THE
OREGON.; DAILY' ' JOURNAL, PORTLANDS THURSDAY EVENINO.
SEPTEMBER . 12, 1907.
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with the subject that water transpor
tation Is the cheapest form o( trans-
imdbfkndent newspapk. ' i portation. Thii being so, tow city
.. I la an altnntat that it Is mathamtitJ
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THE JOURNAL
pBhn.h r.ry rminc ipt "" icauy aemonstraDie mat u mo nai-
nr Similar moraine, at Tb Journal Wiel . -,! - ... , tAn.inn-rf if
Inm. WU U an lamMU ts. foriuntt. W. J u'u6 .
fwin, Dy we inevitaDie laws or nature,
be the great commercial city of the
northwest. The enormous possibil
ities of the development of traffic
by waterways can hardly be appre-
roaciaM ajve&tisini ekpbksentatits dated by a study of statistics. It
With
the Columbia and Snake rivers drain
- Catarad if tbe aoetofflc. t PortUDdOf for
TELXFHONS) lUIM TITS.
III Wartmill raachaa br this MmbM.
fVll the aaarata the department ton Want.
lark; Tribes Bofidlo. Chicago.
B pU., ,...12.60 J Ona ajoert..
, , DAILY AND SUNDAY.
.7.60 I Ona month.
There is a wonderful power
In honest work to develop
"latent energies and reveal a
'man to himself. Ian Mac-.laren.
sabacriptioa Tens bj nu to ar ddnaa jng all of the Inland empire, the W1U
P.T-r.T.aSLY. lamette river serving the rich val-
i'".vfiiioAt. " of the same name and with the
tnree streams properly improved,
...I m there could be no Question as to
where the traffic would move. The
place where commerce will nerve
and centre and be distributed will be
the city of the northwest
What therefore Is the most Im
portant subject on which the people
of this city should concentrate their
energies? The question answers lt-
OWNERSHIP OF OUR TIMBER. elf- w DaVe oftett 8al1 would
pay this city and state as a commer-
, TARTLING WORDS were Apoken cIai proposition, to undertake these
at Washington Saturday by improvements If there was no other
; James Wilson, secretary of ag- war to Becnre them. Fortunately
rtculture. He averred that, the president and many of the lead
aside from the forest reserves, one eri of botn parties, as well as ihe
or two men will, within a few years, people generally, are fully aroused
own the entire standing timber, sup- 0D tnis question, and are determined
piy or inw country. tne national government shall do
The aggregate holdings of the one ,ts lduty bjr tne waterways. Now that
or two captains of timber Industry tn mouth of the river Is provided
win De one nrtn or an standing urn- or tne improvement of paramount
ter and equal S 0,0 00,0 00 acres. The importance Is the completion of the
riches, ; that . will come to tnem CelIllo cani Every year's delay
through .that ownership will make cogti the interior In freight rates
stead of through the city along all li an Imperative necessity involves
its streets to a point on its edge. the proposition that there is no other
. This It a proposition that seems man In the country fit for president
to The Journal worthy of careful who can be elected. Is this possl-
consideration before the proposed ap-lble?
proprlatlon Is made and the city is
committed to the policy of main- Mr. Harrlman won't build into
tainlng a crematory at the present oentral Oregon until It contains
site for a few years to come, only enough people .to suit him, and a
to have the problem recur later when great number of people wont settle
It will he far more expensive and in that region nntll It Is supplied
difflonlt to settle it right than It Is with railroads. But we think this
now.
deadlock
long.
will be broken ere very
STILL DUMB ON THE TARIFF.
Statement No. 1 Is not obligatory,
of course, but the people can make
It so br voting only for legislative
message has been given out, candldate8 who subscribe to it. If
LREADT A "FORECAST" of
A the nresldent's next annual
presumably by authority
though it would seem that the pub
lic might reasonably have Inen
spared this for three months yet
concerning which the Los Angeles
Times says:
It is to mean anything, it must be
made practically obligatory In this
way.
Prince William of Sweden, who
ban a eude fellar. aavs he likes
It is particularly satisfactory v xne Aa -. ,,,
ir.af mnlnrlfv nf tha Ratiubllcan DartV
that th president will not at this tim of them as have a chance to get near
them ltMet men on the av least one tnIrd 0f the entire cost
HL.;. BeaiaeTWeirrrtchwthe 6f building the c&hair This fs not
wealth of Rockefeller will be Incon- etteBB work It Is susceptible of ac-
sequential, ;;: ;t ; , s tua, demonstration. There is no
; It la, known that large block of rea.0n why this conaress should ad
Oregon . I timber recently ; changed joarn without placing this work on
hands at', $60; per ; acre. At that L continuing contract basis. If the
jric the S0.000.000 acres the hand- delegations from the three north-
. ful of timber .. kings are to own western BtateB ,uake a unlted de
' would give them a. wealth of 11.800,- mand and perslstently Insist upon It,
000.000, . ;When they are absolute ,t wlll be done Tney wlll do tnlg ,f
masters of the situation, as they will they know a unlyerBal public sentl
be, and when they force up the ment demands It. With 'this state
price of timber lands to several hun- havlng approprlated $300,000 to
drpd dollars an acre, as they are ward9 tne purcha8e of the locks at
. certain to do, what will their weaitn 0regon CUy or tne bulding 0f new
. beT .,,; ,-, ones, it is inconceivable that the gen-
It is proposed to confer added era, government will not meet us in
powers on our central government. tbe same spirit. This is the work
How. has . our central government our .enatori and representatives can
t used its powers, already conferred, do ,f they wlgh t0 earn tQe enduring
in the management or the forest gratitude of their constituents.
landsr Have tne men in autnonty
in that, government, looked. Into the
future, as they should have done,
. and saved the people's timber from
monopolization?. In Canada the
government still , holds the forests
There Is no monopoly by private
THE GARBAGE PROBLEM.
S
OMETHING THAT Portland
through the council atfd mayor
must act upon decisively soon
Is the. matter of the garbage
ownership there. The government j crematory- - Dlsp08ing of a iarge and
" keeps a firm hand on the forests and
In saving them for the benefit of the
".people. When land grants were
' given In aid of the Canadian Pacific,
T0th a sagacity born of simple hon
V eBty or i foresight better than our
,7 own, the governmental authorities
did not confer forest lands, but
withheld them as a resource that
ehould never be allowed to pass Into
; private control. There it is a con
dition of delightful confidence In the
future with the knowledge that the
forests are safe, because they are
still the people's. It suggests that
if we are to give to congress and the
administration added powers of gov
ernment we might do well to study
Canada. It even suggests, too, that
it may be doubtful if the oentral
government has not already all the
power it needs.
touch upon th tariff. There U no rea-
aon apparent to thoae whoa vlewa cen
ter In the great business Interests or
the country for any action on the part
of the president In his message, or of
congress In the coming session, in re
gard to the tariff. There never was a
tariff law so generally effective and so
generally Just to all the Industries of
him like him. But alas! none of
them can marry him.
It would seem that some American
people are actually afraid of a Jap
anese uprising along this oast. This
may occur, but we think it extremely
the country aa the one now In force. Improbable. But if it does, good-
The industries are In a very active con- bye Japs, then and thenceforth
dltlAn and anv disturbance UKeiy to
Hm In th njai flltlir will not COIDI
from the tariff. There Is but one thing csmoaea oui inai lens me
keeping back the continued Increase In whole story of the government's
business activity. The great need of promised resumption of the land
money Is the one restraining factor.
We doubt very much whether the
"vast majority." or any majority, of
the Republican party Is satisfied with
the present tariff, or tha.adm.Inltra
tion's persistent silence, year after
year, on this subject. But if the
present tariff is all right, why does
Mr. Taft, acknowledged the admin
Istration's representative, propose a
tariff revision, however Indefinite,
after the next presidential election?
Why not let It alone? And Isn't
that what Is. really contemplated?
Another myBtery Is why In these
phenomenally prosperous times, with
fraud prosecutions.
So Mr. Heney is coming back after
two or three more Oregon scalps. He
has "a ' bad' record," from " defendants'
point of view.
Some of the big men back In
Washington evidently read The Jour
nal.
The Journals New P
ress
IMPERATIVE NEED OF OPEN
RIVERS.
HE ONE GREAT controlling
factor in commercial life, In the
. growth of a city, and In the
; development of a country is
cheap transportation. Other things
j being equal, that country which can
f, move Its products most cheaply, that
1 city which can distribute at the
feast cost, will eventually, control
vthe trade.
' j The recognition of this principle
led to the building of the Manchester
Ship canal in England, the Kafser
Wilhelm, the Elbe and Trave and
Other canals in Germany, the Wel
land and the aault Ste. Marie In this
country and Canada, and the author
ized expenditure of more than one
hundred millions of dollars on the
Erie canal In Its Improvement by
tbestate of New York. It is the
moving cause for the improvement
of the rivers and waterways through
out': Europe to an extent .that 1b
scarcely believable and with re
sults that are most astonishing.
France in 1880 commenced the im
provements on the river Rhine with
a minimum low water mark of 15
Inches, y Since then, with an expend-
. iture Of ?,000,000, dangerous rocks
have been removed, the chan iel has
been corrected, and falls have been
lengthened, until in :1903 the mini
mum was 65 int!hes'and there Is an
available draft of 63 Inches for S54
days la the ?6tJTM rirr.Iiaa Ajcary
swift current which Is gradually be
ing overcome la various ways." This
Jh an instance of what can- be done
with a seemingly, unconquerable
growing city's garbage is always a
problem, until It Is settled right.
The main question Just now is
whether to maintain and enlarge the
present, crematory or build a new
one In a more central place. The
existing crematory, it may be con
ceded, has done fairly good work,
but its extreme capacity Is 30 tons
a day, whereas the city's garbage
amounts now to 40 tons a day, and
will steadily and even rapidly in
crease. Ten tons a day of the
lighter, dryer stuff are now burned
outside the crematory, a bad prac
tice for two obvious reasons: It thus
becomes a local nuisance, and it is
needed to help completely burn the
heavier, wetter stuff.
The ways and means and health
and police committees of the coun
ell have recommended an appropria
tion of $60,000 for Increasing the
capacity of the present crematory at
the foot of Twenty-fifth street, on
Guild's lake. How great a crema
tory this will build we do not know,
but since there must be a large ap
propriation might it not be well to
change the site of the crematory andj
build a new one with a capacity of
100 tons a day, enough to serve the
city for many years to come, on a
better site? The present site may
be as good as any, If any site on
the edge of the city is to be selected.
But the mayor thinks that there
should be a central site, somewhere
along the river, so as to effect a
great saving in hauling. It Is ap
parent without argument that as an,
isolated proposition this would be a
good one. The cost of hauling would
be reduced by a large percentage,'
and this would amount to thousands
of dollars a year supposing the city
to do the work, as It should and
an increasing amount continually.
Why not then get a new site now
and effect that saving henceforth,
even at a considerably larger initla
tory expense?
It is Bald, and we think It is true,
that a proper crematory will emit
no offensive odors or smoke what
ever this must of course be guar
anteed. The wagons can be made
practically odor-tight. An up-to-date
crematory is no more offensive,
except in the Imagination, than a
mill or factory, perhaps nqt so much
so s some necessary . Industrial con
cerns. This being so, there should
be no great objectlonto the location
of a big modern crematory at some
central point, where all hauling
j would be down hill, from the out-
From the Spectator
The arrival of a new press In town
I have always considered of more lm-
a greater circulation per capita than portance than the coming of a pros-
ever before, and nearly all money pective real estate buyer. The rich
supposed be in circulation, and visit is exP?rimenta1; h. may not
great crops and good prices, "the enough, the trade does not warrant the
great need of money" should be expenditure; or because the Interest is
lrnpnlnirfcifick the continued increase Hkely to be too small. But there Is
l MvlHoo " Wo ran aa """ nuuui a. now pr
" V " the business has got to be here before
but one solution to this dark prob- the big machine Is ordered; with every
lem; in revising the tariff, raise the rLreVr r.
Hiitlaa- to lr a mnrfl mrmpv frnm the tne last to reel the policy or expansion.
" ' v v ' t The new press Is a better trade and
people ana give li lO me nara-up population barometer than bank clear-
4 . r-v, v,i. I. v,a ,0i t) InKS or postofflce figures. And that Is
trusts. Perhaps this Is the real Re- why j m Klad t0 8welcome the hug.
nubllcan tariff revision scheme. maenme mat une journal is puttir-g in.
. . It Is a straight-line, sextuple machine
Portland will never deserve to be- ana tn. i&rgesi tnat nas come to the
nor nWAftl. T Aim rnlrl it Anmm m. vaHrv
come what it ought to and with com- of things indeed, the monater la a
paratlv. ease may become until it iftw M'SSd Whav1.
exerts itself far more actively to Be- a capacity of 48,oo 12 pages an hour.
That means 800 Journals, printed,
cure trade by water as well as rail pasted, cut, folded and counted every
minute. it will turn out a 41-page
paper at one Impression, but of course
the numbor of copies an hour is
materially reduced. The Journal's two
presses will have a total capacity of
1 2,000 12-page papers an hour. I am
told ihat The Journal's circulation has
Increased from 2,000 In 1902 to over
28,310 this year.
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To commemorate entrane -on Its
slxyi year The Journal will publish a
mammoth edition tomorrow something
over 160 pages, which Is the biggest
thing in dailies west of the Rockies.
Pictures will bo used to tell the stories
of Oregon's resources and growth, and
a glanoe wlll show the wonderful ad
vance we are making. Every interest
in the city and state will be adequately
pictured; each county will have a story
setting forth its advantages.
routes especially to Alaska and
southwestern Oregon points. The
unpleasant truth but one that must
be stated with Iteration Is that
this city has "laid on its oars" and
not "rustled" for this trade, and Is
not doing so now as it should. While
criticising the rest of Oregon for
not improving its opportunities we
must In fairness give Portland
lecture too.
Must people of certain races pretty
nearly confine themselves to certain
countries? Or, more specifically,
must Asiatics, with certain specific
exceptions, keep out of the United
States and Canada? This seems to
be a large and growing question
which John Bull as well as Uncle
Sam must consider. No doubt a na
tion can pass whatever Immigration
laws it pleases, but this applies to
Asiatic as well as other nations. One
thing seems certain; the Pacific coast
of America will insist on keeping out
Asiatic laborers.
The need of a new court house is
not very pressing yet. Some years
ago some officials thought there must
be a new court house right away,
but they and their successors have
got along fairly well ever since. A
larger county building Is desirable
and must be provided before very
long, but perhaps the county would
better reduce taxes for awhile rather
than erect a new building.
It Ucoaccdei by everyone familiar j skirts of the city to this center, in-
At last, after many years' resist
ance, the English house of lords has
yielded to the pressure in favor of
the deceased, wife's sister's bill, so
often passed by the commons, and
passed the bill. So contrary Is hu
man nature that we rather expect
that now no Englishman will want
to marry his deceased wife's sister.
The movement for a police patrol
automobile Is a good one. An auto
mobile for the police department
would be a good investment. A city
of Portland's size, both as to popu
lation and area, heeds at least one
such vehicle in its patrol business In
order to be up to date.
Duplicate editions or tne at
containing the pictures will be printed
One wlll be on fine plate paper and,
with the news section, will sell for SI
a copy; the other will be In the regular
journal snape. riny tnousand copies
of the anniversary number wlll be
Issued, and' the cost of publication will
be $20,000. From the advance sheets of
the great paper I believe It wlll prove
of Immense good to Oregon. "The only
regret The Journal has," Mr. Jackson
says, "is that It Is not even better than
It i." Well, the best Is a trifle hard
to better.
But whan China wakes up and gets a
move on. can wapan control iw . .
The Sunday Journal was a surpri
lhgly great paper, say they all
Bryan draw a large crowd at Boise,
but not as great as the Haywood trial
aid.
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' Mr. Rockefeller says that now he eaa
eat anything, nut can ne aiiora out
terf . . fi
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The Taft literary bureau must be
rather expensive, but he has a million
aire brother. '
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If Roosevelt hasn't enough to do, na
might aend an expedition to rescue Kald
Dir uenry MCL-ain.
Another thing to the credit of Ameri
can women la that Oeorge Bernard Shaw
does not admire them.
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While hopraisers are looking rather
glum, pruneralsera are smiling. Both
have their ups and downs.
Having sobered up John I 8ullivan
and braced up Secretary Root, Billy
Muldoon'a reputation is safe.
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' Oh, vea. there are times and occa
sions when the Dollticlans consider the
oonatitutlon as a very aaered thing. ,
The Seattle Swede who whipped sev
eral Japs says he did ao as an Ameri
can. The country can t go Daca on mm
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Fighting the trusts without striking
at the high protective tariff Is like
clubbing the top branches of a upaa tree
to kill it.
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And then perltaps it was The Journal
that reminded the authorities at Wash
ington that there were laud-fraud cases
In Oregon to try.
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Senator Foraker saya he will work
for the Republican candidate, whoever
he may be. Still, he might win In spite
of this handicap. (
But when that artist. Earle, and his
new wife discover that they are not
affinities, there will be more trouble
aa there should be.
How can a first lieutenant in our
army properly shine on only 1126 a
month? Privates don t have to shin
except the officers' shoes.
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- A new etery ef --eheetfog-ee!
says the victim's "heart was literally
cut Into ribbons." Then 'literally'
must have gained a new meaning.
In the recent Filipino election Agul
naldo received one vote. Without' In
formation showing It to be Impossible,
It Is supposed he cast this vote him
self. e
If Taft becomes president, he will at
least know that an Important part of
the United States lies west of the Mis
sissippi river, and even west of the
Rocky mountains.
Oregon Sidelights
Fine banana muskmelons are raised
near Athena.
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Many real estate sales are occurring
around Bonanza.
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The hay crop around Imnaha is a
third better than usual.
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A Vale man thinks he has struck
crude oil near that town.
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Bandon Is the areatest seaside resort
in Oregon, asserts the Recorder.
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Sentember la freauently the finest
month of the year at the beaches.
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An Albanv cat IS years old la con
stantly growing smaller and Is becom
ing gray.
A lot or building win De done in
Canyon City during the next year, says
the agie.
Down at Wedderburn. R. D. Hume.
the hi man of southwestern Oregon.
pulls off horse races frequently.
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The first golden wedding ever cele
brated in Harney county was that of
M. Faricer ana wire last. weea.
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There Is a constant stream of ship
ments from Union, not duplicated by
nv town of similar size in eastern
Oregon, says the Republican.
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Hustllnr La Grande has Drenared an
exhibit hall near tne passenger station
In that place. Trains stop at L. uranae
15 minutes, and during the next 60
days thousands of homeseekera wlll see
TIRED OF DELAY
Agent Asserts Forcibly This
Is Last Year They Will
' Be Held Up. .
"Thla la the last year that the War
ren Construction company will permit
Us work to suffer on account ef the
negligence and delay of the city water
deoartment the caa company and the
atreet railway," said A. M. Shannon,
northwest agent of the bitumnio con
farti thla mrirnfna
Our work has ben neia up lor
months, and even years because the
water department rorgoi o nr ua
mains or the gas company us pipes or
the streetcar company Its rails. We
ha.va trii tn work for the best interests
of the city, and where we should receive
at least toanas we- voir oi
Some of our best frlenda have lost faith
in us because they can not see me pre
dlcament we are in.
"Next srjrina- when we secure our con
tracts we shall immediately commence
work on them. We Intend to lay out the
two blocks the city permits us to tear
up, close them to trafflo and complete
the hard surfacing regardless of the
wishes of the three concerna I have
mentioned In the event they have not
proceeded with their work when notice
or tne improvement naa oon given, wa
shall do this, and furthermore once our
pavement Is laid we shall charge the
city of Portland, the gas company or
the streetcar company 15 ror every yara
of pavement they remove to prosecute
their work.
"In arriving at this conclusion we
think we are acting in Justice to our
selves. On many occasions the water
department has rerusea 10 aig us
trenches until we have established the
proper sub-grade. When we have
reached the. proper sub-grade we are
ready to lay the hot auff, and can not
wait for our grading to be disturbed by
ditches. Alter tne pipes nave Deen iaia
we are put to more expense and waiting
in rerolllng it. Tne oniy ming me cuy
saves by this method is cutting through
mf-r Inohaa or less mf around.
We trhelr imt e-aWei.eaaaueta.Aur
hard aurfaolna- on Marshall street be
tween Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth
before the rainy season sets in this fail
because the railroad company has not
laid Its heavy rails. The city has .not
had enough water pipes, so that we can
not continue our work on Union and
nrand avenues. We fee the Inconven
ience as much aa anybody and regret
our Inability to go ahead.
"But the people can not see where
the fault lies and lay the blame entirely
upon us, when It should be consigned to
the three or more concerns I have men
tioned. You will see a different status
of affairs next year, when we inaugur
ate the expensive system of doing
things."
AT THE THEATRES
James as Falstaff Tonight.
Louis James and his excellent sup
porting company will present Shakes
peare's delightful oomedy, "The Merry
Wives of Windsor," at the Helllg thea
tre, Fourteenth and Washington streets,
tnnla-ht continuing tomorrow and Sat
urday nights, with a special-price mat-V
lnee Saturday. Mr. James win oe seen
as Falstaff. Seats are selling at the
box-office of the theatre for the entire
engagement. .
GARBAGE PLANT
Oil 17ATEMIT
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Site ; Fixed Between Steel
TtrlflrrA'fflTirl fWlrfmMo I
: - StreeC
SEVERAL WEEKS' , :v
r FIGHT IS ENDED
Little Reference Made Yesterday to
Sullivan Gulch Location Not In
tentlon of Council to Engender 111
Feellnffof East Sidera. 1 j -t
advance, seal sale will onen to
the box-ornee or
this exhibit.
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Of a Free water man's 18 acres, he
has five acres in onions, "which he says
will yield 350 sacks to the acre, and
they are already contracted at 11.50 a
sack. The balance of his land is plant
ed to potatoes, which will produce a
big yield and for which he expects to
realize ii a nunarea.
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Coos Bay Harbor: Down here in
Coos Bay we eat rock oysters. The
proper way to do It is to open the oys
ter, put a few grains of salt on ".lis tall
and swallow him whole. That s the
way we swallow railroad stories also.
But the truth Is there are 800 men
working on the Drain-Coos Bay road,
and they have bought 150 tons of hay.
so u wui oe Duiit.
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Oak Orove correspondence of Albany
Herald: Four big prunedryera pouring
lonn smoKc 2 nours a nay, ana picaers
scattered an over me orcnarns, wagon
after wagon laden with prunes wend
ing their way toward the dryers, make
one think that Oak Grove Is surely a
busv place, but this Is not all. We have
four big hopvards right at our doors,
wnicn can ror aooui 100 nanas.
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BUREAU WILL SPEAK
Dr. Wilbur F. Crafts to Ad
dress Portland Audiences
During Visit Here.
The East Oregonlan insists that
President Roosevelt should servo for
another term so as to "finish bis
work," ' But even four or five years"
hence 'hls work", would be only be
gun and the same plea could be
made with wore force than now. The
argument that Roosevelt' reelection
Dr. Wilbur F. Crafts, who has re
cently returned from a visit to the far
east, wlll speak at the First Presbyte
rian church next Sunday morning upon
the subject, "World-Wide War Against
the Big-Four Evils." ;
Dr. Crafts is the founder of he In
ternational Reform Bureau, which has
been instrumental in securing the pas
sage of 12 laws by congress. The
movement which is now being under
taken by the reform bureau Is that of
stopping tlio sale of intoxicants and
opium to uncivilized races. This move
ment nas tne approval or reaiuenc
Roosevelt, who has proposed to the
government of Ureat .Britain that tne
British and American governments be
come the leaders of the nations in ac
complishing this reform.
Dr. and Mrs. Crafts have recently
been holding mass meetings in the prln-
ioal cities or tirltlsn Columbia ana
Washington, and they will make a
number of .addresses in Portland. Be
sides Dr. Craft's address at the First
Presbyterian church on Sunday morning
ne win lecture oerore ine x. M. j. A.
on Sunday afternoon on 'World Poli
tics as Related to Markets, . Morals and
Missions. At Taylor street church in
the evening he will deliver his Chautau
oua address on "That Boy and Girl of
yours. '
Mrs. Crafts, who is also a public
speuker of ability, will lecture at the
white Temple on Bunaay afternoon; the
topic. "God Made the World for Women,
Too." -r ';t-;-- ; ;-ai
"During their stay here Dr. and Mrs.
Crafts will be the guests of Dr. and
Mrs. G. U Tufts, and Dr. Tufts, who
Is a sealous reform worker, and who
uldud in securing the local option law
In Oregon and in the crusade against
the jnuiwaukie Rambling club, will ad
dress the congregation of the Sunny
side Methodist church on Sunday morn
ing upon "The Perils , gf, . the , Great
Northwest" . , ,
Beat Sale Opens Tomorrow.
Th
morrow (Frldavt at
the Hem theatre for the decidedly
funnv comedy. "Mrs. Temple's Tele-
f ram." which conwa to the above thea
re next Sunday night. September 16
This Is by long odds one of the most
laughable p.ays ever written.
The Geisha."
The Japanese are now attracting un
usual attention and for this reason
"The Geisha" will be especially appro
priate when the Callfornlans sing It
at the Marquam next week, commencing
Monday night. "The Geisha" is a Jap
anese tea-house opera, with all the
local color and picturesque costumes
and music. The Callfornlans wlll in
troduce a new prima donna next week.
Miss Cecilia Rhoda.
Less than 40 years ago property In
Linn county was valued at $700, and
later at only $1,400. This latter assess
ment caused much complaint at the
time, as the few scattered residents
thought the asseasor had placed the
rate of assessment too high. Last year
ine -assessment was over uy.uuu.uuo.
and this year's assessment roll wlll
probably show more than $20,000,000.
This Date In History.
1218 Albigenses defeated at Muret.
1504 Columbus took final leave of
the new world and sailed for Spain.
140 Lord Stirling, to whom James I
gave a large section of what Is now the
United States and Canada, died in Lon
don, norn i6so.
1727 Monslgnor Mornay. one of the
eariy oisnops or wueDec, aiea.
1759 Wolfe landed troops at Quebec.
1789 Henry Knox of Massachusetts
became secretary of war.
1803 Lord William Downs appointed
chief Justice of Ireland.
Thomas
1810 Philip F.
Maryland, born.
October 2. 1890.
1814 British made
attack on Baltimore.
Died
governor of
In Baltimore,
an unsuccessful
1846 First Mississippi riflemen, un-
Colonel Jefferson
of
the
Mexicans at Fort
der command
Davis, charged
reneria.
1850 Alexander H. H, Stuart of Vir
ginia became secretary of the interior.
1869 National Prohibition party or
ganized at a convention In Chicago.
1893 Governor William McKinley of
unio opened hi campaign ror reelec
tion with a speech at Akron.
The Bohemian Girl."
Portland music lovers appreciate the
performane of the Callfornlans at the
Marquam in "The Bohemian Girl" and
everyone who has attended the opera
this week has gone home dellghtel.
"The Bohemian Girl" Is one open
which appeals to all classes of people.
The lyrics are of the kind which are
rarely found in light opera, being gen
uine melody. ;
The Woman in the Case" at Baker.
Few people have not heard about
"The Woman in the Case" at the Baker
this week, and theatre-goers can, be as
sured that this is one of the really great
nlays of the year. It will be the Baker
lpany s atti
week.
Portland's new $30,000 garbage cre
matorium will be located aome place
on the. west aide waterfront ' between
the Steel bridge and Columbia street.
This much was practically decided
upon yesterday by the city council whan
It refused by a bare majority of one
to sanction the building of, a
crematory on tne 01a site as reoo:
mended Jointly bv the waya and means
and health and police committees.
Esther Pobl. city health officer, and
the health board have won their flcht
for a central and sanitary location and
were given the power to make a selec
tion of any available site on the west
side.
Strange as It may seem, in view of
the fact of tne determined flvht aaalnst
locating the Incinerator made In com
mittee, little, reference waa made to
the Sullivan guloh site. A large dele
gation from that portion of the otty
was present to look after Its Intereats,
but the council had no Intention of try
ing to force a crematory on the east
elders.
Councilman Baker spoke against lo
cating the plant on the east side In
opposition to ' the vlewa of residents
nere. lie counseiea against ractional
Ightlng and the consequent engender-
ng or a binsr resima thar-wouid-ire-
vent working for the best interesta of
the city.
Vaughn stated that It would perhaps
be better to locate the first crematory
on the west aide, but predicted that
within five years the east aide would
have to be Tovided with a plant to
take care of the garbage.
Dr. Pohl made a brier address to the
board In favor of locating the plant
along the waterfront in the logical cen
ter of the garbage-producing district.
She said that the health board had se
lected the mouth of Sullivan's gulch be
cause it had been recommended by dis
interested crematory experts.
No one opposed the $60,000 appro-
firlatlon for the construction of the 100
on crematory to take care of the city's
refuse, the general aense of the coun-
oilmen being that more' would be pro
vided if found necessary.
When the vote was taken on the
joint committee's report favoring the
retention of The garbage incinerator at
th foot of Twenty-fifth street, on
Guild's lake, Annand, Bennett, Cellars,
Kellaher, Menefee. Rushlight and Wills
were in favor, and Baker, Beldlng, Con-
cannon, Cottel, Driscoll, Dunning.
aughn and Wallace were opposed.
'ELL KNOl'fl CIVIL
ENGINEER IS DEAD
Frank F. Gilham, Pioneer
Resident of Portland, Dies
of Bright's Disease.
wSkja- I
eanssf
Dr. 1
company's attraction all the rest of this
Matinee Saturday.
THRESHING MACHINE
BURNS AT PENDLETON
.. (Special Dispatch .JtoThe ..JoflTBSLl-
' Pendleton.? 6r., Sept 11. The first
and only threshing machine fire to oc
cur In Umatilla county during the pres
ent harvest season took place on the
farm of M. L. Fix, 20 miles from this
city, yesterday. The separator belong
ing to Mr. FlX'was entlrelT destroyed,
the loss belna about . 11.600. Tha fir.
waa etxinrulshed before any, more Seri
ous damage waa aone.
Willard In "A Texas Ranger."
At the Empire this week Lee Willard
and company are drawing large au
diences to every performance of "A
Texas Ranger," a dashing play of the
west, wnicn is one 01 ine oesi ior n
road tour this season. All this week.
Matinee Saturday.
The City of New York."
Holding up a pay txain is one nf the
many exciting situations in "The City
of New York," the melodrama which
the French stock company is playing
this week at the Star theatre. The train
Is shown in a realistic manner and the
battle between the bandits and the of
ficers of the law is hair-raising.
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"Queen of the Highway."
Sunday afternoon the French stock
company at the Star theatre will present
the romantic drama, "uueen or the
Highway." A stage coach, with a full
uota of horses, is one or the novelties,
t. George Daalen. the new leading
man, makes his appearance in this pla,y.
Have You Seen Jolson?
Al Jolson. one of the funniest com
edians in vaudeville, is making a sen
sational hit at the Grand. Everything
he does Is worth a laugh and the audi
ence wlll scarcely permit him to leave
the stage. Murphy and Wlllarrf In
Have a Doughnut?" are another com
edy team. Their material Is new and 1
their methods of gaining laughs are
original.
"Forty-Nine" at the Lyric.
The new Lyric stock company could
not have selected a better opening bill
than that great old pioneer drama,
Forty-Nine," which it is orrenng this
week. All the parts are worthy of the
actora who are appearing In them and
everybody Is making good.
STRAUS SAYS ISLANDS
NEED MORE WHITE MEN
Frank F. Gilham, widely known as a
pioneer resident of Portland, died at hia
home, 721 Hood street, yesterday after
noon at 4:30 o'clock, after a abort Ill
ness with Brlght's disease.
Mr. Gilham was well known In Port
land, where be had lived the greater
part of his life. He waa the aon of
the lute Captain Newton Gilham of
Mount Tabor and was active for many
years aa an engineer in Montana ana
Oregon, having been employed with tae
O. R. & N. and other large corporations
in large undertakings.
At the time er nis oeatn Mr. unnam
waa chief engineer of the Oregon Water
Power division of the Portland Rail
way, Light & Power company and waa
at work until Saturday night, when he
was taken 111.
Mr. Gilham waa born at Mount Tabor
47 years ago. He made civil engineer
ing his life work and gave special at
tention to railroad construction, as a
result of which he was sought after
for the supervision of large construc
tion works. He superintended building
the Cazadero line of the O. W. PM and
also planned and laid out the Oaks,
For 12 years he was assistant to Chief
Engineer Kennedy of the O. R. ft N.
A widow and daughter. Mrs. C C.
Gibson of Portland, survive as do .three
brothers and three sisters. They are: C
F. Gilham of Huntington, Oregon; Mllo '
Gilham of Battleground, Washington;
Newton Gilham of Hillsdale, Oregon;
Mrs. Ella Shane of Mount Tabor. Mrs.
C. A. Gay of Mount Tabor and Mrs.
W. W. Skinner of Salem. Oregon.
LINEMAN IS KILLED
AT VANC0
(Special Dispatch to Tbe Journal.)
Vancouver, B. C, Sept. 12. William
Ploughman, aged $8. a lineman em
ployed by the written Columbia Kieetrio
Railway company, was electrocuted yes
terday. He was engaged In repair work
on a pole when the screwdriver he car
ried strucK a wire carrying suu voita.
The shock threw htm across another
wire carrying 2,000 volts. He was ren
dered unconscious and died an hour
later.
Washington. Sept 12. "We want
more Americana in Hawaii," declared
Secretary - of Oeimnere - Oscar - Strau s,
"and not too many Japanese, Chinese
or other Asiatics are wanted there. I
do not mean by ' this that the Islands
need only white men who are engaged
In mercantile pursuits, but working men
aa '-well.". : -..yj-'.-. --;.ri. -.-
Secretary Straus has just returned
from the island and he says while
there he Was greatly impressed with
Pearl harbor, which he says has great
possibilities sor a pavai pass.
"An East Side Bank for East Side
People."
By Saving and
Investing One Is Sure
fo Grow Rich
Deposited In a SAVINGS BANK
ACCOUNT, money while being
saved la also earning i per cent -Interest
compounded semi-annually.
The
Commercial Savings Ba
JHTOTT AJTP WIMJAJCT i ATjjU
Extends to its patrons very at
tention" and solicits chedklng and
savings accounts," ?' '
""George W, u Bates, . .. .President
, J. S. Blrrel,,;,j ,,,,,,, f Cashier
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