The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, February 23, 1908, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL ' PORTLAND. . SUNDAY MORNING, t FEBRUARY' 23, 1808. EVANS. TO RESCUE SAILOR; ; I JEFFS, MAROON ON ISLAND Pacific Coast .Lumbermen Have Slight Prospects of $38.00 $12 Iron Bed $6.75 i Marketing Product at :f ' Eastern Points Southern Plants Glut Market. m . MdDMiS FttlSMBte m S at imer prices S fata it-, I t Advices from the lumber markets of the east and south picture a sorry pros pect for the lumber mills of the Paclflo northwest. It Is said that Irrespective Cf their railroad rate troubles, the lum ber mill men have little chance to con- tlnue doing business at 'a profit In the face of a glutted eastern market. Re liable reports are to the effect that the mills of the Southern Pine association have at the present time 11,000.000.000 j feet of side cut stuff on band, which is enough lumber to supply the middle west for two years' or trade equal to that of 1907. u Small mill owners In Oregon are being advised to shut down immediately i for an Indefinite period. There are a lam number of these mills, not counted In the list of the Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacturing association, iney nave been cutting heavy timbers for railroad work and other large construction, and these timbers leave on the millmon'e bands Quantities of side cut lumber. such as 1X4, 1x6. 1x12. 2x4. 2x8 and a few other sixes. These materials are, piled up In their ards and tnere is no AammtA for them Willis K. Potter, whose firm Is one of the largest dealers In railroad tlm- twkra nrl hnnvv materials, xiaa been can uulnr th eastern and Southern field to learn the exact situation ss to the lumber trade and other Industrial con ditions. He said: Mnst Draw on Coast. "The Paclflo northwest ships by ne cessity to the east and middle west uppers and clear, and large timbers for railroad and other heavy construction. From no other part of Uie country can these materials be secured. This means that there Is a Jarge by-product of smaller stuff. , "When a big timber Is sawed out of the middle of the log there Is a great fluantltv of ordinary lumber material left. Now the Southern Pine Lumber association reports 12.000,000,000-leet or tuff on hand, wnicn is suin- III aOlw lV. ' '.'-'5 y 'II v?Tr2t' v. -1 1 ! . s -I rtJvS2V ! 1 . , -A 1 it 1 p KM f V ' 1 A) , 1) f'V, f 4 "4 4 clent to supply the ' middle west and southern trade for -two years if busl- Mii ihnnM rnnllnu. BS It WSS last year, which is not within the range of probabilities. "This material Is selling at southern t mills at Jo to $10 per 1,000 feet, accord ing to sixes, thereby shutting entirely the consumption of these grades from the Pacific northwest out of the mid dle west. The Nevada mines are closed on account of the action of the rail roads and smelters In stopping con sumption of lumber. The smelters ar4 hut down Dendlnar the decision of a suit against the American Smelter company. In the Utah supreme court, on the smoke and fuel nuisance question. "Conditions In the Texas field do not warrant opening up the trade there. Mules and horses are selling at half price, wages are down to $1.26 and $1.60 per day, and many men are Idle. Rail roads are taking off crews and running Accommodation trams inree nines a, week Instead of dally as heretofore. There Is no sala tor railroad timbers and ties. V Ho Prospect of Outlet. "These facts cut out any possibility, even at present freight rutes, of dis posing of Oregon and Washington mill output in the eastern markets at a profit over the present price of logs and cost of production. "The demand at San Francisco and bay points has been reduced to such a point that not to exceed 40 per cent of the coastwise carriers are running between the sound, Gray s Harbor, Portlund and 8an Francisco, and cargo rates have dropped from $14 last year to $3.50 and $4 at the present time. The materials that are being shipped are bringing prleoa that In many cases are less than the actual cost of logs at the mills. "A random cargo sold at San Fran cisco last week at $11 per 1,000 feet. This price, taking into account the freight, wharfage and inspection charges, which aggregate $4.85 per 1,000 feet, leaves the mills 46.15 per 1,000, while the logs In the Columbia river are costing them $7 to $8.60, with towage charges added In most cases to these prices." Mr. Potter said every little mill in Oregon that has been cutting ties and railroad timbers has from 100,000 to 1,000,000 feet of side cut lumber piled up in the yard, and many arcompeUed to sacrifice these stocks to .false money for current expenses. It Is said that southern mills are In a condition fully as bad, and that un less the lumber market picks up within Hie next 30 or SO davs there will he a. number or heavy failures In the south Mr. Potter is advising the Immediate snuuing cown or small mill plants in Oregon. 1 "II M l I ,? ' II The 'only picture) in existence o f Frederick Jeffs, the sailor who has been marooned on one of the Qallaparos Islands off the coast of Equador for six years, was secured by the Hearst-Journal service from his sister who lives In Ohio. Jeffs Is the man whom Admiral Evans will rescue, the admiral having been given orders by the navy department to send a boat ashore for Jeffs, the modern Robinson Crusoe. The cut shows Jeffs and alongside a sketch of the location of the islands. Lower down is a photograph of a scene in the Islands, ,a beautiful tropical par adise where white men seldom set foot. An absolutely guaranteed Steel Range, having all the improve ments of any modern range. Don't pay $60 to $75 for your range when you can get just as good for $38.00 At your own terms. Confidential Credit FURNITURE CARPETS LINOLEUMS RUGS LACE CURTAINS RANGES We are the Pioneer , HOME FURNISHERS IN THE Low-Rent District BETTER GOODS E0R LESS MONEY We sell ) We always have sold We always will sell ) We are out of the high rent district Our rents are less Our expenses are less BECAUSE 6 1-16 inch continuous post Iron Bed with husked brass spindle in head and foot board. A bed which would cost you $12 in Cf J 1 any high rent store. Our price... $01 D $24 Napoleon Bed $15 , .WT mi,.. -3 . ... - " tfM' -Nz-i : . ". .-- .....i, V '1 This genuine quartered oak Napoleon Bed with band veneered roll top head and footboard. The Best Values HAD BAD CHECK IN EVERY POCKET Bosrus Paper Distributor Even Wore Suit of Checks When Arrested. ARCHBISHOP EI0RDAN RETURNS TO FRISCO (Heirt Newi by Longett Leased Wire.) San Francisco. Feb. 22. His grace, Archbishop Patrick W. Riordan, accom panied by Ms secretary, Rev. V, "O. Crowley, returned to San Francisco to night from Rome. He spent about two months in the eternal city ami was ranted three private audiences with the pope. On landing in New York Arch fclshop Riordan said that in all human orobabiiity the Rev. Dr. E. J. Hanria. candidate for the coadjutor arch bishopric or this city, would be ac P. SeTenty-seyen for Colds and o) Humphreys' "Seventy-Seven" Is a specific for Grip and Influenza. Is a specific for Coughs and Ids. 4 "Seventy-seven" effects a cure, by going directly to the sick spot without disturbing the rest of the system, v On . account of the tonicity of fSeventy-seven" the vitality is sustained and the "exhaustion and . weakness are largely eliminated. ; All Drug Stores 25 Cents. Romohrm' ttnnM. Mllrln'09.. Car. Wil liam aud loba Streets, titw York. . - , h. A man who for 24 hours had been indulging In a bogus check orgie was arrested last evening In front of the Colonial hotel. Tenth and Morrison streets, as he sat In an automobile he had hired for the evening. At the police station the man gave the name of George M. Blackman When searched his pockets proved to De a veritable mine or bogus cnecKs. drawn for all sorts of sums on va rious banks In various cities. Big check books and little check books; blank checkH and other checks; indorsed and unindorsed check; white checks and colored checks In fact, checks to suit the fancy and lull the suspicions of all sorts and conditions of people were pro duced to the wondering gaae of the detectives as one pocket after another was made to disgorge lta contents. Finds Uany Dopes. Blackman began his operations Fri day afternoon after banking hours, tak ing thoughtful advantage of the fact that yesterday was a legal holiday and that any checks passed by him could not be presented at the banks un til after 10 o'clock Monday morning. Just how much of the bogus paper he had succeeded in putting out before he fell into the clutches of the detectives is not known, but reports of half a 'dozen or more of the worthless checks have already been received at police headquarters. Friday evening Blackman hired an automobile and at once proceeded to cut a wide swath through the resorts In and out of the city. He paid for his entertainment in checks drawn on the snot, and as he was well dressed, rode in an automobile and had the air of one born to the purple, no one hesitated to accept his. orders on his bankers and to give him the change in rood hard cash. - Along toward morning, when he grew tired of treading the primrose path, ne wrote out a check for $27 to pay for the automobile and retired to his apartments at the Colonial. The night's work had been af rood one and he must snatch a few hours sleep in or der to be fit for the proper prosecution of his task during- the daylight hours of yesterday. Bogus Artist Tmoked. How he fared during the day is not wholly known, though It Is certain he was not idle. In the meantime the automobile man had become suspicious and when Blackman telephoned him to come to the Colonial with his machine, COAST OPPOSED IOJAPANESE Professor Benj. Ide Wheeler Says West Wants None ' of Them. El FAG I H AI CHICAGO prepared to make another nignt or it, he informed the police. Detectives Jones, uTichenor, Price and Coleman were sent out on a hurry order and ar rived fat the Colonial in. time to catch the check artist as he sat in the ma chine awaiting the- pleasure oft the chauffeur, who was fixing an imagin ary break in the machinery. From evidence round on his person and from partial admissions made to the detectives it appears that Blackman has pursued his calling in Spokane, Se attle. Tacoma. Centralla and other towns In the northwest The full meas ure of his operations In this city will not be known for some days, but the police detectives express the opinion that the amount of money represented by the checks passed by him here will reach Into the hundreds of dollars. 1 Colonel R. P. Scott, a millionaire In ventor who is making a contest for the Republican nomination for .congress In the Sixteenth Ohio district, announces that he is advertising himself exten sively preliminary to becoming a candi date for the seat of' Joseph B. Fo raker in the United Btates senate. , , (Bearat Newt by longeat Lcaaed Wire.) Chicago, Feb. 22. Though Governor Hughes was the chief speaker of the day before 430 members of the Union League club, Benjamin Ide Wheeler took to himself a good share of the limelight at the banquet. The presi dent of the University of California came out of the west with a messaa-e. and he delivered It with authority and unaersianumg. We havo held that salvaa-e of the nation as a barrier against the orient," he said, speaking of Chinese and Japa nese immigration, "and we hold it in the interest of humanity for the white race." President Wheeler declared th orientals, especially the Japanese, must oe nepi ouc or uie coast strip. we Know what we want," he said and we are almost unanimou-ln nur views. If you think we do not under- tand the Question of oriental Immigra tion come out and live with us and von will learn we do. If you think the south doesn't understand the race ques tion and What It want Hnn. nhnnt tho mixing of races, go and live there." President Wheeler emphasized that the nation must make frl nrin with CnAna: , "That la a great nation," he said, "Just awakening. But as for Ja- Dan We 1 1 ha rilri nnt not, I but he let it be understand that lha Pal clfic coast has no use whatever for Ja pan and doesn't care two straws wheth- I I. I V. . M .1 . . , , " ur a irotic. Ana ne added with significance that Instead of me oacK yard or the nation, the coast strip Is now becoming the front yard mo one to oe guarded at all hazards. Two Youthful Pickpockets Caught Snatching Purses From Women. (United Preaa Leaacd Wire.) Chicago, Feb. 22 Benjamin and Felix Grockl, aged respectively 9 and 12 years. arrested while picking pockets In a down town crowd, tonight confessed they had robbed a number of persons to obey an Italian who trains boys to steal. The infantile prisoners told their captors the "modern Fagln bas a Junk shop in the Ghetto of the west side, where he instructs pupils how to pick pockets, rob sidewalk displays and snatch Durses from women. The boys said they had stolen dally from crowds in front of a State street store, where cub lions are displayed in a window. watched the cu CHICAGO PARTY WANTS SWOONS United Societies Collect Vast Sum to Fight Growing Wave of Prohibition. (United Press Lcaaed Wire.) Chicago, Feb. 22 Leopold Neumann. secretary of the United societies, which obtained nearly 200,000 signatures to a petition for Sunday saloons, announced tonight the Intention of the society to cooperate with- the persons organizing the liquor forces to figh( prohibition through the entire country. Neumann says ne has the backing of $100,000,000. representing the investment of Chicago dealers liquor funds and says unlimited will be forthcoming. He ap proves the plan of the new whiskey party' to advertise the vast amounts of money paid by distillers and brew em to tha imvRrnment as the most While women shoppers potent arguments that can be made for ibs the urchins slipped noninterference with the sales ot saloon through the crowds and stole purses from muffs and coat pockets. After spending part of their booty vlsltln Nickeldontons and buying candy an soda water, the boys took the money to the "Fagln," who rewarded them with comfortable beds and meals, The man erate and at bis den 500 TEACHERS TO SEE SCHOOLS OF EUROPE men. Publicity bureaus, national head quarters, national committee and state organizations are a few of the depart ments su if ires ted. The liquor men here fear the growing prohibition sentiment may reach Chi-1 GRAND OPENING MONDAY Me China Shop S52 Morrison, Near Park We have enlarged our entire room and now carry a complete stock ol crockery, glassware and household articles. Beanlifnl Picture Given wilb Any Pur chase Hade llonday ELITE CH1RIA . SHOP See Window for Opening; Specials. J n was warned by a confed-1 cag.0 an(j gnut up saloons not only on fled before the police arrived Sundays but on week days. They say I the government would not have enough money to support tne army ana navy without the revenue derived from makers and dealers in alcohol. BRIDE OF CAUCASUS. LANDS AND BE1V RAIL Li Two Rivers Project and the Hanford-Kennewick Road RapidlrMaterializing. (Special Dlapatch to Tb Journal.) Kennewlck, Wash., Feb. 22. From sources which are claimed to be authen tic by local business men. reports are current to the effect that the proposed electric line between Hanford and Ken newlck will be under construction with in 10 days and completed by April 22. For months the Hanford company has been planning to build into Kennewlck from its property on the Columbia river, but nothing definite was made known until vesterdnv Superintendent Burns, who was en route io ivenuewicK auunra me steamer Moun tain Gem. remarked to gunninnt Haynes of the Cascade Construction company that the construction work was being planned and that he would forfeit a bond If It could not n pleted within 60 days. ah possiDie speed is being made on the Two Rivers project and according to a recent statement from Rnuiv.. Will Parry, water will be turned tm the land Within 40 days. Mr. Ferry also re marked that Kennewlck and Pasco would ! supplied with" water and power within two years, or before the date set iy uvnaoiDru peupje iot reacning tela "T l ' , " ; V.'.-. Expedition of American Instructors to Return the Visit by "Mose ly Travelers. New York, Feb. 22. An expedition of American public school teachers, 600 strong, will start next autumn for a visit to England, Ireland, Scotland and the continent of Europe for an Inspec tion of the schools and methods of I tpnxMnir in the European countries. Announcement inai arrangements lor uib mm- S3 3 M Escorted to Her Wedding With Much Music and Merrymaking. Henry Nevinson, in Harper's Magazine. The sound of low music Is heard along the valley. Here comes tne bridal procession itself, a crowd on foot bear In 2- her company. In front walks a merryman holding out a long wooden skewer in either hand. On one skewer are slabs of bread transfixed; on the other fragments of cooked meat, cooling in the autumn air. At his side trots a friend with dripping wineskin under a. baamlDe full or mirtn. trin nironriv hav been comoleted una root or me stun is uuucu,. mu tniii hv t Nuttnnnl f.ivln I onlv held together bv linger and thumb. ir-. ,,nHor mliniA aiianlr-on tho I For ovprv nmiaerbv UDon the road must ovnorMton wr nlanned. The man Is drinK ana eacn musi lane un oi m.,h tho ma am that follnwpd hv Sir I bread and meat from the skewers, that. Alfred Mosely, who brought a large j having enjrfyed the kindly fruits of the number of English teachers to America I eartn. ne may wisn me Dnue iwiura in iani-iftS Mr. Monelv will coonerate I and rn unon his wav In pleasant mood. with the federation in the present move- Behind the hospitable food and drink menu no Win miw n aimuiraicuu com iuubiu, mum r, j . I rismrt wr , -u.j . ot tne teacners in l pouring Jtseir out, as me oiras sing, anvmiiuiun uj a PROFITABLE RETURNS On Advertising Copy, Booklets and Catalogs can only be expected, if your business requirements are squarely met and the public responds to your invitation. n TO INSURE fiUCCBAS In every advertising campaign planned, I work if necessary night and day to study your needs. Every detail is carefully planned to make failure impossible. - DO NOT HB8ITATB Because others have failed to show you. If you are from Missouri, I can show you why I can handle your advertising copy, booklets, catalogs, etc., and save you money. EMIL, HELD Advertising Counsellor and Promoter of Good Printing. Postoffice Box 113. hanr the tobacco leaves In tha loft. I of turke help with the vintage and tne beasts, work the wooden loom, give her hus band food and rear children to repeat me way or lire witn mtie change. RID COTTON OF PESTS. tnr tha iwentlon Kurnnn to all who are near enough to near. The Inspection will be confined to Usually the musicians go on foot before schools or elementary ana seconaary i tne Driae s carriage, uui n mey can grade, to manual training, Industrial borrow an extra cart, it is certainly and trade schools, and to institutions easier to keep time together when one for the training of teachers. Teachers has not to watch the rocks upon the tne river will be selected from those engaged in similar work in the United States. Invitations jBre about to be sent by the National Civic Federation to boards of education, school superintendents and DrlnclDals throughout the country to make appointments of teachers to par ticipate in the trip. The federation will use its best efforts to make arrange ments whereby the various educational authorities will continue salaries of teachers during weeks or two months which the visit will reauire. Most of the teachers will visit Great Britain and Ireland, but a few, who are especially interested in trade and In dustrial' schools, will be selected to visit such schools in Belgium, France and Germany. road, or wade knee-deep across t Last comes the untie in nunoek .cart or two-horsed pnaeton, snaicen put lorifled. Her heaa is aressea in eorgian fashion. Round the top of her head is a shtnlnr black ring, much th aame In effect an the ring that Zulu chiefs enweave in their hair. On each nlrin of the face long curls hang down. the regular usually false, for they are frankly at- the six tached to the ring, and form a large article of commerce in all Georgian towns, over rings ana curis and an floats the characteristic white , gauze veil trimmed with lace along the edge for the happy, but shorn of all beauty for widows or ror tne mother whose baby Is dead. So the bride comes, and The formation of the expedition will be under the supervision of an advisory committee, of which Dr. Nicholas Mur ray Butler, president of Columbia uni versity, Is chairman. $1.25 Carpet 79p. 1,000 yards ot tapestry Brussels car pet in three pretty designs: regular price $1.25 per iard, special at 79c a ara. see our aispiay aa uevurts & ona. , . t her side sits the next prettiest arirl of the village, to keep her5 In counten ance and divide the gaze of Inconsider ate or toa admiring males. While the ancient ceremony is cele brated inside the church, the music con tlnues. and boys keep up a dancing the door. Then the procession is formed, the bridegroom mounts1 the cart himself beside the bride, the simple house of wood and stone is reached and he carries, her over 'the threshold Into the scene "of her new life. Tnere she will wuuuysr and vdry. the tnalse, laboman'a Turkey Drove. From the Forth Worth Record N. C. McElhaney, a farmer who lives near 'this place, has apparently solved the problem of ridding his cotton fields or tne dreaded boll weevil, and that too, by the simplest and at the same time most profitable process. Mr. Mc Elhaney's plan is to keep a drove of turkeys In his cotton field. The bigger the cotton field the bigger the drove of turkeys and the bigger the profits. "in 1905 i raised m turxeya that spent their time on a four-acre tract of land near the house which had been planted to cotton," said Mr. McElhaney. "This piece of ground that year made 400 pounds of cotton to the acrfe mora than it had ever made before.' Ba- llevlng that the turkeys, .had something; to do with it, I decided to try them again. In 1906 I raised 75 turkeys and they ran in ri acres or a field of 29 acres that I had planted to cotton. This was a bad year Jor boll worms, "The 12 acrea where the turkeys stayed made a bale . to tha acre, or a third more than the remainder of tS same field, where the turkeys were not allowed to run. showing, that the boll worms and other insects had cut-down the crop one-third on the land where the turkeys had not run.- ia the 11 acres where they spent, the -season I did not see a sifigle. alfri of boll worms during . tha season. . .This was proof enough for me. i , - "Any man can- regulate tha " !rove of turkeys according to tha site of hit cotton field, but the bigger the drova I turkeys he has tha mora profit there will be. The black turkey la tha bis for the farm. They are hardier and S'growneii VdTa, M,l.MS?!1n3r that 'not only are the. boll worms eaten by the tur keys but the fields are kept clean from all other Insects, M iiy MS farmer realize th tr..,....."", " of such a condition. . " 7"u CLUBWOMExY PROTEST. Don't Like Failure of Law' Affect ing women Wage Earners. From tha Ksw Tork Sun, ; The clubwoman of Colorado .r. i arms. For' years thera has been a law in Colorado prohibit! women from working In factories and hnn than eight hours a day, 2? tnoraVha s hours m week. vtm'n- . J?r'.inan, been declared TunwnsUtVtlona" " a The)women of Colorado are rnri.wt te.5l "l" upOToar tt'thaTan;'! ceid thi CriiA.l'iTuTJ " r" llshed ffV? ""Ol. A local Daoar n.ii. a Cartoon lhnln. court handing; thi.:Veclslor to aV,;;.t: Jt3NLft.unilrr Lrt .whila. behind h.-r and holding her hand looms up a in;;, resoluta looking woman, Uheii. "Woman's clubs.' saying to the rourt; "This un-American act . of your dona mora for the woman wh nrt t than all the organization and l.-Kli..n, -i could have done In year a." AfiMir i,. per reports a clubwoman a saying -: the judge who hand. -ft down ti. cision; "Oh, Jude Blank! .Well,, t know ha always hud a Hrt Jik y ,.j Jelly that wouldn't-JeH." , .