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4 THE MORNING OREGONTAN. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1916. BAPTIST INSTITUTE PENS IN PORTLAND White Temple Is Filled With Throng -Hundreds of Young People Record Lectures. CHURCH RIVALRY IS KEEN Fric J-ibrnry ami Certificates Are Coal of Workers Prominent Ministers Arc Here to Atteud . Sessions Uay aud 2S"ight. What is in all probability one of thA (rreatest denominational educational in stitutes ever held in this city opened yesterday in the 'WTiite- Temple, and will continue until Friday night, with programmes of special interest every afternoon and evening. Hundreds of young people attended both sessions yesterday, and as the speakers appeared notebooks and pen cils were brought into action, and each young person listened with the keenest attention. Ambition to gather the gems of wisdom scattered by the visiting speakers was not the only thing that Inspired their zeal. There is a goal in sight. Every one who attends and takes notes will have a chance to obtain a certificate of grad uation. Those who attend and hand in notes on at least 10 lectures will re ceive a credit certificate on. Friday night. Toung people taking 10 lec tures on young people's work, or five of these with five on other courses, will receive a special young people's certificate. The interest of the younger church folk is keen, and the rivalry between the various churches to make a good record is demonstrated by the interest in the contest for the library offered the church having the highest percent age attendance. Dr.iprlnKston Prealdr. Dr. .7. D. Springston presided at the opening of yesterday s session. Mrs. A. W. DeLong, assistant at the White Temple, inspired her audience with her comprehensive address on mission studv. Her specific topic was "The Missionary Objective, Obligation and Command." She will speak every aft ernoon at 2:30 o'clock. Dr. William E. Chalmers, of Phila delphia, educational secretary of the American Baptist Publication Society, one of the leaders of the denomination in the United States, had a place on both afternoon and night programmes. His first address was on "The Power of Attention." His subject was han dled from a pedagogical standpoint. He said: "So character is really de veloped unless it can at any time give voluntary attention. We must have voluntary attention in teaching." The two types, involuntary as well as vol untary attention, were explained. Dr. S. Zane Balten, who knows how to sprinkle wit with his wisdom, gave tome live statements regarding the church in social service. He also pre sented a Bible study of the prophecy of Amos. Story Telling Dlflcnused. Bible story-telling as an art was dis cussed by Miss Heme Brockway, who was introduced as "one who had re stored a lost art." Miss Brockway will speak on this general theme every day at 4:40 o'clock. Representatives of all churches and denominations interested in Sunday school work and Bible story telling were noticed among those pres ent. Miss Brockway's address yester day was on the subject "The Story's Power" Today 6he will speak on "The Story's Truth." One of the big features of today will be the address by Dr. W. E. Rafferty. of Philadelphia, who will speak at 3 o'clock. His general topic for this hour is "Child Study." and he will introduce msny new suggestions for interesting the children in church and Sunday school life. Dr. Rafferty is superin tendent of vacation Bible school and 'teen age work, in the American Bible Publication Society. Dr. W. B. Hinson, former pastor of the White Temple, will speajt tonight and each succeed ing night of the institute. Among the other prominent men on yesterday's programme were Rev, L. P. Valentine, of Los Angeles; Rev. George I White, of Los Angeles, and Rev. O. C. Wright, of Portland. The afternoon sessions are from 2:15 to 6 o'clock. From 6 to 7 o'clock a cafeteria supper is served and the night sessions open immediately after the supper. agent of the Industrial Insurance Com mission, charged with grand larceny in connection with tho accident fund frauds, probably will go to the jury Wednesday night. The defense rested this afternoon and the state introduced Ti-n n'l r nouuAo in rchiitlol nftftr which adjournment was taken to WAlnesday, when Judge AVright will give his in structions to the jury and the argu ment 'of counsel will be made. Gillies occupied the stand the greater part of the day. telling the story by which lie hopes to acquit himself of the charge. He asserted again that Com missioner A. B. Ernst intrusted $1200 to him as a "political trust fund." On cross-examination. Gillies' atten tion was called to discrepancies be tween his statements and those made In tho former trial when he was con victed for forgery. He repeatedly an swered the prosecutor angrily. Commissioner Ernst was called in re buttal, and testified he never gave Collies 1200. or any sum, as a trust fund. HIRAM JOHNSON LAUDED EX-SIBORDIVATK I'ATS TRIBUTE TO CALIFORNIA EXECUTIVE. LAND-GRANT BILLS DOE IN FEW WEEKS House Committee Holds Meet ings Frequently, to Hasten Action by Congress. OREGON VIEW TO BE HEARD Warren R. Porter Says Economic Conditions Will Keep State Wet . for k 3lany Years. "Hiram Johnson is the National Pro gressive party." Such is the characterization of the chief executive of California by a former Lieutenant-Governor and Act ing Governor of the same state. Warren R. Porter, who was in the city yester day attending the conference of the of ficers of the Western States Life In surance Company. "There would be no Progressive party," continued Mr. Porter last night, "were it not for the magnetism and executive ability of Governor Johnson. He has a wonderful following in Cali fornia, and although it is an admitted fact that he and I have always dis agreed politically, he has been, and is, a very effective executive. "He has been responsible for the passage of two of the best laws on the statute books of California the com pensation act and the act creating a Railroad Commission, but he and his party have legislated a little too much. Laws have been passed that must be repudiated, but that will come as a matter of course, and the laws that have been put on the statute books during his tenure of office will be threshed and the chaff will be dis carded. "There seems to be a strong tendency toward the re-entrance of the Progres sives into the ranks or the Republi cans in California as elsewhere. Mr. Porter declared that Californians could not see that prohibition truly did prohibit, and for that fact and because $150,000,000 is invested in vineyard cul ture in that state California probably would remain "wet for many years. Chairman Ferris Intimates Ho I'a- ors Selling - Tracts to Private Owners, Katlicr Thau Adding; Them to Forest Reserves. LIQUOR TRAIL FOLLOWED SUSPICIOUS PAPERS FOUSiD POCKET OF MAN ARRESTED. Formulas for Making "Rat-Poison Whisky" - Declared Gift of Bar tender Friend, Name Unknown. KITCHENER LAUDS RUSSIAN Briton Congratulates Grand Duke for "Brilliant Feat" at Erzernm. LONDON, Feb. 21. Field Marshal Kitchener. Secretary of War, has tele graphed to Grand Duke Nicholas, com mander of the Russian forces- on the Caucasian front, congratulations on the 'brilliant feat" of arms at Erzerum. The Grand Duke replied, thanking the Field Marshal. Deputy District Attorney Deich was almost certain that he possessed one answer to the current query regarding liquor of "Where do they get It?" Al though his Investigation was balked by circumstances, he is not yet satis fied that his hunch was entirely In correct. Saturday night Patrolmen Litzen- berg and Clement arrested two men in company. One of the prisoners carriea a pint flask of some fluid that looked and smelled like "rat-poison whisky." The other, C. B. White, of 1115 Haw thorne avenue, bore some interesting documents in his coat pocket. Lack of specific evidence caused the release of both prisoners, but the docu ments in the case are a story in themselves. For instance, if the irksome regula tions of prohibition stifle the free spirit of the "personal liberty" advocates, or f a quiet business opening is sought. the recipe for "high-grade" brandy Is proffered for consideration. Thirteen formulas, ranging from rye and bourbon imitations to a cure for consumption, were among the papers. Of the liquors the chief ingredients ap peared to be black Japan tea and rain water. White claimed that he held the pe culiar documents as the gift of an ex bartender whom he did not know by Dame. SUMMER HOTEL BURNED FIRE AT WILHOIT SPRINGS DOES DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT $8000. GILLIES' DEFENSE RESTS Olympia Insurance Larceny Case Soon Goes to Jury. OLYMPIA. Wash., Feb. 21. The case nsrainst John F. Gillies, former claim OUCH! PAIN, PAIN. rub RHEUMATIC ACHING JOINTS Rub Pain Right Out With Small Trial Bottle of Old "St. Jacob's OiL" i;heumatism is "pain only. Not one case in fifty requires internal treat ment. Stop .drugging. Rub soothing, penetrating "St. Jacobs Oil" right into your sore, stiff, aching joints and muscles, and relief comes instantly. "St. Jacobs Oil" is a harmless rheumatism cure which never disappoints and can not burn tho skin. Limber up! Quit complaining! Get a small trial bottle of old. honest "St. Jacobs Oil" at any drug store, and" in Just a moment you'll be free from rheumatic pain, soreness, stiffness and swelling. Don't suffer! Relief awaits you "St. Jacobs Oil" has cured mil lions of rheumatism sufferers in the last half century, and is just as good for sciatica, neuralgia, lumbago, back' acha, sprains, Ady, Principal Owners Present When Blaze Ocean Two Cottages Also Are Destroyed. OREGON CITY, Or., Feb. 21 (Spe cial.) The Wilhoit Springs Hotel and two cottages at the resort, located nine miles above Molalla, were burned to the ground between 8 and 9 o'clock this morning with a loss of approxi mately JS000. There was no insurance, either on the buildings or any of the furnishings. The cause of the fire has not been definitely settled. The hotel, which contained 40 rooms, was built between 45 and 60 years ago by John Wilhoit and was owned by the Wilhoit Mineral Springs Company. R. S. McLaren and his brother, Frank W. McLaren, who control the property, were at the Springs when the fire oc curred. The hotel is closed during the Winter, and only one patron was there. Frank McLaren and the patron left the build ing after breafast and a few minutes after 8 o'clock saw fire break out. They tried to extinguish the blaze with chemical extinguishers, but their ef forts were useless. CITY'S BIDS ON WOOD LOW Offers Based on Distance of Hani Front Linnton to Schools. According to the figures compiled by the School Clerk. R. H. Thomas, the City of Portland has offered the lowest bids in 50 out of 60 bids for supplying the schools of the district with wood. The city's woodpile is at Linnton and the figures offered were based on the haul to the schools from that location. The prices per cord range around H, depending upon the length of haul. There were 16 fuel companies com peting, but the city was the only one that offered bids on all the schools. OREGON'IAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Feb. 21. From present indica tions bills providing for the disposal of unsold portions of the Oregon and Cali fornia land grant will be reported to the Senate and the House not later than the middle of March. To expedite action on land-grant bills the House public lands committee wijl hold four or five meetings a week, and as soon as reports are made by Secretary Lane and Secretary Houston the Senate pub lic lands committee will lay aside other business in the interest of the Cham berlain bill. The House committee held its second hearing today, C. J. Smyth, Government counsel in the land-grant case, being heard on the legal phases of the land grant problems. His interpretation of the Supreme Court decision was along the line Of the Attorney-General s re port on the Chamberlain bill, but he voiced the individual opinion that un der the decision of the Supreme Court Congress can make any disposition it deems proper of the remaining 2,300,- 000 acres ho long as it guarantees to the railroad company $2.50 an acre on Its entire grant. Save for that one condition laid down by the Supreme Court, Mr. Smyth thinks there is no limitation whatever on the power of Congress. Bills to Be Reviewed. Tomorrow Mr. Smyth will review for the committee all of the pending land grant bills and give the opinion of the Department of Justice on each measure. Mr. Smyth today said that any leg islation by Congress should authorize the deduction from further payments to the railroad company of the full amount of excess above $2.50 an acre hereto fore collected on past sales, and in timated that the Department of Jus tice would like specific authorization of an accounting with the railroad com pany. Chairman Ferris, of the House com mittee, said after today's hearing that the hearings would be continued daily until all interested parties have con cluded their arguments, and as soon as the hearings are over the committee will formulate a bill embodying its own views and report this bill to the House. The hearings having only just be gun, Mr. Ferris would venture no pre diction as to the character of bill his committee would recommend, but the probabilities are that the committee will draft a substitute bill differing from any measure now pending, but re sembling the Chamberlain bill more closely than any other measure now pending. Forester to Be Heard. At the conclusion of Mr. Smyth's tes timony. Associate Forester Palmer will give the committee such information as the Forest Service has regarding the character of the land, the extent and value of the timber, and will also present the Forest Service view of bills now before the committee. Land Commissioner Tallman will then present the views of the Interior DeDartment. and will outline the char acter of legislation which secretary Lane most favors. According to Mr. Ferris, the com mittee looks to the Department of Jus tice for advice on legal points; to the Forest Service for information about the land, but will rely principally on the Interior Department for sugges tions as to the best plan for dispos ing of the lands. Oregon Delegation to Be Heard. When the department officials have been heard, the House committee will hear all members of the Oregon dele gation who wish to present arguments, and especially will hear Representative Hawley and Senator Chamberlain in support of their respective bills. Lastly, the committee will near rep resentatives of the railroad company. J. p. Blair, of New York, chief counsel of the Southern Pacific, will appear, as will Land Commissioner McAllister, of San Francisco, who has been tele graphed to come to Washington. Chairman Ferris said today his com mittee had been fully apprised of overwhelming sentiment in Oregon against including any part of the land grant in forest reserves, and, while he could not assume to speak for the en tire committee, hi3 comments indicated his purpose to favor legislation that will get all the land into the hands of privateholders. Brownell, who lives at 1809 East Ninth street, denies the statement made by his wife. "If I have not been living with my family the past year, and supporting them, it has been no fault of my own," is his reply. RECALL EXPENSE DENIED Attorney-General Gives Opinion In Wheeler County Case. SALEM, Or.. Feb. 21. (Special.) Under an opinion of the Attorney-General' the expenses incurred by District Attorney Starr, of Wheeler County, during the recent election to recall him. cannot be paid by the County Court, and presumably must be borne by Mr. Starr. "The intention of ' the people in adopting the recall amendment." says the Attorney-General, "was evidently that the officer against whom the re call election was held should be paid his reasonable and necessary election expenses, but instead of providing in the said amendment for the payment of 11 expenses, the direction was made that the Legislature should provide." The neglect of the Legislature to fol low out. the specific instruction of the recall amendment gives the Wheeler County Court no authority of law to audit or pay Starr's expenses. Plate-Glass Window Broken by Robin's Flights Feathered Invader Pays With Its Life for Invasion of Home Gap ing Hole Is Like Football's Trail. ' i ' ' PS j I --il .rki U Hi -- 4 '- rt 4 iif ; 1 Our New Fountain Serves You Today The Handsomest and Most Efficient Apparatus Vet Produced by Man. Every invention and device known to make for your health and gustatory delight. I'roren and Hot Drinks, Light and Toothsome Lunches. Prompt, and courteous service liove made tlm "Wood-Lark" Fountain and Tearoom justly popular. MOST EVERYONE WANTS OR NEEDS SOME OR ALL OF THESE See Alder-Street Window Display. WOULD you believe that a com mon red-breasted robin, weigh ing only 12 ounces, could break clear through a plate glass window? Whether you would or not is im material, for it happened yesterday morning, nevertheless. Miss Hazel Cleveland, daughter of Mrs. Albert Cleveland, of 65 East Twenty-fourth street North, can give direct testimony of her experience. Miss Cleveland was sitting at the front window of her home yesterday morn ing. The' window faces east. Sud denly an unseen object crashed with terrific force against the pane. The window was shattered into a score of pieces, falling into Miss Cleveland's lap. A gaping hole, big enough to ad mit a football, was left in the pane. In the middle of the room lay the cause or me Durst pane. It was a full-grown robin, dead and limp from us snarp impact with the window. It weighed Just 12 ounces. W.C.T.U.W0RK SUGGESTED Finding Homes for Delinauents Pointed Out as Field. OREGON CITY. Or.. Feb. 21. fSne cial.) District Attorney Gilbert L. Hedges, in a speech before the Woman's Christian Temperance Union at the iuDllc Library this afternoon, declared that the women of the organization should keep a register of farmers who were willing to take the boys and srirl's wno came up before the Juvenile Court, ana see to it mat tnose who now are sent to state institutions received the advantage of . helpful and healthful farm home life. He recommended co-operation with the juvenile officers in finding farm homes for boys and girls as a most practical and praiseworthy field for work of the Woman's Christian Tem perance Union. GAR RELIEF ATTEMPTED STATE COMMISSION ASKS OPENING OF NORTHERN GATEWAY. Women's Assailant Found Insane. BROWNSVILLE. Or., Feb. 21. (Spe cial.) Ray Barger, who attacked Mrs. Johnson and Miss Gjoldie Johnson last Thursday, was examined by physicians in Brownsville and Albany and was found to be insane. He was committed to the State Insane Asylum, Shortage In Oregon Pot at 10OO Cars, but Adjoining States Say Supply . Is Plentiful. SALEM, r., Feb. 21. (Special.) Relief of 'Oregon lumber mills and other shippers who are suffering from lack of cars to ship their products is sought through opening of the North ern gateways. To this end the Public Service Commission today telegraphed the Interstate Commerce Commission at Washington, D. C. It is the belief of the Oregon commission that the railroads may heed a request for a temporary opening of the Northern routes if made by the Federal tri bunal. In its communication to the Inter state Commerce Commission, the Ore gon commission today said: "The car shortage is increasing. The accumulated shortage on the Southern Pacific is now 700 cars, and on the Oregon-Washington Railway & Navi gation Company's lines is 300. There is no shortage in Oregon or Washing ton. We feel that we are being dis criminated against. If it is possible to open the Northern gateways tempo rarily we might procure cars from other lines." Replies to inquiries sent by the Ore gon commission to the commissions of California and Washington are that no car shortage exists in those states. PETITIONS ARE REQUIRED Madras and Mctolias Must Get .Sig natures In County Seat Figlit. SALEM. Or., Feb. 21. (Special.) With the towns of Culver, Madras and Metolius contending for being selected the county seat of Jefferson County at the next election Attorney-General Brown today advised District Attorney Meyers of that county that Madras and Metolius must file petitions contain ing at least three-fifths of all the votes cast in the county at the last preced ing general election, before they can be placed on the ballot as contenders. The county seat is now located at Culver, and by virtue of this fact it becomes a candidate for the county seat without filing a petition, the Attorney-General says. Household Ammonia 10? Formaldehyde, pint 50f Sal Soda, lb 10? Borax, lb 15S y lb. 10 Boraxo, lb 20? 4 oz. 10 Chloride of Lime lop Lye 10? Dutch Cleanser 10, 3 for 25 Saniflush . , . ...20 Insect Powder, lb 75 Silver Cream 25? 3-in-l Oil 10, 20, 50p Cederol 25, 50? Rubber Gloves 25 Bon Ami Cake 7$ Ivory Soap, 6 for 25- Naptha Soap 5q Lurline Soap, 6 for. Skat : 7 Flash 7? Bon Ami Powder . . 7d Sapolio 7? .25, Colgate Silverware Soap, 3 for 25 Johnson's Floor Wax 15? Old English Floor Wax at 50S 90S $1.75 Liquid Veneer 20, 40 Wood-Lark Furniture Pol'h 23r O'Cedar Mops. . .75S $1.25 Sponges, auto $1.50 Chamois, window, auto.. $1.27 25c Dusters 17 Flaxoap 25 Argentala Polishing Cloth. .25cl Moth Bags 50c1, $1.00 O'Cedar Polish 20cS -10c Chloro Bromine, quart 10 25c Whisk Brooms 17? ALWAYS TAKE YOUR STAMPS fW-ra STREET AT WEST BBK -MABSKALL 4-700 -HOME A W71 V RELEASE JS OPPOSED Portland Officers Say Albert M. Long Is Dangerous Character. SALEM. Or., Feb. 21. (Special.) Chief of Police Clark and Captain of Detectives Baty of Portland, today pro tested to Warden Minto, of the Peni tentiary, against the release of Albert M. Long, now serving a sentence for burglary. Both declare that Long is a dangerous man to be at large. The Portland officers' protest is the result of habeas corpus proceedings in stituted here in Long's behalf by Tom Garland, a Portland attorney. Circuit Judge Galloway has set February 25 as the time to hear the application for Long's release. Garland alleges that Long is being illegally held. EMMY DESTINN makes records only for the VICTOR EMMY DESTINN. leading dramatic soprano of the Metro politan, New York, .who will sing at the Heilig Theater Satur day, February 26th, makes records only for the Victor you should have at least one of these beautiful DESTINN Records: Aida O patria mia (Verdi) 88469 Giaconda Suicidio (Ponchielli) 88478 Madame Butterfly Un bel di vedremo (Puccini) .884S8 Mignon Kennst da das Land 88467 Pique Dame Arte der Lisa, "Es geht auf Mitternacht" ' 88518 Tannhauser Elizabeth Bebet (Wagner) 88488 ToscaVisse d'arte e d'amore (Puccini) 88487 Wiegenlied (Cradle Song) . . . (Franz Schubert) 87214 Victrolas $15 to $350 Easy Terms Steinway Pianos Used at AH Destinn Recitals ShermanMay & Go. VICTROLAS AND RECORDS STEINWAY, WEBER AND OTHER PIANOLA TIANOi PIANOS Sixth and Morrison Streets Opposite Postoffice X i : v V LUMBER IN ARRIVE Dealers of Northwest Will Convene Here Tomorrow. FAIR GROUND SALE LIKELY Petitions Out Soon in Lane County Asking for Purchase at $20,000. EUGENE. Or.. Feb. 21. (Special.) Within the next few days petitions will be circulated in Lane County to au thorize the purchase of the Lane County Fair Grounds by the county tor ins sum of 120.000. The property is owned by the Lane County Agricultural So ciety, an organization of Eugene busi ness men, and nas oeen leasea irora year to year for fair purposes. The ar rangement has proven unsatisfactory and it is proposed to purchase the prop erty outright. The question will be piacea on me ballot at the primary election in May. Wife's Assertion Denied. In a recent interview with Mrs. M. B. Brownell, mother of Marion Brown ell, whose youthful sweetheart com mitted suicide, Mrs. Brownell declared that her husband had deserted her, leaving five children to support. Mr. WIRE THIEVES GET 30 DAYS Fred Scliwartzberg and C. II. Clarke Are Sentenced. Fred Schwartzberg and C. H. Clarke. accused of the theft of 3000 feet of copper wire from the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company, were sen tenced to 30 days each in the County Jail by District Judge Jones yesterday. They were arrested by Special Agent Lou Wagner, of the Portland Railway, Lieht & Power Company, February 17. in the act of disposing of some wire, wrapped in a blanket, on Front street. They were selling it for 17 cents a pound, while its legitimate price is 30 cents a pound and going up. 400 EXPECTED TO ATTEND Concatenation of Hoo-IIoo Will Be Feature of Conference as Well as Initiation Wives of Dele gates to Attend Banquet. A. L. Porter, of Spokane, secretary of the Western Retail Lumbermen's As sociation, has opened headquarters in the Imperial Hotel and delegates are beginning to arrive from all parts of the Northwest to attend the 13th annual conference of this organization and tho Lumbermen's Mutual Society, which will open there at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Fully 400 delegates are expected to attend the conference, including the wives of the delegates who will come. The great social feature of the con ference will be the concatenation of the Hoo-Hoo tomorrow night at 8 o'clock at the Chamber of Commerce. A the ater party for the women has been ar ranged for that evening, but on Friday night, which is the time for the an nual banquet, they will attend the ban quet with their husbands. The Hoo Hoo concatenation will be devoted to a dinner, a short initiation ceremony and a "Kangaroo Court Par Excellence." All of the business sessions of the conference will be held at the Chamber of Commerce on the fifth floor. Following is the programme for the first day of the conference: Wednesday mornlnK, 10 o'clock. Ad Club male quartet. "America." by the entire assembly; president's address, "A book Into the Future." J. M. Crawford; secretary's report. "A short. Terse Chronicle of the Past Year." A. 1. Porter; "The Handwriting on the Wall," parson Peter Simpkins. Salt Lake City, Utah. Appointment of committees: 1, resolutions; 2. nominations; 3. auditing; 4. 1!17 conference. Wednesday afternoon, '2 o'clock. Ad Club male quartet. "A Woman's Point of View," Mrs. c. C. Bowerman, secretary of the How erman Lumber Co., Pocatello, Idaho; "How We Put Two Silos in Uso Whero None Were Used Before," John C. tuneo, mansKer Tuolumno Lumber Company, Modesto, Cal. : "The School Manse," Josephine Corliss Pres ton, Superintendent of Public Instruction, State of Washington. C. P. Siaytnn. To the Voters of Multnomah County: 1 am seeking tiomlnutinn for Coumy Commissioner at the Republican pri mary May l't. 191b. yiuill ninilini :i clean-cut campaign, usn no diM'e.speet -I'ul language towjird my opponent s. My .standing and ability arc beinre you t investigate. Lower taxes, oocl rorni.-t for tho farmers in the rural diMnrtt. work for the interest of nil tlo- people, all churches and Christian oiKani.a tions for the uplift and good m human ity shall have my love iumI support. I sland firm for the tahor organiza tions and unions and 1 will do all I can Justly to eneourage them. I am Si working man and feel l( no discredit to build a house or steanibo.il. I want to thank every man who voted for nm when I ran, three years ago, for Com missioner of Kallroads, when 1 re ceived Htiiii a lnrce vote. Would kind ly ask every lady and gentleman in the county who knows me to hpeak of me to their friends and secure their support. C I. ST A YTON. lifii'-i South l'.ioadway. 1". Stayton has bcen con my office for the past I cannot too hlchly i e - ominend him for the office of County Commissioner. He iu absolutely hon est, trustworthy and square in nil of his dealings and liberal and broud mtnded. It is with pleasure that I recommend him to the kind consideration of tho voters for Comity Commissioner, JOHN C. SHILLOClv. Attorney t Lw. SOI -504 Gerlinger lluildini.'. I'nld Advertisement. mail has been routed via San Francisco by steamer. It will be two 'weeks he fore auto mail stages can make the. usual trips. Captain C netted Willi three years. Colombia Will ProteM. WASHINGTON'. Feb. L'l. Colombia, probably wtli protest formally against occupation by the United Slates of tlm islands of Little Corn and Hig Corn, off the coast of Nicaragua, under the treaty recently ratified by the Senate. A long statement already has been filed with the State Department by thn Co lombian Minister, setting forth Colom bia's claim Hint she never has lost sovereignty over the islands, in spite of the fact that Nicaragua has hml actual possession for ninny years. Tim com munication is designed to pave tho w-nv to a request for Inrlem nl f'irn I Ion. Snow-Blocked Mail ltoute Opened. GRANTS PASS, Or., Feb. 21. After being blocked by snow since January t. the Crescent City mall line is now open. passengers and mail going by horse several miles over snow. Letter mail has been carried on snowshoes. other Painless Parker Outlaw His Confessions. CHAPTEPw XV. Church Property Is Needed. Condemnation proceedings involving property of the First African Method ist Episcopal Church were begun in the court of Circuit Judge McGinn yes terday by the city. Koad thoroughfare is desired, but might necessitate the moving of the church, and the Jury impaneled yesterday spent thp after noon in viewing the premises. . In disgust, I re turned Kast, and, with bat 25 cents In my clothes, X open cd an office on F 1 a tbush ave nue, Brooklyn, which I still have. When I began lecturing on the streets and demon strating In a pub lic way a. system of painless dentistry which I hud per f e c t e d, I ran up against the ill will of the New York and King County Uental So- clety. which jL; nrnmntW nersUad- ' ed the New York f I v Alflermen to pass an ordinance prohibiting my working In this fashion. George B. McCIellan, then Mayor, vetoed the law as unconstitutional, ex plaining that my having a license to practice In the state entitled me to work on a sky-scraper, in a cellar, a street or a vacant lot. Just so loiig as I ft"'."-' 4& - r didn't conflict with the police regula tion Before the Aldermen pined thin ordinance one of their rcprenentutl ve told nie that the Uental Society had put up 95000 to have the law made, hut that, if I would ralHc that $5 (MM ysoo more I could atop It. My lawyer told me to have nothing- to do with It, an every new anuad of Aldermen would have to ifet their. Shortly afterward It amiton Mutta Klnc printed an ll-pajce article, ronitt fnr me to n rich mahogany. It Maid, among- other tltingN. that I carried around a brans band to drown the yella of my pntlenti iu the etreet demonstra tion!, Thla dellelouM little piece of fiction was a new move in the Dental Society's war against me. The Medicine M en had tried laws and now t:cy were UKinf? printer's Ink. They were bent on Retting: me out of fo4ham at any cost. Being "ethical," of course, they wouldn't Mtoop to do anything dishon orable. But It was puzzling to figure out just how they regarded the right and wrong: of their campaign against me. The next ethical' weapon they nsed against me was a wonder. Rend about It tomorrow. iTo Bo Contiuucd.) Adv. SYNOrSIS OK TIIK AVMJAI. KTATFIMHN T .r the Oregon Fire Relief Association of MeMlnnvlIIe. In til Slule of Oregon, on tiie aut dav of December, lltl.'p, msrlo to thn Insurance tJommUaioner of tlits .statu f Ore gon, pursuant to law; INCOMK Net premium, received aurlnr the year fl6...rt". Interest, rflvlriendH an1 rents 10- cetved during tli" yoar !2.itM.J:' Total Income 1 l.!7 I I UISBlltoLMENTS Net losses paid during tlio year. .lWil.3ll.Vt Commissions and salaries paid during the year 4...30.0. Taxe. licenses and fees paid during- the year l,.V:n:;i Amount of all oilier expenditures. 13,03V" . Tetal expenditures $lsj.lt.:.ft ASSETS Valuo of real estato owned (mar ket value I l.-..oenii Value of stocks and bonds owned (market value! S'J.t.Kf.ll " ("ash Iu banks and on hand .li'l Assessments In process of collec tion l.l.Ml 71" Interest and rents duo and accrued ;t.il ...t Total assets Total assets admitted In Orc- LIABIL1TIKS Gross rlalm for looses unpaid Amount of unearned premiums on .l-'.-.n.ni t.i ilC.d.n'-n H all ouLstaiuHtiK risks All otlicr liabilities Total liabilities exclusive till nock of ;!.n'.'i r.r, J..1..7.-1 of capl- Total premiums ;;i. 101 ri In fnn'c. lcc .J.-..S'J3.7'. BUSINESS IN OREt'iON FOR TIIK YkiAK Total rltks written during the . ..-. ycttr i i'i".iij5iv ' Grots premiums recclied during tho year 1.3.710 P I Premiums returned flunnir in. year Losses paid during the year .. Losses Incurred during the year .'.nfii.17 I'.'O.ntS.S'J Total amount of rlhks out standing in Oregon Uec. SI. 1U15 1 1- 564.1 So OREGON JIRK RKMKK ASMICI ATION. i;y YV. C. lluaurty, b.crQiary.