, and that we, the sovereign people, simply elect representatives to go there to do the will of the railroad magnates. THOMAS BUCKMAN. Will Pass on Referendum. ALBANY. Or., Dee. 2. (Special.) Is a City Council in duty bound to provide a method of using the Initiative and referendum powers in a town, under the provisions of the constitutional amendment adopted by the people of Oregon at the recent general election, or is that a question that is optional with the city's legislative body? This Is a question that Judge William Gal loway will be called upon to answer in Albany. Several months ago Councilman W. H. Parker introduced in the Common Council of Albany an ordinance provid ing for the operation of the initiative and referendum in the city. After the ordinance, had been in the hands of a committee and the City Attorney for some time, the latter filed an opinion in whiclr-.he held that the proposed or dinance was defective, that the law on the question is unsettled, that the City Council should wait for further legis lation by the Oregon Legislature next January. Well-made bricks are most durable building- materials. In the British Museum are bricks taken from the ruins of Ninevah and Babylon which show no sign of decay or disintegration, although they were neither burned nor baked, but simply left to dry in tne sun. WATER. PIPE PARABLE. Where Land Values Are Taken Back for the Common Good. PORTLAND, Dec. 2. (To the Editor.) Once upon a time, there lived a man in a country that was good to look upon. Being a wise man, he foresaw a score of years ahead that some day the children of the Lord would need these lands for their weary souls, for land monopoly was then driving them relentlessly from tho home of their fathers. And it came to pass that people did ar rive that way and built .roads, and that whole families and many a one of them settled each year on these same lands. Being a righteous man, he said unto them: "Behold, I have seized these lands under the law of the realm. Abide ye as children on the earth which thy maker hast given equally unto his children and their posterity. And lo! they did abide and build houses and workshops, and tilled the soil and it yielded mighty returns. Then the wise man said unto them: "Behold how I have saved the land for your weary feet. Now therefore I say unto you with the righteousness that is in. me: each of you shall pay at the mansion which ye have built one third the earnings of your labor. For is It not said: "Man shall have dominion over the earth?" . Hearing this great wisdom, all the peo ple went open-mouthed and delivered up. For they were homebodies and had babies. They could live, even at that. And "it came to pass as more people came that these sojourners grew thirsty and they all erected a great water pipe. And behold! the beautiful Bull Run water flowed clear and cold, and slaked their thirst and gave protection against the ravages of the devil'sfires. And the value of the land increased and many sought to live there, because of these things that had been done. And when the wLse man saw how the land went up in value, he spoke tranquilly unto himself: "I will go forth again." And he went on a high hill and delivered a sermon unto them, saying: "Behold, how the children of God flourish! Your pride riseth justly. For has not our land become an envy to the throngs, and do they not seek to buy it, because of all fhese things ye have done? Now therefore our policy hath been good. Doth the word not say: The Lord Ioveth a cheerful giver'? Therefore be it known unto you that be fore the 10th day of next month, ye shall deliver to the mansion, which ye have built, all the increase in value which cometh to us out of this great work." But it came to pass that one bolder than the remainder defied the wise man and said: "Yes, my master. I see the justice of contributing according to bene fit. But this work is ours and we 'are paying you rent which is the value of all the benefit we have made for ourselves. Now therefore, 1 isW: To whom will you pay your share?" Then the landlord and his water board waxed" very wroth and ridiculed this scoffer and would have spat upon hlin and slapped him in the eye, if he had not been so exceeding big and permeated with righteousness. And the wise man uttered an incantation which he had learned from the cannibals which sounded like: "Compromise." For he feared the people were looking into the "land ques tion." And it came to pass that the multitudes walked home in amazement and talked secretly and waxed hotter and hotter, until they looked in the face like red hot stove pipes. And they said: "It is written. tho fool and his money are soon parted. We are fools, else would pur wealth have abided with us. But it has gone the way of waywardness." And they remembered the words: "He hath given the earth equally to his children and their posterity;" also something about "in the sweat of thy brow." And then John's wife said unto him: "Take my rolling pin and use it as that fellow used the fragment of the ass." Now It came to pass that on the day appointed, the multitudes -except those with special privileges, went unto the wise man and said with, great clamor: "You old rascal. You've been making us pay you rent for that which belongs to God. ' You have lived in" independent splendor from this, and made us further support your idleness by compelling us to pay the taxes which only benefits you, and raises our rent through the improve ment they make possible. And now you think you can make us pay extra for wetting our whistle, with the water we have brought here. You can't do it. We are going to take back these land values for the common good." Hearing this, the wise man struck the ties for Portland, saying: "I can do busi ness there. for the people are a docile lot and not on to the job." LOUIS BOWERMAN. .OUR PRIMARY TEACHING. Quality of Work in Aggregate Bears I'avorable Comparison. MEDB'ORD, , Or.. Dec. 1. (To the Editor.) In a recent editorial In The Ore gonian. the statement is made that the children of France and Germany are advanced from one to three years farther in their studies, than are American chil dren at a corresponding age. The rea sons given for this by an eminent author ity are that our primary teachers are densely ignorant and that they teach nothing thoroughly. The improvement of the public school system and its successful administration are matters that both, directly and in directly touch the life of every Ameri can citizen. Hence there is no subject on which a wider range of opinion pre vails, and the conclusions reached de pend largely on the educational environ ment of the individual. . Is there enough drill on fundamental principles in the schools? Is there too much routine work? Would the child be better qualified for active duties of life, were more time devoted to so cial and economic questions? Are draw ing and music essential, and to what ex tent? Is sufficient provision made for physical culture and recreation? Should manual ' training be included in the course? These are a few of the un solved problems that engage attention, and call for experiment and unprejudiced observation on the part of educational specialists. That French and German children of the upper middle class are further ad vanced than American children of the same age, is doubted by no student of comparative educational systems. How ever, the scope of the European schools is more restricted educationally than our own, and education is for the few not the many. While wealth enables the cultured to secure for their children the private instruction of highly trained specialists, under whose instruction a willing and receptive pupil will make rapid progress, the children of the poor labor in factories and coal-mines and receive no schooling whatever. Thus the educational attain ment of the individual in a favored class is high, but the national standard of learning among the youth is not neces sarily in advance of our own. The reasons assigned for the existence of this condition cannot go unchallenged. One must concede that incompetent hire lings who look forward to pay-day -as the only reward for their labor, men and women unqualified by temperament as well as education for the duties of the hour, are found in the schoolroom as elsewhere. But the vast army of school teachers in America is not recruited from that class. The late report of the Technical World Magazine, which states that no less than 6.000,000 women are engaged in money making occupations, points to the widen ing of woman's sphere. Women are not waiting for matrimony to relieve them of the necessity of selfsupport. Nor is it .expected that all women will adapt them selves to home-making pursuits. To many women, marriage is an event in a busy life which leaves her at liberty to pursue her chosen course after marriage, if she so desires, with tlje same freedom as be fore and with greater security. These conditions lead women, and the majority of women teachers in the graded schools is so great as to permit of leaving the men out of the discussion altogether. to make broader preparation for teaching. To secure and retain, in the face of keen competition, a desirable position means a lofty standard of personal attainment ana a true conception of the ends of teaching. In regard1 to the lack of thorough in struction, it should be born In mind -that school rooms are usually over-crowded, and that It is impossible to give the per sonal supervision to each child's work that is desirable. It is extremely dif ficult to hold 40 minds to a uniform standard of excellence in the school or out of it. The child of the ignorant and vicious receive the same general instruc tion as does the child who is stimulated and encouraged in his studies by - his home environment. The ability to surround a child with those Influences that impel him to study, arouses his self-activity and fills him with those desires that only further pro gress can satisfy. This is conceded to be of greater value in the successful work ings of the public school system, than any formal knowledge imparted or routine drill carried out. This is an ex ceedingly rare trait and one much sought after by school authorities. Incompetent and underpaid, as some primary teachers are. and faulty as they all are, it still remains true to the un prejudiced observer, that the educational standard for the teacher is higher than ever before, and while there are defects Inherent in the system, the quality of work in the aggregate, compares favor ably with that of any system on earth. MRS. E. E. GORE. DUCKS MORE PLENTIFUL FLOOD RECEDES AND SPORT NOW IS MICH 'BETTER. Sportsmen Who Shoot "Along Colum bia Slough All Make Fine Bags. . High Mater Is Costly. Portland sportsmen, ifot hunters, enjoyed one of tho best days in the blinds of the present duck season. While there is a great deal too much water, the birds are flying in greater number, and the bags are now coming in with some few widgeon. Plenty of sprig-tail and mallards and an occa sional teal. Some of the lucky shoot ers bagged geese, but so far the kill of this bird has been limited. For a time it was feared that duck shooting on Sauvie's Island and along the Willamette and Columbia Sloughs was over for the season. This was be cause at the opening' of the season there was no water, and then when the flood came there was too much water. Tiit birds were not in the country, so the sportsmen, after many Sundays spent in the blinds, were about to give up shooting for the season. When the high water came there was a renewal of hopes, but there was too much wa ter and blinds on duck preserves that never had to be moved, not even dur ing the June floods, were many feet under water, feeding grounds were spoilej and even those preserves that enjoyed good teal and widgeon snViot lng ever since the season began found themselves without a place to shoot. This flood has cost local sportsmen thousands of dollars, for in their effort to get a few of the birds that were flying, they were constantly compelled to change their feeding places and move their blinds. Some of the' clubs fed the new places for two weeks, only to find at the end that they were oft the fly-ways, or that the water had receded so much that It was necessary to feed a new place every day, so when It is taken into consideration that wheat costs from $20 to $114 a ton, it can be easily seen how this Item alone runs into lots of money. While many of the sportsmen had given up their shooting for the season, the most of them have stuck it out and are now being rewarded for their pa tience. Dr. W. A. Wise. J. D. Ken worthy, who; with F. A. Jones and W. Cooper Morris, own the I. X. L. Club, enjoyed a day's good shooting yester day. Dr. Wise and his associates have their preserve on the farms of Charles Merrill and Bert Selfert, about two miles below Deer Island Station. They have one of the best shooting grounds along the river, and last year were able to kill the limit almost every Sunday. This year they hare had only a few good shoots and yesterday was one of them. Only Dr. Wise and Mr. Kent worthy, with a guest, shot there, but they all came home satisfied with their bags and are confident that from now on there will be plenty of ducks. Rodney Ll Glisan, W. F. Bebee and the other sportsmen who shoot just NEW YEAR'S CALLS A New Drink to Replace tne Old Time "Apple-Jnck." Twenty-five years ago the custom of making New Year's calls was a delight ful one for all concerned, until some of the boys got more "egg-nog" or "apple jack" than they could successfully carry. Then the ladies tried to be charitable and the gentlemen tried to be as chival rous as ever and stand up at the same time. If anyone thinks there has not been considerable Improvement made in the last quarter of a century in the use of, alcoholic beverages, let htm stop to con sider, among other things, the fact that the old custom of New Year's calls and the genteel tippling is nearly obsolete. The custom of calling on one's friends, however, at the beginning of the new year, is a good habit, and another good habit to start at that time is the use of well-made Postum instead of coffee or spirits. A Staten Island doctor has a sensible daughter who has set Postum before her guests as a good thing to drink at Yule Tide, and a good way to begin the New Year. Her father writes: "My daughter and I have used Postum for some time past and we feel sure it contains wholesome food material. "I shall not only recommend it to my patients, but my daughter will De most pleased to give a demonstration of Pos tum to our Christmas and New Year's callers." Read "The Road to Wellville" in pkgs. "There's a reason." below the I. X. L. Club, also killed a bag that made them all happy. So did the members of the club who shot above where Dr. Wise shoots. W. B. Fecheimer did not fare so well, for the hunters wiio Bhoot the place above them shoot Saturday instead of Sun day, as do all the other local shooters. The fact that more ducks were in the country than at any time since the season opened was shown by' the bags of the sportsmen who boarded the afternoon Northern Pacific train. All of them had about as many ducks as they could carry on their duck-straps and in their canvas game-bags. The la'r train, which brought back the shooters from down below Goble, re turned a crowd which was equally as lucKy, and who cad secured good strings. In another week the water will, if the weather remains cold, have gone down considerably, and as the birds do not seem to have an inclina tion to leave the country, the sports men are happy. HARVARD SPORTS PROFITABLE Annual Report of Treasurer Shows Much Velvet. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.. Dec. I. The an nual report of the graduate treasurer of Harvard Athletics for the year 1906 issued today, shows a profit for all sources of $27,816. Schooner Aurelia Is Beached. ASTORIA, Or.. Dec. 2. (Special.) The waterlogged steam schooner Au relia was beached at high water today on the tide-fiats back at the O. R. & N. Company's wharf. The vessel will be pumped out at low water tomorrow Salem Holds Election Today.. SALEM. Or., Dec. 2. (Special.) The annual city election will be held to morrow, with oifly one contest, that for the office of City Recorder. 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We can restore the sexual vifror of any man. WE CtRE lXtBHHOUA IX A WEEK The doctors of this institute are all regular graduates, have had 2." years' experience, have been known in Port land for many years, have a reputation to maintain, and will undertake no case unless certain cure can be effected. We guarantee a cure In every case we. undertake or cliarpre no fee. Con sultation free. Letters confidential. In structive BOOK FOR MEN mailed free in plain wrapper. YOU CAN PAY WHEN CURED We have such confidence in our meth ods that 'we will take your case and treat you without asking for a dollar until you are cured. If vou cannot caM at office, write for question blank. Home treatment suc cessful. Office hours, n to 5 and 7 to 8. Sundays and Holidays, 10 to 12. IK. V. NORTO 1A IS & CO., Oftices In Van Noy Hotel. Third St., Corner Pine. Portland, Or. TKAVKI.KKS' OV1DK. Time rinn Cis VV nr Ti-iiiMC ! I SLClt DAILY. mSZ2 Depart. Arrive. Tellowstone Park-Kansas City-St. Louis Special for C h e h a 1 1 s. Centralla. Olympla. Gray's Har bor, bouth Bend. Ta coma. Seattle. Spokane. Lewlston. Butte. Bil lings. Denver, Omahn. Kansas City, St. Louis and Southwest 8:30am 4:30pm North Coast Limited, elec tric lighted, for Tacoma, Seattle. Spokane. Butte. Minneapolis. St. Paul and the east 2:00 pm 7:00am Puget Sound Limited for Clare mont. ChthalT. Centralla, Tacoma and Seattle only 4:30pm 10:33pm Twin City Express for Ta coma, Seattle, Spokane. Helena, Butte, at. Paul. Minneapolis. Lincoln. Omaha. St. Joseph, St. Louis. Kansas City. without change of cars. Direct connections for all points East and Southeast 11:45 pm 0:50 pm A. D. Charlton. Assistant General Passen ger Agent. 255 Morrison St.. corner Third. Portland, Or. Astoria and Columbia River Railroad Co. Leaves. UNION DEPOT. Arrives. Dally For Maygers. Rainier, Dally. Clatskanle. Westport. cufton, Astoria. War 8:00 A.M. renton. Travel. Ham- 11:33 A.M. mond. Fort Stevens. Gearhart Park, Sea side, Astoria aud Sea shore. 7:00 P. M. Express Dally. 9:50 P.M. Astoria Express. . Dally. C. A. STEWART, ,.T. C. MAYO. Comm'l Agt.. 248 Alder O. V. & P. A. Phone Ma'.n 006. v SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA KOl-l'E. From Seattle at 0 P. M. for Ketchikan. Juneau. Skagway, White Horse. Dawson and Fairbanks. S. S. Humboldt. Novem ber 27. 9 A. M. s. s. cottage city fvla Sitka). Dec. 4. FOB SAN FRANCISCO DIRECT. From Seattle at A. M. Umatilla. No vember 1. IB, 81; City of Puebla. November 6, 21. Spokane. November 11, 26. Portland Office, 249 Washington St. Main 229. C. D. DUNANN. O. P. A.. San Francisco. Steamer Chas. R. Spencer Leaves Oak-street dock every Monday. Wednesday and Friday at 7 A. M. for THE DALLES AND STATE PORTAGE. Returning, arrives Portland, Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday at 3 P. M. Low ratea and excellent service. Phone Main 2U60. Columbia River Scenery REGULATOR LINE STEAMERS. Dally service between Portland and The Dalles except Sunday, leaving Portland at 7 a. M., arriving about 6 P. M.. carrying freight and paasenger. Splendid accommo dations for outfits and livestock. Dock loot of Alder St., Portland: foot of Court t.. Tha Dalles. Phona Mala B14. Portland. PORTLAXD-ASTORf A. ROUTE. Fast Steamer Telegraph Makes round trip daily (except Sun day). Leaves Portland 7 A. M. Leaves Astoria 2:30 P. M. Landing Alder-Street Dock. Phone Main 55. Upper Columbia River TRAVELERS' CODE. EAST via SOUTH UNION DEPOT. Portland and San Frant:fO Kxprres etopa only at r.iot Important stations berven Portland and San Fran'i ro for al! point, Eat and South. OVEKLAND EX PRESS TRAINS for ai! iocal points eouth. Sac r a m c n t o, San E'i ani-Ujco and points East and South. Mornlna- train connects at tVoodburn dally except Sunday with Mt ApwI and EUverton lo cal. Cottage Grove passenger con nects at Wood burn and Albany dally except Sunday with trains to and from Albany. Lebanon and Id branch points. Corvallls passen ger. Sherldaa passen Ecr. Forest Grove passenger. Dally ll:3o P. M. 7:45 P. M. 7:25 A. M 5:30 P. M. 4:J5 P. M. '11:00 A. M. 7:30 A. M. 4:10 P. M. S.V2 p. M. Ill :0 A. M. 5:30 P. Jl? 10:20 A. St. 2 -.r.O P. M. JS:00 A. M. Dally. (Dally except fcundav. POHTUXD-OSWE130 SI'FVKBAX , SERVICE AND YAMHILL Foot of JefTerson Street. Leave Portland dally for Oswesto at 7:4w A. II.; 12:5. 2:0R. 3:30. 8:80. 6-23. 7:45. 10; lo. 11:30 P. M.. Duliy except Sunday. 5 ::. :."0. 8:40. 10:23 A. M. Sunday only. 9 A. M. Keturnliiff from Osweno. arrive Portland, dully. 8:3.-, A. M., 1:5.'.. 3:05, 5:10. :15. ":-'5. B 55. 11:10 p. M. ; 12:23 A. M. Daily except Sunday. 6:2.". 7:2.1. 8:35, 9:35. 11:45 A. M. Sun day only, 10 A. M. Leave from same depot for Dallas and In termediate points daily, 7:30 A. M. and 4:lS P. M. Arrive Portland. 10:13 A. M. and 6:23 P. M. The Independence-Monmoutli Motor Line operates dallv to Monmouth and Alrlle, con necting with S. P. Co.'s trains at Dallas and Independence. First-class fare from PortlRnd to Sacra mento and San Francisco. $20; berth. $3. Second-class fare. $15: second-class berth. $2 .M). Tickets to Eastern points and Europe: also Japan. China. Honolulu nnd Australia. CITY TICKET OFFICE. Corner Third aud WaHliineton gts. rhone Mnln 712. C. W. MIINOEK, WAl. M'MIKIEAY. City Ticket Agent. t-eu. 1'ass. Act. union PAcmc 3 TRAINS TO THE EAST DAILY Through Pullman standard ami tourist sleeping cars daily to Omaha. Chicago. Spo kane; tourist hteeplng tar daily to Kansas City. Reclining chair cars treats free to the East dally. UNION DEPOT. Leaves. Arrives. CHI(.'AGO-PORTL'D. j SPECIAL for the U:30 A. M.7:30p. M. Kast via Huntington. Daily. j Daily. 7:0O p. Mr 8:00 a7m7 SPOKANE FILTER. Daily, j Daily. For Eastern Washington. Walla Walla, Lewis ton. Coeur d'Aleno and Great Norta trn points. ATLANTIC EXPRESS for the East via Huntington. 8:15 P. M. Daily. O.IiO A. M. Dally. PORTLAND - BIGGS LOCAL for all local points between Biggs and Portlhnd. 8;10 A. M. Ib Ao V. 2d. RIVER hCHEIHLE. FOR ASTORIA and way points, connecting with steamer for II waco and N or til Beach itetraer Hassalo. Ath st. dock. 8:0U p. M. Daily except Sunday. Saturday 10:OO P.M 5:00 P. M. Daily except Sunday. FOR DAYTON. Ore gon City and Yamhill River points. Ash -at. dock (water per. ) 7:00 A. M. Daily exc-pt Sunday. 5:30 P. M. Daily except Sunday. For Lewlston, Idaho, and way points from Riparia. Wash. Leave F.iparla.5:40 A. M.. or upon arrival train No. 4, dally except Saturday. Arriv Riparia 4 P. M. daily ex cept Friday. Ticket Office. Third and Washington. Telephone Main 112. C. W. Siiuger, Mty Ticket Agt.; Win. McMiixray, Cien. JL'as. Agt. THE COMFORTABLE WAY. TWO OVERLAND TRAINS DAIU TH' ORIENTAL LIMITED Ihe Fast Mall VIA SEATTLE OR SPOKANE llllll OSIEGO?! IIP1? Dally. PORTLAND I Dally. Leave Time Schedule. I Arrive. To and from Spo 8:30 am kane, St. Paul, Min- 7:00 am neapollH. Duluth and 11:45 pm All Points East Via 6:50 pm Seattle. To and from Bt. , Paul. Minneapolis. 0:13 pm Duluth and a I 1 8:00 m Points Kast Via Spokane (reat Northern Meamhip Co. Sailing from Seattle for Japan and China ports and Manila, carry ing pass.'UKerH and fn?lKht. K. S. Minnesota, January 0. S. S. Dakota, February 17. NIPPON YfNE.N KA1SHA. (Japan Mall Steamship Co.) S. S. KAUA MA RU will sail from Seattle about December 1 for Japan and China ports, carrying passengers and freight. For ticket, rates, berth reserva tions, etc., call on or address H. DK'KMJ.V. C. P. & T. A 123 Third St., Portland, Or. I'lIIHll' M:l!n CKU. San Francisco & Portland S.S.Co. From A in worth Doc k, Portland, at 8 P. M.. fci. S. Columbia Dec. 7. J 7, -7, etc ota Rica Dec. ill, 2-!. .Ian. J. etc. From Spear St.. tSan Francisco, At 11 A. M. S. S. Costa Rica Dec. 8, is, UK. etc. S. S, Columbia De-. 1.J. I'.'t, .Ian. 'Z. etc. Only dirtct paKsonger steamers operating between Portland end Sao Francisco. WIIUMEITE RiVER ROUTE For CorvallK Albany, Independence, Ba:em. Steamer "POMONA" leaves 0:40 A. M., Tuesday. Thurertay and Saturday. For Salem and way landings Steamer "OREGON A" leaves 0:43 A. M.. Mondays, WedneHdays and Fridays. OKLGON CITY TRANSPORTATION CO., .Foot Taylor Street. In !:0.i there were ll.!115 power looms. viorklriK on nilk goods in Swltarland. Sn-is silk manufuurers had in the name year 11. 2,Y. power looms employed in foreign coun tries in this Industrial line. The export of SwiM Kilk Roods in 1003 aggregated 400.000 in value.