Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 23, 1905)
18CJ.''-, THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, THURSDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER- 3, ROAD GRADHfG Within Three Weeks Construc tion Work Will Be In Progress Entire ' Length of Llne. ;'. FIRST STRETCH OF CRADE NEAR UMATILLA IS BUILT Contractors Shipping in .Tralnloads .;f Equipment From EaswFarmers 11- t Looking Forward to V Prosperous Times Thii Winter.- - aMlla. 1 1 MBitt td tym Journal. l.lln.lnn. dr. JtfOV. !!.. Along th ', ' Columbia prospects are promising for a burr winter season, inaicauous .h. ih.r will be a largely Increased volume of business at all river point ' between Kennewlck ana Tb wuies. , Tk north. hank railroad will b under 'construction tha entlra length of tha line between Kennewlck and Tne uaiips In la than two weks. Contractor! McPhee. Grant. Allen and Mulligan ara making rapid progress in tba way of retting- tha work under way. Fir Stretch nut. ' : Contractor Mulligan baa won tha dis tinction of completing tha flrat grade on tha Una. consisting of about -one " fourth of a mile of earth work, oppo site CmaMlla. - Mr. Mulligan haa 16 ml lea of grading under contract weat of a point opposite Umatilla.. He con nect at the weat and of his work with Contractor Grant, -who will build the grade IS miles farther west, or to a point one mile below Arlington on-the Washington aide. Here Mr.- McPhee takes up the work and will put tn tha grade It miles farther weat. Moving, riant front Bast. . Contractor Grant;, left here the 17th Inst, for the east, where he will aa- eemble his outfit for ahlpment to Ar- ' lington. The outfit waa scattered throughout the states . of Minnesota, Dakota and Michigan. It is considered the most up-to-date construction equip ment, and when gathered together for shipment will consist of 200 head' of horses, . four steam shovels; also carta, wagons, graders, scrapers and every conceivable type of construction tools. It will require -a -whole train to bring the outfit to the scene of operations. Mr. Grant has been a railroad builder - for 15 years, and thinks, very lightly of building 31 miles of rafiroad grade. He promises jobe o nJ he -.grounds, and at work early la December., . contractor , McPhee Is busy erecting; hla camps an la progressing; rapidly. Curves ' Are Bedaeed. Some delay haa been caused on ac- count of the engineers' department, aa a change of line in tome places haa been ordered, t The original survey -waa planned to use a limit of 4 degrees to the sharpeat curves, but Hill announces that the sharpest eurve on the line will only amount to degrees, and changes were necessary. A aurveylng party commenced' work on the opposite aide of the liver thla morning and will continue the. work of changing the line wherever necessary Farmers along the line on both aidea of the river are feeling jubilant, as dur ing the building of the road they will find a ready market. at home for their excess products. - This la not -the only . prospect which creates a feeling of eon- . fidenee. - - - . , . Xeduoed Transportation. "With rail transportation on both hanks of the river and water transpor tation 1 fn the middle, there will be diminution of transportation rate. ' Thla town is quite a haven for the weary, footsore civil engineer - and the everbuay contractor these days.- Aa yet this vicinity has not felt the direct ef fect of the new undertaking, but farm er, stockmen and bualness men In gen eral are highly pleased with the appear ance of ithe immediate future, and all agree that the building of the north- bank railroad la a long stride toward the development of thla portion of the Columbia river basin. WHAT EACH IS OFFERING (Continued Front Page. One.) ' the slightest mystery connected with our Intentions. Our backers were named when we applied for the franchise and eur plans were aet forth in the open so that no. one who could read need re main for a moment in ignorance of our Intentions. : . Booker Well Xaowa. "The men behind my application are known to every one here reliable and no one would pretend to say that they . would be party to a subterfuge whereby prlvllegee on the streets would be e- , .cured under false representations. "I believe that the future of the Willamette valley and other Interior . polnta in eastern - and western Oregon and Washington la the future of Port land; we cannot prosper ' unless our neighbors prosper? s' There ' should be .several Interurban lines, serving many communities, developing tha country as it is not now being developed. Don't forget that Portland cannot grow great . unless first the tributary country shall - have grown great. - t'Now, with reference to the Wlllam- ., ette Valley Traction company. and the Intimation that Harrlman interests jeally are hack of their application for ' the Front street franchise, I notice that .- Harrlinan representative are not fight- '; in -It down the valley, in Salem, Albany. Eugene and Corvallla and else where that company is preparing to oper ate, yet in no instance haa a Harrlman man laid an obstacle In the way of the ' procurement of anything that company -wanted. - - ,' ( '.,,'. ; atarrtasaa Attitude Busplcleus. "If there be no common Interest be twe.n the Harrlman people and the Wll- , lamette Valley Traction company, their why la there perfect complaisance on Ilarrlman'a part in the valley. . towns, where valuable, privilege have been granted by city councils, and If there be .no opposition there, la there really" de position heret ...',-- "Here we ask" for the Front .street franchise, and there is pretended oppo sition by Harrlman to both ua and the Willamette Valley Traction people' "Ho far aa municipal . ownership is concerned, our proposal la the next thing to It, for we offer to pay a reasonable proportion of our arose revenues to the city, the smounr to be determined by the council, and to place in the fran- l . . ' , ,. Cleared tot Aetloa. ' -; - v TVheh the body is cleared for action bv It. King's New Ufe Pills you ran t)l It br the hlnnm of health on the . heeks. the brightness of the eves, f fSrinnene of the -flesh and mnaclea, the htmvinrr of the mind Try them. At .iJniore e drug stgra, -.Ij.TUrJ rrtreet, t-, chlse the provision that the city may buy the Plant for cost jT: track and eaulntnent at any time." Mr. Velch, who la vlee-prealdent and manager of I the Willamette Valley Traction company, all years ago waa In the electrical machinery business ' In Portland: three years ago he bum the Rock Creek Power Transmission com pany's plant at Baker City; ne now lives la Salem. ' ' Welea CMvee XI Sude. "The Willamette Valley Traction com pany la organised with 11.Z50.000 paid up capital stock." said Mr. Welch, "and the Willamette Valley company' wttb 1100.00 nald-up Capital stock. "The Willamette Valley company haa taken ever the electric lighting plants in Eugene,. Albany and Corvallla and the water Dlants"la Eugene and Albany. I am manager of the Cltlsena' Light A Traction company, which owns the gas, electric lighting and street railway sys tem of Salem. - t " . - The Willamette Valley Traction company waa formed to build the line between Portland and Salem and later beyond to points south. ' Both com panies are ' controlled by Rhodes, ' Sin clair A Butcher, Philadelphia Ananclers, who have placed the stock., excepting mv shares end a few for the Oregon directors, among their affiliated houses tn New York and Philadelphia, ao inai excepting the shares I hold snd the nominal holdings' of the directors the control is wholly In the east STo Stock or Bonds for Sale. "So far as our road is concerned, in two weeks we will have our entire rlehts of way between Portland and Salem, excepting poaalbly the Portland Front atreet franohlae. We- have not a dollar of atock or bonds for sale. . So soon as rights of way and terminate have been secured we will build. We re getting both aa rapidly as possible. We have the money on nana. "We hold options -on several pieces of Front street property and want more. None of the sales thst have been con summated on Front atreet or the water front have been for us. None of our deals for - aueh property have been closed. My business In Portland today is largely to attend to. tnat muter.; . Own Bleotrle Flaata. 1 W. Anderson is the western repre sentative of Rhodes; Sinclair sc Butcher, who own in the Pacific northweat the electric lighting planta at Pendleton and Walla Walla, the gaa plant at Spo kane, a power plant on the Walla Walla river, the streetcar line,. In Boise, the gaa and electric lighting plant in Baker City, aa well as the Bock Creek Power St Transmission company,' and are build ing a line from Walla Walla, Washing ton. to Milton, across the state line in uregon, "Mr. Sheridan haa no connection with our company; when the application that he filed for the Front street franchise emerges from the council committee it will be In our name. Mr. Sheridan prob ably will be Interested in developments beyond Salem In the future, but at the present time has been absolutely elim inated from any interest In the enter prise from the Portland end. The Salem city council the. other. evening granted Us a franchise by unanimous vote and the queatlon comes up In Woodburn to morrow night, where terminal groundsJ nave been already promised.. , ; t ; -, Beady to Baah Work. 7. .A'." , ."At present active building plana In volve the Portland-Salem line; later we will take up the extension beyond the state capital to points up the valley. If the franchise be granted, we are willing to give a bond to have at least It miles of road in operation within a year, although we expect fully to have the entire line to Salem completed within It montba. We have 1 miles of 71-pound rails - already bought, thouch we wanted iO-pound steel, snd will use sucn roe tna remalnHae I rr tk. !. Grading and rail laying will begin ln to days from the time the franchise is given. "In an Important particular we ara willing to modify the original applica tion so aa to provide for the puroliase at any time by the city, foracusLLsQiuJ mo tine in xne city limits, plus t per cent, .ana as an evidence or good faith we win me with the city bills for all materials and work aa we proceed with construction, so that no question would remain concerning the price the city would pay were It to -desire to buv. This tefers, of course, to the portion of tne line inside the city boundaries. Will fcet to Other Usee. . "We will grant enual orlvileses in hauling cars to other lines and agree to nave tne franchise name 'reasonable charges' or a specific sum to be charged ror such hauling, in other words, we win agree to whatever the council stln- uiates in tnis respect. All we ask is to get Into Portland. If the city will build the line it will suit as Just as well; but since the city prahshly Is not iir a position Tq-do tha I now, we - are making this proposal. coupled with the proviso that the city may buy at any time for the actual coat plus S per cent, so aa to hasten the construction of the line. "We believe that the business men of Portland should favor ua in thla mat ter; the construction bf our line will be an Immense benefit to the city, because It will develop the country to the north that needs such service aa we can give. and needs it badly." . - TO PROTECT PERSONS WHO GIVE THE NEWS ,"s j t" i ... ' ' - ' (Joaraal Speed! Berrlre.l Sioux City. la.. Nov. ai. -Id order to protect peraons who give Information to newspaper reporters. Btate Senator John 1L Jackson will Introduce a bill whereby reporters will be classed the same as lawyers, doctors and priests In the giv ing of testimony In court.'1 - ' Jackson aald the newspaper reporter plays an important part In tha world. and in the course of hla dutl-s runs across many things he cannot print. Business, political and 'family secrets are hla. Many are not only unprintable, but not even for the mouths of gossips. The measure will be designed to Insure the nonpubllclty of such matters. DIPHTHERIA SITUATION AT PENDLETON SERIOUS " " (ftpert.l Dlapatea te The Joe mil.) Pendleton. Or.. Nov. 21. The diph theria situation Is becoming "serious in Pendleton and the east end . school is likely to be closed, many scholars be ing afflicted from that school an4 tha attendance in all rooms la falling off. Health officers are ' Investigating "The matter, Marshal CofTman haa appointed quarantine officers and negligent persona and parenta will-be placed under af reet, - .- . ' ..!. - ' WHITE NAMED FOR, MOROCCAN CONFERENCE tJeeraal special Service.) Wsshlngton, Nov. 2s.-e-Amerlcah Mln. later White haa been appointed tn r.nr.. senfOis United- States at the Moroccan conference - Minister Qummeroe will slso be present. ' ..- - . -,. , OvsUoa Oivem Slew IUf, ' (Jeoraal ftnaiial Brica.t Copenhsgen, Nov. 2. King Haakon VII. and Queen Maud departed today for Norway. The war (Ivan a,. great ovatlor "' i FIGHT OfJ ROOF OF HIGH BIDIL'G Locked In One Another's Arms, Two Pplicemen and Two 'J y Burglars Struggle for Life. "v" -;.V ' ' ; ' THIEVES ATTEMPT TO THROW OFFICERS OFF Crowd Watch Battle From Tops of Surrounding Tenement Tim and Afaln ''Combatant Fell " but Re gained Their Feet at the Cornice. .' Clears! Special Service.) New Tork. Nov. it. Locked in one another's arms, two policemen and two burglars fought on the edge of a roof at West One Hundred and Thirtieth atreet for a period of 16 minutes tn full view of many . hysterical -women who climbed to the tops of nearby, dwell ings. Many tlmea ,ie policemen were near death, aa the burglars sought -to throw them a distance of four stories to the atreet below. . Warned by telephone that burglars were seeking an entrance to the houae from the roof,- Policemen O'Connor and McDonald and Detective Wren found John. -Murphy ' and . Frank J. Stanley emerging-from the' scuttle. . . We are looking for pigeons,'' cried. Stanley,' edging away to, the chimney.! O'Connor and McDonald drew re volvera and '.the burglars surrendered. AH were proceeding to tne open scume when the - prisoners . turned and sud denly grappled with the police, whose pistole had been returned to their pockets. - Stanley and. Murphy are both powerful men and rougnt iiae wna ani mala. , . '" "Roll , them over the edge." screamed Murohy. tightening hla grip on Mc Donald and. striving-to reach the cor nice. . ,.';. - . , ----- Time and time again they fell, but regained . their feet and went crashing down the roof. - Training told ln, the end and the policemen won., v OUTCAULT A BULLY GOOD rFMEKD' OF PORTLAND - ' - ' ' ' Cartoonislijr ellaAd-MenHe Likes City and It Has a ' Great Future. - ' i ; - . - . ' " - A' cordial western welcome wss ten dered Cartoonist R. T. Outcault of New Tork at a banquet given by the Port land Ad. Men's league , in hla honor at the Commercial club laat evening. ' Mr. Outcault said, he waa thoroughly enraptured with the Rose City and be lieved it destined to be one of the coun try's greatest. He was delighted with its material beauties, its climate, . the vigor and liberality of lta business men and the - warm, - cordial spirit ot Its people. ' ' " 1 i -"Ksstern friends of mine will hear from me about Portland," he deehured. "When one asks where to find a town with vim and-! enterprise, where money mar be Invested profitably, 1 shall tell hlra Portland. And If I ever change my place of j-ealrtsnra, It will be te coma to Portland. . Referring to to need of advertlaing a city throughout the country he aald the Lewla and Clark exposition ' had riven Portland publicity - of the moat desirable kind. 'Tou can depend on having one steady advertiser and bully good friend Of Port land when I go back east. 1 am going to boost Portland at every opportunity," he said. - Erometrc. Brown presided aa toast master, . and in a bright and appro priate address appointed Mr.. Outcault an envoy to spread throughout the eaat good . advertising 1 about Portland's growth and prospects. Responses were msde by R. M. Hall, president of the league: A. B. Stelnbach, Ira F. Powers, C. S. Jackson, Calvin Helllg, Harvey Wlniei, C. J. Own. 1. II. Frledlandei, O. W, Klelser, W. Cooper Morris. C C Chapman, B. I. Passant V and' Julius Klausner. ' ' COMPANY LAID WRONG (Continued from Page One.) He was followed by George D. Eld ridge, vice-president and actuary of the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance com pany. He testified thst his company waa formed in 1(81 to do postmortem assessment business. -The morning was consumed in explaining the ' various forms of the polloles. Eldrldge ex plained the reaaons for raising assess ments, which he stated wa due prin cipally to the Increased cost of securing new business and the" lower rate of in tereat prevailing. ; .'-. Admit .Wrong Doing. , ( Hughes cited a decision of the' lord chancellor In the house of lords in a case agalnat the Mutual Reserve in which LUe lord chancellor thought that perhaps the ambiguity in the clause of a policy were Intentional and regarded them aa tricky. Eldrldge admitted that the company had pursued a wrong course early In it career and waa now paying for lt. - - - r s Gage K. Tarbell, of the Equitable, fin ished hla testimony, yesterday afternoon by suggesting a number of remedies for existing abuses In the management of Inauranoe companies, jls recommended thst absolute publicity govern' all de partments and actions in the companies. The fact waa brought out that Tarbell had taken out Insurance on his own life a Ad on members of his family and had received on them the rebates for sgents snd renewal commissions, Insurance on his own life amounted- In various com panies to 1400.000 and 1100,000 on mem bers of his own family.. .' . Perkla atettum from Europe, ' The Frtck report was' attacked byMr. Tarbelf being unfair and of being compiled without consultation with either his department or the auditor. He accused the committee of '.making this report without ever having made an Investigation and presented figures to show that wrong estimate end false statements were, contained In the Frlck report . Oeorge w. Perkins, partner of J. P. Morsan and vice-president of the New Bosohe' derm as. Syrup. We eawimf' MHlerafana whr in. mmkm anffee. Ins with a cold r throat and long tranhle will keeleet te swrrkaaa a buttle nt I.e. am n Srnaa. sole la all etrlllifd arta of the werld, vitknat ! rape atr raiiiire. There are tnnnaaiMta of cnnmmotlTee riant here la Pnrtlan that ate tnerhee'at German Mr run Ibe anle errilt of their heln a lire tneay. Aak rmr drtiktlat. m w asu i xeai. ttet ferret Alvaaa. Tork Life Inauranoe oompany, returned from .Europe lxst night, lie states that he did not eee Andrew Hamilton, who Is wanted as a witness by tbe Insurance committee, while abroad. At the'meetlng of the trusteea of the Mutual Life Insurance nompany yester day tne oner or. president K I chard A. MoCurdy to have his uhny reduced front -tltt.eO to 175.000 was accepted and other reductions were made amount- ting ail together to 1150.000. Ueneral agents were ordered placed upon a sal ary baaia instead of a commlnalon basis. - CANADIAN INQUIRY.- ' - Oomlaioa ftorenuaeat to Follow Asusr- . lea's Example. " ' (Journal Special aerrtoe.) ' j Ottawa. OnL. Nov. 1 3. Although no def inite announcement has been made to that effect; it la understood In well Informed circles that the Canadian gov ernment la at present seriously consid ering the advisability "of following the example of the American government and institute an inveatlaatlon of the methoda of the Canadian inauranoe com panies. It Is privately ' conceded that the coming aeaslon of tbe Dominion parliament will witness an Investigation Into tbe whole subject. This Inquiry will probably be undertaken by a apeclal parliamentary committee having power to summon witnesses. In his laat re port -to parliament the superintendent of Insurance for Canada pointed out the necessity for the amendment of the in surance law, which ia not now aulted to a requirements -of the business. Before the law is amenaea tne inquiry will be .held, which will lay bare any Irregularities and restore publlo con fidence In the stability of the Canadian Inatttutlona. which have suffered , as a result Of tbe revelations In New Tork. MOVING GOVERNMENT (Continued "from Page One.) .'' - lion ( Jn order to prevent detection In case any' of their victims should, ex plore the vicinity. This marking was changed to read "section " and ' the fresh cut waa rubbed with dirt a. In the other case, y .;''. ;' :.'.'.. Section t. In which lie the land shown to Patterson and Long, contains some excellent timber, but all of It wa taken up aome time ago. - Section X, on the other hand, ia of little or-no value for -timber, and thla i the section de scribed tn the entries. From the in formation now at hand it appear that the government stake at - the Junction of sections i, I, It and 11 waa taken up, carried a distance of three miles snd then planted in tha heavy timber of section s. Alter having served the purpose of the swindlers. It was again pulled up and either destroyed or taken back to Its original location. Covered Track WelL - Evidently those responsible for the fraud took great palna to cover their tracks. The obliteration of the fal Inscriptions on ' the pretended" sentinel tree and the disappearance of the gov ernment surrey stake show that they were extremely anxious to leave behind them, no evidence that might lead to I nmaaeiiflnn 11 ni4 itia f.daral law Surveyor Elksnat expresses great in dignation at the fraud and desires that aa much publicity a possible be given to the facts In order that persons In tending to take up timber claim may be warned 'agalnat euch deception. District Attorney - John Manning haa made some Investigation of the opera tion of McCroaaen and Gardner In southern Oregon and It la expected that he will take steps to bring tbsm to trial on. the charge of violating the state laws. Soma difficulty haa been experi enced In getting evidence wnlch will bring them -clearly within the narrow scope of Oregon's atatutea against fraud and false pretenses. i irnirr nnnp.iume,ii ' I dnCnlrr OnUI lis rlUtil WITH ESCAPE0 MANIAC (Jon real Special gerrtee.) " - Reno. New- Nov. 11. Flourlahlnar a revolver and challenging any one to take hlm, John Bray dner. an escaped maniac from the Nevada Inaane asylum, ahot five tlmea at Sheriff A. L, Jones, who cornered him tn Wads worth last night On bullet took effect in Jones chest and anothsr shattered his arm. A big crowd -gathered and after a fierce . en counter subdued the maniac. Jones I In a critical condition, and It . la doubtful if he will recover. This Is the third time Braydner has escaped. On on occasion be got out by making a key to hla door and eluding hla guard. He possesses wonderful cunning. TRUSTS' SEND L0BBV T0 FIGHT PURE FOOD LAW (Jeomal Special Services) . i.. - Indianapolis, Nov. 21. H. K. Beard. state chenrtet, has just returned from Washington, and saya.that a powerful lobby has been formed to fight the pure food law. He aald: "Thomas E. Lannon, . an attorney of Chicago, I now In charge of the anti- pure-food lobby. I am Informed that in Washington the lobby has already mani fested much activity, backed by such powerful lnfluencea aa the. whiskey trust, certain -wholesale druggists who sell goods- to adulterator ' and s.-m pstent medicine owners, and the oppo sition will be hard to overcome." : MENELIK SENDS GIFT TO PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT (Journal Special Service.) - Washington, Nov. 21. El Hadjis Ab- dallab Pasha, minister of commerce of Abyssinia, called upon the president yesterday and presented "a personal let ter from Emperor MeneiiR, also a girt REDUCED SEASIDE RATES Tla th A- ft.OV B. a. te Clatsop In order to promote a big winter travel to the coast the above company haa named the very low rate of ft, good going Saturday morning, returning Mon day evening, and 1150 for the round trip on Sunday. Several hotels at the beach will remain open alt winter and cheap rate .will be mad, to Induce patronage. All Information at the city office, 241- Alder atreet, or-telephone Main SOS. - - . -4 0 "Xiao M Time." In t thousands of home the annual Thanksgiving feast ' is not considered complete without, a None Such mince pie.- -A modern Kitchen convenience and a wholesome pure food dainty, practical housewives are not , alow to recognise. The1 two-pie 10-cent packages of Nons Such mince meat sold by. all grocer save the housewife the paring, coring, seeding, stewing (both real and mental), which - our . grandmother could not avoid;, and mince pie mad of None Such alway are honored by many r. quest for "Just one more piece.' . - No one can" supply your1 Thanksgiv ing dinner with better wines. ,' liquors and cordials and at more reasonable prices than D. Oermaaus, 221 Morrison tre , .. 1 ' ., :.,- ' EXTRA GUARD FOR CREW Immigration Inspector Fears Mongolians on Numantia Will r' , . Try to Escape. NOT MUCH FAITH IN LINER'S WATCHMAN Whil H Wa on Duty Aboard Nico- tncdia Chines Quartermaster and Seaman Escaped to Shore Nu- mantia's Crew Has Grievance. . Believing that some ot the members of the Chinese crew are likely to lay plana ror Sftectlng their escape from the oriental liner Numantia. United States Immigration Inspector - Barbour has put extra watchmen on board the vessel. His force now comprise six men. three on the day shift and a Ilk number at night In addition to theae the Ship employs a watchman.. There 1 dissatisfaction among the Mongolian sailor because they were compelled to purchase their "chow" at Japan this trip Inatead of at Hongkong, where 'they could have - purchased greater quantity of euppliea for tbe money. Consequently it is thought that some of them are going to make an ef fort to defy the exclusion law by coming ashore and taking up their residence 00 American soil. While the Nlcomedla . waa. her a couple of v week ago the vhlnese quartermaster and one of the aeamen deserted and are atlll at large. The watchmen who were in tbe employ of the government at the time the Chlneae managed to make their escape have been discharged. --Inspector Barbour re quested the. representatives of the ship to take similar action relative to the watchman they employed, but they de clined to grant the request He la atlll on duty at the Numantia and there I a suspicion among those In the govern-' ment employ that he doea not attend to hla business aa closely aa he ahould. Jn -the event that any of tha sailors do desert from the Numantia it Is inti mated that the affair will not be set tled so easily aa the desertion caaes on the Nlcomedla. Inspector Barbour says that he Is here to enforce the exclusion law and he doe not Intend to have Portland made h dumping ground for a lot of Irresponsible Chines coolie brought here by the oriental liner. He asserts that ltJs.jotjieceaaary for him to employ any watchman at all. aa the owner of the ship are supposed to ore vent desertion. If they permit them to occur he aay. they will be held re sponsible" f of their negligence. CANADIAN INQUIRY. 1 AftDvll Seaeoa. They Ar Overrun With Bnsln. After a protracted dull season the Portland shipyards of this city are en Joying an era of prosperity. In fact, they are overrun with contracts, so that It la almost impossible for them to get all the mechanic they need. The steamer Gamecock waa hauled out on tha waya of the Portland ahlp yarda yesterday to be given minor re pairs, but will probably have to remain there the balance of this week. ' At the same yards the steamer Vulcan of the Willamette ' Columbia River Towing company s fleetlaJI5g rebuilt and eora Itwo new steamers ars Hearing comple- tlon. Theae latter are the Wentworth, owned by Captain O. W. Hosford, and the Beaver, which la being built for th Chtakant Transportation company ' to tak tn place ox tn earan uixon, wmcn will be soon used as an -exclusive log- towing boat It la thought that h Wentworth will be ready for service early In January. She will be used for towing logs from point- on the lower Columbia to the Portland mill. The steamer I being equipped with powerful machinery and will be on of th best tugboata oa the river. .-. - The Beaver i a' combined freight and passenger boat It la thought that she also Will be ready for service la Jan uary. ' - At th Supple yards a big force of men IS t wort OB tne Scows which will be used for tranaporttng material to the railroad brldgea soon to be con structed across the Columbia and Wil lamette rivers. Three of the scows ar about completed, but 12 other will be built. - The steamer Agnes also haa been taken over to the Supple yards for re pairs. ; SIX SHIPS OUTSIDE. Uaable to Oet Zato SUvev on Aooeuat .;-" of Sxtretaely mo ugh Bar. '' Advice to th weather bureau at 1 o'clock thla-, morning stated that six hip were out about two miles west of th' bar waiting to ntr th river. Th bar la rough. and no tugboat can go out after them. The craft sighted were two three-masted ships, on three masted bark, two four-masted barken tine and one three-masted schooner. "- District Forecaster Beala aayathe weather oondltlons-sre most peoullar at the mouth- of the Columbia as well as along th entire coast - The barometer fell to a low point yesterday and laat night but at th same time there wa no wind of any consequence. With the light breese, however, there were heavy sea and tha bar wa breaking clear across. Th 'weather man ' aayp thla leads him to believe 'that there was a big storm at sea yesterday, but that It did not reach the coast The wind at the mouth ot the river wa coming from the eaat which would have a tendency, he explains, to make the bar smooth un-der-erdlnary conditions. . . .... There la also a fleet of vessel on th inside waiting to cross the bar. Among these are th British steamship Agin oourt the Vauban, Touralne and Dur bridge. , FAILS IN TEST. eame Yolo Vaabl So Oo Thxtraga BtpUi at Oa! fcocks. After making an Ineffectual attempt to atem th rapid on thla aid of th Caacad locks th steamer Volga haa returned to Portland. Sh had been pur chased by Porter Bro., contractors for the Northern Paclflo Railway company. with the provlao that she would be able to go through the rapids under her own steam. It Is now supposed thst the ssle , , Cured Ooaatuaptioa. .. 'Mi B. W. Rvsns, Clearwater, Kan. 7 wrltea: .'My husbsnd.iay sick for three months. Ths doctors ssld that ha had quick consumption. We procured a bot tle of Bnllsra Horehound Syrup, and It cured him. That waa six years ago. Since then we hare always kept a bottle In th house. W cannot -do without it. For coughs and colds It hss no equsl." ISO. tOc and I LOO. Sold bv Woodard. A-Ciark A CV'.-.-- - -.-' , CHINESE snd diphtheria are twin evils,' From a small beginnln q; thty stealthily Invade the system, and result la death or serious Illness. Dr. Bull's Couga ttyrup haa for years Deen reoognizea aa uie est Cure OI gore lurwafcouiu a iiwvruuvout ' v diphtnerUa. jyqpvor prawn uetw Aiumon My little boy, I year 01a, naaora,aryeougn f mm a e, M and I decided to trr 1 DR. BULL'S COUGH SYRUP He wa sons relieved after a tew dose only and entirely oured of th croup and throat trvubl. Hereafter I will always keep It in the house." , Mrs. Blair Wallace. Cunoansville, P. SAMPLE SENT FREE to all reader. We want von to have absolute eonfldenoe in Dr. Bull Cough Syrup and. to that end. will send yon a sample free, if you will writ tor It and mention this paper. Address A. 0. MKYEB A CO.. Baltimore Md. NO WBJTITirTIt la a good a Dr. Bun" Cough Byron, Ask lor Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup, see that you get It ; It Is madeot the best drug that the pharmacy afford, and toerefur always cure, bold by all druggista. Priue, 2&u tuo. and lh a boUl. AVJ-fetahle PreparfilionforAs slmllaUng BteFoodandBetfula Ung the S tomaxiB aMBowels of Promotes DigesUonJCheerfuK ness and Rest Xostpins neither Opium .Morplurte norluoexoL IsotKarcotic. . ; I... Jmm wa- Apcrfecl Remedy forConstips-' Tlon, Sour Stomach,Diarrhoca WonitfX)onvvii3ions,Fewri3bH ness and Loss or Sleep. ;, Tsc Simile Signahir of T; ygW YDBK. is off unless the contractors, eonclud that they will have use for her below tbe rapids. ; Those who mad th trip oa fh Volga aay that when sh reached th hard stretch of the river her valves -were opened up wide and every trick known by experienced men wa reeorted to In order to get her through to Th Dalles. But th current cam down against her wrth such force that ahe could not budge and was held at the sam point lor almost an hour. It would have been an esy matter for hereto have completed the passage, say those who accompanied the vessel. had they been permitted to line her through the rapids. But this plan wa forbidden by th terms of thejeon tract,. la 4s aae-4twt really iirtifthi boat running between her and Th Dalle have had to line lately In order to get through the swift water. The water 1 at a low atag and th current! un usually strong. ; , .,'. Porter Bros, a re now negotiating for the steamer Ottawa to take to the upper river. She belongs to the Oregon Round Lumber company and It la said that she would experience no difficulty In making the trip. She waa formerly on the upper river and ia equipped with powerful machinery. . MAY; ADD A BOAT. T. A. StUhnra and SVoanok Vaabl to Xaadl All th Business. , With - general freight and th usual number of passengers, th steamers F. A. KUburn and Roanoke-arrived laat night, the former from San Francisco and intermediate port and th latter from Los Angeles, -There Is strong talk of th compantee owning these boat will add another ateamer to their lines. Th KUburn la operated by the Watson ville Transportation company, and the Roanoke by the North PaclSe Steamship company. . It is said that business has Increased to such an extent with both Una that th boat ar unable to han dle tha traffic: Tha North Parlfln tnvn. pony ha practically closed a deal fori another steamer, which will be brought from th Atlantic coast It 1 declared that she will be run In connection wtth th Roanoke and" better than a weekly service will be given between her and th southern California cfTy, . TUGBOATS1 ALL BUSY.' Omtraotor Who Want a Bargr Xovsd Can Oet ST, On to Do Job. Contractor who' ar dealrou of get ting matarWl moved back and forth tn th harbor complain that there I a aoarclty - of tugboata 'Wakefield Jk Jamieson wanted a barge moved down the river yesterday, - but found It Inv popslbl to secure a towboat to do th work. It waa explained to thmverw wher they applied that all of th craft were busily employed on some other lob. The Nellie. Star: Hustler. Raaniut. and Oleaola, which engage In work of tnis character, nave more Jobs In sight than they can handle. - ' - ALONG THE WATERFRONT. 1 Oll-burnlng plants ars being Installed In th. Major Ouy Howard, th govern ment quartermaster boat, and the steamer Ottawa, belonging to ths Ore gon Round Lumber company. F. P. Baumgartner of th California A Oregon Coast Steamship company ha accepted th local agency for th Bird- , - .-. wVssaafJSaBMawawaaSBWSsWsaaasw V tXAttajrtarwwABBXJL, ' " "" ' " N uuuu but - - V7- pi) jii For Infants and Children. Th3 Kind You Have Always Dought V r- ..:-v.-vi-... Bears tho Signature Archer company to sell boiler com pound warranted to keep ateamer boil ers from scaling. In order to undergo minor repairs, the ateamer Bailey Gataert ha been taken off he run between her and Th Dalle tor a' few daya, . , , - 8teameT"Tampico, 1.4S1 tone net reg ister, has been chartered by the North western Were house company to carry a cargo of wheat to San Francisco. . Sh belong to, th Olove Navigation com pany of Seattle and ia expected to ar rive her In less than a week. ., On account of the heavy, fog on th river the British ship Falls of Dee, which left up the river yesterday- in tow or tne Harvest Queen, will not reac pari watil let tills 'syStlThST" Arrangement have been completed m. AW, tor Over Thirty Years iiiiii for placing th American ship C. F. Sergeant on the drydock for re-calking tomorrow afternoon. She will occupy the three outer pontoons and the dredge . Portland." which waa lifted yesterday, ' haa the Inside berth. The sblp Harry Morse of the same line as th Bargeant will be docked for cleaning and painting ' Just a soon as a berth is, available for her. - - , ? - - 1 Both the Columbia and Homer pf the ' San Francisco A Portland Steamship compsnyt fleet sailed last night .-for the Bay City-with all of the freight they could handle Big quantities of freight awaiting htpmenV7 at their '. docks had to be left behind. .With 1.S4M7I feet of lumber valued at II 4.019 the American - ship Henry : Vlllard cleared this morning . for . Uty nlla. She wHl leave down aa soon as . ' . v she can get a tugboat ' ,.',-., After a number of mlnof repair have . been made to her machinery the ateamer , Rover will be operated as a ferryboat between - St. Johns and a point on the opposite aide of the river. -John Brink of ..Astoria ha her cl.artenrd for . thl purpe. MARINE NOTES. Astoria, Nov. it Outside at 19 a. m 1 two three-masted 'ship, one three . masted bark, two four-masted barksn tlnes and one three-masted schooner. Bar very" rough; tuga unable to cross, out. Arrived at a. m British steamer Labuan. from MoJI. - V - - , , San Francisco, 'Nov. Jl. Arrived at .. .. . t a m., steamer Wasp, from Portland. Arrived at 10 aa m.r ateamer W, H. ' Kruger, from Portland. 1 Tokohama, Nov. iJ. Arrived prior to . date, British steamer Couledon, from Portland. ', '.- ' - .-' - .' -; . .' : San Francisco,- Nev. II. Sailed. steamer Daisy Mitchell, for Portland. - 8t- Helensz-Mov. ji. raasea at 11:4s a. m., British ship Falla of Dee. San Francisco, Nov, Zl. Sailed at - 11:10 a. ro., steamer Senator.-: Astoria, Nov. II. Condition of th - ' bar at I a. m rough; wind Jight, at ' , wathr clear.. -J f . - BIG CROW.tUTTEI.DS v LECTURE AT SELLWOOD I ' . ' , X ' ',. ' (Special Plspatrh ts The InersaLt 1 ' Sell wood. Or, Nov. II. Rev. H. H. . Pratt'a lecture lastj night on "Sidney Lanier," ths poet' nf the south, ws at tended by a very large and appreciative audience. Thla wss the second lecture of the series under the auspices of th Sell wood .Public Library, , association. Th lectures wll be given the third Tuesday In each month and will con tinue throughout the ntlre winter and spring. No admission fee Is charged. ! -' a ! ri,: t - - r ... ,. 1
