13 Phases of Industrial Growth in the Pacific Northwest HOP CROP IS 80,000 OREGON "BOOSTER" DISPLAY IN EASTERN METROPOLIS. THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1909. MlllHpi Ell M Valley Dealers Confer on Esti mates at Salem. 24,427 BALES YET UNSOLD Many Old Crops on Market Have Made Previous Estimates All Guesswork Baying Firms Are Well Represented. SALEM, Or., Dec. 12. (Special.) Portland. Salem and Woodburn hop dealers held a conference An this city today to estimate the 1909 hop crop. From Portland there were Klaber. of Klaber, Wolff & Netter: Julius Pln cus, Charles Warner: Johnson, of Sel sey & Johnson; Harry Hart and Ross Woods and Julius Wolff. Whitman, of Herron & Whitman, came up from Woodburn. Nearly all the loca dealers were present. It was determined that the 1909 crop will aggregate about 80,000 bales. Of this. 65,238 bales have been sold, the estimate of unsold hops being: 24.427 bales. " . There are so many old crops on the market that heretofore there has been considerable gruess work as to what this year's output was. WHEAT LAMP SELLS HIGH Forty-Acre Tract Near Athena Sold at $117.50 an Acre. PEXMJ3TON. Or.. Dec. 12. (Special.) The highest price ever paid for wheat land in Umatilla County, if not in the Inland Empire, was paid by Henry Koepke to Mary La Braehe, when 40 acres of land on the Umatilla Indian res ervation, near Athena, changed hands at J117.50 an acn?. There have been a few Instances in which land with improve ments hao been sold for nearly this much, but this isthe record sale of land which contained no improvements further than a wire fence. A few days before she sold. Mrs. La Braehe, received an offer of $115 an acre. This transaction shows the phenomenal advance in the price of wheat land in this county, and also the tendency of the email farmer to go out of business and' of the larger farmer to enlarge his holdings. Mrs. SjB. Brasche Is now without land, while Mr. Koepke has -440 acres In one tract within less than two miles of the town of Athena, and ho has three sections Just aa productive near Helix. He re cently completed the erection of one of the finest country homes In the county, at a cost of 111,000. WEYERHAEUSER BUYS ROAD Changes Taking Place In Manage ment of Idai'o Ijine. WF7ISER, Idaho, Dec 12. (Special.) A telegram just received from New York City states great changes have taken place In the Pacific & Idaho Northern Railroad. The present man agement has been deposed and Colonel B. M. Heijrho, of this city, who re cently resigned as vice-president and general manager, now in New York City, has been reinstated and Dr. J. R. Numbers, of this city, elected pres ident, vice F. R. Cordley. of New York. It means the extension of the road, the general upbuilding: and better equipment of the railroad, and a pos sible connection with some nothern transcontinental line. It is stated the Weyerhauser lumber syndicate, which is closely allied with J. J. 11111, of the Great Nrthern and Northern Pacific, are negotiating: for the purchase of the railroad. 800 ACRES 0FJREES SOLD Nurseryman Disposes of Huge Or ders for Apple Stock. KALAMA. Wash., Dec. 12. (Special.) In the last 60 days C. E. Davis, of Wenatchee. representing the Wenatchee Nursery, has sold enough apple trees to plant sou acres. The varieties se lected were Spltzenberg, Newtown and Winter Banana. The largest order came from a concern, financed by C B. Robertson, of Spokane. This company will set M acres to Spltzenbergs. Dr. C. K. Luttner, of Walla Walla, closed a. deal this week with the Banard Company for 50 acres of fruit land two miles north of Kalama for 1 7.500. J. E. Gorden, of The Dalles, also bought a 25-acre tract from the Banard Company for $10,000. RAILWAY SWITCH INVENTED Company AVith $1,000,000 Capital to Exploit Farmer's Contrivance. OTGENE, Or.. Dec. 12. Articles of In corporation were filed with the County Clerk this morning by the Howard Auto matic Railway Switch Company, a cor poration composed of business and pro fessional men of this city, to exploit a. new railway switch, the principal feature of which prevents the derailment of trains running into an open switch. The new switch is the invention of Emmett Howard, a son of Samuel How ard, a farmer residing north of the city. The incorporators are Emmett Howard, Robert Veltuni and T. "W. Harris. The company is capitalized for $1,000,000, and the principal place of business will be Kugene. CLARKE BUYING TERMINAL Promoter of Coos Bay-Boise Rail road Purchases Marshfield Land. MARSH FIELD, Or., Dec 12. (Spe cial.) The pronloters of the Coos Bay. Boise Railroad are negotiating for ter minals in Marshfield. Francis 1 L Clarke, the president of the road, admits that he and his associates are trying to buy terminals, but will not state In what part of the city. He says the present movements of the Southern Pacific will not affect his road. Many persons find themselves affect ed with a persistent cough after an at tack of nuluenza. As this cough can be promptly cured by the use of Cham berlain's Cough Remedy, it should not he allowed to run on until it becomes ti . ublesome. Sold by all dealers. - A I ! ! 1111 ; " v - " M II ill j r4i ) n 4 I r f m r : - - - yyyMxhy0 tiu 01 1 ; 1 feiW dlr "'tM-.V': ' ' 1",: S MV; " fJJ .A'm:''!! "IHir1 i lie C- - - ' '! i'J Mr U IJ 1 1 vKl; : HONEY SECURED BY TON VANCOUVER MAX GETS $1080 FR03I BEES IN YEAR. Former Railroad Engineer Finds New Work More Satisfactory Than Holding Throttle. VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. 12. (Spe cial.) After being a locomotive engi neer on the Oregon Short J-.ino for 23 years, Mr. Christians toook up the oc cupation of raising honey for the mar ket, and this year his bees produced 12 tons, which netted him $340 per ton or a total of $4080. Part of Mr. Christian's run was through a country where the bee indus try was extensively carried on. This led him to study the culture of bees and the raising of honey, ande finally decided to quit railroading and turn his attention to honey. He located on Aara Mountain, about 15 miles from Vancouver, where tue vine maple comes early In the Spring and the vetch a lit tle later and the fireweed or eekweed blooms In" August. These flowers grow In abundance, hence the location of Mr. Christians' ranch is Ideal for bee- culture and honey production. FUNDS ASKED FOR FORESTS Appropriation Proposed for Each Reserve in Pacific Northwest. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Dec. 12. The following is a com-" plete list of appropriations asked by the Forest Service for care and administra tion of forest reserves in the Pacifio Northwest during the coming fiscal year: . OREGON. Reserve. Amt. 1 Reserve. Amt. Cascade ..'... 8T.280 Umatilla 17.200 Crater ....... 31,3ll!Umpqua 36.11C Deschutes .... 30,46;!iWallowa 83.300 Fremont 29,O0iWenaha ltt.790 Malheur 24,0B3'Whltman ZO.O.K Oreson 40.882 1 Siskiyou 2!,B61' Total .$380,043 Sluslaw 23.1751 "WASHINGTON. Reserve. Amt. 1 Reserve. Amt. Chelan ......J 42.103 Snooualmle ... 30.129 Columbia .... 23,378iWashlnston .. 31.923 Colvlllo 'J.010 Wenatcbee 3-. l-u Olympic . 30.025 Rainier 36.2201 Total $258,800 IDAHO. Reserve. Amt. I Reserve. Amt. Caribou $ 20,20OPayette $ 20.680 Chains 21.600Pend Oreille. . 27,12 Clearwater .. 41.103Pocatello 20,248 Coeur d'Alene 4S.0TB Salmon 20.82.1 Idaho 21.780.Sawtooth 27.200 Kanlksu 2S.448Targ-hee .... 82.400 Lemhi " 20.750iWelser 22.800 Minidoka .... 17.800 Kei Perce . . . 28.5071 Total $426,659 For Alaska reserves $17,848 is asked for the Chugach and $8300 for the Tongass. PROJECT NEARLY FINISHED Okanogan Irrigation Work to Be Re sumed in Spring. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash tngton, Dec. 12. The project engineer on the Okanogan project, Washington, re ports the work as a whole 97 per cent completed, and the construction of the Conconully dam embankment. 86 per cent completed. During November about 6000 cubic STREET IMPROVEMENTS UNDER WAY AT THE DALLES i.?r..? 1 1 1 1 at i ' li i Wi ii Ti la - Tiifnr " ' f ' " T i mi iffniji tit iihi i m n ' nri m i i -1 1 v 1 1 1 1 tm i J VIEW ON SECOND STREET SHOWS PROGRESS OF OPERATIONS. THE DALLES, Or., Dec. 12. (Special.) Street-paving and sidewalk laying operations are progressing simultaneously here. Three steam rollers are at work on Second street, and sidewalk laying Is keeping pace with the street improvement work. V ft f "a"" --iK hoou river apple exhibit, whi in new yards of material were sluiced from the borrow pits and about 600 cubic yards hauled In with scrapers and deposited in the puddled core, bringing the total fill in the- dam embankment up to 287,000 cubic yards. Hydraulicking work was discontinued on account of snow and -ice, but everything is in readiness for the resumption of operations next season. The farm unit plats have been pre pared and other data collected for the second unit of the project to be opened for Irrigation in 1910. There is little frost in the ground, and estimates of the amount of snow in the mountains on the watershed of Salmon River vary from three to five feet, indicating an ample supply of water for next season's Irriga tion. Stay ton Will Organize Push Club. STATTON. Or., Dec. 12. (Special.) Business men of Stayton intend to get together at I. O. O. F. Hall Monday evening, December 13, and organize a Business Men's League, or Push Club. The ladles of the city have long been active in boosting, and are planning a sale for" December 18 to create a nucleus fund for a free public library here. Aberdeen. Has C600 Building. ABERDEEN, Wash., Dec. 12. (Spe' cial.) An actual count, Just concluded by outside parties seeking data for Is suance of bonds ey street railway com panies, gives Aberdeen more than 2600 buildings. This is an Increase of 1279 structures sincea Sanborn's insurance map of the city was completed In the Fall of 1906. Convicts Get Incandescenta. SALEM, Or., Dec. 12. (Special.) Bach cell in the Oregon Penitentiary will be fitted with one incandescent electric light and the entire system will be controlled from the warden's office. Kerosene lamps have been used heretofore and the change is being made to minimize danger of fire. A bushel of grain will make 4V4 gallons of spirits or 27 gallons of beer. SI y y Jit,. 21 V 4 v.. ' r k-t ljUM 4 :.$ a K i ch attracted much attention york:. OREGON APPLES TALK FRUIT IN XEW YORK IS GREAT BOOSTER FOR STATE. Dealers Display Numerous Banners Telling Where Fancy Apples Were Grown. HOOD RIVER. Or.. Dec. 12. (Special.) Visitors who have Just returned from New Tork. say that Oregon fruit is re ceivlng a greater amount of publicity In the big city this year than ever before, and that in many sections of the whole sale district banners are hung advertis ing tills state's unexcelled apples. One resident from here, who returned yesterday, says that he counted more than 30 of these banners In various places In the wholesale fruit district, in connection with a display of the apples. Inquiry developed the fact that the banners were being supplied them by the house they bought the fruit from. Several of them had photographs of their places taken and lie secured two which he brought back with him. He states that Oregon apples, according to the dealers he consulted, are bringing a much higher price than those from other districts in the Northwest owing to their superior pack and keeping qualities and that he was told by wholesalers that they were considered the finest placed on the larkets of the Atlantic Coasrt. He was Informed that the Western box apples that are now being sold are prin cipally the red varieties which will be used In the Christmas trade. The New town Pippins will not be placed on sale until after the holidays. LABOR TO PROPOSE LAWS Oregon Federation Convention to Meet Here January 10. An official call has been Issued for the annual convention of the Oregon State Federation of Labor, which will meet in this city Monday, January 10, This meeting will be Important for the reason that. In addition to the election of officers and the consideration of business affecting the labor organlca tions of the state, the convention will receive and act on the report of its legislative committee, which will In elude the reoommendation of measures to be- submitted to the people under the Initiative at the November, 1910, election. The officers are not ready to an nounce Just what measures are being considered by the committee, but It i understood that one of the bills' will provide for carrying out the provisions of the proportional representation amendment to the constitution, which was adopted at the election In June, 1908. i Will F. Daly and J. F. Cassidy, both of this city, are president and secretary-treasurer, respectively, of the Ore gon State Federation of Labor. The sessions will be held In the Bartend ers' LeagTie Hall, at 205 First street. THE JERSEY BREED. Mr. Thonaaa Withycombe Thinks It Hardy Stock. . PORTLAND, Dec. 10. (To the Ed itor.) In today's Oregonian I see the remark in an editorial suggesting hat the people of Oregon should develop a cow capable of withstanding Oregon's climate better than the Jersey cow does. Now, I wish to say that the Jersey is the best dairy, breed the world has everj A CONSERVATIVE CUSTODIAN HIBERNIA SAVINGS BANK DOES A General Banking Business Pays Interest on Savings and Time Deposits Cor. Second and Washington Sta. Portland, Oregon ' known, and also the most disease-resisting breed except the "pure-bred scrub," that never does anything else than resist disease and bankrupt Its owner. Two of the oldest standing herds of registered Jerseys in Oregon, one hav- ng been In existence for 30 years, have been tested by the United States Bu reau of Animal Industry and found en tirely free from tuberculosis; while one fine herd of pure bred registered hardy Scotch cattle was entirely de stroyed on account of tuberculosis. One of Oregon's leading dairymen, who had a prejudice against the Jersey, built up a large dairy herd of short horns and. natives, crossed, and out of 18 cows in one bunch from,, that herd. have been Informed by reliable parties, 17 were found to be tubercular. hope and trust The Oregontan will allow one of its steady readers a fair chance to answer the above statement, as his whole life's work in Oregon has been . an Interest in cows capable of pro'ducing a herd of pure bred and prepotent dairy cattle. If any readers wish to discuss this matter in The Oregonian for the good of an anxious public, I will gladly take up the Issue with him or them, as I believe most conscientiously that the Jersey cow has the strongest vitality of any cattle In the world and think I can show the reason why. THOMAS WITHTCOMBE. ALL CLAIMS DUE TODAY BILliS AGAINST. BRITISII BARK CALLED IX BY 10 O'CLOCK. Portland Court Will Advertise Sale - of Vessel Poltolloch to Satisfy Boat's 'Creditors. Claims1 against the British bark Pol tolloch must be filed with the clerk of the Federal Court before 10 o'clock tills morning. Bills for labor or supplies will not be entertained If presented later than that hour. On receipt of all claims the court will order an advertisement of sale and it Is more than probable that the 6TEAJIER INT K LU GEXCK Due to Arrive. Name. From. Data. Roanoke. ..... .San Pedro... Dc 13 Ro City San Francisco Dec. lil Breakwater. .. .Coos Bay.... Dec. 13 Sue H. Elmore. TlllamooK. Dec 15 Falcon San Francisco Dec IS Alliance Coos Bay.... Dee. 10 Geo. W. F.lder. .San Pedro... Dec 10 Kansas City. . . San Francisco Dec. 10 Henrik Ibsen. ..Hongkong-. .. Jan. S Gelja Honskons. . ..IndeB't Scheduled to Depart. Name. For. Date. Roanoke. ..... .San Pedro. ...Dec. 14 Breakwater ... -Coos Bav.,,. Dec. 15 Sue H. Elmore. Tillamook. . . Dec. 17 Rose City. ... ..San Francisco Dec. IT Alliance.. Coos Bay Dec. IS Falcon San Francisco Dec 20 Geo. W. Elder. .San Pedrti. . . Dee. 21 Kansas City. .. Ean Francisco Dec. 24 Henrik Xbsen. . . Hongkong. .. Jan. 12. Sella Hongkong. ... vessel will be 60ld in this port to satisfy the claims. J. and A, Brown, of Sata Francisco, are the chief libelants of the craft. They have a claim of $10,500 for supplies services and stores, delivered to the vessel at the California port. In addition there are stevedore claims, port charges and chandlery bills at .this port which" will run the amounts assessed against the craft up to approximately $5000. - The Poltolloch arrived in Portland Sep tember 21 from San Francisco in ballast. She brought general cargo from Antwerp, A portion of the claim of Brown Bros is for stores delivered to the vessel at an Australian port. On arrival at Port land the ship was libeled by the San Francisco firm. Other claimants lm mediately sought to secure their cash. STEERING GEAR GETS BLAME Steamer Kansas City, Uninjured Resumes Voyage. ASTORIA. Or., Deo. 12. (Special.) Captain Pope, pilot on the steamer Kan sas City when she grounded while com lng down the river, said today that the accident was caused by the breaking of the steering gear and that before the vessel could be stopped she ran out of the channel. The steamer was not In jured and went to sea today. The steamer F. S. Loop, which sailed todav for San Francisco, carried a cargo of 300.000 feet of lumber, loaded at Port land.. loO.OOO feet loaded at Kalama, and 400.000 feet loaded at Rainier. There was an improvement In weather conditions today and the bar was much better. No sailing vessels crossed out, but all the delayed steamers went to sea. RAIN' FALLS OX COLUMBIA Goosebone Prophets Look for Snow Within 48 Hours. HOOD RIVER. Or.. Dec. 12. (Special.) A Chinook caused the snow to disappea rapidly here today. The Hood River approaching the flood 6tace. Goosebone weather prophets declare th next 48 hours win see another snow storm. Considerable rain fell today alon the Columbia from Cascade Locks Mosier. The wind is blowing with great velocity tonight. Oregona Drifts, Aground Again. DAYTON, Or., Dec. 12. (Special.) Due to a rise in the river the steame uregona nas armed three-quarters o a mile' down stream and is now aground on Wolf Bar. Barges have been placed alongside and men are placing chains in position for raisin her. It is expected that within a few OLDEST BANK ON THE PACIFIC COAST CAPITAL $1,000,000 SURPLUS and PROFITS $500,003 OFFICERS. W. M LADD. President. EDIT. COOICINGHAM. V.-PresldeBt. W. H. DUNCKLEI, Cashier. R. S. HOWARD, JR.. Ass-t Cashier. L. W. LADD, Ass't. Cashier. WALTER M. COOK. Ass't. Cashier. Interest Paid on Savings Accounts and Certificates of Deposit We Issue Letters of Credit, Foreign Drafts, and Travelers Checks THE BEST STREET INSURANCE IS THE BITULITHIC PAVEMENT e It insures against dust, mud and street noises. It insures against slipperiness and falling horses. It insures against cracks, disintegration and costly repairs. Ji assures a sanitary and durable Gtreet. Itfassures conscientious workmanship and best materials. It assures perfect satisfaction. , BITULITHIC INSURANCE IS SAFEST AND SUREST. WARREN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY 317 BECK BUILDING, PORTLAND, OR. X?Si3S5-To the MEDITERRANEAN acd EGYPT A Via AZORES. MADEIRA, GIBRALTAR. ALGIERS. GENOA. NAPLES. ALEXANDRIA ItonillllC JANUARY 15 FKBRl.ART APRIL MAY 14 :R:Tltfl UVI11RY 9fi TH It r?H 1 A'PRIL IS M A T 21 CitorlC fEBKU AKT 13 MARCH S CEDRIC 21,035 tons Apply Jan. 5. Feb. 16. WHITE STAR CELTIC 20,904 lens . Feb. 2. Mar. 1 New York LINE " 9 Broadway Special Crnise of the to the i I f . ray i vr;r?" ; i . Whit !SUir Line, Seattle or I.oca.1 days she "mlll tie repaired sufficiently to be moved under her own steam. Seamen's Institute to Give Concert. The regular Monday concert will be given this evening at 8 o'clock at the Seamen's Friend Society's institute. Third and Klandfrs streets. A good programme will be given and all friends are invited. Marine Notes. The steamship Breakwater, from Coos Bay ports, is duo to arrive this after noon with passengers and freight. From San Francisco direct the steam shin Rose City is due to arrive this evening. The French" bark La Rochejacquelin shifted .from the Klevator dock to the stream yesterday. She will leave down today. The steamship St. Helens shifted from Oak streef to the North Bank dock yes terday afternoon. The British ship Glenalvon moved, into a berth outside the Neotsfield yesterday at Oceanic dock. The French bark XYHermitte moved from Linnton to the North Bank dock. The steam schooner Fairhaven left for Astoria yesterday. She will )oad lumber on Pugot Sound. Arrivals ana Departures. PORTLAND. Dec. 12. Arrived Steamer Argyll, from San Francisco. Sailed Steam ship Fairhaven, for Point Ludlow; steamer Nome City, for .San Francisco. Astoria, Or., Dec. 12. Condition at the mouth of the river at & P. M.. rough; wind, west. 18 miles; weather, cloudy. Sailed B-t T A. M. Steamer Asuncion, for San Fran cisco. Sailed at 8;3 A. M. Steamer Al liance, for Coos Bay. Sailed at t) A. M. Steamers F. S. Loop and Casco, for San Francisco. Sailed at 11 :M A. M. Steamer Kansas City, for San Francisco. Sailed at 1 P. M. Steamer Fairhaven, for Port Lud low. San Francisco, Dec. 12. Sailed at 6 laat night Steamer Tallac, for Portland. Tacoma. Wash., Dec. 12. Arrived Steam ship Kureka, from San Francisco; steamer TTmatllla. from S-an Francisco. Departed British steamer KnlKht of the Thistle, from Tokohama via Seattle; steamer J. L. Luck ennaeh. for San Francisco. Seattle. Dec 12. Arrived Steamer Yuca tan, from Soward; steamer Meteor, from Ketchikan; British steamer Knight of This tle, from Tacoma. Sailed Steamer Buck man, for San Francisco; British steamer Knight of Thistle, for Victoria; steamer Eureka, for Tacoma; steamer Stanley Dollar, fori Tacoma. Los Angeles, Deo. 12. Arrived British steamer M. S. Dollar, from Hankow. China; schooner Redondo, from Coos Bay; schooner Westerner, from Grays Harbor; schooner Balboa, from Tacoma. Suez, Dec. 12. Arrived Steamer Cyclops, from Tacoma and Victoria for Liverpool. Tides at Astoria Monday. Klgh. Tjow. 1:37 A. M 7.2 feetl7:0.1 A. M 3 7 feet 12:7 P. M....0.1 fet'7:4S P. M -1.0 foot PERSONALJVIENTION. J. F. O'Bryant, of Haines, is registered at the Perkins. B. A. Brown, of Hoover, spent Sunday at the Perkins. , T. J. Hille, druggtet of Castle Rock, is at the Perkins. W. H. Bard, a horse fancier of Seattle, is at the Cornelius. Oscar Kelsey. cattle dealer at Fossil, registered at the Imperial yesterday. J. H. Hutchinson, a merchant of Union, registered at Hotel Imperial yesterday. J. A. Reuter and Miss Reuter, promi nent in Seattle's social life, were at the Cornelius over Sunday. M. D. Orange, one of the. prominent landowners and stock fanclars of Pilot Rock, lis at the Imperial. A. B. Winn, a merchant of Albany, arrived at the Lenox yesterday and will be In the city several days. Charles. K. Spaulding, lumberman from Salem, Is closing a number of sales In Portland and is at the Imperial. . W. E. Balcom, manager of the Balcom Lumber Company of Minneapolis and Seattle, arrived at the Oregon yesterday. Mrs. "J. W. Robinson and Miss Rebekah Robinson, of Boise, Idaho, are visiting friends in Portland and will remain throughout the holiday season. R. E. Benedict, supervisor of the Olym pia. National Forest, of Olympia, Wash., spent Saturday and Sunday at the head- DTRECTOR3. EDWARD COO KING HAM. HENRY L. CORBETT. WILLIAM M. LADD. CHARLES E. LADD. J. WESLEY LADD, P B. LTNTH1CUM. FREDERICK B. PRATT. THEODORE B. WILCOX. s MAY 4 JUKE U tor Booklets to Vlsitioc Madeira Spain, Forts of the MEDITERRANEAN, Loral Agents PALESTINE and EGYPT Including ill F-xpens Allowing stop ov.r in Knwrs sad return from 'ortbrn forts Costing only S400 stud upwards Agents. nuarters of the Forest Servica in Fort-, land. 1 Francis MeHenry is critically ill at St. Vincent's Hospital with typhoid pneumonia, on account of which his prospective Eastern trip has been post poned indefinitely. D. M. Nayberger, merchant at Mc- Mlnnville. came to the Oregon yester day morning. He will engage a Portland man tt 1111 an important position in his establishment. Suffering from sciatic rheumatism, Lr. Amelia Ziegler was removed from her home at 645 East Twenty-first street dur ing the week to St. Vincent Hospital. Re ports from the hospital are that lr. Zicg ler is but slightly Improved. CHICAGO. Dec. 12. ( Special.) Portland people registered at Chicago hotels today as follows: J. 11. Vogt, at tlio Congress; -Floyd J. Campbell, at the Great North ern; Wilfred Shore, Mr. and Mrs. S. Mor ton Cohn, at the La Salle. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. (Special.) Mrs. Bernice Kccleston, of Multnomah County. Oregon, has been appointed a. clerk in the Department of Agricul ture. TITON RESISTS FLOODS Irrigation Troject Estimated as 68 Ier Cent Completed. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Dec. 12. Notwithstanding tha unusual high water, the project engineer on the Tieton project reports that no damage has occurred to the Government works. Owing to the approach of Win ter, work on Bumping Lake Storago dam has been discontinued for the season. The Tieton unit as a whole is 6S per cent completed. Work on the canyon di vision has been practically completed, and a small amount of water is being delivered through the main canal for tire puddling structures on the laterals. He reports a maximum discharge of 32,000 second feet in the Yakima River on November 24. '1 ne greatest danger from influenza Is of Its resulting in pneumonia. This tan be obviated by using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, as it not only cures in fluenza, but counteracts any tendency of the disease towards pneumonia. Sold by all dealers. TRAVELERS' GUIDE. For TILLAMOOK Steamer Sue H. Elmore Will receive, freight Couch-street dock, commencing Monday, Dec. IS, $3 per ton general merchandise. Passenger rates from Portland $7.50; from Astoria $5. Sails every Tuesday evening. Telephone Main S61. COOS BAY LINE The steamer BREAKWATER lecres Port land every Wednenday, 8 F. from Alns worth dock, for ortli Bend, MarvUitield and Coos Buy points. Freight received until 4 P-M- ou day or sailing. Passenger fare, flrst class, $10; second-class. $7. including berth and meals. Inquire city ticket office. Third and Washington street, or Alnswurtn dock. Phone Main 268 NORTH PACIFIC S.S. CO. For Eureka San Fran cisco and Los Ang-eles direct. Sail every Tues day at 8 P. M. Ticket orfiee 132 Third, near Alder. Phones M. 131. A 1314. Send for folder. H. TOUNQ, Aft. SAN- FRAN. & PORTLAND 8. S. CO. From AInsworth rock, Portland, 4 P. M. X.t. Ke City, Iee. 17, 31. S.S. Kansas City, nee. 24, Jan. 7. From Pier 40. San Francisco, 1 1 A. M. S.S Kansas City, Dec. 18, Jan. 1. . .S.S. Rose City, Dec. 28, Jan. 8. f. J. KOCH K, C. T. A.. 142 Sd St.. J. W. Ransom. Dock Agent, Ainsworth Dock. Main 4BZ. A 1402. Phones Main 268, A 1234. CANADIAN PACIFIC VVEEkLV SAILUNG3 -BETWEEN MOM" 1REAU QUEBEC AND LIVERPOOL. Nothing; better on the Atlantic than ou Empresses. Wireless on all steamsrs. F. R. JOHNSON. P. A. 142 Third St., Portland. Or,