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TIIE MORXINO OEEGONIAX. TltUHSDAY, JANUARY 13. 1910.
CHAMBER OPPOSES
ACT IT PROPOSED
-Commerce Body Withdraws
Support of State Owner
ship of Railroads.
'MASTER NAMED AGAIN
Organization in Re-elcetlnj? Presi
dent Adopts Precedent of San
Francisco Year's W ork
Reviewed at Meeting.
Support of the proposed constitutional
amendment, providing state ownership of
railroads, has been withdrawn by the
Chamber of Commerce, the organization
which from the outset fathered the
Measure to be submitted to the people
et the next general election. This change
cf heart on the part of the Chamber of
Commerce was evidenced at the annual
noetins last night.
"While there was considerable differ
ence of opinion as to the wisdom of such
l measure, " says Mr. MacMaster. "it was
considered that an exigency existed es
pecially in rttjard to Eastern Oregon,
the largest extent of undeveloped terri
tory in the United States, whicli justified
the Chamber in supporting this measure.
3t now seems tltat there will be no neces
sity for the adoption by the state of this
firm ndment, for both the Hill and the
34arriman interests are now contending
for the control of Kastern Oregon busi
ness, and there seems every indication
that this portion of the state will now
legln to develop very rapidly."
In-parting from its long observed cus
tom of rotation In office the Chamber of
Commerce hist night re-elected Mr. Mac
Alaster for another year as president.
In so doing, the Portland organization
1s following the custom adopted In Seat
tle, San Francisco and other large cities
xtf retaining, when possible, presidents
nvho.se administrations have been of great
benefit. The Portland Chamber of Com
merce in the past has invariably been
presided overly acceptable men, but the
many duties of the office and the amount
if time required of and expenses devolv
ing upon the incumbent heretofore have
made each president more than reluctant
to serve more than one year. The nom
inating committee this year felt that Mr.
MacMaster should be retained If he could
be prevailed upon to do so. and having
obtained his consent presented his name
last night.
Other Officers Klected.
The Chamber in adopting the commit
tee's report re-elected E. C. Glltner as
secretary, and Harvey tieckwith, C. E.
Curry and H. M. Haller as trustees. As
other members of the board of trustees
tR. I, Glisan, Ben Selling and C. T. Whit
ney succeed George M. Cornwall, W. B.
Ulafke and L. J. Wentworth. The latter
three have served two terms and retire
this year under the custom of the cham-"
her. Iadd & Tilton were again selected
as treasurer, and F. C. Knapp was
chosen vice-president to succeed Charles
T. Whitney. The assistant secretary is
to be chosen by the new board of trustees
at its tirst meeting and M. Mosessohn,
t lie present assistant secret ary will un
doubtedly be re-elected.
Reports by the president and the vari
ous committees election of officers and
addresses by A. R. Clark, Tom Richard
eon, General A. B. Maus and Colonel C.
K. S. Wood followed the annual dinner
isorved in the Commercial Club quarters
tit 6:30 o'clock, which was attended -by
4ho members in business dress.
The reports Included an exhaustive re
View of. tlie year's work of the Chamber
Submitted by President MacMaster.
Chamber's Year Active.
The president's report discusses a num
fcier of. movements in .which the Chamber
took an important part In 1909. Condensed,
he more Important efforts may be listed
Us follows:
Aided in securing a state appropriation of
i:ttMi.iMH for the purchase of the Willamette
n'k?, r ttie construction of a boat canal
end locks around the falls at Oregon City,
contingent on a like appropriation by the
Uo ernment.
Procured an amendment to the compulsory
pilotage law. vesting control of Columbia
iivr pilots in the 1'urt of Portland Com-
Opposed the removal of the headquarters
rf the Departmonl of the Columbia from
Vanrouvor to t-eattle, and succeeded In re
taining it.
Participated actively in tbe organization
f t lie AKsociated Chambers of Commerce of
the pacific Coast.
St'nt a larse delegation to the National
Oil vers and Harbors t'ongrens.
Compiled facts and figures for the use of
t lie Congressional delegation regarding the
survey for a 30-foot channel from Portland
to the sea.
Prepared a report for Mayor Simon on the
oiLst ruction or purchase of public docks for
the city.
Prepared data in opposition to the Seattle
proposal that ships sent by the Oovernment
with coal to the paclttc Coast be returned to
Hie Atlantic In ballast.
Took an , active part In favor of securing
another flrebat for the city.
Sent representatives t,o every important
meeting or convention in the Cnlted States.
Protected Its members from advertising
fakes" anil Improper request for charity.
Moved into new and better quarters.
Adopted a plan to place exhibits by coun
ties In the Chamber's quartern.
Published annual booklet and distributed
fiO.ooo copies.
secured publication of article on Oregon
aind Portland in "Abroad, " a magazine print
ed in Huropc ; prepared statistics on Port
land for numerous standard publications -and
issued monthly bulletin and shipping circu
lar. The special work undertaken by the
everal standing committees wa given
Jn reports by other members.
Hotter i:hibit Planned.
The report of C. T. Whitney, chairman
Of the. permanent exhibits committee, dis
closes that arrangements will soon be
completed for the services of one of the
best prorefsors on the Coast in preserv
ing for exhibit samples of fruit and veg
etables. A new and perfect exhibit of
Sishes of the nt.ite Is also promised.
In their reports, II. Wittenberg, chair
Ulan, and J. N. Teal, attorney, of the
transportation committee, urge" prepara
tion for the commerce that will follow
the completion of the Panama canal by
providing facilities so that the largest
.ship may enter the harbor without diffi
culty, that the cargo can lie transferred
from rail to ship and from ship to rail
with the greatest dispatch and least ex
pense and that consitrnmentsfor the city
Juay be distributed quickly and economic
ally. The- secretary of the transportation
committee. T. Van Heekeren. reviewed
the year's work, including the commit
tee's inauguration of the distributive rate
case before the Interstate Commerce
Commission, its efforts to improve ship
rinK facilities between Portland and Tilla
31100k Ray. its securing of the adjust
ment of switching rates in the Portland
railway terminals, and the obtaining of
4m proved service from the American
Hawaiian Steamship Company.
The entertainment of Admiral Ijichl
nd bis party and the Japanese contmer
MCial visitors and other distinguished
gueste was reviewed by Charles P. Beebe,
chairman of the entertainment commit
tee. Membership on Increase.
The secretary's report shows receipts
during the year totaling- 921,900.37; dis
bursements aggregating $22,996-53. There
was on hand January l. 1909, 91951, and
the balance on hand December 31, 1909,
was 9S54.S4.
The membership of the Chamber of
Commerce on January 1909, was Stfi
and on January 1. 1909, the record
showed a membership of 1040, or an in
crease of 175.
The. grain standard committee, accord
ing to the. report of C. E. Curry, chair
man, established standards on grain
grown in Oregon. Washington and Idaho
which were adopted by the London Corn
Trade Association, Liverpool Corn Trade
Association and Merchants' Exchange of
San Francisco. .
Satisfaction with the work of the Port
of Portland Commission in supervising
bar towage and pilotage services and
river towage was expressed by C. F.
Swigert, chairman of the committee on
rivers, harbors and navigation.
A report of his tour of the United
States with the honorary commercial
commissioners of Japan was read by O.
M. Clark.
BOOSTERS MEET TONIGHT
Residents of South Portland" Urged
to Attend Rally.
Under the auspices of the South Port
land Boosters' Club a grand rally will
be held tonight, at St. - Lawrence hall.
Third and Sherman streets-. A number of
matters of importance to residents of
South (Portland will be brought up and
discussed.
Practically all of the big manufac
turing concerns located in. that part of
the city have announced that they will be
represented. v
-The proceedings for making the ( mac
adam road, Taylors Ferry road and the
Slavln road city streets will be taken up.
All the property owners affected by this
improvement have been notified and will
be present to urge that they be hard-surfaced
also. Councilman H. H. Kelding
will ateo make a report regarding the
filling of Marquams Gulch, and the dis
tricts to bs paved in his ward with hard
surfaced pavements.
"SUNFLOWER HANK" DEAD
Eccentric Gardener Refuses Physi
cian's Aid When III.
Henry Smith, colored. 65 years old. wan
found dead In a room in the Central
Rooming-house. 14 North Second street,
last evening. Death is believed to havo
resulted from natural causes." A post
mortem examination may be held today.
Smith was a well-known North End
gardener. His cheerful disposition and
his occupation gained him the sobriquet
of "Sunflower Hank." He lived in Port
land several years, coming here from one
of the Southern states.
For several days Smith complained of
feeling ill. He refused the services of a
physician, being eccentric.
PERS0NALMENT10N.
Leslie Butler, the Hood River banker, is
registered at the Perkins.
I r. Neil A. 0Leary arrived from Wood
burn last night and took 'quarters at the
Perkins. ,
Andrew Johnson, one of the prominent
sawmill operators of the Wiriloek timber
belt, is registered, at the Imperial.
G. J. Gessling. fruitgrower and one of
the most heavily interested men of the
Hood River district, is registered at the
Portland.
Aliss Edythe Abrams. who underwent
an operation at Good Samaritan Hospital
Thursday, is getting along nicely and ex
pects to be removed to her home shortly.
R. T. Reed, general superintendent of
the Ooast division of the Western Union
Telegraph company, came down from Se
attle yesterday and is staying at the Port
land Hotel.
A. Hawley, an officer- of the
Trustee Company which is interested in
a number of large buildings In this city,
and an associate of W. D. Wood, of Se
attle, arrived at the Hotel Portland yes
terday. Ed Kiddle, former grand master of
Masons of Oregon and owner of the big
flouring mill at Island City, reached the
Imperial yesterday and will attend the
Scottish Rite meeting at the Cathedral
beginning today.
Lee Moorehouse, the amateur photog
rapher of Pendleton whose photos of
Indians have been widely copied in the
pictorial papers of the world, is staying
at the Imperial. He will remain the
balance of .the week.
Tom C Taylor, who accumulated a
fortune in the retail hardware trade at
Pendleton and some years ago retired
from business, is visiting in the city and
making headquarters at the- Imperial.
Mrs. Taylor accompanies him.
C A. Crawford, manager for the Mon
arch Oil Company, returned from San
Francisco yesterday, and is accompanied
by his wife. They were married during'
the 'Holidays, and for the present will
reside at the' Oregon Hotel.
W. J. McOonnell, ex-Governor of Idaho,
ami now residing at Moscow, arrived in
the city yesterday and will remain at the
Perkins several days. He states that he
is' out of politics at this time and that
his visit is in relation to business mat
ters of importance to himself alone.
Mrs. Bell C. Starley, of 1169 Ivan street,
has left her home and for the present is
staying with Mrs. C. E. Walker, of 1209
Taggart street. For the past year Mrs.
Stanley has been ill of nervous prostra
tion and while her condition at present is
improved in some respects, it is not what
her friends would like to have it.
CHICAGO. Jan. " 12. (Special.) Oregon
people registered at Chicago hotels today
as follows: "
From Portland T. K. Wheeler, HI A'.
Hollinshead, Mr. and Mrs. A. Welch, at
the Congress: Mrs. J. A. Heusner, at the
Stratford.
From Bend J. N. Hunter, W. H. taat,
at the Grand Pacific.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., Jan. 12. (Spe
cial.) Portland people registered at the
Palace Hotel today as follows: Rod E.
Smith and wife, Joseph S. Reed, W. H.
Raymond and wife, Gertrude Kuhn, R.
iM. Kelly and wife, J. C. Yancey, W. G.
Lloyd. C. W. Ransome and wife. S. B.
Slory, W. A. Cordon, F. Nevill, H. E.
iParkhurst, Charles R. Thompson, J. F.
R. Webber, I. Aronson, R. T.- Bovd, C.
D. Ford, R. B. Wilcox, C. N. Bowman,
O. W. Hosford.
NEW YORK. Jan. 12. (Special.)
Travelers from the acific Northwest
registering here today were;
Portland J. Burns, at the Seville; B.
O. Case, at the Herald Square.
Seattle J. J. Quinn. at the Hoffman:
Mrs. F. S. Timson. at the Wolcott; A.
Greenbaum, A. Simon, at the Broadway
Central; J. T. Hardman. at the York; J.
A. Kannard, at the Holland; S. P. Van
dome, at the Breslin: H. D. Elberfled, at
the Bartholdl; A. Schlossmacher. at the
Marlborough; A. B. Baker, at the Earl
lngton. OVERCOATS $10.
Final clearance on overcoats at the
Brownsville Woolen Mill Store means
that you can now take the pick from
fully five hundred latest pattern over
coats and cravenettes selling up to
1'0 for just I0. .
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HOOH HEIRS HEARD
Judg
e Webster Listens to Liti
gation Case.
$3800 IN FEES OPPOSED
That Real Doubt Existed as to Intent
of Xoon( When He Made Will
Is Certain, Says Attorney
for Executors.
The objections of Emily J. Noon. Alma
E. Noon and Viola. K. Noon, widow and
daughters of the late W." C. Noon, to W.
J. Armstrong's and W. C. Noon, Jr.'e.
claim for $2000 attijrney'.s fees and $1800
executors' fees, receiving a hearing before
County Judge Webster yesterday. Claim
to these sums by the two executors is
made because of the long litigation over
the meaning of W. C. Noop's will.
Thomas G. Green argued "for the heirs
that the will was ambiguous only in
the minds vof the executors and their
attorneys, the heirs and the c-ourtu
agreeing as to its construction. Not
withstanding this, he said the heirs had
to Scot the bills for the legal fight which
was taken to the Supreme Court in one
case and through the Circuit Court later.
Attorney Cyrus A. Dolph represented
the executors. It was his contention
that objections on such grounds should
not be allowed. That real doubt existed
as to the intent of Noon when he made
the will was certain, he said, as the
Supreme Court took two guesses at it,
the second time, on rehearing, constru
ing the will to devise the proceeds from
the shares of stock in the W. C. Noon
Bag Company to the heirs, -while' upon
the first hearing It had held that the
procveds were a part of the Noon es
tate and liable for debt.
WIFE TIIIIEW PLATE AT HIM
W. S. Mt'Kim Declares He Has Cause
for Divorce Action.
Struck and cut with a broken plate
by his wife. W. S. McKim filed a di
vorce suit in the Circuit Court yester
day. Abusive epithets and threats to
kill accompanied wtiat McKim de
scribes as an ungovernable outburst of
temper. He asks that their three chil
dren he taken from the wife, Lucille
Adelaide McKim, and given into his
custody. He was married in Chicago,
May 11, 1893.
Clara A. Keefer filed a divorce suit
yesterday against Wallace L. Keefer,
alleging he deserted her a year ago.
She married him June 2. 1906, and de
sires to resume her maiden name. Clara
A. Love. . Her husband has failed to
provide for her since he left, she says.
MORTGAGE WON'T STOP SALE
Wells-Fargo Company Replies to
Petition of Sirs. Goode.
The Wells-Fargo Company filed in the
County Court yesterday its answer to
Mrs. Edith F. Goode's petition to sell the
property at the southeast corner of
Third and Yamhill streets. The express
company holds a first mortgage to the
property for $42,600, and does not object
to the sale of the corner if thetransfer
Is made subject to the mortgage lien.
Jf It is desirtd to pay off the mortgage,
the company asks that the court order
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provide that this be done with the first
money received, and that the property
be sold for at least enough to cover the
lien.
Ida A. Redman filed in the County
Court yesterday her final account as ex
ecutrix of the G. T. Murchard estate.
The receipts have been $3tH7.47, and the
disbursements $2774.31, leaving a, balance
of $833.16 on hand.
RODJIAX GRANTED RELEASE
Echo or Anto Accident Heard In
Discharge of Chauffeur.
Frank E. Rodman, held for further ac
tion by the grand jury on account- of the
automobile accident on the Llnnton road,
in which May Real met her death, was
discharged from custody by Presiding
Judge Bronaugh yesterday, and his
bondsmen exonerated. The bond was
$M0O.
MTien the Maddux-Rodman Indictment
was first demurred to by counsel for the
defendants. Judge Bronaugh held the
legal paper good, and Mrs. Maddux went
to trial, being acquitted by the jury.
Judge Bronaugh then reversed himself,
and declared, before Rodman went to
trial, that the lndicjment was invalid.
ASSAULT CASE IS DISMISSED
L. C. Plunkett Action Withdrawn.
Plaintiff Can't Attend Court.
reputy District Attorney Vreeland se
cured the dismissal in the Circuit Court
yesterday of the L. C. Plunkett case, in
which the- defendant was charged by the
grand Jury "with assault and battery upon
Catherine E. Linnemann, of Gresham, 82
years old.
Deputy Vreeland said he had letters
from Mrs. Linnemann's physicians say
ing she is too feeble to come to court,
and that he saw no prospect she would
ever be able to come.
Court Notes.
Because of the alleged non-payment
of rent In the Witch Hazel building.
Front and Madison streets, F. W. Lead
better is suing L. Pewtherer and W.
W. Raymond for $1700 In Judge Mor
row's department of the Circuit Court-
H. C. Allen has filed suit for D. B.
McBride & Company in the Circuit
Court against the S. D. Wills Tailoring
Company to obtain $3161.59 alleged to
be owing for cloth and tailors' mate
rials furnished during the last two
years.
Alleging that Mr, and Mrs. Mat
thew A. Shanklin are chopping up his
buildings for firewood, Albert Llngren
has brought suit in the Circuit Court
to have them restrained, and to re
cover $470 on a bond for $600. The
property is on Second street near Rose
mont avenue. Llngren says he sold the
property June 5 to the defendants upon
contract that they make proper pay
ment upon a $600 bond, which he de
clares they have not done.
The estate of Elizabeth B. Gowanlock
was appraised by John Corkish, J. E.
Haseltine and John Prldeau at $33,400
and the report of the appraisers filed in
the County Court yesterday afternoon.
Of the proparty $10,000 is cash and 100
shares of stock in the Portland Iron
Works representing a like sum. The bal
ance of the estate consists of real estate
and mortgages, with the exception of
$500 worth of household goods.
The will of Edmund Coman, whose es
tate is valued at $10,000. was admitted
to. probate In the Coun.,' Court yesterday,
W. E. and Marion W. Coman being ap
pointed executors. Judge Webster ap
pointed Ben C. Dey. --Gordon C. Moores
and Guy L. Anderson appraisers. The
will bequeaths $10 to each of the five
children, the balance of the property to
go to the widow.
County Judge Webster signed1 an order
yesterday allowing Beda H. Biberg, exe
cutrix of John Bibergs estate, to ac
cept from the Hurley-Mason Company
$1500 in settlement of damages for the
accident which caused his death. " He
died July 8 last year.
COX PLANS MEDALS
Chief Would Honor'Policemen
Who Risk Lives. .
LARGER FORCE IS. WEEDED
Increase of 4 0 Patrolmen and Five
Sergeants Urged in Report. Sug
gestion Made to Facilitate
Handling of Crowds.
Chief of Police Cox, in his annual
report, submitted yesterday to; Mayor
Simon, asked that a system of medals
for bravery be devised as a reward to
policemen who risk their lives to do
their duty.- He asks that a' fund be
provided for the purchase of such med
als, and that they be presented in pub
lic at the annual review. Recent en
counters with highwaymen, in which
Portland policemen acquitted them
selves with honor, inspire 'tlie recom
mendation. Patrolman Vessey was
shot throug-h the arm In such a bat
tle, and Sergeants Keinlen and Keller
and Patrolmen Croxford and Henson
were cool and brave in circumstances
that deserve recognition and that
should serve as examples to the whole
department.
Traffic Help Suggested.
The problem of handling crowds pn
the streets on occasions of fires, pa
rades and public spectacles, when the
safety of the masses- often is threat
ened is dealt with too, and a recom
mendation is made that arrangements
be perfected to have installed a system
of removable iron posts so that the po
lice may rope off certain areas at will.
The report says: "I would recommend
that thimbles of suitable size and depth
be placed In curbs of certain down-town
streets at a distance of 25 or 30 feet
apart for the temporary irtsertion of
iron posts when roping off the streets,
and that all new curbs in sections
which the Chief of Police shall desig
nate shall be required to have such
thimbles. The cost of this improve
ment, considering the convenience to
the police and the safety afforded the
public, would be small. It has been
the custom in the past of using tele
phone and telegraph poles for roping
the streets. The time is coming, and
in fact has already come in certain sec
tions, wherethose poles are taken down
and the wires strung- underground,
making it necessary for us to use other
methods to cope with the situation."
More Policeman Needed.
The chief estimates that 40 more pa
trolmen and five more sergeants are
required to police the city properly.
Sixteen patrolmen and three sergeants
will be appointed this week. The Po
lice Department cost $238,363.33 last
year and the estimate for the coming
year is $313,770.
Chief Cox is proud of the' depart
ment's record and the deportment of
his men. "Few cases of violation of
th'e rules have come to my notice," the
report says. "The men. have performed
their duties conscientiously and I can
truthfully say that they compare fa
vorably with forces of like size in other
cities." '
GIRL TELLS, JAP JAILED
Oriental Landlord Accused of Con
ducting Disorderly House.
M. Mayjlma, proprietor of Hotel Wash
ington, at the corner of Third and Flan
ders streets, - was arrested yesterday
morning for alleged maintenance of a
disorderly house. His arrest followed ad
missions made by Margaret Moore, an
lS-year-old white girl arrested in May
jima's house in company with a Chinese.
The girl said the Japanese had sent
for her at St. Helens, Or., with the un
derstanding that if the police arrested
her she was to pose as a chambermaid
and that he would corroborate her asser
tion. Mayjima a few months ago figured in
a similar case, an Italian girl being ar
rested in his establishment." The girl
was discharged, Mayjima taking oath
that she was employed by him as a
chambermaid.
The police say Mayjima provides white
girls to Associate with Chinese and Jap
anese. Investigation into the Moore giri's
past shows she is the daughter of re
spectable people living on the East Side.
'DRY' IS
BY LABOR
Union Federation Adopts Reso
lution Condemning State
Wide Prohibition.
MANY IDLE IS SURE RESULT
Enforced Temperance Also Ineffec
tive Votes Convention -Old-Age
Pensions Are FavoredDele
gates Guests at Smoker.
State-wide prohibition in Oregon was
disapproved by the Oregon State Feder
ation of Labor in a resolution adopted
by the convention of that organization
late yesterday afternoon. It was argued
that many men would be thrown out of
employment if the state goes ' dry," and
that prohibition was ineffective wher
ever tried.
Many speVches were made in favor of
the resolution and a few against it, a
few opponents basing their objections on
the ground that brewery people have not
been loyal to organized labor The moral
phase of the Question did not enter, to
any great extent, into the arguments
presented.
Great attention was paid yesterday aft
ernoon to the question of providing pen
sions for people more than 60 years of
age, and the resolution recommenoing
that the Government provide such a pen
sion was substituted by another which
recommended that each of the unions
affiliated with the Federation of Labor
establish an old age pension for its mem
bers. This substitute was adopted.
The re.Milution passed opposing state
wide prohibition was:
Whereas, An amendment will be submitted
to the voters at the November election, pro
viding for state-wide prohibition, and.
Whereas, Experience has demonstrated
the futility and Ineffectiveness of prohibitory
legislation, which merely displaces a regu
lated and legitimate liquor industry and es
tablishes In Us place an illicit traffic, and.
Whereas, The effect of 'prohibition has al
ways been the means of depriving great
numbers of tradesmen from gaining a live
lihood at their chosen occupations, -to the
advantage of IjootlegKera and other unlaw
ful dispensers, and.
Whereas, Many of the great trusts, nota
bly the American Tobacco Company, have,
with mercenary motives, contributed large
sums of money to the prohibition campaign
funds, and.
Whereas, The people already have the
means of prescribing the limitations, and
are permitted local self-government of the
liquor business, and.
Whereas, Organized labor has been a great
boon to temperance by raining wages, reduc
ing the hours of labor and creating sani
tary conditions, thereby enabling the trades
men to acquire a mental and physical con
dition that permits of moral Improvement;
Therefore, be It resolved by the Oregon
State Federation of Labor, In convention as
sembled. That state-wide prohibition be dis
approved. The resolution came to- the convention
approved by the committee on resolutions
and Kd Rosenberg, chairman of the com
mittee, opened the debate on the ques
tion by speaking strongly in favor of the
resolution.
A resolution was passed by the conven
tion" favoring the employment by the
state of a factory inspector, to enforce
laws protecting the health of WQrking
people. In the morning seasion a number
of minor resolutions were considered.
All the delegates were the guests of the
Portland Central Labor Council last night
at a smoker at labor headquarters1,, at
20514 First street. A literary and mu
sical programme, including a number of
addresses by labor union leaders, was
given.
The session may close today.
POULTRY EXPERT TO TALK
Instructor Visits Contestants and
Kinds Them Working Hard.
Professor Alfred G. Lunn is to address
the regular monthly meeting of the
Portland Junior Poultry Association at
the Y. M. C. A. auditorium tomorrow
evening, when he will speak on "The
Housing of Poultry," illustrating his ad
dress with charts and plans. There prob
ably will be a large attendance, as Pro
fessor Lunn is an experienced poultry
expert. He is assistant instructor in poul
try husbandry at the Oregon Agricul
tural College. This meeting is open to all
interested in poultry as well as to the
members of the association.
The preliminary report of Professor
Lunn, who recently made a visit to the
boys and girls who are enrolled in the
poultry-raising contest of the Portland
Junior Poultry Association, has just been
received by the executive committee of
that organization. Professor Lunn does
not call his visit an inspection, as it
was impossible to reach seven of the
contestants owing to lack of time. The
first real inspection will be made in Feb
ruary Professor Lunn visited 35 out of a to
tal of 42. . The chicken-houses and runs
were found, in the majority of cases, to
be clean and orderly. Several points
were brought out by the visit, chief of
which were the Interest the boys and
girls are taking in the reading course in
poultry husbandry of the Oregon Agri
cultural College, and the businesslike
way in which they are going about their
work and keeping their notes and rec
ords. Some were a little below the
average, but only a few were discouraged.
Only two months of a year's contest have
passed.
The boys and girls who are contesting
for prizes in the association's contest
FIND OUT
Tbe Kind of Food That Will Keep
You Well.
The true way is to find out what is
best to eat and drink, and then culti
vate a taste for those things instead of
poisoning ourselves with improper, in
digestible food, etc.
A conservative Mass. woman w-rites:
"I have used Grape-Nuts 5 years for
the young and for the aged; in sickness
and in health; at first following direc
tions carefully, later in a variety of
ways as my taste and judgment sug
gested. "But its most special, personal bene
fit has been as a substitute for meat,
and served dry with cream when rheu
matic troubles made.it important for
me to change diet.
"Served in this way with the addition
of a cup of hot Postum and a little fruit
it has been used at my morning meal
for six months, during which time my
health has much improved, nerves have
grown steadier, and a gradual decrease
in my excessive weight adds greatly to
my comfort." Read the little book,
"The Road to Wellville, in pkgs.
"There's a Reason."
Ever read tlie above letter? A new
one appear from time to time. They
are Renulne, true, and fall of human
Ittterent
OREGOf
EXCRUCIATING
II
Irritation Almost Drove Him Mad
Eyes So Swollen Could Scarcely
See Skin Specialist Said It was
Psoriasis Cured by Cuticura.
SO PLEASED WITH CURE
ANXIOUS TO TELL OTHERS
I was completely cured of a ekin.
disease by the use of the Cuticura Rem
edies after doctors
had failed. The
complaint first at
tacked me in. 1900,
my hands and arms
right up to the el
bows breaking out in
large blisters, some
an inch across. I
need not tell snr suf
ferer from distress
t inff Fkin complaints
w hat I went through.
The irritation al
mcft drove me mad.
I became an out
patient of a London hospital. I re
ceived little benefit, and after a fort
night's attendance I was seen bv a skin
specialist who told me the complaint
was psoriasis. The irritation was not
allayed at all. I persevered with the
treatment and 'continued to attend the
hospital for two months but I was far
from cured.
" Later the disease took a more serious
form, affecting my neck and face as well
as my hands and arms. My neck was
covered and sometimes mv eyes were so
badly swollen that I could scarcely see.
Irritation is too mild a word to describe
my suffering; it was excruciating agony.
I was sent to a doctor who gave me some
clntment, but it did me no good and in
. the end I lost my job. A friend in Lon
don sent me some Cuticura Soap which
softened my hands, made them feel fresh
and more comfortable. I obtained some
Cuticura Resolvent and Cuticura Oint
ment and was especially- pleased with
the Qintment which immediately allayed
the irritation and caused the sores to
heal steadily and surely. In three weeks
I was completely cured and there has
been no return of the complaint. I am
so pleased with my cure that I am
anxious to tell others aboxit it. Arthur
Duncan, Litchard Hill, Bridgend, South
Wales, Jan. 16, 1909."
Cuticura Soap (2ftc.) to Cleanse the Skin. Cuttetim
Ointcieut (5Uc.) to Heal tbe tMn, and Cuticur
Resolvent (M)c.), (or in tbe form of Chocolate Coatf d
Pills. 2oc. per vtal of GO) to Purify the Blood. Sold
throughout the world. Potter Drug A Chem. Corp
Sole Props-. 1M5 Columbus Ayp iioston. Masa.
or Mailed Free, Cuticura Book, on Skin Dise&MS.
are: Elizabeth Fragneier. Herbert
Adams, Harold F. Ball, Alden F. Burrell,
George Crockett. George Drew, Henry
Dake. Joseph Erickson, Ernest Falland,
Elizabeth French, Victor Hounsell, Har
old Hilton. Maxwell Otto, Elva Smith,
Herman Schieve, Willie Schrack, Edward
A. Thompson, Arthur Voight. Hans C.
"W'halber. Clarence Hogan, Fred Jean
net, Robert F. Knight. Lionel Krall, Ar
thur Meller, Frank Mitchell, "Edwin El
liott, Ralph Repp, Melvena Guttscheck,
Marion Hawksley, Herbert Thompson,
Edna Murray, Freda From me, Ruth
Hayes, Russell" Alexander, Ralph Ander
son, Mary Perrill, John Sanders, Wilbur
Herron, Cecil Courtney, Myrtle Anderson
and others.
A Wild Itlixzai-d RaKlnR
brings dajiger, suffering often death
to thousands, who take colds, coughs and
lagrippe that terror of Winter and
Spring. Its danger signals are "stuffed
up" nostrils, lower part of nose sore,
chills and fever, pain in back of head,
and a throat-gripping cough. When
Grip attacks, as you value your life,
don't delay getting Ir. King's New
Discovery. "One bottla cured me,'
writes A. L. Dunn, of Pine Valley,
Misa., "after being 'laid up three weeks
with Grip." For sore, lungs. Hem
orrhages, Coughs, Colds, Whooping
Cough, Bronchitis, Asthma, it's supreme.
50c. fl.00. Guaranteed by All Drug
gists. 2 How to Nip a Cold or J
2 Cough in the Bud J
To let a cold or cough "wear Itself
out" is both needless and dangerous. If
you will take five minutes and make up
the simple remedy described below, you
can wipe out a cold or cough as soon
as it appears. Even deep - seated
coughs yield to it very quickly. A
whole pint of it costs only 54 cents,
but there is no better remedy at any
price.
Take a pint of Granulated Sugar, add
pint . of warm water and stir for 3
minutes. Put 24 ounces of Pinex in a
pint bottle and fill up with the Sugar
Syrup. This keeps perfectly and lasts
a family a long time. Take a teaspoon
ful every one, two or three hours. The
taste is pleasing.
Use the ingredients as given here.
Granulated sugar makes the best syrup.
None of the weaker pine preparations
will take the place of the real Pinex it
self,' which is the most valuable con
centrated compound of Norway White
Pine Extract. Your druggist has it or
can easily order it for you.
This mixture is also excellent for
whooping- cough, bronchitis, chest pains,
etc.
Strained honey can be used instead of
the syrup, and makes a very fine honey
and pine tar cough syrup.
STICK TO YOUR DOCTOR!
Good or Poor, )fe'a Better Than Any
Old intent Medicine.
Hold fast to that yTUch is good, Is
the advice of Dr. Kobhe, the noted vlvl
sectionist. If you have a doctor and are
improving- under his care, or if you are
taking a treatment that is even checking-
your disease, stick to the doctor or
the treatment and be skeptical.
But, if you have a mangy dog or
other animal and want to be shown,
and a new discovery like poslam comes
along-, try it on the dog before trying
it on yourself. It acts the same with
animals as it does with human beings
infants and adults healing over
night and quickly curing the ; worst
cases of any kind of skin disease- Itch
ing stops at once in any itching skin
disease, eczema, rash, scabies, split toes,
piles, scaly scalp, crusted humors in in
fants and the like.
Write to the Emergency Laboratories,
32 West Twenty-fifth street. New York
City, and they will send you free of
charge, by mail, in plain wrapper,
enough poslam to cure any ordinary
case of skin trouble, barber's itch, itch
ing feet, blotches, red noses, inflamma
tions, etc With this sample alone
complexions are cleared over-night and
pimples banished from the face in two
days. The Skidmore Drug Co. and the
Woodard-Clarke Co., " as well as all
good druggists everywhere, make a,
..specialty of poslam.
TORMENT
K.W?