OKEUON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 23, 1812.
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.BROTHERS, INDEED.
REGULAR "VARSITV EOY.
Podonk Lawyer Wis the port malt
killed when the fait express hit him?
r SI Dike-No. but be didn't eat tor
Booth. . : ' . - " .': '
Podunk Lawre'r Aecordin' to that
you owe the railroad about 40 for the
fodder jou tared. - ; .
' GOOD LOGIC
Ethel -What m Allot wonderinl
about T
: Florence Wondering whether Edwin
will propott on one or both bended
knee. - ,
Howell Tou were boys together,
feren't yon?
Powell More than that: we looked
throueh the same knothole in the fence
Binke Do you use dgarettesr
Kinka Only when fm feelinf
SO DIFFERENT.
Br-
TOHB.
Binki And are yon nerrout much?
Klnkt Only when not using 'em.
to tee the baseball games.
-, Romantic Miss Will I marry
prince?
r The Ser No, m'chlld; you wert bora
lucky.
Wallie Bo Think de aeroplane ia a
success?
Eddie Tramp-It 'would be if It had
nice brake beams under it.
Galnton Is our son going to bt
man of letters?
Wainton Ooess so:, he cot four, of
'em on his college sweater now. ,
THE
r LIKE A FREICHT. J--
Naybotly Don't you erer again want
to be friends with B Inks 7 ., . v
Knots No, If I did the mosey I
pent for that tpitt f etc would bt
watted,
Monday's Debyed
Reerome of World Happenings Received From 3 o'Clock Yesterday
Afternoon Until 3
Political.
Contributions to the national Prohibi
tion party's campaign were $30,035.38,
according to a reDort Treasurer H.' P.
! Faria has telegraphed from Clinton, Mo.,
to 'the Clerk of the house of representa-
Uvea. The expenditures are placed at
I18.2J2.41.
The campaign committees of the Un
: ion League club of New York has re
ported it had received contributions for
' the Republican campaign to the amount
' of 118,716. The largest contributor was
- Frank J. Gould, who gave 15000.
Graduated Single Tax league, Sunday
night-wrote C. H. Shields a challenge to
debate with" him on the graduated tax
measure. The latter, declined.
According to announcement made Mon
day, Senator Otipjw of Minnesota will
be obliged to abandon his trip to Oregon
to aid Senator Bourne; as he had been
requested. to help Governor Johnson fill
Colonel Roosevelt's dates in New York
state during the last week of the cam
paign. Governor Hawley of Idaho, in whose
ppwer is the appointment of a successor
:to the late Senator Heyburn, to fill the
unexpired term until the legislature can
elects emphatlcall denies he has made a
" selection, and states the appointment
Will not be made until after election.
Stating positively that he was tn
favor of the reelection of the Republi
can candidate, Senator Knute Nelson
of Minnesota on Monday gave his first
positive indorsement of President Tuft.
Representative Lafferty, according to
ttt ' siUfnttii Sfoistnanf vaAaliia1 W.. 4- V.
clerk' of the house of representatives, J
election since nis nomination.
Addison T. Smith, Republican candi
date for Representative to congress in
. Idaho, reports he received no contribu
tions and has spent nothing In hit cam
paign. Eastern.
Three men, unmasked and unarmed,
robbed the branch office of the Pruden
tial Life Insurance company, in the
heart of Brooklyn's business dlRtrlot
- escaping with $5000 in cash. The rob
bery occurred Just two blocks away
from a police- station. The bandits en
tered the office while Miss Alice Bren-
. BU tka Mat.!,., tan .1ln. ThA.
bound and gagged the girl, looted the
open safe and escaped In the crowded
streets.
, jib nuiuinuuiio containing; mree
women and three men killed George P.
i Rice, a contractor at Glenbrook, N. Y.,
. Monday night. The men carried the
tody Into the weeds at the side of the
road and fled.
, Th navy's new wireless station at
Arlington, Va., the most powerful plant
in the world, on Monday night flung
' from Us lofty aerials the first messages
. which signalized the completion of an
.Important step in the building of a
globe girding wireless system that will
1. .kU P V, Tl.ti.i 01.1..
navy and every Insular possession with
in Instant communication of the capital.
In the trial of Mrs. Louise Lindloff
at Chicago, Dr. Walter S. Haines, testi
fying as an expert toxiocologlst. said
he found between three and four grains
. of a mineral poison, enough to cause
death, in the body of Arthur Lindloff,
her ton, and that he also found the same
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News Briefly Told
o'Clock This Morning.
drug in deadly quantities In the bodies
of William. Lindloff, one of Mrs. Lind
loff a husbands, and Alma Lindloff, her
daughter. '
Herman Grau, who was first to pro
duce "Lohengrin" in America, and who
was once manager for Salvlnl. Patti. de
Resske and others, is dead at his home
in New York at the age of 87 years.
John Gambold, charged with arson,
who the police say has confessed to
starting; fires which caused a loss of
$100,000 and the death of one fireman,
was held to the grand jury at Minneapo
lis Monday on $5000 bail. -
John Bernauer, the youthful Bavarian
who robbed the residence of J. P. Mor
gan Jr., and other wealthy persons of
New York of thousands of dollars'
worth of Jewelry r told In court the story
of his burglaries, but said he was under
the hypnotic spell of an old "pal" at the
time.
The taking of testimony of John D.
Arehbold In the Standard Oil-Waters-Pierce
litigation Was postponed Monday
until Thursday, pending the determina
tion of negotiations to settle the suit
out of court.
Pacific Coast.
The gasoline motorboat Antler was
synk by striking on a submerged log in
the Klamath river Sunday afternoon.
Thomas Jackson and J. M. Hansbrough,
a brother of the late Senator Hans
brough of North Dakota, were aboard
and narrowly escaped drowning.
Oren Parmenter, who, In company
with Miss Marie Wallace, with whom
he eloped, was arrested at Pomeroy
Friday on a charge of larceny of an
automobile belongtng to Daniel Wal
lace, was arraigned in police court at
Hpoaane Monday and placed under $2000
bonds.
Howard Brothers of Westfall have
just closed a deal in which they dis
posed of their sheep. They sold to R.
J. ivers and C. W. Fegtly of Watson
for $10,000 cash. This Is one of the
largest local sales in Malheur county
this year.
The steamship Northwestern, the last
vessel of the season from St. Michael.
at the mouth of the Yukon, arrived at
Seattle Monday with her full passenger
capacity taken by nearly 600 persons
from that port and Nome, and $500,000
in gold.
Por:-jn.
Charged with sending colored and
sensational reports to his paper, II. F.
Hiocum, correspondent at Mexico City
for the Los Angeles Times, has been
expelled from Mexico and Is now en
rouie to the frontier. Slocum Is the
third American to be expelled in the
last week.
The diplomatic representatives of 11
countries at Peking decided Monday to
protest against the alienation by China
of the salt revenues while the Boxer
indemnity remains unpaid.
Lord Denman, the governor general
of Australia, has been practically ex
pelled from Sydney by the authorities
of New South Wales, and the matter
has cauaed hard things to be said of
the Australian state in England.
New rules for ocean going steamships
were approved in Berlin Monday at
conference hold in the ministry of the
interior, at which representatives of
the German ministers, the federal coun
ell and the shipping Interests were Dres
ent. They deal with the questions of
bulkheads, lifeboats, wireless tetegraphy
and tne reporting or icebergs.
When American marines, on October
4, charged up and captured Coyatepe
hill, near Masaya, Nicaragua, after hav
ing raked the insurgent position with
their batteries of rapid fire guns, they
found among the dead rebels a Nlcara
guan woman a modern Mollte Pitcher.
Multnomah County
The county nigh school fund meas
ure. No. 380, in favor of, and No. 381,
against, on the Multnomah county bal
lot, has already become a law In the
counties of Lane. Linn, Polk, Union,
Jackson and Yamhill. The measure is
fostered by R. F. Robinson, oounty su
perintendent of schools. . . -
It is submitted by the county Court
as prescribed by law, the oounty court
having been presented with an Initia
tive petition signed by 8180 qualified
voters of Multnomah county, which is
10 per cent or more of the total num
ber of electors in the county, asking
that the measure be placed before the
electors of the county at the election
November 6.
The proposition is Intended to give
country boys and girls an opportunity
to attend high school without paying
tuition, and to require country prop
erty to bear its pngjortlon of tax for
that purpose.
Control of County Board.
It 'the county electors decide that a
county high school fund shall be cre
ated In Multnomah county, such fund
shall be under the control of a county
high . school board. This board will
aoaslat of the county JuageU wo coun. 1
ty commissioners, the county treasurer,
ant! the county superintendent of
schools, each of whom shall act on the
borrd In his official capacity.
The county judge will act as ex
officio chairman if the board, and the
county school superintendent will act
as ex-offlclo secretary. The county
ef f trials-eervtng on- the bPBrd wIII serve
without additional compensation.
Clutched tightly in her handt was a
one pounder shell, which she was trying
to load into a rebel field piece, when
a bullet from the American fore struck
her.
Premier Poincalre and Tomasso Tlt-
toni, the Italian ambassador to France,
have signed an agreement reoiprocaily
recognising Frances right of entire
freedom of action in Morocco and Italy's
complete liberty In the government of
Libya.
Miscellaneous.
Officials at Washington on Monday
denied that -there was- any -purpose-on
the part of President Taft to declare
martial law over any part of Texas as
an Incident to the continuance of the
revolution In Mexico.
Lewis Coderre has been appointed
secretary of state of Canada to fill the
vacancy in the cabinet made when F,
D. Monk i-estgned the portfolio of min
ister of publlo works, as a protest
against the government's naval policy.
Approximately $300,000 has been paid
out of the publlo treasury since last
December to employes of the govern
ment injured in the performance of
their duty.
The United States treasury depart
ment wants to buy a monkey. For sev
eral days the government has been mak
ing a fruitless effort to secure any kind
of a monkey, however common, to be
used by the public health service for
experiment in its crusade against in
fantile paralysis, which already has es
tablished the - fact that the ordtnary
stable fly is a carrier of that disease.
Mineral oil exports from the United
States in 1912 will show a larger total;
both as to quantity and value, than in
any earlier year. The quantity ex
ported Will,'aoerdlng to the latest fig
ures of the division of statistics of the
department of commercD and labor, ap
proximate 1,800,000,000 gallons, or an
average of 6,000,000 gallons a day, and
the value $120,000,000, or an average of
about $333,000 a day.
It was held by the Interstate com
merce commission Monday as a princi
ple that "where there are two routes
between the same points over which
different rates apply, one who pays
the higher rate is not entitled to an
award of damages merely because a
lower rate was in force via the other
route."
The Canadian Paciflo railroad has
announced that a new tariff on grain
shipments from western Canada points
to Duluth and Minneapolis would go
Into effect on November 8.
The Canadian Pacific Chicago ex
press, which left Toronto Monday, col
lided at Streetsville with a train bring
ing to Toronto soldiers from a sham
battle. Two privates of the Twenty
eighth Highlanders were killed and 3
persons were Injured.
Refusing to accept a remittance of
$1000 sent by his father, Sir Frederick
Newman, of Pasly, Scotland, and handed
the proverbial shilling instead, Fred S.
Newman, the baronet's fourth son, now
residing at Moose Jaw, Bask., has be
come disgusted at his august parent
and has betrothed himself to Miss
Frances Moore, a bindery girl. Young
Newman gives up an inheritance of
$1000.
Alarmed at the possibility of the de
partment of agriculture publishing 'a
bulletin warning .the general public
against placing confidence In state
ments of those engaged In fruitgrow
ing development, and fearing lest It
may do an irreparable Injury to the
welfare of the Paciflo northwest, Repre
scntative Hawley has written an urgent
letter to Secretary Wilson of that de
partment protesting against the Issu
ance of such a bulletin.
CENTRAL PACIFIC LEASE
BRINGS LARGE REVENUE
(Stiem Bureau of Tbe Jonrnil.)
Salem, Or., Oet. 29. The annual re
port of the Central Paciflo Railway com
pany, whose railroad Is leased by the
Southern Pacific company, shows that
the company receives a net income of
$4,741,560.60 from Us lease. The gross
income from the? lease of the road Is
$13,366,173.87. In addition to this it re
ceives from miscellaneous rents. Inter
est on securities, loans and accounts,
and as miscellaneous income, the sum
of $1,772,102.47.
According to its annual report, filed
today with the state railroad commis
sion, the Oregon & California Railway
company, .receives a gross Income from
Its lease to the Southern Paciflo cf
$3,500,404.62. and receives $33,860.37 In
come from other sourcea Its net cor
porate Income for the year was $1,230,
S03.34. Measure on Ballot
It shall be the duty of the county
high school board to prepare an esti
mate of funds which will be needed to
pay the tuition of the students for the
ensuing year, and this estimate shall
be presented to the county court The
county court will then be authorized to
levy a special tax to raise the amount
of money indicated in the estimate.
According to the provisions of the
law governing the county high school
fund the attribution of the fund, if
it is established, Shalt be upon the aver
age daily attendance of pupils during
the school year,
Amount Distributed,
However, the total amount paid to
any district during the school year
shall not be less than $40 per pupil for
the first 20 of such average dally at
tendance, and $30 for the second 20,
nor more than $12.50 per pupil for the
remaining pupils. Tbe total amount
paid-any district shall not exceed the
amouht paid by the district . to . the
teachers employed in that district
The law further provides that no high
school shall be paid tuition for any
pupil unless that pupil holds an eighth
grade dlploma-from tome couaty-ia
Oregon or its equivalent from another
state, except that pupil Is already a
student in a high School.
It ,1s provided.' too, that the student's
parents or guardians must be residents
of the district In which- th student
attends school before hit schooling fee
In paid from the fund, -unless some
rtleepeelai arngemeat la made With
the1 county high school board. v. . .
CityMeasuresonBallotArticleNo. 16
Creation of Local Public Utilities Commission Proposed by Charter
- Amendment to Be Submitted; Three Commissioners.
To create a local publlo utilities com
mission Is the purpose of a proposed
charter amendment to bt submitted to
Portland voters next Saturday at the
special city election. The bill, If passed,
directs the mayor within 20 days after
Its passage to appoint three, commis
sioners to serve until July 1, 1913. It
provides tnat -LJhe nextegular-jslty
election in June, 1$13, three commis
sioners be elected, one to serve for two
years, one for four years and one for
six years. At each succeeding biennial
city election one commissioner it to be
elected for a term of six years. The
salary of each commissioner is fixed at
$5000 a year. The qualifications for
the commissioners are that they shall
be citizens of the United States, of
Oregon and residents of Portland for
five years previous to their election,
and taxpayers.
The avowed object of Councilman Will
H. Daly, who fathered the bill, and of
the other advocates of the measure, is
to preserve to Portland all powers of
regulating public utilities within the
city. Mr. Daly end some of his con
freres say that they have no objection
to the passage of the Malarkey bill for
a state commission, but that this bill,
as it has been referred to the voters to
be decided upon at the state election
next Tuesday, does not go far enough.
That is why, they say, the local com
mission bill has been drafted.
Arguments Put rorth.
If a city' turns over its streets for
the use of public service corporations,
say the men behind the Daly amend
ment, it would seem plausible that the
city, through its own commission,
should have the right o fix the terms
and conditions of such privilege, rather
than a state commission, which has no
direct Interest It is claimed, further
more, that a local commission can give
these matters Its entire time and closer
study and attention than oould a state
commission.
Partisans of the local bill advance the
contention that a state commission,
even with the best intentions, no matter
how able the commissioners may be,
are only three men hampered by the
limitations of time and space. Such
a commission, it Is held, might very
properly prepare a set of rules for the
government of all public service cor
porations, affecting for instance, valu
ations, methods of bookkeeping, stand
ards of service, etc., but, it is main
tained, such a commission can not ade
quately cope with the details and local
phase of each corporation, differing,,
necessarily, in the various cities of the
state.
"In the local commission bill," says
Mr. Daly, "the smallest number of com
missioners, three, is provided for. The
salaries are reasonable, considering 'the
caliber of men required. The commis
sioners are elected from among the clt
lsenry of Portland and are responsible
to this community for the faithful per
formance of their duties.
Three Per Cent Tax.
"Unlike the Malarkey bill, the local
measure provides for a $ per cent tax
on the earnings of all publlo service
corporations,, to defray the expenses of
maintaining the commission. In mak
ing this provision the broad ground Is
taken that every industry requiring reg
ulation should pay all the costs of such
regulation. On the other hand, the
Malarkey bill seeks to relieve the cor
porations of, all expense and to throw
the burden on taxpayers.
"Portland is the only great city in
the state and the only municipality that
can present reasonable argument for the
regulation of public utilities. The smaller
cities in Oregon have no such problems
to solve and the public service corpora
tions in these cities rather pander for
public favor in order to secure patron
age. The regulation of publlo utili
ties Is a problem peculiar to large cities
and Portland should solve her own with
a local commission.
"Opponents of the local commission
plan have said much in favor of the so
called Malarkey bill, which has been
held before the eyes of voters as s copy
of the Wisconsin public utilities law.
Wisconsin Lew Cited.
"Of great Importance In the Wiscon
sin law Is a section relating to Indeter
minate permits, defining the term to
embrace every grant, direct or indirect
from the city or from the state, and de
claring all such permits to be amended
and to continue in force and effect only
until 'such time' as the municipality
shall exercise Its option to purchase, or
until the permit shall be otherwise ter
minated according to law. This section,
if applied locally, would be particularly
offensive to the Portland Gas company,
the Portland Railway, Light & Power
company, the Southern Pacific and other
corporations which claim the right to
do business in perpetuity under grants
from the state. NO sucn section nss
been Incorporated in the Malarkey bill,
while the Daly measure ooes incorpo
rate the section in so far as it can be
made applicable locally.
"In the Wisconsin law it is manda
tory that the commission shall publish
Its reports. As a matter of publicity
In the disposition of cases by the com
mission Is essential In securing the
greatest measure of protection to the
Interests of the public. It would seem
reasonable that the Malarkey bill should
contain a like prevision, but this also
has been omitted in that bill. The ques
tlon for us, then, to consider is, 'Is it
safe for the people of Portland to have
knowledge of the business and statis
tics of the commission, as have the Wis
consln people?"
Comparison of Systems.
" 'The Wisconsin law provides that the
ammlsaloninJJtJuinouaLjceportt.phalV
publish the value of ail property actu
ally used by the corporations and userui
for the convenience of the public. The
Malarkey bill omits this provision and
also .one for the making publlo of the
reports of the commission and the pro
ceedings st its sessions. ,
"The Wisconsin law provides that
when articles, or -Instruments ued . for
the .measurements of service art found
to be faulty the expenses of testing
these shall be assessed against the. cor.
poration at faielt. The Malarkey bill
does not mention this provision. The
Wisconsin law provides for 'public'
hearings. The other Is silent as to
publicity, though providing that conv
plaints may be 'heard.' One bill pro
vides that hearings must, be held-within
10 days Of the receipt of complaints.
The other sets no time limit, but leaves
the matter to the pleasure of the com
mission. The cost of investigating
complaints is taxed ' against the corpo
rations when it is proved that they are
at fault In Wisconsin. The Malarkey
bill has nothing to say on this score.
In Wisconsin tne law provides that a
transcript of evidence and proceedings
shall be furnished free to Interested
persons. The Malarkey bill' says noth
ing about this. Another very important
provision of the Wisconsin bill states
that 'no changes in rates shall be made
without the approval of the commis
sion.' This has been entirely omitted
by the framers of the Malarkey meas
ure. Hot Copy of Bill.
"From the foregoing comparison, the
voter may see why we have contended
that the Malarkey bill is not a true
copy of the Wisconsin bill, and that it
will not prove nearly so .effective as the
Wisconsin measure is claimed to be."
Opponents of the Daly commission
bill argue that one of the most impor
tant objections to it is the enormous ex
pense the maintenance of a separate
publlo service commission for Portland
would entail They point out that one
Item alose, that of salaries, would mean
an expenditure of $16,000 a year, or
$30,000 in two years, while under the
Malarkey bill the expense of regulating
public utilities over the entire state is
limited to $35,000 in two years. It is
contended that the expenses in addition
to the salaries provided in the local
commission Would make , the total an
nual expenditure of such body approx
imate $50,000. It Is held that the Daly
bill gives the local commission absolute
power to levy taxes for Its upkeep with
out any check by the city council or
other clvio body; that the commission
could use this vast power to build up a
great political machine.
Those who oppose the Daly bill are
generally In favor of the Malarkey bill.
They say that the state bill wss drafted
with the idea of cutting down all un
necessary expenses and that this was
the reason it extended the powers of the
state railroad commission to municipali
ties so that two separate commissions
would not have to be maintained by tax
payers. They claim that the railroad
commission can supervise municipal
publlo service corporations effectively
and economically.
Power Conferred.
As an Illustration of the great power
conferred upon the local commission
by the Daly amendment Its opponents
point to subdivision 55 of section 112.
This states that the council of the
city of Portland not only has tbe pow
er, but "It shall be Its duty to Include
In the annual tax levy or other levies
for municipal purposes,, whenever it
shall appear that th general funds of
the city are, or may not be sufficient for
the purpose, a sufficient sum to defray
all expenses, provided lor, or authorized
by, this section, notwithstanding any
limitation in the charter of the city of
Portland upon the amount authorized
to be levied or assessed."
As the Daly bill consists of only one
section in 67 subdivisions, the wording
of subdivision 64 gives the local com
mission unlimited power to make the
tax levy as high as it may see fit. That
the expenses of the commission might
easily run into vast sums is arguod
from the wording of subdivisions 14 to
16 inclusive. These subdivisions spe
cifically state that the commission may
give the city attorney "such additional
compensation as shall be determined by
the commission" for services rendered
to the commission. Subdivision au
thorises the commission to employ a
secretary and to determine his compen
sation. Subdivision confers on the com
mission the unlimited power of employ
ing "such clerks, inspectors, experts
and other assistants as It may doem
necessary to carry out the provisions of
the act. and to prescribe their duties."
It gives the commission absolute power
to psy any salary ana incur any sx
pense without limit.
Charter la Revolutionised.
"In short," says Dan Malarkey, au
thor of the bill of the ssme name, "the
Daly amendment completely revolution
izes the city charter; it confers a dan
gerous power on three men end places
the taxpayers absolutely at tne mercy or
the trio, who may uee this power, it
they be eo inclined, to build up the
greatest political machine ever known
"One of th most glaring defects In
the local commission plan, in my mind.
Is the Inability of a city commission to
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value the physical property of a corpor. I
ation that operates within. and without
the city. How can such- a commission
place a correct valuation on the prop
erty of a street railway, for Instance,
when the greater part of the line and
the generating plant may be situated
outside the city limits T The local com
mission has power only to fix values
tlons up to the boundary line. And if this
be true, how can such a commission
fix an equitable rate based on a fair
valuation?.
"There is no merit In the contention
that th so-called home rule amendment
to our constitution prevents or in any
way Interferes with the state regulat
ing and-controlUns,-theopexatlonsof
publlo service corporations within mu
nicipalities. The supreme court of Ore
gon has already in several oases held
that the home rule amendment does not
detract from the power of the legisla
ture or the people to enact statewide
laws on any subjeci.
. Argument Against Plan.
"If municipal regulation would reach
the evils aimed at it would be neces
sary to enlarge the powers of the coun
cil; but experience has taught that
councils are too often dominated and
influenced by publlo service corpora
tions. The same conditions that enable
corporations to land their friends in
the council would enable them to land
their friends In any municipal public
service commission.
"The srgument advanced against hav
ing the railroad commission handle com
plaints from municipalities, that the
stste commissioners have too much
other business to attend to and that
they would not be able to give ade
quate attention to details incident to the
regulation of purely municipal corpora
tlons Is not meritorious. The state com
FEEL SHAKY, BILIOUS, HEADACHY,
OR CONSTIPATED?
Sick headaches! Always trace them
to lazy liver, delayed, fermenting food
in the bowels or a sick stomach. Poi
sonous, constipated matter, gases and
bile generated in the bowels, instead of
being carried Out of the system, Is reab
sorbed into the blood. When this poi
son reaches the delicate brain tissue It
causes congestion and that dull, sicken
ing headache.
Cascarets remove tne cause oy stimu
lating the liver, making tne one ana
constipation poison move on and out of
Greatest Nerve
No. 2
I have riven per
sonal inspection to
the working of M.I.
S. T. on the human
system, and must
say that it entirely
meets with my pro
fessional sanction.
D. H. LOOM1S.
Late Demonstrator of
Anstomr. Philadel
phia Medical College
VhatVe Guarantee
RHEUMATISM, no matter how Ions standing.
Any case ot Inflammation of the Bladder or
Enlarsed Prostate Gland, no matter it tbe pa
tients have beD for years forced to use s
eatheter. BLOOD POISON IN AMY STAGS.
ANY CASE OF DIABETES.
It is bo stimulant. Its edtota are permanent
and lasting. Will cure snr ease of Stricture
without local treatment.. Will remove entirely
from the srstea Oanoer snd Cancerous Germs,
In additloD to the above, M. I. S. T. No. I
bas cured many eases of Paralysis, Locomotor
Arirircym . S. T.
SO) CAN DY CATHARTil
. 1 Jssnl ALSO 3 Bt 80 CENT BOXC I "
rasa Mi
FREE
Tor l r Ttn errr, 33J aherioek Blflr.,
to a p. iu. I -ona UiiA ;4. . Cpea uad7S 1
alway lvta.
mission can handle all complaints) and.
can do so more economically,. For In- 1
stance, In a given city, it would not be -
necessary to employ inspectors fer any
great length of time, yet it would be
difficult to secure men who would b -
willing to work for short periods. A
state commission could employ a' per-.
manent corps of Inspectors and when
these would not be required tn one city
they could be sent to another, thus r- .
duclng the expense of salaries.
Calls Ktatemeats Pals.
- "As to- the -statements -made- by . op- -ponents
of the "Malarkey bill, that it is
full of 'jokers' and omits all th Im
portant regrulatory- feature of the Wis
consln publlo utilities law, 1 wish to
say that such statements are absolutely
false. : v ' ,"-
"It Is true that the Wisconsin pro
vision for the amendment of Indeter
minate, so-called, franchises or permits
was left out of my bill for the reason
that many conservative people thought .
It could not be. passed with such a dras- .
tic provision. I realize that thertnay
be some sections in my bill that time
will show the advisability of amending.
No new legislative act is perfect But
if there are such undesirable feature
tn the bill, or If it should have others
that have not been Incorporated,' the
people of the state still have the, right
to amend It in any particular and will
doubtless do so." . !
Old Country Rates -
The Canadian Pacific sells through
tickets from Portland to European
points st low rates. Reservations now
being made for Christmas sailings. Of
fice Third and Pine (Multnomah Hotel
building). . .
the bowels. The effect is almost In
stantaneous. Ladle whose sensitive or
ganisms are especially prone to sick
headaches, need not suffer, for they can
be quickly cured by Cascarets. One
taken tonight wilt straighten you out by
morning a 10-cent box will keep your
head clear, stomach tweet, ; liver anJ
bowels regular and make you feel bright
and cheerful for months. . Children need
Cascarets, too they love them because
they taste good and never gripe or
sicken. , : i
and Blood
T.
Ho.r
f.l.l.S.T. !o.27iII G::r;
Alula, Spinal Trouble and apparently la. .
able dUeases o( tbe nerves. -
M. I. a T. ban on tbs market for ever '
years, and has cured tbouunds of sutTirr. I
la prescribed by leading physicians all e-r I.
country. It Is plettxant to take end i,m, un
safe. It never lncrwe or dlminihr i
sotlon ot tbe heart. If too are uflrrn r tu
any ehronle diseas yoa are urge! to wr
as. no matter bow many doctors or k:n. .
medicines von have tried without reiKt. V
GUARANTEE TO CURS YOU. .
ijll - f V;
Tbs yoa say JudsaoJ tbavalu of the Crc&t Sptc' .'U
elf. we wUl send you en week' tre&iuicut i
- only asking that when vured yourself you will r
to other. Writ eotitldntitlally to nur D.Mir 1 l ,
giving symptoms, tl per boi. or six bote lor I
CO., 7c !
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