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THE MORiraXG- OEEGCXLIA, ITBIiDAX, FEBBTJABX 22, SS95, TELEPHOXES. ECItcrtt.1 Roos.....lGGJBactaess Of5ce.......CS7 VORTliAXD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY CITY NEWS IN BRIEF PAJIT1E8 desiring offices In The Oregon Ian building, may inquire or Portland Trust Company or Oregon. No. 123 First street, or the superintendent in the build ing. HsPAIBDfO THE GARBAGE CREMATORY.- Messrs. Hobkirk & Mackenzie, who have been notified to make needed repairs to the garbagre crematory, which they built, say that they will begin the work as soon as possible; that is, as soon as the fires have been extinguished and the furnace Ijas cooled down, so that a man can so Into It without danger of being cremated. They will, without expense to the city, repair the arches where the fire brick has fallen out, and will replace the block of etone o'er the apertures where the blast is forced in. The stene placed there has gone to piece?, it is stated, on account of the excessive heat, and so the blast cannot be used. Mr. Hobkirk thinks the stone was broken by something falling upon it, for it was a good piece of Tacoma bun! stone, which would resist any degree of heat, and he proposes to replace it with another block of the same kind. The cooling of the furnace and the making of repairs will occupy several days, and the committee on health and police will have to make some provision for the disposal of the garbage during that time. It is not understood that the tramway asked for by the Oregon Fertilizer Company is to be built, so that during the time the crema tory Is closed a dumping ground will probably have to be leased near the city, and the garbage burned there. Fisu Men DiJSATifcFiED. The action of the legislature in smothering the bill for tla protection of the salmon industry, wbila pleasing to one class of fishermen, has ery muuh disgusted others. One of the latter claes said yesterday: "The leg islators seemed to think that it was the extermination of the ?almon that was de sired, instead of their protection. They have put the state to a large expense and have accomplished nothing. The joint committee went to Tacoma and had the Washington legislative committee come there to meet them. Then they went back to Salem, and thence to Astoria, where they had a tug to talc: them all over the Columbia river down to the mouth and Baker's Bay. Then they came back here and were railroaded up to the , Cascades, or the dalles, then back to Salem, and then bade to Portland, and had the joint standing committees of the Washington legislature come over to meet them, and then they went back to Salem and indefinitely postponed the whole busi ness. The mileage, per diem and expenses of all this junketing will amount to con siderable, and the taxpayers will have to foot the bill. The only comfort is that this legislature did not do much worse than the preceding one." To Move the ArpnoACH. Preparations are being made for moving the approach of the steel bridge oft! Third street onto the Terminal Company's property. Some of the timber is already on the ground and work will be commenced In a few days. It will not take long to complete the job, about three or four days, probably. The change will make a better curve on the bridge than the present one. and the road way will pass over the sidewalk at the corner, making only a slight curve in the car tracks necessary to join the tracks on Third street. Terminal Company officials say the change will not damage the bridge or the car lines in the least. They think the owners of property alongside the ap pro cii;tfet yreenGHsaJ? an,dHoyt'' afreets',"' will be the greatest losers by the change, as they will be left on a cul de sac. w here there will be no travel; while. If the ap proach had remained where it was. by raising the grade of the street their prop erty would have been on a much-traveled street and would have been a good site for small hops, etc Early Spring Lamd. The first spring lamb of the season made its appearance in the market yesterday. It was not very large, weighing only about four pounds to the quarter, end looked as if it had been rlaughtered untimeously. This Is unusu ally early for spring lamb to put In an appearance, and the purchaser may seek In vain for the mint which should go along with it. Some will consider this as another Indication of an early spring, but If the lamb had been allowed any say In the matter, it would not have made uny suMi indication, at least until about the usual time for spring lamb, which is in April, or on Easter Sunday, when Erring bonnets put in an appearance. This getting spring lamb into market for Washington's birthday will probably be cnMJered by sheep of all kinds as rubh lng the season. ArrRE MATBS THE CLIMATE OF OREGQN. A ipntleman who used to be a resident of " iSi onsin, but w ho has for several years resided In this city, had occasion to go bak to his old home on business a few weeks since. He returned here yesterday, and his appearance shows how he has suf fered during his trip. He says that, dur ing the five weeks he stayed in Wisconsin, the thermoaeter ranged from 5 degrees Klow zero to 30 below, and the cold came r.ear killing him. He was never so happy .n his life as when he got on this side of the Ro -kles on his way home and began to feci the fron coming out of him. It i emed as if he had got into another world. Tho severe and long-continued cold has, 1 . .ays, dtegueted many of the residents c f that state, and lots of them say they are KCingtogetout and look for a more genial tl mate, risuTRAPfi Rkmovbd. A large number of tho fishermen arrested some time since at tl.3 instigation of Major Post, United Ft ate s engineers, for having fihtraps In the naigable channel in Baker's bay, at tve mouth of the Columbia, have removed the'r traps. Those which were left are br rg removed by Mr. Fred Corbett, of l.tva-o. with a steam plledriver, which i .ak"s short work of them. The bound aries of the navigable channel are being marked out by the engineers, and all the traps w hich project beyond the boundaries ere cleaned out and will not be allowed to be replaced. The number of traps lo cated in the navigable channel last sea son was verv large, and some 35 com p'alnts againbt owners were filed. St. Pavis M. IS. Church Revival. The revival meetings at St. Paul's M. E. church are progressing successfully, and considerable interest is manifested. The congregations arc good, the ringing Is ex cellent and the sermons are able and s holarly. Rev. Ij. W. Simmons, of the California conference, preached an ex t client sermon to an appreciative audience last evening. He will probably preach again during the meetings. Rev. Sim mons was one cf General Grant's special secret agents during the war, well known In the East and California as one of the tblet of the veteran war lecturers. He will deliver his famous recital, "The Union Sp," at the church Saturday evening. A Patron r the Burgers' "Fence." Detectives Welch and Day yesterday ar rested a young man named William Sim mons on a charse of larceny. His arrest grew out of the raid made on the "fence" - the Burgrer family, who were arrested Wednesday, charged with receiving stolen coods. Among the plunder captured was a valise that Simmons probably stole and then sold to the Burgers. He will have an examination in the municipal court. Notice to L-wvrBRS. Upon the organ raUon of our Arm, we found we had in c-r library a large number of duplicate test book-: and reports, which we now of fer fcr sale at reasonable prices, or which w e will exchange for other books. Carey, Idlcman. Mays & Webster, Chamber of Con merce building. Cantata or Nations Mat.tha Washington Tea, Fir.T Oncibgationu, Church. Zl s mug Concert, 25c, rcfrei xneuts, Sjc North Beach Burglar. Captured. Some time since the people who have summer-residences at North Beach were disturbed by a report to the effect that a burglar wa3 at work among them. As the same thing had happened the winter before, people who had left portable arti cles In their houses were made uneasy by hearing that the burglar was at work again. They will be pleased to know that the pest has been caught. He was cap tured in Mr. D. W. Crowley's house, and proved to be Len Shumway, the 17-year-old boy of respectable parents residing at North Beach, and well known to sum mer visitors, v ho are accustomed to pur chase milk and other supplies from them. Shumway was tried before a justice at South Bend and sent to the reform school for two year3. Some of the people resid ing at the beach art paid to look after the houses of summer visitors, and all are Interested In protecting them, and the capture of Shumway has been a relief to them. DeatiI op Father Sommer. Rev. Aloy slus Sommer, a German Catholic priest of this diocese, died yesterday at Gervals, of pneumonia, after an Illness of a few days. Deceased came to Portland about eight years ago from Bavaria, where he was admitted to the priesthood. For a time he had charge of the German Catho lic church In this city, but was later transferred to Gervals. A funeral service will be held today at Gervais. after which the body will be brought to Portland, and tomorrow the final ceremonies and high mass, with Bishop Gross as celebrant, will takevplac at the cathedral. Inter ment will be at Calvary cemetery. Rev. Sommer was well known in Portland. He gave a number of lectures at the medical college here on chemistry, which he had made a life study. Satisfactory Test of Submerged Pipe. A test of the submerged part of the Bull Run pipe line across the Willamette was made Wednesday night. When this sec tion of the line was completed a test was made, and It was found that it leaked at the rate of nearly a gallon a minute. This test was made at a pressure of 200 pounds to the inch. The specifications call for a final test at the ordinary pres sure, which is 130 pounds, but when the test was made the pressure was raised to 145 pounds, by pumping. At this pressure five gallons of water was pumped Into the pipe In 12 minutes, but a considerable por tion of this was leakage of the pump, so that the actual leakage was very small, and the test was considered very satis factory. Charged With Larceny. Last night a man was arrested in the lower part of the city, and booked on charge of drunk and disorderly. Suspicion was aroused by the fact that the prisoner was observed to drop a $3 piece in the patrol wagon on the way to the central station. The prisoner proved to be Harry Knapp, an ex-convict, and the charge against him was changed to larceny by bailee, when Investigation developed the fact that the money he had dropped In the wagon belonged to W. F. Relter. The Show Window of the J. K. Gill Co., Third and Alder streets, will be deco rated in commemoration of Washington's birthday. Several pieces of rare Colonial china will be displayed, together with a number of autographs of our early presi dents and signers of the Declaration of Independence, all from the rare collection of Dr. Roland D. Grant, of this city. An Elegant Tea. The ladles of the social committee, Portland Woman's Union, will give a tea at their parlors this afternoon from 3 to C o'clock, to which all friends and patrons of the society are cordially invitid. It will be quite an ele gant affair, and those who fall to take advantage of the opportunity offered them will miss a rare treat. Justice Geiler's Court. In Justice Gelsler's court yesterday, W. L. Diel, charged with forgery, waived examination, and was held In 5500 bail to answer. Ed ward Olatnforth. arrested for adulters'., on a charge made by his wife, also waived examination, nd was held to answer In $o00. Defendant also figures in a divorce suit before Judge Stearns, which is now held under advisement. Klingenberg-Courfen concert next Monday at Arlon hall. Miss Anna Miller Wood, San Francisco's best contralto, has been specially engaged for this concert. The San Francisco Call says: "Miss Wood has a lovely quality of voice, a clear, heart-searching contralto." Tickets 75 cents, for sale by Foss, 2SS Morrison. A New Article of Food. Minced sea clams. These are the very choicest of razor clams from the famous Clatsop Beach, Or. For sale only by F. Dresser & Co., Grocers. Meussdorffer's sr-ring styles In silk hats for 1S95 are ready and on sale at his store, 143 First street, near Alder. Also a large assortment in derby hats and Fe doras. Parties desiring offices In The Oregon Ian building, may inquire of Portland Trust Company of Oregon. No. 129 First street, or the superintendent in the build ing. Y. M. I. The members of the institute will meet In council FC's rooms, Marquam building, at S:30 A. M., to attend the funeral of the late Brother G. J. McGinn. Social and Card Party this evening for the benefit of St. Ann's Charitable So ciety, at Foreman hall. Twenty-third and Kearney streets. Admission, 50 cents. Today being Washington's birthday, our store will close at 12 noon. A. B. Stein bach & Co. Hear Mrs. Barker Tonight. Paine vs. Locke. Orpheum. See fourth column. Roses, Carnations and other flowers extremely cheap at Burkhardt Bros'. SALMON ARE PLENTIFUL But Only Bccnuip So Many Fishermen Arc After Theui. There appears to be a good many Chin ook salmon In the river at present, many more than there are steelheads, which Is something unusual at this time of year. A lot shipped from Clifton to a dealer here yesterday consisted of 560 pounds of chlnook, and only 90 pounds of steelheads. One reason why more fish are caught now than at this time last year Is that there are three or four times as many men fish ing now as then. The catch of sturgeon is very light, and it seems quite certain that the warfare waged on these fish by persons shipping them to Eastern markets has practically exterminated them. No protection was given the sturgeon, and between the tons of hooks set for the large ones, and the slaughter of the young by traps and wheels, these ancient fish were "done up" in great shape. An attempt was made to clean out the Fraser river in the same manner, but it was frustrated by the British Columbia au thorities, who have likewise protected the salmon, allowing no fishing for them above tide water. The fish which enter the Columbia run the gauntlet of a myriad of traps and a labyrinth of seines, com pared with which Fair Rosamond's bower wa3 a country lane. When they reach the Cascades the deadly w heels placed in the swift current scoop them out, and they meet more wheels In the dalles, where It is practically impossible to escape them, and the poor little bluebacks which wriggle past them are chas-ed to their spawning grounds at the head of Wallow lake with spears and pitchforks. When salmon become scarce they will be bet ter appreciated. PAIXE LOCICE. Mrs. A. E. Barker, the gifted orator of the Pacific slope, will deliver a lecture upon Thomas Paine in the Orpheum the ater this evening, February 22, in reply to Dr. Locke's recent attacks upon this great man, who rendered General Wash ington such invaluable aid during the dark days of our country's history, and in this lecture sh will show not only the object and animus of these attacks, but their utter impotency and falsity as well. Doors open at 7. Lecture commences at 3. Admission (to defray cost of hall) 19 cents. No reserved seats. o For twenty-five cents, you can get Car ter's Little Liver Pills the best liver retru .ator In the world. Don t forget this. One oill a dose. THE ROUNDER ON FEES lie Extols a System That Puts Fat on OGcialK' Ribs. The Old Rounder came down from Salem again last night, for the express purpose, it seems, of conferring with a number of Portland gentlemen who have a direct pe cuniary interest in the fate of the Simon charter bill. He did not make known the result of his errand, but it seemed to be entirely satisfactory to him, for he talked in even a more unctuous and self-satisfied vein than usual, and did not hesitate to denounce those members of the legislature whose inexplicable views of public neces sities led them to favor the Simon charter as being designed to promote the general welfare. "It's a goldbug job," he said, "and me and Malone proposes to see that It runs foul of a live legislative wire and gits electrocuted. If Joe Simon had 'a put a free-silver plank in. and got out among the boys, and told 'em how much free sil ver would benefit em, and that was the way to get it, and Jonathan's and Keady's silver mines would go a-flyin' up to par again, they'd 'a whooped it up for the charter, and you bet the boys up at Salem would 'a' passed it with a whirl. "But, Instead of nailin on a free-silver plank, 16x1, what do you think he had the stony-hearted gall to do? Rung in a board o public works on the boys! And actually proposed to reduce the salaries of the no ble band of martyrs, who has, at great personal sacrifice, consented to serve their sufferin constitooents for the term of two years, and has also, after great persuasion from the uproarious body politick, been Induced to accept a miserable stipend for so doin. It's very humiliatln', after beln dragged into office from the bosom of your family, and holdin' up your right hand an' a-swearin' to support the constitootion and by-laws and to draw your salary regular, to find out that the salary has got a string to it, and Joe Simon is about to jerk the string. Here is a lot of deservin' council men, who only gits $10X) a year, with per kysites. They has been inveigled into of fice by false pretenses. They put uo stuff for campaign purposes and other things, an If they git nothin' to show for It, an' come out of the same hole they went In at, where are they goln to git off at. I'd like to know? There won't even be enough In It to pay for patches on the holes in the seats of their trousers which they have incurred in the public service. Why, some of em has so much to do a-meetln' twice a month an' passln ordinances that they has to hire clerks to help 'em put in time between meetln's. A councilman has got so many responsibilities that most of 'em gits stoop-shouldered a-staggerin under 'em. Who's a-goin' to look wise, and up hold the dignity of the city in a new biled shirt every week on nothin' a year? What good's a brand-new city hall and fine ma hoggyny desks for every councilman a goln' to do. If he has to git his boots blacked every council meetin. so that when he sots an legislates an' elevates 'em at a proper angle they'll be in ac cord with their surroundln's? "What's all this rot about professional office-holders, an' tax-eaters, an' official ism, an' exorbytant salaries, "an outrage ous fees? Who's a-raisin the howl, I'd like to know? Why, It's the bloated property-owners, who is the natural enemies of the people, and is a-standin In with the banks every man jack of 'em ag'ln free silver! What right has property-owners got that a office-holder is bound to re spect? If we didn't have no Humeses and Searses a-swingin onto the public teat like the iron-Jawed lady at the circus to a strap tied to a barrel with four men on It, where'd the boys come in about election time? The property-owners is a-whlnln' because Hume gits $20,000 a year, when the facts is Hume is the only man that's got a kick comln. Just think what a 'normous Income tax the poor man has to pay, an just think how he is worried an bedeviled! about election time by the gang which the Jyia' gold press libelously calls leeches, and sponges, an blood-suckers an parasites. "What's fees for if they ain't to be hung up as a purse in a grand sprint for office? Office without fees is like pretzels without beer a ragin' thirst, which all the water a whole fire department can throw can't squench. Fees is a noble in stitution which is the very eye-teeth of the glorious American eagle-bird. Pull 'em out, and there would be nothin left but a squawkln goose. Fees goes Into the hands of the devoted band who was put there for what purpose? Why to draw 'em! In that way they are distributed to the boys durin' election time. The boys carry torches In the processions, and go to pub lic meetin's and yell themselves hoarse when the Humeses and the Searses give 'em the tip, and hustle up votes on elec tion day. That's politics. The Humeses and the Searses make ellyquent speeches on the Immortal deeds of our grand old party, and the Infamous record of the op pisltion with one hand, and keep their eye on the public crib with the other. That's patriotism. Then they git the conven tions to declare that the vital need of the times is economy in public office, and the way to economize is to economise, and a-pledgin the party with a yell and a hur rah to retrenchment and reform. That's principles. When they are in, they get their snouts In the trough and never stop feedln until they are cast into outer dark ness like thieves in the night. That's practice. Then the other side gits in and does ditto until it has the everlastin' sky lights kicked out of it at the polls. That's the expression of a free and enlightened public sentiment which constitutes gov ernment. So you see fees is the essence of our American Institutions. Our revo lullonaiy 4-fathers, fit. bled and died for the undyln' principle that this is the Home of the Brave and the Land of the Fee, and that America is for the American office-holder, and they drove the bloody British out in order that the ofiice-holdin Industry might be devoted exclusively to the use of home talent. "Sears is the proper stuff. He's the grand marshal of the office-holders' pro cession, though he never wants me Job. He'll tell you so hisself. It's shameful, the way the voters has demanded Sears to sacrifice his private interest on the altar of nis kentry and go on servin' the public for a pittance. Whenever there's a office a-huntin a man, someway it al ways chases Sears into a corner and lends him forth, like a lamb to the shambles, a-swearin he'll never take It. But somehow the office-holdin' lightnin' always strikes George's rod, no difference how careful and conshientious he kivers it up. Ofiice-holdin has brunjr him to the ragged edge of poverty. He only gits 54300 a year, straight salary, and he don't make more'n J609 a month clear from the board and keep of prisoners in jail. So with poverty starin' him in the face. Sears has been compelled to collect and pocket money to which Judge Northup says he has no right, and the judge, with out due regard for the sheriff's pitiful struggle agin impendin btarvation, has docked his salary for two months. Which is a gratooitous blow at the rights and privileges of office-holders that ought to be resented. I say. "A-strugglin to avoid office ain't the only trouble Sears has. He contracted the jlnin' habit early in life, and hain't been able to swear oft! since. When secret so cieties and orders of all kinds found out Sears fatal weakness, they pestered the life out of him to git him to jine their lodges. It takes a pretty slick man to jlne and be In good standln' with the Masons and Elks, and Knights of Pythias, and G. A. R.. and W. C. T. U. and A. P. A., and Christian Endeavors and A. D. A., and Y. M. C. A., and Mazamas and Band of Hope and Longshoreman's Union and Zig-Zag Club to say nothin' of gettin the endorsement of the independent re publicans and democrats, and populists aad Coxey army. That's what keeps Sears poor. A-payln' Initiation fees and dues has done it. "So let's drink another bowl to the fee system, and to the ancient order of united offiee-holders," said the Rounder, suiting the action of the word. "It puts fat on the ribs. It breeds a open-hearted, free handed, champagne-drinkin" class of politicians. It's meat for the office-holders and beer fcr the bvs. It Inculcate I In the ha-gfcty rropert., -holder a proper respect for the law which "places his prop- erty at the mercy of the oface-holdin class, aad teaches 'em that the highest duty of the citizen is to pay taxrs. It prevents the aggregation of great prop erties in the hands of the few, and in sures a suitable division of profits with them who is constitoctionally opposed to workm like niggers for their own selfish ends. The body-pollytick as made up of two great halves the taxpayers and the taxealers. Hume and Sears and the coun cilmen and me alius gits three square meals a day." WOULD NOT WORK SUNDAY A Reservoir Employe Claims He Was Disclmrgrcrt on That Account. The work of repairing the defects in reservoir No. 2 have been In progress for several days, and is very nearly com pleted. A rather puzzling question In connection with this work has been pre sented to Engineer Smith for adjudication. The work has been carried on every day in the week. Sundays included. One of the men who has been employed on the water works for a long time and has worked Sundays, without demur, stayed away last Sunday on account of tli rain, and did not care to work on Sunday. On Monday Foreman Jackson rated him for being absent, but put him to work. He then started a discussion among the men in regard to the propriety or impro priety of working on Sunday, and, it ap pears, was advised to desist, but claimed the privilege of an American citizen to give his opinion on any subject at any time or place, and, as he states In a letter to Colonel Smith, "took an active part in the disucsslon, and expressed himself broadly and boldly." He was so broad and bold that the foreman discharged him, and now he wants to know if it is right to discharge a man for not working on Sunday, or for expressing his opinion. Colonel Smith has not yet had time to examine Into the matter, but states that it was not contemplated that any one should be required to work on Sunday, unless he was willing to. and that no man who refused to work on Sunday was to be discharged on that account. Just what justification the foreman may have had on account of the broadness and boldness with which this man expressed himself remains to be seen. It appears to be one of those cases where the man could not" be discharged, but was, and, as the work will be finished in a day or two, it is hard, to see what is going to be done about it. A STRONG DOCUMENT. The official certificate of the insurance commissioners of Illinois, Ohio, Texas and South Dakota, given to the Mutual Re serve Fund Life Association, which ap pears in this issue, is one of the strongest documents ever given to any insurance company, covering as it does the whole ground. Including management, prompt payment of death claims and the financial stability of the association. It will be read with interest by the thousands of policy-holders who have taken advantage of the low rate at which .the Mutual Re serve Is furnishing life insurance, and will greatly tend to Increase its popularity and the confidence of the public in its man agement. It is only a little over 14 years since the Mutual Reserve was organized, and it has already paid nearly $21,000,000 in death claims; has a surplus emergency fund of nearly 54,000,000; has well-estauashed branches In nearly every desirable coun try In the world; has more than $290,000,000 insurance in force, and claims to have saved its policy-holders oyer $35,000,000 in premiums; the average cost for the past 13 years being only about 40 per cent of the ordinary life rates charged by the old system companies, which Is equal to a cash dividend of 60 per cent. It is now the fourth largest insilsTSKeTconipany in the world. RETIRED FROM PORTLAND Messrs. P. F. Nolan & Sons, who for several years past have conducted a large shoe house In this city, have closed up their Portland branch and shipped their entire unsold stock back to San Francisco. In this connection the firm desires to tender their thanks to the people of the Pacific Northwest who have always ex tended them a most liberal patronage. The firm has many friends in this field and these friends will be glad to know that orders sent to the Nolan Brothers Shoe Company, S12 and S14 Market street, San Francisco, will be filled with the same degree of satisfaction that was always assured at the Portland branch. The success of Nolan & Sons In Port land was due largely to the untiring ef forts of Mr. J. B. Cunningham, the popu lar local manager. Mr. Cunningham is, perhaps, one of the most competent shoe men on the coast, and the legion of friends he made while in Portland will be sorry to hear that he has been transferred by his house to San Francisco. TONIGHT THE GREAT EVENT Tlie AVIltl Elk anil Professor Glcnson. The greatest and most novel exhibition of animal training ever given in this clty wiil tako place at the Exposition building commencing at S:15 sharp. Arrangements have been made to accommodate 5000 peo-. pie at 23 cents admission. Everything that can be done to make visitors com fortable has been carefully looked after. Gentlemanly ushers will be in attendance. The extraordinary low price of admission will appeal to every one. The Cordray theater band will give a grand concert. This feature alone is worth the price of admission. Ladies and children are es pecially invited, and nothing has been left undone that will add to their comfort. Reserved seats can be secured today at the box-offlce of Cordray's theater for this novel exhibition, thus avoiding the great rush tonight. We display in corner -window And in Cloak Department Latest Styles TaiIorMade Costumes Just received. Today We show a choice Assortment Fancy Taffeta Silks Yard Today We will open our New Veilings Agents for ibe celebrated Trefousse Kid Q.oves. AN OLD TIMER'S VISJT. Mr. Lyman Seaman, Whose Partiality for Game and Fisu Is Marlicd. Mr. Lyman Seaman, formerly an East Portland dealer in fish and oysters, but for the past 13 years a resident of Sun shine, on Shoalwater bay, is on a visit to this city, and is regaling his old friends with an account of the many pleasures a life at Sunshine affords, with the bay teeming with oysters and clams, crabs, fish and ducks on one hand, and the mountains alive with elk, deer, bears, cougars and game of all kinds on the other. He boasts particularly of a fish called the "sliver bass," which Is found !n the bay, but is unknown in the Columbia river, and which is endowed with a pe culiar richness and flavor. One of his old friends was joking him about the manner in whlcn he used to fatten oysters "by sprinkling oatmeal on the outside of the sack in which they were. He denied the charge, but Insisted that oysters can be fattened by piling them with the deep shell down and feeding them. "In this way," he 6aid, "I can make them so fat that you can't eat them; they would be Insipid. But it is a lot of trouble." Mr. Seaman says his eyesight is not so good as it used to be, and he cannot see to shoot mallards or sprigtails, except when they are in the air; but he can see a canvasback as far as any one, and he never missrs one. He is extending a general invitation to all his old friends to visit Sunshine and go bear-hunting with him, but most of them say they haven't lost any bears. tThen Baby was sick; we garo her Castcrla. When she was a Child, she cried for Castoris. "When she became MUs, she clung to CMtorla. Whan she had Children, aho garo thoa Castoris. HIGHEST GRADE TAILORING- ud old. Borciuist & ReffllnS 231 wash. 3t. "We have Made A reduction Of 10 per cent on All our Winter Goods Up to Feb. 28th. Borquist & Eeffling Tailors 213 "Washington st. Labbe Building HIGHEST GRADE TAILORING- ui oio. Borqulst & Roffllng 231 wash, st. MARK LCOHN &C0., , GROCERS, 14G Front Street, next Esmond Hotel. Sell the following articles: Penrline, 1-lb. plcgs.... Golil-Dust Powder, :t-lb. lOo pUprs.-Oc I 10O lbs Dr Granulated Sugar $4.75 I Best Family Flour, ubl $2.15 I Jniinn Ten, iter lb 20c J Green Coffee, per lb .20c I Fresh. Sweet Butter, rolls.... 30c SAVE 3IOXEY. GET OL'tt PRICES. Ivory Soap, per bar 7c 1 Snpolio, per lmr Tc Independent of all Flrejnsuranca Combinations. STj lUUHIinUL. UUIIl OF SALEM, OKEGOX. Has $100,000 for the protection of its policy holders; 150.000 reinsurance reserve. Eleven years of unparalleled prosperity. A flattering increase in assets and net surplus durin? 1804. Policy-Holilers In other companies coutcinplntiiiK' clisuiKe in company Tvill consult their best interests by npplyinf? for Hpccinl rates at this agency. Cl-1 Chamber of Commerce. E. L. REED Agent JG3Xo policies Ismail on milts, factories or extra hazardous risk. mgs Opened Yesterday Madeira Laces Isigny Guipure Laces Chiffon Anglais Venice Collars Art Ducks Fancy Florentine Silks SilkFinished Hosiery Pompadour Lawn Galatea Sateens Piques A Grand Line Black Goods More Fancy Dress Goods v!3 lr jik For Sgiturdeiy Odd lot of Ladies' Kid Gloves Regular SI, S1.25 aud S1.50, 50e PAIR 5000 yards Silk Gimp, For Dress Trimming, Worth from 10c to 30o Yartf e YARD Onting Flannels, Good styles Se YARD A fine line of Dress Ginghams, Special valuo YARD 3000 yards of Amazon Percales, Fast colors CO YARDS Extra heavy Ginghams, in Plaids, checks and Stripes G YARD Our $1.00 Quality Zb?Z. STORE CLOSES AT pIday,tand Satapday) Feb. 22 and 23. f uL ft f?k ? u SPECIAL FOR SLAUGHTER OF For these two days only we will place on sale 500 dozen of the new spring and summer neckwear, all our 25c, 33c and SOcties Special Price, 17c each. All our finest grades In 73c and $1.00 ties Special Price 29c each. Both grades are made of the newest Tecks, Knots, the New Windsor, Four - in - assortment to select from. A large, elegant line of men's very handsome Spring Suits, just in, made of cassimere and worsted, and we will sell at prices to suit the hardest times. THE HHRDHN 09 anil 71 Third Street, HUMPHREYS' WITCH HAZEL OIL "THE PILE OINTMENT." For Piles External or Internal, Blind or Bleeding; Fistula In Ano: ItchlnttorBleedlDg of tho .Rectum. Tho relief Is Immediate the cure certain. PHIOE, 50 CTS. TRIAL SIZE. 25 OTS. Sold by Drns;ltJ, cr cent poet-faiil on receipt f pric. nuarinms' ber, co.. i i i a 1 1 s minim sl. sett aokS DR. FRED PREHN, DENTIST REr-TOlZBD TO Th.e Dekum Buildingr FOLIi SET TEETH, G Cor. Third and Washington sts., room 23, fourth floor. Take the elevator. NEWCASTLE, DENTIST RBWlOMBD to Marquam Bld, Rooms 300, 301, 302. Sprii2 Ueidf?-: OVERCOATS STORE CLOSES AT 12 O'CLOCK FOR THE BALANCE OF THE DAY See SftTiricLow Display 5l?3 Blue Qorijer Ll Special value in Wool Dress Goods, New designs lie YARD Just iu, Real Hair Cloth, Best quality YARD Checked Taffeta Silks, Good value at $1.00 YARD Galatea Wash Dress Goods YARD Printed Organdies, Latest styles and Fast colors YARD 25c A good line or Men's Neckwear EACH Chiffon, Special 80GYard & 7yia.5TJZGT 12 O'CLOCK TODAY (piflday and SatuKdaV ( Feb. 22 and 23; BENTS' NECKWEAR. patterns in silk and satin. Hand and other new shapes, Styles are An elegant STORES PORTLAND, OREGON. poLtncS. imy mm, Cor. 1 ltli and Yamhill A school of thorough practical business training. Business lmprming, and wc are beginning to Cnd employment for our students. ieci; THE JEWELER Wntchen, Dlnmondx, Jewelry, Silvcnvure. Xoveltle. Price to snit the time. 70 Morrl ton St.. JJct. Third and Fourth DR. CHAS. T. PREHN, DENTIST Vitalized Air lor Painless Extracting. Best work; lowest rates. Rooms 19 and 20 Hamilton, 131 Third street, near Alder. DR. E a DISEASBS OF THB BYB and aar. No. 189 first uX fit Hoxix Tariff Prices Gteat Special Sale I (rSeeoid j agd i Tlorrisoi ff PQRTLAND,OHE. y