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8 THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND, JANUARY 19. 190S. FIXED FOR CEMENT ! Eugenie Frautrel Will Take a Full Cargo at Antwerp. REACHES PORTLAND IN JUNE Outward Chartering Rules Brisk for Several Weeks, but Xew Tonnage From the Continent Is Slower Than Usual Marine Xotes. TtalTour, Guthrie & Co. have chartered tfio French bark Eusreetie Frautrel to frrlng a full carsro of cement from Ant-' wcrp to Portland. "While It ,has not been announced that she is under char ter, for. outward loading, it is generally Understood that such is the case. The craft is now at one of the continental pn-rts" and will be available for cars at" Antwerp within two weeks. . Chartering has been brisk during the week and a nifmber of fixtures liave been announced for the outward business. The chartering of the Eu irenie Frautrel is the first vessel to bo named for Westward loading for several weeks. F,,' S. LOOP LEAVES XORTH l!ew Steam Schooner Sails From San Francisco on Maiden Voyage. . The new steam schooner F. S. Loop, owned by the Loop Lumber' Company, of San Francisco, sailed last night from tho latter city on her maiden voyage. She will come, to Portland and will load a full carge for San Francisco. The Loop is a sister ship to the R. t. Inman and the Johan Poulsen. She is a typical lumber craft and will transport about 800,000 feet of lumber at a trip. -The Loop Lumper Company's steam ers are under charter to transport 10, 000,000 feet of dumber from Portland to' San Francisco. In addition to the three steamers, the company operates the, schooners Mabel. Gale and Virginia. The capacity of the fleet is about 7, 000,000 a month. All of the vessels, however, do not operate out of Port land. With contracts from various Coast ports the fleet of the Loop Lum bef Company will continue in com mission. PREIKSE PORTLAX1J REPAIRED " Craft Will Soon Go Into Commission " in Portland Harbor. St.:- The port of Portland dredge Port land, which was sunk on the morning of,-,, November 6 by colliding with the steamer Bailey Gatzert off Postoffice Ksv. was brought to Portland yesterday ffom St. John. Her machinery will be lined up before the dredge goes Into cMmmlsslon. The dredger is badly needed at the present time. After going into commission the first work for the dredge Portland will be the 'deepening of the channel in the lower harbor and digging to a suffi cient depth to allow theplacing of the new mooring buoys, recently ordered b the Council. il'ut! dredge Columbia is still working below the coal bunkers, 2600 feet of extra shore pipe lias been added and the mud from the bottom of the river Ij how being deposited on the grounds fcof the North Pacific Terminal Company. IIAJORF,' ritOCEED3 TO SEA Jtrjmirs to Vessel Are Completed and . .. She Leaves Out. iThe British ship Rajore. Captain itJlams, which returned to Astoria I)eeember 15 in a crippled condition, ailed yesterday for the United Klng- GUIU. A iiv unjui B una- luuipicLcii ic- JiMr. and with the addition of two sailors, her crew headed for the bar yesterday morning. - The Rajore cleared from Portland November 30 with a full cargo of wheat for the United Kingdom. She was held up for several days at Astoria. She crossed out over the bar in December and ten days later returned with her fiteering gear damaged' and in .need of reparrs. "i Seameti'3 Friend Concert. ; Portland Sea,inen's Friend Society's oncert for seamen Monday evening will be glverv-nnder the direction of Mrs. John Hampton, who has prepared an exceptionally fine programme. A number of sailors will also take part and an enjoyable entertainment is ex pected. Mrs. Hampton has arranged the following programme: T. W. C. A. Mandolin Club. . .Selections Voeal solo. "Oh. Happy Day." Gunz Mrs. Millie Perkins. Reading, German dialect , . .Alfred Helfrish Cello solo. "Klegle" N. W. Gade . P. J. Packard. VoChI solo. "Love Me and the World Is Mine". Mrs. Fred Jones VlOlIn solo, selected . Miss Cornelia Barker Heading, seleeted Fred Jones Vocal solo, selected R. J. Gordon "Refreshments 'will be served to the Sft-tlors. fjnd all who are interested in thtf-work for seamen are cordially ln vrred to be present. Concert begins at 8 o'clock. .Second Mate Has Accident. George Tyler, second officer of the stlBmship Alliance, met with a pain ful accident at Marshfield on the last trip of the steamer to the Coos Bay port. Mr. Tyler was engaged in super intending .the discharging of some hvavy machinery and in directing the work of the hien It was necessary for him to assist. During the work his finger became jammed in the machinery and1 the entire end rut off. He had the injured hand dressed at the Mercy Hos pital in North Bend and continued at hia post. j ' Notice to Mariners. ,ne whittling buoy on the Swift Shore bunk at the entrance to the straits of Jtiiin.de Fuca, has gone adrift. The buoy landed on the shores of Vancouver Island ntfjji! Indian River. Tlje acelylene gas buoy established on the bank by the Canadian government, has also gone adrift. At present a light on shore is the only mark. Both buoys will be re placed as soon as possible. Acan Woermann Lost. HAMBURG, Jan. ti. The steamer Ascan Woermann. from Hamburg, went on the rocks off Grand Bassa, Liberia, .and Is a total loss. The crew was- saved. - .Marine Notes. -A . The steamship Alliance wlii sail this e'voiitn for Coos Bay. Tne steamship Costa Rica sailed yes terday for !an Francisco.' The Freiiteh ship Guethary went into berth 'at this Mersey dock yesterday affernoon. ' The German ship Marie' Hackfeld will leave "down this morning. The steamship Northland, with lum ber for San Francisco, sailed last night. The ship Walden Abbey shifted from the Mersey dock to the Centennial. dock "yesterday afternoon. Arrivals and Departures. PORTLAND,- Jan. 18. Arrived U. 8. S. Armerla. from Puset Sound and Astoria. Sailed Steamship Costa Rica, for San Francisco; steamship Johan Poulsen, for San Francisco; steamship Northland, for San Francisco; British ship Buccleuch, for the United Kingdom for orders. ' Astoria. Jan. 18. Condition -of the bar at 5 P. M.. smooth; wind, west? 22 miles; weather, cloudy. Arrived 'down at 7:.i nd sailed at 9:15 A. M. Steamer Catania, for Portt San Luis. Arrived at 8:50 A. M. British bark Providence. from Buenos Ayres. Arrived at 11:30 A. M. Steamer Col. E. L. Drake, with barge' No. 3. from San Francisco.- Col. K. L. Drake proceeded to Seattle. Arrived at 11:40 A. M. and left uo at 3:13 P. M. jGerman steamer iGermantcua from Grays -' Harbor. Sailed at 12:10 P.' M. French shin Thiers. for Queenstown or Falmouth. Sailed at -12:15 P. M. British bark Mlltonburn, for Queens town or Falmouth; and steamer J. B. Stet son, for San Pedro. Arrived down at 3:15 P. M. Barkentlne J. M. Griffith. , . Sah Francisco, Jan. 18. Sailed at 1 P. M. Steamer Geo.- W. Eider, 'for Portland. Arrived yesterday Schooner Oakland, from Astoria. San Pedro. Jan. 18. Sailed yesterday ' STEAMER INTELLIGENCE. Dae to Arrive. Name. From. Data. Rose City.;.. San Francises. Ind'f't Alliance Coos Bay , In port R. r. InmanSan Francisco. In port Arabia. Hongkong. ..In- port Northland. .. .San Francisco. In . port Breakwater. . Coos Bay. .. ...Jan. 20 Geo. W. Elder. San Pedro. .. .Jan. 21 Senator San Francisco. ,J an. 22 F. S. Loop... Pan Francisco. Jan. 22 Costa Rica Ban Francisco. Jan. 27 Roanoke Los Angeles. .. Jan -' 23 JohanPoulsen San Francisco. Janf 31 Aiesia Hongkong .Feb.. 1 Nlcomedla. .. Hongkong Feb. 4 Numantla. ...Hongkong. ... ..Mar. 3 Scheduled to Depart. Name. For. Data, A rabla Hongkong.- I nd' f t Rose City San Francisco. Jjidft Northland. San Francisco. Jan. 18 Alliance Coos'Bay Jan. 19 Breakwater. . Coos Bay Jan. 22. R. D. Inman San Francisco. Jan. - 22 Geo. W. Elder San Pedro ...... Jan. Senator. .an Francisco. .Jan, F. Ss Loop.. San Francisco. Jan. Costa Rica. ..San Francisco. Jan. Roanoke, j... Los Angeles. .. Jan JohanPoulsen San Francisco. Fab. 23 24 28 30 30 4 ia 20 12 . Jionekanr TPeh. Nice-media: . . Hongkong Feb Numantla Hongkong Alar. tillered Saturday. Alliance, rm. steamship (Olson); with general cargo, from Coos Bay." . Cleared Saturday. Alliance, Am. steamship (Olson), ,4 with general cargo, for Coos Bay. t , Northland, Am., steamship (Soren- t son), with 750.000 feet of lumber. t for San Francisco. I Schooner John A. Camobell, for Columbia River. .: . Sydney. Jan. 18. Sailed January 13 British bark Ancaios. for Portland. Valparaiso, Jan. 18. Sailed December 6 British ship Leyland Brothers, for Port land. Hamburg. Jan. IS. Sailed January 13 German ship Albert Rlckmers, for Portland, Liverpool, Jan. 18. Arrived yesterday British steamer Den of Alrlle. from Port land. sTtdes-at Astoria Sunday. High. Low. 2:02 A. M 7.5 feet!7:46 A. M 3.6 feet 1:12 P. M 8.2 feet 8:08 P. M... 0.3 rft IN EXPLANATORY VEIN 3fr. Grantham Reviews Conditions of Late Financial Flurry. PORTLAND. Jan. 16. (To the Editor.) Referring to A. J. Pmlthson'a letter .which appeared in last Sunday's Oregon lan, while Mr. Smith son' s effort to devise a satisfactory substitute for our present undeniably im perfect and Inadequate money system is a very laudable one, there are a number of points on which he seems to toe misin formed. He ' confuses the "Wall-street speculators and stock manipulators with the bankers of the country. While a few bankers have gone into stock speculation, they are mostly of the "wildcat" variety and constitute only a small portion of the total number of bank ers in the country. The honest banker is one of the most conservative members of the modern business world and buys stocks and bonds only for Investment purposes. The Government at the present time is sues all the money used in the United States,, except the National Bank-notes, which form only a small part of the- currency, and are covered by deposits of Government bonds and issued under Government supervision. If Congress ever sold the right to "issue money and control our financial system." as Mr. Smith son declares, the right must have been recovered long since. If the bankers "deliberately brought the present financial crisis on us," they cer tainly overshot their mark, for no class has suffered more from its effects.. V If the bankers' handling of the money under their control caused the panic, It was because they did not keep enough money "under lock and key," as their reserve were abnormally low both before and dur ing the panic, and in New York only reached the legal requirement during the past week. . While the depreciation In securities has' been great and represents millions of dollars, a glance at the market quotations will chow that the statement that theycan now. be bought for & and lO cents on the dollar is ridiculous. Our present dollar is not "a promise to pay." but the standard (gold) dollar con sists of grains of gold and contains its value within itself. It needs no security whatever and is more desirable than a dol lar secured even 000 to 1, "including our honor." While Its fluctuation in value (purchasing power) Is an objection to the use of gold as a standard, history shows by numerous ex amples that "legal tender" money fluctuates many more times more than gold. The French "assfgnats." issued from 17fi to 1796. though secured by all the wealth of the nation perhaps not by the national hortor deter iorated to less than 1 per cent of their face value. In the present panic, legal tender money has been no more exempt from hoarding than metallic money. The people have hoarded gold, silver, gold certificates, silver certificates and the inconvertible "green backs' without the least discrimination. Why should gold come into the country when It was not needed ' for money and when, in fact. "ro one would want it," does not appear. The law of supply and de mand, which is at the bottom of all trad to where it is wanted. ing operations, indicates that any- article flows Inevitably from where it ts not wanted W. A. GRANTHAM. Today's Programme at V. M. .C. A. At the T. M. C. A. tills afternoon the Centenary Quartet. from Centena.ry Methodist Church of this city. with R S. Miller as leader, will give a concert beginning at 3 o'clock. Mr. Miller Is . a well-known musi cian of this city and all who know him wille anxious to hear the quartet. Immediately following the concert. M. A Kees will give a short stereopticon lec ture and the address of the afternoon will be delivered by Dr. Luther R. Dyott. the popular pastor of the First Congrega tion Church of this city. Dr. Dyott is a specially strong speaker for men and has chosen as his subject for this address. "Vhen a Man Is Ready." John Baeckli, a native. Swiss, who is an expert per former on the zither, -will play several pieces. The discussion group which fol lows the men's meeting will discuss "Temptations." The afternoon will close with the singing of a lot of the, popular old songs and a fellowship lunch. All men invited. Spectacles $1.00 at Metzger'e E Pacific Coast Has Great Ad vantage Over England. CAN SUPPLY ALL BREWERS Opportunity Offered Hie Xew Cnlon . to Capture the Foreign Trade at Profitable Prices Position of the Dealer-Growers.. - ALAMEDA, Cal.. Jan. 14. (To the Ed itor.) The question of the cost of produc ing hops in England is one .of vital Im portance to alt interested in the industry on this CoasU Some .late Investigations have just reached me which allow the cost, to be very closely estimated. I have been in London at least parts of 10 years, and at all times In active touc'a with the hop Industry. I have often tried to arrive at a reasonable cost of the hops to the English grower. I have found the estimates running from 45 to 75 per acre, the variation depending on the amounts spent for lertilizers and spraying and on the size of the crop grown. When, bops are sold at a profit growers spend on an average $75 per acre on lertilizers for their hop gardens. In some seasons spraying is very expensive. ruring lo many yards were sprayed 12 to 15 times, at a cost of $j per acre for each spraying. Here we have fertilizers and spraying' amounting to more than the entire cost of growing and harvesting the Oregon hop crop. In June, 1006, 1 went Into the matter very carefully with a. large Rnglish. grovrer and we figured out 63 per acre .as the cost of his 1!H5 crop. This was sprayed only a few times. This was over 4 per cwt., or 174 cents per pound, on a 15 cwt. crop. On a 10 cwt. crop It would be nearly 26 cents "per pound. - There Is published in - the Southeastern Oazette of December 28, lOO", a, report of the proceedings of the Canterbury Fann ers' Club and East Kenr Chamber of Agri culture. A discussion of the cost of pro ducing hops ended up in a decision to send the following resolution to the -Central Chamber (of Agriculture): "That this meeting, having considered the figures placed before them, are of opinion that the average cost of arrowing- hops up to plaking amounts to :J0$l5O) per acre. The total cost of picking, drying, etc., amounts to 3o shillings, or 40 shillings per -cwt., mak ing the total cost of grow'.ng, say at 10 cwts. per acre, 45 to 50 per acre." Here is an authoritative statement that it costs the English grower 19 to 22 cents per pound to grow a crop of 10 cwts. per acre. This is considerably above the aver age crop. The same journal, and which consid ered an authority on hop matters, in an editorial in its Issue of December 31. 1007. further reviewed this . matter. 1 take the following starternents from it: "The statistics of production show a de ficiency this year, of about 326.000 cwts. (about 200,000 bales), as compared with the statistics of consumption, yet prices are not high enough to pay the grower." Shortage In Hop Supply. - Xote here that our American crop was only about equal to our annual U- S. A. consumptive demand, and that our carry over surplus in growers' hands of 40,000 bales, added to the amount the Continent grew for export, would not equal half of the 200,000-bale shortage in England; and yet our hops are selling at 4 to 7 cents per pound, or barely 00 per cent of cost of production. Don't these facts and figures prove that It Is time there was co-operation among Pacific CoaBt hopgrowers? Is it not apparent that it is time every Pa cific Coast hopgrower signed his name to the by-laws of the Pacific Coast Hop growers' Union, and worked for Its suc cess with his utmost vigor and ability? Further on the editorial in question re cites, speaking of an import duty: "The Immediate effects of such duty, it may be conceded, would be to increase prices, but the question is whether in the long run it would not lead to over-production In this country. In that case the last state would be worse than the first, and it is instructive in this connection to note that the Ameri can growers who are protected against for eign competition are in just as bad plight as the unprotected growers in this coun try. "We reported- last week a useful discus sion of the Canterbury Farmers' Club on the expense involved in the production of an acre of hops. The averaRe, it was shown, could not be put at less than 45 to 50 (10fg22c per pound). Consequently, with an average crop of 10 cwts. (1120 pounds) per acre over a period of say of 20 years a grower must realize from 4 lOs to 5 per cwt. on the market to recoup his outlay, allowing nothing whatever for his personal work or for Interest on the capital em ployed in his business. Is it notr we would ask, almbst hopeless to expect to get this return as an average? Was it, in fact, ever realized In the palmy days of hopgrow ing? .... The only promising Idea we can advance as affording hope to hopgrow ers Is the old one of co-operation, by which, in the long run. a good deal might be effected, not only in saving expense but in regulating the market. It is- . . in the direction of co-operation in an ad vanced .form that "the growers on the Pa cific Coast of America are moving. One of the avowed objects of the Pacific Coast Union of Hopgrowers is to capture the en tire Khglish market as an outlet for Amer ica's surplus. - - "But it Is more than doubtful whether American hops can entirely take the place of the English variety in the brewing of English beer, and there is a further dif ficulty to be faced -by our brewers In the fact tfeat a foreign supply cap not be de pended on as an absolute certainty." - Import "Duty Not Probable. From the above the following conclusions are a. matter of course; 1. The best informed TCnglish experts on hop matters realize and admit that there 4s no hope of seeing an . import duty on foreign hops Imported into England. 2v The cost of producing in England Is 19 to 21 cents per pound on a 1120-pouifti crop per acre. This includes no wages or profit for the farmer, and no rates or taxes or inerest on the capital employed; also no depreciation charge on his plant. 3. During the last 20 years hops have not sold on an average of cost as esti mated above. This explains the falling off of over 25.000 acres in hop production dur ing the last 25 years. 4. With our ability to lay our hops down in the English market for 14 cents per pound at a fair profit it Is absolutely certain that the English demand for Pa- HOPS CHEAPER BLOOD FILLED WTH URIC ACID Rheumatism comes from an excess of uric acid in the blood. This acid circulating through the system acts as an irritant to the different muscles, nerves, bones and tissues of the body, and produces the inflammation and swelling of the joints and the sharp, cutting pains characteristic of the dis ease. When the blood is overburdened vrith uric acid it continually grows weaker and more acrid, and poorer ia nourishing qualities. Then Rheuma tism becomes chronic, and not only a painful,, but a formidable and danger ous disease. Sometimesthe heart is attacked, the general health is affected, and the oils and fluids which lubricate the muscles and joints are destroyed by the acrid matter which the blood is constantly depositing in them ; the muscles shrink and lose their elasticity, the coating of the joints becomes hard and thick, and often the sufferer is left a hopeless cripple. . S. S. S. attacks the disease at its head, goes down into the circulation, and by neutral PURELY i VEGETABLE muscles and joints, and filters out of the system the irritating matter which is causing the.pain and inflammation. Begin the use of S. S. S. now and get the cause out of your blood so that the cold and dampness of Winter will notkeep you In constant pain and misery. Book on Rheumatism and any medical advice free. . - THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ; ATLANTA, . GA. cific 'Coast bops can be fostered until we can export over. 200.0OO baLes annually. 5. The Englimi brewer feels as if he can not absolutely depend on securing an ade quate supply of Pactfic Coast hops. When the Pacific Coast Hopgrowers t'nion is in running order we can soon con vince England that they can depend' on this Coast for all the bops they can use, and at 25 per cent less cost than the hops can be produced in England. This prop osition alone justifies us in going ahead with our hopgrowers' union. Brewers will not deal with Isolated growers because the supplies of individual growers cannot be depended upon; much less can England de pend on our unorganized industry. But as soon as we are in a position to guaran tee the English consumers all the bops they can use at less money than they can be grown in England for, we will get at least half of their trade. That means over 200,000 bales per annum. There is abso lutely no doubt of this. The only possible way for us to make this guarantee to Eng land is for us to complete our Pacltia Coast Hopgrowers Union and tben go to England and guarantee i to furnish as many bops as she may require.. We can' get not 14 cents, but 19 cents 22 cents, because that is what it costs to grow the hops there,' with no profit, no interest, upkeep or taxes. The English brewer is as keen to save money as anyone. There Is no doubt but we can have at least half the trade by. go ing after It. The last conclusion we arrive at is that the editor of the Southeastern Gazette in dorses the objects of the Pacific Coast Hop growers Union. . Objects of, the Union. All of these above facts being true, how can any sane Pacific Coast hopgrower neg lect to come into the union and lend his aid and influence- toward furthering the ob jects of the union, which 'are substantially as follows: Co-operation among Pacific Coast hop growers for the purposes of securing re munerative prices for hops. This is the one great object of our union. Given this result, and all other things are imma terial. If we can get 15 to 20 cents for our hops, "and never less than 12 H cents, hopgrowers will soon be the most contented and independent class of agriculturists known. Give us 15 cents for -our crop and we are ready to concede nearly everything else The hopgrowers" union proposes to secure paying prices by the following methods: 1. It will prevent '.a great over-production by limiting the crop to be harvested If necessary. 2. It will regulate the supplies of hops offered to meet the demand and thus pre vent competition to sell. 3. It will develop -the fore!gn demand for hops by every legitimate means. 4. It will deal exclusively through legiti mate and friendly dealers, and will refuse to sell to gambling speculators. 5. It will secure legislation making It a penal offense to gamble In hops before they are produced. . . 6. It will co-operate with the brewing In dustry to increase the consumption of pure beer and to prevent the panic of prohibi tion from running riot, against the public wish. The hopgrowers andvbrewers are depend ent on each other for prosperity, and it is time that they were more closely united in their efforts and good will. This is one of the main things the Pacific Coast Hop growers' Union has yet to accomplish. The result will be. perhaps, a brewers and hop growers union for mutual protection , and profit. Such a thing Is sure to ,come. I am no prophet, but it is easy enough to see the trend-of coming events In this particu lar. Position ef Grower-Dealer. There also will be a niche In the struc ture some place for the legitimate dealer the distributor particularly if he is also a hopgrower. But we may be sure of one thing there will be no place left for the gambling speculator. He will be In a class by himself. All he can do will be to be come a hopgrower; then he will have no Incentive to Ramble by selling his neigh bors hops before they are grown. It seems to me the consideration of the English situation as outlined above should be evidence that all 'conditions folnt to the success of the hopgrowers' union, and that every hopgrower must join the union In order to , guarantee himself and his family an independence. Tf he does not get into the union, the future has little to offer him but hard work, and poverty for his family and himself. The grower-dealers are even more inter ested than the ordinary grower In the suc cess of this movement. To these It means an independence as hopgrowers. and, - in addition, a legitimate and profitable income from handling the crop. As the crop in creases the .legitimate dealers' profits will also increase. It is high time all of our legitimate grower-dealers take an active Interest in furthering and pushing to a successful Is sue this hopgrowers' union. The union is going to make a stable industry of hop growing. The dealers profits will be in creased, his expenses decreased, and his risks minimized. What more can they ask? If there are things In the by-laws which do . not meet the entire approval of a grower-dealer, he should not stay out of the union on that account. The by-laws are not perfect. They do not exactly suit us all, but we know they are good enough o make a start under. Nothing vital has been omitted. The most necessary thing Is to make a start. When we are organ ized we can at once take steps to make such changes as the majority may approve and to add such sections as seem necessary. The by-laws as. printed represent the views of plain hopgrowers. No grower dealers co-operated in their evolution. - We all believe that gfower-deaIers may have had experiences which will enable them to suggest additions and amendments to,- these by-laws which will work out to the benefit of the hopgrowfng industry. When the grower-dealer joins the union be Is one of us. and we are ready to take his advice, profit by his experience and give him his due share in outlining and carrying out the business policy o( the unl.on. Until the grower-dealer joins, the union be Is of necessity an outsider, and no rea sonable jnan can expect us to be very much Inclined to accept the views of an out sider. It .would be contrary to all busi ness rules to do so. The dealer-growers are a very important part of the hopgrow ing industry. Their interests are identical with those of the hopgrowers union. Success of Union Assured. This union is sure to be a success. It aJready has a large part of the Pacific Coast hopgrowers pledged to Its support. If the grower-dealers will come In and help also, we can make such ft success of It that this will be the most successful co-operative agricultural organization of America. It is no time- for grower-dealers to stand out on trifles. I,et them join with us In perfecting the organization. Their best Interests'-lie In co-operating with all hop growers, rather than in opposing this move ment which all hopgrowers feel is the only thing ever proposed which has any chance of successfully , dealing with the adverse conditions hopgrowig Is now suffering un der. - This being the case, how can legitimate dealers.' .and particularly dealer-growers, re fuse to co-operate to make a success of the union? This being the case how can those deal ers who hope to act as distributors for the union afford to oppose its formation? The time is coming when the union will have occasion to find out who are its friends among the dealers. The dealers who have been the most helpful will be the ones to deserve nd receive the most con sideration from the union Is not this- as It should be? Is not this what always hap TrPns? UAt everybody Interested in the hop izing and removing the uric acid from tne circulation and building up the thin, acrid blood, cures Rheumatism permanently. S. S. S. changes the sour, acid-burdened blood to a rich, healthy stream which quiets the LvJleniaces to LvJlasitoood The Kriiable bilaliata , Nervo-Vital Debility There is certainly n victim of Nervo-Vital Debility or Mate weakness but what hopes to be rejuvenated some time. You should not lose your (rrip on life be cause inferior remedies have failed to benefit you. My special treatment for this trouble, varied and modified to suit each Individual case, is an unfailinf? cure to which a vast army of restored men today owe their sturdy health and happy- condition in life. Under it' all disagreeable symptoms soon disappear, drains of vigor are stopped, prematureness prevented, mascu line power thoroughly restored and manhood made complete. 4 . Specific Blood Poison Prompt and heroic treatment Is the only kind that should ever be used in combating the "King" of bad diseases. Our special form of treatment for specific or con tagious poison in the blood is indorsed by the best physicians In this and foreign countries. It goes to the very bottom of the disease and forces out every particle of impurity. Soon every sign and symptom disappear completely and forever. ' The blood, the tissue, the flesh, the bones and the whole system are cleansed, purified and restored to perfect health, and the patient prepared anew for the duties of life. Our Methods Quick Results Lasting Cures Reasonable Fees Our Motto: "Not a Dollar Need Be Paid Unless a Permanent Cure Is Effected." m OREGON MEDICAL INSTITUTE 291V? Morrison Street, Near Fifth, Portland, Oregon Conmiltatlon and Advice Free and Jnvlted. Office Honrs 0 to 9 and 7 to 8. Strictly Confidential. Private Waiting- Rooms. ' industry of the Pacific Coast ret In and do htajutmost to Insure the immediate suc cess ef the Pacific Coast Hopgrowers' Union. M. H. DURST. PORTLAND, PACKING CITY Livestock' Interests, Says Writer, ' to Make This Coast Center. " PORTLAND, Jan. 17. (To the Editor.) A has been noted In The Oregonlan. the Portland Country Club & Livestock Associa tion was organized in this city with a capi tal stock of $10.O00. over $100,000 of which has been paid. This organization has bought and fully paid for 80 acres of land In the Northeastern portion of the city, which has been voted an ideal site by all who- have seen It. Portland readers naturally look upon the spectacular and attractive side of the Country Club, but this movement really has its Inception from the producers of live stock who expect to use this vehicle as one which must of necessity attract attention to th? livestock industry of this mowt Doe your back aef.e? Do you get up lame -in the morning? Do you feel dull and tired? Doe It hurt you to bend over, to lift anything-, to Ket up from a chair? Do you have audden "catchee," or atltchei of pain in - the back? Does a dull, throbbing ache ettle in the email of your back and bother, you day and nlgrit? Do you eometimes feel-that you simply can not etrala-hten up? If you do have backache, be oareful not to make the Very common mistake of treating it as a muacuiar trouble. Do not rub the sore place with lini ment, nor put on plasters, for the seat of the trouble is inside In the kid neys, which He lust beneath the small of the back, - on either side of the spine. A cold, a chill, a fever, overwork, overeating or overdrinking. may start a slight congestion or Inflammation in the kidneys that will at once inter rupt the kidneys' work of filtering the blood. It In this condition that sets up the aching, and makes your back so bAd. DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS Sold by oil dealers. Price 50 Cents. FOSTEB-MILBURN CO., Buffalo, N. T., Proprietors. Men, Isn't This Best? When yon must have the services of a doctor. Isn't it best to go to one who will tell you all about your trouble and "not charge yon for It? Then when you know positively what ails you, Isn't is best to know just what - it will cost you to get well? Certainly It is. Tf you wpre going to pay out money for something else you wouldn't do It unless you knew how much you had. to pay. and what you were going to get for it. - This Is the way I run my business on tt strictly business basis. You're every bit as wise as I am when you commence treat ment with me. 1 examine you and tell you alt about your trouble, and It doesn't cost you a cent. Then I tell you how I'll cure you. how long it will take and Just what it will cost. If this meets the eye of a man who, while vet in his prime, through some weakness is going backward Instead of forward, I want him to come and let me show him how I am taking broken-down wrecks of hu manity every day lt my life and fixing them up as good as any man of their years. I don't care what has caused the trouble, nor what has failed to cure them. I can cure them and make them better and stronger . than they ever hoped to be. Just because some other specialist has failed to cure you ts no good reason why I staou Id fail. My treatment for M EN' S WEAKNESSES and other diseases is as dif ferent from other specialises manner of treatment as day is from night. Write if you cannot call. All correspond en ge sacredly confidential. HOURS 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.; Evenings. 7 to 8:S0; Sundays. 9 A. M. to 12 Noon. ST. LOUIS MEDICAL AND SURGICAL DISPENSARY CORNER SECOND AND YAMHILL STREETS. PORTLAND, OREGON. Neglected Special and Blood Diseases Endanger the Health and Vitality of Every Sufferer Tnerefrom. These Maladies Are Always Aggravated Through Improper Treatment - by Incompetent Doctors and Unreliable Specialists. Consult True Specialists, Whose Reputation for Skill, Honesty and Success Is Permanently Established We Have Cured Thousands of Others Don't You Think We Can. Do As Much for You? favored portion of. the United i&tates for that purpose. The meetings of no association organ ized In Portland during the last ten years have been attended by as many representa tive citizens as those of this Livestock As sociation, but for some reason or other those meetings have not been noted In the newspapers. Forty thousand dollars has been voted for purses for livestock alone for the. meeting for the Fall of the present year 1908 the exact dates have not yet been decided upon. It is universally conceded by the best posted men in, the packing industry on the Missouri River. In Chicago and elsewhere, thrft Portland has been selected as the home of the packing industry of the Pacific Northwest, or, I might add, of the entire Pacific Coast. The following clipping from the Atchison Globe of recent date shows that the packing industry is gradually com ing West, in fact, that Kansas City and other Missouri River points tire on the in crease, while there la a slight decrease in Chicago. Fort "Worth. Tex., has been chosen as the home of this Industry in the South western portion of the country, and that city has doubled In population as a result. To give some idea of the enormous growth of the livestock industry In the central IT'S YOUR KIDNEYS. nnminmniniijiii , ns nnni i A Chance for the Poor Varicocele, Hydrocele Atrophy Nervous Debility. Wasting Vlcera. Klood Maorders. . Pimplee. . . . . . . Krarma $5 TO $30 Bladder Aliments Kidney Ailments. Prostate Ailments J I guarantee every take In writing, so you run bo Hk. My prices are rea sonable especially low Jurt now to the boor. A friendly cbat will not cost you a, peony ami my advice will do you much good even though you do not place your case in my care. . Scrotal Varicocele Varicocele impairs vitality and destroys the ele ments of manhood. I daily demonstrate that Vari cocele can.be positively cured. Instead of the organs being maimed and mutilated, they are; preserved and strengthened, pain ceases entirely and almost ln 'stantly, swelling soon subsides, healthy circulation Is rapidly re-established, and every part of the organism affected by the disease Is thoroughly restored. Urethral Stricture Neglect or badly1 treated Stricture . Is progressive, toon involving- In Its destructive course the whole Genito-Urlnary system. Cutting and tearing are harsh and savage reminders t old Fogyism. The strictly modern methods employed by me in the treatment of Stricture are entirely free from the horrors of surg ery and are absolutely -safe and painless. All abnor mal growth is dissolved, leaving the water channel entirely open and absolutely free from obstruction, every unnatural discharge is stopped and all irrita tion -along the walls of the Urethra and in the region1 of the Prostate Gland, Bladder and Kidneys is allayed. Sundays, 10 to 1 only. Everything; portion of the United States. I ask you to please reproduce the following from the Atchison Globe: One of the things that is making 100-an-acre farm land around Atchison: The valuation of the livestock received at the Kansas City stockyards th utOT was $l4."i -OOQ.OOO or 12,iHH.0OO more than, for l!Hfc. This does not include 5."2,lO0 hogs, valued at $7,177,300, received at the Fowler private yards. The total value was greater last year than In any former year. The receipts of all kinds of livestock numbered 7.:27.7.0 head, an increase of 320.940. -or 4.4 per cent over the record for 1D06. and In excess of the figures for any former year. The carlot arrivals amounted to 1 45,30 1, or 6:tO0 cars more than in 1906. Kansas City not only made an actual gain, but also a relative gain as -compared with the record of other markets. The increase in cattle receipts was 114.663 in Kamas City, and 52-107 in Chi cago. There was a gain of 248.000 in re ceipts of hogs here, and a loss of 71,600 In Chicago. H. R. CRAIN . ttt Baoy Is Cattlnjr Teeth Be suie and use that old well-tried remedy. Mrs. "Wins low's 6oothtng Syrup, for chlldrA teething. It soothes the child, softens the gumn. allays pain, colic and diarrhoea. Tou cannot make cfty mistake by treating the kidneys at once, for it is these small troubles that lead to dropsy, diabetes and Bright's disease. If here Is any doubt in j-our mind that the kidneys are affected, notice the urine for a few days. If passages are irregular, painful, or too scanty, dis colored, or full of sediment, the kid neys need help right away, and there is no other medicine more helpful than Doan's Kidney Pills, a simple remedy for the kidneys, yet so powerful that it quickly enres the cause and so ends all the painful and annoying symp toms. Home - testimony proves the unfailing merit of Doan's Kidney Pills. PORTLAND TESTIMONY Mrs. J. O. Stearns, of 1641 Base Line Road, Portland, Or., says: "I have highly recommended Doan's Kidney Pills for several years. I still do so, believing that any sufferer from back ache or kidney complaint will find this remedy all that is claimed for It. My own experience proved that Doan's Kidney Pills promptly relieve backache' and other noticeable symptoms of kid ney complaint." MEN'S DISEASES No Incurable Cases Accepted. There im no risk, for I do not treat In curable rases under any coDMideration. X do nut experiment or use injurious drugs to ruin your system. NERVOUS DEBILITY. Cured in a few weeks. Improvement from , the start. If you suffer from Iops of energy and ambition, fel tired wh'-n you arise in the morning, lame back, dizziness, spots before the eves, and feel you are not the man you once were. I will cure you for life. TLSSL'K WASTE. Either partial or total, overcome by my . Vigorcl Absorbent Pad for weak, dUeascd men. Call and I will explain why it cures when all el?e faiJs. A friendly chat will cost you nothing. Call at once, and don't delay. URETHRAL OBSTRUCTION. Cured by absorption In a short time; no pain, no cutting, no operation. By my method the urethral canal in healed and entire fystem restored to its healthy state. No failure, no pain or loss of time. EI.EC'TICITV. Properly applied with my Absorbent treat -. ment givy . old men the vigor of youth, makes middle-aged men strong and re vitalizes the nerves when exhausted from overwork or worry. It cures nervous and general debility, loss of ambition, lame back. difficulty in concentrating your thoughts and the whole train of symptoms that result from the above causes. If your Hvstem has been overtaxed from any cause seek Kature's own Elixir of Life and be . made strong again. . , ADVICE ALWAYS FREE. i
