THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 21, 1906.
CHARGED WITH
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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.
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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.
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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.