THE OREGON ' DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 31, 1908
YEAR'S EXPORTS
SHOW UP llll
Portland Sends Awar $16,'.
. 500,000 Worth of Com-.
lhodities. ' ' "
calekdIr year
beats predecessor
Wheat s Article of Export
Jn Point of Volmrn Floor
t;Tke v Second Place Heavy
; Coastwise Shipments. .
OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE BOARD OF MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION, PORTLAND, OR.
Exports for Tut 1908.
Wheat, 18.038,087 bu. ...... .I11.781 lit
Ijumber. S.MMM teat...,.. 1 285 920
Flour. 684.848 hhl eo'c
Barley. 977.067 bu. S?SS
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-Total for year ;...ll.6M,tO
' 1 JBxporti for Beoomber. v
Wheat. 961, CIS bu. .... .l87nlK
. LumDer. 3,895,368 feet iSMir
iTotal for month tis 71
1"!i?d'".eJIorU 'or the calendar
"""." cea in yiue those
ot calendar year 1807 by approxl-
frwt1! ?hown-- view of the
ract that business was not at a very
Efi"Xa.ctoJr.uBta,r during? the earlier
The above figures furnish in .b
fitorm "e value df this section's
sales of commodities raised and manu
factured at home, excepting for a very
small quantity of ntlscellaneous goods
shipped I through from polnU east and
the middle states. As compared with
tne total amount of business, this mis
cellaneous freight is insignificant, i' ,
j Contrary to the general belief, the
foreign lumber shipments from Port
land proper were larger tbls year than
dln year 1907 by nearly 10.000.
000 feet, although the total value of
the shipments of 1907 was greater by
u,few . pUsws) th that of this year's
shlpmenta. This-Is due to the - fact
that lumber values were down to an ex
ceptionally low level la tbe early part
Of the year when the advance In rail
freight rate to point east of the Rock
ies struck the lumber industry a stag
gering: blow.' V. . . ,
The wheat shipments for the calen
?ar. ?ar exceeded those of the year
J907 by about 4,000,000 bushels, and to
that can be attributed the train made by
the closing year -over UerjKfdeceesor.
The flour exports dufnsr ISOT were
larger than those of IQ$ 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
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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 $196,500, for
St Vincent for orders,
famar. American schooner, 890,489
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' David De Angers, French ship," 99.78$
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 , ,
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'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
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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
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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.
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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. -
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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
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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
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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
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