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1 THE MOSKIKG OKEaONIA, T5URSDAX NOVEMBER 10, 190C POINT WON AT LAST Reduction' in Freight Rates to Southern Idaho. PORTLAND MERCHANTS LET IN Will Now Have Chance to Regain Trade Which Boise, Salt Lake and San Francisco Have Been Taking Away From Them. The O. H. & N. has announced new and distinctively lower distributive rates on all merchandise shipped from Portland to Southern Idaho points, to be effective pn or about December 1- The rates cover all five classes of merchandise and make a reduction of from 9 to 4S cents on the hun dred pounds according to the class of shipment and the point of consignment. The news has come, not as a surprise, but as a gratification, to the Portland Jobbers, who have been working for the result for several years without decided success. Five years ago the Portland mer chant was paramount In Southern Idaho, and could do practically all of the busi ness of that district, but as time passed rates were made from San Francisco and Salt Lake, which put the local men liter ally at the mercy of the shippers from those points. At the same time Boise grew in size and the merchants of that place put out feelers over the territory and gradually built up a business to the virtual -exclusion of the Portland men. It became easier, on West Coast products particularly, to ship from San Francisco to fill the demands of the district than to pass the goods through Portland hands. Salt Lake flooded the country and ab sorbed the trade along wlth Boise and San Francisco. Long Struggle for Reduction. The Portland merchants felt the drain and -took the matter up with the traffic managers of the Union Pacific, the Short Xdne and the V. K. & in., ana many prom ises and seeming agreements were reached, but the new rates were not forth coming. In the meantime the bulk of the business of South Idaho was going to the new points, which were profiting at the misfortune of Portland. The North Pa cific Jobbers' Association took the mat ter in hand and held conference after con ference, seemingly without result. It has kept xrp the agitation for four years until at last its Jiopea have been realized and Portland once more has at least a fair chance at the business wltlfSan Fran clsco, Salt Lake and Boise. The new rates will enable the Portland merchants, especially in the grocery and hardware lines, to distribute their goods on a practical parity with the dealers of the other points, and will mean that a large part of the business that has been lost in the past four years, owing to the prohibitive tariffs, can be regained by the local firms. Old and New Rates. The following table indicative of the old and the new rates to a few of the prin clpal points in the territory Involved will show the concession made by the railroad company and what it will mean to the Portland merchant: From Port land to Class rates in cents per 100 lbs. "Welser. 1st. 2d. 3d. 4th. 8th. Present . 173 163 115 100 91 New 140 130 115 100 S2 Payette. Present-. 188 168 126 10S 97 New.... 140 130 115 10S 82 Arcadia. Present. 188 173 135 117 104 New 140 ISO 116 108 82 Caldwell, Present . 213 189 145 122 109 New 145 135 115 110 85 Nampa, Preaent . 213 189 147 124 109 New 14S 137 120 117 90 Boise, Present 213 1S8 147 124 109 New 150 140 125 120 95 PLANS FOR NEW SHOPS. Bids to Be Opened Today for O. R &, N.'s Extensive Improvements. For the new carshops and roundhouse for the O. R. & N. on the terminal grounds in Lower Alblna plans and specifications have been completed, contractors are fig urlng on them, and bids will be received until today. The plans show that the shop building will be 1(2x339 feet, of brick and stone. At the front there will be a traveling crane which will lift 130 tons. and in the center will be a smaller crane for lifting 15 tons. This shop will be north "of the present transfer table, which will be widened and made entirely new. The roundhouse will be enlarged by an addition of 22 stalls of 85 feet depth, using part of the old foundation, when the present roundhouse was built, some 13 years ago, the founoation was continuea around the complete circle, with the ex pectation that an addition would be built some time in the future. There will be 42 stalls in the roundhouse when the add! tlon is finished. "Where the old founda tlon is repaired it will be of latest con structlon. of concrete reinforced with ex panded metal. A new turntable is now under construction to take the place of the old one, in keeping with the new plans for the roundhouse, and sewers are being laid for the proposed buildings. The other plans include the erection of a paint shop on the old stone foundation northeast of the present shop, 80x540, and part of the present machine shop will be converted into a boiler shop, in which some powerful modern machines will be Installed. The present paint shop will be altered and used as a storeroom, and the office will be enlarged. It is estimated that the cost of these improvements will be something over $300,000. SWAMP LANDS 0B EOT? Review of Facts Bearing on Warner Valley. PORTLAND, Nov. 8. (To the Editor.) I have always made it a rule to fight my cases In the courts and not in the news papers, but the repeated published inter views with the Governor and the Attorney General, and especially the one in your Issue of November S, relating to the "Warner Valley swamp case. Induces me for once to deviate from this rule and to ask space in your paper for that purpose. If the Governor had examined the statute he would have found that the character of the land at the present time has nothing to do with the case, but the question was as to its character on March 12, 1860, the date of the swamp grant. In 1899 the Secretary of the Interior or dered a hearing to determine the character of these "Warner Lake lands. The hearing was had at Lakeview, at which the settlers were, represented by Captain John Mullen. of "Washington, D. C, and I represented the "Warner Valley Stock Company. Having been personally acquainted with the lafeds ever since August, 1870, I intro duced evidence tending to prove that the land in controversy was swamp at date of gra&t, and too wet for cultivation. - Captain Mullen, who had spent nearly two weeks In "Warner Valley examining these lands, concluded that It must have been a permanent lake on March 12, 1800, and In troduced evidence which he claimed tended to support that theory. It will thus be seen that the "Warner Valley Stock Company claimed that It was swamp land and the settlers claimed that It was & permanent lake. The witnesses on both sides were men of standing and character, who had known the tract, .for a long time, some as far hack as ISM, and all the dlfferesce la their teU mony was as to what' constituted a lake or a marsh, and all of ' the witnesses agreed in one thing, that Is, the land on account of its wet condition was unfit for cultivation The register and receiver, after a careful examination of the evidence, and after lis tening to the oral argument of Captain Mullen, but without the aid of the Gov ernor's photographs, held that the land at the date of the grant was a permanent lake. After various decisions as to whether the land was a lake, or a marsh, it reached the Secretary of the Interior, who held that It was on March 12, 1880, swamp and over flowed land, and belonged to the state. "Where one party claimed the land as swamp and the other party claimed, it was lake, it is hard to see how the Secretary of the Interior could have decided that it was dry land without the aid of our Gov ernor's photographs. The. trouble with the .Governor is that he places his entire reliance upon his photo graphs, and refuses to listen to any evi dence except, perhaps, the "boat in a wagon story," which is a fable, as no one ever testi fied that he went over the land in a boat. In June, 1903. I informed the Governor that ei-Circuit Judge W. C Hale had re sided in the immediate vicinity of these lands from 1872 to 1876, and before any at tempt had been made to reclaim them; that ex-Surveyor-General Bjrars surveyed the township in which the greater part of these lands are situated and returned them as a marsh; and that Senator Alex Sweek, as state agent, examined these lands in 18S6 and reported them swamp. I Informed him that while Judge lu K. "Webster was Circuit Judge of the First Judicial District there was a suit pending in his court involving the character of the dryest tract of land in controversy, and that after hearing the evi dence he went over to "Warner Valley and made personal examination of this land, and then rendered a decision holding that the land was swamp land and passed to the etate under the swamp grant; and I asked that he Inquire of these gentlemen as to the character of these lands. If I am correctly Informed the Governor never made any in quiry of any of them, probably preferring to rely upon photographs taken over 40 years after the grant, and long after the land had been reclaimed. I presume that these photographs have convinced the Governor that the whole thing is steeped in fraud and corruption, that when Lieutenant, afterwards Major-General. J. C. Fremont, in his report to the War Department of his Journey through Warner Valley in 1843, reported the entire valley as subject to overflow, and when Lieutenant "Williamson, V. S. A, who was in the Valley n 1858, made a plat showing these lands to have been a marsh, I presume our Gov ernor thinks that they were bribed by the swamp angel, II. C Owens. The Governor says that he has seen photo graphs of the land showing irrigating ditches, but leaves us in the dark as to his method ot telling an irrigating ditch from a reclamation ditch by a photograph. The ordinary mortal cannot tell the difference. The Governor says that "he has no doubt that the deeds to the land were fraudulently secured from the state." These deeds were secured while Governor Geer, Secretary of State Dunbar, and State Treasurer Moore constituted the State Land Board, and I do not think that any of these gentlemen believe that these deeds were fraudulently obtained, and I doubt very much the state ment that Governor Chamberlain believes It. The Governor further says that 'Attorney- General Crawford has Just returned from Lake County, and he is convinced that the claimants are bona-fide. and that their claim is Just." The Attorney-General must also have seen these photographs, as he was not within 40 miles of the land and did not see more than two men who ever saw the land prior to the time it was reclaimed. One of these men was Hon. C U. Snider, the present He eelver of the United States Land Office at Lakeview, and the other one was myself, and if he had asked Mr. Snider he would have been told that In 1S72 and 1873 all of the land in controversy was an almost Im penetrable swamp. I think the people generally have a clear idea of the motives which have actuated the Governor in all .his actions In this mat' ter and it is needless for me to refer to them. C A COGSWELL. SHUN THE DEADLY CTGABETTE Rev. Wallace R. Struble Gives Advice to School Boys. Rev. Wallace B. Struble. general super intendent of the International Anti-Ciga rette League, is leading a vigorous cam paign against the cigarette vice in Port land. At the present time bis work Is directed toward stamping out the evil among the school children, but his plans contemplate extending the scope of the crusade to the end that stringent anti cigarette legislation may be secured at the coming session of the Legislature. He addressed the pupils of Central School, on the East Side, yesterday after noon and at night a general mass meet ing was held in the assembly room of Central School. At the latter meeting Mr. Struble made a strong argument against the use of tobacco, especially in cigarette form, and cited statistics to prove the lamentable results of cigarette smoking among boys. He read a state ment from Superintendent J. T. Gregg, o the Pontiac. 111., reformatory, which has 1000 Inmates, showing that 92 per cent of .that number were cigarette smokers and 75 per cent of which were "fiends.1 Mr. Struble will address the pupils of South Portland School this morning and of Ladd School In the afternoon. As result of bis efforts leagues are being or ganlzed in all the schools which he has addressed and he hopes to organize every school In the city before December C, when his work here will end. The International League has a mem bershlp of 1,500,000, which Is rapidly in creasing. In Tecent years it has se cured absolute prohibition of the cigarette trade in Tennessee and Oklahoma and restrictive legislation In almost every state in the union. A movement is now on foot to frame a strong law, which will be introduced at the coming legislative session. Mr. Struble plans to hold a general antl-dgarette rally at one of the leading churches oa Friday night and another on Sunday. PHIZES ARE AWARDED. Colonel E. Hofer Wins Commercial Club Exploitation Contest. The awards of prizes for the best arti cles written about Oregon by residents of the state living outside of Portland were made yesterday, and announced by the commercial Club, from whence this novel and effective exploitation scheme orlgi nated. The awards were made as follows: First Colonel E. Hofer. of Salem. Or. Second Cyrus H. Walker. Albany. Or. Third Mr. Harriett Mlnthorne. Woodville, Or. Fourth Fred LocMey, Pendleton, Or. Fifth Paul R. Lyster, Gardiner City, Or. The prize article appeared In the Lan sing (la.) Mirror, and In a complete and comprehensive way tells of the resources and advantages which Oregon offers. All of the prize-winning articles appeared in small country -papers of states in the Mid die West. There were a large number of competitors, and the benefits accruin: from the appearance of their letters In different country papers are considerable. The winner of the first prize has his choice of a gold medal or $50 in cash, and the winner of the second prize is given the same reward as is selected by the win ner of the first prize. The winners of the third, fourth and fifth prizes get $Z5. $15 and $10, respectively. The committee awarding the prizes was composed of Rev. W. S. Gilbert, Rev. M. A. Quirtl an. Professor I. W. Pratt and Professor W. C Hawley. Everybody going to the World's Fair should use the Denver & Rio Grande, the "Scenic Line of the World," either going or coming. See the Mormon Capitol, the Canon of the Grand, the Royal Gorge and Pike's Peak God's art gallery of Nature, Pni. h -fw, rh.,.m.i. have taken Hood's Sarsaparilla and found lAsuns reuse TO TREAD HIS BEAT Policeman C. E. Foster Is Reinstated. EXECUTIVE BOARD OVERRULED Civil Service Commission Holds That Dismissal Is Too Severe a Penalty for Patrolman Who Left His Post. For the first time in the history of the city, the Civil Service Commission has overruled a decision of the Executive Board and restored to duty a policeman discharged from the service by the Board, which acted on a report of the police committee and a recommendation of the Chief of Police. Officer C E. Foster was yesterday aft ernoon reinstated. As punishment, how ever, he loses pay for 45 days. He was suspended September 29, and will there fore return to work before the end of the present week. The charge was absence from his beat for four hours. The methods of the Police Department In dealing with an officer on trial were given an airing yesterday morning. In the afternoon the three commissioners. A. A. Court eney, P. L. Willis and J. W. Blain, and Mayor .Wlllams met for a few minutes in executive session and rendered the verdict. The written dec! sion which will be sent to Chief Hunt states that in the opinion of the Commls slon the order of final dismissal made by the Executive Board was too severe s Dunishment. as this was Foster's first of fense. They sustained the charge that Foster had been absent from his beat, however. A minority of the Executive Board, consisting of E. D. Curtis and George II. Howell, protested against the dismissal order when the report of the police com mittee. Slg SIchel and General Beebe, was adopted, but they were outnumbered. The Civil Service Commission has upheld the opinion of the minority. According to the testimony deduced at the hearing, Foster, on the morning of September 29, had hidden himself In a rear room of a building on Flanders street to watch a white woman whom he had seen enter a negro house. He be lleved that a crime was about to be com xnltted, and could not leave the place to report to the station from the patrol boxes. Orders had been given when a similar case occurred to make a written report to the captain of the relief. Fos ter bad done this, but had been called upon the carpet by Chief Hunt. He had not been allowed time to bring witnesses nor had Sergeant Carpenter who had gone in search of him, given testimony in his hearing. He was at once suspended with out havlpg seen the charges preferred against him. Attorney John A. Logan conducted the case for Foster. By questioning other offi cere subpenacd as witnesses, it was brought out that similar offenses had been mildly punished by fines. It seemed apparent that Foster thought he waa act ing according to his duties when he watched the woman Instead of reporting to the captain! Training for Sunday Teachers. The Importance of Normal Work by Sunday School Superintendents," was the most Important topic discussed yester day at the annual convention of the Young People's Alliance, Oregon confer- SB CLATSOP'S BIG HK STICK. Cat from tree shews above, tfeo log will fee i " b from 134 to S fee j ln T "fee afeeira at the Lewi aa4 ciatx m, ence "for Portland district, in session la Memorial Church, East Fifteenth street. Rev. P. J. Green opened the discussion by setting forth the need of careful prepara tion on the part of superintendents. This was followed by a more- extended presen tation by Rev. N. Shupp, superintendent of Oregon Conference Branch Correspon dence College. Mr. Shupp explained the course of study In the state, and urged thatat least 100 Sunday school workers take the course if tney desired, to suc ceed in their work. Mrs. Maude Smith read a paper on the Importance of Reading and How to Create a Love for Wholesome Reading," which was followed by discussion. "Rev erence, for Divine Institutions and the Ministry," was presented by H. Albright. Luncheon wfis served in the parlors of the church. Public services were con ducted last evening, when Rev. A. Weln- ert preached. This morning the Sunday School Convention will be opened. HEW FOG SIGNAL French Invention by Which Direction of Vessels Can Be Determined. Shipping men are much Interested iu a simple contrivance recently Invented by Captain Basroger, of the French steamer Stephera Worms, by which the direction of vessels in fogs canbe determined. The signal is given by a whistle or whistles emitting two sounds, one in a very high key. the other very low. These sounds, adapted to the 16 principal points of the compass, signal the exact direction In which the vessel is going. If the ship Is going north, it gives a low, a high and a low whistle; if it is go ing west-north-west, it gives three high and one low or deep whistle. All the signals from north to south by way of the east begin with a deep or coarse whistle, and all those from the north to the south by way of the west begin with a high or keen whistle. This arrangement permits one to tell the principal direction of the vessel by the first sound that strikes the ear. The instrument proper consists of a box containing a cogged drum, somewhat after the manner of the keys In a wind instru ment, determines whether the sound be high or low. A retarder, controlled by a crank, causes the, rotation of the drum, so that two sounds cannot be blended or confused. The crank turns once every second. In sailing vessels the signals are produced by bells. HARDSHIPS OF WRECKED CREW Men From lll-Fated Mineola Finally Reach American Shores. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 9. Captain Kirkwood and 29 members of the crew of the ill-fated steamer Mineola arrived from the Orient today on the steamer Man churia. The Mineola was wrecked about three weeks ago in Tegil Bay, off the coast of Siberia, and the crew and officers had considerable difficulty In landing. They finally reached the shore and after many hardships, arrived at Yokohama. The crew had nothing but rotten fish to eat for 24 days, when they were picked up by the British man-of-war Algerine, which took them to Hakodate. Death of Captain Armstrong. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 9. A cablegram received here announces the death of Captain Frank H. Armstrong, of the Oc cidental & Oriental steamship Coptic, at Yokohama. - He was taken 111 just before the Coptic left Yokohama on October 25, bound for this port, and was compelled to remain on shore. He was 43 years old. Steamer Telegraph Ashore. EVERETT. Wash., Nov. 9. The steam er-Telegraph ran ashore at Mukllteo Point in a fog this morning. She was bound from Seattle to Everett. The pas sengers came north by train. The steamer must wait for feign tHe to .get off. Marine Notes. The steamer Redondo sailed for San Francisco yesterday with 500 tons of wheat and 500.000 feet of lumber. The Quartermaster steamer Major Guy Howard, after receiving extensive re pairs and alterations here, left for her station at Astoria yesterday morning. Local United States Inspectors Edwards and Fuller have gone to RIparia to In spect the new Government dredge Wal lowa. This is the dredge that was built at Supple's yard here and shipped knocked down to the Snake River. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA. Nov. 0. Arrived at 7 A. II. and left up at 12 II. Steamer Aurella, from Son Francisco. Arrived down at 3 A. M. and sailed at noon Steamer Columbia. Arrived down at midnight and sailed at noon today Steamer Rceecrans, for San Francisco. Out side at 6 P. M., a loaded three-masted bark and a four-masted baric- in ballast. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M., rough; wind east. weather clear. San Francisco. Nov. 0. Arrived at 5:30 A M. Steamer Isqua, from Portland. Sailed at noon Schooner J. 31. weatherwax, for Portland. Arrived Steamer Manchuria, from Hong Kong, via. Yokohama; brig Galilee, from Apia; steamer Newberg, from Gray's Harbor. Sailed Steamer Doric, for Hong Kong. Hedondot Nov. D. Arrived Schooner Crescent. South Bend, Wash., Nov. 0. (Special.) Sailed Schooner Marconi, for San Francisco. New York, Nov. 8. Arrived Oceanic, from Liverpool. Hoquiam, Wash., Nov. 9. (Spec!al.)-Salled Luzon, from Hoquiam for San Francisco; Jen nie wand, from Aberdeen for San Francisco Cbehalis.. from Aberdeen for San Francisco. Encouraged in Guild Work. PORTLAND. Nov. 8. (To the Editor.) Throughout the past, when any radical change in existing conditions has been advocated, few Indeed have been the cases when at first the moral support of individuals, severally or collectively, has been given to the cauee. Therefore when a great body of 250 "women. most jealous and active in good works, give to the plan presented for employment agencies for women radically different from those in vogue, their moral support, hope! engendered, All movements originate in the first thought in some brain. The first word conveys- this thought to other minds. To awaken moral sup port la tho greatest task before any reformer. No change for the better in existing condi tions has ever been wrought without the moral support of the 'Strongest and the best. The very fact that this new thought has stirred these great hearts to the extent that they can give it the'r moral'support is proof abundant that there is occasion for change in plans now in force in the employment agencies- for women. Hence we take courage and venture to go on in our efforts to mature onr plan, that of plac ing the agencies for the employment of women exclusively in the hands of a corporation composed of representatives of the well-known societies of women In our city. We invite all those who have the well-being of womanhood at heart to give this matter their best thought and most careful inquiry. MjP.Y OSBORN POUT HIT, Oregon Sheep, at St. Louis. SALEM, Nov. 8. (To the Editor.) The Ore gonlan. followed by the- Interior press, has given due recognition to the honor done the state by the public spirit shown by C E. Lodd in making an exhibit of his superb cattle -at St. Louis. The sheep and wool interest is next, if not superior, to the cattle. Interest In the value of annual returns made from It. I think, there fore, the spirited action or the Baldwin Sheep z Land Company and of R. A. Jackson, of Eastern Washington, both of the District of the Old Oregon (once supposed to be desert) merits liberal public attention. The Baldwin Company, wisely I think, took its sheeo shorn into the St. Louis Summer beat, which placed them under a heavy hand! cap for exhibition in competition with the expert nearby breeders. On the other hand. Mr. Jackson waa not only thrown out of the contest for the most valued prises by having his sheep under too much fleece, but Incurred the rlik of permanently injuring his bfrst ani mals by an action which indicates him to be new as a. afceep exhibitor. There Is no mis taking from the toae of the Observer for Use AsMricaa Xraotr, teyanr, Urt Mr. .Jack- eon's error lost some credits which should have come to- the North Pacific "States from the fine wool exhibit. The Baldwin Company received 13 awards out of the 23 lists under which the cow moat fashionable RambouMet Merino was shown; including the two most comprehensive- awards (really sweepstakes) for the most money awarda for breeding and ex hibiting, respectively. In the Spanish, or more properly the American class, now rated B, the close shearing put the Baldwin Company under still heavier handicap among more numer ous breeders and more expert exhibitors, added tc which the Judge was confessedly a breeder and lover of the old type of American im proved Spanish Merino; aa the writer is. At any rate, I have no use for & sheep like Mr. Jackson's Jumbo, weight 325 pounds. The Baldwin Company's Spanish ram. Cervera, weighing 250 pounds, giving a fleece of 52 pounds, is heavy enough for any sheep whose progeny baa to gather profit from the range country. Given the constitution, I prefer a smaller sheep than is now the fashion, but I am proud of the winnings of the range-country aheep from Old Oregon. JOHN MIXTCh H0LDS A GOOD PLACE. Girl Has Time for Piano Practice and Use of Parlor. PORTLAND, Nov. 8. (To the Edltnr.) Having read the articles in Sunday's Ore- gonlan on "Domestic Science," I wish "to say. from the girl's viewpoint, that no guild can regulate or settle the servant question by training servants; for that Is the main question girls will not compromise on be ing, called a servant. Grant that there, are girls who are poorly qualified; there are others much better qual ified, who are willing and prefer housework to the factory or store, but will not submit to being treated as inferior to everyone .else because of their chosen profession. I have had & varied experience as a do mestic and have decided for my part to work for no one whp does not believe in the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man, and practice their belief in their lives, for they will and do treat a girl aa human and not as a machine. I have been In places where, after work ing hard all day, I have had to sit up and serve fashionable lunches or suppers at half past eleven o'clock, making at least 18 working hours a day, and yet no leniency was shown, for the next day it was get up and do nearly as much again, if necessary. On 8undays I got off at 5 P. M., too tired even to go home to church. In other places I have been bossed and ordered as to how each dish had to be set. much as if I were a brainless child instead of a grown person with experience. After having tried all these high-priced fashionable places I determined to get a place where my wages were smaller, but where I would be looked upon as a young lady capable of managing household affairs. I have now found Just such a place, for hers I am treated as one of the family and an equal and so long as the house is neat and tidy I have my own way to do tho work. I tako music lessons and practice from two to three hours every day. T am allowed either of the parlors to entertain my friends In and have nearly all day Sunday for my self. My mistress not only knows the Golden Rule, but practices it. Why cannot all ladies do the same? They would not only be doing their girls justice. but would be developing themselves into a higher and nobler life. A. L. Gag Treasurer and Loot Safe. PRESCOTT, Ariz., Nov. 9. James P. Storm, County Treasurer of this county. has just been found bound ana gaggea and locked In the vault of his office. The treasury has been robbed of $15,000. The Denver & Rio Grande will run a aeries of special personally conducted ex curslons to at. Louis aunng tne worlds Fair. No change of cars Portland to St. Louis. Call at 1Z4 Third street for partic ulars. THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL Few People Know How It Is In Pre- serving Health and Beauty. Nearly everybody knows that charcoal I3 the safest and most efficient disinfectant and purifier in nature, but few realize its value when taken Into the human system for the same cleansing purpose. Charcoal is a remedy that the more you take of it the better; it is not a drug at all, but simply absorbs the gases and impurities alwAys present In the stomach and Intestines and carries them out of the system. Charcoal sweetens the breath after smoking, drinking or after eating onions and other odorous vegetables. Charcoal effectually clears and Improves the complexion. It whitens the teeth and further acts as a natural and eminently safe cathartic It absorbs the Injurious gases which collect in the stomach and bowels; it dis infects the mouth and throat from the poison of catarrh. All druggists sell charcoal in one form or another, but probably the best char coal and the most for tho money is in Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges, they are composed of the finest powdered "Willow charcoal, and other harmless antiseptics in tablet form or rather in the form of large, pleasant tasting lozenges the char coal being mixed with honey. The daily use of these lozenges will soon tell in a much improved condition of the general health, better complexion, sweeter breath and purer blood, and the beauty of It is, that no possible harm can result from, their continued use, but on the contrary, great benefit. A Buffalo physician In speaking of the benefits of charcoal, says: "I- advise Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges to all patients suffering from gas In stomach and bowels, and to clear the complexion and purify the breath, mouth and throat; I also be lieve the Uver is greatly benefited by the dally use of them; they cost but twenty five cents a box at drugstores, and al though In some sense a patent prepara tion, yet I believe I get more and better charcoal in Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges than in any of the ordinary charcoal tablets." FEED THE EDITOR Best Way to Get Good "Copy." Not every one knows what food to turn to In case of sickness or decline in health. A man In Elgin. 111., says: "My atten tion was first called to Grape-Nuts some time ago, when Brother, who Is an editor In Chicago, broke down from overwork and nervous prostration set in, and then paralysis. "The expert specialist (the physician In charge) gave special Instructions as to the food and put him, on Grape-Nuts and cream. "He began to recuperate quickly and there was a marked showing of the strength and value of the food. He soon got well and has been at his vork ever since, and never shows any further signs of breaking down, although he. works harder than he did before, but he is well and properiyfed, and bis brain and nerves kept nourished with the right kind' of food that is Grape-uuts and cream." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Get the little book, "The Road to. Well- vine, in eacn pacKage. SORES Wheeling, W. Va., May 28, 1903. Some years ago "while at work. I fell over a truck and severely injured both ottmy snins. my 0100a oecame poisoned as a result, and the doctor told me I would have running sores for life, and that if they were healed utj the result would be fatal. Under this discouraging report x icn on tneir treatment ana re sorted to the use of S. S. S. Its effects were prompt and gratifying. It took only a short -while for the medicine to en tirely cure up the sores, and I am not dead as the doctors intimated, nor have the sores ever broke out again. Some 12 years have elapsed since what I have de scribed occurred. Having been so signally benefitted by its use I can heartily recom mend it as the one great blood purifier. JOHN W. FUNDIS. Care Schmulback Brewing Co. Chronic sores start often from a Dim ple, scratch, bruise or boil, and -while salves, washes and powders are beneficial, the unhealthy matter in the blood must be driven out or the sore will continue to eat and spread. S. S. S. reaches these old sores through the blood, re moves all impurities and poisons, builds up tne enure system and strengthens the circulation. S. S. S. is a blood purifier and tonic combined. Contains no mineral what ever but is guaran teed purely veget able. If you have an old sore write us and our physi cians will advise without charge. Book oh diseases of the Blood free. The Swift Specific Cempany, Atlanta, Ga. Sscord Brea&iag Values Our top 35 & 40c Coffees are so good that you will want more. Fresh Coffees 15, 20, 25, 30 cts. ' We are giving Free Double Premiums. Come early just to look. fireat Anericai IapertiigTeaCQ. Money Saving Store. 1 831 Washington Street. 523 First Street. Portland. J SOME MAKERS OLItTHEIB waistcoats, vests; MINE m HYHABK 1 &imB?xnRimms (My hoeikW Oaftw piggy a ROSENWaiD gWHLOBaCt) j "1 I I I I None Such 1 1 1 a 1 I I. I l MingeMeat "lie Mother Used to Mate" 10s 2 PIE PACKAGES MAKE PIES, CAKES, PUDDING, COOKIES Pttsssi Lut to PacTugeS I 1 I I I I AT ANY GOOD GROCER'S "Merrell-Soule Co., Syracuse, N. Y. (Established 1879.) "Cures While You Sleep." Whooping-Coughs Croup, Bronchitis, Cougns, Diphtheria, Catarrh. Confidence can be placed in a remedyywhlch for & quarter of a. century has earned unquali fied praiae. Ask. your physician about it. CKSS0IS5E fa a boon to jwUuutlct. ser!4hfceWt. 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Instructive BOOK JTUR MEN mailed free in plain wrapper. If you cannot call at otnee. write for QuesUoa blank. Homo treatment successful. Office hours. 9 to 5 and 7 to 8. Sundays and holidays. 10 to 12. Dr. W. Norton Davis & Co. Office in Van-Noy Hotel. B2 Third st. cor. Pine. Portland. Or. WITCH HAZL SALVE. THE ORIGINAL. A Well Known Cure for Puss. Cures obstinate sores, chapped hands, ec zema, skin diseases. Makes burns and scalds painless. We could not improve the quality If paid double the price. The best salve that experienca can produce or that money can buy. Cures Piles Permanently DeWItt's Is the original and only-pure and genuine Witch Hazel Salve made. Look for the name DeWITT on every box. All others are counterfeit. fxs?axzd by X. . DeWITT & CO. CHICAGO. S. Q. SEHrt0E, .11 Third Strett Portias. . Asthma and Hay Fever Gored. The truly marvelous cures of Asthma. which are being effected by Dr. SchifT mann'a Asthma Cure certainly call tot notice. Eev. G. L. 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