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TtTE OttEGOTS I)A'lXY JOUItyAL, PORTLAND, TUDHSDAT FEBRUAHY 4, 1904.,' 10 SHOULD PURCHASE COOS BAY COAL WAT. I ATS F. F. BAtTOOABT- 7 7 jn;"BT WHICH POSTLAWD CAST , XXFSCT TO EXTBHB TSASB , KB - " XkATXOVB WITH THAT BECTZOX- .v-v .v.- tv-- v i ". ''Many residents of this city seem surprised. says F, P. Baumgattner, 1 cal a rent of the California & Oregon Coast Steamship company, "that several steamers are not plying regularly be tween Portland and the towns on Coos ' Bay. They argue that that section of the country . la considerably closer to Portland than, to San Francisco, and con sequently la in a position to secure ail the trade down that way. "To one who does not understand the situation such reasoning may sound plausible.- The facts of the matter are, however, that under the circumstances Portland is getting her fair share of the business, and will probably be un able 'to get more unless a sudden and great change comes -over her cltlsens.' Not one dollar of Portland capital Is in vested la the Coos Bay country, and lo cal consumers do not buy a pound of produce from there. On the other hand, San Francisco capital has opened up and developed the country. Captain Simpson of the Bay City owns nearly all the sawmills and the sash and door fac tory, lie also operates a fleet of ves sels up and down the coast The Spreck le own and work. the coal mines; they : also own the railroad which connects iMarshfleld and Myrtle Point . Calif or nians have established creameries and many other enterprises there. The prod uct of all these industries is shipped to southern points, because a ready market . Is found for them. They Beolprocate. "Ran Francisco people use Coos Bay coal, and the merchants of the several towns on the bay patronize them in re turn. What has Portland done toward aiding In the development of that coun try T Absolutely nothing. A local busi ness man the other day asked me what it would cost him to have a cargo of Coos Bay coal laid down in Portland. I replied that it would cost him SS a ton. why.' he answered, 'I can get Puget sound- coal for $5.25.' It is useless to argue with a man like that and I said nothing. If he Is willing to pay 25 cents more a ton for Sound coal, that Is bis business. The Coos Bay voaf is fully as good a grade and Is cheaper, but the Portland consumers seem to Imagine that they ought to get It for nothing. That Is one of the principal reasons why Portland does not nJoy a greater vol ume of trade with the Coos Bay towns. Get nothing There. They get all their flour, mill feed and such like from here, but we get practically nothing from them. I be lieve, however, it would be possible to ; Induce Portland ' residents to use the Coos Bay coal If the matter was ,taken up in a systematic manner. If some one with a little capital would take-hold of the proposition here, build bunkers and prepare properly for handling the business, I think he could do well at it It Is a business that would eventually pay. When the consumers generally be come .convinced of the fact that the coal Is cheaper and better than that procured at other places, they would soon begin to huy it in liberal quantities. North bound business will create southbound trade, and by using the coal the effects would soon be felt by the- additional shipments piade on the returning steam ers. If we want their patronage, we will have to reciprocate, "Ban Francisco always will have a big hold on the country, because It was opened up and the principal enterprises there are owned-by her energetlo cltl sens. This was done while Portland capital was lying Idle, and now some people wonder why It Is that the mer chants of Coos Bay do not buy every thing they need from business houses In this city. ',.":: Steamer Service. "There are three steamers regularly plying between San Francisco and Coos Bay points. That makes about an aver age of seven steamers a month. In ad dition, there is a small fleet of sailing vessels calling there at regular Inter val from the Bay City.-On the return trips the latter never take out anything but -lumber. "In the spring It is the intention of the company I represent to put on an other steamer from Portland. She will run-in connection with the Alliance, which will provide a service of about six steamers a month from here. It will then be up to the people of Port' land to -extend their commerce with Coos-Bay. . It can be done, but not by refusing to purchase anything produced in that section of the country. xxhhzsota t. as. a a. Journal Special Serrlee.) Rochester. Minn.. Feb. 4. More than 100 delegates and visitors assembled here today at the thirtieth annual state con vention of th Toung Men's Christian as sociation. Every branch association in -the state is represented and in addition there are prominent Christian workers from numerous parts of the country. Some of the leading speakers to be heard curing the three days the convention will be in session are State Secretary J, jq. Brown of Illinois, International Secre tary C. Ci Michener f New York. Dean Kdward increase Bosworth of Oberlln Theological seminary, and International Railroad secretary JS. L. Hamilton of New york. Today was devoted chiefly to the reception of the visitors. This evening there is to be an Informal wel come and tomorrow the regular business of the convention will be taken up in earnest. . V1' J ;Mrs.J.W.GiIstrap DRUGLESS DOCTOR boom aia axis xt Bimonra, thzbs I ' AHD KOBBXBOH. , Office Fhone, Black S087. Besidenoe, SooM, 4397. Offloe hours 10 to M, 1 to 4. .. All diseases of men and women speed ily cured without the use of drugs or ".r?!7- HUNDREDS' OF TESTlMol NIALS showing the efficacy of the drug less treatment. Rheumatism, catarrh and women's diseases a specialty. , . No Drug Bills to Pay MrsJ.V.Gilstrap i EXCJURGE "FOR TIMBER L COHOBSSSXOHAS BBPOBT IS HOT FAVOBABLB TO THE BXCHAHfiB ' of Hoinnros or x-okxbt m- JsBBVHS FOB" TlMBEB ULHDS AS &AW WOOXD FA YOB STBTDICATES. t (Journal Special Service.) j . .'.''.. Washington, j Feb. I. Representative Mondeli of Wyoming In making a favor able report to the house upon his 1)111, proniDiung tne selection of timber land in lieu Of lands In forest reserves states: On June 4, 1897. the following- legisla tion in regard to lands within foresf re serves was enacted: "That in cases in which " a tract t covered by an unper fected bona fide claim or by a patent la Included within the limits of a public forest reservation, the settler or owner thereof may, If he desires to do so. re linquish the tract to the government and may select in lieu thereof ft tract of va cant land open to settlement not exceed ing in area the tract covered by his claim or patent; and no charge shall be made in suqh cases for making the entry Of record or issuing the patent to cover the tract selected.".. , U.'f5., Can, Secure Other xiands. -I The above legislation i was enacted In order to enable owners or bona fide claimants of lands within forest reserves to relinquish their lands or claims, and obtain therefor an equal acreage of pub lic lands. It was argued that on the one hand the public Interest would be served by eliminating private land from the for est reserves, leaving the government in exclusive ownership or control as far as practicable, and that on the other hand the legislation was desirable from the standpoint of settlers in the forest reserve, inasmuch as it would enable them to relinquish lands, the value and desirability of which had been effected by the establishment of the reserve, and obtain other lands of equal area else? where. ' -:"'' There were some features of the sit uation with regard to the forest reseryes and as te the effect of the legislation In question which were undoubtedly neither clearly understood nor fully ap preciated at the time of the passage of the act; and while the objects sought were unquestionably laudable, and in the interest of the public service, and such would have been the results if exchanges had been limited to lands of practically equal value or confined to lands which were occupied by settlers. In its opera tion the legislation has enabled certain land grant railroads and other large land owners to exchange lands which were originally and practically valueless or had been rendered so by being de nuded of their timber, for the most val uable timber. lands owned by the govern ment . .... .., School Xaads BaUnqnishod. From tables prepared by the commis sioner of the general land offioe it ap pears that there has been relinquished me basis for lieu selections 1,969.102 acres, and that of this amount considerably more than half or 1,028,140 acres, have been of railway grant lands within the primary limits of such grants. And it is undoubtedly true that a very con siderable portion of the relinquished lands amounting to nearly half a mil lion of acre carried in the tables as miscellaneous have been railway indem nity lands. Three hundred and forty three thousand nine hundred and sevea acres of the lands relinquished were California and Oregon school lands,' and a prominent cltlcen of California is now under indictment for alleged frauds In connection with securing these lands for bases of lieu selections and other frauds and Irregularities In connection with lieu lands. Settlers Hot Benefited. It Js very clear that comparatively few actual settlers have taken advantage of the provisions of the lieu land law; that the principal beneficiaries have been the owners of railroad and state school lands. It also appears from the tables that there are at this time over three quarters of a million acres of lands within the primary limits of railroads which are available as bases for the se lection of an equal area of valuable tim ber land; that there are over 600,000 acres of such lands under contract for survey which will be available for the same purpose when surveyed in the near future; and there are over a" million acres of such lands which will. undoubt edly be surveyed In the near future. making In all 1,481,280 acres of land within the primary limits of railway land grants which are, or which will be In the near, future, available as bases for lieu selections, and for which an equal acreage of the most valuable timber lands of the nation may be, and undoubt edly will be, exchanged If the bill in question does not become a law. land in Forest Beetrves. In addition to this vast acreage of lands within the primary limits of rail way land grants which can be exchanged for valuable timber lands there are tin doubtedly large areas in the forest re serves of Indemnity railroad lands as well as other holdings which can be ex changed for other forest lands. - The inclusion within forest reserves of so large an area of railroad, lands (In the neighborhood of 1,500,000 acres within primary limits and thousands of acres-more of Indemnity lands) which couia be used as bases for lieu eelec tlons, if such lands were all of them of a character ; Imperatively demanding their reservation for the conservation of water supply and the preservation of timber for future use as contemplated by the spirit of the act authorUingthe cre ation of forest reserves, might perhaps be Justified and defended on the ground of wise pudIIo policy, even though such action resulted In the absorption of large tracts of. the public domain In lieu se lections. But it is unfortunately a fact that large areas of railroad lands and Other lands in t rival nwnerahln have been Included in forest reserves, which arr neither generally timbered or of any considerable value for water conserva tion or for any other purpose contem plated by the forest reserve law, the In ciusion or wnicn witnin the reserves has given the owners of the lands an op portunity to possess themselves of some of -the best timber lands of the nation, Object of the Bill. The committee agrees with the secre tary of the interior and the commls sloner of the general land office that the passage of the bill Is In the interest of public policy and that It is urgently de- pnanaea m view or the present situation In order to prevent the absorption of minions or acres or public timber by lieu land locations. 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Northwest states should not forget that when the ao anytmng to rurtner the interests o: the northern territory they are but bene fiting themselves. "Alaska is in its infancy. In fact, it can hardly be said to have been born yet. A little fringe of settlements along the coast Is about all. What has taken place In the Interior? Practically noth lng.. But rapid development s soon to come, The country is getting over Its boom now and ths people are settling down to business. "We are not prepared for state gov ernment yet We are too small In population, but what we want are reD' resentatlves who will tell congress what we need, and most of all aid from Ore gon and Washington." , Mr. Sternberger Is visiting relatives In Portland and expects to be In this "city several days. He is connected with the Dally Alaska Dispatch at Juneau, An entertainment will be given bv Brooklyn School Alumni association in Blanck's hall on Powell street tomorrow evening. The proceeds win go to the school library fund. 'Hungry When you should be means disordered nerves, which will lead . to nervous prostration. Dr. Miles'- Nervine is guaranteed to benefit yon or -money refunded. Book on , nerves sent free. DB, MILES MEDICAL CO.. Elkhart, Ins. FIRST HANGING AF THE PENITENTIARY HOT A SUP OB A BLoTTDEB KAB "id tkb xxsctttxoh or kabbt BOBBBT AT THS STATE'S PBXSOH TXZ2ZOnJLJ HEW LAW HX9KLT COHUEHSED. - .. That the' new law providing that al! legal executions In the 'state of Ore gon shall hereafter take place at, the state penitentiary,? at Salem-- is a wl.i enactment is the jinAnlmous opinion of the men who witnessed th first hang ing within the prison walls Friday. ; With the regularity of cock work, ev ery detail carried out with dispatch, the gruesome spectacle was robbed of those sensational features which frequently characterise executions by sheriffs. ( Among the 60 or 7h cltlsens, sheriffs and; others who, received invitations , to the affair,' were men who had wltnesswi from three to a dosen executions. With one accord all agreed that never before had -they Seen a hanging which passed off so smoothly, so devoid of, sickening details, as did that by which Harry X. Egbert forfeited his life. - , While it v was " their first experience, Supt C. W. James, Warden Frank Curr tls and Deputy John D. iSmlth carried out their painful duty with the manner Of ''veteran -lnthe hangman's business. Every detail had been perfected, every precaution taken, and to- their foresight and 'good Judgment may be attributed In a large measure the so-called suc cess of the execution, i A Double Oalloww. In the first place, the death chamber Is admirably fitted for the purpose1 to which it has been dedicated. It is a very substantial two-story brick struc ture, erected to house and execute men of the most desperate stripe. A dou ble gallows is on the second floor, and the mechanism worked without a hitch. There are two levers, one for each trap, but which of the officials released the spring sending Egbert Into eternity, is unknown to the outside world. The idea of the new law was to make executions as private as possible, and to take from these gruesome affairs those sensational scenes which have .often marked them in the past An other feature Is that the prison officials, experienced In their work, can more easily attend to an affair of this, kind by reason of practice, than can country sheriffs. Egbert's hanging was witnessed by an orderly and well-behaved party of men, who realised the solemnity of the undertaking. The ribald conduct and 'the frivolity which oftentimes marked a hanging, were absent Super intendent James had selected his guests with care and none abused the confi dence imposed ln them. Affairs In the nature of an execution might afford an excellent opportunity for 800 inmates of the prison to make a concerted effort to break out But Su perintendent James guarded against this. With on or two exceptions, every convict! was locked in his cell. , There was no excitement among them. Every precaution was taken to guard against an attempt at a delivery, and the offi cers were successful. Every officer was in his place at the proper time; every man knew Just what to do, and it was done with a promptness and determine tion which proved that each knew hit duty.' ; , ... - From -his cell to the gallows, Egbert had to dalk about 300 feet, although mis reature will hereafter b unneces sary, when 'the cells for condemned men are built In' the death chamber. It was feared that Egbert might attempt sui cide, and so he was most carefully watched while marching along the cor ridor for fear he might cast himself to tne cement floor beneath.. Fart of the march was through the prison yard, but aitnougn unshackled, Egbert realised that an attempt to get away would be futile. Curtis and Smith walked on either side and Egbert marched like soldier to his doom. He smoked his last cigarette while on his way. to the gaiiows, and the nerve exhibited by him was remarked by every one. Egbert Was Game. - ' During his confinement the guards had learned to like the prisoner, . and while he was being strapped he gave each of his attendants a farewell shake of the hand. While the black can was being adjusted he still was game and gave a nod of recognition to an ac quaintance in the audience. Rev. Mr. St Pierre, who baptised Eg bert into the Presbyterian church sev eral weeks ago, was deeply affected at the sad scene. He stated that he be lieved that Egbert had fully repented lot- nis misdeeds and died a Christian. "This poor boy could recall nothing or nis cnuonooa but blows and curses," ne saia. "He had practically no raising, All he could remember of his boyhood was being knocked down with a neck yoke or being cursed by some one. What could be expected of one reared amid such surroundings? It is a sad case," and the sympathetic clergyman's eyes weuea wiin tears. ' Superintendent James and his as slstants have been having a successful regime at the penitentiary after several administrations had given the institu tion a black eye. The rules give the convicts more liberty than! in some pris ons, but-the slight infraction of any or tne rules meets with instant punish ment; a fact which every man fully realises. ; -. The superintendent Is an Eastern Ore gon map, of undoubted ability, who In spires confidence among his subordi nates) Warden Frank Curtis is a Port land man, having been president of the longshoremen union. He has had rapid promotion since his appointment as a guara, ana hat developed into competent official. OOVCttBSSXOHAL BECEFTXOH. (Journal Special Service.) Washington, p. C Feb. 4. Elaborate arrangements have been made at the White House for the congressional re ception, whfch the president and Mrs. ttooseveit wilt give tonight Neariv 6,000 invitations have been extended and it is expected the attendance will be larger than at any previous function at the While House this season, excentino-. of course, the New Year reception. In addition to tne members of congress, many Important personages In official, military and civil life will be present to lend brilliancy to the occasion and the attendance will be further swelled by the presence of the members of. the New Tork Republican Editorial asao. nation and the National Republican Editorial association. Both associations are in annual session here today, and the editors and their wlvei have bean especially Invited by the president to at tend ,th White House reception this evening. WZSOOHSXV CHBZSBMAZBBS. Monticello, Wis.. Feb. 4. The Smith. ern Wisconsin Cheesemakers' association, w tne largest ana strongest organi sations pf ltsvklnd Jn the country, be gan Its annual convention here todav with a good attendance. Papers y dairy experts and discussions on various top ics relating to practical cheesemaklng will occupy the two days of ths eonvan. : i . '1 i 1 .-. ? V'J ; if "C; i,' 'IT H ;::1L1l A' CA .OSF.T ALL DAY .ft,--,-.(- Entire force of the store and a corps of assist ants engaged all day Friday marking down prices for our Jubilee Great Sale to begin on Sat urday. This will be the greatest clothing and; gents' furnishing goods sale the United States has ever known. Talk; about bar gains! This sale will make it known that Paul Strain is in PortlandrOther clothiers cringed and winced at our former sales. This, one will make them howl with pain. PAUL STRAIN King or the Clothing Colony of the North Pacific Coast CHANGING POSTS OF POLICE OFFICERS FATBOXiMAH OOLTB BOZHO DUTY AS WABBAHT OFFICBB SLOAH STATZOHBB AT THZBO AH9 MOB BISOH 8TBSZTS BAD JLAHSS OF FICES MOTSB VFTOWH. i Ths appointment of a warrant officer at police headquarters has been found of advantage. Patrolman John A. Oolts took this position about the first of the present month. : ,-' For several months Officer R. A. Phillips, who resigned to go Into busi ness for himself. ; virtually held this office, although not designated warrant officer. Officer Oolts will hereafter have charge of all warrants Issued from the police court : ; This policeman will serve the nanera Under the . direction of Captain Orlt macher. These Include the warrants for the gamblors and for persons accused of all manner of Crimea The officer will keep a complete record of each warrant, showing whether or not- it has been served, and this will prevent confusion, of which there hssvbeen considerable in the past. During the morning Officer Oolts of ficiates as bailiff in the police court, being assisted by Patrolman T. Ik Ham mersleyr who walks a north end beat during ths remainder of the day. Officer Oolts has been on the local force less than a year, but ha bas already proved i 285-287' WASHINGTON STREET FOUR DOORS EAST OF THE PERKINS HOTEL as . hmwmmmM ' !i mm 'Mm n - - MSW THE PORTLAND rOBTXOHS. AMERICAN PLAN mm- -HEADQUARTERS FOB TOURISTS AND COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS. Special rates made to families and single gentlemen. Ths management will be pleased at all times to show rooms and give prioes. A modem Turkish bath establishment In the hotel. - :' . HVO. B9WBBS, atanagev. his efficiency. He was for years an officer in "VVinona county, Minn., serv ing both on the police, force there and as deputy sheriff. , -;'.',".-- 1 Among the other changes on 'the first of the month was the stationing of Pa trolman M. F Sloan at Third and Mor rison streets, one of the' busiest cor ners in the business center of the city. Chief Hunt has had in mind for months Ve matter of detailing men for post duty such as is done in all the large cities.' This in the stationing of a po liceman on the busiest corners to pre' vent accidents, disseminata information and 'to-be ofgeneral service. - As previously, announced. Patrolman mm OBSOOB) $3 Per Diy and Upward H. Ti Gibson, who has for several years walked a north end beat, hns' been trans ferred to a beat Including the territory from Washington to Morrison streets back or Fifth street Gibson' made a splendid record In the tenderloin, .where he was known as a terror to. evil-doers. BXHOMZHATZB FOB COHaBBSS. I- ;.?-.'----i-(Joarnal gpeclat 8erlc.) i-'l. OtUwa. 111., Feb. 4. The Republican congressional .convention for the 12th district was held here today and re sulted In the renominatton of Congress man Charles E. Fuller. 4