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THE MORNING OREGO'IAN. TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1911. 2 AIRSHIP SEARCHES FOR ARMY FORCE SON SUCCEEDS HIS FATHER IN UNITED STATES SENATE. Scouts in Aeroplane Fail to Locate Soldiers Advancing From Presidio. OFFICER GOES UP IN AIR Cairnt Ely Cora arlr to Saa ZYanrlsco, but Doe Not His corcr Position of "Enemy." General BlJs I Tleased. AVIATION FIELD. Saa Francisco. Han. It. Th Talus of th aeroplane for scouting- purposes was tested by vArmy officers today In connection with Fan Francisco s arlatlon week. Troop rat out from th Presidio, over IS nlles north of Self rid Field, covered thmlt that distance) to the arlatlon ground, but despite the efforts of the ' Vtrdmrn to find them, their position ' ras not discovered.' Three machines were planned to be need In the reconnaissance" experiment, but owins; to Imperfect wind conditions and to motor troubles, only waiter Brooktns. of the Wright team, could be prevailed UDon to take part. tie carried up Lieutenant George E. M Kelly, of the Thirteenth Infantry, who at an elevation of about IsOO feet iook half a dnsen photograph and made a surrey of the country. The biplane did not venture fsr enough from the grounds, however, for the officer to discover the Presidio force. Later Eugene Ely. of the Curtlss ramp, made a night, but though he flew almost as far as the Presidio Itself, he failed to'ratcFl sight of the soldiers. General Tasker II- Bliss. Presidio Commander, who acted as umpire of the experiment, expressed himself as well plessed over Lieutenant Kelly's report and said that he was convinced the aeroplane was highly valuable iot routlnar rturnoses. Interesting exhibition flights marked the afternoon programme, but noth Ing of a sensational nature was at tempted. MESSINA BEING REBUILT Inauguration of Durable Masonry Is Marked by Ceremonies. MESSINA. Sicily. Jan. Tn building of Messina in durable ma so Dry was Inaugurated today when the cornerstone of the group of public buildings to be erected by the munlcl pallty wss laid by Slrnor SacchU Min ister or Publio works: fignor iuiani. Minister of Posts and Telegraph, and other members of the government. The ministers visited the temporary wooden structures that were put up for the bousing of the homeless thousands following the calamity and were es pecially pleased to not how well the buildings erected by subscriptions from Aratrlca has been presented. The new City Hall will be bwilt of stone and concrete. The ministers go from here to Reg glo. where there will be a similar cere mony, formally opening; that work of reconstruction. "BOUND TOGETHER FOREVER DEATH WINS RACE TO SON Father Dies on Way to Pendleton to See Dying; Man. TENDLETON. Or.. Jan. 1. (Spe cial.) While rushing to the bedside of his son In this city. K. 1L Lyman, aa aged resident of Oakland. CaL. died on the train near Arlington a few hours before this city was reached today. Heart failure Is given a the cause of death. The man was It years of age and was accompanied only by his wife, two years his Junior, who was prostrated by the demise of her bus band and rendered helpless. The son. C. R Lyman, of this city. Is dying of Rrtght's disease. While delirious last night be Jumped from bed. broke a window and attempted to leap two stories to the pavement be low. His nurse saved him. MYSTERY MADE BY BROWN flilnjc Garage Man Left $15,000 In Notes Accused of Fraud. WASHINGTON'. Jan. II. M- A. Brown, manager of the Electric Oarage, whose mysterious disappearance last Thurs day caused a sensation. Is charged with obtaining money under false pretenses by Issuing a check for 1100 on a bank when he had no funds In the bank. A warrant has been Issued for his arrest. The police hare found signed notes for IIS.000, which he mad the day be disappeared. It la now the belief of offlcera that Drowns hat. which was found with aa ugly-looking cut In It. was left purposely by Brown himself. PLAGUE IS NEARING PEKIN One. Death Occurs IVont Disease at TirnUIn, Capital' Port. PKK1N. Jan. it One death from bu bonic plague at Tientsin Is reported. Tientsin Is about ? mile from Pekin and Is tha port of the capital, with which It Is connected by rail, aa It is also connected with sfanchurla. The American Legation has notified Roger S. ireene, the American Consul at Harbin, that he may close tha Con sulate temporarily.' Mr. Green replied that he preferred to remain at his post. The disease has now extended along the railway through Manchuria, though it has practically disappeared from Man churia city, where the present epldemio originated. Ixrd' Son Will Marry Actress. LONDON. Jan. 1. The marriage en gagement Is announced of Zena Dare, the American actress, and Honorable Maurice Vyner Bellol Brett, the second son of Viscount Esher. Miss Dare has been leading lady In the Seymour Hlcks company and mad her Brst appear a ace on the stage In 1ft. Brett la a captain la the Coldstream Guards. Mrs. Mrlber Inilclted for Murder. A I. BANT. N. T- Jan. 1. Mrs. Edith Melber. of Prhenerlady. wss todsy In dicted for murder in the first degree, charged with killing her 4-year-old son Georgie. A formal plea of not guilty wi entered and counsel was assigned t defend her. i rr . . . , , . , , ,' , ,: -:-, V V , V"?'---'. v'; - , - I " ;. ' V',.7 VZ.V-" - ; :,i4- ey.-. i :;: - ' ' ' ' -i ... - ' " - " - . - . " - .. . . . - ' 1 - . . : V' -.v - :: - v ; - ':-. . "' M '.. . - , v. V ...--''- ; . ' ' 4" . ,-,; - wist si i ii r i a mi ei iii mi i is i BtMatMaaaMasjaaieaaajaaaMiaeMaaa TM1 GRANT AROUSES DEBATE House Would Have College at, Walla Walla Get Fort Grounds. GARRECHT MAKES PROTEST DAVIS ELKJSS. WASHINGTON. Jan. It. (Special.) Davis Elklns la li year old and Just comes within the age limit of the members of the United Slates Senate. The Governor of West Virginia appointed him Senator to succeed his father and Invited much criticism in so doing because of the youth and inexperience of hi appointee. Still it would not surprise the many friends of the late Senator Elklns if his son came back to th Senate as a full-fledged Senator before many years. I Representative From Walla Walla Opposes Legislator Asking Gov ernment to Allow School to Have Site. CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA The Inland Empire of Canada is being opened up by two trans continental railways and. other lines of railroad. It ifl estimated that $100,000,000 will be spent In the next five years In railroad building alone. Thirty million acres of the finest agricultural land, fifty million acres of timber, coal, and the richest mineral land will be thrown open to development by these railroads and an unequalled system of natur al inland navigable waterways. The central and strategic point of this grand domain is Fort Oeorge. You can get up-to-date informa tion of fortune-making opportuni ties bv sendinar vour name and ad dress for the "British Columbia . Bulletin of Information," giving of ficial government and other Infor mation about this last and rich est new country on the American continent. Costs you nothing write today. Natural Resources Security Co., Ltd. Paid up Capital $250,000. Joint Owners and Sole Agents Fort George Townslte. 412 Bower Building, Vancouver B. C. RICHARD OBEE, District Sales Solicitor, 407-Wells Fargo Bid- Portland, Or. Phone Marshall 2320. TRUST IS RIVETED Wickers ham Says Standard Has Finally Fixed Control. Watson Tells Snnreme Court Re organization of 180 Cave Ko ew Power, but Attorney-General Says Control Perpetual. WASHINGTON. Jan. 1&-Sarlns- that tha reorganisation of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey In 18M riveted together the control of the subsidiary companies In a way that had not existed neroro. Attorrx-T-Coreral Wickersham to day argued before the Supreme Court of th United States that the defense nut up by the Standard Oil Company against dissolution fell to the ground. It was the third day of th oral argu ment of the case. Frank B. Kelloxr had concluded his long argument in favor of the dissolution as decreed by the Cir cuit Court of the I'nltad fltate r t Watson, of Pittsburg, bsvlng centered' his attack on the form and effect of the decree. Mr. Wickersham was then called upon to close the argument for the Gov ernment. Ho did not conclude, but will complete his argument tomorrow, when John O. Johnson will finish tha nresenta- Uon of the entire rase. Companies Xever Competed. The address of Mr. Watson paved the way for Mr. Wlrkersham'a remarks. Mr. Watson made the decree of the lower court his topic. He said the Circuit ourt held that the defendants had done nothing after the passage of the Sherman ntl-trust law to violate It. but to convey the properties held together for years by lawrui rxxjr or men to the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. He declared that the Standard Oil Com pany did not gain a single power by rea son of the conveyance. V) a did not put any alien Dronerty In the new organisation." he said. "Only Joint property was changed from the trustees to a corporation. Pray tell me how the Standard OU Company of New ersey could restrain trade by such a conveyance." He contended that the properties con- I eyed were noncompetitive before 199 nd 'remained exactly as they had been fter that year. The reason he advanced for the Cir cuit Court holding that the conveyance was Illegal was that it believed it had to follow the decision .of the Supreme ourt in trie Northern Securities case. Put the Standard Oil case, he argued. iffered from the Northern Securities suit. In the latter, the railroads, omlng duty to compete and engage in active nd actual competition, were concerned. In the former case, there were concerned trade companies, owing no duty to com pete and not in competition with on another because of their common owner ship. A second point that Mr. Watson argued was that the decree practically confis cated property because It did not allow the subsidiary companies . to pay divi dends to the Standard Oil. Company of New Jersey, and that the stock of tha company became practically worthless. Trowt Completes Conspiracy. "It la gratifying to believe." said Mr. Wickersham. following Mr. Watson, "that the defendants will, at least, find some difficulty In evading the decree of the lower court If It is affirmed." He took up the defense of th decree, saying that the court below had held that a conspiracy to restrain trade bad been found and that the conveyance of 199 was made In pursuance of that con spiracy. After reviewing the history of the Standard Oil Company to support bis con tention that Its organisation just preced ing the reorganisation of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey In 1S99 was Illegal. Mr. Wickersham answered Mr. Watson's question about the effect of the step In 18S9. "The effect was to rivet the control of one hand over the 30 companies, a con trol thst neither death, taxes nor finan cial ruin could rend. Before, the separa tion of the stock of one of the certificate holders would have disintegrated cue con trol. By this reorganisation, a perpetual, immortal element was accorded to tha control." Chief Justice Whit asked the Attor-ney-Ueneral to test what he had been citing by an illustration. Before Mr. Wickersham could comply fully with th request to show how a more- effective, perpetual control had been procured, th Chief Justice said that he had miscon ceived the statement, but that he then grasped the Idea. Members of the Supreme Court of th United States nv balked at reading, th entire ' record of -the suit. It takes 22 large volumes of more than GOO pages each to tell the history of the litigation. As the gase of Chief Justice White fell upon them, he inquired of John O. Mil burn, who was talking for the Standard Oil. if It would be necessary for the court to go over the entire record. Mr. Milburn replied that it would not. He assured the court that within the two covers of the Standard' brief ha been collected all the facta that were In controversy. The same might be said with regard to the Government's brief, he added. Ir. Lyon's PERFECT Tooth Powder Used by people of refine- W. F. SHEEHAN NAMED (Continued From First re.) Democrat." entered the caucus and, thus being classed as a "regular." brought the total number of Democrats in th Legislature no to 116. Chauncey M. Depew wji selected by the Republican cancua to succeed him self. He received 8 of th 67 votes cast and his selection was mad unani mous. Others who received votes were Theodora Roosevelt 2. Andrew D. White J. Eward H. Butler. Buffalo, Z. ex-Senator Oeorge Mead. Rochester. 1. L. A. Graces a New York businessman. L. ex-Mayor Seth Low. of New York. 1 This means that Depew will receive all the Republican votes at the regu lar session of both houses tomorrow. In presenting the name of Roosevelt, Senator Walnwrlght expressed his tils anDroval of. the nomination 'of .Depew, and said that the minority should make an 'Ideal" nomination, one that would express the greatest contrast possible to that made by the democrats. in th contest. H declared his statement! mltting doctors and priests to testify in should not be Interpreted In advocacy certain instances. OLYMPIA. Wash., Jan. 18. (Special.) For the first time this session the orators of the Legislature had full swing and all morning the Senate listened to declama tions, while In the afternoon the House was stirred by ringing speeches, all of which were called forth by the resolution offered by Senator Collins. tf King, that I Congress be memorialised to give to I whitman College the tract of land for merly occupied by Fort Walla Walla, which has been abandoned by tha Gov ernment. The resolution passed, but not until Representative Garrecht, the Democratic leader from Walla Walla, announced he would rather go down into the "voiceless silence of the dreamless dust than per mit the resolution to pass without his protest. The House also passed the I Beach resolution, which is decidedly against the Plnchot policy of conserva tion, as it recommends the opening to entry of the Alaska coal fields, on the ground that their being closed retards development of that country and because of the close commercial union between Alaska and Washington. Anti-Lobby Rule Passed. The House adopted a strong anti-lobby rule when it voted in favor of the recom mendation of the rules committee that 11 persons be kept oft th floor of the Mouse irom o cjock in ine morning uh- . - - . til 10 o'clock at night. The Senate con- merit HI CVerV Petit Ol the firmed the names of three girl sten- ill I 1 ographers along with the names of four wOnd Wilde the USe Ol the men, wiuiout a nppie oi exciiemeni. in i . . 11 C fact no mention was made of It. The Sen- tOOth-DrUSh IS knOWfl, lOf ate paawa uiree uiua wiv waauifi wgm 1-1 T f 1 f In Washington of wills and. decrees de- Almost Hall a L.eiltUrV. j 111 I Vi mna.nra I allowing counties to issue bonds for waterway improvements, known as tne Lake Washington Canal bill, and the bill uroviding for the nomination ot ccf m dates at a recall election upon the certU lied petition of 1000 voters. The Senate sent back to tne military committee the bill appropriating 12.600 for the militia deficiency after It hsd coma out of the appropriations commit tee with a favorable report. Employes' Bill Introduced. Senator Metcalf. in the Senate, Intro duced a bill which Is Intended to permit employers of labor to be exempt from the provisions of ths employes' compen sation act, if they car to carry insurance In private liability companies. As the result of the Yakima case, where a wife was unable to testify against her hus band in a trial where he was charged with wronging the woman s daughter, Cox. of Walla Walla, has introduced bill permitting a husband to testify as-ainst a wife and vice versa, where the crime is against one or the other, and also extends the scope of the statute per "Senator Cummins, of Iowa, Is another Senator who stands with La Follette, but his state is yet doubtful." of any one. Nevertheless, his words caused Joy among the supporters of Shenard and were received In silence by the supporters of Sheehan. The Gov ernor's declaration follows: "The position I took immediately after my election I believed then ana oeiieve now to be In strict accord with funda mental Democratic principle. The posi tion was thst tha Legislature shall elect the United States Senator. The consti tution declares that the Legislature shall openly, by a vlra voce vote of each member present, nam one person for Senator In Congress. "I want every member of the Legisla ture to vote according to his conscience and express the wish of his constituents- This he must do untrammeled by coer cion from any quarter." bxbepard Men. Appeal to Voters. The Governor was under fire all day. Two delegations called on him thli morning, one from Buffalo in advocacy of Sheehan and another from Brooklyn favoring Shenard. . In addition he was showered with telegrams from the sup- norters of both candidates. It was learned that the principal ar gument addreened to the Governor last nlKht by the Shepard people was their poll of the so-called Independent Demo crats or tn state, ine governor was Iren a list of 150 members of the gen eral committee of the Democratic League with th Senatorshlp preferences of each. More than 90 per cent of these favored Shepard. Some of the less sanguine of Shep ard friends said today that even if their candidate lost, the successful man would not be Sheehan. There was more talk todav than ever of a "dark horse." Martin W. Littleton's nam received prominent mention. 6 PEER DECLARES CANDIDACY Mayor of Denver Out for Senator. landon. of King. Introduced in the Senate, and Writrht. of King, fathered In the House, bills to permit the State Tax Commission to make up the estimates for the five Institutions of higher learn ing. These bills have aroused the ire of Whatcom, Kittitas, Spokane and Whit man County members, who see in it an attempt to get big appropriations for the Stale University. Tha smaller counties are asking for a flat mill levy, to be divided . for the university. .SO for the State College, Cheney and ceiimgnam normals. .9 each, and KllensDurg nor mal. .7. In the House and Senate, Dins were Introduced by Senator Collins, oi King, and Eshelman, of Spokane Coun ty, for an appropriation of $250,000 for Washington exhibit at me -anam Kxnosltion to be held In ban Fran cisco in 1915. Charles . curry, ex- Secretarv of State of California, ac- romnanied bv State Senator McKee, were in Olympla today in the interest of the latter bills and declared tnem- selves well pleased when they called on Governor Hay with tne action taxen hv tha Washington Legislature in in dorsing San Francisco as the, place for holding the fair In laio. Fake Advertisers Hit, Minard. Chehalls, Introduced a bill In the House which Is Intended to put all fake advertisers out or Dusiness. li is narticularly directed against flre,re- moval and bankrupt sale and may also h strong enough to reach the newspa per that publishes the advertisements, or the person who has charge of dis tributing the bills. It likewise hits at adulterations of all kinds of food and medicine, as well as clothing that IS not "all wool" or "ail couon, as aa- vertised. Tomorrow morning the legislature will elect Miles Poindexter as united States Senator to succeed Samuel H. Piles. The two branches will take sep arate ballots and then hold a joint ses sion Wednesday noon to ratify the ac tion. There will be IS seconds to tne nomination of Poindexter by Harry Rosenbaupt, among them being Sen ators Espey. Pacific and Wahkiakum Counties, and Chappell, of Klickitat. It was discovered arter adjournment today tr.at the House had adjourned until 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, and then someone remembered mat tne elec tion of a United States Senator was set for 11 o'clock. After considerable scurrying around enough members were found to rescind tn ijrst action and set 11 o'clock tomorrow morning as the time for meeting. STRIKERS BLOW UP MAINS Gas Men Blamed for Explosion In Portuguese Capital. LISBON, Jan. 16. An underground explosion of gas near the railroad ter minal last -night caused much alarm. Tha workmen were seriously burned and considerable damage to property in the vicinity was done. The explosion was due to the gas main having been cut by the gas workmen who are on strike, or by their sympathizers. The railroad service continued today as usual. Today a bomb was exploded in the Chellas Tunnel of the Belt Line Rail way. Mutinous Troops Gain Point. PARIS. Jan. 16. Advices from Bada- Jos. ' Spain, five mllea from the Portu guese frontier, say the Portuguese gov ernment has acceded to the demands of the garrison at Blyas, which mutinied recently to secure Increased pay. "DRYS" MAYWIN IN TEXAS Legislators May Decline to Confirm Appointments by "Wet" Governor. AUSTIN, Tex., Jan. 16. That a pe culiar situation will confront the ad ministration of Governor-elect Colquitt after his Inauguration tomorrow ap pears certain as the result of a caucus of Prohibition leaders of the Texas Leg islature this morning, at which it was agreed to decline to confirm Colquitt's appointments in the absence of his ap proval of the proposed laws, this being feasible because of the prohibition ele ment In the State Senate. It is expected that the present Leg islature will succeed In presenting to the people an amendment for state wide prohibition. Colquitt is an antl- probibltlonlst. "Centralis Giant" Has Measles. CENTRALIA, Wash.. Jan. 16. (Spe cial.) George Thompson, "the Giant of Centralis," Is confined to his home with second attack of measles. Mr. Thompson, who is a tower of strength In local athletics, stands six feet seven and one-half Inches In his stockings. and is built along generous lines. He Is 30 years of age and never had a day's Illness save these two attacks of measles. Mr. Thompson came to (Jen tralia from Texas several years ago. x Bitter Fight Is Probable. DENVER. Colo.. Jan. 16. Mayor R. W. Speer of Denver, In a letter which had been sent to every member of the Colorado Legislature today, made for mal announcement of his candidacy for the United States Senatorshlp to succeed the late Senator Charles J. Hughes. Jr. He says: "1 have decided to be a candidate for the United States Senate and would appreciate your support. I want to have an Interview and go over the situation before you make up your mind as to your action In this mat ter. "I am not the candidate of any cor- RnflFVELT NOT LEADER poratlon or Interest and I would not! nXJ 1 LCHOtn go to Washington until I could go as a free man to work for what I be lieve to be the best interests of the people, and to help Colorado." Ex-Governor Charles S. Thomas, in a letter to Stat Senator Crowley, also has announced his candidacy. Ex Uovernor Adams Is also expected to be a candidate. With the advocacy of the election to the Senatorshlp of Governor John F. Shatroth. because, according to the announcement. It would prove that Colorado Is not "corrupt and un ashamed. a ting of bitterness has been given th campaign, which from now until tha balloting commences promises to be exceedingly lively Montana StiU Deadlocked. HELENA. Mont.' Jan. 16. The result of the balloting for United States Sena tor in the Montana Legislative Assembly today was as follows: Carter. Republican, 16: Walsh, Demo crat. 22; Conrad. Democrat. 17; scatter ing;, 25; ncocuarjt to a choice, 61, Senator Works Says La Follette Is Head of Insurgents. LOS ANGELES. Jan. 16. "Roosevelt is not the father of insurgency. No one was. some are insurgents wnu ao not call themselves ao Kooseveit nas aided, the reactionaries at times ana has not demonstrated himself a. real ln- urcenL Such were the sentiments expressea lat nlrht In an Interview Dy jonn u. Works, of this city. United States Sen ator-elect from taniornia. Senator Works remarxs . were brought out by a query in which Gov ernor Johnsons statement at tue oau Francisco conference that he was a La Follette Progressive was quotea ana in which the Senator was asaea ior an axDresslon of opinion regarding wno the largest figure in me progressive movement Is today." 'Senator La Follette. oi w isconsin. Is the present Insurgent leader of th country, continued senator .norm. Blood Humors Commonly cause pimples, bolls, hives. eczema or salt rheum, or some other form of eruption; but sometimes they exist in the system. Indicated by feel ings of weakness, lanquor, loss of ap petite, or general debility, without causing any breaking out. Hood's Sarsaparllla expels them. renovates, strengthens and tones the whole system. This Is the testimony of thousands annually. "I have taken several bottles of Hood's Sarsaparllla, not for any par ticular disease, but as a blood purifier. which I think every one needs at times to keep the system in order. I know of nothing better than Hood's Sarsapa rllla." Anna Crawford, Cortland, O. There Is no real substitute for Hood's Sarsaparilla Get it today in usual liquid form or chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs. AD VISITING CARDS W. Ci SMITH & CO. Washington Bids-, 4th and Washingtoa Bulletin No. 21 If the laws are bad there can be no prosperity; capital will not invest' where the laws are so framed as to imperil invest ments; and labor cannot find employment where business and property are not safe under the law. Instead of peace and con tentment, there will be hunger and misery, where the laws are uncertain and unfair. m Oregon has been enjoying a most prosperous era. It has had the good fortune to attract capital in vast sums to aid its development. Whether this shall continue is for the people to decide. For under the present system of law-making there is great danger that the tendency toward enactment of foolish and ill-considered laws, proposed by visionaries and irre sponsible agitators, will effectually drive capital out of the state ' by making its investment here unprofitable. The interests of labor and capital are identical in this mat ter, and there is no surer way to restore the soup-kitchen and the receiver than to make it unprofitable to carry on business in the state. Stability has been secured in the states of the Union by written constitutions, which, under the old method, yield slowly to change by amendment. The proud record of growth and de velopment in our country is due in no small degree to the sense of security under the constitution that has made it possible to go forward with great commercial enterprises guaranteed and safeguarded against confiscation. But now in Oregon our con stitution may be amended by a minority of the voters at any election, and indeed has been repeatedly so amended since the new system has been in use. These changes are vital and radic ally alter the fundamental law, so that .security becomes danger, and confidence yields to fear. Who prepares these amendments to the constitution and; laws? Does anyone know what they are until they have been actually filed and made ready to be printed upon the ballot T Is there any public meeting at which the measures are carefully considered, dispassionately discussed and anxiously scrutinized word by word and sentence by sentence and there need deter mined ? No, the voter is not consulted beforehand. Interested and oftentimes irresponsible men turn out these radical proposals in final form and the voter is expected to accept or reject the whole complex and confusing pronouncement and to vote yes or no upon it, without opportunity for amendment. Nay, most voters must vote upon it without familiarity with its contents, being guided by the title alone, a3 it appears on the ballot. The very title is often misleading, and many a man votes for or against a principle which he fancies is expressed by the title without knowing that he is voting directly contrary to his con victions. At the last" election the voters cast their votes upon 32 different measures printed by short title upon the election bal lot. Many of these measures were proposed amendments to the constitution. If Oregon nto maintain its dignity and prosperity it must take steps to secure more deliberation in its popular exer cise of the law-making power. Unless the citizens awake to the dangers of wholesale and hasty legislation, and curtail and limit the laws thus voted upon, it takes no prophet to foretell the inevitable disaster that is at hand. Earnest men, patriotic men, must come forward quickly and take counsel how to remedy the evil that menaces the state. A few men, some of them impractical visionaries, some egotis tical and all-wise bone-heads, Borne scheming demagogues, are turning out laws like a Hindu grinds out prayers with his prayer wheel. They must be shorn of this power before it is too late, for it is easier to ruin the prosperity of the state than to force capital to invest where the laws are unstable and unjust. Portland Railway, light & Power Co. NO DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, GAS OR ANY OTHER STOMACH DISTRESS Belief in Five Minutes Awaits Every Maa or Woman Who Suffers From a Bad Stomach. Nothing will remain undigested or sour on your stomach if you will take a little Dlapepsln occasionally. This powerful digestive and antacid, though aa harmless and pleasant as candy, will digest and prepare for assimilation nto the blood all the food you can eat. Eat what your stomach craves, with out the slightest fear of Indigestion or that you will be bothered with sour risings. Belching. Gas on Stomach, Heartburn. Headaches from stomach. Nausea. Bad Breath, Water Brash or a feeling like you had swallowed a lump of lead, or other disagreeable miseries. Should you be suffering now from any stomach disorder you ean get relief within five minutes. If you will get from your pharma cist a EO-oent case of Pape's IMapepsln you could always go to the table with a hearty appetite, and your meals would taste good, because you would know there would be no Indigestion or Sleep less nights or Headache or Stomach misery all the next day; and, besides, you would not need laxatives or liver pills to keep your stomach and bowels clean and fresh. Pape's Dlapepsln can be obtained from your druggist, and contains more than sufficient to thoroughly cure the worst case of Indigestion or Dyspepsia. There la nothing better for Gas on the Stomach or sour odors from the stom ach or to cure a Stomach Headache. Tou couldn't keep a handier or mora useful article In the house. I A NATION'S CRIME By Mrs. I. Lowenberg, Author of "THE IRRESISTIBLE CURRENT" ' The San Francisco Chronicle says: The dialogue of Mrs. I. Lowenberg 's new book is remarkably clever. 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