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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, . PORTLAND, JULY. 22, 1906.,
HILL RUNS LINETO
MOUTH OF RIVER
Magnate Said to Be Planning
to Found Port Oppo
site Astoria.
FRANKFORT IS TO REVIVE
Grain From 'Washington Will Be
Hauled to Docks at Deep Water
and Empty Cars Returned Loaded
With Shingles and Lumber.
Activity of Northern Pacific surveyors
running a line from Kelso west to the
mouth of the Columbia River, and who
are being closely followed by right of
way agents, who are securing necessary
deeds, has aroused a good deal of spec
ulation In railroad circles. The opinion
ia gaining ground that J. J. Hill intends
to carry wheat from the Palouse fields to
a point opposite Astoria and there load
the grain on ships. He would then be
able, it Is said, to load his cars thus
emptied with shingles and. lumber from
Southwestern Washington points for the
East.
There is said to be no reason why Hill
should unload his wheat tonnage tn
Portland when he can quite as easily
carry it down the river to the mouth of
the river on a water grade at slight cost
of operation of trains. By so doing It
ia said that Hill expects to escape the
differential levied against this port by
the shipowners' combine, which has
resulted in the announcement of the
Harriman lines that this charge will be
absorbed by the railroad. This Item
amounts to Isv 3d or 30 cents a long ton
of 2240 pounds and goes to every ton of
grain transhipped from the Interior at
Portland for European ports.
By loading his ships nearer the sea,
Mr. Hill expects to cut out towage and
pilotage charges up the river, as well
as reduce the stay of a ship in the river
by at least two days. These Items are
largely responsible for the arbitrary dif
ferential levied against Portland at pres
ent. The saving thus effected would mean
a large item in a season's .wheat hauling
from the fields to the export point.
The shingle and lumber output of
Southwestern Washington could then be
handled to advantage by Mr. Hill, for he
would have empty cars at the mouth of
the river that would pick up shingle and
lumber loads at the many points of man
ufacture between the river's mouth and
Vancouver. This business is heavy and
is on the increase.
"Mark my words. Portland will have
cause to curse the day that Hr. Hill de
cided to bring his new road to Portland."
said a railroad man who Is In touch with
the situation and who predicts that the
completion of the road down the north
bank and on to the Coast will mean the
diversion of wheat shipments from this
port. "The new Hill road will practical
ly cut this place out of the leading wheat
exporting ports of the country. Palouse
wheat will go past Portland In boxcars
and by means of Hill's economical fa
cilities for handling grain down the river
and the probable doing away with the
differential at the river's mouth. Harri
man will be forced to send wheat down
the south shore of the Columbia' to As
toria or Flavel.
"It will be up to Mr. Harriman to pur
chase the Astoria & Columbia River
Railroad if he can do so, for the lines
under his control cannot afford to keep
on equalizing the charges against this
port if Mr. Hill ships grain from the
river's mouth without the necessity for
cutting this 30 cents a ton off the freight
charges from the Interior."
Frankfort, a mere speck on the map on
the Washington, shore opposite Astoria,
which once had aspirations to become a
great port, is said to be again in the
race because of the preparations to build
the new Hill line down to the sea. The
surveys indicate that this old townslte,
lying next to deep water, will be the
place where the Hill grain docks will be
built.
This situation promises aveontest be
twe"n the rival magnates for the control
of the Astoria & Columbia River Rail
road. If Mr. Hill's scheme works out as
it Is predicted it will, the property will
be necessary to the Harriman interests to
follow the same policy on the Oregon
shore that the Hill road will pursue on
the Washington side of the river.
It has been thought for some time that
negotiations have been carried on with
A. B. Hammond, the owner of the As
toria road, by representatives of both the
Harriman and Hill Interests. It is be
lieved that Hill has an option on the
property and has held it for some time.
There are reports that indicate- the at
tempt of Harriman to secure, the prop
erty. It Is also stated on good author
ity that Hill has an option on the Cor
vallls & Eastern, the other Hammond
property, which is the only railroad
across the Coast Mountains to the sea
between Portland and San Francisco.
A. B. Hammond will reach Portland
early this week from his home In San
Francisco and his visit Is expected to
have something to do with the confirma
tion of these rumors in regard to the de
sire on the part of both Hill and Harri
man to snap up the route down the Co
lumbia to the ocean.
All of this talk Indicates that water
grades down the Lower Columbia are to
be in as sharp demand as similar sur
veys further up the river. That Mr. Hill
intends to route a large part of his
Western Washington tonnage up the
north bank road and divert it from the
haul over the Cascades Is assured by the
report that he will extend the line down
the Columbia to Willapa Harbor. Lum
ber and other freights from that .section
will be brought over to the Columbia and
bauled up the river over the Portland &
Seattle.
ROADBED Willi BE IMPROVED
O. R. & N. to Spend Large Sum in
Shortening Running Time.
Large sums of money are to be spent
by the O. R. & N. this season in putting
the main line In the best possible con
dition for speedy train service as well as
to care for a heavy volume of freight
traffic. Work has already been started
and will be continued until the Fall rains
drive the construction gangs from their
work. The plans now being worked out
Indicate that the line is being made ready
to meet any competition the new Port
land & Seattle Railway may bring
against it.
Three work trains will be" put to work
tomorrow on ballasting the main line for
a distance of 100 miles. The first work
will begin at Huron and will be extended
to La Grande. If the season will per
mit, the ballasting will be continued from
Baker City to Huntington.
Warned by the costly experience of last
Winter, when the tracks were washed
away for some distance beyond Pendle
ton, the route of the main line through
the Blue Mountains will be changed
somewhat in many places to escape, ttta
mountain streams,' 'and trestles will be
done away with In many places by the
susbtitution of earth and rock fills.
Tunnels will be driven in some places and
the line will be brought up to a high
standard by the end of the Summer.
Five locomotives and two steam shovels
will begin work tomorrow in digging and
hauling ballast from the gravel, pit be
low Hilgard. Ninety - cars are to be
loaded daily -with gTavel that will be dis
tributed along the line wherever needed
from Huron eastward.
Many sidings are to be put in to ac
commodate the increased . number of
trains that are necessary over last year.
This item alone -will cost the O. R. & N.
J100.0OD.
Repair shops and other improvements
at The Dalles will mean the expenditure
of 175,000 during the Summer, and repair
shops, roundhouses and other buildings at
I- Gtnde will cost from 1100,000 to J125,
000. All these betterments are to be ac
complished this Summer if possible.
General Manager O'Brien returned yes
terday from a trip of inspection over the
O. R. & N. lines, going as far East as
Huntington. He confirms the improve
ments reported for the season and says
they will be carried out before next
Winter in case men can be secured to do
the work.
WILL take no more lumber
Southern Pacific Has 5000 Carloads
In Yards at San Francisco.
Until further notice, the Southern Pa
cific will refuse lumber shipments for
San Francisco and Oakland because of
the congestion of traffic at the Bay City,
where it is said 5000 cars are piled up
awaiting unloading. Consignees are un
able to provide places for the storage of
the contents of these cars and the rail
road is forced to stop the receipt of cars
for the South.
The congestion In California has helped
In the creation of a car shortage ia this
state that has caused complaint among
shippers of all classes, particularly those
interested in the lumber business. Large
numbers of loaded cars were sent to San
Francisco and as they were held, with
their loads, the supply here was cut
short. No definite time for the raising
of the blockade on lumber shipments to
California is announced.
CAPITALISTS RETCRX SOUTH
Support Promised C. E. Loss' United
Railways Project.
The group of capitalists attracted
to Portland by C. E. Loss, who seeks
to interest them In the United Rail
ways proposition, returned to Califor
nia last night, after looking over con
ditions here. Mr. Loss will remain in
the city to superintend the carrying
out of the United Railways projects.
Those interested in financing the
scheme say that success has attended
their efforts and everything seems
favorable to the carrying out of the
propositions originally started by J.
W. Evans, of Los Angeles. Mr. Loss
states he will head the subscription
with fTom $50,000 to $100,000 and oth
ers interested will do likewise. The
bonds, it is said, will be taken by
financial Interests outside of the usual
channel of New York trust company
financiering.
New Rate on Iowa Plaster.
A new rate on plaster will probably be
published within a short time by the O.
R. & N. Company from Fort Dodge, Iowa,
to Portland. The present tariff will be
somewhat reduced and the rate on plas
ter in carloads between the two points
will be made 40 cents a 100 pounds.
RABBI IS NOT YET CHOSEN
Beth Israel Has Difficulty in Find
ing Dr. Wise's Successor.
A successor to Rabbi Stephen Wise Is
to be chosen at Temple Beth Israel, but
the fact that just any one will not do l
making it a bit hard for tne congregation
to find a suitable pastor to fill this impor
ant pulpit. Rabbi Wise leaves in Septem
ber, but as yet no suitable successor has
been found and it is a question whether
one who will be entirely acceptable will
be named by the date of his departure.
There is a strong sentiment among the
board members for a young man for this
position, and a sharp lookout is being
kept by them for a member of the young
er set of rabbis who will be considered a
capable pastor and an eloquent speaker.
When any of the prominent members of
the congregation have occasion to take an
Eastern trip, visits are made to all con
venient points, and sermons by possible
candidates are listened to, but so far
without results.
"These younger men will not come out
here on trial," said a prominent trustee
yesterday, "and one can hardly blame
them, for if they are not accepted it ap
pears to be a reflection on their ability.
But we are going slow, for we would
rather be without a rabbi for a while than
to act hastily and get some one who was
not pleasing to the congregation. I guess
we have been spoiled by having Dr. Wise
so long." he added.
Plays Many Parts in His Career as Member
of Lyric Stock Company.
THB Lyric Stock Company la a
unique institution in town.
They have played here -without in
terruption at the present house for
18 months continuously, averaging 24
shows a week. In 18 months there
are 78 weeks so the Lyric has given
1872 consecutive shows in this time
most of the time, including weekdays
and Sundays, giving three Ehows a
day, one in the afternoon and two in
the evening. This gives an idea of
the offerings to the public, and it may
be said that the Lyric Theater has
built up a steady, regular patronage.
As Mr. Ashton, of the company, said
the other day: 'The public seem to
like . these high-class plays, and the
strong plays far better than slap-stick
stuff, and it is tar more substantial
and lasclng in its value and Influence.
This oompany Is putting on better and
better plays all the -time."
CharleB conners will do for a fair
sample of the stock actor who is In
the Lyric Stock Company. He has
played in the Lyric, Company for the
last eight months in S5 bills. At
Walla Walla he! was cast in 64 plays tn
52 weeks.
That was his longest quick-change
record. But he once played 30 bills
In eight weeks, with the Daly Com
pany. Mr. Conners used to be stage
manager of the old Grand Opera House
In San Francisco. After that he went
to Alaska, taking'tip the task of the
gold miner. He did not succeed at
that, 'and came back- to the profession
In 1890. He played in stock companies
at San Jose. Los Angeles, San Diego
and Coronado Beach before he went
to Alaska. The only repertoire com
pany he ever traveled with was the
Humphrey-Ward Company that played
at Cordray's two years ago. He is a
good all-around comedian. He has
played as many parts as any stock
actor you might mention. From Po
lonius -and the First Grave-Digger, to
the low comedian in Flnnegan'a Alley
he is perfectly at home in the part.
The size of the stage at the Lyric
is the only feature that makes the
performances at that house stop short
of being as good afi any. that you may
ELECrROGUTED AT
TOP OF HIGH POLE
James E. Bannister, Electric
Lineman, Killed by :
Live Wire,
MANY VIEW GHASTLY SIGHT
Body Hangs by Leg for Twenty Min
utes Before It Can Be Removed.
Man's Wife Died Two Years
Ago to the Day.
James E. Bannister, a lineman employed
by the city, met a horrible death by
touching a live wire at the top of a pole
SCENE OF ELECTROCUTION
CllO&S SHOWS POLE WHERE
yesterday afternoon. The fatal accident
occurred shortly after 3 o'clock, at the
south side of the City Hall, on Jefferson
street, 60 feet east of Fifth. This is the
third accident of the kind within a few
weeks.
Bannister was on top of the pole repair
ing a city telephone wire when he came
in contact with a wire carrying a high
voltage current. His body formed a cir
cuit through which 2200 volts of electricity
passed. He would have fallen to the
pavement, 50 feet below, had not his shoe
caught in a steel projection and held him
securely. Death must have ensued within
a very few minuter. By a grim coinci
dence, the day marked the second anni
versary of the death of Bannister's wife.
For nearly 20 minutes the body hung
from the pole, suspended face downward.
The ghastly spectacle attracted a crowd
of at least 2000 persons. Many remained
under the pole until the body was brought
down, while .others turned away, unable
to bear the eight.
The services of firemen with an exten
sion ladder were necessary to lower the
body to the ground. Fred Gifford. a city
employe, scaled the . ladder, fastened a
rope about the lifeless form and it was
lowered to the ground. Station Officers
Price and Anderson then removed it in
the patrol wagon to Finley's undertaking
establishment.
Mrs. C. E. Mitchell, of 254 Jefferson
street, directly across. the street from
Chariee Conners.
encounter ordinarily In . stock compa
nies. The acting is -very good. The
artistic conceptions of the players are
all that can be desired, and the appre
ciative spirit of the audiences Is some
thing to gladden the human heart.
The Lyric was started by, Keating
and Flood, and there was some doubt
at the time whether or not it could
be run succesfully as anything but a
vaudeville house. It has been signally
and uniquely successful as a stock
house, where anyone can go with com
fort and pleasure. Its patronage is
increasing and it deserves it.
The honest enthusiasm of the actors
and the intimate attitude of the pat
rons with respect to the various mem
bers of the cast are uncommon char
acteristics of these Lyric stock repre
sentations. .
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the City Hall, was the only witness
of the tragedy. In company with Miss
Harriet Hibbard she had been watch
ing Bannister at work, but Miss. Hib
bard was not looking when the acci
dent occurred. The two women had
been discussing the danger which the
man was in and at last Miss Hibbard
left the window, saying that she was
afraid something would happen, and
that she was too nervous to watch
him longer. Miss Hibbard recognised
Bannister, as she is employed in the
office of - the City Messenger and De-
UDTEMEN KILLED RECENTLY BI
1JVB WIRES.
Hay 29. Cnar-es E. Kicks. First and
Alder; head touched live wire, -forming
circuit; killed instantly. ,
June 18. Jack Lockwood, Union
avenue and East Oak streets, touched
live wire; killed and terribly muti
lated. July 21, James E. Bannister, Fifth
and Jefferson, killed by touching live
wlr while at work. :
livery Company, where she had often
seen him.
"It was just after Miss Hibbard left
the window," said Mrs. Mitchell, "that
the accident occurred. The lineman
had only been on the pole a few min
utes and was pounding something with
a pair of pinchers. I was looking right
at him when suddenly his head fell
OF. LINEMAN BANNISTER
""53
BODY HCNG FOR SO MINUTES.
back and one leg dropped limply away
from the pole. I realized at once that
he had touched a live wire and started
to give the alarm but fainted. He had
one arm around the pole, which kept
him from falling at first, but the next
time I looked the body was suspended
by one leg."
Miss Hibbard heard her companion
scream and soon discovered what was
wrong. She at once telephoned for
the patrol wagon, which arrived on the
scene some time ahead of the ladder
wagon. The latter was called by
Chief Campbell, who had been notified
of the accident by City Hall Patrol
man Klnlan.
Bannister was 48 years of age and
a widower, his wife having died two
years ago yesterday. His residence
was at Sellwood. where he had lived
for several years. He leaves three
children, two sons, aged 1 and 13
years, and- a daughter, aged 10 years.
No funeral arrangements have yet
been made.
PIANOLAS IN SCHOOLS
National Educators Convention Dis
cusses Change in Study of Music.
CHICAGO, III., July 21. (Speclal.)-Great
Interest Is manifested in the gathering of
educators of National reputation, who are
now in session at the National Summer
School here. The teachers are considering
several plans for the advancement of their
pupils, some of them of such a radical na
ture as to arouse the keenest Interest not
only among the educators but among par
ents. One of the plans under discussion
n makd a comDlete change in the
teiichin of music. Generally speaking.
the old way has been to teach pupils to
sing whether they were gifted with voices
or not. The new idea Is to take in instru
mental music, and the proposition Is that
the wonderful Pianola be used in the edu
cational institutions.
This movement has the strong backing
of United States Commissioner of Educa
tion William T. Harris, who predicts that
a new era in American musical education
will dawn when the pupils of the public
schools learn to listen intelligently to the
great musical masterpieces rendered by
the aid of the Metrostyie rianoia.
The Metrostyie Pianola is the only in
strument which has received the serious
attention of the world's greatest music
masters and artists. It is the only player
having the wonderful Metrostyie device
by means of which anyone without the
slightest knowledge of music can render
the most difficult composition as would a
virtuoso.
The Pianola Is already being used In
many private schools for this purpose, and
in such colleges as Columbia, Vassar and
Harvard. Commissioner Harris would like
to see It used in the general exercises of
all public Bchools. so that pupils may rap
idly acquire a knowledge of the styles of
the world s foremost composers ana tne
ability to recognize and enjoy them.
EASTERN EXCURSION RATES
August 7, 8, 9, September 8 and 16
On the above dates the Great North
ern Railway will have on sale tickets
to Cnicago and' return at rate ot i7i.io,
St. Louis and return $67.60, St. Paul,
Minneapolis and Duluth, Superior, or
Sioux City and return, J60. Tickets
first-class, good going via the Great
Northern, returning same or any direct
route, stop-overs allowed. For tickets,
sleeping car reservations, or any addi
tional information, call on or address
H. Dickson.- C. P. & T. A, 122 Third
street, Portland. -
Sir Gilbert Parker, the novelist likes to ge
from one room to another, writing a little In
this and a littl In that. He mlso has a
weakness for changing chairs while composing.
Mi! BOOKS BUT
FEW READ THEM
Portland Librarian Gives Her
Impressions of Great Li
braries of Europe.
NOT FOR THE MASSES
Miss Alary -Frances Isom Returns
From Trip Abroad After Which
She Attended National Library
Conference at Narragansett.
Miss Mary Frances Isom. of the Port
land Library Association, la back, after
an absence of five months, during which
time she has traveled abroad and visited
a number of cities in this country. Miss
Isom arrived in Portland Friday evening
and looks the picture of health, after her
long vacation. She did not go abroad
with any definite idea of study, but dur
ing her travels she took occasion to visit
all libraries which were Included in her
route, and this Inspection has satisfied
her that American methods in library
work are not equalled anywhere In the
world.
'WeTtre more alive over here and make
the education of the people an object of
our library work, while in the European
cities which I visited the libraries are
Intended only for the use of students and
not for the public at large," she stated.
'It made me compare conditions there
with our own when I viewed the magnifi
cent collections of books which in many
instances were not being used by the
masses. In one. especially fine library I
visited it ' was in Vienna this -rras
brought to my notice by the fact that
there were only six people in the building
outside the attendants; two of these were
writing letters, two looking over the comic
supplements to the newspapers, and two
were reading.
'One of the most interesting of the
many delightful people I met while abroad
was Dr.. Biagi, of the Laurentlan Library
in Florence. He speaks English very well
and is much interested in American li
brary methoda He has a petition before
the King at present for the establish
ment of a library school in Rome with
American teachers, and he warmly advo
cated the establishment of children's de
partments In all the libraries In Italy.
"I spent one day in the Bibliotheque
Natlonale, the great French library, and
enjoyed examining the celebrated collec
tion of books, rare prints and bindings
there. The British Museum was also
extremely interesting, but method is lack
ing. However, I found tne UDranes oi
England more advanced than others on
the continent, and they have a system
of lectures or readings which seems to
suit them very well, but which I do not
fancy the American public would care
for. At Stratford-on-Avon I found one of
the most interesting small libraries of my
trip, and a wonderful collection of Shake
speariana, which is used by students and
actors from all over the world. The new
Carnegie Library in this place is located
In two old timbered houses, which have
been thrown together without - altering
their original architecture, ana tne eneei
and spirit are very charming, but not
quite to the liking of an up-to-date libra
rian." In addition to the principal cities of
Italy and France, Miss Isom made a tour
of the cathedral cities of England, en
joying this portion of her trip very fully.
The art galleries also occupied much of
her attention, and she declares that while
home seems nicer than any place else and
there Is something pathetic about Amerl.
cans who have taken up their residences
abroad, she will be anxious for another
journey.
Arriving in America the last of June,
she Immediately went to Narragansett
Pier to attend the annual Library Con
ference and reports a splendid meeting,
with an attendance of over 1000 delegates.
"There was a literary flavor to this
meeting," she said, "which is always
quite possible in New England, and which
we all enjoyed so much. Many well
known authors were there and read pa
pers. That reminds me while I was vis
iting foreign libraries. Invariably I would
be greeted by the librarian to whom my
card was handed with,-'Oh, yes; that is
the place where the conference met last
Summer Portland!' showing that they
all kept touch with what we were doing
hers.
"I am delighted with the condition I
find my own library in, and the unusual
THE DOUBLE FLUE CONSTRUCTION
-elelMtei
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(The Fnel-Saving Kind) Guaranteed 25 Years $1 a Week
CAyPfi FURNITURE CO.
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patronage this Summer has been surpris
ing. The clerks tell me that it seems
to have taken the place of the Exposi
tion, for, with the exception of the recent
hot spell, there has been practically no
falling off in circulation pr attendance.
"Yea, or course I got lots of new ideas
at the conference one always does but
it takes a long time to get them . Into
shape and make them applicable to local
conditions, so there is nothing I could say
of thm.'.'
Miss Isom Is at the Guilliame, and will
Immediately take up her work.
ANNUAL REUNION HELD
Loyal Students of Portland Univer
slty Meet at Chautauqua.
The annual reunion of the Association
of Loyal Students of Portland University,
which was held on the Chautauqua
grounds at Gladstone Park Friday after
noon, proved a. very enjoyable affair.
Though the number attending was not as
large as at last year's meeting, they were
none the less enthusiastic. Those present
seemed to grow young again as they
mingled with old-time, friends and re
called and relived the happy days spent
amid the most Inspiring environment of
their lives.
Mr. John Van Zante. who has served
as president since the organization of
the association, was unanimously re
elected, and Mrs. Winnie Skelton -Foster
was elected secretary.
After disposing of the splendid picnic
luncheon spread on the mossy crest of Re
union Knoll, beneath the natural canopy
of the forest an appropriate place for a
gathering of orphans letters of greeting
were read from those not present and an
informal programme was rendered. The
meeting then adjourned, to meet around
that beloved friend of former days. Dr.
Charles Edward Locke, after his lecture
at the Auditorium.
Those present were: Dr. B. J. Hoad-ley.-
Professor A. B. ' Breece, Mrs. Alice
Aubrey Weister, Mrs. O. S. Schnauffer,
C. W. Tenney, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Foster, Mr. and Mrs. O. V. White, Mr.
and Mrs. Perry F. Chandler. Mr. and
sirs. V. F. Perry. Mrs. Gertrude Forbes
Maple, Mrs. Kerrigan Rlner, Mrs. -Lulu
Rinehart Myers, Mrs. L. A. Read, Miss
Anderson, Miss Laura Thompson, Miss
Ada Rider, Miss Flora Mae Ross, Miss
Ada Taylor, Miss Mary E. Talbert, Miss
Nellie M. Hutton, Miss Ada C. McLaugh
lin, Messrs. John Van Zante, J. Morley
Hoag, E. A, Dunlap, L. T. Anderson, C.
L. Case. Archie Constable, Ara W.
McLaughlin.
Letters of . greeting were read from:
Professor L. L. Bush, Mrs. Doane, Mr.
and Mrs.. Robert Carey, Mr. and Mrs. V.
H. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce G. Wor
etell, Mrs: Emily Thomas Phipps, Mrs.
Lillian Preston Doty, Misses Josie Hale
Bush, Eva Foster, Myra J. Sharp, - May
Doane, Messrs. Dorsey M. Hill, Carey H
Jenkins, Fred C. Whitten, F. C. Dunlap.
Dr. Everest Has a Rejoinder.
PORTLAND July 21. (To the Editor.)
In The Oregonlan of this date John M.
Laue has some remarks in answer to
my open letter to the Secretary of the
State Board of Pharmacy. Of any per
sonal remarks I shall take no notice.
for such is entirely foreign to my pur
pose In writing the open letter that you
published. ,
It matters not to the general public
or the druggists throughout the state
whether I am a "disgruntled" druggist
or not, but the interpretation of the pres.
ent pharmacy law. is of vast Interest and
importance to us all. except to the gen
eral merchant, who Is satisfied so long
as he can sell drugs and poisons undis
turbed. I have no personal quarrel
against Mr. Laue or any other member of
the Pharmacy Board. As a member of
the- board, he becomes a public servant,
and the public has a right to ask for an
accounting. . of his stewardship. -1 ven-.
ture to say that there are not more than
a dozen druggists of Oregon who would '
not be glad to read the Interpretation by
the Board ' of Pharmacy, of the Oregon
State Pharmacy Law.
It is not necessary for me to repeat the
statements and questions contained in
my open letter and the evasion of them
is virtually admitting my position as correct-
Such a course seems to be as much
as to say that the present law la inef
fective and that the Pharmacy Board is
of no real value to the druggist or the
general public.
DR. ERNEST EVEREST.
" Presbyterians Get Injunction.
NASHVILLE, July 2L Judge Childress,
of the Circuit Court, today granted an
Injunction restraining ail of those who
claim to be still Cumberland Presby
terians from Interfering in any way with
the services, property or judicatories of
the Presbyterian Church formerly known
as the Cumberland Presbyterian. .
Valet Robs Steel Magnate.
PITTSBURG, July 21. Something of a
sensation was created here over the re
port of a robbery yesterday at the home
of Alexander R. Peacock, formerly a
prominent official of the Carnegie Steel
Company. The house. It Is said, was
Is the Great Feature About
Laurel
v
An improvement that appeals to every
economy-loving- woman. We know it's
too warm to talk Stoves and Ranges,
but our Store is cool, comfortable and
attractive, and we like to show you.
That man is thy
master who is better
dressed than thou."
An old adage this, and a
wise one and true enough
in general to be worth
heeding. .
Let us equip you tor
social and business equal
ity with the best.
Suits to your measure
417.50 to $40
Trousers to your measure
$4 to $10
An extra pair of trousers
or a fancy summer vest
free with every suit
costing $22.50 or more.
Grays, Blues, Browns
and mixed effects in Serge,
Tweed, Cassimere and
Worsteds. .
Ask to see the "shape
retaining" front we put in
every coat. It makes the
garment look new to the
very day it is worn out.
Columbia coats just about
do the business of two
m
ordinary coats.
OOLPM
Elks BId., Seventh and Stark
practically ransacked, and jewelry and
other valuables aggregating many thou
sands of dollars Btolen. Frederick Ben
nett, a trusted valet of Mr. Peacock, has
disappeared and an information charging
him with larceny has been sworn out.
THEY MUSTG0 QUICK.
Ladles' wash suits made of percale, 12.50
kind at $1.00; dimity, tt.OO kind, at 1196;
crash. J6.00 kind, at $2.95; Swiss, J7.00 kind,
at $3.50. La Palais Royal. 373 Washington.
Red Eyes and Eyelid, Weak Eyes
And tired eyes need Murine Eye Tonic.
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Range