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2 THE ilOBiNG ORE GONIAL, SATURDAY, JASTJABY 23, 190 11: 00N TO SELL BONDS City and Port of Portland to Raise $650,000. BRIDGE AND FERRY, $450,000 Drydock-tssue Will Be $215,000 at 4 Per Cent, Bridge Bonds Draw 4 Per Cent, and Ferry Bonds Five. Bonds to the amount of $550,000 trill shortly be sold by the City and Port of Portland. The city will raise $450,000 by that method for the new bridge at Morri son street and the new ferry at Albina, and the port will raise $200,000 or $215,000 for the drydock. T. C. Devlin, City Auditor, said yester day that the city wllL sell Its bonds, prob ably March 3; $400,000 for the bridge and 550,000 for the ferry. C. F. Adams, treas urer of the 'Port of Portland, announced that the port will soon make Its sale. The life of bridge bonds will last 30 years at 4 per cent, and from the looks of things, the full Issue of $400,000, author ized by tbo Legislature, 'will be required. The ferry bonds will draw 5 per cent in terest. Mr. Devlin will advertise for bids next month. The port is empowered to raise from bonds. $215,000 drawing 4 per cent, more for the drydock. All or nearly ail of that sum will be needed. Last Summer the port borrowed $147,000 for the drydock, at G per cent Interest, as a temporary makeshift, until a more favorable time should come for disposing of bonds. The Legislature authorized $400,000 in bonds for the drydock. The drydock from present appearances will be finished in two months. Robert Mcintosh, superintendent, will leave for the East tomorrow to study, drydocks la other ports and will be absent a month. Three of the five floating pontoons are now moored at the drydock site near St. Johns, and the others will be finished in a short time. The work of preparing the berth for the dock Is going forward. Three pontoons are 80 feet long; the two others, 110 foot AFRAID OF TEE INSANE. Mount Tabor Rises in Revolt Against Asylum. Residents of Mount Tabor are greatly disturbed over the fact that the Coe Mount Tabor Sanitarium had secured the Gov ernment contract for caring for the Alas ka insane, had leased the large Smith building on the summit of that elevation and had received a considerable number of patients under the contract. Hence, in response to notices circulated In the neigh borhood, a well-attended meeting was held last night, when steps were taken to con test in the court9, if necessary; the right of the sanitarium to maintain an asylum for Insane in that neighborhood, on the ground that it was a menace to the peace and security of the people. Harrison G. Piatt called the meeting to order and P. T. Debney was appointed secretary. C. F. Swlgcrt expressed the opinion that the keeping of the Insane people In that neighborhood would be bad for the prop erty, as it threatened the peace and secur ity of the people, Mr. Swigert remarked that attorneys- hp had consulted had said then? was. good, fljihtlnsground, but there was a difference of opinion. At any rate he considered -that It would take a pretty hard fight to get rid of the Institution, and that it would cost some money. He sug gested that $1000 be raised to start the fight with. Mr. Swigert said he spoke as a property-owner, and that the railway company was taking no action. Lydell Baker then addressed the meet ing, saying that on a brief examination he thought an action would lie against the establishment of an Institution for caring for the insane in the residence district. He Bald, however, that a man had a right to put his property to a lawful use, even If his neighbors did not approve of the use, but if the peace and security of the neighborhood were threatened an injunc tion might obtain. An executive committee of five was ap pointed by the president to take charge of the movement against harboring insane patients in the neighborhood, which is as follows: J. L. Hartman. D. "W. Deavor, F. W. Prasp, C. H. Thompson, William G. Oberteuffer. This committee will proceed with the collection of a fund and consult legal authority as to the best course to take. At this point President Piatt invited Dr. W. T. Williamson, representing the Mount Tabor Sanitarium, to address the meeting. Dr. Williamson said: "I am a stranger in your neighborhood, but I shall frankly say that all fair minded men In this community, or In any community, will admit that we have the right to put our property to a legitimate use. and we are doing a legitimate busi ness here. There are Ju9t such institu tions in all the states as we have here, and I never heard of objections to thorn. It seems to me that the proper course would have been for the people here to have waited until something had happened to disturb the peace and security of the neighborhood before taking action. We are responsible and are doing a legitimate business here, and I take it that the peo ple here are Just as fair-minded and reas onable as those in other places in which these Institutions are maintained. We shall throw around the institution all the needful safeguards, and shall take pains that no patients are permitted to harm any one. This unfortunate class has to be kept somewhere, and the sanitarium has been conducted in such a way that no ob jections can be raised against it. Its own ers have done much to improve the sur roundings outside its own ground, and we are interested in the section as much as any one and will not harm. It." C. H. Welch said he could not agree with Dr. Williamson that no harm had already resulted In the neighborhood, and. while he could not name particular cases. he had been informed that Insane patients naa got away and alarmed the commu nity. Mrs. Parish said that the women of Mount Tabor were greatly apprehensive about the insane people that v were being brought from Alaska and quartered at Mount Tabor. With their children they were irequently Ieit alone at hom and mothers everywhere at Mount Tabor were greatly alarmed. "It would not be such a menace u tue institution was all in one place and In one lnclosure. Instead of uemg scaiiereo." she said. After the discussion the names of all present vtere subscribed to a Tjarr niir. lng their support, and the executive com mittee -was authorized to call another meeting when considered necessary. There was a fair sprinkling of women In the meeting, and almost every portion of .axount xnoor was represented. Dr. Robert L. Gillespie, one of the man. agcrs of the sanitarium, said in an inter view: "There Is not the slightest danger or menace 10 uis community, we have se cured the Smith dwelling up on the hill, which Is far away from any other dwell ings. We have about 60 patients In nr Institution, and the payroll numbers 32 men. which shows how we care for the patients. We have done much for this community, we have made extensive Im provements. set out ornamental trees and Improved the streets in front of our prop er, ana in mi nave spent over 325,000. For the Insane patients our rooms all have steel doors and grated windows. The doors are provided,' with spring locks. I repeat that there Is not a particle of danger to the community. Dr. "Williamson, Mr. Fletcher and myself and our families live hero In perfect safety." LIGHTS FOR MILWAUKIE. Taxpayers Vote Levy and Decide on Location of Lamps. The Mllwaukle Council, with advice and concurrence of the taxpayers, made a 3-mIll tax levy at the meeting held Thurs day evening In "Woodmen of the "World Hall to pay for four arc lights. This was very easy to dispose of, but when It came to locating the lights it was not so smooth sailing, as It was found that, no matter where the lights should be placed, not every one would be satisfied. However, the best of good humor prevailed. It was a town meeting under the aus pices of the Council, Mayor William Schindler presiding. The Mayor always Insists that the taxpayers shall bo con sulted on everything. It was his Idea that 2& mills would pay for three arcs, but it was decided to have four lights, and the council voted 3 mills, which, on a property valuation of $105,660, will produce $319.99. There was much discussion as to the best place to locate the lights. Suggestions were mado by T. R. A. Sellwood, Mr. Hennlman and others, and It was finally decided to place the arcs as follows: At southwest corner block 40, Main and Madison streets. At corner "Washington and Prime streets. At Main and Luther streets. At Main and Monroe streets. These lights will illuminate Main and the streets leading to the electric car line. Recorder J. A. Keck was instructed to proceed with the assessment, and yester day he began writing up the roll. The General Electric Company will stretch wires to Mllwaukle from Sellwood as soon as the poles have been planted. It Is thought that Mllwaukle will get the lights in about one month. WANT ROAD TO FAIRVIEW. Necessary to Reach Washouga! and Install Electric Car Line A resident of Fairvlew says that the road to the Columbia River from that place is bound to come In the course .of time. If not now, because of the advan tages that will result to the section on both sides of the river." "The people of Washougal and La Camas," he says, have to put in two days when they drive to Portland by way of Vancouver, when they could make the round trip in one day by way of Fairvlew. The County Court estimates the cost of build ing the road at $10,000. To be above high water and open to travel at all times an elevated roadway would have to be built for a distance of one mile. "It would relieve the long bridge the county keeps up to "Vancouver, and make it possible for us to get an electric rail way here in a short time. The companies which Investigated the possibilities of an electric railway to Fairvlew last year said It would pay if the district on the other side of the Columbia River could be reached. Mr .Graham, of the Portland Dairy Association,, says the right of way will be given for this extension whenever there is a certainty that the county will build the roadway, but will not give a deed to the right of way until there Is such an assurance." Oppose Raising of Grade. The property-owners on Leo street, who petitioned for Its Improvement from East Ninth to Mllwaukle road,, have now filed a remonstrance, although they say they want the street Improvement as much as ever. They changed their minds because the Oregon Water Power & Railway, Com pany got the grade of the street raised several feet, so that the improvement of Leo street will not necessitate the lower ing of the tracks. Because of this change of -grade, raising it so. that there will be a hump in the street, they now remon strate against Improving it. They say the raising of the grade will affect all the other streets that cross the railway tracks, and. If allowed to stand. It would necessitate extensive fills on lots along the tracks. Grange Insurance Officers. The Life Insurance Association of the Patrons of Husbandry elected the follow- Ing officers for the ensuing year: Presi dent, G. B. Leedy: secretary, F. C. Beggs, Lincoln, Wash.; treasurer, A. F. Miller, Portland. Officers elected for the Fire In surance Association are as follows: Pres ldent, Thomas Paulsen, Sellwood; treas urer. S. A. Dawson: secretary, Jacob Voorhees. Reports showed both associa tions were prosperous. East Side Notes. Dr. W. F. Hubbard Is very sick at his home on the East Side, as the result of injuries received in a recent fall. James Olsen bad had the block on the southeast corner of Hawthorne avenue and East Sixth street cleared preparatory to the erection of a building to cost $2000. J. S. Castro,- a prominent Grange work er of Clackamas County, is very sick at the home of his daughter on Crosby street. The chicken dinner given by the women's auxiliary of the Fain-lew Civic Improvement Association Tuesday even ing netted $3S. The money will be used in repairing the sidewalk from the depot to the schoolhouse and for general use. The funeral of Edward Lamb, an old soldier of the Civil War, was held yester day from his late home on Taggard and East Fourteenths streets, the services be ing concluded at the Portland Crema torium. MOST FLOTmiSEING BODY. Commercial Club Will Elect Officers and Hold Social Session Tonight. The tenth annual meeting of the Com mercial Club will occur this evening at 8 o'clock In the clubrooms at the Chamber of Commerce building. A new board of directors is to be chosen and the annual reports of its officers will be heard. Punch and other refreshments will be served and after the business is. transacted there will be a social session. According to custom, a nominating com mittee, of which F. G. Buffum Is chair man, will submit the following names for election as directors: Robert L. Stevens, L. Gerllnger, J. H. Thatcher. Ed. Ehr man. Robert Kennedy, W. H. Wyman and W. B. Glafke. The present officers are: President. H. M. Cake; vice-president. Colonel James Jackson: secretary, W. E. Coman; treasurer, SIg Slchel, and assist ant secretary, P. L. McCann. During the past year the club has taken In upward of 100 new members, and now has a total membership of 620. Its affairs are in a flourishing condition. It occupies the entire top floor of the Chamber of Commerce building, and Its quarters are elegant and homelike. During the past year It has been especially active In en tertainlcg visitors to Portland, and has as sisted materially in advancing the. welfare of the city. Had to Haul Wood. Bertha E. Winters, in answer to the suit filed by her husband, George A. L. Winters, for a divorce, denies all of his charges, and alleges that to support her self she was compelled to haul wood and take care of cows and sell milk. She says Winters Is Idle and Indolent and neglected to provide for her. and she further as serts that he has been cruel to her and in May. 1S0L deserted her, remaining away for nearly a year. TO CDIIE JL COLD XJT OICB DAT Taka Xjut-UlTts Brorno Quinine Tablets. All 4rurcit refund the money If it tall to cur C W. Ororc'a agaaturs U on each box. 25a. CALLED THIEF BY CAPTAIN SAILOR SWEARS OUT WARRANT ' FOR B. F. GULLISON-. Master of British Ship Ancalos Is Ac- cused of Uttering False and De famatory Statement. - A civil, warrant for the arrest of B. F. Gulllson, master of the British ship An- caios, was issued yesterday in the State Circuit Court at the instigation of Charles Henry, sailor, who complains that the captain called him a thief. Henry filed suit against Captain Gulll son to recover $350 because of the alleged false and defamatory utterance, and the warrant was Issued in order to hold the captain, who Is at Astoria, about to pro ceed with his vessel. It was sent to an officer at Astoria to be served. Henry sets forth In his complaint that Captain Gulllson made the following false .CHULALONGKORN, ' Hamilton "King, United States Minister at Bangkok, Siam, has been Informed through Prince Devawongse, Siamese Minister for Foreign Affairs, that King Chulalongkorn, of Slam, would like to pay a visit to America In the near future. The Minister thinks that such a visit would lead to a better appreciation of American Institutions on the part of the Siamese. King Chulalongkorn is now in Ms fiftieth year, and he has been reigning since his fifteenth year. He Is an agreeable and Intelligent man, who spoaka English very well, and who has. done away with some of the- customs that once obtained in his kingdom. libelous statements concerning him in the presence and hearing of Captain Crowe: -"He is a thief, and I will do nothing for him If he does get out of jail; he cannot come back on board her. I have filled up my 'crew, and I will not have a thief among them. The ship will have left any how, and I will see that he doesn't get aboard.", Recently a compass was stolen on the East African, and Henry was arrested for the crime. He was tried and acquitted, the evidence showing that-another was the guilty pne. Henry came here on the ship Ancalos, and he asserts that he has not been paid off and that his clothing is still on the vessel. The statute permits of the arrest of a defendant in a damage sultfwho Is about to leave the country, and he may obtain his release upon filing a bond. John Ditch burn appears as attorney for the sailor. LYNN WILLIAMS CONVICTED. Negro Is Found Guilty of Robbing J. Hickman of $35. Lynn Williams, a big negro, was tried and convicted before Judge Georgo and a jury yesterday, of stealing $35 from the person of J. Hickman, another negro, in the latter's room at Second and Everett streets, on November 5, 1903. Williams, when L. C Hartman, police detective, undertook to arrest him soon after the crime was committed, in- an effort to es cape struck the officer with his fist sev eral times, and the court. In passing sen tence, will doubtless take this fact Into consideration. The story told by Hickman on the wit ness stand was that he was sick and Williams and another man named Rich ardson called on him at his room and after ho fell asleep they stole his purse. Hickman said as soon as he discovered his loss he informed the police authorities and Hartman, who was detailed on the case, undertook to arrest Williams and Richardson as they were coming out of a building. Richardson took to his heels and suc ceeded in getting away and Williams fought to regain his liberty, but the de tective held on to him and conveyed him to the City Jall. Williams said In his defense that he won $10 from Hickman in a crap game and this angered Hickman, who caused him to be arrested from motives of revenge. FIVE YEARS FOR ROBBERY. Dan Jackson to Pay Penalty for Complicity in Theft. Dan Jackson, colored, 17 years old, who was concerned In the robbery of Willard Willis, an old man, was sentenced to five years and six months In the penitentiary by Judge Sears yesterday. There were two other negroes who took part in the robbery. One of them. Will iam Harris, alias Bad Eye, was sentenced a few days ago to a term of 16 years and 5 months' Imprisonment, and Raymond Jackson, the other, pleaded guilty and turned stale's evidence and was given a 10 years sentence. There were some mitigating clrcumr stances shown In the case of Dh Jack son, and the jury In Its verdict against him recommended that he receive a light sentence. Dan Jackson testified that he was led Into the- crime by Harris, and Willis, the victim of the robbery, testified that Dan Jackson interceded for him when Harris proposed to murder him. All the money the men were able to find In the cabin where Willis lives was about $3. McCant Stewart, attorney, made a few remarks in the way of a plea for mercy for the young man. saying he appeared to have some redeeming qualities. In answer to & question as to what work he ever performed since coming to Portland, Jack son said' he carried in wood for Mr. Rams dell on Portland Heights. Second-Hand Dealer Fined. Samuel Mazonrovsky, a North Third-' street second-hand dealer, -was brought be fore Judge Sears yesterday to stand trial on a charge of knowingly receiving stolen goods. The information set forth that Maxornovsky unlawfully came into pos session of a bicycle valued at $25 which was stolen from H. H. Paddock. The ac cused offered to compromise' the matter by entering a plea of guilty to simple lar ceny, and paying a fine. His plea was accepted and ha was fined $25.' Decisions Today. Decisions will be announced this morn ing by Judge Cleland In the following cases: Enterprise Investment Company vs. Hughes & Kelly: motion to answer. J. F. Watts vs. C. A. Whale;, motion to return property. E. Stevens et aL vs. H. W. Hogue et aL; writ of review. J. A. McKlnnon vs. J. W. HIgglns et aL; motion to amend complaint. Says His Wife Deserted Him. Walter A. Greene, whose wife. Hazel B. KING OF SIAM. Greene, recently sued him for a divorce, says the fault Is not his, and that she is to blame for the domestic infelicities. He filed an answer In the State Circuit Court In which she denies that he drove her from their home one cold night at 10 o'clock. and he also denies all other charges which she makes against him in her complaint. Greene alleges that the trouble between them Is caused by tho fact that she is ex travagant. He says the monthly salary he receives for his services as a book keeper is small, and that his wife has incurred bills amounting to over $100, which he must pay. He says she left him without cause, and he asks that the suit be dismissed. Greene is employed by Ma son, Ehrman & Co.. Articles of Incorporation. Incorporation articles of the Marine Iron Works, capital stock $5000. were filed in the County Clerk's office yesterday by Thomas J. Shea, Ray W. Orewiler and Earl C. Bronaugh. Tho objects are to manufacture and deal In engines, boilers rand machines and to conduct an Iron foundry and machine shops. Frankle Wooiridge's Trial Set. Frankie Woolrldge appeared before Judge Cleland yesterday afternoon and entered a plea of not guilty to an lnfor matlon filed by the District Attorney charging her with perjury. Her trial was set for March 9. Divorce for Jennie Wright. Jennie Wright was granted a divorce from John J. Wright yesterday by Judge Frazer, on the ground- of desertion. They were married at Vancouver. Wash., in October, 18S7, and Mrs. Wright testified that ner nusDana aesertea ner m thi3 city in 1632. j MEN'S RES0BT TO BUILD. Structure Costing S1 0,000 Will Have Ample Club Rooms. The Men's Resort is to have a, new building on the southwest corner of Fourth and Burnside. The present quar ters on Sixth street are too cramped for the expanding work of the resort, and sufficient mbney has been assured to war rant the directors In building a two-story brick and rubble-finished structure on the lot given by the Ladd estate. There are now more men every even ing in the Resort's reading-room than in the Public Library and with more space and better quarters many more can be accommodated. There wll be several club and Iounging-rooms and a lecture hall in the new building, besides a much enlarged and more complete newspaper and reading-room. Plans have been sub mitted to the directors for a building costing $10,000. Smallpox at Jefferson Barracks. ST. -LOUIS. Jan. 22. The presence of smallpox among the troops at Jefferson Barracks has resulted In the vaccination of all the men In the Fourth and Eighth Regiments of cavalry, and It has been de cided to postpone a ball scheduled for to morrow evening. Lieutenant Frank E. Davis has been removed to the county quarantine station suffering from the dis ease, and Lieutenants Cox, Watson and Keller, who were exposed, have been quar antined In their quarters. Will Remember Robert Burns. LA GRANDE. Or.. Jan. 22. (Special.) The. members of the Grand Ronde" Robert Burns Society are making elaborate prep arations for the celebration of the an niversary of Burns' birth, which will take place in La Grande, Monday evening. January 5. There are a large number of. Scotch people" In the -valley. WHEAT IS INACTIVE Local Market Unaffected by Eastern Speculation. MILLING DEMAND IS EASIER Surplus-of 10,000,000 Bushels Still Available in Oregon, Washing ton - and Idaho-Freights May Advance. Neither war nor rumors of war, the In creased flour trade, nor the manipulations of Mr. Armour have succeeded in awak ening much activity in the local wheat market. The millers who nave for months kept prices well above export values, are showing less inclination to pay up for wheat, which, however, is still coming out in quantities sufficient to meet all demands. The flour trade has been so much heavier than ever before that there has been a corresponding de crease In wheat shipments, but. when the size of the crop Is taken Into considera tion, it is apparent the movement to date has been fully as heavy proportionately as In former years. Exports from Ore gon. Washington and Idaho for the six months ending December 31, 1S03, were approximately 13,000,000 bushels. For the same, period in the preceding season, there were 17,300,000 bushels, and for the six months ending December 3L 1901, they were 17,852,000 bushels. The January shipments of wheat and flour from Portland and Puget Sound have already amounted to over 1,700,000 bushels, with enough, more in sight to brin.ff the month's shipments up to about 2,000.000 bushels. This will make a total of about 15.000,000 bushels by February 1. These shipments compare with those of former seasons as follows: For the seven months ending January 31. 1903, 21,000,000 bushels; same period, season of 1901-02, 22,500,000 bushels. The crop of 1903 was at least 8,000,000 bushels larger than that of 1903, and that of 1901 was nearly 13.000.000 bushels larger than the onb now going to market, and yet shipments from last year's short crop up to February 1 will not be more than 6,000,000 bushels less than those of the much larger crop of the previous season. A falling off in the flour trade has been expected for several weeks, but there was so much business handled for for ward shipment when the war fever was on that It is still keeping shipments up to very good proportions. Exclusive of the shipments to California this month. flour shipments from Portland and Puget Sound are already In excess of 200,000 bar. rels. This amount will be Increased to the extent of more than 50,000 barrels from Portland alone. If the Portland & Asiatic liner Indrasamha reaches port In time to get away on her regular sched ule. Flour shipments for the season to dato are already about 600,000 bushels in excess of those of last season for the same period. The extent to which this cuts In on the business of the sailing vessels which In former years have handled the bulk of the wheat crop, can be understood when It is stated that It would require a fleet of nearly 30 ships of the average size to handle this excess of 600,000 barrels of flour. If the business is of the dragging nature now predicted by the millers, anything like a normal movement of that portion of the crop still unsold will necessitate a much livelier chartering movement than has been In evidence this season. Making the usual allowance for feed and home consumption for the remaining five months of the season, there is about 10.000.000 bushels of wheat still available for shipment, either in its natural state or In the form of flour. Tho carryover is always an uncertain factor to estimate at this season of tho year, and it is pos sible that the high prices that have been in force this season will result in fanners holdlne hack more than usual. Even with a .good carryover, .-there will still be a considerable amount of wheat to como forward, and exporters will probably handle more wheat In the last half of the cereal year than they handled in the first six months. With such a rampant bull market In Chicago, it has been very difficult to buy wheat for export so long as the Liverpool market remained stationary, but It is probable that a few days reaction In the Chicago market would make It easier to buy on a Liverpool basis. The Liverpool market yesterday suffered a violent slump and Chicago also closed lower. Pacific Coast buyers, however, rarely sell until there has been several days' decline, and thus far this season the Chicago market has seldom shown a decline of more than two days duration. While exporters ad mlt,. that there is still considerable wheat to be moved, the impossibility of placing ships and wheat together on a basis that would admit of a profit prevents any business in freights except of a "hand- to-mouth" nature. With the exception of the French bark Marechal de Turenne now In port, -there are but four vessels under charter for Portland loading, and. so far as known, there is not a single vessel except the Lamorna now on spot at Tacoma under charter for Puget Sound loading. The en route list for both Portland and Puget Sound Is very small. and, if a freer selling movement creates a demand for more ships, they must be drawn from the large Idle fleet In San Francisco, and much higher rates may be demanded as the fleet decreases In size. Transvaal Loan Issue Postponed. LONDON. Jan. 22. It was announced to day that the government has decided to . jL Qrohrn in Turkey. B 1 JHHK , Terfected in IZgypt. H I 1 Enjoyed in America. H jjj M0GPL SMOK3L MA1CTTI smosz-rs' j postpone Indefinitely the issue of the first Installment, amounting to $50,000,000, of the Transvaal loan, totaling $150,000,000. This first JSO.OCO.OCXT was guaranteed by the min ing magnates, and the anticipated issue of this installment, with the fear of a con sequent drain on the supplies of money, has been seriously oppressing the market for some time post. HAS HO HEED TO B0BB0W. Portland Builds With Home Cap ital. "Portland has been using less and less outside capital for three or four years," says William MacMaster, who handles a great deal of Scotch, money In this city. 'It has now reached the stage when Its Improvements are made from the profits of business and the Increase In the value of real estate, and .it Is on only about half of the larger down-town buildings that money is borrowed to build. The whole city has reached the stage where It grows from its own needs and Is not urged. "This is one of the most favorable con ditions that exist in a Western city, where the- tendency 13 to boom. It shows that all values are real. In many cases too low. When no ono buys except to Improve and speculation Is as little practiced as here, there Is no chance to inflate values and the real estate market Is on. a con servative basis. , Such I consider to be tho case in Portland. "Up-town. buildings, such as residences, are Invariably built by people who have saved for that purpose. In many cases down-town buildings are also paid for from the personal capital of the owner, but the money to build some of these is borrowed from outside sources. Of the mpre expensive buildings now under con struction and being figured on, two or three of the largest are to be built by the former means, and several, those costing mainly less than $100,000 apiece, by the latter. "Many people did not expect this condi tion would exist here at this time. It was supposed that tho prospect of the Fair would boom real estate and prices would rise out of proportion. This has not been the case. There has been within the last few months some sign3 of in creased prices on account of the Fair, but these are so light that they can hardly be considered. Portland will not boom, on account of the Fair or for any other rea son. It is on too solid a basis. "The Fair will be at most a very good advertisement and will have no deterior ating effect on the city. Every one re members the slump after the Chicago Fair, and thinks the same thing will hap pen here. This Is not so. Chicago was on the verge of a slump anyhow, and tho whole country was In bad condition. All tho other fair cities hare experienced no slump. In fact, they went ahead from the day the fair closed, as If nothing had hap pened. "One of the effects of this slump scare is that a good many people are delaying buying real estate until after the Fair, with the expectation that they can get It cheaper then. As a matter of fact, they can- probably do better now than at any future time. "Portland's independent basis Is shown by the. fact that the uneasiness that has been botherifl-the Eastern money market has not disturbed real estate operations here. The first signs or the Spring ac tivity have been shown, and they Indicate a very prosperous season." On Trial for Poisoning Wife. ELDORA, la., Jan. 22. But little prog ress was made today In the trial of Eben S. Blydenburg, on trial for the alleged poisoning of his wife. Witnesses testl ifled to the sale of the arsenic and to dissatisfaction by Mrs. Blydenburg prior to her death, and- to her having deter mined to leave her husband. Blydenburg, who was a Sunday jchool teacher and deacon In the church, and a philan thro p 1st, was arrested in October last- Evlndence since has developed tending to show that his firsfc two wives also Greatest I l B JliEiUAL SALE k UBIB PROBLEM ORDERED OUT BY A POWERFUL COMBINATION. A Kansas Woman Succeeds In Main taining Her Right to Earn Her Living. The walking delegate is 'not the only one who can order the employe to give up his job. Some irregularity- in his health, may force him from his work and render him incapable of improving the very finest opportunity in the world. A remedy that will restore health solves many labor difficulties at once and makes the path to success a smooth one. Miss Winnlfred' Ray, of No. 917 Water street, Wichita, Kan., has passed happily through an experience which illustrates this point. She says: "In 1901 I began to suffer from con siderable disturbance of my health. There was derangement of stomach and bowels, as well as female troubles. My appetite became very feeble. Some days I had no desire for food at all, and when I did take any It caused me great discomfort, particularly burning sensa tions. I also had palpitation of tha heart, and often a sense of being smoth ered, and I became so nervous- 1 couldn't sleep. One doctor thought I had heart disease, another consump tion, another a radical disorder of tha liver. While I was not confined to my bed, I was so miserable that I really thought I must die. "After suffering in this way for a year without finding any relief, I read about Dr. Williams Pink PUte for Palo People in a book, and got a box and began to use them. In a week I was better. In six or seven weeks I wa3 well. My liver seemed to be stimulated at once and my complexion cleared up. The burning sensation: left my .stomach and I could eat nearly everything I wanted. I had no more pain in my ab domen and no more trouble with my heart. My whole system appeared to be regulated, and the grave fears of the doctors were all banished. I have recovered my strength and cheerfulness and am able to- do my regular daily work and to support myself again. The pills have done me great good, and I believe they would help others equally If-they would try them." Dr. Y"illlams Pink Pills for Pale Peo ple are sold by all d-mggists, or direct by Dr. Williams .Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y., 50 cents per box; six boxes for $2.50, postpaid. died violent deaths. Emily Hawkins, Bly denburgs first wife, died mysteriously at Stony Brook, L. I., five years ago. Counterfeiters' Den Is Raided. CHICAGO, Jan. 22. A raid made by Deputy United States Marshals on a fiat In Morgan street has resulted in tho ar rest of three men, charged with counter felting. John O'Shea, it is asserted", was caught In the act of making bogus half dollars. Henry Cotter was captured with him and Fred Sullivan, a saloonkeeper. Teacher Assaulted, Then Killed. BEDFORD, Ind., Jan. 22. Tho body of Miss Sarah Schaefer, teacher of Latin In the Bedford High School, was found in a carriage-house today. She had been assaulted and robbed, and tho body muti lated. The appearance of tho shed in dicated a struggle with her assailant. There is great excitement, and oTdb'dV hounds will be given the scent. A MTLUOIT GOOD FELLOWS have learned that "a OASOABET at night makes you feel all right in the morn ing I" And they have told other good fellows, until the Bale or OAHOjaj ETS Candy Cathartic is over A MIL LION BOXES A MONTH. 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