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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 26, 1905)
10 THEY GROW FAST of the Boer army In the recent war 1a South Africa. The efforts of the court to effect a reconciliation were unavailing, and -Mrs. MacBrido was given the custody of their Infant pending a settlement of the case. NUMANTIA IN GALES WOODA CLARK Portland's Suburbs Showing a Healthy Increase. Liner Has Stormy Trip Across Pacific. z CANADIAN MONEY TAKEN AT PAR. FREE DELIVERY TO ALL PARTS OF THE CITY. PRESCRIPTIONS CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED THE SUNDAY 0REG0XIA2, PORTLAND, .FEBRUARY 26, 1905. $6500 RD, CO NEW TOWNS EVERYWHERE They .Fringe the Metropolis of Ore gon With Thriving Settlements Rapidly Forging Ahead to Municipal Rank. Those who imagine that Portland Is not growing should take a ride on any of the suburban car lines and have his mind dis abused of. that impression by going in almost any direction. Toward Lents, on the Mount Scott Railway, he will pass through a new section that contains not less than 1500 new bouses, all put up within the past two years, but mostly witbln one year. After crossing the Pow ell Valley road the first new houses are een, mostly small cottages. but with fiome pretentious dwellings, costing more than $2000. It will be seen that this is a Homebuilding section. The whole, country is now platted in lots through to Lents and southward tor about two miles, and along the Powell Valley road for at least li miles. Hoads, or streets, have beeu opened all through this section, and the paths are mostly graveled. At Arleta, a tower SO feet high has been put up. on which will stand a: 100,000-galIon tank next Spring. This settlement, comprising manv additions, probably embraces about 1000 acres. The cheapness of the lots, has been the feature, with the possibility of own ing a home. A few years ago the Mount Scott Railway did not pay and was oper ated at a loss. The line was shut down and actually went begging for somebody to run it. and so anxious were the build ers to have it operated that they gave It 1 away to the Oregon Water Power & Rail way Company, which at first declined with thanks to accept it as a gift, but finally took It because the cpmpany want ed the gravel from the pit out on the road. Will Be Double Track, It Is now a paying line, and will he double-tracked as soon as the company ca"h make it, to meet the great traffic that has been developed along the linv This district has several private water companies, but George W. Brown and his associates will put In a big plant costing $15,000 this Summer to supplement the sup ply already had. the big tower erected last Summer being part of this plant. If Portland ever extends Its Hne3 so as to take in the district In the southeast, it will run its boundaries eastward from Sllwood to Mount Scott and then nortu ward to the Barr road, thence west to Portland, taking a small empire and ter ritory that now contains 12.000 people and 2200 school children. It will likely bo sev eral years before Portland will want to pcoop In this big territory, but It may romo some time in the next ten years. At Arleta the school that two years ago was not dreamed of has 250 pupils, and Principal William Miller says that there pre constant accessions. At Ients. where a four-room building was built two years ago. the directors have been compelled to rent an outside room to accommodate the overflow. Another four-room annex will have to be built this Summer. At Montavllla the enrollment has reached 400. and Jn Mount Tabor Dis trict, No 5 Professor Adams reports an attendance of 550. A new two-room build ing has Just been completed In Center Addition, which contains 65 pupils. Here the suburbs have extended northward un til they have reached Gravel Hill, Iwo miles from Mount Tabor. Montavllla has extended from the Sactlon Line road northward to the O. R. & N. line, a dis tance of 2V miles. The people are now nsklnjr the O. R. & N. Co. to give them a passenger and freight depot on the spur built there two years ago, and present figures to show that it will pay the com pany to do so. At Montavllla 45 new houses are under construction. The space between Monta vllla and Center Addition is being cleared of small trees and covered with cottages. Between the electric railway and Mount Ta"bor Contractor W. J. Burden has put up 12 new cottages, and about as many have been erected by others in this local ity. A good class of houses is being con structed in this suburb. Montavllla is growing as fast as any suburb outside of the boundary lines of the city. Extend Many Miles. To pt clear of the suburbs of Portland east one must now travel seven miles from the Willamette River. If he goes southeast he must travel at least eight miles to got well into the country, and beyond the fringe of settlements. In there suburbs, at Arleta and Montavllla, there Is some talk of forming corporations for the purpose of getting local govern ment, which will have the power to en force order, get a water supply and fire protection, then to wait until Portland extends Its protecting arms around them, but the conservative element has blocked the movement in that direction. How long It can be withheld is not known, for the want of some local authority to enforce order Is felt very severely, but the opposition says It will cost too much to maintain local governments and thus Increase taxation. In the suburbs in the direction of Lents and at Montavllla the residents are busy with home decorations. Little gardens may be seen about the most humble two-room cottage, whore some effort Is being made to cultivate some flower. At a small cottago In a suburb partly completed, occupied by a man and wife and two children living in the two rooms, the owner explained how be came to go that far out. "My wages do not average more than 52 a day In town," he said, "and it cost me one-third to pay rent, and so I came out here, where I can own a home of my own. The rent man never comes here. We will finish up this house next year and have a little garden out there on one side ot the cottage." This was practically the reason given by others In the same condition. These homebullders are enduring no small depri vations that they may own a home, have a garden of flowers and vegetables, and perhaps own some chickens. St. Johns Not a Suburb. St. Johns residents refuse to be called a 5tiburb. of Portland, and proclaim their nMlity to go It alone. "If Portland wants to be annexed to St. Johns, well and good." they say. "but If it does not want to get on the band wagon of progress It can .ay out." Just now St. Johns citizens are laying the foundations of a great city, and they are beginning to feel the pressure of some of the coming responsibilities. Rebels Must Go to Island Prison. NEW TORK. Feb. 25. It is announced that the officers condemned by the war council for participation In the recent re bellion, will be imprisoned temporarily In me .louuiim iJtisuii. Nai'h a uispatcn from the Herald correspondent at Buenos Ayres. Argentina. They will be held there until a sailing vessel Is bound south ward, when they will be transferred to the military prisons in the State Islands, near Terra del Fuego. Maude Gonne Will Not Make Up. PARIS. Feb. 25. The tribunal of the . Seine today heard the preliminary appli ' cation of Mrs. MacBrldc. formerlp Maude Qonne fthe Irish Joan or Arc), for di vorce from Major MacBrlde. who was a nrominent member of the Irish Jiealroest TO BE ST. PETERS OF GEEMA2TY Lutherans of All Nations Gather to Consecrate Berlin Carthedral. "BERLIN. Feb. 23. The American dele gates to the consecration of the Evangelical-Lutheran Cathedral next Monday, Professor Francis Brown, of "UnWn The ological Seminary; the Rev. J. J. Heiach mann, pastor of St Peter's Evangelical Lutheran German Church, of Brooklyn, and the Rev. Dr. J. H. Prugh, tfastor of the Grace Reformed Church, of Pittsburg, arrived here today. As the guests of Em peror William, they are lodged in apart ments reserved for them by the'' Court Marshal. The Emperor has taken rooms at all the principal hotels for the dele gates of the Protestant churches of Great Britain, Norway and Sweden. Denmark DEATH TAKES SURVIVOR OF WHITMAN MASSACRE. Mr. Susan M. Wirt. One by ono the pioneers of thore stir ring days of Oregon's early history are passing to the unknown future, and as each death Is recorded, memories are revived of the part they took in exolUng events. There are few of the 6urvivors of the famous Whitman massacre of 1SU alive. The last to be taken by the hand of death was Mrs. Susan 11. Wirt, of Portland, whoso demise was on Feb ruary 0. At the time of the massacre. Mrs. Wirt, a girl of 16, was accompanying hr parents. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan S. Kimball, across the plains from Indiana lb the territory of Lewis and Clark. The family were natives of the State of Ver mont, where the subject of this sketch was born In 1830. Three yeans later they journeyed, to Indiana, where they remained until the Spring of 1S47. After untold hardships, the family reached Whitman Mission, near Walla Walla, late In the Fall, where they decided to Temain for the Winter. The day before the massacre Mr. Kim ball tried to convince Dr. Whitman that the Indians were planning: a raid, but the doctor would not believe anything was wrong-. The following afternoon the Indians began the awful battle, which resulted In the death of 13 men and one woman, Mrs. Wirt's father being ono of the number. The Indians stole all that was of value to them, and lft the fflck and almost helpless women and children at the mission. For some time Mrs. Wirt remained with her mother at the mission, but finally came to Oregon City. Later, the mother of Mrs. Wirt married again, and the family settled upon a farm near Portland, where Mrs. Wirt resided until she was married, and came to Portland to live. and Switzerland and for visiting members of royal families. Prince Arthur of Con naught and Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark arrived today, besides numerous sovereigns of German states. The Emperor's invitations to the churches of ail Protestantism to take part in the dedication Is in fulfillment of his design to make tills cathedral hold a relation to Protestants such as St. Peters at Rome holds to Roman Catholics. Ref erence has often been made to the pur pose of the Emperor Frederick and the Empress, under whose short reign the Initial steps were taken to build the ca thedral, to make it the Westminster Ab bey of Gormany, and so it is to be. In the immense crypts already lie the bones of 87 Hohenzollerns, and In future, besides the sovereigns, there will also be placed the bodies of great German dead. "We are not building a church for the Province of Brandenburg," said the Em peror to the architect, Professor J. C Raschdoerff, "nor for Prussia, but a ca thedral for the Protestants of the world. I should like Protestants everywhere to feel that they have an interest In this building, a pride In It and feel welcome here." Tho Emperor often recurred to this Idea during conversation with Professor Raschdoerff and his son, Julius. The ca thedral will therefore be open day and night. Some of tho Protestant clergy of Germany have expressed discontent at tills order as leaning toward Romo, but quite opposite appears to be the Empe ror's vlow. On one occasion he said to Professor Raschdoerff: "Most of he cities of the world have a building monumental of the city. There is the Statue of Liberty at New York and St Peters at Rome. Berlin has no such structure. Let us make such a one ot this cathedral." Proressor Raschdoerff visited all the principal cathedrals of Europe before fin ishing his design, which corresponds more nearly to the early Italian renaissance as shown in Austrian churches. The organ, which is among the largest in the world, is the gift of Prince Henckol. of Donnersmark. It has 113 stops and 7000 speaking pipes, and cost 437,500. Tho cliancel is of marble and bronze, and is the gift of Privy Councillor Pastel. THE KING SNUBS DR. KOERNER Poor Reward for Persecution of ex Princess of Saxony. LE1PSIC. Saxony. Feb. 25. King Frederick of Saxony received Dr. Koer ner on the latter's return from Flor ence with considerable asperity. Tho Neusto Nachrichten says he reproached him with the severity of the nieasures taken toward the Countess Montlgnoso, trie divorced wiro ot Ung Frederick. "After all," said the King, "she Is the mother of ihe King of Saxony's children.' Dr. Koerner left the palace much an noyed and Immediately sent in his resignation of his place at court, which probably will be accepted. Senate Opposes Municipal Gas. NEW YORK. Feb. 23. Plans of the plant for the city of Paris have been de feated in the Senate, according to a Her ald dispatch from the French capital. A bill was rejected by that bodv after It had been passed by the Chamber of Depu ties and'had been -&jjrayca by the Paris UuRlcioal Council " BRINGS ONLY HALF A CARGO Chinese Crew Desert Vessel at Kobe Whereabouts of Steamer Ta coma Still a Mystery Re ported at Dutch Harbor. The steamship Numantla, of the Port land & Asiatic line, arrived at "her dock at 1:30 P. M. yesterday, having been delayed several hours coming up by the thick fog on the river. She brought a very light cargo, not more tl'an half of her space being filled. Tne freight consists principally of matting-, tea, rice and Japanese goods. The officers report an unusually rough passage across from Yokohama, which port she left on February 7. Heavy swells with gales from the northeast and southeast were encoun tered all the way. There was much snow and hall while skirting the Aleu tian Islands. In spite of the disagree able weather, their experiences were less severe than on tho last voyage out from Portland, when a hurricane made operations strenuous Indeed. Huge seas on that occasion washed the "decks of the ship and the force of the waves was so great as to smash in the rail on the bridge. Five sailors were washed aft, but fortunately managed to save themselves before going overboard. One of the men had several ribs broken and another suffered a fracture of his leg above the knee, which required sur gical attention at a time when even the officers were unable to stand up right In the cabin. On neither the out ward nor inward voyages was any se rious damage done to the ship. When the Numantla reached Kobe bound this way, the Chinese crew that shipped at Hong Kong deserted In a body and their places had to be filled by Japanese. In the words of the of ficers, the new men are a lot of "crip ples," all the able-bodied part of the male working population having been sent to the war. The steamer Is still in command of the same officers that were on her last trip except Purser Brlnk lemann, who was relieved at Yokohama and ordered home to Germany. The ICumantia will begin discharg ing cargo at Montgomery dock No. 1 this morning. It will only take a few days to get her unloaded, but more time will be required in loading her for the outward trip, as a full cargo is on tfic wharves awaiting her. REPORTED AT DUTCH HARBOR Mystery of Tacoma's Whereabouts Still Unsolved. The blockade runner Tacoma, whose whereabouts is causing anxiety to her owners and others, and which was er roneously reported to have arrived -X Moji, is not said to have been at Dutch Harbor on January 26. This would make the time of the steamer from the Sound to Alaskan ports 20 days, while ordinarily but ten days are required for tho tTip. Captain Trowbridge, of the Northwestern Steamship Company, owners of the steamer, states that he is inclined to doubt the correctness of the message, saying that he did not see how it could possibly tafce the Tacoma such a length of time to reach Dutch Harbor. Whether or not the message is cor rect, it is the only word received from the steamer since she cleared from Se attle, and the Northwestern Steamship Company officials are completely at a loss to account for her whereabouts. The Tacoma sailed from Seattle on January 6, ostensibly for Shanghai, with a cargo of beef in barrels, but her destination was Vladivostok. It may be that she is fast In the Ice, and prob ably the dispatch from Toklo. which reported that a steamer was fast in the ice in Yezo Strait, between Kunashlri Jand Hokkaido may have a bearing on the whereabouts of tho steamer. It Is known that when the Tacoma left there was a Russian on board, who was familiar with the Siberian coast and the approaches to the Ice-rimmed har bor of Vladivostok. No other blockade runner, leaving this Coast, has carried a pilot for the Siberian coast. The presence of the Ice now will, however, prevent tho steamer from skirting the Northern Siberian Coast. She could not come through the Gulf of Tartary in Winter for this reason, and there is but one available en trance to Vladivostok in the Winter, the straits now guarded by the Japan ese warships, which is but nine miles wide. Marine Notes. The steamer South Bay sailed for San Francisco last night. The French bark Turgot, from Ant werp for Portland, was spokon In 19:03 south, 31 west; no date given. Tho steamer Cascado finished loading lumber at St. Johns yesterday and went down to Stella to complete her cargo with poles. Toe schooner Zampa, 822 tons, has been sold by the Gardiner Mill Com pany to the Alaska Codfish Company. The schooner San Buenaventura. 172 tons, has been sold by D. Stcffens to Woodside, FJercm & Co., for the trade between San Francisco and Tllamook Bay. The schooner Joseph Russ, 235 tons, has been sold by the Pacific Ship ping Company to the Robinson Fish eries Company, of Anacortes. The British ship Pythomenc. which hat. been off the river for several days, failed to cross in yesterday as was ex pected. She is coming from Antwerp to Taylor, Young & Co.. and has aboard 06 cases of mineral water. 1247 bars and bundles of Iron, 109 casks of whisky, 55 cases of gin, 100 casks of tar oil, olive oil. curry powder. Scotch herrings, vin egar, pickles. Jam, 478 glrdor rails, 390 packages of fish plates, four cases of granite. 1942 packages of strawboards. 334 steel beam?, 10.500 barrels of ce ment and a quantity of coke. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA. Of., Feb. 23.- Ueft up at 8 A. M. Schooners Andy Mahony and C A. Kloxa. Arrived at 3 P. M. Schooners Ar gua. from San Pedro, and Beulah, from San Fi&nclaco. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M., obfeured: wind, northwest; weather, cloudy and fojtsy. i San Francisco, Feb. 2S. Arrived at 10:."0 t A. M. Steamer Roanoke, from" Portland and coaM ports.- for Port Los Ansel: Sailed Whallnc steamer Belvedere, for whaling grounds: British steamer Coptic, for Hong Kong, via Vckohama. Cleared British steamer. Brlnkburn. for Yokohama. Arrlx-ftd Steamer Umatilla, from Puget Sound; British Bteaer Wellington. from L&dyemltb. Sailed Steamer Nevadan. for Ta coma; steamer Mdntora, for Seattle. Hoqulom. Wash., Feb. 23. (Special) Ar rived Schooners Dora Bluhm. from San Francisco. Golden Shore, from Guaymas for orders: tup John Cudahy. Sailed Steamer Coronado. for San Francisco. New York, Feb. Arrived Carpatliia. from Triesta: Phlladelohla. from Soutbaroo- 50x100 on south side of Glisan street, between Sixth and Seventh. Fine hotel site. Cement sidewalk. Excavation made for cellar. . IVI. LOMBARD, 514: Chamber of Commerce. ton; Etrurta. from Liverpool and Queens town. Sailed Weimar, for Naples and Gen oa; St. Ixuls, for Southampton, via Plym outh and Cherbourg: Campania, for Liver pool; Graf Waldersee. for Hamburg, via Iover. Reported by wireless telegraph, oft Nantucket? Lightship LaBretagne. from Havre. I Plymouth, Feb. 25. Arrived New York, for Cherbourg and Southampton, and pro ceeded. Cherbourg. Feb. 25. Sailed St. Paul, from Southampton, for New York. Dover Sailed Zealand, from Antwerp, for New York. Antwerp. Feb. 25. Sailed Zeeland, for New York. Southampton, Feb. 25. Sailed St. Paul, for New York, via Cherbourg. Boulogne. Feb. 25 Arrived Statendam. from New York, for Rotterdam, and pro ceeded. Manchester Sailed Feb. 24. Caledonian. for Boston. Liverpool Sailed Feb. 24. Cevic. for New York; Feb. 24. Oaronla, for New York. Glasgow Sailed- Feb. 24. Hungarian, for Portland; Mongolian, for New York. Rotterdam. Feb. 25. Sailed Amskerill. for Newport News Havre, Feb. 25. Sailed La Lorraine, for New York. Naples Arrived Feb. 22. Cltta dl Napoll, from New York. Woodmen Arouse Albany. AL.BANY, Or.. Feb. 25. (Special.) The membership campaign' of the Woodmen of the World in the Valley culminated to night In one of the greatest demonstra tions ever seen here. Over 1000 members took part in the illuminated parade. Many uniformed teams, seven bands, fireworks and a large crowd marked the occasion. The Mayor of the city presented Manager Hawley with a key tq tho city. Over 400 new members were received as tho result of the membership campaign. Teams from Salem. Corvallls and Albany did degree work In as many halls. Following the de gree work, Mr. Hawley delivered a memo rial address In honor of the late Head Consul Falkehburg. Vertigo Seizes Captain Gore. KALAJIA Wash.. Feb. 25. (Special.) Captain George E. Gore, master of the transfer boat at Kalama. was seized with vertigo late last night and fell to the floor unconscious. Dr. " Sims was called and remained with the patient all night. It was at first thought that the Captain had suffered a paralytic stroke, but happily that was not the case. The trouble proved to be acute Indigestion which aggravated a chronic heart trouble. His life was despaired of for several hours, but he is now thought to be out of danger. Tramp's Club Stuns Youth. VANCOUVER, B. C, Feb. 25. Thomas Wharton, a youth of 20, was nearly killed today by an unknown tramp near Has tings, a few miles from Vancouver. Whar ton was walking along the railway track, when the tramp called to him to give up all the money he had. Wharton tried to get away, but the tramp hit him with a stick. Wharton was unconscious when found and was brought to the hospital. A posse of police Is hunting for the tramp. Judge Favors Fish Company. BEL-LTNGHAM. Wash., Feb. 25. Litiga tion against the Pacific American Fish eries Company for alleged violation of the law In operating Mantraps through sub sidiary corporations was disposed of to day so far as the Superior Court of "Whatcom. County is concerned. Judge JCeterer sustained the demurrer of the defendants that the court has no jurisdic tion In tho matter and the plaintiffs have no legal right to sue. The action was brought last Fall by E. J. White and others, who sought to annul th; licenses DAILY METEOROLOGICAL KEl'OCT. PORTLAND. Fob. 25. Maximum tempera ture, 64 dep.; minimum. 45. River reading at Jl A. M., 3.9 feet; change in rast 24 hours. 0.6 foot. Total precipitation. 5 P. M. to 6 P. M., none; total elnco September 1. HKH, 22.3G Inches; normal. 31.89; deficiency, 9.63. Total sunshine February 2t. 1P05, 9 hours and 7 minute:; possible, 10 hours and 52 minutes. Urometer (reduced to sea level), at 5 P. M., PACIFIC COAST WEATHER. j? Wind. J E. Irf 3 " - - oo 2. 2. - 2 ca - c: . 3 2 o ? : . ? J : STATIONS B&lcer.City ... Bismarck .... Botea Eureka .IMJ0 l 4!VVV IClqudy kMoudy Pt. cloudy -Cloudy iCloudy IPt. cloudy !Clcar IPt. cloudy IClear ICIear IClear '.(near 'Clear Pi. cloudy fclcar iClccr . UOki .00)10 E . 09 r0 .fisto. .020 .50,0 .138, ) .'C4,0 .!S0iO .62 0 .70 0 . M;0. .lc!o ,O0 4-W .0i 4 NW ,O024,NW .00! ; .0O.1VNW ,00 tSB ,00' 10 NW ,0O, A N .00; 6:NW ,00 A SE ,00 111 NW uoliaw ,00' 4W ,0C 6,NW ,00-,32-NE Hnlena Ksmloora, B. North Head Pocatcllo Portland Red Blurt Rofburjf Sacramento Salt Lke City dan Francisco ... Spokane Seattle Tatocsh Island ... WEATUER CONDITIONS. Fair and moderatelr warm weather continue this evenlnr In tho North Pacific State and In California. No rain ! reported at any na tion west of tha RocUy Mountain.. RllhoiiBh cloudlnuo has incre .-m! at scattered localities in Oregon and Washington. There has ben decided fall In pressure Tvtfit ot the Cascades durlnp the laat 12 hours, and a storm Is apparently approaching this district from the ocean. It le not sufficiently defined aa yet to be glr-n a great deal of weight In the forecaate. but the Indication are that It will have become rufflclently developed to cause Ijtereaslnc rloudln"sg, followed by rain. In Western Oregon and Wcrterh Wash ington by Sunday afternoon or night. WEATHER FORECASTS. Forecasts made at Portland at S P. M. for 2S houn oidlnc at midnight. February 20: Tortland and vicinity Fair, followed by in creasisc cloudiness and rhowers during the afternoon or evening; cooler; winds beeomlnc southeasterly. Western Oregon Increasing cloudiness, fol lowed by showers; cooler; winds beconilr, eoutheajlrly and probably lncrnsing in fortt alone the coast. Western Washington Increaeing cloudlr.t, followed by ooeaalooal rain; coolr: winds br eaming southeasterly, high alons the coait and at the entrance to the Strait of Fuc. Eastern Oregon, Eartcrn Warhlngton and Idaho-Fair.' , A.. B. WOLLACER. Acting District Forecaster. SURGICAL GOODS We Manufacture Elastic Hosiery, Bandages and Abdominal Supporters WE KNIT TO FIT Conversational Tubes London Hearing Horns Wilson Ear Drums, pair Complete assortment of arti ficial eyes. Agents for the new reform eye. Send for descrip tive booklet. WOODARD, CLARKE & CO. MANUFACTURERS AND for nearly 20 of the most valuable fish traps on Pugct Sound Baker City Plants Sold. SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 25. (Spo clal.) Isaac Anderson returned tonight THE RING OF BLOOD PURIFIERS In every collection of things there is a superior, one . that stands above all the rest and is known as the best, or Jdng of its class. By its record of forty years of enres S. S. S. has demonstrated its superi ority overall other blood purifiers and is known and recognized every where as the best The King of Blood Purifiers. The people everywhere endorse it, and there are few used, and today there are thousands in all parts of the country who have been cured of diseases by its use and who are daily recommending it to those who are in need of a blood purifier. It has held the confidence of the public for this long period of time, and is more in favor now than ever before, because it does all that is claimed for it, and b. o. o. for the blood" has grown to be a household saying. One of its greatest claims to the title of "The King of Blood Purifiers" is that it is purely vegetable, being made entirely from roots, herbs and barks of the forests and fields, selected for their purifying and healing action on the blood and their fine tonic properties for building up and strengthening the entire system. Not so with the usual blood medicines, for they contain Potash and other strong mineral ingredients that derange the stomach and digestion and otherwise damage the health. Bad blood is responsible for most of the ailments of mankind. When from any cause the Liver, Kidneys, Bowels or other organs of bodily waste become torpid, dull or sluggish in their action, and fail to carry out the poisons which are being constantly formed in the system, these poisons are absorbed by the blood. As this vital fluid is the very life of the Ixxiy, nourishing and supplying strength, through its circulation, to every muscle, nerve, bone and tissue, disease in some form is sure to follow when it becomes contaminated. , Eczema, Tetter, Acne, Pimples, Boils, Gentleman: My opinion of S. S. S.is thsteYery.bottle Is ' 1 ' .t. ' t ' worth its veight fat gold. It has been our family, given to both young and old. and always with tha best results. It thoroughly cleanses tha blood of all impurities, at tho same time it builds up the general health, gives appetite, strength and energy. "We have given it to our ohildren as intimated, and found it to be non-injurious to the system and always capable of purify ing the blood and restoring health. It is superior to every- uiuig eiso su a oars ior utoga cusea&es. Schuylkill Haven, Pa. MRS- CLARA DAUBERT. W1XI lc-milu LW uwi-xueu.. mc auuucx. amount of salves, washes, skin foods, rouge, etc., can reach the trouble; a real blood remedy is required. S. S. S. cures these and all other skin diseases, and .when it has cleansed the blood of the poisons and impurities the cure is permanent and lasting. Rheumatism, Catarrh, Scrofula, Chronic Sores or Ulcers and Con tagious Blood Poison are all deep-seated blood diseases. When the blood becomes eontami nated with the poisons producing these diseases, the entire circulation grows polluted and vitiated, and these painful and dangerous diseases will continue to grow worse until this vital fluid is cleansed and made strong and healthy again. In all these disorders S. S. S. has proved itself a perfect remedy, and has well earned the title of "The King of Blood Purifiers." It goes down into the blood and forces out all poison of every kind, all waste and foreign matter, and makes it pure and health-sustaining as nature intended, curing the disease permanent. Nothing reaches inherited blood taint or old chronic troubles like S. S. S., and being a strictly vegetable remedy it can be taken by old or young without fear of bad after-effects or .injury in any way to the system. Not only is S. S. S. a blood purifier and system builder of the highest order, but a tonic and appetizer without an equal, and is unexcelled in cases of general debility, loss of appetite, weakness, that tired, run-down condition, lack of energy and force, and other distressing complaints common to Spring and Summer months. If you have any blood trouble write us about it, stating the case fully, and our physi cians will help you to get rid of it by free medical .advice and will send books on the different diseases, which contain valuable information, without charge. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC GOMPANY, ATLANTA, OA, Manufacturers of the Wood lark Abdominal Belt Sole Agents for the McClure Abdominal Beit Sole Agents for the Factis Pad Elastic Truss A New Departure Special Supporters Made for Wearing After Opera tions. Orders Turned Out Same Day Received. Send for Measurement Blank and Prices. 2.50-3.00 $2.00-2p2.'50 ?'5.00 The new Baker Bedside Ta ble, an indispensable acces sory to the sickroom. Price ?4.7o IMPORTERS from the East. He announces the pur chase of the Baker City gas, electric light and power properties for $400,000 by Cyrus Pierce, of Philadelphia, Hal sey & Co. and assoolates. The new com pany plans to Increase the capacity of homes where this great remedy nsed xt8asively in etc wmie tney snow on tne faiu nave an im- deriving cause The Woodlark Elastic Truss, guaranteed. Special "ntting-room ; lady in attendance. 4 PORTLAND, OREGON the gas plant to 100,000 cubic feet per day and will increase the transmission lines to reach more mines with elec tric power. The same owners will put in a gas plant at Pendleton with a capacity of 50.000 cubic feet dally. is not known and which is far deeper a poi soned blood supply and until this is cor rected and the blood made pure and strong, the distressing itching and burning as well the disfiguring, humiliating symptoms , , , . t ,-ir . 717. 1