THE MOENIXG OREGONIAS, SATURDAY, MARCH 73 1903.
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TO TRY INITIATIVE
Federated Trades Will Bring
Up Defeated Bills.
HAY TRY TO DEFEAT SOME LAWS
Labor Leader Will Submit Plans to
Union Men for Placing on tae
Statute Books Advocated
Legislation.
The United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners has 145,000 members through
out the United States.
May Form "Union.
That the corters and packers of the city
may form a union a meeting will be held
Sunday afternoon at 2 P. M. In the office
of the State Federation of Labor, 2324
Washington street G. Harry, the
president of the State Federation, -win
conduct the meeting and assist In the
formation of the union, Mr. Harry says
that the large number of men in the class
which" he -wishes to reach have long been
unorganized, and that their condition
would be greatly improved should the
meeting result in the formation of a union.
JUST ACROSS THE LINE
TO LAY DOUBLE TRACK.
The members , of the Federated Trades
Council may take eome action whicn win
brine the Initiative and referendum act
tt nuv Tx-ith recard to a number pre
sented before the Legislature, but which
failed to pass both houses.
At the meeting of the council last even
ing the legislative committee brought
in the proper forms for submitting bills
tn tha neonla.
The bills which the labor men brought
before the last session of the Legislature
Include the eight-hour and a number of
r.riirrtiv affectinc the labor or
ganization. The council has not declared
what measures it wishes to initiate, or
what bills which passed It does not wish
tn. Ho nnfnrred. The auestlon will be put
to the labor men of the city and either
vntm win he taken in the different unions
or -a mass meeting called to learn the
nninlnn of the union men hare.
As the matter stands at present the
council has merely opened the way by
which those affiliated with It may make
known their sentiments. ' To bring a new
bill to a referendum vote through the
initiative nroeess 5 ner cent of the voters
of the state must declare that they w!eh
the matter brought up. That a measure
which haa already passed the Legislature
may be brought before tho referendum,
a vote of 8 per cent Is required.
The council recommended that the
American Federation of Labor appoint
two additional organizers to work in Port
land. As a result of an election Harry
Rogers, of tho Typographical Union, and
E. A. Austin, of the Painters Union,,
were recommended to the position. Though
there aro 67 unions in this city now, and
several in the process of formation, It is
thought opportunity exists for more or
ganizers to work in the city exclusively.
The members of the council are much
Interested In the success of the Flour and
Cereal Mill Employes' Union, which has
recently been organized with a member
chip of 30 per cent of the employes of that
class. The new union will hold an open
meeting in Caledonian Hall Sunday at 2
P. M.. with the purpose of Inducing more
of the millmen to Join the organization.
XIVE-KOTJH. BAY OH STRIKE.
LeathcrTVorlters Union Also Wants
More Pay.
Unless the employers unexpectedly ac
cede to the demands of the Leatherwork
ers' Union, a strike affecting 150 men will
begin Tuesday. A committee from the
union called upon the four shops involved
yesterday morning and made the state
ment which the employers have been pre
pared to hear for some time. A strike per
mit has been received by the union, and
the members say they will stand by their
demands until the higher Tiay and shorter
hours "asked for are granted.
Several of the employers declare that
they are Individually ready to grant the
scale if it was a part of a general demand
made to all factories In tho country, but
that under present conditions the3' would
suffer by competition should they allow
the new scale desired by the union. The
strike will affect all classes of workers
upon horse goods and fully 150 men will
go out of work on Tuesday morning un
less the employers change their position
In a hurry-
Piecework Is the rule among the leather
workers, but a minimum wage has been
set by the scale for different classes of
the business, and every man's pay for one
day's work must amount to that sum.
The harnessmakers- have been receiving
52.50 and now wish 53, while the saddle-
makers want a raise of 25 cents, advanc
ing their wages to 53.25 a day. The point
to which the employers object most stren
uously Is the nine-hour day wanted by
their men. In one shop, that of George
Lawrence Company, nine hours haa
been the extent of a day's work since
February 1. This company believes that
it has granted all that is reasonable, and
that the wage scale cannot be allowed
without damage to Its business. In the
other shops ten hours va day has been the
rule. The union men say that they will
stand 'Irmly upon this point until the
shorter hours are granted.
Tho four shops affected by the possible
strike are; The Breyman Leather Com
pany, the George Lawrence Company, P.
J. Cronln Company, and the John Clark
Saddlery Company. All tho employers aro
very reticent In regard to the threatened
strike, and It Is possible that they will
change their minds before Tuesday ar
rives and their employee walk out. The
union struck lapt year and after a five
weeks strike gained their demands,
The new scale has been in preparation
for several weeks and a strike permit has
been granted to the Portland union by
the international association. The em
ployers were at first Inclined to 'regard
this as a bluff on the part of the men.
but the stand now taken by the union haa
convinced them that the men aro sincere
in their demands.
The Federated Trades Council can take
no action In the matter until the Leather
workers Union admits that it can do
nothing further toward gaining the ends
desired. Then the grievance committee of
the Council may take up tho scale with
the employers.
The officers of the federation believe
that no strike will occur. "There will be
no strike of the lcatherworkers." said
G. Y. Harry, the state organizer of the
federation last evening. "The strike of
last year showed the employers that the
men could stay out for a long time if
they thought it necessary, and I do not
think that last year's occurrence will be
repeated.
LIVELY TOWNS EC NOK.TKER.X CALIFORNIA.
Horabroolc, Henley- and- KlamathoH
Have Many Thriving: 1h-'tlHstries.
Southern Paclflc Company Widens
Embankments.
The Southern Pacific Company is
rapidly widening the embankment on
East First street for Its proposed sec
ond track, which will be built to East
Clay street. With the sidetracks to the
warehouses and the main lines. It will be
necessary to fill up the street for nearly
Its entire width. The work that Is being
done will greatly facilitate the handling
of trains, and will be of great advantage
to the warehouses, which will be provided
with sidetracks on solid ground. It Is
said the company will lay double tracks
to the carshops, and finally to Oregon
City. An effort is being made to secure
a -50-foot strip alongside the present 20
foot right of way to Powell street, so
that a second track can be laid. The 30
foot strip Is not wide enough for two
tracks. From Powell street the company
owns a strip 60 feet wide. The company
is hampered In the handling of trains, and
there Is much delay. Long lumber trains
have to be made up almost every day
from Inman, Poulsen & Co.'s sawmill.
From the carshops the company Is wldr
ening its roadbed eight feet, which Is wide
enough to put down a second track, if
desired. There is a report to the effect
that the company will double Its track
to Oregon City and put on extra trains
to that place, but this is not confirmed.
Dirt trains arrive dally from Canby and
deposit their loads along East First street.
It is considered probable that th com
pany will fill up Its terminal grounds be
fore very long.
W. E. Spicer. who operates the large
feed mill on East First, between East
Stark and East Washington, said yester
day that the fill the company is making
is a big thing for that whole district. He
had been Informed that the company
would build a double track through to
the carshops. "This is a -move In the
right direction," he -said, "and X am look
ing for all the streets to be finally filled.
We are going to have East Washington
street relmproved. East Oak street also
Is to be Improved. Wo should have East
Stark and East Water street redecked.
which would put -us In good shape. I
think these improvements will likely be
the last made before the streets are filled
up. The business of the district will de
mand the filling of the streets and low
lands before many years."
Plans are being prepared for the hew
sawmill and factory for the Standard Box
Factory Company at tho foot of East An
keny and East Oak streets, where the
Council vacated several streets. It will
be one of the largest plants on the Coast.
At the foot of East Pine street the East
Side Lumber Company, now completing a
sawmill at Sellwood, will erect a large
lumber dock. Nottingham .& Co. recently
purchased a half block on East Second
between East Stark and East Washing
ton streets, and will probably build a
two-story warehouse 100x100 on the cor
ner of East Second and East Stark streets
this year. The Oregon Water Power &
Railway Company will fill up East Water
street for Its track to East Oak street a3
soon as its track is laid Into the terminal
grounds from Sellwbod. Doubtless" the
whole of East Water street will be filled
up at that time. It is Is announced that
the Oregon Water Power & Hallway
Company will hring In dirt so cheaply that
it will pay to fill up all the low ground
between Union venue and the Willam
ette River. The reason given for the re
cent Increase of Insurance rates in the
warehouse district is to compel the filling
of streets with solid earth. With Its
track on East Water street the Oregon
Water Power & Railway Company can
Uapldly fill up the whole district from flat
cars.
WOODWORKERS NO MORE. .
rinnlnur Mill Men's Union No. 1450 Is
Organised.
The local branch of the Amahramated
Woodworkers, the organization which I
caused the strike of last year among the
building trades unions. Is no more. It i
has been practically out of existence for'
some time, and the reconstruction was
completed last evening, when C Bomber
ger. the general organlzor of the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners,
organised Planing Mill Men's Union No.
1450 of the brotherhood.
At the time of the strike the union of
tho woodworkers numbered SO persons,
but after tho strike was settled nearly 150
more became members. The new union
was organized with 63 charter members,
and elected the following officers: Presi
dent. J. P. Monner; vice-president. Robert
Maralns; recording secretary. H. B. Staf
ford; financial secretary, J. T. Garnett;
treasurer, E. J. Harlan. Meetings will be
held every Friday evening in the Cale
donian Hall, Second and Yamhill streets.
The change was made by the woodwork
ers withdrawing their charter from the
international association and taking out
a new charter from the United Brother
hood of Carpenters and Joiners. By this
move they belong to Carpenters Union No.
to. the strongest and one of the most In
fluential unions in the cits. All the wood
mechanics arc therefore under one general
association, and are thoroughly affiliated.
Onr Cliaunccy.
MYRTLE POINT, Or., March 3. (To the
Editor.) That Mr. Depew. of New York,
has limitations as to his make-up, all
readily admit. As an orator he is unlike
Danfel Webster, but he -Illustrates a type
of American civilization in that he is the
evolved product, as a speechmiker, of our
industrial life. Our estimate of this
spcechmaker depends upon thcpolnt of
view. He has imagination, but imagina
tion can interpret him. He is not always
sober, although strictly temperate as to
orinks. A mm was asked why his dog
was so grave, and he replied, "Oh, sir!
Life Is full of salrlousness to him; ho can
just never get enough o fechtln." A per
son may be serious without quarreling,
but our Chauncey is not always serious.
Love of wit can appreciate wit. When a
widow lady kissed Mr. Depew upon leav
ing his office, because of his apt replies
to her inquiries, the quiet remark that the
railroad president made, "These things
are the perquisites of our office," pleases
tho lover of a bright reply. He who Is ac
customed to irony will not mako the. ob
servation an old woman once made, "I
Searly love to read Mr." TJIbbdn because
of his' pious reflections." That .Mr.1 De
pew tells an old story now and then' Is
owing to the fact that all parts of the
country are not Isolated like -the County
of Coos, the world will discover some
day. But stale, bread Is more welcome, if
good, than new bread not made byyour
mother. If we must have. something morp
heavy than Depew presents, there aro the
ponderous truisms of Mr. Cleveland, with
out money and without price. As a Chris
tian statesman our Chauncey, in spite of
his playfulness. Is the equal of the other
Senator from New York, notwithstanding
his face, at least In his picture, is a plea
for canonization as a boss saint after his
career is run. That Mr. Depew can toss
aside his Jokes and stories and rise to
Impassioned and sustained utterance is
manifest from tho recent plea he made
In the Senate in. behalf of the purity of
American homes. Mr. Depew may not be
accurate in his story of the last speech
made by Mr. Greeley, and the alleged
conversation, but the world knows that
Nast's cartoons came with great distress
to Mr. Greeley, and alio, tho -decision the
people reached, that the United States not
being a great newspaper, Mr. Greeley need
not leave the New York Tribune for tho
White House, was more distressing to the
aspirant for the Presidency. Mr. Reld
may speak about these matters through
subjective bias, because of his relations
with tho Tribune. That Mr. Depew has
been pulled together by an accident on
the railroad of memory Is evident, but
that no conversation something like ho
says he had with Mr. Greeley took place
is not so evident to the writer. Even
when a person is not always telling us
the truth we do not -call him a liar, for
wo allow for the heat-of his Imagination.
We call John . Falstaff an old . liar, be
cause he had an imagination, and when
he tells us of his courage, though-never
having seen a battlefield, and when he
exclaims. "'Would to God my name was
not so terrible to the enemy as It Is!" we
cry out, "Thou art a liar." Of course. Dr.
Depew will never equal Bishop Stubba in
painstaking accuracy., but he who reads
Stubbs develops only patience, but De
pew charms many. Though we some
times tire of Chauncey. we are not very
much afflicted that the dullness of the
Senate can it lcajst listen to a voice easily
ranking with that of Cicero In perfect
absence from harshness and metallic
quality. If our hero is not a lamp to our
feet, he Is at least a pleasure to" our
hearts. B, J. HOAX) LEY.
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HORNBROOK. CaL, March a (Special.)
Hornbrook Is a Southern Pacific rail
road town and It is a lively one. Here Is
where Ihe "helper" engines are Kept to
assist in taking the long, heaVy trains of
passenger and freight cars up the grades
to the summit of the Siskiyou Mountains
-through the long tunnel into Oregon. This
is the most convenient place for assembl
ing the powerful engines and the nec
essary train men, and as a consequence
a thriving town has sprung up of about
3W people, and this population will in
crease with the growing traffic of the
Southern Pacific. Hornbrook Is a new
town and the color of the new lumber has
not yet been changed by the elements.
Building operations are now retarded
through the destruction by Are of the
large sawmills at Klamathon, two and a '
halt miles south of here, but It Is hoped
the mills will be rebuilt and thus again
afford an abundant and convenient supply
of building material.
Cottonwood Creek flows through the val
ley and empties into the Klamath River.
On the railroad side of Cottonwood Creek
is the town o Hornbrook. and on the
opposite side the town of Henley, known
In the SO's as Cottonwood.
That this is to be a permanent "helper"
station of the railroad Is evidenced by the
class of improvements being made. There
has Just been completed a steel oil tank
to. store futl for the oll-burnlng locomo
tives, which hold 15,000 barrels, and there
Is now In course of construction a turn
table which will cost 540,000. and later two
more stalls will be added to the round
house, making five In all.
Hornbrook does not depend entirely
upon the railroad for Its existence. There
is a stock-raising and mining country ad
jacent. Cottonwood Creek seems to be. the
dividing line between the gold belt and
the pasture and timber lands. On the
western side of this stream, within sight
of town, millions of dollars have been
taken out while on the eastern side no
gold, to speak of, has ever been found.
A Lackr Miner.
A story Is 'told" of the early days Illus
trating the caprice of Dame Fortune.
Sam W, Clarey. who Jives here, had a
placer pilne and watery ditch on the hill
side-above Hunter, opposite -here, and was
dolnir very well, but had never "struck
It rich," as th'tr expression goes. One night
a heavy rain storm sent. torrents of water
down the mining" ditch, and it-broke over
tne banks and rushed down the mountain
side, and wh6n morning came and Mr.
Clarey saw the amount of damage uone
he was beside himself with rage, but he
went to the "wash," and, to his surprise
and delight, found the .water, had un
covered one of the very richest deposits
of gold, and he gathered from the ground
a fortune and afterwards sold his claim.
and has since lived on the fortune there
found.
It can be truthfully said that Hornbrook
and Henley have enterprising citizens.
Such men as H. Horn, J. L. Coyle, J. A.
Stroback. T. Jones, W. H. Whvbark, E.
J. Fowler, A. S. Cuthbert, W. S. Baer, w.
G. Day. V. E. Warrens, of Hornbrook,
and F. T. Fratenburg. A. Sutphen, H. Mat-
tern. Dr. J. T. PUnnell and G. T. Sals-
bury, of Henley, are an advantage to any
town and community. It was through tho
energy of citizens of these towns that a
5300O county bridge and GO miles of wagon
road were built, all but a few miles, last
year, a 53003 bonus being raised In these
two towns for the road, to bring in tne
trade of the lower Klamath River. Horn
brook is not a town to stand still when It
has the energetic backing of its citizens
on one side and the Southern Pacific
Railroad on the other. It has, all the
crude appearance of a new town, but
real estate values are firm, the hotels are
crowded, and the men in business are do
Ing a brisk trade, Henley and Hornbrook
are virtually one town although cotton
wood Creek and a half mile space of land
intervene, and what Is very commendable
it that the most friendly feeling exists be
tween the two settlements.
Henley Prospects.
Just back of Henley are four working
quartz mines and several prospect mines.
Within a very few weeks about 20 stamps
will be dropping and from 00 to SO men
be again on the payroll, each earning
from 52 to 53 a day. The Le Flesh mine, of
three stamrjs. the H. Mattern mine of
ten stamps and the Jllson mine of ten
stamps are all in the same locality, and
practically the same proposition. Just
over the hill Is a prospect owned by
Michigan capitalists, which has been so
far developed that 20 stamps are to be in
stalled there and work on the buildings to
begin at once. It may thus be sure that
the Immediate future of Henley is very
bright as a payroll means plenty of
money. The power for propelling the
stamns in the mines is now steam, but H.
Mattern. superintendent of the Watanna
mine, has already closed a contract with
the Siskiyou Electric Power Company at
250 a month for EO-horse-power from the
electric power plant, 17 miles distant. It
is probable Superintendent G. T. Sals
bury, of the Jllson or Hazel mine will
also secure electric power. The power
from Fall Creek, aggregating 2500 horse
power. Is to be distributed over wires
some time in March.
If a ten-stamD auartz mill requires SO
horseoower. the cost for operating each
stamp is 525 a month. Mr. Mattern in
forms me the ore In his mine is easily
crushed, and one stamp has a capacity of
three tons a day. At that rate It would
cost 2 Scents a ton for crushing under
the stamps. When the ore Is harder
and only two tons per day can bo
crushed, the cost would be about 40 cents
a ton. That Is where the great advan
tage Is going to come in using electric
power In the mines that the cost per ton
can be figured accurately. The mines In
the district adjacent to Henley were op
erated for several years, but the develop
msnt did not keep pace with the stamps.
and so only about ten men have been
employed in each mine during the past
two years, but a large force will be put
to work at once.
In the early days the present town of
Henley was called Cottonwood, but the
name was too long for convenience of
the Postal Department,' and was
changed to the present one. The popu
lation is only about 200, but there are
four business houses and several families
living there ' permanently, and with the
opening of the mines the population will
double.
Henley has an enterprise which Is a
benefit to the whole community, and It
Is an establishment "for curing rheuma
tism, which Is very common In the mines.
Hot air is used, and the results are very
successful. Henley, as well as Horn
brook. Is soon to be lighted by electricity
on the circuit from the power, stal Ion on
Fall Creek, a tributary of Klamath
River. This power Is obtained from a
700-fopt fall, and will aggregate 2500 horse
power, 5230.003 being the estimate of ex
penditure. Yreka- capital is in the enter
prise. Should more power be needed, a
dam will be placed In. Klamath River and
2500 additional horsepower secured.
There is very little timber immediately
around Hornbrook or Henley, but about
five miles back are Immense forests of
sugar pine and Oregon white pine. There
are still open for location tracts of land
which will cruise from 3,000,O to 5.000.00C
feet, but the heavier timber is all taken.
This belt is one of the most extensive In
this part of the country. It can bo easily
reached from Hornbrook.
Klamataan.
On the 12th day of October last x very
disastrous fire destroyed all the business I
part of the town and the manufacturing
plants. There was a sawmill oi w,wj i
feet capacity a day, a box factory, sash
and door factory, a planing mill and a
drykiln. This mlU was. built In 1SSS by
James Steel and M. B. Rankin, of Port
land, and J. E. McLaughlin, of Michigan.
The California and Oregon Legislatures
granted them an exclusive privilege of
floating logs down the luamatn Kiver,
and several thousand dollars were ex
pended in clearing rocks out of the river
and building dams and log booms, but
the hard times of 1392 compelled Messrs.
Steel. Rankin and McLaughlin to sell the
nrooerty. and It was purchased by John
R. Cook & Co., of Chicago. The price of
lumber was then very low, and they did
not make it a paying Investment, and in
April, 1S37, they leased the property to
Mason, Llndley & Coffin. It was not
more than a year after these gentlemen
obtained possession of the mill that the
demand lor lumber and the increased
price made the business profitable, and
during the past four years this mill has
made a mint of money lor -tne lessees.
cutting- about 15,000.000 feet annually. The
lease is not out until April l, law. en
tangling lawsuits over the rent have
Dlaced matters so that, unless a compro
mise is secured. It will be a year from
now before a new mill can be built. 1
am not prepared to express an opinion
on the merits of either side or the case.
The people of Klamathon are very anx
ious to Bee the mill rebuilt, as there were
200 men employed in the mills, and they
were thrown out of work. This are in
October burned out the mills and also
the merchandise stores of Mason. Llndley
& Coffin and Walden Bros. & Parshall,
also Dickinson's Jewelry store, Mrs.
Davis' millinery store, six saloons.
Fowler's barber shop, Welllns bakery.
Nichols and Gelsbrecbts- boarding-
houses, Dollarhlde's hotel. Murphy's
lodging-house, drug store, postomce ana
.000.000 feet of lumber. The two systems
of water works were left without cus
tomers. There now remain in the town
about 80 families and a hotel, two livery
stables, schoolhouse. church.- saloon, two
merchandise stores. undertaker and
blacksmith.
Charles Cole and W. B. Twombley in
tend putting up at once a small sawmill
for supplying locaL demands. The matter
of Dossesslon of the site nere is in tne
courts, and Just as soon as decided It Is
very probable a large new sawmill will
be built, as the location is a very valu
able one, now being impeded in Winter
by snow and being an excellent placo
for open-air dorylng In summer, and tne
iocs can be floated very cheaply. This
comoanv owns nine miles of logging rail
road and a chute for putting logs in tne
river 20 miles up Klamath River, and
also several thousand acres of timber
lands.
Mason. Llndley & Cofiln are building
a- railroad up Klamath River Into Ore
gon, at Klamath Falls, and have about
half the road completed, and will begin
shipping over it this Summer. The road
Joins the Southern Pacific at Lairds, two
miles south of Klamathon.
The electric power plant is. 13 miles
from Klamathon, and power for. factories
can be secured from there, as the line
passes through opposite the manufactur
ing sites.
Below Klamathon about four miles is
ten-stamp quartz- -mill on. the Tyre
Mining Company's property, which Is
owned by Mr. Goodell. or Portland; Air.
Kelly, of Chicago, and'C W. Tyre, of
Colorado. E. c. P.
NEW NATIONAL GUARD.
Dlclc' Bill Makes Reorganization
Necessary.
Members of the Oregon National Guard
will be Interested In an article below from
the Army and Navy Journal of February
14. The article bears on tne propesea
reofganlation of the Oregon National
Guard. The reorganization is made neces
sary by the Dick bill, recently enacted by
Congress.
The ruling of the War Department con
tained in the article would Indicate that
one full regiment and one separate bat
talion of four companies could be main
tained In Oregon under the Dick law. The
nresent appropriation is sufficient to main
tain an organization of this strengtn. as
the number of men In a company will
probably be increased from 60 to 65, the
present strength In tho regular Army, tne
total number In one full regiment and one
nnr9h battalion would be about the
same as now in the Infantry forces of the
National Guard of the state, comprised of
thA Third Regiment consisting or seven
companies, the Fourth Regiment consist- ward CBmformlns the organization of the
intr or eignt companies. nu uie .cuou ocir-
arate battalion, consisting of three com
nnniPB. Under the Dick law one or more
regiments are to comprise 12 full com-
nnntPB pach. The article Deiore men
tioned Is as follows:
Women may write about tbeir ills to Mrs. Pinkham, and avoid the
questioning of a male physician. They can tell their story without
reservation to her; she never breaks a confidence,, and her advice is the best
in the world. .
The questions asked of a woman by a male physician are embarrassing,
and often revolting to a sensitive nature. In consequence the whole truth is
not told ; this makes it difficult for female troubles to be successfully treated
even by the best physicians, and is the reason so many women grow worse
rather than better. A woman understands a woman better than a man,
there are symptoms which sick women have that a man cannot understand,
simply because he is a man, but the whole truth may be told to Mrs. Pinkham,
and her vast experience enables her to give advice which leads to a cure.
All women who suffer should secure Mrs. Pinkham's advice ; it costs
nothing but a letter addressed to her at Lynn, Mass. Female troubles are real
troubles, and must be treated, understandingly. For a quarter of a century
Mrs. Pinkham's advice and Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound have been
helping women to get strong and well, and her great file of letters prove that
more than a million women have been restored to health and strength by her
advice and her medicine when all other means have failed.
When-you go to a druggist for Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
do not let him persuade you to try something which he says is just as good ;
there is nothing just as good, because Mrs. Pinkham's medicine holds the record
for the largest number of cures of any female medicine in the world. j
National Guard to that of the regular
Army.
"Now watck me get more." Oliver.
Visitors at Permanent Exhibit
Visitors registered at the Permanent j
The new division of mllltla of the Adjutant- , 4 Ida
wh oHft variety of people visUlng the city
Is busily engaged in answering questions pro- at present, may be derived from the tact
pounded by the National Guard of the several that of these nine visitors one was from
statee relative to the construction given the va- South Dakota, two from Illinois, one from
rlous sections of the mllltla act recently passed Canada, one from North Dakota, three
by Congress. It Is the Intention of the War De- tzom i0wa and one from Brooklyn, N. Y.
partroent as soon as possioie w scna me aoju- i jong. the visitors yesterday was a man
tanis-uenerai oi me , f Michigan. He said he nad a lot
Instruction as to the manner la which the pro
visions of the new law are to be carried out:
but as It will be Impossible for tnls letter to
go out for some time wo will endeavor to clear
up what appear to De a rew or me uncertain
of nieces and nephews in Oregon, children
of a brother who moved here many years
ago. They had become married and scat
tered about and had railed to Keep up a
nninic Tn th. firt niaee it is omciauy ncia i corresnonaence wim nim, au uc iuuuBui
by the War Department that there is nothing In I he would come over here and look them
the law which will prevent any state rrom Up. He found eome in bnerman uounty
having In Its mllltla a company ot Infantry or and SOme In Salem. These had told him
a battery or a company of artillery or troops of 0 the Logan berry and he had called at
cavairy. in oioer o, n '. '-. , Permanent Exhibit to Inquire about
it and to see If it could be grown In Mlchl
gan. Secretary Lamberson told him that
If blackberrleo and raspberries could be
grown in Michigan the Logan berry could,
as it was a cross between the two with
state to decide whether lta units shall tie less
than a full regiment of cavalry or Infantry
or a corps of artillery or a battalion of engi
neers, etc The law does provide, however
and -it is very clear on this point that If a
fntA nrrftnlzes a reelment or & corns of artil
lery or a battalion of engineers they must con- I some of the best qualities ot both.
form In their organization to teat or tne united
States Army. In time of peace, however, the
President may fix the minimum number of en
listed men In each company, battery, signal
corps, engineer corps, and hospital corps for
the mllltla below the minimum prescribed by
J-law for the regular Army. It Is understood
that the President will fix this minimum at
about 50 men. There Is nothing In the mllltla
act which prohibits the state organizations
Thnrman-Strcct Improvements.
Thurman street from the rive rto Will
amette Heights Is a" busy place these days,
and by the time the Railway Company,
the cement sidewalk layers and tho street
contractors finish the work laid out be
fore them, that thoroughfare will bo In
Vi Vioct rnnrUHnn Th ImnrnvAment will
from having. In Ume of peace, or when they t t o laylng mla for the Portland
are not actually under the authority of the I A -l, x-i, j
specters of rifle practice, etc.. a they see fit, i"3")-'""u aiic, J"1""
but when the mllltla come under the Federal" track already laid on the remaining parts
Government and receive par from the United I of the street at tne proper grade. A a is
States, such ofllcers will not be considered a I tance of 2S blocks ending at the Thirty-
part or the state organization In regard to pay, first-street bridge will be macadamized,
etc. as only such officers as are provided for I and all the- old wooden walks wll be re-
the regular Army by law can be recognized by moved, giving place to over 7030 feet of
new cement -walks and euro, borne or tne
the Federal Government In matters of pay.
The process of reorganization in ac
cordance with the provisions of the Dick
law Is In progress throughout the United
States. The State of "Washington now
maintains one full regiment of 12 compan
ies, one troop of cavalry and one battery
of artillery. The State of California ha
heretofore maintained one division, com
posed of three brigades, which are being
consolidated into one brigade of three
regiments of 12 companies each.
Adjutant-General Gar.tenbeln In his bl
ennlal report, based upon the announce
ment that the Dick bill would require full
regiments of 12 companies each, recom
mended consolidation of the ISompanles
of the Oregon National Guard Into a full
regiment of 12 companies of Infantry, one
troop of cavalry and one light battery.
As a result of the recent ruling of the
War Department he thinks the companies
of Infantry should be consolidated into
one regiment of 12 companies and one sep
arate battalion of four companies, thus
necessitating the disbandment of only two
companies of infantry.
A special monthly meeting of the Mili
tary Board was held in Portland Monday.
It was decided not to take up the matter
of reorganization until the circular let
ter of Instructions to Adjutant-Generals
from tho "War Department as to how the
new law is to be carried out has been re
celved. The next quarterly meeting of
the Military Board will be held In Salem
the first Monday In ApriL The board will
then probably take action with jl view to-
macadam and a few of the walks already
In place are In good condition, and these
will be allowed to remain, but by far the
larger part will have to come out and give
place to better material. This street has
been in very bad condition for years, and
residents of that part of the city are wel
coming the Improvement.
Many Miles of evr Sidewalks.
Owing t6 the rather inclement weather of
late, the cement sidewalk business has
been quiet, but now that Spring has
sprung. It will recuperate and be as active
as it was during the last bummer, in
the year 1901 the City Engineer estimates
that no less than 100.000 feet, or about 2C
miles of walks of artificial stone were laid
within the city limits by permit only, and
probably several miles more in the general
street Improvements. During January.
19C3, but 97CO feet were laid by permit,
owing to the fact that the weather was
trifle cold. February went better with
12.453. and March promises to have
record larger yet. as already over 30QO feet
have been laid, or 1005 feet a day. If the
work keeps up at the present rate, over
20.000 will have been laid during the
month. To this must be added the walks
Lhat are laid by ordinance, which will be
about 25,000 feet since January L
Avoid harsh Tjurgatlve Dills. Ther make
you. sick and then leave you constipated.
Carters iittie liver trius reguiaie uvs
, towels &nd cure you.
-O makes a man ready
for any sort of a day.
How. often do you feel dull and sluggish in tho
morning for a few hours after breakfast ? Do yoa
ever lay it to what you eat for breakfast I Did
you ever try Jti-U and notice
how differently you felt after
wards ? If not, do so.
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