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V f THE OREGON DAILY '" JOURNAL, ' PORTLAND FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 28,
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1908.
RAILROADS
erve Themselves for. Con
test Over Wage Scale
Transaction on . Chicago
Board of Trade News
Prom Windy City.
3pj1il CorrssVondeoes of Ths Journal.)
Chlcaco. Fsb. . !. Thess ars anxious
ays for ths 41 railroad having tsrmt-
als In Chlcaco and for tha railroad la-
or organisations which bava haadquar
ra hr. Both aides ara nerving them
valves for the contest over the wage
fala which wlU4ake place this aprlng
,nd which nay precipitate the blggeat
bor war which this countrr has ever
nown. . A year ago at the wage con
3renoes held here the men were
ranted advances In the scale amount
g to f 100.000,000. Since then rates
jrirve been lowered In many statea and
-arno naa rauen on io suon an sxiem
lat railway managers declare they will
unable to continue the "prosperity"
-ale of wagea. Labor leaders bn the
ther hand declare they will fight to
le last ditch rather than consent to a
nt'a reduction in pay. This promises
imt lively sessions ror tne wage con'
srences which will take place In Chl-
kgo in April. Headquarters are aireaoy
eing established here by the engineers,
remeni conductors snd trainmen and
ora has been sent to an ins local
niona to select delegates to a eonvsn-
on which may be held at a later oat.
i tHa meantime matter will oe rur
ir complicated by the Investigation
ito th ouetlnn which win be under
km bv tha Intsrststs commerca com-
lisslon, at the recent request of the
resident. The seriousness of the sit-
atlon mav be realised when It la re
ismbered that there are now 1,040.000
ien employed by the railroads of the
luntry- If any large portion of theee
ten were called out on striae it wouia
iralyse commerce and probably lead
i another panic, more aisastrous man
lat of laat fall.
"Twentv-four veara I have watched
iee men and never, not once In all
jiat time have I known one of them to
mat sji ODiiaaiion on a mere iminn
UMy," remarked Secretary George F.
tone of the Chicago board of trade,
rm entering upon hFs twenty-fifth year
it of flea. "When one reallsea that the
j-ansactlons on the Chicago board of
l-mde reach up In value into nunareos
!t millions a year and that aales and
jrchaaes, of course, cannot be set out
i aaroementa auch as are used in real
iitate transactions, such a record is re
markable, lan't It? Those men in there,"
,i added, pointing to the ahouttng brok-1-s
on the floor busy buying and selling
Train and provisions, "would not thank
fiy man to allow him a technical point
!f which he could evade the obligation
a contract Time, and again during
leae yenrs I have seen these men atrip
lemaelves of everything In order to
Ieet their obligations. Men take pride
, meeting their contracts at whatever
tt without a quibble, pride In a clean
cord. Show one of these fellows who
iy the. farmers' crops, for either lmme
1 ate or future delivery, a chance to
irk out of a contract, and he will tell
(ju and I haye heard them no air.
j)t for the whole board of trade.'' j
hese nve the men who have relent-
ieniy rougnt tne mere gamonng or
licketsbops. During the dark days of
iiie civil war. the board sent several
i glmcnti Into the field, and whenever
hme calamity or emergency calls for
1-ompt actlcn. the man with a subscrlp
jon pepcr always goes to the board of
Mane iirst.v wiinm me wern o,vvi wii
hllected within a short time for the re
fat of the unemployed and their faml
liss In the city of Chicago.
Michigan to ths Illinois river. Old set
tier have testified that becauss ths
Desplames - was wot-navigable, goods
were commonly brought from Bt. -
to ths pocpl In ths iesplalnes and Il
linois river valleys until ths Illinois snd
Michigan canal waa completed. Ths
river s ourrsnt Is very rapid at ths point
where the dam In controversy is being
built and provision has been, mads tot
waterway locks and pool, making in
fact (J0O.0OO link In ths waterway
channel from Chicago to- ths- gulf, -approved
by ths war department. Tns
state, however, is seeking to-securfor
Itself the wsterpower In ths river, if its
constitution be amended neit Novembsr
ss Is nscessary to permit It to do so.
A despsrat : pToTTo ' overthrow ' ths
present king of Servls, and seat an
American on ths throne la Chicago's lat
est contribution to ths gaiety of na
tions. That ths conspiracy Is not taken
seriously has in no war dampened ths
ardor of "Prlno"' Theodore Max Straw
of Iowa, tha claimant to ths thro no,
and his generaliaalmo and chief of staff.
Dr. Ben U Reltman, who recently
achieved fame by loading an "army"
of tha unemployed through ths streets
of this olty. Dr. Reltman now plsns to
turn these men Into an actual army,
with which to bestegs Belgrade and
seise the reins of government. The
money for the expedition Is to corns
from snonymous -wins merchants In
this country who ere represented as
caatlng covetous eyes on the rlehylne-
Sarda of the Balkan provlncea. "Prinoe
trew, the would-be founder of the Iowa
dynasty, claim descent from Obllitrh,
ths hero king of Bervla, who defend
ant were bsnlshed from the country In
1704. Strew la at present,. It is .said,
employed by' the Rock Island railroad
at Numa. Iowa. Dr. Reltman plans be
fore long to equip a ship and recruit
9.000 men la his csuss. Meanwhile the
conspiracy continue to oonapire, in
spits of the activity of ths host of Serv
ian secret service agents and their re
morseless system of surveillance over
the ex-ttervian population of Numa,
Iowa, and other middle. western states.
Tha nt tha flrht over the na
tional question of prohibition has sud
denly shifted for the time being from
the south to Chicago and Illinois, uoiri
ths orohlbltlontsts and the liquor deal-
era and brewers realise that ths future
spread or checking of the prohibition
movement is vitally dependent on the
iaaue of the April elections which will
be held-throughout this state. The pro
hibitionists from their hesdquartrs in
this city srs straining svery nerve to
carry the day. Ths ilpuor dealers on
the other hand have cadsed general sur
prise snd eommondatlon by the new
stand which they bav taken. At a spe
cial meeting of theNstlonal Wholesale
Liquor Dealera' association held here a
few days ago, a majority of the leadUig
liquor dealers came out in favor of put
ting an end to any abuses now existing
in the liquor trade. At the same time
tl)y expressed their latention of "com
ing out Into the opn" and inviting dis
cussion of the entire question. This Is
the policy which has been pursued by
the prohfoltiontsts for SO years. The
liquor deslers claim that they have
more fact on their aide than the pro
hibitionist and that while the 60 year'
fight haa been waging, prohibition In
actual practice has proved a failure
wherovor It has been tried. Their evi
dence should prove interesting and the
facta will show whether they are right
or wrong. The significant point Is the
appeal to facts, for It mark the pass
ing or me on aays wnen silence rather
than facts waa regarded aa the proper
answer to any public attack on an es
tablished business.
YAL1HILL BOOSTS
s
ALL ALONG LINE
Thousands for. Advertising,
and University Appropria-;
tion Indorsed.
(Special Dlipttch to The ' Joirstl.) '
a McMlnnvllls, Or , Feb. St. At an en
thusiastic meeting at the city hall pre
liminary steps were taken to reorganise
ths McMlnnvllls Development ' league.
Thirty-two prominent business men and
other cltlsens were present. E. C Ap
person was elected chairman and D. C.
Wheeler, secretary. It waa sstimatsd
that from 16.000 to $10,000 would ba
raised for sn adverttalna- fund and a
finance committee of five was ordered.
John Wortman, E. C. Apperson and
w, t. Macy were elected delegates io
tne Yamhill county Development league.
A motion was adopted unanimously
In favor of ths state appropriation of
H J6.000 annually for the state univer
sity st Eugene, and J. c. Cooper waa
sppointed a committee to prepare reso
lutions to be presented to the County
Development league in ravor or mis ap
propriation. The County Development league met
In the Commercial club rooms at 10:10
yeaterday. A constitution was adopted
and the following offieers were elected:
M. O. Lownsdale, president; J. It, Eakln,
vice-preiaent; w. l. Macy, secretory;
V. H. Caldwell, treasurer. Delegates
were present from Hheridsn, DayTbn,
North Yamhill, Springfield, Newberg,
Carlton and lafayette.
Mr. Well, advertising agent of the
Southern Pacific railroad, made a prop
oHltlon to asMlst in advertising the
county which was accepted, and no was
Invited to visit Sheridan, Dayton and
North Yamhlll'where meetings will b
held next wek to boost the work.
In the matter of the state appropria
tion for the State university, Mr. Coop
er submitted the following, which waa
adopted: . .
"Reolved, by the Yamhill County
Development league. That In the In
terest of higher education, in which the
progressive people of the state of Ore
gon take s Just pride, and In the in
terest of the DromotJon work In the
Willamette valley, we heartily favor the
atate appropriation of $126,000 for tbs
State university, on which the referen
dum has uecn called, and we aak the
voters of Yamhill county to vote against
the referendum and in favor of the ap
propriation. If you vote otherwise,
whst Is the use of boosting?"
OLD CEMETERY WILL
BE MADE CITY PAKK
Pendleton Council Takes Steps to
Preserve Relics of Pioneers
and Utilize Burial Place.
ys
it tr
j"Mlrsr Chicago and most of them are
ped thoutands of times a year Is the
Ust discovery of the poBtorrlce de
'krtment. Some of them are such per
let disguises that they could safely
t used as code, or figure on a railroad
! riff sheet for the benefit of oil trusts
id' other corporation that might be
I on tho secret Yet Uncle Sam's llght
i ng-wltted postal clerks manage to de
ipher them every day and In addition
'key will tell you In a great many cases
ie nationality of the man who wrote
He address. Here la ths official list of
h 21 varieties
Chlcagow, Checago, Chicawgo, Chlk-
igo. Chiggaggo. Chlggego. Cheegago.
ihlrffago, Shechago, Shlkkago, Sbcrcag
. Shaknkko, 8cnuerkalgo, Psceschago,
hchakko. Txstchngo. Stktschagko,
jhenknkko, Zheckako, Stschaggo.
, Most of the versions are evident st
mpts to spell the name of the city
i It sounds when pronounced and hence
kould have the official sanction of the
'wjasevelt spelling reform. Others sug
jsT birth in a moment of Inspiration In
lie recesses of some Polish or Hun
urian or Lithuanian brain and are
I dec la ted to make a Slovak "hunkie"
ei nomesicK at signi. as unicago nas
forelgn-born population of over 500,
i0 psrsons there are doubtless many
her misspellings in current use but
ese nre tho principal ones which so
r have come to light.
Legal searchlights turned backward
jon the primitive transportation meth
1s during the pioneer days of Chicago
id- vicinity. last week discovered old
isbbona, chief or the Pottawottamies,
id
Faith In the commercial future of
the Waterways of the country and es
pecially bf the lakes-to-the-gulf deep
waterway has Just received striking
justification In the announcement that
the Corn Products Manufacturing com
pany, the so-called r'ucoeo trust. Is
about to Invest $5,000,000 In a manufac
turing plant and a model cltv on the
banks of the Chicago drainage canal,
the - first link In the deep -waterway.
This le significant as the first move
on the part of Industrial Interest to
take advantage of the low rate offered
by water carriers as opnosed to the
railioada. The Corn Products company.
It is rumored, will close the Peoria
plants and an much aa possible of the
company' manufacturing will be done
it t lie new Dlant on the dralnnr ranal
Dockage has been rented from the sanl-
tarv aisirin ror a period of 99 veara
and land has been bousht for the fac
tories and the employes' quartera. The
new town will be known us Argo and
will be modeled somewhat after the
United States Steel company's indus
trial city at Gary, Indiana.
ALL PENDLETON OUT
WITH BROOMS AGAIN
(Special Dispatch to Tb Journal.)
Pendleton. Or., Feb. 21. Definite
steps have been taken by the city coun
cil to convert the old cemetery In the
north part of the city Into a city park.
For years the cemetery has lain In a
dilapidated condition, with broken head
stones, desecrated graves and torn down
fences, and has been an eyesore. Now
the council will take legal steps to have
It transferred to the city, and a park
will be made there. All of the early
pioneers of the city are buried there,
but the remains will be removed and the
f rounds leveled end planted with trees,
t Is possible a monument to the
pioneers may be erected In the park.
Smart Styles for 1908
. t
The new lines are here ; they prove we're keep
ing to our purpose to supply the finest clothes
for boys possible to produce. It will be a
favor to us to let us show you what's here.
BOYS' SUITS
BOYS' TOPCOATS
BOYS' NOVELTY SUITS
BOYS' FURNISHINGS
BOYS' HEADWEAR
Prices Always (he Lowest
MAIL ORDERS GET OUR PROMPT AND
SPECIAL ATTENTION
Last Tear's Cleaning-lip Day Such
a Success That Event Will
Be Repeated.
(Sptcla! Dlipatcb to Tb Joorail.)
Pendleton, Or., Feb. 28. So success
ful were the cleanlnr ud davs Inaugu
rated by the Pendleton city council last
year that two days have been named for
spring cleaning days this year, the
council aesignating March 13 and li
for that event. AH the homeowners
of the city will Join with the schools,
churches, city council end other organ
isations or the city and on these days
vacant low and private
alleys.
ill be cleared of rubbish and
streets.
premises wi
a general cleaning up program will be
conducted. Last year the cleaning up
dnv was converted into a holtrinv and
severad hundred men and a score of !
teams were engaged In a-atherlnz ud and
natuiing uuv ruooisn.
LOGS TO PALMEK MILL
OVER ELGIN BRANCH
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
La Grande. Or.. Feb. 28. Locrc-lne-
trains are now being operated bv the
O. R. N. over the Elgin branch for
the Palmer sawmills In this city. From
9A rt DA nan rt Iak. .- I
his description of Indian travel I everv dav for the anfl avtra trnlna
id portages in .days even before the
hit man came. In depositions taken
mcerning tho actual navigability of
e pespiamcs river, in tne state s right
ion a dam in tnat river built by- the
conomy Light; & Power company, it
as related ty a pioneer or Ottawa, D.
. Raymond, that Chief Shabbona lived
his home for years and often had de
ribed. to him as a boy how the In-
lans carried their birch canoes around
e rapids in . the Desplames river - as
ey had to do in going from Lnke
ALWAYS HUNGRY.
Ordinary rood JTsver Satisfied In.
A young lady In Minnesota writes of
r experience:
"After a disheartening struggle for
-a vears against the ills attendant on
lalassimllaUon of food, I am at last
1 the hlflrh road to recovery and feel
f polled to give credit where It is due.
'Some years ago I had a long Illness
a tn stomach trouble. Every meal I
U caused me either excruciating pain
a -dull heavy misery inai was even
brse. I weignea out-vu pounus, was
snost hopeless, as I found that A poor-
nOurlBiiea ooay alcana ih.v-k ui vrain
wer and ambition.
"I was always ravenously hungry and
hlle I could not eat the appetizing
.Mfcea on the table. I longed for them.
dat longing Is what prompted me to
y Grape-Nuts. The food had a flavor
at 1 HKea ncn wiinoui wm
i . left . off nr dally laxative as I
und I did not need It, for Grape-Nuts
hs so easily digested, constipation
Inn rilaanneared. I found, too. that I
id not grow tired Of Grape-Nuts and
ntinuea to-eai h. . ...
"It forms my breakfast exclusively
d I also eat if with eggs and fruit fpr
hv . otner meais, i aainro i
unds In less than a year ana mai is
thing compared with my gain In
Irength and courage.
1 can now eat a neany nrnai wnu-n
tlaflea Mv unnttlte and it does ; not
hve me, as formerly, Reeling as though
had dined pn Uoks.' ''TJiere'a a rea-
Name riven by tvstum Co., Battle
'eek. Mich. Read "The Road to Well-
will be run as the demand for logs in
creases. The logs are loaded by a
steam loader at the Palmer spur 12
miles west or Elgin and the cars are
unloaded by the same means at the
mill in this city. The Palmer mills em-
floy about 250 men and will cut from
00,000 to 250.000 feet or lumber per
day when running full capacity,.
WOODCRAFT WOMEN ,
VISIT AT PILOT ROCK
(gperiil I'lspitcb to Tbs Joarnil.)
Pendleton, Or Feb. 18. Twenty-five
members of the local circles of the
Women of Woodcraft went out to Pilot
Rock last night to meet with the Pilot
Rock circle for a social evening. The
members of the. girl's drill teams of
Pendleton and Daphne circles of this
city accompanied the excursion and gave
an exhibition drill as a part of the
evening's entertainment
NONSUIT MOTION IN
DAMAGE CASE FAILS
(gpeeial Dlttcb to Tbs Journal.)
La Grande, Or., Feb. 28. Considerable
Interest Is being taken in the case now
on trial in tho circuit court wherein the
O. R. .& N. Is being sued for $7,600 as a
result of the accident at Perry In which
Donald Russell lost his life. At ths
conolusion of the testimony of the plain
tiff the attorney for the O. R. & N.
filed a motion of non-suit on the ground
that the plaintiffs had railed to show
any neglect on the part of the com
pany. Thlp motion was overruled.
GETS THREE YEARS IN
JAIL FOR TREASON
. (Catted Press Leased Wire.)
Berlin, Feb. 28. Rudolph . Oestrleh,
Sociatlsv leader, who was convicted. of
treason, -was today sentenced to .three
years In prison. , His offense consisted
of urging ths army to repudiate ths kal
ssr'J auUiority, , - .
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$1.00
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Is
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venient system of liberal credit and courteous
service.
Our Men's and Ladies'
High -Grade
Spring Suits
Are very chic and have an air of better
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Ladies'
Suits
$1.00
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4 fcf
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Elegant line of Spring Suits
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TaaJSaalr
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Bat aval a . mm MB
too much holds
nOthing faSt." -German
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is one of the many manufacturing interests
that are transforming Portland into a city of
industrial importance. It is already estab-
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ing a healthy profit for its owners, and has
promise of becoming one of the largest plants
of its. kind on the Pacific Coast. Nothing
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profit is large; the demand is insatiable.
Hence, the investment is safe.
An Honest In
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material known. It is the material of the
present and the future. j
It is cheaper than stone or brick. 7 j"5
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- It requires less labor to place it
It is impervious to water or frost.
It was used over 4,000 years ago.
Ancient works are still in preservation.
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Willamette river at Sellwood. It represents a large
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books that will require us to work a double' force of
men, day and night, for four months. We have reached
our limit of output. The plant already represents as
much money as the present stockholders can raise
among themselves. We are incorporated for $100,000.
We have already sold $83,000 worth of stock. There
is only 17 per cent left to sell. The par value is $10-i
fully paid and non-assessable. The company is out of
debt. After the sale of the balance of our stock, or a
portion of it, we will immediately install additional
machinery. We will enlarge our output. We will
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Blue Diamond Pressed Stone Company,
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Name
Address .......
Blue Diamond
Pressed Stone Co.
SUITE, 218- 220 ABINGTON BUILDING
Phone Pacific 773 PORTLAND, OREGON