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18 THE -OREGON DAILY JOURNALS, PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENINO. JULY 22, -1904. HIS vacation WAS A FAILURE W. 1AXI TOTS XT tmABABX.T jiot, x MOtrxriAiBS hjbwtt or nil iron or viici wtxx. BXTB T42E3S A COLD SATS BTl XCXSTAZS. Sweltering la the heat and unable to fafh mr fish. WWam Baker. aealatant agent at tt Couch street-dock, became dlagusted and left his camp near the summit of th" Mine mountains jend re 'turned to Portland to cet cooL While it la hot here he aaya that the temper . . ture where he established a temporary headquarters to enjoy a abort outing waa almply Intolerable. , , -i waa at' the- head waters of the Nakiah and Squaw creeks." aald s Mr. ' Baker laat evenlnc. In relating hia ea- nerlencea. "and both streams were full of the speckled beauties. But try aa I would I could not induce them to bite. , Finally I began to look around for the cause and waa not long In locating It. . On the slopes of the .canyons there were large herds of cattle and sheep. " There were also swarms of graeahop - persV As the stock walked along and '-' erased they drove the grasshoppers into the creeks, and the fish were getting all ".- the food they wanted without assuming ; any risk of getting tied up In a danger- oua alliance by nibbling a book. "They kept darting up in myriads grabbing the grasshoppers, as faat as they feel into - the stream.- I fished in one locality for six hours and never got ao much as a single bit. The cattle, - aheep and grasshoppers were the sole cause of my poor luck. : - "Over in a-clear llttla pool by itaelf X noticed a dosen trout, each oTwhich appeared to be about IS Inches long. Mot -being able to ensnare them in any " other way, I conceived what I sup- - posed waa a brilliant plan The" water looked to be about four feet deep and I concluded to go in wading and chase them on into a shallow place where I thought it wonld be possible to catch . them. X disrobed and plunged into the water. . Imagine my surprise when I : went down out of sight X .kept on going down but failed to touch bottom, when I finally cam to tbe-surface I decided that I did not want any fish and I started to swim for the shore. 'When I - got out X was nearly frosen,- After that experience I made up my mind to re turn to Portland and go to work. My vacation is ended tor- this year." . REPLACES. TRESTLE WITH BIG FILL " Work has been, completed on the big "fill in the Clackamas bottoms by the Oregon Water rower A Railway com ' pa nr. and the big trestle has been en tirely removed. This trestle was 4,70 1 feet -long and -an Immense amount of earth waa required to nil the bottoms so as to make a substantial foundation ' for a roadbed. The company has been engaged in. this work for nearly two years. When everything was ready Tuesday a force of 160 men under Engineer Q. L Brown began the work of tearing down -the big trestle and laying the track on ita new roadbed. By 4 o'clock yeaterday morning the entire stretch of 4.T00 feet of trestle had been removed and the - track relald. end-yesterday-morning traffic was resumed. - Engineer Brown stated yeaterday that ths road will be completed into the city as far as Hawthorne avenue within 40 days, and then work will be commenced - in filling East Water street according to the agreement with the council, msde when the ordinance was granted for a right of way, through this part of the city. . . ' '. .. . - . . GENERAL CHAFFEE IS COMING TO PORTLAND General Adna ChaJTea and wife, to gether with Quartermaster General Humphreys and . Captain Hutcheson, General Chaffee's aide, will ..reach Van couver Saturday morning on a -trip of inspection of the barracks at that place. It is likely that they will atop at Port land for. a short time. Card of Thank's. '" T. 3. Rohker and family, 470 Belmont "ktrert;deslre to thankthetr- friends for the loving kindness shown them in their late affliction. I : 47 . -f i r . . . . I S ... ', ' ' .' '--a-.-- .'-''' , . . ' ' ' - i " . . . '. SMALL BOYS' DAY WILL SOON ARRIVE , f. ' UONES3 AND HER CUBS The : Floto Shows known from coast to cosst as the ClrcuS Beautiful will visit Portland Friday, July l. The Floto Shows are' bigger and bet ter than ever this year and It is ex pected that thousands of residents of ibis community will attend.- The Cir cus Beautiful has many attractive fea tures The - crowning . attraction Is Alexius the Dare Devil Dane, who dally flirts with death by looping the loop on an ordinary wagon wheel. Many men have looped the loop In the old way, but none have attempted to dupli cate the act of Alexius. . t ; Other features Include the. St. Leon Famllv of Acrobata. itnnortad direct from France by the Fioto Shows. 1 Belle Leona, the only woman bare back rider In the world, who turns a somersault while dashing at full speed around the ring; John Carroll's thrill- PRACTICAL JOKER There Is one cltlxen of lower-Alblna who has forsaken the devious paths of the piacticaLioker -n4 LlLyo" d'tertjhlni with a smile on his visage It is a mis take. For years he has been surprising and worrying - his r wife -with various jokes the point of which was hidden, but he has reformed. . ,. Soma weeks ago he bought for 140 a Jersey calf that was hlh in price, a thing of beauty and -which soon became the pet of the family. A few days after the arrival of the caf- it developed a stubborn disposition and many were the. struggles the bead of the .house had in making the beast drink ' milk and in the struggles his wife invariably took the part of the calf and scored the per spiring nusbana for his roughness. Recently the citlsen who Jokes ordered a lot of meat scraps for his chickens and among these discovered a calf's tall that was an exact, duplicate of the caudal ap pendage of his own valued heifer. With LUMBER BUSINESS BETTER IN COOS J. T. all of Marahfleld, who is at tending the grand lodge oft the A. O. U. W., reports that "the lumber business is looking up on Coos . Bay. There are thousands of acres of the Port Orford or famous white cedar all along the coast and back in the mountains of that coun try, and on account of its superior fin ishing qualities, is in great demand. Millions of feet have been shipped to California and - foreign markets, but there are thousands of acres thst have never been touched by the . woodmen's Mr. Hall expressed the opinion "that If there were proper shipping facilities between Coos bay and Portland, a good trade would, spring up between the two places." His brother, who Is in the grocery-business "has stated, that he gets better prices for produce In Port land than can be secured in San Fran- WITH THB FLOTO SHOWS. lng,72-hore act; Herr Lltsen's funny Dutch Elephants; Mile. Arllne. the Girl In Red. Professor D. O. Markles wonderful dog, pony and monkey cir cus; the Ben Hur herd of spotted Arabian stallions, known ' in Arabia as the steeds of Black Eaglt Feather, in remarkable exhibitions of equine In telligence a - real horse . ballet; the Prlakorn Brothers in an extraordi nary bicycle act; the. famous Suglmot's Troupe of Japanese; the Ellett Troupe of Gymnasts In the Aerial feats, and Mile. Valleclta. the fearless Jungle ueen, who performs a half dosen one. tigers and leopards. Then, there will be funny Clowns galore, twenty or more. - The monster' free street parade, a mile of opulent ornamental splendor, Is given at 10 a. m. dally, and Is fol lowed by two performances, at I p. m. und at I p. m. JOKES NO MORE a most mournful countenance he marched Into the house holding the pseudo tall and Informed his wife that in an encounter the BteertTiar Kear-of the family pet had given way and their calf was without a rudder. The result was all that could be -hoped for and the wife almost had a fit of hysterical sympathy. She refused to visit the pen and see the "poor dear mutilated calf," and so the point of the jDke was for the time lost, but the citlsen -went to bed that night chuckling and arose and hied him to his work with the same chuckle. On his return in the evening he visited the pen and was surprised to find no calf. Rushing Into the house he told his wife that the animal had escaped and that he would start after It immediately, "Why no. John," the wife replied ssdly, 'the oalf haa. not escaped.' The butcher came around this morning and I sold the calf to him for (3.(0. You aee I. could not bear to think of the poor thing stand ing out there al) mutilated." elsco." Mr. Hall believes that If the Coos -bay. coal could be introduced in Portland, It would , supplant the use of northern coals now used here. . D. M. Drew of Tillamook, who is in the city, was attracted to that section of Oregon by the timber and lumber in terests. He believes that there , is enough timber in Tillamook county to operate on for a. hundred years when once the work Is begun of manufactur ing lumber. . Mr.. Drew says: The oaly timber that is now being used -for lumber, is from lands owned by homesteaders, who are clearing -up the ground. The timber tracts are owned by syndicates and eastern parties. who do not care to dispose of their tim ber at present prices. The Truckee Lumber company haa closed down on ac count of the low prices of lumber, but the City Lumber company is still op erating Its mills." - Schedule or Steamer T. J. 'Potter. The seaside steamer T. J. Potter will leave Portland. Ash street dock, for Astoria and ilwaco as rpllows: July 21. Saturday, 1 p m. Get -transportation and berth tickets it u K. n. ucaat omce. Third and Washington streets. Men's patentkid, Corona pat ent colt and vici.kid, hand V welt, , Oxford Ties, all this season's best styles; regu lar $3.50.and $4.00 values. Reduction Sale ; Price .;,... ,i.,..?2.p5 Men's tan, vici. kid and tan Russian calf Lace ' Shoes, ; hand-sewed soles, tip and. v plain . toes; regular $3.50, :": $4.00 and $5166 values: . Re duction Sale Price .'.92.65 BATON'S 1.SHOE .230-232 Morrisot. Street, Near Second LARGER DISTRICT . FOR FIREBOAT sxaoirrxTa oabs atjthobuzbs riMM Cwar to nxs ni boat AS TAB AS TAjrCOUTXS XT XT XS ,, smxzx araw bttskaxts to bb XBSTAXABB. In ease there la a f Ira outside the city limits and a call comes In for assistance. the Tire boat wlU be allowed to go as far as Vancouver tQ give aid and the other apparatus and men of the department will be. loaned at the discretion of the chief eiiginees of the department. This Is the decision-reached by the exeoutlve board to whom waa addresaed a com munication by Chief Campbell aaklng what , he should do In case-a call cams in from the outside for assistance. At toe meeting of the fir board held yesterdsy afternoon blda for a boiler to replace an old one on one of the fire engines were opened. The Contract for furnishing ths boiler" was awarded to A. O. Liong for f 1.060. ' - In installing the new fire hydranta. Chief Campbell waa Instructed by Mayor Williams to place the hydrants In lo calities' so as to give protection to the business, portion of the city . aa far. as possible, . '--- - The question regarding the granting to the engineers of the fire department the day off, for which they petitioned soma time ago, came up and Mayor Wll llama klUed it by remarking that there was no money for hiring an additional engineer. Gentlemen." aald ths mayor, -"we must be careful with our funds. We hsve only about f XS.000 to" the credit of this department with which to carry us until the first of the year, and we have a monthly expense of over $10,000. Ws must economise. GOOD MUSIC OR MERE DISCORDS? Oustavus Elseman gets no pay for the muslo he furnished Bt. David s Epis copal church from March 1 to Septem ber 11, 190S. A jury in Justice of the Peace Baton's court yesterday afternoon brought In a verdict to that effect.. The case occupied the attention of the court and Jury from morning untU late In tho dsy. - ,' .;- .. Elseman waa engaged for one year. but there was a clause in hla contract that said ha must furnish satisfactory music. The Rev. Dr. George B. Van Waters, rector -of St. David's, among others, took the stand yesterday and swore that the muslo was anything but satisfactory,, and that had it been con tinued the doors of the parish might as well have been closed. Renters of pews were quttlng the church and refusing to par: members were seeking religious comfort at - other churches and things were going to ruin, according to the testimony. ' Against an array of testimony from those who had heard him. Elseman mounted the stand and teat 1 Bed that his music was satisfactory and high class; thst he had been made the victim of a conspiracy entered Into by the rector and others. W. H. Lighter la tna new musical director. MONEY IN HAZEL BRUSH HOOP POLES Seven hundred thousand hoop poles Is J. Garrison's contract for delivering this year to the Spreckles Sugar com pany and a lime company at' San Fran cisco. Mr. Garrison and a force of five men are now busy at Boring, Clackamas county, making hoop poles' from the larger growth or hasel brush. . He has been in the-hoop cola business for sev eral years past. He at first operated near Canby, and when poles, became scares there, moved to Clackamas sta tion. As timber growth the haselwood Is of no value for anything except hoop poles, although J. Melndl of Oregon City did- a thriving business for a few yesrs manufacturing haselwood - into shav ings, and shipping the product to Mon tana, where It waa used by breweries to clarify beer. Mr. Melndl has quit han dling haselwood shavings, but hoop poles are still a staple proAict, and thrifty growths of hasel brush are be coming scarcer. r Schedule of Steamer T. J. Potteri The seaside steamer T. J. Fottef' will leave Portland, Ash street dock, for Aatorla and Ilwaco as follows: July 23, Saturday, 1 p. m. Get tranaportatlon and berth tickets at O. R. N. ticket office, Third and M mw& flM SALS OF SHOES, On account .of the CLOSING 'OP MORRISON STREET BRIDGE, and in order to induce the people to come to our store, we have cut therpricea on our big stock of up-to-date Footwear nearly ONE-HALF. , Now is your greatest chance of the vear to get reliable Shoes, Slippers and Oxford Ties for men, women and children at your own f rice. IT WILL PAY YOU TO . COME THREE OR FOUR BLOCKS OUT OF YOUR WAY TO THIS BIG RE DUCTION. SALE. Boys vici kid "and box- calf Lace Shoes, solid soles and well fastened to the uppers; ' regular $2.00 and $2.25 val ues; sizes 13 j4 to ty. Re duction Sale . Price . . . $1.40 Little gents' dongola kid, box calf and kangaroo calf Lace Shoes good solid - leather .- soles; regular $1.50 values; sizes 9 to liy. Re-' -" : duction Sale Price. . .81.10 Red School House Shoes, for 7 "girls; great ""values," '' v for.,.,..S1.00 and $1.25 MILLS CHOOSE : 'l WATER ROUTE man bbxphzbtb noic roBnvurs XWCBBABB HBABXiY TJLTTK VSB cxvt xnraxBQ rxxsv nx mobtxs OT PBXSSBT YBABf BOATS OAXH WHAT nXIQIT TBAXBS XiOBB. The fact that lumber shipment . by rail from Portland for the first - six months of 1104 are leas hy 1,077. cars than the shipments for the correspond ing period of 10J would be discouraging were it not a fact that ths larger bulk of the ahlpments are being made by water. California from San Francisco to San Diego affords a large market for Oregon lumber, and the bulk of the shipments to these points is made l' water on account ;. of - the prevailing freight rates. The rata by rail to San Fraocisoo and .common points is 11.10 per - ton, - while - water - shipments - cost about i per thousand. The average weight of a thousand . feet of rough lumber Is 8.S00 pounds, and of dressed lumber, kUn-dried, 2,000 pounds or thereabouts. . It therefore costs 15.10 per thousand to .ship rough lumber to San Francisco points by rail 11.10 mora than by water. This Is the average weight of nr lumber, the principal kind shipped from Portland, but under certain condi tions a shipment might weigh less. The rates on kiln-dried lumber, however, fig ure out about the aame rate, whether shipped by rail or water to the points mentioned, a thousand feet weighing 2,000 pounds, or possibly a little less in some instances. The larger shlDmenta of lumber from Portland are In the rough, and naturally should go by water. : A falllng-of f In the demand from the east and the fact of the prevailing rail rates- making It unprofitable to compete with shipments of lumber from the south, also causes a deficiency in the matter of car shipments in that direc tion. During the first six months of 1902, 6,8(2 carloads of lumber were shipped from Portland, while during the same period for 1904 3,781 carloads Ire placed to its credit. On Sexine Pills. - If you have any doubt about Sexine Pills being the greatest tonlo on earth. Just give them to a man or woman who has been sick and la weak and see how quickly they will build them up. They will cure any form of weakness. Price 11, or six boxes for If. Address or call J. A. Clemenson,. druggist, corner Sec ond and .Yamhill streets, Portland, Or. if W "4 ASK US I Muck-Dunning Hard SLIPPERS AND OXFORD TIES' , Women's, . Boys' and Little Gents' kid and, kangaroo calf Shoes, broken lines only, 1 and 3 pairs of a kind;. big values. Reduction Sale Price. . , . . . . . ; . .81.00 Women's patent kid -and vici kid, hand-welt Lace Shoes, brand new Styles, perfect fit- " ting and excellent for wear ; ' regular $3.50 values. Re duction Sale Price . . . 82.45 Women's .dongola. kid "1 and 3-strap Slippers, hand-turn 1 soles; tegular " $1.25 "values. ' Reduction Sale Price... .00 . STOR.ED The Store for Economical People MARKET IS VERY DULL IXITWIO COlOFZTXTXOsT 02? bast abb inr&TXTxroa o bbw , UXLLM COXBH1 TO OTZBSTOCJt t au 9zr xaa OAJUL ' T. . Wt Nordby .has started up his new shingle mill at Claiskanle and reports that the output Is considerably over 100.000 daUy. He says that it keepa him busy selling the ; product In Portland, aa there la a pretty good supply of shingles on ' the market. ' Oood cedar shingles are selling in Portland far tl.te and $1.70 per thousand, that being the price paid by the builders. Many of the mills, however, realise considerably lees as a considerable proportion of the shingles from Interior mills pass through the hands of a middle man be fore ; they : reach the consumer. - There hss been a falling off in eastern rail shipments, as the shingle mills of Mich igan, Wisconsin and othsr northern sec tions of the United States have been making a derperate effort to shut north western Pacific coaa shingles out of ths market Laat year there appeared to be an almost unlimited demand for Ore gon and Washington cedar shingles, and new mills started up In every, direc tion. The result la there is an over production everywhere, and prices are' down. For the first six months of 1204 213 carloads of shingles were shipped from Portland, 122 leas thai for the same period last year, f About 200.000 shingles are being hauled by wagon from the Nehalem valley to-- Qatskanle tor , shipment to Portland. These shingles are the pro duct of small mills, and - can only be brought over the mountains when the roads are good and now bring the own ers about $1.40 per thousand delivered at Clatskanle. . .The Waahtngton V Shingle manufac turers formed an organisation about three months ago to reduce the output but the proposed combine failed, as some of the mills failed to live up to the agreement STATION A'S FATE HANGS IN BALANCE . v "Ircan do nothing mora in the mat ter,' said Postmaster John W. Mlnto in reference to the - proposition of re-establishing station A in East Portland. "Mr. Halt who Is the SPECIAL SALEl Saturday Night Only J GENUINE GOLD MEDAL FILES : 'J ';'''.''., -'. ' ' Any size and all sizes- 3 Our Hose Supply is large and. we guarantee 'saves you MAJESTIC MALLEABLE RANGES 7 bring results that no other range can. . .' V ' .;' :"- FOR A COOK DOOK ' SECOND AND lMORKlSON STREETS ' - Infants' Soft Sole Shoes; i aU colors; sizes 0 to 3. ,20e Women's vici ;. kid - Oxford ' , Ties, hand-turn soles, this season's best styles; regular $2.00 values. '. Reduc tion Sale Price...... 81.45 AUCTION! AUCTION! We MUST Move Ken Week . Tbe oalanca of our high grade, tailor-made -- s SUITS, CLOAKS.' SKIRTS, AND WAISTS . MTTST BE SOLD, at not ours, but TOVR PRICE. Thia great opportunity will . sot bear alighting, , . . Sales Daily at 2:30 ; ' and . 7:30 P. M. " . -v."-' i " ' GOTO, BIS AXTO TAJCB T2TB OOOBS at YOtrm owst nxoa. . STOCK BTPBT BB SOU. , x A. I LOWENSTEIN, x ." .. Auctioneer, Make your selection of goods from I to 2 o'clock . and have1 the goods put up for auction at the aale. e, Tour requests readily granted. .. assistant superintendent of the salary -and allowance division, la here and . Is looking into the matter. Everything depends now on whether or not he will -reoomraend the r,-eatabllshment to the ' department at Washington. ' - - "If station A is reopened there will be no changes made in Its routine. The station will receive six dispatches of mail, including that of the Southern Pa- -elflo, and will have no Sunday morning -delivery. - "The original plan of the department ' waa to allow us either station A or tne-sub-statlona, but the new arrangement consolidating A with No. stamp sta- ; tlon at the corner of East Morrison , street and Grand avenue, will do away -with either station at Grand avenue -and East Msdlson street or No. 10 on East - Burnslde street The new plan Is satisfactory to the committee . of east side business men who have charge of the matter, and aa for myself. I sin cerely hope that it will go through," t IT area id Stock Oaaxted Oooda, Allen Lwls Beet Brand. for 25c every foot and the pric money. - FREB ware Co. 283-243 ttORRISON ST. 1 ' r'aahlngton streets. IS 1