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LONG DUE SUM PAID
LITTLE GIRL GRIEVES HERSELF ILL BECAUSE HER PET DOG
HAS BEEN. STOLEN.
FOR CLOSED DOOR
Oregon Traction Company In
vestors Get Cash.
Manufacturers Not Alive to
Opportunity That Rivals
Are Quick to Sieze.
$29,000 TO BE DISTRIBUTED
THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, FisbkuaHY o, 1911.
AMERICA
BLAMED
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CHINESE ARE NOT FOOLS
tlrim Plow, for Kxample, Cannot
II Forced I'pon Country Where
Two-Acre Farms Seem Vast,
I Ashby Ford's Belief.
bt A8HBT rvnn.
Ia th open floor Into Chin brine
closed M. B. Miller. x-Consul-ten-ral
at Tokohamt, baa been lately as
suring the Chamber of Commerce of
thla city that If the door Into Man
churia la not yet ahut. It aooo will be.
Ha admits that treaties hare not been
violated In the process, and so elimi
nates all political considerations irom
discussion.
Vr Ms account the Japanese gov-
rnment has successfully fostered to
growth of trade between Japan and
China. Tha American Government has
don notblnc In particular to press In
the commercial products of thla coun
try, which, therefore, now finds tha
door closing- In Its face.
Others More Awake.
Put la It fair use. of lanruase to say.
Tha door baa been closed against us.-
when we should say. "' have been
beaten out of an open market by com
petition of people more awake than
ourselves?" Manchuria may be politi
cally dominated by Russia and Japan:
ao customs barrier has been erected
different from that round the rest of
China.
Secretary J lay meant by tha open
door mat no one nation should hare
preference by treaty or customs regu
latlona over any other. If It was ever
open It la so slllL
Hut American trade In China Is. If
not actually on tha decrease, certainly
ot Increasing- as rapidly aa that of
oma other nations. Why?
That fault Ilea partly with the Ameri
can manufacturer and partly with tha
middleman on the spot. When his po
litical Instincts or National antipathies
are aroused, the manufacturer clam
are loudly for "his share" of tha Ori
ental trade. At ordinary times be
sinks back Into apathy.
Uo to blm with a small order tor
railway rolltne-stock. to be delivered
with reasonable celerity. He either
refuses to accept It. or will be unable
to deliver on time. Remonstrated with,
bo blandly replies:
"Our home trade Is so Immense that
my factory la already behind-hand with
Its orders. Po you expect ua to set
aside everything to attend to your lit
tle affair?"
"If you put this through the next
order will bo bigger: It la only tb be
ginning." "Show me the next order and I will
better you" Is tha substance of th
usual reply.
Cood Mast Be Adapted.
-Tet there la quite another way In
which th American trader Is being
beaten out of the Oriental market, or
rather Is entirely falling to get Into It.
Tb Chines are. and hare been for
years, anxloua enough to adopt ma
chinery for many purposes, but It muet
b machinery adapted to their re
quirements. Yu will find. In China, farmers who
are "passlna- rich" In the ownership of
J acres of land. Offer these men
labor-saving contrivances which are
within their means, and there will be
a ready market.
Meanwhile the American manufac
turer calla them "stupidly conaerva
tlve" because they will not take what
he Is making steara plows, thresh
ing machines and th like, suitable for
a land where 204 acre Is a farm of
m!"l account.
When this has been explained to blm
he answers
"W should need a special plant to
turn out such machinery as you aak
for. I'oaslbly It will not pay. At
least I must have time to think about
t."
Whll h Is "thinking" th Japanese
has acted- II has studied, at short
range, th ' requirements of th mar
ket, and la supplying something- which
almost meets the demand. Japanese
hand looms, for Instance, are not well
made, but they are spreading- over
North China, their quality will Im
prove In time, and when the American
manufacturer Is ready to move, th
market will be lost.
Meantime he will not. or cannot.
realise tbat It Is useless to attempt
to sell steam-power machinery In dis
trlcts where there la no railroad and
chronic fuel famine, to men who have
not enough money to pay th price.
"Tha profits on what you want would
1 b so email." th manufacturer wails.
On a single machine, yes. but profits
are cumulative, and IS.O customers
could be found for a good article where
' now no trad exists. A new market
would b opened up.
Our flour Is too expansive for th
great Oriental market, especially while
transportation Is so high snd silver so
low. At present tb only Important
, American products which go to th
people of China are piece goods, kero
sene and cigarettes.
Collectively. Market Is nig.
These are th things which can b
. sold In small quantities at a time, liun
'dreds of millions of Chinese are daily
contributing- one or two cases each to
th Standard Oil Company. Individ
ually, each cuatomer la negligible, but
collectively they are a moat valuable
constituency.
Machines cannot be subdivided and
sold a little bit at a time. Ilk oil. but
many can be made In a cheap and sim
ple form which will be within th
means of the hundreds of millions.
No American manufacturer has had
the wit to see thla yet. He contents
himself with a few hundreda of richer
customers and dubs these "the Chines
market.
Kvn these must wait on the horn
consumer before they can b served.
The peasant the really profitable
customer In prospect Is not to be got
st bv present trading methods. He.
like the man from Missouri, must be
"shown." He won't tramp a. few hun
dred miles to a treaty port to buy a
machine of doubtful value from a "for
eign devil" who cannot speak bis lan
guage Intelligently.
Th man who knows blm must be
sent to him with the thing needel by
Mm. snd must demonstrate Its Trains.
Then he will buy If th piTre la right.
The Chinese farmer Is no fool where
hta own Interests are concerned.
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MILDRED FETKRSO"f AJfD -JACK."
If Jack comes home I'll get well." Is the laIntlve cry of 8-year-old
Mildred Peterson, of 6J East Twenty-ninth street, whose ftrlef.
caused by th disappearance of her pet Airedale terrier, "Jack," on
Friday afternoon. January 27. has caused her serious Illness.
The dog snd th IKtle girl were Inseparable companions, and when
her pet was missing Friday the child grieved so over th loss of th
dog that she became sick, and despite the efforts of her parents and
th family physician, the child has shown no Improvement and con
stantly cries for the return of th dog. The girl's mother Is the sol
support of the family, aa her father Is an Invalid, and kind-hearted
neighbors have taken up the matter and ar proaecuting a vigorous
search for the missing dog. The aid of th police has been enlisted,
but thus far without avail.
The missing; dog Is of tan brown color, with a part In th hair
entirely down his back, lie has a long tall with short, bristled hair,
snd readily responds to the nam of "Jack." Th parents and friends
of tb child make an earnest appeal to any one knowing- th where
abouts of the dog to secure Its return.
up an enormous trade In etirarettea in
that region: It haa actually created the
demand which It Is now supplying.
Before It entered the field plp-s were
smoked by slmost all Chinese, b'U the
cltrarette waa unknown. Today the
rlckaha coolies of far Interior cities
puff their cigarettes as they alt on the
shafts waiting for employment, and
th "tobacco roll" Is produced, with the
ceremonial tea. for the benefit of vis
itors to any official, from a Viceroy
downwards.
The example has been net and Is sue
tessful. If the American manufacturer
la willing to follow, let him do ao, but
If not, be should stop yammering- about
tb door which his own shortsighted
ness Is causing to close.
He should stop assuming- that because
his product Is high In price It Is there
fore high In quality.
Above all. he should remember thst
he Is entitled to precisely his natural
share of the trade of the Orient, and
that the "natural share" In question Is
exactly aa much as he has wit to se
cure to himself, and neither more nor
less than that.
COYOTES' FOE HERE
Major L. A. Abbott Is Dead.
ABERDEEN'. Feb. 4. Major Lemuel
A. Abbott. V. S. A., retired, .died last
night at hi home in thla city, aged TO
years. IIe was born In Vermont, en
listed as first sergeant In the Tenth
Vermont Infantry In 1S;. was wound
ed four times during the Civil War.
entered the regular establishment In
H7. and as an officer of the Sixth
United States Cavalry had a fine rec
ord aa an Indian fighter. II was a
bachelor.
W. R. Hammersly, Government
Expert Hunter, Has Record.
WALLOWA COUNTY GOAL
Clrrer Marksmnn Who Has Killed
390 Wolves in live Months Is
Ordered to Exterminate Pest.
Traiis Are nest.
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New Trade Haiti Vp.
What can be don In China when th
market la studied has been well shown
by tb Anglo-American Tobacco Com
l xany. Ia 1 years It has not only built
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ete la uiUni Cwaty.
W. R. Hammersly, the Government's
best expert coyote hunter, who Is sta
tioned on the Fremont National For.
est Reserve, In I-ake County, Is In the
city on his way to Wallowa County
to assist In tha coyote extermination
campaign. Mr. Hammersly has a rec
ord of having: killed mora coyotes than
any other Government hunter. Last
year his record was 3T2 and this year
he has killed 390 and practically has
fire months more, until July 1. Ha
has been Instructed to bunt In Wal-
I Iowa County four months.
Two years ago the Agricultural De
partment decided to experiment with
official hunters whose exclusive duty
would be th killing of destructive
wild animals. Hammersly was tha
fifth appointed and his record for kill
s' coyotes stands far beyond reach
his nearest competitor. The posi
tion pays a salary of 1100 a month and
! expenses. The hunter also gets the
bounty on all coyotes killed and Ham
mersly has augmented his pay to 3500
and $600 a month.
Rait Is Expert's Secret.
"My most successful way of exterminating-
coyotes Is by trapping." said
Hammersly yesterday. "The blgrgest
catch In on day I ever made was 18
out of t sets. The best record I ever
made with a rifle was three. I do not
go -much on poison. Coyotes have a
great deal of Instinct and when they
begin to feel sick find some kind of
emetic and expel the poison much the
same as If they were treated by a
doctor. About the only way I have
been able to poison them Is by using
capsules, so that the poison will get
beyond their stomach. nut trapping
Is the best method. It Is all In the
bait. I mtx my own bait, and there
1 the secret.
"The Government hunters have been
of mora benefit to sheep and cattle
men thsn all other official ag-encles
combined. hen sheep and cattlemen
are troubled with coyotes all they have
to do Is request a Government hunter
and the pests are soon exterminated.
There Is money In the Job, but the
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good. A record of 300 a vur la con
sidered a good average."
Mr. Hammeraly was born and reared
in Lake County and was always a
crack shot with a rifle and expert
hunter. He was formerly a forest
ranger and two years ago took the
Civil Service examination for Govern
ment hunter.
"Th situation In Wallowa County la
more serious than many suppose." con
tinued Mr. Hammeraly. "Rabies among
wild animals Is more serious than
among domestic animala. and the only
way to atop the danger Is to kill all
the coyote. Their extermination will
also be a blessing- to sheep and cattle
men." f r TTammeralv la a cousin to Thomas
X I K. Hammersly. Deputy United States
( Marshal.
Snlt Against United Railways, Its
Successor, Decided in Favor of
First Stockholders Tardy
Purse Is Divided.
Stockholders of th old Oregon Trac
tion Company, the immediate predeces
sor of the United Railways, within the
next few days will divide 329,000 that
many of them had given up hope of
ever receiving.
The money was awarded them
through the recent decision of the Su
preme Court against the Lnlted itau-
ays. holding the United Railways lia
ble for the investments of the stock
holders In the original company.
L. T. Keady, ot the L. Y. Keady In
vestment Company, who promoted the
original company and who carried the
caae of the shareholders through th
courts, yesterday mailed checks for the
respective Investments of each to about
40 stockholders In various parts of
the country. Mr. Keacy. himself held
ope of the heaviest claims.
Among Portland residents who will
benefit by the distribution arc W. J.
Wall. $300: W. C. Rufert. $300: L.
Mather. $360; Ryland O. Scott. $260; L.
F. Le Vay, $1T5. There are numerous
smaller investors.
E. F. Graham, freight agent of the
Vandalla Llnea at Indianapolis, will re
celve a check for $1(80. Others Include
J. N. Horn, of Savannah. Qa $500:
H. E. Gould, of Memphis, Tenn., $1000:
Ford Woods. Indlanpolls. $1400. and
Alfred H. Johnson, Indianapolis, $
Company Formed Nine Years Ago.
The Oregon Traction Company was
organised by L. Y. Keady In 1902 for
the purpose of building a railroad from
Portland via Hlllsboro and Forest
Grove to Tillamook Bay, the project
that James J. Hill later took over and
now Is carrying to completion with
little change.
Original stock subscriptions were ob
talned In various parts of the country
and enough money was received to
finance the road and to start construe
tlon work. Some trouble was experi
enced in getting a franchise through
the city. This delayed development un
til 1904, after which work In the city
begun. In 1905 financial difficulties
arose and It became necessary to re
finance the company. Los Angeles in
vestors, with . San Francisco backing,
became interested and promised to put
enough money into the project to com
plete It.
Concern Cliange9 Hands
The San Francisco disaster the fol
lowing Spring compelled the new own
ers to sever their connection with the
enterprise and the property passed to
Portland and beattle men, among whom
were Herman W Ittenberg, Morlts
Thompson, W. D. Hoflus and others.
This company endeavored to carry
on the work already started and In
its negotiations with the city for
franchise on Front street purchased the
Chamber of Commerce building for the
purpose of "making a showing," It Is
said. They sold the building a few
months later.
When the first company sold Its Inter
ests the name was changed to the
United Railways. the new owners
agreeing to reimburse the original in
vestors for the amount they had placed
In the enterprise. This they failed to
do, alleging various technical reasons
and Mr. Keady, representing a major
Ity of the stockholders, brought a suit.
It waa contested In tha courts. Attor
neys Arthur C. Emmons and W. C.
Gregory and W. D. Fonton represent
ing the defendants, and Judge M. L.
Pipes the plaintiffs.
Long Flgbt Won.
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property was sold to the Hill Interests.
the sutt being defended by the new
owners, although not so vigorously as
by their predecessors.
The case was first decided for th
plaintiffs in the Multnomah County
Circuit Court by Judge Fraxer, who
died, hewever. before he could sign
the findings. This necessitated a nei
trial, which also resulted in a victory
for the plaintiffs.
An appeal to th Supreme Court was
taken, the decision, affirmfhg the de
cision of the lower court being handed
down last May. Motion for a new trial
was denied In December, 1910.
The first payment was' made to Mr.
Keady In the latter part ot December,
the final settlement being made yester
day.
In placing the stock within a few days School Gives Elocutionary Kccital. rlno Voenelriin. Miss Velva Dlckin-
after it Is placed on the market. . ... ,. , . , , son and Mi.sa Jeannetto Leedy. "The
. ... , An elocutionary recital took place ... ,
Officers of the association are: PresI- Pipor s Pay." an amuimi? comedy, was
dent. C. D. Hayes; treasurer, J. J. at the W' C- auditorium I-riday portrily4.d wlth much abluty by Mis8
Padden; manager. Clement Scott; com- nlSht under the ausPes of the Gil- sine Lack, Miss May Pendergrass.
mitteemen A. J. Dorland A. L. Miller, lesple School of Expression, when se- Miss Christine Anderson, Miss Charlotta
W J Kinney E. R. Barnes, M. S. lections were read by Mrs. Lou Ellen Banfleld. Miss Bertha Serr. Miss Helen
Co'heii and Charles S. Irwin. ' Cornell, Miss Lillian Tarr. Miss Kathe- Dewey and Miss Josephine Pfaoh.
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CLARK SHOW TO BE ANNUAL
Vancouver Men to Incorporate)
Continue Harvest Fair.
to
VANCOUVER. Wash., Feb. 4. (Spe
cial.) The Clark County Harvest Show
Association is to be Incorporated for
$25,000, land will be purchased within
the city limits for buildings and nec
essary space and facilities, and exhibit
of the county's resources and products
will be made an annual event, accord
ing to the plans discussed by the com
mittees at a meeting recently.
The show was held in the city park
last year under a circus tent, with stalls
for th livestock built on an adjoining
street. The attendance was estimated
at more than 30.000.
The committee appointed will make
a report to the Vancouver Commercial
Club at the next regular-meeting, on
means devised to solicit funds and sell
stock In the Incorporation. It Is
thnuarht there will be no trouble at all
THE very first opportunity you have, this after
noon will be a firstrate time; go out to Bur
lingame. Go to the Front and Jefferson Street
station of the Oregon Electric. Take a train and ride
out to Fulton Station. It is a fourteen minute or less
ride and the fare is 5 cents. It will be a new expe
rience for you. You will in that 14 minutes get so
far away from the dust and noise of the busy down
town section that you will think you are many miles
away. That is the great beauty of Burlingame. It is
close in as far as running time is concerned, yet it. is
far enough out to be quiet and "homey."
Splendid for Old People
When the human system declines the
accumulated poisons In the blood cause
rheumatic pains in the Joins, muscle
and back. These warnings should be
promptly relieved and serious Illness
avoided by using the following pre
scription, which shows wonderful re
sults even after the first few doses. It
will eventually restore physical vigor.
"One ounce compound syrup of S&rsa
parllla: one ounce Torls compound;
half pint of high grade whiskey. This
to be mixed and used in tablespoonful
doses before each meal and at bed
time. Tha bottle to be shaken each
time." Any druggist has these ingredi
ents or will quickly get them for you.
Any one can mix them.
This treatment has the double effect
of rheumatism eradlcator and system
builder. A prominent local druggist
states that this prescription Is con
stantly being refilled. Those who have
tried It are enthusiastic over the re
sults. Adv
I
S THAT section of Portland lying at the south end
of the West Side. It is all gentle sloping hillside
uropertv. It is to be Portland's most select resi
dence section no exceptions. Burlingame is the
finest view property in the city. No bridges to cross.
Beautiful winding boulevards and avenues will wind
in and out among these beautiful hills. And the
best homes in the city will be located there. The time
to buy is right now. The prices are low. Made low
purposely to attract first buyers. First buyers will
reap the big advantage. Lots from $700 to $100010
per cent down and 2 per cent per month. Extra spe
cial 10 per cent discount to those who buy before one
quarter of the tract has been sold. Look Burlingame
over, then come to the office and talk it over. Office
3d and Madison. Madison building.
Phones A 4T4T
Marshall 1980.
The West Side Company