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COMPETITION SOON
Ifl CITY LIGHTING
Mayor Says Monopoly of
Power Corporation Will
Be Broken.
OTHER CONCERN IN FIELD
One of Largest Companies In United
Mates, He fays, Will Tender Eid
to City in Six Months or Year.
No Long-Term Contract.
t WHAT LE AND JOSSBLVX SAY.
Mayor Ijin I consider the light
ing monopoly broken. The Incorpo
ration of one new electric company
and the positive assurance I have
that Mother larse one will be here
within six months leairs me to be
lieve that relief Is In sight for the
people. I cannot say at this time
whether any new contract with the
presert company will be entered into.
President Joeselyn I decline to
say whether the company will dis
continue the IlKhtlne service If no
new contract Is awarded, as if I say
we will cut off the lights, it would
be construed as a threat to influence
the Executive Board: but I am ad
vised that unless the company has a
contract with the city the company
cannot collect for light service.
Will the Portland Railway. Light &
Tower Company shut oil the electric
lights In this city at midnight Decem
ber 31. IMS, unless the Executive Board
awards the corporation a five-year con
tract for the municipal lighting?
This question Is regarded as one of the
most Important before the people of Port
land today, and when asked for a reply
yesterday afternoon. President, Josselyn,
of the company, said he did not care to
make a direct reply, but made the fol
lowing statement:
"I wish to be very careful about mak
ing any statement which would In any
sense be construed as a threat to influ
ence the Executive Board In awarding
the company the contract, and tlierefore
I regard It as at this time an improper
ouestion. It would undoubtedly be con
strued as a threat If I should say we
will discontinue the lighting service un
less the contract is let. Xow. I am In
formed by counsel for the company that
we could not collect for sen-ice rendered
the city unless we held a contract to
perform that service, if a single tax
payer 6houid interpose an objection. We
would therefore bo put In the position
of taking a risk. It may be possible,
tinder the charter, for the city to enter
into a short-term contract, if the con
tractor were willing, but this company
will not enter into short contracts."
When seen in his otflee at the City
HaJ! Mayor Lane appeared to be in
a happy frame of mind concerning the
lighting situation. He discussed it freely,
and declared that at present it looks
more favorable Kin ever from his view
point. Says Monopoly Is Broken.
"I consider the monopoly broken." said
the Mayor. -Yes. sir. it looks to me right
now as though it is broken in Portland.
With the incorporation Wednesday morn
ing of the Portland Water Power &
Electric Transmission Company a new
era dawned for the people of this city,
unless I am greatly mistaken. It means
competition, the greatest thing we need
here in the electric business. And not
nly this, but I am in possession of posi
tive Information from one of the largest
and mos. wealthy corporations In the
United States that it will put in a hid
to furnish current or put in any kind of
a plant Portland may need within six
months, and not more than one year at
the latest. This means that. If we can
hold this thing off a while we will be
able to get competitive bids for our light
ing:, or we can take over the city dis
tributing system or put in oirr own, and
this is just what should be done."
City Attorney Kavanaugh has given an
opinion. In which he holds that the city
can enter into a short-term contract, as
month by month. In an emergency, if it
is deemed wine, and that the company
would be obliged to furnish the light
tinder such a condition. It would be pos
sible, he said, under the police power,
for the city to take charge of the plant
and furnish lighting for the city streets,
to protect life- r.nd property. This, it
would aprenr, virtually mukes it certain
that the lights will not be shut off when
the contract expires, even though a r-.v
one is not entered into.
It is known that Mayor Lane and the
members of the Executive Board hare no
fear nf the city being left in darkness,
and that they ore prepared to take action
to turn on the lights, if it should become
necessary, In order to protect life and
property, such aotlon being legal under
the police power, as held by City Attor
ney Kavanaugh.
Will Xot Agree to 5-Year Contract.
As a matter of fact, there is no reason
whatever to believe that the Executive
Board will enter into a five-year contract
with the electric light company. The
recommendations made to the Board by
the Council will not reach the board
.until next Tuesday afternoon: the entire
matter will von.-, likely be turned over to
Thomas O. Greene, of the Lighting Com
mittee, for investigation and report and.
If he follows his usual rule, he will re
quire not loss than one week and very
probably more to make a detailed report
and recommendation, which would carry
the m:tter several days beyond the ex
piration of the present contract, and
would test the question as to whether
the company will turn off the lights.
Mayor Lane refused to say yesterday
whether it is likely any five-year con
tract will be awarded under the com
promise proposition made by President
Josselyn. as he said the matter Is one
for action by the Executive Board.
The recommendation by the City Coun
cil Is that a five-year contract he let at
figures lower than those now In force,
'but there is a provision contained In the
proposition which does not meet with the
approval of Mayor Lane. This is that
the city must bear the expense of instal
lation where arc lamps are to be placed
more than 600 feet from the nearest
present lamp. The Mayor is afraid this
will entail upon the city great expense,
which is now borne by the company.
There is a question under consideration
In this connection, as to why the com
pany has not Installed 10 new arc lamps,
ordered by the Executive Board. Mr.
Josselyn said yesterday that the company
had been unable to secure the lamps
from the factory: that this Is the only
reason. Six weeks ago. Mr. Greene,
chairman of the Lighting Committee,
announced in the open meeting of the
Executive Board that he had been noti
fied that the company would not install
any more lamps until It was settled as to
the contract. Unless the company is
unable, as stated by Mr. Josselyn. to in
stall the lamps, the -refusal would be a
violation of its contract
BALLAST CAUSES DANGER
Ship Boadk-ea Has Perilous Trip
From San Francisco.
VICTORIA. B. C, Dec. 24. The Brit
ish ship Boadicea. which sailed into
Royal Roads, was saved from founder
in!? on her way from San Francisco
onlv bv dint of untiring work of her
crew when her ballast shifted during
a heavy gale encountered December
10 off the Columbia River. Captain
Thomas was shaken from his bunk,
his sextant and chronometer were
Jumped from their places and broken
and daylight found the ship listed bad
ly, dipping her yards with every roll.
Captain Thomas and all hands worked
untiringly shoveling the sifting sand
ballast which was loaded at Valparaiso.
It seemed as if the shifted ballast
could not be trimmed when Captain
Thomas conceived the idea of weigh
ing down the unstable balla-st with
great bags made with sails. Ten big
canvasses worth J1000 were used, the
ends being fastened to stanchions amid
ships and the ship's side. Sand was
shoveled Into these and the sails were
sown up. making big bags which
weighted the ballast in place.
Three heavy gales were encountered
during the long trip of 32 days from
San Francisco, but the canvas bags
kept the ballast from shifting again.
The Boadicea is chartered to load lum
ber at Vancouver for the United King
dom. .
The British ship Arranmore has been
charterer! to load lumber at Tacoma.
The contract for the repairs of the
steamer Glenfarg has been awarded to
the British Columbia Marine Railway
Company, of Ksqulmault. and the dry
dock at Esquimau has been engaged
for Saturday to begin work.
Marine News of Seattle.
SEATTLE. Dec. 24. The steamer
Jefferson arrived from Skagway via
ports with 101 passengers. 10.000 cases
of salmon and 237 boxes of fresh halibut.
At 5 A. M.. December 22, the Jefferson
was struck by an unknown steamer in
Greenville channel.
The Heffernan Engine Works has the
contract for repairing the steam steer
ing gear of the steamer Suveric. which
was In heavy weather during her re
cent run across the Pacific.
The steamer Dora arrived from Dutch
Harbor via Unalaska this morning, and
will undergo annual inspection and re
pairs here.
The steamer Pennsylvania sailed to
day for Valdez and Seward with cargo
and 30 passengers.
The steamer Minnesota, of the Great
Northern line, arrived at Hongkong 2
P. M. Thursday, one day ahead of
schedule.
Captain Geer Buys Stranger.
Captain A. Geer. who has been acting
as pilot of the steamer Bailey Gatzert for
the past two years, has purchased the
steamer Stranger and will operate the
craft as a towboat on the Willamette
and Columbia Rivers. The boat belonged
to the Regulator Line and was used as
a construction craft during the building
of the North Bank road. She Is a pro
peller craft and was built at Portland
in 1!03 especially for a towboat. Captain
Geer will construct a number of barges
which he will use in connection with the
new towboat.
Eugene to Keep Open House.
EUGENE. Or., Dec. 24. (Special.) On
New Tear's day the Ladles' Auxiliary of
the Eugene Commercial Club will keep
open house at the club rooms from 3 to
6 P. M. to welcome all newcomers and
strangers in Eugene.
DRAMA DEALING WITH LIFE OF CHRIST
HAS YET TO BE WRITTEN -FOR STAGE
Subject Has Been Touched Upon Maimes, but Jesus as Central Figure of Play Has Never Been Used by
any Dramatist.
JUST now the world is concerned with
a more or loss attentive observation
of a holiday that is connected with
one of the most dramatic episodes in all
the history of mankind. Divested of its
religious significance, the advent of Jesus
Christ is still fraught with such tremen
dous importance that it must stand alone
as one of the greatest incidents of his
tory. The life of this man has affected
humanity as no other life has or will, in
all probability. From an obscure stable
at a wavside stopping place outside the
citv of Bethlehem in Judea has emanated
an' influence that has swayed the mighti
est nations and controlled the people who
have in turn dominated the world. This
Is easily understood for without regard
to any of the divine attributes ascribed
to the man bv his devout followers, he
brought to the world a better form of
crystallization of an ethical code so nearly
correct in principle and application, that
it has been adopted by all. Christian and
pagan alike, as the right way of living.
Solelv due to the element of sanctity
that surrounds the author of this religion
is the fact that no writer, either novelist
or dramatist, has dared to use Jesus
Christ as the central tipure of his work.
At various times indefinite approaches
have been made townrd this end. hut no
witer as vet .has had the temerity to
make Christ actually move and speak in
a play. The Passion Play of Oheram
mergau is not to be classed as a drama,
although it is built on a framework re
sembling that of a play.
Lew Wallace came nearer in Len
Hur" than any of his fellows to mak
ing the Naxarene a character in a
drama. He presents the outlines of
the teacher as he went about on eartli
with his disciples, and gives, probably
more definitely tiuin any other novelist
has In his indirect discussion of the
topic a clear look at the real meaning
of that brief earthly pilgrimage. In
iimt lms been made from the
I novel, the presence of Christ is hinted
at onlv, hut the hint is lniromiccu ilu
such dramatic circumstances as to
make one of the dominant notes of the
play. Matters reach such a pass that
a miracle is absolutely needed, and here
the stage manager has made just a lit
tle more prominent the device adopted
bv the novelist. Oeneral Wallace very
dellcately sei'.ed upon one of the re
corded miracles performed by Christ
and adapted it to the uses of the novel,
thereby restoring mother and sister to
Ben Hur. and rounding out in a most
conventional way the great novel on
which the play is founded. In this In
cident Is the nearest approach to the
introduction of Christ as a character
in novel or play.
Paul Heyse. in "Mary of Magdala.
keeps the presence of Christ always
before his audiences, bnt never Intro
duces him. The nearest he comes to
view is in the scene where Mary is
converted: here Christ is supposed to
be walking with his disciples In a gar
den adjacent to the house in which
Mary is visiting with a Roman noble
man. Heyse's handling of the theme,
presenting the contrasts of Roman and
Jewish character, animating Judas Is
cariot with the same patriotic motive
that prompted the son of Hur. in his
preparations for war on the Romans,
is masterly.
These two plays. Lew Wallace's "Ben
Hur" and Paul Heyse's "Mary of Mag
dala." are the best that deal with the
immediate time of the Sartor's presence
on earth. Some really strong plays have
been built, having for their central theme
the effect of Christ's teachings. Of
these the best known and most success-
MQDERNDOCKSTO
BE CONSTRUCTED
Warehouses Will Be Built on
Mayo Property Site at Foot
of Hull Street.
WORK BEGINS IN JANUARY
Plans for Construction Are Not
Complete, but Will Be Heady for
Bidders Witliin two Weeks.
Handle General Business.
Shortly after the beginning of the new
year the Terminal Dock & Warehouse
Company will begin the construction of
a new and modern warehouse at the foot
of Hull street. The property controlled
by the concern comprises 365 feet of
STEAMER INTELLIGENCE.
Due to Arrive.
Name. From. Date.
Senator Kan Francisro.In port
Yosemite. . . . . . San Francisco Jn port
Alliance Coos Bay.. ..In port
S. II. Elmore. .Tillamook Dec. 2..
Nome City. .. .Pan Francieco.Dec. 20
Nebraskan. ... Salinas Crux. Pec. 26
Atro Tillamook Dec. 20
Nevadan -Salinas Cruz. Dec. 20
Numantla Hongkong. .. .Dec 26
Urtakviater. .. .Coos Bay. ...Dec. 27
Kose City San Francisco .Dec. 2S
Roanoke L,os Anireles. Dec. 20
Geo.. W. Elder. San Pedro... Jan. 6
Nlcomedla .Honfckong. .. -Feb. 1
Alesia Hongkong Feb. 10
Arabia.-. Hongkong. .. .Mar. 1
Scheduled to Depart.
Name. From. Date.
Senator San Francisco .Dec- 23
Nebraskan Salinas Cruz. Dec. 25
Alliance Coos Bay Dec. 28
S. H. Elmore. . .Tillamook. . . .Dec. 20
Nome City. .. .San Francisco .Dec. 20
Atko Tillamook Dec. 27
Nevadan Pui:et Sound. Dec. 2S
Breakwater... Coos" Bay ... .Dec. 80
Roanoke. . I-os Angeles. Dec. 31
Rose City San Francisco.Jan. 1
Geo W. Klder. . San Pedro. . .Jan. 8
Numantia Hongkong. .. .Jan. 25
Alcsla Hor.gkong. . . .Feb. 24
Entered Thursday.
Roma. Am. steamship (Lawson),
witii fuel oil. from San Francisco.
Aliinnce. Am. steamship (Parsons),
wltn general cargo, from Ciks Bay.
Cleared Thursday.
Roma. Am. steamship (Lawson),
with ballast, for San Francisco.
waterfront and from the harbor line In
shore 440 feet. It is the intention of the
company to build warehouses which will
accommodate vessels of all classes and
they will handle all kinds of cargo for
deep water ships.
Several months ago the deal for the
property was put through by Campbell,
San'ord & Henley and immediately after
negotiations for the construction of a
dock were under way. The property,
described as Mays' tract, adjoins the
water-front property known as Martin's
dock, which is located at the foot of
Seventeenth street. It is one of the best
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A FAMOUS PAIXTIXtt
ful have been "Quo Vadis" and "The
Sign of the Cross." Neither of them
rises to the dramatic heights attained
bv Heyse or Wallace. In the Barrett
play the development of the love factor
is seized upon as the central incident.
In tho Sienklewicz drama tho love story
is brought to the front, but alongside
it are other incidents that at times seem
to overshadow it. but both plays agree
In making the merely religious aspect
of the dramatic action an incident rather
than a feature.
Plays in which religion figures in
one way and another are many and as
varied in type as In authorship. "The
Christian" is one in which both hero
and heroine make the mistake of trying
to apply abstract principles to practical
uses. The atmosphere of religion in
the play is decidedly tenuous and exists
In a haze rather than as a true medium.
It Is plain that the stage could and
should be made the complement of the
pulpit, if only the zealots on both sides
f: ,i r . '
pieces of water-front property in Port
land.
Plans and specifications for the new
dock have not been completed, but the
company expects to be able to ask for
bids in January. The dock will, be a
double-deck affair and will be equipped
with all modern apparatus for the rapid
handling of freight. Whether a con
crete bulkheads will be built at the har
bor line, or dolphins driven has not been
decided.
Steamers Will Observe Christmas.
Christmas will be generally observed
on the waterfront today. Regular pas
senger steamers have prepared a holiday
dinner for guests and trees have been
used to decorate the rigging and cabins.
The dining saloons of the various vessels
have been decorated for the occasion
and people without a home who have en
gaged passage on any of the steamers
will not think Christmas a cold day. The
steamship George W. Elder sailed last
night and the Senator will depart this
afternoon, both on regular schedule for
San Francisco.
Cruiser to Search for Steamer.
NEW YORK, Dec. 24. The 10,000-ton
French cruiser Amiral Mube, coming
from St. Pierre. Miquelon. a French col
ony, where there were recently disturb
ances among the islanders, arrived at
this port today. Her commander. Cap
tain Constant, will hold a conference
with the French Consul here with regard
tn hecrlnnlnir a search for the Fabre Line
freighter Neustrla. which has not been
sighted since leaving xew 10m tor mo
Mediterranean on October 29 last.
Zapora Pays $1600 Fine.
VANCOUVER, B. C Dec. 24. Captain
Newcomb, of the Dominion government
cruiser Kestrel, which arrived today from
patrol on the North Coast, was surprised
at the denial of Captain Johnson, of the
Tacoma halibut steamer Zapora. who said
that he was not fined by the Kestrel In
the north. Captain Newcomb confirms
the previous statement, and today depos
ited the amount of the fine. $1600. to the
credit of the government in Vancouver.
Oregon Iumber Cargo Arrives.
SAN PEDRO, Dec. 24. The schooner
Esther Buhne arrived today from Coos
Bay -with 400,000 feet of lumber.
Marine Notes.
The steamship Northland is loading
lumber for San Pedro.
The steamship Yosemlte will sail for
San Francisco at noon today.
The schooner Fred J. Wood will arrlva
up from Astoria this morning.
The steamship Senator will sail for
San Francisco this afternoon.
The steamship Alliance is scheduled to
eail for Cooa Bay ports tomorrow even
ing. Arrivals and Departures.
PORTLAND. Dec. 24. Sailed Steamship
Geo. W. Elder, for San Pedro and way.
Astoria, Dec. 24. Condition of the bar
at 5 P M.. rough: wind. routheast. IS
miles: weather, cloudy. Arrlvedl down dur
ing the night and sailed at 10:-5 A- M.
Steamer Breakwater, for Coo. Bay. Left
up at 8 A. M Schooner Fred J. Wood:
at 1-40 P M.. French bark Eugene Schnei
der. ' Arrived at 1:50 P. M. French bark
La Tonr Avergne. from Hamburg.
San Francisco. Dec. 24. Schooner ban
Buenaventura towed into Coos Bay dismast
ed Arrived Steamer South Bay. from Port
land. Sailed at 11 A. M. Steamer W. S.
Porter: at 1 P. M-, steamer Atlas, for Port-
o'rt Harford. Dec 24. Arrived Steamer
Asuncion, from Portland
Point Lobos. Dec. 24. Passed at 11 A M.
Steamer Nebraskan. from Portland.
Tides at Astoria Frldav.
Tliffh Low.
A. M ...7.4 feet8:15 A. M...-3.3 feet
T:."..", P. M....9-H feetjSiBO P. M..-1.4 feet
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could be brought to some sort of an
agreement. The ethical purpose of the
stage is admitted, and its educational
force is also established Sermons are
preached by the action of a play, just
as potently as from the pulpit. The
simple facts of the life story of Jesus
Christ can be used in a way In which
they have never before been used, and
by the illuminative process of stage
production can be presented with an
effectiveness that cannot be attained
by a mere recital of them. The imper
ceptible Influence of the Nazarene' is
really more of a factor in the life of
mankind than is the direct. This Is ap
parently a paradox," but it is easily
established as a correct conclusion. If
this be true, and the end to be obtained
in the spreading of this Influence, why
Is it not the part of wisdom to avail
the cause of every possible avenue for
reaching the minds of men? And what
avenue more readily offers than the
stage?
OLD TIMES JOLLY
Pioneer Christmas Days
called by Parker.
Re-
TELLS OF HIS ADVENTURES
Christmas Each Succeeding Year
Found Well-Known Citizen in
Xew Environment in
Epoch-Making Days.
Colonel Frank J. Parker, of Walla
Walla, the well-known pioneer, has writ
ten some interesting reminiscences of
early-day Christmases on the Pacific
Coast. His article fouows:
I loft England In March, 1804, and arrived
in Ban Francisco via Panama In April.
With a friend who now holds a very re
sponsible position aa a British Consul wo
went to Virginia City, Nev with the idea
that we would g-t a corner on the Com
stock, then in the height or Its glory. We
had about fa between us, and soon found
there were smarter men than we were, so
concluded to return to San Francisco.
Arriving there, I got a Job to go to San
Pedro. What it was I did not know and
did not care, but on arriving there I
found It was to drive a mule team some
where,, but I was so Indifferent that I
never asked where we were bound, but two
weeks after I found wo were to - drive to
Arizona and the Rio Grande with supplies
to tho army posts In Arizona and New
Mexico. In consideration of the fact that
I had never seen a mule before, I was placed
in the saddle of a wheeler and told to go
ahead. I got a long pretty well until wn
came to the San Gabriel River, where, by
some mischance, I ran the wagon up against
the bank of the crossing, and so caused a
halt of the whole train. The wagon boss
came up on hi mule and In very unparlia
mentary language asked me what In I
hired out as a mule driver for? I then found
I had hitched my near leader on the off
side. With a look I shall never forget and
some more language and the help of some
others teamsters, I Anally got out of my
scrape. It was the last mistake I made
and finally reached Tucson, and after a ew
months we reached Las Cruces.
Then, being tired of Government employ,
with a few others who like myself were
'rough and ready and hard to curry." we
reached Fort Union, in New Mexico. I soon
obtained a job as United States expressman
from tho fort to Santa Fe. I had orders to
get all the Christmas good things I could
get three days before the great holiday, so
had to make time. There were two of us
on the trip. Turkeys, geese and other good
things were out of the question, but by the
help of a friendly saloon-keeper we man
aged to obtain half a dozen suckling pigs.
They were all dressed but one, and he was
alive, and I had to carry him.
We left Santa Fo on the afternoon of tho
24th and must get to Fort Union by noon
next day. Before we left Santa Fo wo were
treated well (and after) and struck out for
our 100-mile ride. The pig I carried both
ered me and somehow he lost his tall before
wo arrived at the fort. We arrived there
In time to eat our Christmas dinner, and
that was tho first Christmas I enjoyed in the
United States.
Soon after I enlisted in the First Cali
fornia Volunteers and was sent to Fort Mc
Crea, on the Jornada del Muerta (Journey
of Death). Tho next Christmas I spent
there, with wild turkeys, venison and some
good old "commissary." After dinner some
thing happened. I had been engaged in the
Quartermaster's department and a certain
woman, wife of a soldier, had been buying
up bounty vouchers, and I generally made
up the papers. As her husband (for three
years, or during the war) was a worthless
fellow, I made them out in her name. Ho
found it out and did not like it. eo made
mischief, unknown to the woman.
After our dinner he camo to our quarters
and began abusing me to such an extent
that I gave him a licking and sent him
home. He came up again and a third time.
I was getting tired and he abused me so
much that one of the sergeants camo up
and said, "If you don't lick him well this
time I'll lick you." There was but one thing
to do. I had let him off twice, but knowing
Sergeant Donelly would be as good as his
word, I did my best, with the result that he
was in the hospital for a month.
Soon after his wife, whom I had been
doing so much for, came to our quarters
and had her say. She did not know then
what a good friend I had been to her, so
she went to the commanding officer and
gave him such a deal that he ordered a
squad of New Mexican infantry, who were
quartered with us, to tako me to the guard
house. Our boys did not like the Mexicans
anyhow, and would not let them set font In
our quarters. Then the commanding officer
came up. pretty full, and raised hades, with
the result that he was shot at and left.
Then the First Lieutenant (Slater) ramp up,
and being very popular, talked to the boys
like a white man; told me it was mutiny,
and as a friend advised me to go to the
guard-house, and as the commanding officer
was drunk he would see I was released next
morning. So I went, and that is where I
spent my second Christmas In America.
The next ChrlMmas I ppent was in the
Fort Stanton country, in New Mexico. We
were on scout after the Comanches and
Arapahoes; started with six days' rations.
We were out '21 days. That Christmas day,
tt.i, will ever be remembered. We had not a
bite to eat or even a cup of coffee, so turned
In on a wet night, our only consolation hem
the good times wo had before. For two das
after we rode along, horses tired out. until
at last we killed a buffalo. My time In the
army expiring soon after. I started for San
Francisco, but at Tucson 1 was held up to
take a dispatch to Camp Grant for a relief
to go to Bluewater, near the alia River, to
rescue a squad of the Fourteenth Infantry
who had been ambushed by the Apaches,
and Major Meltcr and Dr. Tappan had been
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Cherry Pectoral.
Adjers Cherry Pectoral
REVISED FORMULA
Often a single dose of Ayer's Cherry 'Pectoral at
bedtime will completely control the night coughs
of children. It is a strong medicine, a doctor's
medicine, entirely free from alcohol. Made only
for diseases of the throat, bronchial tubes, and lungs.
Full formula on each label.
We have no secrets I We publish
the formulas of all our medicines.
i C. AYER CO., Manufacturing Chemists, Lowell, Mass.
killed. We found the survivors and returnel
to Tucson, where I received 1(0 from the
commanding officer (General Mason) for my
desperate service, and engaged as United
States courier to carry the United States
mall to Fort Bowie and Fdrt Goodwin at
nearly flOCO per month In cold. I kept tne
job for three months and was the only
courier who had lasted tnat long whiiuul
being killed by the Apaches. I quit at that
time and arrived In San Francisco In May,
and then went off to the Big Bend mines in
British Columbia, S00 miles above where
Rossland now is. There I got broke, and
after a desperate ride down the Columbia
over Death Rapids, and some mining experi
ence, finally arrived at Lewlston and went
to a new mining camp some 40 miles north,
where I spent the next Christmas, 'tirt.
In lRflT I was in the Salmon River country
and enjoyed my Christmas dinner on Salmon
River with mountain sheep, and venison for
the piece de resistance..
The next Christmas I spent In Lewiston.
With great forethought myself ami two
others -when we arrived there made friends
with a restaurant man. and finally paid
him ftIO each to "grub" us until Spring,
when we would ko to the mines again. But
"Phomme propos, l'Dieu dlspoes." After
boarding a couple of weeks a fire happened
and our restaurant man was burned out. so
we were left high and dry. I got a job
at a sawmill on the Assotin, and my Christ
mas dinner was worried through there.
The next two years I was engaged In
running a tunnel In Florence to work Gold
Lake. We had our jolly Christmas all right.
I was a pretty good cook and used to make
a score of mince pies at a time and put
them aside to freeze until needed. I used
beef tallow for shortening, dried applet,
raisins and other stuff for filling, nut tney
went pretty well. But one year, just about
a week before Christmas. I examined into
the condition of our supplies. 1 found a box
of raisins 1 had put away for a plum
duff all gone. The wood rats had got on to
it and took every raisin in the box, but
with great consideration had left every
blessed stem behind. So we sent out to
John Day's by express for another box.
These are but few of the times we for
merly enjoyed in the old frontier. Yet we
enjoyed it as much as we would today at a
Christmas dinner at the Hotel Portland.
It was a time to enjoy, and we did our
best in good fellowship to make our Christ
mas day memorable, and today they are as
a star at midnight in a cloudy sky.
The young fellows now-a-days who coin
plain of "hard times" know not what hard
times are.
Let them not complain that roses have
thorns, but congratulate themselves as we
did that thorns are surmounted by roses.
Tacoma Shipping Xotes.
TACOMA. Dec. 24. Tlie British ship
Archibald Russell Tvlll put to sea the
day following Christmas for the United
Kingdom with her cargo of grain.
The German steamer Setos, of the
Kosmos line, is loading 2000 tons of
grain at Tacoma for the West Coast
and Hamburg.
The steamer Tallac was in port to
day to load 600 tons of wheat for San
Francisco.
The schooner Eric arrived today from
San Francisco to load lumber at tho
Tacoma Mill for San Francisco.
The schooner Mary E. Foster towed
over from Winslow to load lumber at
the Tacoma Mill.
Final Account in Thompson Kstate.
"Willam J. Hawkins, administrator of
the estate of the late R. R. Thompson,
yesterday filed his final account in the
County Clerk's office. This account
shows the value of the estate to be J!i2.
296. Of this amount S:iS,9;6 is cash. The
remainder of the estate consists of real
property, valued at $83,340. The various
Onr specialty is to build up health lo a per
manent and perfect standard, and we believe in
our ability to pet results. We believe honest
statements can be passed out to honest men by
honest methods and that men have confidence
enough in. their fellow-men now to shy at every
piidepost without investigating a little on their
account. "We believe in working, not weeping,
and in the pleasure of our work.
We believe that a man gets what he goes
, after; that one deed done todav is worth two
deeds tomorrow, and that XO MAX IS DOWT
AND OUT UNTIL HE HAS LOST I'AITH IN
HIMSELF.
We believe in today and the work we are doing; in torr-..,rro ..nd
the work we hope to do and the sure reward which the future holds.
We believe in courtesy, in kindness, in generosity, in good cheer, in
friendship and honest competition. We believe there is something
doing somewhere for every man ready to do it, and we are ready
right now.
Our experience and facilities are unequalled in Portland, and we
have the largest referred practice in the city. We mean by "referred
practice" patients referred to us by others who previously treated
with us and voluntarilyrecommend their friends to us for similar
treatment.
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Examination
Our treatments are mild our results are quick. We successfully
treat Acute, Chronic and Nervous Diseases, Blood Poison, Varicose
Veins, Catarrh, Skin Diseases, Stomach and Bowel Troubles, Tiles,
Fistula. Kidney and Bladder Ailments, Nervous Debility, and many
other diseases of men not mentioned here. No business address or
street number on our envelopes or packages.
Consultation and advice free. If you cannot call at office, write
for self-examination blank many cases cured at home. Medicines
$1.50 to $0.50 per course.
Hours 9 A. M. to 8 P. M. Sundays, 10 A. M. to 12.
ST. LOUIS MS'.LcD DISPENSARY
CORNER SECOND AND YAMHILL, PORTLAND, OREGON.
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ne thinks of Ayer's
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properties in question are located on
Front, Second. Davis. Pine and Fourth
streets, and are among the most valuable
sites in the city. Rentals approximate
$J000 monthly.
A par excellent table d'hoto dinner
served at the Perkins t5rill Christmas,
5 to 8:30. Reserve your tables.
Fitted bags and cases, Harris Trunk
The Stomach Does
Not Cause Dyspepsia
Neither Will It Cure It Because tha
Lack of Gastric Juices Pro
hibits Relief.
The stomach Is a strong, powerful or
gan, which is composed of muscles of
great strength. It is filled during di
gestion with gastric juices which, when
tho stomach, extending and compress
ing the food, dissolve it and separate
the nourishment from the waste matter.
If. however, these gastric Juices are
lacking, the stcmach is not capable of
digesting its food because it has not
the tools with which to work success-
fully. - .
Tho gastric juices when in a perfect
state do away with all foul odors, fer
mentation and decay, reduce the food
to a disintegrated mass and the stom
ach then presses it into the Intestines
where another form of digestion takes
place. Then the intestines take from
this mass of food all that is nourish
ing and give it to the blood. The waste,
matter is thrown from the system.
If instead of nourishment the In
testines receive impure deposits com
bined Willi a poisonous and Imperfect
gastric Juice, it can be readily seen
that hey must turn such imperfect
nourishment Into the blood. The blood
then being unable to give each part
of the body that which It requires,
becomes impoverished and disease is
spread broadcast.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets corrects
such a condition at once. If the gastric
juices are lacking and imperfect these
tablets do their work just the same.
Th-y build up the elements in the
iutce which are lacking and remove)
those elements which cause disturb
ance. , , ,
Meat, grains, fluids, vegetables and
delicacies, in fact each portion of a
large meal have been placed in a glass
tiai and Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
have digested them to a perfect fluid
just as a healthy stomach would do.
A large complex, hearty meal holds
no terrors for a dyspeptic if Stuart s
Dyspepsia Tablets are used. Abnormal
eating, lute dinners, rich foods cause
111 effects to the stomach, but when
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are used one
, ),.. n and what one will with-
out danger of dyspepsia or discomfort.
Forty tliousana puysunina
and prescribe Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab
lets end every druggist carries them
In stock, price r,0e. Send us your name
and address and we will send von at
once bv mail a sample package free.
Address F. A. Stuart Co.. 150 Stuart
Hldg.. Marshall. Mich.
Specialty
Any Uncomplicated Spe
$10
cial Disease Cured for