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THE SUXDAV OKEGOyiAy, FOK1WD. AFGTJST IS, 1912. 14 GLIMPSE OF CIUCUS PARADE AND. SNAPSHOTS TAKEN ON SHOW GROUNDS. GRANGE ROAD BILL GIVES HOME RULE Talk Machines Within Everyone's Easy Reach Big Offer Still Holds Good. Dozens Are Being Sold Daily. A Fine $25 Talk Machine in Perfect Order and a Complete Library of 79 Brand-New Records, Latest and Best, All for $29.65 Similar Offers on Many Other Ma chinesChance to Get Immense Number of Latest Eecords Free Carfare or Picture Show Money Buys Splendid Entertainment at Home. SGHWERIN LETTER Vigorous Defense of Proposed Measure Comes From Hood River Tiller of Soil. Portland Men Think Steamship Head Is Trying to Thwart New Oriental Line. AROUSES SHIPPERS DISCRIMINATION IS SEEN Report of Pnlair Methods of Cus toms Office as Compared With Seattle and San Francisco, May Result In Action, However. Through the publication in The Ore fronlan yesterday of a lengthy com munication from R. P. Sehwerin. vice president of the Harrlman steamship lines on the Coast, the Pacific Mail and Portland & Asiatic, setting forth that the refusal of Collector of Customs Malcolm to accept bills of lading on goods shipped from the Orient marked "Not negotiable; for Custom-House pur poses only." when they were intended tor Eastern shipment by rail, killed im ports here, deep thought has been ex pended on the letter and all familiar -with the situation do not agree that Mr. Sehwerin is wrong. But they do agree that there is a strong motive behind the move of the steamship official. It seems to be the common assumption that he burst forth at this time mainly for the purpose of discouraging the establishment of an Oriental steamship line fostered largely by Portland shippers and public-spirited men. Mr. Malcolm not only denies that he refused to accept bonds to pro tect himself on shipments to the East, but offers letters from the Trearury Department approving his stand and in which it is brought out that the prac tice should be made uniform. Coatrary Staltnrit Made. At the same time a marine man in the city who has much to do with Custom-House matters, but declines to per mit his name to bo used says that con trary to reports, the Custom-House forces at San Francisco and Seattle are today accepting the bills of lading re ferred to. which are known in the par lance of the Custom-House as "phoney" and "bum." H also asserts that the stand taken by Mr. Malcolm did cut down imports and that the reason it appears at San Francisco and Seattle as If the letter of the law Is being com piled with Is because they accept the bills of lading, but assert that they turn the goods back to the steamship or rail road line, as the case may be, and not to a broker and when delivery is made to the consignee in the East they take up the original bill of lading. Before R. P. Sehwerin took over the management of the Portland & Asiatic from the O. R. A. N. officials, there bad been established on Montgomery dock No. 2 a bonded warehouse. At that time Portland enjoyed the largest matting account on the Pacific Coast and probably the largest tea account, more of each commodity being shipped through here for distribution to the East than at San Francisco or Seat tle. There was no hitch in Its opera tion, and the Harrlman interests found It facilitated the distribution of cargo materially. Some assert that Mr. Sehwerin arbitrarily did away with the bonded warehouse. Others declare that is was impracticable to continue It after the stand taken by Mr. Mal colm, as a separate bond would have to be given on each shipment, and as a matter of fact, that was done in some cases, as custom-house records show. Sehwerin Motive Questioned. Tet even admitting that Sehwerin is right, shippers ask why has be waited until the O.-W. R. & N. announced that It could not continue a steamship serv ice across the Pacific before bringing up matters that are now history? When the question arose and Mr. Sehwerin asserted that the practice he advocated was followed at San Fran cisco, It was made the subject of a re port to the Treasury Department, and a letter written to the Collector at San Francisco was duplicated and sent to Mr. Malcolm, having been dictated by Beekman Winthrop, then assistant secretary of the Treasury, and was dated June 27. 1908, In which he said: "It is the practice at ports of New York, Baltimore. Boston, Philadelphia, New Orleans. Chicago, Portland and Port Townsend to refuse to accept bills of lading when presented by persons not named as consignees, and it is the desire to make the practice in this regard as nearly uniform as possible at the various ports of entry, and the "Department is of the opinion that bills of lading so stamped (not negotiable; for custom-house purposes only) should not be accepted at your port." Department Gives Approval. A letter dated March 17. 1908. stated that the practice decided on at Port land also met with departmental ap proval, and June 21, 1909, regulations were Issued in line with the stand of Mr. "Malcolm. So far as the custom-house execu tives are concerned, they say that at no time did they refuse to accept, bonds from the Portland t Asiatic, but that Mr. Sehwerin complained be cause separate bonds were uemanded for individual shipments. Mr. Malcolm says that at the time of the controversy the collectors at San Francisco and Puget Sound, spe cial agents of the Treasury Depart ment, visited the northern ports and reported back that only original bills of lading were accepted or bonds given. S. M. Mears. of the Portland Cordage Company, head of the Port of Portland Commission and a member of the Ori ental Steamship Line committee cf the Chamber of Comerce. says that while be Imports rope material from the Phil ippines he did not ship via the Port land & Asiatic when the controversy was on because the Harrlman vessels did not call at Manila, but when Wa tcrhouse came into the field he en tered into a contract with that fleet for transportation, therefore knows soiling cf the former practice. Portlasdrrs lntc Actios. Portlanders insist that if the collec tors at San Francisco and Puget Sound cling to the former practice that the attention of the Treasury Department should be drawn to the matter and Is ordered ceased. If they are following the stand taken by Mr. Malcolm and ad here to the regulations of the depart ment, then there is no reason why im ports should not move through Port land to rail points as well as through the other ports. As Portland once drew patronage from the Northern steamship lines, which has largely gone to the Pacific Mail at San Francisco through the fact Mr. . Sehwerin has routed ail cargo possible via. that gateway for the benefit of the Pacific Mail and the Southern Pacific, it certainly can re cover at least some of the business through the establishment of the pro posed service. "It seems that Mr. Sehwerin has been digging up some ancient bits of his tory, but the people of Portland and the Chamber of Commerce are not in terested In that.' said F. C Knapp, cxM A tU J, &M' -Yf I ' JLam ""Tmm" ''k ' i-..,'S"iiBSB"i"S"eiJS S5T' ' I ST1 yf. . ' rt x- -stK?fc''i I I Mr ;mlttV ' ' JJWHSirL. " I lilEt tl r-sfl I ' ;t vri president of the chamber, last night. "The Chamber of Commerce is dealing in live issues. Inane la Sen-fee," Says Knapp. "One of the most important issues is the question of steamship service between Portland and the Orient. We intend to stand back of this project un til the line is established. After It is in operation we are going to see that it is not only a paying proposition, but also a big factor in extending Port land's commerce. "Mr. Sehwerin referred to the fact that the line he operated out of Port land was a losing proposition. A rail road' man once said that the railroads were losing $1,000,000 a day because of mismanagement. That same fact may be applied to the argument ad vanced bv Mr. Sehwerin. We are con vinced that a steamship line between Portland and the Orient will prove a big success. We are going into this matter with our eyes open and our teeth set. Our aim is to build up a big firAiirn trarie anil we can do it. I be lieve that with the people of Portland and the big producing territory back of the city that It is in our power io uwm Portland one of the greatest ports in the world." fish Hatchery Opens. nii-i-inl 4 V-T" H'.:e A 1 1 17. fSne- i 1 1 The RtatA nsh hatchery, lo cated on Johnson Creek about seven miles up the North rone 01 uwis River, will open up tomorrow for its fourth year's run. It is In charge of James Halvorsen. superintendent for the third year. The hatchery has been - . . i e fa, an4 tHarc i a rnnfild. BUtxcaanii . ' ....... ... erahle talk of the establishment of a trout hatchery near the neaawaters 01 Lewis River. Biscuit Starts Runaway; Cost $20. CENTRALIA. Wash.. Aug. 17. (Spe cial.) For hitting a horse in the head with a biscuit and causing a runaway which resulted in a smashed rig and injured horse. Clay Keaton. a Cen tralia man. was fined $20 and costs by Judge Hoss yesterday. Meats may be sliced evenly In restaurants by a machine that an Indiana man baa patented. PARADE 15 ENJOYED Weather Clears for Barnum & Bailey's Street Pageant. THRONG GATHERS IN RUSH Crowds Blacken Thoroughfares to See Wild Beasts and Inevitable Caliope Attractions at Big Tent Thrill Old and Young. Thanks be to Forecaster Beals and Jupiter Pluvius. When all the tiny tots and all the youthful old men and women looked out of their bedroom windows yester day morning, they all said, "Hang it; It's raining. That means no parade." And at 9 o'clock it still looked as though those relentless weather proph ets were going to be right for once, Just when everybody would have for given them for being wrong. However, all's well that ends well, for the mighty Barnum & Bailey circus wended Its almost Interminable way through the business streets to the delight and gratitude of a throng of spectators, which gathered at all. points along the route. Many of them not content with see ing It, for . instance, at Nineteenth street, dashed away by side streets so as to meet It on Morrison, or else waited patiently for its return. Parade Has Fascination. Somehow or other there Is a mighty appeal In a circus parade. Granted that one almost knows beforehand I, rrae rasnlng South on Fifth Street. 2, Decorated Camel in Cleopatra Pa geant 8, Crowd at Entrance to Cir cus Tent 4, One of the Clowns. what Is coming, the fascination of see ing wild beasts for one thing, the charming equestriennes for another, to say nothing of the clowns and their musical band, draws out people of all ages and sizes as nothing else would. Barnum & uaney never ao any thing by halves. Some circuses are content with an elephant or two, one lion and possibly a couple of tigers. Now Barnum's have 10 or a dozen ele phants, they have lions from more than one country, tigers galore, while as for such minor things as zebras, drome daries and camels they Just lump in a dozen or so of each, with as much as to say. "Of course, if you want any more we'll trot 'em out from the grounds." Horse after horse, with riders dressed in all the glitter and tinsel of the ring. made its appearance. Lovely pure white Arabs, cream colored and dapple grays, little Shetland pons, unrtdable mules all appeared, some walking in stately fashion as though conscious they were on their best behaviour. others prancing and cavorting around as though eager to show their mettle. Calliope Brings Up Rear. Not content with an ordinary display of animals and performers, the man agement rivaled the Rose Festival with its pageant of nations. Floats, sym bolical of the country whose names they bore, with men and women dressed in the true garb of the native, pro vided a spectacle of imposing propor tions. Then, of course, there were the bands, five of them, all told, and the Inevitable calliope, for what parade would be complete without one of these awe-inspiring producers of melodious strains? Altogether, a mighty parade. And after it was all over, the performers went straight back, to begin prepara tions for the show in the afternoon. No need to repeat the eulogies passed upon It by all the spectators. Every act was just as good if not better than on the preceding day, and everybody was Just as full of fun, hilarity and Joviality as ever. Long before the last act of all was being staged, the great circus was pre paring to be once more upon the road, and this morning there isn't a lion in the city. ROSEBURG MEETING SMALL Convention of Bull Moose Folk Falls to Arouse Enthusiasm. ROSEBURG, Or., Aug. 17. (Special.) With only 36 voters In attendance, the followers of Theodore Roosevelt and the Bull Moose party held their initial convention in Roseburg last night. Most of those present advanced ex pressions relative to the proposition of organizing a new party in Douglas County, and in some Instances the movement was heartily indorsed. Many of those present, however, thought it wise to delay definite action for the present in order that the voters might become better acquainted with the so called progressive teachings. In view of the latter expressions the chairman was authorized to issue a call for an other meeting to be held within the next two weeks. At ths meeting a full legislative and county ticket prob ably will be named. From the attendance at last night's convention it does not appear that the Bull Moose movement has resulted in any amount of enthusiasm in this vicin ity. On the contrary, the several ques tions advanced were handled with silk gloves and definite expressions were lacking. John W. Campbell, a real estate agent, acted as chairman, while E. B. Barber acted as secretary. . But four men were in attendance from outside of Roseburg. So many streets of Berlin are paved with asphalt and wooden blocks tnat it has been found necessary to flt the horses with 'rape" shoes to prevent slipping. FARMER TO BUILD AND PAY State Highway Engineer Would In sure Uniformity In Construction Cost Would Be Divided Between S3 Counties. LIBERTY HOME ORCHARDS, Hood River, Or.. Aug. 17. (To the Editor.) Though our state is now 53 years old and stands unequaled by any other state in the Union in many lines of in dustry and especially political reforms, yet she is far behind in giving to its citizens laws that will enable them to build better rural highways, and to right this wrong the State Grange of Oregon is now initiating two road bills which are worthy of careful study and earnest support of every voter in Ore gon. At our last general election the voters of Oregon said by a majority of over 18.000 that they were willing to let each county vote Its own bonds for the building of permanent roads. Jack son County voted a bond issue of $1. 500,000 last year, but the bonds would not sell because the courts decided the election was illegal. There was no legal power for calling a special election. But the court's decision also said that had the bonds been voted at a general election they would have been legal. Hence we find ourselves In a perplexed condition and it is a case of self pres ervation for the taxpayers. We should and must have an enabling act that will give to the people the power to control their own bond Issue and the expenditure of the money derived there from. Politicians Are Feared. Our two Grange road bills are the outgrowth of a long and complicated battle, covering a period of six years, to secure better roads for the farmers of Oregon. At the last three sessions of the State Legislature we have failed to secure any good roads legislation; once by failure to pass the Senate and twice by the veto of Governors. The battle is not whether we need better roads in Oregon, but is to secure a law or set of laws that will give them to us without placing the whole road problem In the hands of a political ma chine. If we are to build good roads for the farmers of Oregon, and at the same time ask them to help pay for them, we believe that they should have a voice in some of the essentials, espe cially in those pertaining to the se lection of roads to be improved, the material to be used and how their cost shall be met. Oregon Is purely demo cratic in her administration of all leg islation and why make an exception of road legislation. The Grange road bills place the whole power In the hands of the people. They apply the initiative and referendum to the whole road problem. If the ma jority of the people in any county de sire to bond and build roads, these bills give them the right to select those roads and name the conditions relative to the issue and payment of the bonds; and, most important of all, they throw around both the money and construc tion safeguards which will prevent either the county courts or the State Highway Engineer from overriding the wishes of the voters. Bills By and For Farmer. XT., rfAar renHpr rlnn't believe all I am telling you without investigation, but study our Grange road bills carefully onri If thare is nnv thins- in them VOU cannot understand or to which you are opposed write me personally ana win endeavor to answer and remove all ob stacles. Our road bills were framed by and for the farmer. We farmers do not desire to dictate to the city taxpayers what materials snail db usea on men ,.-oa,i n, what afreets are to be im proved with their money, neither do we ask such dictation from anyone. How many voters in our cities wouia want a io o-fvino- tha cltv the Dower to issue street bonds, place the money into the hands of three street commissioners aim say to them: "Here is the money, se i.f vniir streets, name the material to be used and we will pay the bills." Tet this Is exactly what tne t-ortiana nar mony (?) and the Medford Home Rule (?) road bills propose to do to the farmers of Oregon. All they ask us to do is to pay the bills and pray for what we want. The people of Oregon are not In that mood at present. If they are to pay the bills they will demand a voice in the expen diture of the money. The Grange road bills give them this power. Expert Counsel Assists. But our opponents tell us our bills, especially our bonding act, are too cum bersome, they are Inoperative and will never give us any better roads. Again let me appeal to you to study them. I might add that they, have been care fully studied by their framers and some of the best legal talent In the state has assisted in perfecting them. If they are weak on any single point we are ready to be "shown"; the fact is they are a little too strong on points of interest to those who are doing the most squirm ing. Let us examine our bonding act and see if it is very cumbersome and com plicated. Fifty registered voters sign a petition asking the County Court to notify each Road Supervisor to call a massmeetlng in his respective road dis trict. At this meeting the voters dis cuss the proposed plan, and representa tive citizens are elected as delegates to a county road meeting, which is noth ing more than a county legislature with certain defined powers given it upon which to legislate. These representa tives must deliberate carefully for their acts must go before the people twice before they become effective. First, they must be endorsed by 5 per cent of the registered voters before the County Court is compelled to call a special election; and second, their acts must be ratified by a majority of the voters of the county before they become a law. Special Eloetlona provided For. The only difference between the acts of this county road meeting and of our State Legislature Is that the acts of the former must be referred to the peo ple while the acts of the latter may or may not. You will observe that our bills provide for voting bonds only at special elections. We do not believe It - . - v. a hnnri Irrua at a fireneral wise iu - ,. ,w . , election where all kinds of political log rolling may oe usea, cn-nei w uwwt ui carry a bonding proposition. There is nothing complicated in our proposed road bills, they are simple, fair and Just, and if they ever become a law, will give the farmers of Oregon a chance to get roads from their farms to their market centers without having to cater to the wishes of any set of road politicians. Our bonding act gives the people the power to decide six essential points be fore the election is called. Three financial and three constructive. In If any Portland merchant found his business for the first 17 days in A gust more than 300 per cent greater than during the same period last year, the statement 'would arouse consider able comment. It could not be due to an ordinary growth in business. There must be some other stronger reason for it. Eilers Music House is gratified and almost surprised to find that so far for August, the sales in the Phono graph Department are more than 300 per cent greater than for the same period last year. We were extremely busv last year in our new, splendid Talking Machine Department, which had then just been opened. But our business this year is three times greater. This must mean that the splendid facilities we have provided in those plate-glass and mahogany "daylight" record and talking machine selection rooms are appreciated. It means that the thorough knowl edge possessed by our salespeople and their courteousness is being ap preciated ; and it means that our aims. wherever possible, to furnish more for the money than is obtainable else where are becoming recognized. It means that our present sale of talking machines is being extensively patronized and that every caller finds here the machines and the prices ex actly as stated, resulting in one sale after another to delighted buyers. The rules of the several Talking Ma chine manufacturers prohibit adver tising the names of machines at cut prices, hence this general announce ment can only be made, isut come and seel The machines in this sale are most of them latest types, many of them received in part payment of our wonderful little bungalow player pianos, the autopianos and player piano de luxe, from homes where two instruments were not wanted. Others, again, have come to us in part payment for the great $200 and $250 machines. Still others have been out on sale in dealers ' hands who have gone out of business. We now give one of the double disc records free to every caller who has not previously received one. Every machine in this great sale is in perfect order and so guaranteed, and reduced one-third, one-half, and in some cases as much as 80 per cent. For example, there are still several $200 machines for $155, including 40 selections of latest records, pay ments $10 cash, $6 a month. $200 machines, $130, including 40 new and latest selections, $10 cash and $5 a month. other words, the people of a county desiring to issue bonds for the improve ment of its roads will first decide among themselves (at the county roads meeting), the amount of bonds to be Issued, the time they shall run and the rate of interest they shall bear. They will then select the road or roads to be Improved and name the amount of money to be expended upon each (this is what our opponents do not want). They will name the material to be used and fix the maximum grade to be per mitted. One section of our bonding act provides that the maximum grade can not exceed 6 per cent unless otherwise ordered by the county road meeting. This places the whole proposition direct to the people In each county. Is there a man in Oregon who is so unfair as to say that the voters should not have a voice In these essential points before they place a mortgage upon their homes ? Approval Given by Educator. While talking a few days ago with a man who holds a high position in one of our state institutions of learning he said: "Do you know what I admire about the Grange road bills above everything -else ?" I replied that I would always rather hear a compliment than a criticism, he replied. "It is the method of selecting the roads upon which the money is to be expended. The plan Is unique and will give the desired re sults." I might add here that the ques tion of who shall select the roads upon which the bonded money Is to be ex pended Is the hub of contention around which this whole controversy revolves. There are some who do not believe that the people should have the power to say where their money is to be ex pended, while we contend that if we are to be taxed to build good roads we want the right to select those roads, and if we are fools enough to first build a road from Alaska to Mexico or from Portland up the Columbia River before we build roads from our homes to our nearest markets than we should pay the bills. We also believe that a State High way Engineer is absolutely necessary as a matter of economy. The ex treme cost of this officer to the 33 counties, outside of Multnomah County, will not average more than $240 a county. If your County Court should hire an engineer to draw the plans for one washed-out bridge of any size it would pay perhaps more than this amount. A competent state highway engineer can and will do this work better than the majority of engineers which would be hired by the County Courts, and his services would require no extra cost. He would establish a uniform system of road building throughout the state and give advice to our County Courts which will be worth far more than some of us real ize. Roadbuilders Wanted. We must not forget that the majority of our County Courts are honest but are elected, not because they are prac tical roadbuilders, but because they may be good citizens, good business men or even good politicians. Hence, it no wonder that oftentimes we see our road money squandered by igno rance in methods of road construction. To say to a member of a County Court that you cannot build a locomotive en gine would cause him to smile, but when you tell him he cannot build a good road. In .11 probability he will $150 machines and 40 new and lat est selections, $90, $5 cash and $4 month. $110 machines and 40 new and lat est records for $70, $5 cash and $3 a month. $100 machines and 20 new and lat 3st selections for $60, $5 cash and $2.50 a month. $85 machines and 20 new and latest selections, $35, $5 cash and $1.50 a month. $60 machines and 60 new and lat est records, $35, $5 cash and $L50 a month. $50 machines and 30 new and lat est selections for $32, $5 cash and 1.50 a month. $45 machines and 60 new and latest records for $40, $5 cash and $1.50 a month. $45 machine and 12 new and latest records for $24, $4 cash and $1 a month. $25 machines and 24 new and lat est records for $15, $2 cash and $1 a month. $20 machine and 10 new and latest selections for $9, $1 cash and $1 a month. $15 machine and 10 new and lat est selections for $8, $1 cash and $1 a month. $15 machines and 10 new and latest selections for $7, $1 cash and $1 a month. There are also several machines, in good order, which will be sold with 79 new and latest records, $29.65, $5.63 cash and $1.50 a month. Remember that every machine is in perfect playable condition. This is the greatest sale of modem TALK MACHINES ever held. In addition to the greatly reduced prices we arrange with any buyer the most reasonable terms of payment, as above, or strictly confidential in any other manner as best suits the con venience of each purchaser. Make a small deposit to show good faith then pay a little each week or each month. Ae '11 send these machines and rec ords anywhere subject to triaL If any instrument, alter delivery, is not entirely satisfactory, it may be returned, for Eilers Music House is a Money-Back Store. No transaction here is right that does not mean sat isfaction to the buyer. Ask also about our liberal exchange privileges extended to every buyer during this sale. EILERS MUSIC HOUSE. Eilers BIdg., Alder Street at Seventh The Nation's Largest Dealers. want to fight you. Yet one requires special knowledge and skilled experi ence as much as the other. But, I cannot In my limited space cover all this argument. Study the Grange state highway engineer bill. It gives assistance to our County Courts cheapens the cost of road con struction, and protects the expendi ture of our road money. The State Highway Engineer will be to our good roads movement what the State School Superintendent is to our public school system: an educator, an adviser, a statistician and a valuable assistant. Bill Has No Joker. The Grange state highway engineer bill Is a cleancut business proposition and carries with it no jokers like the Portland Harmony (?) Highway Com mission bill. We do not tie it up with a Jl. 000. 000 annual state bond Issue, nel 'her do we let some man at Salem tell us where our money should be ex pended. All we want is the right to build our own roads. If they do not want to bond in one county it is no rea son why the people in the adjoining county should be deprived of doing so if they so desire. Our Grange road bills give us hom rule, and local control. They apply the Oregon system to road building. TheS say to those who want to bond and build better roads, you shall have that power. They say to the voter who i opposed to bonds of any kind, if you are in the minority and are forced to stand your share of a bond issue. Is IJ not better to have the roads improved from your home to a market center than to help build a road in some re mote part of the state, where business Interests will receive little or no bene fit? If space would permit, I would like to expose the injustice of the other road bills in opposition to ours But suffice to say that the analysis of their titles will be sufficient at this time. Likes Sound WelL The Portland harmony and the Med-, ford home rule bills sound well. Har mony is a good word when properly j ... v. a n u - rnnslder under what uaeu. dui " " conditions these bills were framed and how the harmony lenows are now snu lng a part of their bills the word har- I- - Uet HftTTlA RlllA" IS alSO 111 u u y la J " a pleasing title, but when the voters. who have nomes, m b'vc" " the initiative of a bond issue or in the expenditure of their money. I believe the word Is a misnomer. In conclusion I want to invite any advocate of either of the above set of road bills to meet a representative of the State Grange In an open debate at any time and at any place In Oregon where an audience can be secured. For defMflte arguments address our state master. G E. Spence. Oregon City. Or. While this article has but partly covered our good roads legislation problem, yet I trust it will arouse in . , A ml.,l a Attaint- in Ktllriv tt.ll ine icauw o u...iu -- - three sets of road bills .now before the voters or uregoo, ii yuu u una what vnnr vrdlf.t Will hft VlC tory for the State Grange road bills. Raymond Fixes Fire Limits. RAYMOND. Wash.. Aug. 17. (Spe cial.) The City .Council has decreed that hereafter nothing but fireproof buildings are to be constructed within the business district of this city.