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who hr Md it lor inumioi. 8om tk
Uses object to savin c t paper diontlnaed
at the Urn ol axpiraUoo of &ir safaaerlpttoaa.
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a haraeoociadod toUaeoatliae eub-ertpUena
eoir when BuUfied to ao af. Ai seraon paring
when aubacribsg, or paying la advance, wiil
havs th tenefl t of .the dollar rata. Bat il they
6os t pay t -r tlx months, u rata wlU be Ilia
a year. Harcafta we will aaad tbe paper to all
seaponalble persona who ordr. It, taoojrn they
aiay not aesd tt aaooay. witii tUa auuitti
UgUsttkr ara VP" fLXft a yaar. In caaa tby
la the abanrlption aceoant ran evar at
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demanding. wa wW tee? tats noOee
at taU puiea ia tUe paper.
CIRCULATION (SWORN) OVER 4000
THE UNESCAPABLE QUESTION.
, Tfc New .York Herald publish "a
signed editorial by Jler. A. Lincoln
Moore, D. D., pastor of the Riverside
Baptise church of Manhattan on "The
Unescapable Question." Its strength
is wonderful and the artiele is well
worthy the attention of vary reader
of newspapers in the United States. It
certainly is a wonderful estimate of the
Christ. The text on which he writes
is taken from the 221 chapter of Mat
thew, 42d verse: "What think ye, of
the C&rist.'V and he calls it the most
important question of life, lie says
that its, answer determines character,
destiny, eternity. v
' Continuing, he says:
"Jesus of Nazareth is the most re
markable phenomenon of bumai his
tory. As the Founder f Christianity
He stands before us as one of the definite-
personages of antiquity. The lead
ing facts of His career, the thief pe
culiarities ef His teachings, the distinc
tive traits- of 'lis incomparable charac
ter are beyond dispute. As thinking
men we are confronted by this mo
mentous question. We cannot escape
or elude its power. History, civiliza
tion; in a word, Christianity, with its
corollaries liberty, industry, property,
peace, temperance, purity, education,
morals, honw-all .mite in preening the
question, , What think ye if Christ?
"Jesus is nb longer reviled as fa
natie or iinposter. A11 unreservedly
admit today that He was a great teach
er and the incarnation of his doctrine.
Even unbelief assigns Him the highest
jxt of honor among earth 's greatest,
crowning liim king of the kiogliest.
a No mortal can with Him coupin?
Vi Among the sens of earth.
"More thought has been xpendeJ
on Chrise in Christian countries thin
6n any subject' of learned invest ig-.:tion.
More books have been writtea en Him
nd His' religion than' jp-n all other
subjeefV VccHnblned. ilje greatest
povms, the noblest paintings ind the
grandest fseulpturiags have been in
spired by the Christ. . lie has ever been
the grand inspire of liter-itarc.j Not
only ir .religious Looks do we ee His
away, but in.wocfcs. confessedly secular
in volumes.ethicai,biioHophieftl, his
toric, biographic, aesthetic we catch
glimpses of His., peerje ' personality:
and power. Emphatic and manifold are
the . unconscious tributes of literature
to the Christ. , n '- ?y r( I
s -In it not . a fact absiliitely, .tinlque I
that this humble carpenter-of Oaluee,
who was crucified unJor PiLue, fibonld
possess such a supreme cbarid and- in
cite to such reverent - and . profound
study? You know why. He aro$ ffom
the dead, leading captivity captive, end
ascended on nigh. Iiy His resurrection
He was proclaimed the Boa of Go in
power, lie- is the perpstu! I'rfsenee
and His influence has gone out through
all the earth and His word to the end
of th world; there is uo speech cr lan
guage vrher it is voiee Is not -heard. Jn
vin.w of His wondrous leJs ami mr. tea
less sayings and mighty influence, trans
cendent love end incomparable charac.
ter, what think ye of Him?
''It i Christ's influence that today
is reconstructing society, founding hos
pitals, orphanages, infirmaries,Christian
associations, schools and colleges.
Christ transfigures childhood, uplifts
womanhood,1 ennobles manhood and
builds character. His name in the
twentieth century, as in the first, is th
greatest battle cry of mor.it mid politi
cal reformation. ' His voice is ever ring
ing out: among the nations of the earth
like the trump of Jubilee. The aroma of
His perfect life still permeates and
perfumes toe moral atmosphere of the
world. He is ever reorganizing human
chaos,. reversing human instincts, revo
lutionizing human tendencies, 'co-erdi-nating
- human faculties, developing
human potentialities and felcstiallziug
air
" I had a very saver sickness
that took off all mv hair. I cur-
chased a ' bottle of Ayer's Hsir
Vigor and it brought all mv hsir
back again." 1
V. D. Quinn, Marseilles, 111.
One thing Is certain
Ayer's Hair Vigor make's
the hair grow. This is
because It is a hair food.
It feeds the hair and the
hai r grows, that's all there
is to it. It stops falling
of the hair, too, and rl
ways restores color to
gray hair. -
tt.M a Wtta. !t aesnWS'
I ir nur droir?6t no anrpiy yoa.
ii or mr - jxAvHiTc6:;wtTi:ai: i
My
7-T
n
aumaa character,. la Christ Cod be
came jnanlike ' ia 'order Jhat man in
Christ might beom Godlike. " .
J 'la he Ught cf atrtotieal evldene,
ia vttwoZ His In&rxme npoa " the
world and His personal claims a yon,
what think y of Christ? It ia a fair
qustin to aalu Yoa cannot escape it.
Think npon it yon most. Conscience,
providene, every nature, become : artlcu
lale ia pressing home this - questivB.
import lis ' answer hangs your eternal
destiny.! - Christ stands before too the
m.st eolots&l figure of history; majes
tic, imperial, He has a same writtaa on
kgh, 'King of King and. Lord, of
Lorda. f 'What shall I do with Jeans,
wlu is alle4 the Christ t' ;Ywi mn.t
pajs jodgmeat. Before Pilat Christ
tool a reputed criminal; before you
He stand Tth glorious King of the
Ages. ; Do not hesitate or temporize as
did the vaceiliatLng Roman governor. Do
your duty. -Pilate could not evade re
sponsibility; neither can you. He could
not compromise; neither can yoa. iTaere
is not and never can be any. compro
mise with duty. What one ought cue
must. Reverently bow and say; Thon
art the Christ, the 8on of ; the living
Uodi'my Lord and my God!' "V
AWAIT THTTTt OUTCOME.
,The Pest master General, the Attorney
General land the Secretary of the In
terior have deei.led that antil Oregon's
congressional delegation shall again be
complete anl t reo from charges, fast
no further federal appointments will
be made: to jersns ia this state.
iOf course Congress will adjourn on
the 4th of March 'ibis year, and it is
not likely that there will be iny far
ther session ef that body until ia De
cember. By that time the eourt at
Portland will nave eithir( proved the
truth of the charges against Oregoa'H
three representatives in Congress or
they will have been declared innocent
of the crime which is now laid to their
door. ' . . ' ' J'
In the meantime, Oregon applicants
who would have positions under tie
government can well wait. The people
of Oregon can wait. The state will suf
fer no great injustice or no great lack
of attention to its business through the
present conditions during t but brief
time. In the meantime, it is nothing
more nor less than jiit and proper that
in all these cases tae result of the
trials should be waited b the people.
The trial of these cases through the
press is entirely out of place, far more
is it out of place in the pulpits of the
churches of tats state. Whclewile
charges of corruption or of lawlessness
in the land, as one Portland p;stor put
the matter in a epeeah in Portland at
the JewTsb ftynagogue on Friday nigbt,
does noi necessarily mean wholesale
gt- .
Charges are easily made, but often
times they prove either unfounded or
tae evidence insufficient to tecarj con
viction. While . these reports of testimony,
which it, is claimed has been given in
the presence of the Grand Jary, or the
newspaper stories of -That the pros
ecutors claim they will prove or expect
to provejbefore the courts, isot pleas
ant reading nor is it calculated to make
us believe that everything in as.it
should be n the state. Yet with all,
that charity for mankind and consid
eration for man 's weakness, should at
least cause us to hold back the words
of. scathing denunciation until these
!
men aave had an opportunity before
tae bar of justice to disprove their
guilt or to substantiate fheir inno
cence.' - J
Vlt tis therefore remerab'o- he Di
vine. Injunction, "Let him that is with-1
out iiucast the first stone," and. ebove
all let s await ths outeome of the
trials atllawl' ,',
T
XTSST YXA2E35 WORK DISAP-
PJOINTING.
Will the scandals in connection with
the Panama eanal never'. set. Will
the terrible tales of grafC-of iniwi"o-i
priaFion pf funds, of unwafrahpdr sal
aries, of jdividends on prbpertj Sdcng
ing to the governmnt going to private
parties, never- ceasef Stories tijl in
the telegrams yesterday regardiag -the!
Panaraa Railway company are e-crtaibly
sufficient evidence that Congress would lJth palm" with any or all of them Its
do noihinsr wronir in doinj away witb!aiUs"as a fine stock country and a
do nothing wrong in doing away witbTxam as a fine stock country
the Panama Canal commission. When
Its members, drawing exhorbitant sal
aries, continue to collect auxiliary
pay for services on different boards of
which they are ex-officio members .by
virtue of their being members of the
Canal commission, it certainly is time
to cairn bait;": j ...
There has never been- a general feel
ing of satisfaction among the people
who know tae Mearaguan loute and
the Tanama route, jwith he .lightning
change the commission made in its rec
ommendation ' from Nicaragua to ' Pan
ama. Now it seems1 that the engineer
ing dieulties of Panama - have been
found far j greaterf and more serious
than they were underztood to be before.
Many things indeed aave developed in
eonnectioa with the .Panama Canal,
which , are f ar from satisfactory and
they place that great work in a very
doubtful light. i :f rw- -, v '
The commission has proves to be top
heavy; climatic conditions on' the' isth
mus aave proven to be a more serious
obstacle to the commeneewcat - of , the
work than had been prophesied, and' it
ia admitted that all of this is Idi scour
aging aad Ahere it a- growing eonvie
tion that' resort after ail will Lave to
bo made to the Nie-arajpiaa. route. , At
least ' it seems that, cr. a tide water
eanl at r Panama, rwhica wil require
Cfteea.yeara to ,-eonstract,--aad -5W r
400 railllcss- of 4&UarsI expfliiitare
beeaase of. their tiiiax to find 'stable
f frtrndatioa for "the higb retaining walls
of tk dam wkich. wiuU ; be. Aeceras ry
to retain the waters of tha CnagTes
rivtr ia order to, provide for "fie lock
age system whla. was frst proposeiL
inns will deny that the iSrst year's
work on Panama, so far as reports Lave
been received, baa lacked a great deal
of. being satisfactory to the people -of
the United States. j -. , .
STOBXES Or OLD OEEOOK.
The tales of tire early-pioneer-of this
state will ere be readjrith interest "by
the newer generations of. Oregon, and
one 'of ;tho" most Unerestiag contribu
tions to the literature of this elai is
"Stories ofOti Oregon, just off the
press from the pen of Hon. George A.
Waggoner." Mr. Waggoner writes with
authority, as he was one of those who
came to Oregon ia the earlier years of
ths state's development. Coming with
the immigration of 1852, the year made
famous by the terrible scourge of- the
plains, "cholera,"; which so decimated
the immigrants of that year, Mr. Wag
goner has seen ; a great deal of the
most, interesting history of the state.
His book is a neat volume "of 290
pages,, bonnd in elotE and handsomely
illustrated with half-tones showing in
teresting bits, of. Oregon, scenery and
points of interest. The story is largely
personal, but in many instance xae di
gresses from his own , tale to recount
the history xf eome Bero of th early
day, usualy in connection with some In
dian, war, life on the border, or excite
ment ia the mines. His description of
mining camp-is one of the lest things
ia the book. He says: "Over hills
and low mountains again for two days;
and we came to Oro Pino. Who can
describe a mining camp, with its mot
ley crowd and nondesenpf improve
meats; its wealth and its poverty; itsi
. i-1 : t
swunety ana its n?cBJC!."u-fcj i juk-is,
philosophers and statesmen; its saloons
and desperate men; its bacon and
beans; its rich gulches and- poverty
flats; and ahove al, its-wild excitement?
To stand on ground mixed with gold
will craze, men's souls and render them
the very emlbodiment of the intensified
good and evil ofitbe world. 'All the
natural, hatred men feel for the delays
of courts and sophistry of lawyers; for
the niggardly reward of merit and tar
dy band of justice here find scope for
action. A king would be hung for any
minor offense, but a beggar would bo
defended in a right by every drop of
blood in the camp."
;Tbe book is full of interesting talcs
of adventure, of fights with the In
dians on the plains and in Eastern Ore
gon, Southern Oregon and Idaho. It
tells of scrapes into which the early
trappers, freighters, miners and search
ers for a home, fell, and tells them in
a very interesting way. The book will
be a valuable addition to western tales
of adventure aad of the early pioneer
days on the northwest country. It is
well written, the language being of that
strong, sturdy English, with which the
westerner is familiar, and where be
finds it necessary to make use of, the
dialect or patois of the frontier it is
not overdone, (but is true to the nature
of its users, . , .... .
OREGON'S TOTE STOCK.
3Orogon certainly is coming ' to the
front in the matter of une stock and
in fact-there are few states in the
Union that can, vie with this state of
rain and sunshine in this matter. What
with th premiums taken by the Ladd
cattjC'at St. Louis; the prize that was
wen and denied to the owner of Kings
Ton Lad, the greatest Angora goat ever
ored, denied by a committee who could
nt believe the owner was telling the
truth regarding the animal's, birtn
date; with the fine Percheron and other
draft horses that have recently been
brought into this state, and the many
other fine lines of blooded stock in the
jtate, Oregon is ready to contend for
aAta4 sW as fins mffAlr i m srfra1 ivt f m nri
the'pebpls who come here from the ef
fete taUto see the Lewis aad Clark
Fair will, we many wonderful things
that , they ad not looked for, when
they are confronted with what Oregon
eaa do In the" a, of a stock exhibit.
- ic lotiowmg re(garaing xoe goat in
dustry is taken fronvibe Jsnoary sum
ber of the Sheep Breeder, and tells of
the sale of the wool fret, the "prize
goat -mentioned above: . ; 2
. "Five dollars a pound fftTong mo
hair! This is the world's recShtd price
for long or short mohair and the-Amer-ican
Sheep, Breeder has pleasure n re
cording the fact. Who are. th grower,
"seller and buyer concerned in this .re
markable transaction. The maguificeet
buck. 'Kingston Lad. who evervbodrl
at i.tte late .World s , Fair admired f erNess
his splendid SO-inch fleece, was shorn
la.. November, yielding a 16-pound
fleece,: ten' pounds of which was over
twenty , inches" long and 'sold to Mr.
Lu vttssov e, sth New .York City , ma bu
facturer, for $5d, or 5 per poaad.$V -,
'Kiogrtoa Ladf.was bred by John
B. Stump, of Oregon, and.sold to Toui
We3gewood, of Bingston, New Mexico,
who shewed hint in Kansas dry two
year ago for first honors in his class
and won them. 3r. , Wedgewood now
wins the honors: of . the .world for las
jU-uhfli'Xietiki the, naj4r part
of his Beeee tor'the highest ytUm ever
phid for Aohait. i -
Mr. Steep has-been trying to -get
out of, goftt raising ia order to devote
-more
attest! to sheep, pt according
to the record of his goaT production
this .class of stock puts -him and 'the
stat J qC Oregon oa the road to fame.
Whv nst stay with it!" v
FAXB IMPEO VXMXNTS.
While a great many of those inter
ested i stock shows1 and especially In
the State Fair will feel some: eonsider
able disappointment at the postpone
ment of the. State Fair, for this year.
yet those same persons must admit that
there will be every; opportunity for a
better fair the V next jrear, ' owing to
the improvements the ' state : board of
agriculture can make with the fifteen
thousand dollars allowed by the Legis
lature yesterday" for that purpose.
The people of the state will not have
ia alny , way to divide their energies
aow,J and can devote their every effort
to making a good exhibit at the Lewis
and jCIark Fair, and then many of the
things gathered together and showed
therp will be ready for the State Fair
again next year. - The appropriation is
nonj too large for the purpose for
which it is intended, and will easily
find! a place to be expended.
' The thing. now is for the state board
of Agriculture to lay out its plans so
tha the work of improvement will go
on ithis coming summer-and that the
grounds arid buildings will all be ready
for! next year's fair without a question.
Ip the meantime if the people of Sa
le want some sort of a fair here this
yeajr, what is the matter with holding
a horse fair and a fine stock show for
a few days. This would be an' attrac
tion, and we might have a, racing meet,
etc,,for three, or four days of the
week that the board had provided for
holding the fair. This would not in
terfere in any way with the stock show
at the Lewis and -Clark, nor with any
other part of that great exposition.
THE INAUGURATION.
Ii socms that everjtfiinlf with Presi
dent Roosevelt must treak some ret-or J.
Now the pageant at the inauguration,
it is said, will beat- all previous parades
at inaugural ceremonies, and Washing
ton expects to entertain 200,000 visit
ors during the hours encompassed be
tween the evening of the 3rd of March
and;
the morning of the 5th. After the
president and vice president" fcave
taken their solemn oaths a chorus of a
thousand voices will sing the National
hymn. The ball will surpass anything
of its kind in point of brilliancy and
novflty .of decoration.: The modest
sumj of" $18,0OQ wiil be expended in
beautifying Pension hall for this qual
rennial social event .of the National
capital. Even the Philippine scouts
and the Rough Riders will be there to
add luster, to the occasion. Oregon
Republicans will be represented by.
Chairman Baker and Senator Fulton,
with a possibility df Mrs. Woodcock, if
she can get transportation and "ex
pense paid."
It is perhaps a matter, of .informa
tion to people of bo United States to
know that there is within the United
Sates another Republic whih has its
own government and which i repre
sented at Washington by a minister.
This Republic exists hoi far from the
magnificent estate of Geo. W. Vander
fcilt on Mt. Pisgab, near Ashville, N.
C. Tt is'made up of a highly civilized
part of the Cherokee Indian nation,
who form a nation separate ?nd .dis
tinct from the State government and
whose government is "based. on theories
of democracy. The republic has its
President, who holds office for' four
years. There is a 'Vice Presulent and a
House of Representatives, and "they
are i represented at Washington by an
envoy extraordinary and minister plen
ipotentiary. These are perhaps the
only citizens that are living in two. dis
tinejc and separate! . republics. What
glorious times they must have, helping
to tlect two. presidents every ' four
years. '
Tte death of the Grand Duke Sergius
of Moscow on Friday was, nothing more
nor
old
less than the carrying out ef the
adage, "He that liveth by the
sword, shall die by the sword." A
strong reactionist, a tyrant who had
never heard nor heeded the cries cf "the
downtrodden,' while his oeath is to be
deplored as death is "ever to be de
plored 'under such eircumstane?s as
this
yet it was but the-result of his
acts. It is difficult to see how the
own
K
omanous can continue : rn power . in
Russia, and how the other heads f the
royal families can escape, the tragedy
which has , already destroyed o . many
of thenv oaless the order of things Is
generally changed. May the time ef me
when Eussia may escape from the lark- f
which now enshrouds aer end give
fier people a government of enlighten
ment aad of freedom freat a. tyrrnnie,
deano'tie, unfeeline dvnastv.
The Mikado seat $5pfi00 , to." his
troops, yesterday,-to spend iu wine and
other cheering materials, in order that
they i might drink his health and have
a" good time. And the Czar sent his
soldiers a. eouple' of blessings. Is it
any wonder that 'the' Japs like their
Erapf jor .and- that. ihe. Russians are
thinking! ' ; . . ' '
PTJfTpTQ
.HC V
RUBBER
BONANZA IDEA
KOW THOZdAS ADAMS BFjCArB IK
TERESTED IN GUM MAKING.
KB IIAfl ACCUMULATED MTT.T. QX3
Idly Chewing Piece of Outta. Percha
. Gives Manufacturer rounda- 'A
" ' . tlon . for .. Fortune.' ; -
Business. Begun In Modest Way In
; Brooklyn, Has Slnc Expanded Into
Enormous Proportions- Story of BsJ
.Commercial Bomance Lies ia Growth
- of Gum. r- ; ; - I v-t ; -.' ;
By. idly chewing one day down at
Sailors Snug Harbor a piece of rubber
he had taken from out of an old desk
drawer, s Brooklyn. man of promi:
nence, who was buried Thursdsy, Jaid
the foundat:on or a great fortune, says
the Brooklyn Eagle. The drnd Ilrook
lynite was Thomas Adams, Hr father
of Thomas Adams, Jr., and John Dun
bar Adams the fortune started by the
piece f rubber was made in chewini?
gum.-' : ' v - -;.. y " ' "
There is a chewieg vuni industry now
of amaaia--proportions, its total pro
duct footing up over $5,000,000 anual
ly. Forty years ago $25,000 a year
was, the maximum, if the yearly output
ever reached that. Then the gum was
either spruee gum or "arafin jum only,
and children were its ole users. "It
won't be VCrv much of. a thing," said
Thomas Adams to his joys when the
idea of a new sort of.guiri came to bim,
"but we -may. make a little money out
of it." "
Mulberry Sellers foi saw millions ana
missed them. "The e hewing- gum master
thought he saw. dollars only, and gain
ed milions. It was nt many years be
fore Brooklyn had in chew.ng gum one
of her most inTportant manufacturing
interests. an?l in the old Fifth ward one
of the finest' aetorv plants deVoted to
the making of the tteductive strips,
which by then were having an enor
mous sak. "rom not bein. "very much
of;a thing" the new yum became the
thief business of the Adanis famiiy.
A story of rerl commercial romnnce
lies1 in the growth of gum. The day
Thomas Adams, Sr., foTtunately
Chewed on the bit of rubber he had
gone down to Sailors' Snug Harbor, to
visit The famous veteran, lienetal Sapta
Anna. It was just after the close of
the Civil war." Thomas Adams was one
of the big photographers of war times.
He" was employed by the government,
ahd his heavy photographic wagon fol
lowed in the" train of the, army of the
Potomac.'. Thomas Adams, Jr., then. a
boy, was with his father and can tell
many a tale of photographing eu route
in campaign days. .
After the war-was over Thomas Ad
ams, Sr. got interested in rubber, then
in the infancy of its development. "It
was a day of rubber experimentation,
and the chewing gum master that was
to be,"being a scientific man and one
with a practical turn to his science,
got thoroughly bound up in these possi
bilities. The problem was to vulcanize
the rubber and seience ot "no for-
ader"-for some time. Finally, what
was thought to be the prooer missing
. - i i i .
element was aiacoverea cnicte.
Chicle came from Mxieo. It was the
sap, or life blood, of the cbieo-zapote,
one of the rubber plant family. Even
tually it was found that rubber and
chicle together would not vulcanize,
that while rubber was elastic, chicle
had no elasticity. But before thU was
discovered large quantities of chicle
had been brought to this market.
. T.he science of Adams stood him
then, in good stead. He could see in
this unused raw material a possible ri
val to spruce hud pafl2n um. It is
an additional curious fat that to this
day no other we for chlele bus been
discovered. The grtut supplies of it
that came up here are turned into noth.
ing else than chewing gntn, and because
of the buying of chicle steadily for
over thirty years the name of Adams
is probably, the best known American
name in Mexico" today.
Admas, Sr. got his patent for his new
rj-iim on Febraury 11. 1871, and this
held? good until 188, by which time his
famous trade-mark was firmly estab
lished and the fortune well in process
of making. But the years were not
easy sailing. Chicle, refined and pur
ified, rapidly sprung into great popu
larity as a gum, it sent parafin and
spruce flying, but business ' opponents
quickly appeared and the patent had to
be defended. This was done success
fully, but other manufacturers gained
a foothold, to a tremendous extent af
ter 1888 (ttiough the field was then
broad enough for many), and four or
five years ago the trade was combined
into one large company, which now, to
a great extent, swings the fortunes of
gum. w ,k' 1 .
The first of the new ehewingrrnm was
not the convenient, dainty product of
today. It was made in tbe factory ia
long sticks about the circumference of
a roan's .ndext finger, and from this
stick pieces were chopped off, approx
imately the size of a finger tip. These
were not wrapped up individually, but
were8 sold in boxes.. -They were simply
the Mexican sap, refined, with no sugar
and no flavoring matter added.
With the popularizing xf this new
product eame in a new gum era the
j day of the, fmapniug and, stretching
uiu. ii urr gym was OUI Ol H ITOTU
the start. There was a fascination in
the gum that could be nulled out and
out ia nnendictg strands. The efforts
to spread) its use paid a thousand fold.
Gum got to be a current American
joke. The school girl was always de
picted with her gum.. Augustine Daly
came out, for example, with one of his
joUiest plays, "Cinderella at School,"
and some of its funniest scenes hung
around the swapping of crum on the
part ol the "younr ladies. " Gum was
fairly launched so that it advertised
itself and made its own boom.., '
.The business that was . growinug to
such great proportions marked several
M . TONIC VERMIFUGE,
! 11' HJj r . a Pisssfint, potest, untl peraancat Invf-cratcr fcr VQM s
notable epochs la merchitn JIsIngT aal
had much to' do witlrtbf. tart M at
lcat tnree n?w eras, mat um
tlsed it.self has t.eerr said'arready. It
did, ia a pirasnre, but It was neverthe
less the center of a a-lvertlslng-enm-paign,
representing an expenditure of
some hundreds of thousands of dollar
through the years, and was one f-the
very first artieles-t -gH-pnracity in
i ho mfnlern sen so of the term. Then
guru inajjuraiei me --mean v""
ward a penny) in the jslot" maehiaes.
The Adams, father and sons, set outf
the first, of these Oddly enough, and
eTi's pular
as Ucy were.. never very greatly ad
vanced the sale of gum.
Tlio third era, noted abov', was the
most important of all. It turned a bns-1
inrjn V- a.aas r. - ' . " - '."V'
lunm V ati -r sa. - -
The vears buUt tijia up; it
it (1 111 not Ar
Chewing trum had 1een for children.)
It was an amusing thing, a current
joke. All at'onee, though, the Adams i
. . .... . . 1 1 : . I
Itegf.n to ges ieiera, niumj mow jww
plo had found their gum. a, very good
thing for indigestion. The chewing guio
king this a quarter ot a century ago
. . z. 1- rv-
li. . .
TAAaa4a -m - 1v A4 Ttmial . Af thnW .
times, he got a commendatory letter. It cabinet officers -to mak no more ap.
indorsed the use of ram as an agency - point ments In Oregon until after tbe
in the promotion of digestion. The : laaj fraud trials. The rreidnt sai-I he
effect JM.A no knowlecbe of such agreement,
The rest was simply a matter of gen-, .
eral growth of careful nursing. Now- and would not approve it. Oa the coa
adays the children of North America' trary, he said, any such policy wouid
take a comparatively small fraction of be an unjust reflection on Penator Ful
the chewing gum the factories turn out., ton. The President told the Senator tj
It has come to be for men and women, eome direct to him whenever he Lai
nd its us is constantly increasing.- ; anv appointments he wantet made.
- Chicago istbeum town of America, A a matter of fact, aside from tie
business statist!.? say. The East, how- ew Presidential postoffices, no appoitt
ever,. is a close second. Though many. m.nt!, are likely to tall due until nf
flavors are turned out, wintergreen and t the ttiaUt j,nt tufifM, api'wintments
pepifermint continue to be the great- Wouij ,e rnado wherever Seuator lul-
lavoniPB., vocwuv gum is now B
delicate affair,, eomparativeiy, ana u
ear is an important factor in its com
pletion. Brooklyn at the time of the
gum concerns' big consolidation, lost
its famous factory. Newark is now
the great gum raakictr center of the
East. There are big factories also in
Cleveland, Chicago, New Orleans, San
Francisco, Huntsville, Toronto, Canada,
and London, England. .
IMPORTANT CASE
CELEBRATED PORTLAND TEST
SUIT FOR REGULATION OP
SALOON BOXES. v.
Question of the Validity of an Ordi
nance Passed by the Portland Coun
cil Involved in the Case Scope of
Opinion Will Extend Over 'State.
The cases of Harry Sandys, et al.,
appellants, vs. Oeo. II. Williams, mayor
of Portland, et al.', respondents, and
Theodoro Kruse, appellant, vs. Geo.
11. Williams, mayor, et al., an appeal
from the circuit court for Multnomah
county, will come up for argument be
fore) the Supreme Court "this: after
noon. These are the celebrated Port
land "box cases, and,- as. the two
suits involved practically the same is
sues they were. considered together by
the circuit court and will probably be
disposed of in a like manner by the
Supreme Court, The only question of -
interest involved is whether the.au-
i thorities of the city of Portland can
t l 1 1 - u : i. : . i ' .
bv ordinance., prohibit the owners of
saloons and restaurants in the city
from selling liquor to bo delivered or
used in any side room, back, room, or
other apartment in the same or an ad
joining building, or the 1 maintenance
of alcoves, booths or boxes, in connec
tion with or any manner related to
their places of business..
The plaintiffs' complaints tire drawn
in the form of an attack upon the va
lidity of tbe ordinance which attempts
to bring about the reform described
The principal points brought out by
the plaintiffs are:
"That the ordinance will, if put in
to effect, work a revocation of the
plaintiffs' licenses, and the council
has no power under the charter of the
city of Portland to revoke the licenses
of the plaintiffs, exceept for a ' viola
tion of the conditions of the licenses
at the time they were issued, and that
plaintiffs have in no manner violated
any of the conditions upon which the
licenses 'were obtained.
"That tbe ordinance is unconstitu
tional and void, and was passed by
the counail in violation of section I! 0
of article I of the Bill or Rights and
the Constitution of the state of Ore
gon. . ' 'fv
"That the ordinance, is unreasonable
and void because it, grants to certain
citizens privileges' and immunities
which upon the same terms do not
equally belong to , all ..citizens of the
city of Portland, and to plaintiffs."
In refutation of these contentions
the respondents set np numerous points
and authorities, the most prominent of
which are substantially as follows:
"The state has inherent and plenary
power to regulate, restrain ana abso
lutely prevent the sale or disposal of
intoxicating liquors within its borders,
and; o provision of tbe state or f ederi I
constitution is violated by the exercise
of such power. . .-. - .
"Subject to the restraints imposed
by the organic law, the f Legislature
may invest municipal corporations with
the police power of tho state, either in
whole or in part. '
"The Legislature of the state of
Oregon by the Portland charter of 1903
delegated t he city 6f Portland all of
the police power possessed by the state
except such as is practically limited or
restricted ty the charter,
and such
power is defecated and its exercise in.
t"tKrtlanthi" Jthe.UmUi 'l
- ? wVl "f i,". : .
M .inanuu ul pwer lojyi,! ditr'et No 0
Ii . id 1 ir anuj
can, ao more interfere with the sets
or one than the other"
Legal Blanks at Statesman Job Office
AssJmr woutrJaUf Tb 1 N't JS 1 1 1 1
iS2S i I IL. 4 hooI diatrlctNo. 109"....
egatel such power, but exercised it Ui dUtrWNo, 113
by its own enactment, and the tourts rwi Autii v ,Z
your Health arid STRENGTH with
f CM J IhTTT TC T T
J f- Ul-r I KJ H
IN CONTROL
WITH rEANK O. BASES HE WILL
DISTRIBUTE PLUMS.
WAS PRESIDENTIAL ASSURANCE
j , ;
, BooseveU Will Not Approve and Agree.
- neui w iiuw ui Ap-
- , pointments. .
vtwi f wuiu aj ic
mA XKTtA T Ttsntlssrw t?.1.-
1 tlon en Fulton, lie 8ayi Adrisea
Senator to Come to Headquarters
With Recommendations.
WARIIIXGTON, Feb. 13. Senator
Fulton took ud with the President tn.
! y lb "I-rted agreement of sevcrM
. ton gi, for them
The President will not interfere twita
the determination to deny Mitchell,
Hermann and Williamson the right to
make appointments, which po,il,ly
means that there will be no more fourth
class pofctoffiee. appoiutments in Oregon
for some months.
The appointment of a ojstriot attor
ney mut necessarily wait until Mr.
Hall's ccrreet status is detenninel. If
he is disqualified, aome one else wilt 1
appomtcti when th land fraud easM are
elosed. In any event, no appointment
will bo malt until Senator Fulton is
consulted. He will maks the sie,titmi.
Frank !. Baker, as chairman uf t!ie
K-cpubliean htate eejitral committee,
has leen appaled to by Senator Fulton
asking him to go to Washington for tht
purM.e of discussing the matter of
patronee in the tate and to assuinu
some of the burdens of the t:ik. Mr.
Baker has shown a willingneA to com
ply and has wired the Senator thru he
will leave Portland- tomorrow nigbt.
The matter of fourtb-flas-s postmasters
will be the firt to le eonilered n
there are several to be distrilutetl.
Among tbe numWr are Astoria, .Mon
mouth, Tillamook and Dull a.
FUNDS INCREASE
SHERIFF. CULVER TRANEFEES
MORE TAX MONEY TO MAR
ION COUNTHTBEASURY.
Amount Turned. Over Is f 0,94 4.77 and
, Represents Balance Collected Up to
February 17 Salem Gets foil,'
? School District No. 24, $1359.
- Sheriff W. J. Culver made angler
turn-over yesterday, transferring 1 1 H,
U44.77 to the Marion county treumiry
This, with the money turned over to
the treasury last week, rejreeut th
collections made on the 1S04 hhim--ment
roll up to February 17, the num
ber of receipts which had been inHtied
at that time- being lOSS. The total
amount transferred is $41,5(52.33. Of
the money placed into I lie hands f
County Treasurer Richardson yester
day $8153.30 was credited to the state
and county fund; $3502.47 to the state
school fund; 91359.95 to school district
No24, ami 914.8H to the Salem -city
and city "road fuud.
Many taxpnyers are railing at tbe
heriffJs office to square their tax ac
counts and a rush is anticipated be
tween now ami March 15, Jhe date
when , the time for allowing ja 3 jcr
cfnt rebate expires. ' '
The total amount of money trans
ferred to the treasury by Sheriff Cul
ver yesterday was apportioned anions
the different funds as follows:
State and countv S.ir."..r.f)
State school
',,502.47
Indigent soldier
Library ...... ............
Poll tax
Road tax
Salem city and city road ..
Woodburn city.......
57.42
57.42
10H.f4
u3.7l
914. H
124. IH
Jefferson city .............
Silve'rton city.....'.........
School district No, 4... .... .
School district No. 5. .... .
School district No., 10. . j
School district No. 11..
School district No. 14......
School district No. 15.
School district No. 'JO......
12..'lr
2 . 42
1.5
1.40
4.M
127. 4rt
107.153
9.11
1-359. 95
11.5T
(5.'9
3.M.
1.53
4.C3
19. Pi
lt).1.4S
51.47
1.34
73.10
ti.20
1.0
6.55
.H2
H.04
15.73
12-54
.13
142.71
1H.71
5.93
15. H
. 3.90
35.3
73.82
School district No. 24
School district No. 25
School district No. 35
School district No. 37
School district No. 42.
School district No. 44. . ... .
School district. No. . 60 ..... .
School district .Na. 51 ..
School district No.'Sd
School district No. 61
School district. No- 71
School district No. 77
School district No. 79
School district -No. HO......
ie No. H::
Whool d iatrict No. 8H
81.
school district No. 97....
r-.ool rti strict No. 125.....
Special road tax district 27.
.Tot t'':.;.vvli.'.
.Tl(l,!)44.77
.u i r:i T-;'i-:- - " Cet It fron your wajs