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' 1 I - ', THE SUNDAY OTlEGOvI AX, rORTLAXD, OCTOBER lr, 1900. HOP PRICES WILL SOAR T Shortage in Germany and Eng land Will Help Growers in This Country. EXPORTS WILL BE HEAVY Official Report From Berlin Shows Yield So Small That Kuropc Must Draw Heavily on Vnited States. With the German hop crop the smallest in a century and the Knslish crop the lightest since 1SS2. there Is a good prospect that prices will go ky hiph this season. The official estimate of the German crop was announced at Berlin yester day as 120.640 hundred weight, accord ing to a cable received by Klabar. Wolf & Xetter, of this city. None of the records available shows snch a small crop in past years. It is only 22 per cent 'f the Geiman production In 1!S. As- Germany is the chief hop growing country in the world, this practical failure of the crop will have a world-wide effect on prices. Tlie smallness of the present year's output Is shown by a comparison with the crops of the past 22 years, as fol lows: Table Shows Comparative Yield. Cwt.i list 439 Mill 1!! 74.1i li"" 14$ 4v;7l 1:1 Ht .:: 1!'"? : ..... . I 'tn it . ;;. 3" i"4 1.9 I (Sil'.SSVlSi'S i.fr, im iio,; lsyt 4v .";-' v.l Cwt. 405. M 4JS.i39 1'4;.3.".S 447. J 41.".. SIS 4.1 OSS r 7 r. . 7 s 4 41 I . - 3 4 7.1 3 ..'.'... H; 4!.M ijk 4:;t.3i i.lv l:.40 In diwuseinfc the hop situation in gen eral, as affects! by the tierman govern ment's report. Herman KUtber Mild: "Tiie es'im.-.t'd hop consumption cf Germany is SH'.rteO hundred weight, so there is a shortage this year of IS.0H hundred weight. Onnany ordinarily ex ports about l:V.lcO hundred weight, to England, America and other countries, but this year runs short on her own consumption. I'noVr previous contracts, however, tlwro will probably be exports of Ki.Ofrt to Sil.imn- hundred weight, so that Germany will have Icks than l'X.eoo hun dred welg.it for her own needs. Crop Smallest on Record. " I cannot find in my statistics a Ger man crop as small an this In the past V years. The trade looked for a crop there of 1wi.' to 170.X hundred weight, and on that basis estimated the total Con tinental y.Mld at 4uh,0uO to 4So.oi0 hundred weight, so If the other European of ficial returns come down accordingly, the Continent will grow only CTiO.ouO to 375. ) hundred weight of hops. This means third of a crop, for last year the Con tinent -had i.oTo.onl hundred weight." To show ihe European shortage in a clearer light. Sir. Klaber prepared a table of the crops of the last two years, because- the ,lMts crop was .a kirge one and left some surplus for this year's use : ... r. ..... . Knglish crop 19i! rt. ... 470. Tl ... 214.4S4 Two yearn . . a85,'245 continental crop ,...1.070.000 jo!l (estimated) "75.0O0 I. Two ears . i .' 1.447..00.J Total Europe, two year. S.loO.lMO The English consumption is finO.QOO hun dred weisrht annually, and the Continental consumption T30."X) hundred weight, or a .total of 2.69.0i0 hundred weight for all Europe for. two years. Against this la a two years' crop of 2.130.iJ. which means a deficit of 52,755 hundred weight. Mr. Klaber figured the Vnited States crop last year at 2H,0u0 hales and this ytar at lTT.Oip bales, estimating Oregon this year at -".'. California at G2.UU0, Washington at 13.000 and New York at 4'J.OUO bales. Figures for This Country. "According to tlie United States Gov ernment.'" sa!d he. "the home consumption Is about 220.0u0 bales a year, or a deficit this year of 43.UO bales. This is offset, however, by the stock carried over from last year. Our imports pr 'lably will not be more than lO.Ouo to 1j.U"0 bales, but we will export the usual quantity, about 50.00 bales, so It looks reasonable to as sume our brewers will run along with enough hops, but will enter the next crop year with less than their usual carry-over tnirplus. "England cannot expect to Import any hops this year from Germany, Austria or Belgium, and the chances are the only hops she will get will be from America. The German dealers have been aclive in England for nearly a month, buying up all the low-grade hops they could. This puta England in a very in teresting posntion. as s-he will lose to the German .dealers a quantity probably equal -to the Import from Amer ica. . In other words. the. Eng lish brewers will have only the present rrop. which la one of tlie smallest Eng lish crops on record, and their surplus stock of old hops to see them through the season." FIREMAN'S FALL FATAL J. L. Tavls Dies as Result of Blow From Brldgebeam. J. ravis, of 351 Union avenue North, a fireman 'of the Portland Ex press, between Roseburg and Portland, on the Southern Pacific, died at the Good Samaritan Hospital at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon from injuries sus tained after his head struck a bridge beam while crossing the Pudding; River, half a mile north of Aurora, at 11 a'clock yesterday morning. His limp body dropped from the cab of the en gine 20 feet Into the river below and was entirely submerged In sediment and water when the engineer, George Thompson, noticed his absence and In vestigated. Davis was still alive when, after much dilriculty, he "had been carried un the steep declivity and placed aboard the baggage-car. A moment later Engineer Thompson threw open the throttle and began the race with death. After covering the distance from the scene of the accident to port land. 29 miles, in 25 minutes, Davis, although- mortally injured. - displayed signs of life upon arrival at the Grand Central station. He was placed In a waiting ambulance and rushed to the hospital. SEASON His death was inevitable, lor ne naa fracture of the skull, and both shoul ders were broken. He died two hours after his removal to the hospital with out regaining consciousness. . Davis is survived by a wife and two children. Ills parents are respected citizens of Ashland. Ie was born in Kansas, and seven years ago was mar ried at Looking Glass, Or. Since serv ing es fireman on the Houthern Pacific for the past three years, he has resided In Portland. DEBT OF $15,000 IS DENIED Wa.-fiitiutoii Hallway & Voxver Co. Repaid Loan, Says I.anggiith. It Is denied by Arthur Langguth that the records of the defunct Oregon Trust A Savings Rank show that the Washing-: ton Railway & Power Company was ever Indebted to the bank in the sum of $23, V9 or In any other such than $10,000. Mr. Langguih was' attorney for the Washing ton Railway & Power Company, which began the construction of a street rail way system in the city of Vancouver, Wash., and admits that the company bor rowed JIO.OX) f rom the suspended bank early In the year 190T. As to the remain ing $15,000. which was obtained by the company, Mr. Langguth says it was pro cured from Moore Brothers personally. The only debt the Vancouver corporation ever owed the bank, explains Mr. Lang guth, has been paid In full. In July, 1908, the property of the Wash ington Railway & Power Company was taken over by the Vancouver Traction Company, which paid the receivership of (F.ATTl.H MATRON OIF.ST OF t MM". HERMAN VOX IIOKSTEL AT LtSCHKO.V. t . A . Mrs. Barney Klawaus. Mrs. Herman Von Borstel gave a very pretty luncheon at her home, 3u8V East First street. North, on Tuesday afternoon in honor of Mrs. Barney Klawaus, of Seattle. The rooms were artis tically decorated, the color scheme befng pink. Those pres ent were: Mrs. Barney Klawaus, Mrs. Charles E. Stolte, Mrs. Henry Erank, Mrs. Samuel B. Martin, Mrs. Bertren W. Cooper. Misa Sadie Knapp. Miss Camilla Herz, Miss Jessie JIarkins. Miss Agnes M-Konahl. Miss Lillian Stone, Miss Sophia Lentz, Mrs. Herman Von Borstel. the defunct bank all that was owing and cancelled the original noto of JlO.ouO ex ecuted in return for the original loan. It is the contention of Mr. Eangguth, supported by the officers now in charge of the affairs of the defunct bank, that the original corporation as absorbed by the Vancouver Traction Company does not owe the suspended bank as an insti tution a cent. SMUGGLE IN QUEER WAYS Parisian Devices-Add Much to Mu seum of Frauds. PARIS. Oct.- 16. The Museum of Frauds in the Avenue Victoria has late ly received several interesting acquisi tions. The ingenuity of smugglers anx ious to escape paying the octroi duty on alcohol and petrol is remarkable. The smuggling of motor petrol Is carried on on a large scale, and all sorts of devices are resorted to and detected. There has Just been placed in the mu seum a curious motor reservoir. It is made of canvas, and holds 60 liters of petrol. The duty Is 20 centimes per litro, and as the re-servoir is placed under the chassis of the car, and Is Invisible, the vehicle'can make hundreds of Jour neys a day, thus defrauding the octroi of considerable sums. in the museum are numerous advo cates' satchels, carriage cushions, pneu matic tires, mannlklns, mortuary wreaths, soldiers' knapsacks, etc., all of which have been used in smuggling alco hol through the customs. at' I I' :! i 1 m"t!!L . I . .V Jl i. - J lbsrr j - ! ,N ? v -4j :V ? "" -t ri, v ' sir-" O tV . V; - , "... ,V . ': . W : r;' 1 -ir " . 1 1 " T r r iumi Ke.di.. From left to R.ght. Kir.t B.w-H. M. Heckwltl., Georare Baldwin, Henry S. We-tbrook, Charle. Krltjch, V. ""k,: S. W. Mryker. Dr. C. C. NewcMle. Second How H. H. H. William.. Malhew Steele. C. I. StonebcrK, Dnvld Heodemou. " B,Ir' n, .. !. ...- r a r:u.r v rnmm niri. ti. W- AViimDler. Oscar McAJplne, IS. K. fca- ara trbk, Kami ncAprac. iom u. tironn. airu nw . ufuwc uu.p,. ' wards. Dr. Ambrose H. Jobason. Top Row A. Aaderson aod Swan Audrmoa. COOK NOT CREDITED Drs. Walker and Wolf Discuss North Pole Dispute. BOTH ON POLAR TRIPS Explorers Give Keasons Why They Believe Peary Has Best of Controversy Over Di-scovery. t-,- t-.,ia ir.iiKtr jsurffeon In the Mc- Cllntock expedition that went north to hunt for the Sir John rTaniuin pun, . 1867. and Dr. L. J. Wolf, who was sur geon In the Peary expedition of 1905 and 1906. gave Interesting talks to the mem bers of the Oregon 8tate Academy of Science at the City Hall last night con cerning the difficulties that beeet Arctic travelers. . Both speakers ar local residents, ana neither seemed to put faith in Dr. Cook s claim of having discovered the North Pole. An interesting feature of the talk of Dr. Wolf was his description of Es kimos, and their habits of life. Dr Walker began his talk by reciting a history of the various attempts to reach the Pole, and he was aided in this by a large map on which he traced the routes of the various early explorers. In referring to the contentions made by Peary and Cook 'regarding their respec tive discovery of the Pole. Dr. Walker emphasized the difficulty of any attempt to disprove the assertions of either. He inferred that it was quite impossible for Cook to have obtained as much water each day ns he says he drank and used on his trip. Dr Wolf questioned Cook s claim to rapid progress in the early stages of sledging, as he said the Ice near the land was much more difficult to cross, owing to Its unevenness, than that farther northward. , . . According to Dr. Wolf, the Eskimos in the vicinity of Etah. on the north of Greenland, are exceedingly gentle people, who have no chief and no other persosn with exceptional authority. Crime among them is almost unknown r.nd seldom have they been known to kill one of their own people. An exception to this rule of never kill ing one of their own kind, however, was related by the speaker. It was a case where the "medicine man." or prophet, had predicted so much evil that his as sociates tired of him, and ono day taking him with them on a hunting expedition, thev returned without him. While the Eskimos in that locality have no regular marriage ceremony. Dr. Wolf stated they were monogamists, which was probably due to there being practi ally an equal number of each sex. - One of the more tiresome tasks that fall to the lot of the Eskimo women, he explained, was to tan skins. This was done by patiently chewing the Inner side of the skins, until every particle of flesh was worn away. PERSON ALMENTION. Charles C. Bingham, of New York, is at the Cornelius. A. M. Dickinson, of Bridal Veil, is reg istered at the Nortonia. Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Long, of Salem, are guests at the Lenox. John Adair, an Astoria canneryman, is registered at the Imperial. Harry Scott and H. H. Haven, of Spo kane, are at the Nortonia. J. B. Cartwright, owner of a Seaside Hotel, is registered at the Imperial. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Ireland, of Gales burg. 111., are registered at the Lenox. Senator H. M. McGowan, of Pacific County. Wash., is staying at the Perkins. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Krausse have moved into their new home, 831 Overton street. Samuel McClure. a wealthy timber own er of Stillwater, Wis., is staying at the Portland. Alonzo M. Petty, of I.os Angeles, rep resenting a religious publication, is regis tered at the Cornelius. W. B. Stratton, ex-Attorney-General of Washington, and now a legal practloner In Seattle, Is at the Portland. Miss Carrie Dickinson, of Bellingham, Is the guest of her brother. M. C Dickin son, manager of the Hotel Oregon. W. H. Armstrong, who is interested In numerous manufacturing enterprises in Vancouver, B. C-, Is at the Seward. Miss Sadie E. Sapp, one of the stenog raphers for the Washington State Su preme Court, is a guest at the Perkins. L. F. Gordon, right-of-way and tax agent for the Oregon & Washington Railroad, came to Portland from Seattle yesterday for a short business visit. D. S. Fotheringham, of New York, who FIRST DEGREE TEAM OF HASSALO LODGE, I. 0. as formerly interested In the Northport Smelter, was at the Oregon yesterday. He left last night on his way to Panama. H. P.' Hildrcth, special agent for the Western Fire Assurance Company, visited the local agents of the company, Wake field, Fries & Co., yesterday. Mr. Hildreth Is located In Seattle. H. C. Oaterman, a wealthy Chicagoan, whom disnatches credit with having ex cited Walla Walla by the way he spent money, is now at the Oregon, accom panied by William Drennan, of Chicago. W. E. Hampton, .president of the. Na tional Wood Pipe Company, which is con. structing-a large rluxit on tlie peninsula, is in Portland from Los Angeles, and Is making his headquarters at the Sjward. 'Aaron JJ. Gould, a prominent archi tect of Boston, is In Portland for a few days. Mr. Gould came to the Coast on a visit, and is so much impressed with Portland that it Is very likely he will return to this city within the next three months, and make this his perma nent home. A. Warren Gould, a promi nent architect of Seattle, is a brother. i WOMAN ROUTS LABORERS Brandishes Sliovel and Puts Grad ing Crew to Flight. WALLA WALLA. Wash., Oct. 16. (Special.) Mrs. Jennie Waltz of this city, created excitement among the O. R. & N. construction crew that was grading In the rear of her property today, when she ran out end grabbing a shovel from the hands of one of the workmen, brandished it about and would have strucK down one of the men had it not been for a fellow work man. The men scattered and refused to go back to work until Mrs. Waltz would leave. This the woman would not do, and guarded theground the entire day. The workmen "then started to grade In the rear of the George Brown prop erty, above Mrs. Waltz's, but he put the men to rout with a club. The rail road company has offered to give the two property owners $1 for every foot of steel they lay. which abuts their property, but neither will settle and will carry the matter Into court. NEW TAX SOURCE IS FOUND Pacific County AVill Assess lleserva tions Made by Weyerhaeusers. SOUTH BEND, Wah.. Oct. 16. (Spe cial.) In every deed given by the Weyer haeuser Timber Company there Is a reser vation to the company of the right and title In all minerals, oils, gases, -coal, fossils, right to enter and -explore for came, sink shafts on same if found, right to go over anywhere with logs, to dam streams and make same overflow and riparian rights. The Commissioners of Pacific County have decided. If possible, to ' tax these reservations and have In structed County Assessor Peeples to take the matter up with the State Tax Com missioners with this end. In view. It is said that the Weyerhaeuser people value these reservations so highly that they will not allow land sold by them . to go delinquent, preferring to pay back taxes' themselves. If it shall be found feasible to tax these rights, there will undoubtedly . be a scramble by every county in the state to follow Pacific County's lead. BLYTHE SEEKS APPLE LORE Magazine Writer Visits Famous Or chards at Hood River. HOOD RIVER, Or., Oct. 16. (Spe cial.) Samuel G. JJlythe. of the Satur day Evening Post staff, visited Hood River today to secure material for a story on the Oregon apple Industry. Mr. Blythe was the guest of P. S. Dav idson, Truman Butler, C. IT. Vaughan and W. 11. Walton, and was taken through a number of the extensive orchards In the valley. He also visited several of the fine country homes, apple-packing houses and cold-storage plants. Mr. Blythei Is making a tour of the Pacific Coast', In quest of special in dustrial material for the Post, but will shortly return to his home in Washing ton, D. C, to be present when Con gress convenes. Robert Krohn's Father Dead. Robert Krohn. physical director of the Multnomah Club, received word yester day afternoon that Henry Krohn. his aged father, living in Los Angeles, had died of paralysis yesterday at 1 o'clock. Mr. Krohn will leave tonight for Los Angeles to attend the funeral. The chil dren of the deceased planned to be pres ent at 'the golden wedding anniversary of their parents next Tuesday. Henry Krohn, whose age was 74 Is survived by his wife and six children, as follows: Bernard Krohn, Hood River, Or.; Hugo Krohn, Davenport, la.; Miss Meta Krohn, Los Angeles, Cal.; Mrs. Hugo Braunligh, Davenport, la.; Clara Krohn, Los Angeles. Cal.: Mrs. w illlam Thompson, Los Angeles, Cal. 0. F., WINNER OF FIRST PRIZE LAST RITES TO BE LODGES TO BEAR PROFESSOR MORRIX TO FINAL REST. Hibernians and K. of C. to Attend Funeral Services of Catholic Educator Today. t'nder the auspiqes of tlie Ancient Or der of Hibernians and the Knights of Columbus, the funeral service over the remains of Professor Lambert Morrin will be held this afternoon. The funeral cor tege will leave Dunning, McEntee & Gil baugh's undertaking parlors at 2 o'clock and proceed to St. Mary's Cathedral, where requiem mass will be chanted. In terment will follow In Mount Calvary Cemetery. Professor Morrin died last Tuesday night at St. Vincent's Hospital. For a number of years he was a teacher In the Christian Brothers' College, but was em ployed more recently as an Instructor in the Columbia University. He was presi dent of the Gaelic League in this city and held the chair of mathematics at Colum bia University. He was a native of Cas tlebar. County Mayo, Ireland, and was a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin. He obtained his A. B. degree at the age of 19. In 1879 Professor Morrin annotated for the first time in English the old Irish story entitled "The Pursuit of DIarminda and Grainne," for the Society for the Preservation of the Irish League. The story has since been dramatized by Doug las Hyde, LL.D., and has been placed on the elementary, intermediate and univer sity curricula of Gaelic studies in Ire land. In 1SS0 the Irish party, under the lead ership of Charles' Stuart Parnell, offered a prize of five pounds sterling for the best essay on "Primary Education," in Ireland. Professor Morrin was the win ner of that prize in a competition open to 12.000 teachers. Professor Morrin held several diplomas of a high order, among them being one from the French Academy. He came to this country In June. 1SS9. His scroll work in Gaelic has been declared by competent critics to be among the best in the United States. ILL LUCK STRIKES CAMP Accidents-P I le Ip Fast After Three Years Immunity. FALLS CITY. Or., Oct. (Special.) After establishing the remarkable and almost unprecedented record of running three years without- a single accident, the logging camp of Mike McLaughlin at Black Rock, five miles from this city, has suffered a series jof mishaps In the last two weeks which seem to indicate that ill fate has started In to make up for lost time. Though men were getting killed and injured In camps on all sides of It In the past three years, not a man 'in McLaughlin's camp received an In jury until two weeks ago. Since that time one man has been killed, another dangerously hurt, several others injure! and two logging engines wrecked. The series of accidents started two weeks ago when a log the donkey en gine was dragging down hill "upended" and crashed into the engine-house, de molishing it and breaking the engine. Engineer Rainous Russell escaped death miraculously, coming out of the accident with a few bruises and his face badly blackened by a swish of. the swinging chain. As soon as Russell was able to go to work again, he- took anofher en gine, but that day a tree fell on it wrecking it. This time the engineer es caped unscathed. Three days later. Frank Colgra. a tim-ber-faller in the camp, was struck by a falling tree and killed instantly. Two days after that another employe of the camp, whose name has not been learned here, was struck by a breaking cable and at last reports there was considerable doubt of his recovery. Other men about the camp have suffered minor injuries In the past two weeks. VALUES ARE JUMPED UP Klamath Property Worth $3,000, 00 0 More Than Last Year. KLAMATH FALLS. Or., Oct. 16 (Spe cial.) Assessor Lee, who has complet ed assessment of Klamath County, finds an aggregate valuation of $10,557,958, an increase of over $3,000,000 over last year. The Klamath Falls assessment is "$1,668,552, which is nearly double last year's valuation. The town of Merriil comes next,' $136,277, and Bonanza next with $125,175. The largest taxpaying firm Is the Weyerhaueser Timber Company, with an assessment of $1,018,664 on their ex tensive pine holdings. The actual area of Klamath County is considerably over 4,000,000 acres, of which only 1,072,780 acres is assessed, leaving a balance of more than 3,928,000 not assessed. Within the unassessed area is the Klamath Indian Reserva tion, with its 120,000 acres. AT SEATTLE - Pianos Absolutely Free We Lave aectiruulatea some more good, square pianos, taken in exchange for our popular upright and player' pianos. To help families secure a piano and give their ehildren the pleas ures and benefits of a musical home, we will distribute these pianos to families who will agree to give their children lessons and not dis pose of the instruments. We are not selfish in this matter; we make no demands or require ments or obligations we want to help the children until tluy are old enough to help themselves. . Time lost can never be regained. If they" start now, in a year they will be plaving well. If they wait a year or two they will Ite where they are now, aud may never start, and will deprive themselves and their future homes and families of the greatest pleasure of a home life. We rent piauos for $4.00 a month, it applied on purchase at your convenience. We sell pianos on monthly payments to suit tlie convenience of our customers. You ought to see our piano for $200.00 ; full iron plate, bushed tuning pifis, nickel-plated repeating action, ivory keys, double veneered cases, in walnut, mahogany and oak; Colonial oases. A piano wdth a beautiful singing tone and an ornament to any home. Nearly 100 pianos to select from. Your inspection invited. Graves Music Co. Ill Fourth St., Portland, Or. 4 Everything in Music, Wholesale aud Retail. ARE YOU GOINC TO BUILD? It rtoe riot nav to buy an old buildlnft. when we can build you J BeVitTAI HOME or an ARTISTIC CALIFORNIA Bl BiGALOW, with every convenience, tor less money. WHV NOT IMPROVE THAT VACANT LOT OP TOIHS WITH A Modern Apartment House or Residence Flats? .. vou to see u. Hig-h-rlass workmanship and satisfaction aTi planS and specifications free. Money loaned for build er. Houses built for small payment down, balance like rent. It will pay guaranteed. Ing purpoaoa. SPENCER-McCAIN PHOVE MIX 0O0. ARCHITECTS A.TD BUILDERS. rJTuBW Lumbermen's bldg, coiu fifth and stark sts. READY FOR THE FIGHT WALT EVAXS FINISHES HIS PRE LIMINARY TRAINING. John Berg Is Exceedingly Confident That He Can Best His Doushty Opponent In Coming Battle. Walt Evans, the light heavyweight champion wrestler of the South is work ing hard at his training quarters to get into condition for his match with John Berg, the light heavyweight champion of the Pacific Coast, to take place at the Dreamland Hall tomorrow night. He does not by any means underrate the ability of Berg as a wrestler and he knows he is up against one of the best men in the game. Evans comes here with a good clean record and a reputation as a wrestler second to none, he is out for honors pure and simple and when the gong sounds tomorrow night, the sport-loving publio of Portland may rest assured that the best man will win. As the men are evenly matched as to weight and the title of champion Is at stake lovers of the mat game can look at one of the cla.sslest matches ever 'pulled off in this city. Will Sehiimamg win bo u " Cush in a boxing exhibition. L. C. Arm strong, young Eppinstein and Kid Bo -linger will also take part in the prellml- naBecause of the reputation of both men in the main event, this match has caused a lot of talk and following are some of the opinions on the outcome of tomorrow night's wrestling match between Berg and Evans: HaSry Cort I came down from Seat tle especially to see this , match and. while I know Berg to be a clever wrestler, I think Evans will beat him. George L. Baker-I pick Evans because I think he is underrated in Portland and from his showing in the South. 1 believe he is a real champion. Jack Coffman Berg always looked beat to me. especially In the light heavy weight class. GERMAN PRAISES FRENCH Gaedke Says Army of Republic- Ear From Decadent. PARIS. Oct. 16. (Special.) Colonel Gaedke. the well-known German mllitary critic attended the - French maneuvers and communicated his Impressions to the EIGHTY-ONE BOSTONIANS COMING Five Carloads of Most Distinguished Americans Expected Monday. Tomorrow morning a little tralnload, occupying five cars, of-most world re nowned Bostonians will arrive in Port land, making headquarters at. Eilets Piano House. The party Is composed ot eighty-one of the finest selected, high est grade Clilckering pianos that have ever come West. Prominent among these arrivals will be a large number of the very latest 1910 styles V and styles W Chlckering Grands. And in a later shipment of some forty additional Chickerlngs a large number of x'he most attractively dainty little ChickerinB uprights, to be called style H, will CT'he sale of Chickering pianos Is un precedented. Ten years ago ' when Eilers Piano House was first estab lished the Chlckering: was purchased in large numbers by music lovers 't the West, but this year it is confident ly predicted by the Eilers Piano House management that a ten times greater number of Chickerinsrs will be sold. The new ChicUering Grands may be termed the peers of modern piano pro duction, everv feature in construction, finish and resultant tone being in con formity with the old established . nick ering principle of super excellence. The Chickeringr is Americas oldest established, costliest and most desir able piano, the fundamental piano of the trade. It is sold in the West ex clusively by the Eilers Houses. - .-a CO. Berliner Tageblatt. The Matin today re produces the Colonel's views. They ire interesting In that they are diametrically opposed to the Judgment of writers, com petent and incompetent alike, who asseit that republican institutions, the two years' military service, and the doing of anti-militarists have brought aoout decadence in the Flench army. The German critic repudiates the Idea that the French people have ceased t interest themselves in their army, and that to them the maneuvers are not, as with Germans, a popular fete. Colonel Uaedke says he saw people come from all quarters of France to see ...: sol diers. As to the character of the man euvers, he declares thut, if General Trc meau has not found a new plan for the operations, it Is incontestable that lie directs them very cleverly and in an in teresting fashion. The German crliio never saw the French troops engaged In Improbable situations. In spite of the two years' service, the cavalry always discharged its task with remarkable skill. The patrols led as If to war, ani the fire of the troops was excellent. Surprise Given Old Resident. Alex Monroe. 521 Patton road, was ten dered a surprise party last night, on his 72d birthday. Mr. Monroe is living with his daughter. Mrs. Sophronia Dorias. He Is an old resident of Oregon, having crossed the plains in 1S59. Mr. Monroe has two children, both living in portland-Mrs. Sophronia Dorlas and Mrs. IMia Hart man. The following guests were present: Miss Lena Shorts. Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Mlchaud and family. Mr. and Mrs. . .. t rirr;in. the Misses I l-neineciiei . ---- Lambert, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Bergevln. i ..... ..... vftoc, Taoola Wopnpr. MISS Cttllie VWlKIiei. Mrs. Sophronia Dorlas, Mrs. Lena Hart man. , Mian ' TIpIoii GouM entertained five hun dred tenement mother, with their children at her country home the other day. The party wus taken to Ml Oould's e.tat. by ihe Volunteers if America, who "upPl'r fh" transportation Hurt luncheii besides gatherlnft and rarlne for the visitor THE. COLUMBIA RIVER VALLEY The Fruit Basket r . l nr 1 J or tne worm A pour niatt baa a amall elauiiL-e of ever Mcomius Meulluy in ine far ISf Mules, tiea in Hit JlidUlo IV eat tlie oyeiunita are oij rouilun; iciirt'C null many rucrfcutlc in u see tnat Ihey cuu uetler tueiuaeives by comluK to tic Aortliwml. Duiue iio ha come 1 tiuu tliey liave urn aulfi ileut ituovrleulte ot tue cuuulry lu ue auie u 1 eute at ouce iu a uuaiaeaa uicu mil uay tueui nell. 11 ou ure ul tula uuiuuer, U y nut iuveatigate I 11 a tliairtct volaieli baa mora uiieuiu( anil oypunuuiuea lur uieu m auiail ur lma lluu unuWMl( . a '., ! ltair I al. try vmuuui we auraaaacil aa tieairiiatc lllnct u llva Wra uu cuuaiuer taa many l.it-a ol liuaiueaa tbat rc atin uveiictl tbe larita pnyuiatl.' vliit:u vui aura ly etti liere, and tlie vml lucrcaae wlucn Mill lollvvr auy amull tuveatiueut inada at tbia time. It nitl pay you ta look Into tbe (.undltioua la tbla laud ol uuVurt unity. Kcue vt'lclc aud l'aaco are al ready tbe Important com. uerelal Centura of tbia dl trict. For In.tormatlon cut cernlnic ope lna la all v lluu uf buainiaa addreaa KENNEWICK COMRCIAL CLUB KENNEWICK. WASa or PASCO COMMERCIAL CLUB PASCO, WASa I