Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-04-25
MR. SIlLaRD,S Oln .JOCk..
The Oregon ana rrausreutlueutsl

An important meeting of p-ominent
stockhoider. Il the Oregon and Trans
Continental Company was held yester-
day afternoon at the Office of Nr. Bray
ton Ives, ex-fresldeui OF the Stock Ex-
change.
tie close OF the meeting A stock-
holder said: lie meeting WAS called
Tor tue purp- 81 of Gevisiug some plan
Of obtaining from the officers Of the
CON pany more definite information re-
gard "a IT, ard alsp 20 see whether II
"1nld not ne possible to cooperate with
tie Ulcers IL ic+,Iug 1t from It's
financial embarre sSmenis. NJ definite
action Was arrived at. although the
meeting Vas entirely harmonious: but
the gentle men Present agreed 20 meet
again.
Prominent dire ctor, OF the Company
also held a meeting III the Mil, Build
ing 10 discuss ways and means for It's
relief. Should President Endicott. who
Is IN Ill health. resign, a. expeett d,
many of the stockholders desire that
Ar. Brayton Ives shout be elected to
I'LL tn. VACANCY.
OREGON INVOLVEMENT COMPANY.
The directors of the Oregon Improve.
ineut met yesterday, and II WAS r. ported
plans for the reorganization "f the CON-
ptny We're considered. Mr. Elijah Smith
of Boston, who represents the Eudico,t
interest, said 10 World reporter: -"
don't think the company needs reorgan-
IZ:tIon. Its HAIRS are not III nelIly so
bad condition as has been re-. Sc ted,
thoulh ia perhaps not 50 good as We thought
when We took hold
The dispute over the 10000 acres of
coal land III the Green River district,
alleged TO have been transferred by the
Northern Pacific To the Oregon Improve
nent Company. To which reference was
made IN the World some time apo. is
now III a far way of being settled. Mr..
Snith said yesterday that, though the
formal application of the Improvement
Company Tor these lands had been some
what sternly rei' ct,d by the Northern
Pacillc, yet he had been assured by
director of tie No'tht rn Pacific, and
member of its Land Committee, that
this action had been taken merely that
tho facts III the case might be brought
out and justice be done. We can ind
no record of any contract"
Said the director: Now ict us inves-
tigate Ia See If there Is any equity In
your Dc nlands." Mr. Smith believes the
Improvement Company Is ehtItied To the
lands; out" he SAID. am afraid that
there was no written Contract. iOu see
tnat when Mr.. Willard was President of
all he companies he did his business in
rather loose manner. Believing that
he would never leavu the companies, he
mix, q up their affairs ard neglected to
reduce IT, writing this contract to trans
fer these lands Ire contract, however,
was made, though | nm afraid 1t was
verbal pne. MIR. Willard says that Vice
Presldeut Oabes. the Land Committee
ard other directors under,tood Ihe mat
ter, and lie thought they were honorably
bound u live up In tue promise. be-
II, We We have a good case
Mr.. Artemus II. Ward Vice president
Of the Oregon Improvement Company,
Yesterday authorized the following 81 ate
In,nt:
The statements in the SIN AID Tribune
this morning AS To the indebtedness, oi
the Oregon Improvement Go. are greatly
exaggerated and very mis- eadng. There
Is nothing due 10 laburer1. and the con
-truotIuu of tho txtensIon Of the road,
called tue Cedar River extension nas
been paid for to date. Tue amount Ne
crssary To- complete that extension Is
abuuf $40 COZ The Company IS not
company maintains that 1t has a con
tract with the Northern Pacific for the
purchase of several thousand acres of
coal lands. which the present manage
ment of the Northern Pacific company
disputes. he business prospects of the
current year are satisfactory III all It's
departments.
DIR. T.. q. johnson. in the treatment
of disease, dIScardS everything that Will
reduce the strength or weaken the CON
stItution. He does no; believe that the
skill of man can give a CURATIVE power
to any article that Gtd has stamped
with a power to KiLL a. Is held 10y those
who use poisons III treating disease. As
all recovery from disc 80 Is dde to the
life properties lit the body, and death
advances Just III proportion as these
powers are weak ned, no efforts made
by tie frame to overcome disease should
he interfer, q with and weakened, but
always aided and strengthened. As all
r,ujs MS taken IN health or disease
hy accident or desiln." whether in
lar2e or small doses. 50 far as they
act df oil, when they do not destroy lite
outright. are "opposed' to health ard
life and weaken and oppose nature
own curative efforts. he refuses to use
then. Believing the use of pOlsons to
he contrary 10 nature. II w0r with sell
-ure and destructive to the human race,
u. s.l. as his reint dies from the hun
dredS of poxerful. yet HARMLESS. vege-
tables and other non poisonous agencies
that nature has provided for the cure of
disease. which, when properly used. In
| tangihle doses. speedily restores health
/ without doing violence to the constltu-
/ tion. Office at No. 20Si. Commercial
street IcNaught's buIldiHgl, Seattle,
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