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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND. OCTOBER 4. 1908. 10 MANY OBSOLETE IS OREGON Code Filled With Antiquated Statutes Forgotten and Inoperative. THEY ARE NOT ENFORCED All Sorts or Practices Tolerated, Mct of Them No Better,- No Worse Than Sunday Closing I .aw Violations. Spunii of civic virile, which, Ilka Mayor Lane's present moral reform, have aa their aim tlie rigorous enforce ment of obsolete laws, are almost In variably discriminative. That Is. where certain sections of the statutes are ap plied, no matter how long they may have been Inoperative from disuse, any number of antiquated- laws may be found which tolerate practicea which are or are not vicious, according an the whlma of administrative officials may determine. The statute books of Ore gon are peculiarly burdened with this class of enactments, many of them which. If carried out to the letter, would n doubt raise equal or greater uproar than the Sunday-closing blue law which District Attorney Cameron Is now attempting to resurrect and gal vanise Into life. No atate in the whole I'nited States is free from legislation of Draconian severity. The history of every com monwealth in the Union Is that special emergencies have given birth to these agencies of legal discipline, cluttering codes and causing confusion, and espe cially Is thla true of young or rapidly growing states, where new conditions arise which seem to call for experi mental legal regulation. Many Are Xot Enforced. As an example, one finds in section 20l. Bellinger and Cotton's code, that it Is a serious matter to use the American flag as an advertisement in any form, vet this Is done with Impunity on bill boards, in pamphlets and In the news papers. Another Oregon law which. If en forced, would drive every private Se lective agency In the state out of b isi ness. Is No. ;6. Examination of Its context would lead one to believe that the over-zcaloua law-mongers who cre ated the measure meant that It should te enforced. Yet it Is not. Every circus, hippodrome or museum j-.oductlon that plays In Portland vio lates section 2084. which has to do with t'.e eihlbltlng of deformed persons. Tr.e Indigent blind and maimed that s-eek alms In the public streets of Port 1 rid. come under the ban of this statute. Lobbying has never been made the subject of administrative discipline, yet, under the Oregon code, it is one of the most grievous laches an upright man, a law-abiding citizen, may fall Into. Herewith are a doxen or more anti quated and obsolete Oregon laws, which were passed In haste, but so far as la learned, have not been repented, even In leisure. They are dead letters and dry rot on the statute books, utterly and absolutely: no better, no worse, tiian the Puritanical law now pending decernlture. Section 2i 1. (Desecration of United 8lata f:.: Any person who In arty manner hall up for adterllstn purpoa-e my flag, anrtard. color or rwin of the lnltej fitst. phall he deemed sutlty of a mini meaner and putect to a Acs of not less than : ror mo- than lion, !ctlon Jos Prlate poll.e srd patrol prr.hlbltM. i.lmH st the Plnkertor.a: Thai k phall h unlawful for any person, corporation or anorlatlon of persona, or ai'nu of soy person, or merooer or agent or officer of acv ro-poraiicn or association of peraons. to organize, ma. main or employ an armed Mr of men In this state for the pur pops of assuming. 4lpharclng or attempting lo discharge In any city in the Stale of Ore gon anr of tha dtitloe or occupations, proper ly belonging to the duly organized patrol of aijch city. That It shall o- unlawful for any perpon. corporation, or apaoclation of per sons, or agent of any person, or member. atnt or orTI.-er of sny corporation or aaao- larlon of persona, to estnr.l1h or maintain In any .-Ity ts the Stata of Oregon any armed or untf.-rmert patrol ivwrm n-'t under the direct ccntr.il and appointed ly the proper murlctpa' departroentp. ao prorldM for In ths barter of auoh city. L. IS. P. 8. sec tions I and Z 8e.-ton 2ip. Exhibiting deformed persnna: No person or person h p ' 1 exhibit or csupe to ba eshlNfed. In any public plac within this atptf. tnv deformed person, cither for reward 01 for r-atttlty. tL. JS4. p. 116. Sec i. h r -. tfu.i i:er rtn'op that comes to thin city broaka this law. s-Hon 1SP4 - lobbying with members of legislature without oiwu-slng interest: If hi pfn. having an Interest In the panaagw or dft of an measure before, or which ahail ,-omr before, either house of ths t.aiatte Assembly of this state, or If any person, being an agent of another eo Inter acted. pha;i ,-onyerpe with, explain to. or In anr manner sttampt to In fliirr. ,e any mem ber of Assembly In relation to such meaeure. without first truly and completely dtaeloptpg to puch member bis Interest there Is or that of the person whom he repre aents. and hie own agen.-y therein, stich per son, upon conviction thereof, shall be pun ished be imprisonment in the County Jail not less thai thra months nor more than ers year, or by tine not less than fifty nor more" than Ore hundred doilars. it 1So4: r Cd Vc. M; D. U Sec. 3g. H. C. See. 114. Section 1M3. Ustr.g fslee weight etc.: If any person ahail knowingly oe sny fslea weight or measure and shall thereby derrsnd or otherwise Injurs another or hall knowingly mark or stamp a false weight or measure or false tsre upon any cask or package, or shall knowingly soil or offer for pale ssy cask or package si marked, eurh Persian, upon eonetctlon thereof, phall pe punished b Imprisonment in the County Jail rot less thsn owe wvonth nor more thsn one ear. or bv flne not ! thsn flftv n-r more than Hvi hundred dollare it- lei; r Cd. fee. 5T: tv I- Sec. J"; II. O. Sec. JTlat i section ?IW eelectlrg Person for Jury H-ho Has Made B'qui et ' "nla w fill Any Sheriff, t'onatsble or lher person whoe dulv It mav be under the law to eelect or summons s lurv. who shsli pelect. summons or plsce upon sny jury sny per son whom he has been spked or requested to select or summon, shall be deemed guilty of s mlerlemeanor. and upon conviction p"II e fined in snv scm not exceeding So0. I, 1!. P IM " - . Section "I nv RefuPsl to Tew r Diserlm Isstloti by Master of Tugboat: An- tugboat towing for hire in sny of the waters of this state Is a common car rier for the busineae of towing vePSSlp. tt phsll be unlawful for the master or owner of any u. h tug to refuse to tow any ves sel of the clsss usually towed by such tug. or to discriminate lther In the charges for lowing or In time: but they shall tow all such yeapels In ths enter in which they mae be annt uncsd ready: provided, that towing In or out of a bar harbor may take precedence over tewnf Inside of such orir bor. Any violation of this enactment shsll be a misdemeanor, ai.ti upon conviction, ths person gutlty ahsll be rtne.1 ic any sum not fees than $100 nor more than $-JoO. and bv tmprlaorment in ths county Jail not less than ten days nor mors than 3 days Jus tices of the Peaew shall have Jurisdiction of ane mladsmeanors stistng under thla en actment. iL l"1. p- 2. aeeilons 5. 3, .; H r. ae- 19I Section ?tl Penalty for Selling Inwhols aome trorla'on: if any person ahail knowingly sell sny Vlnd of diseased, corrupted, or unwholesome provlp'one. whether for mrst or drink, with out making the same fully known to ths bucer. such person, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by lmp-ionment in the country Jail not less thsn three months nor mors tr.sa ose year, or by ana not less than ISO nor mors than 50o. fU 1S4: V.tM. sec. iS5: D. ft L. sec. 71S: H. r. sec l.s section :tu Adulterated Candy, bale or Prohibited. . . That no person shsll, by himself, his serv snts. or agent or as servant or agent or sny other person, persons, or cjrpo-atlon manufacture for sale .or knowingly sell cr IOTTr to sen wriy ceioir -. err adulterated by the admixture of terra alba, barj-tes. talc, or any otner mm substance, or bv poisonous colors or flavors or other Ingredients Injurious or detrimen tal to the health of consumera U iS, P 4i. Sec. 1.1 . rieetlon 23 Sale of Trout ProhlMred. It shall be unlawful to sell, offer for mmtm m bev-e In oowsewalon for SSle Or SX- 1 change, any species of trout at any time. 1 .1. ISOI n Rec IS. I Salmon trout are on sale In thia dty at ths present time. I Paction I9SS Intermarriage with Jvegro. etc.. iieclared Void. . ... Hereafter it ahail not be lawful within thia atate for any white person, male or female, to Intermarry w ith any negro. Chinee-?, or any person having one-fourth or more negro. Chinese or Kanaka blood. ,or anv person having more than one-half In dian blood: snd all such marriages, or st tempted marriages, snail be absolutely null snd void. 1 1. il(t. p. 1. Sec 1; I. and L. Sec. : H. C. Sec. 157.) Section 1 Disposing of Liquor X-ear Mine I nlssful. It ahali be unlawful for any person or persons to sell or In anywise dlppoae of sny spirituous or mslt or Intoxicstlng liq ours upon or within one mile of sny quarts or placer mine In active operation within MOUNT ScoTT PREACHER IS r.il t arts TO CHIf A ;0. 1 I r-r- - - - -v T 4 v ' : t , rVSx . ) - Ifc, - t 5 f 5 J:-. A. J t 1 5 ! ' ' -. J S a 1 iSiMriia wsaawasspwpjllaT J Rrr, A. D. isper. t GREAT STRUGGLE IN COTTON TRADE Million Lancashire Workers Strike Against Lower Wages. COLLAPSED BOOM CAUSE Rev. A. I. Soper, former pastor of the Millard-avenue Presby terian Church. In the Mount Scott district, with his wife, has gone to Chicago to take charge of the Western Division Presby terian Church of that city. Mrs. Soper will be associated with her husband in the work of this "down-town" church, for which both are specially fitted. Rev. Mr. Soper Is well-known In Portland. For a time he was In the Y. M. C. A. work on the Kant Side, and then entered the ministry. He was assistant pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, and since then ha filled acceptably several charges. At the session of Port land Presbytery he .will be trans ferred to Chicago Presbytery. this state: Provided that, this act does not applv to Incorporated cities and towns. (L 1901. p 212. Sec. l. Section 1S81 Unlawful for Minor to Smoke In Public. tt shall be unlawful for any minor under the age of elKhteen years to smoke or In any way use any cigar, cigarette - tobac co In any form whatsoever In any public niirh-ay. street, place, square or resort. Any minor violating the provisions of this avt shall, upon conviction, be tlned In any sum not less than one nor more than ten dollars, or by imprisonment at the option of the court, two days tor eac h offense. i L. 1S3. p. 86. Sees. 3. 4.) Section 1970 Disposing of Llqour Near Canal and Ixck. It shall he unlawful for any person or persona to sell or In anywise dispose of any spirituous or malt or other Intoxicating llq ours upon or within four miles of any prem ises within this state upon or over which the general government mav be engaged in constructing canal, or lot-ks or works of m similar nature. Any person or persons violating the provisions of this act shall b deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in sny sum not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars, and each and every day that any person or persons shall sell or dispone f any liquors contrary to any provisions of this art shall constitute a separata offense and shall be punished ac cordingly, i La. 18M. p. Sees. 1. ZICH. C. Sec. lnL. 8rtlon 105 Inducing Voters to Absent Themselves, a Felony. Any person shall also be deemed guilty of a felony who shall by promises of favor or reard, or otherwise. Induce-or persuade any voter within this state to absent him self from his actual and bona fide place of residence with Intent to prevent or hinder such person - from "-voting at such ft lace of nesldence at any general ' election n this state, t la. 1870. p. Sec. 2; r. and la. Sec. 631 H. Sec, 1R4$. Ca..llan 1 lAa Imlunlna lssaM Ca... Away from Polls, a Felony. Any person wno nnaii. in me manner provided in the preceding aectlon. Induce or persuadse any legal Voter to remain away from the polls, and not vote at any general election In this state, shall, on con- let Inn, be deemed guilty of a felon v. 1 1. 170. p. ::S. Sec. 3: and L. Sec 634; H. C Sec ACCUSES DITCH DIRECTORS jrOKMKll KM PLOVK FAKMKUS' COM PAX V CHARGES GRAFT Stockholders" Mooting at Hood ICivrr Proves Stormy Affair, tasting far Hours. HOOD RIVER. Or.. Oct. 3. (Special.) The annual meeting; of the stock holders of the Farmers" Irrigation Com pany, which was held today, developed a stormy session in which several mem bers passed the lie. The old board of directors waa defeated and charges of misappropriating; funds and threatened prosecution were brought against the management by J. r. Taylor. It is claimed by Taylor, who was formerly employed by the irrigating company, that on account of his knowl edge of the alleged irregular transac tions of the officers of the company that they have endeavored to fasten on him the charge of having blown up the flume with dynamite during the h ighth of the strawberry season this year. Taylor claims that the flume waa not blown up. He made the charges after an ad journment of the meeting today invit ing the officers of the ditch company to stay and hear them, but with two ex ceptions they refused to do so. It is claimed by the officers of the ditch company that the charges are unfound ed. The meeting of the company com menced at 10 o'clock this morning and lasted until after S o'clock in the after noon, during which time it was Inter rupted several times by Taylor, who instated on being heard. After Years or Big Dividends and Building of w Mills, Spinners Want Operatives to Bear Large Share of Lsdss. LONDON. Oct. 3. (Special. By an overwhelming majority, the cotton opera tives of Lancashire have resolved to re sist the employers' demand for a 5 per cent reduction in wages. The spinners' majority amounted to 92.44 per cent. The employers carried their resolution in favor of pressing for a redutclon by 2 per cent. The announcement of the figures in Manchester caused no surprise. The result was a foregone conclusion. A strike in the Lancashire cotton trade Is little less than a national disaster. Those who remember the by-gone strikes In that dlitrirt know how fiercely they are waged and to what extremities the combatants generally proceed. There has been no strike during the last 15 years, though disputes have not been in frequent. The operatives have enjoyed several years of fatness. But they con tend that the employers asked them too soon to consent to reductions in wages, and that capital should have borne a greater share of th loss. Lancashire has lately passed through a veritable golden age of prosperity. A dozen years ago It was common to hear mill-owners lamenting the ruin of- the country. They freely prophesied that no capitalist would ever be rash enough to build another cotton mill, and that the extinction of the industry was only a matter of time. Then came a turn in the tide: things gradually mended and In 1904 there set in a boom without parallel. During the next three years the profits made, especially by the spinners, were fabulous. Every wheel .that would revolve was set going, and a mania for mill building began, with golden results for the moment, but with the certainty of eventual loss. If lias been estimated that no less than $75,000,000 was invested in Lan cashire during the boom years from 1904 to 1907 in laying down new spindles and looms. This enormous increase could be profitably employed so long as orders continued to pour In. for even old mills, which had not earned a dividend for yea is. showed handsome profits; and spinuing companies, whose shareholders for long had seen no return for their money, shared In the general prosperity. But towards the close of last year it be gan to be evident that the end of trade slackened visibly and of late the depres sion had grown more and more acute, until Lancashire became almost a dead region. The production was vastly in excess of the demand. Huge stocks ac cumulated, and the ports of the Far East especially were said to be choked with consignments of unsaleable cotton goods. I The operatives, of course, benefited during the boom years d- reason oi regular work and increased wages. All the changes in wages during the last eight or nine years had been In their favor, and the recent rate was the high est ever known In the industry- The argument of the employers that, now the boom was over, there ought to be an Immediate reduction did not appeal to the opjratives. who replied that labor did not obtain even a trifling increase until after capital had secured roaring profits from the spurt in trade, and that the masters ought fairly to have waited a little longer before asking the wage earner to consent to a reduction. The great spinning companies which publish balance-sheets have put In their reserves during the last three years sums of money which guarantee their share holders reasonable dividends for the next few years, notwithstanding strikes or bad trad The strike will directly afreet the livelihood of 3.000.000 people, of wliom 1.000.000 are in the mills and other works dependent on the cotton fabrics. The other 2,000.000 are their dependents. ALUMNI TO HOLD MEETING Graduates or Columbia Vnivcrsity Will Eleot Orficers. The Columbia University Alumni As sociation will meet Thursday evening. October 8. at 8 o'clock, in the hall of the Knights of Columbus, for the an nual election of officers. The object of this association is to preserve a record of its members, to create and preserve comradeship among them, and to enable tlirm to keep In touch with their alma mater and to advance her Interests. Dr. Thomas J. Fox is the present head of the organization, and through his efforts and the united action of Record RuirFrom Antipodes. PORT TOWX3EXD, Wash., Oo. , 3. (Special.) Completing what is said to be the record passage between the Antip odes and Puget Sound, th French bark Admiral OVcile reached port this morn ins 47 days out from Hobart. Tasmania. The vessel experienced favorable weather throughout the Journey and Is hers awaiting orders. i "-"7" I - v . v I I , ' i i i) it IVSV! Dr. Thamaa J. "Fox. President of Columbia I nlrerslty Alumal Aaaoclattoa. the other officers and members a large and flourishing body has been built up. Working hand In hand with the faculty and students of Columbia, the alumni are ever ready to encourage them in their work both in the class room and on the athletic field. A 15000 scholarship has been prom ised by the Alumni Association, the full amount of which has been prac ticallv subscribed. Archbishop Christie giving ."00 as a foundation upon .Mch to. work. Members are expected from almost"! Special Showing of New Arabian Lace Curtains, All Grades, Exceptional Values-Fifth-Street Windows Furniture of Distinction Lovers of fine furniture, in search of unusual and distinctive pieces, will be delighted with our display of newly arrived artistic novelties. Among them are mahogany tea tables and muffin stands, reproductions of Colonial desks, escritoires and sewing tables, copies of old stools, chairs, candlesticks, bookblocks and jardiniere stands. ' These pieces are different from ordinary furniture. Each is a work of art one that will tend distinction and charm to any home. Old Furniture Recovered a'mfel Z best Eastern upholsterers, and carrying a stock of Tapestries, Brocades, Damasks, Velours and Plushes. Estimates gladly submitted. , " t "i v i - ? . . r " " - 1 , " r i v - - . t . - I - - I i. v-i I i V I 2 ' It Vi P H W - II VI TT It t: !? I! tl -V - v. '- . ? y 3 Fifth and Stark J. G. MACK & CO. Fifth and Stark every city in the Pacific Northwest. Receptions and various other forms of entertainment have been planned and an elaborate banquet is to be given at the university. The association has engaged office quarters in the Oregon Hotel build ing, and the furnishings will be or dered for these rooms upon the de cision of the committee in charge. The alumni feel that their work is being felt and appreciated, and the old spirit which made them success ful upon the athletic field will carry them on to success In their present undertaking. PRESENT GERMAN DRAMA Faculty's Troupe of Players Open Season at Lyric. The performance of "Prince Leo pold." rendered in German at the Lyric by Herr A. Pacully's troupe of Ger man dramatists and comedians, was the first of ' a series of plays to be given in that tongue this Winter be fore the people of Portland. A num ber of the most prominent Germans of Portland recently met with Herr Pacully and on their assurance that such a series of plays would prove most profitable in Portland, the Ger man dramatist decided to accept their proposition, providing arrangements could be made for a circuit whereby the company could appear at least one night weekly at different places Upon the completion of a circuit whereby one night a week was se cured at the Lois Theater, Seattle; the Tacoma Theater, 'Tacoma, and one of the Vancouver, B. C, theaters, it was arranged with Messrs. Keating and Flood, of the Lyric Theater, Portland, whereby this capable company of Ger man artists is to appear in Portland in a new piece every Friday night. Mr. Blunkall of the Blunkall Company, now appearing at the Lyric, readily consented to the arrangement, which virtually gives the members of his company one night of leisure each week, and hereafter, every Friday night, the Pacully Company will ren der a German drama or comedy. As an evidence of the success of the introduction of German plays in Port land, the crowding of the Lyric Fri day evening Is enough guarantee for the promoters to go ahead with their plans. Herr Pacully has a well-balanced and capable company, and their work is adjudged by German critics as first-class in every respect. Turkey holds the record for the numhei of aired' persons in proportion to the popu lation. ' PIANO MUSIC BROADENED By the Invention of the A. B. Chase Player It is an acknowledged fact that the A. B. Chase Player has broadened the field of piano music more than any In strument introduced since the upright piano, and has given the music lover, regardless of technical education, an opportunity to secure the full range of piano music. The simplicity of opera tion of the A. B. Chase and the re markable accentuation of each note are features which place it at the front. It is Sovereign among players. It has surpassed older and highly advertised Interior makes. Points of Superiority: Quality of tone, design and beauty of case, ease and convenience of operation, indi vidual note' accentuation. Every part of player mechanism Is easy of access and can therefore be adjusted by any one. Ve Reat Pianos. Stiennan, Clay SCo. Sixth and Morrison, Opp. Postoffice. POPULISTS ISSUE LETTER CALli OX PARTY TO SUPPORT DEMOCRATIC XOMIXEE. Party Committee of Pour Tears Ago Takes Up Platforms of Taft - and Bryan. The following open letter has. been issued to the populists of Oregon by the committee of four years ago, A. P. Xelson chairman, . Ernest Barton sec retary, K. Kroner, William D. Hare and George Ogle: FfjRTLAND. Oct. 1. To the Populists of the State of Oregon: In compliance with the wishes or man) old line Populists, and In obedience to what seems to be a patriotic duty, your' com mittee of four years ago now asKs your serious consideration of the following sug gestions: Momentous Issues affecting the perpetu ity of the rights of the peoej.le are depend ent on the result of the pending Presiden tial campaign. The old Populists who cour ageously led the vanguard for the people's rights. Just reforms and the square deal, 20 vears .ago. cannot remain silent now. Divesting the platforms of the two old parties of their unnecessary verbiage, and stripping the contest of all its partisan clap-trap for catching the popular ear. we clearly discern thre distant tendencies rep resented by the Presidential candidates of these parties. The Ideas and policies rep resented and advocated by Mr. Taft tend ing towards a centralized government re stricting the rights and power of the peo ple, while the Ideas and policies advocated bv Mr. Brvan tend in the opposite direc tion, seeking to enlarge the rights and power of the people. The Republican can didate. Mr. Taft. frankly admits that he Is opposed to direct legislation by the peo ple under the principles of the Initiative and the referendum; and to the election of T'nited States Senators by direct vote of the people, and the publication of cam paign contributions. in a public address on this subject a little over a year ago, on August 17, l0t, at Oklahoma City, in the State of Okla boma. Mr. Taft said: "You of course will do as you please, but If my advice is worth anvthlng to vou. I'd vote no. because your constitution does not furnish sufficient power to the proper administration by public offi cers, and when vou put the initiative and referendum in the constitution you give the people power beyond what they can safelj exercise. You give them the right to Inter fere with public officers, and they will de slrov your government beyond stability, safety and soundness." After eight years' trial there is no clause in the constitution of the State of Oregon that would today receive so large a popular vote as the Initi ative and referendum. And on the question of electing Senators bv direct vote of the people. Mr. Taft said in a public lecture at Yale University some years ago. that. "No law should be passed unless It had the support of a majority of the people, and any law enacted without popular assent behind It would be a null ity " And as Senators cannot be so elected by the. people without the United States Senate first submits the necessary law, it follows that all efforts to select United States Senators as under our direct pri mary law. are according to Mr. Taft, use less nullities. On these two great questions, tha most Important of all those at Issue in the pres ent campaign. Mr. Bryan, the Democratic candidate, is directly opposed to Mr. Taft, and stands solidly with the people, and has publiclv avcrywhere advocated legislation and riopular election of United States Senators. For the last 20 years On these two great Issues, so vital to the rights snd liberties of every freeman, every old Populist should make his choice. The two great questions so overtop and overshadow all others tbat It would only belittle the im portance of the present campaign to refer to the tariff, currency or other hackneyed subjects. . . It is to the honor and glory of our state that It was the flrst of all the states of our Union to carry the Star-Spangled Banner of the peoples rights to the front, and to triumphant victory In constitutional enact ments forever securing to the people the right to make their own laws and -choose their own Senators by direct legislation and the direct primary. And it is to-the honor and glorv of the old Populists that they led the battle for these rights of the people And now half the states of the Union, and more than 50 cities of our country are fol- lowing where Oregon led the procession. We cannot now afford to take any backward step. ' And now for these considerations, and at this crisis of public affairs, ws appeal to our fellow-citizens.- the battte-acarred veterans of the old Populist party, and respectfully and candtdlv submit the question: "Ought we not to vote for William J. Bryan rather than for William H. Taft?" Respectfully submitted, A. P. NELSON. Chairman. ERNEST BARTON, Secretary. E. KRONER. WILLIAM D. HARK, GEORGE OGLE. Leader of Philanthropy. Dr. Samuel J. Barrows and wife, of New York City, who arrived from San Francisco, yesterday, are traveling In the Interest of Inspection work of prisons for the New York Prison Com mission of which Dr. Barrows is secre tary, and of the International Prison Congress of which Dr. Barrows Is presi dent. Ha is the leading representative worker in America, for the reform move ment in all penal and correctional In stitutions. Dr. Barrows is In the city a guest of Dr. T. L. Eliot, over Sunday, and with Mrs. Barrows goes on to Seattle tomorrow to attend the Washington State conference of charities and corrections. He has been invited by the board of the Oregon Conference of Charities and Cor rections to return to Portland by October 11, and attend the session of that con ference, which will be arranged for Oc tober 11 to 13. Dr. Barrows was former member of Congress from Massachusetts and is a member of many commissions connected with leading state .and philan thropic works, and an organizer of ex ceptional talent of reform legislation. Mrs. Barrows has been identified for a generation with all thHt is best of the civilization of our country. East- and West. North and South. The fourteen public libraries of Chit-ago contain 1.432.931 volumes, not including pamphlets and mB?s. NO STUDENTS NO GAS NO COCAINE OUR ENVIABLE SUCCESS -SkSSk WORK DONE POSITIVELY WITHOUT PAIN NERVOUS PEOPLE nd those afflicted with h-art weakness can now have their teeth extracted, filled and bridge work applied without the least pain or danger. The Best Dentistry Is None Too Good For You PAINLKSS EXTRACTION SILVKR r ll,LliNa GOLD FILLINGS 22-KARAT GOLD CROWNS GOOD RVBBER PLATE BEST RUBBER PLATE BRIDGE WORK A SPECIALTY. . SO4 "P Sl.OO up ....500 TVe are thorough dentists of many years prac tical experience. The dental work we turn out is strictly of the highest grade, and we back up every bit of it with our well-known reputation for doing HONEST DENTISTRY Our success is due to uniform high-grade work at Reasonable prices. Teeth extracted free when other work is ordered. Our method of filling teeth robs dentistry of all its terrors and makes the filling of a tooth absolutely painless. . Any nf the patients whom we have served in past vears will vouch tor our lair ana ir.i.,. "-'" bur office Is the most complete. Missing teeth re stored without plates and equal to those that nature gave you. Work absolutely painless. MAKING ARTIFICIAL TEETH 1 ffp., " laboratory, and as making Artificial Teeth is a specialty in dentistry, we are in a position to make this SifAr fnt DUl DTiriil 1 r TFWTm If vou do. have us make them over and reset the DO YOU WEAR ARTIFICIAL TEETH? teeth In a new plate, that will give your mouth and face natural expression. ALL WORK O lA RAXTKEU FOR TEX VEABS. The Chicago Painless Dentists mads five 22k. gold crowns for me and I suf fered no Inconvenience whatever. I am vleased to recommend them for all kinds of dental work. Mrs. Nettie Hanlln. S4fl Thirty-fifth street. Being a stranger In this city and not knowing any dentist. I am certain I found one of the best. Chicago Painless Dentists. Their work Is very satlsfac torv and should be highly recommended. John Spantal. Stayton, Or. Chicago Painless Dentists made me an upper and lower plate and they are both satisfactory in every respect. MRS. N. H. Keps, 430 Goldsmith Street. CHICAGO PAINLESS DENTISTS S23Vi WASHlGTO" ST. Office Honrs, . v . , . - . ... . . - - 8 A. M. to P. M, ssmoays v 10 i IV THE UNITED STATES. adjr Attendant.