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0 THE SUNDAY OREGOAX, PORTLAND, O.CTOBER 21, 1906. IS Wages in Washington Rise More Slowly. FEW WORKMEN ARE IDLE Report of Commissioner Shows Fewer Industrial Disturbances, Attributed to Organiration of Labor and Capital. OLYMFIA Wash.. Oct 2WSpecian It is announced from the office of State Labor Commissioner Charles F. Hubbard that the fifth biennial report of the Labor Bureau of Washington will soon be ready for publication. The report will contain .much information relative to labor and industrial conditions in the state and also valuable statistical data covering the development of Washing ton's manufacturing interests. The in formation for the latter feature is secured by the Deputy Factory Inspectors, whose duties require them to. visit and inspect practically all the manufacturing estab lishments in the state. All the data thus obtained during the 15 months the law has been in effect will be presented in properly tabulated form. An excellent showing will be made of new industries that have been estab lished since January 1. 1915. Reports re lating to his subject have been received from 61 cities and towns, ' with reports from Seattle and Tacoma yet to be in cluded. New concerns to the number of 377 are reported with aggregate capital of J4.133.S50 and giving employment to 4136 persons. These industries are grouped as follows: Lumber. 66: shingles. 26: beer. 3: brick, 6: electric power. 3: wagons and agricul tural implements. 3: iron foundries and machine shops, 6: wood products. 5: can neries. 4; cigars. 7: butter and cheese. 7; concrete blocks. 2; flour and feed, 5; ice, 3; miscellaneous, 31. A chapter of the book will be devoted to an investigation of the cost of living in Washington, together with such facts as could be obtained relative to the vari ation in wages in different lines of in dustry. It is found that there has been a marked increase in the cost of living and the general rate of wages, although the former is shown to have advanced more rapidly than the latter. The report will show a decrease in the number of industrial disturbances in the state as compared with former years. This condition is attributed largely to effective organization by both labor and capital, resulting in greatly increased mutual respect and to more general recognition of the community of interest. A compulsory arbitration law is recom mended to the Legislature. An interesting feature of the report JOeals with accidents in manufacturing Establishments. It was hoped by the framers of the factory inspection law 'that the number of such accidents would be reduced through its operation, and "results 6eem to indicate then- expecta tions were well grounded. Figures ob tained from 57 of the largest mills in the state, employing nearly 10.00f men. show the first year the law was in effect there was a decrease in the number of acci dents as follows: Minor accidents. 31.7 per cent; serious accidents. 37.3 per cent: fatal accidents. 15 per cent. Many of the mills were not properly safeguarded until months after the law went into effect. The general operation of the factory law Is treated of in a lengthy chapter. Over BOirt establishments have been in spected and more than $16,000 collected in inspection fees It is expected that before the end of the two years the re turns will equal the $20,000 appropriated by the Legislature for carrying out the act. That the law is giving widespread satisfaction is indicated by the fact that the great majority of manufacturers are paying their fees and complying with the other provisions of the act promptly, not withstanding that the validity of the act has been attacked in the courts, where a decision is still pending. Some slight alterations in the law will be recom mended Statistics relative to labor unions and wage-earners occupy considerable space L1C HIGHER THEN TRY THE MRS. MART GILMORE. Ringos Mills, Ky: says "I have been in poor health for many years and was lately persuaded to try your Bitters. My health has since im proved wonderfully and I thank you for your valuable medicine.' a mi mmmm gfj STOMACH WE URGE YOU AGAIN in the report, all tending to indicate that there is comparatively little idleness in the state and that labor is generally em ployed at remunerative wages. In certain lines of industry, particularly among the the farmers of Eastern Washington, it has been exceedingly difficult to fill the demand for help. A number of wage earners have submitted reports covering hours of Eervice in different trades, wages paid, annual savings and similar facts which are shown in the report. Statistics are presented also covering employes of street railways, railroads and different mercantile pursuits, drygoods stores, hotels, etc. Portions of the report are devoted to the various laws which come under the supervision of the Commissioner ten-hour law for females, child labor law, eight hour public work law and the like, and their enforcement. A detailed account of all violations reported and action taken by the Commissioner is shown. The Coal Mine Inspector's report will be included and will be a valuable feature of the report. Ask Site for a Depot. MONTESANO. Wash.. Oct. 20. (Spe cial.) The Northern Pacific Railway Company has made an offer to this city to build a modern passenger station right in the business center of town, if a site which has been selected is donated for the purpose. The Montesano Chamber of Commerce has taken the matter up and will endeavor to secure the desired loca tion, which is at the foot of Main street and within a block of the leading hotels and business places. WASTE OF SILVER SALMON COOS BAY CANNERIES RTJN OUT OF CANS. ChinooV Fishermen Kill and Throw Away Hundreds of the Other Variety. MARSHFIELD. Or.. Oct. 20. (Special.) The run of silver salmon in Coos Bay is larger than in any year since 1S70, ac cording to statements made by old fish ermen, and it was necessary for the can nery at Empire City to close down for a week on account of the supply of can running short. The bay is fairly alive with the silver beauties, and lovers of trolling are enjoying great sport, as high as 15 having been caught by one man in four hours' time. N The temporary closing down of the can neries is looked upon as a boon by those who desire to see the fish preserved. The way the fish are running now they will literally swarm into the spawning grounds in the Coos. Coqullle and Umpqua rivers, and owing to this fact they will do more to propagate their species in a natural way than the Government hatch eries can do under the best of conditions. Hundreds of silversides are destroyed every night by fishermen who catch Chinook salmon for the cold storage plants. The silver salmon get into the nets and are killed. Since the cannery closed there is practically no market for them and they are thrown overboard. As the run of Chinook salmon is practically over the wanton destruction of the silver salmon is not approved of by con servative fishermen. "Some day ; those fishermen will wish they had these fish," said one fisherman in speaking of the matter. Why Kyles Were Xot Arrested. ASTORIA, Or.. Oct. 20. (Special.) The reason the State Board of Fish Com missioners has. not had Kyle & Sons ar rested and prosecuted for operating a can nery on the Siuslaw River without having first secured a state license is now said to be because the Siuslaw is in the same judicial district as Rogue River and the case if brought would be tried before Judge Hamilton, who at the Hume trial, declared the state law unconstitutional. It is further stated by the officers in ex planation, that the matter was discussed by the board at its last meeting and the board decided there was nothing it could do under the circumstances excepting to exercise the authority it has over the hatchery operations. Xegro Suspect Is Set Free. OREGON CITT, Or.. Oct. 20 (Special.) John B. Word, the negro who was ar rested on suspicion of having held up young Hayes at Clackamas Station, was today discharged from custody, there be ing no evidence directly associating the suspect, with the crime. JAS. A. COLE, M. D., Timm'ocsville, South Car., 6ays: "I often prescribe your Bitters to patients in poor health or in a run-down condition brought on by stom ach troubles. It has never failed to effect a cure, and I freely endorse it." No matter how long you have been in poor health as a result of a weak stomach, disordered liver or kidneys or constipated bowels we 'believe the Bitters will soon make you well again. It has done so in thousands of cases during the past 53 years, and is therefore worthy of a trial. STOMACH BITTERS is especially compounded for curing such ail ments as Poor Appetite, Sour Rising, Headache, Vomiting, Flatulency, Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Cos tiveness, Female Ills, Fainting Spells, Dizziness, Chills, Colds or Malarial Fevei TO TRY THE BITTERS WITHOUT DELAY fourscore Judge McBride's.Big Divorce Grist at Oregon City. THREE MONTHS' CLEAN-UP Leo Peterson Is Granted Separation From His Wife and the Cus tody of Their Eleren-Year-Old Child. OREGON CITT. Or., Oct 20. (Special.) Circuit Judge T. A. McBride's divorce, department of the Clackamas County Cir cuit Court worked overtime today, 21 di vorces, representing a three months' in cubation, being granted. Nothing in the way of divorce business bad been trans acted by Judge McBride since July 14, but since that time the official court reporter, C. E. Runyon. has been constantly en gaged taking testimony in the numerous cases that were referred to him. A ma jority of the divorce decrees signed by Judge McBride today was the result of the taking of this testimony by the court reporter. In the divorce suit of Charlotte A. Pe terson against Leo Peterson, editor of the Commercial Review, of Portland, the complaint of the wife was dismissed and the husband was awarded a decree of di vorce and the custody of the 11-year-old child, the court maintaining that the wife's allegations had not been supported by the evidence, which did sustain the defense and cross-complaint of the de fendant. In filing her suit. Mrs. Peter son charged her husband with repeatedly striking and beating her. besides alleging that at one time he forcibly took from her a diamond ring of the value of $190. The wife asked for $400 suit money and the further sum of $5000 and $100 a month permanent alimony. The decree of the court is a complete victory for the husband, the only concession made the wife being to extend to her the privilege of calling upon the child at reasonable in tervals. Divorces were granted in the following cases: Annie Baxter vs. James Baxter, Albert M. Downing vs. Anna M. Downing. George H. Crook vs. Lucy E. Crook. Judson L. Eeely vs. Carrie E. Seely, Charlotte A. Peterson vs. Leo Peterson, G. W. Ake vs. Elsie M. Ake, Alfred Richards vs. Jane Charlotte Alice Richards. Nettle E. Dumdl vs. William M. Dnmdi. Katie Fleck vs. Lawrence C. Fleck. White vs. White, Gertrude Goura vs. Samuel Goura, Mary E. Graf vs. John Graf. Paul Logan Reed vs. Anna Reed. William Cbarles H. Smltn vs. Daisy A. Smith. Nora Collins vs. Edward Collins. Mary F. Ha worth vs. Allen Haworth, Ruth A. Hayward vs. Will Hayward, Bessie Wyatt vs. E. L. Wyatt. Sarah Lochhead vs. Robert Loch head. Emalle Rosalie Woodward vs. James w. Woodward and Mary L. Swain vs. John Swain. Orders of default and reference were en tered in the following divorce suits: Ethel R. Ash vs. Arthur H. Ash: Edwin H. Eves vs. Grace E. Eves, and Roman Zahn vs. Henne Clement Zahn. HYPNOTISM CUBES MADNESS Percy Shinn Threatens to Kill Him self and Doctor Makes Passes. SPOKANE. Wash., Oct. 20. (Special.) The successful treatment of suicidal mania by hypnotism was the probable salvation of Percy Shinn. a prominent rancher living in Scotch Basin, near Conconully. Shinn was seized with a de sire to end his life and told his inten tion to several friends. They paid little attention to him until he was seen com ing out of one of the stores In Conconully with a bottle of laudanum. Then Shinn threatened to throw himself in the lake. Dr. J. F. Goggins made hypnotic passes with his hands before Shinn's face, at the same time suggesting that he close his eyes and sleep. In less than three minutes he was asleep. "When you awake you will not wish to kill yourself," the doctor said, and Shinn is obeying. Waverly Heights. BITTERS An Unvarnished Statement For Those Who Think ! If you are a pessimist and don't believe there are any honest business men and that the country is going to the bowwows and everything else, you might as well stop where you are. If on the other band, you take an optimistic view of things and look on the brightest side of life and believe there are some honest men left, then it will pay you to read this to the end. If some one were to inform you that you could purchase shares in a company controlling a monopoly, and which during the next twelve months would show big dividends and keep on increasing year by year, and that within a period of four years would be paying almost one hundred per cent, you would hardly credit it. But that is just what I am going to offer you. Before you invest a dollar, how ever. In the enterprise, I want you to make a thorough investigation of the same. In fact, the more you investigate, the better satisfied I will be, for the larger will be the amount which you will invest in the corporation. I am the publisher of "Modern- Women" and have one of the finest pub lishing plants in this country, paid for in cash at lowest cash prices, occupying a seven story granite and brick building containing over 35,000 feet of floor space, on the corner of Broad and Franklin Streets, devoted solely to my own product. I have built this up in seven years, for seven years ago I did not have a dollar to my name, in fact it is well known among the publishing fraternity, that I was without food in this city where this magnificent publishing plant is now estab lished. As a publisher I realized what labor saving machinery meant. In all branches of the publishing business, from the linotype which is an automatic type setter to the fast Web Printing Presses which turned out the matter at a high Tate of speed, there was one department for which machinery had never been invented to do away with hand labor, and that was the mailing depart ment. Hundreds of thousands, yes, millions of dollars, have been spent trying to -invent machines which would do the mailing, and which in a way is the most important department of a publication, for after the product is once finish ed it must be sent rapidly on its way and to a publication having a large circu lation, it meant employing hundreds of hands, large amount of floor space, etc. In my own plant, we employed ninety-three girls to address wrappers for the magazine and they then wrapped them ready for the mails. About four years ago there was brought to my attention a mailing machine. The inventor had a crude model and I acquired his invention for a fortune. Not being a mechanic, I was under the impression that all I would have to do would be to put in a fine machine plant, make a few alteratiions in the model that publishers would demand, and then turn out the machines in quantities. Little did I realize that an inventor's model is one thing and a perfected machine another. For four years I have devoted most of my time and risked over tl.000,000 to perfect this machine. After perfecting the same, I did not go about it the way most inventors do. that is. manufacture them in large Quantities and ship them broadcast throughout the country. On the contrary I placed the first machine in my own publishing plant and ran it there under my personal supervision, day in and day out. for over one year. It stood every test. ' . Some time ago, I formed the corporation which bears my full name. The George Livingston Richards Company, with a paid up capital stock of $1,000,000. divided into 100,000 shares of the par value of J10 each. This Company owns the publication known as Modern Women, circulation over 400.000 monthly, and they also acquired my controlling interest in the Agnew Auto-Mailing Machine Companyi namely. 50.000 shares of the par value of 3S each. There has never ' been a' share of stock sold in the machine company by me for less than $25. and it has commanded as high as $35, and even $40.per share. The machine company owns one of the finest machine plants in this country, although not the largest by any means. Of course, every one knows what a successful publication Modern Women is, and those who are interested can readily figure out what the machines save in labor. In my own publishing plant it has permitted us to dispense with the services of ninety-three girls, and we have two vacant floors, which speak more eloquently than words as to what the machine has accomplished in the saving of floor space. The machines are an absolute monoply, ana so thoroughly protected are its patents that infringements are impossible, and so strong are the vested rights that the Company Instead of selling the machines outright have chosen the more brilliant policy of leasing them for terms of not less than five years, the average rental amounting to about $S00 per year for each machine, a rental of twenty cents per thousand copies being charged with a minimum rental of $500 per annum, which minimum rental covers more than the cost of production. . The enormous significance of this statement will be better under stood when the cost of manufacture and erection is taken into consideration, showing the almost unprecedented profit of 100 per cent, the first year of their use in the establishments to which they are leased. Each succeeding year is a clear gain, and as may be seen at once, so perfect is the construction that the Company agrees to keep each and every machine in repair. The machine feeds, folds, wraps, pastes, seals, addresses and distributes into mail bags any publication, newspaper, magazine, pamphlet, catalogue or circular, all opera tions being automatically performed in consecutive order at the rate of eighty six per minute. So simple is the construction of this remarkable machine, and so certain are its results, that two intelligent boys can safely operate it. The other machine which the Company owns is a Sealing and Stamping machine, which performs the work of twenty-four girls, its duties being to seal and stamp envelopes, advertising cards, etc.. at the rate of eight thousand per hour. This machine by a simple movement of the lever instantly seals enve lopes without stamping, of if the operator sees fit. stamps without sealing. The sealing and stamping machine is sold outright at a profit which nets the Company over one hundred per eett. of the cost of manufacturing and selling. Besides this, the Company owns an addressing machine, which addresses envelopes, etc.. and a stencil cutting machine to cut the stencils used by both the mailing and the addressing machines. The Agnew 'Auto-Mailing Machine Company owns the patent rights for United States ana Canada for all these machines. For the Auto-Mailing Machine it is estimated there is a demand in this coun try for four thousand, and for the sealing and stamping machine a demand for at least twenty-five thousand, for the addressing machine ten thousand, for the stencil cutting machine ten thousand, and besides that the Company will be selling to the users of these machines an average of five hundred million blank stencils annually. The following tables give you an idea of what the Company Is capable of earning and proves most conclusively that no matter how the subject is dis cussed, no matter how unfavorably the prospective investor chooses to view it, the fact remains that a satisfactory profit cannot fail to accrue. The Agnew Auto-Mailing Machine Company is capitalized for $3,000.000, , all divided into Common Stock, of which $2,265,500 has been issued. Now if four thousand auto-mailing machines were rented annually at an average of $900 each, that would be $3,200,000. SEWER ILLS GIVE IN TWO MEX ARE BURIED ALIVE AT XORTH YAKIMA. Newt Green and Dick Xoreen Had Come From Oregon and Begun Work Four Days Ago. NORTH YAKIMA, "Wash.. Oct. 20. CSpecial.!) Newt Green and Dick No reen were killed here at 4:30 this after noon by a sewer caving in on them. They were working at a depth of eight feet, and the sides, not being properly protected, caved in, without warning. Both men were buried beneath several tons of gravel and sand, and were killed instantly. They had come from Oregon and had worked but four days on the Eewer. SLATER IS 80 YEARS OLD. Rhonlmus Goes Several Days With Wounds Not Bandaged. PENDLETON. Or.. Oct. 20. (Special.) A. D. Rhonlmus, the slayer of Tom Myers, was brought to Pendleton this evening by Deputy Sheriff Joe Biakeley and Dr. McFaul. Though the shooting affray in which Myers lost his life oc curred last Thursday, Rhonimus, who is nearly 80 years of age, did not have his wound attended to until this forenoon, when the Deputy Sheriff returned to the mountain ranch with the physician. The bullet only made a bad flesh wound in the thigh, and as the old man has been accustomed to every hardship and is a game old fellow, the doctor thinks he will be all right in a few days. He stood the long, hard trip down from the mountain remarkably well, and as he re fused absolutely to be taken to the hos pital, a room was fixed up for him at the Courthouse, where he will be under the care of the officers. Myers' body will be shipped to Athena for burial tomorrow morning. NORTH COAST INITIATES STJTT Demands Right From Northern Pa cific at North Yakima. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash., Oct. 20 (Special.) The North Coast Railway today commenced condemnation pro ceedings against the Northern Pacific for a right of way across a 20-acre tract at the south end of SelaH street, this city, for a right of way through Union Gap. five miles below here, and for a grade-crossing at the Parker Sid ing on the Yakima Indian reservation. The suit today is the result of the fail ure of the representatives of both com panies to come together on an agree ment. The Northern Pacific refused abso lutely to permit the North Coast to cross the 20 acres, but it agreed to give a right of way through Union Gap. providing the North Coast would build an overhead crossing at the Parker Siding. The North Coast refused these terms, and will now fight for its right of way through the courts of the state. The North Coast has grade of eight miles of tracks in the lower end of the valley, and the announcement was made today that by April 1 the entire grade would be completed from here to Spo kane. Engineers are still working on the route over, the Cascades to the Sound. Demand for Yakima Apples. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash . Oct. 20 Best 20 does in A 2 Food 15 cent &S'.V. S J- k-...5.-J IpHFB 6 B K 3 U : ETEHI11S23 (kJsrW, 1 mmmm Twenty-five thousand sealing and stamping machines at an average net profit of $100 each, would be $2,500,000. Ten thousand addressing machines at an average net profit of $35 each, would be $250,000. Ten thousand stencil-cutting machines at an average net profit of $100 each, would be, $1,000,009. and five hundred million blank stencils at an average net profit of forty-five cents per thousand, would be $225,000. making a total of $7,175,000. Charge off ten per cent wear and tear on the mailing machines, namely $33(.000. leaving a profit of J6.S55.O0O, or over two hundred and twenty-eight per cent on the gross cap italization of the mailing machine company. The average man will call these figures those of a fanciful inventor, and to guard against just such as these, I will cut those figures Into four parts and we will say that only one thousand auto-mailing machines can be placed at an average rental of $S00 per year, which would be $800,000. Six thousand two hundred and fifty sealing and stamping machines at an average net profit of $100 each, which would be $425,000. Twenty-five hundred addressing machines at an average net profit of $25 each would be $62,500. Twenty-five hundred sten cil cutting machines at an average net profit of $100 on each machine would be $250,000. and one hundred and twenty-five million stencils at an average, net profit of forty-five cents per thousand, would be $56,250. making & total of $1,793,750. Charge off ten per cent, wear and tear on the mailing machines, namely $80,000. leaving a profit of $1,713,750, or fifty-seven per cent on the gross capital of the company. No doubt the pessimist who does not believe anything is possible, and who prefers to have his money draw three per cent interest In the savings bank, will again question these figures and say they are those of a dreamer, and to guard against such as these, I have again cut the figures into four parts, and that is, if only two hundred and .fifty auto-mailing machines can be placed at an average rental of $800 each, which would be $200,000. One thousand five hun dred and sixty-two sealing and stamping machines at an average net profit of $100 on each machine, which would be $156,200. Six hundred and twenty five addressing machines at an average net profit of $25 each, making $15,626. Six hundred and twenty-five stencil cutting machines at an average net profit of $100 each, making $62,500, and that thirty-one million two hundred and fifty thousand blank stencils at an average sand, which would be $14,062, making a wear and tear on the mailing machines, teen per cent on the gross capitalization of the company. Tou can again cut these figures in two and still get more profits than the savings banks or bonds pay, but those figures in themselves would prove ridiculous the same as the statement figuring only two hundred and fifty auto-mailing machines on rental. Now we will take it for granted that the latter statement whloh I made is the only one which could be carried out, that is. the statement which shows fourteen per cent on the gross capitalization of the mailing machine company and over twenty per cent on the capital which is outstanding. If it only paid ten per cent The George Livingston Richards Company alone would receive in dividends $125,000 every year on their own stock hold ings in the machine company, not counting the dividends which will be received from the publication, and which this year I believe will show a profit of at least $125,000, and which, like old wine, increases in value as the years go on, and this not only holds good as regards the good-will of the property, but also the earning power. This, in brief, shows all possible aspects of the situation. Remember tlie publication is not an experiment, neither is the machine company; both are going concerns. The machine company Is shipping machines as fast as they can manufacture them under present conditions, but what we need is a very large plant outside of the city where .we can have our own foundry: in other words, a plant capable of taking care of 1000 workmen, hence this stock offer ing; if it was not for this you could not buy a single share. The newspapers call them the "machine with the brain," and rightly so, for they do every thing in their line but talk. ( In conclusion all I can say is. that the above is an unvarnished statement; and I would be pleased to have any one investigate thoroughly every state ment which I have made, for I am quite sure that if they did so their, in vestment would be limited only by their means. If this investment is good enough 'for Bankers. Bank Presidents, Bank Cashiers, Millionaire Merchants and Manufacturers, Army Offi cers. Postmasters. Lawyers. Physicians. Clerks, etc.. it ought to be good enough for anyone, and we number this class of people right now . among our shareholders, who only invested after a thorough investi gation both as to the company's Btanding and my own personal integrity. Bradstxeets, one of the leading and largest commercial credit agencies, in their rating book gives these companies the highest com mercial credit rating. References if requested will be furnished front bankers and well-known business men. Tou can acquire these shares at the present time fnr $10 each as long as they last. After thev are gone, you will find it verv difficult to obtain shares at any reasonable figure, for they are all closely held and bought by people who realize their worth and who are looking for an Income in after years. If it were not for the fact that I had promised the publishers who are now using the mailing machines outside of "Modern Women" that I would not divulge their names on account of their being subjected to annoyance by people who contemplate Investing. I would gladly publish them here, but as I stated above, every statement which I have made can be verified. Make' all checks, drafts, etc, payable to the order of The George Livingston Richards Co., and I will send you a fully-paid and non-assessable stock certificate. Address: GEORGE LIVINGSTON RICHARDS, 99 and 101 Broad St, Boston, Mass. (Special.) The demand for Yakima Valley apples in the East has grown to such an extent in the last week that the local commission men cannot fill or ders. The growers are beginning to real ize that bigger prices await them in the Winter, and they have decided to hold their crops in cold storage and reap the reward of advanced prices. The farmer is now getting as high as $1.75 per box for fancy Winter apples. Experiment In Street Paving. ASTORIA, Or.. Oct. 20. (Special.) This afternoon the street committee of the City Council awarded a contract to Dill & Young to replank five blocks on Com mercial street through the business sec BrjeakfastEbod soes as as purchasing the ordinary HERE IS THE REASON. pound package of Pillsburys Vitos costs 20 cents and makes the "White heart of the Wheat" food. packages of the ordinary ready kind cost $1.80, and make only about 11 lbs, of food. So vou see where the great economy lies ! Vltos never Ecis sncicy or lumpy m . cooking. Ask Year Grocer. net profit of forty-five cents per thoo- total of $44S,3S7. from which deduct $20400 leaving a net profit of $428,387, or four tion of the city for $2538. In doing this work an experiment will be tried in order to make the street planking more durable and less noisy. A portion of the street is to be covered with a coating of cement and asphalt. Ask Better Working Schedule). PENDLETON, Or., Oct. 20 (Special) Delegates from the different lodges of the Conductors' and Brakemen's Brother hoods left for Portland today to meet with the officials of the O. R. & N. Co. tomorrow, m an effort to secure a better working schedule for the trainmen. Waverly Heights. YITOSl $2.22 ready-cooked kind. Best Cereal 12 lbs. of Twelve - to - eat if 10' J i X