The Sunday Oregonian., May 31, 1908, SECTION FOUR, Page 11, Image 47

THE SUNDAY OKEGOSIAN. PORTLAND. MAY 31, 19Q.
IX
I
PORTS
From Pacific North-
at Last Year by
00,000 Bushels.
A1N IN BARLEY
ase In Amount of Wheat
lour Sent to California
ipping Year Ends June
3 0 Waterfront News.
fotal grain exports from Portland for
May. 1308, according to figures . compiled
hJ the Merchants Exchange, amount to
1.147,256 bushels, as compared with 1,641,471
blshels from the combined ports of Puget
Smnd. These figures include flour, re
el iced to a wheat "basis, and also the ship
ments of both wheat and flour to Califor
nia ports.
Shipments of wheat to California nearly
equaled the exports to foreign countries,
the total amount of grain sent coastwise
being 4S0.8iiO bushels. Flour shipments to
California fell oft a trifle and the exports
totaled only 16.796 bushels. This is slight
ly In excess of the amount of flour sent
iouth from Puget Sound ports.
The grand total of grain exports from
the Pacific Northwest for the 11 months
ending today, showB an Increase in the
export 'business of 12,047,009 bushels of
wheat. The figures for the present sea
son are 43.881,912 bushels as compared
with 31.834.903 bushels for the correspond
ing period of the season of 1906-7. Prior
to the season of 1907-8 the greatest
tmount of wheat shipped from the
Northwest was 36.147,665 bushels. This
was during the season of 1905-6.
The cereal year will end June 30 and
th exports from Portland will break all
records. During the last month of last
season there was not a single grain car
rier which cleared foreign and the Cali
fornia shipments were low. This year
at least five grain ships will get away
with old crop wheat, which will add great
ly to the total amount of grain experts
from Portland.
Barley shipments from Portland have
exceeded all records for that cereal from
this port. To date there has been Bet
afloat from the Columbia River 1,001,078
bushels of barley. The larger part went
to Ipswich. This Is the first year in
which the barley exports have reached
the million-bushel mark.
SPEX
IX SERVICE TODAT
Steamer Goes in Commission After
Undergoing Extensive Kepairs.
The steamer Charles R. Spencer, which
has been undergoing' repairs during the
past two weeks, will leave for Astoria
this morning with an excursion crowd on
board. The Spencer will make the round
trip by daylight and will return to the
Portland dock between 9 and 9:30 in the
evening.
The Spencer will make alternate trips
iirttunon Trrt lo nH nnrl Aufnrln Dtirl FOVV
7nri - ' "Ke the
former run on Mondays. . Wednesdays
and Fridays and will go up the river on
the alternate days.
A rate war between rival steamboat
lines is anticipated. Captain E. W. Spen
cor says that he will cut the rate to two
.bits if forced to, and the managers of
the steamer Bailey Gatzert, which will
shortly be placed on the run opposite the
' steamer Spencer, eay that they can oper
ate for a canceled postage stamp in ex
change for a passage between the ports.
FYesh water tanks are being made for
the Gatzert and she will be placed on the
run between Portland and Astoria imme
diately after the Hose Carnival.
PROMOTION FOR, GEO. T. BLACK
Former Portland Man Secures Due
Recognition in Treasury Service
George T. Black, special treasury agent
it El Paso, Tex., has been promoted to
take charge of the sixteenth special agen
ry district with headquarters at St. Paul,
Minn. Mr. Black will make the change
July 1, and for a time will have control
of the twenty-first special district, which
includes Montana and Idaho.
George T. Black was formerly chief
customs Inspectors at Portland. He was
transferred from this station to El Past),
Tex., six years ago and since that time
has been in service at that place. His po
sition in Portland was taken by J. M.
Glesy, who Is still In command of the
local force of inspectors.
New Chief Engineer for Invert. p.
John Thompson arrived In Portland yes
terday from Scotland. He was sent to
this city to take charge of the engine
room of the British steamship Inverkip,
which Is now at San Francisco and
under charter to load lumber at Portland
, for Port Plrie.
Captain W. II. Wright Is Here.
Captain W. H. "Wright, brother of E.
W. w right, of The Oregonian staff, ar
rived' In Portland yesterday from British
"oiumbla. He will spend two weeks with
elatives and friends. Captain Wright has
een engaged In steamboating on the
vootenay and Arrowhead lakes for sev-
ral yeara.
Marine Notes.
The steamship State of California sailed
ban JTranclsco yesterday morning
n lixi passengers and all the freight
t couia do stored in tne hold.
He steamship Alliance sailed for Coos
last evening with a full passenger
quantity of freight.
British steamship Yeddo sailed for
"a last night. She will go via San
ko and carry mail to the British
s.
teamshlp Breakwater is due to ar-
evening from Coos Bay.
rrlvals and Departures.
IIA. May 80. Condition of the bar
m smooth: wind northwes
cloudy.
down at 8 A. M. Schooners Kin
d Willi R Hum. Arrived
t up at 22 noon steamer 'allac.
at soon and left up at 1:40 P,
UD at 1:40 P. M. U. S. Kun
own. Arrived down at 3:10 and
:it P. M. steamer State o Call
4n ffancisco.
isco. May 30. Sailed Steamer
r Fortlaud.
seo. May 80. Arrived: Scboon-
Muslaw River.
imer Col. E. L. Drake. Seattle
City. Portland; steamer Olson
urays Harbor; steamer Wat'
steamer Cape Flnisterr.
Yesno, Port Oainble; schooner
urays Harbor.
at Astoria Sunday.
Low water.
8 feet:10 A. m 9 feet
. 4 feet S:lt P. M 8.5 feet
tian Kills Himself.
J
RECORDS
J
V
jSCO, May SO, Jamei
Black, a private n the Sixtieth Company
of Coast Artilierj', shot himself at the
Presidio yesterday and died later from
the effects of the wound. Black, who
was 25 years of ae, was horn in Bur
lington, la. . . .
OUR VANISHING SALMON
Writer Pleads Against Flshwheels
and for a Close Season. .
PORTLAND, MayN33. To the Edi
tor.) Daily I notice airticles regarding"
the salmon industry arid should liKe 10
throw a side light on the most allur
ing attraction Oregon -Jias had to pre
sent to sportsmen tbv fish in her
countless streams. It vt as the one at
traction that has kept .me in the Pa-
ihc Northwest over 20 years, wnen i
first came to Pendleton. I found tne
treams there - stocked with the so-
called California mountain trout, and
one day in May, 1S88, on a wager, I
entered a flycasting conitest against
H. C. Guernsey, assistant ctshier of the
First National Bank there, to see wno
was "if on a davlieht to dark limit. My
count was 623 speckled beauties, with
Mr. Guernsey a close seco-na, wnicn
shows in what numbers the fish were
in our streams. Since chat time.
STEAMER rNTELUGESCK,
Doe to Arrive.
Name. prom. ste;
Breakwater. .Coos Bay May , il
Roanoke Los Angeles. .. June -
Rose City. ..fun Francisco. June -
Alliance Coos Bay June 3
Kuraantla Hongkong Juno
Geo. W. ElderSan Pedro Juna
State of Cal. San Francisco. June
Arabia Hongkong July -2
Alesla Hongkong Aug. i
lilcomedia. ..Hongkong Sept. 1
Scheduled to Depart.
Nam. For. Dl,i.
Breakwater. .Coos Bay June S
Roanoke Los Angeles. .. June
Rose City.... San Francisco June
Alliance Coos Bay June
Geo. W. ElderSan Pedro June It
State of Cal. San Francisco. June 1$
Numantla. .. .Hongkong. ... . Juno 15.
Arabia Hongkong. .... Ant- 1
Alesla Hongkong Aug. 2T ,
Nlcomedla.. .Hongkong .Sept. IB
through visiting; the fish hatcheries, "X
have learned that the majority of thoss
gamey speckled beauties .were young
teelhead and Chinook salmon. .May
6 last I stopped at Irrigonxand se
cured a string of the same-young fish
and took them to Pendleton to exhibit
and call the attention to the disregard
of the law requiring screens for irri
gating- ditches.
At Irrlgon. the youngsters and some
oldsters go into the ditches and with !
their hands catch young salmon from
five to nine inches long as tney are
on " their way downstream, headed for
the sea, and, not knowing, the fish
enter tho irrigation ditch, which is
gradually diminished by laterals until
the fish find themselves in a very smsril
stream, which sinks into the ground.
Cornered in this small stream ia where
the small boy fishes by hand, or, if
death Intervenes, as it does to great
numbers of them. Mr. Irrigator smiles
as he fertilizes his ground with them.
So much for the young salmon. But
what has become of the true trout in
which, our streams abounded? There
has been a steady decrease, until there
are almost none. The report from all
our streams is about the same, fish are
all gone. In my travels up and down
the streams I have discovered where a
great many go. The salmon fishermen
kill a good many, as in trap, seine and
wheel fishing the small-mesh gear
takes all comers from the largest to
the 8 and 10-inch trout, whiteflsh, bass
an a Baimon
fisherman gets hola of a trout or black
bas3 he smiles as he throws tne
carcass overboard, and makes some re
mark about their not eating any more
salmon eggs or young salmon. About
Astoria the remarks are generally in
Russian, Finn or Italian.
I have often seen where a lot of our
best trout go to, and of all the killers
tne fishwheel is sure destruction. Con
sider the number of wheels and the fact
that they fish day and night; also the
fact that all salmon fishermen have no
use for any fishes that look as ir they
would eat salmon eggs or young sal
mon. If you go up to one of their
flshwheels, you will find a watchman
there to keep you away. If you hap
pen to have the authority pinned on
your vest, and make an examination
and find a trout, he will explain he
didn t see it or he would have thrown
it overboard, but you can bet it would
be stone dead. About 10 days ago I
stoow watching a wheel, and saw it
pick up a trout about 12 Inches long.
This fish jumped and kicked until it
got through the smay wire mesh of the
bucket and dropped only to be caught
by the next bucket, repeating the per
formance and dropping into the next
bucket. It was brought up dead.
Our fish on the way to our streams
to "perform tiie functions or reproduc
tion take the easiest path, which in
the case of very swift water would be
along: the shore and through the ed
dies, but as they approach the swift
water that comes around a point there
is a fence that steers them up to the
swift water at the point. And as they
try to dodge through they are scooped
up by the current-worked wheel,
which .never sleeps. And that's the last
of our fish.
At Portland we have a prominent
old sportsman who never misses a ses
sion of the Oregon Game and Fish As
sociation. Several years ago It was
proposed to force the wheel fishermen
to use large mesh netting on their
wheels, but this old sport threw cold
water on tho proposition. Now, among1
his Intimate friends, he is a cnampion
trout fisherman, as he brings In tho
nice fish to give away; not one basket
ful but two. About two weeks ago I
met this great fisherman coming away
from one of his two flshwheels, near
the Cascades. He had his fish basket
filled and had to own up that he got
them out of the wheel catch. That's
where your fish are going-.
Twenty years ago the Sacramento
River, once a famous fish stream, was
depleted of its fish, until the killing
gear was of no more use there. Then
laws were passed prohibiting the use
of such gear, and for ' the last few
years the fish supply has returned
through natural and some artificial
means, so that large catches are made
by restricted gear.
J. T. LACEY.
MILLER WANTS DAMAGES
London Mail Printed His Xanie in
Report of Mae Wood Trial.
PARIS, May 30. J. Martin Miller, ex
American Consul at Rheims, and who
was mentioned in the suit recently
brought in New York by Mae C Wood
against Senator Thomas C Plate for
divorce, has instituted suits 'for defam
ation of character against the
London Daily Mail and the v editor
of the London Daily Mail pub
lished in Paris. He claims $30,000 dam
ages from each paper, for injury to his
business reputation in Europe on ac
count of the publication by these Jour
nals of certain matters allegc.l to have
come out during the hearing: of the
Wood-Piatt case. '
The papers printed the 6ubstance of
Air. Miller's alleged statement produced
by Miss "Wood in court. Both the
1'iench and English laws are very se
vere against publications lnvolvintr
dtfamatlon of character.
WOULD TEST LAW
Politicians Not Satisfied With
V " the Direct Primary.
DON'T LIKE SECOND CHOICE
Provision of Washington Statute Is
Objectionable to Governor Mead i
and Supporters Action May
Be Filed in Whatcom.
.OLTMPIA, Wash., May 30. (Special.)
The refusal of the Supreme Court to pass
on the direct primary law in the way it
was presented has not satisfied a number
of politicians in Washington, notwith
standing the fact that if no further legal
attacks are made on the new law the men
nominated and later elected under its pro
visions -would not be deprived of office if
the law should be held invalid there
after.
The dissatisfaction comes from those
who are not pleased with the anticipated
working of some of tne provisions or me
law, notably the second choice provis
ion, and lawyers in at least two localities
of the state are attempting to bring about
the filing of a new case which will
squarely present the issue to the Supreme
Court.
One case is being worked up in Thurs
ton County, where G. C. Winstanley, an
Olympia merchant and taxpayer, has
consented to become the relator in the
case. The other case, if filed, will likely
originate in Whatcom County. In both
Instances friends of Governor A. E. Mead
are back of the movements. In Whatcom
Cbunty, Clinton W. Howard, the Beliing-
ham lawyer, who astonished his friends
by making a stirring local option speech
in the state convention, is taking an ac
tive interest in the preliminary eteps to
ward filing a suit.
Begin Action Against Auditor.
There has been a desire to have the
action in the nature of an application for
a writ of prohibition directed against the
Secretary of State, but a closer study of
the primary law has created the convic
tion that it will be necessary to seek a
writ against some County Auditor.
If the action should be commenced
against the Secretary of State, it would
lie possible to commence the suit in the
Supreme Court. If the writ is desired
against a County Auditor the case must
ftrst go to the Superior Court and then
by appeal to the Supreme Court.
rhe County Auditor is " the official
wlio must prepare and have printed the
baillots to be used in the primary elec
tiaiis and it is planned to seek an in
junction restraining some particular
County Auditor from Incorporating the
seco,nd choice and probably the non-parti-
san .judiciary features on the official bal
lot.
The suggestion has -come to the Attorney-General
from Whatcom County poll-
tician that it is his duty to express an
opiniovi upon .the constitutionality of the
seconds choice provision of the law, or
-present the question to a number of lead
ing attorneys of the state and adopt the
consensus of their opinion as his own.
It is outside -all precedent for the At-torney-G-eneral
to declare a law uncon
stitutioraal until the courts have so de
clared itt The reason for this rule is that
freauentf-.v the Attorney-General, in -tJo
aelena m' couri tne constitutionality of an
act of thet .Legislature. It would be high
ly inconsistent for him to give an opin
ion that a law was unconstitutional and
then take 3:he opposite stand in a subse
quent suit.
Second CTioice Provision Upheld
The Attorney-General has already de
fended the constitutionality of the sec
ond choice n revision of the law in the
Mackay case, recently dismissed by the
Supreme Cout t.
In addition to C. W. Howard, other
Mead men who are outspoken in their
opinion that tfre second choice provision
of the law is unconstitutional and unwise
and that it should be passed on by the
Supreme Court, , are Harry A. Fairchild
and T. D. Rockwell,, members of the
Railway Commission and Tax Commis
sion, respectively. But it is not likely
that either will Hake any active part In
the cases that are to be submitted.
URGE VOTES FOR VARSITY
Cor vail is Business Men Favor lib
eral Policy Cor Education.
CORVALLIS, Or., May 30. (Special.)
The following stitement has been
signed by the leading business and pro
fessional men of this city:
"We, the undersigned business men of Cor
ral lis. Or., believe thai a liberal support
of higher education Is tlve only policy- con
1 stent with, the best In treats of our state
and that particularly at this time, when
thousands of homeseekerw are looking to
ward Oregon, we cannot aCord to adopt any
other policy. We favor the increased appro
priation for the University of Oregon and
earnestly urge the voters of this community
to vote "yes" at the comlntc election on the
measure increasing lte ap-roprlation. The
vote upon this measure will In a sense deter
mine the policy of our stato toward higher
education and this community, the home of
the Agricultural College, ourcht to go on
record by an overwhelming vt-te as favoring
adequate support for our educational insti
tutions. RICH MAN MAY BE THIEF
Prominent Church-Worker Charged
With Stealing Horses.
INDIANAPOLIS. May 30. A man
giving his name as Frank Ross, of
Chicago, who has been under arrest
here -for several days charged -with the
theft of a number of horses at .different
times, was identified today as Kobert
H. Greene, of Waynetown, Inl., vice
president of the Farmers and Mer
chants Bank of that place, a prominent
church worker and owner of one of
the finest farms in the county. : Spec
ulation is attributed as the cause of
Greene's troubles.
m OPERATION TOMORROW
Regular Trains to Kun on Extension
of Ilwaco Railway.
Operation of the new extension of tb
Ilwaco Railroad from Ilwaco Junction to
Megler will be started tomorrow morn
ing. General Manager O'Brien's office
was notified yesterday by Chief Ingineev
Boschke that the new line is now ready
to operate and a working time-card was
filed at headquarters by Superintendent
E. R. Budd. Trains will leave Megler
daily at 8:30 A. M., arriving at Xahcotta
at 11:06 A. M. Returning, trains will
leave Nahcotta at 12:30 P. M., arriving
at Megler at S P. M. This schedule will
permit of a regular leaving and arriving
time for boats from Portland, something
never before realized in handling the
Summer travel to the Washington
beaches.
Better connections than ever will be
had between the north beaches and Asto
ria, steamers win leave Astoria ujij-
at 7:30 A. 31., arriving at Megler at o A.
M. Returning, boats will leave Megler
at 3:30 P. M.. reaching Astoria at 4 P. ai.
This will allow connections in both direc
tions with the Ilwaco trains, so that peo
ple from the Oregon beaches and from
Astoria can make the trip to North
Beach points and return the same day.
The new schedules are expected to make
the Washington beaches more popular
than ever before.
HEAVY GKAIX YIELD ASSURED
Freight Agent Miller ells AOput
Outlook In Idaho Country. -
R. B. Miller, general freight agent for
the Harriroan lines in the Northwest, re
turned yesterday from an extensive trip
of Inspection over the Idaho lines. He
interested himself particularly with crop
conditions and the traffic outlooK. ivir.
Miller went into the Camas and Nez
Perces Prairies, which are reached by the
new Northern Pacific extension from
Lewiston to Grangeville. Although the
Hill line is building this road, it will be
operated jointly by the Northern Pacific
and the O. R. & N., as is the Riparia
Lewiston road, which was constructed by
the O. R. & N. The Grangeville line is
now in operation as far out from Lewis-
ton as Vollmer.
'The grain fields of the Idaho wheat
country 1 ook fine," said Mr. fliiuer.
There has been plenty of rain ana an
abundant yield of all grains is promised.
The same is true of almost the entire
Palonse country. The prospects are ex
cellent, and I am confident that unless
wholly unexpected and improbable, ad
verse weather conditions . arise between
now and harvest time the wheat yield of
the Inland Empire will be even larger
than last season's crop."
PEARY'S PLANS APPROVED
POLAR COXGRESS HEARS
"wiLTi SEEK FOIiE.
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Unknown American Also Will Ex
plore Antarctic, According to
- Peary's Plans. .
BRUSSELS, May 30. At toflay's ses
sion of the international Polar congress,
Herbert L. Bridgeman, president of the
department of geography in the Brooklyn
Institute of Arts and Sciences, submitted
the scheme for reaching the North Pole
prepared by the Peary Arctic Club, of
New York. The plan involves the use of
Commander Peary's old ship, the Roose
velt, which will leave in the Fall, win
ter on the north sh6ra of Grantland and
thence make a dash for the pole in 1909.
The coast of Grantland will be followed
westward to Cape Columbia over a route
which will shorten the distance 100 miles
and counteract the effects of the eastern
currents. One of the features of the new
scheme is the more rigid massing of the
sledge division in order to keep the men
together. Upon the return voyage Peary
proposes to explore Crocker Land, a
section of the unknown Arctic the explo
ration of which he thinka may revolu
tionize the existing ideas regarding the
heretofore untraversed polar regions.
Mr. Bridgeman moved that the com
mittee place Commander -Peary's scheme
on record with a vote of congratulation
to the commander.
The forenoon session of the congress
disclosed the fact that an American is
preparing to undertake an expedition to
the South Pole in 1911, upon plans worked
out. y loninuLiicwr rears, rue miter,
however, Is not to take part In the expe
dition. President Roosevelt, to whom
Commander Peary disclosed this idea, is
said to have indorsed it enthusiastically.
The identity of the American who is to
make the voyage has not yet been re
vealed. iHON. ROBERT C. MILLER
Linn County Pioneer Passes Away
in Portland.
Hon. Robert C. Miller, a young man
23 years old, Joined a party of emigrants
in 1847, -who had decided on making the
long overland journey to the little known
Oregon Country. They started from
Missouri in the early Spring, landing
after many vicissitudes and undergoing
The Late Hon. It. C. Stiller.
many dangers. In the Autumn in Linn
County, Oregon. Charmed by the natural
beauty of the scenery and evident fertility
of the soil, Mr. Miller located his dona
tion land claim near where now stands
the beautiful and prosperous little city of
Lebanon, at a point known as Hock
Hill, where for nearly 50 years he made
his home. Failing health and advancing
age induced him to remove to Lebanon,
where "he lived for some '10 or 11 years,
when he made his home for a few years
with his son, Charles, in Forest Grove,
and later with his son-in-law, Charles D.
Montague, 21 East Fifteenth street, Port
land, at whose house he passed away on
Monday afternoon. May 2a.
Mr. Miller had been twice married.
first to Miss Mary Claypool In 1848. Of
this marriage five children were born
only one of whom, William A., is now
alive. R. S. and George W. died several
years ago and two died in infancy. Mr.
Miller's second marriage occurred in 1869.
when he was united to' Miss Margaret
Jane Irvine, who died in Lebanon in 1901.
Of the latter marriage seven children
were bornf - two of whom are dead and
five living. Hon. Milton A. Miller, now
Berving his second term as State Senator
for Linn County; B. F. Miller, of Prairie
City; Charles F., of Forest Grove; Mrs,
C D. Montague, of Portland, and Mrs.
Nona Jennings of Gold Hill.
Mr. Miller was a Democrat in politics,
a faithful Christian, a member of the
.Presbyterian Church at Lebanon and
member of Lebanon Lodge of A. F. and
.A. M. In every relation of life Mr. Miller
Vas a man of stern integrity who did
Ins full part wisely and well. He was
elected a Representative to the Oregon
Legislature in 1888, and served his con.
sUtuents in a most satisfactory manner.
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BILL WILL CARRY
Friends of State University
' Confident of Victory.
ALUMNI HAVE BEEN ACTIVE
Thorough Campaign Conducted In
Every County Very Few News
papers Opposed to Appropria
tion Many Indorsements.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene,
Or., May 30. (Special) Students and?
friends of the university are confident
that the appropriation, bill, which is
to- be voted upon by the people of the
state at Monday's election, will pass
by a safe majority. For the past six
months graduates and friends of the
university have waged an effective
'campaign for the success of the bill,
and have left no stone unturned to
make their victory complete. The gen
eral campaign has been -carried on unj
der the direction of the committee of
the alumni, consisting of C. N. He
Arthur, of Portland; I R. Alderman.
Allen H. Eaton and A. R. Tiffany, of
Eugene. These men have been assisted
by other alumni and friends in differ
ent parts of the state and thorough
organizations have been perfected in
every county.
The business men and citizens of
Eugene and the students of the univer
sity have also worked diligently, and
have sent out letters and pamphlets
to voters in all parts of the state.
Has Many Indorsements.
The appropriation bill has the in
dorsement of nearly every commercial
body in the state, as well as the Tax
payers' League of Multnomah County,
the Municipal Association of Portland,
the State Federation of Labor, the Re
publican State Conventidn, the United
German Societies of Portland, the Lane
County Democratic Convention, and
numerous other organizations through
out the state. The only organization
that has lined up against the univer
sity is the Linn County Council Pat
rons of Husbandry.
In addition to the commercial clubs
and other organizations that are sup
porting the bill, 135 newspapers In va
rious parts of the state have recom
mended Its passage editorially. - It is
said by those in charge of the cam
paign that . less than a dozen news
papers are opposed to- the appropria
tion bill and some of these only in a
mild way. In every county of the state
the university has the support of from
three to ten newspapers, and in East
ern Oregon the papers are solid for
the bill. The men in charge of the
campaign have estimated that there
will be about 85,000 votes cast on the
measure. They say that the univer
sity will receive upwards ef 50,000
votes out of a total of 85,000, and that
Rhould the total number cast be larger,
the affirmative vote will increase in
corresponding ratio. ' They predict sua
cess for the bill in every county in the
Second Congressional District, as well
as in Lane County and all the counties
of Southern and Southwestern Oregon.
Battle Cromid in Willamette Valley.
In the Willamette Valley, where the
referendum movement started, the out
look Is hardly as bright, for the bulk
of the referendum signatures were se
cured in the Valley counties. Friends
of the university have, however, been
carrying on systematic campaigns in
Linn, Benton, Marion, Polk, Yamhill.
Washington and Clackamas Counties,
and it will not be surprising if several
of these counties give a majority in
favor of the bill. The campaign has
been most active in Linn County,
where the referendum movement was
begun, and while supporters of the
university hardly expect a victory in
that county, they count on an almost
even break. Lane County will give an
almost unanimous vote for the bill, and
most favorable reports have been re
ceived from Baker, Umatilla, Wasco,
Multnomah, Coob. Douglas and Jack
sin Counties, where very large majori
ties are expected.
Friends of the bill are somewhat
concerned over the general disposition
on the part of a large number of peo
ple to vote "no" on all intiative and
referendum measures, and for this rea
son thousands of postal cards have
been sent out calling attention to the
form of ballot and urging a vote of
"yes" on the university appropriation
bill.
HEPPNER SALE CLOSES
SIUGGISH BIDDIXG OX SECOXD
DAY OP WOOIi.AUCTIOX.
Best Price Xot Quite Equal to Top
Quotation or Friday Grow
ers Are Dissatisfied.
HEPPNER, Or., May 30. (Special.) The
wool sales cloed here this afternoon. The
bidding was sluggish and the growers slow
to accept, on account of the low prices of
fered. The growers 'are- more than dissatis
fied, u the buyers cut heavily on grade and:
weight.
The highest price paid today was only
14Hc, which, is below yesterday' price. In
the two days about 1,500,000 pounds of wool
changed hands, which will be the biggest
sale held here this year. Heppner markets
nearly 3,000,000 pounds of wool annually and
the heavy slump in the price will be keenly
felt In this county before next shearing.
About 600,000 pounds of wool was placed
on the1- market today and nearly all sold.
The sand wool, which comes from the range
along the Columbia River, Is very dirty this
year and a great deal f of It Is dead, which
has made it almost worthless. It seems, but
when a sack of wool weighs 600 pounds It Is
no wonder that a price of cents should
be offered. This new price, ranging to 9
cents, was the bid: made on all sand wool, and
in most cases the growers sold.
The wool buyers have been busily engaged
settling with, the sheepmen since early after
noon and will not be able to get away before
midnight. They -travel in a special car and
will leave here, by extra train for Pendleton.
Wool at St. Xxrais.
ST. LOUT 9, May 80. Wool Steady. Terri
tory and Western mediums, 1215c; fine me
diums, 10(g13c; line, 9llc.
"Svw Orleans Cotton Market.
NEW ORLEANS. May 30. Cotton
steady. Prices unchanged, llH'C.
-Spot,
Nearly 20,000 women are employed In
Prussia as brickmakers. An 11-hour day is
tho rule.
"Watches et auction.
rVahlns;taa ftUea.
Metzger's, 342
DOWNING-HOPKINS CO.
KSTABUSHBD 193 ,
BROKERS
STOCKS --BONDS --GRAIN
Boognt aad sold for email and on ananrhs.
private wires Rooms 201 to 204,
Ye will resume the only private wire service from Port
land to Eastern Exchanges on June 1, and will
. have unexcelled facilities for the
Purchase or Sale of Stocks, Bonds, Cotton, Grain, Etc.
OVERBECK & COOKE CO.
, ' 216-217 Board of Trade Building.
Correspondents: Logan & Bryan, Chicago and New York.
L
But Holders Not Weakened by
v. "Lighter Demand.
AMERICAN CROP OUTLOOK
Yield Will Probably Be Much Less
Than Last Year's Active Buy
ing of Strawberries Re
ceipts of Produce.
The hop market has been a quiet affair in
the past week. The export demand was not
aa brisk as in the preceding1 week and nrf
large lots are known to have changed .h&nda
for foreign account. Holders in the country
maintain a firm front and show no signs of
weakening. In spite of the slower movement.
iDealera are still interested In hops of 1906
growth. The Cate lot of 118 bales, grown at
Hlllaboro, has been bought by B. C. Her
ren at 2 cent. H. I Hart bought a car
load at 2 cents. Mr. Hart, In the past week,
also secured a number of lots of 1907s, ag
gregating 340 bales, at prices ranging from
to 6 cent, and made one-year con
tracts at 8 cents for about 350 bales.
In the lull in trading dealers are paying
much attention to prospects of the coming
crop in this state and elsewhere. Estimates
already made of the Oregon crop range from
7000 to 100,000 bales. ' It Is conceded by
every one that the crop Is looking bad In
many sections. California dealers estimate
that their state will produce about 90,000
bales and not over 25,000 bales are looked
for in Washington. For New York 60,000
bales is considered a conservative .-estimate.
The probable decrease In the American yield,
thus shown, offsets in a considerable degree
the large surplus from last year, which
brewers claim to -have In their storehouses.
DEMAND FOB STRAW BERRIES.
Supply is Insufficient lor the Local Trade
i and Prices Are firm.
If It were not that this Is the strawberry
season, no business at all would hav been
transacted on Front street yesterday. As
It was the produce houses2 were open In
the forenoon to dispose of the berries re
ceived. The arrivals proved entirely too
small for the demand and the market was
therefore firmer than it has been any time
since the season opened. Hood River and
Spring brook berries sold at $4 and $4.25
per crate, and the best Southern Oregon
brought 4. Receipts of California straw
berries were very light, and from $1.90 to
$2.25 per crate was realized. The California
berry season can now be considered as
closed.
Very little was done In other lines of
fruit or in country produce, and prices weie
unchanged.
Week's Receipts of Produce.
Local receipts of produce for the week, as
reported by the Board of Trade, were as
follows:
Apples, 135 boxes; asparagus, 872 boxes;
apricots, 87 boxes; beans, 42 sacks; butter,
1199 boxes: cantaloupes, 7 crates; celery, 21
crates; clams, 50 boxes; cheese, 2129 boxes;
cherries, 444 boxes; chickens. 393 coops;
corn, 6 boxes; crabs, 81 boxes; cream, 36,180
gallons; crawfish, 14 boxes; cucumbers, 4
boxes ; ducks, 14 coops ; eggs, 1102 cases ;
egg plant, 10 boxes; fish, 636 boxes; fruit,
121 boxes; geese, 2 coops; gooseberries, 36
boxes; grapefruit, 29 boxes; honey, 28 boxes;
lemons, 160 boxes; loganberries, S3 crates;
milk, 753 gallons; mutton, 63 pounds; onions,
27 sacks; oranges, 198 boxes; oysters, 1G9
sacks; peas, S24 sacks; pineapples, 7 crates;
potatoes, 2828 sacks; poultry, 17 boxes;
pigeons, 12 coops; raspberries, 8 crates; rhu
barb, 137 boxes; squash, 3 boxes; strawber
ries, 4603 crates; tomatoes, 46 crates; veal,
349 pounds; vegetables, 698 boxes.
rORTXAND LIVESTOCK MARKET.
Prices Quoted Locally on Cat (I, Sheep and
Hogs.
- There were no changes In the livestock
market yesterday. Receipts were light and
the tone of the market steady, with a good
inquiry for best grades of sheep, cattle and
hogs. Arrivals were 28 cattle and 90 hogs.
The following quotations were current on
livestock in the local market yesterday:
Cattltj Best steers, $5; medium, $4.50
4.75; common, $3.50;3.75; cows, best, $4;
common, $3.50(Si3.7G; calves, $4.503.
Hogs Best, $&a.25; medium, $5.75(6.
Cheep Beet sheared wthers, $44.(25;
mixed, $3.754; Spring Iambs, $5.
Eastern Livestock Markets.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 30. Cattle Re
ceipts, ltK); market steady. Native steers,
$5.257.10; native cows and heifers, $2.75
6.25; stockers and feeders, $3.405.25; bulla,
$35; calves, $3.506.25; Western steers, $5
6.50; Western cows, $3.26.25.
Hogs Receipts, 60000. Market strong. Bulk
of sales, '95.30,5.50; heavy, $5.35S.55; pack
ers and butchers, $5.3O5.50; light, $5.20
5.40; pigs, $3.754.60.
Sheep Receipts,- none.
OMAHA. May SO. Cattle Receipts, 000;
marekt unchanged.
Hogs Receipts, 9100; market a shade to
5e lower. Heavy, 5.255.40; mixed. $5.20
5.25; light. $5.155.2S; pigs, $4.255; bulk
of sales, $5.255.27)6.
Sheep Receipts, 100. Market steady.
Yearlings, $4.755.25; wethers, $4.25g5; ewes,
$4&4.65; lambs, $5.756.50.
CHICAGO, May 30. Cattle Receipts,
about 200; market steady. Beeves, $4.75g
7.30; Texa.ni, $4.905.65; Westerns, $4.50
7.50; stockers and feeders, $3.505.40; aows
and heifers, $2.806.10; calves, $4.756.25.
Hogs Receipts, about 13.000; market firm.
Light. $5.15.21; hlxed. $3.205.57H;
heavy, $5.15-5.55; rough, $5.155.30; pigs,
$4.1O5.10; bulk of sales, $5.405.50.
Sheep Receipts, about $10,000; market
steady. Natives, $4.607.26; Westers $3.60
5.20; yearlings, $5.256.25; lambs, $4.50
6.70; Westerns, $.506.75.
London Financial Market.
LONDON, May 30. Bar- silvsi steady at
24 7-16d per ounce.
Money, 11 H per cent.
The rats of discount in the open market
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N. T. Central. 105. SO
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Pennsylvania. Gl-oO
Rand Mines. . t.37 tt'
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Southern Ry. . 17. SO
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CARS LEAVE.
Ticket Office and Waiting-Room.
First and Alder btreets
FOR
Oregon City 4, 6:80 A. M., and every
80 minutes to and including V P. M
then 10. 1A P. M. ; last car 12 midnight.
Gresham, Boring, Eagle Creek, Esta
cada. Cazadero, Falrview and Trout
dale 7:15, V:15. 11:15 A. M.. 1:16, tt:45,
6:15. 7:25 P. M.
FOB VANCOUVER.
Ticket office and waiting-room Second
and Washington streets.
A. M. 6:15. 6:50. 7:25. 8:00. 8:35,
9:10, 0:50, 10:30, 11:10, 11:50.
P. M. 12:30. 1:10. 1:50, 2:30, 8:10,
8:50, 4:30, 5:10. 5:50. 6:30, 7:05, 7:40,
8:15, 9:25. 10:35t U:45t
On Third Monday in Every Month
the Last Car Leaves at 7:05 P. M.
Dally except Sunday. JDaily except
Monday.
REGULATOR. LINE
FAST STEAMER BAILEY GATZERT
Makes round trips week days, except
Friday, to The Dalles, fare $2.00. Leav
ing Portland 1 A. M., leaving; The
Dalles 3 P. M., arriving Portland 9 P.
M. SUNDAYS Round trip to Cascade
Docks, leaving Portland 9 A. M., ar
riving back a P. M. Faro J1.00.
Steamers
DALIES CITY and CAPITAL CITY
Operate daily, except Sunday, between
Portland and The Dalles, calling at
all way landings for freight and pas
sengers. First-class accommodations
for wagrons and live stock.
ALDER STREET DOCK.
Phone Mala 814. A 5113.
SAX ITtAJfOISCO PORTLAXD S. S. CO.
Only Direct Steamers and Iaylight Sailings,
From Ainsworth Dock. Portland, 9 A. 11.
8. S. Roe City, June 6. 20, etc.
S. 8. State of California-, June 13, 27.
From Lombard St., San Francisco, 11 A. M.
8. 8. State of California June 6, 20.
8. S. Rose City, June 13, 27, ete.
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Main 2tiS Ainsworth Dock.
M. 3. KOCUK, Ticket Agent, 142 3d St.
Phones Main 442. A 1402.
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Blondayv Wednesday and Friday, 7 A, M.
Returns 8 P. M.
THE DALLES
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, TA.M,
Returns lO P. M.
Landing, Washington-Street Dock.
FARE 91.00. MAIN 8018.
COOS BAY LINE
The steamer BREAKWATER leaves Port
land every WednetMiay at ft P. M. from Oak
4treet dock, for North Bend. Maritbilelcl and
Coos Bar points. Freight received till 4 P.
M. oa day of sailing. Passenger fare flrat
class. 10; scond-c.as, XT, Including berth
and meals. Inquirs city ticket office. Third
aad Washlnctoa streets, or Oak-street dock