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Newspaper Page TextTIIE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAN, MONDAY. 3IABCTI 13, 1911. 2 BANDITS PLUNDER ISOLATED TOWNS Unhindered by Mexican Gov ernment, Guerillas Hold Reign of Terror. JAPANESE SLIPPING IN Captain Kvana Has Not Enough Men to Guard Border Mexican Sol dier at Tla Joana .Sym pathise With Desperadoea. TI A JIAVA. Lower California. March II. Without hindrance from the Mexican roTro3inl. bands of irmol men arc plundering the ranehea and widely separated ha ml eta of Ur California contiguous to the Interna tional boundary line. These men are under the leadership of desperate characters who make no claim to patriotism und do not call themselves even lnsurrectos." One band, which captured the village of Tecarte "Sunday morning, shot up the place and drank all the mescal la the "cantlnera" or saloon. t under the leadership of German Sv Salinas, who has renamed himself "Francisco Ka unas." Thla man. a halfbreed necro. has It mounted followers and half a dozen ethers on foot. lie has sent word to Tla Juana that be will come and shoot up the town. Another band Is supposedly under the leadership of one "Dorsey" and waa recruited near F.l Cajon, San Diego County, California. Kvans Xcccl Hrrp. Captain Evans, of the United States Army, has asked for more men with which to guard the border against amuicrllnar of arms and men. He Is at present endeavoring to patrol 69 miles of boundary In a mountainous wild country, with CO men. aasisted by two line riders of the Immigration Bureau. Chinese smuggling has stopped, but Japanese are active in crossing the line ingle and In pairs whenever the op portunity offers. At Tla Juana. in command of the Mexican federal forces. Is Captain Kunes. of the Mexican army. He has IS men. These men are made up of half hundred Mexican troops, who desert at every opportunity; citizens of Tla Juana. who have been armed by Kunex. and renegades and smugglers from both sldea of the border who are paid 14 a day In Mexican money. Most of these men are friends and many are relative of members of the Dorsey and Kallnaa bands. Scoots Are Timid. Nun ex sends out small parties from time to time to reconnoiter but these parties do not leave the broad roads that lead back to Tla Juana. The Inrurrectos. so-called, are afraid to make an attack on Mexican troops and the Mexican officials are afraid to take the field against the guerillas with the men available. The lack of pursuit allows these guerillas a free reign In the country and they keep In side a day's march of th boundary line, so that In ease of pursuit by Mex ican troops they can cross the line Into the United States to aafety. There la apparently no fear of attack In Tla Juana. though rumors of armed bands and their approach frightened the timid and the women. j Captain Nun ex Informed the Asso ciated Frees that he would receive by Monday reinforcements . of regular Mexican troops from Colonel Vegas force at Ensenada, where are the gun boats Democrata and Guerrero, with toe troops recently landed. REBEL TKOOP CUT TO PIECES Jlurak-s Trap Them In Narrow Pass. Killing More Than 50. MEXICO CITT. Mexico March II. A body of 120 Insurrectos was cut to pieces by rurals at Fan Bartollto S'uebla yesterday, according to reports reaching here. More than 60 were killed. 11 seriously wounded and 27 raptured. As the ru rales nave adopted the revolutionists tactics of ambush ing their enemy, none of their number were killed and only a few wounded. Colonel Guerrero, in command, upon learning that the rebels were march ing to attack the municipality of Natl vitas, sent 100 of his men to engage them. Fifty others were ordered to tut off their retreat. The first forces selected a favorabls position overlooking a ravine through which the rebels must pass, and when they were In the trap, opened a merci less fire. The rebels are said to have made a stubborn fight, but at the end ft a half hour, were completely de moralized. Reports from Chihuahua, delayed several days, in transmission, relate a Distressing state of affairs In that city. Owing to the closing of some Industrial establishments, and the running, on short time of others because of a coal abortage. many workmen have been thrown out of employment and are fac ing starvation. A measure to their ad vantage, however, la being Initiated by Governor Ahumada. requiring all mer chants to present Invoices of the pro visions in their possession, and regu-. latins the sale of provisions as to quantity to Individual purchasers and as to price. Many merchants are said to have advanced their prices SO per cent. These have been compelled to reduce their quotations to a fixed schedule which Is not really above normal. Lack of workmen to prepare for th planting of crops on the Hacindaa presages a shortage of foodstuff dur ing th coming season. ARMED MEX BEEVG WATCHED Tnlttd State Troops at San Diego to Stop Smuggling. SAX DIEGO. Cal.. March 1J. General Bliss, in command of the provisional brigade of United States troops now In camp at this station, devoted thla Sun day to routine. Captain Longs treet reported th presence of two bands of Armed men below the border and that an attempt was being made to send men and arms across from EI Cajon. on the United States side of the line. Necessary or ders were Issued to Intercept these If possible. Admiral Thomas expects the armored cruisers Maryland and West Virginia to arrive Monday morning. The auxil iary cruiser Buffalo with SO marines on board, anchored near the flagship this morning. The Torktown was In wireless communication with the fleet today from down th coast of Mexico but th nature of these report waa not given out by Admiral Thomas. The commanders of the land and the sea force here received no orders from .Washington Indicating th character of serric tbey are to perforin, FAMOUS WARSHIP AT BRtMERTON READY SHORT NOTICE. - ' i u .- Jf -r:IvraTv,:. BATTLESHIP ORECOX. ( BREMERTON. Wash, March II. 'Special.) The. crew of civilian watchmen was removed from the battleship Oregon yesterday and a force of H enlisted men substituted. The ship is In readiness to be sent to sea on 10 days notice In case Its services are heeded. The repair work Is now practically completed. Nearly 200 enlisted men are available on the receiving ship Philadelphia and men could be assigned from the Mare Island yard and the naval training station at San Francisco If emergency demanded. Rear-Admiral V. L. Cottman said today that he could assemble a crew and get the vessel under way In from five to ten days If neces sary and If a full crew of enlisted men could not be secured, mem bers of the Naval Militia could be used. SEE BATTLE! Americans in Autos Swarm on Fighting Groupd. CARS BECOME AMBULANCES Blanco Inrorrecto Force of 500 Kills 11 Federals, Who Decline to Fall Into Trap by Follow ing Foeinen Into Canyon.' (Cnatlnned from Wrrt rr) lment seemed to bear the brunt of the rebel fire. Th rebels, after a short encounter at close range, galloped over the crest of th draw, th Federals following. As the - Federals appeared on high ground, the Insurgents pourea in xneir most deadly flr and It was at this point that most of th Federal soldiers were shot. Two Officers Wounded. TJentenant Manual Roblea. of th rth r.il shot, through the right shoulder and the right arm. Lieu tenant ftnsano Morales, also or tne 17th. dropped with almost an Identi cal wound. Probably the loss of these two men affected the rank of th Federals, for the troops on the left wing swung around blindly over the next ridge. where they were encounterea uy v rebels at a range not greater man zuu yards. Here fell Corporal Geronlmo Y.-ir. ht rlvht lesr shattered close to the hip. Sllvestro Ramirez, of the Twenty-seventh, was also shot through the right leg ana live aoiaiers were killed. The Rarales deployed In th skirmish line tar to the right In an apparent endeavor to flank the retreating rebels. Her a rebel who had been unhorsed and who waa hiding In the brush was made a prisoner. Those of Blanco's men who had not been engaged In the battle climbed to higher ground at the base or the foot hills, where the fighting fore gal loped back to Join them. Army Has No Stretchers. The Mexican army had no stretchers, and the Americans In antos had some difficulty In securing permission from th Mexican officers to assist other wounded from the f'eld. but. th per mission was finally granted. When the Americans attempted to relieve the wounded of their guns and heavy cartridge belts to lessen the bur den, the soldiers valiantly refused to give them up. holding their guns to their breasts as they lay on th cushioned seat of the automobiles.. Photographers had trouble today. A young man named Roesch. after the battle was pointing his kodak at a squad and had Just requested the sol diers to Took pleasant when one of them struck him over the head with his bayonet. Inflicting a deep gash. A professional photographer waa re lieved of his outfit. He later recovered bis property. Thirteen Mexicans who were bold enough to cry vlve Madero" were ar rested and are held In the bull-ring. Several Americans also were arrested but later released. Harry Wesler, former captain of Arizona Rangers; had been in Blanco's camp before the action started, with Line Rider W. D. Woods. They were looking for stray horses. They followed the rebels Into action and were fired on several times but escaped injury. Blanco Dlacnsses Battle. After the battle. General Blanco talked through an Interpreter with Americans who visited his camp. He said the rebels could account for only one killed and two missing, and the lose of two horses. Blanco was especially eager for news regarding th action of th United States troops, and from his questions It was evident that he had feared the Americans would cross th line and as sist th federals in case of attack. He seemed much pleased when Informed that the American soldiers had remained on their side of the line. "When do you expect to attack Agua Prleta in forcer he was asked. "Perhaps tonight; perhaps tomor row." he replied. "When Informed, that many federal 6000 troops were advancing toward Agua Prleta. Blanco eald. "All the better: there'll be many more guns for us to capture. Commlssario Charles Garcia of EI Tlgre camp whom Blanco took prison er when he captured that place, and who accompanied Blanco's force to, act as secretary to the general, made his escape from the rebel ranks during the climax of the- battle. When the firing was fiercest. Garcia broke from the rebel force and gal loped straight for the American line followed by a rebel trooper. From the housetops the Americans watched the fugitive cross the line. In a hot race to the crossing place Garcia won. When It was learned who he was, he was permitted to remain in the United States. A Federal offices came to the Amer ican side tonight to get the pay for the Federal troops. In an argument with Americans at a cafe, one Ameri can shouted "viva Madero!" REBELS ROUTED IX BATTLE 111 Federals Attack SOO Insurrec tos, Killing: 60 of Enemy. ' MEXICO CITT, March 12. After cut ting th telegraph wires and tearing up enough of the railroad to stop com munication between Torreon and Du rango. 300 rebels were twice engage 1 In battle yesterday by 111 federals, ac cording to dispatches received here to day. The first engagement took place at El Coyote, an hacienda near Sau cfllo. Several federals we're killed before the rebels were forced to retreat, leav ing 00 dead on the field. It is reported that among these were six Americans. Another small detachment of govern ment troops attacked the fleelr.g rebels at Hacienda Col I ma Inflicting further losses. It Is reported that among those killed at El Coyote was Lieutenant Ortlx. Writer Denies Rumor. LOS ANGELES, March 12. John Kenneth Turner, the writer, who is said to have been acting In an advisory capacity In furthering the lnsurrecto cause In Lower California, today de nied he had any such Intention. TWO PROMIXKXT FIGURES I! NEWS OS MEXICAN SITUATION. v. - r w j 4 V ''- 1 Above. Knrlqne Creel. Mexlcaa . Koreiaa Minister. Who Sits at Dtas Might Haad Belevr. Hear As. m Ira 1 Thomas, Commanding Maneuver Fleet oa Pacific Side. I i tx'.y ; .-' . .sTsi i- si ii- i h' " -' - M .. i -' NORTH MEXICO PANIC-STRICKEN Believing That Crisis Is at . Hand, Rebels Strike at Towns and Roads. FAMINE MENACES PEOPLE Insurrectos Have Several Communi ties Cut Off From Food Supplies Many Americans Among Dead at Casas Grande. ' STL PASO. Tex.. March 12. Condi tions bordering on panic reign almost throughout Northern Mexico tonight. Stirred by the belief that the revo lutionary movement has reached a critical stage, the Insurrectos In the states of Chihuahua and Sonora are reported to have renewed activity in tearing up railroads and . telegraph wires. Numerous towns, according to re ports, are under siege by th Insur rectos and thousands of women and children, cut off from food supplies, are rendered helpless. What Is believed to be a reliable report of the casualties at the battle of Casas Grandes a week ago, says that 15 Americans were killed and 17 Americans were taken prisoners. The following, at .first reported to have been killed, are known to have escaped: Lieutenant-Colonel Gulseppe Gari baldi. Raoul Madero (brother of Fran cisco I. Madero, so-called provisional president of the insurrectos); Captain Gulterre de Lara and Lieutenant Iva lencla of El Paso. Maya, Taken Prisoner. . Captain Eduardo Maya, a Mexican of Madero's personal staff, was not killed, but was taken prisoner. R. F. Harrington, an ex-sergeant In the United States Army, who lived at El Paso; Robert E. Lee and Robert Evans, of San Francisco, and 'Roy Glenn, a boy from Mineral Springs, Texas, were killed. The names of other Americans killed or taken pris oners are not known.. A letter written by Madero waa re ceived here today in which he denies he made another attack on the town after he was driven away. He asserts, however, he has gathered a force of 1000 men and is now within a few miles of the town. His explanation of the defeat Is that several scouts, sent out to reconnoiter before the attack, failed to report the coming of Colonel Cuellar with a federal force. The un expected arrival of the federals result ed In a panic among the Insurrectos. The scouts, he said, had been shot. "So. Quarter" to Bo Given. The news from Mexico City that President Dlas has decided to take ad vantage of provisions of the constitu tion so that summary death may be imposed by the military authorities for any acta of violence and that the Mex ican government has decided to wage a sharp and decisive war of extermina tion speedily to end hostilities, has spread throughout the Insurgent ranks. The reply through lnaurrecto sym pathisers here is that In retaliation, the revolutionary forces hereafter will expect and give "no quarter." Information from insurrecto sources is that this attitude of the Mexican government will .intensify a situation already tense, and it necessarily will impose further hardships on non-combatants, including women and children living In the small towns scattered throughout the "war sone." Chihuahua Is Hungry. No word has come from the city of Chihuahua 'for seven days. It Is re ported the Insurrectos are encamped near the city In each direction and are successful In maintaining a stoppage of train and telegraph communication both north and south. When the last word waa received seven days ago. It was said the food question already had become critical, meat and breadstuffs having been ex hausted. The continued isolation of the place has given rise to grave feara as to the fate of 25.000 inhabitants. The presence In the city of 2000 fed erals under General Juan Hernandez, while being looked upon as sufficient protection against an attack is thought to have mora than ordinarily depleted th rations. Military Train Abandoned. Like conditions prevail in many small towns. The Mexican Federal troops have been provided with a "military train," by which they hoped to' be able to carry supplies to the Isolated dis tricts, but the burning cf the bridges and the blowing up of the track for miles has mads the plan impossible. The trains are steel-covered and pro vided with loopholes for the action of machine guns. The best Information obtainable her as to the strength of the opposing sides In Sonora and Chihuahua states that the Federals under General Na varro have a total of 6000 men, of whom 2000 are in Chihuahua City, 450 In Juarex, and the rest scattered, while the Insurrectos under Madero and Gen eral Oroxco have about an equal num ber but with no one fore larger than 1000. In his letter, Madero announced he had taken prisoners and would hold for trial. Colonel Jose Soto, a- member of his own staff. Soto, says Madero, was taken prisoner soon after the re treat from Casas Grandes. The arrival of United States troops here today occasioned much Interest. The arrivals were two troops of th Fourth Cavalry from Fort Mead. S. D., with four more troops due tomor row from Fort Snelllng. Minn., and with the troops already here they will compbso a force of 900 men under Colonel E. Z. Steever. From their post at Fort Bliss, the troops have a direct view of the moun tains In Mexico. FEARS ARE FELT FOR DAIN Stanley Leaves Rebel Camp WiUi Dynamite. . m i MEXICALI, Mex March 12. Cap tain William Stanley left the insur recto camp tonight with 40 men on a tour to accomplish the destruction of everything between - here and Algon dones. He took dynamite with him. with the announced intention to blow up the ra'lroad tracks, but fear is ex pressed on the American side that the new Colorado River dam may be in danger. The Insurrectos, however, dls claim any evil designs on the Ameri can works. They declare that they will fight any of Cardoza's men they find In the vicinity of the dam. Stanley, arrived In camp. last, night, J and was given bis old rank of captain, despite the declaration of Berthold that he had received an order from the Junta three days ago to keep Stan ley out, Berthold and Leyva, the rebel com manders, had anything but a tranquil Sunday. They are undecided whether to move against the Federals or stay in camp. They somewhat fear to abandon their strong position on 'account of the re ported advance of the Federals, but action Is Bald to be urged by the Junta and the men of the army. Berthold promised to start the march tonight, but this afternoon no prepa rations had been made to carry out the plan, and It Is likely the discontented will leave and "take their arm with them. If they da this it will mean a loss of at least 75 rifles and many hundred rounds of ammunition. Jose Cardoza. who deserted with 45 men last week, taking arms with him, is causing the Insurgents no little worry. He and his men are said to have no intention of going to Sonora, but will remain in the Yuma country wait ing for a favorable chance to attack the Berthold-Leyva army and start a revolution of their own. Former Mexican Federal officials, now at Calexico, reaffirm the Informa tion that the Federals are close at hand. They expect an attack at any time. DIAZ IS NOT SICK MEXICO'S PRESIDENT SMILES AMUSEDLY AT REPORT. He Declares, Speaking of Presence of Army In Texas, He Would Not Question Taft's Assurances. MEXICO CITT. March 12. General Dias took time from bis duties today to see a representative of the Asso ciated Frees and to reply to several specif lo qjestions touching upon the revolutionary situation. . He had Just concluded a conference with his Min ister of War. A dozen persons were still waiting to see him on one mat ter or another and many more would come before the day's work was over. He was not the sick man he was made to appear. His step was firm He walked with an erect, military bearing, which is a striking charac teristic. General Diaz appearance was stern and he had an air of aggressiveness; but the lines of his face, which stamped him as a man of determina tion, softened In an amused smile when one of the objects of the visit a desire to refute stories of his illness was mentioned. "Fifty years ago," he said, "I can re member having had typhoid fever. Since then I have passed no time on beds of sickness! "I pass my days in my office, and gen erally I am busy until midnight. I never was in better health than at the present moment." "Do you . consider that the presence of the American troops In' Texas will impair the friendly relations between the two countries?" he was asked. Mr. Diaz said he had no right to, and would not, question the assurances given him personally by President Taft. Speaking of conditions in Chihuahua, he said: "The operations in progress in Chi huahua do not constitute warfare, but 'hunting'' making use of the English word. ARTILLERY MEN READY 1400 MEX AT PORT TOWXSEXD CAV START IX 24 HOURS. Army Men Do Xot Expect, However, That Coast Gunners Will Be Sent to Mexican Border. PORT TOWNSEN'D, Wash., March 12. (Special) Demonstrating the thor ough condition of preparedness prevail ing In the Army today, announcement comes from Fort Worden, headquar ters of th Puget Sound Artillery dis trict, that the 1400 men now on duty at the big defense guns of the shore batteries could, inside of 24 hours, be enroute to the Mexican frontier should the emergency arise. Such a condition Is to be expected in connection with Infantry, cavalry, or light artillery forces but it is con sidered more difficult to shift gunners trained almost exclusively to serve be hind the fixed ordnance of the coast defenses. Much of the condition of prepared ness is traceable to the strict discipline maintained since the advent of the present commander of the district. Colonel Garland N. Wistler,, a veteran of many campaigns, who is Tapidly ap proaching the time of retirement. The prediction is freely offered In Army circles, however, that it Is highly imnnhihia that the Coast Artillery -forces from the northern'border will be called for service along me Mex ican -frontier, no matter how complex the situation may become, for the rea son that Infantry and cavalry forces are nearer at hand. Edlefsen's Rock Springs, best for cooking. SPECIAL OFFERING IN SPRING SERGES $40 and $50 Serges at $37.50 Until March 16th Only Extra Trousers Free MAXWELL, THE TAILOR Importer of Foreign Woolens 246 Washington St., Between 2d and 3d, Opposite Merchants National Bank. PE$ EYEXLNGS IRITIL 8 .0. 'CLOCK DUfiLNG SAJJi MANEUVER 1 DELAYED BY Despite Weather, Thousands of Sightseers Tramp in Mud to See Troops. ROUTINE ORDERS ISSUES Xo Other Work Is Undertaken By Soldiers Under General Carter at San Antonio 611 Recruits Swell Regiments. SAN ANTONIO, Tex.. March 12.,-A heavy rain early today turned the man euver camp Into a sea of mud, but de spite the churning of thousands of feet of sightseers, the hot sun dried it rap idly. The only ulscomfort was suffered by the Fifteenth Infantry, the men hav ing only the doubtful proteotion of shel ter tents. General Carter Issued only routine or ders and for the most part nursed a cold. He Is the guest of General Dun can, commander of the Department of Texas. Colonel W. S. Scott, of- the Fifteenth Infantry, Is on familiar grounds here. A generation ago he chased Indians along the frontier. His father, ln 1845, was stationed here and saw service as a Lieutenant In the Mexican War. Recruits numbering 611 from various stations arrived today and will be ap portioned among the Tenth, Seventeenth and Twenty-eighth regiments of Infan try. It is the Intention to bring enough men here to recruit the maneuvers' di vision to a peace footing. Company C, Hospital Corps; Battery E. from Fort Wayne; a second section of the Eighteenth Infantry, and the re mainder of the Engineer Corps arrived today. Every precaution is being taken to avoid such disturbances as the riot at Galveston today. EXAMINATIOX NOT SO STRICT Recruiting Officer Ordered to Over look Minor Deficiencies. Second Lieutenant C J. Miller, Ma rine Corps, In charge of the Portland recruiting station, has received instruc tions to disregard orders issued Feb ruary 15. setting forth that only the most perfect men physically were to be accepted for enlistment and to sign all desirable applicants who pass the phy sical examination, even those with minor defects. It is assumed that the move is in connection with the mobilization of land and sea forces on the Mexican border, though official Washington has not conveyed such information. Since March 1, 107 men have been re jected and 22 have been recruited. It Is explained that in the Northwest there are numerous applications from men en gaged in logging camp" work and other lines where the physical strain is great, and numbers are, "flat -footed" or have low insteps, so they are regarded unde sirable for service. On long marches they are the first to give out and one rule of the medical department is prompt retirement for men whose Instep arches break down. Defective vision and poor teeth are also frequently found, and ap plicants so troubled are not enlisted. Portland is rated one of the best points on the Coast for marine recruits and an Increase is looked for as a re sult of the stimulus of border trouble. OREGON'S OFFER UNANSWERED No Reply Received by Officers Re- gar ding Mexico Service. No further word waa received yes terday from the War Department re garding the assignment of Oregon Na tional Guard officers to the Army forces now being mobilized on the Mexican frontier. While Oregon's volunteer list was sent in by Adjutant-General FInzer on Friday, a few hours after a request for officers was received from Wash ington. It is learned from dispatches that all states did not make as prompt response, which doubtless has caused the delay. It Is believed the designation of officers who are to go will be tele graphed from the War. Department to morrow or Tuesday at the latest. The department's messages bearing on the subject have indicated that it Is in tended to lose little time getting the officers in the field. In view of the urgent requests of many Guard officers for the assign ment and the general willingness of the officers to go, a query was sent to the War Department yesterday as to whether the list recommended is sufficiently large from which to make selections. 'No reply to that query has yet been received at Guard headquar ters. Portland Man Knows Hays. K. C. Hays, who was taken prisoner by Mexican revolutionists in Chihuahua on Saturday and concerning whose antece- My stock of Imported Spring Woolens arrived the 24th of Feb ruary, and I am proud to state that this selection of woolens' con sists of the newest and most ex clusive styles and patterns shown in the City of Portland. Special attention is called to 20 full bolls comprising over 1500 yards of West of England blue worsted serges. My regular prices average from $40 to $50 per 6uit. To introduce them I will make' this unusual of fer of your unrestricted choice from any of the 20 bolts of Serge I will make a suit and extra pants of the same for $37.50 until ' March 16 only. Highest grade of trimmings and lin ings used, same as in all my suits. 1 That Feeling of Fullness Disappears In Five Minutes After Taking a Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablet. A Trial Package Sent Free Oa Request. All of the unpleasant sensations at tendant upon eating too heartily are instantly relieved by a Stuart's Dys pepsia Tablet. Like sticking a pin Into a rubber balloon. The reason Is simple and easy to understand. Inflation Of Th Stomach From Undigested Food Quickhr Relieved Br A Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablet- I When you take food into a stomach that is tired and over-taxed the gastric Juices do not form fast enough to digest it properly. So the food becomes sour and at once begins to throw off gases. Your stomach becomes inflated just as surely as if you attached a toy balloon to a gas jet. Then the gases and foul odors issue forth and pollute your breath, making you an bject of nausea to your friends. Tour tongue quickly becomes coated and you can taste the foulness that is within you. Now all this condition is changed almost instant: y by a Stuart's Dyspep sia Tablet. This little digester gets busy at once supplies all the digest ive juices that were lacking digests the food in a Jiffy and opens up the clogged stomach and bowels. It als sweetens and refreshes the mucous lin ing of the stomRCh and bowels and re stores peace and content. If you wU give Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets a chance they will not only sweeten your stomach but also your disposition and you will never have an other stomach ilL One grain of a single ingredient In Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets will digest 3000 grains of food. This saves your stomach and gives it the rest it needs. All muscles require occasional rest if they are ever over-taxed. The stomach Is no exception to this rule. Try a box of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab lets and you will wonder how you ever got along without them. They are sold at 50 cents by all druggists everywhere. A trial package will be sent free on re quest to F. A. Stuart Co., 150 Stuart Bide., Marshall. Mich. dents the authorities at Washington did not seem to have any Information, is well known to Severon Glass of Port land, who toured Mexico a year ago. This Editorial From "life" SHOULD BIS READ BY EVERY FERSOX IN OREGON "Why has the modern de partment store grown to such immense proportions without a word of protest from any one t The department store as it ex ists today is one of the most disintegrating influences we have. -These stores deal in the cheapest kind of materials. Nothing, that is excellent can find a place there, as it would cost too much. It could not be turned over rapidly enough. This has encouraged manufac turers to make only the most slipshod goods, barely good enough to pass muster in a cas ual inspection. Thus we have furniture that falls to pieces at the slightest provocation, and utensils in name only. Let any one try to find a first-class piece of hardware in a department store, if he doubts this. "The department store, as it exists' today, has done more to develop a race of spendthrifts and to lower the standard of taste and beauty than any sin gle influence. Any intelligent person, who, with an unpreju diced mind, will take the trouble to walk through one of these horrible mechanical shambles, cannot fail to be impressed with this fact." The editor of "Life" says: "Nothing that is really first class can find a place there. It would cost too much." This applies to the optical line as well s the Hardware, Fur niture and Utensils. If the people who attend these "bargain sales would demand a written guarantee that the articles purchased are ex actly as represented, some of these concerns would pass into history with their less harmless brothers in the easy-money game the gold brick artists, the three-shell operat ors and the bogus mining stock brokers. This Is food for thought. THOMPSON sp SECOND FLOOR (ORBETT BLDG, Fifth and Morrison. i'v 4 iVciHK,' & . t " I - .-X ,i i k iimifay'i..