16 THE MORNING- OKEGOMAX, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1907. PORTLAND JQBB honks Declare 0. R. & N. Co. Has Kept Up Excessive Distrib utive Tariffs. THEIR APPEALS IGNORED It. A. Lewis Testifies That -Table of Comparative Rates Was Submit ted to Tariff Director Stubbs, Who Said, "Go to Law." Portland Jobbers appeared before tjie State Railway Commission yesterday and told of -their grievances against the Q. R. & X. Company. The taking of this testimony substantially completed the case for the Chamber of Commerce. The railroad company will have an inning now. W. W. Cotton, attorney for the corporation, said at the end of yester day's proceedings that half a day will suffice for presenting the other side of the case. Tlie effect of the jobbers' testimony was to supplement the general evidence concerning excessive distributive rates in troduced Wednesday. L. A. Lewis. T. B. Honeyman and Henry Hahn were the Jobbers called before the Commission and It developed that their complaint against the O. R. & N. Company was not limited. The presentation of the Jobbers' side of the case has occupied three session of the Commission. During this time It has been brought out that the local offices have no facilities for giving Information regarding the financial affairs of the road; that the financial and all other than the operating books are kept at the New York office; that comparisons with tariffs out of various other jobbing centers show Portland shippers are paying. from 25 to 145 per cent more for the service via the O. R. & N. line and that repeated complaints to the company have availed the jobbers nothing. What Defense Will' Be. It probably will be contended by the company that the comparative tables sub mitted are unfair, failing to account for physical conditions and differences in population which affect the lines serving different parts of the country. As to the absence of the books of account the company will urge that there is no need for keeping them within the state, inas much as any Information desired by the Railway Commission may be obtained at once upon request. The tariffs will also be defended. The testimony of the three witnesses yesterday was very similar. All are rep resentative shippers and all had encoun tered the same difficulties with the com pany and felt the sting of the same un fairness, so they said. They said a re duction would benefit Jobbers, wholesalers and consumers alike. LJ A. Lewis testified that within the past seven or eight years there has been no material reduction of rates out of Portland. Water competition had affected the situation to the extent 6f showing a reduction could well be made, since the company had reduced Its rates two years ago to every point touched by the Open River Navigation Company's boat, the J. N. Teal. "Have you ever discussed the general situation with the O. R. & N. company?" Mr. Cotton asked. Stubbs' Brusque Answer. "No, because we were not allowed to," was the response. "Two years ago a statement of comparative tariffs was prepared and presented to J. C. Stubbs, traffic director of the Harrlman lines., He brushed them aside. 'Go to law.' he "in response to questions from J. N. Teal, representing the Chamber of Com merce, Mr. Lewis said he believed- the company made a high rate purely for revenue. In the case of Baker City, he said that Mr. Cotton had told him there was no defense for it. By reason of discrimination in rates It was possible, he said, to ship to Spokane In carload lots and then reshlp from that point In less than carload lots to Eastern Oregon at a cheaper rate than to ship into Eastern Oregon direct from Portland in less than carload lots. "Our complaint." he added, "has been that the O. R. & N. has made conditions which left Portland Jobbers under a han dicap." As to where the consumer would get off under a reduction, Mr. Lewis said in reply to a query from Mr. Cotton, that a reduction on sugar from San Francisco from l to 80 cents would mean that the consumer would get .' sugar 20 cents cheaper. Mr. Hahn's Testimony. Henry Hahn had the same complaints to make. He said that while the jobbers had taken up the matter of rates it was not alone the Jobber, but the wholesaler and the consumer also who would benefit by any reduction. Mr. Cotton wanted to know how a reduction of rates would affect Baker City and the witness replied that it would benefit the consumers of that point substantially. As to a proposal to maintain rates here and raise them elsewhere so as to read Just the relation of rates and remove some of the disadvantages under which Jobbbers claim to labor, Mr. Cotton wanted to know If such action would arouse resentment by the Jobbers. The witness replied indirectly, saying even that might be fairer although the remedy needed was a matter for the Commission to prescribe. Mr. Honeyman was the last witness for the Jobbers. In regard to reductions of rates within the past seven or eight years he said practically no changes had been made. "We have had promises but nothing ever came of them," he said, and added that comparisons with other tariffs had been made but had resulted In nothing Mr. Cotton Cross-Examines. "Are you a consumer, & partner of tne consumer or a Jobber?" Mr. o Cotton asked on cross-examination. "I am a Jobber." "Then as a Jobber you say that In the past seven or eight years there has been no material reduction of rates?" "There have been some reductions, but only such as to choke the volume of trade." "Sow If It has failed to stimulate job bing, has It benefitted the consumer by reductions that have been made? And Is not the real matter of importance the relation' of rates?" "I think It Is the relation of rates that concerns us jobbers." Concerning the rates out of Spokane, the witness said that while they may be regarded as low the actual fact will show different, considering the combinations of rates. His Idea of a proper adjustment, he said. Vas a different basis of rate making by the company. Mr. Teal Closes His Case. Mr. Teal then said that would conclude the testimony, at least for the time being. He said that for the purposes of complet ing the hearing he wished an order di recting the company to p.roduce tables showing the value of the O. R. & N. Company's property in Oregon and an other table on the business done In Ore gon, separating state from inter-state business. Mr. Cotton objected in both instances. The presentation of the first table, he said, could have no bearing on the hear ing and would be wholly immaterial. As to a statement of the business done, such a table would require arbitrary divisions on estimating interstate business. Adjournment was then taken "until to day at 9 A. M. when Mr. Cotton will call R. B. Miller, general freight agent of the O. R. & N. line to the witness stand. Mr. Cotton stated that he would be able to finish his side of the case in half a day. BURTON .AN OREGON MAN Bay City Labor Leader, Killed by a Car, Once Lived Here. . W. O. Burton, who was accidentally killed by a streetcar in San Francisco Tuesday night, was well known in this city, having managed the strike of the local streetcar men last December. At the time of his death Mr. Burton was vice-president and general organizer of the International Streetcar Men's Union. He was ,born in North Yam hill. Oregon, 45 years ago, his father, J. J. Burton, being one of the old pio neers of the state. When only a few years old, the Burton family removed to Portland, and until he was 20 years old, the younger Burton resided contin uously In this city. At the age of 20, Burton married Miss Allen McGreggor, and moved to San Francisco with his bride. She died -ten years ago. In San Francisco Burton became identified with organized labor, and was made an organizer for the Street car Men's Union. He traveled through r" t i IP: F A TV. u. Burton, Who Met Tragic lenth In San Francisco. California, and organized branches in all the cities of the southern part of the state. Last December, when the local streetcar men struck, .Burton came up from San Francisco to take charge of the strike. He fought for arbitration, but was not successful. He remained here for two months, and see ing that the strike was unsuccessful, left for Seattle, where he organized a branch of the union. From there he traveled to Spokane, Victoria and Vancouver, organizing branches in all these places. He re turned to San Francisco about two months ago, and in the Mayoralty fight was working hard for the Labor party's candidate, McCarthy. At the time he was killed, Burton was returning to his home, after remaining up late to get the election returns. Burton leaves no children, though a large family of brothers and sisters survive him. Three brothers, H. H. Burton, E. R. Burton and L. C. Burton, and one sister, Mrs. M.- E. Hawley,. re side in Portland, while two brothers, Charles W. and L. R. Burton, and three sisters, Mrs. K. B. Lake, Mrs. L. C. An thony and Mrs. D. G. Rogers, live in San Francisco. Another brother. Dr. B. T. Burton, practices medicine in Hongkong, China, while anotrfer, J. G. Burton, is employed as an engineer on the Panama Canal. The body was shipped from San Francisco last night, and will arrive in Portland this morning. It will be taken to ' Finley's undertaking parlors, and Saturday morning shipped to North Yamhill for interment. ORGANIZES MOOT COURT Presbyterian Men's Club on East Side Enjoys Fake Trials. The Hawthorne Park District Court was organized in the lecture-room of the Hawthorne Park Presbyterian Church the first of the week by the Men's Club. The first case tried was sensational. Pro fessor R. R. Steele was indicted and brought before the moot court on charge of wife-heating. R. R. Glltner was the presiding Judge and Ogelsby Young the prosecuting attorney. Professor S. A. Star defended Professor Steele, and suc ceeded in proving an alibi. The Jury was composed of three men and three women. The evidence against Professor Steele was strong, especially the testi mony of Dr. A. W. Moore, who testified as an expert as to the extent and nature of the injuries Inflicted. However Pro fessor Van Tyne and John M. Lewis swore on the witness-stand that they were with Professor eteele at the time the assault and battery was alleged to have been committed, and the Jury brought in a verdict for acquittal without delay. It is announced that th grand jury of the court is investigating charges against Dr. Wilson, of Centenary Church, and Dr. S. Earl DuBols. of the Grand-Avenue Presbyterian Church, to the effect that they have been using undue influence to induce all deaf and dumb people to at tend their churches. True bills are ex pected to be returned. Dr. Shaffer, of the First United Brethren Church, is also under Investigation on a libel charge, preferred by Satan. He Is charged with using such terms as "Satan as a Preacher," "Satan as an Editor," and other similar odious comparisons in recent sermons that have proved exceedingly offensive to "His Satanic Majesty." 100 FULL DRESS And Tuxedo Suits, Choice, $11.85. These suits are Just the thing for the horse show. Values 120 to $35. There are only about 100 of them on sale today. Choice of full dress or Tuxedo suits at $11.85. The Chicago Clothing Co.. 69-71 Third street. Wages Cut In Paper Mill. OREGON CITY. Or., Nov. 7. (Spe cial.) The Willamette Pulp & Paper Company has ordered a reduction in the wago scale of the laborers who have been receiving $2.20 per day. These men have been cut to $2. EXHIBIT OF SCENIC PHOTOS. Klser's new store. 248 Alder jtreet CLEARS WITH F LOUR French Bark Brizeau Takes a Full Cargo. VALUE FIXED AT $137,200 Vessel Carries First Full Cargo Of Flour Dispatched In Sailing Ship for Two Years Grain Business Slow News of Waterfront. The French bark Brlzeaux cleared for the United Kingdom yesterday with a full cargo of flour. She was dispatched by the Portland Flouring Mills Company and Is the first sailing craft to clear for the United Kingdom with all flour for about two years. The cargo comprises 34,300 barrels, and is valued at $137,300. The craft will leave down this morning. Flour shipments for November will be heavy." The Alesla cleared Monday with 62,561 barrels. The Port Patrick, Home ward Bound and Nlcomedia will follow later in the month. Total shipments of flour for November will reach close to 220,000 barrels. Wheat business is slow STEAMER INTEIX.IGENCK. Due to Arrive. Name. From Data. JohanPoulsenEan Francisco. In port Alesla Hongkong- In port Roanoke Los Angelas... In port Nlcomedia. .. Hongkong. .... .In port Northland. .. San Pedro Nov. 8 R. D. Inman.faan Francisco. .Nov. it Alliance i.'ooa Bay .Nov. 9 Geo. W. EldeiSan Pedro ..... Nov. 10 City of Pen.. San Francisco. .Nov. 10 Bnakwaur. .Cool Bar ...... Nov. H Costa Rica. . Ban Francisco. .Nov. 16 Kumantla. .. .Hongkong. .... .Nov. 23 Arabia Hongkong Xec Scheduled to Depart. Name For Date. Roanoke Los Angeles. .. Nov. 8 JohanPoulsanEan Francisco. .Nov. 8 Alesla Hongkong. ... ..Nov. 8 Northland. .. San Pearo Nov. 8 R. T. lnman.San Francisco. .Nov. B Alliance... .Coos Bay Nov. 11 City of Pan. ..Ban Francisco. Nor. 13 Breakwater. . Cooa Bay Nov. 13 Nlcomedia. .. Hongkong Nov. 14 Geo. W. BldeiSan Pedro Nov. 14 Costa Itlra. . .San Francisco.. Nov. 10 Numantla Hongkong Nov. BO Arabia Hongkong. .... .Dec. 14 Geo. W. ElderSan Pedro..... Entered Thursday. Yellowstone, Am. steamship (John son), with ballast from San Fran cisco. Claverdon, Br. ship (Thomson), with 8860 tons of coal from New castle, N. S. W. Cleared Thursday. Muriel, Am. schooner (Wtlkander), with 650,000 feet of lumber for San Pedro. ' Brlzeaux, Fr. Bark (La Roux), with 24,800 barrels of flour, valued at $1?7.200 for the United Kingdom for orders. on account of the financial market. There have been no charters reported for a week and it is probable that no more will be placed on the list for another seven days. Lumber business, both coastwise and foreign, is behind. No foreign cargoes have cleared and the coastwise business has been confined to two steamers and a schooner. LAST OF THE WOOD BURNERS Steamer Cascades Ties Up to Re ceive Oil Plant. The steamer Cascades has been laid up for the installation of an oil-burning plant. The vessel will be out of com mission . for about two months, during which time the Shaver Transportation Company will handle the towing business of the Cascades. With the installation of an oil plant In the Cascades the last of the wood burners disappears. Fuel oil has forced the river craft to desert the wood piles. Tears ago every steamer operating on the Willam ette and Columbia Rivers used .cordwood for fuel. Wood-yards lined the banks from the Cascades to Astoria and from the mouth of the Willamette to Eugene. Wooding up required time and many deckhands. To the latter the oil plant is a labor saver. Light-Draft Boat for Mexico. A light-draft boat to be operated In Mexi can rivers, is being built at Supple's yard. It will bo used by a Mexican mining com pany and will be 50 feet long and will draw onlyjS inches of water. J. C. Bettle, agent for the mining company, is here looking after the building of this craft. The boat la being built knocked down. It will he used in the transportation of ores and will take the place of burros. The plans for this craft show a wheel with flanges to be placed near the front end in a well, to aid It in climbing over sand bars and shallow places. It has not yet been decided that this wheel can be untilized for that purpose. Experienced boat builders do not favor such a scheme, and it may be left out. Elsa Reaches Japan in Distress. The Norwegian steamship Elsa, which sailed from Portland, October 6, for Shanghai with lumber, has put into Yoko hama with her deckload shifted, and her bulwarks and main deck damaged, ac cording to advices received at the Mer chants' Exchange. The Elsa will proceed to Shanghai without repairing. Marine Notes. The steamer Tiverton is loading lum ber at Prescott's. The schooner Muriel sailed with a lum ber cargo for San Pedro yesterday. Fales Landing light wuT be shifted from Its present position to a point 400 yards up stream. The British steamship British Monarch arrived up yesterday. She came from Guaymas In ballast. The British ship Claverdon is moored at Alblna dock. She shifted from Mont gomery yesterday. The steamship Roanoke is scheduled to sail for San Pedro and way ports to night. She is one day late. The steamship Costa Rica sailed for San Francisco yesterday afternoon. She carried 1000 tons of freight and a full list of passengers. The new hull for the steamer Mascot is nearing completion atSupple's yard. The cabins and machinery of the old vessel will he placed in the new boat. Arrivals and Departures. PORTLAND. Nov. 7. Arrived German steamship Tiberius. from San Francisco; French bark. Marechal do Turenne, from Lon don; British steamship British Monarch, from Guaymas; steamship Tiverton, from San Fran cisco. Sailed Steamship Costa Rica, for San Francisco; schooner Muriel, for San Pedro. Astoria, Or.. Nov. 7. Left up at 5 A. M. British steamer, British Monarch. Sailed at 6 A. M. Steamer Alliance for Coos Bay. Ar rived at 8 A, M. and left up at 11:15 A. M. Steamer Tiverton, from San Francisco. Ar rived at 8:80 A. M. Schooner Jas. A. Gar field, from San Pedro. Sailed at 11:30 A. M. Schooner W. F. Garms, for Sidney. Arrived at 10:45 A. M. Steamer Lansing, from lsrt Harford. Sailed at 11:45 A. M. Norwegian steamer Terje Vlken, for Shanghai. Sailed at 12:15 P. M. Steamer Inveran, for Manila. Sailed at 12:20 P. M. French bark Turgot. for United Kingdom, for orders. Arrived at 1:25 P. M., and left up at 4:30 Steamer Cas cade, from San Francisco. sailed at 1:20 P. M. Sue Elmore, for Tillamook. Left up at 2:80 P. M. Steamer Lansing. Antwerp, Nov. 7. Sailed November 3 French bark Cornll Bart, for Portland. Yokohama, Nov. 7. Norwegian steamer Elsa. from Portland, arrived yesterday with deckload shifted, bulwarks and main deck damaged. Will proceed to Shanghai without repairing. San Francisco, Nov. 7. Sailed at 3 P. M. Steamer Elder, for Portland and British steamer Borderer. Kutchlnotzu Arrived November 6 British steamer Queen Alexandra, from Portland. Tides at Astoria Friday. High. Low. 2:88 A. M 7.8 feet8:18 A. M 2.6 feet 2:12 P. M 9.8 feet9:10 P. M 1.0 teet THE COMING APPLE FAIR Mr. Ijownsdale Issues a Call: "Ex hibitors, Be Up and Doing." ' LA FAYETTE. Or., Nov. 6. (To the Edi tor.) Exhibitors " at the approaching Wil lamette Valley Apple Fair should have their apples in Portland, ready to bo judged by noon of November 13. They will be judged on the afternoon of that day and will be displayed November 14. 15 and 16. All fruit should be shipped to "Willamette Valley Apple Fair," care Olds. Wortman & Kins, Portland. All shipments should be made by express to insure prompt delivery. Olds, Wortman & King, with enthusiastic generosity, have given us a large floor space on the tourth floor of their store. This will be used for opening boxes and for Judging the fruit. The display will be made in tnreo large show windows on the Fifth-street side of the store. I am convinced by certain hints from 'Mr. Wortman that, upon the days of our exhibition, we will be prac tically the owners of the great store and its vast resources. Exhibits must be at hand and In place at the time Indicated, and should be accompanied by their owners in all cases where possible. It Is not a time for indolence. We cannot ship a lot of fruit as to a country fair, and expect It to be convincing unless it Is properly attended. Let us all energetically pull together for the success of our fair and the reputation or our Valley. Put yourselves to a lot of Incon venience and expense if necessary to assert our earnestness, our determination to hold our fruit in its proper place the top. My packers wltl be in Portland during the whole week and will assist any exhibitor wno wishes help in preparing his fruit. Of course we cannot do all the work, but will be ready to assist and advise. All entries must be made to the superin tendent, J. C. Cooper, at the Imperial Hotel, Portland, by the evening of Novem ber 13. All entries for cups must be or boxed exhibits. In other than cup contest, entries may be either of boxed or plate ex hibits. The Studebaker Bros. Manufactui lng Company's donation, a StudebaKer wagon, will be for the best general display, which will consist of both boxed and plate exhibits, chiefly the former. The cups to be donated by business men whose names will appear shortly, will be for the following varieties: Spltzenburg. Yellow Newtown. Baldwin, Jonathan, Gano, Ben Davis, North ern Spy. Belleflower. King and Arkansas Black. Better Fruit cup is for best commer cially packed box. On the evening of No vember 13, a meeting of all exhibitors and sympathizers will be held In the parlors of the Imperial Hotel to organize an associa tion for the purposes of continuing thes fairs, of showing our fruits, of furthering the interests of applegrowers and of puIUng to gether for the welfare of the Willamette Valley- ' Applegrowers of the Willamette Valley, make all other Interests stand aside for the moment and come to this meeting prepared to show that you are ready to light for "the land of big red apples." M. O. LOWNSDALE. GOOD ROADS CONVENTION. Association Will Meet in This City Next Thursday. Arrangements are being made for the entertainment of the Good Roads As sociation, which meets in Portland, November 14-15. The first entertainment will be given at the Commercial Club and will be a banquet tendered by Beal & Co., and the Buffalo Pitts Company to which the delegates will be made wel come. There will be some discussions, but the main object of this banquet will be to bring together the delegates and the prominent good roads men who will attend the convention. The second enter tainment will be an excursion by the Portland Automobile Club around Port land ' and to the Kelly Butte quarry, where the county is turning out crushed rock for road construction. Delegates will be conveyed In the automobiles of the members of the club to all points of Interest in Portland, and finally to the Kelly Butte. This automobile excursion will probably be given November 15, but the time has not been fixed. These- arrangements insure a pleasant time for the delegates to the good roads convention. A vast amount of educa tional work, it is expected, will be done at this convention", and good results are hoped for. Iynchlng Is Threatened. COLFAX, Wash., Nov, 7. (Special.) James Royleston has been arrested at Elberton and brought to Colfax,' charged with unlawful relations with his 22-year-old daughter. The man at first denied the charge, but has since confessed. Sheriff Rattliff has received word that a mob is being formed at Elberton to take Royleston from th Colfax Jail and lynch him. PLA OF GRANGERS Eat Government-inspected meat. Institutes to Be Held Through out State This Month. FIRST AT CLATSKANIE Series of Meetings Designed to In struct Deputies and Their Sub ordinate Officers in the Workings cf the Order. Mrs. Clara H. Waldo, State Lecturer for the Patrons of Husbandry, who is now at the Sargent Hotel, announces that a series of Grange institutes will be held at cen tral points within the next three weeks for general educational purposes. The first institute will be held at Clatskanie next Monday. This Institute will be fol lowed by others similar, held at the fol lowing times and places for the re mainder of the state: Hood River, Wed nesday, November 13: Dufur, Friday No vember 15; Albany, Thursday, November 21: Oregon City, Monday, November 25; McMlnnvIUe, Tuesday, November 26. These institutes will cover the whole work of the subordinate Grange, and their Importance to Patron3 of Husbandry will be very great. They will be open to ail fourth degree members in good standing, and the executive committee of the State Grange urges that each master, lecturer and secretary of a Grange arrange to at tend the institute held nearest him. The meetings are not public, but are intended for Patrons of Husbandry only. They are held for the purpose of instructing depu ties and officers of subordinate Granges, and will be under the direction of Past State Master B. G. Leedy, assisted by Mrs. Waldo and Mrs. Mary S. Howard, the State Secretary. Plan of State Grange. The plan for holding these institutes at central points was adopted at the last State Grange. They are to educate the officers and members, and enlarge the list of active workers in the ranks. They will take up an entire day at the points seleoted, and sometimes night sessions may be held where deemed advisable and profitable. Past State Master Leedy will give instructionsIn the secret work,, and Bhow the local "members where they can improve their degree work and make it more impressive on the candidate. State Secretary Mrs. Howard will give Instruc tions in the clerical work. In keeping the accounts of members, making reports and in all work along this line. Both will be prepared to answer questions. To Mrs. Waldo is assigned perhaps the most important duty in the Institutes. As State Lecturer she will cover the whole field of legislation, explaining what the pending measures are in which the Pat rons may be interested. Their purport will be set forth for the instruction of Patrons, but not to influence their opin ions one way or the other. Mrs. Waldo will also conduct drills in handling public meetings and instruct the deputies as to the best way to handle business and how to make public ad dresses that will be most effective. She wi also discuss the question of trans portation, which is one of the problems for farmers In this state. Discusses Money Panic. Mrs. Waldo, in speaking of the present financial situation, said yesterday: "The farmers are probably In the best position to weather the present financial storm. They are not uneasy, and will not generally Interfere with their deposits in the local banks. For some time they have, been unable to get help at prices that were reasonable. They have post poned many Improvements for lack of help. Farmers themselves have sent their teams to work on the railroads and other work. There will now he men to do work on the farms henceforth. I have ten miles of fencing on our farm that I have been unable to get done. I could not even get the posts made, but now I have two men at work making posts. So there will be work on the farms for those who want work. "The farmer. If he be out of debt, will be a little short of cash, but on the whole he will suffer very little. If he toe in debt he will have the same- difficulties to meet that the city man must contend with." FOUR BEAVERS COME HOME McCredie, Casey, Bassey and Ken nedy Will Winter in Portland. Walter McCredie. Casey. Bassey and Kennedy, four members of the Portland baseball team, have . returned to Port land. As soon as the season closed at Los Angeles last Sunday, they started for Portland, where they Intend to spend the Winter. The other members of the team have left for their homes, except Pat Donohue, who remained in San Francisco to Join Mike Fisher's Hono lulu excursionists. The former Tiger- tamer has advanced a scheme whereby he expects to fill the purse "of M. Fisher and, incidentally, to give some 20 ball tossers a trip to Hawaii. Mike has picked two teams for the trip. They will leave San Francisco next -week, but be fore going will play several exhibition games, whereby Mike hopes to raise money to pay the expenses of the trip to the Islands. Ho they are to get home Women Avoid Operations 8 MISS ROSE MOORE 'When a woman suffering from female trouble is told that an oper ation is necessary, it, of course, frightens her. The very thought of the hospital, the operating table and the knife strikes terror to her heart. It is quite true that these troub les may reach a stage where an ope ration is the only resource, but a great many women have been cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after an operation has been decided upon as the only cure. The strongest and most grateful statements possible to make come from women who by taking Lydia E. 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Consultation Free We Will Treat Any Stntcle Uncompli cated Ailment for $10.00. Absolute Guarantee rLr D'a'xr f Tnloao fi i var1 7 Year.' Experience. We cure safely and promptly WEAKNESS. LOST MANHOOD, SPERMATORRHOEA. SPECIFIC BLOOD POISON IN ALL STAGES. VARICOCELE. HYDROCELE, GONORRHOEA, GLEET, OR ANY OF THE DISEASES COMMON TO MEN. Personal attention given all patients. In selecting a physician or specialist, when in nied of one, some consideration and thought should be given to the qualifications, experi ence and length of time an institute or medical man has been located in the city. It stands to reason that an Institution that has stood the test of time and numbers Its cures by the thousands is far superior to mushroom Institutions that spring up In a night, last a few months and are gone. We have been curing men 27 years and are the oldest special ists curing men in Portland. We Invite those who have deep-eated and chronic disorder, to call and be examined. Consultation and examination la free, and carries with It no obligation to ensrasre oar aervloe.. Our office, are equipped with the most modern and scientific me chanical devices for the treatment of chronic diseases. Our charges are reasonable and In reach of any workingman. Write if ybu cannot call. Our system of home treatment Is always CERTAIN and most successful. All correspondence sacredly confidential. HOURS 9 A. M. to & P. M. ; Evenings, 7 to 8:30; Sundays, 9 A. M. to 12 noon. ST. LOUIS MEDICAL AND SURGICAL DISPENSARY CORNER SECOND AND YAMHILb - STREETS, PORTLAND, OREGON. MEN CURED PavHe 131 O When My Frt In I'ncorapllcttteA Cases. WEAKNESS j I cure runctionai weakness in l.lTrPni men. 1 know of no other physl VUl VU nian curlna- this ailment. Most doc tors treat wrongly. They pive stimulants and tonics. These things can't cure. 'Weakness" is a svmn- tom of prostatic disorder, and the treatment must be local. This Is a truth that I myself revealed. I have perfected the only system of local treatment that cures "weakness." DR. TAYLOR, The Lending; SpecfriLt. VARICOCELE. Absolutely painless treatment that cures completely In one week. Inves tigate my method. It Is the only thor oughly scientific treatment for this dis ease being employed. Other disorders that I cure thor oughly and permanently are: Vari cocele, Spermatorrhoea. Lost Vliror, Orsranlc Weakness, Contracted Dis orders, Specific Blood Poison, Plies and Reflex Ailments. Advice and ConnultaCnn Free My Treatment WD1 Cure Lsovethtnaiedknoc,wmju what I can do and what I cannot do, and I never promise or attempt too nvueh. I accept no case In which I have doubt as to my ability to cure, and re sults are always equal to the claims I make. THE DOCTOR TAYLOR COMPANY 234 H Morrison Street. CORNER SECOND AND MORRISON STREETS, PORTLAND, OREGON.