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THE BIORNLXG OREGONIAX, FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, .1907. CITY' OF PANAMA SCENE OF THE . COLLISION OF THE CITY OF PANAMA AND THE ALLIANCE PIANO BUYERS IS E L c l o CO '$fpJB i ALL ANC Coos Bay Steamer Damaged in Collision at Mouth of River, STRUCK WHILE AGROUND Strong Set-In Current of Willamette Where It Enters Columbia Causes Both Accidents. No Lives Lost. When within eight miles of her dock on iher first trip up the Coast in the Port land and San Francisco run, the steam ship City of Panama, in charge of Pilot I "Willis Snow, collided with the steamer lAlliance at the mouth of the Willamette ; River yesterday morning at 5 o'clock. (The City of Panama suffered little damage, but the Alliance was badly bat tered up astern. None of the passengers 'on either vessel were injured. The Alliance entered the mouth of the river at 10 o'clock Wednesday night. The dredge Portland was working on the jeouth side of Nigger Tom Island and in .order to clear the dredge and the pipe (line. Pilot Turner made a run slightly to ithe eastward of the regular course. To I make the swing he put his helm hard a-port but when the bow of the steamer jetruck the eddy she refused to swing and went ashore on the island. Following the Alliance up the river were the steamers George W. Elder and the City of Panama. On noting the condition of affairs on his arrival at the mouth Captain Jessen, of the Elder, dropped back and anchored for the night. The CVty of Panama came up a little later and also went to an anchorage to await daylight. At 5 o'clock in the morning the dredge had shifted her position and the Elder, which had laid a course on the Inside of the Portland was compelled to turn back. Strikes a Cross Current. The City of Panama then came up and in attempting to enter the Willamette struck the same, cross current which had eet the Alliance- ashore and crashed into the stern of that vessel. The San Fran cisco and Portland boat struck the Al liance a trifle to the starboard of the jrudder post, cutting her down from the hurricane deck to the lower guard rail fend Inboard for a distance of about five feet. The Alliance's timbers were badly splintered and the tiller jammed. She will go on the drydock and It will be fully 30 days before she can go Into commission. The Alliance was also forced fully 20 feet further upon the mud bank. Had it not been for the condition of the bottom where the Alliance lay at the time the City of Panama would have cut through 'her for a distance of perhaps 30 feet. As it was the cut did not extend to the iwaterline and the Injured craft did not make water. Shortly after the Alliance went aground the steamer Beaver came by ami pffered assistance. Captain Olsen. Pilot Turner end Purser Skinner came to Portland and by daylight had the steamers Diamond O and the G. H. Wentworth on the scene. It was originally the inten tion to pull the Alliance off at high water yesterday. It was while the tow boats were working with this in view the City of Panama collided with the Alliance and forced her so far into the mud that it will be necessary for dredgers to cut way under her before she can be freed from the sand bank. Will Float This Morning. Yesterday afternoon the dredge Colum bia, in tow of the John McCraken, left for the scene and by this morning it is hoped that the Alliance will be afloat and at the drydock. The steamer Diamond O left last night for the scene and stood by for the purpose of pulling on the Btranded craft. The City of Panama is on her first trip to Portland. She is one of the Pacific Mall boats , which have for many years operated on the run between San Fran cisco and Panama In the coffee trade. She is an ancient specimen of marine architecture having been built at Chester, Pa., in 1873. She is slow and on the North trip from San Francisco, consumed more than a day in excess of the Costa Rica, which has a reputation for slowness. The Alliance is a wooden vessel and has been operated between Portland and Coos Bay for- the past seven months. Prior to that time she was on the Eureka run. The Alliance will be held up for an In definite period on account of her injuries but the City of Panama will leave for the South on schedule time. The passengers on both the City of Panama and the Alliance were asleep at the time of tho accident. Immediately after the crash men, women and children rushed onto the decks . but no panic resulted and in a few minutes the officers of each vessel had quieted the startled travelers. The City of Panama pulled out from the wrecked Alliance and pro ceeded to Portland. Passengers of the Alliance were brought to Portland on the steamer Undine, which arrived at the Couch-street dock shortly .before noon. Pilot's Efforts Vain. That both vessels were not greatly in jured and that there Was no loss of life is little short of miraculous. . When Pilot Snow- discovered that his vessel had her nose In an eddy and that her stern was in the current he foresaw a collision, ordered the anchor dropped and rang for full speed astern. In spite of this action the Panama's headway was so- great that the Alliance suffered severely. Columbia River pilots say that the en trance to tne moutn ot the Willamette la in worse condition now than it has been for many years past. There is sufficient depth of water, but the current sets so that it makes navigation difficult. The Norwegian steamship Thyra, with a part cargo of lumber for China, via Tacoma, passed down at noon yesterday. In swinging from the mouth of the Willam ette into the Columbia she got too close to the old Jetty and bumped on the rocks. No damage resulted. Pilots are preparing a resolution to present to the United States Engineers asking for the' removal of the old Jetty. Brisk Acts at Pantages. There are good things galore at Pantages this week hit after hit keeping the au diences busy with applause. The Sumatora troupe of Japanese magicians and Illusion ists offer a new and amaalng- act. Harry Cee. the Hebrew streetcar conductor. Is Ihe comedy hit of the month. Miss Irene Lee and the "Candy Kid" put on a neat novelty act, and all the others are right up to the minute. You will enjoy this how. See it. Fa Icon lo at Jamestown Fair. NORFOLK. Va,. Aug. 8. Mgr. Falconio papal delegate to the United States, at tended the Knights of Columbus cele bration at the Jamestown Exposition to day. Thousands were present. Watches cleaned, 1, at Metzgera II I iSI JLjrHtr ill lUltl I'll - .'r'5r- fl , ,3w j4SDJ'& OSS GOES OVER SURVEY Southern Pacific to Retrace Central Oregon Route. CREW ALREADY IN FIELD Activity May Foreshadow Construc tion of Road Projected Years Ago Changes in Surrey to Suit Modern Conditions. Surveyors have taken the field to retrace the Corvallis & Eastern sur vey across Eastern Oregon from De troit to Ontario. A crew of 15 men, equipped for several months. left Portland this week to accomplish this work. This may mean that the Harriman interests, which now own the Corvallis & Eastern, will extend that road across the state instead of building on the Oregon Eastern survey, which was completed last Winter. It is said the grades to be obtained on the Oregon Eastern survey are not so advantage ous as those of the Corvallis & Eastern survey. It is to determine the rela tive merits of the two routes that the party has been sent out to remark the old survey. The Corvallis & Eastern survey was originally made 10 or 15 years ago and many changes in the line then made are necessary now, for the science of railroad construction has taken many forward steps in that time. Curves and grades thought entirely feasible In those days for the comparatively light equipment then in use would be tabooed altogether by modern engi neers, who are Intent on hauling the big loads with a minimum of motive power. The survey to be retraced undoubt edly offers the shortest direct route across Oregon, for it is practically a straight line across the state to On tario, while the Oregon Eastern route from Natron to Vale follows a some what roundabout course and traverses country which is less desirable than that further north. If the C. & E. sur vey i followed, the line will afford easy access to the irrigation districts of Eastern Oregon and will also offer an outlet to the proposed O. R. & N. road up the Deschutes from its mouth. TEAL, LUMBERMEN'S CHAMPION Will Appear Against Railroads In Suit Over Lumber Rates. J. N. Teal will be the champion of the Oregon & Washington Lumber Manufac turers' Association in the coming tight with the railroads against the announced Increase in lumber rates from the North Pacific Coast to the Eastern terminals. Mr. Teal will appear before the Interstate Commerce Commission and will act In conjunction with attorneys selected by the Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacturers' Association, of Seattle, and the South western Washington Mlllmen's Commis sion. It is the plan of the lumbermen to secure some very prominent constitu tional lawyer of the East to advice with the lumbermen's attorneys. 'Ails man has not yet been picked. " An executive committee, consisting of F. C. Knapp, of Portland; F. B. Hubbard, of Centralis, and C. F. Smith, of Seattle, has been named to have charge of the fight. Considerable money has been ad vanced by the millmen to fight the pro posed freight charges and It Is under stood the contest will be a bitter one. Evidence Is now being gathered by the lumbermen and their attorneys. ESTABLISH CITY AGENCIES Two New Railroads Recognize Rose City's Growing Importance. Two railroads not now represented in Portland are to have offices here after August 15. The Minneapolis & St. Louis and the Iowa Central have decided to establish agencies and will have . quarters In room 209 Lumber Exchange building. R. W. Cook, city passenger and ticket agent for the Chicago & Northwestern, will be , agent here for the two roads. He was formerly commercial agent for the Astoria & 'Columbia River Railroad and prior to that was traveling freight agent for the Northern Pacific. Mr. Cook's place In the Northwestern office will be taken by B. E. Mallng, now chief clerk. The growing commercial importance of this section of the country is assigned as the reason of the establishment of new railroad offices. President Hill Camping Out. Louis V. Hill, president of the North ern Pacific, accompanied by a party of friends. Is camping out in the wilds of Okanogan County, Washington, where Mr. Hill is spending the time fishing tad resting. President Hill regards the Pa cific Coast country as ideal for Summer vacations and will make an annual Sum mer pilgrimage to the Pacific Northwest each year hereafter, it is said. PERS0l!ALMENTI0N. H. P. Ririker left last night for an extended trip East. A. A. Wright, assistant manager of the Portland Hotel, returned last night from a two weeks' vacation, spent at the Oregon Summer resorts. F. L. Olson, Justice of the Peace for the East Side precinct, has gone to White Salmon, on the Columbia River, where he will remain until September. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. McDonald, of Rhyolite, Nev., are at the Oregon Hotel, Mr. McDonald is extensively interested in mining in the Nevada goldfields. Governor Cnamberlain has appointed Edmond C. Giltner, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, a delegate to the National Irrigation Congress, which will meet in Sacramento next month. Rev. Father Curley, former assistant pastor of the St. Mary's parish, Albina, now of North Bend and Marshfleld. -has been a guest at the rectory of the parish during the past week'. He met many of his former parishioners. United States District Attorney Bristol is expected to return home from San Francisco this week. He has been In the Bay City for the past two weeks conferiinjr with Secretary Garfield, of the Interior Department, and Francis J. Heney, relative to the conduct of the land fraud trials soon to be resumed in this state and California. Harry B. Smith, former sporting editor of the Portland Evening Telegram, ar rived from San Francisco on the City of Panama yesterday. Mr. Smith has for some months past been on the staff of the San Francisco Chronicle and has come to visit his old friends here on his vaca tion. He says that the Bay City is grad ually building Up again and that the1 newspaper offices are in fairly good shape, the new Chronicle building being occu pied, the old building having been razed to be rebuilt on larger lines. CHICAGO, Aug. 8. Special.) The fol lowing Northwestern people are regis tered at the hotels: From Portland C. W. Gardner, at the Auditorium. From Oregon Mrs. Y. C. Seystes, at the Stratford. NEW YORK. Aug. 8. (Special.) Northwestern people at New York hotels: , From Portland C. H. Barbour, at the Herald Square; T. Robertson,' at tho Imperial. From Spokane W. S. McCue, at the Wellington. Probationers to Pick Hops. Fifty or more of the boy wards of the Juvenile Court are to go to the hop fields early in September, where they will pick hops and enjoy an outing. Last year and the. year before the youngsters were taken to the seashore. Two camps on. the Willamette River are being planned. The court will provide transportation, tents and camping outfits. The boys supply their own bedding. Marlon R. Johnson, probation officer is in charge of the arrangements. Curfew Law at St. Johns. The curfew bell will ring tomorrow night and every night thereafter in St. Johns at 9 o'clock, at which time all small boys will be expected to be at home or on their way there. Chief Bredson an nounces that the curfew law will be strictly enforced. Metzger sells diamonds at 10 per cent scant. 342 Washington s treat. JLTNMTOSS A Steamship Alliance. B Steamship City ISS Warehouse District Valuations Increased Many-fold. ASSESSOR GIVES FIGURES Lots In Some Cases Held 300 and 400 Per Cent Higher Than a Year Ago Many Surprises on the East Side. Throughout the new warehouse dis trict in North Portland the 1907 valu ations made by Assessor Slgler show an increase of from 300 to 400 per cent over last year's figures, so rapid has been the advance in selling prices in that section of the city. Though this great gain over last year cannot be said to extend to all of Portland, or even to all of the West Side business district, the fact that property in a new warehouse section which has sprung up within the year Is valued so highly speaks volumes for the growth of the city. Quarter-blocks In that district which were assessed for $5000 and $6000 last year are valued at from $16,000 to $20,000 by Assessor Sigler this year. Another striking feature of Port land's growth Is the great increase In ground values on Washington street west of Seventh. The gain made in that section of the city has been large. For example, the block bounded by Sixteenth and Seventeenth and Wash ington and Alder streets Is listed in last year's assessment roll at $59,000. This year the valuation is $107,000." The block bounded by Seventeenth, Chapman, Washington and Alder streets is listed at $20,000 in last year's roll, while this year the value is placed at Just twice that figure. v Shows Increase of $30,000. The block between Fourteenth and Fifteenth and Washington and Burn side streets was assessed at $80,000 last year. This' year it is assessed at $110,000. The block between Eleventh and Twelfth and Washington and Stark streets was valued at $215,000 In last year's roll. This year the figure is $280,000. On the East Side, particularly In the business district, there has been a sim ilar gain in values during the year, as shown in the assessment roll. The block bounded by Grand and Union avenues and Belmont and East Morri son streets has advanced in value from $61,000 to $122,000. The block bound ed by Grand avenue and East Sixth street and East Morrison and East Al der streets has advanced in value from $61,700 to $112,000. The block between Grand avenue and East Sixth street and Hawthorne avenue and East Madi son street has advanced from $27,700 to $55,000 during the year. The block on East Taylor and Yamhill streets, between Union and Grand avenues, was assessed at $28,200 last year. This year the valuation placed upon it by Asses sor Sigler is $44,000. - On East Water and East First streets the block between East Morrison and East Alder streets was assessed at t 1 v , s GROWTH of Panama. C Dredge Portland. $34,400 last year. This year it is rated at $62,000. The block bounded by East Second and East Third streets and East Morrison and Belmont streets was as sessed at $31,000 last year. This year the figure is $62,500. High Values on East Side. The block between East Madison street and Hawthorne avenue and East Water and East First streets is now worth $41,000, although last year It was rated at only $28,600. The block bounded by the Willamette River, East Water, East Morrison and Belmont streets was rated at $61,200 last year. This year's roll places its value at $90,000. Assessor Sigler is giving a good deal of his time to the proper valuation of franchises. How to arrive at the true value of a franchise is a puzzle the As sessor is studying. He will go to Seat tle within a short time to listen to arguments pro and con between cor porations there and the city, in regard to the assessment of franchises for their full value. It is possible that this course may be followed in Multno mah County. PROGRESS OF BUILDING Material on Ground for Annex to Oregon Hotel. Work has been started on the improve ments to the Oregon Hotel at Seventh and Stark streets. Elevators have been ln- Insists that good furniture is a better investment than fine diamonds. She spends a great deal of her time and my money at "Gevurtz' " buying furniture, and she is always satisfied. A satisfied wife means peace in the family and that means a whole lot to a married man. To-day Is "Buffet" Day at "Gevurtz" . And an occasion of much importance. One-fourth off on all Buffets and Sideboards. The same as yester day and tomorrow, but especially today, since it is the day at hand. The furnishing of the new home will be much lighter from a standpoint of expense and your satisfaction complete, when you have procured one of these handsome dining-room pieces. Buffets at This is our liberal plan our friendly credit system. It doesn't really matter where you live describe to us any piece of furniture you want, and we will ship immediately to your address. Just 6end a small pay ment, then $1.00 a week. Basement Special today : 10-piece Toilet Sets, in very pretty decorations ; regular $4.50 values ; today, set $2.25 FURNI- I. Gevurtz & Sons LESS TURE GOOD FURNITURE DEALERS MONEY i ft 1 I I A Quick Decision Means Great Saving f If you wish to make a limited amount of money go a very long way in the piano purchasing line, the time has come for you to put your money to the very best use. f Such piano values have seldom been known in tire history of the trade, as prevail right here and now, in Portland. f The diverted shipment of a hundred and seventeen splendid new and choicest instruments from bur San Francisco store means more to the pianoless homes of this city than any other piano offering in years if indeed it has ever been equaled. f Every instrument is of well-known make and long estab lished reliabilty. There is no chance of disappointment no possibility of dissatisfaction. jf The price on every one of the hundred and seventeen Instru ments has been cut to 57 cents on the dollar a saving to the fortunate buyers of nearly a hundred .dollars on a $200 piano; $129 on the $300 grade; a saving of $171 on the $400 instruments, and of $215 on the $500 pianos. v N CJ Nearly a third of the shipment has already been sold, a splendid record for the first three days of the sale. Keen, wide-awake music-lovers have eagerly embraced this oppor tunity to take advantage of a genuine bargain. Interest ia increasing, for friends of those who have already purchased are coming now, upon the strength of their recommenda tion. f Our windows and recital hall are both filled with these pianos. Look them over with critical judgment note their uniform high excellence their splendid character their fine tone qualities, handsome case designs and perfect finish and condition. Really, a finer special showing of high-class pianos was never made in Portland it's decidedly out of the ordinary. And you are not limited to a few makes there are many, so that you can please yourself exactly in the matter of every preference. J Da not ponder and debate investigate, and be quick. Do not wait until the sale is over and there are but a few days more come at once. For those who cannot call during the day, we have arranged to keep our store open during the evening while sale lasts. A parting word be prompt. The House of Highest Quality pianoraliability 353 WASHINGTON ST. I ? CORNER stalled on the Seventh-street front, the power being furnished by a portable en gine along side, the sidewalk has been taken up and through this opening dirt is being removed from the basement at the northwest corner. When the excava tion is finished It Is intended to extend the grill to the north wall of the build dng, this work being part of the general scheme of enlargement. Excavation is under way for the annex to be erected fronting on Park street, and foundations will be put in as rapidly as possible. Material is on the ground for the con crete work of the foundatlons.- Forms are being put in place for the concrete work of the Beck building at the northwest corner of Oak and Seventh streets, the steel frame having been com pleted. This is to be a class A building throughout. ' Brick work is up to the second story of the Cornelius Hotel at the northwest corner of Seventh and Alder streets. 1 Good progress is being made on the My Wife $ 1 Down, $ and 1-4 Off I 1 t t s. X f I I Biggest Busiest and Best OF PARK 1 outer walls of the Commercial Club build ing. The brick used In the fronts facing Fifth and Oak streets presents an at tractive appearance, being of a much lighter shade than that usually employed in the city. Standard Moves for Appeal. CHICAGO, Aug. 8. Attorneys for the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, which was recently fined J29.24O,00O in the Dis trict Court, today presented to Judge Landis a motion seeking an appeal in the case. The hearing of the motion was set for 11 o'clock tomorrow. Grange to Give Concert. The Htlwaukle Band and Grange will give a free open-adr concert and enter tainment tonight on the lawn between the grange and band halls on the Scott land. Tour credit Is good at Metzger's, jewel ers. 342 Washington st. 1 a Week