TOE SUNDAY OREGOMAX. PORTLAM). DECEMBER 31, 1911
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nothing on which Indictments could
be based. He mentioned that it might
be possible to cite S. J. Morrison, the
detective alleged to have been em
ployed by Wilde, for contempt of court,
but his manner indicated that there
is no immediate intention of doing
this. Morrison Is understood to be in
the city.
"This proves Just what we have con
tended from the beginning," declared
Attorney Malarkey, chief of counsel
for Wilde, "and that is that those so
called tampering charges were made
n hA f V. WIMo'a trfnl for
FOUNDING OF UNION STOCKYARDS
BIG STEP IN PORTLAND INDUSTRY
RAILROAD IS PROJECTED TO TAP
COUNTRY ABOUT MALHEUR LAKE
Tw1t Mile; West of Vale Halt In Proceedings Over Cost of Acreage to Be Traversed Causes Much Concern.
Construction Material Assembled.
Establishment of Open Market, Coincident With Coming of Swift & Co., Was Dawn of New Era for City as
Packing Center of Pacific Northwest.
the purpose of Inciting public feeling
against him. Why were the charges
not investigated last August, anci why
were not indictments returned when
they were gone into? These questions
will answer themselves.
"I will recall briefly a few facts
for public consideration," said Attor
ney Malarkey, while waning ror tne
grund Jury to report yesterday morn-
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BY ADDISOX BENNETT.
VALE. Or, Dec. . (Special Corre
spondence.) There la to be a
railway constructed from some
point on the Oregon Short Line. In
Oregon or Ilaho, westward to a point
near the western extremity of Malheur
Lake, In Harney County.
It will be noticed that I do not say
such a railway Is being constructed.
But by such a qualifying; statement I
do not mean to Infer that there Is a
particle of douht aoout Its belns; built.
I merely state It In that way to show
that as yet there uas been no actual
moving of earth or rock along; the
right of way.
It will be further observed that I do
not say the line le to be constructed
from the present terminal of the branch
leading out from Ontario to Vale, al
though It la generally understood that
such will be the case.
Ultra la Profeedlasrs Sees.
Just at present there Is some sort of
hitch about the right of way for the II
mllrs west of Vale, between that town
and the mouth of Malheur Canyon, and
this hitch has assumed auch an aggra
vated form that the piople of Vale, as
well as those of Ontario, are consider
ably excited about the matter: so much
so that a committee composed of five
of the lead In citizens of this section
of the country are now In Salt Lake,
trying to smooth things orer with tha
railway officials.
These official aver that tha owners
of the property they wish to secure
for the It miles of road mentioned are
asking- exorbitant and prohibitive prices
for their property, and rather than be)
"held up." as some term It. they will
cut Vale out of It entirely and leave
the Short Line at a point east of Nysaa.
and build west from there to the mouth
of the canyon.
This would mean a shorter route
from 14 to 10 miles, the distance given
to me by various individuals, it is
pretty hard to sift the truth of such
statements out from the untruths. But
from all accounts such a route would
be considerably shorter than that from
Ontario west via Vale.
Prices Asked Averas, 300 Acre.
It is alleged that for the 11 miles
between Vale and the canyon the road
needs acres for their roadbed, and
the prli-e asked average over 1200 an
acre. On the other hand. It Is averred
that the people of Vale and Ontario will
see that It does not cost over 1100 per
acre. But to get at the truth of a'.l the
statements running at large woulutake
mora time and patience than I have at
my disposal. Those knowing the situa
tion are either absent or will not talk:
those most willing to talk do not. as a
rule, know much about the situation.
Yet there soon will be a railway from
the Snake River to a point some 20
miles southwest of Burns. There can
be no doubt about that. To doubt It
would be to set the Short Line people
down as fools, and the Utah Construc
tion Company, the contractors, as some
thing worse. There has been assembled
M FRIZES EXHIBITED
r.KAlTIFVL, r.UXTIXGS AVD
FTC1IINGS DISPLAYED.
Works by Noted Master In Loan
Exhibition at Museum of Art Af
ford Good Comparisons.
BT IJIJAJf T1NOLE.
The latest loan exhibition at the
Portland Musuetn of Art Includes, be
sides a valuable collection of Whistler
etchings, some excellent examples of
the work of several well-known eon
temporary foreign artists, chiefly Eng
lish. Scottish and Dutch.
Particularly striking Is Oliver Hall's
large canvas, -Outskirts of a Flemish
Town." This picture was destined for
the Royal Academy, but was purchased
and brought to America before exhibi
tion. Oliver Hall Is a young English
painter belonging to the newer move
ment. He Is well known not only as a
painter but as an etcher. Many of his
works are owned In Portland. His
peetlo attitude towards landscape sub
jects Is afcown In the fine outdoor feel
ing of -A Breeiy Day on the Yorkshire
Uplands. ' and In the rich Turnereeque
effects of "Evening Mists Athwart the
Hillsides" and "Blue Fella and Autumn
Colors."
B- B. Btsbet. a painter of the Qlas
sow school and member of the Royal
Scottish Academy. Is well represented
In "A Stonehaven Harbor" which re
calls our own Columbia River on a
gray day. and In "The Last of the
6now." Two pictures, differing In
mood and color scheme, but Identical In
landscape motive, both entitled "Au
tumn bunset." afford Interesting stud
ies of sunlight at different times of
dav. the light effect In the later "sun
set'" being particularly striking.
Essentially French In character is the
charming Spring landscape. "Le Rlseau.
Vallee de Ternay." by Leon Germain
I'elouse. an artist of the Barblxon group.
A landscape by Frank Mura shows
In the foreground a group of horses
and a man broadly painted and full
of life, though the background la rather
lacking In Interest.
"The Setting Sun," a Urge picture
bv the late William Mouncey, of the
Uiafins school, shows dignity of com
position and rich color.
VhKdrcn." bv Andre Broedelet. gives
a scene of homely Hutch peasant life,
the uuuint little figure in a red hood
b.-in vrry attractive. Kever'a At the
t'ridle," another example of the Lutch
school. Is also an Interesting study of
cMM life.
The MI'.l." by Orosvenor Thomas, an
artixt of the Scottish school living In
London. Is particularly bright and pleaa
. trig In color, but suffers somewhat from
diffusion of Interest.
There are two Interesting examples
of the work of David Gauld. a versatile
artist, whose subdued technique and
simple but adequate color recalls tbe
style of Puvl de Chavaunea.
"A Bridge at Amsterdam," by Henri
Cassler, a well-known. Belgian painter.
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In the railway yards at Vale an Im
mense amount of material. Two or
three acres of ground are covered with
scrapers, carts, tram cars, steel rails,
ties, wagons, tents, plows, shovels
and all such Impedimenta as railway
contractors use. Then there are 150
horses and mules, 150 tons of hay, a
large amount of foodstuffs, and much
has been hauled to the camps In the
canyon, and many loads going out every
day. There are also over 60 engineers
and their helpers at work making final
surveys and setting grade stakes, these
being scattered over a distance of per
haps 60 miles west of Vale.
bo It Is quite plain that the road Is
to be constructed as fast as It can be
done, else they would not be rushing
the work In this Winter weather; but
that there is aome little doubt as to
the eastern end Is lust as true and as
to the western terminus, no one can
set any Information.
flarvwys Made Tears lis.
Many years ago two surveys were
made from the 8nake River west, one
of them to an Intersection with the
Southern Pacific at some point near
Hoseburg. These surveys passed
through Vale, and ran close together.
From Vale they ran 0 miles west and
IS miles south to a point In the south
east corner of township 10 south,
range 1 east. Thence between 10 and
40 miles south and some 20 miles west
shows a rich, quiet early evening ef
fect. "A Marine." by W. H. Mesdag, was
painted in 1819, a period of some of the
most vigorous work of the famous
Dutch artist. "Storm at St. Abbs." by
Marjorlbanks Hay, of Edlnburg. forma
an Interesting contrast to Mesdag's
"Marine" and Is remarkable for the true
atmospheric effects of the gray mist
and spray.
JULIUS L MEIER HONORED
89 Department Heads of Store Giro
Him Birthday Present.
Fifty-nine heads of departments In
the Meier A Frank store, who are also
buyers, surprised the general manager,
Julius L. Meter, yesterday, on the oc
casion of his 16th birthday, by present
ing him with a diamond-sot pair of
gold link cuff buttons. The morning
business had barely begun when the
department heads began filing Into the
general office. Such a congregation at
that hour, with every one of the t
coming voluntary, caused Mr. Meier
to speculate swiftly on what might
have occurred to prompt a protest from
his staff.
James P. AverllL spokesman for the
department heads, broke the suspense
when he stepped forward with a neat
presentation speech which closed with
giving the testimonial of eeteem. In
bis talk Mr. Averlll dwelt upon the
pleasant relations existing between tbe
general manager and department heads,
of the long association some had en
joyed, of tne suocess In business which
had marked the work and expressed
tbs hope of oontlnued harmony and
co-operative work In the big mercan
tile concern.
Mr. Meier, taken unawarea and com
pletely surprised at the testimonial of
his force, found difficulty In expressing
his gratitude tor the remembrance and
appreciation for the loyalty and dili
gent work of his men. In a few words
he thanked them, suggesting the ele
ment of success which la In tha keep
ing of the department heads of any
great atore. and voiced his earnest
hope for continuance of the close re
lationship existing between him and
his staff slnoe he bad taken over the
management of tha Meier & Frank In
terests. MAN FALLS IN NIGHTMARE
Veteran, Dreaming of Battle, Awakes
Three Stories Below.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 10. "WelL
how In the world did I get bereT" ex
claimed C. M. Hasley, a Civil War vet
eran, when picked op from the sidewalk
after lumping from a third-story win
dow of a Third-street hotel. Hasley
had some trouble In collecting hla
thoughts, for when he leaped he was
In the throes of a nightmare which
Involve! him In a hot skirmish with
the Confederate forces.
He had come to this city on a holiday
trip from the Soldiers' Homo at Tount
vllle. At the Central Emergency Hos
pital his Injuries were found to con
sist of only minor braises.
zzTz,-, j-ias tmasv
to a point nsar Vsnator, In Harney
County. In township 26 south, range it
east. Thence the two surveys diverge,
one of them running nearly west past
Saddle Mountain, the other swinging
south and passing along the southern
shore of Malheur Lake, through the
Narrows, thence northwest between the
two lakes, Malheur and Harney. Here
the lines again come together, this be
ing something Ilka 20 miles almost due
south of Burns, and a little to the
south and east of Dog Mountain, which
we hae so often seen mentioned In the
dispatches of late.
One of those routes, from the east
end of Malheur Canyon, will assuredly
be followed. West of that it Is doubt
ful It a half dosen people know where
the road will run. It will be noticed
that this leaves Burns 20 miles from
the road. I know many people will say
Burns will be on the line. But I am
referring to the lines as surveyed years
ago. However, the general opinion Is
that Burns will not be reached by the
road soon to be built.
It Is altogether likely that there will
be an understanding reached at an
early date about the right of way west
from Vale. It does not seem possible
that a matter of eight or nine thousand
dollars will cause the line to be
changed. On the other hand It Is not
likely that the people of Vale and On
tario would allow the route to leave
both towns out for such a trifle.
MOTHER DESERTS BABE
CIIILD IS IXFT AT GOOD SA
MARITAN HOSPITAL.
Parent Says She Is Going to Seattle
and No Word Is Since Heard
From Her.
A baby girl, 2 months old, at Good
Samaritan Hospital, has apparently
been abandoned by her mother. About
the middle of November the mother left
the hospital saying that she was going
to Seattle on business, and announcing
her Intention to return soon. Although
once since then she has written to her
physician, she gave no clew as to her
whereabouts, and made no reference to
her child.
The mother entered the hospital Oc
tober 30. the day before her baby was
born. She gave the name of Amy
Altken, and said she was 24 years old.
She gave no address but made some
remarks to her physician at the time
to the effect that she was a widow,
and that ber husband bad In some
manner been killed.
A short time after she left Portland
she wrote to her physician, saying that
she was In 111 health, and that her
uncle, who was residing there: had ad
vised her to remain wlUi him until she
should recover. The mystifying cir
cumstance Is that she did not say who
her uncle was, where she was. or make
any allusion to the baby. Why she
should write at all If it was her In
tention to abandon tha baby Is what la
pusillng the hospital authorities.
Meanwhile the nurses at the hospital
are rejoicing that they have another
little pet to take the place of the Incu
bator baby, that left the hospital recent
ly after It had been there almost a
year. Several applications have already
been made for the adoption of the baby,
but the law requires that babies must
be abandoned at least a year before this
can be done legally, and unless the
mother makes an appearance before
that time, the child probably will be
cared for at the hospital.
JURY SILENT ON BRIBERY
No Mention Is Made of Alleged
Charge In 'Wilde Case.
Charges that a detective In the em
ploy of Louis J. Wilde and Charles
E. Sumner, of San Piego, CaL, one of
hla attorneys, tampered with members
of the August grand Jury, which re
turned an amended indictment against
Wilde, have come to naught. The
grand Jury which reported yeaterday
passed a day in Investigating the al-
lvflilnn hut r,turnMl no Inrilrff mn ta
Neither was the subject mentioned in I
the written report which the Jurymen
handed Presiding Judge Gatens.
District Attorney Cameron said yes
terday morning about the time the
Jury was ready to report that tha tam
pering Investigate bad davaloped
"The Omalia telephone reople were
112,000 short In making up the re
quired amount to meet the interest
on their outstendir.s bonds when
semi-annual Interest period drew near
in Octobor. 13c8. They had turned
over certificates 'of deposit of the Ore
gon Savlrgs & Trust Bank to the ex
tent of 140,000 for 1192,000 worth of
stock in the German-American Bank.
which contracted to take over the as
sets of the wrecked institution and pay
the depositors and other creditors.
They went to the German-American
directors but could not get the 112.0U0
until they had hypothecated all their
GermanrAmerican stock.
"The deal was put through by a man
named BridKes. wno was really acting
for Keed, Willis t,nd Devlin. They
forced the telephone people to slsn an
agreement to return 113,200 for the
112,000 at the end of 20 days or forfeit
the stock. In desperation the proposal
was accepted. The telephone people
were not able to make good at the end
of 20 days and the stoclt went to Keed,
Willis. Devlin and this man Bridges.
In other words, they received 112,000
for $24i,000 owlnit them by the Ore
s:on Savings & Trust Bank.
"If Mr. Clark, attorney for Receiver
Devlin, succeeds In recovering from ths
directors of the Oregon Trust & Sav
ings Bank the money would go to the
stockholders of the German-American
Bank. That Institution took over the
assets of the Oregon Trust & Savings
Bank. The possibility of recovering
from the directors money alleged to
have been lost In reckless operations
was an asset. The money could go
only to these stockholders and would
go to them. If Mr. Wilde is convictea
of trie crime of embezzlement it will
mean that he Is found to owe the bank
190,000. Who do you suppose would
get that money If It were collected?
The depositors of the Oregon Trust &
Savlnsra Bank? I guess not. The court
records show that they have all been
settled with and have no further
claims.
"Now about these Omaha bonds. The
impression has been allowed to gain
ground that they were of questionable
value when sold to the Oregon Savings
& Trust Bank. As a matter of fact
they were a No. 1 Investment and so
considered by hard-headed business
men. P. L. Willis, probably Port
lHnd's shrewdest Investor, bought 160.-
000 worth of them. If the Oregon
Savings & Trust Bank had not gone un
der nwlns- the bond people 1325,000
they would still be worth par. The
bank carried the telephone company
under with it.
"Mr. Wilde could have purchased Im
munity by coming through and paying
monev to the German-American stock
holders and probably it would have
been cheaper for him naa ne aone w.
But he Is a stubborn man and could not
see where It would be to his advantage
to submit to being held up."
FIGHT UNGOVERSSLEUTH
DETECTIVE SAID TO BE OPERA
TIVE FOR LOUIS J. WILDE,
AI J. Cody Ha Altercation With
Seattle Physician, Who Declares
He Is at Head of Bureau.
Through a fist fight, which occurred
several days ago In tha lobby of a
downtown hotel, revelation is said to
have been made of the Identity of
some of the agenta In the employ of
Louis J. Wilde, in connection with his
Impending trial In tha Oregon Trust 4
Savings Bank case. Al J. Cody, form
erly a member of the Portland police
force and once Indicted here for may
hem, now conducting a private deteo
tlve agency in Seattle, is pointed out
as the head of tbe Wilde secret serv
ice and la said to have with him a
dozen operatives, some of whom are
women.
M W. Bruner, an old acquaintance
of Cody, is the authority for the
statement that Cody Is in the employ
of Wilde, and it was this statement. It
Is supposed, that led to the fight be
tween the two men. Bruner asserts
that when he inquired for Cody in Se
attle, he was informed at the office
of the detective agency that Cody was
here, working In the interests of
Wilde. Other sources of Information
are authority for the statement that
Cody also has operatives here from
San Francisco and Los Angeles. Ml"
also said that he paid one hotel bill
of 1718 recently. , ,
The altercation which led to Cody s
arrest occurred last Wednesday In the
lobby of the Oregon HoteL Bruner
asserts that Cody, without apparent
cause, approached him and said that
Bruner had been lying about him.
When Bruner denied tha charge, high
worda ensued and the complainant
was knocked down, he asserts, and
kicked In tne iace wnou u
arise. He still bears a bruise and cut
about the eyes.
Bruner delayed action until yester
day, when he went to the District At
torney and obtained a warrant for as
sault and battery. Detective Mallet
served Cody at the hotel and he de
posited 1100 baiL He was reticent
about the cause of the trouble, but
said he knew Bruner In Alaska.
Bruner. la a physician of Seattle and
has been here, a lodger at the Oregon,
for several weeks. He says ho Is
"rusticating." ...
Cody la at the head of a private de
tective agency In Seattle. He spent
aome years In Alaska. He was In the
public eye in Portland 22 years ago.
when he was convicted of the crime of
mayhem, but was released by the case
being remanded from the Supreme
Court. Cody was employed as a run
ner for the Holton House and engaged
in a fight with Joseph Morln. a porter,
when Cody remonstrated with Morln
for slapping a bellboy. In the fight
that ensued, Morln alleged that Cody
bit his lip. Morin fired five shots at
Cody and then fled to tha hills, but
surrendered later.
Cody was on the city detective force
under Mayor Pennoyer, but went to
Alaska and finally settled In Seattle.
Firm Dines Members and Employes.
Thirty-six stockholders and employes
0( Beall & Company, dealers In machin
ery, held their sixth annual gathering
at the Commercial Club Friday night.
After an elaborate dinner, speeches
were made by John S. BealL president
and general manager of the company;
W. O. Feenaughty, assistant general
manager; B. L. Thompson, of Hartman
& Thompson; City Attorney Grant and
others.
slrW4B3Ja4feejirfiaitt
BY ADDfON BENNETT.
T I.Hln.1. G..I.I irtlcl. No 2.
EFOKE taking up the affairs of the
stdekyards company upon the ac-
oulrinar of an interest by the Swifts,
as mentioned at tbe close of the first
article on Portland's livestock indus
try. It may be well to give an Idea of
the business being- done by the yards
at that time.
From the day Portland became a
products, that Is from the time when
there was not enougn stocK orougnL in
by the producers to supply the demands
,KA AnlA.a 1. ho h.ftn pititnmarv
for each of the large concerns doing
business here to send out buyers
among the growers of livestock. These
buyers frequently were bidders against
each other, and the stockmen were of
the opinion that by such rivalry they
got better prices than could be secured
bv shiDDlnsr their stock here to be sold
on the open market.
They did not consider mat meae
buyers were as a rule paid rather large
1 I A i nanv fta A niTITnl.
slon (provided they secured stock be
low its value), ana that someoouy imi
to pay their large expense accounts.
. .. ... v. n a tliar, wna ft rRT
ill luauj l,oni.J r i . . u ...v. v -.
load or two of extra nice cattle, hogs.
sheep or calves, mere wuuiu y i-
on the scene perhaps a half dozen
, ...... avmwntM ezDenses. in
cluding salaries, of 100 or more a
day. Evidently mis large uem uuoi
to the cost of the stock and the con-
.1 . .4 nn. r.av ft All hV a long
shot; neither did the one who slaugh
tered and sola tne meat.
Old System Expensive.
ci... .v.. ...nt nt Messrs. Daugh-
trey and Plummer Into the business
they have kept up a perpetual cam
paign of education to show the country
dealers and producers that it would be
wise for them to send their livestock
here to be sold by them or others
who were acting as. commission mer
chants. It was a alow process to get
such consignments. There were a
hundred saiariea ouyers
their Jobs. There were another hun
dred dealers throughout our tributary
territory who gathered In stock until
they got a carload, or two or three
, i mn ih.n ,nid to these buy-
VI
- ..1... H I A nnt wish to an-
eri. iiioiw " r - -- -
ttagonlze the salaried buyers, else they
mighj cut into meir dusiuot "
Ing up these small lots or single ani
mals. .
u . i rain united front
and a united fight against the -sending
of stock on consignment. But the
.toaVvnrds neoDle gained ground
slowly and steadily. At first they
acted as buyers in a smun n.u
selves and shipped here for sale. They
- i,nnir in nnt as commission
merchants, and saw that shippers got
the top price on consiBinmu.
every way they endeavored to make
Urn otien market, and always they
gained ground.
Later In these articles, wneu i
to the butchering and packinghouse
. . i. in h. napMinrT to take UD
B lui y , ii " i. -J" -- .
the changes made from the days when
every butcher killed his own stock
down to the present time. And that
vlll show, in a measure,
. . I n.l nf thIP llVMtOCk
to the butchers for their own use, and
... . v. vhn ftiftnrhtered for
later t ,7 .
others. For the slaughtering or butch
ering end of tne Dusmeaa u
steady pace with the growth of the
stockyards. It is in reality all one
. . . i . ... 1 1 1 n.rh on. hn beat tO
story, out it " . .I .
continue the stockyards part of It yet
. little furtner Deiore i"is -
ther thread.
Site for Tarda Bought.
. , r-taitchrr-v and - Plummer
sold their Vaughn-street real estate
In
1907, but held It unaer lease uuui
909 In 1908 they purchased tne iano
. . . . .-aril. AreL and this
Tflerc mo vi.ot".
purchase was made In conjunction
1th that or owiit v.u. m -.
.u.i. ni.nt In. and the larxrer
holdings to the south and east, where
Kenton and the other residence and
business sections are otms
In all. the Swirt interests 8i
something like 8000 acres, Louis F.
Swift, the present neaa oi dwhi. . .
being the supposed owner.
In telling the packinghouse story It
will be necessary to mention that the
ifts do their Dusine. vuwmo v.
Chicago, under various local names.
Here they purchased the business of
e Union Meat v-ompauy, "uiiij
a .v.. .,nii,i atonk of that con
PDIBreni . " w b... . -
cern. But the Union Meat Company
Portland is ra rw.-jr o.t-
: cnicago.
The lands mentioned as purchased
the bwirta ana jitooi a. waugmir
and Plummer lie Just to the south of
the arm of water passing Detween tne
mainland and Hayden Island, which
island lies Just across the Columbia
from Vancouver. The channel to the
w h I 1 o t. .1 wftfl formerlv the
uum "
routs of ths boats coming down or
y. x-
-aJElVi yitim$i0i. 'iiM-if'fM-i
its;
PORTION OF HOLDING OR FEEDING YARDS CONTAINING 200 CATTLE.
going up the Columbia; but some 40
years ago an obstruction was placed
across at the east end to throw the
waters over to the Vancouver shore,
and the old channel was thus changed.
When the site was purchased it was
largely, that Is that portion along the
waterfront, under water a portion of
the year; so the first work was to
take the sand from the old channel and
raise the land. Over a million yards
of sand was thrown up, which not
only deepened the channel to some
25 feet, but built the land up very
nearly to the 1904 high-water mark.
The North Bank Road crosses this
water course a couple of hundred yards
to the west of the packing plant, or
a half mile or so from the stockyards
office; and In this there Is a draw
span. So vessels can reach the docks
right at the stockyards or packing
plant.
First Shipment Received.
Work was begun on the stockyards
in 1908, and on September 15, 1909, the
first shipment of stock arrived. This
was a carload of calves, shipped by
Frank Cinges, of Junction City, Or.
So the date of the present stock
yards may be reckoned from that Sep
tember morning a little over two years
ago, the culmination of an evolution
ary struggle of nearly a third of a cen
tury. But remember always an onward
reach of expansion and progress there
have been no backward steps. And
this growth came through natural
causes, not artificial.
It might be well right here to ex
plain that by giving an answer made
by L. F. Swift to an emissary sent to
Chicago by the Seattle interests, about
the time the reports were current that
the Swifts were about to establish a
packing plant on the Portland Penin
sula. This emissary went to Mr. Swift
with a great mass of statistics, all go
ing to show, by the Seattle arguments,
that the Sound City and not Portland
was the logical place for such a plant
to be built.
Mr. Swift listened patiently for some
time, and then propounded this Ques
tion: "What would be the difference in
the shrinkage on a carload of stock
shipped down the river by water grade
to Portland, compared to that of a car
load shipped over the Cascade Range,
through the tunnels to Seattle, with
trains often broken over the heavy
grades?" To this the Seattle emissary
could make no answer; but Mr. Swift
knew that It would make a difference
of from 2 to 5 per cent. And he stood
pat for the Portland location.
System Will Be Enlarged.
When the stockyards company under
took to build their yards they took ad
vantage of every expert opinion they
could secure, and constructed accord
ingly. While the present yards are not
colossal In size, as measured by the
great yards of the country, they are aa
perfect for the handling of atock as
any In thla country, and are to be con
sidered merely as a unit of the greater
yards to come, as the demands on their
space increase. They can be doubled
and trebled at a merely nominal cost.
In fact they have been greatly enlarged
A STORE WHERE LADIES CAN TRADE
NATIONAL WINE CO.
FAMILY LIQUOR STORE
Happy and Prosperous
New Year
to Our Friends and
Patrons.
"We have no swelled head on account of the superiority of our goods
or the smallness of our prices. In these days of keen competition
every merchant has to exert himself strenuously to get and keep trade.
That we do this is proof of our earnest efforts to do so. And we are
going to continue to give the public the best money value and the best
treatment, confident that this plan will always receive the reward of
increased patronage.
For the benefit of our belated customers, we will keep our store
open all day New Year's, and make deliveries up to 6 o'clock.
Parties who have received letters in regard to "Old Smuggler
Scotch Whisky" kindly call at our store for samples.
NATIONAL WINE CO.
FIFTH AND STARS STREETS, PORTLAND, OREGON .
Phones: Main 6199, A 4499.
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Photo by Kerr Photo w. .ectland.
during the first two years of their ex
istence. The Illustration herewith will give an
Idea of what a portion of the holding
or feeding yards are like. It shows
200 head of cattle placidly feeding, with
running water always awaiting them.
But no general description of the un
loading and loading facilities, of the
sales pens, of the sheep, hog and
calf sheds, mostly under roof, could be
given to carry a perfect picture to the
reader. To tell of the booths and of
f'ces on the runs above the fences, of
the scores of telephone booths and the
Morse signals by which any buyer or
any of the stockyards officials can be
reached at any moment no matter In
what part of the yard he may be; all
of these things could only be Intelli
gently understood by an actual Inspec
tion. Just one word In Illustration of the
change that has been wrought there
during the last three years, and then
I will close this article. At the time
the land was purchased there was not
a soul living or doing business there.
Now North Portland has a population
during business hours of nearly 1000
people, and many of these work at
night, yet only two or three families
reside there.
Great Growth Is Shown.
The best indication of the growth of
the place may be had from the post
office statistics. A little fourth-class
office was established there less than
two years ago. On October 1, 1911. this
office was advanced to the third class,
and the salary of the postmaster fixed
at $1600 per annum. At the same time
there were 85 offices advanced from ths
fourth to the third class throughout the
United Stales, but only two of them.
La Park, Pa., and Fellows, Cal., equaled
or exceeded the salary allowance of the
postmaster at North Portland. In this
state there are 92 third-class offices.
Six of them receive the same salary as
t.. North Portland postmaster, 62 re
ceive more and 34 less. Remember that
many of these offices have been es
tablished for a generation or more,
while the North Portland office is less
than two years old.
In my next article I will take up
the various other branches of business
conducted at the office building, which
are that of the loan company, hotel and
publicity department.
Company I, Sd Regiment Inspected.
WOODBURN, Or, Dec 30. (Special.)
Tbe regular quarterly Inspection of
Company I, Third Regiment, O'egon
National Guard, was held at the armory
last night, with Captain B. Mojhberger
acting as inspecting officer. The com
pany made a good showing, wth a
large per cent present. With the pros
pects of moving in the new armory at
an early date, renewed interest is be
ing taken, and several recruits were
reported as having enlisted during the
past month. New blue uniforms have
been received, as well as other new
equipment, which will be Issued as soon
as the company is settled In the new
quarters.