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1 VOL. XIX HOOD EIVER, OREGON, DECEMBER 5, 1907. NO. 2J V. I SOCIETIES. HOOD RIVER COMMERCIALCLUB Meet every second Monday In acb month at I p. ni, hi Uie club ruonis over JickMn'i More. II. '. Da viuooN, Pre. . I. klol, ecrelry. HOOD RIVER IXlDtiK NO. 106. A. f. and A. M.-MmU Saturday evoulnj on or before rrrb full mnrm. A I. Mob, W. M 11. McDonald, Hern-mry. HOOD Kl VEK ( H AFTER NO. tl. R. A. M. Mevuant and third Friday nlifliisof each month, D, McboNALD, U, P. A, 1). Mob, Secretary. HOOD KIVER CHAPTER NO.,0. E.B. MerUawoud and fourth Tiddly evenlng of eacb month. Visitors cordmHy welcomed. Eva ci.akkk, W. M. Mbk. Tbbbbsa CASTNBB.Hecrvtary. IDLE WILDE LO UE NO. 107, I. O. O. K. Meeta In Kravrual ball, evmy Thnrsday nlht. H. C. 1SBITU, N. O. J. H. FBBOPBQg, cretary . EDEN ENCAMPMENT, NO., I. O. O. K. IUt tilar ineetlnf second and fourtb Monday 1'wrbmoulli. R. J. Pabkott, C P. J. M. Mchmkltzkr, Hcrtbe. KEMP LODGE, No. 1B1, 1. 0. o. K.-MeeU In odell Improvement Co.'t hall every Satur day n Is lit. Visitors oordlally welcomed. K.T. Kolth, N.O. L. A. E. Clark, Rec. Hecy. 1 !. KEL REHEKAH PKOKKK LOlKiE NO. . !. O. O. K.-Meeta Uisl and third Fridays ' ,i each month. Mihh Zora DAY, N. G. LA Mat Davidsow, becretary. W.O. W. meets the 2d and tb (Saturdays each inoiilh at I. O. O. K. hall. Visitors oor dlally Invited. A. U. 8TATEN, U. C. F. W. MeKm .Nol.na. Clerk. WAUCOMA LODGE NO. 90. K. OK P. Meets In K.of P. hallevrv Tumday night. W. K. MIKK1U, C. C. J. K. Nichols, K.of R. and 8. HOOD RIVERCAMP, NO. 7,702, M. W. A. Meets In I. O. O. F. liall every Wednesday olirht. K a. Mayes, V. V. f II. DA BIN, Clerk. OOD RIVER CIRCLE NO. 524, WOMEN OF Woodcraft -Meem at K. of I, ball on the Arniand Third Fridays of each month. Lou MeliEYSoLUS, O. N. F. W. McKkvnoi-us, Clerk. lit VEitHibE lodge no. is a. o. u. w. Meets tlrst and third (Saturdays of eacb month. Alio. GuioNAKl), M. W. GEO. HLOOOSl, Financier Cukhtkh buuTE. Recorder. OLETA AHHEM BLY NO. 103, U N ITED ART-i-us.-MeeHt the Brsl and third Wednes days, work: second and fourth Wednesdays Arttsaus' hall. C D. IlKNKICH M. A. E. 11. Haktwio, Secretary. COURT MOOD RIVER NO. 42, FOREHTE1W of Auierlca.-MeeUiveiy .Saturday evening InK. of P. bail. Joni O. Zolls, C. R. K. n. BRQSirs, K C. CANBY POST, NO. 16, 0. A. U. MEETS AT A. O. U. W. hall, second and lourth Satur days of each inotilii at 2 o'clock p. m. All U. A. R. members Invited to meet with us. A. C. Bi tk. Commander. 8. F. Blythk, AdiiUant. i.'ANHY W. R. C, No. lb-MEKTH HECONU ud fourtb (Saturdays of inch Month In A, .i. U. VS. hall at 2 p. m. Maktha ltiuiir, Presideul, A.L1DA Hhokmakek, Heci "tary MOUNTAIN HOME CAMP No. 34U9, R. N. A. Mevts at 1. O. O. F. Hall o: the second and fourth Frtduysol eaeh iiiontli. MtW. rtl'SIK MAVKM, O. Mks. Ella DakiN. Riuorder. PAYNTER LODGE. No. 2110, M. B. A. meets tlrst and third Fridays of each month at K. of P. hall. GEO. . Mii.lku, Pres. At'U. Gb'IGNABU, ber. J. F. WATT, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Telephones: Oflicc, 281; reKldence, 811. SURGEON O. R. A N. Co. "h. kdumble PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Calls promptly answer ;d In town or country, Day or Night. Telephones: Residence, 611: Office, il3. OUlce iu the lir-jslua Hullding. E. 0. DUTRO, M. D. Physician and Surgeon Uilico over First National B tnk, Hood River, Oregon. Ollice Phone Maiu 871 Rea. Main 873 M. F. SHAW, M. D. Oflicu in Jackson Bluck. OTtoc v-jo-'C, No. 1171. Residence, No. 5B3. iT. .0.11. CJilAUP DR.KUMA U.SHAKP Osteopathic Physicians 6railuate8 U I he Atueriean School of Osteopath v, Kiiksville, Mo. otllee ami Lis., iiuxley tottage, Ktvet ht. lllol. Hood Hivkk. F, C. BROSIUS, M. D. PHVfilCIAN AND SURGEOX 'Phone Central, or 121. Olllco Hours: 10 to 11 A. M and6to7 V M. 2 to 3 DR. E. T. CARNES DENTIST f jfflce over Bartmess Htore HOOD RIVER, OREGON. f elephoue 31. '. H. D. W. PINEO.D.D.S. DENTIST Cbows Bbidok Wobk a Spkcialty. 1fliue over Kirgt National Bank Telephone M iin 311 C- H. JENKINS, D.M.D. PUNTJST. Telephones: Office 283; residence 1045 Office over liutler Bank, Hood River, Ore. A.JAYNE LAWYER Auitritr.ls Furnished. Money Lo ned HOOD RIVER, OREGON. E, H. HARTWIG, LAWYER. Will Praotine In All Courts Office In Hinith Building, over FIim N 1 tmnalBank R,VER. 0RK.; ,N. J. W. MORTON Attorney and Counselor at Law " . .... nirm rr AULtltl l unula Offloe with J. II. Hellb.-onner A Co. Collections, Abstracts, rti lament of Es'i tcs HOOD RIVER, OREGON. aTj7 derby Lawyer HOOD RIVER, OREGON. White Salmon Valley Bank Tlie xiimll depositor receivi-s w same courteous treatment as the larger ones. We have both, COME AND SEE US... , rjLSTADLBT, K. L.HWITB, E.O. BUAKCMAl Pres. Vioe-frw. Cashier. V. C. Bbock, Asst. Cashier. The First National Bank OK HOOD RIVER, OKKUON. Capital $50,000 Surplus, $12,500. JOHN LELAND HENDERSON ATTORNEY-aT-LAW, ABKTRACTER, no TAKV PUBLIC and HEAL ESTATE AGENT. For 2J y "rs a resident of O. on and Wash In it on Has bad many years experience In Real Extale millers, as abstractor, searcber of lilies and agent. Hatisiactlun guaranteed or do rnarre International Correspondence chool 8CR ANTON, PA. II. V. REED, Representative fit' - Sixth HI., Portland, Oregon. Hood River once a month. Full infer miliou mailed upon request. Mrs. Mary Powell Jordan, M. D. Physician and Surgeon Ofllce and residence, home place of John Inland Henderson, tilute St., head of Third 81. Phone 971. HOOD RIVER, OREGON. 2vTJSIC MISS JOHNSON A pupil of the best masters of Cincinnati, teacher of Piano, Mandolin and Harmony. Call at the Noble residence, near hospital, or Piione 434 DR. C. W. EDMUNDS Specialist EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT. Office, New Bank liullrtlne. corner Osk and Third tit. Telephone Main 611. HOOD RIVER, OREGON. M. E. WELCH, LICENSED VETERINARY SURGEON Is prepared to do any work In the veterin ary line, lie can be fmin 1 by calling at or ph nlug to Clarke t drug More. F. I. HALL-LEWIS & CO. i Civil and Architectural Engineers and Surveyors Mnke surveys, plans and asi b nates for sew er, liifht and power and rnilaay plants, and furnish, subject to approval, plans, 8!iflca tinns and estimates for all chomes of buildings puh'lc, private aud mercantile. Hpeclal aU tenllon irlvan to economic snd slnw-burnlnK cnnstrnriinn. Accuracy and economy guar anteed. DAVIDSON BUILDING HOOD RIVER, OREGON. STRANAHAN & SLAVENS, Contractors and Builders HOOD JlIVER, OREGON. JOE WRIGHT CARPENTER AND RUILDKF4 " '"' Phone 7ti) Estimates furnished on request. An lioingf job yiiataiitei-.l. E. A. JEROME, Architect UuvlMff tia.l Hi Vtral yeur.' experience In drni ting "'t building, 1 wtttild rsict fully Af)ltcit h pun of I he vt'o'iiitf- of the people of Hwd Uiver who "iitU'ipate building. Terina refi.n:ble. a id satiMfjuTtlou guur.i.letd. Of fice at rosUirncf dii lipigtUs. H. SEYMOUR HALL, Surveyor. 1 r.m qitHlified and a-4pHr(d.lo do all kinds of first class lni surveying. Accuracy icusr- 11 turd. Th --mo who wlst flrst-class work done nldrMs H. K. II. 2., Hood River. I'hone SOxl. ji ASSOCIAT ON OF McMLNN VILLK, ORE. Announces nnothor reduction in the cost of insurance. T. L. DUXSMOUK, THE DALLES or C. I) THOMPSON, HOOD RIVER McEWEN & KOSKEV GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS Prompt sales and quick returns Wholesale Uealers in all kind of First and Produce Consignments solicited 129 Front Sttree,' Portland, Ore. Hood River Studio -FOR- First-Class Photographs Ulhnvalli. I.ImiI In t.w.1. t . anA Ann mn. iHrire yonr Photos in Crayon. Platinoid or Bepia. S v .'c"tlon guaranteed. vV. D. ROGERS, Prop. C. EVERETT, T I it Practica 1 fShoem aker, At Rings' Old Stand. Fine Work a Specialty. 5 . JONES, Dentist ft . Crown and Bridge Work. Teeth Without Plates. I'l.'atiiient of dise:-wed teel ii and kihum. Uliht. Ituwius liuiidiiiK. Phmiv 11 WH. if iii C.F.SUMNER HEADQUARTERS FOR PLUMBIMG Come in and exn tn ine our line of Pumps, Bath Tubs, La vatories, Sic!is, Etc. Spray and Garden Hose still selling at Reduced Rates All Kinds of Repairing Work Guaranteed JAS. McBAIN, Hood River Marble Works Am prepared to execute all orders for granite and marble work, monuments, tombstones, etc. Also contract for all kinds of stone masonry, con crete, etc. McReynolds & Co. DEALERS IN Flour, Feed, Hay, Grain and Poultry Supplies YUCCA TREE PROTECTORS, Petaluma Incubators and Brooders STOCK FOOD Phone 1091 HOOD RIVER, OREGON FOR SALE One-third cash; balance on or before 20 years at " per cent. 60 acres timbered laud in we. in, 1-10, with additional KK) acres pat tly tim bered, 'limber if worth ensh pay ment It-quired. 3 acres Ninth of Wilson Reservoir. South liulf, block 8, Parkhurat. 14 Iota, block 1), Hood Kiver proper. Apply to MU11RAY KAY, Phone !)jx Hood River. Eureka Meat Market McGl'IIiE BROS,, Props. Dewier in 1-1 sh and Cured Meats, Lard I'niillry, Krultsand Vegetables, fnee iVIivery. Phone Muiti 35. COFFEE TEA SPICES BAKING POWDER 'EXTRACTS JUST RIGHT CLOSSET ft DEVEBS PORTLAND. 0RE.J ML ABBOTT Millinery, 1 Hair Goods j RichardFon's Silks and Embroidery Supplies. Opposite tho ParirFaif. " - ' r BON TON ;..Barber Parlors... , The place to get a,ri" eis.y shave and first-class hair cut. Our shop is metropolitan in , every respect. ; Porcelain Baths in Connection O. H. GRAY, Prop. 5 DAVENPORT - HARNESS CO. Carry a full line of Whips, Robes, Blankets and Wagon Covers, Heavy Harness Also Double and Single Driving Harness All made in their shop. Call and gr.l our pricen before buying. .BICYCLE SHOP. J. MARION REID; , Bicycles, Guns, Sewing Machines, Furniture, Umbrellas, Stoves and Locks Repaired KEYS MADE TO ORbEK :, Bicycles, Guns, etcj sent by express for repairs will be neatly and promptly re paired and returned. Can save yon tl to $3.00 on price of new wheeW. Tires, brakes, and all kinds of repairs sold at Tort land prices. Prices application. Reference: Town Lots In the beautiful RiverviewPark Addition Can be bought during the next few weeks at Sacrifice Prices Don't overlook this opportunity to get a lot in this sightly location before it is t ) j 1 ate J. It &Co. Hood River, Ore. Bargains in Real Estate The Underwood and Iittle White Salmon Valley choic fruit and gru$B land ; 80 acres ; good improvements; 12 acres In cultivation; 400 fruit trees 100 in full bearing; all kinds of fruit large and small; running water; good soil. 2a miles out. $40 per acre. Twenty acres. 0 In cultivation ; house and barn; 100 fruit trees in bearing; small fruit; 3 miles out. fZ,lUU. Forty acres 20 in cultivation; 200 fruit trees in full bearing; one house, two wells; fine view overlooks bluff ; 5 mil(j8 out.50 per acre. .'Lli-e now arranged to open up 500 acres of the Little White 'Salmon land for settlement; cutting it into small tracts. This is the ideal land for fruit and grass; abundance of water and good soil; within 34 miles of Cook's station and boat landing. Now is the time to get a good cheap home. Every thing on terms. .Come and investigate. The above is only just a reminder of a -few-'iof the -bargains we have. Can selj ypu,,.JEmm. 10-acre tracts up to 210. C'6'me ana see what is destined to be one of the beet fruit countries in the Northwest and where three crops of alfalfa can be grown without irrigation, F. W. DeHart Underwood, Wash. i RALPH REED Best line of Cigars in ' the City 1 Also handle line of Pipes, Tobaccos and Fishing Tackle h : ' A.c. BUCK NOTARY l'UBUO AND INSUR ANCE AGENT Roonrl2 Iirosiuis Block 'Wilt stay In Rood Birer The remedy that makes you eat, sleep and grow strong, called Pal mo Tablets, will be sold regularly by Williams' Tharmacy, .. Hock! River. These great nerve and constitution builders cost only r0c per box, six boxes, 2.IW. tf Dr. Mary Ijine, with the Mary Lane Medical and Surgical, Institute of Port land, treats diseases of women and C'hlintolieiTchisively paternity cases givarfsiHHjjai.attentiom. Cbildren ad opted intogood families. An up-to-date sanitarium rnn in connection. Suffer ing women will do well to confer with her. Consultation free eorrespondence Absolutely confidential. Address Mary fyrnish.l1on4'?ltitute, rooms 6 to 14 Ui UradstftM . - . fTncafer Building, Portland, Ore. Uranu n24 GENERAL NEWS OF LOCAL INTEREST ITEMS FROM NEIGHBORING TOWNS A Rfsnme of the Week's Doing Com piled from Our 1a changes. Eaward Dalkey, a farm hand work ing foi J. W. llevmer at his ranch near llardman, fell from his horke while intoxicated lust Thursday niorn Inir auJ broLn dig neck. llentiner lime J. T. J. lloyd is the new editor of the paper thst will I e s'nt,l at Clilfs. It will make its ti ' u inuice the irst Friday in I . nt I . i . uud will be called the Nii.h liauk liullutiu. tioldendale Sentinel. The most remarkable beet crop iu the history of the sugar beet industry in Union county will be harvested in less than two weeks, when 22,000 tout of beets will have been harvested aud hauled to the factory. La Grande Observer. A 8 van meusuiing 0(i inches whs killed receutly. The beautiful bird had apparently become weHry, and alighting to rest had dropped down within range of the gun of a human sleuth. T'whs a heroic deed. Sher man County Observer. Herb Smith has a rifle of the old time style that reminds one of the days of '1'.). It was carried through the Kogue Kivei Indian war by his father It cairies about an i uuee ball and vm a very flue shooting iron when In its prime. lie is u'ltuiully very proud of the old l i tie. I'orest Grove Times. The postollloe nt Viusou, iu the southwestern pint of the county is soon to be abandoned for the reason thut many families have moved away from that vicinity. The nearwt post ollloe will be Nye, 10 miles diutunt. which will tie patronized by few for mer patrons of Vinson. The country surround idk Vinson is rime district aud is very sparsely settled. Kaet Oregouian. Tho natural inference that fruit growing would be more profitable Iu thoe place where it is uuueuessnry to spray Is set aside by the fact that the fmit giowers aie most piosperous in these sections where the must spraying is done. Ibeie is no county in Oregon In which fruit growing has been developed on a commercial settle where the spray pump is not needed, to prevout the injurious eilectpf some Insect pest or fungous disease. Agri culturist. " - Perhaps the most unique Thanks giving service held In Oregon was held yesterday afternoon at the Tutuilla Indian mission on the Umatilla reser vation. A lurge party of the members of the Indian Presbyterian church gave a diuuer at tho etiuroh iu tho af ternoon and a Bhort program of short after diunoi addresses in the Nez Puree language was rendered. Kev. J. M Coruelisou, missionary at tho Tu tuilla ohuroh, had charge of tho exer cises aud addresses weie made by Robinson and Luke Miuthoru aud other prominent Indian uiemherM of the chinch, Miobeal Goetz has made a purchase ,f 000 English walnut trees aud will set out bis twenty-acre farm up the river next spring to walnuts. The laud is all rich bottom soil aud will doubtlses make a splendid orchard when the tiers get growth. Ml. Guetz will probably set out small fruits be tween the walnut trees, uud thus make the laud puy its way while the orobards is coming to maturity. It will tako tun or twelve yours before the returns from walnuts will amount to a groat den! but there is little ques tion but what at the end of that time the orchard will be very valuable. Medford Mail. Log Angeles, Cal., Deo. 21 I u an ettort to prove that the t born leas cac tus, as an article of diet, oontaius properties sufficient to enable a man to continue working 18 hours a day, Dr. Leon Elbert Loudone, well known ss a soientlllu locturer, has been since Friday last subsisting exclusively up on cactus, supplemented by a few nuts and a small quantity of celery. The leaves of the plant are eaten fried and the fmit raw or cooked. A sten ographer and secretary, with Dr. Lon doue, constitute a "cnotus squad," which will continue on this novel diet for a petiod of two weeks. JSocauue of the scarcity of tbornleHS cactus, the oommon species of the plant will be largely employed in the test. An Extensive Plant. The foundation piling for the now plant of the Wind Kvor Lumber Co., at Cascade Lncks, havo been driven aud construction work is progressing iu a satisfuitoiy way. The boiler house is to be a strictly fire proof building, hoing constructed with con crete walls and corrugated iron roof supported by . steel trusses. This building will contain seven boilers with dutch ovens und steel settings. The machine shop und buukhouse are already Hutt-hed. The planing mill and dry kilns will be located some distance from the main mill. The former wil be a steel structure with concrete floor. A shiiiglo mill will be added to tho pluut. Manager U. W. Thompson says ho will keep a small force of men at work on the new mill all wiutni. Skamania County Pio neer. lads A hunts 1 1n- Pacific Norlhwest. The substantial condition of tho Pa cific northwest is illustrated iu a most oouviuoiug way by the wheat and flour shipments of Columbia river aud Puget Hound ports. For the ten mouths Uginniug January 1 and eud iug October lit, there were exported from Portland aud Puget Sound ports (including Seattle, Tacoma aud other points), a total of 8,8!H.4Xi) bushels of wheat, aud a total of 3,501.720 barrels of flour. The heavy movement of giaiu for Ibe tremendous crop of the present year has been einporurily delayed by the financial situation, Lut is now on, and tho mouths of November aud De- oeniber wlil make tbe record ship ments of all history. There are twen-ty-tbiee vessels in Portland harbor at this time, including ateameis aud sailing craft, and their principal car go will be grain and flour. Tbe equip ment in Puget Sound porta la similar to that tbeie. A few mouths must of necessity make the financial situation in this part of tbe United States bet ter than it ever has been before, and in the face of figures aucb aa tbese it is impossible for anyone to present a substantial reason for a ooutinuanoe of the present inconvenience aa tc actual cssu. Tbe output of lumber from tbe aaw mills and shiugle mills, aa well as tbe products of box and furniture facto lies, and all industriea using native woods baa been greater during tbe pieseut year tbaa over before, and tbe cash tor this Is constantly coming In. The live stock Industry baa bad a good year, tbe wool clip has teen enormous, while fruit In 1907 has add ed to the wealth of Oregon and Wash ington at least 30 per cent more than duriug prosperous 1000. No figures ore available on tbe dairy produots of Washington, but Oregon baa jumped from nothing ten years ago to 15,000,- 000 Ave yeara ago, ana Ii7,000.000 during I'JOT. lue progiesa In Irriga tion has never been so niaiked asdur ing the teu niontha just passed, both In government and pitvate piojeota. More home builders have come Into the Paoitio northwest than ever be fore, oue system of railroads report ing tor Oregon points alone 230 ool ouists for every day between Sept. 1 aud Oct. 31. Many of these new set tlers have come to the state with from $201)0 to :R),000 and have lnvested.it the result will be a great increase in tbo produotiveuess of both states. Building operations throughout Oi egou aud Washington have been with out preoedeut, aud while there are numerous sky sera nor s. otiloe build ings aud apartment bouses, tbe build lug OT bomes has lad. Moie money has been placed in Industrial plants aud transportation faoilitiea than through any other avenue. Wholesale and retail trade has been nnparalelled surpassing even the lurge sales of l'JOO, and this during the weeks when our liauas, like those all over tho United States, are paying in clearing bouse oeitilloates. The pi od nets of the farm and or cbaid are bringing tbe highest possi ble prloo, aud thet conditions will be normal and that substantial prosper ity will reign here. within tbe next 00 days is absolutely assured, if people can only get into tbe habit of looking tbiough optlmistio glasses and there is not a single sound reason why any one should be pessimistic. How they can be other than confident it is im possible to conceive. EXPECT A CALL FOR REPORTS New York, Dec. 1. A call on tbe National banks for their condition on a recent date is expected here to come from the controller of the ourreucy this week. Four of the five calls re quired enoh year by law have already been made, the last having shown the condition of the National banks on August 22. It is possible that tbe call now an ticipated will have an important lu ll umice on tho Unanoial situation. It is said that it will reveal large re serves of cash iu the country banks, and this will tend to restore coull deuce among depostiora to a degree which will make it easy to resume currency payments throughout the country. Ibe banks, even in normal times, usually prepare for a call by strength ening their cash for making a show iug, not ouly to the controllei, but to their clients. Ibeir statemenst are required by law to be published in1- a loual paper and they are also forward ed to Washington, wbeie they are compiled by cities and states. The effect of a cull for report, of condition on a fixed date whloh is usually a few days befoie the oall by the controller, is to enable tba bank to release cash alter the oall, with tbe knowledge that another oall is not likely in the natural order of things for about, two months. In the present situation, it Is deolared by New Y ork bankers, tbe call wilt show that hoarding is uot being done by Now Vork bankers, as, indeed, tbeir defic iencies in required reserves already indicate, but that many of the inter ior banks have reserves running up to such proportions as 10 or 50 per cent of deposits. The tacts will reuch the pulilio for individual banks through publication locally and will then come to the public generally thtougb the compila tions made by tbe controller. If tbe lurge reserves in lawful mon ey In their own vaults are repealed generally it will at onoe inspire confi dence in the strength of tbo banks and croate a demand which they will no longer be disposed to resist att.-r sending their repoits, foi the immed iate resumption of currenoy pay ments. Work Resumed on Harrlman Lines. A special from Chicago says: Construction work on the llarnman system, which was discontinued a tew weeks ago, will te resumed all along tbe line on December 2. Accoidiug to officials of the road, 10,000 men will be put back to woik. When tbe weather becomes too severe in Kansas and Nebiaska the workmen will be moved to tbe Pacific coafct, and tbe rebuilding of tbe line between Los Angeles and San Francisco will begin. Tbe entire Pacific coast will also be benefited, as work wbiob was aband oned on tbe Southern PaciUUo and O. K. & N. extensions will be resumed at the same time. Work will be rushed on the joint line from Eureka to Sun l'rancisco, which Is being built by llarnman and the Santa Fe. This road is supposed to be a continuation of the coast line to Portland via Coos Bay aud other const points, aud it is understood that all woik on the north coast will be resumed also. Railroad authorities here declare thst this announcement can only be the result of better times throughout tho rountiy geuerally, aud New Vork iu particular. It is argued by tbese people thut tbe work could not be re sumed bad not Usrriman been able to obtain money In New Vork which in dicates a great lmpiovemeot Iu con ditious there. DON'T WANT EXTRA SES$N CONVENTION CALLED SO DttlDES If Holidays Are ot Kndi'tl this Mouth Session Needed fo Relieve l OHM.-.. With exjt. dtsioiis of rnnllileuce iu the financial stability of Portland and the entire state, a convention attend ed by delegutes froia tho commercial organizations of Oregon, decided uot to petition Governci Cliamberlain to call an extra session if the legislature at this time. Tbe meeting was cl ed to Older lust Sunday by C. W. iiodson, of the Portluud Comnieicial club, at wbote summons the delegutes had gathered in Portland. The purpise of the con ference was to deteimine whether ti e governor should be requested immed iately to call the legislature in special session so to amend the holiday uud attachment laws tbat courts could rcg ulurly prooeed with their lusiiiets during bankiug holidays, but that nu attachment could not be levied in ad vance of judgment excepting in ciues of alleged fraud or attempted removal of property from the state. After a spirited discussion c.f the bank aituatiou and tbe need ot return ing judiuial business, resolutions were adopted requestiing tbo governor to oontinue the legal holidays for a per iod not to exoeed 10 days after the banks of Chicago and New Vork re sume specie payments. If the necessity for tho legal holi days is prolonged more than 30 days, the resolutions adopted -iuggent that a special session be railed at the ex piration of that time to relieve the courts; otherwise, it was recommend ed that no special sesesion bo hold. The resolutions were presented to Governor Chamberlain Monday. Tbe convention met in the rooms ot tbe Portland Commercial club aud was attended by about 40 representa tive Oregon business men. In addi tion to tbe acciedited delt'LMti thero were present a number of promlueut Portland citizens, the gatheiing being representative of the ban Ling, com mercial aud niauufm'tui iug interests ot tbe state. In tbe discussion which preceded the adoption of the resolutions, a great variety ot opinion was ventured as to tbo proper oourse to pursue. A tew of tbe more optimistic delegates insisted that the holidays should tie suspendod Immediately, believing that banks and other interests were prepared to meet tho situation with out a further continuance of tbe holi days. Others urged that the bank boiidaya bo continued by the govern or indefinitely, whlio perhaps an equal number advocated a special ses sion or the legislature as the only way to enable the courts to resume thoir work aud allow ordinary business ot all kinds to bo transaotod, through the amendment of the hollduys aud attachment laws. Th'-se dtiTereuoes of opinion were happily reconciled aud found expres sion In the unanimous adoption of the following resolutions which were submitted by a committee of five mombers, representing every section of tbe state, and ratified by the con vention without deunte: Be it resolved, Thut it is tho seuso of this meeting that Governor Cham berlain be reel nested to continue the present holidays for a period not ';o exceed 10 days after New Vork aud Chicago resume currency puymeuts, and be it rurtiier Resolved, Thut tho outlook aud im provement in tho fluuuicul situation leads ns to believe t hp t tho time 1ms not arrived when it is necessary to call the legislature iu special session; but should tho necessity for the legal holidays he prolonged beyond 30 days, wbiob we regard ns unlikely, then we suggest that the governor call a special session to relieve tho courts, otherwise uot. Aud be it still further Resolved, That in the judgment of this convention business conditions in tbe entire state and country are Improving rapidly and wo unhesitat ingly express our ooufidence in tho Unanoial soundness of Portland and be entire state ot Oregon. We remind the people of Oregon thut the heavy crops now boing moved and marketed will add 130,000,000 n cash to tho active money and lesoutoes of this state. Respectfully submitted: (Signed.) William 8. Crowoll, Modtord, chairman ; E. A. Wild, Portland ; F. D. MoCully, Joeoph ; Leslie Butler, Hood River; II. T. Botts. Tillamook. Abyxses of Ocean. More than half the surface of tho globe is hidden under witter two miles deep. Seven million squuro miles lie at a depth of 18,000 feet or more. Many places have boon found live miles and more iu depth. The great est depth yet sounded is 31,200 fetit, noar tbe island of Guam. It Mount Everest, tho world's high est mountain, wore pluoked from its seat and dropped into this spot, the waves would still roll 2000 feet ubove its crest. Into this terrific abyss the waters press down with a force more than 10,000 pounds to tho squat e inch. The stunchest ship ever built would be crumbled undor this Hvtul pressure like an eggshell under it tteani i oiler. A pine beam fifteen feut long which held open tbe mouth ot a trawl ued in makiug a cast at a depth of mote tbuu 18,000 feet was crushed Hat as if it had been passed Let-veeu rollirs. The body of the man who should attempt to veuturo to suuh depths would be compressed until the Hosli was forced into tho interstices of tho bone and bis trunk was no larger than a rolling pin. Stilt the body would reach the bottom, foi anything that will sink in a tub of water will sink to the uttermrst depths of the ocean. 'Exchange. Walnut Crop Short. Southern California bus completed its annual harvest of English walnuts. The total crop is approximately 12, 000,000 pounds, 2,000,000 less than lust year.