THE : OREGON SUNDAY ': JOURNAL; PORTLAND SUNPAYUMORKlNG MARCH '1,': 1908 '
13
1 :
nissioner West, Eeport-
X on the Forest .Grove
cclv Says Spikes Aire
Bose, Fish Plates Broken
1 Bails Worn in Places.
ort of inspection of the track of
st Bids division f the Bouthern
railroad, mad by Commissioner
West of tha Oregon Railway
(ton, has been filed with tha
sl6n at Salem. The report shows
a recent disastrous wreck of a
n Paclflo passenger, train near
prove could have been caused by
I many existing track defeota. In-.
1 "mushy roadbed," "old, light
jjit rails," "misfit ancle bara."
jjlnta," "broken bara and plates,1
Spikes," rotten ties."
)X these conditions were found to
a- the Forest Grove line. Com
Iter West, after welkin the en
trance from Corrallla to Portland,
1 sonally examining the track,
'Uerts and trestles, embodies
i tidings in his, report. .He states
twen the scene of the wreck
Wrest urove he round that the
. . . I .. 1 . L. V. ,.
s and repaired some defective
Jince the crate of the wreck, but
ares that there are still ten de-
flshplates in use there.
Light Balls Used.
g examined also the official ree-
and sidinKB of this division
N with the following joblot of an-
Ji1 tr(U.
lie jaiioa.
steel 09.618
steel 17.553
steel 22.000
steel 6tU4
jal 06.610
teel
and 66-lb. iron.
7.E9
1.66
Receiver . iJevliri- 0f Oregon
Trust Makes Ready Report
" on Banky-Affajwo:(Wrt
cuit 1 Coiirt Bonds . Sub-
, -.
.. scribed.. '
With 'the close of tha month, of Feb
ruary nearly 6,000 ef the depositors
of the Oregon Trust and Savings bank
will have been paid dollar for dollar.
These are the credltora whose individ
ual deposits do not exceed 150. Re
ceiver Devlin will early this week have
ready a report to the circuit court
showing progress of tne liquidation of
the old bank's assets to March 1.
A distribution of the Home Telephone
bonds subscribed by depositors wlU .be
commenced the latterpart of tha pres
ent week. The German-American bank
will have charge of tha distribution,
and subscribers will call at the bank
and transact their business in connec
tion thereto. Receiver Pevlln antici
pates a rush, and is desirous .that the
depositors will not coma toa rapidly
and overcrowd the space set aside for
v... nviK. mi uviiua v uioin.iig in
terest for the subscribers lust the same
as if each man already had possession
or nis Dona, ana mere is no occasion
ror hurry in that reenect. There are
on hand 1462,100 of the bonds of tlii
urn ana home Telephone plant
or
Spring Is Coming!
And why" not select your clothes
NOWland be ready when: SHE
appeai-s jn her spring hat. I '!
- Chalk and pencil stripes; moss
tans and " wood browps are very
modish this spring.
The most desirable patterns
are sure to be picked itpearly.
Why don't you be the one that
secures the cream of the show
ing?,,: 1"
,1 We Have plenty of time to de
VQtft to frevery ' detail of uyoixr
clothes. 'Come in and talk over
spring styles.
-;-Let- us snow you the--new
weaves and colorings, whether
you are Teady to buy or not.
Satisfaction guaranteed in all cases,
Garments to order In a day if required.
jruu areas ana iHixeao suits a specialty.
. Business Suits, $25 to $50
Overcoats, $25 to $60
10S 3d Sl.( Bel. Wash, and Stark
rcumo i oicyiivim uwuti euv,vvv
the Puset Sound Home Telephone
plant of Tacoma, and 162,600 or the
bonds of
fal 11.26
! pound rails branded 'P. 8. Co.,'
Inuiactured in 17, are used
i .....111. . . wnl tmm Qf IflL.
tera they connect with Krupp
lis, of like weight and date.
ixiena over pernaps iwo nun ui
i connect with 66-pound steel
frlton. These 60-pound rails, es-
those made by tne f. ts. to.,
rn remarkably well. They were
tured nearly su years ago ana
nln use nearly ever since, yet,
the surface kinks, are appar-
good as the day tney were iaia.
Irface links In Bvldenoe.
f0-round rails were manurac-
iiarly 30 years ag and, "barring
!l'.A. Itinlfa thiAV A FA nArlV AH
tha day they were laid." aaye
Noner West. "Surface kinks"
riumed to be the splintering or
! oi the rail a ana rianges over
lie car wheels turn. The com
er says:
een St. Joseph and Carlton,
(here the P. 8. company and
I fnunil a. faW
jpnes which have been spliced.
1 66-pound steel which extends
1 point near Carlton to a point
werton is made UD of s lob lot
Cteel bearing dates from 1S82 to
d I think a few rails or an
ita From Carlton to a point
rest Grove most of tha rails ap-'
have worn ramaraaoty weii. in
very little worn; but from this I
wnere tney connect wun me
41 steel near Beaverton there are
idly worn raila, the result, un-
y, OI service on me eabx. oiae
line. I found a few of these
,1 been broken at some time and
A. great many snori raus are
und. 1 -m unable to sey why
re cut unless it was to remove
talned while in use on the main
e-reat many of the joints are
a of the rails being bruised or
Worn at Carres. .
62-pound rails in use from a
ar Beaverton over the mil inio
bear the date or ism ana ap
be In good condition, except
ne are pretty naaiy worn on
Jirvee.
re me ou-pouxia rmia are uun
kith heavier rails at switches
d Joints were found. In cases
lis had been cut to fit a gtven
it one hole had been bored for
(hich means that but three belts
a lor a piaie, wiiorwi luur
ie used.
a were many loose spikes found
e line. At many points, particu-
tween corvaiiis and Mcuoy,
kes can be pulled out with the
Thta is the result of light rails
roadbed. No rail braces ap-
have been used excepting on
alhe switches and pn a few
leal- Portland."
Ind at many places ties scarred
llments, broken brake beams,
weather check.
roadbed. In my opinion, is the
ature about the road, ' reports
loner West. "Tfcere is a little
nd cinder ballast all along the
not enouan to ao much arond.
hberi ia soft and wet In dUcm.
? . ... . :
passing train win undo In a
Ihe many hours work of a seo-
av. Steel, ties, plates, etcetera.
ss unless tha roadbed is first
tentlork
the Portland Home Telephone
plant. All draw the same rate of Inter
est. There are distinct advantages to
each class of bonds, and on the whole
but little if any choice between them
In the estimation of . investors. The
Portland bonds have an advantage of
being attached to a local institution,
but there Is no stock bonus with them
The Tacoma bonds carry a 60 per cent
stock bonus, and cover a plant that Is
not far from Portland. The Omaha
bonds carry a similar 60 per cent stock
bonus, ana cover the model telephone
Slant of the United States. It is said
ie Omaha plant "has all the Improve
ments known to previously constructed
plants, and in addition some new and
valuable improvements. Practically all
of the system ts underground cables.
It is said one of the most valuable
features of the Omaha Dlant Is its large
number of connections with independ
ent long-distance lines that extend from
Omaha in every direction into the coun
try, , giving the Omaha plant an excep-
The bond distribution will directly
being approximately the number or sup- j.oi commerce.
NEW CAPITAL FOR
PACIFIC MONTHLY
ftcrlbers who were depositors In the old
bank.
Tha savings and commercial accounts
of the old Oregon Savings bank in Indi
vidual amounts less than T50 aggre-
f rated about $66,000. In addition to the
iquidation of these accounts In the last
two weeks the receiver and the German
American bank have adjusted a con
siderable number of other accounts of
the bank by which It has discharged
large aggregate liabilities. The work
of liquidation Is progressing faster than
the Oregon Trust and Savings bank's
creditors had reason to hope for at the
time of the merger.
"The business of the new German
American bank is also exceeding' our
expectations," said Cashier Devlin. "A
large number of the friends of the old
bank have come in and opened new ac
counts, and there are many new cus
tomers who had not done business with
either bank. Many of the small de
positors who have hen paid off had
use for their savings, of course, and
they have not been in a position to open
accounts with the .new bank. But the
volume of new business Is far ahead of
expectations and 1 extremely gratify
ing to the management of the German
American bank.
Eapid Growth of Portlahd's
, Excellent Magazine Calls
for Kcorganization.
Imperative need for expanrion to take
care of its rapidly growing business
and circulation has caused the Pacific
Monthly to undertake a complete re
organisation and the reincorporation of
its company with a capital 'adequate
to meet the large requirements of a
monthly
tton and
is to be
of 1250.000. if Portland capitalists and
business men respond, as they are ex
pected to do, to a movement' that has
been started by the Portland chamber
tns large requirements oi s
magazine of national clrcula
1 influence. A new' company
formed with a capital stock
of the new stock issue of
BIG FIRM HAS
OREGON BRANCH
Schwartzchild & Sulzberger
Announce Filing of In
corporation Papers.
SUfl FOLLOWS
IL
SCHOO
TEACHER
Chinaman in Juve-
jCourt for Shadowing
Young Woman.
Sun Que, a young Chinaman,
fire judge Gantenbeln 4n the
court yesterday afternmr"A
achef complained that he fol-
r about on several occasions
became alarmed, fearing that
to Kiunao ner was on loot.
i native born Chinaman, who
heways of hts adopted coun-
more or less launiuiness. lie
Itted to ko uson his own
ice after bemg warned that
quit shadowing white women.
White, a runaway youth from
i, was sent to the detention
e has no relatives or friends
J. F. Helsey, inspector for Schwartx
chlld & Sulzberger company, packers.
announces that the Portland branch is
doing business now as an Oregon corpor
ation. The incorporation papers were
filed some time ago but not until yes
terday has the big packing firm seen fit
to announoe its position. A. R. Mb
Combs is manager at present. Ah en
tire lis: of offlclols will be announced
within a few weeks.
Schwartzchild & Sulzberger will spend
118,000 or I20.000 within the next few
months In completing thoir ornces and
plant on Everett street, between Slxtn
and Seventh streets. A new three-story
brick building was acquired by the com
pany at that location recently and the
work of fitting it up has Just begun.
Dust proof partitions, galvanised iron
window sashes and germ proof celling
and floors are 'required by the govern
ment authorities. A great deal of ex
pense must be Incurred in order that
the government regulations be com
plied with. It will be one of the most
up-to-date and sanitary packing houses
on the coast. Only part of the D repar
ations of meat will be carried on In this
bulldina. Should the business of the
firm grow within the next few years as
it has done in the few months that it
has been established here, Mr. Helsey
says larger accommodations will have
to be secured.
Xetaia Xagaglae Hera.
--Recently nroDosala for chanalna the
home of the monthly were made by 1
Seattle capitalists, who realized the
great value of a monthly magazine of
this class to the city and state in which
it is published. The Portland chamber I
of commerce has taken up a campaign '
to retain the magazine in this city, and .
it is proposed to secure subscriptions
to ibu.vuu
$260,000. a
The neceaslty for new and larger
capitalization is the outgrowth of the
magazine's youthful years, when it Was
not able to stand alone. Its prlnoipal i
backer to the present time has been
Charles 2. Ladd, who Is said to have
expended about 1200,000 of his large
private fortune In establishing the pub
lication on a paying basis. While he
might continue to direct Its course
financially, and perhaps do so with but
little further financial -outlay, it has
been regarded as of greater Importance
to have mors varied local interests con
nected with the magazine, ' and firmly
ruui iv lu inn curamunuy. .
Mr. tadn. It la mill nronnaea in tnlra I
$160,000 of the stock, the plant and
business will go in for another $60,000,
and the remaining $60,000 will be sub
scribed by citizens who are known to
be more than loyal to Portland's best
institutions, and solicitous for the
growth and aueeaes ef a imputtaut a
medium or publicity.
raclflo Beads Urt,
The chamber of commerce appointed
a committee, consisting of C. F. 8wi-
gert, wiinam McMaster, George M.
Cornwall and J. W. Ganong, tft circulate
the stock subscription list, and these
men have made a very encouraging
start. Among the notable subscriptions
are: " A. I . Mills and C. F. Adams, '.
1 AAA, TIT n a ate ititA. m . . . . .
1,uvv; ."v i,uuu: x. a. wn-
cox, $1,000; Meier A Frank, $1,000; C.
r . Bwigeri ana 11. u. Campbell, 11,0
Paul V.essinaer. 1600. v )"
- The Pacific Monthly ranks with the
best magazines in America, and its Mr.
cujatioa in eastern states exeaeds that
In Oregon. It has a larrar clrnuiatinn
in California than in Oregon, and its
vii vui uuu m me state or Washington 1
Is nearly equal to that in Oregon. The j
iiiBwiuiiun employs soout 70 people.
Each issue consumes 14 tons of naper.
ise passing every
Portland postofflce
in ' Keepln
000;
l his amount of postage passing every
me irur
: factor
buaineai
would be a serious blow.
month through
Is an Important factor
the record of business.
eeping un
and its loss
SOUR BALL
(Continued from page One.)
A recent issue of Prtntar1 Tb .
highest American authnritv n -'..ku
cation statistics, placed the Pacifio I
Monthly of Portland at the head of all !
niuoiiuii magazines ror rapid growth I
a"? ana "Rising during
..fVl.;,. BiT ,.1 e in an 1
SY . v"v,)r r:na Prosperous, con-
uul cas tne working cnnifai
necessary to meet tha l.rae
of a swift expansion
that is
requirements
policy.
The growth
of its
and!
Clrnnlatlno
advertising especially in the. last two
year8- been phenomenal, and iVi.
propose i to launch the publication with 1
I . " 1
a first-class home and .eoulnmin
tne- necessary oraaniaa tinn tn
nation-wide circulation camnaW
on a
rish
sher. who is said to be the
well-to-dd parents of Duluth,
fis arraigned on the charge of
He Is alleged to have stolen
a saloon and $65 at another
s case, was continued in order
Officers may communicate with
f. He is. 17 years of age.
Bill Good Prospect.
Iirtoa-r Boreas- at The Journal.)
,gtoh, Feb. 29, Senator Ful
I amending the rate law is now
knds of the House 'committee,
Used the senate. It is said un
i. to 'be almoa. certain to be
lavoraoiy , iy.. tha aubcommit-
Magdalena bay, or the new town there
a port of entry, it will not be necessary
for vessels to clear for Ensenada and
TOv TKeTF car fftter merrc"" tent to-Ttta
dalena-bay. Mr. uottschalk says that
already a number of persons have writ
ten to obtain "privileges for trade" at
the proposed town.
The Mexican government has ap
pointed Senor Rafael Cantro Mantan as
administrator of the Magdalena bay
customs house. It is said that there
is at present only a' brick house at
Magdalena bay, but the Interest taken
by the Mexican government in the mem
orial oity Indicates plainly that the
vicinity will soon blossom with many
colored pavilions, dance houses, merry-go-rounds,
lunch bazaars, and " that the
population win increase to sensational
proportions. It will be a lonesome place
ror tne xa.vuu aauora oi Aamirai juvans
fleet if the Mexican beauties did not
follow the trend of emigration to this
new. town of honor and Semi-tropical
delight.' v
National Park Bill.
(Washington Bureau of Tb Journl.)
.Washington; eb,'?9. TheT hill' of
Senator Heyburn of Idaho to create the
Coeur. d'Alene National Park, which
has passed- the senate, Is - now before
the house committee on Indian affairs.
It Is understood it has' been-favorably 1
considered and la likely to be reported
with a recommendation that it nass,
PHILIPPINE OPENINGS.
Some Avenuei Which Are Said to
Iad to Fortune.
.That boosting committee out In Ma
nila is still Isauinr lltn. ,,,iT.. "
quets to be-laid ft the shrine of th.
Philippines. Each of thwe buUetinS
winds un with a firm riiiv. JU"M,!8
effect: to mis
".e Misrepresent Nothing! The Phil
ippines Can Stand the Truth!"
Here, according to the boosting com
mittee, are some of the trni h. '-.k.-J
he Ph,l l!opiBe,. can jtand: 1 - . "
lit 'seven years on a an k v
Possessor of an annual income of $50 000 J
from the cultivation of hemn. T1
acnieve tnis income, however, tha
grower must be prepared to Invest a
total of about $66,O001n the flm
yeJf e?ore h,f ?nt can show
credit balance at alL After -those three
years tha abaca, as the plant is called
in the Philippines, requires practically
no further, cultivation and will yield a
fH1LCrp lthou replanting for from
10 to 16 years. 7 ,
Manila hemp is produced only in the
Philippine islands and constitutes more
than two thirds tha total v.l Jt .1?
i- , Mwmnja inn nemo
growing is one of thesafe,st as well as
iuubi. iiiwui iiiToaiinenis there.
Enormous areas Of the finest hmn
lands are still untouched.
Another bulletin Is devoted to the
lumber busl ness. Philippine forests are
managed undet a totally different Sys
tem from the methods In this country,
Less than half a million acres of them
are held 'by priyate owners. The-nufc.
He forests amount to more than 40 000
000 acres. These cannot be unM Iaa.Vi
or toomesteadud unless -It can be showa
that they are more valuable for agri
cultural than for forest purposes.
Licensee are granted for terms of to
years, giving the holder the axcluatva
rih, to exploit certain forest product.
"4Ht
-nif you owned a manufacturing plant in
land, you would be fortunate, indeed:;
Port-
--.vAt --rr
,if you owned a part interest ift "a profitable
Portland manufacturing industry, you might
congratulate yourself.
if that promised to become the biggest and
most profitable on the Pacific Coast, you would
be very contented.
There is no income so satisfying as that which is
derived from the operation of a manufacturing plant
which makes goods that
are a necessity, sell readily
and net a goodly profit
to the makers. The in
come from such an indus-
A Manufactur
ing Income
try is clean, above reproach and supported enthusi
astically by the press and the public. No enterprise
is more earnestly sought by any city than that
which manufactures a commercial product of great
demand, requiring the labor of skilled men and
tending to build up and promote the good name of
the city wherein it chances to be located. The
owners of such a business command the respect and
confidence of their associates and competitors. It
is this class of enterprises that has made Portland
a manufacturing center of no mean consequence.
It is granted, then, is it not, that a manufacturing
business of this character is about as commendable
an investment as any man or woman may make.
It is not unfair to ask you what kind of a manu
facturing business Would suit you best, had you
-i iiti 'i . r , .
your cnoice. vvnue you mignt
be somewhat at sea, were you
to answer hastily, perhaps you
will admit that the industry
upon which progress seems to
The Building
oi the Future
Which One
Leads?
be making the greatest demands would strike you
most favorably. The exigencies of the times have
created enormous factories that had pitifully small'
beginnings. Blacksmith shops have developed into
foundries; carpenter shops into sash and door fac
tories; innumerable small' industries into great cor
porations that command the confidence of the
world. Progress, then, the development of civiliza
tion, calls these great things into being, nourishes
them and makes their owners princes of commerce.
Now, then, a manufacturing plant that supplies the
needs of great buildings, so numerous nowadays,
must be a profitable source of income to those who
make the goods that meet the needs.
.
Brick, is expensive to make and expensive to buy ;
stone must be quarried, cut and shipped ; the cost
oi the labor to place both
is exceedingly great. Iris
natural to presume, there
fore, that the man or com
pany who first evolved a
material, iar less expensive to make, to place and
to adapt, fully as durable, as ornamental and as
practical, would sorve the building problem of the .
century. Concrete was made king. It became, by
virtue of the survival of the fittest, the ideal build
ing material of the great cities of the world. Con
crete is adaptable for every purpose to which stone
and brick can be applied and hundreds more. Used
4,000 years ago in the building of the "'pyramids,
ancient structures, roadways and aqueducts, still
in excellent preservation, who is there among us
that can say that Concrete is not the building ma
terial of today and' tomorrow?
Face to face with the greatest demand for any kind
of building material the United States has ever
known, a pioneer of its kind
on. the Pacific Coast, earnest
ly desiring to reach out for
the business of this vast coun
try, surrounding, an invest-
vestment in a company devoted to, this purpose
solely, frowning upon any stock-jobbing effort,
either small or large, holds for you the most ideal
advantages. The profits will be large but not daz
zling; the business will grow rapidly but not like
"wild fire," The results will be steady, comfort- -able,
satisfying and entirely commensurate with
safe, sane and reasonable investment. Savings
banks, bonds, stock and other profit-iriaking in
vestments are good, but this one appeals to us as
being better.
The Lesson
It Teaches
THIS IS
AN INVESTMENT
AS SUBSTANTIAL AS
THE PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT
AS PROFITABLE AS IT IS SUBSTANTIAL
FOUR IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS
Over 83 of the Money now raised
stock of this com- to be used for en-
pany has been
subscribed.
largement of the
plant
Net profits from
business now on
hand is over 15
1 per cent.
Not a share of
stock can be ob
tained for less
than par value.
EVERY SHARE IS TEN DOLLARS
Write for
BOOKLET
Concrete Facts
Mailed
on 1
Request
R6IHCin!)CF We manufacture cement bricks, con-
crete blocks, porch columns, steps,
chimneys, vaults and many other necessities. Wehavesuffi
cient orders now on hand to keep our plant running, night and
day, for four months. We have the plant, the material, eco
nomical facilities for manufacturing, and the demand; the
price is high, the profit large and the opportunity ripe.
Would
You Like
to Visit
Our
Plant at
Sellwood?
Blue Diamond Pressed Stone Co.
218-220 Abington Building Phone, Pacific 773 Portland, Oregon
Tha area covered by the license depend
On the ( f th. plant to b lnt ailed,
No charge la made- for this lloenne,
but a ftumpage charge ranging from $1
to $8 l.OuO feet, board measure, la 1m
poaad. ' i
Freight rate from Manila to vthe
Pacific coast are about $7 a ton for
logs, or X to 1 1,000 feet There
is b export out and log are ad
mitted Into this country free. But the
ehlef martieta for common native tim
ber would be the Philippines; China and
Australia.
Rubber plantations are a promising
new venture in the islands. -Tapioca Is
a common product . even the smallest"
farms growing a little of it
Maguey and sisal hemp are two fibre
crops which are making rapid prog-
reia, aK a million slsar plants were
imported Into the Islands year before
last Sisal hemp has made Yucatan
one of the richest states In Mexico!
The final triumphant Irotft' which "the
Philippines can stand is the statement
that the death rate among the Ameri
cans in Manila ts less than in cities
Ut the United States Itself. , y0r the
TeaFeVairig Juna JO. liOl, It was .S
in tba 1,000, an4 'wa much lower
though the figures are not given for
the following year.:! ' Undeniably, that
neat any city or the same stie In
thle country, t Bt, Joseph, Missouri, had
a-rate, according to the latest census
reports, of t.l . Tn 1,000, but Manila la
twice as large as St Joseph.
Mr:
it-,.
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