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THE SUNDAY QREG0NIA3T, PORTLAND, MARCH 30, 1902. IT LADIES of OREGON, ATTENTIOI 300 Full-Size Patterns Cloth for a Ladles' Tailor-Made Suit, Will Be Given Away Free to Let You Know We Are Living and in Oregon Too Continue. It's Interesting Beginning tomorrow Monday morning at 8 o'clock, with each gentleman's suit purchased of us, we will give free of charge full-size pattern of cloth for one ladies tailor-made suit, until 300 selections have been made. They may last two, three or four days, but hardly much more for this is very fine cloth and ordinary dress goods seem like rags in comparison. It would cost you from $10.00 to $12.00 to buy these tailor-made suit patterns. LADIES this is done as an advertisement and you can be sure we are not going to put out any worthless goods. No, indeed I We warrant without qualification EVERY INCH OF CLOTH TO BE ALL-WOOL. You can make it yourself have your tailors make it, or we will make It for you, but these ladies' tailor cloths are such as you would have to pay $25.00 to $30.00 per finished suit. Now, if your husband, brothers or gentlemen friends expect to get any clothing this Spring speak to them, about this. You might just as well have one of these fine dresses a costume stylish, will wear for years and still look well. You can thus get one FREE AS AIR. We will not confine you to one or two styles, but you will be shown ACTUALLY SHOWN HUNDREDS from which to select. You will see what you want here's a few of them soft-finished serges, in blue, gray, brown, tan, etc., etc., worsteds, cheviots in checks; stripes, plain blue and blacks, clay worsteds, oxfords, mohairs, etc., etc., in fact, anything you want. All cloth will be thoroughly sponged or shrunk FREE OF CHARGE. Our usual charge is 50c per pattern. AND THE MEN'S SUITS-AREN'T THEY REASONABLE? JUST LOOK AT THE PRICES below; and UNION TAILORS to do the work is a pretty stiff guarantee that the work is good, for union tailors are good workers, but they know it, and, there fore, demand good pay they get it and then we demand good work and we get it or you get it instead, is better. NOW, LOOK AT THIS, LADIES Walking, or rain skirts, free, as follows : We have had manufactured for us some styles of cloth which experience has taught us are the only styles of weave that are proof against bagging-at-the-knee. It is not commonly known, but is a double-worsted, flexible-weave cloth. They are unbagable with each pair of them we will give FREE OF CHARGE cloth for a ladies' walking or rainy-day skirt. These offers are great, aren't they? Never heard of such a thing, did you ? It is, and will be, the talk of the state. But, you see, that is what we want, and it .takes some thing extraordinary and fine to get it. Now, have "your" man look at the unbagable pants prices below they are not "high, are they? Union labels in all garments that's good, isn't it ? We think so. So is advertising. You would not get these dresses if we did not advertise. Then do as we advertise we do prove us. But to allay any suspicions, we. below, ive numbers and minute description of goods, so you can come right in, call for the number of goods you desire to see. rou will notice we do not say "all suits cut so and so," and then show you cheaper goods when you come in. No, sir ; we give you the number and color of it. Now, you don't need to buy ready-made stuff ; just take advantage of this ; come and make your selections ; we will hold the goods for you until you are ready to have them made up The margin of profit on a single order is as nothing, but we do business on the modern methods of a large number of orders, taken in the aggregate means much. We are very large consumers of merchant tailor goods, and we pay spot cash ; therefore, we almost make our own prices when we purchase cloth supplies. This means much nearly all in governing our selling prices, and is the reasoa we are able to quote the following prices. ONLY UNION TAILORS EMPLOYED z: BUSINESS SUITS Tailor cloth dress pattern free with one of these, every inch all-wool. No. 6441 Olive -wide hair stripe ?26.50 No. 5781 Green wide hair stripe f. $24.50 No. 6271 Herringbone worsted $25.00 No. 5801 Faint striped suiting . 523.50 No. 5110 Fancy striped suiting $22.50 No. 5431 Fancy mohair, a dandy $24.00 No. 7051 English double and twist $30.00 No. 6201 A genuine novelty bronze $24.00 No. 5151 Fancy brown mixture $20.00 No. 5121 Fancy white and green stripe $21.00 No. 5441 A swell blue and green $24.00 No. 7311 Genuine Scotch plaid $28.50 No. -5741 Pin check, never wear out $25.C0 No. 6091 Fancy plaid mohair $24.00 No. 5911 Brown and old gold $23.50 No. 5851 Fancy herringbone .- $24.00 No. 5391 Fancy Bannockburn $24.00 No. 5111 Fancy light plaid $19.50 No. 5141 Fancy mixed carmine $20.00 No. 2251 Never wear out, light check $20.00 No. 2301 Another never wear out, check $21.00 No. 5341 Fancy blue and white stripe $23.50 No. 5471 Brown herringbone plaid $24.00, No. 5091 A nobby brown and gold mixed $22.5tf No. 5421 Fancy herringbone stripe $25.00 No. 2471 Fancy English herringbone $25.00 No. 2391 BlaCk herringbone cheviot $22.50 No. 5051 Dark plaid and stripe , $21.00 No. No. No. No. rr 1U. No. No. No. No. 'No, No. No. No. No. No. No. i No. j No. , Np : No. I No. No. No. Black and White The Swell Thing Here they are in plain figures. 8891 t $21.00 5990 $24.00 7890 $23.50 6198.. v -. $24.C0 4719 : $30.00 2919 27.50 9189 $26.50 499L $26.50 Black and Blue Cheviots and Unfinished Worsteds 3891 Black Thibet cloth $24.00 4841 Blue worsted cheviot $25.50 4851 Black worsted cheviot $23.50 3S71 Black diagonal cheviot $22.50 4881 Black herringbone cheviot $25.00 4871 Black herringbone cheviot $25.00 4891 Black diagonal English cheviot $27.50 5801 Black unfinished clay, a dandy $27.50 6801 Black unfinished clay, very fine $30.00 4871 Blue unfinished serge $25.00 5851 Imported blue herringbone cheviot r .$27.50 5881 Imported unfinished black clay $28.50 8511 Imported blue diagonal cheviot $26.50 4861 Imrorted black unfinished worsted $24.00 "S521 Imported blue unfinished serge $27.50 6881 Imported garnet English unfinished worsted.. $40.00 Black Worsteds and Serges No. 9081 Indigo blue serge $23.50 No. 2951 Heavy weave black or blue serge $28.50 No. 2911 Very fine, fine weave blue serge $30.00 No. 1931 Darker, fine weave blue serge $25.00 No. 2931 Can't be beat, Elutent blue serge $30.00 No. 3079 Wide weave blue serge $24.00 No. 1981 English strong blue serge .". $26.50 No. 9091 Fine English blue serge $22.50 No. 9261 A swell thing, herringbone blue serge $30.00 No. 9061 Plain blue serge $21.50 No. 3911 Black clay worsted $25.00 No. 3901 Blue clay worsted $25.00 No. 3931 Black or blue clay worsted $27.50 No. 3951 Black or blue clay worsted $30.00 No. 3991 English blue or black clay $32.50 No. 4911 Finest blue or black clay $35.00 1 No. 4951 Finest blue cr black crepe $27.50 No. 5971 Finest black granite $35.00 No. 5991 Finest blue granite $37.50 .No. 9021 Finest German diagonals $42.50 I UNBAGABLE PAINTS Never bag specially prepared for us. With each jof thernyou get FREE OF CHARGE, cloth for a j ladies' tailor-made walking or rainy-day skirt. The ' following are the numbers of these special pants: ! No. 7918 Pin stripe, a dandy, worth more money $ 9.75 ! No. 8210 Imported, fancy, swell, well worth $12.00 $10.50 No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. UNBAGABLE PANTS Continued 8211 Imported, fancy, double and twist, dark gray. $10.00 7118 Blue mix, Bedford cord, never wears out $ 9.25 7017 Fancy shaded blue stripe, very fine $ 9.50 8411 A late Eastern style, very swell $11.00 7819 A late Eastern style, and nobby $10.00 8711 Pin stripe worsted, black and white $10.50 7419 Fancy striped dark novelty $ 9.75 7319 Fancy striped dark novelty, variegated stripe.? 9.75 7714 Hair stripe, black and gray, excellent $ 9.00 7719 Herringbone stripe, blue-gray, excellent 9.75 No cloth for skirt will be given with the follow ing, although they're excellent value and will give you absolute satisfaction in wear, but they are not of the double flexible weave like the unbagable ones. No. 7514 Blue hair line, a nice one, staple $ S.00 No. 7712 Imported fancy herringbone worsted $ 7.75 No. 7515 Imported dark mixed, very choice $ 9.50 No. 7417 Imported gray stripe, very choice $ 9.00 No. 781S Imported gray stripe, wide $ 9.50 No. 7814 Imported gray and red stripe, narrow $ 7.00 No. 7014 Imported gray mixed $ 7.50 No. 7815 Imported gray and bronze $ 7.50 No. 8213 Imported, very fine, peacock blue $12.00 No. 7114 Imported, very fine, gray $ 7.50 The above is only a very small portion of styles of woolens carried by us. UNION LABELS IN EACH GARMENT Keep this ad. Come soon as you can and "lcok" anyway. Don!t be in a rush. It takes a little time to look over our hundreds of different styles. If you don't want your suit right away, we will lay it aside for you and measure you later. Re member, we will only give away 300, as that is all we can handle and make up for some little time so remember that; also that there are thousands today saying, "I'd like to have one of those tailor dresses. Mr. Brown and I will go downMr. Brown intends to get a suit. That's a union store, the work must be good." That's just what they are saying today. As we we wnre rnese lines we nave ai tauors worKing. mat's now people UKe our prices and work. OUTSIDE TOWNS AND PEOPLE We know you would like to have some of the above. We will tell you how you can get it. Send for samples of what you want. Describe as near as you can what you want for the gent's suit and ladies' costume we'll mail you samples. We won't decefve you in materials. You can depend on that. We will send you measure blanks. The rest is easy as good a gent's suit as you ever had in your life for a small price, and fine tailor cloth dress pat terns FREE. These ads are not copyrighted, any merchant tailor who thinks he can follow the pace we set is free to tackle tne JOD. we are living in uregon. we mane our muuey iu wreguu auu spcnu u 111 uicguii, uuu me nuw onenng me great- 5th and Alder, Portland est and most astonishing offer by far, that has been made in Oregon or any other state. We are alive at THE J. M. ACHESON COMPANY Merchant Tailors LOW RATE FROM HAMBURG FREIGHT CARRIED 17,000 MILES FOR ABOUT .U PER TON. Gloo.ny Outlook for Shipowners De layed Fleet Leaving tlie Month. o the River Marine Xoten. The British- bark Mattcrhorn, under charter to load general cargo at Hamburg for Portland, receives but Ss 6d per ton for the cargo. This Is believed to be the lowest rato at which general cargo has ever been brought to this port from Europe, and would indicate that low freights arc by no means confined to the Pacific Coast. In former seasons, vessels have frequently come out to Port land from Europe in ballast, in fact some of the bounty-fed French vessels arc still doing it, but these ballast voyages have nearly always been under taken at a time when freights outward from Portland have been held at high figures, which enabled the vessels to re coup for the profitless voyage out from Europe. At present there Is nothing cheering in the outlook for the vessel after she reaches Portland, for rates are demoralized and there is not much hope of improvement. The distance covered by a sailing ves sel in making the voyage from Europe to Portland is approximately 17,000 miles, and some owners claim that the round trip voyage will show a loss if made for less than 40 shillings. Unless there is a material Improvement In outward freights from Portland by the time the Mattcrhorn reaches Portland she will be obliged to complete the round trip at 35 shillings, and perhaps lower. Four years of prosperity have enabled ship owners to pile up some tidy reserves, but the outlook now indicates that they will be obliged to draw on these reserves quite heavily before demand again equals the supply of tonnage. According to the London Statist, British shipbuilding in 1901 exceeded that of 1900 by 123,000 tons. The Increase in the United States was 100,000 tons, but not all this was on salt water; the increase of Germany was only 13,000 tons, and of France 12,000 tons, with all the assistance extended by the government. The in creased construction in Holland was 17, 000 tons, in Belgium nearly 7000 tons, or about 100 per cent, Norway and Sweden 17,000 tons, or 50 per cent, while the ton nage of Italy, Austria and Japan de creased. The tonnage produced in 1900 was nearly 2,500.000 tons, and in 1901, 2, 65G.0C0 tons. Here is an increase of more than 5,000.000 tons in two consecutive years, and the most conspicuous feature of it is the construction of steamers of unprecedented size. The amount of sea borne commerce would have to increase very rapidly to provide ample employ ment for such a vast supply of the instru ments of transportation. The production by countries gives little or no Indication of the effectiveness of governmental as sistance, while the amount of shipping constructed in the two years affords no support for the idea that in this direction private enterprise needs public encourage ment. The Statist's figures Include ves sels of under 100 tons. Lloyd's Register omits these smallest vessels, but Includes vessels under construction and makes a total tonnage last year of a trifle over 3,000,000, of which 467,000 were war vessels. o'clock the British ships Conway and Banklelgh crossed out, leaving but six finished ships In the lower harbor. From present indications, another quartet will get out today. The bar lias shifted around so much recently that it is only with a particularly favoring wind that vessels can be sailed out, and they are dependent on the tugs. Four ships on one tide Is very good work for the two tugs, and as the time for better weather Is ap proaching, delays are probably over for the season. The Oceano, which sailed yesterday, was not seriously injured In either of her mishaps, but will go on the drydock in the Orient. FLEET MOVING AGAIX. Quartet of Grain Vessels and a Bis Steamship Start Seaward. The delayed fleet at the mouth of the river commenced moving again yesterday and four of the sailers and the big steam ship Oceano crossed out. The procession was headed at 2 o'clock by the French bark Bossuet, and the British ship Queen Elizabeth followed an hour later. At 5 COOS BAY AND PORTLAND. Mr. Banntgrartner Cites a Fevr Facta Bearing; on Transportation. PORTLAND, March 29. (To the Edi tor.) Dear Sir: Having read with Inter est an article In today's Issue of The Oregonlan, under the heading, "Coos Bay and Portland," I would kindly ask for space to reply to same. I have been In close touch with all the shippers of the territory adjacent to Coos Bay the past four years, have made frequent trips Into that country, and have studied their wants and will say that the Gray Steamship Company is giving them better service than they have ever had before, and is maintaining, at great expense, a regular service with the best equipped steamers for both pas senger and freight service in the coast ing trade. Mr. Addis tells in this article of the resources of the Coos country, but evi dently has been misinformed, as he says large quantities of veal, beef cattle and hogs are produced. This Industry is in its infancy, and there have been shipped Into that section the past year .25 calves for every head of cattle that has been shipped out, and those calves came from the famous dairy farms of Humboldt County, California. The largest ship ments of hogs leaving Coos the past year were purchased by the Union Meat Com pany and shipped to Portland on the regular steamer line. There were shipped out of Coos County the past season about 16,000 boxes of apples, of which 12.500 found their way to Portland, via the steamer Alliance, of tne regular line, and the bulk of same were shipped from here to Chicago, via the O. R. &. N. Co., and arrived at desti nation In excellent condition, which speaks well for the regular line. Regarding flour, feed, grain and other cereals. I can say that fully 90 per cent of this class of freight used in that section is , purchased at Portland and can be verified at the millB In this city. It is true that the creamery products and poultry and coal find their way to the San Francisco market. This, however, 'is not owing to the lack of transportation facilities to Portland, but owing to the great demand and higher prices paid at San Francisco. Port Orford white cedar, which is sold on the San Francisco market at 535 per 1000 feet, and myrtle, which is sold on the same market at $40 per 1000 feet, can be and are sold on the Portland market for less money, and are shipped to Port land on the regular steamer line. The Portland match and. broom manu facturers obtain all the wood used in the manufacture of these articles from Coos and Curry Counties, and have no com plaints to offer and are perfectly satis fied with the service as furnished by the line operating between Portland and Coos Bay. In conclusion, I will say that the com pany which I represent has operated on this line the past four years and is In position to, and will, increase the number of steamers whenever the business war rants . Yours very- truly. F. P. BATJMGARTNER. BUILDING MANY VESSELS. Cnptaln AI Stream Associated With a Prominent Firm en Paxet Sonad. Captain Al Stream, ex-barpllot, ex-tub-boatman, ex-steamboat Inspector, and ex-all-around seaman and navigator, has been quite successful since he failed to start a shipyard at Astoria. He is as sociated with the John B. Hardy Ship building Company, at Tacoma, and the firm has Just received a contract for an other big barkentlne, making four big vessels for the works. The latest con tract awarded them Is for a vessel 212 feet long, 41 feet beam and 15V feet depth of hold. The cost will be $60,000, and the craft Is for Sudden & Christian sen, of San Francisco. Mr. Hardy, who owns an extensive machine shop In ad dition to his shipyard, has turned out some very fine steamship work, and the plant Is rapidly becoming one of the lead ing industries of Tacoma. The barken tlne Thomas P. Emlgh, which was com pleted at these yards In January, carried, on her maiden trip, 1,230,000 feet of lum ber for Sydney. REVENUE FLEET TO SAIL SOON. Government Will Bcsin Patrolling Bchringr Sea Earlier Than Usual. SAN FRANCISCO, March 29. Repairs on the hull of the revenue cutter Thetis will be completed next week, when sho will be brought here for slight repairs on her machinery. After taking coal and supplle3 she will sail for her annual cruise on patrol duty in Behring Sea, by April 20. The Bear's repairs will be completed so that she will sail for the North on April 12. Every effort Is being made by the department to have the entire fleet In readiness to enter Behring Sea and re sume the duties of patrolling that dis trict at an earlier date than usual. An influx of miners to Nome and other min lng camps of Alaska is expected this season, which will render the presence of the cutters imperative as the only rep resentation of Federal authority. LUMBER AND WHEAT. Tivo More Oregon Cargoes in the Stream Ready for Sea. A cargo of wheat for the United King dom, and a cargo of lumber for South Africa, finished the shipping business for the week yesterday, and with possibly one exception completes the month's business In shipping. The Portland Grain Company finished loading the British ship Rockhurst, and the Eastern Lumber Com pany completed the lumber cargo of the Star of Germany. Both vessels are in the stream, and will clear tomorrow. The March fleet will be about the same size as that of a year ago. and there are five vessels In the river under charter for April loading. There are also two vessels, the Brunei and the Lord Shaftesbury, on the free list, and the French bark Asle, undergoing repairs. 463 Revised Statutes, namely, unlawfully carrying more passengers than it stated In the certificate of Inspection. The tug arrived In last evening from Nehalem and brought 23 passengers, while her certifi cate allows her to carry only 12. RETAIL GROCERS WAIT Salmon Arrivals at Liverpool. The London Grocers' Gazette of March S says of salmon: "This week has been marked by the arrival at London of very large supplies, both by sailing boats and steamers, chiefly at Liverpool, the steamship Glen roy, with 30,647 cases, being the only arrival at London. At Liverpool the fol lowing steamers have arrived: The John Cooke, with 47.0S4 cases; the California, with 6S.935 cases of Alaska; the Blythe wood, with G5.4SS cases Fraser River. Two steamers, the Glenfars" and Teenkai, have brought 22.4S1 and 27.100 cases, respective ly, from Seattle and Tacoma, this being porbably Puget Sound salmon. Steadiness is the prevailing feature at the moment. With so much salmon just in, there is naturally a lack of speculation, but there are apparently no weak sellers at Liver pool, demand keeps good. Barkentlne Stranded. NEW YORK, March 29. The barkentlne Antllla, Captain Reed, from Montevideo to New York, with a cargo of hides, stranded last night at Long Beach, N. J. She is about 200 yards off shore, head on, and is apparently full of water. The crew of nine men has been taken off in the breeches buoy. Scnrry on Shipboard. HONOLULU. March 22. The schooner Frank W. Howe put in here on the 19th with two men on board suffering with scurvy. She was bound for Port Town send from Port Lewis, and had been out 110 days. She called here to put ashore the two sick men. Steamer Rate Agreement. LIVERPOOL, March 29. The secretary of the North Atlantic Steamship Confer ence announced oday that the continental lines had signed tho agreement fixing minimum saloon passage rates. The agreement becomes effective March 31. The signatories of the agreement are the American, Anchor, Atlantic Trans port, Allan, Cunard, Dominion, French Trans-Atlantic, Hamburg-Amerlean, Mal lory. Red Star and Ho'.land-Amerlcan lines. The Beaver line refused to sign. NEW YORK. March29. Local agents of English and Continental steamship lines received official notice today that the agreement for minimum passenger rates, which was effected last week on the other side, will go Into effect Monday next. The agreement contains a provision lengthen ing the Summer season. This season, dur ing which rates are 25 per cent higher than in the Winter, will last from May to October on westbound rates, and from April 1 to October 1 on eastbound. Tne only Important changes -are a discrimina tive increase on some of tho larger ships of the express lines. Tajr Voslmrgr Fined. ASTORIA, March 29. A fine of $500 was Imposed by Collector of Customs Fox today on the tug George R. Vosburg. Captain Loll, for violation of section 4, Marine Notes. The Oriental liner Indrapura finished discharging yesterday and shifted down to the flour mills at Alblna to take aboard 4000 tons of flour, which will make a foun dation for her outward cargo. The British bark Brunei entered at tho custom-house yesterday with 2794 long tons of coal. This is equivalent to 312 short tons, and as the vessel registers but 1555 tons net, she has aboard more than double her register In short tons. The steamship Adato has completed her under-deck cargo and is now taking on piling. She will get away early in the week. The Oceano, another of the Weir liners, sailed from Astoria yesterday afternoon. Captain Pilllvult. who was master ol the French bark Ernest Reyer when sh was wrecked north of Gray's Harbor a few weeks ago, has returned to Portland and will take command of the French bark Ernest LeGouve, now loading wheat at this port. The master who brought the LeGouve to port Is too ill to take her home. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA. Maroh 29. Salted at 4 A. M. Steamer Fulton, for San Francisco. Sailed at 2 P. M. Steamer Columbia, for Ban Fran cisco; French bark Bossuet, for Cape Town. Sailed at 3 P. M. British ship Queen Eliza beth, for Queenstown or Falmouth for orders. Sailed at 3:40 P. M. British eteamer Oceano, for Vladivostok. Sailed at 6 P. M. British ship Conway; British ship Banklelgh. for Queenstown. Condition of the bar at 4 P. M., smooth; wind northwest; weather clear. San Francisco, March 20. Sailed at 11:40 A. M. Steamer Geo. "W. Elder, for Portland. St. Vincent. March 28. Arrived Falls of Keltic, from Tacoma, via Coronet. Yokohama, March 29. Arrived previously Peru, from San Francisco, via Honolulu and Hon? Kong. San Francisco. March 9. Sailed Steamer Humboldt, for Seattle. Arrived Steamer Me teor, from Roche Harbor; steamer Newburg, from Gray's Harbor; steamer J. S. Kimball, from Seattle. CHANCE TO KNOCK OUT WHOLE SALERS' "BLACKLIST" SOUGHT. Although Neiy Credit System Works "Well, Plans for Co-Operntlve Market Go On. The Retail Grocers' Association Is wait ing for a chance. When the chance comes, it will endeavor to show that the "blacklist" of the wholesale produce mer chants Is Illegal and liable to tho bin of the law. It is alleged that the "blacklist," al though ostensibly private property, made out by a trade association for its own members, is open to the public gaze. It Is said that some wholesalers display the "blacklist" In their stores In conspicuous places, and that it is covered only by a single sheet of paper, which is easily lifted up, and which thus exposes the names of tradesmen who are thereby made to suffer detriment to their busi ness. It is maintained that the "blacklist" Is in effect a boycott and an unfair and illegal instrument. Wholesalers deny that the "blacklist" is exposed to public gaze. So there you are. The Wholesalers Association has been lenient with delinquents. Only three tradesmen are on the very black "black list." One of them 13 a Chinese and the other is an Italian. Not more than 30 were delinquent yesterday. Most of these had permitted Friday, 2 P. M., when all bills are due, to go unnoticed, but they are a class that pays without hesitation. Tho .wholesalers say the new credit sys tem "is working smoothly. Tho co-operative market enterprise Is going ahead. The organizers, Daniel Kel laher, G. C. Burns and F. W. Funk, met Friday night, and found that the project has made satisfactory progress. While gold-digging in Demerara, a negro has unearthed a nugget weighing 57& 4 AllTUIAO. GOOD SEND-OFF FOR OREGON Charleston Paper Writes Up Exhibit at the Exhibition. Charleston (S. C.) State. From the far Pacific Coast comes a fine display of the resources of the great State of Oregon, which Is to have an ex position In 1905, provided St. Louis doesn't postpone tho Louisiana Purchase Exposi tion until that year. The Oregon exhibits first attract attention through the im mense logs displayed, two of them being of mammoth size. The exhibits of Oregon are located In the agricultural hall, adjoining the South Carolina building, and are extensive, com plete and comprehensive. These exhibits are in charge of Colonel Henry E. Dosch, special commissioner and general superin tendent, who is thoroughly conversant with the state's resources and thorough ly enthusiastic over Oregon's future. In this exhibit are 146 varieties of com mercial woods. In the stump, log, plank and polished specimens. What has proven the magnetic needle of this building is a piece of Douglas fir, commonly known to the trade as "Oregon pine," 74 feet long and 34 inches square, containing 7200 feet of lumber. It Is of the greatest commer cial value of all timbers, and grows only on the Pacific Coast, from Northern Cali fornia through Oregon, Washington, British Columbia to Alaska. Its uses are for house building, railroad ties, bridges, trestle work timbers, ship's planking, masts and spars. There are few ships afloat under any flag whose masts and spars are not of "Oregon pine." Another feature is a saw log of Tide Land spruce, D feet in diameter and 24 feet long; other sections of white and yellow pine, firs. Noble fir, oaks, ash, myrtle, cedar, tama rack, hemlock, alder, cottonwood, ma drone, maple, yew, dogwood, hawthorn and crabapple, etc., In sizes ranging from four to nine feet In diameter. The mineral wealth of Oregon Is shown on a scale equal to the displays in other lines. Large pieces of ore, each containing metals worth hundreds of dollars, from a hundred dividend-paying properties, gold nuggets, precious stones and small speci mens of great richness. Varieties of fine marble, copper ores of rich mines. Iron, coal and asbestos, mineral paint and clays of many varieties, show why Oregon makes some of the finest pottery in the world. The Horticultural Display. The horticultural display Is a surprise to most visitors, few knowing anything about the vast horticultural resources of the state, possibly because Oregon Is so far west. Oregon has earned the soubriquet of the "Land of Red Apples." These ap ples, with the finest of pears, plums, prunes, peaches, quinces, apricots, figs, cherries, walnuts, chestnuts, almonds, grapes and berries, all of which are on exhibition, show why Oregon fruits have met such a sympathetic market in Amer ica and Europe. These are the fruits which came into competition with the fin est fruits of America and Canada at the meeting of the Pomological Society of America, held at Buffalo In September. 1901. and were awarded the world-famed and much-coveted "Wilder medal" for the display of the 'most perfect fruits. At the northern end of Oregon's space are displayed the grains, grasses and for ace plants. In the straw and cereal, in glass jars. On the panels are to be found the grains, principally wheat, grown on the plateau regions and valleys of East ern Oregon along the lines of the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company. On the walls. In beautiful design, are to be found the wheat, barley, oats, rye, timothy, clovers and other forage plants grown In Western Oregon, along the line of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, and known as the Willamette Valley. Some of these grains in the straw are seven feet high, and so plump as to cause astonish ment to those who are not familiar with the fertile soils and equable climate of Oregon. Then there Is the pine needle some staples being 23 inches long; ilajc and its products; wool of the finest sheepv and Its fiber, tow, linen thread, napkins and table linen, sacks, towels, etc., made therefrom: fine creamery butter and ex port butter, packed In tins and glass; the royal Chinook salmon, weighing 65 to 70 pounds each: Dolly Varden and rainbow trout, and razor clams a foot In length; wheat and rye flour, oats and cornmeal and macaroni, spaghetti and vermicelli made In Oregon; also the world-famous hops. At the further end Is represented a large wheat field, amidst which hangs a beau tiful oil painting, six feet by eight feet, representing Mount Hood, as seen from Portland, painted by Mrs. Hutchinson, one of Oregon's famous artists, and over it is artistically arranged a sunburst, a sight to be seen almost dally, as the sun rises over the mountains every morning; the rays of this sunburst are made of wheat in the straw, and over all waves tho American flag. Oregon is the only Pacific Coast State represented at this exposition, and is en titled to a great deal of credit for bring ing nine cars" of exhibits 4000 miles, which earned 235 gold, silver and bronze medals more than any other state at the Paa Amerlcan Exposition at Buffalo. Some Expert Statistics. United States Investor. A very amusing blunder, and one which, shows the caution with which the find ing of your expert statistician should bo accepted, has recently come to our notice. Last week a leading New Eng land newspaper, the Springfield Repub lican, printed an editorial entitled "Two Decades in Manufacturing." In which various percentages of increase in con nection with the details of the manufac turing Industry of the United States were presented in tabular form. It transpires, however, that a gross blunder was mado In calculating these percentages. It ap pears that the "expert" In computing tho difference between 1900 and 1S90 used the 1900 figures as his divisor, instead of 1S90 figures. The result was of course astonishing. The Springfield Republican admits the blunder and explains the situation as follows: "The figures were taken from the "Bulletin of the National Associa tion of Wool Manufacturers." of which S. N. D. North, in charge of the United States census on manufactures. Is editor. Their appearance there, in advance of any census bulletin sent to this office, gave to them an official aspect which seemed to obviate the necessity of any scrutiny as to the correctness af tho cal culation respecting the degree of relative changes; though to any one at all familiar with such calculations the errors would be plain almost at a glance. The joko seems to be on the census office." Verdict In the Oppingrer Case. SAN FRANCISCO, March 29. United States Commissioner George Emory pre sented his report in the United States Court in the suit of G. W. English et al. vs. the steamship Columbia and the Ore gon Railroad & Navigation Company. Ho estimates the damage done to the cargo of the schooner Oppinger in the collision with the Columbia four years ago at $107t and the interest at 5241, making a total of 51315. THE GREAT SALT LAKE ROUTE to the Enit. Lowest rates and most attractions via the Rio Grande lines through Salt Lake City and Denver. Through sleepers. 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