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"A 12 THE MORNING OREGOXIAX, . THURSDAY, FTvBRTTART 10, 1910 HENEY HURLS UGLY HATHA! Prosecutor Devotes Five Hours to Assailing Testimony Favoring Defendant. ' AMBITION DEEMED MOTIVE Attorney Gearin to Open for Defense This Morning Lawyer for Gov ernment Outlines Alleged Fraud Finish Friday. Attorney Heney was unable to conclude his argument against Hermann In the five hours in which he spoke to the jury, and the special prosecutor will be allowed to finish Friday. Attorney Gearin will open for the defense this morning. Attorney Heney, in quiet tones, re counted step by step the story of the alleged Blue Mountain conspiracy against the state school lands and the United States, as theorized by the Government. His address lacked the characteristic fire of the "Heney orations." The prosecutor told of the alleged "consuming ambition", of Hermann, and welded his array of testimony, saying it is circumstantial proof that Hermann was one of the con spirators who procured the Blue Moun tain withdrawal and that his reward was planned to be political honor and not ' monetary gain. Throughout the argument the Govern ment prosecutor attacked the veracity of Hermann in an attempt to show the de fendant was more interested In a political preferment than In the public good,- and that Hermann's motives were not, sincere. The argument was directed particularly against the testimony by Hermann that he had stood at all times for the repeal or modification of the lieu land law of 1S97, not applying it to unsurveyed lands, and that he was the originator of the idea.. Attorney Heney asserted that the idea had come to Hermann from an at torney in the office of the Secretary of the Interior. Hermann's Stand Assailed. Reverting to the testimony of Hermann that he considered the lieu land law the "mother of land frauds in this country," the prosecutor said: . "The timber and stone act is the grand father and the grandmother of all land frauds in Oregon, and without it there would never have been any land-frauds in this or any other state, and this de fendant would not now be here on trial. 'Hermann started out to show that he waa the only man in the Interior De partment who was looking out for the interests of the dear people, and that he went before the committee on public lands in advocacy of remedial legisla tion. Hermann said from the witness stand that Hitchcock went there once to make an argument, and the witness was unable to understand what he wanted, except the repeal of the timber and stone act. That was the only time which would cure all the trouble. "Compare the attitude of Hermann with the attitude of Hitchcock and the Jury will be led to the irresistible conclusion that Hermann was giving the people buncombe. Hermann knew that Congress would not repeal the lieu land law at that time, and as a matter of fact It was not repealed until after the Indict ments had been returned against these defendants In 1905 resulting In a great clamor from the public. "Hermann was the man above all oth ers who was charged with saving the public lands from the timber thieves. Hermann had the knowledge, and re ferred to it in his reports for 1900 and from year to year, but the lands could not be saved by the special agents of the type of Loomla and others who were in the field and submitting fraudulent affidavits over paltry sums of . $2 and 3 a day, or by writing acceptances for boxes of grapes and oranges. The lands could have been saved by Hermann' had lie read the newspapers during his many visits to Oregon from 1S98 to 1901, or by talking with people who knew what was going on." Defendant's Veracity Attacked. j Attention was directed to the letter from "Citizen" which reached the Com missioner in January. 19000, and which pointed out 4n detail the operations of Hyde and Benson in the. Cascade re serve. It told Commissioner Hermann that Hyde was the owner of the 40,000 acres of school lands which at one time belonged to Oregon, and which, the news papers considered,- belonged to K. P. McCornack. The scheme as outlined in that letter, argued Heney, was Identical with the plans put forth by Mays and his associates in the Blue Mountain reserve case, and from that basis the prosecutor assumed that it had been in the hands of Hermann. "Valk is the only man who testi fies that the Citizen letter was ever in the hands of Hermann," said Heney. "Attorneys for the defense will say that because Valk was in the employ of Benson and was betraying, his trust as an employe of the Land Office, he should not be believed. I admit that Valk is not a man of high character, but he could doubtless have brought men of high standing to justify him. But as between Valk and Hermann, who has the deeper interest in the matter? "If Hermann admits that he saw that letter he had just as well plead guilty, and for a similar 'reason the Commis sioner would not admit he saw the Zabrlskle letter and Holsinger report prior to the Blue Mountain case. We are going to show that Herrgann lied on a number of occasions, and that he never hesitated to do so when the truth would hurt him. f'alk had no in terest in lying. He was out of the .and Office and If he did not want to tell the truth all he had to do was to get his forgetter in working order." Citizen" Letter Cited. Attorney Heney drew the Inference that Hermann was bearing the "Citi zen' letter in mind when he told Em met t Callahan there was no need to worry because Oregon men were ac quiring Blue Mountain school lands. "Hermann knew." said Heney, "that Hyde and Benson had secured the 40,000 aires in the Cascades and he hoped there would be no protest when it was known that the Californlans had been shut out of the Blue Moun tains. - "It is plain." continued the prosecutor, "that Mays and Soreneon had heard about the deal in ttre Cascades. We know that Sorenson later secured an addition to that reserve and cleaned up e. com fortable fortune from the school land?. Then the gang looked around and found that all the school lands in the etate had been gobbled up. Then they decided to rreate one. Then poor old, unsophisticated Hermann got into town looking after hip epitaph concerning friends and favors. It was not a bad motto he never forgot a favor or failed to reward a friend but a better one would have been. 'Well done, thou good and faithful servant.'' " ;b. visit by Hermann to the oil fields of California, argued Attorney Heney, was made in a private car with a crowd of magnates headed by Hyde, the land manipulator. Returning to the Senatorial aspirations of Hermann, the prosecutor analyzed the letters of Brownell and Loomis. Attorney Heney used the Brownell letters as an attack upon the reliability of all the tes timony given by Hermann, Hermann had testified that he knew C. P. Hunt ington only in a casual way, but wa? forced to admit the authorship of the let ters' wherein he wrote he possessed an intlrrate acquaintance and would be able to secuie.a position for Brownell in an appointment as Southern Pacific attor ney. Attorney Heney closed his argument for Jhe oay in upholding the testimony of Meldrum. asserting that Hermann ' had corrol-crated the chief incident when the !efendantadmitted going to the office of the Surveyor-General in September, 1901. The neiniiiy of Witness Baumhoer. who teatttUd .f:r the defense that Hermann was not tlTCTe when Mays called, was attacked because Baumhoer could not say who rny of the men were who attended the meeting. Attorney Heney disputed the evidence of C'athcart, who contra dicted Meldrum, upon the plain ground that it w&s not truthful, or if Cathcart thought f-e was telling the truth, it had been su:?,-;eted to him by Hermann, for vhoni the witness admitted a strong friendship. Holmstrom. janitor of the State Jfouse.-. was disputed Vseaus-3 he was uraMt to tell the names of other porstfs he saw at the Meldrum office when Herrrann was supposed to i avo heon tlieie or recount any ineiient of t"i days le visited Meldrum. The evidence of Klncart and Miller, who testified that when on McNeil's Island Meldrum had said he had been promised a pardon of the imprisonment part of his sentence, was disputed on the ground that Meldrum had been required to serve his full term. Heney Praises Defense. Beginning his argument before the jury Attorney Heney announced his belief in the guilt of the defendant. He said he would not appear at a prosecution without that opinion. The prosecutor maintained that he was not. attempting to lead the jury to a like conviction of mind, but believed it ihe duty of an attorney to point out the relation which one piece of testimony bore to another, as an assistance' in determining a verdict. He congratu lated the jury that its long siege lif the trial of the Hermann charges was drawing to a close. Then, turning toward Attorneys Worthington and Gearin. he thanked them for the courteous manner in which the. case has ben conducted. Attorney Heney called attention to the fact that Mitchell, Hermann, Wi? liamson. Mays, Jones and Sorenson had been accused of attempting to procure fraudulently a large amount of school land from Oregon, and described the method by which the conspirators were to transfer the land to the United States under the operation of the lieu land law. By stipulation of the attor neys in the case, all evidence as to Williamson has been eliminated from this trial. Document Xot Needed. Passing to tthe charge of the .forma tion of a conspiracy involving 3Ier mann. Attorney Heney contended that the Government was not require'l to show a written agreement had been entered into between the men named in the indictment. "The court will instruct you," he said, "that if it is shown that the minds of Hermann and some one or more of the other members of the conspiracy met at some common point, and the acts of Hermann tended to assist in any manner in carrying out the pur poses of the conspirators, the Govern ment will ask a verdict of guilty as showing that we have established the connection of Hermann beyond a reasonable doubt." Refering to testimony as to the repu tation of Hermann for honesty and in tegrity. Attorney Heney said that lc had been presented by men of stand ing, but all of them had been for many years connected with politics. He then called attention to an editorial in The Oregonian of December 30, 1902, show ing the character of the defendant. He asked the jury to bear the editorial in mind during the argument. The editorial Interposed no objection to the retirement of Hermann from the United States Land Office or his entry into the Senatorial campaign in this state." It described Hermann as a "sleek and oily politician; of unction unsurpassed and palaver unapproachable." "During the time Hermann occupied the witness stand," said Attorney Heney, "he showed that he was truly in palaver and unction unsurpassed. We got both from the stand in cart loads, but sometimes it took an hour to get a direct answer." The prosecutor, in dwelling upon Her mann's ambition to become a Senator, asserted It was that ambition which caused him. to bring ex-Special Agent Loomis from Washington to Oregon after Loomis had been accused of forwarding crooked account vouchers to the de partment, and had received a coat of ' whitewash from the hands of Special , Inspector Dixon. It was argued by At- ' torney Heney that the same motive caused Hermann to retain Ormsby In the forestry division, and which caused Her mann to wink and close his eyes to the land frauds which the Government con tends he knew 'all about. "Why did not Hermann write these agents on whom he was relying for cor rect Information," asked the prosecutor, "and tell them to wake up and report honestly on the conditions out here and In California? Instead we find him In September talking with two of the land frauders in the office of the Surveyor General, and both of those men probably in position to help his ambition." Attorney Heney asserted that he did not contend that it was wrong for Her mann to order the temporary withdrawal of the Blue Mountain Fores Reserve, but asserted that It had "been proven that Hermann had knowledge of the fact that Mays and Sorenson were manipulating school lands at the time that the with drawal was made. Interview Cited as Ruse. He pointed out that shortly before the conspiracy began Hermann had an nounced in an interview that he would not recommend the formation of more forest reserves, and that it was natural that Mays and his associates should at tempt to get Hermann to change his mind in this instance. "They were politicians also," argued the attorney, "and they probably knew that Hermann was only posing when he gave that interview to the papers, and that after the people had a view of the pose, the Commissioner would allow them to steal the land behind his back." Attorney Heney made a point of the testimony of Clerk Hough, who said that Hermann required . all Oregon letters to come to his personal desk and forbade the stenographers to peruse them. Hough had also testified that Hermann always dictated replies to Oregon people. "There was nothing wrong with Her mann answering those letters himself." said Attorney Heney. "and if he had been an honest man he would have ad mitted it. Instead of ducking and dodging around by saying that many of them he never saw, because his- secretary would answer some, and refer others to the divisions. He ducked and dodged be cause of a guilty conscience. "CTrime always sears a . man's con science, and soul, and brain, like a brand burned into the bark of a tree. ' It may heal over from the outside, but years later the brand can be found in the heart of the tree. Hermann was attempting to cover up something when he was in that witness chair." DECISION TO WAIT Judge Withholds Fire Alarm Case Settlement. SECOND HEARING IS GIVEN National Automatic Company Con tends Board of Fire Commission ers Made Contract Amount ing to Franchise. After a second hearing before Presiding Judge Morrow, of the -Circuit Court, the demurrer to the comnlaint in the case of the National Automatic Fire Alarm ! Company against the city remains unde cided by the judge. After prolonged argument, in which each of the attorneys present took sev eral turns, the judge said he was not inclined to sustain the city's demurrer to the company's complaint, but would hear the casa on its merits. During the argu ments City Attorney Kavanaugh began to ask Attorney H. W. Hogue, representing the company, a few questions, evidently for Judge Morrow's banefit. City Electrician Testifies. City Electrician Savarian was present, and was called by the judge to give testimony regarding the manner in which the automatic alarm attachments in terfere with the city's fire alarm system. He was not placed under oath, however, and the company had no wltne-sees on hand to contradict his statements, as it had not been contemplated that the case would go to trial until the demurrer to the complaint was disposed of and the city's answer filed. The City Electrician, said there is con stant danger that, the automatic alarm company's vires will become cross?d with feed wires of high voltage not only to the interference of the city fire alarm system, but to the great danger of the public. 1 In answer to he City Attorney's ques tions across the table. Attorney Hogue said he wants the city to take out its red boxes which have been installed in the- business district, and to permit the company to place in their stead its auto matic connecting boxes. Alleged Contract Made? "We contend the Board of Fire ConJ missloners made a contract with us. which amounts to a franchise, which will last forever, and entitles us at all times to use the city's fire alarm wires for our auxiliary systems, he said. The same points of law that were taken up before Judge Morrow last w-?ek were threshed out by the warring attorneys. Judge Morrow, aftr the attorneys for the automatic alarm company cited au thorities, said he thought their points well taken. He finally decided .not to decide upon the demurrer until he reread the authorities submitted by both sides. WEHUl'AG WINS $ 3 0 0 O SUIT Verdict Demands Payment of Coun try duly Manager's Salary. The Portland Country Club and Live stock Association must pay W. H. Weh rung $3000 for his services as man ager during last year's fair, if the Su preme Court sustains the decision of the jury in the Circuit Court. A sealed verdict for this amount was returned Wednesday night and read by the clerk In Judge Cleland's department yester day morning. Attorney George Joseph, representing the association, has five days in which to give notice of an ap peal. The question of payment or non-payment of Wehrung's salary hinged upon the validity of a contract under which he was employed, but which was re pudiated by the association's board of directors. It appeared from the testimony that the original agreement was that Weh rung should draw his salary only from protits of the association, he having agreed to donate his services should he fail to make the fair a financial suc cess. The contract, subsequently signed by the officers of the association, con tained no such qualifying clause. Judge Cleland, In instructing the jury, said that even though the con tract were unauthorized. If entered upon by Wehrung in good faith and not repudiated by the directors before the manager finished his worR, their failure to protest against it would amount to a ratification. GROCERY STORE WANTED BACK Former Owner Says Purchaser Mis represented Mortgage Values. E. T. Rehfield accuses L. S. Winters, of swindling him, and filed suit in the Circuit Cort yesterday, asking that his grocery store at 354 Third street be restored. Less than R month ago, complained Rehfield, he offered fo sell out to Win ters for $1050. Besides hls'tock, he wished to dispose of furniture which he had been using in keeping house in the rear of the store. As part payment the groceryman accepted a second mort gage issued by the Churubusco Water & Light Company, of Churubusco. Ind., face value $200, and a first mortgage by the North Jersey Gas Company, of Paterson. N. J., face value. $500. Reh field declares the value of the bonds were- represented to him falsely by Winters. In the meantime, he says. Winters is selling out the stock of the store. He wants him restrained from making further sales, and asks that the contract of sale be rescinded. NEWSBOY LITIGANT LOSES Decision Is Agra hist Lad VIo Sued Railway for Damages. Walter Conley, a newsboy, wlo sued the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company for $5000 because of an acci dent In December. 1905, will not re ceive a penny. The jur which tried the case brought in a verdict for the defendant, which was read in Judge Bronaugh's department of the Circuit Court yesterday morning. The suit was brought by Elizabeth Bollam, the lad's guardian. At the time of the ac cident he was 13 years old. His' foot was cut off by a Fulton car at Fijrst and Madison streets. In charging the jury Judge Bronaugh said that newsboys who Jump on mov ing streetcars to sell papers are entitled to no protection from the company, except that motormen and conductors must refrain from injuring them wan tonly. The judge said in such cases the boys are trespassers, not passen gers. MURDER CASE IS CONTINUED Witness III. Trial of Owen Mc Linden Is Postponed. Because one of the state's witnesses In the Owen McLinden aTeged murder ease was too ill to be in court yester- day. the case was continued. McLin den is accused of murder in the first J degree by alleged beating: of his orotner, James McLlnden, to death with a club in a quarrel. County Judge Webster yesterday morning- appointed J. P. McEntee ad ministrator of James McLlnden's es tate. He must give a bond of $2000 to insure faithful performance of duty. After McLinden was killed, November 16, George Ia, Baker was appointed temporary administrator. By yester day's appointment he is released from this duty. The property is valued at $3600. $2000 of which is real estate. The heirs are Minnie Burns, a sister, and Owen, Bernard, Henry and Michael McLinden, brothers. Three of the brothers live in Ireland. Insurance Agent Nonsuited. J. W. Rowland's suit against the Provident Saving & JAte Assurance So ciety was thrown out of court by Cir cuit Judge Bronangh yesterday on a non-suit. Rowland said he took out a life insurance policy with the company on December 21, 1902. with the under standing that he would be appointed advisory agent, and that in nine years the policy would be self-sustaining. He said his position as advisory agent never has netted him enough, to pay the premium on his Insurance, and that his appointment was a trick to get hird to take out the policy. He wanted his money, $647.10. Two Men Convicted. Paroled. J. W. McCIellandr accused of larceny by embezzlement, was placed on parole by Presiding Circuit Judge Morrow yes terday afternoon, after having pleaded guilty and having received a penalty of two years in the Penitentiary. He stole $59 from tho Pear! Laundry Com pany. J. J. Whitley was also placed on parole after having pleaded guilty to a statutory offense. He promises to be good tor one year. Court Notes. P. L. Austin has been fined $50 by Presiding Judge Morrow, of the Cir cuit Court. He pleaded guilty to a statutory offense. The city will be obliged to pay $7250 for an acre on Mount Tabor, to become a part of its park system. The jury in Judge Gatens' department of the Circuit Court, which tried the city's con demnation suit against W. A. Gron dahl, the owner of the land, returned a sealed verdict for this amount, which was read yesterday morning. The city's viewers placed a value of $2000 on the tract. Sallie Drennen filed a divorce suit against Walter Drennen yesterday. He attacked her with a butcher knife while in a drunken frenzy, she says, threatened to kill her, and broke up the furniture. She married him in Vancouver, Wash.. .October 17. .1887. PIE HUNT IS ALL IN VAIN Detectives Get Urgent Call, but Evi dence of Crime Is Lacking. It was a quiet day yesterday in the office of the City Detective staff In the Worcester'bullding. No reports of crimes were coming in and Detectives Tichenor and Howell were -sitting about as emer gency men awaiting something to turn up. . The telephone bell rang and Captain Moore took the receiver. "Boys," said he to the two detectives, "eet UD to the restaurant of J. U'nrk 44 Glfsan street, as fast as you can. The place has been burglarized." Excitement ensued and the two detec tives went on their errand In haste. Half an hour later they returned and made out the following report of the crime: "Restaurant burglarized. List of stolen property, three pies. Description of stolen property, 1 apple. 2 cherry." They had barely finished the report when the tele phone rang again. Someone had some very urgent information to impart. It was said, aboutthe burglary. Tichenor took in puune. "This Is Work's restaurant," the voice said. ."We've discovered that there is a quarter of a pound of butter missing, too, that we d like to have returned. The sleuths made an investigation of nearby restaurants to see if they could identlfy any of the pies, but finally gave it up as a bad job and added a postscript to their report on the burglary to the effect that . after a thorough investigation of the case they had come to the conclu sion that the evidence had been eaten. PESTS TO BE HIS TOPIC Professor Bridwell, of Corvallis, to Lecture Before Fruitgrowers. "Orchard Pests" is to be the -subject of an address before the Portland Applegrowers' Association in the audi torium of the Young Men's Christian As sociation Saturday evening at S o'clock. The speaker will be Professor John C Bridwell, head of -the department of ento mology of Oregon Agricultural College. Apple anthracnose, San Jose scale and the codlin moth have already been dis cussed. Professor Bridwell will pay particular attention to other pests with which the orchardist ha3 to con tend. The discussion following tne address is expected to be of much interest. The entire subject of orchard pests will be thrown open and Professor Bridwell will answer any questions that may be asked concerning pest treatment. At least one musical number will be provided. Three lectures on apple packing are soon to be given before the association. These are expected to be among the most practical addresses yet delivered. Interest in the course has been con stantly increasing and It is probable that the weekly lectures will be con tinued for some time. PERSON ALMEIITI0N. E. S. Edwards, a merchant af Seattle, is at the Lenox. Bruce Clendenning-, an attorney of Spokane, is at the Portland. J. K. McGregror. a real estate dealer of Mosier. is at the Cornelius. Miss Jessie Stanton, of Vale, reg istered at the Oregon yesterday. "William F". Lara way, a fruitgrower of Hood River, is at the Perkins. Lee M. Wakefield, a canneryman of Anacortes, Wash., is at the Oregon. Hood Cravens, a prominent timber man of Dallas. Or., is at the Imperial. H. William Fellows, secretary of the Goldendale Wafer Company, is at the Perkins. Harriet R. Labodie. lecturer, of Philadelphia, Is registered at the Portland. J. W. Shumate, a business man of Eugene, accompanied by his wife, is at the Seward. Roy Alexander, son of the proprietor of a department store at Pendleton, is at the Imperial. J. H- Lauterman, an insurance man of Salem, Is one of yesterday's arrivals at the Kortonia. Gus H. Walther, a business man of The Dalles, accompanied by his wife. Is at the Cornelius. -J. R. Burke, Deputy Fish Commis sioner of the State of Washington, of Cathlamet, is at the imperial. Mr. and Mrs. C- H. Brown, formerly residents of Portland, registered yes terday at the Seward from San Fran- ci SCO. C .T. Coulter, a real estate dealer of Vibrant Nerve Force Supplied to Man. (From "Man's Maladjies.") Without stamina man is a fail ure. What is stamina? It is con s t i t u 1 1 onal vigor-health. It is keen, -responsive, vibrant nerve force, that gives wonderful inner strengjth of will, sustains a sound body, snpports a wise mentality, makes money and keeps friends. Keen, strong, sensitive nerves make stamina and with It man can excel in business, sport, pleasure and social favor. With out it he is apt to be weak voiced, "weak-memoried, feeble in motion, with cold hands, cold feet, nervousness, timidity, fear with out cause, trembling, melancholy, pain in the back of head, neuras thenia and a general lack of grit, courage and nerve- so that it is impossible to act naturally under all circumstances, as a man with stamina should. It should be the aim of every man to correct the condition responsible for failure and unhappiness,- for it can be done by the simple fulfillment of nature's law that the nerves re ceive their nourishment through . the blood, which enables the herve fluids to recover the daily waste which Is constantly taking place. The nerve fluids and body tissues undergo constant changes, and unless the supply is equal to the demand the stream of health ebbs low, and misery prevails. Astonishing strength, nerve force and poise is quickly re stored by the following valuable formula, which anyone can pre pare in the privacy of home. First, obtain three ounces of syrup sarsaparilla compound in a six-ounce bottle; add one ounce of compound fluid balmwort, shake well, and let stand two hours. Then add one ounce tinc ture cadomene compound (not cardamom) and one ounce com pound essence cardiol. Mix. Shake well and take a teaspoon ful after each meal and one when retiring. The above Ingredients, except tha. syrup, are rare concentrations of purest drugs without opiates and are used for various pre scriptions, i Spokane, registered yesterday at the Lenox, and will spend some time in this city looking after some real es tate interests. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 9. (Special.) Following are the Portland arrivals at the Palace Hotel today: Fred H, Green, George Lawrence, Jr., H. H. Mc Manus, K. May and wife. Miss May, Mrs. C. H. Libby. De P. GHdden, D. J. Gilmartin. J. B. Robinson. CHICAGO, Feb. 9. (Special.) Port land people registered at Chicago hotels today are as follows: At the Great Northern. Mrs. W. H. Davis; at the Stratford, Mrs. Northrup. Mabel North rup; at the Palmer House, C. M. Hys kell; at the Lasalle, F. A. Nitchey. 16 PORTLANDERS TO SING Local Talent Well Represented In U. of O. Glee Club. Sixteen of the 26 members of the University of Oregon Glee and Mandolin Clubs are Portland lads. In fact, Port land talent is the backbone of the or ganization, this year. The chief soloist is Kenneth Frazer, son of the late, Judge Arthur S. Frazer. Young Frazer possesses a rich baritone voice and is a former pupil of F. W. Boyer. :Melvin Ogden, the pianist, is finish ing his third year as a member of the club. He is an accomplished pipe or ganist. Calvin Welch, Raphael Gelsler, Joe Rothchild, and Sam Davidson are other Portlanders who will take part In the grand opera burlesque and special acts of the concert in Portland, besides sing ing In the regular sections. In -addition to the Portland boys mentioned, William Stevens, Lloyd Barzie, Earl Robinson, Burns Powell, In every walk in life discrimination between the true and the false wins and enjoys success. In questions of form, of style and of values, whether financial, commercial or medicinal, the judgement of the men and women who select and appreciate and utilize the true and genuine product, proves most profitable and most satisfactory to themselves and to all who follow them. Therefore, in connection with so important a subject as the physical well-being of the people, the most eminent physicians insist on full information as to the wholesome nature and truly beneficial character of the component parts of the remedies used and prescribed by them, and the wise manufacturer not only supplies them with the' knowledge desired, but also combines for them in proper proportions the very substances most approved by them and omits every objectionable substance. 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Y. , Every where there are women who bear witness to working, curing-power Pierce's Favorite which saves the from pain, and Nvig; fit; grapples with woman s weak' nesses and stubborn Dr. Pierce' Pleasmat Pellets Induce City Council Awards Contract for Water Mains in C7 . The Addition with Character At Cost of $55,000 Work to Be Started Immediately With the same energy that has char acterized all Improvement work In laurelhurst. the task of laying- 10 , miles of water mains will be rusheii to completion. All mains will be 8 Inches in diameter with laterals carried to the 9-foot parking; strip in front of each lot. The Contract for Asphalt Paving in Laurelhurst Has Been Awarded at Cost of $347,000 This is the lamest individual contract ever awarded in Portland and affords some idea of the magnitude of the m undertaking of ronveHing the 442 acres, which comprise this tract, into one of the most attractive residence ' sections ot Portland. The Contract for Sewers in Laurelhurst Was Given Out at Cost of $53,000 These 3 contracts alone call for an expenditure of $455,000 and it is esti mated that the entire improvement work of Laurelhurst will be completed in about 6 months time. INVEST LAURELHURST The addition where improvements pro ahead and where present values will double in a short time. For remember this property is in the heart of a very thickly-settled district and not on the outskirts and has two carltnes now running; through it and 2 miles beyond. Lots $750 Up Call at our office or make an appoint ment by phone and we will show you laurelhurst in our autos. Deal with any of our authorized asrents if vou prefer, or take Rose City Park or Mon tavilla cars to property. AUTHORIZED BROKERS. Charles K. Henry Co. tVakefleld. Kries lo. C'eo. D. St-halk H. P. Ialmer-Innes Co. Hnlmee & Mnreft Mall & Von Borotel Mac-kle & Rountree K. F. Brian & Co. Krlck-Hodds Co. Ruf f-Kleinsot-ae iAnd Co. UubotB & Crockett Realty Co. George ijallett, Arthur M. Geary (man ager), Francis Curtis, Chester Downs, Harold Bean and Frank Breeding of Portland are also with the clubs. The Glee and Mandolin Clubs will leave Eugene next Friday to give a concert in Salem that night. The Port land concert will' be at the Bungalow Saturday night. TO CURE A CODI IX OXE DAY. Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. KT. W. GROVE'S signature is on each bor. 25c U M Honored by Women speaks of her the wonder of Dr Prescription suffering sei successfull-i :?- mm ills IT MAKES WEAK WOnEN STRONG IT HAKES SICK WOMEN WELL. No woman's appeal was ever misdirected or her con ftdence misplaced when she wrote for advice, to the World's Dispensary Medical Association, Dr. R. V. Pierce. President. Buffalo. N. Y. ' mild natural bowel movement once a day. IN Terms 107 Cash 2 Monthly 522-526 Corbett Bldg. Phones, Main 1503, A 1515. AMERICAN BANK 8 TRUST COMPANY OF Portland, Oregon 5 AMITE I. COXNELl, President. G. t. MACGIBBOX, Cashier. Transacts a general banking business. Receives deposits subject to ciieck in any amount. Opens tavinir' aeeounts for any sum from $1 up. Pays Inter' st on time depos its and savinrs accounts. CORNER SIXTH AND OAK rain! Dentistry -sws w 4 HUWI.PS-. ,!W!i"P". Out ot town people siBhsd in om day iWewill gtvsyo a irood f 1 22k gold Oi porcelaia crown ior $3.50 Molr Crow. 5.00 ' ,i 1 22k BridgeTaetb 3.53 (- Gold Filling. 1.00 A Eninol Finings 1.00 Silvw Fillings .50 Ilnlsy Fillings 2.50 1 "- Good Rubbfir . M :a Pl.t., 9.UU Boit Red Rub- -n tjL W. A. WUL, namwj lax Muuus ' n nin muUSSIS Pttruso rsinie.. txir non ww WORK GUARANTIED FOR 18 YEAR Painless Extraction Free when pistes or bridge work isordored. Consultation Free, Ton csnnot get bettea painless work done anywhere. All work fully ruar anteed. Modem electric equipment. Best methods. Wise Bental Co. KwXifrSZ PORTLAND, OREGON IMCniKIIUTI,. "ffSICE B0CBS: A. K. to I ML IraUn. Itoi. OuO FOR Sour Stomach bye mpWely and promptly digesting- all the too . y -:at. stops Dyspepnift and Indigestion and a&kes the stomach sweet. It is truaran-tce-'. i relieve you. and rf it fails, your money will z- once he refunded by your dealer from whom you purchased it. Every tabIesioonful of Kodol digests lA pounls of food. Trv it AlCGH0l-Pl"M-TOBACcq Habits Positively Cored. Only author!; ed Keelev In stitute in Ore Ron. Write for illna-??t,Cj'Tla'-,r K1T In.tlt.it-. 7 1 fc. ' I!, J "Por-Jmnd. Oregon K iS RlasslsaslssiaasJ