T THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JULY 0, 1913. EAST SIDE SEEKS WHOLESALE HOUSES Development of Centra! East Portland as Big Shipping District Is Aim. COMMON TERMINALS HELP Business Men's Club Formulates Gitenshc Plans lor Attracting Commission Men Advantages of District Arc Cited. Between 13 and 20 commission houses. Jobbers and wholesalers are now located in Central East Portland" and are having carload, shipments placed right at their warehouses for unloading. Other firms are awaiting the action of the North Bank Railway before finally securing locations on 1he East Side. The East Side Business Men's Club lias started a campaign to fill up Kast Third street and Union avenue with commission houses and jobbers, and lias submitted an invitation to com mission men to investigate the situa tion. In a statement issued by H. A. t'alef, president of the club, the an nouncement is made that from SO to !0 per cent of the produce for Port land now comes in on the Kast Side and the Southern Pacific when elec trified cannot take freight down Fourth street on the West side. Jobbing: Center, (irowa. Tn referring to the natural advan tages of the Bast Side President Calef Kays: "The natural commission house, job bing and wholesale center for Portland will be on the East Side, between East Burnside street and Hawthorne avenue, along Union avenue in particular, and along East Third and East Second streets, where carload lots can be set to your houses by ull railroads com ing into the city. The new Southern Pacific East Side freight depot at East First and Oak streets, also now used by the O.-W. R. & N. Co., and the new Kast Side freight depot to be erected this year by the S. P. & S. at the cor near of Cast Morrison and Union ave nue, will make of this Central East Side district an ideal commission house, jobbing and wholesale center, without bridges to cross: with the most convenient transportation reached by all railway lines entering the city, both steam and electric. This is particu larly true under the new common ter minal plan carried by a nearly 2 to 1 vote, for city belt line railway and common terminals at the election June 2. This will provide for the use, by all common carriers of any and all tracks on the streets of our city, within 1000 feet of the water front, on equal terms to all. "With the coming In of Lents and St. Johns, over SO per cent of Port land's population now reside and al ways will reside on the East Side. Union and Urjind avenues are the great and main transportation thorough fares, with easy cross-line transporta tion to every part of the city. This splendid East Side location with its strategic population and transporta tion features, speaks for itself, par ticularly as to future growth. We in vito full investigation. Ground values snd rents are far cheaper now than on the West Side, but will not be 20 years hence on this East Side. "All of this spells opportunity. The value in agricultural implements han dled on the Central East Side last year n eared the $:!.", 000, 000 mark. The ice and cold storage plants are in this East Side district.'' Freight !rpo Built. The plan of the club is to develop Union avenue between East Burnside street and Hawthorne avenue into a commission and general jobbing dis trict. There are no street car tracks on Union avenue, in that locality, and probably there never will be, and hence it is urged that the street would be ideal for this purpose. The advan tages of the freight depot by the Southern Pacific Railway at East Oak and East First streets, in response to a demand for shipping facilities for jobbers made through the club, have been more than realized in the con stantly growing shipments through that depot. The agent states that the volume of business has been con stantly on the increa.se since the de pot was finished. Through this depot it is possible to ship and receive less than carload lots. While the present facilities are ample to take care of the business there handled, it is con ceded by the Southern Pacific officials that the present freight depot will-have to be enlarged in the near future. The depot will be extended northward toward the Burnside bridge. "We now have 2'7S.OOO people." said President Calef, "and already the com paratively small West Side business area has becomu greatly congested. When we get 500.000 to 1,000.000 or more population within the next 10 to 20 years, where will your commission, jobbing and wholesale business be lo cated? It will surely be compelled to move to Central East Side to get rid of the congestion, be convenient to transportation and to the great ma jority of the East Side grocers, who are now and always will be located on the East Side, and thus save them selves crossing the river bridges twice a day for supplies." SANDY WANTS GOOD ROAD Telephone Company Acquires Line and Will Build to Mount Hood. SANDY, Or.. July r,. (Special.) George A. Wolff, J. Scales and Harry Thomas, being a committee from the Sandy Commercial Club, appointed to secure the Improvement of the road between Pleasant Home and Sandy, have taken up the matter with prop erty owners along the route, the Coun ty Court and the Portland Automobile Club. This is one of the most impor tant roads entering Sandy and is part of the Mount Hood automobile road. The committee will report progress at a meeting of the Commercial Club Julv 16. The Pacific Telegraph & Telephone Company has acquired the telephone line from this place through Cherry ville to Rhododendron Tavern, and has a force of men stringing the wires. Two copper wires are being strung. This will give telephone service to the Mount Hood resorts. BARN CHANGED TO THEATER British Village Folk Add Gaiety to Lives by Giving .Plays. LONDON. July 5. (Special.) The theater that lias been fitted up in an Essex barn by l.ady Warwick in connec tion with Robertson Scott's non-party rlub at Dunmow;. is one of the latest outcomes of the movement for the en couragement of rural drama, which is at tha present time one of the most cheering features of English country life. Several other theatrical ventures of the same local character have flour ished for some considerable time in va rious parts of the country. For nearly 30 years the Alvechurch Village Players, who took part last August in the Summer festival at Strat ford, have given much of their leisure to the study and performance of Shake speare's plays. For about a third of that time the Hildenborough Players, in the depts of the County of Kent, have appeared In plays written by lo cal men-and full of local allusions, the company consisting of the village blacksmith and schoolmaster together with gardeners and other working men belonging to the district. In the same way the Dorchester Players, who for some years have given public performances at Dorchester and even in London of dramatized versions of Thomas Hardy's novels, are all typ ical sons and. daughters of the Dorset soil and often the last kind of people that might be expected to interest themselves In the drama and the stage. Yet. like the Norwich Players, or the boys of Sawsten, in Cambridgeshire, or the village children of Winchelsea In Sussex, or the performers in the Box- ford pastoral masques, or the Grasracre dialect play, they have made their own intelligence brighter and keener by the exercise of the dramatic Instinct and have added to the gaiety of other peo ple. WAREHOUSE SITE SOLD WA1HAMS & CO. PLAN- TO BUILD IX NEAR FCTIHE. Two Large Apartment-Houses Under Way on East Side Candy Fuc- . lory Will Cost $30,000. i vs adhanis & Co., wholesale grocers, hav 1nst DiirnhiHed from the Ladd es tates a block located in Central East Portland, bounded by East Tenth, East Ninth, East Everett and East Flanders streets, for $19,500. The firm made the purchase of this property with a view of erecting a building on the property in the near future to accommodate their business. However, no plans have yet been adopted. The property is located in a zone in which several West Bide firms have invested recently. A. five-story factory building is now under construction on East Eleventh and East Everett for the Modern Con fectionery Company. The building will cost $5),000. The foundation has been completed and work is In progress on the second story. Plans have been completed for the largest apartment-house to be erected on the East Side for C. W. Miller, which will stand on East Broadway between Vancouver avenue and Wheeler street. This structure will be 100x200 feet and three stories high and will contain more than 100 apartments of two and three rooms each. The foundation has been completed and work has been started on the first story. The cost will be above $75,000. Mr. Miller has established a planing mill on the grounds north of the site of the build ing, which is turning' out the material to be used. The exterior walls will be of brick. This is the first large build ing to be started near the east, ap proach to the Broadway bridge. Work Is progressing ratidly on the four-story brick apartment at the southwest corner of East Twelfth and East Morrison streets, which Is being built by J. D. Wassell. This structure covers a quarter block, and the cost will be $90,000.. Modem In all lines. It Is the most pretentious apartment house built in that part of the city. The interior is now being finished. CHEESE FACTORY PAYS CLATSOP PLANT GIVES HIGH PRICES TO FARMERS. Icemaking Machinery to Be Installed and VacUitles for Producing Butter May Be Added. SEASIDE, Or., July C. (Special.) During the month of June the Clatsop County Co-Operative Cheese Associa tion paid 7 cents a pound more than the market price for all butterfat brought to the factory. Five cents above the market was paid during the month of May, and even the first month that the factory was opened the month of April 2 cents above the mar ket was paid. The average amount of milk received now is nearly 6000 pounds each day, but every effort is being made to in crease the supply. C. R. Brague, manager and cheese maker, says the production of cheese will be light during the Summer, as the greater portion of the milk re ceived will be bottled and sold to Sum mer visitors. In the Fall, when the demand for milk becomes lighter, cheesemaking will be resumed at the full capacity, or at least to the amount of milk received. The association has the first pas teurizing equipment to be installed on the Pacific Coast. It is known as a positive pasteurizer and cooler. All milk received at the factory is brought to a heat of 142 degrees Fahrenheit, at which temperature it is kept for 30 minutes. This kills all tubercular germs. The milk is then cooled to 50 degrees and bottled for use or turned into vats for further processing In the cheese department. An ice manu facturing plant will be installed hofore next season. Ice cream is being man ufactured and sold at wholesale. Four and one-quarter tons of cheese were manufactured during the rirst month the factory was operated. This amount was increased during the sec ond month to 12, GOO pounds, and dur ing the month of June the output was about the same. Butter-making equip ment probably will be installed next season. KELSO LAND TO BE DIKED Project leathered by Commercial Club Will Reclaim Large Area. CENT RAH A, Wash., July 5. (Spe cial. ) A start toward diking several hundred acres of bottom land immedi ately adjoining Kelso was made at a meeting of the Kelso Commercial Club, at which about 40 interested ranchers were present. . All expressed the hope that the bottom lands might be re claimed, and at the close of the meeting the club went on record as approving the project by appointing a committee of C. F. Jabusch, George Kerr, J. M. Ayres, H. E. McKenney and James Wal lace to give all of the assistance pos sible. The proposed district will include all of the lands on the bottoms east of the Cowlitz and north of the mouth of the Coweeman. "Grouch" Meeting Scheduled. Preparations are being made by the members of the Portland Builders' Ex change for the "grouch" meeting to be held at the exchange Thursday night at 8 o'clock. At, this meeting every member will be given a chance to enter a "kick" on anything he dislikes, the Idea being to seifure a perfect under standing between the members and the exchange Itself. Refreshments will be served and speeches made. ' u i X EUGENE COUNTRY CLUB OPENS NEW HOME. I ; , , , I " ' ' ' ' "P ' ' 4 CLUBHOUSE? IS ATTRACTIVE 1ST DESIGN. KLTGHNE. Dr., July 5. (Special.) The attractive new home of the Eugene Country Club was dedicated Wednesday with appropriate exercises. The building occupies a. sightly part of the club's property ad joining the golf links south of the city. The clubhouse is a. simple bungalow, set back some little dis tance from the street carline and set among fruit trees. Except for the small kitchen, the main floor is thrown into a single great lounging -room with wide fireplace. The floor is designed for dancing. In the basement there are two dressing rooms one for men and one for women each provided with shower baths and lockers. ELECTRIC LINE AIDS Mount Hood Railway Finally Is Electrified. FERTILE DISTRICT TAPPED Large Holdings Are Subdivided and Small Farmers Are Attracted. Grehani and Pleasant Home Make Big Progress. t From' Portland to the Sandy River lies the Powell Valley, which Just now is being served with new electric car service on the. Mount Hood Railway. The electric railway traverses one of the richest sections of the state. Start ing at Montavilla the new electric rail way touches practically all the centers between Portland and ihe Sandy River. It crosses the Base ' Line road and passes the junction at Ruby station, where passengers may take the Trout dale cars. It passes a short distance south of the town of Kockwood and then, reaches Gresham, Gillls, Pleasant Home. Scenic. Onftroii. . Uuhn,. other centers around which settlements imve sprung up since tne line was built. These stations are the shipping points for that district. Before the construction of the railway the country roads were the avenues of traffic be tween the city and county, but there has been a marked change as these DTOSnerous rnmrntmitlou Hbva t,A.,nn.A developed. Many thousands of acres of unaeveiopea land nave been subdivided and sold in small tracts. The track was laid a quarter of. a mile away from the old village of Pleasant Home, but the ' town has PERFECT WALNUT AIM: OF HORTICULTURIST Eleven Varieties Are Grafted on English Walnut to Determine Which Is Best Variety for Clark County, Washington. X W ' ' ft i ' & 5 . I KKGLISH W.41.MT TREK VANCOUVER. Wash., July 5. (Special.) An English walnut tree, on which have been grafted 11 other varieties, so that the best one for Clark County can be determined, is thriving in the front yard of A. A. Quarnbergr. District Horticulture In spector, who has given walnut culture a great deal of his time during the past 25 years in this county. His walnuts won first prizes at the Alaska-Yukon- Pacific Exposition in Seattle in 1909 and have g-ained many other awards. A tree originally from southern Cal ifornia was planted by Mr. Quarnberfe 20 years ago, and it 1s now a foot in diameter at the base. On it he has grafted scions from the Concord, Wil son Wonder, of California; cluster seed, lings from Clark County: Neff. Spanish Mission. Mayette. Frankette and Wiltz. of California; Parisian and seedlings grown and surrounds the station. A number of buildings have been erected at the new town. A live Commercial Club has been started, which is a factor in the life of the community. The railway penetrates the best part of Powell Valley. It opens up to rapid and substantial development the large territory between Montavilla and the Sandy River. There Is much land un improved which is available to the man who wants to live in the country and own a few acres of fertile land. The centers which are being built up - at units, Scenic, Pleasant Home and Cot trell will afford the man who lives near the railway shipping facilities for everything that he can raise either in his garden or field. A number of men, including B. C. Altman and others, have demonstrated that high-class stock may be raised in the Powell Valley. Some of the finest and most attractive homes anywhere near Portland may be seen along the route of the electric railway Gresham is the largest and most prosperous town on the line. It is the central point of Powell Valley and is very progressive. At tne recent school election it was voted to select a site and erect a modern high school building. All country roads pass through Gresham. Completion of the electric line from Montavilla provides Gresham with two electric railways one along the south side and one on the north side. Land anywhere near Gresham is considered very valuable and those who acquired tracts several years ago are fortunte. as land values have increased materially the past iew years. La Grande Has Building Activity. LA GRANDE. Or., July 5. (Special.) Keeping pace with the precedent In building permits, established ' this year. June has outstripped last June witn an increase of $lt.645, the permits for June, 1913, reaching $36,450. The totalis for the months this year are: January, $5025: February, S3450: March. $14,600; April. $51,725: May, $51,234. The largest number of permits is ror new dwell ings, of which a desirable class Is. being erected the average cost being about $1400. A borne hitching strap Invented by an Illinois man can De tiniastenea by a puu on the reins from witnin a vehicle, avoid ing the danger ofr a nervous horso bolting. WITH IX VARIETIES OF GRAFTS. from this county. Later he added a Melam. He will watch the action of the vari ous grafts every year and keep a record of when they bloom, when the nuts are ripe, and of the quality. It is his hope that he will discover-an English walnut that is blight-proof, blossoms late, so as to avoid all late frosts, and at the same time one that will be large In size and fine in flavor. Though some trees blossom later than others, all ripen about the same time. Each large limb shown in the picture Is rilled with grafts beginning at the tree, all on the same limb being of the same variety. There are from six to 10 grafts of each variety, and each one is marked, so that no mistake can be made. It will mean an endless amount of work to observe the results, but several years time will be saved by this pitnod. NATIVE STONE FINE Use of Product in New Post office Is Urged. CAMPAIGN IS LAUNCHED Business Bodies Join Stonecutters' Union In Efforts to Secure Recog nition or Oregon Building Ma terial by Government. Inaugurated by the Stonecutters' Union, and supported by various busi ness organizations of Portland, the campaign to induce the Government to use Oregon native stone in tho con struction of the new $1,000,000 Post office building is gaining wide propor . a. tancu meeting field Thurs day nignt at 20.1 "A First street rescnl,.. tions were unanimously adopted urging ",0 uuvernmeni to permit specifica tions to include Oregon stone, appeal ing to the people of the state 'to join in the movement in encouraging the uoo ui native products in building con struction, and CalltnK UDOn the (Irpnn delegation to Congress to renew their eitorts to secure Kederal recognition of Oregon products in Government build ing enterprises. Stirring addresses were made by H. N. Liwrie. chairman of the Oregon Bu reau, of Mines; E. Hofer, of the Manu facturers' Association; II. G. Parsons, of the Central Labor Council; 1 j! Biron, secretary of the Stonecutters Union, and others. Boosting? Committee Named. A committee was appointed to direct a statewide campaign for bringing Ore gon products and building materials to the attention r the Federal au thorities. The committee consists of J. W. Crossley, of the Portland Realty Board; A. II. Harris, of the Labor Press: S. C. Rasmusseii. of the Progressive Business Men's Club; L. J. Biron, H. G. Parsons and K. Hofer. "We cannot hope to have the Gov-, eminent or state accept the native product unless the product conforms with - the prescribed specifications," said H. N. Lawrie, in discussing the subject. "I attribute the tardiness ot the stone development in Oregon, first, to the limited railroad extension, and secondly, to the lack of support of public contract which is essential to success in any quarrying enterprise. There seems to have been a. lack of civic pride expressed in the erection of public buildings. "I do not believe that the rates es tablished by the railroads have retard ed the growth of the stone industry to any serious extent. Some years ago no doubt the railroads were anxious to win long-distance-haul freight from the Central, Western and Eastern states, but of recent years the tran continental lines coming into Oregon have been overcrowded. Furthermore, the extension of electric lines has been somewnat rapid in the past few years and it would seem that the railroads were quite in favor of building up local freight traffic for these extensions. Railroads Will Aid. "To this end. and for the reason that the railroads recognize the Importance of building up local industry, we are pleased to note that the Southern Pa cific Company was granted by the Rail road Commission their request for the reduction of' their former rate from Gold Hill to Portland to a ton on cement produced at Gold Hill, and from Green to Portland a reduction to J1.75 a ton. Should we encounter any diffi culties due to rates that now exist, in keeping the local product from comDe- tition with the product produced in the Central West. I am convinced that the railroads would be allowed further con cessions by the Railroad Commission in the reduction of their rates to meet the requirements of the business. With these assurances it is now largely in the hands of the present -owners of quarries to use their initiative in pre senting specimens of their stones for a test,, and it is to be hoped that there will not be a quarry owner In the state but will avail himself of this oppor tunity. Testa Are Xeeeanary. "There have been Government tests made on several of our quarries, but I would suggest that inasmuch as they have been inactive for some little time it would be well for the quarry owners to enter into the competition as though these tests had not been made." Mr. Lawrle said that if systematic tests were made of the building stone to be found In the various quarries, the results would be generally favorable, and that a big step would be made in he development of the quarry industry of Oregon. Kine Home Is Completed. Thomas Word, son of Sheriff Tom Word, has had a modern and attract ive home built in Alameda Park. The house is of the bungalow type, with finish and fixtures of striking beautv The dwelling was constructed by the Investors' Building & Trust Company. Mr. and Mrs. Word, who have been on a honeymoon tdip. will occupy their new uuuie mis weetL. LOW EBB BEACHED Gradual Improvement in Busi ness Is" Now Due. POLITICAL UNREST FACTOR With Tariff and Currency Reform Questions Out of Way, Renewal of Investment Activity and Strong Bond Market Seen. Reviewing the trade situation and the money and bond markets of the past six months, Spencer Trask & Com pany, of New York, in their advance sheet received yesterday by Wilfred Shore & Company, say: The half year now having been com pleted, a spirit of retrospection is time ly. We have accordingly made a critical examination of the market position of 10 high-grade bonds of railroad com panies operating in widely separated parts of our country, and have found that they have fallen in price to a point where they are now lower than at any time during the past 15 years, with the exception of a short period in 1907. and then only to the extent of a small fraction. This is all the more noteworthy since the period in question represented the height of the panic of that year, when the market values bore absolutely no relation whatever to intrinsic merit, whereas now, with all our troubles, we are far removed from any such condition of stress. "The question consequently presents itself whether bonds whose margin of safety is beyond dispute have touched their low point, or if the de cline which they have experienced so far, and which has been almost unin terrupted for the past four years, is to go still further before the climax is reached. This question 'goes to the heart and root of our present economic situation, and for that reason the an swer, to be correct, must be based on a true appreciation of the forces and influences which bear upon the sub ject. These forces are the condition of the'iivestment market, the financial situation, and the business outlook. "As regards the investment market, it is no secret that both here and in Europe investment has been at low ebb for some time. This has not been due so much to a lack of investment funds, as to a lack of confidence produced on both sides of the ocean by a great strain on capital and by political un rest. "In both hemispheres the man with Idle money has been suffering from pure satiety resulting from a long revel of new offerings indeed, from such a bewilderment of fresh offerings, that at last governments in Europe and financial powers here have had to call a halt in all but the most neces sitous cases. By restricting new is sues, old ones have a chance of becom ing assimilated, and this process, if given sufficient time to become ef fective, must Inevitably produce a healthier condition. "As regards the political phase of the subject, the foreign investor, for all his hoarded gold, is not likely to part with his money until peace between the Allies has been definitely and ti nally concluded, and even after that long awaited event occurs it may take time for courage to revive and show itself in a. practical way. Here, one of the special causes of political unrest will soon bo out of the way the tariff while another, the currency reform bill is making considerable progress. "Coming to the financial situation, the indices are that the tendency Is at last showing improvement, particularly in this country. For several years our Industries had been working at such a rate that early, in 1912 the relation of the supply of money and credit to the demand therefor began to show a de crease. This decrease, in the proportion of supply to demand, reached a point a few months ago where something had to happen. This time the banks were forehanded, and particularly the New York banks, by curtailing their loans and increasing their liquid re sources, have succeeded in materially Improving and strengthening their po sition. That is a matter of special mo ment this year, as the outlook is that Europe, will have its hands full financ ing its own needs at a time when our crops are calling heavily for cash. "Another factor of importance is the volume of bank clearings. It is recog nized by authorities that about 90 per cent of all transfers of money in the United States are made by bank checks; consequently as an index of industrial, commercial and financial activity, bank clearings are an excellent guide, al though in studying their volume, spec ulation in securities must not be lost sight of. An examination we Irave just completed of the records of bank clear Ings throughout the United States for the first six months of the year, indi cates, that they are keeping up pretty well in amount, but are showing a de cided tendency to fall o(T when con sidered in the light of the normal growth of the country and that is the only fair form of comparison to our mind. "This question of bank clearings brings us directly to our third factor: the business situation. The remarks we have just made concerning bank clearings might with equal propriety have been made under the heading of business outlook, for the reason, as we have Just explained, that clearings rep resent the broad trend of business. Contluulng our examinations, we find that building operations are falling off. that commodity prices are showing a steady decline, that copper is weaken ing in price, that failures are some what above normal, and that a distinct hesitation has set-in in the production of pig Iron, which is considered one of the basic barometers of trade. "While these changes might be con sidered bear arguments, they are, as a matter of fact, all tendfhg to right unci correct what is generally con ceded to bo a tense credit situation, and therefore, rather than regret, we should welcome the liquidation from the view point of a broad constructive policy. "The deduction we make from the factors we have just discussed is, that the bond market has reached a stage where, barring untoward events, and considering the very satisfactory yield that can be obtained, the grade of bonds whose margin of safety is ample may be bought with every confidence of proving profitable when present conditions have changed for the better. On the other hand, bonds of a more or less speculative type we should leave alone for the moment, unless it were a question of some issue which had been unduly depressed for some other reason than that of intrinsic valjie." $25,000 PRIZE OFFERED English Government Announces Army Aircraft Contest. LONDOrv. July .". Twenty-five thou sand dollars is the first prize men tioned in an official communique issued for the naval and military aeroplane engine competition next year. The prize will be awarded to the maker of the engine which, in the opinion- of the fudges, beat fulfills five requirements w-hich must be fulfilled, and possesses 13 desirable attributes stated, and. which is entirely suited for adoption for the aeroplane service. Orders up to the value of ttfo.000 will be given to the makers of engines which fulfill re quirements and are satisfactory for use. The orders will not necessarily be confined to the prizewinner. Entrants of competing engines, up to the number of ten. which do not win the prize, but which, in the opinion of the judges' committee, are useful aero plane engines, will receive $500 in re spect of each engine. The competition will begin on February 1. 1914, and will be held at the Koyal Aircraft Fac tory, Farnborough, Hampshire. Eentrles will be received by the Secretary of tho War Office on or before August 1. 1913. Engines of British manufacture throughout, suitable for titting to aero planes, are specified, with a horsepower of 90 to 200. with more than four cylin ders, and weighing not more than 111 pounds per horsepower. Among the desirable attributes specified are light weight, economy of consumption, ab sence of vibration, smooth running, slow running, silence, adaptability for starting, freedom frm risk of tire, ab sence of smoke or ejections of oil or petrol, relative invulnerability to small arm projectiles, excellence H work manship and reasonableness ef price. The tests will include two runs of six hours each at full power or throttled down, and short special runs in inclined positions not exceeding t.' degrees. Tho engines are to be delivered at the fac tory by January lri. next. LINE READY JULY 15 EXTENSION" OF SOUTH MOIXT TABOR TRACK PUSHED. Large Territory to Benefit From Direct Car Service Property Owners Contribute Funds. It is expected that the South Mount Tabor extension of the Hawthorne avenue carline to East Seventy-fourtU street will be completed and in opera tion by July 15. Only three blocks of the route remain to be ballasted and the work of completing the track is being pushed forward. It starts at th corner of East Sixtieth street and fol lows Division street to East Fifty-second, then south to Twenty-ninth ave nue and turns eastward to East Seventy-fourth street, the present termi nus. J. E.' Rand, secretary of the South Mount Tabor Improvement Associa tion, said yesterday that Hawthorne avenue cars will be operated on tho extension without transfers. Property owners and residents contributed $15. 000 toward the cost of building the ex tension. Many of the owners of acre age tracts contributed at the rate of $100 on an average an acre, and some paid even more. The extension is about one mile long. Targe benefits are ex pected on completion of the line as it enters a territory remote from any other carline. It is about midway be tween Section and Powell Valley roads. While it ends at present at East Seventy-fourth street it. is believed this is the route on which the Mount Hood Railway must enter Portland. The Mount Hood cars at present connect with the Montavilla. cars, where h. transfer is made, and as the gauge of the Mount i Hood track is wider thun that of the Montavilla that line can not enter Portland over the Montavilla. track. The gauges of the Mount Hood Railway aid the Hawthorne-avenue line are the same and the. cars of t!m former may run directly into Portland over the Hawthorne track. Severn! miles of track will have to be laid to connect with the Mount. Hood Railway- PRUNE GROWING DISCUSSED Producers From Threo Stales Hear Suggestions at Salem. SALEM. Or., July 5. (Special.') With the object of Improving, the quality of the fruit and agreeiug upon a stan dard for curing it, between 500 and 400 growers of prunes are having a con vention in this city. Oregon, Washing ton and Idaho are represented. R. J. Miles, of this city, was elected chairman, and after an address of wel come by Mayor Steeves. Luther J. Cha -pin. Government Agricultural Expert, spoke on "Soil Nourishment for the Orchard." H. S. Jackson, pathologist of the Oregon Agricultural College, spoke on "Brown Rot and Other Prune Diseases," urging a free and 'extensive use of spray on all prune orchards. "Can Prunes Be Standardized?" was tho subject of an address by 1. C. Lewis, of the Oregon Agricultural College. O. C. Bell told of modern methods of dry ing prunes, and J. C. Brumfiold. a Portland packer, discussed "Market Problems." NEW PATHOLOGIST NAMED J. R. Winston Will io to Hootl River Experimental Stution. HOOD RIVER. Or., July 5. (Spe cial.) J. R. Winston, a graduate of the State College of North Carolina and tho Virginia Polytechnic Institu tion and who has received his master of science degreo from the Pennsyl vania State College, where he had a fellowship in botany. has iieen ap pointed plant pathologist of the Hood River" County Experiment Station, and will arrive here about the middle or July in company with Professor H. a. Jackson, of the pathological depart ment of the Oregon Agricultural Col lege. - The duties of the new plant patholo gist will consist of an investigation of local fungus, bacteriological and diseases and physiological troubles. An especial study will bo made of Winter injury, fruit pit, core rot. ap ple scab and mushroom rot. BEEKEEPING GETS BOOST Prizes Offered for Best Products of Oregon Moneymakers. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, Corval'.is. July 5. (Special.) That beekeeping is soon to receive state-wide the attention which the im portance of the industry deserves is in dicated by the prizes offered by the State Fair Board in the bee and honey department, says H. F. Wilson, profes sor of entomology at Oregon Agricul tural College. Professor Wilson, who is secretary of the Oregon State Beekeepers' Asoscia tion, is making an effort to interest bee men of the state in the educational ' value of the fair exhibits. Prizes are offered this year in 12 lots for honey beeswax, honey vinegar and displays. The award of premiums will be restricted to exhibits from within the State of Oregon. Woman Educator to Speak in East. OLYMPTA, Wash., July a. 'Special.) State Superintendent of Education Josephine Preston has gone East. Sh5 will deliver addresnes at the convention of the National Educators' Association at Salt Lake. City; the Grove Citv Sum mer school at Grove City, Pa , and Chau tauqua Lake. New York. She will con fer with the Russell Sage Foundation and tho Carnegie Institute relative t a survey of the educational held of Was Kington,