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tii- or.zcon DAILY JOU. ...L. IOKTLAI.'D. l.AU. :i. 1. X t COUNTY S UB-JA L A T KELLY B UTTE .1;; i .... The The rock crusher at Kelly Butt , ads : miles aet . of the city, will b put in . operation by the county prlaonera Oc- tober 1. . The" slant la now practically i - complete, there remaining; only to be finished the 14-foot atoekade around 5 the tall and aurrr. ' r ... With the idea, of UblUhln an in j etitutlon that would be permanent and i of yreat value to the county, a strons ; : Jail 20 by It feet ha a bees built. The . '..walla are of eoU4 concrete, 11 Inches In ' : thickness. The floor la concrete sl lnchea thick. -The teUln la of steel, IS feet above t he floor . '. - t 1 Two hundred feet from the Jail, eon. i - nected with It fcr a atoekade 11 feet hle-h. ta the aaaaa of rock .known aa 'Kelly Butt. It cover en aeree and la eompoaed of col Id rock, St feet high l where the rock crusher will begin work. . The rock baa boon analysed by govern-, lament experts, wno pronouncea it im 7 beat In the country. - - - v ." The rock crusher, bunker and power- nous are at the foot ef the bluS of rock. - There . hu been' Installed a 40- horsepower engine) with a to-hora boil er. ' The crusher baa a capacity of 125 cubic yards ef -rock In ten hours. In Installing the- plant provision has been made for future need by aupplylng suf- ? sclent power charting and bunker- ea- I j' pacity to allow tho rapacity of the plant 1 to be doubled merely by the placing of - - an additional crushing machine. . -.- : r la the Bta.. : . This rock-crushing plant of the coun ty la the first permanent establishment ' la the state where prisoners may be worked on tho roada In accordance with -, . the provisions of the law passed by the ; Oregon Legislature In 115. Rock plies ; - have been used in thi oeunty nd In other parta of the state, but always be fore the convicts have been taken out from the prison la the morning and re- ; . turned In the evening. - ' . . In moat cas?s the , rock that was i crushed waa broken by band with ham mars. Only once before has a crusher been used; that was la thla county on " tho Llnntoa road, and la all eases the rock piles were, temporary -and wore . abandoned after a siiort time. -' At Kelly Butt la a mass of rock containing thousands of tons, p recti , .clly inexhaustible. Tho prisoners who are aervlng sentences la the county Jail win be taken to the aubJaU and kept there during the time of their sen tences. t-'-!,T':V Flaa of tba JaiL .. . The plana of the Jail building were drawn with tho view of aocommodatlng 41 prlaonera, but by crowding aome as many aa 10 may be kept la the present JaiL Their sleeping quarter are TO by tl -feet and are thoroughly ventilated. A kitchen with a large gaa rang, and bathroom -'with porcelain ' tuba ecoupy the east end of the JaiL' Throughout h hntldlnw tho plumbing and ventilat ing apparatus baa beea made to eora ..io the city ordinances ta insure aanltary condition and a maximum Of comfort for the prlaonera ' The Jail will be boated by ateam. A gaa plant baa been lnatalled to furniah gas for lighting and cooking purposes. Water baa . beea conducted by a pipe line from tba Bull Run main. .A eeptlo tank receives the sewage. Tea hour work will be dona every Good taste and high ' v quality are " the prominent ' : pointg ! our fan suits. r - Every j precaution has been taken to make the -,.v coats : retain their' shape.-' Hand work . has been ap. , ' plied where machines fall ; ; short ; . All the' newest ideas In " : reinforced linings have been A "; ; adopted. Every detail has ' . been studied by 'the most : skillful tailors and you can ,l trnst yourself in one of ' : hes suits to present aa ap pearanee above criticism. ' FaU Suits 9 10 to 2T.50. ' Clothing bought here will ' be pressed, sponged, and' "-kepV in repair for one year : IiION GlolhinqCd 5 CnJKuhnPtoD ' , Men's and Boys' Outfitters. 1M and 168 Third Street. f Mohawk Building. Rock - Crusher and the Mill it Kelly's , V"; V y: f,' if '" V f , ; , -' " The Strong New ,. iii t i i . , day by the prlaonera Their duties will be to take the ock from the bluff and feed It Into the crusher, both of which are within the stockade. An engineer wiU.be employed by the county, . - City rrtsoaera to Work, . Alt', city prisoners who . are aervlng sentences will bo taken to work In the quarry as soon as It la In operation, and the prisoners will not only be leas ex pense to the 'city, but will enable the city to procure crushed rock at actual Cost. ' The work of placing tho crushed rock on the county roada will begin at once. fend County Judge Webster and Com- mlsslonera Barnes and LJghtner expect to give thin county the boat syatem of country roada In tho northwest. The first work done on the road, by the prisoner of thla county waa done In the stockade on th Macadam road, where band hammers were used by th prisoner In breaking the rock. Later slmjlar work was done on th Canyon UNCLE SAM'S MAIL WAGON r WIPES OUT Probably you have noticed how Uncle Sam' mall wagons habitually dash through th streets, ringing a ball now and then, Ilk a fir angina responding to a general alarm. It I not becai'S ther 1 any need for hurry, but more probably on account pf th "chestlneis" of some driver, who Imagine that h I guiding th horse attached to th chalrot of atat. and that common folk must get out of th way or be trampled under. , -. At least thla la the .opinion of H. Knowlea. who Is a wood-wagon driver by occupation. - Knowles appeared at th police station .this morning in a atat of advanced dilapidation. - On arm hung uaaless by hie side and his hand on the other aid was constantly feeling of his rllx, to see if they were still -Intact. - Knowles xplalned " that while driving near Sixth and - Ankeny GETS THIRTY DAYS IN JAIL FOR HAVING ORIGINAL MIND If there la evr a prisoner arraigned In th municipal court who doe not offer aa explanation of or an excuse for his offense It Is safe to aay that Judge Cameron wilt fall off hla bench with aatonlshment - They will have ah excuse. The moat common ones ar: "I never did It be fore, Judge; on my honor,' I never did." and this uaually from an old reprobate who has been In Jail more tlmea than there are wrinkles in his corrugated countenance. . Or, '1 didn't mean to; I didn't reallxe how much I waa drlnk Ing." Of, "I'm no vagrant Judge; I was Just going to work tomorrow." Hush Blmmona the orlde of Jamaica and sa black as the ace of spades, had. his excuse this, morning, ilk th rest of "T NO SHOES FOR WOMEN A Mew Store, Only Ob ef Its Kind la Oregon, Sells Xxclaalvely Ma . Fin Footwear Exhibit Vow Baady for . Iasptloa. t ":,'.':; ."'"''' The J. H. ReeveS company has opened at II Washington street next door to th Oregon Trust at Savings bank, witb oertalnly a model shoe etore, but-ao footwear except for men ia sold. Ths firm does not carry ladle', misses', chil dren's or boys -shoes, but devotee -all Its energies - to dressing the feet of men. ' Ite specialty I th celebrated Fnrehelm shoe, a custom-mad produc tion that Is warranted th qual of any to ad-to-order footwear In th United State. - The- shoe Is hot In th "cheap" claaa. but sell at from 14 to t.- It Is Its superlative xcllnc v in.-(u7 ranninu n to in ouyer ana wearer, and there can be no doubt but that the . "Men' 8 hoe Shop," aa Mr. Beeves ha christened hla place, wlU find that , those buyera who appreciate the best to be bad for th money will be hie best- customer. He sells other and cheaper grades, but hi delight Is In the Florshelm, because he knowe the ex treme satisfaction that It will give. Th eompanya Urge took of good 1 now upon th shelve ready for tb Inspec tion ot th men of Portland. ' : . .... ... :.'"" . . .Butte. ajwajafjjssaaj Sub-Jail, road and on th Llnnton road. . Th first crusher was put In operation on the Unnton road and proved very ucceaa- fuL- ' ,'.. How the Soheme Was Rtarted. - . 5 - Realising th value that a permanent eounty, Judge Webster and th com- mlsslonera evolved th scheme of s-j tabllshing a . aubjaiL. .. The fact that L most oi in sivaiiaDi roca pnes were ai some d la tan oe from th courthouse and that it was necessary that th prison er be taken to and from tho rock pile during daylight mad It impossible to do more than seven hour' work dally. Tew -tinmen pile of rock at Kelly Butt waa bought by th county at a cost of. more than 11.000, and th work of building th aubjail and Installing the crashing plant begun several month ago. Delays have retarded the progress of th work, but th plant 1 now almost complete and It 1 expected that th prisoners will be put to work October 1. ALL OBSTACLES streets he saw a wagoa marked TT. S. Mail Wagon No. I" driving toward him like mad. At first he thought It was a runaway. He tried to turn out In time, but th vehicle bore down on him and struck the wood wagon with great force, demolishing It Knowles was thrown heavily to th ground, sus taining a painful Injury to on of hi arma and a sever shaking up generally. Knowlea wanted to have th diivr arrested for violating the reckless driv ing ordinance. . No warrant ha aa yet been Issued, however, as Deputy Dis trict Attorney Fltagerald haa some doubts - about - being able to mak th arrast, as h might thereby be liable for obstructing the Unitd Btstes'malL Th victim thinks the recklea driver counted on an Immunity from such a cause when he ran into, the wood wagon. ' . ' ' ... them.1 But Hugh's was a new on on th Judge. "I waa trying to get out of town, like I promised you the other day," he ex pla'ned, "but I Juat couldn't I waa stopped. I was stopped. Twelv man topped ma on after another, and pre vented m from getting out of town, I might hav got -away, anyhow, but I thought It waa my duty to stay until I had those men prosecuted. No, I don't know who they are. Stopped me to glv me a drlnkT Oh, ho. no; not that But I feel that they ought .to be prose cuted all ths same." . t , , Judge Cameron smiled Indulgently and banded the big black fellow a 10-day meal ticket for bis originality of mind... .. ... COOS BAY PRISONERS LANDED IN STATE JAIL '1 ' ;' i i " (Special tkptca t Tke Joaratl.) " Salem, Bept. Jl. Bherlf W. W Gage Of Coqulll City brought two prisoner to the penitentiary from Coos county yeaterdey. . They were Andrew Shut ter, convicted of larceny and aentenoed to on year. Th expense of conveying th prisoners from Coqull to Salem wae $111.10. .. -.r , . fj MARINE NOTES. : ; Astoria, Spt' 11. Arrived down at and aallad at 10:10 a. m., steamer R. dondo, for Saa . Francisco. .Arrived down at 10:20 a. m., schooner Ameri cana. Arrived at 0:11 and left' up at tbat-fl0:Z0 a m., steamer Johan Poulsan, from San Francisco. fSan Francisco; Sept 31. Arrived, steamer F. A. Kilburn, from Portland and way porta Sailed - laat night steamer J. B. Stetson, for Astoria. Ar rived lest night teamr Northland, from Portland. . Astoria. Sept 20 Balled at 11:15 p m., French ahlp Laennec, for United Kingdom for orders. Astoria, Sept Jl. Condition of tho bar at I a ra., moderate; wind east; .wsaUter eiat uUCII TJIIEIil TIL GO BY STEALER Kerr, Cifford A Co. Charter the Tramp Strathfillan to Load - 1 for Europe. WILL BE HERE DURING , MIDDLE OF NEXT MONTH Steamer Knight of St George Clears for ' St Vincent With Valuable - 'Cargo of j Wheat, Loading Big Fleet for the Season. ' L . .- . t .....:-..v. Kerr, Clifford Co. chartered the British steamer Strathfillan today to load a cargo of wheat at thla port for Europe. She Is a new, vessel and one of the largest tramps bound for thla place this season, her net register being t.110 tone. '. She belongs to th line owning - th Strathnalrn, which waa chartered neveral weeks ago by the am firm to load wheat bar. : Th Strathfillan la now on the' way to San Francisco-from London -with a cargo of cement and structural Iron and - should arrive - there In ' about -, a week. Allowing her a couple of weeka for discharging her cargo and making the run of the coast should reach Portland about - the middle of October, The Strathnalrn I following; close in the wake of th Strathfillan, having aatled from London for San Francisco about ten day'a later. I Th third ateamar engaged to load wheat her for Europe 1 th Britten ateamar Imogen, now en rout from An- twerp to San Francisco with a cargo of cement and structural iron. Th Imogen will probably arrlv her , a ooupl of weeks later than th Strath fillan. or about th same tlm aa ' th Strathnalrn. .- -. - -.. . These steamers will carry away about 110,000 bushels of wheat each, so that their combined cargo will aggregate approximately (50.000 bushela At th rate. wheat la now coming In from the warehouse ther will be no trouble in giving th big tramps quick dispatch, and It Is aald that th charterer are ramer anxioua o oav una oom aa arly a poaalbl In order to aecur more warehoua spec along th waterfront. A number of sailing vessels will be due V v a aV 1 r ,' ';' : Why PabstBecr Is Best usual four- process of making malt for brewing may be compared to the unnat ural rapid growth of grain planted in mid summer. 1 1 m a k e s milt quickly,- but" at the '. sacrifice .of-. the vital food quality of ----- , . uie grain. - Malt, as most read ers know, . is the life, the substance of beer, and the food value of any beer depends on. the richness of the : . malt from which it is '. made. .. ' -i ; 'r ;v , : Pabst exclusive eight-day malt i made in Nature's own way, by slow growth ; of the barley.'' All of the food , value of the barley is thus retained in Pabst eight-day malt, and makes j ' BlueKibbor Beer the richest beer : in food strength. ; ; , v Pabst Blue Rib-" bott Beer is always pure and clean. ' The - c ho i c e s t h o p s and; chemically pure, water are used with Pabst v ' eight-day malt in , the . brewing.,;'- ';. CHAS. KOHN (D, CO. 34 and Fin Pbon Main 460 i in ' mi n t- : The Iay to arrive her durlrg the latter tart of October and Novon.ber and precaution haa been taken agalnat a possible con gestion. With the harbor lined on both sides with vessels discharging and load ing, the longshoremen will have snore than their present number will be able to handle, not to mention the big de mand for dock space that wUl be sure to coma Indications ar . that the approaching fall wut be th busiest in the history of the port along the- waterfront for not only will th grain and lumber shipments be extraordinarily heavy, but cargoea of general merchandise and building material will be pouring In at th rat Of a coupl a week from Euro pean porta This in addition to th cargo going out will furnish labor for a veritable army of longahoremen wnd recruit ar being trained every day. Th British steamer Knight of , St Oeorg cleared thla morning for St VUicent, Cap Vrd islande. with SJ0.- 031 bushels of wheat, valued at tli. She la ready to sail, but may not leave down until Sunday 'morning. Th Knight of St. George was also 'dis patched by -Kern Gilford Co. and' ah has th distinction of leading th fleet of wheat-carrying ateamera from Fort land for Europe this season. Her cargo will probably be ordered to on or th Mediterranean porta FOR LUMBER TRADE ; - Portlaad kraa WUl save jrra " Schooasr Bulls Soon. ' W. T. Carroll will leave this oity for Grays Harbor In a few. days to confer with Shipbuilders there for th eon. tructlon of a new steam schooner for th eoaat lumber trad. Mr. Carroll and others "interested with ' blm hav con cluded -to build on a quickly aa. th yards can turn It out and may possibly build two or three. Th schooner will have Portland for har hom port Several weeks sgo Th Journal re f erred to the possibilities for profitable Investment In lumbar-carriers, and the matter was' Immediately taken up by different parties here, although Mr. Car roll la aald to be the first to have com. menoed putting hla plans . Into execu tion. The craft he tntende ' building first will have a capacity for handling from 100,000 to 1,000.000 feet of lumber, and will also be equipped to carry pas senger 8h will b constructed along th earn line as th steara schooner Jim Butler, which was recently launohed from LliMfstrom's ' yards on Grays har bor and is now receiving her machinery at the wharf of the Willamette Iron works In North Portland. The Jim But ler will be ready to go Into eommissloa In a few weeka I The demand for lumber-drogher on the coast la ao heavy that all kinds of old. dilapidated hulk ar making -big money for their owner, It vn paying to hav them towed from port to port by xpnalv tuaa..- -. . That - the business le not having a temporary spurt only, 1 generally agreed by. shipping men. and lumbar Jlealers, because California la, In such great need of building materiel that It .will tab year to aupply the demand now in sight, and Instead of falling off It will probably Increase . steadily - as time goes on. --x-r - p ' " ' - - WANTS HIS STEAMER-7 Captain Coohraa Ooauaaos . Bait tot BeooTery of the Arrow. ' Captain' James S. Cochran' baa com menced suit In th federal court at San Francisco for th recovery . of ... th taamar Arrow and all the earning of th tveaael In excess of a stipulated amount set forth in a contract between th owner and th party who leased bar. Th Arrow le a propeller steamer built by Joseph Supple In Portland for Cap tain Cochran.; about ' three years ago. 8h was turned over to st company or ganised on Pugt sound with the under standing. It la said, that the boat should be returned to her owner when sh bad earned IS7.S00 ever and above the' op erating expanses. It Is alleged that ths steamer bae earned over 1100,000 elnoe than and . that th' lease have failed to mak any accounting witb Captain Cochran. According to th Information received her today. Captain Cochran seeks to recover not only th vessel, but also avery. cent earned by her over and above $17,600. - ; v .; The Arrow waa taken from Paget sound to San Francisco about a year ago and haa boon operated ther on the bey of late. She le a speedy vessel built exclusively for the passenger traf flc and Is well equipped in every -respect , ' Captain Cochran Is also - managing owner , of the steamer Telephone, now lying at the Dunlway dock on the east side of the. river, The Telephone tia a bean lying Idle ever sine laat fall, when eh waa taken1 off th Portland Casead Locks run after catering to the excursion business for a fwonths. BREADSTUFF STATISTICS ' Forttaad Zld Fair sTharVef Bzports '- Bariag Itoath Of Aagast . ' : During ths elarht months ending 'Au gust tl the United State exported breadstuff to th j total amount of 1111. 177.280. Of -this snormous quantity Portland's share was tttTl.191. The shipments ' from Portland consisted of 1.074,70 bushsls of wheat valued at tl.S42.741. and SSS.Ott barrels of flour, valued at tl.174.ett, i These. figures were furnished by the department of commerce and labor In Its monthly report forwarded - to th local collector of customs today. " Fort land maintains lis position among - ths leading exporting porte in th states, although th month of August Was un usually dull even tor that time of the year when llttl business la expected. The reason for thla was tb fact that ther waa no grain worthy of mention ing In th country that could be spared for the forelgti market ALONG J THE WATERFRONT. The steamer Alliance Is doe to errtve here from Eureka and Coos Bay during the night.: ' 1 The steamer TJndlne blew out a cyl inder heed yeeterday on her way up from Astoria.. v The steam schooner Johan Poulsea is due to arrive In the harbor late this evening to load lumber Tor a return cargo to San Francisco. ' ' According to friends In this oity the three Portland boys arrested at Van couver. British Columbia, for violating lbs' dominion' government's fishing laws, took no money along With them when they set aall on . their northern cruise, and hence they may have to aall thalr boat the Reginald, la ease they should be fined, in order l to , return hom a ' 1 - .' ' . 'i The oriental liner Arabia commenced loading . timbers St ' Alaaka dock thla morning. She will shift to the Alblna dock tomorrow morning to begin re ceiving general freight and flour.' Th Russian ahlp Isabel Brown 1. re ported having left Grimsby for Port land July tj with general cargo. This should bring har her about Chrlatmaa time, or exactly a year after her first visit to th Willamette river. . Th steamer Nome City haa cleared at Astoria for Radondo -with 14.160 rail way tie; the ateam schooner Tiverton cleared with 815,000 feet of lumber for, San Franolson, and the barkentlne Che-' bill la cleared for th asm destination-! wltbj0,000 feet of lumber. . - , J r Ul Between These Two t.len - . t. MM it'-w . ' III "III rr - - - n r ' 1 1 i r -i For $1.00 ;a week the man oil the left may keep himself looking , as tidy ; and trim as tlie man on the right, from our closing department We are glad to credit any honest man. AH we ask is a small de posittJien'$ suit is paid for. No embarrassing conditions iio red tape no "fuss and botheration." ; You select your- suit from one : of tbwhpay rio more tiiah at a cash storeiahd in such a manner as'tibt .'....!-,r.-.-. to feel it and dressed. ; Come iii and vith bur clothing manager -, YOU ARE mCOME TO CREDIT i 173-175 RRST ST. This Is the Familiar Label pf the:: ' WaII Knnivn Rrmvnr c v ";'. It Is walaing the streets of Portland on the heeds of 'Stylishly dressed citizens CEST IIAT IN 1 : FOR THE ." ; 'l -- : THREE DOLLARS 'I " Ben Selling Li eJ 111 o II II i'' " u the best stocks; in always : look well talk itbver7r 219-227 YAMHILL , i" - THE WORLD MONEY" LEADING j CLOTHIER, :