THE MORMNG OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, APRIL 6. 1907.
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NO SQUARE DEAL
IN LAND SURVEYS
Bourne Complains of Methods
to the Secretary of
the Interior.
DELAYS WRONG SETTLERS
CUlmi of Oregon Honiemakers Held
l"p by Red Tape and Procrasti
nationHow the Work
Could be Kxpedlted.
OREGOXIA.N NEW 8 BUREAU,
"Washington. April 4. Prom informa
tion that has come to him from relia
ble sources. Senator Bourne has
learned that Oresron has not been getting-
a "square deal" In the matter of
public land surveys, but on the other
hand has been greatly handicaped by
reason of numerous adverse reports
mad by special agents and other field
officers of the Interior Department.
Surveys that were made ten years ago
liave never been approved or accepted;
Hppllcations for surveys remain unact
ed upon, and many surveys that have
been accepted have never been record
ed in the local land offices, and in con
sequence the land covered by such sur
veys has never been thrown open to
r n try.
From what he has been able to learn
Mr. Bourne is satisfied that a grave in
justice has been done the state, and
he has accordingly written to Secre
tary Garfield and to T.ani Commission
er Balllnger, calling their attention to
i Vie facts, and strongly urging them to
take up and dispose of all pending sur
veys and applications for surveys. In
n-der that hundreds of bona fide home
seeVers may be permitted to acqtiire
title to farms on the public domain,
nnd so that contracting surveyors may
receive pay for their work- He lias
followed "P his letters with personal
.alls on both the Secretary and the
commissioner, and has reason to ex
pert a reform In the matter of public
land surveys In the State of Oregon.
How Surveys Are Held Up.
In liis letter to Mr. Garfield. Mr.
Hourn called attention to the fact that
$15,000 has been annually allotted for
public land surveys in Oregon, but In
recent years, not more than one-third
thflt amount has been expended In any
ine year, because of the obstacles that
1ir vo been interposed by inspecting
officials.
Kor instance, when an application
Is made for the survey of any town
ship, an Inspector or special agent
reports that one or more of the signers
of that petition Is attempting to ac
quire title to land by some fraudulent
method or for some Improper purpose.
Thst report has heretofore been ample
to sidetrack the .application : mean
while the bona fide settlers are denied
the right of acquiring title. in the
same way similar reports have been
made after surveys have been com
pleted, but before they have been re
corded. Tn such instances the delay
Injures not only the bona fide settlers,
hut the contractors as well, for they
are not entitled to draw pay for their
ivork from the Department.
Another instance of injustice arises
In cases where surveys are suspended
because of alleged Inaccuracies and
the surveyors are not given oppor
tunity to make corrections and draw
their pay. All these things Mr. Bourne
lf lleves can be corrected by Intelli
gent administration, and he also be
lieves public land surveys could be
further facilitated by eliminating much
f the red tape that Is now followed, at
least in the State of Oregon.
Tn his letter to Mr. Garfield, after
calling attention to the suspension of
action, both upon surveys and appli
cations, Mr. Bourne says:
it would 5Fm that a, numbrr of these su
PiistTij have been unnceasarily prolonged
and that sufficient time baa elapsed to as
rTtafn the merits of the respective surveys
nd applications. This policy of delay has
worked arnt hardship upon th surveyors
iioidlnsr Government contracts, and "has at
the same time proved imbarrasslnp to bona
fide settlers on unsurvcyed land in Oregon.
Present Ked Tape System.
I'nder the present policy, surveys are
made by direction of the 7ommissioner
"f the General Tand Office, upon ap
plication of at Iast three settlers on
nny given township. The order Is not
issued until the Commissioner Is sat
isfied that the signers of the petition
nre acting in good faith. The policy
bus been for settlers to file their ap
plication with the Surveyor-General,
who has been under order to forward
every such application to Washington,
the General Land Office has then re
turned It to an examiner In the field,
and at his leisure the examiner has
(cnne upon the land to investigate the
settlers. Many applications filed aa
early as January have not been exam
ined until the following Winter, and
the report has not been made until the
ill r spring, about 15 months after
the orlRinal filing.
rian to Kxpedite Action.
Mr. Bourne has urged the Secretary,
In the interest of economy of time and
In Justice to settlers, to allow the Sur-
. vir-General to turn all such applica
tions over to the examiner of surveys
and to direct him to make his exami
nation on the ground, without waiting
for Instructions from Washington. This
would save a whole year, and would be
just as efficient and far more practical
than the system now in vogue.
To further facilitate matters. Mr.
Bourne recommends that a special ex
aminer of surveys be detailed to duty
In Oregon. There is work enough in
that state to keep one examiner busy
from one year's end to the other. T'nder
the present system. Oregon gets an
pxamlm-r at odd times, when he Is not
busy elsewhere, and this hag also con
tributed greatly to the delay In action
on applications as welj as on surveys.
1 'Hinlners Too Seere.
In this same connection the Senator
called attention to the fact that some of
the examiners who have been detailed to
duty In Oregon have been unnecessarily
isever. due In a large degree to their lack
of understanding of Western conditions.
For Instant, they would expect too much
In the way of Improvements by settlers
who are petitioning for survey. Not be
ing accustomed to the rude nouses that
have been characteristic of the pioneer In
a new country, they have taken these
measer homes as evidence of a desire to
avoid the requirements of the law. and
In a number of Instances men who have
nettled I" absolute good faith have been
denied the right to obtain title to public
land, because, in the opinion of some
Ka;tern examiner, they had not built
moth a home as would meet the tender
foots strict ideas. The infturlon of West
ern blood Into the Inspection service
would, in Mr. Bourne's opinion, be a good
thing.
After an application for survey is ap
proved, it requires a full season to make
the survey. Before the survey can be
accepted, it must be examined, and there
again the red tape intervenes and causes
another delay of a year: a delay that
could be avoided under proper adminis
tration. Mr. Bourne suggested to the
Secretary the advisability of keeping the
examiners of surveys on the ground, so
that, without special instructions from
Washington, he could follow up the con
tracting surveyor, check up any errors
that might be found and, by permitting
the surveyor to accompany lym, could
.have the corrections i made while the ex
amination progressed. If this could be
done, each survey could be examined the
same season that It is made and each
survey being corrected as it Is being ex
amined, could be submitted to the Com
missioner of the Land Office for approval
as soon as it has been examined and re
ported as correct.
Might Save Two Years.
The suggestions of Mr. Bourne, If car
ried out. would, in a great many In
stances, result in the surveying of public
land the same year that their survey is
requested by petition. The petition, for
Instance, might be filed in January. If
turned over at once to the examiner, he
could, in two or three weeks, ascertain
whether or not the petitioners were act
ing In good faith, and, if so. could recom
mend that the survey be authorized. Two
weeks more and the Commissioner of the
Land Office could authorize the survey;
the contract could be made in another two
weeks, or a month at the outside, and
the whole thing completed during the en
suing Summer. That would be a clear
saving of two years over the present sys
tem: that Is, where" cases are now passed
through In record time. But the great
trouble at present is that surveys and
applications now find their way into a
pigeon-hole in the General Land Office In
Washington and may not be acted on for
half a dozen or a dozen years, simply be
cause of a report that some would-be
entryman is suspected of being a grafter.
Mr. Bourne does not believe In punish
ing h onset settlers merely because of a
suspicion raised against maybe one man
In a hundred. He would punish those who
are perpetrating fraud, frustrate the ef
forts of those who are attempting fraud,
but lend every assistance to the man who
Is honestly trying to acquire a home.
In closing his letter to the Secretary,
Mr. Bourne enumerated surveying con
tracts that have been hanging fire for
years for the reasons above stated. Some
date back to 1897; others are not so old,
but all have been suspended far too long
and much longer than Is really necessary
to take proper precautions against graft.
The Senator urged that these cases be
given Immediate consideration and wher
ever, upon further investigation, the cases
are found regular, has urged their speedy
adjustment. If his suggestions are car
ried out, a considerable area of land in
Oregon will be thrown open to entry early
in the coming Summer, and several con
tract surveyors will get money that has
long been due them.
DYING MAN GOES INSANE
YOUTH CRAZED WITH GRIEF
BECAUSE HE CANT GO HOME.
Arises from Death Bed and Then
Dasbes Out Brains as He Was
About to Sign His Will.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 5. Almost
with hia last breath. Percy L Wells, a
civil engineer of Waltham, Mass., arose
from his death bed at the Grand Cen
tral Hotel this afternoon just as he was
about to sign his will, and dashed his
head agatnst the wall with such force
that he died in a few moments.
Wells was about 24 years of age :(nd
had been in Guatemala for two years
engaged in railroad work. He arrived
in San Francisco April 2 in the last
stages of consumption. He became
crazed with grief when told he could
not live to reach his home and see his
mother and sister before dying. He
sent for an attorney to draw up his
will and every effort was made by phy
sicians to keep him alive until the
document was prepared.
A few minutes before it was ready
Wells suddenly arose from his bed and
hurled himself head foremost against
the wall.
LAND RESTORED TO ENTRY
Large Area Near Cascade Reserve
Again Open to Settlers.
ORKGONTAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, April 5. Forester Pinchot today
rocommended the restoration to entry of
369.000 acres of land that had been tem
porarily withdrawn adjacent to the Cas
cade forest reserve, but which was not
added to that reserve prior to March 4
last. The land becomes subject to settle
ment immediately and becomes subject
to entry after 90 days. Under the act of
last session this land could not be per
manently reserved except by act of Con-,
gress.
Captain Voting Gqes to Fort Gibbon.
OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU. AVash
iugton. April Captain John S. Young.
Jr.. Tenth Infantry, is designated as spe
cial disbursing officer of the pay depart
nipnt for the post of Fort Gibbon, Alaska,
relieving Colonel Edwin B. Bolton.
Fourth Infantry, who will proceed to San
Francisco, settle his accounts with the
pay department and then proceed to join
his regiment.
Northwest Postal ATfalrs.
OREGON IAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. April 5. Henry Nordahl has been
appointed regular. Peter O. Johnson sub
stitute, rural free delivery carrier route
No. 1 at Paulsboro. Wash. A postoffice
is established at Green Bank. Island
County. Washington, Jacob Pussey Post
master. THE DAY'S DEATH RECORD
K. C. Hausinan, Bicycle Kacer.
NEW HAVEN. Conn.. April 5. Edward
C. Hausman, widely known as a racer
upon the National bicycle circuit and aft
erward a promoter of paced raees, died
today after a long illness.
Rev. Rufus W. Frost. Sew York.
NEW YORK. April 6. Rev. Rufus W.
Frost, for the past J4 years manager of
the Broadway Central Hotel, died yes
terdav of bronchial pneumonia.
White's Cushion Brings $1T0.
NEW YORK. April 5. Sofa cushions,
16 inches square, sold for $170 each at
the first session of the Stanford White
sale yesterday, and this was a fair in
dex of one of the most remarkable auc
tions in recent years. A limited as
semblage of wealthy folk was admitted
to the sale. Only the smaller articles
were sold, lamps, ornaments, and mir
rors, yesterday, the total sum realized
being $20. ",25. 50.
Tomorrow the furniture, the fire
places and the structural parts of the
house will be offered, and on Thursday.
Friday and Saturday of next week
White's paintings will be put under the
hammer.
HARRiMAN'S RIGHT
(Continued from First Past.)
and that he would get control of the
NorLhem Pacific. Suppose he had carried
out this plan and also controlled the
Illinois Central: he would thus control
all lines running into Oregon and Cali
fornia. Does lie not acknowledge that he
was checked by the restraint of the law?"
Mr. Milburn replied:
"I don't think that too much stress
should be laid on such a remark. Mr.
Harriman was not speaking from a legal
point of view, but was expressing an
idea he had in liis mind and which can
not be carried into practical operation ex
cept through Government ownership
from which God save us. His ambition
was a mere dream."
In further answer to the Question, he
elaborated the views already outlined,
and with an appeal to the Commission
not to go too far in disturbing existing
business relations, closed the case for
Mr. Harriman.
Decisions Are Against Millntrn.
Mr. Severance made the first address
for the Government, giving his first at
tention to the contention that the Sher
man anti-trust law does not cover the
Union Pacific-Southern Pacific deal, be
cause it was a purchase. He said that
the decisions of the Supreme Court afford
sufficient refutation of this contention. He
also entered upon an argument to show
that it is not necessary that roads should
be parallel as well as competing in order
to render the law applicable. He said
that the principle involved in the pending
matter had been definitely determined by
the Supreme Court in the case of Harri
man vs. the Northern Securities Company,
in which the court had unanimously held
that the exercise of power, whether as
owner or trustee, which would give one
company control over another to the end
that competition is restrained, is in con
travention of the Sherman act.
Other decisions to the same effect were
cited, and Mr. Severance expressed the
opinion that they fully determined the
point that a mere purchase can remove a
transaction between railroads from the
operation of the Sherman law.
Consider Effect, Sot Purpose.
Mr. Severance also entered into an ar
gument to demonstrate that the motive
of a consolidation, could not be held
properly to affect a transaction; only the
effect could receive recognition under the
law. He . detailed the transaction under
which Senator Clark's Salt Lake road
had been brought into the Harriman sys
tem, saying it was through a threat of a
parallel road. He had no doubt that the
case falls within the Sherman act, If it
could be shown that the Union Pacific and
Southern Pacific are competing lines. He
entered upon an argument to show that
they do compete, both starting at Oregon
and one terminating at the Missouri River
and the other at the Mississippi River,
and both having connecting lines into
Chicago.
In this connection Mr. Severance spoke
of the Union Pacific as controlling the
Illinois Central, and Mr. Lovett took ex
ception to the remark. Mr. Severance ad
hered to his position, saying that it had
been shown that the Union Pacific owns
29 per cent of the stock of the Illinois
Central, and that under ordinary condi
tions this is sufficient to give a substan
tial control.
Mr. Severance declared that the consoli
dation of the two roads had had the ef
fect of destroying competition between
the various steamship lines upon the Pa
cific, and he quoted statistics to show
that much of the business of Oregon,
which had been influenced by formen
competition, does not now enjoy that ad
vantage. He contended that there is not much
diversity of opinion as to whether com
petition had been disturbed by the con
solidation. Mr. Severance made the point
also that there was much competition be
tween the two lines in Oriental business,
and in support of this contention, adduced
facts to show that formerly the "Sunset
route" reduced rates to secure this busi
ness. Clark Road Totally Absorbed.
Speaking again of the Clark road from
Salt Lake to Ios Angeles. Mr. Severance
said that it had completely abandoned to
the Union Pacific the power to make
rates. "It is as much hitched onto the
Union Pacific as if it had been bought
outright." he said. He also charged that
the acquisition of Santa Fe stock by the
Union Pacifichad the effect of causing
an arbitrary' division of the Oriental busi
ness brought to this country in the Santa
Fe ships. The fruit transportation of Cal
ifornia is no longer the subject of compe
tition. Mr. Severance claimed. This fact
was evidence of the lack of competition.
Referring to the purchase of the stocks
of Eastern roads by the Union Pacific, ha
expressed the opinion that there should
be legislation prohibiting an interstate
railroad from engaging in stock specula
tion. Shall One Man Rule Empire?
Frank C. Kellogg also spoke for the
Government, first replying to Mr. Mil
burn's suggestion that a general inquiry
into railroad combinations and a general
verdict against them would be disastrous.
Mr. Kellogg did not accept this view and
instanced the dissolution of the Northern
Securities Company In support of his
contention. He believed that any plan
which would place the railroads of one
third of the country under one control
would be in violation of the law. He
agreed with Mr. Milburn that the problem
was an important one; It must be of su
preme Importance, so long as we adhere
to the principle of competition In busi
ness. Was it an unimportant fact that
Mr. Harriman should use his ambition to
control the Santa Fe and the Northern
Pacific or that the Union Pacific, with
2000 miles of road, should seek to control
the Southern Pacific, with 7000 miles.
Were the people prepared to allow one
man. through purchase or agreement, to
tie up the transportation facilities of a
great empire?
Competing and Parallel Lined.
He took the broad position that any re
straint upon competition is important and
that the means, whether by purchase or
otherwise, is subordinate, the end to be
accomplished being the important con
sideration. Any such impression of com
petition comes within the inhibitions of
the anti-trust law. said Mr. Kellogg, and
he declared that such a statement was
in line with the decisions of the courts.
No one would deny that the Union Pacific
might acquire the old Central Pacific line;
the inhibition was against the acquisition
of the Southern Pacific. That was a com
peting line, while the Central Pacific was
only a connecting line.
Mr. Kellogg contended that parallelism
was not essential to competition and
urged that the fact that the Santa Fe
traverses the country lying between the
Union Pacific and the "Sunset" route
did not stand in the way of competition
between these two lines. Competition
could not be confined to local business
nor so narrowed as to exclude transcon
tinental business.
Put J180.000.000 Water in Alton.
Mr. Kellogg then turned his attention
I. to the Chicago & Alton Road and Mr.
Harriman n connection with it. He said
the liabilities of that road had been in- '
creased $80,000,000. for which, he declared,
"the syndicate did not give the company .
one dollar aside from a moderate equip-
ment." To say it was necessary to make
mis increase in capitalization in view or
the excellent credit of the road was to
his mind incredible. Mr. Harriman had
said that $22,000,000 had been expended on
the road, but if that was true not all
the money had been a part of the ex-
panded capital. He would not say that
other roads had not made similar ex- !
pansions. but this was an example to be
brought to the attention of Congress. All
the improvements could have been made !
by a comparatively slight increase in the 1
road s interest account.
Mr. Kellogg said he did not hold Mr.
Harriman more responsible than Mr.
SchifT or any other purchaser of the
stock.
"We are only interested in him in con
nection wth the transaction," he said.
"He is only an incident and I will say
he has not shirked responsibility.'
He said the Alton bonds had been sold
to Mr. Harriman and friends at 65 cents
on the dollar when they could have been
made to bring par.
Bonds Only Brought 4 9 Cents.
"No one can say that that is conserva
tive financing, '.' he said. He declared that
the proceeds of this sale had been used
in paying dividends to the stockholders,
the men who had bought the bonds. De
ducting the dividends, the bonds really
had been Issued for about 49 cents.
The great railroads should not be shin
ing marks of manipulation in Wall street.
There could be "no excuse for expanding
a railroad's securities merely for the pur
pose of making a profit out of them."
He also charged that the.system of book
keeping was calculated to make obscure
the operations to the owners of the Alton.
He said that in the recapitalization of the
road the losses of the original stockhold
ers, which had inured to the benefit of
the' company to the extent of $11,000,000.
had been utilized as the starting point
of that transaction. .Those losses had
been sustained as far back as 1863 and It
looked to Mr. Kellogg like "robbing a
graveyard." He denied the right of the
directors to take this sum and capitalize
it and pay it out as dividends.
"I deny the necessity and the morality
of such a course, he said, and expressed
the opinion that a restriction should be
placed upon such transactions. He did
not believe in unreasonable restrictions,
but it was not in the interest of the
roads themselves that they should be
largely utilized for Investment.
The hearing was then concluded and the
announcement was made by Mr. Clements
that the Commission would take the ques
tion under advisement.
SO RECIPROCAL DEMURRAGE
Interstate Board Has So Power to
Order Its Payment.
WASHINGTON. April 6. That the In
terstate Commerce Commission is with
out authority to prescribe rules and reg
ulations for reciprocal demurrage be
tween shippers and carriers of interstate
freight is the gist of an opinion ren
dered today by Commissioner Clark. The
decision was based on the complaint of
James B. Mason against the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company.
Mason asked for the appointment of re
ceivers of interstate freight for all in
terstate roads who should deduct from
freight charges a reasonable sum per day
as demurrage in all cases of delay in
shipment.
Fight for Chicago Terminals.
CHICAGO. April 6. The fight for the'
properties of the Chicago Terminal Rail
way Company is now on. The property
has been in the hands of a receiver for
some time, and measures were adopted
recently for foreclosing the mortgage of
$15,000,000. which is the bonded indebted,
ness of the company. The property is
advertised to be sold May 3. 1907.
March 30 the B. & O. and the Chicago
Railway Company filed a petition in the
United States Circuit Court asking leave
to assume the bonded indebtedness of the
company and accrued interest for two
years. This would give the B. & O. inter
est complete control of the property, and
it would be in a position to oust all other
tenants except the Ch?ago Great West
ern, which is operating under contract
prior to the mortgage, and cannot be dis
turbed. Make 2-Cent Fare Law.
HA.RR1SBURG. pa Aprii 5.-Governor
Stuart toda,y signed the bill making the
maximum rate of fare on railroads with
in the state 2 cents a mile.
GIVES MY 16,000,180
CARSEGIE RICHLY EXTOTVS IN
STITUTE AT PITTSBURG.
Also Establishes Pension Fund for
Employes Had Already Given
$4,000,000 in Lump Sum.
PITTSBURG, Pa.. Aprii 5. W. N.
Frew, president of the board of trus
tees of the Carnegie Institute, made
public a letter today received from
Andrew Carnegie announcing that Mr.
Carnegie has made an endowment of
t6.000.000 to the institute. This gift Is
In addition to -the $4, 000,000 given by
Mr. Carnegie some time ago.
Mr. Carnegie also establishes a pen
sion fund for the relief of those con
nected with the Institute. The gift to
day consists of -$5, 000, 000 of United
States Steel Corporation 5 per cent
bonds and 1,000.000 in cash.
GAS COMPANY IN TROUBLE
Ex-Secretary Charged With Embez
zling Portion of Slush Funds.
DAYTON, April 6. The grand jury
which has been Investigating the short
age in the accounts of the Dayton Gas
Company returned 18 Indictments this
afternoon against George M. Smart, ex
secretary of the concern, charging him
with embexzling J33L349.
It Is alleged that part of this money
was used to buy out rival concerns and
that large sums were given to politicians
and others who were influential in hav
ing passed certain ordinances beneficial
to the company.
VANDALS ENTER LIBRARY
Books Worth Thousands or Dollars
Damaged in Waterloo.
WATERLOO. Ia., April 5. Vandals
entered the West Side Carnegie Library
last night and damaged the furnishings
and books to the extent of thousands of
dollars.
The only theory of the police is that
opposition to the acceptance of the gift
from Andrew Carnegie inspired the act.
Consternation at Moorish Capital.
PARIS. April 5 The official dispatches
received here from Fez say that the
French claims were presented to the
sultan March 31. The news of the occu
pation of Oudja by French troops arrived
at the Moorish capital March 59, the day
Health
Appetite Gone, Nerves Un
strung, Sleepless, Thin,
Pale, Tired all the Time.
Hood's Sarsaparilla Cave
Nerve, Mental and Di
gestive Strength.
' ' Last spring my health was com
pletely broken down through prolonged
watching at a sick bed. My appetite
was gone and I was in the unstrung
nervous condition where I was unable
to jfind sleep, but would toss and turn
through the long weary nights. I be
came thin, pale and looked 10 years
older. Was languid and tired aft the
time, and seemed unable to recover,
though the doctor tried different rem
edies. I could not keep food on my
stomach, and through the physical
weakness my mental condition became
affected so that I lost my memory and
was nnable to collect and hold mv
thoughts as formerly.
" Hood's Sarsaparilla restored me to
perfect health. It aided the worn out
nerves of my digestive organs to do 1
their duty, and I was once more able
to eat and properly digest my food. I
slent neaeefullv thft entire niirVit. and
now Ifeel new life and vitality course
through my veins. With the physical self and have for the past vear enjoved Tison, 501 West Monroe St., Jackson
the mental was soon restored, and with- the best of health, thanks to your I ville, Fla.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Is the specific to purify, vitalize and enrich impoverished blood, build new,
healthy tissues, make the weak strong. It is The Spring Medicine.
CafCafonC For those who prefer medicine in tablet j same curative properties as the liquid f6rm, besides ac
jQlatllulM fonn Hood's Sarsarjarilla is now rjut curacy of dose, convenience and economy. There is no
up in chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs, as well as in
the usual liquid form. Sarsatabs have identically the
the column entered Moorish territory.
The energetic action of France caused
consternation among the court entourage
at Fez and it is expected to result in a
prompt reply, but no official notification
of any nature has yet arrived here.
Severe Storm at IVapIea.
NAPLES, April 6. A severe storm is
blowing here and causing serious damage
to the shipping. Several vessels have
been wrecked. The steamer I.igurla. has
had to postpone her departure for New
York.
Carpenters Go oh Strike. ,
MINNEAPOLIS, April 5. The Minne
apolis Carpenters' Union voted tonight
to strike to enforce demands for an
Increase In wages. Seventeen hundred
men are involved.
Tremblay Is Champion.
MONTREAL, April 6 George Gothner
MISS MADELINE CLUTTER
Broken Down
in six wapIcr I
Of druggists or
Guaranteed under
lost the lightweight wrestling champion
ship of America tonight to Eugene Trem
blay, the local wrestler. The first fall
went to Tremblay In 3:34. Gothner got
the second on a trick in 5:15. The third
was a desperate struggle, the purse and
championship going to Tremblay in 29
minutes.
DEATH IN STORM'S PATH
Reports of Heavy Damage Come
From Southern Alabama.
MONTGOMERY. Ala., April 5. Specials
from various parts of Alabama tell of
death and devastation from the tornado
which swept through the southern and
western portions of the state today. The
most serious damage is reported at Brad
leytown. The home of Hugh Farrier, a
prominent planter, was blown down, in
Made in New York
STANDARD Time measures the differ
ence between New York and Buffalo
as one hour. But it takes six months
for tailors in cities nearer New York than
Buffalo to reflect
New York Style.
Why wait six
months? Wear
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into your clothes in the best possible way.
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311 Morrison St.
Have YOU
Heard of
The
New Scalp
Prophylactic
Newbro's Herpicide is the first Prophylactir for the
hair and scalp. Its formula harmonizes with the theory
(now a recognized fact) that dandruff. Itching scalp and
falling hair are of microblc origin. Herpicide defends
the hair and scalp against disease and by destroying the
scalp microbe or dandruff germ (a tiny vegetable
growth), it eradicates dandruff, stops falling hair and
permits the hair to grow as Nature Intended. Almost
marvelous results sometimes follow its use. Miss Clut
ter's letter and photograph certainly speak for themselves.
"I herewith enclose you one of my latest photo
graphs, which will show you what Newbro's Herpi
cide has done for my hair. Since using your remedy
my hair is much longer than it was, and it has that
luster to It that one's hair always has when their
scalp is In a healthy condition."
(Signed) MADELINE CLUTTER.
Chicago. III. 3953 Michigan ave flat 210.
Herpicide is delightfully fragrant and refreshing. It
is free from oil and makes the hair light and fluffy.
AT DRUGSTORES.
Send 10c in Stamps to the Herpicide Co., Dept. N.,
Detroit, Mich., for a Sample.
TWO SIZES, 50c and $1.00
FOR SALE AT ALL DRUGSTORES.
loss bv evaporation, breakage or leakage. 100 doses $1.
by maij. ('. T. Hood, Co., Lowell. Mass.
tha Pood and Drugs Act. June 30. 1WW. No. 324
stantly killing Mr. Farrier unit his -year-old
sou ar.d fatally Injuring Mr..
Farrier.
Great property loss and loss of life is
reported from North Perrico. where, in
the plantation of J. D. Moore, a row of
houses was blown down.
A special fom Pensacola. Fla., says tha
wind is blowing at the rate of 43 miles
an hour.
Invites National Convention.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. April 5. The Tiger
Republican Club, of Kansas City, Mb., to
day appointed a committee of prominent
citizens to raise a fund to secure the Re
publican National Convention of 1908 for
this city.
All German Tailors Strike.
BERLIN. April 5 A general strike of
tailors and cutters was begun yesterday
throughout Germany. Ten thousand men
are involved.
Agent Here.
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