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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-04
Decidedly Optimistic Tone
Marked Weeks Closing.
UNION PACIFIC THE LEADER
Exercised Dominating Influence on
Entire List.
THE DEMAND FOR CURRENCY
Bank Statements Showing-Heavy
Drain on Cash to Extent of $780,
100000 on the Average.

NEW YORK, October 3.-The stock
market today continued to feel the reviv-
ing effect of yesterdays stimulation OF
speculation in Union Pacific by the favor
able showing of August net earnings by
that road Union Pacific continued to
lead the market and to exercise a domi-
liant sympathetic effect on the whole list.
Yesterdays movement Ia Union PACING
started on the assumption that its restor-
alton of gross earnings to practically the
August rate of last year and its rise In
net TO materially above made it an ex-
Ception to the tendency seen to prevail
in the reports of other railroads thus far
received for that period. The fact that
the Union Pacific statement was excep-
tional did not preclude a general response
in other railroad stocks to the upward
movement in it. The close sympathy
shown by Reading St. Paul and the
same stocks which led the summer rise
in prices gave the impression that the
same powerful money forces which CO.
operated to further that advance were
once more active to the same end. In
the search for motives for this supposed
resumption of speculative leadership of
The market the one most dwelt upon was
increased satisfaction on the part of the
operators with the political outlook.
Note was made of the fact that i'm
migration statistics show that the tide
has again shifted to the side of a pre-
ponderance of ihcomers after having
ruled the other way ever since the period
of industrial depression set in. A recess
sion in the discount rate at Berlin showed
the passing of the strain of the extraor-
binary requirements of the October set
Elements:
Expanding Commercial Activity.
Advices from money markets In the do
mestic interior showed a growing demand
for currency. This was accepted as sig
nificant of expanding commercial activity
- and its effect in drawing down New York
bank reserves was ignored. in view Of the
prevailing ease of the local money
market
The bank statement revealed how heavy
has been the drain on the cash item this
week. the reduction in cash holdings run
ming to over $1O,O0OOOO on the average
showing and to over $1,000 900 in the
comparison of actual condition on Friday
night. The credit requirements for the
week made but nominal net change In
the loans of the clearing house banks, but
loans of ''other banks,'' which include
the trust companies expanded $S415, 600
Bonds were firm. Total sales, par
value. 81. 15s. 900.
L. S. IS registered have advanced n
and the is coupon Y. while the Is
coupon have declined ~ per cent on call
during the week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-04
NEW YORK DRY GOODS.

NEW YORK. October 3.-The demand
for gray co;tons In the dry goods mar
ket was more general from printers and
converters today. Fine fancy good white
goods are having a larger sale than usual.
Linens are in good request for spot de-
livery. Burlaps are steady to Arm. with
spot goods growing scarcer in this mar
ket.
Imports Of merchandise and dry goods
at the port OF New York for the week
ending September Is were valued at
$l4, 1857 ,675.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-04
NEW YORK METAL MARKETS

NEW YORK, October 3.-The metal
markets. were quiet in the absence Of
cables. with tin quoted at 293711a29. 62ta.
Copper was dull. with lake quoted at
l337,1a13.621a; electrolytic. at 13.12ka
1917. and casting at .S71aa13.12h.
Lead was cay at 4.423za44Ik, and
smelter was dull at 4. 721aa47Ek
Iron was quiet and nominally I'M
changed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-04

DULUTH. Mimi, October 3-Wheat-
No. 1 hard. 1.O2A: No. 1 northern, 1O1s;
No. 2 northern, 39h; December, 1.OOls
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-04

They are having all sorts of fun these
days over Mr. Harriman's stiff back
Comment on that vertebral peculiarly
had been remarked many times before
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-04
Washington Stock Exchange.

Sales.-Regular call. IL o'clock Doon-Washing-
ton Gas IS, 500 at 9S.
Capital Traction IS. $1,000 at 1l5h, 81, 900 at
1131s. $1,000 at 115E. $500 at 1151a.
at 104.
Washington Rwy. and Elec. com. so at 34s..
IN washington Rwy and Elec. pfd, so at s2as.
Washington Gas. 100 at 66 buyer COZ.
Mergenthaler Linotype. at 2OS at 203.
Greene Cananea. 100 at 1OK.
After call-Georgetown Gas 5s, 500 at III.
Washington Rwy. and Elec. As. 81 900 at 81.
Capital Traction 5s. $1,000 at 1851
Washington Gas cert, s., 500 at lO7.
Washington Gas. 25 at SO.
MaShinRton Gas As. 81 600 ut 10l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-04
MANCHESTER CLOTH MARKET.

IotaI saIes Tor the day, 464 600 shares
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-04

AN SO INvEsTMENT-SEM Drvl.
dends-The EVANSVILLE BUILDING ASSO.
CITATION OF Hyattsville. Nd, has over half .
million dollars loaned on first mortgages. IL
has paid In twenty ne years 1870 PER CENT
not less than per cent half yearly. or 8 per
cent per year. on Investments. Full paid stock
can be withdrawn. with dividends, in thirty.
four months. For information address z. n.
WATERS. Secretary. 1881 G st. NV.
sei7,3Ot 10
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-04

Since his return from Europe Judge
Gary, spokesman for the steel trust, has
been interviewed several times and has
issued a number of denials of campaign
yarns relating to steel trust matters.
Among other things he has been at pains
to say that the United States Steel Cor
poration has not given employment to
10000 men for the purpose Of influencing
the campaign. He does not attempt to
conceal his opinion that the return Of
prosperity will be greatly accelerated by
the election of Taft. In this connection it
may be mentioned that report IS rife in
Wall street that at its last meeting in
October the directors Of the steel trust
will increase the dividend on the common
stock from = per cent per annum to ) per
cent per annum. This report comes from
sources which carry weight and it has
not yet met with official denial. Such in
crease is not warranted by existing trade
conditions and will be construed by I'M
friendly people as 5000. 600 bet by the
steel trust management on the election.
The 1 per cent dividend increase would
call for an added outlay of that amount
out of its earnings or surplus.
Such rise in the dividend rate would
be an almost startling departure rom the
conservative methods which have hereto
fore governed the great corporation and
would be almost certain to invite harshest
criticism. The management strenuously
resisted all attempts to force an increase
in dividends when earnings were at the
rate of $16o, 100000 year There is an
apparent glazing inconsistency in the
proposition to make the raise now when
earnings are at, the rate of about $50,
OOO.OOO year, or hardly more than
enough % pay fixed charges and allow
for reasonable depreciation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-04

but 1t had never been supposed that the
services of surgeon would be necessary
Mr.. Hartman has been afflicted with a
stiff back for the last fifteen or twenty
years. 1t has enabled him time and again
to stand up under loads that would have
crushed the ordinary man. Seriously. Mr.
Harriman's ailment from a physical
standpoint Is not threatening to his
health. His real ailment is a bad stom-
ach.
A feature Of the time is the heavy and
increasing withdrawal of funds from saw
ings banks: The Withdrawals in the New
York banks alone are running at the rate
of nearly half million dollars a day in
excess of deposits. Savings banks depos-
its are SO large, however. In the aggre-
gate that they can stand drain of three
or four times as great for year or two
without anywhere near approaching ex-
haustion. At last accounts the $500, 600
depositors had with the savings banks
50, 66O. 600 ,OOO-an average of little less
than $i3O per capita.
Statistics of our International trade
show that In the first seven months of the
calendar year imports from Europe fell
off $154 100000 as compared with the cor
responding seven months OF 1907, while
export figures showed a reduction Of only
SIT 100000. 1t is in the power OF the
American population to cut down its ex-
penditures for luxuries whenever times
get close, but it is next to impossible for
our foreign customers to make import ant
reductions in their purchases of Ameri-
can foodstuffs. cotton, lumber oil and
| other essentials of life. Here is where
| the United States has the bulge on the
rest Of the world. 1t Is the great pro-
| wider for Europe and a storehouse upon
| which every consuming country in the
world has to draw for necessary supply.
Mr. Archbold fairly froths at the
mouth because the public will not or
cannot understand the difference between
the Standard Oil corporation and the
group of great capitalists associated in
the control of the company. Mr.. Arch
holds insistence is that the corporation
is about the pureSt and finest thing In
the business world, and should not be
held responsible for the speculative or
other dealings of the individual owners.
Mr. Archbold is being driven into an
early grave by reason Of the stupidity
and stubborn ignorance of the masses,
who will persist in connecting the cor
poration Standard Oil with the group of
Standard Oil multimillionaires who are
sometimes accused of injudicious min
Cling of business and politics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-04

MILWAUKEE, Wis, October 3.-Wheat
No. 1 northern, Local OF: No. northern.
1.O213a1 OH; December. 9SA bid.
Rye-No. I. 76a78x.
Barley-Sample, 551a64h
Corn-December 64k bid.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-11-03
HUGE IRRIGATION PROJECT.
Immense Dam. Third Highest in the
World, Scheduled for Nevada.

Reno, New, Nov. "a reclama-
ton project second only to the great
Carson-Truckee project in magnitude
and Of far-reaching influence in the
development Of this state, is about to
be started in Lincoln county, the
company to be known as the Nevada
Utah Irrigating & Development COM
pany.
The undertaking includes the con-
struction OF the third highest dam
IN the world, at an expenditure in
Guiding bitches and laterals of $780,
900. The promoters are Salt Lake
City capitalists associated with the
Salt Lake. Los Angeles & San Pedro
railroad. known as the Clarke route.
The total number of acres to be re-
claimed IL $4,000.
This territory. lying within eight
miles of Moahu. which is half way
between Caliente nd Las Vegas. 50
miles from each place. is government
land. nd will be withdrawn under
the Carey act.
The dam will be constructed at the
head of Arrowhead canyon and will
have a width Of 670 feet and q
height Of 1876 feet.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-11-03
Improve Klickitat Roads

Husum, Wash. The county roads
in ives ern Klickitat county are un-
dergcing important changes for the
better, and it is only question CT
short time when travel will be
made more easy for ranchers living
along the main thoroughfares. w.
f. Byars. deputy county surveyor.
has just completed a Survey of the
new grade leading west and north
west of White Salmon. When COM
pleted the new road will save cOnsid-
cradle distance in going from the
husum country to White Salmon,
and the heavy grade at the Grange
grove will be done away with. A
new survey has also been made of
the road running east of Husum to
the top ct the mountain, and a line
has been run for road in the Jack
Perry country, leading south and
connecting with the Lyle and White
Salmon country.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-11-03
SMOKING IN CHINA.
The Use Of the Cigarette Now Gen
eral Among All Glasses.

Consul ]. c. Mentally. Of Marking,
furnishes the following Information
relative to cigarette smoking in
China:
The demand for cigarets in
China today Is only exceeded by that
for kerosene. Nor is this habit con-
fined alone to the male portion OF
the population; the females of all
classes and ages, from 10 years up.
indulge as freely and openly in Gig
arettes, and with as much apparent
enjoyment as their brothers.
The introduction of this habit
among the Chinese dates back but a
few years, and its UNIVERSAL spread
throughout the empire has been as
tonishingly rapid. The manufactur-
ers say that their production is up
to the standard and is entirely free
from opium. The small cost OF Gig
arettes, which can be bought from
one to a thousand as low as one
fourth of an American cent each,
may have something to do with their
UNIVERSAL use; but whatever the
come to stav. has superseded the
cause, the cigarette nSs apparently
cumbersome water pipes heretofore
used among the Chinese, and Is even
used by opium smokers. who find
an added pleasure in the smoking Of
cigarette after inhaling the opium
fumes.
According to good authority, the
monthly sales In Marking alone
amount to 1875 cases of $4,000 cigar.
cites to a case, costing about $2A
gold per case. The increase OF the
sales in or about a foreign settle.
, ment could naturally be attributed te
the influence of the foreign indul
gence, but In Marking. with no for
eign settlement. and not more thar
40 foreigners, apart from the mis-
sionaries, the steady increase OF thu
sale is, to say the least. surprising
The unlimited advertising OF tn
merits of the various brands through
| the medium of flaring posters. past
| ed on the doors ana walls OF sacret
temples, mission churches, city gate
land walls, and other conspicuous
places, attracts the Chinese to thu
point OF an experimental indulgence
| for the poorest coly can find thu
five cash (one-fourth Of a cent? ne
cessary to purchase a cigarette. Thu
company practically enjoying a mon
opoly OF the cigarette plant In Chin'
has been compelled to increase III
plant TO keep up with the increased
demand.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-11-03
.;u;+v on Northwestern.

huntington, Ore.-Great activity
a.ea all along the Northwestern
,,naod from Huntington to the Ok
, ,'r over 900 men are employed In
no" aifferent camps. Over 100 men
n NV At OK Bow, the larest camp. A
are e load of supplies is used daily,
work is being pushed. The sup
a ,,ae are all handled through the
r r, construction company's camp
y, Nagel being unloaded at this
and checked out and reshipped
,bo different camps along the
AZ, :" The Utah Construction COM
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-11-03
UNIONS MUST NOT FINE MEN.
Csn Not Force Them to Strike b
This Method.

The supreme judicial court OF
Massachusetts,. making . permanent
Injunction against several local II.
Dor unions has ruled that labor un-
ions can not impose fines on their
members in order to force them to 90
out on . strike.
The decision was rendered on 3
petition brought by L. d. Willlcutt
Sons & Co., Of Boston, asking for an
injunction against the Bricklayers'
and Stonemasons' Benevolent union.
restraining them from imposing
fine Of 800 each % two Of the meme
bers Of the union who had refused
to 90 out on strike.
The unions in the spring Of 1905
Issued a new set of rules for menu
bers employed by contractors and
sent the rules to large number OF
firms In this city. The Wilcuty
company, fearing, It Is claimed. that
loss Of money would follow its fail
ure to complete certain work under
these rules, closed part Of its estab-
lishment and discharged number OF
employees. the union then declared .
strike on other work on which the
company was engaged. Later two Ia
Dor leads found two union men still
working. The labor leades ordered
them to cease under penalty Of be-
ing fined 500 each. The Wilcutt
company obtained temporary In
junction against the union to pre-
vent the fines being imposed, and
the decree makes the Injunction per-
manent.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-11-03
Irrigation Trouble at Prosser.-

Prosser, Wash.-Water users who
are dissatisfied with the manner ip
which money has been expended by
the Sunnyside Water Users associa-
ton have been holding meetins at
Grandview, Granger, Prosser and
other places. Two massmeetings
have been held at Prosser at which
charges were made of the misuse OF
the funds by the trustees and denied
by officers. The last meeting was
held at PrCsser on Friday night,
when the water users decided to or
ganize to protect their interests. Or
CARNATIONS having been made at
Grandview and other points in the
valley. A committee on organiza-
tiCn was appointed.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-11-03

is necessary to enlarge it and in
crease the supply Of water. To do
this the city is extending the large
barrel flume up the river several
miles to add water to the supply and
principally to give the system head
to create electric power for use in
the city and on adjacent farms for
pumping. With strong head of
water it is urged that the city can
furnish electric power cheaper than
corporation and distribute It over
wires throughout the valley to BE-
used by farmers to operate pumps.
The fall Of the river is about rs feet
to the mile. and it is expected that
a fall of ESQ feet will be secured
when the pipeline now being extend.
ell is completed.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-11-03
Praises OREGON Apples

Forest Grove, Ore.-W. r. Harris,
county fruit inspector, in a letter
from Mackinaw, H., where he is WIS.,
lung, states that the people are pay
ing 81 per pushed for cider apples,
and that even that quality is scarce.
He examined a carload of apples
flom Pennsylvania that growers in
Oregon would hardly allow to 60 to
the cider mill. He says that the
apple crcp in Nebraska, Iowa and
Illinois is a failure. He suggests
that some of Oregon's fruit men ship
few carloads to Peoria, to demon
strate what real apples are like.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-11-03
Now is the time
to visit
California

When summer has passed
in these northern states,
the sun is only mild under
the bright blue skies of Cal
ifornia. This is one OF ma
lures happy provisions
eternal summer for those
who cannot endure a more
severe climate.
california has been called
the Mecca of the winter
tourist" It's hotels and
stopping places are as var
led as those of all we'll reg
Mated cities. Visitors can
always find suitable accom-
modations, congenial COM
panions and varied, pleas
ing recrations.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-11-03
CITY Park for Milton

Milton, Ore.-A movement for
city park is being organized in this
place. and 1t is expected that the i'm
provement club will combine with
the Woman's Civic club to secure as
ton by the council. Milton is stu
eted ON the banks Of the Walla Wal
IL river, and is connected with Wal
la Walla by trolley line and 1t is
pointed out that a large number OF
city folks would come here for pleas
ure trips IL parks were provided.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-11-03
Elk CITY Mines O. K

Elk C1tV MlUcS ". A.
Elk City, Idaho-Superintendent
J. F. Thorn OF the Buster mine re-
turned yesterday from Newsome,
where he let a contract for 100 feet
of tunnel on the Mackey mining
property, which has been taken un-
der bond by men interested in the
Buster mine. The Mackey property
is one of the most promising mining
properties in central Idaho. There
already is 800 feet of a tunnel,
which cuts two lodges OF exception
ally high grade free-milling ore. The
men interested in the bonds are F.
". Bradley, ]. H. Mackenzie and
Mark Requa, all of San Francisco.
The property is IL miles from New
some station, and one and one-half
miles from the proposed electric rail-
way along the Clearwater river. J..
R. Hutcheson. manager at the Twin
Butte mine, Orcgrande district. re-
ports that the company will install
two CHILEAN mills this winter as aux
Hilary to the roll mill now on the
property, in order to save a higher
rer cent CT the values Of the ore
treated. A recent strike in the mine
carries ore that assays over $40, and
the ledge on the surface has been
ASSAYS for a distance OF 1000 feet,
and the average assay is a little over
SO a ton.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-11-03
Litigstion Delays DEVELOPMENT

AAtlSo' AVA SVA0yC OVvV4VUAAASAts
Burns, Ore.-Pending the decision
Of the secretary of the Interior
large number Of settlers have been
taking homesteads on the land held
by the Harvey Valley Improvement
company, under the Carey act. The
company received contract from
the state to irrigate $4,000 acres of
land in Harvey valley. bitches
were surveyed but when work was
commenced the Pacific Livestock
company secured an injunction. This
action killed the project and the i'm
provement company made no fur
ther efforts to reclai mthe land. The
contract was Cancelled by the state
two years ago. The Pacific Live
stock company. with the help Of set
tiers commenced a contest in the To-
cal land office to have the land open
ed for settlement. This action stir
red the Improvement company to &C.
ton and 1t got a new contract from
the state. The case has now been
in litigation for two years. 1t is be-
fore the secretary of the interior f'r
final decision. Harvey county has
su ffered by the delay, for 1t has been
the means Of keeping out hundreds
Of settlers and thousands Of dollars
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-11-03
Northwest News I'm Brief

pany has an electric lighting plant
at the Ok Bow, where it is working
On one of the largest tunnels on the
line, over one half mile in length.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-11-03

commencement Of the next irrigation
season. The project will irrigate
100000 acres of land dlrectl tribu.
tary to this city.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-11-03
Prosnerity A. Vale

1OSVC1lUf a. VdlC,"
Vale, Ore.-At the close CT pros
porous year for farmers, sheepmen
and cattlemen in southeastern Ore
gon, the little town of Vale shows
signs of rapid growth. At the ter
minus of the Malheur railrod, con-
Meeting with the Oregon Short Line
at Ontario. Vale is the gateway for
practiclly the entire trade Of the big
counties of Malheur and Harvey, and
citizens are satisfied that Vale will
become one of the r::st prosperous
towns Of the interior. Real estate
Is advancing in value and now peo.
pie are arriving daily to look into
the local situation with view tt
locating.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-11-03
Mormons Invade Grande Ronde.-

Cove, Ore.-Grand Ronde valley,
which Is located in Union county,
eastern Oregon, is rapidly becoming
thickly settled with people oe the
Mormon faith. There are now near
ly 5000 Mormons in Union county
out of the entire population of 90
900, and most of these people have
come in within the past year or two
They have already purchased a great
Part of the best farming land in this
section, which is rapidly becoming
cut up into five and 10-acre tracts