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UNCLE SI SENDS
WARNING OF FAKE
OIL SCHEMES
WASHINGTON, April 7. As n
menus of getting rich quick tho sale.
of worthless oil otock Is Bupptnutlnp
tho galo of Roldlc88 gold mines, nml
for smoothness thoWnlllngfonln f
the ollstock business nro making
their predecessors, tho gohl-brick
men and tho fake tnlnltiK promoters,
nppcar crude nnd Incompetent. Un
cle Sam tins put out of business more
than ono ollstock swindler for using
tho malls to defraud the public, but
ninny of them nro loo clover to vio
late tho lottor of tho law. They sail
ns close to tho wind of misstatement
ns they dare, publishing carefully
worded advertisements which convey
totally falso Impressions without
actually making fnle statements.
Ono of their favorite tricks Is to lead
people to believe that tho property
they aro booming has been Indorsed
by tho government oil eperts. As
might be Imagined, the men mho real
ly make camlnatlons of oil lands for
tho government aro ny no means
pleased with this now familiar de
ception. Dr. George Otis Smith, di
rector of tho United States geological
survey, said In a recent extended In
torxlew: Worthies Oil Stocks
"Nothing Is doing the oil business
more injury than widespread sales of
worthless oil stock, and nowhere Is
thcro more need of blue-sky laws to
deal with such promotions. It Is In
teresting to noto that most of thete
fakers try to mako It appear that the
geological survey has indorsed their
properties and predicted that oil will
bo obtained from them. As a mat
tor of fact, tho survey docs not make
reports on private holdings and Its
reports on as to oil fields which it
lias examined aro never given to pro
moters or to anyone cUo in ndvanco
of publication. If people who are
solicited to buy oil stocks on tho
strength of alleged indorsement by
tho government would insist on see
ing publications In which It Is dis
tinctly stated that oil may bo found
in tho field that is being promoted,
op would write to tho survey at
Washington Inquiring If there aro
such publications, tho loss ot ihclr
savings would bo avoided.
Wyoming Oil Kicl.1
"Tho cleverness of somo of these
promoters Is nothing short ot mar
velous. Recently a pamphlet has
como to my attention advertising so
called oil properties near Moorcroft.
Wyoming, and stating that the lands
owned by this particular company are
surrounded by a naval petroleum re
serve. As a matter of fact, tho gov
ernment has never made and does nut
intend to mako a naval reserve In
this part of Wyoming. Certain lands
in tho vicinity were at ono tlmo tem
porarily withdrawn pending exami
nation as to their oil character, but
after geologists of tho survey had ex
nnilned thorn tho entlro area was
classified as 'non oil' in February.
"Moro recently a widespread ad
vertising campaign has been carried
on In tho newspapers by a company
claiming to own oil lands cast of
Denver. Thousands of dollars must
have been expended In full-page ad
vertuoments worded with consum
mate cleverness.
Colorado Fakirs
"Promluent In the headings is tho
etntcmont, 'Head what your Uncle
Sam thinks about It.' Throughout
tho advertisement aro paragraphs
most skillfully framed to convey the
impression that government geolo
gists have oxaiulned this property
and reported upon It favorably, al
though nowhere Is such a statement
directly made. So carefully are these
paragraphs worded that after having
read them onco or twlco you are al
most willing to tnlco oath that gov
ernment geologists aro cntliuslaUlc
over these lands as n rich oil terri
tory, when, as a matter of iact, no
government geologist would risk 10
tents on their oil possibilities.
"I suppobo It Is Inevitable that
such schemes as this should rob
thousands, but my ailvlco to all
would-ho ImeBtoru Is, whou you aro
told that tho government has In
dorsed un oil proposition wrlto to
tho government and find out before
you put up your money.'
BOURNE PRACTICES 1
AS WELL AS TALKS
PUBLIC
ECONOMY
LATEST PHOTOGRAPH OF
SECRETLY M'AOOO, WHO
IS TO WED MISS WILSON
WASHINGTON', April 7.-l!eon.
omy in gmerniiieutiil eMH'iiiliturv.s i
one of (he practices iw well ns ono
of the principle of former Senator
.lonnthnn Itouriir. When eoiiure f
created tho two jivnt committees ofi
which Hournr N elinirmnn, it impro
priated .f-'.),000 for tho expenses of,
cnoli committee and uuide the mom
payable uixm ouchers Mncl liy tho
chairman. On Mnivh II, when the
committee would liaxo expired by
limitation, Hournc hail cicndcd otil
Sl'J.OOO of the fiO.OOO appropriated.
Congress continued tho committee'
ami made the niie.H,ihtei tmlnucc
available for future expen-cs.
Though tho money lias been spar
ingly exjHMiiled. 5t is generally ngrerri
that Hournc has gathered the most
complete good rands data ever com
piled in any oounlrv mid hn made
the most en refill and thorough in
quiry into the subject of compensa
tion of the railroads for tnmHr n
lion of tho mnils. Itoiirue has gion
his own services without eoinonsa
tioti and paid his own ieiounI ex-iMMises.
When Hotline, ns chairman of the I
senate itostnffice committee, wn
conducting n study of the oarccN !
xt problem, the iwstoffiee depart- j
ment opoed establishment of a par-1
ecl ost and urged the appropriation
of 100.000 for experimental work
prelinnmrv thereto. Hoiirue went
ahead with his investigation, spent
$40(10 on it and worked out his nun
famous one system which wns en
acted. It is now conceded that bj
spending $100,000 in experiments tin
department would not have secured
any more ueful information than
Rottrnc got for $1000 mid the parcel
post Inw would have been dclavcd
several years.
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ASHLAND'S SODA
CONTAINS LITHIA
Tho artcsiuu soda well turns out
to contain largo quantities of lithin,
sas the Ashland Tiding. The
ground has been enetrntel to n
depth of ll'J feel. The water How
rose to within nine feet three inches
of the surface of the ground. The
lop of the well'is fourteen and one-
half feet nlime creek level, twenty
eight feet away. Hv the work of
one mnii for two davs the well can
he mndc.il flowing welt.
Here is what the first test in nn
alysi show.:
"llert It. (Ireer. chairman.
ASHLAND, April 7 Miss Nellie r Mr: e have made a (puck
Mclntyre, a joung woman of inle-l,,c,cnilinM,," ot iu total solids
pcndcncc. Ore, was arrested it ,nmiine of soda, chlorine and siir-
Grants Pass Sunday and brought P'mlcs together with a te-t for lithin,
back to Ashland yesterday charged,'" '' sample of wnler taken from
with forgery. She Is ald to havo 'he Dodge well, und find the water
Issued false drafts on Portland banks '" contain lithin in coiisidernhle
In which sho had no funds.
Miss Mclntyre is believed to have
wealthy connections In Independence
both In builncss and banking circles
and Chief Porter Is busy trying .o
straighten out the muddlo.
The brother of tho young woman I
'trying to mako arrangements to re
lieve his sister from her embarrass
ment by making the amounts good
to the banks. If this Is dono and no
proof Is secured for further holding
her, she may bo released from the
care of the local officers, or turned
Qtcr to the authorities of Callforn'?
AUTHOR OF "SWEET MARIE-
DEAD AT CHICAGO HOSPITAL
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CHK'AOO, April 7. t'y Wnniinn,
the "poet of the Itnckic" mid author
of "Sweet Marie," died twliiv at St.
Luke' hospital here. lie had been ill
for three weeks.
BATTLES NOMINATED AS
WENATCHEE POSTMASTER
WASHINGTON'. April 7. The
nomination of (.'lit ton A. Untiles to
be postmaster at Weiiatehce, Wash.,
was sent to the senate today.
quantity and to (to heavily mineral
ized, mid also to bn different from
nny other sample which wo have
Inken. So far as these determina
tions go, they would indicate Hint the
water ranges somewhere between the
new lithin and Shepherd spring, with
MissiMy n Inrge amount of lithin; at
least, this is indicated by the spec
troscopic teM.
"Wo nro proceeding with the com
plete nimlysU of thi water us rap
idly ns possible.
"The compute analyst of all wat
ers taken by us will be completed
within u week.
"Vours wry Iruly,
"SMITH. i:mkhv & CO.,
"Chemists and Chemical Hngiiicers."
PR0HIS AND WETS BOTH
VICTORS IN MICHIGAN
LAN'SINH, Mich., April 7. I'rolii
bitioiiin's were jubilant today over
yesterday's election in twelve coun
ties in which seven voted dry. The
mot notable ictorv was that in Ing
ham county, which contains Lansing,
the cnpital of the state. Tho "wet-."
won three counties now dry, Clare,
0ceoda and Wexford.
TACOMA VOTERS
SELECTING
MAYOR
AND CITY COUNCIL
TACOMA, Wash., April 7 Taco
ma voters today nro passing upon tho
miallflcatlons of 25 candidates for
tho vacancies In tho city council, a
mayor and two councllnicn. They
aro also deciding the fate of tliroo
proposed charter amendments and a
port district plan of harbor dovelop
ment Chief Interest In tho election cen
ters In the mayoralty contest, for
which office there, nro eight candi
dates Those, conceded to havo tho
best chanco of election aro A. W.
Knwcett, recalled as mayor In 19111
Homer T, llono, "jellow" socialist;
M. W. Orcer, civil' engineer, and C,
K, W BUXMor, n preacher.
If no candidate for either mayor
or councilman rccclws a majority of
alt tho votes cast tho two leaders fo
each of tho three offices will fight It
out at another election two weeks
hetico.
lleglstratton was wry heavy and
tho early balloting today Indicated
that an unusually largo voto would
bo cast.
SEEK MOTIVE
FOR SUICIDE OF
UN
WIDOW
SUBMARINE ORDERED FROM
BREMERTON TO FRISCO
HHKMKUTON', Wai-h., April 7.
Telegraphic orders haxe been re
ceived today from the nay depart
ment direct that the submarine ll-H
const mc'ed ir. Seattle mid lately
turned over to the government, ho
taken in tow by the cnilicr St. Louis
and conxoyed to San Francisco. Men
will bo left aboard the wsel in case
it should, hp'iik nway. It is exacted
the submarine will loaw the yard
about April 8. (
SAN HIANCISCO, Cal., April 7.
Ktieiids of Mis. Mary Taggart, willow
of I Ir. Hairy Tnggnit of llodwood
Oily, were still unable today to ml
vance nuy probable motiw for her
suicide either Into Sunday night or
early Monday til her apartments hero.
The body of Mrs. Tnggnit was found
liugou tho bed in u gas-filled apart
ment on O'l'arioll street lalo last
night, and physicians said she had
been dead then for something like
twenty-four hours.
The body was found by L.xllon Mc
intosh, a promoter, who said he had
assisted in n deal whereby Mrs, Tag
gart had purchased the Hat wherel
she ended her life. A letter ml-'
lrcssed to Macintosh, but signed hy
another woman, was found pinned to'
Mrs. taggart s nightdress. It was
filled with endearments und was
mailed from Sacramento to Maclu-
tosh July 127, 10 Kl. It was s'gned
"K."
A dinner, cooked mid waiting, was
found on the stove. Macintosh saidi
he had a dinner engagement with f
Mrs. Taggart Sunday night, but had
been called to Sail .lose on u busi.l
ness trip and had been unable to no-'
ttfy her of his departure from the
city.
"I never had other than business
relations with Mrs. Taggart," said
Macintosh today. "I was an inti
mate friend of her husband's und I
am unable to understand how she
got the letter addressed to me mid
why she should liaxo pinned it to her
gown. Site at no time displayed an
affection for me. She must have
taken the letter from mv dck when
she called at my office last Wednesday."
AS ARMY DESERTER
Sr.ATTI.i;, Wash., Apiil 7. Fol
lowing the disappearance of Ciiplalu
,1, II. Hiiftilhs, under nil est on a
chnrgo of u 0000 shoilago in uiniy
funds, he has been posted us ti do
seller and the eusloiuniy lewiud id
$."i0 is olfered for his on pi inc. lie
now stands to I'u co two coiiit mar
Huts, with a penally of tlitimisNiil foi
desertion und ten jours for dt'l'nlon
t ion.
Iiivesticutiou has disclosed that he
had successfully tiiiaueed n Itiuhcr
deal in Portland involving .'fdOO.OOO.
The final details wore yet to bo wink
ed out on the deal which would liaxo
netted him mi income of $1(K) u dav
al II per cent interest.
MILITIA CRUISE ON
llllK.Mi:i(Tl)N, Wash., Ami! 7.
The ciuisi'i' Milwaukee, Lieutenant
Commander ciny N, tleiisou com
maiuliug, wns selcelcil by the navy
depailnicnt .M'sleidny upon tho ice.
omiiieiidalioii of Hear Admiral It. M,
llojtlo, coiumiiiidei'-inelilef of the lo-
sorxe llci'l, to luke Ilia mix at militia
of the states of Washington, Ori'i;on
and California on (lirir nnnual eiuisoN
this summer.
The uiixiil militia of Hie stale of
Washington will he the first to tin
lakeii out mid u tentative schedule
fixing the exact dates and ports of
call is now being winked out,
It is planned lo mnko Hie find
ciulxo in June.
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Pots and pans quickly shed
their grime and grease, and
shine like new when you use
GOLD DUST
a
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Cleans everything, and
loaves purity behind it.
5c and larger packages.
CHICAOO
"Imt tint BOLD DUST TWHIS
mo you work"
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,12 0FTHE5E'
LABELS
l nolmlla of lrJ mark on
Ul h rnd of every pukair
of "UriUU" Ulte.1 U.lntkvi
NDGET
FREE
THIS SAMPLE BOX
OF SUPREME
DAINTIES
OVER MURDER BY JAP
STOCKTON, Cal., April 7. Jnp
nuesu residents of Ktockton scut a
letter today to J)r. Hllis Hurbert ex
prtw.winK' tlii-ir syinpatliy with him in
Hit) loMtf of lil xvIIV, iiiui dei ed Katur
iy Uy Jwutnilu Kiilsuni, her Japan
dm) Kttrx'Hiil, xxlio tiller shot hiiuself
imA when cornered by I lie police.
Mr. )lHrbrir will be hinit'd tonnnrow,
MM JHPNMM0 llt Of I'UHtllCKM I'lOk-
Chis is an unconditional offer we are making to further intro
duce and demonstrate the rare quality and goodness of
Supreme
Sodas
IOC AT VOU DltLIH
and the entlro lino of "Supreme" baked dalntien.
Blmplycollrtt 12ndfromlx nukairrtof "Suprcmn'' IlUruil, "Koprrm
Rorlti.oranyoibcr packaifaof ' lVfl(M"UkrJBl'nd If your Krorcz cannot
a'iPply you with th OmpllmenUry Ilojr. mall Itirm direct to ua. andtha fult
BurvrlM packavo wlllU Mrot at one by parcal po.1, akaoluUly Irtm.
V. V, IIAKADON r HUN
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; Great faster Reduction Sale
EAOTER GLOVES
Women '-2- i "Womon's 1G-
-AT
EASTER RIBBONS
Olasii Kill
Gloves, Jill
colore, .f!i5'
grade, spceial
)er )Jiii'-,.
Button
White Kid
Gloves, jjood
$3 grades,
special, pair,
$2.48
MANN'S
CENTLiAL AV.SNUK, NKAU 1. O.
TjiiTeta Hair
Kildioii in, till
colors, spe
cial, a yard,
Now Fancv
29c
Kilihons,
wide width,
new colors,
very special,
a vard,
25c
v This Great sale is commanding the attention of all shrewd buyers,
pay you to investigate if you are in need of merchandise.
It will
20 OFF ON COATS AND SUITS 20 OFF
Just think of it at the very time you need them you
can buy them at this great reduction
All . 15.00 ,Siiits..$12.00
All $18.00 Snits..$14.40
All .$20.00 Stiits..?16.00
All $25.00 Snits..?20.00
All $30.00 Snits..$24.00
All $.15.00 Snits..?28.00
All $10.00 Snits..t?32.00
All $12.00 Coats $ O.ttO
All $15.00 Coats $12.00
All $18.00 Coats $14.40
All $20.00 Coats $16.00
All $25.00 Coats $20.00
All $:J0.00 Coats .$24.00
All $:J5.00 Coats $28.00
A slight charge for alteration during this sale.
10 OFF ON WOOL DRESS QOODS-10 OFF
The best selection in the city, overy known color and
fabric, all go in this salo at 107, off regular prices
25c Dress Goods ,22rf
50c Dress Goods . 45
75c Dress Goods ,67'
$1.00 Dress Goods .80.
$1.25 Dress Goods
for $1.12i2
$1.50 Dress Goods $1.35
$2.00 Dress Goods $1.80
59c
All goods Sponged and Shrunk Free during this sale.
SILKS
5000 yards of new Tub
Silks and Fancy Foul
ards, in dainty stripes
and figures, real values
up to 85c, said
price, yard
!
FREE Save Your Saleslips and Get Wm. Rogers' Guaranteed Triple-Plated Silverware FREE
EASTER HOSIERY
"Women's and Children's
Fast I Mack Hose,
special, pair
9c
JSoys' Heavy School Hose,
good as most 25c. -t f
grades, special, pr JL OC
t'fr
.v'
,'A
Girls' line Ribbed
why pay 25c Y Spe
cial, pair
Hose,
15c
J lose,
25c
AVomen's Silk Lisle
special at, per
pair
Women's Lavender Top
Silk Lisle J lose, best
made, a pair
"Kaysor's" Italian Knit
JIohc, all colors, dte r
pair Iftl.DU
50c
WASH GOODS SALE
Now is the time to buy your Summer Dress
while stock is complote
Best quality Dress
18c
New Dresden Crepes,
."(1 inches wide, worth
2oc, very
special, yard
New Galateas, in
stripes and plains,
Hiiceial at, 1 Q
per yard 1 OC
Heavy Ratines, for
coats mid suits, spe
cial at, per CQ
yard Jt
8000 yds. best Wash
ing and Wearing
Gingham made,
special, per
yard
10c
SHEETS
72xlM) JJJeached Pil
low Slips, 0
grade, each
39c
Prints, per
yard
5c
New Ratines, in all
colors, vvvy special
JivT 25c
New Challies, fast
colors, spe- C
cial, yard )s
Good Apron Ging
ham, fast col- S
ors, yard OC
PILLOW SLIPS
12 and '15-iiich I'il-
low Slij)s, IHc
grule,
each
12!4c
EASTER UNDERWEAR
Women's Sleeveless Vests,
good quality, f
each J. VfL
Women's Union Suits, um
brella or tight knee, Q
special, suit As(u
Women's Pants, umbrella or
tight knee, very
25c
special, pair.
Hoys' Porous Knit. Union
Suits, special, a A
Hull OyC
Woniens Corset Covers, new
f
style, all sixes, very 'IQ
special, ejicli HJj y
Women's Crepe Nightgowns V
98c I
tn W 1 1 1 ki
special at,
each
11 f . . 1 if jf r i
m omen h i oiumnaiioii hims T
new style, nicely QQ y
trimmed, each . ..Ot J
WtmuHj's fine Lingerie V
Di'awi'iw, all styh'H, AQZ $
very Hpeeial, pair -t:OC 2
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