The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, July 28, 1906, Image 3

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Newspaper Page Textc?.zcc:j daily j3ur.::AL, rcr.TL-.::D. satuhdav svz:;mo." july t3. i 1 .. . ... . .. r j. 1 ; This lathe Last Day Coupons Will Bo Printed. Manager. Fuller Gets Signed Slips Hon- : : . day Hurry and Send in Yours Thla la the leaf dav for the publica tion of Tha Journal's,owl ear coupon. No more coupon wtll appear In thla paper and next Monday ail that have been received wlU be turned over to Manager Fuller of the Portland Rail war. Light Power company. If you would add your name to the de mand for an all-night atreetcar aervice you rauat fill out the blanka today and ' mall the coupon to The Journal either today or tomorrow. .-; ' ' If you would Ilka- to ate oara run ning over the Portland track all night therei la no reaeon why you ahould hot sign coupon. - If yon are willing to do a little mis sionary work -along thla Una youraalf you may do It by fastening a coupon on a -sheet, of paper w. and ; setting . your friend to aln the paper. - It will be aa well to do thla aa to get each one to algn a separate coupon. Be aure to aend In tha blta of paper today r tomorrow. To khi Editor of The Journal: ; , j - .VS. - I'am in favor of an all night ttretcar tervlc for Port- land and vicinity.- y ;,vr; ' ; -V ' 'Y;J:'.' Name . . . I ..'....... .. ............ 1 1 . i. .... i . . . . .. . . ...... . . .V.e 'Address ............. .. ....... ..a.......'.....". THIS ITALIAN NEWSBOY ISN'T ; . -TO BE EASILY-BLUFFED OUT "Micky, tha Italian," is I yeara old and be ekea out hie daily aubalatence by aelllng papers, Micky waara over all and haa bare feet Uia hand are dirty and hia face smutty, which prob ably account -foe tha Impenetrability f remarks mad by employe of the Portland hotel in warning Micky from ailing papera on the hotel porch. Monday , evening Clerk Clarke aw Micky quietly maneuvering among the chair of the guests, softly saving, "Buy Jolnai. please.'" Micky waa warned against a repetition of the offense aa he sidled down the sup with a back ward glance to see If anything was fol lowing htmv " ''!' Tuesday evening George, tha A head bellboy, caught Micky, pursuing: his calling In the earn manner In the same place. Shaking hts finger and speaking low, George warned Micky for tha sec ond time, "r-.-"r-" i. Wednesday evening Clerk Wright saw the offender. Another warning hnd the asm sidling motion on the' part of -Thursday evening1 ,eame ' and both DOUBLE TRACK TO ST. J0IIII8- clerk. and George were watching for the appearance of 'Micky. With .the cunning bred of service as- a newsboy In tha Ave happy "aummer year of Micky's life, the little fellow waited un til they had disappeared, then he onoe more ventured on his mission. But he had reckoned without the watchful eye of George. Another admonition. and the usual allant defense followed la .the same old ejectment O.'. - Last evening Manager Bowera saw tha little fellow plying hla trade. George threw up hla hands and retired from the scene that waa to follow. Clerk Wright commenced to distribute . tba mall In an effort to obeoure the traglo eight that . he felt aura. . waa coming, while Clerk Clarke sought refuge In an other pert of the hotel. Mr. Bowers almply ordered Micky off the porch. All waa done In the same silent pantomime that characterised the prevloua dismiss als of Micky from hobnobbing with "the walla." :, , . - - . Now the question tha guest are ask ing la, "Will Micky be on the porch this evening with his usual,', "Buy a Jol nal" T' ' ' ' , . Railway Company Has Decided That Increased Traffic Makes . . It Necessary. CREW WILL BEGIN WORK IMMEDIATELY Station at Portsmouth Will Have to Be Torn Out o-MkS-KoomJor New TrackEffort Wm. Be Made to Complete Line This Summer. Beat Bide epartmea, : - Tha Portland Railway, Usht V Power ..., k. AfAA& to flnlah double tracking the St- Johna line. That part i of tha Una from Portamouth to St . Johns ia now a single track and a crew will go to work at onoe adding the ' ether track. ' ' ' The company found that It wa be eomlng difficult to handle the morning and evening trafflc on thla line with a portion of It a alngle track. Tha Porta mouth station, the handsomest waiting ' room on the Una. will have to be torn ' out to make room for tha new track. This Improvement will be puahed along a rapidly as possible In order to com plete It before the rainy weather acta In. postmaster Valentine of St Johns ha announced that the poatof flee will be moved to the new brick building going lip on Jersey atreet nearly oppoalte the present quarters. The new location will ' be In a room 16x60 feet which Is two ' - or three ttmeo a large a the room now used, an will be amply large for the - need of the office for soma ,tlme to coma Valentine says he haa not yet determined what hla action wtll be with regard to the mayoralty. He says the postofflce department haa not raised the question and that ha will probably defer ' final action until he ascertains the wishes of the poatal authorities. Hla friends Insist that he shall not resign the mayoralty unless It develop that under the law he cannot hold both of. ' floe. . t- ., .. .,;.y Kay Bulla arnlttlaf factory. ' t Walker, publisher of the Pacific Coaat Manufacturers' Journal, waa pres ent at the araoker of tha St Johna Com mercial club Wednesday evening and In formed the club that he and associate had decided to build a knitting factory ' at St Johna a soon aa the preliminaries could be arranged. - He announced that he would submit hi plan to the club at Its next meeting and ask their as sistance and cooperation ia getting the project under way.. ' Mr. Walker, baa been' Instrumental In organising several woolen mill In other parts of Oregon, He said -that-he thought St Johna an Ideal location for a hoalery factory. The plant will -give employment to about 168 persons, principally women and children. T. L. Churchill, recently elected clerk of the, St John school district baa been notified by County School Super intendent Robertson that under the law he cannot qualify. It ha developed that Ma Churchill did not own outright hla residence, as he had bought It on the Installment plan. The question was referred to Superintendent Robertson, who asked the attorney-general for a decision. The attorney-general decided that property bought on InatallmenU when deed had not been issued eould not be claimed aa a homestead. At a meeting of the school board . It -waa decided that aa election-- ahould be held - Thursday, August 1, to fill tha vacancy caused ny wnurcniu a inaouity to quality. ' Mr. Churchill says that he accepted the of fice in good faith, believing that he wa a property holder. Ber. Fred Warrenr appeared before the St John council last Wednesday evening and urged that body to cloae St Jeans saloons en Sundayr also to have the law prohibiting the eale of liquor to minora atrlctly enforced. Rev. Mr. Warren was aotlng la behalf of the ministers of St Johna, whe have de cided to Inaugurate a movement tag to the better re traffic to that city. The delay la, beginning the-work of ruling Montgomery alough on Gold smith atreet In Lower Album 1 provok ing considerable criticism of tha coun cil and the firm of eontractora who have the job. Councilman Menefee In sists that tb work muat be expedited, aa great Inconvenience results from the heavy traffic en the narrow road way now over the alough on thaT atreet The Pacific Bridge company, the eon tractora for the fill, will get nearly all the material required for the fin fmm Captain W. H. Footer' block of ground at the north end of the bridge and from the high ground oa Mississippi avenue, between Goldsmith and RuaseU streets. The Foster" block stands from 10 to ( feet above the surrounding property, and when graded down will r,n.i.i. arly half the TI.eoe enMo - earth necessary to make the fllL The old roadway across the alough I about too feet long, and said to be nearly ready for condemnation. - . ; " - t r7 J'w 1' t-;Zi-j (A: It I - r""" lit I J H'rxw . fl I '''l 'i' esssa . - A Snapshot of Sheriff E. L. Crores of Ohio, who will genre the warrant on John D. Rockefeller and e Faeaimile of the warrant issued by the state ' of Ohio for hIearresirTAt"ihedtt6mlia inf Attorney William R. Dayia of Findlay, Ohio. ' ' . r? The Mount Scott Voluntas vt.. company has decided not to purchase a. chemical engine affhia time with the funds recently raised by-voluntary sub scription, but to use the money la buy ing laddere and hand apparatus.' The realdenta of Arleta and Lent are anx loua. In view of the number of recent Area there, for eome sort of effective fire protection, and will ssslst the com pany with additional ubaorlpttona -W fsajsasBBsasi SeBaBBasajssBsBaaSBSBSsAWiA!-i.ia.. . .-- .t .i v fstnqri Bad. r From the New Tork Tiibuna ' A meek man at Atchison waa asked how he and hia wife nappened to meet "We did not meet" be answered! "aha overtook me."' ' .(. TT- TOGS FORT 'WAT FISHING FEELING . . j. . ..... $1.50 to $5.00 m aval Slretl 13 EXCLUSIVE HIGH-GRADE lEH'S WEAR DEVEL0PL1EIIT OF-OIL III0U8TRY-IS liiliilli A, word which helps to describe one of the paramount Qualities of the Furnaces which -r jELTt installed by' The W., G., McPhersoini Company Heating and - -lighting Engineers 47 first Street COST OF LIVING IS STILL inOREASING Government Reports Show Great Advance In Price of . Everything. NO RAISE IN WAGES TO : ..COMPENSATE WORKERS Forced Popular-Priced Restaurants Out of Bualneae Trust Control Is Only Explanation Given for In crease. C AUS I fJ G- EXC ITETalETJ T-IH -A LAS KA Discoveries Cause Railroad" to . Contemplate Moving Termi nus to Catalla From Valdez. OILOOZES FROM GROUND AND IMPREGNATES AIR Prospector Need No Expert to Tell Them Where Petroleum May Be Poufld Abundant Cspltat st Hand to Finance Development Projects. Br the Ironr of chance It waa the steamer Oregon, c trying; M. K. Rogers In search of railroad terminals for the Copper River A Northwestern railroad, that landed at Catalla the other day and supplied food to the bungrr inhabitants crowding the prospective metropolis. It ib the steamer Portland that came a few day later bringing more food. Tet the merchants of Portland are vainly striving to set one or more boat started between this city and Alaska Eastern capitalists whoare backtne tha Copper River railroad have decided that Catalla, the Center of the great oil discoveries, would be the beet tide water , terminal for their railroad, and they have taken prompt action to place themselves in a position to make - a change from Valdes to Catalla if further consideration of the question proves that their vlewa are confirmed. They now have a eholce of one or both sea ports. . i. - . i. Option have been taken on water front property at Catalla and a hotel buildinvha been purchased as head quarter for the railroad people. ' Sur veyors are at work alone the Catalla river to locate a feasible route to the Interior. . The report that there will be 4 change of route haa resulted In thronging the town of - Catalla with prospectors, Investors and adventurers. The plana of the railroad's backers In clude aome large development projects. They will tap-rich copper depoalta and build a amelter near the terminus of the road, i .... Beelatoa Within xConth. John Rosene. who promoted the Cop per River road andIs now Interested in Its construction, said that It will be two three weeka before a final decision can be made on the question of chang ing Ihe terra inat from Valdes t Catalla. If the ehange la made It will bring Im mediate Inveatment of about 13,000,000 In improvement around Catalla. . The read will extend about 100 mile Into the Interior.. It will csrry avset ton nage n coal and copper ore and other metals to ita sea terminal ' Some weeka ago Mr. . Rossne " visited Portland and tried to Induce local merohanta and cap italize to start a steamship line be tween this, city and western Alaska port.. He later went to San Franclsoo and waa auooeasful In arouatng aa in terest that resulted In arrangementa to start a Una from, that city,. The pro ject waa stopped by earthquake and fire. - . , , . Operators Work Quietly. There Is great activity st present in Alaska coal - en -oU -district. Otto Klsmsnt of Kyak. whe Is visiting Is Seattle, made the following etatement: Slow aa have, been developments. there has been much more accomplished than Is generally believed. The oil sons is entirely within publlo domain, end loll must be developed oa a gives claim j before It can be legally located or held. To the end that they might be anbaav pared and possess themselves of large holdings, operator have been oonoeel. ing the results of their development WOrtti. ;:-..i-...-r. - ' "The praotlee ha been to drill te a depth of I0O or toe feet, and under pre tense of aome mishap, abandon the well for the time being, leaving the derrick standing and tha casing In the well and remove the machinery to some ether eli gible location, where theae methods are repeated. - In this way one company has established a line of wells extending Is miles along the coaat. - Theae walla are connected by a wagon road, and at eome places, steel tramways, ovsr which mS-1 (7eerul Special ierrlee.) 1 . Washington, July II. Official admis sion will be made by tha government within the next few daye of the ad vance In tha ooet of food, clothing and other necessary -supplies ..ln the laat year. The forthcoming report of the labor bureau on retail prlcea for 105 will ahow tha eoat of meat, flour, vege tables and ether articles of food con tinued it upward flight during the i period. - . : , . ; A runner important aemiaaioa wiu be that there waa no corresponding in crease In wages la ltOI to offset the higher prlcea This Is the first time that thla report will ahow In tha pres ent era of prosperity an advance In the eoat of uving witnoui an accompanying Siln in wages. - Thla may aeoount in rge part for the tremendous outpour of complaint, which seems to be general all ever the country, that household ex penses are running up beyond, all re, son. - Popular-priced restaurants are being driven out of business by tl-oent ateeJcs and 10-eent chopa . A Washington pro- trletor of a II and If-eent dining room ost money In May and June of this year, although hla patronage was far greater - tbaa in . the corresponding months of a year ago. Men of moderate salaries have stopped building hemes because the eost of lumber and ether building materials has gone up away be yond their rignt. ' Government official whose duty It la te collect statistics on tha ooat of living edtnit their Inability to supply a satla- it be due te trusts. ;me5yt7 that aome of theae com panles hope te control almost take one' breath away, OU Beer to Mad. ' ' "Conditions In the field ere such that even the novice dlspensss with the serv ice of the expert In the matter of detect Ins; the presence of olL The air along the long lines of seepage Is Impregnated with the pungent odors of petroleum to the extent that It beeom obnoxious and oppressive. In places ths oil may be aeen ooatng, amber-oplored and In Ita native rawness, from erevlcea In the rocks. The confidence that capital places In tha future of the eountry la moat strongly ahown by the way railway companies are striving for advantageous routes, rour roads are now projected Into the coal, oil and copper districts. They are the Copper River railroad,, to, terminate at Kyak; the Alaska railroad, rrom" Cordova bay;"the Alaaka-Paciflo Terminal, with an outlet at Martin Island terminal. In Controller bay, aid the Alaska Petroleum A Coal eompaeVs coal road, to extend from the coal flelda te a harbor In Controller bay. , . - The government . geological survey. having exhauatlvely Investigated the Kyak oil and coal district. Is now pre paring te enter the Takutat ell field. about 100 mllee nearer the States, where practically tha same evidences of petro leum exist- .. -'....-'....' ' BAKER FAIR IS TO i?;V . .. BE IMPORTANT EVENT - S . (Soerlel Dfcpates ts The JosrseL) Baker City, Or. July It. The dl. trict fair for Baker county for ltOI will ' be the greatest agricultural and sporting . event la the history of tha county. ' Tha Fourth Eastern Oregon blstriot . Agricultural . society will- give Its second annual fair at the racetrack of the Baker County Fair and Speed association the , . week of - September 11-11. ........ r ; . Geod-elsed purses -will, be. hnng aad It Is expected that a large number of fast horses will be entered for each event, aa Baker City will be followed by the La Orande and Pendleton races. RAILROAD IS DIGGING . r TUNNEL AT DALLES (Spertsl DtapaMl te The Jenraa!.) The Dalles, Or- July 1 The O. R. A N. Co. has begun the construction of a tunnel to eonvey the waters of Mill creek Into the Columbia by a different route than: It present channel. The tunnel will be 100 feet long and II feet high and the same width,., The object In doing thla la to Ml ia the preeent channel of the creek near It mouth, where the railroad entere the elty, and erect a large depot sod, hotel there, - TAXATION DECISION ADDS CASH FOR LANE ISseiilel msssteh Tka keersaLl Eugene. Or., July II. The decision rendered -by the supreme court declar ing unconstitutional the, laws exempt ing from taxation personal property will add about $711,000 to liana county's as sessment roll this year, according to Assessor B. F. Keeneys figures. He says the exemptions Uat year amounted to ITSMSI. and he think the Increase In the aaaeaeed valuation of the prop erty thla year will bring It up to the first named figure. There will be no extra work to be done aa the exemp tions have ell been put down on the blank separately where the- lists - are maoe RICHARD KEENE PAYS FOR SELLING LIQUOR (Special Die patch ts Tae 7wraaL) Albany, Or., July tl. Richard K of Waterloo Is the first too violate the prohibition law of Linn county, and yes terday was placed .under arrest and brought to Albany to answer the charge. Keene has been conducting a gallon house at Waterloo. Upon being ar raigned he pleaded gouty to said oharge and was fined 160 by Justice of the Peace t X Swan. At tha same time appeared Joe Km- mel, Frank Krumsl and Noah Mllee of Crabtree, arrested on a complaint of W. J. Turnldge for Interfering with him In floating loga down. Crabtree ereek. They were found guilty and fined III Afcf etable Preperallon&rAa slmQating tocFoodarBlEcfuia- InvDtesDifacmbeerfur neas and Rest.Contalns neither Opium-Morphine nortkitcsL ISOXX&B.COTIO. tOUJt. AperfccTBemedy forContkev Hon. Sour S tovurt.Diantoea Worms .Convulsions jFevenslv nrse and LoasorSlxzB TacSimUs Signature of . NEW YD UK. II w JLlLa V Por Infants and CilPrH, Th3 Kind You I! Alvayo Dousla Bears tho Signature UG For Ovor if Thirty' Yoarc SffifiljilL emTwBssl e)MlBaWk fcaW "aeaMS esw1! . py 2ni MftiV' AXXJ lllf ( Hal BANK AND OFFICE IMILi::: WISE AMD COM FEKOXS . Barbed Wire, Wire and Lawn Fendr ' Poultry Netting, Etc. : PORTLAND WIRE & IRON WORKS Phone Main 2000 SSS FLANDERS ST, Near TL!r The eaee will be appealed to the higher gourta. UMATILLA ASSESSOR FAVORS EXEMPTION rSeeetel Dlroateh te The leerast ' Pendleton. Or- July II. County As sessor C P. strain la or tne opinion that the atate constitution ahould - be S hanged ao aa te permit of exemption of ome personal property. He Is very much Interested In the decision of the supreme court decision whereby it ts de creed that no property, even If less than 1100 In value shall be exempt rrom. taxation. Aasesaor Strata says taxes ef less than 1100 worth of personal prop-. erty are not worth while from a revenue-raising standpoint. He saye auoh a course would Increase the labor and ex pense ef making the assessment about II per cent, and but mue oc the tax would be collected. Last year the amount of exempt prop erty on the tax roll of Umatilla county waa 1114.000 and It will be about the same thla year. Thla property being already Hated wlU be taxed now that the aupreme court has decided against the exemptlona. Consequently ths county will be the gainer through the decision to ths extent of .the tax en 1114.000. THE POLICY-HOLDERS' COMPANV To represent the Oregon Life. Prevloua experience not necessary. Only men of high character dealt with. Home OfficerCmrnorfwetllh BWg, Sixth and Ankeny Stv . ...': ' ' Portland, Oregon . ' . : . A. L. MILLS. President : L, SAMUEL, General Mazier. - CLARENCE 8. SAMUEL, Asst. L'rr. Yes. You Are Right, bat J ? What KIND of a i e I Switch It It? N - tA . .TfcV XJ I sV L " , I ' ':' I 1 ? t 4 i