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Newspaper Page Text16 TITK MORXIXG OREGONIAX, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 21, 1908. 10 STEAMSHIPS TO Pacific Export Company Load Cargoes in April for the Orient. to CAPACITY 7,000,000 FEET Both Vessels Belong to the Strath Line and Are Scheduled to Arrive Here About the Same Time. News of the Waterfront. The Pacific Export Lumber Company has chartered the British steamships Strathpvle and Strathdon to load lumber at Portland for Oriental ports. The ves sels are for April loading and have a capacity of 3,500,000 feet each. inis is the first charter of lumber steamers for the foreign trade which has been report ed for a month. The lumber business is . looking up and more charters are In sight for the last three months of the fiscal year. The Strathgyle and the Strathdon are practically modern vessels and are 4386 end 1350 net tons register, respectively. Both ships were built in Glasgow about two years ago and they are equipped with modern winches and heavy gear for han dling heavy timbers as well as bulky freight. Logging camps at all points along the Columbia have returned gangs to work and the mills are running on full time. "With tho chartering, of vessels for the foreign business It looks good for a big season in the lumber export trade. OAVXEKS TO CLEAR CHANNEL Jebrls Thrown ftom the Vllle de Dijon Will Be Removed at Once. Owners of the French bark Vllle de Dijon have agreed to pay for the removal of the debris deposited toy that ship into the Willamette River while that vessel was lying in the stream. The work will be commenced today and will be rushed to completion, as the dredge Columbia is waiting to dig at the place where the refuse was dumped over and cannot pro ceed with the work until the .stuff is re moved. Action against the vessel was com menced several days ago by Harbormaster Speirr. The diver employed by the' Port of Portland to survey the bottom of the river nearly lost his life by becoming en tangled in the wire -and hoop iron on the bottom. " Investigation toy the Har bormaster showed that it came from the French bark. The United States Engi neers were appealed to but before any t action was taken by Colonel Roessler the owners of the craft signified a willingness to clean up. Tacoma Marine News. TACOMA, Feb. 20. Carrying between 900,0ii0 and 1,000.000 feet of lumber from the Danaher mill, the four-mast schooner William H. Talbot, Captain Knudsen, left out this afternoon. The Talbot is bound for San Francisco. The schooner arrived on the Sound from Osaka, Japan,, last month, after a smart run of 26 days across the Pacific. - ' - The big German steamer Alexandria, of the Hamburg-American Line, is in port, having completed' a long passage out of Hamburg via the west coast. The steamer brought a shipment of coffee from "Central American ports for Win nipeg. She will remain here several days awaiting outward cargo. Her sister ves .eel, the Acilia, completed loading 6000 tons of wheat tonight and after coaling will leave out for Europe direct on Sat urday. British steamer Strathspey, under char ter to W. R. Grace & Company, is due in with 1800 tons of ore from South America for the Tacoma smelter. The steamer Santa Clara arrived from Quartermaster Harbor today after hav ing been overhauled and repaired. The vessel is coaling, prior to beginning her voyage to Alaska. San Pedro .Shipping News. SAN" PEDRO, Cal., Feb. 20. The" stciam er Olympla, Captain Hansen, arrived to day, five days from Rellingham. She is discharging 750,000 feet of lumber for the K. K. Wood Lumber Company. The steamer Cascade, Captain Ashlund, five days from Grays Harbor, Is discharg ing 550,000 feet of railroad ties at the Southern Pacific wharf. She clears then for Grays Harbor via San Francisco. Departures today included the steamer Roanoke, Captain Dunham, for Portland via San Francisco and Eureka with freight and passengers and the French bark MarechaP Davout, Captain Heurtel, for Portland in ballast to load wheat for Europe. San Francisco Shipping News. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 30. The Porno with 308.000 feet, the Arctic with 280.000 feet, and the Wellesley with 780.000 feet of lumber arrived at this port during the 24 hours preceding sunset today. In addition to lumber the Wellesley brought 30 sacks of oysters from Willapa Har bor. The Norwegian steamer Tricolor, 1237 tons, was chartered by Balfour, Guthrie & Co., prior to her arrival in Puget , Sound, to convey lumber from Portland to Shanghai. , Boarding-House Commission Meets. William A. Smith ("Mysterious Billy") appeared before the State Board of Sail or Boarding-House Commissioners yester day and made application for a license to conduct a boarding-house for seamen at 611 Goldsmith street. Mr. Smith stated to the commission that he would be as sociated witli the Jost Brothers and would conduct a boarding-house In con formity with the law.- The license was denied, the Commission being xf the opin ion that the interest of the port would suffer if competitive boarding-houses were permitted to enter the field at this time. Survivors Reach Astoria. ASTORIA, Or.. Feb. 20. (Special.) The second mate and three pallors from the wrecked ship Emily Reed arrived here this evening on the steamer Elmore .from Tillamook. Captain Kessel remained be hind to dispose of the small amount of wreckage that was saved and will come in on the next trip of the Elmore. Cap tain Svhrader of the Blmore says practi cally all trace of the Emily Reed has dis appeared, and there is only a small amount of coal from her cargo left on the beach. Mezard May Be Deported. Saint Francois Mezard. donkey engine driver on the French bark Alice Marie, who was placed in the county jail imme dlately upon the arrival of Uie vessel In this port, after spending three weeks In irons In the lazaret of the ship, will doubtless b returned to France and there tried on a charge of mutiny and assault CARRY LUMBER with a dangerous weapon. The matter of the cutting of the mate has been thor oughly Investigated by .Consul Lab be and the farts warrant the deporting of Mez ard. Marine Strike Still On. ABERDEEN, Wash., Feb. 20. (Special.) There is no settlement yet of the strike of the longshoremen because of the fail ure of vessel owners to .serve lunch under the old customs. 'A meeting is to be held of the longshoremen to decide what final action to take. The vessel owners will not recede. . The schooner Roy Somers, tied up at Cosmopolls for some time, has been char tered for San - Francisco. Schooner Berwick Without a Captain The gasoline schooner Berwick, which was scheduled -to sail yesterday afternoon for the Rogue River and the Siuslaw, was prevented from sailing by the acci dent to Captain Bowdich. The latter fell and broke his leg while attempting to board his ship. It has been. Impossible to get another captain for the craft and It is possible that she will be compelled to lay up until Captain Bowdich is able to return to duty. . New Japanese Steamer Is Fast. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 20. A cable gram to the Merchants' Exchange from Xoklo says that the new Japanese steam STEAMER INTELLIGENCE. Dne to Arrive. Name. From. Date. Alcsla Hongkong In port Senator San Francisco. -In port Alliance Coos Bay Feb. 21 Breakwater. .Coos Bay Feb. 23 Nor-.hland. .. San 'Francisco. Feb. 2j Roanoke Lob Angeles... Feb.. 25 Rose City.... San Francisco. .Feb. 23 R. D. Inman.San Francisco. .Feb. 28 . JohanPoulsenSan Francisco. Feb. 28 Numantla. . . .Hongkong Mar. 2 F. S. Loop. . . .San Francisco. Mar. 3 Geo. TV. ElderSan Pedro Mar. 3 Arabia Hongkong April 20 Nlcomedla. . . Hongkong. ... . . April 27 Scheduled to Depart. Narr.e. Senator. Alesta. . Alliance For. 96n Francisco. Hongkong Date. .Feb. i2t Feb. 22 . Feb. 22 . Feb. 26 Feb. 27 Coos Bay Coos Bay Los Angeles. . . San Francisco. San Francisco. San Francisco. . Breakwater. . Roanoke. . . , Northland. . Rose cltv. . Feb. Feb. 28 28 JohanPoulsen Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. 3 3 5 7 R. D. Inman San Francisco. Geo. W. Elder San Pedro San Francisco. F. S. Loop.., Numantla. . . . Arabia Nlcomedla. . . .Hongkong Hongkong Hongkong. Mar. J2 April 27 May S Cleared Thursday. ' F. S. Loop, Am. steamship' (Llv lnson); with' 400.000 feet of lumber and general cargo for San Fran-' Cisco. f ' Geo. W. Elder. . Am. steamship (Jcssen). with general cargo for San Pedro and way ports. er Tenyo Maru, on 'her trial trip, attained a speed of 21 knots and made an average of 20.6 knots. She belongs to the Toyo Risen Maisha, or Oriental Steamship Company, and will be put on the route from Hongkong and Yokohama to San Francisco. Sails With Guns and' Ammunition. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20. The United States Army transport Crook sailed today for Honolulu, Guam and Manila, with 200 enlisted men, 271 men of the Fifth Artil lery for the Philippines. 16 marines for the station at Guam and a number of cabin passengers. She also carries a cargo of Army supplies. Including 10,000 rifles and a large quantity of ammunition. Engineers' Notice to Masters. During . the work of dredging in the Columbia River near tho mouth of the Willamette, and during the repair of the revetment on the channel face of Coon Island, it is requested that all stern wheel boats slow down to. half speed In passing. Jabez Howes Is Chartered. SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 20. (Special.) The Northwestern Fisheries has char tered the American ship Jabez Howes to be used in addition to its own four ves sels, the barks J. D. Peters, Guy C. Goss and Harvester and1 ship St. Paul. Marine Notes. The. steamship Senator will sail for San Francisco this- afternoon at 4 o'clock. The Union Tank Line steamer Santa Rita arrived up at . Portsmouth last evening. The steamship Alliance is due to arrive this morning with passengers and freight from Coos Bay. The French ship Jules) Gommes arrived up yesterday. She comes from Rotter dam with a full cargo. Arrivals and Departures. PORTLAND, Feb. 20. Arrived Steam ship Santa Rita, from Port Harford: French ship Jules Gommes, from ' Rotterdam. Sailed Steamship Geo. W, Elder, for San Pedro and way ports; steamship F. S. Loop, for.' San Francisco; steamship Washington, for San Francisco. ' Astoria,' Or., Feb. 20 Condition of the bar at 5 P. M. Smooth, wind northeast; weather clear. Arrived at 5 A. M. and left up at 10:40 A. M. Steamer Santa Rita, from Port San Lula. Arrived down at 3 A. M. and sailed at 7 A. M. Steamer Break water, for Coos Bay. Arrived down at 9 A. M. and sailed at 3 P. M. French bark Vllle de Mulhouse, for Queenstown or Falmouth for orders. Arrived down at 10:30 and sailed at 1 p. M. Steamer Washington, for San' Francisco. Sailed at 1:15 P. M. German shijj Nordsee, for Callao. Arrived at 2 P. M. and left up at 3 P. M. Steamer Alliance, from Coos Bay. Arrived at 4:30 P. M. Steamer Elmore, from Tillamook. Ipswich, Feb. 18. Arrived French bark Vincennes, from Portland. Fastnet, Feb. 19. Passed French bark Genevieve Mollnos, from Portland. San Francisco. Feb. 20. Arrived Tug Dauntless, from Astoria; steamer Strathdon, from .Newcastle. Australia. Sailed Ship' Poltalloch. for Belllngham; steamer Northland, for Portland; schooner Mayflower, for Siuslaw; schooner A. B. Johnson, for Grays Harbor; schooner Omega, for Coos Bay; schooner Repeat, for Coos Bay; Tug Columbia, for Coos Bay; bark R. P. Rlthet, for Honolulu; steamer Admiral Fourichon, for Havre; steamer Hugh McCullogh. for cruise north. Seattle. Feb. 20. Arrived Steamer Kaga Maru, from Japan; steamer Jefferson, from Skagway; bark J. R. Peters, from Eavlo Harbor, to overhaul for the Summer sea son at Alaska fisheries. Sailed Steamer Salaiis. for West Coast and Hamburg. m Tides at Astoria Friday. High. - ' Low. 3:20 A. ,M 8.3 feet!9:32 A. M 1.5 feet 3:So P. M 7.4 feet9:30 P. M 1.7 feet HIGHER SALARIES ARE CUT Western Union Announces a Reduc tion of 5 Per Cent. Superintendent Ingold, of the Western Union Telegraph office, of this city, con firms the Teport that ail operators of the company arid all other employes drawing over $70 a month must submit to a reduc tion of S per cent on their salaries. This cut was made effective February 15. "'The reduction in the salaries of the Western Union is understood to be due to the financial stringency," said Superin tendent Ingold last night. ; "The reduc tion is general all over the country and Is not confined to Portland. The reduc tion affects only those in the employ of the company who draw more than J70 a month, both operators and other employes." BEGIN IRK SOOH Harriman Line to Puget Sound . Will Be Rushed. CONTRACTS ARE AWARDED Extension South of Columbia River Begins as Soon as Material Can Be Assembled Details1 of Plans Given Out. Contracts for the construction of the portion of the Oregon & Washington Rail road, the Union Pacific extension to Puget Sound,, south of the Columbia P.iver, have been let by the Harriman interests and work on the new road will be commenced within the next few days. Robert Wakeneld was awarded the con tract for the bridge work on the exten sion from the O. R. & N. line to the con nection with the Spokane, Portland & Seattle, at the south end of the new bridge now being built across the Columbia Klver. This line will be extended to the site of the Swift & Company packing plant, on the Peninsula. Mr. Wakefield was awarded all the bridge work for the mile and one-half of track to be built from the connection with tho Troutdale extension of the O. R. & N. to the south end of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle bridge across the Co lumbia River. In this track there is one mile of trestle. This work will be done by the contractors but .the grade to be constructed and track to be laid will be finished by the O. R. & N. Company. The total cost of the con struction of. this piece of track will be in the neighborhood of $125,000. Work is to be - commenced as soon as the con-, tractors can assemble the construction crews and secure material. It is estimated that the building of the mile and one-half of track, most of which is on piling trestles, will require over 1,000,000 feet of timber, outside of the piling used in the trestles. The piling will require about 250,000 lineaL feet ad ditional. The extension from the Troutdale line of the O. R. & N. to the Spokane, Port land & Seattle Railway will be begun at once and will be completed by the con tractors within the next 60 days. The O. R. & N. will construct the grade to be built over a portion of the new line and will lay the track on the trestle to be built by Mr. Wakefield. This portion of the Oregon & Wash ington is the first part of the new line to be built in Oregon. - The Harriman in terests gave notice several days ago of the intention to build a connection to the tract of Swift & Company on the Peninsula and the contract Just let is the result of this intention. Actual operations will be begun during the coming week. GREAT . TRIP, SAYS M'Ml'RRAY Inland Empire Excursion the Best Ever Attempted. William McMurray, general passenger agent of the Harriman lines in this ter ritory, arrived in Portland yesterday from Southern California after accompany ing the Inland Empire excursion from Portland to California. Mr. Mc Murray said the excursion was the most successful ever undertaken from the Pa cific Northwest to the Southern California cities. Not only were the excursionists royally entertained at all points in Cali fornia, but, according to Mr. McMurray, they remembered the reception in Port land as the best welcome that they re ceived on the whole trip. . "The trip was a great success." said Mr. McMurray. "There was not a single untoward Incident on the whole journey. Everywhere the Junketers met with the warmest welcome and every detail was carried out exactly as planned. The Spo kane and Walla Walla people were charmed with their entertainment In Portland as well .as on their trip through the California cities. "The excursion was the most success ful ever attempted by the Harriman lines in this territory and everyone who went on the recent excursion to California wants to run another next year that their friends may have an opportunity to make the trip through Southern Cali fornia." v - Besides Mr. McMurray, A. A. Morse, special representative of the freight de partment, and A. R. Kerrigan, of the passenger department, who was in charge of the excursion, returned to Portland yesterday, having left the party of ex cursionists at Pasadena. Traffic Constantly Growing. 'Traffic on our lines is getting better every day," declared R. B. Miller, general freight agent for the Harriman lines In the Pacitio Northwest, yesterday. "We expect the improvement to continue. Grain is moving from the wheat fields in good shape, and there is only from 20 to 25 per cent of the crop in the Interior awaiting shipment.- The indications are for a very good fruit crop throughout the territory served by the Harriman lines during the coming year. Danger of frost is considered past in the Walla Walla country and on the Snake River. Unless some untoward weather conditions arise. the crop of fruit throughout the Inland Empire, as well as the Willamette Val ley, will be almost unequaled." Skinner Goes to California. ' W. D. Skinner, assistant rcneml trMtrUt agent for the Harriman lines in this state, lert last night for California, where) he goes on business connected with h traffic department of the Oregon lines. He will be away from the city for some time. Offices Will Be Closed. General offices of the Harriman lines in the Wells-Fargo building will be closed tomorrow in honor of Washington's birth day. The Third-street offices of the vari ous railroads will also be closed. WANTS IDLE LAND TAXED As Much as That "Which Is In Every- Day' T7se. PORTLAND. Feb. 20. (To the Editor.) In last Saturday's Oregontan appears a re port of the Oregon Forestry Association, frota which it seems that H. X. Lantftlle HAnlAraa Vta knlrilncr im 1 .1 ber trust and extracting; from its purse a few dollars, more than' usual for public necersltl&s. How sad a fate is threatened us If the robbery continues to be perpe trated annually by the politicians, driven by the rabble to de&perate expedients to increase the public funds. The timber speculators may take their- timber lands and remov them to some other state or country, leaving nothing but a big; hole where once flourished millions of acres of the finest timber on the olanet. How sweet a to the farmer's ears sounds the squealing of his neighbor's hogs caught under the fence as they escaped from a raid on his cornfield. ' bitten by his faithful Tige and Touser. Mr. Langille tells of some timber land that was actually 'taxed by some vicious assessor for more than it was worth. The tory bounds "fishy" to an outsider. Tn writer has traveled for days through mag nificent forests of Oregon held by timber speculators and the timber combines which were compelled' to contribute to a merciless public DurEe less than 7 cents an acre a year. - County assessors are notoriously blind to the value of timber lands, but will chase hotfooted after a se.ttler'a clearing and household goods and livestock. Through a combination of some sort it .was quite possible for vast sections of timber to be held out of nse and p'ay no taxes whatever, the title being rominally with the state. This may .not be done now. but there are some reasons for suspecting that 'the South ern Pacific ' combine Is "standing in" on such game to a considerable extent, right now. WJiat has the timber speculator, as such, ever done for Oregon? Will the timber cease to grow if he refuses to pay taxes on it? Cannot the state guard that timber from fire as well as the speculator? Does the speculator guard the timber out of charity to the people of Oregon or because it pays? What good does the money in vested In timber holdings by the speculator and trusts do the people of Oregon? Is not . every acre they buy simply another notch cut upward In the 5rtce of logs? Higher logs, higher lumber; higher lumber, higher homes and buildings. All the tim ber speculator does la to stand between the capitalist who would use and the laborer who would labor from stump to building. If the timber trust will zay taxes on what It asks for Its holdings, the remainder of the state could go free of taxes. It is estimated that the standing timber of Ore gon Is worth $4,000,000,000. Is It assessed for half that figure ? A quarter of It ? If by reason of the direct arlmary a few assessors have begun to nip the timber lords so that they squeal a little, what will happen when the recall (which Is coming) will yank 'a few assessors out of office for derelictions of duty? No matter how h!;h the timber speculator Is taxed, he cannot remove his timber land from Oregon. Timber land Is land. The more you tax land, the more accessible It becomes to the user. The leas you tax It, the more profit able it becomes to the speculator to hold It out of use. Unlike property created by labor, it cannot be reduced In quantity by taxation. Tax' the timber lands, and the speculator must use or let others use in proportion as the tax approaches the full rental value, and when it reaches that point the speculator disappears altogether. Tax houses, however, and the more you tax them the fewer and meaner they be come, until when the tax equals the annual return for the use of them, they are rude hovels and shelters such as make ud the abodes of the vast majority of the people of Mexico. In this latter naturally rich country, land Is not taxed at all. and the people are taxed- on every evidence of thrift and Industry to such an extent that there is little of either in evidence. The people of Oregon have, in the power to tax. a most potent weapon with which to drive forth from the state the horde of big and little timber and other forms of land speculators that have Infested it, and would if they could reduce the people to the .status of Russian serfs. Indications point to the early passage of laws that will make some citizens proclaim the day of judgment and the end of all things coming. In New Zealand and New South Wales the land speculator has been eliminated, and lo! the land remains as fruitful and a3 generous to the worker of it, as ever. Th secret whereby these Anglo-Saxon people have freed themselves from tribute to those who neither toll nor spin, but stand in front of the table of plenty which the com mon father has spread for all, and exact pay from their brothers for that which God had given to all men. this secret will not long remain unknown to the nations of the earth. It is a simple one. Tax the Idle land as much as the used, and tax not the product of labor of any sort one cent. So, to tax reformers, land reformers and the thinking men of Oregon, the loud pro tests of our objectors are music. The time is coming when they will utter still more piercing cries. The timber speculator will go in the pot, whenever the people of Ore gon have wisdom enough to place him there. And the people of this state are not as lost in darkness as some speculators suppose. A. r CRIDGE. NEW HOLY ROSARY PARISH Archbishop Christie Announces Its Organization. A parish to be known as the Holy Rosary Parish has been formed by the Very Rev. A". U McM'ahon, O. P., S. T. L., Vlcar-Provlncial of the Dominican Congregation of California. This an nouncement wars made in the name of Archbishop' Christie. Following Is the territory embraced in the new .parish: Sullivan's Gulch south line from river to city limits; Willamette River to Til lamook street; Tillamook street to Union avenue north; Union avenue north to Eugene street; Eugene street to East Seventh street north; East Seventh street north to Thompson; Thompson street to city- boundary. Rev. Albert S. Lawler,.0. P.. the pres ent superior of the Dominican. Commu nity at Holy Rosary Church, East Third and Clackamas streets. Is the first pas tor of this parish. He is well known In Portland, having had charge of the Holy Rosary Church since 1S03. Before com ing to Oregon, Father Lawler occupied stations of honor In his order and was parish priest at Antloch, Port Costa and Martinez, Cal. The Dominican Fathers purchased the property in Holladay's Addition and erected the present church in J894. By the new arrangement the church be comes the center of a parish. A census of the parish will soon be taken. E. M. BRANNICK IS DYING Well-Known Business Man Given Up by Attending Physicians. E. M. Brannick, general manager for the Studebaker Brothers Company in the Pacific Northwest, is on his deathbed at his apartments In the Hill Hotel. He has been confined , to his toed for over two weeks. Violent attack of chills have left the aged -patient in such a weakened con dition that the attending physicians have given up all hope of his recovery and 'have notified the family of the sick man to be prepared for the end at any time. On February 3, while traveling through the State of Washington on business con nected -with his firm, Mr. Brannick had occasion to take a freight train, being ac commodated In the caboose with the train crew. A short distance from Connell. Wash., this train was ditched and Air. Brannick was so badly shaken up that he was brought to his home and has been confined to his bed ever since. No bones were Ibroken, but the shock brought on a fatal illness. Yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock the pa tient lapsed into unconsciousness, and up to a late hour last night had not rallied. Chicago The' University of Chicago Dro- poaes to establish a three year.' course In agriculture to meet the demand tor "educated farmers" in the Middle Wat No one who has not had Instruction in Greek, Latin, as tronomy, higher English, advanced political economy, sociology and a little French or German can enter the new courses. All must be college graduates. Ten wealthy men. own ing farms within a short range of Chicago, have offered the tisq of their property. No woman who uses ''Mother's Friend" need fear the suffering and danger incident to birth; for it robs the ordeal of its horror -and insures safety to life of mother and child, and leaves her in a condition more favorable to also healthy, strong and good natured. Our book Motherhood," is worth its weight in gold to every woman, and will be sent free in plain envelope by addressing application to Bradfield Regulator Co. Atlanta, Ga. BOOKS CLOSE Sill All Candidates for Office Not Yet in Field, TIME LIMIT IS APRIL 1 Aspirants for the Various State and County Positions Are Still Skir mishing Field Will Before Long Be Cleared. Registration books for Multnomah Coun ty will close April 7, at 6 o'clock. The last date of the filing of election petitions for county officers IS April 1. Candidates for state officers have until March 27 to file their petitions. The primary election will be held on Friday. April 17. The election will be held on Monday, June 1. The candidates who are going to run for county and state offices will soon get down to business. The majority of the proposed candidates are merely skirmish ing and making soundings. W ithin the next 10 days they will know just what they are going to do, and then the poli tical pot will be boiling in earnest. So far there Is no end of prospective candi dates In the field. Some men whose names have found their way Into print, have no serious intentions of running for office. Some are victims of friends, while others like the advertising" they get out of it. There are still others who are willing to be candidates, but when they find the mention of their name has not created a sensation, they listen to wise counsel and sidetrack their ambition. The field will soon be cleared of these prospective candidates. The candidates who are in earnest in getting signatures to their petitions are as busy as the proverbial bee. Candidates for state of fices have until March 27 in which to file their petitions. Some have already filed their statements at Salem, but the flood tide will not be reached :until the middle of next month. County candidates have a whole month and over In which to get In their petitions, so this is one reason that there is not much doing in County Clerk Fields' case. Just at present the only visible activity is being shown by the men employed to ob tain signatures to petitions. The men employed for this purpose find a fruit ful field in the County Clerk's office, for they catch the voter as he passes out after registering. Up to Wednesday 9752 Republicans and 2263 Democrats had registered. The books show a miscellaneous registration of 651. Mr. Fields said yesterday that just as soon as there is a demand, he will keep the registration books open at night. The books will close at 5 o'clock on the after noon of April 7. DEMANDS A NEW BRIDGE Brooklyn Club "Will Work for' Mad 1 son-Street Improvement. In view of the condition of Madison-street bridge the Brooklyn Repub lican and Improvement Club last night took action looking to the replacing of the present bridge with a modern steel structure. Councilman Rjishlight, president of the club, brought the mat ter up, and declared that there should be no delay in starting a movement for the building of a new' bridge to re place the present structure, which was in such a dangerous condition that the County Court found it necessary to drive piles to support the spans. Rev. Father Gregory declared, in his judg ment, that immediate action should be taken to rebuild this bridge. Similar remarks were made by M. G. Griffin. A. L. Barbur, Waldemar Seton and Rev. Father Gregory were appointed a SDecial committee to look into the matter of rebuilding the Madison bridge and ascertain what steps are n.ecessary to secure a vote on a bond issue, to report at the next meeting of the club.' The fill on East Sixth street across Stephens Slough was exhaustively dis cussed. Mr. Rushlight warned the club that if the contract for filling this ravine is rescinded It may mean that the same action will be taken on the East Eighth-street fill, which is across the same slough. It was de cided that a full force will be rallied at the next meeting of the Council, when the matter will come up. Every member of the club was constituted a committee of one .to interview Council men and ask them to oppose the set ting aside of this contract. A. L. Barbur, Lv S. Daue. M. G. Griffin, Father Gregory, F. H'eyck and P. J. Kelly were appointed a commit tee to wait on Manager Fuller con cerning the all-East Side carllne and to ask that the cars be run south to Ellsworth street. A. L. Keenan and P. J. Kelly were appointed delegates to attend meetings of the neighborhood clubs.-. J. T. Tomlinson and T. H. Compton, of the Kenilworth Club, were present to bring the greetings of that organization. PRISON YAWNS FOR THEM "Chick" Houghton and "Pal" Are Bound OTer to Grand Jury. Charles Houghton and Jimmy Sullivan, arrested Wednesday afternoon and charged with larceny, were bound over to the grand Jury by Municipal Judge Cameron yesterday morning. Practically the only witness against the two men, besides Detectives Price and Coleman, was William Velten, the tailorf from whose store Houghton took two bolts of cloth and attempted to make his escape. Sullivan was arrested as an accomplice. The facts of the case were substantially as published in yesterday's Oregonian. 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While this was being done, Houghton is alleged to have taken two bolts of cloth and fled. He was pursued by the proprietor and was captured at Seventh and Oak streets, where he had been joined by Sullivan. The evidence against them was so di rect that Judge Cameron remanded the two men for examination before the grand jury. Houghton, who is an ex convict, is held in lieu of bail, which has been placed at $3000, while Sullivan's bail Is named at $1500. Both men were unable to furnish the amounts named and were taken to the County Jail yesterday after noon. Alex Pantages Visits Portland. Alex Pantaepn hoaH . i. n.. . ,. vaudeville circuit and owner of the local I TREAT MEN TO EFFECT A No class of human ailments is so little understood among the profession today as the diseases peculiar to men. As a result the methods commonly employed in treating them are but relics of earlier periods in medical science. I have departed from every form of treatment that my own experi ence and research have proven in effective and unscientific. I have replaced them witih original and thoroughly modern methods that have proven supremely effective. Every detail of my procedure in each individual case is based upon accurate knowledge as to condi tions and requirements, and my cures are duplicated by no other physician or specialist. My Fee for a Thorough Cure Is Only SIO I GIVE INDIVIDUAL TREATMENT I wish to make one point distinct and emphatic: The remedies em ployed In treating iny patients are prescribed and compounded to mwt tho exact requirements of each Individual case, livery patient of mine can rest assured that the treatment he receives Is not of the "ready made" kind. I make a special study of every case I treat, note all con ditions in the beginning, note all developments as tile cure progresses, and so alter my remedies as to accomplish just what my knowledge und trained perception tell me must be accomplished. After diagnosing . your case I will know just what you need. WEAKNESS Dosing the system with powerful stimulants and tonics in an effort to restore functional vigor can have but one final result: The condi tion is rendered worse tnan Defore. "Weakness" Is merely an Indi cation of a low form of inflammation in the prostate gland, and this Inflammation is but aggravated by stimulating remedies. I employ the only scientific and fullly effective treatment for "Weakness," which ef fects a permanent cure by restoring the prostate gland to a sound and healthy state. I obtain complete results in every case I treat. CONTRACTED DISORDERS In the treatment of contracted disorders I offer a service such as no other physician can render. The remedies I employ have a most thorough and positive action In cleansing the membranes of all infec tion and subduing all inflammation. EXAMINATION AND ADVICE FREE I offer not only FREE consultation and advice, but of every case that conies to me I will make a careful examination and diagnosis without charge. No ailing man should neglect this opportunity to get expert opinion about his trouble. the DR. TAYLOR co. 234 Vi MORRISON STREET. Cor. Morrison and Second Streets, Portland, Oregon.. Hours 9 A. M. to 9 P.' M. Sundays 10 to 1. MAKE NO mure oy me iree aaverusing given it Dy its llR FECTLY SATISFIED PATIENTS, who have re ceived the benefit of Its modern, scientific and legitimate methods than in any other way. If you are not a perfect man come to us. Isn't it worth the little time it will take when you are CERTAIN that you will have the benefit of HONEST, SINCERE physicians. AVe cure promptly WEAKNESS, I3ST MANHOOD, SPERMATOR RHOEA. SPECIFIC BLOOD POISON IN ALL, STAGES, VARICOCELE HYDROCELE. GONORRHOEA, GLEET. OR ANY OK THE DISEASES COMMON TO MEN. Personal attention given all patients. In selecting a physician or specialist, when in need of one some consideration and throught should be given to the qualifications ex perlene 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 it 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 29 years and are the oldest specialists curing men In Portland. Our offices 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 man. Write if you cannot call. Our system of home treatment is always CERTAIN and most successful. All correspondence sacredly confidential. HOURS 9 A. IL to 5 P. M.; Evenings,. 7 to S:30; Sundays. 9 A M to 12 noon. ST. LOUIS MEDICAL AND SURGICAL CORNER SECOND AND YAMHILL house which bears his name, arrived in Portland last night from his Seattle head quarters. Mr. PantaKes came to arrange for the complete renovation and remodel ing of his Kourth-street house and is likewise looking for a location for a second theater in Portland for stock pro ductions. Several locations are in view but Mr. Pantages was unwilling to state last night just what his plans are, further than that he expects to have another house in the near future. Expense Is not to 'be spared, he said, in remodeling the Fourth-street house. Oakland, Cal. William H. Chambers, whom Dr. Halpruner, of Elmhurst, accused of hav ing disrupted hig family and whom he ehot recently, died this morning at the Hotel Brunswick of blood-poisonlnK. Hi. mother alleged that the indirect cause of his death was the wound Inflicted by Dr. Halpruner. CURE Pay When You Are Cured 1MI TAYLOR, The Leading' Specialist In Any mJJ Uncom plicated Case MISTAKE W are restoring Buffering humanity every day to robust health. Many of them, no doubt, were in much worse condition thau you. You may have been unfortunate in selecting a doctor to treat you, or you may not have given yourself the attention which your disease de mands. You know that every day you put the mat ter off you are getting worse and worse: you are mortified and ashamed of your position among your, friends; life does not possess the pleasures for you it did. Would you not give much to possess that robust health, vim and vigor that were yours be fore the ravages of disease attacked your system? Then consult us at once. Seels Help Where It la Certain to Be Found v No Pay Unless Cured This institution has built up its splendid practice DISPENSARY STREETS, PORTLAND, OREGON.