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18 the aroT?vTNo orkgoman, Wednesday, November is. ioi4. ALL BRIDGE BONDS WILL BE OFFERED Committee Decides to Adver tise For Bids on Issue On Two Different Bases. ! CLARKE COUNTY IS READY Remaining $400,000 Worth of Se curities to Be Sold at Same Time . Multnomah Disposes of Its $1,000,000 Worth. Action was taken yesterday by the mdvisory bonding committee of the in terstate bridge, meeting- with the County Commissioners and' a delegation from Clarke County, to ask for bids for the remaining $1,000,000 in bridge bonds as Boon as advertisements can be pre pared. The Vancouver delegation ex pressed willingness to go ahead with the sale of the $500,000 worth of bonds to be issued by Clarke County to be devoted to the bridge fund, and the Advisory committee, consisting of Dis trict Attorney Evans, Henry Teal and Charles K. Williams, was directed to prepare the form of the advertisement and report at a special meeting to be beld tomorrow. Present yesterday were Messrs. Evans, ' Teal and Williams, County Commis sioners Holman, Lightner and Hart, County Clerk Coffey, County Auditor William Marshall and County Commis sioner A. Rawson. both of Clarke County, Washington. Two Plana to Be Ottered. Tenders will be asked for the pur chase of interstate bridge bondc to be delivered on two alternative proposi tions. One calls for the entire issue of $1,000,000, to be delivered within 20 days after the award to the highest bidder, and the other will ask for ten ders on the same amount of securities to be delivered in two, four or six months, it being the plan to deliver certain parts of the issue as the bidders desire. Longer than six months, it is thought, would not prove attractive to ' bond-buyers. The advisory committee will meet to day to draw up the form of the ad vertisement for bids and state the terms of the proposed sale for" the informa tion of bidders. The committee will be ready to report at tomorrow's meeting. Should responses to the advertise ments to be printed for the entire re maining block of Multnomah County' bond issue for the interstate bridge be iot attractive, they will not be sold and some other action yet to be deter mined will be taken. Market Improvement Expected. It ' was the opinion that the bond market is due for marked improvement within six months, and some suggested that the bridge work be prosecuted with the funds on hand, leaving the later payments for material and work to be met with the proceeds of later . bond sales. All were in earnest, however, about commencing work at once. County Commissioner Rawson, of Clarke Coun ty, said the Clarke County committee will co-operate to the fullest extent. He , eaid: "Wo have been waiting for a. bridge for a long, long time. Twenty years ago we had a bridge project started and ' eucceeded in placing one pier in the river, where it has remained ever since. 'After that, the State of Washington 'decided to bridge the' Columbia at Van couver and passed a. legislative act making the appropriation. But the Gov ernor vetoed the measure and we are Btill without a bridge for vehicle and pedestrian traffic" Clarke to Offer $400,000 Worth. ; The Clarke County committee is in a ponition to dispose of $100,000 in bonds, of the total $500,000 block au . thorized, at once, that amount to be purchased with the state school funds. The remaining $400,000 in bonds will be advertised simultaneously with the Multnomah County securities and bids opened on the same day. Following the i opening of bids, the committee will - come to Portland to confer with the Multnomah County authorities before Voting to accept the tenders. That this is a favorable time for let ting contracts for the bridge was the opinion of those attending the meeting. V. J. Lewellen, representing the Ameri can Bridge Company, said he believed the bridge could be bought now for $100,000 less than in normal times. Al though money is high, the opinion was expressed that the low price of mate rials would counterbalancee this condi tion. Companies Aak Details. Telegrams were received from the Pennsylvania Steel Company and the Phoenix .Bridge Company In reply to inquiries sent last Saturday, asking if tliey would bid on the structure before .all the funds were In hand, and both replied that they were interested in the contract but would require more Infor mation in detail as to the progress of financing the structure before making a definite bid. At yesterday's meeting a letter was ordered sent to A. L. Mills, president of the Portland Clearing-House Associa tion, asking the attitude of local banks as to paying interest on bridge funds of the county that will be on hand be tween the sale of bonds and payment of bridge contracts. Marine Notes Having loaded 325 tons of wheat here for San Francisco, the steamer Johan Poulsen left the harbor for St. Helens yesterday afternoon to finish working 490,000 feet of lumber. The Siskiyou, bound for San Pedro, left to load more lumber at St. Johns. Wauna and Knappton. It is reported yesterday that a brisk Inquiry was on for lumber to New ..York, one firm having offered 2,500.000 feet and another 1,500,000 feet, while .'. -several smaller lots down to 75,000 feet were proffeied. The rate by the Canal Is $12 a thousand. Her inward consignments of sulphur j: having been discharged, the Japanese steamer Azumusan Maru shifted yes terday from the St. Johns public dock ; to Llnnton, where she begins loading . lumber for the Far Bast in the in terest of Mitsui & Company. Collector of Internal Revenue Mil ler has notified tobacco dealers that a war tax will be levied to cover the : period between November 1 and June SO on a basis of $4 a year or $3.20 for & proportional period. Dealers must apply for blank applications on which to obtain special form stamps by No vember 30. As a cut at Doblebower's was fin ished the Government dredge Wahkia kum shifted yesterday to Puget Islaii. where she will dredge for a short time. - The Government dredge Mathloma 1 reached the Linnton moorings yester day to substitute snagpulling gear for dredging apparatus and she re turns to the Upper Willamette to cleat the channel in places. Assistant Inspectors Meany and Weldon, of the Federal steamboat in spection service, left aboard the . steamer Breakwater last night for Coquille to inspect the steamer Tele graph, which has been lengthened about 17 feet. The vessel is to resume her run between Bandon and Coquille. The steamer Homer is to be inspected here today by United States Inspectors Edwards and Fuller. Captain Vic Cagerstedt has resumed command of the river steamer Beaver, relieving Captain A. N. Smith. In ballast the Norwegian bark Falls of Afton was entered from Callao yes terday. The vessel fell in with a naval vessel off the Oregon Coast and from her obtained her position. It was rough at the time and the nation ality of the marine fighter could not be made out, but it was believed to have been an American ship. Balboa advices to the Merchants' Exchange yesterday reported that the steamer Geo. ; W. Fenwick, lumber laden from Portland, arrived there during the day. She is under charter to W. R. Grace & Company and was started from Portland October 30. As the steam schooner Tosemite was leaking slightly she was lifted on tho Oregon drydock yesterday and it was found that a small amount of caulking was required around the stern post. The vessel will probably be floated today and start loading for. the return voyage. - EX-GUARD IS ACCUSED PRISONER SAYS RE GAVE $4M OF LOOT TO GARDINER HAN. Arrest Results From Charge That Is Blade by Ray Buck, Who Confesses Loon Lake Robbery and. Assault. EOSEBURG, Or.. Nov. 17. James Ferguson, of Gardiner, accused of re ceiving $400 of the money taken from the cabin jjf Frank Kuhn. of Loon Lake, after an attack made on Kuhn by Ray Bunch last . Thursday night, was brought here tonight by a Deputy Sher iff. He is being held pending an ex amination before the grand Jury. In his confession to District Attor ney Brown Saturday night, Ray Bunch, confessed assailant of Mr. Kuhn, said that while he was confined In a hotel at Gardfner awaiting transportation to Roseburg he gave Ferguson $400 of the stolen money. Ferguson, the officers say, was deputized to guard the pris oner during the night Bunch was held at Gardiner. Bunch told the District Attorney that he made an agreement with Ferguson, whereby Ferguson was to surrender to him half of the $400 in the event he was released from custody by the courts. In the event of being con victed and sentenced to a term in the penitentiary. Bunch said Ferguson was to keep all the money. Ferguson tonight denied the accusa tions made by Bunch. None of the money taken from the Kuhn home, with the exception of $70, which was destroyed, has been re covered. Mr. Kuhn is expected here early to morrow to testify against Bunch. No one here knew of Ferguson s ar rest until he arrived In town tonight. HOTEL DEAL IS DENIED Eccles Interests Not Trying to Buy Oregon, Is Assertion. Persistent rumors are afloat that the Eccles interests of Utah are closing negotiations for an interest in the Hotel . Oregon. These rumors, however, are denied by F. S. Bramwell, the new assistant "manager of the hotel. 'If any deal is pending for the purchase of any interest in the Ore gon, I know nothing of it." said Mr. Bramwell last night. "The owner ship, insofar as I know, remains with Wright and Dickinson and will re main with them. The report that Mr. Wright may retire from the active management Is absolutely without foundation. Mr. Wright is in Seattle, and Mr. Dickinson is in Bellingham looking after his oil interests. "During the past 30 days the busi ness of the Hotel Oregon has Increased 35 per cent and the company is in splendid financial condition. I was a close friend and the personal repre sentative of David Eccles prior to his death nearly two years ago, but since that time have not figured ' extensively with the Kccles interests." WOMAN PIONEER PASSES Mrs. Camilla Donnell, Itast Charter Member of Church, Dies. -THE DALLES, Or.. Nov. 17. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Camilla Donnell. aged 87, one of the pioneers of The Dalles since 1858, died Monday as a result of a com plication of diseases. She was the last charter member of The Dalles Congregational Church and a prominent member of the old Fort Dalles Historical Society, the Women's Relief Corps and the Women's Chris tian Temperance Union. The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon. VETERAN TRAVELING" PAS SENGER AGENT CONGRAT ULATED BY OLD AND NEW FRIENDS. J- James W. Casey. In response to a brief para graph appearing in The Orego nlan's "Twenty-Five Years Ago" column a week ago today, James W. Casey, the veteran traveling passenger agent of the Milwau kee railroad, has received hun dreds of letters and telegrams from friends in all parts of the country congratulating him on his successful completion of a quarter century of service in the ranks of the company. "Jim" Casey is the oldest traveling pas senger agent on the Pacific Coast and probably the most popular and has traveled for the same railroad for a longer period than any other man on the Coast. "Kit" Carson is the only traveling railroad man in Portland who has seen more years of service, but he has not always been with the same road. A. D. Charlton and George Willett, both of the Northern Pacific, are the only men in Portland who have been longer on "railroad row" than Casey. t a SHIPPING PRESTIGE BEGINS TO RETURN Advance Marked at Dock by Cars of Hemp A waiting -Con--. nections With New York. OIL DRAWN FOR CHICAGO Promise for Portland as Gateway in Future With More Carloads for . East May Be Realized Mu nicipal Wharf Grows. Gradually, Portland is regaining lost prestige In the way of trans-continental shipments. in connection with water lines, an important feature of tbe har bor's business that not many years ago earned for the city the distinction of having the largest Japanese matting account on the Pacific Coast, when more than 50,000 rolls of the Oriental floor covering were stored here at a time In bond. Six cars of hemp are piled on munici pal dock No. 1 for Chicago and two cars additional are for New York, the mate rial having been discharged from the Royal Mail liner Den of Airlie, which now is working her- outbound cargo. From the cargo of the Royal Mail liner Merionethshire, a car of cocoanut oil was drawn for Chicago. Portland Route to Be Urged. There are promises that the Portland gateway will be favored In the future with more carloads for the East, so it then will be a problem for commercial interests to shoulder In inducing 'East ern houses to instruct their Far East ern agents to route via Portland, - as well as send their freight through this city that Is destined for Oriental de livery. In two weeks nine ships have handled cargo at Municipal dock No.- 1 and J. W. Ransom, in charge of the property under the Commission of Public Docks, has his hands full keeping consign ments on the move, as the next Grace liner, the Santa Cruz, is eaid to have 2000 tons for Portland and other car riers are coming along shortly which will require space. One end of the first unit of the dock Is being utilized for the storage of Alaska salmon brought down by the Portland Steamship Com pany's vessels, and as the frame of the warehouse in the rear of the dock Is up and the work of covering the roof and sides begun, space there will be available by January 1 for freight that is to be stored. Second Unit of Dock Progresses. The second unit of the dock Is well along, the roof being on and the sides are being enclosed. Piling and ties for a track that extends along the north line to the harbor frant are in place and the steel will be laid in time for service when -the pier and slip Is fin ished there, the basin for the slip be ing now under way. Material, taken from the river, is being hoisted into a hopper and washed to the rear of the dock, .where a fill is being made. Bids will be opened next week for extending the tracks and building a roadway Into the center of the dock from Front street, which also is to serve the warehouse. As soon as the second unit is completed there will be another extreme roadway, thereby affording three entrances to the dock that will facilitate the movement of team trans fers to a large degree. btacks of miscellaneous goods, with 1300 tons of sulphur, the latter being moved by rail to Oregon City for paper manufacturing purposes, damaged kegs of nails and other packages belner coo pered, together with shlDments of hemp, have crowded the dock for the present, but deliveries are being aug mented so that there should be plenty of space for the Santa Cruz cargo. BEAR HAS HOLIDAY FREIGHT Manager Blair Goes South After In specting Two Liners Here. Huge bundles of Oregon grape and fir boughs going into the hold of the "Big Three" liner Bear,-destined for San Francisco and Los Angeles, sacks of oysters, boxes of famed Oregon ap ples and other freight that hag to do witn holiday cheer and dinners, gave Ainsworth dock a yuletide appearance yesterday afternoon, when the Bear de parted at 4 o'clock for the land where snow and fir trees are as scarce as hen teeth. It may have been the character of shipments that reminded certain offi cials of the line and officers of the steamer of the cheerful-giving period, for tney combined to assist a woman to Los Angeles and hardly had it been proposed when a purse of $16 was col lected quietly and the passenger sent on her way. The Bear, having been drydocked this trip, was an hour late departing, but that will make no dif ference in the time of her sailing from the river. The steamer carried 360 passengers and there was just one more in the first-class list than in the steer age, classes being virtually evenly di vided. The Beaver, "flagship' of the squad ton, is due tn today with a fair pas senger list and average cargo. G. L Blair, general' manager of the fleet, who came here on the Rose City No vember 8, to be present during her an nual inspection, as well as to Inspect the hull of the Bear when she was on drydock, left on the Bear yesterday for San Francisco. While on the public drydock Sunday Mr. Blair stepped through a hole in the deck of one pon toon, being engaged at the time in ex amining the lower plates on the ves sel's hull, and sustained painful in juries to his right leg. A surgeon who examined the- limb yesterday said there might be a slight fracture. MANY MAY MAKE CAXAL TRIP Xorth Bank Steamers to Carry Pas sengers Here From Philadelphia. "When the new passenger steamships of the Great Northern Pacific Steam ship Company make their Initial voy age from Philadelphia to San Francis co next Spring, they will carry a full list of passengers. The company proposes to advertise its service in the hope of attracting passengers for the west bound trip from Philadelphia to San Francisco and Portland. The steamers will pass through the Panama Canal and make a brief stop at San Francisco before proceeding to Flavel at the mouth of the Columbia. The first of the pair the Great Northern will leave Phila delphia about March 15. Each vessel has accommodations for 650 first class. 108 second class and 198 third-class passengers. STEAMER DIRIGO IS WRECKED All Crew Saved When Craft on Tour Fonnders in Alaska. SEATTLE. Wash, Nov. 17. The steamer Dirigo. owned by the Alaska Steamship Company, of Seattle, foun dered last night in a heavy gale off Cape Spencer, Alaska, while being towed to Seattle by the passenger steamship Cordova, of tho same line. The Dlrtgo's crew of 13 were saved by the Cordova. Lately the Dlrlgo has been cn the run from Seward to the Alaska penin sula and adjoining islands. She was being brought to Seattle, her place having been taken by a better boat. A crew of 12 men, under Captain John Johnston, was on the Dirigo. About 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon in lati tude 58:48, longitude west 39:35. during a tremendous gale the Dirigo became unmanageable acd the crew was taken on the Cordova. The Dirigo was a wooden steamer of 823 gross tons, built at Hoquiam, Wash., in 1898. She was 165 feet long. During the gold days, she was a freight and passenger carrier between Alaska and Puget Sound. She was valued at $125,- 000, On October from Alaska crew struck. 3, 1910, after a -royage to Seattle the Dlrlgo's saying the vessel had leaked all the way down and had been kept from sinking only by con stant work at the pumps. ASTORIA TO PROBE DRXDGIXG Board Fears Clatsop .Is Dumping Material Into Main Channel. ASTORIA, Or., Nov. 17. (Special.) The Port of Astoria Commission has ordered an Investigation of the dredg ing operations carried .on in the UDDer harbor by the dredge Clatsop. Recent reports are that the dredge has been dumping material into the main chan nel leading to Astoria, and this, the commission Has taken exception to. it has authorized Engineer Walsh and Vice-Chalrman Wingate to make an In vestigation of the operations and re port on them. If found to be correct the engineer's department will be asked to change the plans immediately, other wise an injunction will be asked for In the courts. With reference to dredging opera tions by the Chinook, a letter was re ceived from Colonel McKinstry, engi neer In charge of the work, thanking the Commission for its co-operation in the improvement of the bar-and harbor. The letter also Bald that the Chinook would be kept on the bar as long as the results of her work merited. A record of the dredging operations at the mouth of the Columbia as re ceived from - the engineer'? office in Portland show that only 23,000 cubic yards were removed from the bar In the month of October, as against 178. 260 yards in July, 209,640 tn August and 127,820 yards In September. THOMASrVA'S MEX ABOARD Tars Jailed When Drunk Escorted Back to. Forecastle. Four sailors of the crew of the Rus sian ship Thomaslna, who were arrest ed Friday after attacking officers of the vessel, were escorted from the City Jail to the Thomaslna yesterday after noon. They were takeo to tho Munici pal boatlanding in a police auto and thence to the ship in the Harbor Pa trol launch, the Thomaslna having been shifted from the Globe elevator to the stream and anchored below the bridges, where the men joined her. Threats of enforcing the discharge of the quartet here because of their fear of capture at the hands of Ger man or Turkish vessels had not ma-, teriallzed up to the time they were returned. Captain Frederlckson Insists that they have no reasonable ground on which to base a demand to be paid off. as they are natives of Finland and not directly involved in the present European trouble. He says they are willing sailors when sober. The Thomaslna will leave for sea tomorrow or Friday. She is laden with wheat dispatched by A. Berg and has a cargo of 98,000 bushels, valued at $103,000. BIG OATS MOVEMENT IS OX Oristano Finished, St. II u go Goes Today and Ecclesla Starts Loading. Cable inquiry from England for oats to be delivered in January stirred grain circles yesterday, and the 3000 tons aboard the British steamer' Oristano may be only a start in a heavy move ment of the fodder, which Is in demand by the British and French forces. On the Lowther Range, working cargo at Montgomery dock, about 3500 tons of oats will be floated, and tho sale of zooo tons of oats at the Merchants' Ex change yesterday Is for another cargo. Parcel shipments are being made from puget sound as well. Besides oats, the Oristano took 126,- vsa Dusneis of wheat, valued at $145. !. xne tramp st. tiugo should be started seaward today with a cereal cargo, Liverpool being her destination, and the Den of Airlie will go into her berth at the Crown mill to take on flour for the Far East. The tramp ccciesia. wnicn was lined at tho East ern & Western mill, shifted fron there yesterday to the Dlant of th, Portland Flouring Mills Ccmpany to tuna tor .cngiana. IOWAX CARRIES MORE' FLOUR Panaman Arrives From New York, and Santa Cruz Due Soon. Flour sent away last night on the American-Hawaiian steamer Iowan, destined for New York and consisting of 6000 sacks. Is believed to be intended tor reshlpment to England and is the second lot routed that way, one cargo In October comprising 7000 barrels. The Iowan had an assortment of other freight and sailed by way of Puget Sound and San Francisco. The Panaman, of the same line, came into the harbor before the Iowan got away and anchored in the stream until a berth was available. She has New Vork freight to unload and should take on her outward shipments toTie able to sail by Saturday, following the Iowan north and to the Golden Gate. The Grace liner Santa Cruz, also from New York, is due November 25 with freight aggregating 2003 tons. She Is reported making good time from the East coast to the Golden Gate, being credited with an average speed of 13 knots an hour on 140 barrels of oil a day. Big Lumber Cargo Sent South. ST. HELENS, OrNov. 7. (Special.) The St. Helens Mill Company this week sent the Celilo, with a million feet of lumber, for San Pedro and the Multnomah for San Diego. The Mult nomah left the dock 30 minutes after the Celilo had cleared. These two vessels had a race on their last trip down the coast. Each vessel left with a full quota of passengers.- The Wil lamette took a full load of lumber and passengers for San Pedro. The To semite, with 40 passengers and 600,000 feet of lumber, departed for San Fran cisco. The Klamath with 60 passengers also took a load of piling to San Fran cisco. The Columbus Mill, of this place, loaded the Templu E. Dorr, of the Hicks - Hauptman Company, for San Pedro and the Johan Poulsen for San Francisco. - St. Helens Shipyard Busy. ST.'HELENS, Or.. Nov. 17 (Special.) The St. Helens Shipbuilding Com pany has secured contracts to construct the dredge, the Monticello, for the United States Government. This dredge will be used for improvement of the Cowlitz, Lewis and Clatskanie rivers. The approximated cost is $10,000. This company also has the contract for re pairing the Government lightship, the Umatilla, for a consideration of $12,000. A new steam schooner Is in tbe yards. It will be finished and launched within a short time. BARK TO BE MENDED Bids for Repairs on Dalbek to Be Opened Tomorrow. MARINE -WORK SWELLED Rotating System on Santa Catallna Job Planned to Give Labor to as Many Men as Possible Dur ing Life of Contract. Marine repair work here will be further Increased after bids are opened tomorrow for new frames and other parts in the hull of the German bark Dalbek, which was damaged previous to her arrival in the river, and when ordered to lay up with other German vessels owing to the war. It was found that she was leaking and a survey resulted in specifications being issued. The three contracts awarded the Willamette Iron & Steel Works, that of repairing the Grace liner Santa Catalina, repairing and overhauling Lightvessel No. 67, and building the new Government dredge Monticello, will be the main scene of activity dur ing the Winter and plans have been adopted so that needy individuals will be given employment to tide them over for a time. Bert C. Ball, manager of the plant, said yesterday that . rotating system was being adopted so that while from 250 to 300 men would be required to carry on the projects, laborers would be retained for a period sufficient to earn money to carry them and their families for a time and then others would be put on, so by the time the Santa Catallna Is finished perhaps 500 names would have been on the pay roll. There have been many appli cants for places and they were listed so they will be accepted as vacancies are open. The Santa Catallna, which is lying alongside the dock on the riverside, is expected to be shifted into a berth between the iron works and Oregon drydock today, dredging having progressed satisfaetoiily there. With the ship in a more advantageous posi tion, the damaged plates and other ma terial can be torn away more rapidly and everything prepared for new ma terial to go into place. There were about 100 men working aboard the steamer yesterday and it was aimed to have the vessel's funnel dismantled the first thing this morning. Captain Rose, of the Santa Catalina. remains on the ground during the period of repairs and will take the ship to sea when she resumes opera tion. BRITISH STEAMER LIBELED Balfour, Guthrie & Co. Sue Oristano for Alleged $3801 Damages. Suit for libel against the British steamer Oristano for $3801.52 on ac count of alleged losses through dam age to cargo and her failure to deliver certain portions of her consignments was filed in the United States District Court yesterday by Balfour, Guthrie & Co. The complaint .alleges a shortage in and damage to consigiments of iron, steel, glass, salts, bleaching powder, canary seed and" a quantity of car bolineum destined for Portland. San Francisco and Seattle. Several claims made by other firms have been pur chased by the libelants. The damage is attributed to the leak ing of carbolineum on the other' por tions of the cargo. Among the dam aged articles consigned to Portland firms were quantities of salts and iron, glass and the carbolineum barrels. The shortage to firms here is named aa three barrels of salts, 1203 pieces of iron, 24 boxes of glass and 50 gallons of carbolineum, the total value of the loss being fixed at $1459.42. Through Captain J. M. Williamson, master of the steamer, Furness, Withy & Co., owners. In London, have filed a bond of $5000 as security for damagss that may be awarded. JETTY CONTRACTS ARE LET Vancouver Improvement In Colum bia River to Cost $14,0 00. VANCOUVER. Wash., Nov. 17. (Spe cial.) Work on the Port of Vancou ver's two jetties, to be built in the Co lumbia River, will begin as soon as contracts can be drawn up and the ma terial assembled. The Port of Vancouver Commission ers. William D. DuBois, George McCoy and C. E. Abel, today let three con tracts for this work, which will cost about $14,000. Elliott Contracting Company, of Portland, obtained a contract to con struct 2000 feet of jetty on the Oregon side and 400 feet on the Washington side, its bid being $3076. Piling will be furnished at 8 cents a foot by Alfred A. Loeb, of Portland, and this will amount to $4500. This piling is cut near Battle Ground, this county. The rock will -be furnished for 75 cents a cubic yard, measured on the barge and placed in the Jetty. This work will cost $6000. News From Oregon Ports. COOS BAY. Or.. Nov. 17. (Special.) The gasoline schooner Randolph ar rived today and will load freight for a trip to Port Orford and Wedderburn. The steamer Alvarado arrived from Portland with freight for this district. The vessel is loading lumber at North Bend. ASTORIA, Or.. Nov. 17. (SDeclaH The American-Hawaiian line steamer Panaman arrived today from San Fran cisco with part cargo from New Yoric for Portland. . The steam -schooner Northland ar rived from San Francisco with general cargo for Astoria aod Portland. The steam schooners Nehalem and Temple E. Dorr arrived from San Fran cisco with cargo for Astoria and Port land. The steam schooner Celilo and the steam schooner Multnomah Is due from San i'rancisco witr general cargo. The steam schooner Siskiyou will shift to Knappton, where slie will load tiOO.JOO feet of lumber for San Fran cisco. Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND. Nov. 17. Arrived Steamers Northland. Asuncion. Temple K. torr tad Nehalem. from San Kranciaco ; panamf.ii, from New York, via way ports. Sailed Steamers Breakwater, for Coos Bay; Bear, foi San Pedro, via San Francisco; lowar., for New York, via way ports; Siskiyou, for San Pedro; British steamer Oristano. for United Kingdom. Astoria. Nov. 17. Arrived at 5 and left up at 7:30 A. M. Steamer Northland, from San Francisco. Arrived at 7 and left up at 8 A. M. Steamer Panaman, from New York, via way ports. Arrived at 8:30 and left up at 10 A. M. Steamer Asuncion, from San Francisco. Arrived at 9 and left up at 10 A M Steamers Nehalem and Temple E. Dorr, from San Francisco. San Francisco, Nov. IS. Sailed at 7 P. M. Steamer San Ramon, for Portland. Coos Bay, Nov. 17. Sailed at midnight Steamer Geo. W. Elder, from Portland, for Eureka. Arrived at 8 A M. Alvarado. frum Poi tland for San Francisco. Eureka, Nov. 17. Arrived at noon Steam er Geo. W. Elder, from Portland, via Coos Bay. Victoria, Nov. 16. Sailed at It. 19 P. SL J -NATI0NA Apple Spokane Nov. 15-21 19 14 Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co. Tickets on sale daily Not. 15-20 Final return limit November 23 Apple Cooking Contest will be held by tbe O.-W. R. & N. at the Apple Show Thursday, November 19th. Don't miss it. Leave PORTLAND 8:00 P. Arrive SPOKANE 7:56 A. Superior Service, Electric Lighted Tickets, reservations, etc., CITY TICKET OFFICE Third and Washington Streets Marshall 4500, A 6121 British steamer Merionethshire, from Port lands for London, via. Oriental ports. Balboa, Nov. 17. Arrived steamer Geo. W. Fenwlckt, from Columbia River. Honolulu, Nov. IS. Arrived Steamer Ken tuckian, from Portland, for New lork. via San Francisco. San Dleg-o. Nov. 17. Arrived Steamer Yucatan, from Portland, via way ports. Astoria, Nov. 16. Sailed at noon Steamer Alvarado, for San Francisco, via Coos Bay. Sydney. N. 8. W., Nov. 16. Arrived So noma, from San Francisco. London, Nov. 16. Arrived at Thames haven Steamer Barneson. from San Fran cisco. Avonmouth. Nov. 17. Arrived Spltheaa. from Ban Francisco. New York, Nov. 17. Arrived Steamer Arlionan. from Seattle. Sailed Steamers St. Helens, for San Francisco; Washlnstoman. for San Francisco. San Fraaclsco, Nov. 17. Arrived Steam ers Tamalpals. from Grays H?rbor; Manoa, from Honolulu; Strathearn (British), from Pacasmayoi Peru: Adeline Smith. from Coos Bay; Bonolulan, bark Archer, from Se attle; Peru, from Balboa; Cordelia (British), from Vancouver. Sailed Steamers City of Para, for Ancon; Carznel, for Grays Har bor; Satanta (British), for Woo Suns; Atlas, for Honolulu; Pacific, -tor Seattle. Seattle. Wash.. Nov 17. Arrived Steam. ers Falcon, Bee. El Segundo. from San Fran cisco; Jefferson, xrom southeastern AlasKa; Novgorod (Russian), from Vladivostok; U. S. cableshlp Burnside. from Southeastern Alaska. Sailed steamers Queen, for an Diego; - Shidzuoka Maru (Japanese), for Hongkong; City of Seattle, for Souiheaatarn Aluska. Balboa. Nov. 17. Arrived Steamer Brodmount, from Seattle, and proceeded for Liverpoo'. Sailed Steamer Datnara, from San Francisco, for Galveston. Christobat, Nov. 17. Arrived Steamer Evolyn( Philadelphia for San Francisco. ' MARINE rSTEIXIGEXCE. Steamer Schedule.' DUE TO ARRIVE. Name. From. Date. Roanoke. ......... San Diego. ..... In port Beaver Los Angelee Nov. 18 Gt o. W. Elder Eureka Nov. 20 Yucatan -San Diego ..Nov. 12 Breakwater. ...... Coos Bay. Nov. 2- Rose City. ........ J.os Angeles. .... .Nov. Biar Los Angeles Nov. 28 DUB TO DEPART, Name. For Date. Roanoke San Diego Nov. 18 Harvard 8. F. to L. A. Nov. 1 Celilo ..San Diego Nov 20 Yale 8. F. to L. A- Nov. 20 Multnomah ..JSan Diego .Nov. 21 Geo. W. iSlder Eureka Nov. V- Northland. .San Francisco. .. .'Nov. 22 Beaver. ...... .... .Los Angeles. .... .Nov. breakwater. ...... Coos Bay. ....... Nov. J. B. Stetson .San Diego.. Nov. Yucatan ...fan Diego Nov. San Itamon. ...... .San Francisco. . .Nov. Rose City. J.OS Angeles Nov. Willamette San Diego Nov. Yosemlte. ........ .San Francisco. . . .Nov. Klamath Saa Diego Nov. Bear .Los Angeles Dec. 2-1 25 2; SO Su 2 EUROPKAN AND ORIENTAL SERVICH. Name. From Date. Den of Airlie London In port Glenroy London. ........ .Jan. 23 Glen turret. .... London. Feb. 2u Name. For Date. Den of Airlie London Nov. 21 Glenroy London. ......... J an. oJ Glesturret .London Feb. 2ft ALASKAN SERVICE. Name. For. Date. Thos. L. TV" and Skigway Nov. 23 Marconi "Wireless Reports. (All positions reported at 8 P. M., Novem ber 17, unless otherwise designated.) Santa Maria, Port Harford for Honolulu '564 miles south of Port Harford, Novem ber 10. at 8 P. M. Hooper, Baltimore for -Seattle, 789 mtls south of Kan Francisco, November 18, at S Lyra, Ean Francisco for New York, 725 miles south of San Francisco. Santa. Cruz, New York for San Pedro, 76J miles south of East San Pedro. Pennsylvania, Balboa for San Francisco, 30 miles rum Acapulco. Atlantic. San Francisco for Boston, by miles south of Cape San Lucas Redondu. .San. Francisco for Redonao, SB miles north of Redondo. Camlno, SO miles from Magdalena Ba. Queen Seattle for San Francisco, nine miles south of Cape Flattery. Governor, Seattle for Vancouver, oft Partridge Point. Oliver J. Olson left Everett for San Fran Northwestern left Ketchikan for Seattle, November Id. at 9:15 P. M. Multnomah, San Francisco for Portland; crossing Columbia bar. ' Richmond, Richmond for Seattle, 200 miles from Seattle. Leelanaw, San Diego for San Francisco, 145 miles south of San Francisco, Nov. 10, 8 P. M. Atlas, San Francisco for Honolulu, 70S miles out, Nov. 16. 8 P. M. Topeka, Ban Francisco for Eureka, 30 miles south of Point Arena. Nov. 16. 8 P. M. Rose City, San Francisco for San Pedro, 10 miles south of Poln Sur, Nov. 16, S P. M. Aroline, San Pedro for San Francisco, 12 miles north of Pledras Blancas, Nov. 18, 8 'cut of Para, San Francisco for Balboa, 51 miles south of San Francisco, Nov. 18, Farragut San Francisco for Seattle, 23 miles north of Point Reyes, Nov. 16. 8 P. M. Santa Clara. San Francisco for San Pedro, 25 miles south of Pigeon Point, Nov. 16, 8 P. M. Stetson, San Pedro for San Francisco, 20 miles south of. Point Sur, Nov. 16, 8 P. M. Washtenaw, San Luis for Oleum, 60 miles south of San Francisco, Nov. 16, S P. M. Kllbum, Eureka for San Francisco 12 miles north of Point Arena. Nov. 16, 8 P. M. Beaver. San Francisco for Portland, OS Hecta Head. Nov. 16, 8 P. M. Herrin, Llnnton for Avon, 866 miles south of Columbia River bar. Oleum. Portland for Port San Luis, 134 miles north of San Francisco. Argyll, Oleum for Seattle, 250 miles north of San Francisco. Centralia. Aberdeen for San Francisco, 323 miles north of San Francisco. Dewey. Seattle for San Francisco, 160 miles north of San Francisco. Grace Dollar. Eagle Harbor for San Fran. Cisco. 310 miles north of San Francisco. Buck, Monterey tor Llnnton, 4S1 miles north of Monterey. Lucas. Seattle for Richmond, 60 miles north of Cape Blanco. San Ramon, San Francisco for Portland, 50 miles north of Cape Mendocino. Columbia River Bar Report. NORTH HEAD. Nov. 17. Condition of the bar at t P. M. : Sea, smooth; wind, east,' 18 miles. . Tides at Astoria Wednesday. High. Low. 1:13 A. M.... 7.4 feet6:4J A. M....2.8 feet 0:38 P. M....10.2 feet 7:53 P. M.. L8 feet Explorers at Hood River. HOOD RIVER. Nov. 17. (Special.) Bill Rodgers, - Kuba Evans, - Ty Lober Show ROUND-TRIP FARE VIA THE SHORT ROUTE M. M. Watch for V DODGE BROTHERS' Announcement I Soon. assssssassssassssa--sssssss and Buddy K?an spent Sunday here In their launches tied at & local wharf. Mrs. Rodgers, with her son. Bill, Jr., and Airs. Evans accompanied their bus bands. The ballplayers expect to spend several days hunting in the Arlington district, after which they will leave for a trip of several weeks on the Up per Columbia. Tnckerton Wireless Resumes. NEW YORK. Nov. 17. Commercial wireless communication between Ger many and the tower at Tuckerton. X. J., was resumed today, according to an announcement made here. How To Stop The Tobacco Habit Secretly By a Specialist. That the tobacco habit can be treated secretly at homo at very little expense Is the claim of a well-known specialist who bas treated thousands of cases. In a recent interview ho made the fol lowing; statement: "The cost of the drugs used to treat the tobacco habit in the high-priced sanitariums amounts to very little. Here is a simple, inex pensive prescription that can be given secretly in coffee, tea, milk or water or tn the food, as it bas no color, taste nor smell: To 3 oz. of water add 20 grains of muriate of ammonia, a small box of Varlex Compound and 10 grains of pepsin. Put in coffee or food a tea epooniul three times a day. This pre scription can be put up by any drug gist. Is perfectly harmless and will be found very effective In the treatment of the tobacco habit in any form." Adv. EVEN CROSS, SICK CHILDREN LOVE SYRUPJF FIGS If Feverish, Bilious, Constipated, Give Fruit Laxative at Once. Don't Bcold your fretful, peevish child. See if tongue is coated; this Is a sure tigrn its little stomach, liver and bowels are clogged with sour waste. 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