THE HOItXIXG- UKEtfOXIAK, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15t 11)05. 7 MEMBERS OF THE PORTLAND BUSINESS MEN'S EXCURSION NOW ON THEIR WAY TO VISIT SOUTHERN OREGON AND WILLAMETTE VALLEY CITIES. READING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: T E. MANCHESTER. GEORGE LAWRENCE. JR.. A. I TIFFT. JOHN M. MANN. THOMAS G. FARRELL. W. C. NOON. JR., RAETII W. HOYT. CHARGES GACIJ. W. A. WII.I.IAMS. K. M. DOOLY. JR.. DOM 2 VN. WILLI M IIARDER IV II THOMPSON. THEODORE N. STOW'KCBACH. A. F. SWENSSON. O. R BALI.. W. C LAWRENCE. W. II. CIIAFIX. W. II. WALLACE. II. S. BUTTE It FIELD, W. E. MAIIONEV, JAY SMITH. JOHN J. ROSS. GEORGE W. SIMONS. ' IN THIS GROII ARE THE FOLLOWING: FRED NELL. TOM RICHARDSON, G. lit FIT. M. F. W. DR. A. C. SMITH. L1SADHETTEU. DR. R. C. C01FEY, FRANK ROBERTSON. W. L. CIUSSEY. A. H. EILERS. W. O. BREYMAN, II. T. riTTOCK. J. C. ROBERTS, C. E. WEST. JOHN CLARK. F. S. DOERNBECHER, SAMUEL CON FLETCHER LINN. IL S. TITIULL. EDGAR B. riFEIt. W. A. COX, FAUL C. BATES. A. H. AVERILL. WILUS DUNIWAY, SAMUEL KERIt. C. W. IIODSON. F. S. WEST. S. B. LOEWENBERG. READING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: C. IL BROWN, A. L. CRAIG. B. E. FISK. JOHN F. CARROLL. L. Q- SWETLAND. W. S. KELSEN. W. BEATTIE. F. A. NITCHY. HENRY E. WE3IME, C. W. STINGER, A. A. MONTGOMERY. L. WOLF. E. C. JOHNSON. M. SMITH, J. L. WICKERSIUM. W. D. DE VARNEY, WILLIAM 3t'MT7RRAY. L. THER- HEAR THE PROTEST! Board of Equalization and the Assessments. MANY MAKE COMPLAINTS Ask That SIgler's Figures In Valuing Their Properties Be Materially Beduced and Advance Their Reasons. If you should happen into Judge Wob eter's County Courtroom these days and ask the first person you met how he likes the new , assessment, you would, in all probability, get ap answer that would have to be printed on asbestos paper. In this courtroom sit the members of the Board of Equalization. They are patient men, and all day long they have poured Into their ears tales of why property is over assessed, and are compelled to listen to prettily concocted stories and plausible reasons for the undoing of the work done by County Assessor Slgler. In many instances the board orders a reduction in the assessment, but not in all cases. Yesterday was another busy day for the board. The visitors with their wail of protest ranged from laundrymen to telegraph companies, from big and lit tle realty holders down to the man with but one lot. Some are artful dodgers, but for the most part those who appear before the board feel that they have a grievance. Complain of Assessments. Sometimes they are convinced that their assessments are just, and sometimes they are not, and so It goes, but just the same the board has to listen to the tales of woe and pass in judgment. In the eyes of some of the protestant property-ownors, the Assessor is a .terrible person, and again in the minds of others he is a mis guided, soulless man. daring to heap up taxes upon those so fat in wealth and worldly goods that they cannot afford to pay the new assessment. Mr. Slgler and his assessors might have made mistakes, but they are the kind common to human kind, and the board is meeting dally to rectify these mistakes, and those who can show good cause get their assessments re duced. Others are turned down, and some of the protestants get a short shrift after their story is told. Telegraph Companies Protest. Officials representing tho Western Union and Postal Telegraph Companies occupied the attention of the board yesterday after noon. The Postal Telegraph Company was represented by John Annand, Its local manager, who thought the company's as sessment too high. The Postal people were followed by R. T. Reld. superintend ent of the Western Union Company. Mr.' Reld explained that his company last year was assessed and paid taxes on its prop erty, which was valued at $26,893. This, he claimed, was the full value of the property which tho company owned. Tho Assessor, this year, .he claimed, multiplied the amount by three, and the assessment based on these figures, was far be yond proportion. Mr. Reid's argument bounded well, and, after assuring the members of the board that it was, the company's fault that it paid taxes on the full value of the property last year, he stated that he only asked for fair treat ment. His case was, taken under advise ment, as was that of "the Postal Company. $3.Oi0 I r. $1750 I I valuable property, appeared before the board with facts, figures and blue-prints to back up her argument against unequal taxation. She met with success In several instances, but when Mrs. Smith sought to protest against the valuation, of 126,000 on the lot where the Empire Theater stands, she was halted. Mrs. Smith thought $30, 000 would be a fair valuation, bat the Doard was of the opinion that the assess ment was just. It, howover. took this piece of property and .several other parcels in question under advisement, and will report later. Reductions Arc Granted. The board passed upon and granted re ductions on the following personal prop erty: Pioneer Fuel Company. ?rom 4008 to $& . Portland Do Goo Ah Store, merchant!!!. $26,000 to $10,000. moneys, SS50 to $10 It. K. Sewall, $700 to $); A. H. Tamer. to $1000; Allen & Lewis, merchandise. to $277,500; Amdey Printing Company to SibO: S. A. A rata G. Bettman, $1&00 to to $850; V. J. Drennan, Bristol. $S13R to $110; te $100; A. B. BHtterfleM. $000 to ; FkMV rin Cadonan, $2220 to $209; Clark & WUmm Lumber Co., $1000 to $2100: E. R. Clary. $600 to $1800; C. A. CoRswelt, $1&XJ to $S0S; Da tR Hardware Co.. $18,000 to $1H.1W0; II. G. Dunn & Co.. $2000 to $1000; Eastern Inveot ment Co.. $5000 to $10So; KKcert-Younc Co.. merchandise. $75,000 to $B3.1S, mosey $7K to $1700; Foster & KleLsor. Inc.. mcrchaniM. $10,000 to $5000: W. J. Fullara, ? 25.000 to $10,400; F. S. Harmon & Co.. merchattdtee. $00,000 to $25,000. money, notes and account. $5000 to S22.000; Jlexter. May & Co.. mer chandise, 100.000 to $10,008; Lane & Co.. $200,000 to $101,000: I. Lowongart, m orphan -dlfe. reduced from $40,000 to $10,000. nione;. notes and account Increased from $15,000 to $20,800; Morris Marks. $20,000 te $10,009: Ma son, Ehrman & Co.. $200,000 to $289,000; Ne stadter Brew., $200,000 to $110,000; Neville Bos Co., $00,500 to $20,000: Portland Llns4 Oil Works. $70,000 to $32,000; Post Special Deliv ery Co., $!KK) to $700; S. F. Shea. $5.O0 to $000; -VVoodard, Clark & Co.. merchandise, re duced from $123,000 to $110,000, money, notes, etc., increased from $5000 to $40,000. mm. mwBmmammamm & Co.. $5970 te $2010; I i $800; W. 1 Beyer. an. $000 to $175; J. W. t ; Mrs. C. D. Brcmn. $700 . U KHADIXG FHOM LEFT TO KIG1IT: GEOKGE W. SIMONS. If. T. HUD SOX. K. II. M'CItAKEX. J. G. MACK. G. M. BKOWX. A. II. MANLEY. BIG GIFS OF RED MEN GREAT IXCOHOXEE AND GREAT CHIEF OF HECORDS HERE. They Will Pay an Official Visit .to the Wijrtvams or the Port land Tribes. This ovoning at the wigwam of th tribes of Portland the Great Incohonce, John W. Cherry, and Groat Chlof of Records "Wilson Brookn, will pay and official visit. After the council lire in quenched the warriors and chiefs will feast on corn and venison. Last night at Astoria Groat Incohoneo. Cherry, assisted by Great Chief of Rec ords Brooks. dedicated to Redmanshlp the new hall constructed by Concomly tribe. This Is one of the finest halls inVAstoria', costing several thousand -dollars and equipped with up-to-date con veniences. Mr. Cherry. Great Incohonee. la a na tive of Virginia, a printer, a man or force and character, and hag long been a tower of strength in the councils-of the Improved Order of Red Men. He la of imposing stature,, six feet and two inches tall, weighing about 200 pounds. His genial manners and pleasant smiles have not only made him one of the most pop ular members of the order, but a positive and valuable force among fralernallsts. He speaks of the tenets and sentiments of the order with earnestness, convincing his hearers that he Is not only a big hearted man, but represents one of the noblest of orders. Mr. Brooks?, Great Chief of Records, is? a son of the Rev. W. B. Brooks, .D. D., Mrs. S. TV. Smith, owner of considerable J a native -of Connecticut, a .graduate of Yale, and an cx-Momber of the Legisla ture of Illinois. He has felt the inspir ation of the learning of Now England, experienced the rough and ready life of the Texas cowboy, and is now of Chi cago, keening there one of tho most up-to-date office in the United States. He is small In stature, forceful, genial and always Interesting, and. Hko Mr. Cherry, i thoroughly alive In the work of the order. PERSONALMENTION. Rdv. T.-C. Meckel, secretary of the Gen eral Missionary Board, of 'Cleveland. O.. arrived yesterday, and will be in Portland for the next two weeks. He comes to make liltnsclf familiar with the field and the condition of the evangelical churches. Frank G. Carpenter, of Washington, the well-known newspaper correspondent, arrived in this city late last night and is a guest at the Hotel Portland. The Portland Commercial Club will give Mr. Carpenter a reception at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Dr. Daniel L. Rader. of fhe Pacific Christian Advocate, will go to Eugene today to attend a meeting of the Meth odist ministers of this dlstrleL Tho meeting is held for the purpose of con sultation and laying general plans for the Winter's church work. CHICAGO. Nov. H.-(Spoclal.) Port landers registered today as follows: Auditorium I Jacobs and wife; Groat Northern H. C Bowers and wife, C L. Hathaway, e. B. Tlmms. O. C Taylor; Brlggs Houso A. Wonner strom; Windsor-Clifton A. D. Haw kins. WASHINGTON. D. a, Nov. 14. Sena tor and Mrs. Heyburn arrived here to night. NEW YORK, Nov. lt-SpeclaU-North-westorn people registered today as fol lows: From Portland C H. Marsh, at tho Broadway Contral; F. S. Morris, at the Imperial. From Spokane W. H. Plummer, at tho Navarrel VftLLEY EXTENDS i FRIENDLY WW (Continued From Pace 1.) Wants a Truant Officer. Truancy of school children has 'been In vestigated by Judge Frazer. of th,e Juve nile Court, and he has requested the mem bers of the School Board to take steps to have a truant officer appointed. There is a state law requiring the attendance at school of children within school age, but the law has not been enforced. The school authorities do not keep any record of children whose parents neglect to send them to school, and principals and teach ers expol children for misconduct. With the aid of a truant officer, an effort will be made to get all the delinquents into school, compel good conduct on the part of 'pupils, and take care of children who arc incorrigible sind have to be expelled. college built and conducted by the Order of St. Benedictine. The fathers have at this school 0 boys, whom they are teach ing to be good American citizens. At the station were Father Thomas, abbot, of the colloge; Father Dominic and other priests of this worthy order. Father Thomas made u fine talk, welcoming his Portland friends, and giving such a glowing eulogy of the State of Oregon and all Its mar velous resources that Tom Richardson im mediately proclaimed the good father the best Oregon boomer In the world. At Gervals, the honors were done by W. J. ("Billy") p. Clark. Postmaster and ed itor of the Gervals Star, who Is pretty much the whole' thing In Gervals since McKlnley Mitchell left. If Scott Taylor takes exception to this svttemont I will make any sort of apology he demands. At Brooks. W. H. Egan. a native son, who has lived on the fertile and wonderful Froncn Prairie since 1S52, made It his business to distribute juicy red apples. Thon came Salem. PILGRIMS ARE MET BY A BAND "Welcomed to Salem by a Committee of Business Men. SALEM. Or., Nov. H. (Staff Corre spondence.) At Salem the pilgrims were given an enthusiastic reception by a com mittee of 00 business menaccomnanled by a band. The principal streets were Illuminated with red fire which, cast a lurid hue through the foggy atmosphere. The visitors were escorted to the Willam ette Hotel, where a half-hour was spent In' the lobby renewing old acquaintances and making new ones. At S o'clock the crowd was assembled in the spacious dining-room with Presi dent Hofer, of the Greater Salem Com mercial Club, presiding. Colonel Hofer ex pressed his appreciation of the friendly feeling manifested by the business men of Portland and save assurance that Salem can do more forgiving and forgetting than can the metropolis. In the absence of Mayor Waters, the visitors, were -welcomed by Gcorce F. Rodgers. proprietor of the Book Bindery, who voiced his opinion of the relation ex isting between Portland and smaller cities by quoting Shakespeare. "On what docs this, our Caesar feed that ho has grown so great": and then adding, amid great applause, "We are your meat." His assurance that the Willamette Valley Is Interested In the deepening of the channel and mouth of the Columbia was I followed by themrgent request that Port- laid will aid the Valley In removing the ! unnatural barrier In the Willamette River I at Oregon City; a. "tollgatc on God's great highway." t Dr. Andrew C. Smith responded to Mr. i Rodger's warm welcome with many com pliments to the beauty of Salem and the industry and hospitality of its people. He : gave assurance that the people of Port ' land have no desire to have the state . capital removed from this city. Frequent (applause interrupted his description of the new era which finds Oregonians re sponsive to the quickening pulse of progress. T. B. Kay, Legislator and manufactur er of woolen goods at Salem, made a practical talk of a few minutes, show ing how essential it la that cordial rela tion be sustained between business men of the same state, so that, other things being equal. Oregon trade will go to Ore gon merchants and manufacturers. W. H. Chapln added to the good feel ing by referring to Willamette's defeat of Multnomah on the gridiron and saying that Portland is glad Willamette was the school to administer the defeat. "Every new farm and every new home In Oregon means something In the up building of Portland." was the keynote of Mr. Chapln's address. August Hucksteln. manufacturer of ci gars, made a pleasing address on patron izing home industries, and was followed by J. G. Graham, representative of Bal four, Guthrie & Co., and F. C. Decke bach, manager of the Salem Brewery. A. Ia. Craig wag Introduced as Harri raan's right-hand man. and In a happy manner told of the Interest the railroads have In contributing to the development of the territory sorved by their lines. With his usual outburst of Inspiring en thusiasm. Manager Tom Richardson, of the Portland Commercial Club, closed the meeting by characterizing the reception as one with few parallels, asserting that Oregon Is not entering upon but Is In the midst of the greatest era. of progress ever known In any time or place, and pre dicting that In the next two years $300. CtO.COQ will be spent In developing the Northwest, of which sum Oregon will get the greater part. At 10 o'clock the special train bearing the tourists pulled out of Salem for Ashland. FOR UNITY OF OREGON. Motto of the Business 3Icns Excur sion Through Valleys. "Portland Business Men." was the brief but Impressive phrase that adorned the side of tho baggage car of a special train that pulled out of the Portland Union Depot at high noon yes terday. It -was a banner that could be read as the train runs and at a long distance from the track, for the three words stood out one beneath the other on a placard that covered the entire front half of the car. Residents of the Willamette, Umpqua and Rogue 'River Valleys will see who their passing visit ors are and then as the train speeds on grasp tho importance of the result attained by these excursions of the people of one section of the state to the towns and cities of other portions in another bannor reading: "Oregon United." It was a renresantativa bodjc o jafix- chants, bankers, manufacturers, pro fessional men, railroad officials of I those whose .vocations go to make up , the commercial ljlstory of the metropo lis of Oregon and wield Inrge inlluenee upon Its social life and affairs. In -the! palatial Pullman cars Ilwaco. Seattle and Assyria the 84, members of the party were assigned to berths and in addition to the sleepers were a day coach to bo used as a smoker, the bag gage car. serving the Joint use for baggage and a buffet, and a dining car of the Oregon & California line, sent from the California division especially to serve the special train. It was Just two minutes before leav ing time when the gentlemen compos ing the party lined up beside the train for Tho Oregonlan photographer to get views of the train and those to occupy It during the next three days of return ing the calls of Western Oregon towns. When the photographer signalled that all was well the excursionists clam bered -aboard the train at the different platforms as the conductor waved the high sign to the man leaning out of the cab window. There was a sound of escaping air. the clear notes of the lo comotive bell sounding warning and the handsome special gilded away oh Its mission of unity, development, of cementing more closely the ties of In terest that -suggest co-operation for a united Oregon that will "make the most sf prosperity now and yi the future and prevent adversity by harmony and complete understanding. pcared upon the scene and arrested Key ser. In his own behalf Keyser testified that he had Instructed his bartenders not to allow women in the saloon becauso they crtueed trouble, and ho did not de sire the patronage of women. H. H. Northup appeared as attorney for tho defendant. Numerous witnesses were called who testified to the good reputa tion Keyser bore. Asks Divorce for Desertion. William E. Brown yesterday instituted suit in the State Circuit Court against Sarah Brown for a divorce because of desertion beginning In June. 1903. They were married In Albany, N. Y la 1SS9, and have no children. Affidavits In Divorce .ptse. Affidavits were filed yesterday In the suit of G. W. Earl against Frances D. Earl for a divorce. Mrs. Barl is 32 years old. and was formerly Mrs. Florence Ab bey. She came here from Ohio to marry Earl, who is a Civil War veteran 65 years of age. He owns considerable real estate In Portland, and says his wife only lived with him two months, and married him for his money, and is endeavoring to get his property away from him. He also asserts that she is infatuated with Leon Jones, who she alleges Is her brother Earl avers that, judging from their con duct, he gravely doubts the alleged rela tionship. He says'they hug and kiss each other, and act like lovers. Mrs. Earl has filed affidavits by Emily Butterflcld. Elizabeth M. Reed. Dr. Clif ford S. Huddleson, Fred Gillette. Myrtle Scharr and others as to her good repu tation. Leon Jones has also filed an affidavit detailing the family history and showing that he Is her brother. He also asserts that Earl Ill-treated his wife. Mrs. Earl has filed a cross-bill In the divorce suit, and has also sued Earl for support. John F. Caples appears as her attorney, and Ed Mendenhnll represents Earl. Family Found In Distress. H. H. Hawley, of the Boys' and Girls' Aid Society, yesteroay discovered Mr. and airs. WHIard Camp anU seven children In a state of poverty and distress in a two-story tenement at 134 North Tenth street. The family Income consists of $5 a week, earned by a 17-year-old son., and 3L50 a week, from a tenant who occupies one of the three rooms In the house. The father la out of work, and one of the children 19 sick and re quired the attendance of a physician, which was arranged for. The children have not been sent to school, but al lowed to roam the streets. Judge Frazer yesterday 'afternoon, accompanied Officer Hawley to the scene. Steps will be taken to change the conditions found to ex ist, and to see that the children are properly cared for and educated. Saloonkeeper Is Acquitted. E. L. Keyser. proprietor of a saloon at Sixth and Davis, was tried and acquitted In Judge Cleland's court yesterday on a charge of permitting Ina Abraham, a girl 19 years old, to frequent hi? place on September 20. last. Miss Abraham testified that she and Joslc Smith, ac companied by two male acquaintances entered the saloon and ordered each a glass of beer. Before they had time to drink It Patrolmen Kav and Jomis ao- CinUSTMAS IX MEXICO. Special Pullman Excursion Train Via the Southern Pacific Itallroad. On December 16. a special Pullman ex cursion train will leave San Francisco, via the Southern Pacific, for the City of Mex ico. Low rates have been made for points on the Southern Pacific In Oregon. Par ticulars by asking any Southern Pacific agent or writing A. L. Craig, general pas senger. agent. Portlar. Or. . RULERS OF THE WORLD Meat Eatins Nations Are the Leaders la Every Branch of Human Achievements. The ruling nations of the world are meat eaters and history records that they always have been. Vegetarians and food cranks may ex plain this In any way they choose, but the facts remain that the Americans, English, French, Russians and Ger mans are meat-eating nations, and they are also the most energetic and most progressive. The principal food of the heroic Boer soldier, known ns Biltong. Is a sort of dried beef, affording a great deal of nourishment in a highly concentrated form. The weak races of people are the rice-eating Chinese. Hindoos and Siamese, regarded since the dawn of history as nonprogressive, supersti tious and inferior physically and men tally to the meat-eating nations who dominate them. , The structure of the teeth plainly indicates that human beings should subsist upon a variety of food, meat, fruit and grains, and It is unhygienic to confine one's diet to any one of those classes to the exclusion of another. Meat is the most concentrated and most easily digested of foods, but our manner of living la often so unnatural that the digestive organs refuse to properly digest meat, eggs and similar nutritious and wholesome food, but it Is not because such food Is unwhole some, but the real reason Is that the stomach lacks, from disease or weak ness, some necessary digestive element: hence arising indigestion and, later on, chronic dyspepsia. Nervous people should eat plenty of meat, convalescents should make meat the principal food, bard-worklng peo ple have to do so, and brain-workers and office men should eat, not so much meat, but at least once a day. and to Insure its perfect digestion one or two of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets should be taken, after each meal, because they supply the peptones, diastase and fruit acids, lacking In every case of stomach trouble. Nervous dyspepsia, catarrh of stom ach, gastritis, sour stomach, gas and acidity are only different names for In digestion, the failure to digest whole some food, and the use of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets cures them all bo cause, by affording perfect digestion, the stomach has a chance to rest and recover its natural tone and vigor. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets is the real Household medicine; it is as safe and pleasant for the stomach ache of the baby as it Is for the imperfect di gestion of Its grand sire. They are not a cathartic, but a di gestive, and no pill habit can ever fol low their use; the only habit Stuart's Tablets induce Is the habit of good di scastiaa and consequently good health.