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THE MORNING- OREGONIA3C, WEDNESDAY, ' FEBRUARY 21, 1900. 3 If NOT LICENSE forest Grove Council Cannot Legalize Liquor Sale. UNIVERSITY 'WINS ITS SUIT Legislative Intention Is 'Shown by Omission of Word "License," 1 K incorporated in Earlier GIty Charters. 'SALEM, Or., Feb. 20. (SpeciaU Pacific University today "won Its suit to restrain the issuance "of a liquor license in the City of Forest Grove The Supreme Court, In an opinion by Justice T. G. Hailey. af firms the decree rendered by Judge T. A, McBride." and holds that the present char ter pi Forest Grove confers no power upon the City Council to license the sale of liquor. The record shows that earlier charters of the city conferred the power to ''li cense, tax, regulate, restrain and pro hibit" certain occupations, among which was the selling of Intoxicating liquors. The charter has been variously amended, and the clause upon the liquor question now authorizes the Council to "suppress. regulate and prohibit" the sale of intoxi cating liquors. As to certain other occu pations, the words "license and lax" were retained. Justice Hailey says that the necessary Inference from the omission of the words "license and tax" in the clause relating to intoxicating liquors Is that the Legis lature did not intend to confer authority upon the Council to license the sale of liquors, but expressly limited the power to suppressing, regulating and prohibiting the traffic The defense argued that "regulate" is a, broader term than "license," and hence the Council has authority to license under that term, but the Supreme Court says that the word "regulate" is used in two places in the charter in its limited sense, as not including the power to license, and hence "we cannot presume or infer that it has a brpader meaning when used In the clause in question." The Justice con tinues: In constrains: this word iir the statute be fore us wc must do bo in the llcht of sur rounding1 circumstances, and the history of the legislation of this state upon the Immedi ate subject before us in the locality to which it applies. The history of that locality, as set forth in the pleadings, shows that the plaintiff is an institution of learning, patronised by many young people, and possessed of valuable prop erties, title to which was given conditioned that no Intoxicating liquors should be al lowed, sold or used upon the premises, and that In the history of the city of Forest Grove no license haa ever been Issued for the sale .of intoxicating liquors, and these facts, together with the legislative history of the charter, which shows that although at one time the power to license was conferred upon the board of trustees, such power was af terward restricted by striking the word "license" from the charter, all of which evi dence are to be considered In determining the Intention of the Legislature, clearly im pel us to the belief that the Legislature did not intend to grant to the City Council power to do more than regulate the liquor traffic. Forest Grove being a college town where young people gather for instruction and learn ing, and many homes having doubtjees been established for the education of sons and daughters,, we can 'readily see why the Legis lature 1 In its wisdom' would .hesitate to license- the tale of Intoxicating liquors, which necessarily brings Into existence the saloon a place where those- who Indulge In such things habitually congregate and spend their time. ... Justice Hailey says the word "regu late" does not necessarily Imply the ex istence of a saloon, for the Council might have power to regulate the sale of In toxicating liquors for medicinal and other purposes without being done In a saloon. Conklin Case Is Affirmed. The Supreme Court also affirmed the case of State of Oregon vs. Arthur Conk lin, the latter having been found guilty of libel in publishing an article against Rob ert G. Smith, while the latter was a can didate for the Legislature in 1WH. The article was published in the Oregon Min ing Journal, of which Conklin was pro prietor. It charged Smith with embezzle ment. At the trial Justice Hanna instructed the jury, in effect, that the language used was libelous per so, and on appeal the Supreme Court approves the instruc tion and affirms the judgment imposing a fine of $250 upon Conklin. NO TAX ON INDIANS PROPERTY Washington School Superintendent Raises the Question. OLTMPIA, Wash.. Feb. 20. (Special.) Assistant Attorney-General Falknor today gave an opinion to the effect that per sonal property on Indian reservations Is not taxable for school purposes. The question was raised by the School Super intendent of Snohomish County, who wanted to have about $30,000 worth of per sonal property on the Tulallp Indian res ervation placed on the tax rolls for school purposes, but the Attorney-General holds that, as wards of the state, the owners of this property are exempt. The Land Commissioner's office has raised an Important and complicated question, which the Attorney-General's office is now preparing an opinion on. and which threatens to result in important litigation, both In the state and Federal courts. The question is as to the rights of lessees of state land which is with drawn by the general Government for ir rigation purposes. .Between 40,000 and 50, 000 acres are said to be directly Involved in the decision, in many cases the lessees having made valuable improvements n the land. The courts will undoubtedly be called on to declare what prior rights, it any, such persons have in case land with drawn Is subsequently thrown open. LIQUOR MONEY IS DEMANDED North Yakima Called on for a Large Sum by the State. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Fob. 20. (Special.) In a communication to City Treasurer Donovan today. State Treasurer Mills threatens to bring suit against North Yakima if the moneys due the state as 10 per cent of the saloon licenses collected here are not at once paid over. The sum amounts to $2643.80. This is claimed by the state on a decision made by the Su preme Court In a case taken up from Seattle, in which the court held that all cities must pay 10 per cent of the liquor licenses received after the act of 1888 was repealed. City Attorney Forsyth said today ha had taken the matter up with the Council, but before the money. is paid over a statement of what is owing- the state and how it figures out the amount it is claiming must be made. Debate for Pendleton High School PENDLETON. Or., Feb. 20. February 28, the Pendleton High School and Walla Walla High School debating taigas will meet 'at Walla Walla to dis- cuss the question: '"Resolved, That the Interstate Commerce Commission should have the power to regulate rail road rates." The Pendleton team is composed of Glenn Scott, David Hill and Dean Goodman and has the affirmative. The Walla Walla team is composed of Fred Griffith, Arthur Kennedy and Charles Garileld. The judges are President Pen rose, of Whitman; Rev. Mr. Reld and J. L. Sharpstein, of Walla Walla. BOILING T?IIE DRINKING WATER Oregon City "Warned Against Con tagion From Up the River. OREGON CITT, Or.,lFeb. 30. Special.') Dr. J. W. Norrls, of this city, has been appointed County Health Officer by the Clackamas County Court. Alarmed by the epidemic of . typhoid fever prevalent at. Eugene, many of the residents of this city are resorting to boiling -water as a preventive of the introduction of this dis ease In this city. The water supply of Oregon City is taken from -the Willamette River, but after being treated"by the city's splendid filtering plant analyzes 39.6 per cent pure. Residents feel justified in boil ing water for domestic purposes on the strength of an Interview given out "yes terday by Dr. W. E. Carll. who said: "I want to emphasize the statement that the only safe way to avoid typhoid germs is by -drinking only water that has been boiled. The fever-stricken people of the Valley are pouring their polluted water Into the river, and already there have been several cases In Oregon City that are kindred to typhoid." LABOR TICKET FOR TACOMA POSTAL 3IAXAGER IS ASKED TO RUN FOR 3IAYOR. Trades Council Discusses the Flan, but Has Not Yet Reached a Conclusion. TACOMA, Wash., Peb. 20. (Special.) There is strong: possibility of the nomination of a union labor ticket be fore the city campaign Is much older. The subject was discussed in a quiet sort of way at the regular meeting of the Tacoma Trades Council last eve ning'. A call has been issued for a meeting: of the labor representatives Wednesday, February 28, and the state, as well as the local political condi tions, will be discussed. An attempt to reach a choice between the various candidates In the field by "straw vote" at last night's meeting of the Trades Council Is said to have been defeated. A delegation of voters waited upon John M. Bell, manager of the Postal Telegraph Company, recently with a request that he accept the nomination for Mayor on an independent ticket. It was urged that he would receive .the support of the labor union interests of the city. DUNIWAY VISITS CLACKAMAS Finds 3Iany "Who Encourage His Candidacy for State Printer.. OREROM OATY. Or.. Ph. 30 fSnrrIfll.W Statr as well as local noliUes hoirln to show activity, and candidates for state offlcos dron Into Clackamas fViunlv ctrvn - slonally. Two aspirants for State Printer nave recently oeen in ine county, and to- dav Willis S. rjunlwav ix-nR hnro Irknlrlnr- ud friends and makine senunlnf nnrv5- Wfc ds a native of Clackamas County, and jfound many citizens who offered him sup- jiut t. un iJitiiuiiu ul ccauumy ana re trenchment. Among those who assured him nf lhntr help to land the nomination this year were five men who were deleratrt tn th State Convention of 1902, when Duniway was sent to defeat by the much -talked -of acai inrougn wnich his Portland votes were delivered bv the dorsks to an Aihanv candidate. At the time when Clackamas county's candidate had withdrawn his name from that convention Jn favor of Duniway and the latter seemed sure to be nominated, the "deal" was consummated for his throw-down. Delegates remember the scene when he was beaten, and the loyal speech he made after his defeat when called before the convention, and they offer hlin much en couragement now. Condon Schools Arc Closed. CONDON. Or.. Feb. SO.-The city schools were closed here yesterday by order of the County Health Physician. Dr. J. F. Wood, action In the matter having been due to diphtheria In the family of John Britton. Mrs. Britton was taken with the disease last Monday a week ago and it was not known to be diphtheria until the return of Dr. Wood from Port land Saturday evening, when the woman was In a dying condition. Quarantine measures wcro immediately adopted, and all public gatherings were discontinued and schools and churches were closed. Mrs. Britton'a death occurred this morn ing, the immediate cause being paralysis of the heart Two children of the family are also down with the contagion, but they are said to be convalescing. It is be lieved by Dr. Wood that spread of the disease is being held In check. Fear Invasion of Japanese. TACOMA. Wash.. Feb. 20. (Special ) The labor unions of Tacoma and the state are planning a fight against the alleged Invasion of contract Japanese laborers. This question is likely to be one of the matters discussed at "the labor meeting next week. It was. under discussion at the Aberdeen convention and a committee was thrn innnini.j to call the attention of the Governor ana me ouiie juaoor commissioner to the matter. It Is ch'arsred bv the looal tv.n.. that Tacoma physicians have been sent to japan, tno nunpines and Honolulu to examine Japanese laborers, who are to be sent to Washington for railroad work. Hurrying to 3Iothcr's Bedside. WALLACE, Idaho. Feb. 20. (Spe cial.) Eugene R. and Harry L. Day, millionaire mlneowners, left this af ternoon for the bedside of their mother, Mrs. H. L. Day. Sr., at Portland, upon a "wire from a brother Tnrncnn r.. saying the mother had passed beyond an nopes. j.ney were accompanied by their brother-in-law, Edward Boyce. Mrs. Day is about 65 years old. and suf fers from a species of paralysis. Postofflce Receipts at Oregon City. OREGON CITY. Or., Feb. 30. (Special.) The receipts of the Oregon City Post nffirA have nearlv doubled in tVio in .... vflarK neeordlnsr to a wrvirf 4rtiA by Postmaster Randall, in 1&00 the pos tal receipts of the local office were HW3.03 while for the year ending December 3i last, the aggregate of the postal receipts was iv,e.i. am me same report there is shown a similar increase in the postof- nee money orucr uuunuss. Prince Arthur Is Coming. VANCOUVER, B. O. Feb. 30. Prince Arthur of Connaught will arrive here by the Empress of Japan from Yokohama on March 28, and after spending a few days in shooting and fishing, will leave for Ottawa over the Canadian Pacific Railroad, remaining a few days at tae v&rieus tourift resorts of the Rockies. ftPPERLS TO POLICE Spokane Pastor Says Spirit ualists Are Annoying Him. SEND INSANE TO HOUSE Rev. Henry Rasmus Also Wants Pro tection When Ho Preaches a Sermon on Spiritualism Next Sunday. SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 31 (Special.) Rev. Henry I. Rasmus, pastor of the First Methodist Church, called on the police today and asked for protection against some of the Spokane Spiritualists. The complaint Is that certain of the Spir itualists arc training insane men on his home, the object being to annoy him and cause him bodily harm. Rev. Mr. Rasmus also asked for po lice protection at the sermon he is to de liver oil spiritualism at the Central Christian Church next Sunday. Sergeant Sullivan, of the police department, prom ised to furnish men and agreed to do what he could to stop people from "kick ing' insane men on the doctor. About a week ago. Mr. Rasmus says. he had a call from a young man who said he- had been confined In the Insane asylum. He said his mother is dead, and it was alleged his father is dead, but he knows he is alive, and that Mr. Rasmus had the power to bring the father to life if he saw fit. He wanted Mr. Rasmus to take a message to a theatrical company playing here. Tho young man then went on in a rambling manner about the burn ing of the First Methodist Church. Another man who has been annoying Mr. Rasmus Is Philip Reilly, who lives at the Columbia Hotel. Reilly told the clergy man that a Spiritualist named James Lawler and three spirits living In the hotel have Informed Reilly that a girl In the nostofficc and Mr. Rasmus are pay ing the spirits to cause Reilly bad luck. When Reilly was seen he told the re porter that Lawler had made statements that the preacher had a picture or Kcmy and intended to make trouble It Reilly did not pay $20. Mr. Rasmus Is weary of this persecution. Canby to Have Commercial Club. OREGON CITY. Or.. Feb. 20. (Special.) At a meeting of the business men of Can by last night, a temporary organiza tion was effected of the Canby Commer cial Club. W. H. Balr was chosen chair man, and George W. Dixon secretary, of the meeting, which was enthusiastically in favor of pushing tho growth and inr tcrests of Canby and the rich agricultural section surrounding that town. Addresses were delivered by Thomas Richardson, secretary of the Portland Commercial Club and the Oregon Develop ment League; Paul Shoup. assistant gen- oral freight agent for tho O. R. & N. and Southern Pacific lines In Oregon; and H. B. Lounsbury, traveling freight agent for the Southern Pacific Company. AH Athletes Have Passed. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene. Or., Feb. 20. (Special.) It was definitely stated at the registrar's office today that four students failed to carry nine credits In the raid-year examinations, and, ac cording to the faculty regulation, those students "will undertake a vacation for the next semester. No football man or co 11 ago athlete has failed to carry the requisite number of credits. The student body is much gratified with the success of all the athletes, and attribute a part of the good showing to the spurring up administered by the managers of athletics and team captains. Student registration has reached a total of 301, and in the next two weeks may go up to 310. SHssIonary for Brazil. PACIFIC UNIVERSITY. Forest Grove. Or., Feb. 20. (Special.) Miss Graco C. Wood, who for the past three years has bocn an Instructor In Tualatin Academy, left today for her home In Springfield, Mo., preparatory to departing for the mission field In Brazil. THIRTY-EIGHT IRE SAVED PROVINCIAL POLICE REPORT ON THE VALENCIA "WRECK. Captain Langlcy Asserts That No Help Could Have Been Given From Seaward. VICTORIA, B. a, Feb. 30. The Val encia Inquiry was concluded today, when Superintendent Hussey, of the provincial police, testified to the work of recover ing bodies and submitted statements showing tliat of 1G4 people on board, 38 were saved and S2 unidentified and 17 un identified bodies were recovered. Captain Langley. who was on the Queen, said nothing could be done from sea to rescue those on the wreck. The Czar had no boats that could be lowered then. He had stripped the wrecked bark Vesta some years ago near where tho Valencia was lost, and although the weather was fine, he had to use rafts. Captain Gaudln announced that the Pa cific Coait Steamship Company had sent a check for $250 to Mrs. Patterson, wife of the llghtkeeper at Cape Bcale, In recog nition of her heroic services, and he would recommend the Government to re ward her. Mr. Lugrln said Mayor Mo r ley had sug gested the commissioners might do some thing to secure recognition from the Car negie fund for those who distinguished themselves incident to the disaster. The commissioners will not render a decision until after reviewing the evidence of the twelve sessions. Lost Under Assumed Name. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash., Feb. 20. (Special.) J. D. Wesson, a former minister of this city and a traveling salesman of the Armour Packing Com pany, for the Seattle branch house. Is said to have lost his life by the wreck of the Valencia, although he was trav eling under an assumed name. The news of his death was received hero today In a letter from his wife, who is in Missouri, and who wants the local lodge of Yeomen to assist her in prov ing that she was his wife; Wassqn and his wife parted almost two years ago. she going to her home In Missouri and he to Phoenix. Ariz., for his health. During that time sho kept up the insurance policy of $1000 in the lodge. It Is said by Mrs. Wasson that he left San Francisco on the Valencia In company with & woman and traveled under the name of J. B. Shannon. City May Baild Its Sewers. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash-, Feb. 28. (SpecteL) The City of North Yakima zaay fcuild Us own eewer systso t- wlthstandlng It has let a contract to ! Pat Mulllns. After considerable de lay In selling the bonds, a Chicago house has finally accepted them and will pay over the money as soon as the papers are made out. Pat Mulllns now threatens to sue the city for damages for the delay thus occasioned by failure to sell the bonds. As the matter now stands no contract has ever been entered into between Mulllns and the city and he has never been officially notified that he was given the contract. Lewis Made Fruit Inspector. OREGON CITY. Or.. Feb. 39l (Special.) J. R. Lewis, a prominent fruitgrower residing near this city, has been appointed County Fruit Inspector by the County Court, to succeed J. H. Reld. who resigned in order to give all of his time to this work in Multnomah County. At the Courthouse Saturday, a meeting of the Clackamas County Horticultural Society will be held, when there will bo given practical talks on grapes, peaches and cherries by practical men engaged In the culture of those fruits. Sleeting of Clackamas Grangers. OREGON CITY. Or., Feb. 20. (Special.) The annual county convention of the Patrons of Husbandry for Clackamas County will be held In this city Tuesday, March 6, at 1 P. M.. at the County Court house. This convention has been called by Mary S. Howard, deputy, for the pur pose of electing representatives to attend the annual session of the Oregon State Grange, to be held at Albany, beginning Tuesday, May 22. W MEET TIE BUR NORTHERN FAOIFfo OFFICIALS AT TACOMASURPRISED. Freight Agent Blakclcy Has Not Heard Officially of Action by the O. R. & N. TACOMA. Wash., Feb. 20.-(Spccial.)-Announccmcnt in today's Orcgonlan that the O. R. & N. would reduce rates on wheat to Portland came as a great sur prise to railroad officials and exporters. Henry Blakclcy. general Western freight agent for the Northern Pacific was ask ed what action his road would take, fol lowing the lead of the O. It- & N. Mr. Blakcley said that the reduction was news to him. He was Inclined to doubt the authenticity of the report, as he had not been notified of tho change. "I have not heard anything about this," said Mr, Blakcley. "As a matter of course, I would have been notified, as It Is the custom of the roads to notify each other of changes. Otherwise the rates would have no stability." Knowing nothing of the change, Mr. Blakcley was unable to outline the prob able course of his department. How ever, it is regarded as likely that the Northern Pnclfic and Great Northern Railroads, which haul all the wheat to Pugct Sound, will follow suit by making a like reduction. It is generally under stood that the roads have a common agreement to maintain the same rates. Local exporters arc expecting the rail roads running to Pugct Sound to lower their rates, in whjch event Pugct Sound will have the same advantage as hereto fore. NORTHWEST DEAD. Dr. C. 1). Osburn. SHERWOOD, Or.. Feb. 20--Dr. C. D. Osburn. . a well-known .-physician and druggist or WllsonvlUc. died last night about 10 o'clock from heart affection sroU gastritis. Dr. Osburn practiced medicine and conducted a drugstore In Portland several years, removing to WUsonvllle five years ago. He was a graduate of Jefferson Medical College of the class of 1S&S. A widow survives him. Henry S. Copcland. WALLA WALLA, Wash.. Feb. 20. Henry S. Cope land, a wealthy retired farmer, died this morning of Blight's dis ease. He was St years old. Mr. Copcland came West and settled in California In 1SS7. He moved to Salem, Or., In 1S. and came to Walla Walla with an ox team In 1SS3. He left a widow, four sons and otic daughter. One son is cx Rcprcscntatlvc Grant Copeland. Frank L. Ilcrdlc, Horseman. WTLLIAMSPORT. Pa.. Feb. 20. Frank L. Herdlc. a noted horseman and pool seller of National reputation, died at his home hero tonight, aged 63 years. Pendleton Jail Is Empty. PENDLETON. Or., Feb. 20. (Spe cial.) C P. Davis, the defaulting Deputy Sheriff of Umatilla County, and Moses Taylor, convicted of arson, were taken to Salem this morning by Sheriff Taylor. With tho departure of the two prisoners the County JrII Is empty for the first time In five years. All day the Janitor's force was kept busy scrubbing and housccleanlng un til the old prison Is now as clean as many a parlor, though less inviting. Eugene 31111 to Bo Started. EUGENE, Or.. Feb. 20. (Special.) Arti cles of Incorporation of the Eugene Wool en Mill Company were filed with the County Clerk today. The incorporators were T. B. Kav. E. Koppe. C J. Howe and Arthur W. Lord, all of Safcm. It Is announced that the company will at once have the mill overhauled and put in operation. Candidates for State Offices. SALEM. Or.. Feb. 20. (Special.)-Two candidates for nomination for state offices filed notices In the office of Secretary of State Dunbar today. They are R. G. Morrow, who Is an aspirant for Judgo Scars seat on the circuit bench la Mult nomah County, and P. A. Cochran, who wants the Democratic nomination for Con cress. URBANA WINE CO.'S GOLD SEAL America's Favorite OhampagHe. The wine of the banquet and ultra brilliant functions. Equals quality of French wines costs but HALF. Two Kinds Special Bry Brut Sold by . all leadlnr grocer and wine merc&usts. Gold Seai-- i -try. 1 1 TJrbaaa Wine Co. Maker. Habe You Read The Latest No matter bow many mczxnB8 you rad, you must read THE SCB&P BOOK fcr ftjgpr jjgififr mmazme ever published. & ffTK SCRAP BOOK it Tig crery way &f enough for 50 m3Eo readers broad eifough, roomy oough, brainy enough, human oaottgn, to grip the interest of efery pmon in tfte United States who can spell oottfie alphabet Whoever yon are, THE SCRAP BOOK is for you. We can't tell you hM, Xk bere-are a lew titles at random: . Imagine the heax&of all the magazines packed into one and you hfe some idea of tkt maatmtss and pariety of THE SCRAP BOOK. Ererytedy is going to read THE SCRAP BOOK sooner or later. The Price k Ttn Cents a Copy and One D olkr by the Year OmaM mms. stomas or from the ptibtaker FRANK A. S T Canadian Pacific Money Build ing Line, It Is Said. AFTER "HILL'S BUSINESS Intcrurban Halivrny Between Seattle and Tacoma, Rumor Says, Has Been Secured by the Northern Iilnc. TACOM"A, Wash.. Feb. 20. (Special.) A inan well posted on. railroad affairs says he has it on unquestioned au thority that the North Coast Company Is an offspring- of the Canadian Pacific, and that the latter company has also secured, as has been rumored, the In terurban Hallway. According to information received by this man. the Canadian Pacific is building the Spokane &. Columbia River Railway & Navigation road to Wallula. where it will connect with the North Coast, which is to cross the Cascades and come down one of the valleys to Tacoma. The Intcrurban will give the company a route to Seattle and from there the proposed road "will lead to Vancouver. It is pointed out that the projected roads all pass through the coveted territory of the Hill lines and the Canadian Pacific will be in a position to fight the Hill lines in their richest country. TO PURCHASE DEPOT GROUNDS t Citizens of Wallowa Raise Money to Buy the Land for O. R. & N. WALLOWA, Or.. Feb. 20. Recently the business men of this place acted upon a proposal for the purchasing of land for the O. R. & N. depot. Leonard Couch. Mayor ot the town, started a petition for the purpose of raising the cash necessary, and during one afternoon succeeded In se curing pledges amounting to $1173. The value of land over which the right ot way passes to tho north of Wallowa Is at least $100 per acre, but the owners. NORTH a Every woman buyer in the state of Oregon knows either from personal ex perience or hearsay, what the "P. E. BRIGHAM STOCK" consists of. It Takes Some Time This Preferred Stock LY FIND SHREWD BOSTON CASH BUYERS' ASSOCIATION 341 Washington St., Corner Seventh MMItl'''"""'"' ItiatK!!"'"1'9'4'' SCRAP BOOK Uie Moment of Decmoo Jtacswelt and Labor Union Money Among the Ascfccts fihpaes of the Bards of Graft The DevA and Tom Walko Wln Be Ctato Cfc Pie3warion of the Human Body The Coins of Caesar A Hotcsoope of the Xoatha Swpcsstkions of the Theater The Comaoioas of jfebn What the Propiete aay aboafc 2906 Benjamin Erani--55he Ejpgress of Women, and a hendred others. MDNSEV, 175 Rffli Ave., New York John ilcDonkld and W. M. & M. Co.. have placed the valuation at 550 per acre, in addition to giving $23) each toward the purchase of the tract asked for, which 13 500x3300 fcot, comprising nearly 40 acres. The O. R. &. N. Co. has made a similar request from other towns, except Enter prise, the county seat. Here they want a little more than from either Lostine, Jo seph or TVallowa. Aberdeen Alleges Discrimination. ABERDEEN, Wash., Feb. 3). (Special.) What Is alleged to be an unjust discrim ination In freight rates by the Northern Pacific Railway Company against Gray's Harbor was the subject of discussion at a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce last night. It Is understood the discrim ination amounts almost to prohibition, and the matter is to be taken up with the State Railway Commission. A member of the Chamber of Commerce, In presenting the case, said he had re ceived a letter from the Northern Pacific Company, in which It plainly said that it did not propose to make Aberdeen a dis tributing point, and that the points of dis tribution would be Seattle, Tacoma and Portland. Will Not Attend Conference. SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 20. (Spe cial.) Northern Pacific Railroad offi cials at Spokane today are J. M. Hana ford, second vice-president; C. M. Levey, third vice-president; H. J. Horn, general manager; C. W. Bunn, Keneral counsel; I. B. Richards, super intendent of car service: B. E. Palmer. woman 8 Nature Mother's Friend, by its penetrating and soothing properties, allays nausea, nervousness, and all unpleasant feelings, and so prepares tne system ior tne ordeal that she passes through the event safely and with but little suffering, as numbers have testified and said, "it is worth its weight in gold." $x.oo per bottle of druggists. Book containing valuable information mailed free. THE BRAOTELD REGULATOR CO.. Atlanta. G. Ibe Opening o! ftThe Woman's Bonanza" To get this Stock ready for the many who are sure to find here indeed A BONANZA FOR WOMEN. Preferred because it is superior to all similar lines of merchandise carried by any store in the city, will QUICK BUYERS when we throw open The (greatest Magazine assistant superintendent; F. H. Ford, secretary to Mr. Hannaford; C. F. Craig, secretary to iir. Levey, and H. R. Boden, secretary to Mr. Horn. Mr. Hanaford stated that his visit wm one of inspection. He denied the report that the party was going to Seattle to confer in regard to a trackage agreement with other roads in that city. "We are going from Spokane to Portland direct, and on our return may make a . short stop at Seattle," said Mr. Hannaford. The party, with the exception of General Manager Horn, left for the Coast this afternoon. Mr. Horn went East. Cost of Educational Congress. SALEM, Or., Feb. 20. (Special.) The Superintendent of Public Instruction to day filed a statement of the receipts and expenditures of the Educational Congress of the Lewis and Clark Fair. It shows the amount received from each county, aggregating 51IM4.S6. and disbursements aggregating J16T3. leaving a balance of J269.S6, which will be divided pro rata among the counties which contributed. Ten Candidates -for Representative. OREGON CITY. Or.. Feb. 2Q.-(Special.) Linnwood E. Jones, member of the drug firm of Howell & Jones, of this city, today announced that he will be a candidate for nomination as State Representative on th Republican ticket. There are now ten candidates for the three nominations as Representative on the Republican ticket In this county. Is to love children, and no borne can be completely bappy witbout them, yet the ordeal tbrougb wbicb the ex pectant mother must pass usually is so full of suffering, danger and fear that she looks forward to the critical hour with apprehension and dread. Mothers Friend a Even the Owl STAYS AWAKE Night and Day To be among the first to hoot forth to an expect ant public the doors in a few days. Itttlltt
