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6 THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, MARCH 6, 1010. dead in rqgers puss number 92 Only Seven Bodies Have Been Recovered From Slide on Canadian Pacific. 14 IMJURED IN DISASTER Victims Arc All Trainmen, Track- mm ami Ialmrr Trafric Will Re Handled liy Unnndaboiit TCoute Till Track -Is Clear, xi xe si.rnES mxck kkbrfakv 27 KILL PKTiSONS AXI) INJLKK 1IO. KUlod. Inj d. Macp. Idaho. Kph. i:7.... J4 -10 Burke, lrlaho. Feb. 117 f 1MJ Carhonate Hill, Icialio, Feb. 27 2 6 Dorsey, Idaho. Feb. 2S.... A3a1r. Idaho. Feb. 2S 1 Wellinftton. Wash.. alar 1.110 Rosslyn. Vnsb.. Mar. I... 1 Milan. Wash., Alar. 3 1 liocers lajs. H. C. Mar. .r. Totals IS 12 14 110 VANCOUVKH. V,. C. March 5. Of tlie 62 Canadian Pacific trainmen, trackmen and lutioiers buried by an avalanche in Itosreis I'a.s, on the sum mit of the Selkirk ranse of the Iiocky Mountains, all are probably dead. Fol lowing is a list of the victims: R. J. Buckley, conductor; V. Phillips. enKirieer; J. .1. Krascr. ruadinaster; T. iriffith. fireman: T. Pottruff, engineer: J. JlcClelland, bridgreinan: A. Johnson, foreman: U. Anderson, foreman; K. AVelander, foreman: L. J. MclJonahl, lirldpeinan: .A. Malion, brakeman; G. Xicholls. bridfreman. Twelve of Bridge Koreman McDon ald's men, names unknown, and 37 Japanese. Bodies or Vive Kccovei'ccl. This afternoon the bodies of only five men had been recovered. They were those of lloadtnaster Ilraser, Fireman Griffith, Conductor Buckley, Kmerineer Phillips and a Japanese. The work of recovering the dead and open in? the track is greatly impeded by a blizzard that is blowing through the pass. There was also another big slide of pnon: and rock this morning a mile east of the spot where the men were overwhelmed. It destroyed a portion of a snowshed and buried the track for 4(10 yards to a depth of BO feet. There were no victims in the last ava lanche. Traffic Seeks Xcw Route. Today's castbound express left here nt :t:lo as usual. . TJntil the tracks have been cleared. passenger traffic, east and westbound, will be handled via the Arrow T-akes. Nelson and the Crow's Nest Pass Itailway. When the slide came this morning the men were engaged in clearing away a small slide which had come down early in the evening. The men w-ere spread out over the slide and working a rotary engine ove it. when . A. larger slide came down and carried them to their dentil in the canyon be low. At first it was believed that all of the 100 men engaged were killed, but during the early morning it was found that many had escaped and the death list is now placed at 62. Last night was one of the worst that was ever experienced in the railway section of the Canadian llockies. There was a heavy storm of rain and sleet pnd sometimes snow, and weather con ditions were altogether at their worst. As the hours advanced rain and sleet continued in increasing volume. Pre cisely at 12:.1u this morning, when half the first slide had been removed, the second avalanche descended. It started on the side of the canyon opposite the point where 'the first slide took place. Thousands of feet above a few rolling bundles of snow, growing in volume and momentum, started on a pathway of destruction. In a few seconds, with a noise like a thousand thunderbolts crashing in unison, the avalanche leaped from shelf to shelf, uprooting and carrying wtih it a tangled mass of ice. trees and boulders. There was no escape for the unfortunate railway men. The ava lanche piled on top of the first slide, burying the track for a distance of a quarter of a mile and to a depth of !i0 feet. Hundreds of thousands of tons of other debris in the wake of the avalanche bounded off tie -intre ;ean Pimples Disappear in A Week Quick Action of Stuart's Calcium Wafers :.. ycvy Variety of Skin Eruptions. oud for Free Trial Package Today. 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The bodies of many of the victims were probably swept into the canyon and may not be recovered until Summer melts the snow. Six hundred men are now digging out the track from under the snow and debris; SI-IDE KILLS ONE, IIlTfiTS TWO Garcia, on G. M. & S. P., Is Scene of Fatality. TACOMA, Wash., March 5. A rock slide at Garcia, 13 miles west of the summit, at S:."0 this morning, instantly killed Xlichnel Mumhv. of Seattle, and seriously injured Jacob Schmitz. fore man of the bridge crew, and O. L. Johnson. They were repairing a bridge over Mine Creek. The injured men were removed to a Seattle hospital. At the office of the superintendent of the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Kailway the accident at Garcia was said to be the only one that had occurred since the blockade began. There is no such station as Mountain dale, where, it was reported, a slide had killed one and injured several. Ttie track is not seriously washed out or buried deeply and will be opened with in a few days, according to railroad officials. The rescue party sent to the summit with supplies Monday returned today and reports terrible conditions. Several bridges are gone and in one place three quarters of a mile of track is wiped out. In spots the track is under 50 feet of rock, trees and snow, and the line can not be opened in less than a month. 1. F. Martin, who led the rescue party to the summit, where a round house is located, reported that the 40 inhabitants had been living on bread j and coffee for four days when he ar rived. At Rockdale, the operator and his wife, snowed under in the station with no one llvlnsr within several ml lew. had been on a diet of coffee for a week. The crews of engines snowed in nt Laeonia, the summit station, saw the rescuers laboring up the mountain trail some miles away. They began blowing the engine whistles and the whole pop ulation turned out to welcome the party. T?ut the first demand was not for food, but for tobacco, of which there lm been none in eamo for a week 1 On the way the rescue party passed within 150 feet of a huge cougar which eyed them eagerly as they passed and followed for some distance. There was not a gun in the party. BODIES ItECOVEIlEI SLOWLY J-'.nR-iiics Willi Chains anil Derricks Unshod to Wellington, WELUXfiTOX. Wafih.. March 5 Slow progress was made today by tho men who are excavatinp in the death gorge, and only a fev bodiec were brought out. The- weather was unfavorable being cold, with snow. The rotary plows and hun dreds of men are working night and day toward Wellington from botli sides of the -Cascades. When the engines', with chains and derricks arrive, the ruins will be explored rapidly. Among the few bodies found today were those of Engineer B. F Jarnigan and Fireman Harry Otto Partridge, of Biloxi. 'Miss. Tomorrow's trains' are expected to bring crowds of sightseers from Se attle and Everett to Scenic, but these visitors will not be permitted the free dom of Wellington if tbey climb the mountain to look upon tlie scenes of horror. The warm weather and the rain? have reduced the height of th9 snow in the mountains one-half. - The snowfall toay and that which may come tomorrow iw the rear guard of the long storm, the weather bureau having promised normal weather during the coming week, with cold nights and bright, pleasant days. In puch weather there will not be much likelihood of snowslides. Some places on the- mountains are bare. Looking down from Wellington into the gorge where the train ruins and 60 dead are buried nothing is to be seen on the surface of the mow except broken trees', the pilot of an engine, portions' of two electric motors and fragments of a rotary plow. Coroner J. C. Snyder, of King County, who estimates the number of dead at mors than 100. pays lie expects that all the bodies will have been recovered in a wook. VICTIM TO BE TiUniEH TODAY Second Oregon Volunteers to Hear David Slieplicrd to Grave. The Tuneral of lavid Shepherd, who was killed in the snowsiide at Burke. Idaho, will be held at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon from Finley's Undertaking Parlors. The services will be conducted un der the auspices of the Spanish-American War Veterans, and Rev. W. II. Foulkes, of the First Presbyterian Church, will officiate. Interment will be made In Itiverview cemetery. David Shepherd was a brother of At torney. George S. Shepherd, of this city. His other surviving relatives are three brothers, John Shepherd, of Troutdale; AVilliam Shepherd, of Portland; Thomas Shepherd, mate of the steamer Falls City, and three sisters, Mrs. J. G. Mitchell, Salem; Airs. Joseph Erni, Washougal. and Mrs. James Hood, of Government Island. Mr. Shepherd was a member of Com pany A, Second Oregon Volunteers, and members of that company will act as pallbearers. RELICS OF 1843 FOUND Historical Society to Get Brass Lump Discovered In Old Church. OREGON QITY. Or., March 5. (Spe cial.) Two brass sperm lamps, relics of 60 years ago, were found in the at tic of the old Methodist Episcopal Church building by the carpenters yes terday. The. lamps are made of brass and bear the date of 1843. One of them was partly filled with sperm oil. Rev. R. C. Blackwell. pastor of the Methodist Church, took possession of them last night, and. said that he In tended exhibiting one of them in the church and presenting the other to the Oregon Historical Society. The old building, which is being re modeled for business-, was the first church of Protestant denomination to be built west of the Rocky Mountains and was the second church of any creed to be erected in the Oregon country. ' PENSION LIST DWINDLES More Than Usual Number Missing - on Latest Payment Day. VANCOUVER. Wash.. March 5. (Spe- ' cial.; About lio Civil War veterans and old soldiers' widows appeared at the County Courthouse today to re ceive their pension vouchers and make affidavits. About $7000 is disbursed here by the Government to old soldiers every three months. When each quarter rolls around one or more or the old pensioners fails to appear. This quarter more than the usual number are missing. GIRL HArJGS SELF Salt Creek Lass Feared She Would Die of Consumption. PLAYGROUND ROPE USED Mary Wesrt Makes N'oose of Swing. Jumps From Tree Brothers,- Sisters White Plague Victims. Funeral to Be Held Today. DALLAS. Or.. March ."..(Special.) Making a noose of the swing on which she and her brothers and sisters played, Mary West, 15 years old, hanged herself to a tree near her home in the Upper Salt Creek yesterday. It is believed the girl committed suicide fearing she would dlo of consumption as did her brothers and sisters when they had attained her age. Fear of lingering illness as suffered by her brothers and sisters is the only cause ascribed for tlie girl's self-inflicted death, and Coroner Chapman will hold no inquest. She was the daughter of Elijah A. West. In ending her life Miss West detached the rope swing from a tree in the play grounds near the house and walked a quarter of a mile from her home. Here she climbed a tree, secured one end of the rope to a branch, tioL thte other end about her neck and jumped. The body was found in the afternoon. Funeral services will be held tomorrow and interment will be made in Salt Creek Cemetery. T IS IXSI'Kt'TOIl BLAMES EXCESSIVE K.MX I'OH DELAY. Washington Officer Is Busy, How ever, and Goes Over One Con signment of 11X2,500 Trees. VANCOUVER. Wash.. March 5. ISpecial.) A. A. Quarnberg, horticul tural inspector of the district compris ing the counties of Clark. Skamania and Klickitat. has returned from Roosevelt, Klckitat county, up tell Columbia River, where he inspected a consignment of 102.500 apple and almond trees, which are to be set out this Spring. In speaking of the condition of the fruit trees of the county Inspector Quarnberg said that they are not in as good condition as they should be at this time of the year. The continued rain has kept the fruit growers from spraying during February, so the work will have to be crowded in March. He had intended to inspect all of the trees and orchards in his district dur ing February and March, but th.rain made this impossible, so he will In spect as many as possible in March and the first part of April. . ' Hoping to create an interest among fruit growers in taking better care of their trees, thereby increasing their profits, Mr. Quarnberg has given the following pointers: "All fruit trees should be pruned, cleaned up and sprayed with sulphur lime solution while dormant, or before the buds open in Spring. Spraying is the most important, and if properly done the most profitable of all or chard work. "Neglected , fruit trees are not worth the ground they occupy; they are an eyesore, and when pest-infected they are a positive menace to the neighborhood. "There is much, need of creating among our people, both in the country and towns, a sentiment in favor of cutting out old and diseased fruit trees which cannot be revivefl by pruning and spraying This year more of an effort will be made to enforce the laws regarding the sale of pest-Infested and diseased fruit, and it is not going to pay to neglect fruit trees, as it will be difficult to sell their product." APPLE PICKING SHOWN Good-Wixed Audience Attends Dem onstration at Y". M. C. A. Demonstrating for the benefit of a large audience in the auditorium of the Young Men's Christian Association how apples are packed so as to bring the highest returns. Professor Charles A. Cole, of the Oregon Agricultural College, mingled a running talk with his performance of the actual work." Professor Cole used Ben Davis apples for his demonstration, because, he said, they would "stand the racket better." He used sawed-off boxes to illustrate the starting of packs of various forme and the use of appliances and supplies. At the close of the main lecture Pro fessor Cole answered questions. He named the Jonathan apple as among the most profitable for growing in the Wil lamette Valley, said that a larger per centage of yellow Xewtowns would grade first-class than of rod apples, because it was not necessary to cull them for color, and was inclined to discourage the plant ing of Ben Davis trees. South Bend Studies Tuberculosis. SOUTH BEND, Wash., March. 5. South Bend was among the 12 cities of the state scheduled for the State Tuberculosis exhibit and the. two days' and nights' sessions closed lafat night. The exhibit was in charge of Dr. Eu Gene R. Kelley, Assistant State Health Commissioner, Who. with Dr. A. L. Mathieu, local City Health Officer, de livered lectures illustrated by stereoprt con views. Last evening lectures were delivered and papers were read by prominent residents. Lumbermen Ixse Tax Contention. SOUTH BEXD. Wash.. March 5. (Special.) The attempt of the lumber men of this section to have property assessed on a 30. instead of a 60. per cent basis, as agreed upon by the state convention . of County Assessors, has failed. The lumbermen, who professed to be able to secure the endorsement of 90 per cent of the taxpayers, were unable to secur even 60 per cent. Coun ty Assessor Peeples consented to make the reduction provided 75 per cent of tlie taxpayers would indorse the pro posal. Clackamas Plans Celebration. OREGON CITY, Or., March 5. (Spe cial.) The directors of the Clackamas County Fair Association held a special meeting yesterday afternoon, and de cided to celebrate Saturday, July 2. at the fair grounds at Canby, with a rac ing, programme and other general, at tractions. George Lazelle and O. E, UNNATURAL THINNESS EASILY CORRECTED Bj- Clever Prescription W'taleh C Be Filled at Any Drug Store. Xo Xetd to Be Thin ovr an Reports Show This Method In fective. People who are very thin and scrawnv ought not to be so. Undoubtedly they are more subject to disease and con tagions than the normally fleshy Thin ness is usually accompanied by weak nef.f' and weakness subjects any one to colds, coughs, consumption, pneumonia, etc It has been discovered, almost by accident, that tincture cadomene, when combined in a prescription with proper aocelerative medicines, becomes one of the most valuable, effective, and relia ble nutritive or flesh-making medicines known to science. It is especially bene ficial to men and women between the ages of sixteen and fifty-five, who from lack of proper nerve force and diges tion, remain undeveloped in body, limbs, arms and bust. A well-rounded sym metrical figure In man or woman indi cates health, magnetism, stamina and happiness. The reader who wishes to add from ten to fort.v pounds should not. fail to besrin with this valuable prescription: First, obtain of any well - stocked druggist, three ounces of essence of pepsin and three ounces of syrup of rhubarb in an 8 ok. bottle. Then add one ounce compound essence cardiol. Shake and let stand two hours. Then add one ounce tincture cadomene com pound (not cardamom). Shake well and take one teaspoonful before each meal.s one after each menl. Drink plenty of water between meals and when retiring. Keep up this treatment regularly and of a certaintv from one to three pounds will be added to the weight each week, and the general health will also improve. Fi-eytag were named as a committee to solicit special premiums, and O. D. Kby and C. V. Risley were appointed to make arrangements for transportation. The grounds and buildings will be In charge of R. S. Coe. of Canby. RISE OF MESSENGER BOYS Many Have Become Successful In Important Lines of Work. Letter to the New York Times. The statement regarding messenger boys becoming tramps after the age of IS, made by Mrs. Florence Kelly, secretary of the National Consumers' League, to the legislative committee investigating employers' liability and the problem of the unemployed, is far from being correct. I am inclined to think that she has either been misin formed or id not investigate the mat ter thoroughly. I will admit that some messenger boys go astray. Just the same as boys employed in other lines of business, but how many tramps are there today who never were messenger boys? Some of our most prominent men of today were messenger boys, and they are not ashamed to admit it. Andrew Carnegie, for Instance, will tell you that he worked for $3.50 per week as messenger boy. If you want to see some ex-messenger boys who are hold ing good positions at present, pay a visit to Wall street. There are about twenty members of the New York Stock Exchange who started as messengers. There are cashiers of brokerage houses; also of banks and commercial houses. There are many men holding public offices at Wash ington, Albany, and in our own city hall who were messenger boys. One third of our brave firemen and patrol men were -messengers. Time will not permit me to mention the names of men in all walks 'of life who were .messenger boys and are not ashamed to admit . it. The statement that boys were thrown out when they reached the age of 18. is far from being correct. It is ridiculous. I have in my employ one boy who is under 18; ail the others are over 19. I have never heard of a manager throwing a boy out because he was getting older. All officials of the telegraph and mes senger companies have been messen gers, and they are all over 18 years of age. and have not been thrown out. Many of our newspaper men were mes senger boys, and they are not tramps, either. If boys do go astray and become tramps, who Is to blame? Certainly not their .employers. Sometimes it Is the fault of the parents, who do not know how to bring children up. They never think of sending them to church or Sunday school, but they always manage to find time to let them attend some moving picture show or a dance hall. I was a messenger, and am over 18 and not a tramp. UNCLE GOES SHOPPING He Gets Commission From His Sis ter to Buy Machine Needles. Dallas (Tex.) News, dl NCLE WILL was a most accommo dl dating uncle to the youngsters, and a most devoted brother to their mother, therefore when Uncle Will started to town his sister did not hesi tate to ask him to buy something she needed, nor did the children hesitate to demand that he bring candy. What Uncle Will's sister needed -was some sewing machine needles for a Busybody Sewing Machine, Model C-23,-468. "All right," said Uncle Will; "all right, I've got the number down. How many shall I get a quart?" "Heavens, no!" said his literal sister; "all I want is two or three. Be sure they're for a high-arm Busybody ma chine with a tangent shuttle. No. C-23,-468." Uncle Will thought of sewing ma chine needles as he was going to the station on his way home..- He stopped a policeman and asked him where sewing-machine needles might be had. The policeman considered. 'There's a place," he said at length, "across town, but tt's-a long way from here. They keep all Kinds of machin ery engines and things." IS LIFE WORTH LIVING? YES! When all the organs of the Body are in the enjoyment of Perfect Health. What is most essential in giving the Body strength and preserving Health? OZOMULSION because in results ob tained It Is a Body Builder. OZOMl'LSION builds up a-Tower of Strength on a Granite Base of Health. There Is a pound of strengtli in every ounce of Ozomulsion. ' OZOMULSION is Chemically and Physiologically fitted to give new ele ments of life to the Blood. With many persons, and in many cases, it is not so much a question of Disease as of exhaustion and waste. OZOMULSION recuperates and repairs the waste. OZOMULSION increases your capacity for enjoying all the good things of earth that MAKE LIFE WORTH LIV ING. Ozomulsion is known, recommended and sold by worthy druggists every where in 16 oz. and 8 oz. bottles. Always ask for Ozomulsion by name. That all may experience for them selves what this exclusive preparation will do, a 3 oz. Trial bottle will bo sent by mail to all who send their address, by postcard or letter, to the Ozomulsion Co., 548 Pearl St., New York. THE LATEST STYLE CON CEITS FOR SPRING, 1910 The Chesterfield Models for Spring will appeal to the gentleman of good taste. The correct shades are grays, blues, tans. The fabrics are mostly cheviot effects, some worsteds in very fine grades. It will be our pleasure to show you the late styles, no obligation on your part to buy. Chesterfield Suits and Overcoats priced $20 to $50. JMLGRAY 273-275 Morrison at Fourth Then' a bright Idea came to him an inspiration. "Why not ring for a messenger boy," he said, "and have him show you the places?" This struck Uncle Will as a great time-saving scheme, and present ly he was in tow of a red-haired mes senger boy, who smoked cigarettes pro fusely. "We want some sewin' machine nee dles," said the boy as they entered the nearest department store. The floor walker pointed dramatically toward the elevator. "Seventh floor rear," he said and de parted. "What kind of needles?" inquired the saleswoman. Uncle Will dived into hla pocket. "Busybody, high-arm, tangent shut tle. No. C-23,468,"- he read from his memorandum. "Don't keep "em," said the lady brief ly, turning to resume her. interrupted conversation with a lady friend who had called. At the next store they offered needles for a Hummer machine, said to be made by the same people. "Is It the same as the high-arm tangent-shuttle machine No. C-23,468?" Uncle Will asked. "Not exactly." said tlie tall, spectacled man who waited on them, "but it's a good machine. Y'ou'd better let me sell you one " . Dinner time came and Uncle Will SYNOPSIS OF THE ANNUAL STATE MENT OF THE Tlie Standard Accident Insurance Co. of Detroit, in the State of Michigan, on the 3lFt day of December. 1IK19. made to the Insurance CommtsBioner of the State oC Oregron. pursuant to law: Capital.-' Amount of capital paid up $ 500,000.00 InctfHne. Premium! received during- the year 2.450.045.44 Interest, dividends and rents re ceived during the year 1S6.377.97 Income from other sources re- ' celved during the year 38,245.33 Total income ". $2,634,588.74 Disbursements. Losses paid during; the year. Including adjustment ex penses, etc $ 053.17S.57 Dividends paid during the ytar on capital stock 57, 600-00 Commissions . and salaries paid during the year 855,355.08 Taxes, licenses and fees paid during theyear C7.M6.03 Amount of all other expendi tures 98.048.00 Total expenditures J2.032.928.5S Assets. Value of real estate owned.... $ 5.250.0O Value of stocks and bonds owned 2.615.164.95 Loans on mortgages and col lateral, etc 392,588.80 Cash In banks and on hand... 3 53.407.43 Premiums Iri course of collection and In transmission 336,631.70 Interest and rents due and ac crued r- 23.013.80 Total assets 3.52.038.77 Less special deposits in any state if any there be '. 25,450.00 Total assets admitted in Oregon 3,5O0,6O8.77 Liabilities. Gross claims for losses unpaid.. ( 674.547.98 Amount of unearned premiums on all outstanding risks. . . . S34.06S.15 Due for commission and broker age HS.RSS.83 All other liabilities 70,832.17 Reserve for contingencies 15U.00O.0O Total liabilities 1,828.307.15 Total premiums In force De cember 31. lu J1.607.9G4.44 Business in Oregon for the Year. Gross premiums received dur ing the year 11.819.51 Premiums returned during the year 1. 809. 65 Losses paid during the year.. 5.172.41 Losses Incurred during the year 5.172.41 THE STANDARD ACCIDENT IN8UB- ANCE COMPANY. E. A. LEONARD. Secretary. Statutors- resident general agent and attor ney for service: GEORGE S. ROGERS. 146 Second St., Portland, Or. treated the messenger boy to pie. Then the hunt was resumed. "This is a cinch." confided the mes senger. "You're payin' fer me time an' me feed." Uncle Will said that was all right, and the two entered another de partment store. "Of course we have theni," said the manager of the department; "we keep everything In supplies." "For a Busybody, high-arm. tangent shuttle machine No. C-23.46S?" inquired Uncle Will joyously. "Certainly." said the department manager; "what size do you want, and do you want them for the tailor model or the home model machine?" Uncle Will scratched hfs ear. "Give me both," he said, "and all the sizes." "It was so good of you. Will." said his sister, "to bring me these, but none of them will work. I need size No. 3 didn't I tell vou?" SYNOPSIS OF THE ANM'AL STATE MENT OF TUE United States Casualty Company of New Tork City, In the Statft of Now York, on the 31st day of Decnmbor, UXi!. made to th Insurance Commissioner of the State of Oregon, pursuant to law : Capital. Amount of capital paid up. . . .S 5tK),000.00 Income. Premiums written during the year: Outstanding Iec. SI. 100S. . $ 141.0!S.2." Written ". l.G4:;,25tl.7:l Total l,784,:54.i$ Interest, dividends and rents re ceived during the year .2.48o.U Profit on suie of stocks and bonds 3S.U05.S0 Innome from other sources re ceived during the j'ear lt2.K0 Total income $1,013,000.27 Itifebursemeut. bosses paid during the year. including adjustmurK ex penses, etc $ 67S,7!..?0 Amount declared during year. . 133,000. OO (Stock. $100,000; cash, $55,000.) Llvidends pan! during. the year on capital stock 152.432.50 Commissions and salaries paid during the year 630,723.32 Taxes, licenses and fees paid during the year 3t, 033.45 Amount of all other expendi tures 100,400.02 Loss on sale of stocks and bonds 78.032.1S Total expenditures ?l,G00.340.3i Assets. Value of real estate owned .... $ 5.OO0.O0 Value of stocks and bonds owned 2,020.717.00 Loans on mortgages and col lateral, etc 2i4.uo0.oo Cash in banks and on hand. . . . GO.105.25 Premiums in course of collection and in transmission 150,634.39 In te reft and rents due and ac crued 14.0S1.33 Total assets 2.5.ri,538.17 Less reserve for reinsurance in companies not admitted in Xew York $ 10.050.00 $12.S7.77; agents profits $123.18). Less special deposits in any state Of any there be 32.040.03 Total assets admitted in Oregon $2,520,507.22 Liabilities. Gross claims for looses unpaid - in process of adjustment. .. .$ 276.342.43 Additional special reserve for claims 10O.ii00.00 Amount of unearned premiums on all outstanding Hsk. . . . 748.771.00 Due for commission and broker age 43.S57.G". All other liabilities 77.375.17 Total liabilities $1.24,047.22 Total premiums f n force De cember 31. 1O00 1.4G1. 323.07 .Business In Oregon for the Year. Total risks written during the year $ 214.850. 00 Oross premiums received dur ing the year 2,23.3l Premiums returned during .the year 205.30 Losses paid during the year.... 1.734.25 Losses incurred during the year. 1,734.25 Total amount of premiums out standing in Oregon December 81, 19O0 1.17.30 INITKD STATES CASUALTY '0.. J. J. MEADOX. JR.. Assistant Secretary. Statutory resident general asrnt and attorney- for service: JOHN H. BTROARn. JOHN' H. BL'RGARD & CO.. Ocneial Agents. 273 Oak St., Portland, Or. SYNOPSIS OF TI1K ANM'AL STATEMENT OK THE Bankers Life Insurance Co. of Lincoln, in the- Stat of Nebraska, on ;he 31st la'v of December. l!Mi. made to the Insurance omniiysimrr of ihe State of Ore gon. pursuant lo Jiw : aitital. Amount of c j pi tal paid up $ i O'MHM.oij !::coi:e. Pro m iums r foei - ed during; tlie year S si;, : 4.!M, Intt-rest. di hior.ds and rents received Huritit; the yi'" 1 43.25i.4i Income fro?n othr rourtes re ceived during the year 7.000.m Total income $ 1.U3G.611.45 Disbursements. Paid for lorses. endov mont. an nuities and surrender valine.. 1 5-3. M 1.43 Dividends paid to lndicy hold ers during the year 0. HH.Oti Dividends .paid on ca pital stock durinw ttie year G.OOtMtO Coir.missions and salaries paid during the year..... J5.S57.0oi Taxee. licenses and fcs paid during the year S.7S3.32; Amount of all other expendi tures 47.05S.60 Total expenditures $ 416. VI 4.01 .se,is. Mark: a.u1 of roil os;nto owned iii'i'-' Mai-pt value of slocks and holds owned rone Loans on mortgages and collat eral, etc 3. lOl.TOo.i'O Premium notes and pdh-v- loans - J 30.337.4! Oasli in banks whd on hand G1.I0A.K Nt-t uncollected and dei'crrcd- premiums non Other assets net 63.11i.3 Total assets 3, 16.34 1. si; Less Mpi'i;tl ttp:isi t.s in any si ate if any t here b t ..... . . none Total assets admitted in Ore pen $ 3. J -46.341. . I.iaisllilieft Net reserve 2.56S. 364.0 L Total poMev claims 3,ooo.Mi All other liabilities I5.n40.95 Total liabilities .$ 2.r58,4u4.M Total Insurance in force Decem ber 31. i!M $27.nR,0Vl Business, in Oregon for Mie Ycr. Total risks written during the year $ Gross premiums received dur ing the your 0.636.SS Premiums returned during the jrar limn- Losses paid fiurinn the oar. . . . imn.) Losses incurred during the vear none Totrtl amount of risks ow'siaml i:ip in Oregon December 3 1 . l!H S 3 36.tMNI.O0 Bankers Life Insurance Co. of Nebraska BY J. II. HARLF.Y. Secretary. Statutory resident genera' agent and at torney for servleo: Tims. t. Bloomer, i'orbeic building, Portland. Or. SYNOPSIS OF T.IK ANNUAL gTATEMKXT OF The Travelers Insurance Co. of Mart ford, in t h Sta.te of 'uniirrt icut, on th 31st ilny of December, !!. ma le tt, tin: In sura ncn t 'ominissiorer of the St Ate of Ore gon, pursuant to. law: .tuiuO. " Amount of capital paid up $ 2.Oft0ify0.0( Income. Premium received during the year SIT. Interest, dividends1 and rent.1? re ceived during t he year 3, Income from ot her sources re ceived during the year. 14:t.44. 48 ia V6 50 46 ,00 7o , 16 .12 .030,506, 212.733. ,431. 681. .7Sl,61t. 54.S3U. 400,000. ,917.552. 331.622. :.697, 447. Total income $2. Disbursements. Paid for looses, endowments, an nuities and surrender values. ..$ Dividends paid to policy holders during the year Dividends paid on capital istock during the year 0minivsiir..i and salaries paid during the year Taxes. li.ense. and fees paid during the ytar Amount of all other expenditures To! a I exitcndi t ures $15,1, St. 002 Assel. Market value 01" real estate rw ned$ I, Market alue of stocks and bond: owned 30, Loans on mortgage and collater al, etc t. Premium ntr and policy Uans. 6. fash in hank.- and on hand 1. Net uncollected Bin! deferred pre tiduir.fi 1, Accrued interest Total asset $70, Le?H sieeial deposits in any State Uf any there be) 2. Total assets admitted in Oregon$67, Liabilities, Net reserve Total policy claims All other liabilities ..r3. 700.71.H. 4 so. 7ti:t. 641. 707. !oS .5i 3, Total liabilities $57 Tota I insurance in force lvt-m-U r 31. lOo-.i, Life $2tQ 013.1 Si 300.00O. linslness in Oregon for tlie Year. Gross premiums received during the year $ 15.277. JNses paid during the year. . . . 4.547. Losses imurred during tlie jcar 5,427. T11K TKAVFI.K ICS INSt RAXCK COMPANY. y.y S. V. HKNToN. Secretary. Statu Jury resident general agnt and attor neys for service: i. 1-3. Caukln ami Phillip Grosemayer, Port land. SYNOPSIS OT THE AXM'AIi STATE .MKNT OF THE Frankfort Marine, Accident and Plate Glass Insurance Co. of fit-rin any. on the 31st day of December, 1000. made to the Insurance Oomni issioner of the State of Oregon, pursuan t to law : Capital. Amount of capital paid up (sta tutory deposit. N. Y.) $ 25o.000.oo Income. Premiums received during the year $ 1. 1 Oo.Sr.n.os Interest 47.86S.03 I ncome from other sources re- cei ved during the year 4.213.03 Total income ?t. 242,041. 14 Disbursement . Losses paid durinc the year, including adjustment ex penses, etc $ 03N.K22.04 Poliey fee 4. 213. P3 Commissions and su larles paid during the year 313, 910. so Taxes, licenses and fees paid during the year 20.651.61 Amount of all other expendi tures 57,224.01 Remittance to home office 21,04:;. 20 Total expenditures 1.0S3.S67.7K Assets. Value of stocks and bonds owned $1,230,150.00 Cash in banks ami on hand and In hand of trustees 30,550.50 Premiums in course of collection and In transmission lS7.0feo.S5 Interest and rents due and ac crued 13.001.S5 Total assets $1.47 .20 Total assets admitted in Oregon $l,479.6S0.2O Liabilities. Gross claims for losses unpaid . $ 316.SS2.53 Amount of unearned premiums on all out st an ling risks 300.720. 74 Due for commission and broker age 4S.O33.01 All other liabilities 13.3nitOo Voluntary contingent reserve. . . lTO.uon.oo Total liabilities 9 078.837. 1S Total premiums in force De cember 31. 1000 $ 701,767.11 HuNinesM in Oregon for the Year. Gross premiums received dur ing the year $ 37.S35.54 Premiums returned during the year 4.062. 20 losses paid during the year.... 21.S70.64 Losses incurred during the year 21.870.64 C. H. FRANKLIN. 1. P. Manager and Attorney. Statutory resident general agent and attor ney for service: UODGF.US, HART, OIRSON & CO.. General A gent. ,1AS. D. HART. Attorney for Service, 146 Second St., Portland. Or, 1 t5.frjo.fMt 33&,7b2. 262.!Mro.0:. 602.077.Oo 3.HO.000.41 rat. .-us. 53 MO, S00. 74 252.144.51 7:10.202.03 612.042. 4K