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"TITE MORNING OREGOXIAN, MONDAY. MAY 12, 1913. FREE WOOL IS NO 1 TO COHSUIfl McClure Says 50 Cents Differ ence in Suit of Clothes Will Be Absorbed. GROWER LOSES HEAVILY fhwpmrn Pay More for Labor, Feed and Interest Than Competitors Abroad Underwood BUI De- clared ' Discriminating. OREOONIAX NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. May 11. The woolgrowers of the West are not opposed to tariff re vision, according to S. W. McClure, sec retary of the National Woolgrowers' Association, but they are firmly con vinced that they are not fretting a square deal In the Underwood bill as it stands. They would not oppose a reasonable reduction in the duty on wool, but do protest against placing wool on the free list, and are fearful of the result of such action by Con cress. In an authorized Interview Mr. McClure' states the position of the woolgrowers on the tariff at some length. He says: "A tariff on wool is the most innocent of all tariffs. The public's first inter est Is the effect that it has on the price of commodities, and its second Interest is Its effect in stimulating the Indus tries of the . country. Measured by this standard, the wool tariff has exert ed little influence in raising the price of woolen goods, but it has been a won derful factor in stimulating trade and commerce In the western part of our country. F.flr-ct Is Cat One-Half. "The present tariff on wool is 11 cents a pound, but this tariff Is levied on the grease wool. and. as imported wool shrinks in washing Just about one-half what domestic wool shrinks In washing, the effect of this tariff is to raise the price of domestic wool, not 11 cents a pound, but about BVi cents. We have sent samples of wool to London and find that the American prices range from A cents to 7 cents a pound above London prices. "Sow let us see what relation the tariff on wool bears to the price of a suit of clothes made of all wooL From six to ten pounds of wool Is required to make an all-wool suit of clothes for the average man. The amount of wool required might' average, "say, nine pounds, and the average price of this wool to the woolgj-ower Is about 18 cents a pound. Therefore, for all the wool In an all-wool suit of clothes the woolgrower receives about $1.62. The nine pounds of wool In this suit has been advanced in price about 6Vi cents a pound because of the tariff on wool; therefore the price of the suit has been advanced slightly less than 60 cents. If wool were free, the consumer could not hope to buy this suit for more than 60 cents less, and as it Is a suit that re tails at from 125 to 30, there is every reason to believe that the retallei would still charge existing prices for the suit. Difference la Absorbed. "The story of this suit Is about as follows: The woolgrower having fur nished all the wool required to make It. received about $1.60; the manufacturer who made the wool into cloth, sold the cloth for about 13.60; the suitmaker then took this 15.50 worth of cloth and made it into a sujt. which he sold to your retail clothier at from 114 to 16. Tour retailer then sold It to the con sumer at $25. and In the case of a very nice pattern at $30. The retailer ells the $14 suit at $25. and he also sells the $16 suit at $25. Therefore It Is only natural to assume that the slight difference that free wool could make would never reach the consumer. "That free wool does not mean any thing to the consumer was clearly proved In 1911. During that year Mr. Taft called his special session of Con gress, and wool agitation was ram pant. The result was that our 1911 wool sold at free-trade prices. Now that wool is In the clothing that you bought last year, and If free wool meant cheaper clothing we would have noticed a reduction In the price. Sta tistics show that clothing sold last year at about 3 per cent above the price of the year before. Wool sold about 30 per cent cheaper. Costa Rlxker la America. "Someone may ask why should a woolgrower want a tariff on his wool? The answer is that everything which the woolgrower buys costs decidedly more in the United States than in any other wool-growing country. For in stance, the tariff board shows that our woolgrowers pay to their laborers an average of $53.50 a month. In South America the average wage Is $28.50 a month; In England. $19.50 a month; In Africa. $8 a month. Reduced to the basis of a sheep, the labor cost in the United States Is 82 cents a sheep; In Sooth America, 23 cents; In Australia. 7 cents, and in Africa, 7 cents. Also we must pay our farmers more for the enormous quantity of sheep feed we buy than does the foreign woolgrower. The average cost of feed for sheep a year. in the United States is 45 cents; In South America. 35 cents, and In Aus tralia, 8 cents. Our interest charge is higher In Western United States It is 9 per cent; in South America and Aus tralia it is 5 per cent. It costs twice as much to place a pound of scoured wool from any one of the Western States into the Boston market as It does to bring it clear from Australfa to the Boston market. It costs five times as much to take a pound of scoured wool from the State of Idaho to Boston as It does from the Argentine Republic to Boston. "The Democratic tariff bill places everything that the woolgrower pro duces on the free list, but it retains rather high duties on everything that the woolgrower buys. This means that the Western Industries will be paying a tribute to the manufacturing indus tries of the Eastern cities for the priv ilege of existing. The Democratic tariff bill is indefensible In its rank discrimination against the Western part of this country." STRONG ON WAY TO ALASKA Xnr GoTrrnor Sees Coming Prosper ity for Northern Territory. SEATTLE. May ll. Major J. A. Strong, of Juneau, appointed by Presi dent Wilson to succeed Walter E. Clark as Governor of Alaska, arrived from Washington. D. C. today on his way to Juneau to take office. "I am already hopeful that a new era Is about to dawn upon the north ern territory." said Major Strong, who has been a resident of Alaska sixteen years "President Wilson is evincing a keen interest In Alaska and condi tions obtaining there and In Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane he has a rational adviser and one who knows the West. Nearly the entire time of the Administration has thus far been devoted to - the tariff and other pressing Questions, but it must not be understood that the Alaskan questions are being overlooked. "Both the President and Secretary Lane are anxious to see Alaska devel oped as soon as possible, and I beHeve the Administration will announce its policy for the settlement of questl&ns that have been paramount for a num ber of years." "LIVE WIRES" COMMENDED John D., Jr., Says Man Who Drifts Is Menace to Society. NEW TORKs May 11. (Special.) Drawing a picture of a man In a boat to Illustrate his remarks. Jonn D. Rock efeller, Jr., today addressed the young men's Bible class of the Fifth-avenue Baptist Church on "A Dead Weight or a Live Wire Which T" Mr. Roekefeller condemned the man rho Is willing to drift, lying back In his boat, saying such a man might have ability, but was lazy. "He likes pleasure, ease and com fort," said RocWfcfeller. "He never does a thing today that he can put off until tomorrow. All he is interested in is what he can get out of today. "The aian who arrives, however," he said, "was the one who is not satisfied to do that work that Is before hlro, but will do the work of other men as well. "The kind of a man who goes to night school V better his position." he continued. "Is the kind of a man 70U cannot down. The man who drifts is a menace to society a dead man. but the man who arrives is the live wire. He Is the man whose life has been planned, who makes each day in life count. Like other live wires, the hu man live wire must be connected at both ends at one with a source of power, and that is the power of God." a. ESCAPING GASKILLS PAIR David Johnson and Wire Meet Acci dental Death at Seattle. SEATTLE, May 11. David Johnson, a machinist 24 years old. and his 23-year-old, bride of six months were ac cidentally asphyxiated in bed when a hose attached to a gas fixture broke early today. They were dead when found by neighbors who investigated the escape of gas. Mrs. Johnson formerly was Hannah Erlckson and was the daughter of a Minnesota farmer. BORAH WOULD GIVE IRE TIE TO PAY Present Irrigation , Law Re garded as Unduly Hard on Poorer Settlers. RELIEF BILL INTRODUCED Social Notes Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Jones announce the engagement of their daughter. Miss Irene Katherlne Jones, to A. A. Duly, son of A. Duly, of Tualatin. The wed ding will take place In July. The bride-elect is an attractive girl, a grad uate of Lincoln High school, at present one of the teachers In the Ladd school. Mr. Duly Is a representative of the Bradstrect Company and Is well known In business and fraternal circles. A number of delightful social affairs will be given in honor of Miss Jones during the next few weeks. .... The Wolverines met on Friday even ing at the end of the Fulton carllne An4 mninxraA an infnmn 1 n J Til T fl T" 0-lft.tll- erlng. It was decided to have a similar affair on the last Friday of each month. Next Friday they will meet at the end of the Woodstock line at 7:45 P. M. sharp. Those In the recent party were: Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Brubaker, Mrs. Hub bard. Ada M. Ison. Marie Sandercock, r .. pnit.. Mnrtht Rnihl Rimln Place. Gertrude E. Shaw, J. C. Bush. R. W. Chapman, can tjcnwanzoec, a. 1 Gardner. Vernon Adams. Carl Bochf, and H. L. Wolbers. Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Waller of m ft m ATI t A I A Vl i T1 f COH- gratulated upon the birth of a son. The baby has been christened Frank L. waller, Jr. . A recent event was the masquerade dancing party given by the social com mittees of the Portland Motor Boat Club and Its auxiliary. Prizes were won by A. A. Hoover. Mrs. L. G. Scarth, Rob ert Harrlsh. Mrs. Hale. Miss Ethel Luke and Otto Pankoff. . Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Gilbert left on Wednesday for a two-months' trip in the East. En route they will visit in St. Paul. Chicago and Michigan. After a stay at the home of their son in New Haven. Conn., and excursions to New York and Washington. I. C, they plan returning by the Santa Fe route, tak ing In the Grand Canyon of the Colo rado in Arizona. Their son Wellington, a student at Yale, will return with his parents for the Summer vacation. Miss Elizabeth Carruthers. who re cently returned from a seven-years' residence, as a missionary, to Laos, in the peninsula of Siam. gave an inter esting address on her work In that mission field at the Piedmont Presby terian Church on Thursday evening. The committee members of the Yama Yama costume dance which was given recently at the Portland Rowing Club were the guests of honor at a delight ful dinner party, over which Mrs. A. C. Morgan presided as hostess at her home In Irvington Thursday night. The young people have been re quested to repeat the Yama Yama dance, which was a great success. Plans are being made' for another dance and Invitations will be- Issued within the next two weeks. The guests were Mrs. Jennie Francis-Evans. Miss Irene Morgan. Miss Nellie Parker, Emll Rit ter. A. Smith, and the committee mem bers consisting of Miss Crediiyn H. Ev ans. Miss Josephine Ritter. Miss Aben atha Morgan. Thomas D. Stoughton and Peter J. Gotelll. Mrs Jennie Francis Evans sang. Toasts and a short talk by Mrs. A. C. Morgan on ber recent travels In South Africa and Europe concluded the evening's pleasure. Mrs. R. D. Cannon entertained a score of friends at her home at tea re cently. The affair was Informal and the Dloasure of the afternoon was In creased by the playing of Miss Sue Kenny, a recent arrival irom umana. The house was a bower of lilacs, dog wood, and other Spring flowers. At the tea table were Mrs. William H. See and Mrs. Lynne Kenneth Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Smith (Eleanor Can non) are now occupying the Cannon residence on Milwaukee street, having given up their apartment at the Wheel don Annex while Mr. and Mrs. Cannon are at Cannon Beach. The latter left Thursday to pass a fortnight. Miss Margaret Cannon accompanied them over the week end. The ball to be given on Thursday by the Knights of Columbus Glee Club Is being anticipated by a large number of friends of the organization. The af fair will take place at Chrlstensen's hall. Eleventh and Yamhill streets. The dance committee Includes: Dominic Callicrate. William O'Connor. Frank McMann. S. J. McCartney. 8. J. Lynch. Chester Hughes, Gordon Brown, Joseph F. Rellly. J. E. Kenefick. Emmett Puffy. Frank Rlerdon. Frank Fletcher. C. P. Deehan, J. J. Ryan and A. M. Sobleski. Mrs, R. L. Parrlsn. of Kelso, Is the house guest this week of her cousin. Miss Carmen Pattlson. Willamette Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, will meet at the home of Mrs. J. H. Baaley, 451 East Twenty-fourth street. North. Wednes day, i Reclamation Service Will Oppose Change, Contending That Funds Quickly Repaid Can Be Re- Invested Promptly. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. May 1L The National recla mation act as it stands .oday Is not a poor man's law; rather, it operates for the benefit of farmers who have accumulated a considerable capital and desire to add to their surplus by irri gation farming. This fact is well rec ognized by the officials having the ad ministration of the law, and it is even more thoroughly appreciated by those who have established themselves on Government projects in the hope of complying with the law in its present form. While a large percentage of farmers who have taken lands on Government projects have ample means m wisj command to meet the demands , of the law and are not handicapped by reason of the assessments made against their lands to recover the cost of building projects, there are many poor farmers who went on the projects under mis apprehension. The poor farmers are finding themselves much embarrassed. Borah Would Extend Time, s On behalf of the poor man. Senator Borah, of Idaho, has introduced a bill amending the reclamation act by pro viding that the number of annual water-right payments shall be In creased from 10 to 30, so that the farmer may have a longer time in which to pay for his water right and his annual payments will be reduced at least one-third. In the case of set tlers who have heretofore made a part of their payments, the bill triples, the number of payments still due. The Reclamation Service is not in favor of the Borah bill, and when the time comes will report against it. The service takes the position now which it has taken heretofore, that inasmuch as ,u-K.,ni .o..mAnt hovfl hpen srradu- ated so as to lighten the burden on settlers -during the nrst years i uo velopment, there Is-no good reason why water rights should not be paid for in full in 10 years. Under the law moneys returned to the Government In this way go back Into the reclamation fund and are available for the construction of new works. Therefore, if the cost of a project Is repaid In 10 years, new i- ,...,.,. mr rnnldlv than num v., n jjiuft. ...... - If the settlers and homesteaders have 30 years in which to pay ior meir water. It is largely on this ground that the Reclamation Service opposes the Borah bill. Poor Farmer Hm Champion. tm c.nr I. itAmmittAA on Irriga tion decides to consider and report bills at the present special scssiuu. w ..in on AfTnrt to sret 'action on his bill, for he believes that there Is great necessity ior exienu.na ... form of relief to settlers on the Gov ernment projects. The Idaho Senator, while admitting tne cunaii- -view of the Reclamation Service, from its own viewpoint, objects to making the reclamation law an act for the benefit of men already rich or well-to-do. He wants it to be what Its framers a i t . ka & law for the benefit inienuvu i l . j ..... of poor farmers as well as farmers of means. From nis ooservanuua Senator Borah is satisfied that the poor farmer, if he be diligent. Is quite as desirable a citizen as the wealthy farmer who. having accumulated one fortune In the Middle West, has moved to the Far West with a view to reap ing a second fortune on a smaller but much more productive farm under some Government project. Beyond a doubt the Borah bill will lead to a hard fight after it Is reported by the Irrigation committee, and espe cially in the House, where Eastern sen timent Is disposed to be antagonistic to the Government reclamation work miiolr returns are deemed most essential.- However, the Idaho Senator, is not discouraged ay tain opposition he must face, and will make a determined fight, at the first opportunity, to get his bill through tho 63d Congress. TURKISH TOBACCO SCARCE Balkan War May Bring About Big Rise in Cigarette Prices. CONSTANTINOPLE. May 17. (Spe cial.) Cigarette smokers all over the world will await with a good deal of Interest the negotiations over-the Turk ish tobacco regie. The present regie yields about $3,150,000 "yearly, and Is allocated to the Ottoman Bank, which works In conjunction with the Austrian Bank of Vienna, the French Bank and the German Bank In Constantinople. It expires on April 14. 1914, and for some time past the-American Tobacco Com pany has made a determined effort to obtain Its Tenewal to themselves and on their own terms. At present, however, the fate of the regie still hangs trembling in the bal ance. The best Turkish tobacco lands have been seized by Greece and Bul garia, and. as a matter of fact, when the muddle over the war Is cleared up the Turkish authorities will have very little to sell In this line to the Ameri can Tobacco Company, or to anybody else. Che matter still remains of some interest to the United States, inasmuch as all the best Turkish tobacco Is ex ported to America, and it is quite con ceivable that the prices of that com modity will rise considerably as a re sult of the war and the financial needs of Greece and Bulgaria. RURAL PASSING. FEARED (Continued From First Psge.) hlblts of methods of purifying milk and the system under which the milk supply of Portland is handled were also shown. In the room where tht exhibit of the Consumers' League was installed the city chemist had an ex hibit showing methods of food adul teration. One of -the striking features of this xhibit were fabrics which had been dyed with the coal-tar dyes ex tracted from adulterated Jellies. The Consumers' League exhibit showed a series of manufactured arti cles from sweatshops, each article bear ing a notation of the amount whicn the producer received -for It, and the average daily earning of the sweat shop worker, which averaged about 90 cents for a day of from 10 to 12 hours. Library Has Exhibit. The Public Library Association in stalled an. exhibit of children's books of the type approved, and also an ex hibit of the sort of books which are not recommended for children' to read. owing to their demoralizing influence. In the list of books not to be read by children, "Peck's Bad Boy" and the fa mous line of "Elsie" books were lined up side by side, equally under disap proval. The exhibits also included de tails of the branch library activities of the association. " First aid to the injured and mine rescue work were ehown In the ex hibit of the United States bureau of Mines, and a first-aid exhibit was also Installed by Woodard. Clarke & Co. The University of Colorado exhibU dealt with sanitary engineering, and the University of Utah sent to the con ference; charts for an eugenics exhibit. The University of Oregon exhibit dealt wltn purity and purification of water supplies. Methods of safeguarding worklngmen from injury In machinery were exemplified In the exhibit-of ,the Qrogon State Bureau of Labor, with working models, charts and photo graphs, and displays of machinery In actual operation. Students Render Aid. Various charitable, civic and sociaa organizations entered exhibits, exem plifying the work In which they are engaged. Throughout the conference the stu dents of Reed College Joined with the faculty in assisting the delegates who attended. Students met visitors at the streetcars and directed them to the col lege where the conference was In ses sion, maintained an information bu reau in the administration building and assistants in every hall In the build ing were at hand at all times to direct visitors to places where lectures worn being held or to guide them through the various exhibits. The dining hall of the college was thrown open and the college was host to the delegates at luncheon and din ner and conference on both Friday ana Saturday nights entertainments were held for the delegates In the assembly hall of the, administration building, LOS ANGELES BLUSHES riotous Texas tommy star tles STAID CITY. Classic Young Thing Never Moves Her Feet as She Dances Until Champagne Bottles Are Hurled. LOS ANGELES. May 11. (Special.) Staid Los Angeles is blushing to the roots of her chemically pure hair to day and County Supervisors will start Investigation tomorrow as to Just how many wiggles were wiggled and how by the classic young thing who did the Texas Tommy at the Vernon Country Club Saturday night and almost caused a riot. "She never moves her feet at all; watch her.", shouted the man with the check suit and tenor voice, announc ing the snaky, goo-goo-eyed queen. What she wore doesn't matter. What she didn't wear would not be so easy to list. But what she wore she wore skin tight, and that's an end on't. It was the dance, the Texas Tommy, tom mied as even San Francisco's Barbary Coast has never seen It; It was tne Texas Tommy In all its youthful bloom. unspeared, unchecked, unashamed and almost undressed. Just what happened after the first few breathless moments is not quite clear even yet. But champagne bottles In aerial flight hod not a little to do 'with the riotous scene as the fashion able rushed from the exits. Nor was Lot's wife rivaled by the hastily going maids and matrons. Of course. Bill Jones did his best to quell the disturbance before the first autoload of retreaters started for the city, but, although Bill Is all right In his way, he didn't happen to weigh enough to stop the bottle rumpus. LANE TO IMPROVE ROADS Bids for Contracts to Be Called by County Court Soon. EUGENE, Or., May 11. (Special.) Bids for the construction of nearly eight miles of permanent macadam road will be called for by the County Court within a few days, and It la In tended that the work shall be done this Summer. The work Includes the following sec tions of road: Between Springfield and Goshen, two miles; between Eugene and Junction City, two miles; from Eugene toward Elmlra, two miles; out from Cottage Grove, two strips of road of three-fourths mile each. In every case the macadamized road is to connect with other macadam roads or streets. With the completion of these con tracts there will be a section of nearly 20 miles of the Pacific highway through Lane County that is in first-class con dition, including macadamized roads and nearly three miles of city pave ment. SCHOOL EXHIBITS PLANNED Local Fairs Are Projected by Jvis County Superintendent. CENTRALIA, Wash., May 11. (Spe cial.) M. L. Carrier- Lewis County su perintendent of schools, Is busy out lining a plan for exhibits In the county schools, and acting on the advice ef the State Board .of Education, 4s preparing to unite tho various school districts ol the county into 18 supervising districts. The most centrally located teacher or principal in each division will be desig. nated as supervising principal, who will appoint a .committee of several teachers and several school patrons In their respective districts to work out a plan for. a local fair. It IS" not expected that each district will be able to bold a fair this Summer because of the nearness of the closing of the school year, but this year's plans will be made with the end In view of each district holding its own fair next year, while those that can hold them this year will do so. BOOK AGENTS END WORK New Rudlng of Commission Ends ' Solicitation of. Salesmen. j" Representatives of schoolbook com panies Saturday finished their work of urging the adoption of their books on the members of the State Textbook Commission, as they are forbidden from making any further attempt to dispose of their wares,- by a ruling adopted by the Commission last March. The books that have been accepted for consideration by the Commission are now on file in the office of the State Superintendent at Salem, and -will not be considered until June 2. The members of the commission are: T. M. Baldwin. Prlneville; F. E. Bragg, La Grande; Miss Margaret Cooper, Sa lem; W. -L. Brewster and John P. O'Hara. Portland. Lane County Aids Fairs. EUGENE. Or.. May 11. (Special.) For the purpose of aiding fairs and agricultural shows in Lane County, the County Court yesterday appropriated $2500. Of the total appropriated, $1750 Is for the Lane County Fair, to be held at Eugene, and $250 Is given to each, the Junction City Pumpkin Show, the Cottage Grove Fair, and the Lane County Poultry Show, which Is to be held In Eugene late In the year. X TF these words meet your eyes over the coffee and rolls, or as you ride down town this morning, let them remind you of that new suit you're intending to buy this week Suppose you drop in during the day and have a look at the new models; we're showing some in pin stripes that look both distinguished and distinctive black and white, blue and white, and self-striped browns and grays; there's many a pleasing fabric from home, and abroad that you'll find only here. Modestly priced, at that $20, $25, $30, $35 We made the Wool fly Saturday in this sale of boys' $6.50, $7.50 and $8.50 Knicker Suits at $5. There's plenty left, but you'd better buy for your boy non. a bargain too good to overlook. BEN SELLING LEADING CLOTHIER Morrison Street at Fourth ENSIGN WHO DEFIED T. R. IS EXONERATED Youth Who- Married Despite President's Order to Be - Restored to Rank. FULL BACK PAY ALLOWED House Committee on Naval Affairs Favors Reinstatement of Joseph Austin, Who Resigned When Roosevelt Told: Him To. t na i-xrnr.r .va Mav.11. (Soecial.) - Joseph Austin, former ensign on the hottioahin Smith Dakota, who defied ex-President Roosevelt and married his sweetheart at Honolulu four years ago u.i f -or a i tine- at the President'! command, until he was a Lieutenant, will be restored to rank ana receive full pay during the years of his en forced retirement. iri.;. ,-, rnlveil trtdftv hv hi father-ln-law, Rev. J. "W. Wadman. who 1 L. 1 L'.itnin 1 flit n A rITl TKn (1 nil I IS lUCliivuisi i.jn.-iv't". .. r- , j i in .ha TTnwnila.n Islands. uiin.iiun.i ' He was stationed there lour years aso when. Mar pretty young oaugmer "" rled the determined young Ensign. Dr TiBjman DiiaidinA thA vntine naval of. fleer by performing the cereniony. He - .j ..r i i. v, Tfinnff s-raduate from Annapolis that Cupid knows more than any President as to now a roe ii should culminate. - ' . f hA ntnpriaff Rnosevelt made good his threat and ordered the young man to resign. Austin aia u a"" to Michigan with his bride. A Gwlnn. iii.i. v. a BtrnA nn ai-hlHf and social club "which has been a big success. He is still Its manager ana is mniuiis the Income he could make aboard a Nevertheless, he feels that his honor has been impugned and ne is eager 10 return to the service. This he can do . a rtntrTtxii t&kor action on the recommendation of the House com mittee on naval aliairs. a lavorauiu report from this committee was made Saturday, and the giaa news was leie i An attack of rheumatism does not guard the patient against subsequent attack. On the con trary a person who baa had rheu matism is more liable to be at tacked than one who has not. Thin blood is condition always present in rheumatism. On the other hand rjch," red blood resists rheumatism. Build up the blood and the rheumatic poisons will be driven out. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills begin at once to send purer, richer blood to nourish and soothe every muscle, every ligament and inflamed joint covering. Our new book, "Build ing Up the Blood ' is free on request. Dr. Williams! Pink Pills are sold by all druggists, 60c per box, six for f2.50 or by the . Tr. Williams Medicine Company. Schenectady, N. Y. graphed to Dr. Wadman. Vho Is here on a brief visit from his field. Toung Austin is not yet 30, and Is a nephew of General Charles King, ot Wisconsin. He Is also related to Sen ator La Follette MORE COMMITTEES NAMED Alumni of Agricultural College Ar ranging Programme. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Corvallis, Or., May 11. (Special.) Ad ditional committees announced by Pro fessor A, G. Bouquet, president of the Oregon Agricultural College Alumni Association, to assist In arranging the details of the Alumni Day programme for Thursday, are: Reception and entertainment Mrs. Jack Porter, '08. chairman; Miss Violet Hancock. '09; E. P. Harding. '08; Miss Pearl Leonard. '08; E. R. Shepard, '01; Miss Alice Edwards, '06; Bert Pilking ton, 05; J. H Belknap. '13; G. V. Cop son, '10; Mrs. Floyd Rowland, '03; Miss Margaret McCall, '12; Professor E. P. Jackson, '04; Mrs. Otto Simpson, '07; A. G. Lunn. '12; Lyman Bundy, "08; Miss Alice McGinnis, '09; Fred McHenry, '10; Frank Groves, '97; Miss Elta Raber, '11; E. B. Lemon, '10; R. K. Brodie, '08; A. R. Woodcock. '99; Miss Helen Holgate, '95; A. G. Bouquet, "06. , Luncheon Mrs. Olive McKelllps, '95, chairman; Miss Bertha Davis, '89; Mar garet Herron, '08; Miss Mabel Withy combe. '01: Miss Myrtle Burnap, "07. Music Harry Beard, '99, chairman: Forest McGinnis, '12; Joseph Toder, "10. Bovs Confess Robbery Intent. ROSEBURG, Or., May 11. (Special.) Admitting that they entered the Golden Rule store late Tuesday night for the purpose of robbing the estab lishment, two young men who refuse to divulge their names were brought here last night from Medford to await trial In the Circuit Court on a charge of bur glary. When arrested at Medford the boys were wearing shoes taken from the store. A number of stickpins, sev eral pairs of gloves and about 85 pen nies, also missing from the store on the morning following the robbery, were found In their possession. The boys give their ages as 16 years each, but they look much older. They will be given a preliminary hearing Monday. Commission Hits Florists. OLTMPIA, Wash., May 11. (Special.) Flowers growing In a greenhouse are not In the same class with growing crops, so far as taxation Is concerned, says the State Tax Commission. Grow ing crops are exempt from taxation, but the Commission tells a Seattle florist that he must pay taxes on his greenhouse posies. FIRST OF ALL The first thing necessary to the 'successful conduct of any business is to know the actual condition in every, line which in any way affects it. Our monthly reports on the condition of business throughout the country are deductions from the combined authori ties in all lines, and the result is a birdseye view of business conditions which is dependable. A request for these reports either by mail or telephone will receive prompt attention and no charge will be made. MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK Founded 1886. "WASHINGTON AND FOURTH STREETS ROUND TRIP TO SAN FRANCISCO . AND SACRAMENTO Tor the Ad Club Convention, Sacramento, Beginning May 19 The Southern Pacific will make low round-trip fare to San Francisco and Sacramento of $25.00, good only on Admen's Special Train leav ing Portland 11:55 P. M. Saturday, May 17. Through cars will be provided to San Francisco for those who do not desire to stop at Sac ramento. Tickets good for return any time on or before July 16. Make Your Reservations Now at Southern Pacific Ticket Office, 80 Sixth Street, Comer of Oak 10 1 SLfN SET S I lOGDCHtSHASTAI I I I ROUTES I I John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent