THE SUNDAY OBEGOKIAK, BTNi, 2J, 1S02.
25;
RESERVE WIPED OUT
Deficiency in NewYork Banks'
Surplus Account $
SHOWN BY WEEKLY STATEMENT
Loans Show a Contraction of Nearly
Twelve Jlilllons, and Deposits
Fell Off Twenty.
Millions.
NEW YORK, Sept 20. The Financier
says:
The most striking fact shown by the
official statement of the New York "as
sociated hanks last week was that the
surplus reserve had been entirely wiped
out, leaving a. deficiency of $1,642,050. It
is noteworthy that this Is the first time
elnce November 25, 1B99, that a deficiency
In the reserve has been shown; then It
was $6,632,200. It may be observed that
the wiping out of the surplus last week
should excite no apprehension. As has
heretofore been stated, reserves are for
use, not ornament, and whenever the
needs of the situation demand an en
croachment upon the surplus, even to the
extent of its entire extinction, it is per
missible, and is so recognized by the Con
troller of the Currency. Moreover, It may
be noted that only the National banks in
the assoclalon, numbering' 42 out of the 59,
are required by law to maintain 25 per
cent of reserve to deposits, the remaining
17 state banks being obliged legally -to
bold but 15 per cent. The banks In the
association are exceptionally strong a?
regards surplus and net profits, which ex
ceed by $14,464,400 the total capital of JlOO,
072,700, and, therefore, there cannot be the
least cause for anxiety.-
Tho banks will In the current week and
Immediately thereafter receive consider
able gold from Europe and from other
eources, and hence the present situation
will be supposedly relieved. The banks
last weekTeported a loss of $7,331,700 cash,
specie being reduced by $5,768,100 and legal
tender by $1,563,000. This loss was much
greater than that which was estimated
on the basis of the traceable movements
of money during the week, which showed
a probable decrease of $4,035,000. The dis
crepancy can be accounted for on the
theory that there was a much greater
movement to the interior than was re
ported. The loans were contracted by $11,
964,500, making a reduction since August
15 of about $41,500,000. This contraction
was doubtless due to calls of loans by
banks which thereby sought to rectify
their position as regards reserve. The de
posits fell off $19,S9S,300, or $71,200,000 since
August 16; the reserve requirement was
reduced $4,974,575 through the decrease in
deposits; deducting this sum from the
sum of cash leaves $2,357,125 as the loss
of surplus reserve which, as above stated,
now stands as a $1,642,050 deficiency. The
circulation will be Increased during the
week $493,800, making $2,178,600 since Au
gust 9, which increase was distributed
among the larger banks.
The average daily clearings last week
were $258,000,000, against $277,000,000 in the
previous week, reflecting the smaller vol
ume of business in the stock exchange.
The statement of the associated banks
for the week ending today is as follows:
Loan. $887,534,400, decrease $11,964,500.
Deposits, $888,871,000, decrease $19,838,300.
Circulation $34,761,300. Increase $195,800.
Legal tenders $90,568,500, decrease $1,563.
C00. Specie $150,007,200, decrease $5,768,100.
Total reserves $220,575,700, decrease
$7,331,700.
.ecT,'e reiulred $22,217,750, decrease
$4,974,575.
Deficit reserve, $1,642,050, decreasc $2,357.
125. ' '
EFFECT ON XEW YORK STOCKS.
Active Selling Movement Followed.
Appearance of Bank Statement.
NEW YORK, Sept 20.-The problem of
the money market was thrown into an
acute stage again today by the disclosure
of the bank statement that the reserves
of the clearing-house banks were $1,642,
0a0 below the legal requirements. This
was in eplte of a contraction in the loan
accounts of $1,964,400, the shrinkage in the
cash holdings having reached $7,331,700. as
fFL primary estimates of less than
$4,000,000. An active selling movement fol
lowed tho appearance of the statement,
-which effectually wiped out the previous
gains which had been established under
the leadership of an aggressive advance of
2 on large buying of St Paul. There
yas no appearance of urgency in the sell
ing, and the. losses established were not
severe. The market closed distinctly easy
and with no effective rally from the de
cline beyond the covering demand from
room traders, who took quick profits on
.the decline. The last time when a defi
ciency developed in the reserves of the
New York banks was for the week ending
Novembers 1S99. The reserves continued
ot a deficit for several weeks following,
In spite of large loan contraction, the
deficit reaching $2,788,950 on November 11
and disappearing on November 25 as a
result of the relief afforded by the offer
of Secretary Gage to purchase $25,000,000
b per cent fives and fours of 1907. This
was the period of the first large flotation
of Industrials, and the overspeculatlon
which had occurred in them left the stock
market vulnerable to tho Influence of
tight money, which persisted lntp Decem
ber. Further loan contraction Is" clearly
indicated by the present condition of the
market
The situation and outlook in the money
market have dominated the speculation in
stocks throughout the -week. Losses" have
not been severe at any time, and the early
declines were largely recovered near the
end of the week, as rates for call loans
at the Stock Exchange showed a steadier
tendency. But there was no revival of
animation which characterized the specu
lation up to the time it was interrupted by
the money squeeze, and only a few stocks
showed any considerable activity, even
after the relaxation in the stringency of
the money market It Is probable that
the restraint of the speculation had much
to do with the quiet tone of the money
market, although some relief was afford
ed from the process of depletion of New
York banking reserves, without, however,
entirely arresting it
All pressure of liquidation seemed to be
promptly relieved as soon as the calling
of loans ceased, and prices of stocks were
easily lifted again without inducing any
Important renewal of the selling. This
was a reflection of the unvarying confi
dence which is felt in the promise of act
ive trade and prosperous conditions dur
ing the coming season. Some effect was
manifested early in the week from the
freezing weather In the Northwest and the
reports of damage to the corn crop, but
tho belief that the crop is practically made
and beyond the reach of serious harm
overcame this influence. Tha continued
bad reports of the cotton crop were a
more persistent influence. Rumors of a
formal settlement of the anthracite min
ers' strike were followed by disappoint
ment, but there was evidence of a con
siderable increase in the shipments of
coal, which Induced the belief that the
trouble will wear itself out
The iron and steel stocks quite general
ly advanced, and various other Industri
als reflected the favorable conditions In
their special trades.
The tight condition of the money mar
ket and the danger, therefore, of future
flurries, was the only apparent drawback
to the advancing tendency of stocks. The
activity of trade and the large require
ments there created was one of the fac
tors that threatened the money market
and especially the convenience oftbose
who are committed to speculation with
I borrowed funds. With unusually large
vi" uiufu, iwuuiuuu vi ex
panded credits the country over, and for
eign exchange still complicated by the
heavy decrease in exports duo to last
year's crop shortage and large foreign
borrowings made In anticipation of a sus
.talned export trade, the situation Is still
further aggravated by the large customs
collections and the approximate exhaus
tion of the available means for releasing
the Government's surplus revenues to the
market.
Since July 1 the 'Government has cpl
lectcd over $16,000,000 more for customs
than In the corresponding period last ?ear,
which is several millions more than the
reduction in the internal revenue from
the repeal of taxes on July 1, It is only
by reason of an Increase of over $16,000,
000 in the Government's expenditures that
the current surplus has been reduced
about one-third, but payments for cus
toms duties are made almost exclusively
in New York, and make a dally drain on
the New York bank reserve. Last year
the United States Treasury was purchas
ing bonds at this period at the rate of
several millions a week. This week the
offer to pay the October 1 Government in
terest has resulted in the disbursement of
less than $2,000,000 to the New York money
market. Free Government bonds held by
National banks have been used to the
extent of over $4,000,000 as securities for
increase of Government deposit with
banks, but practically none of this has
gone into New York banks.
The payments to the Subtreasury on ac
count of customs and the deposit with
that institution of currency for telegraph
ic transfer to the interior largely exceed
ed the disbursement of Government in-,
terest, so that bank reserves have not en
Joyed any actual recuperation from that
source.' The feasibility of additional meas
ures of relief by the Treasury Depart
ment have been actively discussed during
the -week in "Wall street, but -none has
been found that meets the approval of
the Secretary of the Treasury.
The 20 per cent money rate on Monday
sent the sterling exchange rate down to
a point which made possible the engage
ment of gold for import to the extent of
$3,500,000 In London or in transit to that
point. Shipments from Australia made
this week or before brings the total gold
bound for this point to about $S,000,000 due
to arrive In the next three weeks. The
future condition of the local money mar
ket, it Is believed, will turn upon the ad
ditional amounts of foreign gold which
can be secured on profitable terms for
shipment to New York. Bankers agree,
however, that with the additional Interior
requirements for currency still to bo met,
there is a probability of tight money in
NewJTork for several weeks to come.
Bonds have been dull and irregular, in
sympathy with stocks.
United' States fives advanced 4, new
fours Vz, the threes , and the twos and
the old fours 1 .per pent, .as compared
with the closing call of last week. f
Banlc Clearing.
Bank clearings ' of the three principal
cities of the Northwest for the week end
ing September 13 were as follows:.
' Portland. Seattle. Tacoma.
Monday $ 718,733 $- 857.764 $ 341,844
Tuesday S30.02T 1,009,729 279.547
Wednesday ..... 598,674 771,354 235,005
Thursday 639,387 752.977 235.877
Friday 464.858 803.351 1SS.427
Saturday '3Gt,549 764.3S0 181,806
Totals $3,636,228 $4,984,575 $l,462,5v
Clearings for- the corresponding week In
former years were as follows:
Portland. Seattle. Tacoma.
1901 $2,228,876 $3,051,631 $1,000,129
1900 ,2,425.276 3,316.551 1,284.334
1899 1;649,231 5,400,326 1,226,161
1S98 , .1,542.602 1,761,615 682,952
1897 1.819.-395 053.9S1 "711,962
Clearings and balances Saturday- were
as follows:
Clearings. Balances.
Portland $365,549 -$37,032
Seattle .- .764.250 338,108
Tacoma ISLSOo 28.700
Spokane 206,376 93.703
Imports and Exports.
NEW YORK. Sent 20. The Imports of
specie this week were $105,19? gold-arid $23,-
713 silver. The exports of .specie from
this port to all countries for this week
aggregato $450,616 silver and $2000 gold.
The imports of dry goods and merchan
dise at the- port of New York this week
were valued at $11,333,073.
Daily Treasury Statement. .
WASHINGTON. Sept 20. Today's
Treasury statement shows:
Available cash balances $218,189,747
Gold f , 131,091,305
FACTION FIGHT IN MONTANA
Clarlc and Heinze "Struggle for Con
trol of Democratic Party.
"Montana Is in the midst of a faction
fight for the control of the Democratic
party." said John F. Forbis, one of the
principal attorneys of the Amalgamated
Copper Company, of Butte, who' is at tho
Portland. "Senator Clark has been the
undisputed leader of the party in the state
since the election of 1900, but F. Augustus
Heinze, a recent convert to Democracy,
has undertaken to wrest control from him.
"In the campaign of 1903 Clark and
Heinze were allies, though Heinze was
then a Republican In name, at least
Heinze organized' what he called the
eight-hour Republican party, which In
dorsed the fusion ticket and aided in the
election of the Legislature which elected
Clark Senator. But the Legislature no
sooner met than Heinze sought control
for his own ends. He tried to secure his
own election as short-term Senator, and
his supporters held up the election of
Senator Clark for 10 days after the Legis
lature met
"When Heinze announced last Julv that
he was a Democrat he immediately 'be
gan to lay plans to wrest control of the
p'arty from Clark. He secured the adop
tion of his plan of apportionment of dele
gates to the state convention by the state
committee, and his supporters bolted the
meeting of the Silver Bow Count' com
mittee and called a separate convention.
x.e is a man of considerable means and of
great energy and ability, and while he
cannot compete with Clark In the amount
of wealth he has available, he can make
a very interesting flght Clark has the
reputation of having used money freely
In former elections, and If he should do
so this time, there will be exciting times
in Montana, with good chances ot Repub
lican success.
"It Is openly charged by the Clark men
that Helnzc's object Is not so much to
secure control of the Legislature as to
control the courts. He Is engaged In a
number of suits In regard to valuable
mlnca In Butte under the extra-lateral
right law against the Amalgamated Cop
per Company, he being at the head of the
United Copper Company. It Is charged by
the Clark Democrats that he wishes to
have the Supreme Court enlarged to five
Judges, so that two additional Judges
would be appointed by his friend. Gov
ernor Toole. It is claimed that he would
then control a majority of the court, af
least that Is the version of the case
given by tho Clark men.
"As a Republican, I have no direct in
terest in the fight, but as my interests
are those of the Amalgamated Copper
Company, for which I am attorney, I am
naturally an Interested party. While I do
not believe that Heinze can win, he can
certainly give Clark a hot -fight"
THROUGH THE COLUMBIA RJVEIt
GORGE.
A delightful trip of a few hours will
take you through the famous "polumbla
Fiver Gorge," the greatest combination of
river and mountain scerfery on earth, o.
R. & N. train leaves Portland dally at 9
A. M. Return can be made by steamer
from Cascade Locks. Special low rates for
this trip. Get particulars at O. R. St N.
ticket office. Third and Washington.
EXCURSION TO "WASHESGTOX, D. C.
For G. A. R. encampment Washington.
D. C, October rttfU. the O. R. & N. wI
sell round-trip tickets for $77 35. good 60
days. Dates of sale, September 29 and 30.
MAKE PRACTICAL MEN
FACTS RELATING TO PORTLAND
ASSOCIATION fiSTITUTE.
Courses la Commercial, an A Te clini
cal Sabjects the Leading Feature
-Other important Branches.
It may surprise many to learn that the
school in Oregon haying the largest at
tendance of young men is not the State
University, the Agricultural College or
Portland High School, but the Portland
Association Institute in the Y. M. C. A.
building.
This school has had a steady growth
since It was started five years ago, not
only in attendance, but in the, confidence
of educators and practical men of affairs.
Y. M.C. A,
STUDENTS AT WORK ON MECHANICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING,
The growth In numbers Is well shown
In a table found in-the catalogue of the
school recently Issued by tho association:
a s s s
n S q f S
Different students 23G 294 331 236 535
Total registration, all class 455 645 795 00 992
No. classes conducted 23 32 32 37 51
No. teachers ' employed,... 13 14 IS lo 23
Many young men begin life at the rear
end of the'procession; some, prepare Tor
an advance, watch their chance and slip
ahead when the opening comes. These
are -the kind that are attending the night
Classes at the Association Institute. The
man with determination always gets
ahead; there are several ways of making
up .educational deficiencies; . study- at
hpme, evenings is one, but it lacks in
centive, and ia like sawing wood".- The
association. night classes come nearer fill
ing the need. There is inspiration m
numbers and a competent teacher ,1s the
great factor in all thorough" educational
work!.
The Purpose
of the association cecms to be' to teach -young
men. something practical that will
fit.themto fill their present positions bet
ter, to do their work more easily, to give
them better jobs, to enable them to get
better salaries, and to do It when they
feel theneed of what they lack and are
ready tolearn.
Perhaps the great factor of strength in
this night school that'ls not even real
ized by the students who attend is Co
ordinating the social and entertainment
features with the educational In the samo
building. The young men are ambitious
and think they only want to study book
keeping or electricity, butafter the day's
work the coming into the large building
with music, good fellowship and games of
all kinds to interest for even a few min
utes before and after class Is of incal
culable value in helping along the serious
class work.
The 75 Classes.
One of the strong features . of this
school is that it provides suoj a large
list of different studies for the young
man to select from, so he can fit him
self In the institute for almost any call
ing. This season over 75 different classes
have been arranged for. Including alge
bra, arithmetic, architectural drawing,
bookkeeping, commercial law, commercial
geography, commercial correspondence,
carpentry, clay modeling, civil service
school, electricity, electrical practice,
elocution, free-hand drawing, geometry,
German. Latin, mandolin and guitar,"
machino design, mechanical drawing,
-manual training, penmanship, photog
raphy, physiology and hygiene, plumbing,
public speaking, reading v and spelling,
rhetoric, shorthand, Spanish, trigonome
try, typewriting, wood carving, vocal
music.
The CoHrses.
Students may take any one ot tne
classes separately or select courses them
selves from the large list of branches
taught However, eight regular courses
have been arranged for those desiring to
take up special lines of study. These
courses are English, commercial, short
hand, electrical engineering, mechanical
engineering, plumbenp, carpenters and
builders. - Two of these courses are new
this season, viz., the plumbers' and car
penters'.. The main purpose of these tech
nical courses is to make more efficient
those who are already In the business,
rather than to try and make plumbers
and carpenters of those who have no con
nection with the trade. In the engineer
ing courses, while all unnecessary work
is eliminated in the mathematics and
other parts of the work, the student Is
given thoroughly to understand tha
there Is no "patent" or "cross-cut" meth
od of acquiring knowledge. These courses
follow and work to recognized, educa
tional standards. .
Tho Faculty.
The teachers are specialists drawn from
the various schools and business estab
lishments of the city, as shown from the
following array of names:
Reno Hutchinson, director educational
department
R. R. Steele, High School, arithmetic
Jennie Conners, Holmes Business Col
lege, shorthand and typewriting.
John A. Wesco, penmanship.
Merwin Pugh, City Auditor's office,
bookkeeping, commercial law, commercial
correspondence.
Jame3 R. Thompson, electrician for
Portland General Electric Company, elec
trical engineering.
G. E. Jameson, Principal Thompson
School, English.
David W. "Ja'rvis, Principal Atkinson.
School, reading and spelling.
Joseph Jacobberger, architect, archi
tectural drawing.
W. F. Hose, draughtsman O. R. & N;,.
mechanical engineering
W.- J. Stanley, .manual tralalitg-, car
pentry, clay modeling, wood carving.
Waiter Haynes, assistant manual train
ing, electrical, practice.
'W. H. Boyer,' vocal mus$o.
C. RabagUatt madolln. guitar, Spanish.
Arthur E. Breece, High Scaoql Algebra,
geometry, trigonometry.
. Thomas E. Hulme. city plumbing in-
hspector, plumbing.
camuei u. uowns, jrrincjpai seiiwooa
School, boysV English course.
Ethel- Webb, St Helen's Hall, elocution,
public speaking,
J. R. Wetherhee, M. D. pbyshfiogy,
hygiene.
J. W. Tollman, with Woodard, Clarke &
Co., photography.
C J. Stevene, pupil Frank DuMpndt
freehand drawing" and life class.
R. F. Robinson, County Sc.ho.ol Superin
tendent, commercial geography, rhetoric
J. EL Gantenbeln, German, Latin.
William Hayhurst assistant com
mercial subjects. .
Manual Training: Department.
One of the most Interesting features of
BUILDING AND ONE OF ITS
the association Is the manual training
department Special rooms and shop;
have been equipped for this work with
new benches, tools and machinery, af
fording the best plant for giving instruc
tion in manual training, carpentry, wbod
carving, etc, to be found in the Pacific
Northwest The work as conducted for
boys Is not Intended to be a trade school,
but to supplement the public school work
by surrounding the boy with the realities
of life In thought and things. The
development ofprlnclplo Is sought rather
than a finished piece of work, though
many things that are both beautiful and
useful are made by the boy: in the shops.
The shop instruction is Intended simply
as the laboratory method Qf education.
The courses are progressive and graded.
Patience, painstaking, neatness, dex
terity, courage, honesty, are among the
many qualities developed by this work.
Art Department.
Thl3 department has been greatly en
larged this season; more time, room and
money has been devoted to it; arrange
ments have been made for day and night
freehand drawing classes. These may be
taken separately or with classes In man
ual training, wood carx'ing or clay 'mod
cling. There, are elementary and ad
vanced classes In all these subjects.
Worklnsr Boys' School.
Another new feature this season Is the
separate working boys' school, giving in
struction In the regular public school
branches, besides providing boys tho op
portunity to take classes In drawing. pen
manship, electricity and other special
subjects. The work of this school, like
the evening classes for men. Is especially
Intended to be practical so as to fit the
boy to earn a larger salary and be more
efficient whatever his position.
Supplementary Features.
Tho association has a splendidly equip
ped gymnasium, a magnificent swimming
pool and hand-ball court These, together
with the reading rooms and library are
of great value to the students in the in
stitute. During the season there is a.
succession ox practical taiKs, lectures,
concerts and entertainments that have
large educational value and are open to
students of the association.
JERSEY'S PURCHASE PRICE
Sold by Indians for Rum, Axes, Ghhb
and Trinkets.
New York Times.
Carefully locked away In one of the fire
proof tafes of the New Jersey Historical
Society there now are two valuable docu
ments that tell of the early colonization of
the state.
The first is a deed on parchment from
Charles H to his brother James, Duke of
York, afterward Klrig of England, giving
him a grant of all lands from the St Law
rence River to Chesapeake Bay. The
only two names on the grant that Ameri
cans of today would recognize, arc Nan
tucket and Cape Cod, which are spelled
as they are today. The St Lawrence
River is designated as "The Great River
in Canada."
The deed iseautifully written In Gothic
lettering, and the document Is in excellent
condition. Under each line of writing Is.
a ruling of red, evidently done with a quill.
The parchment is over two feet in length,
and to the bottom Is attached what was
once a large seal of wax.
Gold and silver cords are fastened to the
seal. In an "upper left-hand corner Is an
engraving of Charles II, and the borders
of the deed are filled with pen-and-ink de
signs, delicate and beautiful. The docu
ment Is dated from Westminster In the
17th year of King Charles' reign. While
tho ded Is apparently the original, for the
amount of Work expended on it would not
be given to a copy, no signatures appear,
and apparently none was ever placed
on it
Frowning: on a Crucl'project.
St Louis Globe-Democrat.
President Roosevelt shows sense as well
as humanity In discountenancing that
proposed cowboy race from Deadwopd to
Omaha. Many horses would be killed 1n
the race If It were to take place and
nothing would bo proved by It Tho con
test would give a little cheap and vulgar
notoriety to the persons engaged In It,
would Inflict needless cruelty on the
horses which would participate and would
do no good to any person or thing.
Thanks Extended.
The ladies who had charge of the flower
booth, which wa3 conducted for the bene
fit of the Patton Home at the Carnival,
wish to extend their thanks to the Car
nival committee, the Shriners, the con
tributors of flowers, and to the public
generally for their liberal assistance and
patronage. "
QUARTZ MINE NEAR CITY
TWO FQKTLAXDERS RETURN, FROM
.VISIT 'TO THEIR LEDGE.
.Fifty ' Miles Away, ea the Salmon
Hirer, They Are Developing
a R3C Property,
Edward Renfer and Dod West returned
last evening from a week's trip to their
quartz mine, located about ?lx miles from
Welch's place, on the Salmon River. They
are well satisfied with tlje developments
in the mine.- which isowned by half
a dozen Portland men, who made up a
purse to run a tunnel to ascertain what
it contains.
Already the tunnel Is in 125 feet Some
Very fine ore has been taken out which
CLASSES
assays high in gold, Bllver, copper and
lead. At first the vein was but an inch
in thickness, but it has widened out to
three feet and the ore is cettlntr richer
as the tunnel advances. -Mr. Renfer
brought In a sackful of the ore, and all
who examined it say It looks like the
real thing. An expert pronounced it ex
ceedingly promising.
The owners Intend to spend $2000 more
in development By that time they will
have a 300 or 400-foot tunnel, and will
know what their mine is worth. If the
ore holds out as the present Indications
promise they will put In a mill and reduce
the ore. They have a force of men con
stantly extending the tunnel, and expect
In less than a year to know whether they
will be justified in putting In a mill. From
the character of the ore taken out Mr,
Renfer thinks that one concentrator will
do the work. This will cost about $10,000,
while If they have to smelt the ore the
mill would cost $30,000. The ledge Is 50
miles from Portland, and can be driven
to In one day.
Mr. Renfer says thfft the road to
Welch's has been obstructed by logs that
had fallen during the fire, but when they
came back most of these had been re
moved and tho road cleargd . '
WORK ON SCHOOLIIOUSE3.
Snnnysldc Bulldinp: Is Nearly Fin
ishedOthers Are Behind.-.
Work on the Sunnyslde, Sellwood and
Woodlawn schoolhouses Is progressing
slowly, especially on the last two build
lngs.. At SunnysJde the schoolhouse will
be finished ready to bo occupied by pu
pils In about six weeks. PUsterlng- and
tinting of rooms are finished. Delay In
this building was caused by want of lum
ber. The building would have been fin
ished in time for the opening of school
had thero been no shortage of lumber.
which was no fault of the contractor.
At Woodlawn only tho basement walls
are finished, and carpenters are laying
tho first floor, which Is not yet finished
For this building lumber In small quan
tities is being obtained from the Van
couver mills. Thero has been so great a
shortage of lumber at this building that
the foreman this ,week. laid oft five car
penters. Thero was no material for them
to work with. An eight-room schobl-
house Is being put up for Woodlawn, but
the prospects for using it this school year
aco -not very encouraging. The foreman
fears ho cannot get It inclosed before the
Fall rains. The school is using tho old
building and several outside rooms, so
the inconvenience ia no' greater than it
was last year.
At Sellwood the foundation and frame
of the new portion aro up, and work Is
going forward as rapidly as material will
permit Here the pupils are accommo
dated in the old building and several
outside rooms. Probably tho annex may
be completed so that It can be occupied
the last few months of the school year,
WINTER BATHHOUSE.
Structure Is BcIhr Bnilt on Original
Plan at Foot of East CohcJi Street
M. J. Wllklns Is building what he calls
a Winter bathhouse at the foot of East
Couch street The structure can bo seen
from Burnslde-street bridge, and has at
tracted much attention. Mr. Wllklns has
been at work on the structure for some
time, and is only well started. Pontoons
.nd the water-tank In the center are fin
lshed. Ho says that it will be two stories
high.
He proposes to make tho water luke
warm In cold weather by means of a
boiler- that will hold between 2000 and
3000 gallons of water. When heated to
the boiling point the water Is poured out
Into tho tank, and tho operation Is re
peated. Mr. Willdns is confident the wa
ter can be kept almost as warm In the
Winter as the Willamette River is on a
warm Summer day. On the top of the
bathhouses will bo a promenade. Mr.
Wilklns offered his plan, he says, to those
who built tho free baths, but It was de
cllned. His bathhouse 13 about 70x40 feet
FAVORS FARMERS' CONGRESS.
B. G. Lrcedy, Master State Grange,
' Will Give His Assistance.
B. G. Leedy, master of the State
Grange, is very much In favor of the
congress of fanners as proposed by Even
ing Star Grange, No. 27, Patrons of Hus
bandry. H. C. Welch, of Mount Tabor,
met Mr. Leedy at tho State Fair, and he
then expressed himself as pleased that
the movement had been started, and said
that he would do all he could to make it
a success.
Mr. Welch also-talked with other prom
inent Grangers, and they all expressed
themselves In favor of the contemplated
gathering.
It will take about a month to get re
sponses to tho circular letters that have
been sent out and It is hoped that every
Grange receiving tho invitations will act
Downing, Hopkins & Co.
EstebllsheJ 1893.
' . WHEAT AND STOCK BROKERS
Room 4, Ground Floor Chamber of Commerce
promptly In the appointment of a con
ference committee. No definite steps can
be taken until these responses have been
received. As soon thereafter as possible
a general committee meeting will be held.
Stephens Addition Streets.
East Mill street, Stephens Addition,
which Is being improved between East
Twelfth street and Union avenue, is be
ing cqmpjeted. The steam roller has been
at work packing the surface for the
past week., For this the rain was a good
thing and saved the contractor the ex
pense of sprinkling. Probabljjjjy the 1st
of October East Mill street will be
completed. Work Is also progressing on
Stephens and East Lincoln streets, in
Stephens Addition. A petition is in for
the improvement of East Harrison, and
the City Council has the matter in hand.
Additional Power.
At the power station of the City & Sub
urban Railway Company an extension
was built on the east side of the building
to shelter the new generator and en
gine which are to be Installed at once.
Excavations for the foundations of the
generator and engine have been made.
Under both there will be. 10 feet of solid
concrete. A Babcock tubular boiler Is
on the ground, ready to be set in position
as soon as the old fuelhouse has been
moved. These additions will provide about
00 horsepower, additional to the plant
Lents School Mqetlnsr.
A meeting at the taxpayers of Lents
School district' will be held Thursday
evening, September 25, to take steps to
rebuild 'the sciioolhouse .recently de
stroyed by fire. Until a new building is
erected, temporary quarters will be se
cured and the school accommodated as
well as possible.
To Nuxnlier Houses.
At a meeting of the Montavllla Board
of Trade Friday evening, the committee
on numbering houses and naming streets
reported good progress. It is hoped that
in a few weeks all the houses in this sub
urb will be numbered. Residents will find
it to their advantage to assist the move
ment East Side 3iotcs.
Lone Fir Monument Association will
hold a meeting this- afternoon at 3
o'clock at 64 Grand avenue.
The foundation for a new dry kiln has
been laid at the Standard box factory. It
will boat $2000.
E. S. Brubaker, of the firm of Brubaker,
Nomandln Sc. Co.,' of Mount Tabor, who
has been in St Vincent's Hospital with
severe illness, returned to his homo yes
terday greatly Improved.!
The funeral of Dr. Lyman B. Trow
bridge was held yesterday morning from
Dunnlng's undertaking rqoms, and at the
close the Interment took place In Lone
Fir cemetery, by the grave of hl3 wife,
DAILY CITY STATISTICS.
Marriage Licenses.
RenhMi Xorton. 20: Minnie Hlnton. 23.
"Walter F. "Woolrldee, 23; Rosa Fairfield, IT.
Deaths.
September 17, Hazel C. Abramson, 12 years.
300 Sacramento; abrasion on lip and septic in
fection.
September 17, Anna Louisa Nagel, 63 years.
040 Gantenbeln avenue, meningitis.
September 16. Anna JT. Thoburn, 4T years.
24 East Fourteenth, remittent rever.
September 13, Jo3cph J llcMlckcn, 43 years,
Good Samaritan Hospital, cerebral hemor
rhaco.
September 17, Bertha Howard. 15 days, 253
North Seventeenth, inanition.
September 10, Minerva Hoare, S days, in
anition. Contagions Diseases.
September 1C, Florence Hamerlyck. 1S9 Mill,
typhoid fever.
Births.
September 15, to wife of. Elmer Davis, Lor
Inp street, a srlrl. )
September 16, to wife of David Franklin, 81
North Fifteenth, a boy.
MANY
YEARS
ALONE
For 15 years old Dr. Kessler was the only specialist In
this city for diseases of men, and hundreds of men are healthy
today who were cured by nim of Prostatic Inflammation or
some private disease. He could point to thousands he has
cured, but he has always made it a rule to never use a patient's
name. He wouldn't tell your own father that he was doctor
ing you. His word is good and he guarantees to cure any case
he takes. He cured a case of private disease last month that
had been treated by five doctors. He wants just such cases
that other doctors can't cure.
SAD
SUFFERING
WOMEN
The Ladies' Department is luxurious, and there is no need
of you suffering any longer from your complicated diseases.
Dr. Kessler will see you himself if you call for him. He is a very
busy man, but any lady who desires to consult him in person
can see him. Quite a number are sent by country doctors.
All such are provided with a comfortable, homelike place while
they are being treated. Always write a few days before com
ing so he can arrange for you.
Inclose ten 2c stamps and address
J. Henri Kessler, M. D.
COR. SECOND AND YAMHILL SIS.
Portland, Oregon
September 17, to wif of Joseph Shemanski,
EJeventb, near Harrison, a girl.
To wife of T. 3. Hoare, 238 North Seven
teenth, a girt.
Bnildins Permits.
September IS, Hartman, Thompson & Pow
ers, East Davis, East Twenty-third, East
Twenty-fourth, two two-story dwellings; $4000.
September 19, Ferguson & Houston. Jfprtk
Front and Fourteenth, can factory, 512,500.
F. P. "Wood. East Thlrty-flfth, between Belr
mont and East Yamhill, $1500.
Side-TV alt: Permits.
"Willamette Steam Lumber Company, Six
teenth and Thurman, 112 feet cement.
E. J. Godfrey, King and Salmon, 264 feat
cement.
J. Strowbridga, Second and Morrison, 10Q
feet cement.
C. k. Rankin, East Eighth and Couch, 50
feet cement.
Total, 526 feet cement. ,
Real Estate Transfers.
Sunnysldo Land & Improvement Qompany.
10 csaraa ai. jeweu, lot o, diock o, sun
nyslde Jt 204
Jennie R. Backer! and husband to Her
bert B. McEwen, lot 1, block C, Kern's
Addition IQtt
Aiei uameron to a. ai. .fetter, jr., trus
tee, N. lot 4, block 34, Central Alblria
Leroy Keonan o Jennie "R. Bacfcert, sarna
Mary A. "Werner and husband to Charles'
1
IS?
Jfc. Werner, lots 11, 12, 13, block 22, Car
eon HelKhta
Samuel) Werner and wife to Charles P.
Werner, lota 4, o, 6, block 22, block 17.
Carson Heights
"William J. Hill and wifo to C E. Hams-
by. lots 1. 2. block 1. Mldwav Annex.
J. P. Kennedy and wifo to Anton FasaL
lot 10. block IS. Lincoln Park Aneex 3M
P. H. Marlay to "W. B. Wallace, -lot o ' !
block 7, Proebstel's Subdivision to Al-
blna .. .. . M 2
Hannah Young to "William Helming, lot .
12. block 41. Fulton Park 0t
Harriet Kennedy and husband to Margaret
u. Artnur, lot 15, diock v, 'iiDDctva
Homestead . 48
Nellie M. Thorn and husband to Ida R.
Brande, fraction lot 6, west ft lot 6,
block 3. Solan's Addition , . 2109
T. J. Cleeton and wife to Geo. Good,
SW. Sec 24. T. 2N..E.2 W... Wto
I. B. Darety to T. J. Cleeton. samo...-. 1
Alt A. Baker and wife to Fred R. Mason,
lot 14, block 2. Smith's sub. E. F. JtWO
Percy H. Blyth and wife- to John W.
Brown et al., lots C, 8, block 145. Couch
Addition 4SQ
.A. S. Ellis and wife to Julia Stark. B. H
W. i lots 8, 10. block zv. Alblna Home
stead .. - 1209.
H. N. Scott Jr., to "W. H- Nunn, Jr.,
lots 9. 10, block 17; lot 16. block 18,
Lincoln Park - 3
Daniel Padrlck and wifo to Edw. J. Jaeger,
lot 22. block 1, "Woodlawn. ji
Henry L. Coffin to Alma F. Morgan, Sea.
11. T. 1 S., R. 1 E., In Gideon Tlbbetta
D. L. C .V. 12M
Alice C. Hanna and husband to Chas. N.
wonacott lot 0, block 10. Tllton's Ad
dition , . 320
Jas. M. Wallace and wife to G. G. Gam
mans, portions lots 9, 10, 11, 12, block
1. North Falrlawn - 1
B. M. Lombard to Jas. A. Randall, lot
7. block 11. Sub. Proebstel's Addition to
Alblna 1600
C. J. Decker and wife to B. M. Lombard,
same 1630
Chief of Police to Victor Land Company,
lot 16. block 0, Multnomah B4
D. Marx et al. to S. J. Nelson and wife,
lot 24, block 6, Alblna 700
A. L. Hclman to S. P. and Augusta Roes,
lot 17. block 2. Sub. "C," M. Patton
Tract , 925
Jacob Mayer and wife tu James McBride,
fraction lots 4, 6, block 1, North Port
land 2000
S. Swanson to John Donnerberg. Sub; E.
lot 1, block 5, Portland Homestead 1
Chas. Ashman to Samuel Swanson, sama. 1
For Gnarnnteod Titles
See Paclnc Coast Abstract, Guaranty &
Trust Co., 204-5-6-7 Falling building.
3Ioral Saasion and a Strap.
' Brooklyn Eagle.
"Shq eeems to have abandoned her
moral suasion Ideas relative to the train
ing of children."
"She has."
"How did it happen?"
"Well, I was largely Instrumental in
bringing about the change. You see, she
has. no children of her own and I grew
weary of her constant preaching and
theorizing, so I loaned her our "Willie."
"Loaned her your boy?"
"Precisely. She was to have him a
week on her solemn promise to confine
herself to moral euaslon."
"Did she keep her promise?"
"She did, but at the expiration of the
week sho came to. me with tears in her
eyes and pleaded for permission to whalo
him Just once."