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TITK MORXIXG OREGONIAX, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 21, 1908.
10 STEAMSHIPS
TO
Pacific Export Company
Load Cargoes in April
for the Orient.
to
CAPACITY 7,000,000 FEET
Both Vessels Belong to the Strath
Line and Are Scheduled to Arrive
Here About the Same Time.
News of the Waterfront.
The Pacific Export Lumber Company
has chartered the British steamships
Strathpvle and Strathdon to load lumber
at Portland for Oriental ports. The ves
sels are for April loading and have a
capacity of 3,500,000 feet each. inis is
the first charter of lumber steamers for
the foreign trade which has been report
ed for a month. The lumber business is
. looking up and more charters are In sight
for the last three months of the fiscal
year.
The Strathgyle and the Strathdon are
practically modern vessels and are 4386
end 1350 net tons register, respectively.
Both ships were built in Glasgow about
two years ago and they are equipped with
modern winches and heavy gear for han
dling heavy timbers as well as bulky
freight.
Logging camps at all points along the
Columbia have returned gangs to work
and the mills are running on full time.
"With tho chartering, of vessels for the
foreign business It looks good for a big
season in the lumber export trade.
OAVXEKS TO CLEAR CHANNEL
Jebrls Thrown ftom the Vllle de
Dijon Will Be Removed at Once.
Owners of the French bark Vllle de
Dijon have agreed to pay for the removal
of the debris deposited toy that ship into
the Willamette River while that vessel
was lying in the stream. The work will
be commenced today and will be rushed
to completion, as the dredge Columbia is
waiting to dig at the place where the
refuse was dumped over and cannot pro
ceed with the work until the .stuff is re
moved. Action against the vessel was com
menced several days ago by Harbormaster
Speirr. The diver employed by the' Port
of Portland to survey the bottom of the
river nearly lost his life by becoming en
tangled in the wire -and hoop iron on
the bottom. " Investigation toy the Har
bormaster showed that it came from the
French bark. The United States Engi
neers were appealed to but before any
t action was taken by Colonel Roessler the
owners of the craft signified a willingness
to clean up.
Tacoma Marine News.
TACOMA, Feb. 20. Carrying between
900,0ii0 and 1,000.000 feet of lumber from
the Danaher mill, the four-mast schooner
William H. Talbot, Captain Knudsen, left
out this afternoon. The Talbot is bound
for San Francisco. The schooner arrived
on the Sound from Osaka, Japan,, last
month, after a smart run of 26 days
across the Pacific. - ' -
The big German steamer Alexandria,
of the Hamburg-American Line, is in
port, having completed' a long passage
out of Hamburg via the west coast. The
steamer brought a shipment of coffee
from "Central American ports for Win
nipeg. She will remain here several days
awaiting outward cargo. Her sister ves
.eel, the Acilia, completed loading 6000
tons of wheat tonight and after coaling
will leave out for Europe direct on Sat
urday. British steamer Strathspey, under char
ter to W. R. Grace & Company, is due in
with 1800 tons of ore from South America
for the Tacoma smelter.
The steamer Santa Clara arrived from
Quartermaster Harbor today after hav
ing been overhauled and repaired. The
vessel is coaling, prior to beginning her
voyage to Alaska.
San Pedro .Shipping News.
SAN" PEDRO, Cal., Feb. 20. The" stciam
er Olympla, Captain Hansen, arrived to
day, five days from Rellingham. She is
discharging 750,000 feet of lumber for the
K. K. Wood Lumber Company.
The steamer Cascade, Captain Ashlund,
five days from Grays Harbor, Is discharg
ing 550,000 feet of railroad ties at the
Southern Pacific wharf. She clears then
for Grays Harbor via San Francisco.
Departures today included the steamer
Roanoke, Captain Dunham, for Portland
via San Francisco and Eureka with
freight and passengers and the French
bark MarechaP Davout, Captain Heurtel,
for Portland in ballast to load wheat for
Europe.
San Francisco Shipping News.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 30. The Porno
with 308.000 feet, the Arctic with 280.000
feet, and the Wellesley with 780.000 feet
of lumber arrived at this port during the
24 hours preceding sunset today. In
addition to lumber the Wellesley brought
30 sacks of oysters from Willapa Har
bor. The Norwegian steamer Tricolor, 1237
tons, was chartered by Balfour, Guthrie
& Co., prior to her arrival in Puget
, Sound, to convey lumber from Portland
to Shanghai. ,
Boarding-House Commission Meets.
William A. Smith ("Mysterious Billy")
appeared before the State Board of Sail
or Boarding-House Commissioners yester
day and made application for a license to
conduct a boarding-house for seamen at
611 Goldsmith street. Mr. Smith stated
to the commission that he would be as
sociated witli the Jost Brothers and
would conduct a boarding-house In con
formity with the law.- The license was
denied, the Commission being xf the opin
ion that the interest of the port would
suffer if competitive boarding-houses were
permitted to enter the field at this time.
Survivors Reach Astoria.
ASTORIA, Or.. Feb. 20. (Special.) The
second mate and three pallors from the
wrecked ship Emily Reed arrived here
this evening on the steamer Elmore .from
Tillamook. Captain Kessel remained be
hind to dispose of the small amount of
wreckage that was saved and will come
in on the next trip of the Elmore. Cap
tain Svhrader of the Blmore says practi
cally all trace of the Emily Reed has dis
appeared, and there is only a small
amount of coal from her cargo left on the
beach.
Mezard May Be Deported.
Saint Francois Mezard. donkey engine
driver on the French bark Alice Marie,
who was placed in the county jail imme
dlately upon the arrival of Uie vessel In
this port, after spending three weeks In
irons In the lazaret of the ship, will
doubtless b returned to France and there
tried on a charge of mutiny and assault
CARRY LUMBER
with a dangerous weapon. The matter
of the cutting of the mate has been thor
oughly Investigated by .Consul Lab be and
the farts warrant the deporting of Mez
ard.
Marine Strike Still On.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Feb. 20. (Special.)
There is no settlement yet of the strike
of the longshoremen because of the fail
ure of vessel owners to .serve lunch under
the old customs. 'A meeting is to be held
of the longshoremen to decide what final
action to take. The vessel owners will
not recede. .
The schooner Roy Somers, tied up at
Cosmopolls for some time, has been char
tered for San - Francisco.
Schooner Berwick Without a Captain
The gasoline schooner Berwick, which
was scheduled -to sail yesterday afternoon
for the Rogue River and the Siuslaw,
was prevented from sailing by the acci
dent to Captain Bowdich. The latter fell
and broke his leg while attempting to
board his ship. It has been. Impossible
to get another captain for the craft and
It is possible that she will be compelled
to lay up until Captain Bowdich is able
to return to duty.
. New Japanese Steamer Is Fast.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 20. A cable
gram to the Merchants' Exchange from
Xoklo says that the new Japanese steam
STEAMER INTELLIGENCE.
Dne to Arrive.
Name. From. Date.
Alcsla Hongkong In port
Senator San Francisco. -In port
Alliance Coos Bay Feb. 21
Breakwater. .Coos Bay Feb. 23
Nor-.hland. .. San 'Francisco. Feb. 2j
Roanoke Lob Angeles... Feb.. 25
Rose City.... San Francisco. .Feb. 23
R. D. Inman.San Francisco. .Feb. 28 .
JohanPoulsenSan Francisco. Feb. 28
Numantla. . . .Hongkong Mar. 2
F. S. Loop. . . .San Francisco. Mar. 3
Geo. TV. ElderSan Pedro Mar. 3
Arabia Hongkong April 20
Nlcomedla. . . Hongkong. ... . . April 27
Scheduled to Depart.
Narr.e.
Senator.
Alesta. .
Alliance
For.
96n Francisco.
Hongkong
Date.
.Feb. i2t
Feb. 22
. Feb. 22
. Feb. 26
Feb. 27
Coos Bay
Coos Bay
Los Angeles. . .
San Francisco.
San Francisco.
San Francisco.
. Breakwater. .
Roanoke. . . ,
Northland. .
Rose cltv. .
Feb.
Feb.
28
28
JohanPoulsen
Mar.
Mar.
Mar.
Mar.
3
3
5
7
R. D. Inman
San Francisco.
Geo. W. Elder
San Pedro
San Francisco.
F. S. Loop..,
Numantla. . . .
Arabia
Nlcomedla. . .
.Hongkong
Hongkong
Hongkong.
Mar. J2
April 27
May S
Cleared Thursday.
' F. S. Loop, Am. steamship' (Llv
lnson); with' 400.000 feet of lumber
and general cargo for San Fran-'
Cisco. f '
Geo. W. Elder. . Am. steamship
(Jcssen). with general cargo for San
Pedro and way ports.
er Tenyo Maru, on 'her trial trip, attained
a speed of 21 knots and made an average
of 20.6 knots. She belongs to the Toyo
Risen Maisha, or Oriental Steamship
Company, and will be put on the route
from Hongkong and Yokohama to San
Francisco.
Sails With Guns and' Ammunition.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20. The United
States Army transport Crook sailed today
for Honolulu, Guam and Manila, with 200
enlisted men, 271 men of the Fifth Artil
lery for the Philippines. 16 marines for
the station at Guam and a number of
cabin passengers. She also carries a
cargo of Army supplies. Including 10,000
rifles and a large quantity of ammunition.
Engineers' Notice to Masters.
During . the work of dredging in the
Columbia River near tho mouth of the
Willamette, and during the repair of the
revetment on the channel face of Coon
Island, it is requested that all stern
wheel boats slow down to. half speed In
passing.
Jabez Howes Is Chartered.
SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 20. (Special.)
The Northwestern Fisheries has char
tered the American ship Jabez Howes to
be used in addition to its own four ves
sels, the barks J. D. Peters, Guy C. Goss
and Harvester and1 ship St. Paul.
Marine Notes.
The. steamship Senator will sail for San
Francisco this- afternoon at 4 o'clock.
The Union Tank Line steamer Santa
Rita arrived up at . Portsmouth last
evening.
The steamship Alliance is due to arrive
this morning with passengers and freight
from Coos Bay.
The French ship Jules) Gommes arrived
up yesterday. She comes from Rotter
dam with a full cargo.
Arrivals and Departures.
PORTLAND, Feb. 20. Arrived Steam
ship Santa Rita, from Port Harford: French
ship Jules Gommes, from ' Rotterdam.
Sailed Steamship Geo. W, Elder, for San
Pedro and way ports; steamship F. S. Loop,
for.' San Francisco; steamship Washington,
for San Francisco. '
Astoria,' Or., Feb. 20 Condition of the
bar at 5 P. M. Smooth, wind northeast;
weather clear. Arrived at 5 A. M. and left
up at 10:40 A. M. Steamer Santa Rita,
from Port San Lula. Arrived down at 3 A.
M. and sailed at 7 A. M. Steamer Break
water, for Coos Bay. Arrived down at 9 A.
M. and sailed at 3 P. M. French bark Vllle
de Mulhouse, for Queenstown or Falmouth
for orders. Arrived down at 10:30 and sailed
at 1 p. M. Steamer Washington, for San'
Francisco. Sailed at 1:15 P. M. German
shijj Nordsee, for Callao. Arrived at 2 P. M.
and left up at 3 P. M. Steamer Alliance,
from Coos Bay. Arrived at 4:30 P. M.
Steamer Elmore, from Tillamook.
Ipswich, Feb. 18. Arrived French bark
Vincennes, from Portland.
Fastnet, Feb. 19. Passed French bark
Genevieve Mollnos, from Portland.
San Francisco. Feb. 20. Arrived Tug
Dauntless, from Astoria; steamer Strathdon,
from .Newcastle. Australia.
Sailed Ship' Poltalloch. for Belllngham;
steamer Northland, for Portland; schooner
Mayflower, for Siuslaw; schooner A. B.
Johnson, for Grays Harbor; schooner
Omega, for Coos Bay; schooner Repeat, for
Coos Bay; Tug Columbia, for Coos Bay;
bark R. P. Rlthet, for Honolulu; steamer
Admiral Fourichon, for Havre; steamer
Hugh McCullogh. for cruise north.
Seattle. Feb. 20. Arrived Steamer Kaga
Maru, from Japan; steamer Jefferson, from
Skagway; bark J. R. Peters, from Eavlo
Harbor, to overhaul for the Summer sea
son at Alaska fisheries. Sailed Steamer
Salaiis. for West Coast and Hamburg.
m Tides at Astoria Friday.
High. - ' Low.
3:20 A. ,M 8.3 feet!9:32 A. M 1.5 feet
3:So P. M 7.4 feet9:30 P. M 1.7 feet
HIGHER SALARIES ARE CUT
Western Union Announces a Reduc
tion of 5 Per Cent.
Superintendent Ingold, of the Western
Union Telegraph office, of this city, con
firms the Teport that ail operators of the
company arid all other employes drawing
over $70 a month must submit to a reduc
tion of S per cent on their salaries. This
cut was made effective February 15.
"'The reduction in the salaries of the
Western Union is understood to be due
to the financial stringency," said Superin
tendent Ingold last night. ; "The reduc
tion is general all over the country and
Is not confined to Portland. The reduc
tion affects only those in the employ of
the company who draw more than J70 a
month, both operators and other employes."
BEGIN IRK SOOH
Harriman Line to Puget Sound
. Will Be Rushed.
CONTRACTS ARE AWARDED
Extension South of Columbia River
Begins as Soon as Material Can
Be Assembled Details1 of
Plans Given Out.
Contracts for the construction of the
portion of the Oregon & Washington Rail
road, the Union Pacific extension to
Puget Sound,, south of the Columbia
P.iver, have been let by the Harriman
interests and work on the new road will
be commenced within the next few days.
Robert Wakeneld was awarded the con
tract for the bridge work on the exten
sion from the O. R. & N. line to the con
nection with the Spokane, Portland &
Seattle, at the south end of the new
bridge now being built across the Columbia
Klver. This line will be extended to the
site of the Swift & Company packing
plant, on the Peninsula.
Mr. Wakefield was awarded all the
bridge work for the mile and one-half of
track to be built from the connection
with tho Troutdale extension of the O. R.
& N. to the south end of the Spokane,
Portland & Seattle bridge across the Co
lumbia River.
In this track there is one mile of trestle.
This work will be done by the contractors
but .the grade to be constructed and track
to be laid will be finished by the O. R. &
N. Company. The total cost of the con
struction of. this piece of track will be
in the neighborhood of $125,000. Work is
to be - commenced as soon as the con-,
tractors can assemble the construction
crews and secure material.
It is estimated that the building of the
mile and one-half of track, most of which
is on piling trestles, will require over
1,000,000 feet of timber, outside of the
piling used in the trestles. The piling
will require about 250,000 lineaL feet ad
ditional. The extension from the Troutdale line
of the O. R. & N. to the Spokane, Port
land & Seattle Railway will be begun at
once and will be completed by the con
tractors within the next 60 days. The O.
R. & N. will construct the grade to be
built over a portion of the new line and
will lay the track on the trestle to be
built by Mr. Wakefield.
This portion of the Oregon & Wash
ington is the first part of the new line to
be built in Oregon. - The Harriman in
terests gave notice several days ago
of the intention to build a connection to
the tract of Swift & Company on the
Peninsula and the contract Just let is the
result of this intention. Actual operations
will be begun during the coming week.
GREAT . TRIP, SAYS M'Ml'RRAY
Inland Empire Excursion the Best
Ever Attempted.
William McMurray, general passenger
agent of the Harriman lines in this ter
ritory, arrived in Portland yesterday from
Southern California after accompany
ing the Inland Empire excursion
from Portland to California. Mr. Mc
Murray said the excursion was the most
successful ever undertaken from the Pa
cific Northwest to the Southern California
cities. Not only were the excursionists
royally entertained at all points in Cali
fornia, but, according to Mr. McMurray,
they remembered the reception in Port
land as the best welcome that they re
ceived on the whole trip. .
"The trip was a great success." said
Mr. McMurray. "There was not a single
untoward Incident on the whole journey.
Everywhere the Junketers met with the
warmest welcome and every detail was
carried out exactly as planned. The Spo
kane and Walla Walla people were
charmed with their entertainment In
Portland as well .as on their trip through
the California cities.
"The excursion was the most success
ful ever attempted by the Harriman lines
in this territory and everyone who went
on the recent excursion to California
wants to run another next year that
their friends may have an opportunity to
make the trip through Southern Cali
fornia." v -
Besides Mr. McMurray, A. A. Morse,
special representative of the freight de
partment, and A. R. Kerrigan, of the
passenger department, who was in charge
of the excursion, returned to Portland
yesterday, having left the party of ex
cursionists at Pasadena.
Traffic Constantly Growing.
'Traffic on our lines is getting better
every day," declared R. B. Miller, general
freight agent for the Harriman lines In
the Pacitio Northwest, yesterday. "We
expect the improvement to continue.
Grain is moving from the wheat fields in
good shape, and there is only from 20 to
25 per cent of the crop in the Interior
awaiting shipment.- The indications are
for a very good fruit crop throughout the
territory served by the Harriman lines
during the coming year. Danger of frost
is considered past in the Walla Walla
country and on the Snake River. Unless
some untoward weather conditions arise.
the crop of fruit throughout the Inland
Empire, as well as the Willamette Val
ley, will be almost unequaled."
Skinner Goes to California. '
W. D. Skinner, assistant rcneml trMtrUt
agent for the Harriman lines in this
state, lert last night for California, where)
he goes on business connected with h
traffic department of the Oregon lines.
He will be away from the city for some
time.
Offices Will Be Closed.
General offices of the Harriman lines in
the Wells-Fargo building will be closed
tomorrow in honor of Washington's birth
day. The Third-street offices of the vari
ous railroads will also be closed.
WANTS IDLE LAND TAXED
As Much as That "Which Is In Every-
Day' T7se.
PORTLAND. Feb. 20. (To the Editor.)
In last Saturday's Oregontan appears a re
port of the Oregon Forestry Association,
frota which it seems that H. X. Lantftlle
HAnlAraa Vta knlrilncr im 1 .1
ber trust and extracting; from its purse a
few dollars, more than' usual for public
necersltl&s. How sad a fate is threatened
us If the robbery continues to be perpe
trated annually by the politicians, driven
by the rabble to de&perate expedients to
increase the public funds. The timber
speculators may take their- timber lands
and remov them to some other state or
country, leaving nothing but a big; hole
where once flourished millions of acres of
the finest timber on the olanet.
How sweet a to the farmer's ears sounds
the squealing of his neighbor's hogs caught
under the fence as they escaped from a
raid on his cornfield. ' bitten by his faithful
Tige and Touser.
Mr. Langille tells of some timber land
that was actually 'taxed by some vicious
assessor for more than it was worth. The
tory bounds "fishy" to an outsider. Tn
writer has traveled for days through mag
nificent forests of Oregon held by timber
speculators and the timber combines which
were compelled' to contribute to a merciless
public DurEe less than 7 cents an acre a
year. - County assessors are notoriously
blind to the value of timber lands, but will
chase hotfooted after a se.ttler'a clearing
and household goods and livestock. Through
a combination of some sort it .was quite
possible for vast sections of timber to be
held out of nse and p'ay no taxes whatever,
the title being rominally with the state.
This may .not be done now. but there are
some reasons for suspecting that 'the South
ern Pacific ' combine Is "standing in" on
such game to a considerable extent, right
now.
WJiat has the timber speculator, as such,
ever done for Oregon? Will the timber
cease to grow if he refuses to pay taxes
on it? Cannot the state guard that timber
from fire as well as the speculator? Does
the speculator guard the timber out of
charity to the people of Oregon or because
it pays? What good does the money in
vested In timber holdings by the speculator
and trusts do the people of Oregon? Is
not . every acre they buy simply another
notch cut upward In the 5rtce of logs?
Higher logs, higher lumber; higher lumber,
higher homes and buildings. All the tim
ber speculator does la to stand between the
capitalist who would use and the laborer
who would labor from stump to building.
If the timber trust will zay taxes on
what It asks for Its holdings, the remainder
of the state could go free of taxes. It is
estimated that the standing timber of Ore
gon Is worth $4,000,000,000. Is It assessed
for half that figure ? A quarter of It ?
If by reason of the direct arlmary a few
assessors have begun to nip the timber
lords so that they squeal a little, what will
happen when the recall (which Is coming)
will yank 'a few assessors out of office for
derelictions of duty? No matter how h!;h
the timber speculator Is taxed, he cannot
remove his timber land from Oregon.
Timber land Is land. The more you tax
land, the more accessible It becomes to the
user. The leas you tax It, the more profit
able it becomes to the speculator to hold
It out of use. Unlike property created by
labor, it cannot be reduced In quantity by
taxation. Tax' the timber lands, and the
speculator must use or let others use in
proportion as the tax approaches the full
rental value, and when it reaches that
point the speculator disappears altogether.
Tax houses, however, and the more you
tax them the fewer and meaner they be
come, until when the tax equals the annual
return for the use of them, they are rude
hovels and shelters such as make ud the
abodes of the vast majority of the people
of Mexico. In this latter naturally rich
country, land Is not taxed at all. and the
people are taxed- on every evidence of
thrift and Industry to such an extent that
there is little of either in evidence.
The people of Oregon have, in the power
to tax. a most potent weapon with which
to drive forth from the state the horde of
big and little timber and other forms of
land speculators that have Infested it, and
would if they could reduce the people to
the .status of Russian serfs. Indications
point to the early passage of laws that will
make some citizens proclaim the day of
judgment and the end of all things coming.
In New Zealand and New South Wales
the land speculator has been eliminated,
and lo! the land remains as fruitful and a3
generous to the worker of it, as ever. Th
secret whereby these Anglo-Saxon people
have freed themselves from tribute to those
who neither toll nor spin, but stand in
front of the table of plenty which the com
mon father has spread for all, and exact
pay from their brothers for that which God
had given to all men. this secret will not
long remain unknown to the nations of
the earth. It is a simple one. Tax the Idle
land as much as the used, and tax not the
product of labor of any sort one cent.
So, to tax reformers, land reformers and
the thinking men of Oregon, the loud pro
tests of our objectors are music. The time
is coming when they will utter still more
piercing cries. The timber speculator will
go in the pot, whenever the people of Ore
gon have wisdom enough to place him
there. And the people of this state are
not as lost in darkness as some speculators
suppose. A. r CRIDGE.
NEW HOLY ROSARY PARISH
Archbishop Christie Announces Its
Organization.
A parish to be known as the Holy
Rosary Parish has been formed by the
Very Rev. A". U McM'ahon, O. P., S. T.
L., Vlcar-Provlncial of the Dominican
Congregation of California. This an
nouncement wars made in the name of
Archbishop' Christie. Following Is the
territory embraced in the new .parish:
Sullivan's Gulch south line from river
to city limits; Willamette River to Til
lamook street; Tillamook street to Union
avenue north; Union avenue north to
Eugene street; Eugene street to East
Seventh street north; East Seventh
street north to Thompson; Thompson
street to city- boundary.
Rev. Albert S. Lawler,.0. P.. the pres
ent superior of the Dominican. Commu
nity at Holy Rosary Church, East Third
and Clackamas streets. Is the first pas
tor of this parish. He is well known In
Portland, having had charge of the Holy
Rosary Church since 1S03. Before com
ing to Oregon, Father Lawler occupied
stations of honor In his order and was
parish priest at Antloch, Port Costa and
Martinez, Cal.
The Dominican Fathers purchased the
property in Holladay's Addition and
erected the present church in J894. By
the new arrangement the church be
comes the center of a parish. A census
of the parish will soon be taken.
E. M. BRANNICK IS DYING
Well-Known Business Man Given Up
by Attending Physicians.
E. M. Brannick, general manager for
the Studebaker Brothers Company in the
Pacific Northwest, is on his deathbed at
his apartments In the Hill Hotel. He has
been confined , to his toed for over two
weeks. Violent attack of chills have left
the aged -patient in such a weakened con
dition that the attending physicians have
given up all hope of his recovery and
'have notified the family of the sick man
to be prepared for the end at any time.
On February 3, while traveling through
the State of Washington on business con
nected -with his firm, Mr. Brannick had
occasion to take a freight train, being ac
commodated In the caboose with the train
crew. A short distance from Connell.
Wash., this train was ditched and Air.
Brannick was so badly shaken up that he
was brought to his home and has been
confined to his bed ever since. No bones
were Ibroken, but the shock brought on a
fatal illness.
Yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock the pa
tient lapsed into unconsciousness, and up
to a late hour last night had not rallied.
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agriculture to meet the demand tor "educated
farmers" in the Middle Wat No one who
has not had Instruction in Greek, Latin, as
tronomy, higher English, advanced political
economy, sociology and a little French or
German can enter the new courses. All must
be college graduates. Ten wealthy men. own
ing farms within a short range of Chicago,
have offered the tisq of their property.
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BOOKS CLOSE Sill
All Candidates for Office Not
Yet in Field,
TIME LIMIT IS APRIL 1
Aspirants for the Various State and
County Positions Are Still Skir
mishing Field Will Before
Long Be Cleared.
Registration books for Multnomah Coun
ty will close April 7, at 6 o'clock. The
last date of the filing of election petitions
for county officers IS April 1. Candidates
for state officers have until March 27 to
file their petitions. The primary election
will be held on Friday. April 17. The
election will be held on Monday, June 1.
The candidates who are going to run
for county and state offices will soon get
down to business. The majority of the
proposed candidates are merely skirmish
ing and making soundings. W ithin the
next 10 days they will know just what
they are going to do, and then the poli
tical pot will be boiling in earnest. So
far there Is no end of prospective candi
dates In the field. Some men whose
names have found their way Into print,
have no serious intentions of running for
office. Some are victims of friends,
while others like the advertising" they get
out of it. There are still others who are
willing to be candidates, but when they
find the mention of their name has not
created a sensation, they listen to wise
counsel and sidetrack their ambition.
The field will soon be cleared of these
prospective candidates. The candidates
who are in earnest in getting signatures
to their petitions are as busy as the
proverbial bee. Candidates for state of
fices have until March 27 in which to file
their petitions. Some have already filed
their statements at Salem, but the flood
tide will not be reached :until the middle
of next month.
County candidates have a whole month
and over In which to get In their petitions,
so this is one reason that there is not
much doing in County Clerk Fields' case.
Just at present the only visible activity is
being shown by the men employed to ob
tain signatures to petitions. The men
employed for this purpose find a fruit
ful field in the County Clerk's office, for
they catch the voter as he passes out
after registering.
Up to Wednesday 9752 Republicans and
2263 Democrats had registered. The books
show a miscellaneous registration of 651.
Mr. Fields said yesterday that just as
soon as there is a demand, he will keep
the registration books open at night. The
books will close at 5 o'clock on the after
noon of April 7.
DEMANDS A NEW BRIDGE
Brooklyn Club "Will Work for' Mad
1 son-Street Improvement.
In view of the condition of Madison-street
bridge the Brooklyn Repub
lican and Improvement Club last night
took action looking to the replacing of
the present bridge with a modern
steel structure. Councilman Rjishlight,
president of the club, brought the mat
ter up, and declared that there should
be no delay in starting a movement
for the building of a new' bridge to re
place the present structure, which was
in such a dangerous condition that the
County Court found it necessary to
drive piles to support the spans. Rev.
Father Gregory declared, in his judg
ment, that immediate action should be
taken to rebuild this bridge. Similar
remarks were made by M. G. Griffin.
A. L. Barbur, Waldemar Seton and
Rev. Father Gregory were appointed
a SDecial committee to look into the
matter of rebuilding the Madison
bridge and ascertain what steps are
n.ecessary to secure a vote on a bond
issue, to report at the next meeting
of the club.'
The fill on East Sixth street across
Stephens Slough was exhaustively dis
cussed. Mr. Rushlight warned the
club that if the contract for filling
this ravine is rescinded It may mean
that the same action will be taken
on the East Eighth-street fill, which
is across the same slough. It was de
cided that a full force will be rallied
at the next meeting of the Council,
when the matter will come up. Every
member of the club was constituted a
committee of one .to interview Council
men and ask them to oppose the set
ting aside of this contract.
A. L. Barbur, Lv S. Daue. M. G.
Griffin, Father Gregory, F. H'eyck and
P. J. Kelly were appointed a commit
tee to wait on Manager Fuller con
cerning the all-East Side carllne and
to ask that the cars be run south to
Ellsworth street. A. L. Keenan and
P. J. Kelly were appointed delegates to
attend meetings of the neighborhood
clubs.-. J. T. Tomlinson and T. H.
Compton, of the Kenilworth Club, were
present to bring the greetings of that
organization.
PRISON YAWNS FOR THEM
"Chick" Houghton and "Pal" Are
Bound OTer to Grand Jury.
Charles Houghton and Jimmy Sullivan,
arrested Wednesday afternoon and
charged with larceny, were bound over
to the grand Jury by Municipal Judge
Cameron yesterday morning.
Practically the only witness against
the two men, besides Detectives Price
and Coleman, was William Velten, the
tailorf from whose store Houghton took
two bolts of cloth and attempted to make
his escape. Sullivan was arrested as an
accomplice. The facts of the case were
substantially as published in yesterday's
Oregonian. Houghton and Sullivan vis
ited Velten's shop at 2 o'clock Wednes
day afternoon, and the former requested
the proprietor to sew a button on his
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coat sleeve. While this was being done,
Houghton is alleged to have taken two
bolts of cloth and fled. He was pursued
by the proprietor and was captured at
Seventh and Oak streets, where he had
been joined by Sullivan.
The evidence against them was so di
rect that Judge Cameron remanded the
two men for examination before the
grand jury. Houghton, who is an ex
convict, is held in lieu of bail, which has
been placed at $3000, while Sullivan's bail
Is named at $1500. Both men were unable
to furnish the amounts named and were
taken to the County Jail yesterday after
noon. Alex Pantages Visits Portland.
Alex Pantaepn hoaH . i. n.. . ,.
vaudeville circuit and owner of the local
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