THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1906. 5' BOOKS TOO COSTLY Oregon Pays More Than Any State, Says Senator Miller. FIGURES GIVEN IN PROOF Careful Investigation Should Be Made. Before the People Vote o Supply Schools With Free Text-Books. ALBANT. Or. Oct. i-i (SpeciaLV State Senator II. A. Miller, of Lirrn Coun ty, today discussed at some length the proposed legislation on the lines of the educational system of the state, and particularly on the eubject of free text books, a bill for which has been proposed for the coming session of the Legislature. "I believe we have in this country the greatest educational system in the. world." said Senator Miller. "Our sys tem ol public schools, ottering a good ed ucation to all free, and requiring all of al advantages offered, is unsurpassed, al advantakes offered, is unsurpassed. Any proposed change in the system is a question of great importance, and should ha handled only after careful investiga tion. It is a fact that 96 per cent of the people in the United States secure all the education they ever get. or rather all the schooling, in the public schools. That percentage of the population do not at tend the higher institutions of learning. In view of these figures, any proposed change causes people to think and inves tigate, and action should be taken-only after a careful study of the question. "The proposed change, that of furnish ing text-books in the public schools of Oregon at the expense of the taxpayers, has received considerable attention, and there is touch to be said for and against the question. It might result in a saving in the total amount of money spent for school books in the state, and distribute the expense among the people who foot the bills of the state government. In this connection, I want to say that the people of Oregon are paying more for their school books than the people of any other state in the Union. I have investigated this subject, and have figures to support my statements. For years I have de voted considerable time to the educational question in Oregon, and have been an ad vocate of using the pruning-knife on the schedule of studies in the public schools. There are too many students taught, and too little attention given to each branch of work. The books cost too much, and because of the great number of branches taught, often become a burdensome ex pense. As a result of my investigation I have the cost of books in a number of states, and a comparison of the expense there with the prices charged in Oregon is interesting. In Texas a First Reader costs IS cents, in Oregon. 25 cents, an in crease of 40 per o:nt; Second Reader, 24 cents; in Oregon. 30 cents, an increase of 25 per cent; Third Reader. 20 cents; in Oregon, 40 cents, an increase of S3 1-3 per cent; Speller, 15 cents; in Oregon, 22 cents, an increase of 47 per cent; First Geography, 42 cents; in Oregon 60 cents, an increase of 43 per cent. "North Carolina offers even a more glaring example. There the First Reader costs 13 cents; in Oregon 25 cents ,an in crease of 92'i per cent; Second Reader, IS cents: in Oregon. 30 cents, an increase' of 2-3 per cent; Geography, 40 cents; in egon 60 cents, an increase of 50 per 'nt; First History, 40 cents; in Oregon 60 cents, an increase of 50 per cent. "In Missouri the First Reader and Prim er combined sells for 12 cents; in Oregon the First Reader sells for 25 cents, an in crease of ICS per cent; Second reader. 17 cents; in Oregon 30 cents, an increase of 77 per cent; Geography, 42 cents, in Ore gon 60 cents, an increase of 43 per cent; History. 51 cents: in Oregon 60 cents, an increase of 17Vi per cent. , "The comparison with Indiana is strik- There the First Reader costs 10 ts; in Oregon 25 cents, an increase of per cent; Second Reader, 15 cents; in egon 30 cents, an increase of 100 per t; Spelled, 10 cents, in Oregon 22 cents, increase of 120 per cent; First Geo- iphy, 30 cents; in Oregon 60 cents, an irease of 100 per cent. ."In North Dakota First Readers cost 16 nt6: in Oregon 25 cents, an increase of .ifi per cent;' Second Readers, 28 cents; in Oregon 30 cents, an increase of 7 per cent; Histories. SO cents; in Oregon $1. an in crease of 25 per cent: Mental Arithmetic 24 cents; in Oregon 30 cents, an increase of 25 per cent. "Kansas is another good illustration of ie excessive charges for text-books in regon. There the Fourth Reader costs cents; in Oregon 40 cents, an increase .f 33 1-3 per cent: Speller. 10 cents; in 'regon 22 cents, an increase of 120 per ent; Geography. 30 cents; in Oregon 60 ents. an increase of 100 perscent "All of these comparisons go to show at some steps should be taken to re- ce the cost of text-books in Oregon at people of other states are treated oetter by the book companies than are the people of Oregon. Just what meas ures should be taken is a serious ques tion. In 1S93 I introduced in the Oregon Legislature a. bill providing for the 9tate to publish its own text-books for use in the public schools and sell them to the people for cost. This bill was defeated. I believe that would have, in a large measure, solved the problem of excessive harges for text-books for our public chool children." Senator Miller's advocacy of fewer stud s in our public schools was demon strated in 1903. when he was a member of the State Senate. At that session he introduced Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 24. which read as follows: "Whereas. The public school Is the only Institution actually employed in the edu cation of the masses, and "Whereas. A very large per cent of the -Jiildren receive all the education they -ver acquire In said public schools, and "Whereas. The course of study now em ployed in the public schools of this state requires so much work on the part of the hlld. that the essential branches are not "Od cannot be well learned, and Whereas, The number of books now in ut in said course of instruction in said nubile schools is excessive and a financial .urden upon the people of the state- "Therefore, be it resolved by the Sen ste. the House concurring, that the State Board of Education be, and is hereby earnestly requested to so revise the course of instruction now in use In the public schools of this state, as to reduce the amount of work and give special at tention to the branches that will be of noet value to the children in pursuing he different vocations of life. 'And that It the sense of the Legisla te that the public schools of the state .iJuld be encouraged and fostered by very means in our power." Baptists Meet at Albany. ALBANY. Or., Oct 14. (Special To morrow the twenty-first annual meeting f the Oregon Baptist Convention will e convened in Albany at the First Bap ist Church. This is the important meet tg of the year for the Baptists of Ore on, and several hundred delegates and -linisters from the churches of the state re expected to be in attendance. The convention will hold for three days, and he strong men of the Baptist denominat ion in Oregon will be heard in lectures and sermons. Officers of the association are: Presi dent, W. A. Wann; vice-president Rev. E. M. Bliss; corresponding secretary. Rev. W. E. Pope; recording: secretary. Rev. J. B. Travis; treasurer. James F. Failing: historical secretary. Rev. W. H. Latourette; chairman of the executive committee. Rev. H. B. Bobbins. Rain Will Start the Plows. ALBANY." Or.. Oct. 14. (Special. A heavy rainfall last night paves the way for Fall work on the farms. For a couple of weeks the ground has been too dry for Fall plowing and seeding, except on the lower lands, and farmers were wishing for rain. A steady down pour began earlv in the evening and con tinued until a late hour. Today the sun is again shining brightly and weather fox farm work prevails. It means a big acreage will be put to crops this Fall. Land a Monster Black Bass. ALBANY. Or.. Oct. 4. (Special.) The biggest black bass that has been taken from the Willamette River in the neigh borhood of Albany was captured by Deputy District Attorney Gale S Hill and Oscar Zeyss last evening. The fish was 214 inches long and weighed 5 pounds. When caught the heavyweight put up a hard fight, and some time was required to land him. ' STRANGER BADLY BEATEN Jack Sibo Evidently Mistaken lor a Strikebreaker. Evidently mistaking- Jack Sibo for a strike-breaker, about 20 strikers brut ally attacked him at First and Burn side streets early last night, injuring him severely around the head and face, and leaving him unconscious in the street wiiere he lay nearly half an h-mr before regaining consciousness. When he came to he went to the Police Sta tion and related his experience. .... Sebo just arrived from Minneapolis Saturday night and had no lii -jnn a of joining the ranks of strike-breakers. He was walking along Burnside street early last night when he saw a large group of men coming toward him. One of them, who seemed to be the spokesman, grabbed Sibo and told him to accompany him. The; crowd followed. Sibo went along, saying he did not know why anyone would want to attack him, as he had just arrive J from another city and did no one any harm. At this the man who held Sibo struck him a terrific blow over the eye causing a deep gash. At this the crowd pounced upon him and began to beat and kick him. After that Sibo does not ramember anything. He says he awoke in the street, lying in a pool of blood, and made his way to the Po lice Station. He could not positively state whether the crowd which attacked him were strikers or not, but he thought they must have been, as they spoke about "scabs." City Physician Spencer was called to the station and dressed his Injuries. Sibo went home and was told by Cap tain Bruin to appear in Court today and swear out warrants for the arrest of his assailants. The police officers declare their intention to hunt down the men who assaulted Sibo and prose cute them to the full extent of the law. Sibo thinks he can identify the men. PEDESTRIAN IS HELD UP C. K. Howes Stopped on Eleventh Street and Loses $35. A masked footpad held up C. R. Howes on Eleventh street, between Hall and Harrison streets, and relieved htm of $35, shortly after midnight last night. The patrol wagon was only two blocks away at the time of the holdup, having been sent out on another case. Officers scoured the neighborhood for a trace of the highwayman, but were unable to find the bandit. Howes, who lives at 408 College street, was on his way home when he was confronted by a man with a white handkerchief over his face, and having a blue-barreled gun, who ordered hTm to throw up his hands. The place is dark and as no one was in sight, Howes obeyed, and the holdup man went through his pockets, relieving him of $35. ROOT WILL TELL OF TRIP One of Galaxy of Speakers Before the Trans-Mississippi Congress. KANSAS CITY. Oct. 14. Two members of the Cabinet will address the Trans Mississippi Congress, which will meet in this city November 20 to 23. inclusive. The address of Secretary of State Root on the first day of the congress, on the re sults of the recent Pan-American Con gress at Rio Janeiro, will be hisfirst pub lic utterance concerning his mission to South America. Secretary of the Treas ury Leslie M. Shaw will speak on Novem ber 22 on the financial problems of the United States. It is expected that 1000 delegates will be present when President David R. Fran cis, of St. Louis, calls the congress to order, and that there will be more Sena tors. Representatives. Governors and oth er notables present than at any previous congress. -Governor Folk will deliver the address of welcome. Among the speak ers already announced are the following: John Barrett. American Minister to Co lombia. "The Panama Canal Our Great Un developed Commercial Opportunity In South America and the Pacific Ocean." Eac-Secretary of the Treasury' John G. Car lisle. F. H. Newell. Chief Engineer of the Recla mation Service. "Irrigation Projects and Pub lic Land Drainaze." Representative Joseph E. Randsdell, of Louisiana, member of the rivers and harbors committee, "The Bivera and Harbors." Representative Morris Shepard, of Texas, "The Levee System." Representative John H. Stephens, of Texas, "Irrigation "in Texas Under the Reclamation Act-" John G. Brady, Ex-Governor of Alaska, "Alaska." Colonel H. R- Loveland. of Ban Francisco, president of the Pacific Coast Jobbers' and Manufacturers' Association, "San Francisco." James J. Hill, president of the Great J"orth ern Railway. "Transportation." PIPE BURSTS ON COLONIAL Three of Crew of Frederick G. Bourne'6 Fine Yacht Killed. NEW YORK. Oct. 14. A steam pipe ex ploded today on the steamboat Colonial owned by Frederick G. Bourne, ex-commodore of the New York Yacht Club, as she lay in Oyster Bay Cove. Five men aboard the yacht were frightfully scalded by escaping steam, and three died soon after., being taken to Nassau. Hospital, Mineola, L. I. The other two will sur vive, it is said at the hospital tonight The dead: ALBERT E. HIP. fireman. EDWARD M'GENTRY. stoker." JOHN SOUTHARD, fireman. Injured: John Leonard, engineer: Jm O'Hara, stoker. The Colonial, the New York Yacht Club's flagship last year, is one of the finest yachts in the club's fleet. President's Mother's Colored Xurse. NEW YORK. Oct. 15. Dannie Jackson the colored nurse of President Roosevelt's mother, is dead at Evergreen, L. j. gne was 94 years old. She was 'brought to Connecticut a slave by Stephen Bullorlt the President's maternal grandfather. HEADLINES DECEIVE Continued From Page l- its goods, wares and merchandise in the State of New York is returned at "noth ing"; value of machinery and plant, "nothing"; cash on hand in bank, "noth ing"; amount invested in business in the State of New York, ."nothing." and so on, and now the company is not as sessed. Fine Plant Worth Nothing. Yet Hearst, the advocate of pure gov ernment and the owner of one of the most elaborate newspaper plants in the world, makes return, through his cor poration attorney, to the effect that his plant is worth "nothing" and the friend ly Assessor cancels the assessment. This exposure was a star play for Hughes: it was on a par with his work against the insurance companies. There was another exposure of Hearst that interested the Intelligent public. Ever since President Roosevelt decideH to permit Chinese laborers to aid in con structing the Panama Canal the Hearst papers have severely condemned the Na tional Administration and have printed editorial after editorial to the effect that if white men are good enough to fight in the tropics they are good enough to work there. Hearst in the campaign has gone fur ther and charged Candidate Hughes with the advocacy of the admission of Chinese laborers to the United States in com petition with higher priced American labor. This charge is absolutely without foundation, but that makes no difference to Hearst. He must make some sort of attack on his opponent. Chinese on Hearst Estate. In fact of this attitude of the Hearst papers and the attitude assumed by Hearst on-'the stump, it is extremely in teresting to learn that Chinese labor" is almost exclusively employed on. the big Hearst estate in California, and that white men, women and children are de nied employment because Hearst finds he can get Chinese laborers to pick and pack his fruit at a much lower wage. Hearst, who denounces President Roose velt for permitting Chinese to work on the canal when American labor has re fused to go there, is himself the largest employer of Chinese labor in California, and it has been demonstrated that there is an abundance of white labor willing and ready to do this same work at the minimum wage on which white people can live. It would be an endless task to enume rate all the inconsistencies of William rt. Hearst. And yet in spite of the exposures that are made, he totally ignores the charges; enters no denial, but follows each charge with a counter attack which he knows is absolutely false. Hearst carries on this sort of campaign, know ing that the lower type of people will stand by him no matter what his enemies may prove against him. If he denounces their exposures as false, his readers believe him; if he makes an assault upon boss rule, his brainless followers believe that he is the -only free-handed politician in New York State; if he promises reform which has already been brought about by Hughes, his ignorant supporters forget what has been done, and take up the cry for Hearst. Deceived by Flaming Headlines. This condition of affairs is largely the result of a campaign that Hearst has been waging for a year or more through the medium of his three papers. He has preached reform and practiced corruption; he has advocated independence and him self wears the shackles; he has advocated good government, and is himself a law breaker and a tax-dodger. His teachings and his practices have been . two very different things. But the people who read the Hearst pa pers believe what they see in the flaring headlines and the inflammatory editorials and cartoons; they regard Hearst as the only true friend of the "common people," and. having become thoroughly imbued with Hearst's published ideas, they are unwilling to believe that their idol is any thing but what he represents himself to be. The vast reach of the Hearst newspa pers is something amazing. In New York recently your correspondent .noted the prevalence of Hearst papers on the street cars and at the news-stands. It is a safe statement that five out of every six papers read on the cars of New York City are Hearst papers; it matters not whether you count in the morning, at midday or at night. The average is al ways the same. Likewise, it is true of the street news stands. The pile of Hearst paper.s will be high; frequently it is impossible to buy a Sun, a Tribune, a Herald or a Times. The dealers do not handle them; they teh you there is no demand. AVorkers Do Xot Read Exposures. Having such a hold on the working population of New York City, it is no wonder that Hearst is strong with the people who do not or cannot think for themselves. They get their daily news from Hearst papers; they read only of what Hearst is doing or what he is say ing. They know little or nothing of what Hughes is saying; they know nothing of the exposures of Hearst and his methods. If Mayor McClellan deserts Hearst they read .Hearst's explanation and denuncia tion, and they believe McClellan has gone wrong, though they may have voted for him only a year ago. Likewise they read that Hughes is a "corporation attorney." and they believe that he is a politician as bad as Odell or Piatt. They read that Hearst will abolish corporations, and they believe that their ills will be cured if their idol is elected. And so on through every phase of the campaign. Those that can read absorb Hearst's empty words and applaud. Those that cannot read are impressed by his mis leading cartoons, or else they buy the Hearst paper and get some one to read it to them. It is a wonderful hold that Hearst has on the ignorant and the feeble-minded; a hold that cannot be shaken, and the result of the campaign depends almost entirely upon the ratio of the un educated and the unthinking to the intel ligent. Like Patent Medicine Fakir. Hearst has all the attributes and quali fications of a succesful patent medicine fakir, and e is carrying on his campaign in just this style. He stops at nothing; he indulges in the most radical misrepre sentation; the truth he has thrown to the winds, and by this method he has fooled a mighty portion of the votefs of New York State into believing that he is their friend. To every intelligent man it is perfectly apparent that Hearst is imposing upon and working the ignorant voters, because he knows that is the only source from which he can get votes. And he thinks that by carrying the election in New York this year he can make it appear that he is the advocate of those Teforms for which the people are or have been clam oring. Cares Xot for ''Common People." William R. Hearst cares nothing for the "common people" except to get their votes. i!s associates are not among that class; he himself' is a millionaire; ,he travels in private cars and on his own yacht He would like" to associate with the plutocrats, and it is not his own fault that he does not. Hearst doesn't mingle with the throng except during the campaign. He - has nothing In common with them, and with those whom he employs he is distant, at times oppressive. But he knows where he must look for votes; he knows the in telligent people are not with him, so he preys upon uie weak-minded and the un educated: he toadies to their whims; he holds out to them alluring promises, and literally leads them by a string. His only hope of success is in corraling a sufficient number of voters of this class, and if he fails in this he is gone. Like wise, if he falls of election in New York, his chance of nomination at the next Democratic National Convention is ma terially reduced, unless, by playing the martyr act, he can make still further cap ital among the ignorant classes. The New York contest Is a. contest be tween classes. Not the rich against the poor; but the thoughtful against the feeble-minded; the intelligent against the Illiterate; the thinker against the num skull. And the sole issue is "decent? gov ernment." DEFENDS CASH WITH LIFE OA.TC.LAXP MOTOKMAX KILLED BY MASKED BAXDIT. ' Xight Watchman, Attracted by Shooting, Is Killed While Trying x to Stop the Murderer. OAKLAND, Oct. 14. Two men were murdered early this morning near the Slx-teenth-strest depot by a highwayman. -While waiting for a local train at 1 A. M., Conductor L. M. Samuels and Motorman J. M. Tenny were sitting inside their car, a Sixteenth-street car. Samuels had his night's receipts spread out before him, counting them. Another car stood 100 feet' away, and on the corner there were eight men eating in a restaurant. A medium-sized man with a handker chief tied over the lower part of his face entered Samuels' and Tenny's car. carry ing a revolver. Motorman Tenny rushed for the bandit and struck him over the head with his controller. The robber fired, the shot taking effect in Tenny's breast. Continuing to discharge his revolver, the robber retreated through the door and es caped in the darkness. , Tenny was brought into town and the police were notified. Two hours later Tenny died from his wounds. About 3 o'clock, while searching for the robber, the dead body of William P. Tru body, nightwatchman for Holbrook, Mer rill & Stetson, corner Wood and Sixteenth streets, was found outside the warehouse by the police with a bullet hole over the heart. Trubody was found with his pistol by his side, a block from where the rob ber boarded the street-car. He had evi dently been attracted by the shooting that killed Motorman Tenny and was killed when he tried to stop the fleeing high wayman. FOOTPADS ARE HARD AT WORK. Police Round X7p All the Suspicious Characters They See. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 14 Despite the energetic measures taken by the police in rounding up all ex-convicts and suspicious characters yesterday and today, the ac tivity of footpads and highwaymen con tinued. Several reports of robberies and attempted hold-ups were made to the po lice. Carl Wilson, a laborer, was held up and robbed of $6 by two men. while walking on Rush street, near Kearney, about 10 o'clock tonight. As the footpads stopped him Wilson fired a shot at them in the darkness. In their haste In searching Wilson, the robbers overlooked the pistol which he had. Attracted by the ''shot, a nightwatchman came running up and also began shooting at the fleeing men. Edward Lang, a street-car conductor, reported to the police today that he was held up by two men at the north end of the Ferry building shortly before 12 o'clock last night. While one of them held a pistol against Lang's head the oth er footpad went through his pockets, and, according to Lang, robbed him of $50. An attempted hold-up was reported from Golden Gate Park. The approach of some pedestrians frightened the high waymen away. AT THE HOTELS. The Portland J K. Flood, C. L. Flood. F. B. Bain, Saa Francisco; J. Finnerty, Se attle; R. Holmes and wife, Denver: S. Sanger. A. B. Knickerbocker, New York: W. O. Shier, Philadelphia; A. F. Grant, New York: M. Rinck. N. M. Rinck. Jr., Boiee; G. B. Bush. San Francisco; J. W. Buckley, Spokane; J. B- Ryaji, San Francisco; E. H. Wells, J. B. Williams and wife, Seattle: B. D. Siseoa, New York; H. Hamburger. San Francisco: J. P. Tandy. St. Joe; F. W. McCollin. New York; J. Claridge. La. Grande: H. Erlich. New York; A. Berner, Menlo Park; J. F. DucGy. San Francisco; J. R. Taylor and wife. Spokane; E. W. Price, Seattle: W. L. Ducey, San Fran cisco; Mrs. A. Blum. Seattle; E. S. Flaair. Virginia: F. P. Fay, B. Nathan. Los Angles: Mrs. O. C. Hutchlns, Worcester; C. W. Tor ser. San Francisco; J. L. Tlerney. J. J. Smith. New York; M. D. Cohn, San Franclnco; F. C. Kopf. New York: A. Case, Sumpter: Mrs. M. Husbands. Seattle: L. v. B. Ridgewa, Chicago: J. Alberts, city: W. J. O'Connor. F. D. James and wife, Milwaukee: V. C. Beck- A Boston schoolboy was taQ. weak and sickly. His arms were soft and flabby. He didn't have a strong muscle in bis entire body. The physician who had attended the family for thirty years prescribed Scott j Emulsion. NOW: To feel that boy's" arm you - would think he was apprenticed to a blacksmith. ALL DRUGGISTS; 50c. AND- $1.00. J0r Life is not revealed by disaster, all Fire others drew on the reserve funds which they had ready for such a contingency, paid the large amounts due, and went right on. CJ It is because for years the money it has received from its policyholders has been invested with un usual skill and care always safe, always growing, always icady lor the hour ot need that TTSae Mutual. ILife ufast is the strongest and staunchest Life Insurance Company in the world. Read these figures as to the Mutual reserve. (J At the close of 1905, the Mortgage Loans amounted to $109,771,163.16, on which more than four and one half millions have been received in interest during the year, and less than fifteen thousand dollars of interest was overdue at its close. Most of this trifling amount was paid in within a few days. The sum of $28,198,278.84 was loaned on the Company's policies, and $18,195,000.00 was loaned on other collateral, no interest whatever being overdue on either item. Bonds and Stocks costing $239,986,702.05 and having a market value on December 81, 1905, of $265,301,867.38 were held by the Company, and on this enormous amount not one dollar of interest was overdue and unpaid, and but one stock failed to pay a good dividend in 1905, this stock being that of a new company, subsequently sold at a 'profit over cost When it is borne in mind that no such aggregation of purely investment securities has ever been brought together elsewhere, the absolutely clean and indeed perfect auahty of these immense investments excites praise and wonder, felt and expressed most . i . , - - i . i. , j .11.. ... i strongly oy inose ing the care of . - , main ueoDie ,,A t K , t . '.q If you man. Seattle : 3 T. Hall. Boston : . M. Von Valuer. Chicago; G. S. Beadle. San Francisco; xi. j. wnatmore. beattle; rj. w oodard ana wife. J. Kaarlev. TafiwiA: f faaev. PMCO; J. C. Good, city. The Orecon Georee A Camosev. Pitts burg; D. A. Mathews. St Paul; J. C. Fox. Seattle; Minnie Van Potter. Spokane; C. A. Lange. R. A. Caroentr and wife. A. H Gaff- ney. P. F. Smith. Seattle; Mrs. L. Paul U waco; L. Schlesinger and wife. Denver: w. B. Wandson, San Francisco: C. L Clark. ( ht cago; G. O. Barnhart, Spokane: J. HacAr thur, London: J. H. Shearer. Spokane; J. O. Humphrey, city; F. O. Lyett and wife, Colfax; A. D. Wtlloughby, Kalama; T. E. Hortzell and wife Medford; W. Sumner. Tacoma; E. Turner, Chicago; H. Cooper, Chicago; L. M. Burntroger. C. B. Clement. Denver; tv. H. Boner, South Bend; J. M. McLean. Boise: W. D. Moreland-. Centralia; Mrs. J. W. Shumate, W. E. Brown. W. W. Brown. Eugene; J. K. Flood. C. L Flood, Hart; E. C. Wells and wife, Omaha: C. Robenson. J. V. Daley. Pen dleton; G. Paulsen. Denver; F. S. Farrell, H. S. Daniels. Chicago; J. tv. Boecow, H. E. Stephens, W. F. Zwick, Seattle. The Perkins W B. Hall BelUnehnmr A. C. Reeves, cltv: X. P. Moran and wife. Cambridge; L. B. Menefee, P. Allen, Houston: S. C. Tevis, Morgan City; E C. Goodwin. The Dalles: H. G. Reed and wife. Ethel Reed; Miss G. Reed, Elgin; w. H. Banghardt, . Sa lem; K. C. Gillett, Goldendale; C. Indenover, H. Gusochke. The Dalles; W. G. Dought. Tilla mook; J. H. Duncan, F. J. Brown, Astoria; Mrs. E. E. Paul. Littleton; Mrs. W. L Clayton, Greeley; J. A. Bverly. Castle Rock: B. Dodge, Eugene: W. D. Mixer, Junction City; H. T. McClallm. Roseburg; P. Olsen, Etta Sharnee, Reedvllle: D. J. Hill. Castle Rock; G. P. Cragins, Spokane; J Allen and wife, Bangor: w. H. Large and wife, Detroit; J. C. Chesterton, Elgin: H - Harper, CVinlock; C. K. Cochran and wife. Moro; M. J. Ander son. The Dalles; Mrs. T. G. Baker and two daughters. Celilo; C. McCuffee. Wallowa. J. G. Alexander, Tekoa: J Morris. Astoria; W. Eyera. J. Rowan. Seattle; Miss M A. Rowan. Kansas City: C. Shank, w. H. s.hank. Glendine: W. S. Brown. Duluth; A. L. Meyers and wife. Ilwaco; C. Cleveland. Gresfcam; S. A. Bent. Denver; E. E Fleisham. city; W. Martin and wife, Vancouver; R. G. Gunn, city; T. Walsh. Tekoa: R. Cummins. Junction City; J. L. Gaston, Seattle: C. J. Crabtree. Dayton; M. E. Mlley, city; C. M. Carson. Lewiston; E. J Morris, N. Troyer, As'oria; F. M. Sims, C. McCutcheon, R. McClung. A. H. Avery, city, R. A. Coan. Boulder; Mrs. H. N. Aid rich. Bridal Veil; Carrie McPherson. Forest Grove. F. L Plummer, Minneapolis; W. T. Perkins, Salem. The Imperial B. T. Bacon, city; C. H. Rhea. Echo; Mrs. E. B. Lee. Seattle; A D. Davia, San Francisco: H. S. Harris. Bakers field; C. T. Clevenger. Grant'a Pass: J. D. Heard, Medford; Miles McKelvey. Heppner; H. T.- Hooper,--city ; F. Napton. Vale; F. S. Ivanhoe and wife. La Grande; Mrs. V. P. Chrlstensen, city; F. T- Roth. Brooklyn; G. Hurst, San Francisco; W. T. Whltmore. Chi cago: J. T. McCabe, Astoria; P. Cummins, Junction City; Sadie Clevenger. Grant's Pass; V. Hermann. Actorla: E. Wall. J. Pointer. Salem; F. Kennedy. Roseburg; J. Mack. Os wego; Mrs A. Arms, Lapier; C. A. Wood, North Bend; W. G. Cole, Pendleton; J. Scan Ion, St. Paul; C. F. Butterfield. city: A. Jack son. Medford; Mrs. G. C. Fulton, Mrs. C. W. Fulton, F. R. Stokes. W. J. Barry, Astoria: G. A. Campsey, Pittsburg; W. M. N. Boots, Monmouth: Miss C. Lundhlade. San Fran cisco: R. Hodgen, Harrington; W. Wilkinson. Corvallie: H. B. Esson, Gervais; J. A. Mil lard, Corvalll; D A. Matthews. St. Paul; C. E Ireland. J. W. Hyde, Corvallis: M. W. Wallace, Independence; B. E. Bailev. city; A. T. Hood, A. A. Shoun: B. Milligan and wife New York: A. H. McKeen. Pendleton; A. il. Berry. Astoria; H. P. Ford. Seattle; T. L. Simmons. Fisher: H. E. Burke, city; A. J. Ahola, Goldendale; A. Landers, Seattle; D. Vascorcellor. Spokane; L. A. Rexford and wife. J. McCool and wife, Seattle; W. G. Traylis. White Salmon; R. Haggin. Carrol ton: B. Whitman. Everett; F. Kennedv. Rose burg; M. Sorensen, Albany; H. T. McCosh, Monmouth. The St. Charles Miss Cora Clark. Mrs C. E. Reynolds. Tillamook; R. Hawes Mrs J. Hawes. North Yakima; A. Sayer. C 'Paul son, city: A. Slade. G. Bersky. W. Rambo. Hood River; E. P. Roblson. Madras: F Por ter. Coqullle-. W. B. Avery and wife; Mrs. L Maskell. Ocean Parle; Mrs. Burns. Kansas City; W. S. Murray. Seaside: P. L. Murray Seaside; F. E. Rosenhouse, White Pigeon; J Loften, L. M. Dwlght. W. J. Bowen; J O Powell, city; D. C. Katy and wife, L Rob erts: J. Damica, Astoria; G. G Sladdcn H C. Ruffner, E. M. Ruftner. McMinnviiia; O J. Johnson, British Columbia; J. Senecal Du fur: J. C. Abbott and wife. Hood River- F D. Rice. Rainier; J. L. Bokeman. Seattle- j' Joinson, Vancouver: F. McNulty. W. F Nash Toledo: J. Olsen and wife. Silver Lake- c' A. Long, Scappoose: J. Smith and wife; G h' Corbett. Chehalle; F. Hatch; W. L. Stamps C. P. Roach and family. McMInnville; L C Parker. Carlton; J. Duffy. T. Sampson. Wash ougal: L. E. Astebery, Cascade Looks- O H Anney. Woodland: R. D. Darby. Silverton- j' X. Davis: B. B. Flelschner, clty; J. W. Ford day. Bridal Veil; Mrs. H. L. Davin; jj j Schall, Cottage Grove; R. M. Davis. Hotel Donnellr. Tacoma. Wash. European plan. Rates. 7b cents to i2 :5a per day. Free 'bus. 3 tflf"5,!!rf!.,!V!,'rjltiy, ",!'Hmnnn The Great Difference Insurance Companies their names not their claims. The day before Insurance Companies seemed alike to the thoughtless: there was a ereat difference nevertheless, and when the test came, some Quibbled, wno itnow most as iinancicrs oi uic uangcr large investments. 1 fus remarkaDie snowing , ,.. i i X ... . wnose moncv comes mowiv, wxio vaiuc adiciy cmntililcthoshnw malcc "insurance" insurance indeed- .i,v-. 3 would like to know for yourself the latest Insurance, or wish information concerning any policy, consult our nearest agent or write direct The Mutual Life Insurance Company, New York, I. Y. Varicocele. Established 25 Years in Portland DISEASES There are some diseases that are impossible to cure and we deter mine this by a rigid physical examination, and should we find It impossi ble to cura you we will not charge you one cent for the examination. We follow one rule: "Honesty is the best policy." Before taking treatment elsewhere, investigate our claims and forms f treatment as to merit and superiority. Talk with the physicians of this institution and you will find them cultured, scientific gentlemen of great learning and experience, and a few moments' conversation will convince you that we thoroughly understand our business. Weakness of the System It Is caused by strains, over-indulgence, over-work, inheritance to a certain degree, follies practiced in your vounger days, giving your present condition one of a most forlorn, de pressing aspect, causing sleepless nights. Irritable temperaraent, etc. If this is let continue in its own course without attempt tfj stop it, the course terminates in a complete mental derangement. We cure such maladies, giving you a permanent cure without any detention from business. , Varicocele Is a diseased conlitlon of the scrotal veins.' It may be caused by blows, kicks, falls, heavy lifting, mumps, early Indiscretion, or may be a symptom only of some special weakness. The proper treatment consists of local application for the purpose of dispelling the stagnant blood and contracting the swollen veins, as well as internal medication to strengthen tho nerves which govern the blood supply to these veins. Though causing you no trouble at the present time, your Varicocele will, if permitted to go without the proper treatment. Impair and de stroy the elements of vitality. We daily demonstrate that Varicocele can be positively and speedily cured without cutting, burning tr any other form of operation. Rheumatism Both acute or chronic, or varied forms, cured to stay cured for life. Our methods are unexcelled and scientific. Gonorrhoea If taken In the beginning is practically an easy thing to cure, providing there is no complication, but should the disease con tinue it results in gleet, prostatic troubles, and affects the entire urinary tract and Its appendages, with a dangerous sequel. Newly contracted cases s.re cured by us in from 1 to 10 days. You see It hardly pays to let it go. as you have 60 often done. Come to us and we will give you speedy cure to stay cured. If you cannot call, write for symptom blank. HOURS 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.: evenings, 7 to 8:30; Sundays, 9 A. M. to 12 21. St. Louis Medical and Surgical Dispensary CORNER SECOND AND YAMHILL STREETS, PORTLAND, OREGON. Let Me Guide You on Your Way to Regain Your Health and Renew Your Strength MY FEE ONLY IN AN UNCOMPLICATED DISORDER Do you feel that you are not the man you once were? Do you feel tired in the morn ing and easily exhausted? Is your back weak? Is your memory falling? Do you have difficulty in fixing your thoughts? Are you losing ambition? If you have any or all of the above symptoms, you surely do not de sire to remain so. Let me explain to you my methods cf rebuilding the vigor of men, and re'er you to the tnousands I have cured. I guarantee to cure all the Special Diseases of Men such as Varicocele. Hydrocele. Stricture, Contracted Disorders. Contagious Blood Pois on. Nervous Debility. Get Cured Now It Is not a question of whether you can be cured, but whether you will be cured. Don't wait until it is too late. The cure is abso lutely certain. I canse no pain, and you need not be detained from your work for one day. I especially solicit those cases in which the many so-called treatments have failed, or where money has been wasted on museum doctors, electric belts and other appliances. Examination Free I offer not only FREE Consultation and Advice, but every ne that te I will make a careful Examination and Diagnosis without comes to me charge. No ailing man should neglect ion about his trouble. If you cannot offices are open all day from 9 A-'M. ! the DR. TAYLOR co. CORNER SECOND AND MORRISON . Private Entrance 234 ' In the San Irancisco some defaulted, while nu iuiuu aucnu- also appeals to me . J .. .1. A auu uu uhuu- ..-., vSii phases of Lile lorm oi xS.l.sjy to Is r r OF IVlEN ONLY Our Fee, S12.50 . In Any Uncomplicated Case Examination Absolutely Free NO PAY UNLESS CURED Eheumatism, Acute and Chronic. Blood Poison. Gonorrhoea. Neurasthenia. Nervous Decline. Paralysis. Gleet. Syphilis. Piles. Kidney, Bladder and all Urinary Diseases. MEN ,7 ft DR. TAYLOR, The Leadinir Specialist. You Pay When Well What better proof or more sincere- assurance can I offer, than I am willing to wait for my fee until I effect a cure? Could I afford to make such an offer if I was not absolutely certain of curing- every case I take. this opportunity to get expert opin call, write for Diagnosis Chart. My to 9 P.'M., and Sundays from 10 to 1. STREETS, PORTLAND, OREGON, Morrlun Street.