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0 LIVE NEWS FROM ORTING WORLD MIKE FISHER . , SECURES BALL PARK ' THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JAN IT ATIY 13, 1004, IHE SP IIAM IIICME RECORDS BROKEN BOTH FACED 'AJTO tXKFACED CYC XJSTS tOWEB RECORDS XEPXAT- ,' EDIiY WAXiTKOTTB . AWD tEAH DEB MADB BEST ' BECOBD FOB FAST TEAB. The year of 1903 in (Cycle history will go down as one long to be remembered, for records have been lowered so much that the times made at. different In stances seem Impossible. In 1892, when Johnny Johnson made the first mile un der two minutes the time was doubted all over the world, for Johnson was "Thenuncler-tho managrement-of-Toro Eck, and all cycling experts thought It was another of Eck.' a "sensations." but Kelt offered to duplicate the performance with Johnson and at Dubuque, la., paced by a: running horse hitched to a sulky with a. shield Johnson. rode the mile before a big crowd of officials and horse men with at least 60 watche being held on htm, doing the mile In 1:56 8-5. r . The following year was one for rec ords, and the mile was brought down to 1:62, and every year afterwards four or tflve .seconds would be lopped off. h In the year 1901 William fitinson rode a mile, paced by the motorcycle In 1:27. He only held this a short time, as In the fall of this year Major Taylor, the , black rider, paced by a . steam motor cycle, which was nothing . else : but a big steam boiler mounted on a tandem on the Garfield Park track In Chicago, rode the mile in 1:21 1-6. This mark stood for a year, all through the year of 1902, until fall, when the riders be gan to ride miles in competition In 1:19, .and as low as 1:18. It was then thought that the limit of speed had been reached but the year , 1903 , came along and In J April Harry ; Elkes, in his first , race, rode miles at 1:14, and this In com- petition. At Charles River track, on May 80 1903, Harry Elkes, as If to let himself out on his last fatal ride, rode I mile after mile up to the 16th, when, he was killed, at 1:11 to 1:14 and some of ' the parts of miles he rode as low as 1:09. After this event there was, a lull , In fast speed, as the death of Elkes I caused 'a scare Among thy riders., but I later on. In July, little Nelson began ; to lower records, but his hold on then was only several days, when Nat Butler took a lift at them. -"':. The most sensational ride of the year was that on July 26, In the race between .. Walthour. and Leander, : when .Walthour i rode - IS miles at an average of 1:09, riding four of the miles In the 15 ac 1:08, and finishing 'up-. the last In 1:07. the fastest mile ever ridden in the9 world , In competition. Both riders then were in the very pink of shape and the condl ! tlon of , the weather was just right for i reoordSr-forWalthour--wa.-calllngfor ' more speed In' every mile, and had his fmotorman had the ; nerve, Walthour .could have gone faster. After this ride i records stood for a while. . Then came the hour standing start of Bennle Mun : roe of 49 miles, 564. yards tn the hour, A few days later Harry Caldwell rode BO mllM and 30 varrta in the . hour. Dangla, the French rider, followed this - with a flying start " of -63 miles in the hour, but the French records are not recognized in this country, as they are made behind wide protection motor- cycles, ranging from It Inches up to 48. Contenet followed Dangla with rid' Ing 54 miles in the hour, which record ; stands for Europe, while Caldwell's fly ing start and Munroe's standing start stands for this country. . This year records are still expected to be lowered next spring. The Journal predicted the 1:10 clip for the mile, which was soon verified. This year it can be safely said that the miles will be ridden In competition as low as 1:04, ' and that the hour record will go as low as 66 miles. ; 1 It Is in line, for motorcycles will be 1 made with larger horsepower and pro jection motorcyclists will have more nerve and will take greater risks. Tracks will be built to stand a clip of a mile a minute. The year of 1904 will un doubtedly be as great a year, ' if not 4 greater, than 1903, not only in the rac ing game, but in the general cycle rid ing, for men who are leaders in the game are making preparations to bring the results .that way, These are the , same men who made cycling the success it was in the banner years of 1897 and the several, years afterwards.- The list of the champions of the year's racing are only three, and are as fol . lows: . I ' a 'Paced champion of the world, Bobby . walthour. . . Professional' spring champion of the world, Frank Kramer. Amateur champion of the world, Mar cus Hurley. Ct Minn, Wolf fimf ! wtnnlna day race recently made him the world's long distance champion. . The holders of records up to the hour and other distances, are as follows; 1 to 15 miles Walthour. 15 to CO miles Harry CaldwelL 60 to 75 miles Walthour. 74 to 7? miles Jimmy Moran. 60-hour champion Walthour. 72-hour champion Walthour. Six-day champion Walthour.- During the year 1903 Walthour rode In 63 races, winning 50, lotting 13. He won the national paced championship on the circuit winning 12 out of 14 races, leading in the percentage by 18 points over his nearest competitor. Walthour expects to break the French record of 64 miles, as he Is entered in two' races of 66 miles each. He will open his season on March 10 and close May 10. START OF FOZBT-TO-FOZBT BACE. The point-to-point race scheduled for January 16 'will start on West avenue, near the Sandy road, at 8 p. m. The rldrs will also flntiftb at this point ' BLOOD On aecoent of it frightful bMronmMi, Blood : Poisoning In Co til mo til railed the King of All ', MiMm It ur be either brredttar or. con treetrd. Once ton n.ynfem la tainted with It, th dlf may nianlfesl ttaelf In the form of Scrof ula, Kenerna, Hheumatle Pains, Stiff or Swollen Joints. Eruption or Copper-Colored Rpotiuon the Kace or l)oly, little Ulcer la the Mourn or on the Toticue, Bore Throat. Swollen Tonsils, railing out of the Hair or Kyebrnwaand Anally a Leo. rous-Iik. Derar of the Flrsh and Bone. It 70a hare any of theaa or similar symptoms, ret BROWN '8' I1L00I CtJBB, ImmedlatelT. Thli treatment 1 practically the reault of life work. It contain no dangerous drug or lujurluu med icine of any kind. It Roe to the rery bottom . of the dlaeaae and force out every particle of Impurity. Soon every sign and symptom (limp peara, complftcly and forever. the blond, the tluue. the fleab, the bone and the whole ays ' tern are cleansed, purified and restored to per fect health, and the patient prepared anew for the duties and pleasures of life. BUOWN'S JUOOD CURB, 2.00 a bottle, last a month. amee ny u. kkuw.-o, w.w Arcn St.. Philadel phia. For ssle In Portland only by Frank Nan, Portland Hotel Pharmacy. Phisnisi TACOMA Y. M. C.A. WILL NOT MEET PORTLAND (Journal Special Service.) Tacoma. Wash., Jan. 18. Physical Di rector Harry Booth of the Tacoma T. M. C. A. is firm In his Stand that the Tacoma basketball team will not be al lowed to play with the Portland Y. M. C. A. until Physical Director Babbitt 0 Portland has his players registered with the athletic league of the Y. M. C A., an allied organisation of the Amateur Athletic union. The deadlock which exists seems like ly to ' prevent any games - this season between the crack Portland and Tacoma teams. The men who are playing on Booth's team this season are all old play ers and with one. exception played the game together last year. They are as yet undefeated. The Seattle Y. M. C. A. team is said to be weaker than last year, having lost many of their stars. Physi cal Director Douthitt of Seattle Is main taining the same ground held by Booth and Seattle will play no games with Portland .until the Jatterteam becomes eligiblo to play under the league rules. The Tacoma team has played no unsanc tioned games this season and Booth and Douthitt have begun a campaign'to have all associations and academy teams in the Northwest registered in order to bar professionals from basketball and other sports. Practically all teams on Pu fret sound have now registered and Seattle ana Tacoma are ninng up tneir schedules without Portland. , The Seattle team plays the Paciflo Lutheran academy team in Tacoma Saturday evening. The sec ond Tacoma team plays the Olympla-Y. M. C. A. team at Olympla tonight RACING RESULTS (Journal Special' Serylcs.) San Francisco, Jan. 1. The feature of the day at Oakland yesterday was the breaking of the California track record for. six and a half .furlongs by Martinmas, who made - the distance in 1:18, the former California record be ing 1:19. Summary: one mile, . selling First Chip won. Isabellita second, Hungarian third; time, 1:40. , - ' : Six furlongs, selling Letola worC An anias second. Telephone third; time, 1:13. v ; Seven furlongs,, selling Somenos won, Tom Blavtn second,- Velma Clark third; time. 1:26. . ; Six and a half furlongs, handicap- Martinmas' won. Hagerdon second,' San Nleholas third; time, 1:18. One mile, selling Gwalne won, Milas second, , Byronerdale third; time, 1:41. ' Mile and , a sixteenth, selling Lacy Crawford won, Illilouon second, Frank Woods third; time,. 1:46. , . At Ascot Fark. ' V Los Angeles, Jan. ' 13. Golden Rule failed to make a showing yesterday In the six-furlong highwelght handicap, and Glennevis won from Sals and Best Man, JEl wood also made a poor showing. Summary: j Six furlongs Rough and Tumble won Wllllfrelda ' second. Flea third; time, 1:16. ------- - - - - .- . ; One mile and 70 yards, selling Pla tonlus won. Flourish second, Merwan third? time. 1:47. Slauson course Antrad won, Almoner second) Brown Prince. . third; . time, 1:12. - Six furlongs Glennevis won, Sals second, Best Wan third; time, 1:15. Six furlongs Celebration won, Lau retta Phillips second. May Spring third; time, 1:17. ' .-- ' . Slauson course, selling The Goldflnd er woo, Tower of Candle! second, Mexl canna third; time, 1:12. . . , ,..,.'. At Hewf Orleans. New Orleans, Jan. 13. Crescent City summary: , y . 'y . Six furlongs Mad Mullah won, Dusky second. Wreath of Ivy-, third; time, 1:16 . - -v . ' Belling, six ' furlongs-i-Vestry won, Jimalong second, Caterpillar third; time, 1:16. . v. - ' ' ' . . ' Seven furlongs Captain Arnold won. Ostrich second, Harmakis third; , time, 1:29.,. f Selling, mile and an eighth Malay won," Glnspray second, Kllza Dillon third; time, 1 :66 1-6. Mile and an elghth-Lou Woods won, Baronet second, Leviathan third; time, 1:87 2-6.' , . " " . - 'Mile and a sixteenth, : selling Lady Matchless won, Shotgun second, Heglra third; time, 1:60 8-5. . SSEAHS AUTO BJBOOBD. (Journal Special Service.) Detroit. Jan. IS. Henry Ford of this city yesterday clipped 6 S-6 seconds off the world's . automobile ' - record. The former record was 46 seconds while he covered the distance in 89 1-6. Eastern and California races by di rect wires. . We accept commissions by "phone" on above races from respon slble parties. We also receive commis sions for all leading sporting events in nny nnrt of the world, at Portland Club, 130 Fifth street. . . -' Preferred Stock Canned Goods. " Allen ti Lewis' Best Brand, a - -- . "---.-.:-.v ..... .. i ,q I Wi:im'&m'y- yit :,. S,1:-.. ... V , ; - ' t . - . W:- U( ' ' fA.-ufy -S -''7fe- tV'7'-,V- ' A, t v - " 5 - - i s; ' -;rf' j . ' - , XX V f , SwWe' . ' ' '', t. : , ,(,5W v ' , - .. , ' "i : : it t ' i v ' 5 i f i o . : ! J :rissiiii:M:i:3i( i .' . . f ; XX , ' J- i-x .' llilllllilllll v - i ' ' i.i-ii'-''- v': S::i; i'i?1 -v.- -S-':?5v:--vK :?' , T ::;;::'.':': S S a'? ' e ' -. " I ' ' ev '.""' yr-:X'J -:--f: ::.:: :.:;:;:' ': . A, . ;. . :. '-V .ISiSifrlfttili '!''4K::':'.'-'.- "i ': : v " 1 i ' '" '' ' ( ' r N ' ; i-4'W " -"' - Y ..," x x 0 " I v I v. . v eA 4veoor-, v. vrvvoe- ,w.iraBWt''Pwt,iif ' i, v - ' y. a AN EQUILIBRISTIC EXHIBITION GIVEN BY MONSIEUR AND MADAME KINERS. MOULIN. ...... j ... t. ....... ,, - i , , . , .... , The picture above is among the most thrilling feats ever 'attempted. It requires the most exquisite- nerve on the part of the fair and dainty madame and. remarkable strength, and skill on the part of monsieur. It'took the artists seven years of constant practice to acquire the skill to perform the act and even; now accidents are frequent- On , one occasion in Paris madame was so seriously injured that she had to relinquish her; part 'for over a month.- The act has been a sensation: in London during the past year-and on the continent and will be a feature of. the St Louis world's fair next year. ' - ' ' T ATHLETIC ACTIVITY AT : PORTLAND ACADEMY Athletics nt the Portland academy are thriving In a most ' healthy manner. Burjng the last month the handball tournament for the 'championship of the school has been In progress.;- Last Mon day the finale were played by Lathrop and Moreland' and Fen ton and 'Seeley, Lathrop and Moreland won and received appropriate j medals for -their victory. Basketball ; is now being played and under the direction of Capt., Kenneth Fenton ; some likely players are 'being developed. Among the most promising are McLaln. Flavel, Whittelsey, Ben ton, mostly football men. Columbia university Is putting out a basketball team and the two teams are arranging for a game. The Portland academy football men are now happy in the possession of ' their new sweaters. They are of the 'varsity order and are made of Mile lambs' wool, ornamented by a larfee orange "P." , - Preferred Stock Canned Goods. Allen ik. Lewis' Best Brand. ALL-STAR TEAM IN EXCELLENT SHAPE ' The All-star basketball team : of the local T. M. C. A. has 'finally' succeeded in bringing Its men into line and are now getting into good trim for the1 com ing game. Not in the history of the game has there been so much interest taken in basketball aa is now manifested by the colleges of the Northwest. The Portland Y. M. C. A. has always held the premier position in this sport and intends to retain it. The present team has two of last year's men.. Cap tain Mackie and Freeman, on its lineup and in the opinion of experts is stronger than ever. The other members are Con way, Thornton,. Lapham and ,. Connell. This is the team as it will play Friday night and throughout the season. For the first time this season the Y. M. C. X, All-Stars: will, have their com plete -team together Friday night of this . wtek, when' they play the crack team from Oregon Agricultural college. The local team has been very badly handicapped this year by the inability of the men to get-out and practice to gethei. By heroic efforts, Capt Charlie Mackie has succeeded :' In overcoming this difficulty and the boys have been practicing faithfully for this game and are' exhibiting all of their old-time ppeed and strength. " ' ',. It's dollars to doughnuts that the knockers will have a chance to take rest after this game, as the boys have hit their gait and intend to keep it WANTS JOC1TBT fPHTXtlTS. . New York. vJan. M3. W. K. Vander bllt has made an offer for the services of Jockey H. Phillips to ride in France next year. The lad's father says that the salary mentioned by Mr. : Vander bllt for one year' means more than the boy's possible earnings In this country for two years. Therefore he will proba bly -.accept, i; .. . v . Takes the burn out: heals the wound: cures the pain. . Dr. Thomas' Eclectrlo .Oil. the household remedy, , - - 10 AHDlfiN FEATHERWEIGHT THE XEGZTZKATE "WEIGHT ZS THAT SrVTSIOH IS 133 POTJH9S TEHBT H'a&VBBS BErSATES KIXOW AT THAT WEIGHT BUT HAS HOT MADE XT BIHCE.' The question as to who-Is the legltl mate featherweight champion of the world i causing a lot of debate ! fistic circles at the present time. Writers on srtortlnir topics, especially pugilism, differ materially as to who 1 the right ful holder, and altogether the subject ts a complex one.; The limit of this class ler 122 pounds," which has never been disputed among authorities. Terry Mc Govern whipped George Dixon originally for the honors at the Broadway A. C. in 1900. Since then he has outgrown the class. He met Young Corbett at Hartford a year later and was knocked out in two rounds. - The weight of that tight was 126 pounds, and although they fought for the featherweight title under the rules they scaled In as light weights. After the encounter McGovern in sisted that he was still the premier featherweight and that, as he could re; duce to 122 pounds his laurels? in that division were still Intact Several-ambitious scrappers challenged him at the weight, but somehow' nothing came of it In. the meantime McGovern grew heavier and frankly admitted, when pressed, that he could not get to 122 pounds without suffering loss of strength and vitality. Corbett also gained weight, and instead of fighting at 126 pounds he had .all, he could do to reach 127 pounds, which was the weight at which he met McGovern the second time, at San Francisco,, on Marco 21. 1903. Corbett on that occasion knocked Terry out in 11 rounds. On' Tuesday night December 29, at San Francisco, before the Hayes Valley A. C, CorWt fought and defeated Eddie Hanlon. They weighed in at 129 pounds at 6 O'clock on the night of the battle, and by the time the two entered the ring they must have tipped the beam at feast four pounds more, which was above the lightweight limit . . ' The only legitimate claimants - for honors in the featherweight ranks are Harry Forbes, Abe Attell and George Dixon. Forbes was formerly the ban tam champion, and a year ago he did not have the slightest trouble getting to 116 pounds. Like McGovern and Corbett he rapidly took on flesh. He fought Frankie Neil of California for the ban tam prize, and was knocked out Now Forbes confesses that the best he can do is 122 pounds at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. . Attell says that he can train down to 120 pounds, but as he has never been brought to the test the question is far from being settled. ' Attell and Forbes are now matched to fight for the featherweight champion ship this month before ..a club in In dianapolis. They are to weigh in at 3 o'clock , on the day of the match. In former years, when fighting for any kind of championship demanded that the men weigh in,at the .ringside at the weight the class Vailed for, such a procedure was unheard of. It is only lately that lighters have insisted on a number of hours ahead to weigh In. The practice originated among pugilists who were too lasy to continue working on the day of an Important mill to keep within the prescribed weight prior' to scaling at the ringside. They wanted to rest and Insisted that the weight at which the mill was to be decided must be made at a certain hour, long before, the men entered the arena to do battle. ' First it was C o'clock. Then it was 4 o'clock, and now the popular hour is 3 o'clock and sometimes 2 o'clock. In England men who meet at weights below heavy weight go on the scales at 2 o'clock hi the afternoon. In the opinion of many excellent critics George Dixon Is still the legltl mate featherweight champion. Dixon never demurred when it came to weigh ing In. Any old hour suited him. and to this day be is willing to tip the beam at the ringside if necessary. During the past year Dixon has fought with great success abroad. He has whipped Pedlar Palmer and other clever exponents of the manly art in and out of his class. Dixon, .like Bob Fitzslmmons. is -freakish as regards reducing weight. He can build up or reduce as the occasion requires. When he first started out as a pugilist ho was a mere stripling, and fought at 108 pounds. As years went by ho developed into a genuine bantam and could fight at 112 pounds -without.' suffering any inconvenience. ; Then He went u to 116 pounds, then"' to yilg and at the present lme has no dlfflAilty in preparing tor a mm at lZi pounds. Dixon 1 at present matched to fight Jim iowker before the National Sport ing club, London, in January for the bantam title r of that country. The weight is 118 pounds at the ringside, which is equivalent to 116 pounds at 3 o'clock. If Dixon whips Bowker he will return fo the honors which were origin ally his own, nearly a decade ago, when he knocked out Nunce Wallace for the bantam championship of 'England in London. A victory over Bowker will entitle Dixon to a match with Nell or any other bantam. . If this is refused him he can claim the featherweight honors, defend the same and come back t his own, a distinction which ha en Joyed for over 12 years before he was forced to quit by, the solid punches and tushes of UcQovurit, ' M (Journal Special Berrice.) " ' , Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 13,rMlque Fisher was in town a little over a day before he closed a deal by which he secures oon- trol of the old Eleventh street ball park, which has been used for baseball In Ta coma for over 10 years, but which it was announced would never be used again after last season. Fisher, .how ever,, has leased the land, and announces his intention of building a: new double decker . grandstand . and bleachers at once. The park will be extremely small, but it is the most centrally located In the Northwest and Fisher dreaded to, go far ther out. ..Opposition on the part of the residents near the park "forced the city to open up a street which cut across the outfield of the old park, thus reducing the grounds in size to a single block. But Fisher Intends to re-arrange the dia mond, plaoing the home plate in one cor ner instead of at the end. - r Flaher has signed six of his last year's players and will retain them all except First Baseman Townsend. : The six he has signed are the pitchers, Keefe and . Fitzgerald. Egan, Sheehan, Hilde- brand- and-1 togan, jflher.J3-iio waf ter..a first baseman and more pitchers, BRITT AND CORBETT TO BOX AT COLMA (Journal Special Serrice.) San Francisco, Jan. 13. The Col ma Athletic club, through the efforts of Jim Nell, has succeeded in securing - the Young Corbett-JImmy BHtt tight. Nell's offer of a $15,000 purse for the bout was the best received by the little boxers and was satisfactory to both, and they readily agreed upon terms. JinK Nell, the representative of the club, is well known in Portland, having officiated as referee during the., boxing carnival before the Pastime club last spring. 1 BASEBALL NOTES. The arrivals of Phil Nadeau arid Jerry Freeman has started the fans to gathering as of old, and the little bunches of ' that class congregated at Schiller's. Vlgneux's and' Pickett's, and the Sixth-street headquarters at inter vals yesterday, eagerly entered any dis cussion that related to the- local base ball situation. The fans without a no ticeable exception express their confi dence in Manager Ely's ability to get together a winning combination. Ike Butler, who arrived in Bakers field last week, wrote to Manager Ely, requesting him to send Butler's uniform to hlm.V he wants to play in exhibition games, and otherwise indulge in active training-prevlous-to- the arrival of the rest of the local team. Ike Francis is due to arrive here to day or tomorrow, and when he does, Na deau, Freeman, and possibly Manager Ely, will Indulge in a dally jaunt to the ball park and practice a short time each afternoon. Billy ' Hulen- and Bob - Wilner two well-known Pacific Northwest baseball players, arrived In town yesterday. Neither Hulen nor Wilner are engaged for next season, at the present, time, although both have several offers under consideration BKIOGS Z.OST TO BtTLUVAV, (Journal Special Berries.) Boston, Jan, 13. After 15 rounds of fast fighting, Dave - Sullivan of New Vork was awarded the decision over Jimmy Briggs of Chelsea. ' . POB JTOXSIKT WAXAS. How many more things the children of today have to amuse them in the nur sery than they did a few years ago. Even the wall paper now is made either instructive or amusing. .. . Sometimes little. Dutch figures are used In their quaint foreign costumes Snd attitudes." On other walls you will see whole fairy tales or Mother Goose rhymes illustrated. In fact, there is nothing that would amuse or interest the Mttle ones in any way that has been neg lected. 1 - ' AGENTS FOR THE "ROBERTS" $3 HAT. 85-87 THIRP ST.. Bet. STARK and OAK MEN'S $16 SUITS FOR 200 Men's hand-tailored Suits, in .worsteds, tweeds and cassimeres, which formerly sold for $16, will be closed out at $10. ' Every gar- -ment guaranteed perfect in cut and up-to-date in style. 100 Dozen "Men's All-wool i Xratvral aad flesh colorings, pure fabrics; -- were considered . oheap at $2.80 per suit " Sale price, pet garment..... 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Consults tlon free. Letters confidential. BOOK FOR MEN mailed free in plain wrapper. DR. W. NORTON DAVIS & CO., 1454 Sixth Street. Portland, Oregon. Corner Alder. TRANSPORT D1X TO LOAD AT PORTLAND A letter was , received Monday by President Livingstone of the chamber of commerce from . Representative : J. N. Williamson discrlbing the work needed in bringing the Dix and the. grain and hay contracts to Portland., W3v; Wil liamson says: " "As you will have heard, long before this reaches you.- we have been success ful In securing the loading of the gov ernment transport Dix for Portland. - W had rather a lively skirmish over it here. The different delegations from Califor nia, Oregon and Washington, have made life miserable for the quartermaster general -during the past 10 days. To-. day he yielded the point : In favor - of Portland. We had all kinds of prejudice) to overcome in the way of shallow water, quality of hay, etc. "We have secured this transport, and, we want to secure some more. We have broken a very thick formation of ice in this connection. We should now aim to keep the lceroken. In my opinion, af ter discussliTg the matter thoroughly with the quartermaster-general here, the question of whether or not Portland can continue to hold this transport business, or at least, a proportionate share of it, depends largely upon the success or fail ure of loading the Dix at this time. I think you will agree with me that every thing possible should be done to avoid any friction in loading this vessel, either as to the sailors to handle, the quality of either the hay or the oats, wharfage, making the entrance to or the exit out of the port, in short, all matters con nected with her loading at Portland against which so much has been urged by the friends of our competing ports. In the contest, not only the floating ca pacity of our port, but the quality of our products have been ridiculed. -1, for one. am exceedingly anxious that the Dix shall have a pleasant, and successful experience In our port This accom plished, and we will not experience so much trouble with the war department in like matters hereafter." When doctors fail try Burdock Blood Bitters. Cures dyspepsia, constipation; invigorates the whole system. wool . wnwiwa a ml Department BOYS' T7NDEKWEAR j HUps 2 to Zi; r-KM-1 Iht C0o, valii' - Bii . jii lea, -er uuil -during A 'r ll(i . 4'W-k- i