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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, 8UNDAY MORNINO. OCTOBER 8S, 1906. EXCURSION or HAWAII IS BUSINESS MEN NOW PROPOSED in nivc LiLNTv ni e iu mi o LiLino un kvaatrrx- - . EAST SIDE Portland Commercial Bodies Will Discuss Scheme at Meet ing to Be Held Friday. COLONEL WOOD TALKS OF TRADE WITH ISLANDS Declares Hawaiian Merchants Are Eager to Trade With Oregon If Local Business Men Will Become Interested and Make It Possible. Portland commercial bodies will next Friday take up the suggestion of a mid winter steamship excursion of Oregon business men to the Hawaiian islands. Colonel H. P. Woo, secretary of the Hawaiian promotion committee, will at tend the meeting. Prospects for Increasing- trade and friendly relations between the people of Oregon and the Islands look very encouraging. Colonel Wood, la discussing the plea at the Portland hotel yesterday, said: "The situation-here Is rather. unusual. The Jobbers and manufacturers, al though desirous of pursuing a policy of expansion, bave already so large a vol ume of business to handle that many of them are unable to reach oat for more trade as they would like to do. There le an immensely productive country back of Portland, and the people of this city must sooner or later realise the fact that this Is a great commercial city, and that Its possibilities In for eign ss well as domestic trade are prac tically limitless. The merchants of Ha waii, while maintaining strong trade relations with Ban Francisco, are ready and willing to extend their business to Portland. Trans la Its Infancy. 'The Portland-Hawaiian trade la In Ita Infancy, and the. commercial inter ests here have not yet adjusted them eelvee to conditions. Per example. If aa ordei cornea for J. 000 sacks of pota toes and 4,000 sacks of bran, and similar quantities of other commodities, the trouble la to immediately get enough to fill the bill. When the shipments reach Honolulu It Is found that only 1.000 sacks of potatoes could he secured, or that there was not enough bran availa ble to fill the order. These Illustra tions are used merely to show the condi tions. The commodities have been mov ing along established channels of trade, aad the Oregon country is not yet ac customed to meeting so large an In creased demand. There Is ne doubt that things will adjust themselves, and or ders will be filled more promptly aa the Hawaiian trade becomes perma nently established here. The proposed excursion from Port land to Hawaii is planned for the pur pose of making the business men of Ore gen and Hawaii acquainted and to en courage grotth of trade and friendly relations. The people of the Islands . wsnt the people of Oregon to realise ' that Hawaii la under the American flag, and Is a part of the United States. The beginning of friendly relations was made by the visit of The Oregon Jour nsl's girls to Honolulu a year ago. It waa the best advertisement Oregon could have had la the Islands. Next came W. A. Hears, aa a representative of the Portland chamber of commerce, who did mueh to Increase the Interest of Honolulu business men In Oregon af fairs. Now we want one or more busi ness representatives from every promi nent city and town In Oregon to go on the excursion. It should be given some time this winter, when Alaska boats are out of commission and a good Teasel csn be secured for the purpose. The dis tance Is 2,300 miles, the time required will be about seven days each way. and the excursionists are certain to enjoy themselves In Hawaii, for It la the moat delightful winter resort In the world." sjneisaiB. Well Supported. Substantial support is being given the Hawaiian trade movement by J. Wbyte Evans of Portland, who has or ganised a Portland-Honolulu brokerage business. A permanent representative from Portland will reside at Honolulu and handle II or 10 lines of business for Portland Jobbers and manufacturers. Mr. Evans haa selected W. W. Robinson, who already haa connections In Hono lulu, to go there ss the resident agent. They are making contracts with Port land houses dealing In drugs, vegetsbles. sosp, ststlonery, sash ana doors, tents and awnings, lumber, springs and mat tresses, flour, feed, ralllstuffs. paints, varnishes, butter, canned salmon, aewer pipe, cereals, woolens, baking powder, spices, beer, shingles and other lines. A number of eastern houaes are being added to the list. Mr. Evans said: Mr. Robinson will sail about Novem ber from Vancouver, British Columbia. He will take a full line of samples, after having spent several weeks in Portland wholesale and. manufacturing ware houses, to make the most attractive se lections. We now have about all the llnea we care to handle. Many Houses Decline. "I have been aomewhat astonished at the number of Portland houses that de clined to go In for the Hawaiian trade. A number of them said they were al ready selling to the Islands through their San Francisco houaea. I can see no reason why they should not sell from their Portland houses direct. The goods are here, the products are grown here end manufactured here. We have the ships and the ability to aell the goods. There may be eome reason for continu ing to deal by way of San Francisco, but I cannot aee It right now." Mr. Evans' arrangements are com plete, and have been made at consider able expense. It Is believed hie under taking will be productive of a perma nent and Increasing buslneas, and that from It Portland's Hawaiian Island trade will rapidly grow and spread until this oity has a fair share of the coast shipments. At the present time San Francisco and the Sound are doing six to ten times the volume of business that is going out of ths Columbia river to the Hawaiian Islands. - Resident Out in Early Mornings to Gather Mushrooms Along Columbia Slough. IMPROVEMENT CLUBS TO HAVE CENTRAL COMMITTEE Suburbs to Make Effort to Pull To gether for Benefits Mayor Lane Encourages the Scheme, Saying It Is Good Plan. Elegance in Home Furnishings Difference of One Word. Prom the Philadelphia Press. "He used to be in the newspaper busi ness, but he's studying tor the ministry now. He eaya he decided he couldn't be a reporter and save his anvil." "Huh! His old city editor says he couldn't be a reporter to save his soul." THE BIG STORE WITH THE LITTLE PRICES TEN DOLLARS QLsBBBM 4 For a New Fall Suit Cravenette or Overcoat We bought these garments with the idea of giving you the biggest $15 worth you ever saw, and we are doing it for Some stores ask $15 for them atd others more. SEE WINDOW EXHIBITION Salsbury Hats Any Color, Any Shape $2.50 SOLE AGENTS Bast Stele Department. The Portland markets were never so well supplied with the common meadow mushroom aa at rrosent. Quantities of them are to be found on every market ! etnll in the city. The precipitation of moisture this fall seems to have been Just right to bring about an rbundant growth Of this delightful edible. In the meadows and pastures of the east side suburbs the mushroom Is found in great variety and abundance. The com ion flat-top agrarlcua campestrls. or American mushroom. Is the variety moat usually found In this locality. Quite a number of east side residents derive a good Income during the three fall months gathering them for the mar-I ket Early In the sesson the beat va riety brought SO to 7fi cents nar nonnri aa the seaaon advanced and they be- j cams more plentiful the price dropped to 40 cents or even lower. ' The pasture lands bordering on the Columbia slough are the favorite haunts of ths mush room hunters. One of the disagreeable features of the vocation Is the necessity of sarly rising. Most of the successful gath erers of the fungi are In the fields, basket in hand, at daybreak. The cul tivation of the peoullar growth is not carried on to any considerable extent In and around Portland, although the agricultural department bulletins claas the Pacific northwest as the best suited, from a climatic standpoint, of any part of the country to their successful cul tivation. The seaaon for gathering the mush room In Its wild stste will not last much beyond November IS, aa the first hesvy frost destroys the spores. In selecting the Furniture and Carpets for the new home let quality be your first consideration select pieces of distinctive grace, beauty and sterling worth, that will be a pleasure to look upon and that will serve their purpose, not for a month or a year, but all through life. Such styles and qualities are shown in their fullest assortment at POWERS' and are worthy the careful consideration of all prospective home furnishers Library Cases Bookcases, in mahogany, golden and weathered oak. All shapes and styles, pretty effects in leaded glass. The first copy of the St. Johns Re view, published November 11, 104, exhibited on the streets of St. Johns recently, attracts a good deal of at tention, aa an evidence of the remark able growth that? city haa experienced in the past two years. It waa a four column, lt-page paper and was printed In Portland. The real estate ada waa the feature that attracted particular attention. Some of the property then offered for a few hundred dollars could nbt be had today for ten times the sum thsn naked for it. W. J. Peddlcord of fered a lot 100 by 100 In the center of the business district for $1,800; the same property te now covered with handsome structures and could not be bought for less than 20,000. "A lot on Jersey street was offered for SI00, which will now easily bring $3,000. The St. Johns Land company had an advertise ment urging the people to buy water front property at prices that now seem ridiculously small. The only item no ticed in the paper of two years ago that tells the conditions existing In St- Johns at the present time Is ths complaint of the scarcity of residences for rent. The town has never had a sufficient number of dwellings to meet the demand. The report of the council meeting ssys trie session waa lively and run of fun. The ordinance prohibiting etock from running at large wes up for dis cussion and the advocates and oppo nents of the "measure were Out In force. Everybody, Including the council and mayor, seemed to have lost thslr bear ings amid a ahowcr of amandmente, and hla honor, the mayor, arbitrarily post poned the discussion for one week, to allow, aa he said, things to cool off. The dog-tax ordinance also received the attention of the council and waa finally reduced to 11 per canine. The first paper published at St. Johns wss called the St. Johns Journal, but a new name, the Review, waa substituted. Rockers and Odd Chairs We have them in all sizes and shapes every wood and finish. Our line, of Leather Chairs has just been increased and if you are looking for comfort we have it Ladies' Desks Dressers Newest designs, all woods and every finish. Desks for the bedroom, library and den. Combination Table Desks, in fact everything in the desk line. The largest and best assortment we ever . had is still unbroken. We can give you a Dresser in any design, a Dresser in any wood or finish, a Dresser at a reasonable price. Mission Furniture Mission furniture is here to stay. We are showing a complete line for dining room, hall, library and living-room, in fact we have Mission furniture for every room in the house. We lave Jist Received a Carload f Healers 9 Get Onr Prices $ W X$. SSsVgTAl ft &t tT 1 1 a? I "eSffl Every thing to Furnish the Home A plan Is on foot to unite all the east aide push clubs and improvement associations through a central commit tee. Of which every association shall have a member. It la believed by the leading spirits in these clubs that the best results can be accomplished by concerted action. There are now eight strong organisa tions on the east side, each of which was organised to look after the Inter ests of some particular locality. But when a matter of vital importance af fecting the entire east side comae up, then the cooperation of all these organ isations Is desired, which can be best scoured. It la thought, by a general committee having the power to repre sent them alL Mayor trfuie takes an active Interest In the proposed union of the associa tions, and has Informed some of the esst side leaders that such a step Is greatly to be desired. The mayor says mat ne nas round tnat tne entire dis trict does not alwsys pull together. He believes that if the .entire district should act as a unit on Important east elds Improvement the city govern ment could better guard the Intereata of the district. It Is not proposed to In sny msnner change the organisation of ths present clubs, or In any Way cur tall their Influence, but rather to in crease It, by means of the central or ganisation. It Is ths intention to ask each of these cluba to select one or more members, who shall belong to the central body. This body will consider all questions of general Importance, will present these to the local cluba for action, will represent the east side In Important matters before the council end speak for the united local societies. Since there ere more thsn 71,000 I people on the east side, with a doxen or more suburbs scattered over a ter I rltory of 10 square miles, the need Of I some central organisation la apparent to all wbo have been working for mu- nlclpal Improvements. 17 ft MAT TC CLOTHING COMPANY Corner Morrison and Second Sts. Lewis Em Is; end his bride, who was I Mlsa Edith Hellendoorn, srs new at home to their friends St their home. s40 Grand avenue. They were married October 11 by Juatice Raid. Mot the Sort Wanted. Clnclnnstt Tribune. -Ws haven't any eggs. get some If you wsnt them -very bad! Summer board Never mind, I don't eare for that kind. Wot the S M. From the On Mrs. Ferndale 1 hot. I csn get som Sadden slows. Prom the Baltimore American. Tiresome Csller (after s long pause) At our club meeting the other day I made a move Miss Sharp (with audden animation) Oh, Mr. Borett, can jrouT DROPS DEAD IN LOCAL SALOON Johnny Kent Expires Suddenly in Resort at ThVd and Salmon Streets. Johnny Kent, a well-known Portland character, died suddenly this sfternoon while standing In front of the bar of saloon at Third and Salmon streets. Kent, who waa about' 40 yeara of age. had been a familiar figure In the city for the paat 20 yeara. For a long time he worked In the saloon at Third and Salmon streets, but of late had not been doing anything. While standing in front of the bar yesterday Kent suddenly became til and waa helped to a chair where he died. He waa taken to Flnley s undertaking parlors, where It waa determined thst his death was due to heart failure. A brother In Tacoma has been notified of Kent's death, and the body is being held to swalt Instructions. PROGRAM FOR TODAY AT LOCAL Y. M. C. A. Ths program at the Toung Men's Christian Association thla afternoon will assume some new features which promise to add much to the Intereat of the young men who throng ite rooms Sunday afternoon. The orchestra will give an Informal conoert at I o'clock on the reception floor, after Which the crowd will go to the auditorium on the second floor for the mala program, which will constat of an eddress by Henry Marcotte on "A Great Man's Ambition," and a solo by Mrs. Fletcher Linn, one of the leading singers of the city. The new discussion Bible ctasass will follow at 4 30. one led by General Sec retary H. W. Stone and the other by the Religious Work Director, H. W. Davis. The classes sre open to any one who desires to enter. The closing features of the afternoon will be the social half hour on the office floor, where Mr. Thomas, pro prietor of the "Little Inn" will servs a light lunch. Thla entire program Is for the public and men may eome and go at any time. MRS. DECKER TO MAKE ADDRESS IN PORTLAND Mrs. Harsh Piatt Decker will address the Btnte Federation of Women's olubs at the First Congregational church Wednesday evening. October 81. Pre ceding Mrs. Decker's address a musical program will be preeented. Miss Leo nora Fisher has been asked te play Handel's "Largo," and will also render "Idylls Mlsterleuse." Arthur Alexan der will sing Tnstl'a "Mattlnate." and Bamberg's "Alme-Mol. Mrs Fletcher Linn will give two numbers, "Invsno" (Pospl) and "Shena Van" (Mra. Beach). POWER PLANT OF EASTERN OREGON j SassflPS ZM m Wooden Barrel Flume Through Which Water Is Carried 8ix Miles. Sugar beets that tested all right were raised In Klamath valley. By Lula R Lorens. Pendleton, Or., Oct 27. The North westers Oaa A Electric . company's plant, situated on the upper Walla Walla river, seven miles above Milton. In Umatilla county, and If ml lee from Walla Walla, which furnishes light snd power for several cltiea within a radius of 50 miles. Is ons of the most wonderful protects of ths kind In the entire west ern country. It la of far greater Im portance than the cursory observes Im agines. The Walls Walla river, which flows down from the Blue mountains, fur nishes water for the power plant for thla company, and In time the power will be Increased so that the entire people of the valley will find It a great factor In their prosperity and well being. It now furnleheg light and power for Walla Walla, Pendleton, Athena and Weaton, taking In over 10 mile of ter ritory. The plant has a capacity of 2,100 kilowatt power, 1,800 of which Is now fully developed. SIX Miles Of Flame. The water flows through sts miles of wood barrel flame 4i Inchee In diameter. It rune along ths sides of hills to an slsvstlon of 400 feet, thenee to en Iron pipe down to the power house, supplying power to three Pelton water wheela connected direct to three Bullock 700 kilowatt generators. Ths flume carries the water up and down stsep mountain aides, making a beauti ful scene. Walla Walla and Pendleton receive power for tha electrlo llghta from thla plant. and sevaral big manufacturing concerns In both cities are operated from this aource. At present Walla Walla Is con suming 500 kilowatt power, Pendleton 400, Athena and Weaton ISO. Tha Preaton Parton Milling company's plant at Athena la run by this power, also the Jute mills at ths Walla Walla peniten tiary, and several other big concerns are operated from this plant The company Is now arranging to fur nish power to the Wells Walla Trac tion company, which will build an elee trtc line in Walla Walla and out to WANTED TO CHANGE PLEA SECOND TIME But I-rank Royal It Sent to County Rock Quarry to Bust Stons Instead. After pleading not guilty to the charge of asssult and battery on 11-year-old Robert Nelson, Frank Royal changed hla plea to guilty, then asked yesterday afternoon to be allowed to change back t the plea of not guilty again. The second change wag refused by Judge Bears, and Royal was sentenced to three months in the county jail. This means . thst he will work at the county rock crusher at Kelly Butte for that period of time. Toung Nelson stated to District At torney Adams that Royal had beaten him because he objected to Royal's at tentions to his mother. Royal de clared he atruck Neleon In aelf-defenae when Nelson had attempted to take a dog away from htm and threetened lo etrlke him with a club. f Milton and Free water, a distance of 10 miles, aad the line will later be ex tended to Pendleton, a distance of 47 miles from Walla Walla After thla the eompeny still expects to have a surplus of too horsepower. The plant la managed by Psul Toung. who he a cabin at the Intake, and he haa served faithfully for yeara. A man Is kept constsntly watching the flume, walking from one end to the other A capital of nearly 2i.nno.noo wss Invested and the concern In financed In Philadelphia. The offleere are M. W. Boyle, preeldent; Isaac W. Anderson, vice-president; R. K Allen, ssslstant secretary; William Rhodes, treasurer. Dr. F. W. Vincent la eecretary for the Pendleton district. This plant la one of the finest of Its kind in the country and Is yet In Its Infancy. Columbia Discs or Cylinders Manufacturers In the World and . of U 70,000 Records to Se lect From EASY TERMS IF DESIRED T m ALWAYS REUA- Columbia Phonograph Co. Columbia Building 171 Washington SL Portland, Or. ' ii llarWbVsfsiitf
