BUY D I RE C T N E W S ITEM S W H A T O U R N E IG H B O R S IN C A L IF O R N IA NORTHWEST MARKET REPORTS; GENERAL CROP CONDITIONS SAY. Of General Interest I want to extend to ou my heartfelt b a n k s for th« IwneitU derived from Ihe use oi your medicines, also for the kind atul good advice obtained. I am a proud mother, " I hail been a great sufferer; three times 1 was ;iven up to die— Mir months ago. the last time being four I doctored with several doctors but obtained no relief. Wo* told that an operatiou would effect a cure, to I submitted to one, but this proved like all the rnedicim-s I had taken — not beneficial. I obtained, ami started at once taking * Favorite Prescription.' ♦'Four months ago the doctors and nurse said it would lie a year or more before I would be able to do my house work, and, of course, I thought to myself as I was not able to walk across the Boor for several week*. I am now able to do my housework and to care for my children aud I do not feel as though I could ever thank you enough for the benefits I have re ceived."— Mas. M abju -LU Km -, 184 South Fasadena Ave. W hy should any woman continue to worry, to lead a miserable existence, when Dr. l'ierce’ s Favorite Prescription Is sold by druggists, in cither tablet or liuuid form ? Sick people are invited to consult Dr. Fierce by letter, /ret. A il corres pondence is held as strictly private and sasredly confidential. Pasadena, Cal.- { Do Your Own Plumbing | dlrwt from us #t vhulMal« «H i m •nd u u U m plNnilar'i pruftte. Write us u>- dajr your vumm S s W s w ill «lit you our rusk* botiuni "dlrwt.to-rou" prices, f. s b. rill or bout. Ws Mkullr *#vs you fr«»m 10U II psr SsnL All gowls susrsntsMl About Oregon III burin« Crime Decreasing in Oregon Declares Warden of State Pen Northwest hssd<|usrt<*rs for l / w t e W sU r .Salem “ Statlitira o f this inatltu- tiori during the current calander year | warrant the Itellef that crime in Ore- i gon is ateadily dvcreaaing, and that | the number of commitment* to the i (»«nitentiary may be materially re duced during the next few yeara," nay* Warden John W. Minto in hia bi ennial report to the atate board o f con* H I B rsrvtt St.. N * «r Ninth. Portland, Ora. trol. Speaking o f the reformation o f pris Portable Electric and Oxy-Acrfylme Plant. oner«, the report says that 76 per cent lUady at .11 H oms . o f them can be reformed and the re O a y -A c .ty U «. W .UItn. ami C ulli«*. W .ld in . maining 26 per cent “ are criminal* by by T bsi»id . IJsctrtcdy. Oay-Acstylsns. nature, training and inclination,” ami that “ their entire lives w ill be spent W siding of Shssl Stssl. Coat Iron. Aluminum Be see. tic. HoiUr ami Manns Work either In some |>enal institution or s Specially. dodging one.“ The 76 per cent sus A l i t o AUITNTM- Th# Ifsnderson Willis Welding ceptible to reformation are “ unfortun ! Culling t o Kt la »u k tl S. A tsdsrnl ate victims o f passion, financial diffi ass Works. dt»i HI. A Redftis Ave., Chicsgu. culties, careless raising, unfavorable environment and weakness In the face o f temptation, ” say* the report. The «egregation o f prisoners is recom- j mended. SIXT H A N I» KVKKKTr STS. Systems and Kullsr A Jubnnun Ditfln«. STARK D AVIS CO. IIS TVIrd Slrsst. Ksrllsmi. Or#«on The Mathews Welding & Cutting Co., . R N ew Houston Hotel - .............- ........... Four Block« Irum lliUmi Rtalinu. Undor n r * maitaa.nt.nl, Ail ru<.ni. n.w ly (J.nor.lod SMCCIAI. K ATK S 11V WHICH OH MONTH K « ln 90c. 79c. ( I . »1.90 I ’ m Day Car License Cards Issued. Salem—To the 40,000 motor vehicle \ owners and chauffeurs of Oregon, Sec- : retary o f State Olcott has mailed *p- 1 plication blanks for registration for the year 1017. A transmittal card with the horsepower of each machine, Pipe. Flume, Pumps, Cíate*. Weira, figured according to the Oregon law, Tanka, Troughs, Silo*. We «p e was inclosed with each application, d a li*« on Irrigation and Drainage and also a notice requesting owners Wurk A. L GAGE & SON not to ask for the assignment o f any Purtland, Ore. certain number. 303 Spalding Bldg. “ The attempt to accommodate those who have wished for the same number A C m C Telia It M*4> S.: Il Doe* Not Grow So. each year, as well as those asking for specified numbers, has proven unsatis- T h .r* U unlr on. way te rut • * . m .I Viuiin Without U n i t K i- i factory and impracticable, ” said Sec- |Mnu, which U S.ful In yuur i retary Olcott, “ and therefore requests ( lit IU 4 t> M .n d h . v . t l t in t . Intunn Old Uwud U m . K id - o f this nature w ill rece've no atten m at.. gtv.n Iru.. All wurk tion this year.” rutmtMl. Hnrul 1 « Irrigation Systems TNP. C O UI.TKH CO., m h M w n t. r.tud. a. Apples Wait for Cars. Hood R iver— W ith immediate orders O rison V uicaniiino C omrany moved to 834 (w 8*7 Mu maid# Hi., »'url for 400 carloads o f apples and without isi.<1. lire. L*r*«*»t Tin» Kspeir Pleut in ih# Northwest Country services a single refrigerator car available ■i-ecmlty. Use Parcel Pest Wednesday, officials o f the Apple growers’ association declare that the apple market situation ia being seri She Was Shopping. ously affected by the car shortage. 8 h* had been sitting lu tha furni The local storage terminals are fast ture shop for nearly two hours, In filling up with apples, and unless cars specting the stock of linoleums. Kali are available soon growers w ill prob after roil the perspirtug assistant ably be filling the basements o f local brought out, but atlll she seemad dis business houses with boxed apples. satisfied. From her dress he Judged “ It ho* been reported that re frig e r her to be a pereon of wealth, aud thought it likely she would have a ator cars have been used to transport good order to give. W fen at last he wheat. Wc are investigating to find had shown her the last roll be paused whether or not this is true,” said W il- In despair. nu r Sieg, salcsmanager o f the apple- “ I'm sorry, madam," he said apolo growers. getically, "but If you could wait 1 could get lume more pieces from tha Entire Fruit Pack is Sold. factory. Perhaps you would coll Brownsville — The canenry o f the again." The prospective customer gathered Linn and Benton Fruit Growers' asso her belongings together and rose from ciation, located here, has sold the en- i tire peek o f this season and all the old the chair. "Yes. do," she said, with a gracious stock except a few black cherries. emlle, “ and ask them to send you one Tho goods are commanding the best or two with very small designs, suit price ainee the establishment o f the able for putting in the bottom of a plant in 1906. They ore loading ears canary's cage."— Chicago Journal. to the lim it o f their capacity, some time* putting in 100,000 pounds, be “ Anuric” cures Backache, Lumbago, Rheumatism. Send 10c Dr. V. M. cause o f the scarcity o f cars. The cannery has packed about 12,000 Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y., for largo trial cases this season, and contemplates package. putting up 3000 or 4000 more. Warning. ‘T can not understand why my sec Clean Bill Given Camp. ond husband is so fastidious," con North Bend— Dr. Ira B. Bartle, who fessed u Washington lady to her bosom friend "H e scarcely eat* any was requested by the state health au thing. My first husband, who, died, thorities to examine the Buehner Lum used to eat everything 1 cooked for ber Company's logging camp at A lle him.” ghany and determine whether it was "Did you toll your present husband in an insanitary condition as reported that?" to the health authorities by a logger, "Y es." "That's tlio reason." — Pittsburgh he said in part: “ The men employed at the camp had no complaint to make Dispatch. on the charges contained in the letter C h a r a c t e r A n a ly s is . o f criticism ; the bunkhouses are large " I always told Charley that he had and well ventilated, bug proof, of too sensitive a nature,” said young steel, and the kitchen was clean, while Mrs. Torklns the food waa wholesome.” "S en sitive!" exclaimed Charley's brutal brother In law. Polk Road Body Form ». "Yes. You said yourself he had no Dallas — The Polk County Road business playing poker because he was always shy."— Washington Star. Builders’ association was organized in Dallas recently. The association is T h ro u g h . composed o f three delegates from each "Is Dill Jenkins still paying atten o f the road districts o f the county. tlon to that red headed Smith girl?” Every road district was represented, "N ot very much. They're married there being 57 accredited delegates in now." attendance. A permanent organiza tion was perfected with the object of Accounted F o r . recommending to the county court "This play i* a howling success." each year necessary road improvement "O f course. That cornea from try lng it on the dog."— Baltimore Amerl and repairs in order that the court may be aided in making up its budget. can. DR. R. A. PHILLIPS Altaic? Bldg., Portland, Or. Mr Booklst, “Chronic Plsaass. Its Causa and Curs,” bring! new hop« to tha invalid. Many ao-calteu incurahin« rsstorud to health and happiness. WHITK TODAY. * W rite abont your wants In this line to F IN K E 183 Madison St., P. N. U. BROS Portland, Ore. No. 46, 1018 Phone Line is Proposed. Bend— A proposal that an effort be made to connect the towns of Bend and Burns by telephone was made at the meeting o f the Commercial club here recently by J. E. Weston, man ager o f the Inter-Mountain Telephone Mr. & Telegraph company, of Burns. Weston estimated that the cost o f the work would be 112 , 000 . The present lines of communication are by way o f Baker and Portland. The matter has been taken up by the club’s transportation committee. Potato Yield is Heavy, Aurora — Potatoes and hops have come in so plentiful for storage that practically every storeroom in town is full, while the difficulty in obtaining cars renders it almost impossible for buyers to make further purchases ex cept for future delivery. The yield and quality o f the potatoes in this sec tion ia better than for years and i f the car shortage does not interfere with the sale of them, there is every pros pect o f a rich harvest. r Send three dimes ( or stamps) for ;es to Dr Dr. Pierce's Invalids' nulling charges o, N. Y ., and you will re- receivee-t copy of the "Common Sense Medical Adviser," mil charges prepaid. f What He Bald. " I* your husband fond of golf?" "Fond of It? He had the nerve tt tell me tho other night that I could consider n y e e lf lucky that he bad married me before he was Introduced to the game."— Detroit Free Prees. THE Significance of Good Digestion is strongly reflected in your general health and happi ness. For any digestive weak- * ness, l i v e r and bowel trouble or m a l a r i a , fever and ague You should try O S T E T T E R ’S H Stomach Bitters Not a Square Deal. Mias Mason was explaining to h*r Sunday school class the lesson for tbs day. the subject being the tare* and tho wheat. “ Now, remember, children, the tarea represent the bad people and the wheat the good ones." "W hy, Miss Mason!” exclaimed a rosy-cheeked boy, who bad been lis tening through the lesson with deep interest, ‘‘did you say the tares are the had folk and the wheat the good ones?" "Yes, James,” replied the teacher, pleased at the lad's Interest. •'Well, that’s funny, I th in k !" re marked tho matter-of-fact child. "It's tho wheat that gets threshed; the tares don't.”— Philadelphia Ledger. The High Calling of Motherhood demands the utmost precaution in maintain • ing health at high efficiency. Portland —W h eat- Blueetem, $1.61; fortyfold. $1.66; club, $1.62; red fife, $1.62; red Russian, $1.60. Oata— No. 1 white feed, $34. Barley— No. 1 white feed, $87. Flour — Patents, $8.20; straights, $7.00 @ 7.40; exports, $7.00; valley, $7.70; whole wheat, $8.40; graham, It U doubly important and nothing in the world I f so needful as Scott's Emulsion , good cheer and sunshine. S c o t t ’« E m u ls io n makes the blood rich and pure. It contains the vital flesh building and b o n e - b u i l d i n g properties and insures abundant nourish ment. It strengthens the nerve» and creates energy and vitality daring this period. Expectant and nursing mothers always need Scott’ s Emulsion. $ 8 . 20 . M illfeed— Spot prices; Bran, $23.60 @ 24 per ton; shorts, $26.60@26: rolled barley, $89.606441.50. Corn— Whole, $48 per ton; cracked, $49. Y O U * D R U G G IS T H A S IT 1J-S1 Hay— Producer»’ prices: Timothy, Eastern Oregon, $176420 per ton; tim othy, valley, $16@16; alfalfa, $166$ 16.50; valley grain hay, $13@16; clover, $12.60. ¡ Butter— Cobea, extraa, 83c bid. Job “ T HE 8HOE T H A T HOLDS IT S S H A P E ” bing prices: Print*, extra:., 37Jo per pound; butterfat. No. 1, 87c; No. 2, $ $ $ $ & $ a SSV&H h 86<-, Portland. Save M oney by W earing W . L. Douglas Eggs — Oregon ranch, current re shoe«. For sale by o ver OOOO shoe dealers. ceipts, 44w46c per dozen; Oregon The Bent Known Shoes in the W orld. ranch, candled, 466446c. . L. Douglas name and the read price is stamped on the bot tom of ail shoo at the factory. The value is guaranteed and Poultry — Hens, 136416c; springs, the wearer protected again« high prices for inferior thorn. The 16 64 16c; turkeys, live, 22 @ 24c; retail prices arr the same everywhere. They com no more in San ducks, 136417c; geese, 1 0 @ lle. Francuco than they do in New York. They are always worth the Veal— Fancy, 1064101c per pound. price paid for them. Pork— Fancy, 12c per pound. '"phe quality of W. L. Douglas product is guaranteed by more Vegetable«— Artichokes, 76c64$l per 1 than 40 yean experience in making fine shoes. The smart dozen; tomatoes, 76c64$1.25 per crate; Myles are the leaders in the Fashion Centres o f America. cabbage, $ 1 . 26641.60 per hundred; pep They are made in a weU-eauipped factory at Brockton, Mass., pers, 6647c per pound; eggplant, 664 by the highest paid, skilled ahoemakexs, under the direction and 8c; lettuce, $2.25 per box; cucumber*, supervision of exprrirnced men, all working with an hone« determination to make the be« those for the price that money $1641.60; celery, 60@76c per dozen; can buy. pumpkins, lc per pound; squash, 164 A sk your t h o . rta sl.r (o r W . L D o u g las shoos. I f ha n o - He. not .a p p ly you w ith tlis kin d yon wnnt, take no other Potatoes — Oregon buying price, m ake. W r i t , fo r Intoi-mting booklet .x p ia in lu g h o w to get .b o o . of the h lg h e .t .ta n d n rd o f q u ality fo r the price, $1.40 6$ 1.50 per hundred, country b y return m ull, postage free. Boys’ Shoos points; sweet«, $2.26642.50. LO O K FOR W. L Douglas Isti In the Wort* Onions— Oregon buying price, $2.36 the retail p r ic e $3.00 f 2-501 $2.00 per sack, country points. P r re sid es id a e n t O _ bottom. I^lloUjllss^^Sho^Vi^Brorirton^Sfsss^ Green Fruits— Apples, new, 60c@$2 per box; pears, $1.00641.26; grapes, 76c 64 $1-76; casabas, l i e ; cranber When to Begin ries, $9.606510 per barrel. I f we «11 had our liv e » to live over Hope— 1916 crop, 106512c per pound. again— Wool — Eastern Oregon, fine, 2364 If we might start afresh and anew. 26; coarse, 306432c; valley, 33c. What a joy It would he for us women Mohair— 40c per pound. and men, And what wonderful things we Cascara Bark— Old and new, 51c per should do! pound. Cattle— Steers, prime, $6.40667.00; How straight we should walk and how wise we should talk; good, $66J6.40; common to fair, $564 How cheerful we’d be and how gay; 6.75; cows, choice, $5.50656; medium But If w e’re in earnest about our re to good, $4.60645; ordinary to fair, forms. Resinol Ointment, wish the help of Resinol $3.50664; heifers, $4645.25; bulla, $3 W hy don’t we begin them today? Soap, usually removes pimples and makes tbs @4.26; calves, $46;,7.50. complexion clear and fresh. I t is a moot vain- abl# household remedy for »ores, bums, chai- Hogs — Prime, $9.25@9.75; good to W e feel that w e’d never be foolish and in **, dandruff, etc. Sold by all dru grists, f o r fling prime mixed, $8.26659; rough heavy, trial free, write to Resinol, Baltimore, lid. A ll our strength and our labor away, $8648.26; pigs and skips, $8658.25. And w e’d readily do each commend Sheep— Lambs, $8648.75; yearlings, able thing. wethers, $7647.60; old wethers, $6.26 Without either profit or pay. Eyes inflamed by expo- @6.60; ewes, $5645.50. But If we're so keea at reform to be sureto Sos, M i a i W M seen. Ely relieved by HariM I f we're pining to enter the fray. Wheat Buyers Draw Out ‘ /. No Smarting The question arises with pertinence Comfort. A t just Eye Coi now— for Lack of Freight Cars t ]9 s 50c per Bottle. Your • Druggist’ ] W hy don’t we get busy today T Solve in Tubes 2 5c. For Beek «I Ike fy a f mask Portland — The larger wheat buyers Druggists or Marise Eye Remedy C*. have withdrawn from the market and The days that are gone are most thor oughly gone, say they w ill do no more buying until W e can’t bring them back if we try; Certainly Not. they can get cars, regardless of But the days that are coming roll "P o o r laddie,” said the lady to the steadily on. whether the market advances or de hotel lift boy, “ don’t you find thle And no one can ever tell why. clines. Orders from Eastern mills for Unless it should be they're to help you work rather trying and monotonoua?” "N o fear, missus! I like 1L It’* wheat are coming along strong, but and me full of excitemenL First of all. there’s Do sensible things while we may. are being turned down, as there is no T h ey’ll certainly help us to live over always the funny people coming In and ou t Then there’s other things. immediate prospect o f moving the our lives, “ Only yesterday a man tried to get If we start out to do It today. wheat that has already been bought. out before the lift was down and — Tacoma Labor Advocate. It is estimatd that not over 20 per cracked his skull. Then last week the machine broke, and the thing came cent o f the crop has been shipped to K Cures W hile You Walk. Allen'# Foot-Ease 1# a certain cure for hot. straight down from the sixth floor to date, although the fanners have dis aweating, callus, and swollen, aching feet. Sold the bottom, and everybody was hurt by all Druggists. Price 26c. Don’t accent any ’cept me. This ’ere rope, too. looks a posed o f close to 80 per cent. The substitute. Trial package FREE. A&dres# bit weak, but it’ll probably last till w e remaining 60 p ercen t has been sold to Allen 8. Olmsted, Le Roy. N. Y. — get up, though I don’t know what w e’ll Eastern m illers or to foreigners, but it do if it doesn’t, ’cos the engine man The Vital Point. is still here. Farmers are showing a disposition A beautiful young lady interviewed ! Is away ill today, and ’is mate's just joined up, and I'm In charge of every to meet the market now, but find buy a fortune teller on the usual subjects. thing and I don’t know nothing about “ Lady,” said the clairvoyant, "you will ers are not plentiful. A t the Mer i it. So tt ain't really what you could visit foreign lands and the courts of chants’ Exchange bids were reduced 3 call a dull life, is It?"— London An kings and queens. You w ill conquer to 6 cents, but there were no sales. all rivals and marry the man of your swers. Oats were unchanged and feed barley choice. He w ill be tall and dark and was 50 cents lower. Dr. Pierce’s Pellets are beat for liver, aristocratic looking.” Considering the channels through "And young?” interrupted the lady. bowels ar.d stomach. One little Pellet for a laxative— three fo r a cathartic. which the Northwestern crop is mov “ Yes, and very rich.” The beautiful lady grasped the for ing this year, business on the local ex H cnisty in Politic*. change in the month o f October might tune teller s hands and pressed them Politician — Congratulate me, my be called quite active. The October hard. "Thank you,” she said. "N ow tell dear. I ’ve won the nomination! sales were 95,000 bushels o f wheat, His W ife (in surprise)— Honestly,? me one thing more. How shall 1 get 400 tons o f oats, 100 tons o f barley rid of my present husband?"— New Politician— Now, what in thunder and 600 tons o f m illfeed, o f a total York Times. did you want to bring up that point value o f $165,300. In October last for?— Case and Comment year the board sales were 140,000 Pensions for Re-married W idow s. N ew R e n d erin g . bushels of wheat and 800 tons o f oats, T h . remarried widows tif now s widow) o f Civil W ar Union roldiere, nai'.ora and murines may now "Young Smith says that Miss Faddy o f a total value o f $153,700. secure pension on the service o f the first 'Civil is his bete noir." W ar) husband. Fee fixed by law and contingent "D ear me! He must be awfully fond upon success. Over SS years experience. Taber Strong Turkey Market Predicted. & Whitman Co., Washington. D. C. of her to call her a pet name like that.”— Baltimore American. Portland — A strong m arket fo r H e r F ir s t O rd er. Thanksgiving turkey is predicted by T. Mrs. Youngbride (to butcher)— I've G. Farrell, who says: just thought of something for dinner B I A r v losses surely prevehto “ W e believe that there is an aver my husband is very fond of. You have age crop o f turkeys this fail, not a chickens? W « r g j o g lr**iu reIUhle;i »1 F •. ■’’> preferred by' Butcher— Y es'm ; nice and fresh. very big one, but a good average crop. M 18 wcsttn* Mrs. Youngbride— W ell, please cut M P a t f V t f L J l men, because they \ Conditions are pretty good, men are hrZ Sam H U protect other pretty well employed, and prices on all out the croquettes and I'll take them v¿¿etnee fall. with me.— Boston Transcript iy Write lor booklet and testi noala?*. commodities are high. We, there! ore, 10-do*« ***. Black!« Pill*, ft.CO 90-date pk*. B. icklt* Pills. $4.00 predict that there w ill be a very fine Hie Way. Uw iny ixlectof. but Cutwr • «impl«* »ad «»un i«t- price for fancy dressed turkeys, ge ese Th. «uperioritr »1 Cut»» products la dun » ore» 15 “ What an energetic executor your yours ctspoclsllxin, ia VACCINO AND «»> ’>■» and ducks for the Thanksgiving trade. late uncle appointed." oncy . I nsist o» Curva« *■ II uaoUuiuxUs. order cflrect. _ . . _ ... . There have been a few marketed al •‘Y es; he is working with a w ill.”— Tha Cuttar lihwatary, »wkalay. Callfwnl ready for early shipment to rem ote Baltimore American. points, Alaska, Manila, etc. Thoy were good and sold well, 27@2?|c. We believe that fine goods on the Thanksgiving market w ill bring this much and perhaps more. “ There w ill be a good demand .also for fine dresesd geese and ducks. Chickens on the Thanksgiving m arket is simply delicious w h en made with are generally poor sellers; they w ill be wanted later. W. L. D O U G L A S 3.00 3.50 4.00 4.50 5.00 W Resinol cleared away my pimples! Sore'r,,"‘,'<EK'“* Eyes g HELP FOR WORKING WOMEN Some Have to Keep on Until They Almost Drop. How Mrs. Conley Got Help. Here is a letter from a woman who bad to work, but was too weak and suf fered too much to continue. How the regained health :— Frankfort, K y .—“ I «offered eomoch with female weakness that 1 could not do my own work, bad to hire it done. I h e a r d e o much about Lydia E. Pink- ham'e V e g e t a b l e Compound t h a t I tried it. I took three bottle* and I found i t to be a l l y o u claim. Now I feel as well as ever I did and am abla to do all my own work again. I recommend it to any woman suffering from female weakness. You may pub lish my latter i f you wish. ’ ’ —Mrs. J ames C o n l e y , 616 S t Clair S t,F ra n k fo rt Ky. No woman suffering from any form o f female troubles should lose hope until she bos given Lydia E. Pinkham’s Veg etable Compound a fair trial. This famous remedy, tha medicinal Ingredient» o f which are derived front native roots and herbs, has for forty years proved to be a most valuable tonic and invigom torof the female erganlsaa. ▲11 w o m e n mro in v it e d t e w r i t * to th o I.y d ln K . P in k h n m M e d i c in e C o ., L y n n , M u z , f o r a p o d a l a d n lo v r lt w ill i Nut Potatoes and Onions Advancing. Portland— There has been no chiuige in the potato situation, so fa r as g e t tin g out shipments is concerned. Trad ers hope for re lie f soon, though they do not say where it w ill come from. The market ia on a firm basis and buy ers quote up to $1.60 for the best grades. On the street Oregons are jobbing at $1.76. Onions are firmer at $2.36, country points. Jobbers for a time quoted $3, bat w ere unable to move stock at over $2.76. There is * very fa ir trade in apples, at steady prices. 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