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7 TITE MORXiyG OHEGOyiAy. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1911. N V BOLD BAD M IS TERROR OF TAGOMA Red-Haired Youth of 19 Years Makes New Record for Police Annals. GIPSY MEETINGS BIG AID Defective Walk Streets All Xlght Seeking Some One to Hold Them Up That They May Catch Ie perado, Who Laughs at Them. TACOMA. Wash.. rec 15. (Special.) Cnequaled In police annals here la tha reoord of the red-haired robber, a youth of apparently 1 yeari. who inc December 1 has terrorlxed tha cltjfe one night in one part of town, the next omewhere else displaying a bravado that haa laughed the police to scorn In their futile effort to apprehend the thief. The ambition of every man on tha polioe force Is to capture the red-haired youth. Kvery youthful red-haired per son on the streets at night Is regarded with suspicion, and more than one has had to give careful account of himself to avoid a trip to the JalL Night after night the police detectives and patrol men In plain clothes have traveled the streets of the residence district hoping to be accosted by a holdup man. But the youth haa always picked some part of town where the police weren't, and nisrht after nisrht the usual holdup re port has come Into police headquarters to puzzle the exasperated officers. Even Chief Fraser himself has taken to trudging here and there evenings In hope that he might meet the marauder. No stone has been left unturned by the officers, but they have yet to get their hands on the robber. Of some 20 red haired persons taken to Jail for Inves tigation ail have cleared themselves. OaeTisae Champioa Arrested. Among the suspects was J. (Silent) Rowan, said to have been one time the 128-pound boxing champion of America, and who la deaf and dumb, fillent had his troubles when be Ig nored a policeman's order to "Say. youse. come along with me. but was finally landed In Jail Tuesday and has been there since. How Silent could give the oft-repeated order "Hands up" Is a query the police have not answered, and. with an eye to humor. Silent writes that he la deaf and dumb on the sub ject. But Silent Is very red-headed. Some IS holdups are thus far credited to the red-haired desperado since De cember 1. exclusive of Wednesday's bold $1500 bank robbery at Everett. The description given of the Everett thief tallies with that of the Tacoma "worker." and has led the police to be lieve the Everett and Tacoma thug may be the same man. A report from Puyallup Wednesday night was that Dr. II. B. Runnels, of that city, had been held up by the Ta cnir.an and had put the thug to flight br the free use of his fist. Investiga tion has since tended to show that no attempted holdup took place and that the holdup artist did not operate In Tacoma at all Wednesday, one of the very few nights he has missed this month, adding strength to the theory that he may have perpetrated the Ever ett robbery. Cissy Smtta Meetlan Help. Not even the Gipsy Smith meetings have been Immune. On the night of the th. while a crowd of several thou sand persons waa coming from the big Tabernacle at South Sixth and I streets, three men we,re held op a block from the Tabernacle, almost In the midst of the crowd. In his plea for liberal con tributions to the (Jlpsy Smith fund the next night. Rer. T. TV. Lane, of the First Methodist Church, advised the crowd that It waa "better to be held up by a bald-headed minister Inside the Tabernacle than by a red-headed rob ber outside." Monday night the red-haired fellow held up Mrs. I-ouise Glenewlnkel at South Twcnty-tlfth and Yakima and took from her $14.70. She had Just cashed her husband's pny check at a corner grocery and with the stolen money went Baby Glenewlnkel's hopes for Chrtstmss presents. Said lira Glenewlnkel In telling of the robbery: "It's the money he took that worries me so. We need that so badly. I really believe he never would have taken It had he but known. His face was not bard and criminal-like. The only thing that looked at all like I Imagined it should In a holdup was the gun. If It wasn't for that I actually believe I could have talked to him motherly-like and maybe got him to let me keep at least half of the money. We need It so much. It'a so near Christmas and I bad planned so much for my little Annie." On December the red-hnlred boy went to the offices of the Pacific Dairy Company, at 1902 Tacoma avenue and held up M. C. Parish and Miss Vera Martin In the plTices. December S he went to J. G. Hendricks- grocery store at 1457 East Twenty-sixth street and held up the place. On lecember 7 be appeared at the Columbia beer hall. :3'1 Pacific avenue, and. after getting a glass of beer and paying for It. held up Bernard Schmidt, the proprietor. "We are doing everything In our power to apprehend the holdup men. says Chief of Police Fraser. "Some of the detectives are working IS and 1 hours a day of their own accord- I have sent officers lit plain clothes Into the residence sections and ordered them to walk about the streets In the hope that some one would try to hold them up- They are prepared to shoot If any one accosts them. I have passed hours every night myself recently walking about the residence districts." STOCKADE MAY BE VACATED Kosrburg Council Pledges Protec tion to Strikebreakers. ROSEBl'RG. Or.. Dec. 13. (Special.) At a special meeting of the Council held yesterday Mayor Joseph Mlrelll declared that the city would guarantee the Southern Pacific strikebreakers such police protection as is necessary In the event the company decides to abandon the stockade on January 1. as contemplated. The meeting was called at the Instl fc gatton of Superintendent I- R. Fields, of Portland, who Informed the Mayor that he desired to abandon the present practice of housing and feeding the strikebreakers In the stockade. Mr. Fields said he expected no trouble. ROAD TO RUIN IS SHOWN Portland Doctor In Forest Grove Ad dress Decries Poolrooms. FORKST GROVE. Or.. Dec. IS. (Spe cial.) one of the largest mass meet ings ever held In this city assembled last evening In the nmgnts oi ryunai Hall to hear a discussion of the social evil, under the direction of the Vice Commission, of this city, which was recently established. W. Q. MacLaren. superintendent of the Portland Com mons and the Louise Home for Girls. spoke on the Ignorance attending mat ters of sexual hygiene, and pointed to the conditiona found today in the ten derloin district of Portland. Dr. J. E. Snyder, of Portland, dis cussed the matter of sex hygiene from a doctor's standpoint, and made the statement that he would rather see ten licensed saloons tn a town the size of Forest Grove than one pool and soft drink room, where boys are allowed to loiter and start on the road to ruin. The meeting waa presided over by Mayor Thornburgh. and the City Coun cil, too. waa present in a body. This is the first meeting of its kind ever held In this city. The Vice o Social Commission was appointed by the Mayor about three months ago. and Is doing much toward the betterment of conditions here. CANDIDATES ARE MANY i ASHLAND'S ELECTION" TUESDAY BRINGS OCT WILLING POLK. Fifteen File Petition tot Four Places Women Enter Race for Park Board Vacancies. ASHLAND, Or, Dee.' 15. (Special) The regular annual city election for Ashland will be held next Tuesday, and gives promise of being one of the liveliest battlea of ballots that has taken place In years here relating to general municipal affairs. The offices of Mayor. Recorder and Treasurer are upon a two-year term basis now, and the Incumbents have another year to serve, but at Tuesday's election there are to be chosen four out of the six members of the city council (one to fill a short term In the Second Ward), and two members of the Park Board of Commissioners are also to be chosen.. Fifteen candidates for the Council all told have filed their petitions for the four places to be filled, and five Am1rmA their wllllnarness to serve on the Park Board, three of the latter candidates being women. teiue m selection of officers the question of .1 1 I f tS month to each of the councilman and $7S per montA to tne aiayor wm i cvmr. This proposition haa been twice de- . . . V. -n1. V. V ll . T(lln but. . .11 J -' - . like Banquo'a ghost. It will not down. and frlencs oT tne measure nope mi It will meet with better success this time, though It Is again expected to meet with determined opposition from those who think city expenses should be curtailed rather than Increased. Another proposition to be voted upon Involves the extension of the city boundaries, to take tn suburbeji terri tory, which Is particularly anxious to get the beneftt of city water privi leges for irrigation, as well as domes tic use. The annual vote upon the question of prohibiting the liquor traffic within the corporation the com ing year will also be taken. The proposal to aell the munlolpal .i nrht nUnt to the Slsklrou Company, which now has all but a monopoly In the electric power nu light service In Southern Oregon, Is being made an Issue Indirectly in the coming election, at least by those who are opposed to any sale by the city, pfw. AiinHn - rm tha candidates who have filed their nomination papers for the contest Tuesday: first Ward Councilman t- H Knsland. C. W. Banta (Socialist). William Potter, J. A. Lemerv. Second Wsrd cotmenmen. an-jr i..... O. 8. Butler. R. J. Kdwards. O. W. King (Socialist). Two-yr term. C. Cannlnshsra (candidate for re-slecUon . F. O. McWll llarr.s. C A. 8trlcklard (Socialist). Third Ward Councilman O Winter. W. ft. Oowdr. J. H. Doran. J. H. Provost. C St- Rowland (Socialist). Park Commlsilonsr. four-year term, to Hill vacancy C B. Watson, ceorse Tav rner. Five-year term, Mrs. D. Perosll. Mrs. C. H. Vaupel and Mrs. E. A. Rowland (Socialist). RAYMOND CLUB ELECTS Tonnger Business) Men Begin Work to Extend Membership. RAYMOND. Wash.. Dec. 15. (Spe cial.) Officers of the Raymond Com mercial Club elected at the last regu lar meeting are 8. M. Bomber, prest- j . . in.vj T T a- 4 vlr-nrealdnt. and P. T. Johnson, treasurer. The trustees who have served auring tne present year were re-elected. They are C- L Lewis, E. E. Case, B. A- Gra ham anad Neal Stupp. J. IL Fee, the financial secretary. Is appointed by the trustees, and W. TV. Hays, the publicity . . k V. ttohllrltv rommlttee. both of whom probably will be re-ap- polnteo. Tbe new officers are younger busi ness men of the city and a lively cam paign for members has already been begun. The social end of the organisa tion will receive more attention than heretofore In the belief that Interest In the club work will be increased. Klamath Falls Women Busy. KLAMATH FALLS. Or, Dec, 15. (Special.) The Woman's Library Club Is circulating a petition to- have the County Court, on its return from Port land, where it is attending the con vention to discuss good roads, levy a special tax of H mtU on all assessed property In Klamath County for pur poses of maintaining a library when one may be built. This would give a revenue of $7500. and may be levied un der a new state law enacted by the last Oregon Legislature. The present library, given years ago by Major Charles E. Wordeu. is located on the County Courthouse square, and derives part of its maintenance from an allow ance by the city. Asthe new Court house is to be built on the Hot Springs site, deeded t the county some months ago! snd the library may be forced off the corner by disposal of the old prem ises. a.4 well as having outgrown the present limited quarters, the women are desirous of having plans for a new b-.iil.llng well under way before any undesirable emergency confronts them. Marshfield Election Probable. MA RSI I FIELD. Or.. Dec. 15. (Spe cial.) Indications are that the grand Jury now in session at Coquille will probe the recent city election in Marsh, field. It was alleged by the defeated faction that there were Illegal votes cast and now a number of people have been subpenaed to appear before the grand Jury to tell what they know about the election. As Dr. Straw de feated K. A. Copple by only eight votes at the city election there was for a time some talk of contesting the elec tion. So far no steps have been taken In the way of a contest, but the fact that persons connected with the cam paign are being called before the grand Jury Indicates that an investigation by that body is to be Instituted. How ex tensive it will be Is not known. Cottage Grove Show Growth. COTTAGE GROVE. Or, Dec. IS. (Special.) There are 755 children here of school age. according to the school census recently completed by J. K. Bar rett, clerk of the SchooJ Board. This la a gain of 5 over last year. PRISON LACKS GASH Idaho ' Penitentiary Faces Problem of Deficit. HAWLEY'S ACT REAL BLOW Fact That Penal Institution Is Now Badly Overcrowded and Xnmber of Inmates Is Increasing Each Month Awakes State. BOISE. Idaho. Dec. 15. (SpeclaL) Because Governor James H. Bawley at tached his veto to an additional appro priation for the Idaho Penitentiary, that institution Is up against a deflcency of a grand total of 17000 which the Legis lature must meet In some manner at its next regular session. The crippling of the financial end of that Institution has proved a greater blow than was at first expected. The Institution presents one of the grave problems that must be solved in this state, due to the fact that it is now badly overcrowded, and the number of lnmatea is Increasing each month. No authority Is conferred by the state laws to put the prisoners to work on high ways, bridges and buildings, and the Board of Parole, the Pardon Board and the Prison Commission have their hands tied. Warden Crlea for Cash. "In spite of the fact that the expenses for the two years before the last ses sion of the Legislature totaled 192,- 168.18. and that they have been in tnat neighborhood for the last six years, the Governor refused to approve the appro priation of 1100.000 which I asked for and was given by the Legislature for the same length of time," said harden John Snook yesterday. "I estimated that with the increased cost of living and the growing population of the state nd the consequent increase in tne Drlson Donulation. that 1100,000 would just about meet all the expenses of the penitentiary for & period or two years. I have been reducing expenses from time to time in order to make both ends meet, but I see now that It is Impos sible. "Since I took charge of the institu tion I have managed to reduce the ex penses more than $1000, In spite of the Increase In the number of convicts nere. The number in the penitentiary at the close of the fiscal year in 1910 was 212. while those In the prison at the close of the last fiscal year numbered 276. This number haa since Increased. Wo have also felt the high cost of living. Meat that was bought at i.45 per hundred pounds cannot now be had for less than 110 per hundred. We let our contracts to the lowest bidder and we get the best prices that can be had. The average cost of keeping a prisoner is 63 cents per day. almost double the amount it was some years ago. The Governor cannot get out of approving the deficit, because he cannot turn the oonvlcta loose, and to keep them here be must see to It that they are fed." Convict Labor to Be feed. That radical changes will be recom mended to the next Legislature In the handling of convicts in this state is now recognized. Governor Hawlcy has ap proved a plan to oonstruct a norm ana south state highway from the Nevada to the Canadian line, traversing the central portion of this state and to be built by convict labor. This nignway Is but one of two. It will connect with the regular state highway In Nevada and the Canadian highway In tha North west Territory. The second state highway win be built east and west across the south ern portion of this state from Idaho Falls In the east, connecting with a Wyoming state road, follow the Snake River, and Its valley, connecting with the principal towns and cities and con tinue west to Payette, wnere it win cross the state bridge now being erect ed ever the Snake Klver there and en ter Eastern Oregon, connecting with the state highway of that state The plan Is to keep both roads open the year around, and t8 build them of such material as to make them not only wagon roads able to withstand heavy hauls, but perfect automobile roads. EARLY HARDSHIPS TOLD Salt Lake Mnlti-MJUionalre Re counts Days of Poverty In Salem. SALEM. Or Dec 15. (Special.) Da vid Eccles. of Salt Lake City, multimil lionaire, president of the American Sugar Company and holder of diverse Immense Interests, made hla second visit to Salem yesterday. The visit was to appear before the State Tax Com mission In connection with the assess ment of the Sumpter Valley A Mount Hood Roads. His first visit, he says, was made 44 years ago. At that time he came across the Cascade Mountains with a band of cattle and he landed In Salem penniless. For several days he worked In snd around 6alera. part of the time "buck ing" a crosscut saw for a ptttanoe, and part of the time employed In a small shingle mill. He needed to do this to obtain enough capital to leave the town and return to Eastern Oregon. Now he is the head of numerous and diversified Interests and has Just been subpenaed to appear as a witness In the Federal investigation which will be carried on with an end In view toward the dissolution of the alleged sugar trust. i PRESS CLUBJN NEW HOME Seattle Newspaper Men Have House warming In Fine Quarters. SEATTLE. Wash.. Dee. 15. (Special.) An informal house-warming marked the opening last night of the new quar ters of the Seattle Press Club In the Press Club building on Fifth avenue, between University and Union streets. There was a brief entertainment last ing for 20 minutes or half an hour, after which the members of the club and their guests mingled socially. The Press Club building is almost in the center of the old University tract and is owned by the Metropolitan Build ing Company. The alterations In order to accommodate the club have cost sp proximately 13500. The changes, the rearrangement of the rooms and the furnishings have given the club as at tractive and commodious quarters as ran be found anywhere on the Pacific Coast. The main hall Is 60 by 120 feet with a stage fully equipped, making a fine audience room and theater combined. In this room is a dancing floor 2 by 9 feet in the clear, with foyer in ad dition. EXPERTS WILL LECTURE Winter Short Coarse Students at O. A. C. to Get Treat. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, Corvallls. Dec, 15. (Special.) Dean Cordley. head of the agricultural I department of the Agricultural College, i has made arrangements for the follow ing nine experts to lecture ueiurv m Winter short-course students. Last year the lectures by experts from dif ferent sections of the country were among the most interesting features of the short course. H. G. Brown, the well-known potato raiser of New Era,. Is the first speaker, and ho will be followed by W. L. Con nehan. of the Portland branch of the I International Harvester Company, who will speak en "The Romance of the Reaper." C. A. Buckley, of Grass Val ley, will disouss dry farming problems. W. B. Thurston, expert of the U. S. Dairy Division at San FranclBco. will speak on this work. Carl Schallinger, of the Haselwood Creamery Company of Portland, will speak on this branch of work. J. D. Mlckle, of Forest Grove, will speak on the "Faculty and Function of the Dairy Work." A. H. Lee, of Portland, will speak on dairying, and William E. Scott, Dep- ' uty Commissioner of Agriculture at Victoria, B. G, will discuss some Hor ticultural problems. JURY GETS FAMOUS CASE MASS OF EVIDENCE MAT CACSE LO.VO cbxSULTATIOX. Prosecution Demanded on All Five Connta in Action Against Broth ers, Alaskan Promoters. SEATTLE, Wash, Dec. 15 The case against Arthur P. and Clarence A. Moore, accused of using the malls to defraud in connection with the promo tion of the Alaska Investment & Devel opment Company, was given to the Jury late today. There was a mass of ex hibits and documentary evldenoe to be considered, and it is believed the Jury will be out several hours. In his final argument District Attor ney E. E. Todd demanded conviction on all the five counts returned against the Moores, and asserted that the evidence ordered by the Government proved every contention of the Government that the Moore brothers were conduct ing a swindling schema Counsel for the defense argued that the Alaska Investment & Development Company's project for the construction of a ditch to utilize water rights from Eldorado River, 45 miles from Nome, for gold mining in the Seward Penin sula district of Alaska, was a bona fide proposition and that another season would see part of the plan In opera tion and earning money. It was also advanced that the Moores bad faith in the proposition and that they had no Intent to mislead the In vestors. EASTSIDE MANJS MISSING James Evans, of Boatbuilding Firm, Leaves Mysterious Note. MARSHFIELD. Or.. Dec. 16. (Spe cial.) James Evans, a member of a boatbuilding firm known as Evans & Cavanaugh. and conducting a factory at Eastslde, Is missing. A note left would indicate that he had committed suicide. , Evans haa a wife and Infant child. It appears that he has been worried about financial matters and, according to the note left, he cashed a check which was not good. ,He left at his house $75 in money and the note ad dressed to a roan boarding there, and requested that certain payment be made with the money, and Indicated In the note that he was "going to leave this world." OLD PLACE GIVEN H0LDEN Kx-Ft reman Reinstated as Battal ion Chief Patrolmen Also Back. In conformity with a new rule adopt ed by the Civil Service Commission for the reinstatement in the city service at the discretion of the Commission of any former employe, the Commission has reinstated Lee G. Holden, ex-battalion chief of the Fire Department. Holden resigned about two years ago. and filed application for reinstatement two months ago, when announcement was made that one of the battalion chiefs in the service was to be made Fire Chief. Several captains and lieu tenants took the examination and be came eligible. Ex-Patrolmen T. E. Hammersly and A. L. Gustafson were also reinstated. Lake and Klamath Cattle Hit. BEND, Or.. Dec. 15. (Special.) Ow ing to the existence of scabbles in cat tle of Lake and Klamath counties. Su pervisor Harvey, of the Deschutes Na tional Forest, has received instructions from the Forest Service to deny ad mission to all cattle from the two counties during 191J. unless a certifi cate of Inspection Issued by an em ploye of the Bureau of Animal In dustry can be shown by the owner. Ashland Boy Goes to Washington. ASHLAND. Or, Deo. 15. (Special.) William B. Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Allen, the latter a pioneer printer of this section, has gone to the National capital to accept an appointment as stenographer In the Postal Savings Bank Department. Young Allen Is a graduate of the old State Normal School here and later took a business course. Koseburg's Mayor Out for Toga. ROSEBURG, Or.. Deo. 16. (SpeclaL) Dr. E. V. Hoover, for three suc cessive terms Mayor of Roseburg, to day announced himself a candidate for State Senator at the Democratic prim aries in April. Dr. Hoover is qnite well known throughout Douglas Coun ty, and has held numerous offices of trust. Bend Charter Expensive. BEND, Or, Dee. 15. (Special.) The taxpayers of Bend are Just awakening to the fact that the city charter which they adopted November 22 was a very expensive instrument- Already J600 has been paid for drafting and sub mitting it to the people under the lnla tlve. A tentative draft which was not made use of cost the city $250. Bear Trap Catches Bnll. CHEHALIS. 'Wash.. Dec 15. (Spe cial.) John Sinclair, an Alpha farmer, set a trap for bear and caught his bull Instead. The animal was missing from the herd and a search revealed the fact that he had his foot securely fast in the trap. It took the help of several neighbors to release the anlmaL Champion Mine Develops Gold Bar. COTTAGE GROVE, Or., Dec 15. (Special.) A J3000 gold bar was brought down from the Champion mine this week by Guy Hogg and deposited with, a bank here. The Champion mill is running regularly and this is only one of many such bars brought down since the mill started in July. WEBFOOT OIL DRESSING, The greatest shoe grease made. Pro longs the life of shoes and renders them absolutely waterproof. Use It during rainy weather. At any store. CITY VOTE ASSAILED Defeated Sheridan Partizans Say Election Is Illegal. MAYOR VISITING IN EAST Young Men's Progressive Organiza tion, Which Elected Complete Slate, Will Fight Issue Tech nicality Hinge of Prpblem. SHERIDAN, Or, Dec 15. (Special.) Charges of irregularity In the recent city election held here are being made by the supporters of the People's ticket and the agitators declare that all of the officers elected may be kept from taking office. The People's ticket met with but small consideration at the polls. The agitators contend that because the vote was not canvassed within the specified ten days allowed by the char ter, the election is void and that the past term city officers should hold over for another term. The past term chief exeoutlve. Mayor Fanning, is in Michigan and Is not ex pected to return until after the first of the year and Sheridan officials are pin ned as to what course to pursue. The elected officers, members and sympathizers of the Young Men's Pro gressive party, who won the election In a sweeping manner, declare that there must be some provision to meet Just such an emergency as has arisen by the absence of the chief executive of the town at the time of the city election and If the election returns are questioned on the ground that they are Illegal, the validity of the" latter will be defended strenuously by the Toung Men's party. BERLIN GETS OREGON FRUIT Grande Rondo Prodnct Soon to Start Xew Trade Channel In Europe. LA GRANDE, Or, Dec 15. (Spe claL) Grande Ronde apples In carload lot will soon be rolling toward Berlin, and will open a channel of trade for Northwest fruitgrowers and dealers for the future. A carload of Imbler grown Newtowns has been sold to a Berlin buyer through cable negotiations and it will be loaded and shipped shortly, so as to reach Its destination In a few days after the beginning of the new year. The deal was made through the Northwestern Exchange at Portland. Another factor In this sale Is the fancy prices, said to be the highest for carload lot shipments f. o. b. main line La Grande that has yet been se cured by La Grande growers. The extra fancy bring $1.86 per box and the choree $1.75. In the carload lot Is a box of the very best that could be gotten up for the table of Emperor W'llhelm. Imbler growers are much elated at the succese of the sale, for they expect the shipment will command attention again from Berlin buyers next year. The carload was taken from the seven-year-old Wilson orchard north of Imbler. OPPOSITION IS RUMORED Naming of Port Orford Commission ers May Be Fought. 6ALEM, Or, Dec 16. (Special.) W. H. Meredith, representing the newly created Port of Port Orford, was in Salem today Interceding with Acting Governor Olcott In reference to the ap pointment of commissioners for the new port He said that there is a ru mor that an attempt will be made to enjoin the Governor from appointing the commissioners. The Governor has up to and Includ ing December 21 to make the appoint ments and as Governor West is ex pected home December 20 It Is prob able that the Acting Governor will not Interfere and will await the return of West- CLARK CHICKS WILL SHOW Second Annual Poultry Exhibition to Be December 20-CS. VANCOUVER, Wash, Dec 15. (Spe cial.) The second annual show of the Clark County Poultry Association will be held December 20 to 23 Inclusive in the old Armory on Fifth street. Pens to receive birds will be ready next Monday. Miller Purvis, of Petonia, 111, will be Judge of the entries and award all prizes. The County Commissioners have given $360 for cash awards and besides this other awards will be made. It is expected- that not less than 700 birds will be exhibited at this show, which will be larger and more preten tious than last year. Ashland's Tax Levy May Be Heavy. ASHLAND. Or, Dec. 16. (Special). Ashland's current assessed valuation exclusive of corporation assessments to be made by the State Board, amounts to $3,187,525, a considerable Increase over previous years, due largely to an arbit rary increase in the basis of residence property values by the assessor. The various tax budgets for the city, county, special school, etc, are now being made up, and all seem to want the limit, so that taxpayers are figuring on having toyleld up a pretty heavy per cent on an increased valuation. It Is freely pre dicted thatthe total levy will run be tween 35 and 40 mills. Ashland Merchants Organize. ASHLAND, Or, Dec 16. (Special). The merchants of Ashland have effected a temporary organization the ultimate object of which Is an association for the extension of trade, having been prompted to the move by the efforts of rival trade centers to draw trade from Ashland. The Ashland merchants say they purpose - to do a little competing themselves. The temporary officers of the association are: R- A. Minkier, pres ident, and Bert R- Greer, secretary. The following committee on permanent or ganization was appointed: H. L. Whited, C. H. Vaupel, J. P. Dodge, T. H. Simp son, H. P. Holmes. Klamath Falls Water Impure. KLAMATH FALLS, Or, Dec 15. (Special.) By an emergency ordinance the City Council has declared its inten tion to claim all springs on or near sec tion SO, township 37, S. R. 7, E. W. M, for a city water supply, the present domestic supply being Impure and Im possible to purify. A reservoir will be located on the adjoining section, 100 feet above the level of Aspen Lake, and the pipeline will run southeasterly to this city. Estimates 'on cost and plana Tree - ur.-Jf" mmmmm Oranges Cost No Morels aa BS SSHSISH i- -f 1 The finest oranges These are the perfect oranges with the valua ble wraDDers. Your dealer will supply you with . luscious Sunkist" oranges that ripen on the $.irrt tree a tasted- 4! d Insist on you in a lust. fhililren'a i finer flavor than yon nave ever Deiore ys of nr hicher nrices than vou have VV-' paid for those of much less quality. II m Bcantifnl Oranflc Spoon Yours - Save 12 sunKist ' orange or sr..-p.j lemon wrappers, or trademarks I? Vi I- 1 Pi'"1 'ill I cut from wrappers, ana sena mem to ns, with 12o in stamps to help pay charges, packing, etc, and we will send you this genuine Rogers silver orangs spoon. Foreachad dltional spoon send 12 wrappers or trademarks and 12c in stamps. Not responsible for casn sent through the mails. Fruit Knife for 2 4Wrappers and 20c in quality genuine Rogers silver. 14 "Sunkist" Premiums I - for the perfection of the system have not been worked out. ROAD FEELS COMPETITION Milwaukee Seeks Waiving Long and Short Hani on Commodities. OLYMPIA, Wash., Dec. 15. (Special.) The Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway has filed petitions with the Public Service Commission asking tor the waiving of the long and short haul on commodities between Aberdeen, Hoqulam, Cosmopolls and South Monte sano, and Seattle, Tacoma and suburban points, and Bismarck, Harvard and Smith. The request Is made also on grain, hay, straw, potatoes, livestock and for est products between Seattle, Tacoma and Renton and Everett, Snohomish and Duvall. In the former caserthe road desires to meet water competition and in the latter to compete with the North, em Pacific and Great Northern, which companies have shorter mileage. Forest Grove Elects In January. FOREST GROVE, Or., Dee. 15. (Spe cial.) The city election of Forest A Family Medicine Without Alcohol Without daily action of the bowels poisonous products must be absorbed. Then you have Impure blood, biliousness, headache. Ask your doctor about Ayer'sPUb for constipafloiv INDIGESTION, SOURNESS, DYSPEPSIA AND ALL STOMACH MISERY GOES Your Outr-of-Order Stomach Feels Fine Five Minutes After Tak ing a Little Diapepsin. There would not be a case of Indi gestion here if readers who are subject to Stomach trouble knew the tre mendous anti-ferment and digestive virtue contained In Diapepsin. This harmless preparation will , digest a heavy meal without the slightest fuss or discomfort, and relieve the sourest, acid stomach in five minutes, besides overcoming all foul. Nauseous odors from the breath. Ask your pharmacist to show you the formula, plainly printed on each 60-cent case of Pape's Diapepsin, then you will readily understand why this promptly cures Indigestion and removes such symptoms as Heartburn, a feeling like a lump of lead In the stomach, Fads for Weak Nine-tenths of all the sickness of ease of the organs distinctly feminine. Such sickness can be cured is core every day by Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription It Makes Weak Women Strong, Sick Women Well. It acts directly on the organs affected and is at the same time a general restora tive tonic for the whole system. It cures female complaint right in the privacy of home. It makes unnecessary the disagreeable questioning, examinations snd local treatment so universally insisted upon by doctors, and so abhorrent to every nod est woman. We shall not particularize here as to the symptoms of those peculiar affections incident to women, but those wanting full information as to their symptoms and means of positive cure are referred to the People's Com mon Sense Medical Adviser 1008 pages, newly revised and up-to-date Edition, sent fret on receipt of 31 one ecnt stamps to cover cost of wrapping and mailing only, in French cloth binding. Address : Dr. R. V. Pierce, No. 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. r'rer-ppiiiltmi i nitl-,i p, 1 1(1 nr; ; ( ( 1 1 1 ri 111 irii !Trriv' Ripened in the world the prke'-e eacn orange coming to ;. r -m. wrapper martcu oun- V$,s' .tor sucn are genuine. 'iJff M Most Healthful ot All nut vf r "sweet tooth" is satisfied j00tk?iA by this wholesome fruit. Healthful and ..... 1 "Cnl-icf" T-9ncreQ nnirj taketbe placeof sweets in many Domes.' stamps. Excellent Economical "Sunkist" Lemons Thin-skinned, extra juicy, and each comes In a valuable "Sunkist" wrapper. Insist on til em. as they ffo farther than otherlemons. They cost Tsble Knife Oyster Fork Table Fork Child's fork Dessert Speoa Ornio Spooa Child's Knife Fruit Knife Bonillon Spooa Teaspoon Coffee Spooa Tablespooa Salad Fc h Bolter Spreader ..11 ui-4rtHni, tinnihor of wrappers and amount of cash no more and the wrap necessary to secure each article, pers are valuable. California Fruit Growers' Exchange 192 North Clark Street, Chicago. EL. ,U6) Grove will take place on January 8, at which time a mayor, city recorder and treasurer, and three councllmen for a term of two years, and one coun cilman for a term of one year, will be selected. Provisions for the election were made at the regular monthly meeting of the Council, held this week. As yet no tickets are In the field, but It is expected that a mass meeting of the voters will be called for. to make nominations. The commission form of city government will not be voted on at this election. A GOOD TIME TONIGHT At Sixth and Morrison. Best time for you to select Victor-Vlctrolas and rec ords. Sherman. Clay & Co. Open evenings. Forty Take Teachers' Examination. VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec 15. (Spe cial.) Of the 40 persons taking the annual teachers' examinations here, 35 are women and five are men. The ex aminations will continue Saturday, when first grade examinations will be held In the court house. The examina tions are being conducted by Jay V. Flke. County Superintendent, andj Pro fessor P. Hough, assistant. ' Ask your doctor if a family medicine, like Ayer's Sarsapa rilla, is not vastly better without alcohol than with it Ask him the difference between a stim ulant and a tonic Ask him about Ayer's non-alcoholic Sar saparilla as a strong tonic for the weak. Ask him if it makes rich, red blood. Ask him if he has anything better suited to your case. Do as he says. J. O. A TEE OOMPAKT. Lowell. Maas. Belching of Gas and Eructations of un digested food, water brash. Nausea, Headache, Biliousness and many other bad symptoms; and, besides, you will not need laxatives to keep your stom ach, liver and Intestines clean and fresh. If your Stomach Is sour and full of gas. or your food doesn't digest, and your meals don't seem to fit, why not get a 50-cent case from your druggist and make life worth living? Absolute relief from Stomach misery and per fect digestion of anything you eat is sure to follow five minutes after, and besides, one case is sufficient to cure a whole family of such trouble. Surely. a harmless, inexpensive preparation like Diapepsin, which will always, either at daytime or during night, relieve your stomach misery and digest your meals, is about as handy and valuable a thing as you could have In the house. Women women is doe to some derangement or dis