The San Francisco call., 1910-06-04

for Columbia river; Andy Mahoney. for Fields
Landing; Eldorado. for Winslow; Wilbert L.
Smith. for Tacoma; U. S. Justin, for San Fran
PORTLAND, June s.-Charles F. Nachen re-
turned FROM San Francisco today hopeful that
MS ms company will secure the contract for
VIII be opened June Is.
Mays receipts at the custom house were
issued today. Duties on imports netted
SSo,v49.sl. and the remainder was made up OF
mes, mes, miscellaneous receipts and official fees
Domestic exports were valued at $397.625 and
foreign exports at 1928.
Repairs We're begun today on the Norwegian
steamship Elsa. which struck the steel bridge
while being shifted from the Standard box fac
tory TO the Eastern and Western mill. sur
vey made at the latter place showed that seven
and three frames slightly bent.
One Of the first square riggers to reach the
Nlnfa, which appeared on the bar early this
AFTERNOON and crossed in an hour later from
Honolulu 1t sailed from that port May IA and
Is under engagement to the Portland pine ex-
change company.
In excess of 10000 barrels of -four has been
engaged for shipment the Portland and
Asiatic liner Henrik Ibsen. which is due from
hongkong June 10. and for July there is re-
ported to have been secured even a greater
amount, which will be materially added to by
the e. time the next liner is dispatched.
The Breakwater sailed today for Coos bay
with so passengers.
Clearances at the custom house today included
the steamer Rose City, which will sail tomorrow
schooner Rainier. which sailed tonight with
$4,000 feet of lumber for the bay city.
As soon as the square rigged heet begins to
arrive on the mouth of the Columbia the port
OF Portland commission will place in service the
pilot schooners San Jose and Joseph Pulitzer,
which are lying idle here.
Arrived-Steamer Jim Butler, from San Fran
cisco.
ABERDEEN, June 3.-An increase doubling
the figures of the month of May, 1909. is shown
by K. l.. Sebastian. deputy collector Of customs
OF the port of Aberdeen. for the corresponding
month this year. OF prominence is the gain in
tonnage of 3,2O6 against $50 tons in the cor
responding month in 1909. Lumber clearances
also show decided gain. both foreign and
the Hawaiian islands, vessels clearing for Cali
fornia not being required to clear from Grays
Steamers Santa Barbara and Newburg departed
TO-DAY and the steamer Chehalis arrived.
sofa, from Yokohama; steamer Santa Maria.
from San Francisco: steamer Dolphin, from
skagway; steamer Buekman. from San Fran
cisco; steamer Santa Ana FROM Tacoma
Departed-Steamer President. for San Fran
cisco; steamer Olympia, for Nome.
TACOMA, June 3.-Departed-Steamer Harold
Dollar, Tor San Pedro; steamer Elihu Thomson
and barge Dashing Wave, for Nome and st.
Michael; Norwegian steamer Herm, for Belling-
ASTORIA, June 3.-The Norwegian steamship
Sark sailed from San Francisco Thursday for
this port and Is under charter to load lumber.
Motor schooner Wilhelmina. with a general
cargo for Siuslaw and Yaquina, went to sea
this morning.
The steam schooner Jim Butler overdue from
San Francisco for couple of days, arrived this
morning and reports succession Of OBTAINING
Steam schooner klamath. with cargo of
lumber for San Francisco. went to sea this
Oil tanker Catania sailed this morning for
fuel oil.
lumber for San Francisco, was towed to sea
this morning.