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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNINO. DECEMBER 31. P0RM1D LEADS NATION'S PORTS III WIND TEARS DARK SCALE DiGER IS f AT SHIPMENTS FOR .YEAR conn 1 11UIII II 10 Wsr'laetf WWV' e' w.rr- we nnnniriG ILlLllflEIIT . luumuu 1 Also Stands Head and Shoulders , V Above Rivals for Month ' of Decembr:X,'nH i TOTAL REACHES NEARLY . KX FOUR MILLION BUSHELS t With Galveston Strong Rival Last ' " ; Month,5. Portland Shipped Nearly . I Three Timet a Much a Latter In December. Walking Into Lead. .;'. " -J " ' - . Bushels. J Portland ....,....i......,..l.t!UTI Tacora ...X.l.l '. Seattle 6S1.S4J Oalveeton 647,62 1 ' ; The above table shows the amount of i wheat sent foreign from the lead in srrain-shiDDlnt centers during- the month of December. Portland not only 1 took the lead for the month, but won Ilrst place ror me nscai yr, an which ha fallen to her for the first time In her history. In the las 11 months the wheat exports were aa fol lows: . '- . (." Y'V-, . ." .. . t . ." Bushels. Portland ......... ......... .I.MJ.41I Galveston .........I.TI7.61S pugt sound 4,307.S1 Had she dispatched three more small cargoes during the year. Portland would have sent across the seas more wheat than all 4 of the sound cities combined. Aa It Is. ahe la far In the lead of all competitors In the United States. Her only rival last month about which any ' one locally felt concern was Galveston. . At the close of November the Texas port was running a clone race with i ri Portland. A dispatch from i there to , The Journal shows, that herjwheat ex ' ports for December amounted to only 647,620 bushels. - ' v. .. T i ' , , ghipped Tare Times aa afoch, . ' Almost ; three , times that quantity was shipped from Portland, and 1 this put the latter at the top of the column. Until the last month's business. Port land had 1. 120,231 bushels to her credit and the Texas city t.lSO.001 bushels. All' other ports were ao far in the rear that there waa'no possibility of tbelr being able to gain first place. . Statistics Just compiled by the Mer chants' Exchange show that the cereal ,f (Shipments from the Pacific northwest '" for the yearndig with December com ".. prise a grand total of 2S.6S9.47S bush . els. greater by (.000,000 bushels than In .' -any previous IS months. The next best ,. season was that of l01-l. when 17. 63,S?5 'bushels of wheat were shipped. This, of course. Includes the amount sent to California porta, aa well aa the flour shipments, which Were added after having been reduced to wheat measure. One of the most remarkable features ,j of the year's business is, the great quantity of wheat which Was shipped . coastwise from -this port. It totaled . J.024.6J1 bushels, amounting to almost as much as that sent foreign. - This ' brings the foreign and Coastwise ship ments . from . Portland up : to (.808,1(1 -4- bushels, -according -to the exchange. a j . 'against 7,103.711 bushels sent from all of th,tyrts on the sound for the same period. 'One more small cargo: would have put Portland In the lead of their combined forces. - . - ... . Knelt Throw BMptlea. , ' ' During the year 187,71! barrel of flour were aent from Portland In the course of the year, while the sound cities t shipped 1,260,417 barrel. Exporters aay that these figures would -have been, re . versed had Portland been supplied with a better ateamshlp service with the ori- ent. It Is estimated that almost one ' third of the flour exported from the northern, porta was milled In territory tributary to this port. It was sent over the Northern Paclflo to Tacoraa. and , shipped from there on oriental liners. "When the Hill road la built Into Port. ; land it is held that more freighters will Tens of thousands have known no : other soap 'since birth. For orey serving. purifying, and beautifying ; the skin, for cleansing the scab or ' crusts, scales, and dandruff, and the slopping of falling hair, for softening, whitening, and soothing red. rough, and sore hands, for baby rashes and chaings. and for many tana five, antiseptic purposes which readily suggest themselves to moth-'" en. as well as for the toilet bath,' and nursery. Cuticura Soap, as sisted by Cuticura Ointment the great axin v-ure. ts priceless. , k IM pmi ml aW lnnlliU 4 SM aw fils, Owlf, ( Hefc. , be added to the fleet plying between this city an the fr east, and then it will be poeslble to take care of all the shipments offered. The Tollowlner table rives the cereal shipments rrotn the Willamette river and Puget sound dis trict for the past nine years: ' Grand total season to date, . .11,600,471 Same period season 1004-6... .11.1(0.907 Ham, period season 1001-4. ...12,712,130 Same period season 1902-1. .. .17,114,(17 Same period season 1001-2.". ,.17,163,071 Same period season 1900-1, .. .14.640,(67 Same period season. 1800-0.... 0,161.643 Same period season 1891-0. ...16.181.171 8ame period season 1897-8.... 15, 170,431 TOO MANY ESCAPES , . ' - '. . Careless Captains WHO Xt Chinese Ban Away Are Ooing torTlnd Trouble. -" Immigration Inspector Barbour aaya that sweeping changes will likely go Into effect the first of the year In the matter -of taking precautions te pre vent Chinese sallora escaping from ahipa which visit the port. He intlmatea that such tmeasurs will soon be In force so that the captain of the vessels, from which the eoollea come ashore will not get off ao easily as they have In the past. ', 1 - .-v. ." 'Although charges were preferred i against the skipper of the oriental liner AMbla from which a celestial took French leave the other day the author ities permitted blm to go to sea with out tmpoalng a fine. According to the Inspector the Chinese are becoming so bold that If some steps are not taken to put a stop to them Portland will soon be overrun with, coolies. Mr. Barbour says ' that the court officials hold that If the shipowners have a guard on board with instructions to exert their beat efforts to prevent desertions they are complying with the full extent of the law., But the inspector declares that the service given sor far by these watch men baa been extremely Inefficient. CHANCE OF HARBOR LINE Petition for This Work to Be Considered ' i ';i ', January IS. : -j . "' Major 8. W. Roessler of the corps of United States engineers has issued the following notice;. - Application has been made for change In the harbor Una of the Willamette river In the vicinity of Waud's point op posite foot of- Bwanf island. A public' meeting Willi be. held at room 131, custom-house, Portland, Mon day," January -16,. 1101, at I. p. m.,at which persons Interested are requested to be presented and to submit their views on the proposed change. - . ( In 'order- that the' department may have full Information It la suggested that objections to or arguments for the change ahould be aubmltted in writing so fur as practicable. - ALONG THE WATERFRONT. The British ship Falls of Dee has been chartered by the American Trad ing company to load, lumber at Portland for Manila. She will begin receiving a cargo aa soon as she takes on ballast. it Is probsble that she) .'will take, out about 1.700.000 leei of nr. QapUln Pritchard of the British ship Blythswood failed to cover the $100 wager that, his crew could defeat any other sailors In a boat rare to he pulled off In. the. harbor tomorrow. ; But other captains aay that a race will be run soon. Prises wilt be awarded, to the winners. . ' ' Beginning today the steamer Leona will resume her run to Lewis river points after having laid ' off a week having a new ahaft installed. Ldet with riour the British steam ship Cape Antlbes left down yesterday bound for Japan.- The British steam ahip Strathmore, loaded with- a similar 6argo, will leave for the sea Wednesday morning. A contract has' been awarded to the Willamette Iron a Steel Worka for covering the boilers to the steamer North. King. After the work has , been completed- the steamer will go to Ooble and lay up for the winter. Three vessels, the British ship Wray Castle, French bark Emma Laurens and British steamship Strathmore, cleaned at the custom house yesterday with wheat and flour cargoes.' The Emma Laurana will go direct to Grimsby, England, while the Wray Castle will proceed to Queenstown or Falmouth for orders. The Strathmore goes to MeJT With 1.000,000 feet of - lumber the steamer Cascade cleared yesterday for San Francisco.'. After she haa taken on ballast the American ahip C. F. . Sargent will go to Knappton, opposite Astoria, where she will receive a lumber cargo for New Torkv : , . Duties collected on Imports at the custom house' this month netted the government 1(6,4(6. which Is about 116, 000 In excess of the average monthly collections for the year. The excellent showing Is due to a number of valuable cargoes brought ' from Europe and the orient during the month. ' -The revenues from this source for the past IS months will approximate 1700.000. V MARINE NOTES. Astoria, Deo. - 10. Cape line down. Arrived down during the night, Ger man steamer r Arabia and schooner Monterey in tow of tug; Defiance. Ar rived at - and left up'at 1.30 p. m.. steamer Alliance, from jCooe Bay and Eureka. 'Arrived at s and- left up at 1:10 p. m. steamer Columbia, from San Francisco. . ,' i Ban Francisco, pec SO. Arrived at 10 a.. m steamer Senator, from Port land. - Sailed at 1. p. m., steamer Re- dondo, for Portland and way ports. Sailed at. 10 last night, steamer Daisy Mitchell, for Columbia river. Astoria. Dee. 10. French bark Jean Baptlste arrived at 1 o'clock from New castle, N. 8. W., in tow" of two fug boats. She had lost both , of her anchors. . .... "' ''.. - BAKER CJTY MOVES Y TO STOP GAMBLING ". ' ' ' 4(u : (Special Piapatrh to The Journal.) ' Baker City, Or. Deo. 10. District At torney Leroy Lomax today requested Judse White of the circuit court of this district to call a grand Jury-next Tues day. ' He hinted strongly that It was to Investigate gambling. It la -a well known fact that( despite efforts of Sher iff Brown,' gambling is being carried on In baek rooms of saloons fcnd clubs: ia fact, t was never stamped out, aa fthep-J in urown and mstrict Attorney ixmax had. thought ' l1 man Stoy' Burned to Seats. ' ' (Special Dispatch to Tbe lonrnal.) Eugene, Or.,. Dee. 10. Birdie, the t-year-e)d son of Herbert Hodge, resid ing In Kast Eugene, died yesterday from burns received Isst 8eturdayv The little fellow was standing itr front of a fireplace, wheat bis xlothlng caught Are. - j ;' ... -.-. " . . La Rochjaquelin, Caught Broad- side, Drags Anchor and , Drifts Down Stream. SEVERAL SHIPS DO . i - . . NOT DARE TO SHIFT Whh No Reports From1 Mouth of Columbia, AH Are Confident Storm Was One of Worst of Season Alliance Held Outside,,- Caught broadside by one of the heavy gusts of wind yesterday, , the French bark La Rochjaquelin dragged her an chor and went drifting down the stream. Her remaining anchor waa dropped aa hastily aa possible and held her fast after she had proceeded about 100 yards. The vessel was lying off the Weidler dock at the time. Ben Blglln. the har bormaster, happened to be on board and aasisted in getting the big square-rig ger under control.. - Owing to the strong wind It was deemed unsafe to lower the British ship Blythswood from the drydock. although It had been planned to do ao early yes terday morning. -She had been raised to have the bottom ''of her hull cleaned and painted. The work was completed Fri day evening. She will now have to re main on the berth until Tuesday. Aa Sunday and Monday are holidays the owners will not have te pay any addi tional charges for leaving her. there. Shipping men say It was one. of the most blustery and disagreeable days they have seen on the waterfront thta year. Had not both anchors dropped quickly from the barkentlne John Palmer which waa lying in, the. t ream In the lower harbor It is said that ahe would have gone adrift. It was Impossible to shift the British ships, Vanduara, MUtonburn and Eskasonl on account of the heavy wind which was blowing from the west. It is said that it would have been fool hardy to have made an attempt to take any of the ships through the draws of the bridges, as they would have been swept against the piers. ' While the weather bureau reports that the velocity of the wind was only 24 miles, an hour at Portland, It Is said there were frequent spurts when ft blew at twice that rate. It haa not yet been ascertained how severe the blow was at the mouth of the Columbia on ac count of the North Head office being out of order; but It la kjiowa it was one of the worst of the season. . . The steamer Columbia, which was due at Portland early yesterday afternoon, did not reach Astoria until I o'clock. It is supposed that she waa lying on the outside almost 24 hours waiting for the storm to aubslde. This Is an un usual experience for her. as it Is seldom that she has been forced to wait for a smooth bar. The steamer- Alliance, whlch,alao waa due yeeterday afternoon, will not, arrive in port until thla morn ing.' She left up from the mouth of the river at-1:10 o'clock yesterday after- CONDOR COMPANY IVHL DO ALL THE LIGHTING Grants Pass Electric War Ended and Citizens Will Reap . the Benefits. . v . ', ' . - (Kpedal Dispatch te The Teomal.l ' Grants Pass, Or.. Dec 10. Thla aft ernoon a deal . was closed In this city whereby the Condor Water a Power company of Gold Ray absorbs the elec tric lighting plant and business of 'the Grants Paaa New Water, Light a Power company. Dr. C. R. Ray. man ager of the Condor company, this after noon met Portland representatives of the Grants Pass company by appoint ment here. . The' price Is not made public, i hut the only features .that will be retained byhe Grants Paaa company , are the water and ice business. . For ' several months' there has been a' fight for su premacy between the two companies. "The rates will remain on the aame basis established here by us." said Manager Ray this afternoon. "We will make many Improvements In the sys tem here, by putting in better wires' and replacing the old poles with new. Our big lant will enable na- to give much better service at leaa coat to consumers." ' Ths lighting plant for thla city de rives Its energy from the -main power line strung from Gold Ray through here to Greenback and Granite Hill. The Condor company has nearly 200 miles of power -line strung In Josephine and Jackson counties, reaching every town and nearly every mining camp of all southern Oregon.:' - 1 PROSPEROUS YEAR FOR EUGENE BAPTISTS (Special Dispatch ts The Journal. I Eugene, Or., 'Dec 10. The members of the congregation of ' the Baptist church of this olty are pointing with pride to the work, that has been accom; pllshed during the past year, and the pastor. Rev.'O. C. Wright, Is being eon' gratulated on the good work he has done. . When Dr. Wright became pastor the church membership totaled. 100, , In the IS monthsijievhas .keen pastor a gain Oi 100 haa been, made, making a to tal membership of 100. Of the gain 14 new members were added during the past 12 months. In addition to this, the attendance at an services has increased. Where formerly there wss only a hand ful present-the congregation now fre quently numbers 100 to 600, and on co ca si one the attendance haa reached as high as 1,000. Many Improvements have also been made under Dr. Wright's pi torate, Of ;the !S,SO0 raised by the congregation during the past year Jtl.ttO wa( expended in Improving the Church and, , enlarging its . sealing capacuy. ?'.! English for ForeigneraV -The T. M. C A night school gives special courses In the English language for foreign-., speaking men. Complete course consisting of English grammar, reading, spelling, penmanship and arith metic, 17 for three months' term. Win ter term begins January 1. V BssasBkss-s.BSBSHBSBBBWawawaBaHBsBaBpsBBWaawaV hews Small Balaaoe. (pedal Dispatch te The Journal.) ' Salem, -Or., Dec 10. The report from the Folirth Kaatern Oregon Agricul tural district, received by ths governor thla afternoon, shows a balance of f W. K. Newell Says Fruit Industry of Oregon Is Threatened ; ' ' With Destruction f SYSTEMATIC SPRAYING OF TREES ONLY HOPE In Towns, Mr. Newell Recommends That Woodsawinf Outfit 'Be Ued for Spraying Plan Started in Sev- era! Towns. V" - ' " " - "The fruit industry in '- Oregon ' Is threatened with destruction by scale. The danger Is Increasing rapidly and in all parta of the state. It is imDera- itVely necessary that measures be taken t once to stamp out the pest." This statement waa made by w. K Newell of the state board of horticul ture In the course of a conversation oa the subject of a campaign against scale, which the board haa Inaugurated. Each of the flv commissioners has a separate district. Mr. Newell's district com prises the counties of Multnomah, Clackamas, "Yamhill. .Washington, Co lumbia, Clatsop and Tillamook. He ts doing his utmost to Induce the frultr growers In these counties to destroy the scale by- systematic spraying of their trees. ' '', It la of the highest importance." aald Mr. Newell, "that the scale ahould be stamped out in the cities and towns aa well as in the country. The fruit orchards' In the country cannot he pro tected rully unless the pest la destroyed In the towna aa well. . We encounter much difficulty In getting - people- in towna to spray their trees properly. ; Olty Feople Wont Spray. "In Portland, for example, there are hundreds of "people who have only one, two or three trees. They cannot afford to buy an outfit to apray their trees. The' same condition! prevatla In the smaller towns.- To meet this difficulty 1 am .trying; to get . the clvlo Improve mer. societies in all the small towna In my district to take up the matter. The people are generally willing enough to do, but they don t know what to da "I am trying to get owners of gaso line wood saws to equip them with apray pumpa. The seaaon for woodsawlng is generally from August to January, and during the remainder of the year the machines could - be used ' for . spraying fruit trees. In that way the owner of a woodsawlng machine - could have it in use all the year round. ' ' .... "This scheme has been atarted - al ready. In Forest Grove, McMlnnvllle, North Yamhill. Oregon City and Mil waukle wdbdsaws are to be used -in this way, and In - several other places the plan is under consideration.- Any town can take up the suggestion. Where there is the engine the necessary ' ex-1 pense of sddlng the pump and tank la not more than $60 or $S0. - ' W .' Usae and alphnc . ' 'Tor winter use the spray should be lime and sulphur, - It is highly Impor tant that every one who has trees Sprayed should see that the compound-' used la made strictly according to- the formula recommgnded by the hortlcul- -Hural board. . Too much care cannot, be taken on this point. The formula for winter spray ia as follows: Fifteen pounds of sulphur and 16. pounds of lima In 60 gallons of water. After the lime Is slacked the .'mixture must be actually boiling or an hour and a half. V'The tree must be covered thorough ly with the spray from the ground to the tips of the Jeavss. If an- inch of surface Is left unsprayed It will shel ter an old scale, which will breed a million next year. People must prune their trees before ao raying, to get. the best results. They can't expect the best results on a tree- that has - not been pruned for 20 years, . 1 ' "The formula I - have given la for winter spraying," continued Mr. Newell. "It la not to be applied after the leaves start In the spring. In the aumnier the trees must be sprayed for "the codling moth. The formula for the apray to be used can be obtained from any mem ber of the commission or. from the sec retary, George- H. Lamberson, in the Chamber of Commerce, Portland. The beat way. Is to send to the secretary for the bulletins which are issued by the commission and which give . full ' In formation. -. v ; , Scale Minnie Insect. "Scale Is the minutest, kind of an In sect, no bigger then the point of a pin. but it bores into the. bark and not only sucks up the sap of "the tree, but poi sons It ' as well. The little twigs . die first. In the fall the presence of scale may be known if the leaves continue to hang on' the trees after the time for them . to f alL In . the spring the tree which ia infested with scale will not leaf out propertly. -When the fruit ap pears it will be speckled with scale. . "We . propose to atop absolutely the sale of fruit which Is speckled with scale. Much was accomplished last summer In this direction." Mr, Newell ia an cnthustaat in horti cultural work and Is deeply interested In promoting the "welfare of the Indus try. For the Information of the fruit growers of the district he Is to deliver a number of addresses, devoting par ticular attention to the subject of pro tecting orchards from scale and other pests. He spoke Friday evening at Mll waukle and delivered another address last . evening at . Russellvllle. . Next Saturday evening, January 1, Mr. New ell will speak at McMlnnvllle, where preparations have been made for . a large meeting. r . ." . , IPALOUSE FALLS WAY : ; MAKE DESERTBL00M (Rperttl Dispatch tS The Joental.t LewUten, Idaho, Dee. 30. A plan Is on footfinanced by Lewlston capital, to utilise Palouse falls lndeveloplng elec tric power for, pumping stations . along orchard '.lands of Snake river. . The plan la to reclaim thousands of acres of arid orchard - and garden tracts, which, with the application of 'water. will become as fertile and productive as the soil of the richest bottom lands of the eastern states. Many of these tracts are now watered by gasoline aqd steam power pumpa and excellent results are obtained, but to be able to Supply power at 'a minimum cost Is the question producers are dis cussing. By the utilisation of Palouse falls thousands of. acree of low-lying land now In unproductive state, along the Snake river, between Lewlston and Wallula, can be placed under water at a much lees coat than any present methods in use.1 4 . - The intention in to place an electric power plant at tne, falls and establish an electrto tine, over which power will be transmitted to numerous pumping stations established along the . river. After the Holiday rush is over there ere always -'. strictly up-to-date designed go. 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