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TIXIS JIORXIXG - JOREGOMAN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY. 10, 190?. THREAT TO KILL . BILL B! TALKING Hopkins Tries to Force Amend ment to the River and' Harbor Bill. FOR WATERWAY TO GULF Would HftvA to Talk Tliree Consecu tive Weeks, Wlilch Would Heat Carter Ills Scheme ' is Con demned by Engineers. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Feb. 15. Notwithstanding threats that has been made by a disgruntled Senator that he will talk the river and harbor bill to death unless certain items are Inserted, there is little prospect that any such programme will be carried out. Senator Hopkins of Illinois Is the man who threatens to kill the bill. He is demanding an enormous appropria tion for a deep channel down the Mis sissippi from the Great l.akes to the Sulf. an appropriation that, is not urged by competent engineers who deem it impracticable, and a project, even if feasible that would cost as much as the improvement of all the other pro jects contemplated by the bill. Of course, Hopkins will not get the appropriation he is after, and he may make a fight, but if he undertakes to defeat the river unci harbor bill ho will have to shoulder the entire re sponsibility and that is a tremendous task, under the circumstances. It is true. Tom Carter talked a river and harbor bill to death six or seven years ago, because Congress refused to tack on an amendment providing for the reclamation of arid lands, but circum stances favored Carter. The bill was sent to conference only two days ttefore the close of the session, and he had only to talk intermittently for two days to accomplish his purpose. Bacon's Seat Sliaky. Sonntor Bacon, of Georgia, is 2 great believer In a primary law, and in fact is b. hpneticlarv under such a law, having been indorsed for re-election at the recent primaries held in his state, nut tor an that. Senator Bacon is a very uneasy man. During the past Summer a con stitutional amendment was adopted in Georgia rhanRing the time of meeting of her Legislature from January to June, and Senator Bacon now nnds himself facing what is little short of a calamity. His term expires on the 4th of March; he has been Indorsed at the primaries, and- his re-election is assured, but the Legislature will not meet until f three months after the expiration of his term, and he apparently tinds himself on the list of Senators who will retire at the cloee of the present session. The only thing that can save Bacoi Is a special session of the Legislature, and it is quite probable that such a session will be called, it would not be a serious thing for the state to be with one Senator for a short time, but it would be a serious thing for Bacon to lose three months, for it would break his record of contin uous service, something that counts heavily for every Senator who has an ambition to rise on committees. If Bacon Is out for three months, he must come into the Senate again on the same plane with men who enter the next Congress for the first time. He would lose the committee places he now holds, and lose much of his prestige. Beverldge the Mouthpiece. Senator Beveridge. of Indiana, is trying very, hard to become the mouthpiece of the. administration on the floor of the Senate, and he has one qualification, namely, plenty of mouth. But somehow the President has never seen tit to drop Senator Lodge and take up the young man from Indiana. Lodge always has and always will be the mouthpiece of President Roosevelt, and not even the busy Beverldge will upset this plan. Bev erldge does annoy the Senator from Massachusetts, however; in fact, he an noys most everybody else In the Senate Recently while talking with the Presi dent, Senator Lodge remonstrated with him because he paid so much attention to Beverldge. "Why. Theodore." said Lodge, "Beveridge is only a time-server: He is only, using you now because you are in omce. As soon as you get out or oince ne will drop you immediately.' - The President, who has patiently tol erated Beveridge, and shown some Inter. est In him at times, hesitated, and then repnea; "Cabot, that attempt to make me re sign at once has fallen flat. I shall serve out my term, notwithstanding." ADMIRAL EVANS MAY QUIT Serious Illness Likely to Cause Pre mature Retirement, NEW YORK. Feb. 15. According to me neraia today, Kdmund C. Hubbell T e 1-T - .. i . ... " " iwiircib, vuo is one nr tun fyow of Rear-Admiral Kobley r. Evans" flag umcers in est Indian waters, writes a iriena in lonkers under date of Feb ruary i. mat near-Admiral Evans has been quite ill of late, and that It is feared by some naval officers that he will not be able to remain in command very long. Hubbell says that recently Rear-Admlral Evans went on a tour of inspection of the Atlantic fleet in torpedo-boat-destroyer, but was forced to return to the flagship before he had nan nnisnea the work. HE FAINTS WHEN ARRESTED K. McBain, ( harped With Murder of W. Zimriierinnn, Jeweler. VANCOUVER. -B. C., Feb. 15.-E. Me Bain, who says he' is a land agent, is under arrest at Pentlctnh, B. C. charged wun me muraer or v. Ztmmerman. jeweler of that place. Zimmerman was -rouna oeaa in nis store two weeks ago. I he place had been robbed. McBain rainteu wnen ne was placed under arrest He and a brother have been living In the district for several months. The man arrested had been under surveil lance -for several days. SHONTS AND SHAW SPEAK Shonts Wants Big Railroad Divi dends, Shaw Merchant Marine. NEW YORK. Feb. 15. Secretary of the Treasury Shaw and Theodore P. Shonts chairman of the Panama Canal Commis slon. Addressed the annual banquet of the -Iowa Society of Nw York tonight. Mr. naw dwelt upon "the absolute ne cessity at whatever cost of a merchant marine with which to exploit the product of American machinery and American handicraft." Mr. Shonts spoke on the general rail road situation. He thought it would be unwise to place limitations on the amount of returns stockholders who put their money into railroads should receive. The attitude of the present canal administra tion' on the question of railroad rates has not been to require their reduction, but to prevent unjust discrimination. The public is demanding safe, reliable and adequate, rather than cheap transportation. COMMITTEE STANDS PAT Postpones Action on Bill for Reci procity With Canada. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. The House committee on ways and means decided to day to postpone indefinitely consideration of. the Williams bill for reciprocal Tree trade with Canada. Canners Want Tariff Preference. BUFFALO. Feb. 15. The National Fed eration of Canners and Packers formed here today adopted resolutions asking the President of the United States in the negotiation of treaties, "to give some at tention to the advisability of placing American canned goods upon the reduced tariff list into foreign countries," and re questing, "that all possible be done to bring about the open-door policy In the Orient for the speedy development of American commerce and trade." Asks(Special Session on Revision. MADISON. Wis.. Feb. 15. M. W. Mil ler, Republican, introduced a joint reso lutfon in the Legislature today memo rializing the President to call a special meeting of Congress for an immediate re vision of the tariff. TRAGEDY IN AN IDAHO HOME Children .Return Vrom School to Find Both Parents Dead. EMMETT, Idaho, Feb. 15. News reached here early this evening of a tragedy at the home of A. Cuchku, a rancher living a mile and a half from the town. Mr. Cuchku and wife were found by their two children, a boy, aged 19, and a girl, aged 12. lying dead upon the kitchen tloor in a pool of blood, lato in the afternoon, when the children returned home from school. Evidence Indicates that Cuchku shot his wife and then Mowed out his brains. Mrs Cuchku was totally blind. Cuchku has been mentally unbalanced for some time. RAILROAD BRIDGES ,'30NE t s T a flic Itaging Platte Still Block in Eastern Nebraska. LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 15. The Platte River flood today carried out two more railroad bridges, that of the Missouri Pacific near Louisville and the Rock Island at South Bend. Conditions at Fremont are somewhat improved, but the Union Pacific main line is still out of service between that place and Grand Island, and Union Pacific trains are running over the Burlington tracks from Omaha to Grand Island via Lin coln. Nearly a mile of Burlington-Great Northern railroad ia washed out east of Fremont. WHO STOLE FURNITURE? High Army Officers IVom Philip pines Subject of Inquiry. LEAVENWORTH. Kan.. Feb.. 15. Major Parker West, of " the Inspector General's Department at Washington, ar rived at Fort Leavenworth today to make an investigation for the War Department among the officers of the garrison to ob tain evidence regarding officers of high rank who brought back from the Philip pines furniture made in and belonging to the quartermaster's department. This affair Implicates high Army officers. BARS MERCILESS CRITIC Kansas Senate Excludes Reporter Who Exposes Railroad Leanings. TOPEKA. Kan.. Feb. 15.-The Kansas State Senate today by a vote of 24 to 13 adopted a resolution barring representa tives of the Kansas City Star from the floor or galleries of the Senate. The action was taken because the Star printed articles commenting upon the alleged pro rallroad tendencies of the Senate. THE DAY'S DEATH RECORD Dr. Franz von Rottenhurg of B6nn. BERLIN, Feb. 15. Dr. Franz von Rottenburg, curator of the University of Bonn, is dead. He was chiefly known for the influential part he took in German politics as chief of the im perial chancellory, and as confidential advisor to Prince Btsmarck for nearly ten years. General James M. Williams. WASHINGTON. Feb. 15. Brigadier General James M. Williams, a Civil War veteran, -who was brevetted a Major General in the Regular Aamy for mer itorious service in Indian skirmishes, died at his residence in this city today. Storms Delay Racing Motorbouts. NASSAU, Bahama Islands, Feb. 15. Owing to a misunderstanding, only two of the six entries in the flag-to-flag motor-boat race left Miami, Fla.. last Tuesday, our of the boats declining to start on account of rough weather. The auxiliary Muriel, of the New York Yacht Club, arrived at noon today, after a severe struggle with the elements. Rung Jury on Julius Kahn's Case. CHICAGO. Feb. 15. The Jury in the case of Julius Kahn, formerly of Seattle, promoter of the Cash Buyers' Union. First National Co-operative Society, charged with using the mails to defraud, was unable to reach an agreement and was discharged by Judge Humphrey in the Superior Court today. Standard Pleads Not Guilt-. CHICAGO. Feb. 15. Pleas of not guilty were formally entered by the Standard Oil Company today in seven of the eight cases in which the corporation is under indictment on the charge of acceDtine rebates from railroads in violation of the Elklns law. In the other ease a plea of not guilty had been already entered. Lumber Craft Clear From Astoria. ASTORIA, Or., Feb. 15. (Special.) The bark Charles B. Kenny cleared at the Custom-House today for San Francisco with a cargo of 763.658 feet of lumber loaded at St. Helens. The schooner Henry Wilson also cleared for San Francisco today. 8he carries a cargo of 625,000 feet of lumber loaded at the Clatsop mill. WATER Minidoka Irrigation Work Nearly Finished. DAM ALREADY COMPLETED Vast Tract of Desert to Be Made Fertile Work Well Advanced on Boise-Payette Project. Dams on Payette. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Feb. 15. Progress on the Boise Payette and Minidoka irrigation projects in Idaho during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1906, is extensively reviewed in the fifth annual report of the Reclama tion Service, now in the .hands of the Public Printer. It is evident .from the report that many difficulties have been encountered on both projects, due to the scarcity of labor and the high cost of materials, which made it difficult to award contracts on a favorable basis and made it difficult for contractors to fulfill their agreements. In spite" of delays, however, the Minidoka project will be ready for water next Spring, and the Boise-Payette project will follow along a year later. Nearly a Million Spent. From the report it is seen that the total expenditures on the Minidoka project up to June 30, 1606, amounted to $961,806. The main items are $280,352 for the main canals, $3311,253 for the Minidoka dam, spillway and diversion channel, and $175, 000 for the distributing system. This project, upon completion, will irrigate from 130.000 to 150,000 acres of land in Central Snake River Valley, and ulti mately from 50.000 to 70,000 acres addi tional will be added when the Secretary of the Interior authorizes the construc tion of " a pumping system on the south side of Snake River. The Minidoka dam was completed last Fall under contract by Bates & Rogers and has proven a complete success. Very satisfactory progress has been made by Orman & Crook and by Hubbard & Carl son, contractors on the main canals, but progress by Monarch & Porter, who hold a part of this same contract, has been very slow. Onl? 28 per cent of the work under Monarch & Porter's contract was completed March 1. 1906. but their bonds men then .assumed charge, increased the force and completed 50 per cent by the close of the fiscal year. The canal will be ready for distribution of water this season. 13urlng the Spring and Summer of 1906 the farm unit lateral system was laid out. These'latcrals will have a capacity from 4 to 25 second-feet and vary in length from one-half mile to four miles, the total being 140 miles. Their construc tion involves the removal of about 600,000 cubic yards of earth. These laterals will deliver water to every farm unit on the Minidoka tract under a gravity system. The capacity of these small ditches is based on the delivery of 1 second foot for each 40 acres, but no lateral in point of fact will have a capacity of less than 4 second-feet. All laterals are being con structed by force account, it being diffi cult to award a contract for such con struction. .... Make Reservoir of Jackson Lake. To reinforce the water supply for the Minidoka project the Government will convert Jackson Lake, on the Upper Snake River, into a storage reservoir by building a temporary dam at its outlet. which will raise the surface of the water 10 or 15 feet. The reservoir will then have a capacity of from 200.000 to 250,000 acre-feet, enough to supply the de mand for" the next six or seven years. Later on, when more money is available. the Government will build a permanent storage dam just below the mouth of Pacific Creek, about four miles below the outlet of the lake. A 40-foot dam at that place will raise the lake about 30 feet and provide a reservoir with a capacity of from 800,000 to 1.000,000 acre-feet. The construction of the temporary dam will be done by force account, it being lo cated in a remote region where contract ors would not care to enter. Some slight damage wllj be done to property abutting on the lake by raising its level. Al ready about $25,000 b,as been paid to cover such damage. Bolse-Payette Project. Work Is now well under way on the Boise-Payette project, which provides for the reclamation of 372,000 acres of land in the Boise and Payette valleys, 300,000 of which are now a desert. This project comprises four natural subdivisions: The Payette division comprising land in Payette Valley and the area in Boise Valley that can be irrigated from Pay ette River, amounting to 72,000 acres,' 60.000 acres of which are desert and 12, 000 acres under cultivation; second, the north side Boise division, comprising land lying north of .Boise River below the level of the Farmers' Union Canal, containing an area of 33.000 acres. 25.000 of which are desert; third, the south side Boise division, comprising lands on the south side of Boise Valley that are to receive water from Boise River, embracing an area of 272,000 acres, . 109,000 of which are irrigated or are provided with canals of sufficient capacity for their irrigation; fourth, the Succor Creek division, con sisting of land on the eouth side of Snake River near the Idaho-Oregon 'state line in the vicinity of Succor Creek, containing an area of 25,700 acres, all of which is desert. It is estimated that 10.000 acres of this land could be irrigated by the surplus flow of Succor Creek, and the remainder by pumping from Snake River, the power to be furnished at the head of the canal on Payette River. About six miles- above the town of Emmett a dam will be built in Payette River, designed to raise the water level about 80 feet. A canal will divert from this dam oh the south side of the Payette Valley, and at a point about 25 miles from its head a branch of the same will pass though a low divide and distribute water on the north slope of Boise Valley. This canal will bg . practically all in earth, and will divert 650 second-feet. The north side Boise canal will probably follow the line of the Farmers' Union Canal and its extension and will divert about 800 second-feet. : On the south side of Boise Valley a dam will be built in Boise River about eight miles above the city of Boise. Th: dam will raise the water level 33 feet and divert water into a canal extending to Indian Creek. The channel of Indian Creek will be used for about nine miles and the water' will again be diverted, into a canal that will conduct it to the Deer Flat reservoir. , This reservoir w-ill be created by the construction of two earth en embankments across the outlets of a natural basin, and will- contain an area of nearly 10.000 acres with a capacity of 186,000 acre-feet. Canal Wide as Rfver. ' The canal win be 40 feet wide at the bottom, will carry water to a depth of eight, feet and have a capacity of 1500 second-feet. This cajial is being ; built with a view to enlarging it at some fu ture time to a bottom width of 70 feet and a capacity of 2700 feet. It will be used as the main distributing canal on the south side of Boise Valley' and . will carry -water to more than -200,000 acres. During the non-irrigating season it will be used to conduct the surplus flow of Boise River to the Deer Flat reservoir. This reservoir directly commands the ir rigation of about 120.000 acres. Each of the reservoir embankments will contain about 1,000.000 cubic yards of earth and gravel. The maximum depth of water at the upper embankment will be 60 feet and at the lower 30 feet. The works of the south side of Boise division are now under construction, to be completed March 1, 1908. Succor Creek Division. The works proposed for the Succor Oeek division will consist of storage reservoirs on Succor Creek and a grav ity canal. It Is proposed to Install a pumping plant on the banks of Snake River for the irrigation of land border ing that stream. The water supply for this project will be obtained from Payett and Boise Rivers, the natural discharge of both streams to be regulated by reservoirs. An excellent storage site exists on Payette Lake, near the head of Pay ette River, which will have a capacity sufficient to regulate the flow of this stream. Storage will be developed at two points on Boise River, one on the north fork, the other on the middle fork. The flood discharge of these streams occurs during May and June and furnishes an adequate supply of water for all grain crops. It is be lieved that sufficient water can be developed for the acreage that will require late irrigation. The Oregon Short Lino. Idaho Cen tral and Boise, Nampa & Owyhee Rail roads furnish transportation for this project. The Boise Interurban, an electric road from Boise to Caldwell, is now under construction. About 6i per cent of the land of the project Is held in private ownership, the remain der being state and Government land. The Boise dam is being constructed under contract by the Utah Flreproof ing Company, which began work in March, 1906. The work; however, is falling behind, and it is doubtful if it will . be completed on contract time. April 1, 1907. The main canal is be- ng constructed under contract by Page & Brinton. Sale Lake: Conway Wilhite and William H. Thompson. Mr. Thompson Is building part of the canal from Boise River to Indian Creek, and it is believed will get through on contract time, March 1, 1908. .Page & Brinton ane helping on this canal, and will also finish in time. Conway & Wilhite are constructing the canal from Indian Creek to Deer Flat, and had nearly half finished by the close of the year. The work under this contract has been vigorously pushed from its inception, and no difficulty will be experienced in completing it on time Bids received for constructing the Upper Deer Flat embankment were all exces sive, so it was decided to build it by' day labor, under supervision of the Gov ernment engineers. The contract for building the lyiwer Deer Flat embank ment was awarded to Hubbard & Carlson, of Boise. It will be completed by Oc tober 1, 1907. Difficult to Buy Cement. On every occasion when bids -were in vited for furnishing cement, for the Boise-Payette project, obstacles were pre sented that made it difficult to secure inviting terms. Numerous firms would be especially invited to submit proposals, but with the exception of the Illinois Steel Company of Chicago, they all usual ly declined. The Government acquired the New York and Idaho-Iowa canals and is now en larging and extending them with a view to converting them into the main canal of the greater Boise-Payette project. The United States in taking over these canals recognizes the vested . rights of irrigators under both canals, and agrees to deliver to the stockholders of these companies the water to which they are already entitled. . E YOUNG PURSE-SXATCHER IS PUZZLE TO THE POLICE. Lionel Langford Says Thls Is His First Attempt at Playing Highwayman. Lionel Langford is one of the most pe culiar juvenile criminals the Portland po lice have ever dealt' with. H is the 16-year-old boy who snatched a purse from Mrs. Ella J. Clinton, local manager for R. L. Polk & Co.. at Twelfth and Wash ington streets Thursday night. In the Municipal Court yesterday morning, he pleaded guilty and was held to the grand jury by Judge Cameron, under $-r00 bonds. Langford still maintains that he has never committed a crime before and holds to his original story that he 'did this deed only because he was hungry and without funds to purchase food or to engage a room for the night. While the police are Inclined to doubt young Langford's story, thus far they have been unable to secure evidence to prove it untrue, and they will make further Investigation. ' -. The most striking characteristic of Langford is his frank admission of the crime. From the moment of his cap ture by Walter B. Honeyman at Eleventh and Alder streets, the youth confessed his guilt and at once made "prof use i apol ogy to Mrs. Clinton and her daughter, when brought face to face with them. Yesterday afternoon Langford was given in charge of Detective Sergeant Jones to be taken to the Rogues Gallery photographer. When the handcuffs were placed on his wrists, the lad did not like it, but he said he had no fault whatever to find with the officer, as he did not blame the police for taking precautions against escape of prisoners. -' Langford states that he has been an orphan since he was eight years old, and says he has never been cared for as a boy should be and that he has wandered from one town' to another, beating his way on trains, often feeling the pang3 of hunger and cold. Lionet Langford, Sketched From Life. . I E AFIRE FUSE BLOWS STOPS OUT AXD SWINGING. DRAW Fire Department Is Called Out Po liceman Says Bridgemen Were Drunk. The blowing out of a fuse In the con troller box which operates the Madison street bridge draw threatened to destroy that structure by fire last night and caused considerable excitement among the 'number of foot passengers crossing the viaduct at the time. . The bridge draw was being closed after the passage of a steamer, and when about two-thirds shut the fuse of the controller blew out, causing a blaze in the pilot-house. The engineer promptly commenced the work of quenching the flames, which were communicated to the adjoining walls, and had pretty well suc ceeded when the fire department arrived in response to a telephone call sent in bv one of the gatemen. The engineer says he believes the blaze was caused by a blown-out fuse, for the reason that shortly before the fire started he heard an explosion which caused the bridge draw to stop swinging. The only dam age resulting Is the burning of much of the insulation from a number of wires which will have to be replaced. The fire caused the closing of the bridge for 20 minutes while a new fuse was inserted and temporary repairs made to the con troller box. This bridge, like the Morrison-street structure, is operated by electricity and the blowing out of a fuse acts on it in much the same manner as does a similar occurrence on a streetcar. I- After the temporary repairs had been made the bridge was thrown open to travel and the burned-out wires were repaired early this morning after the cessation of travel. Patrolman Waniess, who was sent to the scene of the bridge fire by Captain of Police Slover, reported at headquar ters that the burning out of the con troller and the closing of the bridge was due entirely to negligence, and the offi cer -further charges that the operator of the draw and the gateman at the west end of the draw were both under the Influence of liquor. The officer also charges that while the draw was open no effort was made by the gateinan to keep the gates closed to prevent a pass ing footman from walking into the river. Waniess declared that he called the attention of the gateman to the unpro tected condition of the bridge and was told to mind his own business. The offi cer reported this to his Captain immedi ately and was ordered to remain at the bridge and warn pedestrians of the con dition. CLUB PROPERTY IS SAVED Rowing Association's Members Will Xot Lose Contents of Lockers The two floats on which was housed the Portland Rowing Club, will soon be towed back to the club landing. Both were caught, one being anchored off Willow Point and the other moored oft St. Johns. All property belonging to the club members that was not lost has been picked up and brought to the city, carefully dried, and the property that was in the lockers that were not broken open was rolled up and the names of the owners placed on the bundles. The rest of the property scat tered from the broken lockers was cared for. Everything of value was taken from the Wreck and is now at the east end of the Morrison-street bridge. The property has been in charge of a care taker and will be ready for distribu tion Sunday morning at 10-.30. Mem bers of the club who had property in the clubhouse or in the lockers can have it by calling Tor it Sunday morning. Lumbermen's Insurance Society. SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 15. The an nual meeting of the Lumbermen's Mutual Society, an Organization which is virtually a part of the Western association de voted to the insuranoe phase of the business, was held at Armory Hall this morning. F. H. Hllliard, of Tekoa, Wash., the president, delivered his annual address. A. L. Porter, of Spokane, sub mitted his annual reports as secretary and LASTED 1 8 YEARS Baby Girl Had Rash Behind Ears Nothing Would Drive It Away -It Spread and Grew Worse Under Specialist's Care Tried Every thing Without Avail. CUTICURA REMEDIES EFFECTED PERFECT CURE When my daughter -was a baby shn dad a breaking out behind the ears. The doctor said that she would out grow it. and it did get somewhat better until she was about fifteen years old, and after that we could, get nothing that -would drive it away. She waa always applying something in the way of salves. It troubled her behind the knees, opposite the elbows, back of the neck and ears, under the chin, and then it got on the face. That was about three years ago. As we had tried everything that we could hear of without help she took treatment with a specialist and seemed to get worse all the time. . We were then advised to try the Cuticura Remedies, and now I don't see any breaking out, and we are well pleased with the results, and I will cheerfully recommend the Cuti cura Remedies to all that may need them. M. Curley, 11-19 Sixteenth St Bay City, Mich., May 20, 1906." ECZEMA ON FACE Child Suffered Two Years. Now Well. Jlother Praises Cuticura. 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Specific Blood Poison Our method will completely eradicate every atom of virus from your system, leaving it in a per fect healthy condition. WRITE FOR SYMPTOM BLANKS IF YOU CANNOT CALL. Office Hours: 8:00 A. M. to ST.LOUIS MEDICAL AND SURGICAL CORNER SECOND AND YAMHILL STREETS. PORTLAND, OREGON Call and consult us free of charge, and you will be given our honest and candid opinion, and by the aid of a thorough scientific examination we will bcable to correctly diagnose your case and treat you to cure yon permanently, and by these means we have the everlasting gratitude of hundreds of people. ' LIABILITIES. Reserve on- Life, Endowment and Term Policies, by the 84 per cent standard $71,133,208.00 ' Special Reserve, not Included above 874.9ft8.o0 Premium paid in advance, and other Liabilities 83.051.82 Unearned Interest paid on Policy , Loans 121.M3.S8 Surplus reserved for special class f PoMHe and dividends to Pol icy holders not yet due 8ti8.013.flrt Losses and inntms awaiting- proof, and not yet due ecJ.58.43 : Unearned Premiums on Accident. Health and Liability In.urance 1.S02.877 S3 Reserve for Liability claims 1.53H.10B .SS Surplus to policyholders 7.213.327.5. Total Liabilities $H4.02,7S2.08 FOR 1006. u 01.1 imti t BATES, Manager Failing Building Hllliard and Porter were re-elected to their respective positions. There Is a plant in Chlraaro which manu factures more maple sugar in a month, said Dr. H. tV. Wiley In a recent ad iress. than Is produced by nature in the whole oflhe State of Vermont in a year. MY FEE ONLY DR. TAYLOR. Tfce Leading Specialist. $10.00 WE CURE MEN MA In Any Uncom plicated Case. No Pay Unless Cured CONSULTATION FREE Cure Permanently GLEET KIDM5T AND PROSTATE DISEASES Varicocele Not only causes that constant bearing down feeling, but it causes many reflex conditions injur ing not only the parts but the whole system. The wormlike veins in the scrotum often cause very serious complications that necessi tate an operation. If taken In time there is no need of an oper ation, as our methods have proven from time to time. Reflex Conditions Often the condition appearing to be the chief disorder is only a re flex ailment resulting from some other disease. Weakness sometlmus romes from Varicocele or Stric ture! Skin and Nervous Diseases result from blood poison taint, and fihyslcal and mental decline follow rmg-standlng functional disorder. Our long experience In treating men enables us to determine the exact conditions that exist and to treat accordingly, thus removing every damaging cause and its ef fects. fl30 P. M. Sundays, 9 to 12 M. DISPENSARY