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Not only for rich or fine food
or for special times or service.
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preparation of plain, substantial,
every-day foods, for all occa
sions, ft makes the food more
tasty, nutritious and wholesome.
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visible u a mud bank. Its only ue
for cciituricH v, been as a renting
place Ir l)hinilt;rii)K ferry-boaU or
excursion craft that liave run aground
th:rc, Hvci'iitly the city authorities
conceived the idea that the rmmicip
ality could make it no of the submcr
cd tract by filling it in and making
it a part f Randall' inland where
additional space j required for New
York' penal iiHlilntion. City ciiKin
rtr were cut to bitrvey it but news
of the project reached the cars of
member of the Joiich family, the
prcsrni claimant' to its ownership,
and Die officials were met by armed
Riiurd who refined to permit a land
1 in if. Vor n lime it looked a. tlfoujjh
J there innlil be, a boiubardmeut and a
Mi'Ke, but finally both hides proceed
under flax of truce to a police
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magistrate decided
course for the city
civiily if it desired
tin: property, The owner of the sub'
marine estate' have since expressed
their williitKijeH to part with it for
the trifling sum of $1,000,000.
' It is a crime for one person to sell
out his business to a competitor and
to HKrec not to engage in the ame
line of trade for a certain length of
time, according to the statement
Goff to a grand jury
This seems a stir-
to the majority of
fj&l made by Judge G
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lYJ prising uoeiiiiic lei mc uhijvmi; ui
A persons in view of the many sales
1 1 4 I ",vo'v'ntf (jf)(' w'" w"'cn arc ma''e
frJ T with such provisions every day' but
j; ' it is declared that these stipulations
BETTING ON RACES
Race Tracks May Succeed With'
out Betting Rings
ICE TRUST INVESTIGATIONS
The Metropolis Importing Corn For
First TimeNovelist Chamber on
Faked Art, and Other News Items
of New York.
NEW YORK, June 2a-In spite Of
li 11 the hubbub about the millions of
A property rendered valueless and the
j( thousand of men to be thrown out of
Jf employment by the passage of the
tmli.rni'M trnfl nnnilitiMtr Kit1k fl. 3l
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result of the strenuous campaign wag
ed by Governor TIurIich, there is a
Kroner possibility that racing may be
conducted successfully without the
familiar feature of the betting rin.
At any rate the possibility is to re
ceive a trial for the jockey club meet
ing scheduled for their present sea
son arc to be held while future plans
in regard to racing in this state arc
to be determined by the success of
this test and by the result of the legal
contest which the bookmakers organ
ization is making to discover whether
the courts will uphold the new law.
Meanwhile the man of assured re-
Lnonsibility is still able to make
wrers with the bookies on the credit
system by which no money passes
hands at the track, all payments being
made in Connecticut as the gam
blers say, which means usually the
back room of some Hrondway cafe,
This system of course yields no rev
enue to the race-tracks and as bets
will be accepted only from men
whose sporting proclivities and finan
cial stability arc known it bars the
great army of "pikers" with their two
and live-dollar bets from whom a
large part of the bookmakers' income
was drawn. Whether the $200,000
which was estimated to change hands
daily at the tracks about New York
will now remain in the pockets of its
owners remains to be seen.
livcred to the Corn Products Comp
any, more popularly known as the
"gucoss trust." The price is exclu
sive of the fifteen cents a bushel tar
iff which I'ncle Sam charges on corn
raised in loreign countries. I Ins
wmild bring the price up to eighty
six and a hiflf cents a bushel and
would make it unprofitable to import
corn if it were to be consumed in
America. The glucose manufacturers
propose, however, to ship abroad the
products manufactured from the
South American corn and hpe in this
way to secure the return of all but
about ten percent of the amount paid
in duties. If die experiment works
successfully it is probable that addi
tional shipments will be ordered for
use in the export tr.aJe of the glucose
trust ami the remark'.-ilde spectacle of
corn being shipped into the country
where corn is king of all crops is like
ly to continue until prices fail, pos
sibly until the new crop is gathered
That the public sales of pictures by
professional art collectors and deal
ers in New York are crowded by
forged paintings, alleged "old mast
ers" and spurious works falsely at
tributed to famous modern artists is
the asertion made in the July num
bcr of Appleton's by Robert W,
Chambers, the novelist, who is him
self-an artist of ability. As an examp
le of the recklessness with which the
palming off of mado-to-order master
pieces i carried on he tells of at
tending a sale at which a very fash
ionablc and wealthy woman purchas
ed at a high price a portrait of Lord
X bv the great artist Z Mr. Chamb
ers suppresses names blissfully un
conscious of the fact that Lord X
died when the great Z was four years
old, The novelist compares this to
the exhibition in a public museum of
the brush and comb of Charles the
Bald and forty volumes of the works
of William the Silent. Mr. Chambers
holds, however, that the real respon
sibility for these arc frauds rests with
the large class of buyers, blessed with
too much money and too little ap
preciation of art itself, who purchase
signatures affixed to canvasses with
out knowledge whether the latter are
good or bad. In the Appleton article
he also takes a iling at the profession
al critics and asserts that the average
art columns of the newspapers and
maeazines are filled with "twaddle"
instead of giving information of real
value to the public.
For the first time in its history the
United States is" to become an im
porter of corn if a ship now on her
way to New York from Rucnos
Aires reaches port without accident.
The bringing of corn grown on the
banks of the Rio Plata into the gr,cat,
est corn growing country in the world
is not due to any fear of failure of the
American drop, for the government
report indicates that the corn belt
will grow its usual 2,000,000,000 bush
els or more. It is attributed solely to
liit'h' nrien of the cereal which has
been costing purchasers here eighty . largely mixed with wat
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ight charges. The Argentine corn
U tn ht eliverert in New York at
seventy-one and a half cents a
bushel which means a saving of near
ly $8,000 on the first shipment of 20,
000 bushels which is soon to be de-
Good Queen Anne of England whose
name is chiefly remembered now
through the fact that it is applidcd to
a certain style of architecture was
responsible for a clash of authority
here this week that threatened at one
time to develop into a genuine, bat
tle. The estimable lady herself, hav
ing been dead for the better part of
two centuries, had no direct hand in
the, affair. It all came about because
of a grant that she made to one of
her subjects in 1703, when New York
was a British colony, of the land
er lying in
Manhattan
and Long Island, and known as the
Sunken Meadows, The , recipient
could not have claimed and great de
gree of royal favor for the grant, as
its name aimplics, is under water ex
cept at low tide when a part of it is
arc in restraint of trade and so con
travene law and public policy. The
matter came up in the course of the
investigation of the ice trust. This
inquiry, or rather the protracted series
of inquiries into the business of this
concern, has been dragging out its
weary length for such a period that
it is only when some incident as this
occure that the public is reminded
that this particular trust-busting ex
cursion i still under way with little
prospects apparently of ever arriving
at anything definite. It is said that
the ice trust officials have got so in
to the habit of being investigated that
they feel uncomfortable unless a
force of official "experts", is engaged
in going over their books or if any
chance they fail to be summoned be
fore one or another inquiring tribu
nal at least once a week. These in
vestigations have come to be regard
ed as a little more than farces by the
taxpayers who have to foot the bills
inasmuch as it is practically unheard
of fcr one of them to accomplish any
tlv'ng.
A Grand Family Medicine
"It gives me pleasure to speak a
good word for Electric Bitters,"
Mr. Frank Conlan of No. 435 Hous
ton street New York. "It's a grand
family medicine for dyspepsia and
liver complications; while for lame
back and weak kidneys it cannot be
too highly recommended." Electric
Bitters regulate the digestive func
Hons, purify the blood, and impart
renewed vigor and vitality to the
weak and debilitated of both sexes.
Sold under guarantee at Chas. Rogers
& Son's drug store. 50c.
Kemp's Balsam will stop any cough
that can be stopped by any medicine
and cure coughs that cannot be cured
by any other medicine. It it always
the best cough cure.
Will Cure Consumption
A. A. Herren, Finch, Ark., writes;
"Foley's Honey and Tar is the best
preparation for coughs, colds and
lung trouble. I know that it has
cured consumption in the first stages."
You never heard of any one using
Foley's Honey and Tar and not be
ing satisfied, T. V. Laurin, Owl Drug
Store.
Truth and
Qualify
appeal to tho Well-Informed in every
walk of life and are essential to permanent
success and creditable standing, Accor-
ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of Senna is the only remedy of
known value, but ono of many reasons
why it is tho best of personal and family
laxatives is tho fact that it cleanses,
sweetens and relievos the internal organs
on which it acts without any debilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time to time. , t
It acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as a laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as it is free from all objection
able substances, To get its beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine-
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug-
SEIZED BY A TIGEIi
Terrible Experience of Animal
Keeper at Los Angeles
WIFE BATTLES WITH BEAST
While Cleaning Cage at the Zoo Her
nan Gcrson, is Attacked by Feroc
ious Man Eeater, Narrowly Escap
ing Horrible Death.
LOS ANGELES, June 19- Her
man Gcrson, head animal keeper in
the East Lake Park City Zoo, was
seized by both arms by a big male
tiger while washing its cage yester
d;iy. The tiger stripped both arms of
his flesh from the elbows down and
almost pulled his arms from the
sockets. His wife came to the rescue
and by iaming the beast in the eyes
and breast with a pitchfork pried its
teeth and claws loose. As the tiger's
jaws closed on Gcrson' arm, the
keeper, who was holding a small hose,
turned the nozzle in the animal's face.
The tiger placed a huge paw on Gcr
son' arm and the keeper began to call
to his wife wdio was in the Gcrson
residence near the Zoo. The roar of
the tiger had created a pandemonium
among the animals and as Mrs. Gcr
son sank a pitchfork into the tiger
again and again the snarls and yells
from the line of cages redoubled. The
fight between the woman and the
man-eater lasted several minutes, end
ing only when Mrs. Gcrson directed
the tines of the forg against the ani
mal's eyes. With his arms released
Gerson sank to the ground and was
later removed to a hospital. Mayor
Hasper ordered the bars of the tiger's
cage strengthened.
Try JELL-O, the dainty, appetiz
ing economical dessert Can be pre
pared instantly simply add boiling
water and serve when cooL Flavored
just right; sweetened just right; per
fect in every way. A 10c package
makes enough dessert for a large
family. All grocers sell it Don't ac
cept substitutes. JELL-0 complies
with all Pure Food Laws. Seven
flavors: Lemon, Orange, Raspberry,
Strawberry, Chocolate, Cherry, Peach.
DIARRHOEA
There ia no need of anyone suffer
ing long with this disease, for to
effect a quick cure it la only neces
sary to take a few doses of
Chamberlain's
Colic. Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy
In fact, in most cases one dose ia
sufficient. It never fails and can be
relied upon in the most severe and
dangerous cases. It is equally val
uable for children and is the means
of saving the lives of many children
each year.
In the world's history no medicine
has ever met with greater success.
PRICE 25c. LARGE SIZE 50c.
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COR. 11TH AND COMMERCIAL.
Office hcurs 8:30 A. M. to
8: P, M. Sunday 10:00 to
12:00. .
Phone Number Main 3901.
Painless Extractions - 5oc
Corner Commercial and 11th
Sts. over Danziger store.
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Let the Coal Fire Go Out
A reasonably
cool and pleas
ant place for
kitcl-en work U
the blessing en
joyed by every
housewife who
possesses a New
Perfection Wick
Ulue Flame Oil
Cook-Stove.
" At the first sug
gestion of summer
weather, let the range
fire die out, set a
Wick Blue Flame Oil Cook-Stove
in a corner of the kitchen and at once the family boiling,
frying and baking may be done with comfort, because
the ' New Perfection " delivers the heat under the kettle
where you want it and not about the room where you don't
want it Made in three sizes, each capable of an astonishing
range of work. If not with your dealer, write our nearest
agency.
The
Mcgfa Lamp
giret a most agree
able light for read
In n,.nr
1 W , mellow, strong, continuous. No
better lamp is mads for every boatehold use. If not at your
ataWs, writs our nearest agency.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
(Incorporated)
I WHILE THE EAGLE i
SCREAMETH
Fireworks May Be Had
Wholesale and Retail at
G. J. HOWES
420 Commercial St. . Book and Postal Store
:: Something New
WALL PAPER
That will not fade known as
PERMANENT DUPLEX
In beautiful shades. Ask to see it
Allen Wall Paper $ Paint Co.
Corner 11th and Bond Sts.
SCOW BAY BRASS & IRON K
ASTORIA, OltEGOX
l iON AND BRASS FOUNDERS LAND AND MARINL ENGINEERS
Up-to-Date Sawmill Machinery.
18th and Franklin Ave.
Prompt attention given i all repah nr ik.
TcJ Main 24S1
THE. ROAD OF A THOUSAND
WONDERS
Shasta Route and Coast Line of the
Southern Pacific Company
Through Oregon and California
Over 1300 miles of scenic beauty and interest attractive and instns
tive. This great railroad passes through a country unsurpassed for its
scenic attractions, and introduces the traveler to, the vast arena soon to
become the scene of the world's greatest industrial activities. There is
not an idle or uninteresting hour on the trio .and the varietv of condition
presented excite3 wonder and admiration.
Special Low Rate Tickets now on Sale at All Ticket Office
OBB.OO
Portland toLos Angeles and) Return
Long limit on tickets and stop-over Drivileees. Corresnnnrtincr frnm
other points. Inquire of G. W. Roberts, local agent, for full particulars
ana nejptui publication? describing the country through which this great
highway extends, or address
WM. McMurray
General Passenger Agent, Portland.