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POIiTI,AXD, OKEGOX, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 1. 1910.
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RUNAWAY ENGINE
TEARS DOWN GRADE
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EX-
FOREIGNERS MAYGO
TOPUBLICSCHOOLS
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T. R. TAKES STAND
WITH INSURGENTS
HAMER IS BADLY
BEATEN IN IDAHO
DEFEATS CARESSES
AGCUSED BY CLIENT
STOPS J 1ST IV TIME TO AVOID
WARRANT OUT FOR CHICAGO
CHICAGO SCHOOL BOARD WILL
ADMIT ORIENTAL ADULTS.
WRECKING SAWMILL.
MILLIONAIRE'S NEPHEW.
AMBASSADOR IS
AUGUS
SMASHES
BUILDING HECORDS
Osawatomie Speech
Announces Creed.
"NEW NATIONALISM" IS URGED
Curbing of "Special Interests"
Declared to Be Essential.
KANSAS CROWD DELIGHTED
(Varnlns Cilvcn. Howrvcr, Acainst
Extremist Scene Where Ad
dress ! IellTprPd Kcscmhlcs
That of County Fair.
OSAWATOMIE.Kan.. Aug. 31. In clrar
an.l emphatic fashion Thoodore Roosevelt
announced his political creed here today.
1: ir ub a creed of "progressive" Repub
licanism. It aligned lilm definitely with
the "progressive" movement within the
party a a whole. It placed Mm on
record as an advocate of aome policies
which find favor with the Insurgents and
n opponent of every "special lnter
eft." which lie believes exerclsr-a a sinis
ter Influence on the affairs of the people.
Colonel Rosove!t declared himself in
favor of a wide Increase In the power of
the National Government, so that it
mlcht assume greater activity in control
of the corporations and In working out
the policies which he believes, should be
adopted. He declared for the "new ne
tlonall;rn." as he termed such an in
rrea m Governmental power.
Free Men In Straggle.
Co'onel Roosevelt characterized the is
sue of the day as the "struggle of free
men to gain and hold the right of self.
government as against the special Inter
est, who twist the methods, of free gov
rrnment into machinery for defeating the
popular will."
"The issue Is joined and we must fight
or fall." said be. -
Th ti-Prealdent declared himself In
favor of these principles :
First Elimination of special inter
ests from politics.
Second Complete and effective pub
licity of corporation affairs.
Third Passage of laws prohibiting
the use of corporate funds directly or
Indirectly for political purposes.
Fourth Government supervision of
the capitalization not only of public
service corporations, but of all corpo
rations doing an Interstate business.
Fifth Personal responsibility of of
ficers and directors of corporations
which break the law.
SSixth Increase In the power of the
Federal bureau of Corporations and the
Interstate Commerce Commission to
rntrol combinations In Industry more
!.Tectively.
Tariff Revision Asked.
. Seventh Revision of the tariff, one
schedule at a time, on the basis of In
formation furnished by an expert tariff
commission.
Eighth Graduated Income tax and
graduated Inheritance tax.
Ninth Readjustment of the country's
financial system in such a way as to
prevent repetition of periodical finan
cial panics.
Tenth Maintenance of an efficient
Army and Navy large enough to insure
"or the Nation the respect of other na
tions, as a guarantee of peace.
Eleventh L'se of natural resources
for the benefit of all the people.
Twelfth Extension of the work of
the Department of Agriculture of the
National and state governments and of
the agricultural colleges and experi
ment stations, so as to take in all
phases of life on the farm.
Labor to Be Helped.
Thirteenth Regulation of the terms
and conditions of labor by means of
comprehensive workmen's compensation
acts, state and National laws to regu
late child labor and the work of wo
men, enforcement of better sanitary
conditions for workers and extension
of the use of safety appliances in in
dustry and commerce, both within and
between the states.
Fourteenth Cltar division of author
ity between the National and the va
rious state governments.
Fifteenth Direct primaries. asso
ciated with corrupt practices acts.
Sixteenth--Pub!lctty of campaign
contributions, not only after election
hut before election as well.
Seventeenth Prompt removal of un
faithful or Incompetent public serv
ants. Eighteenth Provisions against the
performance of shy service for Inter
state corporations or the reception of
any compensation from such corpora
tions by National fficers.
Kxtrenilsts Are Warned.
While Colonel Roosevelt's speech
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r'garded by many of those who beard it
a carrying him further than before with
he "progressive movement, the Cvlonel
:oupled with his declaration a waging
tigs'nst the extremist. Injecting an e Vm
poraneoua remark on the subject Lmto
his prepared speech.
"I do not want our people to follow
men whose Intentions are excellent, but
whose eyen are a little too wild to make
it safe to trust them." he aald.
Another sentence wnich Oolonel Roose-
tfunduued oa i'age S. "i
IXH-oinotlve Becomes Unmanageable
and Travels So Fast Iloxes Grow
Hot and Stop It In Time.
DCN3MUIR. Cal.. Aug. Jl. (Special.)
News has Just reached here of a thrilling
accident on the logging railroad of the
Castle Lake Lumber Company near Cas
tella. six miles below here. A locomotive
owned by the company was being used at
one of the logging camps four miles up
the grade from Castella. when some of
Its working parts went wrong and it be-
ramA iinmnnMTrahle. dashing down the
steep grade with ever-increasing momen
tum. Engineer Ed Eirhlrr and his fireman
after shutting off the steam and ol
jumped from the cab. Elchler's foot
caught and he was thrown under the
engine. He escaped being crushed to
death, but was badly bruised and 'cut.
The engine dashed down the road to
ward the mill nt a terrific speed that
threatened to send it flying off the
curves Into Castle Creek. It kept on
the rails, however, and its speed caused
the boxes to become hot. stopping it
within 100 yards of the end of the line.
At the end of the road Is a trestle and
below this are the power-house and saw
mill of the lumber company, which
would have been wrecked had the 'box
Inas of the locomotive been in better
condition.
2 MOTORCYCLES WRECKED
Collisions With Carriages, Tew See
onds Apart. Result Seriously.
SAN BERNARDINO. Cal.. Aug. 31.
(Special.) Charles Gibson, son of Chief
Santa Fe Lineman F. C. Gibson. Is
dead, and T. G. Maher. H. E. Vorhees
and H. L. Gibbs are severely injured
as the result of a collision between
motorcycle driven by Gibson and Maher
and a carriage occupied by Glbbs and
Vorhees.
The accident occurred Just north of
Colton, on Colton avenue. The ve
hides approached from opposite direc
tlons. Gibson and Maher were driving
their motor rapidly and were engaged
in regulating the machinery, realizing
their danger only when within a few
feet of the carriage. Both vehicles
were completely wrecked and the
horses may be shot.
A few seconds after this collision,
James Eggleston. of Redlands.- driving
a motorcycle at terrific speed, collided
head-on with a buggy occupied by
Harry L. Jonas. Both men were se
verely Injured and the vehicles were
wrecked, while the horse will probably
be shot. The Eggleston-Jones acci
dent makes the sixth . collision this
week between motorcycles and car
riages. SORORITIES GIVEN BLOW
Judge In San Francisco Upholds
Board of Education.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 31. Declar
ing that the consensus of opinion
among educators was uu sevrci -cletles
in preparatory schools were In
jurious to the pupils. Superior Judge
Seawell today sustained the constitu
tionality of the state law forbidding
high school students from belonging
to such organizations.
The suit in which this decision was
rendered was brought as a test case
and sought to compel the Board of
Education to reinstate Miss Dorrls
Bradford, who was expelled from the
girls' high school for refusing to re
sign from her sorority. 1 he ooara
pleaded that, under the statutes, its
course was compulsory. This conten
tion was upheld by the court In over
ruling t!ie demurrer Interposed by Miss
Bradford's attorneys.
PEER SHOVELS IN STREET
Missing Danish Nobleman Said to Bo
lxx-atcd In Tacoma.
TACOMA. Wish., Aug. 3L (Special.)
Oiaf Holmein. son of Countess Holsteln.
of Denmark, and a member of the royal
family, who Is being sought In this state
at the Instance of King of Denmark. is
Tacoma, according to Miss Margaret
Mason. 3636 Eaet G street, who declares
ha ii working on a street gang under
the name of Olaf Hammer.
Miss Mason sayei Hammer has confided
enough of his history to persons in Ta
coma to make It positive he J tbe missing
Count Holatetn. He has been traced
through many states by the Danish
Brotherhood of America and lived one
year ago at 80H West Main street. Se
attle. From there he again disappeared.
Trouble over a love affair caused the
heir to the title and fortune to flee to
America. His father Is now dead and he
succeeds to the title and fortune. His
mother, the Countess, is critically ill.
FAST OF 38 DAYS IS FATAL
Mrs. Xellie Bojle, Holy Roller, Dies
From Starvation.
LOS ANGELES. Cal.. Aug. SL Mrs.
Nellie Boyle, one of the four Holy Roll
ers who entered upon a fast which last,
ed 38 days before being Interrupted by
tbe police, died at the County Hos
pital today from starvation. " Two oth
ers. John Irving- CNell and Alice Grlf
fln, a l- ear-old girl, died some days
ago.
James Butler, the sole survivor of the
long fast, clings tenaciously to life
and the physicians say be will probably
recover.
Mrs. Boyle was 43 jeart old and a
ilve al .Wisconsin. J
French, Insurgent,
I Wins Congress Race.
BRADY AHEAD FOR GOVERNOR
Clagstone Ha.'ope in Count
of Second-Clicv Votes.
RETURNS COME IN SLOWLY
O'Xeil Followers Also Believe They
Have Chance If Brady Is Not
First Choice. Democrats
1 Name J. II. Hawlcy.
BOISE. Idaho. Aug. 21. (Special.)
The sweeping insurgent victory In this
atate In the now assured nomination
of Burton L French. ' "progressive,"
over Thomas R. Hamer. regular, for
Congress, is the one paramount fea
ture of yesterday's direct primary, re
turns from which are still very
meager.
French carried almost every county
in the state, even those of the south
eastern part, where 1 lamer was sup
posed to be entrenched. Reports from
all parts of the state show that
nothing Is absolutely certain, except
the overwhelming defeat of Hamer by
French and the strong probability of
the nomination of Brady as Repub
lican first choice for Governor. Nothing
but fragmentary reports have been re
ceived from most portions of the state.
though a few precincts have made full
report.
Brady Cnrrlcs Towns.
Brady has developed unexpected
strength in the towns of Southern
Idaho, having carried every town from
Weiser to St. Anthony, with the excep
tion of Gooding and Halley. He has
carried Weiser, Puete, Caldwell,
Nampa, Mountain Home, Utenna Ferry,
Pocatello, Blackfoot, Idaho Falls and
Rexburg. has a little more than broken
even In Montpeller, and has probably
carried every county In the south ex
cept Blaine and possibly Owyhee.
In Blaine County the precincts out
side of Halley are reported to have
given a majority for him on first
choice. Brady has carried Ada County
by a large plurality and possibly by a
majority. He has Canyon County
three or four to one, has Washington
by a comfortable majority, and also
Boise County. He has probably lost
Custer County, though, by a small vote.
Clagstoue Strong In Xorlh.
Reports from the north are not giv
ing much real Information as to the
outcome there, though Clagstone has
developed unexpected strength.
It appears that in many parts of the
state Democrats voted the Republican
ticket. It will probably be Friday or
Saturday before anything like a
definite result of the voting can be
(Concluded on Par 2-
HIS HONOR-" GUILTY OF BEING BEHIND THE TIMES. SENTENCE, NINE MONTHS IN COLD
STORAGE. OFFICER, DO YOUR DUTY!"
Taken for Automobile Ride Show
Maidens Arc Ousted for Repul
sing Young Men's Advances.
CHICAGO, Aug. SI. (Special.) That
chorus girls cannot be kissed and ca
ressed against their will by any man
who takes them for a midnight auto
mobile ride was demonstrated today
when Miss Esther B. Lee, of "The Mid
night Sons" company, swore out war'
rants Tor the arrest of Lee W. Pard
ridge, nephew of C. A. Pardridge, mil
lionaire member of the Board of Trade,
and George Taylor, said to be engaged
in the real estate business.
.Miss Gladys Preston, of the same
company, is the other complainant.
Pardridge admitted that the girts
were in the machine with two other
men. but denied he had any part In
what took place. He said the girls
were put off the machine because they
resisted the lovemaking- 'by the other
men.
The girls say they were driven to
a lonely spot between Chicago and
Kvanston. and when they fought the
advances of the men they were thrown
out and ordered to walk to the city.
The men tore off their shoes, as
further punishment, but later allowed
them to put on their shoes. The auto
mobile dashed away and the girls
walked a mile over the lonely road
until another automobile, being taken
to the barns by a chauffeur, overtook
them. They were taken to their hotel
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
Y ESTK R DA VS Maximum temperature, 63
do preen; minimum. 77 derree.
TOP A V'S Fair and warmer; northwest
ulnds.
Politic.
Kansas "proBresBlveB" like Roosevelt
speech. Pr 2.
Colonel Flooaevelt outlines political creed
In Osawatomie speech. Page 1.
Burton I French. Ineurirent, wins Republi
can nomination In IdaJio. Pa 1.
Grand Jury to Investigate violations of cor
rupt practices act. pa ire 1 2.
Many members of both parties file declara
tion for precinrt committee places.
Page 12.
Domes Ic.
Copper magnate Heinze takes bride at laal.
Pae 3.
Chorus girl's defl dofeats carcases of young
men on auto trip. Pare 1.
Chicago School Hoard to allow foreign
adults to attend public schools. Page 1
In fip'it for iiicher fretphl rates, roads may
turn on shippers. Pace 3.
Glenn H. Curtlns establishes new over-water
airship record ovr 1-ake Krle. Page 3.
. Sports.
Pacific Coast l.eairuc results: Tortland 2.
Los Angeles 1: Oakland 2. Sacramento 1;
Vernon H. San Francisco 3. Pag-e 7.
Airship fllarhts will be a feature of Portland
1-lvestock Exposition next week. Pa fee 7.
Greenhorn wins handicap event on closing
day of Astoria regatta. Page 6. .
Famous classic futurity won by Novelty,
Hildreth'a great horse. Page 7.
Pacific Northwest.
From blow tf fist Portland man diea at
Astoria. Page 6.
Commercial and Marine.
Oregon potato crop will be short. Page 17.
late upward swing In wheat prlcea at Chi
cago. Page 17.
Portland and Vicinity.
Chief Cox orders police to enforce laws
more rigidly. Page 16.
Two hundred and f if y thousand dollar
block of Broadway bridge tonds sold to
Ladd & Tllton. page 10.
A. M. Richardson, charged with murder of
Jesse C. Hale, pleads not guMty. Page 10.
Chamber of Commerce starts relief fund for
fire sufferers. Page 10.
Will of Harvey W. Scott, admitted to pro
bate, bequeaths property to immediate
family. Page 0.
Pacific Power & Light Company, investors,
will aid irrigation of middle Columbia
Valley land. Page 10.
All lines of Industry report Increased busi
ness during August. Page 1. '
Choate's Expulsion by
Bar Is Asked.
CONDUCT OF CASE ASSAILED
Suit for $250,000 "Thrown
Away" Is Specific Charge.
'NOMINAL" VERDICT WON
Damages of Six Cents Obtained, Al
though Offer of $50,000 to Set
tle litigation Was Made,
Complainant Declares.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.. Auff. 3L
Charges tliat Joseph A. Choat. of New
York. ex-Ambassador to Great Britain,
violated the confidence of clients, was
guilty of conduct not In accord with the
ethics of the legal profession and com
mitted many offenses In violation of good
morals and fair dealing were made be
fore the American Bar Association here
today.
Mr. Choate's expulsion is asked. The
charges were referred to the committee
on grievances.
Clients Are Complainants.
The complainants are Mr. and Mrs.
James R. Watts, who are represented by
George W. Chamlee, of this city, a mem
ber of the association. They assert that
the ex-Ambassador has brought dishonor
and disgrace upon the association and
upon the profession of the law.
The first charge has to do with the
certain litigation entrusted to Mr.
Choate and his associates in the firm of
Evarts, C'lioate & Beaman, of New York
City, and in an associate partnership
with Treadwell Cleveland.
In 18S5 Watts engaged the firm of
Evarts, Choate & eBaman to bring suit
against Walter Weston and Alfred
Weston, former business associates, for
1250,000 damages. This suit was filed.
The petition alleges thut not long after
ward Mr. Watts was in the office of
Mr. Choate and overheard by accident
a conversation between Mr. Choate and
an attorney, in which this attorney, rep
resenting Weston brothers, offered to
Treadwell Cleveland, Choate's "trial at
torney" the sum of $50,000 to compro
mise the case.
'Selling Out" Is Charged.
Mr. Watts now says in his petition
to the bar association that he believes
his law suit was "sold "out," or "thrown
away. Only nominal damages were
granted, the sum in fact being 6 cents.
Other charges relate to an alleged
wrongflu appropriation of $750 col-
ected by the firm of Evarts, Choate &
Beaman for Mrs. James aWtts and the
alleged wrongful detention of notes for
$3000 against solvent parties placed in
the hands of Mr. Choate's law firm for
collection in 1891, and the failure of
Mr. Choate's firm to bring suit for $25,
000 said to have been wrongfully In
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Parents of White Children Oppose
Plan, but Are Powerless to
Prevent Action.
CHICAGO, Aug. 31. (Special.)
After wrestling with the problem for
several days, the School Board today
decided to admit Chinese, Japanese and
any other foreign adults to the public
schools, provided they are of good
moral character and .vouched for by
some person known to members of the
board.
The attorney for the board could
not discover any law whereby he could
bar foreign adults. It also became ap
parent that, if the Japanese and Chi
nese were barred, the same rule would
apply to Huns, Poles, Slavs and all the
numerous other nationalities here.
Agents of these nationalities have
been very busy since it became ap
parent that foreign adults might be
barred from schools.
The case came up on the application
of a Chinese and a Japanese, both of
whom are above 21 years of age. Both
were vouched for by responsible per
sons, and Mrs. Ella Flagg Young,
superintendent, recommended that they
be admitted. Parents of white chil
dren are opposed to the plan, but seem
powerless to prevent it.
TRAIN WHEELS MAIM GIRL
Miss Mabel Krouse Narrowly Ks
capes Death at Aurora.
AURORA, Or., Aug. 31. (Special.)
Heedlessly attempting to cross the rail
road tracks as the evening passenger
train was pulling out of the depot at
6 o'clock tonight. Miss Mabel Krause
was struck by the engine, thrown un
der the wheels and dragged along the
ground. Before the engineer could stop
the train the wheels of the engine had
severed one foot from the young
woman's leg and otherwise mangled
her body.
Miss Krause was taken to Portland
tonight for attention at the Good Sa
maritan Hospital. An operation will
be performed.
The young woman Is the daughter of
William M. Krause and is about HO
years of asc.
FRUIT ORCHARD GOLDEN
While Plowing. Owner Picks Up
Quantities ot Gold Nuggets.
PLACERVILLE, Cal.. Aug. 31. (Spe
clal.) W. H. Frey. of Slug Gulch in
this county, owns an orchard that pays
handsomely for its cultivation, whether
the fruit crop is good or bad. He has
a cigar-box full of gold nuggets and
specimen ore, picked up while he was
plowing and harrowing this orchard this
season. These specimens range in value
from one dollar to $119 each.
There are five acres in the orchard
and it produces the finest pears In the
county and a very fine quality of peaches,
figs, apples, grapes and other fruits.
His pears measure almost six inches long
and are among the choicest exhibits in
the local Chamber of Commerce dis
play. Whether the season is good or bad,
Frey finds it profitable to thoroughly
cultivate the unique orchard.
HAY SELECTS DELEGATES
Washington Representatives at Con
servation Congress Chosen.
OIYMPIA. Wash., Aug. 31. (Special.)
Governor Hay today appointed the fol
lowing delegates to the National Conser
vation Congress1, to be held a,t St. Paul,
September 5 to 5:
J. J. Browne. Spokane: A. L. Flewelling,
Spokane: El F. Benson, Prosser; E. W.
Ross, Olympia; R. W. Douglas, Seattle;
D. F. Simons. Seattle: O. C. McGilvra,
Seattle: C. F. White, Seattle; C. E. Pack
ard, Seattle; L. J. Bell, Tacoma: R. J.
Menz, Seattle; Coional George H. Emer-
Bon, Hoquiam; Frank M. Dallam, Jr.,
Olympia; C. C. Gose, Walla Walla; T. S.
Dement, Walla Walla: A. W. Hendricks.
Walla WalUi: Professor E. A. Bryan,
Pullman; Professor H. C. Sampson, Spo
kane. BEAR CARRIES OFF PIG
Many Bruins Are Seen In Vicinity
of Fort Klamath.
FORT KLAMATH, Or., Aug. 31. (Spe
cial.) That the bears are being run
out of the hills down Into the valleys
is shown by the fact that a cub was
caught less than a half mile from this
city and is now a captive. One also
visited the slaughter pen of T. C. Norris
Sunday night and carried away a pig,
which has caused the residents to or
ganize a bear-hunting expedition. So
far they haves met with disappoint
ment, although another cub has been
seen in the vicinity.
SURVEYORS ENTER FIELD
Grants Pass & Western Party Estab
lishing Preliminary Grades.
GRANTS PASS. Or.. Aug. 31.-(Spo-cial.)
A party of 2a men left with a sur
veyors' outtlt this morning to begin sur
veying at Love's station. 16 miles south'
of here, to establish grades and obtain
field information preparatory to begin
ning active work upon the Grants Pass
& Western Railroad from this city to the
coast.
Teams are being assembled to carry
along supplies and tools-. More provisions
and supplies have arrived at the dcpotx
to be taken out along the route as soon
as men and teams may be had.
Monthly Figures Show
City's Prosperity.
ALL INDUSTRIES ON ADVANCE
Lumber Shipments Set New
Mark for Portland.
BANKS MAKE BIG INCREASE
Postal Receipts and Realty Trans
fers A1m Reflect Great Pro
gress Only Four Cities
Do More Improving.
COMPARATIVK KIGOIES OX
. Blll.lUXi I'KItMlTS.
August, August, Increase,
1'.M9. 1 !!. Tct.
Portland 9U0.545 $2,444,415 145.30
Seattle ...1.1S0.R.-.5 1.4.-.7.74S 2.13
U Anse1es.1.S55.1!9 1.375.O00 1.16
Decrease.
Records for August in the various
lines of industry proclaim the great ad
vance of Portland. Comparisons with
August, 1909. show record-breaking
increases in the amount of building
permits and lumber shipments while
the bank clearings, realty transfers,
and postal receipts for the month also
show a great gain over the corre
sponding month of last year.
Two new high records were estab
lished last month. Building permits.
showing an increase of 145.39 per cent
over a year ago, with a total of $2,444.
415, are over $430,000 greater than the
totals for any previous month. These
figures are so great as to place Port
land. In all probability, in the fourth
place for the building Operations of the
country, following only New York, Chi
cago and. Philadelphia. Shipments of
lumber from Portland are also greater
than In any previous . month, with a
total of 30.928.090.
Bank Clearings Increase.
It is not only in these two items,
however, that Portland's prosperity is
reflected. Bank clearings are 35.91?
per cent greater than in August, 1909,
postal receipts are 22.37 per cent
greater, and real estate transfers, de
spite the fact that August has been a
supposedly dull month, are 6.89 per cent
higher than they were a year ago.
Portland's great gain in building op
erations Is the striking feature of the
statistics for the month. A year ago
In August the total was 473 permits for
a total valuation of $996,345. This year
there were 643 permits at a valuation
of $2,444,415. The great increase ef
145,39 per cent Is by no means due to
any one large building being erected.
Large Buildings Under Way.
There were permits for many large
edifices issued last month, among these
being the Selling 12-story block, val
ued at $400,000; the Portland Railway,
Light & Power Company factory at
Front and East Lincoln streets, to cost
$250,000; the Trinity Place apartment
house, to cost $150,000: the O. R. & N.
Co. freight sheds, to cost $130,000; the
Baker Theater, to cost $125,000; the
Timothy Kinney apartments at Trinity
Place and Washington streets, to cost
$50,000; the Joseph Simon apartment-
house at Nineteenth and Marshall
streets, to cost $75,000, and the Smith
$30,000 frame store building at WII1-
ams avenue and Russell street.
From month to month the building'
permits in Portland have been show
ing an increase, although not as great
as has just been recorded, by any
means, and for the first eight months of
the year the increase Is 44.43 per cent.
as shown by a total oi $Il.st,i! this
year and $8,213,350 from January 1 to;
August 31 In 1909.
Lumber Industry Booms.
Lumber shipments, both coastwise
and foreign, show a total of 30,928.090
feet shipped last month, as compared'
with 8,620.000 feet last August, when!
there were no foreign shipments. The :
combined figure sets a new high record-'
for Portland. Coastwise shipments
amounting to 10,492.000 feet are in'
themselves far In excess of the similar'
shipments for August. 1909.
The great wealth of business which '
Is being transacted in Portland is re-
fleeted In the strides forward in the
Item of bank clearings. The August
total of $41,549,702.14 is an increase of
35.96 per cent over the some month last
year. It Is but slightly less than the
increase shown by the first eight
months of the year over the corre-.
sponding period of last year, which Is
38.40 per cent.
"Dull"' Month Second Best or Year.
Even the real estate transfers held
up well last month, a month usually
dull. Transfers totaling $1,784,840 were .
filed, giving an increase of 6.89 per
cent. Since January 1 the real estate,
business has been unusually good In
Portland, and In every month save one
an Increase has been shown, that ex
ception being last ;May. For the year
to date the increase is now 29.95 per
cent over the corresponding eight
months of 1909.
Postal receipts are the second high-
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