f t v . THE OREGON DAILY ' JOURNAL!, PORTLAND, THURSDAY ' EVENING, NOVEMBER 7, 1907. ; 15 GREAT PROGRESS ill. RIVER WORK Improvement of . Snake and ; Columbia Ei vers Beaches Largo Jroportions. y ItlPAMA EAPIDS , TO BE DEDUCED Engineer! Have Advanced Work , Much Furthor Than la Generally ; l(noun- Suud Dan and Boulders 'Are lletng Removed Knpldly. - , It M. Gray, a prominent resident of Pasco, Washington, has written a com munication,, which woa recently printed Jn the Spokane Spokesman-Review,' giv ing a complete and accurate account of the work being dona by the states of Oregon and Washington In Improving the Columbia and the v Snake rivers. The. following Is Mr. Gray's article in full: IPasco, Wash., Nov. 1. As a mattor at lnert. tyverycme interested In the Improvement of the Columbia, and Snake rlveps and especially the , Open Oliver Transportation company, and tho 01 urofon and Washington, bsva expended and are states which t spending money In opening tho Colum but and Snake rivers, I would ask space to acquaint them wltii what Is being done towards the Improvement of the rivers. Work Za Advancing. I have Just returned from Rlporla, where I went at the reauest of Mr. Jhavid IS. Ogden, assistant to Colonel Roessler, United tsates engineer, .o examine the work now being done on the "Texas" and "Palouse" rapids, and to advise as to the Improvement of the rapids further down the Snake river. I found the work further advanced than I had expected. The policy adopted Is to Improve the rapids from Rlparla down, so that the base of supplies at Rlparla can be reached by the steamer Wallowa which acts as a tender for the crows and supplies on the drill scows that are used to remove reels or ledges ob structing the channels. The Wallowa Is equipped with drill ing apparatus as well as rnltps for drugging gravel off from shoal bars and chainx and cranes or derricks for lift ing boulders, and will do good work In deepening the bars and moving boul ders. Other Crews at Work. There are three scows with full crews now at work, each scow equipped with a email st?sm boiler and en gir. steam capstans and Burleigh drills. The one at Texas rnplds has don.'i good work In straightening and deepening the channel, and In a few wok skillful pilot n can wKuout dan jrer or difficulty, run steamboats n.r tow ttrs.-8 over these rapids at any time the river Is high enough to navi gate between Rlparla end Lewiston. Another scow mid crew are at Fa louse rapids widening the channel, making It possible for steamboats and bargoe to pans through at a medium stage of water when It Is the moat swift and dangerous. Another scow and crew- are at the upper riffle of the Umatilla rapids in tho Columbia river where, on October 11. I located them on a reef to bo removed and I understand they are having good uo- o"un meir work. . - - ttaka Examination of Jtiplda.'. , Colonel Roessler has also had built a gasoline despatch boat about four feet wide and 34 feet . long- that draws Jl Inches and Is a complete suocess lit climbing swift water. Mr. Osdnn. Mr Williams, .the engineer in immediate enarge of the river improvements. Cap tain Wlnslow, master of the Wallowa, Mr. Graves, the mechanic and agent for the machinery In the boat, Mr. Grave' assistant, and myself, on October (0, on the despatch) boat, Palouse, went through Texas rapids, examined the work toeing dona there, and to Palouse rapids and Inspected ' the work done there. ' As the other members of the party had never been on that part of the river in low water, ' we proceeded on down and located some boulders to be removed at Gore's Dread; a gravel bar to be scraped a t Monumental rapids, also one at Haunted House bar, and on through Pine Tree rapids, I -miles below Hlnarla. At Pine Treo rapids oonsldemhle work must be done to widen and straighten the channel. Easy xetara. Trip. The return trip was made In Jess than four hours, and to one who has been usud to the slow plodding Xliu bottomed stern wheeled steamboats. that puff, snort and struggle to make the trio . In seven or eight hours, the swift, bhvtllke motion of the Palouse was a delightful experience, as she gilded over the smooth stretches or tho river and dodged, ducked and cavorted through the swirls and eddies on the rsnlds. In regard to the Hummety rapma on the Columbia, between Wallula and Pasco, will say, the water In the Co lumbia is about two feet above the normal stage at this time of the year. and satisfactory improvements can onlv ha made In extremely low water, which Is usually In December. January and February; ana v Mr. ugaon uir. me that aa soon as the water Is low enough the Wallowa and a drill scow will be put to work there and the chan nel thoroughly Improved. Nancy Donaldson Mine. The following Is from the Ooldfleld Review of November 2: A bit of news heard upon the street, which is of more than ordinary Importance, Is the report that the .Nancy ixmaiuson prupeny m. Red Mountain will soon be opened up on an extensive scale. inn propr1 , has. one of the strongest lormauons in the Ooldfleld district, perhaps equal to that of the Jumbo, and Is Known to mniiin tmriiea of rich ore. Consider sble of the high grade ore was taken nut hv leu and it Is the reported Intention of the company to put down deep shaft and open up tnese Domes at greater depth. Some of the most uccessful mining men in tne camp are behind the enterprise. There la nrotuihlv no doubt but that somo of the big mines which will be developed In the next Tew monins win l In the er.Ftern section of the district. no even J. opurr, uio nuien BUYnu- it geolorlBt. In a prenminnry report n 1 h .llMtrlrt utated as Ilia ODtnlon th.lt bis mines would be found a number of miles enat of the present sone of great est activity. RASPBERRY VINES GIVE NOVEMBER CROr Letters Opened f ; By Grindstone Receives Mora Mail Train Any Other Woman in the State. How would you like to receive so much mall that It would ue necessary to use a grlndstono In order to open the letters ua fast aa they convi In? This Is the way a woman in Indiana opens her mail. Mrs. Cora B. Miller of Kokomo gets tons of mall and to save time has them opened by a large grindstone which oc euniea m consulcuoua Dlace In her efflce. No other person In Indiana receives so much mall ss she. PL GO V JUST HOT BECOME LAX Health Officers Lay Great Stress Upon Ridding City of Rats. Mrs. J. Jtlavs of Tenth and Haw thorne has reason to believe In Oregon ns the fruit country. In November her raspberry vines are bearing a fuller crop than nt the first bearing In sea son. The fruit Is large and luscious and the vines are lnden with the berries that ripen, sun or no sun. O. Missouri A Harrow Ssoape. W. Cloyd, a merchant, of Plunk, escape four had a narrow years ago when he ran a Jlmson burr Into his thumb. He says: "The doctor wanted to amputate it but I would not consent. I bought a box of Bucklln's Arnica Salve and that cured the dan gerous wound." 26 cents at Red Cross Pharmacy.- Assig Depar $40,000 talent Store Stock PORTLANDS NEW DEPAfiUfGIT STORE WKON YAMHILL raOM To give an Idea of how vast her cor respondence Is you need only to be told that she spends In one year $25,000 for fostage stumps. How many letters will his sand out? It Is first cluss postago for 126,000 letters. Mrs. Millar's correspond ence Is not conMned to one state or one country, but women from all parts of the world write her and it certainly Js a pleasure to receive so many letters so full of love and gratitude. The reason Mrs. Miller receives so many kind, grate ful and assuring letters Is because she fives treatment rree or cost to surrer ng women. A few months ugo she sent by mall absolutely free of cost $10.00U Wcrth of medicine to women who were afflicted wfth female dleaics or piles. Hhels still receiving thousHnds of re quests from ladles who have never used the remedy and has decided to give an other lot of $20,000 worth away to those In need of treatirient. Here Is a simple, mild and effectual home remedy which has been used by more than a million women In tho pri vacy of their own home, curing when doctor and other medicines failed. It Is especially prepared for the speedy and permanent cure of leucorrhoea or whitish discharges; ulceration, displace ments or falling .of the womb, profuse, scanty or painful periods; uterine or ovarian tumors or growths; also pains In the head, back and bowels, bearing !nwn feelings, nervousness; creeping feeling up the spine, melancholy, denlre to cry; hot flashes, wfarlncus and piles, from any cause or no matter of how long standing. Every woman who Is a sufferer, un sble to find relief, should write Mrs. Miller now without delay and she will send by mall free of clmrue a 60-rent box of her simple home remedy, also her hook, with explanatory Illustration, showing whv women suffer ami how they can eslly cure themselves at home. Pon't suffer artother dsy, but write at once to Mrs. Cora P. Miller, Box 8906, Kokomo, Indiana. ( i ea iii'i i ! EVERYTHING 111 APPLE PIE ORDER Committee Inspects County Poor Farm Few Cor rections Needed. Members of the City and County Med ical society are fully alive to the grave danger of bubonic plague spreading to Portland from Seattle and San Fran Cisco and at their meeting last night passed resolutions commending the work of City Health Officer Rather C. Pohl and the city health authorities, and asked he cooperation of citizens In staving off the plague. Great stress was laid upon the neces sity of clearing the city of nits which are considered the most dangerous car riers of the dlsoace. Citizens are asked to Join in the city's crusade against the rodents and levy a general war tgnlnst them. IJpcuuso of new cases sppesrlng dally In Seattle and San Francisco, I)r. R. C. Coffey said Porllanders should bend every effort to mske the crusade as vigorous as possible. Dr. Coffey moved the following resolution which was unanimously adopted by the society: "Whereas. The bubonic plsgue Is be coming more firmly rooted In the cities of San Francisco, Oakland and Seattle, and. "Whereas. The rat Is the principal host and agent for conveying this dis ease; and. "Whereas. There Is great danger that Portland will sooner or later become In fected; and, "Whereas, The expense of a campaign as rorrieu on Dy the national govern ment In the city of Sun Franelsco amounts to 120.000. In Oakland to 110- 000 nnd In Seattle to $10,000, In addi tion to the lops or liro and the loss of business; therefore be It "Resolved. That the City and County Medleal society of Portland urges the public to consider this mutter seriously and to aid In every possible way the "xtermlnatlon and destruction of the rat; nnd be It further "Resolved, That tho work of the rltv health officer and the city board of health Is to be encouraged and congrat ulated for the progress already made; and be It further "Resolved. That this society exnresses Its satisfaction and congratulations to the press for the splendid articles and editorial published In our dal'.y papers concerning this very vital eui..ect, and Hint a copy of these resolutions be sent to them for nubllcntjon. "CITY AND COT'NTY MEDICAL SO CIETY OF PORTLAND "ALAN WELCH SMITH. Sec." Monument to Explorers. Vancouver. R. C. Nov. 7. The Ca nadian club at Its annual meeting has decided to erect a monument to George Vancouver and Captain Cook, the Pa cific explorers. i ft u i I If 1 WINDING UP THE AFFAIRS OF THIS BANKRUPT ESTABLISHMENT rli li! r 5i lit At 10 f :.Rejiilar The Real Bargain With the most decided and terrific sacrifice of staple and i fancy merchandise that has been known of in America since the great financial and industrial panics of the past century. This entire department store stock, 53 depart ments, includes all goods on hand when the Golden Eagle went down, beside new fall and holiday goods , thatwere in transit at the time of the failure, is now on sacrifice Per Ceil !rlees The committee of four namd by the taxpayers' league to Investigate the condition of tho county hospital and poor farm has made Its report, declar ing that theae Institutions are well equipped and that excellent care 1 given the patients. Reference Is made to the suggestion for building a new hospital, but It Is asserted that the county would not b Justified In build ing at this time. To bo of the greatest service, the report says, the hospital should be nearer tho center of the city. The report in full follows; Portland, Or., Nov. 5,1 907 To the Ex ecutive Committee of the Taxpayers Leu sue, city. Qontlemen On October 11, 1807, the undersigned were appointed a commlttoe to visit and inspect tne county poor farm and county hospital. Saturday, -the nineteenth day of October, 107. the committee went to the poor farm and made as complete an exam ination of ltd physical condition as pos sible within the time nt their disposal. "The farm has an atca of about 320 acres of land, situated on the Canyon rond. about three mllce from tho court- hAuso. There are quite a number of buildings, consisting of the poor farm proper, county hospital and aunerln tendent's dwelling, a small detached building for tuberculous patient.1?, barns, etc., etc. A close Inspection of all of the premlacj was made and they were round in excellent oraer nnd very clean. "Lighting by electricity has been re cently installed. Tney have a fire department for the protection or the property. Heed Woman Attendant, "The hospital was not crowded, and hns had considerable money spent on it In the Inst year, and the patients ap peared to have careful attendance. However, we believe a change should be made In the night attendant in the woman's department, and that a woman attendant or nurse should render tho necessary service rather than a man, which we are advjsed is the case at the present time. "Vo went carefully through the kitch en and dining-room and examined the food furnished the patlenta and Inmates ana so rar aa we couia see it was an quite satisfactory, and reflects credit upon the superintendent, D. D. Jack son, and the physician in charge, Dr. Qenry. "While on the ground' wc considered the necessity for building a new county hospital. It Is true that the' present hostltal l.i built of wood, and If It were to be built todny would not be of the general character that It Is; at the same time we do not think the condi tions or demands upon It ore such as would Justify the countv at this time going to the expense of building a new hospital "Neither do we think if one were built It should be built at tho county poor farm, but rather that the county and cltv should In somo way unite. havtnjr a lotct hospital so as to cover not only general, but emergency coses. ouon a nospitat, to do or tne greatest service, should bo built much nearer the center of the city thnn the poor farm. We further recommend that un der any circumstances tuberculous pa tlents be strictly Isolotod. and If such la not the present condition, that ar rangements be promptly made therefor. "Tho number of iatlnts in the hos- fdtal nnd poor farm, and the employes n both departments on October 1, and the county hospital nnd county poor farm expenditures, for the year 1906 nnd for the year 1907 from January to SfcpterSber, inclufilve, are as set out below. ' Sewage System Bad. "It will be noted that tho expenses have qulto largely Increased during the past year. Some of th expense Is for the Improvements, while tho rest Is In tho salary account and normal Increase1 In other directions. "We do not approve the present sew erage system as It drains into Canyon creek, although first passed through septic tanks. Under the circumstances It Is perhaps the best temporary ar rangement, but provision must eventu ally be mado for proper sewerage con nection. EXPENDITURES, 1906. County hosnitnl $ R.319.M Countv poof fsrm 13.fi3S.72 JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER. 1907. County hospital Sin.9S0.7fi . nuniy poor iarm la.i'is.su Number ot patients In hospital October 1, 1907 77 Number of Inmates in poor farm October 1, 1907 49 Number of regular employes In -the hospital 1 11 Number of regular employes at the poor farm . 6 ''Of the patients In the hospital eight are drawing a small salary for work and labor done. Of the poor farm In mates IS arc drawing smalt salaries for - vrlouw services rendered. "ResrfctftHv submitted, 'A. GFTSr. Chairman. - , W.-- B. FECPHEtMER. f "HOLT C. WILSON. . K "JOSEPH N. TEAL, ..: ."Commute." , To take the sharp edge off an appetite that won't wait for;meals ? - ; To sharpen a poor appetite that doesn't care for meals eat Uneeda Biscuit So nutritious, so easily di gested, that they have become the staple wheat food. In moisturt and dust proof packages. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY i ALBANY MINISTERS SELECT OFFICERS 8clll Dlpttrb to The Jncrctl. ) Albany, Or., Nov. 7. The annual meet ing of the ministerial association was hold yesterday afternoon and officers for the year chosen. For president, W. P. White; vice-president. J. C. Elliott; secretary and treasurer. J. J. Evans. A full attendance of all the ministers was recorded, and the whole proceedings were harmonious the entire mlnlstery of the .city being united In their work. Those In attendance were: W. P. White of the United Presbyterian, Tracy B. Orlswold of the Presbytorlan, J. J. Evans of the Christian. 8. A. roug Iss of the Baptist, Rev. Dewart of tha Methodist, J. C. Eliot of the Oracej Presbyterian and , Rev. Iauner of tha Evangelical. These constitute the min istry of the Protestant churchea.ln th , city. - . ' )n,nnH4 utm im i -rumai - D0NT GET EXCITED EVERYBODY IS SHOUTING No, there is no occasion for alarm, the money stringency will soon adjust itself, but that's neither here nor there. We've got a $100,000 stock of ladies' ready-to-wear apparel to sell. OUil N0VBMBB. SA Is entering the second week with an aggregation of the greatest values ever made by any Portland house right at the beginning of the season. We defy any one to match these Friday and Saturday Bargains. SUIT SPECIAL Tor Friday and Saturday We have taken from our Suit Depart ment our $30.00 suits, consisting of broadcloth serges in both plain and fancy materials, which we have placed on sale for ;. , " in "m i.l 1 s 1- -jjt 0 LONG COATS $25, $27.50 to $30 Values for $18.00 A 50-inch garment made'of broad cloth, trimmed with braid on yoke, cuffs and collar lined throughout with satin they are regular $25, $27.50 and $30 Coats Friday and Saturday A Special in Caricul Coats at $22.50 Jaunty, stylish ga r ments that are most becoming regular $37.50 and $40 values. Friday and Saturday HATS Values Up to $5.00 for $t.89 Friday we will offer another lot of stylish trimmed hats $3, $4 and $5 values every color and style a va riety to suit all your choice, CHILDREN'S COATS In bear cloth, all sizes and colors ; values up to $7.50. $4.95 Misses' Coats , v a luies up to $10.00. ' : $6.75 .V. :. J- .-V' M: . f : 1 . - mm?-; .4 rim i mJSm liose Special Lisle Embroiflered Hose, regular 65c v value.. $)C Waist Special $6.95 Net Waists, $12.50 and $15.00 values, Friday and Saturday Comb Special Back Combs, values up tr $1.4j. Friday and OA Saturday. .... .'. .eJlfC Flannelette Kimonos Values - up to $2.00. Fri day and Satur- v QQn day. . . . i,,,,ivOL Wholesale and Retail fifth ani