There are a great many hungry hearted
women who would attend a baby sale it
babies were ever offered for sale, because
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children and have been told by physi
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a child of their own.
S, of these women who have used
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cure of womanly ills have been made
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womanlv disease aad the building up of
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little b.ii.v bo'v. born July loth, by tiie help of
O- 1 and vour 'medicine. I praise your inediciuc
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tircai Tract Socurpd in Sentli for
I'cettliifr Grounds."
Chicago, Jan. 15. The Swifts, the
Armours, Nelson Morris and Schwarza
child iV Sulzberger, "the stockvard
amily," have purchased 1,000,000 acres
jf land in Southern Alabama and north
err Honda. The news of the purchase
lias startled the stockyaids, Lasalle
strfet and the railway world. These in--erptc,
pee behind the purchase a move
inteuded to revolutionize the meat in
lustrv of America.
Tbe trieat tract, it is declared, was
pnrcha.-ed from the Louisville and
. Nashville Railway at an average price
of v"! 75 an arip, making the totid
rnont'v consideration if;, 750,000. It is
dei-iat-pd that tie great Chicago packers
intend to estabWsh, on the reclaimed
swamp land and the pine lands of
Georgia and F'orida, the greatest cattle
feeding ground in the world, and to es
cape from rates and double hauls, "the
locai" rates between Montana and
Chicago and New York, in short, to rid
themselves of the great expense of ship
ping, and 'o fatten cattle on cassava.
It is said, before the purchase was
consummated, an agreement was
reached by the agents of the packer?
with th Alabama Agricultural Com
mission in regard to lands which were
held by the Louisville & Nashville Kail-
way on (iovernment grants. The in
dustrial commission, it is said, saw in
the move the opening of a new era for
the .South the acquisition of a great
part of the huge cattleraisine industry
of the Wtst.
The secret of the whole deal liea in
one word cassava. The word cassava
iu connection with the deal has startled
the Lasalle street men and ehoefced the
corn products trust. Cassava is a
shrubbery plant. It has a flesh root
which produces edible starch. It ia al
so called Manioc.
It ws upon this plant that the deal
hinged, aud it is upon this plant, so tbe
Authorities declare, that the future of
the fvuth now rests. The plant has
j e ) found to flouiish in the region of
Southern Alabama. It is declared to
be the greatest fattening agent for cattle
yet discovered.
The Chicago packers have agreed
Aith the Alabama Agricultural Com-aiisF-ion,
it is asserted, to plant the
-!,000, 000 acres in cassava, and to feed
-rattle on it.
The corn products trust is interested,
).ec8ue it is said the packers intend, in
. onneciion with their feeding ground, to
establish great starch factories, and
t j manufacture March and other prod
acts of t lie cassava root and put them
in the field in competition with the
corn products of the trust.
ItlCDAY WITH GUN.
W. F. llulclier Slioots J. C. U'liltc
at Maker City.
Baker City, Or., Jan. 15. W. F.
Butcher one of the leading attorneys of
Eastern Oregon, and the democratic
candidate for congress from the second
district, two years ago, shot J. C. White
a prominent sewer and waterworks con
tractor, this evening about 9:15.
Butcher shot twice, one ball passing
through the fleshy part of White's right
arm and the other striking him in the
side of the neck. White was able to
walk from in front of the postotfice,
where the shooting occurred, to a news
paper office, almost a block away,
where he stopped and medical aid was
called.
Butcher walked to Justice Messick's
office and gave himself up immediately
after the shooting. Butcher refused to
make a statement tonight, further than
to say that White assaulted him and he
shot him in self defense.
Eye-witnesses to the shooting say
that White accosted Butcher as he came
down from his office, which is over the
postoffice. White is said to haye ex
claimed :
"Are yon ready, Butcher?" and to
iiave started forward in a threatening
manner, when Butcher drew his re
volver and shot twice.
The trouble grew out of a contract in
which White and Butcher are interested
at Weiser, Idaho, for the construction
of an electric light plant and water
works system. White says that Butch
er drew a gun on him in Butcher's office
this afternoon. Butcher denies ting, j
At last accounts White was resting
easily.
iTIoney in Kelt.
Tacoma, Wash.. Jan 16. The sum of
if-'j.OOU in gold was found in a worn
leather belt on the body of Wong Lee
Qui, an aged Chinaman who diedyes
terdav on the steamer Ching Wo. He
shipped at San Francisco, and was on
his way home to die.
According t the h ory of the officers
of the steamer. Qoi was a miser. He
tned in every cunning way known to
the artful C! inese to get his fare for less
than the regular rate and to get abo
l'Ue necessaries without paying for
them. It is said that he came to San
Francisco 20 years ago, and was
wealthy merchant of that place, when
he sold out to go home to die.
When the steamer Ching Wo reached
Tacoma from San Francisco the aged
miser was sick, lie decided that he
must land and go to a hospital if he
would live, and he petitioned the immi
gration officers to that effect. Yester
day when they visited the ship to talk
with him he was dead. This makes the
fourth death that has occurred on the
steamer from old age and exposure, and
the ehip'B doctor says there are others
that cannot live until the vessel reaches
the Orient.
Kennedy Is Free.
Hillsboro, Or., Jan. 17. Key. Rich
ard H. Kennedy, the Congregational
minister, has been acquitted of the
charge of havfng entered the house of
E. Q. Warren, a slight distance East of
Iliilsboro, on the early morning of Sep
tember 1, and committing a burgliry.
The jury was out until about 4 :30 this
morning, when they agreed, and signed
a sealed verdict.
Just as soon as it was known that an
agreement had been effected Mr. Ken
nedy was apprised of the fact. It had
come to light that the verdict was ac
quittal, and the minister was greatly
affected.
Leads in Trade.
Washington, Jan. 17. Government
statistics now acknowledge Portland's
supremacy in the wheat trade on the
Pacific. Tiiese figures show that more
wheat was Bhipped Irom Portland dur
ing tbe calendar year 1908 than frrm
any other point on the West Coast, and
was greater than the exports of any
other cities in the United States except
New York and Galveston. In fact tbe
Moth
er I
exkJ
"Mv mother was troubled with
consumption for many years. At
last she was given up to die. Then
she tried Ayer's Cherry Pectoral,
and was speedily cured."
D. P. Jolly, Avoca, N. Y.
No matter how hard
your cough or how long
you have had it, Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral is the
best thing you can take.
It's too risky to wait
until you have consump
tion. If you are coughing
today, get a bottle of
Cherry Pectoral at once.
Three Biies : 25c, 50c, $1. All druggists.
Consult your doctor. If lie says take it,
then do as lie s:i)s. If lie tell you not
to take It, then don't take it. He knows.
Leave it with him. Wo are willing.
J. C. AYKH CO., Lowell, Mass.
shipments from Portland were greater
than the combined export from Seattle
and Tacoma.
To be exact, Portland during the 12
months ended December last exported
5.014,719 bushels of wheat, as compared
with 4,428,112 bushels from San Fran
cisco and 4,597,730 bushels from Puget
Sound. It is true that wheat exports
all over the country, except at Galves
ton, were lighter in 1903 than in the
year previous, but the decline in Port
land is far less than is proportionately
shown in the other districts on the Pa
cific Coast.
Watches for the Holidays
We have them from $2.50 up for boys and 12.50 up for ladies
and'gentlemen ; at these prices no one need be without a watch.
A.11 our watches are sold under a guarantee, hence you run ne risk
if you buy a watch of us.
We can interest you when you want Christmas Gifts.
JEWELRY of every description
STLVERWARE-1847 Rogers Brothers
Sterling, Standard makes.
CLOCKS Reliable Lines.
CUT GLASS-Libby s, the best.
RINGS in all manner 01 settings and sizes
Artistic Engraving Done.
P. 0. B0RG, JEWELER AND OPTICIAN
Democrats Fear Commoner.
Washington, Jan. 17. The determin
ation of Bryan to publish a daily Com
moner at St. Louis during the Demo
cratic convention has given conserva
tive Democrats much concern.
This fact, coupled with the report
that there has been an understanding
between Bryan and Hearst that they
will control more than a third of the
delegates and under the two-thirds rule
of the convention prevent the nomina
tion of any manct 0 their satisfaction
has caused much uneasiness.
Bryan's main object is to pi event tLe
adoption of a plttf rm which in eflett
will repudiate the platforms of 1890 and
1900. O: coursH, he wants a candidate
to his liking, and he wiil use his power
ta that end. Bryan is for harmony if
the ag eement is in Ins direction, but he
is not for harmony that iruans the rec
ognition of pieferment of the gold Dem
ocrats of the last campaigu.
With a paper issued daily and a fol
lowing believing him to be a great and
only Democrat of the country, Bryan
can make a great deal of trouble. A
daily Commoner at the convention is
more feared by the conservative Demo
crats than a daily Hearst paper.
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