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THE CENTRALIA CHRONICLE PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS -SUBSCRIPTION, ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. VOL. XVUI CENTRALIA, WASHINGTON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1907 NO. 46 1 LUMBER FREIGHT RATE CASE those points to the competitive centers. this loss from 40 to GO.

which was pure I waste. He said that this system would fact the railroad attomev thinks Cotton succeeded in almost elimi nating these tables from use by soon deplete the forests and ruin ail prospect of future traffic. The principal witness of the day was NEW ROUTE FOR NORTH COAST Tacoma, Dec. 13. -The North Coast surveying party that for nearly a year has been working in the mountains south of Mt.

Rainier has completed its Progress of the Hearing Before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Only About One Thousand Votes Between Highest and Lowest Totals. With Several Thousand Votes Not Recorded It Would Be Impossible to Foretell the Result. That He Has Strong Hope (or the Lumbermen. Attorney Dysart Telegraphs of Winning the Case "Washington, D.

Dec. 12. We are putting up good fight. Railroads are defending hard. Think we will finish at this hearing with rates restored." The above telegram was received by the Eastern Railroad Lumber Company from George DyBart, of the law firm of Dysart Ellsbury, who is now at the national capital representing the Southwestern Lumber Manufacturers Association in the rate case before the Interstate Commerce Commission.

The following telegram was sent to Mr. Dysart by the E. Ry. L. Co.

"Lumb business paralyzed. Mills shut down. All available sidetracks I work and come out. Lines were ran in many directions through the foothills and the western approaches to the Cowlitz, the White and the Cyspus passes were carefullv investigated. At first it was definitely understood that the survey would run through the Cowlitz Pass, but after investigation it was found that there were engineering barriers, and White Pass was thought to offer better facilities.

The eleva tions of both these passes, however, were drawbacks and Cyspus Pass was finally settled upon, and according to a reliable railroad man here, will be the one through which the road will be con structed. The line as at present ran brings the road up the Tieton river to the pass. After negotiating the pass the survey strikes northeast, crossing the Cowlitz basin well up in the foothills and strik- ing Skate Creek basin but a short dis-1 tance from where that stream flows into the Cowlitz. Following up Skate Creek to its head it crosses Bear Prairie and goes down Horse Creek to the Nisqually river, and follows down the south bank of this stream to a Even although there is over a thousand votes between the highest and the lowest candidate it is impossible to foretell who the winner will be as there are several thousand votes which have not yet been recorded. A great many of our subscribers have paid up during the past few weeks but are evidently holding out their votes until towards the end of the contest.

They should remember, however, that no votes will be accepted after five o'clock on Friday afternoon, December 20. Grays harlxr district were closed down because they could not do business at the advance in freight rates. On the other hand, it was contended by the defendants that the rates pro posed were reasonable; that the rates heretofore in force were abnormally low, and that the railroads were not justified in continuing a set of rates that is not compensatory. WASHINGTON, Dec. upon the opening of the hearing of the interstate commerce commission on the complaints of the Lumber Manu- facturers' Association of the Northwest Pacific coast against the advanced lum- Western points J.

M. Teal, of Portland, attorney for the Oregon lum ber men. presented the case for the plaintiffs. Mr.JTeal told the commiss- ion that he and other attorneys for the plaintiffs expected to prove that, through conspiracy of the defendant roads an unjust increase in the inter- state lumber shipment rate had been forced upon the lumbermen of the Pa-! cific Northwest and that such increase stored with empty cars, both foreign ber tariff recently declared by the Great and system. An army of men out of Northern, Northern Pacific, Union Pa-employment.

We are praying for your I cific, and other interstate carriers from A. C. Dickson, a lumberman of Eugene, hose testimony was begun in the moming, but mainly continued until the afternoon. Mr. Dickson was intro- duced by plaintiffs and the first part of his testimony was devoted to describing the growth of the lumber industry in the West, its effect upon the upbuilding of the Western cities, and how its welfare or disaster meant corresponding prosperity or disaster to these cities.

He said that $50,000,000 was now invested in the lumber manufacturing industry in Oregon alone, and that there were 570 mills in the state, with an annual payroll of $20,000,000. Under guidance of Mr. Teal, Mr. Dickson was able to show the enormous disadvantage experienced by Pacific coast lumbermen in trying to compete in the Middle West, when forced to pay a fifty cent rate to Kansas City and a 23-cent rate to Denver, two of the main competitive points. The increase, Mr.

Dickson said, amounted to $70 per car on light lumber. In cross examining Mr. Dickson Attorney Cotton succeeded in empha- sizing the profits of the lumber busi- ness and tried to prove the difference in weight between yellow pine and western fir entirely offset the difference in tariff rates, bringing both into competitive markets on comparatively even basis Mr. Dickson caused something of a sensation when he declared that all roads involved had been invited by various mills to inspect their record of earnings, to decide whether or not the contemplated raise was justified, but that none of the roads accepted th invitation. Mr.

Dickson said further been expecting a decrease. A point used effectively on both sides was the degree of responsibility for in establishing the fact that manv mills WASHINGTON, D.C.. Dec. 13. -Ore- lumber rate case before the interstate commerce commission by submitting fur-; ther I thesoutn and irom tne nest to Lmcago and Kansas City.

i i western Washington Lumbermen's As-1 sociation. was then placed on the stand. 111 iatc ft crosses the river and angles 'through The last moments of a play are us-! the lo hills in the direction of the uallv most trying to the players therein I men here, who profess to know the do not make a practise of rushing to be trades and eleva ions of the survey 1 the first to street car or train. The rZtLity at the obviolls Casendofhis story before he is able to cade mountains. bS down his curtain and interest in- evitably drops.

Fortunate, indeed, is AN ATTRACTIVE WINDOW. the playwright who devises a final sit- i This week W. B. Keir has fixed up uation or picture to his drama that! as attractive a show window as we have i compels and grips attention. ever seen in this city.

A circular track The closing moments of the great success in rate case." The historv of the eases in brief is that the railroad lines of the West and Northwest determined several months ago to advance their rates on manufac-1 tured lumber from Northwest Pacific points Oregon, Washington and tana- to the East and South. The rat proposed were made effective on November 1 of this year. In the regular way. these rates were filed with the interstate commerce commission. They showed an increase of from 5 cents to 10 cents per hundred pounds on lumber shipped from Northwest Pacific points to Eastern points and a much larger increase from Oregon andWashington points to San Francisco hay points.

The proposed rates the shippers de- clared to be unjust, unreasonable, dis-i caused a suspension of operations of i that instead of being prepared for in-a large number of the lumber establish- creased rates, lumbermen generally had ments.Mr. Teal said tluit he expected to prove to the commission that through the agencies of the Transconti-1 has been put in and a tiny train run by electricity keeps going around and are remarkably impressive and appeal-! Chehalis, being a daughter of Mr. and around. The window space is about ing to the more thoughtful. Indeed Mrs.

Gustaveson of that city. Mr. fifteen feet long and has been filled 1 they cannot fail to pierce beneath the Bartlett is also well known there, hav-with sand, representing grades and surface of all but the most calloused ing worked as a turner in the Chehalis nental Freight Bureau, operating at i the closing of so many lumber mills Chicago, the various roads named had that might be blamed upon the finan-conspired to make a confirmative raise cial flurry. Against the efforts of At-in lumber tariff, thereby killing all tornev Cotton, Attornev Teal succeeded criminatory and prohibitive. Tliey as-j ship irpon the lumbermen.

were forced to close in anticipation of sorted that if these advances in rates Mr. Teal spoke of encouragement at the announced raise in rates long be-were put into effect they would have to; first given to the lumber industry by fore the money market weakened, go out of business. In fact, it was i the railroads and the implied promises I The hearing will be continued tomor-stated that the lumber mills of Oregon of railroads that no higher rate would ruw. cuts and in one place a bridge is repre- sented and underneath is a strip of bright piece of tin represents the wa-. ter.

In one place a pile of sand is made to represent a coal mine, and a tiny track leads up into the tunnel of Lnc mmK at the PenmZ al' 'hle, tne mine and one nnv car is standing car is oaded. At another place on mam track, the tiny tram goes 1 and Washington had been compelled to closedovvn.becai.se they were unable advance in freight rates. i The cases now being heard are those of Oregon and Washington Lumber nianuiacturers 'Association, and others against the Union Pacific Railroad r.l Lumber Manufacturers' Association and others against tne Northern Pacific Railway Company and others; the i Western Oregon Lumber Manufactures' Since our issue of Wednesday there has been no change in the relative positions of the three contestants for the piano which will be given by the Chronicle on Dec. 20 to the most popular young lady in Lewis County. Out of 1100 votes recorded Miss Bloomfield has received 400, Miss Brown 300, and Miss Keaton 400.

This leaves the candidates with the following votes at the hour of JBoinK to Press: Miss Mabel Brown 8975 Miss Cora Keaton Miss Velma Bloomfield 7750 LEAVES A GOOD TASTE. The Palatable WhoIesomeneM of Quincy Adam Sawyer a Potent Charm. rural drama, "Quincy Adams Sawyer natures. The last act begins in a blinding snowstorm which moderates as the characters in Deacon Mason's house are disclosed to view by a striking scenic transformation. The threads of the story are gathered together and as 5 rejoicing is reached, the moonbeams uie denouncement tnai.

orrajs iui out make a picture long to be remem- bered. The country family and their! -j A laden tahle and the venerable Deacon i Mason invokes the divine blessing This touch of simplicity, of honest in modern drama and many an eye i -Praise God F-om Whom all Blessings Flow It is end to a most ness the play at the Centralia opera house on Saturday, Dec. 14, should not fail to wait to see the final picture. Its wholesomeness will serve only to accentuate the merriment with which the play abounds. As many who have seen it have said 1 "Quincy Adams Sawyer" is a play that leaves a good taste in the mouth.

HEAR THE JUBILEE SINGERS. Something worth the money for the music admirer. The Midland Jubilee Singers under the management of the Midland Lyceum Bureau of Des Moines Iowa, will appear at the M. E. Church Monday night Dec 1G 1907.

That means that those fond of good singing will have an opportunity to hear something good. The Midland Jubilee Singers have traveled under the management of the Midland Lyceum Bureau for three years and that is a guarantee of their merits as entertainers. The admission has been reduced to 35 cents. You will pay 75c or $1.00 for an attraction not as good as this. The male quarette alone is worth the price.

The mixed quarette trios, duets and solo work you wiil surely enjoy. The time is Monday Dec. 16 1907. The place is the M. E.

Church. The attraction is the Midland Jubilee Sing- The admission is 35 cents. SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS' MEET ING. The regular meeting of the Sundav school teachers and all interested in Sunday school work will be held at the Christian church next Monday evening, Dec. 16, beginning at 7:15 o'clock.

The first half hour will be devoted to the discussion of the subject, "The art of question." The last half hour will be devoted to a study of the Sunday school lesson for the following Sunday. i He testified that 10 per cent of Association, against the Southern Pa-j cattle and other articles Westward. closed since it became known the lum-cific Company and others, and the) Nr. Teal said that it had been sug-1 ber rate was to be advanced, and those Southwest Washington Lumber Mann- i gested to lumbermen that they could i mills have now on hand 70.000.lWO feet These meetings are conducted by Supt. Kellogg, and they are a source of in- struction and inspiration.

Every public school teacher and every other person interested in education should endeavor be the half hour of these meetings Those who can not "Tf the close of the first half hour. The meetings will begin promptly at 7:15 Atage attendance ls exPeclea ac ese meetings. MARRIAGES OF THE WEEK. Geo. L.

Bartlett and Dorothy A. Gustaveson were united in marriage December 9 in Chehalis by Justice W. A. Westover. The bride wis raised factories about a year ago.

They will reside in Tacoma. Fred gtranz and Beatrice Raymond, both of Centralia. were united in marl rjage December 7. Justice Westover tje(j nuptial knot. W.

A. Westover united in marriage Wednesday afternoon O. C. Lamb and a. nunungum ot iNaoavme.

iur. 6 and Mrs. Lamb are well known in Napa- vine, where they A very pretty weddinp- took nlacp at the borne of Mr and Mr' GeLe Tune tne nomt ot Mr-aM 11 r-WorSc lune i chehalis when Miss Sidie Gates and when Miss Sadie and Dickson nt-rformino- the ceremony. Miss Lila Swayne acted as bridesmaid and Frank Swayne of Port- LINEN SHOWER. The friends of Miss Mamie Muck gave her a linen shower Wednesday, at the home of Miss Ruth Adele Baker.

Mrs. Albert Smith played several beau tiful selections on the violin and Miss May Kahler several on the piano. The time was pleasantly spent in writing receipts and advice for the future bride. At 4 o'clock Miss Baker assisted by Miss Kahler served lunch. Those present were Mesdames Wm.

Christensen, J. E. Barnes. H. V.

Brown, L. J. Meserve, Albert Smith, Clarence Weaver, J. E. Raught, G.

W. Muck, Edith Houk, Nellie Muck, Misses Or-pha Yeager, Lena Norman, Minnie Baker, Celia Yeager, May Kahler, Dorothy Barnes, Alice Brown, Margaret Raught, Louise Houk and Mamie Muck. SUPERIOR COURT PROCEEDINGS. The will of Win. Gardener, deceased was filed.

It leaves to his son William, and the residue of the estate to his wife. Lizzie Gardener. Guardianship. Dollie Marie Maddox Order appointing Elonora E. Maddox, guardian.

Bond SIM. Estate of Wm. H. Bachtell. Order appointing Emma W.

Bachtell Administratrix. Bond Elizabeth Koogan vs. D. W. Murphy et at Judge of Foreclosure of Tax Lien Lots L.

Block SI Little Falls. I. P. Beers vs. I.

G. Naylor ct al Judgement of foreclosure of tax Lein NE 1-4 Section 29-12-2 West. BR1DGHAM PLEADS. Monday F. O.

Bridgham, the Napavine mutderer was before Judge Kico on the charge of murder in the first degree. He entered a plea of not guilty. It is understood from the Chehalis papers that attorneys M. A. Langhorne, of Tacoma and Gus.

L. Thacker, of Chehalis, will defend Bridgham. facturers' Association and others against the Northern Pacific Railway Company nnd others. Each one of the complaints alleges an unreasonable advance in rates on forest products from the Northwest Pacific states to various other points in the United States, and the defendants in each case include the most im- portant lines of railway in the West and Northwest. It was stated that the complainants would prove that the so-called Hill lines and Harriman lines hnd entered into a combination or conspiracy to advance the rates on lumber products through the medium of the transcontinental frieght bureau, and that the competition and working an undue hard- be forced upon them, that did not seem just.

He reiterated that the lumber-! and that its establishment had paralyz- ed their industry. Mr. Teal further stated that he further expected to dis-! i prove the statement ot the delendants 1 hat the new rate was necessary be- f.ui-ur 1....1 ies required before the lumber region as reached. He said that, the empty movement was not extremely large, as there were large shipments of wheat, add the additional tariff to the retail purchaser price, but the lumberm were unwilling to inflict this upon their customers, besides being unable to do this in eastern markets where they were in direct competition with the much lower yellow pine rates from Southern points. To add this to con sumers' price, said Mr.

Teal, would be to inflict a vicious tax. Mr. Teal said that the lumbermen of the West would be willing to accept a percentage rate, based upon the capitalization of carrying companies, but that he thought the late increase was made in spirit of horse trading-that is, asking much, and expecting considerable loss. Another point that the plaintiffs hope nish cars to those mills which would sell to them for their own needs at approximately $2 less per thousand feet. The first witness called by the plaintiff was Lew Anderson, a railroad man of Portland.

Mr. Anderson had handled railroad tariffs at that point for twelve years and had prepared for use of the commission and attorneys 25 comparative tables, rates prevailing on lumber shipments to the competitive centers at Denver, Kansas City and other places. He also presented tables showing prevailing rates on local shipments in all parts of the country, comparative tables on elevations and profits of roads and rates from Northern centra! centers on lumber to Omaha as against those to Portland. On behalf of the defendants, W. F.

Cotton, of Portland, assailed Anderson's exhibits, bringing out the fact that Mr. Anderson in comparing prevailing rates from Eastern and Western points to competitive centers, had chosen the extremely distant points, such as Jacksonville, and had computed rates from many points from which he did not know as to their actually being lumber shipments from rates were made without any referenceTToshow will be that the railroads fur- tnnnol fir linpH nn tn rnck -r crowd of people have been at-; tracted to the window by this novel at "action, aim is. rca of your time to stop and ELKS INITIATED AT TACOMA. w.j.ov fnrtv journeyed to Tacoma to visit the lodge in that city. They took along Messrs.

C. L. Sticklin. George Gothro, of this city, F. S.

Porter, of Napavine, and George Syverson. of Adna, as can- didates to be initiated into the order, Besides the Centralia members there were about a hundred visitors from Seat tie and a number from other lodges, The Tacoma lodge turned out for the occasion about four hundred members and right royally did they entertain the isitors. LEADING LADY IN TROUBLE. It is reported here that the leading lady in the play, "A Man's Broken Promise" came nearly getting into serious trouble with the authorities at Chehalis. It is alleged that a $15 mirror came up missing from her room in the St.

Helens hotel at Chehalis and when taxed with taking it, she denied it. However, after the company had left Chehalis, the frame to the mirror was found in the Chehalis opera house. A search warrant was got out and Deputy Sheriff King came up from Chehalis last night and it is said, found the missing mirror in the lady's trunk. The affair was settled out of court. SCHOOL FUND APPORTIONMENT.

Wednesday the State Superintendent id Olympia mane the Tegular apportionment of the state school funds, Lewis county's share being $5426.22. Lewis county is one of seven counties, where the apportionment runs over $5000. This is a pretty good showing for the school at tendance in this county. Skamania county has the lowest apportionment, their share being $271.57. Dr.

0. N. Sullivan, the specialist on eye-sight, will be at the Royal Rooming house on Dec. 13, 14 and 15. Don't forget the date of the Jubilee Singers next Monday night, Dec.

16. mills in his section of the state had of lumber for which there is no market. He said that the Weyerhaeusers now owned all the timber lands of the Northern Pacific grant and virtually controlled the price within 100 miles of that road. They bought 1,000,000 acres for $6.900, 000 and sold one section for stumpage. Mr.

Miles emphasized the fact that members of his association were anxious that the interstate commerce commission should open the Portland gateway to Washington lumber so that Southwestern Washington millmen could dump their common stock into Oregon and other Harriman territory. In argument with several lumbermen today, James J. Hill was asked why he had undertaken to advance the rate on lumber. He replied tlmt there was no money in the long haul on the old basis and his roads were entitled to fair com pensation for carrying lumber long distance. When reminded that he had testified under oath in Minneapolis that his road made more out of long than short hauls, he dodged.

The principal witness of the after noon, and considered by some the most important yet introduced, was George H. Emerson, of Hoquiam, who has been a lumberman of that section since 19S2. Mr. Emerson reviewed the his tory of his mill, telling how in 1S9S he and his associates furnished the right-of-way and most of the money with which the Northern Pacific railroad was extended from Aberdeen to their plant at Hoqivnm. In 1S99 his firm shipped 15,000,000 feet of lumber over the Northern Pacific, using SG9 cars, and 291 cars of shingles.

Mr. 'Smerson's most striking state ment was to effect that the railroads in increasing interstate rates and at the same time increasing the amount of timber that could not be manufactured profitably, raised the percentage of to competitive or financial conditions. The former rates in force were declared to be fairly compensatory to the roads, while the new rates were declared to be the result of an unlawful conspiracy in restraint of trade, and made for the purpose of extorting from the lumbermen of the North Pacific states a large percentage of their profits. The advance in rates was declared to be abnormal and it was said they were put into effect for the purpose of depressing the price of lumber. The effect of the advance in rates, it isstated, has been practically to paralyze the lumber industry of the Pacific Northwest, in which hundreds of thousands of people are engaged, and in which tens of millions of dollars of capital are involved.

It is pointed out that the lumber industry in both Washington and Oregon, was built up on assurance that the railroads would maintain an equitable rate on lumber products. Many of the mills have been compelled to shut down, but others were running at a loss, merely because it was cheaper to do so than to close entirely. It was pointed out, however, that 92 per cent, of the mills in the I SPAF ARCHIVE SEWSFAPERl.