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3. tfHE MORNIKG OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1900. w STUDY OF POE: BY (Copyright, 1900, By - fftOfWOOMWfS-tiOME STUDY CIRCtfe LSTERAKY TALKS AND REMJN1SCENCES- xxxx. GBBja-oeatary has eSapeefl since -Bdffar Allan Poe paased out from the fever called liTing" and. "drank of the river that Quenches U thirst." Over his dead body friend and foe have fought fiercely and unoaasincljr. but erea today the etory of his lite remains to be told. Accuracy and sympathy, the two Indis pensable prerequisites of the biographer, nave never yet been united la a biogra phy of this most unfortunate of Ameri can poets. Shortly after the deliberate snaiufnlty of a clerical hack sought to ftvonga an old auarrel by a base be trayal of the trust committed to him Cnd this treachery proved only too suc cessful, for "Griswold's Hemolsv" for the most part false as to fact and al ways rancorous as to spirit, ha3 served ts the basis for the common, conception of Ise. It -was In vain that the dead poet's friends protested at the time against the savage caricature. The -world is always ready to believe the -worst of a man of genius and there was un fortunately much In Poo's life to lend credibility to the assertfons of his ma linger. Since then other writers, for eigners for the most part to our shame be it said have attempted to present the character of Poe in a more favorable light and today there Is no country but coir own where his fate Is not pitied and his achievement in prose and verse ac knowledged. But with us the latest biographies, even when correcting earlier misstatements, have been characterized by such a spirit of foolish patronage or Pharisaical readiness to fling the stone as to prove that the poet, like the proph et of old, is still without honor in his own country. A brief sketch of Poo's life, based upon material much of which has been made public only within the last few years, may serve to correct some wide spread errors as to fact and furnish a basis for a more sympathetic apprecia tion Qf his character. Edgar Poe was born in Boston January 19, 18$, the second son of David Poe, a Edsar Allan Poe. Baltimore gentleman -who had abandoned the bar for the stage and married a ypung English actress. David Poe died, apparently in 1810, and his wife passed away a year later in utter dlstltutlon, leaving three young children. Edgar, then nearly three years of ago, was adopted by a Mr. Allan, a wealthy merchant of Plchmond, whoso young and childless wife seems to have been an ad mirer of the unfortunate actress. The boy was given the name of his adopted parents, treated as an only child and apparently spoiled in the good old South ern fashion. "Wnen six years old be was taken to England by the Allans and spent five years In a London school, a vivid picture of which he has preserved for us in "William Wilson." On his return he continued his studies at PJch mond and in 1826 entered the University of Virginia. Here he spent but one term. The general testimony of his school mates is that he was a lonely and moody lad, plunging at times Into the dlsslpa tlons of the college boys, but by no moans neglecting his studies he took the highest honors in French and Latin and devoting much time to literature. At the end of the term Mr. Allan visited Charlottesville and paid the large bills which the boy had run up, but refused to acknowledge his "debts of honor" and angrily -withdrew him from the Univer sity. Griswold's statement that Poe was expelled Is an absolute falsehood; he was never even censured by the faculty, and though drinking and gambling are not exactly commendable habits in a boy of 16, they were at least the vices of a Southern gentleman Mr. Allan placed Poe In his counting house, but he did not stay there long. In the Spring of the following year, 1S27, we And him in Boston arranging for the publication of a volume of verse, the product of his school and college days. This was "Tamerlane and Other Poems by a Bostonian," now one of the rarest of American books. Even before it appeared Poe, probably at his wits' end for money, enlisted in the United States Army as a private under the name of Edgar A. Perry. He served for two years, was promoted for merit, and at his discharge received high testimonials from his commanding officers. Poe seems to have been ashamed of this episode, nnd in the account he was ac customed to give of his life filled up these years with a fictitious expedition to aid the cause of Greek freedom. Shortly before his discharge Mrs, Allan died. and her -widower's one thought seems "now to have been to rid himself as decently as possible of the lad whom he had adopted and reared as his only child and heir. In a letter to the Secre tary of War asking for a cadet's post at West Point for Poe, he expressly disclaims all relationship and ranks the boy among the numerous objects of hla charity. While waiting for his appointment Poe The Poe Monument, Baltimore. published a second volume of poetry. "Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems," this time under his own name. In July. 1S30, he entered West Point, and in October of the same year Mr. Allan married a second time. Poe probably looked upon this step as practically dis inheriting him, and, feeling that he was left to make his own way In the world, ne determined to leave the military acad emy and devote himself to literature. Mr. Allan refused to sanction his resig nation from West Point, and he was In consequence compelled to procure his dis charge by means of a court-martial. He neglected all military duties, and was In consegueaca dismissed in the Spring of Fn SSSSaa- DR. T. M. PARROTT Seymour Eaton.) DIRECTED BY PROP. SEYMOUR EATON 1831, leaving th post, It is said, with only 12 cents In his pocket. Poe's stay at West Point was by no meaas the round of dissipation that it has been represented. Some work he must have done, for he stood third in French and 17th In mathematics out of a clnsi of 87. His neglect of parade and roll call the charge on which he was dis missed -was the result of his determlna. The Poe Memorial in the Metropoli tan Museum of Art, New Yorlc. tlon to escape from the Army in the only way that was open to him. Even at this time it is hard to Imagine Poe, with his wild fancies, quick, artistic instincts and thirst for poetic fame, bound down In the shackles of military routine. His mis take, one would think, was not in leav ing, but in over entering West, Point. The next two years of Poe's life are almost a blank. Supported by the sub scription of his cadet friends, he brought out a third volume of verse, In which for the first time we catch the note of that haunting lyric that was so. peculiarly his own. "To Helen," "The City In the Sea" and "Israfel," which appeared for the first time in this volume, were and are unique contributions to American lit erature. Poe seems to have spent the greater part of these years In abject pov erty in Baltimore. He received, it ap pears, a scanty annuity from Mr. Allan, but when he emerges from this period of obscurity he is on the point of starva tion and unable to accept an Invitation to dinner for lack of a decent coat. But his poverty Is not to be attributed, as is so frequently done, to Intemperance. Wilmer, who knew him Intimately at the close of this period, saw no sign of bad habits in Poe except that on one occasion the aunt with whom he lived upbraided him, but as though it were a rare occurrence, for having taken too much at a tavern dinner. Cast off by Mr. Allan, who was rapidly begetting a family of his own, and without aid or sympathy from his father's relatives, Poe set himself steadily to perfect a new form of art which might perhaps bring him In the pittance needed for his dally bread. This was the short story, and It was by this that he first came Into prom inence. In the Autumn of 1833 the Baltimore Saturday Visitor offered a prize of $100 for the- best prose story and another of $50 for the best short poem. Poe seized the opportunity, and presented one of his beautifully written manuscripts contain ing six stories and a poem. Qrlswold has given currency to the silly tale that a careless committee awarded the prize to "the first of geniuses who had written legibly." One had but to compare tho simple, lucid style, the amazing realism Mrs. Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe, Poe's Mother. and the wild Imagination of "The MS. Found In a Bottle" with the feeble In sipidity of the average magazine story to concur in the unanimous decision of the committee. His poem also would have received the prize had It not for some reason been thought injudicious to give both awards to one competitor. Poe's life as a man of letters really be gins with the winning of this prize. All hope of Inheriting a portion of Mr. Al lan's estate was cut short on the death of that gentleman, who, shortly before his decease, had driven Poe from his house with threats of personal violence. The young writer was taken up, however, by John Kennedy, one of the judges who had awarded him the prize and himself a man of letters. Through his good offices Poo obtained some employment on the Satur day Visitor, and later a position on tho editorial staff of the Southern Literary Messenger, a monthly magazlno just started at Richmond. Here Poe remained for something over a year, filling his post with such success that ho raised the clr culatlon of the magazine from 700 to over 5000 subscribers. He contributed both prose and poetry, and attracted partic ular attention by the brilliancy, Independ ence and severity of his literary criti cism. Such a dissection of a popular novel as Poe Inflicted on Fay's "Nor man Leslie," the best "puffed" book of the day, had never been seen In Ameri ca before. During his stay In Richmond Poe mar ried secretly, though with her mother's consent, his little consln, Virginia Clemm, a child of 13. It was some months before phe and her mother came to live with him at Richmond, and during this time he seems to have given way repeatedly to tho craving for drink a family failing, if we may judge from a letter of his cousin, William Poe. Tears afterward Poe, while denying the habit of intoxication, said of this period: "I certainly did give way at long in tervals to the temptation held out on all sides by the spirit of Southern conviviality. My sensitive temperament could not stand an excitement which was an every-day matter to my companions. In short, it sometimes happened that I was complete ly intoxicated. For some days after each excess I was Invariably confined to bed.!' But Griswold's statement that Poe was dismissed for drunkenness Is quite untrue. A letter from the Droprietdr of the Mes senger remonstrating with Poe for hit lack of self-control was written, and Grlswold knew that it was written before mil ffljjjyu - Poe assumed his editorial functions. The probable truth Is that Poe was at once desirous to enter the broader fields of journalism in New York, and to quit a city where his numerous acquaintances and the "spirit of Southern conviviality" bo multiplied temptation.. At any rate, he quitted Richmond in the Spring of 1ES7. Note. This study, by Dr. T. M. Parrott, of Princeton University, win be con cluded on Saturday next. r -i-T AT THE HOTELS. THE PORTLAND. 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The Cedar Canyon Mining & Milling Company has obtained a temporary In junction against the owners of the Legal Tender, to prevent them from working on the disputed ore body till Its ownership Is decided. ' General Manager Dickinson, of the Seat tle Electric Company, says that now that the validity of the blanket franchise of the consolidated 'street railway system has been established by the late decision of the Supreme Court the company can proceed unhampered with all the proposed plans. He further says that the com plete transfer system and 4-cent fares will go Into effect Saturday. J. A. Wright, of Chehalis, has secured a contract to furnish Portland parties 5000 telegraph poles. The poles are to be gotten out at once and delivered at various points along the line of the North ern Pacific. The Metcalf & Wade mills at Kelso and Castle Rock received last month 4000 cords of shingle bolts from the Tllden Plver. The next drive will consist of 8000 cords and will come from the Big Bottom coun try. ' Prescott, Veness & Co., of Wlnlock, are so crowded with orders that they have been compelled to run their mills 12 hours a day and the planers 16 hour's. They have every available man they can find at work and could use more if they had them. MONEY FOR BUTTONS OVER flCOO RECEIVED FOR TS3.0TSV kBNT SOUVENIRS. Tkero Arts Yet BOOO on Hand, and TfeesB Kast Be Disposed i of Sooa. Over HG0O Is now In the hands of the committee of volunteers, who have been managing the sale of souvenir buttons for the monument fund. This sum will bo turned over to the treasurer of the Monument Association today. At a meet ing of the committee held last evening an accounting was made. As there are numerous buttons still out and not either reported unsold or returns made for them, it Is now Impossible to say how much the aggregate given above will be raised. The committee hope the total will be ?2000 when final reports are made. General Summers, Lieutenant-Comman,-der R. B. Davis and Chris A. Bell, the members of the committee In the city, were present at the meeting. Captain Harry L. Wells, was one of the original members, but has located in San Jose, Cal., since work began. The following statement was submitted and approved: Buttons manufactured 8S78 buttons, at 4o $355 12 8317 pins, at 5c 415 85 SO hatpins 3 00-? 773 S7 Disbursements For manufacturing buttons.$620 67 For manufacturing flags 35 00 Printing, mailing, postage.. 141 38-$ 796 05 Sales 9452 buttons, at 25c 12362 98 16 hatpins, at 35c 5 2752368 25 Total expenses 795 05 Cash on hand $1572 20 It will be seen that there are" several on hand yet. Over 17,000 were manufactured, while cash has been received for 9467. Of the difference it is known that a largo number have been sold but are yet un accounted for. Some of those taking buttons live at a distance and are now on vacation or absent from their usual ad dress because of other reasons. A few are still endeavoring to sell the buttons. Occasionally an order is received for a few, but the demand seems largely to have stopped. It Is estimated that there are now on hands about 5000 unsold. These have been paid for, or will be. What should be dona with them was a ques tion discussed at the meeting last evening. Until other matters now engrossing publlo attention has passed, it was thought in expedient to press the souvenir buttons on the public. The members of the Rfcd Cross Society, who are going to give a lunch for the benefit of the fund and to raise a sum to be used for aiding dis tressed ex-soldiers, will probably dispose of a few of the buttons during the car nival. General Summers desired to have a corps of girls make a special business of this work. This proved Impracticable, as It was difficult to secure the room wanted. The committee concluded the public was losing interest, anyway, as the demand nas dropped to comparatively nothing. The only sales being made are in the country, where the buttons have not circulated much yet There it is probable that a considerable portion of those on hand and unsold will be dis posed of later. When the manufacture of the buttons commenced it was not thought nearly so many would be taken by the public as were actually taken later. The amount of bronze at first provided was used up and a requisition had to be made on the cannon again. So vigorously did people seek this method of aiding the monument fund that the facilities for manufacture were overtaxed for three weeks. Then it was that the committee ordered a large number, hoping to get ahead of the de mand. The result is that a portion are left over. These will not be a loss by any means, as some are being purchased all the time, and within a year or two they will be very valuable. Should not the current demand take all, the buttons win be placed In safe-keeping and brought, out again, when their price will be greatly enhanced. -Perhaps their price wlll then be double what they now bring. The committee was anxious to express its cordial appreciation to the public that It has patronized such a noble cause, and especially to those who have been so kind as to aid In selling them. The names of these are legion. Many busi ness firms placed them on sale in their offices and stores and displayed them In the windows. Time was spent In getting them before the public. Such efforts call forth highest praise from the com mittee. The members of the committee have done hard work. General Summers has sold more buttons. Individually, and through the Influence he exercised, than any three or four persons In the state. He took them out in numbers and dis tributed them on the Btreets. Lieutenant-Commander Davis, who has acted as secretary of the committee and cus todian of the buttons and funds received, has worked Incessantly. Besides the cor respondence, he has spent days going from place to place, distributing and col lecting. To one who has not undertaken such work. Its scope is jlncomprehenslble. Captain Wells and Mr. Bell also did dif ficult and tedlus work. All were ani mated by a desire to see the state's sol dier dead suitably honored. If there are any other persons desir ing to sell buttons, they will be fur nished by Lieutenant-Commander Davis upon application. Those who have not yet aeocunttd are urged to do so, that final reports may be made soon. CABIN BOY'S LONG JOURNEY. Encnped From Holioken Fire and Now Going: to New Mexico. Dunlap MacAdams. a lfl-j'ear-old cabin boy of the Main, a North German Lloyd steamer destroyed In the Hoboken fire, arrived last evening in the care of Sheriff Blakesley, of Pendleton. When the fire broke out on the ship young MacAdams jumped overboard and was saved by a tug. the Standard, but his father, the chief engineer of the steamer, was lost. The wages due his father were sent home to his mother, who lives In Eddy, N. M.. and the boy was turned adrift In New Tork with the $S duo him. When he jumped over the side of the vessel into ( the water nis neaa strucK a jog, auu he has since suffered from epileptic fits. He was picked up -on the streets at 11 o'clock last evening in a helpless condi tion by Patrolman Church, having wan dered from Sheriff Blakeley's care dur ing the evening. Young MacAdams Is a typical New York cabin boy, and talks with a Quaint Scotch accent. From New York he was assisted to Buffalo, thence to Detroit, thence to Chicago and St. Paul, and by easy stages west to Spokane, Walla Walla and Pendleton. Either the Mayor, the County Judge or Chief of Police has managed to assist him in reachinr his destination. New Mexico. The lad has traveled all over the world in his three yearB' career as a cabin boy, and is now anxious to get to the little ranch on which his mother and family live. The members of the police department have been struck with his auaint manner, and will do their best 'to send him to San Francisco or Los Angeles. "Will I be glad to get home? Well, you may rest sure as to- that. When I do get home," said he, "I'll make a reg ular Presidency job of it four years on the ranch for me. And they do say there'B good money in ranching, too." DrnnTcen Man Falls to His Death. TACOMA, Aug. 31. Albert Burke, a miner, of Newcastle, "Wash., while Intoxi cated, fell out of the second-story win dow of a hotel this morning and was in stantly killed. Ok life aved ONLY BID WAS TOO HIGH ONE FIRM PRESENTED TENDER FOR KELLY STREET. But It Was $10,000 More Than the Engineer's Estimate Other Street Mntters. At the meeting of the Board of Public Works yesterday the most Important thing done was the opening of bids for the improvement of Kelly street from Qrover street south, and for the con struction of 'an extension of the Holla-day-avenue sewer. For the improvement of Kelly street only one bid was received. Smyth & Howard bid 524,060 35. Engineer Chase es timated this improvement should cost $14,440, and as the bid of Smyth & How ard was excessive, the bid was laid on the table until the regular meeting, Sep tember 4. The board considered that such an assessment would confiscate the property, and It Is probable the bid will be rejected. For the construction of an extension of the Holladay-avenue sewer .SKyth & Howard bid $21,575 OS, Jacobsen & Bado Co. $19,964 63, and Slemmons & Sweeney $18,060 76. The latter being considered reasonable and near the estimate of City Engineer Chase, the contract was award ed to Slemmons & Sweenoy. Bids were also received for a small sewer In Water street. James Fralney bid $133 SO, J. B. Slemmons $139 GO and Jacobsen & Bade Co. $141 32.' These bids were also laid on the table until the next meeting. . The Ladles' Auxiliary of the Elks was granted tho use of the oldest and most dilapidated horse in possession of the city for some use during the carnival. Some of the members suggested.that they had such horses which they would be glad to loan for the occasion, providing the ladles would promise never to bring them back. Complaint was made of the manner In which the street-car company ob structs Madison street, between Front and First street, by having freight cars remain on its track for hours at a time. The matter was referred to the com mittee on street railways. A request was made to have the foun tain recently removed from tho Intersec tion .of East Burnside street and Union avenue replaced, and the matter was referred to the committee on parks for investigation. This fountain was re moved at the solicitation of many Inter ested people who considered its location undesirable, and its condition such as to make it In a measure a nuisance. A communication from the Port of Portland Commission, explaining the cause of sand deposit nenr tho mouth of the Johnson Creek sewer, were pre sented and placed on file. A Breivery Consolidation. LA OROSSE. Wis-, Aug. 31. A scheme will materialize in a few days to com bine all but the largest of the local breweries Into one big company, with $1,300,000 capital, and erect a new modern brewery, closing all others owned by the companies involved. The combine will In clude the G. Hellman Browing Company, the C. & J. Michael Brewing Company, the P. Bartl Brewing Company, and Zelster & Son. The John Gund Brewing Company, which recently built a fine plant, will not enter the combination. Papers are now being drawn up by at torneys to complete the deal. 30 Days'Treatw It cures many dlaeases but It Is chlofly prescribed In cases of nervous and blood troubles and kindred all menta. In numorouo Instances patients haro found this remedy also effective in other complaints. The Only Remedy that Cures Fit. Fifteen years I suffered with fits, butDr. Burkhartrs Vegetable Compound rostorod me to neaiin. alter ine eixui monin x ex perienced no symptoms. As it is the only rnmedr nvar affording mo relief. I be lieve It to bo the only mediclnosulted to .my cose, and yet It was not recommended for it. Mrs. J. D. Eldor, MHUtown, Ala. For sale by all drmwdsts. Thirty days' treatment for 25c; Seventy days' treatment 60c; Six months' treatment $1.00. 10 days' trial treatment Jrtt. In Tablet Form Pleasant to Take. OB. W. 8. BUSEBABT. Cincinnati. Ohio. aiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiinui. IgEECHAfcfd iP PILLS Ol Cure and s Quicker than anything else r 10 cents and 25 cents Drug-gists. E niiiiiMiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiipiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiir BrlfllllainJ for I PalbPoftle! - H m DC arts? lYCsaeMrt a1 v ? f Miss Frankie Hatha way, of Sixteenth Street, Holland,.Mich., says x d "I am .twenty-one years old. M. sixteen I was pale -and weak. By the time I was nineteen years old I -was so weak I could not walk across the floor. I was terribly ema ciated .and my skin had lost all color. The doctor pronounced the disease Anaemia. Being advised to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, I bought a box, and before I had taken all of the pills found that they were doing me good. Appetite in creased and the healthy color began tto show in my cheeks and lips. I con tinued to use the pills until I found myself per manently cured. Since H then I have had no return of my old trouble. I know that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People saved my life, and I be- S lieve that no other medi cine could have done it." From Ottawa Times, Holland, Mich. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Peoplo are Bold by all drug gists or direct from the Br. Williams Medicine Co., Schen ectady, N. Y., postpaid on re ceipt or price, ouc. per box, six IS&OU. WHWCBBHi No IVIore Oi?ead of the THETK EXTRACTED AND .STXiLBD AB SOLUTELY WITHOUT PACt. tor oar hU pclontlflc method applied to tho smxtx. No fftoep-produclnff agents or coctn. Theao are the oolr dental parlors in Port land havlnr PATENTED APPLIANCES and inrredUnU to extract, fill and apply gold crowns and porcelain crovma undetoctablo from natural teeth, and warranted for 10 yeara. WITHOUT THE LEAST PAD. DM11 set of teeth. $5. a perfect lit guaranteed or no pay. Gold crarna. IS. Gold Cilices. 91. Sil ver nlllnss. 60c. All work done oy OHADU ATE DENTISTS of from K to SO yoexs" ex perience, and each dsarimeqt- 1r cntxs of a 8pc!allst. Orre us a oall, and yoojHU nwl m to do exactly as we advertise. W rtll toil you In advance exaotly what yow work will coet by a FREE EXA2HNATIOK. BET TEETH ............ . ......?30 ' COLD CftOWHS $5.G4I GOLD FrLLINGS .....-91.O0 SILVER. FILLINGS ...-. J$Q NO PLATES New York Dental Parlors main oypica: Fourth and Morriaon uts., Portland. Or. HOUB&-8 to 8: BUND ATS. lTO-db BKAMCH OFFICES: T23 Market St.. Son Francisco. C. 03 3irt avo Seattle. Waah- will go twice as far $ as. the same quantity of lard and produce Pure Wholesome Healthful. Ask your grocer or write India Refining Co. Philadelphia, Pa. MNDRUff FALLING HAIR finally BALDNESS Destroy the cauiz, you remove the effect. Kill the Dandruff Germ WITH NEWBRO'S The only preparation that will destroy those parasites. .EXCELLENT HAIR DRESSING.. For Sale by all Druggists. PRICE $I.C0. Avoid drying Inhal ants, van that which cleanses, and heala 'tho membrane. ELY'S CREAM BALM is such & remedy, cures asily and pleasantly. Contains no mercury nor any other Injuri ous drug. It In aulcklr absorbed. Gives Relief at once. & It Opens and Cleans es tho Nasal passages. Allows Inflammation. COLD N HEAD Heala and Protects the Membrane. Restores th Sendea of Taaus and BmU. Regular Size. 00 cents: Family Sis. S1.00 at Druggists or by mall. ELT BROTHERS, 66Warrep Street. New TorK I( afflicted wua core etf, dm Thompson's Eye Waisr A pail'of I 3 9; S jPn fm'.f ii i ". tnn lJ3.-.Ji'..UrlV""ii''i'i IAN UNHEALTH YHASRi CATARRH. HH1 trsr y-. ra-fl THE PALATIAL hi en Not a dark office in th tmtldrns) nbnolntely fireproof; electric liarhta and artesian watcrj perfect sanita tion and taorongrn -ventilation. Ele- ;vators ran day and nljxht. Room a. -AINSIiTE. DR. GEORCn. Physician.... 6C8-00 J AL.DRICH. 8. W.. General Contractor. Sill ANDERSON1. OTTSTAV. Attorney-at-I,aw...013 ASSOCIATED PRE33: B. I PorelI. afBr..aoa AUSTKN, S. C. Manager for Oregon and "Washington Bankers' Life ABoclatlon. of Des Moines. la. 005503 BANKERS' IJFE ASSOCIATION. OF DE3 MOINES. IA.;I C. Austen. Manaer..302-B0a f BATNTUN. GEO. R.. Msr. for Chas. Scrtb- ners 8ons .318 HEALS. EDWARD A Forecast Official U. 8. "Weather Bureau Pin BEXJAiriN. R. "W.. Dentist 314 PINSTWANGER, DR. O. 8.. Fhys. A 8ur.410-4tl BROOKE. DR. J. M.. Phys. Burs TOS-T09 BROWN. MTRA. M. D 813-314 BRTTERB. DR. O. B.. Physician 2-t!3iU BT78TEED. RICHARD. Agent Wltoon & Mc- Callay Tobacco Co. ,. 002-C03 CAITKIN. O. E.. District Agent Travelers' Insoraace Co. ......-......... m CARIVWELU DR. J. R 500 COLUMBIA TELEPHONE COMPANT . ...... 004-603-0.(50T-01S-OH-(J13 CORNELIUS. C. "W.. Pby. and 8urgeon....2 COVER. A C-. Cashier Equltabl LIf SCO COLLIER. P. F.. Publisher; S. P. MeOuire. Manager ................... 41B-410 DAT. J. O. & I. N. 313 DAVIS. NAPOLEON Preoldent Columbia Telephone Co. . ... nt DICKSON. DR. J. F.. Physician T13-7U DRAKE. DR. H- B.. Physician 513-B13-SH rrVTTBR. JOB. F.. Toboccoi 403 EDITORIAL ROOMS Eighth floor EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETT: L. Saxnoel. Manager;. F. C. Cover. Cashier. 309 HVENTSH3 TELEGRAM ..... 335 Alder street FENTON. J. D.. Phyoidan. and Sun?eon.B00-31l FENTON, DR. HICKS C. Eye and Ear 5U FENTON. MATTHEW F.. Dentist BC3 FIDELITY MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION: E. C. Stork. Manager............. 001 GALVANI. W. H.. Engineer and Draught- man ,...-. ....................... ..008 GAVIN. A.. President Oregon Camera Club. r 214-213-210-217 GEART. DR. EDWARD P.. Physician nnd Surgeon .r.... ...... ..... 212-213 GEBBIE PUB. CO.. Ltd.. Flna Art Publish ers: M. C. XcGreevy, Mgr.. S13 GIEST. A. J.. Physician and Surgeon... T00-T1U GODDARD, E. C. &. CO., Footwear ...... ...... Ground floor. 123 Sixth street GOLDMAN. WTfkLIAM. Manager Manhattan Life Insurance Co. of New Tork.. ....200-210 GRANT. FRANK: S.. AttoJey-at-Lasr.....01: HAMMAM BATHS. King A Compton. Propei30l HAMMOND. A. B. ,..... 31i HOLLISTER. DR. O. C. Phya. & Sur..fl04-30J IDLEMAN. C M.. Attorney-at-Law, .416-17-11 JOHNSON. W. a f 315-310-31J KADT. MARK. T.. Supervisor of Agents Mutual Reserve Fund Life Ass'n. 004-601 LAMONT. JOHN. Vice-President and Gen eral Manager Columbia Telephone Co.....60t LtTTLEFIELD. H. R.. Phya. and Surgeon. .20 MACRUM. W. S.. Sec Oregon Camera Club.214 MACKAT. DR. A. E.. Phya. and Surg..711-7U MAXWELL. DR. W. E.. Phjns. & Surg. .701-2-3 McCOT. NEWTON Attorney-at-Law.......71S McFADEN MISS IDA E.. Stenographer.... 201 McGINN. HBNRT E.. Attorney-at-Law.3U-3J3 MoKELL. T. J.. Manufacturers Representa tive ..... . ..............-.--. ....... 303 METT. HENB3" -...- ..213 MILLER. DR. HERBERT a. Dentlat and Oral Surgeon ..-............. ...C08-C03 MOSSMAN. DR. E. P.. Dentlat.. 812-313-314 MANHATTAN LIFE INSURANCE CO.. of New Tork: W. Goldman. Manager.... 203-21 0 MTJTUAIi RE8EKYE FUND LIFEJ ASS'N: Mark T. Kady. Supervisor of Agents. .604-001 McELROT. DR. J. O.. Phya. St Sur.701-702-703 McFARLAND. E. B., Secretary Columbia Telephone Co. ......................... ...tiOtl McOUIRE. 8. P.. Manager P. y. Collier. Publisher . . 410-410 McKIM. MAURICE. Attorny-t-Law 00J MUTUAL LIFE INCURANCE CO.. of New Tork; Wm. S. Pood. State Mgr. .404-403-408 NICHOLAS. HORACE B.. Attomey-at-Law.T13 NTLES. M. L.. Caonler Manhattan Life In- nuranco Co.. of New Tork. .............. .207 OREGON INFIRMART OF OSTEOPATHT: Dr. L. B Smith, Osteopath ....408-405 OREGON CAMERA CLUB 314-215-210-217 PATTERSON. PETER iCO POND. WM. 8.. Stat Manager Mutual Life . Ina. Co. of New Tork 404-403-409 PORTLAND ETE AN DEAR INFIRMART. .....Ground floor. 133 Sixth. str: PORTLAND MINING & TRUST CO.; J. H. Marshall. Manager 31 QUIMBT. L. P. W.. Oaxno and Fcreotr Warden ...i ....... .. . .... "It 717 ROSENDALE. O. M.. Metallurgist and Min ing Engineer ........ 313-313 REED & MALCOLM. Opticians. 133 Stxst street REED. F C. Fish Commissioner.......... 407 RTAN. J. B.. Attomey-at-Law 417 SAMUEL. L.. Manager Equitable Life 30a SECURITY MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO : H. F. Buahong. Gen. Agent for Ore. and Wash .....601 SHERWOOD, J. W. Deputy Supreme Com mander. K. O. T. M.. 317 SMITH. Dr. L. B.. Osteopath.. 408-4M SONS OF THEAMERICAN REVOLUTION.300 BTARK. E. C. Executive Special. Fidelity Mutual Lite Association of Phlla.. Pa... 001 STUART. DELL. Attoraey-at-Law 017-61S STOLTE. DR- CHAS. E.. Dentist 704-703 SURGEON OF THE S. P. RT. AND N. P. TERMINAL CO. - - 70 STROWBRIDGE. THOS. H.. Executive Spe cial Agnnt Mutual Life, of New Tork 401 SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE 201 TUCKER. DR GEO. F-. Dentist ClO-Oll U S. WEATHER BUREAU 0O7-003-00O-010 U. S. LIOHTHOUSB ENGINEERS. 13TH DIST.. Captain W. C. Langfltt. Corps of Engineers. U. S. A. - 809 U S rXGINTKR OFFICE. RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS. Captain W. C. Langfltt. Corps of Engineers. U. S. A..S10 WVTERMVN. C H.. Cashier Mutual Life of New Tork . 40a retary Native Daughters ...716-717 WHITE. MISS L. E.. Assistant Secretary Oregon Camera Club ...................21 WILSON. DR. EDWARD N.. Phye. & Sur.304-3 nrrT.ON DR. GEO. F.. Phys. & Surg. .706-707 WILSON. DR. HOLT a. Pbjc & Surg.S07-303 ' WILSON & McCALLAT TOBACCO CO.: Richard Busteed. Agent COZ 003 WOOD. DR. W. L.. Physician 412-413-4U WILLAMETTE VALLET TELEPH. CO.-.81J A fevr more eleprant offices mar lintl by itpplyinsr to Portland Traat ! Company of Orefton, 109 Third st.. or to the rent cleric In the bnlldlne. MEN No Cure Wo Pay THE MODERN APPLIANCE A positivo way to perfect manhood. Tho VACLL'M TREATMENT CURES ou without medicine of all nervous or diseases zt tho genoratlve or zans. such as lost manhood, exhaustive drains, varicocele, lmpotency. etc. Men are quickly re stored to perfect health and strength. Write for circulars. Correspondence confidential. THE HEALTH APPLIANCE CO.. rooms -4a I Safo Deposit building. Seattle.. Wash.