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12 5?HE MORKiya OBEGOHIAH. MONDAY,. M-AY 15, 1905. SPOILS Fill's BACKGROUND Unsightly Billboard, cn. Hillside Proves a Nuisance; the Kill rive token of the beauties to b found -within? I am told that at St. Loula a. woman might go to and from the Fair grounds alone, without fear of belnp molested by any of the Intoxicated men -who frequent the many fa loons -which. It seems, we have to accept as an accompaniment to any public demonstra tion. Are -we to have it said that tho "who attended Portland's Fair had to run a gaunt, let between ench places? The only remedy that suggests itself is a change In the loca tion of the entrance way, and to prove effi cacious this would have to be done at a late day. I am only a unit in the general chorus of protest, but The Oregonlan Is the people voice and as such I appeal to it. SYDNEY M'GREGOR. OEM M Mil CHIEF HUNT WILL ACT If It Is Within the Corporate Limits of the City He Will Order That It Be Removed at Once. The billboard painter has already begun, to get in his work near the Fair grounds and has so far erected one ugly sign, the most conspicuous thing on the landscape, half a mile beyond the Government build ing and on the St. Helens road. It Is not a gaudy affair and advertises a brand of -whisky, but it Is the only thing to mar the scenery and has already created a great deal of comment. Whether this large, but meek-appearing sign is merely an experiment and -whole groves' of billboards will disfigure the hillsides, if public Indignation does not tear this one down, is only a conjecture. But there is no telling to what limits billposters will go in their desire to flaunt some article of merchandise before the crowd. There never was so good an op portunity to draw the attention of the many as on those beautiful green hill sides, and If the owners of the property are beguiled by the lucrative offers which the billboard fiend is sure to advance, the possibilities in the way of spoiling the appearance of the Fair are unlimited. For the surroundings are a distinct por tion of the grounds, like a frame to a picture. A disfigured framo will spoil the whole effect. But it is lawful to build these boards on the hillsides, unless they are over 12 feet high. In that case the Chief of Po lice has .authority tor tear them down if thev are within the city limits. In the case of the present billboard it is in prox imity to the city line, and it might need the; aid of a surveyor to decide this point. It Is right at the old Burelbach crema tory and the city lino runs directly through that- A police officer detailed to learn the exact location of the sign re ported it outside the limits, but Chief Hunt has ordered special investigations to see if he cannot prove it to bo within the lines. If the sign is without the city there is no way of preventing its remaining, no matter how high it may be. In that case a plan has been suggested to the Fair management to build a plain board fence and paint it green immediately in front of the sign on the adjoining piece of prop erty. If practicable this will be done and the plans of the billposter will be Irustrated. Darker and more violent means of rid ding the landscape of a nuisance have also been hinted at and it is said that there is no telling what citl2ens may not do. There Is no danger of the whole hill being a zigzag effect of tall, fcncellke billboards, for the property-owners near est the Fair have positively refused to lend their land to such purpose. The chief owners there are the Scottish-American Investment Company, represented by Russell & Blyth and Edward Cooklngham, Paul van Fridagh and W. F. Kettenbach. Beyond them it is too far oft for effective display of signs. There is just one small strip of land near the water where dis play can be made, a goodly portion of It outside the city limits. All the tall green fences in the world could not hide the works of an enterprising billposter, if he can-obtain permission to build extensively there, and the owners are not residents of the city. Sign Disfigures Landscape. PORTLAND. Or., Slay 14. To the Editor.) I was not surprised at the vehement dlsgunt displayed by a party of Californlana (whom I was conducting around the Fair grounds the other day) when they caught sight of that advertisement of a certain whisky brand dis played on the side of a certain old building on the Linton road. It is certainly, viewed from the Grand Staircase, a prominent feature in the landscape. Though eome allowance may be made for the probability that had it been an advertise. ment of the Julco of the grape Callfomian rather than of the distillation of pohsibly Oregon grain they would not have .been so tighteously excited; yet. after all. It bjo;in a large section of the flneet Exposition panorama ever displayed to a delighted people. Uut what can the Exposition authorities do in the matter, which I see from your columns they have taken under advisement? 1 think the sign was there long before, and has only accidentally come into Its present extreme prominence. And what can the politicians do? It is not an Issue like the great billboard Question, a! though worse than a hundred billboards, only hiding vacant lots. Jteldec. if they trlod it. the followers of the- rofous. "Hcrdt-man of Tekoah," now riding with that prophet In the municipal water wagon, would be told It was only a fitting Illustration of what they consider "whisky rule,"" and a case more for moral suasion than prohibition, or should the Democratic doctor attempt to meddle he might give offense to the most Bourbonlc section of his party and endanger the recently constructed alliance. The fame, it approached from the side of the Municipal Reform Association. Or should the regular members of the G. O. P. intervene, they might be politely told to consume their time In whitewashing their own somewhat notorious but animated excresence on the land scape nominated from the Second TVard. No! If It is beyond the city boundaries and beyond all regulation, perhaps the owner of the premises ha6 given the advertising man full A-alue already, and In response to the ap peal of private cltlrens from far and near, might have the obliterating whitewash brush wielded In the general Interests of the Lewis and Clark. Or perhaps the advertiser himself, since force Is no remedy, might voluntarily surrender rights if approached In a concilia tory way. Yours truly. JAMES HEATLBY. 31 Second street. WILLIAMS CAN GO SOME O. A. C. Sprinter Huns in Even Time "When Accessary. CORVALUS, Or., May 14. (Special.) Interest Is sharp here In the dual 'field and track meet to take place on O. A. C. field next Thursday between the Univer sity of Washington and Oregon Agricul tural College "teams. The result, when compared with a meet to take place two days later between the University of Washington and University of Oregon teams, will enable enthusiasts to get a line on the meet to follow a week later between O. A. C and U. of O., and also to give a strong idea of the comparative strength of the two latter teams for the big state meet to take place at Salem, June 10. Thursday's meet will be the first be tween Washington and Oregon Agricul tural College. The two teams have met four times in football matches, and each has two victories to its credit. In O. A. C. circles, while uninformed as to Wash ington's strength, there Is a degree df confidence In a very fine showing for the Oregon men. If not indeed a clean-cut victory. First and second places in the sprints and short runs are counted on as fairly certain for Oregon Agricultural College. Williams and Smlthson are not believed here to have equals and certainly not su periors on the Coast. Physical Director Trine says Williams is good for a 10-sec-ond-flat record in the 100-yard dash when ever it becomes necessary for him to run that fast. Williams had a slow start and was beaten but by a body in the 100-yard race here last Saturday, when Smlthson made the distance in 10 seconds flat, under adverse conditions. Trine expects to have Williams get that record some time and somewhere this season. Only one Oregon man has so far made the record, and that is Smlthson, who did It at Eugene last year, and duplicated It the other day at Corvallis. During his time at the University of Oregon, "Dad" Trine brought six men into 10 1-5-second records, each of whom with a little more training were capable of a 10-second gait. Among these wore Heater. Bishop, Kuy kendall. Kelly and Overhoit. -Heater was only beaten by a face by Cadigan. the Callfornian. wnen the latter ran the 100 yards In 10 seconds fiat at Eugene several years ago, that being the first and only time the distance had ever been made In 10 seconds flat in Oregon until Smlthson made it at Eugene last year. With Williams and Smlthson In the sprints, to say nothing of Grccnhaw. Gra ham and Cathey, and a fairly well bal anced team all along the line. Trine has much at hand with which to give battle to the Washington invaders. One of the striking events will be a one-mile relay. It Is not known what Washington has In this event, but O. A. C. has anywhere from four to six men who can do the quarter necessary In good lively time. In the recent meet with Columbia Univer sity, the O. A. C. team ran a half-mile relay in 1:35. Washington Insists on elimination of the 50-yard dash, and Manager Stlmson Is con tending for it. It Is said that Washington In the course of negotiations admitted that the O. A. C. would win It If It be eliminated, the Oregon men will prob ably suffer a loss of eight points, for both Wiiliams and Smlthson have been trained by Trine for a 5 2-5 record, which Is the world s record In the 'event Spring Freshets Will Be Small This Season. LIGHT SNtfWFALL A CAUSE low water to overcame this tidal action. At -several points In the river, nota bly Willow Bar, Henrici, Hunter's. Up per and Lower Martin's, Walker Island and Slaughter's, the yearly freshets re sult In filling: up the channel from three to. six feet As a result almost con tinual dredging Is required to maintain the channel, and It Is for this reason that Major Langfitt has constantly rec ommended permanent improvements by rncana of dikes and embankments. That such Improvements are entirely success ful has been demonstrated In the case of St Helen's Bar, the channel of which prior to the construction of the dike was constanly filling up, and which since has been kept clear, with prac tically no work. This Will Be Beneficial From Har bor JPolnt of View, Since Little Sediment AVill Be J)cpos itcd on Itlvcr-Bars.- That the stage of the rivers In the Northwest this year will be far below the normal is now a foregone conclu sion. The latest reports show that the mountain snows, the origin of tho Spring freshets, have been unusually light this Winter, the snowfall in many sectlonH of the Blue Mountains being the smallest in 15 years, while In the Cascades thero has been but half the fall of the preceding Winter. Under these conditions the river, with an average rise of from 22 to 25 feet each Summer, will hardly go up to the 15-foot mark. The conditions of this year are almost Identical with those of 18S3. when but 17.S was registered, and 18S9, the lowest on record, 10. All in dications point to a stage this year be tween those two figures. While on some parts of the. rivers navigation will suffer to some extent. the lack of the usual snows and water will be felt more keenly in the irrlga tlon and mining districts. The fall of snow in the mountains during the Tat ter part of March relieved the situation in a degree, but not sufficient to meet all the needs. The low Summer stage of water will not affect navigation below Portland, nor will it be any serious hindrance above the Willamette Falls. The depth of river channels is figured on the ex treme low-water stage and river com merce operated on this basis. For this reason, without even a one-foot rise the usual river traffic would In no way be Interrupted, and, as a matter of fact. would be benefited by the absence of any rise and a continuance of low-wa ter conditions. The United States En gineers Department, having In chargo the improvement of the r'vers. from continued observations of conditions on the lower Columbia Rive:. Is of the opinion that yearly deterioration of the channel is largely due to the Spring freshets. These floods carry with them innumerable tons of sediment, which Is deposited and piles up on the shoals. and In the course of time obliterates the old channel. This view Is sustained by the fact that it is Invariably Immediate ly after the Spring and Summer high water that dredging becomes neces sary, and that during what may be called the low-water months, January, February and March, there Is no ap preiMable filling up of the channel. Were It not for the Spring freshets there would be no work required on the channel aside from the small amount of dredging necessary for the maintenance of present conditions. The Columbia River below Portland has a 24-foot channel at low water. This Is sufficient to care for the com merce of the rix'er, but. In fact, the con ditions of the tide increase this depth. At low water In Portland the tide -with favorable wind conditions, reaches three feet, and It requires ten "feet above FIGHT WITH LION "Wrestling Match Becomes a Strng- gle for Iilfe. London Dally Mail While a Franco-American athlete named Rey was practising this morn ing with a Hon named Brutus for the wrestling- championship of Europe, which commences tomorrow at the Hippodrome, he had a narrow escape of losing: his life. The Hon, while Its fo'repaws were on the trainer's neck and ' its head over his shoulder, unexpectedly fastened its teeth In his jacket. The- trainer stopped wrestling and tried to dis engage himself by withdrawing from the jacket and leaving It in the lion's possession. But he was unable to do this, and Brutus, without becoming actually sav- age, warmed to the encounter, and-began to tear the trainer about the shoul ders and sides. Although bleeding free ly .-from 50 wounds. Rey, who Is a powerful, athletic young fellow, kept his head, and realizing thut he was at the mercy of the bruto It he fell, kept him off as best he could. By,thls time Mr. Bostock and his as sistants had gathered round the cage trying to rescue the trainer, and watched with apprehension the realis tic combat between the man and the Hon. The wrestling bout 'which had commenced In the usual playful man ner, had now developed Into a grim contest In "which one of the combat ants was fighting for his life, and for fully two minutes his fate seemed sealed. Rey kept up the unequal contest, but a further difficulty in the way of his rescue was the fact that In a cago communicating with that of Brutus a companion lion was making desper ate efforts to force an entry though a half-open door. At last Brutus was lassoed by Mr. Bostock and dragged Into the adjoin Ing cago. After Rey had been band aged In the Hippodrome Infirmary, he was taken to the Rothschild Hospital. where the doctors said that, thanks to his athletic constitution. If blood poisoning did not set in, they hoped to save his life. An Historic Fort. Boston Transcript One of the mo.t picturesque remains of the glories of -New France, whose his tory and legends date back to the age of Frontcnac and La Salic, Is the old stone fort at Chambly. In the Province of Que bec. The recent tablet on the ruins, with Its motto, "Courage and Loyalty," In French, bears this Inscription: "In the reign of Louis XIV of France and Na varre, the Marquise de Vandrcuil being Governor of New France, this fort was erected In 1711. burned In 177S. rertored by Guy Carlcton in 1777. abandoned In 1SI7. It was repaired In 1S22 in the reign of, Vic toria. Queen of Great Britain, the Marqttln of Lome being Governor-General of Can- ANDREW CARNEGIE of Skibo Castle is the meet celebrated Iron Master in the world. JOHN QUND of La Crosse is the famous pioneer brewer of Wisconsia. Why is this? Because both men are peerless specialists. Each devoted the energies of his" life to do one thing better than any other man. Hence their suc cess. The fame of Carnegie, however, is not more permanent than the fame of OlLb BEER, finnd's brewerv was founded when Carnegie was a factory hand in Allegheny. The first brew house was hewn from logs over 50 years ago- The present structure is of steel and stone, electrically equipped throughout has the largest stor age capacity according to its oulput in America hence it is always properly ripened and aged. PEERLESS won the Gold Medal at St. Louis because of its surpassing richness, its snappy flavor and its honest parity. It is brewed in an ideal beer making climate amidst surroundings of strict sani tation by the "Gund Natural Process" from "Natures choicest barley, malt and hops and water bubbling clear from granite rocks . ' It is bottled only at the brewery and is always the same a beer of commanding superiority. Ask for It If vou wantthe best, and keep asklngtlll you get It. Order a a trial case sent to your home this very day. John Gund Brewing Co., La Grosst, Wis. H. FLECKENSTEIN & CO., Distributers, 204-206 2d St., Portland, Or. Phone Main 115 Lake Champlain. The various restora tions have been made skillfully to har monize with the weather-beaten portions which resisted the fire more than a cen Sherwood; C. H. Smith. Minneapolis; F. H. Stockcr Han Fmncteoo; C. O. Wearln and wire. Carleton J. W. Kaufmann, New Mar tinsville; M. T. Nolan, The Dalles; Fred Hnllctt ana wiir. iicuurnr,, . tury ago! Its custodian. Jo.eph Dion , I n j -giugSS: face and manner has something of a sug- j u Loehman. Kansas city; A. D. gestion of the grand seigneurs of the age of I.ouIs XIV, and the visitor of today who ascends the FUver Chambly or Riche lieu In one of the small pleasure steam ers will be well repaid for his visit to this lichen-covered and historic monument of daya to which history and romance now give a melancholy Interest. Praise for Vanity. The Englishwoman needs a good dash of vanity to complete her charm. If. as It is said, wc are becoming vainer, and do ultimately estimate our personal at tractions at their highest value, wc shall become the most dangerously fascinating women In tho world. London "World. AT THE HOTELS. The Port'and It. P. Emerson, Hoquiam; AH. Small. San Francisco: K. I. Marsfc. Bos ton: C A. Newkirk. L. Lolses. New Vork; A. B Wood. Cottase Grove; J. L. Wheeler. Springfield; E. A- Evans. San Francisco; W. T. Groeso and wife. St. luU; 11. Stamper. J. Leahy and wife. San Francisoo; Mra. H. C. Levy. Castle Rock; D. F. Evans, New York; C. B. Hunt and wife. Boise; II. Tyrell and wife. Salt Lake; IL TV. Bush. Berkeley; J. TV. Sinsel, Grafton; A. D. Thomson. San Francisco; C F. Brown and wife, Superior, TV1.: W. Caselton. Indiana poll?; F. N. Bredel. St. Louis; C. F. TVhaley. St. Paul; J. F. Mc NauRht. St. Paul; S. A. Alexander. New York; X. F. HIU. St. Louis; C. II. Weldcrman. New York: L. F. RobarB". II. Wllklns. Seattle; G. II. Harvey. Denver: J. II. Merrill. Stn Fran cisco; K. R. Irwin. New York; A. Polion, HcKiulam: A. Alexander, New York; H. Kelso, St. Loul.o; L. E. Xares. San Francisco; IL II. Brown and wife. Tonopah; R. F. Brown, Tonopah; O. L. Van Lanlnsham, Indianapollo; T. J. Lane. St. Paul; J. M. - Clements. H. Shaw. New York; F. J. White and wife. San Francisco: A. Cohen. New York; W. G. Rich ards. San Francisco; P. C. Kettle. Salt Lake: H. E. Decker. New York; J. W. Smith and wife. Baltimore; C. B. Early and wife. Astoria; v who. having captured the fort In 1775, un der General Montgomery, burned It the following year, whn the- retreated to Chlcaso; R. II. Goddard. Macawhcn. The Terklns J. Wcely. Sclo; R. S. Rowe. Cincinnati; J. J. Mays, city: E. A. Falling. T,tht.rn s s. Gould. Seattle: H. o. urns- ham. G. O. Barnhart. Spokane; F. Wllllarns, Ashland; C. C Haynes. Forest Grove; L. E. Fenrution, La Grande; A. O. Newton and wife. Seattle: O. D. Cassady. Chehalls; W. E. Mal lory, city; R. L. McFarland. A. B. Burke. Se attle: W F. 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Bunnell, Mrs. Bunnell. 'Qulncy III.; L. C. Stephens, Pleavfit Home; W. Parish, city: J Robins: R. O. Donaldson, Kairm: T. R. Perkins. Hillsboro: R. Davis. Seattle; J. A. Richardson. Mre. Richardson; R. Irving. Cathlamet: C. H. Temple. J. ij.fhnm Mnnri Rivr- A. P. Towell. Harrison: E. R. Anderson. R. E. Fo3tcr: J. Z. David, Rainier; Alfred May. D. Chapman, Troutdale; Holcomb, G. Stambol: H. J. Taylor, Arthur; M. O'Mallcy. A. McKay. TVlnnlpeg; Mrs. I. Thomas. Cottage- Grove; J. W. Palmer, Gold- field: TV. A. Porter, Grand Rapids; A, JSrom. Icy. Big Rapids: E. W. Clark. Klngnley; E. O. , Armstrong, airs. Armstrong, -jaaiuac; u. -i. Carpenter. Franklin Grove; W. A. Kurr. Du buque: W. A. IHochgraef, Detroit; S. Barber, Lents; u. iicKey. airs. rucKcy. j. ji. Con nelly; W. R. Barron. U. S. A.; C. N. Plow man. Oregon City; EL Strang. Winnipeg; J. A. Thompson. Coos Bay: H. C. Olacn. Point Revs: J. S. Clark. Fort Point: S. KInzer. Mrs. Klnzer. Needy: O. F. Vaughan. Cottage Grove; II. L Lunnan, city: i - Jvjiiminer, iexingion. Lacrtcher. San Francisco: O. S. raynter. Jessie Hughes. Hood River: F. O. Lee. Mrs. Lee. Castle Rock: W. Flsker. Des Moines; W. Horner. Hood River; H. N. Smart, Ji T. Hotzhelmcr, Saginaw. - TJi Esmond J. C. McFadden. Cathlamet: M. Gorman. Catahlamet; L. N.Feterson, Mrs. Peterson, Miss Petereon, Colfax; L. Harrison. Sherman; R. E. Bruncf, Mrs. Bruner. Golden- dale; II. TV. Thomas. airs', inoinas. mo noiToa- TV TVilme. Lvtton: J. E. Taylor. Walla Walla; F. Shuppert, Independence; W. S. Worsley. Alaska; M. McFarlane. F. L. Shepherd, Westport: it. liennci. Astoria; j. Murphy. Mrs. Murphy, Seattle: B. J. Rowe, Mrs. Rowe. Spokane; S. N. Jameson, Mra. Jameson. Baker City; J. M. Buchanan, Tapha; G. Jackfon. Mra. Jackson, ti. .ntson. airs. Gibson. Spokane: Mrs. N. H. Williams. Stella; Ml&f N. Butler. Nevada; J. K. Edmunav, Castle Rock; G. Edmunas, ivciro; t. u. Shllooch. Mrs. Shilooch. uenver: u. kuck- les. Kalama; Mra. T. IL Carver, Salt Lake; s. Kelsay. airs, iveisay, -aisiey: j. j. Lutz. Mrs- Lutz. Stanton: L. n. towards. Honolulu; J. Rose. Rldgefield; H. TSilborn. Eagle: F. N. Collins. Mansfield: A. N. Locke, can .rranciscu; jiiiw " . ncuuu., v. Rlnolds. J. C. Hubert. J. v. jv.nispei. iro4.-ini.- J. Winkle. Oakesdale: A. Dorce. city; F. A. Weed. Junction; Mrs. J. Taylor. The i Dalles: L. Fitzgerald, airs, js nzgeraia. iiouo ken; R. Smith. New York; M. O'Hara, Weath erby; J. Hunt, Westport. Tacoma Hotel. Tacoma, t American plan- Rates. $3 and up. Hotel Donnelly, Tacoma. First-class restaurant In connection. SHOSHONE FOREST RESERVE Land Which Senator Heyburn Protests Against Including in It. VIEWS SHOWING BURNED AREA AND NEW TIMBER GROWTH IN PROPOSED SHOSHONE RESERVE ORBGONIAX NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, May 14. President Roosevelt Is apparently not disposed to settle forest reserve fights while he is on his hunting trip. More than two weeks ago Senator Heyburn forwarded to him a strong letter of protest against the creation of a big reserve in Shoshone County, in Northern Idaho. In the same mall, Gifford Pln chot. Chief of tho Forestry Bureau, sent an equally forceful letter answering Mr. Heyburn and pointing out why the reserve should be created, and created at once. That Is the last that has been heard of the case. The President has not yet made reply to either letter, and, as far as is known here, has not given the case consideration. The whole fight between Mr.- Heyburn and Mr. Plnchot, so far as the Shoshone reserve Is concerned, hinges on the char acter of the land that has been tempo rarily withdrawn. Mr. Heyburn insists that much of it is valuable for agricul ture. Mr. Plnchot says that not a bit ot it is fit for farming, but on the contrary it is rough, rugged, mountainous country, about one-tenth timbered and nine-tenths burned over. The President must decide between Heyburn and Plnchot. and it Is believed he will lake the side of the Forester. As showing the character of the land included In the present withdrawal, Mr. Plnchot furnishes the accompanying pic tures. He says these pictures are typical of almost the entire area, and. If this be so. It Is very evident that the President must decide against Senator Heyburn, for the country Is steep, rugged, and any thing but agricultural land. The pictures clearly Illustrate the appearance of the burned-over acres wnich It Is said will, with proper care. In time be covered with a new tree growth. Writer Makes Protest. PORTLAND, Or., May 14. (To. the Editor) Comeo now a resident of tho city of Port land protesting against marring the beauty of the building at the Fair grounds by obtru sive signs. One In particular offends tho vl!on. Just beyond the gata la a graceful elevated prom enade (or what appears to be such) bearing theinncriptlon, "Westward the Course of Em plre Takes Its "Way," which terminate at the Administration building; but to any one looking backward trom the Sunken Gardens, the Idea, might suggest lteit that "the course of empire takes Its way" toward the Admin istration Restaurant eign, an ugly blot marr ing tho effect of the stately structure. Of course, we know that there will have to be euch places ae restaurants; bet why such a signboard and la euch a location? If we wish to have our Fair remembered aa a apot where art 1 combined With Nature to make a picture so lovely that it leaves nothing to the Imagination, why sot "have refreehr&entkouees somewhere a little oat of the way, so s not to tore them uroa tftc -vision, thus etract lair tram tfee eoionae&t el that pictare. iMMujrta; JjlMJVJtf ff-lftftto -iew SEW GROWTH OF TIMBER IN' BUUNTSD-OVER AREA. ... AKEA. XX rJtOPOSHD SKOSHOXX KBMSRVE. JiOCNTAlX MASS IX T JtOPOSKD SHOMtOXJC JUt&EKVX. , Pears' Pears' Soap fttr nislies all the skin needs, except water. Just how it cleanses, softens and freshens the delicate skin-fabric, takes longer to ex pound than to expe rience. Use a cake. Sold in every quarter of the globe. A Living Monument If we were to assemble all those who have been cured of heart disease by Dr. Miles' Heart Cure, and who would to-day be in their graves had not Dr. Miles' been successful in perfecting- this wonderful heart specific, they would pop ulate a large city. What a remarkable record a breathing, thinking, moving monument, composed of human lives, that for which every other earthly possession is sac rificed. The Miles Medical Co. re ceive thousands of letters from these people like the following: "I feel Indebted to the Dr. Miles' Heart Cure for my life. I desire to call the attentton of others suffering' as I did to this remarkable remedy for the heart. For a ions time I had suffered, from shortness of breath after any littla exertion, palpitation, of the heart; and at times terrible pain In the region of the heart, so serious that I feared that I would some time drop dead upon the street. One day I read one of your circulars, and immediately went to my druggist and purchased two bot tles of the Heart Cure, and took: it according to directions, with, the result that I am entirely cured: Since then I never miss an opportunity to recommend this remedy to my friends who have heart trouble: in, fact I am a traveling advertteraent. for I ara widely known in this locality." J. H. BOWMAN, Manager of Lebaaoa Democrat, NashvflSe.. Tenn. Dr. Miles' Heart Cure Is sold by your druggist, who will guarante that the first bottle will benefrt. if It falls he will refund your money. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind DEBILITATED SWS CnWbmie ttawiitia Jittaa. .lTeu's -Met