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HOLD IT HERE
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T':; Legislature Pulling for the
National Convention
STILL TRYING FOR A LEXOVV
Hew a New County of Alshambra Was
to be Made
Abbot Kinney's /Mission to the Capital Mis
understood and v Great Division Story
Evolved.
Special to The II raid.
Sacramento, Feb. ft.—The Legislature
did little of interest, today, llatlield of
fered a resolution asking the Democratic,
antl Republican senators to hold the na
tional conventions on the Pacific coast
and asking Washington, Idaho, Oregon.
Montana, Nevada and the territories of
N'eiv Mexico and Arizona to join in urg
ing Pacific Coast conventions.
What may prove a very important mat
ter will come up before the committee on
contested elections in the assembly next
week in connection with the inves
tigation of several contests. The
attorney for the three contestants
wanted the ballots opened and counted in
two cases, but not in the third. The com
mittee of which Hubert is chairman, how
ever, resolved must open all. A stipula
tion was drawn up and agreed to by all
parties for procedure in hearing the cases
and the attorney went back to Ban Fran
cisco pending the day set for hearing.
Suddenly Attorney Gardner appeared and
withdrew all stipulations. That cre
ated a suspicion that all was not as it
should be and a majority of the commit
tee favor opening the ballots and count
ing them.
Incidentally that would involve the
counting of these precincts for Governor,
and it is understood that both Governor
Budd and Mr. Estee will be represented
when the counting is done. Under such
circumstances, it is clear that the contest
presents more than ordinary interest, anil
will attract genera! attention. The com
mittee will meet on Monday, and the con
test will begin during the week some
time. A petition/ from the Union
League of San Francisco was received,
asking that the Legislature appoint a Re
publican committee to investigate the
frauds in San Francisco
That scheme seems vei y little more pop
ular than the non-partis m plan, for it is
Urged the findings of a partisan committee
would carry no weight. There seems to be
a general disinclination to touch the gub-
fact at all.
Another imposing story has been started
on the rounds through the presence of Ab
bott Kinney as delegate here to the Good
ltoails Convention. A correspondent of a
San Francisco paper asked what Kinney
was doing here, and was told he come
in favor of county division and proposed
tv create a new county with Alhamhra
for the county seat. As there is a general
idea here that Southern California wants
to divide everything from'a State to a
school district the story was believed and
numerous inquiries made of Los Angeles
poople here about the proposed county,
if it would be a bitter light, etc.
What added to the probability of the
story in the minds of those who knew
nothing of the facts was s statement that
the county was to be so divided that San
l'cdro and Santa Monica would he in sep
arate counties, and that Los Angeles
wanted a county and town government
like San Francisco including Santa Monica
in the new political division with Los An
geles. It was said that by this plan Los
Angeles would be converted to the Santa
Monica harbor proposition. Just before the
story was to be sent all over the State,
Kinney's connection with the good roads
convention was discovered and the joke
was clear.
Weyse's substitute for Kenyon's San
Pedro resolution will come up before the
Assembly for debate when it is reached
on the calendar.
The house adopted a substitute by ac
cepting the report of Jhe committee em
bodying it, but as it was a joint resolu
tion of the two houses it moist be passed
again, or rather taken up as a resolution
and discussed. Whether it will ever be
reached or not is a question, but it is on
the calendar now.
end of the World.
An Asbury Park Pastor Thinks It Will
Come Bight After the Chinese War.
The Rev. Howard T. Widdemer, the
pastor of the First Presbyterian ohurch
of Asbury Park, N. J., has expressed a
belief that the world will come to an
end in about ten years. Mr. Widdemer
was teaching a class of boys in the Sun
day school, aud one of the boys made a
remark about getting married.
"You should not begin so early to
think of marriage," said Mr. Widde
mer. "When you are 35 years of age,
you will ho just about old enough. "
"But I may be dead by that time,"
said the boy.
"Yes, I think you will be dead,"
was Mr. Widdemer's unexpected reply.
When asked to explain, the minister
•aid ho thought all persons would be
dead before the boy reaches the age of
85.
He bases his belief upon the Scrip
tures and particularly on that passage
Which seems to prophesy the end of the
world whon the gospel shall have been
preached unto all the nations. He says
that already missionaries have carried
the gospel into overy nation save one
small country, which, in his opinion,
the present China-Japanese war will
open up.
"When that country shall be con
quered for Christ," said Mr. Widde
mer, "the world will come to an end."
Where Is the Peaehblow Vase?
It turns out that the Peaehblow vase
is not in the art collection of the late
Mr. Walters of Baltimore, in whose
possession it had been supposed to be.
This famous little jug, whioh was in
trinsically worth about 2 oents, and
which was sold at auction at the Mor
gan sale eight years ago for $18,000,
has disappeared from view as complete
ly as if it bad been buried in the earth.
'A looks very much as if the purohaser,
Hrtoever ho was, was not proud of hi:
garignicnt or of his investment.—Bos
ton Herald
"Brown's Bronchial Troches" relieve
Throat irritations erased by cold or use of the
voice.' The ctuuinc sold only in boxes.
IjOS AXGELES IIEiJALI): SUNDAY MOlt"Yr.«*, FEBRUARY 10, 18»i>.
THE WILD HORSE OF NEVADA.
They Are it 1 i I!'* Tbltichrrs r.it'l
Arc Belli*,: Shot "V. iivrrvrr l'ucml.
It. L. Fulton of ilohO, for a natnbfJ j
of nuts agent of Ufa land department >
of tho Central Pr.vil'.c. rtvilroad, is at the
California and tells n strange story of
the myriads of Wild horses now roam- !
ing over Ncvndii mid of tho Btapa Hint
havo been ialt3il to r-.t t ricl of them.
"There r.ro now in Nevada more than
200,000 head bf tliL-so borsos," snid Mr.
Fulton, "and tluy aro Increasing so
fast that they are getting to be a great
nuisnnco. Cattlo and sheep owners are
killing thorn whorevor they can.
"The last legislature passed a law
permitting any one to rhoot any stal
lions that Were found running wild,
and tho ranchers have in consequence
been killing them off wherever they
could. They do this as well to get rid
of them as to keep tho wild horses from
increasing.
"Tho troublo is they aro eating off
tho grass so that sheep and cattlo own
ers are having a tough time of it in cer
tain sections. More than this, tho stal
lions aro in many cases leading off tho
domestic horses from tho ranches. So
tho ranchers have it in for thorn and
aro making it very lively. Many is tho
stallion they havo killed, and somo of
them are very flno too.
"And what do you suppose they do
with them aftorward? Why, they turn
them over to tho swine to oat. Thoy
figure that in this way each stallion is
worth about $2, which is the top notch
figure that can be realized from thorn.
Horses aro very cheap now the world
over, but probably not sinco tho settle
ment of America have horses been so
cheap as they aro in Nevada.
"Most of tho -wild horses aro in the
neighborhood of Elko and Iron Point.
A fow years ago thoro was turned loose
from tho Evan3 ranch, near Iron Point,
a lino thoroughbred stallion. Ho joined
tho neighboring hands of wild horses
and could not lie got back again.
"Tho result has been that tho qunli
ty of the heris was greatly improved.
He left many colts that were much su
perior to t'ao old stock. Tho various
hands havo increased much sinco then.
While maiy of the horses would not bo
called liriit class, others are vory fino,
and all am as tough as pino knots and
as fleet ;« thero is any uso in having
horses. "* —Saa Francisco Examiner,
LADY DROOKE'S CLOAK.
Tho TO».-t That It Coat snno Ilns red
English l'ublle Opinion.
A healthy sign of tho in,? nonce of
public opinion upon tho wealftjy olassos
■was givon lately. Some t ; jtM ago tho
l Countess of Warwick, 1/pttcr known
; perhaps as Lady Brooke., v dear frie'id
of tho Prineo of Wale% lost, or t*vero
was stolen from her, a magnificent lia
ble cloak. Tho polico Moßcriptiou of the
missing garment gai«itsv»Jueaß £SOO.
Several democrat*-, ncw:f>aj>2rs of no
particular iuflue/rtyj mado onkind.com
meuta upon tho 'A'.ravagavoe of a wom
an who spend:! :e> muah money for ova
article of drosi Sod.o oven went into
statistics as to the nu fiber of poor peo
plo who could bo fed! a week for £800.
Time was, ,vhen any countess, or, for
the matter of that, any woman, in this
country v«uld havo gloried in tho more
cost of )iev gavnyjfifes and would have
been made hapfpy by every newspaper
recordvtig it, Inn even aristocracy is son
sitivo to such matters now. Tho Ccnnt
cssof "Warw'ek was quite shocked at tho
idea that anybody supposed that she
squandore* 3 . £800 upon herself and caus
ed this paragraph to be inserted in the
papers:
"Tho cloak was a wedfliug prosent.
I should havo thought it'vickod to havo
given so much for a singlo garment
•when thero is so niuoh distress and mis
ery prevalent."
Tho letter of discWmer does her la
dyship credit, and it Is only just to state
that sinco hor hufcbajjd succeeded to the
earldom she has set an example to her
order by tho way in which sho has look
j ed after tho pooyor tenantry on the ex
tensivo estates In Essex and olsowhero.
Tho Earl of Warwick, like most land
owners, has tr.en hit hard by tho geu
eral agricultural depression, but tho
majority of, territorial magnates mado
tho reduction in their provious bloated
incomes an excuso for neglecting tho
poor altogether. —Loudon Letter.
CURIOUS FRENCH LAW.
It, I„ No Offense to Attempt to Commit a
Crime When You Don't Succeed.
A curiouß application of the old tho
ory of impossible crime was mado last
week by the court of criminal appeals
at Paris.
Two pickpockets named Fargant and
Mouty wero arrested some weeks ago
near a bureau d'omuibns in tho exercise
of thoir profession. Fargant watched,
ready to receive tho stolen goods, while
his comrado explored the pockets of a
man in the crowd. Luck was not with
tho thioves, however, for the victim's
pockets were absolutely empty.
The Ninth chamber of tho criminal
courts condemned Monty to six months'
and Fargant to 13 months' imprison
ment. Thoy appealed and were both ac
quitted by virtuo of tho antique adage
that there could bo no theft where there
was nothing to steal.
This is similar to a case which hap
pened in Paris not long ago of a man
who fired a lond of buckshot through a
window at a bed where he believed an
enemy was sleeping. Tho bedclothing
was riddlod with shot, but the bed was
empty, the occupant fortunately having
risen not long before. The court of ap
peals also decided in this instanoe that
there was no caso, as murder was man
ifestly impossible, and the would be as
sassin was acquitted. So, aocording to
French law, it is not always true that
the intention is equivalent to the aot.
Too Mnoh Blood and Iron.
John Jucob Astor is now a colonel.
So is Queen Victoria and tho Baby
grandson of tho Princo of Wales. This
rapid increase of men of blood and iron
must stop.—Chicago Record.
Word comes from headquarters that the
neatest and most satisfactory dye for coloring
the beard a brown or black Is Buckingham's
dye for the whiskers.
Relslonltes Only
Will be furnished valuable information free.
Address F. h. Urcwfl, No. 314 South Sprlne
street, l.os Angeles, Cal.
250 envelopes f»0c; ream wrltlngpaperi-'Sc
frfßUJ' l'llyt. Mi ~»iu si-, sun hinoir
HOPE WANING
No News of the Overdue French
Liner La Gascogue
I GREAT STORMS OUT AT SEA
The Passenger Ship Now Fourteen Days
Out From Havre, France
I
All Sci Is oi Theories to Account for the De- i
l»y Urged by the Agents- Opinions
of Shipping Men.
New York, Feb. 10.—1 a. m.—Hopes
that the White Star steamer Teutonic
would bring some news of La Gascogne
were dashed to the earth when the officers
of the Teutonic reported they neither
saw nor heard of the missing ship.
I.a Uascognc left Havre on Saturday,
January »>th. With an ordinary speed
passage she should have tied tip at Pier
No 4, North River, last Saturday morn
ing. She is seven days overdue, and the
last seven days on the Atlantic have
been marked by the most violent
storms, gales and hurricanes, by
snow and hail, low
and winds that shifted their direction, 'fre
quently, but seldom lessened their ,nrv.
More than this, La Oascogne, re
ports that other vessels have bought in
and from the data of the weat'.,-'. r bureau,
was buffeted by cyclonic ga\f.' rii with the
wind blowing at from 80 fVIoO miles an
hour, almost from the nut.
None of the ships have put into
port here or that ha touched at any
foreign port has seer, -| ja (Jascogne. From
Bermuda and the A z „res, from Qlieena
town and from. Havre, the story is
the same. At nrst the theory enter
tained by th A agents was that La (ias
eogne had "|,een temporarily disabled
through a Veak In the machinery and
was mak-.pjp f,, r t| lP Azores or perhaps
some of. >,er own ports, under greatly re
duced r.pecd.
' 1 ."s'.erday a brand new element was
"d/educed into the mass of conjectures
U 'J<'. speculation concerning her move
ments or her late. La (Jascogne is out of
I "oal. The suggestion that perhaps all
this time La tiascogne had been lighting
a hard light in the teeth of terrible gales
that other ships avoided by choosing a
path 30 or 30 miles south, brought
some comfort to the French line mana
gers. E. B. Dunn, signal officer, said he
was of the opinion that she had drawn so
deeply on her coal supply that when she
dually gave up the contest with the bliz
zard and beaded for the Azores, her
speed had to be kept down to perhaps
half a dozen knots an hour.
Mr. Forget was inclined to insist that
the ship had coal enough for any emer
gency, but he was greatly interested in
the story of the storm.
Tonight several rumors were afloat to
the effect that La Oascogne had been
sighted, but investigation has in each
ease proven such stories were without
foundation.
At 11:51) p. m. a steamship was sighted
off F ire Island, bound in. At iirst it was
tjiqught this might be the long-lookcd-for
French liner, hut as she proceeded with
nut displaying any signals, the thought
fell Hat. It is customary with captains of
overdue steamers to display signals con
tinually, when near port, in order to re
ieve anxiety of relatives and friends.
The weather is rough in the outer bay
tonight, and it will take from two to
three hours for the vessel to reach Sandy
Hook.
2 a.m.—At this hour no news has been
received of La (lascogne or Rhynland.
Bermuda, Feb. 9.—lt has been thought
here that lie La Gasoogno might have
been driven this way after a break down
of her machinery, and a sharp lookout
has been kept for any tidings of the
steamer. Ip to this evening, how
! ever, nothing lias been seen of her and
all vessels arriving reported the same.
Arrivals here encountered very bad
weather at sea.
Tricil tho Ico With His Gun.
Aaron Tracey was found dead on
Stillwater pond, uenr Cherryfiold, Me.,
the other night, with a bullet wound
through his head. His rifle was stand
ing upright in tho ico beside hini, and
it is evident that ho was trying tho ire
with it, and that it was discharged by
breaking through and bringing up on
'ho barony* l —T .Tnn- nal.
Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder
Awarded Gold Mcd.il Midwinter F.ir. S»n KruncUo-
-Tp B Many of the leading
I men in I-os Anjrelc buy
1 11V Fume's Celery Compound
. of us lor themselves or
KpCT their families. They tell
a-JWoL us It is far ahead of ordi
n I nary remedies.
I Wjllg X. Main sit.
Unlike the Dutch Process
% No Alkalies
fK\ Other Chemicals
MB " ! «k are ug *d **» the
IS i |iU preparation of
lllff.BatiiriCß.'ii
Breakfast Cocoa,
which is absolutely pur*
and soluble.
It has more than, three times the strength
of Cocoa mixed with Starch, Arrowroot
or Sugar, and is far mora economical,
costing less than one cent a cup. It
is delicious, nourishing, and easilT
DIOKSTKD.
Sold by Grocers everywhere.
W. Baker & Co.. Dorchester. Mass.
CONSUMPTION
To the Eoitok—Please inform your read
ers that I have a positive remedy for the
above named disease. By its timely use
thousands of hopeless cases have been per
manently cured. I shall bo glad to send
two bottles o£ my remedy free to any of your
readers who have consumption if they will
send me their express aud post offlco address
T.X.RUxntm.ld.O,, I .< (~;..•!'.' . • .y -'r
THE OWL
Will not be
Coerced.
Hiram
Walker & |
Sons, of j
Canadian
Club Whiskey
Fame, don't
Run
THE OWL.
We make our
Own prices.
We sell
Canadian
! Club Whiskey
$1.00 per
Bottle.
i 1 Kj
The following
Letter from
Mr. W. S. Slocum,
Representing
Hiram Walker &
Sons,
\\ alkerville,
Ontario, is
Self=explanatory:
LOS Angeles, Feb. 4, 1895.
MR. MILLER,
Care Owl Drue; Store,
S. F., Cal.
Dear Sir am here in the interest
of Canadian Club Whiskey, and was
very much surprised to note that you
are advertising the same at £1.25 a
bottle, retail; and I also note that
Messrs. H. M. Sale & Son and the
People's Department Store, not to
be undersold have still Teduced the
price to $1.15 per bottle. I have in
terviewed the above people and they
are perfectly willing to conform with
the stipulated price of $1.50 per bottle
retail, if you will discontinue adver
tising the said goods at that figure,
providing that you will sell the Cana
dian Club at $1.50 per bottle retail.
I must complinient you on your
store here, it is the handsomest 1 nave
seen this side of Chicago, and while I
realize that this is a new departure
for you and also appreciate the fact
that you have taken up the Canadian
Club Whiskey to cater to the better
class of patrons, and also appreciate
the fact of your using it as a "leader,"
still 1 feel sure that Messrs. Hiram
Walker & Sons will not approve of
the reduction in price on this whiskey,
and 1 think you will see the position
as we see it, that is that your reduct
ion causes further cut in the other
stores, and is therefore not the best
policy. Kindly give this your atten
tion and advise me by return mail
your decision, care of Hollenbeck
hotel and greatly oblige,
Your truly,
W. S. Slocum.
Canadian Club
Whiskey $1.00
a .< % — r
Country Orders
Filled at the
Owl's Cut Rates.
Goods
Oelivered
Free in
Pasadena.
i
We guarantee every Hot Water
Bottle sold in this establishment
We only sell gilt edge quality of
Rubber Gooas, and quote as fol
lows: 2*quart, 70c; 3-quart, 75c;
4*quart, 80c.
Scott's Emulsion oi Cod Liver Oil $ 65
Baker's Pure Norway Cod Liver Oil 50
Duffy's Malt Whisky 75
■Carter's, Iljecham's, Ayer's, Brandreth's
Pills 15
•Mnvlani Coco Wine 1 00
lioff's Extract Malt 25
Cutic ura'ltosolveiv 75
Cuticura ulve 40
Cuticura -plasters... :;: , 20
Allcock's Porous Planters 10
Allcock's Corn and Uunlou'Plasters Ift
balladouna Porous P.asters.„.. 10
hagic Condensed Milk 15
Canadian club Whisky 1 OO
Hood's or Ayer's Snrsaparille 05
SJtookum Hair Grower 75
I'aine's Celery Compound GO
C rlsbad's Sprudel Salts 05
Chichester's Pcnnyr..yal Pills 1 DO
Orange l.lossom 57
Meliiu's Infant Food 55
Clover's Dug Medicines;. ; 40
Nelson's Amycosss 50
Apolliuaris Water, nuarts 20
ceiesline Viciiy Water 30
llunyndr.lanos Water, genuine. 26
Dr. Williams' Pink Pitta 35
Per-oxide Hydrogen, 4*ol b ttles 15
Per oxide llydrogon, 8-oz bottles 30
Peroxide Hydrogen, 10-oz bottles 80
Minndon Dolls Toilet Soap 15
j Juvenile Toilet Soup 15
1 Cashmere Bouquet Toilet Soap 20
| Cuticura Toilet iioap 15
I Pears' Scented Toilet Soap 15
Lnua Oil and Buttermilk Toilet Soap 10
' (irandpa's l-Joap 10
• Sozodont 50
1 Caldor's Dentine 16 and 35
| Hoyt'st.erman Coiog ie 15
j Curio Toilet Soap, Ii cakes...... ; 10
j Murray tfc Lanman'fi Florida ',/ater 45
i Phiaud's Eau de Quinine, $1 size H5
Co gale's Toilet Waters, $1 size 80
Roger&i-rallot Perfumes, 91.60 sizes.... 100
Crown Crab-apple Salts, 75c size 50
Woodbury's Facial Soap, 50c si»e 25
Sheffield's Dentifrice, 20c, 3 for 50
Curling Irons, all sizes 5
Tetlotv's Swan-down Powder 10
Iji blanche Faoe Powder 30
Appel'ss Parisian Enamel 40
Harrison's Lola Monte/ Creme 05
Oriental Cream, $1.50 size 1 00
Antikamnia Tablets. 5 gr., per doz 25
Phenacetin Tablets, 5 gr,. per doz 25
Baker's Honduras Harsapa-ilia 75
Chun-hill's Antiseptic Skin Soap 15
Pacific
Coast
Agents
Dr. Edison's
Obesity
Goods.
Pills,
Salts
and
Bands.
Write
for
Descriptive
Catalogue,
Southern California Depot for
Mme. M.
Yale's
Toilet
Articles.
60 Per Cent Redaction.
if If 2
■ *t •
Mine. Yale's Excelsior Hair Tonic $1 00 $ eg-
Mmc Yale's Excelsior Hair
Cleanser 1 00 65
Mme. Yale's Excelsior Fruitcura
for female weakness 100 05*
Mme. Yale s Excelsior La Freckla,
for freckles. 100 65
Mine. Yale* Excelsior Complexion
Skin Food, small, for WrinkUre . 1 50 1 100
Mme. Yale's Excelsior Complexion
Skin Food, large, for Wrinkles.. 300 200
Mme. Yale's Excelsior Small Bust
Food 150 100
Mme. Yale's Excelsior Large Bust I
Food 300 200 1
Mmc l'ale's Excelsior Complexion
Face Powder, three shades,plnk,
white, hninette '50 40 '
M me. Yale's Excelsior Complexion
Soap 25 20
Mmc Yale's Excelsior Complexion
Bleach 2 00] 150 !
Mme. Yale's Excelsior Complexion
Cream 1 00| 65
Mine Yale's Excelsior Evelaeh
i i rower 100, 65
Mme. Yale's Excelsior Complexion
Hptcial Jx>tioii, Pimple Cure 100! 65
Mme. Yale's Excelsior Complexion
apeelal Ointment. Pimple Cure. 1 AOi 65
Mme. Yalc'sExeeUior Blood Tonic 100 65
Mine Yuk-'s Excelsior Hand Whlt
ner | 100 65
Mme. Yale's Excelsior Elixir of
Beauty 1 001 65
Mme. Yale's Excelsior Magical Se
cret mo ioo
Mme. Yale's Excelsior Ureal Bcatt
to remove Superfluous Hair 500 400
Mme. Yales's Excelsior Jack Rose
Liquid Rouge 1 00 65
Mme. Yale's Excelsior Jack Rose
Muds. Lip Tint 100, 65
Mme. Yale's Excelsior Face Enam
ol, white and pink 150 100
Mme. Yale's Excelsior Eyebrow
Pencils 35 20
Mme. Yale's Excelsior Fertilizer
for Const patlon | 150 100
OUR PRICES ARE THE LOWEST
We have the largest stock of Mme. Yale's
Excelsior Toilet Remedies In the city . '
THE OWLDRUG CO,
320 South Spring Street.
Read what the organ of
the Portland druggists says
about Los Angeles and the
Owl:
PACIFIC DRUG wm
SIXTH YEKR.
PUBLISHED TurONTHLY.
Office and Press Rooms, 132 Front Street,
PORTLAND, OREGON.
H. D, Dietrich, Ph. g..
Editor aud Pt'BLttmm.
Address all communications to the Editor.
JANL'AR V, 1894.
A LOAF.
Incident to the opening of a branch of the
Owl Drug Co., of San Francisco, in Lot Ange
les, and anticipating out rales in patent medi
cines as a natural sequence thereto, the retail
druggists of the latter city have, to uve a vul
gar expression, "taken the bull by the boras,"
and not only reduced the prices of Patents to
the cost price of the same, but tn'some In
stances to from fifteen to twenty -per cent be
low that ligure. This action has doubtless
been taken by those who foolishly believed
that if they jumped in and made it appear an
utter impossibility for any one to make a
profit on sales in this line of drug merchan
dise, the managers of tire Owl Drag Company
would conclude that they could not establish
themselves as firmly and as profitably hi Los
Angelt'K as they have succeeded 'in. doing in
San Francisco, and would give up their inten
tion of opening the proposed branch. As sub
sequent events bare proven, this was* forlorn
hope and a foolish step. The Owl Drug Com
pany h.s opened its branch and are prepared
to 'race tho music;" and those who have not
only thrown away the profits on patent medi
cines but paid out good old "iron dollars" be
sides, simply to make a showing, have their
experience for their pains.
When a firm, with the necessary capital back
of it, decides to slaughter the prices and saen
fice the profits on any line oi merchandise, it
has usually weighed all the condition* sur
rounding the venture, and as experience has
proven in nearly ev-ry instance they are pre
pared to stay with the proposition. It Is our
belief thai the furious action aud bitter anta
gonism of tho San Francisco druggists had
more to do with the success of the owl Drug
Company than any other circumstance, and
we fear that our Los Angeles * Heads have
made a similar mistake.
How to avoid the ravages of the patent medi
cine cutter Is a question which, as we all
know, has been before Mie pharmacists of this
country for many years, and the nearest ap
proach to a remedy has been found in the or
ganization ami methods of the Interstate
i<etail Druggist-.' League. It has taken a firm
t-tnud and Its membership is bound together
upon this ciear, plain platform :—"We hereby
agree to withdraw our patronage from any
wholesaler or jobber w ho knowingly and wil
fully furnishes cutters with any proprietary
goods whatsoever. We also agree to discon
tinue the sale oi any patent or proprietary
articles furnished to cutters by manufacturers
orthrougn their agents."
Even where the cutter has been getting in
his deadly work for years this League has had
its beneficial effect, out the greatest security
is iti previous organization, a step which is so
seldom taken. .So it has been with the drug
trade of Los Angeles. Although tore warned
they have not been forearmed, and have been
caught totally unprepared for action and in
their "rattled" condition have taken the very
worst step they cwuld possibly take. They *re
now solely at the mercy of their wide-awake
rate-cutting competitors.
Here in Portland a like condition as that
which has existed in Los Angeles, prevails.
Although tnoir attention has been directed to
the 01117 possible relief from au ever-impend
ing di-ahter, the retail druggists of this city
are gui tly waiting for the "cutteri" to make
his appearance, and he will come as surely as
the (snows come to the summit of Mt. Hood,
and how will he find thqm? Totally unpre
pared for the onslaught, ai d wholly unable to
save themselves from complete demoralisation
and in many instance*, financial ruin. But
nothing short of an explosion es forcible as
thatwnieh haft made of Unite, Mn.it , a cyno
sure, wilt a *'» 1 ' ■ fro *i the
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