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the 1 oregok daily journal' Portland. Tuesday evenino. july sa. lss. BUT FAVORABLE TAjn vizri ooos wiamm tom I jEABTza airr : asAzv ram An urnn too tajit wkxat liuurr . apc-jom xa ' ! OUT A9 HOCSKISi ... -r BW Sdwar 4 ' " Th wiabir durins tb weak baa been anusually warm end dry, which was i favoraM ior harvest work, but 4t i caused th (raid to Oil and ripen a little too fast. Fall wheat weat of the, Caa ' cades has tnmtly been out and ahocked, land east ct tie Cascade' Ita harveat la 1 proreln rapidly. .' But Xlttlo threah ; ln baa yet been dona In the Willamette valley. In the Columbia river alley land in aouthern Orefdn the ylelda are j-enarally reported to be better than ex l peeled. Ka sly aown spring wheat and i oata were gwatly Improved by the rains ,i of last week and they promise from fair j to . good return. Lata aown sprta t wheat and oata axe thin, heading- short. . I and generally ato poor that they are- be- THE EMPLOYMENT ' AGENCY'S POSITION In rut for bar. .Feed on the senses continue better than usual, but la the wyamett ."w4ttalr Information, a guarantee that auoh loan llVUtUft UUi l iu? niauwtM paaiurase I. svu... . "7. 'beginning to lose Jiesn. wnera jproporiy i cultivated bopa, gardes., corn, potatoea and' held ' onion ara doing well, but they ' all, aa well aa pasturage, would i be greatly benefited lay -more rain. Some '' spraying baa been done In the hopyarda, -. but the hot weather ' killed most of the i lice, and. as a rule, the yarda ara re markably free from y vermin. Apples 'continue to drop, but not, to an alarm than aa average crop of applea la ex petted. Peaches and blackberries are . plentiful, .and. early applea, and early ' jears are ripe. ."..! Ooea Diatsie. ' '' Oobel. "Columbia county (Frank Wel ter) Weather very dry and warm; pa turea drying up; baying all done; plums Tipe; potatoes poor; corn looks, fine. Clatsop. Clatsop county (D. F. 8taf- ford TWaa then warm and dry; last WJJP B OIU ajvva 'amaa -war esfcw wxw little damage to nay, aa the weather this Week ha been favorable for dry ing It; 1 believe only vary earlycows ara shrinking. -;. i .' Bay City, Tillamook county J. J. Dawson) Light warm rain -fore part of week greatly benefited spring .aown grain, which waa at a standstill; Jruit irm-iiui aardens have ttaken-on new life; large araoont of hay , waa on the ground In OlJiereni lorms,- out- a ciear .sky and warm, - drying winds saved. It from spoiling and It la being boused In good order - -. - ' Point Terrace."Xane county (8." J. AI iison) The . rain last week was very beneficial to gardens, as they needed It badly; however, it caught some hay-out; this week has been very hot; gardens look fine; pastures continue good: fruit looks well and promises a heavy yield. r . - ipumoar, wuu i www i j . ' Wright) Week warm; grain crops do V tag wells rang Improving from laat week's rain; fruit doing well, but light ylelda -are expected... i ; Willamette TaUey. " Terry, liultnomna county (William Salea) Crops In this vicinity look fairly well; berries are good, also chsrrles; grain stUl growing; hay harvest mostly ione; bay was very good; early potatoes ripening. ' ' ' ' . ": Hubbard (Elliott prairie), Clackamas eounty (George Pope) The . rain of last week were of great benefit, hop yards look brighter and perfect pollen Uon la taking piace; the laterals-are not -equal to former years, but it ia expected the quality will be 'excellent; eorn 1 making a good growth and it baa started to tassel; pastures are dry and stock is beginning to show the effect of it; root cropa look Improved; second crop of clo ver will be very inferior for seed pur poses; harvesting of fall grain well un der way; dairy products shrinking. . . Blooming, Washington county (Colvin Ballsy) Week . extremely .warm and very hard" en potatoes and gardens; without mors rain soon bopa will be nearly a failure; pasturage poor and ths flow of milk is very light; bayballng la la progress;-threshing will commeno next week. ? ' Hosktna, Banton county (Perry Eddy) I Week favorable for ripening grata; !"' fall grain generally ready to out; spring grain considerably improved since the rain; potatoea poor; gardens doing well. . Balsa K. Y, 1. No. U Polk county (P. V. Clark) Winter wheat and oats about all in -ths shook; spring grain that Is i Worth cutting . will be harvested next f weak; lhra is some' hay yet to breut; f ths late rain helped hops, late potatoea, :orn and apples, but more la nseded; , threshers will begin August 1; pastures VI1BI BUI aM.AUB ,11 Ul.lt. .Weather waun; haying about complet 4; fall wheat being cut; yield prom is aa ; te ba batter than expected; spring grain v abort, but it has a good Color and la J wall headed; applea continue to drop, but there will be an average rop; . early ! peaches In the market; crop fair, qual . ity good; gardaos aad field corn doing , well; hops in bloom; growers do not ea ' paat so large a yield as laat year; stock generally in gooa conainon. a slhaw. Marlon county ( J. O. Btelnbren i tier) Weak dry and hot; harvesting i progressing nicely; fan wheat and oats t good; spring' grain will sot be worth cut ting) some will bo out for hay; thrash ing Will commence next week; prunes a vary . light srop; apples dropping more than tosual. - , . ' ' odavllla, lilnn county (T. J. Coyla) t Wek warm and dry; the ralna of last J -week were beneficial to gardens and late tt grain) grata' harvest commenced; crop -vary llghi paaturag dry and flow of tnllk poor. ajoataan Oregon. . M- Jtlddle, Dougia eounty Oeorge W. Kiddle) Weather favorable for harvest ; ing) gardens and fruit much benefited rby the rains of laat week; a largo crop of peaobas being picked.' Williams, Jooephlne county (H. it bout completed;, hay good, but wheat and oat light; potatoes that are irri gated doing well; water in stream a keeps tip well; hops look fins; blackberries ripening. i Table It oak, Jackson eounty (g. M. Kealon Wsek very, warm; grain has 1 ripened fast sjid liarvesting la progress I ing favorably I second orop of alfalfa owing out) yield ngni;- corn on ootiotn Janrts has mad rapid growth; grain yield will be muab less than usual in this motion. ... 4 ;- , V- - Oalmsakia Wve TaUoy. ' rsfar, Waso county (Alex Itrachan) Waather vary warm and dry) barreot- Ing fully a-nder way) grain appears to be Mump and well .riMVi spring grain llfrht) baying mostly done garden and mharda, where Irrigated, doing well; bastnres getting dry. l Inns, Marrow county (P. O. Balstger) -Weat)r favorable for harvesting; oe raalonal boC wind latter part bf week; fruit ripening feet; early peaehea, ap ples et4 aprlsot will yield about half a ernn. v ;- 1 ; Wee ton, Vmetlll oounty (M. M. raker, Weathar very warm; harvest unite full .KmAwbw mnA tnm vieM mt . Wheat antlrtpaled. deaplta the da ma (a f sureugst , by the sever .tempest tw . Portland. July II. To the Editor of the Journal: Referring to the article on the seoond page of this evening s paper, headed, 'City Employment Agency Proposed." I wish to mKe a Tew re marks concerning" th partial untruth of same,. In the first plaoa, I am not the agent referred to as having engaged the young man to carry the advertising bantier. so my remarks cannot be taken as a nereonal plea in self-defense, but what T do wish to Speak about,- la the side of the employment agency Question that the newspapers, jealous or dis gruntled indlvldusls, have no knowl edge of, or if they Aave are silent about and which la the support of men with, out means, and tb procuring of work for persona, strangers "or local unfor tunates, who not only have no employ ment, out no means or procuring any, or the price pf .food should they be auo oesaful In securing employment wbsre they are not paid dally. , lld you know that many of the em ployment agendas now doing business in ths city of Portland, dally including Sunday,- send men to work without any office charge, and in many cases pay, or secure transportation for tbsm to tn wore, ana in over-e per cant or such transactions never' resolve th fee. they are entitled to for giving ths in dividual going out for .employment on employment Is there? If you do not. let me tell you. It la so and I will prove te ' your - absolute satisfaction you . can coma and see for yourself. I do not claim that aa agency is a charitable in stitution, for if It were it would not be attended to in ths bualnessllks man ner It now la, and with aatlsfsctlon to thoso who may befits patrons, both em ployer and- employe, whloh 1 proven by continuous patronage, aocordlng to I ,ne neeus ox ne pairuna. Did you know that employment agents are more often Imposed on than impos ing on thoee wJu pay them fee for employment. ' I am serious. Did- yon know that If you do not, let m cite a few facta which Will prove this. Tou, for Instance, are an employer wanting ths services ot tan men to go to work as soon as posslblcr You com into an employment agency, tall them your want, and get th man. Tou are will ing to pay th wage for th work de manded. The man may- not have the. offloe fee. the agent 1 willing under the circumstance, for your aeeommodstlon and th accommodation of th working man to trust him if necessary, and you engage tb . whole ten, for. if ona finds he can go without a cash fee. payment, it is reasonable to believe they all will, and they promise to gOr erhapa do go, perhap you pay their fares, and per haps you are able to give it to them free. They take advantage of the ride. If the work be out of town, maybe go to work a few hours, and away they go, you don't know wbsre Or why, al though you do all you agre to on your part. . r - x ..''';.. On ths other hand, you may trust man for reliable information about work, which la th employment agent' stock la trads, and he may sign an order to have tb - fas deducted, and when he get .to the work, knowing th employer want help, will ask him for work, not stating that he waa from th agency where ordered, receive an affirmative answer,, and glvs an assumsd nam and go to work, and when th dus bill come in, why the employer says so-and-so Is not working bar and never ha been, I can t therefore deduct It, and may. further add; "By the way, when I order men I want them. ' Bare I gave you an order so-and-so, and so-and-so, and you never sent me a man. and if I hadn't picked up a couple of men, or whatever tb number may be, why I couldn't have gone ahead with that work. Agent,' you must do better If you want my ordsr." t. . Another case: A working man, per haps k good hard-worklngman, as your correspondent, r.-tio doea not sign his name says, may be brok and hungry. You have perhaps sent him out before, or he looks llks an honest worklngman, and you dislike seeing anyone go hungry, or maybe dry and shaky' ' after "a drunk," and he wants the price of either a meal or a drink, and you give it to him. tt la frequently th case that the man who was ready to acoept your har ity la on you will never sea again, and who will not, always be broke, but is, perhspa, . diahonsst enough not to wish to repay no matter the amallness of th amount, or h may not wish to corns back- on account of that proud spirit your oorreapondent mention, but which 1 so rarely mat with, Th trouble with th proud-spirited ones, is that they are laay, not lasy because they won't work, but becauae they won't work at what, they can get, until they can get what they want. Few of the local employment agencies In this city who eupply labor in large number and ar doing any considerable volume of business but will verify in further de tail this statement, few, very few if any, likely th latter. The employment agencies ar open at all reasonable hours for the conduct of business, post their labor bulletins, ksep the men Informed of what work is be ing done, have accommodations for" them In the way of business, and also benches, tree baggage rooma, time table, and vartou items of Interest f re of any charge, th place where unoccupied labor cast it eyes for Information about employment., ths persons they look to for such information, and pay for same, not becauae they have to,' but because thsy. want to. and why do they want tot Tou may well aak if you do not know. Because, for reasonable charge they can secure reliable Information about work, and get it, saving time, money, and avoid th necessity of going here and there seeing about this and that, and then maybe getting on ths wrong track; and, last but not laaat, because they can get work If -they are bona fid - work-seekers whether they have the fee price or not. And, If the Information they receive about work la incorrect, and it la the agent's fault they hav all manner of redress, as the city ordlnano covering the conduct of employment agencies covers such points quite thoroughly, and I know, becauae I myaelf suggested some ot It most stringent provisions, and it ta within th power of tb otty, officials to rsgu- late any wrongdoing, and, If wrong 1 done, and continuously, it is tn xauit of the officials, and not necessarily- ths individual, the sgent of th system. ' Another point, you or no roan would wilfully buy, net too Pig xor mm. Neither will a man pay a fee for a sit uation h cannot fill, or if he doe it I purely Jit fault, and not th agent's, and when he paya a fee for something. he cannot do, he, the applicant, is ins one who 1 lying, or to put it mora mildly Is too ambitious. And that point right there ia on of th greatest reasons in favor of the system. First It protects the employer, as Iti la reasonable to suppose in a majority of casea a man ta able to perform the work in a situa tion ba secures by paying an employ ment fee. Seoond, the situation ia more valuable to him. for the very reason he has paid something for it. and third. the very act of his paying mat rea guarantees him that there 1 work tor him there as specified and Paid for. hot to msntioa th time saved In securing It that way, and fourth, it enable the aaront to conduct his business on busi ness principles. Just th same aa In any other line of trade, and - make bis profit, regulated a is most thugs, by supply and demand. Tb employment office la ths meeting place or employer end employe, 'without th presence of the employer who 1 unabla to com to Portland to secure labor, although un abla lo secure it In the locality where he may be, , An employment agency properly conducted In accordance with th law, and of th common law of what I right and what 1 wrong, 1 a benefit to th employer, city and coun try and likewise the employe, city or country, snd it Is unreaaohabl to sup pos that you re going to get something for nothing. ' It must not bo overlooked, either, that TnS employment business Is hard on to conduct on any lines, be cauae they hav th multitude to deal with, all phases of life, th various na tionalities, and stages of education of the different elements of persons who go to make up . th population ot th city, state and country, - and to deal with them all In aiicn a manner that they will be satisfied. Mistakes will occur, perhaps sometimes wrong la don, or we suspect wrong la done, but these ar th cases that th public at large hears about, through' th newa- papere.. Do you ever bear bow many men or women thia or that agency se cured respectable employment for, or what a good thing it Is for th city of Portland that th employment - agents win work on Sunday -and try, to get men ready to' go to. work on Monday morning. Instead of standing on - some corner shouting religion of some par ticular brand who stand and listen, in th majority of cases, becauae it whiles away time, and they may not hav th money to pay the price for pleasure of other -sort, which they might find more to their liking if they had the price T No, sir, th major: .y of the employment agent are men who. ar hua tiara: the nature of their bualness make them so. hustling .other out to work while there I work to da, and getting paid for it ln4 proportion to their hustle and sue cese. - If that la graft, as your correspond ent say a, yes, I am a grafter, and I am glad that I am one. If it ia unchristian like to Jielp those who are not in a posi tion to help themselves, through sick- neasr, 111 Urflt, extravagance, on account of ignorance, yes. then is the employ ment man unchristian, a heathen of the bold and fiery type. Hla blr and fire proposition, whloh your correspondent speak of, ia unknown to m personally. and I believe to many other employment agent, -perhap not all. Who can tellf He who can should. It la hla duty a a cltlsen; J would if X knew of . such eases and could bring proof, only too gladly, as. . whlls I am in business to make money, I want it straight and If I can lift my Voice ta defence of the bualness and make it as legitimate and a far above reproach a th church. my toIo will be on that bid. There la no business without it drawback. All that I caa aay 1 that your corres pondent, whoever h may be, i a nart row minded person to maka such a gen eral statement without making; definite statements, and be will Ing, to back them up with hla name. . Tour name, man, your nam ta all you have perhaps, but don t b ashamed of It. : If a man sells good dry goods, shoes, hats, meat or any other article, tie will succeed and prosper if the supply and demand be sufficient. But the city won't start a, muncipal dry goods, shoe, hst store or meat, market. Why should it start a municipal employment agency or in any way compete with thoae en' gaged in private business, when thoss engaged in private business are observ ing the laws, and' paying jl license for the privilege of doing so, which be yond question entitles them to the pro tection pf the city, a long aa they ar lawful operator, and when they are not, crush them, wipe them out, revoke their licenses, jail them, do : anything mild or drastic which ia necessary to make It go right or not at all. But don't be a knocker, particularly when you knock In a general way. and don't apparently know what you a re knocking at, don't Intimate that ths employment a genu are unchrlstlaniike, becauae, per haps, some of them ar far more chriav tianllk ' than those who pay for th front pew or make th minister a fat donation, even though It be a worthy eaus! don't think that there ar not men in . th employment bualnee who ar anxious to te th business suc ceed, but only on legitimate line, and don't think, that I for one, will let such a general artlcl as you war successful In having printed, appear, without chal lenging you aa man to man to debate ths question, now and farther, publicly or privately, providing you ar a hu man" being, and an bo convinced of your error If ample and convincing proof be. supplied you, and I to bo con vinced to your way of thinking; and. furthermore, to aid you la convincing other to your way of thinking. If I be jrrong: and, furthermore, to assist yon to secure the managing of some char itable municipal, agency, where all you would hav to do would be to draw your salary, and not uae your business faculties. , Tours truly, . ' ;,'' O R. HANSEN. week ago; cherries -about gone; pluma, prunea and spies ripening; all vegetables doing well since the rains; paaturag good and water supply plentiful. ; rtateau Befioa. - j- r Erwln, Baker eounty (John Erwln) Showers on foothills Thursday and Fri day, and rain in ths valley Saturday morning; first crop of alfalfa secured; yield good; wild hay being out; average crop) late ; potatoes doing well; early onea nearly all killed; range on low hills dry. 4n timber good; apples about half a crop. ' . Joseph, Wallowa county (S. M. Crow) Weather warm; alfalfa and clover hay being harvested; th hay crop Is heav ier than for years, and grain Is looking fine; -cherries rip and th crop la fairly good. - , - Morrill, Klamath county (Oeorg Wil son) Weather warm; first crop of hsy nearly all hsrvested; grain 'doing well and good yields oxpeeted. - Owyhee, Malheur eounty (J. M. Har ri First crop of alfalfa was fine, not withstanding It bad bean blown down so It did not get a clean cut; second crop now blooming and, also good; potatoes and corn have nearly .recovered from the frost of laat May, exoept some that wsrs entirely killed; small grain not In jured to any great extent, and th crop la. fine; early grata ia now being har vested; applea are average crop in quan tity and above the average in quality; not many worm so fsr; peaches good In quality, but short In quantity; prunea half crop in quantity; pears short in places and plentiful in others; pasturage ha been better than for--years, and stock is doing well in flesh and milk. Schedule of Steamer T. J. Potter. Th seaside steamer T. . Potter will leave Portland, Ash . street dock, fur Astoria and Ilwaco as follows: . July 27, Wednesday, 1:48 a m. ' ' July It, Thursday, I a. m. July it, Friday, lam.. A July to. Saturday, 10:11 a m. Get transportation and berth ticket it O. R. N. ticket offloe. Third and Washington afreet. ' Artificial aye Fitted. Large stock at D. Chambers, 121 7th. 13: SPECIAL . . . I a i k af J V.J..J. : " : II ... I I II fc) u t) e :;-.::"ro '.".". $15.50 Round -Top Tables, $12.00 . $15.50 Square-Top Tables, $12.00 $13,50 Round -Top Tables, $i6.00 J Square-Top Tables, $10.00- v- 4 $13.50 We have a lot of Golden-Oak Extension Tables that have riot moved quite fast enough tb suitus,-s& bit that ought to start them moving right enough. The first of next month we ' -cbmmerice-tak supply, on hand.;----i But your best reason for considering these tables is the fact' that they are selling below- their real value. They are all 30 inches high with 45-inch tops. Built of selected golden-oak. hand rubbed and polished, and have turned legs with patent castors. V We have them in 6-ft and 8-ft lengths You your choice... .. . - , V IN CORNER WINDOW ' '' "'. , .:'.:..' ..... -.:'; . '.. ', . a Wee m LAC ISSilliiiii Two j hundred pairs of fine Lace Curtains went Into our- Anniversary Special Sale this; morning These are ; not cheap bargain-counter Curtains but goods bought for our best spring trade VVe bought too Tmahy but we won't , keep too many not if you need Curtains and should see these They're wonderful 1 values for - the money c j- i - : 7 f "V : jit . J ... . I $15.00 Ivory Duchess Point Lace Curtains, now . $9.50 . 12.00 lVhite Marie Antoinette Lace Curtains, now 5.00 - 13.00 white Battenberg Lace Curtains, now . . 9.00 7.00 White Marie Antoinette Lace Curtains . . 4.00 13.5.0 400 5.00. 6.50 6.00 4.50 1.95 20.00 Ivory Renaissance Lace Curtains 5.15 White Novelty Cord Curtains 7.00 White Colonial Lace Curtains 9.00 White Noyelty Cord Curtains 1 1 .00 Ivory Soutache Latfe Curtains 6.20 White Novelty . Cord Curtains 3.00 White Irish Point Lace Curtains . . . ; . 3.75 White Irish Point Lace Curtains ; . . . . 2.10 4.00 White Irish Point Lace Curtains . . . ... 2. 65 v (:,..'( ' ' ..'' '-rip ' r.-v.'i'.'4 ' (. 1 L3C00D 1 .. r7vl C..i'ia "3' mm ' ' ' 30 ambers, 12 f I-