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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1915)
THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 24, 1915. $3,000,000 DEAL closed inn Deschutes Company Makes - Record Sale of Years Near Bend, Or. YELLOW PINE IN DEMAND Easy Grades and Good Markets to Make Work or Producing Light. Other Big Transactions Are Expected ; Revived Trade Due. The largest sale of timber land made In the Pacific Northwest in several years has Just been closed by the Xescbutes Lumber Company, with headquarters at Bend. Or. with the Shevlin lumber interests of Minneap olis. Minn.. aggregating 60,000 acres and involving a consideration, it is un derstood, of approximately J3.000.000. T. 1 Shevlin is the principal factor in the deal for the Shevlin interests. With the purchase of this tract, the f-hevlln interests now 'own a body of yellow pine timber in Central Oregon f about 180.000 acres. They have been investing in Oregon timber lands for a number of years, and next to the AVeyerhaeuser Timber Company they are the largest holders of yellow pine timber in the state. The tract Just taken over by the Shevlins adjoins their other holdings. The timber is said to be of an ex ceptionally fine quality of yellow pine, and with easy grades and the absence of dense underbrush, the tract is ideal for logging operations. It is an nounced that plans are being form ulated to begin logging in the near Is Near Bend. The tract lies in the western part of Crook County and the northern part of Klamath County. The extreme east ern portion of the timber is within five miles of Bend and railroad transpor tation. With this proximity to trans portation it will not require much new railroad construction to tap the first unit of the holdings when actual oper ations are started. The Deschutes Lumber Company has been interested in Oregon timber lands for the last 12 years. F. M. Prince, a banker of Minneapolis; George H. Prince, a banker of St. Paul, and the Johnson lumber interests or sjan rran- cisco were the principal stockholders in the company. John Kyan. wno also was heavily interested in the com pany, will remain at Bend and become affiliated witn the snevnn interests. In addition to their large holdings in Oregon, the Shevlins own extensive timber tracts and operate mills in Mon tana. Minnesota and Canada. "The deal of such a magnitude at a time when there has been general busi ness and financial depression through out the country indicates the tide is turning upward," said Mr. Kyan, who arrived in Portland yesterday. "As for the )ombcr business, I expect to see material improvement within the year. The mills have been running at ebb tide and stocks generally are pretty well depleted. I have seen the lumber trade in nearly as bad condition several times during my experiences as a lumberman. The yellow pine product is bound to .be in demand, as the pine supply in other parts of the country is rapidly diminishing. "In addition to this sale, there are other large deals under way in Central Oregon. These probably will be closed in the early part of this year. "Central Oregon is bound to develop at a rapid rate and with the settling of the lands, progress in reclamation and the establishment of extensive lumbering operations, I predict a tre mendous development in that part of the state during the next few years." Willamette Valley Southern, operating between Oregon City and Mount Angel, will begin January 30. A schedule of rates and a tentative time table have been submitted to the State Railroad Commission and a decision is expected within a few days. The operation of trains during the first month of service will be largely experimental. There will be ' three round trips from Mount Angel to Ore gon City eich day in the passenger service and one round trip from Ore gon City to Mount Angel daily. An early morning express will gather milk and farm produce for the Port land markets. The passenger trains will not run into Portland and persons from points along the line will change cars here. Judge Grant B. Dimlck, president of the road, said tonight that 'no plans had been made to run cars nrect Into Portland. The first special trains will be run February 2 when a college glee club will be in Molalla. A special train will be run from Mount Angel, Mulino and from Oregon City to Molalla. The formal opening of the line will De an -event of the Spring. Celebra tions are planned at both Molalla and Mount Angel. Molalla business men are now making plans for the oc casioa." AIR RAIDS ARE UPHELD YARMOl TH IS PART OF BRITISH DEFENSE, SAYS GERMANY"." MR. CAMPBELL CONFIRMED Senate Passes on Appointee for Portland Land Office. OREGONTAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Jan. 23. The Senate today con firmed the following nominations: Nathaniel Campbell. Register. Port land Landoffice; Martin N. Fegtly. Re ceiver. Vale Landoffice; S. J. Craig, postmaster. Clarkston. Wash.; G. T. Heslin. postmaster, Newport. Wash. Nathaniel Campbell, an attorney, with offices in the Worcester block, Portland, received a telegram from Senator Chamberlain last night saying the Senate had confirmed his appoint ment as Register of the United States Landoffice. Mr. Campbell expects to enter on his duties soon and has arranged for the bond of $10,000 required by the Gov ernment. Mr. Campbell has special ized in land matters and has traveled extensively in his work. He was Mayor of Crookston, Minn., for two terms be fore coming to Portland 10 years ago. His residence is 862 Northrup street. He succeeds Henry F. Higby. Bombs Dropped Elsewhere in Reply to Attacks From Ground. De clares Newspaper. BERLIN. Jan. 22, via London, Jan. 23 The North German Gazette prints today an amplification of yesterday's German official answer to the British contention that bombardments by Zep pelin airships are contrary to interna tional law. It is declared that the recent raid was directed against Great Yarmouth, which, according to the official British lists, belong to the coast defense and Is permanently occupied by military and therefore is liable to bombardment. The other places where bombs were dropped as the airships were going and returning themselves were to blame, because shots were fired from them against the airships, making them ipso facto defended places. Preliminary announcement of bom bardment, continues the article, is im practicable, owing to the nature of air warfare, and Is not in accordance with the practice followed by both sides, as, for example, when the British air forces dropped bombs on unfortified Freiburg December 9 and on the un defended island of Langeoog December 25, although no attack had been made by those places. The North German Gazette asserts that air warfare stands entirely outside the international code, the earlier prohibitions against drop ping explosives having expired and a new proviso not having been ratified by Germany, France or Russia, The general principles of warfare and the agreements made at The Hague Justify a bombardment of all defended places. a bombardment of militaifcy appliances in undefended places and a countes at tack to every attack. - Answering similar criticisms of the early naval raid by German warships on Scarborough, Admiral von Tirpitz, German Minister of the Navy, said to an Associated Press correspondent: "The best answer to the charge is the fact that we lost men and that our ships were damaged by shots from the shore. This proves conclusively that the places were defended. GOMPERS WARY OF JOHN d:s charity Labor Leader Suspects Foun dation of Trying to Mould Minds of People. HENRY. FORD HAS REMEDY Millionaire Automobile Maker 'Would Guarantee to Make Men Out of All Convicts in Sing Sing by Giving Good Wages. DUTCH TO TRACE ZEPPELIN Reported Violation of Neutrality Is Being Investigated. THE HAGUE, via London, Jan. 23. The Netherlands government has taken steps to establish the veracity of re ports that the operators of a Zeppelin dirigible balloon recently violated Dutch neutrality and also has directed the Dutch minister to Germany to bring the matter to the attention of the Jer man government. A telegram from Friesland, a Dutch province, says a Zeppelin which passed over that district during the night be tween January 19 and 20 evidently lost its way. The dispatch says that it cruised for 30 minutes above Sneek and then turned northeast. The dirigi ble's searchlight played on Wommels and afterward the vessel proceeded over Franeker. ALABAMA MADE DRY AGAIN Proliibltlon I.ar Promptly Passed ! Over Governor's Veto. MONTGOMERY. Ala.. Jan. 23. Ala bama will become a prohibition state July 1, under two related measures which became law tonight without ex ecutive approval. Within a few hours after Governor Henderson had vetoed the bills and asked that the prohibition question be submitted to voters at a special election, both houses voted down his proposal and repassed the bills by overwhelming majorities. The vote in the House on repassage was 73 to 29. In the Senate it was 24 to 10. The prohibition measures re-enacted the prohibition law repealed in 1911, after it had been in force two years Under the 1911 local option law all but eight of the 67 counties have voted dry. JITNEY PASSENGER KILLED Traveler at Vancouver Is Crushed Against Telephone Pole. VANCOUVER, B. C. Jan. 23. The first jitney bus fatality in Vancouver occurred tonight, when D. A. Young, a traveler, was killed. As the chauffeur was collecting the fares the automo bile swerved against a telephone pole against which Young, who was stand ing -on the footboard, was dashed with cui h force that his skull was fractured. The bus was crowded so that Young ctjuld not get a seat. TRAINS RUN JANUARY 30 Willamette Valley Southern Sets Schedule for Service. OREGON CITT. Jan. 23. (Special.) Passenger and freight service on the 06 DEN TO- HAVE JITNEYS Corporation With $25,000 Capital Obtains Permit From City. OGDEN. Jan. 23. Permits were granted today by the Ogden City Com mission for the operation of three Jit ney bus lines on the main residence and business streets of Ogden, to be in direct competition with existing street car lines. The three lines are to be operated by a corporation organized with $25,000 capital and the officers announced" to day that while only five automobiles will be started tomorrow, there will be immediate additions and extensions. BLEASE ORDER RESCINDED Xeiv Governor of South Carolina Rehabilitates State Militia. COLUMBIA, S. C, Jan. 23. Governor Manning issued an order here tonight declaring "void and of no effect" the action of Governor Blease in disband ing the South Carolina National Guard, shortly before he retired. - Adjutant General Moore said he believed the or der automatically restored the troops to their former status and that a reorgani zation would be unnecessary. Governor Manning based his action on the ground that the disbandment was illegal. HARVARD SHOWS DEFICIT President Lou ell Intimates Tuition Charges May Be Increased. CAMBRIDGE. Mass.. Jan. 23. A pos sible increase in the charge for tuition at Harvard is hinted at by President Lowell in his annual report, made pub lic tonight. In reporting a deficit in the finances of the college, library and university he said: "In view of the Improbability at the present time of raising any large addi tional endowment the only resource would seem to be an increase of the tuition fee." NEW YORK. Jan. 23. Samuel Gom- pers, president of the American Feder- ation of Labor, does not believe that any conclusion the. Rockefeller Founda tion might reach as to Industrial con ditions would carry conviction to the workers of the -country or greatly in fluence the employers of labor. He said so Friday in testifying before the inquiry being conducted here by the United States Commission on Industrial Relations into the administration of the great philanthropic foundations of the country and the cause of the industrial unrest. The Rockefeller Foundation recently appointed William Lyon Mackenzie King, former Canadian Minister of Labor, to make a study of industrial relations. Gompers Would Curb John D. "The effort of the Rockefeller Foun dation to undertake to be an all-per vading machinery for the moulding of the minds of the people in their con stant human struggle," said Mr. Gom pers, "should be curbed by law or reg ulatlon. I understand the Foundation used its Influence to get its representa tive in the list of officials of the Feder al Government and that this gave the Foundation the right to the franking privilege. This, I take it, was a fraud on the Government, a violation of the principles of education and an imposi tion on the people of this country. do not think the people are ready to surrender their rights, especially to a foundation which has such a history behind it of the .means by which the money was first made and later ac cumulated." Mr. Gompers urged that immigration be restricted as a means of protecting the workers of the United States. Ili-nr Ford Has Cure for Crime. Henry Ford, of Detroit, millionaire manufacturer of automobiles, said he would guarantee to take every convict in Sing Sing prison and make a man of him by giving him a decent living wage and comfortable surroundings. Philanthropic foundations, he thought. were inadequate. Mr. Ford furnished tbe Commission with figures to show that since the in stallation a year ago of a profit-sharing system and a minimum wage of $5 a day, his employes had come to place their money in savings banks and homes for themselves and families and in life-insurance policies, and that their health had improved. The interest of his men in their work has become so acute, he said, that the executives of the concern have to hold the workers back instead of spurring them on. On the whole, Mr. Ford said, his plan of helping men to help themselves had done even more than was expected of it. STEAMER IS TORPEDOED German Submarine Sinks Merchant Vessel. British LONDON. Jan. 23. Submarine U-19 of the German navy has sunk the British steamer Durward, bound from Leith to Rotterdam, according to a dispatch. The vessel was torpedoed after the crew had been forced to take to small boats, says the report. The crew later landed at Rotterdam. It is said the Durward had on board 40 tons of food belonging to the Amer ican iielgiau relief commission. LEHIGH ROAD EARNS MORE Receipts $30,000 Over Last Year's Greatest Record. ALLENTOWN, Pa., Jan. 16. Despite the business depression of 1914, re ceipts $30,000 above last year's high water mark are shown in the report made by President H. R. Fehr, of the Lehigh Valley Transit Company, at the annual meeting of the stockholders here today. Harry J. Steele, of Easton, who was elected Congressman from the Twenty sixth Pennsylvania District, last No vember, was added to the directorate, to represent Easton interests, in view of the removal of President Fehr from Easton to Allentown. The other direc tors and the old officers were re elected. The company's total mileage is now 221. The rolling stock includes 304 cars of all kinds. The surplus earnings of the Easton Consolidated for the year ending December 31 was 8i.lOJ, and Its Iproflts to the parent company $31,117.16. The company's progressive policy of making improvements was represented in an outlay of $200,000 during the year. The surplus from the Adams Express service during the year shows a gain of SO per cent, and that of the trolley freight service 2o per cent. The income statement includes: Pas senger revenue, ?i,440.oj.3u; omer transportation revenue, $iS,0.84; oower sales. $344,235.95; total operat ing revenue. $1,869,003.69. The operating expenses were -i,uo,-603.17 and the taxes $97,961.58. leaving an operating income of $71S, 350.94. The non-operating income was $122,947.98, making a gross income of $841,298.92. The deductions Irc-m tne gross in come amounted to $633,178.23, and the net income for the year was $208, 120.69. dividend of $99,593, equivalent to 3 per cent on the preferred stock out standing, was declared.- RUSSIA IN NEED OF COTTON Half Million Bales Wanted to Re place That Lost at Lodz. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 11. Informa tion reached Philadelphia yesteraay that Russia contemplates the purchase of at least 600.000 bales of American cotton. This word was sent by the Consul-General of the United States at Moscow. Cotton manufacturers or kus- are sending agents to the Unitea imtp tn learn exactly what can be done. Unless the Russians and their allies win free passage into tie Black fcea, American cotton can reach Russia only by two routes. One would be an ocean haul through the .Panama uanai to Vladivostok and thence over the Trans- Siberian Railway. The other would be to Norway by ocean and thence by rail to Petrograd and down into the cotton manufacturing district in Russian fo land. At present cotton is high in Russia, being around 23 cents per pound. tus- "sia uses about 1.700.000 bales a yeaj. of which nearly two-thirds is produced In the empire. It is reported in the trade here that the German army cap tured nearly half a million bales of cot ton at Lodz. While this nominally was Russian cotton, it probably was German-owned, as Berlin capital has been invested largely in cotton manufactur ing in Poland, and especially at Lodz. It is understood that during the period when the southern cotton situa tion was most demoralized, the British bought great quantities of cotton at 5"4 to 6 cents a pound, to bo shipped dur ing cotton year which runs to the time tho 191i crop comes on the market While these purchases were being J made, the British kept cotton in the conditional contraband state. Having supplied its own wants. Great Britain announced cotton to be 'now contra band. The price advanced immediately to Germany and other countries. At . New York cotton is selling from 7 "4 : to S cents a pound, according to toe j contract delivery dates. The rubber trade in the United States , Is disturbed by the British action put- ting an embargo on Ceylon and otner Eastern raw rubber. While such rubber does not come here, the efect has been to advance the prices for Brazilian rubber about 25 per cent. It is from Brazil that the United States receives a large part of the rubber used in this country. For the fiscal year ended June 30 last the United States bought 41,000.000 pounds of Brazil rubber at a cost of $16,300,000. In all, this country imported 132.000,000 Dounds of rubber. x- For the British, with their huge cap ital investment in Brazil and their big interest in rubber procuring, the present action resulting in a smart advance in rubber prices works advantageously. Brazil exported $78,000,000 in rubber during the fiscal year 1912, and only $50,000,000 in the next year. The smaller total was due largely to lower prices. With prices again advanced, Brazil will realize more and will be that much bet ter able to meet -interest payments on i British invested capital. 25 DEPUTIES ARRESTED MURDER DURING RIOT CHARGED AT ROOSEVELT, N. J. Guard Repulses Attempt to Enter Plant by Agents ox Federal Industrial Relations Commission. ROOSEVELT. N. J.. Jan. 23. Twenty- five deputies guarding the Liebig Chemical plant here were arrested to night, charged with murder. The ac tion grew from rioting Tuesday in which 19 strikers were shot. Two of the strikers died. The deputies were taken to New Brunswick and locked up. All had been Identified by strikers and sup posedly disinterested witnesses as hav ing participated in the shooting. The warrants were sworn to by a county detective and followed an appeal from Joseph A. Herman, Mayor of Roosevelt, to county officials for aid in having the special deputies withdrawn. Twen ty-two deputies, who had been arrested on a 1 charge of manslaughter were bailed out and immediately resumed their Jobs.-- An effort on the part of the Federal Commission on Industrial Relations to make a first-hand investigation at the Liebig plant was repulsed today.- Dan iel T. O'Regan and Patrick F. Gill, re spectively attorney and investigator for the Commission, went to the gate of the plant and asked admittance. A guard blocked the entrance and refused their request. O Regan then attempted to push his way in but the guard shouldered him back and shut the gate. The two were admitted at the Williams & Clark plant of the company. Jmk f drugs! mm o 1 o . A 1 R I D 0 You'll Get Double Stamps Tomorrow These Are Days When "Littles" Count Large For 50 years we've sold Surgical Elastic Stockings and Belts; for 10 years we've MADE them on our own looms. Skilled men and women take vour measure and make these garments to fit your own case. We guarantee satistaction or you pay notmng. uur Elastic var ments relieve and oiten cure .kniargea varicose; Veins. Strains and Sprains. Weak Joints, Rheumatism. Stout people of advancing years will find true comfort And safetv in our well-made-to-fit-each-case ABDOM INAL (body) BELTS Firm, Elastic, Yielding, Durable an aid to health and longevity. "WOOD-LARK" Belts and Elastic Stockings have a reputation. They are today the standard of excellence and durability further, they are made at home and cost you no more than ready-made stuff without fit or quality. UTILITY SCALES This little "UTILITY" SCALE weighs up to 15 - pounds. Takes no room will fit your ' pocket or purse. Just what you want for the vegetable man or new baby. Price 25? Some Specials $1 Dioxogen 65 $1 Enos Fruit Salts... 85 $1 Schiffler's Catarine B5? $1 Swift's Specific 79? $1 Horlick's Malted Milk 79? $1 Sanatone Wafers.. 85J $1 Bliss Native Herb Tabs 75 for Tomorrow 10c Dutch Cleanser.... 7 10c Concentrated Lye.. 7 10c Bird Sand 7? 10c Glycerine and Rose, Water 10c Boric Acid 7? 25c Holmes Frostilla. .14? 50c Wisdom's Rober- tine 39 DIVORCE DECREE ATTACKED Great Xeck Forces in Domestic Dif ference Take Kest. NEW YORK, Jan. 11. Both sides in the battle of Great Neck Mrs. Mary Jane Tatum. enjoying the comforts of the big country bouse on the East Shore road, and John C. Tatum, her husband, defeated in the first skir mishes, biding his time in a hotel in town took advantage of the tempo rary lull in hostilities to consult their counsel as to future .moves for the npssession of the house and the unrav eling of the tangle of charges in which both are enmeshed. The .only attack of the day was a significant legal step by Mr. Tatum's counsel, Terence McManus, who served papers on Max D. Steuer. counsel for his wife, in application to Justice Crane to set- aside the recent divorce verdict in the Mineola Supreme Court, which acquitted Mrs. Tatum of the charges alleged against her and really started the rumpus of the last lew days. SLAYER GRASS ER IS GUILTY Manslaughter Is Verdict for Shoot ing Boy Trespasser. SALEM, Or., Jan. 23. (Special.) After deliberating for six hours tne urv brought in a veraict or man slaughter against Blaslus Grasser, who shot Elmer Bacon, a 16-year-old boy, January 4, on the farm of Grasser, about six miles south of Salem. Sheriff Esch said Grasser confessed that he shot the boy because he was trespassing upon Grasser's place con trary to trespass signs. Woodard, Clarke & Co. Alder Street at West Park BIRD FILMS AMAZE Trip in Movies With W. I Fin ley as Guide Enjoyed. QUEST ON SEA AND LAND Beautiful Series of Pictures at Hci lig Are Declared Fascinating and Kdncatlonal, Telling of Dwellers In Oregon. ET LEONE CASS BAER. Quite like opening a great big book on natural history and having all the birds and fish and animals in it sud denly come to life and tell in most fascinating detail all about their wild care-free lives from their cradles to their graves, is the motion picture ex hibition now in progress at the Hoilig Theater. There's a difference, how ever, in that the complete life history is not merely told in words, but pictured William L. Finley is the lecturer and most delightfully he tells of the in cidents attendant on his guest for motion pictured histories of wild birds and animals of the Oregon woods. In regular story book form the series is unfolded. j irst we cruisea about the lake region of Southern Ore. gon with Mr. Finley, and got in a most exciting hail storm, making discoveries of snipe and other game birds in the tule grass of the sloshy swamp. Right along In Mr. Finley s trail we went after a wee baby snipe fluttering along in the tall grass, and llnally Mr. r lnioy caught it and held the rngnteneo. bright-eyed little fellow for our closer inspection. Wild geese 'and ducks in domestic pursuits and social activities in their reed walled home in the marsh were next on our visiting list And after that we watched two men tako motion pictures in the aerie of a bald Next we eo with Mr. Finley for jaunt in a boat, and after riding swells and being buffeted by billows we lann all our camping outfit on a line of rugged sea rocks, where myriads of wild fowl dwell. From all its sides we view the natural beauties of Three Arch Rocks Reservation, oft the Ore gon Coast, and go for a wildly exciting dash through one of tne huge arcnes. We learn intimate details in the lives of the sea gulls, flying like huge white clouds as the Finley party approached, but resting quietly to have their in dividual pictures taken when they learn no harm is intended. The hatching of a baby murre elicited shrieks of Joy from the children. A large egg. magnified by its proximity to the camera, rests on a rocky ledge. First its shell cracks, then opens, and gradually the baby murre is hatohed These little fellows walk about, cling ing with their toes to the rocks, within three hours after they are hatched. All the marvels of the wonderful happenings are nicely explained by Mr. Finley as the pictures progress. Mother love for her baby murres is beautifully shown. A herd of sea lions disporting In the surf or basking lazily on the rocks until the approach of the photog raphers sends them leaping like huge fish into the foaming waters. Is one of the really amazing sights. The pictures are remarkable for their clearness and steadiness. The subjects are of never ceasing Interest to young and old. and are educational to the extent that under no other condition could we learn at first hand of the birds and animals of Oregon. acl cabirrk ofmcli dacties, -mil ii - difficuLT m if I formalin wears V 1 J V causma aeaaac DreaTtvma le nose. ecu ruqti tires smarted J 1 e T 1 and mt lamecu id 1 h I J aea r rru ecu PERUNA- leased o it- sail ikai i in m mease six weeBss it has driVeu ihe cat arm out of my system and I KaV& not been troub led sine. a MANHATTAN ST. ROCHESTER ,N.Y GERMANS REVISE FASHIONS Tailors to Avoid Styles Prevailing In Paris and London. LONDON". Jan. 23. A dispsti-h from Amsterdam to the Exchange Telegraph Company says a convention of German tailors was held yesterday at Frank fort to reach a basis for new German fashions for men and women. The German styles will be different from those of Paris and London. A committee was appointed to consider designs. CHURCH GAIN IS MARKED Cniversalists at Meeting Hear Re ports of Year's Progress. Tho annual fair and parish meetin of the First Universalis! Church was held tn the banquet-room of the church Friday night. Reports from all departments show a decided Increase this year over last. Dr. J. D. Corby, tbe pastor, declared that he Is more than pleased with the progress of the church. The Increase In membership and income hus beon marked. A banquet served by the part.hlon ers was attended by about 60 persons. Judge Robert Tucker gave an address, which was followed by short speeches by Dr. David Bruor, Hev. J. F. Lnpham. Mrs. Franklin Hall. Mr. . it. Cailand and Dr. J. P. Tarkhiirst. Music was furnished by a nuArtet consisting of Paul and Mark Daniels. William Bradley and Mr. Chester. "JOY RIDER" GETS AWARD Girl Hurt lu AVrcvk on Jnunt Sues Man AVho roc Cur. NEW YORK. Jan. 1. Kecsuso she was made a hopelrss cripple on a "Joy ride." on which she ws takin unwill ingly, Oelia Welntead reorlvcd uu award of $20,000 diniavii nKiilnxt John A. Kllgallon, In the Supreme Court ol Queens County recently. The accident took place on llio night of August '10. 191S. Mlxs Welstenrt was at a dance at Fr Rockawny. and when It was ended Kllgallon asked In r to go rkllng with hlin. he declined, but, with several others, ssld that Kll gallon might drive ner io ncr rrsiuvm-r. Instead, It was testlil-d, migniiun ran his machine toward New York at miles an hour, collided with a form wagon, and all were Injured. Miss Welstoad's splno wi Injured and she remained In a hospital fur a year and 10 months. Blie Is now paralyzed. $30,000 Farm Deal Made. LA GRANDE, Or., Jan. 23. (Special. A deal involving the exchange of more than 130,000 worth of property was closed here today, when Mrs. Kva Andross. of Portland, sold to Guy Glenn 200 acres of Grand Rondo Valley wheat land, together with the machinery and blooded livestock on the plnee. r v.t 'It. U. : : .:--- S TheDoCTOR'S V Jdvtpf. 1 i 1 " v.-'? DO Mrs. Belle C. writes: "I am infoimed that t tiHvn kidnpv trouble and that It Is fast approaching a serious, stage. What would you prescrlDe: Answer: if your symptoms are the usual ones, such as' putts under the curlline- fLtiklH: iOflllt. COOiOUS Ol' foul-smelling urine, accompanied by headaches, pains, depression, fever, chills, etc.. I would advise the lurnio diate use of balmwort tablets, a very flue remedy for such difficulties, sold In sealed tubes with full directions for self -administration. James J. asks: "For several months I have not been feeling well. My skin Is sallow, my tonxue is coated, have headache, am sleepless, nervous and bothered with chronic constipation. Answer: You need a laxative blood cleansing treatment in the form of three-grain sulpherb tablets (not sul nlinr). Overcome the tendency to con stipation and gradually your good health and pure blood will return. "Poor Nerves" writes: "Is it possl ble to find a medicine which by its tonic or nutritive powers will bring the glow of health and ambition back to a man who has everything in the world but health and happiness? f am dull, forgetful, despondent, weak, trem bling, short of breath and suffer more or less with pain in spine and back of head." Answer: Your condition indicates the need of a strong, harmless tonic nutri tive to restore nerve euu llbrlum. wnicn In turn fortifies and strengthens the organs of nutrition, thus vitalizing the blood and promoting new een ana tis sue to take care of the waste forres. Three-erain cadomene tablets, packed in sealed tubes with full directions, are recommended In all such cases. D. E. G. writes: "My rheumatism Is getting worse all the time. I am get ting so stiff that It makes it very hard for me to. get around." Answer: Do not worry about your rheumatism, as that can be very easily controlled by using the following: Get at the drug store the ingredients named, mix thoroughly and take a tea spoonful at meal time and again at bedtime and you should soon be entire ly relieved of that disagreeable disease, rheumatism: Purchase 2 drams of iodide of potassium. oz. of wine of colchlcum, -1 drams of sodium sali cylate. 1 oz. romp, fluid balmwort, 1 oz. comp. essence cardiol, and 5 ozs. of svrup sarsaparilla. This has satisfied thousands and I am sure it will you. The questions answered below are general in character, the svmptonis or diseases are given and the- answers will apply in any case of similar na ture. Those wishing further ndvlre frro may address Dr. Lewis Ilaker, t'olU-KO Bldg.. Collegc-Kllwood ts.. f'aylon. O., enclosing self-addressed stamped en velope for reply. Full name and ad dress must be given, but only initials or fictitious name will he uied in inv answers. The prescriptions can lo tilled at uny well-stocked ilniii store Any druggist can order of wholesaler. M. R. writes: "1 hnvo suffered wltn djspepsla. or nervous IndlgeMion. more or less for 8 year snd 1 want yon lo prescribe treatment for me; my symp toms are the usual ones, such as pain and distress after eating, sour stom ach, headache, heartburn nnd pnin In regions of heart, or between shoulder., constipation, or sometimes diurrho.a, coated tongue, bad breath and n s ore more. Am miseruble, in a word." Answer: Your case Is chronic, but by careful diet and the regular use (if an aid and tonic you should soon recover a normal state. Obtain a pn'-Ket of "double-four stomach and bowel medi cine" of a druggist. With It are illrei -tions. This is the newest and l-et treatment 1 know of. C. J. R. asks: "fan I safely reduce my weight, and how?" Answer: Go to a well-stocked drug gist and get f ivu-g-raln arboione tab lets In sealed tulie with complete di rections. Take as directed, and you should soon feel tho relief you desire. Many of mv patients report quick re sults without any harmful action what ever. Ellen J. asks: "Tell me. please, how I can Increase my welglit and Improve my color. I seem to be actbemlc, weak and tired all the time." Answer: Ueuln taking tliree-grnln hyponuclane tablets with your meals and soon you will feel your strength returning and gradually your weight and color will Improve. This Is a most effective remedy If persistently naed. J. W. W. asks: ' Van jrou prescribe a reliable treatment to ftcet ml of little druff. Itching and feverish acalp?" Answer: 1 know you can set inst;nt relief and permanent results ly iiMnir plain yellow mtnyol as per directions which accompany each i-vi. Jar. Morris asks: ""have suffered with a chronic cough for almost a year, and catch a fresh cold every few weeks. Nothing the doctor gives me helps, so 1 write to you.''. Answer: You need a thorough laxa tive couKh svrup, one that not only re lieves, but surely drives It from th) system. The- following regularly used will oust any curable coukii or coiq promptly: Obtain a 2 oz. bottle of essence mentho-laxene. mix It with a homemade sugar syrup or honey a per directions on bottle. Miss "Stranger" asks: "I nm tn a weakened condition due to a long slee of catarrhal trouble. Hrlefly, I havo Pelvic Catarrh (leucorrhea) and ca tarrh of tho nose and throat. What local treatment Is good for a cure?" Answer: I am quite sure tnat anti septic Vilane Tower Is the most prompt and effective trfatment thnt one can possibly use. l-'ull directions accom pli ny el l ner a IWO Or ni-iimn v rni e. uo not negicct i-uim i nui uuuun Adv.