THE SUNDAY OltEGOXIAX, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 9, 1906.
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GOOD YEAH FOR
WOOL GROWEHS
Three and a Half Million Dol
lars Brought Into Ore
gon by Industry.
CLIP BRINGS HIGH PRICES
First to Sell Secure the Best Returns
-Buyers, as Was the Case Last
Year, Io Not Fare So
Well as Producers.
OREGON WOOI OUTPUT OF 1906.
District Pounds.
Willamette Valley and South
ern Oregon 1,500,000
Lakevlew 1,500,000
Bhantko 3,600,000
Heppner 2,500,(RX
Haker City and vicinity l.ftno.OOO
Elgin 1,760, Otto
Pendlrton 2,500,000
The Dalle 250.00O
Condon and Arlincton 1,000,000
Huntington 400,000
Ontario 1.500,000
Total
.18,000,000
The wool season that has Just come to an
end In this state has been an exceedlnely
prosperous one for the farmers, but whether
the merchants who took the product off their
hands will fare so well remains to be seen,
last year the buyers nearly all lost money,
as they boueht on the crest of the high-price
wave and bad to contend with a falling mar
ket In disposing; of their wares. This year
they were more cautious In purchasing, but
the end has not come yet, and the prospect
tare not so rosy for them as they would like,
i The it rowers, however, have no cause to
Complain. Prices have ruled about as hlKh
6s last year, and the profits have been about
' aa large. Whether op not the middlemen
'. have realized on their trading operations is
a question that doea not greatly concern the
farmer.
Three and a half million dollars has been
brought into the state this season by the
wool Industry alone. Sales of sheep and
lambs have added millions more, so prosperity
should rclgn In the wool-growing sections.
, Tho average price received by the growers
has been about IS cents a pound. The clip
of Oregon aggregated close to 18,000,000
pounds. The buyers w"ho operated in the
State handled some 8.000,000 pounds of Wash
ington wool In sections tributary to these
markets at the same time.
1 Range of Prices.'
Prices took a wide range, running from
cents, which was paid at Shaniko for
the best offerings, down to 12 cents, or pos
sibly a cent lower, for some coarse, sandy
clips. The best values were realized at the
opening of the seaeon, the last prices showing
la decline of 2 cents from those first aid.
V This course was probably to be expected with
the market hold under restraint. It Is also
likely that had the growers contracted their
Wool before It was shorn they might have
clone better than they did with the clipped
Article, as the buyers that were in the field
looking for contracts were then disposed to
tay some premium. No great amount could
xiave been contracted, however, with the ma
jority of buyers holding back.
The profits that acrued to the woolgrowers,
while about as large as last year, were not
so extensive as in some previous years, as
the cost of production has been' less when
wools have sold around 14 and 15 cents than
now. Last Winter proved an expensive one for
most flockmastera and In addition the fleeces
turned out lighter. Owing to the long Win
ter and the dry Summer and Fall the quality
of the clip on the whole was somewhat in
ferior to that of the two previous seasons.
The weight in most cases showed a decrease,
the average per fleece for the state being
about T or 8 pounds.
Pries In the Willamette Valley opened
around 25 to 26 cents, but the decline In
this section wasjnore rapid than Hast of the
mountains, and the last clips to be disposed
of realized 3 cents less than those marketed
when the season opened.
Small Quantity Unsold.
Of the entire clip of the state, not to ex
ceed 1,000,000 pounds remains in first hands,
while about 500.000 pounds are yet unsold in
Washington. Buyers are taking up the rem
nants as fast as they need them. All the
Eastern purchasers, except some that are now
being scoured, have been shipped East. The
lots were paid for at the time of purchase,
so much of the wealth brought Into the state
by the wool Industry has already gone Into
general circulation. Not much of the Ore
gon product Is required for home consump
tion, only about 1,500,000 pounds being used
here.
In 1005 practically the entire Oregon clip
was contracted for, while on the sheeps' backs.
This year 1.000.000 pounds Is a full estimate
of tho quantity sold in advance of shearing.
In addition to the unwillingness of many of
the large buyers to make contracts, the grow
ers wre also disposed to hold their wools for
the public sales days, as on previous occa
sions they have found this the more success
ful way of doing business.
Where Speculators Lost.
-That some of tho buyers have not realized
Well on their investments is shown by the fact
that from a lot of Shaniko wool that cost 23
Scents landed nt Boston the staple was sold
b-scently for 23H cents. One of the last sales
Lf the season, which has Just been made In
Jthls state, illustrates the present course of
tthe market. The deal Involved 200,000 pounds
(of Baker City and Durkee wools. The own
sra had previously refused 16 cents for the
lot. but finally parted with it for 15 cents.
Which was the best offer made.
Various causes have been assigned for the
downward trend of the market. The high
prices In 1905 was caused largely by the ex
traordinary demand Incidental to the Russo
Japanese War and the extremely low condi
tion of supplies in Europe. Stocks were built
up to some degree this year and an easier
ton in the world's markets was the result.
"Another factor that for several years stif
fened values was the reported shortage In
Australia. The production of that country
has now got back to its normal figures.
PERSONALJVIENTION.
Donald JIcBrlde has returned home,
after a four months' visit in Cali
fornia. D. A. Conolly, a well-known copper
smelting authority, arrived yesterday
from Mexico, and is a guest at the Ho
bart Curtis.
Mano Zan, who has been doing1 news
paper work during the Summer months
in this city, has returned to San Fran
cisco to accept a mercantile position.
M. M. Rlngler returned to this city
Thursday after a three months' trip
through the East, studying and visiting
the" leading athletic clubs and gymnasia
of the country. He brings with him Dr.
William Knapp, one of the leading in
structors In physical training, to act as
his assistant.
Dr. Krdmann, of the Koniglechen
polytechnical school of Berlin, has
been spending a few days In Portland
as the guest of Miss Siebold and Mrs.
Rikate. Professor Erdmann Is" en
route to Alaska, wnere ne goes to
make certain investigations In the in
terest of the International Geological
Congress.
Mf. George Phelps Holman, of Salt
I.ake, Utah, a native son of Oregon and
of Salem of the year 1842, for many years
a prominent business man In the Utah
cltj, cajna to tba cttx a. rew dya ago jor
the purpose of looking after business
matters and incidentally renewing old ac
quaintanceship. While In the city he was
the guest of his daughter, Mrs. T. W. B.
London. Last Thursday he went to the
seaside to remain a few days.
Mrs. C. W. Miller and her daughter,
Agnes, are expected to return home Wed
nesday, after a stay of six weeks at their
Summer home, Skldbo camp. Bull Run,
Or., where they have been entertaining
a few of their friends: Misses Cecil
Miller, Luella Kennedy, Marjorie Rose and
Alma Hollings worth: Messrs. Edgar
James, Edwin Whitney and Mr. Eugene
Clarke and father, of Los Angeles, Cal.;
Mrs. Lillian Doty and Mrs. Grace Rose
and Howard Swetland.
Mr. John M. Gartside, of the firm of
Gartside & Hudson, lawyers, Chicago, is
visiting this cny for a few days. Mr.
Gartside came to Portland in 18S8 for the
first time, and since that year he has
been In Oregon frequently, His last
visit was In 1902, and he looks up
on the Improvement since then as
belnf almost phenomenal. He - has
visited a number of cities of the
Coast, but nowhere does he find evidences
of solid, substantial growth as marked
as in this city.
Rev. H. H. Wikoff, of Berkeley, Cal.,
the Pacifio Coast representative of the
Congregational Church Building Society,
arrived in this city last Friday morning.
He went to The Dalles last evening, and
will preach for Rev, D. V. Poling today.
From The Dalles he will go to Spokane,
and there he will meet Rev. Charles H.
Richards, D. D., of New York, the gen- I
eral secretary or the Bunding society,
with whom he will make a tour of the
Paciflo Coast, ending at San Diego, Cal.
DECIDES FOR L
ADD
Judge Webster Approves His
Actions as Administrator.
JOHNSON HEIRS LOSERS
Court Holds That Estate of Dead
Pioneer Has Been. Managed in
Best Possible Manner Re
moval Petition Fails.
Judge Webster yesterday decided not
to remove Wlliam M. . Ladd as admin
istrator of the estate of A- H. Johnson,
deceased, and also held that Mr. Ladd
could not be called to account for his
actions as trustee of a large portion of
the Johnson property. '
The Johnson estate was valued at
$792,532. Mr. Johnson owed Ladd &
Tilton $189,128 and other creditors
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NEW BUILDINGS TO BE ADDED TO ACME Ml LUNG COMPANY'S
PLANT AT ALBINA.
One of the most important improvements now under contempla
tion In Portland is a large addition to the plant of the Acme Mill
ing Company, near the river front in Albina. The company has
completed plans for an annex to the present mill and also for a
large building adjoining to be used as a warehouse.
The new mill will be four stories high and will be directly oppo
site the present plant at -Railroad street and Albina avenue. The
mill vill occupy a site 40x80, and the adjoining warehouse will be
100x60. The warehouse will be two stories high. Both buildings
are to be of Wood, and will cost approximately $22,005.
Plans for these structures have Just been completed by Bennes,
Hendricks & Tobey, architects. The site la now being cleared for
the buildings and construction will soon commence. The contract
for the excavation already has been let.
Dr. Richards and Mr. Wikoff will be in
Spokane on September 16, In Seattle on
September 23 and in Portland on Septem
ber 30.
Elijah Smith, of Empire City, is at
the Portland.
Peter Loggle, president of the Cham
ber of Commerce at North Bend, is a
guest at the Imperial Hotel.
Fire Chief Campbell returned yes
terday from Calgary, B. C-, where he
attended the convention of the North
west Fire chiefs' Association. He was
accompanied by Mrs. Campbell on the
trip.
Rev. C. H. Mattoon, of McMlnnville, a
pioneer of 1S51, arrived In this city last
Wednesday evening from Ashland. Mr.
Mattoon was born in 1826, and has been
an accredited minister In the Baptist
Church of Oregon for more than 53 years.
He recently Issued an Important work,
entitled the "Baptist Annals of Oregon,"
covering the entire history of the Baptist
churches of this state from the organiza
tion of the first Baptist church on the
Pacific Coast that at West Union, Wash
ington County, May 25, 184 up to the
year 1SS6. It Is probable that another
volume will be forthcoming In the near
future, bringing the history of Baptist
churches up to the year 1900.
$77,481. On January 25, 1894. being
mortally ill, Mr. Johnson deeded prop
erty appraised at about $420,000 to Mr.
Ladd as trustee to pay the Ladd & Til
ton claim and the sums due others. The
Johnson heirs, in their petition, al
leged that the trust deed was supposed
to cover enough property to pay all of
the debts of A. H- Johnson, and that
not until after his death did the
widow, Cordelia Johnson, and the chil
dren know that the entire estate was
held for the indebtedness, notwith
standing the trust deed.
Surprise to the Widow.
Mrs. Johnson expressed great sur
prise when told by Richard Williams,
for many years the attorney for her
husband, and recently one of Mr.
Ladd's counsel, that all of the estate
was liable for the Indebtedness, and
that the trust deed- did not pay it.
The heirs, sons and daughters of Mr.
Johnson, a year ago filed a petition in
the County Court asking for the re
moval of Mr. Ladd as administrator of
the estate. They alleged that he did
not manage affairs properly, neglected
the farms, allowed enormous interest
charges to pile up, and speculated to
his own advantage with the estate
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nVO ENGLISH POINTER DOGS THAT A RE WELL TRAINED.
Everybody in Southern Oregon knows BiUie Taylor and his two Eng
lish pointer dogs, Cltto and Stub. Taylor stopped over in Portland yes
terday, while on his way to Astoria, where he goea to shoot ducks, and with
him were his two dogs, and as Cllto led Stub around the streets on the
end of a short leash, the dogs attraoted a great deal of attention. Taylor
is best known in and around Salem, and his two dogs are, perhaps, more
widely known than Taylor himself, for they are, perhaps, the only, two
English pointer trick dogs in the country. Taylor is a great dog fancier,
and he has not only taught Clito and Stub how to handle China pheasants
and other upland birds, but he has taught them to retrieve ducks and do
tricks that would delight the heart of a trainer of trick dogs.
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Special attention paid to country orders.
property. Particular instances were
specified and evidence was submitted
in relation to them.
Thought Conflict Existed.
Riddell & Dufur, who appeared as
attorneys for the heirs, took the posi
tion that the relationship of Mr. Ladd
as administrator of the estate and as
trustee were inconsistent and that the
only one who could ask for an ac
counting of the acts of Mr. Ladd as
trustee was Mr. Ladd the adminis
trator. Judge Webster held that the County
Court over which he presides can com
pel Mr. Ladd to disclose all his doings
as trustee as well as administrator.
Cordelia Johnson, , the widow, was
the executor of the will, and after her
death Mr. Ladd succeeded her as ad
ministrator of the estate. Since the
petition for the removal of Mr. Ladd
as administrator was filed a year ago
he has paid a large percentage on the
claims of outside creditors, about 60
per cent. '
Trial Lasted a Month.
The trial of the case occupied over
a month and was adjourned from time
to time. -Mr. Ladd admitted some
things charged against him and told
the court that his motives were en
tirely honest and that business meth
ods justified all his actions.
Judge Webster so found, and further
decided that, after the trust deed was
executed, the condition of the real es
tate market became so poor that at no
time could Mr. Ladd have sold the
property for enough to pay the debts
of -Johnson due to Ladd & Tilton and
the other creditors, and that Mr. Ladd
held -and nursed the property to the
advantage of the creditors, Ladd & Til
ton and the heirs.
Finds Interest Reasonable.
The court did not find the . large
sum of accumulated interest for a pe
riod of ten years unreasonable or a
burden to the estate, and passed over
numerous of the charges made by the
heirs against the administrator lightly.
Judge Webster said Mr. Ladd was hon
est and seemed to act in good faith. The
farms were operated at about an even
basis, and the administrator did the best
he could.
In giving the grounds for his decision,
which is lengthy. Judge Webster says: ..
Grounds of the Decision.
"When the deed and trust agreement
were executed, Mr. Johnson estimated
the value of the various pieces of prop
erty included In the deed, and these esti
mates have been spoken of sometimes as
the actual values of the property. These
estimates were made In January, 1894. The
evidence in this case shows conclusively,
and without contradiction, that the busi
ness depression began with the panic of
1893. At first it was thought that the
depression would be temporary, that af
fairs would soon adjust, themselves and
business go on as before, and so, al
though there was no activity in the real
estate market, people generally rated
their property at the values which had ob
tained prior to the panic, and it was such
values that Mr. Johnson placed upon his
property. As a matter of fact, however,
business conditions went from bad to
worse. Real estate in the most favored
localities bad practically no sale, and the
fixing of values upon any property was
little more than a doubtful estimate.
Even fdrced sales of good property elicit
ed no bidders. Execution sales practical
ly amounted to a method of determining
now mucn credit snouid be given on the
Judgment in lieu of the property. Added
to the general depression came the flood
of 1894, which directly Involved consider
able of this property and lmllrectly af-
lectea values generally. There never has
been a time since the trust deed was ex
ecuted that that property could have been
sold for anything near the values placed
upon it by Mr. Johnson. Mr. Ladd's pol
icy has been to hold the property for an
Increase in values. It Is perfectly certain
that so far as the financial Interest of
Mr. Johnson's heirs are concerned, that
policy has not been detrimental, because
there never has been a time sin Mr
Johnson's death when a sale of all the
property would have anywhere near paid
the debts. The only possible hone then
ever has been for the heirs to get a dollar
oui or ine property was to wait for better
times to bring better prices.
Creditors Are Satisfied.
'At first ho Trio nf tho nth.. 1 ; I
- iuti LIOUIIUID
were disposed to criticise this policy of
waiting, but always upon Investigation of
the matter and of the management"of the
properties, these creditors became con
vinced that that was the better course to
Dursue. The larger crprtlin
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stantly consulted by Mr. Ladd In regard
iu mo iimner, ana were satisfied and
were co-operating with him, and these as
well as some who were originally hostile,
have all testified that the course pursued
by Mr. Ladd has resulted in conserving
lata ucai musieat ui an concerned.
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Cox' Night Off Seems
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Hone Company One at La Run
Down the Tliareday Mltht Hoodoo
After Three Trips to Ble; Klren,
When Driver Cox Was Not On
Duty.
HOSE3 COMPANY ONE, one of the
crack companies of Portland's fire
fighters, has a hoodoo. And It Is no other
than the driver of the hose truck. Cox.
The boys suspected for a long time that a
hoodoo existed in the station-house, but
they could not trace the "23" sign to any
thing In particular.
The discovery came by accident. Four
weeks ago a big fire broke out at Fifth
and Burnslde streets. That was on a
Thursday night. Then everything was
quiet for a- week, and the following Thurs
day night Hose One went out to the Are
on Washington street. Then another spell
of quiet and rest for the fire-fighters. A
week passed and as though prearranged a
fire broke out in the Chinese and Japanese
lodging-house at Fourth and Pine streets.
That also was on a Thursday night.
Three big fires on three consecutive
Thursdays meant something more than a
coincidence. Then it was discovered that
Thursday ni"ht is Cox's "night off." His
fate was settled from that date. Now
Hose One looks for a fire every time Cox
is off duty. ,
All the members of the company were
prepared last night for a fire. Their faith
In Cox, the hoodoo, cannot be shaken, and
they say Cox will not lose the name until
he can show them that he had nothing to
do with the fires. "We all belong to the
Missouri clan," declare the boys In a chorus.
Debt Collectors Organize Union.
CHICAGO. Sept. 8. Announcing
that they were tired of chasing hope
less "delinquents," several hundred
Chicago collecting agents met -yesterday
and organized a collectors' uuion.
They proposed to "proteot themselves
against unscrupulous iiarsonst who re
fuse to pay their debts." It was de
cided to prepare a list of names of
those who by various devices postpone
from one week to another the pay
ment of Installments. At the regular
.meetings of the union, which will be
held every fortnight, the "deadbeat"
list will be revised and each collector
then will start out with a memoran
dum giving hints as to how different
debtors should be approached. - It is
proposed later to affiliate with the
Chicago Federation of Labor.
The Bermudas have m Parliament of 3(1
members, while the number of voters Is
only iaO0.
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