THE MORNING- OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1908.
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FUEL DEALERS TO
FORM BIG TRUST
Combine Being Organized in
Portland to Control Coal
. and Wood Business.
DECLARE SUCCESS CERTAIN
Owners or Existing Companies to
Sell for Stock in Xew Concern.
Merger May Be Completed
Before End of This Month.
That a big combine of Portland fuel
dealers Is la process of Incubation and
Vlll be hatched not later than June 1. Is
the statement f men who are in close
touch with the fuel trade, and conse
quently refuse to permit their names
to be used. If the proposed merger,
of fuel companies goes . through, the
people of ,the city, it is said, will be
confronted by a trust worthy of the
name.
The proposed trust, if it is accom
plished, will take over all of the Port
land fuel companies, giving the owners
of the different plants stock in the
merged concern. A general manager
of the trust will have charge of the
distribution of fuel and the purchase
of supplies. Directors will fix the prices
for all grades of fuel, and will decide
on general questions of policy.
"The wood companies are getting to
gether," said a man who is Interested
in one prominent concern. "The move
ment is on foot and promises to be a
success. Unless there are some unex
pected obstacles, it is believed the or
ganization will be completed before
June 1. We may not succeed in get
ting together before Kail, but It seems
certain everything will go smoothly
and the organization will be completed
within the next two weeks.
"The corporation will control prac
tically all the fuel in the city. The
largest concerns are Interested and are
in harmony with the movement. L am
not at all certain that the organization
will raise prices. The cost of fuel,
like everything else, depends on supply
and flemand; but the concern that will
probably be organized could regulate
prices to suit Itself.
"With the control of all the slab
wood turned out by the Portland mills
and of all the coal brought into the
city, besides having the cordwood sup
ply well in hand, there is no reason
why the fuel combine could not dictate
prices.
"One thing is certain, and that , is
wood will never be cheaper during the
year than it is right now. The dealers
are selling wet slab at i3 a load, de
livered. This same wood sells for 4.58
in the Winter. The best thing the
people of Portland can do is to lay
In a good supply of wood now, before
prices advance, as they are certain to
do. Buyers can Just as well let this
wood dry for Winter use as the dealers,
and wtien Winter comes, and the roads
are hud and the supply short, ' thrifty
householders will not be compelled to
pay fa try prices for wood, as the more
short-sfchted will. In July and Au
gust, when everyone is putting in wood,
th price will go up naturally, because
of the hV-avy demand."
The Portland fuel Company, the con
cern in which, State Treasurer Steel is
the leading spirit, is what is considered
an Independent company. But the other
dealers figure that with the embarrass
ment that has'come to Steel's company
through the failure of the Title Guar
antee & Trust Company and his own
threatened prosecution, the Portland
Fuel Company will be sold out and then
the fuel barons can harmonize It with
the other companies of the city. This
concern has been handling cordwood
exclusively, but with the slabwood from
the city mills practically under the
control of the prominent fuel dealers
already, it Is said to be a simple matter
to supply an allied company with that
type of fuel.
The fuel companies are piling much
of their green slabwood at present.
DROPS STANFORD EDITORS
FACTITY KESEXTS UUIPOOX
IXtt OF ITS MEMBER.
11. F, Bruniiig and M. J. Hclmic, of
the (juad, Expelled From
College.
SAX FRANCISCO, May 13,-(Speeial.)-Harry
F. Pruning, editor in chief, and
M. J. Helmlc, the "Josh" editor of The
Quad, the Stanford University annual,
were dropped from the university today
because of the severity of their strictures
on the college faculty, especially upon
Professor A. B. Clark, head of the com
mittee on student affairs. Clark was
lampooned In verse and cartoon and to
day he promulgated the order dismissing
the two students.
C. H. Raymond, one of the students
dropped earlier in the week, has secured
the services of an attorney and will sue
for reinstatement. He was dropped, he
says, without a hearing, charged with
having written questionable letters. He
says he never wrote the letters' and that
his signature was forged.
Although this is commencement week
at Stanford, there is no sign of the usual
festivities. The students are leaving as
rapidly as possible. Commencement will
be a wry formal affair. This state of
affairs has been brought about by the
wholesale dismissals during the term.
MARRY AT RIPE OLD AGE
Kev. John t.lcn, of Portland, and
Mrs. Virginia Clarkson Wed.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 13. (Special.)
The books of the marriage license clerk
in the County Clerk's office in San Jose
say that the Rev. John Glen, of Portland,
Or., who was married 'there today to
Mrs. Virginia Clarkson, of this city, had
nearly reached man's allotted years, be
ing 69. His bride is 60 years old, accord
ing to the documents on tile.
Dr. Glen was formerly pastor of the
Free Methodist Church in Son Jose and
Mrs. Clarkson was one of the most faith
ful parishioners. The wedding was cele
brated tonight in the presence of about a
hundred friends. The couple took a late
train for Portland, where they will live,
the groom having a pastorate there.
Mexicans to See Convention.
., CHICAGO, Majr 13. President Manuel
Calera, of the lower house of the Mexican
Congress has written to the Republican
National committee ta say that he and
some of his associates wished to learn
how Presidential nominations were made
in the United States, and asked if he
could have tickets. This request was
granted at once and the tickets sent to
President Calera.
TORNADOES IN SOUTH
ers Injured during a tornado which
badly damaged the town of Bellinger,
La., late today. -
SWEEPS TWO IOWA COUNTIES
One Woman Killed In the Village of
Northboro.
DES MOINES, la.. May 13. A tor
neda swept Into Southwestern Iowa
from Missouri last evening, destroying
many farm homes in Fremont and
Page Counties and killing Mrs. Will
Finley, of the village of Northboro, in
Fremont County.
FIFTEEN ARE DEAD IX NEBRASKA
Fifty Persons Injured and Property
l,M asoo.ooo.
OMAHA. Nefc., May 13. Reports which
came In slowly today from the tornado
stricken district south of this city, add
three victims to the list or dead, making
a total of 15, and place the monetary dam
age at half a million dollars. The casual
ty list continues to grow as communica
tion is partially restored with the five
towns which suffered most from the
storm, and the list of the injured, some
of whom are fatally hurt, will reach at
least 50. Two railroad laborers employed
In a sand pit near Louisville were found
dead this morning, and Ed Miller, who
was injured near Papilllon, died of his
injuries. At least three other persons are
believed to have received fatal injuries.
Five Italian railroad laborers were injured
on the line of the Burlington railroad be
tween Council Bluffs and Pacific Junction.
, Nearly every one of five towns in the
path of the storm Bellevue, Papilllon,
Richfield, Meadows and Louisville were
badly wrecked, and the village of. Fort
Crook, and the post at that point suffered
heavy damages. There are battalions oT
the Sixteenth Regiment stationed at the
fort and the men were today put to work
clearing up the debris and putting the
barracks in shape. Many of the large
barracks buildings were partially un
roofed, and a dozen or more large chim
neys were blown down and scattered over
the fort grounds. Nearly all the trees
were blown down.
At Bellevue College classes resumed
their work today, using such buildings as
were not wholly wrecked. The damage at
that point will probably reach 1150,000.
Three of the largo college buildings and
part of the big dormitory were partially
wrecked and the lighting plant was de
stroyed. Telephone and telegraph wires
and trolley lines were put entirely out of
commission. The storm apparAtly fol
lowed iboth sides of the Missouri Valley
southward from a point Just below
Omaha, and towns and farmhouses in its
path were scattered over a stretch of
country 20 miles wide.
Railroads on both sides of the river have
experienced washouts which have made it
necessary to send large construction
gangs to the scene today.
Direct news reached Omaha this after
noon by automlbile from Louisville, the
town which was so badly wrecked by a
tornado last night. ILouisville Is 25 miles
from Omaha. The tornado cut a clean
swath through the town, taking every
house on the east side of the main street
and doing no damage whatever on the
west side of the street. In the town only
one death resulted Wayne Hesler, a boy,
being killed by a flying timber. Three are
fatally injured and ten others badly hurt.
The Missouri Pacific bridge over the
Platte 'River at Louisville, which was
moved three feet, but remained on the
piers, was moved so nicely that it is now
being used by the trains and will be left
in Its present position, the approaches to
the structure being changed to conform
to the requirements.'
The marvel of the town Is the fact that
the death list is so small. A number of
buildings were blown down, literally,
about the ears of their occupants with
out touching (hem.
A number of families are destitute, but
the smallest remnants of their homes
being left intact. An official relief com
mittee has been formed and supplies have
been furnished.
UNITE AGAINST ONE FOE
Roosevelt Says War on Tuberculosis
Makes for Peace.
WASHINGTON, May 13. President
Roosevelt has accepted the presidency of
the International Congress on Tubercu
losis, which will be 'held in this city in
the Autumn. The President's letter of
acceptance was received today by Dr.
Lawrence F. Lock, of Philadelphia,
chairman of the committee or arrange
ments. The President says:
"The International Congreen on Tuber
culosis is in the Interest of universal
peace. By Joining in such a warfare
against a common foe, the peoples of the
world are brought closer together and
made to realize better the brotherhood of
man; for a united interest against a
common foe fosters unicersal friendship."
CAMPAIGN' DAY&IX CLACKAMAS
Programme of Meetings Arranged
for Republican Candidates.
OREGON CITY, Or.,' May 13. (Spe
cial.) Chairman Stipp and Secretary
Clark, of the Republican County Central
Committee, have arranged meetings for
the candidates for county offices In the
final week of the campaign as follows:
Canby, Monday, May 25;. Sandy, Tues
day. May 26; Milwaukie, Wednesday,
May 27; Damascus. Thursday, May 28;
Beaver Creek, Friday. ' May 29. It is
likely that the campaign will wind up
with a huge rally at Oregon City on Sat
urday evening. May 30. It . was an
nounced today that Governor Chamber
lain will make two speeches in Clacka
mas County, talking at Canby Friday
afternoon, May 22, and at Oregon City
the same evening.
Claude S. Howard secretary of the
Clackamas County Socialist organization,
will go to Jackson County next Saturday
and will spend the final two weeks of
the campaign there' making speeches in
the interest of his party. M.' V. Thomas
and Elijah oCalman. candidates for the
Legislature on the Socialist ticket, will
make speeches at Schubel next Saturday
night, at Mulino Monday night and
Macksburg Tuesday night.
Speak for Large Army and Nary.
NEW YORK. May 13. The Founders
and Patriots of America held a banquet
tonight at the Hotel Manhattan. The
speakers, included Major-General Fred
erick D. Grant and Rear-Admiral Casper
F. Goodrich. General Grant emphasized
the need of large military provisions.
Rear-Admlral oGodrich followed General
Grant with a plea for the Navy,
CUBES IN FLEET
Several Battleships Will Be
Reassigned to Divisions.
NEW MEN IN CHARGE
Admiral Sperry Plans to Place Ves
sels of Same Class Together as
Far as Possible to Assure
Homeogenity.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 13. Extensive
changes In the formation of the Atlantic
fleet will be made Friday. May 15. when
Rear-Admiral Thomas hauls down his
flag as Commander-in-Chief and is suc
ceeded by Rear-Admiral Sperry. Several
of the ships will be shifted to different
divisions and Captain Richard Wain
wrlght and Captain Seaton Schroeder
will assume command of divisions. Cap
tain Wainwright will be succeeded in
command of the Louisiana by Captain
Kossuth Niles and Captain Schroeder
will be succeeded on the Virginia by
Captain Alexander Sharp.
The Minnesota will take the place of
the Louisiana in the first division, the
latter becoming Rear-Admiral Emory's
flagship in the third division. The Geor
gia will continue as flagship of the sec
ond division, with ' Captain Wainwright
in command of the division. The Ne
braska will -take the place of the Vir
ginia in the second division, the latter
Joining the -third. The Wisconsin will
be Captain Schroeder's flags I p. heading
the fourth division. The Connecticut
will remain the flagship of the fleet.
Results of Changes.
When the contemplated changes are
effected the different divisions will.be
made up as follows:
First division Connecticut (flagship,
Kansas, Minnesota and Vermont.
Second division Georgia (flagship),
Nebraska, Nev Jersey and Rhode Island.
Third division Louisiana (flagship),
Virginia, Ohio and Missouri.
Fourth division Wisconsin (flagship),
Illinois, Kearsarge and Kentucky.
Rear-Admiral Emory will be tactically
In command of the second squadron, al
though the squadron command has been
eliminated as far as administrative pur
poses are concerned. Captains Wain
wright and Schroeder, who will assume
command of divisions, will not receive
the rank of Rear-Admiral until July 19.
Transfer Flags Tomorrow.
The actual transfer ' of flags will be
made at 10:30 Friday morning and will
be accompanied by the customary cere
monies. On the same day. an hour or
two before Admiral Sperry hoists his
flag, the Pacific squadron of armored
cruisers, commanded by Rear-Admiral
Dayton, will get under way and go to
sea, en route to Santa Barbara. This
will remove any cause for complications
that might arise from the ranking of Ad
miral Sperry by Admiral Dayton. The
Pacific fleet will leave San Francisco for
Puget Sound at 10 o'clock next Monday
morning.
The reason for the changed formation
of the fleet is to assure homogenity by
divisions. Under the new arrangement
the ships of the first division will be of
one class, as will those of the second di
vision. The only ships with inturning
screws, the Virginia and Louisiana, will
thus be in the same division. The ves
sels of the remlaning two divisions will
be as near of the same class as it is pos
sible to place them by divisions.
Attend Bohemian "Jinks."
Practically every off-duty officer from
the combined fleets attended tonight the
annual Spring "Jinks" of the Bohemian
Club, which is famed for Its clever enter
tainments. It was one of the few func
tions that the officers have attended vol
untarily, their presence at teas, parties,
balls, etc., being -the result of official de
tail. The privileges of the club have been
extended to all the. officers, and It really
was as members of the noted organiza
tion that they attended tonight the
"jinks'" that depicted the days of '49.
The scenes and Incidents of the even
ing were intended to recall California's
golden age of romance-and life. The
setting of the "jinks" was a huge tent
just where the Leavenworth trail hits
the old Post highway, fitted out as the
Red Dog Music Hall. There, by song,
and speech nd dance and play, the
hours were passed by the young Cali
fornians after the fashion of their Ar
gonaut forebears.
Play Bret Harte Characters.
The two men of Sandy Bar were the
"Luck of Roaring Camp." while "Ten
nessee and His Chum." and Truthful
James. "John Oakhurst. Ah Sin and sev
eral like them acted as floor committee.
Sandy Stewart ran the band, while Joa
quin Miller. Coyote Putnam, Frenchy
Mathteu, Old Sleuth Lyon, Courtyard
Ford. Sunset Norris, St. Paul Canfleld,
Allsbi Did. Sundown Field and many
others dealt faro, tended bar and vari
ously assisted In the ceremonies.
The "Jinks" portrayed California's true
Bohemia of long ago and its surviving
Bpirlt of today. .
The day was replete with entertain
ments for .officers and men. the San
Francisco reception committee and the
various social organizations of the city
being well-nigh relentless in their deter
mination to make the visit of the fleet
one long to be remembered.
FUXSTOX PAYS HIS RESPECTS
Iakes Official Call on Admirals of
the Fleet.
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I SAN FRANCISCO, May 13. Brigadier
General Frederick Funstont commanding
. ? . . i
if " if- fix1" - ; ' 1
1 met MHammm z i n
7 Admiral Charles S. Sperry, Who
I Will Command the Flret on
T the Rest of Its Voyage.
the Department of California, today paid
his official call upon Rear-Admiral
Thomas, commanding the Atlantic fleet
and Rear-Admirals Emory and Sperry.
He was met at the landing by the
Admiral's barge and taken to the Con
necticut. Here he was accorded the usual
honors of his rank, full guard and band,
with six side boys and a salute of 11
guns upon leaving the 'ship.
Admiral Thomas received the General
In his cabin where they remained to
gether for a short time. The General
was then .conveyed to the Georgia to pay
his respects to Admiral Emory. The
Admiral, however, was not on board and
General Funston went to the Alabama,
where he was received by Admiral
Sperry. The calls will be returned by the
Admirals tomorrow.
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FLOOD TAKES 10,000 LIVES
Tidal Bore In Yangtze River Sawmps
Boat-Dwellers. .
VICTORIA, B. C, May 13. News of one
of the greatest disasters 'China has ever
known, a sudden tidal bore In the
Yangtse Kiang valley, which involved the
loss of nearly 10,000 lives at Hankow, was
brought by the steamer Titan, which ar
rived last night.
A bore 26 feet in height flooded without
warning down the river, overwhelming
thousands of junks, sampans and small
boats and wrecking some large river
steamers.
Some 3000 Chinese, sleeping In sampan's
and small craft and matsheds and huts
by the riverside at Hankow, were envel
oped by the great wave, which swept
away broken junks, splintered sampans
and a homogeneous mass of debris, with
swarms of drowned Chinese mixed with
the wreckage.
The scenes for many days after the dis
aster were horrible, the riverside being
strewn with dead and debris of wrecked
craft for many miles.
The tidal wave referred to in the
above dispatch has previously been re
ported by cable but the cable advices
did not show that the flood was by any
means as disastrous as does the dis
patch from Seattle.
PRESERVE STATE RIGHTS
Fairbanks, and Cannon' Speak at
Banquet of oGvernors.
WASHINGTON. May 13. Twenty
seven Governors and 150 business men of
Washington heard the Vice-President of
the United States, the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, the Scretary
of the Treasury, the minority leader in
the House and other speakers discuss
questions Involved in the subject being
consideerd at the conference of Gov
ernors at the White House this week,
at a dinner tonight, at which they were
the guests of the Washington Board of
Trade.
Vice-President Fairbanks made a plea
for the conservation of the institutions
of the Nation. . ' -
. "Let the Governors arise; and say Tfiat
nobody shall take away their powers and
center them in the Federal Government,"
he said. "Let. us keep the National and
state governments each supreme and un
challenged in their respective spheres."
Speaker Cannon spoke in a similar vein
with regard to the individuality of state
and National governments. He urged
that the conservation of the natural re
sources of the country was a problem
for the township, the county and the
Etate to solve individually.
TAFT HAS NORTH DAKOTA
Convention Will Instruct Eight Dele
gates for Him Today.
MINOT, N. D.. May 13. Eight delegates
instructed to vote first, last and all the
time for Taft at the Chicago convention
will be selected at the North Dakota
Republican State IConvention. which will
be held here tomorrow. The contest will
be over the election of a National Com
mitteeman and control of the convention
as between the stalwart- and insurgent
factions.
Both sides claim control, but it is
generally considered that the stalwart,
or McKenzie, faction has a working ma
jority of delegates.
Conference on Charities.
RICHMOND. Va, May 13. Final ses
sions of three of the sections of the Na
tional Conference of Charities and Correc
tions were held today. In the division of
state supervision' an extended discussion
was held on the problem presented by
the migration of dependents and defec
tives from one state to another. Papers
were read by H. H. Shirer, secretary of
the Ohio State Board of Charities, and
George S. Wilson, secretary of the Board
of Charities of the District of Columbia.
Few Aortnwest people licmaln. '
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. May 13.
(Special.) The fleet visitors from the
Northwest have now practically re
turned home, comparatively few coming
to The Oregonlan information bureau
today. Those who are here are well
provided for, but come mostly to get
copies of The Oregonlan. New visitors
registering today are:
C. C. White, Ada O'Rell,
R. V. Cooper, Port- Myrtle Campbell,
. land. Portland.
R. L. Morrison. Thodore Lortng. Gen-
M. P. Morrison, nosee Idaho
Kerby. OiKaTSHiMEmi
Wyoming Will Be for Bryan.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., May 13. As the
lines are now drawn,' an anti-land leasing
plank will be Incorporated In the plat
form wtch is to be adopted by the Dem
ocratic state convention which will meet
In Cheyenne tomorrow. The Democrats
propose to take advantage of the silence
of the Republican platform on the leasing
question and will make of it a leading
Issue in the state campaign if present
plans are carried out.
The convention will send to the Na
tional convention In Denver a delegation
Instructed for William J. Bryan.
May Combine Alaska Coal Claims.
WASHINGTON. May 13. The Senate
committee on public lands today or
dered favorably a bill permitting hold
ens of coal land in Alaska to consoli
date their holdings and to Incorporate
as one corporation to work the prop
erty, providing the consolidations be
limited to 3560 acres, or four sections
each.
Takes Two Convicts Xorth.
SAN JOSE, Cal., May 13. Deputy
Warden Smith of the State Penitentiary
at Walla Walla today started back with
John Roche and John Pearson, two
escapes from that Institution, the former
of whom recently robbed Wagner's drug
store in this city of $90 while working as
a clerk. Roche is a two-termer.
Chief Engineer or Navy Dead.
WASHINGTON. May 13. Rear-Admi-ral
Charles Whiteside Rae. engineer-in-chief
of the Navy, and chief of the Bu
reau of Steam Navigation of the Navy
Department, died at his home here to
night.. C. E. Cleveland, a prominent Gresham
farmer, is registered at the Hotel Lenox.
John Wortman, of McMlnnville, is at
the Hotel Lenox.
Spring styles Hanan shoes at Rosenthal's
WILL WAIT A YEAR
Fulton Rate Bill Withdrawn by
Agreement.
ELKIMS ARRANGES TERMS
Northwestern Senators Unite In Ex
torting Promise of Consideration.
Might Be Lost by Action
at This Session.
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OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, May 13. After a conference with
the Senators from Washington, Idaho,
California and Montana. Senator Fulton
today withdrew his freight rate amend
ment o the . Elkins commodity clause
bill, after securing from Senator Elkins
a promise that his bill will be reported
to the Senate during the first month next
session.
It was the consensus of opinion among
the supporters of the Fulton amendment
that it would probably be voted down,
Inasmuch as It was not germane to the
Elkins bill, or if adopted, would be cut
off by the House, and rather than have
the proposition get a black eye they
deemed it expedient to let it go over,
especially as its consideration is now
positively assured at the next session.
The amendment provides that an In
crease in freight rates made by the rail
roads shall not go into effect pending a
hearing by the Interstate Commerce
Commission on a protest of shippers
against the increase.
After Elkins had spoken In favor of, his
resolution suspending the commodity
clause, Heyburn, favoring his amendment
requiring railroads to charge no more for
a short haul than for a long haul over the
same line, regardless of competitive water
transportation, declared that, even if this
provision should not be added to the bill
under consideration, he. would continue to
offer, it as an amendment- to the other
measures whenever an opportunity should
be offered. A motion to lay Heyburn's
amendment on the table was adopted by
a vote of 30 to 23.
Foraker discussed at length the general
principle of the commodity clause, say
ing he was in favor of limiting carriers
to transportation, but disapproved the
commodity clause -of the rate law today,
as he did when it was passed.
A dash of politics was introduced into
the debate by Bailey, who declared that
the rate bill was a Democratic measure.
He advocated strengthening the Interstate
Commerce Commission in Its power to fix
rates on the railroads. He declared that
it was remarkable that Congress 4n this
legislation was proposing to allow the
prohibition against railroads transporting
their products to stand and at the same
time provide that the enforcement of the
penalty against such a course shall be
postponed for 20 months.
The resolution was still under considera
tion when the Senate adjourned.
INJURED THROUGH X-RAYS
DAMAGES OF $25,000 ASKED
FOH Bl'RXED FOOT.
Woman Alleges Doctor Exposed
Limb 17 Times to X-Itay and
Injury for Life Is Kesult.
OLYMPIA, Wash.. May 13. (Special.)
The first X-ray damage suit In the his
tory of that tribunal was argued before
the Supreme Court today and taken un
der advisement. In this, G. J. Souers
and wife are suing Dr. Paul Smitz. of
Aberdeen, for $26.0tH) damages.
The plaintiffs charge that last Janu
ary Mrs. Souers went to' the doctor for
treatment for a small growth on her
left ankle. She says that the doctor ex
posed the injury to X-rays 17 times and
that the foot has been so burned as to
render her a permanent cripple. In the
lower court the judge held that because
the woman left Dr. Smitz before he was
through with his treatment and went
to another physician, she could not recover.-
and judgment was rendered for
the defendant. , .
Five -other appeals were presented to
the court today, they being from Lewis
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FROM COLLIER'S WEEKLY
April 25th, 1908.
About Curing Ourselves
With nature's own wanted pabulum
that is always present within ' our
selves In health but, when diseased, is
absent. The most singular part of the
whole process is that these bodies are
not mere accidental parts of the food,
or products of its- digestion, but
definite chemical substances, which
can be isolated from the blood of one
animal and injected Into the body of
another, and will promptly cause a
flow of digestive Juice. They do not,
like a toxin or living poison, set up
any antitoxin reaction on the part
of the body, and a dose that will pro
duce a given effect one day will pro
duce an almost Identical effect on the
next, although, if given for a consid
erable length of time a trifling in
crease in the dosage Is necessary.
They have the same curious special or
selective effect upon some particular
organ, or system of the body, as, for
Instance, morphine has upon the cen
tral nervous system, digitalis upon the
heart, and Epsom salts upon the in
testines. This opens a wide and hope
ful vista of possibilities that, by con
tinued and patient studies, we may yet
be able to isolate from our foods and
from the body tissues themselves these
special substances. Nature's own cura
tives, with which may be harmlessly
and effectively roused to action such
bodily organs or functions as may be
sluggish or overwhelmed. This is in
harmony with the strong tendency
among progressive physicians to util
ize more and more in the treatment
of disease . foods and substances and
extracts derived from the glands and
other organs of the body itself. We
may be found to carry within us the
best remedies tor our own diseases.
The above article is what the Van
Vleck Gland Extract Co. has been con
tending for fifteen years since they
originated the process for the recovery
of these active principles from the
Glands and Nerve Centers of young
healthy sheep, which they prepare in
their laboratory at Kansas City, Mo.,
and distribute from the Portland Of
fice. 705 Dekum Bldg. Mail orders
solicited. For further particulars and
scientific facts call up or write und
we will mail you our Blue Book, illus
trated, which will explain tne method
of treatment. Examination and con
sultation absolutely free.
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and - Chehalis counties. Pierce County
cases will be taken up today.
Smoot Insists on Point.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. D. C. May 13: The dry
farm homestead bill was today referred to
the conference committee. Senator Smoot
is insisting upon the adoption of a non
resident feature, and says the President
will veto the bill if this is left out. This
seems quite improbable, as a nonresident
homestead feature' is not in accordance
with the President's views on the public
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pour milk over it (hot milk in winter) and
a little cream. If you like the Biscuit for
breakfast you will like toasted TRISCUIT
(the Shredded Wheat wafer) for luncheon
or any meal with butter, cheese or marma
lade. At your grocers.
Carts a little more than &a faqaiooi aim
T photphate of Km. pvwders, bat with
Rayal yn ara lure of pare, healthful food.
land question, however, there is some
doubt whether the bill can be framed up
In shape that will be acceptable to both
houses.
Disagree on Postofficc Bill.
WASHINGTON. May 13. By not agree
ing to the amendments placed thereon by
the Senate, the House today necessitated
the sending of the postoffice appropria
tion bill to conference.
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