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'J THE ORECiO H SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 17. 1007. J IS WHEAT CROP Movement of Immense Ce real Tonnage Will Kelicve Money Situation, Says Kobcrt' Balfour, Who Is Here From England. Farmers 3Iust Bo fontent With CO or 90-Day Clear ing House Paper Cash Will Be Realized by End of That Time, HOOD RIVER HAILS-RAILS North Bank Tracklaying: Outfit Evokes Great Be joicing as It Makes Echoes in Hills Opposite Near ins: last Link Now. To finance ths movement of the Pa cific northwest wheat crop from the farm to the London granary without paying out any money In advance at thla end of the line, la a problem that will encage the earneat thought of the Portland clearing house at a meeting tomorrow afternoon. Robert Balfour, head of the Engllah grain form of Bal four, Guthrie & Co., Is In Portland to attend the meeting., with other membera of Portland grain exporting firms and commission men. Without having the actual figures at hand for reference, I should say that 25,000,000 of the Pacific northwest , whrat crop has been marketed," Air. Balfour said at the Portland hotel last evening. "Figuring that the total crop Is 10.000,000 bushels, one-Iialf of the crop has been moved. J believe there la more wheat disposed of today from this nectlon than was sold on the earns date last year. Best Hours Is To Wait "It haa been moving at a good rate, ami ! mill moving. It Is up to the banks to flnrfnco this grain movement. The buyera are ready to take It. and both the price and the demand are good. The bent course for the farmer Is to take It easy, whittle sticks a few days, and wait for developments meanwhile, of course, caring properly for his wheat and seeing to it that no damage la In flicted to the grain." It is emected that at tomorrow's meeting the clearing house banka will propose some plan of credit exchange and transmission for the exportation of the remainder of the crop. It Is realized here that the grain must be kept mov- . lng at normally active rate and the money to be realized from the crop must be brought into thla section and distributed for the people's use, for If this is not done the result will be a 'large amount of unseasonable goods loft on the shelves of Pacific north west -merchants next spring. Olve Script for Crops. The proposition will be something In the form of script guaranteed by the Hearing house, and payable in cash three . ontha hence, after the wheat has been delivered abroad and the "money chipped to Portland, By the use of such Bcrlpt, or clearing house bills, the wheat crop can be moved from farm to foreign market without the local ; use of coin In the cashing of the bills of exchange. It la estimated that the transaction . would require from 0 to 90 days, and the only practical difference would be that the Tarmer would carry tne paper for that lens-th of time Instead of hav ing the cash In his pocket as he has had In former seasons. Mr. Balfour's position on the ques tion was not very definite, and he evi dently had not made up his mind as to what should be done to meet the pres ent emergency. Tie said the present was a ver" remarkable condition of af fairs, and he bad never In his experi ence seen anything Just like It. Cash Is Being Hoarded. lie was certain that plentv of cash la In existence out ts being wilnneld rrom circulation, and that considerable time (Special Dispatch t Tba foeraal.) Hood River, Nov. 1. The first train run on the North Bank railroad arrived opopslte Hood River yeaterday, and spectators from the surrounding coun try for many miles were on hand to welcome It It 'consisted of a track laying machine, eight or ten cars and a locomotive, and gave a very business like demonstration to the large crowd present as to how a railroad can make things look different In atrong ccn trast with the unbroken quiet of the day before was the noisy whistle of the locomotive and derrick engine, coupled with the hurrying about of 120 men with bars and track hammers, the rapid placing of ties and the dropping of rails into place. For the present track-laying will be suspended from thin end of the line, owing to the fact that a crossing must be provided over the White Salmon river. Thla Is expected to be In place by December 1. Work will then be re sumed and track laid as far as Caraona. where another delay will be necessary until a long nil can be completed. This, It Is said, will take from four to six weeks. Another delay Is anticipated bo. low Cascade Ixck, particularly if rain should set In, as the sou laere can not be handled in wet weather. As a dis tance of only about J5 miles now sepa rates tne two tracic-iaying outnts, wnicn are approaching each other, the gap could he cloacd in nrteen days If the roadbed were completed. Having worked as far west as It can go, the west bound outfit will go back over the line for the purpose of straightening and taking out the Kinks in the new road, and will later come back and work toward Vancouver until the two outnts meet. IT'S AN ILL WIND, ETC. Not alone do the banks need money, but we, too, are pressed for ready cash. Through circumstances that we nor any one else could foretell, we are absolutely forced to sacrifice our immense stock of Ladies Ready-to-Wear Apparel to raise money to satisfy eastern creditors, consequently we inaugurate Monday a monster MflDNOT SAV0NB AMG3) nmm mMmm saoe A sale that should commend the attention of every woman in need of Fall and Winter Wear ing Apparel. The prices quoted in our windows should be sufficient to crowd this store as it never was crowded before. It's a desperate situation that confronts us we are bound to and must raise money. See what J. M. A. says while en route to New York: REFUSED 10 PAY FORJIEGM Sailors of Schooner Vine Wire for Assistance but Owner Is Obdurate. (Special Dlipstch to Tb Josrnal.) Seattle, Nov. Eight gleeful smiles appeared en the bronzed faces of g double "quartet of seamen this morning' when the news was passed around that Captain Phillip Cook, erst while muster of the ill-fated schooner Vine, wrecked at Deerlng. Alaska, Sep tember, 20, waa a passenger on the Cor win. The sailors were members of the Vine's crew and had been atranded in Seattle for two weeks without a cent and without a chance of obtaining their back pay from the Vlne'a owners until the advent of the skipper. The seamen's Joy at the return of their captain waa marred bv the re membrance of what they bitterly term the unklndness recently shown them by the Vine's owners. A senior member of the firm of 8. Foster and company, owner of the Vine, Is a minister of the gospel and the vessel was used to transport supplies to Alaska mission ary fields; yet when the sailors sent a telegram "collect" . to San Francisco, askinr Foster to arrange to cav them will be reoulred to bring back normal off at Seattle, thev declare he not onlv conditions in the noney market. The 1 refused to helD them out. but refused most imperative of all present needs Is j as well to pay the telegraphic toll, al- 24,000 OFFICES Iff AMfiRlfilCABUE "ittlVICtt TO ALL THE WORLD V Tf.CryTKAKSH fcrt atr the mrm U filed with the CVvnpajiy tor. tmnimlatton. ' .-. Mm.-- na VhieU a VM?CAT.D imAO. and Is delivered by request of the sender, fladee tke conditions aaro. oova. ROBFRT C. CLOWRY, Prosldont -and Caneral Mwgf mi p ' c.-s-cr, ; v, a, . -ttt-, n ' " ' " ' " ' ' ' " RECEIVED at 70 Sn. Sn. 17 Paid. 2 Exa. Sales Manager J. M. Aeheson Co., P0CATELL0, Idaho, Nov. 15, 1907. Portland, Ogn. Advloe number two sell goods If you have to break the Banka to do it. J. M. ACHES ON, Enroute East. HIS WORD IS LAW. WE HAVE COMPLIED WITH HIS WISHES. COME AND SEE WITH YOUR OWN EYES THE BAR GAINS ON DISPLAY IN OUR SHOW WINDOWS. WINDOW NO. 1 Suits, Skirts, Coats, Silk Petticoats, Hats, etc., values to &4) QC $30.00 WINDOW NO. 2 Suits, Skirts, Coats, Silk Petticoats, Hats, etc., values to ?7 7 $17.50 vi titf WINDOW NO. 3 Suits, Skirts, Coats, Silk Petticoats, Hats, etc., values to (M HC $15.00 .rf.lel WINDOW NO. 4 Coats, Belts, Bags, Skirts, Silk Petticoats, Hats, etc., values frfl Qr to $12.50 QU.iJd WINDOW NO. 5 Underwear, Hosiery, Gloves, Umbrellas, Waists, Furs, QQf Hats, etc., values to $3.50 ytJC; WINDOW NO. 6 Petticoats, Underwear and a thousand other things, val- A. Of ues to $1.50 ..'It't Wholesale and Retail ii MI w assspm Fiflli and Alder Streets for public confidence fn the country's resources and banks. As soon aa the money now being hoarded is loosened normal business conditions will be re stored and cotnnerce will move forward with nimble feet. The Eminent wheat dealer is a mem ber of the Hiltlsh. parliament, and takes an active Interest in public affairs in Kngland and America. He was for many years a resident of 8an Francisco, hut a few years ago returned to Lon don. He now makes periodical visits to the Pacific coast, where he has a legion or mend though it amounted to only 75 cents. He would not, wired Foster, pay them I until Captain Cook arrived at Seattle. Owing to the fact that they were j without a cent they were compelled, ! they say, to do considerable scraping to raise the required 76 cents. A conference was held today at the offices of the United States shipping commissioner by the captain and the crew. The men expect to receive their money by next Friday. WASHINGTON REPORT OF GREAT NORTHERN (Special Dlroatch to Tb. Journal.) Olympla, Wash., Nov. 16. The report of the Great Northern Railway com pany to the railroad Commission of Washington for the year ending June au, isuv, snows net earnings of 112,625, 884.82, and a percentage of expenses to earnings lor tne entire line of $58.65. It controls 547.89 miles of line In Wash ington, but does not own a mfle of line jn the state, rue company reports a total mileage, controlled, of 4,252.99, all owned by other corporations. It is cap italized at $210,0d0,000, with total out standing stock valued at 1149,577,300. The total equipment cost of the lines operated by the company Is $422,697.97; total construction, 115,225,552.84; grand total cost, 116,648,160.81. The cost Of the lines In Washington Is not given. Earnings in the state are .$3, 833, 884.05; for the entire line, 150,208,035.10. Expenses for Washington are $4,902, 614.72. The average daily compensation of employes is $2.16. Th company paid $87,608.85 during the yearfor rentals to other companies for rolling stock and paid taxes in the state during the "past year amounting to $344,548.93. Timothy L. Woodruff, former lieutenant-governor of New Tork, attributes the recent Republican victory in Brook lyn to President Roosevelt's strength thero and sees in the result further evidence that the president will be obliged, tq accept a renomlnatlon. The Popular Jewelry Store Is the little shop these days. Jewelry lovers and Christmas shoppers, on acoount of the fi nancial stringency, are all Intent on the one idea, the biggest value for the least, amount, of money. We are one of those "little shops" and when you are making . the rounds we want you to call on us. We Know We Can Fleas Ten. We Know We Can Save Ton Honey. So when you are making out that list for your shopping tour put down in your memo. The lilttle Shop Around the . - - , -Cornoj?. , .'CLARK' & BEESLEY , ' 149 Btxta 8U Sear Morrison. atanuActuxeM and Retailers, IDEAS FLOWING AGAIN. But at First Something Was Lacking in His New Home. From the New Tork Sun. "We moved lately," said a man who writes things for a living, "and in the new home I found myself Installed for my working place in a room quite dif ferent from the old. Still, it was a pleasant room and 1 did not doubt that soon I should settle down In it and find it as comfortable and helpful a room to work In as the other. "But there was something wrong about it, someway. The walls were all right; we had them finished according to my own fancy. And my pictures were hung and my desk and my books arranged as before; all my Immediate surroundings, disposed as of old, had their old familiar, friendly look. "It was a pleasant room within and without, though the trees I looked upon were different; there was the same bright sky, and why couldn't I work as well in this room as in the other? But I couldn't; somehow the work dragged In It; somehow it lacked Inspiration; It lacked Borne vital touch. "And then suddenly one day it dawned upon me that the room was very silent, very silent, and then why, to be sure! It was the clock! "Queer what friendly companionship there is in clocks. We may work away in n room . In which a clock is ticklnar and never hear it at all, so absorbed are we in our work; but let tne clock stop and Sve are conscious at once of a great void, our work is Instantly arrested. Or let us, never hearing its ticking, sit back for a moment to think, and then we do hear it, steady and cheerful, and then perhaps we look around at the clock for the hour, and" we are glad to have it there with us. "In my room In the old home had tooil for lonn- a friendly old clock. whose ticking, heard or unheard, had kept it filled always with a gentle, kind ly, living spirit; in the new home, with rooms differently arranged, and ao with a new arrangement of many of our household goods, the old clock had been set up in another room and I had none. Was it any wonder the room was so silent and so dull, that it eo lacked in the inspiration-of vitality? "But now I have the old clock again, and with It present the room has"come Into life and the spirit moves, and now I am tearing off things at a great rate." It is now regarded as almost a cer tainty in Kansas that Governor Hoch will be a candidate for the United States senate to succeed Chester I. Long. The senatorial election will take place one yeas from next January. Governor Hoch is serving his sqsjond term, which wtll expire- at that time, and his friends believe- that he can 'get In between the two Republican factions la Kansas and win tna aanatorahy, - , SAYS niEY WAS ALL RIGHT B. F. Swope Resents Post Mortem Attack on 3Iar tyred President. Toledo. Or.. Nov. 15. To the Editor of The Journal In the issue of the daily Oregonian of November 6, 1907, there appeared on its editorial page an article entitled "A Short Review." This Bo-called "Short Review" related to our late President McKlnley. and as I read this article I was filled with amaze ment that such a slanderous and false composition should find place in an Oregon newspaper. The Oregonian evidently believes the mcmorv of its readers does not extend back very far into the past when it at tempts to make them believe that Wil liam McKinley was a weak and unsuc cessful president. If our memory serves us right, he gave us one of the most successful ad ministrations this country naa ever naa. Everything he undertook as president proved highly successful and for the best interest or an tne people. We remember that when he was elect ed president this country was a nation of free soud kitchens, poverty stalked abroad all over our fair land; mills, fac tories and mines were idle; labor to a large extent could not find employment at any price, there was scarcely any market ror livestock or xarm proaucts, and yet within a year after McKinley's election to the presidency all these de plorable conditions had changed. Fac tories, mills and mines were In active operation, labor found lucrative em ployment, wages were rapidly advanc ing; in fact, the whole nation had en tered upon that wonderful career of prosperity which has continued with us to the present time. We remember that McKinley's admin istration conducted the Spanish-American war with consummate skill and won for this country a magnificent victory and the acquisition of needed and valu able possessions in both the Atlantio and Pacific oceans, and thus enabled us to take our position among the great nations as a world-wide power. The Oregonian refers to the prosecu tion of crime and frauds perpetrated against the 'United States government as though nothing of this kind was un dertaken during McKinley's administra tion, yet If the Oregonian would be fair BE CHAJUTAB&S. to ybur horses as well as to yourself. You need not suffer from pains of any sort your horses need not suffer. Try a bottle of Ballard's Snow Liniment. It cures all pains. J. M. Roberts, Bo erafleld. Mo., writes "I have used your liniment for ten years and find it to be the best I have ever used for man or beast." Sold by all druggists. DO YOU KNOW That 50 per cent of disease is caused by abnormal action of the kidneys? Chironratlo adjustments make them act normal. Sr. A. Bertsehlsrer, graduate of the Palmer School of Chirqpratic. Da venport. Iowa. Room 17. Hely Bldg, nal1 In this matter and not allow its blind hatred of McKinlev to cloud Us vision It will find that wherever such crimes or frauds were discovered during his administration the Judicial machinery of the federal government was promptly set in motion and successful prosecu tions followed. It was the wonderful prosperity ftof this country which made it possible for railroads and other corporations or trusts to enter upon their career of rapacity and unlawful combinations which have characterized their actions during the last 8 years. These condi tions had not reached an acute stage until after Roosevelt's election, and we venture the prediction, that had McKln ley lived out his second term, railroad rate regulation and prosecutions of un lawful combinations of trusts and cor porations would have followed with as much vigor as has beei. displayed by his successor In office. The Oregonian admits Roosevelt car ried on the policies of McKlnley dur ing his Interrupted term of three and one half years, then it must have been the popularity of 'these policies, that helped to give Roosevelt his great ma Jorlty over Parker, therefore, Mcl-ln- ivy 9 puuucs nera no greater vinaK'a tlon than the popular approval given thsm In the second election tf McKln ley and the election of Roosevelt. is it not a little strange that McKln ley,' being the weak and Impotent creature tne oregonian pictures him. should have been nominated and elected governor of the state of Ohio and after serving his rirst term, be again nomi nated by acclamation and elected to a second term by a greatly increased ma jority. Is it not also strange that he should be nominated and elected president of the United States and be again nomi nated without opposition In a great He publican convention us the Republican candidate for presldont and elected by an overwhelming majority. Again we look back to his boyhood days, for he was scarcely more tuan a boy when he enlisted as a soldier in hla country's service at the hour of the darkest, period in its history; we see him facing shot and shell on the field of battle In defense of that country for which he finally yielded up his life and to the service of which he devoted his life work. The editor of the Oregonian may have reluctantly voted for McKlnley, but there were millions of Republican voters ana tnousanas ol Democratic voters who gladly voted for him for president and preferred him to any other man In this nation. We are happy to regard him as one of the very best and greatest presi dents this country has ever had; a president worthy to stand with Wash ington and Lincoln In our history. And, notwithstanding the cowardly attacks of the Oregonian upon the memory of McKinley. It will remain bright in the hearts of a grateful peo ple and he will live in history as long as our nation shall exist or the mem ory thereof shall endure. B. F. SWOPE. ST HI M 1 FAR NORTH Corwin Arrives From Nome With News of Mikkelsen Expedition. (Special Dlipitcb to Tbe Journal.) Seattle, Wash., Nov. 16. The steam ship Corwin from Nome, reached Se attle this morning, six days overdue, after encountering two of the worst storms Captain E. L. West has expe rienced In 40 years on the Pacific The Corwin Is the last boat from Nome. She left Nonje October 18. One of the passengers said: "We encountered the first storm Oc tober 23 in Bering sea and Captain Went assured us that it waa the worst he had experienced In 40 years. It lasted all day and one night and the passengers - had about given up hope. The thermometer steadily dropped to a point below 29 degrees. "We reached Dutch harbor October 24 and found the revenue cutter Mc Cullouh and the whalers Herman and William Baylies. Captain Tilton of the Herman reported a catch of 12 whales. valued at $150,000, and Captain Brod- fish of the Baylies reported four whales. CaDtaln Tilton while at Hefschel Island, met Captain Mikkelsen, the Dan ish explorer, who gave additional fe talis of the loss of the Duchess of Bedford, on which Mikkelsen and his i party started to the north, and one member of his crew with him were found In good health and will remain there during the winter. They have not given up hone of finding a new continent north of Banks Land. xn October 29 we encountered an other storm, which lasted until No vember 1. This was in Chilllcothe straits and we had the narrowest kind of escape from being WTecked. The Corwin was coated to the thickness of from six to 12 inches with ice and on the night or November 1 the wind ble 90 miles an hour." flav His Opinion. From Cassell'a Journal. Actions, It Is said, speak louder than words. One Is reminded of the old saw by the story of a French dramatist who. while reading a play to the membera of a theatrical company, observed that one of the actors had fallen asleep. When, after the readlnsr was finished. the company were expressing their opin ions of the play, the dramatist insisted on hearing the views of the drowsy ac tor. "I have given my opinion," said the player, suppressing a yawn. Why. you were asieep, said tne in dignant author. "Sir." was the dignified reply; "sleep Is an opinion." Needless Ceremony. From the Youth's Campalnlon. Peter had been hastily bidden to Bobby Hunt's party, and his mother was "rounding him up" In front of the washstand. Oh, mother, he said, do I have to have a whole bath?" "Certainly. Peter mumbled something, and his mother asked him what it was. I said were you sure it wasn t Just four Idea, replied 1'eter. "l m certain heard Bobby's mother tell you ovr the telephone that the party was very Mikkelsen . Informal. KAISER KNOWS POWER OF PRESS ' '--.. -, ' - ' - 1 ';" i ' German Emperor Cordial to Newspapermen Assembled at English Capital. s London, Not. 1$. Emperor William. who came to London today from Wind- tor castle, to receive numerous depu tations at the German embassr. waa specially cordial to th newspapermen who presented him with aa addraaa. H- sald: 'The power you wield Is great and la most beneficial when exerted In diraot. ing feeling of friendship among th na tions. Your address proves that yon take this task at heart. I am glad to meet you and I hope yon will continue to foster the friendly sentiments be tween Our two nations which are necea. sary to the peace of Europe. Wo or of the same race and religion, ties which sould prove strona- anouc-h tn keep us in harmony and f riondshTp.'. In conversation with th newsDaner-- men the emperor emphasised the great influence of the modern press and th facility with which international mis understandings were fomented in the newspapers. He added that what we needed was simply a little bit of good sense on both sides. Regarding Anglo-German relations, his majesty deprecated attaching - too much importance '"to the utterances of excitable people in either country." ; Grand -a ve. and K. Morrison. Hours Reviving an Ancient Game. From the Medical Press. One of the recent revivals is the an cient game of bowls, which now bids fair to tske once again a lending place among the sports of Merrle England. As a matter of fact. It Is Just as good a game today as it was In the time of Raleigh or in the remote Anglo-Saxon times. From a medical' point of view we have nothing but praise for this most excellent of recreations. It pro vides open air exercise and amusement for old ana young, it is admirably rltted for many Invalids, and above all it is of the best of what may be called natural opiates. nsrvs tonicHas Horns Jeltphons. Information for. WOMEN It will pay every woman who has the beauty of her lome at heart and wishes the proper lighting ef fects to harmonize with the settings of the rooms in ber home to visit the large lighting establish ment of the M. J. Walsh Company and see the varied styles and artistic effects in lighting fixtures. L ' f f ' ' .To those contemplating building new homes, or remodeling, to see the lighting experts with the M. J. Walsh Co. and con fer with them for proper locations. B ring your building plans along. We have men who have made, a studjr of lighting effects and who can install fix tures to harmonize with the furnishings and set tings of any room. THE M. J. WALSH n Salttroom 31 1 Stark Strest, Between 5th end 6th. A"" A