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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY S, 1902. WANTS IT FOR ALL Vancouver Disappointed in Railroad Bridge Bill. WILL TRY TO HAVE IT AMENDED Comnicrclnl Club Cnne Petition to lie Circulnted AnkiiiK That Pro. virion He 3Inde for WflRonn, n ml I'cflvfttrlnnn. VANCOUVER. "Wash.. Feb. 7. A great disappointment was in store for the peo ple of Vancouver in a dispatch from "Washington, D. C, -which appeared in The Oregonlon today. The dispatch was as follows: "The Senate today passed Senator Mitchells bill authorizing the "Washing ton & Oregon Railway Company to con struct a railroad bridge across the Colum bia River, near Vancouver." People of Vancouver have no fight to make on the railroad bridge, but they 'want some provision made for wagons and pedestrians. A great effort will be made to have the bill amended to this ef fect. The Commercial Club has taken the matter in hand, and petitions are being circulated asking for the change in the bill heretofore mentioned. These memor ials will be forwarded to the "Washing ton and Oregon members of Congress at once. The people of Vancouver with few ex ceptions are strongly in favor of a wagon bridge. The impression has pre vailed all along that such a bridge was to be built, and when it became apparent that the company intended to construct only a railroad bridge the matter became one of Intense interest. Vancouver and Clark County will do everything In their power to have the bill amended, and will also appeal to Portland for assistance. Edmund Rice, Secretary and manager of the Washington & Oregon Railway Com pany, when seen today and asked to give a statement of the Intention of the company in regard to a wagon bridge, declined to be interviewed, saying he knew nothing about the matter whatever. Mayor A. 13. Eastham. who Is taking an active part in the circulation of the me. morlal referred to, expressed himself as heartily In favor of a wagon bridge. He says it would be a great mistake to build a bridge of the magnitude of the one pro posed for railroad traffic alone. He Is also of the opinion that the revenue which would be derived from tolls would be ample to justify the company In going to the additional expense necensary to add another deck to the structure for the ac commodation of general travel. State Senator E. M. Rands said: "By all means it should be a wagon bridge. It seems to me such a bridge would be of immense advantage to this city and county, and that the revenues derived from it would more than pay interest on the amount invested." Prominent among the citizens who ex pressed dissatisfaction over the form of the bill as passed and as strongly In favor of the wagon bridge are Representative J. M. P. Chalmers, Judge of the Su perior Court A. L. Miller; County Com missioner -Cal Shaw, City Councllmen S. F. Bodyfelt. E. R. Schofield and C. P. McCarty, Scott Swetland, Captain F. A. Boutelle, County Attorney "W. "W. Sparks, S. M. Beard, president of the Commercial Bank; R. M. Sparks and J. H. Jaggy. Among the most active and outspoken altfng this line are Colonel James A. Munday and ex-Lieutenant Governor Thurston Daniels. Colonel Munday was the first to propose action In the matter today, and took the initiative in calling the special meeting of the Commercial Club which prepared the memorial on the suoject. Mr. Daniels said: "If a bridge is to be built across the Columbia it certainly should provide for accommodation of tlie general public In the way of a wagon bridge. Considering the size of the stream and the increasing population of Portland and Vancouver, It Is a public necessity. The experience we have just had of a two weeks' blockade of the Columbia and Its interference with the mails and general traffic simply because of a little floating Ice should make this plain to any citi zen of Vancouver." XO DETUAXD FROM PEOPLE. Railroad Alone Henrd From "When nni avuh nifii-HNseii. WASHINGTON. Feb. 7. The Mil passed by the -Senate yesterday authorizing the Washington & Oregon Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Columbia River near Vancouver contemplates a railway bridge solely, ami in this respect is like dozens of similar bills that are be ing passed ach session. While a similar bill has been reported to the House, it Is yet possible, if there is a sufficient de mand, to have the bill so amended as to wrmlt of th use of this bridge by wagons .'nd pedestrians, but In -such event the company constructing the bridge would be permitted to charge tolls. However, at the time the bill was introduced the de mand was solely from the railroad com pany. ICE HARVEST IV ELL OX. Out Company nt Ellensburs: In Get ting Out JO CurN per Dny. ELLENSBURG. Feb. 7. The Ice har vest Is on In full blast here this week and the great Ice houses of the Northern Pacific at this point are nearly filled, and the frozen commodity, which is 13 Inches thick. Is rapidly tumbling into all other places of storage. Most of It comes from the reservoir ol R. P. Tjossen & Son. They have 40 men employed In the work, and their daily output averages about CO cars. Lumber was put on the ground for large ice houses for the Northern Pa cific at Cle-Elum. but no start was made on the buildings and more Ice than usual Is being stored here. ConsrcKnllonnl Church Closed. Officials of the Congregational Society have been here in an endeavor to reopen the church, which was closed four years ago, but the few members are mostly averse to it. and decided not to entertain the proposition until next Fall. The church building has been leased to the school district until that time. SURVEYORS XEARLY THROUGH. Line for Hnllrond From Crnj's Hnr hor to Strait of Junii IJe Fucii. PORT TOWNSEND. AVash.. Feb. S. The corps of railroad surveyors which has been surveying a route for a rail road from Gray's Harbor up the coast to the Straits of Juan de Fuca, has reached Oozette Lake, five miles from the straits, and In a few days will have the line located to the straits. The sur vey is being made In the Interest of the Northern Pacific, for the purpose of tapping the extensive timber belt along the coast between Gray's Harbor and Cape Flattery, and along the southern shore of the straits. MYSTERY SURROUXDS HIS DEATH. Man Found Dead In Bert Coroner's Jury Sny He Fired Fntal Shot. PULLMAN, Wash., Feb. 7.-John Her bert Prentice was found dead In bed, two miles west of here, at 2 o'clock this morning. He either killed himself or was shot by some unknown person. The Cor oner's jury returned a verdict of suicide. The affair, however, Is shrouded In mys- terj. Deceased and his father lived to gether. The father says the house was surrounded by persons whom he took for robbers. He heard five shots from a Winchester through the door and the walls. Later he heard a shot In his son's room, and found his son dead. Deceased was 21 years old and would have In herited property In North Yamhill, Or., valued at $10,000 next month. He is a nephew of John Harris, of North Yamhill. Answer of Owner of IMnniore. SEATTLE. Feb. 7. J. "W. Clink, owner of the British bark Pinmore, In his an swer to the libel suit brought by the Puget Sound Tugboat Company, to se cure Joi.000 salvage, declares that tho bark was not abandoned in the storm off Gray's Harbor early In December. He states that the value of the boat is $09,000, and that the amount asked as sal vage Is $31,000 in excess of what it should be in comparison with the vessel's value. I!iirs:lnrc Mnlcc a Sfir.OO Haul. TACOMA. Feb. 7. Burglars entered the store of V. Erlichman. Eighth street and Pacific avenue, last night and stole S1509 worth of goods, including 12 dozen re vnlvrrs "C, miichps. TA dozen knives and other merchandise. They got in through i the transom over the back door. The store 15 within a block of the Central Police Station. Lust of Chehnll County Hop. CHEHALIS. Wash.. Feb. 7. The Hen riot crop of hops, ITTi bales, was sold today at Phil Nels. of Portland, at 13 cents, and a 31-bnle lot went to a Ta coma dealer at 12 cents. These were the last hops in Southwestern Washington, and not a bale now remains in growers' hands in Lewis, Cowlitz or Chehalis Counties. On Tour of Stnte Institution. OLYMPIA, Wash., Feb. 7. Governor McBride and Grant Neal. recently ap pointed a member of the Board of Con trol, left this morning for a tour of the state institutions. C. S. Reed and Ernest Letter, the other members of the board, will Join the Governor and Mr. Neal Mon day. Crny'x llnrbor Electric I-1 tie. ABERDEEN. WaslC"Fcb. 6. The di rectors of the new electric Aberdeen-Ho-qulam Railway soys the road will be In running order by the first of June. A banquet will be given by them to the business men of the harbor in the Hotel Hoquiam next Friday night, February 14. Aberdeen Ilrevltien. ABERDEEN, Feb. 7. The Presbyterian Church Society has extended a call to the Rev. E. R. Prichard, of Tacoma. Work on two schooners, each to cost $50,000. will be started here next week. 'pwnpnper Changes Hnntl. PORT TOWN.-5END. Wash., Feb. 7. The Port Townscnd Evening Call, one of the oldest evening papers on the Pacific Coast, changed hands today. M. F. Sat terlec Is the purchaser. "Washington Xoien. Thomas Richardson, a farmer near Col fax, has invented a new shoo cleaner. It Is a brush on a revolving crank. The foot Is placed on a mat. the crank turned and the boot or shoe quickly cleaned. The tangle over the appointment ot city officers in Palouse was settled by the Council appointing William Daly, Marshal: G. D. Klncald. Police Judge; and James Baker, Superintendent ot Water Works. The Pacific Packing Company has re cently been organized at Fairhaven with a capital stock of $7.0W in 750 shares. The incorporators are B. Montague, Whatcom, John Kallsen, Blaine and '1". C. McIIugh, Whatcom. The prlncpal place of business will be Whatcom. TRAIXWRKCKEIl I'LEADED GUILTY Xejrro Goes to Prlnoii for Life for Ditehiiit; O. It. & X. Truln. THE DALLES. Or.. Feb. 7. Addison Kldd, the trainw recker, was brought be fore Judge Bradshaw here today and pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree, as charged In the information against him. He waived further ttial and was Immediately sentenced to imprison ment for life. Under the law of 1S0S. pro viding for the punishment of persons placing obstructions on railroad tracks, this sentence was the highest degree of punishment. Sheriff JCelly started for Salem this afternoon with Kldd in charge. The crime for which Kidd was sentenced was committed December C last, and con sisted of placing a ;n-inch iron nut upon the outer rail of the O. R. & N. track on a six-degree curve, near Celilo, as a re sult of which the Chicago-Portland Spe cial, which left Portland at 9 A. M. of that day, was wrecked. While passing around a curve the tendency of a train is outward, but it is held to the track by the fianges on the, wheels, fitting Inside the rails on cither side. The "j-ineh nut on the outer rail raised the wheels enough to let the flanges slip over, and the train spilled off around the outside of the curve. AddlKon Kldd. trnimvreeker. m-n-tenecd to life imprisonment. Cars were piled up promiscuously, the engine was ditched, and the engineer, Maurice Kavanaugh. killed. Kldd was among those charged with the crime, and taken into custody that day. Ten days later he confessed. A "Word of 'Warning SALEM. Or., Feb. 7. Secretary of State Dunbar has recently received Information that unreliable horce-bulldlng and insur ance companies are trying to do business in this state without complying with the state laws Persons transacting business with such cc-mpanlf's take the risk of los ing their mono, with no possibility of re turn therefor. The proper course for per sons to pursue before dealing with strang ers In that line of business is to ascertain by writing to the Secretary of State whether the company has complied with the law. , Conrt Grant Reijuext of Cleric. SALEM, Or., Feb. 7. County Clerk W. W. Hall today went before the County Court and protested against his books be ing exported in his absence from his office. He stated that he will be attending Cir cuit Court next week, and consequently could not be In his ofilce. The County Court made an order directing that inves tigation of Hall's b'ooks be postponed for the present. In order that all concerned may be satisfied that the, work is done fairly. "f ..!wKbm iuHffi OR. N. OSTRANDER DIES OXE OF Tim REST-KXOWX PIO KEHS IX TIIE XOKTII"VEST. Held Severn! Important Public Of fice in "WnKhliifrton, nnd Filled All With Credit. OLYMPIA, Wash.; Feb. 7. Death today claimed one of the best-known pioneers in the Northwest Dr. Nathaniel Ostran der, of this city. Dr. Ostrander was S3 years of age. He Is survived by 11 children. Deceased was a native of New York. He immigrated to California in 1ST.1. He practiced his profession in that state for about one year, and then returned East. He had contracted the "Western fever," however, and the year 1S52 found him In Cowlitz County, Territory of Ore gon. In 1S72 he came to Thurston County, where he resided until his death. He was the first Probate Judge of Cowlitz County, being appointed by Isaac I. Stevens, the first territorial Governor, r THE LATE DR. XATIIAXIEL OSTRAXDER. and In that capacity served for 12 years. He served several terms on the City Council of Olympla, and two terms as Mayor: nlso one term as a member of the territorial Legislature. He was one of the most prominent Odd Fellows In the state. On his second trip to the West, Dr. Ostrander was accompanied by his fam ily. He was among the first settlers In Cowlitz Valley, and a town nnd a creek bear his nnme. He reclaimed two farms from the wilderness in that section. In 1F72 he sold out and moved to Tumwaler, wlicre he opened a small drug store, and engaged In the practice of his profession. In 1S73 he removed to Olympla, where he resided until his denth. and until tho last 10 years practiced his profession. Dr. Ostrander's early life was spent In New York City. At the age of 1C he be came a clerk In his brother's store In St. Louis. In 1KW he moved to La Fay ette County. Mo., and there continued mercantile pursuits. He was married in 1S3S to Miss Eliza Jane Mantis a nati-.e Kentucky, who preceded him to the of Kent grave. In 1S45 he removed to cass uouniy, and engaged In farming, and about this ; time commenced the study of medicine under the instruction of Dr. D. K. Pal mer, pursuing his studies as he drove the plow. In 1S47 he moved to Saline County, continuing his studies and attending two courses of lectures In the medical de partment of the St. Louis University, from which he graduated In 1S4S. He then commenced .practice in Saline Coun ty, continuing until 1S50. when he set out for California, Prominent WnxhiiiKton Pioneer. OLYMPIA. Wash.. Feb. 7. L. G. Ab bott, a well-known pioneer of 1SC0. died In this city this evening, after a brief lllnocc -trrrA "71 irstVl holnlT llllO lllrPCtlV to paralvsls. He was one of the oldest newspaper publishers in the Northwest, having been the publisher of the Pioneer j and Democrat in the early COs. He brought the first printing press to the Northwest. A daughter, Mrs. Joseph Chllberg, of this city, survives him. He was Treasurer of Thurston County at one time, and a prominent Mason. He was a native of Michigan. Mrs. P. .1. IJrlx. ASTORIA. Feb. 7. Mrs. P. J. Brix. of Sisson Creek, died last evening of ab scess of the stomach, after an illness of thre weeks. She was IS years of age and had been married four months. She J young chlnooks from the Coos River was the wife of a prominent logger of hatchery and "plant" them In the Up thc lower Columbia. per Coqullle. j Robert Haskell, an old pioneer of Coos CITY WILL Cl'T EXPENSES. I ll'vr. "vas found dead on his ranch last "" --- , sRturtiay. He was SO years old and had Pendleton Adopt a Retrenchment j been In 111 health for some time. He had Pollev and Lets Policeman Out. evidently been dead several days when he PENDLETON. Or.. Feb. 7.-PendIeton's ' s fou,ul at h,s housc b-v Thomas City Council has adopted a retrenchment i l nc policy, anu as tne ursi measure iowhb j townrd reduction of the expense of gov- eminent, has cut off the ofllclal head of Officer William Coffman. Street Com missioner Fee will serve in his present position, also acting as a policeman after C o'clock In the evening. The receipts during January showed the effects .of the stopping of gambling games, in that the fines collected were ?133, against ?2S3 for December. After Democratic Stnte Convention. Umatilla County Democrats are desirous of securing the state convention of their party for this place, and arc willing to pledge a reasonable amount necessary to get the rmeeling. The matter has been left to Captain Sam White, state chair man, and he will decide which town has the convention. Ex-LeslHlator Tunifi Inventor. W. T. Rigby, ex-Rcprescntatlve In the Legislature from thie county, has turned inventor, and is working upon the model of a new combined harvester, that will cut 2- acres a day and require only 12 horses to draw it. It will. If perfected, enable the cutting of grain at much less expense than at present. CHARGED WITH SMUGGLING. Portland Olllcerj. Help to Trap a Man in California. SAX FRANCISCO, Feb. 7. The custom-house officials here have arrested Frank D. Burton, on a charge of smug gling. With him was captured a trunk containing 73 pounds of opium, valued at $1200, which had been shipped from Tacoma to Oakland. The authorities be lieve that Burton is connected with a gang that for some time has been suc cessfully smuggling opium across tho Canadian border. Saturday Collector Stratton received a telegram from Col lector Patterson at Portland, telling him that a trunk that had been checked at Tacoma as ordinary baggage for Oak land had been seized here, and In it were 150 tins of opium. Collector Patter son was asked to take all the opium out of the trunk except one tin. and for ward the trunk as though it had not been Intercepted. This was done, and Burton was caught In the act of open ing the trunk. He says he recently ar rived from tho Klondike, and he got the trunk from a friend. The duty on the opium seized would amount to $150. TACOMA MAX A FORGER. Slprncd Xnmc of Ilunlc President to Checks, anil Is Xow in Jail. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7. A young man who gave his name to the police as R. G. Sutton, of New Orleans, hut who was subsequently Identified as Ray Sut ton Garlick, of Tacoma. has been arrest ed on charges of forgery and obtaining goods by false pretenses. Representing himself as the nephew of William Al vord. president of the Bank of California, Garlick bought a gold watch and a dia mond ring from W. K. Vanders-llce &. Co., and offered in payment a check for J1W. bearing Mr. Alvord's signature. He had previously telephoned to the firm that he would call to make some purchases. o i and Mr. Alvord, when notified of the fact, pronounced the alleged nephew a fraud. A policeman was therefore In waiting, and after the check had been pnssed, Gar lick was placed under arrest. In his pockets were found six checks, all bearing the forged signature of Wil liam Alvord. His notebook showed that he came here recently from Tacoma en route to enter the University of Chicago. The young man was well supplied with money when he came hero. He stopped at the Palace Hotel and spent his funds In seeing the city. To Detective Harper after his arrest he said: "I forged those checks because I got hard up and needed the money." Blnme for Wnlln Wnlln. Disaster. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 7.-CaptaIns Bolles and Bulger. United States local inspectors of steam vessels, filed their report today In the matter of the loss j of the steamship Walla Walla. The I Kin nn ! nln asv.1 -v n 1 a fn ! fnn1.A..- - . h.,. nf ,. .,., w,, ,, ,n tho chart-house, and the men on the look out, one of whom. Wilson, was not at his post of duty. Captain Hall and Sec ond Officer Lupp are exonerated. Stnte Will Test Slab Wood. SALEM. Feb. 7. Practically all the bidders for supplying fuel at the Re form School and Mute School have filed their bonds ffr the fulfillment of their contracts. The new contracts are for wood to be delivered next Summer, for use during the year 1W2-3. The Reform School trustees are figuring on building a sidetrack to the Southern Pacific line at that Institution, so that wood can here after be shipped In from outside points. It Is also proposed to make a test of slab. J wh. to be shipped here from Portland or "Bcne. Wasco Flour for the Orient. TIIE DALLES. Feb. 7. The Wasco "Warehouse Milling Company has Just made a shipment of 10.0C0 sacks of Its new flour to China. This Is "the first shipment of flour from Wasco "County to a foreign market. It is expected that weekly ship ments will be made from this city. Orepjon oten. Brown, of Marshlleld G. A. has re- ceived orders to take a number of the DIPLOMAS FOR THIRTY GRADUATIXG EXERCISES OF SALEM PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Stnte Superintendent Ackorxnan De liver c. Strong AddrcsH to the Claws on "Aiming." SALEM. Or., Feb. 7. The midyear grad uating exercises of the Salem public schools were held In the armory nt the City Hall, this evening. The class con sisted of the following 30 pupils, who have finished the nine-year course: Conies A. Casbere. Gall II. Daman, Rus sell J. Farrar, Robert Hofer, Percy S. Hunt. Robert T. Judson. Otto M. Miller, Martin II. Swart. Ralph R. Matthews. Frederick W. Neal, Francis M. Neal. Silas Rich. Otho L. Ragan, Luelnda Arm strong, Blanche B. Brown, Elizabeth L. Buckingham. Florence C. Bigger, Edith M. Cleaver, Lucile B. Darby, Margaret G. Gill. Elizabeth M. Huntley. Ester H. Jahn. Florence M. Laughead, Catherine F. Maguire. Lena E. Mclntire. Trcsta E. Mollitt. Ruth A. Furdy, Alice B. Presnall, Mildrtd Riser, Eva J. Savage. Renska P. Swart, Clara II. Sanner, Grace D. Will iams. The programme follows: Music Orchestra Invocation Rev. II. A. Kctchum, pastor -First Presby terian Church. Piano duet "Lustsplcl Overture" ..Miss Ituth GabrUMson. Miss Nettle Beckner Drill. Pupils in charge of Ml.s Mlnnetta MaKrs Music Orchestra Solo "Slumber Sonc tJ Kate Vannah" Mis Leila Parrlsh Presentation of class Essay "Satisfaction Resulting from a Con scientious Discharge of Duty" Miss Mildred P-lzer Recitation "The Splnnlns Wheel Song" Maude Laughead Vocal Quartet "Music on the Waves" MIEPC3 Ilelle Darby. Kcnska Swart. Edith Cleaver and Florence Bigger. Essay "Power of Thought" Miss Renska Swart Oration "The United Statesas a Nation".. Ralph Matthews Piano solo "Nnlda. Mazurk le Salon" fVa- cho) Miss Blanch Brown E5?ny "Experience In a School Where Man Learns Wisdom" Miss Florence Bigger Recitation "Echo and the Fairy" Miss Bessie Buckingham Muic Orchestra Address to clas Hon. J. H. Ackerman, superintendent public Instruction. Presentation of diplomas H. A. JohnFon. chairman board of directors Music Orchestra Address of Superintendent Ackerman In his address to the class on the sub ject or "Aiming." Superintendent Acker man said In part: "Aim high. Do not be satisfied with low Ideals. It is better to have a high mark and come as close to it as possible than it Is to lower your Ideal, and your power with It. Conserve your power and build for more of It- You can gain power In any dlrection. If you study for It. To succeed, you must concentrate all your faculties of mind upon one unwavering aim and have a tenacity of purpose which means victory or death. "This age of concentration calls not for educated men, merely; not for talented men. not for geniuses, not for jacks-of-all-trades, but for men who are trained for one thing as well as It can be done. A man may starve to death on a dozen half learned trades or occupations; he may grow rich and prosperous upon one trade thoroughly mastered, even though It be the humblest. A one-talented man who decides upon one definite object accom plishes more than a 10-talented man who scatters his energies and never knows ex actly what he wilt do. "Scientists estimate that there is energy enough in less than 50 acres of sunshine to run all the machinery of the world, if It could be concentrated. But the sun might blaze on the earth forever without setting anything on fire, although these rays, focused by a burning glass, would melt solid granite. There are plenty of persons who have ability enough; the rays of their faculties taken separate.y are all right, but they are powerless to collect them to bring them all to bear upon a single spot. "You should stick to your purpose. The constant changing of one's occupation is fatal to all success. How many young men fall to reach the point of efficiency In one line of work before they get discour aged and venture Into something else. The more completely we master a vocation the more thoroughly we enjoy it. "There is no grander sight than a young man fired with a great purpose, dominated by an unswerving aim. He is bound to win. He does not have half the opposition to overcome that the undecided, purpose less man has. What a sublime spectacle It Is to see a youtn going straight to his goal, cutting his way through difficulties and surmounting obstacles which dis hearten others." ENGAGED BY PRES. WHEELER. Dr. Laehmnn to lie an Instructor In Summer School nt Berkeley. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Feb. 7. "Dr. Arthur Lachman, head of the depart ment of chemistry, has accepted an offer frc-m President Benjamin Ide Wheeler, of the University of California, at Berkeley, to arrange the course and to take charge of the Instruction of chemistry In the Uni versity of California Summer school. The session of the Summer school begins June 2(j, and will continue six weeks. During the absence of Dr. Lachman In California Orin L. Stafford, the assistant Instructor In the department of chemistry, will have charge of work in chemistry at the Uni versity of Oregon Summer school. To Itepresent University of Oregon. The executive cc-mmlttee of the Associat ed Students has selected Charles A. Red mond. '02, to represent the.LTnlverslty of Oregon at the meeting of the executive committee of the Oregon Intercollegiate Oratorical League, at Salem, tomorrow. A SL P? Thousands of women who are living quictiy, amid he luxuries of home have hidden suffering. They start at every little jar or noise. They become irritated at the slightest cause. They suffer peri odical pains but have- little understanding of what causes them. If they went to a doctor for an exam ination they would be shocked to hear they had "female troubles" a prospect which strikes terror i a woman's heart. Female troubles come on gradually, but plain warnings tell of their approach. Are you nervous? Do little things annoy you ? Do you start at every sound ? Are you discouraged and miserable on certain days, then elated again the next 1 Are your menses painful or irregular? If your answer is "yes" to any of these questions you should not be deceived. You are suffering vith female troubles and should begin the Wine of Cardui treatment at once. It will cure you as it has cured 1,000,000 other women. It cures in the privacy of the home. No private examinations. No operations. Could relief be easier? Try Wine of Cardui. Bozelder, Tezas, December 3, 1900. I received a copy of the Home Treatment of Female Diseases and my wife and I read it all through. My wife was very unhealthy. She has been using Wine of Cardui thirteen months. It gave her good health and we are ail more than thankful for your book and advice. It did her more good than any other medicine in the world. May you prosper I I shall ever tee your medicine in my family. F. P. REID. For advico and A3A. iJopirtmont," xao uoaisanooga The executive committee of the league includes the nresident. secretary and trcas- j urcr ot the association, and one delegate from each of the colleges not otherwise represented. The committee meeting to morrow will select six judges, three on composition and three on delivery, and complete arrangements for holding the state oratorical contest at Salem, March 14. XEW PROCESS FOR. SAVIXG GOLD. Salem Business Men nnd Discoverer Think They Have Struck It Rich. SALEM. Or.. Feb. 7. William L. Long, a stranger who has spent the past six weeks here, is confident he has discov ered a new process for extracting gold from ores which Is cheaper than the pres ent methods and saves three times the amount of gold that can be secured by putting the ore through a smelter. His process is similar to that of Proressor Winn, who recently died In Denver. Long has interested several prominent business men of Salem in his discovery. He has secretly experimented with ore from vari ous sections with great success. His last experiment was with- tailings from the Ashland smelter. Long extracted 43 cents from 10 pounds of tailings, or at the rate of $30 to the ton. after the smelter had secured $40 per ton from the same ore. Long says his process makes no gold, but the chemical used by him to extract In visible gold from ore simply does Nature's work of thousands of years in a few hours. Seven well-known local business men have associated themselves with Long, and though their names are withheld now, have already taken steps to organize n company to begin operations. They pro pose to establish a laboratory nere. wltn a capacity of 20 tons of ore per day. It is announced that the new company will be known as the Universal Gold Mining & Extracting Company, and will in a few days be ready to begin operations. Oregon Mining Stock Exchange, Yesterday's quotations: Bid. ... 0 .... 2y2 ....15 ....i7; ... 2?i 20 .... VA .... 7 :::: ?i .... r. .... 2, ...24-i .... 1 .... 2H ....67- .... Asked. 11 -t'j 50 1S rfc 100 Vi SV: 4 ltJTS Alaska M. & M Ai'.ams Mountain Astoria-Melbourne (Gtd.) Bronze Monarch Caribou t'oppropolls Crystal Consollded .... Chicago Cascade Calumet Gold Hill & Bohemia Huroni.in Lost Horse Oregon-Colorado M. M. & Riverside Sumpter Consolidated ... Sweden Copper (Gtd.) .. Winnipeg (Ltd.) Sales: lMO Bronze Monarch .... 2(HXi Chicago .".(Mi Chicago 2500 Cascade Calumet .. 1O00 Caribou 1000 Lost Horse 12 Price. ...17V. 7U. ... .... 3 .... 2 ... 2i SPOKANE. Feb. 7. The closlns quotations ot mining stocks today were: Bid. Ask.I Bid. Ask ... 3V. Amer. Boy ..8 Blacktall 12 Butte & Bo3.. 1: Si iMorn. Glory . 13Morrlson 2VfPrin. Maud .. 13'tlQulIp 2MjiBamb. Car .. 5'KepublIc ..... l't Reservation ., G'U. Sullivan 2)s'Tom Thumb . 32 (Trade Dollar. 3'fc Ben Hur .11 Deer Trail . Fish'malden. Gold Ledse U P. Surp.. L. Dreyfus . Mtn. Lion . 5V, . IN . CM. ni .30 SAX FRANCISCO, Feb. 7. Official closing quotations of mining stocks: Belcher $0 OTJOccIdental Con ..$0 10 Best & Belcher... Caledonia Challenge Con ... Chollar Confidence Con. Cal. .t Va... Crown Point .... Gould & Curry.-. Hale & Norcross. Justice Mexican 2fOphlr 2U Overman 11 PotosI 11 Savage Serf. Belcher .. Sierra Xevada Silver Hill ... Stnndard , CO 1 25 0 14 28iUnlon Con .... 13Utah Con 31 'Yellow Jacket XEW YOUIC. Feb. closed a- follows: -Mlnin? stocks today Adanw Con Alice ...0 23JLlttle Chief ....$0 11 0 75 .... t0 4 .... 12 S ... 12 35 3 -10 -luiuniano Breece Brunswick Con .. Comstock Tunnel. Con. Cal. & Va... Deadwood Terra.. Horn Silver Iron Sliver Leadvllle Con ... ... 05 Onhlr I'Roenlx PotosI Savage 1 30 roSlerra Xevada 1 -JOlSmall Hopes . OtiStundard BOSTON. Adventure Allouez ... Feb. 7.- Closing- quotations ...$22 OOIOsceoIa ...? 83 25 ... :n r.o ."J uOil'nrrott Amalgamated .. Baltic BlnKham , Cal. & Hecla... Centennial Copper IiaiiKe,.. Dominion Coal. Franklin Isle Royale .... Mohawk Old Dominion . 72 7,'iQulncy , 30 7.11Santa Fe Cop 23 r0Tamarack .... G3." OOJTrlmountaln . 12 WVTrlnlty m ToiUnlted States 70 W.Utah 14 Ml Victoria 22 2."ij Winona 35 001 Wolverines .. 22 00 no oo 3 2 25T 0' 73 ."0 13 7. 17 00 24 .V 25 1 M 51 00 RIe.h Gold Qaartz Discovery. GRANT'S PASS. Feb. 7. Riggs & Flamm. Southern Oregon miners and pros pectors, have made a rich gold quartz discovery in the Grave Creek District. Northern Josephine County. They have uncovered a 20-foot ledge, from which a quantity of ore has been removed and tests made showing It to carry values of from $320 to $000 per ton, mostly free gold. It promises to become the richest gold find ever made on Grave Creek. FIXE SE1VER. SYSTEM FLANXED. A.shlimd Likely to Spend 20,000 on Sueli an Improvement. ASHLAND. Or.. Feb. 7. The City Coun cil Ls carefully Investigating the matter of a comprehensive sewer system for the city, and a meeting of the Council will be held Tuesday evening next for the es pecial purpose of considering this subject. A thorough topographic survey has been completed, and maps and profiles submit ted, together with estimates of the cost which It is desired shall not exceed the sum of $20,000. It is proposed to issue 4 per cent bonds with which to carry out the enterprise, and these must be authorized by a vote of the 'electors of the city. A special election will In all probability be called as soon as plans shall have been completed, and there is little doubt at this time of the proposition carrying. Xo County Knnd Overseer. Jackson County will not have a road overseer under the new law, at least for th present. The County Commlsloner3' Court, which held its regular session for HOME CVR literature, address. 3 23 Tor, sa. 21 22 7 0 HHNEcCARDUI , giving symptoms, "Tho Ladies' Advisory Medicine Company, Chattanooga, Tenn. 5,00 Women Have aeon restored to hoalth by lydia Em Pinkhamfs Veg$ tab's Compound Thcsp lot' ters are on file and prove this statement to bo a fact, not a mere boast Wfcest a ntedi cine has been successful en curing so many women, you canssot well say without try ing at -sf 8 do not heiievo ii wiil help me" T2 --ZSrsf's?? 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Lyda has purchased the Herman saw mill, located 10 miles north of this place, and will start It up at once. Christian Scienee in Germany. BERLIN, Feb. 7. Emperor "William has Intervened to stem the spread of the faith healing cult in Germany. His Majesty has had long conferences with the Chiefs of Police for the purpore of devising measures to counteract the campaign here of the Christian Scientists, who have followers in the higher circles of Berlin society. It is claimed that the practice o Christian Science therapeutics should be made illegal in Germany. r 8 Lidia E. 1 Lirer Pills cure g Constipation, sj Sick Heafeohe, 25c. fa ivJissSitSi i3 Si ) t - n.x .vi --