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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1902)
10 THE MOANING OEEGOKIAN, THURSDAY, APHIL 17, 1902.v LUMBER MOVEMENT tn FiveYears Shipments Have Increased Ten-Fold. 25,000 CARLOADS LAST YEAR This Year 600,000,000 Feet Will Be Shipped Industry Promises to leconie the Leading One of the State. In the past year shipments of timber from Oregon amounted to about 25,000 car loads, or something Hke 375,000,000 feet. Five years ago the shipments out of the state were only about one-tenth of this quantity. This year's shipments are run ning ahead of those of last year by more than 50 per cent, 'and It is probably that Hcarly 600,000.000 feet will be sent from the state in the 12 months. This Includes timber of all kinds, prepared for commer cial uee sawed lumber dimension stuff, box shooks, telegraph and telephone poles, pl.es, ties, etc. but does not include logs Bent out In rafts. The railroads handled nearly all the shipments that did not absolutely require water transportation before the beginning of this year. But last season's car fam ine brought the marine men to the front, end a lot of lumber' schooners are now plying regularly from the Columbia Blver to San Francisco and other Coast ports, and other ships are carrying our lumber to South America, to Europe and to the Orient. The coasting vessels can relieve the Coast railways to a 'large extent, but all Eastern shipments must still go for ward by rail, and they are so moving at a lively rate. Oregon lumber goes to Cali fornia, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, "Wy oming, Colorado, New Mexico, m Texas, Mexico, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Illi nois, Iowa, the Dakotas, Michigan and New York. Only" recently the Grand Trunk Railroad placed a considerable order for Oregon lumber, the first time It has come West for Its timber. Heretofore that rail road has been supplied entirely by the Ottawa pine in Canada. And Oregon Is shipping lumber back to the great lumber State of Michigan! The lumber Industry In Oregon Is now Increasing faster than ever before; In deed, it Is only limited by the facilities for handling It. This growth is sure to keep up for a long time for many years. No one can now set bounds to its future. It promisee soon to become unquestion ably the leading Industry of the state. THE LOUISVILLE DEAL. Further Progress Made In the Set tlement of the Matter. NEW YORK-, April 16. Further prog ress was reported today in the settlement of the Louisville & Nashville matter. George W. Pcrklnr, of J. P. Morgan & Co., and John W. Gates, who claims con trol of the Louisville & Nashville, were In conference during the morning at the Morgan banking-house. It is assumed that the lines of agreement between the Gates and B'lmont parties were discussed, but on this and all matters dealing with the rltuation Messrs. Perkins and Gates were silent. A semi-official statement credited to a member of J. P. Morgan & Co., to the effect that the Louisville is now a Morgan road, and that Its policy will be dictated by Mr. Morgan, was discredited by one of the letter's "partners this morning "Mtrgan & Co. will act as trustees of the Louisville & Nashville road," said this party. "That Is all we have been arked to do, and we do not propose to go outside our province. We are to be the stewards of the property, and will manage It for the best interests of the stockholders." The regular monthly meeting of the Louisville & Nashville directors is sched uled for tomorrow In this city. It Is al together unlikely, however, that the meet ing wjll be held, ap the directors are ecat teT.'d all over the country, and It will be Almost Impossible to gather a quorum. From the highest possible source comes the statement that no change Is likely to be made In the directorate until Mr. Mor gan's return fiom abroad. Mr. Morgan is not expected back until early Summer. Spencer States the Situation. ATLANTA, Ga., April 16. President Samuel Spencer, of the Southern Railway, sent the following telegram today to S. M. Inman, one of the directors of the South ern Railway and a member of the execu tive board: "The Louisville & Nashville situation is simply this: Mr. Gates and his associ ates, apparently without any consultation with any railroad interest, in the South or elsewhere, and entirely on their own account, bought In the open market large blocks of Louisville & Nashville stock, and claim now to be a clear majority. By reason of a large short interest, grow- ing partly out of the eale by the Louisville & Nashville of50,000 shares, an authorized additional issue of treasury stock, which was not listed, and not, therefore, a good delivery on the exchange, a serious corner was Imminent. J. P. Morgan & Co. were appealed to to use their Influence to pre vent such a disastrous condition. After two days negotiations this has resulted in an agreement by which the Gates stock wllj.. be deposited with and placed under the control of J. P. Morgan & Co. as bankers, and not as representing any rail way interest, and with no purpose ex cept to conserve in the best possible way the general financial and business situa tion and avoid the serious complications which have threatened. The Southern Railway Company has had no interest, di rectly or Indirectly, present or prospective, in the purchase of stock or in Its deposit aa above with J. P. Morgan & Co. There is no contest for the control of the Louis ville & Nashville by any other railway company, and not likely to be-certalnly not by the Southern." Seaboard Air Line in It. BALTIMORE, April 16. It was learned today from a seml-offlciil source that the Seaboard Air Line Railway figures in the general understanding reached in New York in connection with the Louis ville & Nashville sale. This, it Is stated, assures the continuance of the friendly relations existing between the Seaboard and the Louisville & Nashville. SETTLERS' MOVEMENT CONTINUES Fifteen Hundred Left St. Paul Yes terday for the Went. The movement of settlers westward holds up beyond the expectations of the railroad men. Yesterday was the 46th day the rates had been running and on all the trains leaving St, Paul a heavy rush of business was reported. The North ern Pacific train leaving in the morning was an unusually heavy one, and the evening train was in two sections. Gen eral Passenger Agent Fee reports to As sistant General Passenger Agent Charlton that 900 persons with settlers' tickets for the West left on the three trains. Many of these were bound for Oregon points. Western Passenger Agent Dennlston, of the Great Northern, yesterday advised Agent Dickson in this city that the Great Northern train from St. Paul yesterday ran in two sections and carried 600 pas sengers for Washington and Oregon. Through Omaha come similar reports, and all trains arriving from the East yes terday brought numbers-of settlers. Banker Hainec of Forest Grove, was In Portland yesterday, and he said the movement of settlers to that locality this Sprine was beyond comparison with any previous record. And all the newcomers bring money with them, and most of the families buy farms and Immediately be come identified 'with the community. Oth er localities of the Willamette Valley are undergoing similar experiences. Banker HIrschberg, of Independence, eays some of the people of that section who sold to settlers this Spring are al ready looking around for farms in 'their respective neighborhoods, and' would be glad to buy back the land they sold for the price they received. But the price of farms has advanced with the Influx of newcomers, and land cannot be bought now for the same money It brought last month. NEW ROAD FOR ALASKA. Project' Launched by Prominent Se attle Promoter. SEATTLE, April 16. Men prominent in business and political affairs of this city and state have announced their Intention to construct a railroad through Central Alaska. It Is proposed to build a highway from a point on Resurrection Bay by the most feasible and the shortest route pos sible to Rampart City, on the Yukon. The length of the proposed line is 574 miles. The promoters of the enterprise, which is undertaken as a business venture, are: John H. McGraw, ex-Governor of this state; United States Senator George Turner. George W. Dickinson. Charles F. Peck, J. W. Goodwin. John E. Ballaine, Captain E. E. Caine, Charles L. Denny and C. M. Anderson. All except Senator Turner and Mr. Peck, whose homes are In Spo kane and Omaha, respectively, arc resi dents of Seattle. They have Incorporated as the Alaskan Central Railway, articles being filed today at Olympla following the approval of the preliminary survey as shown by maps and field notes sub mitted to the Secretary of the Interior at Washington. The survey was made In 18S7-8 by Anderson, who is designated as the chief engineer of the road. CONVENTION RATES. Fixed by the Transcontinental Pas ncn;er Association. SAN DIEGO, Cal., April 16. The Trans continental Passenger Association trans acted considerable business at Its session today. The rate to the Elks Grand Lodge In Spit Lake next Aupust was fixed at one limited first-class fare for the round trip from Pacific Coast points. The matter of the refusal of certain lines to sell tickets to the Women's Clubs convention at Los Angeles was taken up. The roads in question base their refusal on the ground that they are not properly pro-rated. After discussion the associa tion declined to recede from the arrange ments previously made. The question of rates for clergymen was referred to a committee, to report at the next meeting. In regard to rates to the Trans-Mlssls-slppl Congress in St, Paul next August, a special committee was appointed, with power to act. The same course was taken In reference to the Grand Eyrie of Eagles, to be held at Minneapolis in June. Cuts Export Flour Rate. ST. PAUL, April 16. The Milwaukee & SL Paul road has created a sensation by taking Independent action on the question of export flour rates from Minneapolis to the seaboard. It published a through tariff of 194 cents by way of Lake Michi gan ports In connection with all boat llpes running between Chicago, Milwaukee and Lake Erie ports and all Eastern trunk lines. The tariff Is effective immediately and expires on April 30. The St. Paul road is understood to have made a large' amount of contracts prior to the cancellation of the low rate, and It desired to fulfill them. The trunk lines, It 5s .said, have refused positively to pro tect the 19 cents tariff. Electric Lines in Illinois. CHICAGO, April 16. The end of the year 1902 will see all the Important cities of Northern Illinois connected by electric railways, representing a cost of $3,000,000. The Rock River Valley Electric Railway will extend from Rock Falls to Rockford, 50 miles, pawing through Ster ling and Dixon. Another road is being planned from Dixon to DeKalb and from DeKalb to Sycamore. Plans are under way to build an electric road from Rock ford to Janesvllle, Wis. The entire sys tem will cover several hundred miles. Freight Cam Wrecked. ROSEBURG, April 16. An engine and five cars of a northbound extra freight train were derailed and badly wrecked at Salt Creek, 35 miles south of here, yes terday. The cars were telescoped and the engine badly demolished. Engineer Glass and Fireman Francis miraculously escap ing from beneath the wreckage practi cally unhurt. The track was badly torn up, and a water tank -at the roadside completely demolished. The cause of the wreck is unknown. Road to Top of Pike's Peak. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.. April 16. Henry C. Hall, one of he directors of the Seven Lakes-Pike's Peak Railway Company, kwhich was organized last Fall to build an electric railroad to the summit of Pike's Peak, announces that the work will "be started as soon as- the snow has sufficiently melted on the south side of the peak. The road, when completed, will cost approximately $250,000, and it Is ex pected to have the road in operation with in a year. Colonists for the Northwest. BUTTD, Mont. April 16. Major J. E. Dawson, of the Great Northern, was ad vised "today by General Passenger Agent F. I. Whitney that train No. 3 left St, Paul in two sections with 500 passengers for Montana and Western points. Tues day night No. 3 left In two sections with 100 passengers for North Dakota, and today No. 3 left with 700 passengers for the Northwest, Bought by the Burlington. SPRINGFIELD. 111.. April 16. The re port of uie sale of the Jacksonville & St, Louis Railroad to the Chicago, Bur lington & Qulncy was today stated upon good authority to .be true. The road runs from Jacksonville to Centralia, a distance of 111 miles. It is understood the consideration was "51,000,000. New York Central Election. ALBANY, April 16. The stockholders of the .New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company met here to day in annual session. The old board of directors was re-elected. Authority wds given to increase the capital stock of the company from $115,000,000 to $150,000, 000. "New President of Galveston Road. NEW YORK. April 16. F. P. Olcott, president of the Central Trust Company, of this city, has been elected president of the Galveston. Houston & Henderson Railroad Company, and George J. Gould and H. C. Rouse were elected directors. McKlnley Memorial Fund. CHICAGO. April 1G. Contributions to the McKinley Natlonal'Memorial Associa tion monurnent fund continue to come in so rapidly that Chairman Revell, of the Illinois auxiliary, is hopeful that the state will be th,e nrst to raise its quota of the required amount. The total subscriptions received by the Illinois auxiliary to date ia $36,320. Liberty Statue Will Be Lighted. WASHINGTON, April 16. Secretary Root has made arrangements to maintain a light In the Statue of Liberty on Bed loe's Island, in New York harbor. Well Brought Up. The Increase of Meet & Chandon Champagne' for 1001 over iw is equal to more tnan loo per cent of the combined increase of all the other Champagne houses. Moet & Chandon White Seal, Epernay. France, Is of the celebrated Vintage of 1893. popular throughout the world. Adv. NEW POSTAL CURRENCY UNIQUE PROPOSITION WHICH CON GRESS HAS BEFORE IT. Money Can. Be Transformed Into In- domnble Checks Plan Offered to the Government Free of Cost. A unique feature in Congressional legis latlpn is presented In the promcrtion of a postal currency, says the Washington Star. The system was devised, perfected and patented by a private citizen, who offers the result of his efforts to the Government free of all cost. The system has trie approval of many officials, and Is indorsed by a long list of manufacturers and business houses throughout the coun try'. Publishers and farmers are especial ly Interested, in that the new currency promlses an easy way for a man in the WILL SUCCEED NOYES AS DISTRICT JUDGE IN ALASKA H. A. OGDEN. Utah., April 15. H. A. Hayes, of this city, who, it is announced from Washington, will be appointed District Judge in Alaska, to succeed Judge Arthur H. Noes,)ls the present District Attorney for Weber, Morgan and Davis counties, this state. He was elected IS months ago on the Republican ticket by a majority of 300 while a Democratic Judge was elected by a majority of 1000. Mr. Hayes is 42 years of age, having been born at Knoxvllle, la., November 18, 1659. At an early age, with his parents, he went to Fostoria, O. He re ceived hla education In the common and high schools of that city, a,nd later took a course at the Ohio Wesleyan University. He taught school and wrote for the local newspapers in Fostoria during early manhood, and at the same time studied law in the office of Henry & Shettleburger. The senior member of this firm, George E. Henry, -was then Congressman from the district. At the age of. 24 Mr. Haye moved to Iowa, and a year later went to Nebraska. At Lincoln, .Neb., he became telegraph editor of the Nebraeka State Journal, and was suc cessively editorial writer and mano glng editor of that paper. In'1800 he came to Ogden, and for 11 jears was the representative here of the Salt Lake Tribune, at the same time engaging in the practice of law. Ho Is connected with several mining and industrial enterprises. He married an Ogden lady. Mrs. Avery, In 1803. L country to. promptly send remittance for his favorite publication. Under the present Inconvenient money order system the in dividual desiring to send a small sum of money through the mall Is met by the necessity for a time-killing journey to the postofllce to obtain safe money. This sets up a barrier to the prompt transac tion of business and results In much loss from the fact that many people never carry out their original Intention to sub scribe or purchase. The need Is for money in tho hands of the people that can be safely and Instantly sent by letter. The provisions of the "post check" cur rency bill, now before Congress, Intro duced In the Senate by Mr. McMillan, and ' in the House by Mr. Gardner, of Mlchl- I gan, provides for printing the one, two I and five-dollar bills In the future with l blank spaces on the face. These bills, of course, pass from hand to hand before the blanks are filled. When It Is desired to send one In the malls the blanks are filled In with the name of the payee, his city and state, a 2-cent postage stamp Is placed in another blank space and can celed with the initials of the sender in ink, the name of the senderj Is signed on the back, and, presto! his money has sud denly ceased to exist aa currency and has been transformed into a check on the United States Government, having all the safety of any bank check, and ready for inclosure in his letter. When the payee receives this check he treats it Just as he would any other check Indorses it, goes to the nearest bank or postofllce and de posits it or has it cashed. The paid check finally reaches the Treasury Department, when it Is replaced by a new one with the spaces unfilled. This keeps the circulation at par. No change whatever is made In the financial policy of the Government, the only change being in the character of the printing on the bills of $5 and under. The bill also provides for the Issue of $75,000,000 of fractional currency, with blank spaces similar to the larger denom inations, In place of an equal amount of money of larger denominations, presum ably $20 and 450 bills. The provision un der the new system for a continual reis- i sue Insures clean money, both tn the frac tional currency and in the larger bills. The Government fee on the 5-, 10-, 15-, 25-, and 50-cent pieces is to be 1 cent each. Business Advantage. Perhaps In no better way can the reader come to understand the pressing need for postal currency' than to recall the times without number when he himself has been desirous of sending a small sum of money through the malls with safety. Always in such cases comes up the barrier, and only tho persistent one will carry out his pur pose by using stamps, coin placed In holes in pieces of pasteboard, or risking loose money. The average person will not ex pend the valuable time required for the Journey to the postofllce for a money or der. Only the pressure of necessity In the absence of a simple convenient system brings to the money-order system Its pres ent patronage. Statistics show that from 10 to 20 times the number of letters re ceived by business houses, publishers, and others who do a large business, through the malls, contain stamps, loose money or some other representative of money, than contain money orders, a clear enough matter of the disapproval of the public. While it Is not thought that. If adopted, the proposed system would entirely super sede the money-order system, because for amounts over $50 the money order would be slightly cheaper, It Is thought by the advocates of the pending bills that such a system of post checks would prove a great convenience to those desiring to send small amounts of money through the malls, and would result In. gain to mer chants, publishers and business firms who now receive such remittances in the form of stamps (often torn and mutilated), drafts on small banks, or loose coin in let tersalways a temptation to postal em ployes. All of these form3 of remittance entail some loss, in many cases to the re- , ceiver, and to that extent, perhaps, a creditor is unjustly defrauded. Innocently it may be, by the debtor. Under the new system these troublesome and unfair methods of making remittances would be done away with, owing to the simplicity and convenience of the post checks, and the cost of sending the remittance would be placed where it properly belongs with the sending debtor or the person making the purchase. " Always ttt Hand. The main difficulty with the present money-order system is that less than bait the postofflces in the country are money order offices, and even at these such evi dences cf money can only be obtained at the expenditure of much time and trouble and during certain specified hours. With a post check note in his possession one has but to fill In the blank spaces for tho -purpose, attach a postage stamp, can cel It. Inclose It in an envelope, place in a mall box, and the transaction is finished. Unquestionably the Intent of the postal authorities Is to extend and Increase the usefulness and popularity of the rural free delivery" service. The adoption of the post check notes will afford a most HAYES. cm! convenient and safe money for the agri cultural communities, by whom banks, with their facilities and safeguards, can not be utilized with convenience. It Is claimed by those who have Investigated the subject that the revenues of the Post ofllce Department would be very materi ally Increased by the adoption of the post check system. A somewhat unusual feature of tho post check proposition Is the fact that the in ventor is a successful business man, who has for years realized the urgent neces sity for a simpler way of making small remittances In the .malls, and who has devoted a greit deal of his time and means to the perfection of the idea, and offers, in case of its adoption, to turn the patents., and all rights under them, over to the Government free of any cost or .charge whatever. He considers that should the system be adopted the consciousness of having accomplished a reform of such Im portance to the general public and busi ness men -will more than compensate him for his time and trouble. Congress can best judge of the wants of the people by direct word from them. It Is difficult to secure legislation of this sort. Involving a departure from present methods, unless there be a pronounced demand by the peo ple. Postal currency can be secured if those whom it would benefit will write personal letters to their Senators and Rep resentatives In Congress, asking them to favor and work for the McMillan-Gardner post check currency bill. MORE ROOM IS NEEDED. Boys' and Girls' Aid Society Must Have Enlarged Quarters. The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Boys' and Girls' Aid Society of Oregon was held yesterday afternoon In the chambers of United States Judge Gilbert. There were pres ent Judge' Williams, Judge Gilbert, F. 'e. Beach, A. H. Breyman. Mrs. C. R. Tem "pleton and Superintendent Gardner. Su perintendent Gardner's report stated that there had been considerable sickness at the Home among the children during the month of March, which Is usunlly the case, but that colds and coughs were the prin cipal ailments. Dr. John M. Brooke, the society's physician, had been unremitting In his attention. The report further stat ed that the march of progress shows plainly that in a short time the Receiving Home will be entirely surrounded by dwellings, and that It will be highly es sential to acquire more land. A cottage for hospital purposes- is also recommended, and the board requested, to take steps as speedily as posslblefor its erection. The number of children received and cared for for the month of March Is as follows: From Multnomah County, IS; Baker County, 2; Lane County, 2; Uma tilla County, 1; Wasco County, 2; returned or recalled, 10; total, 35. Disposed of To work for wages. 3; for board, clothes and schooling, 13; returned to parents cr relatives, 13; total, 29. Recapitulation On hand March 1, 1902, 27; received during the month," 35; total, 72; disposed of during the month, 29; on hand April 1. j02. 43. National Home for Elks. , ROANQKE, Va,, April 16. It Is an nounced that the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks has purchased the Hotel Bedford, at Bedford City, and will convert the building into a National Elks' Home. The price is said to have been $11,000. SMITH'S DANDRUFF CURE Positively cures dandruff. Itching scalp, eczema, and stops falling hair. Price, 50c, at all druggists. Sample free. Address Smith Bros., Fresno, CaL OREGON AND ROOSEVELT MR. DOSCH TELLS OF PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO CHARLESTON Beautiful Gold Nngget From Baker County Presented to Hlni for Miss Robsevclt. CHARLESTON. S. C, April 10. The President came, saw and " conquered. Charleston and South Carolina did them selves proud. It seemed as If half of the state's population poured into the' exposi tion yesterday to gret the Nation's Chle Magistrate, and right royally and most" loyally it was done. They cheered him to the finish, and the President was in a very happy frame of mind, for every South Carolinian had constituted himself a special guard and exerted himself to the utmost to obliterate as far as possible the Tillman episode, and I believe they suc ceeded. When, at the beginning of his ad dress In the Auditorium, a big six-footer from Arizona yelled out from the back seats, "Hoorah for our Teddy, the only cow-punching President that ever waltzed over the carpets In the White House," the applause was simply deafening, ana even the President himself joined In the hearty laugh. Oregon had its full share in the pro ceedings, and we had the honor to sit with the high officials on the platform. But we had a trump card to play, and to make a winning required a good deal of diplomacy. It will be remembered that the Geiser Bros., of Baker City, sent the mag nificent collection of the Gem mine gold quartz specimens, valued at $10,000, 'to me for the President's Inspection, and Invited him to select a fine piece for Miss Alice Boosevelt., with the compliments of the miners of Oregon. Now, this Is a good deal easier said than, done, for, as a. rule. Presidents are railroaded through the exposition buildings, with little chance of feeing anything; but I was determined to carry out the wishes of our people: hence I first wrote to our representatives at Washington, requesting them to ac quaint the President with these facts. Then I wrote another letter to the com mittee showing the President thrpugh the buildings, with the request to bring him into the Agricultural Hall, and still an other letter to the President himself, which I handed to Mr. Cortelyou, his pri vate secretary, again to call the Presi dent's attention ,to It. And, finally, I sta tioned myself at the entrance to our builo lng. to see that my plans would not mis carry. When the party came into the South Carolina building, from which en trance Is had to our building, headed by President Roosevelt and Captain Wagener, president of the exposition, seeing a desire to pass by, I stepped up and Invited them into our building. Captain Wngener pro tested, for want of time, but I gently took the President's arm a nervy thing to do explaining that we would detain him but a few minutes, and, flanked by Mrs. Weatherred and Mr. Johnson, we led him, a willing captive, to our exhibits. Mr. 'Reed had previously spread most of this valuable gold exhWt on the plate glass showcase, and there I explained the wishes of the miners of Oregon. The President replied that he was more than delighted, but requested me to select a piece for him, which, of course, I politely declined, as It was to be his and not my choice. He then picked up the very piece, a most beautiful specimen, which I should have selected for him, and said: "I will be greatly obliged to you, Mr. Dosch, if you will forward it to me at Washington." He then took a look at the rest of our exhibits, and, as he passed out, said to us: "This Is a wonderful exhibit of a won derful state, of most wonderful resources," and, at our Invitation, he said he expected to visit Oregon next year, and was look ing forward even now with great pleasure to his visit. I assured him that a hearty welcome awaited him; that we considered him one of us of the very far West, and that the latchstring always hung out In Oregon for him to enter, which seemed to please him very much. Shaking hands with us, he again thanked us for the good feeling and wishes of Oregon's people, and passed on through the other buildings. At the. banquet last evening. I eat only four seats from him, and as our eyes met he smiled, nodded and waved his hand to me, showing that he had not forgotten us. The weather was at Its best, and his three days' stay was one round of pleas ure, and he can go home feeling, as the Governor of South Carolina remarked In his welcoming speech, that there was a time when we used to say "the people of the South" and "the people of the North," and "while there Is still a South and a North, the people are of one flag and one country." HENRY E. DOSCH. PLANT SHADE TREES. A Landscape Gardener's Idea, of , Civic Improvement. FULTON, Or., April 11. (To the Editor) I was requested to attend a meeting of the Lewis and Clark Civic Improvement Association, held on the 10th Inst, but my absence from the city prevented me from appearing at the meeting. Th re marks I Intended to bring before the hon orable association are as, follows: Civic Improvements are a matter of per sonal taste; neither meetings nor speeches will avail much if a community Is not an imated with a spirit of self-respect. Beau tifying a home and Its surroundings Is at tributive to good breeding, good taste and refinement; It ought to be second nature to the Inhabitants of a city. The char acter of the Inhabitants of a home can be Judged according to its surroundings. A worn-out suit can be kept clean, no matter how old It is; and there should be no reason why even a humble home should not be made pleasant within and without Inside with some suitable pictures and out side with a green lawn and some fragrant flowers. A German proverb says: "Wo vor dem Hause Blumen bluhen und lnnen WEAK, PUNY MEN Dr. McLaughlin's Electric Belt It has cured SO.OOO people, and the testimony Is on file for all who want proof of what this grand remedy has done. The failure of medicine, of quacks, and even of other so-called Electric Belts, is no argument against Dn McLaughlin's Electric Belt. No other treatment, no other belt, is in the same class with It.- Everything else may fail, but Dr. McLaughlin's Belt will cure. It has cured thousands who have tried other remedies without success. If you are tired of useless drugging and have spent all your time and money without benefits, write today for my beautiful book, which de scribes my treatment and gives full information. - PAIITIHM Beware of medical concerns offering: "Electric LrHU I lUlM Belts Free." This offer is only n trick to folit a pnekapre of medicines upon you C. O. D. Write to me for an explanation of the trick. dr. m. l. Mclaughlin ke6atcbisahst slngt manlelder, da lasst euch nelder; bose Menschen haben weder Blumen noch Lleder' There are yet too many empty blocks and lots In Portland that deserve some Improvements, but are used for deposits of some kind of refuse, half torn-down fences and half rotten sidewalks. Own ers of such property ought to have enough self-respect to improve it a little, have It graded, sown In grass and plant some trees; a trifle of expense would be paid back to them tenfold. It Is a matter which we owe to ourselves and to our neighbors; If only each citizen would do his share of civic Improvement the asso ciation would have a light task. Another object which deserves attention Is the poplar trees, which ought to be banished from the sidewalks. They are for many reasons improper shade trees for sidewalks in a city; the acer pseudo platanus or Oregon maple, with their heavy leaves, are a nuisance In the Sum mertime, when charged with dust, and by the dropping of the leaves In the Fall. There are plenty of shade trees, with ele gant light foliage and fragrant flowers which could be substituted. Shade trees ought to be submitted to uniform treatment. .Very often it can be seen that sidewalk shade trees are trimnied with an ax. and the bark of the branches torn off along the stem. Such mutilators, together with the owners of the trees, deserve to be punished, for they are a disgrace to the city. Keeping shade trees in good order belongs to the sphere of the Park Commissioners; a man ought to be engaged who has some knowledge of physiology and anatomy of plant life, and Is capable of treating trees scientifi cally, at a salary of $900 a year, and who could be assisted by ordinary help when required. Property-owners, with shade trees on their premises, could be charged 25 cent3 an hour to have their trees trimmed, and have by these means, a uniformity of treatment which, instead of being a disgrace, would prove an orna ment to the city. Shade trees ought not to be allowed to accumulate a superflu ous growth; If well treated, they would never need any radical trimming. The planting of shade trees along the side walks of the residence quarters, as well as on all vacant lots in the city, ought to be encouraged, because shade trees, through the instrumentality of their leaves, play a great role In the house hold of nature Ay purifying the atmos phere which we breathe. M. SCHEYDECKER. DAILY CITY STATISTICS. Marriage Licenses. P. G. Nealond. 28; Annie Davis, 22. Raphael Ferretti, 25; Jennie Cuneo. IT. Amos L. B!gham,31; Terzah Shcak, 24. Birth Return. April 10. boy to wife of H. S. Donnerberg, 423 Eugene street. Death Returns. April 0. J. Wesley Bain, CO years, corner Spring street and Base Line road; enlargement of spleen. April 10, Sarah Henry. 84 years, Lents; old age. April 14, Ashford Clayton, 76 yeara, Good Sa maritan Hospital; uraemia. April 13, Margaret Wall, 44 years, Astoria; paralysis. April 12, Bella Fitzgerald, 18 years, Duns mulr, Cal.; accidental drowning. Contagions Diseases. Frank Ordway, 630 East Madison; typhoid fever. Jacob Bjerkvlg; 710 East Eighteenth; scarlet fever. J. Daniels, 183 Grant street; smallpox. A. Tyo, 441 Beech street; smallpox. , Building Permits. N. P. Olsen. two-story dwelling. East First, between Halsey and Weldler; $1200. H. Weinhard, flve-story brick, southeast cor ner Fourth and Alder; $45,000. G. W. Thomas, 1-story dwelling, Williams avenue and Ivy street: $1000. Thomas Kelly, cottage, Sellwood street, be tween Mississippi and Alblna avenues; $1000. B. Pollay, two-story dwelling, northwest cor ner Seventh and Jackson; $4500. L. Kayser. cottage, X street, between Twenty-second and Twenty-third; $1000. Renl' Estate Transfers. George W. Bates and wife to J. W. Men ales, parcel land, sections 35, 3C. T. 1 N.. R, 3 E.. 13.60 acres; section 30, T. 1 N R. 3 E.. ISStt acres, B. and E. M. Hall D. L. C $500 H. Gl Sahlstrom and wife to M. C. Sedg erblom, lot fA, block 2, Roselawn Annex 100 Sarah R. Isaac to F. J. Dunbar, lots 7, 8, 0. block 51. Sunnysldo 1150 Cleveland Rockwell to same, lots 7, 8, 0, block 51, Sunnyslde 1 E. F D. Edward3, administrator. "to W. F. Edwards, lots 15, 16, block 307 Couch; lots 11; 12, 13, 14, block 10. Santa Rosa Park R. Lea Barnes, trustee, to Frank Marrlon, lots 1, 2, block 17, Woodlawn 135 George K. Clark et al. to Paul Schuele, W. H of lots 1 and 2, block 33, Sunnyslde 1 H. Clark and George K. Clark, executors, to Paul Schuele, W. of lots 1 and 2, block 33. Sunnyslde 450 Sunnyslde Land & Improvement Company to J R. Chamberlln, lot 15, block 31, Sunnyslde 3C0 Peninsular Real Estate Company to Knudt Negstad. lots 31. 32, block 44. Peninsular Addition, No. 4 100 Harriet Mason .to W. J. Brown, lots 34, 33. block 132. University Park 275 Portland Lone Fir Cemetery Company to J. G. Gruner, lot 34, block 36, Lone Fir cemetery 35 M. J. Bradford to Augusta Miller, lot 3, block 2. Gay's Addition 150 H. S. Rowo and wife to Conrad HInkle, lot 4, block T. Lincoln Park 150 C and C. K. Sinner to Peter Sinner, lot 2, block 8, Alblna Homestead 1 Peter Sinner and wife to G. D. and J. P. Phillips, lot 2, block 8, Alblna Home stead 800 E. C. Bronaugh and wife to S. C. Beach, lot 18. block 2. Arbor Lodge 125 J. P, 'Kennedy and wife to S. C Beach, lot J3, block 10. Piedmont 250 Abstracts, and title Insurance, by the Pacific Coast Abstract Guaranty St Trust Co.. 204-5-6-7 Failing building. BUSINESS ITEMS. If Baby Is Cutting Teeth, Be sure and use that old and well-tried remedy, Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup, for children teething. It soothes the child, softens the gums. allays all pain, cures wind colic and diarrhoea. Perfect health and strength denote the absence of disease. When you are weak it means that you lack that which is the foundation of strength of life itself Electricity. You may be afflicted with Rheumatism. Dyspepsia, Lame Back, Weak Kidneys, Nervous Debility. Sciatica, Constipation or any of the numerous dis eases which lead to an early -breaking down of the system. If you have any of these troubles, they should be attended to at once. You have tried drugs and found that if they even stimulated you they did not cure, but left you with some new trouble, as a result of the poison put into your system. ELECTRICITY IS NATURE'S REMEDY For all diseases of the blood, nerves, mus cles and organs. I have spent twenty years and almost unlimited capital discov ering this fact and developing a body bat tery which gives a strong curative current to the wearer, without the least discom fort. This perfected appliance Is THE PALATIAL oni mm , Pi Pi If hi m lS- Jfot a dark office In the building? absolutely fireproof) electric lights and artesian, water; perfect sanita tion and thorough, ventilation. Ele vators run day and night. Rooms. AIXSLIE. DR. GEORGE. Physician... .413-414 ANDERSON. GUSTAV, Attorney-at-Law...C12 xVSSOCrATED PRESS; E. L. Powell. Mgr..S06 AUSTEN, F. C.. Manager for Oregon and Washington Bankers' Life Association of Des Moines, Ia 502-503 BANKERS LIFE ASSOCIATION. OF DES MOINES. IA.; F. C. Austen. Mgr 502-503 BEALS. EDWARD A.. Forecast Official U. S. Weather Bureau 810 BENJAMIN, R. W Dentist 314T BERNARD. G.. Cashier Pacific Mercantile Co ..". 211 B1NSWANGDR, OTTO S., Physician and Surgeon 407-403 BOHN. W. G.. Timber Lands 515 BROCK, WILBUR 1. 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HERBERT C, Dentist and Oral Surgeon 008-003 MOSSMAN, DR. E. P.. Dentist 513-314 MUTUAL RESERVE FUND LIFE ASS'N; Mark T. Kady, Supervisor of Agents.. 604-605 NICHOLAS. HORACE B.. Attorney-at-Law.715 NILES. M. L., Cashier Manhattan Lite In surance Company of New York 209 OLSEN, J. F., General Manager Paclfld Mercantile Co 1 211-212 OREGON CAMERA CLUB 214-215-216-217 OREGON INFIRMARY OF OSTEOPATHY ,. 400-410 OREGONIAN BARBER SHOP. Marsch & George, Proprietors 120 6th OREGONIAN EDUCATIONAL BUREAU; J. F. Strauhal, Manager .....200 PACIFIC MERCANTILE CO.; J. F. Olsen, General Manager 211-213 PORTLAND EYE AND EARINFIRMARY Ground Floor, 133 Sixth Street QUIMBY, L. P. W., Game and Forestry Warden 718 REAVIS, DR. J. L.. Dentist 603-600 REED, WALTER. Optician... 133 Sixth Street RICKENBACH. DR. J. F., Eye. Ear, Nose and Throat 701-703 ROSENDALE, O. M., Metallurgist and Min ing Engineer 510 RYAN, J. B., Attorney-at-Law 515 SAMUEL. L., Manager Equitable Life 300 SHERWOOD, J. 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