The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, December 31, 1908, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON ' DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 31, 1908 YEAR'S EXPORTS SHOW UP llll Portland Sends Awar $16,'. . 500,000 Worth of Com-. lhodities. ' ' " calekdIr year beats predecessor Wheat s Article of Export Jn Point of Volmrn Floor t;Tke v Second Place Heavy ; Coastwise Shipments. . OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE BOARD OF MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION, PORTLAND, OR. Exports for Tut 1908. Wheat, 18.038,087 bu. ...... .I11.781 lit Ijumber. S.MMM teat...,.. 1 285 920 Flour. 684.848 hhl eo'c Barley. 977.067 bu. S?SS too.ooo r Sit U V.H. H?rl0NILl3 , TKEAtf . "" L lv'' -1 A- i mi Miscellaneous -Total for year ;...ll.6M,tO ' 1 JBxporti for Beoomber. v Wheat. 961, CIS bu. .... .l87nlK . LumDer. 3,895,368 feet iSMir iTotal for month tis 71 1"!i?d'".eJIorU 'or the calendar """." cea in yiue those ot calendar year 1807 by approxl- frwt1! ?hown-- view of the ract that business was not at a very Efi"Xa.ctoJr.uBta,r during? the earlier The above figures furnish in .b fitorm "e value df this section's sales of commodities raised and manu factured at home, excepting for a very small quantity of ntlscellaneous goods shipped I through from polnU east and the middle states. As compared with tne total amount of business, this mis cellaneous freight is insignificant, i' , j Contrary to the general belief, the foreign lumber shipments from Port land proper were larger tbls year than dln year 1907 by nearly 10.000. 000 feet, although the total value of the shipments of 1907 was greater by u,few . pUsws) th that of this year's shlpmenta. This-Is due to the - fact that lumber values were down to an ex ceptionally low level la tbe early part Of the year when the advance In rail freight rate to point east of the Rock ies struck the lumber industry a stag gering: blow.' V. . . , The wheat shipments for the calen ?ar. ?ar exceeded those of the year J907 by about 4,000,000 bushels, and to that can be attributed the train made by the closing year -over UerjKfdeceesor. The flour exports dufnsr ISOT were larger than those of IQ$ by a mar (tin of nearly 13,000,000. but this deficiency was more than made up by thai heavy wheat exports. - I . , One of the liahtit montbr of the year in point of exAortswas the one taow bringing the yr 6 a close, the ?poriVA1.'2 put86,000 short of the $1,000,000 markTBut on the aver age, Portland's p-Sports for the year have been valuAd at $1,500,000 per month. 1 . t:ln addition Xf these foreign ship ments. Portland 'did an immense coast wise business, In that J.60O.000 bushels pf wheat., valued at $3,000,000; 2B3. 927 bushels f barley, valued at 1 90.661. and 1.478.74 feet of lumber, valued at 1750.000, were forwarded by water to California porta - - Following gives the exports for the calendar year 190: , ' srorelm Wheat thipmenta. m-w- njir ..-. jousnsis.'i -vaiue.- Januarv February-- March . . . May June . . . . . July August . . . September October i . November Pecember 2.033.256 1,421,887 1,107.118 . . 464.732 ...... 437.044 109.948 'i.Yl'l.67S 1,821.050. . 701.071 881,618 1.81B.42S ;t.0S8.6S 1,304.974 ,986,094 417.237 386.134 , 93,495 1.6(59.119 1.646.700 ., 619,208 870.169 'j- fO 9mSn , ! i I- v ! I , t ! ' ! I ' ' 1 - . 'II I v---( I the' 1 111 lll FLETCKER'LINN, PR5 I r 0c5CA HEINT.VICE-PKEA: fcf.B. VINCENT; SECY:, - si 1 ft 1 V 4 1 COV.XVlDJKJUI)VWN'E' JOllK''WONTACi wheat, valued at $13t,700, for the United Kingdom. Strathnairn, British steamer, 227,783 bushels wheat,, valued, at $204,969, for St. Vincent for orders. Sully, French' bark, 118,728 bnshels wheat valued at 2116.726. for the United Kingdom. - December Coast Xamber BMjnasatsv . Vessel. Destination. . No. feet Tallsc. ss.. Ban Francisco -. . 40ft non Jim Butler, ss.; gan Francisco.. 650,000 iNome uuy, ss., an v'rancisco...tso,ooo Yosmite, ss., 8s n Francisco... 900,000 South BaV.. ss.. Ran Francisco.. 48S.OA0 TamalpalB, as.. Ban Pedro. : . 600,000 K. J. lnmtn, ss.. Ban Francisco'. 200,000 Northland, ss.. San Franriacn.. K(t nnn Saginaw, ss., San Pedro......,, 800,000 Total for month .. i ........ ;4, 846, 000 The exports for the calendar year 1907 were: Wheat 9.226.450 hunheL. valued at 87,742.962: flour, 1.421.629 barrels, valued at 86,267,841: lumber, 86,246.226 feet valued at 21.J31.74S. nA barley, 696,634 bushels, valued at 3424,- X Total .......13.088.087 111,762,113 Torelga Z umber Bbipmeats. January . February March . . AprU . . . May June . . . July August' November December September October . . . No. Feet. ...... . .11,652,642 7,50,S56 , . . 6,630,661 ,13,375,863 .,..,...13,336,182 6,971.837 14,204.116 ..11,143.199 . . . 4,655,7S . 2.037.421 . .. 6.333,663 .?:, 8,895,366 Value. 142.993 98.940 97.43J 223,62 152.349 60,063 , 182.690H 146,193 47.772 26.633 71.714 451669 Total .....95,686.324 M.286.920 rorelfn rienr Shipments. ' , Barrels. Value. January ............ 86.701 32.1.83S February i.,... 65.246 213.04 March .k 51,508 206,033 April 19,026 76.111 May 78.620 250.8U Junel 60.801 . 154.438 July 45.266 135.799 August 82.647 330.5S4 September 60.723 202.891 October 15,000 66,620 November ..........160.108 600,436 Total 684,648 13,648,811 Torelfn Barley Sbipmeats. Bu8hela 91,831 ,107,410 ........299,938 ........369.133 .209.244 Value. $ 65.758 72,201 202.673 170.605 147.611 January ...... May . September , . October ....... November . ... Total .... .......... .377.067 $658,793 rorelga Deoember htpmeatsj. Villa an Havre. -French , bark.1 141,581 bushels wheat' valued at 8128,000, for tbe United Kingdom. Admiral Borreson, Norwegian steamer, 8,004.877 feet lumber, valued at 180,182, for Shanghai.' ,- TJrganda, British ' steamer. .811,24 bushels wheat, valued at $196,500, for St Vincent for orders, famar. American schooner, 890,489 . . . i , . i. . . r ., m - Tewn. - - ' David De Angers, French ship," 99.78$ bushels, valued at $91,274, for London. Lydgato. British bark, 147.434 bnahels ; Cotistipaiion May he pemanewJlv ercomely prcjxr personal efforts WttKtrte ossi$taice 1 the org truly bencjiaal axotlve pmcdy, Syrup of tip tuul tjinve f Sma .wKicK enttolcs onotojform tneguw Kobitfe Jaily $otKol assistance to na ture may be groduoty JiSfxmsc 4"iiH WWn holoner ntHe() a$tKe best of ttmeclcS,wKen YfouireJ, reto assist tWe orJ hot to $upJatttke netum. b) factions, vK'icn htuet Jcwni ulti trtatcy upon prober itourifiKmerit, f?ec cfort,aA M liyin feewtrall. Tot U benejtciat effects, ofways by t)e genuine , , f J. RanufactaraytU ' fllATTirnmiTA HUJU' Ul Villi V Fio Qmvp.Co. ctv f CID C ALL LEASING T'UCCJ'TS -J 'PlW STOWAWAfS ASHORE. Captain . Dorris Zands Steamer Ho mer In, Bay Alone Coast. A message from San Francisco to the Merchants' exchange of this city today states that on her way from San Fran ojsco to Portland, the steamer; Homer, Captain Dorrie,. put Into Baker's . bay along the coast to land Three stow sways that had managed to steal on board at San Francisco. Ship owners have become very strict concerning stowaways ana rew are re- fiorted along the coast, tramps finding t easier, to beat the railroads than the craft nlyfng along the coast The ease brought to light this morning is said to Lie the first one In several months and It is the first Instance fot a long time in which a landing was made to let the stowaways ashore. -The Homer is a small craft engaged regularly in the freight and passenger traf no between this port and san Fran cisco and carries aeldom more than 20 passengers a trip. This fact made de tection of the . stowaways easy when they cams out for food. The Homer Is due te arrive here next Monday or Tuesday. midnight Steamer R. D. Inman, from Portland. Steamer Homer, for Port land; put Into Drake's-bay last night to land tnree stowaways. San Pedro, Dec SO. Arrived Steam' er George W. Elder, from Portland. Ar rived down at 1:80 and sailed at 4:40 p. m. British steamer Elmore, from Tillamook. Arrived at 1:60 and left up at 6 p. ni. Steamer Alliance, from Coos bay. St Vincent, Dee. 28. Sailed British steamer King George, from Portland, for Naples. Astoria, Dec. 31. Condition at the mouth of the river at 8 a. m., obscured; wind, east 20 miles: weather, cloudy. . Tioes at Astoria Friday: High water 8:32 a. ro., 8.4 feet; 9:45 p. m., 6.5 feet. Low water 2:18 a. m., 2.4 feet; 3:35 p. m., 0.8 feet. BUY LIGHT BY DAY (Continued from Page One.) week, or every And we will is -willing to GOES AWAY IN BALLAST. French' Bark Rene KervIIer Sail for Australia.' Set ' After having been In the river but a few days, the French bark Rene Ker vIIer sailed this morning for Australia in ballast She came here lit ballast from Hobart, Tasmania, and hence will cross the broad Pacific without earning a eenf for. freight. But the French bounty will pay her expense n i ne owners apparently maae no er fort to secure a charter for the vessel) and It would Probably have been use less, since-freights hsve drocned to a very low level as a result of the plenti ful, nuraoer of disengaged craft on the coast and the disinclination on the part oi exponent 10 cnaner. i TWO COASTERS ARRIVE. Alliance Jn From Cootf Bay and El more In From Tillamook. The steamers Alliance and Sue II. Elmore arrived In the harbor this morning, the former -from Coos Bay and the latter from Tillamook. Both report pleasant voyages. But they had stormy weather going south and the Elmore was barbound at Tillamook a couple of days. The Alliance brought a large shin-. ment of salmon, considerable mill work end general products, 8he had a fair 'list -of passengers. The Elmore dis charged 2000 eases, of aalmon at As i (oris and came here with only a small ' quantity of freight They are discharg ing at Couch street dock. ALONG THE WATERFRONT. The steamer Breakwater sailed 'for Ceos Bay last night ; - The steam schooner Saginaw Is ex- Portland Imraber company this evening with 800,900 feet , of lumber for San Pedro. ' - i..-. , , The American-Hawaiian liner -Nebraska n is expected to sail tomorrow morning -for Salina Crus via Puget sound snd San Francisco. Her outward cargo from bere will consist principally of hops and salmon. - The barkentlne Wrestler la reported as having , been chartered to load lum ber on the lower Columbia' for the west eoast She -has been lying Idle at As toria -for several month. The wreck, of the stranded schooner Ootoma was sold yesterday at Aber deen for 8120.1 This Includes a part of the cargo of spruce lumber. The wreck has broken .up, but considerable lumber ean be saved. month. pay a reasonable price. - -i no executive , ooaru enter into a contract for a year at nres ent rates- 1 do not think it would be fair to the company to require it to make any extensions for such a short term and 'the city will ' not insist on having the extensions. We can get along for a while from day to day. The time, will not be long, either, until we will be relieved from the monopoly. I am no lawyer but I think the city has a right to purchase Its lights without making any contracts therefor." Demands Xay by Bay. "If the city pays by the day for tbe lights," said President Josselyn this morning, "It will have to pay every day in advance." i Asked by a reporter If his company would aoct a contract for a year with out extensions he replied that the char ter would not allow the city to -make such a contract "I do not want to be quoted as to what will happen after- January 10 it the city does not come to aa agreement with us." declared Mr. Joeselvn. "and say again that you will find as much of three end five years. In accordance with city charter, from January 1. 1909. "March 26.--City council passed th ordinance. . T i. "April 6. Mayorvstoed the ordinance. ' "April $ City council passed ordi nance over mayor's veto. ' "Aprfl 16 Mayor refused to sign war rant approved by executive board for lighting bill due for the month of March, claiming that the company had not fulfilled the provisions of contract, arbitrarily making a reduction of nine twenty-fifths of the bill rendered, or $2811.24. The company refused to ac cept payment on that basis. "July 13 About three months after they were authorised, the executive board advertised for bids for city light ing. "September 14 Bid of Portland Ball way, Light ft Power company opened by executive board and rejected said company being the only bidder. "September 22 Executive board again advertised for bids for city lighting. "November 22 Bid of Portland Rail way, Light k Power company (the sole bidder) was opened by the executive board and no action taken. "December - 4 Executive board re ferred the proposed lighting contract back to the city council for recommen dation. "December 9 City council referred the matter to street lighting committee of council, for Investigation and report) Street lighting committee took the mat ter up at once and made thorough inves tigation of all points at issue; also called upon the city attorney (for the first time) for his opinion on the con troversy between the mayor and the lighting company, In regard to payment of bills of the lighting company that were being withheld by the mayor and executive board. "December 21 At the meeting of the street lighting committee, the city 'at torney give his opinion to the effect that the city would 'fail in an attempt to escape payment of the amount de ducted from the lighting company's bills, If the facts were as assumed In communication of the executive board. The committee then formulated a re- fort to the council, recommending that he executive board enter Into a new contract for city lighting, for a five year period, as bid wa reasonable, and as low as obtained by any city of same or greater In the United States (with the exception of Buffalo, where power is obtained from Niagara Falls). The committee also stated that the lighting company appeared to have complied with its present contract on points raised by the executive board In Its written report, and that withholding payment for lighting bills was in error. "December 23 City council met, re reived and adopted report from the treet lighting committee and passed it on to executive board for letting of new contract Executive board should have met in regular session December 25, but that being Christmas, meeting was post poned until following Tuesday. "December 29 Executive board met snd referred the communication to- its lighting committee. It Is understood that the chairman of this committee is absent from the city, and will not return until after New Year's, or after present lighting contract expires. Mayor Lane is quoted aa saying that long term con tract will not be let but contract will be made from month to month until com petition ean be had. - "The city charter provides that city lighting shall be contracted for a period not exceeding five years; also that con tract cannot be let except bids be asked by advertisement for 60 days. "City council ordinance directs execu tive board to advertise and let contract for three or five years, which term can not be deviated from by making contrail for shorter period. If toe company con tinues to furnlah lighting without i new contract, it cannot compel the j 1 1 -to pay for It. If the city authorities should wish to pay for lighting wtihoix a contract, any taxpayer can prevent it by protesting that such payment la nc variance , with provlwiona of the city charter. "On this account" our board of direc tors, composed entirely of prominent business men. feel that they would lx Justified In entering the discontinuance of the city lights at midnight on DoeMrt ber 81. 1908, it new contract with tiia city (In accordance with the city char ter) la not made prior to that date. "We are Informed by counsel that the mayor has no right to invoke police power to compel the company to furnlah light in the absence of a contract. "The city now owes the company $42,633.18 for lighting; Interest on thij amount is xiisa.Dg. a which Includes balance due month, March to AuovkI. Indus full amount of bllLT September vember Inclusive. December I not be due. until January 10. "The companyliiiH faithfully vfnplled with all the ncovlslons of exjefTng con tract snd bars improved he eervlce, at se. It has" out In bid for new lighting contract in accordance ith SDeciflpatlona. -n which has been neither accented nor refected) volun- tsrily reducing the present rate, effect ing a saving to the city of about $90ao per year, but It is powerless to make it' contract when the executive board will not act, snd it cannot furnish lights for city streets without a legal, right to exact pay therefor. "Notwithstanding the facts a above presented, our board of directors has nevertheless decided that in order that the public may be fully informed as to the existing conditions, and that the executive board may have ample time, even at this late date, to enter Into a new contract to continue lighting the city streets until January 10. 1909. , If on that date a new contract has not yet been entered Into fop the lighting of the streets by this company, all street lighting will be discontinued at 13 o'clock midnight. January 10. -PORTLAND RAILWAY, LIGHT tk POWER. CO. "Portland, Or., Dee. 80. 1908." ' WORKING MEN HEAP HARVEST -i - .'. .. Clothing Sealers Sell (71 ot blag at fcsss Than Cost, bat Out Scat Prloes Will Soon Cease. . An unusual condition has arisen alonir, mercantile llnea that has greatly dis turbed the clothing business. The con sumer has profited at the expense of the clothier. ' It has been quite com mon to hear of "quarter offs" and "one third offs" sales. The climax will be eclipsed tomorrow when the old reliable "Red Front," well and favorably known to every workingman In Oregon, makes Its announcement in The Journal, re garding one of the most stupendous sales that has ever taken place in the city. The management of the Red Front states that this is a strictly no profit sale, not even enough to cover adver tising or express charges, or any ex pense whatsoever in tbe conduct of this sale. Conditions are such that goods must be turned into ready cash at any cost snd the bargains and the values given are only such that will make some very lasting friends for the Red Front Clothing company, who have been sit uated at this ohe location. corner First and Taylor streets for severs! years. , New Year's Day. Every day on ths calendar Is the same to the Columbia Trust coinpsny. and they will continue to take the pub lic to see meir nwimon iois as iuhb as any remain unsold. . Ten per cent will be added .to ths price In a few days, so get Into one of our autos and see them without delay. Seventh floor Couch building. .... The states of Vermont. New Hamp shire, New Jersey, Virginia. North and South Carolina. Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee produced gold worth $239,902 and sliver worth 456V636 In 1907. Each also produced copper, lesd and sine. r zszznzszzzxs3xz:zzzzzzxszsszxzszzsxxzszzz:zsszzcsxz2sszzszsxzxz:zzzzs:zzzzzz::szxzz:::zz::i Information from my statement to the Sress as I will give out at this time. I on't wish to see any more barbed articles. There have been too many sucn in ine papers sireaay. President Josselyn's Statement. President Josselyn's statement of the company's position on the lighting ques tion follows: "December 7. 1907. New city lighting contract discussed in the press in order to give an opportunity to consider the matter. "February- 21. 1908. Lighting com mittee of the city council decided to recommend that bids bs advertised for lighting the city by electricity, "March IX. 1908. Ordinance Intro duced Into the city council directing the mayor and executive hoard to advertise for bids for electric lights for periods Bf ARISE NOTES.; -Astoria, Dec. 81. Arrived down due Ing the night Steamer Argo. Arrived at 7:20 and left up it 10:15 a. m Stesmer Asuncion, from Ban Francisco. Sailed at 6 a. m. Steamer Eureka, for Coos bay snd Eureka Sailed at 8:40 a. m. Steamer Breakwater for Coos bay Palled at 9:20 a. m. FJCench ship Kn Kcrviler, for KydnVy. - PERFECT IN AGE PERFECT IN PURITY PERFECT IN FLAVOR Irn I mn J . Miify; ! - i ; i : 1 ' ' . 1 f. . . .1 . Snts e n DMt'iHnfM ass b tnbtora. L - M. LaSAHSN a J.N.8ltlmor,M4. iff mw& II II II II II II II 14 II II II II II II Si II II II II II II II II II II II II I! II il II II II II II I TO) OSENTHAL'S Semi-Annual House Cleaning Sale starts Saturday I morning and will be continued for 30 business days. Our magni b ficent stock of Fall and Winter Footwear will be sold at greatly reduced prices. Those who have availed themselves of the rare bargains blered atour- S fAvmof H i tti fyanryinrt Qrlac titoll votvtotvi Viv f Kif tVv rinn ael. vtvitteir1 M " 1UI111W1 11UUOV VlWUllllig VWll IblllWlllUWl U1UI 1U UUiit,3l iiiwiiimilUldC and fair values j iM THE . SALE OF SALES WATCH OUR WINDOWS, THEY TELL THE STORY SALE BEGINS SATURDAY MORNING s 3000 Pairs Men's Goodyeaf welted lace, Bluchers 'and But- 1500 Pairs Ladies' Fine Kid Shoes, with ton, Iri box and velour calf, all styles, double and (f O O'C extension soles ; value to j f A C single soles; values from $4.00. to $5.00; now . . . .V .$Od $4.00; now myO ...s . ... .... . . ".' V. . .... ... . .--v. .,; .,. , -, 2500 Pairs Ladies' Fine Kid and Patent Colt Bluchers, Lace and Button Shoes, all styles and sizes; values to $5.00; now ii kiiivws, oit $2.95 BOYS' AND GIRLS' SHOES -Rare values in these depart ments. Remember they are made of leather throughout and will give satisfaction. Prices cut in many instances to Yz their former selling price. , ' All Our Felt Slippers. Regardless of former Prices. 95c a Pair Seventh and Washington Streets II II II II II II II M II II II M H , II li M II M !! n M M M M II II 14 M H U II M K H M M II M M It H It I i t ! I ! . t t i Sevcnl! f r"f ri r -T 4.. . .1 'V