iff THE MOKXIXG OKJEGrOXIAJT, AVEDXESDAY, JTTXE 10, 1D08. CUSTOM RECEIPTS ilBOUE A MILLION Rating of the Local Office to Be Maintained by the Fi nancial Showing. OUTLOOK IS ENCOURAGING Business of the Port In Excess of Previous Years Coming Season Will Break Former Kecords. i'ews of the AVaterfront. Customs receipts for the fiscal year which will end June 30, have already passed the million dollar mark and the rating of the local office will be main tained. The receipts yesterday amounted to $50,143, which boosted the total re turns of the office to $1,007,175.86, a figure which te slightly below the total receipts for the fiscal year which ended June 30, 1907. While the year which will colse the end of the present month will be a few dol lars short of tne record-breaking season of 190S-7, it will be sufficiently large to keep Portland well in the front Tank as one of the principal customs stations of the Unitpd States. The receipts for the year ending June 30, 1907, totaled Jl. 185.000. Prior to that time the greatest year in the history of tho Portland Customs house was $S20,000. The season of 1906-7 was1 one of the greatest in the history of Portland botli from a standpoint of imports and exports. In grain shipments the present season will far outclass last year but In the matter of customs re ceipts there will be a .small deficiency. The season which will, open July 1 bids fair to break all records both In the value of Imports and the quantity of grain shipped foreign. California shipments of wheat are in creasing steadily and a large quantity of the old crop wheat Is being sent to the south on coasting steamships. Regular liners are taking full loads and the coast ing trade is good. WASHINGTON ARRIVES IN Steam Schooner Was Windhound at Shelter Cove. The steam schooner Washington, which was storm bound In Shelter Cove, has ar rived at Astoria. The Washington sailed from San Francisco for the Columbia River and was due to arrive there lion , day morning. She failed to put in an appearance and no word of her was re ceived until the .steamship Nome City reached port. Captain Hanson said that when he pased Shelter Cove the Wash ington was laying In there in order to escape the gale. The steamships Jim Butler and Geo. W. Elder reached Portland last night. The former came from San Francisco and the latter cleared from San Pedro. Both vessels had a rough time in coming up the coast. Northwest winds prevailed and there was a heavy sea on. Concert at Seamen's Institute. The weekly concert at the Seamen's Institute, Front and Flanders streets, will take place this evening at 8 o'clock un der the direction of Mrs. Emily Hump son and Mrs. J. S. Hamilton, lire. Percy Walton, accompanylst. The music de partment of the Woman's Club of Port land will assist. Readings will be given by Miss Nina Larowe. The following pro gramme will be rendered: Piano solo, Mrs. Percy Walton; ladies' chorus; vocal solo. Mrs. F. M. Branch; vocal duet, Mrs. J. S. Hamilton and Mrs. E. Hampson; reading, Mrs. Nina Larowe; vocal solo, Mrs. A. G. Riddell; ladles' chorus; vocal solo. Miss Carrie Florilla Spalding; vocal' trio, Mrs. F. M. Branch, Mrs. Hamilton, Mrs. E. Hampson; vocal solo, Mrs. A. B. Price; vocal duet, Mrs. A. G. Riddell and Mrs. Hamilton; vocal solo, Mrs. w. Nolan; ladies' chorus; vocal solo, Mrs! Emily Hampson; reading, Mrs. Nina Larowe: vocal solo. Mrs. J. S.- Hamil ton; ladles' chorus; National anthems. Oriental Freights Looking Up. Space for the outward voyage of the Numantia has been all engaged and the vessel will sail from Portland for the Orient with a full cargo. The Numantia will take largely Hour and gra'w for Japan. Of the former she will . carry upwards of 60,000 barrels. She will' also take a quantity of general merchandise. Liner Pelcus Hits Typhoon. TACOMA. Wash.. June 9. The Blue Funnel Liner Pcleus, en route from Yo kohama, encountered a typhoon about 170 miles out from that port and was forced to turn and run back before the storm for, ten hours. No damage was sustained by the ship, which carries a rich cargo of silk. Steamer Arrives in Distress. SAN DEPRO. Cal.. June 9. The Amer ican steamer Lucy, Captain Harding, out 122 days from Bath, Me., for San Fran cisco, with 600 tons of carbide, arrived here this morning with a broken crank shaft to her propeller. Repairs will be made here. .Marine Xotes. The steamship Breakwater will sail for Coos Bay ports this evening. The steamship Alliance 4s due to arrive from Coos Bay tomorrow morning. Tho steam schooner Jim Butler is taking a mixed cargo for San Francisco. The French bark "Vendee, in tow of the. tug Hercules, has reached Astoria from San Francisco. - Arrivals and Departures. PORTLAND. June 0. Arrived Steamship Nome City, from San Francisco; steamship Gpo. tv. KMer, from San Pedro and way: steamship Jim Butler, from San Francisco; steamphtp Anryll. from San Francisco. Astoria. June 9. Condition of bar at" 5 P. M., smooth; wind, northwest. 14 miles; weather, cloudy. Arrived down at 5 A. M. and sailed at 7 A. M. Steamer Homer, for Pan Franclecot Arrived at 5 and left up at 6:30 A. M. Steamer Geo. W. Elfier. from San Francisco. Arrived at B:SO and left up at 7 A. M. Steamer Jim Butler, from San Francisco. Arrived at 8:15 A. M. Steamer Argyll, from San Francisco" Sailed at 7 A. M. Steamer Johan Poulsen. for San Francisco. Arrived at It and left up at 12 noon Steamer Washington, from San FranciBco. Arrived at 10:25 A. M. French baric Vendee, from Ban Francisco. Left u at 4:80 P. M Steamer Argyll. San Franctsoo, June ft. Arrived at 1 A. M. Steamer Rainier, from Portland. Fajral, June 9. Arrived prior to June 6 British ship Strathgryfe, from Portland. San Luis, June 9. Sailed yesterday Steam er Roma, for Portland. San Francisco. June 9. Arrived Steamer Rainier, from Astori; steamer Watson, from Seattle; steamer Alameda, from Honolulu; bark Gerard C. Tobey, from Honolulu; steam er Yellowstone, from Astoria. Sailed Steamer Manchuria, for Hongkong, etc; steamer Shearwater, for Dsqutmalt; steamer Yerido, for Sydney, etc; steamer Westerner, forPort t Hadlock; rtfamer Spokane, for Seattle; steamer A nubia, for Hamburg. Tides at A tori a Wednesday. High. " IjOW. Oi.'VA A. M 6.5 feet!3:45 A. M 1.3 feet &:48 P. M 6.4 feet 13:25 p. M 2.8 feet Y. M. C. A. AT LONG BEACH Annual Student Conference Will Be Held June 13-21. The sixth annual Y. M. C. A. Confer ence for the students of the Pacific Northwest is to be held at Long Beach, Wash., June 13-21. The conference is under the direction of the student de partment of the International committee of the Y. M. C. A. The meeting is for the purpose of discussing various religi ous and social questions and matters per taining to student life. A Bible study course will also be given. Among those who will attend the con- PIOXEER LIVERYMAN DIES. mywtflytjj.jw..i KMHjJm iwhj '. v-m rK: Jit ?" u t' V Inane Luwirr, Victim of Attack of Dropsy. Isaac Lawler, a pioneer livery man of this city, died early yes terday morning from an attack of dropsy of the heart, with which he had been troubled for some time. The deceased was one of the pioneer liverymen of this city, and is well known throughout Oregon. He Is survived by a widow and four children, two sons and two daughters, Emmett, Gerald, Kath leen and Nona. A daughter, Mrs. Mary Schermerhorn, of Los An geles, died about one year ago. Mr. Lawler was a charter mem ber of the Portland Lodge. Inde pendent Order of Red Men, and of the British Benevolent Society. Both organizations will partici pate at his funeral, which will be held tomorrow afternoon. The interment will take place in the family plot at Riverview Ceme tery. ference and deliver addresses are the fol lowing: Dr. W. II. Foulkes, Dr. Benjamin Young, Secretary H. W. Stone of the Portland Y. M. C. A., and Rev. Paul Rader. of Portland; Rev. John M. Dean, of Seattle; Rev. A. J. Folsom, of For est Grove; H. W. Arnold, of New York, secretary of the International Y. M. C. A. Committee, and Rev. H. L. Maxfield, of Manila. P. I. A large delegation from Portland will leave Friday night by steamer for Long Beach. Other delega tions will be present from Tacoma, Seat tle, Spokane, Idaho and Montana. PROFIT IN OREGON FRUIT J. D. Zurcher Talks of Fertile Rose burg District. J. D. Zurcher, secretary of the Rose burg Commercial Club, was in Portland yesterday and visited the Portland Com mercial Club. Mr. Zurcher Is deeply in terested in the development of the Umpqua Valley, especially in the matter of fruitraislng. The Roseburg Commer cial Club has had an important part in the work of exploiting the resources of that region as an agricultural and fruit growing center. As an instance of what small fruit ranches In this district are producing, Mr. Zurcher said yesterday. "In the Spring of 1907, J. G. Baker pur- STEAMER INTELLIGENCE. Dae to 'Arrive. N&me. From. Numantia. . . .Hongkong. Breakwater. .Coos Bay...... Geo. W. ElderSan Pedro State of Cal. San Frahclsco. Alliance. .... Coos Bay Hose city. ...San Francisco. Roanoke. ... .l.os Angeles... Arabia Hongkong Aleala Hongkong Nicomedla. . . Hongkong. . . . . Data. .In port In port In port In port June 11 June 15 June 11 July 20 iUK. 20 Sepl 8 Scheduled to Depart. Name. For. . . Date June 10 June 11 June 13 June 13 June 15 June 18 June 20 Auc. t Aug. 27 Sept. 15 Breakwater. .Coos Bay..... Geo. W. ElderSan Pedro..... Alliance Coos -Bay State of Cal. San Francisco. Numantia. . . .Hongkong Roanoke Los Angeles... Rose City. ...San Francisco. Arabia. .... ..Hongkong. . .. Alesla Hongkong Nicomedla. . . Hongkong Entered Tueoday. Nome City, Am. steamship (Han son), with general cargo, from San Francisco. Cleared Tuesday. Johan Poulsen, Am. steamship (Nllsson). with general cargo and 850,000 feet of lumber, for San Francisco. chased half of a 20-acre orchard near Roseburg, consisting of apples, cherries and prunes most of it the latter fruit. He paid for it $2750, built a dryer for $500 and bought a team of horses for $300, borrowing the $3550 Uom a local bank at 8 per cent interest. Last Fall Mr. Baker sold his fruit for enough to pay Ae entire indebtedness with interest, and still had enough ,left to carry him through until the next crop' should be marketed. And all this on ten acres." Mr. Zurcher yesterday presented to the Portland Commercial Club a large pan oramic photograph of Roseburg, and vicinity. INVITATION To Hood River Strawberry Festival. You are cordially invited by the citi zens of Hood River to participate in the festivities of their annual Strawberry Festival, which takes place on Saturday next, June 13. The O. R. & N. has arranged to run a special excursion train for the occasion, leaving Portland at 9 A, M. and arriving at Hood River at 11:30. Returning, leave Hood River 6 P. M., arrive Portland 7:30. The trip will cost $2 only, and no extra charge for a bountiful strawberry lunch all the berries you can eat. A royal time is promised. Come! COMMITTEE ON ENTERTAINMENT. THINGS ALL RIGHT Railroads Have No Complaint, Says Henry Blakeley. MORE BUSINESS THAN 1906 Traffic Xot Vp to Kecords of 190 7, but That Is Xot to Be Expected. Northern Pacific Freight Agent Talks of General Conditions. That the country is all right, that traf fic conditions are as good as could be expected and that the railroads have no complaint to make. Is tire statement of Henry Blakeley, general western freight agent for the Northern Pacific, of Ta coma. who spent yesterday in Portland. Mr. Blakeley says things look brighter than they did some time ago and that In his ppinion it will only be a short time until no complaint is heard anywhere; in fact, he is quite well satisfied with traffic conditions right now. "There is more business in the coun try now than there was in 1906," said Mr. Blakeley yesterday. "No complaint was heard then, for everybody was happy. The traffic carried now is considerably over that of 1006 and 1905. I do not think anyone will expect business to keep up to what It was last year. We will prob ably get back to it some time, but there is a limit to the length of time that busi ness can go on increasing 20 and 30 per cent in a year. There has got to be a stop sometime. Traffic cannot continue indefinitely at the peak. The wave is bound to recede. "Thess things are not to be explained. Business seems to follow no known rules. Immigration to the West is the same way in a sense. For a series of four or five years there will be a heavy movement to the Pacific Coast by settlers. Then for the following few years, with con ditions practically the same, hardly any new settlers will come. I do not know any reason for It any more than for these let-ups in business. "There's nothing the matter with this country. We are getting back on our feet again and are generally prosperous. Business is bound to slow up at times, but the pendulum will swing the other way just a3 certainly." MORE CARS FOR SALEM LIXE General Manager Talbot Goes East for Rolling Stock. ' G. W. Talbot, general manager of the Oregon Electric Railway Company, will leave the last of this week for a three weeks' trip Fast, where he goes to purchase equipment for the Portland Salem interurban line. He will visit Chicago and New York, and will hold conferences with Duilders of electric passenger and freight cars before let ting the contract for the construction of the new rolling etock. He expects to be able to purchase a portion of the order from available stocks still in the hands of manufacturers, orders for which have been cancelled by those who contracted for them. Railroad men say that large numbers of cars have been left on the hands of manu facturers through the cancelling 'of or ders for rolling stock. Orders that will be placed by General Manager Talbot on his trip include six passenger cars, two express cars and 75 freight cars. All will be bought with the understanding that they will be delivered within the next two months. This new rolling stock will cost the company $150,000. EAT BERRIES AT HOOD RIVER Portland Excursion to Strawberry Festival Juno 13. Under the special auspices of General Passenger Agent McMurray, of the Har rlman lines in this territory, a special excursion will be run to Hood River on Saturday, June 13, to carry Portland peo ple who desire to attend the annual strawberry festival at that place. Berries will be at their best, it is predicted, on that date and the citizens of Hood River invite Portland business men to make the trip and partake of a bountiful lunch of the famous Hood River strawberries. There will be plenty of entertainment for visitors, arrangements having been made by the people of the famous fruit city. The railroad officials expect that there will be 400 or 500 people attend the festi val from Portland. The excursion is in line with the general policy ot the rail road company of building up the com munity spirit and bringing the different cities of the state into closer relation ship with Portland. Contract for Concrete "Warehouse. The contract for the construction of the concrete freight warehouse for the Oregon Electric Railway Company, to be built at Front and Jefferson streets, has been awarded to the building firm of Litherland & Abrey and work will be commenced at once on the structure. It will be of reinforced concrete and will be 35x70 feet in size and will be one story high. David C. Lewis is the architect. The con tractors will have the building fin ished within the next 30. days. Inspect Southern Pacific Lines. H. V. Piatt, superintendent oif the Southern Pacific, at Los Angeles, visit ed Portland yesterday with a party of officials on a trip over the Southern Pacific lines on the Coast. The rail roaders are looking over the other di visions of the system with a view to noting improvements and adopting im proved methods ' wherever they are found. . ' - Routed toy Way of Wallula. Flood-bound passengers on the Hill lines are being sent around the flood districts in Western Montana on the O. R. & N. lines to Wallula, Wash. Freight Is also being routed from Silver Bow, Mont., to Wallula for the Great North ern by the Q. R. & N. This applies to west-bound shipments only. NO JETTIES AT TILLAMOOK Roessler Reports Commerce Does Xot Justify Expense. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, June 9. It will probably be many years before Congress authorizes any material improvement of the chan nel across the bar at the entrance of Tillamook Bay, and quite as many yeare before any extensive improve ment is made in the channel from the bar to Tillamook City. It is the uni versal opinion of engineer officers that the commerce of Tillamook Bay, pres and prospective, does not justify the expenditure of any great sum of money and the fact that a railroad is soon to be extended to Tillamook is a further and perhaps more potent reason why Congress will not Authorize large ex penditures on this harbor. The rail road, now building, will be able to handle practically all of the freight originating In the Tillamook country, and will tend further to 'decrease ship ping by -'water. The water shipments to and from Tillamook are today only half what they were ten years ago, the decline having been eteady and grad ual. The decrease Is expected to be even more marked after the railroad begins operation. . The Tillamook situation is fully dis cussed in a report of Colonel Roessler, recently sent to Congress. His report recommends the appropriation of $5000 to repair existing works in the harbor, an(f recommends the annual expendi ture of $5000 for maintaining a channel at the present depth, as far as Tilla mook City. The Engineer Board and chief of engineers concur in this rec ommendation, and that report will limit th$ appropriation to ' be made In the next river and harbor bill. BISHOP NEELY EXPLAINS An Incident at the Recent Methodist General Conference. NEW YORK, June 4. (To the Editor.) A friend has sent me a clipping from The Oregonian of May 23. It purports to be a communication from Rev. . D. L. Rader touching matters In the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the city of Baltimore. That the article Is attributed to Dr. D. L. Rader greatly surprises me so much so. indeed, that I am inclined to doubt whether he is the real author of the news item. ; In the first place, the writer referred to speaks of "Bishop Ne'ely as well as Bishop Burt having been born in the British Isles." -In this age of liberality and of human unity, one must be amazed) at such a reflection on a man's place of birth, for "a man's a man for a' that." As a matter of fact, I was not born in the British Isles, but in the City of Phil adelphia and the State of Pennsylvania, in the United States of America, and may claim to be a fairly good American. It Is no dishonor to be an Englishman, but it does not happen to be correct in my case. v a As to the "high-handed dealings" in South America, there is not a word of truth in the statement or insinuation, and the suggestion is contrary to the declarations of every conference that has met in South America during the quad rennium when I had charge. Before me I happen to have a few of the many declarations made by those bodies. They speak of the bishop's "gracious words in sermons.- addresses and,4rlvate consulta tions," of their "deep appreciation of his ability in administering the affairs of the mission, his interest in all the de partments of our work, and' the uniform kindness and courtesy which he has shown to us officially, and personally." They recognize "the wise and just ad ministration of our beloved Bishop Thomas B. Neely during the residence in South America," and they appeal to the general conference "to continue the residence of Bishop Neely for another quadrennium in South America." These and many other expressions show that the declaration and insinuation are with out foundation and must have grown out of some misrepresentation or miscon ception. . . r, . As to complaints, that Is a common thing In regard to the bishops at every general conference. It is easy to make a complaint against anybody, so that a complaint of Itself does not prove any thing against a bishop. - Dissatisfied and venomous persons can easily And their way into court arid often Just as easily out again. As In tne case of a. number of my brethren, complaints came up In regard to myself, but not one suggestion of mal administration was sustained. In the particular case to which your correspond ent refers, the general conference de cided that the bishop acted "within his disciplinary discretion," that Is t& say, within his legal rights. Neither a bishop nor the general conference can primarily determine the moral standing of a min ister of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Only the annual conference, to which the minister belongs can do that. When the annual conference passes a preacher's character and declares him in good stand ing, the bishop cannot go -back of the de cision, but must give him an appoint ment. Even a general conference can not go back of that, 'for it is an appellate court and not 'a court of original Juris diction. The preacher in question has never had a charge preferred against him and for over 40 years his character has been passed year after year by his annual conference. He. ts the greatest Spanish preacher in South America, and he gets more persons converted than any -ten other men in that field. Every bishop who has ever been in South America and every superintendent under whom he served have, under the same circum stances, given him the best appoint ments in. the conference and many times he has been made presiding elder. What I did was ho -more, but rather less, than has been done with him, through more than two score years. I made him one of five editors of a little paper which he had originated, the pastor of a church which he had founded, gave him a lit tle country district of about five charges and I brought him to Buenos Ayres and gave him the district, at the suggestion of a long-time presiding elder who, strange to say, appeared as a complaint ant on this very point. i The explanation is a little church poli tics, the long-time presiding elder having been defeated in-the election of a dele gate .to the general conference. As a matter of fact, the complaint did not rep resent the sentiment Of the conference, but of a little coterie nearly all of which was outside the conference and the leader of the complainants was .shown to be a whisky seller, a rather strange advocate of temperance. - This fact shows the ut ter insincerity of the movement. They had allowed this minister to go un challenged all the years in : his annual conference and then, defeated in the elec tion, they tried to make trouble in the general conference where they did not fairly represent the situation. The Oregonian correspondent, like some oth ers, seems to have been misled. During all the years, I have been a stanch temperance man, and it was not likely that anytning can break my record. That some extremists misunderstood the case only proves that they were extrem ists or that they had some peculiar mo tive, as was shown in more than one in stance. The minister In question claimed he had a good defense, but to assail his moral conduct in th general conference. pure. The critical ordeal through which the expectant mother must pais, however, is so fraught with dread, pain, suffering and danger, tht the very thought of it fills her with apprehension and horror. There is no necessity for the reproduction of life to be either painful or dangerous. 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No one in tue annual conference raised any question as to the appointment until after I had left the country. It Is not surprising tnat with the many misstate ments some have raised questions, but the general conference decided that the bishop had acted within his legal rights. THOMAS B. NEELY, Late Bishop Resident in South America. DEFENDS COTTEL MEASURE PRESIDENT OF XATIOXAIj SPIR ITUALISTS WRITES LETTER. Suspension of Oregon State Society Likely to Follow Recent Unpleasantness. George B. Warne, president of the Na tional Spiritualists' Association of Amer ica, has come to the defense of the First Spiritualists' Society, of this city, and in a letter of recent date, which was for mally read at the meeting of the local body Monday, declares that the state ment of Mrs. Sophia Seip, to the effect that he was not in favor of the Cottel or dinance, Is false. Mr. Warne, who has been taking considerable interest in Har rison D. Barrett's campaign against fake mediums In Portland, denies that he ever wrote Mrs. Seip, president of the Oregon State Spiritualists' Society, advising the organization to hold a mass meeting or to take a stand against the ordinance. In order to make, his position in the controversy perfectly clear, it is stated that Mr. Warne will come to Portland from Chicago the latter part of the month. According to Rev. G. C. Love, a missionary of the .society, a -telegram is expected today or tomorrow from Mr. Warne ordering the suspension of the Oregon State Spiritualists' Society and the dismissal of its president. In case such action is taken, there will be no state organization until after Mr. Warne's arrival, when, with his aid, the associa tion may be reorganized. Mr. Warne's letter to Mr. Barrett, denying Mrs. Seip's insinuation, is emphatic and showed plainly that he is against fake mediums and strongly in lavor or tne coitet orui nance. He also made it known that he is displeased at the attitude Mrs. Seip had taken, and especially at her asser tlons that he had suggested a mass meet ing to oppose the passage of the ordi nance. Rev. Mr. Love, who has been an im portant factor in opposition to the tactics ot the state association, lias had a call from the First Spiritualist Society, of Seattle, whjch he is favorably consider ing, and may not be in the city upon Mr. Warne's arrival. It was Mr. Love who officially brought the charges against the state association and voluntarily went to the defense of Mr. Barrett. About 500 persons crowded United Arti sans Hall in the Abington building last night to attend the services of the First Spiritualists' Society and listen to Mr. Barrett's address on "Has there been one genuine message received from the dead?" Mr. Barrett scored the frauds and ex posed the fakes. He dwelt on 3S dif ferent methods of manifestations and denounced 95 per cent of so-called spirit ualistic manifestations to be rank hum bugs. During his discourse he took oc casion to commend The Oregonian for the fair manner in which the recent contro versy was handled. At the mention of The Oregonian those present applauded. FEWER IDLE FREIGHT CARS Fortnightly Report Shows Decrease of 2C.000 in Two Months. NEW YORK, June 9. A decrease of over 22,000 in the number of idle freight cars during the latter half of May is shown in the fortnightly report of the American Railway Association, just Issued-, but dated May 27. On that date there were 3S1.779 Idle freight cars, against 404,475 on May 13, the date of the previous report. This makes the second consecu tive decrease in idle cars, the previous re port having shown a reduction of about 9000 cars from the maximum of 413.SS8 reached on April 29. The latest decrease was due to the transfer of at least 40 per cent, or about 8000 idle cars, to the shop list, indicating that the railroads have begun to repair a larger number of idle freight cars, but it Is not to be Inferred that the actual In- woman' hanni. ness can be oompleta without children ; it is her nature to love and want them as much so at it is to love the beautiful and passed without any danger. This IB Hefo crease in traffic has been sufficient to require the use of all these cars. A fur ther large part of the decrease is ex plained by the fact that the gradual re sumption of bituminous coal mining has called back into service a good many coal cars which were made Idle by the sus pension of work' of a few months ago. The number of Idle box-cars did not vary materially during the last half of May. GRAND ENCAMPMENT TODAY Indian War Veterans Will Meet in AVoodmen Hall. Indian War Veterans) of the North Pacific Coast will hold their annual grand encampment today at Woodmen of the -World Temple, 128 Eleventh street. They will transact business, recount their experiences of the long ago and will be banqueted by the Native Sons and Daughters. About 500 will be present. Grand Commander W. C. Lloyd, of Waitsburg, Wash., will preside at the sessions. - This morning business of the; order will come up for action, and at noon adjournment will be taken for the banquet, which will be held from 12 to 2 o'clock. This Is a treat looked forward to throughout the whole year by the old veterans, as it is the only opportunity in that time to meet around the table and greet each other in the spirit of the occasion. The business men of Portland have pro vided all that is necessary, by their generous donations of funds, to make this feature of the encampment a big success.-so that there will be plenty and to spare. The Native Sons and Daughters of the Indian War Veterans will supply the encampment badges, both to the veterans and widows of veterans. Since "e last meeting. L. M. Parrlsh and la;n' who wer among the most widely known of the veterans, have passed away. Rnth wlH he DO YOU NEED ME? The vast multitudes of men who have taken my treatment have not been disappointed. They know that I do not promise more than I per form. To them I have actually Illustrated in the cure of their own cases the truth of what I claim, namely, that my treatment is as certain to cure as it is that the patient engages my services and follows my directions. My success Is due not alone to education, experience, skill and scientific equipment, but to the fact that I limit my study and practice strictly to diseases and weaknesses of men. To male maladies alone I have earnestly and exclusively devoted 23 years of my life and on them all my faculties are concentrated. MY TREATMENT FOR WEAKNESS Functional derangement, such as premature loss of power, etc., is neither a "weakness" nor a disease. It Is a symptom of prostatic disorder. To stimulate activity bv the use of powerful tonics is an easy matter, but such results are merely temporary drug effects. Most doctors treat "weakness- In this manner because they do not know how to cure the real cause of the derangement. I am the only phvsiclan employ ing scientific and successful methods. My treat ment is a local one entirely and corrects every abnormal condition of that vital center, the prostate gland. My cures are real cures and PAY ME WHEN CURED , roXSri.TATIOX FREE MY HONEST AXD CANDID ADVICE COSTS lOl, NOTHING. I cheerfully give you the verv' best opinion, gui.l.'d by , years of successful nrai tice. Men nut of town In trnnhli. write 4f von Y cannot call, as many cases yield My offices are open all day'from-9 A. M. to 9 P. M., and Sundays from 10 to 1. - , e DR. TAYLOR . 234V4 MORniSO.N' STREET, CORNER SECOND AND MORRISON STREETS, PORTLAND, OREGON. MEN, DO Portland. $ 1 0 Our Fee 29 Years in VARICOCELE Under our treatment most cases of varicor ele are cured without any operation. There is no cutting, no pain, and it is seldom necessary that the patient be detained from his occupation. Normal circulation is at once restored throughout all the organs, and the natural processes of waste and repair are again established. If you are afflicted with Vari cocele, consult us at once. Delay can but "brigg on aggravated condi tions and nervous complications that will impair the vital functions and involve the general health. No Pay Unless Cured Consultation Free WRITE IF YOU CANJiOT CAM,. ST. LOOK MEDICAL AND SURGICAL CORXER SECOVD AVI) YAMHILL MEN We Cure Every Case We Treat OUR GUARANTEE NO PAY UNI F.SS CURED When You Need a Spe cialist, Gonso.lt One of Wide Experience We are Just now completing our twentieth year as specialists in men's diseases. Durijng these years of close aplloatton to a single class of aliments we have originated and perfected the only scientific and certain methods by which these diseases are cured. If we accept your case for treat ment, a cure is but a maiter of a reasonable time. WE GUARANTEE EVERT MAN A JJFELONO CURE FOR V A R I C O C ELE, HYDROCELE. STRICTURE, BLOOD AND SKIN DISEASES. PROSTATIC TROU- L BLES, PILES, FISTULA, LOSS OF VlfALi J-UHt,K. iWUiv e, I , BLADDER AND SPECIAL DIS EASE. We especially offer our ervlces to those who are af 'llcted with weakness as a re sult of their own follies or ex- O u r methods are uo-to-date. and are indorsed by the highest medical authorities of Europe and America. Hence our success in tho treatment of Men's Dis eases. Remember, our specialty in limited to the diseases o MEN and ouriP h y s i c 1 a n s ar p.: Licensed in Oregon. COXSULTATIOJT FREE. If you cannot call, write fr Free Book and Symptom BlaiaJc. Many cases can be c u'r e d at home. All correspondence confi dential. Honrs: Dully S A. M. to S F. Ermines, 7-8; Sunday, 10-lxi OregQn Mediqal Institute ; 201 Morrison St.. Bet. 4th at) Stb. Portland, Oregon. missed, and appropriate tributes their memory will be made. Olympta Beer. "It's tue writer." Bre? ery's own bottling. Phone. Main 67 A 2467- Tans? Tan! Tans! at Ro ientrnV. UK, TAVI.OK, The leading Speck ilixt. readily to proper home treatment and NT WAIT i7w KB MY FEE rTt A FOR A N CURE IS. fJJL In Any Simple Case Men don't wait until" your whole system is polluted with disease. Don't wait until your nervous organization is tottering under tho strain. Don't wait until you bjooome a mental and physical wreck, unfit for- work, study or sociaLdutlcs and obligations of life. 1'ncets tain. Improper or half-way treatment can only do harm.. The worst cases w? have ever treat ed were those that, had been improperly treated before coming to us, some having been maimed iur lite ry bungling surglcal procedure. u cure by restoring and preserving the important organs. We do not advocate their mutilation or destruction in an effort to- make quick cure. Every afflicted man owpk it to himself, his family and to future generations to get cured safely and thoroughly. Pay When Cured STREETS, PORTLAND, OREGON.