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THE SUNDAY OKEGOXIAX, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 8, 1907. TIMES BETTER . IN NORTHWEST required by law, and all depositors are standing firm in their confidence in the outcome when the holidays are ended. The present month finds mucli bustling among the owners of orchard lands. Al ready three carloads of fruit trees have been unloaded in Medford, where two carloads during the entire season was the record last year. The Spitzenberg and Newtown apples and. Cornice and Bert lett pears lead in the numbers being set out. although there will probably be 100,000 peach trees, as well as a goodly acreage of prunes planted. MEN OUT DP JOB TALK RACE RIOT Great Reduction Sale GARMENTS TO ORDER FOR COST OF MATERIAL AND MAKI.NG THE PROFIT IS ALL YOURS NEW Conditions in Oregon and Washington Show Great Improvement. , Army of Unemployed Makes Demands on Mayor of Vancouver. Booth-Kelly Pays in Cash. . Et'GENE, Or., Dec. 7. (Special.) The Booth-Kelly Lumber Company, which. last month paid employes in San Francisco clearing-house certificates, has Just re- 6 YEAR'S GOOD PRICES FOR .WHEAT InIoiisc Farmers Have No Com plaint Spokane Banks Rapidly ItctiriiiR Clearing-House tCcr ' tlflrates Eugene to Boom. . SI'OKANK. Waslf., Dec. 7. (Special.) Financial matters on the East. Side generally have taken on a decidedly better tone this week. Along with the gradual retirement of clearing-house certificates by the banks of Spokane, comes the news that country banks will follow the example. By order of' the Clearlng-Ilouse. $133,000 In certificates were retired and burned in the street In front of the Old Nat-tonal Bank this week, and now comes the news that the buying of wheat has been generally re sumed over the Inland Umpire. At Washtucna the dealers are paying 71 cents for bluestem and 69 cents for red. This is a fair sample of prices. Iteports from Walla Walla, say that prices are stronger. In the Palouse and the Big Bend, the wheat Is moving to some extent, though farmers in all sections show a disposition to hold for better prices. Payment Is being made in Portland and New York exchange. CHEIIALIS PUOl'D .OP RECORD JiaiiUs Have Always Paid Casli an3 Business Conditions Prosperous. CHKHALlS AVash.. Dec." 7. (Spe cial.) The financial situation in Lewis County is today superior to probably any other county In the Northwest. Kvr slncy tho financial flurry of a few weeks ago the banks at Chehalls. C'entralia and Wlnlock have held their own splendidly.. The bank of Coffman, Dobson & Co., of Chehalls, the pioneer oank of Southwest Washington, volun tarily Issued a statement of Its condi tion two weeks ago. It was a remark ably fine showing, but a statement to day would show an Improved condition, especially in cash resources. Yesterday the Security Stale Bank issued a state ment, which shows that the Chehalls Institution is in most excellent shape. The T'nlted States National Bank of Centralia presents a most creditable showing in its statement at the close of business December 3. There are two other banks in Lewis County. A. N. Chenev's private bank at Wlnlock .and the bank of Field & Lease, Centralla. Both are in splendid condition. All these Lewis County banks have cash on haid far in excess of the legal re quirements of. 25 per cent. The policy pursued as to loans has been very wise In that there has been no disposition whatever to call them. The plan locally, has. been- to have all lines of business proceed just the. same as if there had been no flurry. City, county and school warrants and state warrants issued to local parties have been taken right along by. the banks and par paid for them. Clearance-house certificates have not been used locally, the banks having declined to accept them, thus keeping them out of the local channels. Checks hiive been paid strictly and in' full in cash. Loans have been regular ly made at the usual Interest rates of 8 tn 30 per cent. No advantage was taken of the holiday proclamation and Lewis County banks will have no fu ture explanations to make to their de positors. Conditions generally are prosperous. There has been only . parti;il shutting down of the'sawmiil business. Chehalls lias a variety of manufacturing plants', all of which are running regularly, with a monthly payday. This fact," coupled with the high prices farmers are receiving for their hay, grain, po tatoes and other crops, accounts to a large degree for the splendid condi tion. Taken all in all. Lewis Countv, which is Western Washington's lead ing agricultural county, has reason to lm proud of the way in which she is KOing along steadily when mauv other localities are not doing so well". Corr sorvatism among the people them selves arid safe, conservative banking methods are responsible for the ex cellent situation here. 1 V. I G EXE GETS READY TO Gil ow I'lnanclnl Cloud Bring x0 Pear to Bustling City in Lane. ' KL'GENE. Or., Pec. 7.-(SpeeiaI.)-Yhile other places are ahxioutsly scanning the financial horizon for clouds. Eugene is busily engaged getting its promotion campaign systematized. The old saying of making hay while the sun shines" would have to be altered to tit Eugene's unique rase Into "preparing, for sunshine while the clouds threaten." The people of Lugene recently raised a , "boosting" fund, and selected for manager of their promotion department John H, llaitog. a well-known business man from Chicago, who went to California some J years ago and there made a reputation as a promoter of municipalities. ; Mr. Hartbg has arrived in Eugene and I begun fitting out a business office, from which the work will be conducted in ex actly the same way that a large business would he rnu. r Thc -r(S"ninn correspondent Mr. Partog gave his opinion of Eugene as follows: You have a splendid little citv here, the hub of a magnificent country. The results per acre obtainable here, umaze me, uRd as I am to big Califor nia, figures. "With your paved streets, elec trie cars, surprisingly line clubhouse, Kplendid university, fine schools and im posing churches, one cannot believe he is In a city of only 7000 souls. With proper "boosting" there l. no reason why Eu Kcne thould not be the second largest city in Oregon ere long. And by boosting I do not mean "bragging." but simply placing your opportunities In attractive packages and easily digested doses before the man ufacturer, the farmer and the home-seeker . in the Middle West, the East onri iop" "Think of a city of 7Ki0 p'eople with only one house to rent!" MONEY IV MEDPORD BANKS Reports to Comptroller Show Pros perous Condition In l-ruit Center. MKUKORU, Dr.. Dec. 6.' (Special.) Following the call of the Controller of : the Currency. Mcdford's three banks have since December 3 issued statements which show the affairs of these concerns to be In excellent condition. Ail have from .75 to wJOO per cent more reserve than is ' NEW MAYOR OF SOUTH, BE.ND, t ' . . WASH. j JtV' ' a t --'"T " hr T" unmnmrr it mi irnf t A. J. Hubler. " I A. J. Hubler. SOrTH BEND. Wash.. Dec. 7. f Special.) A. J. Hubler, the new Mayor of South Bend elected on the Progressive ticket, was born In Northern Ohio, in 3806. He came to Eastern WashinRton in the Spring of 1SSS. and went to work in the Llricoln County, Times office at Dav enport. He helped to start the Wil bur Register and afterward launched the Alvlron Journal and Coulee City News on an unexpecting public. He was married to Miss Jessie Huson in Spokane In 1811. The panic of 1893 made - the courthouse look jrood to him and he became Deputy County - Treasurer, under C. E. Huson during two terms, after which he succeeded to that office, serving1 as Treasurer of Paciflfc County two terms, and has also been a member of the City Council four years. Mr. Hubler Is now secretary and treasurer of the f Tokeland Oyster Company. He is 7 a man exceptionally well qualified for the office he is to fill. f ccived J2O.O0O in coin from San Francisco with which to pay a large part of the workmen. The company expects to pay all hands in coin hereafter. LAVS ALL BLAME OX VICTIM Ella Williams Says Gertie Baxter Led Her Into Life of Shame. ABERDEEN', Wash.. Dec. 7. (Special.) Ella Williams, the slayer of Gertie Bax ter, alleges that the Baxter woman in duced her to leave the home of a white family In Bt. Louis by whom she had been brought up and educated, in order that she might be her companion, and under the pretense that Mrs. Baxter was a good woman. The fraud practiced upon her in "bringing her to Hoquiam to enter a disreputable place, she. says, was indirectly the cause of the tragedy. This will be a part of her plea of self-deense. Board of Trade Revived. FORF.ST (IROVE, Or.. Dec. 7. (Spe cial.) The Foest Grove Board of Trade, which has been quiescent for the past year, has taken on new life. At a meet ing held last night and largely attended by the business men of the city, it was decided to go ahead and reorganize. G. S. Allen, L. J. Carl. Harry GofT. E. W. Haines. Walter Hoge. W. H. Mollis, V. H. Limber. John Thornburgh and J. F. Woods were elected directors. The di rectors organized by electing Judge Hol lis president, G. S. Allen secretary and Harry Guff treasurer. Several important business matters will receive Immediate attention. Send Delegation to Ashland. GRANTS PASS. Or.. Dee. 7.-(Special.) An executive meeting of the Commercial Club was held this afternoon to consider the advisability of sending delegates to Ashland to meet with the RallroaJ Com missioners, December 9. After discussion it was deemed advisable to send three representatives from tills community, who will testify to the expediency of trains 11 and 12, which were recently annulled. Firewater. Or. The Million water suits which hnvp'been accumulating for over a year now will go to trial December 10. There are over 300 cases to he difpo:ed of. THE SITUATION IS SERIOUS Idle Laborers Insist That They. Be Given Places Now Filled by Ori entals Kiots Are Openly Ad vocated in a Mass Meeting. VANCOUVER, B. C, Dec. 7. (Special.) Agitation for another anti-Asiatic riot is being worked up In Vancouver. In cold blood. the proposition has been threatened several times during the last couple of days. The civic authorities are watching the situation very closely. This morning a small army of unem ployed surrounded the City Hall to de mand work. Three policemen were on guard at the doors leading to the Mayor's office and detectives were present to prevent a disturbance. There were 600 men' In the crowd. The leader was ad mitted and informed Mayor Bethune that another riot could be expected if some thing were not done to relieve the labor situation. Last night in a mass meeting conducted by the Asiatic Exclusion League, riot was openly advocated. One speaker de clared that' there were 2500 idle men walking the streets, .and that unless something were done quickly to give them the. places occupied by the Orien tals, white men could not be held re sponsible for what might happen. CUTS HIS THROAT, BL'T LIVES Crook County Man round to Be In sane and Sent to Asylum. PRINEVILLE, Or., Dec. 7. (Special.) John Stan, a citizen of Crook County since 1886, was committed to the StaVe Hospital for the Insane this morning. Stan had been despondent for some time because of financial troubles, and yester day afternoon attempted suiaide by cut ting his throat with a razor, 'barely miss ing the Jugular vein. Doctors got hold of him and sewed up the wound, and this morning they concluded the unfortunate man too dangerous to be allowed his liberty PIGHTl.VG OVER TODD REWARD Marshal McKenney Claims $1000. but City Council Objects. HOQUIAM, Wash., Dec. 7. (Special.) The Council Friday night fought over payment of $1000 reward offered by the city to any one who would apprehend the murderer of Frank Todd. Marshal McKenney claims the money and Mayor Alclntyre holds that the Marshal is en titled to it. The matter was finally re ferred to the City Attorney for an opinion. WAS LA lit EST MAX IX STATE Richard Dicer, Weighing 407 1-2 Pounds, Dies In Insane Asylum. OLYMPIA, Wash., Dec. 7. (Special.) The largest man in the state is dead. Superintendent Calhoun of the Western Washington Hospital for Insane today advised the board of control of the death at that "institution of heart disease of Richard Dicer, who had been in that in stitution .16 years. He was committed from Pierce County, and two days pre vious to his death weighed 407 1-2 pounds. Hits "White" Damp, Dies. TACOMA. Dec. 7. While making his daily inspection of the Occidental coal mine near Palmer, u0 miles from Ta coma, about H o'clock yesterday morning. Joseph Kraczek. the fire boss. 23 years old, encountered what is known as "white" damp and fell backward dead. The body was discovered by the men going to work on the day shift. Davenport to Visit Parents. S1LVERTON. Or.. Dec. 7. Special.) Hon. T. W. Davenport received a letter from his eon. Homer, .last evening, in which lie learned that the cartoonist will spend Christmas in this city. He is expected to arrive here December 21, and will remain several days at the home of his boyhood. '"We -'simply turn our large stock of fine-woolens into money to-get -ready-for. stocktaking. " , No doubt you have profited by these sales before come again ; aml bring your friends with you. You won't be disappointed. Our'stoek-is much too large for this'time of year, and prices' count' when it comes to reducing stock. Satisfaction guaranteed in all cases. Garments to order In a day if requirPd. Full dress and Tuxedo suits a specialty. 108 Third St. william :jerremst sons. 108 Third St. GEORGE IN AUTO AGED HOOD ' RIVER - INDIAN TAKES HIS FIRST RIDE. Long. He Stood -In 'Awe of ."Devil- Wagon," -.but-Friends - Pre- vail - Successfully.' HOOD RIVER, Dec. 7.-(8peciaI.) After many Inducements and much persuasion, Indian George.. a pioneer resident of Hood River long before the coming of the white man, was prevailed on Friday by C. L. Gil-bert, proprietor of the Mount Hood Hotel, in this city, to enter hie auto. On the ground on which' the hotel now stands Indian George once camped, surrounded by a numerous and powerful tribe of In dians, and Is one of the few surviving members of his race which made the mouth of Hood River its headquarters. As near as can be reckoned from the vet eran's statements, he is over 90 years old. He claims to'have been born in the hun ter's moon, which is supposed to appear in November, and states that his birthday Is the last day In that mqnth. During his long- and tempestuous career Indian George has had three wives, in ac cordance with, the customs of his race discarding them as they became unattrac tive. An attempt to bring a fourth to preside over his bed and board was, how ever, a disastrous failure. While George is rather reticent on this point, old resi dents . here state that the appearance of the bride-to-be at the open flap of his tent was the signal for one of the most desperate "scraps" in. the annals of Hood River warfare. In the end the younger and supposedly t more vigorous squaw waff put to ignominious flight, since which time Mrs. Indian George No. 2 has been, mas ter of the situation. Mr. Gilbert ' and the former part owner of his hotel property are fast friends and for a long time Gilbert has'tried to prevail on George to take a ride In his automobile It is the first one George has ever seen and until ' Friday Mr. Gil bert's efforts were unavailing as the old patriarch characterized the automobile as a "devil wagon." After his ride, how ever, he expressed ,his admiration for a wagon for which one had to "no catchem horse," and stated that it would be very agreeable to him If his friend Gilbert would let him have one of the bright brass lanterns on its front as a souvenir. Now almost sightless and infirm the old Indian occasionally lapses into a reminiscent vein and tells of Oregon in the long ago when it was unknown and untraveled by the white man, and, with a majestic sweep of the arm which takes in many broad acres, says, "Once all be long to Indian; plenty land, plenty ponies. Now all gone." CAUGHT IV A HEAVY GALE Bark Gladys Roughly Handled Ofl Coast Captain Perrian Injured. ASTORIA. Or., . Dec. . 7. (Special.) The British bark Gladys, Captain Perrian, ar rived in this evening 44 days from San Jose de Guatemala in ballast and reports a pleasant trip until last Tuesday, when about 70 miles from the mouth of the Columbia, . she ran into a terrific gale and was compelled to heave to. About 2 o'clock on Wednesday morning, the vessel got caught in the trough of the sea and. her ballast shifted. Captain Per rian was thrown across the deck, strik ing the bulwarks with such force that a severe gash was cut on the left side of his head, and he - was partially uncon scious for several hours. He is now all if " - i i 1; , i - i i : f - - m ...... .::: . T ' IM1A. t;KOHGK, PO YKARS Ol. I), TAKES FIRST ItlPE fi VjTOMOBILE. t fc-- - . - m-mmmBm ,,, mm right, except' that the wound has not entirely healed. On the following day the ballast was restowed and the ship came In practically on an even keel. Captain Perrian, however, made no at tempt to come up to the mouth of the river until this morning, when Pilot Mc Vikar went., on board and the ship was towed inside. - The French bark Engehie (Schneider, master), arrived today from Newcastle, New South Wales, and reports a rough trip across, but . no damage was done the vessel. She was outside for six days awaiting an , opportunity to cross in. Request Railway Service. SALEM. Or, ' Dec. 7. (Special.) A large number of farmers and shippers residing between Tallman and Shel burn, in Linn County, have complained to the Railroad Commission because the Southern Pacific has abandoned its train service between the two towns named. The complaint recites that traffic was abandoned because a bridge washed out about a . year ago. The farmers want the commission to order the railroad company to renew the service. Fru I tmen Threaten Suits. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Dec. 7. (Special.) Fruit shippers of this city are planning to take action tagalnst the Northern Pacific Railway Company to recover the money lost by deterior ation of apples in storage this Fall through the failure of the railroad to supply the cars. ' Walt Till Flurry Passes. PENDLETON, Or.. Dec. '. (Cpeclal.) At a meeting of the directors of the newly organized bank of Pilot Rock at that place this afternoon, it was finally decided not to open the insti tution until after the present finaneit crisis has become completely a thing of history. State Senator Reed to Wed. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Dec. 7. (Special.) The engagement ' Is . an nounced of State Senator Walter J. Reed, of this city, to Miss Lydia Mac MUlan, daughter of ex-United States Senator MacMillan. of Minnesota. The marriage takes place this month. Bicycle Shop Closes. ABERDEEN, Wash.. Dec. 7. (Special.) The store of R. B. Bryan, dealer in bi cycles and bicycle supplies, was closed today by Hayes & Hayes Bank under a chattel mortgage. Bryan is the only son of the State Superintendent of Public In struction. - Hoquiam Orders Out Boxes. HOQUIAM, Wash.. Dec. 7. (Special). The Council has ordered all boxes taken out of saloons. 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FOR 1908 I HE ANNUAL NUMBER of The OreSoiiian for 1908 will be published on the morning of Wednesday, January 1. This year the annual will be devoted to a larger extent than 'for a number of years heretofore to special articles dealing with the natural resources r and various industries of the entire State of Oregon, though the city of Portland will by no means be neglected. The horticultural interests of the state, especially apple-growing, in which Oregon has made such magnificent progress, will be given much space, and articles written by experts, or under their direction, will tell of what has been done in the various apple producing sections of Oregon. Other articles will give interesting facts and figures concerning other important branches of the fruit industry and the methods by which Oregon fruit has been given an international reputation for high quality. The important industry of dairying, which has made rapid progress in the "Willaruete Valley and eoast counties and other parts of the state, will be given adequate space and illustration. "Wool-growing and cattle-raising, two great in dustries which are yearly growing in importance in Oregon, will be handled at length in special articles, and incidentally the story of what the Swifts and other great meat-packers of the Central West are doing and are about to do in Portland will be told. Each of the several great mining districts of the state will be given more than usual space in the New Year Annual, and lumbering, fishing and others of the important industries that are bringing Oregon to the front as one of the wealthiest states of the West will.be handled in like fashion. A speeial'article of great interest to all readers of The Oregonian will be devoted to the North Bank road, which will be completed by the first of the year, and which will give Portland the best railroad facilities of any city on the Pacific Coast. James J. Hill's announcement of his plan to build down the north bank of Columbia Iliver from the Inland Empire and to make Portland a terminus of both the Northern Pacific and Great Northern roads was one of the principal causes of the great business awakening which Portland has undergone since the Lewis & Clark Fair in 1905, and the completion of this new railroad will undoubtedly stimulate still further the city's growth in wealth and population. As usual, the Portland real estate market for the past yeaj-, which has been marked by the heaviest trading and the highest prices in the city's historj-, will be reviewed in careful manner. The city's building progress in 1907 will also be told of in detail. An article of more than passing importance is being prepared by one of Portland's leading mer chants, telling of the wide extent and steady growth of Portland's wholesale trade, a subject with which too few Portland people are sufficiently familiar. Portland is one of the great jobbing centers of the country, and with the advent of the Hill railroad aud the completion of the Government work on tho jetty at the mouth of the Columbia River, will be come still greater in this respect. The bumper wheat crop of 1907 in the Inland Empire, for which Portland iS the gateway, will be made the subject of an interesting article, which will also tell of the great growth of Portland's grain exports. Each of these special articles will be well illus trated with half-tone cuts from photographs made by the leading artists in the state. Besides these special articles, the Annual will contain much valuable statistical matter and will be an accurate and reliable source of information concerning the State of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. . .THE ANNUAL NUMBER WILL BE MAILED TO ANY ADDRESS IN THE UNITED STATES, CANADA OR MEXICO FOR 8 CENTS POSTAGE PREPA'lD ADDRESS THE OREGONIAN PORTLAND, OR.