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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 21, 1906. CHARGED WITH RUG B Asphalt Paving Company Man ager Placed Under Ar rest at Tacoma. OTHER ARRESTS TO FOLLOW Humor Says That the "Committee of Twelve" Has an Affidavit From F. T. Sherman That City Official Took Money. TACOMA. Wash., Jan. 20. (Special.) Fred T. Shorman, a nioniber of the In dependent Asphalt Paving Company, was arrested today, charged -with' bribing Mayor George P. Wright, of Tacoma. The complaint was sworn to by C. O. Bates. County Proseeuting Attorney, and Sherman Is specifically charged with hav ing bribed Mayor Wright in the sum of intended to Influence the Mayor's action In connection with his approval of the ordinance providing for the jKivIng of North Yakima avenue from Division ave nue to Steele street. Sherman was roloased on 52500 bail fur nished by his partners in the paving com pany. The hearing was postponed until next Thursday at the request of defend ant's attorney. Other arrests are likely to follow that of Sherman, it Is said, all cal culated to bring to light certain facts In connection with the alleged "graft" which the self-appointed committee of 12 citi zens 1ms charged exists among "certain city ofllcials." Sherman was district manager for the Barber Asphalt Company at the tjme of the alleged bribery, and had been sent to the Puget Sound country to open up busi ness here for his company. Jitter In the season he left the Barber company and bought an Interest in the Jndopendent. It has been common rumor that the "com mittee of 12" has an affidavit from Sher man in which he charges Mayor Wright with accepting a bribe, but the committee refused to submit any evidence before the grand jury two weeks ago. which was called at their own request. Since the discharge of the jury all sorts or rumors of graft on the -part of city officials have been current, and now the "committee of 12" will have to produce Its evidence or admit It has none, as sub jonas have been issued and served on ail of them and a huge sensation is likely to develop. N'o one believes Mayor Wright accepted the bribe, and it is generally accopted that the work of the "committee of J2" was dominated by n Republican politician for the purpose of casting odium on the present city administration, which is Democratic, and in the Interest of a Re publican candidate for Mayor at the olec tion next April. Mayor Wright says: "There Is no reason in the world wa sherman or any other paving contractor should attempt to bribe the Mavor. Un der our system of bids it is absoliitelv im possible for any city official to render value received for a bribe. The bids must be let in open competition to the lowest bidder As everybody .knows, the Mayor has nothing to do with the letting of anv contract or with the inspection of .the work. "J regard the charge as absolutely ab surd, and think that all that is necessary is for events to develop to prove that that is the case. There Is absolutely noth ing in the story, and developments "will so prove when the time comes." Sherman is one of two witnesses in whose behalf, prior to the grand jury fiasco. Messrs. Rust and Hellar. of the eommltte of twelve wore before County Attorney Bates and Judge Snail, of liic Superior Court, and n.k that ci,, " iTuimsed immunity for which request was granted. testifying. BATES IS PLAYIXG POLITICS Hcply of Manager Sherman to the Charge of Bribery. ?TT,U?- ,Wash- Jan- 20.-(SpecIal.)-Tnat he is being used as a tool in a pollt cal move on the part of Prosecuting 4t- tZVt ?atTE" de8,5ncd to Put the commit tee of twelve, who forced the calling of the grand Jury, m a bad light, is the ex planation that Fred T. Sherman, general manager of the Independent Asphalt Com pany gave this afternoon of his arrest on a charge of giving Mayor Wright, of Ta coma. a bribe of ?C000. He said: I am satlsned that my arrest upon a i rnnnr "'"f Ma0r Wr,Rht- f Tacoixw . 18 J1 Pt,ca move. I he- nee that I have been used to call the bluff of the committee of 12. They have made frequent charge of graft f connection lth street work and I lay Prosecuting At torney Bates' action in ciusing mv frrest imply to an attempt to. compel the commtt V..u , adm,t ,n opcn court u"5er oath about "0t ' Wh8t U,ey are MMa .i1 coj2, accont for It only on one hvpothe T!'e Prt0"ecutl"K Attorney wishes to tE !f,Pl!,b,1C ihBt therc 18 no "I Mavn w . charc" made against m!Zf. ht, '.n r,,rard t0 cU' Improve ments. All of the committee of J 2 are in tll? B vU on the complaint and v?.. b.uC n. sub,P'nflftd by the proeecutlon. I know thRt when they Ret on the wltness- liivo; ml?' wlMl ,0 rcrure tUcm' Tvnovi ot a single Instance of my being di rectly or indirectly connected with any brib ery m Tacoma. l'6u can say for me that at the preliminary Wing it will be nhown that there i8 abso hitely nothing In the charge made against XowV?,BS 19 "sh- Tho ""Plaint shows that tt amount to nothing on he face It Is true that while acting as leneral man. ager for the Barber Asphalt Company I did obtain the contract for improving Taklma avenue. My employers bid $83,000 and the only other bid was that of the Warren Con struction Company for $80,000. Mayor Wright had. nothing to do with awarding my company the contract. ' The contract was awarded in July. 1004 and the work was completed some time In August. The Jetting of contracts rests en tirely with Commissioner Welch Mayor WriKht had nothing to do with the letting of contracts. After the work was done in com pliance with the contract it would have been a waste of money to pay any graft money to anyone. We were entitled to our pay and could have forced it through the courts. That there Is nothing to the charge is apparent from an examination of the 'com plaint, I cannot see what object I or anyone elee could have in offering or giving the Mayor a bribe almost three months after my company had performed Its work under the contract. The Mayor had to sign the improvement bonds paying us. If he had not our attorneys could have gone Into court and very easily forced payment. MORE CARS THAN TRACKS. Business or Centralis Taxes North ern Pacific Switching Facilities. CENTRALLA, Wash.. Jan.20. (Spe cial.) The Northern Pacific tracks at Centralla have been so crowded recently with loaded cars that the railroad com pany will soon have to extend Its sldo tracklng facilities in this city. During the past week, all of the sidetracks at Centralla have been overcrowded and much congestion of freight has resulted. About 50 cars of lumber are billed out of Centralla every day. and as locomotives 1 are very scarce, the Northern Pacific bajjU4er. ' "v " not been able to move all the cars out. At one time during the past week at least 200 loaded -freight- cars were standing on the Centralla ride- tracks. This was from the Soutli Bend branch and Centralla. Much of this freight has been moved out since, but It .still remains that the sidetracking here Is Insufficient for the needs of the shippers. The railroad company has plenty of land upon which to build more track, and it is only a matter of need with them when they will bo built. FIRST TRA1X OX XEW LINE Right of Way Suits Holds Up Con struction on Yakima Road. NORTH YAKIMA. WaRh.. Jan. 30. (Special.) The first train on the North Yakima & Valley Railway was run on the new line this morning. One-quarter of a mile of the track was completed at noon today, connection was made w-ith the Northern Pacific and a tralnlosd of rails was taken from the main line of the Northorn Pacific to tho Valley road. Work of laying the rails will be pushed rapidly, and by the middle of next week nearly three miles will be completed. The work will tlion be stopped until condemna tion proceedings over a right of way are settled, in court. The matter of such rights of way will go to a jury of 12 men for tho assessment of damages. As soon as this Is adjusted the track will be com pleted to the crossing of the Naches River at the Painted Rocks. George Donald today negotiated for 40 acres of land for a townslf It mllos up the Naches Valley. Ho will also buy a site near this city for Ills machine shop. The new road will bo completed for 20 miles tip the Naehos by April 1. and trains will bo running at that time. This road Is supposed to be a part of tho St. Paul system, although this is denied by Mr. Donald, th builder. It is said to be a branch line of tho Northern Pacific, but he also denies this story. ES roil HI2K12KENUUM THAT Fl'LIi OF AMHIGUITIKS. IS From the Wording It It Impossible to Tell for IVbat I.CHh of Time 5uma Arc Intended. SALEM, Or., Jan. 23. (Special.) One of the most preposterous measures ever proposed was launched bore today In the form of a flat salary, amendment lo the state constitution to be adopted under the initiative. Though the peti tion states that it is a fiat salary amendment, there Is nothing in the amendment itself to show that it is a salary clause of the constitution. As written, it would amend the first nine articles of the constitution, which have no relation to salaries, or if it be con strued as an addition to the constitu tion, it would loavo the prosont salary clause undisturbed, except by impli cation. The ridiculous fonturos of the pro posed amendments are clearly seen at a glance. If it should be adoptod by the people, the amendment would read as follows: Article 1, section 1. Governor. $5000; Sec retary of State. $4000; State Treasurer, jaooo. Art. 2. sec I. Superintendent of Public Instruction. Attorney-General. State Printor, Judges Supreme Court, each, J.TU00. Art. 2. sec. 1. Clerk Supreme Court, re porter Supreme Court, each, $2000. Art. A. sec. 1. Bailiff. State Librarian. Dairy, and Food Commissioner, Game Warden. Commissioner of Labor. State Biologist. State Fish Warden, each, $12o0. Art. 5. hec. 1. Land Agent, Clerk Land Board, each," $1500. ArL C. sec. 1. Governor's Secretary and Secretary's first secretary, each. $2000. Sec. 2. Secretary's second secretary, SluOO. and secretary's other clerks. $1000. Sec. 3. Superintendent Asylum. $2500; Superintendent Penitentiary. $2500; Super intendent Deafmute School. $1S00: Super intendent Reform School. $1800: Superin tendent Blind School. 31CO0; Superintend ent Soldiers' Home. $1500. The boards named in article 7 shajl each receive $3 per day while in service: Art 7. sec. 1. Child Labor. Pilot Com missioner, Military Commissioner. Health Officer. Agriculture, Horticulture, Immi gration. Art. 8. sec. 1. Circuit Judges. $2000: Pros ecuting Attorneys. $1500. Art. 9. sec. 1. Board of regents of the. following schools, each ?S per clay, not to exceed $1200 per annum, viz.: Eugene, Cor vallls, Monmouth. Ashland, Weston and Drain. All other elective employes. $3 per day. Sec. 2. Appointees. $3. without board; appointees. $1.50. with board. Sec 2. And the Legislature shall net employ more than 30 clerks. 20 for House. 30 for Senate, nor more than 30 pages, six for House and 4 for Senate. The State Board shall serve without ex tra pay on board committees. The same to take effect and be in opera tion on and after the adoption of the peo ple at June election. 1905. It will be noticed that In the first six articles there is nothing- to Axow whether the amounts after the names of the different offices are salaries, or what they are, or whether they are to be paid annually or monthly or bien nially. If the public could draw upon its Imagination to supply these defects, and construe these amounts to be an nual salaries, several other imperfec tions are disclosed. A flat salary Is pro posed for the State Printer, but noth ing is said about the purchase of a printing plant. The greater number of the officers mentioned arc entirely unknown to the constitution, for they arc not men tioned in tho constitution and their duties are ifot there prescribed. If this were adopted, the constitution .would prescribe salnrks for officers for whose election no express provision had been made. In article 7 mention is made of the Military Commissioner and Health Of ficer, which offices are not mentioned In cither tho constitution or the stat utes. In article 9 It is provided that mem bers of the Boards of Regents of schools at Eugene. Corvallls. Mon mouth. Ashland. Weston and Drain shall receive $3 per day and rust to ex ceed $1200 a year, but it is not stated whether the schools referred to are common schools, high schools, colleges or universities. It does not say $3 a day for the time served, but $3 a day up to $1203 a. year. If the public and pub lic officials could again draw on their imaginations to supply these defects, the state would be presented with the necessity of paying salaries to some 50 members of Boards of Regents. Under section 2 of article 9. all ap pointees would receivo $3 with out board, which may be presumed to be $3 a day. and this would Include appointees of all sorts, such as men appointed to represent Oregon at con gresses and conventions of various sorts. Every man with a commission from the Governor would be an ap pointee. The provision, "appointees $1.50 with board," would play havoc at the pris on and asylum. The first warden at the prison would be an appointee and his salary would be cut from $1500 a year to about $547 a year. The phssl cians at the asylum would meet the same fate, but about 100 employes who arc now receiving about $25 a month and board would get $45 a month and board, and it would cost $2000 a month moro to run the insti tution. -Milwaukic CoHBtry Clafe. J.? PRICE CONCESSIONS THAT MEAN MONEY SAVING HIGH-CLASS CLOTHING AT ECONOMICAL Men's Suits $35 Suits, SALE PRICE . .$29.85 $30 Suits, SALE PRICE. .$24.85 $25 'Suits, SALE PRICE. .$19.85 $20 Suits, SALE PRICE. .$16.85 $15 Suits, SALE PRICE. .$12.85 FULL DRESS SUITS and BLACKS and BLUES at SPE CIAL SALE PRICES. SPRING BEN SELLING REVOLT IN ALASKA Advance in Steamship Rates Arouses the Country. OUTSIDE AID IS ASKED Business Men Willing lo Pay the Freight, but They Object Most Strongly to Paying Trib ute to Curriers. JUNEAU, Alaska, Jan. 20. (Special.) The Chamber of Commerce at Doug las has been reorganized with a good membership and Is now asking the co-operation of the Chambers of Com merce of Southeastern Alaska, Port Tounsend, Belllngham. Tacoma and Portland for aid and assistance In fc curlnpr lower freight rates from the steamship companies "which have re cently raised the rates from Seattle. The officers of the new Chamber of Commerce are Frank Bach, president: John Henson. secretary, and Alex Small wood, treasurer. C. A. Hopp, Wil liam Stubblns and John Henson wero appointed as a committee to draw up resolutions and send them to the dif ferent Chambers of Commerce asking for aid in securing Just treatment from the steamship companies. It was also decided by the members of the Douglas Chamber of Commerce that the shippers of that district would pay 25 per cent lees than the existing freight rates only. The entire country is aroused over the excessive freight rates now asked by tho steamship companies running between Seattle and Alaska points and a concerted plan Is being formed by the shippers to demand of the steam ship companies something like, fair play. In treating of the matter, the Alaska Hocord-Miner gives the senti ment of the people when it states that the residents of Juneau, Douglas and other cities affected by the excessive charges would welcome, the advent of a new company, from Portland, or from any other city which would haul frehjht at reasonable rates. The people of Alaska do not ask for freight to be hauled into the country at a loss to the companies, and they are willing to pay any reasonable com pensation, but the present rates, es pecially since the recent advance, have driven the great majority of the busi ness men into open revolt. They are now beginning the agitation for lower rates and will continue until their de mands are granted or until a new com pany enters the field which will fur nish competition and thus lower the rates. BRIDGE-BUILDERS ARE READY Machinery and Men Being Collected for Vancouver Structure. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Jan. 20. (Spe cial.) A crew of about 30 men are busily engaged in unloading and taking care of the machinery at the site of the bridge across the Columbia and building sheds and coverings for protection from the weather. Several of the head men are located here looking after the work. The charge of the entire work Is under the direction of Mr. Crorty. who is said ta be the engineer who will superintend the construction of the brMfte. Alo there Is a. superintendent of the machinery, and several otker asctetaat of Jir. Crotby's Men's Overcoats 35 OVERCOATS $27.85 $30 OVERCOATS $23.85 $25 OVERCOATS $17.85 $20 OVERCOATS $14.85 Raincoats and Topcoats $35 VALUES $29.85 $30 VALUES $24.85 $25 VALUES $19.85 $20 VALUES $16.85 $15 VALUES $12.85 STYLES MISSES' CO ATS who are here looking after the work in detail. Several men are working on the old. dock at the foot of Eighth street and lumber has been hauled from the Washington & Oregon Lumber Com pany mill which, it Is said, will be u?d for covering over the old dock and for building sand scows and boats for mixing cement and for other work. They are also getting some large timbers to be used for building derricks. The report that there were several new men started to work and that a large crew of carpenters were soon to be put to work cannot be verified. It Is stated, however, that there are more men at work than can be kept busy, as the ship ments of material have been slow. It Is said that the old pier which was erected several years ago by the North ern Pacific Is to be the starting point and will be of considerable value in the con struction of this bridge. Yesterday several carloads of new ma chinery arrived. Also several large boil ers. Work has been started . Just up stream from the old Eighth-street dock to tear away the bank and make a place for building scow? and sand boats and boats for floating the huge steam cement mixers which have already been shipped here and are ready to be put on the scows. COXDOX CLUB HAS ELECTION Xcw Commercial Organization Lays Plans for the Future. CONDON, Or., Jan. 19. (SpecIal.)-Offi-cers were elected Thursday night at a meeting of the board of trustees for the Condon Commercial Club as follows: Pres ident. J. EL Hunl; vice-president. F. ir. Pliter: secretary. S. A. Pattison.- and treasurer, X. Farnsworth. The members of Condon's new club now number SI and comprise most of the business and pro fessional men of the city. The club has ternporarj' quarters In one of the new structures on Main street, where a com fortable home for the Winter Is being prepared. Just as soon as the weather will admit work will be commenced on a new. modern clubhouse on property re cently purchased by the board of man agers. A committee is arranging for a ball to be given January 23 by the club as a celebration of the successful organ isation of the new association. . 3Iemorl7 to T. H. Tongue. HIL.LSBORO. Jan. 3ft. (Special.) A granite shaft 27 feet in height has keen erected as ayeraorial ef the late He. T. H. Tongue, wfce was several terms Cewgressswi . f rww the First district. The stone ts ot Btrrt marWe. -A y ! J. E. IlHBt. - A Boys' School Suits . $2.50 Suits, SALE PRICE. $1.78 $2.95 Suits, SALE PRICE. $2.38 $3.45 Suits, SALE PRICE. $2.98 $3.95 Suits, SALE PRICE. $3.38 $5.00 Suits, SALE PRiCE.$3.98 $7,50 Suits, SALE PRICE, $5.98 $10 Suits, SALE PRICE. .$7,98 MOORE RUSHED IN Heads the Fusion Ticket Nom inated at Seattle. ENTIRE SLATE CARRIES "Inrornial" Vote Gave 3rayoralty Xominntion to Dow, hut Lead- crs Brush Decision Aside and Get More Delegates. SEATTLE. Wash.. Jan. 20. (Special.) The slate prepared by the advisory com mittees of the labor leaders and the mu nicipal ownership faction was put through the mass convention of municipal ownership advocates today. The last nominations were made about midnight. Moores nomination was forced and won by the Democratic State Senator on a fluke. Matthew Dow, despite the fact that he had promised to give way when pressure was brought by the municipal ownership crowd, was actually nominated on an Informal ballot, but the men In charge of the convention would not al low it. What the leaders called an Informal bal lot was taken, and on this Dow polled 157; Moore. 162. Before the announce ment could be made, the leaders swept THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL Tew Teople Kaew How Uefal It Is la Xre aerriBx Health asd Seaatr. Nearly everybody knows that charcoal Is the safest and most efficient disinfect ant and purifier In nature, but few real ize Its value when taken Into the human system for the same cleansing purpose. Charcoal Is a remedy that the more you take of It the better; It la not a drug at all, but simply absorbs the gases and Im purities always present in the stomach and Intestines and carries them out of the system. Charcoal sweetens the- breath after smoking, drinking, or after eating onions and other odorous vegetables. Charcoal effectively clears and improves the complexion, it whitens the teeth and further acts as a natural and eminently safe cathartic It absorbs the injurious gases which collect in the stomach and bowels; it dis infects the mouth and throat from the poison of catarrh. All druggists sell charcoal In one form or another, but probably the best charcoal and the most for the money la In Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges: they are composed of the finest powdered Willow charcoal and other harmless antiseptics In tablet form, or. rather. In the form of large, pleasant tasting loxenges, the charcoal being mixed with honey The dally use of these lozenges will soon tell In a much Improved condition of tho general health, better complexion, sweeter breath and purer blood, and the beauty of It Is that ho possible harm can result from their continued use, but. ea the contrary, great benefit. A Buffalo physician. In speaking of the benefits of charcoal, says:. "I advise Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges to all patients suffering from gas In stomach and bow els, and to clear the cosspIexioB and pur ify the breath, raouth and throat; I ahi beHeve the liver Is greatly beaeAted by the dally use of then; they cost hot 3 ceats a box at drugstores, and although hi Iwim km a patent preparattoB, yet I" feeMere I get mora aad bettec efcarcMd in Stuart's Charcoal Loceuges than js. any 1 the cdtoary, cfcaze! UWtx., TAILOR .MADE ARE IN the result aside with the declaration that, as It was an Informal expression, it could not count. Men were rushed Into the convention, and the leaders saved iloore by a vote of 160 to 159. In a speech before the convention to night. Dow declared he had but one re gret. He stated that when summoned before George F. Cotterlll, E. D. Benson and W. D. Wood, who have been fian dllng the Municipal Ownership League. Cotterlll told him it would take from now until election to explain away his .record. "And that hurt me." Dow said, plain tively. Later on the union men who have been fighting for Dow's nomination forced him upon the ticket for candidate for Coun-cIIraan-at-Large. He has George List man, a printing pressman, as a running mate. George Brady, a law partner of ex-District Attorney Gay, was put onto the ticket as candidate for Corporation Counsel; Frank Bust, secretary- of the Central Labor Union, for Treasurer, and John Swanson, for Controller. Friends of Dow in the labor unions made a hard fight against wiping his name off the slate and got from him a letter promising to accept tho nomi nation if tendered him. It was on this basis that the fight was reorganized, and as matter of fact, the leadership of the special labor committee and municipal ownership crowd was act ually overthrown had the ballot been allowed. Democratic politlcans are demand ing an explanation from J. W. Godwin, chairman of the Democratic state com mittee, a"nd H. B. Drees, chairman of the county committee. Both sat in the convention as municipal ownership ad vocates. They took this action with out any consultation with Democratic leaders and it is charged they usurped a power that did not belong to them, when they went Into the mass conven tion. At that the recognition given Democrats in the nominations will have a strong Influence In the fight to secure an Indorsement from the Demo cratic convention a month hence. Fea tures of tho platform adopted are: Municipal ownership of all public utilities; denunciation of the City Council for refusal to submit to voters at the election an amendment of the city charter calling for a provision that no franchises shall be grantee beyond 1929, the date of the expira tion of the Seattle Electric Company's blariket franchise, that do not call fot Joint use of tracks by the city and the purchase of the plant at a fair price, placing no value on the franchise; pledges, candidates If elected to sub mit such amendments; declares the city shall have Joint user provision in all franchises granted in the future? pledges nominees to give no franchises without submission to voters for rati fication; denounce' subservience of City Council to Seattle Electric Company; eight-hour day and enforcement of alt labor laws. ROUTE OF THE ST. PAUL IIOAD Through Lolo Pass to Idaho and Snoqualmle Pass to Puget Sound. GABFIELD, Wash., Jan. 30.(Speclal.) The country tributary to Garfield is alive with railroad surveyors. The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road has had two gangs of men here for several weeks. The party In charge of G. W. Knox left Garfield today and has gone into camp six miles west of town. For the past two weeks this party has besa surveying di rectly east and Is now In the vicinity of the -new town of Potlalcn. From Infor matlon given out, the party expects to survey east until they meet a corps of surveyors supposed to be In the vicinity of Lolo Pass, who are cotalsg this way. the Knox party, when It arrived here, had Jest completed a survey through the Cascade Mouatalaa. The party in charge of X. Kuney is camped three miles west of Garfield and 1- running on a direct Hue west towards X4nd. From high aathority it la learned that the St. Paul road wiH run aerthweet from tt to Lolo Pass, ihenee through Mon taaa. striking Idaho at Moose City, in aahoae County. Thence they -will so on PRICES Boys' Overcoats and Raincoats $3.95 OVERCOATS $2.48 $3,95 OVERCOATS $2,98 $6.00 OVERCOATS $3.98 $5.00 RAINCOATS ...... .$3,98 $10 RAINCOATS $7.85 LEADING CLOTHIER through Latah County, striking near Pot. latch and Princeton. Leaving Idaho, thej come into Whitman County, Washington, at Garfield, and run directly west to Line and EUensburg. thence on to SnoqualmU and to the Sound. This survey brings them through th center of the great wheat belt of Easterr Washington, taking In Whitman, Adams and Douglas Counties. FOUND DEAD OX A' RAFT. Polk County Boy Shoots HimseU While Hunting. INDEPENDENCE, Or.. -Jan. .-(Special.) William Helmlck, the 16-year-old son of James Helmlck. was found dead on a raft in the Luckiamute Blver, six miles south of here, this morning. Young Hel mlck left home before breakfast on a duck hunt, not returning for breakfast, and his mother asfted Clay Bush, a brother-in-law, to make a search. At 10 o'clock Mr. Bush found young Helmlck's dead body on a raft Improvised to cross the Luckia mute. The boy's death was due to a load ol shot from his own gun. lodged In the right side. It evidently was an accidental discharge of the gun. James Helmick is one of Polk County's most substantial farmers, and the victim Is an only son. Oregon Corporations Dissolved. SALEM, Or.. Jan. 20. (Speclal.)-Gov-ernor Chamberlain today Issued a proc lamation, as required by law, dissolving about 50CO corporations that have not com plied with the provisions of the corpora tion license tax law. Most of the com panies have already gone out of business. The Best Guaranty of Merit Is Open Publicity. Every bottle of Dr. Pierce's world famed medicines leaving the groat labo ratory at Buffalo, N. Y., has printed upon its wrapper all tho ingredients entering Into its composition. Tala facs alone places Dr. Pierce's Family Medi cines in a class all btf themselves. They cannot be classed with patent or secret medicines because they are neither. This is why so many unprejudiced physicians Erescribe them ana recommend them to leir patients. They know what they, are composed of, and that the ingredients are those endorsed by the moat eminent medical authorities. . The further fact that neither Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, tks great stomach tonic, liver lnvlgorator, heart regulator and blood purifier, cor his "Favorite Prescription" for weak, over worked, broken-down, nervous women contains any alcohol, also entitles taesa to a place all by themselves. Many years ago, Dr. Pierce discovered that chemically pure glycerine, of proper strength, is a better solvent and preserv ative of the medicinal principles reeM lug In our indigenous, or na&re, medi cinal plants than is alcohol; atkl, farther more, fchat It poMesaes valaablensedldaal properties of its own, being demulcent, nutritive, antiseptic, and a most efficient an tl ferment. Neither of the above medicines coa talns alcohol, or anv harmful, habit forming drug, as will be seen frees a glance at the formula printed on each bottle wrapper. They are safe to use a&d potent to cure. Not only do physicians prescribe the above, non-secret medicines largely, but the laost intelligent people employ them -"people who would not think: of nslsg &e ordinary patent, or secret mediclaw. Jhrery Ingredient entering Into the com position of Dr. Pierce's, medicines haa tke "Strongest kind of an endorsement frota leading medical writers of the several aeabek ot practice. No other aaedldBes pat Hp for like purpose feu aay sach proftrnkmsl endorseaaeat. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pelleis care ee stfaatfon. Coastipatkm is the caaca C aaaay dJseaaet. Care the cause and yea we the dtoeaee. One "Pellet" is a mHto laxattva. aad tweaaiUd eatkartte. Dmg gfatte sell them, and nothing is W m , gee.- Sasy to take aa caadj.