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G TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1907. HOUSE AND SENATE AT Serious Trouble Ahead for Both Branches of Wash ington Legislature. PETTY SPITEWORK SEEN Each House Kills the Other's Bills, nd Members Refuse to Meet In Conference 700 Bills Are Yet to Be Acted Upon. OLYMPIA. Wash.. Feb. 2fi.-(Speclal.)-The customary clash between House and Senate, always attendant upon the clos ing days of a session, is at hand here and Indications are there is to be -considerable bitter feeling exhibited in the near future. For some time past com mittees of the two houses have refused to meet in joint session. This was the case so long ago as when the Gray's Harbor bill was up, when the friends and opponents of that measure had to duplicate their talks before the Senate and House committees separately. At no time this session have the ap propriations committees of the two houses got together, which fact will make for confusion, delay and bitterness In the closing days. Now the breach has widen ed so that it extends personally to mem bers of the two bodies, and every day makes the situation worse. Tomorrow, under the rules. House bills will be con sidered in the Senate and Senate bills In the House, and that some measures are almost sure to be defeated will lead to more trouble. The new members are beginning to realise what the old members have known all along, that with nearly 700 bills In troduced there Is bound to be a vast majority of them killed for lack of time to consider them, and naturally each member Is doing his level best to rush consideration of his pet measures and thus Incurring enmity of those brushed aside. House Slaps Back at Senate. The Senate probably started this when, instead of acting on the passed House Mil before reapportioning the state Into Congressional districts, it sidetracked the House measure and sent an altogether different Senate bill back to the House. The House forgot to act on the Senate hill and the Senate counteracted by amending the House bill to agree with the Senate measure. Then came a split on Increasing salaries of Judges.. The Senate passed a bill giv ing additional salary to Superior Judges as well as Supreme Court Justices. The House cut out raises for the Superior Court, and the Senate refused to concur. This matter Is now in conference. Today, to further widen the breach, the Senate killed by Indefinitely postponing three bills the House had passed. These were the following: Allowing attorney fees In eminent domain proceedings; al lowing two-thirds stockholders to sell cor porate property and forcing minority to accept pro rata price received, and re MUlring that none but physicians be elect--od as Coroners. ' Tax on Insurance Companies. The House killed two of Its own bills on vote and passed 14, the most Important of which is that providing an annual tax of 2'4 per cent on the insurance com panies. The Senate passed six Senate bills and one House hill, and ten new Senate bills were introduced. One of the bills passed provides that ten days after bills are signed by the Governor they shall be given a chapter number by the. Secretary of State and 1000 copies printed for gen era) distribution. In other words, the session laws will be available within 20 days after the Legislature adjourns, in stead of four or five months, as has been the case heretofore. Two Interesting new bills today are bv Rands of Clarke, repealing the oil inspec tion law and abolishing the Oil In spector's office, and by Reed of Yakima 'providing for the sterilization of feeble minded, epileptic and Insane and of con victs sentenced to life Imprisonment or such as have previously served sentences. Physicians should judge of exceptions The Senate Judiciary committee has voted to recommend an appropriation of 1100,000 for the open river. Ii)r Their Case Before Mead. HOQUIAM. Wash.. Feb. 28.-(Spccial ) A large delegation of citizens will leave here toorrow morning for Olympia. where they will participate In the discussion be fore Governor Mead on division of Che halis County. The large commercial inter ests on Gray's Harbor have been arrayed against this measure and the fight will' be made tomorrow by the anti-dlvislonlsts. tiOODALli ACTING , SECRETARY Railway Commission Has Not Yet Selected Regular Secretary. . SALEM. Or., Feb. 2S. (Special.) The Oregon Railroad Commission has organ ized by electing T. K. Campbell, of Cot tage Grove chairman and George O. Goodail, of Salem, acting secretary. Mr. Goodall will draw the salary of a sten ographer and will serve as both secre tary and stenographer for the present. The Railroad Commission bill provides for the election of a secretary at a aalary of fcxmo a year and a stenographer at H30O. The Commission Is In no haste to elect a secretary, as it desires to secure the services of some man who is some what familiar with railroad business and to whom the commission can leave much of the Important work of getting infor mation. Until the Commission finds the man who seems to be particularly fitted for the place. Mr. Goodall will act as sec retary. , Goodall was formerly a resident of Union County. " He served as stenog rapher for the Lewis and Clark Fair Commission In Portland for two years and has served as stenographer for Judge Halley for the past year. He is very capable in that line and was for that reason employed by the Railroad Com mission. The Commission has bean assigned quarters In room 5 on the lower floor of the Capitol, and the room will te at once fitted up to make the quarters com fortable. Mr. Aitchlson has been ap pointed to draft a set of rules and regu lations under which the Commission shall work, and as soon as this has been done and the Commission has secured record books and filing cases, it will be ready for active work. Mr. Aitchlson will continue to reside In Portland, and Mr. Campbell In Cottage Grove. Mr. West already lives in Salem, so he will be the only member of the Commission at the Capitol. The secre tary wilt reside here also. Editor Witness In Libel Suit. HOQUIAM. Wash.. Feb.' 3. (Special.) U. M. Moore, editor of the Gray's Har LOGGERHEADS bor Washlngtonian, has been subpenaed as a witness In the libel suit of the State vs. E. C. Kibbe. The files of the Wash lngtonian for the month of October will also be Introduced as evidence by the defendants. PERMIT DAM OX SNAKE RIVER Lew is to ti Withdraws Objection to Project Five-Mile Rapids. LEWISTON, Idaho. Feb. 26. (Spe cial.) United States Senator Hey burn has wired to L. A. Amsbury, rep resentative of the Benton Water Com pany, who Is In the city, that he will not raise his objection to the company being granted permission by Congress to dam the Snake River at Five-Mile Rapids. The message to Mr. Amsbury waa in answer to the following; sent to Mr. Heyburn: Lewiston will withdraw objection to Five Mile Rapids project of Benton Water Com pany if you are convinced the navigation act will protect navigation at all points af fected and protect passage through locks free of toll for all time, or In event that it does not so protect navigation and passage of locks free of toll for all time, objection will be withdrawn if the special bill Is so altered to afford absolute protection to navi gation and to passage through locks free or .toil for all time. Mr. Amsbury came to Lewiston for the sole purpose of inducing the Com mercial Club to lift its embargo against the dam, which it had asked Senator Heyburn to file, saying that Lewiston's protest was all that stood in the way of Congress permitting the building of the dam. It was on that showing and the statement that the locks would be built at Five-Mile Rapids, that the Commercial Club sent the above tele gram to Heyburn. 10-MILE LIMIT IS CUT IDAHO HOVSE GIVES WIDER RANGE FOR HERDING SHEEP. Governor Gooding, Who Promised to Maintain Old Law, May Be Com pelled to Use Veto. BOISE. Idaho, Feb. 2. (Special.) Af ter a struggle consuming most of two days, the sheepmen today got their bill through the House, emasculating the two-mile limit law for the grazing of sheep. As the bill was finally passed It simply cuts down the limit from two miles to one. As introduced it reduced the distance to half a mile. It was found that It could not pass and all manner of compromises were offered. During con sideration in committee of the whole some amendments were adopted, only to find that the bill could not pass with them. At the afternoon session the meas ure waa brought to final vote and passed 29 to 19. There Is a great deal of feeellng about the matter, and the sheepmen are being sharply criticised for participating in this issue, while they claim they have been driven to it for their own protection. Many of them have said they would be driven out of business unless the law were changed. The situation was complicated by the fact transpiring that Chairman Brady is sued a circular during the last campaiRu pledging the Republican party not to in terfere with the law. This was at first thought to be a canard, but It lias been found that such a circular was issued, and circulated, as the Governor, when he ran two years ago, pledged himself to maintain the law, and as this circular was Issued in the last campaign, It is now charged that the sheepmen were willing to sustain the law. so long as It was .supposed Invalid, but that they are ready to take advantage of the power in the Legislature so soon as It is found valid. This places the Governor in an embarrassing position, and it Is said there are indications that he will refuse to sign the bill, should It be finally sent to him. The bill annexing a portion of Owyhee County to Canyon was passed by the House: also the bill providing for a state fish hatchery. A large number of minor bills were pa sssed. The Senate had another tussle with the bill establishing an Inheritance tax for the benefit of the university, and again the bill went over without final recommenda tion from committee of the whole Frank Jj. Smith Arrested. Frank L. Smith, the retail butcher was arrested yesterday afternoon on a 'war rant sworn out In the Municipal Court by W. J. Height charging him with violat ing the city ordinance by conducting a smoke-house under a lodging-house. Halght is the proprietor of a lodging house directly over Smith's market and he alleges that the smoke-house conduct ed in connection with the market Is the cause of considerable annoyance to him self and his guests. The merits of the case will be heard before Judge Cameron this morning. Paint Dealer a Bankrupt. T. R. Brydle, doing business at 741 Washington street, this cltv under tha name of the Brydle Paint & Wall Paper Company, filed a petition in bankruptcy with the Clerk of the United States Dis trict Court yesterday. His assets con sist of a stock of paint and wall paper against which there is indebtedness amounting to J15.000. The principal creditor is W. P. Fuller, of Spokane, wash., .to whom this amount is owing. The I'neumonU Season. From the Des Motors Register and .Tx-K 1. Leader. W ny has this season of the' year he- Whv6 dnr?ntH3 .Pn'nionfaeason? TV hy during the closing week of the old Z e''e more deaths in Chicago and New lork from pneumonia than rr,,e(rHUl0wis7 ,,W,hy pneumonia and rL th bronchial troubles beginning to take the place of tuberculosis as the dread scourge of city lif? Simply and solely because we are devoting too much ingenuity and energy in dodging thS fresh and invigorating Winter air that tudey months refrigerates our lati- "It Is believed now that pneumonia is an infectious disease, and that in the cities where the death rate Is growing so rapidly it is communicated in the heated and crowded cars. A nickel is so small, and the cold air Is so chilling, that the American people are forgetting how to walk. The old-time red that burned the cheek of childhood does not visit a mature face on an average of once in the 12 months, not even the red of a chilly and pinched nose. We are getting afraid of the climate, and as a result, the climate is taking Its re venge. a "The mere habit of turning up coat collars has killed thousands of people, and the fur boa has a long list to its account, for no part of the human body becomes delicate more quickly because of superfuous covering than the throat. And yet we are multiplying devices for turning up more coat collars. It is not too early to recognize that this is all wrong, that our climate is here to stay, and that if we are going to live In It with comfort we must accommodate ourselves to It. It will pay to keep on good terms with the climate." A great many have learned that pneu monia may be avoided by taking Cham berlain's Cough Remedy whenever thev have a cold. It counteracts any tendency of a cold to result in pneumonia. Among the tens of thousands who have used this remedy for colds and grip during the epidemics of the past few years, we have yet to learn of a single one having had pneumonia, whioh should certainly con vince the most skeptical of the value of that preparation. Its remarkable cures of colds have made it a staple article of trade and commerce throughout the Uni ted States and in many foreign countries. DEFENSE'S THEORY S NOT THERE Witnesses Swear They Saw Prisoner Elsewhere at Time of Tyler's Murder. CERTAIN OF THEIR DATES Testimony Shows Defendant Jft Marble Creek and Was En Route to Spokane Two Days Before Al leged Crime Was Committed. WALLACE, Idaho, Feb. 26. (Spe cial.) Tyler is alleged to have been killed August 10 or 11, 1904, In the morning., The date is a little uncer tain, probably August 11. According to witnesses, the body was found the latter part of August or the first of September, 1903. The ' exact date here is not proven, but is said to be a little over a year after the death of Tyler. WALLACE, Idaho, Feb. 36. Bit by bit, the attorneys for Steve Adams are laying the foundation for tnnir theory that Steve Adams was not in the Marble Creek re gion when Fred Tyler was murdered, but wa3 in Spokane. This morning was taken up mainly by the testimony of some of the early settlers In that region, tell.ig of the coming of the claim Jumpers and describing the topography of the country. Alvin Mason was first on the sta,nd. He testified that he entered the Marble Creek region In May, 1901, and thougnt Jack Simpkins came in February, 1903. Simp kins squatted on the land afterward claimed by Fred Tyler. Mason said he understood the land in that county was open to settlers. He had never filed a homestead application for his claim and did not think Simpkins ever filed a home stead claim. He described the trails, es pecially one between Simpkins' and Price's claim. Newt Glover said he settled about a mile and a half from the Simpkins claim in 1903. Engstrom. Mason and Glover, he thought, were the first settlers in that vi cinity, having carried their goods on their backs. In 1904, he said, a lot of jumpers came, the principal ones being Boule. Tyler, Phillips and Ldndsey. Glover says they never bothered his land. Adams Was Miles Away. A positive declaration that Steve Adams and Jack Simpkins were miles away from the scene of the crime when Boule, the claimjumper, was killed, was made this morning by Newt Glover. The witness told of seeing a man named Steve Dick son with Jack Simpkins about July 4, 1904. Asked if he saw Dickson in the courtroom this morning, he pointed to Steve Adams and declared he was the man. Later he met Adams several times, and about August 19 Adams and Simpkins came to his place and stopped there about ten days. The day aftej- Boule waa mur dered he heard of the crime from Frank Price, another settler, who shouted across the river: "Boule. the , is killed."' Glover said Adams and Simpkins were cutting wood beside his cabin at this time, and he went back there and told them. A couple of days later, Adams, who had received a letter from his wife, went away. Glover also flatly denied that pari of Adams' confession which stated that Ty ler, Simpkins and Adams and himself spent a night together in Simpkins1 cabin just before Tyler was murdered. The de fense expects to occupy about three days witli its evidence, and the argument may last three days, the case going to the jury about the middle of next week. The defense declares it is certain of victory. Settlers Carried No Arms. On resumption of the Adams trial this afternoon. Frank Price's examination was continued by the defense. The witness slated that he had met Chandler at MarDie creek at the same time Adams and 9impkins were there. Objections were lodged by the prosecution when the defense wanted to show that Price had been arrested for the murder of Boule. and were sustained by the court. Witness denied ever attending any meet ing conducted .by jumpers, and stated that he had never seen any settlers carry arms except in the bird season, while all the Jumpers carried a heavy revolver and belt of cartridges. If Simp kins had a sawed-off gun he had never seen it or seen him armed in any way. He admitted that he refused to allow Jumpers to stay at his hotel or sell them supplies. He repeated ffom the witness stand the strong language in which he announced the murder of Boule to Mason and confirmed dates and facts testified to in his direct examination as to where and when he saw Adams during Adams' stay in Alarble Creek. Mrs. A. Henkle confirmed statements as to seeing Adams at St.. Joe on August 7. and described the- Journey there with Price. William O'Neill, keeper of the hotel, identified the .register containing Adams' name underdate of August 7. He testi fied that the advent of the jumpers In Marble Creek had been the talk of the whole district and that feeling had run high, but had never heard of meetings. At Coeur d'AIene on August 8. Eli Laird testified that he was captain of the steamer Spokane and that August 8 Adams went down with him to Coeur d'AIene City in the pilot house of the boat.. He confirmed the hostile relations between jumpers and settlers. . Joseph J. Russell testified to having seen Adams in t. Joe August 8. Miss Ellen M. Engstrom testified to hos tility between jumpers and settlers. O. M. Mason testified to Adams' pres ence at his father's birthday dinner on August 7, and said both Adams and Simpkins were at his house at the time of the Boule murder. Dr. Charles E. Sears testified as to length of time different parts of the human system give way 10 decay. With regard to calloused feet, he said that the feet are always among the last part of the flesh to decay, owing to the tougher skin. Henry P. Knight, attorney for the prose cution, was put on the stand to identify the pair of shoes alleged to have been taken from the grave when the remains were dug up In Wallace. A dispute arose over why the shoes had not been Intro duced as evidence by the prosecution and the defense insisted that all that was taken from the grave be produced. The defense will complete its evidence tomorrow. WITNESSES ARE WKLL COACHED Comment Is, However, They Corrob orate Each Other All Too Well. WALLACE. Idaho. Feb. 2- (Special.) The stories told today by the -witnesses ADM for the defense are all well connected and all corroborate each other. There could hardly be a flaw picked in the stories. How the jury will be Impressed with the truth or .sincerity- of the wit nesses remains to be seen, but to an un. biased onlooker the witnesses do not bear the same stamp of sincerity that the wit nesses for the prosecution did. They have been well coached, in fact too well coached. Their stories really corroborate each other too closely. Minor incidents that are likely to be forgotten by the average person in two years' time are remembered, not Talone by one or two of the defense's witnesses, but by each and all of them. Attorney Darrow stated In an interview this afternoon that Steve Adams will go on the stand tomorrow in his own de fense. The defense expects to close tomorrow. HARRIMAN TURNS ON FISH (Concluded From Fourth Page.) his name as a matter of convenience in order to hasten the closing of the deal but as a matter of fact they belong to the Oregon Shor Line, which receives the rental from them and is beneficiary owner. He admitted he bought the ships before he was authorized by the Short Line to do so. but it was merely a busi ness experiment and he had made abso lutely no profit on the transaction. Puget Sound Dispute Adjusted. Referring to the trouble between the Harrlman Interests and the Great North ern and Northern Pacific in regard to Puget Sound terminals, he said that matter had been practically adjusted, giving his company terminals in Seattle and the other lines the facilities desired at Portland. Mr. Severance then took the examina tion and read a list of bond quotations for the year 1899 for the purpose of showing that Mr. Harriman was in error when he said there had been a great ap preciation in values between the Summer and Fall of that year. The bonds quoted were in every instance lower in the Autumn and Winter than in the Spring and Summer. Mr. Harriman during a further ex amination as to rates said that since he and his associates had entered the Union and Southern Pacific Railroads. JK0.000. 000 had been expended in improvements. Mr. Kellogg attempted to show that all of the money spent on Improvements had come from earnings, but the witness would not so admit. Mr. Kellogg wanted to know if the witness thought the dividend of 10 per eent paid upon the Union Pacific was a fair one as a gen eral railroad proposition. In view of the rate condition and the amount that had gone into improvements. The witness said that the stockholders had received no dividends for years and. besides, alf of the Union Pacific dividend was not paid from traffic earnings. Mr. Harriman declared . that the country traversed by the Southern Pa cific was ten years ahead of where it would have been If the Union Pacific had not secured control: the country traversed toy the Northern Pacific was ten years behind where it would have been if the Union Pacific had secured con trol. At the adjournment of the hearing of the Interstate Commerce Commission the appended statement was made pub lic in behalf of E. H. Harriman and his associates: In view of the recent widespread misun derstanding of the figures of the Chicago & Alton capitalization. It seems well to set forth the actual facts in concise form: The syndicate paid for its holdings of Chicago & Alton stock about $39,000,000, less cash dividend, $6,500,000; total. $32, 301). 000. The cost of half of the St. Louis & North ern Short Line was about $.1,000,000. Old Chicago A Alton Railroad high interest-bearing bonds, which had to be re funded at a cash cost of about $9,000,000. New money provided and expended for betterments, improvements, etc., about $22, Boo.ooo. Total cash outlay, about $7,000,0O0. The following securities have been issued: Three per cent bonds, $37.3'0.000; tti per cent bonds, $22,000,000; notes and equip ment bonds, $10,000,000; 4 per cent pre ferred stock. $19,455,000; 4 per cent common stock. $18.54.800; showing a capitalization in round figures of $108,000,000, or about $41,000,000 above the cash outlay. This capitalization must, however, be looked upon In the light of the fact that It consists of low interest-bearing securities which were and are now B&leable at any where near par and of which about $1:0. 000,000 was common stock on which no dividends were ever paid. At the time of the acquisition of th Chicago & Alton, the charge for interest on dividends amounted to about $2,400,000, against present charges of about $3,600,000, x difference of $1,200,000. which la almost exactly 5 per cent on the $22..",00,000 of new money put into the property. To a representative of the Associated Press Stuyvesant Fish said he would make no statement concerning Mr. Harrlman's testimony. AVILLi RETIRE AT AGE OF 60 Harriman Announces Purpose on Completing 50th Year. NEW YORK, Feb. 26. The session of the Interstate. Commerce Commission yesterday, inquiring into the manipula tions of E. H. Harriman and his as sociates, was upon Mr. Harriman's 59th birthday, and this brought from him for the first time a definite prophecy of his retirement from the railroad world. At the close of the day he begged leeway for this morning, remarking that he had a birthday party on. Someone asked him what birthday it was. The 69th," said Mr. Harriman. "When I'm BO I'll retire." Colorado Again Checked. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26. The overflow of the Colorado River at the Imperial Valley dam has been stopped, according to a statement made today by H. T. Crey, chief engineer, and C. K. Clark, super intendent of construction. The dam has stood a test of two weeks, and the offi cials are satisfied the work will now proceed without Interruption. mfk S e Everything Darkly When a fit of dyspepsia is on, a man sees every thing darkly. He becomes bilious, and biliousness gives him yellow views of life. It is impossible for any one who eats improper food to be good natured, to have a well body. The simpler the food, properly prepared, the better the health. 1 in WW 3 Si WSZEAT FLAKE CELERY is the best food for all classes, especially dyspeptics. It helps to regulate the bowels and strengthen the nerves. A rooa not a drug. ; Palatabla Nutritious Easy of Digestion and Ready to Eat cn e senret Mt. rut 1 Mt ovei (Co a packa?i All Grocers lltflli, wamam 1 Greeting's ! Do You Wear the Gordon Hat? Spring and The Gordon Hat make their advent together the first often disap points, the latter never. There's some thing good for you in this Spring's Gor don Hats a smartness and Tightness of style and a superior quality that never varies except to improve. When looking for your Spring Hat, say Gordon and get the perfect hat. Three dollars. FUG OF JAPAFJ IS HISSED ITS DISPLAY IX SEATTLE THEA ATER OCCASION' FOR INSULT. Matter 'Will Be Reported to Home Government by Consul Hisamideti and Complications May Ensue. SEATTLE. Wash.. Feb. 2. (Special.) At two performances in the States The ater, a vaudeville house, last night, when "Omar," an International character danc er, displayed the flag of Japan it was hissed. The demonstration came near the end of the act, when the young -woman dis played the flaKS of the different nations. France's tri-color received little applause; Italy's was met -with silence; the colors of England brought a round of applause, and the German emblem brought a rip ple. The audience lapsed Into silence again when the Russian flag was dis played. A thrill ran through the audience as the Japanese was flaunted. There was a momentary silence. Suddenly a hiss sounded, and like a wave it spread over the audience. It was long and insistent. A few attempted applause when the hiss ing broke out with renewed vigor. No Japanese were noted In the audi ence, but the matter was reported to Con sul Hlsamldsu immediately, and he has intimated that he will report the matter to his government. He said he deplored It very much. SELIi ONLY IXSPECTED MEATS Poultry Alone Excepted hy Spittle's Stringent Ordinance. SEATTLE. Wash., Feb. 2fi. (Speclal.) Not a pound of butchered meat, save poultry, will be permitted to enter Se attle and be sold before passing inspec tion, after the new ordinance that was passed by the City Council last night, be comes a law. There Is to be a central station, probably one of the large packing-houses, where every carcass of fresh meat will be brought for inspection. All veal carcasses brought by farmers will have to bear the inspector's stamp of approval. The ordinance will prevent bringing into the city animals killed be cause of sickness. Many tubercular meats are said to be disposed of annually in the city. Fighting for a Soft Snap. BOISE. Idaho, Feb. . (Special.) The contest over the appointment of officials for the new county of Bonner is not yet settled. The hitch is over the Auditor. The friends of Ignatz Well, who are ask ing that he be appointed, are not dis posed to yield a . point, while Represen tative Taylor, who introduced the -bill cre ating the county. Is not willing to aban don his candidacy. The matter may final ly bo passed up to the Governpr for him to settle. Drinks Himself to Death. OREGON CITY, Or., Feb. 26. (Special.) Jack Christenson, of Clackamas Heights, was found dead this afternoon In a rooming-house In this city. He had been drink ing for some time, and it Is thought his death was due to alcoholism. Christen' son is the man who was horsewhipped on the street two weeks ago. He leaves a wife and a little boy 2 years old. City Officials Were Too Busy. OREGON CITY, Or.. Feb. 26. (Special.) The City officials were invited by the Tor Tew nlntes; r cook m bolutg ank. nctut if Portland Railway. Light & Power Com pany to attend the opening of the new power-house at Kstacada today. They were too busy to go, however, and passed up the free ride and the dinner which was promised them. Advertising Gray's Harbor. ABERDEEN, Wash., Feb. 26. (Spe cial. ) Secretary Crlssy of the Cham ber of Commerce has sent out many hundred copies of the new booklet ad vertising Aberdeen and Gray's Harbor. Ten thousand copies of the book were printed and Secretary Crissy has re ceived oreders from all parts of the country for copies, and is sending a great many of them to friends of per sons in Aberdeen living in the various states of the Union. Supplies Power to Woolen Mill. OREGON CITY, Or., Feb. 26. (Special.) The flume that is to supply the woolen mills and the city pumping station with water for their power is almost completed and the water will be turned into it to morrow morning. The flume extends up the river for a distance of about 600 feet and will cost about $3500. Two-thirds of the cost will be borne by the woolen mills and the other third by the city. Local Architect Wins Out. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash.. Feb. 28. (Special.) The North Yakima Board of Kducation today selected the plans of Architect W. I. Perrin, of this place, for the new High School building which is to be erected this Summer at a cost of $80, 000. Mr. Ferrln is the local architect and competed against five others, one of whom was from Tacoma. The new building will be commenced about the first of April, and is to be completed October 1. Mayor Liooking for the Leaks. ABERDEEN, Wash., Feb. 2. (Spe cial. ) Mayor France and the Council have ordered a complete investigation in every department of the city In or My Equipment Is Complete FOR THE TREATMENT OF DR. T ALT OR, The Leading Specialist MY FEE IS ONLYp In Any Uncomplicated Case 10 Consultation and advice free at office or by mall. If you are afflicted consult me. You can place implicit confidence in what I tell you, and If I accept your case you can rest assured that a complete and perma nent cure will follow my treatment. Specific Blood Poison T cure this leprous disease com pletely. The system is thoroughly cleansed and every poisonous taint removed. The last symptom vanishes to appear no more, and all is accomplished by the use of harmless, blood-cleansing reme dies. Contracted Disorders I have reduced the time re quired for curing contracted dis orders about one-half. This is an important achievement. It re replaces danger with safety. It forestalls chronic complications. It removes the infection and in flammation before that vltalcen ter. the prostate gland, can be come Involved. To many men It means the difference between per fect health and a lifetime of mis ery and functional weakness. MJ" method is mine alone. My treat ment M original, in some features it resembles the ordinary. In its chief essentials it is different. In results It is entirely different. It is safe, prompt and thorough. My Baecemi In Permanently Curing: That Condition Commonly Known nil "WeakneM" Fully Demonstrate the Absolute Cor rectness of My Method of Treatment. the DR. TAYLOR co. 234H MORRISON STREET, CORKER SECOND, PORTLAND, OREGON. der to learn just where reforms may, be introduced. Two experts are at work on the books and will make a report to the Council at an early date. It Is figured that it has been costing, more than 1100.000 a year to conduct the city's affairs and it is the plan of the Mayor to stop all leaks and to conduct affairs as economically as possible. Will Tell Why and Why Not. ABERDEEN, Wash., Feb. 28. (Spe cial.) Another delegation will leave here In the morning for Olympia to in tercede with Governor Mead to veto the bill providing for the division of Chehalis County. There will be a del egation also to combat the opposition. E. B. Benn, who has been persistent and foremost in his efforts for the passage of the measure, says tonight that if the bill for division finally be comes a law lie will favor an other bill joining Chehalis County to Gray's Harbor County, as Aberdeen in this way will get the county seat. Pioneer Women Form Society. ABERDEEN, Wash., Feb. 26. (Spe cial.) A meeting: has been called by Mrs. J. B. Haynes. a pioneer resident, for Thursday of this week, at which it is expected that all women resi dents of Aberdeen since 1885 will at tend and take preliminary action in regard to forming a pioneer's' associ ation. At the meeting It will be de termined whether the men of the same period will be permitted to become members. There is no pioneer associ ation of any kind on Gray's Harbor. OH Tank Atlas to San Francisco. ASTORIA. Or.. Feb. 2.( Special.) The oil tank steamer Atlas received orders this morning to proceed to San Francisco in place of going to . the Sound, and she left out this afternoon. Oil barge No. 91 will remain here and the balance of her cargo will be dis tributed where needed. N' AILMENTS Much of the delicate equipment of my office and hospital 1s specially constructed to meet the requirements of my distinctive methods of treatment, which involves the scientific application of every curable Influ ence known to be helpful in treating the class of diseases I cure. I have stopped at no expense that could add'to the efficiency of my work or the com fort of my patients. There Is no other equal ly equipped institution for the treatment of men's ailments in the pacific Northwest. You Can Pay When Cured Stricture Surgery Is not only harsh, pain ful and dangerous, but Is entirely unnecessary in the treatment of stricture. I employ a painless method bv which the obstructing tissue is dissolved and all the membranes of the organs Involved thoroughly cleansed and restored to a healthy state. Varicocele The perfection of my method of curing varicocele Is no less than a marvelous achievement, and af fords a striking example of the wonderful possibilities of mild and gentle forms of treatment. Eo.ually forcible, it demonstrates the folly of resorting to surgery In the treatment of this disease. I cure varicocele in one week, without cutting or pain, and sel dom is it necessary to detain thj patient a single day from his business. A cure is a certainty" in each Instance, normal circula tion is restored, and the natural processes of waste and repair are again established throughout the organic system. Whv suffer vari cocele and endanger your health and manly power? I offer you a radical cure, and my treatment is independent of the harsh, painful and dangerous features that char acterize the methods usually employed.