Sherman County observer., April 21, 1916, Image 4

T h e O b server
MORO.
OREGON.
.
FRIDAY............... April 21, 1916
T h e price of T h e Obaerver ia $1.50 per
, 75 ceota lo r aix montha, 50 ccnta for
montha— but i f naid in »dvancc we
accept $2.50 in full <or 2 yeera.
Shorter
terma than oov year 12% centa per m onth.
C
The Toil of
Progress
A Blue M a rk here w ill answer an in-
q a e ry , when entered upon our calendar,
giving the date of the paper at the date at
w hich your current aubacription ezpirea.
•; Story of a Civilization Build- ;;
’ cr Who Perished at His Task • ’
tfce Annual
Anauol Sti
Statement of the
jarata»ta of tfc«
------ --- r — i » - ix
a T ioxal union
i s U B A N C E CO. I
Í Pittsburg. io the state o í Pennsylvania. • on
the 81st day of December, 1915. mude to the
tasaran«* commisalooer of the state of Oregon,
pursuant tv U w :
C A P IT A I.
_
_ ,
Amount o f capital paid u p ........... 9 I.OOO.OCO.IO
By OUS SEEL
S
••
C o p y r ig h t by F . A . M u m m y «Co.
I f f I H W I 1 I I f 1 I I I 1 1 I1 -H -
I>ate one night big Jun Mlrcovitch
thrust bis ponderous body through the
Net prcmlunu received dur lug the
open door of an empty freight car
• 2.12O.RSS.9l
year
Interest, dividend» and reuta re­
bound southward out of Denver.
179.396.28
ceived during the y ea r..........
Income from other aour<-ea
The second morning following he
857.838.94
reived during the y ea r........
emerged In Baton, bruised and stiff
To tal Income ................................. I 2.008,118.13 1
from the jolting, musty and disheveled
D ISB U R S E M E N TS
from lack of water, resembling a fil
Net loaoea paid during the year 9 1,418.900.04 (
Dividends paid on capital stock
bemutlug beur leaving winter quar­
18.000.00
during the year
Commissions and salaries paid
ters
642.466 14'
darlo« the year. .
His cheeks were swollen, hia eyes
Taxea, 11 censes and free paid (tar­
112.297.38
ing the veer ...................................
wutery, and he stumbled awkwardly
723.621.07
Amount of a ll other expenditures
across the cindered railroad tracks In
Total expenditures......................... I 2,807,277.63
quest of refreshments and food. x
ASSETS
▼aloe of real eetate owned (m ar­
Two weeks previous he had draw a
80.654 40 J
ket value) .............................* . . . 9
Value of stocks and bonds owned
the whole of the two month«’ back i
(m arket value) ............................. 2.911.75V.00,
wages due him at a coal mine In north­
Loans ea mortgages and collateral,
627,800.00'
etc.......................................................
ern Colorado. The comforts and de­
183.487 81
Caah la bank and on hand..........
61.252.86
lights of the city called him. and he
Due from other compenlae..........
I
Premiums la course of collection
drifted eastward into Denver.
w ritten since September 80,
495.604 rr
1818 .................................................
The saloons, the gambling halls, the
la te rent and rents due and ae-
pool rooms, the shows, found him a
46.007.19
cojigeulal patron, ever ready to Invest
Total asiats ...................................9 4.166.563 66
Lesa special deposita In any stats
hard coin in what they had to offer.
( I f any there b s )...........................
27,797:18
At t h e end of fourteen days the real
Tidal
eta adm itted In Ore
due of the one hundred and fifty odd
9 4.138.758 .98
g on
■“ L ÍÁ B IL IT T E S
dollars amounted to two bright silver
161.976.08
Gross claims for lusses unpaid 9
dollars, a half dollar, a quarter, a few
Amount of
,f unearned premiums «
on
a ll outstanding risks.................... 2,327.802 08
nickels and »Hines and a penny or two
Due for eosnmlsalon and brokerage
6.000.60
Jjw was vastly pleased with himself
¿ “A “ ’ .
«S.-S.S
and the world
He had bad his fun;
To tal Uabllltlea
exclusive of
uow be would go to work again. He
capital stock of 61.000.000.00.9 8,188.755.86
bad no fear of hardships. ,
To tal premiums In force December
81 1 9 1 5 . . . . . ................................. 9 4.678.782 40
He had never found It difficult to
business nr obegon fob the tea «
Total loMtrance w ritten during
7
capitalize Ills 2 0 0 (MHinds of brawn and
the year ....................................... 9 2,662.500 00
bone. and. Itesldes. he was versed In
Grose premiums received during
88,318.87
the year ...........................................
living cheaply. Two dollars was suf­
Premium« returned during the
ficient to keep him from want for
18.821 2«
year .................................................
81.208.01
Looses paid during the y e a r..........
quite awhile.
28.427.81
I -rasas Incurred during the y ea r..
For several days Ian lived a quiet
To tal amount of Insurance out­
standing In Oregon December
aud observant life.
And at length,
91, 1815 ........................................... 9 2.810.008.00
when seated In a box In tbe Arcade
R A T IO N A L U N IO N F IB B IN S U R A N C E 0 0 .
By W IL L IA M O A RM STRO NG . So«T
saloon, he thrust fi hand Into the pock­
Statutory resident general agent and attorney
for service. F R A N K X . DOOLT4 Portland.
et of his overalls aud could only discov­
Or.
■— — w— w w a —
a er three uickels. he detldgo to go to
work
Synopsis sf the Annual Statement of the
From tbe date of bis entry In Ameri­
N O R D -D EU TSC HE IN S U R A N C E CO.
can ways und customs, twenty years
of Hamburg. In the Stats of Germany, on tbs
before, be
followed one system In
S lat «ay of December. 1916, made to the In ­
seeking employment.
surance Commissioner o f the Stats of Oregon,
pan want ft'li» :
He left the saloon, walking a few
C A P IT A L .
papes down the street to Where a knot
Amouat s f capital paid u p . . 9 «00.000.00
of rudely clad men were gathered
I
J nrooME.
about a blackboard placed conspicu­
Kat premiums received during the
ously on tbe sidewalk.
yodr .............- .............................. 91.000.628.00
Interest, dividends sad rents ro-
Jan ran his eye slowly und carefully
1 celvod daring the y e a r...................
08.618.80
down the list. He was not fumlllar
Income front other aourcoa re­
ceived during the y e a r . . . . .........
80,481.00
enough with English to sqlft t the es
Total Income..................... ................92,918.578.76
pedal item he desired at once.
He read. “Twenty teamsters at $3
D IS B U R S E M E N TS .
lag tti
‘ Net ____
l o ss as _____
paid during
the year. .9 884,814.44
five muckers at $2.50. thirty carpenters
('«-mmlvalon» and votaries
dur­
‘ ties paid dur-
at $3. forty hard rock men ut $4. 100
ing the y e a r........
.....................
488.682 50
Taxes, licenses and fees paid dar­
laborers at $2.” and so on until be read.
86.882.88
ing tho p o o r.................. . . . . . .
“ F ifty miners. San Francisco.”^
Amount of a ll other expenditures.
182.401.00
Then he entered tbe door a id pre
T o tal expenditures
.91,882.780.86
•euted himself at a hole In the wall
through which be-could see a neat and
8.402 62
Other ledger aarnta............................. 9
I V aloe <>f stocks and hoods ow ned
orderly office force at work.
(m arket v a lu e ) ............................... 1.488.280 00
A young man answered his call. He
Cato la hanks and on baud ..........
¡MM.H97 US
. rremliMua la course of collectlua
was told that the San Francisco work
* w ilt ta a since September 8b.
was four feet, free picking
Ue
' 1918 ....................................... ••.........
290.820.70
Svooilx
Interest
and
rents duo
and
ae-
To tal assets
rum bio could be heurd.
Presently It emerged, an overalled
young man upon a squat electric mo*
tor pulling a long string of tiny cars,
each holding about one ton of coat
Then they proceeded Into the main
tunnel of the mine.
For some distance they walked up­
right Then the ceiling 'became lower,
and they were forced to continue ei­
ther stooping or w ith head onyhoulder.
F a r ahead of them they could see tbe
gleam of lights.
They reached the lights and passed
on into a branch of the main tunnaL
A fter a good ten minutes’ walking the
pit boss ordered the others to remath
and, taking Jan, set off, crouching
along a still smaller tunnel.
They arrived finally at a lltvle cub­
byhole of a place where the bright
black gleam of coal showed on the
side of the tupnel.
Ou bauds aud knees Jan Inspected
the place. I t satisfied him. He had
worked in—and made good money out
of—worse places. He said as much to
tbe pit boss.
Alone. Jan retraced bis steps and
gained the outer air. An inquiry of
an idling mule driver informed him of
the location of the company stole and
boarding bouse.
He was shown a bunk In a long room
and was told that he could get board
and lodging for $7 a week. He as­
sented.
At the company store they fitted him
with a cap. lamp, two picks aud a
shovel.
Tlic next morning be Went to work,
carrylug with him, besides his tools, a
dinner bucket divided into two com­
partments, one filled with food, the
other with cold tea.
The door of the mine tunnel was
opeued at 7 o'clock in the morning.
Jan w h s on band promptly, puffing
contentedly ut a long, foreign pipe.
Ue was one of tbe first to enter, and
as he led the pace along the pitch dark
18.888 08
92.088.814.68
Total
rta adm itted la O v e r « 82.O68.814.68
L IA B IL IT IE S .
Groaa claims for tooees u n p a id .. . - 9 178.801.08
Ainouat of unearned premiums ua
all outstanding rlaka.....................
888.720.87
Due for <xanuilaalnn and brokerage
1,000 00
A i: other U ab llltle a .............................
49.076.88
To tal liab ilities exclualve o f cap­
ita l atorfc of 9400.000................ 9 »22.698 54
To tal premiums la force December
11. 1815............................................. .$1.837.860.51
B U 8 IX Z 9 9 IN OREGON FO B T M E T E A B .
To tal Insurance w ritte n during the
re a r
........................................ 61.28».848.00
Omaa erctotama received during
the year ...........................................
20,517.19
Premiums returned during
the
/e a r . Including rain aura nee pre-
- u —m ................................................
10.806 D6
paid during the pear.............
6.455.86
Incurred daring tbe y e a r ...
7.068 80
To tal amount of Insurance out­
standing la Oreg<m December 81,
aaia . 7 . .....................................
bh . sijoo
N O R D -D EU TSC H E IN S U R A N C E OO.
By
LBNBHAN,
United Staten Manager.
Statutory real dent general agent and attorney
▼ BANK B. DOOLT
17&■
Annual Statem ent
g Î ' Î ' h A*E8TKK*N M U T U A L
BO
UFB
of the
IN SUB­
A N OX C O M FA N T
e f Mllwaakee. In the «tate of Wleeunaln. on
the 31>t day e f December, 1915, made to the
tanarance «»minleeloner e f the State of Oregua,
psrnaant to law :
.C A P IT A L
i t of eap ttalj i u . h ^ i d ap. Purely Mutual
Premluam
Interest and
at
r e n te ...
AU other r e c e ip ts ....
8tD 401.782 31
. 18.448.565.22.
9*4,772.79
To tal receipts . . . .
BL
Ctalans by death
Matured cadvwBM uta............
A n n u itie s ............... J . ...............
•arrendered pottdra
Dlvldenda to policyholder».
.9SS.990.89S-99
.918.849,799.9«
. 4.500.087 86
242.488.58
. 10,5S8, «73 88
. 18.971,881.80
T o tal pay ments to policyholders.942.45S.O15.69
Taxes ....................................................
1.298.981.06
4.977.364A «
erea eeeeeseeeeeeeee
M e.li,-al examina t im aud Inai me-
200.451.1«
tkm OÍ rftflfUl a a e a n a » n e e a e a e a a n e
■alarle« and other' compensât loo
of offtcera, t matees and home
office employ s e .. i , . . . . » .............
808,845.80
piton, furniture and fixtures.',
107.80* 78
tage, exchange and exprea age
134.883.07
Bent ( hume o ffic e )...........................
971,880.00
A ll other diatiurnetuenls and ad-
Juatmenta ....................................... 2 035.734 88
OMMBIHAOMO
Total dlaburaemcnta. ................... 632.3S8.tM4.S7
Itosi estate (Including home of-
flce) ............................................... 9 4.972.068.09
Loana on prxl estate m ortgages.. 181 .«61,021.78
Loans od* policies as c o llate ra l.. 35.tlM.17S.4d
Pre tulu m notes aud autoomtlc
pntnluui loans .............................
1,780.607 85
United Mt a tea tañida, market val-
U n 000 «H)
Other boude. m arvel va ne.
.• :•> t/l
Btecfca .....
8«o
Cuab on hand and In hauka
Interest aud rents due au
l*n< aud deferred premiums
«
«490.3S9.S7
...
B «HT.807.88
4.2M .638 19
T o tal admitted ameta .............. 8848,631.110.88
U A B IL IT I Z a
regSlred by tow. Act
4 « . Axarrtrxn • * ........ 9-310.)«2
" W .1 S 2 .I 073 09
r w f«A aunulOm . .... ............
1.9T4JN8.09
pr«nvnt volo* v i noi «tur In stall­
ata .............................................
4.875.455.19
ni, nua«-
1.224.107 97
Rat loia i, 4 aatount ,< fv4» ral.
state and all othnr taxva pay-
1.056.883 88
akto te 1 9 1 6 ..................... ........
JMU«. etc....... ................
Vnpal« ao-ounta. un-dbal Ì«H-a,
•te .
PlvlitenSa due and nupald. . ,
D vfM M S «Ividands payable
«Intelai
^«•fcrrrd
iirtLi
1918.
Av art
dividend»
1MO.<;21 67
W2.»32.48
«IvldatMto
payable . lo
.... : ì >. .
tu r «dutluceurlea........
Tetal llaWlltto»,..
1,812.786.28
1,452,301.00
11.916 750 M
8.243.373.88
___ 9343.631.110 06
81.490 012,871 08
R T H E TBAB
X j m w bb M Sartas the p a a r...,.
Eaaaw toeufvnd darin« the year
Tuta! aaeaat u t toawnnm ent-
' j f
■m
FO B
AN
H O U R OR TWO /A N
LABORED
S T B A U IL T AT H IS TASK.
could go out that afteruoo’i at 3 sharp.
Thereat Jan returned to the saloon and
bought a package of tobacco.
In the afternoon he found several otn
era of his tlk at the employment office,
according to appointment. A dapper
young man herded them Into a street
car. and the^ were off to the mine.
Once clear of the city (he country
presented a bleak and barren aspect
Rugged, rocky hills were on all skies
The land was poor, the gress growing
sparsely and yellow.
From the car window they could see
a number of smudges of smoke ou tbe
bortanh. distant mining camps similar
to the one for which they were headed.
A fter a five mile cun the car stopped
amid a group of bouse« on the hillside,
and the- dapper young man led his
gang out beside the track. The cat
departed.
A cadaverous man. whose features
were dry and expression less from
years of office work, canie Hp. relieving
tbe dapper young man of bis charge.
They followedjhe worn official aumb-
l.v. as oxen following the leader.
They came to a place where a bridga-
lik e structure towered across the raUs.
passed on behind along a miniature
railway --------------------------------------------
track nnd encountered a spare
—
DU Ut, muscular man wearing overalls
and equipped with ■ miner's cap and
lantern.
The worn official Introduced them
wearily to the pit boaa as gentlemen
reeking employment and left them.
The pit boas looker, over the group
with cold, critical eyes, siting them
up like a mule buyer. Then, having
ascertained I b eokl hands by question-
log. he requested them to follow him.
At tbe small, square eutrance o f the
mine they iwuood to aw ait t * » coming
of Rtendy work, then the monotony
wo UH pnH on him. and he would crave
tbe city leisure and the association of
congenial companions
He would draw his wage« and leave,
and. being nddictcd to drink, the re- ,
snlt was always the same—a few days
or weeks of high, riotous living, and
then the grind once more.
Every "spree, be promised himself,
would be the last, but the end bad not
yea come.
In a philanthropic hour he had
bought tan sere« of ground near a
small (own where his children might
btain scboeftlkg.
Therein he installed his wife and
children, which were not a few, and
allowed them to shift for themselves.
Some time, when be had got enough
money, be would return to them and
set up as a reaper table farmer.
For five months Jun worked steadl-
in tbe bOW<Qs of the Frisco coal
miue. He had been unusually fortu­
nate and had saved something like
* 800,
At (he end of the month he promised
himself he would quit und go back to
tbe wife and childreu. The hunger of
ompanionsblp wus strong in his vitals,
but on this oGcaHloo the longing was
tein|»ered by domes! ¡city.
All that he., «tow wanted were tbe
fiea<‘£^>secnr1ty and comfort of a home,
and these at lust were within his
grasp.
j ;
Ue hud fallen lntq the habit of mus­
ing apoo the scenes' incident to his re
turn home- a Imd habit for a miner.
O f ull those whose lives depend upon
their vigiluu'Ce perhaps no calling of­
fers more chauces of sudden and un­
avoidable death than thut of the coal
miner
And deep in tbe heart of the mlue, a
half mile of rock and eurth intervening'
between l^lin and the outer world, Jan
Hircovitcb, Itinerant Bolieiuiun miner,
sat and made air castles while await
hqc a car.
The muie driver, getting no response
to his call, went in to ascertain tbe mat­
ter Ue found u quurter ton of rock
pressing Jan's shoulders hetweeu his
KMM>
'
t
’
if you w an t p e r s o n a l and p o s i t i v e infor­
m ation as to h o w delightful Prince Albert
j^eally is, sm oked in a jim m y pipe or rolled into
a
For, Prince A lbert has
wonderful m essage
o f pipe-peace and mâkin’s peace for every
man. It w ill revolutionize your sm oke ideas
and ideals. . T h e patented process fixes
th a t— and cu ts out bite and parch I
f Ae
Sympathy W i t h 8 u fT « r » r s .
Probably nothing Is more stimulat­
ing and genuinely tonic to sufferers,
especially those with cbronle aliments,
than the feeling that in spite of their
own belplesaoees they themselves can
still he helpful to others. The Shut-lu
society in this country baa made life
more bearable for many persona who
are confined to their rooms or their
bouses.
Nothing disturbs a certain
class of patients so much as to be con­
stantly in coutaet with those who are
in good health and strength and whom
they can Ucareely help but envy. To
be brought into touch with those for
whom they themselves can feel Is a
precious source of consolation and up-
l i f t Pity is a luxury to be enjoyed,
hot no human lieing likes to be pitied
or to feel that be is an object of pity.
Te be conscious of some advantage in
F O U N D A QUA UTKR TON O F BOCE
one’s situation over that of others is of
P H B a e iN o I an ’ s shoulders .
Itself an alleviation for many sick­
tunnel he hummed to himself the whim nesses.—Journal American Medical As­
steal strains of a motherland song.
sociation.
Arriving at tbe place assigned to him
Killing a bull Without a Weapon.
on the previous day, he commenced
work very methodically and with bus!
Cayetano. a famous Spanish toreador,
once was strolling across a meadow
oess-like precision.
His coat he flung to one side, set the with a couple of friends when hia at­
diuuer pall conveniently near and in tention waa attracted by an old and
overalls and undershirt took up bis Infuriated bull which was galloping
pick. First he tapi>ed the low stone toward them with lowered head and
celling, scowling at_ the dull, heavy erect tall. Cayetano bad no weapon,
sound his blowy caused.
not even a cane, but he seized a dust
The place was dangerous, but In coat which one of his friends was car­
spite of this /Jan squutted ou the floor rying over his arm. As soon as the
and begau picking out the bottom lay bull got close to them Cayetano hade
er of tbe coal.
his companions nuike their escape
Tbe extreme danger of his position while be engaged tbe anlmnl’s atten­
did not trouble him. He had worked tion. Using the coat as a espa. be
In places still more precarious and had drove the bull crnxy with fury, step­
ping aside with the deftest agility at
grown used to IL ’
The fact that at any moment a muss each of tbe animal's charges. I d this
of rock weighing from 100 pounds to manner he reused the boll to torn
half s ton might drop upon him did sharply 1« tb« midst of Its onward
not uppall him. For an hour or two he rushes until finally an ominous crack
labored steadily. By thut time lie hud was beard, and the bull fell in n heap,
excavated quite an opening uuder with its backbone broken by the sud­
ueath the coal layer.
den wrench given bp-tb * «Blmal’G ab­
Then he arose and began picking ut rupt swerve.
the top, loosening the ledge he hud uu
Q«t the Direotion.
dermined. In a. abort time the mass
“The wise thing to do nowadays Is
was loosened, and soon it fell, a couple
to luvest your money in a going con­
of tons of crumbled coal.
cern."
Ue found a car awaiting him at t¡li­
“Yes. and it’s aiko a wise thing to
eu trance of his fbnnel und roiled It In
first find ont which way the concern la
to where be could easily pitch in the
going.”—Judea.
coal with his shovel. The tusk wus
Bynop.l» of tho Annual Statement of tbe
soon done, und he could do nothing
U N IO N ASSURANCE SO O IETT, L IM IT E D
ot I«und«Ni, In tb * state of England, on the
further until another cur was scut to Slat
«toy of I^ m u b W . 1916. made to the In-
him. • *
aurance Coaimtontoner or the State of Oregon,
pursuant
to law j •
He oixmed his lunch can und took
A P IT A L .
out a sandwich, eating leisurely and Amount o f capital C paid
up............ 2 . . . . . . . . . . .
with relish. After a loug draft of cold Net premlnma receuSSf^Erta« the
tea he lighted hla ph>e.
year ...................... ................ . . . . . 9 580.297.87
Directly a rumbling, not unlike an Interent, dlvldenda nnd rent« re-
«-elved during the y ea r. , >. • • • • •
51.8S8.Fi
approaching freight train, announced Income
from other aourcea reeolved
daring tha y a n r ............
52.461.78
the coming of the mule driver aud un
extra car.
Ttaal I neo me.................... ................9 640,088.87
D ISB U B SEM XN TS.
“Hey, you, eighteen f a husky voice
Nat loasea paid during the y a a rc 4 -248,288.98
called at the eutrance of the little tun
Cominlwlooa and salaries paid dor- -
Ing tbe y e a r .
.........................
174,012.20
ne).
Taxes, licensee and faea (Hiring the
•‘Well?" retorted Jan stolidly.
year ...................................................
28,175.85
Amount of all other expenditure«.
180,111.22
“Full up?'
. . . . 9 573.583.38
Total expendlti
•‘Yabl H urry oop. I be’n waitln
for car.”
Value of atocks aud bmide «»wned
The clank of chains f i l l e d the little
(m arket v a l u e ) . . . . ...................•
$5?
In bauka and an b a n d . . . . . . .
166,804.67
tunnel, and lu a moment the car he Cash
Premiums In course of collection
w ritten »Ince Sent. 90, 1 9 1 8 ..» .
118,922.13
bad filled thundered away
He sent
its uue and accrued
12.447AM)
Interest and rent«
out and got the other.
.91.518.583 8 0
T o ta l" asseta.
For years Jan had followed thia life.
Law special
In ang state
elei deposita
di
9.671.08
The business required. In the term« of
( If any there
re b«..................... ( . - • •
a veteran miner, “nothing but a strong
Total assets adm itted lu Oregon.91.509.0i t .81
‘back and a weak bend.”
liabilities .
Orow claims f«ic laws ■ u n p a id ....9
56.852.00
Jan was well qualified. He bad en
Amount of iiu c iw m S prrinlunw on
tered tbe calling because It required so
a ll outstanding rfak»......... .
M 8.3t8.49
little of him. He could make from $4 A ll other Ila h lu tla /.« . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.318.14
to $8 a day. was prectk-nlly his own
T«»tal >Ubllltl«a. excluatvc of
capital atock..................... -9 6O> 6 M )« I
I maRter and could wort- . ’liter long or
81. 1»15................................. ............» 984.417.43
short hours, as he win i
BUSINESS o r 9 B E 3 0 M FOB T H E T E A B .
I H e never Intel
Intended M* remain long “ Total
tnouriHM'e w r u h n during the*
98,423 49
when be bad tiken It up. What be de
Oroas prana iums ' i i ^ i v e d ' 'during
was to make enough to sfnrt
33,145.82
»be year.................... ..
i «man farm and then <pilt.
Prei. luma retuntoS during t ie
1V.4WI.63
year ........................................... .
He dkl not need a greet deal to real
38.560.88
I ueaca pMd during the y e a r ...........
97.S11.6S
is*, his ambition
Twelve or fifteen lxw»c paid diulng,tbe year---- - -
' hundred dollars would be ample. lu Total auxiuot of IM uranan ant-
a prosperous year he could mnke bo
B,
WBAV. 0. *• a “ M » '
{ mock costly.
Rut a t yet be bad been ouable to I * "
go so. and he was now In his fifteenth
national joy smoke
is so friendly to your tongue and taste that
it is m igh ty e a sy to g et acquainted w ith.
Y ou’ll like every pipeful or cigarette b e t t e r
th a n th e l a s t because it is so cool and
fragrant and long-burning. Y ou’ll just sit
back and ponder w h y you h a v e kept a w a y
from such jo y ’ps sm okings for so long a time I
Men, w e tell you Prince Albert is all w e claim
for i t Y ou’ll understand just h o w different
our patented process m akes Prince Albert
quick as you sm oke it I
Buy P r i v e t A l b e r t » o u ry to h u ru
to b a c c o h o o U t t o
r e i N i u ,« . B e t
r o d t'm r, l O c / K a n d ^ n . o
p o u n d a n d h a K
lf p
a m id d r o a n d in p o u n d
P o u n d t in h _________________
c r y t . i l a l a t e h ttm id o r e u t ilh e po n g o -n eo é eten er topo
t h a t 'h e o p t h e to b a c c o i n eu c h p r im o c o n d it io n .
l« W
j
With a pick he got the rock away.
And the next car he hauled out con­
tained what had been a few hours pre­
vious the living body of a stroug, able
bodied man.
Thus Jan -Mhcovitch died a« thou­
sands have died before him. while in
throbbing cities tall stacks, tapering
skyward, belch forth grimy clouds of
smoke and the march of civilization,
terrible aud magnificent, continues.
Total premiums 1« force D ec e ta b t
Tiy it you rself-
On Av revena Ode ef A i. »iJr nJ Un
M niH rend: frneeu Fa’enltx] Jab
JStk. 1947.” n'kick ba. w.Je th r o o nm
SUMMARY OF THE
7 -
OREGON NEWS
Synopsis o t tha A n n u ^ Stataeiaat of tho
0 IB A M D F IR E A MA r A e IN S U R A N C E OO.
<>f l'hllad, ¡I I !a. lu the St«Io of Penn«, 1. »ni»,
®.i tho 3to( •!<»,• “ f Docamttor, 1915. «tuto to
tbe Itnurnuev <x»miul»»l<itor of tbe Klate of
.Oreg«,u. purauant to law:
<
C A P IT A L
Amount of rap lta l
...........9 500,000 00
The hapid Reader’s Revtow of
Recent Reports Rewritten
Requests that their names be print­
ed on the primary nominating ballot
as candidates for the republican nomi­
nation for president of the United '
States were received by Secretary 'of '
State Olcott from Albert E. Cummins
of Iowa, and Theodore E. Burton of
Ohio.
A big logging camp will be estab­
lished ffi the coast mountains near
the Notl tunnel o n the Willamette-
Pacific railway, at the summit of the
range, by W ilbur H. Hyland, of Eu
gene, to get out logs for tbe Booth-
Kelly Lumber company's mill at
Spri'ngfield.
Oue of the largest recent transac­
tions of the year was closed at Oranta
Pass-when. the Black Eagle group of
claims in Fiddler’s gulch was acquired
by a Washington syndicate. The pur­
chase price wag $175,000, of which
$29,000 was cash, paid when the mines '
were turned over.
A fter receiving a telegram from Jus­
tice Charles E. Hughes, protesting
against placing his name on the ballot
in Oregon as a candidate for the re­
publican nomination for president.
Secretary of State Olcott announced
that he would not -certify Justice
Hughes* name to the county clerk.
Union county has ordered a special
election primary day for the purpose
of submitting the question of issuing
$400,0.00 In 4% per cent serial bonds
to provide for construction, of per­
manent roads, to be payable in 10
equal annual payments, $40,000 each
year beginning five years from date
of issue.
A direct road to the coast from Eu­
gene is planned for this summer by
the Lane county court.. Bids for the
construction of a bridge over thfe
North fork of Siuslaw river were op­
ened May 8. The structure w ill be
615 feet long wjth a draw over the
deepest part of the stream for Ih e pas­
sage of vessels.
A universal nine-hour rule for wo­
men employed in the manufacturing
industries of Oregon has-been recom­
mended by the conference committee
of the industrial welfare commission.
An increase in the minimum wage
from $8.25 to $8.64 a week for women
employed in all Portland industries
was recommended.
Prineville capitalists hate offered to
build the connecting link from Prine­
ville to the main line of the Oregon
Trunk, operating the lin e 'u n d e r a
lease for 99 years that wil* give the
city two-thirds of tjtie net earnings. It
now remain's for the council to sell
$100,000 of municipal bonds and enter
Into a contract with thesd men for the
oonstructioh of the railroad.
A taxpayer has the right to pay the
first half of his taxes after April 6
without paying the second half; on
payment so made Interest is to be
charged on the first half only, at the
rate of lf per cent* for each month, or
p a rt of a month, that payment Is de­
ferred after April 6. the state commis­
sion has ruled in answer to an in­
quiry from Sheriff Bodine of Albany.
Efforts b y . Portland druggists to
cheek the drinking of alcohol nearly
resulted fatally in two cases, when
men who made affidavits that they
wanted adcohol for external use only
were served with the denatured prod­
uct
In both eeees the victims were
R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO., Winston-Salem,
Net ptwmluuts receiced during tbe
year
.......................................
Interest, dfvid.ud« and renta re­
ceived during tbe y e a r.................
Incóate frww otLer Mtnreee rew ire d
during the y e a r .; .y .............
f
Total lat-ome ............................... 9
> D IS F U a S T X E N T S
.Vet loaaes paid during tfr<* year 9
Dividend« paid «a «*|dt»l at<Mk
during the y e a r , ........ - j ..............
O-totelUUMM aud «atarte« paid dur-
Ing tbe y«mr
Taxes, II w u m o and feos paid dur­
ing tbe year ................................
Amount of a ll other expondltarea
738.258 «2
110.902.56
10.005.62
859.166.60
374,407.21
■ .
100,0**0.00
274,037.64
49.686.89
. 77,263.82
expenditure«
.................9 86*t. 486 76
ASSETS
Value of real estate owned (m ar­
ket rain«') ....................................... 9 211.407 33
Value of stocks aud bonds owned
(m arket .value)
....................... 1.886,545.S6
Loan» on mortgages and collater­
2(17 .»O', (10
al. etc ----- 7.-..................................
»7.215.47
Cash In bauka and un hand..........
Premiums In course «if «xd'rctton
w ritten
since
September 30.
120.472.18
1818 ....................................................
26.6M6.6U
Interest and rents due aud accrued
Total
To tal ..................................................81.400,817.26
To tal asset« admitted In Ore­
gon ............................... ................ 2.400.817 W
TJABIT.1TIES.
Oroas clalina for loeacs un p a id .. .
45.497.00
Amount «>( nueartied premium« on '
all.outstanding rlaka........ ..
. fl.514.M6fl.47
Due for co«nml«ol<m aud brokerage
9,<yK>.00
.8
Total Uabllltlea. exclusive of cap­
ita l stock........................................... 915fl3.M58.47
Total nremluuia In force December
31, 1915.................................... .............92.481.89M.00
B U S IN E H ■-> IN OREGON FOR T H E T E A R
T t t a l Insurance w ritten during the
year .............../ ................................ .-8 593,43« 00
Ot'ws pre ml u ma received daring
- 7.290 2M
the year ...........................................
Prein luma , returned during
tbe
2 1ÍW 2«
year ........................................... ...
6,242.82
Lo»aea paid «luring tlie year............
3.3M« S2
Losses lucurrcd during t .e y e a r..
« IB A R D F IR E 9 M A R IN E IN S U R A N C E 0 0 .
By H E N R Y M. G R A TZ. President.
Statutory resident general «gent and attorney
for aervlce: B. A. PA R8O N 8, P«w(land. Or.
N. C.
SyaoyaU o t U m Annual Jintao,«n t of tho
F A O irx c states ria x insubancb oo.,
ot Dertland, In the «Toto u t itreg n a, oo Ibo
31«i day ut Do«.«'UiLM-r, 1913, uxaUe to tbe
iii-uranre MtnmlaoIouFr o r tbe M ile ut 0»O-
gcu, purouaut to law :
__ .
■’ , ,
O A F IT A L .
Amount of capital |wld up .......... 9 344 900x1»
- IN C O M E ,
Not proinluin« rot-vlved during tho
/♦ n r ................. ................... . . . . . 8
98.668.63
dlvldenda, and reuta re­
ceived «luring tbe Year...................
39.374 76
iBcrtne from other a*mr«*oo recelvM
during the fo o t ......................... ..
18.884 88
Total lucumo ...................................9 l.'*2.562.<13
D I 8B J A IL M E N T S .
Net luoara paid duriitx tbe year.. 9
C1.U3C.44
Lx luluU»Ion» aud »«lorlet- paid
during tbe year ...........00.557.7»
Taxes, nfenii-s, aud froe paid dtt/;
• lug tbe year
.............................
4 .4 0 4*4
Atuouuk u t alt other axpondt(urea.
41.79U-9U
To tal exiwtxlltareo
Falto o t
ro o f
........................9
«7,818.11
(aar-' .
ket valao) ..................................... 8
17.990.7»
Value of warrant»
aud bonds
uwued (m arket value) ...............
9 8 .1 M .M
Loau» on mortgages and collateral.
*
Ole.........................................................
400.100.70
Cash la banks and on baud ..........
LU, 124.76
I're lulu nut in ««nirae of collection
w ritten
alnco
.September
30,
1915 ....................................................
82,699 80
Interest and rants duo aud ac-
erwod ........... ...................................
8,162.57
A h other ..........................................
2.6M.S6
To tal assets
................................... 9 61«.253.80
TXital.uaaet» admitted In Oregon 9
L IA B IL IT IE S .
tiro»» claim.* tu t loo*ea uupald.. . . 9
Amount of uiM-afti«?d prewluHM «□
a ll outstanding rlaka.................
Due for couiintaeton »«Ml br* keraga.
A ll other IU bi Ulloa .......................
Total llablotlea. e i'lu s lv t of
capital stock of |344,»U0.......... 9
010,258.30
7,667 46
71.169 44
4.904.83
87,217.98
120.986 67
Total premluus In forow Decem­
ber, 81, 1913 ..«-......................... s. | 1 »8.530 48
B U S IN E 8 8 IN OREGON FOR T H E TE A M .
Total lt...ur«n<e w rltteu dur lag tbe
year ................................................... |S ,O il,271.61
Groaa prctuiuiu» reeel »cd during
- tbe year ...........................................
125,445.91
Dreuibi;u» returned dariug the year
22,596. M
S
Loo «•» paid during Ilia y e a r..........
48,800 69
Lea«*a incarred daring (he y e a r .,
61,876.47
Total apv 'iut i t ln»ur«n«w oat-
otandiug In Oregon December
81. 1916 ........ rs-rrsTT................... 92 234.9Mb 00
F A C IT IO STA TES T IR E IN S U R A N C E OO.,
By J. II . B H ID G EM >U D . Sec’y.
found insensible on the street near
the place where the drug had been
Sight Unseen.
ilecd of Firm — How long do you
purchased, and their lives were saved
want to I h * nwsy on yonr wedding
by heroic treatm ent
Rev. Q. H. Young, pastor of the Al­ trip?
flaw kius itknJdlyi - Well. 3lr—er—
bany Baptist church, was elected mod­
what would yon say?
erator o^ the Central Baptjst associa­
“ How do I know?. I hatcn’t seen the
tion, which closed a three days’ ses­ bride.” —Life. -
'
sion. Mrs. O. B. Neptune, of Albany,
was reelected clerk. Rev. Young suc­
Speed Doesn't Count.
ceeds Rev. R. F. Jameson of Lebanon.
•‘Mamma,’’ complained a little one
V irgil Carter of North Palestine was recently, “ teacher w ^ /t let me sing
chosen as representative on the state any more, and I'm the fastest singer
oonventlon board.
North Palestine in s, I m » d I to o ’’-B oston Transcript.
Syncpoia of tho Annual Statement of tho
was the place chosen for next year’s
C O M M ER C IA L U N IO N A S8URANCE CO.. L T D ,
meeting.
of Londun. Euglmtd, on tbe 31at day of De­
1915, made to tbe Insurance “commla-
One of the largest copper mine deals cember,
aloner of the state of tffegon, pursuant to
.
ever mode In Oregon was announced la w : *
IN C O M E
when the copy of a bond and lease K et premiums re«-elved
during tbe
year ................................................. 9 7,300.863.58
with option to purchase 40 claims in Interest,
dlvldenda and rents re­
ceived during the y ea r...............
857.977.68
the Homestead district was filed in
Iccorne from other sources re-
the county clerk’s office at Baker. The
c tlie d during tbe y e a r...............
299.S27.97
purchase price of $80,000 includes a
To tal Income.......... ....................... 9 7,961,658.18
D ISB U R SEM EN TS
one-fifth Interest in 10 claims belong­
Net loeaea paid during tbe y e a r.9 3,884,578.18
ing to the native copper group, togeth­ Commissions, and salaries paid
during tbe y e a r........ ..
2,102,098.88
er with two m ill sites and all the wa­ Tkxea, license» and fees paid dar­
ing tbe y e a r.............. .................
286.157X11
ter rights connected with the claims Amount
of a ll
other
expendi­
ture«
.............................................
•
1,014,893.80
mentioned In the transaction.
........ 97,287,107.74
T o tal expenditure«.. .
Renewed efforts h r the fight against
—
the ground squirrel w ill be made by Value i of real estate ASSETS
owned (m ar­
ket
value)
.................................
-
the ranchers to keep down the spotted Value of stocks and bonds owiu-d j$ 900,000.00
(m arket v a lu e ).................* ......... .... 5,241,968.00
fever epidemic that Is traveling over
L omus on mortgages and collat­
8Q.000.ro
ors 1, ate............................................
Grant county and at the western edge
2,060,91X45
Cs>b In banks and on hand..........
of Baker county. E.JF. Averill, of the Premiums In course of collection
w ritten since September 30,
U niter States Biological Survey, gave
1,471,663.98
1915 .........................................
Interest
and rents due and ac­
out the word that the sage tick that
83,826.53
crued ......... .
causes-the spotted ,fever depend^ on
T id a l oooeto............ ....................... 9 »,«»1869.91
To tal usaots adm itted lit Oro-
the aquirrel for its existence. Ranch­
goo ...............................................9 9,868.369.01
ers havfc been fighting the rodent'be-
L IA B IL IT IE S
Groan claims foe looses u n p a id ..9
809,524.77
cause of its damage to the crops.
Amount of unearned premiums un
__ ______
oil outatandlnx r h k a ........* ........ 6 8 « . 186-01
That a standard guage railroad
AU other llab llltlo e .........................
161,216.49.
w ill he constructed from Roseburg to
To tal lio b lllt y . .
” 9 7.296376^
Rock Creek, which is w lth lif a stoned
capital »took
throw of the richest timber belt in To tal prem ium s’ in farce Decent;
091.864.47
ber ß. 1916------- . . . .
Douglas county, w£s practically as­
S."
BUSINESS IN OREGON FO B 3
sured' when the Roseburg city council To tal lnsuruaiwe w ritten during
tbe year ............................V •; • •’ 910.778,783.00
In executive session decided to call a _ tiroaa
pre iu In ms received during
1*4,521.T8
the
year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . •
special election and so to amend the Premium«
returned during the
46,847 71
jraur
• • -
city charter that the municipality may
M.6H0A9
Lo*«ea paid during the y e k r...........
67,505.55
proceed and construct the railroad Ixteaea tecurn-d. daring the y e a r..
To tal amount of Insurance <niD
from Roseburg to Rock Creek instead
i”..or r . . u***"T
of to the Umpqua national forest re­ OOMMEBCXAL U N IO N ASSURANCE CO . L T D .
serve, as planned at the time the orig­
By A. H . W fiA Y . U. B. Manager.
inal $JOO,(X»O bond issue was author-