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) 10 THE SIOB3!5"rS"G OKEGOlvrXA, SATTTEDAX3r FEBBTTARTT 23, 1895; LOYAL SPIRlf OF 76 SOSS OF PATRIOT SIRES 3IEET IX PORTLAND. Ajx Eloqnent Trflmtc to General WsxhlnKtoii liy Gcorcc H.'"WilI--. iam Other Addret.se. The Oregon and "Washington Society, Sons of the American Revolution, met at 2 P- M. yesterday in Grand Army hall for its annual business meeting. This society Is a member of the national organization. there being state societies in nearly every state In the Union. Probably during the current year the "Washington members will withdraw and organize a state society of their own. They have already organized local chapters at Spokane and Seattle, and celebrated the day In those cities. Colonel T. M. Anderson, president of the society, called the meeting to order, and delivered a short, but earnest and forceful annual address. He referred to the indus trial disturbances of the past year, and deplored the lawless and anarchistic tendencies shown In them. He said that as a delegate of the society he was present at "Washington, attending the national congress of the order, when the Cosey army invaded the capita! grounds and was expelled by the police. It was thus while representative Americans were assembled at the nation's capital, consulting upon methods of stimulating jKitriotlsm, that a mob. claiming to be the true representa tives of the people, made the first effort In the history of the nation to intimidate congress and Influence Us action by force. He then spoke of the duty of loyal Ameri cans to counteract the demoralizing and disorganizing Influences at work among the people, and, as well, to battle the po litical corruption that is rotting the moral liber of the nation. Reports were submitted by Secretary J. K. Philips, Treasurer Ralph Hoyt and Registrar Alfred Hasbrouck. They show ed the society to be In an excellent condi tion, with 140 members, a. gain of 38 during the year, with subordinate chapters at Seattle and Spokane, and with a balance of 55 65 In the treasury. A fund is being accumulated for the publication of a large and elegant year-book, containing a his tory of the society and everything of inter est pertaining to It and its members. The registrar's report showed the Revo lutionary ancestors of the members by states, as follows: Conecticut, 30;Massa chusetts, 29; Virginia, IS; New Jersey, 11; Pennsylvania, 11; Maryland. 6; New Hamp shire, 5; Rhode Island, 4; Maine, 3; North Carolina and South Carolina, each 2; Ver mont, Delaware and Georgia, each 1. The following olllcers were elected for the ensuing year: Colonel T. iL Ander son, president; Hon. George H. "Williams, vice-president; P. P. Dabney, secretary; "Wallace McCamant, registrar; Ralph "W. Hoyt, treasurer; Tyler Woodward, Lafay ette Grover, A. E. Borthovick and Colonel J. K. Philips, additional members of the board of trustees. A vote of thanks was passed to the retir ing secretary and registrar, who have served the society ever since its organiza tion. After business was -disposed of. Col onel J. K. Philips read an Interesting pa per on "Washington, with special reference to his conduct at Braddock's defeat, the colonel having lived for years on the scene of that memorable battle. At 8 o'clock In the evening some 40 mem bers of the society sat down to a sumptu ous banquet In the private dining-room of the Hotel Portland. The room and table were beautifully decorated with pot ted plants, flowers and the national col ons. Colonel T. M. Anderson presided, and Introduced the various toasts with very happy speeches, and an excellent orchestra enlivened the occasion with inualc After the long and excellent menu hod been discussed In full, the president Introduced Mr. Maurice McKim, to re spond to the toast "The Day "We1 Cele brate." Mr. McKlm delivered a short, but earnest, address on Washington, and-the significance of the custom of observing his birthday. The next speaker was Hon. George H. Williams, who dealt with "Washington as a Moral Force," most Impressively, his slow, deliberate enuncia tion commanding the closest attention. Mr. Williams said: "A meeting or the Sons of the American Revolution to commemorate the birthday of Washington overwhelms the mind with patriotic and Inspiring emotions. We are separated by more than a hundred years, with Its deepening shadows, from the day we celebrate, but through these shadows with meteoric splendor shines the fame of Washington, and of the men and events with which his fame Is associated. Our meeting brings before us with pictorial (blearness the high and fearless resolves of Revolutionary assemblies the sacrifices, sufferings and successes of a consequent war examples of (physical and moral cour age, and all that galaxy of glorious achieve ments which made the United States a free and independent nation. "Washington, at the time of his death, was said to be 'first In war, first In peace, and first In the hearts of his countrymen,' and It is safe to add that in the fullness nd roundness of a perfect manhood, he -stands first in the list of modern states men and warriors. I do not mean to say "that he was the greatest soldier, or the greatest statesman of modern times, but I mean to say that those physical. Intellec tual and moral qualities which are neces .sary to an exalted character, were more ftapplly blended In him than in any other man mentioned in modern history. "One element of moral force Is personal courage or fearlessness in the face of dan ger. Rrave men, though brave in a bad cause, are respected by others, and deeds of personal daring in battle and elsewhere have been the favorite themes of song ami story. Learning, wisdom and goodness command the admiration of mankind, but admiration rises into hero-worship for those who expose themselves to death in the ranks of fighting armies. Washington, at an early day In the campaign against the French forts In Western Pennsylvania, established his reputation for personal courage, and was never deterred from the performance of his whole duty as a sol dier, by the apprehension that his life was in danger. "Another element of moral power is good judgment. This Is the greatest of all talents for one bearing public responsibili ties, and It Is the one least appreciated by the public That which Is showy Is more attractive than that which Is solid. Good judgment as to any matter Implies com prehension of everything affecting that matter, and no brilliancy of speech or ac tion will make up for tha lack of this judg ment in the management of public affairs. "Washington's judgment was of the first order, as his success In military and civil life abundantly proves. He must have been endowed with an extraordinary facul ty of deckling wisely to have conducted the Revolution to a successful Issue. To lead U feeble colonies against a great and resourceful enemy through the discourage ments and defeats of a seven years war necessarily required great foresight, in domitable seal, and excellent judgment. "Washington's administration, during the formative period of our Federal Union, was a marvel of wisdom and skill. He was like a mariner upon an unexplored sea without guide or compass. He had no precedents to follow. To organise the new irovernmeat, to devise ways and means for its support, to establish relations with for eign countries, to harmonise federal au thority with the autonomy of the states, and to put the whole machinery of the government into successful operation, de manded the most enlightened and coropre faeaetve judgment. Contrary to the wishes of his countrymen, t the end of two presi dential terms, he retired to private life, with a farewell message, which deserves to he ranked with the Declaration of Inde pendence. "Mere effective than all etoe to make the moral power of Washington a force vas his acknowledged goodness. Greatness allied to vice may temporarily delight the multitude, but greatness must be allied to virtue to expect to exert a lasting and beneficial influence in the world. 'Washington's virtues were so widely known and appreciated that the English Lord Byron was led to exclaim: " 'Where may the weary eye repose, When gazing on the great Where neither guilty glory glows. Nor despicable state. Yes, one the first, the last, the best The Clnclnnatus of the West, Whom envy dared not hate. Bequeathed the name of Washington To make man blush there was but one. "Individual moral force Is the influence produced by a combination of courage, wisdom and goodness, as exemplified In the actings and doings of the Individual. Moral force may co-exist with the person from whom it proceeds, or it may survive and produce effects after such person has passed out of exsistence. Our attention is arrested by one notable instance of Wash ington's influence after he was dead. Ha was unanimously elected president In 17SS. Was unanimously re-elected in 1T32, and would have been unanimously elected for a third term In 1795, if he had consented to become a candidate. This refusal of Wash ington to accept the office of president for a third term made a precedent which has become a sacred and Inviolable canon in the political code of the United States. Nothing Is said In our written constitution about the Ineligibility of a president for a third term, but the moral force of Wash ington's example has made a third term for a president next to an Impossibility. "General Grant, whose popularity was unbounded as a candidate for a third term, was defeated In the republican convention of 1SS0 by the moral force of Washington's example; if nominated, In allprobablHty he would have been defeated at the elec tion, upon that ground. There is a less.on of great value In Washington's re fusal of the presidency for a third term. First It proves that men can be governed by moral force as well as by physical power. More than 60,000,000 of people ac cept the act of one man, long since passed away, as binding upon them, with nothing but popular belief In the wisdom of that act to enforce its authority. Again, it is instructive In showing that great and good derls have a'i enduring vitality in the hearts and memories of mankind. Ambi tiqn and selfishness and sin In every form abound, but they stand with uncovered heads in the presence of disinterested and patriotic devotion to country. "When Washington rejected the office of president for a third term, he 'bullded bet ter than he knew.' He erected a safeguard for republican Institutions. All our presi dents since Washington have been ambi tious to be re-elected. Six of them have sought and obtained a second term, and there is reason to believe that they, or some of them, would have tried, by the use of ofiicial Influence, or otherwise, to secure a third term, and probably more terms, if they had not ben deterred by the example of Washington. Office-holding generally breeds an insatiable desire for more. With out any limitation upon the eligibility of the president, there would be danger that) an ambitious and unscrupulous in cumbent might perpetuate his official ex istence and establish upon the ruins of the constitution an oligarchy of office-holders. Rotation in office under reasonable re strictions Is the true theory of republican government. Washington, by the moral force of his example, has compelled prac tice to conform to this theory. To look out from the universal scramble for office In these days to the retirement of Wash ington when the people wanted him to stay. Is as refreshing as the sight of a ygreen field in a desert of drifting sands. "When the constitution of the United States was formed there was a widespread and powerful opposition to its adoption. Each colony under the Confederation was quite Independent of the others, and many saw, or thought they saw. In the new con stitution a dangerous consolidation of pow er in a centralized government. Hamilton, Madison, Jay, and others published papers advocating Its adoption, but these argu ments, though learned and eloquent, hard ly reached the minds of the common people. Washington was known everywhere, and his patriotism and wisdom were universal ly acknowledged. People who had no time or opportunity to study the questions in volved accepted the judgment of Wash ington. They favored the new constitu tion because they knew he favored It. If (he had opposed It, it would not have been; adopted. "Time has approved the judgment of Washington, as well as the wisdom of the men who relied upon It, and magnified be yond measure our indebtedness to him for his influence in this critical period of our country's history. "Washington's administration was held together and made a success by the moral force of his majestic character. Jefferson was secretary of state, and Hamilton, sec retary of the treasury, both great men, but bitterly opposed to each other in their po litical views. Jefferson contended for the sovereign rights of the states, and Ham ilton for the supremacy of the federal government. When the French revolution broke out, the adherents of Jefferson fa vored the ideas upon which It was found ed, and the adherents of Hamilton de nounced them as subversive of all govern ment. Party feeling ran high upon this question. Jefferson's party was charged with a desire to Import Into the United States the radical doctrines of revolution ary France, and Hamilton's party was charged with a desire to Import Into the United States the principles of monarchic al England. Discord and distraction raged on all sides, but they were over awed and neutralized by the wisdom and justice of Washington. He spoke to the angry passions, and they obeyed his voice. He overcame those elements of discord by moral power which were beyond the reach of physical force. "While Washington was president, con gress passed an act, imposing a tax upon whisky, -which produced a formidable In surrection In Western Pennsylvania and other parts of the country. Thousands of armed men were massed together to resist the collection of this tax. The federal government was new, its powers undefined. and its authority hardly known to the peo ple, and this insurrection was to be the test of its adequacy to the ends for which it was created. Officers and troops, sent against the Insurgents, were driven back, and it seemed for a time as though the enemies of law and order would succeed. Washington determined to put himself at the head of the government forces, and went into Pennsylvania for that purpose. Stricken by this movement of the presi dent, with the conviction that further re sistance was useless, the rebellion melted away and disappeared, and the supremacy of the law was established. This shows that Ideas sometimes win victories when arms are Ineffectual. During the adminis tration of John Adams, our country be came involved in a serious controversy with France. Hostilities had commenced, and a great war was impending. In this emergency, all eyes turned toward Wash ington, then in retirement at Mount Ver non. President Adams, In response to the voice of the people, called upon Washing ton to take command of the national forces, and he. at great personal sacrifice, accepted the position. When the weight of Washington's renown as a warrior and statesman was thrown into the scales, France lowered her pretensions, and pro ceeded, without delay, to re-establish amic able relations with this country. These prominent instances to which I have re ferred are only illustrations of the thous ands of ways in which the moral influence of Washington worked for good. All his speeches and writings, and his whole pub lic life was aglow with Intense devotion to his country- His influence was a steady, vitalizing ami improving force. Our duty, as Sons of the American Revolution, Is to cherish and keep alive this influence. "Our heritage comes to us with this re sponsibility. We want more of Washing ton's courage in our government more of his purity among our public men, and more of his ardent patriotism among our people. Our republic will be safe in the hands of men who follow in the footsteps of Washington." DANGERS TO THE NATION. Mr. John F. Gowey, of Olympia, talked earnestly of the nihilistic and paternalis tic tendencies of the times. He pointed out the dangers threatening the life of the nation from them, and showed the salvation of the country to be a revival of patriotism. To the toast "Patriotic Societies the Conservators of National Sentiment," Major James Jackson presented a thought ful and scholarly address. He began by saying that in all ages a harmonious peo ple have been patriotic and imbued with national sentiment, while nations made up of mixed races, brought together from many lands, naturally lacked that senti ment so necessary to progressive national life. It was this latter condition, he said, Into which tha United States had fallen since the close of the civil war, because of the excessive Immigration from for eign countries, whereby there was now in this country a polyglot of tongues, of political ideas, of customs and of social habits and instincts. It had been Impos sible to assimilate and unify all this. Much of it was good, while more was bad, and even the best needed education in the quality of patriotism that gave our government birth and must sustain it. The duty of patriotic societies he de clared to be a propaganda of patriotism, especially In the schools, beginning with the primmer and continuing .to the cal culus. The last regular toast was "What Our Forefathers Left Us," responded to by Judge H. H. Northup. Opening his re marks, Judge Northup said that they had left a memory, and then, In most eloquent language, he portrayed the mem ories of the great struggle for Independ ence, that linger In every American mind. They also, he said, left us the Inspiring example of great patriots to stimulate emulation In future years. They left us the Declaration of Independence, the ringing words of Patrick Henry, the cherished ordinance of 1S87 which estab lished freedom In the Northwest terri tories, a constitution that has proved a firm foundation for the nation, and ex amples of patriotic sacrifice for the wel fare of the nation. He closed by an ap peal to all so to live as to honor the memory of such noble sires and help to perpetuate the blessed government of freedom they founded for mankind. Following Judge Northup' s address there was considerable of what the' president called "file firing," in the form of short speeches by a number of the banqueters. Those present were: Frank Hanford. Seattle; R. B. Albertson, Seattle; John F. Gowey, Olympia; Lieuten ant Harry Taylor, Cascades; Lieutenant Hasbrouck, Vancouver; Lieutenant Cabell, Vancouver; Lieutenant Elliott, Vancouver; James R. McCraken, Chester V. Dolph and Judge H. H. Northup, city; D. C. Sherman, Salem. A. "Women's Patriotic Order. The only chapter of the order of Daugh ters of the American Revolution yet or ganized In the states of Oregon and Wash ington, is the Mary Bell chapter, at Ta coma, named after the mother of Wash ington. It was organized June 22, 1S94, with the following charter members: Mrs. C. W. Griggs, Mrs. Hugh Wallace, Mrs. John Stallcup, Mrs. C. B. Jacobs, Mrs. Frank Allyn, Mrs. T. F. Hardenberg, Mrs. Harrison Foster, Mrs. C. E. Hale, Mrs. E. C. Sherman, Mrs. J.'C. Gribble, Mrs. G. S. Gowey of Olympia, Mrs. Nellie L. Lehman and Mrs. J. C. Harvey. The offi cers are: Mrs. C. W. Griggs, regent; Mrs. H. C. Wallace, vice-regent; Mrs. T. F. Hardenberg, registrar; Mrs. C. B. Jacobs, secretary; Mrs. J. C. Harvey, treasurer, and Mrs. John Stallcup. historian. Efforts are. being made to organize a chapter In Seattle, and one should be formed in Portland. This Is an associate society of the Sons of the American Rev olution, though not directly connected with it. They both exist for the same purpose, the spread of patriotic sentiment, and this Is a work the many Portland ladies descended from revolutionary an cestors should undertake. SEE THEM TODAY Oar Men's X E W SPBING SCAEFS VfiS Special at wv And have & new one for Sunday. OUE SILKS From the manufacturers auc tion are the new styles of the season, and priced to give yon the benefits of the auction. Since Its great victory at the world's fair the sales of Dr. Price's Baking Powder have increased tenfold. BLACK SAND MINING. OUfi SHOES New sprinsr styles for hoys, misses and ladies. S2.50 values . , Special this week & 2LQ Are just th weights for wear this weather. Just & small lot of those PELNT WEAPPERS Special at Are left come early. NEW JEWELRY This week we received tho finest line JEWELRY . We ever opened. New designs for spring in Ladies' Shirt-Waist Sets" Cuff Links Belt Pins Collar Buckles Neck and Lorgnette Chains Chain Bracelets Rings Lice and Stick Pins, etc., etc. Tie Holders, made up in Enamel Pearl Solid Gold Rolled Plate ' and Sterling Silver. Our dry-goods prices make them specially attractive. Allcsrcd Success of n. Xeiv Process. Work at the black sand mines near Randolph is now progressing In a very satisfactory manner, says the Coast Mail. After a prolonged series of experiments and numerous modifications the apparatus Is working with every promise of success, and last week 50 pounds of the amalgam was cleaned up. The parties decline to state the results, but It is gathered from good authority that the result is three times greater than the highest guess. Be fore the work commenced three of the men engaged made a guess as to what the amalgam would produce, and the result was about five times greater than the lowest guess, and three times greater than the highest calculation. The results are better than the most sanguine calula tlons and it is believed by good judges that a process has at last been discovered which will take out all the gold in the sand. Only one machine Is partly con structed and it is now running out about three tons of concentrates per day. Sev eral more machines are In process of construction and will be put to work just as soon as they can be completed. The parties have been at work experimenting since last July and have just completed the design which it is believed will fill the requirements. There Is said to be much more of the fine and invisible gold In the sand than was supposed, and the machine is said to save all metallic sub stances In the sand. A sugar sack of the concentrate about half filled, weighs In the neighborhood of 250 pounds. The process saves all the metals in the ore, which consist of platinum, Iron, etc The owners are much elated over the pros pects and are sanguine that there are millions in the project of black sand min ing. A CARD. We have completed our Inventory and closed our books for 1S94. We wish to thank our friends for their kind patronage, and take pride In stating that our trade, since removing to our new store, corner Third and Oak streets, has been far ahead of our most sanguine expectations. It proves that the public appreciates honest values and iair dealing. Uur aim nas been and will be to give good, reliable clothing at reasonable prices. We are making at our mill In Albany lines of neat, desirable patterns In cheviots, cassl meres and tweeds for spring and summer trade. We have also placed our advance orders for the latest effects in imported fabrics. These, as well as our own make of goods, will be made In regular, short and stout, long and slim, and extra sizes, enabling us to fit any one. Our country order trade by samples has increased so that we were obliged to open a separate department for same, and we send sam ples and cuts of ail llces, with plain rules for measurement, free to any address. This coming season we intend to devote more attention to our boys' and children's department, and shall carry full lines of novelties and staples. Our uniform de partment has been a great success. We equipped the Oregon National Guard. Port land military band. Oregon Soldiers' Home, American District Telegraph Com pany, Pacific Postal Telegraph Company, reform school. United States lifesaving service and many others. We are pre pared to submit bids for uniforms for any organization, as our electric factory is complete In every respect. We employ white labor at both factors and mill, and the money paid us for clothing remains on the coast. To make room for our spring stock, we have decided to allow a discount of 10 per cent on every article in our stock, includ ing four lines of Steln-Bloch Co.'s blue and black extra-long kersey overcoats, which were delayed In transit. As our prices were reasonable before the cut. an extraordinary opportunity Is offered for a short time. For the same reason we offer in our custom-tailoring department to make suits to order In cheviots, tweeds and casslmeres for SIS. and pants for $4 60. J. M. MOYER & CO.. "Wholesale and Retail Clothiers. 'Agents Albany Woolen Mills. Nos. SI and S3 Third st.. Cor. Oak. Suit the people, because they are tired of bitter doses, with the pain and grip ing that usually follow. Carter's Little Liver Pills. One pill a. dose. OLDS & KING Koto tho especially handsome styles shown in our new window of 40o Dress Goods. A complete lino of new Spring Veilings now in. WALTE R ROS, Cor. First and. Yarjqliill etiiine rrom business Carpets, Eups, Paperhaugings ; Lace, Silk and Chenille Curtains averythiug will be sacrificed without reserve. W ALTER BROS. Jos. L. "Walter, Manager. 1 YOU WILL FIND THE Saturday coram ALWAYS AN INTERESTING PAPER. THE ISSUE TODAY 119 Contain: mt DISSS' lAUKl, MffllK &xv I ,-L,,, - sm- THE ISSUE W TODAY Will Contain: sm: j a oAlUKJJAi MhmUs For Today Only parley Qoods Dept. Imitation Tortoise Shell Side Combs, Per pair Fancy Imitation Tortoiso Shell Side Combs, per pair Ladies' Extra Quality Black Sateen Ssirts, ' Three Eufiles "THE GRAVEYARD OP THE ATLANTIC." An Entertaining Marine Sketch. "THE MINSTRELSY STAGE ITS RISE AXD FALL." "THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELER.' Hlnstrnted. "THE EVOLUTION' OF" A BROWNIE." Illustrated. "HIS STRANGE SU3IMONS." A Story of the Sen. "CONTINUED IN OUR NEXT." Unpleasant Situations of Heroes and Heroines. THEATRICAL GOSSIP. A "WOMAN'S DEPARTMENT. IN FIELDS OF SPORT. THE RELIGIOUS "WORLD. And a. Larsre Quantity of Well-Selected Miscellany. OLDS&SUMMER'S BARGAIN SALE IS NOW ON. Odds and Ends of Decorated China and Semi-Porcelain Pieces. decorated Decorated Hines' Honey and Almond Cream, Per bottle Cotton iTacrame Cord, All colors, per ball Ladies' All-Linen Hemstitched Handkerchiefs Ladies' Swiss Eibbed Cotton Tests, Fleece-Lined, each 7e 20e 89e 37e 7e lOe 37e Srpoe Depzrtmeijt. lien's Patent Lsather Shoes, Eegular price S7.00 $3.50 Qarpat Department. Embroidered 3Insliu For Sash Cnrtains, 27 inches wide, Per vard 15e Qlotfyiijg Department. Jlon's Fine Black Cheviot Suits, Worth S15.00. at Hen's Stiff Hats, Broken Lines, Eejrnlar S3.50 to 5.00, Your choice for Boys' Odd Snits, Sizes' 4i to li, Eegular prices S4.50 to 56.00 $9.83 $1.00 $3.50 In Havlland and other beautiful China we offer, for one week: 10-lnch meat platters 12-inch meat platters 14-inch meat platters 16-inch meat platters Vegetable dishes Creamers Sugars CSraw bawls . ............ Pickles 30 Covered butterdishes LOO And a large lot of useful table pieces. fO.43 70 00 1.G3 07 3Ti 90 1.00 In pretty decorated Royal Scmi-PorcclainWare we offer the following: bargains: S-inch meat platters 9 9-Inch meat platters ia 10-inch meat platters 20c 12-inch meat platters ssc 14-Inch meat platters 50c lC-inch meat platters ooe 6-inch vegetable dishes 12c 7-inch vegetable dishes 14c S-inch vegetable dishes 20c 9-inch vegetable dishes 30c And a grand assortment to select from, for a few days only, at Granite Olds & Summers, 189 and 191 First Street Ironware and Tinware at Bottom Prices. HAS REMOVED! G. HEITKEMPER, The Portland Jeweler Has removed three doors east of his old corner to No. 249 Morrison street, between Second and Third, where he will open up for business MONDAY MORN ING, FEB. 18, 189S. MEEK 5. FRANK CO PEOPLE TO TOOK 01 ADYICE phe Yeaps JRcjo and Bought a Pieee of Fi?ait Iiand Are Well Fixed Now AND OTHER PEOPLE WILL BE SO IN FIVE YEARS WHO TAKE THE SAME ADYICE NOW. The easiest, safest and wisest plan to get a piece of land. Is to take out one of our Home Guarantee Contracts for a 5-Acre Place You can deposit Fifty Dollars and add to it 525. OO a month for eight months until contract issues. One year from that time you can add. $100.00 Two yeara from that time you can add lOO OO Three years from that time you can add 'lOO-OO Four years from that time you can add lOOOO Five years from that-time you can add 100.00 Five years and 3 months from that time you can add. . . 250.00 And all the time after contract issues have your money subject to recall, with 7 per cent interest on it. At the end of five years and three months you must take your cnoice the orchard or your money back with interest. . For 55200 an acre you get the land, have it planted in fruit trees, have the trees cultivated and pruned for 5 years, have the life of the trees insured, have all taxes and assessments paid, all care assumed, get the full value of five years' growth of the trees, get the full increase in value of the land for five years. You can sell and realize at any time, and have ample security that, if you are not satisfied with the investment or specula tion, you can have all your money back, with interest on it. We guarantee to plant and cultivate the trees, and insure them to be in bearing at expiration of contract. You can sell the land or trade it at any time during the five years while the trees are growing, as freely as if you owned it in fee simple. YOU CAN DEPOSIT THE MONEY WITH THE TITLE GUARANTEE & TRUST COMPANY, Chamber of Commerce, Portland, and they will tell you that we can't touch a cent of it till we have deposited with them the amount of land you apply for, and that then we can handle only so much as i3 required on voucher for filling our contract with you, till you have elected to take the land or take your money back, with the interest. This is the safest investment and the best way to get a fruit-land home. It must be in every way satisfactory. It must "be well taken care of, and the title must be good. Give this matter careful consideration. We know that our proposition is a good thing for both parties. STEARNS FRUIT LAND CO. 275 Sfca?k Street, m Portland, Oregon Mi'WBWPfKiti! Soots and Shoes REMOVAL NOTICE Will move balance of stock to No. S3 Morrison, near Third street, March 1, 1S33. Everything must be sold out, to prepare room for a bran-new stock, v.-hich will arrive here April 1, 1SD5. LATEST STYLES. LOWEST PRICES. MORRISMARKS- (FOR THE UNDERWRITERS) 109 First Street, - Between Washington and Stark Streets "A HANDFUL OF DIRT MAY BE A HOUSEFUL OF SHAME." KEEP YOUR HOUSE CLEAN WITH