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THE MORNING OREGONIAT, THURSDAY. 'APRIL' 11, 1901. FPV TOTART WORK WjHIXGTGN-OIEGdN ENGINEERS MAifclXGSTIMATES. Bitis TV11I Be Caled For Alter April h i IXr Right pWay Has Been Seared. - ' VA!NK3dUVER, ash., April 10. A visit to the surveyors' 'samp of the Washington & Oregon Rallroa, in the western part of tills city, at ny tme during: the past few Tveelevand a glajce at the activity there would be sufficient to convince the most skeptical that Vancouver Is at last going to have its drean. ota railroad realized. The .new coinVaa does not believe in de lay. Its plans'ere fully outlined. .even to the smallest? detail, months ago and the rapidity wh which they have been carried out .sine the day the papers were filed In court 'for condemnation of the right of way If a revelation. "Within ajnoith after the first stake was driven by th surveyors, the company's petition for permission to take the defunct Portland S: Juget Sound Company's right of way f roit Kalama to Vancouver was flledfln court In one month from that time the petition was -granted, and the price to bepaM fixed by furors "summoned for -the purple from Claric and Cowlitz Countie&a- She amount named was paid in cash into cmrt within a week. All this time and, up to a few days ago, the com pany's, surveyors were at work on the line, dpuble fcrews being employed for the past thr4 weeks. This work Is n'ow practically finished. Farmers living along the line ha?et been warned to remove fences and ither obstructions from the right of waj. The work.of -the engineers, .including cross-sectioting and the setting of grade stakes ovej.the 30-mlle stretch, is done, and everything is practically ready for Che gradere-and builders. The surveying crews havebeen called In, and are resting in camp lere, except the engineers, a dozen of whom, under the direction of Chief Engneer A. C. O'Neill, are prepar ing estimates of material required and costs of construction. This work, which is" being hurried as rapidly as possible, will, Engineer O'Neill says, be completed, between April 15 and April 20, when bids for cousxuetion will be called for- The estimates, Mr. O'Neill says, call for every things. connected with the road, to be strictly first class. All bridges will be of seel, with solid stone and concrete supports; small streams will pass under stoic and concrete arches. Even the catte-guards .will be of steel. The only wool used in constructing the road will be "he ties. The most expensive bridge will 'be the one across Lewis River. It will "be a -steel drawbridge, 650 feet long. The next In size will be a 50-foot bridge acres Salmon Creek. Besides these, theB will be bridges in Clark County ovei Burnt Bridge, "Whipple and Gee Cretes, varying from 30 to 40 feet long. Mi O'Neill estimates that with the ex cepfcm of the Lewis River bridge the line shoud be built within four months, and Incltfling this bridge, within six months af terdommendng work. ' THE TROLLEY AGE. Elecric Transportation, to Take the Place of Steam. NET YORK, April 10. Under the title of "Tls Trolley Age," Albert L. Johnson has cortributed an article to the current issue C the Independent. In part, ho says: ' "The transportation problem of the presenttime may be stated thus: How shall trqsportation systems carry people a'ndthecommodlties necessary for their malntentrce, as expeditiously as possible, at a minmum cost? The Steam, railroads have endavored to meet conditions, and the genet! -trend -cf-s team railroad, rates have beeciower and lower every year. "Rates, ievertheless; are 'Still tdo high. The .timet and the people demand that the .charge nust be lowered. How Is It ta be done'"I say -we must start afresh from, 'the gound up discarding the cum bersome anvcxpensive ,mqde .of operation now in useon the steam railroads'. We must adopt -.he electric system, in "which ea'cb indlviczal car Is 'supplied with 'Its own inotlvepower, and can be run .as often as necssary, with nothing to earn beyond its oa cost of operation. "I consider electric system of trans portation stil in its infancy. What the future will bing forth no man can tell.'. But-today lts a living fact, the speed and.. carrying Rapacity being limited only to the roadwar and the power of the mtf tor. As an exanple, on the line tf.hlch T am- now buildng between Philadelphia and New York my road will conform, to the highest stadard In use by the fore most steam; rairoads; with one'' excep tional feature iJshail beat them to. the ex-, tent that I shal not have a single grade crossing. "It s true tha- shall materially, reduce ine existing rafes of fare between New York and Phlhdelphla at the -most, I shall i charge ,50. .cents, one-fifth, of the present tariff, hjt at that rate I do not expect to crippe the steam railroads or to cut into their1 normal traffic. ; "The electric .srstem will solve the prob lem of overcrowling in our great cities. t,"wlS prove the laboring man fronx'the physical and moral unhealtfifuiness of the congested tenement district. "'Excluding the nSlt traffic,- the greater portion of the sarden truck supply of large cities is bifextit. within their limits by teams. Electric, lines, with.-far more facilities, can handle milk, .buffer, the products of the. farm and tructtlgarden, practically taking; them up at -jQie farm rate and delivering them at th door of the consumer." , 'r FREIGHT POR MARck. increase of 1573 Cars, Compared With, Same Month tnOOO. In March; 12542 Ifiadedfrelghrcarsjjwere TrandledmPortland, compared' wlth.gp.969 in March, 900, an increase .oj 1573. The ttumbey handled in the pdst?)five months, compared Keith the recordof the fame months foe the present -season follows: 1899-00? 1900hOL Gain. November - 13,303 13,804 501 Decemberr 10,283 13,909 3.62S January - 10.52S 11,710 1,172 February -., 10,004 10,322 318 March .10,569 12,542 1,573 The increase is due to heavy receipts of grain and produce, and shipments of linn ,ber. Salt Iialcc Wants the Southern. SALT "LAKE, Utah, April 10. An In formal meeting of business men "was held here tonight for the purpose of taking -necessary action J toward inducing the Southern Pacific Railroad to build to this clty. A committee of three was ap tpointed to ascertain what the road would .require in the way of terminal facilities. A resolution was passed that the com mittee be authorized and Instructed to notify, the railroad officials of the ap . pointment of "the committee and that the meeting wag unanimously in favor of offering every inducement to the South ern Pacific Railroad to come to Salt Lake "City- by the route lying to the south -of the lake. The meeting was largely representative of the business in terests of the city. Plans of the tforthn-estecn. NEW YORK, April 10. The Evening Post says: "It became known today that a special meeting of the directors of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway has been called for-April-15 In this city and that the Omaha jdlrectors will meet, on the same day. Wall street guessed that this meet ing meant an Increase In .the ' North western's common share dividend, which is now 6 per. cent, and.it was suggested that a. revaluation of the company's i. .. 4 . V holdings of Omaha shares, acquired in 1882, would be made in connection -with the dividend action, or In furtherance of some other plans, wo oraciai cor roboration of these reports could be obtained, however. In some quarters it was believed likely tliat the closing of the Burlington deal, on behalf of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific Railroads might have been the direct reason for the special meeting of the Northwestern directors. The extension of the direct Interests and influence of the Northern Pacific roads into territory they have never occupied before and into direct competition -with the Northwestern has aroused the latter company's direc tors and there is a possibility that they may propose retaliatory measures." Northern Pacific Meeting:. NEW YORK, April 10. A meeting of Northern Pacific Railway directors was held this afternoon, but after the meet ing it was announced that the only ac tion taken was the declaration of the regular quarterly dividend of 1 per cent on the preferred shares. NEW YORK, April 10. The Times will say tomorrow: "After the meeting of the board of di rectors of the Northern Pacific Railway yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon, Jamos J. Hill, president of the Great Northern Railway, who. It was expected, would leave the city yesterday, was engaged un til late in the afternoon In conference with George F. Baker, president of the First National Bank, who is representing the Northern Pacific Railway in the nego tiations with the Burlington stockholders for the purchase of that property. It was expected yesterday that an announcement of the closing of the deal would be made, but nothing was made public. The usual dividend was declared at the meeting." Hill Calls a Halt. ST. PAUL,, April 10. The Pioneer Press will tomorrow say: "A rumor escaped from an authoritative source yesterday that JJ. Hill has Inter posed to prevent the sale of the Northern Pacific lines in Manitoba, and that he has, under the new order of things, other plans for these lines. Just what these plans are is not disclosed, but it is quite evident that a halt has been called on the Northern Pacific negotiations with the Manitoba Government, and that some thing besides Parliamentary approval of the deal Is necessary for its consumma tion. It is said that all the parties con cerned are awaiting the outcome of the Hlll-Morgan-Burllngton deal, orders hav ing been issued by those in control of the Northern Pacific to let proceedings rest for the present." Hlll-SIoreran Combine Freight Depot. NEW YORK, April 10. The World will say tomorrow: "The Erie Railroad has practically con cluded the purchase of the entire block bounded "by Eleventh and Thirteenth ave nues, Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth streets. It Is the Intention to build there an Immense freight station that will take a. prominent position in the railroad con solidation plans by which J. J. Hill and J. P, Morgan have made the Erie a part of their transcontinental system with the Great Northern, Northern Pacific and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroads. Most of the block is now occupied by old buildings. It comprises 61 lots." " Railroad to a Coal Property. OHEHALIS, Wash., April 10. The Briar Hill Co'al Mining Company has an engi neer at work surveying a route lor a rail way from a point about a mile west of Claquato to Its property, three miles north of Claquato. The company has met -with some trouble in securing all of the right of way, but that matter has been placed in the hands of attorneys, and will be pushed to a settlement as soon as possi ble. The company has three veins of coal opened, and the tests which have been given it warrant the assertion that It Is equal to the iest on the coast Asrainst Railroad, Consolidation. ST. PAUL., tMInn., April 10.-Senator Miller's resolution Instructing the Attorney-General to investigate the reported cpnsolidation or proposed consolidation of railroads in Minnesota was adopted by the Senate without debate. Senator Miller then introduced a bill, empowering the A'ttorney-General, whenever he deemed it desirable, to examine Into the affairs of corporations, to requisition books and subpena witnesses. Later the Miller bill was passed, having been favorably re ported to the Senate. Alleged "Wheeling: & Lake Erie-Deal. CLEVELAND, O., April 10. The atten tion of H. T. Herrick, chairman of the board of directors of the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad, was today called to a statement from New York to the effect that the road had been purchased by George J. Gould and his Missouri Pacific "I understand," said Mr. Herrick, "that Russell Sage is said to have made such an announcement. If he made that state ment he has been misinformed." Long Trolley Line in Colorado. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., April 10.--Colorado Springs, Denver and Pueblo will be joined by a trolley line to cost $2,500, 000. It will be built by Chicago, Detroit and Cleveland capitalists. Charles W. Taylor, who represents the syndicate, has petitioned for a right of way over country roads. The main power station will te here. Work will be completed In a year. The fare to terminal points will be 50, cents. Will Issue Bonds. NEW WHATCOM," Wash., April -10. At a meeting held today, the board of di rectors of the Bellingham Bay & Eastern Railway decided to Issue $500,000 bonds to cover the cost of .extending Its llne,frpm this city to a connection with the North ern Pacific at WIckereham. HOLD-UP AND AN ARREST. Laboring Men Robbed of f 3 55 Sneak Thief Caught. " (Fred Smith and William Smith, two laborers, were held up at Second and Burnslde streets, at 12:30 this morning, wlille entering a lodging-house. The footpads secured $3 55 and a watch. AJ 2 o'clock this morning Frank Norton was arrested by Detective Cordano for the theft, of two valises from the Grand Cen tral Hotel. The ingredients of Hood's Sarsaparllla are In effect, strength, vigor and tone what you want. Sluggish Blood aues nine-tenths of all rickaees. Indiges tion followed by headache, general listless Bees, despondency, enfeebled action of tha mind ana body, cold, cl&my feetand b&nds. and paleness aro sard sign of poor circuta ttan. If tiot taken in time, serious troubls will follow. That tlttd feeling eoae froa eluggish bJood. Byffy's Pare Matt Whiskey The World's Greatest Medio! no will cure you. Ate&speonful threftinwsa day jn naif a aM Of water will mate yon. etrong and healthy. It enriches the blo&d, strengthens the Clr culation&nd tones up the whole system. 'luSrVlure MU Whitfcey If tali In c)e4 Iwttla only. It 1 tht col 7 tVhUkny uxed by tht gorrTSiMBt l a ratdldae. Atldp.frctetndcTDCOTi,rrd)rcct.JivOoat3U. Mo&cl bookleTicst ftm a Wynne who write . THE ALASKA COMBINE SEATTLE OFFICIALS ARE STILIi IS THE DARK. They Believe There Will Be No - , Conflict of Interests on the Ocean. SEATTLE, April 10. (Particulars of the plans of the consolidated Alaska trans portation companies will probably be re ceived within a few days. At present lo cal officials are In the dark as to the changes contemplated by those at the head of the Northern Navigation Com pany, which will take over the transpor tation business of the Alaska Commer cial, Alaska Exploration and the Seattle Yukon & Empire Transportation Com- ' '" MtttMMMHMMHHMt4 DEATH OF AN'OREGON PIONEER OF 1855. tV-. .,iij ;"l!""- iiiiuiiiiii"! ii iiiiiii.iiiiii.i p M3Simmamnammmmimmmmmmmu in iiim -- M will ill I,,.,, 'ii m MmlMMMMBmmr ; v -e ; :- ; l-$MPslsBlssHHssssssssflK v MRS. MARY O. AKITY, Or., April 10. Mrs Mary O. Brownson, . who died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. B. .Williams, of this place, March 29, emigrated to Oregon in 1855. Deceased was born In Franklin, Nl Y April 0, 1820. She was married to Julius Brownson, September 9, 1845. In 1854 they set out for Oregon via the Panama route. From San Francisco they came to Portland by steamer, thence by river boat to Salem, and from there to Corvallls by team, arriving In Benton County In the Fall of 1855. They resided there until early in the '803, when a move was made to Eastern Washington. In that state, In 18S9, Mr. Brownson died. His wife then returned to Albany, Or., and made her home with her son, Mark. When he moved to Portland, In 1808, she accompanied him. She resided in that. city until about three months ago, when she came here, In the hopes of benefiting her health, but to no avail. Mrs. Brownson leaves three daughters and one son Mrs. Addle G. Baldwin, of Albany; Mark T. Brownson, of Portland; Mrs.'-Ella" A. "Williams, of this place, and Mrs. Adelle E. Newton, of Corvallls. p. v 6 H M r t.t t M H M M H H panies In Alaska. Whether each ot these concerns will maintain separate , offices here or not Is a. subject -of speculation among the Seattle employes. Although' the consolidation affects only the river traffic, it isthought that there 'will be' no conflict of Interests on 'the ocean. The fleet, which will be controlled by ammeter T UmIWem KHAMPIONI) SL li. i mm &m& WEi 1 U M- f. . Jll ' J ! I ft i i -C OS 5S ?V ? - i . If I U ''fl !. r i-v.r mi m l i i -j jr- . vv . - a -:v. c ; .r r i n eA fe-v ;1iJKjS1 w l- few j& w f v victor MpS . I wv 'jjfijf SOB KV&i ' Bcvce J ---3'. TrTa35 ,.vL0 UAy,s rath w , 4-T T -- i - v . t u mr t - "- - kw " i l. . v rw &y -.rWst).- ( y) the combination, numbers lri the neigh borhood of 20, steamers and' between 10 and 15 barges. It is not considered likely that the number will be reduced. SAIiEM Y. I. C. A. BUILDIXG. Sites Are Under Consideration De cision A'ext Monday. SALEM, April 10. Proposals for- a site for a Y. M. C, A. building were opened by the building committee today. The principal offers were as follows: State insurance block, by William Ladd, ?10, 000; First National Bank building, by A. Bush. $10,000; Kansas House property, Hvlthout building, by D. F. Wagner, $4500; R. M. Wade, property on Liberty street, north of Rowland residence, $2500; P. S. Knight, brick building on Court street, $6250; Chatwin house, on Church street, $5000; Moore's property, corner Church and Ferry, by C. J. Mbores, $2500. The state insurance .building Is consid ered the best offer, so far as value Is con cerned, and is cheap, but the Kansas House property Is the most desirable lo- f-M&UhSfAwtS-t-r- BROWNS OW. M H H H, . H M M H cation.' The cpmmittee. took the. matter under advisement until next Monday. PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION. Trial Begun of John "W. Ferrier, Who Is Charged With Murder., CHEHALIS, Wash., April 10.--The preT fHB , W- SI I r- .. tS ' - J .j. a 2 . o -.- .. ". r ;'v . i WLE TENTMTON ST-I" A.XAJ ol . t ii y i fj q a " I Sr 1 J 1 If iBn-A- S llmlhary examination of John W. Ferrier, charged with the murder of B. E. Hol comb, and of Sam Ferrier, who Is held as an accessory, was commenced before Justice Westover this morning. One wit ness, W. W. Miller, who was present at the time of the killing, was examined this forenoon and the court then adjourned to Toledo to take the testimony of Larry Holcomb, who was shot in the arm and who is not In condition to come to Che halls at the present time. Holcomb's ex amination will be held tomorrow. Preparing for aicKlnley. The Citizens Club last night took up the matter of the approaching visit of President McKInley to Chehalis. A cen tral committee, to have general charge of the proceedings, comprising N. B. Coff man. Senator J. R. Welty, ff. C. Bush, C. O. Cingrlch, John West and U. E. Har mon, was appointed. It is the Intention to secure excursion rates on the railroad. Itinerary Will Not Be Changed. ASTORIA, April 10. C. W. Fulton re ceived a telegram this afteTnoon from George R. Cortelyou, President McKlnley's private secretary, stating that the itiner ary of the Presidential party as already announced would not he changed, and that the half-hour stops at,' Eugene and Ashland, which had been requested, could not be made. Portable Smelter. SALEM, April 10. The Freeland Con solidated Mining Company of this city has been experimenting with a portable smelter of home make, and It Is asserted that the smelter will operate successful ly on such base ores as are found in the Santlam country. Shingle Mill Strike. EVERETT, Wash.. April 10. All shingle mill In Snohomish County are closed on account of a strike. Employes ask for an advance from 7 to 7 cents per thousand, and knot sawyers from 9 to 10 cents per thousand. "Will Sncceed Themselves. SALEM, April 10. Governor Geer today appointed W. K. Newell, of Washington County, and A. H. Carson, of Josephine County, to succeed themselves as mem bers of the Oregon State Board of Horti culture. Cleared for Alaska. ASTORIA, April 10. The American bark3 Kate Davenport and Harry Morse cleared at the Custom-House today for Bristol Bay, Alaska. Both have cargoes of can nery supplies. Committed Sniclde. SEATTLE, April 10. Charles Brown, re cently arrived from San Francisco, this morning ended his life with arsenic. The body was discovered at noon today. Cleared for Sues With Wheat. TACOMA, April 10. The s'teamer Teen kal, with 149,830 bushels of wheat, cleared today for Suez for orders. Oregon Notes. The Lawton Townsite Company reor ganized. Clatsop County teachers "will hold an Institute at Astoria -April 17. Miscreants at Pendleton opened the city dog pound Sunday night and re leased about 20 canines. A Pilot Rock correspondent writes that it Is feared cold weather last week seri ously injured the fruit crop in that sec tion. Williams Bros, sold 135 head of hogs to Kidle Bros., of Island City, at $5 40 per 100 pounds, says the Wallowa News. This Is the highest rate reached for some time. W. J. Wilkinson last Saturday, at Wes ton, purchased from Alex Walker, for the Pacific Elevator Company, 5200 bushels of wheat, which Is stored at Downing Station. He paid 46 cents per bushel. Johu. Bradburn took to Pendleton Friday two wagonloads or 22 sacks of wool from Charles Cunningham's home ranch above Pilot Rock. The wool was from thor oughbred ewes and the 22 sacks weighed 8600 -pounds. The annual field day contests of Union High School will be held at Union Sat urday, April 27. Bronze medals will be - .LA'RGEST - BICYGLB:HG.USE:iyM - THB - n?RL'D -JO.' 45 FOR COMPETITION fW9&&&WW&'if&WQ' HEALTH IS ALL IMPORTANT. The -daughter of today becomes the wife of tomor row. 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Chrlatense, Countess Chefould, "The Gosnold." Chicago, III. . For the toast ten years I have used no medicine except "Warner's Safe Cure, and find that it keeps me In good health. It Is a remarkable life-giver, and I cheerfully give It my hearty endorsement. .. Free Sample of WARNER'S SAFE CURB in person, or by letter WABER'S & 'AVtVS&W&W& given as first prizes and ribbons as sec ond prizes. The contests will be open only to members of the Union, La Grande and Cove High Schools. Lawton now has a daylight mall ser vice both ways, but mall under' the new schedule Is a day late on account of the stage leaving Sumpter before the arri val of the morning train. An .effort Is being made to have the time-card changed so "that it will conform to the arrival and departure of trains on the Sumpter Val ley Railroad. Joseph Laroque, a half-breed, was found, Saturday night, at Athena, asleep In the lane back of the saloon row. When he was roused sufficiently, he discovered that his pockets .had been rifled and between 545 and $50 taken. Sunday morning, John Tolln was arrested on the charge of stealing the money. His ball was fixed at $300, but he was unable to raise It, and was taken to Pendleton. Tolln ha3 a bad record, having served two terms in the penitentiary at Salem. . LJVISTOCK ASSOCIATION. , Standing Committees Appointed by President Springer. DENVER, Colo., April 10. President J. W. Springer, of the National Livestock Association, has appointed the standing committees: Board of control H. H. Robinson, Den ver; M. A. Daugherty, Sidney, Neb.; Tim othy Kinney, Rock Springs, Wyo.; C. F. (Martin, Denver; J. W. Springer, Denver. Committee on Finance C. W. Baker, of Chicago; Paul McCormlck, Billings, Mont.; A. C. Cleveland, Cleveland. Neb.; Harry Trower, Kansas City, Mo.; S. J. Soldam, Ponca City, O. T. Committee on legislation A. P. Bush, Jr., Colorado, Tex.;.W. B, Powell, Shade land, Pa.; Jesse M. Smith, Layton, Utah; J. T. Cowan, Cowan-' s Mill, Va.; F. W. Harding, Waukesha, Wis. Committee on transportation E. S. Gos ney. Flagstaff, Ariz.; W. E. Bolton, Wood ward, O. T.; H. W. McAfee, Topeka, Kan.; Solomon Luna, Los Lunas, N. M.; A. E. Gaffee, Marlon, Ala. Committee on foreign markets Dr. Charles Gresswell, Denver; Peter Jansen. OF WOMEN test letters frtm gratefat wemea: Lillian Ramsey, President Denver Quincy Club, Denver, Colo. My mother suffered, from weakness pe culiar to women. She had continual" back ache and headache, and was almost an In valid, but Warner's Safe Cure completely restored her. Annie E. Harper, 625 State Street, Jacksonville, HI I have found "Warner's Safe Cure a won derful remedy for backache and numerous pains women arc afflicted with. It tones the entire system and prevents colds. and free medical advice given on application SAFE CURE CO... Rochester, N. Y a Janaen, Neb.; T. Richard Walsh, Paler Duro, Tex. Committee on sanitary measures O Howard Davison, Mill Brook, N. Y.r Over- ton Lea, Nashville, Tenn.; O. E. Brad fute, Cedarvllle, O.; John Colemanv North Yakima, Wash.; H. B. Carroll, St. Paul, Minn. Consulting members Dr. Charles Gross, well. Denver; Dr. Victor A. Norgaard, Washington. D. C; Dr. R. J. Kleberg, Corpus Chrlsti. Tex. Committee on horses J. B. Castleman, Louisville, Ky.; Mortimer Levering, La Fayette, Ind.; Earl C. Huldekoper, Mead ville, Pa. Committee on cattle J. C. Buel, Rapid City, S. D.; E. A. Harris, Marshalltown, Ta,; F. C. Lusk. Chlco, Cal. Committee on sheep M. B. Gwlnn, Bolso, Idaho; R. C. Judson, Portland, Or.; J. J. England, Caro. Mich. Powder Works Explosion. SANTA CRUZ, Cal.. April 10. An ex plosion occurred at the powder works today- whereby Chester Shepard, aged about 20 years, was killed, and Phil Cur tis severely burned. They were at work in the shotgun smokeless mill cleaning it out. Shepard was in a large tank when the explosion took place and was burned to death. Curtis, who was on a rafter overhead, had his face burned, but no serious result Is apprehended. Tho building caught fire and was destroyed. The cause of the accident Is unknown. NATURE'S REMEDIES. Everything existing In this universe was created for a purpose. Nature gives us in the vegetable kingdom healing and dls- ease-curing herbs. Many of these, how- ever, are very poisonous, and It requires great care and. knowledge for their suc cessful administration. But the greatest boon given to suffering humanity Is of fered in the healing and disease-eradicating mineral waters oozing out of Mother Earth. Be it here said that the Witter Springs water, from Lake County, Cal., excels all others In its composition for all kidney and bladder troubles, such ns catarrh. In flammation, gravel, rheumatism, gout, etc. For all skin diseases and syphilis. In all Its stages, it has no equal, p. J. 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