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THE OREGON- DAILY JOURNAL; ' PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, "APRIL e; 1C08. i' I. .i i ' , ; v RAILROAD'S PRESENTS AWFUL MUDDLE Titles Jlay Not Be Geared for 10 Years Locators Still Prey Upon "Homestead Victims" Townsena upens ; ' . J ;rener-Box at Washington Hearing. Th purchMni of Orrgon A CllfornU JUllroad company' land art watening . with conaldarabla InUroat tha nov menta now twine mad In conireaa. Th " .' Fulton resolution which paaaed tha aan- ata baa ben ropottad favorably by tha commit tea on public land a, and Bpoak'r Cannon bai aTd to lra It right of . way la tha bouaa aTtur tha approprto- tlona btlla ara out of tha way. it a ' generally conceded that tha renolutlon will paaa wunoui imnnmtni. Another reaolutlon la being prepared with a rlew of protecting tho who pur - rhed land in good faith. Tha exact lanituaga of thla reaolutlon baa not yet . been agreed upon and attorney-general Honaparie ideaa wmi oi cvurno wvm- , rrofeaaioaal Sooaior et Work. ' ' ' In h meantime tha profeaalonal lo ttor la abroad with land-eeeklng Ylo tlma to locate upon railroad land, utter ly unmindful f the fact that it may tiki 1 yeare before the tltlee to theae lunfle ara adjudicated, and in the Interval all tarovementa would be made at the rrll of tho men who locate on the Aoornay Lafterty, in laat 8ondaya Journal, pointed out rery clearty .the feet that actual bona Ada residence on the landa la asKentlal, bene aUowIng advertlaementa like tha following are absolutely misleading, aa they are cal culated to create an Tmpreaalon that se curing a title will bo oaay of aocoa- rllshment: ' . . . KAIUKOAD LAND GRANT I HAVE just returned from southern Oregon, after having examined aererai good timber locations upon which I am ready to ale applicant. I guarantee tha loca tlmi and cruise or will cheerfully refund your money. Come early and aecura the best claims. ' Fee very reasonable and I will take note for H to bo. paid after title la granted' ' Tha postal department baa; under sur eUlance and investigation a local con cern which haa been flooding the coun try with literature offering to locate parties on railroad and wagon road ' grant landa and promialng - wonderful dividend. i ., - All Bhould Seneflt, . tonTwho purchased aeveral years ago a K 8. Collins of Ostranaer, wasnmr "Smart Cloihts Art ITS M indispuMbm Summer '08 AH Cloth Marled ii flail Ajar. Qoalirjr. Verkmanshlp and FltCaaraiteei ' . : Our suits to order at $27,50 cost you elsewhere 535; and are better than ready made clothes at: $30. . .Try i this tailor shop, order your spring clothes NOW. and you will become a firm belieVer in all its promises. .'. ' .. . '" " ' '"': . v AO Goods Ar Cut Under tb Personal Supervision of Mr. Maxwell MAXWELL TAILORING COMPANY 112 Scccsi S!., Kear Alder Livestock has risen 20 per i-m tin-, retail Drice of meat is -on whv? Because the retail meat business of Port- -"d is controllea oy omiin. inc xcc xiust as u uuu c ts trying to drive him outthey are trying it, but they ' J : ft fUa Tief riarl its own wav. vnil woiilfl . r-3un 40 per cent more for your, meat than you are 'yinz todajr. Stay by Smiths Keep awayirom the Trust izzihzf . X ' , M v.-' V -' - ' ?rarik L. Smith iVieatt- "FIGHTING THE BEEF TRIJST'- , v v Alder Street, Between First '.and Second Streets ' LAND f "L A 111 I ; to obtain immunity from congress on ; .; .. . f. ' '.V. .; ' : . .X .;. -........ '.- . - k I 111 11 111 I th ground of pelng Innocent purchasers II . , .. , . r - ; . .. r , . Ul Irill I V s from liarrlmen7. fie HW ' f' HpHrKv . , : ! , " : X' : , T - ' the stronsest cut the government oeuUl . A iW(U l '.,,.-, - r ' , , ouantlty of Oregon A Californl land grant landa, said yesterday: "Of courea, I do not know what the ,al outcome of tha litigation whlchle now being instituted against tha Oregon California Kallroad company, and pur chaaera from them, will have on our ti tles, as It possibly wUl take ?f'!i0 definitely decide the merlta of the oon troveray. But apeakln Individually for myself. If the court decides that the rail road company did not have any title to 1l i th aoM tie. I Sin- mrir trunt that th Un4 will P i. i.TaaS ,u ii In forest rerv, wnert of letting lot of speculators goooie llffiiuiv wui - .. t a up, under tna guiee w n... -In tha traot of railroad land that we Maria Ihl MMiniXT IB i.I -..m-mA mil for any aan In- dividual to aay truthfully that b la filing on Und of thia character to make a permanent home la iimpiy ""'"" He Is after the timber and nothing elae. W own some timber land In Washing ton' which adjoin tho foreat wjm nd we consider we are Tory eligibly lo cated. When tha tins cornea mu we need thia timber th governmenr will en It at a fair price and that in U you can expect from anybody. '" seems torn that the government "hou" Insist that all th tlmrr Und which s forfeited ahould go In to the reserve. If urcbaaera in gooo hair landa , Bimou Zroe to CovatlM. wm i tha Mvernment ahould decide to create additional rewrva of some J.000.000 aprea. It would b " Armma inn . In taxation for tne counties affected. The road and. chool funds would be , Try inaterlia ly - pro duced for aeveral yeara. until aettle- ment was maae P"""'"'- Daseed to the forming areas by th gov ernment But In the end u woma come out all right". ' . Attorney Townseno, peKis government before th cmm, tJ?l ubiio Don as, pisimy ?"W"V r larriman is tne man v" giwuu. of Justice la after. The Detroit New In It report of tha ownaend" plainly revealed, without saying so in set terma that Harrtman u the man tha department of Juatice la .ftr and he Intimated that the large crowd of Michigan . men preaent Made to Order" That good clothes go a, long way in the impression that man makes amongst his " fellow men. Clothes mar not ?Lak!I!"?i to wear vuc gaiiiicuia iui fashion dictates gives him added -prestige, and posi tion. In the making of fashionable clothes to order this tailor shop is a past master. It guarantees you perfect style, ' absolute fit, and quality and workman ship of the best No such variety of cloth, compris t np all the newest oatterns of t.- the world's foremost mills, combined - with val ues, can be duplicated else where, and if you will call, examine or investigate, it will not ; take you long to discover the fact, either. I $22.50, $25.00 $27.50 And up to $40.00 Are prices which will guar antee you truly good c 1 o t h e a made to your o r d e r, X It matters not which price you select, or whether it is suit or top coat, you get the best value possible to give. , Store Opes Evenings cent in the past few.weeks, no higher at Smith's. The ion to the government of the I.00,o0 as, I I T W V aiau eas) still held by lUrriman. f th J0"" that Harrlman had forfeited It b View lat ng the term or we araau "He did not aay th government would proceed against tne Aucnigu men, but he came near It when he sld .wui lorlalatlon waa needed to ...kl- 4nrmnt nt luetics tO trO- ceed against mem in ne omj ni.wi possible. Inasmuch aa the government haa not proceeded against the Michigan men. although having, the power to do n . tnaTa4 Mmi tO COnSTeSS . tO get authority to go, after H""1". ' waa at leaat to be Inferred that if tb Michigan peopl had kept etill they might never have been moleeted. But the Michigan men were here and ob atmr.tln tha lesrlalatur asked, and therefore Towneend peppered them to Ama avUnl In hla rilflftrKL KS VBomebody apeaklng Tor th Michigan men had stated thst the bonds of he uwrh.Kall Lumhtr eoniMny.' gold ihmnrh the Detroit Trust company, had passed into tho hands of widows, 01 ohans. . charitable Inatltutione and . de- nanrianie. Townaend. referring to thia, remarked that It must also be retneru hanui that the Marriman railroad bad bond outstanding and that there were ' widowa and orphans on that aide ' the fence and that 1f widowa and orphans were to te put up aa an cuao for not punishing people for un lawfully aeislng tha publlo domain then tho Harrlman road bad as good ground to ask Immunity aa the Michigan peo ple. Widowa and orphans, be dryly remarked, took a very large ahara In corporation matters of recent years. Artfcu mm Xxotte Apple. Then cam Arthur Hill, of Saginaw. With great force and emphaala he aet an example which would make a na tional hero of liarrlman if , he would follow It . k " Mr. chairman.' ba said, 1. am a member of the Booth-Kellv Lumber company, though not an officer of It There ar here present two other mem bera of it Mr. Blodgett f Orn Kapida. and Mr. Panaher of Detroit Tb bonds of the Booth-Kelly Lumber company, I take It found their ready sale becauao of th character and stand ing of the men In that company. , Speak ing for Mr. Blodgett Mr. Danaher and 3T1 T .a.-!-. that tha Rnflth. Ill ..14. A UDBLI W l mmJ - Kelly Lumber eompany will Uke care of Its own -widowa and orphana. and la not her seeking an amendment of thla legislation or their account. .Another Xya-Opeaer. " Should this proposed litigation ever be puahed to the point where th bonda of the Booth-Kellv Lumber company would be af fected.1 desire to say to thla oommUte that wa, theae members of the company Here present, wui see that tha bonda ara made good to the laat dollar even if we have to go down deep Into our own pocket to make them so.' ' "There wa a llttl ripple of applause from some of the Baglnaw men In tho room, and then Mr. HU1 gave the committee another eye-opener. To ahow that tha Michigan men had been de ceived Into believing tha title to tho landa flawless he aald on of tho sec tlona they bought lay within the con fines of a propoaed national forest and tha rnvtrnmant wanted it The Booth- Kelly company therefore sold It to the a-nvarnment and In buvlnr it the gov ernment examined the title and also de clared It perfect "'Now,' aald Hill, 'if the govern ment itself found nothing wrong with tho title of that property, with all Its experts and all Us meana of in vestigation, la It any wonder that we ahould have been deceived into believ ing tha title goodr" COLE FEELS CONFIDENT OF 111 Eepublican Candidate for District Attorney Making Friends Among Voters. '. James Cole, candidate for the Repub lican nomination for district attorney, will bar a busy week If he makes speeches at all the placet he haa been InviteM to attend. , Tonight he will ad dress a meeting of tha North Alblna Improvement club and during- the reat of the week 4wiU make from on to three speeches each, night So far aa th campaign ba . gone Col I more than satisfied with the support he has been getting from the voters who have been flocking around his standard. -He aald this morning that he waa confident, of receiving the nomination next week and would spend the reet of the campaign In going be fore the voters to tell them what they can expect of him ahould he be elected district attorney, 'You con tell the ceople that I am confident of winning the nomination next week and that J base this fact upon the -assurances I have received from Voters In all walks of life. When T anfaaaBw? fl a El A tt I Of l T WTOal m ffT -Aat dubious because of tha ahort tim: in which I had to make a campaign. I wanted to aro before all the people, tell 'them what they could expect of me If they ahould give me the office, and in t way secure their support. I have done thla and feel confident that they have understood my motives nnd promises. I want them to know that-if I ana elected I will do just aa I have stated to them in the meetings and in mj platform. That is about all there 19 to aay. If the people want the kind of an administration which I have outlined irvmy platform I will get their support because I will live up to that platform it elected." . BLANCHE STODDARD INHERITS FORTUNE Owing to the death -of the foster mother of Miss Blanche Stoddard, lead ing woman of ; the - Baker . stock com pany. Miss Stoddard will be unable to play Rebecca West In the "Roemer aholm" matinees scheduled for this week and the matinees have been indef initely postponed. Miss Stoddard left last night for Chicago In order to assist in settling the estate, which is a large one. She will be absent two weeks and Mis Louise Kent will take her place In vTheiiiternai uitjr next weeK. Rcd'Checker Men Roat (he red checker, from your checker-board in a bowl of water and you will know " why blood is red. Blood has millions and millions of little , red wheels floating in a clear Rujd. The professor calls them red corpuscles. Well, Scott's Emulsion t makes red corpuscles. These f little ?td wheels grow hi the : bone marrow. SCOTT'S : 1 EMULSION contains a power which feeds and pub new life -1 Into the bone marrow of pale '' - people.; . ' . . . All Dracsbtsi SOc aai $1X0. SUCCESS Troubles ilhfi heart may be weak just the came as the eyes, ' stomach or , other organs, I it orten Happens that a person Is born with a weals; heart. Then again; dis-.; ease, revers, over-exertion, anxiety, nervousness.-; rheumatism,- etc. weaken i the heart . The result is : shortness of ' breath, pal- ? pitation, pain in the neart. --or in some of the nerves ' of the chest or abdomen. The heart should bo strengthened with a tonic, and for this nothingjequals Dr. Miles'. Heart Cure. T bad LaOrlno laat fall a 1 thought In a mild form. I was weak. tired feeling, and abort of br breath could hardly a-o about. an4 a mni deal of tho time sort of an asthmaU breathing and extremely nervous. I began taking Dr. MUee Heart Cur and Nervine and now I feel ao muoh better In every war. I am so thank, ful that f began taking this medicine, and shall not hesitate to tell other bow much good It has done me." -, , MRS. F. 3. NORTON. Freexflle. New Ton. Your druggist sells Dr. Miles' Heart Cure, and wa authorize Mm to return) price of first bottle (only) If It fall to benefit you.. Miles Medical Co Elkhart, Ind ni'ILLJITTEIIB Portlanders to Journey to Lewiston to Participate in Blossom Festival. Although nearly a month will elapse before the excursion of Portland busi ness men to th Lewlston Blossom fes tival, a large number of prominent men have signed the list xf excursionist. The date of the excursion Is Hay S. The Lewlston Commercial club has received acceptance of an invitation ex tended to Charles Francis Adams of Boston, to attend the festival and oar' tlcipate in the program. Mr. Adams la credited with having been the firat man to foresee the great possibilities of fruit culture in the Clearwater valley, and to Invest heavily in the lnduatry. Among the Portland men who will go are: Theodore B. Wilcox. Frank C. Kelsoy, Ben Lombard, W. C. Bristol, Erne.t B. Webb. Oecar Huber. Richard W. Montague. John D. Carson, K. B. Piper, John F. Carroll, Oregon Daily Journal, Allen & Iewla, J. B. O' Bryan, John Stewart, torn Kicnarason. w. a. Mont (. turn Aicnerusun, w. A. inunt- r. R. W. Lewis, McCargar, Bate ly. Dr. E. J. Labbe, William War Charles R. Davie.. W. J". Burrell, gomery, k Livel rensl C C. E. Orelle, William L. Brewster, Otis u. wight, ueorge Meatman. Wa Ma Winner. Robert Schleicher, a prominent Lew iaton vlneyardlst who was in Portland to assist in promoting the . excursion, said: ),. !.--. . ,- "I am afraid that I may be accused of unbecoming Immodesty . when I tell you that I took th gold medal for a display of grapes I made at your own big fair. L took It In competition With all California, I waa aucceesfuL not because they were grown by ma but aimply because they were grown at Lewlston. "We have exactly the right climatic conditions for the proper maturing of th beat table varieties. We .have th advantage in many hours more aunlight during the growing season than have the Callfornians, due, of course, to our more northerly latitude. Th fact that we are the 'farthest north" In possi bility of grape culture gives us an ex clusive market and consequently a big profit. I know one man whose net rrofit for nine years from 14 acre was 54.000. "We vineyardists felt the need of this new road to Portland. Ws have seen a market . here which . was open to ua but all unexplotted because of. absence, of direct and rapid ran communication, i suppose there is not a ' live - Jobbing house in Portland but who ha seen a market for the goods at Lewlston but which the trafflo conditions forbade them entering." . LITTLE ONES WORK FOR CALCUTTA POOR At 'the residence of Basel Harcourt, 800 East Thirtieth street, on Saturday afternoon, was gathered between SO and 60 children, celebrating the second n- niversary of the Asha (Hope) mission band, an organisation of little ones sup porting and educating a child widow In BIG CHORUS DOES Those who were privileged to attend the big choral rehearsal, at tb Heilig yesterday afternoon have already en tered into the. spirit of the coming mu sical festival. Borne 800 voices sang out. the strains of the three oratorios and cantatas to be presented the last of this week when the Chicago Sym phony orchestra Is here, and they sang insplrlngly under W. tL Boyert baton. The various sections of ,tb- chorus ar well balanced and : many .of --the nromlnent Drofesslonals may -b seen fending thefr aid toHhe cause and up holding their secUons.,;he chorus has been well drilled and sings well to gether, with attention to details of fin fsh. Most Of the tim yesterday was spent on the numbers that need final uii.hiiir hut these roush bits- served I to show how well the singers must do on the easier numoers. The "Messiah" muslo went perhaps the best for In splto of It elaborate ornamentation It la ao well known that It -would, be hard to find one-In three who Is not familiar ' with-all its music "Fair Ellen," - Max Bruch's charming canuta is well sung and the chorus roes with a swing that befit the work. The musicHn this composition Is simple and easy' to master yet is full of. dig nity, and warmth nd the work of the choi-us is most pleasing ana suows'ine true spirit of th compo-en - ' - jL' Goring Thomas' "Th Bwan and the Skylark?' is a beautiful composition new to Portland. The music Is delight ful -and rather metaphorical In its meaning. Though It Is new and perhaps more difficult than the other two better known compositions the chorus is doing good work with It' Mrs. Warren B. Thomas plays the accompaniments on BUY BUSINESS WORK IN t - I if t ii it ii i t i When a private mission school In Calcutta, India. The children started out to euro for and educate for the position, of med ical missionary an eight-year-old girl named Horldaaal, at a coat of $25 per year. The firat year the tot sent more than 1100 to the school, .and this laat year have ; remitted 1138.7a, IT pieces of clothing, II books, eight dolls. . five yard of ribbon and six articles of Jew elry. Through Us Instrumentality an other child is being supported and edu cated for a similar station, and another hand haa been orcanuted at Bellwobd. Laat year the children bought a Singer sewing machine for this school, and have provided beds and bedding to a large extent Every dollar is sent to tha school direct, and not through any church board or other organisation. : FUNERAL HONORS FOR CLARK W. CARNAHAN ' (Speelil Dltpeteh te The Jouratl.).7, x i Astoria, Or.,, April , Th funeral of the lat C.i W, rCsxnahan, collector of the port., took place at noon yesterday and was Attended by an Immense throne-. - The- floral emblems were- pro fuse and in -many respects magnifi cent. ACLive paji-Dcarere were uie ai taches of the - custom-house, as rot lows: Allen T.'; Anderson, chief clerk C. H. Haddix. A.' Karimen. Nello John son, O. B, Blessing,' inspectors: ' ana Captain Al Beard f the United Statei steamer Patrol. Honorary pall-bearers were: F. 1 rariter,. acting, collector; T, 8. Cornelius, O. - jC. .Fulton. C ?F. Lester, J. v. cimton and .R. CLe. Jumping Ropes Free. Forty label of the Butter-Nut and Buster Brown bread will get- th flneat lumnlnr rone , that ever came-to ;Pott- landT Trimmed with bells and mad of spiral wire. Have tne labels and get one ror tno m giri. ' , , , Metsger, jeweler, optician, H Wash ington. 't i MAGNIFICENT - . REHEARSAL FOR BIG EVENT th piano. When the orchestra- Is here to fill in with breadth 'and - roundness of tone the effect should be delirhtfuL Another rehearsal will be held . this evening at iuuerr hail ana a large final rehearsal Wednesday evening at 7:10 at the Armory. "Fair Ellen'T la to be Kiven Friday evening; "The Bwan and the . Skylark" Saturday evening, ana "Messiah" Sunday evening.' MEXICAN MUSTANG LINIMENT Good for Man or Beast WHILE uainff for Horse ; an Cattle oeax in mind ' ' that it is just aa valuable la your home. - - ' " " (That, lame arm, strained muscle or bruised hand "will not twinge long if Mexican ' Mnatan Liniment - has . been applied. " It penetrates c quickly and so relieves all pain, : and soreness. .- Oar record is CO years of sseceav O With SUITS we .xxx; x v- You See It iii Our Ads So r x. f . - . . f lie STYLES from our, CUSTOM ; BOYS AND UIKLS' SHOES, ?S.5U AND $3 Dots and GirU Shots $2.50 and 03 v We've Shoes for the tlnieit tots, too. . Women's and Children's Hosiery and Men's Socks at Prices Far Below Any Other Store fiN (Giir5 w wjBSSxssssiSSSttXSXBSSSSSm (.. 1 ? Mis V i-irniiT -fnr --' "'flfSiliriwiMiaiM FRONT A1ND MORRISOIN STS. Fiill Measure Yard WOOD Al old body Fir, seasoned, sawed to order, per cord..$G ' COAL Screened and washed, . ' 's . PHONES EAST '7; B4771, all BOYS' Base Ball Suits, Gloves, CakhersV Mitts,Base Balls, Bats 3rd & Oak 1st & The spring models are s prettier by -far than past seasons. Sorosis expert designers have created the most graceful shapes without sacrificing a bit of the most essential quality comfort,' -SOROSIS FOR ALL' -THE, FAMILY . . Women's Sorosis . $3.50 DEPARTMENT, ?4 and ?5 All Around the Northwest Corner of Third and Washington . Streets ' v;.v;-' KZSXSSSSXSSaXSKXZZWXBMXSa n HomeDecorating Is not a dlfflcuft matter when you UOR-E-LAC : TBE ORIEltTAL WOOD FINISH A combination of most durable Var nish and Stains ' for Interior Wood , Work, Floors, Furniture, to, . THE BIG PAINT STORE Fisher, Tliorscn & Co. per ton . . f ?7 Yamhill A mm