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Vol. XV. Xo. 47. COI t V ALiLJS , OREGON , JANUARY IP, 1903. B. F. IRVINE Editor aud Proprietor. siMiaJ - - - During January Our Entire Stock of ... . Dry :0ood$, Rats and Shoes, WILL BE SOLD AT J Big Reduction. New Goods Arriving Daily. Save Money by Making Your Purchases this Month. SIS .. i I HOME-SEEKERS I : : I IS F YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SOME REAL rgood bargains in stock, Ranches, write for my special list, or, come and . ' -' " - --- see me. I shall take pleasure in giving you all tS the reliable information you wish also showing you over the country. - TTTiXTt) V - A TITUT'.TJ'TJ 1 :i F.366. 1 CORY RIGHT Times Office for Job Printing - Clothing, 'S3". . grain, fruit and poultry - Q v V I v; :- - " .:; Real Estate, Loan, and Insurance. ' Philomath, Oregon. . ENGRAVING j HAYING the only facilities in the city for First-Clasa Engraving, when so desired, all Christmas goods sold by us will be engraved absolutely Free of Charge. "" ' Pratt, The Jeweler and Optician. New Year's Table" Delicacies When suppled by P. M. Zierolf, in sure the utmost satisfaction to guests and host. If you intend to entertain, leave your order with us and you-will certainly be pleased both with the quality 'of our food products and our moderate prices. P.M. ZIEROLF HORSE MUST GO ELECTRICITY IN FIFTEEN YEARS ' WILL SCPPLAKT STEAM ON RAILWAYS Wireless Telegraphy; will be used for ! Commercial Purposes Edi son Says soFive Hund red Pound Woman Other News. New York, Jan. 2. Thomas A. fiMinnn llift crrpnt. ' irnrant.nr ' mndfl I tha following statement to the World .Wednesday: . "The great problems of the year are the problems of fighting bacte ria, of getting electricity direct from coal, of getting power from the ele ments cheaply, and in applying the many uses of -electricity to manu factures. . "I look ; for a-wonderful year. There is more activity in science than there has ever bsen bsfora, more men are working on big prob lems and great discoveries would be only natural. """ 'iFor myself, my storage battery, on. which I have worked four year, wilibeputon the market in Janu ary. " It solves the traction prob lem, and it3. introduction means that the horse will have to go. "I expect to give up-practical in vention for two years. I am going to experiment going to delve-into some problems that I have put by for an idle time, and for once am going to work without having the production of a commercial com modity in view. ''I am goiDg into the byways of science. I preferjnot to say what my experimentswill be. Yes, try ing to get electricity direct from coal is one of them. "The wireless "telegraphy I as suredly expect to see perfected for commercial purposes if not - fully so in 1903 at least advanced toward that end. The right kind of man is working at it, a practical , man, an earnest man, and I have confidence in him. - . - :"' "As to theobjection that messages may be tapped that's as far as the objectors can see now. That may be true tonight; tomorrow it may be different. - "I am. not interested in the flying machine. ' I could never see any com mercial use for it. I have nev-, er had time to read much about it. - "I expect to see electricity sup-; plant steam as a motive power. In fifteen years electricity will be -the railway - motive power; -v 1903 will advance it in that direction. - :--" - "Nineteen hundred , and three will bring great advances in surge- fry, in the study of , bacteria, in- the knowledge of the cause and pre vention of disease. v , : .'"Medicine is played- out. ' Every new discovery of bacteria shows us all the morel convincingly " that we have been wrong and that the mil lion tons of stuff we have taken was all useless. .' " ' . :" -"They may even- discover the germ of old age.v I don't predict it, but it might be by the sacrifice of animal life, human life could be prolonged.- - -" "'- " ? "The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will instruct bis patient in the care of the - hu man frame; in diet and in the-cause and prevention of diseases. -' j "Surgery, diet, antiseptics thes9 three are the vital things of the fu ture in the preservation ; of the health of ' humanity ,;There were never bo many able, active minds at work on the problems of disease as cow, and all their discoveries are tending to the simple truth that you can't improve ou nature. "The newspapers are among the great agents that will grow better in 1903 and in years to'come.. They are the great school.: A man who does not read the newspapers might as well be dead. They . are a pow erful infiuenca for - advancement. They are getting better," they are printing more science and paying more attention to the things that benefit and improve humanity, - "There will be few more ware The world ssema to be tending to peace. We should have a great na vy, one three timesas large as the presentr not to figbTt, but to have ready in cases there should be a fight. A great navy is one of the greatest stimulants to science.' We a only in the infancy of electricity Its possibility no man can dream no more tfJtrfr a man fifty JJ&ra ago could have foretold what we have today. Little discov eries like the Roentgen and theB:c querel rays and similar things will lead to great things what, cannot be told just now. r' " '. ."As to books, the books of today are more to my liking than the old books. ; It is so with painting. It is a great time, great things are be ing done and it is impossible, to prophesy.' Bstter health, grestex enlightenment, better ; facilities, of living are being placed in our reach with every . day. I look for a wond erful year of progress." Benton, 111., Jan 1; Miss Mollie Atchison, the largest woman in Il linois, died today. She was twen- tj8ix years cf age and-weighecf520 pounds. " " - , Washington," Ja.i. 6. Attorney- General Knox yesterday made pub lic an abstract of his recommenda tions for the regulation of trusts. These have been approved by ; the President. " He pioposes that Penalties be provided for all discriminatory practices -in regard to interstate commerce, aimed against both the giver and receiver of such illegal advantage. - Where products are the subject of such discrimination, v the Federal courts be given power td restrain their interstate or foreign transportation. " - " : ; Fenalties Hb9 imposed on - the transportation of freight at less than the published rate, such : penalties ti be born by both carrier and shipper. . -.- : . ; -;- - - -' :t',: Provision be made to reach'com bines which produce wholly within one state but engage in ; interstate trade. ' ; , ;. . - Provisions be made to collect in formation in regard to corporations engaged in interstate commerce, and for this purpose a - bureau .. be created in the proposed Department of Commerce. T" A special law be passed to speed the fioal decision of suits begun under the present anti-trust law. Mr Knox wrote a letter to the chairman of the committee of the Senate and House in charge of trust bills, which embodies these propo sals. i; '. :. - Washington, Jao. 6.- The day injhe Senate was eventful, because of a notable speech by Senator Hoar on his bill regulating trusts and an attack by Senator Vest on protec ted industry through the operation of the Dingley law. Senator Hoar s utterance was listened to with marked attention. He argued that if his bill should become law and prove effective no corporation enga ged in the commerce which is with in the -jurisdiction ; of Congrees should keep its condition a secret. Senator Vest used as a text for his remarks his resolution introdu ced Monday instructing: the com mittee on finance to prepare and report a bill removing the duty on coal. Feeble in the extreme and supporting himself oh his desk, he called attention to the condition of distress which has arisen aa a result of the shortage in the coal supply. There was breathless silence in the chamber as he sooke, and -every Senator on .the floor turned, in. his direction' in order to catch his words. '' " . Aldrich took exception to ' some of Vest, s statements and at-hia ' re quest the resoluaion, went over till tomorrow, when Aldrich will make reply. .; Kansas Citv, Jan. 1, Mrs Car rie Nation, the temperance reformer today, j closed . -negotiations tor a large -residence at Kansas City, Kan., to be used as a home for drunkards' wives. The price paid was $75oo, and it is understood that Mrs Nation will spend several thousand dollars in. improving , the property, which will be turned over to her within three months. The money to establish . the home was raised by Mrs Nation on her recent trip East. - - 'Boston, Mass!, Dec. 31. Dr. Wil liam B. Bolles believes the visit of Dr. Lorenz will give a considerable impetus to investigation along the lines of his specialty in the y nited States. - ' "There are already quite a num ber of Americon surgeonB,"said he, "who have and can successfully op erate as he has done, a,nd undoubt edly there will soon be a goo4 ma ny ; more, so that in a short time congenital dislocations will, have lost much of their, terror. Inves tigations along this line will lead to other ; discoveries, and surgery will continue to advance rapidly; IN SIXTEEN DAYS ROCKEFELLER MADE A PROFIT OF THIRTY SIX MILLION DOLLARS Happened Last Month Advanced The Price of Standard Coal - Oil Three and a Half Cents Cleared Seven Million In a Single Day. New York, Dec. 31. John X). Rockefeller advanced the price of crude oil 3 cent a barrel yesterday and as a .reward his Standard Oil stock was made to leap $17 a share on the curb market.' It sold at ?720. As Mr. Rockefeller owns 400,000 shares of the 1,000,000 shares in existence, the rise meant a gain of $6,800,000 for him for the day. De cembei was a lucky month forMj. Rcckefellrer. Though the coal fam ine be wa3 enaolea to put the sc 'ews . on . the consumers more tightly than ever before, raising the price both of crude and refined oils. As a result h a price of Standard Oil stock has leaped, since Decem ber 15th from $640 to 720. Besides it has 'paid a dividend of. $lo,ooo,- 000. . lnerelore btandard Uu stock holders are $9o,ooo,ooo richer today than they were two weeks ago. As Mr. Rockefeller owns two-fifths of the stock, his personal share of the prohts amounts to $db,ooo,6oo in sixteen days a trifle over $2,ooo,r- 000 a day. It was reliably reported in Wall street yesterday that there would be further advances in the prices of oil in the near future, some dealers expecting crude oil to go to a barrel. - It is now $1.55. Refined will advance with it. This compa ny is making strenuous efforts to corner the' Texas oil production. . Refined petioleum was advanced 10 per cent, yesterday. " . San Francisco, Dec. 31. San Francisco Examiner: While the Standard Oil Company is taking advantage of the coal famine to raise the prica of kerosene and ab stract more scores of millions from the pockets of the helpless American people helpless because they won't use their brains and 'think when they go to the ballot box it. "is timely to tell the story again of how the Standard Oil Company originated and became the greatest money: gathering machine that was ever invented. . - It is a story which has been oft en told, but never more simply and dispassionately than by Ida M. Tarbell, the historian, in McClure's Magazine. 1 ' : In 1861 John V, Rockefeller and his associates entered into a con spiracy with the railroads serving the oil. regions. Under the terms of this conspiracy a monopoly was to be created by freezing out of bus iness all oil refiners who were not members of the band. - ' The railroad $ had been fighting one another; by combining and asso ciating themselves with Rockefeller & Co. they would cease , cutting rates and earn more money. Their charters forbade them to discrim inate in freight rates, but they paid no more attention to that provision than ; the coal carrying road3 of Pennsylvania now pay to -the law which prohibits them from engag ing in mining. -:. ; : . The contracts with the South lm provement Company (really the Standard Oil) which the railroad managers secretly signed fixed rates of freight from all the leading ship ping points within the oil regions to all the great refining' centers New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Pittsburg and Cleveland. Miss Tarbell thus explains how the con spiracy worked: "For example, the open rate on crude oil to New York was. put at $2.56 a barrel. On this price the South Improvement Company was allowed a rebate of $1.06. But it got not only this rebate, it was giv en in cash a like amount on each barrel of crude shipped by parties outside the combination." ; x That is, the outsider paid $2.56 freight on each barrel, while Rock efeller & Co., because of the double rebate, paid only 44 centsj iWhat happsned to the outside re finers who were made the victims of this swindle?, There were at that time twenty six refineries in Cleveland some of them very large plants. "To the owners of these refineries Mr. Rockefeller wen t T one by one and explained the South Improve ment Company. :, 'You see,' he told them, 'this scheme " is . bound to work. It means an absolute con trol by us of the oil business.. There is no chance for any , one . outside But we are going to give everybody a chance to come in. . YoU are to turn qver, jour refinery to , ncy ap praisers, and 1 will give yoq stand ard Oil Company stock, or cash, as you prefer, for the vlue WE put upon it.' Certain refiners objected.. They did not want tof sell, . They. did want to keep and manage their business. Mr. Rockefeller was re gretful, but firm. - . Most of the refiners sold out to Mr. Rockefeller at Mr.. Rockefel ler's own price, which in Borne . in stances was less than half the real value. Those who did not. sell out to Mr. Rockefeller at Mr. Rockefel ler's price lived to be sorry. What Mr. Rockefeller did in Cleveland Mr. Rockefeller's partners did else where. 7' .-, , To this day the railroads are the backbone of the Standard Oil Com pany. When the cDmpany wants to stock up anywhere the rate on oil is lowered enormously, The ' lowered rate is opened to . anybody -on paper. .Bat if you, an outsid-. er, happen td want oil care, there are no oil cars for you. When the Standard has filled its tanks, up goes the rate again to the, old pro hibitive pomt and then you - can get cars if you want them, but there will be no money in it for you. No wonder Mr. Rockefeller and his associates have mountainous fortunes and that : those fortunes continue to grow like rolled snow balls. These men possess the ex torting power of monopoly the power to take from millions of oth ers what does not belong to the tak ers.- -: . '- : The Standard Oil Company, born of a criminal conspiracy, and throughout its career never hesitat ing at any illegality, not even at acts of violence against competitors, is a towering gold-plated monument to the failure of American law to protect the property rights of the citizen.' . - Washington, Jan. 8. Secretary Root has prepared a bill dealing with the transport question. It pro poses that The Secretary of war be allowed to charter the vessel for three years to private individuals in open com petition, to whom contracts for transporting troops and supplies to and from Manila shall be given. ,The Government ; mav resume possession of the vessels after . du notice, when necessity arises. The ships are to .have American registry.: ' Senator Foster showed Secretary Moody a telegram from the Mayor of Bremerton challenging investiga tion of moral conditions in the town, .-. The Secretary replied by showing a letter from Captain Eaton of the Oregon, describing in most drastic terms the rules of thugs and dive-keepers,-- " The proposal-.io lease grazing lands has been revived, by- the Ne braska delegation, which ha9 chang ed front since proceedings were be gun against illegal , fencing. - St Lawrence Island has been made a reindeer preser ve forAlaska. --It is proposed to epend $63,000 on a hospital at Vancouver Barracks.- - " ? ' ' -.- -. r Oregon is the lowest bidder for the care of the Alaska: insane,.: r- Representative Crushman has introduced a bill for the erection . of Government- salmon .hatcheries in Alaska. . : -'' THE OLD RELIABLE too? Absolutely; Pure THERE S NO SUBSTITUTE