YOU CANNOT RUN A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS ON FIRE SALES AND "HOT AIR." YOU MUST HAVE THE GOODS AND LET THE PEOPLE KNOW YOU HAVE THEM CITY COU 25th YEAR. OREGON CITY. OREGON. FRIDAY. JANUARY 24, 1908 No 37, OREGON DEMOCRATS ARE ALL FOR BRYAN OREGON STALWARTS FAVOR THE NOMINATION OF 8ILVER TONGUE ORATOR. PRIMARY LAW ENDORSED Committee Will Try to Negotiate With Republicans for Selection or Non-Partisan Bench June 16 Is State Convention. Central committeemen from all the counties of the state except Colum bla, Coos, Crook, Grant, Klamath Lake, Lincoln. Tillamook, Union ana Wallowa gathered at the Imperial on Saturday at 1 o clock in answer to tne call Issued by State Chairman Sweek some time ago. The deliberations 01 the organization were short, but things were doing while the session was on, Perhaps the most important action taken was the endorsement of Bryan for the next presidential candidate. Seifator Milt Miller was the one who brought the question up, and in a short speech brimming jylth enthusi asm he asked that the committee give Its endorsement to the famous Ne braskan.. Senator Miller contended that the fortunes of the Democratic party were oil the flood tide and he predicted a presidential victory for the party In November. His motion that Bryan be endorsed met with the unanimous support of the committee and the delegates voted the endorsement with a whoop. Sen ator Miller, Lark Bilyeu and D. M. Wntson were appointed as a commit tee to make known to Mr. Bryan the action of the committee by a fitting communication sent to him. The real purpose of the meeting for which the committee had been cal'ed together was the discussion of the question whether to call a state con vention. The presidential election makes it necessary to choose dele gates to the national conventlon.whlch limits in Denver July 17. It also makes necessary the selection of pres idential electors to be placed upon the ticket in November next. ' Under the direct primary law there is no provision for yie election either of delegates or of presidential electors who are to be elected by the people In November. The primary law is silent as to how these officials should be chosen either for nomination or fin ally. Therefore the question that con fronted the committee was a new and a delicate one, as well as Important. After much discussion, during which the opinion of the attorney general on the question was read, It was decided by the members of the committee that the only way to chooBe delegates to the national convention would be by means of a state convention. On the other hand It was decided that the only safe way to select the presidential electors would be by the direct primary nomination route. Ac Keep Bright and You Will Keep Busy fpLECTRIC LIGHT is the magnet that draws trade. The bright store is the "hypnotic eye" of business. People can no more resist the at traction of a brilliant, Electrically lighted store than resist the .clarion call of a brass band. Is your competitor with Jthe Electrically illluminated show windows, bright interior and sparkling Electric Sign getting an advantage over you? The moth never flutters around the unlighted candle I Up-to-date stores nowadays consider shop-window lighting a necessity, whether they remain open after dark or not. Competition forces modern methods. A show window brilliantly illuminated with Electric light will make many a sale "the night before.". Electric light compels attention, makes easy the examination of your display, shows goods in detail, and fabrics in their true colors. And don't neglect the Electric. Sign. , It is soliciting "tomorrow's" business every moment it is lighted burning your, name in the public mind. It is a solicitor that never becomes wearynever stops work costs little. Portland Railway, Light & Power Co. Q. G. MILLER, 7i&nt Ore&oneity, Ore&on cordingly S. M. Garland, a delegate from Linn county, proposed to ,the committee that It be the sense and recommendation ot the committee that four presidential electors be put on the direct, primary nominating ballots In April In the manner prescribed un der the law for the primary nomina tion of candidates for all offices. He further incorporated In "his mo tion that a state convention be called for June 16, at Portland, at which time delegates to the Democratic National convention would be elected. The number of delegates to be elected at the convention was fixed at eight del egates at large and an equal number of alternates. It was further Incorpo rated In the motion that the state con vention, In order to lay all doubts at rest, would ratify the result of the primary election by endorsing the pre sidential electors placed In nomination at that election. This motion was car ried without a dissenting vote.. - There was much discussion over the choosing of electors and delegates. It was the concensus of opinion that a state convention had full authority to elect national delegates but the right In regard to presidential electors was uncertain.' It. was the opinion of several attor neys present that opponents could contest the putting of electors nomin ated at the April election on the bal lot for November. It was argued that the April nominations were supposed to be voted on In June, while the pres idential electors would have to go on the ballot for November. EAOINET the November presidential ticket. It was feared that this discrepancy in the laws would invalidate a direct pri mary nomination. To make assurance doubly sure I' i V' !' y s k , Z' r fuj-f. m .m,J.Ml..aJ REV. T. F. BOWEN, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, who will Introduce a vested choir In Oregon City. therefore it was decided to have the electors nominated and voted upon In April in the same manner as other candidates. This will give the party members an opportunity to say who are the best men to send to the elec- Continued on page 8 GRANDFATHER GIVEN CHILD CUSTODY OF SEVEN YEAR OLD BOY IS AWARDED TO D. L. WOLVERTON. FATHER NOT COMPETENT Boy'e Parents Left Him Here and Went to Seattle, the Father Leav- ' Ing An Unsavory Reputation . . Behind Him. The fight for the possession of Har old Wolverton has been settled through an opinion of County Judge Dimlck that ims been handed down. The child is about seven years of age, and his parents, D. L. Wolverton, on one hand, and his aunt, Mrs. C. E. Forshner, and her husband on the oth er, have been wrestling to obtain the care of the boy for two weeks In the court, and for a much longer time out of court. Forshner asked to bave the boy declared an "Abandoned" child, under the juvenile statute. . Last October the grandfather asked the County Court for permission to adopt the boy, stating that the par ents of the boy had wilfully deserted him and had neglected to provide for his proper care and maintenance. Judge Dimlok's opinion says in part: "The testimony of a great many wit neses was heard regarding the vici ous habits of the father of said alleg ed dependant child and from the evi dence adduced it seems to be clearly established that the father of said child was for a number of years prior to Jiis departing from this city, which wa about four months ago, addicted to the habitual ise of intoxicating liq uors to .such an extent, that he would at times become drunk and unable to wiper ly care for himself, and a num ber of times while residing In thin city wltlrTiis family, was placed in the city jail on account of drunkeuness, and from the testimony of city offi cials it seemed to be his common prac tice, or at least was so while residing in this city, and by reason thereof he became a nuisance rather than an or nament to the community, and it fur ther appearing from the testimony of petitioner's witnesses upon one occa sion while the father of said child was residing in this city, certain members of his family became sick and dis abled and he came up town for the purpose of procuring certain medi cines which were prescribed by the at tending physician, but Instead of pro curing the medicine and returning home with It for the purpose for which it was intended, he proceeded to get drunk and was again placed in the city prison and the city officials were com pelled to procure the medicine and take It to his home, and upon another occasion, according to the testimony of Dr. Carll, the father of said child pretended to attempt suicide by tak ing carbolic acid, and in the pretend- ed attempt, scattered the poisonous drug over certain members of his fam ily, and It was the opinion of Dr. Carll, according to his testimony in the case, that the father of said child was not a fit and proper person to have the care, custody and control of said alleged dependent child,- and fur ther It was the opinion of the police officers of Oregon City that by reason of the habits of said father, he was an unfit person to have the care, cus tody and control of said child. While there was a great deal of evi dence produced which had no bearing upon the issues in the case, a large portion of the evidence was directed at the general character and reputa tion of the father of said child, while living in Oregon City, and at other places prior to the time of his coming to this city, and it seems to be clearly established from the testimony that he has pursued a course that is not creditable nor elevating to himself, nor would his conduct while drunk and disorderly place his child in pro per environments, or set a proper ex ample for a child to follow. In the testimony of N. L. Wolverton, the father of said child, he admitted that his conduct while living here was about as described by the police offi cers and other witnesses, regarding bis habits and conduct when drunk, but testified that since he had left Oregon City that he had not drunk more than six or eight glasses of beer, but It la reasonable to presume that he has not altered his ways unless he could show that he has completely re formed, for when a man has followed the practice of getting drunk and be ing disorderly for a number of years, It requires .more than his own testi- F.l.l,lllll .1.1 II- P I. .11 nil. .-I mi .1.1 is n; iiiiiiniii.iui.il III. 11 MM I M ' f 1 . " " ' ''' A ; ' Auditorium of Willamette Valleys. Chautauqua Assembly In Gladstone Park, where interesting programme will be pre sented next session. mony to convince me that there has been a change for the better, when tho witnpRa himself acknowledges that he has been "drinking some" even if he limits it to six or eight glasses of beer, which the witness did by his own testimony." "I think that the strongest proor oi nhnnrinnmpnf in the solemn statement of the grandfather of the child, as set forth in his adoption proceeuings, as no one would be in a better positon to know than he, whether the child Bptnallv abandoned. The grand father knows the father of the child, his disposition, habits, character ana ability to provide for his child, and knows far better than any one els whether the child was actually aban doned, and as that evidence origina ted in the mind of the grandfather whn una In a nnsitlon tn know at the time of filing his said petition, and taking into consideration the evidence of the other witnesses, I do not believe that the father or motner naa any ser inua Intentions of ever taking the child to their home in Seattle." "Th Grandfather claims "to have charge of the child without any legal control over it, ana tailing inro con sideration that he is an old man past tho liihllonl nllnted time for man to live, and has only had charge ot the child at times during its jue, ana ne having heretofore claimed that the child was abandoned by its parents and that it had no legal guardianship, which I am disposed to accept as true, nrwl thnn onmea the aunt, who Is also a sister of the child's father, and shows that she has had care or me child at times from the date of its hlrth tn the nresent time, and during its life It was with its parents a part of the time and with its grandfather a part of the time ana tne remaining Hm with her. Now under those cir cumstances the question presents it self to me, does tne cniid nave proper parental care ana guaruiansnipi r think the evidence adduced in this cause would indicate and convince the average man that If the child were In its parents' home it would not have proper parental care and guardian ship, neither would it have with its grandfather, for the reason that he is tnn nld tn nrnnerlv care for the child and teach It as it should be taught, nor does It have the proper paremai care or legal guardianship with any other person, and as the child has been shifted around rrom piuar w post, I am compelled to believe that it unnlH ho for the best Interest of the child to have a permanent and fixed domicile ana parental care uvei it that a child of its age requires, and r thlnU the nraver of the petition should be granted and It Is so or dered." Insurance Company Doing Well. Tho fourth reenlnr annual meeting of the Farmers' Mutual Fire Relief Mnn nf Portland. Or., took place Wednesday, January 15, at Port land. The meeting was wen aueuu ed and the best harmony prevailed. Tho annual Rtatement showed a fine growth, having added $521,229.50 of risks during the past year, bo vimi n after taklne out the can celled policies, about one and one quar ter million of dollars or insuruu. The largest amount carried in any a .lair la 13 M( Thfl total amount of cash received Is $3,352.32. All Its losses, to the amount oi were promptly paid, ana so it can iook wu satisfaction back over the past and with well-founded expectations for ard into the future. There is today ,.ihor Hro Insurance company in the State of Oregon that can, with re gard to cheapneiis, careiui mtuw ment and prompt payment of its losses be compared with it. All the old offi cers and directors were re-elected. CIRCUIT COURT SPECIAL TERM HUGE GRIST OF DIVORCE DE . CREES HANDED DOWN BY JUDGE McBRIDE. CRIMINAL HEARINGS SET Four Canby Saloonmen Will Face Trial Early In February On a Charge of Selling Liquor to Minors Kinzel Case Nine decrees of divorce were hand ed down on the first day of the special term of the Circuit Court Monday by Judge McBride The expected record breaking grist did not materialize, as Court Stenographer Runyan was busy on other matters, and the decrees will come down piece meal during the term. Those whose married life was annulled were: Riley Billings vs. Effle Billings, Cynthia Addlngton vs. William M. Addlngton, Herman T. Dow vs. Lotta Dow, Pearl Rltter vs. Nicholas Rltter, Josle Smith vs. Floyd Smith, Zelma Borgman vs. John Borg man, Margaret Foster vs. E. W. Foster, Jennie L. Bowers -vs. A. M. Bowers, Lena Schinnaman vs. John Schinna man. District Attorney Hedges returned Information against two Canby saloon keepers, Ben Bermosher and H. K. Tackleson and their barkeepers, Peter Holberg and James Jesse, and they appeared in court and entered a plea of not guilty to the charge of selling liquor to minors. The trial of Hol berg and Bermosher was set for Mon day, February 3, and that of Tackle son and Jesse on the following day. These cases had their origin in the death of young Charles Kinzel at Can by last fall, after a debauch. Kinzel's minor companions procured whiskey from some of the saloons and gave some of the stuff to the boy, and he became ill and was laid in a barn to sober up, and ihe next morning he was found dead from strangulation. The trial . jury , was excused until next Monday, and there will be no criminal cases tried until next , week. The following order were , made Mon day: Mount Hood Railway Co. vs. C. A. Andre et al.: Demurrer overruled as to defendants M. F. Donahae and Alma P. Donahae, who were allowed until January 27 to file an answer. D. C. Yoder and Levi Yoder vs. Fan nie Yoder et al.: Gordon B. Hayes appointed guardian ad litem to repre sent the minor defendants. A. D. Grlbble vs. S. M. Long and J. W. Falconer: Settled and dismissed. Mount Hood Railway & Power Co. vs. City of Portland: Demurrer over ruled and defendant given until Janu ary 25 to file an answer. Gottleib Kunzl vs. Eastern Invest ment Co.: Judgment, 0. L. Purveyor vs. Mllwaukle Coun try Club. Demurrer overruled and de fendant given until April 1 to answer. Orders were handed down Tuesday as follows: Mabel S. Patton vs. Roy F. Patton, name of plaintiff ordered changed to Harris. Decree of divorce granteJ l&st term, Barnes Machinery Co. vs. Oregon City Mill & Lumber Co.: Demurrer overruled. . Beaverton and Wlllsburg Railroad Co. vs. J. O. Story et al.: Settled and dismissed. The following divorce decrees were handed down Tuesday: Emma J. Buchanan vs. Charles Ed ward Buchanan, Margaret Foster vs. E W. FoBter, Anna Bell Benedict vs. John A. Benedict, L. F. Banzer vs. Lo retta J. Banzer, Marie D. Curtiss vs. Cliff R. Curtiss, Clara Louise Hans borough vs. James Madison Hansbor ough, Ada G. Bonney vs. Frank W. Bonney, Dorrls May Garrette vs. Thomas Garrette, A. D. Perkins vs. Eva H. Perkins, Andrew A. Hlckey vs. Doretta M. Hickey, Lizzie A. Richards vs. Thomas' I. Richards. District Attorney Hedges on Tues day returned an Information against Leroy Carden, who is charged with as sault. He entered a plea of not guilty. The trial of the four Canby saloon men on a charge of selling liquor to minors will be held February 3 and 4, and it is said that a bard fight will be made by the defense, as under the Oregon law, a conviction on this charge, bars the defendants from ever again carrying on the saloon business within the state. The following decrees of divorce have been handed down: J G. Mealln vs. Adda L. Mealln, Marlbel Relster vs. Edward Reister, Mary M. Dickenson vs. John Dicken son, Walter Taylor vs. Mabel K. Tay lor, Chester Hlnes vs. Annie Hines, Dominica Barbaro vs. Bartholomew Barbaro, Minnie Miller vs. John F. Mil ler, William Lawrence vs. Lillian Law rence, Minnie Harris vs. Abe O. Har ris, Louise Hodges vs. Henry O. Hod ges, Catherine Moore vs. Joseph H. Moore. Informations were" returned Wednes day by District Attorney Hedges, against William Dickenson, his two sons, John Dickenson and J. M. Dick enson, John Riley, Earl Ransier and Vernon Hawes, charged with the mur der of Blngwan Singh, a Hindu, at Boring on the night of October 31 last. They entered a plea of not guilty and the trial of Dickenson and his sons, Riley and Ransier, was set for January 27. They will be defended by George C. Brownell. Hawes will be tried February 5, following the Canby saloon cases. He is represented by Attorneys Hedges and Griffith. The prosecution will be assisted by State Senator Dan Malarkey, of Portland, who Is said to be retained by country men of the murdered Hindu. District Attorney Hedges also re turned an Information against Leroy Carden, who is charged with assault. Carden was arraigned and entered a plea of not guilty without noise. He is a deaf mute, and will be tried Jan uary 31. He, with the seven men charged ' with murder, have been in mates of the county jail since early In November, and the legal holidays pre vented an earlier hearing, as the reg ular November term of the Circuit Court was passed. Judge McBride handed down the fol lowing decrees of divorce: Charles A. Rlnehart vs. Addie Goff Rinehart, Mary Curtis vs. Owen B. Curtis, Min nie Stephenson vs. William P. Ste phenson, Hattle E. Legg vs. W. Frank Legg, Hilda Hart vs. James Hart, Mar garet Mathenson vs. William D. Math ecson, Nancy S. Cooley vs. John Cool ey, Julia E. Livingstone vs. Harry Liv ingstone, Hattie Keeper vs. John P. Keeper. Charles William May vs. Sar ah M. May. Governor George E. Chamberlain was in town Wednesday and appeared before the Circuit Court on legal busi ness connected with suit of the Mount Hood Railway & Power Co. vs. Charles Adam Andre et al. BAR FAVORS MR. SCHUEBEL. County Attorneys Indorse His Can . didacy for Office. Nearly every member of the Clacka mas County Bar Association -has signed a paper expressing their con fidence In the Integrity and ability of Christian Schuebel, who has been nominated by President Roosevelt for the office of United States Attorney for Oregon. The Intelligence wa communlcated, Friday, to United United States -Senators Fulton ' and Bourne and Congressmen Hawley and Ellis. It is more than probable that Mr. Bourne, who recommended I.'i. Schuebel, will exhibit the expression of Mr. Schuebel's fellow townsmen- to the President. The following attor neys, who are members of the asso ciation, signed the paper: Gordon E. Hayes, president; C. D. Latourette, secretary; D. C. Latourette; Grant B. DImick, county judge; John W. Loder, V. R. Hyde, J. U. Campbell, Walter A. DImick, O. D. Eby, M. D. Latourette, W. S. U'Ren, Thomas F. Ryan, Frank lin T. Griffith, John F. Clark. CYRUS K. BALLARD DEAD. Postmaster of Mllwaukle and Civil War Veteran. Cyrus K. Ballard.postmaster of Mll waukle and a Civil War veteran, died Tuesday morning at his home after an illness of several weeks. He was born in Illinois a little more than 69 years ago. When the Civil War broke out he enlisted In the Fiftieth Illinois Reg iment and served throughout the war with a creditable record. ' About 25 years ago Mr. Ballard started across in the Plains in a wag on with his wife, and settlad at Oak Grove, Or. He afterwards moved to Mllwaukle and was appointed post master there five years ago. He was a charter member of Rlvervlew Lodge, No. 179, I. O. O. F a member of the G. A. R. encampment at Oregon City, and the Knights of Pythias, and a social member of the Knights and Ladies of Security. He is survived by a brother, Charles Ballard, of Mllwau kle, and two sisters, Mrs. Anna De Ball, of Yukon, Oklahoma, and Mrs. Addie Orr, of Laye, Oklahoma. The funeral was held Wednesday after noon at 2 o'clock, In Woodmen Hall under the auspices of Rlvervlew Lodge. MONSTER LAND DEAL. Northern Pacific 8ellt Nearly 20,000 Acre to Weyerhauser. The Weyerhauser Land Company haa purchased from the Northern Pa cific Railway Company 19,220.80 acres In Clackamas County, and the deed has been recorded in the office of C. E. Ramsby. The consideration is giv en in the deed as $1 and the actual purchase price Is not made public. The property runs across the eastern end of the county, starting at the Clacka mas River and continuing to the southern boundary. Dramatic Recital. The Saturday Club Is preparing to present the talented and beautiful Mrs.. Walter W. Bruce, of Portland, In a dramatic and musical programme at the Congregational Church on Fri day evening, January 31. Mrs. Bruce was trained for the stage, but upon her marriage to Dr. Bruce gave this up and devotes her talent to enter tainments only. One popular feature will be a Shakespearean presentation, Act 1, Scene 3, from "As You Like It." The Women's Club met Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Hiram E. Straight, and an interesting programme was In charge of the hostess, who is chair man of the Current Events depart ment. Mrs. Theodore Osmund ren dered a vocal number, and Miss Myrtle Toozo gave a recitation. "Progress" was the subject of a paper read by Mrs. T. E. Beard. In guessing con tests the prizes were won by Mrs, H. P. Brlghtbill and Mrs. Henry Salis bury. The following resolution was unanimously adopted: "Resolved, that we, the Women's Club of Oregon City, heartily endorse the Mayor, W. E. Carll, in his recommendation for a rest room for Oregon City." The marriage of Miss Eva Jackson, of Marquam, to C. A. Beugll, of the same place, was solemnized Wednes day at the courthouse by County Judge DImick, In the presence of the bride's brother, Edward Jackson, and Deputy County Clerk Mulvey, who Issued the license, Mr. and Mrs. Beugll have hosts of friends In the southern part of Clackamas County, who wish them a long and happy married life- SPECIAL DAYS AT CHAUTAUQUA OREGON STATE GRANGE IS TO HAVE A PART IN NEXT SUM MER SESSION. NOTED SPEAKERS COMING John Sharp Williams, of Mississippi, Will Be Here Tent Dormotorles To Be Established By Y. W. C. A. For Young Women. In point of Interest the coming ses sion of the Willamette Valley Chautau qua Assembly, which will be held at Gladstone Park next July, promises to be far ahead of previous sessions. The engagement of John Sharp Williams, Democratic leader In the House of Representatives, is regarded as a mas ter stroke on the part of the board of managers of the four Pacific Coast Chautauqua Associations at Gladstone Park, Ashland, Long Beach, Cal., and Pacific Grove, Cal. Alfred Montgomery, the farmer painter; Dr. Robert Mclntyre, of Los Angeles; Dr. Ira Landreth, of Belmont College, Nashville, Tenn., and Dr. Ed win Southers, are among the men who will lecture at Chautauqua, and others In prospect are Leonora M. Lake, the noted Catholic woman lecturer, whose C. D. LATOURETTE, President of the Clackamas County Bar Association, which endorsed C, Schuebel for U. S. Attorney. talks appeal to the laboring class, and Rev. Maurice Penfield Sikes, of Frank lin, Pa., who will be In Portland next Summer for several weeks to occupy the pulpit of the White Temple during the absence of Dr. J. Whltcomb Brou gher. The executive commute of the Willamette Valley Chautauqua has been 'authorized to close contracts for talent. It is a matter of regret on the part of the "directors that they were' unable to secure Miss Jane Addams.of Hull House, Chicago, but her engage ments would not permit her coming to the Coast. Six special days bave been set aside for the session, as follows: Grange, Patriotic, Portland, Oregon City, Wo men's and Women's Christian Union. On Patriotic Day Dr. Mclntyre, a fam ous word painter, will deliver his lec ture on Abraham Lincoln. It has been given out that several new Chau tauqua Associations may be formed on the Pacific Coast, at Boise, La Grande, and a point In the vicinity of Seattle and Tocoraa. The classes at the coming session will be augmented by the addition of the study of forestry, ornithology, biol ogy and kindergarten. There vlll also be classes In United States history, music, elocution, literature, physical culture, Bible and domestic science. Throuugh the efforts of Mrs. Saiah A. Evans, prosldeni of the State Federa tion of Women's Clubs, Mrs. Jessie M. Honeyman, president of the State Board of the Young Women's Chris tian Association, Miss Frances Gage, who had charge of the quarters of the Y. W. C. A. last year, and Mrs. Lucy Faxon Addlton, the only woman mem ber of the board of directors, a tent dormitory for young women will be established on the grounds, and it Is probable that the Y. W. C. A. people will assume charge of the Chautau qua restaurant In connection with the school of domestic science.- COMMITTEE TO DECIDE. Corporations May Be Given Time to Remove Poles From Main 8treet. At a special meeting of the city council Wednesday night a special committee, consisting of Mayor Carll, City Attorney J. U. Campbell and Councllmen Andresen, Kuapp and Pope were appointed to consider the matter of granting the Portland Rail way, Light & Power Company, the Pa cific Telephone & Telegraph Com pany, the Western Union Tolegraph Company, and the Postal Telegraph & Cable Company further time to rc nove their poles and wires from Main street. The underground wire ordin ance, that was passed nearly one year ago, has not been complied with by any of these companies, who were notified at the time of the passage of the ordinance to remove their poles from Main street by March 1 of this year, but nothing has been done. Jacob Mlchels was elected council man from the Third ward to succeed C. W. Frederichs, who resigned be cause he had moved out of the ward. Mr. Mlchels will serve during the re mainder of this year. Councllmen Meyer, Jack and Betzel were appointed a special committee to confer with the Southern Pacific Company relative to the construction of an overhead crossing at Sixth street. This is a matter that has been under consideration for many months. "Had dyspepsia or indigestion for years. No appetite, and what I did eat distressed me terribly. Burdock Blood Bitters cured me." J. H. Walk er, Sanbury, Ohio.