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THE MOKXIXl OKEUO.XIA5. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1908. SENATOR WILL E Deal Practically Closed for the Recharter of Popular Coasting Vessel. . TIME SET FOR ONE YEAR Present Contract Expires May 15 fcteamor Advertised to Sail for Xomf June 1, bnt Other Yes-, scls Are Available. While no official information has been given out. it la understood in steamship circles that arrangements have been completed between the Pacific Coast Steamship CTompany and the San Fran cisco & Portland Steamship Company, whereby the charter of the latter con cern for the steamship Senator has been extended for another year, the new charter, to go into effect May 15. the date on which the present charter ex pires. The Senator has been operating on a charter for the. Sair Francisco & Port land ffteamship Company for the past three months in place of the Costa Rica. She has been advertised to .sail from Se attie for Nome about. June 1. It would be an easy matter, however, to place another vessel in her place, as the Pa cific Coast Company has a number of ships available for the Alaska trade. An effort was made on the part of the. Karrlman people to purchase the Senator, but the deal fell through, as it was imppsible for the heads of the com panies to agree on terms. Since the visit to Portland of General Manager K. P. Schwerln, new negotiations have been entered into and the result will probably be the purchase outright of the Senator, or a continuance of the charter for an other year. V "WIREXiES.S PLACED OX ELDER New Masie Station Installed on the North Pacific Steamer. Massie wireless telegraph apparatus bail been installed on the steamship Geo. W. Elder and on the last trip north of that vessel the system was placed in working order. "When outside of Eureka, the operator on the Elder caught a num ber of messages -which were being trans mitted from the flagship Connecticut to the battleship Tennessee. Both of the latter craft were at Magdalena Bay, a distance of 1R0O miles from the Elder. Wilfiam J. Smith, of Providence, R. I., who is superintendent of wireless plants on the Coast, placed the plant on the Elder. Mr. Smith says that it Is one of the heaviest on the coast. He re cently overhauled the plant on the Roan oke and placed heavier apparatus on board. The original plant of the Roan oke was too small to handle the busi ness. The plant on the Rose City is also one of the same system and is calculated to transmit and receive messages from a long distance. With the equipping of the Elder, prac tically all the passenger ships on the coast are supplied, with the exception of the Senator. That steamer will proh-, shly be fitted with an outfit before long. The Senator Is owned by the Pacific Const Steamship Company, the first to secure wireless for Its steamships. Taconia Shipping Xotes. T A COM A, March 17. The British Jhip Htlston arrived today from Es quimau. B. C. where she has been discharging coal for the British navy. The Hllston will load a full cargo of lumber and timbers in Tacoma for Rotterdam. The Pacific Coast Steamship Com pany announces that Its steamers on the Skagway run will hereafter make Prince Hubert, B. C. which is to be the (irand Trunk Pacific terminus, a regular port of call. Steamer City of Puobla made her fortnightly call hero today, but will not leave out until tomorrow noon, as she has a large amount of bullion, 700 tons of wheat and other general cargo to load outward. Heated coal In the bunkers of the German Steamer Verak. of the Kosmos line, was discharged on scows along side and the fire extinguished. It is said that no damage was done. The British steamer N'lngchow cleared tonight with general cargo valued at about J.IOO.OOO. Sho goes via the Orient to Liverpool and other United Kingdom ports. American Hawaiian liner Columbian Is making her llrst visit In Tacoma. The steamer brought New York freight and for the Hawaiian Islands is taking a largo shipment of general freight. Including flour and feed. The hull for the dredger being built for the Tacoma Dredging Company was launched today. The craft is 114 feet long by 40 feet in width. As soon as the machinery is placed, the work of dredging the channel of the Puyallup River will be begun, the Government liavlng awarded the contract to the Taconia firm several months ago. COFS ASHORE AT WEST PORT Schooner Mildred Wrecked Crew Is Saved, but Vessrl May Be J;ost. ABKRPB.'KX. Wash.. March 17. (Special.) The schooner Mildred, from San Francisco to Grays Jlarbor, out nine days, was wrecked on the West Port Jetty at the niouith of Grays. Harbor, at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The West Port lifesaving crew rescued the crew, but the vessel will probably be a total loss. Tln Mildred is owned by A. Meyer, of San Francisco, and was built in Falrhaven, Cal., In 1S9.7. The captain nitosed his bearings trying to make this harbor. HAVGK OF KOKSSLEU CEKTAIX Knjrineer Will Not o East Before May 1. OREGON! AN NKWS BUREAU, Wash ington. March 17. Colonel Roosfler Tvill not come Knst before May 1. His successor has not yot been selected. The news of the transfer of Colonel Korssler. United States Engineer. was published in The Oreg-onian yesterday morninsr and the above dispatch con lirms the statement. Colonel Roessler said that he had received no orders to proceed from this nation to any other, hut thought It possible that they might be issued. Poaih of Well-Known Mariner. ABKRPKFjN. Wash.. March 17. Sne ctal. Kdwin R. Burrows, an old-time Great lakes captain, who also sailed vessels on Fuget Sound, died here today, REMNN Oil ROUT aged 6S. Mr. Burrows was a brother of the late Captain C. E. Burrows, of this city, who died several months ago. Since Captain Burrows death, Edwin R. Bur rows has lived in this city, though his home is in Seattle. The remains will be takn to Seattle for cremation. LOWERS WAGES, MEN" STRIKE Steamer Ater I'nloads With Non union Labor. SAN PEDRO. March 17. The cruisers Tennessee. California and Washington. Rear-Admiral Sebree commanding, are anchored Inside the breakwater and will remain until Monday. Thence they go to Redondo and Venice. The Wilmington Transportation Com pany, having the contract for stevedor ing a cargo of oak ties of the Norwegian steamer Aker. from Japan, announces a' reduction of wages from 50 to 45 cents an hour. The union longshoremen refused to accept and -the vessel Is being discharged with nonunion labor. The steamer Redondo.. Captain Bendi gard, is scheduled to clear tomorrow lor Coos Bay via San Francisco, to load a cargo of lumber. The. schooner Gotoma. Captain Gruggel. arrived from Nehalem River with 1SO.O0O feet of lumber. Concert at Seamen's Institute. The weekly concert at the Seamen's Institute. Front and Flanders, will be given tonight at 8 o'clock by members of STEAMER INTELLIGENCE. Doc to Antra. Kline. From. Data. JohanPoulsenSao FTncico. In port Breakwater:. .Coos Bay In ' port Go. W. ElderSan Pedro In. port Senator Pan Francisco. -In port R. D. Inman.San Francisco. .Mar. IS SueH. Elmore. Tillamook Mar. 18 Alliance Coob Bay .Mar. 20 Hose City.... San Francisco. .Mar. 24 F. S. Loop. .San Francisco. Mar. 25 Roanoke Los Angeles... Mar. 25 Arabia Hongkong April 20 Nicomedla. . . Hongkong April 27 Alesla Hongkong May 25 Numantla Hongkong June 10 Scheduled to Depart. Nam. For. Data Breakwater. .Coos Bay Mar. Geo. W. GlderSan Pedro Mar. SueH.EImore.Tillamook Mar. JohanPoutsenSan Francisco. Mar. R D. Inman.San Francisco. .Mar. Alliance Coos Bay Mar. Rose City. ...San Francisco. Mar Roanoke Los Angeles. .. Mar. F S. Loop. . .Pan Franolsco. Mar Senator Ban Francisco. .Mar. 18 19 20 20 20 22 27 27 29 29 Arabia.. Hongkong; April 27 Nicomedla. .. Hongkong May 5 A'e'- Hongkong June 1 Numantla. .. .Hongkong. .... June 20 Entered Tuesday. Catania. Am. steamship (Cantyl. with 18.000 barrels of fuel oil, from San Francisco. Geo. W. Elder, Am. steamship (Jeesen). with general cargo, from San Pedro and way ports. Cleared Tuesday. ' Capastrano, Am. steamship (Harri man, with 700.000 feet of lumber, for San Francisco. the Y. W. c. A., under the direction Of Miss Constance Manr'rUlo An cellent prosramine, consisting of vocal " "u o-L-uauons. nas Deen arranged, and a number of attractive pieces will be rendered by the mandolin and guitar clubs, conducted by Professor C. Re baKaliaii. Songs by seamen of various nationalities will also form, as usual, a popular feature of the entertainment, f CapaMrano Sails on Maiden Voyage. The new steamship Capastrano cleared yesterday for San Francisco with 700.000 feet of lumber. The vessel left down at midnight. This is the first trip of the Cnpastrano and she was not loaded to her full capacity. The steamer- is com manded by Captain F. R. Harriman. She is owned by J. Homer Frltch, of San Francisco. San Pedro Xow tlie Regular Port. Coast Steamship Company today an- iiwiiii-fa nidi me sieamcr banta Kosa, which, with other vessels of the company. una neretoiore aisonarged passengers and freight at Port 1 March 23. mako San Prdro the port of call, first stopping at Redondo. Henry Villard to Begin Loading. Th American nhin Henry Villard. un der charter to carry cannery supplies to lasna, nas Deen ordered to Portland from her anchorage at Linnton to prepare for the trip North. The Villard will take 600 tons of coal at the North Pacific bunkers and will then proceed to Astoria for the balance of her cargo. Senator Arrives With Big List. With 150 passengers in the cabin and 30 in the steerage, the steamship Senator arrived up at an early hour yesterday morning from San Francisco. This was the first trip of the Senator under the new rate schedule for passengers. Marine Xotes. The British ship Arctic Stream began taking wheat yesterday morning at the Oceanic dock. The steamship Catania will leave down this morning from Portsmouth. The Catania brought in a cargo of oil. The steamship Breakwater will sail for Coos Bay tonight. The Breakwater dis charged 10 tons of coal at the- Davis streel bunkers yesterday. Arrivals and Departures. PORTLAND. March 1 7. Arrived Steam ship .Catania, from San Francisco: steamship Geo. W. Elder, from San. Pedro and way; steamship Senator, from San Francisco; wrhooner Irene, from San FrancUco; Russian bark AJbyn, from Callao. Sailed Steamship CapaMrano. for San Francisco. Astoria. Or., March 17. Condition of bar at A P. M., moderate; trtnd, northwest. 24 miles: weather, partly cloudy. Arrived at 8:50 A- M. Schooner J. M. Weatherwax, from San Franrteco. Sailod at 11 A. M. Steamer Alliance, for Coos Bay. Sailed at 11 A. M. Steamer Y. S. Porter, for San Fran cis. Arrived at 11:15 A. M. French bark Kujtene rergelln. from Antwerp. Sailed at 1U:40 P. M. Schooner John A. Campbell, for San Pedro. Yokohajna. March 17. Arrived March 1ft German ateamer Alexia, from Portland. CVwonel, March 11. Arrived Thefoen. from Hamburg'. Antwerp, etc.. via Puma Arenas, for Seattle. Liverpool. March lti. Arrived Kecmun, from Tacoma. via Yokohama. Horipkong, etc. St. Vincent. C. V.. March 17. Arrived pre v iou 1 y Fat Is of Nith, from Tacoma, via Coronel. Sailed March 12 Hamilton, from Tacoma via Coronel, etc.. for Falmouth. Sir-sapore, March 17. A rrlvedV Cyclops, from St-attle and Tacoma. via Yokohama, etc., for Liverpool. San Francteco, March 17. Arrived Steamer Watson, from Seattle; steamer Aeon, from Taooma; ateamer Elizabeth, from Bandon; steamer t'matiUa. from Victoria; schooner A. M. Baxter, from BcUlngham; steamer Ala meOa. from Honolulu: steamer Sherman, from Manila, via Nagamhi and Honolulu; bark Andrew "Welch, from Hilo: schooner Honaifu, from Hawaii; steamer Bowhead. whaling cruise: steamer Christian Bors, from Tacoma; Schooner Prosper, from Ludlow; schooner Lily, from t'nipqua ; steamer Col. E. L. Drake, from Seattle. Tides at Astoria Vedaediiv. High. lxw. I TS A. M 8.4 feet! 7:23 A. M 13 feet 1:2U P. M 8.1 feet,?.:M P. M 1.0 feet Tomorrow and Friday will positively be the last days for discount on East Side as bills. Portland Gas Company. GRIEVANCES TOLD TO South Portland Manufacturers Ask Better Terminal Facilities. DEMAND RAIL CONNECTION Testify in Suit Brought to Compel Southern Pacific to Handle Cars Over Vnited Rail ways Line. 7 Complainants In the suit , brought be fore the Oregon Railroad Commission to enforce a connection of the tracks of the United Railways - and the Southern Pacific, gave their side of the case yes terday before the Commissioners In V1 Chamber of Commerce auditorium. The Southern Pacific 'will Introduce i;ts , tes timony next Saturday, when the bearing will be concluded' and the matter taken under advisement by the . Commission ers. The suit is brought by the Multnomah Lumber & Box Company, and others, against the Southern Pacific Company. About 22 manufacturers In South Port land sign the complaint, among them being the following: Oregon Chair Com pany, Portland Basket & Handle Com pany. Portland Handle & Singletree Com pany. John Halsey Jones Company, Port land Stove Works. Portland Shingle Com pany, South Portland Improvement Com pany, Jones Lumber Company, Gold Medal Shingle Company and the Oregon Cooperage Company. The United Railways Company seeks a connection with the tracks, of the Yam hill division of the Southern Pacific Com pany at Columbia and Water streets. This will give a direct outlet to the ter minal grounds In North Portland for the Industries located along the Southern Pa cific tracks in the south end, but-the latter company declined to permit the connection because the new road, it waa contended, would not afford the Southern Pacific any traffic and the benefits from the concession would not be mutual. Manufacturers on Stand. The matter was referred to the Rail road Commission and the first hearing on the subject was given yesterday. A number of S6uth Portland manufacturers testified to the benefits to their business that would follow the-connection of the two systems. The testimony was all of a similar character, the reasons the con nection is wanted being uie more direct route offered to the terminal grounds, the hope of more prompt delivery of cars than of old and the shipping of pro ducts throughout the State of Oregon at a less expense than the Southern Pacific now charges. v In order to bring freight from the South Portland factories to the terminal grounds at present, the cars must be hauled via Whiteson and down the West Side division of the Southern Pacific. This causes delays in delivery of goods as well as delays In supplying empty cars for loading. At the same time a differ ential of from 5 to 7H cents per 100 pounds Is charged by the Southern Pa cific on shipments to all points on the O. R. & N. west of Pocatello. O. H. Schwerdtmann, manager of the Oregon Box & Manufacturing Company, was one of the witnesses who testified to this condition of affairs. He said that an Instance of the delay in getting cars was shown by the fact that his company ordered an empty car last week and , had to wait six days for it. The witness said he did not believe the service would be as good by the Willsburg cutoff, when that 1s built by the Southern Pacific, as , It will be by the United Railways as of- i fering a direct route to the terminal grounds, for by the latter line cars could be spotted over night. Delays Cause Ixisses. F. A. Douty. manager for the Mult nomah Box & Lumber Company, was an other witness who gave as his reasons for wanting the connection the doing away of a differential of 71,; cents per 100 poflnds on shipments as well as less de lay in getting cars. He said that in the fruit season the present delays proved very exasperating and meant a loss of business. His company has been in thft habit of carting shipments to the terminal grounds and loading them , on cars there rather than pay the differential for the haul around via Whiteson. The witness said he was informed by Freight Agent Glover, for the Southern Pacific, at one time last year, that no cars could be supplied his company for shipments East, although, the firm had built up a good business in the far East ern States and wished to keep It. He told of one shipment of boxes to The Dajles from his mill that the Southern Pacific Company defayed 14 days, thus losing his firm any further business in that market. This shipment, he said, had been sent to Albany on the West Side and from there to Portland over the -ninin line of the Southern Pacific. Mr. Douty told of one shipment from his mill that lay in the East iu e yards two weeks before being sent out. and of another shipment of fruit boxea to a grower in the Grand Ronde Valley that took 17 days in transit and resulted in the loss of the grower's crop. Mr. Douty said his company narrowly escaped a damage suit as'a result. Rates Xot Equal. The witness also told of discriminatory rates from South Portland to Hillshoro APPENDICITIS Grape-Nuta aa a RecoastrnctlaK Food. The number of cases of appendicitis which get well by proper feeding; and nursing:, is not leas remarkable - than the number of, cases which were for merly operated on only to find that the operation was unnecessary. While Iookina: for the cause of this disease, it is well to remember that ex cessive starch fermentation may be considered a frequent cause, and that suRKests more care in the use of Btarchy foodsv Grape-Xuts can be retained on the most sensitive stomach and is extreme ly nourishing just the ideal food for appendicitis cases. 'J.ast Spring I was talcen ill with appendicitis." writes an Ind. man. "The doctor told me not to be alarmed, for he would do the best he could to save me from the operating table. "He advised me to eat nothing for two weeks, during which time I be came so weak I could hardlv move. The trouble began to leave me and I hejran to eat fruits and milk, but I did not regain the strength I had be fore I was sick. "A friend of mine recommended Grape-Nuts. I tried it and it worked wonders with me. I soon began to gain in strength, and in a month was as strong as ever. "I don t think I ever used a food that did me so much good. I now weigh 160 lbs., as against 13( before I was sick, all due to Grape-Nuts and regular ex ercise. "My muscles are like iron and I can do the hardest work. Being employed In a printing office. I have to think a lot. and my mind is clear, thanks to Grape-Nuts." "There's a Reason." Name given bv postum Co.. Battle Creek, Mich. Read 'The Road to Well ville," In pkgs. GOBI and Forest G-rbve. The rate on boxes was formerly 10 cents from South Port land to those points and 6i cents from the terminal yards. An appeal was made to the Southern Pacific and the 10-cent rate waa lowered to 8 cents, still leaving a margin in favor of manufacturers who had access to the terminal yards and against' the South Portland mills. F. A. Sullivan, of the Portland Lumber Company, whose mill stands at the foot of Lincoln street, was another witness who testified to substantially the same things. He said frls company was not able to ship to Great Northern or North ern Pacific territory because of the lack of terminal connections. Another thing that hinders the South Portland mills is the limiting of car loading to 80.000 pounds, the limit loading on all branch lines. This would be done away with if the desired connection were secured. W. L Benham. president of the United Railways, testified briefly as to the lo cation of the different plants involved in the suit. L. R. Fields, superintendent of the Southern Pacirtc, and C. A. Mal beouf. district freight agent, were pres ent and will testify Saturday. R. A. liter appeared as counsel for the South ern Pacrfic and A. C Emmons, attorney for the United Railways, represented the complaintants. IjOWER KATES OX GTCAIX BAGS Roads Make 25 Pr Cent Reduction Into Palouse Country. Important reductions ot the rates on grain bags from Portlandthroughout the Palouse country are anunounced by the O. R. & X. and the Northern Pacific. The reduction in tariffs amounts to 2S per cent all along the line, and will become effective May 1. The new rates have just been published. After the first of May, freight rates on burlap, gunney and jute bags, from Portland to the Palouse territory, includ ing Lewiston, Idaho,, will be 50 cents, and to points in the Walla Walla Valley, in cluding Walla Walla, Waitsburg, Day ton, Fresco tt and Pomeroy, will be 40 cents. The rate from Portland to points between Pendleton and Huntington, in cluding Elgin, will be 50 cents. This rate will be good in carload shipments having a minimum of 40.000 pounds, and was made at the solicitation of wheat growers. Hill Railroads Will Merge. A meeting- of the directors of the Co lumbia River & Northern Railway was held yesterday afternoon in the Third street offices of the Great Northern. but owing to the lack of a quorum, no h,eld yesterday afternoon In the Third business was transacted and the meeting was adjourned until March 28. It is un derstood that the road, which is a Hill property and is a feeder to the new North Bank road, will be merged at this meeting Into the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway. The C. R. & N. is about 30 miles in length and reaches from Lyle to Goldendale. Wash. AHDSEN VISITS Gin ARCTIC EXPLORER STOPS OX WAY TO SOUXD. First Man to Make the Xorthwest Passage Will Return to Lec ture In Portland. One of the noted Arctic explorers of the world. Captain Roald Amundsen, waa in Portland yesterday and was enter tained by Bndre M. Cederbergh, Vice Consul of Sweden and Norway, and by officers of the Scandinavian societies of Portland. He was also met by Dr. David Walker, who was a member of the Mc Olintock Arctic expedition in 1S59. Captain Amundsen has the distinction of being the first man who made the Northwest passage, having completed the trip last year in the sloop Gjoa. now lying at Mare Island, Cal.. navy-yard. The Captain also has the distinction, ac cording to Dr. Walker, of being the third man to reach the magnetic pole, which is in 70 degrees north latitude. He is the first scientist who made extensive ob servations in that latitude, and is the first to prove the existence of the North west passage. The first record made on the 70-degree line was by Ross In 1S29. and the mag netic pole was again reached in 1839 bv McClintock. Captain Amundsen was the third, and his expedition was backed by subscriptions of people interested in ex plorations, and by the government of his country. He sailed from his home shores and spent the Winter of 1905-08 in the frozen North, not with the. idea of reach ing the North Pole, but simply and purely to make scientific observations. "He left with the intention." said Dr. Walker yesterday, "of following the cur rents which moved the ice pack to which lie bad fastened his sloop, and if those currents brought his vessel to the North Pole, well and good. He would say 'hello' to the Scotchman sure to be found there, and would keep on going." Captain Amudsen causht the 2 o'clock train for Tacoma from the Portland Hotel in record time. At ten minutes cfore train time he was still saying his good-byes to friends In the hotel lobbv. " wnn a qasn ne rushed to an auto- CURE MEN Never was the old saying. "He who hesitates is losf more aptly illustrated than in the case of the man who suffers from IV ER VOL'S DEBI1.TTV, VARICOCELE, a CONTRACTED DISORDER or CONTAGIOUS BLOOD DIS BASE, and who neglects to have his ailment treated. I do not scatter my faculties, as does the ordinary physician, but I concen trate them on diseases and weaknesses pe culiar to the male. Recently I have treated scores of stuhborn caees for some of the best men of this city and vicinity, and not a. fail ure nor an unpleasant result has been re ported. What I have done for others I can do for you. Prostatic Inflammation : My cures of this disorder are permanent and lasting. No tonics that stimulate, tempor arily, but thoroughly scientific treatment for the removal of conditions responsible for the functional derangement. General ner- '" uvrtmran is merely a symptom of in- DR. TAYLOR flammatlon, or congestion of the prostate The leading Specially. fiSr,Hl2 l",n.dmy,own or,Sinl local treatment thrgl"d fs pmp"y fng result normal stat complete functional activity is the last- My Fee for a Thorough Care Is Only $iog VARICOCELE. CONTRACTED DISORDERS, STRICTURES PILES AND SPECIFIC BLOOD POISON I TREAT AND NEVER FAIL TO EF FECT A CI-RE. CONSULTATION FREE. .' CONSULTATION FREE-MT HONEST AND CANDID ADVICE COSTS TOU NOTHING.. I cheerfully give you the very best opinion, guided by years of successful practice. Men out of town In trouble write if vou cannot call, as many cases yield readily to proper home treatment and cure. If you cannot call, write for Diagnosis Chart. Mv offices are open ail day from 9 A. M. to 9 P. M. and Sundays from 10 to 1 only THE DR. TAYLOR CO. Morrlso, Street, Corner Secoad, Portland. Oregon. Merchants Savings 6 Trust Company 247 WASHINGTON STREET ' Capital $159,003.00 Does a general banking busi ness. Pays interest on savings ac counts and on time certificates. Acts as trustee in bond issues. Holds title to properties for corporations, syndicates, estates and individuals, pending distri bution, settlement or other dis position. Collects interests, incomes, rents, etc., and furnishes sub stantial investments for idle funds. s The trust business kept en tirely separate from the other business of the company. Correspondence or interviews solicited with those contemplat ing any phase of our service. mobile waiting for him and had time at the station to say a few parting words to the Consul, who accompanied him. Captain Admundsen will deliver a lec ture on his trips to the .frozen North in Tacoma tonight and in Seattle tomorrow night, and will return to Portland to speak at the Heillg Theater Saturday night. March 28. His lecture will be il lustrated with stereoptlcon views, the films having been made on his various trips. Captain Amundsen expects to leave this Coast in 1910' on another trip through Behring traits and make further obser vations. I REDUCING HCP ACREAGE Advises All Growers to Only Grow One-Quarter Crop. MT. VERNOX, Wash.,, March 17. (To the Editor.) I wish to discuss the topic of plowing up or reduction of the hop acreage. To my mind, there should be no question about the expediency, for, as Grover Cleveland would say, "It is a condition, not a .eory, that confronts us." Reduction of acreage is the only way to harmonize the difference between the production of something like 400.000 bales to meet a consumptive requirement of 240.000 bales in this country. As John Sherman said about resumption of specie payment, "The way to resume tt is to re sume." So, the way to reduce, is to reduce, no matter what Brewer Busch or Grower Bush many say about it. "B. B." recently Intimated that there was a ray of hope for the "deplorable con dition of the poor fellows' in this coun try, because England was going to plow up ever so many thousands of acres of hop, while 'G. B." keeps a stiff upper lip and says the farmers are amply able to "finance" the crop. Yes, possibly the farmer engaged in -mixed husbandry has made enough on the other products to cover his losses on hops, but is tt wise to "throw good money after bfld?" There may be sinister mo tives behind "B. B.'s' expressions of sympathy and hope, while I fear that "G. B." Is merely. "four-flushing," which all concede to be a very unsafe game to play. Great is the folly of those wise men in Puyallup, Yakima, Willamette Valley and fllsewhere who continue to use land in hops at a loss, that is easily worth IfiOO an acre for garden and orchard purposes. And the folly-Is more apparent when one reads of growing orchards selling about there for $1000 an acre. Is it not like "living in a fool's paradise" to continue to wait for remunerative prices that may not come for years? No. Let not the growers of this country trust to England and Germany cutting down, but proceed at once under the dictates of prudence to put our own house in order. We are the offending prodigal, always raising a surplus and trusting to foreign markets, not England or Germany, who merely raise about enough to meet domestic requirement. Let every grower contribute to the reduction say to the extent of a quarter of his acre Age not waiting for the approval or coercion of his neighbor at home or abroad. I have, myself, plowed up about a quar ter of my own patch, and put it In oats. Pay Me Wfien I aVe Cured You M EN We make no misleading state- ments or false promises. We have no free trial treatments. Onr doc tors are gradnates of the leading colleges of America and are duly licensed in the State of Oregon to cure diseases of men. Come to us in the strictest con fidence. We will treat yon hon estly and skillfully, and will cure you in less time than other doctors take to experiment on you. All those who are discouraged or who have taken treatment from unskilled specialists we especially invite to call on us and avail them selves of the free examination. STRICTURE We have devoted years of special attention to this condition. Our treatment softens and relaxes the diseased membrane and the forma tion is completely destroyed in a few days. CONTRACTED DISEASES A permanent cure is the only cure. This can be obtained only by thorough local treatment, properly given. 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