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-JPHE MORNING OEEGONIAN, - SATURDAY, (APRIL1 15, i&Ool -as- NO DETAIL LATE STOPS LAFE PENCE SOCIETY ITEM-COUNTY CLERK FIELDS WILL NOT BE AT HOME TO VOTERS TODAY. Law of Trespass Will Be In voked. Exposition Will Be Com pleted on Time. SURVEYS THROUGH THE PARK Iff , PRESIDENT SO ANNOUNCES Not So Much to Be Done as Might Appear. LACKS FINISHING TOUCHES Statement Issued by President Goode Sets Aside Speculation Regard' ing Fair's Readiness on the Opening Day. President H. W. Goode, of the Lewis and Clark - Exposition, officially an nounced yesterday, that every detail of the Fair would be completed at least three days before the date of opening', June 1. There has been little doubt that the completion of the Exposition would be effected In due time, but the announcement made by President Goode removes every element of doubt. It was not made until after the situa tion had been carefully gone over and estimates made of the work remaining to be done. The work will not be completed on time without effort, however. There is much to be done yet and in order to accomplish It, President Goode has found It necessary to order an increase of ihe working force. As many men will be hired as are required to carry out tne plans. The official announcement of the ap proaching readiness of the Exposition is made in a lotter, which will be sent to the 'arious editors of newspapers throughout the United States and for eign countries. The letter follows: Announcement of President Goode. I have pleasure in giving- you official assur ance that the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition will be opened, complete in every dfpartment, on June 1, 1905, the date fixed tv law for the formal opening:. The bulk of construction ha3 long: been done, leaving only the finishing touches to be given to the landscaping this Spring, and the installing cf exhibits has proceeded with such speed that there never has been any question of cur ability to be ready on time. As the Exposition will continue only four and one half months (compared to five, six and seven months at other World's Fairs), our own best interests have required that we should have a completed Exposition on the opening day. This situation. I am happy to say. we have been able to meet, aided bj excellent weather throughout the Winter for construc tion, favorable conditions respecting labor end materiel, and the cordial co-operation of exhibitors, concessionaires and all others interested In the success of the enterprise. The Exposition Is primarily intended to acquaint the American people with the re sources and potentialities of the vast extent of country constituting the Pacific West. Through it the Pacific West for the first time claims the attention of the rest of the Vnlted States, and sets forth the advantages it hae to offer to persons seeking homes or avenues for Investment, or desiring to view the grandest scenery In the world. In a large degree the measure of success which we shall achieve will depend upon the knowledge that our visitors may have of the fact that everything Is In readiness, and that the Exposition will be substantially as complete on the opening day as on the closing day. Any mention, editorial or news, you may make of the substance of this letter will be appreciated by the Exposition management, as will also any notice you may give to the fact that the low rates announced by the railroads offer exceptional opportunities to Americans to see and study the Great West. The announcement was made at this time to set at rest all speculation on the subject. President Goode says. He has noted a tendency on the part of many visitors to say that some of the buildings could not be finished by June 1. 'To the casual observer," said he. "it might appear that there is much yet to do. This is true In a measure, but the work is of a nature that can be hur ried through rapidly. The situation has been thoroughly canvassed and I am able to 6ay that there will be not the slightest incomplete detail on open ing day. COMPLETE DISPLAY OF QUARTZ Mining Department to Collect Elab orate Exhibit of Many Varieties. The greatest quartz exhibit ever shown is to be included in the mining display at the Exposition. It was announced yesterday by J. F. Batchelder, superin tendent of Mines and Metallurgy, that the collection of the quartz specimens will be gin at once and that every grade and Variety will be Included In the display. One feature will be the ornamental quarts exhibit This will be put In the same galea with the Tiffany gem dis- Slay. The Tiffany exhibit will Include undreds of thousands of dollars worth of cut diamonds'. The varieties of quartz that will be shown with the diamonds will include amethyst, rose quartz, opal, plasma, bloodstone, moss-agate, onyx, jasper, agate, chalcedony, smoky-quartz and others of more common forms. The various uses to which the different vari eties are put will also be shown. All specimens will be taken from the mining districts of Oregon and the Western coun try. WOULD BRING DIVING OUTFIT Lot Angeles Man Claims to Have Solved Difficult Problem. John L. "Watson, of Los Angeles, has communicated with Exposition headquar ters hla Intention of coming to Portland with his diving apparatus, a new invention which has caused much interest and dis cussion. The apparatus Is built for depth and the inventor claims it is able to reach a depth of 300- feet in the sea without any danger to the diver within. Heretofore 60 feet has been considered a good depth' and few divers have cared to go down that far. The problem of reaching a great depth has been a difficult one to solve. Mr. Watson claims he has done so and that his apparatus will revolu tionize diving methods and make It pos sible to explore sunken ships and gem bearing reefs at a depth of at least S00 feet The question of allowing him a place in which to exhibit the apparatus is .under consideration. Brooklyn Man Discovers the Fair. The Fair is going to be advertised, after all. Incidentally, it is going to be a success from an amusement stand point C L. Milligan, of Brooklyn, has come io the rescue. Just who Milligan Is cannot be made clear, owing to lack of definite Information, but he Is a man of ideas, and he has decided that the "Fair needs advertising. So for the trifling sum of $1500 he is willing to mount an automobile, furnished by the Exposition, stud journey across the continent lp Port- i l-l, A land. In offering his services to the Ex position, he states that streamers could be flaunted from the auto announcing that the occupant was on route for the Lewis and Clarke Fair. Thus would people get to know of it Millions would probably drop their work and follow the Brooklyn man to Portland in carriages, horseback and on foot On his arrival here. C. L. Milligan would like to build a rotary top of steel. The thing, as it Is on paper. rotates one way while the passengers are dispatched In the opposite direction. With a little kindly flnanclal assistance from the Fair, say $20,009, or some such trifle, C. L. Milligan could put his top through. and is sure It would coin a mint- of money and Insure the financial success of the Fair. The communication has been referred to the janitor for action. Mechanics Will Visit Fair. Members of the" Theatrical Mechanics' Association, who will meet In annual con vention at Los Angeles in July, have de cided to take in Portland on the way home. By a unanimous vote the New York delegates decided to visit Portland for two days, July 24 and 25, in order to see the Lewis and Clark Exposition. In a letter to the Exposition, the secretary asks to be advised concerning hotel ac commodations and scenic features that should be taken in during the two-days stay. The information will be mailed at once, as requested. Utah Adopts Plan for Building. SALT LAKE CITY, April 14. Plans and specifications have been submitted for Utah's building at the Lewis and Clark Exposition. The state commission has In structed Manager Clawson to proceed to Portland and go ahead with the building. The plans as submitted were not entirely satisfactory, and some alterations will be made. This, however, will not prevent work from beginning immediately after Mr. Clawson reaches the Exposition city. Preparing for Yamhill's Exhibit. M'MINNVILLE. Or., April 14. (Special.) A convention will be held here tomor row of delegates from the women's aux iliaries to the county board of exhibit of the Lewis and Clark Fair. The meeting will be held at Burns' Hall at 10 o'clock, and plans and methods of work for col lecting and maintaining the Yamhill Coun ty exhibit at the Fair will be discussed. About 100 delegates are expected to be present MRS. A. BREYRIAN, PRESIDENT Portland Woman's Relief Club Holds Its Election. The Portland Woman's Relief Club yes terday afternoon elected the following of ficers: President, Mrs. A. Breyman; first vice-president Mrs. Robert Lutke; record ing secretary, Mrs. F. W. Brooke: cor responding secretary. Mrs. E. P. Fraser; treasurer, Mrs. C. X. Rankin; financial secretary. Mrs. W. H. Fear; directors. Mrs. Warren E. Thomas and Mrs. War ren S. White. The election was by ballot and the con test for the office of president which Mrs. P. J. Mann held during the past year, was a close one, Mrs. Breyman re ceiving 66 votes and Mrs. W. Wynn John son 62. Before It had been announced from the chair that nominations were in order a subdued excitement a very well bred excitement, it must be understood, noticeable only by a rustling of silken skirts here and there, and whispered conversation, Indicated that the first nom inations were awaited with impatience and intense interest It was quite generally un derstood that Mrs. Breyman and Mrs. Johnson would be put forward by their friends for president and as each has a large number of friends and admirers in the club, the close voting was to be ex pected. Mrs. A. S. Dunlway nominated Mrs. Breyman In most complimentary terms, saying that the latter was a woman whom she was proud to know, and Miss Grace Watt Ross proposed the name of Mrs. Johnson, which sne did in a very grace ful way. Each nomination was received with ap plause, those following being that .of Mrs. Lutke and Mrs. B. S. Pague for vice-president Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. M. Baruh and Mrs. Brooke decllng the nomination. In accepting the office of president, Mrs. Breyman said: "To tell you I appreciate what you have done for me today cannot half express my feelings. You know I have not sought the office, but throughout the year I shall try to be worthy of the honor you have done me." ' The action of Carter's Uttle Liver PIU3 is pleasant mild and natural. They gently stimulate the liver and regulate the bowels, but do not purge. The Denver & Rio Grande scenery Is even more beautiful In Winter than Sum mer. Travel East via that line and spend a day in Salt Lake City. FOR LOSS OF EYE Thirty Thousand Dollars Dam ages Asked, PLAINTIFF IS A LABORER Defendant Is 'Star Sand Company. Which Employed for Two and One-Half Years the Bringer of Action. Another damage suit for the loss of an eye was placed on trial in the State Circuit Court' yesterday before JuJgo Sears and a jury. The plaintiff, Man uel Nunes Pcrelra, demands $30,000 from the Star Sand Company, in which em ploy he was for. two and a half years. Henry E. McGinn appears as his attor ney. The accident took place August 5, 1904, at the foot of Fifteenth street, where rock was being hoisted from a fiatboat in the river by means of a derrick, and dumped into a rock crusher on the wharf above. The rock was loaded into a box open at one end, to which was attached chains. Two hooks at the end of a rope were fas tened to the chains, and the rope led to the derrick. The hoisting was done with a small engine. In hoisting a box full of. rock the hooks became de tached from the chains after the rock had been dumped into the crushor. where Pcreira was at work. He says in his complaint that William R. Mln slnger, the engineer, did nqt notice what had happened and - continued to run the engine, causing the hoops to swing about, and one of them, Pereira alleges, struck him In the eye, putting It out j The answer recites that when the hooks were swinging back and forth ! Pereira took hold of one of the swing- Ing hooks and did not take hold of the other us he .ought to have done, and I also that "he permitted the box to be come unhooked. The jury was taken 1 to the scene of the accident yesterday . afternoon, and the taking of testimony I will be commenced this morning. ; HENRY W. CORBETT'S ESTATE j Account of tne Executors Shows Re-1 ceipts and Disbursements. j The fourth semi-annual account- of i Emma I. Corbett. W. C. Alvord and Henry Ladd Corbett, executors of the ' will of Henry W. Corbett deceased, was j filed In the County Court yesterday. It J shows receipts since October 1, 190i, from i bonds, stocks, rents and other sources j of Income amounting to $17LS0i, and the j payment of claims, legacies, taxes, assess ments, repairs, etc., amounting to $131,532, J leaving a balance on hand of $40,271. Be- j quests still remaining unpaid other than to the residuary legatees and devisees ; are: j Helen Ladd Corbett, $25,000: Elliott R. Corbett, $25,000: Hamilton F. Corbett $25, 000; Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church, $25,000; the Children's Home, $50, 000; Boys and Girls' Aid Society, $10,000; Young Men's Christian Association. $00,000, and to these executors in trust $115,000. The receipts include: Dividends, $56,453; interest on bonds, $2701; miscellaneous, $54,4S5; rents, $58,134. The disbursements include $31,400 taxes, $44,035 claims and $25, 000 overdraft The dividends include $2S, 2S0 from the First National Bank of Port land, $7871. Portland Hotel Company; $5S50. City and Suburban Railway Company; $8145. Portland Consolidated Railway Com pany. There was received $3?.00o from the sate of "bonds of the Columbia River & North ern Railway Company and $9400 for stock in the same company. ATTACHES LEASE OF MARKET Concrete and Cement Work Unpaid For Cause of Litigation. The People's Market Association, which has agreed to construct and operate a market on the block bounded by Second and Third. Market and Mill streets, is in legal difficulty. This block was deeded to the city of Portland many years ago for market purposes. It was for a long time occupied by the Mechanics' Fair Association and two years ago it was leased by the city to the People's Mar ket Association. The latter tas construct- ed two large sheds on the block for the use of vegetable gardeners who bring their truck to the city every morning on week days, but the main market build ing Is still only a thing of promise. K. G. Lundstrom. who performed con crete and cement work, for which he was to receive J23S3. yesterday began an at tachment suit in the State Circuit Court against the company to recover 51SS3 bal ance due. He says he did the work under a written agrcemnt signed by Julia? H. Alexander, the president of the Mar ket Association. Claude Strahan, attor ney for Lundstrom. caused the Sheriff to attach the lease executed by the city to the market company. Four Divorces for Desertion. Four divorces, all on account of deser tion, were granted by Judge Sears yes terday. iris R: Case, who was divorced from Herbert A. Case, testified that he aban doned her at Ashland. Or.. In -12S7. They were married in 1S79. She said he left her without cause, and that there wera no property rights or ether matters in the case to dispose of. Georgia V. Waters testified that Lewis Waters left her in 1901. and Is now in Baltimore. They were married In Chicago May 2, ISM. The decree in her favor was pronounced. Mary E- Thompson, who waited 11 years. In vain for her husband. Ell Woodward Thompson, to return to her. was granted a divorce. They were married In" Kala ma In 1893. About a year afterwards she said he went away one day and never came back. Philip Hull was divorced from Maggie Hull for desertion, beginning in Decem ber. 1903, six years subsequent to their marriage. The Hulls were before the court two years ago In a contested case, which the court dismissed. His Arraignment Postponed. The arraignment of Congressman Will iamson did not take place in the Federal Court yesterday, and the expected battle of words between Heney and Bennett, who appears for the defense, over the legality of the indictments returned by the grand jury, did not take place. Williamson will be arraigned this morn Ine at 10 o'clock, his arraignment hav ing been continued yesterday until that time. The arguments concerning the va- j lluity or the Indictments were put over until Monday morning by Judge Bellinger, as both prosecution and defense desired more time to prepare for the contest One Thousand for Loss of Eye. A verdict for $1000 damages in favor of Walter Ford in his suit against Edward and Eugene Blazler was returned by the jury in Judge Cleland's Court shortly be fore noon yesterday. Ford sued for $50,000 for the loss of an eye caused by a beat ing he received at the hands of Harry Barrett, a bartender In Blaster's Saloon on the night of October S, 1904. The de fense was that Ford was the aggressor, and also that three weeks elapsed from the time of the assault until he con sulted a physician. The closing argu ments were made yesterday morning by Henry E. McGinn for the plaintiff and S. C Spencer for the defense. WIII Make. Precinct Copies. Copies of the recent registration will be. delivered to candidates of political or ganizations desiring them by County Clerk Fields, at the rate of $1 a precinct The clerks In the office have agreed to work nights and make the copies. Or ders are requested to be sent in at once. Cases Which Judges Will Decide. Judge Cleland will announce decisions this morning as follows: Canadian Bank of Commerce vs. L A. Yerex; merits. J. J. Jennings ct al. vs. Louis Trummer; merits. Judge Frazer this morning will decide the case of Heywood Bros. & Wakefield Co. vs. Doernbecher Manufacturing Com pany: on rehearing. Judge George will decide: Marks vs. Kaufman; motion to quash attachment Suess vs. Sucss; motion for suit money. Brisbane vs. Hall; demurrer to com plaint State vs. George B. Thomas; demurrer to Information. State vs. Bridges; demurrer to informa tion. Gelsler vs. Portland Federated Trades Laundry Company: motion to strike out parts of intervening petition. Hancock Street Improvement Company vs. City of Portland ct al.;' demurrer to complaint. Jacob Danner vs. Bertha E. Winter. Mansfield vs. Mansfield; motion to dis solve injunction. TO CURK A COLD IN ONE DAY. laxative Bromo Quinine, the world-wide Cold Cure, removes the cauee. Call for full name asa ioqx. icr Hguxure ox xi. w. lirove. Colonel Hawkins, of the Commission, Is Determined That the City Pleasure Ground Shall Not le Injured. The laws of trespass will be called into action against Lafe Pence and his Balch Creek'water rights scheme, per haps no later than today. Colonel L. L. Hawkins, of the Park Commission has discovered that in surveying his ditch back of Willamette Heights, he has run his line through the corner of the Macleay Park without permission and as soon as the first shovelful of dirt is turned by an employ of the company running th.e ditch, the officers, partic ularly Mr. Pence, will be arrested by Colonel Hawking. He will have a man constantly on the spot to send word as soon as trespass is committed, and that done, he will put the machinery of tne law to work In double-quick ac tion and his hope is to land Mr. Pence in Jail. Colonel Hawkins is unsparing in his denunciation of Lafe Pence, saying that It was on Injustice in the first place to take advantage of a law Intended for the arid districts and file on the suburban water courses of Portland under it, but add to that the effrontery of surveying a ditcn directly through a public park, from which he purposes to appropriate all the water, makes the Colonel rise to a point of dignity In his arraignment "What makes my blood boil," says the Colonel, "is to see the manifesta tions of that man Pence's colossal nerve. He schemes to take all the water away from that park, tapping Balch's Creek Immediately above the park limits and then goes slashing through the park Itself to lay his ditch on tho public ground. "And to curry favor he' offers a few spoonfuls of the water to the Fair for sprinkling purposes. This offer, I un derstand, however, will not be accept ed. Mr. Pence hag so much gall that he could fill a reservoir witn It, if he lapped it with a pipeline." Colonel Hawkins, while inventing new language with which to fix titles to Lafe Pence, has not overlooked a point in the game he is playing against him, and belioves that he has him In a corner now, Unless the pipeline goes through the park it cannot be built and Colonel Hawkins Intends taking great pains that it does not trespass upon the pirk grounds to the extent of one inch. He says Pence cannot touch a spoonful of water, a shovelful of dirt or breaK another twig In the park, but he will have the law pounc ing down upon him and stop his opera tions. The Park Commission has tnougnt of making little pools up Balch's Gulch and creating waterfalls and cascades, and to rob the park of Its water, is to take away its chief attraction, think the members of the commission. Tney wish to preserve this wild spot in all Its original beauty and particularly de sire to have the water leaping over the rocks and babbling along for all time, even when the hills are covered witti houses, so they are determined to block Lafe Pence on this particular water right scheme, no matter what plausible argument he puts up for the appropria tion of the water. 'May Have Beneficial Effect. PORTLAND. Or.. April 14. (To the Ed itor.) The -water nllnss made by Lafe Pence In the vicinity of Portland, may be of many beneficial effect?. To some extent, at least, the people of Eastern Oregon, who have la bored Tor the cau.c oi irrigation, have not re ceived the encouragement and sympathy they should have from tr.e City of Portland. Hereafter .our people. I hope, will be more favorably Inclined toward Irrigation and vo appreciate It? Immense Importance to hi tate at large. The delegation from Multno mah County to Legislature Is large and one of the controlling Influences In that body, and they should make a study of the Irriga tion laws, because of the demand of this pubject at the present time. If they are personally Interested in It nnd the voters who send them there are also Interested In It. It will receive the attention' It deserves. The subject of Irrigation Is of the greatest Importance to the entire people of the State of Oregon. I believe and nope that the move ments of Lafe Pence will ultimately be of untold benent to us. A. KING WILSON. Heard in th'eRotundas One of the guests at the Portland Hotel this week is L. P. Hunt an old news paper man from Meankato, Minn. Mr. Hunt is now actively engaged in the lum Vr nrwl fishlnc Industries Alone thf Alas I kan coast "Yes. I have been In the newspaper business for more than 35 years," said Mr. Hunt In answer to a question whtnl teen in the looby or the fortiand Hotel the other afternoon. "Of course you must think it strange that I should quit the business after I had been in it for so many years, but I wanted a change. I thought I had been in It long enough. "You can't tell though how long this change will last, as I might drift back to it almost any day. I don't think I will, though. T like my new vocation very well. I will admit that It Is quite a change. When I first quit the news paper business all my friends predicted that I would be back, and they are still of the same opinion." William E. Buskett executive commis sioner representing Montana at the Lewis and Clark Exposition, used to be intimately acquainted with Eugene Field, They knew each other in St. Loul3. "When I first knew Field he did not seem to care much for children, in fact, he rather disliked them." said Mr. Buskett at the Hotel Portland yesterday after noon, In speaking of the poet when he was a young man. "However. a3 he ad vanced In years he leaned more and more toward children, until he was over fond of them. "He used to tell me. as well as all of his friends, that he believed he would do his best work after he had passed the age of 50 years. He said he was get ting to understand children more every year and thought by the time he was a grandfather he would be at the zenith of his career. He died at the age of, 48." William Stansell. a tobacco raiser from Yamhill County, is in Portland, to ar range for. if possible, an exhibit at the Lewis and Clark Exposition, which will show the wonderful possibilities offered by the tobacco Industry In Oregon. Mr. Stansell, who has been allotted space for his exhibit proposes to show the differ ent stages of the cultivation of tobacco as It Is raised in this state. Mr. Stansell. who came to Oregon six years ago from Ohio. sayB as excellent a grade of tobacco can be grown In Oregon as in the Southern and Middle West states. Mr. Stansell speaks from experience, as he has been a tobacco raiser from boy hood. Since he has been in Oregon he has raised tobacco on a farm near Wheat land, in Yamhill County, and has had charge of a small cigar factory. Mr. t&nseU has not enaed in th bueln0gj.for the collection of any taxes after 8 CROU CM C O on an extensive scale, "but from his prac tical observations he has come to the con clusion that tobacco can be raised In Ore gon as successfully as in other parts of the United States. The cigars made from from the tobacco grown by Mr. Stansell are said to be excellent At the present time the Board of Trade at Dayton Is In negotiations with Mr. Stansell. as It is desirous of having him move his factory from the vicinity of Wheatland to Dayton. It proposes to in crease greatly the capacity of the estab lishment and to conduct the business on a large scale. It has not been decided yet whether Mr. Stansell will make the change. Mr. Stansell, since he has been in Ore gon, has Induced several families from Ohio to settle In the vicinity of Wheat land. As a result a comparatively large area of land will be used for the cultiva tion or tobacco, as all the Ohloans are as enthusiastic over the prospects as is Mr. Stansell. "The Miami Valley, in Ohio, where I come from, is one of the greatest tobacco raiding sections in the United States, but it can be cultivated as prolitably in Ore gon." said Mr. Stansell at the Commer cial Club yesterday afternoon. "The to bacco I have raised here has been of superior quality. I was really surprised at the results of "my experiments. There is a total absence of the tobacco bug in Oregon. This pest Is the greatest draw back to the tobacco raising in the East ern states. "The year I left Ohio the tobacco raised in Montgomery County alone amounted in value to more than $2,000,- 000. There Is no reason whatever that this amount of tobacco cannot be raised In Yamhill County. The soli In the Wil lamette Valley is more fertile than that In Ohio and the climatic conditions could hardly be improved. Tn Ohio there can be raised about 1000 pounds of tobacco to the acre. But owing to the richness of the soil an acre of land In the Willa mette Valley will yield a crop of at least 1200- pounds of tobacco. Besides. In Ohio they use enormous quantities of fertilizers. There needs to "be considerable potash and ammonia in the soil where tobacco Is successfully raised, and I found the land In Yamhill County, upon Which I raised several crops, possesses these elements. H. C. Keyes, who holds extensive inter ests in various gas plants on the Pacific Slope. Is a visitor In Portland. Mr. Keyes Is most prominently Identified with the natural gas company of Sacramento, of which he is the head, and also has simi lar interests In Lewiston, Idaho. While ostensiby on his way to Lewis ton, it is known that his present trip is one of inspection of the Northwest terri tory with a view to enlarging his field" of operations, should a desirable location be found. In his two days stay here he has gone over the ground very thoroughly and has Investigated all conditions. PERSONAL MENTION. George Aibers, of Seattle, is registered, at the Imperial Hotel. H. V. Gates. ex-Mayor of Hlllsboro, is registered at the Perkins. Ed C. Warner, of San Jose. Cal., la reg istered at the Imperial Hotel. Congressman J. N. Williamson, of Prinevllle, Is a guest at the Imperial Hotel. C. S. Brown, of Astoria, is in Portland for a few .days. He is staying at the Im perial Hotel. C. P. Hoff, State Labor Commissioner, who lives at Salem, is a guest at the Perkins Hotel. Professor E. D. Ressler, of the Mon mouth Normal School, is a guest at tho Imperial Hotel. W. H. Eccles. a Hood River lumber man, is in Portland for a short stay. He Is registered at the Perkins. Mr. and Mrs. Adolphe Wolfe are ex pected to arrive in Portland this evening. Their many friends will be glad to wel come them home again, after an absence of more than a year in European coun tries. MAY INVOKE REFEEENDTTM. Canceling Delinquent Taxes After Six Years Is Opposed. The referendum may be invoked to do away with a bill enacted by the last Legislature canceling all taxes which have been delinquent for six years or more. The new law goes Into effect May IS. County Clerk Fields, to evade Its provisions, has issued an alias writ for the sale of property de linquent for 1SS6 taxes. Otherwise these taxes would be lost to the county. The sale will take place before May 18. Multnomah County is not much affected by this law for the reason that nearly all old taxes have been wiped out, and it will be possible to defeat the law in the future by keeping one year ahead of it In the sale of old tax claims. Other counties are not so fortunate. Some of them have many old tax claims still unsatisfied. Yesterday Judge Ryan, of Clackamas County, called on County Clerk Fields, and ex plained that in Clackamas County near ly all the old contested mortgage taxes, amounting to $25,000, still appeared on the books. He said they collected a little from time to time of these taxes. He also stated that they had other back taxes to collect, and that a referendum petition to defeat this law will be cir culated in Clackamas County. The new statute is as follows: "That any tax levied by any county, for any purpose whatever, shall be deemed to have been paid at the end of six years from the time when such tax became delinquent No proceedings shall be taken for the collection of any tax levied by any county after six years from -the time when such tax be came delinquent, and all proceedings Ghirardelli's Ground Choco late is the most appetizing combination of nutriment and flavor you ever tasted. It builds sotsnd nerves and sturdy bodies without taxing the digestion. Makes iooiksomz cukes znd pastry. six years from tho timo that stica taxes became delinquent shall be ille gal and 'old." HE TALKS ON CHILD TRAINING Governor Chamberlain Addresses Mothers' Meeting on That Topic Governor George E. Chamberlain de livered an address yesterday afternoon be fore the mothers meeting, held in the as sembly hall of the HoIIaday School, under the auspices of the Home Training Asso ciation. There were ' over 100 mothers present. Mrs. Samuel Connell.. acting president of the association, presided. In troductory remarks were mado by Prin cipal Hadiey, who welcomed the mothers and the association to tho Holladay School. Mrs. Amedce Smith rendered, two solos, after which Mrs. R. H. Tate read a paper setting forth the object of tho Home Training Association, which sho said was for the general betterment of the child and improvement of its home life. In his talk Governor Chamborlain ex pressed his deep Interest In the objects of the association, and said he agreed with President Roosevelt In that he did not believe In race suicide. He was glad to contribute to the subject from his own experience. Tho Governor commended the movement that brings parent and teacher Into closer relationship and bet ter understanding. "We ail have different methods of man aging our children," said Governor Cham berlain, "and we get information by in terchange of ideas. To my mind there are several things necessary in tho manage ment of children. We should recognize the fact that a child understands more than he Is usually given credit for, and when a child is treated unfairly by a parent It does not forget It An Injus tice is never forgotten. We should be careful, and be ourselves Just what wr want our children to be. A parent should not fall below the standard required of the child. Truth should be cultivated. Business men encounter untruth in their affairs. The principle of truthfulness should be ground Into tho child. Home should be mado pleasant The home should be made the most attractive placo to the child in the world. The boy should be permitted to bring his wagon and drum into the house nnd make all th noise he sees fit. In my term as District Attorney I found many boys had become criminals by being driven from their homes, and through lack of pleasant home surroundings. I have talked with boys between 15 and 20 arrested, and found their home3 were not attractive, though their fathers and mothers were good peo ple. I repeat that home should be made attractive, and that the parent should be a companion of the child. Children should not be ropelled by too much aus tere'ness. "Parent and child Bhould be close to gether In all things. I believe In the public schools. I have sent my children to them. They roprosent our democratic institutions, which does not place th rich man's sons above those of the poor, but all are equal and have the same op portunities." Following the Governor's address came talks by Mrs. William Reld, Mrs. Connell and several of the teachers as to the best time to visit the schools. It was decided to organize a branch of the Home Train ing Society In .Holladay Addition, and Mesdames D. D. Mann, Frank Cook, S. Lockwood, J. C. Mann, W. D. Scott wero appointed a committee to make the ar rangements. Brings Prisoner From California. Detective Hartman returned to Portland last night from Stockton, Cal., having in custody W. F. Haliowell, wanted here on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. If your breathing 1st difficult, or your lungs oore. rely on Plso's Cure for Immediate relief. CHILDREN AFFECTED By Mother's Food and Drink. Many babies have been launched into life with constitutions weakened by dis ease taken in with their mother's miik. Mothers cannot beitoo careful as to the food they use while nursing their babes. The experience of a Kansas City mother is a case in point: "I was a great coffee drinker from a child, and thought I could not eat a meai without It. But I found at last It was do ing me harm. For years I had been troubled with dizziness, spots before my eyes and pain in my heart, to which was added, two years ago, a chronic sour stomach. The baby was born seven months ago, and almost from the begin ning It, too. suffered from sour stomach. She was taking it from me! "In my distress I consulted a friend of more experience than mine, and she told me to quit coffee, that coffee did not make good milk, and I have since ascer tained that it really dries up the milk. "So I quit coffee, and tried tea and at last cocoa. But they did not agree with me. Then I turned to Postum Coffee, with the happiest results. It proved to be the very thing I needed. It not only agreed perfectly with baby and myself, but it increased the flow of my milk. My husband then quit coffee and used Post um, quickly got well of the dyspepsia, with which he had been troubled. 1 no longer suffer from the dizziness, blind spells, pain in my heart or sour stomach. Postum has cured them. "Now we all drink Postum, from my husband to my seven months' old baby. It has proved to be the best hot drink we have ever used. We would not give up Postum for the best coffee we ever drank." Name given by Postum Co.. Battle Croek, Mich. There's a reason. Get the little book, "The Road to Wcll vllle," in each pkg.