THE MORNING- OREGOXIAJf, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1909.
EYES OF EAST - ON
S. P. GRUNT LANDS
volving like Issues. Should Judge Don
worth, of Washington, decide in favor
of the settler and Issue an ortTer re
quiring? the railroad company to pass a
deed for the land, such decision would
not be binding- upon Judge Wolverton,
but probably would be caUed to his at
tention. JEW STRUCTURES
COVER 2 BLOCKS
F.kkes Body Hagnoi
Nerves Like Sieej.
Eemarkable Discovery That
Gives Intense Nerve Strength
by Electric Current
Through the
-Body.
CHRISTMAS STAMP BOOTH AT STORE OF TOLL & GIBBS.
TOU3TG- WOMAN" PLEADS GUILTY
Indecent Postcard Gets Portland
Girt in. Trouble.
Luclle Dewax yesterday withdrew
her plea of not guilty, and by the ad
vice of her attorney pleaded guilty
to mailing Indecent literature through
the United States mails.
The writer is said to have signed
the name of a school chum to the docu
ment which was mailed to a young
man of social standing in the city.
Judge Wolverton suspended sentence,
and she will be allowed her liberty
pending good behavior.
Eighty-one Residents of Mich
igan and Elsewhere Are
Ma"de Interveners.
Big Hardware Company Be
gins Building in Feb-
Now Obtainable at Drag Store
and Absolutely Guaranteed.
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SUITS ARE LONG DELAYED
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Similar Action Pending In Washing
ton Has foved More Speedily,
and Decision Is Expect
ed Next Month.
Eighty-one residents of Michigan and
other Eastern states yesterday re
ceived permission from Judge Wolver
ton to Intervene as parties to the suit
whereby the United States, through
Special Prosecutor Townsend, is at
tempting to vitiate and set aside what
is known as the Oregon A California land
grant. Most of the last complainants
are residents of Grand Rapids and the
country surrounding that city.
The suit was filed by Peter J. Dan
hof, of Grand Rapids, an attorney of
long practice before the- bar of the
State of Michigan. In the complaint At
torney Danhof raises a question which
heretofore has been entirely eliminated
from the case. He does not allege
that the 1 people whom he represents
r' actually residents on the lands af
fected by the grants of Congress of
1S69 and 1870. but he says that each
and every one of them Is qualified to
become an entryman, and that all have
notified the Oregon & California Rail
way Company and the Southern Pacific
Company that they stand ready to'
purchase the granted lands. In many
instances tl'e purchase price as desig
nated tn the act of Congress, $2.50 an
acre, has been tendered and refused.
Information Is Sold.
ending a decision by the court
tliere appear to be many persons who
are taking advantage of the situation
ns dealers In Information concerning
Government lands. From Omaha. Ne
braska, a circular lias boen sent out
reciting the story of the litigation.
Letters from Nebraska, South Dakota,
Illinois, Texas. Missouri, Minnesota and
a number of other states inquire as to
tho status of the controversy, and in
dicate the writers' desire to become
rosldonts of Oregon, as soon as the
provisions of thp law relating to the
land grunts are construed.
The circulars from Omaha. Neb., and
at least one from a Portland speculator
advise that they will furnish the num
bers of lands which may be settled
upon for a fee ranging from $50 to
$100, according to the value of the
homesteads selected. It Is intimated
that the only qua! Ification for settle
ment Is as prescribed In the United
States homestead act.
All of the suits begun by Attorney
LalTerty. as attorney for interveners,
lias been on behalf of those persons
who have actually become residents
and have Improved the lands hereto
fore granted by Congress, and which
were ordered disposed of at $2.50 an
acre to actual settlers In lots of not
to exceed 160 acres.
C'ae Begun in 1908.
Ronrhlng from Portland to the
California line a strip 60 miles- wide and
approximately SSGO iu.ile? long is withheld
from settlement by the policy of the
Southern Pacific In refusing to. sell Its
granted lands1 to "actual settlers' at anv
prase. I
Begun In September. 1908. when B. T.
Townsend. special prosecutor appointed
by the United States Attorney General,
filed the complaint, the case was at issue
March 1. livty. when a demurrer was ar
gued. Various- steps since then have
consumed time. The Government In July
had. 30 das in which to file ' a brta-f in
reply to the contentions1 of the railway
lawyer, but this document has not yet
reached the court.
Refusal to Sell at Issue.
The question involved Is the right of
the Oregon & California or the Southern
Pacific to refuse to sell lands to actual
settlers. It was raised In the case of
John L. Snyder, of Columbia County, who
went into court in September.' 1907. and
asked for an order requiring tho railroad
companies to accept his ofTer of $2.50 an
sere for 160 acres upon which he lives.
Fifty other settlers at that time vera
concerned in the outcome. It was finally
merged Into the general complaint against
the railroads.
In the case before the court at this
time the United .States contends that two
grants were made to the defendant rail
road companies the first in JS69 and the
necond a year later. In the first case the
grant applied to the Oregon & California
Rallwav and ceded alternate sections- on
either side of the track for 25 miles, with
the right to select alternate sections lieu
lands from the adjoining five-mile strip.
Congress inserted In section two of the
grant a clause which raised the price of
homestead entries to $2.60 an acre and
reduced their size to SO acres.
Homestead Act Restored.
A few years later Congress restored the
original effectiveness of the homestead
act to lands Inside the right of way of
the railroads, and passed the timber and
stone aot. which allowed non-resident fil
ings to be mads upon timber lands.
Section 4 of the grant to the railroads
crovided that the granted lands should be
old to actual settlers only in tracts of
irtO acres and at a price not to exceed
52-60 an acre. Under the authority of this
act the Oregon & California and the
Southern Pacific actually sold more than
1.000.000 acres of the lands, but it is
vhareed that they collected more than
S2.60 an acre and did not limit the sales
to actual settlers.
In their argument before Judge Wolver
ton Attorneys Peter K. Dunne and Will
iam Singer. Jr.. of San Francisco: W. IX
Kenton and Dolph. Mallory, Simon &
Gearin. representing the railroads and the
mortgagee and stockholders, contended
that the granting of the lands by Con
gress was an outright gift, contingent
noon the buildixg of the railroad and Its
equipment, that patents were issued by
the Government following such a show
ing and that after the -receipt of patents
Government control ceased.
Similar Case Pending.
A suit is now pending before the
United States Circuit Court for the
district of Washington, which involves
exactly the same issues as that " raised
by the Government against the South
ern Pacific and the Oregon & Cali
fornia, and it followed the sama train
of procedure, except that Judges Deit
rlch of Idaho and Donworth of Wash
ington, forced more speedy action.
.Judge Donworth now has the demurrer
nnder consideration and It Is expected
that a decision will be handed down
before January 15.
An interesting situation Is presented!
by the existence or the two cases, for
the reason that courts of co-ordinate
Jurisdiction in Federal affairs hsv
usually followed the precedents estab
lished by decisions handed down In-
PROGRESS IN FINE ARTS
A Critique on Portland's Lore of'the
Beantiful.
P'O'TIAND, Dec.iS (To the realtor. V
Would not sporadic outbursts of genius
In th fine arts, such as The Oregonian
cites, be rather slim dependence for in
struction, now more or less in general
demand?
Among those whom the writer reckons
among his friends are two Portland house
holds, supporting each at great self-denial,
a pupil abroad one in Paris, the
other in Berlin in schools of fine. art.
These, no doubt, are but a fraction of the
whole away from this city on the same
or similar errands.
As to the low, impoverished taste of
PorMand people, rendering the atmosphere
uncongenial for such a school, it is per
haps as favorable in that respect as was
that of Oregon, a half century or more
ago. when the Paclflo University was
founded in Forest Grove for Instructing
the crude material about it in the liberal
arts. If we had the atmosphere outlined
by The Oregonian, we should have need
of little else. Of all the evils common to
the young, that of self-depreciation is
the greatest. They are not sufficiently
aspiring! For this reason, thousands of
people do not aim at higher models in the
beautiful, because inspiration from with
out does not awaxen it within them. The
Oregonian will not deny that acquisition
by the young in any department of learn
ing will. If there Is anything in them
kindred to such things, aspire to it when
it Is brought to the surface of their own
consciousness. There is no romance In
this assestion. Upon It, the Government
of the United States established American
schools for the, natives In the Philippines.
It is the work of all education to work
from above downward. The highest cul
ture finds Its use in the lowliest labor.
The work of the pioneer schools at Salem
and Forest Grove proves beyond question
that the rarest finish finds its reward in
the expenditure of its resources upon the
material, much of it ignorant and de
based, about them.
So let the people be ignorant of the
best works of art, and their own powers
will lie dormant in proportion to the
depth of that ignorance. Neither does
anyone wish to "divest" the noble be
quest of Mrs. Amanda Reed, from that
for which it was Intended, or to make a
"fuss." A true assimilation to the noblest
ideals of a people, is the process ot time,
long time, usually. It is not exaggeration
to say that the climate, beautiful homes.
lure water and cleanliness of Portland
are without parallel on the American con
tinent. Here, if, any where. Is the appro
priate home of a fine-art plant that shall
fuVther distinguish our city. So mote It
be' . E. CLINE.
BIG ROADS BACK FESTIVAL
Transcontinental Companies to Ad
vertise, Rose Show.
Transcontinental railroads have 'taken
tiD the Rose Festival as-- one of their
biggest tourist traffic attractions to the
Pacific Northwest for the coming season.
Some time ago the Harrlman lines In the
Northwest through J. P. O'Brien, vice
president and general manager, sent in a
contribution of $1000 for the general fund
and yesterday the Northern Pacific
through A. D. Charlton, assistant general
passenger agent, sent the following let
ter to the 'Festival as evidence of what
the Hill road will undertake in con
nection with its general exploitation work:
Portland, Or., Dec. 14.
President Tt. W. Hoyt. Rose Festival. City
Our St. Paul office advise us that they are
petting out a. apecial Boee Festival folder.
Kor use in this publication they would like
to have six or eight attractive photographs of
last year's Festival.
If you could send me whale-ver mn hav. in
this line. I -will forward une to the St. Paul
offices, asking them to return to me such as
they do not use. Thanking you in advanoe,
t am, sincerely.
A. D. CHARLTON. A. O. P. A.
In reWy to this request the Festival has
submitted -26 photographs representing the
various parades and other features of the
celebration last June. The publication of
a Northern Pacific folder of this sort will
mean the distribution of 50.000 additional
pieces of literature in all parts of Amer
ica where this railway system has offices.
President Hoyt will endeavor to meet
President Elliott, of the Northern Pacific,
and Vice-President Darius Miller, of the
Burlington, when they arrive here to
day and secure their personal support for
the Festival. The Harrlman lines have
not announced what they purpose to do in
the way of- advertising Portland's great
annual floral exposition but the promise
has been made that their publicity forces
in this territory will do their best to at
tract tourist travel to Portland next Sum
mer. AID OPEN-AIR SANITARIUM
Those Who Attend Entertainment
Will Also Find- .Enjoyment. ,
Charitably-inclined people will be af
forded the double opportunity of aid
ing a worthy cause, the St. Theresa's
Open-Air Santitarlura at Oak Grove,
and getting the worth of their money
tonight by attending the entertainment
to be given at Oak Grove, which will be
literary and musical, followed by a card
party and dancing, in case there is time
for the latter.
The Oregon City cars will take pas
sengers to Oak Grove this evening, and
returning at midnight. Instead of going
into the barn for the night, they will
come through to Portland with people
from the entertainment.
In adldtton to the regular service, a
trailer will be put on the car at 7:30
o'clock for the benefit of the entertain
ment. A special car will also be sent out
later In the evening to carry Joe White
head, who must perform at a local
theater before going to Oak Grove to
take part in the programme there.
Whoever buys a ticket td- the entertainment-
may ride free on this car
with him.
Following Is the programme for the
entertainment:
Selection. "Royal Chef." Ladles' Orches
tra: march, "The Assembly," Eno: waltz,
"One Sweet Dream." Moaley; song, "His
for shame" (FTlt-Wetber. Francisco Bliss
and . chours: Salop. ""Whip and Spur." de
scriptive (Allen-Jacobs), Webber's Juvenile
Orchestra: song, selected. Mrs. Rose Coursen
Reed: selection, selected. Ladles Trio: sonsr.
"My Marguerite" (Russell). Miss Marguerite
Unk: lecture. Rabbi Jonah B. Wise: White
head and o-rlersori. song:. "ErsToara Polka.";
ftltss Elaine. Forrest, in original laughter,
clever dance and melody galore.
A fine display of ladles' alligator
bags at Harris Trunk Co.
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SCARED GIRL HELPS
Little Norah Hovel Witness for
Floyd Avery.
CHARGE IS COUNTERFEITING
Child Swears Stepfather Tells Truth
About Location of Closet in
Marshfield Home, Which Is
Big Point InDajr's Evidence.
Sobbing as if her little heart were
breaking at the ordeal she had under
gone on the witness stand, where she
appeared as an aid to her stepfather,
Floyd Avery, 14-year-old Norah Hovel
proved herself the star witness in the
Government's prosecution of her foster
parent yesterday. Avery is charged with
counterfeiting gold $10 pieces and was
arrested as he stepped from the gang
plank of the steamer Breakwater July
13.
All day -yesterday the testimony in the
case- hovered around the question as to
whether tthere was a cloEet - under the
stairway at Avery's Marshfield home . In
which he concealed a box of counterfeit
gold coin, and from which he produced
the $10 piece which Actor-Porter-Ballplayer
Wilson, who is the chief witness
for the Government, swears Avery
passed. This Is the one coin which it Is
charged .was circulated in the Coos Bay
city. Avery said yesterday that there
was no closet under the stairs to the
basement. Mrs. Avery said on the stand
no such receptacle existed, and the little
girl, wearing a rusty brown suit, a hat
of a fashion of several Winters gone and
a pair of rusty shoes, choked back her
sobs and tears and swore her mother and
step-father had told the truth.
Avery is charged with having entered
into an arrangement' with a hotel porter
named Wilson whereby the latter was to
circulate counterfeit goldV coin at the last
Fourth of July celebration at Marshfield.
He gave Wilson one coin of the denomi
nation of $10, which he says he received
while making change at the wharf one
Sunday in June. A stranger asked
Avery to make change for the gold piece,
and he did so. H gave the $10 in good
money and a few days later discovered
he had been "stung."
Seneca Fouts, defending the prisoner,
promised that he would show that he had
received the money in this manner and
that he was such a "Reuben" as easily to
be a victim. While on the stand Avery
told the story in good form, but when
placed In the chair 'again for rebuttal,
he became badly confused and contra
dicted himself in a number of important
matters.
Steve Connell, Secret Service agent at
Portland, arrested Avery, with the as
sistance of Detectives Maloney and Hell
yer. As he stepped-from the gangplank
and was met by the officers, they say
he remarked: "I expected to be arrested,"
but yesterday he could not account for
that remark in any manner. Connell tes
tified that Avery admittted after arrest
that he had given the false money to
Wilson, as well as making a number of
damaging statements. Avery repudiated
the alleged confesssion to Connell, Jtnd
accused the- officers of the Government of
undue anxiety to secure a conviction.
Detective Clause and Marshal Carter, of
Marshfield, were used in rebuttal of the
evidence of the defense, but both of them
were unable to describe the locations of
the stairway and the closet to the satis
faction 'of the jury. Many of the jury
men asked questions of the latter wit
nesses and exhibited a state of extreme
confusion concerning the location of the
place where the bogus coins were said to
have been concealed.
Aside from the members of his family,
Avery produced but one witness in bis
own behalf. Ben Burney, a citlxen of
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Marshfield, who said the defendant bore
a good reputation in that community.
The case will be submitted to the Jury
this morning.
Judges to Have Vacation. .
The ten days between December 23 and
January 3 will be vacation time in the
Circuit Court. Presiding Judge Bronaugh
has set no cases for trial during this pe
riod, so it Is expected the Judges will take
a rest,' or, as often happens, put in the
time looking up law points in cases un
der advisement and getting these cases
ready for the announcement of decisions.
McClelland Estate Worth $13,300
The appraisers of the Robert McClel
land estate filed in the County Court yes.
terday morning their report, showing the
property to be worth $13,300. The apprais
ers are Iram Haraason, O. K. Je fiery and
D. H. Keasey.
STAMPS SELL WITH
ORGANIZATIONS OF ENTIRE
STATE AID RED CROSS.
Anti-Tuberculosis Stickers as Popu
lar as Christmas Gifts Booth
Workers Detailed.
Not only in Portland but all over the
state women's clubs, social organizations,
health societies and other forces are
rushing sales of Red Cross - Christmas
stamps. As Christmas approaches pub
lic interest in the stamp becomes keener,
and indications are that the stamps will
be as necessary - to develop- genuine
Christmas cheer as Christmas gifts.
The general interest is many times
more pronounced this year than a year
ago, although at that time -it was very
great. The people are not only buying
the stamp for the clever idea and the
Xmas cheer which centers in it, but
each stamp sold Is a contribution of 1
cent to the warfare against the whits
plague in Oregon.
The Visiting Nurse Association hopes
to sell $10,000 worth of the stAjjpa in
Oregon, and scores of organizations and
individual!?, promoting the sales, are
making an energetic effort to raise this
amount. Last year over $140,000 worth
of Red Cross stamps were sold in 35
states.
Today the booth workers who have
charge of the sales of Red Cross stamps
are: Hotel Oregon, Mrs. R.. F., Bird
sail and Mrs. Morris Whitehouse; Hotel
Imperial, Mrs. J. H. Haak; Hotel Seward,
Mrs. Felix Friedlander andMrs. Charles
Bird: Hotel Perkins, Mrs. Moylan and
assistants; Hotel Portland, Mrs. J. W.
Matthes, Mrs. Upright and Mrs. L L.
White: Postofflce, Miss Doyle, assisted
by Miss Bessie Howland and Miss May
Howland; Tull & Gibbs, A. M., Mrs.
F. J. Bailey; P. M., Miss Florence Day
ton and Miss Barnhart; Charleton's 5
and 10c Store, Mts. F. Kuettner and as
sistants, under the direction of the Fed
eration of Woman's Clubs; Woodard,
Clarke fir Co., A. M., Miss Edwa. De
Bevoise; P. M., Mrs.' James Canby and
Mrs. Whitney Boise; Olds, Wortman &
King, A. M., Mrs. George Willard Brown;
P. M., Mrs. Hermann Thanhauser; Lip
man, Wolfe & Co., Miss Susan Clark
and Miss Claire Houghton; Meier &
Frank, A. M., Miss Lulls Hall, Mrs. F.
Branch Riley; P. M., Miss Isabella Gould
and Miss Mary Livingston; Wells-Fargo
building. A.' M., Miss Clarissa . Brigg-s ;
P. M., Miss Helen Smith: Chamber of
Commerce, A- M., Miss Anna Rankin;
P. M., Mrs. A. C. Panton.
. Large orders have been coming In from
the country, and Albany now leads as the
best out-of-town seller.
N0THINGJ3ETTERT
Now is the time to select a fine black
dress or black silk waist pattern at .our
dress goods counter. A. lasting and very
acceptable gift for any woman. Special
prices today. McAllen & McDonnell,
Third and Morrison
TAX VIEWS VARIED
Napoleon Davis, Granger, As
sails Proposed Law.
FARMERS' VIEW IS GLOOMY
They Do Not Pay All Taxes, Asserts
Speaker Lectu rer Jbhnson In
sists Present Taxation Meth
ods Are Not Equitable.
"This meddling and tinkering with the
tax laws of this state Is a dangoiJs
thing, and I believe that the preserff tax
law is sufficient and fair to all concerned.
and we ought to leave it alone."
Thus remarked Napoleon Davis, master
of Multnomah County Pomona Grange,
yesterday afternoon at the quarterly
meeting of this Grange in Evening Star
Grange Hall, on the Section Line road.
"Taxation" was the topic under discus
sion for the afternoon, and Mr. Davis was
the last speaker. He said that he was
sorry that the farmers took such a
gloomy view of the tax law as it stands
and of taxation in general.
"The farmers even say they pay all the
taxes." declared Mr. Davis, "but they do
not pay all the taxes. They pay their
share and no more. The corporations pay
their share. They have been hit pretty
hard in this state the railroad, telegraph
and telephone companies. In Portland tne
assessed valuation is $340,000,000. In the
country It is many times less, and Port
land built these fine roads. Our tax laws
are good enough, if properly administered.
That is" the way I feel about this matter.
Why, by the gloomy way the farmers
talk about the taxes I should Imagine you
were all Democrats."
State Lecturer -J. J. Johnson opened the
discussion of the tax question and advo
cated the amendments proposed by the
State Grange, and which will be. voted on
at the general election in November, 1910.
He held that the plan proposed in these
amendments would separate the sources
of revenue for the state and counties, and
would permit of a more equitable method
of taxation. Eugene Palmer, who assist
ed in framing the proposed tax amend
ment, spoke at length in favor of the
amendments, and quoted the law. He de
clared that the amendments ought to find
favor with every Granger, in the state.
Mr. Palmer told of the opposition that
the measure bad received in the Legisla
ture and the efforts made to prevent their
submission to the people.
H. J. Parkison, editor of the Labor
Press, of Portland, said that while in the
main the amendments met his approval,
the fact that the Legislature is permitted
to enact measures of taxation destroyed
the value of the measures. Mr. Parkison
declared that there should . be another
amendment, prohibiting the Legislature
from passing any tax measures without
first submitting them to the people.
Mrs. Maggie L. Johnson, of Clackamas
County, attacked tbe State Grange tax
amendments with vigor. She declared
that the Tax Commission provided In the
amendments was all wrong, and would
not result in equitable adjustments.
"We have already too many commis
sions." she said, "in Portland and else
where. In Portland they have a Milk
Commission, Pure Food Commission and
a Port of Portland Commission, and now
to provide for a Tax Commission would
be too much, and wouid not effect any
benefit. We have a good tax law now,
and the whole trouble Is With its adminis
tration. What we need above everything
is able, .capable and honest men as As
sessors and deputies, and then we shall
need no amendments nor -tax commis
sions." Elegantly fitted bags and suit cases
at Harris. Trunk Co., Sixth and Alder.
Portland Branch of Marshall-Wells
Hardware Company to Have Sep
arate Buildings to Handle Rap
idly Growing Business.
Mar shall -Wells Company, wholesale
hardware, will start the erection here on
February 1 of what will be the largest
wholesale house on the Pacifly Coast.
Two entire blocks adjoining each other
in North Portland will be improved with
handsome fireproof structures, connected
wtth overhead runways from the third
floors and Involving an expenditure of
close to $1,000,000. The property which
will be improved Is . blocks 138 and 141,
Couch's Addition to Portland, and lies be
tween Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets
and from Johnson to Lovejoy streets.
The building on block 13S, between John
son. Kearney, Fourteenth and Fifteenth
streets will be a six-story structure cover
ing the entire property, 200x200 feet
in suse. On the other block, number 141,
located between Fourteenth. Fifteenth,
Kearney and Lovejoy streets, will be a
three-story building, also 200x200 feet In
size. This latter building will be 4uilt
with walls capable of sustaining three
additional stories. This part of the build
ing will be used for the handling of the
heavy hardware, pipe, etc.
Plans Now Ready.
The plans have already been prepared.
Jay Smith, local manager of the Manshall-
Wells Company, said yesterday it was the
twan to sell the present quarters, at Fifth
and Pine streets, where there is already
a handsome brick structure covering half
a block. j
The structures will he modern through
out, will be built so as to withstand the
heaviest -possible weights, will be abso
lutely fireproof and entirely up to date
and eauioped with several elevators for
the movement of the heaviest class of
freight.
The erection of these new wholesale
houses for Portland was decided after a
strenuous attempt to secure the vacation
of Kearney street, between Fourteenth
and Fifteenth streets. The company at
first proposed to have this street vacated.
then to build a warehouse on the entire
two blocks. 200x460 feet in size, six-stories
high and by all odds the largest wholesale
structure west of the MissisCTppi River.
The statement was made that the Port
land blocks were too short to secure
adequate quarters on a 'full block and It
was for this purpose that the vacation of
Kearney street was desired.
Citizens Object and Plan Dies.
When the matter was laid before the
property owners, however, decided objec
tions presented themselves and the op
position was so great that the plan had to
be abandoned.
Now the architect is completing the
plans for the structures with, a view of
starting to build on February 1.
The new quarters, it is believed, will be
sufficient for several years and when
additional space is required this will be
secured by the addition of three or four
stories to the building which is tow to be
made a three-story structure.
The work which is to commence on
February 1 will be on tho six-story bund
ing No attempt will be mads to start
construction on the three-story edifice
until the first building is. completed and
the move has been made from the pres
ent Fifth-street location.
PETER SKENE 0GDEN TOPIC
Historical Society "Will Listen to Re
view of Noted Character.
The 11th annual meeting of tho Ore
gon Historical Society will be held in the
Council Chamber, City Hall, next Satur
day afternoon at 2 o'clock. The first
part of the meeting will be given to
receiving the reports of officer and com
mitters, and the annual - election. Then
Frederick V. Holman, president of the
society, will make an address on "Ore
gon Counties, Their Creation and Origin
of Names." This will 'be followed by he
annual address by T. C. Elliott, of Walla
Walla, whose subject will be "A Life
Sketch of Peter Skene Ogden," a noted
character in early Oregon history.
- Mr. Ogden was In charge of the Hud-,
son's Bay Fort Vancouver in 1847, and it
was through his vigorous yet wise action
Sherman yay& Co.
SIxtk and Morrison. Opp. Postofflce
An Opportunity
to Secure
a Fine Piano
for Little Money
It may be reserved for
Christmas delivery.
The following is a partial
list of pianos taken in ex
change on Steinway Pianos
and Cecilian Player-Pianos ;
all are in good condition. A
small payment will send one
to your home.
Feurish, walnut case....$ 95
Heller, rosewood case... $175
Hallet and Davis, walnut
case $225
Gramer, walnut case. . . .$238
Kimball, art-case mahog
any $290
Smith and Barnes, walnut
case $225
Kingsbury, quarter'd oak $275
Bush and Gerts, -walnut
case $265
Store Open Evenings Until Christinas
Wonder of wonders, will they ever
cease! For years inventors have
made flying machines without being
able to fly with them, until re
cently. So scientists for years have
had electricity, but Uie mystery has
been how to fipply it for medical
purposes to produce the best results.
It is now no longer a mystery.
Now come the Electropodes whlck
turn the human body into what
might bo described as a magnet so
stealthily that the current cannot
be felt even by the person " who is
using them, yet producing such a
powerful force as to turn the weak
est nerves into vigorous '"whip
cords." and put an end to soma of
the most obstinate diseases.
The simplicity of Electropodes, as
well as their results, are almost in
credible. They have an astonishing
effect on nerve weakness, brain fag.
loss of ambition, courage and
energy, loss of memory and especial
ly on nervous prostration- For
rheumatism, neuralgia, kidney
trouble, backache, weak heart, liver
and stomach troubles they have al
ready wrought wonders.
Electropodes are worn in th
shoes. Aside from this they bear no
resemblance to any insoles you have
ever seen or heard about. Tou never
know you bave them on, and
:hey diner irom all other
electrio appliances in that
they make no current
until both shoes are put
on. Then they make
a magnet of the
body, with tho
nerves for con
necting wires and
a vital glow of
electrical force
seems to be dis
tributed over the
whole body giv
ing vigor and
1 strength which is
remaraaDie.
r J wiuka una
' statement good
I every pair of
ji.ieciropoaes are
sold under a legal
binding contract
that vou are to
at the end of 30
days, or your
money will bs re
funded. Electropodes ars
. sold at your drug
sHfst'tt nt ci nn a
pair, and if you are not satisfied
with them according to contract
your money will be Vcheerfully re
funded. If your druggist does not
have Electropodes on hand, have him
rder a pair -from
STEWAET & HOT.5IES MtTTO OOMTAST.
Wholesale Iistributors, Seattle. Wash.
that the 53 women and children, who
were taken prisoners by the Indians at
Wai-il-at-pu (Whitman Mission), Novem-.
ber 29-30, of that year, were rescued.
If troubled with Indigestion, consti
pation, no appetite or feel bilious, give
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab
lets a trial and you will be pleased
with tne result. These tablets Invigor
ate the stomach and liver and strength
en the digestion. Sold by all dealers.
RED SKINS
BREAK OUT AGAIN
A Lonrinp for Warmer Clothing- ul -Wholesome
Food Said to te the
Cause New War Paint.
The recent cold snap and the necessity
f6r heavier clothing and blood-making
food is the occasion for another break
ing out of the red skins, which promises
to be the most serious in years although
destined to be short lived. Instead of
the .old style war paint, a harmless,
non-greasy, flesh-colored product called
poslam is used, which makes short
work of every form of breaking out.
particularly eczema, stopping the ter
rible itching with first application and
curing chronic cases in two weeks. So
with hives, tetter, rash, acne, psoriasis,
piles, red noses, pimples and every form
of Itching disease, including the bar
ber's itch. -
No one is asked to take our word, as
the sample package which the Emer
gency Laboratories, No. 32 West Twenty-fifth
street. New York, is sending
out by mail free of charge to everyone
who writes for it tells the whole story
and Is sufficient to clear the complexion
overnight or to rid the face of pimples
in 24 hours. The Skidmore Drug Co.
and Woodard-Clarke Co. make a .spe
cialty of poslam and always keep on
sale both the 50-cent and $2 sizes.
Tubercislosis
Plenty of ffesh air, moder
ate exercise, sleeping in the
open air under cover, and a
nourishing diet, are all good
and helpful, but the most im
portant of all is
Scott's Emulsion
It is the recognized treat
ment and prescribed by Phy
sicians all over the world for
this dread disease. It is the
ideal food-medicine to heal
the lungs and b,uild up the
wasting body.
FOR SALE BY ALl DRUGGISTS
Sand 10c.. name of paper and this adT for oar
beaatifnl 8Tin(r Back and Child's Sketch-Book.
ach bank eonlsins a Good Look Prim..
SCOTT & BOWNE. 409 Pearl St. New York
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