Morning Oregonian., February 14, 1917, Page 4, Image 4

TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY. FEBRUAEY 14, 1017.
TREASURY DEFICIT
PUT AT $333,400,000
Bond Issue of $1 95,256,000
and Issue of $500,000,000
in Certificates Proposed.
FUNDS NEEDED FOR TIME
Department Asks for Special Issue
to Tide Government Over Until
June, When Bulk of Taxes
Will Bo Paid. .
TTASHIXGTON, Feb. 13. A Treasury
deficit of S333, 400,000 at the end of the
next fiscal year is forecast .'In a re
port submitted today by the Senate
finance committee, recommending that
the Administration revenue bill be
amended to authorize a bond issue of
195,256,000 Instead of $100,000,000, and
that the authorization for fertificates
of indebtedness be made 1 500,000.000
instead of 1 300.000,000.
The recommendation for increases Is
based on revised Treasury Department
estimates submitted to Congress since
the bill passed the House, placing the
Kederal Government's expenditures for
the fiscal year 1918 at $1,400,000,000.
The committee estimates that to meet
this total and provide a working bal
ance the amount which must be raised
by bonds and new revenue legislation
is $433,400,000.
Two Metboda Devised.
This the committee proposes to raiso
a.s follows:
By bond issues for expenditures on
account of Mexican situation, to June
30. 1917, $162,418,000; for construction
of" Alaskan railroad to June 80, 1918,
$21,838,000; for construction of armor
plate plant, $11,000,000, makinff a total
bond issue of $195,256,000.
By new taxation an excess profits
tax, $226,000,000: inheritance tax in
creases. $22,000,000. making a total of
$248,000,000 and a grand total from
new taxes and bonds of $443,256,000, or
$9,856,000 in excess of absolute needs.
In its report the committee explained
that the proposed, authorization to is
sue short-term certificates of indebted
ness up to $500,000,000 is for the pur
pose of tiding the Treasury over until
the new taxes come in. A large por
tion of the total revenues of the Gov
ernment now is payable during the
last month of the fiscal year, and prob
ably more than $500,000,000 of revenue
would, in the opinion of the committee,
he collected during June, 1918.
Many Taxes Payable in June.
"The income tax, the munitions
manufacturers' tax and an excess prof
its tax are all due and. payable in
June of each year," says the report.
"Phis is practically as much as will be
collected during the entire preceding
11 months. That is, while the disburse
ments for 1918 may be less than the
receipts for that year, still at certain
periods prior to June the Treasury may
need these certificates of indebtedness
to tide it over."
The bill probably will be brought up
In the Senate Friday.
went right along, and done as he
wanted, done as far as I dared go.'
When asked as to the nature of .his
employment after the liquor cases were
disposed of. he replied:. 'The nature
of the work principally was this: 'We
were trying to get Mr. Treadgold Joe
was going to spend $20,000 to get
Treadgold.' "
The opinion declares that "the sole
object of the employment of plaintiffs
was to defeat the ends of Justice with
a reckless disregard of the means em
ployed to accomplish such purpose. . .
. . It is not often that a case arises
where the-evidence leaves an appellate
court as free from doubt as we find
ourselves in this case.'
Other opinions today wers s fol
lows: W. X. Provost, Appellant, vs.. Mary X
Cone,, respondent: appeal from Tillamook
County; appeal from s decree dimlssfne; a
suit instituted to foreclose an alleged de
linquent tax certificate; opinion by Justice
Moore, affirming Judre Bsley.
National Sales Company," appellant, vs. rl.
and Oeorga Manelet. respondents; appeal
from Coos County; action to recover money;
opinion, by Justice Moore, reversing?" Judge
Skipworth.
Henry Roth, et al., appellants, vs. Trout
dale Land Company, et al., respondents; ap
peal from Multnomah County: suit to fore
close a second mortgage; opinion by Juatics
Bean, affirming- Judge Gantenbeln.
Petitions for rehearing were granted In
the causes of Lane vs. Ball and Oreenberg
va. the German American Insurance Com
pany, and were dented in the causes of Far
rell vs. Davis. Dodge vs. Root. Society of
Independent Doukhoubors vs. Keeker & Mc
Claiue vs. Silverton,
ROM CLUB ELECTS
CHARLES E. COCHRAN SUCCEEDS
PHESIDB3IT X. C PIKE. '
Of
Retiring. Officers Report on Work
Year and Purposes of Orsjnn
lzat ion. Are Kx. plained.
A large gathering attended the an
nual banquet of the Rotary Club at the
Hotel Benson last night. Officers were
elected and reports of the retiring of
ficers read.
Charles E. Cochran, vice-president,
was elevated by last night's meeting
to the office of president, to succeed
Nelson G. Pike. The new vice-president
is C. B. Waters, who has already
acted, as a trustee. J. I Wright, as
secretary, and Estes Snedecor, as treas
urer, were retained. Trustees were
elected as follows: A. J. Bale, Charles
E. Cochran, George E. Johnson, Estes
Snedecor, C. B. Waters and J. L.
Wright.
An important ceremony of the even-
ng was the presentation of a large
tand lamp to the retiring president.
Charles E. Cochran, made the speech
presentation.
The purposes and accomplishments
the Rotary Club during tho last
ear received expression in the report
the retiring president, who explainod
that many people have failed to under-
tand fully the loftiness of its aims.
The musical and entertainment pro
gramme was furnished by Miss Mar
garet Cundy. Mrs. Isabel Wheat, Miss
Willetha Ritter, Master Francis Drake.
H. Fraser and Dom J. Zan. The.even-
ng closed, with the singing' of 'mer-ca."
REFUGEES TELL OF
HUNGER IN GERmArJY
Meat Scarcity Great, but Rich
Surreptitiously Buy . at .
BackDoors'of Shops.
PEOPLE'S HEALTH-BETTER
Officials - Realize Grave Situation
Confronting Nation '. In Next
. Four Months, kas Supply of
Vegetables Is About Gone.
of
SLEUTHS LOSE APPEAL
CASE AGAI'ST ALICE COACH RE
VERSED BY JUSTICE BEX SOX.
W. J. Mitchell and Ij. C. Carpenter Kail
to Collect Balance of 91604 Al
leged Due for Services.
SALEM. Or., Feb. 13. (Special.) W,
J. Mitchell and L. G. Carpenter, as the
Coast Detective Bureau, failed to col
lect an alleged unpaid balance of
$1604.50 from Alice A Coacn. adminis
tratrix of the estate of J. W. Coach
the Supreme Court today reversing the
lower court of Coos County in an
opinion by Justice Benson.
It was alleged that Coach, was con
victed in the Municipal Court of
Bandon of the crime of giving liquor
to two minor girls named Simpson;
that the defendant appealed from the
conviction to the Circuit Court and that
lie also was threatened with an action
for damages for being the father of an
unborn child of one of the girls. It
was alleged that he employed the de
tectives to render services in connec
tion with the defense of such litiga
tion.
"When upon the witness stand," the
opinion says, "Plaintiff Mitchell said:
After we closed up this contract with
Coach and I was working for him
STERILIZATION IS OPPOSED
Plea Made That Authors Be Com
pelled to Use Initiative...
A letter signed by nine residents of
Portland opposing Senate bill No. 73
and House bill No. 162. known, as the
terilization bills, was settt yesterday
to all members of the State legisla
ture with the suggestion that, inas
much as a similar bill was defeated
n referendum after beinar passed by
he Legislature in 1913. the proposed
egislation this year De shouldered onto
its advocates to act by initiative, exp
onents of the bill point out that in
case the Legislature passes such
bill again, the opponents will have to
houlder tho work and expense of re
ferring it later to get popular - sentl
ment. They feel that inasmuch as it
was killed by referendum once it
hould not be left to a referendum vote
again. The committee points out also
that the roman suffrage amendment
was turned down after one submission
following the adoption of the initiative
and referendum in Oregon. The letter
s signed by M. G. Munly, W. S. U'Ren
F. Elmo Robinson, Dr. Ernest F. Tuck-
Dr. J. D. Fenton, J. E. Laval ley.
Lora C. Little, v. E. Slater and Em
mett Callahan.
BE
I FOR U
IVEH
BOWELS
STOMACH
HEADACHE, COLDS
They Liven the Liver and Bowels
i and Straighten You
rr k Right Up.
Don't Be Bilious, Constipated,
L Sick. With Breath Bad and
Stomach Sour. -
work while you sleep!
Tonight sure! Take Cascarets and en
Joy the nicest, gentlest liver and bowel
cleansing you ever experienced. Wake
up with your head clear, stomach sweet.
breath right and feeling fine. Ge. rid
of sick headache, biliousness, constipa
tion, furred tongue, sour stomach, bad
colds. Clear your skin, brighten your
eyes, quicken your step and feel like
doing a full day's work. Cascarets are
bett-r than salts, pills or calomel be
cause they don't shock the liver or
cripe the bowels or cause inconveni
once all the next day.
Mothers should give cross, sick, bilious.-
feverish children a whole Caa-
caret any time, as they cannot Injurs
the thirty, leet of tender bowels. AAV,
REMARRIAGE IS FAILURE
Earl Hanson Seeks Divorce, Declar
ing Last Marriage Illegal.
They left Snohomish County. Wash
ngton, and went to Vancouver. B. C.
to be married to escape the Washing
ton law. which forbids the remarri&tre
of a divorced person within six months
of the securing of a decree. Now Earl
Hanson wants the marriage - de
clared null and void in Oregon on the
grounds that the proceedings were il
legal. He filed suit for annulment in
the Circuit Court yesterday against
nose nanson.
Herman iriedland threw a. wach.
boiler at his wife, and was guilty oi
other acts of cruelty, asserts Rachel
L. rrledland in a divorce suit - filed
against her husband in- the ' Circuit
court.
Cora E. Church says her husband
Alvin QJ. Church, struck her often. He
s a barber. Alimony of $20 a month
s asKea.
Amelia M. Snitzler wishes a. divorce
from Frank O. Snitzler because, amone
other things, he continually hurt hsr
teeiings.
BERNE, via Paris, Feb. 13. Ameri
cans who arrived ' here from Germany
with Ambassador . Oerard .are con
gratufating .themselves on hav
ing escaped further wrestling with Ger
many's food problem. Butchers' win
dows, well stocked with assorted meats,
such -as are here, are an , unwonted
sight ip Berlin. Meat is now so scarce
in the German capital that it i never
hung in windows to attract buyers, but
is speedily distributed without adver
tising. Customers keep In -close touch
with -the butcher, so as to know when
the next meager supply will be on sale.
Practically all meat is sold on a card
entitling each person to half a pound
weekly, but diahes made Af kidneys,
lungs and other scraps can be bought
in restaurants without a card. Game
and poultry are exempt- from the card
system ana command extraordinary
prices. Ths maximum prices for pork
and mutton range from 60 to 70 cents.
ut a dollar or more is taid at back
doors, for, despite Germany's crenius for
rganizatlon. much surrentltloua deal
ing prevails.
Rick Suffer Little.
Tho rich. Of Course, suffer rnmnini.
tlveiy little. They are still able to
buy high-priced poultry or fish. Tur-
eys, geese and chickens in still His.
played in poulterers' windows and bear
aDeis annouclngtthat they can be pur
hased at from 11.30 to 11.60 a. nnunri
teases nave been- reported where a fat
goose Drought more than J30. The
oorer people, especially in Berlin, are
ndoubtedly suffering from hunerer. as
meir iooa is contined mainly to bread,
potatoes, turnips and low-grade mar
malade. .
in spite, however, of h fat th.t
food is very scarce, one seldom
nyone visibly showing marks of un
erieeaing. borne elderly persons and
some anxious mothers look emaciated
ana reduced weight is quite general.
People's Health Better.
The general verdict is that h k.otii.
f the people is better than before the
war, wnen overeating had almost
umea me character of a national be
etting sin. Short commons are borne
heerfully and the people are mostlv
lsposed tO Jest Over tho mntfor- who.-.
he pinch is not too keen.
Wen in authoritv. h
roblem of growing difficulty. The
ct iuur montns are re-rrt-H a a
..i .. 1 1 . . . . . . -
i..iujr critical. Decause the suddIv of
except potatoes and turnips,
THIRTY FOUNDS LOST IX YEAR
auicncaiu oar German v Ta . TT
v . &. j
but Far From. Starving.
ROTTERDAM? via -Ton., tk -. -
i ?J"",can wi'O navs reached
Rotterdam since the break In Hini,-.-
matio relations between Germany and
mm unuea latatea although in both
eases their passports had been ap
plied for before tho rupture gave sim
ilar accounts of present conditions in
Germany to the Associated Press to-
uy. unt or these men came from
oomn, ,f.no oiner from 'rankfort. Each
una. oeen m Germany, a little more
than a year, and in that time each
nnn mm jsu pounds in weight.
ineoaore vvurslin. an -enirln.,r r.f
Jamaica, N. X.. said his eiDerlmo
with workingmen in Berlin showed
mm tnat they were tired of ths war
out nevertheless determined to hold
out. Many or them earn aroori wmroa
virtually an or T7hich they spend for
iooa ana tney are thus better off than
persons higher in the social scale. Mr.
wursun saia he often saw groups of
British, French and Russian war pris
oners, especially , Kuseianu, sweeping
tno streets, carting . goods and ner
forming other labor.
iie said they were never molested
or insulted. Of Mr. Wurslln's 10 Amer
ican associates about half had decided
to remain In Germany wJiatever bap
pened. v . . .
The other American is a Now York
business man, who said the food situa
tion was very, bad in. Frankfort. He
told . narrowing stories of the hard
ships undergone by the people, who
he said., were utterly weary of the
war, but entirely devoted to the mil
itary leaders. . "
Both - these men asserted that the
break; between Germany and America
had caused no excitement, that Amer
icans in Germany were being well
treated and that no apprehension need
be felt for the welfare of those left
behind. While agreeing that most ar
tides of food were still to be had
by persons with well-filled purses, they
said the "poorer classes .were suffer
ing. . but that the country . was not
near the starvation point.
RtH. i t- .rtrft numbers bslnr A 1
Child's Prayer" (Harold). "Sleep Bong"
Foster). "Shadow March" (Del Rlego),
and "No One Ever Knew" (Loewe).
The 'latter was sung with splendid vi
vacious expression.
The Apollo Club sang its best, but
the choral singing, although patastak-
ng, was not up 'to the standard heard
at the previous concert.
This condition is partly to be charged
to the kind of choral selections chosen.
There was too much sameness and too
little contrast in the programme- It
ught to have had more dramatic num
bers. Not .one number held the audi-
nce spellbound.
Love Bonr' (Engelberg) is & thank-
ess number and too much of a task on
the vocal abilities of a chorus that is
composed mostly of amateurs. The. air
tune is very highly set and reaches
high C in alt. in the first tenor. It was
ot worth the hard work spent in its
preparation. "Catq's Advice" is a rol-
cking song, and was rousingly sung.
Twilight Is Lovelight'4 was a big fa-
orite. "Can't Yo Heah Me Callin'?" is
more suitable for- a male -quartet than
male chorus. Chorus of Homage
was splendid, and so were the unac
companied numbers by Frieberg, Adam
and Haydn. "Wynken, Blynken and
od" (Nevin). with 61o by Miss Smith.
made a big' hit. one of the most pop
lar of the occasion.
William H. Boyer was able and finely
competent as director. The three ac
companists were Edgar E. Coursen,
William C. McCulloch and Ralph W.
Hoyt. Mr. Coursen did artistic work
as accompanist for Miss Smith.
CITY OFFICIALS LOSE
MOTION FOR 3VETW TRIAL IX DAMAGE
SUIT IS DEXIED.
HIBERNIANS ARE TO ACT
Minstrel Show and Comedy Skits to
Be Given Tomorrow.
An old-fashioned minstrel show' will
be given by the Ancient Order of Hi
bernians in Hibernian HalL Rodney
ana ttusseu streets, tomorrow night.
The evening's merriment will com
mence with the minstrel show. There
will be 14 black and one white-faced
minstrels, who will offer a steady
round of lively songs and Jokes. -
Mgar Brown ana iiacon Stan are
scheduled for "Nobby Nonsense." and
Whis, Smith and Clarke Toots will ap
pear in Most Anything.
The show will close with, a one-act
farce.
The proceeds will be donated to the
Hibernian building fund.
Orville F. B. Armfield Bead.
Orville .P. B. Armfield, of Armfield
Toggery, 671 Alberta street, died last
night at his residence, 994 East Eigh
teenth street North, at th age of 69.
He is survived by a widow, a daugh
ter and a son. He had been a. resi
dent of Portland about four years an
was a member of the Oddfellows.. Th
funeral arrangement will be road
today. , . :
Bar Sliver Readies 7 9 Cents.
NEW YORK. Feb. 13. The price of
bar silver continues to climb, a new
high record for many years being mad
today at 79 cents an ounce. This
an advance of 1 cents over las
week's high quotation and 13 cents
above the selling price about a year
,ago, -
Plea Made That Officers of City Should
Not Be Held Liable for NeKlIscnce
of Street Inspector.
The fight of Mayor Albee. Commls
sioners Bigelow, Daly and deck, ex
Commissioner Brewster, and City Engi
neer Dater to escape personal liability
for damages in the suit of Victoria I.
Colby against the city and its officers,
for recompense for injuries sustained
when she tripped and fell over a defec
tive street-crossing plank, lost in the
lower courts yesterday when Circuit
udge Kavanaugh denied the motion
for a new trial.
Mrs. Colby has a judgment for 16350
against the city officials, the city it
self being dismissed as a party as it
cannot be held liable in such an action.
An appeal to the Supreme Court for
final adjudication .will be taken at
once.
A strong argument for a new trial
was made by City Attorney UuKocne
and Deputy City Attorney Davie on
the grounds that with 3000 employes
paid by the city, the Commissioners or
City Engineer should not be held liable
for the negligence of an inspector in
the street department and that the offi
cers of the city are liable only for
failure to perform their duty.
Portland, Or., Delighted by
' " Portland, Me., Singer.'
Apollo Club Concert Proves Enter
talntns Parts,, bnt Some Selec
tions Are not - Considered , Kor-'
tnnate. '
TJORTLAND, Oregon, and ' Portland,
JL Maine, shook bands in song at
the Eleventh-street- Theater last night
on the occasion of the second concert
this season of the Apollo Club male
chorus, and found the experience a de
cidedly pleasant one. The concert wa
a quiet success, most of the music
lected being delicately sentimental.
The-fair visitor from Portland,. Me.
was Miss Ethelynde Smith, lyric so
prano. - She is at present "on a concert
tour, throughout this eountry and i
young, singer of attractive personal
charm She is lucky enough to be
blessed .with plenty of cheerful vivac
ity and to be able , to give pleasan
expression to it.
. She sang, entirely from memory .last
night, and she won out by acting
her songs... ! Her voice is not a tremen
dously big one, and as yet- it is' not
powerful enough to be used in grand
opera. Its sphere is .high-class concert
work. She speaks her words dlstinctl
and her phrasing - is excellent. Sh
kept on the musical key last night
that. Is, she did not sing "flat" once.
This is a highly, creditable record for
young singer.
She sang with much charm "Micaela'
Aria frpm Bizet s "Carmen, and espe
daily Gertrude Ross song, "The Ope
Road." But she won her best vocal
successes with, her delicious songs
childhood. The audience was favorably
impressed with all she did and received
her kindly. She was recalled several
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filBXX STREET AT WESTWEK
YOUNG BICYCLIST HURT
Son. of . C.' Burke Collides With
W. Ij. Garman's Auto. .
Thomas Carrick Burke, Jr.. , 1014
Thurman street, 8-year-old son of
Collector of Internal Revenue Burke,
received a badly bruised head yester
day, when the bicycle on which he was
idin-g collided with an automoDiie
driven by W. L. carman,, loo East
Eleventh stret, at the intersection of
hirty-f irst and Thurman streets.
Mr. Garman was driving west on
Thurman street and when he Degan
to turn south on Thirty-first street
the wheel of his machine caught and
he ran into the curb. Master Burke,
who was coming down the hill, was
unable to avoid the machine, and a
collision resulted. He was taken to
his home for treatment.
M CALL SAYS HE'S SANE
SENTENCE OF LIFE IMPRISON
IS PASSED.
"MALADY" IS HELD QUEER
Policeman Said to Suffer
"Medical Examination.
From
"Medical examination" is the latest
aueer malady from wnicn poiicemeu
suffer, according to a physician's certif
icate filed with City Auditor barour
hv Patrolman J. R. Scott who asks for
pay from the police relief fund for 19
days' sickness.
Claim of this sort require a pnysi-
cian's certificate. This particular claim
la Rixned bv three physicians, ur. A.
M. Webster, of 1050 V, Hawthorne ave
nue, certifies that patrolman cott was
off because of pain in nis leg. ut. v.
C. Blrney, of-K92 Hawthorne avenue,
who also made a diagnosis ot me case,
reports that "Patrolman J. R. Scott was
suffering- from the results of medical
examination."
BIRD PHOTOS ARE UNIQUE
Cnusual Fictures Taken by A. Jj
Campbell, Amateur Photographer.
A num-ber of remarkable bird photo
graphs have been placed on exhibition
at the store or vvooaara, uarse ac to.,
by A. L. Campbell, of Multnomah. He
is a member of the Oregon Camera Club
and a successful amateur photographer.
All of the pictures were taKen in the
viclnltv of Multnomah, on tne line of
the Oregon Electric, ana many oi tnem
were obtained with great difficulty.
One of the pictures is a nest attached
to the roots of a dogwood tree nang
ing over a stream in a picturesque
canyon. Another is the picture of i
est built UDon an apple, xne nest re
mained throughout the growth -or tne
aDDlo and the whole has been retained
by Mr. Campbell.
SUBSTITUTE BILL OFFERED
Committee Minority Would Cut II ar
bora Amount to $25,000,000.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 A Senate
commerce committee minority report
on the $39,000,000 rivers and harbors
bill, signed by Senators Kenyon. Jones.
Sherman. Harding and Watson, was
submitted today, proposing a substi
tute bill annroDriating $25,000,000.
The latter amount would do expend
ed on the -projects already autnorizea
and new projects deemed advisable by
the Secretary of War.. i
'Read The Oregonian classified ads.
Oregon
Retail Merchants
Association
February i9-24
11TH ANNUAL CONVENTION
Special Railroad Rates to Portland
Make Your Headquarters
New Perkins Hotel
Fifth and Washington
Prisoner Declares If He Had Been Al
lowed to Tell Ills Own Story Verdict
"Would Have Differed.
Over the vigorous protest of Marcus
II. McCall that he was not insane,
never had been, and had only allowed
an- insanity defense to be made for him
at the urgent request of his attorneys.
the slayer of William A- Shaner on
Christmas day was sentenced to life
imprisonment by Circuit Judge Kava
naugh yesterday.
'I cried for two hours when my at
torneys told me they were going to
oifer a defense of insanity." said Mc
Call when asked by the court if he had
anything to say before sentence was
pa.fcsed.
'I ro, not Insane. I Knew wnat i was
doing. Society has been hounding me.
If I'd been allowed to tell my story in
my own way I wouldn't have been
convicted. Whenever I came to a cli
max in my story my attorneys or the
prosecutor interrupted me and spoiled
things. Things got all balled up. There
were a thousand details no one could
tell but myself, and I wasn't allowed
to -tell them."
The prisoner continued. In a rambling
manner, to talK for about iu minutes.
An Injustice had been done him. a sane
man. he reiterated.
Fifteen days were granted by Judge
Kavanaugh in which a motion for a
new trial may be filed.
MILITARY HIGHWAY AIM
Portland Men Interested In Pacific
Coast Defense League.
A number of Portland men are named
as incorporators or tne racinc i-oasi
Defense League for which articles were
filed at Olympia yesterday. The pri
mary object of the league is to obtain
the construction of a military nignway
from the Canadian to the Mexican bor
der, and Congress will be asked Imme
diately to make an appropriation for
this purpose.
Those who have been named as in
corporators of the league are as fol
lows: T. B. Wilcox, M. U. l-'lttOCK, w. M.
Ladd. John F. Carroll. J. C. Ainsworth.
S. Benson. M. C. Dickinson and A. I
Mills, of Portland: B. F. Sweeney,
Harry W. Carroll. M. Thomsen and H.
C. Henry, of Seattle: . Chester Thome.
John S. Baker and John F. Lyon, of
Tacoma; D. D. Merrill, of Everett; J.
M. Langsdorf, of Vancouver: George
Putnam, of Medford; J. H. Albert, of
Salem: Grant D. Miller and George
S. Daniels, of Oakland; and Edward F.
Harris and John M. Perry, of Stockton.
ROAD B0NDS OPPOSED
Taxpayers Also Against County Hos
pital in Marquam Hill.
A protest was raised last night by a
number of Multnomah County taxpay
ers gathered in Library Hall against
any appropriation being made for the
proposed County Hospital on Marquam
Hill, and against the $S.O00.0uO road
bond bill now pending In the Legislature.-The
protest crystallized itself in
to a series of resolutions that gained
unanimous support of those attending
the mass meeting.
The meeting was held under the aus
pices of the Taxpayers' Association, of
which L. D. Mahone is a leading factor,
and interest centered around the pro
posed County Hospital.
French authorities have opened 133
miles of railroad in Algeria which.
-eventually will cross the Sahara desert.
ton. convention committee chairman,
and Miss Helen Orr, of Portland, and
Rev. Clark, of the Presbyterian Church,
of La Grande. The Western Oregon
convention will be in Salem February
23-25.
La Grande to Be Rendezvous.
The eastern half of the Christian
Endeavorers of Oregon will convene at
La Grande next Friday. Saturday and
Sunday, February 16, 17 and 18. This
is the first Christian Endeavor con
vention ever held in Eastern Oregon,
and at least 250 delegates are expected.
The leading speakers on the programme
are: Daniel A. Poling, of Boston.
Mass.: Luella S. Dyer . president of
Washington State Endeavor Union; L.
R. Carrick. president of Oregon State
Endeavor Vnion: Walter M. Hunting-
TO STOP BAD COUGH
SOOTH CUT, IRRITATED THROAT
WITH PARJ11ST SVItri". SATS
THIS OLD-FASHIOSED COtOH
MEDICINE IS THE BEST.
We are told that the old-time reme
dies are best and Invariably contain
less harmful yet better medicine than
those which are in use today. This
being so. undoubtedly the following
old-fashioned recipe, which is quick
acting, will be welcomed by many,
as there seems to be a regular
epidemic of coughs at the present time.
Secure from your druggist 1 ounce
Parmint (double strength), take this
home and add to it a quarter pint of
hot water and 4 ounces ot" granulated
sugar, stir until dissolved. Take 1
tablespoonful four times a day. No
more racking your whole body with a
cough. Clogged nostrils should open,
air passages of your head should clear
and your breathing become easy. Par
mint syrup is pieasant to take, easy to
prepare and costs little. Every person
who has a stubborn cough, hard cold
or catarrh in any form should give
this prescription a trial. Adv.
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GENERAL THEME
'The Bible
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the War'
Arcanum Hall
13th and Washington Sts.
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KEEP LOOKING YOUNG
Ifs Easy If You Know Dr.
Edwards? Olive Tablets
4
The secret of keeping young is id
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your liver and bowelsthere's no need
of having a sallow complexion dark
rings under your eyes pimples a bil
ious look in your face dull eyes with
no sparkle. Your doctor will tell you
ninety oer cent of all sickness comes
from inactive bowels and liver.
Dr. Edwards, a well-known physicians
in Ohio, perfected a vegetable com
pound mixed with olive oil to act on
the liver and bowels, which he gave to
his patients for years.
Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets, the sub
stitute for calomel, are gentle in their
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about that exuberance of spirit, that
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and clearing the system of impurities.
You will know Dr. Edwards' Olive
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