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THE SUNDAY -OREGOXIAN; PORTLAND, XOVE3IBER 14, 1920
T
OFFERS PORT PLAN
Channel 300 Feet Wide Pro
posed in Report.
DAM TO CLOSE SLOUGH
Sit for Public Dock Should Be
Donated by Interests to Benefit by
Improvement, Says Findings.
HARBOR PROJECT" RECOM
MENDATIONS. Recommendations of engineer
on North Portland harbor proj
ect: '
First Channel 300 feet wide
and 25 or 30 feet deep from
mouth of Willamette to upper
end of Monarch mill dock.
Second Completion of dam
across upper end of slough to
create still-water basin.
Third Donation of site for
public dock by Interests bene
fited by improvement.
A complete survey of North Port
land harbor, otherwise known as Ore
Son Slough, ordered by the Port of
Portland commission to determine its
policy in regard to opening that wa
terway to navigation, has been com
pleted by H. L. Gilbert, project en
gineer, and will be submitted to the
port commission at its next meeting.
The report deals in detail with the
history and present physical prop
erties of the waterway, and concludes
with recommendations to the com
mission. Whether or not the commis
sion will approve the plan of improve
ment favored by the engineer will be
determined at the next meeting of
the port body.
Because of the present depleted
state of the port treasury, it is a fore
gone conclusion that no improvement
work on this project can be under
taken immediately, though arrange
ments may be made for a sharing of
the expense by the industries to be
benefited by the improvement and the
United States war department, which
ccntrols the work of the army en
gineers. Brief History of Project.
From the report of Engineer Gil
bert, it appears that the first project
for the improvement of this waterway
was started in 1892 and completed in
1902. This work consisted merely of
closing the upper end of the slough
by a pile brush and dike.
During 1913 and 1914, a dredge cut
was made in the Oregon Slough 200
feet wide and 20 feet deep at low wa
ter, extending from the mouth of the
Willamette river to a point opposite
the Union Meat company's plant. This
channel in 1915 was found to have
shoaled to a 12-foot depth over a con
siderable length of the cut, and has
sow filled up entirely to a uniform
depth of about 9 feet for a distance of
two miles.
The flow of water through Oregon
Slough, the engineer reports, varies
from 5 per cent of the total flow of
the Columbia river at the zero stage
of low water to 28 ' per cent of the
total at a river stage of 25 feet.
The recommendations of the en
gineer in regard to the best plan to
be pursued for developing this wa
terway are:
"That a channel 300 feet wide by
25 or 30 feet deep at low water be
cLredged from the ship channel at the
mouth of the Willamette river to the
upper end of the Monarch Lumber
company's dock. This will provide
deep water access to all of the saw
mills and will require but little
dredging to give room for turning in
the natural basin opposite the dock.
"In making a selection of the open
or closed channel, the advantages of
the latter should be noted; viz, the
small amount of maintenance dredg
ing, ease of handling vessels In still
water at all ordinary stages of the
river, ease of maintenance of full
depth of harbor for the entire width
in case of intensive development of
the harbor on both sides of the
elough, and finally, less cost of con
struction. Closed Channel Not Important,
"The disadvantage of the closed
channel project involving shutting
off the land fronting on the slough
above the highway bridge seems of
little importance, in view of the fact
that navigation by river steamers on
this part of the slough is now impos
sible on account of bridges, and there
seems to be no prospect of develop
ment of this property for many years
to come.
"Underlying the question of mak
ing any improvement in the slough
by the port is the consideration, of
comparative cost of lighterage by
lightering by use of barges to be
furnished by the port.
Establishment of harbor lines should
be done as part of a plan of general
future development of North Portland,
extending from the highway bridge
to the lower end of Oregon elough.
It would be necessary to permit use
of space outside of harbor lines for
log booming purposes where such op
erations would not Interfere with
navigation.
.Dock Site Should Be Donated.
"A site for a public dock on the
elough should be donated by the In
dustries to be directly benefited by
the proposed development. This
ehould be -accessible by rail connec
tion and paved road and right of way
should be given for same. There are
two available sites for such a dock
below the railroad bridge one the
old shipyard, the other a tract just
Port Calendar.
-To Arrive at Portland.
Vessel From Tate.
Ftr. D. A. T. G. 76. .Falmouth ....Nov 14
Str. D. Freeman .... San Prin ...Nov 14
Sch. Meteor San Fran ...Nov." IS
Str. Edna San Fran Nov js
6tr. City of Topeka.S. F. A way. Nov. 17
Str. Alaska an Fran.. ..Nov IS
Ktr Tiverton ..rian Fran M" m
Str West Apaum
.Baltimore ..Nov" J 8
2J;"Seatt1- Nov." 19
.Phil and N.T. Nov 22
.New York ...Nov.'a
Str. Hawaiian ....
Sir. Eelbeck
Str. Oregonian ...
Str Bearport ....
"ST . --Nov.
25
Str. West Torus .... Boston Nov 2ft
Str. Mount nerwyn.. ioraltar ...Nov 2a
Str. Iake Filbert... Valparaiso . .Nov. 25
Str. Abercos orient Nov 28
Str. Cane Henry.
Str. Moerdyk ....
Str. Eldorado ...
t.- fireronian
" . ...ivov. 2S
Z r. nov. so
New Orleans. No v. so
.New York
Deo.
To Depart From Portland.
Vessel
Btr. "West Nivaria
, lrt ...... o
btr. Melyo .warn
.Japan "
14
Str.' Rose City San Fran Nov. jg
Sir. K.iam"" u ...Nov. i
Str. Montagus Orient Nov. is
Nov. is
Nov. 23
gU. jitt""-" ...... - - ...
Vessels in fort.
Vessel Berth.
Str El Segundo... .Standard Oil dock.
Btr. Haleakala Inman Poulsen mill.
Str. Klamath St. Helens.
Str. Montague Terminal No. 4.
Str Melyo Maru ...Terminal No. 4,
fcchr. Oregon Drydk.
fstr. Rose City Ainsworth deck.
Str. Wallingford ....Terminal No. 4.
Str. West Camak ...n Bu, mllL
Btr. West Nivaria. .. ..Terminal No, -1,
P
ErJGlNEER
below the Western Spar company's
plant,' on land owned by the Penin
sula Industrial company. Such dock
would be intended for use by all of
the industries other than the wood
working plants, excepting shingle
mills.
"In addition to the foregoing, the
port should receive assurance that
construction of facilities for shipping
will be undertaken promptly and that
the beneficial use of the ship channel
by these industries will be made on
a scale of sufficient magnitude to
Justify the expense to be made by
the port." "
TAC03IA LISTS TWO CARRIERS
Elkton and Brave Coeur Are to
load Soon for Europe.
TACOMA, Wash.. Nov. 13. (Spe
cial.) Two big carriers due-in Ta
coma within the next few days to
load for Europe are the Elkton and
Brave Coeur. The Elkton is taking
the place of the steamer Havilah,
while the Brave Coeur is on her way
from San Francisco to load ties at
the Tidewater and other mills. They
are expected tomorrow or Monday.
The Elkton is now down sound.
She will load at the Milwaukee ele
vators here. The Brave Coeur is
commanded by Captain Dyke, who
formerly lived in Tacoma. The vessel
is operated by Struthers & Dixon,
and has been in the oriental trade
for some time. She arrived' at San
Francisco from Manila recently.
The shifting about of the shipping
board vessels keeps marine men
guessing. It was first reported that
the Edmore will take the place of
the Havilah. The Edmore will load
flour, but the mill where she will be
sent has not been determined. The
Diablo, which may load in Tacoma, i3
due on the sound. Captain S. Swift of
the shipping board said.
TACOMA WATCHES RATE CASE
Secretary Will -Attend Hearing on
Spokane Issue at Washington.
TACOMA, Wash.. Nov. 13. (Spe
cial.) When word was received from
the interstate commerce commission
that the hearing on the intermediate
rate case, also known as the Spokane
rate case, has been set for December
2 and 3 in Washington. D. C. the
traffic and transportation bureau of
the Tacoma Commercial club deter
mined to s'end the secretary. Jay W.
McCune, to represent Tacoma at the
hearing.
The hearing is for final arguments
on the case, a report on which has al
ready been made by the commis
sion's examiner favorable to the con
tentions of the Paclfiq coast cities.
The case involves the effort of Spo
kane and other mountain state cities j
10 secure lower lermanai rates from
the east than on through shipments
to the coast cities. The lower rates
to the coast are based on the neces
sity of railroads meeting water com
petition. -
D. A. D. G. 76 OUTSIDE RIVER
British Steamer Reported Chartered
to Carry Wheat.
The British steamer D. A. D. G. 76,
at last report under charter to the
Pacific Grain company to carry wheat
from Portland to Europe, was re
ported outside the mouth of the Co
lumbia river yesterday evening and
was expected to come in during the
night. This vessel has been coming
to Portland from Falmouth, England,
since September 13 and has been the
cause of much speculation on the
Portland waterfront because of her
unusual name.
When the D. A. D. G. 76 put into
the Panama canal about a month ago
for repairs it was stated by a repre
sentative of the Pacific Grain com
pany that she could not possibly make
the cancellation date of her charter.
Whether the charter has been re
newed by this company or the vessel
taken by some other exporter could
not be learned last night, though it
is generally presumed that she will
be loaded by the Houser interests.
SKIPPER WINS CERTIFICATE
Captain Frank Andrews Gets
Award for War Record.
TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 13. (Spe
cial.) Captain W. Frank Andrews,
widely known among Pacific coast
shipping men, has been awarded a
certificate of appreciation for the
part he took in the world war. Cap
tain Andrews gave up his business to
take command of the West Cohas and
ran between the Atlantic coast and
Europe with supplies for the army
during the gravest days of the sub
marine peril.
Captain Andrews is one of the of
ficials of the International Stevedore
company and a retired shipma.ter.
He always has taken a keen interest
In naval affairs and was in command
of the Washington naval militia for
years until pressure of business forced
him to resign.
Hawaiian Brings Freight.
The 'steamer Hawaiian, , due here
Wednesday night or Thursday morn
ing to initiate the resumption of the
American - Hawaiian coast - to - coast
service, will bring 500 tons of general
freight from New York for Portland
discharge, according to the Columbia
Pacific Shipping company, which
represents the line here. A substan
tial booking of freight has been made
from Portland on the Hawaiian for
her return trip to the Atlantic coast.
The second vessel of the American
Hawaiian fleet to come here will be
the steamer Oregonian, due about
December 4.
SHIPPING BOARD FREIGHTER PROVES 'WORTH ON
jrerv-."--
STEAMER PALLAS.
The 7500-ton. steamer Pallas, which called here recently to take a shipment of 1500 tons of flour from Port
land to Brazilian ports, was conspicuous during her stay here for her fresh, neat . appearance, In spite of the
fact that she had Just completed a voyage to the bottom of the world and back, completely girdling the con
tinent of South America. She is one of three shipping board freighters operated by Swayne & Hoyt of San
Francisco In their Pacific-Argentine -Brazil line, and was the first of the fleet to come here.
The photograph is one of a set taken by Captain K. A. Ahlin, master of the vessel, and shows her buffeting
a trons -southeaster. off. the jstralts.of Magellan. - , t r - ,
EGERIA REACHES SYDNEY
STEAM SCHOONER MAKES lArN
TO ANTIPODES IN 3 0 DAYS.
Crart With Federal Wood Hull
Only Ocean-Going Powered
Vessel Portland-Owned.
. The steam schooner Egeria, which
was completed here by the Coast
Shipbuilding company from a ship
ping board wood hull of the Ferris
type, arrived at Sydney, Australia,
November 9, according to a- cable
gram received by her operators. The
vessel finished the long voyage in
the steaming time of 30 days, which
is considered to establish a record
for vessels of the Egeria's type.
Aside from the fact that the Egeria
is an innovation in steamer construc
tion and'equipment, considerable local
interest attaches to the craft be
cause of the fact that she is the one
and only ocean-going steam vessel
actually owned in Portland. As was
the case with several sailing vessels
completed here from wood steamer
hulls, the money for financing the
Egeria's completion and equipment
was raised by local subscription, the
Coast Shipbuilding company heading
the list of stockholders and perform
ing the work of converting her from
a hull to a finished steam schooner.
.- Probably the most distinctive fea
ture of the Egeria's design is her
special equipment for long voyages.
By placing long tanks fore and aft
along her keel, the builders gave the
vessel an oil-carrying capacity suf
ficient to enable her to cruise to Aus
tralia and back without re-fuelling.
After discharging her cargo of
Portland lumber at Sydney, the
Egeria will go to Newcastle to load
coal for the Hawaiian islands, and
will then return to Portland for a
second cargo of lumber.
Pacific Coast Shipping Notes.
TACOMA. Wart.. Nov. 13. (Special.)
To load a little more than 1.000.000 feet
of ties here for London and Grangemouth,
the steamer Brave Coeur. of the Struthers
& Dixon line, was due to arrive here to
night. The steamer will commence loading
Monday and probably sail Thursday.
The Hawaiian, which is inaugurating
the old American-Hawaiian service out of
Pugct sound, may not come to Tacoma
this voyage although 1.000.000 feet of lum
ber is awaiting the vessel here. The Ha
waiian was expected Monday to commence
loading. Reports received this morning
stated there was a doubt about the vessel
coming hero and that her cargo wouid be
taken by another vessel of this line.
The Santa Rita is expected to finish
discharging tonight or tomorrow and shift
down sound to go In drydock. The Del
rosa, of the Grace line, from west coast
ports Is due tonight to discharge ore.
The Saginaw, from San ""Francisco, was
in and out today. The vessel had a largo
amount of freight for local firms.
The Admiral Evans, listed for loading
here Sunday for San Francisco, Is not
coming to Tacoma this voyage. The Wueen.
from San Francisco, is listed for a Tues
day arrival.
The Cross Keys, of the Pacific Steam
ship company line, will be due here to
morrow to load 200,000 feet of lumber for
China.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nor. 13. (Special.)
Advices received here from the east today
stated that a steamship line is to be in
augurated to operate between New York
and Cork, Ireland. The announcement was
made by J. L. Fawsitt. who described
himself as the "Irish consul" . in making
the announcement. Fawsitt stated that the
plan is indorsed by the Cork chamber of
commerce and other Industrial associations
throughout Ireland.
The line is to be known as the United
States Mail Steamship company and will
have 15 ships placed in service. The ves
sels, says the report were- allocated . bj
the United States shipping board.
Upon the arrival of the tanker Derby
line in ballast from Manila the announce
ment was made that the vessel would be
dispatched from this port for service on
the Atlantic. For several months the ves
sel has been under the operation of
Struthers & Dixon supplying fuel oil from
here to ports in the orient and Manila
maintained by the United States shipping
board.
Officials of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding
corporation stated today -they were ad
vised by the navy department that the
new superdreadnought California would not
be ready to enter the Hunter's Point dry
dock until November 31. The battleship
had been ordered to the drydock next
Wednesday. .
GRAYS HARBOR Wash., Nov. 13.
(Special.) A letter received today from
E. J. Splcer. captain of the schooner David
Evans, in port at Sydney, Australia, states
that several vessels are tied up at New
castle by a coal shortage. The Evans is
taking a cargo of coke from Sydney to
Valparaiso.
The steam schooner Carmel arrived from
San Francisco at 9 o'clock this morning
to take a cargo at the Aberdeen Lumber
& Shingle company.
The steam schooner Celtlo cleared for
San Pedro at 3 o'clock this afternoon
after loading at the' Eureka and Blagen
mills. Hoquiam.
Steamers in port tonight are the Wind
ber. West Insklp, Carmel. Tahoe and Skag
way. The schooners Columbia and Irene
also are loading here.
COOS' BAY, Nov! 13. (Special.) The
port of Coos Bay suction dredge was
launched today from the Kruse & Banks
shipyard ways in the presence of a large
assemblage of citizens and officials. The
dredge Is built to throw a 15-lnch stream
and will first be used In dredging shallows
along the water front and afterwards on
the inlets.
The steam schooner Centralis, which
loaded a lumber cargo at the Oregon Ex
ports company mill, sailed for San Fran
cisco this afternoon at iz:4o.
The Osprey, bringing freight from Rogue
river, was an arrival tnis morning at 9:03.
The gasoline schooner Tramp left this
afternoon with freight for the Wedder-
burn Trading company on Rogue river.
ASTORIA. Or., Nov. 13. (Special.)
The barkentlne Hawaii arrived at 12:40
this afternoon from Honolulu and will load
lumber at the Inman-Poulsen mill.
The schooner Oregon, which arrived I
couple of days ago from Nehalem bay.
left at 3:30 this morning for Portland.
She is to go on a drydock for repairs, as a
result of running aground at wheeler.
Bringing freight and passengers for As
toria and Portland, the steamer Rose City
arrived at 6 o'clock this morale
Franeisco. - - -
The steam schooner Hyder Hanlfy
route from San Francisco towing the
schooner Meteor. The latter is to load lum
ber on the Columbia river, but the Hani'y
will proceed north.
Bringing a cargo of fuel oil for Port
land, the tank - steamer Wm. F. . Herrin
arrived this afternoon from California.
The steamer Wallingford arrived today
from San Francisco and goes to Portland.
The barkentlne James Tuft, laden with
lumber from Portland, sailed at 10:15 to
day for Australia.
A wireless message received by the
pilots this afternoon said the British
steamer D. A. D. G. 7, will arrive off
the mouth of the river early tonight. The
steamer comes from Tyne, England, under
charter of the Pacific Grain company to
load at Portland. , . .. s?
SAN PEDRO. Cal., Nov. 13. (Special.)
Swayne & Hoyt, through their local
agents, have issued through bills of lading
for freight from here to Mississippi river
points as far north as . Memphis. Tenn..
and St. Louis. Mo. The service which has
been Inaugurated connects at New Or
leans for the river ports. The steamer
Alvarado arrived recently from the gulf
with pig iron from Birmingham, Ala.,
which is less than 30O miles from tide
water on the gulf. The sardine season
has opened well here. Fifteen thousand
pounds of the sardines arrived in the
harbor In the last week. More canneries
will resume operations Monday. while
others wiU wait until December 1.
)One of the -heaviest orders of steel
received here In many months was that
which arrived on the steamer Eastern
Merchant, in from Baltimore early this
morning. It comprised 33 steel girders
and weighed nine and one-half tons. The
girders were for a Long Beach bridge.
Admiral Hugh Rodman will leave on
the flagship New Mexico early tomorrow
morning for San Francisco to meet the
congressional party which Is touring the
coast Inspecting sites for naval yards and
submarine bases.
PORT TOWNSBND, Wash., Nov. 13.
The steamer Del Rosa, bringing part cargo
from Philadelphia, arrived today after dis
charging at Seattle, she will load part
cargo on Puget sound, completing at other
coast ports.
The Del Rosa brought the third cargo
of copper ore this week for the Tacoma
smelter. She will load general cargo for
return trip in the service of the General
Steamship company. "
The steamer Culberson sailed this morn
ing for the United Kingdom with a full
cargo of miscellaneous products of the
northwest.
SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 13. (Special
Efforts to establish uniform port terms
and charges at the larger Pacific ports are
being made by President T. S. Llppey oi
the port of Seattle.
A communication asking co-operation in
the matter has been sent to the various
ports concerned according to G. F. Nichol
son, chief engineer and assistant secre
tary to the port commission here.
Failure of the Empire Stesmship com
pany of New York to complete arrange
ments for the purchase of the shipping
board steamship Edmore has led to the
return of the vessel to the Seattle-oriental
service of the Pacific Steamship company.
The Edmore has been idle at Smith's cove
several weeks while the sale was pending.
Members of the crew of the steamship
Iconium, which arrived here Thursday
noon, reported a heavy frost in Singapore
the first that that tropical port has expe
rienced in years..
The Iconium. which Is operated by the
Pacific Steamship comnany. dodged a ty
phoon entering and leaving the harbor of
Manila, according to Captain A, M. How
ell, its commanding officer.
The little power schooner Olga. owned
by Captain Alexander Allen, oia-tlme
Arctic fur trader and navigator, is on
her way to Seattle from a voyage to Point
Barrow.
Captain Allan left the vessel at Nome
and came south on the Alaska Steamship
company's liner Victoria, arriving here
last week. Captain Heikkla, who was
master of Jafet Lindeberg's power schooner
Orion last summer, is bringing the Olga
south.
Movements of Vessels.
PORTLAND, Nov. 13. Arrived, Rose
City from San Francisco at 4 P. M.; Wal
lingford from San Francisco. 10 P. M.
Sailed, at 5 P. M.. Lehigh for Philadelphi
Daisy Mathews and Joan of Arc from St.
Helena for San Pedro.
ASTORIA. Nov. 13.T-Arrived, at 6 and
left up at 8:15 A. M.. 'Rose City from San
Francisco: left up at 8:40 A. M., power
schooner Oregon. Sailed, at 10:15 A. M.,
barkentlne James Tuft for Adelaide. Ar
rived at 11:36 A. M. and left up at 1
P. M., Wallingford from San Francisco; at
1:15 P. M., barkentlne Hawaii from Hono
lulu; at 2 and left up at 3:20 P. M.. W. F
Herr.n from Monterey.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13. Arrived, at
10 A. M., City of Topeka from Portland
via Coos Bay and Eureka.
CRISTOBAL. Nov. 12. Sailed. Florence
Olson from Columbia river for Santo Do
mingo. HAMBURG,
from Portland.
Nov. 10. Arrived, Olen
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 12. Sailed, at
5 P. M., Edna for Portland; Steelmaker
xrom Astoria zor .New York.
SAN PEDRO, Cal., Nov. 13. (Special.)
Arrived, Eastern Merchant, from Balti
more, 6 A. M. ; Forest King, from Tacoma.
7 A. M. ; Svea, from Grays Harbor, 6
A. M. ; Anne Hanlfy, from Grays Harbor,
7 A. M.; President, from San Francisco,
10 A. M. ; Admiral Goodrich, from Eureka,
s A. il. ; Haico, from Astoria, 4:20 P. M.
Sailed, Tiverton, for Columbia river, 6
P. M. ; Flavel for Astoria, 5 P. M. ; Wah
keena, for Portland, 6 P. M. ; Daisy Gads
by, for Grays Harbor, 6 P. M. ; Washing
ton, for Eureka, 6 P. M.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13. Arrived,
Derbyltne, from Manila; City of Topeka,
from Balboa; Alaska, from Portland. De
parted, Colombia, for Hongkong; Dilworth,
for Seattle; Admiral Wainwright, for Van
couver, Jo C.
SHANGHAI, Nov.
Maru, from Tacoma.
11. Arrived, Africa
ARICA. Nov. 10. Ooolcha. from Seattle.
AUCKLAND. N. Z., Nov. Sailed. Ca
nadian Inventor for Seattle; 10th, Wai te
nia ta, for Vancouver.
VALPARAISO, Nov. 11. Sailed, Santa
Alicia, from Tacoma.
SEATTLE, Nov. 13. Arrived Yosemlte.
from Boston via Balboa and San Francisco;
Griffdu. from San Diego, via Saa Fran
cisco. Sailed Governor, for San Pedro vis, San
Francisco; Horace X. Baxter, for San
Francisco; Elkton and Eastern Glenn, for
United Kingdom ports. .
TACOMA. Nov. 12. Arrived Saginaw.
from San Francisco; Quadra, from Bri
tannia Beach; Delrosa, from Callao; Ara
bia Maru. from Vancouver, is. c
Sailed Northwestern, for Alaska ports;
Phyllis, for San Pedro; Saginaw, tor San
Francisco via Mukilteo.
22,000 - MILE VOYAGE.;
i
sv;;!mail record is broken
CIUXA ASD JAPAN GET 75 7
SACKS FROM PORTLAXD. '
Shipment Is Second Postal Cargo
to Go From This City to
the Far East. .
The largest dispatch of foreign
mail ever made from Portland will
leave for Japan and China tonight
on the steamer West Nivaria, of the
Columbia-Pacific Shipping company's
North China line. In addition to a
full cargo of lumber, steel and
general freight, the West Nivaria will
carry 727 sacks of mail.
The shipment of mail to be taken
by the West Nivaria will be the
second to go from Portland direct
to the Orient on a vessel of this
line, and It has been announced by
John M. Jones, postmaster, and offi
cials of the Columbia-Pacific Ship
ping company, that all vessels of this
line in the future will carry mall
between this city and Japan and
China.
The steamer West Keats, which
went, out in the North China service
October 19, carried a shipment of 103
sacks of mall.
The steamer West Nomentum will
be the next vessel of this line to
come here from the Orient, and will
be due about December 1. The
steamer Bearport, now discharging at
San Francisco cargo which she
brought from Philadelphia, is sched
uled for the next outward sailing
from Portland in the North China
line, and will be due here from the
south to start loading about Novem
ber 25.
. Wind Drives Schooner Back.
Because of a strong east wind
blowing down, the Columbia river
while the auxiliary schooner Oregon
was trying to come up, the little ves
sel was obliged to give up the at
tempt Friday evening and return to
Astoria. She started up the river
again at 8:20 A. M. yesterday and
was still coming at 6 o'clock- last
night. The Oregon recently" ran
aground in the Nehalam river and is
coming here to be lifted in the port
of Portland drydock for examination
and repairs.
Marine Xotes.
The steamer Edna sailed from San Fran
cisco at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon for
Portland with 1000 tons of general freight
and will be due here Monday, according
to intorraatlon received by B. L. McMullen
manager of the Portland office of Sudden
& Chrlstenson, owners of the vessel. After
discharging at Arbers dock No. 3, the
Edna will go to Grays Harbor to load lum
per ror California.
The steamer Rose City, of the San Fran
cisco A Portland Steamship company, ar
rived at the Ainsworth dock at 4:20 P. M.
yesterday and will depart for San Fran
cisco again Tuesday morning .
The American barkentlne Hawaii arrived
in the river early yesterday afternoon and
will come up today to the Inman-Poulsen
mill to load lumber. She Is under charter
to Balfour, Guthrie & Co. for a voyage to
Aaeiaiae. Australia.
The Associated Oil tanker William F.
Herrin arrived at her dock at 2 o'clock
yesterday morning.
The steamer Wallingford. of the Genera
Steamship corporation's service to the west
coast of South America, arrived at muni
cipal terminal No. 4 at 10 o'clock yesterday
morning to discharge and load.
The North Atlantic & Western Steamship
company's steamer Lehigh finished load
ing yesterday afternoon ana left down at
5 o'clock from $he Portland Lumber com
pany's mill lor Host on ana Philadelphia.
Ship Reports by Radio.
(Furnished by Radio Corporation of
America.)
Positions reported at 8 P. M. yesterday
unless otherwise Indicated, were as follows:
J EPTH A, Tacoma for San Pedro, 4S6
miles from San Francisco.
CULBERSON. Puget sound for San Pe
dro. 575 miles north of San Francisco.
NORWOOD, Port Angeles for San Fran
cisco, abeam in Columbia river.
W. F. PERRIN. Monterey for Portland
50 miles from Portland.
WASHTENAW. Port Angeles for Port
San Luis, w43 miles from Port San Luis.
CELILO, Grays Harbor for San Fran'
cmsco. 23 miles south of Columbia river
EVERETT. Everett for San Pedro, 810
miles south of Everett.
HARTWOOD. Grays harbor for San
Francisco, 332 miles north of San Fran
cisco.
CLAREMONT, Willapa harbor for San
Pedro, 220 miles from Willapa harbor.
EL LOBO, Lobltos, Peru, for Vancouver,
B. C, 2W miles south of San Francisco.
FRANK H. BUCK. Port Costa for Gavl-
ota. HO miles from Port Costa.
POINT BONITA. San Francisco for New
York. 280 miles south of San Francisco.
WEST KEENE. San Francisco for As
toria. SSI miles north of San Francisco.
MOFITT, San Pedro for Kahulul. "CO
miles from San Pedro.
GEORGINA ROLPH. Portland for San
Pedro. llo miles north of San Francisco.
ANNETTE ROLPH. Tacoma for San Pe
dro, 244 miles north of San Francisco.
ADMIRAL DEWEY, Seattle for San
Francisco. 164 miles from San Francisco.
MULTNOMAH. St. Helens for San Fran
cisco. 23i miles north of San Francisco.
RICHMOND, towing barge 85. San Pedro
for Seattle, 445 miles from Seattle.
Tides at Astoria Sunday.
High Water. I Low Water.
3:16 A. M 7.4 ft. 9.07 A. M 3.8 ft.
z:z tr. j. p.o Tt.i:44 r. m 0.5 ft.
WHEAT HIGHER AT CLOSE
CHICAGO ADVAIfCE IS DUE TO
SHORT COVERING.
Fall Amount of Gain Is Xot Held
When Coarse Grain Prices
Break.
CHICAGO, . Nov. 13. short covering
made a higher range for all grains today
with wheat la the lead. The markets
were over-sold and offerings were lizht.
but the upturn failed to hold - as heavy
selling developed and coarse grains broke
sharply. At tne finish wheat showed a
net gain of to 2lic, with December
11.7914 to U.80, and March, $1.70 14 to
tl.lOhb. Corn was !4c higher to lc lower.
Oats were unchanged to Ma lower, and
provisions were unchanged to 35c higher.
There was a general disposition on the
part of early buyers to take profits In
wheat, many of them not caring to leave
their trades over Sunday In view of the
disappointing action of the stock market.
New York reported two cotton oil ex
porters in financial difficulties, which
also aided in depressing prices.
Coarse grains were under pressure, but.
with the exception of oats, prices failed
to show much weakness and practically
all the trading was above yesterday's
close. -
Provisions averaged higher.
The Chicago market letter received yes
terday by Overbeck & Cooke company of
Portland said:
"Wheat Week-end short covering start
ed immediately after the opening and
carried prices up rapidly. The bullish in
centive was the large export sales re
ported late yesterday and confirmed this
morning, but not followed by additional
purchases and had the appearance of be
ing to fill old sales. Towards the close
prices receded under the pressure of re
newed selling influences by various bear
ish news Items, mostly along the same
lines as for the past few weeks, while
a report from Minneapolis that Chicago
houses were trying tp buy 1,000,000 bushels
of cash wheat there crested the Idea, prob
ably well founded, that delivery on Chi
cago December contracts was conspicuous
in making these purchases. Receipts were
small and the cash market higher, al
though No. 1 hard was relatively easy and
lost 1 to 1H cents of its premium. It
would seem on the surface that the mar
ket is In need of some new incentive to
bring about lower prices, but there are
so many developments of an adverse char
acter from day to day that a permanent
upturn Is highly improbable.
"Corn Started higher with wheat, but
the buying power, confined almost en
tirely to the retiring of short -contracts,
3-
VL
rX TO THE ORIENT
EUROPE
Winter tours to Northern Africa,
Algeria and Tunisia, Sicily, Egypt
and the Nile. Sailing from New
York, January, February and March.
which soon ran Its course and the entire
gain was lost at tne close. Receipts were
small and cash prices remained practic
ally unchanged. The prospect of the new
crop moving ere long looms like a gigantic
blanket over the market and thought
must be given as to where the demand
will come from. The business of corn con
suming industries Is poor and nothing in
sight to indicate an improvement. It is
patent, therefore, ' that the bulk of the
sales must of necessity be in the pit, and
we think it advisable to anticipate such
a situation.
"Oats Advanced easily with other
grains and then weakened materially and
again dragged down to around the bot
tom prices on the crop. . Comparative
strength in the cash market, due to light
receipts, attracted little, if any, attention.
This grain is in the same position as other
feed stuffs of which there is superabun
dance and an insufficient demand,
advance in hogs and grain; 85,000 estl-
"Provisions Firm and higher, due to
light offerings and buying based on the
mated for Monday and 160,000 for next
week. With such liberal receipts in sight
and the cash trade quiet, there is nothing
we can see upon which to base expecta
tions of higher prices."
Leading futures ranged as follows:
WHEAT.
Open. High.
Dee 1.78 1.83
March.. 1.70 1.75
CORN.
IjOW.
11.78
1.70
Close.
$1.79
1.70 V4
rec. .
May. .
74 .76 H
,79 .80 V
OATS.
.74 H
.78
74 H
78
Dee. . . .
May. .
.48 V,
.49 H
.47
.63 .64 .63 .63
PORK.
23.50 S3. 50
23.95 24.50 23.95 24.30
LARD.
15.65 -15.82 15.60 15.72
15.35 15.35 15.30 16.30
SHORT RIBS.
. 13.T5
13.27 18.37 13.27 13.27
Jan.. .
May....
Nov
Jan.
Cash prices were as follows:
Wheat No. 2 hard $1.861.86H.
Corn No. 2 mixed 88c; No. 2 yellow
87 88c.
Oata No. 2 white 5152V&c; No. S
white 48 50 He.
Rye No. 2 1.58.
Barley 81c i 1.08.
. Timothy seed $5.50 6.75.
Clover seed--$ 10 20.
Pork Noml nal.
Lard $19.35.
Riba 113.&0 15.50.
Minneapolis (train Market.
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 18. Cash wheat
No. 1. dark northern, SI. 76 y, 1.70H : No.
2, 1.7341.76V4; No. 3, 1.65 V4 & 1.68 ;
fancy. Jl.ol ; No. 1 red spring, S1.68V)
&1.7Sii; No. 2. fl.OSVx 01.08; No. 3,
1.5 1.61 . No. 1, dark hard Montana,
U.70 &1.7S ; fancy, 1.88. Corn. No.
4, yellow, S891c; No. 6, 85(&'SSc; No. S,
mixed. 87&!0c: No. 4, 848Sc. Oats. No.
3. .white, 4344c; No. 4. 4141C
Barley, choice to fancy, S687c; lower
grades, 68& 74c; No. 2 rye, ,1.4901.50.
Flax 2.312.32.
Futures closed Wheat, Dec., $1.68;
March, $1.70. Rye, Dec, Sl.35. Oat,
Dec, 43c; oats. May. 48 c. Barley, Dec.
79c; May, 79ie. Flax, Nov., 2.29; Dec,
.32; May, -'.44.
Winnipeg; Grain Market.
"WINNIPEG, Nov. 18. Wheat, Nov..
$2.06: Dec, $1.89: May. 1.93-A. Oats.
Nov., 68c; Dec. 55c; May, 60c Flax,
Nov. $2.33; Dec, $2.29; May, $2.44.
Rye. Dec, 11.66 b.; Nov. 1.61.
Duluth Unseed Market.
DULUTH, Nov. 13. Linseed on track
and arrive. S2.33.
Grain at San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Nov. 13. Gram
Wheat, $3.503.65; barley, spot feed,
$2 152.20; oats, red feed, $2.S32.60;
corn, white, Egyptian. 3.103.15; rye.
nominal; fee wheat. $3.25 3.40.
Hay Wheat, fancy, $282; tame oata
$24 27; wild oats. $1S02O; barley. $17
20; alfalfa. $22025.
Seattle Grain Market.
SEATTLE, Nov. 13 Wheat, hard white,
hard winter, red winter and northern
spring:, $1.50: soft white and white club,
$1.56; red Walla and Eastern Walla, $1.45;
Bib Bend bluestem, $1.61.
Feed Scratch feed. 73 ton: feed wheat,
$76; all train chop, $38: oats, $57; sprout
ing: oats, $62; rolled oats, $59; whole corn,
$35; cracked corn. $57; rolled barley, $60;
clipped barley. $65.
Hay Alfalfa, $29 ton; double compressed
alfalfa, $33; ditto timothy, $42; eastern
Washington, mixed. $36.
SAN FBANCISCO PBODUCK MARKET
Prices Current on Veg-etables, Fresh Fruits,
. Etc., at Bay City.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 13. Dairy pro
duce Extras, 58c; prime firsts, 66c
Eg-g-s Fresh extras, 89 c; extra pullets,
78c; undersized, 70c.
Cheese Flats, fancy, 81 e: firsts, 25c
summer squash, lug-. 1.752.50; potatoes,
street prices, rivers. $2.25-2.40; Salinas,
$3: sweets, 23c; onions, yellow, 75 00c
cental; Australian brown, 75c$l-25; white
$1.5001.75; lima. 7-iflOc: bell peppers, lug.
40 Sri 5c; Chile, 4065c: tomatoes, 60c$l
box; cucumbers. $1.2501.75; garlic, 3t89c;
celery, crate. $33.50; cauliflower, 90c 1
doz ; cabbage, lc lb.; carrots and turnips,
$1. 25O1.60 sack; beets. $1.25; parsnips,
$175; peas, southern, 1518c; rhubarb,
(17602-23) box; sprouts. 78c
ipoultry Hens, large colored, 3637e;
small. 30 32c; white leghorn, large. "
35c; small, 3032c; strictly young roost
ers 3335c: old. 2022c; fryers, 40 0 45c;
broilers. 60 65c; ducks. 27 30c; squabs.
75 85c: Belgian hares, live. 232.-c; tur
keys, alive. 4045c; dressed, 505Sc.
Frult strawberries. 75c$1.40; Valencia,
oranges. 'tf: lemons. $2.504.50; grape
fruit $2.604; new crop. $3 3.50; limes,
$33.50; apples, Bellefleurs. $1.5001.60;
pears Winter Nellls. $3.253.&0; figs, dou
ble layer. $1.251.75; grapes, crate. $1.75
6 2.75; bananas, 10llc; cranberries, $4.50
5: new navel oranges, ei.ovvo oox.
Receipts Flour. 7494 quarters; wheat,
1810 centals; bar'ey, 24,147 centals; oats,
800 centals; beans, 5865 sacks; corn, 1400
centals; potatoes, 3853 sacks; onions, 315
sacks; hay, 155 tons; hides, 16 rolls: or
anges, 1500 boxes: livestock, 130 head.
Coffee Futures Lower at Close.
NEW YORK. Nov. 13. Coffee futures
were quiet today but there was very little
r .ki IF
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nonoiuiu, japan, oiancnuna, .North and south
China and the Philippine Islands
Sailing from Vancouver January 13: from San Francisco
January 24. February 5 and 20, March 16, April 2 and 30,
May 28 and June 25; from Seattle March 11.
Small congenial parties under personal escort
Write
VEST INDIES
Two Cruises. Jan. IS and Feb. 19.
23 days. Visiting principal cities of
the West Indies, ?4i0 up, with Shore
Excursions.
SOUTH AMERICA CRUISE
January 29th 70 days 2200 up
Down tfw Wast Coast on the luxurious Pacific Line Steamer "Ebro" up the
East Coast via the Lamport tC Holt Line. Itinerary include, the best there
is to see in South America and the celebrated trip across the Andes. Seventy
days of pleasure on land and sea. An emended program of sightseeing in
all the principal cities of Sooth America. Write rot details.
WTunrrer yon trivet carry thote tpemdabU ere
American. Express Travelers Cheque
AMERICAN
EXP
RESS
TRAWL DEKrWTMENT
Earl D. Walker. D. P. A.
Cor. 6th and Oak sts. Portland, Or.
Phone Broadway 6060.
Dependable Freight and Passenger Service
California Service
Resmlar Freight and Passengrr fervtoe to
COOS BAY lilHUKA and SA!' Fit AA CISCO
Sailing from Portland, 9 P. M.
S. S. "CITY OF TOPKKA," JVov. 10-Kov. 30.
Coauaectlnar at Man Franc-lneo with -Steamers, for
Lm Anarelea and San llicgo
Resralar Freight and Pansenarrr Service to Mexico, Central
America and Alaska.
TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICE to all
Oriental Forts. TJ. S. Shipping
Board A-l Steel American Vessels.
Sailing; From Portland
3. S. MONTAGUE Nov. 18
3. S. ABERCOS Dec. IS
S S. PAWL.ET Jan. 18
For Further Information Apply to
lOl THIRD ST.
buying power in evidence and prices ruled
lower as a result of further scattering
liquidation promoted by the unsettled
showing of Brazil. The opening was 6 to
14 points lower, with March selling oft to
7.50c, or within 75 points of the season's
low record. Rallies of a few points fol
lowed on covering, but were not fully
maintained, the market closing at a net
loss of 6 to 10 points. December. 6.82c;
January, 7.02c; March, 7.52c; May. 7.82c;
July, 8.12c; September. 8.32c.
Spot coffee, quiet; Rio 7s, 7c; Santos
4s, 10llc
Seattle Dairy Produce.
NEW YORK, Nov. 13. Raw sugar, weak.
Brazilian centrifugal at 5c; refined at
10010.50c for fine granulated.
Cotton Market.
NEW TORK, Nov. 13. Cotton Spot,
quiet. Middling, 19.40c.
Chicago livestock Market.
CHICAGO, Nov. 13. Cattle Receipts,
500O, compared with week ago best corn
fed steers around steady; others mostly
25c to 50c lower; week, top, $17-5(V; bulk
native. $10(314; bulk westerns. $S.2510.50;
butcher cattle unevenly 25c to 75c lower;
canners and cutters, steady to 25c lower;
light and handywelght veal calves strong
to 25c higher; heavy shipping calves, $1
lower; stockers and feeders steady to 25c
lower.
Hogs Receipts, 6O00, mostly 10c to 15c
higher than yesterday's average; spots
more on In-between grades; top. $13 05;
bulk of sales. $12.3013; pigs about steady,
bulk of desirable 100 to 130-pound! pigs
$12.5018)12.75.
Sheep Receipts. 3000; compared with
week ago. fat lambs closed 15c to 2-'ic
higher; yearlings steady; sheep 75c to $1
lower; feeder sheep and lambs steady.
Omaha Livestock Market.
OMAHA, Nov. 13. Receipts 15O0, mar
ket active, steady to 10c higher; bulk
$12.3512.50; top, $12.75.
Carrie Receipts. 400; market compared
with week ago, fed steers fully 50c lower:
grass range beef and she-stock 25c to 50c
lower.
Sheep No receipts; market compared
with week ago; lambs 25c to 50c lower;
sheep and yearlings 50c to 75c lower;
feeding lambs steady; feeding: sheep fully
&Oc lower.
Kansas City Livestock Market.
KANSAS CITT, Nov. 13. Cattle Re
ceipts, 1O0O. For week: Beef steers, can
ners and feeders, mostly 60c to 7Sc lower;
she-stock mostly 50c lower; bulla 25c lower;
calves $1 to $1 60 lower; stock cows and
heifers 25o to 60c lower; stock calves,
75o to $1 lower.
Sheep No receipts. For week: Sheep $1
to $1.50 lower; yearlings 60c to 75c lower;
lambs, 75c to $1 lower; feeding lambs,
25c to 40c lower.
Seattle Livestock Market.
SEATTLE, Nov. 13. Hogs Receipts
none; steady. Prime $14. 750 15.25; me
dium to choice. (13 75014.75; smooth heav
ies. $12.75013.25; rough heavies, $10,750
12.23; pigs, $11.50013.
Cattle Receipts, none; market 50c lower.
Prime steers, $909.50; medium to choice,
$7.5003 50; common to good, $5.5007;
best cows and heifers, $6.50f7; medium to
choice, $506; common to good, $3.5005;
bulls, $406; calves, $6.50to 13.
Oregon Postmasters Appointed.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, Nov. 13. Oregon post
masters have been appointed as fol
lows: William Miller. Bolita, Mal
heur county; Everet Richman, Troy.
Wallowa county; Parks U. Conant,
Zumwalt, Wallowa county.
TRAVELERS' GUIDE.
STEAMER
FOR
San Francisco, Los Angeles and San
Diego. bailing Tuesday, 2:30 P. M.
CHEAP RATES
M.. BOLLAM, Agent.
122 Third Street. Phone Main 26.
AUSTRALIA
Honolulu, Suva, New Zealand.
The Palatial PaKsenger steamer
B. M. r. "Niagara" B. M. 8. "M tKl'BA"
20,000 Tons 13.500 Tons
Suit from Vancouver. It. C.
For rates and sailinK -pply Can. Par. Rail
way, 55 Third St.. Portland, or Canadian
Australasian Royal Mail Line, 440 beytuour
bt Vancouver, U, C.
for details. :
' in fit sniiiW iitigirilllitfflairTBr
1NTERCOASTAL SERVICE Boa
ton and Philadelphia. Nawsco Line
8S0C-Ton Steel American Vessels.
Sailinar From Portland
S. S. WEST TOGUS Nov 30
S. S. SPRINGFIELD ....Dec 31
S. S. M. C. BRUSH Dec! 16
PHONE HAITI 8281.
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Portland-Tillamook
Passenger and Freight
Service
BY
Your Transportation
Lines, Inc.
Passenger cars leaving Port
land v daily and Sunday at 9
A. M.f freight daily except
Sunday, for Tillamook and
way points. Twenty - minute
stop at Sheridan for lunch.
Seven-passenger cars only are
used for passenger service.
Comfort, safety and courtesy
guaranteed.
For schedule and rates com
municate with
Your Transportation
Lines, Inc.
325 Glisan St.
Phone Broadway 5332
Holland -America Line
NORTH PACEFIO COAST LINE
(Joint Service of Holland-America Line
and Royal Mall Steam Packet Co.)
Between
Vancouver. B. C. Pnrrt Sound. Vortlaad.
ban Francisco and Los Angeles Barbel
An
Rotterdam. Antwerp), London, Liverpool.
Hamsarr, Havre.
FREIGHT ONLY.
Sailings will take place as follows t
S3. MOERDTK (12.000 tons d. w.)
loading Kovember-Decambel
And regularly thereafter.
Steamers are specially fitted wtth large
cool rooms and refrlge-ators for the trans
portation of fresh fruit, fish, etc
For freight rates and particulars apply to
OREGON-PACIFIC COMPANY,
en.3 Wilcox Iildg, Phone Main 453
TOYO KISEN KAISHA
Freight Service
Portland to Japan and China.
6S. MEIVO MARC. 880O tons, loading
. November 6.
For Tokohoma, Kobe and Shanghai.
Freight and Passenger Servlra.
SS. ANIO MARD. 12.000 tons, loading
January 13. 192 L
For rates, tares, space and Informatloa
Address
OREGON-PACIFIC COMPANY
General Agents
Wilms Bldg. Main 4S4S.
Astoria and Way Points
STK. GEORGIANA
Round trip dally (except Friday) leave
Portland 7:10 A. M., Alder-street dock.
Leaten Astoria 2 P. M.. Flavel dock. Fare
$2.00 eaeb way. Special n In earte dining
service. IMrect connection for boutbj
Beaches. Night Seat dally. 8 P. M., daily
exeept Sunday. The Harkln Transporftsy
Itou Company. Main 1422. 641-SJ).