THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JANUARY 4, 1903.
TITLES IN DOUBT
Lieu Land Sold by the State
May Be Disallowed.
50,000 ACRES ARE INVOLVED
It Department of Interior Disap
prove State's Selections, State
Mast Retnrn Purchase 3Ioney
or Supply New Bane. "
SALEM, Or., Jan. 3. (Special.) It has
developed in the last few days that a large
amount of the base upon which the state
has selected lieu land has been held up
in Washington, and that there Is a very
strong probability that the selections
made thereon will be disallowed, and that
the state's title to the lands sold will fall.
If this result shall follow, the purchasers
from the state will find themselves with
out t'tle, and the state will be obliced
to refund the money that has been paid
hy the purchasers who lose their land.
It cannot be learned here what amount
of base is now awaiting the llnal action
of the Department of the Interior. State
Land Agent L. B. Geer, who makes the
selections of lieu land, and secures the
approvals of the local land offices, says
that he cannot give the exact amount of
base now pending in Washington, but that
none has been passed upon for two years
or more. Clerk of the Land Board iL L.
Chamberlain says that he cannot tell
what the amount is, but he is of the opin
ion that the amount is large. It is
learned from other sources that the
amount runs into the thousands, and may
reach 50.000 acres or more.
The outlook is rather bad for the state
If piu base should "fall down," as it is
expressed in. land-dealing circles. The
situation is Just this: Private lieu land
agents have hunted up mineral school sec
tions, or rather school sections which
they claim are mineral in character, and
have used or sold this as base for the se
lection of lieu land. They have sold the
base to whoever might wish to buy,
charging from $1 to $2 or more an acre
for the base. The purchasers of the base
used it for the selection of lieu land, pay
ing the jtate $2 50 an acre for the lieu
land. Now, if the base proves to be in
validthat is, if the land proves not to
he mineral in character the selection will
be disapproved by the department, and
the purchaser finds himself without a
title, though he holds a certificate of sale
or deed from the state.
State Sells Without Title.
It has been the custom of the State Land
Agent to file his selections in the state
land office as soon as they are approved
by the local land office, though the selec
tions may be turned down in either the
office of the Commissioner at Washington
or the Department of the Interior. The
state therefore sells the lieu land before
it knows whether it has title or not. Up
to 1R95 there was a law authorizing this
procedure, but since that time the policy
has been pursued because the State Land
Agent thought It not necessary to await
the approval of the Department of the
Interior before filing his selections.
The situation that now confronts the
State Land Department is not a very
pleasant one to contemplate. If the lieu
land selections fall down because of a
failure of the base, the purchasers will
expect the state to make their title good
by finding other base with which to set
up their titles. The original base was
purchased from private lieu land agents,
but since the state gave certificates of
sale, it will be argued that the state is in
honor bound to make the titles good. In
other words, the holders of certificates
of sale will expect the state to stand good
for any breach of contract on the part of
private lieu land agents. They will, of
course, ask the man who furnished the
base to make it good with other base, but
in cases where the lieu land has 'passed
into the hands of third parties, who had
nothing to do with the private lieu land
agent, the purchasers will look to no one
but the state for their title. The state
can, if it wishes, return the purchasers
their money, with 5 per cent interest, but
the holders of tne certificates of sale or
deeds claim that they are entitled to the
land and not the money.
There is only one way the state can
make the titles good, and that Is by using
other base to replace that which fell,
down. The state has no base and will
"have none unless the United States cre
ates a forest reserve in a portion of the
state where there are unsurveyed school
sctions. If such reserves should be cre
ated, the state could use the unsurveyed
school sections as base to set up these
fallen titles. But these school sections
will be worth S5 an acre as base, under
the new prices' established, and to use
them to set up titles would be practically
to give away $5 for every acre the private
lieu land agents have sold. The peopl
c-f Oregon would hardly stand for such
a proceeding as that. The private lieu
land agents are financially able to make
good the money paid to them by pur
chasers of base, hut the purchasers as a
rule do not want their money back; they
want the land. The lieu land agents
would also be willing to supply other
base if they could, but. In view of the
vigilance with which the selections are
now being watched, It may be impossible
for them to sc-cure new base.
The whole trouble arises from the prac
tice of filing the selections and selling the
lieu land before the base is' finally passed
upon. As stated in one of Secretary
Hitchcock's decisions, the officers in the
local land offices have been too lax In
their investigations, and have passed se
lections which should have been turned
down. If no sales were made until the
final approval of the selections, there
could be no failure of title. Under the
present circumstances ' the State Land
Board, the State Land Agent, the pur
chasers of the lieu land and all concerned
are In hopes that selections will be ap
proved in all those cases where the state
has sold the land before it secured utie,
If the selections are approved it will not
"be necessary to refund the money or to
find other base with which to set up
titles.
State Gave Airay 50,000 Acres.
A number of years ago sales of lieu
land were made in the same manner, and
when the bases were disapproved the pur
chasers of the lieu land came back to the
state with a demand that their titlwj be
made good. T. W. Davenport was State
Land Agent at that time. He took the
position that the state was in honor
bound to make its titles good If possible.
and he therefore used about 50.000 acres
of (Cascade forest reserve base to set up
the titles. This action on his part is cited
as a precedent for similar action should
the title fall again.
To the disinterested citizen It looks like
glvinr away land when It is thus used
to set up titles which failed because of
the disapproval of mineral base. That
there is some force to the argument that
the state should make Its titles good.
even one will admit, though It will also
be apparent that the state should not get
itself into the position of having many
titles to make good.
Hoiv nase-Hnnters Profit.
How the "setting up" process works out
In practice may be illustrated by an ex
ample. A base-hunter secures some proof
that a certain school section Is mineral
in character, and he offers his proof in
the local land office. His proof is ac
cepted and he asks to have this 610 acres
of "mineral" land used as base ' for the
selection ol lieu land. He sells his base
at $1 SO per acre, and nuts the $900 In his
pocket. The State Land Agent uses the
base in selecting other land, and this land
is sold at $2 50 per acre to the man who
has already paid for the base- After the
lapse of a year or more the base Is dis
allowed In the Department of the Interior
and the purchaser finds that he has no
title to the land. He demands that the.
state make his title good, and If forest
reserve base be available. It may be used
to supply that which has failed. In that
case the state has furnished the base
for nothing, while the base-hunter keeps
his $950 which he got for furnishing what
proved not to be valid base. If the state
has no base, it will return the purchaser
his money, with 5 per cerit interest- In
that case the base-hunter will probably
be called upon by the purchaser to return
the JSG0 paid for the base. In the case
of the base used by State Land Agent
Davenport, it is understood that the base
hunters did not return the money received
by them, so that the state virtually gave
away 50.000 acres of land, thereby aiding
them to that extent.
What OfflclnlK Arc Interested.
In all the proceedings referred to the
State Land Agent has charge of the selec
tion of lieu land upon the base offered,
and when the selection has been approved
he files the list in the office of the State
Land Board, which board thereupon sells
the lieu land to the person who has se
cured the base through the State Land
Agent- If other base Is substituted in
order to set up a fallen title, this must
be done through the State Land Agent.
"Will Be Up to Chamberlain.
What the State Land Agent will do in
case base used by him falls down, and
there is reserve base available, remains
to be seen. The settlement of this prob
lem will probably devolve upon the next
State Land Agent, to be appointed by
Governor Chamberlain. It is possible that
no very large area of base will be dis
approved, but the expressions recently
emanating from "the Department of the
Interior have led some of the holders of
lieu land certificates to believe that their
titles will fall.
NEW OREGON CORPORATIONS.
Articles Filed With Secretary Dun
bar During Week Just Cloned.
SALEM, Or., Jan. 3. (Special.) Articles
of incorporation were filed In the office
of .the Secretary of State this week as fol
lows: Grayson Investment Company, Port
land; $500,000; J. T: Grayson, A. A. Mor
rison, George W. Hazen.
Baker City Lodge. No. 33S. B. P. O.
Elks, Baker City; $500; S. L. Baer, H. W.
Shurtliff. Nat Cooper.
Baltimore Mining Company, Sumpter;
$2,500,000; O. C. Wright, J. H. Bobbins, C.
C. Bobbins.
Commercial Mining & Milling Company,
Portland; $1,000,000; C. W. Ransom, F. P.
King, A. S. Nichols.
Eureka Lumber Company, Portland;
$15,000; L. M. McLane, John Van Zante,
E. C. Decker.
rviltiTn'hln Rrmthprn Trrieatlon Comnanv.
Portland; $103,000; W. A- Lafalaw, E. E.
Lytle, W. H Moore.
Enterprise Investment Company, Port
land; $5000; P. C. Browne,- George M.
Brown, J. H. Colt, G. W. Waterbury.
Pacific Brokers Association, Portland;
$1000; C. P. Wygant, P. Chappeli Browne,
C. E. Miller.
Columbia Contract Company, Portland;
$300,000; A. L. Mills, C. F. Adams, Wirt
Minor.
Peerless Manufacturing Company, Port
land; $10,000; E. N. Crockett, A. L. Fin
ley. W. C. Bristol.
Realization Gold Mining &. Milling Com
pany, The Dalles; $1,000,000; J. C. Yager,
Charles Carroll, John Miller.
Gold Creek Mining & Milling Company,
Salem; $5,000,000; W. H Burghardt, Ashley
White, D. P. Junk. ,
Keystone Lumber Company, Portland;
$25,000; W. B. Edwards, Charles P. Little,
Samuel ConnelL
Jefferson Mill Company, Jefferson; $25,-
000; J. A. Aupperle, F. M. Reed, S. A.
Pease.
Kent Water Company, Kent, Sherman
County; $3000; R. W. Montgomery. Henry
Shadewltz, J. H. Bottemiller.
Lang & Co., Portland; $500,000; Isador
Lang, Louis Lang, M. Lang.
Crofut-McAyeal Machinery Company,
Portland; $30,000; J. J. Crofut, Alexander
McAyeal, C. A. Merrlam.
HIGHWAYMAN HOLDS UP STAGE.
Securs Express Box and Some Cash
From Passengers.
CALISTOGA, Cal., Jan. 3. A lone high
wayman held up the Callstoga and Clear
Lake stage on Mount St. Helena this
afternoon. The express box was taken
and the passengers were relieved of a few
dollars. The hold-up took place at Dusty
Bend, where many former hold-ups have
occurred. The six-horse stage was driven
by William Connor, and the passengers
were Attorney T. C. Vanness and wife, of
San Francisco, and Rev. Mr. Henry and
John Nelson, of Mlddletown. Attorney
Vanness was relieved of $15, and Nelson
and Henry of a few dollars each. It Is
thought the express box contained consid
erable treasure. The driver and passen
gers gave a good description of the rob
ber, as follows: About six feet tall, dark
complexion, hair and eyes; weight about
175 pounds; woro blue overalls, with hole
in right knee and tied up with string.
Sheriff Dunlap and Constable Allen have
started for the scene with bloodhounds.
INSTALLING EIGHT-STAMP MILL.
Extensive Improvements by Quartz-burg-
Mining: Company.
GRANT'S PASS, Or., Jan. 3. (Special.)
The Quartzburg Mining Company," com
posed principally of Grant's Pass
and Portland people, are Installing
an eight-stamp mill and full equip
ment on their quartz mines, in
the Williams district, 20 miles south of
this city. This company has been develop
ing these nronertles for the rotst vwr
and now have them In excellent shape for
business. The new mill will have a ca
pacity of 20 tons dally, and will be kept
steadily at work. The claims of the
Quartzburg Company arc opened by three
tunnels to a depth of 700 feet. The ore
body exposed is a vast one. The values
carried are In free gold, and range from
.$10 to $40 per ton.
BOY DIES FROM BURNS.
Three-Year-OId Falls Into Tub of
Boiling: Water.
GRANT'S PASS. Or., Jan. 3- (Special.)
George McKlmmen, the 3-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. .George McKlmmen, who re
side Just north of Grant's Pass, died yes
terday rooming as a result of the" severe
burns he received by falling into a tub
of tolling water. The unfortunate accl
dent occurred Monday. The little boy
was playing In the washhouse, where his
mother was engaged in doing the family
washing, and in seme manner he tumbled
Into one of the tubs. He was rescued as
quickly as possible, and everything ivas
done to alleviate his suffering, but to no
avail.
Wins Medal In Blucrock Contest.
EUGENE, Or., Jan. 3. (Special.) At
the shooting grounds of the Eugene Gun
Club yesterday, a competitive bluerock
contest was held for a gold medal offered
by the club. The trophy was won by
Drew urltnn.
Evidence of Prosperity.
EUGENE, Or., Jan. 3. Yesterday and to
day have been given mostly to settling of
accounts by the business men of this city
and the general verdict is that collections
are better than ever before.
Child Who Took Carbolic Acid Dies.
INDEPENDENCE, Or., Jan. 3. (Spe
cial.) The young child of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Bennett, who took carbolic acid In
the absence of the parents, "died today.
SLIDES DELAY TRAINS
ALL SERVICE INTERRUPTED ON
NORTHERN PACIFIC LINES.
Telegraph and Telephone Wires
Down Slides Numerous but Not
Serious Flood in Con-litr.
TACOMA, Jan. 3. Shortly before mid
night, last night, slides were reported from
various points along the main line of the
Northern Pacific, and since that- time
elides have been occurring from time to
time until noon today. The wires were
down and railroad officials were unable to
get information except from nearby
points. As near as can be learned none
of the slides was of a serious nature, and
it is thought the track will be cleared
within 24 hours.
The worst slides are reported from points
cast of Tacoma, but there is also trouble
between Tacoma and Portland, and the
track Is blocked on all the branches. The
first slides reported occurred between
Palmer Junction and Lester, about 40 miles
from Tacoma. Trouble had occurred on
the Great Northern earlier in the day and
that road was sending its passenger trains
over the Northern Pacific The Great
Northern train that left Seattle last even
ing, and the Northern Pacific that left
Tacoma last evening, aro both tied up at
Kanaaket, one mile from Palmer Junction.
Special trains with construction crews
were dispatched in all directions from
Tacoma this morning. Much Interruption
to service has been sustained by the telc
graph'and telephone lines. All the rivers
are raging torrents and much damage to
bridges is anticipated.
NARROWLY' ESCAPE DROWNING.
Thrilling: Experience of People
Caught In Flood Near Walla Walla.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Jan. 3. Ow
ing to the unexpectedly sudden rise in
Garrison Creek, Mr. and Mrs. Jap Scott.
John Macy and Sam Sherwood narrowly
escaped drowning in attempting to ford
the creek, two miles east of Walla Walla,
about 7 o'clock last night, while their
team was drowned.
The buggy, in which they were riding
was upset and the occupants thrown into
the water. After floundering about in tho
torrent for a while, the unfortunates
managed to find footing on a small ele
vation of land, and clung to the willows
until rescued. Bam Sherwood swam out
of the torrent and went a mllo and a half
to tho homo of Charles Gregory for help.
In tho meantime the others of the unfor
tunate party clung to the willows on the
little island. Immediately on hearing of
the plight of the others on the island, Mr.
Gregory went with a team to the scene.
He found Mrs. Scott almost exhausted,
but she was revived after being worked
upon for several hours.
The horses, harness and buggy are in a
hole in Garrison Creek.
WALLA WALLA VALLEY FLOOD.
Mill Creek Overflows Its Banks and
Threatens Much Damage.
WALLA WALLA, Jan. 3. The lowlands
throughout the Walla Walla Valley. In
Washington, tributary to Yellow Hawk,
Garrison and Mill Creeks, are overflowed
as the result of a chlnook in the Blue
Mountains. The rise reached dangerous
proportions about 6 o'clock this evening.
Mills along the creek will likely suffer
damage- The flume in Scholl Bros.' mill
in this city is expected to go out before
morning. The truck gardens in the val
ley are under water, and considerable
damage will result-
TO BUILD NEW SCHOOL.
Taxpayers of Eugene Find Present (
Facilities Too Cramped.
EUGENE, Jan. 3. (Special.) A meeting
of the voters of School District No. 4 was
held last night In the Courthouse for tho
purpose of levying a tax to defray the
running expenses of the schools for the
coming year, and to consider other mat
ters of Interest to the district. There was
a large attendance of taxpayers, and the
meeting was carried well Into the night,
finally adjourning without accomplishing
much.
The directors made their annual report,
showing receipts and disbursements, and
presented an estimate for the ensuing
year. The report speaks of a condition
of congestion for want of room In the.
various grades. It was also reported that
at least three additional teachers will be
required for next year, and the. board es
timated that a 6-mlll levy on all the tax
able property of the district would be re
quired to defray the cursnt expenses of
the school. This tax was promptly voted.
It Is estimated that this levy will yield
nearly $10,000, which, together with the
other school funds, will be sufficient to
maintain the school for the year.
The next question, and the one on which
lengthy debate ensued, was that of pur
chasing a tract of land for a new school
building, and the question of whether the
present High School should be used for
the lower grades, or whether it be used
for High School, and a new building
erected for the lower grades.
The School Board will now arrange for
desired Improvement of school facilities,
including a new High School building, and
In order to provide funds for such im
provement will submit to the voters at
the annual school election a proposition
to bond the district for $35,000 for 20 years.
PURPLE W03IAN MAKES DENIALS
Mrs. Tingley Tnkcs the Stand in Her
Own Behalf.
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Jan. 3. Mrs. Emily H.
Nereshlemer, wife ot the chairman of
Mrs. Tingley's cabinet, was called by the
HAYE YOU ANY OF THESE
Symptoms of a Very Common
TroubleT
There is no disease so common In, the
United States as catarrh because It ap
pears in so many forms and attacks go
many different organs.
It is a common mistake to suppose that
catarrh is confined to the nose and throat.
Any inflammation of the mucous mem
brane, wherever located, accompanied by
abnormal secretions, Is catarrh. Catarrh ot
stomach or bladder, or Intestines is nearly
as common as nasal catarrh and much
more serious although it is true that
stomach catarrh and catarrh of other In
ternal organs is the result of neglected
nasal catarrh.
A new remedy has recently appeared
which, so far as tested, seems to be re
markably effective In promptly curing
catarrh, wherever located. The prepara
tlon is sold by druggists generally under
name of Stuart's Catarrh Tablets and In
addition to being very palatable and con
venlent, posseses extraordinary merit, in
many cases giving immediate relief from
the coughing, hawking and constant clear
ing of the throat and head, thoee symp
toms with which everyone is familiar who
has ever suffered from colds In the head
and throat.
Catarrh is simply a continuation of these
symptoms until the t trouble becomes
chronic and grows gradually worse from
year to year.
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets are composed
of Bloodroot, red gum and similar anti
septics and catarrh specifics, fr6m which
it will be seen that no secret Is made of
the ingredients and also that no mineral
poisons are used, as Is the case with many
well-known catarrh medicines.
For catarrh of the nose, throat, bron
chlal tubes, for catarrh of stomach, In
testlnes or bladder no preparation Is go
safe and gives such rapid and permanent
resutls as Stuart s Catarrh Tablets.
All druggists sell them at 50 cents for
full-sized package. You can use them with
assurance that you will not contract the
cocaine or morphine habit as the results
from this catarrh cure are apparent from
tho firt day's use.
The
Home
of the
Overcoat
Keep
HartSchaffncr
6? Marx
Hind Tailored
defense at the opening of the Tlngley
Tlmcs trial today. It was a part of the
alleged libel that Mrs. Nereshlemer had
been required to eat at a table sepa
rately from her husband and that she was
not permitted to enjoy his society. Mr.
Shortrldge undertook to cross-examine
unon this line, but the court excluded the
answer, holding that it would be Irrelevant
and remarked, "this Is not a divorce case.
The defense dropped the examination
after this ruling and the plaintiff did not
cross-examine, but called Mrs. Tingley.
Her counsel read from the depositions that
had been Introduced by the defendant.
She denied that she had been a magnetic
healer, or that she had ever claimed that
Madame Blavatsky and Mr. Judge spoKe
through her when she was in trance states.
Out of the mass of general denials wmcn
consUtuted Mrs. Tingley's statements
were some that she had never sprinkled
the ashes of Madame Blavatsky or Will
iam Q. Judge upon the corner-stones dur
ing ceremonials, and that she had never
told Mrs. Mohn that mother love was an
undesirable thing, and that parental affec-
Uon was a thing to be severed. Mr. Kel
logg,, of Mrs. Tingley's counsel, undertook
to cross-examine her as to the meaning
of the name "Raja Yoga," and the purpose
of tho school. Mr. Shortrlage, for tne
defendant. Interposed a sharp objection
and "argument followed, the court consum
ing some time In speaking on the point,
and Indicating that the summing up would
be held very strictly to the evidence ad
mitted. Mr. Hunsaker, of defendant's
counsel, excepted to the language of the
court as discussing the weight of evl
denca. The Raja Yoga question was withdrawn
and Mrs. Tingley was questioned about the
teachlmr of the school, by another form
of Interrogation. Her answers related trf
the course of study In the ordinary
branches.
Mrs. Tingley was placed upon cross-examination
by defendant's counsel. Th
renartee was bright and afforded much
amusement to the big crowd that filled the
courtroom. Mr. Shortrldge subjected Mrs.
Tingley to a sharp cross-examination as
to the orders referred to In previous evi
dence as the Sons of the Rising Sun and
the Daughters of the Rising Sun, attempt
ing to show that they were sun worship
pers. Mrs. Tingley strenuously denied
that these were any part of the belief of
the members of these organizations, say
ing that If they arose early and went out
to see the sun rise, it was their own per
sonal affair. As to the Greek garbs al
luded to. she said that they were worn at
plays, simply as costumes and had no
symbolic significance.
COMPARES TWO YEARS.
County Cleric of Clackamnti Give
IntcreMtlnK: Fisrure.
OREGON PITY, Jan. 2. (Special.)
County Clerk Frank A. Sleight and Sher
iff J. R. Shaver today made public a com
parative statement of the receipts and ex
penses of their respective offices for the
last six months of 1901 and the last six
months of 1902. A summary of Clerk
Sleight's statement follows:
1901. 1902.
Expense of office $1009 50 $1503 00
Fees collected 1032 15 1200 40
Probate cases filed 27 32
Circuit cases filed 82 124
Marriage licenses Issued.. 91 124
Sheriff Shaver's statement shows:
Cost of office during six months
from July 1 to December 31. 11..$19S6 54
Cost of office from July 1 to De
cember 31. 1DQ2 1460 75
The mileage fees during the past six
months were $50, while the mileage fees
of the last six months of 1901 were only
51120. In the six months of 1902 there
were collected, Including penalties and
costs, taxes to the amount of 121,462 97.
Additional collections amounting to $312 53
are In the hands of the Sheriff.
County Recorder Steven's receipts for
the past month were $322 63, which Is
$1S4 05 less than for December, 1901. Re
ceipts for November, 1902, were $290 40.
CREAMERY FOR MED FORD.
Eastern Man Finds Excellent Field
for Battcr-MalcInK.
MEDFORD, Or., Jan. 3. (Special.) R. W.
Hathaway, creamery man from Corning,
la., has located in Medford and has, as
the result of a conference with a number
of dairymen of this section, held In this
city Saturday last, decided to put in a
creamery, and expects to have It In opera
tion by March 1. No difficulty Is expected
In securing sufficient cream, as there are
now 22 dairymen shipping croam from this
place to the Roseburg creamery. This
number of dairymen will be very largely
Increased as soon as there Is a creamer'
in th!s section at which the farmers can
market their cream direct. Mr. Hathaway
Is very favorably Impressed with the dairy
possibilities of this section, regarding It
with wonder that a creamery had not been
f started in this valley before this. Another
meeting of the dairymen will be held In
Medford, Saturday, January 10. The fore.
i noon session will be devoted to organizing
Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co
Corner Third and Morrison Sts.
U
s
Prices reduced in many instances 15,
20, 25, 33 and some cases 50 per cent,
in order to insure prompt clearance of
our remaining
(VI EN'S AND BOYS'
SUITS, OVERCOATS, TROUSERS, HATS
AND FURNISHINGS
Men's $12.50 Suits
and Overcoats
S9.50
Men's $22.50 Suits
and Overcoats
$18.50
Youths' $10.00
and $12 Suits
8.50
Boys' $4.45 ,
Knee Suits
$3.25
Boys' $3.50
Reefer Coats
Odds and Ends in Men's Hats
$2.50 and $3.00 values
a Dairymen's Association and to further
considering tho creamery proposition and
to settling details pertaining to it with
Mr. Hathaway. The afternoon session
will be taken up with addresses by promi
nent dairy experts from abroad. Mr.
Coman, general passenger and freight
agent for the Southern Pacific Company,
has interested himself in the meeting and
has secured the attendance of Dr. Wlthy
combe, director of the Oregon Agricultural
College experiment station, and Mr.
'Coman also expects to have several othei
of the Agricultural College professors
present at the meeting.
STAFFORD'S SEW PROFESSOR,
Dr. E. C. Frnnljlln, of Kananx, Takes
Chair of Organic CUemlntry.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Cal., Jan.
3. The appointment is announced of Dr.
E. C. Franklin to the chair of organic
chemistry In the Leland Stanford, Jr.,
University, made vacant last Summer by
the death of Dr. G. W. Richardson. The
new member of the faculty Is now pro
fessor of physical chemistry at the Uni
versity of Kansas.
SCHLEY TO VISIT 3IOXTAXA.
Hero of Santiago Wi-1 Take a Trip
Went Thin Sprinpr.
BUTTE. Mont, Jan. 3. Rear-Admiral
A Notable Young
Woman. .
Miss EMMA WELLES, who is Sec
retary of the Young: People's Christ
ian Association, at 1818 riadlson Ave.,
New York City.
Your "Favorite Prescription"
is a boon to sick and tired
women, for it cures them, when
other medicines fail. I know
whereof I speak, for I have had
experience with it. For four
teen months I had constant
headaches ; seemed too weak to
perform my daily duties, and
when the day was over I was
too tired to sleep well. I suf
fered from nervousness and
indigestion, and everything I
ate distressed me. Doctored
with different physicians but
received no relief. After read
ing one of your books I decided
to give your "Favorite Pre
scription" a trial.. Am very
glad I did, for I found it was
just what I wanted. I com
menced to improve at once and
kept getting better until, after
seven weeks, I- was entirely
cured. I have remained in per
in
Men's $15 and $18
Suits and Overcoats
12.75
Men's $1.50
Underwear-
1.20
Men's $1.00
Underwear-
S5c
Men's 50c
Underwear
35c
Mother's Friend Shirt
Waists 50c and 75c
40c
Wlnfleld Scott Schley, hero of the naval
battle of Santiago, will visit Montana next
April. James U. Sanders of this city, has
received a. letter from Alexander K. Mc
Clure, a pioneer of the state, who now
lives In Philadelphia, stating that Admiral
and Mrs. Schley will accompany him and
his wife to the Coast this Spring, and
that they expect to return by the North
ern route In April.
Funeral of C. 31. Font Today.
OREGON CITY. Jan. 1. (Special.) The
body of Charles McCune Fouts, who died
of heart disease at The Dalles yesterday,
will be brought to this city tomorrow and
will be Interred In Canemah cemetery.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 P. M.
In St. Paul's Episcopal' Church, Rev. P.
K. Hammond officiating. Mr. Fouts was
born In McConnellsvllle, O., December 6,
1S49, and was aged 56 years and 26 days.
Ho crossed the plains with his parents In
1S52, settling at Canemah, which was then
one of the best-known towns In Oregon,
being a steamboat landing above the falls
before the days of the locks. It was di
rectly In front of the Fouts home thit a
steamer blew up, 20 persons perishing.
About 22 years ago Mr. Fouts went to
Tho Dalles, and had resided there up to
his death. He Is survived by two daugh
ters, Frances and Alberta Fouts. He has
two brothers. Judge T. W. Fouts, of this
fect health ever since,
and remain a firm
friend of your "Fa
vorite Prescription."
. Yours very truly,
Miss Emma Weller.
(From letter to Dr. Pierce.)
O
The woman who suf
fers from weakness and
disease of the distinctly
feminine organs, whether
she realizes it or not, is
being slowly but surely
tortured to death. She
suffers almost continu
ally with sick headache.
She has pains in the
back, what she calls
"stitches" in the side
and shooting pains ev
where. She experiences
burning and dragging
down sensations. She
becomes weak, nervous
and despondent. If she
consults the average phy
sician, there is not one
chance in ten that he will
hit upon the real cause of
her trouble. He will at
tribute her bad feelings
to stomach, liver, heart or nervous
trouble. A woman in this condition
should consult some eminent and
skilful specialist who has had a wide
experience. Dr. R. V. Pierce, for
thirty years chief consulting physi
cian to the Invalids' Hotel ana Sur
gical Institute, at Buffalo, N. Y., has,
with the assistance of a staff of able
physicians, prescribed for many thou
sands of women. He used most
frequently a wonderful medicine for
ailing women, which he afterward
put up in ready -to -use form and
called it Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre
scription. It has stood the test for
thirty years. It acts directly on the
delicate and important organs con
cerned in wifehood aud motherhood,
making them strong and well. It
allays inflammation, heals ulceration,
soothes pain and tones and builds
up the nerves. It transforms weak,
nervous women into healthy, happy
wives and mothers.
"I was an invalid for over a
year with change of life," writes
Mrs. C. Smith,Kof Orr, Cascade
Co., Mont. "Had pains across
the pit of my stomach and such
extreme weakness I could hard
ly walk. I took one bottle of
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery and five of his 'Fa
vorite Prescription and am en
tirely well."
o
A million of suffering women cry
with uplifted hands for some relief
from the pains and tortures of diseases
peculiar to their sex. A million more
Annual
Clearance
Sale
HartSchaffncr
6. Marx
Hand Tailored
city, and "William Henry Harrison Fouls,
of Dayton, Or. The latter came down
from Dayton today, accompanied by his
eon, Will H. Fouts, to remain until after
the funeral. -
Record Rainfall for Astoria.
ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 3. (Special.) The
records of the local Weather Bureau
show that during the month of December
15.27 inches of rain fell In Astoria, the
average for the month being 12.72 Inches.
During the same month the mean temper,
ature was 42.1 degrees, which Is one-hall
of a degree colder than the average. The
weather here Has been very severe dur
ing the past few days, with high wind
and rain. The rainfall for the 24 houra
ending at noon today was 2.50 inches. ..
Cattle Doing: Well at Waldport.
WAUDPORT, Or., Jan. 3. (Special.)
Cattle on the range are looking well, and
farmers have not yet begun to feed any
hut calves and milch cows. Hay Is worth
here,$S per ton In the barn, or $10 baled
and delivered lp town.
Soldier Falls Heir to Fortnne.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Jan. 3. Pri
vate James Bryanton, Thirtieth Battery,
Field Artillery, has been Informed that
he has fallen heir to an estate valued at
$45,000.
suffer in silence rather than subject
themselves to the abhorrent and hu
miliating examinations and local
treatment so uniformly insisted upon
by physicians.
"Female weakness" can be cured
surely, speedily without exposure,
with slight expense without leaving
your own home. Dr. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription will cure any disorder or
disease of the organs distinctly femi
nine. Perhaps its greatest usefulness
is in preparing women for the ordeal
of child-birth. Taken during the ex
pectant period it practically elimi
nates pain and danger at the time of
parturition.
Write Dr. Pierce for advice and you
will receive an immediate answer and
without cost to you. All correspond
ence strictly confidential.
We also advise all women who suf
fer great pain at each recurring period
to take a good vegetable laxative, such
as Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, just
previous to this time, a3 constipation
is usually an aggravating feature of
the trouble.
Don't allow the druggist to sell you
something "just as good," because
it's cheaper. The cheap kind has not
the thousands of cures to its credit
that Dr. Pierce's medicine has.
Miss CARRIE SPRECHER, of
Mount Morris, His., writes Doctor
R. V. Pierce as follows:
"I was back in my old home
when your letter came. I will
try and explain regarding the
good I received from your medi
cines. For over one year I suf
fered from what my physician
pronounced womb trouble. Had
doctored with doctors in the east
and also in the west but found
only temporary relief. The next
time of my sickness I found my
self no better, and in that way it
kept going on from time to time
until I became discouraged. I
finally resolved to write you. for
advice. I purchased two bottles
of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre
scription, two vials of his ' Pleas
ant Pellets,' and by using only
that small quantity I have found
wonderful relief. I say to all
who are suffering from troubles
similar to mine that it is unnec
essary to be sick when one can
'use Dr. Pierce's remedies."
How io preserve health and beauty
are told in Dr. Pierce's Common
Sense Medical Adviser. It is free.
For a paper-covered copy send 21
one-cent stamps, TO COVER
MAILING ONLY; cloth binding;
31 stamps. Address Dr. R. V.
Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.