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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1907)
TITE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 19Q7 E GURRE ONLY ON CREDIT Fowler Declares Against Fur ther Issue of Bond-Secured Notes. ONLY LEAD . TO DISASTER Chairman of Currency Committee Opposes legislation Till Nation Has Been Educated on the Whole Money Question. CHICAGO, Dee. lO.-Charles N. Fow ler, of Elizabeth. N. J-, chairman of the House committee on banking and cur rency, and John 1. Hamilton, of Hoopeston, III., c-airman of the cur rency committee of the American Uankers Association, were the chief speakers tonight at the annual ban quet of tne Illinois Manufacturers As sociation. Mr. Fowler spoke on "The Financial Situation." The subject chosen by Mr. Hamilton was "The Ne cessity for Financial Legislation." Defends Eastern Bankers. Mr. Fowler began by deprecating re criminations as to responsibility for the financial crisis. He quoted a Western Senator as having said to him: "If your damned New York and Chicago bankers had paid us our money, we sh'ould have been all right." He replied by saying that the depositors In banks in the commercial centers were the smaller banks, which could no more expect all to be paid at once than their own depositors could expect the same thing. He affirmed the patriotism of bankers in all sections and denounced as r,f (ha Renublic any man who attempts to set one section or one class against another. He conunueu. All things considered, if there is one class of our people more nIor; tunate than another, or one spot in our great country more sorely afflicted than any other, it Is the wealthy peo ple in the City of New York. Then why should the blame rest there? I an any one upon second tnougni mnij miy neople would consciously and wii i.r ....rt misfortune? No. gentle it us. he true, snuare. intelli- f' 'nravi men and seek out the real causes and put the responsibility where It rightly belongs. No manly man. no patriotic man, no lover 01 ms will desire to do less. All Currency Laws W rong. He then launched Into a discussion of the currency question. He declared that no other country had euch a poor mech anism of exchange and that, if we had such a currency system as trance or an-.a-, h nanin would never have occurred. He made a forecast of the growth of American nroductlon and said: To anticipate the conduct of such Stupendous business -as these figures imniv onH provide a scientific, sound i,n u financial and currency sye tern Is the most important question now before the American people am .Via lawn nnSHed from 160 to 1H0D sprung from exigent circumstances and were the natural children of necessity. i.,.u..o rr hoth. All the financial ti nd currency laws passed as the result of the silver madness were the natural children cf Ignorance, or political cow ardice or both. He asserted that not a dollar of money In the I'nlted States is fit for reserve ex cept the gold dollar. He opposed the ,.hema "that we allow the National banks to hold National bank notes as re serves, and on the other hand that we allow them to issue currency based upon ,nnHa nfiiei- than flovem.Vent bonds." He .ienie.1 that a United States note is in it iwlf a prosier reserve, sayiws it is nothing but a demand obligation and should have been paid 40 years ago. He proceeded. Gold Is Only Reserve. The only proper reserve for any country to have Is one coined out of its standard or value. rvorv lTniteri States note, every sll ver dollar and every silver certificate In circulation Is a burden thrown upon Knot of frnld: and hut for their cur rent cf.nv nihility into gold would be ut n heavv discount. 1 nererore, noi one of them is Inherently fit for re Ki'PVPH Tne privilege of Issuing bank notes upon a practically unlimited number of bonds and then using the bank notes hs reserves would drive every dollar of gold out of the country: and your standard of value would be credit and not gold. He opposed a central bank for various reasons, and did not regard It as essen tial to a scientific, sound and wise bank lug and currency system for the United States, provided we can unify and co-ordi nate our banking Interests. He then de fined what he considers essential as fol lows Our reserves must ail be of the same character: gold or its equivalent; De rniiRA i.nVH in nnr atandard of value. Our "reserves in all of our financial institutions must be adequa'te to prove . our credits and protect our depositors. We must adopt the principle of free Interchange of bankbook credits and banknote credits. Our bank notes must spring Into ex istence precisely as checks and drafts do throuch business transactions. Our bank notes must be related to (i nd based upon the consumable com nio.iitios of the country; going out with prouuciion ana coming in with con sumption. He denounced the present practice of finance in this country as costing the Nation at least $150,000,000 annually, all of .hich Was paid by labor. Check the Trust Companies. In order to check the encroachments of trust companies on the field of National banks, he recommended a law giving to the National banks the right of exercis ing in the respective states where located all the powers of executors, administra tors, guardians and trustees. He predict ed that if this were not done the National banks would gradually surrender their charters and reorganise as trust compa nies, because the latter have greater powers and are required to carry only one-fifth to one-half the reserve required of National banks. He gave figures to Pliow the greater growth of trust com panies and state banks as compared with National banks. He continued: The right should also be given Na tional banks to issue an amount of credit currency equal at least to their capital. These two powers would have the ef fect of bringing Into the National sys tem practically all the trust companies and state banks if our recent experi ences have confirmed the public opin ion that the required reserves of the National hanks are none too high. If opposition developed on the part of either the state bnnxs or the trust companies, the people, who have $12. iOii.Ooo.OOM of deposits in our banks 11 nd are interested in a proper and ade quate reserve to protect them, should compel co-operatiun. Should Have Credit Currency. If our banks were authorized to con vert their bank-book credits into bank ! rote credits, upon the demaand of de positors, there never would J a cur m rency famine such as we are suffering from now. ert his ehamnlonshlp of credit currency by citing the practice of Germany, France, Scotland and Canada, and of New England belore tne ivn War. He argued that credit currency would not be inflation, for a credit note wnuM h immerilatelv sent to its home bank for redemption in gold, but would prevent inflation. He maintained irai this "was proved by the experience of other countries for 200 years. He de clared that It would spring into being with business needs, and automatically disappear precisely as checks and drarts do. Present Currency Means Ruin." He said no other country had a bond- secured currency, and opposed further addition to such currency, and continued: t nrtw declare that If this Govern ment continues its present policy of injecting into the arteries of trade and commerce of fixed, bond-secured cur rency, bv swapping securities, by bond speculations, by Treasury manipula tions and by Executive orders, we shall continue to move only with an accel erated speed, and with the directness of a musket groove, and the absolute certainty- of passine time, toward a commercial breakdown a commercial crisis, a commercial tragedy compared with which the present currency panic s only a pleasant Summer outing. He opposed a higher tax on such cur rency than 3 per cent, which would suf fice to pay all losses of depositors in failed banks, cost of transmission and redemption. He asserted that, if credit currency had been in vogue last July, we should have escaped the crisis. He char acterized clearing-house certificates as nothing but credit currency, and predict ed that when they were retired the banks would become glutted with notes. forcing out a corresponding amount of gold, and thus undermining credit. He continued: Up to the People to leclde. ' I know that this auestion will never be settled right until it Is submitted to the DCODle for decision precisely as the question of the establishment of tne gold standard was suDmittea to them: and I know equally well that the people's intelligence and patriotism will decide this auestion. as that was decided, right. I know that if the Senate and ine House of Representatives do anything before a great educational campaign upon this subject, it will simply be to sew another rotten patch upon an old, ragged garment, already well-nigh covered with rotten patches. This question is not up to congress now It has passed that. It Is up to the people of the United States It Is up to you. BETTER CHANGE FOR LIFE SALMON' FRY IS TO BE KEPT LOXGER IN HATCHERIES. Fish Will Xot Be Liberated Until Four or Five Inches In Length. Will Be an Experiment. OREGON CITY, Or.. Dec. 10. (Special.) The United States Bureau of Fisheries this season will change its methods, as far as hatchery room will permit, in the liberation of salmon fry at each one of Its seven substations in Oregon and Washington, for the bureau Is going to feed from 5,000,000 to 10,000,000 young sal mon until they attain a size of four to five Inches In length, when they will be liberated in the tributaries of the Co lumbia River. The same method will be followed on Rogue River in Southern Oregon. This is an innovation that will be watched with interest by all those in terested In fish culture or in any branch of the industry. Formerly the practice of the Bureau of Fisheries has been to turn out the young salmon Just as soon as the yolk-sac was absorbed when the fry were about one inch long. By the new method the young salmon will be kept in the hatcheries until June. Superintendent O'Malley will receive In a short time 400.000 Eastern brook trout from Colorado, and they will be hatched at the Clackamas station and distributed in the waters of Oregon, Washington and Idaho. The bureau now has about 6,000,000 Chi nook salmon eggs at the substation on Illinois River, which is tributary to Rogue River, and is preparing to make a shipment of eggs from the Finley Eddy station on Rogue River to R. D. Hume, the Wedderburn canneryman. Hume wHl raise the young fry to four to six inches In length beore liberating them in Rogue River. MOVE TO LIQUIDATE BANK Call ror Stockholders' Meeting of the Mercantile National. NEW YORK, Dee. 10. A move to liquidate the affairs of the Mercantile National Bank was inaugurated today by Charles W. Morse, F. A. Helnze and in terests associated with them among the stockholders of that bank, - Mr. Helnze was president of this bank until the break In the pool In United Copper stock a few months ago, after which he re signed. A call has been Issued for a meeting of stockholders on January 7 to con sider the wisdom of the liquidation of the bank. The call declares: "The stock of the bank has for some time been selling far below 'what its value would prove on liquidation in the Judgment of a majority of your owners." i ne committee issuing the call an nounced that it controls a majority of the bank s stock. REVIVING KANSAS CITY BANK Woods After More Capital Chicago, bankers Will Help. KANSAS CITT. Dec. 10. Nine direct ors of the National Bank of Commerce have gone to St. Louis and Chicago to meet stockholders there. They carry-a guarantee from President W. S. Woods to sell $1,000,000 of new stock. CHICAGO, Dec. 10. The National Bank of Commerce, of Kansas City, Mo., will soon be re-opened for business, if plans evolved at a meeting of its directors held here today are approved by the Con troller of the Currency. ... ELECTRIC VEHICLE RECEIVER Court Adjudges Bankrupt 320,000, 000 New Jersey Concern. ELIZABETH. N. J.. Dec. 10. Receiv ers were appointed today for the Elec tric Vehicle Company, the $20,000,000 New Jersey corporation, with a manu facturing plant at Hartford, Conn. Judge Cross, In appointing receivers, adjudged the company to be insolvent because It had defaulted in the pay ment of $2,500,000 of Its gold bonds, which matured Nov. 1. The assets are placed at $14,084,432. Released From County Jail. Louis Munson. charged with non-support, was released from the County Jail yesterday by order of the County Court, on $250 bonds. - J. Cut glass at MeUarer's. 812 .Wash. PROBE THE GRAFT Grand Jury, Investigation of Crow Indian Case. JUDGE BELIEVES IT FARCE Thinks Case ' Against Helen Pierce Gray Settled by Department of Interior Will Bear Looking In to, So Orders Grand Jury. HELENA, Mont., Dec 10. Evidently be lieving that the investigation by officers of the Interior Department into the charges of graft against certain officials In connection with the Grow Indian res ervation In this state was a farce. Judge William H. Hunt, of the Federal Court, today ordered the Federal grand Jury to conduct a complete probe of the allega tions. This action was taken In connection with the case of the Government against Helen Pierce Gray, a newspaper woman of Chicago, held on the charge of being unduly active among the Crow Indians. She originally went to the reservation to write up the opening of the ceded strip for the Burlington Railroad, and then re mained there, she said, to gather evidence in the graft cases, which she placed be fore the department at Washington. Upon the presentation of her evidence a special agent investigated her charges, complete ly exonerated the officials implicated, and declared the allegations without founda tion, Upon her refusal to obey several orders to leave the reservation, Mrs. Gray was arrested on the charge of Inciting the Indians to mutiny. Her story to the grand Jury impressed Judge Hunt tt euch an extent that he has ordered a complete nrobe of the situation, notwithstanding that made under the direction of the Sec retary of the Interior. Helen Pierce Gray late today went be fore the grand Jury and told of the al leged Irregularities practiced by the offi cials of the Reservation. In her testi mony, it is said, she told of a conference with President Roosevelt .last Spring, when, she said, she reported the true con ditions existing on the Reservation. She alleges a conspiracy on the part of In dian Commissioner Leupp and other offi cials to have her placed in an Insane asy lum In order to suppress certain facts which she says she had obtained while investigating conditions for an Eastern magazine. DRINKS ACID AND DIES Frank Barde, Expressman, Kills Himself Without Cause. Frank Barde, an expressman, a na tive of Russia, committed suicide about 11 o'clock last night by drinking car bolic acid at his home, 624 First street. There was no apparent motive for his act; he appeared to be in the best of health, he was not financially emDar- rassed and but 15 minutes before he was found lying in his bed in the agonies of death, he had been chatting' pleasantly with his family and neighbors. He leaves a wife, Rebecca Barde, and a sou, Ber nard, 14 years old. A number of friends and relatives spent the evening at the Barde home, and for several hours a party of about 20 per sons sat about the fireside, talking and laughing. At 11 o'clock the visitors went home, and Barde retired for the night. Fifteen minutes later his wife, sleeping in another room, was aroused by groans and calls for help. Rushing to her hus band's bedside, she found him- lying with tongue out, apparently In the last ago nies. She called J. Levy, a boarder at the house, whb ran for help. Drs. F. Sheldon, J. S. Stott and F. H. Dam mash were aroused and arrived Just be fore Barde died. Coroner Finley was notified and took the body in charge. Barde among his countrymen was known as a hardworking and thrifty man. He owned the house in which he was living. He was between 40 and 45 years old. ' The doctors who visited the house say that he swallowed at least on ounce of the poison. ALL ON BOARD PERISHED Fate of Schooiyer Discovery Made Clear After Five Years' Time. SEATTLE. Wash., Dec. 10. (Special.) Through devious channels and after many years, during which the fate of ship, crew and passengers has been wrapt in silence, news has been received establishing the fact that the steam schooner Discovery, which started from Yakutat Bay five years ago for Seattle, never to be heard from, was wrecked on the bleak shores of Alaska, and that all on board perished. On the Dora, which arrived in port Sunday, was John Whorf, of Seldovia, where he has been making his home for several years past. He brbught word to Captain Omar J. Hum phrey, of the Alaska Commercial Com pany, that an old sea captain of Seldovia, who plies about the islands of Prince William Sound, has seen the boilers of the Discovery on the west shore of Mon tague Island. They are exposed at low tide, as are a quantity of bones. Whether of human beings or not it Is Impossible to tell. The Discovery was owned by local men, and plied along the coast of Alaska during the days following the gold discoveries. She was on her way south in the fall of 1902, bringing many passengers and gold. SEATTLE BOND ISSUE VOID Council Bungles In Providing Meth od of Redemption. OLYMPIA, Wash., Dec. 10. (Special.) The State Supreme Court today held in valid the $2,500,000 Seattle bond issue for the extension of the city water system. The decision was In a suit brought by Reeves Alymore against that city to re strain the issuance of the bond. The proposed bonds were not a general mu nicipal obligation, out were to be retired from the earnings of the system. The law authorizing such bond Issue requires that .a certain proportion of the income be made into a special fund. This law the Supreme Court says, was not fol lowed, for while the question when sub mltted to the voters provided for a per centum of the earnings to be -set aside annually, the formal ordinance creating the special fund provided for setting aside the flat sum of $173,000 per annum. The court says this flat sum cannot be considered a fixed proportion, and that therefore the Issue Is illegal. SUIT TO COLLECT INSURANCE New York Life Makes Out That . Stoessel Policy Was Delinquent. PENDLETON, Or., Dec. 10. (Special.) A suit to force the New York Life In surance Company to pay a $5000 policy If you are tall, the long coat is very becoming; if you're me dium the long coat is still more becoming and if you're short cut it short take our Chester field. Here are seven different styles and several varieties of each. It's our Aim to do the Over coat Business of this town. Come in and see the swell Coat we are showing at $20. MOM Clothing Co GuSKuhnPfqp' 166-168 THIRD. is about to be commenced In the courts of this county by Mrs. Emil Stoessel. of Portland, wife of the late Dr. Emil Stoessel, who died in October, as the result of injuries received in a run away accident near Pendleton. The Insurance company claims the policy had lapsed, while in the complaint that will be filed as soon as the holidays are over, it Is alleged the company had money of Stoessel's enough to pay the policy up to three days after his death. Attorney Douglass W. Bailey, of this city, represents Mrs. Stoessel. He says that the company wishes to return $20 to her Instead of applying it on the premium, seeking to escape payment of the policy because the money was not specially applicable for payment on the premium. More Than His Share of Grief. ABERDEEN, Wash., " Dec. 10. (Spe cial.) Captain Osborni of the ' local corps of the Volunteers of America, is deeply afflicted. A week ago- he lost his only boy from what the doctor diagnosed as membranous croup. To day his only girl died of malignant diphtheria, from which now It is be lieved the boy was afflicted.. His wife and sister are dangerously 111 of the disease, which threatens to wipe out the family. Ask Clemency for . Dalton. OL.YMPIA, Wash.,- Dec: 10. (Special.) Governor Mead received a telegram from Spokane today that a petition has been forwarded. . signert Dy iot attorneys, asic lng executive clemency in the case of James Dalton, under sentence to death for the murder of Policeman Stokto, at that city. Dalton is under sentence to hang Friday. FIVE TEAMS BREAK DOWN Remainder Are Running With Only a Few Laps Difference. NEW YORK, Dec 10. Five of the 16 teams which started am hour after mid night yesterday In the 6-day bicycle race at Madison Square Garden had retired before daybreak today. The Bedell- Bedell team and Sherwood and Llmberg team were, the last of the five to give up. In each case Illness of one of the members of the team was the reason for withdrawal. The teammates of Vanonl and Breton also have withdrawn from the contest, and the survivors, who were teammates in last year's race, are once more riding together. Under the rules they sacrificed one lap in making up the new team. At 10 A. M. the Ave teams, Fogler Moran, Rutt-Stol. Georget-Dupre. Logan Bardgett and Krebs-Vanderstuyft, had covered 621 miles, 3 laps. The other teams, Lawson-MacDonald, Samuelson Mitten, Wilcox-Williams, Galvin-Wlley, Downlng-Downey and Vanoni-Breton were one lap behind the leaders. At that time they were about 58 miles behind the record made by Elkes-McFar- land in 1900. At 1 o'clock this (Wednesday) morning there was no relative change in the post tlons of the riders. The1 leaders had cov ered 849 miles and 7 laps, the second di vision had covered 849 miles and 6 laps and Lawson and McDonald 849 miles and 6 laps, with Wilcox and Williams five laps in the rear of the thira team. PERSONALMENTION. J. C. Friendly will be a delegate from the Portland Chamber of Commerce to the Commercial Travelers' Congress, which will meet In San Francisco De cember 26. D. G. Overholt. a pioneer merchant of Canyon City, yesterday underwent a serious surgical operation at St. Vincent s hospital. He rallied, and is now on the road to recovery. Miss Carrie Hurst, of Salem, was at the Imperial . hotel last night. She Is returning from the East, where she visit ed her brother In St. Louis. Alfred S3. Hurst, a newspaper man In that city. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Thurnauer and daughter Lily, of Nuremberg, Germany, are here on a visit and are registered at the Hotel Portland. Mr. Thurnauer is of the firm of Thurnauer Brothers, manu facturers. Mrs. Thurnauer is a niece of the late Philip Wasserman and formerly resided here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. Rudolph. CHICAGO, Dec. 10. (Special.) Portland people who registered at Chicago hotels today are: E. S. Streeter, at the Bre voort. Kellogg Again on Trust's Trial. NEW YORK, Dec. IB. Frank Kellogg, of St. Paul, Mlnn. prosecutor in the case of the Government against the Standard Oil Company, who became ill last night In the course of his speech before the Minnesota Society, was so much Im proved today that he planned to leave for Washington tomorrow, with further evidence taken in the Standard Oil liti gation. 9 St. John Council Meets. The St. John Council met last night with President King presiding In the ab sence of Mayor Couch, who was ill. City Attorney Greene also was absent on ac i.niinl nf nines. The Youna-f erdnrf enn- tract on the City Hall again made its ap CHESTE nits and Overcoats Following All $20.00 All $22.50 All $25.00 All $30.00 All $35.00 All $40.00 All $45.00 Ail $50.00 Blacks and Blues Excepted TERMS OF SALE STRICTLY GASH r R..I 269 pearance in the form of a bill for J450 from D. L. Page for work performed on the building. The Council refused to con sider the bill as tne general conunci still in an unsettled condition and the f,, 11 mira nf it rmUTld. Mr. Page offered -to compromise the account and accept lM, Dut nis oner waa cepted. There was extended discussion . n vntinir t7K onn r SLOO.000 bonds with which to build a dock and pur chase grounas tor pams. AT THE HOTEM. The Portland Captain C. C. Lanslnit. U. S. Army; W. Smith. Chicago; F. Javal. Weatherly. San Francisco; F. S. Worden. Kavilla; ti J. women, mwwuia, jv.,,.-. M. B. Gevln. Pendleton; P. Palmer. Jr., Chicago; E. Allen, San Francisco; C. H. Callender,- Astoria B. F. Stone. San Fran cisco; A. H. Haight, A. D. Height, New York; H. C. Gilbert and wife. Los Antre les: J. D. Lowman. W. W. Barr and wife. T T ILfAtnlrla t !. ' R R R V H II . J. V. Witters. San Francisco; J. F. Baird. Fair banks; W. A. Jjrown.. Lt. Jvanipr, rov K. B. Schwartz. Cleveland. O. ; J. Marx. New York; J. A. Montgomery and wife, Oakland. Cal.; J. D. Nellan. Wallace, Idaho; E !. YoumanF. Stevenson: G. J. Getsllng and wife. Hood River; S. Wem.hank. .7. Peterson, San Francisco; B. M. Fltageral.l, Denver: H. B. Ames and wife, Seattle; K. E. Ellsworth. Carlton; H. F. Allen, Salt Lake City. The Imperial 9. M. Wendt. Castle Rock: E. E. Williams, Forest Grove; W. R. Reeves. Miss A. Reeves, Vancouver; J. S. Creech, Raymond; W. Hall. La Grande; J. H. smith, Chicago; W. R. Johnson. Fresno; Mrs. I. B. Stelnmetz. Seattle: G- E. O'Brien. Denver; W. Challaconke, Cosmopolls; D. . Aebury, McMlnnvllle; B. A. Booth, Vanre; J. M. Hllllard, Independence; J. S. Hayes, steamer Geo. W. Elder; W. J. Ammann, San Fran cisco; Carrie Hunt, Salem; H. B. Cotton, Walla Walla; E. T. Judd. State Dairy As sociation; E. L.. Hart. Portland: G. O. Bingham. Mrs. Bingham. Salem; Mrs. Kratz. Miss Kratz, city; A. W. Frledrickson, Mrs. Frledrickson, Cathlamet; J. A. Fowler, H T. Curry, Seattle; F. J. Blakeley, Rose-burg- A. S. Miller and wife, Seattle; Mrs. T. G. Williams. Kelso; W. F. Nichols, Falls City: R. E. Allen. HermiBton; Mrs. M. O. Elkins, Prineville; Mrs. G . Pound, Mrs. J. Marsh, Wasco; Elmer Darling. Gates; Al fred Hacknev, city; R. A. Wilson, Spokane: W. D. Gordon and wife. White Honse; Mrs. C. M. Perry, Ellensburg; J. Brandenburg, city. The Perkins Eugene France. Aberdeen: J. Srhluter. Seattle; Frank Egans. White Salmon; George 8. Owens, city; A. P. Miller. Everett; Mrs. O. W. Powell. Chehalls: W. J. Pooler. Salem: T. Vf. Robinson. Houltoi. ; H C. Baker. Seattle; C. L,. Bunn. North Yamhill: Charles Kurvlnk, Seattle; R. C. Hill. Clayton F. Young. Tacoma; John St. Paul Vancouver; L,. Marquam. San ran clrco; C. H. Logus. The DaUes: I. Omego. Clifton S. Ware, Landsdowne. Pa.: W. a. Wlslomgan, Willows; W. T. Matlock. Hepp ner; E. A. Medler and wife. VV asco ; J. A. Turner and wife. Vale; Mrs. G Sawola. Mrs. D. A. McAtee. Astoria; John Mc dougal and family. Farmer Wash; Bert Berry. Rltzville; Will M. Clark and fam ily. Seattle: James Bruce. Adam Cook, Ta coma: G. H. Gllman. St. Paul: Mrs L. Abbott. San Francisco: M. M. Barlster Hoi lister: C. N. Smith. Calcutta; V. Ka'asity. Onlrutta.- H D. Whitman. Monmouth. J W Bolt'La Grande: O. E. Harp Pendleton; W J. K reamer. San Francisco; A F Baker. San Jose; H. Hanser V. Hnw atsj kan U, Mary A. Francis. Boise: A. Taylor, Catlin; J H. Webster and family. Porllion; Mrs. Pearl Morton. Mrs. Rebecca Cox: Sanovden: M. H. David. Spring Creek; J. T. Inard and wife. Yacolt; H. Foster and wife Car-non- M Corey and sister, Seattle: D. J. I.,.. ,rn n Rnwald. Seattle: S "j.Tfii O D. cassldy; rhehAlls- Mrs E H. C Ine, Tacoma; E. M. Bridwiu: McMinnvine; F. M. Mead Elght- Tril w: TFarf.t0w: cTraTordena,!; S t Eft. Salem: Mr. J. A. Hartmam As toria; S. Edward and wife, A. M. Bayel. Amity. The St. Charles W. S. Shoemaker. Eureka- A C Buck. I." P. Walker and wife. Hood River: S. H. CofTey. Seaside; J. Kline. "alem: H V-lgge.t. Clat.kanie: F J Phelps. R. Smith. Bull Run: H. F. Roddy. Htj , t .. W. Sterling. Salem; O. t assldy. city, Joe Waring N. O. Hunter. Hoquiam; E. Drls coll Lyle Wash.; S. S. Snyder. San Fran ?1 G w Hlsel. Seattle: J. D. McCoy arid 'wife. Rainier: W. K Walker. Dallas: I F Grave". Sheridan: George Kuch and Wife.' Bhelburn: L. E. Hall and wife Mrs. A T Stead, J. C. Bossel. city; George Free man." Marshland: A. Heman and family, Tualatin: J. West. Banks; M. D. Batchelder. Iwisvllle; F. A. Mills. Humboldt; J. R. Staples. Spokane; D. C. Bryden J. Dethman, city- N J Dufresne. Oak Point; G. Rockey. Rainier- H W. Beeker, D. Stern. Ixs Angeles- a B Haggin. Rainier; C. Addison, New-brV-VD. S. Miller. Ben Will. Aurora: J. H. Bowen Foisll; W. P. McClue. Oak Point; E C Luman. H. Beaver. St. Helens; A. Coffey Seaside; A. W. Sheehan, Rkamok-awa- A L. Walker. Butte; E. W. Stephens, Barton: C H. Vchns, A. J. Long, Lebanon; B C Altman, Gresbam; Mrs. A. G. Mlgen, Hlllbboro; S. J. Ball. H. T. Salmer, Cleone; I P Walker. J. W. Stephens. Sauvies Island- I Collins. City: Roy Peabody. Dufur: J D Larlus. city; E. Drlscoll. Lyle, Wash.; B H Bcaven, Freeport; J. D. Miller, Ridseneld, Wash.: R. H. Gtnn. city; C. Williams. Kelso; W. T. Hlnson. Oregon City; C. E Aotherns. Oxford, Neb; G. W. Conser. Oxford. Neb. ine LWW-M. A. n II.UDl . II nun nun, Grand Rapids; a. Gongia and -wife. Salt V pecial Sale RFIELD Are Great Price Reductions: Values, special - $15.00 Values, special Values, special Values, special Values, special Values, special Values, special Values, special JJLO GRAY - 271 Morrison Street Lake City; G. Jance. Forest Grove: B. Groth, Dundee: B. Ralne. Medford; J. H. Hirst and wife. South Bend: Hilda Wasan kari and children. Port Crescent; N. Plnck ney, Carlco; M. S. Wooster and wife, Elmlra; C. J. Bacon, Astoria: E. E. Prince. Salem: J. O. Browning. New York; D. S. 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