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THE MOHXIKG OKEGONIAST, TUESDAY, . dAXUAtiX 17. IN HIS OWN DEFENSE Mitchell Will Address Senate Today the ON LAND -FRAUD CHARGES Panama Canal Committee Is to Pre pare Bill for Government of Zone, and He Hopes to Be Allowed to Preside Over It. WASHINGTON. ?an. .1 6. (Special.) A. meeting of the' Intcroccanlc canal committee' lot -the cnate has been called for tomorrow . to consider legislation for tho'-'eovernmcnt of the Panama Canal Zofl'e. The existing: law covering: that subject, expires on March 4 and It Is necessary that speedy action should be taken. This prospective activity in the canal committee, it Is understood, is the rea-. son for the desire of 'Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, now' under indictment, to have his status iixed a Senator. Mr. Mitchell is the chairman of the canal committee, and he is anxious to take pait in Its deliberations. Unwrit ten rules of the Senate, however, have established the pcrcedent that a Sen ator under Indictment shall "lake no part In legislative proceedings of the Senate or its committees. Mr. Mitchell has prepared a speech which he intends to deliver In the Sen ate tomorrow protesting his innocence of the charges that have been made against him in connection with the Oregon land frauds. It is entirely in self-defense, denies in toto and Indi vidually each and every charge, and Is very lengthy, quoting freely from rec ords and from correspondence. He hopes to be able to convince the Senate tht he ' Is wrongly indicted and that he should be permitted to resume his duties as a Senator. While there will probably be no ob jection to listening to his speech, it is the general understanding that he will not attempt to take part in the framing of legislation. Senator Kittredge (Rep. N. D.) will it Is expected, act as chairman of the canal committee tomorrow, and a sub committee will be appointed to draft the Canal Zone Government bill. New Postmaster In Oregon. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Jan 1C The following Postmas ters for Oregon were appointed today: Bpnlta. Lane County, Mrs. Iva Abrams, vice F. W. Lee. resigned; Pioneer, Lin coln County. C. L. Morrison, vice Bar ney Morrieon. SWAYNE AND COTTON. Southern Members Have Feast of Ora tory on Both Subjects. WASHINGTON. Jan. 16. Debate on the Swayne impeachment case in the House today was exhaustive. The Senate reso lyMon fixing "Wednesday. February 8, as tb,c time for counting the electoral vote for President and Vice-President, the proceedings to take place in the Hall of the House, was adopted. A resolution was agreed to providing for the collection of additional cotton statistics by the Census Bureau. The Burleson resolution, directing the Director of the Census to collect and publish additional statistics relating to cotton, was reported by Crumpacker (Rep., lnd.), amended so as to provide "that the .statistics shall be summarized as of September 1 each year, so' as to show the cotton production and consumption of the preceding year. The legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill was sent to conference. Consideration of the Swayne impeach ment charges then was resumed, Clayton (Dem., Ala.) speaking in advocacy of them. Brantley (Dem.. Ga.) supported the ma jority report. Secretary Shaw had said. Lacey (Rep., la.) remarked, that half of our Judges took the full amount of their expense al lowance. But you cannot indict a nation," he concluded. ' ANTI-CIGARETTE LAW VALID. Supreme Court Upholds Right of State Against Outside Shippers. WASHINGTON. Jan. 16.-Thc Iowa nnti-clgarctte law was upheld by the Su preme Court of the United States today, the court in two cases affirming the de cision of the Supreme Court of Iowa. The cigarettes were shipped into the ftatc li small pasteboard boxes and the contention was that. In taxing them, the state authorities were interfering with Interstate commerce. The court re fused, however, to hold that the small boxes ,were original packages. The opinion was delivered by Justice Brown, who. in the course of It, said the court would not lend its sanction to Jh've who dellbcratelr set out to de bauch the. public conscience and to tram rle upon the laws of a state. He said: "It behooves one who stakes his case upon the fetter of the constitution not to bo wholly oblivious of Its spirit. In this case we cannot hold that plaintiffs are entitled to its Immunities without striking a serious blow at the rights of tho states to administer their own In ternal affairs." TIPS TO POETS. Rain on Roof and Squalling Babies Are Inspiring. GRANT'S PASS, Or.. Jan. 12. (To th Editor.) I wit muvh intorcnted In an edi torial that ap'poarM in last Sunday's Orc- Milan, entitled "Hints to Youn Author," vhlcli had feveral very Rood hints as to th best methods ot getting the public ear through, an Indlreot route of odd procrrce? o' hrlneinc on the "Muw." The methods or various prominent authors are mentioned, bui no word Is said about our hale and harty poet. Joaquin Miller. Miller writes best when the rain lj pattering on the roof, a habit h got into vhlle In Oregon, but K!nee moving to his home on "The Heights." above Oakland, the rain does not come with fwii religious regularity as the poet had known In Oregon, so he makes a substitute by turning the garden hose on the wall and wlndon. ' It Is also hinted that a. pet ot some kind is necesary. Now, why not a baby a good healthy, kicking baby? It seems to me that a -little youngster or this sort would beat a bear cub all hollow, and would com pletely outclass a cat or coon. "Atmos phere?" Say. where Is there better oppor tunity tor atmosphere then between one and two In the morning. Just arter sliding out of bed, pulling on your coat and trous ers, stepping Into your slippers, picking baby out of his basket and going downstairs to get the catnip and peppermint? Trusting all appearance ot egotism may be overlooked, and for the sake of recommending this method or getting Into the right "atmos phere." I am willing to confer to an abso lute knowledge of the foregoing. The best priced ftory I eVcr turned out came Into rov head tKtween 1 and 2 A 21 . and 1 clml? put dtrwn the outline of It in my notebook -while baby u doing all pos sible, vocally and physically, to get rid of a. bed attack ot colic. , Bnt .there are "false" as well as true In spirations, and as an Illustration I append the following experience of a young friend or mine, who confused the two; Harold Bascomb Mills desired most, or all to be a, poet, wear baggy trousers and long hair. He waa a farmer boy,, but he had read that all poets came from the country, so he considered this an mdcantage rather than a hindrance. One day he ate too many cucumbers and mistook the feeling of. "un easiness" for a real inspiration. He "hur ried Into the house and took down the pen. Ink and roll of foolscap from the cupboard. Taking his head In his left hand he made a heroic attempt to get bis "feelings" on paper. The two farm dogs had seen him running toward the, bouse, and thinking he was after the gun followed closely upon his heels- Old Tabs and three kittens were on the table, having scampered there to be In safety from the dogs. The two canines posted themselves one on either side ot the table and awaited events. TV'lth this poetic family grouped about him. and the subject, "Heaven," Harold Bascomb Mills was ready to proceed: "Oh. how splendid and how beautiful Are thy mansions, great and grand. Glittering pageants (Ouch! Scat!) dutiful Bounties bring to thy strand. "fever was an angel by thee smitten. But (Get out of that Ink. you kitten) And (Sick 'em, T-lge; alck 'em, Dink) Golden (There -went my bottle o ink) Sacred (You blamed little spot-faced) Heavenly lands " .Harold Bascomb would have finished, but Just then a voice shouted from the kltcTien. "Harry: Oh, Harry! Hurry out and drlva old Srlndle from the garden; she's eating all the cabbage up." And before Harold could return to his poem the Inspiration was gone. DEXNIS H. STOVALL. TO COME TO TERMS Peace Being Arranged by an'cTHarriman. TO DIVIDE MERGER ASSETS DAILY CITYSTATISTICS. ' Marriage Licenses. P. McKlrkland. M; Independence: Rose H. Dougherty, SO. Building rermlU. I. H. Gove, northwest corner Setenteenth and Market; $900. ', T. "V. 'H-naeut; "IVaahington. between Firth and Sixth; JtSO. M, E. Lee, southeast corner Seventh and Oak; S4G0O. E. It. Root. East Sixth, between Weldler and Ilalsey; 2SO0. "VV. B. Peacock, northwest corner East Twenty-first and Halsey; $3 ISO. C. V. Anderson, northwest comer Grand avenue and East Hoyt; 2600. J. IV. Lander, northwest corner East Thlra and Wasco; $2100. W. H. Kaxley, Stephens, between East Thirty-seventh and East Thirty-eighth; $000. Miss A. Brady, Benton, south of Clackaroa; $400. MIbj A. Brady. Benton, between Clackamas and Hassalo; ?4U0. C. Volker & Son. Mississippi avenue, between Palling aid Beech; 2200. R. Shortel, Itoos-evelt, between Twenty-second and Blackstone; $2500. J. T. Morse. East Morrison, between East Thirty-fifth and East Thirty-seventh; S1200. F .A. Peters, southwest corner East Third and Hassalo; fOOOO. Mrs. Helen M. Stoop, Spokane, between East Fifteenth and East Seventeenth; $800. L. A. Clark, southeast corner Eleventh and Jefferson; $0000. "VV. F. Nleld. East Fifteenth, between Mult nomah and Sherrett; $500. H. L. Chapman, Marlon, between Nine teenth and Seventeenth; $100. "W. L Lustln. East Fifteenth, between Mult nomah and Sherrett avenue; $400. Victor Carlson, northeast corner Morris and Borthwlck; $1000. O. M. Smith. Union avenue, between Fargo and Cook avenue; $SS00. L. Voungfudorr. northwest corner Mllwaukle and Rhine; $1200. C. D. Williams. Multnomah avenue, between East Fifteenth and East Seventeenth; $1500. A. F. Xewnert, northwest corner First and Arthur; $1000. . O. F. Bennett. Sherrett avenue, between East Fifteenth and East e-enteentu; $t00. O. A. Keyson, Morris avenue, between Eait Fifteenth and East Seventeenth; $500. J. Kelt, southwest corner Goldsmith and Harding; $1000. James X. Davis. East Madison, -between Bast Twenty-ninth and East Thirtieth; $3000. Contagious Disease. Haiti Ramsey, aged S. 422 San Rafael; scarlet fex-er. reasonably mild. Verdi Wells, aged 10. 344 Fourth; scarlet fever, mild. Mae Robinson, aged 13 556 Union avenue; scarlet fever, mild. Births. In this city. January S. to the wife of G. E. Zander. 1020 Patton avenue, a daughter. I nthls city, -January . to the wife of Harry N. Spencer. 844 Corbet, a son. In this city, January 14, to the wife of Ernest Newell. 1354 Macadam, a daughter. In this city, January P. to the wife of Myer Hlrsch. 566 Johnston, a daughter. In this city. January 13, to the wife of James Zehrung, 1042 Belmont, a son. Deaths. January 10 Pearl Munaon. aged 12 years. 4 months and 1 day. 4fej North Twenty-first; tubercular meningitis. Interment, Lone Fir Cemetery, January' 12. January 11 Agnes E. Johnlsjon, aged S vears. " months and 29 days. Good Samaritan Hospital; peritonitis. Interment, Multnomah Cemetery. January 13. January 12 Gertrude Connelly, aged 1 month and 8 days, 591 East Eighth; pneumonia. In terment. Ijne Fir Cemetery. January 14. January 11 Bridget Lawless, aged SO year. St. Vincent's Hospital. Interment. Mount Calvary Cemetery. January 14. For Interests of Creditors. NEW YORK, Jan. 16. A last effort Is to be made by important Interests that were identified with the Pacific Packing & Navigation Company, known as the salmon trust, to revive that enterprise for the benefit of the creditors and de benture holders. The plasty organization of a committee has been brought about by advices to the effect that the Alaska Fisheries and other properties of the old comnanv are to be sold on Jannarv 53 at Belllngham, Wash., and at Juneau Alaska. An attempt was made a few weeks ago to sell these properties under a decree of the United States Court, but it failed owing to the fact that an upset price of $500,000 was put on the assets. The court has now removed this upset price, and it Is said that prospective 'purchasers are plenty. To protect themselves, the hold ers of debenture" bonds and other debts of the company have accordingly organized a company, and it Is proposed to have the $3,000,000. or thereabouts, of deben ture and note holders deposit their se curities with a trust company in this city, with a cash contribution of 10 per cent of the holdings. The sum thus raised will be ued to ward paying for the properties, provided they do not realize over $300,000. After purchase, it is proposed to organize a new company with $500,000 of preferred stock and $3,000,000 of common stock. Action Will Be Taken After February 1, When Nothern Pacific and Great Northern Dividends Will Be Due. NEW YORK, Jan. 16.-SpeclaL)-BelIet that a harmonious settlement of the Northern Securities litigation is near at hand was strengthened by the 4 per cent advance of the price of the stock of that company to above 147 on the curb today, I Directors of the Northern Securities j Company stated, when asked about the I truth of the rumors, that a peace agree ment was being reached by E. H. Harrl man and James J. Hill, and intimated that something Important is likely to happen after Feliruary 1. "I think there wl l be a distribution of Northern Securities assets very soon," one of those directors said, "and this dis tribution will be made without serious opposition along the lines of the plan adopted by the board of directors, which was enjoined by Mr. Harrlman and Win slow S. Pierce. "The reason- why the distribution of Northern Securities assets Is deferred until after February 1 Is that on that cats the fourth quarterly dividend on Great Northern and Northern Pacific stock will be due. These quarterly divi dends (l?i per cent each) have net been paid into the treasury of the Northern Securities Company because of the Har rlman Injunction. They will be paid n3 soon as the status of the Northern Se curities Company with regard to Its own ership of the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific shares, has been finally determined. The Harrlman Interests may make some technical move In the courts between now and February 1. but I do not apprehend that it will delay the distribution of the assets." A Union Pacific stockholder figures that the Northern Securities stock now held In the interest of the Union Pacific nets that company a profit of about $3S. 000,000 at the present market quotations. It is this remarkable advance In the price of Northern Securities stocks that has chiefly operated toward bringing about harmonious agreement. The assets of the Northern Securities Company. In addition to the railroad stocks, now amount to more than $6,000,000. The adjourned meeting of the Northern Securities Company, which was to have been" held at Hobokcn. N. J., today, was again adjourned until Monday -next. The Lottery of a Play. London Chronicle. "Charley's Aunt" was offered to sev eral managers, but they uniformly de clined It. and Mr. Thomas had In despair to seek the assistance of a city finan cier. This gentloman put about $3000 Into the venture, an Investment which has since yielded him no lesj? than $1S3.0X. For the author it has been equally pro ductive. Royalties amounting to $15,000 have sometimes accrued to him in one week. Since it was first produced In a most modest way at theater In Bury St. Kdmunds In February. 1S32. the com edy has never ceased being played on lawful days, it has now reached Its 121.510th performance, a figure never be fore attained by any theatrical produc tion. "Charley's Aunt" has been translated Into French, German. Russian and mod ern Greek. In all our colonics. In India, in the French colony of Hainan. In China, in Hongkong, in Japan. In the backwoods of America. Into every civil ized corner on tho earth. "Charley's Aunt" has penetrated. Companies have carried her Into the mining camps ot California and the Klondike and to the cotton fields ot Iouislana. Mr. Brandon Thomas, the author of this successful farce, was born In Liverpool, and was at first apprenticed to a. shipwright. POWER TO FIX RATES. Hearst Proposes Establishment of In terstate Commerce Court. WASHINGTON. Jan. 16- Govern ment rate-making for the railroads was further considered today by the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Representative Hearst was heard. He has Introduced a bill which, he said, was to correct some of the delays and difficulties he had experienced as a business man In proceeding before tho Interstate .Com merce Commission. 'Notably, he said, his complaint was against the anthra cite coal-cavrylng roads was Instituted in 1902 and Is still pending before that body. It was brought out through questions by Chairman Hepburn that the delay was largely due to appeals to the courts. Mr. Hearst reviewed the details of the case before the commis sion. Revtrting to his bill, he said its main features were to clothe the commission with authority to fix rates and for the establishment of an Interstate Com merce Court to which apepals shall be made. This feature, he said, was for the sole purpose of expediting contro versies before the commission. As to the constitutional authority of Congress to delegate Its authority to the Interstate Commerce Commission to fix rates, Mr. Hearst maintained that Congress possessed this authority. He did not hold that this authority could be delegated to a court, and the .only function of the court created by his bill was to review the rate fixed and. If the court could not approve the rate it should remand the question to tho commission with its reasons. Representative Adamson (Dem., Qa.) Interjected that to his mind these were all minor questions as compared with the proposition that Congress should take charge of other people's money and property and run 'the same. GOOD THING FOR RAILROADS, j Abolition .of Rebates Made Millions j for Them, Says Bacon. WASHINGTON. Jan. 16. The Senate committee on Interstate commerce gave a hearing today on the Cooper-Quarlcs bill conferring greater power on the In terstate Commerce Commission. E. P. Bacon, representing the Interstate Com merce Law Convention, was examined. Replying to Senator Elkins. he said tjiat the question of rebates was fully covered by the Elkins act. and that It remains for the Interstate Commerce Commission to enforce the provisions of that act. It is essential, he said, that the books of the railroad companies be not only open to Inspection, but that In spectors be appointed to examine the books of railway corporations, in order to discover when rebates are paid, that suits may be brought by the Attorney General. He would not at this time sug gest an amendment to the Cooper-Quarlcs bill covering that point, but he thought machinery should be provided In the fu ture to meet this condition. Chairman Elkins said It was important that somebody send for the books, as one of the things desired Is to do away with rebates. Replying to Senator Eikin. Mr. Bacon said the railroads have gained millions of dollars by the law forbidding rebates. stores. Although the purchase was. made In good faith,. ,1 flsd. thftt jb. change of policy compels me to return'thr gdods to you and ask. "you to dispose of them else where, remitting to roe the 10 cents that they should bring when you collecL The fact that X am returning this can does not necessarily Indicate lack of :inerit. as many factors enter Into tlx selection of material for filling a modern stomach, and what does not suit me may be exactly what someone elsc-ls looking for." CHEAP ST.. LOUIS S00KS. Let Portland- Emulate Her Example During the Fair. PORTLAND, Jan. 12. (To the Editor.) In an article In The Oregonian or January S, pertaining to the prospect of Fair visi tors, the following statement appeared re garding conditions at Sr, Louis: 'it Is said that there was not a room within two miles of the Exposition Grounds which dldnot rent for $2 a night, A house could not be had In that vicinity at any price. One of the Oregon Commissioners rented a house so far from the Exposition grounds that . It took him an hour and a quarter on the excellent street-cars to get home. -and though It had only six rooms and was Xurnlshed In mediocre style, he paid a -month for It. and gave an Iron-clad lease for the term -or the Exposition." In Tlew of this statement and of others In the same article and of my great ap preciation ot the nlse provision made and the remarkable success achieved by St. LOuls In providing comfortable accommodations at moderate rates ror thfi great crowds that visited there during the exposition. I wish to say- a ew things about the city as I found It. The part of the city in which I was located was one or the best residence sections, and the time required to reach the exposition from there on the atreet-cars was less than SO minutes. The price asked for the rooms anywhere In that vicinity was $1 per day If occupied by one person, and $2 If oc cupied by two persons. The rooms were comfortably furnished, and well cared for. and Included privilege of bath. Brick flats In the Immediate neighborhood rented ror only $5 per month more than structures costlec leasyfiauifbr in Portland at ordi nary ulnttu Regarding the rent or fur nlahed house as far out as the one men- r'tloned must have been. I am not prepared to state, but I am Inclined to think that that Commissioner must have had some ex perience in house-hunting In less crowded cltlis and. being fearful of delay under ex isting conditions, look the first one he found listed regardless "of cost. Rates for baggage transportation were also reasonable. For transrerrlng my trunk to my rooming-place the charge was CO cents. For checking and returning It to the station To cents, and the distance was Are times greater than that from my home here to the Union Station, for which the usual charge la 50 cents. In fact, conditions there as I found them were almost Ideal. Universal good will pre vailed, and. notwithstanding the great strain upon those most closely Identified with the work of handling the crowds, I never saw one foo busy to give Information to Inquir ing strangers. As ror the street-car conduc tors, more obliging and courteous men could not be found anywhere. They seemed to have almost a personal Interest In seeing that each bewildered traveler reached his destination. When you were getting off, if you carried a bag or suit case, they would ask you what number you wished, and would then tell you what direction to take, and even the side of the street upon which you would find It. This Information was given la the roost concIe statement possible, and consumed little time, but Its value to the stranger was priceless. . The achievement of St Louis cannot but be an Inspiration to Portland, and by all means let us emulate ber virtues and profit by her experience, to the extent of avoiding any mistakes that may .have been made there. Then In arter years every one, whether resi dent or visitor, will be able to recall the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition as one or life': pleasant memories. On the other hand, tr the real object or the Exposition Is lost sight or In the greed for gain, and the time is- used, oy those In a. position to do AO. to extort from the 10 per cent whose Income Is not Increased .thereby, and from the visitor who, sojourn a fet days among, us, an amount out of all proportion to the value or whar .be receives-In return. It were better that the idea had never 4ceen con ceived." . - ." -c-. ", Even at this early date reports are current to the effect that, certain byrraua are securing rooms In prlrate residences, paying $1S per week ror them, and binding those furnishing them, by written agreement, not to object to any person nor to any number or persons sent to occupy such rooms. What does this portend? Certainly not a condition that we would like to find awaiting us at the end of a Journey acrosc the conti nent. Some Eastern people have the Impres sion that conditions are alarmingly primitive In Oregon, but If we were to pack them away In the manner which the word "number" might predict, and charge them an amount which the bureau's commission might demand, they would be disposed to use a more compre hensive erm In describing us in future. Let us remember that our delightful climate, lofty mountains, grand scenery, and even the great attractions or the Iewis and Clark Centennial Exposition lujelf. cannot be enjoyed unle?a one Is free from the annoyance of the deprivation of ordinary creature comforts and the sense or Injustice that extortionate meth ods never tall to arouse. KATE E. PADDE.V. lip r LipmaTuWolfe & Co. Miller and Miller a Grand Success As Cutters and Fitters of Women's Garments Scores of women who had garments cut and fitted by Miller and Miller during the forepart of last week reported to us yesterday that the finished gar ments exceeded their highest expectation as to fit. And perfect fit is not their , only recommend .They are all replete with that intangible something which as hard to describe, which we all know as STYLE. Remember, their services to you are as free as air, provided you buy the materials here. Twelve-Dress Goods Specials You won't have to go deep into your purse in order to pay for dress materials here. Below we give details of an even dozen "specials," which are the very best values you've ever been offered. Returned With Thanks. Lipplncotfs. Once upon a time the late Guy AVetmore Caryl sold a story to a publisher ot maga zine?. After several months had gone by he received a proof of the story" and a note from the publisher. The latter was to the effect that, although the story had been bought. It was hardly what the magazine wanted, and that he would be greatly obliged to Mr. Caryl If that gentleman would sell the story elsewhere and send blm the check. The publisher In question owns a num ber of grocery ytores. and Caryl was somewhat of a wag. Therefore his .oppor tunity for obtaining the revenge- that he felt due lay right at his hand. Buy ing a large can of tomatoe. he removed part of the contents, sealed the can up again, and mailed It to the offending pub lisher with this note: "Dear Sir: The enclosed can of tomatoes was purchased by mo from one of you? High Prices for New Ideas. Waldo P. Warren In Success Magazine. Perhaps never before have men been so willing to pay for Ideas. A railroad director receives a handsome salary for his opinion on a measure. A corporation lawyer is asked a question, which he Itistantly answers, and his bill for a large sum Is cheerfully paid. It took only a moment In each case, but the value of an idea cannot be measured by the time It takes to express it. It has taken a long time to convince moneyed men of this point, and some of them have not been convinced. But those who are wise enough to see It are availing themselves of great opportunities for the betterment of their business. The Idea lias -Its ex ten&lon. reaching throughout an organ ization. The man !n charge of a division or a business Is given credit for what he knows as well as for what he does. He Is given credit for what he leaves un donewhat he sees It were wise not to do. The tendency Is to encourage real thinking throughout the organization, where lormerly only blind work was ex pected, according to the plan then in use. The recognition of the value of a new Idea in regard to a business point. Is leading employers to encourage criticisms and suggestion from employes In re spect to the details of the business, thus utilizing their microscopic view rather than depending solely on the blrdseye view which Is taken by the manager. A friendly feeling results from this attitude, and the employe takes a. deeper interest la his work, developing his own capacity and helping the business. To sec his taca carried out by his superior puts new life into him. and adds new enthusiasm to his efforts. He will work harder to develop another point, and so win this approbation, than he would for any other compensation. When a business organization becomes a body of thinking men and women. In stead of a vast machine of which each individual Is but a part. It becomes pos sible to govern them more by the spirit and less "by the letter of the rule, thus utilizing individual Judgment at those points where a strict adherence to the rule Is undesirable- It becomes possible Eruptions The only way to get rid of pimples and other erup tions is to cleanse the blood, improve the digestion, stim ulate the kidneys, liver and skm. Tire medicine to take is Hood's Sarsap&rilla WKcfc fcactxxr tfeoesa At 25c At 68c At 47c m At 39c At 59c At 49c All of our 50c wool mixtures. Zlbelines and 3S-Inch Tailor Suitings. Tailor Suitings, ' kerseys, meltons. Amazon cloths, etc. 54-inch, wide. heretofore ?l and '$1.25- Choice of all' 75c and S5c quali ties of Scotch mixtures, camels hair suitings and all-wool plaids. For superior quality ot black all vrool cheviots and storm serges, 40-Inch. wide. At 98c a At 75c Inch, extra heavy all-wool tailor cloths, coverts. Tweeds. plaids. 51.50 to S2 values. VyJ Crepe de Paris in navy blue. Tvlne, tan. gray, mode, champagne, etc. Regular 11 value. At $1.22 56-lnch. line Imported Tailor Suitings, Cravencttes, . broad cloths, worsteds, etc., were J1.75 to 52.50. Granites;. t T amures, serges, cheviots, broad- All-wool Henrietta. French serges, mohairs, cheviots Re duced in price from 75c and 35c yard For superior quality of black, all- wool English cheviots, rich color 'inch. wide. 50-inch, black Voiles, amures. serges, cnevjuis. oruaa-iw r cloths, mohair novelties. ctc.llJWJ A 4- f Black mohair novelties In figured I A?JL and broche effects, suitable for waists, underskirts, etc., 50c to 51 value. 4; (Ti O r French Voiles. Crepe de Paris. JnLl 70v Panamas. Sicilians, cheviots, nov- cities, etc Values are 51.50 to 52. Pendleton Indian Robes Special $5.50' While we have always carried a very large stock of Pendleton Indian Robes, we are at present outdoing any previous showing. Magnificent display of these rich robes in center of main floor. N. B. These robes are the best grade, the quality which usually sells at $6.50 here now at 5.50. Then kindly note these other specials. ?6.00 BLANKETS $4.75. 11-4 size "Wool Blankets, in tans and jrrays, extra heavy, a very substantial hard-wear re sisting blanket. $2.50 COMFORTERS $1.98. Silkoline Covers, filled with finest, white cotton, two weights, four and five pounds. $2.00 COMFORTERS $1.59. Silkoline tops, finest white cotton filling. $6.50 BLANKETS $5.00. These are a wonderful value. Made of pure Oregon wool; lull dounie-Ded size; pmK or blue border. $3.00 COMFORTERS $2.65. Sateen covers, filled with finest white cotton, full five pounds. $1.75 COMFORTERS $1.38. Silkoline tops, finest white cotton filling. Scotch Lace Curtains: Special Choice of a wide variety of patterns plain and figured centers Cable, Brussels and Scotch .Lace .Nets 3 to 4 yards long 45 to 60 inches wide. All even tne cheapest nave, the nonraveling scalloped edge. , The $1.00 quality at... $ .79 The $2.50 qualitv at. ..$1.98 The .$4.00 quality at... $3.19 The $1.50 qualjty at... 1.15 The $3.00 quality at... 2.39 The $T.00 quality at... 3.98 The $2.00 quality at... 1.65 The $3.50 quality at... 2.79 The $6.00 quality at... 4.79 $8.50 Corsets Today for $4.25 "La Vida" Corset at half price. Straight front models, high, medium and low bust with long hip. Made of fine imported Cou tille in black and white and fancy black and ecru broche. Boned throughout with genuine whalebone. Handkerchiefs "Women's 'Kerchiefs that are somewhat soiled and tumbled, not as fresh as new of course, but not "hurt" any, on sale at about half. 12c sorts 7 15c sorts 9p 18c sorts. . . . . .10 20c sorts. .... .12 25e sorts 15 35c sorts 19 50c sorts 29 65c sorts 33 75c sorts 39 $1.25 sorts 63 to eliminate a great deal of detailed sys tem or "red tape." and to substitute ac tive judgment. This develops individual capacity in the employe, while It greatly lessens operating expenses for the em ployer, and enriches the business with more intelligent work. Should Belong to Chinamen. John Fox. Jr., in Scribner's. This Is "distinctly a human country a country of cornfields, beans and po tatoes, horses, cattle, sheep, dogs, goats and no freaks In tree-trunk, branch or foliage. But I can't get over seeing a Chinaman In a cornfield. It is always a shock. He doesn't seem to have any right there. somehow nobody does ex cept a white man or a darky. There are tumble-bugs in the dusty road and gray, flying grasshopper-like things that rise from the dust, flutter a few feet from the earth and drop back again, just as they do at home. And the dragon-files why. they are noth ing In the world but the "snake-doctors' that I used to throw stones at when I was a boy in the Bluegrass. The -mountains are treeless and vol canic, but it's a human country, and I don't feel as fur from home an I did in Junan. Brili says it looks like a lot of Montana hills around Ohio cornfields, only the corn Is millet that grows 12 feet high. The people eat the top. they feed the blades to livestock, and the stalk serves almost every purpose of bamboo and for firewood as well. You can ride for hours between two solid walls of it. and you wonder how there can be people enough in the scattering villages to plant and till, or even to cut It. A richer land I never saw. It looks as though it would feed both armies, and yet there was no sign no burned house or robbed field, or even a castoft bit of the soldier's equipment to show that an array had e,ver passed that way. One fact only spoke signifi cantly of war. Xo woman except a child or a crone was ever visible. This struck me, when I recalled the trail of the Massachusetts volunteers from SI boney to Santiago and the thousands of women refugees straggling into Caney as very remarkable. I suppose both Japanese and Russians are trying to keep the good-will of the China man as well as of the rest of the world. I don't wonder that the Rus sians are fighting for that land, nor shall I wonder should the Japanese. If they win. try to keep it. But how 1 should belong to anybody but the Chi naman who has tilled it in pease and, with no harm to anybody for thou sands of years I can't for the life of me see. He (fervently) I would go through anjthini for you. She (sweetly) Well er let's beglr on vou- bank account.; Puck. Eye Glass insurance All Eyeglasses or Spectacles bought of us will be repaired for one year without' extra charge. This includes broken lenses (the rimless kind in cluded) whether specially ground or otherwise. Oculists' prescriptions filled. 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