THE ' 3r01?XTXG CmEGOXIAN, 7, 1911. il EWIHG SWINGS AX AGAINST riVCREDIE Irked at Losing Pennant, Cali fornia Magnate Would Abolish "Farming." . BEAVER CHIEF IS TARGET ;ieeland-Portland Agreement Net tles Owner of San FYaticlaco Team. Who Violate His Own Proposed Rale. BY W. J. rETRAIV When J. Cal Swing and Al Baura. president-elect of the Pacific Coast League, attend the meeting of the Na tional Association of Professional Baseball Lrictii at Fan Antonio. Tex., Norfnber IS. Is reported In the HouthUnd that they Intend to Intro duce a resolution forbidding the use of minor leaaue clubs as farms for th major organizations. Tho principal reason for J. Pal's ob jection to releasing players by major leacue. clubs to minor organisations Is simply because Portland has won a couple of pennants through the assist ance of several players turned over to McCredle by the Cleveland Ameri can Ieaue team. This looks bad to J. Cal. yet his own club, with the as sistance of "Buck" Weaver, the most sensational young lnfieller of the leasue. turned over to the Peals by C. Tomlskey. of the Chicago White Sox. only finished fifth. However. In announclnc his bias acalnst the system. Ewlnu fails to ex plain how the major Iraicue clubs are to dispose of the many yoanr players Picked up every Spring and turned back to pick up experience. Appar ently J. Cal would like to force the big leaeuers to retain ail the players bought or drafted from the minors, yet last season he paM silarics at differ ent times to enough different players to make up a flock of teams simply because the players released did not come up to the standard of excellence required by E wlnjf. Lonr et al. To satisfy Ewlng with his Cleve land arrangement McCredle should have let some other club win the pen nant. Since he has been affiliated with the rortlarrt club as part owner and manacer. Mi-Oredle has not tried to satisfy J. Cal Kwlnst or any one but the fans of Portland, and they are well satisfied with the brand of base ball he has provided. The following Item from a California paper shows the prejudice In some cities of the Coast organization against Portland: Fsns all over th- Coast I.eue circuit will be pleased af the n-e from Sacra mento to the efte.t that i"harley Graham has part-has.! tne controlling Interest In th.t f-ltib from John I. Taylor, owner of the Boeton Americana, and that hereafter It la to be a Coast leasut club, inateao et a Boston "farm." Thia Is the first step In the morement to brine all Coast Leasus rluSs Into the Coast League and make thrra Kaseoall dune, tnsteaj of "farma" for the bis leacue clus. Xoir If the Mci'rediea srlll rot h- atrlnr that Cleveland baa on the Portland cluo evcryNodr will be much nhll-! at the news that for the first time since the lettue expanded to slT clubs it I. pure: a toast i.acje organization. The fans do not tak. ktnrtty to the Ide ef a Coast Lcaaue club having to compete alth a major league club for the pennant In thia leacue. aa waa the case thla year and last year, and If McCredle does not cut loose from Cleveland, the leacue ahouUl take action to Co .i-l htm to do so. It la unfair and unsportsmanlike to ask Coast l.eacue fans to submit to such aa arrange ment anr longer Tha subject will form the basis ef one ef the demands r-r lUe Coast league before the National agreement Is rcneared thla ear. and eu-h things as optional asreem-me and fake aalee tilt on!r oirrr up p:arrs fr the irajnn mlU be done aaay with for 'I time to come. Oraham Is a fine fellow and realizes tha: the Mg fault with the Sacramento club Is that It Is a "farm for the Red So and the fans kiow It aod ha v. refused to patronlae the club as It deserved. The ptavera even resent the double boss sys tem and have not played ball Ilka players wha bad aome home pride mixed Bp with their datra to win gi-ncs. see To ret down to facts we. misht in quire why the California micnnin ob ject to Md'rcii - s alliance with the Cleveland club. Can It be because the California magnates thick more'of the sale price likely to accrue from a star player than they do of trading; play era with a major organization as by the agreement between Portland and Cleveland? The understanding between Portland and Cleveland Is that Mc Credle agrees to rive Cleveland the pick of the Portland team In exchange for whatever talent mar be needed to bolster the Portland club. Ca,n any reasonable rnn find fault with an arrangement like that? The Caiifornlans are sore because Portland won the pennant, so let us Inquire how much Cleveland had to do with the victory. Naturally, players like Fisher. Oregt;. Pecklnpaugh. Koestner and Itarknesa had some lit tle to do In helping;, but there were other players who shone equally as well who did not come from Cleveland, but who were drafted or purchased from minor clubs by Walter Mc Credle. For Instance. Ivan Olson. Bill Fteen. Eugene Krapp and Tom Beaton, of the 110 champions, as well as of this year's victorious club, and Hill Rodg er. Walter Kuhn. Bill Steen. Chester Chadhoume and Bill Rapps were play ers drafted by Portland from leagues of lesser standing than the Pacific Coast League or were free agents who applied to Portland for a job. a a We might also ask the San Fran--isco and California critics where Harry Sutor came from and how It Is fiat "Silvers" Henley, one of the best minor league pitchers who ever wore a uniform, who has never been In the btg league, has had repeated drafts for his services disallowed? Can the tactics of the San Francisco club be called fair to the ball players? Every player on the Portland team Is as sured of a chance to go to the big leagues If his services warrant his Do ing recommended by the scouts of the Cleveland club at least, and all of the other major leacue clubs have an equal chance in draining the players not claimed by Cleveland. Portland has won two pennants and ta McCredles have iveen dealing with Cleveland for four years, yet the Cali fornia writers wax wroth when they consider that the Portland leaJer Is piloting a real baseball team In con sideration of his patrons, while their niggardly magnates do not seem able to appreciate the demands of the fans and depend, for the most part, on what talent they ran pick up. In the last two Spring training seasons the line up of the San Francisco club comprised .'or the most part a flock of bushera a ho were experimented with In pref erence, to players of tried ability. e a It Is quite proper to experiment with "bush" talent, for often a star la de veloped, but there should be enough seasoned material on a class A team f is inn. uitf icuon wim a iui. chance. Some day the Bin Francisco magnates may wake tap and deliver the goods, but In the meantime they are trying to squeal "unfair alliances" wim btg league clubs to discredit Mc Credles victories. Y. M. C. A. MEN ADDRESSED Importance of Ideas Is Creed by Edmund Vance Cooke. "Every man ought to have, as It were, a pitcher, a pump and a atom ach aa receptacles for Ideas." declared Edmund Vance Cooke In his lecture at the T. M. C A. yesterday afternoon o "The Religion of Democracy." "If the Idea Is doubtful, put It In the pitcher, where you may tasta It at your leisure, and determine whether you like It. If It Is an Idea suggestive of other Ideas, put It In your pump. Ton re all acquainted with those old pumps on the farm, at which you could pump, and purr. d and pump, and they would wheeze, and wheeze, and wheeze. But no water came. But If you poured In a little, vou soon had a bountiful supply. "If an Idea tastes good to you. If you ran assimilate It. take It to your self, for It will sustain you." Mr. Cooke asked the question. "What Is a Christian?" "Martin Luther waa a heretic In bis day." he said, "but Is today very orthodox. Paine was called an atheist In his day. but today he would be welcome In many churches. People used to think the universe w built In three stories, that Christians went up and those who not Christians went down." ROAD WORK COMMENDED Portland Interests I'rged to Aid la Krx-Tlg-ardTllle Project, That the work of rebuilding the eight-mile stretch of road between Rex nd Tlgardvllle Is most commendable Is the report of C T. Frail, president of the Oregon Association for High way Improvement, who visited the op erations last week. Funds have been raised by popular subscription to Im prove the road, but It Is expected that at least $5000 will be needed to com plete the work. The road has been graded and drain ways provided and the work of spread ing crushed rock Is now In progress. Workmen have been engaged the past two months in Improving the highway under the supervision of George E. Waggoner, of Dundee. Or. "When this piece of road Is com pleted, there will be a continuous good road between Portland and the Upper Willamette Valley." said Mr. Prall yes terday. "The psople of Yamhill and Washington counties have been doing their part. Portland Interests have aided the movement to some extent hut more assistance should be coming from tbem. The Improvement of this road Is really more Important to Port land than it Is to the people living beyond Tlgardvllle." BETTER INSPECTION AIM Ordinance Proposed to Regulate Gas and Electric Meters. A city gas and electric Inspector to work In conjunction with the scales of weights and measures Is sought by Councilman Clyde In a proposed ordi nance filed with the Auditor yester day. The ordinance If passed by the City Council and signed by the Mayor will provide for a thorough Inspection of the Instruments which are In meas uring gas and electricity and which at present are aubject to a great deal of criticism on the part of consumers, and a penalty will be Imposed upon the utility companies If defects are found In these Instruments. Councilman Clyde says there Is gen eral complaint about the meters and at present there Is no way for the public to determine whether the meters are correct or not. the utility com panies acting aa the arbitrary Judges. It Is the purpose of the ordinance to have a special Inspector appointed or place the work on the shoulders of the scaler of weights and measures. Tho proposed ordinance will come up for consideration at the meeting of the City Council tomorrow. BALFOUR -GUTHRIE SUED Millbnllders Allege $10,450 Is Still Dne for Work. Alleging that there Is a balance of $10,450 due as compensation for the construction of the Balfour. Guthrie at Company flour mill. James Stewart at Company have Hied suit against the grain exporters to collect that amount with Interest at C per cent from May 4. 1911. and $1000 attorneys' fees. The contracting company Is, represented by Teal. Minor A Wlnfree. The complaint recites that the con struction company entered Into a con tract July SS. 1910. to supply labor and material necessary to construct the new flouring plant at Ninth and Qulm bv streets, and waa o receive $44,600. Extras made necessary by changes In the plans made the total amount due I3J.071 J, of which only $41,611 50 has been paid. It Is alleged. The complaint Intimates that the money has been withheld as a penalty for failure to complete the work with in contract time, but such failure the plaintiffs ascribe to delays made un avoidable by ohangea in the plans and specifications and the demand for extras. BOY HOBO'S TRIP FAST Iad Rides on Beams From Omaha to Portland la Week. Joe GlglattL a newsboy. IS years old. came to Portland from Omaha, beating his wsy on freight trains, and completed the Journey In a week. He was picked up at Sixth and BurnsUle streets yesterday by Patrolman Laselle and will be turned over to the Juvenile Court. "It was too cold to sell papers In Omaha." said Joe. "so I came out here." The boy, grimy as he arrived from his travels, has been sleeping In the basement of the Orpheum Theater, and selling papers to buy his food. NEWSMEN RE-ELECT HEAD Pre. Club Selects Officers, Retains S. B. Vincent as President. Sydney B. Vincent was re-elected president of the Portland Press Club yesterday as the result of the casting of ballots by the active members. The other officers elected were: First vice-president. Lute Prase; sec ond vice-president, O. C. Letter: third vice-president, E. A. Beals: treasurer. Carl i. Krlty: secretary. F. D. Morri son; assistant secretary, James V. Sayre; librarian. John J. Harrison: di rectors. W. P. Strandborg. Paul R. Kelty. Fred W. Bell. A. K. Slaymaker. Charles W. Ryan. George C. Cowing and D. O. Lively. ROAD RAGE IS W -BY WILY HERHICK National Car, With Veteran as Driver, Takes Dash Across Desert. FOUR HURT IS SPEED TOLL Two In Hospital From Internal In juries, and Another's Ribs Are Cracked Pope-Hartford Is Beaten After Game) Try. PHOENIX Arts.. Not. C The first four cars to finish in the annual Los Angeles to Phoenix road race of 624 miles today with the official time fol lows; National (Herrlck), 50. hours 22 minutes. Franklin (Hamlin). 22:64:5. Midland K'arrlsan). 24:21:24. Bulck (Ferguson). 26:2(1:35. These cars, judges said tonight, will be officially placed In the order given above. Lastly rolling over the finish line at the main entrance gate of the Phoe nix Fair Grounds at 1:61:30 P. M. to day, Harvey Herrlck, holder of the American road race record and winner of last years Phoenix road race, today proved his right to all his laurels by winning the annual Los Angeles-to-Phoenix road race In hollow style with his National car. The Franklin car, driven by Ralph Hamlin, the only driver who has par ticipated In all five Phoenix road races, won second place as It has In nearly all the former events, and the Midland, considered an outsider with no chance at all. third honors. Pose-Hartford la Forlorn Hope. The Cadillac, driven by Bramlett, ar rived at 1:39. The big Pope-Hartford, after making a desperate dash through desert wastes last night and reaching Yuma at '--o'clock, finished second across the line here, but because of many hours lost by reason of broken wheels waa placed -Outside the circle of winning cars. The time made up in an all-night run waa not sufficient to overcome the allowance of the preceding cars, which, under the rules, were held last night a' Yuma. The race put up by 4the Pope Is con sidered the feature of the event. Break Ing two wheels at the very outset. Driver Trematne still declared he had a chance and continued. With three hours lost, the Pope went on until, near El Contro. another wheel was smashed and three or four hours were lost. Repairing the damage. Tremalne set out for Yuma and passed every car on the road except the National and Mer cer, but now without hope, for his lost time could not be made up. Mldlaad Lewes Way. The Midland probably lost second In Mexico. The car took the wTong road after leaving Mexican and lost nearly an hour before getting back on the right path. The Bulck. driven by 'Louis Klkrent. finished at 3:12:55. Just ahead of the Midland, but was 42 minutes behind the Midland at Yuma. The Lexington, driven by Charles Blgelow, finished at 4:4. and the Bulck, driven by Ferguson, at 5:35, with an estimated running time of ;s hours 44 minutes. The most exciting "race" of the day Is declared to have been that between the National and the Mercer with Han. shue driving. Leaving Middle Wells, Herrlck had a S-mlnute lead over the Mercer. Hanshue cams through the wells at 75 miles an hour and set after Herrlck. For 18 miles there was not a car's length between the two giants. but suddenly the Mercer hit a big boulder in the road and was all but ditched. The collision put Hanshue out of the running. Three Cars Disabled. Of the 14 original entrants, the Flat. Mercer and Maxwell met with serious mishaps and cannot finish. Tetzlaff, driver of the Fiat, suffered the most severe Injury of any driver. He Is now In a hospital at Sn Diego, eas is his mechanician, suffering from severe In ternal Injuries received when their racer crashed Into a telephone pole Just after leaving San Diego Monday night. Clarence Smith, driving the Maxwell, as badly hurt, and his mechanician suffered two broken ribs when their car skidded and turned over twice at nearly the same place where the Flat met with disaster. Those along the route ef the race de clare the laurels for actual speed be long to Roger Stearns In his big Stod- dard-Dayton car. Stearns took awful chances In driving through the desert, but the Stoddard did not finish. It lost two hours after leaving Yuma and finally came to grief after leaving Mid dle Wells. Herrlck wins the first prize for reaohing Phoenix first and the prize for making the best time between Los Angeles and San Diego. AGITATOR EDITOR LOSES Court Finds "Nodes and PrndeV Case Comes Within Court Ruling. TACOMA. Wash.. Nov. (. (Special.) The Prosecuting Attorney today won another point In his fight against Jay Fox. editor of the Home Colony Agi tator. The derisive comment on the working of the "indecent exposure" law containod in an editorial, "The Nudes and the Prdues," In the Agitator, comes within the ban of the state statute against the abuse of rights of free press, according to the decision of Superior Judge Chapman today. The court overruled a demurrer In the case against Fox, who Is charged with edit ing printed matter tending to encour age disrespect of law. The defense's demurrer was based on the ground that the article did not express sentiments contrary to the statutes. In overruling It, the court Is conceded to have given a pronounced Impetus to the case against Editor Fox. The defense had first attacked the constitutionality of the state law Involved, but the court last week up held the validity of the law. Then It was asserted that "Nudes and Prudes" was not within the ban of the law, and on this point, too. Fox loses. "There could be no better medicine than Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Mv children were all sick with whoop ing couxh. One of them was In bed. had a hlph fever and was coughing up blood. Our doctor gavo them Chara Uerlaln's Cough Remedy and the first doso eased them, and three bottles cured them." says Mrs. R. A. Donald son, of Lexington. Miss. For sale by all druggists. . Pianos rented. $4, 15 per month; free drayage. Kohler at Chase. 37$ Wash ington street. fo&ia9'r I "Points the Way" The accompanying and most convincing editorial appeared in The Ore conian of October 30. VTe feel justified in repeating it here, for the reason that it cites two instances of what -was accomplished by individuals a woman and a boy who were beset by far greater disadvantages than confront thousands right in our midst, to say nothing of millions of people elsewhere who are clamoring for the opportunity that will lead them to MCCessto "the life worth living" to real happiness. Looking for Someone to Point the Way Are yout Have you waited for the opportunity to present itself 1 Are you one of the great army who are always striving, but really never get ting on t This great problem is solved, ideally so, in our proposition of Columbia Acres "Down the River" It points the way, and in such a way as to call for very little self-denial on your part in securing a tract of this rich creek bottom and valley land, only 38 miles from Portland and two miles from the Columbia River, on a fine macadam road, and possessing every home requisite, with splendid transportation facilities and low freight rates both rail and water land adapted for orchard and general farming purposes ideal, for those who seek such a home close to the city. The merit of our proposition is acknowledged the proof is there. Accept it as your opportunity today. The prices, to say nothing of the remarkably easy terms, are most convincing. $20.00 to $60.00 an Acre Tracts of From S Acres to 80 Acres Our Office Open Evenings During the Woek. F. B. Holbrook Co. LUMBER EXCHANGE BUILDING, SECOND "AND STARK STREETS Phone Main 6396. AND AT COLUMBIA ACRES Phono A 7507 WANTED, SOMEONE TO POINT THE WAY "Several days ago there appeared an article on this pare, relating- to the case of Mrs. Henrietta Richardson of Goldendale, who had achieved success on s farm after she was 66 years of age. doing- all of the trork herself. When Mrs. Richardson took up hnr land she "was practically 'penniless. Many Inquiries have come to us about this article. . Some seem, to doubt the truthfulness of It; others srlsh to know where they can secure as g-ood land as she did, while others ask tor advice as to how a. person without means can today secure the advantages that she had nine years ago. N As to the facts of tha article there -Is no question. In every essential It was literally true, as can be learned by writing- any reputable citizen In the Klickitat Valley. The other queries can best be answered by calling- atten tion to a letter received from a corre spondent at Tacoma. a widow with three children, the oldest a boy of IS. "a man In size, strong- aa a mule, who has demonstrated his ability to conquer the soil by being a successful gardener on a city lot after school hours. So successful has he been that older men come to him for advice." Farther on, this woman writes: "If any one can show me how, handicapped as I am, I can get back to the soil and take our chance of winning- out In a few years by hard and conscientious work. Ill agree to pay him (in time) a higher rate per word than Kipling received In his palmy days. Who will venture a plant" It will he remembered that a certain character by the name of Mlcawber, created by Dickens, was ever "waiting for something to turn up," which is tantamount to waiting for someone to point the way, or "show me." If the case of Mrs. Richardson Is looked Into It will he seen that she waited for no one to point the way. On the. other hand, there were many to attempt to deter her from taking a homestead. In spite of all such advice she persisted and succeeded. There are millions of people In tha world looking for someone to point them out a road to success; but they wish some sort of a short cut, -"cross lots," so to speak, for the usual road is lone and tortuous, beset with hard labor, self-denial and long days, per haps years, of scant llvlngt In other words, these people want someone else to furnish tho initiative, -which Is es sential to success. If they have not that quality, no way to success can be pointed out, for the reason that there Is no open way to such people. Taking the case in point, this young son of 18 has already shown the way, a way as plain as day. "Older men come to him for advice," because he has shown what can be done In garden ing on a city lot. If the good woman, his mother, cannot see the open way before her, what would be the use of anyone attempting to earn the high price she Is willing to pay for advice T Kot the least bit In the world. THOMAS WHEN OIES RESIDENT OF OBEGOX FOR 61 TEARS PASSES AWAY. Old-Tim Company Hotel Manager at lower Cascades Succumbs to Heart Disease Two Survive. Thomas Whalen. a resident of Ore gon for 61 years, died suddenly yester day afternoon at his residence, at 650 Everett street, from heart failure. Mr. Whalen bas been ailing for more than a year and had been under the care of a physician and trained nurse for the last ten weeks. After being a short time In the em ploy of the Government at the old (tarrlson at Cascades, Mr. Whalen for 18 years conducted the hotel run by the old Oregon Steam Navigation Com pany at the Lower Cascades for the convenience of travelers, who- were compelled to transfer from steamers on the Lower Columbia to the Upper Co- J. 1 V i I ,ti; it Thomas Wnalea, 7, Claimed by Dearth After 61 Tears of Life ta Orctos. i..mki h, th oil Tortasre road. Be fore coming to Portland. Mr. Whalen lived for a short time in nan ran clsco, where he came from Massachu- leits Drlor to 1860. traveling yia me Panama route. . Mr. Whalen was born In Ireland De ai iftas and at an earlv asre came to this country. He married Miss Lizzie Cummings, in portiano. as years ago and is survived by his widow and one son. Joseph R. Whalen, of San Francisco. Mr. Whalen resided in Port- 1 nAntlnnAiialtf (Inr. h MVA 11 Tl his position at the Cascades. Arrange ments for the funeral have not yet been made. BURTON HOTEL RAIDED Police .Seize Six as Disorderly Oc cupants of PInce. After several months of apparent righteousness, the Burton Hotel, for- merly-the DrexeU at Second and Yam hill streets. Is again in the eye 01 tne Dollce. who denounce it as the biggest and best-appointed disorderly bouse In the city. Six persons were arrested in the hotel Sunday night by Patrol men Burstow, Gill and Griffith, who visited the place in plain clothes and found, they assert, abundant evidence that the house Is conducted on bad lines. C. Fisher, the elevator boy. Is under arrest for conducting Patrol men Burstow to several rooms in the house Sunday nicht. Nellie Curtis and Ethel Williams were arrested as vagrants, and C R. Warner, a tailor, was charged with being drunk. William White, a bar tender, and Alice Davidson were also arrested. White forfeited his ball In the Municipal Court yesterday and a suspended sentence was Imposed on the woman. Under the name of the Drexel, man aged by J. W. Corser. the house was hnadnnarters tfr dissolute characters. Corser was arrested on a charge of conducting a disorderly place, receivea a rockpile sentence and evaded It by taking an appeal and fleeing the city In the Interim. New proprietors of the place changed Its name and announced an intention to conduct It on legitimate linos. Recently the police were in formed that In one of the hotel rooms boxing bouts between women in ring costume were exhibited. While on that trail the police obtained evidence leading to the arrests Sunday. BOYS' GOAT HELD FOR LOSS Lads Say They're Accused Falsely of Theft of Straps. "A man's got my goat," complained Frank Evans, 11 years old, to Captain Bailey at the police station yesterday afternoon. "Got yon buffaloed, has he?" said the captain. The play yof slang was not lost on the boy, who smiled and responded! "No, he really got my goat, my Nan ny goat." 'Waa your goat running and abut ting on the public street?" was the next question. This went over the boy's head and he answered:- "No, he was tied up. This boy (in troducing Otto Starberg) haa a half Interest In the goat and A. Boiler, who keeps a stable at 60S Alblna avenue, lost some straps and he thought we took them, and he said he was going to keep the goat till he got bis straps back, but we didn't take them, and we want our goat." The patrolman on the beat was in" structed to see if the boys' pet could not be released without recourse to the law. HUNGER PROMPTS THEFT Boy. Who Stole Bicycle Tells Conrt He Aided Alabama Kin. "I was broke, and afraid that I might get hungry," was the reason given by Godfrey Page for stealing a bicycle which he sold to a second-hand dealer for J 6. The boy, 17 years old. was In the Municipal Court yesterday under custody of Detective Craddock. A growth of beard inclined the au thorities to doubt the age he gave, but he adhered to It and was sent to the Juvenile Court. To account for his lack of funds, after saying that he had worked steadily, the boy told of sending clothes to his little brothers and sisters In Alabama. "My folks are separated," he said, "and I have been ub against it. I guess when a fellow commences stealing It's all over with him." BAPTIST CHURCHES 1 XIGHT BIEETJXGS NOT TO BE HELD DUKUVG KJUVlVAli. I Pastors of Portia! and Vicinity Promise Support for Gypgy Smith, Who Comes) Tomorrow. Every Baptist church In Portland from Lents to St. Johns and from High land to Fulton Is to close its Sunday night and Thursday night meetings during the Gypsy Smith evangellstlo campaign. Prayer meetings will be held at tho Young Men's tjnnsuan as sociation building at :15 o'clock every evening except Saturday and Sunday during the campaign. Dr. W. B. Hln son. of the White Temple, will lead these prayer meetings. Every Sunday night during the meet ings the iBaptist young people will meet at 6:45 o'clock at the White Tem ple for a rally. Rev. John H. Boyd, of the First Presbyterian Church, led the consecra tion meeting of the Portland General Ministerial Association at the Y. M. O. A. yesterday. He urged the ministers to give hearty support to the evan gelist. "Perhaps," he said, "a soul's eternal career will be dependent upon your gentleness, your tenderness, your wis dom. Let us abandon the usual con ventions and timidities that hedge us about and enter into touch with these yearning hearts with all that Is best and strongest and most winsome with in us. I do not think we ministers are holding up Christ as we should, as a remedy for all human trouble. Men are lost now. I don't know so much about eternity, hut I do know that the world Is wretched and that men and wo men Jo not know the secret of living. There are 24 evangelical Christians among the 42 members of the Labor party in the British House of Commons. One of these la a lay preacher, three are Baptist dea dons and three are actively encaged in the brotherhood movement. Record of Christian Work. NATURE'S CURE FOR CHRONIC ULCERS Only by removing- the cause can any chronic Ulcer or Old Sore be cored. No one will question the truthfulness of this statement. The cause is always from an inward source, never an outward influence, and there fore the only possible way to get rid of these places is to take internal treatment. Pure blood is the one unfailing cure for chronic ulcers; just as long as the circulation is al lowed to remain in an impure condi tion the place will be kept open from the constant discharge of imptrritie3 into it from the blood. But pure blood will change this condition and the flesh tissues will be nourished and made healthy, and then nature will promptly and permanently heal the ulcer. S. S. S. is recognized as the greatest of all blood purifiers and therein lies its power to cure old ulcers and sores. It goes into the circulation, and removes every trace" of impurity or infectious matter, and so enriches this vital fluid that it nourishes all flesh tissues instead of irritating them with impurities. When S. S. S. has cleansed the blood and the place has healed over it i3 not a surface cure, but the ulcer i3 filled in with healthy flesh from the bottom. Free book and any medical advice will be sent to all sufferers who will write us. S. S. S. is for sale at drug- stores. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. Atlanta. Go. Let us bring to ourselves the prepara tion and the conviction that shall males us speak with tenderness and clear ness of our Master." The two weeks' series of meetings tnj Seattle closed last night. Gypsy Smith will arrive tomorrow. His first meet- v lng will be held In the new tabernacU Friday night. - .aa. , The Edlefsen Fuel Company, mine o gents for "Faultless," the genuine! Wellington, propose to reduce prices oi all ooals to consumers by delivering in, bulk, using barrels for unloading, as done In Seattle and Tacoma. f Nechaco Valley Lands British Colombia Nbw& tho t&neio lnTjr. Get in on the- ground floor. 'All our land is situated closa to tha I main line of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. Our price is right and our terms are very easy. For further particulars, write to the . , NechacoYalleyLandCo.Ui 620 BROUGHTON ST. VICTORIA, B. C The world's most eminent musicw ans the great conservatories have all showered their praises ort the wonderful j. Bush & Lane Piano Yet the price is less than any other highest grade piano made. Less because we sell direct. W'eT eliminate the dealer. You buy aa a dealer buys. We are the only, manufacturers dealing direct witl you. And we sell on the most liberal terms. . Pianos and Player Pianos. it Q