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THE MOENING OREGONIAS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1904. IP THEY ACTUALLY HOLD OUT FOR MORE CONVENTION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IN CHARGE OF PREPARATIONS FOR CONVENTION OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS Spokane Shippers Not Con tent With Concessions. RAILROADS WILL NOT YIELD Merchants xf Inland Metropolis Claim "Certain' Territory as Thelrs Some Firms Hold Aloof From Boycott Movement. The business men of Spokane, are not at nil satisfied with the new carload rates given them by the freight men at their Chicago meeting. At least that was the unanimous expression of opinion at meeting of the business men Saturday, according to a report from Spokane. J.ney characterized the reductions as trifling concessions, and voted to stand pat In an effort to secure a rate not greater than tlie Coast rate plus 25 per cent of the re turn local rate. This is what the bus! Hess men want, and the indications are that they propose to get It, if it is possi ble to do so. The railroads on the other hand are standing pat against giving Spo. Jcane rates, that will shut out the Coast jobber, consequently there is likely to be a long, hard fight, carried out on the boy cott line already inaugurated by some of the Spokane business interests. This scheme, however, doesn't appear to be riroving the success that was expected. for Spokane branches of Portland business !houses will not Join the boycotters, ana the railroad companies say that they will make up In increased business from the Coast for what they lose In spoKane. Territory They Claim. As soon as the new scnedule of carload rates became known In Spokane on Satur day, a meeting of the Spokane shippers was called and about 50 representatives of some of the largest business Interests in the city were present. According to an account of the meeting In the Spokesman Review, it was enthusiastic and not t voice was raised against the proposal to stand out for the original demands of the shippers. One of the first steps taken was to reaffirm the demand made at a pre vious meeting for the rates mentioned above. Then a lengthy discussion of the situation ensued. It was the unanimous opinion of those present that the shippers should stand out against the Northern roads, even though they might be forced D O THE WORK THE MEMBERS ARE, READING FHOM RIGHT TO EEFT OF THE PICTURE: I, W. P. I.TMAN; N H. C. HUTCHINSON; 3, E. A. MOTH.TOJ"; 4, G. W. FEATHERS; 5, FRANK STEWART. Committees from " The Portland branch is composed of 00 carriers and substitutes, and the general committee will appoint sub-committees for the various branches "of the work as the occasion arises, the commercial bodies will also assist In the work Immediately before and during the convention. The Merchants National Bank has been chosen as treasurer of the committee. to remain In the employ of the company. to carry the freight to the Coast and back l " again, as they charge for doing. Fred H. ... Mason, of Holly, Mason, Marks & Co., hardware dealers, is quoted as saying: "We are not asking terminal rates, but we do want sufficient territory to make Spokane a.distributing point "We are will ing to pay rates to the coast ana a quar ter of the local rate back, so that we can reship them locally throughout our nat ural territory. "We are entitled to the territory as far as Riparla, Connell and Ephrata. Wash., and all -the Lewlston country- rms is nat urally tributary to us and the railroads have been trying for years to give It to Portland." The reduction in rates westbound on breakfast foods, it was declared, was given because they are manufactured In Spo. lcane. and the railroads were willing to stifle home industry for the benefit of Eastern manufacturers. Not a Cent for Northern Lines It was proposed that the association per mit its members to ship via the Northern lines provided they forced the lines to carry the goods to the Coast and back he said. "It comes Irom Idaho and says that a young man. In my employ is an ex convict." Detective-Day looked the mat ter up and found that the report was correct. Detective Day will leave for "Vancouver at once to bring the prisoner back. -As he is In British territory it will take a great deal, of trouble to extradite him if he makes a fight, but as he -has :slg- nifled his wllltagness to return, the offi cers do not" anticipate any difficulty. HER SIGHT EESTOBED. Mrs. Brown Has Only Seeing Eye in Her Household. Mrs. M. " C. Brown, the "Woodlawn woman whose left eye was . operated on for cataract In the Good Samaritan Hos pital, Is now at her home and enjoys her sight. The operation was a complete suc !!. Mrs. Brown has now been at home again, thus forcing the roads to do Just for three weeks, and the eye operated on sentfcd by a guardian SALOON DEAL IN COURT! HOW MRS. MILLIGAN INVESTED HER LITTLE FORTUNE. May Has the Price of the Saloon and Louis Kaster Owns Her In terest In the Estate.- Judge Clejand was engaged yesterday in hearing an argument on a petition for a writ of review imthe matter of the estate of John Milllgan, deceased, the question at Issue being whether County Judge Webster made an equitable distribution of the funds 'of the estate. Milllgan re sided at Pendleton, and worked for the O. R. & N. Co. as a fireman. He was killed in a train accident, and in settle ment of a claim for damages the com pany paid 51500, one-half of which became the property of the widow, and the re mainder of a minor child who Is repre- ary. The latter sustained the worst hurts, however. ' Lalne was charged be fore the Spanish war with having sent to an American newspaper letters charg ing General Weyler with knowledge of the plot to wreck the battleship Maine. He was arrested, but was released through the intercession of General Xee, then Consul-General at Havana. ... . .SPECIMENS WILL STICK.. what they charge for doing. The plan was for the consigners to ship to tnemseives at Portland or Seattle, then forward the ma- serial to the buyers at Spokane. The plan was thoroughly discussed, but re ieeted. as clvlng the railroads anoppor tunlty to harass the shippers by delaying their goods. It was finally votea tnat me shippers would not depart from their orig inal resolution In any way that would re suit in putting a single cent Into the cof fers of the Northern roads Chairman J. A. Schiller stated that the Association had accomplished more than years of threats and law. ana mat it would yet secure more concessions. It was voted that no" member of the asso ciation should treat with representatives of the Northern roads individually, but only through the committee of seven ap pointed for that purpose. It arm ears that tne wnoiesaie grocers have not been flocking to the standard of the association, and, as a means or in duelne them to do so. an Invitation has been extended to the retail men to Join in a body The reoort of tho meeting states that une impiemuni uuu mauim s.mnt Tens onmnleted. spoKane are at present a uuu m c 0,ur v T ., , and Willamette Is assuming Its normal condition. "One cannot tell what it Is to-have one's sight restored," remarked Mrs. Brown yesterday at her-home, "unless . once, de prived of it. I had not had te use oi my eye since last May." i The friends and acquaintances of Mrs. Brown who are familiar with the circum stances of the case will be glad to know that the operation on her eye proved a comnlete success. The operation waa rather complicated, not the ordinary re moval of a cataract. The sight or Airs. Brown's other eye, cannot be restored. Her husband is totally blind as the re sult of the kick of a horse on his head. FURNISHING THE DORMITORY. Oddfellow Lodges Fit Up Rooms-In Their Home. The beautiful new dormitory of the Odd fellows' Home, near Kenllworth. is Demg furnished by the various Oddfellow lodges In the state, as was done with the. roam building. Recently the dormitory, contain ing 12 living rooms besiaes tne Kitcnen of the Shippers' Association. They are mostly representatives of branch house in Portland, and consequently will not 'join the association. The reason Is ap parent, the Portland houses refusing them permission to join, because of the bad ef feots upon their business that would result from reduced rates to bpoKane. Railroad Man's View. In discussing the action of the Spokane men relative to the reduced rates, a local railroad official said: "It is childish of them to continue In the course they have laid down. They cannot exrect to cot the rates they are demand ing, because It would kill the business of the Coast jobber, and the railroads han dle ten carloads for the Coast man to one for the Spokane man. Then, s It business for the railroads to legislate in favor of those from whom they got the least pat ronage? Spokane Is a small toad In the twiddle as vet. and the roads will not suf fer much from her boycott. They will gain In Coast business what they lose there." Rebekah Lodge. No. 2. of Oregon City, lolned forces and furnished the main sit ting-room. Other lodges are m axing ar rangements to furnish the living rooms, and before very long the building will be furnished throughout All rooms In the main building are oc cupied and the dormitory will be occu pied when ready. MAKES A WIDE STREET. Alnsworth Avenue to Be Improved for One Mile at Woodlawn. Ainssvorth avenue is to be graded and sidewalks laid east from Union avenue for a d'stance of 13 blocks, nearly one mile. Some blocks have been graded. Alnsworth avenue Is 100 feet wide, of which 20 feet on each side is taken up with sidewalks. Space will bereft between the sidewalks and roadway for shrubbery and roses. Owing to the fact that sand and gravel underlie all of that district, simply grad ing the streets makes a fairly good grav el . j j . rr-Virt Jir tr-nm A Incn-nrth Large Loan Made New York Central. "... j to fill up the deep pit NEW YORK, March 1. According to the j dug on East Eighth street to secure gravel Evening Post. It was learned officially to- for Union avenue. day that the New York Central Railroad ) recently secured $5,000,000 from banks of Power for Box Factory. tnis citv on a snort term oasis. ioe man Mrs. Milllgan backed a' man named May In a saloon venture, securing the purchase , of a half interest in the Lewis and Clark saloon on Third street by an assignment of her Interest in her late husband's es tate. Louis Kaster now holds this assign ment and is trying to collect the money It represents. May profited, in the deal by selling out for cash, but did not ac count for the proceeds to his backer, Mrs. Milllgan. The County Court had advanced $162 from the estate moneys, with the under standing that Mrs. MUligan would replace the amount when she collected insurance on her husband's life. She has not done so, and this sum was deducted by the County Court from her share of the estate, amounting to $750. Louis Kaster objects to this and wants the full sum of $750, no part of which he has received, because Judge. "Webster did not see lit to make any order In his behalf whatsoever. There are also various legal questions Involve in the controversy. C. C. Palmer appears as attorney for Kaster, and H. H. Rlddell and Robert Galloway for the estate and guardian of the minor child. There will be a further hearing later on. Palace Covered With Bits of. Precious Eastern Oregon Ores. BAKER CITY Or., March 1. (Special j ' Fred K. Minis, superintendent ot tne Oregon mineral exhibit at St. Louis, has constructed a miniature mineral palace, which will certainly be one or the chief attractions in the mineral building, if not of the entire Fair. Several attempts have been made to construct buildings of this character for other expositions, but they have proven failures because It has been Impossible to make the mineral speci mens adhere to the framework with suf ficient strength to resist, the ravages of the specimen-hunters. Several attempts were made in the way of decorations made of minerals, at Chicago in 133, but in a short time most of the small pieces of quartz rock used would disappear, and the decoration would have to be removed. Mr. Mlllls had in mind the construction of a mineral palace to be made of wood, covered with specimens of mineral-bearing rock artistically blended as to color, but be realized that unless he could cement the specimens to the framework so tight ly that they could not be broken off with out breaking either the wood or the rock. that his palace would look like the pro verbial 30 cents, within a very short time after the Fair opened. Some time ago he was speaking to a friend in -the hotel lobby of his desire to construct such a building, when a gentle- DIVISION OF FUNCTIONS BOARD OF TRADE PROPOSES TO AVOID CONFUSION. carried with It 4"A per cent interest, in addition to a commission which makes it net the lenders about 5 per cent- The loan is understood to run for ten months. ARRESTED ON FORGERY CHARGE Affred De Guilder Is Captured by Po lice of Vancouver, B. C. ' VANCOUVER. B. C, March L (Spe cial.) Alfred de Guilder was arrested last evening at the request of the Chief of Police of Portland. He is wanted on a charge of forgery and although protest ing his Innocence, has agreed to go back to Portland to face the charge without (the formality of extradition papers. The Portland Chief of Police had wired here asking for the arrast of a man with double-jointed thumb, wearing a gold charm figure of an Indian's head sus pended by a black silk cord. De Guilder answers this description. Alfred de Guilder, as ho was known In Portland, was in the employ of Eilers Piano House. He is acused of forging a jaote upon Eilers Piano House for $750 which he deposited with Dan Marks. A few. days after he had deposited the note , he presented a check for $200. Marks had bo hesitancy in cashing the check. . Mr. Eilers had warning of De Guilders .character before the forgery was commit ted, but, hoping that the young man was trying" to straighten up, he allowed him The concrete foundation for the- engine which will furnish power for the dox de partment of the Standard Box Company, on East First street, is completed, and the engine has arrived. The box factory itself will stand on East First and East Pine streets. An office has been built on East Water street, and factory buildings are soon to be erected. Repairing Englne-Houses. The interior of the Sunnyslde engine- house is finished, but the weather has pre vented the outside from being painted, This will be done in a few days. Equip ments are expected in a snort time, ne naira to engine-house No. 7. on East Third street, and the Albina engine-house have been finished. East Side Notes. An Oddfellows lodge is to be organized at Rockwobd. on the Base Line road, some time in March. There will be a consld erable membership to . start with. Mrs. J. L. Ferguson, mother of Eugene Fercuscn. has been very ill at her home at 447 East Davis street tor some time. She was reported slightly better yesterday, but vexjy weak. . She is 6$ years of age and is a olonecr. A mothers' meeting will be held In the Sellwood schoolhouse at 2 o'clock this af ternoon. Principal Downs extends an In vitation to all In the neighborhood to at tend. Several talks will be made, and it is expected that Superintendent Bigler will be present. TAXES COME IN SLOWLY. Sheriff Expects a Rush to Secure Re bate Before March 15. Taxes have-not been coming in so fast as Sheriff Storey would like. Collections were begun on February 1, and up to date the total collections amount to a little more than $200,000. The total amount of the tax roll Is nearly $2,000,000, the largest In the"hlstory" of the county. The largest sum collected on any one day was $35,000 on February 23. A 3 per cent rebate Is allowed on all taxes paid on or before March 15. Tax payers have generally taken advantage of this rebate during the past two years that the law has been In force, and it Is expected they will do so -this year, which means' a big rush during the next two weeks.. Many taxpayers have already ob tained statements of the amount of their taxes, - and to liquidate; all they have to do is to hand in the statement, accom "panled by ta bank check for the sum. Tax payers naving sucn statement can be waited up6n very rapidly, or can mall a statement "and a checTc to'yie Sheriff. Printing Company Incorporates. Articles of Incorporation of the Bennett Avrterson Company were filed in the Coun ty Clerk's office yesterday. The Incorpo rators are: E. F. Bennett, I. M. Bennett andS. Autcrson; capital stock,. $10,000. The objects announced are to do a gen eral' printing, publishing, lithographing and bookbinding business. Chamber of Commerce and Manufac turers' Association Left to Own Field-Improvement "of Streets. At the regular, monthly meeting of the Board of Trade, last night, a resolution was adopted proposing the segregation of the duties of the Chamber of Commerce, the Manufacturers' Association and the Board of Trade. Five applicants were elected to membership and a resolution -providing for a committee to take up the matter of better streets and their main tenance with the City Council and the City Engineer was adopted. In the ab sence of President I. B. Hammond, the chair wasj filled by Wallls Nash. A communication from H. C. Brown .and P. "W. Custer, proposing to publish the Columbia River Journal for the Board of Trade for the consideration of the sub scription list,, good will and yearly sub scription of the members of the board at $1 each, was read and after discussion their terms were accepted. A resolution to the effect that the board give its moral support to Captain John J. Healy, encouraging with hearty reso lutions the prosecution of his efforts toward building up commerce between this port and Alaska was adopted. The following resolution, introduced by F. E. Beach, was adopted: Resolved. That the Board o Trade of the City of Portland heartily Indorses the action of the Portland Chamber ot Commerce in -refusing to give its support to the bill increasing providing for the appointment of a com mittee to take up with the City Council and the City Engineer the matter of bet ter streets and the more, strict enforce ment of the rules governing contracts with builders of streets, was received and adopted and the committee, which will be named at a later date, will take Imme diate action in this direction. F. E. Beach, one of the members of the committee appointed to manage the lov ing cup voting contest for the citizen doing the most during the present year for the good of the city, reported that the committee had selected .a $150 lov ing cup, the finest that could be obtained in the city, and that me'baJJot-'box would soon De reaay to receive me votes ot aa mlrers of different prominent business men. The following applicants' were elected to membership: Sanborn. Vail & Co., Thomas Connell, Portland Mattress and Upholstery Co., Heywood Bros. & Co., Allen & Gilbert-Ramaker Co. and A. A. Muck. - - Food Eaten Is Worthless Until Dt- gested-Some Stomachs Must Have Help. Food taken Into the stomach whlch - from the nature of the food or the condi tion of the stomach, is not digested, is worse than no food at all. This is a true" statement as far as It goes, and a great many dyspeptics go only this far with their reasoning. They argue with them selves that because their stomachs do not do the work given them, they must be given less work; In other words, they must be starved. It would he Just as sensible -for a "business man who Is un able to do all his own work to cut down his business to his own capacity as it .is for a man to starve himself to relieve his stomach. The sensible business man em ploys help and goes forward with his business. Likewise the sensible dyspep tic will employ hein for his stomach and give his body proper nourishment. Stuarts Dyspepsia tablets actually do tho work assigned to them. They relieve weak and overburdened stomachs of a great portion of digestive action. Their component parts are identical with those of the digestive fluids and. secretions of the stomach and they simply take up the grind and carry on the work just the same as a good, strong, healthy stomach would do It. On this account Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab lets are perfectly natural In their action and effects. They do not cause any Tin natural or violent disturbance in the stomach or "bowels. They themselves di gest the food and supply the system with all the nourishment contained In what Is eaten and carry out Nature's plan for the sustenance and maintenance of the body. How much more sensible is this method than that employed by many sufferers from weak stomachs. By this means body and" brain get all the goo (nutri tious food they need and the man is prop erly nourished and equipped to carry on his work and perform his duties. He could not possibly be In proper working condi tion by starving himself or employing some new-fangled, insufficient food that does not contain enough nutriment for a year-old baby. A strong man doing strong work must be properly fed, and this ap plies to the brain as well as the body. - Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, by relieving the stomach of its work, enable it to n cuperate and regain its normal hea!th-and strengin. Nature repairs the worn and wasted tissues just as she heals and knits the bone of a broken limb, which is of course not used during the process of re pair. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are for sale by all druggists at 50 cents a box, and they are the one -article that the drug gist does not try to sell something In the place of it -that's "Just as good." Their unqualified merit and success and the uni versal demand for them has placed them within the reach of every one. cess Palace looking eastward, making a noble facade. The present opera-house. whose walls were built by Frederick tho Great and remained standing after the fire of 1843, was reopened tonight with "Die Meisterslnger. Additional exits, the construction of which was begun after the Chicago the ater fire, are now being finished. Last Scene at Famous Theater. LONDON.. March 1 The last scene on the stage of the Old Lyceum Theater was enacted today When the Interior fittings ot the playhouse and the panelling, furni ture and Iron grill of the historic Beef steak Club wercsold at auction. A sprink ling of actors, some of whom had partici pated in Sir Henry Irving's successes at the Lyceum, sought to pick up mementos, but the price betrayed that there was lit tle demand for relics of the famous the ater. KAISER PLANS- TO MEET EVANS AUTO COT.T.mES WITH HORSE. Prominent New York Men Suffer In juries In Havana. NEW YORK. March 1. James T. Breese, a wealthy New York artist, and Honore Lalne, of Havana, were injured yesterday in an automobile accident, ac cording to i an American dispatch irom the Cuban capital. The party was running at high speed toward Bahla Honda, when, upon round ing a sharp curve, Lalne's machine col lided with a mounted 'policeman. The Breese party. Including W. Tv. Vander bllt, Jr., "W. Seward Webb and others, with four motors; was following closely. Lalne's 40-horse power machine 'struck and killed the policeman's horse. After running several hundred yards on prac tically two wheels It toppled over and spilled the occupants down a steep em bankment So close ' together. ,wer,e. the four motors that the" Breese machine col lided with the crippled racer and he was also. thrown down the embankment ReDorts as to the extent of the in juries sustained by Breeso and Lain-e ACTING SECRETARY OF THE PORTLAND BOARD OF TRADE Joseph D. Lee, acting- secretary of the Board of Trade, was the Dallas agent for The Oregonlan for 20 years, being appointed In 1870, shortly after having been appointed postmaster ot the Dal las office. After three years In that office he conducted a general merchandise establishment He was elected a Representative to the Oregon State Legislature from Polk County in 1878, and In 1880 was elected to Jhe State Senate from the same county. In 18S4 ha was elected joint State Sen ator from Poll; and "Benton Counties. From 1894 to 1806 Mr. Lee was assistant to C H. Hill. Municipal Court Clerk In Port land. In the "Winter, of 1807 and Spring of 1S9S he went East, where he represented the city of Portland as an outfitting point for Alaska He was reading clerk of the Senate during the special session of 1S9S and the regular session of 1809. On April 1, 3899, Mr. Lec entered upon tho duties .of superintendent of the Oregon State Penitentiary, which office ho held for four years. He moved to Portland last Novem ber and wa3 recently elected as sistant secretary of the Portland Joseph D. Lee. Board of Trade. .man approached him and said that he could make the specimens stick so tight that -the specimen fiend would be. unable to break themioff. Herald he had worked' as a professional decorator for Tiffany, of New York, and knew how to make the cement and do the work also. Mr. M11113 engaged him at once, and In a .large back room of his ofHce he had the framework constructed. The "palace" is only 10 by 14 feet square and 15 feet high to the top of the roof, but It Is a beautiful piece of work. In shape It resembles a jewel casket . The frame work. Is a handsome piece of cabinet work, made of Oregon pine. The entire outside is covered with mineral specimens artis tically, arranged and-blended as 'to. color ing. Around the eves ot the roof runs a panel In which the word "Oregon" ap pears on each of the four sides. The let ters are made of Imitation gold nuggets. To have made these letters of real nug-, gets might have tempted some specimen hunter to use a pick. Photos of Oregon mining scenes are worked Into the exterior and interio'r de sign. The roof is made of a series of shelves, on which large specimens of ore bearing rock will be arranged. The min eral palace will occupy a space In the center of the Oregon mineral pavilion, and will be used by Mr. Mlllls as an office. The structure Is complete, awaiting ship ment to St Louis. Tt is made in sections, so that it can be taken down-'and shipped with ease. It will be brought back and placed in the Mineral buiMlngvat th'e Lewis and Clark Exposition. He Hopes to Have Famous Admiral Visit Him In Mediterranean. Sudden Riches Turn His Brafru MILWAUKEE, "March 1. A special to' the Sentinel from Bessemer. Mich.. say3: James Colgate, formerly a laborer,.-but now a millionaire of Hurley, has been tak en to me insane nospiuu. ai uewuemr. WASHINGTON. March L It is believed Until recently Colgate, who Is 20 y jars that Emneror William, in nrrantrirsp- hi I of aee. was a mine teamster, meiy nis Itinerary during his Mediterranean cruise, grandfather. James Colgate, Sr., died' in has planned matters so that he will meet Admiral Robley "D. Evans on the return of the latter to the United States. Ad miral Evans In a short time will leave Hong Kong, where his flagship, the Ken tucky, Is now being docked, on his way to New York, via Suez, and he probably will fall In with the Emperor, who will be on the Hohenzollern In the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Admiral Evans - has a standing invita tion from the Emperor to visit him again In German waters. It is also intimated that the Emperor would like very much to see the Kentucky, represented to him to be a model American battleship. New Haven, Conn., ana leir. him $1,000,000. Sudden riches turned the boy's brain and he may never recover suffi ciently to enjoy his good fortune Pain from Indigestion, dyspepsia, and too hearty eating is relieved at once by taking one of Carter's -Little Liver P1IL "mmedlately after dinner. RIVAL TO FAMOUS OPERA HOUSE Russian Diet Will Be Asked to Pro vide for Great Building. BERLIN, March L A bill providing fo the erection of a new and splendid opera- house will be presented shortly, the Tag il che Rundschau learns, to the Prussian Diet The plan has already been worked out by the designer of the court theater at Wiesbaden. The new building, which Is intended to rival the Paris Opera-House in size and beauty, will occupy a site facing the Unter den Linden and the small Prin- SLEEP IS PRICELESS. A NATURAL TONIC -FOR THE SCA LP HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN Medical Lake Salts the powers of the Interstate Commerce Com mission; unless an amendment is Inserted mak ing it obligatory on the President to select or appoint one member of the Commission from the Pacific Coast States, and that the Orciron Congressional delegation be requested to act and vote accordingly. The resolution of John E. Lathrop,pro vldlng for the segregation of the ddties of the Board of Trade, the Chamber of Commerce and the Manufacturers' Asso ciation, was adopted as follows: Inasmuch as the Chamber of Commerce Is composed for the greater part of men engaged essentially in commerce, let the Chamber of Commerce handle any specific propositions re lating thereto, that may be made, conditioning Its action upon such accurate data as may be in Its possession. In accordance with the same principle. In the case of propositions concerning manufac- "turlng. let the Manufacturers Association be expected to attend to them upon the undouSt edly correct theory that an association of men engaged in manufacturing would be In a position- more, intelligently to pass upon- the ques tions that would, come up in' that connection. By eliminating subjects in which the Cham ber of Commerce and the Manufacturers As sociation would perhaps be more expert than would be the rank and file of the membera of the Board of Trade, this- body would- be able to devote Itself to matters pertaining to gen eral exploitation Hbt the city and state, civic improvement and. agitation In which persons of diverse employment may have facility. ' This suggestion is based upon the assumption that "somewhat of energy Is wasted by the car rent methods Is vogue by the three bodies herein mentioned, and that there Is a- universal desire at this time to secure the best results' for the advancement 'of Portland and Oregon The resolution of Tboaaag GulroNM, But it Can Be Obtained by Simple x Methods. Are you a hard worker? Are you over come with fatigue -at the end ot each day's labor, and Instead of retiring to bed with a feeling of satisfaction at the pros pect of a night's repose, do you wait the hour of bedtime with dread and shrinking? Is It your unhappy, lot to he awakened every night, just after you have dropped oft to sleep, by an intense, uncontrollable Itching of the rectum? Do you then en deavor to relieve the sensation by scratch ing so desperately that the skin becomes raw and lacerated, and you finally sink into the sleep of exhaustion? If so, you do not need to be told that you-are afflicted with itching piles. You have probably tried every remedy you could hear of, with but temporary relief, if' any, and havo concluded there was nothing left for you but to drag out a miserable existence. As a drowning man grasps at a straw, so should you eagerly -devour the words of W. O. Milbury, 70 Pearl Str Reading, Mass. "I am pleased to state that I bought one 50-cent box of Pyramid Pile Cure at the drug store, and used about one-half of It and it not only cured me of Itching piles, hut also of constipation, a trouble of about 15 years' standing. I have tried almost everything without any lasting benefit, but I can honestly and truthfully state that Pyramid Pile cure. tlrely cured me, as of that terrible itching. 1 w tv.o Vin,,. I ,trnt; Cottel Drue Co.. 574 first st t tAV, ih i JmM fc.,V B P. JonY & Co, Front and Glbbs streets; night If the old trouble shouia ever re- gf- i sidomcre & Co., 151 Third sfcr Fran turn I will know just what to do. but T 1 -Hotel Portland: O. P. S. Plummer. 28f guess it won t, xor it is now six or seven I Tblro stre- months since I first used thi3 wonderful ! remedy." ' We vouch for the authenticity. of this testimonial, and as Mr.Mllbury found re lief and a cure, so you may also. Do not delay, but buy a box and. try It tonight and do not allow, any dealer to . sell you 'something just as good;" Your will do well to write Pyramid J5rug Company., -arshall, .Midi, for their little, hook on the causes and, cur of piles, which Is seat free tot. the asking:. - Beautiful Hair Make&Woien Attractive ON SALC AT ALL ORUOCISTr Genuine sold only In Packages bearing this trade mark. WhicH, used tn the water for sham pooing, vtorks wonders, for the Hair, producing a much-desired condition of Glossy Softness "Hair Ointments' and "Renewers are beins pushed out of sight by this Natural Remedy for Scalp andjiHair 25c, CO nd SI Pa Send for Free Booklet. Medical Lake Satis Mff. Ci. MHel Lake, an -t,W rn x- Koehler. First and Main: A. W !,.. l a lion. Sliteentn ana .siarsauaii wm- tV X . tin Sixth & Washington; Watt &. Maithleu. I have hado return J Sre Russell street; Nichols &. 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