THE MORNlSTG OBEGOKTAST, TVEDNESDA'T, JANUARY 2. 1893.
HBQM LAND CHEAP
THE SOUTHERN" PACIFIC FIXES A
3L1XIMOI riUCE. .
letter From General Land Ajfent
21111a, In Whlcli He Ajcaln Be-
fines HI Company's Policy
llr. Andrew G. Slyers. formerly of this
city, now a prominent mining man of
Northern California, and president of the
Siskiyou County Mlnere Association, on
a. recent visit to this city, -was attracted
by the discussion, then going on over the
status of railroad mineral lands in South
ern Oregon. On his return Xo California
ilr. Myers called upon Mr. "W. H. Mills,
general land agent of the Southern Pa
cific, at San Francisco, and asked him If
he -ntere willing to flx a price at -which his
company would sell mineral lands. Mr.
Mills promptly replied In the appended
letter, which Mr. M-ers sends to The Ore
gon'san. It applies equally to Oregon and
California lands within the limits of the
Southern Pacific grant:
"SAN FRAXC1SCO. Dec 24. Andrew
G. Myers. Esq... President Siskiyou Coun-.
ty Miners' Association, Fort Jones, Cal.
My Dear Sir: You suggest that where
lands are patented to the railroad com
pany and shall subsequently prove to be
valuable for mineral, some definite price.
In order to promote mining, should be
ibced on such land. I beg to assure you
that the company recognizes the fact that
mlnral land was not granted; that if the
land was mineral. It was clearly exempted
from the operatjoxs f the grant: that the
company is not seeking lands that were
not granted. Mineral land, however, is
interspersed with agricultural land, eras
ing land, timber land, etc. The fact is
that It does not follow that because min
eral is found in certain localities large-regions
of land are more valuable for min
eral than for agriculture: br that large
areas of the state should be held out of
use and settlement awaiting discovery of
mineral which may never be discovered.
"Your suggestjon that a price be fixed
on mineral land Is certainly a very good
one. I beg leaveto indicate to you what
the company .vgu1 do under the circum
stances mentioned by you by informing
you what it has done. As a rule, land
supposed to contain valuable mineral is
usually valueless for any other purpose.
"Wherever we have found a mine In suc
cessful operation on railroad land, . we
have carefully excluded It from any ap
plication, for patent. Where mines hae
been discovered upon lands that we have
applied for, e have in a vers large num
ber of instances relinquished the land
tsjthout consideration. The?e relin
quishments are a matter of public record.
and may be examined In confirmation of
this statement. In many cases, we have
sold the land, because its mineral char
acter was doubtful, at a low price, even
us low as ?l an acre, and in these cases
we have not required them to pay until
they satisfied themselves that it was not
mineral. We "have made contracts running
for fio years for interest only where the
land was sold for J125 or $2 50 an acre,
ao that the parties would have ample
time to prospect. If they found a mine,
they took such means -of securing their
title to it as seemed most fitting to them
selves. As a rule they relinquished their
contract for its purchase With us. and
took the matter up with the government,
and always with our encouragement and
assistance. In fact the area of land ac
tually valuable for mineral is small.
"While writing, permit too to call your
attention to the fact that the contest
between the agricultural and the mineral
character Is" not a burning one as 'relates
to the railroad. The grant to the Central
Pacific railroad In California embraced a
strip of allernatp odd-numbered sections,
40 miles wide; but no land was found in
any guahtlty not already appropriated,
M.est of the. town of Rocklin-, East of
that point, and to the state line, a very
large percentage of the land had been
taken, and was therefore lost (o the com
pany; another pcrccrtage was notoriously
mineral, and that was lost to the com
pany. But one-half of the area was
j, ran ted. and there remains but a. small
portion of the grant undisposed of. On
the line of the California & Oregon, the
entire west side of the grant up to Red
ding was In an agricultural region which
had been appropriated by Spanish grants
1 and by government disposition. The corn
jiany did not conflict with any mining
claimants until It reached the- Sacramento
canyon. In the vicinity of Redding, there
s a belt of mineral, and It has been the
constant study of the company to en
courage mining. In all contests in the
vicinity of Oroville. Chico and Redding
between the agricultural and mining claim
ants, we have uniformly decided In favor
of the miners, and have announced over
and over again that In regions as clearly
valueless for agricultural purposes as the
regions under consideration, mining
should be the prevailing industry, and
when actual mines have been discovered,
i we have relinquished without considera
tion. "The contest between the mlnrral and
the agricultural land, so far us it relates
to the railroad, does not constitute .5 per
cent of the aggregate contest between
these two uses. The great area of the
state is unlnvaded by railroad grants. The
company is perfectly willing to meet the
miners in a spiilt of perfect amity. It Is,
more ..than any other institution. Interested
in the development of the state. The un
settled condition of title retards the set
tlement of the land. It makes it unmer
chantable and thereby arrests the devel
cpment of the country. Actual mining
opcraxlons are highly profitable to the
railroad when prosecuted in the vicinity,
of its line. A sucesstul mining operation
will pay to the transportation side of the
account vastly more than the value of
the land in which the mineral may be
found, and the railroad company recog
izes this truth o clearly that for many
can. It has acted upon the policy of pro
' motlng mining activity. It will continue
this 'Volley. It is perfectly safe to say
that lands supposed to be mineral seldom
ha c alue beyond $1 25 an acre. The rec
ords of this office show that the mineral
region where lands are devoid of timber
has not yielded to the company, even
Avhcn its agricultural character was clear
1 established, an average amount in ex
cess of XI or $125 jsu acre; 52 50 m acre
would perhaps be a maximum for land
supposed to contain mineral and possess
ing no value as timber land. The com
pany could afford to enter into an agree
ment to permit prospecting upon its lands
after the land is patented at a maximum
rat? cf $2 50 an acre for such land as the
miners might think indispensable to the
successful operation of their mines. The
ownership of some timber is Indispens
able to the profitable working of mines.
"We have sold at a lower rate when It was
to be used for the support of a mining in
dustry than for any other use. Antag
onisms grow out of the disposition by
averse Interests to take some unfair ad
v antage of each other. A perfect commu
nity of Interests exists between the rail
road company and every industrial activ
ity of the country, ami there should be no
conflict between them. There are no dlf
tlrultles arising out of the contest be
tween the railroad company and the min
ing industry of California that are not
capable cf easy solution .and amicable ad
justment. WILLIAM II. MILLS."
Great Qunntltlcn of Smelt.
The Columbia-river smelt, the most de
licious of panflsh, during the past year
commenced coming to market in October,
more than a month earlier than ever
known before. Small quantities have been
received almost daily ever since, but
within the past week the shoals have en
tered the Gowiltx river, on their way to
their spawning grounds, and they have
been taken in large quantities. The
change In the weather has been so slight
as hardly to check them, although lec or
enow might send them back Into the deep
waters of the -Columbia. With the first
rains, the Immense shoals of these fish
will swarm the Cowlitz and tons of them
will be coming to market, and they will
be shipped" to all parts of the country.
No method has yet been discovered of
preserving the delicate flavor of these
fish, which are so fat as to be known to
the Indians as the candle fish. Large
quantities might be put -up yearly If any
process could be discovered whleh would
preserve their good qualities:
IS UN-AMERICAN.
Another Argument Advanced for
Taxation of Church Property.
PORTLAND. Dec. 31. (To the Editor.)
Some lays ago I noticed an editorial in
your paper to the effect that the Pres-1
byterian" church, as "a body, was in favor
of the exemption Irom taxation of all
church property. I have no means of
either verifying or disproving this state
ment, but it is certainly true that there
is at .least a minority in the Presbyterian
church strenuously opposed to the ex
emption of any church property from tax
ation. As one of the minority. I ask the
privilege of answering the able and plausi
ble argument given by Dr. Arthur J.
Brown and published In your paper this
morning." In favor of maintaining the ex
emption as It now exists. The argument
in favpr of exempting church property
from taxation overlooks the fact that
this exemption in reality Is a subsidy from
the state to the church. The churcheb
enjoy the protection given by the fire
and police department; the streets in
front of them, are lighted and cleaned at
the public charge: the machinery of the
courts is maintained in part for their pro
tection. All of these benefits have to be
paid for: if the churches do not pay for
them themfelves, some one else must.
Under the present system, this some one
else Is the general taxpayer. Every year
taxes are at least 5 per cent greater by
reason of this exemption of church prop
erty from taxation. In other words, the
general taxpayer has to pay a certain
sum of money each year for the protection
and maintenance of church property. It
woald seem clear that this is a violation
of the principle that there should be a
distinct separation between church and
state. What are the arguments which
have been advanced for the purpose of
defending this exemption? Dr. Brown
cites four of them. Briefly, these four are
as follows:
First, that the church property is not
productive: second, that church members
rpay taxes individually, and that, there
fore, the" taxation of church property is
double taxation: third, that churches ex
ist solely for the public benefit; fourth,
that the churches cannot afford to pay
taes.
The first, second and fourth of these
arguments clearly prove too much. If
the first argument establishes anything.
It establishes the proposition that only
productive property should be taxed. Is
Dr. Brown ready to contend that all the
lots and blocks in the city of Portland
and all the unimproved real estate In the
state of Oregon should be relieved from
taxation on the ground that it is not pro
ductive? Are wc ready to agree with Dr.
Brown that where the members of an as
sociation are taxed individually that it is
improper to tax. an association which they
form, on 'the ground that such would
constitute double taxation? If so, then
the Chamber of Commerce building should
be exempt from taxation on the ground
that Che different members of the Cham
ber of Commerce are taxpayers. Surely
this argument proves too much. The
same may be said of the fourth argu
ment, if property is to be relieved from
taxation because the taxpayer cannot
afford to pay the tax, a very large share
of the property which now supports the
government will have to be exempted,
and tribunals, moreover, will have to be
established for the purpose of determin
ing wh6" cari and who cannot afford to
pay tax"es.
The third argument of Dr. Brown's is
more plausible. He states that Inasmuch
as the churches are not business insti
tutions and exist purely for the public
benefit, that It is "Inequitable that they
should be charged with the same bur
dens that are borne by business men
whose'propertyisheld for selfish purposes.
The trouble with this argument Is that
the community is not agreed on the
question of what organizations are pub
lic benefits. The average Presbyterian
considers it a debatable question whether
or not the Roman Catholic church is a
public benefit; the Roman Catholic is
very likely to believe that the Presby
terian church does more harm than good,
and, both Roman Catholic and Presbyt
terian are agreed that the Unitarian
church is a bane rather than a blessing.
As long" as citizens are thus divided In
their religious belief it is surely unfair
to"cquire the general taxpayer to sup
port, even in part, these different re
ligious organizations. It "is unfair to re
quire the Roman Catholic taxpayer to
contribute to the maintenance of the
Presbyterian church, and unfair to re
quire the non-church-goer to contribute
to the support of any church. The prin
ciple' tvhlch lies at the back of this ar
gument, moreover. Is wrong. In Imposing
taxes the state cannot be governed by the
benevolent Intentions, or the reverse, of
the taxpayer. If the argument advanced
were sound at all, it would only prove
that each church has the right to Insist
on support bythe state. This proposition
the American people surely do not ap
prove. There Is an unanswerable historical ar
gument" against the exemption of church
property from taxation. Every student
of English history is aware of the evils
whl'ii followed the accumulation of large
tracts of land In England, by the church,
and which led to the enactments of the
statutes of -mortmain. England would
still bo groaning under the weight of this
evil but for the hlgh-hnnded policy of
the government at the time of the refor
mation In boldly confiscating all the
property of the -church.
Dr. Brown stated that the taxation of
church property would necessitate" the
closing of one-half the churches 1n Ore
gon. It may well be questioned, in the
first place, whether this would be a public
evil oven If it were dene. The average
Oregon town ha? at least three times as
many churches as its population IS suf
ficient to adequately support. If the num
ber were reduced one-half, the congrega
tion would be sufficiently large in many
casos, not only to stand this additional
burden without difficulty, but also to bet
ter discharge the ordinary nlnning ex
penses of the congregation. Dr. Brown
undertook to divide the oponents of
church exemption into two classes, those
whose opposition springs from hatred of
all churches and those whose opposition
springs from hatred of the Roman Catho
lic church. I disclaim membership in
either class, but base my opposition on
the old American principle -of -the separa
tion of church from state.
WALLACE M-CAMANT.
Arrested for. Larceny.
On the arrival of the rver steamer
Dalles City at her wharf last evening
William Morehcusc, a passenger from
Cascade Locus, was taken in custody by
Detectives Welch and Simmons and es
corted "to the central station. The man
was arrested on Information from Con
stable Trane, of Cascade Locks, who
wants Morehouse on three charges of lar
ceny, and will be here this morning for
his prisoner. Morehouse is a brother of the
man who was killed by a trap-gun while
attempting to rob a store In East Port
land last summer.
SanR the Old Year Oat.
A party of young ladles anil gentlemen
in Tibbetts addition, sang the old year
out and the new one in alt through that
neighborhood. There were some excel-
lent singers In the party, and the nelgh-
UU1UUVU "l!' tV.i fc.U 44V WMU4U
WORK WITH INDIANS
rnivATio.'vs of the early mis-
SIOXAKIES.
The. PartDr. .IVhltman .Played The
Jesuit Teacher Influence on
The Red Man.
Among the early settlersMn Oregon aud
Washington there is a good knowledge of
the work of the missionaries, the dangers
and privations they had to face, and the
part they played in securing this vast
Northwest territory for the United States.
But among those who have come later,
and especially among the young, there
are few who know very much of-the his
tory. To this class the following con
densed matter taken from the Friends
Missionary Advocate may be of interest.
Thethree' missionaries mentioned below
were sent to work among the Nez Perce
Indians. They were Mrs. Whitman, a
daughter of Judge Prentiss, of Penn Yari,
N. Y.. Mrs. Eliza Hart Spalding, of Hol
land Patent, N. Y.. and Miss Susan L.
McBeth, of Stirling, Scotland, who wa3
brought to this counto in her infancy,
some 60 years ago. '
Mrs.. Spauldlng had risen from a sick
bed only a month before, and with her
husb?nd had set out In a sleigh on a mis
sion to the Osage Indians, when they
were overtaken by Dr. Spalding, who had
previously heard of .them, and who
made the fact mentioned above his
special plea. Mr. Spalding at once de
cided that his wife .was too feeble to
undertake such a long journey, but after
stopping at a h.otel and seeking a private
room for prayer, she announced the de
cision to go.
It seems proper to state here that Dr.
Whitman returned to Penn Yan, was mar
ried, and sct-outat once to overtake the
Spaldings.
On Saturday Mrs. Spalding asked to be
set on shore at a small -village on the
Ohio, so as not to. travel on the Sabbath.
She was told "that no steamer would call
to take h'er off, but she preferred to run
the risk. Monday morning a fine steam
er rounded to at a signal and took them
on board, and on their way down the river
they passed -the Saturday's steamer
stranded on a sand bar. At St. Louis old
fur-traders and mountaineers warned the
two ladies of the tolls, privations, dan
gers and exposure that awaited them, but
with dauntless courage and unwavering
faith they kept on, simply saying: "The
duty is ours? the event is God's." Mrs.
Spalding was often fainting with fatigue,
and was once left with her husband to
die. But she again revived and they over
took the train. .
Dr. Whitman was so much interested
in the settlement of Oregon by Protestant
Christians that In 1843 he crossed the con
tinent to Washington to prevent the
great Northwestern territories beyond
the- mountains from being given up to
the Hudson's Bay Company and the
Jesuits, by a treaty with Great Britain.
He also conducted a party of 1003 persons
over the mountains in the summer of
1S13 to show the feasibility of American
emigration. Till 1847 his station was the
resort of newly-arrived settlers. Mrs.
Whitman -iot only had the care of the
Indian schoDl, but became also the foster
mother of il children, whose parents had
died by the way.
The Jesuit missionaries, who arrived
three "years after the Protestants, and
who were determined to gain possession
of the field, so prejudiced the minds of the
Indians against Dr. Whitman that he be
gan to.be greatly concerned about the
safety of the station. When deaths oc
curred under his medical treatment the
Jesuits made the Indians believe that the
doctor had poisoned them, and that the
sickness was a judgment sent upon them
for listening to Dr. Whitman
Two Catholic French half-br,ceds, un
der Jesuit Influence, sought employment
at the Whitman station, and. Instlgatei
by them, a large company of Indians one
day surrounded the doomed settlement,
murdered Dr. Whitman first, then ten
other men, and a few hours later Mrs.
Whitman. Several women and about
twenty children, among them the eleven
orphans which Mrs. Whitman had moth
ered, were taken captives. Probably Mrs.
Whitman's fate was the more desirable)
At the time of the Whitman massacre,
Mr. Spalding was on his way to their sta
tion, and narrowly escaped falling into
the hands of the Indians. "While he was
away a friendly Indian reached Lapwai
with the sad story of the massacre, and
the intelligence that the hostile Indians
were coming to destroy Spalding station
also. They begged (her faithful Ncz
Perces friends), to be allowed to take Mrs.
Spalding seme fifteen miles up the can
yon to a place of safety, but she de
clined to travel that day, the Sabbath,
even to save her life. The enemy arrived
the next day and destroyed the station,
but not till Mrs. Spalding had been re
moved .with her family. Her husband
arrived that evening bare-footed, lame
starving and exhausted.
Mr. and Mrs. Spalding were removed
with the ransomed captives by a humane
agent of the H. B. Company, to Oregon
City, and both stations were given up.
The military authorities notified the mis
sionaries that they could not protect
them In mission work till the hostile In
dians were brought Into subjection. Mrs.
Spalding never returned to her cherished
work, but lingered till the winter of 1S51,
when she died in Willamette valley.
She and her husband found the Ncz
Perces entirely savage. He reduced fhe
strange language to written form, pre
pared a grammar, translated the Scrip
tures, built a saw and grist mill, taught
the Indians to till the soil, and preached
the gospel.
She took care of her household, taught
a school sometimes numbering over 200,
nearly half of whom were adults, among
them several chiefs. She taught the
women the use of the needle, the proper
cooking of food, the care of their homes,
and Instructed them in the ftfar of God,
the salvation In Christ, and the proper ob
servance of the mutual duties of life.
Her influence was felt long after the mis
sion was given up.
Leading statesmen In Oregon have not
hesitated to say that the chief Influence
which held the Nez Perces in loyalty to
the United States'was due to the charac
ter and labors of Mr. and Mrs. Spalding.
For more than 20 years after the mas
sacre the Influence of Indian wars. (Jesuit
intrigue and ring management of the In
dian policy of the government) prevented
Mr. Spalding from returning to Lapwai.
False representations were made by a
government official. J. Ross Brown, (four
fifths of whose report was copied from
a Roman Catholic newspapel; and It was
not till the various Protestant religious
bodies in Oregon protested against his
published falsehoods, and secured the
publication by congress In 1S71 of a true
history of Oregon missions and martyr
doms, that Mr. Spalding was granted
permission to renew the labors from
which he had been debarred for 21 years.
What was the result?
In 1S71 Mr. Spalding renewed his labors
under the Presbyterian board, to which
the work had been transferred. He was
assisted by four young Yakima Indian
helpers.
Mrs. Susan McBeth. with her sister.
Miss Kate C. McBeth, entered the Nez
Perces work in the autumn of IJT73. one
of whom labored among the men. and
the other among the women, both learn
ing the language thoroughly, lentering in
to the life of the Indians with deep, sym
pathy and entire consecration.
Partially lame from paralysis, and'bear
Ing what physicians pronounce the symp
toms of a broken heart, Mrs. Spalding
went to Idaho, as all prophesied, "to die."
But Instead, she lived to labor for the Nez
Perces 20 years. She lived wholly among
the Indians . at Karalah with no white
neighbors, never asking a furlough, doing
her own household work, and with her
health all the Urns la such a precarious
condition that the Indians were jjiven to
understand that if on any morning they
saw no smoke ascending from the cot
tage, chimney they might know she had
ascended to her heavenly r.est.
Training up native preachers. She felt
that here was the weak point in Mr.
Spalding's work, and she took "blanket
Indians," brought them to Christ, trained
them four or five years, and. then handed
them over to the presbytery well quali
fied for ordination and installation over
the churches. Nearly all the preachers
of the Nez Perces mission have been
trained by her, and her counsels to them
have been that of both a mother and
bishop. A few yesrs ago she removed
from Kamiah to Mount Idaho because an
Indian agent' threatened to remove her
on account of her remonstrance against
som.e of his measures.
She had greater proficiency in the Nez
Perces language than any other linguist,
American or European. As early as IS73
she had collected between 10.000 and 13,000
words with definitions, and she continued
this till her death. The elaborate manu
scripts of her grammar and dictionary
are In the library of the Smithsonian in
stitution. Had she lived a year longer,
she would have "been honored with the
degree of doctor of philosophy. She left
a large mass of literary matter among
which is a history of the Choctaw Mis
sion. She died May 23, 1S93, but almost to
the last day of her life insisted on hear
ing her classes. Her remains were car
ried no Kamiah, the body lying In the
church over the Sabbath, at her own re
quest, and the funeral taking place Mon
day morning. The large audience attend
ing was composed entirely of Indians. All
were sincere mourners, and the place was
a Bochlm. No missionary ever filled a
larger place In the hearts of his people.
FREIGHTING OUT ORE.
Lane Gilliam Tell "What Is Beinp:
Done In the Slocan. Country.
Lane C. Gilliam, a well-known freighter
In the Slocan mining country, is engaged
in the fulfillment of contracts to trans
port 200 tons of ore from the Dardanelles
a like amount from the Surprise and 100
from the Antoine, a newly-developed prop
erty. The Antoine Is owned by Jack
Thompson, Jack Whlttler and Alex Smith,
and, so Mr. Gilliam believes. Is turning out
a mine. Work was begun September 1,
when the owners did rot know whether
they had anything or not. and would have
snapped at the offer of S-503 apiece for
their shares. Four men have since taken
out 120 tons. The first carload, 12 tons,
netted them $2660. after deducting all the
expenses, and the estimated net profit in
the ore now out la said to be close to 512,
000. The ore Is high grade, having run
265 ounces in silver and 33 per cent lead.
"I understand also that a good ore
body has been struck on the Fisher Maid
en." Mr. Gilliam told a Spokane reporter.
"They missed the ledge last year, but have
run on it this time. I packed out 47 tons
a short time ago. It ran 230 ounces and SO
per cent.
"We are having the best open season
we ever experienced in the North. There
fs plenty of snow to facilitate transporta
tion, while there isn't a quarter of what
there was this, time last year. The day
I came down the Spokane & Northern
brought in six carloads of ore and left
three, and picked up another carload at
Waneta. Wo have been bringing into
Kaslo about 18 tons a day, and I should
judge that about a carload a day is going
the other way from Three Forks'
"What effect will the Nakusp & Slocan
railroad have on the relations between
the Slocan and Spokane?" Mr. Gilliam
was asked.
"It is bound to result bad for us In the
summer, unless a road is put in from
Kaslo pretty quick. Perhaps it may oper
ate to a disadvantage in winter, but with
favorable conditions I don't see "how it
can-do otherwise than divert trades"
A HUNTER'S FATE.
r
Died lu the Snow Mysteriously and
Without IVarniujr. i
A correspondent at Trout lake sends the
Hood River Glacier the following ac
count of the death of C. L. Allison. Mr.
Allison was a valued correspondent of
that paper:
"Clinton Allison, aged about 23. a ranch
er at Trout lake, Klickitat county.-Wash.,
very little expected that it would? be his
last journey on earth when he started In
pursuit of a deer on the 12th - of this
month. Hhe brother. Edward Allison, was
with him at the time, but, feeling some
what indisposed, went homo to his own
ranch, situated about three miles from
the one of his brother. On the 18th Ed
ward concluded to pay another visit to
Clinton, and, on coming to his house,
found that his brother had not returned
from his hunt. He alarmed the neigh
bors, and next morning, the 19th, a search
ing party started for the mountains. It
was not an easy task, fpr there had been
a fresh fall of 10 to 12 Inches of enow.
At last one man succeeded In finding Al
lison's snowshoes leaning against a tree,
and from that place faint tracks could be
seen at Intervals leading up the moun
tain side. The .first day. however, passed
by without further result, but the second
day, December 20, at about 11 o'clock A.
M., one of the party found the body cov
ered with snow. He was lying stretched
out on his back, and seemd to have died
without a struggle. Ills hunting-knife
was sticking in the snow, and his' rifle,
ready to .shoot, was lying beside him.
Just in whadtnteanner he came to his death
will probably remain forever a mystery.
The party took the body down to his
house, where it was hurled on the 21st.
Tho place where Clinton Allison met his
death is about six miles southwest of
Trout lake, and 2s miles from his house.
Clinton Allison had lived at Trout 'lake
five years. He was liked very much by
his neighbors, and his untimely death is
regretted by all.
' BcaconHficld's Kindness.
In the memoirs of Sir Wlliam McGregor
appears this discrlption of Lord Beacons
field's treatment of his wife: "One re
markable and grand trait in his character
was his noble demeanor to his wife. From
tho day of his marriage to the day of her
death he treated her with a chivalrous de
votion. And yet she was a most repulsive
woman flat, r.ngular, underbred, with a
Beecham's Pills are for bil
iousness, sick headache, bil
ious headache, dizziness, dys
pepsia, bad taste in the
mouth, heartburn, torpid liver,
foul breath, sallow skin, coat
ed tongue, pimples, loss of
appetite, when caused by
constipation ; and constipa
tion is the most frequent
cause of all of them.
One of the most important
things for everybody to learn
is that constipation causes
more than half the sickness
in the world, especially in
women ; and it can all be pre
vented. Go by the book.
Write to B. F. Allen Co., 365
Canal st, New York, for a little
book on Constipation (its causes,
consequences and correction); sent
free. If you are not within reach
of a druggist, the pills will be.seni
by mail, 25 cents.
harsh, grating voice-, and though hy no
means a fool, yet constantly saying stupid
things, most frequently about him, which
tended to make hira ridiculous, as for in
stance when, the conversation turned on
some man's complexion. Ah,' she said, I
wish you could only see my Dizzy In his
bath; then you would know what a white
skin Is.' It was hideous the tokens of af
fection and apparently of admiration
which he lavished on 'Marianne,' as we
irreverently called her. One evening, on
coming up from dinner, he knelt before
her and, as they say in novels, devoured
both her hands with kisses, saying at the
same time, In the most lackadaisical man
ner, Ts there anything I can do for my
dear little wife?' "
-WILL BRING HIM BACK.
A Tonprli Montana. Mnrdercr Located
in IClng: Connty, Missouri.
Butte officials have received a dispatch
from a deputy United Siates marshal
at King county. Mo., stating that a man
named Paul Metcalf was at that place,
and inquiring if he was not wanted for
murder. The officers thinking that the
man there might be Barnes, the murderer
of M. C. Young, sent a communication
asking and requesting that a full descrip
tion of the man be given.
The man Metcalf Is wanted for an atro
cious cold-blooded murder he committed
In Beaverhead county, Mont., last Octo
ber. Metcalf killed a saloon-keeper named
Hunter. In a remote section of that coun
ty, and up to the present has evaded ar
rest. Metcalf was a range rider, and was
accounted one of the toughest characters
of that class. He was employed in the
western part of the ccunty, several miles
from where Hunter kept a saloon. He rode
up to the saloon one afternoon and, after
filling up on "sheep dip." he began shoot
ing out the windows of the saloon. After
he had tired of this amusement, Metcalf
attempted to gain an entrance to the sa
loon by the front door, and finding It
locked, he went to a rear door, where he
met Hunter coming out. The latter ex
pressed his opinion of any low-bred cur
who would act as Metcalf did. Without
any more parley Metcalf raised his seven
shooter, and shot him dead. Then he
rode away and had not been heard of
since until the news of his being located
in Missouri wa3 received. Sheriff Tom
Hamilton of Beaverhead county has
started after Metcalf.
Hunter, the murdered man, has two
brothers, who. as soon as the news of the
killing was received, left New York clty
wlth the avowed purpose of tracking the
murderer and bringing him to justice. It
is possible, however, that the Montana
courts will get him first.
VALUE OF KASLO GOLD
The San Francisco Mint Finds It
"Worth ?17 an Ounce.
J. B. Wilson, a Kalso merchant, who
sent four ounces three grains of local
gold to the San Francisco mint a short
time since, has just received returns. The
gold went .8372 line, with .153& silver.
The groEs "value of the metal was 5CS20,
and net value ?6C Do. This places hc pur
chase value of Kalso gold at about $17
an ounce. Most Big Bend gold is worth
$18 50 an ounce in San Francisco.
For several weeks past the provincial
papers have been publishing exaggerat
ed accounts of the great gold finds on
Kaslo creek, says the Kootenai Mail.
Such yarns will not only injure Kaslo,
but the whole district. It is on a par with
the exaggerated reports about the gold
(placer and quartz) found in the Cariboo
creek district, recently blazoned to the
world by local contemporaries. The Kas
lo correspondent of the Vancouver .World
thinks enough harm has been done the
town by this "besetting sin of Western
journalism," and calls a halt In the col
umns of that journal.
The action of Carter's Little Liver Fills
is pleasant, mild and natural. They gent
ly stimulate the liver and regulate the
bowels, but do not purger
DR. POWELL REEVES
113 Fourth St., Cor. Washington, Portland, Or.
LOST MANHOOD 1.:
Icocele, weak and undeveloped parts tully re
stored. XV'UiXVT '"J2j!i in early indiscretions,
and as a conicquence are afflicted with emis
sions, exhausting drains, pimples, bashtulness.
aversion to society, a tired, stupid, slooinv
feeling and falling of memory, confusion of
ideas, absolutely unntting you for study, busi
ness or marriage, do not neglect yourself until
tco late. Do not allow falsa pride and sham
modesty to deter ytiu in seeking immediate re
lief. Get cured and be a. man.
MIDDLE-AED jMEN'SSaS
of you suffering from weak backs, aching kid
neys, frequent urination and sediment in urine,
often accompanied by losa of x'igor and power
and impairment of ceneral health. Many die
of this difficulty ignorant cf tho cause, which
is the second stage of seminal weakness. Be
fore It is everlastingly too late, consult Dr.
Reeves, who thoroughly understands your
trouble and can treat it with unfailing success.
KIDNEY AND URINARY
complaints, painful, difficult, too frequent.
milky or bloody urine, unnatural discharges
speedily cured.
tT 1 T I 7j. Diseases, gleet. gonorrhoa.
s XL I i si. I Jli tenderness, swelling, quickly
cured without pain or detention from buslne.
FJJP-IJRE
VARICOCELE.
ii01 POSITIVELY
FISSURE.
FISTULA anil all P7TPU""n
Private & Nervous Diseases jJXXCliJ
Consultation and examination
Send stamp for book. TT"DTj,T7'
DR. MWELt REEVES. JT JXjEjJIi
BT OOD AND iaNstr'pmlp
scrofula, tumors, syphilitic taints, rheumatism,
eruptions, etc.. promptly cured, leaving the
system In a pure, strong and healthful state.
."R T'rTjyour troubles if living away from
It L 1 Vj the city. Thousands cured at
home by correspondence, and medicines sent
secure from observation. Book on SEXUAL
SECRETS mailed true to any one describing
their troubles.
I DR. POWELL REYES, 113 FOURTH
STARTUNGRSPORTS
What flic Figures of the Board cf
Health Reml
REGARDING KEN AND WOMEN
Attempt to Account for the Alarm
ing: Increnxe of Certain Troubles
Tlironsuont America.
The New York Board of Health reports
show a large increase in the number of
deaths from kidney, liver and urinary dis
eases last week, as well as from the vai i
ous troubles which afflict women. It Is
possible that the weather has much to do
with this, but there Is no denying the fact
that these troubles arc very prevalent and
require prompt care and attention.
"What there Is In the atmosphere, the
water or the mode of living that tends to
weaken the kidneys and urinary organs
of Americans can only be conjectured,
but the sad fact remains that, as a people,
we are very weak in these respects. Yhat
man does not feel unstrung, lacking in
courage, apprehensive and unable to cope
with the duties of life at times? Where is
the woman who does not have pains in the
back, bearing-down feelings, depressions,
and the thousand and one symptoms that
indicate disordered organs? All these
things are nature's warnings. She tells
you in the plainest language that she
needs help, and that you must aid her or
suffer the consequences.
Any one who has read and thought
knows that there has never been but one
discovery that will invariably control
these troubles and place perfect health
in their stead. Doctors and the best think
ers all know this, and agree that for every
form of kidney, liver, bladder and urlnary
difllculty, or female ailments. Warner's
Safe Cure stands alone. It Is King. There
are several hundred thousand men and
women in America alone, irrespective of
the vast army abroad, who are kept in
perfect health and strength wholly by its
use. There-are thousands of others who
need its pure and powerful influence just
as badly.
Will you, reader, be warned by the sta
tistics which are shown in the health re
ports every week. Examine yourself care
fully, and, if you find any indications of
the approach of these serious troubles,
act in time. Bear in mind that prompt ac
tion is certain to result In restored health
and happiness, while delay means misery
all the rest of your shortened life.
liMDlES doy
OU KNOW
VH FELIX UE BUJi'S
STEEL AND PENNYROYAL PILLS
arc the original and only FRENCH, safe and
reliable cure on the market. Prica $1; sent by
mail. Genuine sold only by
Wimlom Drnjr Co., Sole Agents, Port
land, Orctfon.
What is Drudgery?
Ho"i2ngGOLI) DUST
Washing Powder.
HUMPHREYS'
WITCH HAZEL OIL
"THE PILE OINTMENT."
ForPilea External or Iitcraal. BlIl'icrB'eeains:
Fistula In Ami : ItChlng or Bleeding ot the liecium.
Tao relief is immediate tho cure certain.
PHIOB, 50 OTS. TRIAL SIZE, 25 OTS.
Sold hy Drastistl, or lent poiI-paM on receipt ot price.
EcarnuKTS' JiBn, co.. n 1 1 s man,-. .. xew toss
PA T1 A "D1?TTuroa'' J"1!". '5r. heart.
ja.lii.IlltjLL bowel, bladder, kidney, uri
nary and all constitutional and internal troubles
treated far in advanco ot any other institution
of the West. t
WT4I A VT T?A"D Acute or chronic ln
XlilJli AilJ JliiiiV nammation of the
eyelids or globe and far or near-sightedness,
Inversion of the lids, scrofulous eyes, dimness
of vision or blindness of one or both eyes, ulcer
ation, inflammation, abscesses, tumors of lid
or globe.
. INFLAMMATION OF THE EAR. ULCERA
TION OR CATARRH, internal or external,
deafness or paralysis, singing -or roaring noises,
thickened drums, etc
I A I T hH Ir you are suffering from per
1 I'l-jjj' sistent headache, painful men
struation, lucorrhoea. or whites, intolerabls
itching, displacement of the womb, or any other
distressing ailment peculiar to your sex. you
should call on- DIt. REEVES vithout delay.
He cures when others fail.
S(A1 P - sKIV DI-'EACES
A positive and permanent cure effected in
every form of scalp and skin dtseases. by a sci
entific and harmless method of treatment.
Moles, freckels. pimples. blackhead3. liver spots,
flesh worms, dandruff, redness of the nose.
Ecrofula. scald head, wrinkles, scaly tetter of
the scalp. lbowa and knees, barbers' itch,
scars, superfluous hair, eczema or rait rheum,
ringworms, letter of the hands, arms and body,
prurigo, scurvy, pemphegus. impetigo, erysip
elas, isoriatis. moth patches, scaly and pimply
skin diseases, cured by a certain and most skill
ful treatment, and the skin and complexion
permanently beautified.
NKEVOU DKBIL1TY ?i ST.
name and nature a specialty. Tins distinguished
doctor's nucces3 in cases of this character has
been really phenomenal.
HKARI BRAIN; p NFRVRS
If you have a dizziness of the head and pal
pitation of the heart, difficult breathing and
suffocating feeling, fullness of the head, a tired,
irritable, discontented feeling, and fear of -impending
danger or death, a dread of being alona
or the reverse dire tn be alone: if your mem
ory is fai'unsr and you are gloomy and despond
cnt. or If you dream much or olen. and feel
an aversion to society, you are suffering from
a serious disease Of the nerves, brain and heart.
You have no time to lose. Call at once and
CONSULT THE OLD J30CTOK.
STREET, COR. WASHINGTON, PBR1UND, OR,
THE JPKLPlTIPSL.
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DIRECTORY OF OCCUPANTS
Rooms
AMOS. DR. V. F.. Thyslcian and Surgeon.
ew-cos
ARISTOS SOCIAL CLUB 211, 21:., 213,. 21i-
ASSOCIATED PRESS. E. L. Powell. Man
ager . SOT
BARKER. DR. S. J.. Dentist C0S-6U3
BECKWTrH. II.. Route Agent Paclflc Ex
press Company 20t
BISHOP. DR. J. b. Snrgeon .' 713
BELL. DR. J. F.. Physician and Surgeon.
Tlt-TW
BINSWANGEU. DR. O. S.. Physician and
Surgeon 411-112
BROWN RKOS. CO.. "Continental Nurser
ies" ., C12-61.1-C1
BLANDFORD. S. M.. U. S. Weather Bu
reau ooo
BUILDERS' EXCHANGE SOU
CATLIN. W. W.. Receiver Oregon National
Bank 303-GOC
CAUKIN. G. E.. District Agent Travelers
Insurance Co 703
CARDWELL. DR. HERBERT IV., Physi
cian 70S
CARDWELL. DR. J. R.. Dentist. ...S0S-S0O-SIU
CHAPPELL BROWNE. P.. Architect 700
COLUMBIA TELEPHONE CO 600
CUMMING. DR. WM.. Dentist -ICS-loa
DICKSON. DR. J. F.. Physician 713-711
DRAKE, DR. H. B.. Physician r.12-313-511
EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCI
ETY. J. B. Wnragham. Cashier 300-olO-olt
EVENING TELEGRAM 325 Alder St.
FENTON. DR. J. D.. Physician and Sur
geon 31J
FENTON. DR. HICKS C. Physician and
Surgeon 30S
FENTON & FENTON. DRS.. Surgcons.S0S-3U
FENTON. DR. MATTHEW F.. Dentist SOil
FERRIS. DR. FRANK E.. Dentist 311-3115
GIESY. DR. A. J.. Physician 710
GIESY & CARDWELI., DRS.. Physlclans...70U
GODDARD, E. C. & CO.. footwear, ground
floor 120 Sixth St.
GRAVES. DR. J. L.. Denllst SO1-S03
HELMBOLD. R. P.. Special Agent Manhat
tan Lire 20S
HURD. DR. EVERETT M.. Dentist 40
MACKAY, DR. A. E.. Physician and Sur
MAXWELL, DR. W. E.. Physician and Sur
geon 701-702-7C5
geon 704-705
MORRIS, E. C. Secretary and Manager
Brown Bros. Co CK
MOSSMAN. DR. E. P., Dentist 512-513-D14
MANHATTAN LIFE ASSURANCE CO., of
New York, S. E. Mulford. Manager.20S-2(ft)-210
McELROY, DR. J. G.. Physician and Sur
geon 701-702-703
McELROY & MAXWELL, Physicians and
Surgeons 701-702-70:'
MoMfLLAN." N.. lal Estute. Loans .tJOl
M'GUIRE. H. D., State Fish and Game Pro
tector sit
MILLER. DR. II. C Dentist 40S-HK)
MULFORD. S. E.. Manager Manhattan Life
20S-209-210
M'FADEN, Miss Ida E., Stenographer and
Typewriter 203
OREGON NATIONAL BANK. W.W. Catlin.
Receiver 305-303
PACIFIC BANKER AND INVESTOR; L.
Stagge, Manager S07
PAGUE & BLANDFORD. Attorneys - at -
Law 717
REED & MALCOLM, Opticians, ground floor
131 Sixth St.
RIGGS, DR. J. O.. Dentist WIS
ROBERTS, A.. Merchant TaIlor..'.131 Sixth St.
REID. It. R.. Special Agent Equitable Life
oil
SAMUEL. L., Special Agent Equitable Life
511
SCHMIDT & ROCLIN, General Agency 30::
STOLTE. CHARLES EDWARD SOS
STUART, DELL. Attomey-at-Law..C16-gl7-61S
STUART & YOUNG. Attorneys-at-Law
C1G-C17-618
STEVENSON. W. R. and HELMBOLD. R.
P., State Agents Manhattan Lire..20S-200-210
SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE 03
TUCKER. DR. GEO. F.. Dentist C10-C11
U. S. WEATHER BUREAU 007-908-000
WILSON, DR. EDWARD N.. Physician and
Surgeon 304-305
WILSON. DR. HOLT C, Physician C07-C0S
WRANGIIAM, J. B.. Cashier Equitable 50'J
WHITING. DR. SANFOP.D, Physician and
Surgeon 501-505
WHITE. LEVI 40
WOOD. DR. JAMES B.. Physician and Sur
geon - 312-313
WOOD. DR. W. L.. Physician 413-411
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Imrt liy nyplyin'S to Portlniiil Trout
Company, of Portland, Oregon, l"il
First treet. or to tho rent cleric Ji
tltls lmlMinjr.
CTjITTif
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k,R
PILLS.
CURE
Sick headache and relieve all the troubles lncN
dent to a bilious state of the system, such as
DIzziiMst. Nausea, Drowsiness. Distress after
eating. Pain in the side. etc. While their
mot remarkable success ha: been r0Tvn in
curing
ICK
Headache, yet Carter's Little Liver Pills ar
equally valuable In Constipation, curing and
preventing the annoying complaint. Tvhlle thy
also correct all disorders of the stomach, stim
ulate the liver and regulate the bowels. Even
I they only cured
HEAD
Ache they -would be almost priceless to tho39
who suffer from this distressing complaint:
but fortunately their goodness doo3 not end
here and tho?e who once try them will find
these little pills valuable In so many -ways
that they -nriil not be willing to do without
them. But. after all, sick head
ACHE
Is the bane of so many lives that her is
whfre we make our greatest boast. Our pills
cure It. while ethers do not.
Carter' Little Liver Pills are very small
and very easy to take. One or two pills mak-)
a dos. They are strictly vegetable and do
not gripe or purge, but their gentle action
pleases all who Hse them. In vials at 25 cents;
five for $1. Sold by druggists everywhere or
sent by mail.
CARTER 3IKDICIXE CO., Sew Tort.
Smal Pil. .mall tose. Smal Price,
g SFT QLW
iTha tea rcse is acquired by ladies viho CH
PozzGni's Complexion Powder. Try it.
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