1 GR1FF1
THE 3I0BNIXG OREGOSIAX, HOBDAY, JANUARY 23, 1906.
N DEFENDS
W LI DRAFT
Measure May Be Imperfect,
but Result Will Be
Very Beneficial.
OPPOSITION IS EXPECTED
Enactment Will Cause No High Fees
to Enrich Secretary of State,
'for Flat Salary 1a.w
Will Prevent.
EUGENE, Or., Jan. 2L (Special.) In
defense of the proposed new tax law
submitted by the Farmers' and Shippers
Congress for enactment under the initia
tive, G. "W. Griffin. Stat Bepresentatlve
and member of the committee which
drafted the bill, says that the faults al
leged to exist In tho measure, especially
by B. D. Slgler, Assessor of Multnomah
County, do not exist. Petitions for tho
initlatlvo on the bill are now in circula
tion. Mr. Griffin gives his- views as
follows: v
"In tho first place, let me say that I
think the bill should prevail by all means.
Do not interpret me to say that the bill
its proposed Is perfect by any means. The
committee does not claim that the bill is
perfect. I admit that there are a number
of mistakes and oversights In the bill, but
it is so great an improvement over any
taxation law that we have ever had that
it should become a law. Then, if there
are any corrections necessary they can
be made later.
"I have read some of the expressions of
criticism of the bill, and some of them
may be on good grounds, but I doubt if
any of the defects claimed would invali
date or prevent the operation of the new
law If it is -passed.
"It -was to be expected that there would
he opposition to 'the" bill. The committee
has expected that all the time. The prin
cipal object of the proposed law Is to de
rive more benefit for the state In the way
of taxutlon out of the corporations, who
ljerotofore have never been required to
pay anything near their just proportion
of the exicnse of operating the machin
ery of the State of Oregon. It is to be
expected that a strong fight will be made
1y the railroad companies, the insurance
companies and others who enjoy valuable
privilege, and who have been allowed to
contribute but a small portion of their
proper burden of taxation.
Assessment Is Unequal.
"Look, for example, at the assessment
of the property of the Southern Pacific
"Railroad Company in this county. It
are assessed at a valuation of $4500 per
mile. At the same time the same road Is
assessed in Josephine County at $12,000.
Marion County at 56000, and so on, while
down in California we are told that this
s-ame company Is assessed at the rate of
S1S.O00 per mile.
There are many whose principal occu
pation in life is working politics, and
who enjoy at the present,, in considera
tion of their supposed influence, passes
over the roads, telephone and telegraph
franks, etc., and probably many such will
continue to throw sticks at the new bill
aiid attempt to defeat lis purpose.
"It is plain to be seen. In my mind,
where that last article in The Oregonlan
came from. It is only a few days ago
that I had a talk with a State official,
in which It was my express purpose to
secure his views on certain parts of the
bill whorein there might be some ques
tion. Also a few days ago a pronounced
opponent of the bill came to me with
fomo argument against the measure, and
from various sources It can be seen that
the bill will not become a law without
opposition. There comes an argument
, against the proposed change In the meth
' oil of assessing and taxing insurance
companies doing business in this state.
Section 104 was shown to me and the ar
gument made that it would make a
great increase in the fees of the office
of Secretary of State, with the expres
sion like. 'Do you propose to increase the
already exorbitant fees of that official?'
AVell, If anybody thinks that would be
the effect of the proposed law he is mis
taken. "This section would provide for the
state a revonue of $30,000 annually
more than is at present received In pay
for tho license granted the various in
surance companies for the privilege of
doing business in this state. But the
Secretary of State would not receive
an increase in his fees from said
license as was argued to me. The r-a-son
is that we already have a flat sal
ary law enacted, which will become ef
fective In January. 1907. That same
month the "Legislature will meet. If
there should be any doubt about the
effect of this measure at that time,
the legislative body can quickly rem
edy the defect.
"The foes received by the Secretary
of State from his 40 per cent of the
amount received for insurance licenses
amounted to $3156.90 in 1904. If we
wore .to increase the license to the
extent of $30,000 and contribute 40 per
cent of that amount to the welfare of
the Secretary of State, It would cer
tainly be subject to criticism: but It is
7iot so, because at about the same time
that this bill will become a law there
will also be a law, which ! already'
passod, putting the Secretary and'
other state oflicials on flat salary and
taking from them and turning in to
the state treasury all fees. Therefore
this bill does not give the Secretary
any fees from Insurance licenses what
ever. School Tax May Be Large.
"There Is also criticism of section
42, which provides that there 'shall be
levied a tax of not less than 5 -mills
on the property of the state for school
purposes. Now hero is Superintendent
Ackerman coming out with the state
ment in an Interview wherein he ar
gues that the state cannot posribly
get along with a tax of only 5 mills,
for school purposes. In reply to that
argument it Is only necessary for Mr.
Ackerman to read the bill and learn
that it provides that not less than 5
mills shall be' collected, but does not
prevent the State Board from levying
a larger amount if it should be fcund
necessary.
"Opposed to this comes tho argu
ment of the Assessor of this county,
who claims that the law would require
the collection of a tax of 5 mills from
all the property of this county. It the
property is assessed at full value, and
that it would be vastly more money
than would be required for the proper
support of the schools of this county.
Now, how about that? This year we
are required to pay In this county 5
-mills for school purposes; 9 mills out
of 20 mills levied as the total tax col
lections for the year by the County
Board. In addition to this, the district
comprising the City of Eugene has
made a special levy of 7 mills. This
makes a total of 16 mills on the dollar
to be collected off from the property
of this city for the support of the
schools. Our total tax in the ity Xor
-all purposes Is 35 mills. Sixteen mills
of -that amount is for school purposes.
"The main object of -tills "bill Jg to" Col
lect the larger amount of the stato taxes
from indirect taxation of the intangible
properties and gross earnings of corpora
tions, and from Inheritance taxes. In.fact,
from all intangible sources which the As
sessor hitherto has not levied upon. The
committco which drafted this bin Is con
fident that its effect will be to reduce state
tax levies moro than DO per cent the first
year under the operation of this bill if .It
becomes a law. There will be increasing
revenues until direct taxation for. state
purposes will .not be required.
"At present, the state tax called for by
the state from this county Is $6.20 on the
thousand. This blli Is supposed to reduce
It one-half or more the fjrst year, and In
a very few years to wipe It out entirely.
"The estimated revenues "under the pro
visions of this bill will be as follows:
Increase from insurance tax $ 30.000
Increase from railroad assessment.. 40,000
Increase from cars not owned by
railroads 10.000
Increase from Inheritance tax 100.000
Increase from publicity of tax rollH 23.000
Increase from express, telegraph
and telephone companies 50,000
Total Increaso under the bill $255,000
"The total revenues to be derived by
Increased taxation after the adoption of
this bill during the first year of its oper
ation will amount to the sum of $460,000.
It is quite apparent from the foregoing
summary, showing the estimated in
crease In revenues and the source of the
same that an organized opposition to the
bill may bo expected from tho railroad,
express, telephone, telegraph and Insur
ance companies. Many of the objections
to the proposed law are trivial when com
pared 4o the benefits to bo derived by
the people of the state.
"As to the effect of tho omission of a
clause in the bill expressly repealing all
other laws upon the same subject or in
conflict, I can not express a legal opin
ion. It may be considered one of the er
rors made In tho drawing of tho bill,
which I before referred to. But tho law
as a whole has my support, and I think
if tho peoplo have an opportunity to try
its effects they will be entirely catls-.fled."
RUMORS ARE NOT PROVED
Denied That the Northwestern WilL
Build to Coast Xoav.
NEW YORK, Jan. 21. (Special.)
In tho very best-informed circles hore
It is not regarded as probable that the
Chicago & Northwestern, all rumors to
the contrary notwithstanding, has any
plans at the present time looking to
the establishment of a through line to
the Coast. All sorts of rumors have
been busy building- this great Vander
bllt road In pne direction or another
or consolidating it with this road or
that for more than a year now, but
the powers that be in the financial
world have no confidence In these ru
mors, and, in fact, they say quite
frankly that there is nothing In them.
The rumor that has received most
attention in Wall street for a long
time has been to the effect that the
Northwestern was to be consolidated
into one great system with the New
York Central and the Union Pacific and
form one great transcontinental such
as the Canadian Pacific, reaching from
the Atlantic on the east to the Pacific
on the west. Harriman and the Van
derbllts were to Join hands and unite
the two great oceans. It was said
last year when this rumor was most
vigorous that the papers in connection
with the giant merger were all signed
and there was merely a hitch at the
last moment which prevented the con
summation of the whole scheme.
Another rumor about the Northwest
ern that has been current more recent
ly, and has been far more persistent.
has put forward the Idea that the road
was surely going to build Its own line
through to the Coast. At the presvnt
time it is building out through Wyom
ing fiom Casper to Lander, a distance
of about 148 miles, and it has been
declared time and time again mat it
was. not the intention of the manage
ment to stop at the latter place, but
that the road would be pushed on
across Wyoming and to the Coast with
a line of Its own. It has been main
tained with some show of reason that
the Northwestern would have to seek
a Western outlet If it was to compete
successfully in the future with the
other great rallronds of thte Wit,
and that to do that its only safe plan
in order to be free .of the dominance
of nny other road was to build a line
of its own direct to one of the Coast
cities.
Notwithstanding all of this. It Is said
by those who ought to know what the
policy of the road In regard to this
matter Is that is has no Intention
whatever of muking an extension
through to the Coast at the present
time. It Is said that the road is reach
ing out Just now for the traffic In cat
tle, wool and grain that is expected
to follow in great quantity upon the
completion of the great Shoshone Irri
gation project In Wyoming which the
Government is carrying on. The fact
that tho road to this country Is being
built very substantially, and thattioavy
rails, quite heavy enough for a single
line transcontinental, are be'c; used
has added strength to the rumors of
the ultimate use of the line In connec
tion with a Coast extension. Such a
consideration is stated, however, not to
have dictated the policy of construc
tion. Still one other rumor has had a good,
strong life in Wall street about this road.
It says that the Northwestern, as Presi
dent Hughitt has stated, is not going to
build to the Coast, .but that It will build
the short stretch of road that would be
necessary to carry it through from Lan
der, Wyo., to a junction with the Oregon
Short Line. The necessary intervening
construction would be costly, but by such
a plan the road would secure one of the
finest transcontinental routes from Chi
cago to the Pacific in the country.
Tills is the rumor that has been most
prevalent in the street for the past few
days, but it is said that It has no more
foundation than the others. The move In
the stock has been entirely speculative
without any very tangible connection
with Important developments in connec
tion with the condition or prospects of
tho road.
A good many stock market moves are
of this character. It is a mistake, how
ever, to suppose that they are without an
adequate cause. It Is no argument to
say that there is no cause for an ad
vance in the price of the stock such as
that In Northwestern in tho last -few
days, where as much as 6& points were
recorded in one day. In fact, there is
usually a very adequate and potent cause.
The skillful manipulation of some wizard
of the market Is usually cause enough
for your man who has cut his eye teeth
in Wall street.
In a stock such as Northwestern the
floating supply available for speculation
is comparatively small, as a great deal
of the stock is closely held by Investors
who do not care about the fluctuations in
the market, and are perfectly satisfied If
they get their dividends regularly. The
small supply that Is actually in Wall
street Is manipulated by some big inter
ests. They accumulate as much of it as
they can. Then they proceed to bid up
the price. They are able to do this, as
the investors are not inclined to put their
stock on the market
When the prico begins to. -rise rapidly,
the smaller men want to get some of the
profits, and those who have previously
accumulated the stock sell quietly. Hence
a move in the stock such as we have seen
recently. It was thought probable that
enough of it had been accumulated, and
that it was about time for the pool that
was working In the stock to sell out its
holdings.
"When the Prince and -rrtneess cf Wales
desired the other day to inspect the Golden
Temple, at -Amritrir. in the Punjab the
Sikhs declined to allow them to" enter the
main sate, became they were not Sikha.:tut
said they could eHtcr tor a aldo.door. The
offer was fi cellar 4." "," " --
i FIRE IN STURM
Steamship Aragonia Reports
Eventful Voyage.
OFFICERS SUBDUE -FLAMES
BIr Oriental Iilncr Returns From
China and Japan, Bringing
Jlcavy Cargo of 3Iattlng;
and Merchandise.
Montgomery dock No. 1 was crowded
with vessels yesterday afternoon when the
big Oriental liner Aragonia put In her
appearance, and she was compelled to
anchor in the stream until the Columbia
gave up her berth and shifted across tho
rlcr to the Alnsworth dock. This de
layed the liner about an hour, nnd It was
nearly 1 o'clock before she had made fast.
A large Sunday crowd was on the dock
to greet the officers, all of whom have
many friends here.
The Aragonia returns from an adven
turous trip to the Orient. On her way
out spontaneous combustion started a
GRAIN VESSELS EX ROUTE
NAME.
Flag
and rig.
Feb.
Juno
May
July
Aug.
Nov.
Nov.
17Bardow!e
ISCrlllon .-.
15 Ernllle
23Gco. Gordon,
Br. ship..
Fr. ship..
Ger. ship.
Br. ship...
Fr.bark..
Fr. ship..
Br. bark..
Br. bark..
Br. ship..
IL shin...
S;Gen. Neumayer.
30
Jules Gommcs
Procyon
Bracadalc
Gal gate
S. Marghcrfta..!
Dec
Jan.
Dec.
Nov.
Nov.
Dec
vine de Mulhousc....
Fr.bark..
It. shin..
Ger. snip.
Br. bark..
Fr. bark..
1C ' Caterlna Accamc.
29
Argus
East African
L& Tour d'Auvergne.
La Perouse.
Fr. ship.
Laennes .v.. jFr. ship
Total grain tonnage on route and listed.
GRAIN VESSELS
Flag
and Rig.
NAME.
Nov. 2l!Brabloch
Dec 5-La Rochejaquelln.
Dec 1C Isnbol Browne
Br. ship., i
Fr. bark..'
Rus. bnrkj
Fr. bark. J
Fr. bark.?,
Fr. bark.
Dec 16
MIchelot.
Dec
Asle
Jean Baptistc.
Dec 39
Jan. 61
Afon Alaw.
nr. oarK..
Jan. 10i Jacques JFr. bark.
Total grain tonnage in port, 15.205 tons.
fierce blaze In a shipment of cotton
Mowed about amidships and for 12 hours
the men. from the captain down to the
coolies, fought the flames without even
having time for a bite to eat. Tho fire
was discovered by the engineers on No
vember 16. when the vessel was labor
ing hard In a storm within sight of the
Aleutian Islands and a great deal of the
cargo had to be shifted before the fire
could be reached. Third Officer Jess dis
tinguished hlra5elf-by crawling Into the
smoky hold with the first fire hose, and
as a result he Is short a uniform, the
one he wore at the time liaving been
scorched by the flames that bum out all
around him. The fight against the flames
was made doubly difficult by reason of
Immense seas sweeping over the vessel
continually, making- It Impossible for any
one to venture out on deck. About -W
bales of cotton were completely destroyed
and some 25 were damaged by fire and
water. Water also destroyed about 2fl
bags of wheat and flour.
The Aragonla's cargo measures about
4W0 tons and consists of matting. Chinese
merchandise, curios, tea, rice and fire
works. Matting constitute the largest'
Item, there being 1503 tons on board. In
cluded in the cargo Is also 5f9 cases of
pineapples and one case of silk.
Captain Ernst reports that Kobe is one
of the liveliest ports in the world at pres-
STEAMER INTELLIGENCE.
Hue lo.Arrlrr.
Steamer Frem.
Alliance. Krckx-Coos Bay..
Czarlm. San Frnl!
Jeanle, Smi Francf?e
Senator. Saa Fran cl Me
NertMasd. Saa Francl..
.Roaneke. Son Frarieltce. . . .
Despatch, San Franclseo....
Nome City, San Tcdre
Due lo Depart.
Steamer Destination.
Homer, San Francisco
Alliance. EureVa-Coos Bay.
Rcdnde. San Franc!ee
Aurella, San Franchwo
Senator, San Francis
Northland. San Pedro
AragtMiIa. Orient
Raaaokc. Los Aagolw
DcPralcb. San Franelwe...
Columbia. San Francisco...
Nome City. San Tedro
Date.
.Jan. 22
.Jan. 3
.Jan. 2
.Jan. 4
.Jam. 1
.Jan. 27
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.Jan. -
.Jan. 29
Date.
.Jan. 22
.Jan. 22
.Jan. 22
.Jan. 23
.Jan. 2
.Jan. 2S
.Jan. 2S
.Jan.
.Jan. 99
.Jon. 31
.Frt. 1
J
Carrytac mall-
cnt by reason of the Japanese soldiers
returning from Manchuria. Stcamboat
loadg arc received dally, and they are
given great ovations. The departure of
Russian prisoners also tends to make the
scene animated. A large number of Rus
sians are encamped In the outskirts of
Kobe awaiting transportation home.
First Officer Von Malltz reports that in
dications point to the Chinese boycott
against American goods having been
called ofL
The Aragonia will remain in the har
bor about ten days and will depart with
a heavy cargo, the larger portion of which
will consist of Hour. Sho will probably
also carry some lumber.
PERIL OP SCHOONER TURNER
Among the Barrier Reefs With Her
Sails Split.
VICTORIA, B. C Jan. 21. The four
masted schooner M. Turner, of San Fran
cisco, had a very narrow escape from
disaster January 17, when she threaded
her way through the Barrier reefs, of
Vancouver Island. Jn distress, with her
sails split, and brought up to anchor
within 400 feet of Bunsby Island. The
Steamer Queen City, which arrived today,
reports liaving rescued the schooner In
response to requests for assistance, and
was" towing her to sea arhen the crew
mutinied, refusing to go to sea with the
sails unrepaired.
The steamer then towed the schooner
to a safe anchorage at Clayoquot, where
sho is repairing her sails and will then
continue her voyage to Pugct Sound.
The M. Turner was off Cape Flattery on
January j 13 when caught In a southeast
gale which split her sails and drove her
northward among the Barrier reef?.
The Canadian Pacific Steamship Com
pany will' libel the M. Turner for salvage.
Captain Troup this afternoon would not
state the amount of the claim to be
made.
BOANOKE IS COMING.
Agent JIarry Yoiing Returns Prom
Trip to San Francisco.
"Certainly, the Roanoke will resume op
erations between Portland and San Fran
cisco." said Agent Harry Young, of the
North Pacific Steamship Company, who
returned from a trip to the Bay City yes
terday morning. 'There is no truth In
the rumor sent out from San Francisco
concerning the sale of the steamer, and
she will be on her way to Portland as
soon as repairs and alterations have been
completed by the Union Iron Works. The
Roanoke Is being converted Into an oil
burnpr, and this will Increase her speed
about two knots an hour.
The North Pacific Steamship Company
Is negotiating for the purchase of a
steamer to go on the routo with the Roa
noke, but out of ICC vessels offered by
Atlantic coast owners, only a couple have
been round anything like suitable. The
Jeanle. under charter to Campbell. Hen
ley & Co- will continue on the run. as I
understand much wheat is still to go
south, a strong demand having been cre
ated ln Mexico and Arizona, as well as In
California."
JjINE to yaquina bay.
Steamer Will Go on Promising Route
.About the First of April.
While In San Francisco, Barry Young
AND USTKD EOK PORTLAND.
Agent or
Charterer.
FROM
2011;Hainburg 9 Meyer
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laSs Rotterdam
1722 An twerp
61 Mover
23;Balfour
...iTaylor
2lMeycr
671
51!
1
uaiiour
Meyer
Balfour
I YilS Swansea
J 1733 Antwerp
3.S2 tons.
IN TORT.
BERTH
CHARTERER,
2CW Astoria
1711, Irving
1 231 1 Stream
17t7;Sand Dock....
2MS Columbia No.
l511Coal Bunkers.
Disengaged
N. W. W. Co.
McNear
Balfour
Korr
Dlscngaged
Balfour
Balfour
tu&i&aunoia s.
.ilSOS'Centonnlnl
commenced negotiations for a steamer to
go on the Portland-Yaqulna Bay run
about the first of April. The vessel has
already been selected, but the name Is
withheld for the present. The craft Is
new. and has capacity for 2CO tons of
freight and 10 jiassengcrs on a draft of
eight feoL This. It is considered will
make her remarkably adapted for the
rou;e.
"I hope tho Portland mfobants. will
go into the Yaquina Bay country for bus!-
nesu," said Mr. Young, in speaking of the
proposed line, "for there Is business to
be had. It b much nearer Portland than
San Francisco, and while visiting one of
the San Francisco docks I saw 50 tons of
freight cprMgned to one firm at Newport.
The San Francisco shippers arc given a
rat., whereas Portland shippers have
;o pay at least by rail, via Albany.
There Is no reason why a steamboat line
cannot handle froight as cheaply from
-Portland as from San Francisco, and the
merchants should make an effort to cap
ture the trade"
lp the Columbia ami Back.
After a short delay In starting on ac
count of some necessary readjustment of
the .steering gear, the steamer G. K.
Wcntworth made her official trial trip
yesterday. Captain O. W. Hosford. the
managing owner, was at the wheel, and
the new craft behaved admirably from
start to finish. She ran to the mouth of
the Willamette and a short distance up
the Columbia, and returned to the foot
of Cduch street. A number of river steam
boat owners were on board.
Tup Tree Picks Up Bark.
ASTORIA. Or.. Jan. 21. (Special.) The
tug Tatoosh. which towed the French
bark David d'Angiors up the coast, re
turned today. Captain Dailey reports that
he was met about Z o clock yesterday
afternoon, near Destruction Island, by
the tug Sea Lion, which placed a hawser
on board the bark and assisted in the
tow. He reached Ncah Bay at 0 o'clock
last night and turned the vessel over to
the tug Tyee. Whether or not the bark
reached Port Townsend In time to save
her charter Is not known here.
Making Survey of the Harbor.'
A force of Government, surveyors are at
work rcsurvcylpg the harbor lines. The
work Is In charge of Major S. W. Roc?s-
ler. Lnlted States Engineers.
Marine Notes.
With a heavy freight and several pas
sengers the steamer Columbia sailed for
San Francisco last night.
Tho revenue cutter Ferry Is anchored
In the stream above the Bumsldc-strect
bridge She Is here on otic of her period
ical visits from Astoria.
The steamer Aurclla Is at Montgomery
dock No. 1. to take on wheat for San,
Francisco. She Is expected to sail Tucs
day or Wednesday.
The steamer Tottenham will 'not' get
away tor tne orient until this afternoon.
despite the fact that she worked all of
yesterday. .
Tho schooner Mabel 'Gale arrived up yes
terday afternoon and went to Inman,
Foulsen & Co.'s mills to load, lumber.
The British bark Haddon Hall Is an
chored In the stream. She arrived up
tast nignt to loaa lumber for Southf rlca.
me German merchant marine has In
creased in the past ten years from 1.2S7,0Co
tons to 2,ao3,Cw tons, or an Increase In
valuation from 3S1.750.0CO to 3262.500.0GO. The
gain was almost wholly In steam tonnaee.
which Increased from a value of 163,250,000
to ST$S25.0CO. The tonnage of sailing ves-
3sci& crcrauscu iu vaiue irom LS,oW,WJ to
JH.250.0W.
Tho steamer Olympian will probably
leave xouay on &cr way to New York.
Domestic and Foreign Ports.
ASTORIA, Jan. 21. Condition of- thi bar
at 2 P. 3L. moderate: wind, couth; weather,
cloadr. Arrived at 12 rCooa and left ud at
2:30 P. At. Steamer Horner, from San Fran.
crlco. Sailed at noon BarkenUn Araco, for
Man .rascicco. .rrivea flown at p. jf. -
scnooner Hugh. llocan.
San Francisco. Jan. 21. Sailed at 8 A. AI.
Steamer Czarina, for Portland; at S A. M.
Italian tip a. Harrncrita. for Portland:
French Twrk Guettiary. for Seattle: German
steamer Luxor, for. Seattle. Arrived Steamer
itainier. xrowi HadlocK: attain er ussatlua,
from Pusct Sotiad; steaiRer Nor, from Gray
iiaruor. -s. .
New Torlc Jmu . 2L Arrived Amcrtcaa.
Flfi STATEMENT 1
Two Republican Leaislative
Candidates Go on Record.
BOUND TO PEOPLE'S CHOICE
John Drlscoll and J. B. Coffey Prom
ise to Votis for Senatorial
Candidate leading at
the Polls.
1
'Statement No. 1" has become a by
word in Oregon politics, because candi
dates for the Legislature, who shalli com
ply with It, In accordance with the direct
primary law, and shall be elected, will
vote for the election of the people's
choice for United States Senator.
Two Republican candidates for the
lower house in Multnomah County have
pledged themselves In VStatemont No. I"
to support the people's choice John Drls
coll and John B. Coffey, who have filed
notice of their candidacies with County
Clerk Fields.
Drlscoll and Coffey arc the first candi
dates for the Legislature to ' give notice
in Multnomah County, and their example
Li expected to bring others, to the same
pledge. Throughout the city and the
county there is a strong popular senti
ment that the people should select the
next United States Senator and that
the Legislature should simply ratify
their choice.
Drlscoll 1? in the meat business as a
member of the firm of O'Donncll & Drls
coll, and Coffey is a tailor.
Test or tho Statement.
Statement No. 1. to be filed by the can
didates with the Secretary of State or the
County Clerk, Is as follows;
"I further state to the people of Oregon.
as well as to the people of my legislative
district, that, during my term of office. I
will always vote for that candidate for
United States Senator In Congress who
has received the highest number of the
people's votes for that position at the gen
eral election (next June) next preceding
the election of a Senator In Congress (Jan
uary. 1397). without regard to my Indi
vidual preference."
If candidates shall not wish to take this
pledge they are not required to do so. and
If they choose, may subscribe to state
ment No. 2:
Durhfg my term of office. I shall con
sider tho vote of the people for United
States Senator In Congress as nothing
more than a recommendation, which I
shall be at liberty wholly to disregard. If
the reason for doing so seems to me to be
sufficient."
New Candidates Bobbing Up.
Other candidates for State Representa
tive In thla county are cropping out. J.
C Bayer, an ex-legislator. Is said to be
willing lo run; also George H. Hill. Still
others are H. L. Day. V,. P. Swopc and
F .R. Blochberger. The Representative
seats to be filled by this county are 13.
one of them Joint with Clackamas. Two
Senators are to be elected, one Joint with
Clackamas.
For State Senator, a large number of
men are boomed. One of the most prom
inent is Ben Selling, who was elected to
the place about ten years ago,, and Is re
garded as especially strong among the
business Interests of the city. I. ,N.
Flelscliner Is another formidable candi
date. Others boomed are A. A. Bailey. A.
J. Cspron. fc. B. Colwell and "William
Killlngsworth. who sat In the lower
House at the last session; Dr. H. W. Coe,
who sat In the upper house: Dr. Andrew
C. Smith, ex-member of the State Senate,
and F. E. Beach.
Allen for Wntcr Board.
G. W. Allen has been recommended
to the Mayor for appointment to the
Water Board by the Youns Men's Dem
ocratic Club, which adopted resolu
tions in his favor last Friday night.
The resolutions cite that Mr. Allen has
boon lresldent of tho club and of the
Board of Trade, and that he rendered
valuable aid for the election of 'Lane
for Mayor last June.
DROPS DEAD ON STEAMER
G. X. Gilson Was Formerly a Mcm
hcr or Seattle City Council.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 21. When the
stoamer Umatilla, reached port today the
Coroner's office was notified that the body
of George N. Gilson, of Seattle, was on
board. He dropped dend Saturday even
ing about 6 o'clock. Gilson was on the
way to Los Angeles.
SEATTLE. Jan. 2L George N. Gilson.
whose dead bodv arrived In San Fran
cisco on the steamer Umatilla this after
noon, was a former member of tho Seat
tle City Council, and also a member of
the Board of County Commissioners here.
He was on his way to Southern Cali
fornia for his health when he died at sea.
Mississippi Boat Ttaclng;.
SL Louis Post Dispatch.
The steamboats; are 'racing again
upon the Mississippi. The sport made
famou-j' by Mark Twain has been re
vived. The "twin stacks .are straining
again with that wheeze of a bout that
Is being pushed; th? black smoke Is
rolling: the roustabouts arc running
-excitedly, betting nnd shouting; the
passengers are getting a taste of the
river life at Its best; the pilots are cut
ting off islands and skirting the shores
to escapb the currents, and the farmer
is -waving his broad-brimmed hat from
the bottom fields. There Is a boat race
out of St. Louis every Saturday after
noon. It Is neither by design "nor by
chance. It Is the product of business
competition.
Dallas Wants a Creamery.
Dallas. In Polk County, wants a cream
ery, and has applied to the Portland
Chamber of Commerce for aid In securing
the establishment of the Industry there.
The letter to the Chamber states that
there Is a good field open to a practical
man. the nearest creamery being 12 miles
from the town, which how imports butter
from distant points.
AT THK HOTELS.
Thr Portland J. McDevltt. San FrancUco;
TV. B. Gray. St. PauU T. Lctj. New Tork;
E. G. Chandler. Seattle; J. M. Hill. New
Tork; G. W. FIcher. . J. Hojce. Seattle: T.
Mcllesy. Jr.. Baltimore; J. E. Plummer; New
Tork: C .Murray and wife. J". L. Paul. Spo
kane; H. Collins. Seattle; G. K. Patterson,
Philadelphia; S. llexter. New York: A. John-r
CASTOR I A
Tot Infant and GMldres.
Tki Kind Yh ton Always Bought
Sfsn&tmraof
WHO SHE WAS
SKETCH OF THE LIFE
And a True Story of How the Vegetable Compound
Had Its Birth and How the "Panic of '73" Caused
it to be Offered for Public Sale in Drug Stores.
tea?'
This remarkable woman, -rrhose
maiden name was Estes, was born in
Lynn, Mass., February 9th, 1819, com-
ing from a good old Quaker family,
For some years she taught school, and
became known as a woman of an alert
and investigating mind, an earnest
seeker after knowledge, and above
all, possessed of a wonderfully sympa
thetic nature.
In 1S43 she married Isaac Pinkham,
a builder end real estate operator, and
their early married life was marked by
prosperity and happiness. They had
four children, three sons and &
daughter.
In those good old fashioned days it
was common for mothers to make
their own home medicines from roots
and herbs, nature's own remedies
calling in a physician only in specially
urgent cases. By tradition and ex
perience many of them gained a won
derful knowledge of the curative prop
erties of the various roots and herbs.
Mrs. Pinkham took a great interest
in the study of roots and herbs, their
characteristics and power over disease.
She maintained that just as nature so
bountifullv provides in the harvest-
fields and orchards vegetable foods of
all kinds; so, if we but take the pains
to find them, in the roots and herbs
of the field there are remedies ex
pressly designed to cure the various
ills and weaknesses of the body, and
it was her pleasure to search these out,
and prepare simple and effective medi
cines for her own family and friends.
Chief of these was a rare combina
tion of the choicest medicinal roots
and herbs found best adapted for the
cure of the ills and weaknesses pecu
liar to the fcmal e sex, and Lydia E.Pink-
ham s friends and neighbors learned
that her compound relieved and cured
and it became quite popular among
tne in.
All this so far wasdone freelv. with
Out money and without price, as a
labor ot love.
But in 1873 the financial crisis struck
Lynn. Its length and severity were too
much for the large real estate interests
of the Pinkham family, as this class
of business suffered most from
fearful depression, so when theCenten
nial year dawned it found their prop
erty swept away. Some other source
of mcomo had to be found.
At this point Lydia E. Pinkhani's
vegetable Compound was made known
to the world.
The three sons and the daughter.
vrith their mother, combined forces to
poti and -wife. Everett; G. W. Cahn. Klein;
A. AV. Brown, New York; II. N. BIhoo,
Greenback; W. E. CMborne, San Fram-lco:
"W. T. Samuels, lo Anneles: IV. E. Iluaey.
Cttea; "W. It. Pooley. Kclowea; JW, C. Lu
brecht and wife. Booner: X. R. MeCrmlelc.
San Francisco: G. II. Bothrlck and wife. Ues
Moines; V. II. Coats. Saginaw; Mla Lllla
VIolI. Cleveland: W. S. Shrwood. St. Paul:
D. U Weaver. Spokane: W. R. Ltt. San
Franelsco; G. Fersuson and wife. Great Falls:
Mrs. G. R. Adairo. Elsie M. Aiianw. Tay
lorvllle; F. L. Brown. South Be.nI; B. W.
Cowden. Caldwell; J. K. Boltalne. C. F. Es
Kert. Seattle; C. F. Taylor. Chicago; J. B.
Barry. St. Paul; Emma Calve.
The- Perkins H. S. MvuoMttn. MeGowan.
W. A. BuUerfieW. San Franckv: W. It.
"William. Chinook; C. R. King. 3aa Fran
cisco: J. II. Hatpin. St. Johns; V. S. Fuoon.
Seattle; AV. It. Cravan. Cow Bay; R. A.
Keteey. Pilot Rock; C. B. NlchoUon, Forest
Grove; II. V. Swan. Aurora; F. H. Shot.
Hlllsboro; C. M. Keep. Waehougal; J. T.
Getty, II. U Iiowenthal. city; U Frost. Du
luth: AV. FX McOonl. S(Hkane: B. F. O'Nell.
AValtaeo; AV. B. Richardson. Spokane: G. W.
Bo wen; IL S. Osborne and wife. Chlcaro;
S. A. Graham. Des Moines; J. F. Stelnbevk.
H. C Grady. Ii Grande; T. Gravwr. San
Francisco; C. AVarren and wife. Tacoma; J.
I. Lawrence. Olympla: II. Jones. Master
NEWBRO'S
The ORIGINAL remedy that
THE HERPICIDE HABIT
Careful people now connlder It a duty to
use a acalp prophylactic, as It Insures
cleanliness and freedom from, dandruff
microbes. The refreshing quality and
exquisite fragrance of. Newbro's Herpl-
cs-ome i going g-oiste ! n
lEinCiSEFALSUEIT KNiCUE WU SATE IT IN UTE FII RERnCME
tnt Sttru, J1.&9. SM ifc, step, h OPICIBE CS., fift. S. Mtrtf, Wtl. far a Supfe:
AppHcatloas at Prominent Barber Shops.
OF LYDIA E. PINKHAM
I restore the family fortune. The?
artnied that the medicine which was
so good for their woman friends and
neighbors was equally good for the
-women of the whole world.
tv.-Pir.ir-hr.m -ha -t,
little credit. Their first laboratory
was the kitchen, where roots and
herbs were steeped on the stove,
gradually filling a gross of bottles.
Then came the question of selling
it, for always before they had given
it away freelr. They hired a job
nrinter to run off some namnhlets
setting forth the merits of the medi
cine, now called Lydia E. Pinkham a
Vegetable Compound, and these were
distributed by the Pinkham sons in
Boston, New York, and Brooklyn.
Tie wonderful curative properties of
the medicine were, to a great extent,
self-advertising, for whoever nsed it
recommended it to others, and $he de
mand gradually increased.
In 1877, by combined efforts the fam
ily had saved enough money to "com
mence newspaper advertising and from
that time the growth and success of
the enterprise were assured, until to
day Lydia E. Pinkham and her Vege
table Compound have become house
hold words everywhere, and many
tons of roots and herbs are used annu
ally in its manufacture.
Lydia E. Pinkham herself did not
live to see the great success of this
work. She passed to her reward years
ago, but, not till she had provided
means for continuing her work as
effectively as she could have done it
herself.
During her long and eventful expe
rience she was ever methodical in her
work and she was always careful topre
serve a record of every case that came to
her attention. The case of every sick
woman who applied to her for advice
and there were thousands received
careful study, and the details, includ
ing symptoms, treatment and results
were recorded for future reference, and
to-day these records, together with
hundreds of thousands made since, are
available to sick women the world
over, and represent a vast collabora
tion of information regarding the
treatment of woman's ills, which for
authenticity and accuracy can hardly
be equaled in any library in the
world.
With Lydia E. Pinkham worked her
daughter-in-law, the present Mrs.
Pinkham. She was carefully instructed
in all her hard-won knowledge, and
for years she assisted her in her vast
correspondence.
To her hands naturally fell ths
direction of the work when its origina
tor passed away. For nearly twenty
five years -she has continued it, and
nothing in the work shows when the
first Lydia E. Pinkham dropped her
pen, and the present Mrs. Pinkham,
now the mother of a large family, took
it up. With worraca assistants, some as
capable as herself, the present Mrs.
Pinkham continues this greatwork.and
probably from the office of no other
person have so many women been ad
vised how to regain health. Sick wo
men, this advice is "Yours for Heajth"
freely given if you only write, to ask
for it.
Such is the history of Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound ; made
from simple roots and herbs; the one
great medicine for women's ailments,
and the fitting monument to the nobis
woman whose name it bears.
Jones. Heppncr: T. Hill and wife. Castle
Rock; H. C. Mahon. Eugene; L,. II. Smith,
Medfonl; J. A. Itusscll. Lo Angeles; G. O.
Barnhart. Spokane: H. L- Harris. A. Keller.
Th Dalles; MU3 R. Chapman. Mlsa E. Me
Arthur, The Dalles.
Tho St. Churles J. I.e. J. Johnson, AV.
Mathewson; B. S. Abbott. Seaside: O. H. Ab
bott. Superior; C B. Sto,ne. North Yamhill;
E. S. AVrlKht. Woodland; W. II. Moon. Ya
colt; T. H. llornlnr. Toledo; A". Crabtree.
city; AV. B. Sparring. McMlnnvllIe; K. 11.
Brewer. Albany; E. F. AVells. AVIHamctte;
1 Kennedy. C. S. Parker, city: G. 'Sault. St.
Johns; F. Kinney, city: B. Lane. Carrollton;
C. Pierce, city; J. L. Kerfcr; E. R. Ballard,
city; A. E. Bellinger. Seattle: E. Hartlnr.
Spokane: A. E. Shirley. San Franclnco: C
Harris. AV. Burke and wife, city; II. G. Rice,
Honulam: AA". C. Patterson. Catlin; Mrs. N.
C. Salisbury: C. R. Littell. Llttcll; J. S. lie
Crody, A. AV. Casper. Independence; AA.
Smith: AV. J. Tlbbetts. Shelton; L. V. Leach.
Rochester- Dr. E. B. Smith. Eagle Creek; P.
Bier. Kennewlek; J. Davis. C. Carlson; J. M.
Clark. AVest Middletown; A. M. Austin, Cor
vallls; C. Brown. Payette.
Hotel Donnelly. Tacoma Washington.
European plan. Hates. 73 cents to $2.58
per day. Free 'bus.
HERPICIDE
"kills the Dandruff Germ."
dde makes this "duty" such, a pleasure
that the "Herpiclde Habit" is usually
formed. A hair-saver that grows In pop
ularity. Delights the ladles by keeping
the hair light and fluffy and by giving H
a silken gloss. Cures dandruff, stops
falling hair. Gives satisfaction and ex
cites admiration. Stops Itching instantly.
Twenty Years of Success
In the treatment of chronic diseases, such as liver,
kfdney and stomach disorders, constipation diar
rhoea, dropsical swellings, Bright' disease, etc
Chronic Diseases of Men and Women
Dr. Walker's methods are regular ana scientific.
He uses no patent nostrums or ready-made 'prep-
arations, but cures the disease by thorough medi
cal treatment. His new pamphlet on private dis
eases sent free to all men who describe their
trouble. PATIENTS CURED AT BOMB. Term
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