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THE MORNING OREGOMAX. . VED'ESDAY, APRIL 2, 1913. 20 0. K. IS GIVEN SLOW BURNING WHARVES Chief Engineer Hegardt Says Mill Construction Will Be Efficient. SEATTLE DOES LIKEWISE Even With Salt Water Pest, of Which Portland Is Free, Pngwt f-oand Adopts Plans Similar to Those of Commission. In adopting- mill or slow-hurnlns construction requirements for public wharves, the Commission of Public Dorks Is not alone In deterrolnlna- that the class of building I' mors desirable from a standpoint of economy and generally as efficient for marine needs, for Pucet Sound Is to have the same character of Improvements on n ex tensive scale, says C. B. Heifardt. chief engineer of . the Commission, who has returned from an Inspection of the northern port and work under way. "Seattle alone will have $6,000,000 to expend and they have decided that mill construction Is the thins;." said Mr. Ifeaardt. "Contracts have been let for docks segregating- 1.500.000 and mora win follow. Of course, they have but one-level docks and pier and slip con struction Is followed, while here we liave two-level buildings, owing to freshets, and ours will be wharf con struction solely. The expense at Se attle will be greater as to material, u cause piling used must be treated with creosote to protect It from tere do., a point In favor of Portland's frejn water harbor, where, the peats catttiot abide. Mr. Heaardt says that he gathered valuable Information to be used in connection with the Improvements l:ere, but In the main the classification ill be the same. While mill construe tion win not have the life of fireproof tick, it Is Intended to construct bulkhead 109 feet back from the harbor line. so. In the future, the docks can be replaced with fireproof structures if wanted and the bulkhead and till will provide permanent foundations. Kxtra draughtsmen are beln? em ployed to work on the slow-burning construction plans and no time will be lost when condemnation suits under way are decided. A meeting will be bei. tomorrow afternoon at which bids wlii be opened for the building of a motor-boat landing and recreation pier at the foot of Ftark street. Several contractors have secured copies of the specifications and It Is believed all will fi'e tenders. While a continuance of the present stage of the river might Interfere with ixillding and tt.e Commission expects tltat the project should he .finished In about two months, delays subject to l lgn water will not count against the contractor. across the Pacific to cities beyond the Rnrklea. find durina- the vlstt last wee of E. J. M. Nash, of the Royal Mail, the proposition was discussed with him. The bureau will have to deal with the establishment of through rates to the Orient via Portland, the same as aonlv from the East via Puget Sound and San Francisco. Besides, not being affiliated with any transportation en terprlse. members of the bureau could work direct with Eastern exporter an importers, urging them to have thel freight moved by war ot tne woiumm River. There will be trading between the steamshln and rail lines on buslnes that is not explicitly routed, the mater lines turning over to the railroads car go for the East that Is left to tnei discretion for routing and In return will expect freight from the rail line. hut in addition new business is wamea and It Is felt that an organized bureau, orobablv In connection with the Cham ber of Commerce, would prove valuable. BARBOCXl FLEET PEPARTS Ideal Condition Help to Clear Low cr Harbor of Ship. Shifting breeses at the mouth of the Columbia yesterday, which began from the east and hauled around to the south by evening, had no unfavorable Influence on the bar. for it was re ported smooth during the entire day nd a barbound fleet neld mere aion day night got to sea. with the excep tion of the British ship Crown or India. KXGIXKUtS ARE ALL SEKESE licet In Port Is "ot Concerned In Talk or Troublo. No evidence waa offered hrre yester day that a breach existed between the Marine Engineers' Association and the owners of coasting vessels and mem ber of the former organization said that they were convinced the talk of a strike on smaller vessels waa unfound ed, for there had been no advice from San Francisco, the Coast headquarters, thst such measures would be adopted. O. T. Ooodell. business agent of the association here, said that he had been given no Information tending to show friction, and while It was known that ime of the owners demurred to em ploying more engineers, eome of the larger vessels have employed engineers at more than the scale. As to reports that a few ahips would not touch at San Francisco on the way south through fear of a strike. Mr. Goodell said It waa well known that vessels of the small steam schooner class did not usually carry cargo for both Han Fran- ico and Ijos Angelea and either loaded for one or the other, so in steaming for l Angeles they were not departing from former practice. DRIFT IS HELD BV LOG RAFT Part of Maw Moved, but Fresbet firing Down More. Great masses of drift, extending from the Fust Side almost to the draw of the Hawthorne-avenue bridge, have j'lled against a log raft that was car ried against the piers Monday morning and there Is little prospect of moving t:te accumulation until the present hich water recedes A bnathouae also piled uo yestertlay on the drift and it was reported that some of the material bad "up-ended" and was fast on the bed of the river, forming a solid wall In I'lace. Three steamers, the Gamecock. F. B. Jones and Cruiser, were at the bridge most of yesterday to dislodge a part f the log raft near the center of the stream, where an end waa not held by a pier, and with that out of the way eme of the drift was carried past, riling In one of the dolphins, driven to protect the center piers of the bridge, mi broken by tha heavy drift, and some piled against the dolphins, but caused no other damage. tllUIXB INTELLIGENCE Doe te Arrive. Name. From. Date Kansas City. . . ian Francises In port Jteenoa. bn Dl.so.... In port Freakaatar.... Coos Bar In port Bear Lot Ansel.... Apr. J AIMaira .. . Kjreke .Apr. 3 u H. Elmore. Tillamook. ...Apr. o Geo. W. Cut. .tan ic. Apr. 6 Rom City Lo. Ansele... April I Bearer Los Anselas. . Uwlert . Is Depart. fsms. For ". riraiio I.o Anxelas. . Apr. a HsrvLrd ... K to L. A.. .Apr. 8u. H. Kim ore. Tillamook Apr. i:ooi bay. .... A or. P.oanoki San Ditto. ... April Kanaae City. ...Los Ans.l... . Apr. Yslo S. F. to L a.. -Apr. Bar.. ....... Los Ansolee. . Apr. Alllaree Eureka Apr. n. OT V c.n Dl.ro APT. ltoso City Los Angolas.. April 13 Bcsvor. Los Angolas. . Inaert. Karopeaa aad Oriental Barvte. Nome. From Data rroonof Sev'loVlctona In port Xenu-a Vancouver... Apr. 15 l;ipu Seattle April -J se.nonle Har-burg sy LI Klna London June Kalis of OrcbJ .London J? Eaxonia Hamburg June M For Crown of SeVtoOrJent Apr. 1 Harpsgus A? J? .Hamburg.... 2 t a 4 T 1 Kentra. .. 1 fclthoma ij", . T .n Falls of Orchy Ortont..... June 10 Eaxonla Hamburg. ...Jur IrKATIER TRAVEL- STAKTTNG Opening of Spring Season Marked by Big; Passenger List. Aboard the steamer Bear, of the "Big Tnree fleet." 3S0 passengers will reach Tortland today and. as the steamer Ksnsas City, sailing this morning, was being rapidly filled yesterday, travel niear to have been started In Its customary Spring strength with the opening of April. The Kansas City In aitKUratea the Summer schedule and hereafter a liner sails and another ar rives the same day. Henry I'ape. master mechanic of the San Francis-ro Portland, will be a passenger aboard the Kansas City as far as the Uolden Gate, where he will inspect the steamer Beaver, which Is ready to resume service and will re place the Kansas City when the latter completes the round trip from San Pedro to San Francisco. Though the Kansas City ha been given a renovat ing while on the run. there is no pros iect that she will be continued In oper ation, only as required when one of the thcr ships is laid up. OKIENTAL BUREAU WANTED Comin; of TVesr Lines Shows Need of ranaint; in East. There is belnjr listened quietly among men who appreciate the value of the "Oriental eervice promised by the Hsm-urc-Aroeriran and Roal Mall fleets a movement for the formation of a traf fic bureau to devote Ha energies In livertlng to rortland freight originat ing in the Fast destined for the Far i:t. aa well aa cargo moving from v..,vntlne Amaranth and Japanese t- I .. Mum. sxrimrr vju a. .- T a a. a maihIrv tli etnamer - Aiicr o u no- i. f . A. Chanslor. for Monterey, ami the steamer Klamatn, !" of the Merced to San t nc'?' 1 out. and the steamer Stanley Dollar departed for Hoquiam. while yftrd? morning, with the bar smooth and a genu zephyr blowing that attained a velocity of only one mue iriu the steamer J. B. Ptetson left for . - l lo-hnr T II e jiuaurso ....... S-ri J u Maru for nnn., ." Eldorado for Antotogasia, schooner TIllamooK tor i ..- c-aTnae for AUCKiana via wc . - riAiito for fort can iuib. i,4 na from tne West at Iiouit at 6 o'clock In the afternoon was inrai tne south, blowing only tour mi. j hour. Marine 'ote. On the steamer Bee, due today in the harbor, are So0 tons oi aspnaii. merchandise from San Francisco to be Hi.,-l,r.d at Coucli-street ooc.. District Forecaster Beals says mat the river will rcacli a stage ot w iov i tijtav tnd refi-in TO zait siuti? tomorrow,' but rapidly Friday and Sat urday. c.r..ir. if a Wagner baa followed Captain F. O. Wagner In command of the steamer k. nrai.orui n Fred Patterson na iractnm Captain C. C. Turner as skipper or tne steamer Homer. Frank Bollam. ticket agent for the independent lines, has been advised that the Pacific Navigation Company. famtn tha fast steamers Yale and Harvard between Kan Francisco, Los i -.!.. and San Diego, will sell round trip tickets for the one way fare April 4 and 5. Latest estimate on damage sustained bv the British steamer Robert Dollar, when putting to sea from the Lower harbor, and which was towed to Puget Sound without her rudder and her stern frame and rudder post Injured, place the cost at $0.000. Her cargo la now being discharged. To start loading 1.400.000 feet of lum ber for Los Angcle the steamer SL Helens will proceed to Rainier, after discharging all cement she brought from San Francisco. The steamer Daley Freeman left last night for Preseott to begin loading lumber, she having cleared with TT-O.OOo feet for the Golden Gate. The steamer Shssta shifted last night from Inman-Poulson's to the North Pacific mill to finish. Movements of Vessels. POTITLAND. April L Arrived Steamer Vf. r. Herrln, from Port fan Lula. Astoria. April I. Sailed at a A. 5J. steamer J. B. Ptetson. for Grays Harbor. Sailed at 7 A. M. Japanoaa steamer P-nJu Maru. for aiianghal. tiallod at A, M. Schooner FMdorade, for Antofogeeto. Failed at 9 30 A. M. :asoI1ne schooner Tillamook. for Ban don. sailed at 10 A. Ti Schooner famar. for Auckland, balled at 2:13 P. U. steamer Oleum, for Fort San Luis. fan Kranclaro, April 1. Sallod at noon Staamer Roe" City, for San Fodro. Arrived 8teamer Westerner, from Portland. Coos Bay. April 1. Pallod at A. at Steamer Alllanoe, for Eureka. Krerett, April 1 Arrived Staamer Car los, from Portland. Tanerlffe. March SO. Arrived British steamer Strathlorne. from Portland. Klnsale. March a I. reaeea rTencn ear Bene Kervtler, from Portland, for Dublin. pra. Point. March 3a Passed Oer man bark R. C. BJckmers. from Portland, for Antwerp. Astoria. March It. Sailed at B:0 P. M. Steamor Multnomah, for San Dleao. Sailed at -40 P. M. -Steamer J. A Chansler. for Monterey. Arrived at :S0 and loft up at S P. M. Steamer W. F. Herrln, ream Pert San 1-als. sailed at t P. M- Steamer Stan lev noltar, for Hoqulam; steamor Klamath towing hull of Mrced for San Francisco. Los Angolas. April 1- Arrived Northaldn, from Portland: Hardy: President, train Pa get Uund. salleu rienry i. coit, tor grt Found: tutse. for t'mpqua River. Seattle. Aprtl 1. Arrived Steamor Prin cess Ena (British!, from Vancouver. Salted Mtearaer fmatilla. Admiral rarragut. for San Francisco: Northland, for Southeastern Alaska: ship A. J. Puller, for Cyak: schoon r Vega, for Bering Sea. Mojl. March Arrived Twickenham, from Portland. Or., via Tokohama. an Francisco. April t. Arrived Steamor Cnrlatiaa Bora Norwegian!, from Guaymaa; William Chatham. from Ladlow; Argyll. (apt. A. F. Lucas, from Seattle: Asuncion, from' Vancouver: W.lhelxnlna. from Honolu lu; Hredee. from Port Allen. Departed Steamor F. S. Loop. Crlckott (new), for Puget Sound; Falrbaven. for Port Gamble: Ooorrtaa. for Sallna Crux: City of Pueblo, for Victoria. Ravmond. Wash.. Apr" L Special.) Steam schooner Doris departed at 9 A. M. foe San Pedro. relamnia Kiver Bar Report. Condition at the mouth ot tha rler at P. v.. smoolu: wind south four mllea: veather oiuudy. Tidea at Asterla TTewaesday. High. Low. -l M.. T.J feetl : A. M...I.1 feet 11 -IT i.' M...7.4 feet: J:v I". M...C. foet SUIT TO CONDEMN E mm ORDERED Commission Assumes Property Wanted Belongs to Star Sand Company. STATE HELD REAL OWNER Members of Dock Body Divide on Question of Procedure, Follow ing City Attorney's Opinion Fixing Ownership. In the face of an opinion by Frank S. Grant. City Attorney, holding that title in the property occupied by the Star Sand Company, near the foot of Seventeenth street, which the Public Docks Commission seeks to condemn. really is owned by the state, the Com mission, by a vote of three to tw Member Ben Selling and C. B. Moores iita.antinar nasaed a resolution in structing; the legal department of the city to proceed with tne sun as origi nally started and on the assumption that the Star Sand company reau? nwna tha nronerty. v w nfuikev chairman ot tno com mission, fathered the resolution ana urged it passage on the ground that while the City Attorney's opinion de clared that the state holds the title In fee to this property. It also declared the Star Sand Company to be the right ful holder of the wharf rights. The difference In value between a title in fee and a wharfage right, ne said, is not sufficient to Justfy protracting llt- Icatlon. Air. Selling opposed the resolution on the ground that If the City Attor ney holds that the property belongs to the state It is bad policy for tne com mission to assume that.it belongs to a private concern. Right of Action Questioned. If it la the state's property," said Mr. Selling, "this Commission, being a public body, has no right to go into court on the theory that the Star Sand Company owns it. He declared further that such action as proposed by the resolution would establish a bad precedent In the case of other dock property and that pro ceedings on the- assumption that the Star Sand Company is the owner, when the City Attorney has held that it be longs to the state, would give the Star Sand Company an excellent chance to take au appeal In the event that the present condemnation proceedings do not result satisfactorily to them. Following is the resolution: Whereas, by communication dated April L 1913. from the legal department of the City of Portland, it is recommended that the condemnation suit against the Star Sand Company be modified so as to proceed upon the theorv tiat the title In feo to the tsrem- bolow ordinary hlgb water lino belongs to the state, and that tne defendants own only the wharf right and Improvements upon the promisee below the ordinary high water line In Its natural eonaitlon uczore promises were tilled: and. Aim to Avoid Delay. Whereas. It Is the opinion of the Dock Communion that such action would delay the construction of the public docks: and. Whereas, in the opinion of tho Dock Com mission tho difference in value between i title In feo and a wharfage right la so aUght that In order to expedite dock construction the Commission would not be Justlned ID protracting litigation; therefore. Be It resolved, that the Legal Department of the City of Portland be. and It la hereby directed to proceed, with all possible baste. with tho condemnation or said premises upon tho theory that tho Star Sand Company is the absolute owner in fee thereof, which premises are described aa the northerly 23 feet of lot 14 and all of lots 15 and 1 and the southerly 46 feet of lot 17. In Watson'a Addition to the City or Portland. City Attorney Grant's opinion Is ex pressed In a brief filed in reply to the Pacific Mill ft Elevator company In a case which Is on appeal In the Supreme Court. The brief, which In effect ap plies also to the Star Sand Company's property, tonows: The Pacific Company claims are as fol- lowa: 1 Title In fee by patent from the Government and subsequent conveyances as to tile westerly 10O feat which plaintiff claim, hae always been above the ordinary hlgb water line, or Is now above such line by reason of accretion. (2) Title In fee from the State of Oregon by act of the Legis- aturo, and subsequent conveyance to strip about lOO feet wide east of and adjacent to the above, being between the ordinary hlgb water lino and low water lino as claimed by plaintiff. 3) Riparian or littoral rights and a wbarf right to the portion between low water and the harbor line. The defendant. In answer to tne lirst claim, malntalna that land In dispute be longs to the State of Orogoo because 1t Is entirely below the ordinary high water line, which la westerly of North Front street, although the apparent line Is now near the easterly line of North Front street, owing to a fill made In that street In 1902-03, but thla fill could not have the effect of daorlvlng the state of its title. Plaintiffs secona Claim la r-asea on tldelend act aa amended In 1Si4 and lSio, whereby the state purports to grant to the adjacent upland owners any tide or over flow lands unon said Willamette River. In answer to tills claim, defendants maintain l that the land In dispute is river shore and noi "tide or overflow lands within the ...nir.. r this act. and (2) that. In any event, this portion of the act la void, be cause not embraced In Its title. In answer to the plaintiffs third claim. defendants maintain (1) that the states ownership ot the bea ana enorea oi a nav igable river la absolute, admitting of no easement on the part of the adjacent up land owner: (2) that the wharf act creates only a permit or license to the upland owner to wharf out, bnt plaintiff, not having con structad a wharf, has acquired no vested right, and his license or permit haa been re voked by the ct of the city In selecting the land In question and proceeding to con struct a public dock under legislative au thority, and (I) that. In any event, littoral or wharf rights are subject to right of the state and Its agencies te construct docks nd other Improvements in aia oi naviga tion and oorameroe. San Pedro and San Francisco April I, I P. M. Steamer Oleum, Portland to Port Har ford. 458 miles north of San Francisco April 1, I P. M. HOPE FOR CREW CONTIXTJES Gale Drives Hulk of Wrecked Schooner to Golden Gate. SAN FRANCISCO. April 1. General belief In shipping circles held out strong bope today that the captain and crew of the three-masted fishing schooner John I. Spreckels, which discovered a derelict yesterday off Point Reyes, might etlll be alive, prob ablv on board the unknown vesse which Is supposed to have capsized the Spreckels In a collision. At the offices of the Alaska Codfish Company, the owners. It was said today that Captain Prellberg had shipped his own crew of eight and, therefore, that their names were unknown, liie rev enue cutter McCulloush was still stand Ing by the derelict today, unable to g-et a line abosrd because or tne neavy sea running. A oo-mlie gaie was graa ually driving the hulk across the en trance to the Golden Gate, in line with all incoming and outgoing traffic PCBLIO DOCK IS CONSIDERED THE Astoria Commission Owned Wharf . Favors City' ASTORIA, Or.. April 1. (Special.) The Port of Astoria Commission met today and the principal matter taken un was the Question of establishing a public dock. The special committee reported that it had examined various sites along tne Astoria watenroni ni on the West Side and had secured prices on them, bat was not prepared to make Its final report and recom mendations. All the members present were In favor of a public wharf, the questions at Issue being: the best site ana a Tea' anna-hle nrlce on the property. Preparatory to getting all of her crew and sailing lor caiiao tne oara- entine Puako was snirted to tne stream from the dock of the North Pacific Lumber company yesterday. BAKERS PLAYERS FOOLED JOKER CALLS ALL FOR EARLY MOTCVTVG MEETING. Manager and Every Member of Com pany Assemble Before Date Is Discovered. "There's a traitor In camp," but who he or she Is. is what is worrying Man ager George I Baker. MUt Seaman and members of the Baker Players.' "The Barrier," which is the bill this week is long, heavy play, and yesterday orning, when everyone was getting a last 40 winks in all the different homes and apartments their telephones rang. At Mr. Bakers nome a voice, which said It belonged to Milt Seaman, asked the manager to be sure to come to the Baker Theater at 9:30 sharp, as the company . would be assembled and a matter of utmost Importance was In the wind which would require Mr. Baker's presence. Somewhat mysti fied, the manager said he would be there and straightway busied himself with getting ready. The same kind of a call came to Seaman, and every actor and acress In the company was sum moned In the name of Mr. Baker to arrive at the theater at 9:30 and re quested to keen quiet about it. Not one was late. Nobody seemed to have the least Idea what to do and finally, becoming lm patient and curious. Manager Baker asked of the members the purpose of the meeting. No one could answer. Everyone had got an early and well rehearsed call and they all bit and came and eat around nearly a half an hour waiting;. Manager Baker had another engage ment at 10 o'clock and started an in vestigation. Then someone woke up and said "April Fool" but not a soul was missing. And the question weigh- ins everyone s mind is: Tvho did it? REPORTS FROM VESSELS By Marconi TVlreless. Rteajner Alliance expects to arrive off the bar at daylight on April 8. steamer Leggett passed Eureka at :S0 A. if, April 1. steamer Far r a gut. Puget Sound for San Francisco, off Race Rocks April 1 at 8 P. M- Steamer Cuico. Tacoma tor nest Coast. Umatilla lightship April i at :15 P. M. Steamer Santa Maria. Port Harford to Honolulu. 15S9 miles from Port Har ford March II I P. M. Steamer Olson. few York ror Ban Francisco. (7o miles south of Cape San Luis March SI 8 P. M. Steamer Hilonian. Seattle for Hono lulu, 1S4T miles from Tatoosn Marcn 31 at t P. M. Steamer Siberia. San Francisco for Honolulu. 810 miles from San Francisco March II at 8 P. M. Steamer Wilhelmlna. Honolulu for San Francisco, 221 miles from ban Francisco March 31 at 8 P. M. Steamer General Hubbard, ban Pedro for Astoria, off Arena April 1 it S P. St Steamer Chanslor. Portland for Ga- vlota. 478 miles from Gavlota April 1 at 8. P. M. Steamer Klamatn, Portland for san Francisco, off Cape Arasro April 1 at P. M. Steamer Toecmlte left San Dlcgo for STUDY CLUBJ0 YEARS OLD Members Meet at Home of Mrs. F. H. Fleming for Celebration. The Half Hour Study Club met yes terday at the home of Mrs. F. H. Flem lng to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the club's organization. An attrac tive programme was enjoyed. During the past few months the club has been devoting Its study time to China, taking up the history of the govern' ment. the rulers, religion and In fact everything pertaining to the flowery kingdom. Mrs. B. ri. canton is presi dent of this progressive club, Mrs. M. M. Rlngler Is vice-president and Mrs. E. J. Hadley. secretary. The members include Mrs. Ralph R. Dunlway, Mrs. A. II Averlll, Mrs. E. H. Carlton, Mrs. Adrian M. Oakes. airs. Edwin c jonn son. Mrs. J. W. Beverldge, Mrs. Henry Williamson. Mrs. A. A. Courtney. Mrs. P. Miller, Mrs. Hal Dickson. Mrs. M. M Rlngler. Mrs. William S. Marcum. Mrs. E. J. Hadley, Mrs. A. Welch. Mrs. G. Shipley, of Salem: Mrs. r . H. Fleming. Mrs. Edward Drake, Mrs. S. R. Wentworth. Mrs. T. J. Armstrong and Mrs. Thomas Roberts. Yesterday's gathering took the form of a luncheon. The programme which followed included: Violin solos. Miss Elsie Lawls, accompanied by Miss Mc Elroy; piano solos, Mrs. Edward Drake; vocal solos, Mrs. Haldane - Dickson; solo, Mrs. L. A. Harlow: vocal duet, Mrs. Beverldge and Mrs. Fleming. Tha "hit" of the day was an original poem by Mrs. Ralph Dunlway, who In a number of cleverly written verses, told the history of the club and referred in her rhyme to each member of tha or ganization. a a o At the meeting of the Women's Political Science Club held yesterday In the Medical building, V. Vincent Jones gave an address on playgrounds, stating the advantage they are to a city in the way of bettering the health and the morals of the children. The addition of parks and playgrounds In the end would lower the rate of taxa tion, the speaker asserted, by reducing the amount paid out for lalls and re formatories. A committee of members from the club will be appointed to attend the conference for the Conservation of Hu man Life that will be held at Reed College. May . 10 and 1J a o s An impromptu social event of Aprtl In Masonic and Eastern Star circles will be the annual charity party to be given by the Eastern Star board of relief In the Masonlo Temple April 30. a a a Mrs. A. G. Rushlight ntertalned the members of the Yohats Club yesterday at her home, on Carl street. An hour was enjoyed at thimble and needles. A luncheon was served. Rancher Fells Tree, Drops Dead. CHEHALIS. Wash, April 1. (Spe cial.) J. H. Ferguson, a rancher llv lnr west of Chehalls. was found dead today by the river bank where he was last seen Sunday. He had cut an alder tree and while standing on a log had apparently died of heart failure. Fer cruson was a bachelor. A brother, Arthur C Ferg-uson, Uvea in Chicago. Minneapolis baa S Presbyterian churches to serve iu 500,000 population. . '.. AMERICAN GENTLEMAN DEMANDS A WHISKEY OF THE VERY HIGHEST QUALITY SUCH AS POSSESSED IN EVERY RESPECT BY T ! GUARANTEED TO BE THE BEST THAT 50 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE CAN PRODUCE V I II a .s-a-- aasaa i ,. 1 j I A Va. J SoM at at! htm itasi oMs aad by jUiaia s w fl 1 1 M a WM UM1B1W A a, H I!' I MA. II TOLL MOVE FOUGHT! Coast Chambers Oppose Arbi tration of Canal Dispute. MATTER HELD LOCAL ISSUE Portland Body to Urge Oregon Con- jrresslonar Delegation to Make Ef fort to Prevent Question Go ing to The Hague. v.ffnrta under the Carnegie Endow ment for Universal Peace to have the question of tolls through the Panama Canal for coatswlse shipping referred to the tribunal at Tne mgua ii bltratlon will be combatted by the united Chambers of Commerce of the Pacific Coast: ' The Portland Cnamner ycsienmj went on record at the meeting of Its board of trustees as opposed to taking .... .nii nnuiinn before The Hague court of arbitration and will communi cate with the Oregon delegation in Congress urging that every effort be made to prevent such a step being taken. It is held by the Portland Chamber that the subject of tolls or no tolls on coastwise shipping through the canal is a local Issue, that It has no International application and can not properly be settled by an interna tional tribunal. Other Chambers of Commerce on the Pacific Coast have either taken similar steps through their representatives at Washington, or are preparing to do so, the movement on the Western Coast having been , begun as soon as It was learned that an effort Is to be made to secure the submission of the ques tion at The Hague. President Is Memorialised. Among other business transacted by the board of trustees was the prepara tion of a memorial to be dispatcnea to President Wilson, urging tnat in Consular appointments political pat ronage be left out of the consideration and the basis of appointments be made purely business ability. J. TC. Teal was appointed to repre- aenr the Chamber of Commerce at the annnal meeting of the Columbia and Snake Rivers Waterways Association Tho Slim Woman Is Winning Tha day of the slim woman's triumph nas arrived. -Tha thinner one is tha more stylish." say the -dressmakers. This would have been ssd news for tha fat woman a year ago. She would have had to try dieting or exercise. Nowa days, however, the woman wbo is too fat for the styles roes to a druggist and gets a case of llannola Prescription Tablets, one of which she takee after each meal and at bedtime, and so reduces ber su perfluous flesh truiclxly. These tablets, being made In accordanc with the famous prescription, are per fectly harmless, and they are. also, the most economical preparation a person can buy. for they cost only 75 cents a large caae. one of which is frequently enough to start a person losing fat tho rate of II to 14 ounces a day. Pretty nearly every drrnreist keeps this tablet m stock, bat should yours be sold out. you can aaafrr obtain a case by sending to tha makers, the Marmola Company, Bgjldiss. Detroit, Kiel In Pendleton, April 14 and 15. Port land business men will be urged to arrange ' if possible to participate in the excursion which is to be run to Alaska, June 21, under the auspices ot the Seattle Chamber ot Commerce, which has Issued an Invitation to mem bers of the Portland Chamber to take part in the trip. One of the first facts reported by the recently Instituted bureau of sta tistical research of the chamber, is the fact that a large percentage of goods are Bhlpped through Seattle to Port land with duty paid In the former city, whereas they might as well be cleared direct to the Portland Customs House and thus serve to give a more nearly correct index of the volume of busi ness coming Into Portland from abroad. Secretary K. C Giltner has been instructed to communicate with merchants of Portland who are receiv ing shipments by way of Seattle and urge that arrangements be made for payment of duties in the Portland Cus toms House. The executive committee of the In ternational Convention of the Christian! Endeavor Union, which is to be held in, Seattle In July, has supplied the Port land Chamber with a list of names of delegates who are to attend and to each one of these an Invitation will be sent to visit Portland en route to or from the convention and be guests of the business men of the city. , Amort Heads Aggie Wrestlers, OREGON AGBJCTTLTITRATj COI LEGE, Corvallls, April 1. (Special.) Paul Amort, of Albany, winner of tha Pacific Northwest Intercollegiate wrestling championship in the 13S and 136-pound classes, was elected last night to captain next year's Oregon Ag ricultural College team. The new cap tain went through the two conference meets this year with a record unmarred by draws, decisions or falls, winning the 125-pound title at Seattle and 136 pound tlt In last night's meet with W. S. C. when Coach Arbuthnot picked him out as a substitute for Pelland. whom an injured arm kept off tha mat. FISHING SEASON OPEN and the streams along the P. R. & X. are filled with gamey trout. Get out your fishing tackle and take the I CflSUN SExTa-M I lOGDENkSrlASnl I I i ROUTES I SPEND THE WEEK END Along the Salmonberry or Nehalem " Rivers, or Tillamook Beach Points. ROUND-TRIP FARES FROM PORTLAND TO ..$3.55 Mohler (Nea-Kalt-Nie) . . $4.35 . . $4.50 Bar View $5.00 . .$5.50 Garibaldi (Bay Ocean) . .$5.10 . . .$4.80 Tillamook . . . . . ...$6.00 Salmonberry ..." Wbeeler (Nehalem).. Bay City .... . Lake Lytle .......... With corresponding low fares to other points where fishing is good. Train leaves TJnlon Di 8:45 A.M.. 4th and Yamhill 8:60 AM. dally, is good. Train leaves TJnlon Depot anri VarrtMll X'Kft AM. daily. Call on City Ticket Agent, 6th and Oak. or 4th and YamhllL JOFTV M. SCOTT, General Passenger Agent, Portland, Or. If you drink because of a craving for stimulantsif you've reached the stage where nothing will satisfy excepting rough, high-proof, strong whiskey our story is not for you. But if it's mellowness, age and flavor you're looking for you' ll like Cyrus Noble. Because it's pure because it's palatable because you don't have to dilute it with water to be able to swallow it. It costs no more than any other good whiskey. W. J. Van Schuyver & Co., General Agents, Portland.