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About Weekly Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1900-1924 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1902)
PORTLAND NEWSLETTER .iV-'i -o ; ' What a Statesman Reporter Finds of Interest in the Metropolis. . ' AND: T L3iE P P C CI E T Thtre U a certain kind rf Fountain Pen Ibat la remarkably and unusu- ; ally iwmI-II the Parker -Irficky Cur te. There's a person who needs r uoU-thaf YOU. There's pocket that will Just hold it thai', your pocket. IT you will eonsUW bow much really practical and easy -working Fountain Pen would mean to you many time a day, we think . you will call aud Inspect our Fountain Vn Btock. It will be time well pent.- . ,; i ' . i ; : ,T , Bari's Jewelry Store Vomer Sttte sad Liberty St 3.. Stiem Unlers la Lew Prices, OF THE MOTOR LIS'E TO HILLSBORO TO BE BUILT, AND GRADINQ TO COMMENCE WITHIN1 SIXTY DAYS STREET 1 RAILWAY IMPROVE TT V ' .nl MENTSVARIOUS MATTERS. ; P rp STEXNER'S: MARKET. Chickens 8 cent per lb.: Kggs 25 tq 28 cents cash." Duck 8 to 10 cents. Turkeys 10 cent. , ' ; .THE MARKET.; 1 PORTLAND. Or.. Oct. 20. Wheat Walla Walla, 66c;Euetem, ?e. '.. i in x Tacomi, Oct. 20.-r-Wheat-Bluestein, 70c; Club, ttc. i1" San Francisco, Oct 20 Wheat Cash I1.07&- i Liverpool, Oct. 20. Wheat Deeem--ber, &s 10 $-4d. r . Chicago. Oct 20.Wheat December opened 72Vi72 -lc; closed, 7S$73Vc Barley 64 0b7c. i " Flak $1.1; Northwestern, $1.20, f THE MARKETS. .y ". j . ? ' . - Tbe local market quotation y eater day were; M follows: f Wheat 64 cent. , Oats $5c per cwt. - Hay Cheat, $7 clover $7.00; tim othy, $10; wheat. $8. ! r Flour 80 to. 90c per aack; $2.80 to $3.10 per barrel. ' i .Mill Feed Bran. $15: short. $20. Butter Country, 1820cf creamery. 80c. '--r ', : ; 1,4 )'; .. ' Eggs 25 to 28 cents cash, k Chickens- cents per lb. j Ducks 8 to 10 cents. . J " Turkeys 10c. Pork Gross, BQStfc; dressed, c Beef Beers 81Hc; oows 8c; good heifers 4c x ;- ...' "Mutton Sheep, 2e on foot. Veal dressed, i i Hops Choicer '25c; prime, greenish. 23c . ; ' . . Potatoes 25e per bushel. , Wool Coarse. 14c: Una. lSe. BALFQUR.-GUTHRIE: & GO. Buyers and Shippers of GRAIN . Dealers In - Hop Growers' Supplies FARM LOANS -.- . Wsrehous at TURNER. MACLEA.Y. PRATUM. ' BROOKS. SI TAW SALEM. . , SWITZERLAND. HALSEY. DERRT. If FOR. OF -ROYAL." FLOUR. J. G. GRAHAM, Agent i ttrt Commercial St., Salem. -' Italian Prunes, lbs 25c Pstita Prune, lbs. 25e. t " Pink Beans. 8 bs i 85c. ' 8mait Whits Beans, t lbs. .-- ' .2S. ' . . Good Flour, per 'sack, " 75o Blaek Fiee, par 0b. V . ' Se. I i ' t . fisad Cooking Melassea, par gsllon, 30o ! "--Fancy Table Syrup, par gallon, 60o J . Seoteh. Oats, par pkg, : . - .. : .. 10e I 1 "Bulk Coeeanut. 15o par lb. Maoarenl No. 1, largo size boxes, whit or yellow, per box, S5o. L Jumbo Muah, 2H Iks, 4 pkga, SSe. ' y ' MARKET SHOWS MORE STRENGTH y - Yesterday's Indications Are ; 'That Inclination Is StiU Upward Bring us your butter and efra. - W My highest markK price, cash or mar handise. " j ; M. T. RINEMANL . . . . ....... - ' M-t.-ft yHSH WARDEN REIIITS HAS COLLECTED 77$ DOLLARS IN FISIIINO LICENSES DUR1NO BETTEJIBEH. (From Sunday's Dally.) : Master Fish Warden H. O. Van Dusen yesterday deposited ". $77$ Into the state treasury, representing ; the amount of receipts, in his office, during the month of September as licenses collected. This amount la accounted for In the following statement: 1U Individual fishing licenses ..$163.00 72 Gill-net licenses 180.00 125 Set-net Ucenses .... .. 125.00 1 fanners (first-claae) 100.00 18 Fish dealers (first-class) ... 150.00 . 1 Fish dealers, (second-class) 25.00 t Trap 15.00 I Seine license (for 100 feet ad ditlona4-tafor-aine No. ) SUOfl Total4:... $775.00 REPORT THAT A SALE WAS MADE IN EUGENE " AT BETTER THAN TWENTY-FIVE CENTS STIMU LATES THE GROWERS RUMORS OF HIGHER OFFERS. Additional evidence has : been ad duced to confirm the belief that-; the hop market has, attained the 25-cent mark and is stijl mounting upward In spite off the continuous contentions to the contrary, and the efforts , to bear the market down. The- news reached this city last night to the effect that the Hatie Jones' crop, of Independence, had been sold to Kirkpatrick c Wil liams, of Dallas, for 25 cents. ; ; The. growers' position In holding out has been very much strengthened by a telegraphic report from Eugene stat- inir that the J. C. Anderson lot of 138 bales, was sold in that city to F. E. Dunn, for 25 cents oer pound, and there was a wild rush for this lot, as at least two other dealers received an order for it at the T same price. ; and about the same time and it was a case of first come, first served. It was also reported that the Wil liam Steele Jot, of Be una Vista con sisting of 100 bales,. was sold yesterday at 25 cents. Rumors of offers of 25 cents were in circulation here last night, but no one could Me found who would acknowledge having "offered that price, or to whom the offers had been made. It is quite evident, ' however, that the market has assumed a de cided upward, tendency, and there. is no knowing where it will end. Valentine Loewl's Sons ,Company Producers' Price Currentdf $Jew York, in Saturday's issue, give's fa' very en couraging report of the market, as follows:" . . . "' . . r Bales Receipts for week ............. ...,.1,914 Receipts from Sept .1 i .. ......4.507 Receipts same time last yeVr ' ...v 2,1 7U Exports to Europe for wefK-...... 21. Exports from Sept. 1. ...... BW Exports same time last year ...... 815 Imports for week ...... 343 Imports front Sept. 1 j 522 Imports same time last year ...... 150 showing more interest. awj'pfetty good Business is now in progress, xeaiers are buying in the interior and turning stock quickly, -and this is giving the market a very'flfm tone; in fact, some sales tjave been; made during the week at 'better prices than had ruled ' pre viously. There, is a little Inquiry from exporters and this is giving added strength to the; position. In the inter ior of this state 30c has become a well established price for best growths, but the lower qualities., small growths. etc., "are selling at 2729c. Beside the buying by dealers an 'English, exporter is tilling orders at the top figure. On the Pacific Coast the situation Is stronger, and buyers have raised their bids to 22'i23c for cholc-e brewing qualities; choice shippers ; are held higher, particularly In Washington ami California, where growers are quite in different about selling. German mar kets hold very firm, buty'there is less activity at the extreme rates I now asked. London cables indicate no ma terial change. State, 1902.. choice, palb 32 State, 1902. fair to primed per lb ..28931 State, 1901, choice, per 1U .........26& State, 1901, common to prime, lb. .21025 Pacific Coast, 1902, choice, lb..... .27428 Pacific Coast, 1902 fair to prime.lb 244126 Pacific Coast. 1901, choice, lb... Pacific Coast. 1901, com to prime.. 21024 State aV Pacific Coat. 1900 lb....,14(J19 State V-Paclfle Coast, older i growths ...... 8010 .... jgvna M Over-Work Weakens Your Kidneys Ciibealtliy KUneys'Kalu Lrfipare Blood. 4 . 4 All the blood in your body passes through aur kidneva once every three minutes. t-u- . a muiicj are jvu blood purniert, they fil ter out the wasta or impurities in the blood. If they are sick or out of order, they fail to do their work. . Pains, aches and rheu- rnattsrn coma from es cess cf uric acid in tha blood, due to nerlected kidney trouble, " :. ' Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady heart beats, and makes one feel as t bourn they had heart trouble, because the heart is var-wortdnjr in oumstnjr uuck. Kianey- Dotsoned Diood tnrourn veins and arteries. It used to be considered that only urinary troubles were to be traced to the kidneys, but now modern science proves that nearly all constitutional diseases have their berln nlnr In kidney trouble. ' If you are sick you can make no mistake by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild and the extraordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy is soon re allied, ft stands the highest for Its wonderful cures of the most dlstressin cases and Is sold 6n Its merttj by all druggists In fifty cent and one-dollar siz es. You may have a mnU bottle fcv man tree, alsa pamphlet teSngyou how to find BUI UTOil ITE iv.mii. 1.1t. ..on this paper when writing Dr. KUmer CcCo., Blnghamtoa; n. J.r of 9 a ' , 4 (From Sunday's Dally.) "PORTLAND, Or, Oct. 18. A Gradon. manager , of .the West Side & Suburban Railway has, given out the statement that grading will begin with in 80 days on the new trolley ,line be tween Portland and Hillsboro.. The same person is authorly for the state ment that all other preliminaries have been made, including the securing' the right of way, and he says cars will be running on the road within a year. This is the company which has been trying for over a year to get: permis sion to enter Portland, and Mr. Gradon now says everything' has been satisfac torily arranged. The road Will strike" out west of Portland into tha. rich Tu alatin valley and pas on through the small towns of the west side into Hills- boru. If what is announced is . true It U a, good news, for both Portland and the country, to be opened up need such a line and will cerialnly be greatly benefited by it. H . - The street, railways of Portland , are not a bit behind the times in the mat ter of improvements as : any one will notice who happens along the streets of pthU city Just at present. The tracks of both the Washington and Third-street company, are being ton up and relald with larger and heavier rails and the Southern Pacific company is also relay ing its tracks on. Fourth street. As a consequence the streets down town are almost impassable and things look to 19 in a most chaotic state. After the new street-car tracks are laid the streets will be repaved, so thing's down town will have a torn-up appearance for a long time to come vl t. However, the people will not complain, for they have been waiting a long time for these im provements and had about given up hope that streets ever would be repair ed at all In Portland, and now that work is actually in progress they feet satisfied that the end is in sight. The roads that are being laid "by both com panies are seven-Inch 90-pound, groov ed rails laid in a solid mass ofconcrete. Belgian blocks are being ialdbetween the rails and liquid cement poAred in Uetween U(s blocks so that the! whole when dry will be perfectly immovable. Besides this the rails are weldAj to gether at each Joint so that eachlrall Is practically one piece the whole length of the improvement. The Washington street line is the longer Job. being 22 blocks long and the cost of this b placed at $165,000. y w m m ' ..i t- - ' Eearly In the wwk the engineers, of the steamer Columbia, of that O. R. 4t N.;Co., plying between here and San Francisco, sent in their resignations to take -effect within 24 hours. A week earlier the engineers of the Elder, on the same route, sent in similar resig nations, and as a consequence Port land " is ' without regular line steamer service to San Francisco. The engineers of both steamers refuse to give any reason for resigning and have not com plied with the statute by giving due no tice of Intention of resigning.. The O. R. &. N. Co. promptly filed eharges against the engineers of the Elder last week with the local steamboat insrject- ors and the licenses of the engineers were revoked. As stated, the engineer atislgn no cause for quitting, but it is generally understood that the resigna tions are in the nature or a walk-out In sympathy with the striking engin eers on the river steamers of he same company on the Willamette and Colum bia. : This latter trouble started last June and was settled for the tiro be ing, but the rivver engineers assent not In good faith. ' They again struck this fall, bu the company appeared to be getting the better of the fight snd it Is thought this move of the ocean engin eers Is to force thjs company to come to tha strikers' terms. .The ocean engin eers refuse to admit that they are out In sympathy With the river men, as the law which they violate by resigning without sufficient reason is designed especially to protect owners of steam ers against strikes. They assert, how ever, tjhat it Is the right of every man to quit work whenever he desires, and will-fight for their licenses in the courts On this ground. ' Although these are the two largest steamers plying to San Francisco out o, this port, it Is not thought, that their lying Idle will hurt the commerce of the port much, as there are any num ber of steam schooners and small ocean steamers engaged In the dumber and coast trade that could easily take care of the freight traffic. Besides, the O. R. t N. Co. has, for the time being, outside of Portland, agreed to trans port by rail at the water ratt-s. all freight offered for San Francisco. So unless the strike spreads to other heamers there Is not much danger of serious trouble at present. It Is thought the company will try to get nonunion men and start the Jtt earners on the route again as' soonas possible. The attorneys of A. L. Beldingr con victed of murder, and sentenced to be hanged here October 31st, early In the week gave notice of appeal and also asked for a stay of execution. It Is probable that the aprfeal . cannot be heard before the end of the month and the stay of (execution .will be granted The points of appeal are not considered very strong and rf?side there is an other Indictment for murder by the grand Jury hanging, over Belding's head so .there is not much likelihood of his escaping the death penalty. " If the stay Is granted he wlU be again Sentenced to nans later. The papers of the stste, the .members of the Legislature, men and heavy tax payers, and. In fact, nearly every one who Is entitled , to tje heard on the subject have spoken favorably of the appropriation of $500,000 for the 'Lewis and Clark Fair. Opinions from outside the state have not been ro freely ex pressed, but the following frorp tire Su?.i Lake Tribun. wijl give som ld?a of what others ihi'nk of the fair and how we should' provide for it :- - 1 , "A half -million dollar appropriation At the CASH SHOE STORE, w r (D)c T7 Ladies elibe, kid and cloth top, turn and welt soles, $3.00 to 5.0 0 values. v SCHOOC ffi SHOES gE for BOYS 5G i Children's good solid shoe; a T shoe that will stand hard wear. ' ) Buys a good Fcjiool shoe in kid or cloth top; also in the Kangaroo Calf water-proof stock. Ladies JVelcoiwe this shoe, j An up-to-date heavy sole ex tension , edge kid tip, worth $2.00. 1 5 We give jou this $3.00 value of Ladles' vicl Kid , Patent leather tip, heavy sole, extension nlgo and rope stitched. 35c ; Ladies storm rubbers same as aresoM ev erywhere for 5CV. Men's good solid: work- iujr shoe Hold everj'wlt er e for fl.73, 12. $1.50 Men's nice dress shoe; a . good shoe in every respect, worth 2.0D t o ; 2o. ft . Men's UP-TO-DATE . ico calf shoe; perforatelA,amp v.and tip; heavy sole, exten sion edge and rope si i tH led ; a $3,00 value. 2.50 lllgll-tJUt rnOr 1 VRefm... "IQa Hoot in the City, Water proof stock worth $30 ' just the. thing for wetj weather. $2,50 mm STRICTLY CASH Therefore No Competition. .-No IFalce Gale., 303 Commercial Street. Opposite the; Post Office. will be asked fronv the state of Oregon for the celebraUon of the Lewis and Clark ; Centennial. This is not too much money to use. In th commemora tion of an exploration that had such mighty results as the Lewis and Clark (expetlition bad. It was the means of adding to this country a magnificent and rich area, valuable beyond price. It is eminently spproprlate that Oregon should lead In the celebration of that wonderfuKexpedition; but the people who go from tle wide region Interested will be disappointed if that celebration is attempted t niggardly style." The good roads convention, under the direction of officials of the Department of Agriculture, rtmt to an . end . hene this week. Much has been accomplish ed along the line of getting better high ways throughout the state, the princi pal thing being the establishment of s permanent organization for the better ment of good roads in Oregon. The in erest and enthusiasm shown was much more than was expected and the at tendande numbered among Its members home of the most practical men of the state. As everyone knows. It Is a hard IMng to 6ret the public to take ui and agitate anything of thU kind, and if left to lte!f Is not likely to amount to much. But under the direction of this board Vnt out by the general gov ernment it did not take much to show the -farmers .and -people -of the country) the actual money, time and labor 'that! could be saved to hem by good roads throughout the state.. Addresses on roads and road-making we no made by members of the convention and early next year this preliminary work will be followed by a good roads train sent out by the government which will give practical demonstrations of value of good roads in addition to theoretical talks. Besides addresses by nimbers of the board.' Mayor Williams, of Port land, and many others' added ' their views of the necessity of good roads. Delegates from Eastern Oregon and the valley were present. Among those from the Immediate neighborhood of Salem: who were . In attendance . and took an , active, part were: John II. Scott, J. H. Albert. W. J. Culver, J. C. Needham and C A; Bean Some of the members and delegates preent held a social evening together In a local drlU room ' where . better acquaintance was established and general good time was had.," :.. -., r,: -'. ; ' - . ' ;,- f - As an Instance of th improvements going on In Portland and the move ment of real estate the following ts given: Number of real estate transfers for week. 95: total - amount of money involved. 84.164; number of building permits Issued. 19: estimated amount to be spent on same. $40,000. This Is an average week and the figures contain no abnormally large deals. legal Blanks, fcUteaman' Jub 0.d. TO APPOINT A GUARDIAN PETITION IN THE -MATTER OF A. II. DAMON FILED IN .THE PROBATE COURT. A. O. Damon, of this city, j-esterday filed a, petition in the probate court, asking- that'letters of guardianship be issued to him for the person and estate of his brother. A. IL Danion. who was recently committed to the Insane Asy lum. In his petition Mr. Damon alleges th.it his brother has personal property vaued at. $400; that persons who have no right to the property have sold some Of It, and have stent the money, and that some one should be appointed to look after the affairs of the man who Is In the Asylum.. He. therefore,; asks that a citation be issued to A. H. Da mon, ordering him to appear In the pro bate court on November th. and show cause, if any,' why a guardian should, not be appointed over his person and estate. The order in the matter has not yet been made by Judge Scott. In the county court yesterday. F. E. Llbby filed a petition setting forth facts and causes why he should be ap pointed guardian "of his mlnot child. Edith E. Libby. The mother of the girl is dead, and from her grandfather, Absolom E. Smith, deceased; she In herits an estate ,va!'i1 in the s am o $10.50. -1 '