THE MORNING OREGONIAN", FRIDAY, AUGUST 29. 1913.
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END OF MEXICAN
SIRE PREDICTED
Guadalajara Banker Thinks
Stable Government Soon
Will Be Established.
INTERVENTION IS POSSIBLE
A. R. Downs, Formerly of Seattle,
Says Revolution Has Cost 3IH
Ilons of Dollars Japanese Are
Flocking to the Republic.
"Mexico will have a stable govern
ment within a reasonable time." de
clared A. R. Downs, who has Just ar
rived from Guadalajara, at the Port
land Hotel yesterday. "I think It
will come within a yar. The Mexicans
will either establish it themselves or
some foreign power will do It for
them."
Mr. Downs is a banker and land
dealer in Guadalajara. He left there
July 28. Guadalajara Is the Colonia
Seattle, a suburb settlement -of Amer
icans, some of them, like Mr. Downs,
former residents of Seattle.
"It Is not a case of "cold feet' with
me." he said. I simply had some busi
ness up here, and came up to attend to
it Besides, there has been little or
no trouble In our state of Jalisco, of
Which Guadalajara is "the capital, or
In the state of Coltraa, whose prin
cipal city, Manzanillo, is our seaport.
"Of course, there are some bandits
In the mountain districts, more of them
than before the revolution started, but
there has been no organized revolu
tion in these two state," he con
tinued. "As for the revolution Itself, It
amounts for the most part to brigand
age. Some of the leaders are men
of high ideals and purposes. Madero
was such a man a Socialist dreamer, a
good writer and talker, but lacking in
the firm executive qualities that were
needed when he came into power.
But the bulk of the revolution is mere
outlawry. A band of revolutionists will
enter a town and demand a ransom
from each business man, ranging from
tlOO to $20,000, as they size up his
ability to pay. under threat of looting
and burning the place. 8ome towns
have suffered this fate because they
could not meet the demand.
"The peons who compose these so
called revolutionary armies are able
to earn 40 or 60 centavos a day, or
about 25 cents gold, at honest labor.
Along comes a revolutionary 'general'
and offers them a peso, or nearly half
a dollar a day gold, for their services.
They become revolutionists, and. the
revolution exists, to a large extent,
because it has been found easier and
more profitable to be a revolutionist
than a working man.
"The revolution has destroyed mil
lions of dollars' worth of American and
foreign investments. It has been es
pecially disastrous to mining equipment,
railroads and power plants. A ft the
northern part of the country is in the
hands of the revolutionists. The busi
ness of the country has been paralyzed
no trains runntng. no mines working,
nothing doing but revolution. It Is ex
tremely difficult for an American to
get to Mexico City, and go by rail from
there to Vera Cruz, or to one of the
open ports on the west coast.
"Japanese are flocking to the coast.
Just before I left Guadalajara I saw
a remarkable demonstration, led by
students in the schools there, welcom
ing the new Japanese Ambassador. The
Japanese flag was carried by the stu
dents as an evidence of their friendly
feeling for Japan. People that need la
bor are encouraging the Japanese to
rome in to colonize and cultivate large
tracts."
Mr. Downs believes that "Western
J.ffcxtco. like the Paclflo Coast state of
the United States, will be greatly bene
fitted by the opening of the Panama
Canal, but says that the average Mex
ican is apathetic about it. and cannot
see where it is going to help.
Mr. Downs speaks In high terms of
the Mexican peon. He says that if
treated rightly he is a good and faith
ful worker.
Mr. Downs will remain In Portland
several days, and will go from here to
Seattle.
PERSONAL MENTION.
J. H. Lauderman, of Salem, is at the
Seward.
D. H. Welch is at the Seward from
Astoria.
S. W. Taylor, of Eugene, is at the
Cornelius.
Frank Seufert, of The Dalles, is at
the Imperial.
W. H. Bevans, of Attalla, Wash., is
at the Carlton.
Captain A. Bystrom, of Tacoma. Is
at the Multnomah.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Pearce, of Seattle,
are at the Carlton.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Francis, of Seat
tle, are at the Annex.
William Bain, an Albany business
man. is at the Perkins.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Johnson, of
Salem, are at the Annex.
P. J. Mulkey, a stock man of Arling
ton, Or., is at the Perkins.
Howard S. Aman, a Seattle real es
tate man. Is at the Oregon.
H. M. Dryer registered at the Carl
ton yesterday from Umatilla.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Long, of Eugene,
are registered at the Carlton.
J. D. Zurcher, of Roseburg, regis
tered at the Cornelius yesterday.
M. E. Goodhue, of Chicago, arrived
yesterday and is at the Cornelius.
J. A. Tomalin registered at the Im
perial yesterday from London. England.
Dr. and Mrs. Edward S. Barber, of
Chicago, are registered at the Mult
nomah. Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Houghton, of The
Dalles, registered at the Seward yes
terday. J. H. Raley, well-known Pendleton
attorney, registered at the Perkins yes
terday. J. H. Stonehouse, of Corvallls, Is In
the city on business, and Is registered
at the Perkins.
D. R Kearns, a Chicago manufac
turer, accompanied by Mrs. Kearns, is
at the Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Heffron arrived
Wednesday from Dickinson, N. D.. and
are at the Seward.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Isabel and
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Nathan, of New
York, are at the Multnomah.
Mr. and Mrs. Horatio J. Brewer and
Talbot M. Brewer are registered at
the Portland from New York.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Herrmann were ar
rivals yesterday from New Haven.
Conn. They are at the Cornelius.
E. E. Kiddle, who Is in the flour
milling business at Island City, reg
istered at the Imperial yesterday.
Dr. W. T. Phy, of Spokane, is at the
Oregon. He was formerly superintend
ent of the Hot Lake, Or., sanatorium.
C. B. MiUlkin. of Spokane, and his
mother. Mrs. S. A. Mlllikln. of Ottawa,
I1L. registered at the Annex yesterday.
W. E. Carpenter, superintendent of
Wells-Fargo Express Company, with
headquarters at Seattle, is at ths Port
land, H. W. Vermilion, who has been at
the Oregon with his mother for 10
days, left with her yesterday for their
home at Los Angeles.
Ira G. Boyce is the first merchant
to come to Portland for Buyers' Week
and to register at the Imperial. He
is in business at John Day. Or.
Mesdames A. O. Goettsche and Ray
Wright returned to their homes at
Grants Pass yesterday, after passing
several days in Portland. They were
at the Annex.
Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Whitaker are vis
iting the latter's parents. Mr. and Mrs.
B. F. Bartch. They expect to sail for
England and the continent September
13 to be gone several months.
Arnold Hollnger. Elsie F. Hollnger
and Arnold Hollnger. Jr.. are sojourn
ing at the Portland. Mr. Hollnger is
president of A. Hollnger & Co.. Chicago,
and is also Swiss consul for that city.
Charles R. Champlin and A. E. Gra
ham, of Gold Hill, registered at the
Multnomah yesterday. Mr. Champlin
owns and operates a placer mine In
the Foots Creek district, near Gold
Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R Curtain and
daughter, of Helena, after seeing the
sights of Portland for a week, depart
ed yesterday for San Francisco. They
will extend their tour for some time
before returning to Montana, where Mr.
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DWELLINGS
Curtain operates a chain of stores in
the principal cities. They were at the
Oregon while here.
Mrs. O. M. Plummer and little
daughter Ruth returned yesterday from
Lake Biy, Alaska, where they visited
Mrs. Plummer's eldest daughter, Mrs.
Frank S. Barnes, whose husband is
engaged In the canning business there.
r-utr-Ann inr. SR. fSnerlaLI The
following from Portland are registered
at Chicago noteis: congress, u. c. cb
llsh; Majestic H. Conniff: Great North
ern, Fred J. Blakeley.
TAX EXEMPTION TESTED
Suit Brought to Fix Status of New
Household Goods Law.
To test the constitutionality of the
law exempting from taxation house
hold goods, suit was filed in the Cir
cuit Court yesterday by G. H. Watson,
president of the Baltimore Restaurant
Companv, in this city, against Sheriff
Word. The suit Is a friendly one and
Is brought by Mr. Watson's attorney,
W. Y. Masters, merely as a test.
Mr. Watson's household furniture at
his home at 864 Alhambra avenue was
valued at S00 and taxed at (17.60,
which he has refused to pay. The law
passed in November. 1912. exempts from
taxation "all household furniture, do
mestic fixtures, household goods and
effects actually In ue."
District Attorney Evans has given as
his opinion that the law does not ap
ply to 1912 taxes. Attorney-General
Crawford, on the other hand, holds that
the law becomes effective from the day
of its passage.
PUPILS TO LEARN OF CITY
Lecturers at Reed Will Tell How to
Run Municipal Affairs.
Members of the City Commission yes
terday promised support to officials of
Reed College in a series of lectures to
be given next Fall on municipal gov
ernment subjects. At a conference
yesterday between President Foster, of
the college, and Mayor Albee and
Commissioners Daly. Blgelow and
Brewster, the lecture plan was con
sidered and indorsed by the city offi
cials. The subjects in the lecture course
will be as follows: "How the City Is
Governed: Old and New Forms"; "The
City's Money, How It Is Raised and
Spent"; "The Health of the City, It's
Conservation": "How the City Protects
Life and Property"; "The Beauty of
the City, as It Is and as It Might Be";
"Social Progress for Ail the City's Peo
ple." FAMILY TIES CONSIDERED
Qualification Made Before Missouri
Extradition Is Honored.
Only after an officer from St. Louis
had consented to take the prisoner's
wife and child along also, so that they
would not be left stranded in Portland,
would District Attorney Evans consent
to the extradition to Missouri of C A.
Stuewe. When this had been arranged,
Mr. Evans secured a parole for Btuewe
on a charge of attempting to pass a
bad check for $150 in Portland.
Stuewe pleaded guilty and was given
a sentence of from one to five years
and, a parole by Judge Morrow. He
vat rearrested Immediately by the po
liceman from St. Louis, where he is
wanted on a charge of obtaining money
by false pretenses. Mr. Evans would
have held him here had not the St.
Louis authorities agreed to take the
wife and baby East with the prisoner.
Notice to Mariners.
Columbia River Enterprise Land
ing Rangefront light to be moved the
night of Monday, September 1. 1913,
to a location on a dolphin, a short dis
tance down stream from its present
position. This Is the range which leads
through the channel across Hunter's
Bar. The change In location la nec
essary in order to make the range con
form to the channel as recently dredged
under the direction of the Port of
Portland Commission. By order of the
Bureau of Lighthouses.
HENRY L. BECK. Inspector.
Aa a rule, tears do not accompany a
baby's crlaa until it Is a months old.
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NAVAL MILITIA TO
TAKE RIVER TRIP
Drills Entailing Landing, Field
Work and Camping Will
Last for Two Days.
LAUNCH WILL BE TAKEN
Lieutenant Becknith Proposes to
Have Week-End Practice Once
Each Month, Following Pro
gramme of California.
Putting Into execution a plan that
has been under consideration for some
time, the Oregon Naval Militia will
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conduct drills on the lower river Sun
day and Monday in the way of landing
parties and fleldwork. which means the
camp features as well. Lieutenant
Beckwith said yesterday that about SO
men would make the first trip, leav
ing the cruiser Boston tomorrow and
remaining until Monday night.
The Boston's steam launch will tow
at least one whaleboat. and. while
speed Is not figuring In the trip. Lieu
tenant Beckwith thinks they will pro
ceed as far as St. Helens. Each man
will supply his own rations, sufficient
for two days, and blankets and ham
mocks will be provided. If atmospheric
conditions are not the most pleasant,
the citizen sailors will experience a
touch of sleeping on some Island with
only the sky above.
The cruiser's launch has been gone
over In advance and she will be stored
and provisioned today. The fact that
Monday is Labor day permits many of
the militiamen to enjoy the two days'
outing and the benefit of drills that
have not been as frequent as the of
ficers wish. The party will embark as
though ordered on a scouting expedi
tion and have all gear for landing pur
poses stowed on the whaleboat In reg
ulation style.
The desire to conduct week-end drills
at least once each month first prompted
the militia officers to suggest that the
Government recall the cruiser Boston
to the Bremerton Navy-Yard and sub
stitute for her a gunboat or other small
vessel that could be navigated with
ordinary speed down the river, and pos
sibly outside for a few hours, and in
that way the men could leave late Sat
urday and be In port again Monday
morning. That system Is worked out
with the California Naval Militia on
monthly cruises out of San Francisco
and Is said to be a most satisfactory
programme, as it gives the men actual
sea duty frequently between the an
nual cruises.
FIVE COLLIERS REPORTED
Government Will Have Dozen More
Steamers Next Month.
By the last of, September 17 tramp
steamers will have reached San Fran
cisco or Ptiget Sound with coal for the
Government, of the fleet that began
to arrive on the Coast last week. There
are five of the colliers within the Gol
den Gate discharging the British
steamer Harflete. which loads lumber
outward for Melbourne; the Bellucla,
which Is under engagement to the
PorUand Flouring Mills Company for
either United Kingdom or Oriental
business: the fiellorado, under en
gagement to Balfour, Guthrie & Co.
for grain to the United Kingdom; the
Harlow, which is likewise fixed to
work grain here, as well as the Hart
ington. which the Royal Mall will send
to Manila.
The Government has either afloat
for the Coast or being discharged at
San Francisco about 120.000 tons of
fuel. The five vessels at San Fran
cisco brought 36,000 tons, end over
SO, 000 tons are on the way.
RIVER BUSINESS SHOWS GAIN
Steamers on The Dalles Run Carry
More Passengers This Season.
" Travel between Portland and Mid
dle Columbia River points as far as
The Dalles exceeds the number of per
sons carried last year on steamers of
The Dalles. Portland & Astoria Navi
gation Company, says Steve McDon
ald, superintendent of the fleet. The
business for August particularly has
been greater than for the same month
last season, and every Sunday, when
weather conditions were favorable, ex
cursionists have been left on the dock.
Freight offerings have been normal,
though the steamer Tahoma had her
full share in competition, and has
made extra trips in order to clear
Oak-street dock. Talk of either the
steamer Monarch or State of Washing
ton going on the run has not ma
terialized, though it is said negotia
tions are pending yet.
COLUSA BRINGING REFUGEES
Grace Liner Will Carry Excursion
lsts to See Canal's Opening.
Eight American refugees from Mex
ico City are to be sent to San Fran
cisco from Salina Crux on the new
British steamer Colusa, of W. R. Grace
& So.'s line, which loaded her first
lumber cargo here several weeks ago.
The vessel departed from San Jose de
Guatemala a week ago. and after tak-.
Ing on the refugees will make no call
south of the Golden Gate. The Co
lusa returns here to load another lum
ber cargo.
Her dispatch will be rushed, as her
passenger accommodations have been
sold to excursionists who expect to
witness water being turned Into the
Panama Canal the latter part of next
month. It Is Intended to send the
steamer south so that she will arrive
Just before explosion of the final
charge of powder that will destroy
the last dike and the waters of the
Atlantic and Pacific are Joined.
FEDERATION' SCORES O'lOX
Regular Long-shoremen Supported in
Clash With Independents.
As further evidence that marine or
ganizations affiliated under the ban
ner of the Waterfront Federation will
not labor harmoniously with the Inde
pendent Longshoremen's Union recent
ly formed, a resolution has been
adopted forbidding any member from
working with the Independents. At
the same time Local No. 6, the regular
longshoremen's union, is backed in Its
opposition to the newcomers. No
trouble has been reported between the
unions during the past few days
though when the Independents at
tempted to load the schooner Omega
with lumber a fight ensued that led
to several bloody affrays.
The resolution is as follows:
Be It resolved by the Water Front Fed-
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eration. in resular moating- assembled, this
26th day of August. 3918: That w place
ourselves unreaervedly on record as con
demning the so-eaKed dual woulfl-oe inde
pendent Longshoremen recently mobilised
against Longshore Local 33. ft I. L. A.
Bo It further resolved: That wo pledge
the full and unlimited aupport of tho Water
Front Federation to Local Us-S and will not
tolerate any of our members to work In
conjunction with members of thut conglom
eration of unprincipled human beings.
Cony of this resolution to b forwarded
to all affiliated urttons. with Instructions to
carry it out to tho letter.
J. I. TUCKER. Secretary.
Marine Notes.
Harbor police yesterday took pos
session of two women's hats and a
rowboat found near Sellwood and for
a time it was thought they might be
connected with a tragedy, but no re
port was made of a drowning.
On the steamer Yellowstone, which
left the harbor last evening for the
South, was a large amount of door
and window frame stock being shipped
to San Francisco, that was recovered
after a recent fire at Fisher, Thorsen
s Co.'a,
Her cargo of lumber for Antofogasta
being stowed, the schooner Wm. Not
tingham will be shifted from the
Eastern & Western mill to the stream
today. The schooner Omega Is ex
pected to be ready in a day or two.
The last of the grain to be loaded
aboard the British ship Milverton will
bo In place this morning at Irving
dock mid she will go to the stream.
The French bark Jean Is to finish dis
charging ballast, at Linnton today.
Bound for San Francisco, the steam
er Saginaw left down from Linnton
last evening and will stop at Astoria
to complete her lumber load. The
Nehalem went from Rainier to sea,
the Wlllapa cleared for Raymond in
ballast and the Yellowstone cleared
with 600 tons of wheat and 40,000 feet
of lumber.
Carrying 633 tons of New York car
go and about SO tons of bonded stuff.
the steamer Paralso, operating under
the American-Hawaiian nag, sailed
from San Francisco yesterday and will
begin discharging at Albers dock Mon
day. Two "spuds" for dredges In service
on the Panama Canal will be shipped
from the plant of the Portland Lum
ber Company on the steamer San Ra
mon tomorrow and they will be re
ghlpped at San Francisco for Balboa.
United States Inspectors of Steam
Vessels Edwards and Fullelr have set
Tuesday as the date for investigating
the death of L. Lau, a steerage pas
senger on the steamer Bear, who
leaped over the side and was drowned
Just after the vessel passed through
Broadway bridge on August S.
Captain Chris Bluhm has regained
command of the steamer Pomona, re
lieving Captain E. P. Williams.
Movements of Vessels.
PORTLAND. Aug. 28. Arrived Steamer
J. A. Ca&nslor, from Monterey; steamer
Klamath, from San Francisco. Sailed
Steamer Breakwater, for Coos Bay: gasoline
schooner Tillamook, for North Bend and
Bandon.
Astoria, Aog. 28. Left up at midnight
Steamer J. A. Chaoalor. Arrived at 3:20
and left up at 6:30 A .M. Steamer Klam
ath, from San Francisco. Sailed at 4 A. M.
Steamer Catania, for Port San Luis.
Sailed at 6 A. M. Steamer Roanoke, for
San Diego and way porta. Sailed at 6:15
A. M. Steamer Yosemlte, for San Pedro.
Arrived at 7:30 A. 11. Barge No. Ul. from
San Francisco.
San Francisco. Aug. M. Arrived Steam
er Yucatan, from tjan Diego. Sailed at 10
A. 31. Steamer Paralso, for Portland;
steamer Fort Bragg, for Portland; at noon
nteamer Dear, xor roruiwi.
Honolulu, Aug. -S Schooner 6alem, for
Portland.
Kabulul, Aug. 2. Sailed Schooner King
Cyrus, for Columbia River.
Astoria. Aug. 27. Arrived at 10 P. M.
Steamer J. A. Chanslor, from 3fonterey.
Sailed at lO P. M. steamer Geo. W. Fen
wlck. for San Pedro.
San Francisco, Aug. 38. Arrived Steam
ers Atlas, from Astoria; Asuncion, from
Solomon Bay Sailed Steamera Tamalpala.
for Grays Harbor; Paralso, for Portland;
San Juan, ror .Ancon.
Seattle. Wash.. Aug. 58. Arrived Steam
ers Sanukl Maru (Japanese), from Hong
kong; Watson, from San Francisco; Ves
talla (British), from Antwerp: Wasp, from
San Francisco; schooner Encore, from Val
paraiso. Sailed Steamers Dolphin, Aiki.
tor Southeastern Alaska.
Tenerlffe, Aug. 2T. Arrived Steamer
Klna. from- Portland, Or., for United
Kingdom.
' Colombia River Bar Report.
Condition at tho mouth of the river at 6
P. M smooth: wind, southeast, 14 miles;
weather, cloudy
T1d-s at Astoria Friday.
High. " Low.
11S4 A. M 7.0feet'S:15 A. M... 0.4 foot
10-:&7 P. M B.O feet 5:14 P. M. 3.2 feot
Mexico's first button factory has been
started at - Mexico City. Ecuadorian ivory
nuts ax
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EFFECT OF DEEP
CHANNELS SHOWN
Warrenton Member of Ports of
Columbia Body Cites East
Coast Cities.
CELIL0 CANAL FACTOR HERE
Predicted Lower Rates and Fact
Local Harbor Two Days Nearer
Orient Than Pnget Sound,
Offered as Arguments.
In a letter to Dr. Alfred Kinney, of
Astoria, accepting membership on the
Ports of the Columbia committee,
which Is working for the speedy open
ing of the Columbia River to the
largest shtDS In the world through
completion of the north Jetty at the
mouth of the river, Charles Dodge, of
Warrenton. says in part:
"That 40 feet of water is required
across the bar at the mouth of the
Columbia is beyond question. That it
will be accomplished, and quickly, too.
Is not problematical when we take
into consideration what dredging has
done on the Atlantic The Government
has Just completed a 40-foot channel
into New York harbor; has dug and
maintained for years a 30-foot chan
nel into Philadelphia and has dredged,
or is dredging, bars to the entrances of
every seaport, on the Atlantic. That
their expenditures In this line have
been fully Justified is evidenced by tho
following report from the Department
o'f Commerce and Labor, 112, which
gives the seaport traffic of the United
States as $4,000,000,000:
" 'New York. 40-foot channel, 12.000,
000.000; Boston, 30-foot channel, S 198.
000. 000: Philadelphia, 30-foot channel,
3154,000,000; Baltimore. 30-foot chan
nel, sm.ooo.soo.
"This proves that trade always will
finally seek the easiest grades to the
cheapest ports. Into the largest ves
sels.' James J. Hill.
Explanation Is Offered.
"This Is an astonishing record. In
1863 Boston was the queen city of tne
Atlantic, and Philadelphia and New
York were third and seventh, re
spectively. One naturally asks. What
wrought this great change? The
answer is. water-level haul, ocean-side
seaport, land-locked harbor. The New
York Central Railroad, up the Hudson
River, through the Mohawk Valley,
along the lakes Into Chicago, taps the
products of the Mississippi Valley at
their greatest centralization point and
gives New York, over Boston. Phila
delphia and Baltimore, the advantage
of water-grade haul, as against mountain-grade
haul.
"The same report gives the traffic
on the Pacific as: San Francisco,
$103,000,000; Puget Sound. $102,000,000;
Portland-Astoria, $12,000,000.
"This shows plainly that the trade
and traffic to and from the Inland Em
pire to the extent of $9,000,000 an
nually is being transshipped on the
Sound, bearing the mountain-grace
freight rate, and that this trade can
be readily regained to the Columbia
with 40 feet of water on the bar.
"The Port of Columbia nqt only has
the only down-grade haul on the en
tire Pacific Coast f rom . the Interior,
an ocean-side seaport and a land
locked harbor, but in addition Is tne
greatest fresh-water harbor In the
United States, and nearer the Orient
by two days' steamer travel than any
port on the Sound, and four days
nearer than San Francisco, and nearer
any Atlantic port by two days' travel
than Puget Sound,
Celllo Canal Held. Important.
"So much Is said these days about
the Panama Canal that the importance
of the Celllo Canal in this relation is
little spoken of. To me it means the
safeguarding of our equitable freight
rates. If the Panama were eliminated
from the question, the competition that
the open river will bring with the com
pletion in 1915 of the Celllo Canal will
lower even the present common-point
rates enjoyed by the Sound and San
Francisco, and the Columbia Harbor
will, forever determine the freight rate
to and from the interior upon the
water-grade haul.
"Freight travels by wagon ten miles
for $1. by rail 127 miles, by lake
steamer 1250 miles and by river barge
2000 miles. With the completion of
the Celllo Canal, the Columbia will
carry a heavier barge for a greater
distance than any navigable river in
the United States. ' We will, therefore,
be carrying freight on the Columbia
In 1915 In competition with the rail
roads that feed this territory at n
rate of one-half a mill per ton mile,
giving us a rate of 25 cents per toa
from Lewlston. Idaho, and a rate of
IS 2-3 cents per ton from Pasco, Wash.,
as against a freight rate now of $4.05
to the Columbia Harbor. These are
the actual effects of the economical
laws of rail and water traffic as
worked out In our Eastern possessions,
and they must work out to much the
same result upon the Pacific."
Y. M. C. A. STAFF GROWS
Slembershlp AVork Will Be Placed on
on Different Basis.
With the appointment of two assist
ant secretaries and the formation of a
new committee of management, the
membership department of the Port
land Young Men's Christian Associa
tion has Just been greatly strength
ened. The changes amount to putting
the membership work on an entirely
new basis.
The new committee wil be headed
by I. C. Cunningham and will have
general supervision of membership ac
tivities. W. B. Piatt will continue as
membership secretary and will be as
sisted by S. W. Harris and C. S. Poling.
Mr. Harris at present Is social secre
tary and Mr. Poling Is employed in a
railroad office. He is the son of Rev.
C. C. Poling, pastor of the First United
Evangelical Church.
Mr. Poling will do most of the office
work, leaving Mr. Piatt and Mr. Harris
free to work on the outside. They
will endeavor to Increase the associa
tion's enrollment and in addition will
see that men Joining are put In touch
with the phases of the work in which
they are especially interested. The
principal object of the changes in the
department is to see that members are
given opportunity to get the fullest
benefit out of their connection with the
association.
Switching Rates Protested.
The St. Johns Commercial Club has
started a movement to have the
switching charges from that point
eliminated and also to secure a more
uniform rate on lumber shipments on
the river and to interior points. At
the last meeting of the club a special
committee was appointed to take up
the matter with the proper officials.
It was asserted at the meeting that
the charge of $5 a car Is too heavy a
burden on the shipments made out of
St- Johns and amount to a large sum
In the course of a year.
3 Days' Outing for $3
li
llamook County Beaches
ACCOUNT
LABOR DAY
VIA
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I OODtNiSHASTAl I
I 1 ROUTES I I
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"THE EXPOSITION LIXE ISIS"
Tou can leave Portland on the morning or afternoon train, spend Sat
urday afternoon, all day Sundav and up to late in the afternoon of
Labor day on the beach or fishing In the Salmonberry and Nehalem.
TRAIX
Leave 1'nlon Depot
Leave Fonrta aad Vamkill
AFTEROOX TRAIJT
Leave Union Depot
Leave Fourth and Vamkill
Call at City Ticket Office, m Sixth St, earner of Oaki Feurth and
lanihilU or I'nlun Depot.
John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent, Portland.
95IRMTSC0I
Other Acceptances Are
pected Sjion.
Ex-
PLANS MAKING PROGRESS
Widely Separated Towns of North
west Represented Committees
Are Appointed to Take
Charge of Visitors.
Secretary Chapman, of the Commer
cial Club, up to yesterday bad received
95 answers from buyers and merchants
accepting; the invitation to come to
Portland for Buyers' Week. September
1 to 6. It is estimated that from three
to five times as many will come to
Portland as send answers to the
postals sent out by the Commercial
Club. The reservations received so
far are scattered over a wide territory,
extending from Oregon City and Hills
dale to such distant points In Idaho as
Sand Point. Coeur d'Alene and McCall.
and. they are from all varieties of
stores.
Headquarters for the buyers will be
opened in room 1. of the Commercial
Club bulidingr. Additional committees
were announced yesterday as follows;
Thursday evening; Julius Durkhelmer,
chairman, Wadhama fc Co.; R. K. Br Is tow.
Carman Manufacturing Company: A. M.
Cronin. P. J. Cronin A Co.; H. D. Curtis.
The Gauld Company; J. J. Englehardt, W.
P. Fuller Company; Max Htrsch, Hirsch
Weis Manufacturing Company; A. M. Ha ra
don. Haradon Candy Company; R. M. Ir
vine, Fleischner, Mayer St Co.; C. S. Jacob
son. Neustadter Broa. ; M. 1. Kline. M. L.
Kline; L. Lang. Lng & Co.; H. E. Lewis.
H. E. Lewis, importer; I. Lowengart. Low
en gar t & Co.; W. F. Norman, Fairbanks,
Mora ft Co.; W. J. Ruppe, Gorman-Revere
Rubber Company; A. E. Sugden, Pa
cific Hardware fc 6 tee I Company.
Friday evening oanquet Ed Ehrman,
chairman. Mason. Ehrman fc Co. ; Everett
Amea, Ames, Harris, Seville Co.; John S.
Beall. Coast Culvert A Flume Company; A.
F. Biles, Central Door fc Lumber Com
pany : C C. Colt. Union Meat Com
pany; A H. Devera, Oossett Ievers; IX
T. Honeyman, Honeyman Hardware Com
pany; J. . Kenworthy, Wadhama St Kerr
Bros.; L, Allen Lewis. Allen A Lewis; P.
Lowengart, M. Feller Co.; B. M. Meara,
Portland Cordage Company; J. L. Meier,
Meier fc Frank Company; F. A. Nitchey,
Crane Company: S. C. Pier. Marshall-Wei la
Hardware Company; bus Mm on, M. A
Gunst Company ; M. G. Thorsen, Fisher,
Thorsen & Co.; F. S. West, Goodyear Rub
ber Company.
Reception committee, Monday W. H.
Beharrell. chairman. Hey wood Broa. &
Wakefield Company; T. J. Armstrong;. W.
C. Noon Bag Company; Frank Barringer, E.
C Atkins Bag Company; Frank Bariinger,
E. C Atkins A Co. ; Kenneth Beebe, the
Beebe Company: O. C Calhoun, Miller. Sim
lngtoa A Calhoun Co.; H. A Conner. Pacific
Coast fcyrup Company; Jerome uiop. Baron
Fulop Company; S. E, Holcomb, Multnomah
Trunk A Bag Company; E. C. Johnson,
Portland Seed Company; Fred Jennings,
Portland Furniture Manufacturing Com
pany: D. E. Krausse. Krauaae Brothers.; W.
B. Mann. John Clark Saddlery Company; E.
C Oliver, F. 8. Harmon A Co.; L. R. Par
ker, John A, Roeblings Sons Company;
John Ren ken, Portland Glove Works ; R.
A. Stewart, Hoflus Equipment Company;
Edward E. Shaw, Henry Diss ton A Sons.
Inc.; Otto Stein, Clarke-Wood ward Drug
Company; W. J. Walrath, Aid on Candy
Company.
Smoker committee. Tuesday Paul De
Haas, chairman, Dougherty Shoe Company,
B. F. Bo t den. Prince Bhoe Company: F. S-
Doernbecher. Doernbecher Manufacturing
Company: Dwlght Edwards. Dwlfcht Ed
wards Company: . l. Franic, iumauer
Frank Drug Company; O. H. FIthlan, Flth-lan-Barker'
Shoe Company: George E. K.
Fitch ner. Rudgear-Merle Company; Joseph
Goodman, Goodman Brothers Shoe Com
pany: Sol Hart. Hart Cigar Company; A J.
Kingsley. Oregon Chair Company; J. C
Luckel. Luckel, King A Cake Soap Com
pany; Robert Lutke. The Lutke Manufac
turing Company; W. A Montgomery, J- K.
nm Cnmninv! S. J. McCormick. Ellera
Muaic House; J. W. Pettlt. Pettlt Feather
A Bedding Company: F. C. Stettier, .
Stettler. Company; H. S. Tuthlll. Oregon
Paiket Can-man v: Paul Wesslnxer. Henry
Welnhard Brewery; C. F. Wright. Ballou
A Wright; Dam J. Zin, Zan Bros., inc.
Wednesday Ad Club committee A G.
Clark, chairman, Wadhama A Kerr Brothers;
J. H. Dundore. Shermau. Clay A Co.; C.
D. Joslyn, Nott-Joalyn Company: O. W.
Mlelke. Blake-McFall Company; Henry W.
Mtzrr. Herman Metzrer: H. W. Mac-
Lean. Pacific Paper Company; Walter Ro-
senfeld, Koaenreiu. smitn a lo.; .
Tlmms, Timms-Cresa A Co.: Harry W.
Harris. D. N. A E. Walter Co.; Milton H.
Wasaerman, Thanhouser Hat Company.
Wednesday Jollification committee A. C.
Black, chairman. Union Meat Company;
Rimuel "R. Archer. Archer A Wiggins Com
pany; Otto Breyman. Breyman Leather
Company ; R- L. Brackett. Crescent Paper
Company; A J. Bale, Pacific Coast Biacult
Company; J. B. uraasnaw, xiraasnaw
Brothers: B. O. Case. B. O. Case A Co.;
A E. Gantenbeln. Independent Cracker
Company; E. J. Hall. T. w. jenKina a to.;
Alfred Hexter. Hexter A Co.: George Law
rence, Jr.. The George Lawrence Company;
H. R. Lewis, Columbia Supply Company;
j. B. Rasmuasen. Rasmuaven A Co.; H. A
Sargent. Simonds Manufacturing Company;
j. w. Vogan. Modern Confectionery Com
pany; X. Welnsteln, N. A S. Wefnateln; Si
mon Wolf. H. Wolf A Sons; M. A Zan.
Mease A Gottfried Co.
Cornelius Woman Buried.
HILLSBORO, Or.. Aug;. 28. (Special.)
Mrs. Ella Hopper Reynolds died at
Cornelius Tuesday from a throat af
fliction. She was born at Clinton, I1U
THE
SCHEDULES
8i4S A.M.
StOO A.M.
1:20 P.M.
1130 P.M.
December . 1S38. and was married to
J. J. Reynolds, in 1855. They resided in
Illinois until 16S5, when they moved to
Forest Grove. She leaves the follow
ing children U H., J. N., F. T., W. S
Charles S. and J. C. Reynolds. Mrs.
Vina M. Bacon, Mrs. Mary E. Johnston
and Mrs. Alice Maury. The funeral
took place yesterday, interment be ins;
at Buxton cemetery. Forest Grove.
Services were held by Rev. B. C. Cook,
assisted by the Woman's Relief Corps.
INTERURBANJLINE OPPOSED
Objection Is Filed Against Proposed
ITse of East Seventeenth Street.
Property-owners on East Seventeenth
street yesterday filed with City Auditor
Barbur a Ion? remonstrance agrainst
the proposed franchise of the Portland
& Oregon City Railway Company for
an lnterurban electric line from Orejron
City to the West Side business district
of Portland. Tha line, as proposed,
would run alone; East Seventeenth
street, which fact has aroused the lr
of the residents.
Objection Is based on the fact that
the district is now well supplied with
streetcar service and that the new line,
as proposed, would be purely for ln
terurban service. Objection Is made to
the marrins cf the district with the
large tracks and heavy, rapidly-moving;
cars.
EMPRESS CREW WINNER
stagehands Get Half of Pnrse for
Best Interior Setting.
Word was received by E. E. Barbour,
stage manager at the Empress, yes
terday that he and his crew had won
half of a 325 purse offered by J. Her
bert Frank, star of "The Arm of the
Law," to the stage crew that would
provide the best interior stage set for
his vaudeville sketch. The stage hands
of the Empress, Kansas City, Mo., win
the other half of the purse.
Stage hands of more than 50 thea
ters In tha United States competed to
win the bonus. Ernest Hood is tha
stage property man who was instru
mental In making Portland victorious.
Men Welcome
E.oiher's Friend
A Dtity that Every Man Owes to Those
who Perpetuate the Race.
It is just as important that men should
know of progressive methods in advance of
motherhood, 'loe suf
fering incident to
child-bearing can be
easily avoided by hav
ing at hand a botUe
of Mother's Friend.
This is a penetrat
ing, external applica
tion that relieves all
tension upon the mus
cles and enables them
to expand without painful strain upon ths
ligaments. Thus there is avoided nervous
Epells ; the tendency to nansea or morning
sickness is counteracted, and a bright, hap
py disposition is preserved that reflects
wonderfully upon the c harder and tem-a
perament of the little one soon to come.
Ton can obtain a bottle of "Mother's
Friend" at any drag store at $1.00. It
preserves the mother's health, enables her
to make a complete recovery, and thus with
renewed strength she will eagerly devote
herself to the care and attention which
mean so much to the welfare of the child.
Write to the Bradfield Regulator Co., 223
Lamar Bldg., Atlanta, Ga for their vain
able and instructive book of guidance for
expectant mothers.
A Word to Our
Advertisers
To you merchants of this city who
send your message each day to your
customers through the columns of
The Oregonian:
Tou have on your shelves the
products of many manufacturers.
How many of these manufacturers
are using the one medium of ad
vertising which you know to be the
best the daily newspape r the
medium that will bring customers
for the goods on your shelves?
Tou have spent time and money
proving that the daily newspaper is
the chief avenue of advertising that
brings in customers.
Do you put in your best efforts
working with the manufacturer who
helps you the manufacturer who
advertises in local newspapers, the
fact that you sell his product? Tou
should.
Do you ever tell the manufactur
er who does not use newspapers
what yon know about the value of
newspaper advertising? Tou should.
Dealers and manufacturers inter
ested in newspaper advertising can
obtain advice and co-operation by
writing to the Bureau of Advertis
ing. American Newspaper Publish
ers' Association, World Building,
New York.