THE OREGON - DAILY . JOURNAi; PORTLAND, TUESDAY EVENING, 'AUGUST 3. 1807. .1 STREET IMPROVEMENTS SHOW ENORMOUS GAIN; panisa In order, to keep their offloeaj Flane for a kngelcge are being laid BT tne Ulnars, aiost 0 tnera tha -lt for th hnn flalda Of Other filaofia of employment, leaving only the eadera In tha citv to carry on ths triLr A toibi tar Sunday Sf- ternoon nail la bain planned to ba bald at tha exposition erounds and Invita tions have baan estended to various prominent people to ba present and ad- eas ma meeting. , A benefit baU for the strlksrs la also .l CAnfA. riA..iM.iAn Tk..Jn T -ri.- I bains srranaed for Thuredey, AUgust laUUlJ ilUU OCITU WUBUUtHUU UUIW.il XMXSh duly rar !. at Murlark hall. Prasp's orcbestrs I V,aa ka.. a.vA a tha. Sa Inn t hsl Exceeds AnyMreflous Months Record In History of City Nearly 200 Streets to Be Improved. has ban aaoured for tha occasion. aa ana That Portland Is doing- an unpreoe dented amount of straat Improvement and sewer construction work may ba sen at a fiance whan a comparison of the records for July of HOT and 10S la made. If tha Increase of July, 10 aver July, UOS, was considered remark- ' h able, then tha incrtaaa of this July .,l over last may be adjudged marvelous. Jn nearly svery Important detail tbs t " July record shows an Inoraasa over twice as great as that of tha preceding . ysar. fr Ferheps tha most striking advance la . In streets and sewers under actual con- atructlon by ordinance, in tha July Just pssaed the records abow that M separ ate streets were being Improved ana l ' ; sewere wera belns; built. In 1101 there - wars 41 streets and if sewers under oon- - atructlon. The number of atraata that wera under preparation for conatruetlon . -. but sot yet under contract amounted , V this year to 127, while. last year they , , reacnea zza. Teal's Qrees Increase. Tha portions of different- streets . . rross-sectloned for grading amounted to ' is,ii lineal reel mis year, xaai year 1 - auie lineal reel measure was 1,7 su. , Sidewalk construction was also given ' (serious sttentlon by property-ownera, . , i ever twice aa much work being dons this , v year as compared with laat. This year . . ,J0.S1S lineal feet was cross-sectioned. - Last year tha number reached H.tit. The only Instance In which mora work ,, ' v was dona In July a year ago than In this - year was in running lines and levels for hall will ka annmnrlatel V d SCO rat It Is as pec ted tuat tha event will ba not only wall attended but moat enjoy able., The oommlttee In charge of tha ball consists of Ous U frag, W. B. Simpson snd W. P. BUrka. Tha case of Mra A. Laura Knspp Campbell. tha bride of James Campbell, a local lettar carrier, has bean called FM1ERS EXPECTING BETTER TREATOENT Independent Warehouses Getting Most of Grain Bus iness of Palouse Country. CMEIi THE NEW HOME OP THE r GEO. II: TYSON INSURANCE AGENCY established grades that had not baan previously sstabllshed. In ' July. llOt, the attention of tha Letter Carriers 71 Hnui .TL . '1 assoclaUon. Mrs. Campbell Is ons of I . . ufI,fft unreysd. Tha th oprators of tha W eat era Union who Inl lust M M L a a I.. . . . . . . m . nun snows es,ivi. July's surveys for streets opened, wld- sned or extended amounted to f.m lln al feat whUs in lt0 they totaled S.all year ioj.040 lineal der oonstruotion was uneaj xt. This year rest or city work un restakad. Last year tba equaled tt.UQ Uiual feat.. Taring Olran Zmparaa, In tha streets cross-sectioned during JUlT ' Dresaratorr to maklnar aatlmataa in accordance with petition or reaolutlon. a aeciaea preierenoe ror oituiiinio is shown. This Is particularly true of tha residential streeta This rear durlns Jul7'S.90 lineal feat of straat was cross-sectioned for bltullthlo. Last year tba inalgnlfloant sum of 110 lin eal fast was anrveyed for that pave ment. Gravel aurveys this year reached .140 feet, while Julr. l6t. shows a survey of (,8S0 feat Macadam has fallen off In nubllo ravor. it ssems, ror mis year tna juiy survaT shows 1.160 lineal feet for that material, as compsred with 7.610 lineal feet In July. 10. Earth sradlns called for l,i0 feet of cross-section this July, in comparison with is. loo feet last year. (loecUI Diapateh ta Tea JearsaU . aarfleld. Wash., Aug. JO. The farm- era of the Oarfleld district are not II. a a aasr a. . irrler. has bean called I I'hici exuveu war voe ss-oant mxwm of the Letter Carrier's charge on grain made br the ware- housemen of (he Palouse country. They do, however, resent a clause In eon- psny when the walkout oocurred and tracts made by some of the old-Una who Is still working for ths company. oompanies reading aa follows The report haa baan circulated that I Ail loss or dsn refused to quit the employ of the com-1 Eeady to Go Out at a Mo ment's Notice Practic- al)y All New York Brokers Sign Union Scale--Both Sides Confident. 5 both Superintendent Klinoel of the O. R. A N. and Smith of the Northern Ps rea taking I clflo have refused to employ striking operators on tne railroad they made application for positions. Ths strikers claim that none of the commercial operators have applied for piacea wiui me rauroaa ouicee. none or the positions nave been va cated. At the Office of the Westarn TTnlnn Manager Dumars states that business Is being- handled readily, and that he has all the oparatora he need a. He ez- preases himself as satisfied with the iiusuon. ins same sentiment la ex pressed at the office of the Postal com pany. Assistant Superintendent Blake ion iaai nigra ror BpoKane; where he will make aa attempt to get the office vr mm company into good running ordsr. jam return of Mrs. Dolphin to her key In the Postal office leaves ths earns mm dc r or operators as before the ds- Aaman ta Bald rretn bv fire la assumed by the holder of this receipt All right of subrogation or recovery for leas or damaea by firs res whsa I Injury or otherwise either against ths positions. I see company or the railway com pany tinon whoss land ths bulldlnss containing this grain are located is by tne acceptance or tola receipt specinc- ( Journal Special Servlet.) Nnr Tork. Aug. JO. Cable operators I all over the United BUtes will probably ally waived by the owners or holders be on strike before midnight They are I tnereoi." holding themseWea in readiness t gel higher SJtKt 'oo'st.' aV.n ut m,nut- noUc- more to do business today thsn It did I dent Small, rrecucauy an oroasrs ten or even five years aso. Therefore! ,I,.M - , 4 4 .1 I poet the elevator companleo to put in siawauv- the contracts a stipulation that "all oal strike haadquartars It was declared ly' J?.mf-Lr -V", bJ. that the business of both companies re- earned, but the clause whereby the rail-1 way company is not responsiDie is wnati ths wheat grower a do take exception to. Tbe warehouses located on the railroad right of way are always In more or less narture of Mr. Blak. The Aaeoclated Press is In thm umi I dancer of catchlnc on fire In the dry ail .w. , .u. .... I condition that has held for tha n I season of the year by BDarks from dsss- l.:rmi. Bl ,".r complete aral H,v U.r D v u:.r.r:...:: Inr Mfliiu - - Diana ana uiimit,,. i nnnim n m m 1 1 rmu :: . u. . tutmu bwiv i v : eeaary data, nave been prepared by the InI02,1Von",wln CmJ,Vn.1 hv la- J city enslneir-a force to, fh. lmnVlrl! P1?. during the past 14 houra Pothlng, . . . . J . r . I . 1 WB 1 1 V hAWAVAi. ,Wam V. . k. and express eorapanlss are being freely uaed to transmit msssagss paid for by the publio at full telegraph lo rates, and that the optimistlo statements rrom tns company officials are not true. Messages Axe Mailed. "Comparatively no business Is being received the regular way," declared ment of 178 streets, the extension of II streets and the construction of l sew era Thess figures Indicate the amount of work beln turned out br tha fnrna under City Engineer Taylor. band farmers are laying low saying Deputy Prasldsnt Thomsa "The malls but "sawing wood to beat the anJ the express companies are handling as one wneatgrowsr puts It AS is Mr cant of tha telarranh comDanlaa' ther farmer outs It! "Ths only wit k...1.... t vt. i. k.i.. w f uuhs is w. m. sa luia saaausa a mm uwius - tHEAVY BLASTING RESULTS FROM MANY IMPROVEMENTS ABOUT CITYl , , kuwiv umm uwn no I r ha n arm in anv rf K .ffl... rpw. Hn I tnO way operators still continue to cut in on determine whether the farmers are m,d, to keep up routine appearanoes tha Western Union bualnaaa whar.u.. I Plaaaed With this railway Clause In thell.h tha ranbaat mathnda nf Aaoantlon it passes throush railway offioaa and wd-llne companies', contracts Is to .visit fw, rn Island tha talerranh eomoaalaa thus obstruct business In spite of the T'Tl" u ' 7',Vr!!?0.u."w " ai.i!, .I. are eomplately tied up, and buslnsss is JSTVS. l..HL S.!2?JW!!: SSKSS."". f th?ha.Ulnd.,n.'ntdr2n,t IKWA Jersey. ReporUfrom about the same as has been disposed of E?.'?":. .i?" w" AWI ? "P?.!. Uon to be universal. i for ssveral days and there seems to be .h. ihS. ai- Telegraphers Insist that the public m chance for any Increase until some I !, w",,wll0 th wheatgrowere are 0,, ontr,90Uaiy deceived and Settlement IS arrived at. Tha mn.-1 . . . I nnlnl tn mnn in n nmnt In fnur ta a. boys of the Westsrn Union are still be re'tUnHh? sraa t buff oh.wheit members 'received In head- blocking delivery so effectively that I KLU"5 l?S V??1 J?"i ' 'A. Quarters In the past 4S houra These it it r mi j .nm even Mr. Dumars sUtes thst this Is the oarf laid. uation. 0.JLtTOUbIe,'om It- whVerbul dlna eu'vatoVVat Cbtr! . te mesMges were filed In Terre , . . , , Heavy blasting la In progress In Port . . - i land, especially in tbe southern part of "; ;. the city, on the WUlamstte heights, and .' above the Oaks ear line, where the P- ' i clflo Bridge company is tearing out tbe ; .bluffs ana using tbs material In making , .'fills In iba esst side warehouae dla i . ' trlct In tkrath Portland the WUlam I . atte Valley lactiic road la cutting a way through the rocky hills, which re quires ths explosion of a vast amount ' -of slant powder. Tbs street grading ' .'work that Is going on In ths heights " district of South Portlsnd also neces- i aitntes considerable blasting:' V A large amount of grading Is being i ei . v r . .. . m' H1UU HL lkiila. I 'm ram 111(1 IJnMl n. done on Wlllamstts Hslshta much at 1Mf.n ,n '.."' . ohanga in Johnson a c.a. ha nr.ar.ta nn tha Nebraska, and simultaneously letters .kit. . .-. m . I l"o. situation, either in ravor of the I Nnrth.r. PaMiA m.t.A u.nrn. I ware posted. The envelopes were re-1 r.r.0J Price oompsny. grslnbuy.rs at OtA calved 4 houra aheadol the meesages. which reqnlrea the use of powder, in many east side districts, where street grading is In progress, an occasional snot nas to do put in to blow out boulder thst sbouldsrs up too close thst the overwork snd continued strain under which ths strikebreakers are working In the Western Union and Postal offices Is lessening the power of ins computes, locally, to Handle In the week. Moat Of tha heavy detonatlnna that much business sa waa tha run aarllar re nnara in foruand are caused by the blaetlns; that la being done along the line of the 11111 road on the north bank pr the Columbia river. From Cape Horn west to Vancouvsr a large rt of this road bed Is being cut through basaltlo formation, which requires aa immense amount of blasting. BQOSEVELT REFUSES (Continued from Page On a) SUICIDE NOT DUE (Continued from Page One.) , that seta others to thinking about It and brooding over it and aometlmee several Suicides occur close together aa.an out .growth of the first It aeema to me to i ba a psychological effect Perhaps life rgets too strenuous at this time and the more strenuous it Is ths more people are .tempted tft leaya if DM to Very ons Tone. . Tt la merely a matter of coincident suicides," ssld UT. W. T. Williamson, ' and I should not say that the weather was responsible, individual cases are always traceable to causae which hap pen to operate at a certain time. Dur ing the eummer, on account of the heat, the nervous t tone of the Individual Is not -so good as at other times, and this may servs to weaken his bold on snd desire for life. But I should not say thiat was a cause, but that It Is merely a condition which cooperates with the resi causes, Dr. Henry Waldo Cos. who waa In act. iva charge of the Crystal Springs sanl- - isruun i or yeara, pronounces tne preva- iBncv ?r suiciae inis monjn to cornel dance only. . . Or. Co Says Bnggsatloa. ' The weather has nothing to do with It I think," be said. "It Ts a strsnge thing that I was at my sanitarium for nervous diseases for 10 years and there waa not one suicide, but suddenly there were three inside of 10 days. Of course. melancholy patients have a tendency toward suicide. I think suggestion has more to do with the matter than the weatnor. Aemeiancnoiy person gets to brooding over his troubles, and the news mat soma ons else haa committed sui cide will suggest to him the same means of getting rid of his troublee and he wui orooa over tne laea till it fasci nates him." Coincidence, gay jyT, Yeuaey. Tt may be Just a coincidence." said Dr. Robert C. Yenney, secretary of the state board of health, "but It usually happens that suicides, like accidents, come In a cycle. "-or instance we are apt to say at the hospitals that if we have one case ' of fracture at the hospitals we will have numerous ones within the next s)sw days. It Is also true to a certain ttent with suicides. Of -course there is usually a ressonabls explanation behind any superstitious belief. 'Tn the case of the broken limbs the real trouble la apt to be that the walks are Icy and that numerous people slip and fracture an arm or a leg. And there must be some equally common-sense explanation of the suicide epidemic "It Is frequently said that bad weather causes an epidemic of sulcidea I am Inclined to think that it may bavs thst result in some plaoes, but cer tainly the weather for the psst month here has been nearly Ideal. It ts pos 5,bA .LhA- the explanation Ilea in the ffct .th" M A, often hen claimed, the citlsens of Portlsnd really feel bet ter snd more amhlrlnna mH Vi-..- faith in themselves when it Is rainy. 2-anaoe Is Malay Weather. "There is something ,hnnt th. i.l health-alvina rains of Pnrtlan th.t makes for health. I have actually found that people here are In a more normal condition of body and mind dur lns the rainv unann than 4n..in a -r -mwi, uhi sss an a.sa ss dry aummav mnn,h bo it is possible that the panacea for suicidally Inclined persons Is to be found in Portlands rainy season. That uio oujuemiB la mrnnM tn u. l n itself and has not spread throughout tha country districts of ths state la ahown y ino autiaucs in ut. xennsya of flea rhlch reveal the Intaraatina- tm ,v... wui a uvbliib 1 rum BUlRina tiava am. curred in the entire stste of Oregon since tne nrst or the year outalde of a vi t,ievii puwpvr. STEIKEBS PLAYING (Continued from Page One.) been offered a large-slssd bonus If ha would remain with the company during 111 UVUUIO. The strikers are slmnlv raattna- nn their arms and making no effort to nsmper tne western Union. Pnatal and the Associated Press other than to re main a war xrom tne seva. Thaw in optimistic and say that the companies are in as bad a way now as at any mum Billow mm ucKinnina oi ins striKe. or worse if possible. They stats that the small force of non-union operators Which is now On duty In the citv la ha. coming worn wui oy us long and try' in experience ana mat it is only a ma tier or a rew nays until some aarraa. slve move must be planned bv the com. Closed All Day Tomorrow Marking down all remaining Summer Shoes preparatory to our Semi-Annual House -Cleaning Shoe Sale Which Begins Thurs day, Aug. 22d See tomorrow's paper for full par ticulars of the most extraordinary reductions ever quoted oij high grade footwear. ROSENTHAL'S Corner Seventh and Washington Shortly aftsr ten o'clock this morn ing President Roosevelt and party reached the harbor from Oyster Bay on board the government yacht Mayflower. The approach of the yacht was through a lane of eight battleshlpa The son fighters were in gala attire. As the Mayflower steamed down the column of vessels each In turn greeted the presi dent, who occupied the bridge of the trim yscht, with a salute of twenty one guna Ooremor (treats Frealdent. Governor Guild and his staff were on hand to extend an official greeting .to the visitors In behalf, of the state pf Massachusetts. On landing the pres ident and his party were escorted by a guard of honor a short distance to Town Hill, where the exercises of the amy. were held. The great throng on J101?, tre-tehed rrom the waterfront to the hill. The doors, windows and roofs vi me iisiung nouses, storss and dwell- uisa wonr me way wsrs wronged with men, women and children desirous of getting a view of the nation's chief The exercises of laying ths corner stops were In charge of the Grand Lodge of the Masonio Order of Massa chusetts, and the Grand Master J.. Hen ry Blake conducted the ritual. The speech of the president was delivered from a spacious stand erected on the aide of the hill. Other speakers In cluding Governor Guild and United BUtes Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and town. .f 'leers and monumsnt association officials. When the exercises were closed the distinguished guests were esoorted to tba town hall, where a ban quet waa spread In their honor. Tha monument for which tha .nm atone waa laid today Is the outcome of a long but friendly controversy between Provlnoetown and Plymouth over the question as to which niace ha tha prior olaim to the Pilgrim fathera Its erection Is dus to ths snternrlaa nf th Cape Cod Monument association, which has raised t,000 through public and nHVAt tlHa4t4sti rka ea.,lkl .... w'vs v'vss. asses icuciM vVBrn- ment contributing $40,000, the state of Massachusetts 125,000 and the town 16.000 of the amount. Bsaoon for Tsaasla. The memorial Is to be located nn tha top of Town HU1, the highest land in the town, from which It will rise to the height of S60 feet It will ha hntit of solid granite. One of the purposes or tne structure is that it may serve as a beacon to vessel s passing around the cape during the daytime. Within the monumanL whan u t finished, there will rest in the walls I some lav taoiet stones, all commem oratlvs offerings from aa many New cne-iana towns, ana wicn earn atnna property inscrioea. rurtner than this will be three esnecialrr !ntraHnv stones, all from England and each com- memorsuTe oi some important circum stsnce or event connected with tha com ma oi me rurnmi. One stone is inscribed. "ITrnm tha home of Bradford, " the piece coming from Austerfleld, England. A second is a gixt rrom jsngzisn historians. In scribed. "From the church at Leyden, Holland, the tarrying place of the Pil grims." The third stone Is a triangle wucn naraor material presented by the Women's Suffrage .Association of England, and Inscribed. "From the church at Delfthaven." This block was taken from the alter of the sanctuary where the final orayer of the departing There are to be no winding stairs In the monument and visitors ascend ing to the porticoed plasa at the top will do so by means of an Inclined winding plane. From the monument's ioity qutiooK u wiu t9 possible to view the whole region which tha Plla-rlma explored in their search for an abiding field, are all Independent rreinhuvera. There has been no bresk in the It la safe to aav that the farmers are oucn ripurw axe avauro. ini getting tired Of trusts and it looks new onion officers deny most smphatlcally very much aa if the Independent buyers that a alngle striker baa applied for re were going to corral the entire wheat Inetntement." crop of the Palouse country. Now It is to aire the fsrVnsM a eousSi deal if OPPOd to this is the statement of are already murmunngs, and ir a square . " . 'a ' mm ,,itZl ta a nrth.mi.. th. I a mill race, and. so far as the strike : .-..-....... .. mi Im tha 1. a nouse men, o: snondsnt has will be a system of wsrehouees erected, owned and controlled by the wealthy Not. 542 to 346 Sacramanto Strtet, Sag PrgacUoo A MONO tha first Insurance offices to ba relocated In tha burned district ts permanent quarters la tha George H. Tyson Agency. Tha companies rep resented by this office are as follows: German-Amartcan Insurance Co. of New Tork. Phoenix Insurance Co. -of Hartford. German Alliance Insurance Association of New Tork. Protector Underwriters of Hartford. ' These companies represent asssta aggregating nearly 126,000,000. and have paid losses during over half a century of existence amounting to over 1I, 000,009. Lossss la the San Pranolsoo lire aggregated nearly lf.000,000, and were paid promptly and In full In accordance with the record of theaa great oompanies made In every conflagration In this country. It ts needless to say that companies of such standing" ars receiving the liberal patronage of tha public, which they deserve. Tha Pacific Department offices of thess companies now occupy tha entire building on the northeast corner of Lsldesdorff. and Sacramento streets and are equipped in a moat modern way with every convenlenoe possible. They are well worthy of Inspection. The 8an Francisco Are did not sxhauat 10 ner cent af tha aaata nf tha oompanies in question, showing the strsngth of theee companies, as well aa the conservative way in which they accept business, It has been the motto of this office for yeara to issue conflagration-proof policies, which waa only too well illustrated in the Ban Francisco catastrophe. r another year the cnrrT mattera. that le cloeed. As for the tear- ft on rood authority there ,n dowI Western Union signs in ?" f00 auinonty, tnerei .. -.nMl atraia-ht. upstate towns, we are rapidly straight- sning out in sinus in tn service." From th postal spokesman, Vice- wheatgrowe throughout the lsngth p fiy,,. p".rnh1. T and breadth af tha Paiauaa muntrv I President IS. J. Naliy, comes this Stste- "a 0 0 01 yM0U country. ment. ..j btUwV9 backbone of ths USE tENCE TIMBER (Contlnusd from Page One.) strike Is already broken. Conditions are improving In all our centers, especially in the south, where tba men are coming hack rapidly. In spite of this optimistic statsmsnt Assistant Manager John Whalsn of the Postal wss busy among the Pickets in City Hall park today trying to psrsuad tnem to return to wora. xne picaets livsred at the docks for $5 a cord. At present no arrangements about deliv ery have been made, slthourh to se cure teams and Insure ths delivery of paid no attention to his appeal that the tne wood at up-town points it may be company neeaea tnem. necessary for tha federation to call In Special Wire for Resident. UUUilUV I n.A wUm -v... WAnt tA thA AAMnhMW wim jmmmof. i nesaquartera ror money aue tnem tney '"The matter Is now with tbe federa- found their slips marked "final" Instead tlon." said Mr. Peno. "If thev wiah tn I of "discbaraed." as is usual when era take 10,000 cords they are welcome tolployee are released from the service. them as I do not cars to so into the I Borne Of tbe strikers complained that wood business myself. I have a tug I they did not get all the money the and am willing to build barges for the western union owes tnem. sna were hauling of the wood from the mouth of told to see the superintendent This my flume at Holbrooke slough to ths was to be for th purpose of bringing city, but I do not feel that I can rent the officials Into touch with individual teams and wasons for tha dallvarv nt I strikers. the wood. If I did anything It would President Roosevelt, in his Oyster be necessary to purchase the teams and I ay camp nas been naving all sorts ut nave tnem SDsoiuteiy under the con trol of the party selling the wood." If the plans of the federation can be successfully carried out, exorbitant wood charges will be a thing of the paat in Portland. "We are hoping to be assured of suf ficient support on the part of the publio to warrant our going into the business, and we shall certainly do so." said Har ris. "It will msan that wood will be sold here next winter at lower prices than ths trust is charging now, and that will be of Inestimable benefit not only to the workingmen, but to all residents of the city." MARRIED LIFE (Continued from Page One.) ty in Keeping m teiegraphio of dlfflcu communication with the White House, The western union, after several em phatlo complaints, has succeeded in stringing a direct wire which runs through none of the railroad tslesrsbh offices. Official messages are now free from the troublesome punctuation of "scan" interposed by sympathetic rail road operators. BROKERS SIGN UP New York and Chicago Unionize Offices. Honaea Carmack alleges her husband threat ened to cut her clothes into ribbons if she dared to go out without him. At various times during the psst sev eral months Mrs. Csrmsck alleges her nunDsna ass numiuaiea ner Der ore relatives and friends in charging her with things that he knew he could not f rove. His character assaults were per ioularly provoking and unwarranted, she contends, in connection with visits or ner motner. (Joan il Special Servlea.1 Chicae-o. A uk. 20. All but six broker age houses here have signed the agree ment presented to them by the teleg rapher' union, providing for a closed shop and absolute recognition of the union. In the six houses which refused to sign the agreement 14 operators CHANGES IN WELCH FRANCHISE PROPOSED SDeeial Dlanateli ta Tha Saaraal Saem. Or.. Aug. 20 At a meeting Of the city council yesterday evanin- tha appuinioa o oonsiaer tne franchise applied for soms time ae-o by A. Welch reported, recommending aevvraa vourbi xrom tna CAnflitmna proposed by Welch himself. The most Important of thsss were the following: t.th! frjmchlss should be granted for 2S instead of SO years. That no fare a-reatar than a aanta ha charged on any Tine operated under the frsnchlss, and that transfers be is sued on all other Unas under tha same management That th comnanv ba raontraA ia.v. certain specified changes in the proposed TOvtJi..t tlL 4'ffer"nt. Unes, and that conditions be Impessd to better pre serve th City's control oyer tha nlaJTlna- Of poles and wires, , That a bond of $5,000 be required of A, Welch for the faithful performance of his part of the franchise and .the franchise be forfeited On all atraata nn which line ars not in operation within two yeara. , ' walked out. It is also reported in ad vices from New York that all but one pr two of the brokerage houses there have signed the agreement Since the strike was declared there has not been a brighter day for the operators than today. Ontimlatln ra. ports continue to come from tha com panies, but they are discredited and it Mra Carmaolr nnnM,M.. v.-- I , . """V fnciui)f wi aniue un vuurv iu siiow oer ou She 'iYo rVaue'st. he tTo Veftn NO MESSAGES PROM SOUTH her husband from disposlne- of any of his real CStats or an v nart nf hla 1alXflAA l OI.I.1 e a.i business. Among other things she P w ovm "ulcr ciums tnai ner nusoanq has in his which ha it Jtiin(n ithAiiT h.i a I. xnm teiegrspn wirss netween Port- ine amroai is reported to be a valuable ing thfouirh The lass wiri fnrnianVui .0tno?tdtoh?t.COrUtgrht u.roTnVrUd tC SwSaTSiSS1 The valua nlRrt i,nnn th. ." th? cpmmercia.1 wires. In explana- &wffits?ii rit?sr fnrniamr & p mVTrsheam;.? couldlnbVr0.Upi,?edCO,nml'8,0nn "ntU M,H i Ml.a,uH ' , , , ' " u.iu.u vv nm rfuuriwi inai triers was erty in question lneludss two lots meas- I mv trnuhia nn tha r.iifnrni. ZZa nrtna- las rt u,h At rxr i -. v .7 : uiu - - " - . . . . wuVWJl. upon wnicn is built ths family home; nine acres of ground, fronting the Powell road and 1$ acres of land else. where In Multnomah county. The prop erty upon which the home stands Is valued at 12,600. Kosenthal's Closed Tomorrow, Shos sals starts Thursday. Wait i i . i i Drowned While Fishing. Vancouvsr. B. C.. Aur. 80. Fran tr Me. Gllllvray, son of the oroprletor of the hotel at Lytton. wss drowned yestardav He was fishing and fell into the water and waa carried away by the Swift cur rent. Stated the wires were worklne- In nnr mal oondltion. This statement waa made in contra diction to the explanations offered earlier in the day to the hmVnra mnA other people having leased wires to the south. It is the opinion here that althar a forest fire has destroyed communica tion or else the railroad operators havs rounded the wires at anma nnlnr thn putting them out until repaired. osenthal's Closed Tomorrow. Shoe sale starts Thursday. Walt. With Character' 1 "A private residence park." A'homesite where the high grade of improvements, deiihtful and ideal lo cation, abundance of natural shade, sunshine, air and ease of access are attracting the very best class of permanent home builders- men and women who ap preciate the value of rigid building restriction and the great possibilities for comfortable, convenient and ar tistic homes. It is an opportunity for investment you simply cannot afford to overlook. Portland's great and rapid growth and the choiceness of the property absolutely guarantee a rapid and steady advance in value. See it today get acquainted with its charms and worth, then ask yourself whether you can afford to delay another hour in selecting your lot. Alberta car to East Twenty-seventh, go three blocks north to Killingsworth avenue. F. B. H0LBR00K CO. I F. E. SCHWAN, Agent aso stark St. none Mala 63. On grounds all ths tints, vm ana stuungsworm. PORTLAND CRICKET CHAMPIONS AT VANCOUVER, B. C. (Special Diapatcll to Tba Journal.) Vancouver, B. C. Aug. 20. The Inter national cricket tournament opened yes terday with six teama entered, Vancou ver, Burrarda, Portland. Washington, Victoria, and Vernon. Two matches were played, Victoria and Washington, and Portland and Vernon. Victoria de feated Washington 163 runs to 74. Port land won from Vernon by the aoore of 171 runs to 98. Tomorrow Burrsrds will plsy Portland and the Vancouver and Washington teama will meet Metxger'a eye glasses, 11. Hi Wash. TIMBER DEAL ON VANCOUVER ISLAND aaasssssBSBSBSsalBasai (Special Dispatch to Tbe JosrssL) Vancouver, B. C, Aug. 20. .The B. F. Graham Lumber comnany of Los An geles haa purchased coal and timber iana on Vancouver island ror seoo.ouu, Sawmills will be erected at once. The first mill planned will have an output oi svu.wuw reel aauy. f The People of France are beginning to realise that thev have their own problem of women and child labor. Th government statistics unon the subject are attracting attention, and the news papers are treating the matter aa a se rious proDiem. . xot u mx.ua and lose all Interest when help la within reach. Herblne will make that liver perform lta duties properly. J. B, Vaughn. Elba. Ala. writes: "Bain a constant sufferer from constipation and disordered liver, I have found Herblne to ba the best medicine, for these trou bles, on th market I have ussd It constantly. X believe it to be the best medicine of Its kind, and I wish all suiierers irom tnese trouoies to know ths good Herblne haa done ma Sold hv .11 -I I r COFFEE The - responsible man is the roaster; his is th e name to go-by.v Tear grecer r rare rear ajosar U yea dost iksScailliag'sBsst, , , $10 "The Piano Store on Burnside Street" DOWN AND $6,00 A MONTH WILL BUY A MAGNIFICENT PIANO ' We have hundreds of customers who say our pianos at $280 are superior to retailers' pianos at $400. Try a Reed-French piano for 30 dayssend it back if you don't like it THE REED-FRENCH PIANO CO O. W. KENNEDY, Manager. . r SIXTH AND BURNSIDE m