THE MOKXIXG OKEG0XIAN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1907.
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ploye of the Albany Cigar factory, be
came involved In a quarrel which, led to
his arrest today on a charge of assault
with a dangerous weapon. .The charge
was preferred by Fred Hochspeier, a lo
cal liveryman, with whom Watkins en
gaged In an encounter on First street last
night, Hochspeier claiming that Watkins
had struck him with brass knuckles.
Watkins was examined today before Jus
tice of the Peace Swan and the case
against him was dismissed upon his pay
ment of the costs Incurred.
The fight between the two men last
night is said to have been caused by
trouble dating from the time Watkins
"sicked" a bulldog on to the Hochspeier
PAYS RESPECTS TO
LAWYERS IN CASE
will be asked to pay a price commen
surate with Its value.
It l true the geological survey Is
of the opinion that the vast majority
of Government coal land la not worth
more than the old price of 110 and $20
an acre, but there are large bodies
which in the future will sell at prices
ranging from $25 to $75 per acre, ac
cording to the extent of the coal and
the character of the deposits. For In
stance, It Is found In a preliminary
examination that there are nearly S00.
000 acres that should yield the Gov
ernment 125 an acre: there are nearly
226,000 acres which will be sold at the
rate of $B0 an acre, and there are
lesser quantities to be sold at Inter
mediate figures as well as at prices
ranging from $6) to $76 per acre.
IS
Railroad Commissioners to In
terview Health Board.
William Ayers Common-Law
Widow Says Attorneys
Foment Strife.
PUBLIC TO BE PROTECTED
canine. Though a small matter it has
been growing for several days and wmen
the two men met an encounter resulted.
SANITATION
BAD
ATTEMPT TO EVICT HER
Uut Woman Who Was Gambler's
Consort for Tears Blocks Them.
Could Agree With Heirs,
She Asserts.
Tn h fls-ht over the estate of the late
iWilliam Ayers, the racehorse man and white pine supply is very low, and Is rap
gambler, the heirs yesterday and the Idly dwindling. For a long time it was
night before received their first setback, widely used for very many purposes, and
Led by Attorney Albert E. Gebhardt, a was exclusively used for others, until the
party of five, three men and two women,
Thursday night descended without warn
ing and. it is allaged, without legal pa
pers, on the Ayers apartments in rooms 2
and 27 in the Goodnough building. The
party forced an entrance into the apart
ments against the protests of Mrs. Lucille
Ayers, the common law widow, who was
there alone. Lawyer Gebhardt ordered
Mrs. Ayers to leave the premises, but in
stead of doing so, she telephoned for the
police. A bluecoat arrived, but not being
used to playing the role of Solomon, being
he mailed fiat rather than the brains of
the law, he In turn telephoned for advice
to the District Attorney.
On Instructions thus obtained. he
cleared the apartments of everybody ex
cept Mrs. Ayers and Mrs. Mary Hansen,
the sister of Ayers. Lawyer Gebhardt
rushed down to police headquarters to
adjust things more to his liking, but re
ceived cold comfort and decided to go
home. The two women left in the apart
ment together tacitly refrained from dis
cussing the case, spent an hour In fem
inine chit-chat, then peaceably went to
ed and slept. In the morning Judge
.Webster issued an order for Mrs. Hansen
o vacate and keep out of the Ayers
apartments till August 12. when Mrs.
kAyers must show cause for retaining
possession.
. Friendly to Mrs. Hansen.
vr uunaon and I could come to
terms in an hour, if it were not for the
lawyers who are trying to stir up all the
.fi.i to make fees for them- I
elves " said Mrs. Ayers last night. "Mrs. light weight and color, and of so excel
Hanse'ri is a good, sweet woman who. I lent a quality that it serves In place of
believe, wants to do the ngnt imms. u-..
. i .- m-i hiii wav Into my rooms
airi 1 ......... - I
he made oTmy arm when I tried to hold
but what can one woman u
agalnst two men when It comes to phy-
elcal strength?
"i met Mr. Avres years ago, I was his
Wife It fact for years; I gave him over
$5000 of my own money. I paid for an
this furniture and somewhere have the
-.tr. tiUlw to show for It. out i nave
mv sorrow many things con- I
rernlne: him and his lire oi late mm.
did not know before, ne is ae-u. m-
and I will protect nis name mo i
"I do not think I should be turned out
into the street without a dollar, ana nave
even my clothing taken away from me.
with little trinkets of no money value
,.v 1
"Vm iloar t n me P
right perhaps, say that I am not a good
nm-o-r,- hut I -m a human being. If the
Put aear to inc. xv . - -
. , . T3l nOV W1TD f, I! 1 I
(lawyers woul .eave us alone there would
ie no trouble.
"I demanded to see what legal papers
rthev had that gave them such a right.
Biell. and when I opened the door to see
who it was. shoved it open by main force.
fend came In and ordered me out into me
(street without anything but the clothes on
ny back.
Wants Only Her Own.
"I want nothing that is not my own.
but my money paid for the furniture and
ifurnishings of these rooms: these dishes
are mine. I have used them lor years, i
(this is my home, sucn as it is. ana i
men forced an entrance to it at iv o ciulk. i
Bt night and tried to turn me out. But
the police tumea tnem out.
"I have no wish to make any one any i
.rouble; all I ask is to be let alone with
what is mine. It is or little or no vaiue
to anv one else, for rightly or wrongly,
I lived with Mr. Ayers for years as his
wife: this was our home, the little tnings
in here are dear to me. That lawyers
even tried to take my work basket and
these baby clothes In it I am making lor
the little one of a friend or mine. ie re- i
Jused to let me keep a thing; not even i
my own clothing. - I
Attorney Gebhardt yesterday snowed to
an Oreeonlan representative a aetaueo.
list of what he claimed was Ayers ViuV-
ertv. even down to underclothing and
Jioslery. This list is supposed to have
been furnished by two other women, one
said to be a well-known woman and mar
ried, wltn wnom Ayers is anesea to i.
been on intimate terms, ttaipn s. Aiooay
Is the attorney for Mrs. Ayers. haying
taken the place of District Attorney Man
ning as her lawyer.
FULL PRICE FOR COAL LAND
n.-MMri Vo tinirpr Charges ' Only
Minimum Legal Price.
OKbliUMA. iy"?"T
jngton, au8. .. . - "w..,
nf Missouri, was Secretary of the In
terior he complained bitterly of what
he termed the "unfairness or tne coal
l.nd law. and insisted that the Gov
ernment was .literally being swindled
out of hundreds of thousands of dollars
because It was parting wltn vaiuaoie
land for a nominal sum. It remained
ff.r Secretary Garfield to correct the
abuse, and he did so under the identl-
cal law of which Mr. Hitchcock com-
nlalned. The only difference was this:
Mr. Hitchcock took somebody's word
for the meaning of '.he law; Mr. Gar-
;ield read the law for himself and found
in it lust what he wanted.
The lew provides. In so many words.
t.-at Government land more valuable
for coal deposits tnan lor otner pur-
nnses shall be sold for "not less than
(10 an acre" when the land is 15 miles
or more from a railroad, and for "not
less than $20 per acre" if the land Is
within 15 miles of a railroad. This
language Is very explicit, and .yet in
all the vears the law has Deen in rorce
not an acre of Government coal land
had ever been sold for more than $20 an
acre, regardless of Its real value, until
Mr. Garfield construed the law liter-
aliv and properly.
The new Secretary of the Interior
floes not Interpret the law to fix the
arbitrary price of coal land at $10 and
130 an acre, according to the distance
from a railroad. On the contrary, he
takes these prices as the minimum.
and hereafter, when a purchaser of
coal land makes application to buy, he
OUTPUT OF WHITE PINE
North Pacific States Furnish Most
of Valuable Wood.
dREGONlA NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Aug. 2. Statistics for the fiscal
year Just closed show that 115,688,000 feet
of white pine was cut in Idaho, Montana
and Washington.
This is not the white pine of Eastern
and Northern states, but is so much like
it In general appearance and commercial
qualities that they are used Interc'.iange-
ably. As is well known, the Eastern
supply fell short and something to take
Its place Was demanded. The nearest
approach to it is the white pine of Idaho,
which in most respects Is- its equal.
This tree extends into the adjacent re
gions of Montana, and Is found of com
mercial size, but in small quantities, scat
tered through the Olympic Mountain for
ests of "Washington, and on the western
slopes of the Washington and Oregon
Cascades, while a scattered and Inferior
growth is met with southward along the
Sierras in California. The supply of
Idaho white pine, however, may be ex
pected to come mainly from Idaho and
Montana.
There probably never was. and doubt
less never will be, a more universally use
ful timber than white pine. For this
reason very special interest is centered in
the supply of white pine available in
Idaho and Montana.
The commercial pine timber of the
United States is drawn from two groups.
white pines arfH pu&h pines, the latter
commonly called yellow phies. The wood
of the yellow pines is heavy and of dark
reddish or yellow color. The wood of
the white pines Is light in weight and in
color.
The two groups of pines may be distin
guished by their needles. All true white
pines have needles In bundles of five
Long-leaf yellow pine has needles in bun
dles of three. The Southern short-leaf
yellow pine and Great Lakes red, or Nor.
way, pine have two-leaf bundles. The
so-called Arizona or Southern Rocky
Mountain white pine is really a yellow
pine., but with wood of such exceptionally
FACTIONS STILL FIGHTING
Haynes ' and Anti-Haynes Parties
Split Seattle Baptist Church
SEATTLE. Wash.. Aug. 2.-( Special.)
raruBang or tne nev. tsyron w . naynes
are organizing for a fight to carry a pro-
" mo m-- oapLic. ..u.u,
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but failed. The Haynes faction is strong
enough to carry the entire question over
until next week, giving another week'
time for organization. Dr. Haynes has
Shown M hitter rMPntmpTit nf tVi nnnrv
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sitlon's claim that ho is not aln-ere In
his request to be relieved from the pas
torate and antl-Haynes leaders claim hi
resignation Is merely an effort to win an
Indorsement.
AFTER RIPLINGER
Governor Offers 91000 Reward for
Arrest of Defaulting- Comptroller.
OLTMPIA. Wash., Aug. 2. -(Special)
Governor Mead will tomorrow offer
reward of $1000 for the arrest of John
Rlpnnger, embezzling City Comptroller of
Seattle. The Governor will also make
ronwe.j effort, tn iwniiada th. stoia
Department to use Its good offices to in
ace the Honduras authorities tn xurren
der Ripiinger if he Is in that country.
The announcement of the reward fol
lowed a conference here todav of Citv
Treasurer Russell of Seattle with the
uovernor.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Hev. John Ovall - of the Anti-Saloon
League, left yesterday for Mill City
where he will speak tomorrow
v c Dunning, a well-known East
Side business man, has returned from
Seaside where he spent several weeks.
Nathan n. Simon, of the law firm of
Beach & Simon, has returned from th
coast, where he spent a vacation of
two weeks
Rev. Father O'Rielly, S. J., of Gon
zaga College, Spokane, Is the guest o
Rev William Daly. - of St. Mary'
Church Albina. Father O'Reilly ha
been KlvlnK a retreat this week to th
sisters of St. Dominic, who have charg
of the school of the parish
Judge Thomas G. Halley. formerly
Justice of the Supreme Court and now
one of the law firm . of Chamberlain
Thomas & Halley, is 111 at his home, 736
GUsan street, with Intestinal Influenza
I u I ncaac mat uoa tsevi j-ri c; aicui 1 11 csuit
this Summer. He was critically ill Ttiurs
day night, but rallied yesterday.
A nnsl VY-- T A m a 17 CViaiuF Tn
dlananolls. Ind.. are spending a few day
at the Portlana Hotel.
NEW YORK. Aug. 2. The following
Northwest people registered at the hotel
today :
From Spokane F. Birdwin, at the Park
I Avenue; W. W. Hestwood. and wife, at
i the Grand Union.
I From Seattle H. Suydam, at the Btoz
I tell; E. MacHeels and wife, at the Sin
clair: A. Edwards, at the Cadillac; Miss
I M. T. Handle, at the Navarre
Oklahoma Murdered Man's Identity.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla.. Anar. S.
cieorge Gunreth. found murdered and
mutilated west of this city last nignt,
lived with his uncle. Charles C. Gun
reth, a cigar dealer, at 535 Sixty-third
street, Chicago. He left Chicago a week
ago last Saturday to Join his mother
and stepfather at Seminole, I. T. In
order to make the trip he Joined a
construction gang. It Is now believed
that he was murdered by the same
persons who killed the man who was
found dead In a freight car at Chicka
sha a few days ago, and who had been
similarly mutilated.
Fire in Big Factory Building.
DULUTH, Minn., Aug. 2. Fire which
caused a loss of $110,000 broke out today
in the building occupied by the Burgress
Electric Company, Melvln & Company
and the Christie Lithographing Com
pany on West First street. The origin of
the fire Is not known.
If State Officials Have rower,
Transportation Companies Will
Be Compelled to Better
Sanitary Conditions.
The members of the Oregon Railroad
Commission will attend a meeting of the
State Board of Health at Salem Monday,
when sanitary conditions at railway sta
tions and m terminal yards will De con
sidered. A great many complaints have
reached the officers of the Health Board,
charging that either Inadequate accommo
dations or none at all are maintained by
the railroad company at many of its sta
tions for the convenience of passengers.
The health officials have concluded to
ubmlt these grievances to the Railroad
Commission, which is empowered to re-
wili, coxDrrr opening serv
ices OF THE NEW KERN
PARK CHRISTIAN
CHURCH.
Charles W. Martz.
Charles W. Martz. of Indianapolis,
Ind., for years an active minister of
the Christian Church, who for more
than two years past has served as
pantor In the cities of Hamilton,
Mont., and Vancouver, B. C., In the
Northwest, will on Sunday at 11 A.
M., preach the opening sermon In the
new ch&pel erected at t)e corner of
Pitt and Mldburn streets. In "Kern
Park." This enterprise is the fruit
of the recent activities of the wide
awake members of the Kern Park
Christian. Church, who have been
led by their faithful young minister, .
Iavld E. Norcross, who will speak
at the 8 P. M. service. The theme
of Mr. Marts' morning sermon will
be "The Divine Foundation."
Kern Park Is reached by the Mount
Scott cars.
quire railroads to provide and maintain
these conveniences. If it is found that
the Railroad Commission has the right to
insist on better sanitation in the equip
ment of railway trains it will be asked to
exercise Its authority to that end.
The majority of the complaints that
have reached Dr. R. C. Yenney, of this
city. Secretary of the State Board of
Health, relate to sanitary conditions al
though not a Sew Include charges that
the ordinary convenience of a waiting-
room lg not provided at some points for
the use of passengers while waiting the
arrival of their train. This accommoda
tion can be required of the railroads at
all points where an agent Is employed.
"The attention of the Health Board has
been called especially to the lavatories at
railway waiting stations,' said Secretary
lenney yesterday. "Tne average lava
tory at such places Is nothing but
stench-factory and a dangerous disease
breeder. It Is also charged that at
some stations these places are kept
locaea.
"We have also been advised that an ut
ter disregard of sanitary precautions ex
ists in the local terminal yards In hand
ling ice and provisions for the dining
cars. It has been reported that these
supplies are deposited on the Platform
either in the same locality or in close
proximity to that part of the grounds
where the cuspidors from the trains are
cleaned dally. We do not know that
tnese reports are true, but consider them
of sufficient importance to call to the at
tention or the Railroad Commission and
urge its assistance in generally improv
ing the conditions complained of so far
as It is possible."
PRESENTS DIFFICULT PROBLEM
Railroad Commission Worried Over
O. W". P. Passenger Tariffs.
"The question of adjusting the pas
senger tariff between Oak Grove. MI1
waukle and Portland over the Oregon
Water Power & Railway Company's line
Is one of the most difficult problems we
have faced." said Clyde B. Aitchison, a
member of tne Oregon Railroad Com
mission yesterday. "To grant the people
of Oak Grove a fare of 10 cents to Port
land would necessitate, no doubt, a
revision of the fares between all inter
mediate stations and the two terminals,
Oregon City and Portland, since Oak
Grove is situated about half way between
those points. However, we are investigat
ing the petition of the Oak Grove people
ana win endeavor to dispose of It on a
basis fair to all."
The same condition is presented in the
complaint of the people at Lents Junc
tion, but it is expected a settlement may
be .reached in both cases if the street
railway company can be Induced to
inaugurate a practice of Issuing transfers.
Such a concession by the railway manage
ment, it is said, will practically meet the
objections that have been offered to the
existing schedule of fares under which no
transfers are given.
Condition Not Favorable.
The condition of j. P. Jones, traveling
passenger agent for the Southern Pacific
lines in Oregon, who has been ill for a
number of weeks, ts not quite as favorable
since the warm weather of the last few
days. Mrs. C. Jones, of Salem, arrived
yesterday to be at the bedside of her
son who is at St. Vincent's Hospital.
Fights Bulldogs, Gets in Trouble.
ALBANY, Or., Aug. 2. (Special.) Be
cause he encouraged two bulldogs to en
gage in a fight. Jack Watkins, an em-
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CITY KANGAROO IS MISSING
Park Board Is Also Looking for
Other Pets.
The Park Board yesterday wanted to
know what had become of a kangaroo.
This high Jumper, several eagles and
other birds and animals are not in their
cages in the zoo. The board has set out
to find why they are missing. It is said
that the beasts disappeared before the
present board took charge.
But If the city is short a kangaroo.
Frank McClain, a former employe of the
city, Is ahead just four monkeys. While
on the city payroll he tried to sell them
to the city, but the city refused to close
the deal on the ground that the charter
forbids, so there are four monkeys for
sale by McClain.
Although the tl.OOO.OOO recently voted for
park purposes is not yet available, the
Park Board has J5000 with which to make
plans and do other preliminary work. The
Olmstead brothers, perhaps the best
known landscape artists in the country,
were authorized to prepare plans and esti
mates, at a first cost of not over $1000.
Any one who wants to run a string of
burros In City Park at a probable profit
to himself and a pleasure to the children
will find the Park Board glad to consider
the proposition. Parks In other cities
have such riding animals, and the board
prefers to let a concession for them rather
than undertake to handle the matter for
the city. i
Referred to City Council.
The question of who is to have charge
of the City Hall was not taken up yester
day by the Executive Board. Only rou
tine matters left over from the last meet
ing, when the City Hall matter was
threshed over, were taken up. with the
exception of a petition from the Portland
Railway, Light & Power Company. This
company presented the matter of a steam
heating and power franchise, with plats
charts and other data: but as the time
granted the company had lapsed by over
a month, the CBoard limited its action to
referring the whole matter to the Council.
Consider Anti-Trust Ordinance.
A special meeting of the Judiciary com
mittee of more than ordinary importance
has been called by Chairman Frank S.
Bennett for 2 o'clock August 8. in the City
Hall. Belding s anti-trust ordinance is to
be considered at the meeting..
DAILY CITY STATISTICS
Marriage Licensee.
BOWKER-POPPLETON -J- Zachary T.
Bowker. 60, Paoll, I. T. ; Mrs. Henrietta
Poppleton, 55. citv.
RINEHART-PR1TCHARD J. C. Rine
hart. 23. city; Mary E. Pritchard. 21, city.
BROWN-SMITH Ralph E. Brown, 80,
city; Henrietta Smith, 2. city.
BAKER-VESSET G. F. Baker, 33. Kelson
wash.: Mallnda vessey. 33, city.
HOFFMAN-OUMBO Thomas Hoffman,
8S. city; Lizzie Cumbo, 10, city.
NELSON-SWANSON Gust Nelson, 30,
city; Chrlstena Swanson. 26, city.
ROSUMNT-ROSENFELD Murris Rosum-
ny, 23, city; Yetta Rosenfeld, 22, city.
Births.
SHAXKLAND To the wife of A. W.
Bhankltrhd, July 29, a son and daughter.
FAY To the wife of E. J. Fay, July 18,
a son.
6CHRUMPH To the wife Of F. A.
Echrumph. July 25. a son.
ORB ACH To the wife of Conrad Orbach,
July 27. a daughter.
BEGOS To the wife of James Beggs,
August 1, a daughter.
SMITH To the wife of Ernest C- Smith.
July 30. a daughter.
FAUSEL To the wife of Chris H. Fausel,
July za. a daughter.
LANCE To the wife of C. B. Lance,
July 22, a daughter.
GEISER To the wife of Fred H. Geiser,
July 10. a daughter.
JOHNSON To the wife of Leander John
son. July 8. a daughter.
KLEV To the wife of Paul P. Kiev, July
16. a daughter.
PATTERSON To the wife of Wallace
Patterson, July 3, a son.
ALLEN To the wife of Andrew Allen,
July 23. a son.
RITTERSP ACKER To the wife of C.
Rltterspacker. July 2i. a son.
BICKMAN To the wife of C. J. Bickman,
July 28. a son.
FIELD To the wife of C. S. Field. July
16. a son.
SMITH To the wife of G- A. Smith. July
17. a son.
NELSEN To the wife of Christ Nelsen,
July 31. a son.
ECKSTEIN To the wife of Henry J.
Eckstein. July 6. a son.
HULL To the wife of Bert L. Hull,
July 15, a son.
LEONETTI To the wife of Batlsto Leo-
nettl. July 24. a son.
COLA-COLA To the wife of Vlto Colacola,
July 25. a daughter.
LUCIANO To the wife of Adolfo Luciano,
July 14. a son.
ROBERTI To the wife of Jluseppe
Roberto. July 21. a son.
FERRARIS To the wife of Pletro Fer
raris, July. 13, a son.
Deaths.
HABERSAAT At 271 Salmon street, July
81. H. C. Habersaat, aged 40 years.
8TEPHANS At Good Samaritan Hospital
July 31. William W. Stephana, aged 30
years.
NOLIN At Mount View Sanitarium, Au
gust 1, Flora Eleanor (Frost) Nolin, aged
44 years.
'Building FermH.
JAMES H. MURPHY Two-story frame
dwelling, Princeton street, near Twentieth
S1500.
LOUIS J. WHITE Two-story fram
dwelling, Everett street, near Twenty-sec
ond street; $9500.
SISTERS OF HOLT NAMES Two-story
frame school. East Twelfth street, near East
Oak: $7800.
MRS. PLUMB One-story frame dwelling,
Wilbur street, near Holman- S150.
HARTMAN & THOMPSON One-story
frame school, Alameda street, near Sandy
Road: S15O0.
C. T. ALLEN One and one-half-atory
frame dwelling. East Nineteenth atreet, near
Howe: 200.
T. A. TROUGHER One-story frame
dwelling. Farragut street, near Wabash ; $60,
L, B. ROBINSON one-story irame oweu
mg. East Alder street, near East 'lniriy
seventh: 800.
W. E. HADLET One-story frame dwell
In. ttrolt street, near Milton; Sow.
OTIS E. WISE One-story frame dwelling,
Baldwin street, near Wabash; SIOO.
E. EASTMAN Altering one and one-half
tory frame dwelling. East Twenty-second
street, near Oregon: $.".
J. C- ROBERTS One and one-helf story
frame dwelling. Leo avenue, near East Bev
enth street; $600.
Smallpox Among Cbehalis Indians
ABERDEEN, Wash., Aug. 2. (Special.)
Agent Richards of the Chehalls Indians,
who is in the city, says that smallpox has
broken out among the tribe and that
there is apprehension that the disease
will be serious.
Potter Schedule for Beach.
The steamer Potter will sail from Port
land. Ash-street dock, Saturday, 1 P. M.
Get tickets and make reservations at city
ticket office, Third and Washington
streets. C. W. Stinger, City Ticket
Agent.
In Asia rice constitutes fully one-half the
food supply of the population.
emu
gTf It nourishes the body and sustains your strength
better than any other liquid. H Owing to its age,
purity and superior quality it will not disagree w ith
the most sensitive stomach. fl A bottle of beer before
retiring will quiet the nerves and induce restful sleep.
For the past quarter of a century, Weinhard's beer has been the acknowledged leader of all
fceers on the Pacific Coast, and today stands firmer in the affection of a discerning public
than ever before. phone MAIN 72 HOME A 1172
L
MEET T
WIMi DRAFT PROTEST AGAINST
ADVANCED RATES.
Strong Effort to Induce Railroads to
Abandon Proposed Schedule
W ill Be Made.
All lumber manufacturers of this state
have been invited to attend a meeting at
the Chamber of Commerce at 2 o'clock
this afternoon, when a formal protest
against the proposed increase in freight
rates on lumber to the East will be
drafted. The call for this conference
was Issued toy A. B. Waspell, temporary
secretary of the Oregon Lumber Manu
facturers' Association.
The railroad companies recently for
mally announced a contemplated advance
In rates on all Eastern shipments of
lumber amounting to between $1.50 and 3
a thousand feet, depending on the des
tination of the shipment. These ad
vanced charges, it is claimed by the lum
bermen, would deal a deathblow to one
of the most important industries in the
Pacific Northwest. It would affect the
industry from the cutting of the logs to
the subsequent Bale and shipment of the
manufactured product. For this reason
the new rates will be firmly resisted by
the Oregon lumbermen in conjunctfon
with a similar move that has been Inau
gurated by the lumber dealers of the
state of Washington.
The meeting today will be attended by
lumber manufacturers representing prac
tically every section of the state. The
situation will be discussed and such ac
tion as will be taken will have the in
dorsement of the men engaged in this in
dustry In all sections of the state.
"Ever since the proposed advance in
lumber rates was announced by the rail
road companies two weeks since, the lum
ber manufacturers have been conferring
as to the best way to defeat that action,"
said Acting Secretary Waspell, of the
Oregon Lumber Manufacturers' Associa
tion yesterday. "The new rates amount
to an increase of from 6 to 10 cents a
hundred, or from $1.50 to $3 a 1000 feet
on all shipments from this section to the
East. To Impose these increased charges
Going
Rates But Little More Than For
o
TWO MORE SALE PERIODS ONLY
Aug. 8, 9, lO Sept. 1 1, 12, 13
PORTLAND to
CHICAGO and Return . .... $71. SO
ST. LOUIS and Return 67.50
KANSAS CITY and Return . . . 60.00
ST. PAUL. and Return 63. IS
To all other points tn the East and Middle West and
from all other points in the Northwest, corresponding
ly low rates.
90 DATS FOR THE ROUND TRIP. Stopovers within limit.
C W. STINGER, City Ticket
Reduce your temperature by
FCt S
SEND IN YOUR ORDER AS EARLY AS POS
SIBLE TO INSURE PROMPT DELIVERY.
would prove a serious drawback to the
lumber industry in the Pacific Northwest.
"The dealers recognize that through
agitation and concerted action alone Is
any relief to be expected. Our plan of
action will be definitely decided upon at
today's meeting."
MIND UNHINGED BY GRIEF
Survivor of Columbia in Care oi
Doctor at Portland.
MANITOWOC, Wis., Aug. 2. Grief over
the uncertainty of the fate which has
overtaken Miss Frances Schroeder, her
chum, and the consequent nervous shock
from her terrible experience, has made it
Impossible for Miss Julia Matek. of this
city, who was rescued from the Columbia
disaster, to undertake the trip home, and
she is seriously ill at Portland, Or., and
under the care of a physician, who has
issued positive orders against either her
or Miss Goedjen to return home until able
to undertake the. Journey.
A letter was received from Miss
Matek today, dictated by her to this
effect. That Miss Matek is still under
a terriblo nervous strain and that her
mental equilibrium Is not yet restored
is evidenced from the letter which
gives neither her address, the name of
tne physician nor the care in which
funds aro to be- dispatched, so that
while she has repeatedly begged for
financial aid. none can be given her,
since her relatives who are anxious
to reach her have not her address, and
they are distracted at their Inability
to locate her.
Grew Old by Eating Onions.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2. Mrs. Catherine
Gllligan, at the age of 107 years and 4
months, is dead at her home in the
Bronx. She had lived in New York 28
years, coming here from Ireland at the
age of 79, to Join her eight children. Mrs.
Gllligan ascribed her longevity to her
habit of eating onions at every meal and
her refusal to worry about anything.
She never tasted medicine.
Maddox Dies of Gutierres' Knife.
HAMPTON. Va., Aug. 2. Thomas M.
Maddox. Chief Master-of-Arms, who,
with two other sailors from the battle
ship Maine, was stabbed by Fred Gutier
res last night, died today.
This
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Agent
drinking
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DECLARE NEW RATES AXE
SHORTAGE WILL IXJCRE.
Express Fear That Eastern Shingle.
Product, Will Cse Other.
TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 2. (Special.)
Shingle manufacturers will meet
next week in Seattle to take action on
the new railroad rates to the East,
and will Join the lumber manufacturer!
In the fight for the maintenance of the
old rates before the Interstate Com
merce Commission. The shlnglemen
say that in addition to their shortage
will now be added the evil of a higher
rate that will compel them to run only
five months In order to supply the de
mand. They fear that Eastern users
of cedar shingles will buy other roof
ing material and eventually do away
with Washington shingles. They de
clare that a death blow to the indus
try is probable.
FIRST SALE OF STATE LANDS
New Washington Law to Be Tested
Before Tax Commissioner.
TACOMA. Wash., Aug. 2. (Special.)
The first sale of state lands under the
new law passed by the last Legislature,
placing such sales under the direction of
the State Tax Commission, will be held
at the Pierce County court house tomor
row morning. School land In this county
to the value of $100,000 will be offered at
auction.
Tax Commissioner Easterday will at
tend this sale In order to observe the
practical working of the new law, all
sales coming before the Commission for
confirmation or rejection.. He says collu
sion and conspiracy to throttle competi
tion will not be tolerated and that an
endeavor will be made to give "both the
state and the humblest citizen a equarc
deal."
The dollar derives Its name from the "hlh
German "thaler," given to the coin of about
a dollar's value, first coined in the Joachim
thai (or valley), in Bavaria, and it was first
call.d by Its full name of Joarhlmsthsler.
Summer?
the Round Trip
WHEN you take a trip across the conti
nent you, of course, want the finest
scenery, the best and fastest trains,
with through cars and most luxurious
accommodations. Then buy your tickets
at the City Ticket Office of the O. R. & N.
Third and Washington Sts.
WM. McMURRAY, Gen'l Passenger Agent