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THE SUM)AY OKEGONIAy, PORTLAND, JAffUABY 15, 1905.
MASTERING THE PACIFIC
Western Business Man Is a Bigger Man Than His "Eastern Brother, Writes Mark Sullivan.
BT MARK SULLIVAN.
PORTLAND, On, Dec 15. (Special
Correspondence of the Boston
Transcript.) The "Western business
mafn Is a bigger man than his 'Eastern
brother. He thinks and acts on a
bigger scale. He Is bounded on the
east by New York and London, and
on the west by Pekln and Toklo. His
political Interests center In "Washing
ton, his business interests in Hong
ivong, ana ms ewiaj im-witow.
back one generation to New England.
His daily affairs, the very details of'
his business, arc entwined with the
trunk nerves of the world's great ac
tivities. There is scarcely a business
man on this Coast but has a vital,
personal, dollars-and-cents interest in
the Japanese war. He has a contract
to furnish flour for the army hard
tack, or condensed milk for the Red
Cross service; or he has forecasted for
Wmself the effect on his business If
Japan should win, or if Russia should
Win whether be would sell more
flour to Manchuria with Russia in
control, or with Japan in .control
how, on the one hand, his flour would
come in competition with Siberian
wheat, and on the other hand with
Formosa rice. Every "Western busi
ness man is a political economist who
never studied Mill. So it was no oc
casion for surprise when a Portland
man drew from a pigeonhole an Eng
lish translation of an article by an
ex-prime minister of France, pub
lished In October in La Republlqe
Francaise under the heading: "The
United States in Asia."
This article Is most interesting. It
is of a type of foreign article fast be
coming familiar to Americans. It is
conceived in the spirit In which the
Katser drew his famous "Yellow Peril"
picture a few years ago. In tone,
some paragraphs of it are dolefully,
reminiscent, recalling the good, old
times when the merchants of Europe
feasted at will on the rich pastures
of Asiatic trade, and grew sleek and
fat on the wealth of Asia; other para
graphs shriek In high-pitched rheto
ric, calling on Europe to arise before it is
too late. Throughout, the burden of
the article is that the United States
is fast absorbing all the trade of Asia.
"Europe," says M. Meline, "now finds
herself In the presence of a giant with
mighty Jaws who is taking away her
custom. This monster has already
seized the South American trade, and
now it is preparing to seize upon Eu
rope's ancient grazing ground, the
trade of the yellow races, the most
Important in the world. ... Is it
not President Roosevelt, who once
said that the Pacific Ocean is destined
to become an American Lake? And
do not all his policies tend to fulfill
that prophetic word? . . , And
with what astonishment must we view
the placidity with which English pub
lic opinion resigns Itself to the con
templation of the handwriting on the
wall, the elimination of English goods
from the Chinese merchants and the
substitution of American goods."
In so far as M. Meline dwells with
pessimistic emphasis on the good old
days, his article is quite timely; In. J0
far as M. Meline calls on Europe to
awake, the "Western business man
strong In the confidence of his foot
hold in Asia, smiles af the French
man s hysterics.
n,n5! ,?lobe-trotter back from Asia
SL ,L y? that wh,le American
frfrtl?ere ,s rowing. it is still in
sJtcJflcant compared with that of
a2s Germany and the rest of Eu
rope; And the globe-trotter will be
-wrqa. : He has been deceived by the
coHfcicu0us buildings, the show of
leIti the large figure cut by the old
jsuropean houses "Rut- v. t
y ,malntal" their outward
fchow, tower in conscious pride on the
main streets of the Asiatic cities
fe .?ne the way o topheavy con
servatism everywhere.
Here are some figures. Thev are taken
ra,.French maeazinc which has, like
. elm,e been investigating the growth
?f AtmeIcan trade In Asia, and finding
results by no means agreeable to the Eu
ropean palate. In the last year for which
statistics are available the exports of the
treat nations to Japan stood thus
British India sir, sra onn
Great Britain "I" 25 lso'ooo
gated States gfcgg
J!l? " 20,300.000
fL:::::::::;::::.
These figures are supplemented by some
others which show, year by year the
comparative growth of English and Amer
ican trade In Japan:
L'xports to Japan.
From Great Britain and the United States
from IKK) to 1903.
Year. United States. Great Britain.
g $ 3,000.000 513.000.000
4,500.000 22 500 000
22S 23 oooooo
24.000.000 25.000.000
23.000,000 ct.OOOioOO
Those columns of figures are full of
pride for Americans. They tell the tale of
Great Britain's gradual decline from the
position of mistress of the Japan trade to
equality with the United States, and
America's equality, in the swift expansion
of the present, has prtbably become su
premacy before the statistician can re
cord it-
Stated In another wav tlm i!cf f ti
figures given above for Japan is that 13
jt-ars ago japan bought from us about
one-iourin a3 mucn as from Great Brit
ain: today she buvs ommllv fmm vnti.
countries. If the other great country of
Asia. China, be taken, the showing for
American trade i nnf
of China's trade is still far behind Great
Britain's, but when each country's rate
of growth is examined the comparison
predicts for China Just What has happened
in Japan. The exports, in taels. of Great
Britain and the United States to .China
navo oeen as follows:
Tear. United States. Great Britain
"j t 449.000 5 CS.749.000
Jg 3,300.000 S3.535.000
Jgfl 7.732.000 113.071,000
1901 23,530,000 196.000.000
Between 1S95 and 1902 the awakenlnir of
China has been very rapid. In the first
named year foreigners first got the privi.
lege of trading in the interior. Her trade
Tvifh the outside world has swelled in a
maimer which faintly suggests what
would hannen If China's 4no(Wf)fln nil h-
came consumers or foreign goods. In that
growth all the great nations have partici
pated, but none so largely as the United
States. Condensing what would l n
rather unwieldy mass of statistics, the
rate oi growin oi tne exports or tne great
nauoiis to cmna during tnese seven years
jias neen as ioiiows:
Great Britain 67 per cent
India 34 per cent
Japan 103 per cent
Thf oftntlnint nf Vnrnno 1.1 A no .
United States I500 per cent
There is no mistaking the significance
of these figures. "What M. Meline calls
on Europe to prevent has already hap
pened. The mighty oyster of Oriental
trade is ours. To the ordinarv rlnhv.
trolter the thing is not apparent. He sees
the imnresslvc exterior of th srro.if
British houses, but does not penetrate far
enougn to see tne ary rot within. Senator
ueveriagc eaw it. in nis oook no speaks
oT "the sinful inactivity" of the British
merchants in China; and of British trade
as being apparently "in a drugged and
cocained slumber." If all the countries
eomnrIlnr what la called "the Orient" Tw
considered together. British trade during
the very years wnen American trade has
swelled and flooded has actually declined.
Tn 1R73 Gncland's trade with Jannn Phlnn
Cnron. Hone: Konc and Asiatic Russia
amounted to 5121.000,000; in 1SS3 it had de
clined to 5110,000.000; and in 1902 to $98,000.
000. In the last named year our own
trade to the same group or countries
actually exceeded Great Britain's, amount
ing to over 5122,000,000. In Japan, especial
ly, we have crowded ahead of England.
well-to-do Japanese," says Baron Kan-
eko, "do not live so very differently from
Americans. For breakfast they have
their coffee from your latest possession,
the Philippines; condensed milk from Chi
cago, bread from Hour milled In Oregon.
They smoke a cigarette of Virginia leaf,
and they read a morning paper printed
on paper made in "Wisconsin." We sell
Japan practically all her petroleum, cot
ton and flour, and buy practically all ber
tea and raw silk.
But all this Is mere repetition. M.
Meline . and the other European alarmists
are -raising their huo and cry and talk
ing of locks for the doors after America
has got the horse. The vast bulk of
the trade of the Orient Is to be ours.
The only question remaining is. Just how
big a thing Is this trade of the Orient.
As a Portland man expressed It: "We've
got the watermelon; the question Is, Just
how big and juicy a melon Is it?" And
that point will bear close examination.
Many who write eloquently of the "Mas
tery of the Pacific" approach the sub
ject in this way: China, Japan and the
islands of the Pacific have a combined
population of 600,000,000. That Is, roughly.
about twice the population of all Europe.
From this the conclusion Is hastily drawn
that twico as much trade Is to be had In
Asia as in Europe: and on this founda
tion fairy castles of enthusiasm are built.
Colonel Seller's classic dream of the prof
its in the eye-water trade in China was
based on as simple a calculation as this:
400,000.000 people in China, each China
man has two sore eyes; for every sore
eye, one bottle of Seller's eye-water at a
dollar a bottle no wonder the Colonel
thought there was "millions In it." But
the pessimists are equally wrong who ar
gue that since the average Chinaman
earns but 5 to 10 cents a day, he can't
possibly be a purchaser of foreign goods
to any extent, and hence the Asiatic trade
isn t worth trying for. Just where, be
tween these two extremes, lies the truth
as to the possibilities of the Oriental
trade?
The theorists, the essayists, the polit
ical economists have all had their say
about the possibilities of China's trade.
The business man here on the Coast has
sent his agents into China, has received
their reports, and has figured the matter
out on a basis of his own. It's quite true.
the average Chinaman earns very small
pay.. And It follows that the average
Chinaman can't possibly buy very much
that jnust be brought over the sea In
ships. Canada lias less than 7,000,000,
China has 407.000,000; yet Canada has the
larger foreign trade. Here are the fig
ures:
Imports. Exports.
China (407.000.000) 519S.O00.O00 5134,000,030
Canada C7.O00.O00) ....224,000,000 213.000,000
Indeed, China has the smallest per cap
ita foreign trade in the world. The per
capita figures for a few selected countries
show how very small the individual pur
chasing power of this huge country is:
Imports. Exports.
United Kingdom (per capita). 5CL28 532.87
Canada 41.19 39.15
France 21.76 2L03
United States 12.76 17.22
Japan 2.94 2.77
Corca 56 .25
China 4S .33
So long as the individual Chinaman can
buy only 48 cents' worth a year from
all the other countries of the world, the
trade of the Orient Isn't a very big oyster.
But the Western business man bases his
faith on the belief that vital economic
changes, mighty and volcanic, are about
to occur in China, and that these changes
will double, triple and mulUply the Chi
naman's earning capacity. That such-
changes can occur, and that such a change
is followed by an almost Incredibly in
creased volume of foreign trade, Japan
is the witness. Right here is the impor
tant thing. On what he has seen Japan
do. the Western business man bases his
faith in what China can do. The case of
Japan, he says, proves that it is possible
to "put the gimp or civilization into tne
slow-moving Asiatic." In 1S79 Japan was
In just the position of China today. The
average Jap's earning capacity was what
the Chinaman's is today 3 to 10 cents.
Consequently, the Jap's purchasing pow
er, his foreign trade, was about what the
Chinaman's is today, less than a dollar
per capita. But Japan awoke. Mentally
and physically she used her energies.
With the awakening, the average daily
wage went up to 20 and 30 cents a day.
and the per capita foreign trade Increased
COO per cent, and. continues to increase
year by year.
It is the belief that this same thing will
happen to China tnat makes Oriental
trade an important tiling, and if China
should awake, the event would have for
the world 20 times the significance of
Japan's awakening. China's population Is
eight times Japan's. Moreover, as Lord
Beresford pointed out, Japan's natural
resources her 4000 rocky Islands are not
a tithe of China's. It the Chinaman
should suddenly become as energetic as
the Jap, raise his standard of living to
the Japs', develop his natural resources
as the Jap has utilized his. it Is conser
vatively calculated that the riches of
the world would be doubled.
The exporters here on the Coast are
sure this thing will, happen, are sure
enough to lay far-seeing plans In readl-
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inherent in the nature of the Chinaman
to prevent it, and prove this by pointing
out that under the touch of Russia, the
trade of Manchuria increased 500 per cent
in the ten years between 1892 and 1902.
These, these, are the salient facts about
Oriental trade; in the first place. It is
small in volume, almost Insignificantly
small when compared with European
trade. But of what there is, the United
States has. In some places, the largest
share; in every port her share is Increas
ing enormously at the expense of Eng
land and the rest of Europe: it may be
taken as an accepted fact that the United
States is to be by large odds the leading
commercial power In the East. The last
Important fact is that, the bulk of trade
of the Orient, now relatively small. Is
bound to increase. A country as large In
area as the United States, with resources
estimated to be as rich as ours, and with
a population of willing, capable workers
to develop those resources, a population
five times as large as ours Is now at the
stage of development represented by the
fact that it has less than 1000 miles of
railroad, less than the length of a track
from Boston to Chicago. It Is accepted as
certain that within half a century the
railroad mileage will reach into hundreds
of thousands, and approximate our own
mileage. When that times comes. Amer
ica will come Into her own in the Pacific
heritage.
On the Dramatic
Critic
"William Winter Expresses Hlm
elf Forcibly An cat Profession
al Theaterjroen.
WILLIAM WINTER, the dean of New
York critics, still attacks his ardu
ous labors with the zest of a' young man
with his spurs yet to win. Mr. Winter
does a prodigious amount of critical work
on the Tribune and finds time on occasion
to write trenchantly, and wittily on sub
jects related to his vocaUon. The other
day ho wrote on Tne Dramatic Critic":
The critic of the stage should do his duty,
but he will -be wise not to magnify his
office, and lie certainly becomes comical
when he plumes himself upon the practical
results of his ministration. It is true that
his lot Is not happy. He exlstr In the
midst it tribulations. He must pass almost
every night of his life In a hot theater,
breathing bad air and commingling vlth a
miscellaneous multitude, ennobled by the
sacred muniment of liberty, but largely un
accustomed to the use of soap. He must
frequently and resignedly contemplate red,
green and yellow nightmares of scenery
that would cause the patient omnibus horse
to He down and die. He must, often" and
calmly, listen to the voice of the National
catarrh. In comparison with which the
aquatic foghorn or the ear-plerclng fife is
a soothing sound of peace. He must bland
ly respond to the patent leather smile of the
effusive theatrical agent, who hopes that he
Is well, but Inwardly wishes him in Tophet.
He must clasp the clammy hand and hear
the baleful question of the gibbering "first
night" lunatic, who exists for the sole pur
pose of inquiring, "What do you think of
It?" He must preserve the composure of a
marble statue, when every nerve la his
system Is tingling with the anxious sense
of responsibility, haste and doubt, and he
must perform the delicate and difficult duty
of critical comment upon the personality
of the most sensitive people In the world,
under a pressure of adverse conditions such
as would paralyze any intellect not spe
cially trained to the task. And when he
has done his work, and done It to the best of
his ability and conscience, he must be able
placidly to reflect that his motives are
impugned, that his integrity Is flouted, that
his character Is traduced, and that his
name- Is bemlred, by every filthy scribbler
and babbler. In the blackguard section of
the press and the stage, with as little com
punction as though he were the common
cry of curs."
These trials, Mr. "Winter adds, should
not turn the critic's brain or lead him to
presume that he and his opinions arc all
important. Mr. Winter does not believe
that the critic should hate and flout his
contemporary worker, and believes that
the stage affords ample room for honest
differences of opinion; that "all the good
the critic can accomplish is done when
he sets the passing aspects of the stage
instructively, agreeably and suggestively
before the public mind"; that be is not
required to manage the theaters or regu
late the people of the stage, as "the ef
forts of dramatic artists are to be met
where they impinge upon the public
mind." which Is a deserved rebuke to the
impertinence of the press with reference
to actors; and that the crIUc "accom
plishes all that should be expected of him
when he arouses, pleases and benefits the
reader, clarifying his views, and helping
him to look with a sympathetic and
serene vision upon the pleasures and
pains, the joys and sorrows, the enno
bling splendors and the solemn admoni
tions of the realm of art." Dramatic Mir
ror. Great Cost of Machinists' Strike.
CHICAGO, Jan. 14, The strike of union
machinists, whicn went into effect May
24 last, has been expensive to their organi
zation, according to a statement given
out by Secretary Lee S. Fisher, His re
port shows that out of a total expenditure
of 5161.000 during 1901. 5156.000 has been
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OPERATIONS
used In supporting strikers. Wbeh the
strike was called S60 members of the
union quit work, but a number of them
bare since obtained employment and.
strike benefits are now being paid to only
500 men. The strike was called at over 30
shops ad by members of the Chicago
Metal Trades Association, and was causod
by the refusal of the employers to In
crease the minimum wage scale from 2S
to 30 cents an hour to "32 ana 33 cents
an hour.
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Most ot Them Do.
Atchison Gfobe.
One of the funniest things In the world
Is to see some one put on music airs while
playing a mechanical piano-player.
Blushing Honors.
Atchison Globe.
The -first time a boy Is called "Mister, it
makes him feel as queer as a cussing.
DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
PORTLAND. Jan. 14. Maximum tempera
ture. 38 deg.; minimum. 31. River reading at
11 A. M-, 1.6 feet; chanxe In past i hours.
-0.6 foot- Total precipitation, 5 P. M. to S
P. M., 0.23 Inch; total since September 1, 1WH,
18.10 Inches; normal. 22.68; deficiency, 4.5$.
Total sunshine January 13, 1005, none; possi
ble. 0 hours. Barometer (reduced to sea level),
at 5 P. 21.. Sail).
PACIFIC COAST WEATHER.
Wind.
STATION'S.
Baker City
Bismarck
Boise
Helena
Kamloopa. B. C.
North Head
Pocatello
Portland
Red Bluff
Roseburg
.Kc;o.i2i ;w
I 8,0.001 M5W
,134l0.42i 'SW
.114) T E
.l48.0.02'24 E
.134 1 T W
Rain
Clear
Rain
iCloudr
Cloudy
toloudy
(Cloudy
.30.-0.03:10 SE
nam
.154.0.0;
-lis w
c;xw
w
Pt. cloudy
Rain
ISt.O.M
bacraraento
Halt Lake City...
San FVnnrlrrt
GO 0.01
4010.00
Cloudy
Cloudy
Cloudy
Spokane
10 E
snow
Seattle
Walla Walla
Cloudy
ClooJy
Light. T trace.
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
During the last 24 hours light to moderately
heavy rains have fallen In Western Oregon
and Western Washington, and snow turning
to rain has occurred In most sections east of
the Cascade Mountains.
tjjc temperature has rlstn slightly everywhere
In the North Pacific States, except In Southern
Oregon, where It has fallen 6 degrees.
Tne Indications are for rain or snow In thli
district Sunday, with slightly higher tempera
tuna. WEATHER FORECASTS.
Forecasts made at Portland at 8 P. M. for
28 hours ending at midnight, January IS:
Portland and vicinity Rain or snow; easterly
winds.
Oregon and Washington Rain or snow; east
erly winds.
Idaho Rain or snow.
EDWARD A. BEALS. District Forecaster.
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A. & A. S. RITE--Eleventh
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day, Jan. 10. at 9A M. sharp.
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DIED.
nnnu'V Tn f-U- Jan. 14. 1003. Ea
tlla C Brown, aged 60 years. Funeral no
tice laicr.
FUNERAL NOTICE.
MILLER At Montavllla. January 14. 1005. at
the residence or nis oaugnier. jats. i.
Newcomb. Henry W. Miller, aged 77 years,
10 months and 8 days. Friends and ac
nuiiniiMwi in ressectfullr Invited to at
tend the funeral services, walcb will be held
at Flnleys chapel at 1:30 P. M.. Monday.
January 16. , Interment. Montavllla. Ceme-
xery.
CALSON The funeral services of the late
Simur) Cslson will be held at Flnleys chapel
at 2 P. M. today. Friends Invited. Inter
ment. Lone Fir Cemetery.
BONELLI The funeral services of Angelo Bo
nelll will be held at Flnleys chapel at 3
P. M. today. Frlenca wvjiea. interment.
Lone Fir cemetery.
DUNNEXO. McENTEE GJXBAUGH,
successors to Donning Cam pi oh, aader-
aVr inrl nnhalmm. modus In tt de.
talL 7th and Pine. Phone Mala 43-9. iadj-
assistant.
EDWARD HOLM AN CO., Undertakers and
embalm ers, baTe moved to their sew build
ing. Third and Salmon. Lady assistant.
Telephone o. 30..
J. P. FINLEY SON. Funeral Directors.
cor. 3d and Madison. OfSce of County Cor
oner. Lady assistant- Telephone No. D.
F. S. DUNNING, Undertaker. 414 East
Alder. Lady assistant. Telephone East 52.
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Modern Tn everr detail and In orfeet condi
tion, conalstlnr of oak. be&roam suites, etc.
pretty enameled Iron beds. T Y springs and
boss mattresses, oalc sideboards, mantel bed.
metal folding beds, couches bed lounges In
plush, chiffoniers, dining chairs, cobble and
upholstered rockern toilet sets, very pretty
"smokers" sets." feather nlllonrs heddlnar odd
dreseers and commode, very nice chapel organ,
various styles ot ornament, ranges, cook
stoves, heaters, K. treasure, carpets, lace cur
tains, spring cots, sewing machines and kitch
en utensils. Everything necessary for-house-
Kcrping. iz you aon t Tvant to miss a good
thing, don't miss this sale at 10 A. M.
GUS A. LOW1T, Auctioneer.
Auction Sale
TUESDAY JANUARY 17, 10 A. M.
Portland Auction Rooms,
2 1 1 Flrsl Street
Unclaimed Baggage,
and Furniture
WE WILL ON TTTKSnAY- 3AV 17. AT
10 A. JL, IS COMTXJANCE WITH THE
XaAAY
Sell at Public Auction
TOR AND IN BEHALF OF THE N. V.
TEIUUSAL COMPANY AND THE BAG
GAGE. OMNIBUS Jt TRANSFER COM-
jlanv.
Seventy-Four Pieces of
Baggage
Consisting of telescopes, drcss-sult cases, beds,
trunks, boxes and sacksi
Also part of & CARLOAD OF FURNITURE
consigned to us from ST. LOUIS by Mrs.
Booth. We have no room for these goodsv
and they, must go out before night. So come
and help yourself and help us" also.
GUS A. LOWIT, Auctioneer.
Auction Sale
THURSDAY, JAN. 19, 10 A. M.
We have consigned for sale a very select ot
of furniture and household goods from Mrs.
M. Wiley, of N. JOth St. Mrs. Wiley leaves
on Friday for the East, and must have a set
tlement Thursday next. This Is almost new
furniture, and should bring good prices, but
inai remains wiin you. come and make your
own price, as everything must bo sold.
gus A. LOWIT, Auctioneer.
NOTICE ,
V TKtr fnll nlnx in ran fno nil l.-lna F
furniture. Phone Main 6655. Ill First st.
THE PORTLAND AUCTION-ROOM.
RESIDENCES
IflfVrlflrt With residence on 10th
1UUA1UU and Davis.
Iflflv2flft With fine residence on 17th
St.. bet- Couch and Davls-
lOfrvlflO With residence on Overton
lUUAiuU bet latn and 2Qth
lOOvlflO a cor- Lownsdale and
xuiAivo Yamhill, improved.
"71QQ And residence on 13th.
near Main.
50x:i00 And residence on W. Park
near Market.
50x100 Al,d residence on Wayne
x vj u bet. Klng and au Cair
SOxlOO With cottage on 16th. near
Taylor.
firVrlOO With - residences on cor.
UUA1UU Lownsdale and Taylor.
60100 Vlth donDle house on 14th
near YamhllL
KOxlOO n SS'h, near Marshall.
with house and furniture.
ROrfiO And residence on cor. 18th
30x100 23dd house on Gllsan, near
Very fine portion of block on 10th and
Columbia, will divide.
VACANT RESIDENCE LOTS
On Washington. King. St. Clair. Ford.
Park ave.. West Main streets and Couch
Addition. King's Addition. Cedar Hill,
Portland Heights, Willamette Heights
and other good locations In city.
BUSINESS
Fine half block on Hoyt, bet. 6th and
7th. will divide.
Quarter block on 6th and Everett.
Quarter block 7th and Johnson, Im
proved, good rental.
nOxlOO Improved, good rental, on
OUAl"" Park and YamhllL
lOOvlOO Corner 5th and Bumslde,
100x100 CorDer 4t and Ankeny.
60x100 Corner 5lh and Ankeny.
Intending buyers call and see me.
DONALD MACLEOD
46 Concord block, cor. Stark and 2d.
FOR SALE
Exhibitors at Lewis & Clark
Exposition Attention!
HANDSOMELY DECORATED
PAVILION
30 feet, by 25 feet, with extensions on two
sides, each 20 feet by 6 feet, beautifully fin
ished In light green paint, profusely decorated
with geld leaf; also has many beautifully dec
orated wood columns, wiin terra cotta caps,
etc.; Is wired throughout for electric lighting.
COST ABOUT 520,100 WILL BE SOLD
Boxed ready for shipment at the
ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION FOR 5850 CASH
Address Victor C. Helkes, Mines Department,
World'n Fair. St. Louis, or Inquire of J. K.
Batchelder. room u or c, Portland. Or.
12th-Street Property.
Desirable Modern 8-Room House
with full lot, fronting East on 12th
St., near Montgomery. An attrac
tive home in a desirable locality.
A. H. BIRRELL,
McKay Bldg., 3d and Stark.
AUST11ACTS OF TITLE
Our records ar completa and up t data,
W turdta abstracts promptly.
XOKTGAGE LOANS
On iasproved Portland Real Estats.
gECEIUTY ABSTRACT TRUST CO.
ZM-3I5 Chamber of Commerce.
GEO. BLACK
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
3IS Worcester Block
General practice. Investigations.
Estate work. Special said periodical audits.
Fhone West 11.
SAWMILL FOR SALE DAILY CAPACITY.
SO.000 feet; everything in first-class order;
1.000.000 feet of logs at mill, which can be
bought for 1 per thousand feet. There ore
50.000.000 feet of pine and yellow fir tribu
tary to this mill; railroad runs to the
mill: good reasons for celling. Address. P.
O. Box 116, Cottage Grove. Lans County.
Oregon.
NEAT LITTLE RESTAURANT FOR BALE;
aeate SO people; can be made to seat 150;
centrally located on let st-; long lease;
' cheap rent; only flCOO; Invoice over 311)00;
good reasons for selling; no agents. B 74.
Onccslu.
Portland Auc
NEW TOBAY.
Auction Sales
By J. T. WILSON
AUCTIONEER
Monday, Tomorrows at Sales
rooms, 180 First St., at
10 A.M.
Auction sale of narlor. dining-room, bedroom
and .kitchen furnLihlngs. There has been re
moved to our salesroom a. fine assortment of
rockers, tables, chairs, dressers, commodes,
folding, mantel and metal beds, springs, float
mattresses. Roman seat and hall chairs, onyx
lamp stand, oak ball tree, extension taoie ana
tains, " portieres, couches, lounges, kitchen ta
mes, treasures, disnes, kitcnen utensns, cook
stoves, sewing machines and a. variety of val
uable furnishing!!, etc
Note We have for sale Washburn guitar,
Cleveland guitar. Crandall typewriter, Colum
bia. phonograDb. SUmDson coronating scales.
extra, fine hall rack, combination bookcase and
desk, desirable bedroom suit, folding bed and
other extras, to be sold at 10:30 A. M-
J. T. WILSON, Auctiqneer.
WEDNESDAY'S SALE
At Salesroom, 1 80 First Street,
At 10 A. M.
A valuable consignment of modern house
keeping equipments. Everything necessary for
the different departments of home life. We
call your attention to the substantial furnish
ings to be closed out under the hammer on
this day at our salesroom. ISO- 1st St.. cor.
YamhllL J. T. WILSOX. Auctioneer.
FRIDAY'S SALE
At Salesroom, 180 First Street
At 10 A.M.
A great variety sale ot clothing, gents fur
nishing goods, groceries, spices, ralalns, etc.
X. B. We have for private ale the furnish
ings of a cottage and cottage for rent at 13th
and Burnslde, cheap rent, very central. In
quire at 180 1st st.
Vt e buy and pay cash for furnishings and all
kinds ot merchandise. Phone Main 162i.
J. T. WILSON, Auctioneer.
PRELIMINARY NOTICE
The Sale of the Reliable New
and Second-Hand Store, 185
Front Street, to Be Sold Tues
day Feb. 24th, Commencing at
10 A.M. .
3S00O worth of house furnishings to be closed
out at public auction In lots to suit buyers ana
dealers. See Sunday papery Jan. 22, with
uata oi saie. J. x. wilson. Auctioneer.
OILMAN
Auction & Commission Co.
S. L.N. GILMAN, Auctioneer.
Offices and salesrooms. 413 Washington st.
with basements extending to 108 11th at
affording snace for the proper display of
household furnltnre. etc. Cash advanced.
Will buy for cash household furniture and
merchandise. Sales at rooms every Tuesday,
Thursday and Friday, at 10 A. M.
Tuesday's Sale January 17th,
at Rooms
Tuesday's sale. Jan. 17. at rooms. Includes
the furniture and lutings or resmence; au
brass bedstead, cost $So. with springs and
curled hair mattresses: davenport; couch; art
squares. 9x12 feet; tinted and plain white iron
bedsteads; dressers, with large plate mirrors;
commodes: costly round extension table In
quartered oak; buffet and dining chairs to
match: beautiful upright piano (as new). In
perfect tone; all the neat furniture of cottage,
including the fittings and furniture of 6 rooms;
steel range; heating stoves; gas cook stove:
xitcnen lumiiure: etc saie xueiaay, iu jl.
31. no reserve. Buyers win ao veil to attena.
S. L. X. GILMATs, Auctioneer.
Special Auction Sale
At Rooms No. 413 Washington
Street
Of the draperies, curios, rugs. India and Turk
ish ana maian potteries, oasxets. etc
Wednesday, Jan. 18. at 10 A. M,
S. L. K. GILMAN, Auctioneer.
Special Auction Sales
Of Household Furniture, at
Rooms No. 413 Washington
Street, Thursday and Friday,
at 10 A. MEach Day
Buyers of household furniture can save money
by attending tnese sales or nouscnoid rurni
ture. S. L. X- GILMAN, Auctioneer.
ELEGANT MAHOGANY AND GOLDEN
OAK FURNITURE. SOLID BRASS BED
STEADS. HEAVY AXMINSTER RUGS. M)
STEEL ENGRAVINGS. DRAPERIES. STEEL
KAN UK, ETC
On Tuesday Next, January 17
Tfce ore favored with Instructions from Mr.
Metcalfe 'to cell the furnlshrugs of his resi
dence, removed, from East. Side to
Baker's Auction Rooms,
CORNER ALDER AND PARK STS.,
Comprising elegant parlor pieces in mahogany
frames, seats upnolstecrd in La. Belle; solid
mahogany parlor tables; large Colonial rockers,
with real leather, soring seats: weathered oak
Morris chair; very costly pedestal; silver Jar
dinieres: rope portieres; silk draperies; lace
curtains; large steel engravings and etchings;
very choice collection: ladys' narlor desk: high
ly polished quartered oak library table; hand
some couches; golden oak rockers; center ta
bles; several Axmlnster rugs. 0x12; Moquet
and velvet carpets; root rugs; combination
bookcase: dining suite In golden oak. viz..
buffet, with large French plate mirror, quar
tered oak pedestal extension table, box-seat
dining chairs: sewing machine: hall tree, with
clruclar mirror; full brass bedsteads, springs
and hair mattresses; handsome enameled beds,
costly dressers and commodes; ware; Marcelle
spreads; sheets, down quilts, feather pillows,
etc.; steel range: gad heaters; refrigerators,
and other useful lots.
The above goods were all recently nurchased
from the most up-to-date and, reliable furni
ture bouse or tnis city, intending purchasers
are lnvitea to can ana inspect tne same tomor
row (Monday), sale Tuesday, at 10 A- M.
GEO. BAKER & CO.. Auctioneers.
On Thursday Next at 10 A. M.
On Friday Next at 2 P. M.
Rezular sales of consignments of general house.
hold furniture .etc, for positive sale. Parties
looking for good clean goods arc Invited to at
tend our sales. JUNK and TRASH we don't
handle. GEO. BAKER & C. Auctioneers.
Phone Black 1842.
A. J. FARMER
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCER,
You can save 20 per cent by dealtnr with iu.
Note some of our prices; Fancy 3-crown
raisins. - pounas. ac; Choice creamery butter.
per roil, ooc; esixa. cnoice creamery, per rou,
tioc: 1 package Scotch Oats. 10c; good apples.
box. 73c; H-box crackers. 50c; S pounds good
rice. 23c: l pound facnnnng baking po.vaer,
trfc; 1 pound Royal baking powder. 40et l
pound Arm and Hammer soda, 5c; 1 bar Nap
tha soap. 5c: 12 bars Royal Savon. 23ci iu
bars Diamond C, 25c; 10 pounds sago or tapio
ca, 35c; 1 pound English breakfast tea, 15c;
16 pounds granulated sugar, be?t. $1; best
cams, per pauou, ijc; - cans jrnmroee cream,
15c: 1 sack good hard-wheat flour. $1; 5-pound
pall best lard. 50c; 10-pound pall best laid. $1;
2 bottles Snlders catsup. 35c; 1 gallon good
syrup, -toe; new crop wamuts. 15c lb; 5
pounds fancy Italian prunes. 25c: 4 pounds
large silver prunes. 25c. We deliver on the
East Side Tuesdays and Fridays. Remember
the number, 281 3d St., corner Jefferson.
Phcne Main 4U3.
Very
Easy
Terms
$975
Big Bargain Corner
E. W. corner 50x50. on 22d and
Thcrman sts. Inquire Beno k.
Ealils. Phone U.
NEW TODAY.
FARMS
- - Kvn.u aui; i.s acres
cleared, balance open land and light tlm
"TP sood bearing orchard. iveU
watered, all fenced; good 6-room house.
rge barn, fine new fruit dryer, capacity
w". trci lusy; ower outouiidlngs. Mne crop
t season. Price $8 COO. $3000 down, balance
reasonable terms.
iwLOI2i'ud- on KOod mad; 10 acres
rr , " ' "V acres siasnea and in pasture,
balance timber; running water; 3-rcora
house; bam 40x10; other outbulldlags; good
boat landing, nice 9ZS00.
160 acres on the halem "River, Tilla
mook County. 80 bottom, half cleared, bal
ance bench or low hill land; 40 to 50 ncres
ODfn UflA litnfl fpnAj f. .1 1 u
large barn hi good condition; wnall orchard;
running water; $3000. half cash, balance to
192-acre farm on Sarnlr- rnd in bVHm
Pjortuuid $hat coot alone a year since
l-Otm IA, ..1. n . CI. AAA 1 I 1 1 1 -11
"- v-uvv. laciuuins uu
stock and Implements. Sickness is reason for
selling. Must sell at once.
200 acres, 12 miles east of Oregon City,
with 85 In fine cultivation; all rich creek
bottom but 30 acres: running water, good
house, new barn on the 30 acres slope land.
This is a fine tract of land. Price S3C per
iTim a.uiro or more uovrn, naisBMr
on annual Installments at 6 per cent.
.ICQ In V.mVlll rn..n, 1- i
balance brush and timber, running "water!
guoa sou, iiur uuuse. gooa uarn, orcnara; 3
miles to boat landing and station. Price for
immediate sale !fl3 per acre. We have no
better bargain for a stock farm- Cbean as
wild land; half cash, balance on annual
payments at 6 per cent-
Loans
loans at reasonable Interest.
City Properties
We are offering bargains in substantial
business and residence properties and as""
proof thereof will lend 50 per cent ot the
price to aid purchasers where needed.
Call or write for particulars respecting our
properties, and request our large farm prop
erty list.
T,HE SHAW-FEAR COMPANY
243 STARK STREET
Sherlocft's
Addition
The addition with a great big future. D
slrable lots facing North 21st. 22d. 23d. Fac;
tory. Blackstone and Reed streets, at popu
lar prices and on easy terms.
$400 to $700
Buys a fine lot in
Bronaugh's
Addition
Which extends from East Everett st. to the
Sandy road and lies on both sides of
East 24th Strpet
WaKefidld,
Fries &, Co.
229 StarR Street
Willamette Heights
Car Line Assured
Which makes propery cast of the ravine ci
trcmely desirable.
Prices Are Sure to Advance
I have several very choice .
UNIMPROVED LOTS
For sale very cheap.
Also a new complete
Modern 5ix-Room House
Immediate possession can be si van.
Also very desirable
Modern Ten-Room House
full lot. reasonable price.
Buy Now! You Won't Regret It!
A. H. BIRRELL
202 McKay bldg., cor. 3d and Stark.
Fair Grounds
vicinity. Several desirable lots at reason
able prices. .Buy now before tne aavance.
Desirable Homes
.5. 6 and 7 rooms, modern, on East Side,
convenient to car line. Small cash pay
ments; Installments to suit.
Call and See My List
Mortgage Loans 5
nnrl nnwards for lone term with satisfactory
privileges of repayment. Building loans
made.
A. li. BIRRELL
McKay bldg., cor. 3d and Stark.
HARBOR VIEW
$900.00 and up for lots near Steel
bndge on Benton between Dixon
and Dupont streets.
W. H. Grindstaff
245 STARK STREET
WANT A HOME?
We have Houses and Lots in
all parts of the city. Let us
lend you money to build. You
can pay us in installments.
SEE THE OWNER.
PSRTIAND TRUST COMPANY OF OREGON
108 Third Street.
NEW HOUSE
6 rooms, all modern and In first-class con
dition and right up to date, on E. Main,
near 2Sth. See It; don't be deceived. Sell on
Installments.
NEW COTTAGE
5 rooms and attic, all modern, first-class
condition, right up to date, at 757 East Da
vis st.. near 22d. Don't make a mistake. See
It on installments.
F. W. TORGLER, 10C Sherlock bide.
TO LOAN"
$10,000
Five or ten years. 6 per cent; no coraals
jlons. room C. Hamilton bldjr.