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THE SUNDAY OKEGONIAN, PORTLAND, JANUARY 1. 1911. 13 LIVESTOCK PRICES maken RECORD Year's Market Fixes Status of Portland as Center of Big Industry. GRAND AVERAGE IS HIGH Ho CnilUlon Abnormal Throngh ont ar. but I.mb and Calves Also Set Xeur High Marks. Statistics Tell Story. bt r. r. iTostnorx Editor Fortlaad 1-tv.ateck Reporter. tf tha euxrkmen of the Northwest did fint turn their livestock holdings Into psndsoms profits during the year 1910. they missed a golden opportunity, for the grand average prices ruling on all classes at the Portland market for the JI month ended December 1 were the highest In the history of the Industry cn the Pacific Coast. Of course. In some Instances, notably the hog market, the phenomenally high reraco was made poeslble by abnormal conditions which prevailed not only In Ibis section, but all over the inlted When a h"g market averages I10.SO tnr 12 strslsht months In the year, no matter whether unusual condttlona made It pnnslble or not. a little pride Is ex cusable. Portland takes down the "grand championship" among the hog market of the world for the year 1910. not only f ir the grand average price of SIA.3A. but for the highest single price record ef $11.40 for a load, which pasacd over the scales on March It. Hog-IlalsIng Neglected. Proportionately the Northwest Is far bhlrd other sections In the production cf all classes of livestock except sheep. It Is In hog-raising where thla territory makes an Inexcusable showing. North western farmers do not have the rbole'a sc.iurge to contend with, nor the Intense cold and rapid change of weather that Is the despair of the corn belt-grower. We do not have their great corn crops, but we do have barley, wheat, field peaa. vetches, clover, and alfalfa and can grow hogs for S' cents a pound on foot. With all these excellent opportu nities for raising pork, the Northwest Imports three-fourths of the pork prod uts It consumes from the Middle West. But this condition cannot always pre vail In a country which Is running away from all others In the growth of population, commerce and agriculture. The great railroads, who know the value of livestock tonnage, have made plans for several demonstration trains In 1S11 and will cover every state thoroughly. The agricultural colleges, railroads and livestock interests are not the onea who are behind the times- They are bend ing every effort to Increase production end establish Intensive farming methods. It Is the farmer, himself, who Is slow to realise the Immense opportunities held out to him. Rut the hog market was not the only record-breaker during the year. Spring lambs sold at high as $12 lata In March, and calves broke all records on Decem ber 29 and S' when they sold at IS.IS, getting In on the record sheet at the. last minutes. Cattle Market Surprising. The cattle market was another source of continued surprises, for, when It la considered that this market draws its beef supply from a section of the coun try where "fitting for market" Is not reduced to the fine science obtaining In the cornbelt states, the prices received by raisers are truly remarkable. The average weight of steers wss scarcely over 1000 pounds and yet the year's average price was $4.17. which does not Include the sensational prices on Christ mas beef. In two Instances just before the holidays, fancy pure-bred steers realised $10.(0 and $14.50 per hundred weight on the open market, demonstrat ing beyond an argument that stockmen and farmers in the Northwest can pro duce as good beef as can be produced anywhere if they only apply scientific methods of breeding and feeding. Mutton Prices High. White giving a few startling facts about cattle and hog prices, the mutton market must come In for Its share of praise, for In some respects Its achieve ments were even greater than the oth ers. It must be considered that the great crying need of every Pacific ('nest and Rocky Mountain State Is an increase In population. The consumption of mutton Is not as great as It should be. and Just at present falls far below the consumption of beef and pork. But the demand Is growing fsst. so Is popu lation, and with the greatest climate for raHlng sheep In the world for both the wool and mutton breeds, first-class transportation facilities, either by rail or water, and an established market at Portland the lnduat-y has made greater strides within the past year than ever before. The total value of all livestock pass ing throush the Portland Vnton Stock yards In the past year was about $9,000. Ooo. That the coming year will see a great Increase In the business Is as sured. Kxcellent Showing Ma lie. In summing up the livestock situation f-r the year. few tables have been compiled which will give more de tailed description of the market's con dition from month to month, and whiis the else of the receipts is not so large as those of the other and older markets In the country, they are a very satis factory showing, considering that the livestock Industry In the Northwest is only In Its Infancy. Average prices paid at the Portland Union Stockyards In 119, by months, were aa follows: CATTLK. Month. January .... Vvoru.ry ... March A?rU . iUt Jure ....... Ju'.y ....... August ..... rprember .. H-ioter .... NuvamMr .. lerm ber . . Grand ave. gt-era. . . $;. 3A . . .. TOO . . 12Z . . 45 . a it .. ... b ... r. J .. .. t?o .. T to Cows. 4 ft.1 .1 . a T.-. 6 .v A im 6 It H.OO A. no S ." iti S 71 Ca'ves. Bulla 13. 7S 4.23 T.oo T i T.oo T e S.7S T.0 T mi T.T.O 7 .2i B.ltO 4 no 4.T.1 4 oo 4 111 4 OO 4. no 4.0 4.:i 4.JO ..e.iT $s.n HOOS. IT.00 $4.3S noarv rebruary ..$ ss 10.10 Total receipts at the Portland Union gtorkyaxds In lilt br months were as follows: Nenth "at:?e. Calves. H"gs- Pheeo. H. A at. Cars. January JO.oo'l -f S.M1 fM 3n2 Kbrury T.2TO J.ie 2 Mt 6 44 3-10 KM Macs T T4!l me 4 .' ! C"7 42 April 44 ;T7 & 41 4.1 34 U Mv T.l ;nd 100.'.7 10.s.t IK 61. June POI4 1..1K3 . SKAT Ji.M" '.'"1 Ju'y sftfl ; a J---. 13.44 lo 40O Atig-wl T.1 71.1 S41S m.073 71 40 Frtmfeer ................ S.SP3 1 -jtj e p-o 22 OHT 0 ti:a (vHUr 1.33 12. ITS 14.0B Sll 4HT Severaher 7 :"7 7.' a oa 22.710 . nx 447 lember g 773 (If &.' 10.22S 49 $44 Tota-s ....,.a.l..JJ.t. 80.UST "Mil si. 641 1M.3T 1.1 - .. " 0.40H ::::::::::::: ! gl; jnKR J."? jii.au i u'".... i o 35 Sptomber"mm Ji'IJ Ortihr November December 10.50 .00 Grand averase $10.0 SHEEP AND LAMBS, FhV-P. Lambs. Jsnr, February ........ March April i.-r June .......... Julv . August September ....... m-tober ......... November ....... Iecember ....... Grand average. . T.M 12. on . 7.M a.ofl eon s.oo 8,oo e.oa .. e.iS O0 4.3S ." 4 2S 8 50 e.0 so 6 OA g 0 6.0O 7.00 $3.45 $T.0 MR. PRATT GIVES WARNING Beautify Lone Fir Cemetery, or Kc niove Grave. Is Kemark. At tha annual meeting; of Lone Fir Monument Association yesterday after noon a resolution was adopted approv ing the movement to preserve and. beautify Lone Fir Cemetery. Tha reso lution pledges the asaoelatloa to assist and co-operate with tha Lone rir Lot Owners' Association in Its plana for beautifying the cemetery. M. L. Pratt, president of the monu ment association, explained in detail the methods adopted to obtain the sanc tion of lot owners, and also said tha monument association held title to SO square feet In the central block In which It erected a monument In memory of four wars, besides which there were burled In the cemetery 100 veterans of the Civil. Indian, Mexican nd Spanish-American wars. "It is evident." Mr. Pratt said. "Lone Fir Cemetery must either be beautified or the city must cause its removal In the next few years. It cannot remain In the present condition. It la a con glomeration of shapes and forms. Lot owners might aa well understand the situation It Is either beautify the ground or remove the graves. As thla association represents large Intereeta In the cemetery. I think we can ma terially assist the Lot Owners' Associa tion In the work It has undertaken." It was decided to send a delegation to the meeting of toe executive com mittee of the Lot Owners' Association next Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clook In the office of Secretary J. A- Strow brldge. Commercial building. The following dlrectore were elected for the ensuing year: M. L. Pratt, J. W. Ofllbee, W. C. Henderson. H. C BJgsby and T. E. Hills. Tie directors then elected officers as follows: President. M. I- Pratt; vice-president. T. E. Hills; secretary. J. W. ORllbee: treasurer. W. C. Henderson. Kind words were spoken In memory of J. A. Newell, vice-president from the beginning, who died dur ing the year. ' TAKING ISN0J STEALING Russian Officer Mar Borrow Sailor's Money Without Consent. OAKLAND. Cel.. Dec, SI. It la quite proper for a Russian naval officer to borrow all the money he can from his enlisted men. even If he has to go to a sailor's trunk and take the loan while the other Is not looking this accord ing to the Russian code, aa explained In the Superior Court here yesterday. Moreover. If the sailor, discovering whither his funds had flown, should re monstrate with his superior, be would be guilty of a gross insult. These refined moralities were re vealed In the trial of Alexander Ser vlllo. formerly a Lieutenant In the Rus sian navy. Bervlllo deserted his vessel in San Francisco Bay during the war with Japan, but he considered that the naval code still applied aa between him and a countryman who had been a blue Jacket. So when he found himself lacking In money, he borrowed $70 from the sailor's trunk. The sailor, who had been quick to forget the ship board code, had bervlllo arrested, tried and eonvlcted of stealing. However, when the officer explained the true proprieties, the court was moved to ad mit him to probation. RECEPTION GOWN IS LOST Irs. Long worth Needs Ii for Taft'a 'ew Year's Party. NEW TORK. Dec. SI. Express company detectives and policemen are scouring New York today for some clew to the whereabouts of a gown which Mrs. Nicho las Longworth hopes to wear at President T aft at New Year s reception at the White House Monday afternoon. In anticipation of the reception. Mr a. Longworth came to New York some time ago, and had ber dressmakers measure her for a gown. The gown was finished a few days ago. and shipped by express ti Mrs. Longworth. Yesterday the dress- ! makers received a telegram from Mrs. Longworth asking why the gown had not ' arrived. Hurried Inquiry of the express company seemed to Indicate that It had been stolen from the wagon during the holiday rush. If no tra?e of the missing apparel la found before tonight, the mod isles will put a special force of dressmakers at work in an effort to construct a dupli cate of the gomn In time for the recep tion. Light Wanted on Committees. NEW YORK. Dec SI. Radical changes In legislative procedure In this state, designed to bring committee-room ses sions Into the cold light of the publlo gaxe are proposed In a petition to (he state lawmakers from the New York Cltlxens' I'nlon and the Unity Club. It Is proposed that committee clerks be required to keep accurate min utes of all proceedings, and that such minutes be always accessible to the pub lic. Penalties for failure to report all transactions are recommended. Another section prohibits sctlon on sny bill by any committee unless a majority ef tha committee are present, and requires that the names of those present and a rec ord of each vote accompany a commit tee report to either house. Bntcher Slaehes Wife, Kills Self. MODESTO. Cel.. Dec. 31. Seised by a fit of temporary lnmnlty. Andrew Soren son. a prominent grocer here, sttempted to kill bis wife with a butcher knife, and a few moments later rut his own throat with the Implement, almost severing bis heed from his body. Mrs. Sorenson'a wounds are serious, but at the sanitarium to which she was taken it was said that she probsbly would recover. She was badly cut about the neea ana nanus, one finger wss chopped off completely. Overwork Is believed to have caused Borenson'o) aberration. Twice before. It Is said, he bad tried to kill bis wife by till. ...Ilff 1 MILLIONS SPENT FOH" BETEBMENTT Street Railway Extends City Lines and Adds Largely to Equipment. OTHER WORK UNDER WAY All bus 10 of 8 Cr Ordered Are Nov la Service and S75 Cara Are Operated Dally. Payroll Increasing. TEAR'S rKOUKEBfl BT FORTI-AXD RAILWAY. U6HT FOViER COMPANY Construction work ...... New equipment i . Ej . AirrlM ..oo0.e . . . mi.O"6 T.OuO.OOU Maalmura number of employes Y-arl payroll :,-TS0-"2!i Miles of track reconatruetsd 2 alllea oi new track The year has been marked by an exceedingly lars;a amount of Im provement and construction work by tha Portland Railway. Light Power Company. There waa czpandad In 110 by tha company for bettermenta and nw work, apart from maintenance and operating aooount, nearly J5.000.000. One of the heavy Itema has been track reconstruction and pavement, made necessary on account of tha large amount of hard-aurfaca pavament In augurated by tha city authorities. Cur ing the year the company reconstruct ed tt miles of track In all portlona of tha city and laid about 13 miles of new track, including two lines In the Irv Ington district, one on Fifteenth street and tha other on Twenty-second and Twenty-fourth streets, eonneetlng with the extension to Alameda Park, the Sandy road and tha East Davis-street cut-off between East Tentl and East Twenty-eighth streets; a line on Twenty-first street. East Twelfth, Sixth street and Hall street, and additional double tracks on Lomoard street, the Mount Scott Una and tha river-front line. Track Work Cost Million. The total cost of this traok construc tion and reconstruction has been close to 11.000.000. and a gang of 500 men has been kept continually on this work for nine months. There are now US miles of track, including both narrow and standard-gauge lines. In addition to ths work outlined, work was startsd on n sxtenslon of about five miles from Willamette Falls toward Oswego on the west bank of ths Wlllamatts Klver, and work Is undsr way on a three-mile, sxtenslon from Caxadero easterly to the proposed Upper Clackamas power plant. Ths year has also seen noteworthy for the additional equipment acquired. It was found necessary to order Se.new passenger cars, all but 10 of which have been received and put Into service. This makes a total passenger equip ment. Including the standard and nar row-gauge divisions, of about 0 cars, l ef. t! r ... . vi I ft I wm : mi iraMu (C' it Swti' jiff pBfi jpf?! pffi"Ti Furniture, Carpets Rugs and Draperies Buy your furniture, floor coverings, draperies, cur tains and wall papers now. We offer thousands of rare values. Practically everything in the store is greatly reduced. CJ Moreover, stocks in all departments are particu larly large and complete. CI This Clearance Sale is our only sale during the year and therefore your only opportunity to buy at bargain prices the beautiful, distinctive and service able merchandise for which the store is noted. Q We urge you to call at once and acquaint your self with the January prices. J. Including open cars, and of this num ber about 87S are In dally operation. The freight equipment was also In creased during the year by two heavy eleotrlo looomotlves and 2t flatcars of SO.OOO pounds capacity. In addition, 10 largo Roger ballast cara were pur chased, and a new combined mall and express car waa conatruoted. Ths total amount expended on new equipment Is about 1890.000. A new reinforced conoreto car-house with office quartera and olubrooms for employes has been constructed on East Ankeny street, near East Twenty eighth street. brick addition 100 by 200 feet to the Piedmont car-house has also been constructed and preliminary work has been begun on further car-house ex tensions at thla point on a building 100 by 4J5 feet. The office and clubhouse building at Sellwooa was also com pleted. The modern automatic sprink ler systems for fire protection were In Stalled in tha Sellwood, Ankeny and Piedmont car-houses. The amount ex pended on these and other minor Im provements to bulldinss was mors than 1200.000. Transportation Business Growing. About 87.000,000 passengers were carried on the lines of this company in and about Portland during the year. In other words, a greater number of passengers board and leave the cars of this 'company every day than tha total population of Portland and vicin ity. The number of people traveling in 110 was about 15 per cent greater than in 1909 and the new equipment in 110 provides about JO per cent Increased carrying capacity for the Winter months. During 110 more tnan four times a roaay passengers rods on the street car lines in Portland as when the pre vious United States Census was taken 10 years before. Tha outlook for the coming year Is that tha present rate of expenditure for Improvement will be continued. Al ready mora than I75O.OO0 of street Im provement work Is projected along the tracks of thla company. The line to the Upper Clackamas power station, three miles In length, will be completed, as will also the Willamette Falls ex tension of Ave miles. It Is further expected that branch lines will be built Into several new additions such as Kings Heights. Arlington Heights, Beaumont and other tracts which have been placed upon the market.. New equipment already has been ordered equal to 50 per cent of that re ceived during 110, and these orders undoubtedly will be Increased at an early date. Car-house capacity will be increased by the construction of at least two large buildings, and possibly three. Auto sprinkler systems for fire pro tection will be Installed In the new car-houses and In those already con structed that are not so protected. The maximum number ot employes on the pay roll of the company at any one time during the year 1910 was about 4500, and the yearly pay roll for the year la about $2,750,000. It la thought that In 1911 there will ba at least 13,000.000 In pay roll dis bursement s forest Fires Produce Big Trees. BERXELETT, Cal.. Dec "Bllva of California" Is the title ef a new book Issued by the University ef California. Professor Willis JJnn, of the department ot botany, to the author, and tha work is said to be the most voluminous yet published by the University Presa. Some of the theories advanced by Pro fessor Linn are of timely interest, in view of last year's devastating forest fires. He believes that the production of large trees In this state, with the excep tion of the redwoods of ths Gigantla Sequoia type, can ba attributed directly to forent brush fires. Ths repeated fir ing of forest debris, he argues, conserves big trees, and acts aa a marked stimu lant to their growth. G. MACK FIFTH AND STARK 4 TO DISEASED MEAT Health Board Secretary De clares Uninspected Pro ducts Are Menace. "DOWNERS" SOLD IN SHOPS. Cattle Tlnrt In Transit and Sick Oowe From Dairies Said to Ba Handled by "Pirate" Butch ers In Local Market. JLEAT INSPECTION SYSTEM DECIARCD DEAD LETTER. t. -.ivi K White declares that lack of meat Inspection has caused four deaths in month. Meat of diseased cattle is onerea for sale. Sick dairy cowe are butdierea ana then sold In Portland. Downers" from stock-yards find their way to local market. City ro.at inspection declared to be dad letter. f Asserting that one death In East Portland and three In Hillsboro within a month were due to diseased meats, the state authorities and some of the United States officials are becoming aroused by the lack pf proper precau tions against the sale of uninspected products of "moonBhine" slaughter houses. Dr. Calvin S. White, secretary of the State Board of Health, said yes terday that the deaths from this cause should prove a warning to the people of Portland. Slunken calves, rejected cows and bulla and steers suffering from blood poisoning form elements of the story told by officials and physicians inter ested in ridding the market of polBoned meats. Physicians Discuss Charges. Recently there was a meeting of the Aesculaplan Society formed by several physicians at which the whole sub ject was discussed after a paper upon the subject had been read by an In vited guest. It was asserted that "downers" of the stackyards were sold to "pirate" butchers and taken to "moonshine" slaughter-houses In the suburbs Lents, Council Crest. Beaver ton and Multnomah Station where they were killed and offered for sale the next day upon the counters of butchers. It Is explained that "down ers" are thosa eattKe injured during shipment. Frequently they suffer from broken legs or ribs, or are se riously bruised, so that they are not accepted by the Government Inspectors. While in a fevered condition they are butchered and offered ror sale' ss good meat. Dairies are accused of butchering sick oows and selling them to "pirate" butohers In the same way. " Dr. White Aroused. "There Is no doubt that the situation U serious," 044 Pr, White last night. DEATHS TRACED CO, "It Is time to stop the nefarious prac tice, which Is going on constantly. There is danger and constant danger of loss of life. There oan be no dif ference between the murder caused by the sale of poisoned meats and murder when the knife or the bullet is used. It la simple murder, however you view It. "Take the case of tha East Side child who was poisoned, it Is believed, by the eating of a Christmas turkey which bad been in cold storage. I am told that one has died. Several oth ers were taken seriously ill. Friends who attended the dinner returned home in the evening and the next morning were found suffering from the poison obtained by eating cold-storage turkey. This turkey had been stored away with the entrails in it. and no one knows how long it had been kept. It was full of organisms, and when heat was ap plied It gave an opportunity for these germs to perform their dangerous func tions. Cases Furnish Warning:. "The Hillsboro case was another one, in which three people died. It was in the family of a man named Schneider. It seems that they had some sausage which they kept in a crock, and when they desired to eat It they spread it upon their bread raw. From an exam ination of the meat, it was evident that the hog killed had been a diseased one, and the meat was alive with germs. No wonder the family sickened and that some died. These cases are simply a warning of what we are coming to If we do not take the, proper precautions. "In addition to this danger, there are shipped from the upper end of the valley carcasses of calves from slaughter houses which are without In spection. The prime necessity In butch ering is cleanliness. Germs thrive In dirt. Germs eaten by man produce the same effect, so far as bloodpoisoning Is concerned, that they do In cattle. One Is the replica of the other. ;f we expect to maintain the health of the human race. It is time for something in the way of meat inspection of 'piratical' butchers and 'moonshine' slaughter-houses." Dr. White said that the existing or dinance providing for meat inspection was a dead letter. He declared that ac tive Inspection of the choap slaughter house and supervision of the sale of meat on tha butchers' counter was the only proper method of providing neces sary protection to the public. "Portland will wake up," said Dr. White, "some day. Tha sooner the better.'" Dr. C. E. HiHi of 651 East Eleventh street, made tha post mortem examin ation .of the East Portland death and last night said: "The death from toxaemia, experi enced by the child of the Schereber family, waa due, in my opinion, to the family eating a cold-storage turkey. The post mortem revested evidences of toxaemia. The second child, 11 years old was very sick. but. as I understand, has' recovered. The sister and her hus band, who partook of the same meal and ate some of the turkey, were taUm sick when they returned to their home In Willamette. They fed some of the turkey to a chicken and it died the next morning. Death, in my opinion, was due directly to the eating of diseased meat." Robbers L.oot Two Kansas Banks. BEATRICE Neb., Dec. SI. Robbers blew up the safes In the Citizens and Btata banks of Waterville, Kan., early today and escaped with SO00. The Citl sen's Bank lost $6000 and the State Bank $2000. Tha buildings were wrecked. The robbers cut the telephone wires. Awakened by the noise of the explosion In the Citizens Bank, Tom Wolverton, an old soldier, living pear the bank, hur riedly gathered his boots, trousenei and shotgun, and went Into the street Just as ths robbers were leaving the state bank. Wolverton fired two shots, gtop ping occasionally to return the fire, the robbers rati down tha street, pursued by the old soldier, ' WISE MEN TO COME Eminent Scientists Will Con vene Here Next June. MR, RAYMOND SENDS NEWS Unless Date Is Advanced Portland Will Be Privileged to Welcome Scholars Engaged In Ad- ; vancement of Knowledge. R. W. Raymond, manager of the con vention bureau of the promotion com mittee of the Commercial Club, who Is In the East closing contracts for conven tions in Portland, sent a telegram from Minneapolis reporting- his latest success securing the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advance ment of Science, which will convene here in June. IStll, unless otherwise changed by the council of policy of the society. The American Association for tha Ad vancement of Science Is one of the oldest societies in the country, patterned largely after the British Society for the Advance ment of Science. With the latter it is part of tha constitution that it must hold its meeting places upon British soil. A similar condition exists in the American society. Its meeting-place must be upon soil of the United States. Annual meetings are held and scientists attend from all over tha country, par ticularly those engaged in college and university work. Imminent men engaged in practical work and application of scientific theories, are also members. The attendance usually is large and in this case It Is believed there will come to Portland a large number of men emi nent in scientific research. It Is proposed to give the members, after the convention, an opportunity to make a trip to the Hawaiian Islands. The council of policy may change tha data to 1912, although it is unlikely. Weinberger Given Gold Star. Antlcipat'ng his entry upon his duties as Constable today, friends of Andy Weinberger, elected Constable of ths Portland district November 8 in succes sion to Lou Wagner, yesterday presented him with a solid gold star. The presen tation was made at the Louvre by Attor ney Julius Sllvesfone on behalf of him self, Seneca Fouts. W. M. Davis, Qus C. Moser, Thad Vreeland. J. F. Singer, Sig Wertheimer. W. C. Harrington. John Cor dano. Jess Harrington and Victor Druhot. Try This for Colds Prescription Known for Results Rather than Large Quantity, Go to your druggist and get "Two ounces of Glycerine and half an ouncs of Concentrated Pino compound. Mix thesa with half a pint of good whiskey. Shake well. Take one to two teaspoon fuls after each meal and at bed time. Smaller dosea to children according to age." Any one can prepare this at home. This is said to be tha quickest cough and cold cure known to the medical profession. Be sura to get only the genuine (Globe! Concentrated Pine. Each hair ounce Dome comes in a tin screw-top sealed case. If the druarelst is out of stock he will quickly get it from his wholesale house. Don't rool with uncertain mlstures. It is risky. Pine is one of the oldest remedies known to civilization but many of the extracts contain resins and impurities that cause nausoa and other bad after effects. For safety get only, the above mentions.