The Sunday Oregonian., February 09, 1908, SECTION FOUR, Page 8, Image 40

THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, .-PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 9, 1903.
ALEXANDER BUCK
CARRIES RUNNERS
Crew Shipped at San Diego for
'Coastwise Trip by Em
ployment Agent.
MEN RECEIVE $30 APIECE
Master Forced to Pay $10 for Ship
ping Each .Man Crew Taken at
Rotterdam Dad Only One
Sailor in the Entire lot.
The British bark Alexander Black, Cap
tain Griffin, which arrived Friday from
San Diego, paid oft her. crew yesterday.
The Alexander Black as brought North
from the California port by a crew of
runners, who received J30 a man for the
voyape. The crew was shipped by an em
ployment agent In the Southern California
town and the master of the ship was
furred to pay the agent $10 a- man com
mission or "blood money."
The Alexander Black was upward of
1M days in making the run from Rotter
dam to San Diego. The long voyage was
In a large measure due to the "stiffs"
shipped as sailors at the Dutch port. Out
of ten men in the forecastle there was only
one sailor and on him and the mates de
volved the work of handling the ship
when any labor was necessary aloft.
Aftej- leaving Rotterdam the crew got
seasick and it was with difficulty that the
master got her anywhere. In beating
around the Horn the lubbers got cold
feet and it was only after a hard pull by
officers and the sailor that the vessel
finally reached the Pacific
Captain Griffin is not a stranger to
Portland. His last visit to the port was
13 years ago, when he came here In com
mand of the Carnedd Llewellyn, one of
the famous traders to the ports of the
Northwest. In speaking of his voyage
out. Captain Griffin Baid:
"From the time I left Rotterdam I had
hard lurk. The crew furnished me at
the Dutch port were "stiffs" from the
word go. There was only one sailor in
the lot, hut he was a good one. They all
got seasick and not a one knew a single
thing about the business. I finally made
San Diego and I was glad to see tnem
light out. There is no boarding-house
there and I had to take runners from an
employment agent. As luck won. a have
it they were all sailor men and I had
an easy time up the coast."
DOSE CI TV IEAVES FOR NORTH
Steamer Sails From San Francisco
on Run of the Columbia.
The new steamship Rose City, of the
San Francisco and Portland Steamship
Company, sailed from San Francisco
yesterday at 11. o'clock for Portland on
her maiden run in the coast service.
The steamer is due to reach Astoria
Monday morning.
The Rose City was' purchased from
the Government last May and has been
"undergoing repairs" since that time.
She was known as the transport Law
ton at the time of her purchase by the
llarriman people, and on her last trip
into San Francisco was in command of
Captain J. Speier, now harbormaster of
the City of Portland.
Prior to her purchase by the Govern
ment the Rose City was known as the
Yumuri, and operated as a banana
packet between New York and the
Southern ports. She was built at Ches
ter. Pa., in 1890. and is of the same
type as the old Columbia. She is 12
feet longer than the latter vessel and
live feet greater beam.
BESSIE DOLLAR GETS AWAY
Steamship Carries Wheat and Lum
ber for Japanese Ports.
The steamship Bessie Dollar cleared
yesterday for the Orient with 157,239
bushels of wheat and upwards of 1,
000,000 feet of lumber. The grain was
valued at 153,310, and the lumber at
$11,773. The total value of the cargo
amounts to $165,085. The Bessie Dol
lar will leave down at noon today.
The Bessie Dollar Is the fifth grain
ship to clear for February, and her
cargo brings the wheat shipments up
to 851,731 bushels. This is a record
for the first eight days of any single
month for some time, 'and from the
outlook the exports for February will
break all previous records for tna't
month and will equal or surpass those
of January. At least 20 vessels will
clear during the .month, and several
steamers are on the list. It is safe to
estimate upwards of 2,000,000 bushels
for the month.
1XRLIXE HITS DRIFT LOG
Steamer looses Wheel While Bound
Up From Astoria.
The steamer Lurline, from Astoria
to Portland, ran into a bunch of drift
yesterday morning and one of the logs
fouled the wheel of the steamer. Sev
eral buckets were carried away and It
was necessary to tie up and await the
arrival of material and carpenters from
Astoria. ,
The accident happened near Brook
field and the vessel was tied up to the
dock at that place for the night. Dur
ing the past few days there has been
a large amount of drift running crut of
the Cowlitz and Lewis rivers. The big
logs are a constant menace to naviga
tion, and steamboat masters and pilots
are forced te keep a .continual lookout.
Marine Xotes From San Pedro.
SAN PEDRO, Cal.. Feb. 8. The steam
schooner J. Marhoffer. Captain Winkle,
after discharging part of a lumber
cargo at Redondo. arrived from Grays
Harbor and Is discharging 325.0O0 feet
of lumber at the Crescent Wharf.
The steamer San Gabriel. Captain
Kendi ick. completed the discharge of a
lumber cargo for the Kcrchoff-Cuzner
Company and cleared tonight for Ump
qua River to reload.
The schooner Queen, Captain Larsen,
sailed today in ballast for San Diego
to go on drydock for cleaning and
overhauling. Thence she will sail for
Willapa Harbor to reload.
Marine Notes.
The French bark Buffon left down
yesterday.
The steamship Breakwater is due to
arrive tonight from Coos Bay.
The French bark Emllie Galline will
leave up from Astoria this morning.
The steamship Alliance arrived up
last night with passengers and freight
from Cons Bay.
The Walden 'Abbey will shift this
afternoon to Montgomery Dock No. 2
and will begin working grain in the
morning. '
Arrivals and Departures.
PORTLAND, Feb. 8. Arrived Steamship
Alliance, from Coos Bar. Sailed Steam
ship Yosemlte. from Rainier for Han Fran
ciseo: French bark Buffon. for the United
Kingdom.
Hongkong, Feb. 8. Arrived previously
Manchuria, from San Francisco vie Hono
lulu and Yokohama.
St. Vincent. C. V -Feb. 7. Sailed Belle
of Ireland, from Tacoma. vi Coronet. and
Monte Video, for Belfast.
Newcastle, .N. S. W.. Feb. 7. Sailed
Kalvln Bank, for San - Francisco.
Columbo, Feb. 7. Sailed Keemun, from
Tacoma. etc.. for Glasgow.
Astoria, Feb. 8. Condition of bar at 5 P.
M., smooth; wind, east; weather, cloudy. Ar
rived at 9:30 A. M. and left up at 12 M.
Steamer Alliance, from Coos Bay. Left up at
A. M Schooner Alvena. Sailed at 2:15
P. M. Schooner Luzon, for Redondo. Arrived
at 5 P M. Steamer Asuncion, from San Fran
cisco. San Francisco. Feb. 8. Sailed at 12 noon
STEAMER INTELLIGENCE.
Due to Arrive.
Name."
Northland. . .
Nlromedta. .
Alcsia
R. D. Inman
From.
San Francisco.
flongkong
Hongkong. . . . .
San Francisco.
Date.
In port
In port
In port
-In port
In port
. In port
Johanl'oulsen
San Francisco.
Alliance
Coos Bay
Coos Bay
San Francisco.
Los Angeles.
San Francisco.
Breakwater. .
. Feb.
Costa Rica. .
Roanoke.'
Rose City. . .
F. S. Loop. . .
.Feb.
Feb:
.Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
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11
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12
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San Francisco.
Senator
Geo. w. Elder
San Francisco.
San Pedro
Hongkong
Hongkong.
Feb.
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N umantia
Arabia
Mar.
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April 20
Scheduled to Depart.
Name, For. Date.
JohanPoulsenSan Francisco. .Feb. 10
Northland. .. San Francisco. Feb. 10
Alliance Coos Bay Feb. 1U
R. I. Inman. San Francisco. Feb. 12
Breakwater. .Coos Bay. -!. . . . Feb. 12
Costa Rica. . San Francisco. Feb. 12
Nicomedia. . . Hongkong Feb. 12
Roanoke Los Angeles... Feb. 13
Rose City.... San Franelsoo. Feb. 14'
F. S. Loop. , .San Francisco. Feb. 13
Alesla Hongkong Feb. 20
Geo. W. ElderSan Pedro Feb.
Senator San Francisco. .Feb. 21
Numantia. .. .Hongkong Mar. 12
Arabia Hongkong April 27
Entered Saturday.
Johan Poulsen. Am. steamship
(Nllsson). with general cargo, from
San Francisco.
Hanalei, Am. steamship (McFar
land), with general cargo, from San
Francisco.
Virginia. Am. schooner (Olsen),
with ballast, from San Francisco.
Argyll, Am. steamship (Ferris),
with 27.000 barrels of fuel olU
from Port Harford.
Cleared Saturday.
Bessie Dollar, Br. steamship
(Gow). with 157.239 bushels of wheat,
valued at $153,310, and 1.009.600 feet
of lumber, valued at S11.775. for
Japanese ports.
Argyll. Am. steamship (Ferris),
with ballast, for Port Harford.
Steamer Rose City, for Portland. Arrived
Steamer Atlas, from Portland. Sailed at 2
P. M. Steamer Roanoke, for Portland. Sailed
at 4 P. M. Steamer Catania, for Portland"
I
Tides at Astoria Sunday.
. High. Low.
:2fS A. M 8.1 feet0:10 A. M 28 feet
7:34 P. M 2 feetll:25 P. M 1.1 feet
AND THERE ARE OTHERS
Proposal That a Grateful Country
Should Pension Assessors.
WALLA. WALLA, Wash., Feb. 7. (To
the Editor.) If The Oregonian would
publish an article from an ex-oftlcial In
the West, not an ex-President, who has
read Grover Cleveland's latest on taking
care of ex-Presidents, I migh.. offer a
better reason than his why. Instead of
ex-Presidents of the United States, there
are others who should first be considered.
There are 36 or more ex-County As
sessors in this state and if there are as
many in other states of the Union, then
there are quite a bunch of fellows on
whose lives after their terms of office
no life insurance company would dare
take a risk. And what about' the differ
ence in station, duty, pay, ability, pres
tige and opportunity? The ex-President
has held the highest office in the gift of
the people. He has stood before the ad
miring crowds of his fellow citizens and
felt the flush of face in all its glory, with
a guarantee of S50.000 a year salary and
$25,000 a year for incidentals, in addition
to other valuable considerations for ' his
services.
He has dined and wined at the Nation's
expense and had rebel flags returned
when they were not wanted. He has
bathed in perfumed waters and had the
fairest ladies of the land lend him their
best smiles, while the highest-priced
preachers prayed from pulpits, long and
loud, for the remission of his sins. He
has had his coachman called out the
darkest hour of the night 'to take him
where he might have a chapce to gratify
a notion that every word he might say
would be considered as weighing quite a
ton. He has had It all, the best, the
most of it,. nearly all of It, the first and
last, say, the glory, grandeur, homage
and big pay from a Grand xtepublic of
great people. What more can be done
for a man?. No matter what his station.
If a man lias not a competence after all
this, what can be said of him? Surely
he Is a failure.
But how about the county assessor? In
order for the state to exist, to meet its
obligations, to provide for its defense, to
secure funds for state and county pur
poses, his assessment must be the basis,
yet no one invites him to dine, no one
cares to meet him, and even the dogs are
taught to bark as he passes. No finan
cial statement was ever published on the
financial condition of the state by either
the Governor, Auditor, Secretary or Rail
road Commissioner, but what the as
sessor's figures were the basis. No Leg
islature ever passed an appropriation bill
but the assessor's work formed the con
trolling influence, and the whole machin
ery of government is "greased" in pro
portion to the financial showing he pre
sents. While his station should be high
and a high-class man be In It, the rule Is
that H is considered the lowest, and the
most commonplace man is supposed to
fill it. His pay is the meanest pittance
ever offered a public servant from whom
so much is required. He must have abil
ity, plenty of it. and it must be of the
independent . order. He has no cabinet,
with a Secretary Root in. it, to keep him
from error and to roll the rocks from his
pathway; neither has he an Associated
Press agent to hint contemplated action
to the public in advance. No Federal
brigade to "hit the line hard," and in
stead of anyone listening to his grievance,
ho must patiently give ear to theirs.
Finally, at the end of his term, while his
wife might still be wtth him, he has
surely lost all of his friends and at least
half of his self-respect.
If, after considering the matter fully,
my readers don't think that the county
assessor is more entitled to first consid
eration in the comparison, then let the
ex-Presidents have "the entire swag."
WALTER L. C ADMAN,
County Assessor.
Put Naval Base at Manila.
WASHINGTON, Feb. S. Secretary of
War Taft left Washington this morn
ing for Kansas City, where he will
speak Monday. Before leaving, he
stated that the recommendation of the
joint board of the Army and Navy
officers in favor of the creation of a
principal naval baso of the United
States at Manila instead of at Subig
Bay has been approved and would be
carried into effect at once.
Meftger fits glasses for 51.00.
NEBRASKA FOR TAFT
Every County in State Has
Been Organized.
BOOM STARTED LAST MAY
Fairbanks, La Follette, Hughes and
Magoon Have All Had Incipient
Booms,' but Taffs Is the Only
One That Has . Grown.
OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 7. (Special.) Ne
braska has been swung quietly but surely
Into the Taft column. Every man named
in connection with the Presidential nom
ination from Taft to Governor Magoon,
of Cuba, has had his little boomlet, and
each, with the exception of Taffs, has
burst after it had received passing notice
from those who manipulate the machinery
of the Republican party in Nebraska.
The interests of Fairbanks, La Follette.
Hughes and Magoon have' been cared for
by a few supporters. Their principal work
has been that of the press agents, but be
yond what little' they have accomplished
in this respect nothing worthy of mention
has been done to push the candidacy of
any man except William H. Taft.
Three months an Indiana man dropped
Into Omaha and announced that he had
looked over the situation and decided that
Fairbanks had many supporters in Ne
braska and Western Iowa.
Many Booms Launched.
A few days later Frank Harrison, of
Lincoln, and some of his friends took'up
the La Follette movement. Within the
month it -was given out from Lincoln that
friends of Governor Magoon. of Cuba,
who is a Nebraska man, considered hlra
fit timber for the Presidential nomination
and his boom was launched with more or
less display. Then the followers of
Hughes, principal of whom was W. E. To
bey, private secretary to Senator Burkett,
took up and began to push his propa
ganda. It may be' said that La Follette
is the only one of the four who in any
way has been able to keep himself before
Nebraskans. His chief champion is ex
Congressman J. J. McCarty, of the Third
district. McQarty has announced that he
will do everything he can to promote the
La Follette interests in this state, but
friends of the War Secretary give little
heed to this political bubble. Within the
past week Harrison and Tobey have iden
tified themselves with the Taft league.
Taft Boom Has Been Growing.
Every politician of any Importance has
waked up to a realization that the Taft
boom has grown quite beyond their com
prehension. The men in charge of his Ne
braska interests have organized every
county In the state for the Secretary,
while nothing looking to organization has
been effected by those who would oppose
him. The Taft movement has been car
ried on quietly, but none the less effec
tively. Victor Rosewater, editor of the
Omaha Bee, has .been the leader of the
movement which has made the Nebraska
delegation practically sure for Taft. The
tactful manner in which the young editor
swung the entire party machinery into
line for the support of the Roosevelt can
didate h.as carried many of the older Ne
braska politicians off their feet.
.Senators Burkett and Brown have re
mained passing until recently, when Sen
ator Brown came out openly for Taft. In
a letter to Chairman Rose, of Lincoln,
dated from Washington a few days ago.
Senator Brown stated his position plainly,
declaring that he is for Taft, because "he
Is a big, brainy, courageous man and a
friend of the people, and is the only
avowed candidate pledged openly to carry
out the policies of the Roosevelt admin
istration." Movement Began Last May.
The movement to swing Nebraska into
line for Secretary Taft began last May.
At that time there were many party
leaders who did not hesitate to advocate
another term for President Roosevelt,
and some of them took a strong stand
in their position. Meanwhile Victor
Rosewater made a visit to Washington
and looked matters over. Secretary
Taft had planned to visit Omaha in
June, and Rosewater, forestalling other
plans, secured the Secretary's acceptance
of an invitatipn to be his guest at a
dinner at the Omaha Club. Secretary
Taft came to the city to deliver a dedi
catory address at the opening of the
new Y. M. O. A. building, but his visit
to the city rlly proved to be the open
ing gun of his campaign to secure the
support of Nebraska at the next Na
tional convention.
Although it was announced that poli
tics was barred, one guest managed to
toast the War Secretary -in a neat
speech, closing with the significant sug
gestion that "we drink to the health of
the next President of the United States."
Taft Indicates AVilllngness.
"T cannot reply to that toast." said
the Secretary with a smile which Indi
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Is It not better to treat with a medi
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Talk with as about your ailment and a
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as good as any man of their years. I don't
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Just because some other specialist has
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cated his satisfaction, "but I will say
that if the duty comes to me I shall
accept it."
The organization of the Taft move
ment has been going on ever since. It
found expression .when, the state plat
form convention by resolution placed (Ne
braska in record as- the first state' to
Indorse Taft. and again at a representa
tive gathering in Omaha recently by Re
publican state leaders. The resistance
of former Congressman McCarty in favor
of La Follette is considered only passive
Mr. Taffs friends feel that there is no
longer any serious opposition to his can
didacy and are pleased with the progress
made. The Nebraska Republican press
Is almost unanimous for him. Under the
new primary law it has been loss diffi
cult to keep the machinery intact than
under the old system and once given
momentum it was not hard to formuhVs
Iho Taft boom into definite shape. The
Nebraska State convention will be held
In Omaha March 12, and that body Is
expected to be a unit in support of the
Taft propaganda.
CONSTRUCTION OF LAW
When Are Presidential Klectors to
Be dominated?
PORTLAND, Or., Feb. 8. (To the
Editor.) A news Item from Salem,
in this morning's Oregonian states
that the Secretary of State declined to
file my petition for nomination for
Presidential elector. 1 have not yet re
ceived his letter, but presume that his
reason is correctly given, which is:
"That- Presidential electors are not to
be elected at the coming June election,"
and "that section '2 of the direct pri
mary law expressly limits the applica
tion of the law to offices that are to be
filled at the June election."
A somewhat careful study of the law
has guided me to a quite different con
clusion. I fail to find in section 2 any
provision that "expressly limits the ap
plication of the law to offices that are
to be filled at the June election." The
opposite is true of the "Senator In Con
gress," who is elected by the Legisla
ture in the following January.
Further, the title of the act sete forth
that it is for the purpose of nominat
ing all candidates by all political par-'
ties subject to this law for all public
offices to be filled at the ensuing elea
tions. Note the plural ensuing elec
tions not the ensuing. June election.
This title, or general statement of the
law certainly governs or broadens sec
tion 2.
Again, the first section of the act in
forms us how to construe the law. "The
provisions of this law shall at all times
be construed in such manner as shall
make it operate as nearly as possible
in accord with the foregoing statement
of the theory on which it is based.
Presidential elections occur quadren
ially and It is not surprising that men
tion of the nomination ot Presidential
electors was overlooked; but this cura
tive provision enjoins the operation bf
the law where it seems applicable.
If any doubt remains in the mind, a
quotation from section II will certainly
dispel it. After defining a political
party, follows this explicit and em
phatic declaration: "Every uch politi
cal party shall nominate all its can
didates for public office under the pro
visions of this law and not In any other
manner, and it shall not be allowed to
nominate any candidate in the manner
provided by section 2791 of Bellinger
and Cotton's Annotated Codes and Stat
utes of Oregon."
Conformable to this theory we find
that the forms laid down in the law for
the petitions of the applicant for nom
ination, and that of the electors ask
ing that his name be placed on the of
ficial nominating ballot make no men
tion whatever of the June election.
When I hear the contention of the
opposite theory I ehall have several
other considerations to urge in favor
of my action, should they be necessary.
J. D. LEE.
FAVORS
COMMISSION
To Inquire Into World's Currency
Systems for Congress.
TACOMAi Wash., Feb. 7. (l'o the Edi
tor.) I read with great interest an edi
torial entitled "Our Bank Currency
Folly," reproduced in The Oregonian from
the Tacoma New Herald.
I am glad to see that Portland's lead
ing daily takes the position it has done
upon the currency reform needs of our
country. The people, from the fact that
they have, been able to use bank notes
and legal ' tender notes to perform the
same functions as gold, 'have come to con
sider the notes as actual money, instead
of what they really are, mere promises
to pay, and have thus come to confound
the shadow for the substance.
It Is perfectly evident to the thinking
man that the Government can no more
transform a slip of paper into actual
money by the use of the printing press,
than the alchemist of old. was able to
transmute a base metal into a precious
ohe. The currency proposed under the
Aldrich bill will in no way assist the le
gitimate banks of the country in times
of pressure like that through which we
have just passed. No amount of tinker
ing can make the Aldrich bill right, be
cause it is fundamentally wrong. Its
basic principle, that of a bond-secured
currency, is incorrect, as no currency is
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Functional derangement, such as
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My Treatment for Con
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The importance of quickly curing
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correctly Issued that Is based upon debts
It must be based upon the credits of a
nation; that Is, "bills exchangeable for
marketable commodities, which have be
hind them assured values realizable at
once in the exchanges of the world," -as
The Oregonian has so forcibly stated. As
the banks of the country are so divided
among themselves as to a proper currency
system, it seems to me the only thing for
Congress to do at the present time, is to
enact a law providing for the appoint
ment of a Currency Commission to be
composed of leading financiers, business
men and Congressmen, with full power to
examine into the currency systems of the
leading nations of the world, and a draft
to be presented to the next Congress of
a proper bill as a result of their investiga
tions. P. C. KAUFFMAN.
WHAT IN ITS PLACE?
Inquiry as to the Best Substitute for
Statement No. 1.
PORTLAND, Feb. 8. (To .the Kd
itor.) I have been noting considerable
comment as to the voice of the
majority of the Republicans of the
State of Oregon on the merits and de
merits of Statement No. 1, and particu
larly the remarks of Judge Stephen A.
Lowell, of Pendleton, Or.
It Is hardly necessary to say that
Statement No. 1 has its disadvantages
and imperfections, for Democrats and
Republicans alike admit that. But to
ask the peopTe of . this State to repeal
absolutely a reformative measure with
out offering a relief which, will prove
as good or better, is not only slighting
the plausible and reasonable will of the
people, but is retrogressive, and imper
tinent in a measure, as well. The his
tory of all reform measures, from the
days of "Taxation without representa
tion," down to the money question,
demonstrates that though the first step
toward reform may be somewhat mis
guided and erratic, still the cltlens of
the United States, born of a spirit that,
where a reform Is fully wart-anted and
demanded, demand that an Imperfect
legislation aimed at such reform will
not be repealed until something better
is given them as a substitute. It is up
to the Republican party or any other
party to gratify this urgent need and
want, and until it does. It will And
itself up against an Irrevocable tide of
opinion.
And who is It that the Republicans
have to blame for all this? No one but
themselves, or rather no one but cer
MEN'S DISEASES
Xo Incurable - Cases Accepted.
There Is no risk, for I do not treat In
curable Cases under any consideration. I
do not experiment or use injurious drugs
to ruin your system.
NERVOUS DEBILITY.
Cured In a few weeks. ImDrovement from
the start. If you suffer from loss of energy
and ambition, feel tired when you arise In
the morning, lame back, dizziness, spots'
before the eyes, and fell you are not the
man you once were. I will cure you for
life.
TISSCK WASTE.
Either partial or total, overcome by my
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men. Call and I will explain why It cures
wJten all elne fails. A friendly chat will
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delay.
URETHRAL OBSTRUCTION.
Cured by absorption In a short time; no
pain, no cutting, no operation. By my
method the urethral canal is healed and
entire system restored to Us healthy state.
No failure, no pain or loss of time.
ELECTRICITY.
Properly applied with my Absorbent treat
ment gives old mn the vigor of youth,
makes middle-aced men strong and re
vitalizes the nerves when exhausted from
overwork or worry. It cures nervous and
general debility, .loss of ambition, lams
back. difficulty in concentrating your
thoughts and the whole train of symptoms
that result from the above causes. If your
system has been overtaxed from any cause
consult us at once and be mads strong;
again.
ADVICE ALWAYS FREE.
confidential.
A. M. to 12 Noon.
My Fee Is Only
In Any Uncomplicated
Consultation Free
Nature accomplishes nothing
by force. Her work is wrought
through gentle influences. We
see evidences of this truth
everywhere. Nature has a way
of overcoming every disease.
Sometimes she fails. The phy
sician's duty is to help when
nature falters, and to help .by
reinforcing the natural re
cuperative influences. This is
often a delicate taskvThe treat
ment must be accurate, mild
and gentle. Otherwise it works harm. Exciting
tonics, fiery, caustic and cruel cutting have no part in
my practice. I have mild and harmless methods that
cure by nature's plans, and that cure thoroughly and
permanently in the briefest possible time. Why take
chances? I offer you that which you are seeking, a
quick and permanent cure though painless and harm
less treatment.
Honrs B A. M. to 9 P. M. Sundays. 10 to
tain of their representatives. In this
connection It might be well to empha
size the all-Important fact that a cor
rupt representative of any party can do
that party far more harm than any
such measure as Statement No. 1. for
that Statement itself owes Its birth
to Internal corruption in party poli
tics. This may seem somewhat strong,
but the truth of it is making the citi
zens of this State loath to repeal It.
and no argument on the line of party
demarcation will 'ever Impel them to
do it.
A good Republican In this State-will.
In the coming election, be elected as
United States Senator over a good Dem
ocrat, even with some odds against the
Republican in the matter of morals..
Statement No. 1 raises primarily the
question of political Integrity, and
principle without Integrity is worth but
little in the eyes of all American citi
zens. After Colonel "Bob" Ingersoll
had presented his strong argumentative
reasons for repudiating the Bible, the
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a mother should be a source of Joy to all, but the suffering and
danger incident to the ordeal makes its anticipation one of misery.
Mother's Friend is the only remedy which relieves women of the great
pain and danger of maternity; this hour which is dreaded as woman's
severest trial is not only made painless, but all the danger is avoided
by its use. Those who use this remedy are no longer despondent or
gloomy ; nervousness, nausea and other distressing conditions are
overcome, the system is made ready for the coming event, and the
serious accidents so common to the critical
hour are obviated by the use of Mother's E9H lf6. tnv9nk
Friend. "It is worth its weight in gold," W!iiliip
says many who have used it. $1.00 per if B'iJr bMIiI
bottle at drug stores. Book containing
train. Mo irtfnrmofin. f .11 111 S-
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EVERYBODY IS GOING WILD OVER THE TIRES BEING MADE AT THE
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Men, Don't Wait Another Day
DEIAVS ARE
The Prices Given Below Will
Last Only a Few Days
Obfltruetion, from $5 to
Varicocele, from $10 to $-.'5
Hydrocele, from $10 to $"i0
N'ervoo Debility from $. to $20
Was) inc. from $7.50 to $10
Ulcers, from $S to fir,
Discharge, from $5 to $10
Blood Poison, from $10 to $:10
tailing; Hair, from $5 to $10
Pimples, from $7.80 to $15
Kcxema. from" $10 to $.10
Itladder Ailments, from !...$.- to $12.50
Kidney Ailments, from $10 to fMI
Prostata Ailments, from $3 to $13
Free Advice Given In All Stubborn Cases
to Attending Physician, and Norses Any
Morning Between the Hours' of 9 and 10
o'clock.
VARICOCELE
Cured by abforr.tlon: no caln. The
enlarged veins are dtie to bicycle
or horseback riding, disease, etc. In
time It weakens a man mentally as
well as physically. I will cure you
for life or make no charge.
HYDROCELE
Cured by absorption; no pain, no loss
of time. Why suffer longer when
you can be cured In a few hours at a
modi-rate cost? Call and consult me
st once and I will convince you of
the superiority of my New System
Treatment over any other method.
BLOOD POISON
Overcome in 00 days or no pay.
vmptonis overcome in 7 to 21 days,
without chemicals or poison. If suf
fering from ulcers, sore mouth or
throat, falling hair, bone pains, come
and I will drive the poison from your
blood forever by my New System
Treatment.
I DO NOT PATCH VP.
, I CURE FOREVER.
Call to
w me If potwible). Write for n-tn Ht If yon cannot call.
MEDKINKS FROM $1.60 TO $6.50 A COURSE.
THE OREGON MEDICAL
HOVRS: S A. M. to 3 P. 51. SUNDAYS. 10 A. M. to I P. M.
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Case
DR. TAYLOR.
The Lead log Specialist.
My Best
Reference Is :
Not a Dollar
Be Paid
Until Cured
1.
question was asked him whom he could
offer as a substitute for the Almighty
as upheld by the Bible, for Christian
worship, but there was no answer
forthcoming. And the citizens of this
State are asking the opponents of
Statement No. 1 the question, what have
they to offer as a substitute of State
ment No. 1 the old regime?
ROBERT GREY.
Complete Road From ColvUlc.
COLV1LLE, Wash., Feb. S. (Special.)
The Colville Commercial Club has ap
pointed a committee to raise the addi
tional funds necessary to complete the
new wagon road between Colville and the
Daisy mine. This road is 17 miles In
length and was partially buiit last year,
but owing to the Winter weather work
was suspended.
Tomorrow (Monday) will positively
be the last day for discount on West
Side gas bills. Portland Oas Co.
Every mother feels
great dread of the paia
and danger attendant upon
the moat critical period
of her life. Becoming
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DANGEROUS.
XKKVOUS DEBILITY
Curvd In a fw vt rks. Improvement
from the at art. If you nuftVr from
Iofs of energy and ambition, feel tired
when your aripo ;n the morntnsr.
lame back, dizziness, ppots before
the eyes, end feel you are not the
man you once were. I will curs you
for life.
. TISSIK WASTE
Kf thr partial or total, overcome by
my Vinorai Absorbent Pad for weak,
d!seai;i men. t'nU and I will explain
why It cures when all e!e falls. A
friendly r.hat will coat you nothing.
Call at once and don't delay.
17RKTHRAI, OBWTRVCTION
Cured by absorption In a nhort time;
no pain, no cutting, no operation. Bv
my method the urethral canal is
healed and entire system restored to
its healthy state. No failures, no
pain or loss of time.
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