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9 MORXDfO . OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, SEPTE3IBEK 23, 1909 THE 18 ELIMINATION OF POLITICS JS URGED Oregon Postmasters Want Merit to Determine Ten ure of Office. EFFICIENCY WOULD RESULT Association, Meeting In Portland, Will Also Recommend Increased Allowances tor Clerk Hire, Johnson Elected President. Oregon's postmasters Ilka their jobs, and they are frank enough to say they would like to continue In their positions Indefinitely. They believe firmly In the merit system and are convinced that the efficiency of the postal service can best be promoted by retaining postmasters in office Just so long as they perform their duties to the satisfaction of the Post office Department. Under such a system; aver the postmasters, .politics would be eliminated from the administration of,th postal service and a more efficient serv ice would follow. At any rate, such is the candid opinion of the members of the Presidential Post masters' Association, which is holding Its second annual convention in the assembly hall at the Portland Commercial Club. This unanimity of expression followed the reading of a paper by T. P. Randall, postmaster at Oregon City, on 'Practical Buycestions." At the outset -of his re marks. Mr. Randall paid that determina tion and vig.lance were the essential qualities in a postmaster if be- would bs SUCC'-Si'f Ul. "I believe that a postmaster shcrald be retained in office so long as his work Is mtisfactory to the Postofflce Depart ment." said Mr. Randall, "and what Is more, he should have more power in se lecting his assistants. The postmaster would then be under no obligations po litically and he would be privileged to select more competent help. It has been my experience that the eligible list does not always supply the men best equipped for work In the postal service." Sfveral of the other members of the association heartily Indorsed Mr. Ran dall's views, maintaining that such a sys tem would make more for increased ef ficiency of the service than all other agencies combined. E. C. Clement. Postal Inspector, in discussing the subject, said sentiment for the elimination of politics as a consideration in the appointment of postmasters was rapidly Increasing. He quoted Senator Carter, of Montana, as one of the prominent men In the United States who favored the substitution of a system by which postmasters not only would be retained in the Government service, but would be promoted on merit from one class to another and transferred from one office to another. The speakers Insisted that their position on this sub ject was not Inspired by selfish motives, but. on the contrary, was the result of their own otservatlons gathered from the management of an office. Vice-President Page Presides. The postmasters were formally wel comed to the city by Tom Richardson, manager of the Commercial Club. J. L Page, of Eugene, vice-president of the association, presided. John Minto having resigned as president at the time he re tired as postmaster in this city last Spring. An interesting paper on "Coun try Roads and Postmasters," written toy W. W. Brown, of Lebanon, who waa un able to attend the convention, was read at the morning session. In discussing the subject "Postmasters of the Third Class" W. W. Bmead, of Heppner. detailed the troubles of the postmasters of this grade, who are re quired to pay for clerical assistance from their own meager salary- He contended that the Government should make pro vision for this help in the Interest of an Improved administration of the postal service. Later in the day the committee on resolutions was instructed to prepare a resolution urging Congress to provide an Increased allowance for clerk hire in all third-class offices. It was announced that the postoffice department was favorable towards extending that aid and recommended a bill carrying an appropri ation of .aQO.0uO for that purpose which was presented at the last session of Con gress and failed of passage. Delivery Most Important Duty. "A Neglected Department" was the subject discussed by B. W. Johnson, of Corvallis. Mr. Johnson spoke plainly, saying that the primary purpose of the postoffics was the handling and disJ tributing of mall, and that the best re sults could be obtained only when the postmaster personally keept in touch and superintended the .work in every depart ment of his office. The money order and registry departments of an office, he said, were only side lines to the main business of a postofflce and should be so regarded. The speaker Insisted that both the city and rural delivery services were of vastly greater Importance than the issuance of money orders or the registering of packages. Mr. Johnson recommended that the postmasters seek to secure better pay for all general delivery and mailing clerks, even If it should be necessary to sacrifice the salaries now paid the clerks In the money order and registry departments. This paper whs followed by a general discussion, which developed the fact that the postmasters unanimously favor in creased pay for clerks In the postal sen'ice. They also were agreed that the rural mall carrier should receive more salary than the city carrier on the theory that a higher degree of intelligence is required of the carrier who serves the country districts. Under the present schedule the city carrier receives more salary than the rural carrier while the latter has to meet the expense of keep ing a team and. in addition to delivering and collecting the mail on his route, is required to do a general postal business every day. Including the sale of stamps. Issuing money orders and registering let ters and packages. Postal Inspector Clement In an address urged that a strict compliance with the postal regulations In all matters was the only sure protection to postmasters against trouble and possible litigation in many instances. New Officers Are Elected. In the election of officers for the en suing year B. W. Johnson, retiring secretary-treasurer, was elected president. J. L. Page, of Eugene, was re-elected vice-president and F. J. Carney, of As toria, is the new secretary-treasurer. Among those attending the convention are: Mrs. lone McCall. Gresham; Miss Estella Hodges, Prineville; F. J. Carney. Astoria: Henry A. Snyder. Aurora: J. R. Casey, Ashland: W. J. Clarke. Gervals; N. E. Chambless, Arleta; B. W. Johnson, Corvallis: C. K. Hasard. Drain: J. U Page, Eurene: V. W. Smead, Heppner; G. M. Richey, La Grande: George W. Spring, Lents: T. L. Ambler, Mount Angel; H. M. Hoskins, McMlnnville: C. B. "Wilson. JJewberg: T. P. Randall, Oregon C-Jtx; F. W. Valentine. St. John; Squire Farrar. Salem: A. F. Blackerby. Silver ton: E. S. Abbott. Seaside, and H. S. Buck. Sumpter. The postmasters concluded all of their routine business yesterday purposely so as to give today to Postmaster-General withrw-lt who will arrive this morning ! and address the convention at 10 o'clock. The association will proDaoiy adjourn u noon and the visiting postmasters will spend the afternoon sightseeing. A great many of the visitors have planned to attend the Portland Fair & Livestock Association this afternoon. MISSION SOCIETY ' MEETS Women of Methodist Church South Convene In New Edifice. The 11th snnual meeting of the Women' Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church South began its sessions yesterday cXternoon in the new church, corner Union avenue and Mult nomah street. It waa the first service held in the new church. Mrs. E. B. Mc Laughlin, president, called the convention to order, after which the usual devotional exercises were held. The chairman an nounced the committees. Reports from the different charges of the Columbia conference, of which the society is part, were read by delegates, all showing gains for the past year. Words of welcome were spoken by Mrs. Z. P. Mowre to the delegates In the course of which she ex tended the hospitality of the Portland church to them. Mrs. Pearls C. Cum- NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS OREGON PRESIDENTIAL POSTMASTERS' ASSOCIATION. ! f f j .' '.. V A ! J i y r. J B. W. Johnson, of CorvalUa, President. at mlngs gave the response. Rev. H. H. Mowre, pastor of the Portland Church, tendered the society the use of the rooms of the church for committee purposes. Tha society will meet this afternoon and tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. This afternoon there will be reports, of the officers and an address on "Vashtl Home," by Mrs. Estelle MeCausIand. and a paper by Mrs. Ada Cummings on "Chil dren's Work." Friday afternoon election of officers will be held and addresses given by Mrs: Lau Clapsedel and Mrs. Ella Herron. Saturday the Women Foreign Missionary Society will be in ses sion, when the annual election of officers will be held. ' The opening meeting .of the Columbia conference of the Methodist Church South will be held this morning at 9 o'clock. Bishop James Atkins, who will preside, has arrived, and many of the ministers are here. Last night Rev. N. B Wood of Corvallis. delivered the an nual sermon and' the ministers for the first time had the opportunity of seeing h uriitnrium- of the new church Illu minated. All expressed their admiration of the splendid structure. SALMON FLEET ARRIVING Season Not Unusual Bun at I'yak Is Tardy. on-if tt.ti Sent. 22. The Alaska sal- men fleet is beginning to arrive, and in- : matter. coming vessels report a season much as i -t have always been In favor of all uslial. with the exception that at Uyak ! officials being paid a flat salary, with the rush is late, and the vessel from that ; out any additional fees for their services, port will not arrive, until late in Octo- j Gf any kind whatever." Der. According to the statistics prepared by The bark Benjamin F. Packard has j Ferguson, during the six months lm salled from Chlgnik for Seattle with 70,- mediately previous to the Inauguration mm rosea of salmon. The bark J. u. re- ters arrived this morning irom urra wnu 35.0(X) cases. The total pack at Orca was 40.000 cases. The bark Harvester m sail from the Dundas cannery tomorrow for Seattle with 25.000 cases. STEADIER KERX IX DEEP BED Sunken Craft, in JO Feet of Water, Raising Is Difficult. ASTORIA. Or.. Sept. 22. (Special.) The work of raising the sunken steamer rijniet TCern has not been very success- i r . ; : ., n-. nh l ! Iill lOUH lar. vov'uiu -"" - directing the operations, was here today and stated that practically all the pre liminaries have been arranged. He ex pects to have the steamer in the dry- aom wnnm wn ) ... ... .. . The vessel has made wa tor itseii m !h.rbt'T., U L"rft;. the is there are about 70 feet of water, the difficulties encountered in floating the craft are great. Notice to Mariners. John McNulty. In charge of the local branch of the hydrographio office, is in receipt of the following Information re ported to the branch office at Port Town send by Captain John O'Brien, master of the steamship City of Seattle: Light on Hoc Rocks, Alaska, was not burning on morning of September 17. Also that for 10 miles north and south of Swan son Bay, Graham Beach, the channel is filled with logs and refuse from the local mill, mak ing a dangerous obstruction to naviga tion. Many French Sailors Deserting. Contrary to the usual custom, of French sailors, five members of the crew of the French bark Franco! d'Amboise. now discharging ballast at Linnton, deserted yesterday. Ignorant of the Knglish lan guage and feariruc the consequences if captured and returned to France, French sailors usually stand by the ship. With the advance of France as a maritime na tion, however, her sailors are rapidly becoming "good" seamen. A number of other French craft In port are losing men occasionally. Hear Protests on Proposed Bridge Protests which may be offered against the. construction of the proposed new railroad bridge by the O. R. & N. Co. be tween the foot of Oregon street, on the East Side, and the foot of Glisan street, on the West -Side, will be heard in the office of Major Mclndoe. United States Engineers, this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The new bridge will take the place of the old Steel bridge. - THIS TEXAS WONDER Cures all Kidney, Bladder and Rheu matic tioubles; sold by all druggists, or two months treatment by mall, for $1. Dr. E. W. Hall. 292i Olive Street, St. Louis. Mo. Send for testimonials. PRISONERS' BOARD IS PUT IN ISSUE Commissioners Seek to Show That Present Method Is , Too Expensive. EXPERT PREPARES FIGURES Sheriff Steven Replies, Declaring That Under Forme Regime, Fre quent Escapes of Prisoners Cut the Cost of Maintenance. Comparative statistics have been pre pared by J. W. Ferguson, expert account ant, for the County Commissioners, and F..J- Carney, of Astoria, Secretary-Treasurer. were made public by the latter yesterday with a view to showing that the cost of boarding the prisoners under the supervision of Sheriff Stevens Is mors than twice what it cost the county to board them under the direction of the Commissioners. Last night Sheriff Stevens made a vig orous reply to this criticism, declaring that under the former regime escapes by prisoners, not made known to the pub lic, cut down the average cost of meals and that the free use .of opium and whisky by the prisoners also took the place of food. He insists that no prac tical man engaged In the business of feed ing people ever believed that prisoners could actually be fed at the price claimed by the County Court. Sheriff Stevens promises a detailed statement of his ad ministration of Kelly Butte ' and dis closures of former leaks at that place. Since the law was adopted by a vote of the people giving the Sheriff the Job ot boarding prisoners the County Court has opposed the plan, and the statistical statement presented by Ferguson Is be ing used by the County Commissioners to substantiate their former declaration that the present method is unnecessarily expensive. "I felt it the duty of the County Court to call this condition of affairs to the attention of the people, who can then take such action in regard to It as they f may feel inclined," said County Commis sioner TJehtner vesterdav. "Mr. Barnes thoroughly agrees with me in this 0f the present law on the matter, the county boarded the prisoners at net total cost of J1515.90. while for the first six months, ending with the last' of August, that Sheriff Stevens has boarded them, the net cost has 'reached $3(568.77. This Increase in cost, it is alleged, has been in spite of there having been a less number of prisoners boarded by the Sheriff than on the former dates men tioned. According to Commissioner Llghtner, for the board of city prisoners who are worked at Kelly Butte by the county, the city now pays at the rate of 8 1-3 cents a meal, under former conditions, . ...... j n It 'S assenea, xnai amount covereu tui the outlay the county made for their board, and nothing was lost by the lat ter. Now, however, the county pays 14 cents a meal for boarding city prisoners and gets from the city only ( 1-3 cents . meal, makina- a total loss to the county m whlcn amount8 to dally loss on each city prisoner of 17 l cents. Court Puts Limit on Cost. Sheriff Stevens took charge of the boarding of the prisoners March 1 of this year.' and for that month his bill for feeding city prisoners was 16 2-3 cents a meal. He was allowed that rate for that month by the County Court, who warned him that thereafter be would be allowed but 14 cents a meal for city prisoners. For county prisoners he has never been allowed more than 12 1-2 cents a meat "In making a rate of 14 cents a meal for city prisoners." said Commissioner Llghtner yesterday, "we felt that we acted with utmost fairness. We applied to the Rhelnpfal- Hotel for the price charged regular boarders, and learning that it was at the rate of 14 cents a meal for those who remained there any considerable length of time, we concluded mm - - -; ' - - fi- , v . V v .; i x y . r danger incident to the ordeal makes its anticipation one of misery. Mother's Friend is the only remedy which relieves women of the great pain and danger of maternity; this hour which is dreaded as woman's severest trial is not only made painless, but all the danger is avoided by its use. Those who use this remedy are no longer despond- . .i j , ! : ent or gloomy; nervousness, nausea ana omer distressing conuuiuus are overcome, the system is made ready for the coming event, and the serious accidents so common to the critical hour are obviated by the use of Mothers Friend. TJ 'Tt Jc urrirth it wpioVit in I. ha,rp. mcpH it per bottle at "u ' ... drugstores. Boole containing valuable information of in terest to all women, will be sent free. BEADFIELD REGITLATOR CO. Atlanta, Ga. zzr that city prisoners could be boarded for the same price. Therefore we told Sheriff Stevens that we would allow him no more than that for city prisoners. Number of v Prisoners Estimated. In preparing his statistics Ferguson was handicapped in not being able to get the exact number of county prison ers boarded by the county previous to the time when Sheriff Stevens took tip the work. There is no record in the Auditor's .office to show how many county prisoners were boarded each day, and Ferguson was forced to estimate these. In estimating these Ferguson deter mined the ratio between city and county prisoners since Sheriff Stevens began to board- them, and as he had the exact number of city prisoners boarded previ ously he made his estimate conform to the ratio he had worked out. An effort has also been made by the County Commissioners v to show the amount of work done by prisoners under the method of boarding them by the county, with the work accomplished since Sheriff Stevens began to board them. Without giving the relative number of men worked, the table gives the number of cubic yards of stone pro duced from March 1 to August 31, 190S, at IS.4631 and for the same period in 1909 at 17,062. STEVEXS REPLIES TO BOARD Escapes, Whisky and Opium, He Says, Influenced Old Figures. "There are so many varying conditions which tend to make any kind of a com parison between Kelly Butte, as now con ducted, with the Kelly Butte which ex isted under the old regime, that it Is dif ficult to explain any seeming discrepan cies without going into all of the details," said Sheriff Stevens yesterday. "For Instance, it was formerly a very common occurrence for men sentenced to long terms on the rockplla to vanish sud denly, after eating a few meals, and never be heard of again. As most of these escapes were carefully concealed from the public, these elopements would leave, in some cases, a surplus of several hundred meals to be used in reducing the per capita' cost for the others. "Opium smoking and whisky drinking were also quite freely practiced among the prisoners, and as 60 cents worth of opium would take the plaoe of 15 worth of food, there was a mathematical saving effected from that cause. To make, the meal account fit the sentence account may hava simplified the bookkeeping, but it was a method by which it was fully as difficult to determine accurately the cost per meal as it would be to tell how much the county is paying Judge Webster for his vacationa and private law practice and how much for looking after the work of the county. I have never been able to secure any accurate data on the amount of rock crushed, either this year or last, but am not surprised at the showing made by the County Court. "With the vast sums of money which the Court has been spending on the roads in ever-lncreaeing amounts. It was a very simple mathematical problem to figure the cost of meals down to a mere frac- 6TEAMEB INTELLIGENCE. rne to Arrive. Kama. From. Date. Alliance Coos Bay.... In port Rose City San Francisco In port Sue H. Elmore. TlllamooK... Sept. 22 Geo. W. F.lder, .San Pedro... Sept, 2 Ariro Tillamook. ...Sept. 28 Breakwater Coos Bay Sept. 23 Falcon San Francisco Oct. 1 Roanoke San Pedro... Oct. 3 Henrik Ibsen. ..HonKkonr Oct. 14 Kauri City ... San Francisco Sept 27 Eureka. ...... .Eureka ..Sept. 28 ' Selja. ... , Honskom. .. .Inden't Scheduled to Depart. Name. For. Date, Alliance Coos Bay Sept. 25 Rose City Sin Francisco Sept. 25 Sue H. Elmore. Tillamook... Sept. 25 Aran Tillamook. ... Sept. 2S Geo. W. Elder. .San Pedro. .. Sept. 28 Breakwater... .Coo. Bay.... Sept. 29 Eureka Eureka Sept. 80 Kansas City. .. Son Francisco 3ct. 1 Falcon an Francisco Oct. 4 Roanoke .San Pedro. ...Oct. 6 Henrik Iosen. ..Honslone. ...Nov. 1 BUa Hongkong Inden't Entered Wednesday. T. 8. Loop. Am. steamship (Levln aon), with ballaat. from San Francisco. Cleared Wednesday. Tasoe, Am. steamship (Patterson), with ballast, for Grays Harbor. tlon. Tet no practical man who ever en gaged in the business of feeding people as a business venture ever believed that they could be fed, except mathematically or theoretically, at the prices claimed by the County Court, without a loss. Inas much as the work of figuring down the price of meals and figuring up the out put of rock under the old regime will en able some of the hard-working Commis sioners to get in 'per diem' that otherwise might escape them, I am willing that tho Court should follow the same practice with the crushed rock that it has fol lowed with the meals. "At the proper time I will make de tailed explanation to the taxpayers of my administration at Kelly Butte. This explanation will not be Involved in a haze of figures which mean one thing when figured from one base and some thing radically different when figured from another. It may also include infor mation disclosing some large leaks that have been taking place at the bung bole while 8-cent meals were being served at the vent" Orders In Court of Appeals. Several important orders were made at the September term of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth District which was held in the Federal building this week. The session .was at tended by Judges W. H. Hunt, W. B. Gil bert and W. W. Morrow. The following cases were continued until the October term which will be held in San Francisco: Port of Portland va. United States: The Dalles. Portland & Astoria Navigation Company vs. Port of Portland, and Franklin P. Mays vs. United States. Three cases were argued and submitted es follows: The Oregon Company vs. Julia J. Roe: Lucy Scott Bower vs. Hart man Stein, aid Peter Kerr et al vs. J. H. Schwaner, master steamship Tiberius. The case of Douglas W. Bailey vs. Arthur Sanders was submitted on briefs.- Buy one piece of Piper Heldsleck to bacco and you will understand why it is preferred by chewers who know. Every mother feels a great dread of the pain and dan-. ger attendant upon the most critical period of her life. Becoming a mother should be a source of joy to all. but the suffering and 99 V-y ii fl if lliSaA1 You Smoke All the Tobacco in a Mouthpiece Cigarette Did it ever occur to you that there is a grejtt deal of waste in ordinary cigarettes? Do you realize that you only smoke two-thirds of a cigarette yet you pay for the tobacco in the other third the mouth- end which you throw Mouthpiece Xig&reftes prevent this costly waste, and at the same , time give you a more enjoyabla smoke. They give you as long a smoke as any other cigarette, and the,' manufacturer is able to give you a higher quality of tobacco. The mouthpiece cools the smoke, prevents the fingers from becoming stained and tobacco from getting on the lips. Yet you taste the tobacco. 10c for box of 10 THE "JOHN BOLLMAN CO., Manufacturers, San Francisco CLEARS WITH WHEAT Janeta Takes Second Cargo of Grain Sent This Season. SAILS TODAY FOR EUROPE Steamship Carries 222,050 Bushels and Is Dispatched by Kerr-Gif-ford & Co. Steamers Earl of Douglas and Nederland Due. With. 222,050 bushels of wheat, valued at 198,700, the British steamship Janeta, Captain Hendry, cleared last evening for St. Vincent, Cape Verde Islands, for or ders and will sail today. The cargo was dispatched by Kerr, Glfford & Co., and is tie second shipment of grain to be set afloat at Portland for the season of 1909-10. The season's business opened with the clearance of the French bark Bidart. which got away on the 16th, with 111,937 bushels of wheat for the United Kingdom. Two steamships, under charter for out ward loading of grain, are due to arrive in the harbor today. In for Balfour, Guthrie & Co., the British steamship Earl of Douglas, S761 tons, left up from Astoria at 1:30 yesterday afternoon. She came to the Columbia River from Buenos Ayres. The Dutch steamship Nederland, from Guaymas, left up later in the aft ernoon. The Nederland is under charter to the Portland Flouring Mills Company. Both vessels will be dispatched with wheat for St. Vincent for orders. A large number of the steamships leaving Port land with wheat discharge at Mediter ranean ports and get orders at St. Vin cent. September will end with short ship ments of wheat to foreign countries. Oo tober, however, will make up for the slack season thus far and the grain shipments will be close to tho record. Flour exports have been unusually quiet but next month two regular liners out will clear with full cargoes for the Orient. The Selja Is due here within the next few days and the Hercules, now dis charging railroad iron at Prince Rupert, B. C. will be here early in October. 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TOaiisjS!i;yj fiimi ihniiiiiii giftyj-1" i ' taiiaiha iihiin rfl.i jTiifiAioMisjMi iiyiiiir:inli Aii.i'iil ain' iiiininHiViiiiiiiiiiiiiSiriiif t1! large amount of sail tonnage under charter and an effort will be made to get it all to sea before November., Short receipts is largely responsible for the slow season. Marine Notes. T?o steam schooner F. S. Loop is load ing lumber for San Francisco. "With passengers and freight for Coos Bay ports, the steamship Breakwater sailed last evening. ' With a full cargo of lumber for San Francisco, the steam, schooner V'ellesley sailed from Prescott yesterday. Under charter to the Portland Flour ing Mills Company, the Dutch steamship Nederland is due this afternoon in the local harbor. Repairs to the steamship Alliance have detained the vessel longer than antici pated. She will not sail for Coos Bay until Saturday evening. The British steamship Earl of TAwglas, from Buenos Ayres, is due to reach port this mopning. The vessel Is under char ter to Balfour, Guthrie & Co. Arrivals and Departures. FOHTLJLND. Sept. 2i. Sailed Steamship gl-akwitr. fr Coo? T3ny: eteamshiij Tfthoe. MEN CURED CONSULT ME FIRST Bm themga your ease may b one that soma other doctor is able to cur, and though his cure be absolutely thorough and permanent, there is yet good cause for your somint to me for treat ment. The service I render is entirely unlike and better trian the ordinary. I have devised new and scientific methods of treating men's ail ments In all their phases. I cure cases that others cannot cure, and oases that others can cur I cure in leas time and without pain or of lnlurv. All m v forma of trutmnt perfected along the lines of nature's require ments and are fa exaot harmony with the natural reouperative foroea. Therefore, my ous-ea are painless, prompt and thorough. Contracted Ailments The serious results tluvt may follow eTlot of Contracted Ailments could scarcely be exag gerated. Safety demands an absolutely thorough oure in the least possible time. 1 have treated more cases of those disorders toan any other physician upon the Pacific Coast. My cures are taosoaga maC are accomplished in less time than other forms of treatment require in producing vea doubtful results. I employ roraodiss of my own davialng, nd my treatment la equalis -f utl tat both rom and oKronio casea. I Treat Men Only The vast multitude of snen who naxr take my treatment have not been disappointed. They know that 1 dp cot promise more than I perform. To them I hv6 actually illustrated in the oure of their own oases the truth of what I claim, tvamely, that my treatment la as oertain to cur as it la that my patient engages my services and follows my directions. My suecass is due not alona to education, experlenca, skill and scientific equipment, but to the faot that I limit my study and practice stilotly to diseases and wekneass of mo. To mal maladies alon 1 have earnestly and xoluslvaly devoted It years of my life sal on tUa all my faculties a ctta- EXAMINATION FREE a acrvate tsuA vrltb saw. the DR. TAYLO: 234V) Morrison St, Cor. ddsv Y?i,aaj'MMy,i WONDEWTt REMEDIES From herbs and roots, cur cancer, nervousness, ca tarrh, asthma, coughs, la grlppe, lung, liver, throat, kidney and stomach trou bles: also all private dis eases. No operations. W cure when othera -fail. Consultation free. Young Ming Chinese Medicine Co., 217 Taylor St., bet. 2d 3d . for Grays Harbor: steamship Wellesley, sfronv Prescott. for San Francisco. Astoria, Or., Sept. 22. Condition at the mouth of the river at S P. Jl.. smooth! wind, northwest. 18 miles: weather, clear. Ballet ot 8:15 A. M. Steamer Konoke. for ban Pedro and way ports. Arrived down at and sallcl nt 9:1:0 A. M. Steamer Argo. for Tillamook. Left UJ at U:M A. M. French bark Comll Bart ind British ship Poltalloch. Arrived at 0:25 A. M. and left up at 3:50 P. M. Dutch steamer Nederland. from Guaymas. Lett up at 1:20 P. British steamer Earl of Doutlas Arrive last night French bark Dequmsne, from Taltal. Sailed at 3 P.. M. French bark Bidart, for Quaenstown or Falmouth for or ders. San Francisco. Sept. 22. Arrived at Ji coon Steamer Falcon, from Portland. Ar rived at midnight last night Steamer Johaa Poulsen, from Portland. Sailed last night-H Bteamers Horjutam, J. Marhoffer aud CarmeL. for Portland. Eureka. Ser,t. 22. Sailed Steamer Eu reka, for Portland. Honolulu, Sept. 22. Sailed September It Schooner Admiral, for Columbia River. St. Rosalia. Beet. 22. Sailed September w - German ship Parna?sos. for Portland. San Pedro. Sept 22. Sailed yesterday-' Steamer Olympic, for Portland. S-n Francisco. Sept. 22. Arrived Steam, Falcon, from Portland; schooner Fearless, from BellinKham. Sailed Steamer City nf, Para, for Ancon: Glazier, for Honolului ; Quaen, for Victoria; Chehalis. for Grays Har bor. Tides at Astoria Thursday. . High. Low. T:48 A. 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