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THE MOKXLNG OREGOMAN, THURSDAY. FEBKUARTl ,3, 1910. MINORITY If FEAR OF BIAS IFl CENSUS Doubt of Non-Partisan Char acter of Enumeration Ex pressed In Debate. NEGRO VOTERS "RALLIED" Appointments In South, Democrat Charges Have Political Color. Data on Butchering of Ani mals to Be Obtained. WASHIGTOK, Feb. 2. A lively political debate occupied nearly the en tire time of the House today in defense of the bill to amend the census law so as to provide an enumeration of ani mals slaughtered In country butcher ing: establishments and of hides pro duced In such establishments. air. Crumpacker, of Indiana, ex plained that this amendment waa to give accurate information on a subject upon which there had been much polit ical discussion. With this amendment, and others providing for an enumera tion of lands under irrigation and in relation to irrigation projects, the bill was passed. Heading? a letter said to have been .written by Representative Crowe, of Missouri, telllnfr one of his constituents that if he should receive an appoint ment as a census enumerator he would iiave to ascertain the relative strength of the 'insurgents" and regular Re publicans, Representative Robinson, of Arkansas, attacked the census bill. Party Work Exacted. The letter was In the form of a news paper clipping and contained the state ment that the work the census enum erator would have to do would be 'such as any enthusiastic Republican would be glad to do and not in any way conflict with your duty as enum erator." It also stated that this work . would be outlined to the candidate be fore his appointment, so that he need not accept the appointment if he did not desire to do what would be asked of him. .Still reading from the letter, Mr. Rohinson quoted a statement to the effect that the writer wanted to know whether the voters were "insurgents" or regular Republicans and whether their disaffection was great enough to take them out of the party altogether. Sanction iot Given. Bartholdt of Missouri, calling atten tion to me absence of his colleague, Air. Crowe, said that Mr. Crowe evl tlently spoke for himself only and in no way spoke for the appointing power of the census. "The Director of the Census would authorize no man to give such informa tion." said Mr. Bartholdt. "He wrote that letter without authority. Ha merely exceeded his authority in rep resenting the Administration." Mr. Booher of Missouri said that he would offer an amendment to the pend ing bill imposing a fine of flOOO or Imprisonment for a year upon any cen sus employe who should ask any per son any question relating to hla poli tics. 'Does the gentleman think that the Secretary of Commerce and Labor was in any way responsible for these state ments by Mr. Crowe?" Inquired Repre sentative Gardiner of Massachusetts, addressing Mr. Booher. Partisan Census Feared. "1 have a reason to be voted on to inquire of the Secretary whether that is the case," responded Mr. Booher. In an extended speech, Sims of Tennessee declared that if a non-partisan census was desired, the Adminis tration would appoint Republicans and Democrats to do the work of the cen sus. Representatives Oalns of West Vir ginia. Langlcy of Kentucky and Crum packer of Indiana said that a non-partisan enumeration of the census would be made if Republicans only were appointed. "The man they appointed in Chicago s supervisor was not a Republican at all." said "Mr. Mann, of Illinois. "Vns he a Iemocrat?" asked Mr. RiM'ktT. of Miourt. "We call him a Democrat," retorted Mr. Mann. Color (Question Raised. Charging that a rule of the census pro vides that in. the South negroes should be appointed to enumerate negroes. Rep resentative Hardwick. of CJeorgie. de clared it was being done to "rally the negro vote and to rally negro delegates In the National convention of the Re public party." Representative Madden, of Illinois, said that supervisors of the census- were ap pointed without political consideration, Kaying thtt he knew that was the case in Chicago. Ho did not believe the color of a citizen should be a bar in tak ing the census. Men," he paid, "should be taken as men. regardless of their color, as of their creed." . While Representative Keifer, of Ohio, was speaking of the nonpartisan charac ter of the "census takers," Representa tive Heflin. of Alabama, Interrupted to ask whether he would appoint negroes to enumerate the white people of the South if he could do po. "If they were as well qualified as the white?. 1 would." -replied Mr. Keifer. "The President asked me to suggest pome good man for supervisor of the census in place of a supervisor who died," said Mr. Hamlin, of Missouri. "But he Insisted that lie must be a Republican. id I told hint I had no advice to give." KeorePL-ntatlve Hardy, of Texas. as' ferted that partisanship was the keynote of Federal appointments in his state. PAPER SHOULD BE CHEAPER . "With Competition, Trioe Could lie S3 3 lVr, Says Publisher. )Lt'MBr.S. O.. Feh. 2. At the an miKl meeting of associated OUio dailies, comprising 124 daily newspapers in Ohio, held today in this city, a state ment upon "the price which publish ers should pay for print paper" was made by John Norria, chairman of the committee on paper of the American Newspaper Publishers' Association. Mr. Norria said if free competition and normal conditions prevailed in -the paper trade, news print should be de livered in pressrooms at $o5 a ton, or $1.5 per 100 pounds. STOCKS DOWN, ON FAILURE I'Kk A Kobinson Troubles Dne to Shrinkage in lionds. NKW YORK, Fob. 2. The suspension of l isle 6: Kobinson, a bond and bank ing house, whose (allure came yester day, when an involuntary petition In bankruptcy was filed, was announced at the opening of the Stock Exchange today. As a result of the unexpected news after the close of yesterday's business on the Exchange, the market today opened with declines running to a point or so, with a considerable volume of liquidation. The failure was due to the shrinkage in the market value of cer tain bonds which the firm had under written. That caused the banks, which had lent money on the securities, to demand additional collateral, which the firm was unable to supply. The house was connected also with the Boston exchange, and W. t. Tracey, manager of , the Boston house. issuel today the following statement of assets and liabilities: Assets Cash, 961,915; loans receiv able, $2,122,358; securities, $4, 428.444; accounts receivable. $225,250; furniture and fixtures, $10,000. Total, $8,847,967. Liabilities Loans payable, $5,276,570; deposits, $1,212,349 ; accounts payable, $246,405; balance in excess of assets, $112,643. Total, $6,847,967. WW SAVES SNAKE SPAN S.VAKE BRIDGE BUILT ILLEGAL LY GETS O. K. Congress Approves Viaduct Provided AVar Department Accepts Plans Believed Good. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Feb. 2. Congress has passed a special bill. Introduced recently by Sena tor Heyburn, legalizing a bridge recently built across Snake River between Oregon and Idaho, at the town ot Ontario. This bridge was authorized by the last Con gress, but the law under which it was built stipulated that before work was begun, the plans should be approved by the Secretary of War. It develops that the plans were not submitted, but the bridge is now In position, and the build ers are handicapped In their effort to float bonds, because of their failure to comply with the law. The bill just passed gives to the County Court of Malheur County. Oregon, and the Ontario Bridge Commission, which built the bridge, authority to maintain and operate this bridge, but the court and Commission are required, within three months, to file with the Secretary of War the plans and specifications upon which the bridge was built, and the plans must meet with the approval of the Secretary. Should the plans fail to be approved, authority to maintain the bridge will be withdrawn, and the probabilities are that the bridge will have to be remodeled to comply with the requirements of the De partment. The assumption is, the Bridge Commission .believes, that the bridge is of a type to meet with departmental ap proval, and that no further legislation will be neoSHRj-y. COUNTY EMPLOYES STRIKE Clerical Association Affiliated Witli I-ederatiou of Labor. CHICAGO, Keb. 2. The County Treasurers office was tied up last night by a strike of 20 clerks, who refused to work overtime unless the Board of County Commissioners grants their demand for an increase In pay for night work, Sunday and holiday work. , - The striking clerks are members of the Cook County Clerical Employes' Association, which has been organized with a view to affiliation With the Chicago Federation of Labor. It is said that the 60 clerks of y.ie union who are employed in the Treasurer's office will refuse to work tonight. County Treasurer John R. Thompson admitted the strike would cause delay in making up the books of his of ,floe. "I can do nothing for the men,". he said. "The County Board refused to give them an increase and made its annual appropriation fixing the sum that should be paid for overtime work. The clerks receive from $100 to $130 a month as salary for the regular work, and say they have not had an increase for years, though the cost of living has increased 40 per cent. SUPREME COURT IS 120 G2, 000th Case Docketed on Federal Tribunal's Birthday. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. The Supreme Court of the United States had a notable birthday yesterday. It was 120 years old, and by a coincidence the last case docketed on that natal day was the 22.000th one since the court was organized. The court convened for the first time In New York on February 1, 1790. The minutes of that meeting show that there was not a sufficient number of Justices present to transact business, and those present, as the first official act of the court, "adjourned until to morrow at 1 o'clock." On the first day the Hon. John Jay. Chief Justice; the Hon. William dish ing, the Hon. James Wilson, Associate Justices, were present. On the next day "The Hon. James Tredell, Associate Justice." appeared, and the court was opened. It was on that day the first "crier" for the court was appointed. In the first few years not many cases were brought to the court as com pared with the present day. Now be tween S00 and 1000 come up for con sideration every year. KEENE TO BE WITNESS inquiry Into - Collapse or Hocking Valley Fool Postponed. NEW YORK.' Feh. 2. The special meeting of the Stock Exchange govern ing committee, called for today to take action on the faiure of Lathrop, Has kifts & Co., which resulted from the col lapse of the Columbus &Hocking Coal & Iron "pool," has been postponed until February 16, by request of the insolvent firm. It is understood the extension of time was granted in the belief that the tes timony of James R. Keene. who has been called as a witness In suits grow ing out of the fiasco, will be of use to the committee in arriving at its decis ion. Mr. Keene Is to appear as a wit ness in the first of these suits next week. TREATY CRISIS IS NEAR Agreement or Rupture AVith. Ger many Is Expected Today. W ASHINGTON. Fb. 2. It was an nounced at The 9tate Department today that either a complete agreement or a rupture retween Oermany and the United States on the present tariff negotiations xnicht be expected tomorrow. The cattle find meat Inspection issues are the stumbling blocks, GUANO JURY LOOKS INTO MEAT-PRICES Official of National Packing Company Is Annoyed After Examination. EASTERN BUTCHER CALLED New York Witnesses Expected to Throw Light on Charge That Trust Controlled Business. District Attorney Secretive. CHICAGO, Feb. 2. (Special.) Interstate control of meat prices is now believed to be a subject for investigation bv Judge Landis' Federal grand jury. It has be come known that Special Assistant United States District Attorney William R. Maderas, who was transfererd to United States District Attorney Edwin W. Sims' office from the Ohio district several months ago, has been in New Tork on a quiet investigation several weeks, and that he has subpened three witnesses to come to Chicago and testify before the grand Jury. New York Butcher Called. Although great secrecy is maintained by Federal officers here as to this feature of the inquiry, the name of one of the men summoned from New York has be come known.. He is W. M. Marks, a mem ber of the New York Butchers" Associa tion. Jlr. Marks is said to represent in the East one of the packers whose busi ness is being looked into in Chicago, as well as being the head of a packing com pany there which is suspected of being a subsidiary of the alleged beef truFt. The names of the other two witnesses, as well as the exact connection Mr. Marks has with the investigation here, are locked within the breast of Mr. Maderas and District Attorney Sims, and Mr. Sims will not even admit the man is sum moned. Orricial Is Annoyed. Arthur Clhv aca;cn.. ... . j , . o ... cki.iii. , iircuuicr. auu Ralph Crews, counsel for the National -miS vumpany, were Derore the grand Jury today. They were recalled to throw further litrht- r tht v.i..- . i. ' " " v. inc tuii rn and were dismissed, subject to be- ins summoned again later. Mr. Colby left the grand jury room at the adjourn ment of the morning session at 12:25 o'clock. His face appeared flushed and he put on his overcoat and muffler as though annoyed. JERSEY CITY HOLDS INQUIRY Methods of Storage Companies I'nder Grand Jury Investigation. NEW YORK, Feb. 2. The New Jersey side of ,the Hudson River was today the center of activity in the attempt to find out why food prices are high. The in vestigating body was the Hudson County grand jury, which continued its probing into the storage business of the big pack ing companies. It examined numerous witnesses in an effort to learn what quantities of food stuffs are stored and whether there i3 any understanding among the firms to hold necessaries of life to regulate the supply and get .the highest possible prices. It is announced that the women's or ganizations here, with the co-operation of the health protective societies, will take up the campaign against meats and other edibles stored for long periods. Meat prices are again on the upward trend. A third of a cent is the average advance in wholesale rates and a full cent added to these prices is predicted before the week-end. Shipments are much less, wholesalers say, and supplies are dwindling even in the face of the reduced demand. HEADLIGHT GIVES CLEW MAN IUX DOWN BY TRAIN, AN OTHER SEEN RUNNING. Swan rearson Killed After 1-caving Son Near Knappa Money Taken Dogs Trail. ASTORIA. Or., Feb. 2. Swan Pearson was either killed accidentally or murdered near Knappa. Tuesday evening. The cause of liia death will be determined at a Coroner's inquest here Thursday morn ing. Pearson was a farmer and occupied a little piece of land near Albert for sev eral years. Re-cently he purchased a 20 acr.e tract of fruit land between Knappa and Svensen, erected a house and was getting the land ready for cultivation. He purchased the land on the installment plan and came to Astoria Tuesday to make a pay lent ef $50 on it, this install ment completing half-payment for the property. Pearson was accompanied by his eon, a man 30 years old. They started home on the train and alighted at Jvnappa. They then had to walk back about a mile and a half to their home and passing a house, they were invited in. There the father and con took a drink and after a ten-minute visit Pear son, Sr., said he would go on home, the wn remaining to eat some smelt being cooked. Pearson left with a lantern in one hand and a valise in the other. With in a few minutes he was run over by the eastbound freight and ground to pieces. The engine crew of the freight said they saw no lantern, but just before an object on the track was struck they saw a man running into the brush, the head light - showing that the fugitive wore brown overalls. The first supposition was that Pearson had been run over acciden tally and killed and no attention -was paid to the story of the man with the brown overalls until Pearson's clothing was searched and only t0 cents found. It is known positively that he had more than $3 in his pocket when he left his son. Sheriff Pomeroy tonight took two well trained dogs to Knappa. The dogs trainer says that the snow, melting, will assist them in following the trail as the water holds the scent for at least two days. HEYBURN SCORES BILL Postal Savings Bank Measure Is Denounced. WASHINGTON. Feb. - 2. Should the postal savings bank bill become a law it would greatly endanger, if not destroy, incomes to the amount of hundreds of millions of dollars, declared Senator Hey bum today. The Id who Senator was en gaged in a general discussion of the bill in connecti'vi with an amendment pre cise it e4 it Sats- Smoot for the regula- tion of the removal of postal savings de posits from banks. He contended that, inasmuch as the fund under the- bill would reach fully J700.000.000, it -would enable the board of trustees to dictate the rate of interest throughout the country. "In other words, the Government pur poses to go into the loaning business." he said, "and intends to fix the rate of interest at 24 -per cent." In view of this fact, he asked what the effect would be on incomes- derived from funds invested at 5 and 6 per cent. "Should we," he said, "eo forget our duty to the widows and orphans- whose funds are thus? invested as to disturb the earning capacity of their investments?" He declared that the bill should be de nominated "an act to constitute the Gov ernment a collection agency for the banks," and added that under the bill it was the purpose to convert the Govern ment into a collection agency. Mr. Hey burn asserted also that, with the money once deposited, there was no adequate means of obtaining its return to the depositor. Senator Carter, of Montana, called, at tention to the fact that, in times of emergency, savings banks generally re quire a notice of 30 to 60 days for the withdrawal of funds. One amendment, by Senator Davis, providing for the deposit of postal funds in banks under state inspection as well as those under Federal supervision, was adopted. Senator Smoot proposed an amendment providing for the withdrawal of funds from banks not willing to pay 24 per cent interest and it was under dis cussion when the Senate adjourned. TAX TEST IS PROPOSED STATE BOARD UNCERTAIN AS TO GROSS-EARNINGS LAW. Adverse Opinion by Attorney-General of State Is Not Regarded as Sufficient. SALEM. Or., Feb. 2. tSpecial.) At a meeting: of the Board of State Tax Commissioners today a resolution was adopted to bring a test case in the Su preme Court to determine finally whether or not the gross earnings tax law of 1907 was repealed by implication by chapters 265 to 268 inclusive of the laws of 1907 and by chapter 218, laws of 1909. Recently Attorney-General Crawford rendered an opinion to the effect that the gross earnings tax law was re pealed by these later statutes and that it was not necessary for the State Treasurer to continue the collection of fees from corporations. Chapter 218 of the laws of 1909. cre ating the State Tax Commission, gives the commission power to "construe the tax and revenue laws of the state and to instruct officers in relation to their duties in relation to assessment and taxation and collection of public taxes, dues and revenues." Acting under this and similar sec tions of the law, the Tax Commission addressed a letter to the Attorney-General requesting him to appeal one or both of the corporation cases recently decided against the state by Judge Burnett In the Circuit Court for Marlon County, viz.: the case of the State of Oregon vs. the Standard Oil Company and the State vs. the Wells-Fargo Ex press Company. Also a letter was ad dressed to State Treasurer Steel re questing him to proceed at once with the collection of the corporation license fees for the year 1909. The board takes the position that the gross earnings tax law should' be considered in full force and effect un til there shall have been a final de termination of the question by the Su preme Court. PATIENT ELUDES GUARDS FORMER BROKER DROWNED ES CAPING FROM WARDS ISLAND. Belier That $3,000,000 Property in HarJem Belonged to Him and Mrs. Eddy Turned Mind. NKW .YORK. Keb. 2. Hospital at tendants are using- grappling irons in the East River in a search for the body of Hency Pennington Toler, a Princeton graduate and former broker. Toler yesterday eluded guards on Wards Island, where he has been con fined in an insane asylum since July, and plunged into the river; Caught in an eddy from Hell Gate, he sank almost at once. Toier became violently in sane last Summer, after controversies with factions in the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in this city. For a time he was a supporter of Mrs. Au gusta F Stetson, but subsequently he turned against her. His commitment to the asylum was caused by persons who said that he had sent them threatening letters. Christian Science so interested Toler that he abandoned his brokerage busi ness several years ago, gave much of his money to the church, and. finally became first reader. Then he became possessed of the hallucination that the upper part of Harlem belonged to him and to Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy. He organized a movement to recover property vaued at $3,000,000,000 to establish a new Jerusalem. His project failed, his fortune dwindled, his wife left him and his complete mental collapse followed. BILL HAS GOOD CHANCE (Continued from first page.) would be disastrous. The inference con veyed to the Senate committee by Chair man Carter was that Speaker Cannon would support the bill if it provided for certificates rather than bonds, and that the House leaders would Join with Can non in an effort to get the bill through the lower House. But Senator Carter himself has always stood out against any bond issue bill, all the while preaching the advisability of issuing certificates. He was willing to support a certificate bill, but not a bond measure. Now that the committee has reported the certificate bill. it should have the unqualified support of Chair man Carter, which, because of his posi tion, should count for much. Therefore, the change from "bonds" to "certifi cates." if it does nothing else, should bring to the support of this legislation both Chairman Carter and Speaker Can non. If those men be sincere in their protestations, the change will not have been made in vain. Carter AVanta Credit. It is well known in Congress, however, that there was another motive th'an that assigned for changing the bond bill into a bill providing for certificates of indebt edness. The bond bill was distinctively the Borah bill, introduced and cham pioned by the Idaho Senator. If It had been reported, there would have been no especial credit to Chairman Carter had it been reported and passed the credit would have gone largely to Senator Stamina In Men And How to Possess It. (From "Man's Maladies.") A. Prominent physician . being asked the question: "What are the things in life a man needs most?" answered, "Physical health, strong nerves, mental ef ficiency, money and social suc cess." Any man possessing these, five attributes is a success. Any man possessing the first three can be a success and have the other two. Possession of a sound body with strong nerves is really the requirement which men need most. Men need stamina, courage, staying quali ties, endurance and perseverance but in order to have these quali ties the nerves must be strong and keenly sensitive to every . emotion. When a man has fore bodings, sensations of fear, tim idity, accompanied with such symptoms as trembling -hands and limbs, weak voice, nervous ness, sleeplessness, numbness, dizziness, heart palpitation, rest lessness, forgetf ulness, m e 1 a n cholia, weariness without caus"V and many others of a similar na ture, it cannot be expected that he will be a success financially, socially or otherwise. Strong virile magnetism comes only to those whose nerves are properly nourished in a sound body. Nature in her wisdom has supplied certain extracts, es-' sences. etc.. which, if properlv blended, will restore a normal ' keenness to the nerves so that any man can feel the rich, red blood surging through his body supplying all the elements neces ?a.ry. to derive the most out of life in all its various phases. For the benefit of those tem porarily deficient in nerve strength the following ingredi ents can be obtained of any good druggist and prepared in the privacy of home. Purchase three ounces of syrup sarsaparilla compound in a six-ounce bottle. Add one ounce of compound fluid balmwort, shake and let stand two hours. Then add one ounce tincture eadomene compound, (not cardamom), and one ounce compound essence cardiol. Mix. Shake well and take a teaapoon rul after each meal and one when retiring. All distressing symp toms will soon vanish and a com plete restoration to normal fol lows. TN ANCIENT ROME a wife A could divorce her husband if his breath were impure. The daily thorough use of not only cleanses, preserves and beautifies the teetn without in jury, but imparts purity and fra grance to the breath, removing instantly the odor of tobacco. Borah, and Borah is not now running for re-election, while Carter is. So the Montana Senator played politics: the kind he is accustomed to play, and induced the committee, to report a "committee bill" as a substitute for the Borah bill, for committee bills always take the name of the chairman, which in this instance means that the certificate bill reported by the Senate irrigation committee will go under the name of Carter bill. Thus, while knocking out the word "bonds," which was so distasteful to him. Senator Carter not only secured the substitution of the word "certificates," but he had his own name substituted for that of Senator Borah. It was tricky business, but it accomplished Carter's end. Now that the change has been made. Senator Carter must show his good faith and get the bill through the Senate, and not only that, he must see that Speaker Cannon keeps his bargain, and assists the bill on its way through the Huoae of Representatives. Tart Will Support Bonds. The Administration will be behind this measure even though it does not authorize bonds, for President Taft, in a recent interview with Senator Borah, said that he would support and help along a bill that provided for the issuance of securi ties in the nature of bonds or their equiva lent. The certificates, if issued in ac cordance with the Senate bill, as stated, will be bonds in their legal aspect, for they are secured by the credit of the Government, redeemable out of the re clamation fund, and carry a low rate of interest the three things insisted upon by the President. It is not to be presumed that the cer tificate bill will pass either branch of Congress without a fight.' On the Sen ate side, a Westerner, Senator Flint of California, is preparing to make a speech against the bill, notwithstanding his state would be among those benefited Flint, while heretofore a great advocate of ir rigation, is very dutiful to Senator Ald rlch, who is known to have been opposed to the bond bill, and it is presumed his fight on the certificate bill will be in accordance with instructions he has re ceived from the "Big Boss." Flint, alone, can not kill the bill, but he probably will have support, though the chances are that if Senator Carter does not try any more tricks, the bill can be put through the upper branch of Congress without se rious difficulty. . East Not Cordial. In the House, however, a fight of no small dimensions is expected. Eastern Representatives are less generous toward the West than are the Senators from the East. Not a few Eastern Representa tives are waiting for a chance to carve this bill to the quick. To make matters worse. Representative Reeder of Kansas, chairman of the Committee on Irriga tion, Is decidedly opposed to the measure, and threatens to make a strong speech against it if it is reported to the House. Reeder's speech will do injury to the measure, because the arguments that he, a Westerner, advances will be quickly seized upon and amplified by the Eastern opponents of the bill, and many adverse votes will thus be made unless the Speaker quietly passes the word around that this bill, as an Administration meas ure, must pass. The fact that this legislation is an Administration measure, and the fact that a Congressional election is approaching, will operate to thj benefit of the bill, for in the West and Middle West the Democrats, aided by the Republican In surgents, will undertake to unseat a good many Republican Congressmen, men who would be strengthened with their consti tuents if they could show they had aided in passing the bill to hasten completion of the big projects under way. On this ac count, men, who might otherwise vote against the certificate bill may be in duced to change their minds, particularly if Speaker Cannon makes any sort of effort to help the bill through the House, Dr. Lyons PERFECT Tooth Powder Sherman jpay & Co. i SIXTH AND MORRISON VERTEGRAND An Upright Piano of Grand Value The Steinway Vertegrand is the most perfectly built upi-ight piano ever offered, to the musical public. More closely than any other piano grand or upright it exhibits the inimitable and indescrib ably beautiful tone characteristics of the Steinway Grands. For those who know the real Steinway quality of tone no piano value can be greater than the Vertegrand at $575. We invite inspection of our large stock of these instruments by all intending purchasers of pianos. Comparison with, other pianos of nearly the same price cannot fail "to convince you of the superior worth of the Steinway, the standard piano of the world. Vertegrand, $575 (ebony); Miniature Grand, $850. Moderate iftonthly payments if desired. Steinway Pianos are sold on the Pacific Coast only by Sherman, Clay & Co. R33 Mr, W. H, Hawkins, Frankfort. Ky., R.R. No. 2, writes: ' I have used Sloan's Liniment for backache and sciatica with almost instant relief." Mr. J. W. Stewart, 12 16 Chapel St., Cincinnati, O., writes: "I had suffered with sciatic rheumatism for 14. months when I began using Sloan's Liniment. I got relief at once, and am now entirely well." 1 is best for lumbago, rheumatism, neuralgia better than plasters also for sore throat, croup, sprains, etc- . Prices, 25c, 50c, and $t.OO. In that sense, a great deal depends upon the Speaker. Riverside Grange Organized. T.A GRANDE, Or.. Feb. 2. (Special) Riverside Grange was organized yesterday at the Fruitdale school house by State Deputy W. R. Gekeler, of Blue Mountain Grange, No. 345. Its location will make Riverside. Grange one of the strongest in the state, ac cording to Grangers in this vicinity. Post Snrgeon Transferred. 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