... . - - ..... o THE OREGOIJ DAILY JOURNAL'. PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 23, 1907. t i' POOR, SUFFERING v.-'. - r ' "- -J. Senator Elkins Say Their Pas A tenger and Freight Rates , Steadily Decreasing. FIGURES SHOW HOW . , THEY MUST ECONOMIZE Minority Report on Railroad Rate Law Reaches Senate and.guggeets That Small Increase in Capital! i, Uon Shows Careful Management. fjooraal tnaeUl Barrlfla.t - Wajhlngtniy'Pah..laPaaasnger- and ireignt ratea hav declined about 17 per oent since 1880, says . Senator "Steve" Elkins of Waat Virginia In his lnorlty report to the aanata oo tba railroad rata law. "From 1870 to lt0." ha vara. the -average pwnt -nl advanced. In ths next 34 years too decline amotmtad to 17.85 par eont of tba average for 1810. Ths net decline from 187 to 1890 averaged 11.14 per cant. Tha de cline In tha average rat per mile per ton ot freight was 18.71 per eent dur ing tha rears from 1870 to 1104. tba rata for the earlier year being about Itt times that of tha latter, and tba net saving to tha shippers averaged 11.08 mills per ton per mile." ' Tha report says that tha cost of transportation In 1804 was nearly 81, 000.000,000 less than It would have been had tha rates for 1870 still prevailed. Tha passenger buainess of 1804 sx eeeded that of 1800 by mora than 16 par cant, while tha freight was only 13.18 par cent' In comparison with tba In- rraasa In wages of railroad employee. from an average wage of 8587.28 in 1900 to 8(30.80 In 1904. Tha report says that Ihe service In 1904 waff so much mora efficiently organised that tha labor con ' trlbuted 'by tha average employs ae- ; compllahed - St per cent more In tha movement of passengers and 74 per I eent more In the movement of freight .. than tn ItiO. ; ,i Tha report gives tha total railway I capitalisation - June 10, 1904, as 8W. , 711.794.078, and says this amount Is f 4.74 par cent less than ths actual value i of the railway, as estimated by tha census bureau. . "In the face of tha great improve- . ment in' railway property, since 1890," i ' the report says. '"the relatively foals- n If leant inorease of 8.81 per oent In t . capitalisation ahows a decided tendency . toward careful methods of, financing ' these properties." y f 'Compared .with, railroad rates abroad ; tha report says: .-Ai, "The figures in tha foregoing are un- doubtedly significant.' They show that ' American railways carry freight for ' rates that average but (7.14 per 'cent ot tha average -charged In France, 80.90 r cent of that in Germany, 80.81 per I rent ot that In Austria, 81.89 par oent ' of that In Hungary, about 80 per cent ' of that In Italy, and about 90 per eent ,' of that In European Russia. Blnce 1890 , American ratea have declined 19.11 per .J..,, cent?-French -rates 18.84 per eent, Ger v . man rates 8.9 per cant, Austrian rates . 9.S6 per cent,, and Hungarian ratea 10.14 I wf cent." - T."As to the'lncrease !n equipment "JAe 1 report says' that durln ' tha last 14 V years. -Shr-inerease in the numbref cars and locomotives has been relative-' ly much, greater than the mileage-In-1 crease. Besides, both e; .i and locomo t Ives, are ' now much larger than for merly. - , Cream Cows Valuable., i tfearoa! Special Service.) ' -- Washington,. Feb. 25. The cost of ; ereAm has advanced 147.9 per cent since 1900, says tha cenaus bulletin on . tha manufacture of butter, cheese, con- used milk, starch, flour and grist mill products. These products have all in- . creased In price, too, but not to the f amount shown by cream.: . Milk ad . ." vanced t.T per eent. . t CIEIM'IA SCHOOL Twenty-Six Years Ago Today Its First Band of Twenty-Five Pupils Arrived. ,.. , NOW IT CAN CARE FOR i , . - SIX-HUNDRED PUPILS Captain Wilkinson's Work as found er of Institution, Its Subsequent Vicissitudes and Final Return to ' State of Prosperity and Growth. (Special Dteoatea te Te Journal.) Chsmawa, Or,- Fee.- 15. The- Che tnawa Indian' school Is It years old to day. It is tha second oldest .In the United Statea . Captain Pratt started in the aaat, to estaDiisn the school at Carlisle. Penni aylvanla at about the same time that Captain Wilkinson obtained permlaalon tOstart the Chemawa school at Forest Gro veT-Qregoa, . ..JEraJtt had aha old Car lisle Barracka to move Into, while klnson had to wait until buildings could be erected. ' Thus tha Carlisle school had tha atart of tha Oregon school by four and a half months. It was February 15. 1881. that tha flrat pupils arlved at tha achooU com Ing from the Puyallup reaervatlon in Washington. They were 25 In number. From " this small nuoleuf ' the school has ' grown until It has a capacity of 900 pupils and at-tha -present time has Its full complement from Oregon, Montana and Alaska. ', ... ,, ; ', Cleveland's Order Bmbarreesed. When Cleveland was ', first elected president he Issued a general order sending to their regiments all army of- ricerswno had been absenttierefroia for a period of four years or more. This relieved Captain Wilkinson from tha Oregon school, while Captain Pratt was retained at Carlisle by a apeclal act of congreaa which protected Mm from tha president's order. This was an unfortunate occurrence for the Oregon school, which entered upon a decade of turmoil and non-progresslve-neas. owing to the many changes in Its management. Prosperity Dawned ta 188. -, It was net until the appointment of (Superintendent Thomas W. Potter. In 1898, that the school started to grow. and not until 1899 was tha first of Its present commodious buildings erected. From that time the school has had a steady - growth until It is now one of tha best equipped in the whole service. Those who have been educated here may be found - In all walks of life. respected and, honored by tha commun ities In which they Swell. "tJelf-arnpporV School's Keynote. The paramount feature of the school s Industrial education. Its pudIIs be ing prepared to make an honest living for themselves and tha girls to make good housewives. The records of the school which are open to . inspection. show It compares very favorably with like Institutions in any part of ; tha country.-.'1 v - MISS .R0SEM00R Women Avoid Operations 8 When a woman suffering; from famila tmuril la told that an oner- atlon , Is necessary, it, of course, frightens ber. , .The very thought of ths hospital, the operating; table snd ths knife strikes, terror to her heart. 1 ' It is quite true Wat these troub les may reach a a tag where an ope ration is ths only resource, but a great many women have been cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after an operation has been decided upon as the only sure. The strongest and most grateful statements poasiblato make come from women who by taking; Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound mads from native roots and herbs, have escaped serious operations! as evidenced by Miss Rose Moore's case, of 807 W. 80th St. N.Y. She writes:- Dear Mrs. Pinkham-"Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has cured me of ths very worst form of female trouble and I wish to express to you pay deepest gratitude, I suffered Intensely for two years so that I was unable to attend to my duties and was a burden lb my family. I doctored and doctored with only temporary relief and eonstan tiy objecting; to an operation which I was advised to undergo. I decided to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound; it cured me of the terrible trouble and I am now in better health than I hare been for many years." This and other such eases should encourage every woman to try Ly dia B. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound before she submits to an operation. Mrs. Pinkham's Standing Invitation to Women . Wome n gnfferinir from anvform.of female-weakness arsTnvTted to promptly communicate with Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. From the symptoms f Iven, the trouble may be located and the quickest and surest way of recovery advised. ' Srass-Bedl SpecisDs ON SALE ALL WEEK . This is the best bed value everooffered in Portland, f A full Brass Bed for what it would be worth if it were-all iron. -:, The brass used in its constructiojis t first quality, and protected by heavy French lacquer. 1 t ... e . . DRINK AND SMOKE TO CARRY OUT WISHES OF DEAD FRIEND Out ef respect to bis dying' wishes and In observance of a custom prao- Uced f or-many .centuries Jnerta to provinces of Oermsny. friends who st tended ths funeral services of frits En gelhart yesterday afternoon gathered at the Turn Hall after the burial and drank and smoked to his future welfare. It was ths dying. wish of Engelhart, repeated .many times, that the ancient Oerman custom be observed, after his death, arrangements having been made prior to that time to have tha funeral aervlcea held at the Turn Hall. Engel hart'sj body was cremated and when tha frlenda returned they made merry for two hours as their former associate Wished. . DIGGING FOR GOLD BURIED BY STRAIN ROBBERS California Ranch Gets Spading That Will Undoubtedly Do -. It Very Much Good. : u'0 Tovmu omxw nr two bat. "--LAXaTIVB BHOMO Qalalae renavee the ceiwe. To set the snalo. cell far full awme anS !oet for elcoarsre ot S. W. Grove, ,25c. From Baltimore to Seattle. ' Jmraal Spealal Serrlce.) . Baltimore, Feb. 28. Tha United Statea coast and geodetic survey service steamer Explorer, which has been fit ting out here for some time past, is reedy to start. on her 17,008-mile trip to Seattle, where she will take the place of the steamer Oedney. whose useful ness : Is over. The trip will be made by way . of the Straits of Magellan, Itching, torturing skin eruptions, dis figure, annoy, drive one wild. Doan's rup Ointment brings quick relief and lasting cures, firry cenia ai any orug atore. '(Joaraa! Special Serrlrt.t . Fresno, i.CsL, Feb.. 25. Search has been begun on tha Jacob Nahl ranch, six miles south of Dlnuba, for gold eatl mated at something near $76,000 sup posed to have been hidden by the rob bers who dynamited a Southern Pacific train at Cross creek several years ago. From San Francisco Nahl got an offer of 18,100 for his small piece of land, and., being . suspicious, he refused. In cipher, as was requested. The sum was Increased. but be still refused. Then a man named Green received letters of fering him .a large bum If he eould get control of Nam a ranch. A few days ago a settlement 'was effected and work was begun, when one of the workmen struck tha end of wooden box badly decayed. The dis covery attracted a crowd of curious per sons, but they were restrained by the guard. . ' f - -' ' MllwaukU Country Cluk. Eastern and California raeea. Take ellwood and Oregon City ears at First and Aldsr. ARCHIE GUHTER DROPS HIS - PEN FOREVER 'I-.. -rr t , ,. Clever- Writer and Charming Companion Dies ft Height of ; His Literary fame. ' Metsger fits your eyes-for 81.08. Sixth street, near Washington. Ill 'tK - m f- . -Think Pianos Think Reed-French. , When you are "down town to'day be sure and see tKe Reed-FrencK piano people ' vthey are at Sixth and Burnside - they are Eastern factory people ' they it Is who have shown the utter use- lessness of paying an old-fashioned retail , price for a - piano - when a better one may be had for less moniy. They cut but the middlemen and sll pianos directly to the people-- that's how it's done. -made, them in the last few Most, anybody ; would V ; Reed-French has lots of friends ' months and why shouldn't they? ' know the difference between four hundred dollars and three hundred dollars that s about what we 6ave a custpmer every time he , buys of us. ' -.;7 I .. :.' . ' " N)w, don't question this statement till you have tried it out. We are not afraid for you to look around. " This week--eome lively times closing etit tha balance of that Alder-Street Piano Stock (ISO is the,street number) Before you pay retail for a piano, er even think of it. Just see (for your own satisfaction) what we can furnish yon a first-class Instrument for We have Deckers, Schuberta, Kimball, Ca ble, Kingsbury, Fischer, Hallet eV Davis, Milton and a lot more. Any of these for sbout half wbat retailers would want 8118 ts (240 in stallments, 8 a month. REED -FRENCH PIANO MFG. CO. Manufacturer, and Disfribnton of High-Crate Pianos : Sixth and Burnsida ; - h' (Joersal Special lervfee.) ' New Tork. Feb. 28. Archibald Clav erlngOunter died suddenly last night from apoplexy Jn hla home here. He was engaged In writing the last pages of the msnuscript of a play . when he waa stricken. Ounter was' (8 years old. Mrs. Ounter survives. They hsd no children. . Before his first successful novel, "Mr, Barnes . of New York, of which more than a million copies were Sold. Oun ter had a varied Ufa. He waa born at Uverpool and waa brought to New Tork by his parents at the age of six. Soon afterward they went to San Fran cisco, where he waa educated. He graduated from the school of mines of the university of California and I came a civil engineer for the Central Paclflo railroad. Later he was chemist in the California assay office, a super intendent of mines In Utah and then s stock broker at San Francisco. ' For many years he hsd been a rest- dent of New Tork. He wrote 88 novels. His best known play Is "Prince Karl," In which Richard Mansfield won fame. Hs was proprietor of the Home Publish ing company snd published his own works.... . . i - - . 1 i i s i i : : -ttt : : X C'JT CA Exactly like, cut; height of head fs 43 in., posts 2 in top rod i-n., CA X - sPsV sDU. filling J0-in., knobs 3 in., dull or polish finish. Reg. $45 value ... HL I sOU ! Here Is a List ;of Others Just as Cheap M'MINNVILLE GIRLS' ' GLEE CLUB CONCERT (Special Dispatch te The Joernal. ) McMinnvilla, Or- Feb. 25. The girls' glee club of the college gave Its first annual concert at the Imperial theatre Friday night. They were greeted with a well filled house. The numbers rend ered by the club were excellent.- The "Weetlng to Spring" by Strauss, waa probably their strongest number. Tha second part of the program was "Tha Old Malodion,-a borne aketch, by Fred erick Root There are 12 In the club. They were asalsted by Mrs. M. D. War ren. - The members or tne eiuo are ma following: First soprano. Misses Belt tens, Msude Oraves, Webster: second soprano, Mlssea O. Oraves, Estes, Nlel son: first contralto, . Mlssea Ford, Reiner, TUberry; second contralto. Misses Hull, Bowler, Henderson. Pen era. Following the concert a banquet waa tendered the boys' snd girls' clubs at Burn's hall. . Besides 'the Immediate clubs the fsculty of the college and a few friends were present Covers were laid for.7. TEXAN WOULD BE MINORITY LEADER (Jseraal Special Service.)' Washington. D. C Feb. 2S- A found ation for one ef the hottest fights for the minority leadership In the house ever known in the history of the Pemo cratlo party la being laid. -It will be a three-cornered . contest. , two mem bers of the Texas delegation have re ceived teleprama from Robert Henry .of Texas, asking that hla friends rerrain from committing themsslvss to either De Armond or Williams in tha leader ship race, as he thought strongly of run ning for the position. Should Henry go before the caucus, which will be held here next December,- with enough votes to get him an excuse for staying In the race, he might get the place If a dead lock la strong enough to prevent Wil liams or De Armond from securing the prise. MINING MEN MOVE FOR EXCHANGE AT BAKER 1 " (Special Dttpatrs te Tee JtrnmYlT Baker Cfty, Or- Feb. 28. At a meet ing of the moat prominent mining men In eastern Oregon, held at the.Oelser Grand hotel. It was decided, to call a mass masting hers two weeks hence for the organisation of an association to further tha mining Intereats of the eon' tlguoua districts. This Is the nucleus ef a Baser city mining exchange, A committee of Ave was appointed to eommunlcato with svery mining man tn thla part of the country and all will gather here at the appointed time. The flrat organisation will -be a. mining information bureau and a mineral exhibit, the exchange to follow, withia BU months, - . $42.50 polish finished Brass Bed.. S27.50 $45.00 polished Brass Bed ........ 27.50 $46.50 pol'ed Brass Bed, flat knobs 31.00 $52.50 satin-finished Brass Bed .... 37.50 $66.00 satin-finished Brass -Bed . . . 46.50. $53.00 half satin-finished Brass Bed 39.00 $100 square-post Brass Bed ...... 77.50 .ii $82.50 asatm-finfehed Brass Bed .... 60.00 $69.00 satin-finished Brass Bed . . . 51.00 $77.50 half satin-finished Brass Bed 55.00 $72.50 half satin-finished Brass Bed 51.00 $78.00 full satin-finished Brass Bed 54.00 $74.00 full satin-finished. Brass Bed 52.50 $72.50 polish finished Brass Bed.. 51.00 Terms on This Special Are Strictly Cash mujik amu, Oar1,",1 , r, im' t 7m IV II '1 DEATH OF PIONEER FARMER OF PALOUSE (Special Mepateh s TBs Joarssl.) rm-n-A w.ih. Feb. 28. Oeorra Harland, a pioneer farmer of Garfield. Ttnr-to T.k. Thnradav and the 14 l7Va sivkai w body has been brought here for burial. The services were eonauotea oy nev. McCriskey of The Cumberland Pres byterian church. Mr. Harland was born In Ohio In 1882 and came to Washington In 1877 snd settled on a farm in Whitman county, ..r aarfleld. - Three sons and one daughter survive him. M'MINNVILLE MEETING OF WOMAN'S FEDERATION (Special Dbpatcli t The iosrnat) l.ui m. rr lr.h xb. Tha first annual meeting of the Federation of nr i m.,K. nt V.mhlll CBUDtV Waa vuin.u. " w.i sviri.v In tha Darlors of the Commercial eiuo. - olubs at Newberg, Dayton, Carlton, and Amity were present At 11 s. m. the first session was held. An address of welcome was given by Mrs. William Dielschnelder and respon ses were made by a representative of each of the visiting delegatss. Following this the members ef Me Mlnnvllle club rendered a - program consisting of literary and musical num bers. At 1 o'clock adjournment waa taken to the Hotel Elberton, where a banquet was served In honor of the vis itors. ' -About 100 visitors were present st the gathering, visitors Included. . CHICAGO'S POSTMASTER WOULD BE. MAYOR (Journal Special Service.) Chicago, Feb. 28. The standard bearer of the Republican party tn the mayoralty campaign doubtless will be selected at today's primaries, subject to confirmation at the party convention next Saturday. Postmaster Frederick A. Busse, who has conducted an active light appears to nave the beat chance. Buase Is well versed In everything that concerns the game of politics as It is played In the V lndy City. He is not exactly In favor with tha bualneaa ale- 1 ment of the party,, which would prefer that the mayoralty nomination go to Alexander H. Revell, particularly aa the contest this year hingea on the. ques tion of the streetcar franchises. WAR ON FRUIT PESTS IN JOSEPHINE COUNTY (Special DKpatch to Tae JoaraaL) ' Grants Paaa. Or., Feb. 28. Since the appointment of fruit, Inspector: for Josephine county much good work bas been done In the grubbing out of worth less and badly diseased trees and In pruning and spraying. 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