Morning Oregonian., November 23, 1908, Page 3, Image 3

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JETTY FIRST
General Marshall's Report
Urges Importance of
Big Undertakings.
TELLS CF WORK NOW DONE
Chief of Army Engineer Ak That
Congress Deepen Mouth of
Columbia and Kcmove
Celilo Obstructions.
OREGONIAN NEWS BVRWl". Va
i. v-,- I7li Sr, evident from
annual report of General Marshall. Chief
of Armv Rnsiner. In which ne ara
i k.eKnr ImnrnVpniCntS III "
he
Nnrthwwt, that in opinion the Ol
ilo
ranRl and the Coiumnia itiv.-r .
ust
be completed brrnre omer mi;
. i.mr.nti are undertaken
im-
on
les
... Aen f iioh value as to Jusi
:tlfy
, t.. L-ir, o- tii.'h snnroitnatlons
M will enable the Government to m-
i. - I $, nou 1 lit lir-
plte tne.te worns i
. Mm nri-t iral stand DOl
i n r-jw t. i-- ,
iji one that will be satisfying to the peo-
pl or the eniir cniii-si,
only needs Conertwional Faction
i. m -Oi.t This ronort W
carry n r- -
form the basin fr the river and harbor
bill to be pa?;-d at the cumin ewon.
The follow ins- extracts are taken from
General Marshall s repn:
From Portland to tlic Sea.
inn irv l'Hii dootd a prJ
which contemplate a large amount f
Mrtrarlli ritkt-t ill rminn in O.fUV"'
In order to mk the u.Vfoot channrl -mre
or Im pernan-nt and dlmintnh ne annual
drdinj( rquird. The unitl tot of
hi. I..!.r nrolrrt WAS SlMTl,LvO
1 to thl time only a very mall number
ef dik have rcn built, owln to tne iar
of appropriation
Tn ruanr 1Wh at th mv.At of tti
year was about Zl tx at low watr. with
. nnint near Astoria havinr a d-ith
of onlv feet, hut a the roluml.la jRv-r l
t1 ! In freshet the actual at a liable depths
r naxrr "-T or f.-e. A uiiual the
dredr1 will he put to work and Jr-de the
hoal-st places before, the river reaches a
li-iw Kiare.
Th amount expordM prior to 1S77 was
tri 7Wirt- fr..m t7 to adoption or prw
cnt project as $1.0S'.S74 1 1, and on the
prf vnt project t end of the finrat year
laMi. exclusive or nreite comuuuhmi, -.t.i.-14
49.
The art of Murrh 2. l!07. appmprtated
fni.rtrto f"r enstructina and opera t tne a
dredae. This dredge Is under construction
on the Atlantic foat and will be deilvfred
here dnrln the coming; fiscal y ar.
The work of the pat ftfi: year conslet
ert In removina an oh:ruftin pile and
trone dike near the mouth of the Willamette
Rier. repalrinr atone revetment of t'oon
I-iand and dr-dtn by the l liitcd St its
deedce W. S. l-adi in the lower reaches of
the eMtiary. and by the d reuses of the port
f rortlund In the upper reaches or tne
th!p channel,
The betterment ft the channel by dr"dc
tnar I nfrxinarr iHTidhf the construction
of nemtanent works of con t rs't l'n. The
et1mate of $''no.ojnt provides only for main
tenance of a I'.'t-foot channf-l. an otitnata
for heinntna- dike construction beiiiK de
ferred in orrier that other . rki of a spe
i tat character, such as -he construction of
The Dalles Celllo Cinal and the purchase
of the private lorks and canal in the Wil
lamette River at Oregon City, may be pro
vide.) for by 'le.urte n pnropria tlon or by
MirhorliaTiou of contlnuinK cfin tracts. When
these latter ha.e been i-ared for. the per
manent Improvement of tbe l-.wer Columbia
by construction works should be undertaken.
The two rhanneis around Swan Island
below Poi-rland oriRina'ly divided the cur
rent of the river to the d-trmieitt f b"ih.
A shoii bar existed at the head f each
channel. To remove that of the eat chan
nel a dike was ronetructed acrss the had
of the west channel. The sf channel,
which is used by all vessels. Is very crooked
at one portion, and It !a sometimes difficult
to avoid collision between deep-sea vessels
and liff tows; the latter re the main
source of worry to the deep-sea navigators
In the 8 wan Island channel. Then i a
a-eneral desire to hive the wet channel
dredsed out to a sufficient depth to accom
modate lojr tow. This Improvement is
tim"l a net-ejiary ne In view of the ln
creaslna commerce of tiit iort. In making
appropriation for the iinpiovement of tha
ship channel. U Is recommended that so
m m;h of the money an may be necesjiry
te authorized for dnutKina- ou: the wet
channel to such extent a may he ne-esary
t accommodate lis; tows. K pup SOU feet
tde has bct-n lrft in the dike in thf west
channel to permit the passage of aheal
waier boats.
Mouth of the Columbia.
The construction of the south Jetty es.
tenpln Is now in progress The dfrTh-nltiei
In varrvlna; on this work hare arisen frem
the hea seas which sw een yrer the line of
tl: Jetty extension and from the weakening
of the trestle by the teredo. So a tte hava
been, the teredo in honex combiny the pllei
that a trestle from ore to two years old.
tupcrtrd by au e n rock men t only raised to
!ow tide and on'y 10 feet wide on top. has
ben on ee era! occasions tvmplftflv de
t r.d bv the storms of a sin jrlo Winter.
The eper!eme acquired, at considerable
ro, of coume. durlny; the first two years of
the w ork f huddlcpc the Jetty extension,
has domuritrntf.l that to hold a trestle Ions;
ea'Uish to rtntn the w ork It Is necessary to
ra'e the enro kment to a level of mid tide,
or blather, and to tve It a width on top
greater than the width of the double-tra. k
trel !e ab-'Ut 2T. f.tt.
.At the end of tie nval year the treitle
liAil been efer.de-i over old enro. kment to
a rolnt 2i irj fe t from the root of the
Jety at K"rr Scven and, the enrockment
brou ght up to level of an average of four,
feet atoie l"1 t'le to the same point. Be
fore the end of Ju'v the end of an old en
rockment will be n-a--hed and the further
e-itn:-'n begun It m rxpected to place
from .TVHi to its'' toita of ;one per day
f-um the latrer part of July to the end Of
tlie working eeen.
The usual midsummer survey of the bar
was made in June Tli reeults are very en-.-v,i-a
tine Where eeveral narrow, poorly
leflnetl cnannels existed a ear ago there is
now a broad vhanne! Mioo fert wide and
-'' H feel deep. exceMttig at several points
where isolated aoundlns's of -4 4 and 23 feet
w-re btatnHl Another encouraK'ng exhibit
Is the continuing accretion of eand on both
thw north and south side of the Jetty. Ths
accretion la verv marked. .
Tha a mou nt expended vtt the work under
tbe orlieirijij pr!e-t was $ t .irts.7i3. 1 4 ; on
the present project. J ! V44 1 14
Willamette Above? Portland.
Tbe project of hm.. und-r whhh opera
tions are rw . arrie.i n, contemplate the
creation and matntenau e, by bank revet
me.r. rontra tlort time. dreUging and snag
gnc. of a low wafer , harne! 1J feet deep
f-om Portland to ivift" leiht miles, and
' to 24 f-et d-t-p from ttwego to for
vaJHa on the WCiatuefte, wnd to a ton on
the Tamhlll R:er Sracslng inlv is con
templated aboe i'on;:n and that is not
often required.
The atnual rraintenan- ie estimated at
.1 0.000. and this amount 111 he requtrel
f-T the first fiscal ear ending June no.
1"I0 A further appr.-prlation vt tiumm is
om mended for cnr rr.-t m g a revetment
.pps're Albany, where th rlev threaten a
-ut-tiff to the Injury of the main channel,
and fr extending the revetment at Inde
( evidence.
Celilo Canal I'rojtxt.
If Is recivm mended that the construction
of The 1aIles-tUro t'anai be placed on a
continuing pontrurr baMs. with authorisa
tion to expend 91.000.iO pec year until the
work Is completed. If this la not d"ne. an
ai'propriarlon of $:.noOv.KMl la recommeniied
f-r t;,e fla.'al veer ending June so, 111 o. In
addition to the $lri4.txk bsretofore pledged
but tut yet apixnrlated.
After allowing for Ui ompIeUoa of th
i
present contract, there will remain a bal
ance of approximately f 20") from the
prertnua appropriations, $334,009 provided
"hy the sundry civil act of May 27. IflOf. and
an unappropriated balance of $14.000. mak
ing a total of $700,000, under which another
contract will be made cover! a the construc
tion, save the concrete lining, of about
14.40O feet of canal trunk in extension of
the work bow In progress at i!i!o.
The report Mates that river boats
can now reach Bis Eddy, four miles
above The Dalles, at favorable stages
of the river, and a limited amount of
frelarhi Is being: transferred between
steamers and the porta are railway, and
between the portafte road and a single
steamer operating during the past sea
son above CoUlo.
"This Influence of this traffic has already
resulted in a reduction of the freight rates
as fsr as the traffic over the portage mad
and its connecting steamer above has ex
tended, and a still further reduction is
amirtpated as the steamboat service on the
upper river is increased." adds tbe report.
Rocause of the increase In cost of
materials, and the, higher cost of labor,
the estimate of cost of The Dalles
Celilo canal has been revised, and in-
sieud of being $4,125,000. as originally
estimated. It Is now- aet at $4,900,000.
If Congress makes this project a con
tinuing contract. It will necessarily
approve the higher estimate.
Columbia Above Celilo.
Congress bns authorised the total
expenditure of $40 '.000 in the improve
ment of the Columbia River between
Celilo Kails and the mouth of Snake
River. The State of Washington has
appropriated $25,000 additional for the
improvement of Cmatilla Rapids. Part
of the Government money Is being
spent on a stea.nboat equipped for
drilling and removing lodges, and rak
ing gravel bars, which are the two
forms of obstruction in this portion of
the river. As soon as the Govern
ment boat is completed, it will begin
operations extending all the way from
Celilo to Snake River.
In his reference to the improvement
of this portion of the Columbia River,
General Marshall says:
The region which this Improvement, and
improvements higher up the Columbia and
on Snake River, will benefit, is now produc
ing annualiv an estimated amount of 30.
Oou.ooo bushels of wheat, to say nothing of
fruit and cereal products. Of the wheat
produced, about lo.oOO.Ooo bushels are re
quired for home consumption, and about 9o
per cent of the remainder, say 22.iajO.OOft
hushels. are transported to the coast. The
vast areaa of deert land now being re
claimed by irrigation will greatly incrr-ase
this output.
With opt o river competition through The
rJallea-CelHo Canal, and wirh the reduction
in rail rates which will surely follow, a
large saving will result to the yhippvrs of
Eastern Oregon and Washington. What
that saving is likely to be cannot he tsii
mated In advance, even approximately. A
reduction of 2-" per cent in present rates
would effect an annual saving of $42.noo
on the present shipments of wheat fiora
that source.
Snake Kivcr.
With reference to Snake River, to Iw
Iston, the report says:
The operations under the modified project
during the past fiscal year hav resulted in
providing a low-water channel 4o inehes
deep between Rlparla and Iewleion. This
U the beat channel that has ever been ob
tained, and was susceptible of use through
out the entire season by boa:s of suitable
design for swift and shoal water rivers,
but. notwithstanding the good results ob
tained from the season's operations navi
gation was suspended during a poition ot
the low-water season for the alleged reason
that the boats could carry only reduced
cargoee. and that the boats themstlvea were
subjected to considerable wear and tear.
The seamboats now used on this Dart of
the river are owned by the O. R. A; N.
Company and are not of suitable design in
some respects. Very little navigation has
been carried on on the low -r portion of
Hnake River below Rlparla since the com
pletion of the railroad in 1R2. Recently
there is a pronounced disposition to revive
traffic on this portion of the stream In con
nection w ith the portage rod at Celllo.
the special object belne the establishment
of competitive rates. To begin the work,
the state of Washington has apptopriatcd
$100.mm. which is being expended under the
direction of this office.
The report goes on to ahow that three
drill scow have been built and are now
being used in removing obstructing
ledgea In the worst rapids between Ri
paria and the mouth of the river. Work
is also In progress looking to the removal
of sand and gravel bars in this stretch
of the river. Ten thousand dollars Is
asked to continue this improvement next
year.
Vancouver Channel.
It will cost $10,000 a year to maintain
the 20-foot channel in tho Columbia River
between Vancouver and the mouth of
the Willamette, but in the opinion of the
engineers this expenditure Is justified by
the com me roe, presen t and prospect i ve.
The 20-foot channel that was originally
dredged in 1305 is always Impaired by
deposits brought down by the annual
freshets, and when the river reentries Its
normal stage it is usually necessary to
dredce out five and six feet of cut, about
2f)o00 cubic yards, each season. This
dredging cost $10.Tnt. That amount Is
asked for the coming reason.
Coos Bay.
Whether or not any appropriation Is
msde for the further improvement of
Coos Bay will depend upon the action of
Congress In passing upon the new proj
ect .submitted at the last session, esti
mated to cost $,'A.ono. Jf this project is
adopted, sufficient money to etart the
mork will be made available, and possi
bly enough to carry the work to comple
tion, though this is improbable. Nothing
was done t Coos Bay last year toward
improving the channel.
Tillamook Bay.
At Tillamook Kay. work is also at a
standstill, because the old project has
been completed. There is little prospect
of much bring done in that harbor, aside
from dredging, for the engineers, after
an examination last year, recommended
the expenditure of but $5oftft. This -recommendation
will be the limit to which
Congress will go.
M'GEE'S WIFE SUES CITY
Husband Wa Injured by Anto
Driven hy Street Superintendent.
PEATTI.E. Wash.. Nov. 12. (Special.)
Mrs. I.lnle McCee. wife of H. J. Mc-
Gee. who a Injured by being thrown
from a city automobile driven by Super
Intendent of Streets M. T. Mnloney. Oc
tober J. filed a claim for $25,692 damages
ajrajnst the city yesterday.
Mrs. SlcGee. In her Btatement to the
Mayor and the City Council, saya that
her husband, who Is a foreman in the
street department. s thrown violently
to the sidewalk at Third avenue and
James street. She alleges that the auto
mobile was In charge of M. T. Maloney.
Superintendent of Streets, who. the com
plaint says, was running the machine at
an excessive and reckless rate of speed.
Mrs. McOce declares that her husband.
aa a result of the aclcdent. is now "a
mental and physical wreck."
FLAYS JEWISH ORTHODOXY
ll""ntinud From First Panel
Judaism and the orthodox Judaism are
farther apart than the Unitarian and
Catholic religions.
The orthodox Jew believes In God. So
do I believe In God. but the one I worship
is not the same God they worship. There
is no such thing as concordance In our
religion." '
A telephone .svarem will b. complete la
the near future in th. French African colo
nies which will iiermlt of communicaiiou
lrh the most distant poats In th. int.rlor
of th. dark continent.
Agents for W. B. and La
Vlda Corsets; All Styles
and Models
Victor Talk' Machines
and Records at Our
Victor Hall
All Trimmed Hats Sacrificed
ml v x
feliP8 j
200 UntrimmerJ Felt Shapes, Clearance 39c 300 Untrimmed High
Grade Shapes $1.15 Many Shapes worth $2.95 to $4.00 for $1.95
II
NEW TRACT OPENED
Second Unit of Umatilla Irriga
tion Project Completed.
WATER FOR 2499 ACRES
Government's Work Place "Many
Dozen Small Farms at Dispos
al or Settlers Soli Rich
and Productive.
OREGOXl AN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Noc. 22. The second unit of the
Umatilla project of the United States
reclamation service In Oregon has been
completed and an additional 2499 acres
will be supplied with water next season.
.Developments on this project have at
tracted widespread interest, owing to the
advantageous location of the Irrigable
lands, the favorable climate, and the ex
ceeding fertility of the soil. The project
la situated in a section where the growing
season is long and a wide variety of
crops is produced, many of which are the
first on tile markets of Portland. Seattle,
Tacoma and Spokane, which cities are
tributary to those farms.
Area of Sniull Farms.
The project is essentially one of smalt
farms, and, fully developed. Is likely to
become one of the most intensely culti
vated arei.s in the Northwest.
The Irrigable lands are in townships
4 and 5 X.. ranges 2S and 29 E.. and
plats showing the location and area of the
various farms which may be entered
under the provisions of the homestead
laws and irrigable lands in private owner
ship are on file In the local land office at
La Grande, Or.
The water right charges are divided
Into two parts, namely, for building the
works, and an annual charge covering the
cost of operation and maintenance. The
part for building the works has been fixed
at JdO per acretof Irrigable land and this
may be paid in annual instalments of J6
per acre or somo multiple thereof with
out Interest. The part for operation and
maintenance until further notice has been
fixed at J1.30 per acre of Irrigable land
per annum.
Water I'sers Organized.
For new entries one full instalment of
the charges for building, operation and
maintenance, $7.30 per acre of irrigable
land must be paid at the time of making
entry and water right application at the
United States Land Office at La Grande,
Or. The second Instalment is due and
payable December 1. 1910, at the same
place, and subsequent instalments on
December 1 of each year, but the part
for operation and maintenance must be
paid on or before April 1 of each year.
For private lands and lands heretofore
entered within the Irrigable area, the
first Instalment will he due and payable
December 1, 1S0O. All water right appli
cants are required to Join the Umatilla
Water Users' Association, Hermlston. Or.,
which has contracted with the United
States guaranteeing the payment of the
water right charges by Its members who
give the association a lien on their lauds.
NEW LEADERJS DESIRED
(Continued From First Pasje.)
moreover. Clark halls from the state
thfit has twice heen snatched from the
Solid South. It la possible that a sit
uation might arise making his nomina
tion advisable.
But there are a couple of promising
possibilities anion? the Governrs-s chosen
this Fall Governor Harmon of Ohio and
Governor Johnson of Minnesota. Both
these men were considered when the
anti-Bryan Democrats had hope of con
trolling the last Democratic National
convention. In point of ability Harmon
probably outranks Johnson, but the lat
ter possesses attributes that would tend
to make him a popular candidate before
the masses. The chances of these two
men will unquestionably be enhanced
or diminished according to the manner
In which they conduct themselves as
executives of their respective states.
Folk Also Popular.
Ivookina: outside of Congress, Judge
Gray, of Delaware, and ex-Governor
Folk, of Missouri, are the two most con
spicuous figures In the Democratic par
ty. Gray, notwithstanding his, acknowl
edged worth, does not Feem to appeal
to the rank and file of his party; Folk
ts more likely to make a popular hit.
He Is an out-and-out reformer. Both
men. nevertheless, must be reckoned on
If the Democracy is to have donB with
Fryan and Bryanism: and either one. It
la generally conceded, could came much
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tiv!swV
This includes our entire high-grade stock, with
the exception of the exclusive "Robinson &
Wells" London Tailored Hats, Many of the hats
are imported models, and almost without excep
tion each hat is individual.
VALUES TO $50.00 FOR $14.75
VALUES TO $25.00 FOR $1000
VALUES TO $15.00 FOR $ 7.50
VALUES TO $10.00 FOR $ 5.00
See our Third-street window displays.
A Sale of Fancy Feathers
We have just procured an importer's sample
lot of high-grade fancy feathers. These are goods
worth positively from 95c to $6.00 each. We
place them on the tables Monday at these sensa
tional low prices
29c 59c 98c $1.95
Milliners should not fail to see these.
nearer reuniting the party than Bryan
himself.
There Is just one thing that will in
terfere with any reorganization-plan, es
pecially if reorganization be undertaken
by a conservative Democrat: Much of
the radical Bryan element the element
that favors all sorts of isms. Is llkely
to break away from the Democratic
party and get into the ranks of the So
cialists, or perhaps into the Independ
ence League, fathered by Hearst. A
Democratic party, reorganized on strictly
conservative lines, would lose many
members In this way.
YALE PLAYER IN PULPIT
Tad Jones PTaises Men Who Kept
Sober After Saturday's Game.
BOSTON, Mass.. Nov. 22. Tad Jones,
the famous football player of Tale's
last year's team, made his debut as a
minister in Boston today, although he
denies that he Is a minister or intends
to be one. In his own words, he "spoke
to the conrgegation" of the Dudley
Street Baptist Church for half an hour
at the. regular services this morning.
Jones started to talk about temper
ance, but could not ret away from
yesterday's game.
Mr. Jones started his sermon by
saying:
"I'm not over the effects of yester
day's game, and I'm hardly able to
say anything. We made one big mis
take, but at that it was only bad luck
that lost us the game. But at that,
let me tell you Yale players stood this
one defeat like men. I've never been
to a Harvard banquet, but I've heard
of them banquets on nights after a
lost game. But at the Yale banquet
last night every man rose from the
table sober.
CARNEGIE TALKS TARIFF
(Continued from First Page."i
our output per man is much greater,
owing chiefly to the large standard
ized methods obtainable only upon our
continent, the specialized ro'Iing mills
machinery kept weeks upon uniform
shapes without change of rolls, and
several other advantages.
"The day has passed when any for
eign country can tcriously affect our
steel manufarturcE. tariff or no tar
iff. The republic has become the home
of steel, and this Is the age of steel.
It may probably be found that there
exists the small manufacturer of some
specialty In steel who still needs a
measure of protection. The writer
hopes, if such there be. the committee
will give patient attention to such
cases. It Is better to err on the side
of giving- these too much, rather than
too little support.
Competition Xow Helpful.
"Every enterprise of this kind
should be fostered. The writer speaks
only of the ordinary articles and
forms of steel as being able to stand
without protection. He hopes there
are today pioneers in several new lines
requiring protection which will be gen
erously given temporarily. The peo
ple should welcome such special
cases. ''
Mr. Carnegie says that several other
features of the tariff should be care
fully looked into, particularly illumi
nating oils, thread and cutlery.
further on Mr. Carnegie says:
"The Infant we have nursed ap
proaches the day when he should be
weaned from tariff milk and fed upon the
stronger food of free competition. It
needs little, if any, more nursing, but the
change should not be made abruptly. It
is better to err upon the safe side If we
err at all. But he is the best of protec
tionists who corrects all faults as they
are revealed and positively declines to
subject the Nation to protection in any
branch where It Is not clearly needed, af
fording protection always with the re
solve that it shall be temporary.
"There Is no occasion for haste or any
revolutionary step In coming tariff legis
lation. It Is better to go a little too slow
than a little too fast. In the writer's
opinion the revision of the tariff could
todav safely and advantageously be made
a radical one upon the lines suggesteJ;
but If Congress.' in deference to the timid
manufacturer, 'whom we have always
with us.' thinks It prudent not to dis
turb his dreams unduly, and fnly halves
present duties on some articles, and abol
ishes them entirely upon others, always
provided it guards zealously the present
duties upon the luxuries of the rich for
revenue the writer will be thankful and
philosophic, as usual, because one step
In the right direction will have been
taken and he knows the final step must
come before long, the sooner the bet
ter." MEN'S W00L COATS $1.
Vests of pure wool cloth tO.oO
Youths' Suits, sizes to 35 J3.50
Men's Pants, splendid goods $1.00
Bovs' Knee Pants, ages 6 to 15 25
Men's All-Wool Suits $i.00
Men's fine All-Wool Overcoats. .J1)."0
. . i k,n lniiln..niit sale of the whole
sale stock. Front and Oak streets, in
the wholesale district.
MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED
These are the best quality Real French Kid Gloves, 16-button length. We
never sell lambskin gloves in sales; as some stores do, in order to make a lower
sale price. These Kid Gloves come in a full line of sizes in white, A(
black, tan and brown. Regular $3.75 values on sale Monday at only V'1'
$1.50 Overseam Dress Kid Gloves 98c Pair
Superb Overseam Dress Kid GlQves in white, black, brown, tan, mode QO
and oxblood, all sizes. Never sold regularly for less than $1.50; today 'Ot
$1.75 Dent Style Cape Kid Gloves gl.18 Pair
New assortments of tans, Manila and Havana in the ultra smart one-clasp
Dent style Cape Gloves, with PX seams. Worn everywhere by the flj-t -io
smartest dressers. Every pair fitted at our counters; today at, pair P 1 1 0
FIGHT INVISIBLE FOE
Heroes in Mine Make Reckless
Attempt at Rescue.
CARRY HOSE WITH AIR
Push Back Deadly Gas Foot by Foot
Till Bodies of Dead. Compan
ions, Themselves Attempting to .
Save Comrades, Are Found.
SALT LAKE CITY. Nov. 22. Details of
the death of four men In the workings of
the Utah Copper Company's mine, at
Bingham yesterday, emphasize the reck
less heroism with which tho last three
victims fought their losing fight with an
invisible. Intangible foe deadly powder
gas.
When the day "shift withdrew It was
known that one Italian miner. Dominick
Shatto, lay unconscious and probably life.
less In ODe of the levels, where he had
gone in the performance of his duty.
Another miner was thought to be miss
ing. Knowing the peril, for he had led
more than one rescue party into gas
filled levels. Foreman F. Kent Smith
started down an incline tunnel, followed
by Hugh' Burns and George Wilson, two
shovelmen. They did not return.
Other mine employes waited a reason
able time and then ventured into the
tunnel after taking the precaution to tie
ropes to their waists. The ropes save3
their lives, for the first inhalations of the
foul air robbed them of their strength
and when dragged back to the surface
they were unconscious.
Not until a hose carrying a powerful
current of air had been provided were
the rescuers able to make their fight
effective. Foot by foot the hose was ad
vanced, new men momentarily taking the
places of their fainting comrades, and
the fatal gas was slowly driven out of
the Incline.
Smith and his companions were found
where they had fallen in their desperate
struggle to regain the outer air. Shatto
was found later. He had been dead for
hours. The second missing Italian was
not In the mine.
Smith and Burns leave families.
W. C. MITCHELL SAY IT IS IDEAL
PAVIXG MATERIAL.
llc.-cnts Statements Made Against
Prodnct of Denny - Kenton
Clay & Coal Company.
As a citizen of Portland and a rep
resentative of the Denny-Renton Clay &
Coal Co.. I desire to reply to a couple of
articles which have recently been pub
lished In your journal by parties In
terested In certain stone quarries and
which were published for the sole purpose
of misleading the public and prohibiting
the introduction of competitive paving in
Portland. Relative to the article pub
lished in the Seattle Times stating that
on a certain contract 60 to 70 per cent of
the brick were culled out, will say that
the brick company Is shipping to seven
or eight different Jobs In Seattle, all of
which require different grades of brick,
one among them being a large trunk
sewer which will require some 30.000,000 of
second quality or cull pavers to construct,
and through some oversight in one of
the factory shipping clerks three or four
cars were billed to the street job which
should have gone to the sewer job, which
mistake was not detected until the brick
had arrived at the job. I wish to say
further that the brick company has con
tracts in Seattle for all the cull pavers
they may turn out for the next three
years to come, amounting to over 20.000.000
cull pavers for which they receive within
Jl per 1000 as much as they receive for
No. 1 pavers.
In reply to Mr. Howard's statement
that it would probably require the Denny
Renton Company ten years to fill the
Portland Job. will say that our company
has a capacity of over 3,500.000 pavers per
month and could easily turn out enough
pavers for the Portland job In 90 days'
time If the occasion required It.
Mr. Howard also speaks about being
loyal to Portland. I am very glad. In
deed, that he mentioned this. He should
have said he was loyal to privilege cor
porations and wanted to keep out com
petition and new enterprises. Ke per
haps is not aware of the fact that the
same principal stockholders In the Denny-
$3.75 Kid Gloves $2.49
Renton Brick Company also have $2,500,
000 invested In Portland enterprises, and
are paying over $10,000 in taxes per an
num to the city of Portland and have a
daily payroll of over $2000 in Portland.
They own one of your principal office
buildings; namely, the Chamber of Com
merce and also the United Railway Com
pany of this city. I might state further
that the Denny-Renton Company will
consider the erection of a large paving
brick plant in Portland, provided the
citizens of Portland will show a disposi
tion to encourage the use of their product
and they can find suitable material for
that purpose: namely, a good shale rock,
which, I understand lias been recently
found near this city. A plant for this
purpose would perhaps require an invest
ment of at least $500,000, and would em
ploy about 300 men.
Relative to Mr. Howard's assertion that
we will only guarantee our brick for
seven years, will say. that we have made
your Mayor and City Council a written
guarantee that we would furnisli. free of
charge, any brick that mlgnt prove de
fective within ten years after same was
laid. If the brick are In good condition at
the expiration of ten years, they will cer
tainly last another 20 years.
The heaviest traveled street in Seattle
has been down over 16 years and will last
another 16 years. And we still own and
operate the same clay mines that these
brick were made from, but have gone
ten points ahead In the improvement of
same. Mr. Howard also says that stone
Is much more durable than brick in every
respect and will last three times as long
as Denny-Renton brick. If you will con
sult some of the leading City Engineers
in the United States, you will find that
stone In the last ten years in eight of
the largest cities in the United States,
has only Increased to the extent of 39
per cent and the use of brick has in
creased 745 per cent and that SO per rent
of tlie entire hard-surface pavements laid
In the great central states last year were
vitrified brick. These are facts which we
can verify.
If the citizens of Portland desire to
encourage a competitive paving company
to enter their market and give them a
pavement which will last a lifetime and
one that has many superior virtues over
the Dark -Age stone pavements, then
give us your support. The growing popu
larity of vitrified brick In the United
States over stone is an incontrovertable
fact and one which can be verified by
the leading municipalities of this country.
We therefore ask the citizens of Port
land to give us their support.
DENNY-RENTON CLAY & COAL CO..
W. C. Mitchell, Agent."
DEFENDS HONOR WITH GUN
Georgia Woman Kills Man Who
Forces Way Into Home.
DUBLIN. Ga Nov. 22. (Special.)
In defense of her honor Mrs. Rosie B.
Davis, a young widow, shot W, L.
Ttlley. a leading business man, In
flicting a wound from which he died
in a few hours. The tragedy occurred
last night at the home of Mrs. Davis.
According to Mrs. Davis she was
alone and heard someone knock about
9 o'clock. Going to the door, she
peered out and saw a man, whom she
did not recognize as Tilley. He de
manded admission, which was refused.
The man then said he would break in.
Mrs. Davis retreated to a room and
seized a pistol.
By this time the man had broken
through the screen door and rushed at
n...i. c'nn u'nrnnl btro. but he
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seized her in his arms, and as he did
so she fired, the bullet striking mm
near the heart. The man fell, and
i. v..-.. who came rushinc In found
that he was Tilley, but disguised so
as to be almost unrecognizaoie.
Freights to India, formerly $3.65 to$4.S6a
ton from European ports, have fallen as low
as $1.22 to $1.70 a ton.
Stereopticon
Views Given
Tuesday Eve.? Nov. 24th at
455 Sherlock Building, 833 Third Street .
COME AND ENJOY A RARE TREAT
Two Good Agents Wanted. None But Strictly
First-Class Need Apply
The Best Jewelry Dept.
in Town Jewelry Sold
at Depart't. Store Prices
Just Some One," the
Universal Song Hit
Today for 12c
CAMPU COSTS 10 CENTS
STATEMENT WITH HIXT OF
HUMOR IS FILED.
Pennsylvania Candidate Who Lost
Says He Spent oXthing Ex
cept for Postage.
PrTTSBURG, Pa., Nov. 22. (Special.)
That the United States Congress has nar
rowly missed capturing a real humorist
is made evident by the sworn statement
of campaign expenses made by Tilt Bliss,
of Greenville. Pcnn. Mr. Bliss was candi
date for Congress on thcDemooratlc
ticket, btu was swamped. He takes oath
that he expended ten cents on the fight,
distributed as follows:
Two letters to D. J. Driscoll, St. Mary's
College, postage 4 cents; one letter to J.
W. Kelly, Marionviile, postage 2 cents;
one letter to T. W. Wasser. Franklin,
postage 2 cents: one letter to G. F. Shatz,
Meadville. postase 2 cents.
Reiss. In his sworn statement, says:
"I accepted the nomination on the fol
lowing platform: That I would send to
each constitutent in tlied istrlct a package
of seeds; that I would draw my salary
promptly and all above my board I would
bring home and spend with my consti
tuents. As my face is so well-known in
the county, I did not gpt out cards or
make any speeches. As I was an E'.k I
was assured I could carry Llk County.'"
The fRorrote provinces of the Philip
pines have been combined and will 1
managed bv one governor and sub-governors.
RonToe will be the r-nplta!
Yon will have just cause to give
thanks this coming Thanksgiving
Day if you buy your
turkev here.
Fancy Fresh Oregon Turkey
No cold-storage stock sold by
D. C. BURNS COMPANY
Place your order now for your t
Thanksgiving Turkey
D. G. BURNS CO.
208-210 Third Street.
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