The Oregon daily journal., August 18, 1902, Page 2, Image 2

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THE-.GREAT
EMPIRE
Jhe Life, Ways, and Wealth of the Men
Who Live by the Blue Mountains of
. Old Webfoot.
Staff -Correspondence.)
rnv-E. Or. Aue. 16. -Cove la a thriving
little village at the foot of tha Blue
Mountains, in Union County, 10 miles
, northeast of the county seat. Union.
Fruit, grain, stock ami hay are the
. wealth-producing Industries of the viein-
Ify. 'At Cove I met I R. Bloom, who
corrida the weight of his CO years very
lightly. I talked with him of tha early
a. 1
: "Our party, headed by my father, S.
M. Bloom, came to the Cove on October
'' t, 18G2. We came across the plains from
t Iowa by ox and cow teams," said Mr.
BWm.' "I helped build the first log
cabin put up on the Cove. A good many
miners wintered here In the winter of
I.'.,'". MJfc. U I'U tvo . MIX. IIV, ....... A I. u . I . .a
here long 1 did not take, up a home
stead, but bought a pre-emption claim at
' fl.K an acre. That was In S. J didn't
.. think I would be here but a little while
and I have been her ever since."
During my stay at Cove I met E. P.
MoDaniels, who ha recently moved to
' .Baker City.
'Tou want to know how that mountain
got the name of Mt. Fannie f he asked.
' , "The year t Cam here, 1803, my wife, a
lady by tha .name of Mrs. John Eaton,
and three gentlemen climbed to the sum
mit of the mountains. As Mrs. Eaton and
. my wife were the first white women to
Set foot upon its summit they voted to
ca.ll 1( ML Fannie, Which Is my wife's
'name, and Aft. Fannie It has been ever
' since.? , ''.'
- 'There comes one of the old-timers."
- said the storekeeper to me, pointing to an
'old gentleman coming across the street
When he came up the storekeeper Intro
duced us to each other.
"My name ,1s Joseph Martin, but every
body here calls me "Uncle Joe,' " the old
gentleman said. "When I came to tha
Grande ORonde Valley the grass was so
' r high it brushed the horses' shoulders. 1
..came la ISSt I am from Virginia. I was
born and raised la that state. We
. s moved Into Iowa a little while before
the war broke out. I was over SO years
"Did myself when the wah started, but
'' l.dldn'ttwant to fight nor have my boys
light against their native state, Virginia,
oor I didn't want to have to fight against
' the Union, and since they was bound to
-fight, and as we had nothing to do with
getting up the quawell, I didn't want to
, mix up ' with it, so we came out here
to get out of the way of It. Tes, I
m oveno. I was born In 1814 " "Next
to General J. H. Stevens In La Grande,
who Is S7 years old, I guess I am the
next oldest man In Union County."
There , are several very fine fruit
ranches In the vicinity of Cove. Possibly
- the best-Informed of the fruitgrowers and
shippers at the Cbve Is Karl J. Stack -
' land. On Friday last "he sold SO acres
at land . situated on the . hillside near
nose of Mt. Fannie; about one and one-
' alf nes"fro CovC set out In young
trees, for $1.28 per acre, JThis gtves one
n Idea of the value of land In the vi
cinity of Cove. This tract had no build
ings on it, the. 12000 being merely for the
bare land. He has an extenBlve orchard,
at present having 1500 cherry-trees. 1
. asked. Mr. 8tacklanjS as to the need of
ti. a.lt t A -nvsl ntinnln nf wafor
' XklTf IMKLIUIJa -, J. VUU RUUyiJ We. nivi
' thrwgncirt the summfwouid i rgreat-
. imng i . .ku v .i
' enough water goes to waste In Ave days
luring-tfthe spring - floods to Irrigate
, ef Cove -throughout -the month- of - Aug-'
ost Jdo ot know of anothr location
, tn tha state wher a system of Irrigation
;ouldbe inaugurated so cheaply and so
asiir ' Mature; has done her pert and
AUSTRIAN EMPEROR
CELEBRATES
Vienna Is Ablaze With Life and Color
Francis Joseph Holds His People's Love.
' (Journal Special Service.)
VIENNA. Aug. 18. The severfty-second
Mrthday ofmperpr Francis-Joseph was
. (elebmted today with elaborate fetes
Jiroughout the dual empire. During the
breroon the members '-of the . foreign
;". dplomatlc corps presented at the palace
telegraphic messages of, congratulation
' rom Kirns Edward, Emperor ' William,
Clng Alfonso of Spain and others. In
. he capital the anniversary of the Em-
aror's birth was never so generally ob-
crved. Public offices, stores and facto-
les were; closed, the streets were hand
somely decorated and gala performances
--rere given t -.the theatres. Special
;- L- t , t V. ,1 ,1 I .. i !
tie churches and were attended by thou
nds r persons.
The' celebrations in honor of Emperor
tytncls Joseph are not the forced trib
utes of down-trodden subjects,, but are
. pontanaous testimonies to .the love and
Aectton which this most generous mon
rch Is held by the people. There Is no
sore popular ruler In, tbe world, and he
as won this popularity by a uniform
enerosiry' and kindness to his people
ver since he mounted the throne, more
att 'halt century ago. . ..
A keen Observer of national conditions
nee " style ; Emperor Francis . Joseph
the tnost unlvsraaJly respected mon
INLAND
OF OREGON
1 it needs but a tight expense to provide
i water which would be abundant for all
j purposes. There Is a natural depression
! on the mountain side aftmg Mill Creek.
The hill side Is of stone and It juts out
from both sides across the Mill Creek
Valley, falling to meet by only' 80 feet.
Ten thousand dollars put In a stone em
bankment 40 feet high to close this gp
would retain the melting snow and the
spring floods' on Mill Creek and Insure
sufficient water for the summer. ThiB
natural reservoir Is so high4 that every
farm but two in this end of the valley
could be irrigated. -Let us suppose we
only Irrigated 20,000 acres. It would In-
crease the value of the land more than
$10 per 'acre, In some cases it would double
the value. But at $10 there Is. for the 20,
000 acres, an Increase In value of $300,000.
"Suppose the owners of the 20,000 acres
paid DO cents per acre per year. One
year would pay $10,000 and pay the cost
of the construction of the dam. I look
to see the whole hillside one vast orchard
tn a few years.
I visited the -packing house of C. M. &
Q. Q. Stackland, a few miles from Cove.
Cove exports a great deal of fruit, con
sidering how recently they have begun
raising fruit here for Eastern markets.
There were 23 carloads of Italian prunes
shipped from Cove last year.
"We have to haul our fruit to Union.
We need a railroad or electric road badly,"
said Mr. Stackland. - "There is abundant
power on mill Creek to generatf power
for an electric road, and It would have
a great deal of traffic. We raise Blngs,
Lamberts, Royal Anns, Centennials and
Black Republicans. We received a medal
and a diploma on our Blng cherries at
the Buffalo Exposition; You can see that
wa do not face one row and fill in the
box, but each row is. carefully faced.
These boxes are 11 by 22 Inches, and
hold 10 pounds of cherries'. The Blngs
and Lamberts are superb shippers. We
ship to New York, Chicago and other
Eastern points, and the fruit arrives in
fine condition. A roW of 8 to 8 cherries
Alls the U-lncb half box. The cherries
are worth 8 cents on our place here. We
average to make $1 Jer 10 pound case, F.
O. B., union. We also raise berries. We
expect to put out 5 acres of strawberries
next spring. We alalo ship raspberries
and grapes. In addition we have the
Josephine variety of -plum rand winter
Bartletts and Idaho pears. Our York im
perial is one of our best applea. They are
4-tier apples quite prolific, and thrifty,
of good qolor and good shippers. We are
wonderfully favored on 'these'' hillside
forms. We are In the thermal belt. We
escape the frosts of the lowlands near
the streams, and are not high enough to
get the mountain frosts. We are 500
feet above the valley and are well shel
tered so that It Is peculiarly adapted to
fruit raising,"
G. W. Thomas, is another fruit raiser
of Cove. He owns the oulT. T...Uean j
farm.
"I have shipped 6000 pounds of cherries tho annual session of the Trans-Mlssis-to
Butte, Helena,, Denver and Kansas 8jppi commercial Congress. The arrivals
City. Oregon cherries are beginning1 to
be In big demand," said' Mr, Thomas, j
"Last year my cherries that I shipped ,
nfetted me $1.25 per ten-pound case, 1J
cents per pound. We can sfeli them here j
in Cove, for 8 cents per pijund. I Just ;
heard this from the Governor's wife's :
sister that the cherries Isent to the !
Governor got there all right. I send i
some fruit to him evi-ry year, its I. am
on his did farm. f Blng9, Lamberts and
Royal .Anns We the. XJuJee best , cherries
We havein, Orefpn.' J ' t ', "
Dunham rjgt,vwho owns the hotel at
Cove ahd .alsoj ft.t; Medley Sprlpgs, gave
history anil resources ( Union County.'
FRED LOCK LEY. JR.
arch in the world.' The designation Is
considered apt, for he and Pope i.eo
XIII. are tbe last pf what may be called
the "old school" of potentates, and. of
the two the Austrian ruler, easily occu
pies first; place In the fiauel rc?t
accorded him by all nations tfftd ajl peo
ples. The aged Pontiff at Rome, whf
revered by his millions of followers to a
degree closely akin to adoration, must
endure from his opponents full measure
of tliat peculiarly Intense hatred known
only to the heart of religious Intolerance.
But the venerable Emperor enjoys not
only the love of the people he rules a,
love having in it much of the intimate,
unreasoning character found in that of
a t:hlld for its father-tout front political
opponent as well as friend, from high and
low, from stranger and familiar, respect,
sincere and full measured, i his. It is
this love and respect shown by all. classes
which. In the troublous times Austria
has experienced, Justify the statement
that the empire in its present form will
endure so long as Emperor Francis Jo
seph lives, and It Is fbecause of realizing
how much of the old Emperor's power
over, his1; people Is purely personal)
that calm-thinking men fear that when'
he has laid the scepter aside the turbulent
factions will overthrow U satire govern-'
neptel structure.- . ,
TODAY I
rJIE OTtlXOX DAILY JOUIKsTAL PO llTfiiv 1), -MOXD
OREGON CITY
Will Soon Be ..Filled With Fair
Pedagogues.
CUCKAMAS TEACHERS 10 MEET
In the Falls City August 26 Foil
Program for the Institute
(Journal Special Service.)
OREGON CITY, Aug. 18.-Clackamas
County Teachers' Annual Institute will
cornnunce In this city August 26, tnd
continue three days. The progtnm has
just been completed by Superintendent
of County Schools J. C. Zlnscr. The
lecturers and educators who have been
secured are Preston W. Search, pf Clark
University; Superintendent of J'ubllc In
struction J. H. Ackerman; lof. Jt, R.
Steele, of Portland High School: Anna
E Knox, teacher of drawing in tho Port
land schools; A. P. Armstrong, principal
of Portland Business College; NeUio A.
Sawyer, graduate of Chicago University
School of Education and at present su-
j pervisor of primary work In the Seattle
schools. The Institute will 'bo held in the
Court House. Miss Veda Williams has
charge of the music and Miss Oertrude
Nefrger Is the Institute secvoury. The
ptogram follows:
Tuesday morning "When ' I was a
Boy," Preston W. Search; "Fundamen
tal Principles of Arithmetic," R. R.
Steele; "Mistakes Children Make in
Drawing Flowers and Foliage." Anna E.
Knox; "Nature Study," Preston W.
Search.
Tuesday afternoon Music, 1:30; "School
Tactics," ft. R. Steele; "The Literary
Training of Children," Preston W.
Search; lecture. Superintendent J. H.
Ackerman.
Wednesday morning "The Growth of
a Child," Preston W. Search; "Frac
tions," R. R. Steele; "Light and Shade In
Object Drawing," Anna E. Knox: "His
tory and Geography," Preston W. Search.
Wednesday afternoon i.iuslc, 1:30; "The
Recitation," R. R. Steele; "School Rooni
Decoration," Anna E. Knox,;, 'address,- A.
P. Armstrong. .
Wednesday evening Lecture, "The
Ideal Schejolj" Preston W. Search.
Thursday . mornIng-"The Human
Hand," Preston W. Search; "Percen
tage," R. R. Steele; "Importance of Mo
tor Activity In New Education," . Nettle
A. Sawyer; "The Life Element in Stud
ies." Preston W. Search.
Thursday afternoon Muslo,4;30 A'RuleS
Governing the btudy of Theory god Prac
tice," R. ,R. Steele; "Primary '"Geog
raphy," Nettle A. Sawyer; "The School
House as a Center," Prestlon W. Sedrch.
THE CAPTAINS
OF INDUSTRY
Gather for a Commercial Congress
in the City of St.
Paul.
(Journal Special Service.)
ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 18. Th Q,tel;
ri,
iBlevs aru lilling rapidly with the
I iii'ines of prominent men come to attend
ln:'liide Scnutors. hankers, officials 'of ' the
VnlUil Slates department of agriculture,
mining experts, cattle raisers and oth
ers p;'vmini;iuly identified with the Indus
tries of .the western country. The con
gress will be formally opened tomorrow
when the visitors will be welcomed by
Governor Van Sunt, Mayor Smith ana
others,' to whose addresses response will
be made by John Henry Smith, of Salt
LaJie City, president of the organization.
NEW JERSEY
LABOR CONCLAVE
Many Delegates Felicitate Them
selves on Their Grow
ing Power.
(Journal Special Service.)
TRENTON. N. J., .Aug. ls.-'fhe New
Jersey State Federation of Labor con
vened tn unuual' session In the, As
sembly chamber today and will cvutinue
through the werklore than 000 dele
gates are In attendance, several trades
not heretofore repteseuted. including the
glass workers and silk workers of scuth
Jersey huvlng delegates present. The
reports of Pi-t.'si.lint John A. MofHU and
Secretary Ii. Frank Dunphej - show grat
ifying progress during the pat year In
tho way of spreading the influence and
increasing the membership of the organ
ization and In securing? Increased wages,
and reduced hours.
Have Your Hands Read
PROFESSOR STERLING
389 South I hirU Street
The Celebrated Palmist end Psychologist
has returned.
'PHONE NORTH 4211.
Tour hands, reveal all Questions of life
pertaining- (e. marriage, sickness, death,
changes, travels, divorces, separations,
lawsuits, business transactions, - wills,
deals, mortgages, lost or. about absent
friends, mining ventures, eto.
Office hours are 10 A. M, to 9 P. M.
dally and Sundays. CHARGES.. 50o and
11.00. '
a8a South Third Street
M OUTLOOK
DISCOURAGING
Charters so low! That- Ship Arc
Unable to Make Any
Profit.
The captain of the British ship Euph
rosyne was In, town Saturday. His snip
was still at the mouth of the Willamette
waiting for the dredge to clear out the
channel before proceeding on up to port.
The captain says that charter rates
are lower than he ever saw them and
the owners are very much discouraged
at the outlook. He brought a cargo of
coal from Newcastle at 8 shillings a ton,
the lowest rate that has ever been ac
cepted by the owners of the vessel. By
the time she Is discharged and all Inci
dental expenses are met he estimates)
that the trip will prove a losing venture
to the tune of something like $1500.
The low rate was accepted, believing
that when she arrived here there would
be an opportunity to make a fair bar
gain for an outward cargo. But the pre
sent outlook Is . disappointing, and he
says that the Euphrosyne will lay here
indefinitely If the rates do not improve.
"The way charter rates now are," said
Captain Thompson, "and the price we
have to pay for sailors, the outlook Is
not very promising. When I was here
in '97 I got 3Ts, and in '98 the rate had
declined to 84a. Then the owners were
able to make a decent profit. At one
time they allowed one of their sbtps- to
lay at San Francisco 18 months before
they would accept 'the prevailing rate.
The same thing Is liable to be duplicated
with the Euphrosyne on this trip."
RAILROAD ROTES.
F. B. McDonald, purchasing agent for
the Great Central Railroad Company, has
arrived from Bkaway and Is at the
Portland.
W. E. Coman, gerteral freight and pass
enger agent of the Southern Pacific, who
has been In San" Francisco for the past
week returned last evening.
P. L. Sinclair, of Seattle, Pacific Coast
passenger agent of the Lehigh Valley
railroad, on account of Increasing busi
ness, has deemed It necessary to estal.'
lish an agency for that road in Portland,
qmd has opened an office in the Chamber
of Commerce building.
Henry L. Sister, general agent for the
Northwestern line has returned from his
trip to' the Grays Harbor country,' Mr.1
Slsler says the lumbering Industry of that
section Is very active, and, that the new.
shtnglg mill at Hcujuium, having a capac
ity of, 450,000 shingles daily, is not able to
fill Its orders.
George W. Ely, of Atlanta, Ga., travel
ing passenger agent of the Harriman
system, is In the city. Mr. Ely came
through San Francisco and says he nevei
saw anything to equal the electrical dis
play which he witnessed at the Pythian
convention In thatcty. Large crowds
were there and splendid accommodations
had been arranged for.
IN JUSTICE SETON'S COURT.
A suit has been filed by the Ames Mer
cantile Agency against H. G. Willis and
wife for the sum of $100, tiii attorney
fees and interest from September 17, 1900.
' Joe O'Brien ha been sued for (22. 0 and
1 cOsts by T. J. McCambridge. rt.-
THE PIOUS FUND
SEVENTY BULLIONS
(Journal Special Service.) 1 Ish government took over the admlnlstra-
NEW YORK, Aug. 18. William L. Pen- ; tion of the fund, however, and continued
field, solicitor of the , -State Department, ' to administer it for the benefit of the
sailed on the Campania today to repre- Catholic missions.
sent the United States government as ! Mexico, on obtaining Independence, un
counsel before the arbitration tribunal 1 dertook to administer the fund, and did
which is to meet at The Hague ntt i so until 1842, when it confiscated the en
month to settle the controversy between j tire property to its own uses, but charged
the United States and Mexico over what itself for a. sum and price ascertaln
ls known as the "Pious Fund of the ; td by its Income, capitalised on the ba
Callfornlas." Archbishop Rlordan, of sis of 6 per cent per annum. Tbe pro
San Francisco, uml several assistants j ceeds of the fund were paid over to the
who are to reuresent the Roman Cath- j two bishops of the two Callfornias. The
o!lc church In the arguments before the : Mexican war resulted In a division of the
arbitration tribunal are already on their t church and it was not until 20 years af
way to The Hague. I ter, on' July 44, 18C8, that a treaty was
The proceedings at The Hague will be 1 made providing for the formation of a
followed wlth close interest by all the commission or claims to which the bishop
countries of Europe as well as America j of the -present state of California pre
because thg cas is the first to cornel sented a claim in behalf of his diocese,
before the permanent tribunal, and will, ' for an equitable share of the annual ln
ln a measure, serve as a test of the em- j terest due from the republlo of Mexico,
ctency and necessity of such a body. I and with which It had charged itself be-
The Pious Fund originated in donations ( fore the Mexican war. The commission
given by charitable persons of Spain to j awarded tha California church more
the Society of Jesus. The donations be- J than $900,000, Which Mexico paid. Since
gan in 1097 and continued through the
first third of the next century. The
society was given 4M.000 acres of land
In Lower California, fdr the establish
ment of missions especially Intended to
evangelize the Indians of the two Cal
lfornias. After 17ir?, when ' Spain ex
pelled the Jesuits from Mexico, Including
the present state uf California, tne prop
erty was sold for $20,000,000. The Span-
MARLBOROUGH'S
WILL
(Journal Special Service.)
NEWPORT. R. I., Aug". 18. Newport
society is hopeful that ths story of the
coming visit of the Duchess of Marlbor
ough, is founded on fact In company
with her mother, Mrs. Oliver H. P. Bel
mont, and Mr. Belmont, the Duchess Is
scheduled to sail for, this aide today, It
is ' said. But since she took up her
home In England after her marriage false
stories of a return visit to America have
been floated so frequently that eoelety M
inclined to accept all auch reports . at
a .discount and refuses to be oonvlnoed of
their truth until the Duchess has ac
tu'ly boai-dml ship and wlM.
AY : EVENING, AUGUST
THE MAINE
New Battleship on Her
Trial Trip.
IS A GIANT FIGHTER
Will Replace the One That Sank
in the Harbor of
Havana
(Journal Special Service.)
'NEW YORK, Aug. 18.-A host of Jack
I as are getting everything "ship-shape"
aboard the new battleship Maine, re
cently completed at the Cramps, in read
ines for the official trial trip, which
takes place this week over the marked
course between Cape Ann, Mass., and
Cape Porpoise, Me.
Her trial will be made to determine
how well she steams, whether her ma
chinery works smoothly and approxi
mately what her speed is. , In conse
quence of the success of her recent pri
vate trial the Maine Is confidently ex
pected to meet the official speed require
ments. Captain Train will be president
of the trial board, and a number of na
val officers and engineers who have
closely watched her progress since her
keel was laid will be aboard during the
trial. The contract speed of the Maine
is 18 knots an hour, the fastest of any
battleship in the United States navy
That she will do better than her con
tract speed there' is no doubt. In faot,
It Is expected that she will have plenty
to spare along this line.
Tha new Maine, built to take the place
of the vessel of that name was blown
up in Havana harbor a little more than
four years ago, is one of the most pow
erful battleships in the world. She is
very much more formidable than her
predecessor, . larger, faster and better ar
mored. Her principal dimensions are as
follows: Length over all, 384 feet; ex
treme breadth, 72 feet, ?ii.-4nik; mean
draft, 23 feet 6 Inches; full load dis
.placemant, 1.1,500 tons. Her armament
consists Of four 12-lnch breech loading
rdfles.t 16. 6-inch rapid-fire guns, eight
14-pounders, eight 3-pounders and eight
1-pounders and machine guns. Her Krupp
belt armor extends 3 feet below and
four feet above the Wa'ter line, being
7V4 Inches thick at the bottom and 11
inches at the top.
SAILORS SCARCE. -
The British ship Eskasonl has complet
ed her cargo for South Africa and Is now
waiting for a crew. She needs 15 men,
and as there are only five available sail
ors in port she Is liable to have to lay
here for some time. .
Sailors desert from nearly every Ship
that arrives in the harbor, and many of
them leave immediately for the lumbef
camps in search of employment. For
tnlsJ reason there Is a great scarcity of
Pshllo'ra1 Itere;
February 1, 1S69, there has been no dis
tribution of interest, and the United
States government now seeks, through
The Hague tribunal to secure the share
alleged to be due to the diocese of Cali
fornia. Mexico opposes the claim prin
cipally on the ground that; the Catholic
church In California did not, inherit tne
rights and shares" ""tf 'the Mexican
church.
DUCHESS
VISIT NEWPORT
However, the present report has been- re
ceived from seemingly such an authori
tative source that Newport is living la
hopes that the projected visit may hot
be ' delayed or postponed. These hopes
hava been strengthened this wteTc by
tha evidence of activity about Beicourt,
tha home of the Belraonts, and It1, cert
talnly looks, as though the mansion was
being prepared for occupancy at an ear
ly data . Tha coming of tha Duchess of
Marlborough at this time will Insure a
lone season and a gay one at America's
most fashionable resort, for a rotuid of
brilliant functions will be given In her
honor,., ki ,j ,.
18, 1902. '
OftQAHS f Stt
Two Years' Use
Allowed With
out
50 Organs to Select From
la apite of tho fact that we sold 57 slightly used second
hand orfans during the month of June, we find that brgans
are coming In faster again than we can sell them, and we,
therefore, again renew our offer, whereby anyone In the state
is enabled to secure a good instrument1 on exceptionally easy
payments. Every organ here offered has been carefully ren
ovated and is practically a new instrument and is guaranteed .
in every respect. Prices are practically tut squarely in two,
and you can take your choice of the large assortment. Pay
$5.00 or $10.00 down and $3.0-or $4.00 a month. At any
time within two years from date of your purchase we will
accept your organ toward part payment of a new piano, and
allow you everything that you have paid for the organ. In
other words, we will give you two years' use of the organ
free, ample time in which to learn to play, then you get a
Drana new piano, a selection from the finest stock on the Pa
cific Coast. Here is a partial list:
Estey, beautiful fancy oak case, three months old $57.00
Another Estey, not quite so fancy, used one year 47.00
Smith American in first-class condition 43.00
Farrand & Votey, quarter-sawed oak case, nearly new 46.00
Peloubet, excellent condition.... :. 38.00
rlason &' Hamlin, chapel style.. 10.00
Western Cottage, worth $75 when new 30.00
Starr Organ, walnut case ia.00
Crown, In good order, in good tone .T;.;, 38.00
Story & Clark, beautiful walnut case.... 45.00
Chicago Cottage, nearly new 35.00
Orchestrone, self -player 33.00
, Earhuff 38.00
. A. B. Chase, nearly new 41.00
Remember, any of these organs will be sold oh payments
of $5 or $10 down, and in payments of $3 to $5 a month, and
under this special arrangement you have two years' use of
the instrument free.
Remember the number: 351 Washington Street, Eilers
Piano House, opposite Cordray's Theatre.
IT WILL PAY YOU TO CALL AT THE
GREAT
ROCK ISLAND
OFFICE t 250 ALDER ST., PORTLAND,
If you are going East, and find out all about their
Weekly, Personally Conducted
Tourists' Excursions
To Chicago and Principal Points East via the Oreat Scenic Line
A.
Oregon Phone lain 334.
MARINE NOTES.
The steamer Iralda, of the Kellogg
Transportation Company, Is being equip
ped with an oil-burner. The tank ana
littings are aboard and the. work will
soon bo completed.
Tho Forest Home, which Is loading lum
ber for China at the North Pacific mills,
will complete her cargo about Wednes
day. According to the Examiner, Captain
Dverson, ber master, will marry a very
charming young" lady upon his return
from the Orient.
Captain Townsend and wife, accom
panied by their two children, were pass
engers on the Columbia from San Fran
cisco. Captain Townsend is master of the
Kskasonl and his family will accompany
him on his voyage to South Africa. Mrs.
E. P. Bowes, wife of the captain of the
Amaranth, was also a passenger.
John Larsen, a young man of this city,
has patented a contrivance to take the
place of the paddle wheel and the pro
peller screw on the river boat The vessel
model, which he has completed. Is built
in two longitudinal sections and between
them. Is placed an endless chain, carrying
buckets. This apparatus Is supposed to
take the place Of the steel screw pro
peller. Fish Warden Van Dusen has chartered
the' gasoline launch Kitty B for patrol
work on the river during the closed sea.
soh. The launch, is being repaired at As
toria, and will soon be ready for ser
vice. '
The ' Oriental liner Indravelli Is sched
uled to sail from Portland August 38, btt
It is now only probable that she will not
arrive here before September 6. 1 She is
about two weeks behind her scheduled
date, not having reached Yokohama yet.
The British bark Torrisdale arrived"'
Kinsole Saturday from Portland with a
wheat cargo after a passage of 124 days.
She is the first of the April fleet to ar
rive. -.y' ' ' '
The British steamship Polamhall ties
.been chartered to load grain at Portland
neat month for .JCerr,! Glfford i (to! Tha
rate is said to be 86s ed. The vessel Is
how en route from Singapore to Vancou
ver, B. C. " . ':JV. -.A g '....V-'
"Orders have been received . ' at Part
l
E. COOPER,
Qeneral Agent, Pass. Dept.
IS) Seaside House
CLATSOP BEACH, OK.
The finest 'Bummer seaside resort In
Oregon. Everything first-class. Golf
links on grounds.
For further information, address Man
ager Seaside House, Seaside, Or.
Townsend for all vessels arriving' there
from Nome to be subjected to the strict'
est quarantine surveillance. According
ly a personal inspection will be made of
every vessel to arrive there from tha
Northern gold, camp.
Tough Gang of Boys
The East Side police have received
numerous complaints on account of the
work of a gang of boys who congregate
nightly in the vicinity of East Twen
tieth and East Morrison streets. Several
of the large windows in a grocery store
at that place have been broken lately by
the boys In the gang throwing rocks.
The' police say that they have aa ldeer
who composes the gang and if the work;
is nqttopped at once several arrests of
well known, boys will be made.
Go to the Beach via the A. & C. R. R.
and Hear What the Wild
Waves Have to Sav.
r
,,.The story "What the Wild Waves 8a
at Seaside" so strikingly told in the at
tractive pamphlet recently issued by J.
C. Mayo O. P. A. Astoria is better .ap
preciated after a trJpto the now pop
ular ciatsop ueacn, via tne a. ; u. it.
Cheap round trip excursion rates and.
unexcelled transportation facilities of-
1 ered between Portland and the beaches' '
continue to attract large crowds to Fla
Vel Gear hart and Seaside.
Round trip excursion tickets between
Portland and all Clatsop and Norts
Roarh notnta are sold everv Saturdsv
$2.50 interchangeable with all boat lines
and good, to return Sunday evening;
Train leavinf Portland at S a. m. dallf
runs through direct to Gearhart and
Seaside without transfer making cIom'
connection at Warrenton for Flavel. Port
land-Seaside Express leaves Union Depot
every Saturday at 1:30 D, m. and runs
through direqjt without transfer, arriv
ing at Astoria B;M p. tn., Gearhart, :
f. iu., uv bwiui .uw p. u., waning .
close connection, at Warrsatoa for Via
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