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12 THE MORNING OREGONIAN. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1900. Two Silk Petticoats Worth $12 to $16 each Of ectra. good Taffeta, atain $8.79 ea or changeable. at Mate with dottMe Spanish corded flounce. fluted or accordion-pleated flounces or butterfly ruflles, with duet raf fles or featberbone oonpiete. Ladies' Kid Gloves Pine, pliable ki4, S-etasp wrists, pearl, white. Mack or Cray. With black or white-stitched backs, extra goo, at. 51 pair Spring Neckwear For Men In beaatr most perfect form. Exceptional style and vattae-glvtng in our Hoc, at 50c ea FIGHTERS IN THE MILITIA PHILBPPIXB VBTBRAXS TO GO TO THK KATIOiVAL GUARD. X'ew OeH5' "Will Be Mustered in A'eoit Week Two More Com panies FenalBg. One National Guard company at least has been secured from ex-members of the Second Oregon Volunteers in Fort land. At a special meeting of the State Military Board, called yesterday for the purpose, permission was given for Lieu tenant T. X. Dunbar and SO other volun teers to organise a company, and Captain K. K. Davis, acting Adjutant-General, has issued the necessary rder. There were O. names on the application present ed to the board, and the assurance was gin that before rauter-ln Ave or six others known to be willing would be add ed. Friday night, March 2, at the Armor, are the date and place fixed for the formal muster Colonel James Jack son, Inspector-General of the State Guard, has been designated as mustering officer and Inspector of elections. The news that even one company of the volunteers bad consented to return to tlie Guard was gratifying to everybody interested In military affairs of the State. Hopes have been entertained that a much larger number would Join again. A few 'wrftlTlhe CiTv i panles have been circulating in the ity during the past two weeks. At first they were not received with much enthusiasm, I ... . .. - i.- -iai a-u i UUl MIJ Wl rc mrci C...l over the matter, they devided to re-enter the Guard on the conditions offered by the Military Board. There are two other strong probabili ties in sight now. Many members of old Company H, as well as other soldiers of the regiment, have been anxious to see Captain C. S. McDonell organize a com pany. There has been much discussion on the subject, none of which, however, rave rise to a doubt that the company, under such competent management, would be an eminent success. National Guard officers are especially anxious to have tuch a company organised, well knowing that the military organisation would be vastly benefited thereby. In Albina there Is much military enthu siasm. Since permission was granted that part of the City by the Military Board to locate a company there, provided a suit able armor' was furnished, a strong movement has been commenced, that will unquestionably give to the National Guard another good company. There are nearly enough volunteers residing in the district to reach the minimum for a company, end since the agitation commenced it is learned that there are a large number of excellent dttsens anxious to enlist. Who will command the volunteer com pany to be organised ft the Armory Vareh 2. of course, k yet rather soecu- ! latlve. However, there seems no doubt that Lieutenant Dunbar will be selected, Most of the men on the rol)s are from Companies E and L, of the Second Ore gon. Lieutenant Dunbar was First Lieu tenant in E. but his courage and consid erate bearing at alt times made him popular beyond his own command. From the current of talk now heard, he is like ly to be made Captain of the first com pany of the National Guard organised in Portland out of the Second Oregon Vol unteers. Anwnw amiTO win uj nu hi tae Armory Wednesday evening. February XS Captain J. Francis Drake, who now commanas Company M, recently organized by turn from High School and Portland Academy boys. Is going to leave Portland. which necessitates his withdrawal from the company. Kelther First nor Second Lieutenante were ever chosen In the com pany, and an order has been issued by Captain Davis for the election Wednes day evenltur or all three commissioned or ncera. Major R. Jublts has been detailed as Inspector of elections. this occasion, says he was quietly stand- The vacancy in the captaincy of Com- Ing on the corner of Second and Morri pany K will also have to be filled soon, soq streets, vrtien some one pushed him Captain Mutt's commisalon Re command- I against the Chinese, who struck him, and in Mcer of Troop B at Sumpter has 1 he "won't allow no Chinaman to hit him been made out, and his resignation from j without hitting back." tne oramwiHi 01 ic .r-orvisura uuitiimiiy of Infantry 'wM have to be announced soon. Company B now has two Lieuten ants, as a result of the election held this week. Second Lieutenant Bulger was pro moted to the rank of First Lieutenannt, and Bathe Strupler was elected to the of fice of Second Lieutenant. Lieutenant St raptor brings the reputation of much military experience gained while serving as an oMoer In the French army. He was not a member of the Guard before, but the company had the utmost faith in his capacity because of his military education In Prance. Lieutenant Bulgei has Ailed the oBce of Second Lieutenant for a considerable time, where he won the teem of the men In his command. There are numerous competent men available for the captaincy of both Com panies K and M. Several names have been mentioned In connection with both poMttone, from whom the greatest trouble in choosing will be the general fitness of each. With elections of new officers, organisa tion "f companies and adoption of Major Jubttx thorough regulations (or battalion organisation, the First Battalion. Third Regiment. Oregon National Guard, is ex perienchMr a boom. In the brief time of Major Jubltx command of the battalion he ha accomplished great good. The four separate companies knew nothing of battalion work when he entered upon hta dutle and the eflclency of company or rantor.!"n could not be what it is ex cept linger the direction of a vigorous battalion commander, such as he has pro" himself. Owf' f the City activity continues. Hev-uW 8. Keller, who Is a brother of Lieutenant Fielding 9. Kellar. has been elected to the position of Second Lieu tenant of Separate Company F. Oregon Of Ladies' Petticoats We bought all the other man had of some kinds, and sample lines of others, at far be low their actual v.alues you to be the gain ers. Don't delay. They'll not last long at the prices. ' Spring Petticoats $1.25 to $2.00 values Of percale, percallne and cot ton moreen, black, blue or QOr an cardinal; also, plaids and gjl eg stripes at Made -with double flounces, accordion pleatlngs or small ruffles. Ladies' Handkerchiefs TJnlaundered, All pure linen, plain, 1 fl 1 9r initialed or embroidered. wi iu Large variety and- .5) Rr o excellent values at ST - ca Last Day of Dinner Set Sale English Porcelain, English Semiporce laln and Havlland China. Don't miss it. City. Ensign Gustaf L. J. Zigler, of the Second Division, Naval Battalion, As toria, has resigned. DAIRYING TAKING HOLD. Merchants' Association Organized at Eugene to Promote the Industry. If the dairying industry does not take firm hold in the Willamette Valley, it will not be the fault of C. H. Markham, Gen eral Freight and Passenger Agent of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Mr. Markham is leaving no stcne unturned to Interest people In the business. Wednesday he went to Eugeno and devoted the day to dis cussing with the business men the ques tion of arriving at some method whereby dairy interests in that section might be promoted. Speaking of the trip he said: "The business men, without exception, appeared to be eager to do everything pos sible to promote dairying, and I have been assured that they will at once proceed to form an association, the Immediate object of which shall be to devote all its ener gies to this one question. There are al ready a few successful dairymen In that vicinity, and there Is a small creamery in the town. Either -from lack of patronage or bad management, however, it has not proved a success, and one of the" first du ties of the Merchants' Association, there fore will no doubt be to Investigate the question and determine Just where the real fault lies with a view of applying the necessary remedy. "A most successful dairyman is Sam Douglas, whose farm is located about five miles east of Eugene. Mr. Douglas Is now milking 60 cows, and promptly rejects from the herd any animal which will not pro- . ""r -' .l" "S makcs 1 a ru,e never t e" heat unless . . - t . .. , , ., S-P.nrthnf tK "" " Lu g t0 hls 6t0ck than to sell for a less figure. ..,- TV,.,-,.. TTttaJ AaX,r, vt --' v MO3 VCWAAV.A UaiiJ A !, ?-UJ U k 9 years ago with common cows, an1 by continuous breeding he nor has a herd of seven-eighths and fifteen-sixteenths Jer seys. With this herd, therefore, there Is now at Eugene the nucleus of any number of fine dairy herds, as Mr. Douglas Is turn ing off about 25 heifer calves each year. "The people of the entire Valley are dis cussing the dairy question as It has never been discussed before, and all that Is necessary Is to keep up the Interest, as conditions never were, and perhaps, never will be, any more favorable than they are today." GANG OF HOODLUMS. Police Trying; to Pnnlsb. Disturbers n of the Peace. J. Parks, a youth arrested for assault ing two Chinese, was arraigned yesterday in the Municipal Court, and his case was continued until this morning at 10:30. Special Officer Byers avers that Parks Is a member of a gang of hoodlums who gather about the corner of Second and Yamhill streets of evenings, while a col ored woman is conducting religious serv- Ices up stairs. The young men. he says. '""e in the habit of abusing and beating the unoffensivo Celestials who pass, and when an officer appears, the assailants skip up stairs, where they are then found attending church in the most demure manner. The colored people running the protract ed meetings also complain that they have been frequently disturbed In their devo tions by the youths, who des-lre, now and then, to transfer their attentions from the Chinese, by way of change. At times the congregation is so large that standing room Ig at premium and tnen ls thc tlme thn t,nn,,m t5 ,'n h,K ,, M. the hoodlum gets in his work, and pos itively refuses to bo put out. Recently the youths have been refused admittance to the room In which the services are held, and so they throng the stairway and "guy" decent people who are pass ing. The patrolmen on that beat are deter mined to break up this gang, and so con siderable evidence will probably be intro- 1 duced today. Parks, the defendant on LARGE FRIDAY NIGHT HOUSE Comedy-Drnnm Hnvlng Great Success at Metropolitan. "O'Brien, the Contractor," is being played to heavy business at the Metropol itan Theater. The audience last night was very large, and It was very enthusiastic. The splendid rendition of popular coon songs by Miss Georgle Cooper created Immense enthus iasm everj night. Last evening she was called before the curtain -time and again, amid uproarious applause and was forced to respond to a half-dozen encores. Miss Adams' singing of popular ballads is prov ing a great attraction, and her exquisite voice draws many music-lovers to the show. Eddie Holland's specialties grow more amusing every evening, and, were not the play Itself a really fine produc tion, ably presented, It would be over shadowed by the clever contributions of the specialty artists. The play will be presented again tonight and at matinee performances this afternoon and Sun Hay, at 2 o'clock. The good work done by the company this week In "O'Brien, the Contractor," will no doubt fill the house to the over flowing point next week, when the same artists will present "Red, White and Blue." m s 1 BUSINESS ITEMS. If Baby In Outline Teeth. Be sure and use that cM and irell-trled remedy Mrs. "WImIow's Soothing Syrup, for children teething. It soothes the child, softens the gunu, allays alt pain, cures trlsd coile asd diarrhoea. ooeeeaeoooeeodoeooeoeooeesoooooesoeoooosooeoeooooooo o o e O a DENT'S GLOVES FOR LADIES Famous Walking Gloye3 New Shades In Gray and Beaver $2.00 pair ALSO London Quality Trefousse Pique Kid Gloves.. $1.50 pair Colors are Pearl, Slate. Tan, Brown, Black. Red. Backs are stitched. The best $1.50 glove you have ever seen. -TODAY Improved Edition PRACTICAL METHOD FOR THE PIANO-FORTE By Louis Kohler 25c each Liberty Taffeta Ribbon cord edge high luster 18c yd These ribbons are 3 inches wide, and the colors are white, cream, pink, blue, maize, cardinal, and turquoise blue. White Lawn and Embroidery turn-over collars ea Venice Lace All-Over 22 Inches wide ? butter shade 13 36-inch Percales spring styles In great variety Boys' School Hose double knee German heel I5cpr NEW SILKS, DRESS GOODS, LACES, E3EBROIDERIES RIBBONS, DRAPERY MATERIALS, WASH GOODS, TRIMMINGS, ETC, ouo ooooooooe oueoooooeoa so POPS END THEIR STATE COMMITTEE ISSTJES AN DRESS TO THE VOTERS. AD- No Expansion "Without Consent of the Governed Republican Policies Condemned. The Populist State Committee issued a cal for a State Convention, and an ad dress to the Populist voters yesterday and adjourned. The call announces that the convention will nominate candidates for Supreme Judge, Food and Dairy Commis sioner, Congress In both districts, four Presidential Electors and will elect dele gates to the National convention. The address to the voters was prepared by E. Kroner, W. R. King, J. D. Locey, H. M. Palmer and G. L. Perrine. It fol lows: "To the Members of the People's Party of Oregon: Assembled In conformity with our duty as your representatives, we deem the present state of affairs in this, our country, to demand an expression upon our part to you of our duty of the hour as we see it. We desire to affirm that the People's Party stands today, as in the past, the undaunted champion of tho liberties of the people of the United States, and we hold that the priceless privilege of National liberty, for which the fathers of this republic have fought and died on many battle-fields, are not designed by the Almighty to be the her itage of the Anglo-Saxon races only, but of all races. We honor the flag of our coun try, and pledge our efforts to keep It what It has been In the past history of our country an emblem of National Independ ence and a democratic form of govern ment here, as In every part of the globe. "Standing as we do upon the thresh hold of the 20th century, we call public attention to the fact that the upselfish sacrifices of our organization In the past have paved the way, through the educa tion of the masses, to the realization of our Ideal In the present century. We feel called upon to say to you that ceaseless efforts In the perpetuation of our party organizations are the only means at hand to secure the continuance on the part of the different political reform parties of their efforts to co-operate with us In se curing the reforms which we advocate, and we emphasize the fact that laxity upon our part will surely result In the abandonment of reform efforts on their part. We believe the Industrial situa tion demands the expansion of the government in the Interest of the peo pie and for the extermination of prl vate monopoly in the public utilities and necessities, so that labor may find a Just reward, and that the enjoyments "of the j products of toll without effort may for ever cease. We advocate and believe In the rights of the people to rule, sovereign and supreme, and In direct legislation as tho method of enforcing the will of the people, claiming that to be the mark of liberty and that no country Is truly free without It. "We urge upon you, as you love your country and hope to accomplish these great results, In addition to the prlcl ples enunciated In our National platform of 1S96, as well as State platform of 1S9S, to call the voters' attention to the follow ing now conditions and Issues, which have arisen since our last State campaign: "L That the Administration now In power declares the Constitution of the United States only to be In force In cer tain portions of Its domain, has openly manifested Its purpose to annex to the government by conquest, and not by con sent of the governed, a territory and peo ple unwilling to come within our domain, and confesses that the strong arm of the government, while preventing tyranny and Intending to recognize Independence In Cuba, will oppress and govern against their will certain people on Islands of the Pacific, who aro equally entitled to their Independence under the guardian influ ence and protection of our government "2. That while we favor peaceful ex pansion, or expansion with the consent of the people to be brought within our domain, we find the present Administra tion launching this Republic Into a policy of Imperialism and Militarism, which has destroyed many governments In the oast and will surely cause the end of our republican form of government, If permitted long to continue, as now out lined by a Republican Congress and the President "3. True to the policy adopted by the Republican Administration of this nation, we find It, contrary to the will of tho great majority of all citizens of the United States, secretly sympathizing with Eng land In Its imperialistic and unjust policy adopted against the Boer government and looking towards the destruction of another republic. "4. The Republican party, the father of all trusts, is neglecting to adopt and enforce laws against trusts, but through the medium of Its subsidized press ls seeking to continue and sustain these monopolies, which will prove ruinous to the government and its people. "5. The Republican party, which, when In power in the past granted to railroad and other companies millions of acres of tne best lands in the United States, as donations, now proposes to take from the public domain all the public lands, under the pretense of leasing them, and to there by turn over to corporations and syndi cates the few acres of public lands nov ONLY- White-House Cook Book Oxford Work ers' Bible c Special. c Special. Vases $1.25 Bohemian Vases 95c 25c Cameo Vases 18c 25c Glass Vases 18c Alarm Clocks 75c Standard JQ Alarm Clocks VOi Fish-Net Sash Curtaining 45 inches wide J C V( Ruffled Curtains 100 pairs ruffled muslin curtains 95c pair 50 pairs ruffled muslin curtains $1.15 pair 100 pairs bobbinet ruffled cur tains with valenclenncs edge and insertions, $1.95 pair. Remnants of Veilings 8c each. eeooooeooeoooeooeooooooo remaining, thereby placing the stock In dustries of the West in the hands of the few, as .against the numerous owners, and further Injuring the mining Indus tries of the West by stopping all pros pecting upon the lands so leased upon the public domain, "We therefore urge and request all true reformers and persons favoring the -perpetuation of our republic, the upholding of -the principles set forth In the Declar ation of Independence and the Constitution of the United States, to make a deter mined and united effort to reclaim the government from hands of the few now in control, to cease all local dissensions and work together In harmony for the success of the common cause the great est good to the greatest number." BUYING OREGON CATTLE. South Dakota Man N'ovr in Portland Wants GOOO Head. Joseph Roach, a well-known cattle man of Minot, N. D., is at the Imperial. He expects to purchase 5000 head of Oregon cattle, with which to restock his ranges along- the Yellowstone and in the upper Missouri River Valley. Although he has heard of a shortage of cattle on Oregon ranges, he feels confident of obtaining all he needs, as he finds goodly bunches of yearlings and 2-year-olds for sale in va rious parts of tho State. He says they are held at pretty stiff figures, however, and that cattle-raisers do not seem over anxious to sell. The cause of this Indif ference he ascribes to the mild winter and abundance of green grass. The stock Is kept In prime condition without expense, and as cattle-men obtained good prices for their surplus last year, they are not suffering particularly for money. He has recently purchased 2500 head of yearlings and 2-year-olds near Lewiston, Idaho, paying $18 for the yearlings and $26 for the 2-year-olds. The stock ls to be deliv ered in May, and will be shipped by rail to the Yellowstone. Mr. Roach makes yearly visits to Oregon to purchase young stock, which he holds until the animals become 3 years old when he ships them fat to Chicago, usu ally In August or September of each year. T-To lino fnnarcil r n Vttn.1. nn Tt 1 1 jr J r "rnf,n Tn X ,tl J T ?! the market to fall somewhat from now on. as indications point to an abundance of fat beef in Texas and other States for this year. He says: "Cattle-raising in Oregon ls a very profitable industry, as each cow earns $1S a head In raising a calf. No feeding ls required in Oregon, and so this $18 Is made almost clear of expense. In Montana and North Dakota we can't raise cattle so cheaply, as the seasons are too j severe, and the calves are liable to die of cold before becoming strong enough 10 travel aDout. 'mis season, however, has been one. of the open kind in my vi cinity, and no hay at all has been fed. Even now, fat steers may be found in those northern pastures, as the grass has been oxcellent and the ground bare of snow for tho better portion of the winter." 0 MORE RELICS ADDED. Articles of Interest nt the Historical Society Rooms. Among the interesting accessories re ceived by the Oregon Historical Society during the past week, the following may be noted: A ticket for the Presidential election of 1836 in Missouri, brought to Oregon in 1844 by R. W. Morrison, contributed by his son, T. B. Morrison, of Astoria. A register of goods landed at various trading points by the Hudson's Bay Com pany's steamer Beaver, during. 1S39-1840, from Mrs. Mary E. Morrison, whoso father. Captain Laltle, piloted the Bfeaver up the Columbia River In 1836. The' Beaver was built In England, and left Gravesend August 27, 1835, and arrived at the Columbia River March 19, 1836, and was wrecked at Burrard's Inlet, B. C, in July, 1SS8. A modal made from copper connected with the Beaver's boiler, from Charle3 H. Woodard. A hand-made potato fork, more notable for strength than for beauty, excavated many years ago on the site of the old British fort at Astoria, known as Fort George. The sea-chest and mirror of the ship Columbia, which Captain Robert Gray sailed into the Columbia river on May 11, 17D2, through the courtesy of the Pioneer and Historical Society of Astoria, by Judge J. H. D. Gray. A bound volume of tho Youth's Com panion from 1838 to 1841, from Professor George M. Gage. The rooms will be open for Inspection today after 10 o'clock, and the public gen erally are cordially Invited to visit the same. a e This Seems to Be a Joke. TEKOA, Wash., Feb. 20. (To the Edi tor.) I notice by the papers that since the advance Into the Orange Free State by Lord "Roberts and General Kitchener, fre quent mention 13 made of captures of Boer laagers. Now, I don't think It right to meddle with the Dutchman's lager. I suppose they will be after his pipe next E. H. THOMPSON. 0 Muscular rales, eruptions, euros and all Eldn afflictions cured, by Grove's Ointment. 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United States Marshal Haggart, of North Dakota, and 12 deputies spent yes terday In Portland taking In the sights of the City. They had Just made a trip from Fargo, N. D., to Seattle with 44 Chinese, whom the United States District Court at Fargo had decided were In this country unlawfully. The Celestials had sneaked in oyer the Canadian border at a point where the Sault Ste Marie Railroad crosses, and were arrested shortly after they reached Uncle Sam's domain. The officials in charge of the deported Chi nese report a pleasant trip out over the Northern Pacific, having the use of a whole coach for themselves and their chajrEres. six denutles belmr on watch all the time to see that the heathens did not escape along the route. ' In conversation yesterday at the Per kins, the deputies referred to an organ ized gang over In Canada who make a business of landing Chlnsroe in the United States from Hong Kong, at $200 a head. They succeed as a general thing, when tbey are content to handle a few at a time, but 44 In a bunch was altogether too strong a dose for Uncle Sam's stomach, and so the deputies "laid for" them. The Chinese did not like the Idea of going back so soon, although their passage was paid, and several of them having com mitted crimes in China were fearful of losing their heads when they again land in tho Flowery Kingdom. The deputies were all glad that they had decided to spend a duy or two in Port land, and they are loud In their praises of the City and surroundings. They took In Oregon City and the Columbia-River locks yesterday, and today will visit Astoria, "as It Is not often they expect to get a 100-mlle ride for 25 cents." Marshal Hag gart will take in California before re turning to Fpteo. TO GO TO CAPE NOME. Jlnnaser Frawley "Will Tnkfl His Company and a. Portable Theater. The Frawleys arrived In Portland yes terday morning, and T. Daniel Frawley left at once for Seattle, to attend to mat ters connected with his proposed trip with his company to Cape Nome this coming summer. Between trains the popular actor-manager talked with an Oregonian reporter. "I am just about to take the train for Seattle," said he, "and will be back Sun day. I want to complete arrangements for the outfit I propose to take to Cape Nome In May. Glad to be In Portland? Why shouldn't I be? It was here that I started the Frawley company, and It was was Portland people that gave me the first encouragement as a manager. I or ganized my company here, and played one week at the Marquam. My com pany was composed of 13 people. I jumped from here to 'Frisco, opened at tne Co lumbia Theater on the 13th of the month, and ran there for 13 weeks. I am not ad dicted, to throwing floral pieces at my self, but I think in the past five years I have built up a trademark for my com pany on this Coast that stands for some thing. I have worked hard to give the people the worth of their money, and it Is gratifying to know that I have succeeded. "My present company I consider the best I have ever had under my man agement. I know It Is the largest and the most expensive. I would not be ashamed to give a performance at any time In New York or any of the large theatrical centers of the East. I have brought near ly all my people from New York, and the new leading lady, Miss Wakeman, I brought all the way from London. I do not know where I could get any better people than I have. "I have Just launched another company on the road, with the popular comedian, L. R. Stockwell, at Its head. They play one piece only, "In Paradise," the new French farce which took San Francisco so by storm, and tho rights of which I hold for all territory west of Chicago. The company opened in Stockton last night It Is the funniest farce I ever saw. With StockWell In the leading role, It ought to make money. "About Cape Nome? I will tell you. I hope to sail for Cape Nome with my com pany May 25, and expect to arrive there early In June. I shall carry a large tent, 100x40 feet, several living tents, 2200 chairs, scenery, lighting apparatus, and a full equipment, which will enable me to pro duce any play In my repertoire. I rfhall open there about the middle of June, and close the season in September, In order to be In time to fill my engagement in Hono lulu. I intend to give all the popular plays which I give here and In San Fran cisco, and I believe It will be a relief from the concert and dance-hall shows. J am confident that many persons who do not relish an ordinary, much less a vulgar, show, will be delighted at the opportunity to see first-class plays. I know of many people from the East who are going to Nome this spring, among them several friends of mine, merchants, manufactur ers, capitalists prominent club men from BEST BARGAINS IN VARIOUS LINES Belt Buckles Steal, gilt, oxidized. 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WEDDING AND CALLING CARD ENGRAVERS 22 and 23 Washington Building Fourth and Washington Sts., over Lilt's. ooaoeaoeooooeaooosseoseoaoasaooooseesoeeoooeoeosooeeo o Willamette Iron & Steel Works JAMES LOTAN, Manager, PORTLAND, OREGON IRONFOUNDERS, MACHINISTS, BOILERMAKERS AND STEAMBOAT BUILDERS Designers and builders of Marine Engines and Boilers, Mining and Dredging Machinery and General Mill and Iron Work, Fire Hydrants, Pulleys, Shafting, etc. Correspondence solicited. oooeoosooeoosoeeoeooeoaooosoooeeoeeeeooooooeoooooeoso New York, and many of the best people from all parts of the country. There will be many women of refined taste at Nome, because the journey is much easier and more pleasant than the ordinary Journey to a distant mining camp. From this class of people I expect patronage. "My company for Nome will consist of 17 members, outside of the working staff. I shall send my stage carpenter and scenic artist and two workmen on in advanee." t BATTERY A'S SMOKER. Friends and Fellow-Guardsmen Roy ally Entertained. Light battery A royally entertained friends and fellow-guardsmen last even ing in the battery quarters at the Armory. "Smoker" was the name given the affair, but It poorly indicates the hospitality of the men who handle the big guns. All the officers and members of the First bat talion of Infantry, the First division of the naval battalion, and a large num ber of. the Second Oregon boys were in vited. The result -was a crowd of lively, rollicking soldiers, who kept the capacious quarters of the battery ringing with mer rimont until a latp hnnr. One of thp fnat- ures was the presence of Captain Moun- tain, organizer and for years commander of the old Portland light battery, which commenced Its career 23 years ago, and bequeathed a fine record to the present organization. When called upon for re marks, he responded briefly, in a remi niscent manner and with words of praise for the battery of today. Captain H. TJ. Welch, now command ing battery A, welcomed the guests In a few words, and gave them the privi leges of the place. First Lieutenants T. T. Strain and John W. Nendel, and Sec ond Lieutenant Andrew D. Allen, the oth er commissioned officers of the battery, aided the noncommissioned officers and privates in administering to the comforts of the guests. Red lemonade was served copiously, and sandwiches, oranges, ba- nanas and other fruit followed In equal quantities. Before formally welcoming , I was a great sufferer from sck headac a, the guests, tho battery gave a short drill , which sometimes attacked me as often aa with the Gatllngs, showing how they three times a week. I used to take med -are thrown into action on double quick, cine for my head troubles, not knowlrg At the end of the assembly-room was the great Centennial flag, said to be the larg- est on the Coast, which has been the property of the battery for many years. On one wall were two guidons used by Portland battery In its halcyon days, and which are now preserved as valued me- mentoes. LIKE A UTOPIAN DREAM. Knights of Brotherhood Propose to and I have grown fleshy since beginning Re-establish Society. h, HBe- M bslndantt daughter a drink Postum and like it very mu 1. A Temple of the new beneficial order, t"5 h! w,11 hTaVa 5 Knights of Brotherhood, was organized . kJaLnl L J last night In Foresters' hall, with about , fT.1-? .U? 1 tred Po 150 charter members, men and women. "' ?Sff 1 JLJU Zl Grand Knight Illustrious F. T. Lenger, f;. J ", rSkfS !! 1 l r Grand Marshal L. B. M. Simons, of Bur- ! " " !????? T i.. ttti, o,i n v,ot,., T. w , n&ve been careless in the prepa-atl i icjf, " oa.i " ulauu W"c"a. "' E. Copeland, of Salem, were the instltut Ing officers. This ls a beneficial secret society, pro viding insurance aganst accident and death by giving homes and employment to Its members, being In this respect un like any other order. It offers a practical illustration of the theoretical brotherhood praised so- highly but practiced so little. The Order of Knights of Brotherhood seeks to prepare by means of a most beau tiful and impressive ritual its members, both, men and women, to live harmonlous'y in the co-operative settlements which the order proposes to establish in various parts of the United States. Tho first of these settlements has been started at Burley. on Puget Sound, about 13 miles from Tacoma, where some 150 men, women and children are living together happily, and all working hard to increase the collective wealth of the Brotherhood. The next settlement, to be started this summer, will be in the northern part of Oregon, and a third is to be organized in j California. The order has Temples In various parts 1 of the United States, all of whose mem- J bers contribute $1 a month to prepare set tlements where resident members can co- j operate. The Knights of Brotherhood believe and , teach that the only remedy for the social Men's Suits All-wool OragM Cioahnmro. Beat patterns, a awt.U.. $6.60 40c Men's Ties AX-sWc aad mtt Taafce mmL Pas. rglar jk4m Jf eaeh .... .. Boys' Suits Vestee SMHs, gray choehe ar sd bta. Matty Ulmwid. aw sprtaa- styfaa, 3 to 3 years, a smtt $1.78 $3.15 Boys all-wool D-pfoc Suite, mat gray checks; state 9 yoars, a sole. Book Specials Tom Sawyar Abroad, 1 OT By Mwk Twste. 1.24 HIM of Paine, 1Cr By QHMrt Farkor O jC Slmoa Dale. OOr By Aataony 090 70U Sorrows 0 litowi. CQ" By Marfe ConDt J7W Ag8 of FaMa. 70 ( By Bttttftaeh 171 Every Day Cook Book 1 C evils complained of by so many Is t! practice literally what Jesus taught &T.3L to establish settlements where every or a shall help the other, and what shall be produced and manufactured shall be used for the support of the whole. In these settlements there will be no place for drones; nor will there be ary lack of employment. AH work, and every ' one is provided with not only the neces sities, but the coraforto, of life. At the conclusion of the ceremonies of institution and Installation, Rev Mr Co: e land gave an impressive lecture n '"no needs of co-operation and the duty of self-sacrifice for the good of the w, stating his belief that the Co-opera' va Brotherhood was to usher m a new rl.' lnzation which should be a true kingdom of 'God. MATINEE TODAY. "Too Much Johnson' at Cerdray's the Attraction Theater. "Too Much Johnson." the excruclatlng'y funny farce-comedy which has been, draw ing crowds to Cot-dray's all the week, viAi. ! be the matinee attraction there this aft ' noon, and the last performance wM b3 given this evening. This Is the funrT si of all of Gillette's comedies, and is .1 the hands of a company which is thor oughly capable of making the met cf t Ridiculous situations, bright line? ail screaming climaxes abound all th w y through, and the audience always fTg a dall eare when they see It. Trere hia been a large advance sale, and IndioaUo 3 are that the house will b packed at boh performances. THE DOCTOR SAID "Stop Coffee ana Use Festara Cereal Coflfee." "It seemed a hard matter to get through .breakfast without a cup of hot coffee so I stuck .0 it for several eara, althou ' the cause of them, and kept on drink ag coffee, until I Anally came down with a ' serious stomach trouble and had to go to ' the doctor. He said I had dyspepsia in a bad form and some other compl ca'lona; . that I must stop drinking coffee and t 1 , for a year or more. I got hold of tha Postura Food Coffee, and since uslne it have been entirely free from the headac&t3 and stomach trouble. "It has evidently bees a great bnli for me. for my health has been revived . ,-!- Pufnin Tuu CMm. T Of the Postum Food Coffee. It requlr 3 full 15 minutes of actual boll ng af r . the bubbling begJns, and two heapn? tea apoonsful to the person. This gives ai elegant cup of coffee. Any one who Ls troubled with coffee drinking can w II afford to abandon It and take up ' 3 Postum Food Coffee." Mrs. L. W Be1', 2532 Nicollet ave.. XlnneapoUs, M!nn ', Some good housekeepers mix the Vop- turn, four heaptna- teaspoons to the pit of water, m a vary little water an! place it la a tall coffee-pot so it w'.l n t boll over: thoa, after tt has begun to ho t and been stirred down, they add ennu" water to make up the nBistte amo nt of liquid. i