T,rT? voRTT, OREGONTAN. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1912. 12 CROPS NOWDEPEND ON STDRIV1 LET-UP Quality, Not Quantity, of Bar ley and Wheat Most Af fected to Date. OATS DAMAGE IS SLIGHT On Weather This Week Future of Hay Rests Fruit Reports Favour able Hops Xot Hurt, . bat Growers Inconvenienced. The extent of damage done to North western crops by the rain will depend on whether or not the storm continues. Should the weather turn favorable the loss may not be as great as anticipated, but a week more of this weather will be serious. Already some damage has been done, but it concerns the quality rather than the quantity of the crops, which is unfortunate. Reports received by local grain deal ers yesterday from Eastern Oregon and Eastern Washington were more encour aging: so far as weather prospects were concerned, but, all told of damage in flicted on the crops. The amount -of the damage, of course, could not be de termined, and it will be some time yet before an estimate of the loss can be made. The progress of the harvest va ries in different localities. In some sec tions no loss at all was reported and elsewhere much of the damage can be repaired by proper precautions. 10 Per Cent Is Housed. About 10 per cent of the wheat crop Is believed to be housed and much that is sacked and remains in the fields is protected from the elements. At some points sacked wheat in the .fields was moistened and ' there were numerous reports of grain sprouting where it was not skillfully shocked. Where the later harvesting has been interrupted by the rain the farmers are hopeful that a spell of clear weather will enable them to complete the work, but there is much apprehension that a considerable amount of bleached wheat wil be found. The damage to the Tarley crop has already been inflicted. The early rains stained more or less of it and a smaller proportion of bright brewing barley than usual has been secured. It was knowledge of this fact that led the dealers a week ago to buy up the avail able supply of uninjured barley at high prices. Harm to Oats In Less Less harm has fallen to the oats crop than to the other cereals. The oats' harvest Is later and this grain is bet ter able to stand rain than barley or w heat. The fate of late-sown hay will depend on weather conditions in the next few days. Prune growers fear their prunes may crack, but otherwise the fruit crop has suffered no injury at all. Reports from the apple-growing districts are entire ly favorable. The hopgrowers are seriously incon venienced by the rain, as it is kesping pickers away from the yards. Pickers are scarcer this year than they have been for several years and even If the weather were good some of the larger growers would have difficulty in get ting their crops picked in the usual time. As it Is, the rain has kept many persons who usually do this work from applying for positions. A hopyard In rainy weather is a dismal place and only Indians. Japanese or Chinese will pick under such circumstances. Un fortunately for the growers, there are few of this class of pickers to be had. Quality and Quantity Good. The rain is not seriously affecting the plant. Where there is mold it results mainly from the earlier aphis attack and only in a few yards is it being prolonged by the moisture. Picking operations began in a num ber of yards last week and would have been general yesterday but for the rain. The returns from the yards where har vesting started are highly satisfactory and Indicate that the crop may be ma terially larger than was estimated. The quality, taking the crop . as a whole, promises to be good. , POLK COCNTY STORM SEVERE Growers Fear Damage to Grain and Hop Crops. DALLAS, Or., Sept. 2. (Special.) The hard rain that visited this sec tion last Thursday abated somewhat on Friday, but no time since then, with the exception of a few hours yester day, has the weather been clear. Last night the storm broke out anew with one of the hardest rain storms known here. It has been raining hard here all day today with thunder and light ning intermingled. V Kor about one hour this afternoon the rain fell in torrents. It seemed as though there had been a cloudburst. Telephones are down all over the coun ty. The fruit has not been damaged to any great extent and it is believed that if the rains should cease within the next ten days the prune crop will b! one of the best in years, though the yield will not be quite so large as it should be. The size and quality are much better this year than evef before. All grain remaining unthreshed be fore the rains commenced will prob ably be damaged. When the storms began, it was estimated that nearly half the grain of the county remained unthreshed. From the river districts discouraging reports concerning hops rontinue to pour in. It is said that in many of the yards the mould has a aood start. In the Dallas district very little mould has as yet appeared. Picking has been discontinued every where. I'nless the rains stop within the next few days the damage to crops in this section of the state will be great. OXIOX GROWERS ARE JUBILANT be late this year, but a large crop is expected. Onions are a better crqp than for several years, and the growers of Washington County are jubilant over the prospects. MORE PICKERS ARE NEEDED Lack of Help as Well as Rain Rc- ' , tards Independence Crops. INDEPENDENCE, Or, Sept. 2. Spe cial.) Hoppicking which started last week has been retarded by the bad weather. For several days there has been rain. Pickers were at work in most of the yards yesterday, taking advantatge of the better weather. There was a heavy rain again last night and it continued today. ' The hop crop this year is an unusu ally heavy one and would bring large returns, as most of the growers have their hops contracted at. a good price. The bad weather has not only made it difficult for pickers to work, but" far too few pickers have come in to take care of the crop. The special trains PORTLAND GIRL, PROTEGE OF GEORGE RAKER, RETIRXS IN ORPHEIM SKETCH. Maude O'Delle. Maude O'Delle, who is Just com pleting her tour of the entire Orpheum circuit in "The Hypo crite," came to Portland in the year of the Lewis and Clark Fair as the wife of John A. Clark, son of Portland's pioneer saddler, and was put on the stage by George L. Baker, who at that time was holding forth with his stock company at the old Empire Theater, now the Bungalow. She played - ingenue roles here for a season, and is extolled by Mr. Baker as one of his most successful proteges. Miss O'Delle is a cousin' of Charles B. Ha nf ord. noted Shakespearean actor, and ob tained her first lessons in stage craft from him. She was born in Ohio on Abraham Lincoln's birthday anniversary, and one of her stage superstitions is to carry a p h o t o g raph of the martyred President, to whom she says she prays as if he were her patron saint. She came to Spokane when only five years old, and it was there that she became the wife of Mr. Clark. Miss O'Delle is not only an actress but a play wright. "The A w a k e n I ng." a sketch written by her, was pro duced sucessfully in New York last season. . If Rains Cease, Forest Grove Crops Will Escape General Damage. FOREST GROVE. Or.. Sept. 2. (Spe cial.') Owing to the continued rains hoppicking has not commenced in this section. Several of the larger yards bad planned to start last week. Hop men fear If the rains do not cease within a couple of days part of the yield will be destroyed. Hops In this section are of a high quality, and if picking can start at once the yield will be far above the average. Much of the grain is In tho shock, and damage already has been reported. It Is estimated that at least half of the grain crop is now down, and unless the weather changes a majority of this will be ruined. The grain yield, including wheat, oats, barley and rye, is excep tionally large this year and of a good quality. The prune crop, which is light on ac count of the several frosts in the late Spring, has not been damaged by the rains. The prune growers of the David Hill section, whose crops were not in jured by the frosts, predict an average yield. The grapes on David Hill will from Portland Saturday brought about a third the number that had been ex pected. The long continued rains are holding up the threshing of grain in this vicin ity. It is reported that much of the grain in the shock is spoiling, and wnere me oats are not growing in the shock the grain is being discolored. M'MINNVILLE WORK HALTED Excellent Clover Crop Not Damaged, Hoppicking Continues. M'MINNVILLE, Or.. Sept 2. (Spe cial.) With a third of the grain not threshed and all the machines lying idle on account of the continued rains the farmers of Yamhill County will be delayed in their Fall work and may sustain some loss. The picking of hops has also received a check, yet every yard has a crew picking, and as long as the pickers are willing the hops will be gathered regardless of rain. Showers have frequently fallen for several days. It will require several days of dry weather before threshing can be renewed. The rain has not damaged clover seed, of which there is a large acreage and an excellent yield. No hopgrowers have reported any Indications of mold, which is gen erally the result of heavy rain. Grants Pass Rain Begins. GRANTS PASS, Or.. Sept. 2 (Spe cial.) ine first rain or the season be gan this morning and tonight is in creasing. Most of the crops are safe. Some growers are In. the midst of pick ing, which will last two weeks longer, however. If rain continues for several days the crop will be injured by mold. Deep, dusty roads that menaced auto travelers have been settled and here' after traveling will be good in South ern Oregon. NORMA NEGOTIATES COLUMBIA RAPIDS I Line Steamer Reaches Portland From Farthest Interior Point. STARBOARD HULL RAMMED Lewis County Has Rain. CHEHAUS, Wash.. Sept. 2. (Spe cial.) Heavy rain fell here today and was general in Lewis County. There is an immense acreage of . grain still standing in the fields. Much of this is cut. The grain is In shocks and some has been stacked. Threshermen have been running their machines day and night and have made good head way in saving the crop. Much of the grain will be damaged in coloring. Showers Halt Pickers. EUGENE. Or.. Sept. 2. (Special.) Heavy showers today caused entire ces sation of hoppicking in Lane County, but growers are preparing to take ad vantage of any moment suitable for picking. Much grain is still in the shock and will be damaged if rain continues. OREGON CITYELKS HAPPY Handsome New Home of Lodge to Be Dedicated Thursday. OREGON CITY, .Sept 2. (Special.) The fine new home of the Oregon City Lodge of Elks will be opened at 7 o'clock Thursday evening. The open ing exercises will be informal. After Thursday the home will be open from 1-9 o'clock in the morning until mid night every cay. There will be a parlor for women, which will be open every day from 9 o'clock in the morning until midnight A formal dedication of the home will be arranged by the officers in a few days. The first meeting in the new hall of the borne will be held by the lodge Friday evening. W. H. Howell, E. J. Noble. H. S. Moody. W. H. Bair and G. C. Fields comprise the house com mittee, Howell being the chairman and Noble the secretary. The home is one of the best in the state and. has been elegantly furnished. Deckhand Goes Overboard and Drowns Instantly; Heroic Effort to Save Victim Filled by Weak Suspenders. ' On her arrival here last night the steamer Norma, owned by the bpoKane, Portland A Seattle Railroad, has com pleted a run from the farthest interior uoint to Portland of any vessel duih above Celilo. She successfully nego tiated the rapids from above Tenino to The Dalles Saturday and proceeded here and the only damage sustained was on the starboard side, opposite the flreroom, where a hole about four feet wide and 14 feet long was knocked in her hull through having struck a sharp rock. She was kept afloat through the fact that her hull Is bulkheaded. With the Norma was one of the ferry barges built last year by Joseph Supple for the Hill interests, on which trains were transferred across the Upper Columbia before the Oregon Trunk bridge at Celilo was finished. The Norma went through the rapids first and her crew returned for the barge. When it floated into the Bis Eddy George B. Grossman, a deckhand, lost his balance because she grounded and fell overboard, being drowned before a boat could reach him, though it was in the water and to the spot In less than a minute. u Suspendera All But Save. Grossman and Art Davis, mate of the Norma, were side by side, hanging to lifelines that were stretched along the hogposts, and as the shock was felt and Grossman lost his balance, Davis caught the latter's suspender, but it broke and he dropped into the water. Grossman belonged to the Deckhands' Union and is said to have been trans ferred to the organization recently from the Puget Sound district. ie was about 22 or 23 years of age and nothing is known of his family. The Norma was built near Bridge port Idaho, in 891. by Jacob Kamm, the pioneer steamboatman, and in May, 1895. in charge of Captain W. P. Gray. she was navigated to Lewiston. Pre vious to her trip the steamer Shoshone made the same run, but probably a Quarter of a century before. Captain Gray 'built an extra bulkhead in the Norma and tilled her lorward noia witn cordwood and . she made, the voyage through Hell Canyon without serious damage. It was her bulkheads that Kept ner above water after striking below Ten ino Rapids and she will be hauled out at the yards of the St. Johns Shipbuild ing Company for repairs. The barge will also be caulked there and given minor attention. The latter will be used for carrying materi.ll for a short time by the Pennsylvania Steel Com pany, which has the Broadway bridge contract Norma Intended Ferry. The original intention In bringing the Norma and the barges here was to transport cars fromthe West Side to the East Side terminals of the Hill lines. As the Hill and Harriman inter ests have practically agreed on terms for the rail transfer, the scheme may not be carried out. but the vessels will be held until it Is certain. Should a water transfer be adopted slips will be built at the terminals and on land bought north of the East Side approach of the Hawthorne-avenue bridge, su the barges can land easily. Early in the Summer the Norma made the first leg of the journey through the Celilo Rapids, but could not pass into mer, it will not do for the stormy period unless steps are taken to drive permanent piling and arrang for heavy anchors. Last year the Boston -was made fast at the city levee, at the foot of Jef ferson street but the Commission of Public Docks charged forthe privilege and members of the Militia are in favor of finding a berth where such expense will be nlL Executives of the Harri man system have been approached for permission to have the vessel lay en the East Side, near the Steel bridge. This privilege may be granted if a raised runway is built to cross the tracks so members of the organiza tion will not be in danger or trains delayed through their maneuvers. DREDGE TO HATE STEEL HXLL When Columbia Is Rebuilt New Ma terial Will Be Demanded So pleased are members of the Port of Portland Commission with the gains that have been made with the dredge Willamette over the Columbia in vibra tion, because the former has a steel hull, that S. M. Mears, presldent.of the Commission, says he thinks that when the wooden hull of the Columbia is sur veyed finally and a new one ordered, steel will be specified. On the upper deck of the Willamette there Is a decided absence of vibration when the engine and pumps are work ing, and those who attended on the test run Saturday remarked the fact The dredge Portland, which is the smallest and was the first built by the Commission, will not be shifted to a steel hull, according to present plans, as her days are numbered. When she can be spared from work on the chan nel she will be' brought to the harbor, and probably as long as she is fitted for service will dredge within the con fines of the city. BARGE CONTRACT AWARDED Portland- Yard Starts on Craft for . Oregon City Use. One of the latest marine contracts awarded is that of the Willamette Pulp & Paper Company to the Port land Shipbuilding Company for the construction of a barge 115 feet long and with a beam of 30 feet. It is in tended for conveying pulp material at Oregon City. Little is being done at . Portland plants in the way -of hew vessels, except at Supple's, where the Grahamona is being finished. Consid erable repair work has been undertaken during the season and the builders have been approached for bids and general Information concerning pros pective Jobs that lead them to believe the Fall and Winter will be as busy aB last year. The last big contract completed was the dredge Willamette, of the Port of Portland, which is now in service.- FOREIGN STEAMER'S SOON DUE HOTELS AND SUMMER RESORTS, Your Vacation Right now is the time to. get away from the seething, bustling city and spend a week or so at SOL DUC HOT SPRINGS HOTEL. Tfce Carlsbad of America." The cool mountain air from the Olympics will refresh you. You'll get the benefit of the mat chless hot mineral water while enjoying the comforts of ' a mod ern and perfectly ap pointed hostelry. Plenty of out-door sports, mountain climbing, etc Boats leave the Col man Dock. Seattle, daily at 8 o'clock A. M. Day light trip. For. descriptive literature ad dress Dr. Wm. W. Earles, Medi cal Superlnte ndent Sol Duo, Washington. Peck J u d a h free Information bureaus. . WXXHOIT SPRINGS Best Camp Grounds on the Coast Auto Stage Every Day. Hotel, European Plan. Rates Reasonable. For Information - PHONE EAST S1SS. ONLY "CASCARETS" , IF CONSTIPATED ' " - Gently Clean Your Liver and Con stipated Bowels While You Sleep. BTEA1IEB INTELLIGENCE. Due to Arrive. Kaune. From Date. Alliance w.Bureka Ia port Beaver. .......Ban Pedro. ..In port Isthmian Sallna Crus. .In port Roanoke San Diego... -In port Sue H. Elmore. Tillamook.... In port Anvil Bandon Sept. 2 Bear ban Pedro... Sept. 4 Breakwater.... Coos Bay.... Sept 5 Geo. W. Elder. .San Diego. .. Sept. Rose city San Pedro. .. Sept. 9 Nevadso . .Sallna Crux,. Sept. 12 . Lyra Sallna Cruz. . &pt. 36 Nebraakan. . . . .Sallna Crus. . Oct. 4 Te Depart Name. For Data. Alliance Eureka. . .....Sept. 8 Sue H. Elmore Tillamook. ...Sept. 1 Anvil ......... .Bandon ...... Sept. 4 Beaver. ...r... San Pedro... Sept. 4 Roanoke. ..... -San Dteso. . . .Sept. 4 Vale S. F. to L. A.. Sept. 4 Harvard & F. to L. A.. Sept. 6 Breakwater.... Coos Bay.... Sept. 7 Isthmian. ..... Sallna Crus. .Sept. 5 Bear San Pedro... Sept. - 0 Geo. W. Elder. San D'.eco. .. Sept. 11 Rose City San Pedro... Sept. 14 Nevadan. ... tialma Crus.'.Sept. ltf Lyra Salina Crus J. Sept. 30 Kebraskan Salina Crus. ..Oct. 8 the Big Eddy, owing to the high water. The same trip was made years ago by the steamer D. S. Baker, also by the old steamer Harvest Queen, they both hav. ing been built above the rapids. STREET-END QCESTIOX T7P Dock Board Will Discuss Individual Cases on Water-Front. Apparent confusion on the part of property owners having been found bearing on an ordinance passed and en forced in a large measure by Harbor master Speler. backed by the Council and Commission of Public Docks for the vacation . of numerous street ends, the subject is to form part of the proceedings at Thursday's ses sion of the latter, when it is thought that the relinquishment of the space at the water front termination of all thoroughfares will be hurried. While property owners occupying premises adjacent to some streets have vacated, others have piles of old gear and machinery left untouched and more are countenancing the use of space beneath slips leading to upper docks for housing poultry and horses, also as storage places. It is the aim of the municipal authorities to clear the streets first but also to compel the removal of all objectionable sheds beneath the roadways to insure better sanitary conditions. BOSTOX TO HAVE XEW BERTH Winter Quarters Must Be Provided for Militia Training; Ship. Rainy weather that necessitates the cruiser Boston being prepared for the Winter season has caused officers of the Oregon Naval Militia to be re minded of steps that must be taken to provide moorings for the vessel to protect her from damage during freshets when heavy drift runs. At present the cruiser lies in the stream off the foot of East Stark street, and while this is an Ideal location for Sum- Fltzclarencc and Verona Coming to Portland From California. Two September steamers for wheat and flour to harbors across the facinc are Drovlded for by Waterhouse & Co. in the weekly circular Issued, as ttl6 British steamer Fltzclarence Is to pro ceed here from San Francisco and the German steamer Verona will come from San Diego, both during the middle of the month. The British steamer Ockley will be in port the middle of October, with prospects of more tonnage for November. The circular is as follows: irltflArnre Sailed from .TaDan August 17 for San . Francisco. To load at Portland for Oriental ports about tne miaaie oi sep tember. , Hercules Sailed Trom Portland for Yoko. hama August SI. i ..rH riirnn Nan on nassage from New. castle. N. S. W., to San Francisco. Expected to sail from Puget Sound to Oriental porta KAntomher 30. Lord Derby Sailed from Manila August 3 6. Expected, to sail ucioDer irom rusi Sound. Ockley Expected to arrive San Francisco September 27. To load at Portland about the middle of October for Oriental ports. Orterlc Sailed from Tacoma for TokO' ytama Alienist 17. Verona xo ioau at roruana ior uncum porta about the middle or beptemoer. Marine Notes. Her cargo for China having been loaded, the British steamer Clan Maclver will be shifted through the bridges from Inman-Poulsen's at daylight this morning. It Is renorted at Coos Bay that the Simpson Lumber Company will build a sister ship to tne steamer a. jvi. wrap son, which was recently placed in commission; After completing lumber ready for her at St. Johns the steamer Rainier proceeded yesterday to St. Helens and will go to sea from there. The steamer Shoshone went from Rainier to Oak Point s.nd sailed, after loading a small consignment of lumber. Information has been received from Ketchikan. Alaska, headquarters of the 16th lighthouse district, that exami nations will be held there November 1 to select eliglbles for the position of assistant keepers of light stations and mates and assistant engineers on tenders. Derricks have been' erected on the east approach of the new Broadway brtdee Drenaratory to starting the steel work on that side of the river. The West Side span is in place and as soon as the other is finished tne mind ing of the draw will be commenced. Mammoth gauges have been built on Jhe Harriman bridge so that masters of vessels may ascertain ai &iu.uv the clearance beneath the draw when in nlace and gauges extending above the upper deck indicate to what height it may be raised, w nen tne auwer jraw deck is lifted against the roadway the clearance at the present stage of water is about 75 feet. No cargo was discharged yesterday from the Japanese tramp ftninsie aiaru. ivlnr at Banfield's dock. When her oak logs are ashore she will load lumber for the return to the other side, while the Japanese steamer Unkai Maru, which reached Astoria Sunday, will load lum ber on the lower river, both being under engagement to the China Import & Export Lumber Company. Of the coasters In port yesterday the gasoline schooner Patsy was the busiest, as she loaded cargo for the return to Oregon ports. The American Hawaiiarf'liner Isthmian was at Albers dock, but did not discharge. The ves sel does not sail until Thursday ana no haste is being displayed in unload- g 1000 tons she brought from Banna Cruz. Captain Griffith, master of the British bark Galgate, which has ar rived at Linnton after a run of 39 days to the Columbia from Santa rtosaua. says the ship was 17 days getting out of the Gulf of California. The prin cipal feature of the voyage was the fact the stock of potatoes spoiled and for about a month the crew was with out "pratties.' Captain Griffith is ac companied by Mrs. Griffith, who was with him. also when he visited here six years ago. The British ship fe.111- arney. Captain Brown, nas arriveo a Linnton. She comes from caiiao ana was 53 days to the river, the voyage being uneventful. .. Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND. Sept. I. Arrived Steamer DMnlain from Kbr 17ranMRO: barffft J.O. 93. from San Francisco; steamer Atlas, from San Francisco: steamer ADeraeen, iram Francisco. Sailed Steamer Breakwater, for Coos Bav steamer Daisy Freeman, for San Pedro: steamer Sboshone, for San Pedro Astoria. Sept. 2. Arrived at 6 and left up at 8:30 A. M.f steamer Hocuiam. from San Kranclsco. Arrived at 6:30 A. M., steamer Geo. W. Fenwlck. from San Pedro. Left up at 6:30, barge No. 93. Sailed at 11 -o0 A. M.. steamer Daisy, for San Pedro. Left up at 2 P. M., steamer Atlas. Arrived t t,1 Trt ii n at ?:4 P. M.. steamer Ab erdeen, from Saa Francisco. Arrived at 2:30 Take a Cascaret tonight and thor oughly cleanse your Liver, Stomach and Bowels, and you will surely feel great by morning. You men and women who have - headache, coated tongue, can't sleep, are bilious, ner vous and upset, bothered with a sick, gassy, disordered stomach or have backache and feel all worn out. Are you keeping your bowels clean with Cascarets or merely forcing a passageway every few days with salts, cathartic pills or castor oil? This is Important. - Cascarets .lmmediatedy cleanse and regulate - the stomach, remove the sour, undigested and fermenting food and foul gases; take the excess bile from the liver and carry off the con stipated waste matter and poison from the intestines and bowels. Remember, a Cascaret tonight will straighten you out by morning. A 10-cent box from your druggist means healthy bowel action; a clear head and cheerfulness for months. Don't forget the children. HOTELS AND SUMMER RESORTS. P. M., steamer North ,Klns. from Nushag-ak. -ftxnvea aown at s:w and sailed at o r. 3a-, steamer Breakwater, for Coos Bay. 6an Francisco. Sept. 2. Arrived at 11 A M.. steamer Casco, from Portland. Sailed at 1 P. M., steamer Claremont, for Portland. Fort Bragg.' Sept. 2. Arrived British steamer Saint Kllda. from Honolulu. San Francisco, Sept. 1. Sailed at noon steamer Cammo; at 4 P. M.. steamer Jim Butier. for Portland; steamer Geo. W. El der, for San Diego. Arrived at 10 A. M., steamer Rose City; at 3 P. M., steamer Navajo, from Portland: at 1 P. M., steamer ear, irom san feoro. Astoria. Sept. 1. Sailed at 4:30 P. M., steamer Northland, for San Pedro. San Francisco, Sept. 2. Arrived Tallac rrom Tacoma: Alaskan, from Santa Cruz; Casco, frnm Columbia River; Daisy Gadsby, from Willapa; schooner Yak. schooner R. w. Baruett. rrom fort tiamoie. sailed Steamers Claremont. Bear, for Portland. Columbia River Bar Report. Condition at the mouth of the river at a P. M. weatner, cloudy; wind, south, miles; sea, smooth. Tides at Astoria Tnesday. Hia-h water. Low n,t. 5:02 A. M 6.1 feetllO:21 A. M....3.1 feet .tw r. jtt o.o tegtj.i:w . M. ...U.8 loot JEWELERS TAKE ACTION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION" WIDL PROTECT BUYING PUBLIC. Time Guarantees Abrogated Steps . Taken to Prevent Fraudu lent Advertising. ALBANY, Or.. Sent. 2. (Special. 1 mat the American National Retail Jewelers' Association, in its ' seventh annual convention at Kansas City re cently, took most Important action for the protection of the Jewelry-purchas ing public, is the statement of F.- M. French, delegate from the Oregon Jewelers Association, who returned to his home in this city Saturday night. Tne abrogation ot some of the old est customs in the jewelry trade was recommended by the association at this convention. Among other things it was recommended that all forms of time guarantees by manufacturers be eliminated. 'Several most important changes in trade methods were . recommended," said Mr. French. "Not only were plans outlined to protect the legitimate es tablishment against fraudulent dealers, which in itself tends directly to pro tect purchasers from fake' concerns, but steps were taken also to have laws enacted in all of the states of the Union to protect both dealers and pur chasers from fraudulent manufactur ers. It is the purpose of this associa tion, and an effort which all legitimate jewelers indorse, to place the trade on a basis where, people will not suf fer through the operations of fraudu lent dealers and thus think that all Jewelers are 'fakers.' 'The elimination of all time guaran tees by manufacturers, which is a cus tom as old as the trade, was recom mended. Now, when manufacturers guarantee the case or works of a watch for a certain number of years the public has no means for knowing whether or not the guarantee of the manufacturer Is good. If those goods are handled by fraudulent dealers the public is cheated by this guarantee. The association deemed it much better to have manufacturers leave off their time guarantees on watches, etc., en tirely, but to guarantee them to deal ers and then people' would purchase from permanent, reliable dealers, who would give their personal time guar antee. Thus a reliable jeweler would not handle goods without a good guar antee from the manufacturer -and a dealer whose personal guarantee would not be good could not handle cms line of goods successfully. The purpose of this proposed change Is to place tne guarantee on someone the public knows and on whom it could rely to make good. "The association also recommended to each of the state organizations that they appoint state examining boards for watchmakers similar to the boards for the examination of physicians, and then the public would be protected from incompetent workmen. "The enactment of law requiring all manufacturers to place an identifica tion mark on all their goods was rec ommended. Under such a law if a per son bought a ring which purported to be 14-carat, the manufacturer, whose name would be stamped on it, would utr;i HOTEL CORNELIUS House of Welcome ' Portland, Or. i Our 14-passenger electric Iras meets all trains. A high-class, modem hotel in the heart of the theater and shopping district One block from any caxlin. tl oer day and no. European plan. aiuTfcu, cuuiktuts 0 ProprtetORSk J. W. Blala, Pre. Fielder J ones, Vlee-Pm. mm A Cnm, MST. HOTEL MOORE OVERLOOKING THE OCEAlf , OPJtJflTD JX"E 1, WITH v OMPI.ETE SUMMER CHEW. Many new and modern Ireprovemen ts. Electric lighted. Rooms with er without bath. Hot salt baths and surf bathing: pier for rishlng. Steam beat' and running water. Sea foods a specialty. The dining-room and kitchen will Be In charge of John Lehner. who la well known through uls connection wlta the Arlington Club for past six year. LATSOP BEACH. SEASIDE, OR, DAX J. MOORE, Proa. New Perkins Hotel IN THE HEAKT OP THE CITY. Note Our Kates: WITH PRIVATE BATH $1.50 UP WITH DETACHED BATH $1.00 UP Attractive Permanent Rates. L. Q. S WETLAND, MGR. HOTEL MULTNOMAH 5 In slse, appointments, service and fireproof quality of the building the loading hotel la Portland, the Multnomah, offers to 'the discriminating traveler every oomfot and convenience found only In the best hotels ot the East Nine stories of steel and concrete, with 715 rooms and suites, palatlally furnished. with rates from il.ou 10 day, European plan. 'busses meet all trains a steamers. II. C ROWERS, Maiarsr. M. SHOWN EU Aaa 1 Joto HOTEL OREGON, Portland, Or.. VVriillit-Dickinson Hotel Co Props. HOTEL SEATTLE, Seattle, Wash. Wright-Dickinson Hotel Co., Props. Both hotels centrally located,1 modern in every respect, and conducted on th European plan. Hotel Mallory Fifteenth and Yamhill Streets. PORTLAND'S FIXEST EXCLUSIVE FAMILY HOTEIj 210 elegantly furnished rooms, each and ev ery one supplied with every 20th century con venience. Strictly up-to-date. Rates reason able. ABSOLUTELY FIREPROOF" Eight stories of solid concrete construction. Location 15th and Yamhill places It within easy i walking distance. m PlPil The PORTLAND C. J. KAUFMANX, Hsisser A homelike hotel, pleasantly located in the heart of the city. All outside rooms. Con cert by Symphony Orchestra in courtyard every evening. Hotel motors meet all trains and steamers. European, 11. oO upwards. V Hotel Hoyt JUST OPENED Sixth at Hoyt ' New, fireproof, 200 rooms. RATES, 75c UP. Permanent guests solicited, specia rates. One block' from depot. H. JENNTNtt & SONS, Props. F.- C. Harrington, Mgr. FURNISHED TENTS AT COLUMBIA' BEACH ON THE PACIFIC '. Each tent is equipped with beds, bedding, stove, table, cooking utensils, etc Yon will have the free use of shower baths, water, swings, tennis courts and boats. Good board may be secured at 35 cents per meal or $1 per day. Make your reservations at Western Oregon Trust Co., 272 Stark Street, or write Frank E. Roberts, Manager, care Columbia Beach Hotel, Columbia Beach, via Warrenton, Oregon. be fined unless It measured up to the The prune crop In this part of the standard it represented. Some states have such laws now and. the National Association hopes to see them enacted everywhere for the protection of both dealers and purchasers. "All trades are now condemning the fraudulent advertiser, and the jewelers especially, desire to have laws enacted which will prevent advertisements that misrepresent. At the convention cata logue houses also were strongly de nounced. It being the general opinion that it is necessary that people pat ronize home merchants if their com munity is to be built up. The general custom of patronizing catalogue houses will ruin any community. "That a wireless time service throughout the entire country will soon be realized was the opinion expressed at the convention. Instead of receiv ing official time over telegraph wires, as now, watchmakers everywhere would then receive the time from the Government stations by wireless." The National Association will meet next year in Chicago. Albany Prunes Not Injured. ALBANY, Or, Sept. 2. (SpeciaXl- state has not been damaged seriously oy tne recent rains, according to the general opinion of fruitgrowers. The petite prunes, which were ripe when the rains came, suffered severely, how ever few of them are grown in this section of the valley. Almost all of the prunes raised in the orchards near this city are of the Italian variety and owing to the fact that thero was so much unusually cool weather this Bum mer the Italian prunes were not ripe enough to suffer from the rain. So from present indications most of the prune crop will be saved without damage. Grandmothers at Party. CBNTRALIA, Wash., Sept. 2. (Spe ciail.) Twelve grandmothers, whose ages totaled 844 years, were the guests of Mrs. J. C. Ellred at her home In Kelso Saturday at one of the most unique parties ever held there. The guests were Mrs. G. p. Hartzell, Mrs. W. J. Deaver. Mrs. Bowers, Mrs. David Johnston, Mrs. H. Klwell, Mrs. Bodine, Mrs. Mitchell, Mrs. Perslfleld, Mrs. Milton, Mrs. Martin, Mrs. Boylau and Mrs. T. T. Fannon.