THE SUNDAY OEEGONIAN, POKILASD, JfBJBBUAKT 2S, 1904.
ALL READY FOR CHAM
HOOD RIVER FARMERS WILL
OWN DITCH THIS "WEEK.
Note Given for Part Payment and
New Company Incorporated--Repairs
on Ditch .to1 Be Made..
HOOD RIVER, Or., Feb. 27. Special.)
"Work on the organization of the Farmers
Irrigating Company-'is. progressing nicely.
Late tonight F. Chambers arrived from
Portland and arranged -with N. C Evans.
H. F. Davidson and other members of the
farmers' committee' for the transfer of
the property right and privileges of the
Valley Improvement Company to the new
corporation. It will be . several days .be
fore a cash payment can be made In .full,
and In the meantime Mr. Chambers ac
cepts a note sighed by the farmers and
business men for the $23,000 due him. Those
heading the list of men. going security for
the farmers are: H. F. Davidson, N. C.
Evans. E. N. Benson, A. C Stalon. Fred
Bailey. E. A. Franz; W. H. Pugh, and- G.
D. AVoodworth. r .
Articles of incorporation for the Farm
ers' Irrigating Company were forwarded
this afternoon for filing with the County
Clerk and Secretary of State, and It la
the intention to hbld a stockholders meet
ing Tuesday afternoon to elect a board of
directors and adopt the constitution and
by-laws. In order to lose no time In 're
pairing tho ditch and bringing out water
as early as possible the present, directors
of the Valley Improvement Company are
to resign and their places to be assumed
ly stockholders in the new corporation,
the new board to be empowered to make
the proper transfer of property to the
Farmers' Irrigating Company and to ap
portion the dividend which shall accrue
to the Valley Improvement Company
stockholders because of the sale. The
Davenport administration of Hood River's
big Irrigating ditch will cease next week,
-when the fanners will, practically assume
control.
N, C. Evans, a civil engineer, will go
over the flume and canal Monday morn
ing and report the exact amount of re
pair work needed, and by the end of the
week. If the snow Is gone, a force of men
will be placed on the construction work.
Attorneys A. A. Jayne and John Iceland
Henderson, of Hood River, are doing the
legal work on tho transfer papers, and
have been retained for advice by tho new
company for one year.
SACRAMENTO VALLEY A SEA.
Railroad Traffic Partly Suspended,
but Cooler Weather Raises Hope.
SACRAMENTO. Cal.. Feb. 27. While a
vast tract of land south of Sacramento is
flooded, conditions In Yolo County, on the
other side of the river, are almost as bad.
The Immense volume of water Tuehing
through the Yolo basin has done consider
able damage to the railroad tracks of the
Southern Pacific Company between this
city and Webster station. A section gang
has been at work for eeveral days at this
point keeping the roadbed firm, but this
morning tho water reached such a height
and so weakened the bedding that traffic
was temporarily suspended.
In Yolo County, a few blocks out of the
town of Washington, there is an immense
eea of water that extends west and south
for several miles. All of the ranches are
under water, and tho farmers have either
driven their stock to this place or taken
them to high ground.
There -was a heavy fall of snow In tho
mountains last night, and this morning
snow was falling in every station from
Summit to Towle. This will have a tend
ency to check the streams somewhat, un
less more warm rains follow. At Cisco
in the past 24 hours 38 inches of mow fell,
making the total depth six feet. The total
depth at Summit this morning was 5 feet
2 Inches.
In the Sacramento Valley yesterday the
rain was not so heavy as on previous
days, but the Sacramento River Is again
rising at Red Bluff.
On the Orovllle branch of the Southern
Pacific Company the water is again rising
and traffic on that line cannot be resumed
for several days. No damage has been
dene on the Oregon line nor on the route
over the mountains.
CONCERT AT PACIFIC.
Conservatory of Music at University
Gives Musical Festival.
PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, Forest Grove.
Or., Feb. 27. (Special.) An audience of
fully 500 people gathered in the auditorium
last night to hear a choral concert by
members of Pacific's conservatory. A
chorus of 30 ladies' voices sang Bendall's
musical setting of Tennyson's poem, "The
liady of Shalott." This was the first
time this cantata has been given In the
Northwest, and It proved to be one of the
most beautiful productions ever heard in
this city. Mrs. Pauline Miller Chapman
6ang the solos.
A smaller chorus sang the sweet "Ave
Marie" and Mrs. Chapman sung "There,.
Little Girl, Don't Cry." and responded to
a hearty encore." Miss Waggener played
t h -pin's Valse, Op. 42."
Those who sang In the chorus were:
First soprano. Misses Marsh, Sorenson,
M ?:, Shannon, Giaddys Hartley and
Mcsdames Lotta, Fletcher and Buxton;
second sopranos. Misses Kate Shannon,
Tongue, Holmes, Abernathy, Brobst,
Clapp. Laura Brock, and Mrs. CheAey;
altos. Misses Yoder, Chandler, Helen
Chandler. Wood. Peterson. Bailey. White
iand Buxton, and Mrs. McEldowney; Mrs.
harman. mezzo-soprano, soloist
Miss lima Waggener was a'ccompanlst:
Professor Chapman, director, and H. D.
Smith, manager.
TO BE TRIED FOR ASSAULT.
Former Ward of Portland Society Al
leged Victim of Hurley.
HILLSBORO, Or., Feb. 27. (Special.)
Jnrk Hurley today had his examination
bcf.re Justice H. T. Bagley, the state
charging him with criminal assault. The
r-Ilcged victim was Ollio Reese, aged about
13. a former ward of the Boys' and Girls'
All Society, of Portland. Some months
jtg.i the girl was sent out to the family' of
D. B Emerlck, of Soholls, and it was at
tvcir rlace that the alleged assault took
I '-r.ee The girl testified that the assault
t.k place, but that no resistance was
effered Hurley was bound ovor to answer
to th Circuit Court at the March term,
tail being fixed in the sum of $1000, which
hr failed to furnish.
rv B Emerick. the prosecuting witness,
testified that he had lost $42, and that he
hsd nrrused Hurley of stealing it, and
fcai told him he would drop the case if
he would refund the money. Hurley was
bearding at Emorick's at the time of the
ncged assault, being employed by the
Spalding Logging Company, of Oregon
City.
REVENUE FROM INSURANCE.
Increase on Life Compensates for De
crease on Fire Insurance.
CLYMPIA, Wash.. Feb. 27. (Special.)
Nearly three-fourths of the state's per
centage tax for 1808 on the net premiums
cf Insurance companies has been paid
Iito tho insurance department of the Sec
retary of States office.
Acci rdtng to Deputy Insurance Commis
sioner J H. Shively. the returns from the
ccrrparJes that have already paid show
that the year 1903 was exceptionally poor
fcr fire insurance companies and excep
tcnaVj good for life Insurance companies.
cth lasses of companies are required to
pay the state 2 per contum of the total
amount of their premiums in this .state,
less the total losses. The prosperous
year for tho life insurance companies will
more than make up for the losses of the
fire companies, so that the general re
ceipts of the state -will show an Increase
over last year. The decrease in the fire.
Insurance payments is charged to an un
usually large number of disastrous fires:
Up to March X. 1303, the Insurance de
partment had collected $12,416.48. TbeJ
collections this year already reach $52,
418.48. The increase hown cannot be
credited wholly to an increase In the in
surance business, as part of it Is due to
more rapid collection, and this last Is due
to the granting of an assistant tb ' the
Deputy Commissioner by., the last'Legls
lature. . '. .'
The total receipts from" the 2 per centum
taxation last year were 585.573.49. This
year the receipts will probably go over
?so,ooo. "
FALLS CITY GROWS RAPIDLY
Within One Year Scattered Village
Becomes Thriving Town.
DALLAS, Or., Feb- 27. (Special.)
Within the past year Falls City, In Polk
County, a place which two years ago -was
a mere collection,' of houses centerfng
around a few stores, with a sawmill 'or
two In the immediate vicinity, :has ex
pended $50,000 for Improvements. Perhaps
no other town in Oregon has registered so
HARBOR OF HAKODATE,. THE NORTHERN TREATY PORT OF JAPAN, AND NEAREST IMPORTANT POINT TO
VLADIVOSTOK, FROM WHICH ITlIS REEOISTED FOUR KUSSIAN CRUISERS RECENTLY. SET OUT.
rapid yet healthy a growth. With the
advent of, the Dallas & Falls City Railroad
came new life and energy, and the once
quiet village has In 12 short months be
come a small and thriving manufacturing
city with sawmills employing several
hundreds of men and .all lines of.buslness
well represented. The monthly-payroll of
the various concerns 'directly connected,
with the city amounts rto many thousands
of dollars.
The City Council is considering plans'
for Installing a system of waterworks for
domestic and public purposes. Six store
buildings, two planing mills representing
a total outlay of $29,000, and half a hun
dred dwellings with a total value of be
tween $25,000 and $30,000 have been erected
slnco the Spring of 1903.
HIS BOND IS WITHDRAWN.
Therefore, Prosecuting Attorney of
Yakima County Loses Office.
NORTH YAKIMA., Wash., Feb. 27.
(Special.) Judge W. R. Bell, rot Seattle,
handed down a decision here today de
claring the office of Prosecuting Attorney
of Yakima County vacant. Judge Bell
has been holding court in this city and
was asked by the County Commissioner
to give an opinion on tho question.
The facts in the case are that the
American Bonding Company, of Balti
more, withdrew from Mr. Guthrlo's bond
on February 11, because the premium was
not paid. Formal notice was given to
the officer and the county authorities on
that date. Mr. Guthrie had ten days to
file another bond, but he has failed to
do so. The commissioners will make an
appointment on March 7, but It Is under
stood that Mr. Guthrie will, not be re
named. Fair-Trial Law on Trial.
HELENA, Mont, Feb. 27. The consti
tutionality of the fair-trial law, enacted
at special session of the Legislature last
December and Intended to provide a
means for taking trial of an action out
of the hands of a court alleged to be pre
judiced. Is Involved In a hearing before
the Supreme Court today.
Five writs, each Involving the fair-'
trial law, are before the court Three are
directed against Judge Clancy ajid two
against Judge Harney, of the District
Court of Silver Bow County. Counsol
had until 5 o'clock this afternoon to sub
mit arguments, when the question was
taken under advisement ,
The several cases Involve, many ques
tions as to the constitutionality of the law,
and the mining companies. In which F. A.
Helnze and the Amalgamated Copper
Company are Interested, are parties to
them.
Completing New Box Factory.
MEDFORD, Or., Feb. 27. (Special.)
Two carloads of machinery arrived this
week from Chicago and Portland for the
Iowa Lumber & Box Factory, and Is now
being placed. It Is expected that tho .en
gine will be set and work begin about
March 10. The company has recently pur
chased property north of the planing mill
upon which it will build a large platform
for grading lumber as It comes from the
sawmills. Work will commence soon on
storage sheds which will be large enough
to hold 75 carloads of lumber. This will
avoid danger of a shut-down in case of
shortage of cars. The company expects
to start the plant with 40 men on the pay
roll. Increasing the number as the work
progresses. Several mills in various parts
of this county are now cutting logs pre
paratory to supplying the factory with
first grade lumber.
Will Build Dock at Kalama.
KALAMA. Wash.. Feb. 27. (Special.)
The Northern Pacific Railroad Company
will build a commodious dock on the river
front In the southern part of town in or
der to Improve the service here. Four cars
of piling from SO to 1(0 feet long have
been unloaded, and 30 cars more are to
follow. This will greatly facilitate the
handling of lumber and other timber prod
ucts at this point, and will be of Immense
value to the business Interests of the town
and surrounding country-
Warehouse Floor Collapses.
ALBANY. Or.. Feb. 27. (Special.) Ufae
floor in the warehouse of Robson & Carter,
hardware dealers, fell In today, precipi
tating machinery, seeds, otc. to the cellar.
Damage to the amount of about 5100 was
sustained.
PARKER Feb. 27. to the, wife of James Ar
thur Parker, at the home of T. W. Sain, la
Ecoggta Valley, a daughter, thejparenu of
whom are the best-pleared" coupleTta Oregon.
Dri C. L. Large attending.
TAKES HIS WIFE HOME
ENGINEER WHO ESCAPED POi
SONING ENDS HONEYMOON.
He Relates Circumstances of'the Poisoned-Tea,
but Makes No-Charge
Against His Bride.
- BAKER. .CITY, Or., -Feb. 27. (Special.)
M." 1u Legg, of Pleasant' Valley, brought"
hls.-brido -of a weeli- to - this city today
and left her -with"" her parents. Legg Is the
O. R. &. N. engineer whom some one at
tempted to poison with' strychnine la his
tea, last Thursday, evening.
He does not accuse his wlfeot the -crime,
but said he noted the peculiar taste of
the tea, which he found poured out ready
for him -when he- came In to supper. They
had only been snarried four days -when the
poisqning episode occurred .He said his
wife had referred to the subject 'ofpoisoa
Irig on three separate occasions, previous
.to the attempt made on bia-ufe.and had
asked him If he would poison her.
' When he complained of the lea,;sbe took
his cup and the one she had poured for
herself and poured them together. She
then threw the tea out the door. A part of
a cup remained and Legg gave this In
some milk to the dog and the dog died In
ten minutes. He asked his wife If she had
Intended, that for him and she ran out of
doors and7 fainted.
Legg says he felt bad himself after; tast
ing the tea, but the neighbors. gave both
himself and wife antidotes and they got
over it.
Legg has $6000 insurance on his life. He
declined to pursue investigation of the
case.
BRUTE BEATS HIS MOTHER.
Then Almost Kills Her Rescuer and
Resists Arrest. -COLFAX,
Wash.. Feb. 27. (Specials
George Mclnturff was released from the
County Jail this afternoon after two
month's' Imprisonment on the charge of
obtaining money under false pretenses.
Tonight he is in jail with a charge of as
sault with a deadly weapon booked against
blm.
As soon as he was released, Mclnturff
borrowed money from relatives and began
drinking. When drunk he visited the home
of his mother and abused her and his sis
ter in the most shameful manner. Carl
Lloyd was passing the house and told Mc
lnturff to desist For reply he knocked
Lloyd down with a club and beat him Into
insensibility. Lloyd's condition Is consid
ered serious; Deputy Sheriff Nessly was
called and arrested Mclnturff, who resist
ed, and only submitted to arrest after be
ing roughly handled.
Tho prisoner Is a worthloss character.
His -wife recently left him after he had
beaten her so severely that neighbors
called the Sheriff to Interfere. Feeling
against Mclnturff Is bitter and. should
Lloyd's Injuries prove fatal, lynching may
be the outcome.
WEEDEP.S FOR THE NORTHWEST
Large Factory to Be Established in
Walla Walla.
WALLA WALLA, Feb. 27. A weeder
factory, which will at first employ 20 per
sons and Is to be enlarged to supply the
whole Northwest, Is to be established here
by the Washington Weeder Works, which
will be Incorporated here in a few days.
The Incorporators are Ben Holt, local
manager for the Holt Manufacturing Com
pany: J. N. Crosfield, manager of the Ore
gon Trading Company at Wasco, Or.; E
O. McCoy, formerly a resident here and
connected with the same company; Rob
ert Talbott of Talbott Bros., who at pres
ent run a small manufactory of weedera
THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL
Few People Know How Useful It Is
In Preserving Health and Beauty.
Nearly everybody knows that charcoal la the
c&test and moat efficient disinfectant and
purifier in nature, but few realize Its value
when taken Into the human system for. the
came cleanslsr purpose.
Charcoal Is a rroedy that the more you take
cf It the better: It 1 not a drujr at all., but
tlzcply absorbs the case and Impurities always
present In the stomach and Intestines and car
ries them out of the system.
Charcoal sweetens the breath after smoking,
drinking or after eatln; onions and other odor
ous vegetable.
Charcoal effectually clears and Improve the
complexion. It whitens the teeth and further
acts as a natural and eminently safe cathar
tic It absorbs tho Injurious cases which collect
In se stomach and bowels; It disinfects the
mouth and throat from, the poison of catarrh.
AU dnytjrtsts sell charcoal in one form or
another, but probably the best charcoal and the
most for the money is In Stuart's Absorbent
Lou rises; they are composed of the. finest pow.
dered Willow charcoal, and other harmless
antiseptics In tablet form, or rather In lb
form of large, pleasant tasting lozenges, the
charcoal being mixed with honey.
The dally use of these- Jozenses will soon tell
la a much Improved condlUoa of the general
health, better complexion sweeter breath and
purer blood, and the beauty of It Is, that no
po&ilblo barm can result irom their continued
use. but, on the contrary, great benefit;
A Buffalo physician. In speaking of the bene
fits of charcoal, says: "I advise Stuart's Ab
sorbent Lozenjrts to all patients suffering; from
rs-s in stomach and bowels, and to clear the
complexion and purify the .breath, mouth and
throat; I also blleva the liver Is creatly bene
fited by the dally use of them; they coat but
twenty-five cents a box at drug stores, and.
although In some sense a patent preparation.
yet I believe- I ret more, and better charcoal ;
In Stuart's-Absorbent .-X,ozenses.tha&iIa any-of
the ordinary charcoal tablets."
here, and George Crowfleld. The company
will make 1000 wjiefiaf. this year, and has
already orderelmjUeifel.
r -" .
CORPORATIONS. CANT DODGE.
Idaho Supreme Court Says They Must
Accept Summons.
BOISE, Idaho Feb. 27. (Special.) The
Supreme Court; In an opinion filed today,
granted the pet&Jon ofJoslafa Hill- and J.
S. Hill for peremptory writ of mandate
commanding Ralph T. Morgan, Judge of
the First -District, to proceed with .the
trial of. an action pending before- him
wherein the "petitioners are plaintiffs and
the Standard Mining Company, Richard
Wilson. Walter Mackaj William . R.
Leonard, James Leonard and A. L. - Scho
field, copartners doing business Tinder .the
firm name of the 'Mammoth Mlnfng Com
pany, are defendants,-, and to exercise
jurisdiction over the .defendants served in
tho action.
The case .was--brought before. Judge
Morgan in September, -1203 -when the
plaintiffs conomenccd-nn ' a"ctfon against
the Standard . Mining; Company.-and the
other defendants'; named" to recover. dam
ages sustained by the -plaintiffs and the
other defendants-by.reaon-of- the over?
flow of their lands by tailings from the
mining works of the defendants.
Judge Morgan quashed the - summons
when the case came in -for hearing. A
new summons was issued.- It was served
on A. H. Fox. aa secretary "JSC the. Stan
dard Mining Company. The Judge iluashed
that on motlon of the companion the
cround that Fox was not'tilS- secretary..
In the opinion of the Supjfpm?'. 'Court,.
propareu oy justice jstocKsiagcr. ana con
curred In by his associate, the cpurt'
holds that service of summons on a cor
poration Is sufficient when.sfcjown to have
bcn served upon some one who had
theretofore been served with process and
the corporation accepts s'ucK.serrlce by
Its appearance. It was 'theduty of the
person upon whom service "iras made-to
inform the party In lnterwi&nbyr better
service could be made.
"If the contention of rouhseY'ror de'fen.
dant lrt this case Is uphelbjyit. would be
practically impossible lb pcu're service
of summons or other process upon a cor
poration. They would avoid the payment
Of their lust debts unon tho nlpa "thnt thpv
haf no officer within tKoJJurfs'dlction of
tne court upon whom prdeesr-"could be
made until such time asjIf suited tho
vunt i-uiuiiue ui curpgrauun to suo
ject Itself to the process of he court."
GRANGE IN GRANDRONrE.
Local to Ee Followed by County Or
ganizatlon in. the Valley.
LA GRAXDE, Feb. 27. Special.) A
Blue Mountain 3raiure was oreanized In
the old Grange Hall southeast of this city
on February 24 by State-Deputy Master
Jacob Yoortrees, with ".members. Fol
lowing are the officers', .electedi C. D.
Huffman. W. M.; J. 3L;iMcCaU.'".7. O,;
Miss Edith Gekeler, W. G.-O.'.-Gekeler,
W. S.; W. A. McCall. W..A. S John Mc
Allister. W. C; Mrs. 3L H..Golden, Treas
urer; Dexter Eaton, Secretary; William
Hughes, J. K.; Mrs. Ada Robertson, po-
mona; .airs. J. n. . jtiojmes, nora; irs.
Mabel Anson, ceres; Mrs. N. Anson, L.
A. S.
A County Grange Convention will be
held in the National Bank parlors, in La
Grande, March 5, and W. R. Jasper. J.
McAllister and C E. Golden were 'elected.
delegates to attend. Representatives will
be elected to the Oregon State Grange,
which will meet at corvallls in May.
Many of Grand Ronde's wideawake
farmers are taking a great interest In the
Grange.
Dwelling Burned by Tramps.
HARRISBURG, Or., Feb. 27. (Spe
ciaL) The residence of Georgo Davis
was burned to the.- ground about 12.
o'clock last night It, was owned by
Leonard E. Douglas, of Eastern Oregon,
and was Insured for 4300. Mr. Davis
and family -were in Coburg' and, as the
fire was not discovered until tho house
could not be approached, ail or nis rur
nlture was consumed. Tho fire is sup
posed to have been started by tramps,
as a light was seen in- the house about
10 o'clock last night, and no ono had
been there since about noon; when Mr.
Davis started for Coburg.
Mr. Ackerman Addresses" Teachers.
OREGON CITY, Feb. 27. (Special.)
At a convention of Clackamas Coun
ty principals and school officers held
-at the Courthouse this afternoon. State
Superintendent J. H. Ackerman ad
dressed the Instructors on the subjects
"Consolidation of School Districts"
and "A County High SchooL" County
Superintendent Zlnser and other local
educators participated In the discus
sion. About 50 teachers and school of
fleers attended. '
Burglars Rob a Slot Machine.
. HILLSBORO, Or., Feb. 27. (Special)
Burglars last night entered the saloon of
C Blaser, of this city, and robbed two
slot machines ft about 512. leaving W0 In
tho slides.- Entrance was made in the
rear by sowing a panel, out of the door
and pushing back the night latch. , The
robbers left some personal property at the
outer door and thl6 may lead to. an ar
rest. This Is the second saloon that has
been robbed in this city within the- past
month.
Medford BoyJPlays the Czar.
3IEDFORD.. Feb. 27. (Special.) In
formation from Boise. Idaho, -says thatj
Lynn Furdln. a son or ii. Iurdln, an at
torney of Medford. is .playing an engage
ment In that city with the Raymond Stock
Company. A- programme which, has been
received hows. that Mr. Purdln Is cast fox
the Czar ot. Russia In.. the great Russian
war drama, "Michael Strpgoftr'- -
TEST TIMBER .LAND LAW
IMPORTANT TEST BEGUN
STATE OF WASHINGTON.
IN
Big TImbermen -Say Law -Requires
Sale of Land With Timber Mean
ing of Law Doubtful.
OLTMPIA, Feb. 27. (Special.) An orig
inal application for awrit of mandamus
was filed in the Supreme Court today, the
evident Intention being to test the valid
ity and scope of the act of 120L governing
the sale of state timber lands.
The law to be tested Is commonly called
by timber huyera the "McCoy act," and Is
considered one of the most Important
acts on the statute books affecting the
timber Interests.
It provides, among other things, that
state timber shall be sold separate from
tho land where the timber is of the ex
tent of over 1,000,000 feet to the quarter
section; and provides further that pur
chasers of timber shall have three years
In which to remove the same, with a pos
sible extension of two more years, the
timber to revert to the stale if "not re
moved within the time stated.
Subsequently to tho passage of this act.
Ihe Attorney-General held that the effect
of the law was that state land could not
be -cold at all until the timber had been
sold and removed, and this opinion was
upheld by the Superior Court of Wahkia
kum County,- but the test case Drougnt
there was not carried to the Supreme
Court '
It has been contended by some that
amendments to the land laws passed by
the Legislature In 1S03 repealed tho Mc
Coy act in -the particular forbidding the
sale of land. The State Land Department,
however, has been proceeding upon the
orisrlnal -construction of the law, be
lieving, with tho Attorney-General, that
the alleged amendment only served to -cast
a doubtful aspect on the whole matter.
Th oblect of the framers ot tne act in
question; It Is said, was to prevent tne
nurehasa of larse tracts or state ianas oy
tlmbor speculators, It was ciaimea inui
the: small millmen were unablq to compete
In the bidding fo.r state timber on account
of theVrIces offered by such concerns as
the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, who
were able and willing to buy land and
timber and hold the timber for an In
definite neriod..
Tinder the nrovlslona of the McCoy act.
the' large . timber' investors are crowded
out of tho market for state timber, be
cause the timber. If - purchased"' by them.
will Tevert' to 'the state before It can be
removed.
While It was admitted In the State Land
Office that the act had the- effect de
sired. It Is contended that It also has
resulted in a General reduction- of the
nricf? of timber In this -state, and has
cost the school fund in the last year many
thousands of dollars by reason of such
reduction. In dddition. It has prevented
the' sale of much land, where persons pur
chasing the timber thereon would have
willingly paid a fair price for the land for
the- time advantges it would give them In
removintr the' timber, whereas, after the
timber Is removed the land will be abso
lutely worthless. The testing of the law
Is welcomed by the Land Commissioner.
Timber buyers throughout the state hold
widely different views. xn the merits of the
law as viewed from their own stana
polnt. Many millmen want to buy tim
ber now;- but fear that they will not be
able to remove it in the time required by
law. Others arts not prepared to buy ana
do not want to sec the state timber in
their locality disposed of. There Is a
strong sentiment throughout portions of
the southwest In favor of the act. in
Snohomish, Pierce and King counties the
tlmbermen in general object to It.
The action filed today-Is by B. F. Heus-
ton, of Tacoma. who .represents some
heavy timber buyers and millmen. A
few days .ago he filed an aplicatlon for the
sale of some. stat,e,land on wnicn mere
Is over l,O00.0CO'feet of timber to the quar
ter-section, and the State. Land Commis
sioner refused to oner the land ror sale.
The Supreme Court is asked to issue a
writ commanding the Commissioner to of
fer the land, as well as the timber for
sale. .
The petition for the writ of mandamus
does not disclose upon what ground the
law will'be attacked, but It Is believed that
the principal contention will be that the
act was repealed by implication In 1903. A
Nature intended What
Was Right x
GREAT CHIEVEriENTS.
"TATURE provides everything nec
JJ. essary for human existence.
JL The more we penetrate the se
crets of nature the more we find
to wonder at and to convince us that the
closer we live to the laws of nature the
healthier are our lives. We can live
long lives if we keep the body in health,
strong to resist the attack of disease
germs. Practice preventive medicine,
in keeping the blood pure and the prin
cipal organs active. Do not repose in
the false idea that some tonic, made
largely of alcohol, will give you strength;
it is only a false strength at best and
means the shrinking up of the red blood
corpuscles. Dr. R. V. Pierce, chief con
suiung pnysician to tne invalids' .Hotel
and. Surgical Institute, of Buffalo. N. Y..
never believed in a tonic or blood medi
cine made with alcohol, so he set about
to find in nature that which would in
crease the red blood corpuscles and tone
up and strengthen the human system.
This he found in certain roots, herbs and
barks, which he made into an alterative
extract called Dr. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery. It is a tonic and blood
maker without a particle of alcohol or
narcotics contained, in it. Nervous ex-
haustion, when the slightest exertion
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interest by timber buyers and millmen
generally.
VICTIMS OF RUSSIAN TYRANNY
Jewish Family Reduced to Penury
May Be Sent to Japan.
SEATTLE, Feb. 27. Because they have
not the necessary money to pass the im
migration officials, Sampson Gourman, a
Russian Jew, and his family consisting
of his wife, mother-in-law and seven chil
dren, may be sent baclc to Japan whither
they fled from Russia five months ago to
tires one, sleeplessness, pimples, boils,
or colds are the warning signals that the
blood is not in a healthy state.
"With a body that has been weakened by
an attack of Typhoid, Grip or Pneumonia,
nothing will put on healthy fiesh so fast
as this tonic alterative pf Dr. Pierce, a
truly "Golden Medical Discovery." It
nourishes the blood, and, instead of the
ill-shaped corpuscles, the person's blood
takes on a rich red color and the corpus
cles are more nearly round.
Take for example the case of Joseph
Napoleon Herbert, Chairman Board of
Relief, of 293 St. Paul Street, Montreal,
Quebec, whose picture is given above :
nI am a firm believer in Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. Find that it
has been of practical value to a number of
men in my employ. They are especially
expo sea 10 inclement weatner, ana oiten
the colds contracted run into pneumo
nia, stomach trouble, or kidney and liver
disease. However, since we have known
- l of the value of Golden Medical Discov-
Fery,' there is much less sickness, as this
medicine seems to keep the bldod in a
healthy, active condition, and to ward
off colds and all other diseases. It is a
very fine tonic for a run-down system.
I am pleased to acknowledge its worth."
Nervousness and nervous affections is
only the cry of the starved nerves for
food, and, when the nerves are fed on
rich red blood, the person loses those
irritable feelings, sleeps well at night
and feels refreshed in the morning. Dr.
Pierce, also advises simple diet, work,
play, right exercise, frequent baths to
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avoid the persecution of the Russians in
their home at Odessa. Gourman, who is
a tailor and who, when he left Russia,
had $2000, now has but $75 and for this
reason the officials refuse to pas3 them.
The family is of the best class of Rus
sian Jews, well educated and refined. If
sent back to Japan, they will arrive penni
less and will undergo great hardships.
An effort is being made to rals-aufTicient
money among local Hebrew-RT satisfy
the immigration onicera yrr
Madge I hate the vj deep man who saya
things I don't understand. Dolly So do, I. I
prefer the fellow " who says things I have tr
pretend I don't understand. Town Topics.
keep the skin and pores clean, and a
gentle laxative occasionally for the bow
els. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are
gently laxative, do not gripe, and are
made entirely of vegetable ingredients.
Do not eat too heartily, but when you
do, take one as an after dinner pilL
If the man does not stop the cough
the cough stops the man; stops his ap
petite, his sleep, his pleasure and his
work. So called "cough remedies"
sometimes relieve, but they don't go deep
enough to cure. Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery cures coughs and dis
eases of the respiratory organs perfectly
and permanently. Furthermore, it con
tains no sugar to derange digestion, nor
narcotic. It heals the lungs, stops the
hemorrhage, if they are bleeding, and by
increasing the action of the blood-making
glands enriches every organ with good
blood which alone makes a good body.
"My husband had been coughing for
years and people frankly told me that he
would go into consumption," writes Mrs.
John Shireman, of No. 265 25th Place,
Chicago, HI. "He had such terrible
coughing spells, we not only grew much
alarmed, but looked for the bursting of
a blood-vessel or a hemorrhage at almost
any time. After three days' coughing he
was too weak to cross tne room. The
doctor did him no good. I stated the
case to a druggist, wh.o handed me a
bottle of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. My husband's recovery was
remarkable, "in three days after he was
up and around, and in two more days he
went to wore. Two bottles cured him,"