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TITE SUNDAY - OHEGOXIAN, PORTLAND, MAY 30, 1915
EARLY DAYS IN CALIFORNIA WHEN
GOLD WAS COMMON DESCRIBED
Mrs. Nina Churchman Larowe Recalls Incidents of Long Trip Across Plains and Tells of Later Joys of Riding
by Stage When Every Boy's Ambition Was to Handle Spirited Steeds.
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WOUAX TFXLS HOW SHE
OVERCAME ADVERSITY.
The accompanying article by
Mrs. Nina Churchman Larowe, a
well-known Portland woman, la
the second installment of an au
tobiography that is of general
lntereat to women. In it Mrs.
Larowe contrasts the prosperous
surroundings of her early life
with late adversity and shows
how a woman, when thrown on
her own resources, can overcome
misfortune. Mrs. Larowa Is a
close observer and interesting?
writer, and subsequent articles
will contain much comment on
Portland 'as she has known It
during a long: residence here.
BT NINA CHURCHMAN UROWK
THE first years of mining were
the halcyon days. Tlacer min
ing: wus from the top soil. It
seemed to consist In many Instances
of simply filling a pan with dirt and
water and alternately shaking ft back
and forth till the water was gone
and the smaller particles, and perhaps
the large nuggets, alone remained.
Then there were the sluice boxes
through which a stream of water
passed. The miners threw in the dirt,
which was washed out. the particles
of metal remaining at the bottom.
The water was turned off once a week
and the rich harvest gathered.
Everyone could locate a claim and
work it with the highest profit. Even
children could fill a pan with dirt
and wash it back and forth until the
metal was all deposited on the bottom
of the pan, and a small vial of gold
the result. In fact gold was almost
a drug. A girl going to the same
Bchool that I did would come every
day with a lot of money. She would
buy fruit and candy and all sorts of
things lavishly for the girls. We
schoolmates enjoyed her gifts hugely.
We were too heedless to investigate.
"We knew her father had a rich mine
and we had no suspicions.
Clrl'n Theft Revealed.
One day the girl's mother called at
our house. In the course of the con
versation my mother said: "Mrs. V ,
I wonder you give Mary so much money
to take to school." Mary's mother re
plied: "Why she takes no money there."
Mary was betrayed by this conver
sation. Investigation followed, and It
was found that she went to school
every day with money. The gold in
dust and small particles was in the
house and open to everyone, and poor
Mary thought It was for general use.
She exchanged the gold for whatever
she bought.
Banks were scarce and people kept
their money wherever they could.. I
know that our mattresses were lined
with It. We used $50 gold pieces. They
were eight-sided and we called them
slugs. Actually they had no more
value In our eyes than a $5 gold piece
would today. Men would give children
$10 as readily as they would now 10
cents. We did not for a long time have
anything less than a 50-cent piece In
nilver and subsequently nothing less
than a 25-cent piece. Ten and five
cent pieces were unknown, and to this
day I can hardly buy 10 or five cents'
worth of anything.
Extravagance Common Rale.
Early Calif ornians were very extrav
agant. If they had any tendency to
miserliness It was knocked out of them.
If ever there was a time when the
Golden Rule was generally practiced
It was In those pioneer days. Everyone
was full of energy and full of cordi
ality. Everybody's money could be left
safely around, nobody had to be
watched, nobody wanted to steal.
Hoarders of money for money's sake
were unknown. Economy is to be
respected and practiced but to gather
In dollars from enormous rents or
usurious Interest, to store It away to
be looked at, to benefit no one, to re
lieve no distress, to wipe away no
tears Is unpardonable. One with such
a disposition Is to be pitied.
Mother arrived safely and met with
cordial welcome everywhere. After
some months came . word that there
was no coming back and I must be
sent out. My brother being older was
to stay yet awhile. What a problem!
How was I to be sent? My aunt sifted
the steamer proposition; no amount ot
money, and plenty had been sent, would
Induce anybody to take another's child
that way. She asked time and again.
but in vain. what next? Send me
across the plains? Surely that was
much worse than the water route. At
last, after much tribulation and much
consultation, the human package was
to be sent overland. Families here and
there preparing to go were lnter
. vie'ved and at last one having a little
girl my age consented to take charge
of me, but It took much persuasion,
rnnlnhmrnt Is Recalled.
In Bulwer's novel of "Rlenzi," after
whose heroine, Nina, as I have said be
fore, I was name-d. there was a com
panion and loved friend of Nina, Irene.
In this family was Irene, just my age,
with whom I was to be associated for
months, for It took months for that
nerve-trying Journey. Curious coin
cidence, was it not? My life has been
full of them. Another little girl,
Kate Overton, crossed the plains at the
same , time. We three were ahoul of
an age. The Overton and Churchman
families were firm friends ever after.
Iurtng all the conference as to what
was to be done with me I could only
remember here and there. It seemed
that I was too young to comprehend.
"Yet I had found some playmates next
door, twin girls, Helena and Augusta
Zaroive,
Waples you see their names have re
mained with me through all the years
and also the memory of a little pun
ishment I received for going over
there one day without leave. It was a
just one, because my aunt was indul
gent and allowed me to go when
asked, but not without permission.
There was a partition fence between
the two back yards. I had always
gone in a ladylike way by the front
door, but one day I discovrred a break
in the partition and crawled througn
that.
Little Vanity Borne In Mind.
My aunt was very busy sewing and
preparing for the Journey. Calico
dresses, aprons, strong shoes, sunbon
nets and dozens of stockings had to
be provided. She came one day wltn
some very gay plaid stockings and,
prompted, I am ashamed to say, by
vanity, I remember those stockings,
despite the fact that I had no con
sciousness of so many more important
things. And, joy upon Joy, my aunt
came home on another occasion with
a parasol and a green barege veil. A
veil! I was to wear a veil and carry a
parasol. Many other sorrowful and
more important things made no im
pression, but was there ever a child
tha a veil and parasol did not delight?
We started finally for California.
How could grown people have the
courage to begin such a trip? Oh, the
long, wearisome days, the siowly
plodding oxen and horses, the tired
men that drove them, the hot sun, the
creaking of the wagons, the alkali
dust and, above all, the constant terror
of cholera and massacre by the Indians.
All these had to be taken Into consid
eration and it took brave hearts to
decide to risk such a -trip. Yet many
of the best in the land had to take
their choice between the awful sea
trip and the prairie schooner.
Terrors of Trip Not Realised.
I seem to remember only very much
talked-of events. My Irene and my
Kate and I were so little as to know
nothing of the terrors of the Journey.
To us it was one long time of play.
We romped in the burning sun and
dust until we were brown as Indians
and our hands were chapped, cracked
open with the alkali dust.
For protection we had to travel In
long trains and in fact so many were
traveling that if one could have looked
down from space above it would have
seemed to be a solid string of wagons
from the Missouri River to the borders
of California or Oregon. Those' who
wished to farm went to Oregon and
those who wished to mine went to Cal
ifornia. Some took the south side of
the Platte River and some the north.
In the vicinity of this river the most
awful thunder storms occur. The light
ning is forked and blinding. I do not
think it can be more terrific in any
part of the world. All through the
dreary six months we rose at daylig.it
and continued our monotonous march
until nightfall, when we again made
camp. The women cooked the supper
while the men rounded up the horses
and cattle, after which all went to bed
to sleep with one eye ever open in fear
of Indians. One never knew when
they might come. Then there was ever
tire same wakening at daylight to take
our weary march again.
Indiana Delight Children.
One day there was great excitement,
a band of Indians was approaching.
What would they do? Would they be
friendly or would they not? We chil
dren were delighted. We thought It
would be a fine thing to see Indians,
so we Jumped and clapped our hands,
while all the men and women waited
with blanched faces and trembling
limbs. They came, they proved friend
ly, merely asking for water and sugai.
Indians are as fond of sugar as chil
dren. Nothing delights them more
than to have a handful of It. They
got whatever they asked for and rode
away. It seemed to be a question,
when they rode into camp, whether
they would slaughter you or ride away
peaceably. We were fortunate enough
to escape their murderous attacks at
all times, while many others were
killed.
Buffalo Are Thick.
Oh, the vast herds of buffalo and
antelope that now and then used to
come thundering along. It seems im
possible that they all have been ex
terminated. Antelope meat was a pleas
ant change from beef. Each family
carried big stocks of provisions and
extra cattle were driven along to be
slaughtered for food. We used to come
to boiling hot springs. All we had to
do was to put some coffee in the pot,
dip up the water and let it stand a
little.
Many places where we camped the
children were sent to pick up buffalo
chips -to build the fires to cook the
supper. So thick and so plentiful had
been the buffalo manure that these
chips could be found almost every
where. Dried hard by the sun they
burned like wood. The woman who
had me in charge took good care of
me and she felt so conscientious about
my clothes that whenever I careless
ly tore them she rounded me, and her
own little girl as well, and gave us a
neat little spanking. The only thing
I resented was that, being very pious,
she always made us say our prayers
first, knowing that the punishment was
to come afterwards. Poor woman, she
must have had her hands full with
two healthy romping children. I pre
dime if she had not been a little severe
v8 would have had no clothes when
the Journey was over. I had no com
plaint to make as I grew older and
comprehended the situation. There was
no partiality, her own child got what-
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ever I did and she re-.urned on arrival
all my clothes patched and mended
with every color until they resembled
Joseph's coat.
Mother's Walt Lengthy.
The trains started out in the Spring
and had all they could do to get over
the mountains before the heavy snows
began. Mother knew that I had begua
my journey and that was all she could
know. Think of the-suspense waiting
and waiting for me through all the
long, long dreary months. Every once
in a while she would hear of a train
arriving at some nearby town and she
would go there, look them all over and
go away' again almost heart broken.
We were slower than others In getting
over the mountains and finally mother
and father gave up in despair and
never expected to see me again. At
last we did arrive and the family,
which brought me. concluded to stop at
a town some miles from the one where
my father lived, Nevada City, Nevada
County, California, not the 'state of
Nevada, the town was named before
the State of Nevada came into exist
ence. They took me to Nevada City and I
created the greatest excitement and
received the warmest welcome of any
child that ever came to the state. The
man of the family took me over on
horseback, the distance being about 15
miles. I was so used to horses by
that time that I was not afrai! to
ride behind him. When we reached
the town, he rode up before a grocery
and asked where James Churchman
lived. They looked at him and the
brown little girl with him. That was
enough. Word went from mouth to
mouth that the lost child had been
found and everybody Joined in and fol
lowed us. As we went in search of
my parents we passed the minister's
house. A ladies' sewing society was
in progress and, seeing us, they all
threw down their needles, thimbles and
garments and filed out to join in the
procession.
Rejoicing la Fnblfc.
My mother had given me up for
good.. Nobody thought to break my
coming to her, but all the town arrived
at the door at once. She heard a loud
knocking, there were no bells then.
NEW INSTRUMENTAL QUARTETTE
WINS APPROVAL IN FIRST CONCERT
All Its Members Are Women and High-Class Numbers Chosen as Standard Assisted Amphion Male Chorus
at Y. W. C. A. Auditorium Last Thursday Night.
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AT THE Young Woman's Christian
Association auditorium the Ladies'
String Quartet, a new instrumental or
ganization, made its debut last Thurs
day night under the direction ol
Charles Swenson, and won a flattering
reception. The concert was featured
by the Amphion Male Chorus, and the
rendition of the whole programme was
much enjoyed. The numbers: "When
Freedom From Her Mountain Height"
and. coming to the door she faced the
crowd and me. I was the center of j
attraction and had I been old enough I
might have been eaten up with vanity.
I could not see anything to make so
much fuss about and asked mother
what it all meant. There was a grand
scene, everybody hugged and kissed
me and so wild was the excitement
that - everyone hugged and kissed
everybody else. My father, who had
an important case In court, was sent tor
and the man in the prisoner's box.
judge. Jury and witnesses dropped
everything and rushed to our house and
everybody embraced each other and
wept on each other's shoulders again.
Be it remembered that women and
children were very scarce In California
and that fact contributed to the wild
enthusiasm.
Self-pity is condemned, but I cannot
help Indulging in it when I think of
that poor little waif, myself, away out
on the plains with comparative strang
ers, on which portion or where nobody
could tell, possibly to be killed by In
dians, perhaps to be a victim of cholera,
lost perhaps forever to my parents and
daily causing a world of anxious per
turbation and gloomy foreboding. Yet
nobody was to blame, the best had been
done that was possible, considering the
times and conditions then prevailing.
Many llrfime Famous
Nevada City and Nevada County were
the seat of the richest placer mines in
all the state and here were gathered
for a long time the most brilliant law
yers of the day. Giants in intellect,
they nearly all became famous. Here
they are: Judges Lorenzo Sawyer, who
studied with my father: ' Thomas P.
Hawley, of the United States courts;
Supreme Judges Addison Niles, Niles
Searles, T. B. McFarland. Frank Dunn,
Stephen J. Field; Senators William M.
Stewart, Aaron A. Sargent, George
Hearst; Attorney-General John R. Mc
Connel. John Garber, Harry J. Thorn
ton and Judge James Churchman (ray
father), appointed by Lincoln as Con-sul-General
to Chile; and many others,
all of whom made their mark then and
in after years.
They did not confine their law prac
tice to Nevada County. So great was
their reputation they were wanted all
over the state. My father used to be
summoned to Sacramento, the capital;
San Francisco, Downieville, Placervllle,
Monterey and all the great mining cen
ters. In California in those gold beginning
days no poverty existed. Everybody
carried a bag of golddust and if lacking
coin they paid for what they bought
with the dust. Had I not been pos
sessed of parents who were adepts in
good discipline. I might have been a
spoiled child. Today I fervently thank
them. According to good old Quaker
ideas I was taught very early to be
obedient, and obedience soon became a
fixed habit. Especially was I. warned
not to handle things to stand and let
my eyes do the work.
Early Training Heeded.
The consequence is I can go into
stores and purchase without touching.
My heart aches for the merchant who
brings forth to view dainty, gauzy
fabrics, exquisite silks and satins, re
gal velvets and priceless Jaces and who
has to stand around and see them
pawed over and pulled here and there
by heedless, undisciplined shoppers,
lacking in early training. The mer
chant is agonized but dare not com
plain because his brother merchants do
not. People who do these things are
evidently children of parents who hold
fast to the rule: "You must not say
don't, and never say must to a child."
As my clothes wore out my mother
took me to the mantua-maker for a
new outfit. Do you mark that word
mantua-maker? It was universally in
use instead of dressmaker or "modiste."
My loved plaid stockings of Dubuque
had to go. Wear and tear said so first
and fashion seconded it, because white
stockings had come in and black were
unknown. Pantalettes were to be part
of my new wardrobe. A word as to
them. I think they are not quite under
stood at present, although' fashion
seems to wish to bring them in. It
was thought necessary for modesty's
sake to cover completely little girls'
legs clear down to the ankle. The
pantalettes did it. The upper bifur
cated garment was short and rather
wide and to the leg of this was
buttoned the pantalette, which had one
buttonhole in front, one behind and
one on each side to hold them. The
upper structure had four buttons cor
responding .to the four buttonholes.
The pantalettes were made of materi
al of the finest embroidery, ruffles,
etc., necessarily, because the dress be
ing short, although not so short as to
day, they were always in evidence. To
be frank, the upper garment might not
be changed more than twice a week,
while fresh pantalettes were buttoned
on with very great frequency. Romp
ing, healthy girls would start to school
with the pantalettes adjusted properly,
buttons on securely, buttonholes all
right, but after much play the return
was likely to be made with pins taking
the place of lost buttons and, pins not
being put in with exact precision, were
the cause of much laughter to bystand
ers and of much distress to worried
mothers.
Tors of Thea and Now Contrasted.
The black stockings and very short
skirts of little girls of today, no in
tervening modest pantalettes to cover
"(Swenson), "When You and T Were
Young, Maggie" (Maey), Amphion Male
Chorus; "Ase's Death" (Greig). Miss
Christine Brakel; "Tempest" (Dudley
Buck), vHenry Odeen; "Perfect Day"
(Bond), "One. Two, Three" (Meda), Am
phion Male Chorus: "Forset Me Not"
(Giese), "Woodpecker" (Nevln), Euter
pean Ladles' Chorus, Miss Bessie Wal
ton, accompanist; "Portland Rose"
(Swenson), Male Quartet, with solo ob
liftato by Mrs. Fay M. Huntingdon:
"ilenuet" (Daniel H. Wilson). Ladies'
the awful distance of skinny leg be
tween hem of skirt and ankle, would
have horrified the mothers of long ago.
as a length of white pantalette would
those of today.
After my arrival I was given a doll.
I was greatly attached to her. but I
fear she would not have been appre
ciated now, when such lovely wax and
bisque, dolls prevail. Mine was made
of papier mache. with painted hair and
face. It had no lovely real hair or
even Imitation. Miss Dolly could not
sit down, but must either be held or
laid down, since she was built without
joints. Her slippers or shoes were
neatly painted on as well as her hair.
When her face and hands became soiled
we used to wash them in butter. My
doll was somewhat small, as dolls were
then scarce in the market and had not
anywhere near reached the artistic per
fection of today.
I seemed to have some knowledge in
embryo of the milliner's art. Physi
cians and druggists at that time used
round red pill boxes. These I appro
priated, put strings, bows and flowers
on and made them into turbans. I was
much complimented on my originality.
After a time I was presented with a
dog named Lola Montez. after a great
stage dancer. I do not think the dog
was a thoroughbred, but anything in
the canine shape was highly prized you
may be sure. A man we knew thought
it smart to annoy me and the dog by
tying a tin can to its tail. In the
midst of my tears I told him I never
would speak to him again, and I never
did when grown up. Being a lover of
all animals, I cannot tolerate cruelty
shown to them. If you are a reader of
human character, beware of the man
who makes cruelty to poor dumb brutes
his sport.
Kitten Bought for S40.
Dogs brought high prices and were
eagerly sought. Cats ' were almost
worth their weight in gold. My mother,
in anticipation of my arrival, had paid
$40 for a small black kitten. Think of
that, you who are so unkind to the
cat; you 'who are ever ready to throw
a stone at the animal which works so
hard to protect you from rats and mice.
We learned in California and later In
Nevada, by dear experience, how valu
able the cat was. If every cat was ban
ished from Portland today we should
soon find you on your knees begging
for the return of pussy.
The great six and eight-span mule
teams with their jingling bells usod to
haul freight from California to Ne
vada. With the flour and other stuff
came rats and mice as passengers. Then
a vast outcry burst forth for cats. They
had to be sent for. The cats, remem
bering the treatment received in more
settled communities, must have been
greatly astonished at the uncommon
deference shown them.
Many great men have been lovers of
cats. The powerful Cardinal Richelieu
would not rise from his seat on one oc
casion for some time because he did
not wish to disturb some kittens lo
cated in the scarlet warmth of the
train of his robe. Mark Twain was
fond of cats.
"The difference," said his little
daughter, Susie, "between papa and
mamma is that mamma loves morals
and papa loves cats."
Mark Twain said, "If you shamefully
misuse a cat once she will always
maintain a dignified reserve toward
you afterwards. You never get her full
confidence again."
Food Price High.
All foodstuffs, especially those which
had to be shipped in, were exceedingly
hlgh-prioed Mn those days. There was
a certain bakeshop that made a spe
cialty of dried peach pies. We used
to pay $1.50 a pie. They were ex
ceedingly toothsome. Apples were a
dollar apiece and hard to get, potatoes
almost worth their weight in gold and
onions about the same price as ap
ples. Of course, this state of affairs
only lasted during the first two or
three years.
When the placer mines gave out and
hydraulic and quartz mining was re
sorted to, so that large capital was re
quired, mining became less general and
the people began to grow ther own
grain and vegetables.
Flour in the early days was $50 for
a hundred-pound sack. A dog, just
plain dog. was worth anywhere from
$50 to $100 or more, and it was almost
impossible to get. them even at thai
price.
All traveling was by stagecoach and
the topmost seat was tbe most sought.
The drivers were very skillful and also
very gallant: first choice was always
given to the- ladies. Traveling this
way was exhilarating. Beneath you
were six splendid spirited horses, by
your side a fine-looking, robust young
driver in possession of a long, crack
ing whip, which wlhstled about the
horses' heads so managed as not to hurt
them. Away they went, full of mettle,
over roads on the mountainside, full
of sharp curves that required exact
calculation to round nicely without go
ing over the bank and dashing down
a thousand feet to certain destruction.
We all were used to that kind of stage
travel and possibly did not realize Its
extreme peril. Eastern people, how
ever, going over those roads always
manifested great uneasiness.
When I came back from some years
residence in New York City and was
giving dramatic readings I purposely
String- Quartet. Christine Brakel first
violin. Julia Helen Swenson second
violin, Isabelle Steele viola, Marian
Brakel, 'cello; "My Lover He Comes on
the Skee" (Clough Lighter), "Obstina
tion" (De Fountenallles), "The Year of
the Spring" (Beach), Mrs. Fay Hunting
ton. Frederick C. Ferringer accompan
ist: "When the Little Ones Say Good
Night," Male Quartet; "Obertas" (Wi
enawski). Miss Christine Brakel;
"Love's Old Sweet Sons" (Macy), Am
phion Male Chorus.
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arranged a route that would take me
through all the towns only reached
by stage, from Downieville in the
northern part of the state clear down
to Sacramento. I do not think I ever
enjoyed travel more than I did from
the top of those coaches. The horses
were the best and were so spirited that
their heads had to be held, while they
pranced and Jumped, until every pas
senger was seated. Then they were
let fly at full speed and heaven help
us if anything broke!
The drivers generally carried a small
pile of pebbles to throw at the leaders'
heads, but they were so merciful and
so loved their horses that the rocks
scarcely ever struck the animals.
We all grew sad when we knew that
the driver's occupation was gone, when
me stage oecaine a iniiiK ui m3 u,
and the prancing, blooded horses had
been compelled to prostrate themselves
in submission to the Iron steeds.
Oh the excitement of drawing near
our Journey's end. The driver began
to brush up and brace up, the pas
sengers shook off the dust the horses
held up their heads, pricked up their
ears, their eyes flashed, their muscles
quivered, they champed their bits.
From the town came cries of: "The
stage! The stage!" Every man ran
and also every small boy.
Arrival Made la Style.
Then the driver gave free rein, all
six horses galloped and with cracking
whip and Jingling harness we arrived
in splendor.
Indeed it was a great event for did
not the mail, perhaps three or four
weeks behind and newspapers, especial
ly Horace Greeley's Tribune (we all
swore by that) come on the stage.
Speedily there was an immense line
formed at the postoffice and Wells
Fargo Express office.
Ask any boy at that time what he
wanted to be when a man and in
variably came the answer, "A stage
driver." The stage driver was the god
of their Idolatry. It must be remem
bered we could then only reach the
East or get our mall through the three
weeks ocean Journey or the long stage
ing across the plains with still danger
of Indians. No railroad spanned the
continent and when the building of
the Central Pacific was talked of peo
ple laughed in derision at the imprac
ticability of such a project. Letters
took weeks to come and postage was
25 cents a letter.
OBSOLETE LAWS FOUND
PROHIBITION WILL ELIMINATE
NEIGHBORHOOD INSPECTORS."
Wasfclagtou Islll Recently Also Had
Past of Wrecltmnstrr ta Which
Men Were Kleeted for Joke.
OLYMPIA. Wash., May 29. (Special.)
When the Washington prohibition law
goes into effect January 1 it will have
the effect of wiping from the statute
books a picturesque territorial law pro
viding for the appointment of "neigh
borhood liquor Inspectors," which
though obsolete, has been held by the
Supreme Court to be still in effect.
Under Its provisions any board of
County Commissioners is empowered to
appoint a liquor Inspector for each "vil
lage or neighborhood" to sample all
liquor for sale, the statute specifying
that the word liquor should comprehend
all "champagnes, wines and ciders," no
mention being made of beer, which was
not in general use at the time the law
was enacted, in 1S60.
The inspector was authorized to con
demn liquors found impure, and was to
receive a 'fee of 60 cents a barrel for
Inspecting bulk goods or 12 Vi cents a
dozen for inspecting bottled goods.
The recent Legislature abolished the
elective office of wreckmaster. an obso
lete county position to which the most
prominent men of Seattle and Tacoma
have been elected as a biennial Joke.
However, a review of old laws recently
made for Governor Lister shows that
there are many obsolete positions which
might be filled by his appointment,
without going back to territorial laws
for Justification.
Among these positions, only one or
two of which have ever been filled, are
state hop Inspector, state weigher of
lumber and shingles, and two state log
scalers. Each of these officials Is em
powered to appoint deputies, and none
of the laws creating these positions,
partly on a salary and partly on a fee
basis, ever have been repealed, directly
or indirectly.
Oaiys
CLOSES JUNE FIRST
to
on
enable those
any subject
the scape ol an
1:1 K K. THE rORTKin WOp-
MPOITION ft.
!. Pl IILKS.
Coateat Manager,
aebwam Piano Oa..
Portland, Or lain.
Pleaae find larloaed nay anwfr,
with Idea requeated. aubjrrt ta
the conditions of competition,
nd I agree to abide by the de
rlalou of the Judges. O.
Signed
Street . .
R. F. D.
City ,
State
All anawera muat reach Content
Maaaarer before a o'clock I. M.
June 1. at 111 Fourth Street. Ex
hibit Jnae 2 and during Rose Fes
tival Meek.
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OREGON SENIORS ELECT
MF.rtl, IN BATI.KV, OF TWI.X FALLS,
CHOSEN CLASS PRESIDENT.
Portland Men Are la Race ta Lead
Jnnlora, While Cilrl la Unoppoaea1
for Tlce-Prealdrat.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, May 29.
(Special.) Merlin Batley, of Twin
Falls. Idaho, was chosen to lead the
senior class In the presidential chair
during the coming collegiate year. The
president-elect Is also head of the Glee
Club, on which organization he has
performed as a "stunt" man for two
seasons.
Miss Louise Bailey, of Eugene, was A
elected vice-president of the senloif
class and Miss Erna Petzrl, of Oregon
City, secretary. Both young women
are prominent in scholastic activities.
Joe Tominaga. a Japanese student,
has so won his way into the favor f
Oregon students that the office of ser-geant-at-arms
went to him by a big
majority. Tominaga has drawn many
of the illi'strations which have ap
peared in the Oregona, the college year
book, and his majoring in the depart
ment of architecture.
Ray Stephens, of Eugene, will con
trol the finances of the class while In
the office of treasurer.
Nominations for offices of the Junior
class brought out five candidates for
the honors of president, considered one
of the highest laurels In student lines.
Two Portland men, Roland Jeary and
Larry Mann, are in the race. Others
nominated are Carl Keck, of Salem:
Frank Scaiefe and Nicholas Jauergy, of
Eugene.
Miss Lois La (M, of Portland, had no
opposition for vice-president. Myrtle
Toby, of Eugene. Is opposing Helen
Currey, of La Grande, for the secretary
berth. Booth Langley was unanimously
elected treasurer of the class.
Miss E.ho June Zahl. of Portland,
was nominated for sergeant-at-arms
without opposition.
Admiral J'lllcoe's alg-rial artr he had
flril rw-pt the North H.a without arrtnc
the (;.:i-7(mn ruet waa the nhortekt alsnal
on r-iitd. It red- "No lurk."
Girls With Beautiful Faces
or Graceful Figures
American girls have a world-wide
reputation for beauty, but, at the same'
time, there are girls In our cities who
possess neither beauty of face nor
form, because In these Instances they
suffer from nervousness, the result of
disorders of the womanly organism.
At regular Intervals they suffer so
much that their strength leaves them;
they are so prostrated that It takes
days for them to recover their
strength. Of course, such periodic dis
tress has Its bad effect on the nervous
system. The withered and drawn faces,
the dark circles and crow'sfeet about
the eyes, the straight figure without
those curves which lend so much to
feminine beauty are the unmistakable
signs of womanly disorders.
When a girl becomes a woman, when
a woman becomes a mother, when
women pass through the changes of
middle life, are the three periods of
lite when health and strength are
most needed to withstand the pain and
distress often caused by severe organic
disturbances.
At these critical times women are
best fortified by the use of Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription, an old remedy
of proved worth that keeps the entire
female system perfectly regulated and
In excellent condition.
Mothers, if your (laughters are weak,
lack ambition, are troubled with head
aches, lassitude and are pale and sick
ly. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
is Just what they need to surely bring
the bloom of health to their cheeks
and make them strong and healthy.
If you are a sufferer. If your daugh
ter, mother, sister need help, get Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription in liquid
or tablet form. Then address Dr.
Pierce. Invalids' Hotel. Buffalo. N. Y..
and receive confidential -uvice from a
staff of specialists, that's free", also
12i-page book on women'r diseases
sent free. Adv-
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