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TIIE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. TORTLAND. FRIDAY " EVENING, JANUARY 8. 1904. 0 JOURNAL 'PUBLICITY VALUADLE lllm $r Gilbert &.amaker (2o. vhi wiuav . At,uM eo. inih, Pacific Jfrtkmt . . SoilUJt Cgo January 7, 19Q4( Journal Publishing Co., . Portland,, Oregon. - t , , " , "' Gentlemen:- ' . ., - " v During our rec ent Removal sale , a : record was religiously eptbf"the"tresultsbl.alHe advertising mediums. We want to congratulate .The, 'Journal on the showing ,' made in its ?. favor which we assure you was very, much more than satisfactory; ' ' Very truly yours, , v' , ' " ALLEN & -GILBERT-RAMAKER CO. ' DECREPIT BRIDGE NEEDS ATTENTION rxssv street stbtjcttjbe tttdav- OSBS ZJTB Aim XJXB OT THE PUBLIC YAETJ ABLE HOBSE HAS iiuow Eacin-FouoB bat BBXDOE IS TTHSATE. CHIEF OBJECT VOBTHWEST TMVXTMMnrXU WOT COVTEVT WITH JUABXET AJTO wxi.x. irrx causes or tow PUCES AT THE XX AJTHTJAi MEET- nra hbxt . week. CITY GAINED MILES OF WALKS JtECOBDS BBOXEV liAST TEAB T6B CEMEJTT WiU WOBK BEPOBT or orrr enqiheeb shows OBEAT XBCBEASB XX 1U STBEET ABB SEWEB XMPBOTEUEBTS. :t OREGON'S SORROW TOUOHES OHIO AGO In reply to a telegram from Governor Chamberlain expressing ; the - sympathy of the" people. of Oregon for the Borrow ing people -of Chicago on the occasion of the Iroquois theatre disaster;. Mayof Carter Harrison sent thf following re ply, which reached the governor today: "Mayor's office, Chicago Jan. :. To His Excellency, George E. Chamberlain, Governor of Oregon, Portland, Or. Dear Sir: Tour telegram of sympathy to our people in this hour of great sor row has been received, and I thank you most sincerely for your kindness. - i"Very truly yours, "CARTER H. HARRISON. '. ! "Mayor." ' The dangerous condition of the First street bridge below druthers street, was forcibly illustrated this- morning when a valuable horse narrowly escaped death. ". While a vehicle of the United Carriage company : was crossing the structure about 4 a, m., one of the horses stepped on a thin board, which gave way, under its weight The hind legs of the animal went through and were securely pinned between the flooring and a cross beam underneath. . The driver worked In Vain for a time" and finally called the po lice. " : v-,,- ;- -XUltt-Balleydespatehed-iha-patrol wagon under the command or Sergeant Slover and equipped with: ropes the po lice went to the rescue. It was neces sary to saw oft several .of the boards and then ,by means, of a rope fastened about the' body three or four policemen and citizens extricated the horse. It took the police an hour to get the animal out The horse was uninjured aside from a few scratches and bruises. Although In a dangerous position the horse seemed ' to realise It and Instead of vainly struggling to get out he pa tlently waited until the officers released him. It Is said that the bridga Is a men ace to travel and the police say that It needs Immediate attention. FIRE ENGINEERS " 1 BEING EXAMINED The fire department engineers are tak ing their civil service commission exami nation today, deputies Llllis and Btowell acting as an examination board. There ara -19 applicants on the list and nine were examined today. N. J. Maples de clined to continue the examination be cause he expressed himself dissatisfied with the proposed pay, $90 per month. Those who answered the questions this morning were Clarence D. Kellog, E. C, According to City Engineer Elliott's annual report, which was completed to day, 1903 was a record-breaker in many ways. The only other year which" equals It for. street improvements was 1 and this- is accounted for by the general good times which prevailed then. As was expected the record for cemeht' sidewalks was ; astonishingly large, the total length put in. place ag gregating 60.30 miles, while' only 16.62 miles of wooden walks were laid. .Improvftmenton-S7 streets .were completed during the 12 montha ending December 31,' and this required a total excavation ot 268,634. 8 yards, 68,086.6 yards of embankment and 83,712 yards of macadam." This Is greatly In excess of any other yeur In the history ot the department and there are a large num ber of thoroughfare betterments com menced' within the past month or two which will be compiled with the. record for 1904" because they have not yet been accepted. , In a separate Itemized slip the record i for sidewalk improvements Is given as follows: .,. ,' . - Laid with artificial - stone, 72.907.1 lineal feet; with wood. 70,641.8 feet. Curb Artificial stone, 19,266.8 feet; wood, 23,710.4 feet. ' Comparative figures are used to show ; the growth of tho sewer system since 1875. During that year 381 feet were put in place, whtle in 1877 no work was done at all In that line. In 1892 a tre mendous activity occurred, 79,648 feet being laid and that figure is only ap proached by the total for 1903, aggre gating 71,033 feet There is now a total length of sewer, aggregating 119.7 miles. The excavation required for this work last year amounted to 85,491 cubic yards and the contractors used 20,318 feet of eight-inch pipe, the ordinary slse. Under the head of street surfacing, the total laid during the year in square yards is segregated as follows: Concrete, 89,695.2: vitrified brick, 3, 444.6; asphalt47,4QlJ;- wooden blocks, 14,063,4; stone blocks, 6,933.6; blthu llthio pavement, 24.386. - Wooden crosswalks,. 25,596.7 feet ' Elevated sidewalks put in place, S60 lineal feet . , Vitrified pipe gutter, 200 feet; feet of lumber used by' the department, 47,140. One section Is devoted to the length and material ' of roadways, . sidewalks and crosswalks in place January 1, 1903, laid during that year and in plaqe on January 1, 1904. There were 2.13 miles of asphalt In place at the beginning of the year and during the 12 months this was increased by 1.49 miles of new work. The repaired asphalt streets ag gregated 2.92 miles. : There was only a slight increase in stone and wood block pavement, .82 miles of the former and .19 miles of the latter being laid during the year. There is now 4.52 miles of the atone block and 1.89 miles of wooden block pavement in place. The repaired wooden block pavement aggregated .67 of a mife. ; Bituminous macadam was tried as an experiment and the .24 of a mile laid . during the year will.be watched carefully. Macadam and gravel were the two largest styles of street Improvement. 6.09 miles of tho former and 6.1S miles of the latter being the . record. rThis .brings the total length of macadam streets to 47.89 miles snd . graveled Streets to 69.76 miles. - There was .60 of a mile of plank roadway laid and .42 of a mile of elevated -roadway. The graded streets unpaved at the beginning of the year aggregated 78.46 miles and 11.32 miles were added to that figure, making a total of 80.03 miles.- The only brick pavement ' tn place, except the three blocks . of Madison street which are not figured in the report aggregated .113 of a. mile. SThera la now 16.RS mile or plank roadway to take care of and! 7.71 miles of elevated roadway.. The department of sidewalks shows a remarkable record of 16.53 miles ft wooden and 80.30 . miles of ' artificial atone walk being placed during 1903, There Is in place 211.11 miles of wood snd 101.38 miles of stone sidewalk in Portland. OSTEOPATHS ARE NOT PLEASED WISH STATE EXAKTSTEBS WOTJXJ) XTTHEB EXAMXBE OB TOTE THEM AXiXiEQE STATE UW; MAT BE ' SfEOBSSABT ' TO BE COBB TKBXB BIGHTS. .-. TWO PXUMBBBS BBPOBT TO PO UCH THAT- TTWXHOWH PABTIBS BBSTBOT VALUABLE WOBX ABB SEHSBIJESSLT JOBS. r " ' AVOTZOH SAXiB. ' A collection of contraband goods was disposed of yesterday afternoon at the custom house. The outfit mainly con . - slsted of merchandise of various kinds on which no duty had been paid, , and for this reason had been seized by government officials.- f . In the lot was an opium smuggler's paraphernalia. , comprising a big brass kettle and the product .of the poppy. There were also rolls of matting, kegs of cement books and small articles. Chinese merchant , were the principal buyers. Among them were Seid Back, lluey Sing and Chink Wing. v "We want the board to fine us or to do something," said an officer of the Osteopathic society this morning speak ing of the probable action of the state board of medical examiners. At the meeting of the state board yesterday morning some action in re gard to the-osteopaths was taken, but just what it -Is -the board refuses to divulge "until the proper time for the matter to come "up," which the board will decide later. 'The osteopaths ara united in wishing some action on the matter," said one of the society, "for we are all sure of our standing. We are positive that if the board fines us that action will compel theleglslature to pass a law giving us the same right to pass the same exam inations as the other doctors In all sub Jects save medicine." . MURDER ATTEMPTED IN LEW1ST0N, MONT. (Journal Special Service.) Helena, Mont, Jan. 8. Last night was decidedly sanguinary for Montana, no less than three apparent attempts at murder being reported at Lewiston. William Opplts. a well-known reel dent of Anaconda, is" in the county Jail as the result of having shot Ted Perry through the leg.. , Besides securing the revolver used, by t,OppltA the authori ties ate in possession of. a small tin mechanical bug, which is said to have been the original cause of the fracas. Perry stated that he met Opplts after the latter came from work, and that Op plts told him he was going to shoot a streetcar man who had taken his bug away from him. ' "I tried to take the revolver away from him," said Perry, t "and he turned on me." Opplts refused to make any statement. i . v At Lewlstown. Jack Flynn, a barber, shot and seriously . if not fatally in jured JamB L. Skinner,, proprietor of the Eagle restaurant : The shooting took place In the Mint saloon. Flynn had loaned some money to a negro gambler some-time ago and last night the negro made, a winning. Flynn ' attempted to collect his loan : from . the negro, and was refused. Skinner. being acquainted ' with the facts, of Flynn having trouble with the negro,-:; tried to - quell the disturbance, whereupon Flynn," who. was somewhat under " the influence: of liquor,! became quarrelsome and later the two men had a fight Flynn -getting, somewhat . lbe-i worst of 'the drubbing. ; . Flynn. made a demonstration as if to draw a gun and Skinner, who was not angry, called htm a coward,1 and told him he was afraid to shoot. . Flynn then fired , a bullet through Skinner's liver and, passing through'.' bis kidneys, emerged just, to th'e right of the spine. Skinner will probably die, . jrealonsjr Causes Murder. The Helena rcdllght district was the scene at midnight of the third bloody affray, when. Private Andrew Robinson, company A.. 24th infantry, stabbed Cor. noral Scott of company C. Scott was fatally injured, the wound being Jn the left side., near the spleen. The wounded man was removed to Fort . Harrison. Robinson escaped aod has not-bean cap. tured. The cutting, which eyewitnesses declare was unprovoked and without warning, was the result of jealousy over a 'woman.;; '.', ; ;,' "., . z- . Preferred Hard Cash. ; i , From the Chicago News. "Never," said the third-termer to the newly elected member of the legislature, "accept a pass from a railway corpora tion."- v.i ; ' ' "Why not," asked the embryo states man. ; .. ;;,, "Because It's beneath the dignity of a lawmaker," explained the other. 'Tf man's services are not worth cash recog nitlon they are not worth anything. VANDALS RUIN PLUMBERS .4 VORK Vandals have been at work recently among the plumbers, and the proprietors of two shops are now quietly looking for the miscreants who - almost -.; -entirely ruined, on or two jobs that they had under contract v , ; (, A. Thompson, whose shop Is at 211 Fourth street, had charge of Installing the plumbing In two flats at Fourteenth and Jefferson streets, and the work was nearly all completed when the men re turned several mornings since to And that pipes had been cut or stuffed with cloth, fastenings had been wrenched off, the water bad been turned on to flood the place, and the plumbing work Itself had been practically ruined.,. Almost Immediately another plumber. R. Gillian, reported the same state of affairs at a house where ha was install lng the plumbing. Now, the question is. who are the vandals, and what is their object T So far nothing definite has been learned, but . it would not be safe for the miscreants to make themselves known to the bosses in question. An investigation is, being made, and If the guilty parties are located it is safe to assert that they will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. ' BRICK'iJOHNSON WILL BE HARD GAME (Journal Special Srrlce.) Helena, Mont, Jan. 8. A Billings special today says: It is thought that Sheriff Shackelford of Wallowa county, Oregon, will experience some trouble In securing "Brick" Johnson, who is wanted there for some unknown crime.' Lawyer H. C Crippen of this city interested him self in behalf of Johnson, and It is most .likely will Introduce a habeas corpus proceedings. Should the Sher iff arrive here from Oregon today it is possible there may be a repltUlon of the famous Carey Snyder contest TO BSMBASTTBB PBEBCHMBH., Word has been received' from Wssh Ington ordering the remeasurement of all French vessels at Ban Francisco and to come hereafter for the purpose of mak ing proper dock and harbor charges. It Is claimed that, the French vessels are all underrated as regards tonnage and that while they 'carry proportionately more cargo tfian : vessels or other i tlonalitles of the same sisa, their port expenses are less. . - . ... ;" At $15.00 Our Flexible Flesh Colored Plates Are' 12.60 cheaper in price than they can be had for at any other dental par lore in Portland. One dentist charges as much as ISO for the identical same plates, and another, mourns because the prtt has gone down from 1 76. . The Alba Dentists Southeast corner of Plrst and Morrison. Telephone,- Mala f7a, Feldman, W. H. Turplln, W. H. McMul len, E. It. Thompson and EI Fanning. The men actively on duty at the en gine headquarters were let off in shifts, so that their absence would not Interfere with the department's work' in case of fire. The results of the examination will not be known for some days. WILD WEST SHOW FOR EXPOSITION A wild west show for the Lewis and Clark exposition. Is the proposal made by L.-Miller, a rancher of Drewsey. Or. In a Utter to the secretary of the corpo ration he says that he and the men In his employ will give an exhibition of cow-nunching And rough-rid lng such as has never before been seen by the tender foot visitors to the fair. ; He has standing offer of $100 to be paid to any one who will- bring htm a horsa na can not ride. In the letter Mr. Miller alao requests the Lewis and Clark people to send an agent there and he will show him revolver shooting and riding such as ha never before saw. "... nil PRICES Prunes will be the principal subject ot discussion at the eleventh annual meet ing of the Northwest Fruit Growers' as sociation in Portland, January 11, 12 and 18, Inclusive, in the Selling-Hirsch build ing. ,-----v-.-i".'i -; ;- ';;; v - -,- The growers find . the jrice ; of prunes this year unsatisfactory, and want to know why. This year the prune crop is larger than it has been for sev eral years, and Europe must sena to this country for her supply, owing to the failure of the crop In France. There fore the prune growers are anxious to know why the prices do not go up.-They will take some action in the matter at the meeting- , . - . ' Miss Juanlta Rosendorf of the Oregon Agricultural college,; will read a paper on "Floral Culture." The afternoon 01 January 12 will b the flower session. when outsiders mtereated in , nower- arowlnar will be admitted. Prof. S. F, Henderson of the University of Idaho, will read a DaDen on "The Food and Growth of Tees" Accommodations have been found tor between 400 and 600 members and -their families, all those expected to attend. THEATRE BUSINESS POOR IN SPOKANE (Journal Special Service.) Spokane,. Jan.. 8nA.large number of plays that have been announced to come to Spokane during the theatre season have been canceled by Manager John Cort of Seattle, president of the North west Theatrical association. Among the cancellations are the .dates of Nell and Morosco, who are featuring Lillian KlmbalL This company was ex pected to spend several nights at the Auditorium. It is a Los Angeles com pany, and has gone back to Its own cli mate to finish the season. Smith. I. . McCanty. C L. WintersGl ."The PoUards, the jnvenlla- opera Country Club Mocha and Java Coffee will be served at the Scottish Rite Masonic banquet. The nature of the blend gives It that satisfy ing flavor. company that made such a decided hit in Spokane a couple of years ago, has also canceled Its date. The company is going to Australia and will not be seen at the Auditorium this year, it is ru raored that some of the children were taken sick and the management decided to go back home. Others on the 1,1st. "When We Were Twenty-one," "The Billionaire," Marie Walnwrlght's engage ment and Robinson's engagement also appear In the list "The Billionaire' has been canceled on account of the recent death of the star of the company, Mr, Sykes. It is possibl that, the company may yet reach Spo kane, as arrangements are on which may result in Mr. Powers taking the leading role. ' The number of cancellations is ex pected to result directly from the period of bad business m the East ana Miaaie Western states, made worse by the aw ful Iroquois theatre fire. The theatri cal failures this season. It Is said, have eclipsed everything in the history the business, and although the business In the West has been good, many compa nies have gene to the wall. Manager Dan - Weaver stated this morning: - "It is natural to, have a number cancellations during the season, and un doubtedly the dates left open by the failure of these plays to keep their con tracts will be filled with other produo tlons by Mr. Cort' Buy Your Furnifajre, Carpets, Stoves, Etc. , Where you can , buy the cheapest, , "GET IT AT JENNINGS" JANUARY SALE .1 . . 'i . !. v, ;- -. -' - j - " .. Is now on,and you can get Furniture needs much cheaper that at" any season of the year. On some things ve make a reduction of as much as 50 per cent, and from that down to 5 per. cent It is really worth while to trade at Jennings this month. ' H. 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