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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL,. PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 28. 1308. 1 ' 1 1 I 'A ' - s. p:s attack el CHECK LUMBER TRAFFIC Suit Filed by Harriman Line Strikes Di rectly at Heart of Industry in Oregon Lumber Business Will Be Seriously Crippled Pending OutcomtfT RITTER III NIGHTIE UHGillllLY SIGHT Kan Wild in House This Man of Divorce Court Fame. While the reduced transcontinental rates on lumtin . ! I jm ftii from ireor to the tri liiiJ I - w. si lll k Into effect on nil lines AiikiisI t tie Willamette valley lumber mill men have not won their final round, since tho Southern Pacific company has opened fire from S new iuartir and sued In the federal court for an Inlunction against tho Interstate comment I'uramlkshin'i dcr cutting down the $5 rate to Hun Francisco anil buy points. The new attack by the Southern Pacllic cum jiany will again cluck the lumber In dustry In Uio alley, aa It clouds tho future with uncertainty. Temporary injunctions are regarded a very dangerous to business pros pects, and especially so in this case. Althougn the railroads propose to give a, bond to Indemnify lumber manufac turers in event of losing the railroad's esse In court, the aliened bond does not prove to be any protection to tho luin per Industry. No new lumber mill la going to start up and no old mill Is f:oing to resume business on the prom se of a railroad company to reimburse the mill should a lower rate ultimately be made. Little Chance to Win. It Is believed by well-informed law yers that there does not exist moie than one chance in 100 for the South ern Pacific company to win any import ant ground 'n the light against rail road regulation as a result of Its newest attack upon the validity of the lien burn law. Should the company win this suit It would destroy the Inter state commerce commission as at pres ent created and organized. "Tho validity of federal commissions has been the object of attack from the railroad companies ever since rail road regulation was first attempted," said J. N. Teal, attorney for the lum ber men in the Pacific coast rate cases. "The first commission that was ever created under our government was at tacked on the ground of unconstitu tionality. The railroads have attacked It time" afifl again. The supreme court has sustained it In every instance. "I think I could find 100 cases in which the courts have upheld tho com missions. And yet the railroads keep on attacking mem on constitutional grounds. "It appears that the railroad com panies persist in this settled policy merely with the hope that some time, and in some way or other, they will succeed in getting a favorable deci sion, and they will thus gain some ground t stand upon. The court de cisions of the past are all against this expectation. Don't Want Keg-olatlon. "The railroads claim that they favor regulation. They keep on saying they want reasonable regulation. The fact Is that not one of them wants It. They fight every kind of regulation that would be effective regulation. When It is simmered down It Is found that the kind of regulation they want Is ab solutely Impossible to have, and Is only such as angels In heaven might hope for." Sir. Teal said the ground on which the Southern Pacinc attacks the ores ent Interstate commerce commission is not new. so- far as he can learn from advance reports. Suits brought against railroad commissions are pending on various similar grounds ' In Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Kansas, Minneso ta, and other states. To try to enumer ate the many cases of this kind that the railroad companies persist in startj lng is to question tnelr Sincerity. The suit just filed at San Francisco lor an injunction against the enioree ment of the interstate commerce com mission's order reducing: the $5 rate on lumber from Willamette valley to San Francisco and bay points strikes di rectly at the lumber industry of In terlor Oregon. I'nder an old rate of $3.10 the railroads encouraged the building up of the lumber mill Indus try In the valley, and after It was built up the Southern Pacific set up the claim that the Industry would stand a higher rate, the $5 rate now in effect being the result of this doctrine. The lumber mil) men were cut out of the San KranclRCo market and were obliged to shut down. They engafd attorneys and went before the ln;V- state commerce commission with a pe titlon that the commission should re duce the rate to the old figures. Entire Industry Threatened. Other similar Increases of the lumber rates, including the entire transconti nental field, had meantime been made' effective by the railroads, and the Pa cific northwest lumbermen were threat ened with banishment from the middle west lumber markets The theory of the railroads was that the Industry could stand a higher freight rate, tlint the old rate was not remunerative, and that the Ikw of economics favored the Cutting nf timber further east -.before the coast timber should be brought into the eastern markets. The life of the entire lumber manufacturing industry of the northwest, with its millions of dollars of vested capital, was being threatened. The interstate commerce commission heard all the cases involved, and then i made an order reviewing nil lumber rates in western itm-.-v and d'.r eji ', ' e ; mat a r vis- i set ..r ra'"s oe put ! railroad company that the federal con stitution pro ides tliat the government shall be diNl-led into three branches, Icglblutlvc. administrative and judicial, but that tho interstate commerce com mission Is all threo branches In one. The Injunction asked for In the suit t rought by W. F. Herrln and his as sistants of the Southern 1-aclflo com pwn a lefcul department, la not mate rialiy dili'oient from other suits brought in the past so far ns Is known at lids linns. The railroad attorneys pro less conlldenco that the company will whi In the supreme court. It is piobabie thut the Interstate com merce cornmlsilun will call Into the case, on the side of the defense, the at torneys who lought the rate cases for the lumber manufacturers. A hearing on the petition tor Injunction Is said to have been set for August 3 by the court at San Francisco. Meantime the suit Is a direct blow to tnu lumber manufacturing Industry In the Willamette valley, lor It plunge the future of the business again Into doubt, and will keep many lumbermen on tho anxious seat until the Issues aro Dually decided and it Is positively known whether or not the present $5 rate is to be continued. I'nder tho or der of the Interstate commerce com mission the Southern Pacific com pany la directed to put In the reduced rate August 15. Harriman Leads right. The Hill lines have Indicated their Intention to submit for the present to the otder of the commission for putting In reduce.1. transcontinental lumber rates. It is evidently the intention of the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern to tuke a position In the back ground and let the Harriman lines fight the battle. 'The Spokane, Portland & Seattle company Is not a party to the commission's ordt r nor to the suits that have been waged. So far u.s known the (V K. A N. and I'nion Pacific system will permit the reduped. rate on transcontinental lumber shipments to go Into effect on Its lines without resistance, as it would In any event have to meet any reduction that the northern lines might put In at the commission's order. Tho Harriman lines have selected the Southern Pacific between Portland and San Francisco upon which to fight its suit against the Interstate commerce commission as there is no rail competl tlon between these points. GOES TO ALASKA AND THEN TO PHILIPPINES if.U Miss Cora Beatrice Haslam. errect, latin ly ru'frit -rr tt.e a van--s that had b en m.i-ie bv the railroad companb s See Hope In Supreme Court. This order has t r- :p!tated the Southern Pacific "i:.;:.y s attack upon the constitutionality of the Hepburn law creating and dflrlnp the rowers of ; collected from every communicant tne commission. it is alleged Pv the 'the same purpose. Miss Cora Beatrice Haslam, the 14- I'flar-nl.l italiffhtpr of Air find Mm F. H. Haslam, who graduated from the Atkinson school. left July 10 for Alas ka, where she will be the guest of her sister. Mrs. Iela Jones, during the summer months. Mr. and Mrs. Jones contemplate making a trip to Honolulu and the Philippine Islands and taking Miss Cora with them, Intending to re turn to Portland In time for the Christ mas hnlldavs. Mr. and Mrs. Haslam ar.d Miss Mamie, of the Baker Stock r..n:r.!ttv, accompanied Miss Cora as far as Seattle. George Frederick Rltter of dlvor'-e court fame yesterday was reported In a great frame of mind over sti bits that he says another. German-American owes him, and for which he thinks the land lady of the lodging-house where he stays should be responsive. The report comes from the landlady, who appealed to the sheriff's office for advice. According to her story. Hitter was running wild In the house. Jumping up mid down stairs in an attire thai was shockingly scanty. She was inclined to think that Rltter should be examined as to his sanity. Finally she was referred to thelis trlct attorney's office, and there, for the present.'' the matter reals. Hitter was brought Into court on nh Insanity complaint several years aii", but was discharged. Since then he h is been a central figure in two dlvorci suits. Judge Frazer refused to give him a divorce, but a few weeks ago his wife, Mrs. Matilda Drake Hitter, so- cured a decree, her husband making no defense. She charged that ho was no stingy he would munch a meal of sour wine and doughnuts on the porch with out inviting her to Join him. Since the divorce Mrs. Drake has sued her former husband to correct a deed to lots at the corner of Page street and Vancouver avenue and to cancel a deed given to Hitter's son by a former marriage, Edward L. Hlttei. She charges thut Kilter gave a false description for the purpose of defraud- i ing her. The deed to her was placed on record In 1906, while the one to Ed- ! ward L,. Rltter was recorded last May. Since then the son has deeded the prop- erty to R. G. Busse and he has trans- ! rerrea it to jvir. ana mis. u. uniuu wlck. ' Mrs. Rltter wants all of these deeds declared void. Bandon Will Advertise Her Kesources. j Bandon-bv-tbe-Sea will become a , familiar phrase throughout the entire United States and Canada. For many months several of tho live wires of Bandon have wanted to advertise the opportunities offered by a resourceful country to the homeseekers and In- J vestors of the continent. It seemed al- , most Impossible to get the commercial Interests of the tow n to unite on a j definite plan of action. Tho earnest j men of the little city had tried a num ber of plans, but united action seemed j Impossible. Mr. C. A. Warren, president of the Warren Publicity Company of Portland, Oregon, heard of the predicament of these wise men of Bandon. and at once his sympathy went out to them. Mr. Warren at once started for Bandon, via , the Coos .Bay route. Arriving In Ban- j don, he found a foundation for what will prove to be a fine city of the fu- ture. Mills and factories were hum- : mlng, no Idle men loafed on the street corners; no one complained of lack of work (though the town does not need an Influx of day laborers).. Bandon is ' the natural outlet for the richest dairy country In the west. After a casual look around the town and a careful ex- ; amlnation of the surrounding country, ' Mr. Warren at once decided that tne son of this part of t oos county was admir ably adapted not only for the dairy busi ness, but to the raising nf nearly all kinds of fruit and vegetables; saying nothing about tne millions of feet of virgin timber which will yield a steady Income for 60 years to come. The Bandon country will and does produce the finest kind of apples, pears, strawberries, and In fact all kinds of berries and many varieties of the larger fruits. There are many other rich re sources too numerous to men! Ion. The town Is well located for a summer re port town. The finest and most beauti ful and scenic beach on tho coast lies at Bandon's front door. This feature alone will bring thousands of tourists to Bandon-by-the-Sea annually. when proper transportation facilities are pro vided. Tne climate hotn winter and summer Is ideal. " he summers are cool and cleasant while the winters are warm and healthful. There Is room In ' the Bandon country for thousands of , farmers. fruitralsers and gardeners. ' San Francisco Is now the principal large market for tne entire Bandon country. : Portland could have her share of this trade, but she doesn't. Bandon has a fine harbor, most of her shipping being by the water route, to California ports. After learning of the rich resources and the manv advantages tributary to Bandon, Mr. Warren lmmedlatly com menced to organize the business In- , terests of the town Into a "Booster" ! club. After 24 hours of hard work, the entire bunch of live wires of the town were ready to buckle down to work. In 24 hours more n large ndvertlslne fund had been subscribed for the publishing of advertising literature and other pub licity work. It was acknowledged bv several of the Hvest boosters In the town that the representative of the Portland Publicity Qo. was an artist In his line and that he understood how to ! handle a oroposltlon of this sort to a i successful finish. There will be In.OnO booklets ptib-I llshed and circulated throughout the 1 east and middle west. These booklets will consist of scenes alone the beach . and other interesting features of the Bandon count rv. The advertising cam paign will be Isuncbed immediately for the benefit nf the eastern homeeek.r who will corn" to Oregon this fall. The Warren Publicity Co. will hHnll tho publicity fund and have entire r-hare of the work. The sloran will b ThI Oreater-Bandon-bv-t"':e-Pa. You Arc Welcome to Credit How to Save Gas A Liberal Discount for Cash The answer Is. GET A GAS STOVE OK RANGE THAT IS I P TO DATlfl. The trouble with most gas ranges Is hat they do not burn all the gas that passes through the burners. The gas Is oartly burned and partly decomposed. The result Is that one-fourth more ga Is used than Is necessary, and the de composed gas that escapes Into the room causes Inlury fb the health of the housekeeper, who thinks that the fault Is the Quality of the gas. You can save your health and save your money If you try one of our DIRECT ACTION GAS RANGES. These we sell on trial, and If they are not exactly as rep ro se n ted, money refunded. PBIOB LIST. Pacific, I-burner and 18-ln. oven Mft,f)5 Pacific, 2-burner, oven and broiler. st 11.2S Pacific 8-burner, broiler and oven. at JK1R.KO Oarland, high cabinet style ...$27.00 Direct Action, as low as W24.00 Direct Action, Ilka Illustration 85O.0O Porch Furniture We are showing a large number of new styles In these g-oods. The finish Is light col or In maple or dark green In Chairs as low as S3. 50 tees as low as S5.0 ft u t Hookers as low .-82.95 Sale Muslin Curtains nriim m i-nm'inisMi n n nr 1 1 nr n ran n i TO pairs of Muslin Dace Curtains, ruf lled edges, 24 yards long; regular 65o values, now, tne pair 42 80 pairs fancy stripe Muslin, with ruf fled edges; 80o values, now 58 4 Palmer Hammocks mm cuT.Nf'ti;iy A-800 Hammocks are open gnuze weave, havre concealed spreader at head, continuous stringing, and wood bar at foot, with patent tips and adjustable hitch end and rings, requiring no knots Oc B-100 Hammocks are close canvas and twill weave, otherwise same as A-500; size 86x80, price 91.58 C-100 Hammocks are close canvas and twill weave, Jaoouard designs In body and valances; has concealed spreader at head, otherwise similar to previous numbers; slse 87x80 ... SI. HQ D-100 Hammocks are close canvas and twill weave, Jacquara designs in body and valances; have concealed spreader at head, oontlnuous stringing, pillow, wood bar at foot, with patented tips and adjustable hitch end rings; size of woven part 89x11. Price S2.70 Refrigerators Look through the paper and get all the "Sale" prices, then go to all the "Sale" stores and you cannot match the prices we are now making on these goods. Remember also that we have no soft wood refrigerators In the store, we do not keep them at all. Our cheap est refrigerator weighs 90 pounds (It 1 packed with mineral wool). Most cheap refrigerators weigh 76 pounds (packed with nothing). iHSlI VXICB list (Oalvaalseft) Height Width. Depth. Capacity. 38 In. 23 in. lUi In. 85 lbs. 43 in. 26 In. 16 In. 80 lbs, 48 In. 27 In. 17 In. 75 lbs. ENAMEL LUTED 41 In. 27 In. 17 In. 50 lbs. 44 in. 2S H In. 1714 In. 5 lbs. 63 In. 27 H In. 18 In. 76 lba Frloe i.76 T.78 9.88 ll Il9 823. .90 50 85 Popular Priced (Gas Plates f.n i ii . piiuj nil i ii i nil ui. i , ii mm. Ui njn. j ,w Folding Furniture Not only the cheapest, bnt the strong est and most durable roods that have even been placed on the market are now being opened by us. Camp Stools, maple frame, white can vas seats 26et Kasy Camp Stools, guaranted to sup port 600 lba malleable fittings SOe Folding Camp Chairs, with back, can vas seat, malleable construction ..TO Steamer Chairs. Ilka Illustration, double fancy stripe canvas J5 Folding Camp Chairs that make a s'nug package, three feet long, weight 5 lbs , jH 4 ft Folding Cot, hardwood, frame, dark can vas ooverlng 2 2fi Folding Camp Oots, folds to slse 8 feet bv 10 Inches, a snug package, weight H lba, support BOO lbs 2 TO Folding Camp Tables, oloee up Into a package Inches square by I feet long, SAFE GASOLINE STOVES Gasoline, can be safely used by people who know how. People who don t know can learn from people who do. We can show you how to operate a gasoline stova The most popular style Is shown In the Il lustration. It has two burners, 14-lnches high, top cooking surface 17x 4H. Price ...A.2.5 Three-burner stove In the same style S4.-1& This Go-Cart $3.50 One-burner, nickeled; regular 45, special SI. IS Two-burner, nickeled; regular .10. special ,.W1.75 Three-burner, nickeled; regular J3.0U special S2.50 Two-burner, heavy; regular $3 50, special $2.H5 Three-burner, heavy; regular $6u0, special K3.85 Three-burner, best, regular 85.75, special $4. CO 35c Each Hat find Coat Hooksv'like Illustration; 6 hooks, fastened to hard wood strip. Hat and Coat hooks to screw In wall the dozen 10? fflfflfnHifTtHP'wTl"tHIHt"'lrT'lttlflttftlX J ' For the summer season we have a stoak of floor cover ings especially suitable for seaside cottages and summer homes. Japanese Mattings are always good and well known to every body; 120 warps to the yard, only 20J Japanese Mattings, 150-180 warps to the yard, fancy patterns, all colors, per yard 254 Hemp Carpets, one yard wide, good and strpng, but not fast color, per yard' 294 Rag Carpets, durable and strong, very showy colorings, one gard wide, per yard 450 edgewlck Fiber Carpets, a smooth, strong goods, very desir able, the yard 684 Exactly as Illustrated. Has rubber tires, 10-Inch wheels, oan be folded to take on car, has reclining back and ad justable foot end. It Is a cart worth 15.00, and Is much larger and better than the ordinary cheap cart. If you would like a better cart and still not want to pay a high price, ask to see No. 130, It Is a great value for 85.50 Tents We are prepared this season to fur nish Wall Tents of any size or quality. Size. 7x7 7x8 8x10 9Hxlt 12xH Hi. Pole. 7 ft. 7 ft 7H ft. 7V ft. 8 ft. lit. Wall. 3 ft, 8 ft. 8 ft. S ft. Price. 85.20 88.15 iT.10 8.70 1.2 S Prices Most Reasonable Terms to Suit All Na'lve Christiana In the South Sea Islands aro sending curios to London to b sold for the benefit of the great thank offering In connection with the Pan-Ar.'l I'ian congress and at Auck land. New Zealar.a. a penny is being for Most Attractive "Rnnte to the En st. A trip via the Ctnnrt!a-i Paifv you the opportunity of vlnlng the esndest mountnln s'en"rv In the world Two days of tra--! thrniirh the Con' adtan Rockies The en Mr mountain trip can he made by davllght. For full particulars apply at local office 14' Third street. ASK NATION'S LAWYERS TO COME TO PORTLAND If plans of the Oregon Bar assocla- the leading members of the local ba: Others hsve made money reading The Journals buslneai chances; why not vou T I ."V. ...V . 'fjfr Diamonds an Watches Sold strictly on their merits, accompanied by the Fe!d enheimer guarantee of 40 years standing. Portland's largest stpek to select from. An inspection will con vince. Prices, the lowest, quality considered. Corner Third and Washington Streets. ttsnsfsrtarieg Jewelers. OPTICIANS. Diamond Importers. ' '' '' ' "' f- tlon and the Portland Commercial club are successful, Portland will send a large delegation of representative at : torneys and business men to Seattle next month to the annual meeting of the American Par association. , Special rates will be secured on the railroad, ! and It Is hoped that enough will go to ;clrter a special train. The American Bar association com prises In its membership the strongest men of the legal profession in the coun try. It Is believed that If Portlanl mukes the right kind of effort a large proportion of the lawyers attending the meeting may be Induced to Include port lm1 in their Itinerary. Arrangements will be made to entertain those who come and tho visit or sucn a ooay or Influential men Is regarded as certain to be of benefit to Portland. At a meeting of the executive com mittee of the State Bar association re cently a committee was appointed to ar range for railroad rates and to stir up : Interest among members or me car ;n ! Portland and throughout the state. ! Thomss O. Greene and Harrison Al j len are members of this committee. VTac Delegates JEere. ! Another committee was named to ee j operate with a similar committee of the i Portland Commercial club to see what ! can be done In turning delerstes and visitors to the meeting to Portland and entertaining them while here. Manager Tom Richardson has essured the bar assoclstlon that the club will do Its share. Early this week the committee on ar rangements will meet and set on foot a campaign to arouse Interest and to rut the special train plan on a spectfie ba1a It Is believed that little diffi culty will be had In securing upward of tt members of the local bar for the trip and some representative business men will be taken along to extend the Invitation of tbe commercial end busi ness Interests of Portland. The na tional association will be In ton four days beginning Tuear August JS, so there wly-be plenty of time to complete th plans that are onder if Richard W. Montague, president f the state bar aaeoclatlnn, tne R. A. L'ter. the servvary. are taking en e ttre Interest In the matter e4- will as sist la keeptsg tt SBOvt&c. Several sf have already announced that they will go. Three delegates to represent the state of Oregon will be named by Presi dent Montague during the coming week. The American Bar association was or ganized In 187S. Its meetings are usu ally held east of the Mississippi river, and Pacific coast lawyers rarely have an opportunity to attend without cross ing the continent For this reason Ore gon. California, Washington and tho mountain states of the west will all send unusually large delegates this year. The attorney-seneral of the United States usually delivers an sddress st tne association meeting, but It Is not known whether it will be possible for Attorney-General Bonaparte to go to Seattle. The president of the associa tion Is Jacob M. Idcklnson of Chicago, who was one of the leading counsel for the government In the Bering sea fish eries arbitration. One of the distinguished lawyers All' la ITH-rker of New York, Democratic can didate for president In 1904, who went to the Yellowstone national park after the iJenver convention and will go from there to Seattle. Austin, Nevada, Booming. At last the 2,000 people who stayed by the rloh mnlng town of Austin have realized their hopes. The great mines which In the past have produced ap proximately J50.000.000, under separate managements, havs been consolidated and all the rich properties on Lander Hill now belong to the Austin Manhat tan Consolidated Mining Co. Austin Is ngaln In the limelight. ThSNcompany is modernizing the old camp. Up-to-date mining methods are to be used. Many of the old miners are now hard at work putting Into shape the old shafts and the old mile and a half of tunnels. The Consolidated has secured a splendid water right and Is starting the erection of a hvdro-electric power plant, which will effect a great saving over the old method of hlgh-rrlced fuel. No one or two of the former companies now In this consolidation could have sfforded to install all the modern Improvements. Bui with one company owning prac tically, all the mines In this district, wonderful tilings are to be expected from Austin In the future. WOOLLY WILD MAN SCARES KLAMATH FOLK ("pedal Dispatch to The Joomil.) 4 Klamath Falls. Or., July 25. Officers have gone Into the tlm v ber near Spencer creek with warrant for the arrest of an unknown man. who is said to be roaming the woods and stealing from the cabins In that vicinity. 4 He has been seen stealing by a timber cruiser and. a settler. 4 When discovered he grabbed his riHe and stood his ground re- 4 fusing to answer questions as to his actions. He resembles an 4 Italian, has a long shaggy beard 4 and carries a large bowle knife. 4 He Is said to have an out-door 4 camp in the thick brush, where 4 he stows away what ho steals. 4 He has all the settlers fright- 4 ened In that vicinity, and an 4 attempt will be made to capture 4 him. 4 4 444 $1 00 Wil I Start You in the Motion Picture Theatre Business Profits $10 to $100 Daily We can outfit jrou from roof to cellar cheaper than any house in the United States Notice to Motion Picture Men Rent Your Films From Us Send for Price List We .Can Save You Money Motion Picture Machines and Supplies Phonographs and Supplies Stereopticons and Supplies NEWMAN MOTION PICTURE COMPANY 83 BURNSIDE STREET, BETWEEN FOURTH AND FIFTH PHONE MAIN 8458 n 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 O 4 4 4 4