THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, MARCH G, 1910.
11
CRUDE EXPERIMENTS IN DIRECT
LEGISLATION IN OREGON
Publication of "Official Gazette" Merely Provides Useless Sinecures for Three Men The Impractical Scheme of
Proportional Representation and Its Manifest Disadvantages Proposal to Make a Czar of the Governor.
Address read before the Portland Repub
lican Club. March 1, by C. N. McArthur,
Speaker of the Oregon House or Repre
sentatives session of 1909.
AT the general election In November,
J910, the voters of Oregon will be
called upon to approve or reject the
following propositions submitted under
the Initiative by the Peoples' Progressive
Government League of Oregon.
1. A bill for an act to create a board
of People's Inspectors of Government; to
provide for the publication and circula
tion of an Official Gazette; to fix the
salaries and to define the powers and
duties of said board of inspectors and
making an appropriation.
2. A constitutional amendment, de
signed to make the initiative and refer
endum more effective and prevent the
abuse of the' emergency power by. the
Leglslature; to prevent log-rolling; to
provide for a system of proportional rep
resentation and to prevent hasty legisla
tion. 3. A constitutional amendment substi
tuting the Governor for the various
boards and commissions that now govern
the different institutions and depart
ments, giving tile Governor the power
of appointing practically all of the state
and county officers, and providing for
a cabinet system of state government.
4. A constitutional amendment abolish
ing a majority of county officers, and
providing for county government by a
county business manager.
5. A constitutional amendment intended
to decrease the number of technical ap
peals and new trials; to provide for
printing only such opinions of the Su
premo Court as are of general public
interest, and to remove constitutional re
strictions on the adoption by law of
better methods from other Judicial sys
tems. I shall discuss the first three of the
above mentioned propositions, leaving the
last two for some future occasion, as lack
of time prevents a careful study of their
provisions.
1- This bill proposes to create a board
of "People's Inspectors of Government,"
consisting of three members, at an an
nual salary of $3000 each. According to
the terms of the bill the members of this
board are to be as nearly non-partisan
Ws possible. The members are to attend
the sessions of the Legislature; to Inves
tigate the management of all public of
fices and institutions of the state, and.
In general, to exercise a censorship- over
public affairs. The reports and recom
mendations of this board are to be made
to people through the columns of an
Official Gazette, published quarterly by
the State Printer, at the expense of the
taxpayers.
The .first and most serious objection to
board of this character lies in the fact
lliat it imposes an additional burden
Df taxation upon our people without any
corresponding return. The J9O0O required
annually for the salaries of these "Peo
ple's Inspectors of Governmeft" would
be but a beginning of wholesale expenses
to be borne by a long-suffering, taxpay
Ing public. There would be traveling ex
penses, clerical hire, postage, printing
nd other expenses that would bring the
sum total to perhaps $75,000 per annum.
It is true that the average voter pays
too little attention to the duties of citi
eenship and to public affairs generally,
but there is no assurance that the pub
lication of an Official Gazette would
cause any material changes over present
conditions. It is highly probable that
a large percentage of the copies of such
a publication would be thrown away or
destroyed without being read. Though
the medium of an active and intelligent
public press there is now a constant dis-,
cussion of the conduct pf our public
offices and institutions, principally by
men who have no political favors to ask
nd who are ever ready to exercise a
censorship over all public matters. This
widespread publio discussion coupled
with the system of grand Jury investiga
tion, gives a more genuine assurance of
n honest and economical administration
f public affairs than the publication of
an Official Gazette by three men, no one
of whom might possess the qualifications
of ordinary education or even common
decency or honesty. Considering the per
sonal characteristics of some men whom
our voters have elevated to high posi
tions, it is fair to assume that the "Peo
ple's Inspectors of Government"" might
'mot be chosen from the crown and flower
of our citizenship and that the publica
tion of the Official Gazette might fall
Into the hands of three dishonest and
unprincipled men, or to cranks, dema
gogues, theorists or agitators, who would
use the great power entrusted to them
for private gain rather than public good,
or for the furtherance of the political
ambition of some man or set of men.
Under the conditions .proposed, two of
the People s Inspectors of Government
would, of necessity, come from the ranks
of the same political party, and there
would be no guarantee of non-partisan
investigation or information. Our state
has many active and wide-awake news
papers, edited by intelligent and up-to-date
men, and I venture the assertion
that every issue of every paper contains
- some criticism, favorable- or unfavorable
as the case may be. of the conduct of
enme public officer or the management
of some institution eupported by the pub
lic fund. In this day of enlightenment,
of edcuation. of honesty In public affairs,
the creation of a board of "People's In
spectors of Government" is altogether
unwarranted and unnecessary. Granting,
for the sake of argument, that the meas
ure is approved; what guarantee is there
that the "People's Inspectors of Govern
ment" will act honestly, faithfully, and
in the Interests of the people? The mem
bers of the Peoples' Progressive Govern
ment League of Oregon should go a step
farther and create a board of Inspectors
of Inspectors, and so on, ad infinitum.
The first board of inspectors, it is fair
to assume, would fee nothing more than
ordinary human beings, and the salary
provided for in the proposed bill would
not be inviting to any successful mer
chant, professional man, or prosperous
farmer of high caliber, so we must as
sume that the inspectors would be sub
jected to the same temptations and in
fluences that surround the average man.
This being true, the Interests of the peo
ple could not be properly safeguarded
without the second board which I have
suggested, and the second board could
not be expected to exist without a third.
Our state is today supporting far too
many boards, commissions, offices,
clerkships, etc.. and the interests of the
taxpayers demand a policy of retrench
ment rather than a multiplication of
sinecures. Tbere are already -too many
noses in the public trough. In conclu
sion of my discussion of the first propo
sition advanced by the People's Progres
iilve Government League, I will say that
I am unalterably opposed to it, and be
lieve that the public welfare demands its
rejection.
2. The initiative is Justly criticised
for the reason that it-provides no method
of amendment and because the Legisla
ture has no opportunity to consider
i measures proposed by the people or to
submit competing measures. The Peo
ple's Progressive Government League of
fers. In this proposed constitutional
amendment, a plan requiring submission
of all initiative measures to the Legisla
ture by the Secretary of State. That body
could then pass the measure and, in
the event .it would not be submitted to
the people) unless it carried a proposed
constitutional amendment; or the Legis
lature could reject or ignore the meas
ure, and allow It to go to the people; or
the Legislature might pass a competing
measure, submitting ' It " to the people
along with the first measure proposed.
I cannot help but give approval to this
plan, but it is somewhat like the "good
dog Tray it fs in bad company. It is
but a part of a proposed amendment to
the constitution that carries with it so
many obnoxious features that the pub
lic good demands the rejection of the
whole scheme. In the first place the
amendment provides that both Senators
and Representatives shall be chosen for
a term of six years. Were the present
term of four years for Senators allowed
to remain as it is and the term of Rep
resentatives increased to four years, I
would favor this proposed change. Six
years," however, is altogether too long a
term for a legislator, for public feeling on
important questions is subject to fre
quent fluctuations, and when a law-making
body gets out of touch, with its con
stituency, its usefulness ceases to exist
and Its members should be replaced by
men who are in sympathy with the then
existing feelings of the people. I ven
ture the assertion that the "Water Code,
passed by the last Legislature, would
not have been passed by a House and
Senate elected in 1904. It was with great
difficulty that this measure was passed
by a Senate, half of whose members
were chosen In 1906.' Had the proposed
Water Code not been an issue in a num
ber of counties at the general election
in 1908, it would have been defeated in
either branch of;the last Legislature. A
six-year term of office is altogether too
long for a law-making body.
The Peoples Progressive Government
League, in this same proposed amend
ment, wishes to provide a method of dis
solving the entire Legislative Assembly
at any time, and filling its place with
a new quota of Senators and Representa
tives. This, plan' seems unnecessary,
when one remembers that the recall
provides a plain, speedy and adequate
remedy for getting rid of Incompetent
or dishonest public servants. If a mem
ber of any Legislature is unworthy of
the confidence reposed In him by his
constituents, let him be recalled. There
is no argument Jn favor of a dissolution
of the entire body. Such a course would
involve the expense of a special elec
tion in every county in the state, and
would compel many honest and conscien
tious members to bear the odium of their
dishonest associates. It is true that any
member of the Legislature which it is
proposed to dissolve may become a can
didate for re-election, but why subject
him to the trouble and expense of an
other campaign when he has been honest
and conscientious In the discharge of his
duties? Frequent elections are the surest
guarantees off an honest Legislature.
Proportional representation is another
evil which is proposed in this amend
ment. This subject has been pretty
thoroughly discussed by our people, but
there Is, however, one feature of this
scheme of proportional representation
that has no doubt escaped public notice,
and that is the plan whereby members
of the Legislature while nominated by
districts shall be chosen by the voters
of the state at large. What do the peo
ple of Clatsop County know of the quali
fications of candidates for the Legisla
ture in ' Crook, Harney and Lake coun
ties, and how much do our Wallowa
County brethren know about the favor
ite sons of Curry who desire to occupy
a Solon's seat at the State Capitol? Leg
islators should represent the people and
the best and most satisfactory Dlan for
their doing so Is the single district plan J
ui arrangement wnere eacn legislative
district is entitled to one Senator and two
Representatives, or In . some instances
where a senatorial district embraces two
representative districts. The last Legis
lature submitted the single district plan
to the people in the form of a constitu
tional amendment, and It is hoped that
the voters of the state will approve the
measure end put an end to the propor
tional representation humbug.
It is also proposed In this amendment
to require a separate vote on every emer
gency clause and unless the same is
carried by a three-fourths majority, the
emergency clause Is lost, and the bill
previously passed takes its regular
course, subject to the referendum by pe
tition. ' It is true the emergency clause'
has been used frequently where there
was little or no demand or need for It,
and while this amendment contains nu
merous unwise and nonsensical proposals,
the proposed reform In the emergency
clause abuse Is one of its few redlining
features. .
Among the powers vested in the Leg
islative Assembly Is the right, at any
time, of a majority to call a special ses
sion. This would Indeed be an innova
tion and no argument is required to show
that it would be an unwise conferring
of power. The Governor alone should be
responsible for the calling of an extra
session.
Section 37 of this proposed amendment
deals with "log-rolling." It provides thai
any citizen may bring action in the1
Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for
Marion County, within 10 days after the
adjournment of a session of the Legis
lature, alleging that any measure was
passed by bargaining, trading, log-rolling
or undue influence. Such an action, so
the proposed amendment says, shall be
tried by a Jury and that Jury's verdict
shall be final. If the Jury finds that the
measure was passed by log-rolling, etc,
its verdict operates as a referendum upon
the measure, which then goes to the
people for approval or rejection. This
Jury would have a veto power greater
than the Governor or several thousand
ONLY ONE
Unhappy Is the man or woman with
bad back. No rest, no sleep, no peace
at all. It begins in the morning when
you get up from bed so lame, sore
and stiff that It Is hard to bend over
to put your shoes on. ,
All day there is a heavy, ftull, throbbing-
pain in the small of the back, just
over; the kidneys. It hurts to bend
over, to lift anything or even to get up
from a chair. Any sudden, awkward
movement sends a sharp, darting
twinge through the sore spot.
When night comes the sufferer re
tires to fitful sleep, can't, lie comfort
ably in any one position, or turn over
without a painful effort.
Don't look at backache as merely a
muscular pain, that will pass away
with rest. There is deeper trouble.
Nine times out of ten It is the kidneys,
that throb and ache, and there -can be
no relief until the kidneys are given
help.
The kidneys have a big work to do.
All the blood in the body is coursing
through the Mdney filters constantly,
to be freed of uric poisons. It Is a
heavy enough Aask when the kidneys
are well, but a cold, chill, fever, or
some thoughtless exposure, or overin
dulgence in liquoy. tea, beer or coffee,
is likely at any time to Irritate, in
flame and congest the kidneys, and In
terrupt the purifyiog- work.
B0AN'S fflDREY
IRywkSi SoMIy&n dealers,
referendum petitioners. Did the makers
of our Federal or state constitutions con
template work of this character for our
courts and juries?
This amendment also provides that the
Legislature shall meet annually. There
is no particular need for annual meet-
ings, for biennial sessions have already
proved the-wisdom and foresight of the
makers of the constitution. Frequent
elections, frequent sessions of the law
making body and the general excitement
incident thereto have a bad effect upon
business and political conditions and
keep the city, state or Nation, as the cane
may be, in a - never-ending turmoil. The
annual session of the Legislature would
do nothing but add a burden to the heavy
load of the taxpayer. A lengthening of
the 40-day biennial session to 50 or even
CO days would solve the problem of hasty
legislation and would give our lawmakers
ample opportunity to transact all the
business required of them.
Third This is the most) absurd of all
the amendments proposed by the People's
Progressive Government League. It pro
poses to establish the cabinet system of
government; to make all the principal
officers of the state and counties appoin
tive at the hands1 of the Governor; to
give the Governor supervision over all
police officers, and to provide seats for
the Governor and his cabinet in each
branch of the Legislative Assembly,
where they may introduce bills and
speak, but have no right to vote.
The -average American citizen is op
posed to the surrender of his elective
power. The people of Wasco, or Sher
man, or Douglas counties are far better
able to judge as to the qualifications
of their candidates for Sheriff, Dis
trict Attorney and Judge than is the
Governor at the Capitol, and, being re
sponsible to the people, rather than to
the Executive, these officials are more
likely to render efficient service under the
elective system. The people of the state
likewise, have a right to select their own
state officials and any attempt to curtail
this right would be at variance with the
great principles of our Government those
principles handed down from the Magna
Charta, through the Declaration of Inde
pendence, and the Constitution of the
United States to the present day. Our
ancestors fought, bled and died that we
might have a "government of the people,
by the people and for the people"; and I
am surprised that the men who are iden
tified with the People's Progressive Gov
ernment League of Oregon should at
tempt to take away one' of the funda
mental rights of American citizenship.
The Cabinet system may have its place
In certain European states, but it is un
American and not in keeping with our
Ideals. Ours is not a government of
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DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL.
Brown Haremllk : some pages from the
life of Turkish women. 1910.
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Watson The castle toy the sea.
Webster The banker and the bear.
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Armetrong
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Art in Great Britain and Ire-
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Eaton Handbook of modern French paint
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Bale Pewter, and the amateur collector.
1909.
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recollections and experiences. 1909.
Johnston The French revolution. 1909.
Leadam History of England from the ac
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1909. 1
LANGUAGE.
'Hossfleld New pocket dictionary of the
English and Swedish languages, n. .
Mints The new American citizen; a read
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LITERATURE.
Barnes Select
Hardy. 1908.
poems; ed. by Thomas
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Orothers Oliver Wendell Holmes, the au
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Joyce Ballads of Irish chivalry. 1903.
Witham English and Scottish oosular
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PHILOSOPHY.
Brownr The young man's affairs. Ed. 2.
1909.
Dole The ethics of progress; or. The
theory and practice by which civilization
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Hamilton Marriage, as a trade. 1909.
Lombroio The man of genius. 1908.
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Chandler The trial of Jesus from a law
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Creed of Buddha. 90.
WAY TO SHAKE IT OFF
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monarchies or oligarchies, but is and
should be maintained as republican in
form.
The proposed blending of the legisla
tive and executive functions) of our state
government would produce an Inharmo
nious mixture of these two great powers
an unhealthy overlapping of two separate
branches, producing friction, confusion
and uncertainty, and lodging altogether
too much power in the Executive. Our
Government was founded with three co
ordinate branches legislative, executive
and judicial. Experience has proved the.
wisdom of these divisions and let us see
to it that they are maintained each in
dependent of the other, and each and all
subject to the elective franchise of an
intelligent people.
Another fat-salaries office, that of
"state business manager" is proposed in
this amendment. It imposes another ad
ditional burden upon the taxpayers, with
no particular" benefits. Let each public
official conduct the affairs of his own
office or Institution, honestly and accord
ing to the best of his ability. It is true
that we have too many useless boards and
commissions, but these can be consoli
dated or abolished by the Legislature. I
am firmly of the opinion that the Gov
ernor, Secretary of State and State Treas
urer, sitting as a board of control, should
handle the business now transacted by a
dozen different boards. Including the man
agement of the Penitentiary and the par
doning power. All useless offices should
be abolished and useless expenditures
of money cease. These reforms can be
carried out by the Legislature or the
people, but no good will come from the
measures proposed by , the People's Pro
gressive Government League of Oregon.
Tiie initiative end referendum are In
stitutions that should be guarded with
jealous care by our people. It is" not
their use, but their abuse, that threat
ens the safety of the state. There has
been a tendency here in Oregon to over
work both of these instruments of direct
legislation. Their permanency depends
upon their wise but not too frequent use.
If these powers are- to remain in th,e
hands of our people, they must be used
sparingly only when some great prin
ciple is at stake. The tendency of crooks,
cranks and demagogues to overload our
ballot with nonsensical measures and to
cripple our institutions by the unwise use
of the referendum may cause a reaction
that will eurely destroy the whole sys
tem, root and branch. Nothing could do
more to discredit the direct legislation
movement, than the adoption of the
amendments proposed, by the People's
Progressive Government League of Ore
gon. The public ood demands their re
jection. I am frank to say that I ap
prove of the theory of both of these
branches of direct legislation, but I feel
that each is too easy to invoke, that each
has heen made the weapon of revenge
and reprisal; and that the tendency
toward crude experiments in legislative
nostrums has run wild in the State of
Oregon.
Let us move forward, guarding with
jealous care the name of our fair state,
"and holding a deeper reverence for her
Institutions and traditions, and a greater
love for our Common Country.
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Poster The boy and the church. 1909.
Gordon Grace and glory; sermons. 1S80.
Meade Old churches, ministers and fami
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SCIENCE.
Deperet The transformations of the ani
mal world. 1909.
Mlnot The problem of age, growth and
death. 1908. '
Thomson Electricity and matter. 1908.
SOCIOLOGY.
Fisan Labor and the railroads. 1909.
Kerri Socialism and modern science. Ed.
3. 1909.
Jenks Principles of politics, from the
viewpoint of the American citizen. 1909.
Johnson Woman and the republic; a sur
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the United States. 1909. .
Mann School recreations and amusements.
1896.
USEFUL ARTS.
American school of correspondence at Ar
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American school ef correspondence at Ar
mour institute Contracts and specifications;
a working manual of correct forms. 190S.
Butler Carburettors, caporlsers and dis
tributing valves used in internal combus
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Egleston Hand-book of tree-planting.
1884.
Gibson How telegraphs and telephones
work. 1909. -
Hubert Liberty and a living. Ed .
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Huckel Mental medicine; some practical
suggestions. 1909. '
Lane The business of dairying. 1909.
NlBbet The forester; a practical treatise
on British forestry and arboriculture. 3 v.
1003.
Poole The gas engine. 1909.
Saints-bury Drugs and the drug habit.
1909.
Van Korman First lessons in daliryinr.
1908.
Whipple Philosophy of mental
healing.
1893.
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Burton Hobson Handbook of marks on
pottery and porcelain. 1909.
Cook Concordance to the English poems
of Thomas Gray. 190-8.
. Duckwall Canning and preserving cf food
1907lni I:wln" of Leonardo da VlncL
.Joyce sc Thomas Women of all nations -
a record of their characteristics. 2 v. 1908.
Kerner The natural history of plants. 2 v.
&. d.
Peabody Tables of the properties of steam
and other vapors. 1909.
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Adams Log of a cowboy.
Augsburg Drawing. 8 v.
Bullen Son of the sea.
Lang Alladln and the wonderful la mo.
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Then the aching begins, and is usual
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ination and urinalysis I make dou
bly sure be condition of ths kid
neys, thus .laying- foundations' for
scientific treatment.
arKJtvous axusbst'ts.
Cerebro. where the mental forces
are Impaired. Spinal, whece the
spinal centers are involuted. Vital,
where the synapathetla nervini sys
tem is derang-ea by reflex effects of
disease. I treat these conditions
and all aliments induced by nervous
. complications and excesses and put
you on the rig-ht trak to heaUh.
restoring: the conditions essential to
WrM ? flit Ufa t ef -Si w i .
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Consultation,
MY PRESENT FEES WITHIN ANY MAN'S REACH.
1 ZI'MLffv !J"-
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OREGON MEDICAL INSX aKi5
WHEN CURED
The old-fashioned methods of treating men's
aliments failed because they were wronK and
unscientific. My own original forms of treat
ment cure because they are so thoroughly right
as to meet every requirement. But it will be
wen to enter into details somewhat, and tell vou
wherein the old is wrong and the new is right.
lrst, the measures commonly employed are
wrong because based upon vague ideas as to the
nature of the ailments thev are intended to
cure. Second, because they are relics of an era
in medical science that dealt harshly with dis
ease and failed to recognize the fact that Na
ture s own laws govern in sickness as
iod e?tenmJ.Ka5?,h- drasj!c and irritating drugs and you disorder to
more harmful tL odily function. The same violence to the sick is even
ThlZ rtlaVrtifl JiieplJ,yHiClans of a fef generations ago did not realize this.
induUediJ vinipit11"8 as something to be dealt severely with, and they '
indulged in violent dosing, cutting, bleeding and burning.
flfvL6 0dA,fr.fitatln.s men-B ailments cure because they have been
' v. " V, "i aiiuraie Kiiuwicoge ana uecause thev do no
JTiliti, . gently assist Nature in removing disorder -and establishing
a " ; - 1 " uiic ; puiimuus nosing, or I or narsa
f8 manv .taTh'JV6"! f an;C sort" The magnitude of my 'practice, which
Lnf.y times that of any other specialist in the West in treating men s
ailments stands as monumental testimony to the success of mv trJat
Slfr Vn.n tUc,eA ailments may come to me fearing neither pain
nor failure, for all my methods are mild and harmless, and I will not ic.
1 uuiess x Know mat a
CONSULT ME FREE .
There is a popular impression that specialists1 fees arc exorbitant. If
rrarvbnf' Wie wish to. ftate tha " not applicable to us. -On the con
i, try larse practice and unusual facilities for treating men enable
us to offer the very best treatment Inexpensive! v
' .A?, ican is not entitled to his fee in advance. We are the only
specialists in the A est who conduct business on these principles.
CONTRACTED AILMENTS
the serious results that may follow neglect of Contracted Aailments
could scarcely be exaggerated. Safety demands an absolutely thorough
cure in the least possible time. I have treated more cases of those dis
orders than any other physician upon the Pacific Coast. Jlv cures are thor
ough and are accomplished in less time than other forms of treatment
require in producing even doubtful results, employ remedies of mv own
cases m' treatment s equally effective In both recent and chronic
VARICOSE VEINS
7ere lsnH, ne.cessity for surgical operations in the treatment of Vari--oYS
n?l This disease : yields completely to my mild and painl. s method.
aMdr.esAtsar,e fa.r.,bette than were ever attained by the harsh and danger
OBSTRUCTIONS
My treatment is absolutely painless, and perfect results can be depended
n in every instance. I do no cutting or dilating whatever.
upo
SPECIFIC BLOOD POISON
No dangerous minerals to drive the virus to the interior, but harmless
blood-cleansing remedies that remove the last poisonous taint. ""uiess.
COR. SECOND AND MORRISOX STREETS,
there is a sulphur spring 1500 feet deep,
hot as one could bear to bathe in,
gushing through a pipe, leaving pris
matic colors all about. At this place
a company was boring for oil and after
striking several springs with more or
less sulphur, which they despised and
passed, they came upon this one and
TALK TO MEN
How to GET WELL
and Keep So
NOTHING TO PAY
UNLESS CURED
I AM FOR MEN
Not a Dollar need be Paid
Until you are Satisfied
My Few V for Short Thn .
QUICK, SURE AND LASTING
BEUUrxA. (JirPTUEE).
Dlsregrard of existing- hernia has
oost zam.ur Uvea. Tha smallest her
nias are the most danrerous to Ufa
because of the increased liability
to trangrulatlon. Z cure rupture in
elected cases with perfect safety
and entail no suffering-, and do not
detain you from business, under
guarantee. Many cases cured in one
treatment.
PILEI ANY) EMSTCLA.
The sequelae . of these afflictions
are distressing- nervous reflexes
and painful conditions. Sly treat
ment and success are the result of
years of expeslence. I cure Pile
without outtloaT. I cure you with
out pain or detention from business
unoer guarantee.
Examination and Exoert
afcaaypeA lyiia " -- W Ttn WW IIHT.naT
- " a-.av
MU 8 EDM TOR MEN ONLY' IT
SHOWS PLAINLY HEALTH AND
DISEASE NO MINORS ALLOWED
DK. TA.Y LOS,
The Leadlag Specialist.
well as in health.
Fill a well per
permanent cure will follow.
PORTLAND, OREGON.
had stopped work for the time being.
This Is. a most interesting place ta
visit, and on the way one can stop
at the "Wishing Well" and drink th
wonderfully clear water while wishing
your dearest wish. It is quite as effi
cacious as the famous Blarney stone,
If not more so.
EXPERIENCE COUNTS IN
CURING DISEASE
I concentrate my faculties. on a
single line of diseases. I treat Va
ricose Veins, Hernia, Nervous De
dine, Kidney and Bladder Ail
ments, IPiles, Xlatula, Blood, RUn
and KUiUXi JUlLXLEXTS OP
MEft X am certainly prepared ta
cure by experience and equipment,
which are the keystones to success,
t have the bst-eirulpped medical
office in the city.
Contact with many patients has
ftven ma practical knowledge. I
eve records to show that I have
treated more cases in my specialty
than any other specialist in Amer
ica. A few hours . or daye under my
treatment may add years and
health to your life. If you -are suf
fering from dioeaae I will examine
you, If nsooasary to make a micro
scopical and chemical analysis of
secretion! to detect pathological
and baoteriologioal condition. Ihrw
err gentleman should' taka this
opportunity to learn hi-true con
dition. varicose nenrs
X daily demonstrate that rarlooea
veins can be cured. In nearly all
cases, by one treatment, in such a
satisfactory way that a healthy cir
culation is rapidly re-establUhed.
and Instead of the depressing condi
tions I guarantee you a oura or re
fund the money.
BLOOD AII.MBCTTS.
Scientific treatment only should
be used in combating blood ail
ments. Z cure blood ailments by
Nucleu-Atoxyl Specific. Z introduce
it into the blood, whlob it reorgan
izes, neutralizing and expelling the
trouble. ily treatment drives the
taint out Instead of locking it In.
Don't wait until too late. Be cured
in time.
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