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10 THE MOKNLNG OEEGONIAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER S, 190. HUES ON Two New Investigations Are Ordered. COMMITTEES APPOINTED One to Examine Payroll of City Engineer's Office, OTHER, PURCHASES BY CITY Telephone Franchise Ordinance Is Re ferred to Street Committee Tele phone, Telegraph and Electric Poles Ordered Painted. WHAT THE COUNCIL DID YESTERDAY. PAYROLL. .INVESTIGATION Ap points! committee to examine office affairs of City Engineer's Department. PURCHASES INVESTIGATION Ap pointed committee to scrutinize meth od r employed In making all city pur chanes. NEW TELEPHONE Referred tele phone franchise ordinance to street com mittee. PAINTED POLES All telephone, tele graph and "electric power poles within cement Eldewalk dlmrict are to be painted. Two more investigation committees were appointed by the Council yesterday afternoon. One was directly ordered to scrutinise tho payrolls of the City En gineer's department, while the other is to examine into the methods or making all city purchases. The second is aimed at the City Engineer's department In reality. C. E.- Itumelln la the author of the reso lution creating the first committee, which is composed of Messrs. Flegel, Albee and Shcrrett The resolution recites that as rumors are afloat that the payrolls of the department are being padded and that the purvey parties are working for private persons and companies, the Council deems It expedient to make an investigation. Mr. Albce asked to be excused, but this was denied. i Messrs. Zimmerman, Rumelin and Slglcr constitute the second committee, whose duties arc wider In scope. Inci dentally the creation of this committee is a direct slap in the face of the Executive Board, which makes all city purchases. Dr. Whiting was absent from the session and until the Council learned that ho would stand sponsor for it, the measure was tabled. Just before the end of the meeting, however. It was announced that Dr. Whiting had meant to introduce it personally, and the resolution was recalled and passed forthwith. An ordinance was introduced which granted a franchise to C E. Sumner, rep resenting the Empire Construction Com pany. The franchise carried permission to establish a completo telephone system in the city. It was referred to the street committee. Telephone Poles to Be Painted. AH telegraph and telephone poles within the cement sidewalk district are to be painted hereafter. The ordinance came from Dr. "Whiting. For the. first 10 feet the poles are lo be painted black, and it was the color beyond that mark which proved troublesome to the Council. The Telephone Company wants green paint, the street railways wish gray effects, and tho Portland General Electric Company had stated its wilingncss to accept any color- The ordinance was passed with an amendment from Mr. Merrill prohibiting ar.y advertising upon the poles. The paint must be on by June 1. The ways and means committee will soon tackle the 1903 .estimates as con tained in the Mayor's report, which was read yesterday. Barbers' Ordinance Killed. Oratory broke loose when Dr. Whiting's measure requiring barbers to wash their hands between shaves was read. Mr. Bentley moved that it be filed, but Mr. Sharkey arose. "This ordinance should also include pro visions regarding hairdressers' establish ments," declared he. "I am told by reputable women that the conditions in ome of these establishments is filthy in the extreme. But the others pleaded in extenuation that the measure was almost exactly the same as .a state law, and it went to the shelf. Remonstrances sufficient to kill oft the assessment were presented on the South First street steel bridge. A meeting of property owners with officials will be held this evening for the purpose of readjust ing the assessment One property-owner signed a remon strance against an improvement on Ains worth avenue. Mr. Rumelin said that it had been the former policy to file such communcations, believing they came from chronic "kickers," but in the face of tho present circumstances, it would be un wise to file anything without investiga tlon. "There Is no appearance of any im provement being made upon that street," said Mr. Flegel when called upon. "It is a wide street, and the people wanted It graded. Considerable dirt has been srraped away, but I can't see what block could have been accepted." Wooden Cornices to Be Forbidden. No wooden cornices nor ornaments are hereafter to be allowed upon brick build lngs. according tb an ordinance which Is an addition to the present building ordi nance. Mr. Merrill's proposal to raise the sal aries in the police department was re ferred to tho ways and means committee. Captains' are to receive 5100 a month, ser geants 530 a month, patrolmen, first year. $75; second year, $S0; third year, $85, ac cording to tho ordinance. A telegram signed for the Council will be sent to M. J. Roche in the City of Mexico, extending an invitation to meet here next year to the passenger agents there assembled. That the new managers of the Portland Baseball Club should pajf for the uso of the streets occupied by the park was Mr. Merrill's plea. Mr. Sharkey and Mr, Flegel exclaimed that If the McCreedies gave Portland a winnlngteam it wouldn't he fair to charge them for the use of .the streets, over which the Council incident ally has no control. Juet as everyone was starting for the door Mr. Merrill Introduced a resolution providing for the improvement of W41son street. This was another side of the same baseball tax plan. No second was heard. "Is the Council a place for Remember to venth is personal spleen?" asked Mr. Sharkey. "Please muzzle Mr. Sharkey," cried Mr. Merrill, but the members would hear no more. AEEAIGNS SERGEANT SLOVER Mrs. Fox Says the Police Officer Wanted a Piece-of Money. Sensational allegations were made against Sergeant of Police Slover yes terday by Mrs. K. A. Fox, landlady of the Esmond Hotel Annex, out of which place the officer took two young" women and a man Monday night for smoking opium. She declares the police have sought to ruin the reputation of her house by means of the arrest and that Slover "wanted a piece of money." In her denunciation of the police de partment in general and Sergeant Slover in particular, Mrs. Fox declares the sergeant tells what is not true when he -states that she attempted to "tip him off" to the occupants of the rooms in which he found the dense smoke of opium and a pipe and later, as he states, a complete outfit for smoking opium, Including some of the drug. Again, Mrs. Fox emphatically states that Sergeant Slover did not find the outfit In the rooms, as he states, for, she says, she cleaned the rooms and re moved all the contents early the fol lowing morning. "I am not running an opium den," said Mrs. Fox. "I am running a house perhaps more orderly than some others I might mention, and which have never been molested by the police. All Slover wanted was a piece of money. He was hanging around the house all night, and my husband asked him what he wanted, saying he did not know him. For a reply he was given to "understand that he 'would know soon enough.' "Now, I know that Sergeant Slover never got any opium out of that room the next morning, for I went in and cleaned out the rooms myself. I found no opium and nothing else but some cigarettes. Monday night I rented only one room. That was to the tall young woman caught later with the others. But it was not to rooms 4 and 5 I as signed her. I do not know how they got Into those rooms. "Slover may think I tried to warn the occupants of tho rooms, but I did not. I simply went to the room occu pied by the young woman to whom I rented It and asked her if she had enough towels. She came to the door and told me she had enough for the night. Then Slover appeared and was very rude and rough. He not only en tered the rooms In which the people were, but knocked open a door leading" to another room, tore down the curtains and created general turmoil." On the other hand. Sergeant Slover is not at all perturbed over what Mrs. Fox has to say. He thinks his record as an officer is such that his character will not be hurt by her remarks, espe cially since Chief Hunt and others in police circles regard the capture of Monday night as one of the best in re cent months. In fact, the police state. Mrs. Fox may be glad she was not dragged into the case and made a de fendant in the action. This morning the cases of the young women, believed to bo members of very prominent families, will be heard in the Municipal Court They gave their names as Leona Harris and Grace Tem pleton. HARKET TO BE BUILT. Much-Desired Structure to Be at Last Erected. The cly has been drawing $100 a month for many moons from the Union Market Company for the empty block bounded by Second. Third, Clay and Market streets. me company named rented It at that price, tore down the old Mechanics' Pavil ion which stood upon it, and taiked a great deal about building a common mar ket thereon, but all the long Summer and through the Fall rains the ground has laid bare, until now there is enough grass upon it to afford fair pasturage. But It Is announced that bpfore the Spring crop is ready for cutting the market will be built Financial difficulties of a marked kind have caused the delay. The company did not have the' $30,000 necessary to do the work, and could not build. Moreover, there has been a doubt whether the mar ket would be patronized. As to the latter point tho company hopes to secure the aid of the City Council In passing an ordi nance compelling vegetable wagons to house themselves there, and on the ques tion of money Julius H. Alexander, presi dent of the concern, has come to Port land from Orovllle, Cal., and has secured the majority of the stock, with the pur pose of gaining control and building. He docs not believe that he will complete the market at once, but says he will begin on the buildings shortly after the first of the year. BOYS JOIN SEWING CLASS. Brooklyn School Pupils to Become Ex pert In Use of Needle. The sewing class has been organized at the Brooklyn School, and many of the boys have joined It This class was or ganized In the higher grades as a starter, the intention being to broaden the work after the first of the year. When the matter was first presented to the higher grade pupils by Miss Dlmlck. the princi pal, and she said it concerned the boys as much as the girls, the boys smiled and were not Inclined to take kindly to the Idea, but they concluded It is a good thing to know how to sew on buttons and mend their own clothes. It was shown how useful It was to have this knowl edge when away from home, besides it relieved the often overburdened mother. The boys took this view of the case and joined the class. The present work is only preliminary to what is to be done later. Systematic instructions will be taken up after the holidays. The classes in sowing in the Williams-Avenue School are also doing excellent work. It is considered assured that In the course of tlmo Instructions in sewing will become part of the regular studies, the same as manual training. SAFE IN HIS OFFICE. City Treasurer Not Arrested for Talk ing Back to Commissioners. Safe, behind the fancy steel lattice sur rounding his office counter, City Treasurer Werleln has not yet been trundled oft to the police station in the patrol wagon, as was reported to be the expectation of the Civil Service Commission. Beside him Is J. S. P. Copland, the clerk whose retention in the office has stirred up the Commissioners. Mr. Wcrlein says that he is satisfactory, and that he will not turn him off simply because he didn't pass the clerks examination. It Is be lieved that through the .efforts of Mayor Williams a protocol has been tacitly signed. MAY SPEAK ON BEF0RM. ' Municipal League Desires Jacob A. Rils to Do So. It is stated that an .effort Is being made by the Municipal League to have Jacob A. Rlis include in his lecture next Mon day his views on municipal reform. Mr. Rils. who is to appear under the auspices of the T. M. C A., is the biographer of President Roosevelt who characterized Rils as "the most useful citizen "In New York.". Mr. Rils is an old. newspaper man and has devoted much study to municipal conditions and reforms. SAYS HE IS GUILTY RevSmall Admits Sending Dun for Funeral Service, SAYS HE GOT THE MONEY Confesses' Story Is True, but Declines to Be Interviewed Other Clergy men Express Their Opinions of Rev. Small's Actions. If the Rev. W. F. Small, pastor of the First TJniversalist Church, corner of East Couch and East Eighth street, had the last two months of his life to live over again, he would preach a dozen funeral i IIM I ' IIS "I HATE NOTHING TO SAY," SAID REV. W. T. SMALL, PASTOR. FIRST UNIVERSALIS! CHURCH. services over a dozen dead men who had left their wives In want- without demand ing a five-dollar fee for performing the "last .rites." Five dollars Is not much when it Is placed alongside of Rocke feller's vast fortune, but it wag worth while collecting, according to the Rev. Dr. Small's way of thinking, and woefully hard on Mrs. C. M. Smith's part to pay. So this miserable $5, due for services ren dered by the Rev. Dr. Small for a small funeral rite preached over the grave of C. M. Smith, brought anxiety and grief to the widow and last night great mental anguish to the mind of tho Rev. Dr. Small, 'who realized that he had done a small thing. Tho story of the preaching of the funeral rite and the collection of the $3 reads not unlike a romantic revelation of tho search of the mean man. It seems that C. M. Smith, whose widow now lives at 6S3 Water street Hed In a marble quarry in far-off Alaska. Smith, while he was packing up his belongings on the eve of returning home for Thanksgiving, died suddenly. Mrs. Smith, Instead of clasping her husband in her arms on his return, wept the bitter tears of widowhood over his body. The body of Smith was brought to Portland and the Rev. Dr. Small was called upon to officiate at the funeral. Sent Bill for Services. This he did, and believing that he had preached five dollars' worth of funeral rite, he sent his bill to the widow for serv ices rendered. Mrs. Smith was too busy with her grief and paid no attention to the duns until the minister, with his small bill, threatened to place his account in the hands of a lawyer. This Is tho letter that brought the $5, for It said: "I am not an undertaker's assistant, and I expect to be paid for attending a funeral in a family which does nothing whatever to maintain my church. Such a bill as this Is collectible, and I wish to say that unless you clearly signify your intention in this matter within a few days, I will place the account with a lawyer. "I have taken necessary legal steps to determine the precise legal rights I have In the matter at issue between us, and feeling sure my position Is sound, I beg leave to request that you will send the amount of the bill to me on or before December 5 next." This letter was dated November 2$. This same letter and the payment of the money also placed the Rev. Dr. Small in an unenviable light not only before his congregation, but before the ministry of the city and before all the people of Port land. Last night the Rev. Dr. Small was seen at his home, 401 Oxford street He admitted sending the dunning letters to Mrs. Smith. He admitted receiving the $o. but he refused to make a statement His church Is a small one, he lives in a small house, but he Is a big man and did not seem like a minister hard-pressed for money. The Rev. Dr. Small had not read the account of his unusual method of col lecting a fee for preaching a sermon, but he said that a member of his congregation had read a part of It to him over the tele phone. The minister knows now that he has made a mess -of things, and that Is why he would like to blot out the months of November and December. Is Man of Education. The Rev. Dr. Small is without doubt a man of education. He was evasive In his answers and would only say that he al ways tried to act in accordance with his judgment and his conscience. He would not admit that he thought it right or wrong to collect for preaching over the dead. He had his opinion, but was not present to express it yet he stated he felt that others did not look at it In the same light as he did. It was clear that the Rev. Dr. Small was worried over the exposura of his collecting methods, but he was brave enough to stand by what he had done. It was also evident that he was concerned as to the future action the congregation of his church would, take over the matter. While the Rev. Dr. Small did not say that he had made a mistake, his Voice -and manner indicated that he was a very, very sorry man. What other ministers think of Rev, Dr. Small follows: Dr. S. S. Wise. "I have not read the story, so know nothing about what has been charged, but I know Mr. Small to be a man of high character, and consider him the last man in the world who would do such a thing. It is utterly incredible, and I am pained and surprised that he could be accused with so unworthy an. act Such a thing is unworthy a minister, and nothing but his admission would make roe believe that he could have done it I know of some thing which he did very recently which would prove that he is a man of most noble and charitable Instinct, and does not care for money, but I am not at 11b- wnii mi irTini t i -fiiiMirWf' erty to slate what It Is, as It was told me in confidence. I esteem him highly, and sincerely hope that he will not be wrong fully judged." Rev. W. S. Gilbert. When Rev. W. S. Gilbert, pastor of Cal vary Presbyterian Church, was asked what he thought of a minister who would present a bill for funeral services, he laughed at the very idea. "I never col lect I consider myself lucky If I get thanked!" he laconically remarked. But when Informed that such report was ac tually made concerning a Portland pastor, he promptly pronounced It "coldblooded." PLAINTIFFS AND DEFENDANT IN SUIT TO RECOVER LOSSES "I never heard of a minister presenting a bill for such services. It Is rarely that a fee is offered, and even under those circumstances a pastor does not accept it from a member of his congregation. When It Is proffered by outsiders It might be accepted, but surely never asked for." Rev. J. Whltcomb Brougher would not express himself as to Rev. Mr. Small's ac tion, but said concerning himself: "I serve every and anybody who comes to me without thought of pay. In fact right here In Portland I havo declined money proffered by poor people for just such services, for I thought they needed It worse than L But I will say this: Many people who aro well able to pay for such ministrations impose on pastors." SHORT ON COTTON Now J. C. Roberts Is Sued for $1526 Losses. LONG IN UNITED STATES STEEL Overbeck, Starr L Cook, Who Carried the Accounts on Margins, Seek to Recover From Promi nent Merchant. Whether losses by speculating In cotton through .brokers may be recovered is a question which Judge Cleland may have to decide in the suit of Overbeck. Starr & Cook Company against J. C. Roberts to recover $1526 losses. The case was tried yesterday and will be decided after briefs covering the law points have been submitted. William M. Cake is attorney for Roberts, and John M. Gearin and Joseph Simon are counsel for the plaintiffs. Roberts is president of the Peters & Roberts Furniture Company and is a church member In good standing. Overbeck Starr & Cook Company say that on January 15 last Roberts placed an order with the concern for the sale of 100 bales of July cotton which they sent to their correspondent, a member of the New Tork Cotton Exchange for execu tion. The value of the cotton, which was sold for a fraction less than 14 cents per pound, was $6995. Roberts sold short, that is, he expected to realize On a fall ing market by buying in the cotton be fore the time for delivery for less than he sold for, making the difference as profit The deal was put through on a margin. But fortune did not follow quickly In the path of the man who is perfectly fa miliar with the ups and downs of the market for manufactured articles in the wood Hne. Cotton continued to rise until February 1, 1S04, when It was quoted at 17.42 cents per pound. The brokers, to protect themselves, then closed the trade, and calculated the loss, less $263 margin paid bj Roberts, at $1471. In September, 1S03, Roberts tried his luck with United States Steel stock, buy ing for $17.50 per share and selling In De cember for $12.50. The brokers allege that he owes them $55 on this deal. Regarding the principal transaction, the cotton speculation, Roberts testified that he hid until July to fill, and that Overbeck, Starr & Cook Company closed the deal without having received any or der for him to do so. In February he went to the coast and while he was there, and when cotton had gone away down, he sent a telegram to the brokers to wind up tho trade, and received an answer to the effect that it was all over with. At that time he could have made a profit .of over $300. He said they agreed to carry the deal before he left He admit ted that before he went to the coast he offered to place a deed In their hands covering property he owns in St. Johns valued at $2000, and after consideration they told him It was unnecessary, that he was good. Calculating the way he thought the trade should have been car ried, there was considerable margin due him when -he ordered It closed. Roberts said the brokers told him. they had made mistakes before and would have to stand -It Messrs. Starr and Overbeck. on the con trary, testified that what they said was: "Mistakes will jiappen; we will look it up; If we have made a mistake we will stand.it but they did not make any and never agreed' to stand the loss." They denied that they carried people unless tho money was up. Roberts was questioned by Mr. Gearin relative to numerous transactions he had. covering a year or more and explained that he protected himself with stop-loss contracts. Thl3 was a scheme wherein It was understood he was not to lose more than $1 per bale of 500 pounds. At that rate he could not have lost over $100 on tho cotton contract Involved in this suit Mr. Gearin contended that the records in this particular case do not show any stop-loss contract. There was other evi dence and the court was well advised on both sides of the case. , PUTER UNABLE TO GET BOND Has to Spend the Night Under Guard of Deputy Marshal. S. A. D. Puter, convicted of conspiracy and bereft of the friends who clustered around him In the days when his money was plenty and his hand was free, now, alone of the five defendants, languishes in the custody of Deputy United States Marshal P. A. Worthington, unable to furnish the $4000 bonds which would set him at liberty until such time as he should appear before the Federal Court for sentence or another trial. When the trial of the noted case closed with a verdict of guilty on Tucsday afternoon, and when, at the request of District Attorney John H. Hall, the con victed defendants were ordered by the court to furnish new bonds for $4000 each. It was thought that it would be only a matter of a few minutes before the men could be found to pledge themselves for the appearance of the convicted conspir ators at the. time set by the court for passing sentence. This, however, proved to be an error. Dan W. Tarpley's bond was sufficient, and Horace G. McKinley found a sponsor, but Mrs. Emma I. Wat son and S. A. D. Puter labored through I ' ' yw-w the afternoon and evening and until late at night in the vain endeavor to secure some one to make pledge for their ap pearance. At 11 o'clock Mr. Worthington took the unsuccessful seekers to the Portland Hotel, where each wa3 given a room on the top floor which could be easily guarded by the Marshal. Testerday morning the search was taken up again. It had been promised on the evening previous that bonds would be forthcoming at 10 o'clock on yester day morning, and the defendants gath ered in the Marshal's office and waited, but the hour passed and the "promised relief did not come. As a last resort Mrs. Watson, whose bond was reduced to $2000 by the court, decided to furnish a cash bond, and placed the sum necessary to her freedom in the custody of the Marshal. She wa3 allowed to return to her lodgings. Puter, however, still continued to search for some, one to stand between him and the jail, and spent the day in the hunt, but unsuccessfully. At a late hour he was again taken to the Portland, where he spent the night under guard. It Is expected by him that he will be able to furnish the necessary pledge today, when he will be allowed his liberty. FUNERAL OF CAPTAIN BABBEB Impressive Services Are Held at Sell wood Crematory. The remains of Captain R. H. Barber, who was drowned at Gardiner. Or., were cremated yesterday at the Sellwood cre matorium,' the funeral services being The late Captain R. H. Barber. largely attended by his former fellow soldiers. The funeral took place from the chapel of Finley's undertaking parlors. Major Charles E. McDonell, Captains William Gadsby. T. N. Dunbar and R. E. Davis acting as pallbearers. Captain Barber, In his lifetime, was prominently identified with Oregon state military affairs. He served for a number of years as an officer in the First Regi ment. Oregon National Guard. At the outbreak of the Spanish-American War he was commissioned First Lieutenant of Company G, Second Oregon Volunteers, in which capacity he served in the Phil ippines until December 3, 1S3S, when his meritorious services were recognized by his promotion to the captaincy of his company. Captain Barber served with his com mand throughout the Philippine Insurrec tion until the return of the Second Ore gon, rendering distinguished services In the Maraquina and San Isldro campaigns. His efficiency as an officer and his faith ful performance of every duty assigned him were generally recognized and ap preciated by his comrades. AMENDS THE COMPLAINT. Seed-Jennings Case Is Still in Bad Legal Tangle. J. C. Seed, in -his suit against O. C. Jennings. Sheriff Word and his father, John S. Seed, concerning certain proper ty In Caruther's Addition, yesterday filed an amended complaint. He states in It that tho property was deeded to him January 4, 1901, when he was a minor, by his father, as an advancement as be was about to go East to study. It was understood that when he became of age he could either affirm or disaffirm the deal. He was. 21 years old on July 10 last and he says he chooses to disaffirm the deal. The complains furthere recites that the judgment obtained by Jennings against John S. Seed for $5000 for alienating his wife's affections is null and void because the court had no Jurisdiction. This is because the papers in the suit wera served on John S. Seed at Oregon City. Jennings caused the Sheriff to attach the IN STOCK SPECULATIONS property In an effort tot collect tho $3000 damages from John S. Seed. The court Is asked to release the attachment and to set the judgment aside for want of jurisdiction. Hl3 Impression. Washington Evening Star. "What do you think of this idea of voting by machine?" "Well." answered Farmer Corntossel, "I understand that politics is run by machine up to that ' point. I don't see any reason for stopping." Say "No" when a dealer offers you a substitute for Hood's Sarsaparilla. Insist nron Hood's. a GREAT FRUIT CROP Oregon's Yield Such as to Startle the World, REPORT HAS BEEN COMPILED Shows That State Produced This' Sea son Fruit Valued at Almost Two Millions and a Half, In Splta of Crop Being Short., In spite of the unfavorably dry Summer Oregon, has produced a rich yield of fruit The old saying that crops never fall in Oregon, which has stood the proof of time since the days of the earliest pioneers, has been verified again, though there were five long, rainless months this year. The State Board of Horticulture has compiled an unofficial report of the year's fruit crop and finds that it will aggregate $2,240,000. This is rather low, because only 20 per cent as many prunes were raised In the Willamette Valley this year as usual, but the loss in the valley was more than made up elsewhere.. The $2,240,000 worth of Oregon fruit was distributed as follows: Apples, $885,000; prunes, $210,000; pears, $160,000; peaches, $175,000; small fruits, $710,000. The compilation has not yet been com plete enough to state the exact numbers of. boxes and crates of fruits that havo been shipped from various quarters of the state, but the prpduce of certain portions like tho Hood Rlve,r Valley and Southern. Oregon south of the Callpoola Mountains, which ship through a limited number of points has been figured out Southern Oregon has been the most for tunate of any portion of the state. There has been a yield there of 400,000 boxes of apples, 100,000 boxes of pears, 250.000 bas kets of peaches. 75,000 crates of small fruits and 3,000,000 pounds of dried prunes. This is a nearly full yield, the peach crop having been the best. There was a comparatively poor yield of prunes, as elsewhere, the usual amount being 7,000,000. But at that Southern Oregon fared better than the Willamette Valley, the greatest prune-producing section of the state, where an average of 30 per cent of tho regular prune crop was raised. Yet the Willamette Valley did not suf fer generally In spite of the droughts Thls Is readily shown by the yield of the Wallace farm, just south of Salem, in the heart of the valley. From thi3 orchard there were sold $20,000 worth of fruit mostly apples and pears. This was very nearly a full crop. The Hood River Valley Is long on ap ples and will continue to be so now for all time. The younger orchards have not come into bearing yet, however. There are several times as many young trees in the Hood River Valley as those bearing, and In three or four years the yield thero will rival that In Southern. Oregon. This year there are there 100,000 boxes of apples, 150 carloads. In half a dozen years the pres ent orchardage will -produce 600,000 boxes. The best of the applo crop has long since been contracted for. In the Hood River Valley Newtown pippins sold for $1.75 a box and Spltzenbergs for $2.10. Ben Davis apples were sold for 83 cents. President E. L. Smith of the State Board of Horticulture, having returned from El Paso, where ho was active in se curing the Irrigation Convention for Port land next year, has come down from Hood River and is now engaged with Secretary Gcorge H. Lamberson in compiling the eighth biennial report of the board. They wish to have it printed before the Legis lature moots, in order to. present to.- tho members of the Legislature a volume apiece. Mr. Smith said yesterday re garding the fruit, situation In this state: "The most notable thing is the number of young orchards being set out The fruit crop of today is nothing compared to what it will be in a few years. New orchards are very common all over tho state, especially cast of tho mountains. South ern Oregon is also receiving a great deal of attention, but the Willamette Valley is taking more to the diversified farming and the growth of large commercial or chards is not so marked as elsewhere. The Hood River Valley and Grande Rondo Valley seem to bo getting tho most of the increase. The partial failure of certain varieties of fruits this last Summer does not seem to have affected the increase in the least Even though there were fewer prunes than usual, no one believes that a short crop like that Is likely to happen again soon. "As to the market for prunes, I helievei it will be better every year from now on. It has long since reached its lowest mark and better prices will be had each year."- JACOB A. JRIIS A BIT. "Rlis was a decided hit last night. Packed to the doors and several hundred people turned away. He Is the talk of the town today." Message from Seattle, December 7. Jacob A. Rils, author and good citizen, will lecture at tho X. M. C A. auditorium Monday, December 12, at 8:15 P. M. Star course number. Single ad mission or course tickets at association office. Those who wish to practice economy should buy Carter's Little Liver Pills. Forty pills In a vial; only one pill a dose. THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL Few People Know How Useful It Is In Preserving Health and Beauty. Nearly everybody knows that charcoal Is the safest and most efficient disinfectant and purifier in nature, but few realize its value when taken Into tho human system for the sama cleansing purpose. Charcoal Is a remedy that the more you take of It the better; It is not a drug at all, but Blmply absorbs the gases and im purities always present in the stomach and intestines and carries them Out of tho system. Charcoal sweetens the breath after smoking, drinking or after eating onions and other odorous vegetables. Charcoal effectually clears and im proves the complexion, it whitens tho teeth and further acts as a natural and eminently safe cathartic. It absorbs tho injurious gases which col lect In the stomach and bowels; it disin fects the mouth and throat from the poison of catarrh. All druggists sell charcoal in one form qr another, but probably the best char coal and the most for the money Is In Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges; they aro composed of the finest powdered Willow Charcoal and other harmless antiseptics in tablet form, or rather In the form of large, pleasant-tasting lozenges, the char coal being mixed with honey. The daily use of these lozenges will soon tell in a much Improved condition of the general health, better complexion, sweeter breath and purer blood, and the beauty" of It Is that no possible harm can result from their continued use, but, on the con trary, great benefit A Buffalo physician, in speaking of tho benefits of charcoal, says: "I advise Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges to all pati ents suffering from gas in stomach and bowels, and to clear the complexion and purify the breath, mouth and throat; I also believe the liver Is greatly benefited by the dally use of them; they cost but 25 cents a box at drug stores, and although In some sense a patent preparation, yet I believe I get more and better charcoal in Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges than In any of tho ordinary cbarcoal tablets." r