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18 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 151907. BIG PRICES FOR FLOUR Export Trade With Orient Increases So Rapidly That Values Go Skyward and Demand Is Not Thereby Lessened. OREGON LOGS TOWED BY SEA TO SAW DIEGO MILLS First Season of Ocean Rafting Proves Highly Successful Benson Company Transports 12,000,000 Feet Railroads Offer Strenuous Objection. , vj DUDH ROOFil FOR PUPILS By Hjman II. Cohen. Unusually high values are today ruling the export flor market aa a t result of the enormous demand from the orient. Export flour today sold at $4.10 a barrel, the highest price known to local trade. Local grades ' ftr expected to make still another advance tomorrow. ' The value of export flour broke all previous records In this market today Wha millers advanced the price to j .14.10 a barrel. I This Is the highest figure export j value ever reached In this city; never before, according to the local trade, ha I ths price gone beyond $4 a barrel. Even i t toe lower figure the orient did nut buy because it considered the price ex orbitant While the new high record value was - made stable this morning the trude is confident that a considerable amount of business will result with both Japan and Russia, for both of these countries need the flour and the north coast Is the only place at this time where a sur plus can be secured. Small lota may be obtained In the middle west at much ' higher values so the . local trade does not fear competition at this time. The Slice could be safely marked up an ad ltloo.il zoo a barrel without complaint from buyers. The entire flour market has been firmed up aa a result of the enormous requests for supplies from the outside. Straights were quoted at an advance of JQ cents a barrel yesterday and It is quite flkely that all local values will be advanced an additional 10 cents a barrel tomorrow morning or Thursday. Local trade in flour never reached such a volume as at present. While as a usual rule It Is the policy of millers to cut the value of new flour about it cents a barrel under the ruling values of the old grade, the former has this year broken all tradi tions and records by actually selling at higher prices than old flour was quot ed when the new stock came an the market. small amount of flour business Is Ocean log rafting from the Columbia river has ended its first season success fully with a record of three rafts towed to San Diego without loss or accident The Benson Lumber company has car ried approximately 12,000.000 feet of logs by this method from lis works at ClHtsknnie to San Diego. California, 1.200 miles. It Is estimated that this amount of loirs will be sufficient to keep the San Diego mill running until next July. The Henson Lumber company will continue to operate Us Clatskanle camp, I bringing out about 50.000.000 feet of Ioks h year, the surplUN being sold In I the IochI market Mr. Henson's ocean i rafting experiment, in which he risked an Investment of more than $260,000, has proved to be mincHnf ill even beyond the vIMons of the pioneer Captain Rob j ertson, who attempted ocean log raft ing from Stella some years ago. I The Industry of ocean log rafting Is i already attracting the attention of con- f' ;ress. and It has been proposed to rcgu ate the process bv which the rafts may traverse the highways of the sea. j Congress will probably consider a bill I at the next session to place the Industry under Jurisdiction of the department of commerce and labor. Strenuous objec tion to ocean log rartlng Is being made, and most of the opposition Is said to come from railroad circles. The trans portation of a raft containing 4,000,000 feet of logs from the Columbia river to southern California by water cuts the Southern Pacific railroad out of that much lumber tonnage, for the log la worked up In the Sun Diego mill and the lumber distributed from that point to the consumer. The Benson project is the first In stance tn history of a practical logger and lumberman entering upon a com bined undertaking of cutting the stand ing timber In Oregon and transporting It to a far distant port and there reduc ing it to merchantable finished lumber to supply the inhabitants of a treeless country. The saving in rail freights alone amounting to Is or $S per ton In this instance. Insures an enormous profit to the logger and raftsman, in addition to his pront in both the de partments of ordinary logging and lum ber manufacturing. It lias been vari ously estimated that Benson will be re warded for his Intrepidity by profits ranging from $10 to $15 per 1.000 feet. The capacity of the industry is limited by the season. It being con sidered a safe venture only in mid summer, when the sea is comparatively quiet. The Benson company took out three rafts, each containing 4,000,000 feet, during the month of August thl veil r The logs were towed ny poweriui tugs of the Spreckola company, a Francisco. Each raft was landed safel at San DIako The rafts He there the shallow water and are dismantled aa the mill requires tnem. wnen raft Is entlrclv used the enormou chains with which It has been bound together are loaded In a freight trai anil brought back to Portland. The loss have thus rar snown no deterioration bv ravages of teredo o other salt water worm. It Is said they are Immune for nearly a year by rea son of the fact that they have been water soaked thoroughly In me LOium bla river before they are taken into salt water. The Benson company owns about 46, 000 acres of Oregon fir timber, and i enulored to enrrv on the ocean log raft In? hiiatnnas In the most ideal fashion It operates at Clatskanle what Is said to be the most modern logging plant in the world. With 16 miles of railroad connecting the camp with the river and a force of 300 men at work. It handles an annual output of 60,000.000 feet. A total of four ocean going rafts have been transported by it to San Diego, where the company has erected a modern sawmill plant with a capacity of 60,000 feet dally, and Is erecting laning mill, sash and door factory and factory. Phenomenal Growth of City Brings Requests for Bet ter School Facilities. plan box GOLF BALL, GOLF BALL, WHO'S GOT IT? HERE IT IS IN MR. BOWERS' POCKET . reported for eastern account bykinterlor millers, but the price is not jVt high enough east of the Rockies to admit of any sales from this territory beiuse of the high freight charges. California Is almost famished for flour and is loudly calling upon the north coast trade to supply its wsnts before a fam ine exists in this city. It seems but a question of a very ftw days before the wheat market will touch the dollar mark. Today bluestem west to 91c a bushel and In some parts of the Walla Walla country the trade la paying 6n a basis of 2c and 93c coast Local values here are advanced lc a bushel today In addition to the rise of the same amount yesterday According to the milling trade dollar wheat is quite possible here because of the enormous, demand from all actions. BOARD LIKELY TO ADD TO TEACHERS' SALARIES Petition Presented by Com ,, mittee Asks for Pay Dur ing Vacation Period. A committee representing the school teachers of Portland appeared before the board of education last night and re quested tbeir salaries be increased 20 t per cent The committee carried the pe , tltlons to the board, which were signed by nearly every teacher In the city. The board referred the matter to the f'nance .. committee, consisting of Mrs. l. W. . Bltton and I. N. Fleischner, -with lnstruc- tlons to report at the next regular meet ,?ing, when definite action will be taken. The committee that appeared for the ; teachers continued of the following: T ; T, Davis, principal of the high school; C M. Higgins, principal of Ladd school; 'Hiss Mary Fraser of East Twenty-eighth ; school; Mrs. Katherine Lighter of Couch school and Mrs. Lillle JD. Thomas of the high school. , Comparisons of salaries of teachers in Oakland, Seattle and Portland were v submitted to the board members show ; : ing that the Rose City maintains a low er schedule for Us teachers than the other cities. The latter ask for pay . during the summer vacation instead of an Increase to their regular monthly ' salary. Inasmuch as the payroll now . amounts to about $46,000 a month, the Increase would mean to the city an extra outlay of about $90,000. It Is be lieved favorable action of some kind will be taken on the petition, which is based on the Increased cost of living. The minimum sauary of teachers is $45 a month. e i 1 jbs To be hit with a golf ball while on the links Is said to be nothing1 out of the ordinary. But to be struck by a golf ball and have the little Innocent piece of gutta percha not only bruise your body, but deliberately enter one of your pockets is said to be some thing absolutely new and original. H. C. Bowers, manager of the Hotel Port land, Is the originator of the new game pocket golf. o Mr. Bowers was on the field the other day together with George Castleman. the singer. All afternoon they had been making drives that would do Justice to a cattle puncher. During the course of the hit-the-ball-and-chase-it game Mr. Castleman attempted a "slice," what ever that is. But the said "slice" didn't work exactly. "Bis," the old gutta percha flew in , the direction of Mr. Bowers. And the hotel manager didn't see It coming. Then there was a "biff and a sort of a dull sickening sound. Mr. Bowers had been hit. Hard hit. And he was aware of the fact. But no one could And the nasty little ball. Caddies, golfers and onlookers were called from all parts of the field. Then the search for that darned little old ball commenced. Mr. Bowers was par ticularly anxious to locate it because it had been so impudent In searching him out for Its sudden destination. Through the short grass and in the tall weeds everybody looked. Then they searched the high lands and the low lands. But the gutta percha couldn't be found. Finally Mr. Bowers felt In his pocket for a match. There was the much sought golf ball, snugly hidden away in a corner of his clothing. RAM.JAM.CRAM.UNCLESAM'SGOTHIS NOSE IN A BARRELFUL OF FIGURES Every letter, package and stamp that goes out of the Portland postofflce this week is being counted. Not only that, but an account Is being kept of the state to which all of the mail matter goes. And in addition the letters and all are being weighed. The gbvernment is ac cumulating a world of information at Washington about the mall system and the railroads, and this is Just one of the ways in getting down to the minute de tails of the various offices throughout the country. , . Old Uncle Sam is getting mighty par ticular. More so than ever Deiore. mis idea in keeping track of the state to which the mall Is addressed is to find out how he stands on the long and the short haul. This will have a great deal to do with the new contracts to be made with the railroads for mail trans mission. Then the stamps, too. are being checked up. The Portland office han dles on an average of 80,000 pieces of mail every day in the year. This is an ordinary day's work for the force, but now that everything is being counted and weighed and books kept on them extra help has been hired, and every employe of the office Is as busy a a cranberry merchant with the berries still on the bushes and a frost in sight. The stamp and letter counting will be continued this week. The Job of weighing is to be kept up until the last of the year, when the six-months' task will have been completed. Then all the details will be sent to the general head quarters in Washington, and Uncle Sam will soon decide Just how much the rail roads are to get In the future for car rying messages between sweethearts, business men and everybody else in the country. Members of the bosrd of education listened to requests for new school buildings and additions to the present buildings from large delegations from Highland, Peninsula and Sellwood last night, and after discussing the propo sals took them under advisement. The chief feature of the meeting was the objection raised by Sellwood reel dents to sending a number of their chll dren to tne Uewellyn school Instead of providing additional quarters at Sell wooa. The residents offered to pay rent for an extra room to keen their children in school at ficllwood, but the memDers seemed to think they could do no better than by sending the children to the Llewellyn school. There is plenty of room at the Utter Institution, and to rent additional quarters would necessitate tne employment of a new teacher, a, matter the board is not fa vorably disposed to do. Highland residents asked for a no school. Thev pointed out the nhenome- nal growth of the neighborhood, which had compelled the Increasing of the Highland school from a four-room to a o-room building In four years, now having a registration of more than 1,000 students. Many of the children have been sent to the Vernon school, and the board was asked last night to build a new school building- In the neighbor hood of Union avenue and Beech street Instead of erecting additions to the Highland and Vernon schools. The board seemed In favor of such a move, but as in other cases took the matter under ad visement The delegation from Peninsula oblect- ed to the poor sanitary conditions at their school, and were given to under stand that the board contemplated erect ing a new building next year. It is expected that many more re quests for new school buildings will be made of the board In the next few weeks, and the members are awaiting these requests before taking action of any kind in regard to the matter. DECIDE YOURSELF. STRUGGLES WITH The Opportunity Is Here, Backed by Portland Testimony. Don't take our word for it Don't depend on a stranger's state ment . Read Portland endorsement. Read the statements jot Portland cltl- xens. r Apd decide for yourself. Here Is one case of It: Mra J. W. Painter of 4463 Market street, Portland, Orfgon, says: "I have not lost any of my faith In Doan's Kid ney Pills since I publloly recommended the remedy In February, 1903. As I stated at that time, a severe spell of sickness early In rty life left jne with weak kidneys, and as time went on I suffered more and more with spells of backache. The pain through the kid neys was tort are end often I could not find a comfortable 'position to lie In. When able to be up and around I was troubled with headaches and dlsslness and could not stoop or lift anything. I doctored and used various treatments. but nothing seemed to help me any until I began using Doan's Kidney Pills. The use of this remedy was very satisfac tory. It gave me so much relief that I cannot hesitate to recommend it and will put In a good word for Doan's Kid ney PIUs whenever I And an opportu nity." For sale by all dealers. Price 60 cents. Foster-Mllburn Co.. Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name DOAN'S and take no other. u So!e,Ascnk : ' . ; BENJAMIN'S CORRECT CLOTHING i a IV A E PROBLEM 3Iount Tabor and Sellwood Anxious to Secure Drain age System. Sewerage is becoming a more pertl-. nent question dally with at least two f the rapidly growing districts on the east side. One sewer Is demanded by the residents of Sellwood and the other, which will be a project of some con siderable extent. Is demanded by the property owners of Mount Tabor and tye aistrict Dciween tnat place and tne river along Hawthorne avenue. Both these systems must be con- tructad within the next two years and the people have already started the movement necessary to procure the needed improvements. At a recent meeting of the Sellwood board of trade committee was appointed to launch measures that will obtain for them a sewer system. It Is believed that one can be built here at comparatively mall expense. Last night the Mount Tabor Improve ment association resumed Its meetings for the winter and the first topic of discussion to present Itself was a sewer system. No action was taken but that the time was ripe for some action was not disputed. It Is not doubted that the territory at the extreme east end of Hawthorne avenue needs sewerage. It Is low, but with the Impetus from Mount Tabor a system to the river through this district is thought practicable. On motion of J. Frank Perkins who Is a member of the Initiative (n linn. dred, the plan to rename Bull Run. the river irom which comes Portland's wa ter supply, was Indorsed. The latter body lias offered a prlie of $5 to ths one who shall Drooose a mora ici-nni. able name. A movement has been started to se cure the robulldlng of the West Avenue school. It was stated that no effort had yet been made to secure other prop erty for the erection of a new school und that property was getting higher sieaaiiy. ao.ii n ions in tne mall service were discussed and also the improve ment or Belmont street was noted, which is one of the Improvements most Important tn Mount Tabor that has yet been undertaken. The Vew Boats East. The new Canadian Pacific Short Line via Spokane saves you four hours to St Paul. Klectrlc-lighted trains. Buffet-llbrary-observatlon cars, and the best of everything. See the oj Phe as antelope He will read Qur .ads. I Rope IT'S TIME TO THINK ABOUT YOUR Winter Underwear Fancy Ribbed, in natural and blue, $ 2.00 suit. AMERICAN HOSIERY in natural and fancy colors, ?3.50 suit. Cartwright and Warner's high-grade Wool Garments. Dr. Jaeger's Sanitary Wool Garments. , Dr. Deimel's Linen Mesh. The Gentility Shop 311 Morrison St. Opp. P. O. 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Newark, W jj. : .',; .; MAC0XDA IS VEKY P0PULAK IN NEW YORK Maconda, who will sing here October 24, is as popular In Boston and New York as she is In cities of the middle west. Indeed she is not heard half often enough in the great American metropolis, Judging from the following comment in the New York World: "Maconda was the vocalist a wel come appearance of a superior artist who is seldom free to sing In New York. She sang an air from Mozart, ti Re Pastore." with delightful sim plicity, and the tfell aong .. rrom "Lakme" with delicious daintiness Walter Damrosch conducted the, or- "Maconda was accorded a reception almost as great as that given Nordica last Sunday evening, says mo new York American. "Both her numbers were wildly applauded and the singer was forced to respond to Three encores alter each song." The box office at the Heilig theatre will open Tuesday morning. October ii, for sale of seats for the Maconda concert. Sift 41 n (2aia2I3 ! j HUT P in It's a tonic most men need. It is a bracer at all times and in all circumstances. Tact is the ever ready helper to those men who are willing to be "boosted." ALCOHOL 3 PER CENT Age(ablelTeparalbnErAs slrallating ttieFManfJRegula-1 ting die S tomadis andBowds of Building Permits. Portland Railway. Light & Power company. First and Alder, repair office, $250; Ray estate, repair store, Morri son and Second. 50: B. Gildner, repair dwelling, 806 East Tenth. J300; Anton Johnson, erect dwelling. Wall between Yale and Willamette boulevard, $900; Fred Wattin. erect dwelling. 747 Bel mont. i,ruo; William Lind, erect dwelling. East Sixteenth between Bra zee and Russell, $7,000; F H Peterson e,leZL dw,eUA Qrand near Howorth,' $5,000; B Diome. erect dwelling, Haw thorne avenue between East Fortv-first and Forty-second. $1,200; R. a Lliev erect dwelling, Main between East Six' teenth and Seventeenth, $4,400- R m Butler, erect dwelling. East Gllsan nn.i East 30th. $2,500: F. M. Jacobs, erect dwelling, Carson between Mlsner and Eby, $1,700; Portland Linseed Oil com pany, repair factory, Sherlock avenue foot Twenty-second. $4,400: William Fisher, erect dwelling. East Eighteenth between Alberta and Mildred. $1,200: J. H. Morse, erect dwelling. East Yamhill between East Thlrty-eeventh and East Thirty-eighth. $1,600: Mrs. O. M. Hen rlcl, erect dwelling, (SO Mlsner. 12,260. Promotes DigesHonOariV ness and RestXontalns natter Opiuni.Morphine nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. AdptoOMDcSMJELPTIZmt jtbcSmna AdutteUh- jtniuSnd hirmSetJ CariM Sugar 1atiatmTtrnr. Aperfect Remedy for Consflpa- Hon . our Moniaai.uiamiuM Wonus,CoiMikiOTsJeverisli nessandLossoFScEEP. , Facsimile Signature of j NEW YORK. For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of ff,A ll I S Exact Copy of Wrapper. In Use For Over Thirty Years mm TH CHTU eOHMHV, CW TOSS OfTT. OREGON ENGRAVING CO OOODNOUQM BLDO. POBTLANP.ORE. H I 1 I ! 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