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THE MORNING ' OBEGONIA2T, THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1904. El T"rll Trt nPlTIll filrN B I II- A I H I ft 1 Ltl I U UL.fl 111 Bloody Poker Tells of Murder of Frank Wilbur. KILLED ON COLUMBIA SCOW Two Companions Say They Left Him on Board IntoxicatedNext Af ternoon His Body Was Found In River. A Woody hat and a poker covered with blood are the clues through which It Is believed the man who killed Frank "Wilbur on the Columbia River near Warrendale can be run down. Covered with severe wounds the body of Wilbur was found In shallow -water yesterday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Ieputy Coroner A. I. Flnley and Sheriff Storey left for Warrendale at 8 o'clock last evening to investigate- tho case. Wilbur had been employed by W. R. Reed on a ranch near Warrendale. Tues day evening he rowed across the Columbia In company with John Brask. Their des tination was a whisky scow kept by a man named Butler. They spent the even ing there, and Wilbur became intoxicated. Brask rowed back to the Oregon side and left Wilbur on a pile-driver scow. Brask tends a flshwheel for McGowan's cannery. Another fisherman accompanied them, and Wilbur was left with him on the scow. The fisherman promised to flag the train for Wilbur. Brask then went home and thought no more of the incident until Wilbur's body was discovered yesterday. The fisherman, when seen after the finding of the body, declared that he had left with Brask and that he saw nothing more of Wilbur after they rowed away from the scow. A short time before Wilbur's body was discovered, his hat, covered with blood, and a poker, also blood-stained, were found upon the scow, on which he had last been Been. Suspicions were aroused and a party searched for the body of the missing man until It was seen In tho shal low water. From the report which reached the au thorities yesterday afternoon it is appar ent that some one boarded the scow after Brask and the other fisherman left. If the latters story Is true, and attacked Wilbur for what money ho had upon his person. A desperate fight them ensued, and Wil bur, after being struck with the poker and killed, was thrown into tho river. Such Is the theory entertained by those who heard tho report. Wilbur was about 45 years old, and said to bo well-connected. He was but little known about Warrendale. EIVALS POE THE FAIE. Gresffam and Falrview Each Hard With Granges. Pulls GRBSHAM. Or.. May 3. (Speclal.) Cltlzens of this place are making strenu ous efforts to get tho proposed county fair, which is about to be organized by a committee from the different Granges of Eastern Multnomah. A mass meeting has been called for next Friday evening, which will be largely attended and at which some definite action will bo taken for the consideration of ttie executive committee at Its next, meeting on May 17. The people of Falrview are also making a bid for tho fair and have al ready offered suitable grounds and the use of the Grange Hall free of cost dur ing tho fair for a period of jears. Tho same kind of an offer will also come from Gresham, but the strongest card of the latter place Is the electric railway, which offers advantages of that kind superior to anything Falrview can advance. Tho proposition is to form a stock company among members of the different Granges which will retain perpetual control of the organization, and the most advan tageous offer for location of tho grounds will most likely be accepted. The Fair view Push Club will bring the subject up at its next meeting with a view to going Gresham one better In any offer it can make. Lettercarriers Organize. The rural lettercarriers of Multnomah County have formed a County Association. Nearly all tho regular and substitute lettercarriers of the county attended the meeting, which was called to order by James H. Schram, vice-president of the State Association. Fred G. Conley was elected president; Fred Spooner, vice president; E. L. Thorp, secretary: Anna M. Hoss, treasurer. Mr. Conley was elected delegate to the State Convention which will meet at Salem July 2. The question of a further increase in salaries will bo brought up at the next session of Congress and the delegate was Instructed to use his Influence to have a subsistence allowance bill Introduced In lieu of an increased salary. At present the rural carriers must furnlsfli their own teams and keep them at their own expense, while the clt carriers are allowed $250 a year for that purpose. It ias thought that a subsistence bill would receive more favorable consideration by Congress than one which would simply Increase the regular salary- An effort will also be mado to have tho next annual convention of the State Association meet in Gresham, -which will be during tho timb of the great Fair at Portland. Brief Notes. G. M. Shaw died at Fain-lew Saturday evening and was burled today in the DJasonlc Cemetery. He was aged 64 years and was a long-time resident of this neighborhood. For many years he was in tho construction department of the O. R. & N. Company and helped build the road which passes by his late home. He was highly respected and had considerable property, but lately sold his extensive farm near here and was living a life of easo and comfort. George Barnstadt, for a long time in the employ cf Shattuck Bros., will leave to day for Wheelock. N. D., whero he will make his future home. Considerable road work Is being done, tho approaching election apparently stimulating the desires of the people. For the next month every available man and team in the county will be able to find plenty to do on the county roads with beneficial results to all concerned. A movement is on foot to organize a rural telephone company. The subject will be considered at the mass meeting on Friday evening. There is a large sentiment In favor of the movement. Y0TTNG PRISONER ESCAPES. Henry McGloln Tires of Life In the City Jail. It all happened because Henry McGloln was born in the country and the odor of the "bullpen" In the City Jail wasn't near enough to the scent of new-mown hay to cult his taste. So after one hour and 15 minutes of Incarceration within Its gloomy walls he quietly drifted away without leaving bis vacation address. A thin, scrawny boy was escorted to the police station at 10 o'clock last evening by Ictectives Snow and Kerrigan. He had been found at that hour roaming through that part of the city where good little boys shouldn't go at any time. Therefore a -charge of vagrancy was placed against his name on the docket. Henry was locked up In the "bullpen" Ut the City Jail Is being altered, there are devious new openings, crooks and turns tnrougnout its interior. Temporarily a wall of planks surrounds the "bullpen." A new cement floor Is also being laid. It was fresh last night, and two planks formed the walk from the office door to the cells- Henry went Into the pen a few minutes after 10 o'clock. The smell of It made him sick. Soon after 11 o'clock one of the officers on station duty had occasion to step out side the door of the station. He noticed tracks upon the soft surface of the cement floor. Suspicions were aroused, and a roll call of the occupants of the pen was ordered. Henry was not among those present While the stouter prisoners looked on enviously Henry had slipped between two planks whose edges were not over ten Inches apart. Then he had stooped, and In the receptive cement had written, "Good-bye, Fred." And then Henry had stealthily walked past the door of tho station, behind which were four officers, and had vanished In the night. Evidently Henry had not been long enough In Fort land to learn that the Christian name of the Chief of Police Is Charles, not Fred erick. SEEKS TO SWEH, EEGISTEATION Republican Organization Is Working to Arouse Voters. Republicans -will not launch their cam paign for ten days yet. Whitney I. Boise, chairman of the Republican County Cen tral Committee, said yesterday that the first rally will be held about May 16. Dem ocrats are awaiting breathlessly the on slaught. When asked what he and his aids were doing for the cause Mr. Boise replied: "We're as busy as thunder." The Repub lican organization is now working to in crease the registration and will devote Its entire energies to that until May 16 the day when registration will end. After that time the organization will endeavor to equip unregistered electors with affidavits enabling them to vote. "The more voters we can induce to the polls," said Mr. Boise, "the larger will be the Republican plurality." TO JOIN Y. It. C. A. STAEP. Ivan B. Rhodes, of Berkeley, Accepts Portland Offer. SAN FRANCISCO, May 4. CSpedal.) Ivan B. Rhodes, who has been the general secretary for the college Young Men's Christian Association at Berkeley for some time, has resigned his place to take charge of the educational work of the Portland Y. M. C. A. Rhodes' successor In the col lege work has not yet been selected. Be fore taking up his new work Rhodes will attend several Christian conventions In the Bast during the Summer months. Rhodes has been a prominent student at the university for six years. Ho gradu ated two years ago, and since then has been taking post-graduate work. He was captain of the college rifle team and is the best amateur marksman in the state. PERSONMjMENTION. Mrs. W. T. Pangle is 111 at the Good Samaritan Hospital. Representative B. F. Jones is among the arrivals at the Perkins. Ira Bronson, a well-known Seattle law yer, is registered at the Portland. Among the guests of the Perkins is F. P. Hurlburt, the banker of Shanlko. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Brown, of Sumpter, aro arrivals at the Portland. E. W. Davis, register of the Land Of fice at La Grande, is at the Imperial. State Senator A. D. Stillman, who is a leading lawyer of Pendleton, Is at the Imperial. Dr. Andrew Kershaw, superintendent of tho Grand Ronde Indian reservation, Is at tho Imperial. O. P. Hoff, the State Labor Commis sioner, came down from Salem yesterday, and is at the Perkins. Among the arrivals at the Imperial yes terday were Circuit Judge Robert Eakln, of Salem, and Mrs. Eakin. State Senator T. H. Johnson, of Dufur, who Is as successful at raising wheat as at getting votes. Is at the Perkins. J. W. Maloney, cashier of the First Na tional Bank of Pendleton, Is at the Perkins, accompanied by J. T. Lambirti, of that city. Colonel S. W. Blalsdell, who has been in Southern Oregon for several months attending to his mining interests, has returned and Is at the Imperial. J. H. Conrad, a mining man of Montana, who has lately been operating in Alaska, is at tho Portland, meeting old friends, while en route to San Francisco. Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Rhodes and Miss Rhodes, of Salt Lake City, were at the Portland yesterday. Mr. Rhodes Is a lead ing capitalist of the Mormon capital. Mrs. E. A. McNlell, of Litchfield, Conn., and Mrs. Daniel Sayre, Mrs. W. H. Jes sup and Miss S. Louise Jessup, all of Montrose, Pa., are a party of tourists to be found at the Portland. Among the Eastern tourists now stay ing at the Portland are Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Reynolds, their son H. T. Reynolds, and C K. Williams, of Chicago; Mrs. W. H. Jessup, Mrs. Daniel Sayre, Mrs. E. A. McMeill and Miss Louise Jessup, of Mont rose, Pa.; Mrs. M. B. Nash, Miss Ella A. Butterfield, of Denver, and Mrs. George F. Guernsey, of Independence, Kan., and Mrs. Charles H. Aull. of Omaha. The Portland Is now entertaining two very distinguished guests in the persons of Joselyn H. Evans and his sister, the Honorable Mrs. Arthur Webster, of Lon don, Eng., son and daughter of Sir Fran cis Evans, administrator of the Interna tional Sleeping Car Company. The Hon. Mrs. Webster Is also daughter-in-law to Lord Alverstone, Lord Chief Justice of England. The two interesting visitors are on an extended pleasure tour of America, and will remain In the city for several days. NEW YORK, May i. (Special.)-Northwestern people registered at New York hotels today as follows: From Portland L. Fried and wife and H. Johnston, at the Imperial. From Baker City J. R. S. Bell, at the Grand Union. From Spokane E. F. Masham, at the Park Avenue. From The Dalles E. L. Lueddemann, at the Gerard. NEW YORK, May 4. (Speclal.)-S. L. Kline, of Corvallls, Or., a delegate to the National Republican Convention, called at the Eastern office of The Oregonlan yes terday. Felz Knocks Out Kid McFadden. SAVANNAH. Ga., May 4. Tommy Felz tonight knocked out Kid McFad den. of San Francisco, in the fourth round of what was scheduled to be a 20-round bout at US pounds. LOW-RATE TICKETS EAST. O. B- & X. Namw SeUi&jr Dates for Mar. Jane, July, August, September, October. May 11, 12, 13. June 16. 17, IS, July 1, 2, 3. August 8, 9, 10, September 6, 6, 7, and Oc tober 3. 4. 5 the O. R. & N. will sell S0 day return trip tickets to St. Louis for 7.50; to Chicago, $72.50. Stopovers allowed going and returning. Going time ten days from date of sale. Full particulars of C W. Stinger, city ticket agent. Third and Washington streets. Have you friends coming from the East? If so. send their names to the Denver & Rio Grande office. 124 Third street. Port land. Or. alonp -with, a dozen older and stouter In capables of aU types. Now. since In thi wisdom of the police committee the Clt; IT'S EASY," SAYS 0L0. C. STATE SENATOR BROWNELL SAYS CLACKAMAS IS SAFE. Republicans Will Have 600 Majority --"Hermann? Oh, Yes; Hermann Will Surely Win." State Senator George C Brownell, the Napoleon of Clackamas politics, says that the Republican conquest of his county next June will be measured by a plurality of 600 or 700 votes. George had just ex horted a Jury up in the Courthouse with his dulcet persuasions. While waiting on a street corner for an Oregon City car to take him home, he told how the fate of the Democratic cohorts in Clacka mas shall become an astonishment, a proverb and a byword among all nations. "You see," remarked Mr. Brownell dif fidently rubbing the two-days' stubble on his chin, "I haven't been out over the county, else I might make a close guess. And I don't like to say what our plurality will be, because, because " Temocrats might wark harder?" "That's just it," added George, "but the truth is Republicans will carry the county by 600 or 700 votes. Every Repub lican candidate may not get that plu rality, perhaps, but such -will be the gen eral result." "Will Hermann win the county?" was asKed. Mr. Brownell rubbed his chin again. It will be remembered that a year ago Hermann lost Clackamas by some 150 votes. That was a marvel of Oregon politics, for Clackamas was believed to be one of tho strongest Republican coun ties In the state. Mr. Brownell did not wield his battle-ax In the campaign; In truth, he and hl3 subalterns let things drift with the current. "Foxy George 1" exclaimed his admirers and the Senator received the plaudits with a very wise air Indeed. And to this day the conduct last year of George Brownell's County of Clackamas, is past finding out. So the Senator stroked his chin. "Well," -he responded slowly and In sentiments carefully worded, "I don't see why Hermann shouldn't carry Clackamas. Yes, Indeed, he will," but the Senator didn't venture to guess Hermann's plu rality. "But wasn't Hermann beaten in your county last year?" "Yes, I know," put in Mr. Brownell hastily, "but that's not a fair criterion for this year. You remember, Hermann was the victim of a great deal of preju dice. Besides, Republican forces did not make an organized fight. This year our methods of campaign will be more ef fective." So saying, the sage of Clackamas board ed his car and was off and away. FIND CANDIDATES SCARCE. Democrats Have Hard Work Filling Gaps in Ticket. Democrats may boast that they are as the stars of heaven for multitude, but when -they seek choice candidates for their ticket they find themselves as hen's teeth for scarcity. Many days the breth ren have ransacked their political domi cile from cellar to garret for a suitable nominee for State Senator, and another for County Treasurer. For their pains they have scared up only bats and owls and rodents. John Van Zante, J. W. Grussl and G. H. Thomas are the patriots who have done the hunting. They constitute a sub committee of the County Executive Com mittee. They have tramped, footsore and weary, through the streets, pursuing the object of their quest. But, like Diogenes, they've been up against It. And the few good brethren who might bo honest men have fled at their approach. But the trio were more hopeful yester day. The blisters on ther feet pained them less; likewise the sore spots in their hearts. Their brows were less wrinkled, their shoes less dusty. The gentlemen even chirped for Joyousness. "Eureka!" they cried, and boasted that a very pat riotic scion of Democracy had consented to fill the vacuum made by the refusal of Marcus Flelschner to stay on the ticket, and that another meek and honorable brother was half-way willing to accept the nomination for County Treasurer, which was abandoned by T. T. Struble. "Eureka!" they cried, but wouldn't tell what they had found, not for the whole, wide world. "You'll know tomorrow or next day," said John "Van Zante, as happy as a bride groom. "Why not today?" "Oh, because," replied John, mysteri ously. "Why tomorrow?" "Oh, because." "Why does It take you so long?" "We're looking for candidates so good that Republicans will have to vote for 'em." "Who?" "We'll tell tomorrow or next day. Un til then, nlxy." Sure enough, tho candidates must be chosen tomorrow, for the next day Is tho last allowed by law for mending holes In the ticket. The law ordains that va cancies must be filled at least 30 days before the election. But aspirants for county or legislative office may be nom inated by petition up to 15 days before tho election. REPAIR BTJRNSIDE BRIDGE. Bids for Redecklng and New Piling Are Opened. Bids for redecklng the Burnslde-street bridge with wooden blocks treated with preservative or plain blocks, and for re placing the piling or putting bents in their place, wero opened In the County Court yesterday. The work contemplated practically mans the reconstruction of all tho wooden pqrtion of the bridge, and the cost will be about $30,000, or somewhat less if it is decided to use wooden blocks which have not been subjected to the pre serving process. The specifications call for a guarantee to keep the new deck in order for from five to ten years. The bids received were from the follow ing named persons: J. E. Bennett, who accompanied his bid with a certified check for $2520, which is supposed to be 10 per cent of the total amount of the bid. This would make his bid $25,200. Mr. Bennett bid the price of material, and on each separate part ot the work, and did not atate what tho whole will come to, but left It for County Judge Webster and Commissioner Barnes to figure It out themselves. Smyth & Howard bid in a similar way and offered to put down blocks not treated and keep them In repair for four years. Tho certified check of this firm was for $1000, which denotes a total price of $16,000 for the work offered to be done. Giebisch & Joplin offered to keep the bridge in repair for ten years after the work Is done, and asked $32,000 for the job, putting In a check for $3200 as guar anty of good faith. Tho certified check of Robert Wake field was for $3700, denoting a total bid of $37,000. Howard Whiting asked $33,750 to do the work with treated blocks, etc., all wood work of every kind to be new and with a ten-year guarantee. He offered to pay $9.50 per thousand feet for all old timber In the bridge used over again, if fit to be used. Judge Webster and Commissioner Barnes arrived at no decision. It Is pos sible that all bids may be rejected and bids be readvertlsed for on somewhat dif ferent terms. Cunningham Trial Begins Today. The trial of Charles Cunningham et aL on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the Government will commence m the Federal Court this morning. Cunningham and six other defendants, alleged to have been employed by him, are accused of defraud ing the Government out of public lands by making false proofs of claims and em ploying other unlawful methods. The case is one of nnusual Interest, Involving as It does one of the most prominent sheepmen of Eastern Oregon. CITY MAKES COMPROMISE. Pays Half Cost of Sidewalk Disputed by Mrs. Faling. Thomas N. Strong, attorney for Mrs. X. J. Faling, appeared in the State Cir cuit Court yesterday and asked that a suit brought by his client to resist a street assessment be dismissed, and Judge George made the necessary order. Two years ago the City Council passed an ordinance for the improvemenut of Fifth street with cement walks. Mrs. Faling owns a lot at the southeast corner of Fifth and Washington streets. In front of which was a wooden walk. Acting un der the terms of the ordinance the City Engineer caused a cement walk to be laid. An extensive fill had to be made, and there is an ordinance in force which provides that no cement walk shall be made where the fill is over two feet deep. The city filled the hole and laid the walk, and the total cost was $500. Mrs. Faling refused to pay, but agreed to pay $250, the cost of the cement walk, which was finally agreed upon. REGISTRATION GOES FASTER. Over 20,000 Voters Enrolled and tho Number Increases Daily. Registration Is progressing at the rate of 100 per day, and a dally Increase over this number Is anticipated before the books are closed on May 15. Commencing Mon day next, the office will be kept open every night until the finish. Yesterday evening the total registration was 20,550 and the final total two years ago was 18,306. It was anticipated that the registration this year would reach 25,000, but Indications now are that it -will fall somewhat short of that number. Electors who do not reg ister on or before May 15 cannot vote at the Presidential election except by affida vit, because the books aro not reopened prior to November 1. ELECTION DAY AT GRESHAM. Judge Webster Fixes It, but Protest May Cause Postponement. Acting on tho petition of numerous res idents of Gresham, County Judge Web ster yesterday set May 2S a3 the date for an election to determine whether the place shall be Incorporated. Soon after this order wa3 made, Judge Webster was Informed that George Sleret and others had filed a protest against the incorpora tion of the town because they did not desire somo of their farming lands placed within the town limits. Unless the pro test can be disposed ot at once, the elec tion will have to be postponed. Mr. Llghtner Removes a Snag. A snag was encountered yesterday pre venting the appointment of W. L. Llght ner as County Commissioner in place of the late William Showers. It was discov ered that Mr. Llghtner was filling the of fice of road viewer, and under the law he could not hold two positions at the same time. When notified of the impediment, Mr. Llghtner resigned as road viewer and his appointment as Commissioner will probably be made by Judge Webster and Commissioner Barnes today. To Administer Lizzie Gordon's Estate A. L. Flnley was appointed in the County Court yesterday administrator of the estate of Lizzie Gordon, who was struck by a Southern Paclflc train on April 26 and killed. The company dis claims any liability for the accident, but agreed to pay $100 to defray the funeral expenses of the deceased. Mr. Flnley was appointed on the petition of Louis Gor don, the husband. Dubois Case With the Jury. The $2o,000 damage suit of J. L. Dubois against tho Eastern & Western Lumber Company was submitted to the jury by Judge Sears late yesterday afternoon with instructions for a sealed verdict. Both legs of Dubois were accidentally broken In the mill a year ago, and ho Is now a cripple. Prohibition Ticket Is Filed. Nominations by the Prohibition party were filed In the County Clerk's office yesterday by J. A. Newell, chairman, and E. P. Northrup, secretary. The Prohibi tionists haveplaced a full ticket In the field for county, city and precinct offices. Including a full legislative ticket. MURINE EYE REMEDY. Cures Sore Eyes. Makes weak Eyes strong. Murine don't smart. It soothes Eye pain. Druggists and opticians. m For 25c you can get Carter's Little Liver Pills the best liver regulator in the world. Don't forget this. One pill a dose. E FOOD ROUTE Is the safest way to steady health. Many people are kept ill because they do not know how to select food that their own particular bodies will take up and build upon. "What will answer for one will not do for another. If one is ailing it is safe to change food entirely and go on a plain, simple diet, say, CooKed Fruit DisK of Grape N-uts .and Cream 2 Soft Eggs 1 Cup Postum Coffee Slice of Toast no more. Man! but a diet like that makes one feel good after a lew days use. The most perfectly made food for human use is Grape-Nuts "There's a reason." Get the little book, "The Road to Wellville," in each Pkg. MONUMENT NOT STOLEN MTAVISH TOMBSTONE SENT TO HISTORICAL SOCIETY. George H. "toes Tells How the Me morial Was Rescued From Place of Neglect in Astoria. PORTLAND, May 4. (To the Editor.) Returning to the city yesterday at a late hour, after an absence of two days, I dis covered that an attempt had been made by James W. Welch, president of the As toria Chamber of Commerce, to make It appear that I had a band, at some time, in a very culpable transaction, from his point of view, in connection with the "Donald McTavish monument," being charged, in simple language, with having stolen It. While I have no desire to shirk any responsibility in regard to this mat ter, and admit that the monument In question Is in the custody of the Oregon Historical Society, an organization duly Incorporated to hold "all material and The McTavIah Monument. property collected and owned by t in per petual trust for the people of the State of Oregon," the man, or set of men who say that I "stole" it do not tell the truth, and I challenge them to produce any evi dence in support of the statement. A gentleman of unquestioned character, a resident of Astoria for a number of years, wrote me about two years ago to the effect that the monument was at the top of the hll In the old cemetery south of the city, in a neglected place in a perfect tangle of weeds, grass and brush, practically In an open field, as cattle were feeding all around it, asking if I, as custodian of the effects of the Histor ical Society, would give It a place, say ing, among other things, that unless some such disposition was made of it, it would not be long before It would be destroyed, as It wa3 apparent by the way it was neglected the people of Astoria cared but ATT. TURKISH TOBACCO 10 fop 10c. m MEMOKT V J RM.Tavish H Ar.ED ZT&'AAS B DROWAED CTOS5VG Tin J I River g CB0IH1D f IfllOCDIflTE ! 'TSUI! The smooth delicious feS, '' VjJwS kImS? t M CIQARTTES lH RHEUMATISM The cold, misty rains, northerly -winds and damp, cloudy days of -winter arouse the old pains and aches and bring out all the misery of Rheumatism. All rheu matic troubles spring Irom a too acid blood and the deposit of gritty, iritating particles of acrid matter in the Joints and muscles, producing keen, cutting painsinflam- mation and. Swelling, and East Liverpool, Ohio Jnlv28 190 a feverish condition of the I had been troubled with BheuaattemXortwe whole svstem Ta" ee?,?ndBr treatment of physician aad wnoie system. tA everything-recommended, butl to aoavaU. Rheumatism, having its My knee and elbow joints were so stiff that I could origin in the blood, requires ?S,lTt?f?i iSnserJoin.$a "wer.a jdl effected, . . . I-iJr- t so that I could not saw. Could barelv est out with an internal, constitutional tha aid of a cane. I was unable to d nay houMholl remedy to stop it. External w,rJaf?21X.ia Pabie condition. , . J . r ,. - To make a long story short. 3. S S 'esmd treatment only relieves for a after using it for aomeyUtUe whiie, and I unheri! time. Liniments and plasters tatinfirly recommend itto all rheumatic sufferers. produce counter-irritation MBS. KABIAH DEOKES. and scatter the pains, but they collect at some other point, and Rheumatism goes on season after season, finally becoming chronic, and the joints and purely vegetable, unequaled as a blood Write for-our book on Rheumatism. given without charge. THE SWIFT little for it Since that was the condi tion of the monument when last seen by me in that cemetery, some three years before, I had no hesitation in saying to the aforesaid gentleman, who shall be nameless for the time being at least, al though he did not exact any pledge of secrecy, to "send it along." A few weeks later the monument was received, and fully 50.0GO people have seen It since, all becoming more or less familiar with its history and its relation to Astoria and to Oregon, multitudes of whom would never have heard ot the "city by the sea" other wise. In this connection I venture to assert that the presence of the monument In the rooms of tho Oregon Historical Society during the last two years has done more to call favorable public attention to As toria and Clatson Countv. nartlcularlv on ttie part of Eastern people, than the pub- llc-splrited. generous and progressive Mr. "Welch Bince his advent Into Oregon nearly 60 years ago. At this point I would like to ask what greater proprietary or legal right has As toria, or any citizen thereof, to the Mc Tavish monument than the citizens of Oregon in general? They did not erect it, and have not taken care of it- Its orig inal location in 1814 was over the remains of the unfortunate McTavish, "with those of four of the men" who lost their lives with him, which wero "Interred in a hand some spot behind tho northeast portion of Fort George." It has been removed from that spot twice at least, if not three times, and at the present time has no historical significance in connection with any one particular spot of land in Oregon above another. In conclusion, I am free to say that if the people of Astoria really want the mon ument, and evidence that fact by raising a liberal fund, with Mr. Welch at the head i of the list, to provide a place for Its pub- Biggest Seller in the World. Jl J&JLJEj 25 dainty maids of as many nations, NeW PlctlireS f?ch holditn2 her counjry's em blem. Full of snap and go, the nnest set of pictures wc have ever issued you know what that means. Full set free for 60' Trophies coupons. A4y4 sA 1S5MP muscles always son ana sore. S. S. S. neutralizes and filters out of the blood and system all poisonous acids and unhealthy matter, and invigorates and tones up the sluggish organs, and the cure is thorough and lasting. S.S.'S. is guaranteed. purifier and greatest of all tonics. Medical advice and all information SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA He exhibition and permanent safekeeping, the Historical Society, with Its more than S00 members, scattered throughout nearly all the counties of tho state, will offer no objection to returning it; and in further ance of this idea I would suggest that the only fitting place for its erection would be at the nearest point possible to its first location, and that it have a permanent granite or cement foundation, and be pro tected from, vandal hands by suitable steel or copper grill work. And to assist in fixing the location referred to, I will pro vide a photographic copy of the ground plan of Fort Astoria, as shown In a de Blgn accompanying the message of Pres ident James Monroe, on January 25, 1S23. To assist in such work is the object for which the Oregon Historical Society was organized. GEORGB H. HIMES, Assistant Secretary Oregon Historical Sc- ciety. Forest Fires Raging in Missouri. TOMAHAWK, Wis., May 4. Forest Area are burning and spreading rapidly In this section and north of here, and along the Soo Railroad. Homesteaders and farmers are suffering losses through the burning of buildings. A dispatch from Eland, Wis., says travelers from the north report tho woods full of fires. A message from Eldren, a village nine miles southwest of here, saya fire is creeping up on the buildings and asks for assistance. Ladies Can Wear Shoes One size smaller after uMnr Allen's Foot-ease, a powder to be taken into the shoe. 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