THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY EVENING,'! FEBRUARY 10.
1908.
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which reiulted ; In t new republic' rect vote of the people. Let us do it,
Napoleon la-1807 ordered. Portugal without ny conditions. Let us elect
to shut its ports" against; England men to' the legislature who will agree
to this, and agree to keep their bands
off. These politicians care no more
in reality about the federal constitu
tion "than they do about yesteryear's
birdsnests. They are afraid to trirst
the people; that is the trouble with
them.
Now it is in the people's hands
Stick to the primary law and especial
Iy to Statement No. 1, and they will
really and fully elect their senators,
henceforth. This is important;
whether the man elected is a Repub
lican or Democrat is unimportant.
and not being satisfied with . King
John's partial and equivocal compli
ance made It so uncomfortable tor
him that he emigrated to tfrar.il, and
Portugal was governed for awhile
by regents. In ,1833 Maria Gloria
was recognized by France and Eng
land as queen, but civil wars devas
tated the country till 1852, since
which time Portugal has enjoyed
peace, but has been the prey of cor
rupt gorernment gradually grow
ing worse. Luis I reigned till 1889
when he was succeeded by Carlos.
the king lately . assassinated, and
whose heavy Job now devolves upon
the youth Manuel.
-a
v Holiness is an infinite com
passion for others: Greatness
1 ii to take the common things f
'of life and walk truly among
them: Happiness is a great
lore and much serving. Phil
lips Brooks.
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TUB FARMERS' OITORITXITV.
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T
TS A DILEMMA.
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SI PEAKING IN favor of the ab-
-.V rogation of the tariff on wood
a 1 pulp the Review of Reviews
recently observed: 1 "In the
first place, the pulp milts are de
stroying our remaining forests with
frightful rapidity. In the second
place the making of white paper
for the use of newspapers, maga
zines, and books seem to have been
subjected to a monopolistic control
which Is forcing up the prices of
HE BEST news of the hour con
cerns the northwest farmer. It
is a message of enormous in
fluence on his future. It is a
picture of train loads of fat cattle,
fat hogs and fat sheep rolling along
every northwest railroad, or boat
loads of them steaming down the
Columbia and Willamette rivers to
supply the Swift and the Sulzburger
packing houses soon to be built in
Portland. It is a picture of such
prosperity as has not hitherto Deen
known in this region. At one stroke
it makes animal husbandry almost a
premier industry. It gives to the
northwest farmer that great asset
which has made rich the farmers in
the states contiguous to the Chicago,
Kansas City and Omaha packing
houses. It opens up to him a mar
ket that ought to be as good a mar-
Governor Hughes has some heavy
handicaps. The latest dark burden
he is callod upon to bear la the sup
port of "Tim" Woodruff. But Gov
ernor Hughes Is not to blame for
that. Everybody knows that he de
spises "Tim."
So the Republicans may nominate
a New Jersey man. Governor Fort.
for vice-president. We don't remem
ber his financial rating, but being
governor of the trust-breeding state
we presume he Is "alright."
It ia a curious situation; the Re
publican party will have to Indorse
and applaud a Democratic president
Roosevelt, and also the Republican
party, which he has split asunder.
That platform will be a funny thing.
WILL PROSECUTE
MIL MEN
BOGUS
Federal Government to 'Try
Quartet for Passing: De
funct Bank Notes.
faper and thus gravely abusing tbe!kct .inV in, th .worlf II. hou,
: protection afforded by the tariff.
.The newspapers of the country are
', demanding the abolition of the tariff
on wood pulp, and many reasons of
public Interest would seem to Jus
tify .congress In dealing with, this
item as a separate and urgent mat
ter.", It Is further argued that the
forests of Canada are so vast as to
be practically Inexhaustible, and that
their distance from American mills
. makes a freight differential entirely
, sufficient for the purpose of protec
tion. ,
All this is true enough, but it does
not touch the point which the lead
ers of the dominant party In con
gress have principally to consider.
' In establishing and maintaining high
. protection, that party has been leg
islating all along for the benefit of
a few and against the Interest of the
many and only here and there one
of them has Indicated a disposition
to change that policy. The few "put
j up"; the many wete deluded. Will
It do, is It possible, thus to abandon
this sacred foundation principle of
protection? For while It is true that
wood pulp affords a conspicuous In
stance of the Injustice and absurd
ity of high protection, and shows
: that such a policy fosters and main;
tains oppressive monopolies, this
duty is no worse than many others,
and needs abrogating no more than
they. 4
The tariff on wood pulp and paper
. Is made especial object of attack
now because It imposes a heavy bur-
den on newspapers and other publi
cations, and they have a voice that
cannot well be entirely Ignored, but
the tariff on this product needs ab-
: rogatlng no more than that on steel
and many other articles. Protection
ist organs are in rather a dilemma;
in advdeating the abrogation of the
: duty only on tne principal materials
they use, they lay themselves open
; to the charge of narrow selfishness,
and they cannot advocate the abro
gation of all equally unjust and un
necessary duties without attacking
the whole structure of protection,
the "very foundation principle and
' the chief mainstay of their party.
The majority party In congress is
in a dilemma also; if it follows the
president's advice and takes the duty
off paper and pulp, and stops there,
what fun . Williams and the rest of
the Democrats will have at its ex-
'. pense? And the people who are not
large .direct consumers of paper,
but are consumers of many other
highly protected articles, will say
, they "have not received a square deal
and Will turn against a party that is
'scared by the newspapers into giving
them relief and neglects everybody
else. And if, yielding still farther,
.the Republican paity selects a few
other things to remove the tariff
frpmtbe whole structure wjlj crum
: ble; It will be a debacle. , Then
, where will the party be?
It looks like a rather rocky road
ahead for our friends, the Republl
, cans, for since they will not begin
to revise, the tariff how none but
very ; credulous voters win believe
that any platform promise made
next summer will be sincere and will
be carried out. Perhaps the best
:thing the Republican party could do
this year would be to stand pat'for
the Dingley tariff, and fight it out on
that line.
and will revise his price list, and
place the figures in the highest
notches. Living in a region where
livestock can be grown and fattened
at the least cost, he will have a mar
ket to bring the highest figures.
In the past he has been selling in
a market that he could easily over-
supply. It was a contingent market
because without packing houses. A
constant tide of northwest cattle,
hogs and sheep rolled by the train-
load into Kansas City, Omaha and
Chicago. The grower paid the freight
on this long and unnatural haul,
which left him scant figures for his
profits.
But there is to be economic revo
lution. The Portland packing houses
will work it. They will be nearer
Alaskan markets, nearer the oriental
world, and nearer South America than
all competitors. It will be a water
haul, the cheapest haul known to
transportation. In addition it is now
declared that the Panama canal will
be completed within six years. It
will almost be ready for use by the
time the Portland packing houses are
well under way. By that token the
northwest stockman will be closer!
than all others to the door of over
crowded Europe with its enormous
demand at high prices for meat pro
ducts. The products loaded into the
hold of an ocean steamer at the very
door of the Portland packing plants,
will be unloaded without further han
dling at Liverpool, Hamburg and
other European ports. There will be
no railhaul as is true of other estab
lishments and no transfer of cargo.
It places the northwest stockman in
closer and cheaper touch with all the
world. It will give the northwest
farmer a decided advantage over the
hitherto unapproached stockman of
the great livestock empire of the mid
dle west. It will make the northwest
a new livestock' kingdom and open up
easy opportunity for every farmer in
the region to wax rich at theindustry.
The farmers up the country must
help themselves. They can do this
by patronizing their friend, the Open
River association, instead of their
enemy, Ilarrlman.
Whoever is nominated and elected
president, the country will be saved.
The people will gradually attend to
that.
Winter, fierce, howling, relentless,
has the east In its grip now and
look at Oregon and be thankful that
you live here.
The federal rovernment la to make
an effort to convict the quartet ar
rested several days aso on susnlcion
of having- passed a number of defunct
tats bank notes of Georgia, on a charge
of using tha United fttataa
, - wKwaB sa a a a w
defraud.
R. V. Walla 3 V . D..,ln. . .
Cavlness and M. J. Dorsey wars ar
raigned before United States Controls.
a I iak at tV... li.i, . i
Z. V. an-ivaa in ins r scleral
building; this mornlnv and tha hara
postponed until Tuesday at the ,r-
yuvai qi mi counsel tar tha Hnf.n
Court Sao Is Ion.
Several years aa-n th lra Jiutn
llnger handed down a decision that
leasing ueiunci DanK notes was not aa
set which would hold the prisoner Hay
ble to answer a charge of counterfeit
ing unneo Di&ies currenoy. Owing to
this fact the government agents have
not been able to prosecute many of the
cases which have been brought to their
The defunct bank nntaa ara nur.
chased in Chicago at a cheap price. It
Is alleged that Haylor and his confed
erates received the paper In Portland.
.lo.iiis uou ji nni Dy registered mail.
Owing to this charge they will be tried
iur using me malls to defraud.
iiiuuwnni oi aoiiara nava hn re
ceived by different Individuals In Port-,
tana wunin the last few months In ex-
ennna-a for unr mumhlin. r.Mi
bills and which affWward proved to be
wvruuess.
LAST, OF-THE SHIP EMILY REED
Sr. . : V
After Part of the Stranded Ship Emily Reed, Showing Charthouse and Poop Deck.
The Journal.
Photograph Taken for
COMMISSIONERS LISEN
(Continued from Page One.)
a .-.TIUVn?0k'"Or-' Feb. 1 Wreckage from the lost ship Emily Reed Is strewn all over the beirh at rtf.
A party of four persons from this city started for the scene of the wreck srrlln thvL ufJli1 J? r CTtr "
Photographs of the half of the stranded ship were taken. The vessel brokt 7n imo am"fshln2 Win!7 nl'!??:
quarters and poop deck and chart house above water. This remnant of the shl? la fast' ol?g 5 pllcea
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OSLER THEORY DOES
NOT CARRY "WEIGHT
LN CITY OF ROSES
Certain councllmen should remem
ber that 200,000 other people are
more Important than a dozen or a
score of law-breaking saloon-keepers.
The question is: Shall the people
elect? Everything else Is Impertinent.
This Date in History.
1473 Nicolaus Copernicus. Polish as
tronomer, born. Died 1543.
1(77 American congress commls
loned five major-generals.
1780 New York ceded her rlrhts in
western lands to the United States.
1793 British nag raised over Cor
sica.
1803 Ohio admitted to the Union.
1864 Second Confederate congress
met at Richmond.
1871 General John B. Magruder died
at Houston, Texas. Born In Virginia.
Auaruat 16, isio.
1874 Business section of Panama de
stroyed by fire.
1887 (Jon uress passed a bill to retire
tne iraae aonar.
LEAVE IT TO THE PEOPLE.
T
PORTUGAL.
PORTUGAL, where, the latest
' royal assassination took place,
... has passed through many ex
citing experiences, and, for a
little, country it baa played quite a
prominent part in tne world's at
v fairs, especially several centuries' ago
- when voyages of discovery and col
onlration were the rage in Europe.
Portugal broke away from Spain In
1640 after. 60 years t captivity,"
and by forming an alliance with Eng-
land maintained Its Independence for
over a century and a half. Gradual
ly Portugal lost most of Its colonial
possessions to the French, the Eng
lish and the Dutch, and finally lost
Its last important one, Brazil,
thresh, a guccessful revolution
--".5 -" "Vvr, .-v . '
HE CRY of alarm amone the
Republican politicians, office
seekers and would-be bosses is:
"If the Republican members of
the legislature are pledged to State
ment No. 1, they will have to vote
for Chamberlain for senator, for he
will beat the Republican nominee in
June." Th is is rather a curious ad
vance admission that though the
Democrats have less than a third of
the vote of the state a Democrat
would be chosen senator.
But suppose that apparently im
probable thing should happen. It
will be the people's work and will. It
will be because the oeoole want
Chamberlain. They know him. He
will have been governor over six
years before his term as senator be
gins. He is no stranger. If elected it
will be on ln's known and proved mer
its. If with their eyes open, and after
full deliberation, the people of Ore
gon want Chamberlain in the senate
instead of Fulton or Cake, why should
not they have a right to send him
there?
This brings the matter right back
to the main proposition; let the peo
ple choose. Mr. Geer and others say
that if the legislature is Republican it
must choose a Republican senator.
And this even though iiie same voters
that had chosen that legislature had
deliberately, intelligently, purposelv.
and we will suppose for the Sake ff
illustration, by a large rnajority,
chosen a Democrat.
There is no consistency in this.
Geer and others who oppose State
ment No. 1 say they are in favor of
electing senators by the people. They
are not; they contradict themselves;
they prescribe a condition.. Why are
not the people as capable of electing
a senator as a legislature. Why give
the people their will and way as to all
, ana make an excent on
Bishop Gallagher's Birthday.
Right Rev. Nicholas Aloyslus Galla
gher, Roman Catholic bishop of Gal'
veston, Texas, was born February 19
1846, In Belmont county, Ohio. After
attending the district schools he went
to Cincinnati and studied for the priest
hood at Mount St. Mary's seminary In
that city. He was ordained on Christ
mas day, in 1868, and became assistant
priest of St.. Patrick's ohucch.lp Cp
lumbus. Here he remained from 1869
to 1871.1 In the latter year he became
president of St. Aloyslus seminary In
Columbus, continuing In that position
until 1878. The next few years were
spent as pastor of St. Patrick's church,
Columbus, and as vicar-general of the
aiocese. in January, 188Z, iatner ual
lagher was appointed bishop of Canopus
and administrator of the diocese of Gal
veston, his consecration as bishop tak
ing place in April of the same year.
Ten years later he was raised to the
blsl.oplc of oalveston.
which had been expended on the west
aiae in me matter or Improvements and
brought out other testimony In an ef
fort to prove that the roadbed and
track were In a good condition.
Between the years 104 and 107 the
offioials produced figures to show that
only 97,674,176 fca4 been spent oa the
Harrlmaa Unas In Oregon In the better
ment of the tracks and improvements
In raaaral.
Mr. Cuckiey said that the accident
at Forest Grove was the first time
ino wrai siae road had ever killed I
passenger and that no railroad nun
pany could guard apainat the accidental
breaking of the rails.
owing to the fact that part of the
wiut-n is supposed to have caused
the derailment has never been found,
the hearing of the commission Is be
I" continued today In the Chamber
ui commerce Duildlng.
Three Ken for Repairs.
According to residents along the line
ui me ooninern racuic Between Cor
nelius ana wapato, a distance of 12
miles, the section of track for that
uioiance is Bepi m repair by three men.
inis iney say. has been the number
of repaJr men allowed this section since
me beginning or Harrlman's "retrench
ment" policy last year. .
It was on this section of track 'which
Is left In the charge of three men,
that the wreck of last Tuesday nlhf
occurred. Citizens of Forest Grove and
other towns along the west side branch
point to the fact that while there are
plenty of unused ties piled along the
right of way of the railroad readv m
the place of the rotten old ones
Building Permits.
W. G. Woods, to erect dwelling on
East Thirty-third, between Killings
worth avenue and Holbrook, cost 127000;
H. A. Shields, to alter and repair dwell
ing at 664 Tapgart, corner of East
Eighteenth street, cost $600; Lillian M.
Dickson, to erect store on Third street,
between Davis and Everett streets, cost
15.000; George J. Hemmeter, to erect
dwelling on East Thirty-fifth street,
between East Market and East Mill
streets, cost $1,500; Mrs. M. De Grand
pre, to erect a dwelling on Broadway,
between East Sixteenth and East Seven
teenth Btreets, cost $2,500; L.. Olds, to
alter and repair dwelling on Florence
street, between East Sixth and East
seventn streets, coat $50; A. J. Walters,
to erect dwelling on Tuurnian at head
of Wilson street, cost $3,000; C. V.
Lanbrin, to erect a flat on Larrabee
street, between Dupont and Dixon, cost
$8,500; N. B. Hall, to erect dwelling on
Belmont street, between East Twenty
third and East Twenty-fourth streets;
(. Koster. to alter and rnip dusiiinn
on East Flanders, betwean East Twenty
seventn and East Twentv-eis-hth tn.
I cost $125; J. A. Homer, to erect dwell
ing on Macauam road near Flower
street, cost $500; E. G. Worth, to erect
two dwellings on East Main street be
tween East Thirty-fifth and East Thirty-sixth
streets, cost $1,500 each- II
. neese io erect dwelling on East
Twenty-eighth street, between Prescott
and Going streets, cost $2,000- V A
Brace, to erect dwelling on Frances
avenue between East Thirty-second and
East Thirty-third streets, cost $2 000
Dammeier Investment company ' to
erect flat on Eleventh street, corner
Of Jackson, cost $8,000; W. Smith to
erect dwelling on Knott street, between
Gantenbein avenue and, Commercial!
street, coat $2,000; W. C. Selfert to
Alter arxA ranafr diiiAlHnc r 1 .
street, between East Thirty-fifth and
East Thirty-sixth streets, cost $350- C !
H. Koreli, to erect flat on Hoyt street' '
between Twenty-second and Twontv- i a
third afreets, cost $4,000; John HlT
Haack, to alter and repair dwelling ori '
Decker street, between East Salmon and
Base Line road, cost $2,000; T. E. Bo-i
gard, to erect dwelling on Farragut X
street, between Burrage and Peninsular I T
avenues, cost oov; u M, Allen, to erect 1
owening on Koaney
take
now in use, the retrenchment policy
iiki me lac in men maaes It Im
possible to replace the worn-out ties.
During the wet weather every train
that comes Into Portland from the west
side line Is spattered with mud, thrown
up from the soft and shaky track ovor
which the train la traveled.
In many o lares alono- tha uctlnn n
iraca Deiween sorest Urove and Dilley
inn iiiua roHuoea nas wasned out from
under the ties. leavina- them with ...-
little support and making It possible
to stand on one end and "rnek" the
entire tie.
Journal Pnotogrsphs.
The photographs taken by The Jour
nal photographer show a sample of
these loose ties. When a train Dasses
over them they "Jump" Into the aoft
bed of mud and water, snlnshlno' tha
mud into the air like a heavy wagon
passing through a mudpuddle.
At the exact spot where the wreck
occurred a sample of the careless lay
ing of track is shown in the photo
graphs. At this point two new rails I
were joined Dy a ilshplate. Two of the
four rivets with which fishplates are
uHuttny insienea io rails are lacking.
Apparently two of the rivet holes did
not fit together perfectly and the Job
was left half finished, the rails being
ivrii.c., uy uui vwu nvoia, ii -can also
be shown In the photograph that there
in "o -io Deneain me juncture of the
rails, so that the support falls entirely
MJjyvii UlvDt; I IVCiU.
ai pernapa a dozen places in the
".. "nu a nan or tracK in question
daylight can bo seen between the rails
and the ties This fact Is particularly
iiui.;ui.io Hum me wagon roaa Detween
Forest Grove and about 200 feet before
me roaa crosses the track south of
ruitsi urove. nere person rirhHn,
Although both are beyond tha
age when .by the Osier theory 4
they should shuffle off this
mortal coil, Douglas A. Morrlss
.and Olive A. Putney are to be
married tomorrow at 11 o'clock
at the Ladd canyon farm. 4
Mr. Morrlss, a hale old farmer
of (4, appeared at the county
clerk's office thla morning and
obtained the license. He coyly
admitted that the bride-to-be la 4
also 14. Neither one has pa-
tience with the Osier Idea
Cupid has sent several darts )
In tha direction of persons be- e
yond the Oaler limit In the last
few daya Day before yester-
day James Reld Boland, 60 years e
of 'age, .secured a license to
matry Miss Barbara A. Camp
bell who, confesses to only S
years, and.' two daya previous to
that E. L. Johnson and Lucy M.
MarsheU,,ach' 03 years of age,
secured permit to be happy
for the Test of their Uvea
GOVERNMENT MOVES TO
REGULATE DRAWBRIDGES
along this road and with their eyes on
a lyel with the track can plainly see
the spaces between
oaynent through
the ties and rails.
Walk to Town.
Since the wreck it Is said that owing
to the unsafe condition of the west
side track those living along the line
wain miles and drive into Portland
rather then rlda over the track.
J. E. Bates, whose wife, Mrs. Sarah
Batt-s, and her child were killed In the
wrerk. has not ridden over the line for
several years. His wife had expressed
her fear of taking the trip from Forest
Grove to Gaston, but as she had the
ninuu ciiwuren wun ner it was deemed
best not to attempt to walk the dls
tance. She had repeatedly refused to
come to Portland by train, fearing at
other officers as may be deemed neces
sary.
Franchises and the conduct of miblla
service corporations are especially nro-
viueu xor unaer tne commission plan.
franchise) Orals Frerented.
No franchise can be granted by the
cuuiuiiHiun iur wrm lunger man 2U
years. Further, no franchise can be
come effective until the expiration from
the date of passage. Within that time
a petition signed by 10 per cent of the
voters may compel the calling oi, a spe
cial election, the expense of which
must be borne by the company asking
the franchise. If a majority of the
votes cast at the election shall be In the
negative the franchise shall become null
ana voia.
Thus franchise grabs are effectually
blocked.
In dealing with publto service corpo
rations the commission has the Dower
which was granted to Missouri councils
by the enabling act, adopted at the spe
cial session or the legislature.
The Idea la to get simplicity and di
rect responsibility to cut out the red
tape.
Undoubtedly the commission plan will
not give efficient or honest government
if administered by Incompetent or dis
honest men. But it wlU give the people
a cnanoe io Know wnicn or tneir com
missioners are especially efficient and
to recognise at once a worthless- man
or a boodler. There can be no dodging
oi rvspunBiDiiuy,
unnecessary delays In ODenlnr and
closing the draws of bridges crosslni
the Willamette and Columbia rlvera
will be Investigated by the government
engineers and guilty bridge operators
will be prosecuted without fear or fa-
von The Intention la to carry out the
law to the very letter and bring about
results that will prove beneficial to
Bridge patrons and shipping alike.
Manv comnlainta have hn marta nt
late concerning the opening of the
Driage draws, in some Instances they
are swung too soon and In others again
they are not swung soon enoush. Some
times they are swung wide open to al
low a wee oit or a Doat to crawl
through when the boat could pass with
the draw only slightly open. It Is said
much time could be saved if the bridge
men would display proper Judgment In
handling the draws.
The Is a law on the books providing
for a fine of from $1,000 to $2,000 or
imprisonment not to exceed one year or
both for failure to operate bridge draws
reasonably promptly. It Is said that
this law will be Invoked should com
plaints continue to pour in.
Steamboat man, too, are warned
against delays and damages to shipping
and the harbor through careless naviga
tion. A notice sent out today requests
tha operation of all stern-wheel steam
era under half speed when passing the
mouth of the Willamette river. Dredg
ing is being done In the Columbia near
the entrance to the Willamette and re
pairs are also being made to the revet
ment 6n Coon Island.
Robert Shaw Oliver, acting secretary
of war. today notified Colonel 8. W.
Roessler, United States engineer corps,
that the signal for opening the railroad
bridge across the Columbia river WlU
be one lonsr blast followed oulckly by
one short blast. During foggy weather
an answering signal rrom tne , chime
whistle on the bridge will be one long
blast Indicating that everything is clear
and the draw open, or a succession -of
short blasts from the chime whistle In
dicating that there Is some difficulty
In Immediately opening the draw. The,
signals ror me wuiameue river rail
road bridge near St. Johns will be one
long blast followed oulckly by one short
blast and one long blast.
SEARCHING PARTY ROAMS
HILLS ENTIRE NIGHT IN
EFFORT TO FIND OLD MAN
T
ONE LATE TRAIN IS
REC0BD FOR TODAY
of this one?
O, the federal
avenue ht..N
KIHlngsworth avenue and Surmnn
street, osi ta.uuu; jonn Hastings, to i
ereci aweuing on fcasi Fifteenth street.
On corner of Mill street, cost $400
Antoine Feller, to erect dwelling on
Walnut "street, between Vine And Kaat
Fifty-second streets, cost $1,400,- same.
to ereci earn ai same location, cost
$800; R. H. Stehl, to erect dwelling on
East Thirty-fourth street, corner of
Clinton street, cost 11,400; C. E. Bade,
to erect dwelling on East Fourteenth
street, corner or uancocu cost $5,000;
proper way to dodge the letter of the
constitution and elect Senators by.di-
Gress Bros., to erect dwelling on East 1 4
DiAieonui iiiooi, peiween Aioerra ana
Mildred streets, cost $1,200; George
Williams, to alter and repair dwelling
on East Leith street north, between
Alberta and Springfield streets, cost
$160; M. E. Hinkston, to erect dwelling
Art IMVinn citraat - kaf htaa. 3
Olin treetst cost $1,800; Robert Hughes,
vw vrcrcv uweiunjj on roruana ioui
hi. ui.i..j. " """Ution. Tarl corner. Concord street, cost iTsoo
..... .. -unuge, ciaptrap, "humbue.'U VY Mr,?r io erect dwelling on East
c nave round an entirely leo-itirnat 1 Z.LU' r,a"t..tieYenln East
$20,000 PENINSULA
TRACT IS SOLD TO
PORTER BROTHERS
One of the most Important
transactions in lower peninsula
property made In several months
was concluded yesterday by M.
L. Holbrook, who sold to F. R.
Porter of Porter Bros., con
tractors on the north bank road,
200 feet of St. Johns -waterfront
for $20,000. The traot
contains about three acres and
adjoins a 400-foot strip hereto
fore optioned to the city as a
site for the proposed municipal
docks.
While no announcement has
been made of the uses to which
this property is to be put, It Is
believed that It will be uttllaed
as a site for a manufacturing
enterprise. Waterfrontage In
the vicinity of 8t Johns con
tinues to be in active demand
and Is selling at prices consider
ably above those of a year ago.
One train was late today.
Northern Pacific No. 1, due at
7 o'clock, arrived on time.
Southern Pacific No. 16, due at
7:55, arrived at 8:20.
- Southern Pacific No. 18, due at
11:30, arrived on time.
O. R. & N. No. 18. due at
J4:80, arrived on time.
O. R. & N. No. S due at 8
o'clock, arrived on time. , .
Astoria & Columbia No. 21,
due at 12:15, arrived on time.
Searching parties that 'covered the en
tire Willamette Heights district and
spent the entire night endeavoring to
locate Thomas W. Thomas, 82 years old.
who disappeared from His home In
northwest Portland yesterday morning,
found him thla noon In a boarding-
house in Llnnton.
The aged man had wandered over the
country through the rain, unable to And
nis way nome or io sneuer, ana nau
spent the greater part of last night
traveling down the river bank. When
he reached Llnnton he asked for refuge
at' a boarding-house and today his
friends who had been out all night cov
ering the hillsides and going througn
the woods on the chance that he might
have lost his way in the rugged coun
try north of the city found him suf
fering from exposure and fatigue, but
otherwise uninjured.
Mr. Thomas has been living at the
home of Hugh Minns, 4(3 Biackstone
street. He has been sick much of the
time of late, but left the house at 9
o'clock yesterday morning without let
ting any one know of his Intentions.
He explained today that he had Intended
taking a short walk, but went further
than he realized. He finally got Into a
strange neighborhood and left the city
limits altogether. From that time on
he knew little of what transpired, save
that It was raining and he continued
ataggerlng on until he reached Llnnton.
When Mrs. Minns discovered the ab
sence of toe old man ahe Immediately
summoned assistance and a search of
the neighborhood was made. When this
proved barren of results the police were
notified and the search extended to other
parti of the city.
arched Beavsrton.
Late yesterday afternoon Mr. Minns
went to Beaverton, where Thomas spent
80 years of his life and where he still
owns considerable property. It was
thought that he might have rone there
and found refuge with aome of bis for
mer neighbors or acquaintances. This
supposition proved to be groundless, for
no one In Beaverton or the Immediate
neighborhood had aeen Thomas, though
ne is wen Known to all or the rest
dents there.
Mr. Minns returned to Portland and
all of last night oontlnued the hunt for
the old man. In this he waa assisted
by the police and a number of his
friends. ut no trace of Thomas could
pe round.
It waa known that Thomas had ahmit
$8 In his possession when he left the
Minns' home and It was feared that
some one had made a murderous at
tack on the old man In order to aaeura
possession of the money.
EARLY MORNING FIRE ROUTS
RESIDENTS AND DESTROYS HOMEl
The county court of Lane county
wlU donate $25 per month of the tax
payers money io neip ooost Lane.coun
considered unconditional
ty. Marlon county is doing the same
thing. In Linn county such action is
Two residences at the corner of
Preseott and Penn streets, Albina, were
totally destroyed by fire at 4 o'clock
this morning. The fire started in the
residence of B. Lasoskl and had gained
considerable headway before It was
discovered. An alarm was turned In
over the telephone, but as there are no
water mains In that district the only
apparatus sent to the scene was a
chemical engine.
By the time the chemical arrived
the flames had communicated to the
two-story residence adjoining, occupied
by the family of Mrs. Dora Wolf. Vol
unteers had arrived before this and
wining hands aided in the work ,of I
stripping the Wolf residence of furni
ture and fittings. A greater part of I
us cumenis were removed before the I
men were rorcea to suspend their ef
forts on account of the encroaching I
The outbuildings were saved by the
crew oi me cnemical engine, but not
before they had been severely scorched
mi na oeen on. lire a aosen times.
1 ne total loss will amount tn aav.
eral thousand dollars. Lasoskl carried
uu insurance on his property. Mrs.
Wolf states that she carried Insur
ance to tne amount of $1,500. 4
Eighth streets, cost 81,800; J. F. Grif
fith, to alter and repair laundry on
Dekum street, between aBast Sixth and
Sast Seventh streets, otM 2.0(0. ,
James H. Ferries, national chairman
of the Populist party, announce that
Kentucky- is the first state In the un
ion to elect delegates to the national
Populist convention. The Blue Grass
state has already seleoted Its 29 dele-
Sates to the national convention, which
to meet In fit. Louis early la April.
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