THE MORNING OREGON! AN, SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1908.
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FOUR NEEDED'TO
COMPLETE JURY
Booth Case Will Probably Be
Ready for Trial by Mon
day Morning.
COUNSEL ASKED TO HURRY
Each Side Uses Two Peremptory
Challenges and Five Additional
Veniremen Are Accepted After .
Questioning by Lawyers.
Only flva additional Jurors, making
a total of eight, were secured in the
Booth conspiracy case yesterday,-leaving
four to be selected. Those accept
ed yesterday were: Frank H. Wall,
furniture salesman, of Portland; J. H.
Mulkey, farmer, Monmouth, Polk
County: H. T. Buxton, farmer. Forest
Orore, Washington County: Robert E.
I'avis. retired druggist, Portland;
Ueorg Randall, retired farmer. Ore
Son City. Clackamas County. In ad
journing court until 9:30 o'clock this
morning. Judge Wolverton requested
counsel to make an earnest effort to
complete the Jury before noon today,
when court will adjourn until 19 A. M.
Monday.
Each side yesterday used two of Its
three peremptory challenges, the Gov
ernment excusing F. S. Doernbecher,
furniture manufacturer, and Delos D.
Neer. an architect, both of this city.
The defense excused F. J. Pettit, a
farmer, of Monmouth, Polk County,
and T. J. Hunkers, farmer-banker, of
Sclo, Linn County. Doernbecher was
not wanted by the Government, prob
ably because he is president of the
Doernbecher Manufacturing Company,
a-furniture manufacturing plant, which
was indicted along with numerous
other furniture factories in the Federal
Court last Fall and paid a fine for vio
lating the anti-trust law. Architect Neer
admitted that he had formed an opinion
regarding the prosecution of land-fraud
biases that would require substantial evi
dence to overcome.
Pettit Excused by Defense.
It was nothing of a surprise for the
defense to excuse Mr. Pettit, who, the
day before in answer to questions
touching his fitness to serve as a Juror,
announced decisively that he believed
land-frauds had been committed in
this state and he considered the guilty
persons should be prosecuted and pun
ished. In answer to questions from
Judge Webster, Mr. Munkers said he
was a farmer and president of the
bank at Sclo, Linn County. He admit
ted that he was a cousin of I. A.
Munkers. ex-Sheriff and Democratic
State Representative-elect from Linn
County, who had been elected as a
Statement No. 1 man. Political reasons
undoubtedly were back of the rejection
of Munkers. since one of the defend
ants, ex-State Senator Robert A. Booth,
haa for years been an active member
of . the Republican party in Lane
County.
When asked by Mr. Becker, for the
Government, if he had ever exercised
his rights as a citizen and sought to
acquire any public land. Munkers said
that he went to Roseburg about five
years ago. Intending to file on a tract
of Government land in Douglas County,
but changed his mind after reaching
the Land Office. At the time, James
Henry Booth, another of the defend
ants on trial, was Receiver of the
Roseburg office.
Acceptance of Buxton Surprise.
H. T. Buxton, a Washington County
farmer, was accepted by both sides
only after Judge Wolverton overruled
a challenge Interposed by the defense,
based pn the fact that he had served
as a Juror within the last two years.
It was brought out In the examination
of Buxton that he served as a member
of the Jury that convicted Charles A.
Watson on a charge of perjury In the
Federal Court In this city in August,
1908.
A. G. Woodcock, of counsel for the
defense, cited the Federal statute of
1870, In which it was provided that a
taxpayer could not be summoned for
lurv service in the Circuit ni rHatrtrt
Court twice within a period of two
years. In contradiction of this provi
sion of the statute, Mr. Becker, for the
Government, referred to a later statute,
enacted In 1879, In which it was pro
vided that citizens eligible to petit
Jury service could- not be called twice
within one year.
After hearing argument on the ques
tion. Judge Wolverton held that the
statute of 1879 In its provisions was
antagonistic to the one first enacted
and therefore repealed by Implication
the conflicting provisions of the statute
of 1870. The defense saved an excep
tion of the ruling of the court. The
final acceptance of Buxton as a Juror,
especially by the prosecution, was re
garded surprising, since It was rumored
about the Federal building yesterday
that In the Watson case two years ago,
Buxton held out for acquittal for sev
eral hours, finally yielding to the ver
dict of guilty, contended for by his
associates.
Monotony Is Often Broken.
Several amusing" incidents occurred
during the day in the examination of
the different Jurors. This was particu
larly true of the political experiences
or aspirations of the different venire
men. Robert E. Davis, retired druggist
of this city and captain of a company
In the Second Oregon during the Spanish-American
War, testified that he
was decidedly a novice in the game of
politics. He said that about 15 year's
ago he was elected unexpectedly as a
delegate to a Republican convention.
"But I did not take enough interest
In politics." explained Captain Davis,
"to attend the convention. So I made
out a proxy. Not knowing where my
appointment came from. I discovered
afterwards that I made a mistake and
gave the proxy to a Simon delegate
and not to a Mitchell man the
Mitchell people having secured re
election." Illegal Liquor Selling Charged.
Walter H. Evans. Assistant United
States Attorney, will go to Baker City
next Wednesday to represent the Gov
ernment in the prosecution of R. R.
Duffy and Ida Chase, who have been
arrested on a charge of selling liquor
at retail without first having obtained
a special license from the Government.
The arrest of the couple was made on
complaint of the United States authori
ties at Boise. Idaho. The offense is
charged to have been committed at
Fayette. Just across the state line from
Ontario.
Probe Grazing Problem.
WASHINGTON, July 17. An agree-
ment has been adopted between the
Secretary of the Interior and the Sec
retary of Agriculture for investigation
of the effect of grazing sheep and cat
tle within the watershed on National
forests which are important to irriga
tion. Potter, chief of the grazing
branch of the Forestry Service, and S.
D. Bronse, of that bureau, will co
operate in these investigations with
officials of the Reclamation Service.
The Water Users' Association and the
presidents of both the Cattlegrowera'
and Sheepgrowers' Associations in Ari
zona have been invited to arrange to
have representatives of their several
Interests accompany the representa
tives of the Government.
PLAN PROTEST TO BOARD
Architects Said to Be Dissatisfied
With High School Award.
Some of the architects who recently
competed for prizes by submitting designs
for a new high school in Alb in a are said
to be dissatisfied with the award made
by the Board of Education to Whltehouse
& Honeyman. Although they all deny it,
there is a persistent rumor that a remon
strance may be filed by the disgruntled
ones, who. it is said, desire a full written
report, setting forth in detail the informa
tion and points upon which the award
was made.
It is said that the architects are angry
because the Board of Education, as they
COUNCIL WILL ORDER
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DIAGRAM SHOWING PROPOSED EXTENSION OF MAIN AND FOURTEENTH
STREETS.
The street committee of the City Council hae recommended the opening and
laying out of Main street, from Fourteenth to Chapman, and the Improvement
of Seventeenth strsst. through the tract owned and heretofore held Intact by
Jacob Kamm. The main body will undoubtedly vote to order the work, which
Is said to be tbe beginning of a large amount of grading, laving out and filling
In that district. The matter will come up for action next Wednesday morning.
Councilman Baker, In whose ward the property lies. Is the author of the
resolution o improve and to open up the K&mm tract. It Is hui Arm belief that
the public demand for thoroughfares through the tract is so urgent that It must
be done promptly. That it ehould have been ordered long ago Is the general
belief among the members of the Council.
The tract 10 bounded on the east by Fourteenth, on the west by Chapman,
on the south by Jefferson and on the north by Taylor streets. All the years that
Portland has been growing and expanding, this piece of property has been idle,
there being no means of crossing it. The situation hse been extremely detrimen
tal to the development of the whole district, the Councllmen declare, and must
now be relieved.
If the Council orders Main street put through and improves Seventeenth, It
will furnish an excellent thoroughfare both ways, and will be of inestimable
value to traffic. As to the manner of improvement of seventeenth street, the
street committee left that with Councilman Drlscoil, who Is a property-owner
on the street.
A resolution, ordering the City Engineer to open up and lay out Salmon
- street, from Fourteenth and Chapman, was recommended to be rescinded, as It
lc aif the district does not at this time require two streets there. West of
Chapman street and between Morrison and JefTerson there Is a large tract of
unimproved property, which will soon come In for attention at the hands of the
Council, as it Is believed It should be improved. It would require a big fill to
place some of this land In good condition for building purposes.
charge, did not follow its own rules in
making the award. They also object. It is
said, to the "executive sessions" held by
the directors while considering the plans,
and wish the members of the Board to
explain In full all the details of the award.
City Superintendent Kigier. wno actea
with the directors in the matter, said last
night that he has heard no complaint
from any of the architects. He also de
clared that the report of the Jury was i
made public, and said that there is no
couse for any complaint from the archi
tects. !
If the remonstrance is filed by the
architects, the matter will be officially be
fore the Board of Education, and will I
come up for consideration at the next
regular session.
FITZ SWINGS HARD TO JAW
Lands Knockout Blow on Man Who
Spoke Insultingly to Wire.
SPOKANE. Wash., July 17. (Spe
cial.) Somewhere in one of Spokane's
rooming-houses lies a loafer nursing a;
battered Jaw and a bruised head, still
wondering what struck him when he
spoke an insulting word to Mrs. Robert
Fitssimmons, formerly a Minneapolis
girl and wife of Champion Bob, while
the pair were en route to Pantages
Theater last night for their daily per
formance. While crossing Main avenue, a burly
timber cruiser stepped up to the little
woman who was hanging on the arm
of her husband, and sought to engage
her in conversation. The roustabout
did not see the words "world's cham
pion" on Bob's "watch charm, and a
streetcar gong sounded about that time
and something fell heavily on the Jaw
of the intruder.
Mr. and Mrs. Fltxslmmons left the
sceno hurriedly before the crowd real
ized that the champion had been In
action for a brief moment. Bob makes
light of the affair and insists that he
onlv "tapped the fellow" to show him
his" place. Fits has arranged to ap
pear at Natatorium Park, a miniature
Coney Island, in boxing exhibitions
during the coming week, his vaude
ville contract ending tonight.
CLOSING0UT SALE.
Chance of a lifetime Farasols, gloves,
hosiery, corsets, muslin underwear, knit
underwear, purses, belts, waists, skirts,
coats, bathing suits, kimonos, household
supplies, dress goods, silks, etc.. etc. at
and In many cases below regular whole
sale prices. McAllen & McDonnell, Third
and Morrison.
Gasron Residence Burns.
GASTON, Or.. July 17. (Special.) The
residence of Mrs. A. Beeler, one-half
mile Vest of this place, was destroyed
by fire yesterday. The loss la $1500.
Mrs. Beeler was canning fruit and It is
thought the flames spread from the flue
of the cookstove.
INVESTIGATION DF
WATER SHORTAGE
Health and Police Committee
of City Council Calls for
Complete Inquiry.
WILLFUL WASTE CHARGED
Abont 350 Gallons Per Capita Tsed
for Irrigation During Two Hours
Daily Restrictions Probable
Until Meters Are Installed.
Shortage of water all over the" city
caused Councilman Wills, of Sellwood,
KAMM TRACT OPENED
to Introduce into the meeting of the
Council committee on health and police
yesterday morning, a resolution calling
for a complete investigation of the
situation. The resolution was recom
mended for adoption, and will probably
be referred to the same committee for
consideration. It is likely that an effort
will be made to restrict the use of
water for sprinkling purposes, and the
probable outcome,', it is said, will be a
new rule, fixing alternate night; and
mornings for even and odd numbers for
Irrigation usage.
Excessive use of water for Irrigation
purposes throughout the city is de
clared by Mayor Lane to be the actual
cause of shortage of water in Portland.
The consumption per capita for irriga
tion, it has been carefully figured by
Chief Engineer Clark, of the Water De
partment. runs up to 350 gallons dur
Ing the two hours of evening allowed
by rule. It is, declares the Mayor,
a most flagrant waste, and it is de
clared that no system on earth could
provide ample water for such extrava
gance.
"The only reason there is water
shortage in Portland where good mains
are In," says Mayor Lane, "Is the
thoughtless extravagance of the con
sumers. They turn on the hose and
let the stream run full speed, and in
stances are frequent where the water
is left to run all night. It is not only
an unwarranted waste of water, but,
as a matter of fact, it simply ruins the
lawns. A lawn does not require much
water In the Summer with the rains we
have In Winter. The best thing to
check the waste la the meter system,
which will be installed under the new
amendment, decided by the Supreme
Court in favor of the city. With meters.
the consumer pays for what is used
and it is certain that there will be a
decrease In the consumption of water
In this city within a very short time
after the new system is installed."
While the Water Board is anxious to
Install this new meter system, it can
not be done before the lapse of many
months, as the work Involved is so
great that it would be impossible to
inaugurate the plan very soon. How
ever. It is certain that, largely be
cause of the great waste of water, the
Board will make all possible haste to
bring about the change from the flat
rate to the meter rate.
The shortage of water is so bad in
many places that, even where there are
12-inch mains, the pressure is so low
that it is almost Impossible to do any
effective hosing of lawns. This is ex
plained by the officials in charge of
the water department to be the result
of the universal extravagance of con
sumers In every portion of the city.
NOTES OF RROBATE COURT
Appraisers Find John A. Martin
Estate Worth $161, 52.
The estate of John A. Martin is valued
at tl61.2.0i according to the Inventory
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and appraisement, filed in the County
Court last night. Three lots in Dosch-
er's Addition, in North Portland, on which
stand a number of warehouses, are val
ued at $100,009. A block in King's Addi
tion is appraised at $18,000. while the life
insurance carried by Martin Is worth
$7887.51. The appraisers are John Stewart,
Frank E. Dooley and A. G. west.
The estate of Bernard O Hara is worth
$63,511.46, according to tne report of the
appraisers, filed in the County Court yes
terday. D. W. Wakefield, D. S. Steams
and H. W. Fries estimate that lots S and
8. block 63, Couch Addition, at Ninth and
Everett streets, are worth $40,000. Lot 8
in block 64 at Ninth and Davis streets,
is valued at $16,000. while the west half of
lots 15 and 16. block 299. in the same addi
tion, situated at Twenty-second and Over
ton streets, is worth $7000. O Hara left a
deposit of $195 in the First National Bank,
and a deposit of $316 with the United
States National Bank.
The final account in the estate of John
B. S. Trotter, filed with the County Court
yesterday shows that of property worth
$3893.25 it was necessary to pay only $86.50
In settlement of outstanding accounts.
There is therefore in the hands of the
administratrix, Anna M. Trotter, property
worth $3808.75.
The receipts from the estate of William
Johnson have been $4563.75, according to
the final report of Genevieve Johnson,
the administratrix. Of this $2250 is real
estate. The claims have amounted to
$571.52.. The names - of James B. Upton,
M. J. Cannon and H. F. Latourette. were
Inserted in the record yesterday as ap
praisers, having been inadvertently omit
ted when they were appointed.
The final report in the estate of William
B. Robinson, filed yesterday by William
M. Gregory, .the administrator, . shows
the receipts to have amounted to $7149.91.
Of this there Is still on hand $2506.25 in
cash, deposited with the Security Savings
& Trust Company; real estate worth $3000,
and a note and. mortgage for $1000.
DIVISION ON QTJESTIOX
OF
PATEXT MATERIALS.
Dispute Also Over Proposed Use of
Brick Instead of Belgian Blocks
Between Cartracks.
A big fight is raging in the City
Council over the subject of hard-surface
pavements, one faction favoring
a resolution to order no more of this
kind of improvement, which Includes
bitulithic, asphalt and Hassam, and
the other wing opposing such action.
Another feature of the matter, which
appeared yesterday afternoon for the
first time when the street committee
met. 1b that the Portland Railway.
Light & Power Company wishes to use
vitrified br-iek Instead of Belgian
blocks between its tracks all over the
city where such improvement ' is re
quired by the Council. 1
With Councilman Wallace absent
the street committee tied on the vote
on a motion to specify brick for the
contemplated improvement of Haw
thorne avenue, from East Water street
to East Fifty-eighth, and the subject
was sent to Councilman Rushlight for
a report. It will form the basis for
an animated debate, in which Coun
oilman Vaughn and Rushlight will
lead .the forces favoring brick and
Councllmen Kellaher and Drlscoll will
champion the Belgian blocks when it
comes before the Council.
The fight' against "patent" pave
ments will not be up for discussion
next Wednesday, it is thought, but
that it will sooner or later find Its way
into the Council seems a certainty.
Councilman Kellaher Is the chief ex
ponent of the "anti-patent" wing of
the Council, his contention being that
the city, under the present charter, has
no right to let contracts for any of
these pavements, as he declares there
is . no competition in either brand.
Other Councllmen. however, cannot see
It in this light, and it Is a question as
to whether the fight against the
"patent" pavements will result in their
defeat.
There was a lively tilt between the
Councllmen composing the street com
mittee, when the question of the kind
of material to be used by the streetcar
company for improving its portion of
the streets came up. Having been con
verted to the vitrified brick pave
ments, seen by himself and Council
man Vaughn in Seattle during the
visit of the battleship fleet, Council
man Rushlight moved that the brick
be specified as the material for use
between the car tracks on Hawthorne
avenue.
Councilman Kellaher immediately set
up a loud objection, and charged that
the officials of the streetcar company
want to substitute a cheap material
for an expensive one, to avoid costs
in their portion of the city's improve
ments. It was plain, he said, that this
Is the object of the corporation offi
cers in asking that brick' be allowed
instead of stone blocks. Oskar Huber,
constructing engineer, speaking for
the corporation, denied this allegation,
and declared brick to be the better im
provement. Councilman Concannon, replying to
Chairman Vaughn's reference to Seat
tle's brick-paved streets, said that, as
far as he is concerned, he does not
wish to patronize a Seattle brlck-mak-lng
firm to improve local thorough
fares. This would result, he said, if
the streetcar company is allowed to'
name the material to be used. Council
man Rushlight said he would not ob
tect to patronizing any firm that conld
furnish the best material. It was said
by . some that the property-owners
along the avenue want brick, and
Councilman Rushlight Is charged with
the task of securing from them an ex
pression of their desires on the subject
in the form of letters to the Council.
FROM DR. TILZER AGAIN
Denies That He Accused Dr. Baar
of Ignorance.
PORTLAND, July IT. (To th Editor.)
While I ta.v no Intentknf, nor the necssrary
tlm. to nter into any controversy with The
Oregonian, I am very much surprised at the
editorial appearing in this mornlng'0 lsmie
on oxaluria. It i very obvioitt that the
writer of the article Is entirely unfamiliar
with the subject, as the arguments used are
based neither on farts nor logic. While ad
mitting that Dr. Baar may have the facts
awry, it is charged that the two critics of
the report accused- him of ignorance, "which
may find Its mark in their own vitals.
Neither of the letters printed in yesterday's
Issue accuses Dr.- Baar of Ignorance and the
writer of the article above referred to goes
beyond his sphere or province in ascribing
to us any ouch reflection, for which there
Is no basis of truth.
I repes t that my letter was written wi t h
a view to allaying any unnecessary fears or
excitement on the part of the laity which
such sensational reports are apt to arouse,
and there Is absolutely no occasion for oa st
ing any personal reflections-: nor had I any
such intentions with regard to Dr. Baar
when criticising his report.
That the original report was of a pure!y
sensational nature is borne out by the fact
that the official report of the convention at
Vienna makes no mention of oxalurla or any
other new disease discovered or named by
that IwJy, and If the writer of the editorial
had only familiarised himself with the offi
cial reDort. he would doubtless nave refrained.
from the. hasty remarks contained In hi
article. a. i jn. u.
Today and Monday will be positively
the last days for discount in Jast Bido-
gaa bills. Portland Gas Company.
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CITY MAY SELL JAIL
Plan Recommended to Provide
Money for New Building.
COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER
Scheme to Be Brought Before Bod;
in Resolution by Health and
Police Committee Other
Subjects Discussed.
If the City- Council adopts a resolu
tion introduced before the committee on
health and police yesterday morning by
Councilman Wills, the Executive Board
will be authorized to advertise for bids
for the present City Jail and site, at Sec
ond and Oak streets. The plan is to sell
the old building; and the ground upon
which it rests and to use the proceeds for
the construction of a new home for the
police department, the Municipal Court
and emergency hospital.
The resolution also-would authorize the
Executive Board to sell the vacant lots
belonging to the municipality, located in
various sections of the city, the receipts
from this source to be applied on the
new jail building. The most Important
piece of property included in this list is
the market block.
'The only thing to do is to act now, if
we are ever to have a new City Jail build
ing." said Councilman Wills. "The city
must have it, and the time is ripe. The
need is so great that every one knows it,
and there should be hearty co-operation
in securing it."
To Keep Women Out of Saloons.
The ordinance of which Councilman
Driscoll is author, prohibiting women
from entering saloons, was discussed, and
finally recommended for discussion by the
Council. Over this measure there Is much
difference of opinion among the Council
men, and its fate is in doubt. That the
liquor Interests do not want it to become
a law is admitted, but there is said to
be a strong demand for it from all moral
reform forces, ar.d it has its champions
in the Council, chief of whom are Driscoll
and Wills.
Councilman Concannon, chairman of the
committee on health and police, is strong
ly opposed to the proposed ordinance, as
he says it appears to him to be a measure
aimed at the smaller saloons, and in
favor of larger establishments located m
the heart of the city. The ordinance
was prepared by City Attorney Kava
naugh and Chief Deputy Grant, and both
have urged its passage as a highly im
portant law looking to the regulation of
the public morals. That it will occasion
a big tight when It comes up for action
1n the Council next Wednesday seems cer
tain, and It is impossible at this time to
foretell the result.
To Extend Fire Limits.
The health and police committee rec
ommended to the Council the extension
of the fire limits on the East Side, as
proposed by Building Inspector Dohson
and prominent business men of the dis
trict, and it is believed this measure will
carry without difficulty.
Plumbing Inspector Hey and City
Health Officer Pohl were present at the
committee meeting to urge recommenda
tion of the passage of an ordinance regu
lating the construction of livery stables
and governing the matter of safety of
horses. They were instructed to draft
Perfection Soda Crackers enjoy the largest sale of any soda cracker in the Pacific
Northwest.
"Long Branch" (Saltine Flakes), by far the daintiest, best and greatest seller
of its kind in the market.
"Abetta" Biscuit, a crisp, highly nutritious, delicious soda cracker, sold every
where at 5 cents per package.
These are the Big Three that give perfect satisfaction, as will be attested by
their enormous sales and the demand is increasing every day.
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needa Biscuit
most nourishing of all wheat
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such an ordinance and to present It for
consideration when completed.
It is the belief of the health officials
that livery stables in the city are very
improperly regulated at present, and it
is probable that no more stables will be
allowed in frame buildings. The fright
ful loss of valuable horses by fires in
Portland of late has served to a large
measure to bring about a sentiment in
favor of greater protection for the help
less animals.
THE end of the long procession of
fresh fruits and vegetables that an
nually files through our markets be
fore the discriminating eyes of the Port
land public has almost been sighted. Some
are already nearly out of sight. Straw
berries, for example, which were certainly
lovely and pleasant and are much and
justly regretted, are practically gone. Of
course we remember that the stalwart
rear-guard from the Hood River Valley,
Scappoose and other famous brands of
apples, has not yet made its appearance,
and promises to be a host in itself.
The very large majority of the offerings
now in market is "made in Oregon," and
the state has reason to be proud. The
displays' for sale are exhibits of first
class, really handsome fruit. The Lam
bert and Blng cherries are unusually large
and attractive, and the apricots and
peaches can challenge California any day.
Lambert and Bing cherries are selling for
15 cents and 10 cents a pound respectively.
Royal Anns are reduced to 6 cents a
pound, with a downward tendency.
Apricots are 40 cents a basket and peaches
15 cents and 20 cents a dozen, or $1 a box.
Fancy-packed boxes of choice cherries are
being sent Bast at $2 a box.'
Among the newest fruits in the market
are nectarines, at 45 cents and Simon
plums at 35 cents a basket. Peach plums
and prunes are also quoted et the same
price 35 cents a basket. Pears. 25 cents
a dozen. Cantaloupes and watermelons
are in plenty, and are selling the former
at three for 25 cents, and the later at 3
cents a pound, or 40 cents to 60 cents
each. Bananas, 35 cents a dozen. Late
Valencia oranges, 25 cents to 50 cents a
dozen.
Among small fruits, loganberries are at
their best and are offered at two boxes
for 15 cents. Wild blackberries have come
down to 12 cents a pound, and black
raspberries, 10 cents a box, or three for
25 cents. To the delight of old country
eyes, black, white and red currants were
to be seen side by side. The first men
tioned were new, and by no means over
plentiful. They were selling at 15 cents
a box, the white and red varieties at 10
cents a box. Red Astracan apples at $2.90
a box, Gravensteins at a rather lower
figure and grape fruit at three for 25 cents
about exhausted the list of fruits.
Among vegetables Crooked necked and
Summer squashes seemed to be about the
only new comers, which were retailing
at 15 cents a pound each, and asparagus
at the same price. Eggplant, 20 cents a
pound; cucumbers. 5 cents each or three
for 25 cents for large samples; beets, 25
cents a- dozen; cauliflower, 10 cents a
head; green peas, 6 cents a pound and
coming down; string beans, 10 cents a
pound; bel! peppers, 15 cents a pound;
potatoes, 2 cents a pound, and hothouse
tomatoes, 25 cents a pound, with all the
usual small vegetables made a bountiful
selection.
In the fish markets a number of smaller
varieties had again made their appear
ance, croppies and catfish, at 15 cents a
pound each; silver smelt, two pounds for
25 cents; crawfish, in the height of season,
and cooked in wine, considered a great
dainty, at 40 cents a dozen; crabs are
very scarce, salmon trout, at 20 cents a
pound; Oregon black bass, 30 cents a
pound; white sturgeon; 20 cents a pound,
with Chinook salmon and black cod at
Coast Biscuit Go.
PORTLAND, OREGON
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foods.
15 cents a pound each, and chicken halibut
at 12 cents a pound made a very respect
able showing, and were all in prime iresn
condition.
Poultry does not show much variation In
price, broilers are 25 cents to 75 cents
each, and are plentiful.
BUILD LINES AT COOS BAY
Newly Organized Company Thought
to Be Harrlman Project.
Big plans for the development of
Coos Bay and the surrounding country
have been formed by the Coos Bay
Railway & Terminal Company, a com
pany Just organized by Tacoma capi
talists. The capital stock of the com
pany is $250,000, which Is divided Into
shares of $100 each. The organizers
are Tacoma capitalists and It is
rumored that the terminal to be built
at Coos Bay will be the objective point
of the' Union Pacific's projected line
across Central Oregon from Ontario.
The connection of the Harriman inter
ests with the project ' cannot be con
firmed. Henry Hewitt, Jr., J. J. Hewitt and
Henry Hewitt, all of Tacoma; Seymour
H. Bell, Marshfleld, and S. J. Simpson,
of North Bend, are interested in the
company and are backing it heavily.
The objects of the company are to pur
chase, hold and sell real estate, build
a railroad around the shores of Coos
Bay, promote telephone and telegraph
lines and carry on other allied enter
prises. Mr. Hewitt and his associates bought
the gas works and street railway sys
tem on Coos Bay some time ago, anil
are rebuilding and enlarging both
plants. Because Mr. Hewitt and his
associates have large holdings of prop
erty throughout Central Oregon, along
the route of the projected Union Pacific
line from Ontario to the Pacific Coast,
it ie suspected that a big railway
terminal is to be built on Coos Bay,
where shipping facilities are to be
greatly improved and everything pro
vided for a great harbor and railroad
terminus.
For Loss of Appetite
Take Horsford's Acid Phosphate. Its use is
especially recommended for restoration of
appetite, strength and vitality
Special sale fine shoes at 'Rosenthal's.
HENS
17c lb
Spring Chicken, lb 27
Spring Ducks 20
Spring Geese 18
Best Butter, roll 50
Ranch Eggs, dozen 25
Milchner Herring, keg..$l
Columbia Fish Co.
THIRD AND ANKENY.
Phones Main 5, A 5556.
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