THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAN, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 37, 1909. 14 REFORM 010 NOT lust, says wife Divorce Granted Wife of H. C. Bickerton, Portland Real Estate Man. GIRL WEDDED UNWITTINGLY Lucy Oliver, 18 Years Old, Freed From Jack Oliver Trial Mar- riage Ends In Court Var ious Bad Tempers. Iona S. Bickerton was granted a di vorce from Hauffliton C. Bickerton by Jmtge Gantenbein in Circuit Court es teruay morning. He is well Iraowal" Portland real estate circles, while Mrs. Bickerton owns considerable property In Portland. Their marital woes were aired before Judge Bronaugh in the rireuit Court a year ago. B';kler'" contested his wife's suit. In which she alleged drunkenness and cr"e"y While the case was on trial he offered to reform if his wife would take Mm back, and a written contract to that effect was drawn up and signed. -Mrs. Bickerton then dropped the case. But when placed on the witness stand vesterday she said that his habits of drunkenness had continued, and that he often remained away from home all night. Mrs. Bickcrton's sister testified that her brother-in-law came to the apartment-house where they were liv ing earlv one morning, and that when she wouldn't open the door lay down in the hall for the rest of the night. Mrs Bickerton said that he came home after one of his sprees, told her he intended to end it all now. went Into the bathroom and locked the door. In a few minutes, she said, she heard him stropping his razor, and that he told her that In Just 10 minutes it would be all over. Whether her hus band afterward shoVcd the effects of a clean shave she did not say. Thev were married in San Francisco August 3, 1904. Didn't Know She Was Married. That Lucy Oliver. 18 years old. did not know the import of the marriage ceremony was one of the statements made before Judge Gantenbein yester day morning in her suit for a divorce from Jack C. Oliver. The court said that it was a remarkable case, hut that he was obliged to grant the de cree on the showing that the girl's consent was fraudulently obtained. Testimony was given to the effect that she did "not love the man, and did not know that she had agreed to a lifelong contract when she was mar ried by Rev. W. A. M. Breck on De cember 28 last year. Oliver, who is a man 20 years old, is said to have taken the girl to her sister's home, and to have proposed to her there a short time after he met her. telling her that her parents had given their consent to the wedding. Trial Marriage Knds in Court. The first trial marriage which has ever come to the notice of the Circuit Court was brought to light yesterday morning. Alexander V. Downing and Laura Smelley were married in Chi cago. November 26. 1904. under assumed names, that their attachment for each other and their wedding might be kept fiom their relatives and friends un til they were better able to tell wheth er or not they were suited to each other. During the four years since the wedding they have lived together only one week, according to Downing's testimony on the witness stand be fore Judge Gantenbein yesterday morn ing. He obtained a divorce. 'Downing said that for the purpose of matrimony he assumed the name of Roy A. Wingold. while his wife took that of Jennie Rice. Then they went, their several ways, continuing their work as before. Mrs. Downing was known under her maiden name until April, 1905. when she became known as Mrs. Downing, and they moved to Springfield. 111., where they rented rooms at 924 North Fourth street, and went to housekeeping. But Downing found It very unsatisfactory, for his wife left him to do the cooking and housework. She afterward surrendered the rooms without his knowledge and went to teaching school. She told him, he said, that she preferred teach ing to keeping house. Judge Ganten bein granted the divorce. Charges of Ill-Temper. After telling how her husband con stantly reminded her last Christmas that she never suited him, and that he wished she would pack up her things and leave. Mary F. Royer was given a divorce from Georger Royer. She said he broke the dishes, tore down the window curtains and kicked the furni ture about. They have lived at B95 Kast Taylor street for three years. She said they were married in 188S. and that she has borne, with her husband's cruelty for the last 10 years. Frankle Oossett obtained a divorce from John W. Gossctt. whom she mar ried at Vancouver, Wash., March 17, 1907. She said he had to borrow money with which to get the marriage license, and that he neglected to provide a home for her. They separated last month. Rudolph A. Kellar was divorced from Josie Kellar. He said his -wife told him she did not love him. and that she has sought other company during the last two months. They were mar ried September 12, 1908. Florence Campbell obtained a di vorce from Slnery Campbell, and -was permitted to resume her maiden name, Florence Lough. They were married September IS. 190fi. Campbell Is said to have deserted his wife in January, 1907. Sarah J. Tawney has brought a di vorce suit against T. W. Tawney. charging him with desertion. She asks to resume her former name. Ward. The divorce suit of Jessie Church against Delbert Church was to have been tried yesterday, but neither the plaintiff nor her attorney appeared. Mrs. Church says that while she was living with her husband at Bandon he would often arise In the middle of the night and go out to sit or lie on the ocean beach until morning. They went to a dancing party April 23, last year, but Mr. Church was not ac quainted with the modern dances. ' So Mrs. Church told him on which side of Ills partner he ought to stand, at which he became angry, she says, and left the house. When he returned he was abusive, giving evidences of the In fluence of liquor. His wife went to work as a cook in a Bandon restau rant. As she was on the night shift she did not return home until 1 A. M. She says her husband often watched for her and threatened her life. They were married at Bandon. March 16. 19'18. She asks to resume her former name, Jessie Osborn. Says Cooking Smelled Badly. Alleging that the goods in his tailor shop at 3S4 Morrison street are permeated with foul, repugnant and disagreeable odors because Sam Makin conducted the Blue Foint Oyster House adjoining in an uncleanly manner. M. A. Zelig has brought suit in the Circuit Court to re cover fTM damages. He says that Makin also used a portion of the building which Zelig had rented, and demands $390 dam ages for that, making J1130 in all. CHILDREN' PREFER FATHER Say Mrs. .Noyes "Runs Around With . ' Other Men." The divorce suit of Albert J. Noyes against Josephine Noyes was continued before Judge Gatcns in Circuit Court yesterday. Two of the children were placed on the stand and while giving their testimony were asked which parent they preferred. They replied that they liked their father best, because their mother "runs around with other men." The 19-year-old daujliter Alice, told of going to the kitchen for a drink of water one night after she had retired, and sup posed -the rest of the family had, too. But she unexpectedly found Sollers, charged with being Mrs. Noyes' "affin ity," sitting on the sofa with her mother. She said she could not see very distinct ly, because the lamp was in the kitchen, while they were sitting in an adjoining room. The girlt also told of a fight between Noyes and Sollers, in which her mother took a hand, throwing a pan of half baked bread at her father, which he caught. Mrs. Noyes l.erself went on the stand yesterday afternoon in her own behalf, and engaged in frequent tilts with the attorneys. She accuses her husband f being to blame for their marital unhap piness. OBJECT TO PAYING FOR FILL Property-owners on Cnion Avenue Take Matter Into Courts. The owners of the property abutting Cnion avenue, between East Oak and East Sixth streets, object to paying for the fill which the city has made. A petition for a writ of review of the re-assessment- made by the city was filed in Circuit Court yesterday. It is alleged that the city had no author ity to make a re-assessment until It had canceled the first assessment. The petition asks that the Circuit Court order a hearing on the writ of review before April 5. and that the re-assessment be set aside. A. I Barbur, City Auditor, is named with the city as a defendant, while the plantiffs are S. and Rebecca Hochfeld, Anna Cully, J. F. and Irene S. Cal breath, the estate and heirs of James W. Beakey, Mary Beakey, George J. West. John J. Kadderly, John P. Sharkey, Ellen J. Sharkey, Joseph Pa quet and Carrie Nicholas. SCUM ITT TAKEN" INTO CUSTODY Lawyer Sentenced by Justice Olson Is Arrested. G. G. Schmitt, a local attorney sen tenced by Justice of the Peace Olson to serve nine days in the County Jail be cause he refused to return $25 which the court had previously awarded to Schmitt's client, was arrested yesterday by Con stable Lou Wagner. Ha made application for a writ of habeas corpus, and was taken before Judge Gantenbein, of the Circuit Court. But the court found that some of the papers had not been served, and ordered the case continued. Schmitt was released on his own recognizance. DOUBTS STDRY OF GOBBLE COl'HT SYMPATHIES WITH JES SIE CAMERON" FISHER. Man's Tale of Being Chloroformed i by Woman Disbelieved by Judge Van Zante. Just whether David C. Cobble, itiner ant photographer, was chloroformed by Jessie Cameron Fisher, adventuress, at the Knickerbocker House, several nights since, or whether he took the chloroform to end a life that had become unhappy because the woman refused to favor him with her affections, proved a problem that Municipal Judge Van Zante declined to solve, when the case was heard yester day morning. There was much evidence either way, and when it was all In the court said he would give the woman the benefit of the doubt and let her go. al though he was convinced of her mer cenary spirit. Cobble, who is something near 30, unhandsome and unsophisticated, told the story of his approach to the verge of death In minute detail. The woman, who may be 25, on the border line between being homely and comely, and quite so phisticated, declined to take the stand, contenting herself with a recital of the conflicting stories told by Cobble when he came out from under the chloroform. Two witnesses, Monroe Goldstein and James V. Sayre, quoted Cobble as hav ing said he tried to suicide. They de scribed farewell letters which he left to his mother, the newspapers, the police and Coroner. Cobble, too, was said to have planned leaving the city and avoiding the hearing of the case. He was seen to enter a ticket office, where he inquired as to the rates out of Portland. Detective Price cornered him as he left the ticket office and saw to It that he was in court. The photographer's story was a reiter ation of what he had previously told the authorities. On arriving in the city he met the woman and began taking her about to theaters and grill-rooms, he said. One evening he called on her at the Knickerbocker. There was another man there. Cobble procured a bottle of wine. While he was out of the room the woman opened It and poured out three glasses. He drank one of them, and in a few minutes became dizzy. That was the last he could remember until he recovered his senses In bed. to find that the au thorities had taken him in charge as a would-be suicide. As to the farewell letters attributed to him, he said he re called writing no such messages, and if they were in existence the woman must have compelled him to write them while under her control. When he lost con sciousness he had $135. he said. When he came to he had nothing. The court said it was entirely probable the woman was of a mercenary disposi tion and had effected the separation that had occurred between Cobble and his coin. But as there was considerable doubt as to whether any chloroforming occurred, the woman would be discharged. She was represented by John Henry Stevenson, while the case was prosecuted by Deputy District Attorney Hennessy. Miners- Fight Kerns' Bill. SPOKANE. Feb. 26. One hundred mine owners are -to leave Wallace, Idaho. Sun day morning by special train to Boise to fight against Senator Kerns' liability bill. They claim the bill provides that em ployes can recover damages In almost every case and also holds employers re sponsible in case of sickness. TO CURB A COLD IN ONE DAT Take LAXATIVE BKOSIO Quinine Tablet. Druggists refund money If it faile to cure. E. W. GKOVE'S ilgnatur U on eacb box. 23b 010 FLEET ON HAND Nineteen Steamships in Rivers at Present. CRAFT HERE FOR LUMBER Clan Macfarlane Latest Charter An nounced for Lumber Foreign Taken by Pacific Export Lum ber Company for Orient. There are today an unusual number of steamships in port, the record at the Mer chants Exchange showing 19 either at docks along the rivers or in the stream. In the harbor are 16 steamships of var ious tonnage, most of which are here for coastwise grain or lumber. Coasting business is very heavy at pres ent, there being full cargoes for every thing from regular liners to steam schooners of moderate capacity. The shifting of vessels from one dock 6TEAMZB DiTELLIGENCK Due to Arrives Name. From. Date. Koine City. .. .San Francisco. In port St. Helens San Francisc In port Olson & MahonjSan Francisco In port Alliance Coos Bay.... In port Senator fan Francisco. Mar. 1 Breakwater. .. .Coos Bay.... Mar. 1 "Arabia.. . . . . . Henekon. Mar. 1 Northland San Francisco Mar. 3 Argo lillamook. . . .Mar. 3 Geo. W.Elder. San Pedro... Mar. 3 Sue H. ElmoreTlllamook Mar. Kureka Kureka Mar. Rose City San Francisco Mar. 8 Roanoke Los Anjreles. Mar. H Nuirantla Hongkong-. ...Mar. 27 Alesla Hongkong.... Apr. 10 Klcomedla Hongkong May I Scheduled to Depart. Name. For. Date- St Helens San Francisco Mar. 1 Nome City. .. .San Francisco. Mar.. 1 Breakwater. .. Coos Bay. ...Mar. 3 Geo W. Elder. . San Pedro. .. Mar. 4 Arfto Tillamook Mar. 4 Alliance Coos Bay Mar. 5 Senator San Francisco. Mar. Sue If. ElmoreTlllamook Mar. 7 Roanoke Los Aiicelea. Mar. U Rose City San Francisco. Mar. 32 Numantla Hongkong Apr. Alesla .. .Horckon?. .. .Apr. 17 'Nlcomedla Hongkong;. ...May 12 Entered Friday. Qasco, Am. steamship (Ahlin), in ballast, from San Francisco. Alliance. Am. steamship (Pars ons), with general cargo, from San Francisco. Cleared Friday. R. D. Inman, Am. steamship (Lancaster), with craln and lumber, for San Francisco. Casco, Am. steamship (Ahlln). with lumber, from Linnton for San Pedro. Nome City. Am. steamship (Han ,on), with grain and lumber, for San Francisco. Rose City. Am. steamship (Mason.) with general cargo, for San Fran cisco. Alliance. Am. steamship (Par sons), with general cargo, for Coos Bay. to another, icferred to in yesterday's Oregjnian is partly to be accounted for by the diversity of shipments to Cali fornia ports. Spot wheat, while running low, as is to 1)3 expected at this season of the year, is yet of sufficient volume to provide good sized cargoes coastwise for some weeks to come. Lumber trade south was never better than now and foreign demand is also strong. The Pacific Export Lumber Com pany yesterday chartered the British steamship Clan Macfarlane to carry lum ber to the Orient. The Clan Macfarlane is of 3107 net reg ister, being a ves3el 400 feet in length, 60 feet beam and 27.6 feet depth of hold and will carry about 4,000.000 feet of lum ber. She sailed from a Java port 'Jan uary 30, and Is about due at Vancouver, 03. C., from which port she will come di rect to Portland to load. She Is a steel vessel and was built In 1S9S. Among the large vessels that will figure In March lumber shipments Is the Yeddo, a Britisher, which will arrive here Sun day from Comox, B. C. She is to pro ceed to Sydney, N S. W-, taking about 2.000,000 feet of lumber. Following her will be the British steamship Croydon to load for Calcutta. She will carry about 3,000,000 feet. Marine N'otcs. The liner Alliance, for Coos Bay. and the Cisco, for San Francisco, will sail tonight. Captain Dunham will sail the Roanoke this evening for San Pedro on her regu lar trip. Expected to finish this afternoon, the Olson and Mahony will probably leave down tonight. Another steam schooner, the Coaster, left San Francisco yesterday for this port to load lumber. Arriving up last night at Linnton, the schooner Tamalpais will load lumber for the California market. The Asiatic liner Arabia sailed Thurs day night from San Francisco for Port land. She should be at her dock here Monday. After taking part cargo of lumber at Linnton, the Casco shifted to Stella to finish yesterday. She will finish this afternoon. Now that the new lighthouse tender Manzanlta has arrived to relieve her. the Heather will be withdrawn from duty temporarily to undergo extensive repairs. Part of the cargo of the R. D. Inman, which sailed yesterday at 4 P. M., was 625 tons of wheat for Balfour, Guthrie & Co., and 475,000 feet of lumber for San Francisco. Frank-Funk, steward of the Rose City, was compelled to lay off when the liner was at San Francisco, on account of se- shapeliness. All of this can be avoided, however, by the use of Mother's Friend before baby comes, as this great liniment always prepares the body for the strain upon it, and preserves the symmetry of her form. Mother's Friend overcomes all the danger of child birth, and carries the expectant mother safely through this critical period without pain. It is woman's greatest blessing. Thousands gratefully tell of the benefit and relief derived from the use of this wonderful remedy. oia by all druggists at $1.00 per bottle. Our little book, telling all about, this lini ment will be sent free. THE BRADf IELD REGULATOR CO Atlanta, Ca. vere illness. His place Is being filled by G. H. Ganong. In the cargo of the Rose City, which sailed yesterday for San Francisco, were 4U0 sacks of wheat, 3500 sacks of flour and 1000 sacks of meal. She carried a large number of passengers. Arrivals and Departures. PORTLAND, Fes. 26. Arrived Maverick, from San Francisco; Tamalpais, from San Francisco: South Bay, from San Francis. Sailed Alliance, for Coos Bay; Rose City, for San Francisco; R. D. Inman, for San Fran- C'SAstoria Feb. 28. Condition at the mouth of the river at 5 P. M.. smooth; wind, eoutli. 30 miles; weather, raining. Arrived down during the night and sailed at 7:30 A. M.. steamer Eureka, for Coos- Bay and Eureka. Arrived at 7 and left up at 9:50 A. M., steamer maverick, from San Francisco. Ar rived at 7 and left up at 10 A. M., steamer Tamalpais. from San Francisco. Arrived at 710 and left up at 9:50 A. M., steamer South Bay. from San Francisco. Arrived down at 1 and sailed at 2 P. M., steamer W. S. Por ter, for Monterey. . . , San Francisco, Felr. 28. Sailed at mionlght, German steamer Arabia, for Portland. Sailed at 11 A. M., steamer Coaster, for Columbia River. . , Victoria. Feb. 26. Sailed Norwegian steamer Selja, from Portland, for Taku Bar. (By wireless) Steamers Homer and Nan Smith reported off Cape Blanco at 11 A. M. San Francisco. Feb. 26. Arrived Steamer Korea, from Hongkong; steamer M. F. Plant, from Coos Bay; steamer Doris, from Willapa Harbor; steamer Eir, from Tacoma; steamer Czarina, from Coos Bay; steamer Hyades, from Honolulu. Sallf-d Steamer Humboldt, for Seattle; steamer Coaster, for Portland; steamer Tenyo Maru, for Hongkong. Tides at Astoria- Saturday. High. Low. . 6:13 A. M 8.3 feetl0:OS A. M 2.9 feet 7:52 P. M O.t feetl:2S P. M. O.i foot REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Eastern Investment Co. to S. L. Rob erts, lots 4, S, block 19. Ports mouth J- F K. Bratschi and wife to btephen Shobert, lots 1 to 5, block 21, N.. n Albina i-,,- 2'00 Honeynian Trust Co. to Nick Kosifls. lot 4, block 2. Clark Terraces 60 Same to John Kosifls, lot 5, block 2. Clark Terraces Same to Wilson Clark, lot 15, block a. Clark Terraces 60 C- O. Webster and wife to Catherine McGrath. lots 5, 0, block 200. Hoi laday Add 1 Daniel P. Wood and wife to Orsamus W. Cass lots 15. 16. block 9. Broadway Add 2.000 E. R. Botsford and wife to Lewis Moyer. lots 9, 10. block 9, Subd. of proebstel's Add 1 Almira Anderson to Andrew Ander son, lots 14, 15, block 97, tfeU wood - - 1 Ed D. Retchard and wife to Louis P. Beno et al., lots 3, 4. block 26. Ooldlliith's Add 10 WIMIs F. Bush and wife to Mike Budenlch, lot 4, block 10, Park Add 20 Merchants Savings & Trust Co. to C. F Kesterson, E. (i of S. E. U ot Sec. 24. T. i S . R. 2 E 10 Jordan & Barbade to S. J. White. rots 17, IS, Jorhade 2,066 Andrew . Horberg and wife to Oscar F. Kilns et al., lot 10. block R. Albina , 550 Herman Metzger and wife to Frank: Chamberlain, lots 9. 10. block 5. Reservoir Park 3UW Earl O Royal to E. W. Childs, lot 12. block 11, Park View Ext 2,u0 James P. Andrews and wire to Sam- -uel A. Lagasse et al., lots 6, 7, 8, block 1, Beulah Heights 10 Daniel Miller and wife toi Henry Mll cher, lot 5, block 4, North Irving ton 2.5 Ku-saell M. Welch and wife to Neva J. Saylor, Jot 7. block ,03. Sell wood ,0 C. A. Partlow and wife to B. A. Koehler. lot 7. block 36, Peninsula Add. No. 3 350 Mooro Investment Co. to B. W. and Laura A. Nelson, lot 15, block 19. Vernon 4 Cord Sengstake et al. to Lewis Mover, lots 9, lit, Subd. of Proebstel's Add. 1 Arleta Land Co. to Dan W. Crossley, lot 17, block 5, Elberta 300 John H. Jones to same, lot 18, block 5. Elberta -00 T. G. Brownson et al. to M. A. Zil llnger. lots 1, 2. block 4, Murray Hill Add 3,500 Alonzo Carllle et al. to Clara Pcar-i-all Hall, lots 9, 10, block 25. Cen tral Albina 1 Solomon Goldsmith and wife to Louis Kuhn, lots 1, 2, block 319. BaicU's Add 4.o00 L. O. Ralston and wife to W. Mar gulls, lots 4 to S. block 6; lots 3, 4. block 8, Green's Add S.jOO Same to same, lots 10 to 13. DiocK 6, Green s Add 2,140 Olds. Wortman & King to Thomas Scott Brooke, lots 7, 8, block 147, city '. 10 J. H. Brown and wife to Ernest House et al., parts of blocks 1, 2, Ramona 10 T. S. McDaniel and wife to Anna Thurlow, lot 12, Vance 1,000 Ferdinand Groner and wife to Es trella Bonner, lots 0, 7, 8, block 22, North Albina 637 South East Portland Real Estate As sociation to Ernest H. Meyer, lots 4. 5. 0. block 7. excepting right of wav of O. W. P. In First Sub. ot McKinley Park 400 M. C. George and wife to Almira C. Wood, part of block 59, Carter's Add. to Portland 10 Albert Bern!, executor, to Lewis Moyer, E '4 of lots 0. 10, block 9, Subd. of Proebstel's Add 4.750 J. B. Holbrook and wife to Mary A. Burton, lot III. block 2, Marengo Add. to St. John 300 Same to James Miller, lot 12. block 4, same addition 300 B. D. Holbrook and wife to J. B. Holbrook, lots 16, 17, block 2. same addition 10 Isadora Trendo to Delle C. Kellogg et al.. S. E. of N. W. U of Sec. 22. T. 1 R. 4 E 1 George A. Ross and wife to Emma Ludwig. W. 50 feet of lots 1, 2, block 2, Field's Add 1.700 C. A. Bauer to Charles L. Rhuddy, lot 2, block 10. Woodlawn 500 Esther E. Nicholas to T. T. Nicholas, lots In Aiken's and Logan's Adds, and East Portland 1 C C. Prince to P. A. Marquam. all Interest In the John Donner D. L. C. In Sec. 9. T. 1 S.. R. 1 E 1 Herman Metzger and wife to Mrs. F. E. Bastow, block "J," Metzger Acre Tracts 200 Lambert-Whitmer Co., agents, to A. C. Smith, S7X.1T.3 feet beginning at S E cor. of East Taylor and East Sixteenth 3.500 William Fischer and wife to Matthew P. Blausen, 33 1-3x100 feet, begin ning at point In N. line of block 208. Lane's Add.. 66 2-3 feet west erly from N. E. cor. of said block 3,800 Addle M. Kern to C. S. Gay, lot 18, Kent .-. 1 Charles S. Gny to R. W. Fleming, lot 18. Kent 1,500 W. A. Wheeler and wife to H. B. Adams. S. hi of Is. 14 of block 22. Wheeler's Add 12,000 Title Guarantee & Trust Co. to W. A. Adams, Iota 1, 3, 5, 7, block 8, Lexington Heights 500 Edw A. Baldwin and wife to A. O. Bjelland. lot 12 and easterly .10 feet of lot 13. block 208. Couch Add 10 C. L. Tomllnson to A. O. ReIdy.lot 14. block 2, East Portland 1,600 Hattle Yott to Albert W. Duke et al lot 20, block 4, Town of Lent 10 Ole Kc-ttleson and wife to Lucy N. Coon, lot 6. block 7, Multnomah Add. . 3.200 L. E. Beach and wife to D. M. Tav lor. lots 13, 14, block .21, Mount Tabor Villa 500 Total S68.502 X.AWTERS ABSTRACT TRUST CO. Room 8. Board of Trade bid. Abstracts a specialty. Hin your abstracts mads by the Title Trust Co., 7 Chamber of Commerce. "Webfoot Oil Blacking (a shoe grease), softens leather, weatherproofs shoes. Every woman covets a shapely, pretty figure, and many of them deplore the loss ot their girlish forms after marriage. The bear ing of children is often rlpc-rrnr'tivfi tn the mnfher's ALL EYES 1 ow GREAT SOUTHERN Extension Planned of Road Now in Operation South From The Dalles. LOCAL CAPITAL CONTROLS Koute Into Central Oregtm Said to Be Easiest Yet Surveyed Ab- . sorption by Hill Inter ests Possible. The Great Southern Railroad Company, which is in operation from The Dalles south to Dufur, a distance of 30 miles, has been made the object of considerable interest lately by the big railroad inter ests of the Pacific Northwest. The road, it is understood: is to be extended further south to Kingsley, and thence on to the crossing of Tygh Creek, and work on the surveys la expected to be pushed -during the coming season. The road was built largely by Portland- capital, the Meier & Frank Company being largely interested This road offers a splendid route into Interior Oregon, and if acquired by the Hill Interests would provide an ideal ave nue for traffic from the inland prairies of the state. It could be extended south ward, crossing the Deschutes River at Sherar's Bridge, and thence southward indefinitely through Southern Oregon. It is said this route offers far easier con struction than the surveys heretofore made up the Deschutes River, at a much less cost per mile, while it would have equal advantages as to grades. The question of the possible absorp tion of this property has really more be hind it than the taking over of the pres ent road as built, on account of the fu ture possibilities of an extension through the state, and it has been rumored that representatives of the big warring inter ests had been angling industriously with a view to obtaining the road for their purposes. Julius L. Meier, of the Meier & Frank Company, on being interviewed, said that representatives of the different railroad interests had made overtures toward pur chasing the Great Southern Railroad, but that the officers of the company were well satisfied with its present prospects, and there was nothing definite to say as to the possibility of the road changing hands. Mr. Meier said that plans for extending the road some 25 to 50 miles were well under way, which extension had been under consideration for some time. Several railroads are understood as looking upon the Great Southern Railroad Company with interested eyes. OLSON OFFERS SIGNATURE Justice or Peace Keady to Sign Pe tition for Own Recall. If G. G. Schmitt, an attorney who is preparing a petition to have the recall used on Justice of the Peace Fred Olson, chances to run short of signatures on the petition, the acasiled magistrate is willing to fill In one vacant place with his own signature. I have nothing to fear from any recall measure." said Judge Olson yesterday. ! THE OLD AND THE NEW. The success of 'modern methods is perhaps, more clearly defined in the practice of medicine than in any other line of human endeavor. For Instance: Years ago remedies of various kinds were used in treating consumption, and nine-tenths of the pa tients died. 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Modern science lias combined ' the active princiDies of the Pine and Santalwood trees which is known under the name of Virgin Oil of Pine compound pure. This preparation is put up for dispensing only in half ounce vials, each vial securely sealed in a round wooden case, and prepared only by Leach Chemical Co., Cincin nati, O. Diseases of Men V srloocol. Hydro cl. Nervous Debility, Hiooa Poison, Stricture, Xrostailo troubl ana all other private cLU mem are successfully treated and cured by me. Call and see me about your case U j on want reliable treatment with prompt and Mrmineni resulta Consul tat ioa fre and invited All transac tions satisfactory and conOdentlaL Office kour. a a. M to I P. M. flundaym 10 tm XI Call on or ad dree DR. WALKER 181 First dt. Car. Yamhill, Portland, Or tan a Specialty The weh-known 6. K. Chan Chinese Medical Company, with wonderful, herbs and roots, has cured many suffer ers when all other remedies hare failed. 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AYER CO., Manufacturing Chemitts, Lowe!', Mass. "I am always willing to have- the people pass upon my conduct. If it is wrong to enforce the orders of courts of justice, then I have made a mistake in sentencing Schmitt to serve nine days in the County Jail for refusing to return $25 In a re- NERVOUS AND A weak and debilitated nervous 6ystcm is the underlying cause of lost manly vitality. Nerv ous debility Is due to lack of nerve power. There is no excuse for the multitude of men who are unequal to enjoying the health of man in the highest stage of per fection. It was never intended that man at any time should be lacking in the essential elements that constitute a robust man, nor would any man ever suffer those mortifying and embarrassing con sequences if his nervous system did not become weak and shat tered. fcince the nervous system con- ' trols the action of all organs, and is the motor from which all power of the body is derived, it is evi dent that the proper and only successful way to bring back vim, vlfror and vitality is to treat the nervous system. IVe revive the vim of strength in treating men by a system that recharges the nerve force, and when we dismiss the sufferer there will never again be a sign of weakness, except brought on by Imprudence. Our arrangements with patients are unapproachable for prices and fairness of terms by any specialist on the Coast. WE CHARGE NOTHING TO PROVE OUR METHODS WILL CURE YOU We demonstrate our ability In the treatment of the dlspases In our specialty, first, by giving immediate benefits; secondly, by the rapid progress our patients make from the beginning, and each and every pa tient knows that ho is going to get well from the fact that there Is no staiid-stifl about the disease, no weary weeks and months of waiting, hoping and watching for benefits the trouble must yield, if we tell you in the beginning we can permanently cure you, and It is because we are scientific specialists and know how to treat the following diseases of our specialty: DOX'T LET MOSEY MATTERS OR FALSE l'HIDE KEEP YOU AWAY We Cure Forever Cases of Varicocele, Blood Dlxeane, Lost Vitality, Plies, Eczema, FallinR Hair, I'ailiux Memory, Obstructions, Xervous, Kidney and Bladder Ailments. . Coiioultaticn and advice free. If you can r.ot call at office, write for self-examination blank many cases cured at home. Medicines J1.B0 to $6.50 per course. ' HOURS O A. M. TO 8 P. M. SUNDAY'S, 10 A M. TO 12. ST. LOUIS MEDICAL AND SURGICAL CORNER SECOND AST) YAMHILL, PORTLAND, OREGON ; " ! I WILL CURE YOU When I have aecepted 70ur case for treatment you may look forward to a complete cure, and with the very first treatment the curing will begin. This Is pretty definite talk upon. what, is com monly regarded as an un certain and speculative matter. .'But I am In a position to speak defi nitely and positively. With me the cure of men's diseases Is not un certain or speculative at alU The 1 have treated so many cases that I know just what I can do and what I cannot do, and I never promise or attempt too much. I accept no case in which I have doubt as to rny ability to cure, and results are always equal to the claims I make. Following are some of the diseases I cure and reasons why my cures are certain: Spermatorrhoea, cak ness. Varicocele, Hydrocele, Stricture, Contracted Diseases and Con tagious Blood Poison. EXAMINATION FREE I offer not only FREE consultation and advice, but of every case that comes to me I will make a Careful Examination and Diagnosis with out charge. No ailing man should neglect this opportunity to get expert opinion about his trouble. If you cannot call, write for Diagnosis Chart. My offices are open all day from 9 A. M. to 9 P. if., and Sundays from 10 to 1. The DR. TAYLOR Co. WHY NOT TAKE A STREETCAR RIDE TOMORROW OUT TO GREGORY HEIGHTS SEE GREGORY'S BIG AD SUNDAY It Pills Headaches. Biliousness. Constipation. Ayer's Pills Sugar-coated. Easy to take. Don't forget. opened default case. It Is my under standing that the orders of the court must be enforced, and if some attorney refuses to obey those orders, lie must expect to be dealt with for contempt of court." MALE WEAKNESS DISPENSARY You Pay, When Cured DR. TAYLOR, Leading Specialist. 234V2 Morrison Street Corner Second St. Portland, Oregon