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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND, -WEDNESDAY EVENING, - JULY-,1907. WTflESSES OF nninn -TrnTirw mmm & to rr Joint Wheat Rate Adyocates Meet With Measureable ijoiuraaictions, ADVANTAGE IS NOT ALWAYS TO PORTLAND Ordinary Exigencies of Supply and Demand Modify the Alleged Rate Conditions, If GrantedNorthern v. Pacific's Congestion. M ' : (Spedil Dltettcb te To. Jcarsal.t Olympla, Willi, July ..The defend- ant railroads enjoyed a sort of field day before ths railroad commission yes terday in tns Joint wheat rtte hearing, sit of their witnesses being examined. e.etate hu nocloeea its cas, but ovm i si inn aa an van ins naiannHnLH ui examine severs! witnesses who. were anxloue to retuYn home. . William- Chsmbers of Pullman, a wheat . buyer for . the Portland mills, gave strong testimony In contradiction to that for the state. He said it woa a common thing to pay more for wheat for Portland than for the Puget sound market. Similar testimony wee given by W. B. Raymond, a wheat buyer of Wall Walla, o. 1 Leonard, bookkeeper for ths Portland flourina mllla. and W. B. Schaffer, buyer for the Portland Flour ing mille at Preaoott, Local Conditions Often Frtvail. All.theaa testified that local condl- tlone at Portland or on the sound often fixed lhs price of wheat temporarily. attle. eauaa the mllla at thoae placea to pay a high price for wheat for a tew daye In oraer to avoid sauiung gown, Ira B. Rlcharde. auperintendent of transportation of the Northern Pacific, with treaduuartera at St Paul, explained the trafflo condltiona of hie road. One of the polnta emphasised by him was that the Northern Pacific la now hand ling all the business It can possibly han dle in the atate of Washington, and that the addition of Joint wheat rate business mould be on Injury to the present ship pers and business men who are depend ent upon that road. Contradicts sTessley. The etar witness was B. W. WrlghL representative of some of the Portland commercial bodleH, and of the Oregon Ian. He contradicted witness Nesaley, who suid last week that he bad been given instructions by Mr. Wright to send colored reports of the Colfax bear lng to the Oregonlan. Mr. Wright testl fled that he had been the compiler of wheal quotations in Portland for many- He said ha had not aiwaya louna A shortage at Portland or a shortage at lacoma or Seattle, tney saia, would SEJILE FIGHTS . FOR FAIR MOriEY Property; Owners Block tho ; Securing of Exposition Appropriation. fr-f (Speelal plspatcb te Tbe JearwU v Seattle, July a Ths H.000,000 ap propriation made by the atate of Wash' Ington for ths Alaska-Yukon-PacIOo ex position is meeting with hard sledding. The money was to be raised by the Sals of the shore lands upon Lakes Washington and Union, tltls to which was supposed to rest in ths state. After land n erjDt the State's title was attacked In- the the commission had been anoraised " i - . . . ointed lor mat by the courts by certain of the ucland owners, who claimed the land lying below, high water as their own. under an ancient law of 1820. Underwits provision snore lands in front or propertj bank of non-navigable Inland belonged to the upland Owners. Washington and union were held to be bore lands In front of property on the non-navigable waters, In the meaning of waters Lakes the statute, not' being accessible from the sea,w,Two suits are pending In the federal court and one was filed In the superior court . This latter was decided this week in favor of the state. Judge Albert eon holding that a previous de cision of the stats sunrema court . had been to the effect, that the title to the lands in Question rested in the state Now cornea John d. Brace, wno is one ef the owners of some of the most valuable land on Lake Union, who, de clares he will ao Into court to have set aside the appraisal made by the state as too high. Brace does not queatlon the title to the land, nut on tne contrary believes It rests with the state. He holds, however, that the appraisal of $7,000 an acre placed on his land Is en tirely too high and will seek to have It set aside. IIGHTY THOUSAND FOR HARD STREETS , - Chehalls Council Has Improvement Spirit and Is Working Oat Large Plan. '(Special Dispatch te Tbe JoaraaL) . Chehalls, Wash., July I. Almost an even $80,000 worth of street Improve ments ore contemplated In Chehalls If the present plans are fully carried out The city council has laid on the .table tbe proteat of certain Cascade avenue property owners against tbe signing rt the $14,000 contract agreed on last week with Anderson at Robinson for tbe im provement of that thoroughfare. There were no protests against the brick pav ing on Market street and the ordinance REDEEMS STOCK WITH ITS COAL Consumers' Coal Company Mtkts tT''- Unique , Proposition ,!n Silo f " rV;,;' '-K'iV.u'ot Sharet. ;A:-MH: v GUARANTEES AGAINST .LOSS Officials Stato That Sufficient Coal Is ' in Sight to Guarantee Every Share , . of atock, ' One of the most unique stock-selling lans 'ever devised has been announced y the ' Consumers' Coal' comDony. In a word the company agrees to sell stock to the purchaser upon the condi tion that the stock will b redeemed In coal by the company any time that the buyer wishes. The eomnanv .will allow full par value for the stock and agrees to sell the coal at the prevailing market price or lower. Therefore, If tbe one who buys the stock feels that It is Worth mor to him than the coal, he is at liberty, of course, to keep the former and buy his coal la the open market at the market price. Speaking of the plan yesterday D. L. Key t, one of the directors of the Con sumers' Coal company, and Just elected president of the Commonwealth Trust company, sold: "It Is equivalent to guaranteeing the stock purchaser against any possible chance for loss. We have the coal in such quantities that we would be able to - guarantee every stockholder In the. company, If every dollar's worth of stock had been issued. The Idea ef securing a stock' actual product in which- holder's Investment by giving him the actual product in which-he is Investing as a collateral offers the safest method oe It is exrjected to nana at the next regular meeting. The esti mated cost of this improvement Is $10.- It ufa to relv on Quotations given byi?v-. Mantet street Is one of the main dealers, who wrre naturally Interested Business street of tne city. A resolu parties. It was his custom to get rig uros from all dealers, and then verify them by Liverpool quotations, discount. freight rates, etc To Bound Buyers' Advantage. Mr. Wright fxplalnej the difference in price between Portland and Puget sound on wheut wus because of tem porary demands at orie place or the other. A tramp steamer would fre quently drop into a port and tn order to tin tor tna outgoing irip wuum 'freight at about two thirds the regular I ware at ti ..rate was $8..and the Puget sound buyers carried wheat from Puget eound to the orient . S .a, ton, when the regular would then nav a higher price for the wheat than the market quotations in order to get a quick cargo. In this wsy, he said, Puget sound buyers had been enabled to buy whvat in exclusive O. R N. territory in eastern Washington, h o It to Seattle or Taeoma via i-ori- land and absorb the local trelght charge from Tortland to Puget sound, joint Bat would Kurt Portland. The witness admitted on cross axara Inatlon .that he believed a Joint rate would be inimical to Portland Interesta. He put it on the ground that It-would open up O. R. A N. territory to Pug'it sound buyers and would still loave Great Northern territory exclusively in Puget sound territory, and the farmers along the latter road would be Injured at the same time that the Puget sound buyers would have their field enlarged at the expenso of the Portland mllla and wheat buyers. Mr. Wright testified that for the year ending June so, lo, sdoui iv.uuu.vuu tion was tne counc On Cascade avenue, passed at the last meeting of (1 for $5,000 of macadamising avenue. At tbe lost meeting a blanket resolu- t.on was introduced for a big macadam district embracing all between the main line of the Northern Pacific and Mar ket street Park street to James street and some hillside streets, about .10 f of Investment that could possibly aevisea." Progress on the work at the mines of the Consumers' Coal company has been made rapidly In the last few days. Three tunnels have now been developed into . Droduolnsr propositions. Three shifts of men In each tunnel will be put to work next week. .That will make 17 men actually engaged In the production of coal for the Portland market. The average to a man Is about five tons. making a total or nearly ltu ions a aay that will be available for Portland con sumption. This quantity la promised next week. At $f per ton this would mean a rross receipt of $800 a day. in creasing as tbe number of men and the enlargement ol toe rooms in tns mine will admit said yesterday that the last excursion that will ba riven br the Consumers' Coal company will be Sunday, July It. Thla is not to be a general, free excur- lon. but will be alven solely ror the benefit of stockholders and their fami lies. Those who purchase stock between now and that date will be entitled to go on the excursion, and will be urged to go. as the company Is desirous that each stockholder should keep In close toucn witn tne development wora mat is going on at the mlnee. The tlea and steel for the tramway grade, running from ths mouth of the main tunnel down to tbe banks of tn Cowllts river, will be laid soon, the blocks in the heart of the city, most them never heretofore Improved. The estimated cost Is $S0.000. The council la strons-lv Inclined to nut through tha a ahMt lutt tnirni in. r vu ! r I - . - . -.vuuv - " " . - - wnn . nmiMI rate. -stesmer. be -said, oreu l? Onnrf.t i bushels of wheat had gone from Puget anund to f ore! an mark 16,500.000 bushels had gone from Port land, rorels-n. Mr. Wright put into the record the most comprehensive statement of the wheat situation that haa yet been given before the commission hearing. MEETING OF EASTERN OREGON PHYSICIANS Or an m (Special Dispatch to Ths loans!.) Hot Lake. Or., Jury . The Eastern Oregon District Medical society Is In annual session at Hot Lake, most of the members being tn attendance. The fcl- wing le the program as maoe puonp advance of the meeting: Address of welcome, Dr. W. T. Phy. Hot Lake. response for the society. Dr. Jacob Prlnxlng, president Ontario, Oregon: "Buslnees Methods and 8ystematislng." J. C. Woods rd, Payette. Idaho; discus sion. Dr. N. Molltor. La Grande, Ore gon; "The Treatment of Chronic Colitis by Wclrs' Appendlcoatomy," A. K Rockey, M. D.. Portland; discussion. Dr. C. P. Thomas. Spokane. Washington; "Some of the Common Methods of com municating Disease." Dr. C. J. 8mlth of state board of health. Pendleton. Ore- Son; discussion. Dr. c. u. wuterson, aker City; "Quarantining the Internal Generative Organs Against Puerperal Sepsis." R. C. Coffey, M. D-. Portland; discussion. E. B. McDaniel. M. D. Baker City i, "The Nauhelm Bathe in the Treat ment of Diseases of the Heart, With indications and contra-indtcations," ur. Ed E. Maxey, Boise, Idaho; discussion, pr. W. T. Phy, Hot Lake, Oregon; "The prognosis tn Surgical Cases, Inter mediate and Remote" Dr. L. P. Mc .Calla, Boise. Idaho: discussion. Dr. W. J. May, Baker City, Oregon; "Diet List Nurses," Dr. J. A. Qelsendortfer. Contracts for this work will ltlcelv ne j i in sections, it is not expected that there will be any serious opposi tion. The council passed the new park board ordinance, under the -new state law. providing for a commission . of three to be named by the mayor. There is a casn subscription or about $500 in the bank for the board to begin Its work with. The ordinance provides for i a l-miu levy and also aives the park runo - nercent or an nnes ana licenses collected in the city. Councilman Leonard, St John and Gates were named as a special commit tee to corner witn tne centraua council regarding the franchise asked for by B. J. Weeks' company for an lnterurban franchise. A gas ordinance wis also Introduced ror Taeoma parties. RED MEN MEET AT NEWPORT NEXT YEAR (Special Dispatch te Tbe Joaraa.) Newport, Or., July S. The Improved Order of Red Men, headed by the great sachem of the hunting grounds of Ore gon and accompanied by the senior and Junior sagamores will meet In annual convention here July . The sessions will continue to and Including July 16, July 10, 11 and 11 will be given to lodge work. The last three days will be Bpent at tn excursions and recreation Beach. The Newport theatre will open tonle-ht for the summer season with a hiah- class stock company, mode up of some or tne best stocg actors on tne coast Including various members of the Baker company or Portland, a series or stock plays will be produced during the eea son. IMPORTANT CHANGES IN INDIAN TITLES for The Dalles, Oregon. CASE UNDER LOCAL OPTION AT LEBANON (Special Dispatch to The Joans 1.) Albany, Or- July 8. E. M. Bressler of Lebanon has been arrested for selling liquor to minors tn violation ef the local option liquor law. He has given bond ta the sum of $500 for appsrance at the regular October term of circuit court t - ' Bruno Holt Dies of InJnrW. Spertal Olspatcfe Tbe ttmnmtt Chehalls, Wash.. July (.The funeral of rruno Hoit the victim of a skwmiii aneldsnt at Nanavlne Frldav. at Ik. n, f the Newaukusa Mill company, was aa nera aionoay. wane working In the mill a slab struck him and knocked ktsa lot, a eufeoa saw tb blade as- mg mm aonomen. He live ror thn days, despite his terrible Injuries. His rainer m Mroa, uermony, nas been ad' vised ef the accident Holt was about 5 year of age and unmarried. So far as known he had no relatives la this country. He arrived at Napavlne last week, from Taeoma-: (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) Pendleton. Or., July 8. Changes that mean much to the future of Pendleton and umatllla county are now being made In land titles upon the reserva tion, and among the few who are In formed as to the progress of events. much Interest Is (being taken. During the past 60 days or more Indians or mixed bloods holding allotments upon the reservation have applied for pat ents to tneir tanas ana it is now Known that $5 or SO applications have been granted. In the disposition of the land after patents are secured by the allot tees lies the Interest of the town and county. It Is reported that since the Issuance or patents commenced mucn or tne land involved has been secured by white men through long term leaaea - PUSHING WORK ON WALLOWA BRANCH (SpecUl Dstpateb to Tbe Journal.) Flaln. Or.. July S.The O. R. A N. company has ordered 10.000 tlea to be shipped In at once to Elgin for the Wal lowa branch. The company also ac cepted $5,000 ties from F. D. licCully. The grade between Enterprise and Jo seph will be completed in a rew days. When the shipment of ties arrive everything will be tn readiness to push track-laying, as tne aiee xor me bridges la here oireaay. cars, it is understood, were shipped to the mine yesterday and will be put Into commission at once. The bunk houses,, office, shops and other buildings ef the company at the mine, all of which were in a sadly dilapidated condition a few weeks ago, left by the old Anchor Min ing company, are all repaired and are now In first-class shape. It was announced in the advertising of the company aeveral days ago that there would soon be a rise in the price of the stock of the company. This was formally announced to be true vaster- day at the office of the Commonwealth ! Trust company. Stock has hitherto been very freely sold at $10 per share, par value, and the demand has been quite large. However, the present price will be raised to $ll per share after Saturday, July 15, at 9 p. m. Prom that time on the stork will be raised in price $1 a share every week. The Consumers' Coal company is very sanguine over the success of ths proper ties and this has led them to a state of comparative Indifference as to how much or little of the stock is sold from this time on. Certain It Is that every statement that has been made by the company that It had coal and plenty of it. naa been borne out by the facts. Peo ple who are expert Judges of the value of coal properties have been Invited to look the proposition over and have In variably returned, convinced of the profitableness of the Investment The further action of the company in dis tributing sacks of the coal free among the people of Portland as a test, backed up by a careful and very successful steam test at Vancouver, haa added strength to the claims of the company. Judging from the present outlook, Portland will sufferno cool famine this winter, as tha mines of tha Consumers' Coal company are sold to contain suf ficient for all ordinary needs. Prefer ence will be given to stockholders, how ever, in the sale of coal, so that in the event of an unuaual demand for coal and an Inadequate supply, thoae who have cast a portion of their lot with the company tn Its Infanc- will be token care of first TEA Will you buy ot your ; grocer a pound! our Jca, and go by the book in :lrcwingt? r Tear grocer reran yew stsaey Si ree deal Kkt SchiUiag's Sstt v so his. , TO SHXT COAX JTOT IB. Coal Company Anticipates Its Promise Several weeks. Far In advance Of the time It nrnmlaerl to do so, the Consumers' Coal company, operating the mines on the Cowltts river, states that it will be shlnnina- coal to the city of Portland, either by barge or rail or steamboat, within two weeks. Of necessity, the quantity will be small, as the development work has not progressed to such a stage as will permit more than two or three men to work In one tunnel at the sam tim It la sufficiently Interesting to Port- c,u, uu no.ci, w ftuvn mat me claims of this company are about to be made rood. WheV the Consumera' Pnal tm vak i w -f4r"unnounced tho discovery of coal along the Cowliti there were scores of fieople that smiled at the possibility of Ignite coal so close to Portland. Thev (said openly that such a thing was im Nposslblo andrldlculous. Slabwood deal I ers statedtheir position openly. Not wpping; ai denial mat mere was coal along this river, one actually accusod the Consumers' Coal comnanv nt in. sincerity. The opinion that Consumers' Coal company stock was nothing but "stags money' rained nrevalono until the tlrst free excursion was given. Only 80 people attended and the Inclement weather put a damper upon the entire trip. Chartering a steamboat for the whole day and advertising liberally, the second excursion was a winner. People all over the state and from adjoining states be gan to take notice. Stock was sold tn a hurry without any effort The coal wa there; people saw It being mined; they were satisfied, and today there are those who scoffed at first but who are rejoicing that they were fortunate enough to have their minds changed. All the time ths stock of this com pany has been on the market the atti tude of the company has been to sell no stock to any man or woman who bad not first seen the property and Investi gated the coal deposits that are so plainly seen. Hence other excursions followed; other blocks of stock were soil. And while the financing of the company was going on, development work did not abate In the least New leads were uncovered; better coal was round and larger quantities. Thus to day the Consumers' Coal company realty has a showing that Justifies the of. nciais in oaiieving tnat tna company will shortly become the greatest coal mining inausiry m tns wfsu FAIR raOOW OFOTSOTO CXXM WILL CONSUMERS COAL BURN? All preladiced statements to the contrary notwithstanding, these letters tell the story In simple hot convincing word Crnni T WaLss AI aaadWby m sat sftSsiilssd mtnyt byssrswe asdfisssjasfari M. F. Dortahae & Co. ENGINEERS .Office of LANDS, MINES AND INVESTMENTS Ro-2l6FntooBua PORTLAND AND SANDY RIVER ELECTRIC COMPANY (Inc) ,MJs5Aeit 4E5 KOnawiC UiOCKs roniana, ssregon, JvZn 9bA Coranontfoalth Trust Company, Fiscal Agents. Considers Coal Co. Portland, Oregon. Gentlemeni- f On the first of a aeries of real hot days Just passed, a sack containing 100 ! pounds of your coal was delivered to me. As we coolc with &8 I had no opportunity, to test same until yesterday. t7e have a laree aise- Boynton steel dome furnace, the fire surface being 38 inches in diameters In this your coal readily ignited with-the use of 'small -amount of kindling amd it burned readily and freely. I forgot to clean out the ash pit but it burned clean and left no cinders on the grates. Although I closed the drafts tightly the coal burned wellt and diffuaed at mucb heat as any coal I have used. All of the coals I have used here nave been of good tjcality but the prices have been extortionate, even before tha-advance of last winterj Sixty pounds of coal burned ttrcnty five hours leaving no clinker8aThia with the large firebox taken into consideration is I think, a remarkable ahofing. Xf you will' accept my order you may make the following deliveryi 870 Garfield Ave. 10 tons coal. Before Sept 10th. 1907. The only condition la that the price must not exceed that asked for Bock Springs, Wellington or Roslyn coal and that I will not be charged more than you ask other cus tomers for-your coal. Trusting that your coal vill hold out in. quality, and that the quantity will b$ sufficient to neat the needs of the local market I am. Bngr, Tours truly, . Trv giCo ws L Portland & Sandy River Xlectrlo Co. HERE ARE FOUR MORE INTERESTING REPORTS: After s thorough test of the coal from your mine, I find it to be a good clean burning coal and equal as a heat producer to any coal now on the Portland market .1 Will say also that it produces a compara tively small amount of ash and holds fire exceptionally well. T. W. TAYLOR. 1069 E. Alder. Tour favor to Band With free sample sack of coal. I . have carefully tested same, both In my heater and cooking range, and found results very satisfac tory. It bums dealt.' throwing out a good heat, and reducing Itself to ashes with but very Uttte smoke. Cheerfully recommending It to the general public, I remain, JOHN B. TENNENT. 451 Everett St. I have examined and given your coal a fair and impartial test and after comparison as to heat and lasting qualities, it is as good if not better than any soft coal I can find in this market. H. A. MAUTZ, 1041 E. Yamhill. This is to certify that I re ceived a sack of your coal and tried same only to find that it is a eood average with the coal that I pay $10 a ton for. - ( GERMAN GRILL, . Fifth and Couch. IMPORTANT NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS I coaxi BxmxcroB to koto toxttt. IX L. ICeyt, director In the Consumers' Cool company and recently sleeted presi dent of the Commonwealth Trust com- Sany. Is about to move to Portland, t tha present time sirs Keyt Is restdiM at PerrVdole. where he has lived all his Ufa. He has very large Interests la that place and would probably remain there were it not for tha tmct thmt ki connection with the ,- two companies abore mentioned will requir far more of. hie time than tha lntnt. at ! Mr. Ket ig woU katwa la ferUoad, - It will be of interest to all present gtockholdert in the Consumers Coal Companyas well as to those who are contemplating an Investment In the company, to know that this company will be pleased to redeem all stock that it has issued at any time apon demand of the holder id tool produced at the mines of the company at the prevailing market price. At the time of ordering coal for the winter supply any stockholder who s wishes may utilise his stock for this purpose. Coal will also be sold to the general public within a couple of weeks. Orders received from stock holders in the company , will take precedence over the orders of others. The advantages gained by the purchaas of stock in this company, therefore, are obvious. One cannot lose and is given arsubstantial collateral guarantee that means much to hirn. It Is expected that the mines of the company will be shipping coal to Portland by July 15. . '''','" ONLY ONE MOREiEREE EXCURSION TO STHE MINES The next free excursion to the properties of the eompeny will be given Sunday, July 14. None but stockholders (of the company an. 3 tv lies will be allowed. It will be a tour of Inspectioa to note the progress that Is being made in the work of development Get your t the of fice f the company as early a possible. . , , ,' N, ' ' ! t CONSUMERS GO AT V a w . a