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THE -f UKKUUN IiAlLys JUUKWAL, OKTLANDr WEDNESDAY EVENING, 1 JAN UAKY 1, 1803
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POULTRY PRICES ROOST
ON VERY HIGHEST PERCH
, Chickens; Turkeys, Ducks and Geese Command Biggest
i ' Trice in History of Local Front Street MarketQues
- V tion Whether Producers Are Receiving Advance.
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' Never In thv history of. the local
markets has thera been such h. shortage
t; poultry and the prices : that ruled
7 a-enerally wera record ones even for
; this hlgh-prlced market, "-.'.,";
, ft Along Front atraot during tha ! paat
S4 hours turkeys, dressed, Bold t:
and 28o a pound while 1 to 18c a pound
was received for. live chickens. These
are among tha highest values ever ob
tained In tha Tortland wholesale mar
ket lor this period of the year. .
In all lines of poultry the receipts i of
late hv been, so small that it has
bmn impossible to fill orders and
Front street merchants boosted valuea
right and left Even ducks ana geese
were very high and the nominal arriy.
' ala In these .lines sold at recora-break-
'"fm" this "account the producers who
shipped to the Portland market should
receive the best returna they ever se
cured. For turkeys they should re
ceive on a baals of it and 48c a pound
loss the usual commission , charge or
10 per cent For chicken the returns
for shipments that arrived Monday or
Tuesday should be on a -basis of fully
16c: less the regular commission.
It Is stated, however, that producera
are not to receive these returns ex
cept In a, few Instances because Front
street wanta . the money. .Along the
street tha-trade wlU not admit that U
received more than iio for turkeys
-while no birds have been sold, so far
as known during the past 24 hours un
der 2ti and t8o. ' :l
. "I think It Is an outrage that Front
street should charge such mgn prices
PEACE FOLLOWS
SOFT APOLOGY
All Shoals, Reels and Hidden
Boulders Removed From
"? Ministerial Asosciation.
The olive branch,"; tha dove of peace
and All other emblems or love, cnariiy
and fraternity now hover over the
MethodlstA Ministerial t association..: all
dUa to a frank, open apology made by
Ir, C B. Cline at an,' executive session
'. of tha ministers -Monday morning for
remarks -made. by .Dr. Cllne regarding
one of tha ministers.
All the stress, strain and turmoil of
tha past several weeks Were swept away
In a few momenta and nothing but su
rerlative harmony is expected to fol
lnw at fill ur fnellhtra. .
Monday's meeting was called for the
firMi .' nurnnaa . of telling Dr. Cllne
.. that h would have to apologise for hla
utterances ana promise -- to no - mure
Guarded In his remarka In tha future.
r. Cllne was given to understand that
ha would do these' things or. be .elimi
nated from further meetings,-
Dr. Cline did apologise and did prom
ise and said further that he had not
meant his remarka aa they were Inter
preted. His statements were made In
such a manner aa to leave no doubt aa to
his alnoerity and were accepted In the
name spirit by the ministers who be
lie ve-their ruture meetings wm in
from further debates tinged with bitter'
iiihnnirli m nlalon. re card Dr.
nino'a remarka aa the chief cause of
all the fireworks at recent meetings.
the members say they do not believe
they were maae in a spirit or mmi.
vinumvcr. to kfCD the renorts of the
meetings free fwm sensationalism, the
.members decided to hold a special
executive session and have the matter
fairly understood so that nothing simj
liar will Mine tin in the future.
Just who the minister waa to whom
rr. Cllne referred In alighting terme
could not be definitely learned, it Is
eld to have been lr. Toung of Taylor
Htreet church, on whose paper at a re
cent aesslon Dr. Cline is said to have
Instated on placing a false construe
linn '
After Dr. Cllne'a apology the membera
t left the meeting-room in a happier
frame of mind than haa been apparent
lor many weeks. All expressed them
selves a highly elated over the outcome
of i the meeting, which is expected to
be the last one in wnicn any unpieas-
antnesa among the membera la manl
lested. ' GREAT PASSIOXTAY.
Kink
- rtodwjtlon Will Open In Expo
, 7 Thursday Afternoon. ;L
,The Paaslon play la a wcrd drama,
founded on the life, of Christ as por
trayed In the New Testament ,The
first Passion Play of which we have
any record, was In the fourth century.
A. D.. among the Greeka and was called
' Chrlstos Paachon." All ' through the
middle ages, different dramas of this
: nature were portrayed, chiefly by r
1 llgioua orders. During the crusados,
many similar plays were Riven for the
' purpose of stimulating the people to
"activity la saving of the holy city from
' ' the, hands of the Saracens. .
, In 1663 the peasants in -the villain
of Oberammergau, In Bavaria, were via
1 ted by a terrible plague which devae
tated their country. On its cessation,
the entire population made a vow to
perform the Paaslon play of our Saviour
- every tenth year, out of gratitude,
and as a means of religious Instruction
a vow which haa ever since been
faithfully and regulitrly observed. The
Inhabitants of this aecludfd village
have a -rare union of artistic ability
and Cultivation, with ferfect simplicity.
Their familiarity with -religious sub
jects is even beyond what is usual in
the Alpine parts of Germany and the
spectacle Is looked on with the same
filings with which It originated. Whst
. would appear elsewhere as . Impious. Is
WWWtU $fj.eBS x t-w . - -a-- -
o these peasants devout and edlfylnir.
The Impersonator of Chrls considers
the rest of
We part an act of worship.'
tne perto
jet ted for their holy life and are con-
iiil
He and
he performers are e-
,.rrlir1 In thAle work with nnnr and
fasting. Irt faCt,"tt Is the ambition of
every child In the.vUlaae to act a part
in this great event of their life and
in order to do so they must show hy
t iclr dally life that they, are worthy
or such an honor. Every village girl
)h an ambition to portray the part ot
y.nrv, the mother f Christ and they
brlieve that in order to attain this, they
must not even In thought, do anything
contrary to the vlrtuoua and pure rhar
ttr rctjuired for the mother , of the
iivlour. ,Not to be onleierd fit'to
t iWe iirt, however small, iq this grand
!Uv, Is, In Obermmeritsu, considered
to be a nrreat diHR-rsoe To take a part
away from an actor lea .ahamevthat
enn hardly be borne aVd H Is on record
ttiut onte a man to whom this happened
MPiti Into melancholy, which became
i s rortland public will have an on-j'-
itunltv to witness this great "produe
t mi uridr ,the most favorable ftrcunv
i!!inoe at the Kxpnaltion- rink for one
wi"k . hKinnlRg .Thursday , nf temoon.
Two prrfirmani-es earh aftornmin and
venire.. "The Holy Citv," "The rIms"
Md "la Hia Steps' Wilt b lar illun
tratcd. and A.; 1 eCii prio w 1 1 1 furnish
.!-, ,--rt rtiui' with' his full band. tp
!' .i frc-nt lossoa at: reasonable prices
i'i - iij rink. ; v . ? '. . .. ,
said one of the, most prominent poultry
market men son the coast. . "We have
been held up for the highest prices on
record for the New Year's trade. I
don't mind the high prices Just so the
producer gets his share of It But will
net I .bought turkeya from several
mdrkets yesterday snd paid 27c a
pound for them. One dealer billed the
birds to me at 2Ac but I made so much
complaint that he . finally .eut a cent
off the price, making It JTc a pound."
' "I waa compelled to nav ITc a pound
for live chickens yesterday," says the
buyer and proprietor of the Columbia
Fish Market. "Then too, the stocks
were rather poor and the cropa were
filled with wheat This latter should
be; stopped by the health authorities
because birds will spoil within 24
hours If killed and the cropa are filled
with wheat." ,
vfloms Front street merchanta have
not been making decent returna to their
shtppera for some time," says A I
Friedman, one of the proprietors of
the Barnes-Franklin market, and , one
of the largest buyers of poultry in the
city. "We know of one particular in
stance where a house secured 25 ducks
and made returns of about 6c a pound
under the prices actually psld bar.re-
isuers. i xnow tnis Decause tne snip
per who sent the birds to the Front
street house also-sent, a like number
There has bean tnanv xntnnlalnla tn
Tho Journal regarding the very Im
proper returns given country shippers
by some Front street houses. Some of
them- make full payments to their ship
pers and no complaint la heard from
me Bonders. These, nowavar. era
Irioladed In the list
not
POL CA
L FIGHTS
ST. JOHIIS
Bristling Battles Bloom
Bravely in Preliminary
Skirmishes for Offices.
St. Johns enters upen a year ot vig
orous, political activity Monday when
the electors will . vote on tha adoption
of a new . charter. So far the usual
"pyrotecbnlca" that . accompany a po
litical campaign have not appeared, as
It is generally understood the charter
la acceptable, and for once the people of
St. Johns seem to be reasonably agreed
on something.
Monday's election will be the first of
six elections that will occur In St. Johns
In 1908. There will be the city primary
and election, the general primaries and
election In June, and the national elec
tion as a "grand finale." ' It will be a
oontinuous performance, and there will
be little chance tor St. Johns to oool off
between rounds. ; i ,
rrimarlea WUJ Be He.
After the charter election the city
Srimaries will . be held some time In
larch. Thla election will not be so
Insignificant In Its "before effects" ss
nas been tne charter campaign. Al
ready the St. Johns politicians -are
grooming their warhorses. and , sensa
tional features, only for St Johns, have
been sprung. The "Interests" that are
generally accused .of putting tha .pres
ent "regime" Into power, declare that
Mayor-Couch -and tils associates haie !
violated their respective faiths with
mo naia inierosis, ',, wno will trans
fer their support to other candidates.
Just how much thla support carries
is variously debated but It remains a
fact that it waa aufflcient last year
to elect nearly every official except
the recorder,
It is conceded that Councilman B. T.
!ggett 1 preparing himself for a run
for the mayoralty. What other candi
dates are in the field la hard to ascer
tain but there never Is a dearth of can
didates in St Johns. Jgge-tt haa allied
himself with the" reform 'element, the
element that la opposing the "inter
ests." He has . Introduced into the
council a reneral "Sundnv lid" ordin
ance and regards his fellow councilmen
as rerusina- to read the signs or the
times In not allowins- the ordinance to
have a hearing.
. Series of Battles. . '
The eomins cnmnala-n will be aria
Of battles w,ith the liquor interests.
St. Johns went "wet" two years ago by
five votes and sentiment undoubtedly
now favors a reversion to the drv. The
St. Johns llyuor dealers realise a pos
sible defeat and sre not ordering goods
that will last them longer than next
June. - -mere is mucn sentiment in
favor of the Sunday ordinance and it i
may have consideiable effect should the i
present mentuers or tne council run for
reelection.
There is a rkatln rink in St. Jnhna
between two churcbes. During the ser
vices In the churches the skating is
orniltted to go on and a noisy music
OX mocks the sacred hvmnala of thn
two cnurcnoa not oniv tha rhurnh
members but others have protested, but
still thea skating and the noisy muslo
box is allowed to annoy the good clti
sens of St. Johns. A petition contain-'
Ins 200 names, askiha that the allfB,i
nuisance be abated, was disregarded by
JAMES GIBS0X HAD
RECORD LV IDAHO
(Special Dlapatcb to The Jourul.)
Lewlston, Idaho, Jan.. 1. Jamea Gib
son, who waa - wanted in Nei er.-!
county,--with cases in the district court
charging' him with felonies, U the mn
who was killed at.Taft, Montana, Fri
day night by a 17-year-old boy.
- Gibson was a notorious character In
Nes Perce county and the crimlinl
prosecution against him has cost thous
ands of dollars, i
Durlna- the last term of . tha dlatrlrt
court Gibson waa the prosecutor of a
man named Beasley, the father of the
woman wno , is not nis wire but wl th
Whom he had been iivlnr for tha iuat
several years and who was tha vintim
of an asaault which provoked the flr-
iub vi uw snot mat jtuiea mm.
BLACK HILLS CREEK
IS RICH WITH GOLD
J- (Csited Prrss teases ?Wlr.)
"Dawson. Yukon. Jan, l. Black Hills
creek, recently discovered near Daw
son, a tributary of the -Stewart river,
IS miles Ions, la now staked full lanvth
Many miners are prospecting and aome
are taking out dumps. Some of the
claims are held at i,000 to 130,000
each. , - ,,.
Amos N. Harlburt DeadL
' PUpntrh t Tb ' Jourl.l
KuAene. Or.. Jan. 1. Amoa K Hurl.
btirt, a prominent cltiaen of Lane coun
ty, wno oiwi aiOFKiay at Junction City,
waa, buried In the Masonic cemetery
here-yesterday afternoon. He wag born
In Vermont. December IS,; 1827, and
came to Oregon In 182. settling in
Ijine -county, v He leaves two, sons, C
F. HurlburL a. merchant nf Jitnotl,,n
City, aud W. P. Hurlburt. a plumber of
oirone. Pontiles a danrhier Un . Mrl-
Hoxan, of ottumwa, Iowa.- '
In the Bargain
v Basemenl .
$1.50 and $1.75 '
Dressed Dolls ... OJC
Nickeled Tea Ket- -'tles,'
$1.25 value . . . ,Q C
10c
25c Fancy Jap Tea ;
lots....
i MM I
THIS WEEK ONLY
lillitillSo
LEADING EAST jlDE DEPARTMENT STOR
E-Morrlsoii' S troiif mdlllhidii .-Aveinie
In l Baroain
Basemenl
15c set ' Earthen , v. , Otl '
Cooking Crocks;1, . J DC
Set pf 4 in sizes of 7, 8,
9 and 105 inches,;
Fancy : Art Pottery ' Bridge
. Pitchers, 25c ' If
values:,--..-. IDC
THIS . WEEK ONLY
0)iiir;pffIli
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i(B:Sal(B
STARTS TfroHSDAV; 0M1ABY 2. 1988 -
And we shall make this sale the most extraordinary bargain event we . have l ever held, or that is on m this city at the present time.
."Shop around", wherever you like, but before you make your purchases you, must Come here, if you would save all the money, possible. !
Men's CM S t
MValiies to $15 al $7
' This' lot includes odd Suits in
every size from 34 .to 40, and from
$10.00 to $15.00 in price. All are
of splendid quality and styles are
good. :
Men's Salts $13 to $16.50 a( $9.95
This includes our very newest
tailor-made Suits that -are models
of sty t, fit and quality.
Worth $15 it $9.65.
New stylish, gray, Coats, velvet
collars, Arery swagger and excellent
' grade..", , . J VV
Men's Underwear
CLEARANCE PRICES
MEN'S. HEAVY GRAY WOOL
RIBBED $1 VALUES 67
Shirts or drawers; shirts silk
faced, French reck.
MEN'S $1.25 WOOL RIBBED
UNDERWEAR AT 03
Fine wool ribbed Shirts and
""Drawers, well, made, extra quality.
$3.00 WOOL RIBBED UNION
, SUITS $1.88,
Very fine wool ribbed, perfect fit
ting; our best goods; all sizes,
MEN'S ODD UNDERSHIRTS,
' VALUES TO $1.00, AT 50
Odd-Shirts in camelshair and
natural wool.
Boys' Suite Reduced
Good, strong, serv
iceable Suits in good
styles
$2.50 and $3.00
Suits ?1.00
$5.00 and $6.00
Suits ....... $3.00
' CHILD'S OVERCOATS
$5.00, NOW
A Sensational Embroidery Sale
v Regular Values to 50c Yard .: JillV
V
Reg
Pretty, hew patterns in widths to 17 inches, suitable for corset covers.
EMBROIDERY VALUES TO 20c at lil all handsome new patterns,
in embroideries "and insertions, ranging in width to 1)4 inches. "'-
ANOTHER LOT WORTH TO 15c AT 8 YARD This lot includes
very choice embroideries and insertions to 5 inches in width.
EMBROIDERY SALE STARTS AT. 8 A. M. s.
WONDERFUL
MUSLIN ,:
WEAR
BARGAINS
t
BEAUTIFUL MUSLIN GOWNS $1.68
GRADE, AT ?r.20
Daintrfjr trimmed with lace and inser
tion, very much like picture.
$1.48 MUSLIN DRAWERS." AT 08
'Very dainty lace .or embroidery trim
ming, in styles like picture. , .
Gowns. . . .49c, 79c, 88c, 98c, $1.29, $1.39
Drawers.... 25c, 37c, 49c, 79c, 98c, $1.38
Skirts .,...49c, 98c, $1.38, $1.98
LADIES' OUTING FLANNEL NIGHT
ROBES, 75c GRADES 48
Good full sizes ; neat blue and pink
stripe.
"A big new lot of sanitary, well-made Undermuslins the
kind that makes it seem useless and expensive to make them
at home.
$1 OUTING FLANNEL ROBES 73
BEST BLEACHED $1.25 TABLE
DAMASK 80 v
All Irish linen, handsome new patterns,
2 inches wide. Napkins to match.
65c BLEACHED TABLE LINEN 44
Choicest new patterns, full 60 inches
wide. ,
BEST I2c AND 15c DRESS FLAN
NELETTES AT 0
Our choicest 124 c and 15c values;
pretty, new patterns to choose from.
Marvelous Clearance of
Ladies' Coats. Suits. Furs
i The price reductions are extreme.;
ft Every garment in the sale is this ;
season's best , style. - Now1 every;
." . suit, coat, etc., has been ' ruthlessly
reduced. '-,::i'-L-". . 'lvi'vssV';':-',v:-$21.00
$25.0pXOATS i ? 12.4 5
.This.loit iocfudesr our, very choice'
est new coats in plain colors, spleh-i
didly tailored and handsome in style.
$12.00 and $10.00 COATS at $6.45
Coats tf style and Quality at about
half priced Every "coat must be sold
this month, and we' put this quick-
moving price , on them at the very
. start of the sale. -- ':
$20.00 AND $25.00 SUITS $12.05
A bargain feast 'for stylish dress
ers You'll pronounce them 1 won
ders. Suits in plain, and fancy; all
well tailored and nobby, styles. '
HANDSOME FUR SCARFS, $3.00,
STYLES, $1.-88
. Beautiful new styles with best;
satin lining.
$2.00 FUR BOAS AT $1.33
Heavy, choice Fur Boas with 3
tails on each end.
$1.50 FUR BOAS AT 70' .
Neat and v warm, good, ' stylish
black Fur Boas.
Save Money on Bedding
C5c BLEACHED SHEETS at 4,
Full size, 72x90, all ready for iise;
15c PILLOW SLIPS AT 11
Keaay lor - use ; bleached y good
- muslin; 36x42. , ' . ' : .
$3.50 COMFORTS AT $2.G3
Extra large size, pure white tot-,
ton, covered with choice sateen;
well quilted. V - .Vv
Bargains in Slide
Department
EXTRA SPECIAL
6ic
Best 9c Apron Ging-
ham, yard
$3.30
Nobby tan and red
Overcoats for boys 3
to 7.
Men's 75c union-made Apron Over
alls, black and brown. ..... .40
Also Jackets to match.
Men's Canvas Gloves at, pair. . 5
Men's 15c Half Wool Sox, pair.10
Men's Wear Reduced
Best 75c Golf Shirts at. 58
$1.50 Wool Flannel Shirts at. .08
75c Outing Night Robes at. . . .40
$2 All-Wool Flannel Shirts $1.63
50c President Suspenders. ... . .35
35c Lisle Suspenders 10
Men's $1.50 Self-Opening Umbrella
at,...;.'- 03
MEN'S $2.75 AND $3.00 SHOES Kid,
box calf, patent $2.35
All newest blucher styles, splendid wear.
WOMEN'S $1.75 RUBBER -HEEL
. JULIET 80 x
Patent leather tips, sizes 4 to Ty2.
MEN'S $1.25 and $1.50 SLIPPERS 07
Fine kid Opera and Everett black and
tan slippers.
BOYS SHOES, VALUES TO $1.75,
AT 05
All sizes to 5i ; all solid and good styles.
MEN'S HIGH TAN WET WEATHER
$7.00 SHOES $5.40
12-inch top, hand-made, waterproof, all
sizes.
WOMEN'S SMALL SIZES AND NAR
ROW WIDTH SHOESWORTH
TO $3.50, AT $1.00 PAIR
Shoes of splendid quality, fit and very
good styles and lots.. ,
GIRLS' KID AND CALF SHOES, $1.50
VALUES, AT 05 PAIR
Best styles and all solid, sizes to 2,
WOMEN'S ODD SIZES HEAVY 7iic RUBBERS
AT 37c BEST GRADE
MILLINERY All Hats Fourth Off
American lady Corsets
All SUS Styles
93c
American Lady
Corsets are su
perior to a 11
others at the
price. A style
for every fig
ure, and your
choice of the
$1.25 grades at
03
A SPLENDID
$1.00 CORSET
AT 60
renect-iming corsets with sup- r
porters, white, ail sizes in 20 to 30; f
rHrtTrTTRT ftl fcK an1 41 Kft nPT?5 I
vw v W aft, v AV aaa WV aVTk Jkaf kaff ftaf
GOODS AT SO '
. Rich, stylish dress plaids, in all
wool qualities, 56 inches wide; choic
est new shades. ! - s
SAFE BLOWERS
1ST
FACE FEDERAL COURT
Burglars Who Bobbed the
Troutdale Postoffice Will
Answer to Uncle Sam.
Jack Caater. alias Williams, .Edwards
and DHlon, whd was arreated by Sher
iff Stevens and detectives yesterday,
on the chants of blowing the safe Jn
the postoffice and' store at Troutdale.
haa been .turned oyer to the United
States 'marshal arid v'H he dealt -with
In the federal court, eharles Wilson,
who la accused of beinr an accomplice,
is also held by tba United States, mar
shal. The Troutdule burglars obtained be
tween S7S0 and J 1.000 in casb from the
aafe they robbed, a portion -f the
money being funds of the post office.
They left behind a large book of pot
aga stamps, either from fear that: the
stamps could be traced or from a de
al re to avoid a -postorricerobbery
charge, not knowing that part ot tho
cash alao belonged to Uncle Banri.
i- Neither manas made any statement
since his arrest. They are regarded as
clever ' crooks ' but Sheriffs Stevens Is
sure a good case can be mad against
them.; iV- '
i ' Nw Child Yabor aw. .
--. : r (Unit prm Lnm4 Wire. i .
. Montaomery, Ala., Jan. 1 The cotton
mills or Alabama have arranged to put
Into effect today the new anti-cMId
laborvlaw pascd by th las legislature
of this atste. - Tl nw law proiilbtts
tha employment of children under. 1 J
years of age, and limits the work of
children between IS and 14 years to 60
hours per week, v The enforcement -of
the law wlU cut -down tha operating
hours of some of the departments in
some of the mills six houra per week.
The mlH and factory owners, as a rule,
are well satisfied with the new law and
believe It will work for' tha general wel
fare or .all concerned .-
BEWILDERED MINDS
v EECOGXIZE SAVI0B
(Spertir Dispatch to TT) JoornL) ,.
Massilon, Ohio. Jan. 1. Tha phy
sicians at the state hospital for the
Insane yesterday' tried the experiment
of exhibiting to the patients a large
palritlng of Christ, Illuminated by elee-
trlc. iignts. ii is Deuevert mat oy tnus
concentrating the attention of the in
aane upon this picture a beneficial ther
apeutic effect will be produced In their
recovery. , .
- Many of tha patients recognising the
subject of the painting, raised their
hands In supplication toward It, and
some feu on their knees and wept,
WHEAT SHIPMENTS'
BREAKING RECORDS
(Cnitrd Ftcm Lnwd ' tytf.
TacomaJ: Wash. Jan. 1.- During the
year Just dosed there was received In
Tacoma r 14.1 47.785 bushels of wheat
vniucd at tn.Sl,18l. This breaks all
former records. To bring the grain
here required lZ.tti cars. In Decem
ber S.708 cars were received. - ,
Oanga of Sailing Data or 8tama
- "T?-"1 - -;"- ;s: - Braakwatar.
Steamer Breakwater will leave Alns
worth dock ' tonight,' January 1, at t
o'clock, instead of January l..as former
ly announced. ,
10 SHOOT HOLES
III L0H00H FOB
Italian Scientist Seeks Con
tract to Cl6ar Air of
World's Metropolis;
jt X- . - .,..'.'. !'.. 7 -
London, Jan. 1. Sign or Maggiora, the
Italian Inventor, who contends that he
can rid London of Its fog. Is hot dis
couraged by the unfavorable report of
tho director of the meteorological of-1
nee upon uib project, ne. saia la a rep
resentative of The Tribune yesterday:
"If DrV Shaw had communicated with
me before writing as be did. I coull
have explained to him the nature of
my Invention. Aa It Is, he Is under a
complete misapprehension with regard
to, It. I have never claimed to ba able
to .disperse the air. . :
"in order to et rid of for. . It suf
fices to destroy the atmospheric equilib
rium, or stillness, which Is Its chief
cause, as is shown by tha fact that we
never have fog when there is the slight
est wind With my aDoaratua I do not
attempt to dlrre the S.000 - million
tons of air which makes up a London
fog. but simply to produce In it a moleo
ulai movement throurh atmosDheric vi
brations. To produce a molecular -movement
in 1,000 tons of metal It la not at
alt necessary to dissipate the mass. All
you have to do is to strike the mass
of metal with a hammer, and all the
molecules in the 1.000 tons are set vi
brating. -
. "As regards tr. Shaw's remarka on
experiments against haUatonna, it , la
sufficient . to point to the official e
port Issued last year by the Wine Grow
ers' association of Lyons. . He will find
there . that the experiments have been
attended. With tha greatest'success. In
the 10 years before they were under
taken tha damage by hailstorms In 16
different districts in Franca waa es
timated at 13,000,000 franca. In the
six following years it was 1,000,000
francs only. And the report adds:
'Wherever there has been a failure It
has been due to relaxed vigilance on
the part- of the men who . had charge
oi in apparatus.' it is, also stated in
the same report that In the province
of Trevlso, in Italy, where 5 of my
acetylene cannon are In use, excellent
reanltfr hav ..hitan nhf atrial .. .
To free London from fog SIgnor iiag-
giora aaia tnat, navmg retrard to the
enormoijs area, to be dealt with,' he
wvuia require ?o or tils "cannon," or
huge cylindrical engines. -I have not
tho slightest doubt,, he said "as to the
result." ' r'i ;:.
"I would gladly undertake' to make
the experiment at my own expense, but
i nave ajreaay incurred . so large an
outlay In making my invention known
that I do not feel Justified In adding
to it. From first to last I have spent
12,000. Mr patents alone have cost
ma 2,000. I have estimate from Eng
lish engineers who are willing to make
the apparatus- for. 350.. ;e , -
"I may tell you that a committee,
of which O. Consldlna O'Qorman. of t
Cloisters, temple, E. G., is chairman
and honorable treasurer, . hasv been
formed to raise tha necessary amount."
... y: r ' '. im. .'. it ; ,,
- Mrs. Caroline Wood Dead.
; ISpeetal Plprt to Tlw aartuii.l
: Astoria, Or.. Jan. 1. Mrs. ' Caroline
Wood, - the best-known woman of the
lower Columbia, died yesterday at -her
"home In Eureka, Washington.? The de
oeasod was born? In England 80 years
ago and. bad lived in this vicinity for
nearly 40 years. She leaves four mar
ried .daughters, all' living In this city,
ss follows: Mrs. Anstenson. Mrs. N.-H.
Webber. Mrs. Tbotnaa Bell and Mra
Purdy. . , ,' '. t ,
HUNTER
USES
PHONOGRAPH DECOY
Wild.vJWl Cant Resist
"Honk, Honkw of Machine
in Bow of the Boat. :.
. Georgetown, Del.. Jan. 1 Ace flood.
hill, of MlIlEboro, is having wonderful
Success gunning for Wild geese on the f
Indian, river with the" aid of a modern
phonograph. " - - ; t
' Hl methiMt la n fh. ..vi
loaded with "honk-honk", In" the bow
of the boat,, and then, when the. geese
answer the call, to pick them off. The
:
geese fly to the slaughter, he says, and (
ha nan tA ihrnil ia fac b.n . .J . I
' vi.w n ic,i WHS . V
necessary to cool is gun. He says he
that the next legislature win
forbldflinw the use of phonographs.
FIXING THE SIZE OF V ,
BOISE-PAYETTE FAR3IS
-;, rStpMtut Dispatch ta fh Joan I.) '
& Bolae, Ida.. Jan. L Judge J. W
Shurtliff ' of Ogden and Walter Jv
Granger of rforth Yakima, who compose
tha comrelssioh selected by the depart
ment of the interior to fix the farm
unif for the . Boise-Payette Irrigation
grptect are in tba city. Yesterday thev
eld a meeting . with, the tnemhra"
of tha Waterusers" association and oth
era at Caldwell, when tho matter wns
tnorougniy gone over. The commis- f
sion Is siaw making a trin over tha l
project. . i- - V (.-'- ' ;r
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