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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1903.
DEFICIT PROBABLE
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GENERA
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Fire Committee of Executive
Board Declines to Buy
New Apparatus.
WARNED BY THE MAYOR
ward of Contracts for $25,000
Worth of Equipment Postponed,
Pending Decision of Council.
Revenues Fail Off.
So great is the danger of a big deficit in
the general fund of the city that Mayor
Lane yesterday afternoon advised the
. Are committee of the Executive Board
to postpone the award of bids for $25,000
Worth of apparatus for the Fire Depart
ment until the matter can be placed be
fore the Council, probably at a special
session, to be held next week. In view
oT the circumstances, the members of
the committee so voted. The bids will be
held open until action is taken by the
Council.
Conditions, as set forth by Mayor Lane,
placed the fire committee members in an
embarrassing situation, as the call for
bids was responded to by several firms,
and one man came clear from Boston to
be present in person at the time of award
ing the contracts. Another was here from
Seattle. It now remains to be seen
whether or not the bids will ever be ac
cepted, the whole matter being one for
the Council to determine. It seems doubt
ful at this time., because af the financial
situation, and it would not be at all sur
prising if the Council decides to leave
the appropriation as it stands.
It this is done. It will mean that none
of the fire apparatus can be purchased,
as the ordinance, carrying the amounts,
specifies in each instance the sum to be
expended for each piece of apparatus.
In all but two Items, the bids exceed by
a small margin, the appropriations.
Xow Up to Council.
The action of the fire committee, which
is composed of Mayor Iane, as ex-ofticio
chairman; Marcus A. Fleischner. Richard
"Wilson and I T. Peery, refers the mat
ter back to the Council, with a review of
the situation, as outlined yesterday after
noon by Mayor Lane. Then if the Coun
cilmen see lit to amend the appropriation
ordinance, so that its aggregate amount
may be applied in the purchase of 'the
fire apparatus for which bids have been
opened, the Executive Board will proceed,
it is said, to award the contracts.
In defining his position to the members
of the fire committee and to the rep
resentatives of fire apparatus manufac
turers. Mayor Lane explained that, as
citizens, realizing the danger tit con
fronts the municipality, it was his duty
to protect the Council by giving the mem
bers due notice of the facts, as possessed
by him. He declared that any deficit
must be made up out of the private purses
of the Oouncilmen. and said that, while
some of the members had fought him,
he nevertheless felt that he must over
look this and do his duty by them as a
citizen and as an ofnciul.
Causes or the Deficit.
Three unexpected incidents have com
bined to create the present condition, ex
plained the Mayor. The O. R. & N. Com
pany has refused to pay taxes assessed
against it to the extent of J73.O0O, and has
tiled suit to enjoin collection of tha
amount. Should the city eventually win,
the sum will not. in all probability, be
come available this year. The referendum
was applied to the vehicle tax ordinance,
or at least was sought to be applied, and
the matter Is tied u: in the Circuit Court.
This cuts olT about $15,000 that ' was
counted on. Then there is the matter of
the local option campaign, being waged
on the East Side, which, if successful, is
said to be sure to wipe out revenue to
the extent of approximately $25,000.
These three matters combined, it was
shown, create a serious condition and
Mayor Lane declared that something must
be done to make certain payment of the
city's obligations.
Protect City Council.
In order that the members of the City
Council may have all of the facts, and be
placed in a position to protect themselves,
the fire committee members voted to hold
open the bids until such time as. the
Council may meet and take action.
The only awards recommended to the
Executive Board by the fire committee
yesterday were for two combination
chemical and hose wagons, which will
cost the city $1800 each. These will be
furnished by A. G. Long, a local dealer.
The apparatus for which bids were asked
consists of four second-size engines two
third-size engines, besides the wagons for
which the contracts were let.
SPOUSE SOUNDLY WHIPPED
Jealous Husband, Wlio Objects to
Wife's Kscort, Is Worsted.
L. D. Carmack, manager of the Dia
mond Ice Company, had far better have
suppressed his jealous emotions -when he
saw his wife, Mrs. Harriet C. Carmack,
on the street with another man. Thurs
day night. Jealousy getting the better
of him, he attacked his wife and her
escort with stones, knocked the escort
down, had a tussle with his wife, and
then suffered a sound thrashing from the
aforesaid escort who recovered from the
Initial blow delivered by Carmack in
sufficient time to be revenged. Added to
that. Carmack is in the toils charged with
threatening to kill his wife.
In the heat of the fracas, he is said to
have assured the woman that but one
thing prevented him from taking her life,
the lack of a suitable and sufficient
weapon. She took that as a threat
against her life, consulted Deputy Dis
trict Attorney John Stevenson and the ar
rest of the husband followed.
The name of the escort involved is not
yet revealed. He is said to be a younger
man than the husband and even a hand
somer one. It is said he was felled by
a rock thrown by Carmack but shortly
arose and gave an excellent account of
himself. Mrs. Carmack likewise wedged
in a few blows on her spouse and her
knuckles showed the result yesterday.
The case will be heard in the Police
Court.
RESTORE EXCURSION RATE
Commercial Culbs Want Low Pare to
Seaside Resorts.
An effort is to be made by all the com
mercial clubs In Eastern "Washington,
Idaho and Oregon, Including the local
commercial club, to secure a restoration
of the low excursion rate from interior
points to the seaside resorts on the Ore
gon and Washington coast, which has not
been in effect for several seasons.
Among the reasons given for the reduc-
railroads and a great convenience to the
people of the Inland Empire and other in
terior points: that the natural Increase
In the volume of travel, warrants the re
duction for the Summer season. The
rate requested is about one fare for the
round trip, with stop-over privileges at
Portland.
Resolutions have been adopted by a
number of- the commercial bodies at In
terior points and they have interested
other organizations all along through the
territory affected. The Board of Gov
ernors of the Portland Commercial Club,
at its last meeting, unanimously indorsed
the resolutions of the Walla Walla Com
mercial Club, fully covering the details
of the situation.
CONSOLIDATION" IS COMPLETE
Portland Railway, Light & Power
Co. Takes Over Properties.
Subsidiary companies to the Portland
Railway, Light & Power Company have
been taken over by the big electric cor
poration and that concern now operates
every mile of streetcar track formerly
owned by the Portland Railway Com
pany and the Oregon Water Power &
Railway Company. These two companies
have formally transferred their proper
ties to the merger company.
The same thing. has been done by the
Portland General Electric Company, so
that now the P. R. L. & P. Co. is the
holder of all electrical properties of every
kind within the city, with the exception
of the independent trolley lines Just being
built. The corporation controls traction,
lighting and electrical power.
The final steps In accomplishing for
mally the "consolidation of the Individual
companies began some time ago
were taken yesterday when stock
holders and directors of the Port
land Railway Company met at the head
quarters building. First and Alder streets,
and formally approved the transfer of the
streetcar company to the big corporation.
Deeds of transfer for the property have
already been filed and the formal sanc
tion of the officials of the Portland Rail
way, now that the other details have
been settled, was all that was needed to
bring about the actual transfer.
The O. W. P. lines were the first to be
taken over by the Portland Railway,
Light & Power Company, and the Port
land General Electric Company came into
the fold a few days ago. The meetings
yesterday complete the consolidations.
The old companies will be known no more
in the operation of the properties, al
though the organizations will be maintained.
ELECTRIC ROAD STOPS WORK
Mount Hood Company Awaits Out
come of Pending Land Cases.
Trouble over right-of-way has stopped
operations on the Mount Hood Railway &
Power Company's line, under construc
tion between Portland and Bull Run,
near the base of Mount Hood. Work was
halted yesterday morning, when 80 la
borers were laid off indefinitely. No
promise could be given when grading and
track-laying operations will be resumed.
Everything depends upon the securing of
right-of-way in the neighborhood of
Gresham. "
1 The rails of the new line have' been
laid up to a fence near Gresham. The
fence encloses a disputed piece of right-of-way
and there are four other similar
tracts adjoining, all of which are in
volved in suits brought by the Mount
Hood company to condemn. There is one
other piece of right-of-way in the town of
Gresham which must be secured by
legal process. The railroad could, un
questionably, secure a franchise along
a Gresham street, but the company pre
fers to buy its own right-of-way instead.
"I cannot tell when these land mat
ters will be settled." said General Man
ager Miller, of the Mount Hood company,
yesterday. "We have taken our men
off the work, housed our machinery and
covered our. steam shovels. The track
Is laid just as far as it can be until wa
secure more right-of-way and we ex
pect' to accomplish this as soon as the
courts act. However, the courts are busy
now and I do not expect to get these
matters adjusted until June.
"Work on the power plant is going
ahead slowly. We need sand for making
concrete and we are waiting until It can
be hauled in after the rails are laid on
the road. We received 25 new gravel
cars today that will be used in grading
the line."
NO DAMAGE TO YOUNG WHEAT
Recent Frost Was Not Severe in
Eastern Oregon.
A. A. Morse, special representative of
the freight department of the Harriman
lines, has Just, returned from a trip over
the Shaniko and Condon branches of the
O. R. & N. and says that reports of
damage to growing wheat by frost in
hat territory are unfounded. He found
wheat in excellent condition throughout
the territory visited and says there will
be a crop this season that will equal the
large one of last year. The crop is all in
and rain is needed. ' However, several
weeks will elapse before the lack of rain
will work any damage.
Mr. iMorse says that in the territory
tributary to the two feeder lines he
traveled over, there is about 10 per cent
increase in the barley acreage, with a
proportionate falling oft In Winter wheat,
leaving the total grain acreage about the
same as last season.
River Service Is Curtailed.
The O. R. & X. will operate a tri-weekly
boat service between Riparia and Lewis
ton on the Snake River, commencing at
once. The former daily service will be
discontinued, because of the opening of
the new Riparia cutolT. Boats Will leave
Riparia Mondays. Wednesdays and Fri
days and will leave Lewiston Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Sundays.
W. E. Conian Goes to Chicago.
W. E. Coman, assistant general freight
agent for the Harriman lines', left Port
land last night for Chicago, where he
goes to attend a meeting of the Trans
continental Freight Association. There Is
a long docket awaiting the meeting of
the freight men and it is not expected
that Mr. Coman will return to Portland
for one month.
Canadian Officials Here.
. B. W. Greer, general freight agent for
the Canadian Pacific Railway, at Van
couver, B. C, accompanied by W. B.
Lanigan. assistant freight traffic mana
ger for the Canadian Pacific's Western
lines, with offices at Winnipeg, Man.,
spent yesterday in Portland, looking into
traffic conditions In this territory;.
STOCK SALES END
Fine Cattle Are Disposed Of on
Closing Day.
COMPETITION IS BRISK
Twenty-one Head of Shorthorns and
Herefords Sold at Auction for
Average Price of
$151 Each.
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Low Rates to Chicago.
Extremely low rates to Chicago and
other Eastern points on sale May. 4 via
Chicago & North-western Line. For
full ' information apply R. V. Holder,
uen'i Agt., lo3 Third St. . '
' It Reached the Spot.
Mr. E. Humphrey, who owns a large
general store at Omega, O.. and is pres
ident of the Adams County Telephone
Co., as well as of the Home Telephone
Co.. of Pike County. O., says of Dr.
Kings New Discovery: it saved my
me once. At least i tninx it am. It
seemed to reach the spot the verv
seat of my cough. when everything
.1.. ;i n.l " T L-ln.-a M A nr T U . . ..
n o t only reaches the, cough spot; It
heals the sore spots " and the weak
spots in throat, lungs and chest. Sold
under guarantee at Woodard, Clarke
& Co.' drugstore. ' '60c and $1.00.
Trial bottle free.
The livestock sale conducted by the
Portland Horse Sale Company for the
past four days closed yesterday with the
auctioning oft of 21 head of fine Short
horns and Herefords. The average price
paid was $154 a head. This was the first
attempt of the sales company to sell
blooded cattle and Its success only goes
a step farther to prove Portland to be
one of the coming centers of the fine
stock industry. During the four days of
the sale over $50,000 was paid for fine
horses and cattle. Buyers from all over
the Northwest attended and every pur
chaser from outside the city who came
here to buy a thoroughbred horse or
other animal found what he wanted and
was willing to pay fancy prices for what
he got.
There was a surprisingly large crowd
on hand at the Union Stockyards yester
day morning and the moment the sales
were opened the bidding was sharp and
spirited. C. C. Colt, president of the
Union Stockyards and representative of
the Swift Company,' was one of the
early bidders. Ida. a blue ribbon Here
ford, caught his eye and she was finally
knocked down to him for $120.
G. W. Warren, of Warrenton, bid $S!
for Star Weno. the prize-winning Short
horn bull at the State Fair last year.
The sales follow:
. Shorthorns.
Conxlgned by W. O. Minor:
MaRgie Hillsdale, red. calved Novem
ber . 1002. A. L. Brown. Haines. Or. $110
Mary Ann. roan, calved February 14,
11108, Portland Union Stock Yards 155
Grandella. red, calved November 15.
1005. George Chandler. Baker City.. 100
MagKie Jane, red. calved July 29. 1900
George W. Warren. Warrenton. Or.... 70
Melroee. red and white, calved Febru
ary 6. 1007. A. I. Brown 100
Star Wano, red bull, calvsd November
1, 1006. G. W. Warren 300
Herefords.
Consigned by A. R. Morgan:
British March, calved January 6, 1904.
C. Mlnsinger. city 300
Imp Flash, calved March 23, 1S9S. J. O.
Storey. Rugene 1-0
Imp British Beauty, calved January 12,
JSH8. George -Chandler. Baker City.. 12o
Ida. calved January 17, 1905, J. C. Calt,
citv 120
Pride of Wa-co II. calved March 19.
1H02, A. J. Warnock 105
Roaine Alamo, calved March 19, 1902,
Johnson & Weir. Oorvallls 150
Imp Queen Ideal, calved November 14,
1!00. A. J. Warnock. Norton, Or. . ., . 105
Imp Topsy. calved February 25, 1S98, J,
O. Storev -
British Queen, calved July 30, 1908,
Jnhnsnn A Weir 140
Nora, calved July 11. 1907. C. Mlnsinger., 105
Ruby, calved July 11, loots, ti. n. tiau.
Mount Vernon. Wash 100
Ruth, calved July 29, 190", C. Mlnsinger,
lty 100
Topsmar (hull, calved November 17.
1903. A. J. warnecK ""
Consigned by the Willamette Valley Land
& Livestock Company:
Owhl (bull), calved January 20, 1903,
W. K. Taylor. Corvallls 125
Lewis (bull), calved July 13, 1906, Sam
Cochran, St. John." Or 145
BISHOP DEFINES DUTIES
Declares Ministers Should Never
' Engage in Business.
The remarks of Bishop Wil6on Thomas
Hogue, who Is presiding oyer the annual
free Metnoaist comerence in session at
the First Church, East Mill and Ninth
streets, ilumine even the dullest routine
of the proceedings. His short talks are
looked forward to with great interest. He
had over 19 years of hard work on the
circuit, and knows all about the hard
ships the ordinary field worker encounters.
Yesterday morning he made some incisive
remarks on the duties of ministers.
"A minister." he .declared, "ought never
to use his title of minister for business
purposes, and he ought never to divide up
his work. By no means should he become
a real estate man, an Insurance agent or
a peddler. Bishop Fowler, of the Meth
odist Church, said In a recent sermon
that he had found many backslidden
Methodist ministers who had become In
surance agents, real estate men, and sold
stock in some wildcat company. The
bishop then said to his audience, 'You
butchers and grocers, beware of these
men.
Bishop Hogue also remarked on the
tendency of the members of the church
to move, that they had the migratory
fever, and that It was the duty of the
pastors to urge the necessity of fixed
places of abode. His remarks were ad
dressed to the conference, as he was re
ceiving Henry E. Kreider and J. L. Smith
into the conference as elders, it having
been announced they had completed the
course of study. E. M. Walter was ad
mitted on trial to the conference. E. M.
Hillis was continued on trial.
It was decided to invite C. W. Stamp
to come into the Oregon conference and
work in special meetings. Mr. Stamp is
under the Jurisdiction of the Home Mis
sion Board. R. H. Dollarhide was trans
ferred from the Louisiana to the Oregon
Conference. J. H. Hopper, of the Colo
rado Conference, was elected an honorary
member. J.. H. Brown was elected to the
Home Mission work. J. O. Hockett was'
given supernumerary relations. Rev. F.
J. Kester. of the Clinton Kelly Methodist
Church, was given an honorary seat in
the conference. Yesterday afternoon the
Women's Missionary Society held a busi
ness session.! The ministerial stationing
committee is' holding daily sessions, and
may submit a report tonight.
THE LAST DAY AT 20c
Stock Advances to 50c per Share Monday, lay 4th
NORTHWESTERN EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT CO.
Buy now and get in at rock bottom price 2 Oc per share
Our stock is being taken up with surprising rapidity. The millionaire, the merchant, the doctor,
the lawyer, the mechanic, are all buying it. Why not you? And do it now. We want to hear the
hum of the wheels of our mill within -a few months, then the shipping of our lumber, and then the
income. Will you be one of the lucky ones to share in the profits? $100 invested now will give you
a life income. .
I can positively convince you that there is no better investment on the present market than the
one here offered.
Think of it!" Four billion feet of high-priced, hardwood, merchantable timber, located on the
Coast, accessible and easily logged, on good, wide, tidewater rivers.
The market for every foot of this vast tract is already established, and the profits will be enor
mous. Ten million feet per year can be sold in the immediate vicinity of our plant. This one market
guarantees a net profit of 30 per cent on the entire investment, and represents but a small propor
tion of our output. -
This large tract of timber is located on the Pacific Coast, where we have the best shipping facili
ties to any port in the world available.
' The'timber consists principally of the highest-priced wpods used in the manufacture of pianos,
hotel fixtures, shipbuilding, railroad and electric cars, house and office trimmings, furniture, and
many other indispensable wood commodities.
The woods comprise MAHOGANY, LIGNUM VITAE, EBONY, CEDAR, ROSEWOOD, OAK,
RUBBER, BALSAM, COPOEBA, C0C0B0LA.
The net price of this valuable tract of timber is less than 20d PER THOUSAND FEET, and
most of it finds a ready market at prices ranging from $100 to $400 per thousand. ,
, The LIGNUM VITAE is in great demand, and marketable at more than $1000 per thousand feet.
The Board of Directors of the Northwestern Exploration & Development Co., which controls this
timber, has authorized me to sell a limited number of shares of its stock at 20 per share (par value
$1.00), for the purpose of installing a plant of sufficient size to meet the demands of the market.
I have on exhibition at my office samples of wood (highly polished), cut from this tract; also
cruisers' reports and other data, which will convince at once the most skeptical of the wonderful
money-making resources of this enterprise.
Call or write and secure subscription blanks. Do not delay, or you may miss the opportunity
of a lifetime. x
GEO. W. DOUGLA
318 Worcester Building
PORTLAND, OREGON
HOLD ANNUAL EXHIBITION
Multnomah Women's Annex Mem
bers Do Stunts.
The annual gymnasium exhibition of
the women's annex of the Multnomah
Amateur Athletic Club held yesterday af
ternoon In the Multnomah gymnasium
brought out a large attendance. Tire ex
ercises were under the direction of Pro
fessor Robert Krohn and consisted in
artistic and intricate marching, fancy
dancing, dumb-bell, parallel bar and va
rious calisthenics.
One of the prettiest features of the
long and varied programme was the fig
ure marching or 12 of the young women,
attired in picturesque fencing costumes..
This march terminated with a clever
fencing combat between Miss Prances
Jeffery, the president of the women's
annex, and Mrs. G. Hoffman, with
honors even. As an effective finale eight
girls in white costumes and an equal
number In red. the club colors, executed
a difficult drill, finishing in the form of
the Multnomah wing, the girls in red
costumes forming the M and the remain-"
der composing the white wings.
Following is the programme:
Selections, Parsons' orchestra; march
ing and calisthenics; two-step combina
tion; slipper game; parallel bars: dumb
bell drill: grace dance; table vaulting,
junior annex and women; recitation,
Julia Cole; medicine ball race; fencing:
flying rings; hornpipe, junior annex;
winged M ballet.
Hanan snoes at Rosenthal's.
TWO FINANCIERS IN FIGHT
Louis J. Wilde Administers Rebuke
to C. A. Block.
Louis J. Wilde paid his respects to his
old friend. C. A. Block, yesterday with a
right swing to the cheek delivered with
high velocity and considerable accuracy.
It was' the only blow struck, for Block did
not seem inclined to fight. , Besides, a
large assemblage of unsportsmanlike
pedestrians interfered and prevented what
might have been rather a classy fistic
event ' had Wilde insisted.
The fight, or rather the blow, occurred
in front of a barber shop near Washing
ton street on Sixth street. Wilde was
coming out of the shop as Block ap
proached. Block -had a walking stick
in his hand. He raised it, unconsciouslv
perhaps, but Wilde thought it was a
hostile move and waded In. .He closed on
Block and got In a stinging blow. They
clinched, the Instantly-formed crowd
closed in and the affray was at an end.
A policeman stepped up but since Block
walked away. Wilde was not arrested.
Block went direct to the office of Dis
trict Attorney Manning where he told of
the trouble. But Instead of issuing a
warrant of arrest, Mr. Manning advised
peace and Block went away satisfied,
allowing the Incident to drop. There has
been bad feeling between the two men
for many months because of business
deals In which they had- conflicting In
terests, each accusing the other of unfair
manipulations.
Sunrar and salt will bnth preserve meat,
bec&upe they absorb tha moteture in it. and
so itrevert decom position.
CITY LIGHTS STILL BURN
Josselyn Says People Must Xot Suf
fer for Mayor's fault.'
"Just because Portland has an obstrep
erous Mayor is no reason why the people
of the city should suffer by having the
street lights turned off."- declared Presi
dent Josselyn, of the Portland Railway.
Light & Power Company, last night.
"Our company will not leave the city In
darkness for-any such reason," he added.
May 1 was the date when It was hinted
that the street lights would be turned
off unless the city renewed Its contract
with the company. Mayor Lane opposed
the efforts of theCouncll to renew the
old contract and the clash between the
Mayor and President Josselyn that prom
ised to plunge the city into darkness
was due last night.
However, consideration for the people
of the city, he says, kept President.
Josselyn from taking the rash step
threatened. """ "
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