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mm fr. THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1900. S3 CITY NtWS IN BRIEF THE OREGOXIAX TELKl'HQyES. CounUnc-Room Main 7070 ManaRinp Editor Mala 7070 Sunday Editor Main 7070 City Editor Main 7070 Society Editor Main 7070 ComposlnK-Room ..Main 7070 Superintendent Building Main 7070 Kast Side Of Hce Eat CI AMUSEMENTS. 33AKER THEATER (3d and TamhilD Watson's Orientals. Matinee at 2:13 P. M.; no performance tonight. EMPIRE THEATER (12th and Morrieon) "The Little Church Around the Corner." Matinee at 2:15 P. M.; tonisht at 8:13. GRAND THEATER (Park and Washington) Continuous vaudeville. 2:30. 7:30 and 0 P. M. VANTAGES1 THEATER (4th and Stark) Continuous vaudeville. 2:30. 7:30 and 0 V. M. STAR THEATER (Park and Washington) Continuous vaudeville. 2:30. 7:30. 9 P. M. Saves Property for St. Johns. M. L Holbrook -will save the City Hall property for St. Johns. Without money, the Coun cil authorized the purchase of the Oihouse land at the Intersection of Philadelphia and Burlington streets for $3500. Of this amount, J200 was paid down, and it was agreed that the remaining $3300 should be paid by February 3. As it appeared that the city was liable to lose this valuable property, Mr. Holbrook has come forward and will purchase the property, receive a deed for it, and execute a bond to turn It over to the city of St. Johns on pay ment of the purchase price. The papers of this transaction will be made out and the transfer will be completed today. One condition of the transaction is that the city shall pay to Mr. Holbrook $1500 out of the taxes for 190C. and he will carry tho-remaining J2000 until the city is pre pared to pay it off. There are two lots and a half embraced in the property. Lots are selling on Jersey street for $3000 and $3500. which at the same valuation would make the Oihouse property worth at least 5GOO0. When the charter is amended so the city can issue bonds, a handsome city hall will be erected on this property. St. Johns would undoubtedly have lost this propertv but for Mr. Holbrook's ac tion, as the city cannot issue bonds nor borrow money. Death or ax Old Soldier. John Hutching, an old soldier of the Rebellion, died January 22, and was burled yesterday near his home at Pleasant Home. 21 miles fst of the city. When but 15 years old he enlisted in Company L., First Pennsyl vania Regiment, and was discharged in January. 1S64. He camo to Oregon with his family several years ago and settled in Albany, where his wife died, when he moved to a farm near Pleasant Home, where he lived till his death, which was caused by heart disease, and was quite sudden. He is survived by two sons and one daughter. He has a brother living at Albany. O It. Downs Appointed Detutt. Re corder J. W. Hanks, of St. Johns, who is in tho Good Samaritan Hospital, where ho underwent a surgical operation, has appointed O. R. Downs Deputy Recorder. Mr. Downs has already gone to work, and is rapidly cleaning up the accumulated business. He has much experience in that line of work. Mr. Hanks is still in the hospital, but is slowly improving. He is 61 years old. The operation was a very serious one. Work Resumed on East Water Street. After doing nothing for several weeks, the O. W. P. Co. has resumed work on the improvement of East Water street. The time for completing the work expired some time ago. but the company was given an extension. Tho improve ment Is expected to be completed in llKW, but no time is fixed. Old-Time Revival Started. An old time revival has started at the First United Brethren Church. East Morrison and Fifteenth streets. Bishop William Bell. D. D.. arrived from Seattle Thursday and preached that evening and last night. There were large congregations at both services. The bishop preaches tonight and tomorrow night. At the First Presbyterian Church to morrow, the Rev. H. X. Mount, of Eu gene. Or., will preach. The subject of the morning discourse will be, "The 130th Psalm a Meditation." In the evening tho subject will be "The Two Debtors." Serv ices begin at 10:30 A. M. and 7:30 P. M. Allen Preparatort School. The Fall term will end February. 9; Spring term will begin February 13. This school pre pares students for all Eastern colleges and technical schools. For information, address The Allen Preparatory School, 535 East Salmon street. Annoyed bt Confusion op Names. Julius Kallich, of Woodland, an ex-patrolman, has been annoyed by a confusion of Identity with Peter Kallich, a recently appointed special policeman. The former is in no way connected with the police force at present. White Temple. Sunday. 10:30, sermon by Rev. Elnathan Sweet; 7:30. Dr. Broughcr preaches, "Gates of Hell in Portland," referring to "Richards' H 1 and Others." Baptism. Temple Quartet, choir, orchestra. Grand Opening. Tou are cordially in vited to attend the grand opening of the Falstaff Cafe, Saturday, January 27. 1906. northwest corner Fifth and Burnside streets. Respectfully, Col. J. F. Harvey and Chas. Foster. . Sunp.iFF's Sale. About 800,000 good, hard-burnt brick, Wednesday, January 31, 2 P. M. Howe's brickyard, end of Richmond-Woodstock car line. For particu lars. Bernstein & Cohen, Washington building. WAREHOUSE ON SWITCH TO LEASE. We will build brick warehouse to suit tenant on the southwest corner of Eighteenth and Upshur streets; long lease. Rountree & Diamond, 241 Stark street, corner Sec ond. Clarzmont Tavern. Northern Pacific train, 4:30 P. M,. stops at Claremont, returning- 10:45 P. M. Simon & Weil's Matzos just received; sole agency. F. Dresser & Co., Seventh and Washington. King's Swimming Baths, Second and Washington, now open. Wooster's great fruit store, 40S Wash. HOLD ANNUAL CONVENTION Xorthwest Sabbath Association Will Meet January 31. The Northwest Sabbath Association will hold its annual conference next Wednes day, January 31, beginning at 2 P. M., in the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, East Twelfth and Taylor streets. There will also be an evening session, commencing at 7:30 o'clock. At the after noon session James R. Ewln? will pre side, and the following general programme will be followed: Reading of the Scripture; prayer, report of field secretary. Rev. J. H Leiper, election of officers for 1906, res olutions and adoption. Then will come an open parliament, wJth free discussion of the following topjes: "The Bible Standard of Sabbath Keep ing," "Sabbath Keeping and Good Citizen ship." "How Far Should the State Go In Protecting the Citizen In His Right of Sabbath Rest?" All pastors are Invited to take part in the discussion. In the evening the following programme i will be given: Professor R. R. Steele, presiding officer; Scripture reading; prayer: anthem, choir First Cumberland Presbyterian Church; address, Municipal ities and the Lord's Day," Rev. S. Earl Dubois; solos and duets; offering for the association; address, "The Sabbath and the Laborer," Rev. William H. Hcppe, D. D., of Centenary M. EL Church; rati fication of resolutions by standing vote James C. Simpson Is Dead. Mrs. T. D. Hughes, of this city, has Just returned from Los Angeles, where she attended the deathbed and subsequent funeral of her brother. James C Simpson, who died at the Soldiers' Home, near Los Angeles, on January IS. James C. Simpson was a member of George Wright post, G. A. It., of this city, and went to Southern California for his health some time ago. and when taken seriously ill last August was cared for by his comrades of the California home. He was a member of Troop H. Third Col orado Cavalry, during the war of the re bellion, enlisting in that organization as drummer boy at the age of 13 yearn He was 56 years of age at tfco time of his death. HEARD IN 'THE ROTUNDAS Hotel VIMtorn I)Im:um Theme of Intrrrcf. V5 arc not cramped for quarters W as we were several weeks ago, and it looks as though the Penitentiary will not have to be enlarged for several years to come." said C. "W. James, su perintendent of the State Penitentiary at Salem, at the Perkins Hotel yesterday afternoon. "We have a little extra room in which we can put in a few more cellJ and 1 do not think the Legislature will have- to make any appropriations to build additions at the next session. "Only a month ago the Penitentiary was crowded, and prisoners were arriving at such a rapid rate that we thought wc would be inconvenienced to take care of all of them. Then all of a sudden the prisoners stopped coming, and quite a few were released, having served out thoir terms. Now we have plenty of room." HE Thunder Mountain rush is a thing of the past and we hear very little about the mining operations In that section." said Dr. Wr. F. -Lodcr, a practicing physician of- Emmett. Idaho, at the Perkins Hotel yesterday afternoon. Emmett is at the head of the famed Pay ette Valley and is the gateway to Thun der Mountain. It is connected with the Oregon Short Line by a branch. Dr. Loder continued: "Two years ago hundreds of tons of machinery were taken through Emmett en route to Thunder Mountain, but only a small part ever arrived at the camp. The wagon road was not completed at that time and the machinery was hauled as far as possible and then left. About a j'par later the road was completed, but. tnc uoom uaa suosiaea to some extent and thousands of dollars- worth of ma chinery was- never moved. But some of tHe mines in Thunder Mountain arc being worked and occasionally a lot of machin ery is taken in. "The Government is already to start work on the Boise project, which will reclaim 100.000 or more acres of land. It was first planned to Irrigate arid portion of both tho Payette and Bolso Valleys, taking water from the Payette River But now it has been decided to get tho water from the Boise River through storage and the Payette end of the pro ject may be taken up later. The Canyon Canal Company is irrigating a tract of nearly 40.000 acres of land within a few miles of Emmett and the water will be turned on about May 1. Idaho Is growing very rapidly, cspocially the Southern part " T" HE people of Hood River are as I confident as ever that Wasco County ultimately will be divided, and are not discouraged In the least." said State Representative A. A. Jayne. of Hood Riv er, at the Perkins Hotel, yesterday after noon. "In fact, the people of that section are more determined than before to havo Cascade County created and will keep fighting until they secure the division. "The inhabitants of the eastern part of Wasco County are almost as a unit in favor of the division. There is very roa son in the world why the county should be divided, and we shall try to make the next Legislature think the same as wc do. The interests of eastern and western sec tions of Wasco County are not mutual, as the products are not similar and the. cli matic conditions are different. Besides, the two sections are separated by a high range of mountains." At the last session of the Legislature Mr. Jayne introduced a bill to have Was co County divided, creating Cascade Coun ty, but it failed of passage. Those who favor the bill say in the fight against tho so-called machine many were obliged to vote against the measure when they were really in sympathy with it. it'TT' HE percentage of Insane persons in I Alaska is very high, and is consid erably greater than the average In the United States." said United States Dep uty Marshal W. H. McNair. of Juneau, at the Imperial Hotel yesterday afternoon. Mr. McNair brought to Portland an In sane patient, who was placed in the Mount Tabor Sanitarium. "Of course, hardships are more fre quently experienced in that country than here, and by great suffering and priva tion persons are driven Into insanity. Most of the persons who go crazy arc minors and prospectors. They will oftentimes re-' main out in the hills by themselves months at a time, and many of them go insane because of lonollnoss and lack of company. "In such cases the patients almost In variably talk to themselves. This Is one of the things that identifies a man who has lost his reason because of loneliness. Tho prospectors who are out In the hills Immediately start for civilization when they find themselves unconsciously talking to themselves. They know what is com ing, and know that It behooves them to heed the warning. Sometimes they reach civilization without going crazy, and then they are all right, but often the warning comes too late." HOTEL clerks rarely work more than eight hours a day on an averago, and their watches vary from four to six hours. They are never more than six hours. It is said the reason for the short watches Is that no matter how good-natured or obliging a hotel clerk may be. he will grow cranky if he has to work manv hours at a stretch. While they are be hind tho desk they are submitted to an almost endless string of questions. They can stand it for a few hours without los ing their temper, but human endurance has a limit, and before this point Is reached they are relieved. THE feeling engendered by the 1 steamship companies' announce ment that there would be a raise in the freight rates has not abated and is about as bitter and general as ever," said Carl H. Strom, of Juneau, at the Imperial Ho tel yesterday afternoon. "Many of the merchants of Juneau have refused to sign an agreement with the companies and are fighting mad oyer their treatment "It is said that the rates are made to favor the larger merchants, so as to hrlng the smaller retailer into their clutches. The small merchants are the ones who are protesting. There is no doubt hut what the business .men of Port land would be welcomed with open arms in case they should make an entrance into that field. From what I can learn, a steamship company between Portland and Juneau would get considerable patronage from Juneau." WHERE TO DINE. AH the delicacies of the season at the Portland Restaurant; fine, private apart ments for parties. Open all night 3 Washington, near Fifth. The best six-course dinner, with wine, EOc. 12 to S P. M.. at Scott Restaurant. 7th and Ankeny. Fine merchants' lunch. Xc Hlzh -Grade FIabbs for Rest And .sold on easy payments. Piano tunlar and repairing. H. Slnshelmer, 72 TMrd St. KANSAS CITY'S If How It Proposes to Do Away With Complaints. WILL ESTABLISH WORKS Poor Quality, Bad Service and Stu ,pld Indifference to the Public in Missouri City Arouses Citizens to Action. KANSAS CITY. Mo., Jan. 26. (Spe cial.) Kansas City, after a long1 effort to get better and cheaper gas from the Kansas City Gas Company, has turned to municipal ownership for relief. An ordinance approved by the Mayor City Counselor. President of the Upper Houso and leading members of both houses, is pending- in the Council and almost sure of passage that provides for a special election March 6 to vote bonds to the amount of 52.250.060 for a municipal gns plant. The orJlnancc provides for the construction and oper ation of a natural gas works for the purpose of lighting the streets and tho public buildings of the city and the premises and property of private per sons, for heating . or manufacutrlng purposes. The proposition to be voted upon will authorize the Council either to build a new plant or to purchase any such works heretofore or here after erected: also to acquire lands or rights of way by condemnation or pur chase. Accompanying this ordinance is one repealing the extension of franchise recently offered to the gas company on the basis of 2S-ccnt natural gas.- or manufactured gas at an equitable rate In case natural gas failed, and which extension the gas company rejected. Tne sentiment for a municipal gas plant ia very strong, due largely to the alleged adulteration of the. gas sup plied by the private corporation, the alleged manipulation of the meters and the alleged failure of the company to pay to the city the city's rightful share of gross earnings. City in Gas Business. Since the company's refusal of the Council's franchise extension certain capitalists havo offered to take such a franchise, but there is a possibility that the arc merely speculating and tho general feeling is that the city must go Into the gas business. Tnc agitation for better, cheaper gas, which has been very vigorous in the past six months, has been stimu lated by recent discoveries ot enor mous quantities of natural gas In South eastern Kansas, the supply being even larger than that of Indiana and Pennsylvania. It is said- Most of the towns of Eastern Kansas use natural gas for fuel and lighting, the gas be ing convoyed from the fields by plpo lines. Kansas City. Kan., which )r. sep arated from Kansas City. Mo., by an imaginary line drawn through the cen ter of a street, uses natural gas. and the spectacle is presented of a Mls sourian burning Jl gas of poor quality while his neighbor across the street Is taxed only 23 cents a thousand for much better gas. Tho gas agitation is stimulated also by the fact that the gas company's franchise will expire in 1907. and the city then will have tho right to buy the plant at an appraised valuation. If a bond election is held In March, and the proposition receives the necessary two-thirds majority, the city will have the privilege of buying the private gas plant at what It would cost to build it Company's Stupid Attitude. Throughout the gas controversy the company's attitude has been Incredibly stupid. It first sought and obtained from the City Council a 23-cent natural gas franchise under which Its expiring charter would be extended 30 years, and under which It would be able to go back xo $1 manufactured gas whenever natural gas ran short The confirmation of this franchise was fought in the courts, and so much evidence of corruption was brought out in the hearing of the Injunction proceedings that the Coun cil, after the court had pronounced cer tain of the franchise provisions void, made haste to annul the -whole ordi nance. Then followed the ordinance rejected by the gas company: then came the municipal ownership move ment in earnest A city election will be held in March. Political ward meetings are being held nightly, and at each the one topic dis cussed Is gas. No shrewd politician In either party has thus far declared against municlpnl ownership. The leading Republican candidate for Mayor is Henry M. Beardslcy, President of the Board of Aldermen and an outspoken municipal ownership man. The other Republican candidate also advoqates municipal ownership, as do the few Democratic leaders who are socking honors. The Labor party, which polled sev eral thousand votes in 1904. and which has continued Its organization. Is dis inclined to put up a city ticket, but will support municipal ownership can didates. In ail the gas discussion natural gas Is looked upon as an uncertainty. It gave out In Pittsburg and Indianapolis, as is well known, and the wells sunk In KanBus City, where any deep hole will yield gas. have soon loft their pressure. It is believed that Kansas City would exhaust the Kansas fields in five years or so. Gas consumers, besides complaining of the high price, charge that natural gas has been introduced into the mains and charged for as manufacutrcd gas; that gas meters do not measure correctly; that the flow of gas is manipulated so as to increase the speed of meters; that the company. In violation of its franchise. ha.a refused to extend mains; that the company, notwithstanding In creased business, continues to report diminishing gross receipts, in order to cut down the sum paid to the city un der a 2-pcr cent provision of the fran chise. WHO WILL TAKE LIVES? Has a Doctor a Bight to Kill, and "Sol to Cure? PORTLAND. Jan. 23. (To the Editor.) The subject of euthanasia has been dis cussed many times the Justification of giving painless death to the hopelessly in surable, especially those who arc suffering with painful disease. There arc those who would go further and chloroform into a moro perfect world all defectives, such as come into the world hopelessly deficient mentally or physically, the hydrocephalic, the Imbeciles, victims of congenital dis ease or of such deformity as to make them constant burdens to society. Laying aside all discussion as to the morality of such procedure, all question as to the sacredness of human life, and looking at it from a purely medical stand point, the proposition is surrounded by great difficulty. Who are the hopelesslv III. the hopelessly Injured, the hopelessly defective? Who of us Is wise enough to say that any one is wounded to the extent that makes recovery impossible, who so ill that he cannot ret well, and who ao defective that society Is justified in refus ing to be burdened with his care? The annals of surgery contain many cases of recovery with wounds which were consid ered Inevitably mortal. "We cannot forget the case of the man through whose brain a steel crowbar passed, and every surgeon of experience can relate cases almost as marvelous in which recovery and useful life succeeded. Quite as marvelous arc many rcovcrles in the domain of medicine. A man many years ill with Brlght's dis ease, pronounced certainly fatal by the best-known consulting physician in the country, afterwards made a complete re covery. And If we determine to destroy all defectives, where shall we draw the line? Who of us is wise enough to say that any particular individual is cither fit or unfit to survive? Surely no one would wish to put such absolute power as the right to take a human life Into the hands of any dne In dividual. The man who says he would not hesitate to give a lethal dose of laud anum to a friend or relative suffering with painful, incurable disease. Is not so wise and cautious as the safety of society re quires. If our legislators should deter mine that the taking of such human lives Is proper, justifiable and human, the pro cess should be surrounded by such safe guards as to make unnecessary sacrifice of life impossible. It Is not a responsibil ity to be assumed by the medical profes sion. To take life Is and can be made no part of the physician's functions. The process must be wholly a civic process, surrounded by as many safeguards as now surround the taking of life to enforce the decrees of criminal law. There Is still another thought that makes the taking of such lives obnoxious to the physician. There need be practical ly no painful diseases. Analgesic remedies arc sufficient to ease the pains ot any disease. The patient may go down to Ids death relieved of his pain by opium or its derivatives. It is not our function to discuss the purely moral aspects of the question, but there Is something overwhelmingly repug nant In the notion of taking life, under any circumstances, to the properly con stituted man and physician, whose mis sion is clearly to save and prolong, but not to .destroy human life. DR. JOHN MADDEN. MARTIN GILLIHAN DIES Oregon Pioneer or Fifty-Five Years Passes Awny. Martin Glllihan. one of the beat known of tho Oregon pioneers, passed away at 6:3) o'clock yesterday morning at his home on Sauvle's Island, where he has lived for the past 53 years. One year ago Martin Gllliban. Khtx ltlrr on Sauries Island. Mr. Gillihan suffered a stroke of paralysis and never completely regained his health. Another stroke of the same malady was the immediate cause of his death. Martin Glllihan was born in Jackson County, Tennessee. October 30. 1S21. He was but 6 years of age when his parents removed to Greene County, Illinois, from which locality they went to Polk County, Missouri, at the end of three years. In the Spring of 1SI4 he started across the overland trail with ox teams and driving a band of cattle. After six months of hardship, he arrived In Washington Coun ty. Oregon. In the Fall of ISiS ho settled upon a large farm on Sauvle's Island, which he subsequently traded for three horses, and went to California. In Mr. Glllihan returned to Oregon and again located on Sauvle's Island, where he had since resided on a farm of SCO acres. The year following his return he married Miss Sarah C. Howell, of Mil lerstown. Pa. Eight of their 13 children are still living. Mrs. Glllihan died two years ago. The funeral services will be held at the famllyhome on Sunday, and the body will be burled In the family lot at the Vancouver cemetery. The pallbearers will be selected from the Oregon Pioneer Asso ciation, of which Mr. Gillihan has been a prominent member. STEEL RAILS FOR THE ROAD Track Between Portland and Eugene AV1II Be Belaid. A train of 15 cars of steel rails was sent out of Portland yesterday to be distrib uted along the main line of the Southern Pacific, between Portland and Eugene, which will be rclald at once with heavy 75-pound rails. The steel is coming in ever' day In carload lots, attached to general freight trains, and over 10) cars have already arrived In the Southern Pa clncyards on the East Side. They are then attached to south-bound freight trains and set out at convenient sidings, where they are picked up by two special trains engaged in the distribution of rails along the line. Gangs of men are being assembled at the Eugene end of the line, and as soon as the rails are strung along by the trains, the work of pulling up the old Iron and spiking down the new will begin. The entire stretch of track, a distance of 135 mllcs. between this city and Eugene, will be rclald without the stopping of a train. Work of laying the steel will be begun by February 1. and will require about three months. The old steel will probably be used for sidings where required, and the remainder will be old to other rail road companies having need of lighter rails. This Improvement Is a part of the work of betterment of the Harriman lines in Oregon, announced some time ago. and involving an expenditure of millions In this territory during the coming year. Deaf Man Killed by Train. John Greenlcaf, aged 45 years, was killed by a Northern Pacific train about 7 o'clock yesterday morning a short dis tance south of Linnton. He was deaf, as a card found In his pockets by Coroner FInley told, and he was evidently a beg gar, as the card asked for alms, saying he was trying to get home. His mother, living at Albuquerque, N. M.. was tele graphed, but no reply has been received. An investigation is to be made of the ca-e. HsrlM Bre RwHcax csrn ryes: M&kei Wta Er Straar. BeoUw Ej Fata: Doua't Ssut, r . T I 1 WILL BE HERE HEAD OF ST. PATJIj SYSTEM WILD VISIT COAST. Purpose of Trip Is to Inspect Route Across Cascades and to Look at the Terminals. President A. J. Earling, ot the Chlcazo. Milwaukee Sz St. Paul. Is expected In Portland next week. Railroad men be lieve he Is coming here personally to look over the field for the Pacific Coast exten sion of the road he heads. He Is due In Seattle Sunday, and. although he has not announced the time of his coming to Port land, It Is believed he will do so next week. The principal reason for the visit of President Earling to the Coast Is said to be the approval of a route across the Cas cades. Three grades arc practicable, by way of the Natchez, Cowlitz or Snoqual mle passes, but it is thought the last named, route will be chosen. leading tho road down the Cedar River to Seattle. Tne extension of the St. Paul, regarded as assured. Is a tremendous piece of rail road building. Involving 155S miles of road from Evarts. S. D.. to Seattle. It the road comes to the Coast, it cannot be ex pected to slop short of the three North western terminals. To reach the Pacific Slope, the St. Paul will Jiave a worthless, nonproduclng coun try to enter. Through Montana, the most that can be hoped in the way of local freights will be shipments of livestock In the Spring and Fall, until Deer Lodge Valley Is reached and the Butte mineral tonnage. Heavy grades and expensive construction work will be necessary through the Bitter Root Mountain. The line will probably reach the Snake River near Lewlston, Idaho, where a spur north to Spokane Is probable. From a point near Lewlston west to Wallula, thence north west to North Yakima, thence to Seattle. Is the projected course of the road repre sented by President Earling. Mineral de posits In Western Montana might help local freights, but otherwise there is but ittle way business to look for across that state. Such a route would. It is estimated, make the length of the St Paul road from Chicago to Seattle 2331 miles, with the Great Northern road having a mileage ot 2260. and the Northern Pacific 2344 miles, between the same points. Dr. AVIsc Talks on Preachers. Temple Beth Israel was crowded last night when Dr. Stephen 9. Wise delivered his sermon. He took as his subject "The Service of the Preacher to His Age." Temple Beth Israel la always filled with a large assemblage when Dr. Wise speaks, but since the announcement that he would leave Portland next September to lead a Jewish religious movement In New York the crowds have Increased to a no ticeable extent. Last night Dr. Wise again spoke of his leaving Portland and of his work when he arrived In New York. In speaking of the ministers of the gospel he said that to preach the truth they should lead the true life. The board of trustees has done nothing so far In the matter of procuring a suc cessor to Dr. Wise. They say they are so broken up over his leaving that they hate even to think of his successor. Aunt Jcrushn's Quilting Party. Aunt Jerusha still contemplates giving her "quilting bee" at Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, at Twelfth and Taylor, and has decided it shall be Wednesday evening. February 21. She calls this quilt the Rose of Sharon, which requires fine quilting. The younger girls that are not learned in this art will piece blocks for her next quilt, which Is named the Lovers Chain. A good orchestra will be In at tendance, playing the music of "ye olden times," as well as the music of the twen tieth century, and will also accompany the songs given by those at the quilting bee. CARD OF THANKS. 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We never of patience It's too real painless dentistry to be negiectea- WISE BROS., Dentists Falling Building. Third and Washington. S A. M. to 9 P. M. Sundays. 3 to 12. Main Dr. TT. A. tVUe. 2029- Columbia 10-inch Disc Rcconla COc each Columbia Cylinder Records 23c each GIBSON COMPANY 345 Washington St.. Portland. Or. $23,000,000 a Year That's the net profit poured into the Public Treasury of Germany every year by government-ownership of its Prussian railroads alone. The biggest profits can not be told in dollars and cents : plenty of trains for the public convenience; handsome and roomy stations; millions of dollars saved to the public by cheap fare and freight; thou sands of lives saved every year, by right precautions against accidents. More yet: rapid improve ments railroads getting bet ter and more valuable and the public owns them. 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FRED PREHlf Keen 4S Dekam Ajcerioi't ORIGINAL MALT VHISKT VhhoTrt a Rfrl Today MALT A GOOD MIXER Is -what they say of President Hoosevelt can say it truthfully, too, of tho linseed oil we sell for paint mixing, because it fills the bill in every respect. "We would like your paint and varnish orders, knowing full well we can suit you "down to the ground.' 3 THE BIG PAINT STORE FISHER, THORSEN 6 CO. Front and Morrison Streets. THE THOUSANDS OF PATRONS OF OUR PREDECESSOR, THE WALTER REED OPTICAL CO.. THROUGHOUT THE NORTHWEST WILL BE PLEASED TO LEARN let ourselves run out ; Important a part of ? Dr. T. P. Win. r ANNOUNCEMENT to the Trade and Public tn Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana : RAMBLER COLUMBIA CLEVELAND TRIBUNE CRESCENT JUVENILE Bicycles and all others of our manufacture will be delivered during 1906 FROM PORTLAND (Warehouse 208 Third SL) -Applications for Agencies for either Bicycles or Automobiles Should be Addressed to rope Manufacturing Cq. 45 1 Mission St. SAN FRANCISCO Dr. Lyon -s PERFECT Tooth Powder Cleanses and beautifies the teeth and purifies the breath. Used by people of refinement for over a quarter of a century. Convenient for tourists. PREPARED BY Mince MosiDraciousi Neat Pies.Fruit I CaKE.PuDDINGS and CoOHESj In 2-Pie 10c Packages ! ! merrell-soule company! syracuse . new york a HAND SAPOLIO FOR TOILET AND BATH It makes the toflot something to bt njoyed. It removes all stains an 4 roughness, prevents prickly heat and chafing, and leaves the skin, whitt, soft, healthy. In the bath it brings a glow and exhilaration which no com mon soap can equal, imparting tha vizor and life sensation of a mild Turk fefibftth ML Grocers and DruzjriU chwab Printing Co. SE5T WORK. XZjtSOHjtSLX PRICES 247K STARK S XXX EX ' - s