6 THE SUNDAY OREGOyiAy. PORTLAND. DECEMBER 31, 1911.
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WRITERS
TO PANAMA ZONE
Special "Investigators" Get
Material for Books in
' Few Days.
WILD STORIES ARE TOLD
Canal Literature Croat to AUrm.
tag Proportions Author Are
Srgnra Every Courtesy by
Official la Charge.
BT OEOBOE PALMER PTTXAM.
Avar do South Id the Torrid -one
North latitude nearly nln.
Where the elsht months pour once past ana
e'.r.
The eon frtar months doth shine:
Wh.re 'tis lhty-slx the jrsar around.
And people r.r.lr erree:
TChsre the p:antaia grows and the hot wuta
blows.
Lies the Land of the Cocoanut Tree.
Gilbert.
PANAMA. R. P- Dec I. (Special
correspondence.) Possibly, excluding
ancient Greece, there baa been more
written about the Panama Canal sone.
the "Land of the Cocoanut-TTee.-than
about any other extremely small piece
of terra flrma extant.
An exception to this sweeping state
ment Is to be found, and In a land of
quite different temperature, for when
rr. Cook took up Its publicity work, the
North Pole really did overshadow poor
Panama. Be that as It may. Panama
has prospered remarkably, from a read-
. . i t haa h.il Ita
era point 01
Cooks, too. alnce the Tery beginning of
the canal work
In the early days, when plans and
methoda were uncertain, and It waa
possible to get the people and Congress
excited enough to upset everything that
had been done almost overnight, wild
cat canal etorlee came to be a drug on
the newspaper market. With Poultney
Blgelow In the van. -Investigators" who
passed from six to SO hours -Investigating"
the entire work, at regular Inter
val exploded wild yarns concerning
the Impracticability of the plans, the
graft, the sickness, or eomethlng else,
of the much-maligned canal region.
Geethale Sway Dllereat.
With the appointment or Colonel
Goethala came the end of uncertainty
and plan-changing. Wild storlea could
no longer make trouble, beyond the
possible appointment of an Investigat
ing committee or two from Congress.
And aa the Isthmian trip makes a de
lightful Winter outing for a debilitated
Representative In Congress, this really
waa a practice not to be frowned upon
too severely. ,.
Today, here at Panama, the publicity
aide of the canal building operatlona la
far from being the least Interesting of
Its many phases.
Joseph Bucklln Bishop, formerly
managing editor.of a New Tork news
paper, la at the head of the publicity
work. No. It la not called "publicity
work." nor should It be. It la simply
that In connection with the publication
of the -Canal Record." the weekly of
ficial bulletin of canal sone life and
construction progress, a bureau of In
formation la maintained. To this the
writers who want accurate Information
naturally go.
I have heard It aald that If yon want
to meet any American writing man all
that la necessary la to watt long
enough In the anteroom of Mr. Blahop'a
office. But thla Is not quite accurate,
for there are eome authors who have
written upon the canal and Ita workera
who would never dare to return to
Panama!
Caaal literate). Pleatlfal.
The growth of canal literature Is
phenomenal. One doea not appreciate
It until one gets In touch to some ex
tent with the fountain from which It
ail emanates. And this year, the last
of heavy construction work, there will
be a bigger literary crop than ever be
fore. . . .
I was fortunate In arriving in what
waa scheduled to be the "rainy season,
which waa. as a matter of fact, delight
fully dry. "Fortunate." I aay. because
they told me that the Isthmus will be
literally swarming with writers next
month, when the official dry aeason
gets Into operation.
"Every man. woman and child In the
t'ntted States has an Interest In tha
canal- and every one haa the right to
ask at least $4 worth of questions, for
that's what the canal la costing each
and every American." la the way they
put It. in the offices of the canal ex
ecu 1 1 vea.
80 when they see another writer com
ing, while they may algh inwardly,
outwardly they extend the broad
Taft-like smile) or welcome and usher
tha newcomer Into Mr. Bishop's of
fice. Immediately you are advised to
go ant and see tha work, and then
coma back and ask questions about It.
Meter Care Fsrslskei.
If you have a few days only, a couple
of them are passvd at Culebra Cut and
at one of the locks. For this sight
seeing the commission courteously
provtdea comfortable) motor cars, which
take tbe vlsttora over the) construction
tracks, affording an excellent hasty
gllmps of the chief features of tha
work, under the guidance) of an ex
pert whose sole duty Is to answer
questions. Then back to the office of
the Commission's secretary you are
taken, and there provided with an
awere, verbal anJ printed, to every
query whjcb your Imagination can con
ceives or. apparently, to every one that
ver haa been asked by your thousands
of predecessors.
It I a splendid way to handle the
matter. Everything Is absolutely open
and above board. There are no sec
rets which may not be learned and
printed, no Information which la with
held: every record. mr-r-rj statistic may
be obtained. The American people
surely may never have ceased to say
that It did not know, or doee not know,
how Ita money Is being spent.
X newspaper correspondent on tha
Isthmus haa come to be accepted as
an Incident of tha work. When tha
M-Mir appears, with a typewriter
caM. a new and glistening Panama hat.
and a bead full of queettona. thera la
no comment. And even afterward,
whea they read what has been written.
bo one seema ta feel bajly over the
Inevitable Inaccuracy. "It might have
been worse." they say. Everyone in
the Caaal Zoo ta aa optimist.
About tha only claaa of writers who
are) nnforalven are thoee who wrlta
anap-ludgment books. To be sure,
there may be) some professional jeal
ousy In thla. for nearly everyone on
the Isthmus intends to write a book
himaelf. sooner or later.
Mtki la Every SI lad.
An -exhastlve" Panama Canal book
can be prepared In ona week: It haa
been done and It la now being done.
Oao, ne I waa ushered Into Mr. Bish
op's office a mild-mannered little roan,
dsep-ladea with reports and maps,
wit! drew.
-H, U writing a book." I was told.
-Ha l devoting a week ta tte work
, on the Isthmus. He came here eora
k.i..i.i. a wall. known New Tork
publisher, and got most of hla material
Into shape comma- down on the steam
er. The book will be well Illustrated,
and Is expected to be a good seller.
Why did he come here at all? On. I
suppose to get local color; they aU do
that."
A very fair example, that
A short time ago another man wrote
a sort of catch-aa-catch-can Panama
book, one of whose moat vivid chap
ters contained a detailed and hair
raising account of an alligator hunt on
the Chagres River, in which the author
was pictured as having killed a num
ber of 'gators, after desperate en
counter. The facta of the natter are that the
author waa sent out under the guid
ance of a certain ex-pollce officer, and
that wheal they actually came to the.
alligators tha writer so painfully dem
onstrated the fact that he didn't know
one end of a gun from the other, that
his weapon was taken away from hlra
to Insure the safety of the others of the
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vVAHIGTOX STATE'S OLDEST
JIIX.K CELEBRATES T1ST
BIRTHDAY BEVOBE
CHRISTMAS '
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WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Dec
JO. (Special.) Judge Thomas H.
Brents, of the Walla Walla
County Superior Court, probably
the oldest Judge In the State of
Washington, celebrated his 71st
birthday the day before Christ
mas. Judge Brents has practiced
law for more than half a century,
and despite his age la as hale
and hearty as many a man a score
of years his junior.
Mr. Brents celebrated the pass
ing of his three score and ten
at his own home on Chase ave
nue with his family. He haa no
sons, but his daughters. Mrs. John
Itobb. Mra W. L. Stirling and
Mra. Robert Ankeny, were pres
ent at the occasion, as well aa
numerous grandchildren.
A dinner party waa sflven In
honor of the occasion, and many
guests Were present. Gifts were
received by the judge from friends
in all parte of the Northwest and
through the United States. Among
them waa a silken bag containing
71 pennies, given by 71 friends
and relatives of the jurist.
Judge Brents la serving on tha
Superior bench here, and despite
his age probably will be returned
to that position next Fall. He
has the reputatlcn or being re
versed less times by the Supreme
Court than any Superior Judge
in the state.
party. Tha ex-pollce officer told me tha
atory.
Jest Writer Teld.
An amusing incident Illustrating
much anme Panama writers don't
know about their aubject la told by
one of the leading orociaia on i
a vnuns woman came to him.
bearing introductions. She waa pre
paring a scries of letters upon tne
r-..i tnr middlo Western ayndlcatc
one of which she had already written.
The offtclal pointed out to the woman
some Royal raims. expiaium m-i
they had been brought to Panama by
DeLesseps.
.i . w v. . .a m.n who discovered
the Pacific. Isn't her' said she. delight
fully unaware that Balboa, discoverer
of the Pacific, came to Panama aoma
100 yeara herore jjw i'p
. . k. A Th.n .he went
back to the hotel and wrote about tha
Canal'a history.
On tha Iathmua Itself there has boon
written a lot. much of it purely for
local consumption. Some that I aaw,
notably the verse, was scarcely adapted
to publication; the local color waa a
bit too torrid.
Tha beet or the) nome-maae poetry
n.J T- 1 1 1 A lh PaId.
la tne one 1 n r-. .
neL" A few characteristic stanzaa read
aa follows:
If you have any eanse to kick, or feel dis
posed to bowl.
If things ain't running Just te suit. aa
there's a ehsnce to srowl.
If rou hsvs snr ax to grind or graft te
shuffle throoah.
Just put It up to Colonel O. like all the
others do. v
Dear sir. the commissary here." writes
Mrs. Percy Jones.
Is charsina roe for porterhouse whloh sjn"t
ao more thaa bones.
And 1 assure you. Colonel, that the perk
chops which they sell
Is rotten. I enclose herewith a sample. Just
te smell."
Mrs. Robbe and Mrs. Dobbe are neighbors
m a fist.
And Mrs. Hbbs calls Mrs. Dobbs a dirty
this and that:
Then Mrs. Dobbs reciprocates, and maybe
both are fit ht.
But rn the end the Colonel has te arbitrate
the ftsht.
Don't hesitate to stste yonr case, the bees
will hear you tnrouch;
It's true bo's sometimes busy and haa ether
thlnse to do:
Bat come on Sunday morn In a. and Una up
with the rest
you'll maybe feel some better with that
grievance off your chest.
Se Colonel Goethals. tell Colonel Ooetbalo.
It's the only rlht and proper tblng le do.
Armnse a little Sunday interview,
j net write a letter, or. even better, e)
LUMBERMEN DENY CHARGE
Xorthwcvtern Association Answers
Government's Salt.
MINNEAPOLIS. Dec . In a report
filed with tha clerk of tha Federal
Court tha Northwestern Lumbermen's
Association answered the complaint of
the Government that tha association
waa guilty of acta In restraint of In
terstate trade In lumber products. Tha
answer la a general denial of all
rhargee. A specific denial also la made
of the charge that the organisation
tried to bring about avelaaalf icatlon In
the lumber bualnesa that In any way
would prevent manufacturer and
wholesale dealers from dolr.g business
directly with consumers.
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S3 PIANO RENT. .
All money paid aa rent can apply on
purchase) price. If dealred. Ask about
our drayage plan. Kohler s Chaaem
Washington otreot.
Inside block wood It. Main li:.
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TWICE 1ST pay:
Judge TUs E. B. Hopkinson He
Cannot Expect to Get Lux
uries Without Cost.
DOUBLE ALIMONY IRKSOME
California Manager of Portland Steel
Concern Says Second Wife Broke
Up First Home, bat Gets
Xo Sympathy.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 30. (Special.)
When a divorced man marries a sec
ond wife he takes unto himself a luxury
and must be willing to stand all of tha
consequences. This Is a Judgment given
In the Superior Court by Judge Morgan
in an order directing E. B. Hopkinson.
general agent in California for the Wil
lamette Iron A Steel Works, or Port
land, residing at ti Elite street, to pay
$75 a month temporary alimony to his
wife. Mrs. Maud L. Hopkinson. during
the pendency of her action for divorce.
The suit was recently transferred
from Oakladd to this county, and In
opposing the wire's motion for main
tenance, Hopkinson set up a novel plea,
which brought rebuke from tha court.
The steel man told the court that his
wife was responsible for the breaking
up or his home with his Hrst wife, who
divorced him andallowed him to marry
No. 2. Because of the circumstances
surrounding the fir.-s. wife's divorce
suit, he said, she obtained a large ali
mony allowance, which he had been
paying ever since. He declared that
with one alimony Judgment against him
It would be Impossible for him to meet
two of a kind.
"You canont enjoy the luxuries or
this life." replied the court, "and then
come here and play the baby act. You
married your second wife knowing you
must pay ror the support or your rirst
wife, and now the law provides that
you shall take care of the luxury. You
have had two wives and It is nght that
you ahould contribute financially to the
support of both unless you can show
by proper evidence that one or both
have lost their right to such aid."
The wife testified that Hopkinson
waa In receipt of $400 a month In salary
and commissions, and on this showing
the $75 a month was allowed her, to
continue at least until the cause is
finally determined.
R05EEURG IS LOSER
STATE TAX COSrMISSIOX DEXIES
REQCEST OP CITY.
Old Mileage BaMa of Valuation of
Courtles Will Be Retained.
Other Questions Arise.
SALEM. Or, Dec 30. (Special.)
While no definite conclusion waa
reached at practically an all-day meet
ing of the State Tax Commission to
day. It la almost assured that one
problem waa solved which will mean
that apportionment of public utilities
will aee an Increased or decreased val
uation aa the spirit moves, while, on
the other band, the old mileage basla
of valuation of counties will be re
tained. Thla meana that the petition of
r jAm nf RAMburr. and other
cltixena of that municipality la denied
If the State Tax Commission decides
to remain by ita present idea it means
that the entire system or taxation un
der the State Tax Commission will be
.111. . k BBRi as In tha Dast.
II.LllVtl "
The Tax Commission waa created to
place aaseased valuea on puoiic um
ltlea. , j At,, law te Arrive! at these
values through a theory In which unit
valuation waa reacnea aa 10 me r
. niti.. and thla valuation
waa arrived at through a division of
the mileage pro rata among in. t un
ties. ...I ..... v. PAmmiMlrin will accede
to the request that a ratio aa to tha
value of stocks ana Donas oe usea, or
whether the Commission will remain
by ita old atandard. haa not been rully
decided. Thla question will be an
awered. however, before the state levy
la finally made up.
WILLAMINA SHOWS FIGHT
With Only One Mall Service After
January 1. Waa Is On.
WILLAMINA. Or, Dec 2. (Spe
cial ) This town will have only one
mall a day here after January 1. Thla la
due to the fact that the Sheridan
Wlllamlna Railway Company will pull
off Ita night train to this place, leav
ing only a noon mall arrival.
This turn of affairs is the result of
the City Council a short time ago de
manding that the S. W. Railway
build a depot here ror the protection
. . mnA frels-ht. Mr. Ed
wards, manager or the road. Ignored
11 - ei. 1.1 Ka.Iv hv
the tonncu u
fusing to reply to It In a written or
verbal atatement. but he eaye ha will
not comply with the demand. The
chief reason he gives for his refusal
. . - ., I. thai novertv of the
road, alleging lack of patronage and
general upp"" " " --
'..-. 1..1... .(.f-nriilna' to the
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official report of the railroad company
filed wun uie ni"- .
this state, shows that the particular
line has been operated at a profit.
The fight Is now on in earnest.
Many contend that the railroad. In its
present condition, la a detriment to the
town. Livery vehicles will meet tha
night trains at Sheridan to bring pas
sengers to-Wlllamlna. and steps will be
taken to get a resumption of the night
mall service.
NOW IS THE BEST TIME
to secure extra value in sightly used
pianos that were taken In exchange
during our Chrlstmaa seaaon. Nearly
all makes are represented, the variety
and quality la exceptional. Ton will
buy here if you wish to save money.
Sherman, Clay Co, Morrison at
8UU1.
AUT0PIAN0 $5
Rental. Free musto rolls, free cartage.
AU money paid aa rental can apply on
purchase prloe If dealred. Kohler A
Chase. $7 Washington street.
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property appraised by three
well known real estate firms at $176,600 and until January 10, I am
authorized to sell it for $100,000! And better still, you don't have to
take it all to get it at this price you can take your pick of the 25 larg
est and best sites in the list for $4000!
And the property itself why there is nothing like it or to be compared with it in
this or any other city. You have likely seen it-aboVe Nob Hill-at the head of Lovejoy
street and Cornell road where the big hydraulic giants cut down Goldsmith Jriill and
formed the LEVEL terraces Westover Terraces. ,
It's 18 months now since they began the work up there and many people have kept
tab on the progress-they wanted to buy. Now it's ready, and now's the time, and until
January 10 it's $4000 to the first 25 purchasers for sites ranging from $3000 to 6750.
But mind you, the early buyers are sure to get the largest and best sites. Gome out
then, today. Take 23d street or W car and see Westover Terraces, the greatest close-in
heights property at the most remarkable price ever offered the people of Portland.
Phone My Office or Drop a Line and I'll Send You Plats and Full Information
Selling Agent Westover
RAILROAD LINES LONG
WASHINGTON MILEAGE NOW TO
TALS OVER 4500.
Approximately 10 Per Cent of Taxe
of State Paid by Transportation
Companies Statistic Ont.
OLYMPIA, Wun, Dec SO. (Special)
Reports completed by the State Tax
Commission ehow that the railroads or
Washington are paying; approximately
10 per cent of the taxea of the state,
that they pay il.25 per cent of their
net earnlnns from operation for taxes
and 6.66 per cent of their gross earn
ings, and that there has been an In
crease amounting to more than 40 per
cent in the mileage of the steam rail
roads, considering main lines only, since
1904
The total railroad mileage In the
state is now 4626. as compared with
S1J4 miles In 1904: the assessed valua
tion of these properties In 1904 was
128 228 919. and In 1911 $182,468,414. or
J9007.81 per mile In 1904 and 128.639.66
per mile In 1911.
In 1904 the railroads paid 821.7J6.68,
or 7.1 per cent of all taxes In the state,
while other property paid J9.717.109 28.
In 1910 the assessments levied against
the carriers was $2,658,322.19. or 9.28
oer cent of aUaxes, which then aggre
gated $27,003,979.94. The highest per
centage was paid In 1909 and was 10.99
per cent of all taxea Out of a total of
$24,998,876.3$ the" railroads paid $1,746,-
In 1910, when the gross earnings of
the steam road, were $46,992 018 they
paid $2 658,322, or 6.65 per cent of their
earnings In taxes. Their net Income
dur?ng the same year was $12,511,740
and the percentage that went for taxes
was 21 25. The gross earnings of the
Ttreet railway, were IMiUli. d
they paid 4 08 per cent or $402 02. The
net Income was $2,827,411, and of thla
14.12 went for taxe. to the state.
POISON BERRIES MARKED
Aurora Resident Saya Glossy Coat
I Nature's Danger Signal.
AURORA. Or.. Dec $0. (Special.)
The poisoning not long ago in Portland
of a physician s daughter from the eat
of Virginia creeper berrlea led to
til discussion of the-question of up
rooting all such vine. In Aurora. But
mW hare were of the opinion that the
Virginia creeper ha. no pol.onou. prop
erties: One old resident declares that
all poisonous fruits are so easy to dis
tinguish that no adult should hav. any
difficulty In knowing them.
He savs all polsonou. plant, are
branded by nature. All berrle. that
are smooth like a glaa. bead all around
are .urely poisonous. Any roughness
at tha bloom end 1. the .lm of ton
poisonous properties, and safety for
F. N. CLARK
Terraces and Eastmoreland
use as food. Apples are marked in this
way, as are all fruits of Its class. So
likewise are gooseberries, currants,
cranberries and many others. But the
sleek, smooth, glassy berries like those
of the poison Ivy and '.he poison oak,
having no roughness or protuberance
at the bloom end are all poisonous and
unsafe to eat or handle.
BAKER MAY CHANGE RULE
Movement Started to Drop Commis
sion Plan for Former System.
BAKER, Or.. Dec SO. (Special.)
A long-threatened movement to try to
return Baker from the commission
form of government to the old Alder
man rule was started Thursday when E.
T. Beers. ex-Alderman, started a peti
tion asking the present City Commis
sioner, to call a special election March
11 tg give the voters a chance to de
cide whether the old or present form
of government shall prevail. Mr.
Beer, and Attorney Joseph Hellner.
who drafted the revision of the old
charter, refuse to say who started the
movement, but deny that the saloon
keepers, who are credited with being
dissatisfied with the commission plan,
have anything to do with the move
ment. In the plea for a return to the old
style of government many material
changes to the old charter are sug
gested, including the election of a
Mayor and Treasurer with salaries ot
$50 a month each and election of eight
Aldermen, two from each ward, with
salaries of $10 a meeting, but not to
exceed $20 a month. All other offi
cials are to be appointed by the
Mayor with consent of the Aldermen,
salaries to be fixed by the Aldermen
and removal being In their hands.
The Initiative, referendum and re
call wllj "stand on a 10 per cent basis.
Remonstrances against street Im
provements shall require the signa
tures of two-thirds of the property
holders. Instead of the present three
fourths and trial by Jury before police
magistrate will be allowed subject to
the approval of the Circuit Court.
Mr. Beers Is confident that he will
easily have the required number of
names.
Farmers Rejoice at Snow Fall.
' KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Deo. JO.
(Special.) The recent cold spell
brought with It a fine fall of snow,
which reached a maximum of about
six Inches, and -Is regarded with great
rejoicing by the farmers In this terri
tory who will need moisture during the
coming Irrigating season. There was
not a great quantity of rainfall during
the past season, and the farmers are
anxious that there be plenty of snow
this Winter. This fall of snow Is the
second of consequence this season.
Better Pianos for Rent
t Sherman, Clay Co, Morrlsonat
Sixth.
Coal $ up. Edlefsen Fuel Co.
if a corner at Sixth and
Washington streets were
offered for sale tomorrow
at two-thirds its present
value-offered at $200,000
instead of $300,000?
WHAT would happen? Why
everybody in the city, who
could beg, borrow or steal the
amount, would risk his neck in
the rush to be the first to get his
money to the owner.
Instead of a $390,000 property
for $200,000, I have a $150,000
818-f323 Spalding Bldg.
HYPNOTIC CUT DENIED
HOWELL- SATS WIFE'S SUIT IS
DTJE TO RELATIVES.
Mining Operator Will Resist Effort
to Annul Marriage, Saying It
Was Love Match.
LOS ANGELES. Dec 30. (Special.)
George Howell, the Spokane mining
operator, took steps today to prevent
the annulment of his marriage with
Miss Margaret Armstrong. She an
nounced yesterday that she purposed
such action, but Howell, declaring that
she is Influenced by relatives and that
eventually she will return to him,
ordered his lawyer, Harry A. Chamber
lain, to make a vigorous fight In the
event the suit Is filed.
Howell said today that letters writ
ten by Mrs. Howell during their court
ship will refute the charge that he
hypnotized her Into accepting him as a
husband. The letters voiced strong
love for him, he said.
Howell broke down today and Dr.
T Floyd Brown, who attended him,
said the patient was distracted over his
wife's actions.
Steps were taken to secure the affi
davit of the minister who performed the
marriage ceremony In San Diego, to
show the state of Mrs. Howell's mind
at the time of the wedding.
HOG RAIS!NGBIG PAYER
Aurora Farmers Realize Good Prof
its From Animals.
AURORA, Or, Dec $0. (Special.)
In the past two weeks a large, number
of hogs have been shipped to Portland
markets or sold here,- at Canby. at
Barlow and at Hubbard. These have
varied in weight from 125 to 450
pounds, and the prioes from 7 cents
to 8H oents. Prices have been as high
as tVi cents, but have) been lower for
the past month.
T. nni the hog market has been
egtable and prices firm.
It is sala mat noge rmstu
ture of Fall-sown rye and vetch in
Winter, and clover, vetch, rape or kale
for Summer can be raised for 4 cents
a pound. A 100-pound pig thus should
cost no more than $4 and 460 pounds
of barley or wheat fed to this 100
pound pig will add 100 more to his
weight If properly fed, making him
worth from $14 to $16.
Cottage Grove Timber Use Good.
COTTAGE GROVE, Or.. Dec. JO. That
artistic furniture can be made of the
timber surrounding Cottage Grove has
been demonstrated by L. R. Smith, of
the Cottage Grove Manufacturing Com
pany. Mr. Smith has made for his own
See a davenport, library table, book
case, rocking chair and cedar obest. and
Main 2113, A 7617
has done the work more to demonstrate
what can be done wfth the wood than
for anything else.
RENT A NEW PIANO.
New pianos to rent at $4 per month;
rent allowed on purchase. The Wiley
B. Allen Co.. cor. 7th and Morrison.
Gresham Votes Special Tax.
GRESHAM. Or., Dec SO. (Special.)
The Gresham City Council has au
thorized the voting of a special tax
of 5 mills on a valuation of $281,565 for
municipal purposes. That sum repre
sents the value of property, to which
will be added about $45,000 as the
value of corporations doing business
here. The tax levy will raise some
thing over $1500, which will nearly all
be Bet aside as a sinking fund to retire
the $20,000 in water bonds recently Is
sued for the city's water system.
Humphreys Seventy-Seven
Breaks Tip Grip and
Goneness.
The first feeling of a cold is one of
goneness, lassitude, exhaustion and
weakness, as if some serious illness
was pending
The use of "Seventy-seven" at this
first feeling, before the Sneezins,
Cough or Sore Tlyoat appear, will
stop further developments.
A small vial of pleasant pellets; fits
the vest pocket. At all Drug Stores,
25 g, or mailed.
Humphreys' Homeo. Medicine Co,
Cor William and Ann Sts., New York.
STOPS
Toothache
Instantly-. Docs not dry up. Cleanses
the cavity. Destroys bad odor.
Dent's Toothache GumJ
All Drarcta 15e
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