THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, MAT IT. 1908. GREAT INCREASE BUT NO BLOCKADE Situation of Wheat Acreage and Railroads in Canad ian Northwest. LARGE AMOUNT OF WHEAT In Winnipeg, Increase' in Acreage Will Be 2,000,000 Acres louble TracU on Canadian Pacific Will Move the Crop Easily. OTTAWA. Ont.. May 16- (Special.) Rpports received from various parta of :he Canadiaii West Indicate that the in ;rease in wheat acreage this year will be :remendous. Local grain men are of the jpinion that about 120.00n,!00 bushels of wheat will be threshed out in 1908. While fears are expressed that, owing to labor and other difficulties, .the pov ?rnment section connecting the Fort Wil liam branch of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway with its line at Winnipeg will not be finished in time to aid in moving the grain crop of This year, there is little Soubt that the facilities for transporta tion of grain between - Wtnnlpo? and the Great Lakes will be pnormously developed this Kail. This will $r brought about, however, by the completion of the double tracking on the Canadian Pacific main line, between Fort William and Winnipeg. This double-tracking is a stupendous un dertaking, involving the expenditure of more than $10,XX,000. There being so vast an increase in the area of land put under seed in the Northwest this year, under favorable circumstances the railways will have thrown upon them in the coming Fall by far the biggest task they have ever undertaken, but so largely will the handling capacity be increased that, no matter how big the harvest, it is confi dently predicted that there will be no more crain blockades. H. W. McWillianis, an American, who is prominent in the Winnipeg grain trade, and who has reports from every section of the Canadian West, states that 7. 000,000 acres of land will be sown to wheat there, an Increase of 2,000,000 acres. The coming of .the American farmers into the West is largely responsible for'thfs great and rapid progress in grain production. LEAVES TRAIL BAD PAPER Man Cashes $10,000 Worth of Worthless Checks, CHICAGO, May 16. After six months traveling about the country, during which time be passed more than 150 worthless cheeks, aggregating $10,009, Frank H. Tyler, 26 years old. of West ern Springs, 111., was arrested yestw clay. In his meanderings Tyler has covered a good part of Illinois. Iowa, Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Texas and IVlexico. Hotel keepers were his chief prey, and he left a .trail of forged paper behind him. Outside of Chicago, where the greater number of the forged checks were passed, Tyler represented him self to be a traveling salesman to the unsuspecting country landlords. Nearly every town he visited, ho had a new name. The amount of forged checks ranged from $50 to $675, and in most Instances were passed upon hotel keepers in payment of his bill. It is charged by the detectives that Tyler would write letters to himself, addressing them to towns that he vis ited, and inclosing the fraudulent checks in these letters. Upon is ar rival at a hotel he would ask U there were any mail for him, and the clerk or landlord would hand over the letter which Tyler himself had written. He would open the missive, letting the check drop out on the counter to at tract the attention of the man behind the register. Most of the checks and drafts were drawn on the Hanover National Bank of New York and the Western Trust and Savings Bank of Davenport, Iowa. Tyler refuses to tell how he obtained possession of the blank checks, but the police say he stole them from Chicago lithographing firms. PEDAGOGUE USES FISTS Trios to Separate Street Fighters, M ho. Turn on Peacemaker. I.BW1STON, Idaho. May 16. (Special.) fVhMe stopping a street ficht between FYcd Little and Charles rickey last night, President George H. Black, of the State Normal School, was compelled to use his fists in subduing Kred Little, who was sit ting: on his adversary and usinpr his face as a punching bag. President Black was on his way home from an entertainment late last nifirht when he discovered the youthful pugilists, and in trying to separ ate them Little turned on the iiead of the lewiston State Normal School. President Black responded and was soon Fitting on the prostrate form of Little, waiting for the police, who arrested both men. UNEARTHS SACK OF GOLD Seattle Laborer .Makes $1000 Find and Suddenly Disappears. S&ATTlvlv Wash.. May 16 (Special. ) Joseph CJarcia, a laborer employed by the Northern Pacific In tilling in the water front property it owns along Railroad ave. yesterday picked up a gold poke containing about JloiHt in dust. The poke was found among the piling underneath a building occupied by a saloon and oyster house. Garcia, as soon as he found It. crawled out from under the wharf and disappeared. - KILL HOPEFUL OF CROPS Would Force Home to People KcMilts of Governors' Conference. NEW YORK. May IS. James J. Hill, chairman of the Ureal Northern board, who delivered an address on Thursday before the conference- of governors in Washington, returned to this city yesterday. He referred hopefully to the crop outlook in the Northwest, saying: "Everyone is looking forward hope fully to the time when business con ditions will resume- normal aspects. The crop outlook is good. In some parts of the West the conditions are the most promising in years. In th Northwest the seeding is just being finished,- but the conditions under which it Is done are the best In -10 years. "The soveruom" iutl Mr, liiU. re ferring to the recent conference, "do not till the oiI, nor work the mines, nor cut down the forests; all they can do is to suggest means for Improve ment in a great many methods for conserving the natural resources of their states. . The carrying out of these suggestions rest with the people, and the important thing to- do now is to force home to the people the effects of the situation. That is why I say spread the campaign of education that has been started broadcast.' WILL UTILIZE FIR STUMPS Government Expert to Make Experi ments at Astoria This Sunptner. ASTORIA, Or., May 16. (Special.) Dr. L. F. Hawley. an expert In the for estry service of the Department of Ag riculture, arrived in Astoria recently, arrangements having been made with him by the Chamber of Commerce whereby he will remain here for a goodly portion of the Summer in an effort to devise a plan whereby the logged-off land of this section may be profitably cleared for agricultural pur poses. Dr. Hawley will first devote consider able study to the situation, that he may be informed in the premises, and then his plans will be acted upon by the Chamber of Commerce. He is well acquainted with the vari ous by-products that can be made from stumps of the Soutnern States, and he brings with him a considerable labora tory apparatus, which he will set up here, for the purpose of making ex periments on Douglass fir, spruce and hemlock, which abound in this section. In speaking of the work that the Chamber of Commerce has . called to his attention. Dr. Hawley said that, while it was too early to outline any general plan of action, he had in mind in a general way a proposition that he believed might later be worked out satisfactorily. In brief. It is to bring in touch with the owners of stump land in this section the manufacturers of by-products from stumps and wood refuse. He has conceived that if very good financial results can be had by these manufacturers in the South, where they must pay for their stumps, that they should at least be able to operate here on the basis of having the stumps fur nished to them. This would at least enable the land here to be cleared at a very low cost, and it might be without cost, or even with some profit. TAFT MAJORITY ASSURED (Continued From First Pag-e.) with every confidence lay, clam to be tween 40 and 60. In the third place, of the 126 dele gates whose seats are in contest, most of whom are from the Southern tales, there is every reason to believe that the credentials committee will act on the cases as they come up, with the ultimate result that between 20 and 30 votes will be added to the Taft column. And finally, with the next candidate to the leader. Senator Knox, 500 votes behind the van of the Presidential pro cession, and with the others trailing farther and farther to tjie rear, the prognostication is hung out that the opposition to the nomination of Mr.. Taft will dwindle to nothing and that it is all over but the ripping din of chers when the nomination Is made by acclamation. SAYS MAJORITY INSTRUCTED Tuffs Manager Claims Nearly 700 Out of 980 Delegates, COLUMBUS. O., May3 1C Arthur I. Vorys, manager of the Taft canvass, gave out the folowing statement tonight: "The last conventions for the. selection of delegates to the National convention were held" today. With the close of the campaign for delegates to the Republican National Convention the nomination of Secretary Taft on the first ballot Is a foregone conclusion. "Of the 980 delegates who will sit in the convention, 563 have been chosen under positive instruction to vote for Ohio's can didate or under resolutions of indorsement or preference that were the equivalent of instructions. Two hundred and twenty, five delegates have been instructed for other candidates. One hundred and ninety-two are uninstructed. Of these 192, more than 100 are known supporters of Taft, "This assures Secretary Taft at this time a total delegate strength in the con vention of only a few votes less than 700. "The seats of 182 delegates are contest ed, but in only 1U6 of these contests are Taft delegates affected." TEMPORARY OFFICERS CHOSEN Subeoiiimittee on Arrangements for National Convention 'Reports. CHICAGO, May 16. Temporary officers of the Republican National convention were selected today by the subcommittee on arrangements of the National commit tee as follows: Temporary chairman Julius C. 'Bur rows, of Michigan. General secretary John R. II alloy, Co lumbus, O. Chief assistant secretary Lafayette B. G leas on. New York. Assistant secretaries Charles Smith, Parkersburg. W. V.; Ernest Walker Smith, Hartford. Conn.; Philip M. Hoe fele, St. Louis; M. J. Tobin, Vinton, la,; Charles M. Harger, Abilene, Kan.; Allen Hollis. Concord, N. H. Reading clerks Thomas W. "Williams, Edwards ville, HI.; George A. Wilson, Des Moines, la. Parliamentarian Ascher C. Hinds, Washington. Official reporter M. W. Blumenberg, Washington, D. C. Messenger to chairman fempsirdell Stone, Indianapolis. Messenger to the secretary John H. Jackson, Cincinnati. Sergeant-at-Arms William f Stone, Baltimore. First assistant sergeant-at-arms Ed ward P. Thayer. Greenfield, Ind. Chief of doorkeepers Stephen R. Mason, Baltimore. Lead pencils were first made In the United States in 1811 by William Monroe, at Con con), Mam. Hood's Sarsaparilla This Spring FOR YOUR APPETITE Is the wisest preparation you can take. It is a perfectly safe, pure, reliable medicine, in which no change was necessary to comply with the Pure Food and Drugs Act. Composed of the choicest ingredi ents for purifying and vitalizing the blood, for restoring the appetite and promoting healthy digestion, it is the favorite Spring Medicine. "Since I began taking Hood's Sar saparilla my appetite has greatly in creased. I also sleep better. I rec ommend this medicine to all who are suffering from indigestion, nervous ness, or impure blood. It is a won derful medicine," John Bell, Jr., 623 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn, NT. Y. In usual liquid form or in chocolate-conted tablets called Sarsatab. 100 Doses One Dollar. SAYS TRUST AMU Cowles Insists Paper" Manu ' facturers Compete. KNOWS OF NO AGREEMENT Head of Combination Accuses Pub lishers of Combining to Break the Paper Market Will Quit Vn less the Price Advances. WASHINGTON, May 16. Denial was made today by the International Paper Company and other manufacturers of paper of -the charges made by the American Newspaper Publishers Asso ciation that an agreement exists be tween them, either to raise the price of paper or to restrict the output. This TAXPAYERS' LEAGUE ADVISES VOTERS ON MEASURES SUB MITTED TO PEOPLE IM THE JUNE ELECTION, The Taxpayers' League has Is sued a statement to voters ad vising: them to vote as follows on the -various amendments tothe constitution, laws proposed under the initiative and laws- on which the referendum has been invoked: Increase, In membership of Su preme Court, etc.: Vote yes. Change in time of holding elec tions from June to November: Vote, yes. ' . Free transportation for offi cials: Vote no. National Guard armories: Vote No. Appropriation for support and maintenance of University of Oregon: Vote yes. Limiting power of state to con trol gambling, sale of liquors, etc Vote no. Single tax amendment: Vote No. Choosing jurors and indictment by grand jury: Vote yes. Increasing powers of Port of Portland: .Vote yes. evidence was given before the special committee of the House of Representa tives that is investigating th6 wood pulp and print paper question. The statement also was made that Canadian mills which are selling paper at 65 cents a hundred pounds less than American mills were doing so at a loss and that. If normal conditions were re sumed in New England and Canada, these prices would be raised. - It also was a contention of the witnesses to day that the present price of paper is the lowest they can manufacture it for and live. The taking of testimony by the conj mittee will be concluded Monday, the desire of Chairman Mann belng to make a report to the House in time to allow Congress to act at this session, if it so desires. To further that end, a session of the committee was held tonight. David S. Cowles, the paper manufactur er, resumed the stand today. Mann called the attention of the witness to the charges of two "newspapers that his com panies had refused to sell them paper. In these cases, Mr. Cowles- said, be did not desire their business. He said he had no knowledge of any combina tion, agreement - or understanding among paper manufacturers to fix a price for paper, nor -did he know of any understanding or agreement among manufacturers or sales agents not to compete in order to obtain the busi ness of a paper which had a contract with some otiier manufacturer. "I believe other manufacturers be lieve as I do," he said. "They want to get as much for their product as the market will justify." Mr. Cowles said that there was a con certed effort to break the paper market. He denied' that his mills had shit down in order to restrict the market output. The production basis contract, whidh Mr. Norrls testified many of the papers formerly had, ws designated by Mr. Cowles as "something rotten." "There was where you put paper Into the pressroom and they paid for what they said they pnntea, ne aaaea. The witness said eventually he would go out of the paper business unless the price of paper went up. He said that he was opposed to placing wood pulp on the free list. RESERVE IX APPALACHIANS Senate Passes Bill for Purchase. Postal Bank Bill Deferred. WASHINGTON, May 16. A bill appro priating J5.O0O.O0O for the acquisition of land -on the watersheds of the navigable streams in the Southern Appalachian Mountains within Maryland," Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia. Alabama. Kentucky and Tennessee and in the White Moun tains of New Hampshire and Maine. Carter secured an agreement to make the postal savings bank bill , a special order In the Senate for December 14 next, this action being taken in view of lack of time in this session to permit Senators to speak on the measure. Announcement also was made by - Pul ton, chairman of the committee on claims, to. the effect that he would not press for a vote on the omnibus claims at this session. , - BUILD WARSHIP AT. NAVY-YARD Xewberry' Will Show What Govern ment Can Do at Brooklyn. WASHINGTON, May 16. One of the big new battleships authorized by Con gress in he naval appropriation bill just approved by the President, will be built at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Act ing Secretary of the Navy Newberry is sued orders to this effect today. An ticipating action by Congress, tenta tive plans for the construction of the two ships authorized have already been prepared by the Bureau of Construction- and Repairs, and in their general lines, will follow those laid down in the construction - of the 20,000-ton battle ships Delaware and North Dakota, now under construction. The remaining ship will be built by contract. Mr. Newberry also issued orders for the construction of one of the colliers authorized by the naval bill, at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California. Another Is to be built by contract. -For the remaining three provided for by the bill, Newberry has directed that advertisements be Inserted In news papers of the larger cities on the At lantic, Pacific and Gulf Coasts, asking for tenders of such vessels for sale to the Government. AN INVESTMENT. A well-known Portland real estate op erator has joined hands with other well known gentlemen In big enterprise, and needs $10,000 to carry hie interest. A loan for this amount is required for two years. Good security given, reasonable interest and bonus. Only principals meaning busi ness need answer. W 955. Oregonian. why have it tailor made? Never ask yourself a foolish question like this again. Why have a tooth pulled by a dentist or sickness treated by a physi cian? Why have your home built by a carpenter or your plumbing installed by a plumber ? It is for the same reason you have your clothes made by a tailor. There -are dentists, physicians, carpenters and plumbers. So are there tailors and tailors. If you were as particular about the kind of men that build a suit of clothes for you as you are about the prof essional men and artisans you employ for various other kinds of work, you would be mighty careful about your selection of a tailor. A tailor has it within his power to make or mar a first-class piece of cloth. To be always on the safe side, go directly to the Columbia Tailors and take no chances. At this shop you get the opportunity of selecting a piece of up-to-date, stylish and "classy" mater ial; you are certain of a perfect measure- ment and the most skillful cutting on the Coast. An artist fits you and when the garment is delivered and ready to, wear, you can bank on it that it is right. There is 'only one way to vbe tailored and that's Columbia's way. Suits from, $20 to $50 Trousers $4 to $12 Dress Suits $40 and Up D"JC9 GRANT PHEGLEY, Mgr. Seventh and StarkSts. The ; Most Value Portland's Fastest-Growing1 Store The Best in Quality THE STORE NEWS For tomorrow is replete with many an offering of the most magnetic kind. It's a message that goes direct to the needs of every home a message that spells "economy" of the most pronounced kind and affords sav ings that make this store the people's popular shopping center, the place where the dollar will buy most and best. You'll be interested in every offering below, as all merchandise on our counters consists of new Spring -and Summer goods at prices. much below the average. - Great Showing Mew Spring and Summer Dress Goods Immense varieties, exclusive patterns, rich colorings and unmatchable values are keeping this section busy. For Tomorrow and Tuesday We Announce Another Bigg Sale - Never in the merchandising history of the Northwest have such magnificent stocks of fine dress fabrics been shown and offered at such wonderfully low prices. It is our annual Jte'x 'JrvSp '-' J ' " " Spring sale, and we propose to make this sale the greatest sale of dress goods ever attempted in the city. Here ar a few of the specials: 45c NOVELTY SUITINGS, 7ffc GRADE, AT In this lot you have choice of an . unlimited assortment of new Nov elty Suitings, in widths from 38 to 45 inches ; all fresh, bright, new goods, in this season's most want ed patterns and colorings. All our 65c and 75c lines priced for this sale Monday and Tuesday 45c NOVELTY SUITINGS HALF PRICE AT 25c Monday and Tuesday A most extraordinary' offering. Novelty Suitings in 36 and 38 inch widths, in the newest checks and stripes in all wanted shades; good, dependable qualities, that were made to retail at 50c a yard, specially priced for O K this sale at. V & UKs 69c NOVELTY SUITINGS, $1.50 GRADE, AT 44 to 52-inch materials, in a great assortment of light, medium and heavy-weights; a splendid assort ment of colors and patterns to choose from, ih all-wool and silk and wool fabrics; also plain shades, in all the best colors; all strictly high-class dress goods, $1.00 to $1.50 kinds, CQa v j 2riccd at. Hundreds of Yards of New Novelty Suitings, $1.25, O $1.35, $1.50 Grades, All at One Price, Tomorrow, JJKs 44 to 50-inch purestof wool fabrics in the new shades of navy, Copenhagen blue, wood and golden brown, tans, hunter's green, champagne, etc.; correct and fashionable, piece-dyed materials, in new shadow stripes, Herringbone serges, new chevron weaves, new swivel stripes, etc., etc. , And endless variety to cnoose u Pg . , . , v from. Regular $1.25, $1.35, $1.50 qualities, priced for this sale at one price. BROKEN LINES AT 45 At this price you have choice of the following fabrics, w-orth regularly up to 85c a yard." 38-inch French Albatross, French BROKEN LINES AT 59 In this lot you will find seasonable dress goods in values up to $1.00 a yard. 46-inch Crepe Egyptia, silk and wool Eolienne, Novelty Worsteds, Fancy Panamas, plain wool Taf fetas, plain, and fancy Mohairs. Storm Serges, French Henriettas. , Not a desirable shade is miss ing. Values up to $1.00 a C Q g- ' yard, at.....,. IJ iJKs Serges, Nunsveiling, Storm Serge and Chiffon Pan amas, in all desired evening shades, as well as the staple colors. G5c, 75c and 85c values, A PC f priced for this sale at Two Bargain Offerings in Beautiful New Silks A wonderful sale of this season's choicest silks. It would be almost impossible o overestimate the bargains in this sale. Fact is, we never offered such high-grade silks at such low prices. It is positively the best op portunity of the whole year to secure beautiful silks for instance : 98c TUSSORAH PONGEES, BEST $1.25 QUALITY. Just received a special purchase of genuine Tussorah Pongee Silks, the very finest high-grade imported silks shown anywhere, full 26 inches wide, beauti ful, fine, close weave, high luster finish ; come in the newest shades, light leather brown; Alice blue, navy, natural, reseda green, wood brown, etc. Silks that are sold everywhere at $1.25 Qfifft Sold here at.- UOKs 89c FOULARD SILKS, BEST $1.25 GRADE Cheney Bros.' celebrated showerproof Foulard Silks in an unlimited range of the newest patterns, in all wanted colorings, neat small figures, pin and polkadots, graduated stripes and small broken de signs; a soft, clinging silk, unequaled for Summer wear or rich evening gowns. Beauty, quality and low price are combined in this special offering. Verv best $1.25 grade QQn Sold here at J&Ks A Monday Sale of Embroideries - AND THE GREATEST AND BEST OF THE SEASON. An out-of-the-ordinary sale of beautiful, new, crisp Edgings, Insertions and Embroideries in the most attract ive and dainty designs, at considerably less than half their real worth. It is a sale you cannot afford to miss, coming as it does just at a time when embroideries are in greatest demand: THESE FIVE LOTS TO CHOOSE FROM: Lot 1 20c to 25c Embroideries 9 Lot 2 30c to 35c Embroideries .: 15 Lot 3 40c to 50c Embroideries. . . .23p Lot 4 60c to 75c Embroideries 27 85c to $1.25 Embroideries at. 45p Don't miss this Monday sale of Embroideries. It means the greatest buying opportunity ever offered in this section of the store. ' PANEL FRONT AND ALLOVERS, $1.50 to $2.50 Values, at 98 EMBROIDERIES, $3.00 to $4.00 Values. .. .$1.19 A wonderful offering. The greatest collection of high-class Embroideries ever sold at such extremely low prices. 22 to 32-inch panel front and allover Embroideries in the newest and best patterns, em broidered on fine, sheer swiss and chiffon cloth; blind, open-work, shadow effects and filet designs, in an unlimited assortment of designs that would even tempt the unneedy. Values such as you have never seen before. Men's Shirts, A Sale Worth While TWO GREAT BARGAIN LOTS AT COAT SHIRTS? ftlr $1.25 VALUES About 200 dozen of these popular Shirts on sale tomorrow and Tues- one-third less than real worth. They are made with cuffs attached, and come in a large variety of new and desirable patterns.i n the new shades of blue, tan and gray stripes and checks, all 'sizes from 14 to 17. They are equal in value to any $1.25 shirt made. Buy as many as you wish, as long as they last, Mon- Q f f- day and Tuesday, at 0 UNEQUALED PRICE REDUCTIONS. NEGLIGEE SHIRTS, fij f -t K $1.50 VALUES P JL J. O A great special sale of men's fine Soisette Negligee Shirts, made with soft turndown collars that but ton down, and two buttoned cuffs; custom-made shirts that fit perfectly and are well finished throughout; they come in plain tan, cream and while, and sell regularly at $1.50. They are just the thing for Summer wear, being soft, cool and durable. This is one of the best shirt bargains we have ever offered. Don't fail to attend. Real $1.50 values, priced for this sale Monday and Tuesday at 25c SOCKS AT 1212S A sale of men's cotton Socks, made seamless, with double sole and fine ribbed top; absolutely fast black. Real 25c values, on sale "j Q 1 - g- Monday and Tuesday at tm) .$1.15 Sale of Children's Shoes and Oxfords SATISFACTORY- SHOES AND OXFORDS That is the only kind you will find here. Satisfactory in style, satisfactory in Quality, satisfactory in fit and satisfactory in price. For tomorrow we have arranged the fol lowing specials: $1.00 OXFORDS AT 77. Children's and misses' new-style Oxfords, in black vici kid, made with torn soles and patent leather 1 tips; all sizes. Regular $1.00 - Yy y grade, on sale tomorrow at $2.00 OXFORDS AT $1.47- A most unusual offering of children's and misses' Oxfords, all new styles, in patent leather, tan, kid and vici kid; they come with both heavy and light soles ; all sizes up to $2. Regular Ak i $2.00 grades, on sale tomorrow at, .tjJ Children's Shoes, in colors red, brown and A fl black, all sizes up to 5, 75c value 7C Boys' and girls' Shoes, solid all through, QQ all sizes up to 2, $1.50 values JC