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THE MOKXIXG OREGOXIAN. MONDAY. SEPTE31BEB 26, 1910. WHO WILL BE PROMINENT AT NATIONAL IRRIGATION NURSE CONFESSES TUFT SADLY HEEDS TWO MEN CONGRESS, WHICH OPENS TODAY. STUDENT IN TOILS -pTimmTnvii'lil'H1"1111""""'"11 POLITICAL ADVISER Former Stanforcf Athlete In volved in Death of Miss Eva Swan. ecretary Norton, Hitchcock and Knox Unable to "De liver Goods." CONFESSION IS DRAMATIC CABINET MEN UNSKILLED '' Ay" . -;..v , : .- . . . . ; , . .... : - -it ' ' ' 7. ': ''.....''' -.4 ,1 f" u f &- I 1 1 n' ,"w x Xtare Judsnient and Tact In Hand ling Brainy I'.lcmcnt With Which AditilnUfration Hd lo Jcnl Found Sadly lacking. ORKOOMAN NKVV3 ni'RF.AI-, Wash ington. S.p:. IS-DurTg tSe eighteen m.rfith. ); has been In the White House. President T.ift has never had political a.lvlsor in whose Judg ment h r-poed full confidence. From lis In.-eptlon. the preset administration Y.Ht been without a political marogr. An.1 vol tt Is a notorious1 ' 't t.iat th Taft admlnu-tratlun Is politl-nlly weak, from tiw President down. Personally. President Ta't has nev.-r b-rn a politician: he has hd no deMre to "jilav politics." and never before In Ms public rarirr ha- he been called upon to do so. Put now ho Is confronted wr.h a ituntton mat rail" for the cry h-st !tt:iil judgment that ran h- brought to Ms aid. and he find himself surrour.-V-d b a rhlii.-t as inexpert, no d as l.e him . If. Not a one of hit cabinet advisor? Is sk'lled In the art. Koocelt lilo Own Politician. There a- nl political advisor to Presi dent Taft predwisT, l! b true, but Th-odor Roosevelt w.- nly the b. si I-.liticlaT who has h en In tin- White lions' in hulf a rrntiiry. He aK his .ivn political advi-or. nd he was shrewd enough in play the game according to he rules that confounded his adversarlen rid bewildered his friend President MeKml'-r. how'ver. whiU- c-. adroit p ll t.rlan him.-elf. had alw.i.va at M com mand the shrewd Uann-i. than whom thr has been no more surce-iyf ul politi cian of late, except Roosevelt. However. President Taft is all at ?oa in the field of poHtl!. and as "t there is no one to whom he can turn, and in whom h can place full reliance. It is true tat Frank Hitchcock, the postnwi-"-fr-tieneral. was for a time the s-ra!l-d political advisor of the lrest.hnt. and was takn Into the rabfnet imrtlally he cal"e of his work in the last president ial rampnlan. but as poll:tc:i! manager for an administration Hitchcock has been a woeful wailure. He had n-K the training, to begin .with, and experience soon demonstrated that his Judgment was not always the be. Foroe of the mjif of the administration, mad.- on the sugg.mlon of the Post-nxister-Onernl. led to trouble and em barrassment, and these mi.-takes nat urally determined his unfitness. Then. t..o. there l friction between the P.w.-masier-Ceneral and some other members c.f the cabinet, notably S'-cre.ary Knox. In a way. Knox ha had some political eprlence. but it has not been of lip. 10 fit him to t'.irect the political affairs of the adminlstra Ion. lie Is not ro to the people; he Is not accurate tn getting next to pubile sentiment: he rantot get his ear to the ground, or get l.r.g it there, rannot Interpret the rumb ling. S- he a ill not Ml the bill. Norton uni' Hole. Of la:e. Charles r. Norton, private er- reiar to the President. ha. undertaken to -ume the role uf polili'-al advisor to Ms Chief, and more; he has launched forth several times on his own respon- :i'!tty. and pro,-eded to act a the plti leal manaser of the administration. Hut rt.t Hlvvavs has the President followe his advice or suetaine.l the Judgment of his secretory. Sevt-ral blunder are al readv charRed up to Norton, and unless he howt marked improvement, he. too. w II he discarded. Since he first' undertook to direct thinm political. Secretary Norton has bent every effort to brine about the retire ment of Secretary Itallir.Rer from the cabinet. That, apparently, is the most Important move the administration can make at the prrsvnt time. Yet Norton's two attempts' to pry Halllnncr !oo have proed abortive, and have onl served to Inject Hntllner deeper Into the cam paign, without any reaulilne benefit to thn administration. It will be recalled th.t about six weeks aro. in conjunction with Senator Crane. Mr. Norton, throush the newspapers, let word 10 forth that the resignation of the Sei-retary of the Interior would son b forthcoming. S-nator Crane had had a conference wllh Secp-tar" Rillincer In Chlcano. That incident ws made the foundation for the report. ii"t attrlhu'ec! to Norton. Put It turned out later thai "rare and RallircT had not diex-ui's-d tl-e ftailiner cas. nor had Crane of fered any hint or suKB-stlon to the head of the interior Iepartmcnt. President Taft refused to ba k up Norton in this move on Halllnier; the Secretary stood pat and declined to resten because of rumor, dceiartnr over an.i over that lie would not retire unless invite.! or re u irMrd to do o by the Preside nt. The president made no aucu- stlon. and the incident fell flat. It s rved. how -eer. to emphasize the fatt that in the Jtidament of some Republicans, hluh In the f-ouneil-e of the adminirtraf Itw. the president aos rf.alnina In hli cabinet a man ftlinm th'se sime officials ri-jrarded as Inimical to the party interests. But that was all that came of Norton's first blunder. Only recently, thrrjash the name source, word wa rent broadcast that Secretary It.illlncer wa coming to Washington to place his1 case In the hands of l.ls col leacuea In the cabir.et. an.1 to r"tire If. In their Judgment, tint was the beet thing to do. Hut here aicain Norton ap Itirrnrly acted without having consulted Ihe President or Secretary Hallir.ger. for the Secretary' merely relteratetl his de termination to remain in office unless quested by the President to retire. A cat n Norton Blunders. The revival of the H.ilMrg.-r mn"ter. I nmever. follow lr the f l.i-eo attending The meeting of toe ConarewMonal Inves tlgalipg t'ommltlee t Si. Paul and Chi cago, only served to reawaken public Interest Ir an Issue that. U ft ulor.e. mig.it Jn Indie to Insignificant proportion. Here aga!n. in the opinion of older and more experienced men. Norton blundered agatn. i?ii:l another blunder i charged up against the President secretary In con nection with his letter to on unnamed l..wa Republican. In which he announced the President's purpose hereafter to rec egnlxe and act ppon recommendation" of Insurgent Republican In matters of Fed eral patronage. The shutting off of the insurgents from the pie counter hc ad vised by Hitchcock, ami it proved to be a help rather than hindrance to the Insurgent aa recent results have shown. But In making amends, the switch wa handled In a bungling manner, and the administration derived little benefit from th charge. For at -the time he made public his Utter. Secretary Norton mode the atate- 15. A. Fowler. Who Will rreslde. I inent that me cresiuent unu o" n..e, be-'n a 'progressive." an announcement ridiculous on Its face, and one that fooled nohoay. It was an lll-cnosen rcmara. and Instead of carrying """' rather crted the Impression tnai me President had been frightened into chang ing 1:1 poslilon. nnd was now attempt ing to curry favor with the wing of the party aaair.st which he had been openly arra'ved during the Inst pension and spe cial session of Congreps. Had orton sum the President hd always been progres sive. Instead of saying he had been a progressive." and had accompanied that statement with a showing 01 me iem progress he had made, it would have h-en more politic and more satisfying. But as put out. the statement was harm ful, if not humiliating. Norton Not I'oIUUnlly Schooled. It must be rem-iOibered that Secretary Norton is a comparatively young man; he has had no material training In the field of politics: he Is not equipped by 1:1s past experience for niirti a momen tous ta."k as he has undertaken. He has had less actual experience than Hitch cock, and is by no means a match for the brainy, clever men against whom the administration must line up If It is going to "play politics" hereafter. Mr. Norton, however. Is el vast Im provement over his predecessor, though It must be said to the credit of Private Secretary Carpenter that he never as sumed to dabble In the political affairs of the White Housv. Jut where the President is to find a suitable man for political advisor Is difficult to determine. That he needs such an advisor Is only too apparent, but lie must go outside of his present cabinet and his immediate ussoclutes. He must bring In some man schooled In the art: experienced on the field" of conflict, a man of resourcefulness and perception. Such a man i not now a part of his administration. DRUMMERSPLANTTREES COMP.lXy HAS 320 ACHKS IX WIIITK SALMON KKGIOX. WIk.Ic Trai t Will lie Sot to Com- mcrclal Orchard Forty Acres lo lie Planted This Winter. WHITE SAI-MON. Wash- Sept. 15. (Special. Eight traveling; representa tives of Eastern business houses have organized the Acme Orchard Compuny under tie laws of New Jersey and Washington. Their capital stock Is 12'..oo0. and their holdings consist of 30 acres In the Major Creek section of White Salmon. The officers are William Dalgarno, with Wyman Partridge & Co.. Minne apolis, president: C. J. Totts. with Finch. Van Slyck & McConville. St. Paul, vice-president; A. T. Dorsey, Hurch. Pailley & Co.. New York and St. Louis, secretary and treasurer. Direct ors k. A. iAirey. with the Scranton Ijice Company. Chicago: W. C. Peter son, with Converse & Co.. New York; E M. 11111. with Burrh. Bailey ft Co.. New York, and W. C. Malor. with Wil liam J. Richardson Company. New York. J. B. Cnrev. of White Salmon, one of the stockholders, is manager. nd H. I Craig Is foreman. The company has SO acres in one-year-old trees, and by the middle of nrt April will have 70 acres in trees. Thirty additional acres have been slashed and burned. The entire tract wi'l be developed Into a "commercial orchard. Other large holdings in the district nre those1 of the Mount Adams Orchard Company of inort acres, of which C. W. Hollls. of Minneapolis. Is president: Co lumbia orchard Company, of which Russell n. rvirr. of St. Paul. Is presi dent: White Salmon Orchard Company. -4i) acres, of which John Bass, of Chi cago. Is president and L R- Olavls. manager. Another deal is pending for the purchase of 0 acres of land by a company to be organized In Minne apolis. HOWELL TO BE OPPOSED Vtah Honubllon In Convention to N'nnilnaie Itciircscntat I vo. Oil DEN. Sept. rr.. The Republ'can ....... nvont ton will assemble In this ' i ltv tomorrow for the purpose of nom I Inating a Representative and a Jus tice of the Supreme Court. Representative Joseph Howell Is a candidate for renomlnalion and has the k.. ..w i n v nf the organisation forces. There is some opposition to him among the progressive element of the party, but it is as yet not strongly defined. The annouru-ed candidates .n opposi tion to Howell are P. P. Chrlstensen i and Harry Joseph, of Salt Lke City. Mayor William Glassman. of Ogden. Is mentioned as a possible contender. Kccenl Arrivals Wed. VANCOt'VER. Wash., Sept. 53. (Spe cial.) Chris F. Koell, of Hampton. Ia., and Miss Bessie M. Alhembaugji. of Me Cloud. Cal.. were married here yesterday. They were accompanied by Jack Blade, who acted as witness. The couple came here because they could not get a license ' In Portland, where the state law requires residence of six months.. v'va 4. . $- ; . . ."V . I FT It. losloger, W ho Will Call Meetlns to rder. TALKS TO BE Great Latitude Will F12 Permit ted at Irrigation Congress. MANY DELEGATES . ARRIVE Today Will Be Given Over to Formal Opening Exercises, but Big Body Will Get Down to Ac tive Work on Tuesday. PFKBLO, Colo.. Sept. 25. A determina tion to n.rinli the ersatest latitude in dls- cupsl.fn of irrigation problems, but to keep the deliberations Tree irom seciionai disputes or personal grievances, is voiced by officers and delegates here for the ISth National Irrigation Congress, which opens tomorrow. Each arriving train today has added Its quota of delegates from far and wide and tonight the hotel lobbies hum with conversation of which the sentiment is unanimous that this congress will be of unusual importance and benefit to the Irrigators' relations of the West. Prominent Slen Arrive. Notable among the arrivals here today arc: Dr. E. McQueen- Grace, of New Mexico; George K. Bnrstow, of Texas; R. Islinger. of Spokane, all officially con nected with the congress, and C. B. Schmidt, of Chicago, commissioner of Irrigation of the Rock Island lines. W. J. Bryan will arrive in Pueblo early to morrow and will be the principal speaker before the Congress Monday night. .. Tomorrow will bo given over entirely to the formnl opening exercises, includ ing a mammoth industrial parade and the throwing open of the Irrigation Ex position. Tuesday Active Pay. Tuesday the congrc. will get down to business. In the morning the congress will discuss "Irrigation by Private Kn terpri'e." and In the afternoon Its at tention will be turned to "Public Irriga tion." "Water Equities" will ho considered Wednesday morning and "Irrigation Ag riculture" In the afternoon. Thursday morning will be devoted to a foreign rep resentative session, the afternoon being given over to a discussion of "General Policies." Fridr,y morning there will be a Gov ernors' session and the congress will close that afternoon with. a business ses sion and the election of officers. One of the interesting features will bs the conference on irrigation accounting, when a dozen or 15 of the most expert representatives of the I'nited States Reclamation Service, the large private companies, brokerage, bond and bank ing houses, will take up various phases conceded with Irrigation from the in vestment standpoint. Among- those who will participate In this conference are the following: V. G. Croissant, I'nited States recla mation service, Washington; A. J. Hughes, reclamation service, Provo, I'tah: WT. H. Krankland. reclamation service. El Paso, Texas: E. D. Newman, reclamation service, Mitchell, Neb.; Porter, Flshback & Co.. Chicago; C. C. Raird. Twin Falls. Idaho; D. S. McWat ters. Milner. Idaho: C. D. Lehnskuhl. Richfield. Idaho: R. S. Marrhant. J. G. White & Co.. New York: N. W. Halsey A Co.. New York: I H. Parkhurst. Boston; Nile & Niles. New York. LETTER HELD AS EVIDENCE F.llexson, Charged With Murder, Said to Have Scut Epistle. LA GRANDE, Or.. Sept. 25. (Spe cial. (Sheriff Chllriers arrived here to night with T. R. Ellexsnn. charged with murdering Waldo Perry at Union. Ellexson stoutly claims hl innocence. . On account of a rumor at Union to night that new evidence Jn the way of a letter written by Ellexson to .Mrs. Perry while she was at Portland, there la greater excitement than ever. Ellex son Is reported to ha-e said In the let ter he wanted to meet Mrs. Perry In Portland, and that he would soon be farming In Union. He denies this tonight. BROAD Confronted by" Picture of Her Dead Mother, Assistant to Dr. Grant Coljapses and Then Agrees to Tell All About Crime. . v- fDAvciar-o Sent 25. After two days and nights of silence, Marie Messerschmidt. the nurse held In de tinue since last Friday night in con nection with the death of Eva Swan, the girl whose body was discovered beneath the cement flooring of the basement of a deserted house here, confessed to the police that she had knowledge of the operation performed upon Miss Swan by Dr. James Grant and that she had attended the girl after the operation. The confession .states that Robert Thompson, known aa Dr. Grant, packed the girl's body in a trunk, first cut- A . v. a iAa at the ankles: that Grant discussed the burial of the body with her and spent two nights at ttie house where It was found." Nurse Faints at Sight of Picture. Dr. Grant was taken Into custody with the nurse, and late today Paul Parker, a former Stanford athlete, who had lived in the house where Miss Swan roomed, was arrested. The nurse was induced to tell the story by her brother-in-law, August Borman. of Oakland, who visited her this afternoon. When she refused to confess, he showed her a picture of her dead mother, pleading with her to tell the police everything. Impressing upou her that this would be her mother's wish. The young woman fainted and upon her recovery became hysterical. When she was quieted she agreed to tell the entire story to Detectives Wren, Burke and Richards. Girl Confesses All. Following Is the full text of the girl's confession: "Mv name is Marie Messerschmidt and I live at 1293 Golden Gate ave nue. On Saturday evening. April 16, 1910. Miss Eva Swan, of 2140 Scott street, was operated upon by Dr. Rob ert Thompson, known as Dr. Grant, and came back the next day, Sunday, the 17th, for further treatment. She then left and came back on April 20 and complained of pains and was put to bed by me and I waited on her as nurse. Miss Swan died about 10 days later and was put into Dr. Grant's trunk, he. Dr. Grant, first sawing the legs off at the ankles so that he might crush the body lntp the trunk. "About 8 P. M. that evening the trunk was moved to 327 Eureka street by an expressman and Willis Saack. The doctor went out to S27 Eureka street on a car and stayed there all night, returning about 11 A. M. the next morning, saying to me: 'I could not bury the body because people were watching me." He, Dr. Grant, went to the Eureka-etreet house that night and stayed all that night, returning about 11 o'clock next morning, stating to mc that he could not bury the body in the yrird. as It was a very bright moonlight night and he had to bury the body In the basement under the cement floor. "Dr. Grant said It would never be found, as It was an old house and would never be rented, and when I asked him what he had done with the truDk. he said he had left It in the basement. "Willis Saack stated to me that It was a terrible, deal and had worked on his mind and he would never help tn another deal like that again." Following the confession. Dr. Grant was led from his cell and brought into the desk sergeant's office where Miss Messerschmidt was seated. At sight of his nurse, Dr. Grant broke away from the Jailers and ran along the prison corridors. He was chased by police men and forcibly returned to the office. He staggered and almost sank to the floor when he learned of the nurse's collapse. Young Man Visits Dying Girl. In her story Miss Messerschmidt told that Paul P. Parker,- the young man who had known Miss Swan for eight years, had visited the hospital on three occasions to Bee the dying girl, after the operation. The police immediately took Parker Into custody. He admitted the visits to the hospital to see Miss Swan, but strongly aenieo mi i"i' sibllity in the affair. Later he gave the police a detailed account of his connection with the case. Miss Messerschmidt said that she was not present at the operation. The op eration, she said, was performed on Miss Swan. April 1 of this year, at the offices of Dr. Grant. Following the op eration Miss Swan returned to the office where she was employed. She was forced to leave her work on April 20 because of illness. She went again to Dr. Grant, and was placed in bed in the small hospital ward maintained by the doctor. There she remained for ten days, her condition gradually becoming worse until her death. According to Miss Messerschmidt. the girl died during the night while alone. She was found dead in bed In the morning. INTEREST IN JURY SHOWN Woman Charged With Murder Aids Attorneys In Selection. TACOMA, Sept. 25. Mrs. Bell A. John ston, on trial on the charge of murder of Frank R. Houck. is exhibiting great interest in the selection of the Jury. Two men were challenged by t he defense Saturday morning at her request. "I do not like their looks," she told The fact that Mrs. Johnston Is part Indian Is being brought forward by the j .. in Hi. Interrogation of the veniremen. It is not expected that a Jury will De securea oerore iuj. Mia. Johnston maintains she shot Houck in ..if.j.inni. because he threatened her life when she would not elope with him. Ministers Vote for Hanley. HILISBORO. Or.. Sept. 25. (Spe cial.) Methodist ministers attending the 5Kth annual conference in this city voted on state and district candidates at the primaries. It is mated that nearly all of them voted for Congress man W. C. Hawley for renominatlon. All from the outside voted blank A. and it was necessary to have six free holders to swear in the ballot. Hawley was at one time connected with Wil lamette University, of Salem, the Meth odist ache-' Give the Nothing is too pure for the little ones. The Modern Sweet Seal is a. guarantee of CANDY PURITY Patronize tho "Modern" Dea'er MINING MEN MEET Los Angeles Host Today to. National Congress. CONSERVATION LIVE TOPIC California OH Dealers Particularly Interested In Feature of Confer ence Which Will Be Aroused by Plnchot Policy Speech. T.os ANT.ELES. Sept. 25. There was no s.inHav holiday today for the com mittees In charge, of the preparations for the American Mining congress, which convenes here tomorrow. Dele- oii to the Congress began arriving iii afternoon. antonE- them V. F. Ben jamin, of San Francisco, and John Dern, of Salt Lake City, wno is Deing mmcu of as next president of the Congress. Ex-Senator wnuam viam. iu .uun tana. wired his brother, J. Ross Clark, of this city, that he was on the way. Governor B. N. GlUett left his home in Eureka only today and the honor of welcoming the delegates at the first Besslon tomorrow will devolve upon Alden Anderson, ex-Lieutenant-Gov ernor and president or me taie can. Commission. Sidney Norman, chairman of the con vention committee, said tonight that large numbers of delegates would ar rive tomorrow In t'me to hear the an nual address of President Buckley, and the speech of Gifford Pinchot, who will deliver his first remarks on conserva tion as It relates to the oil industry, particularly In California, tomorrow evening. Mr. Pinchofs address, which will be preceded or followed by Secretary Bal linger's letter on the same subject, probably will open the general discus sion on conservation in Its bearing upon the fortunes and future of oil and min ing men throughout the West. That conservation and the problems It Involves will be the topic of greatest interest during this session of Con gress Is forecasted by the invitations sent out, urging all the mining and oil men of the country to be present. This reads. In part, as follows: Evils of the utmost seriousness and many baneful hardships are being Imposed on the industries of all these fields, and If thesa industries are to be allowed to sur vive and to continue to pour their wealth Into the Nation's lap of prosperity, what ever is done must be done quickly lest It be too late. FIKE MAY NOT BE PRESENT Well-Known Kansas Wheatralser Is Not at Irrigation Congress. PUEBLO. Colo., Sept. 25. (Special.) "Jim" Fike. the biggest wheatraiser in Kansas and almost the biggest -in the West, will not be able to attend the 18th National Irrigation Congress. CAN'T FIND ANY There's no rest and but little peace for any person whose kidneys are out of order. Not only does backache keep up its dull throb, day and night, but there are sharp twinges, cricks and stltchee of darting pain, achy Joints, and sore, stiff muscles. The kidneys are likely to get con gested and Inflamed following a chill, a cold, grippe, fever, the continued use of strong drink, or from overwork, a fall or some Injury to the back. Uric acid troublesrheumatlsm. neu ralgia, nervousness, sciatica, gout, weak eyes, headache, etc., follow rapidly when the weakened kidneys fail to filter the blood from uric poisons. Sediment thick and cloudy, or gritty as sand, appears In the urine. , and passages are too frequent, too scanty, or painful. There Is danger of dropsy, Brlghfs disease, gravel, etone In the kidneys and diabetes. To cure any of the above-described Ills, you must get right at the cause. You "must get the kidneys Into good fD0AN'S KIDNEY PILlil 8 fnjjjq dealei,; price 50 cents FosT-HllE'" Co- Bufral-N Y- Pl"P"etors- 'fwB. J Best to the Choicest materials and sanitary methods of manufacture are represented by our trade mark MODERN SWEETS MODERN CONFECTIONERY which opens' here tomorrow, because of harvest. "On account of my threshing being in full progress." he writes a fellow Kansan who is connected with congress headquarters, "on my 13.000-acre wheat farm, I will be unable to leave my In terests at that time." J. N. Fike has lived in Western Kan sas nearly all his life. He has been in the real estate and land business, and also In politics. He has been a land officer of the Government, and State Railroad Commissioner. He knows the Western country, under irrigation and non-irrigation, about as well as any one. He believes in wheat and believes in raising It in the semi-arid country without water. Every year he puts out from 10.000 to 20.000 acres, and reaps an abundant harvest. Mr. Fike was appointed one of the delegates-at-large from the state by Governor Stubbs. and if he can rush his harvest a little or leave it in competent hands, he probably will yet attend the congress. ' Hillsboro to Ask for Paved Streets. HILLSBORO, Or., Sept. 25. (Spe cial.) Charter amendment for paved streets in the business section of the city will be 'passed upon by the elec torate at the city election in December. It is almost a certainty that it will meet with a favorable vote. The city has been planking its streets for many years and it is now desirable, owing to increase of business, that pavement shall .take the lead in all new street work. The Council has also ordered the City Recorder to draft an ordinance providing for cement sidewalks in all sections of the congested districts as rapidlv as old walks must he replaced. How to Keep Glasses On , i : . ZZZZZZZZZ ! This is one of the troubles of those who wear the ordinary eyeglasses. Those who -wear giasse3 flitted by Columbian Optical Co. have none of these worries. Columbian Optical Co. glasses stay where put and I put them where they should stay. "This one thing we do." Columbian 133 Sixth Street Backache, Rheumatic Joints and Uric Acid Troubles Follow Sick Kidneys "I aW gef a minute's peace "EveryPiciure Children CO., Manufacturers, Portland HI HUR IS SUCCESS IRVING GKANGE GETS JAMES J. HILL CUP AND PIUZE. Spring-field Day Iroves Winner With School Childreii"s Parade Big Feature of Week. EUGENE, Or., Sept. 25. (Special.) The most successful county fair ever held in Lane County closed last night. In point of attendance, variety and quali ty of exhibits and financial outcome, the event has proved a great success. While detailed returns are not available, it is believed that every premium will be paid in full. It was afternoon before the Judges were able to award the James J. Hill silver cups for the best collection of grains and grasses and the best col lection of fruit. The first cup went to the Irving Grange, which also won the $100 prize. The second cup, for fruits, went to the Women's Improvement Club, of Junction City. Today was Springfield day, and the Mill City seemed to come to the fair in a body. The school children's pa rade was attended by 1000 children from different parts of the country. It was led by a float containing prac tically every child from the Coast Fork district. Then came tho band, followed by 350 children from Springfield. Mount Vernon schools followed with nearly a perfect attendance and the liugene schools completed the procession. Optical Co. COMFORT order by using a good kidney remedy, and there is none, better than Doan's Kidney Pills, a remedy that is for the kidneys only, and is composed of sim ple, yet effective vegetable ingredients. It cures and heals sick kidneys, regu lates the bladder and urine and drives poisonous uric acid out of the system. There are many kidney medicines put up as imitations of Doan's. some with similar names. Don't be deceived. These are new and untried, while Doan's have been curing kidney and bladder ills for 75 years, and all over the civilized world. POHTLANO PHOOF. A. W. Hawkinson, 570 Union ave., Portland, Oregon, says: "I had a bad case of kidney and bladder trouble that almost prevented me from working. My kidneys were disordered and my back was so painful that I could hardly stoop. Nothing helped me until I took Doan's Kidney Pills. Since using them I have been in much better health, and consequently I have no hesitation In giving this statement." 4 4