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12 THE MOBKING OREGONIA2J, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1902. BANDON BY THE SEA A PROSPEROUS TOWN WITH A PERMANENT PAY-ROLL A WOOLEN MILL, MATCH FACTORY, CANNERY, ETC. BANDON, Nov. 19. (Special corre spondence.) According to the census of 1900. the population of Coos County was 10,324. and that of Bandon G45. making It the third largest town In the county. An estimate of the present population at 750 or 800 is quite conservative. It Is not a matter of great importance to the aver age reader what the exact population is now, or has been in the past; he is more interested In knowing what the popula tion is likely to be in the future. There Is -more depending upon a few Individuals In a town In making or un making it than would appear upon the surface. The Bandon of today is largely indebted to. the enterprise of a man now departed for its present commercial inv portance. Dating back to 1850 and 1S51, the ifnouth of the Coqullle River (pro nounced here both Co-quell and Co-keel) was" looked upon as the site of a future city, and the first man who owned It jealously guarded his possessions, but was opposed to any intrusion on his vest ed rights, and. as a consequence, what town there was then of Bandon was lo cated a mile or so to the south. The sand mining at Randolph, north of here, was then creating great excitement, and a city dependent upon commerce was not so absolute a necessity. When. In the year 1S86, Judge .Dyer (who died In 1895) thought he saw a favorable investment for some money at the mouth of the river, he was confronted by the owner of the land, who would not sell any part unless he sold it all. and to purchase the land at the price he demanded was tak ing considerable risk, but Mr. Dyer was ready to back his judgment with his money, and purchased the land, and at once began to lay broad plans for mak ing It a remunerative investment. Dur ing his lifetime he was ever ready to as sist in the establishment of local enter prises by donations of both lands and money, and It is largely owing to this liberal spirit that Bandon now has a raonthly payroll of about 510.000. based on the employment of over 200 persons in the various Industries here. When he tiled. Bandon lost a man who had done. In an unostentatious way. many good things for "the town. That he was as sisted by others equally wide-awake and enterprising 13 not denied, but had he been actuated by the spirit some prop-orty-owners manifest, he could not have secured the active co-opcratlon of his fellow-citizens and have accomplished so much. Even when he sold property to individuals, he would endeavor to influ ence them In the direction of pursuing a liberal policy for the future welfare of the town. V.'e mention these facts at tMi time, as such services are sometimes overlooked, and the Importance of a lib oral prl'cy by men in doing business with their fellow-man 13 not fully realized. The business street of Bandon Is alons the scuth bank of the Coqullle River, just inside the mouth, distant only a half mile or so from lho ocean. There Is one street Just above the level of the water, and there the land rises abruptly about 50 feet, and there is an extenslvs level tract extending back from the river, and on this bench is the residence por t'on, commanding a fine view of river and ocean. Just on the edge of this ris ing ground stards the public school build ing recently built, and of which the Ban den people are justly proud. Looking out frcm Its artistic town towards the west is seen, the Government jetty on the rcut,h side of the bar of the Coqullle River, and opposite it the north, jetty, vhlch already give a channel into the ocean of 12 feet or more in depth. Ves sels carrying 400.000 feet of lumber and Orawing over 11 feet have often passed out safely. On the point near the north jetty is sen the Coqullle lighthouse and foghorn, in charge erf Mr. Hartman. as sisted hy Mr. Brotherton, the latter being a son-in-law of E. T. Hatch, now of Portland. Quito Imposing dwellings and outbuildings have been erected for the employes at the llghttiouse. For the dis tance of a mile or so. the river runs east and west, and then makes a bend to the north for a mile, and again towards the cast. The depth of water in front of the wharves here ranges from 25 to SO feet, and tidewater rxtends up the river about 42 miles. The ocean-going vessel Man-d-lay has gone 2S miles up the river, and river steamers have gone nearly 20 miles further. The river steamers Favorite, Cnptaln Mooman, and Dispatch. Captain "White, make morning and afternoon trips as far as Coqullle City, passing on the way the sawmill towns of Prosper and Parkersburg. the mining town of River ton, and the town of. Bullard, on the north shore. It. costs only 75 cents to make the round trip, up in the morning rnd back in the afternoon, and it is a pleasant ride. At the upper end of the wharf is the car.nery, belonging to C. Timmons and as sociates, which has just completed can ning about 10,000 cases of salmon, and em ployed during the season about 100 hands. Further to the east stands the Bandon "Woolen Mill, a three-story wooden build ing, employing over 60 hands, and 'now crowded with orders and running over time. A few blocks further east is the recent ly erected Bandon Match Factory ofDyer & Shoemaker. Less than a year ago it was operating on match "Fpilnts" alone. and shipping to match factories in large cities, but last August it commenced the manufacture of matches for the market, that and so successful has the venture V?cn that Its present capacity is soon to 18 doub!od and employment given to SO inrtead cf IS hands. The match stock is Port Orford cedar, so abundant near here, which Is brought to the factory in four foct bolts and then cut into blocks 4 inches long, which are run through a "matter," and then resawed and run through a "splitter." when they are ready for "finishing." These blocks are dipped in sulphur and brimstone, separated into smaller blocks, wrapped by girls, who be come very skillful, and placed in the cases ready for shipment. Bandon matches will soon be known all over the Coast. The same firm has a broom-handle fac tory near by, which employs from 10 to 16 hands, and when run to its full capacity tt'.rns out about 4.000,000 handles a year. Port Orford cedar is used, a'nd for the past 10 years broom handles have been made here, and this1 locality now supplies the Pacific Coast trade. Automatic lathes turn out the handles very rapidly, and trey are packed 100 in a bundle, weigh ing about eight ounces to each hindie, and shipped to all parts of the world. Aus tralia is one of the largest customers of the factory here. This is said to be the first factory built on the Pacific Coast for the exclusive manufacture of broom han dles. There are half a dozen sawmills tribu tary to Bandon, sawing cedar and' fir lum ber of which mere detailed mention will be made later, in this letter. Extending southward from the mouth of the Coqullle River Is Bandon Beach, which is very popular as a driveway, and for visitors, on which are found many va rieties of pretty pebbles. The beach at low tide is quite level, and extends down the- coast about 10 miles. There are many bluffs and rocky crags, which add to the variety and beauty of the scenery. Among these rocks are salt water bathing pools, with .clean, hard, sandy bottoms, and when Bandon becomes the seaside resort sho is destined to be. one of her attractions -will be the fine sea bathing. The rocks assume some quite fantastic forms, some quite famous being a human face In out line, called "The Sphinx": another, "The Lion and the Monkey," and another, "The Wizard Rocks" where spirit forms are seen in the dashing of the waves. An enterprise of no small Importance, which was liberally "boomed" by the bus iness men of Bandon, is the twmile plank roadway leading into town frdm the P'outh. When this road, would now be impassable, during the rainy season, heavy loads of lumber and matchwood arc being hauled to Bandon. and this im portant industry continues through the whole year. The planking is white cedar, which, it is estimated, will last for 20 years. To a person riding over the muddy roads from the south, this plank road leading Into Eandon creates a very favor able Impression, and you expect, and are prepared to meet, a wide-awake and en terprising class of people, and you are not disappointed. The town and Its peo ple have a prosperous appearance, and you can readily believe Bandon to be a de sirable place of residence, and that Its people are wholesouled and hospitable. The Government has located a llfesaving station at Bandon, and eight men are em ployed, who keep constant watch day and night. A lookout is stationed about one mile down the coast, on a rocky head land, and watches of four hours each are kept. This crew has rendered some val uable assistance to vessels in distress since its location here. The payroll of over $300 a month Is quite an item to the business men of this town. Bandon has no electric lights. It would seem that the Installing of a plant here might be made to pay, particularly from the fact that a sufficient water power can be secured cheaply only a short distance. away. This power could be electnnea, brought into- town and used, not only for lighting but also to' propel machinery. One great advantage of a water power over steam, even If Its low cost of opera tion is left out. is that light and power can be furnished during both diy and night, which is quite an advantage. Bandon has no steam laundry and no bakery. Both these lines of business will bear investigation by experienced persons, to determine whether they will be paying investments. Bandon did have a brewery, but it is not In operation now. If an ice machine and cold-storage plant were joined with the brewing business it would give some person a handsome Income, and would grow with the expansion of trade. There Is quite a dairy country adjacent to Ban don, and the surplus butter made during the Summer could be placed in cold stor age and sold during the Winter, as fresh and sweet as when made, and at good prices. Game and fish could also be pre served In the same way. This Investment would require about $2S0 capital. Bandon is cn the Coqullle River, and all the commerce of the adjacent country must pay tribute as It passes by, and no matter where a const railroad is located, it cannot get out of reach of Bandon by water. The commercial Importance of Bandon is increasing each year, and experienced railroad builders have learned that it rays best to build to towns with an es tablished trade, rather than to go them; hence. It is very improbable that Bandon will ever be called upon to exert herself to any great extent to secure rail road connections. The Bandon people want a railroad along the Coast, and the trade already centered here will b an Irn pTtant part of the business of such a road. Bandon Is In Oregon, but not of Oregon. All her trade relations are with -San Fran cisco. Vessels both large and 4mall ar rive and depart from and 'to San Fran cisco, but not from and to Portland. Busi ness men here tell me they could In many cases buy to much better advantage In Portland than San Francisco. If they had a better way of getting the freight, but as it Is now they are compelled to do much of their business with the California me tropolis. If it is an Impossibility for Port land to heve steamers running Into Ban don. then the Portland business men should by all means unite In encouraging and assisting a railroad connection. There is an undeveloped country here of great possibilities. Its timber, its coal and its dairying are but In their infancy, and as the commercial metropolis of Oregon Portlard should make a greater effort to control some or all of the trade. It Is well worth securing, not only for its present value, but what it may expand to in the future. I confess I am unable to under stand why the five lumber schooners I have seen pass over the bar here during the past few days, and the steamer Man dalay. which takes out coal and match- twood, nnd came in with a large cargo of merchandise, could not have ocen running to Portland as well as San Francisco. There may be some good reason, but It does not appear on the surface. The only comment made by the merchants Is that Portland Is indifferent to their wants-, and. cannot expect their trade unless she makes some effort to get it. The Bandon public school employs four teachers, and has an enrollment of 16S, the primary department being in charge of Miss M. Wilson, with C9 enrolled. Miss M. Walker has 48 in her department, and the principal. Mm H. T. Wooten, and her assistant. Miss A. K. Maddocks. have 51 enrolled. The school building is an im posing one, and occupies a very sightly location. The Bandon Woolen Mills, the property of T. W. Clarke and associates, was erected in 1893-94. Eandon citizens en couraged the location of the enterprirc here by liberal donations of land and la bor. Mr. Clarke was with the Oregon City woolen mills for 25 years before coming here and locating, and the advantages of Bandon in its cheap fuel and shipping fa cilities caused the mlil to be so located. It was at first a "two-set" mill, but an increase of business called for more ma chinery, and it is now a "three-set" r. . and yet is too small, and during the past three years has been behind on orders, nnd has been compelled to run overtime. Last year an attempt was made to run day and night, using a double shift of hands, but it was difficult to secure a crpwi and now It runs only until 9 o'clock at night. About 20 of thf hands are paid day wages, ranging from $40 a month and up: and about 40 are paid for piecework, and earn more, some of the young lady weavers earning as much as ?G0 a month. Wages have been advanced during ...e pact three years from 20 to 25 per cent. The product of the Bandon. mills is all pure wool, and Is largely special orders for shipment to the East, and on one line of goods alcne for a Detroit firm the amount of the order will aggregate $150,000, and it will take the mill over a year to fill. Extensive improvements to the mill are contemp-.atcd in the future, depend ent largely upon the" development of the railroad situation on the Coast. The present transportation facilities are an advance over those of a few years ago. but there is still room for improvement. The temperature on the coast here va ries but little between Summer and Win ter, being cool in Summer and moderately warm, never very cold, in Winter. There are no destructive winds and electric storms, and malaria is said to be un known. The first case of fever and ague is yet to be reported in this section. William G. Carroll is the resident engi neer here. In charge of the Government improvements. In addition to the duties imposed upon him of superintending the expenditure of the Government funds he is required to collect data relative to the exports and Imports at this port According to reports furnished to the United Stales Engineer's office in Port land, and which are printed by the Gov ernment, the total tonnage of shipments from the port of Bandon during the cal ender year J900 was 2S.SS3 tons, beinjr an increase, of 6433 tons over 1S98. and 2193 tons over 1899, showing that the business here is increasing. The classes of ship ments are give'n as follows: For 1900 Lumber and logs 24.695 tons (or 11.S1S.S00 feet as against 1C.2E5 tons In 1S9S: coal. 1150 tons, as against S628 tons in 1S9S. The rhlpments of coal during the coming year will be about 5000 tons. Matchwood. 1904 tens, as against 1412 tons In 1S98: broom handles, S21 tons, as against 2S0 tons in 1398. The salmon shipments of 1900 were 160 tons; hides. 2, tons; .agricultural prod ucts, 32 tons, and miscellaneous freight, S3 tons. The imports, or receipts, at this port were 1ESS tons In 19CO, consisting of general merchandise, wool, hay and ma chinery. Since 1SS0 Government Improvements have been made cn the Coqullle River bar here, and the good results have been ap parent each year. Up to the last session of Congress, the appropriations altogether amounted to only J210.000. This last ap propriation of SS0.000 leaves $45,000 yet to be appropriated to complete the project of permanently maintaining a depth of at least eight feet on the bar at low tide, or 14 feet at high. tide. The contract for extending the north jetty out into the ocean COO feet was let October 8 last to John Kicrnan, of Portland, and work will commence at once, and is to be completed In 10 months. The contract price jwas about $25,000. The commerce of the Coqullle River passing over the bar has heretofore been carried by small schooners of from 75 to 140 tons net register. The towage is per formed by the steam tug Triumph, of 27 tons register, which has been In service at the bar throughout the years. During the past two years the steamer Mandalay has been added to the Coqullle River fleet, making regular trips to San Francisco. WIFE OF A PRESIDENT SERIOUSLY ILL MRS. JULIA DI3XT GRANT. Mrs. Julia Dent Grant, widow of the late President Grant, is seriously 111 at her residence in Wa?hlr.cton, D. C. Although no immediate apprehension Is 'felt for her, she is suffering from a heavy cold of two weeks' duration, combined with asthma. Mm. Sartorls is with her mother, devoting all her care to her. None but the most intimate friends are admitted to see her. Mrs. Grant returned from her Summer home at Coburg. Canada, a month ago. and has for two weeks been in poor health. She la 77 years old. This rtcamer has 266 tons net register, and draws 13 feet loaded, and has also passenger accommodations. The princi pal article of export is lumber, of which the country tributary to the Coquille , River furnishes an abundant supply of me best quality, the variety locally known as Port Orford cedar being an especially valuable commodity. Coal of an excel lent quality is found at Rlverton, 15 miles above the river entrance. The mines have not been worked extensively for a num ber o'f years, owing to lack of transporta tion facilities, the small schooners finding timber the most profitable cargo. Since the advent of the Mandalay above-mentioned active operations at the coal mines have been resumed, and further develop ments In thn way of opening new mines are In progress. Much of the timber and practically all of the fruit and dairy prod ucts of the Coquille Valley have hereto fore been shipped by rail from Myrtle Point and Coqifillo City to Marshfield, on Coos Bay,, and thence by steamer. In coming merchandise was largely received over the same route. This was the most expensive method, but has been given the preference by some shippers on account of the delays Incident to schooner ship ments The steamer line recently estab lished has remedied this Ho a certain ex tent, though transportation facilities are still Inadequate to the needs of the pres ent lumber industry, which Is . growing larger each year. The local river busi ness Is handled by river steamers the Antelope, a propeller of 19 tons; the Venus a propeller of 15 tons; the Favor ite.' a propeller of 46 tons, and the Dis patch, a slernwhedl boat of 107 tons, none drawing more than four feet of water. The Dispatch carries the United States mails, making six round trips a week be tween Bandon and Coquille City. The water supply for Bandon comes from a large spring two miles back of town, and has 'a pressure of about 52 pounds. The supply is sufilcient for pres ent needs, but in case of the town need ing a larger supply there are numerous creeks which could be easily brought In. Bandon has one hotel, three saloons, five churches, four general merchandise stores, two butcher shops, two barker shops, two hardware stores, one grocery store, one drug store, three cigar stores, livery stable, furniture store, restaurant, photograph gallery, blacksmith shop, newspaper, cannery, woolen mill, broom handle and match factory and box fac tory. The shipbuilding industry is destined to become of considerable Importance at Bandon and vicinity. During the past few years there have been built, four or five schooners, two tugs and an ocean going, vessel, the Homer, which now plies between San Francisco and Portland and along the coast. The fir lumber of this section is of superior quality for ship building, being so pronounced by experts In the business. In addition, there is the Port Orford cedar, which makes a strong, light frame, and has more lasting quali ties than other timber, being equal to oak in that respect, and much lighter, giving the vessel more buoyancy and a greater carrying capacity. At present there is in course of construction at Pros per a sawmill settlement three mlle3 up the river from Bandon, a steam schooner which will have a carrying capacity of 600,000 feet of lumber, and will be ready for launching in a week or two. She will make the run between Portland and San Francisco. At Parkersburg. seven miles up the river 'from here, the three - masted schooner Advance was launched a few weeks ago. and made her maiden trip from here October 19. loaded with 025,000 feet of lumber.. The lumber ship- 'ments, until recently, have been made in two-masted schooners, with a carrying capacity of from 120.0CO to 15O.CO0 feet but. owlng to the improvements cn the Co- quiile bar. the shipments are now made in three-masted and steam schooners carrying from C30.0CO to 400.000 feet of lum ber each iilp. The wharf at Bandon Is about 500 feet in length, with slips at each end, and has accommodations for half a dozen vessels at one time. The water being fresh, there is no trouble with the ravages of teredos on the piling. . Wharves can. bs built any distance along the river front and ac commodate any amount of shipping. To judge from the amount of freight pass ing over the wharf now, Its capacity is about reached, and more wharves will soon be required. With the advent 'of u railroad to the coast, there is un opening at Bandon for. a seaside hotel, and there are several very sightly locations which would be convenient to both the town and the ocean beach. t . Woodville sawmill, the property of R. H. Rosa, is located at the end of the plank roadway 2 miles out from Bandon. It was built in 16S3. and has a capacity of 12,000 feet a day. The mill has been sawing In the same place for the past 19 years on white cedar, and there is tim ber near the mill for nearly 10 years longer. The train road out into the tlm- i ber, over which the logs are brought to the mill, is about two miles long. Logs range in size from two to seven feet in diameter, and are all white cedar. Logs not suitable for lumber are cut into bolts and sold for match wood, which is in active demand. The merchantable lum ber is shipped in the rough by vessel from Bandon. By-products of the mill are made into broomhandloSj the ca pacity of the mill being 4000 handles a day, and a kiln has recently been con structed for drying the handles. White cedar is an excellent wood for planking roadways, and one firm in San Francisco this year placed an order for 60,000 feet of 4x4 lumber, which" was laid on a wharf where heavy teaming is done, as thi3 wood does not split and silver, as do some other kinds of planking. Mr. Rosa is now erecting a store building In Ban don, and in the Spring will Incorporate a merchandise company and put In a stock of general merchandise. The mill em ploys 20 hands. The cedar timber belt around Bandon is about four miles wido and 16 miles long, baing principally white cedar and fir. The country Is compara tively level, and there will be no diffi culty in getting the logs to the sawmills, and. with a coast railroad in operation, there would be given a great Impetus to the lumber business. The-lasting quality of this white cedar is well illustrated by an incident related by Mr. Rosa. Out in the woods is lying a cedar tree which is perfectly sound, and growing over it is a tree about four feet In diameter, which must be .75 or 100 years'old. In the Im mediate vlelnity of the sawmills, where the large trees have been logged off. a younger growth has sprung up, and there are trees about 35 years old. 12 and 13 inches in diameter. By the time the old est timber here is logged off. there will be a second growth ready for market. Old logging roads have become almost obliterated with a denss growth of young' fir. cedar and alder trees.' George P. Topping, of Bandon. is very i enthusiastic over the future of the coast counties. The many water powers on tho rivers running into the ocean along tha ccast could be electrified and a coast railroad be operated so cheaply that a passenger rate of $5 could be made profit able from Portland to San Francisco, and freight rates be proportionately cheap, as, by locating the road" along the ocean, it would be a continuous level haul. What may be done in the future in developing the immense water powers In the rivers, along the coast la a matter of specula tion. One great advantage is the short distance of these powers from the coast and the ease with which hey may be controlled. There is an aggregate of not less than 500.000 horsepower now going to waste. A syndicate could be formed and get control of these water powers along they coast very cheaply now. and the powers could be united into one gi gantic system. Between Port Orf6rd and Bandon are thousands of acres of wild huckleberry bushes, and at this seaso,n they are cov ered with blue and purple berries, the season during which the berries hang on the bush.es being about three months from September 1 to December 1. 1 have it from good authority that one per son can gather 25 gallons in 10 hour3, but it takes much longer to pick out the stems and small leaves than to gather the berries from the bushes. It has been suggested to me that if the berries wero gathered and the juice pressed out that an excellent quality of wine could be made having medicinal qualities, and this is a resource of this country the de velopment of which has never yet been tried. The experiment of canning the berries has been tried, but the labor of picking over the berries to free them of the small twigs and leaves makes the j product quite expensive, but they could be pressed and the juice made into wine at a much less cost, Dyer & Shoemaker have two porta- j ble sawmills on Crooked River, about j Ave miles from Bandon, which saw t almost " theh entire product into "squares" for making cedar broom-han- i dies. Mr. Dyer has invented an ingenious arrangement of saws, which he will patent, which cut the broom-handle "squares" directly from the log. making a cut as the carriage goes up and also as It comes back. The strips are cut the proper length, packed in bundles and hauled to the broom-handle factory' in Bandon, and there turned, polished and packed in bundles of 100 each, ready for shipment. " ' E. C. P. . STATE VOIDS ITS DEED (Continued from First Paye.) upon them, but since they also "contain mineral they are subject to condemna tion and surrender to the Government Many of these tracts are now owned by Eastern purchasers who bought suppos ing that the state would not sell unless it had a good title to the land. Neither, the application the purchaser is required to make nor the deed that is Issued con tains any mention of an exception in the case of mineral land. A man who buys school land thatls plainly mineral and chiefly valuable for that reason, or who buys It in violation of law, Is hardly in a position to complain if he is ousted. But the Innocent purchaser who relied upon the conveyance from the state will .contend that he has a right not only to the passive but the active assistance of the state in supporting his title. Since this mineral base is being "wrest ed" from the state, it would be supposed that the state would resist the "wrest ing" proccsa So long as the wresting continues to be profitable to the state and to the base hunters, the state Is likely to continue 'to aid the Government in defeating the state's conveyances. As shown in yesterday's Oregonlan, if Odell should succeed In hl3 schemo the state will make come $150,000 by the deal, and he will make as much more.. In his proceedings for the adjudication of tho mineral character of lands In Eastern Oregon General Odell says he has left out all those tracts finally deeded by the state, and is going after only those tracts held under certificate of sale He la proceeding upon the theory that the men who bought and paid ono-fifth of the purchase price down, as required by law, are probably speculators, and not entitled to the consideration accorded a man who has a deed. This is a presump tion "the land officials have never been willing to entertain, for, although atten tion has repeatedly been called to the Illegal purchases made by speculators, the land officials have always maintained that they had nothing upon which to base a belief- that wrong existed. While this discrimination upon the part of Gen eral Odell 3hows that his Intentions are good, it does not vary the effect of the adoption of the double-selling policy by the Land Department If some of tho speculators should bo ousted by General Odell's operations, no one would com plain, but the policy which applies to them will also apply to the innocent purchaser. If a man who hp- made only his first payment can be ousted, so also can the man who has made all his pay ments. The question of whether the state can sell land and afterward use It as 'base" has been passed upon by the General Land Office and by the Department of the Interior. When the question was pre sented before the Commissioner of the Land Office, Hon. Binger Hermann, that official held that when the state had once sold school land It could not afterward use that same land as base for the se lection of lieu land. This is the decision that will be generally approved as just and equitable. The case wan taken to th Secretary of the Interior, and by that official reversed, .It being held that the state could sell Its land and afterward relinquish It to the Government and get lieu land In its stead. It is this decision under which the State Land Agent Is now proceeding. . The decision of the Secretary of the Interior must be accepted as law, and It must be conceded that the stato has the legal right and power to dishonor its own deeds. The on'.y question is whether the state is adopting an equitable and moral ly just policy when it proceeds to exer cise the right which the Government con cedes it. In the business world no man could long retain his standing if he gave deeds and afterwards sought to avoid them upon any pretext or ground what ever A third party, having a just and equitable Interest, might be permitted to contest the title of the purchaser, but the man who made the deed .would bo ex pected to give It at least hl3 moral sup port. This the state dpeo'not do, but on the contrary, it invites and aids base hunters to defeat the conveyances it has executed Those who understand the methods by which General Odell secures "base" gen erally approve the plan, and are glad to see him make money at it. It Is the participation of the state In proceedings which seek to avoid Its own conveyances which has met disapproval AN INSURANCE QUIBBLE. T.Inlillltv Dcncnds on Standard of Time in Louisville. LOUISVILLE, Ky.. Nov. 20. Whether noon in Louisville is reckoned according tn standard time or solar time is the question involved in 13 suits for $19,940 insurance tiled nere Dy tne reasiee Gaulbert Company and the Louisville T.ond & Color Company. Each of these oults is against insurance companies that held policies on these buildings of the two companies destroyed by lire about m!flf'.nv. Anril 1. last. The nolicles of the i3 defendant 'corn nnnics were In force from noon, April 1, 1M1. to noon. April 1. 1902. None of the policies makes It plain whether the word noon means according to stanuaru or so lar'time. The accords of the fire depart mont show that the flames were discov ered about 11:45 o'clock, although the ox act moment never has been definitely set tied. Solar time is 17 minutes faster than standard time, and ,if the tire broke out at 11:15 standard time it was then 2 minutps after neon by solar time. Thus i the defendant Insurance company claims that the "noon" in the policies means solar time, and base their position for refusing to pay them upon the around that the policies had expired 2& minutes when the fire broke out. Monitor Kevnila In Ilonton. BOSTON. Nov. 20. The singio-turreted monitor Nevada, which has Just been completed by tho Bath Iron Works for the United States Navy and 13 to have her sccflnd trial the second week in De cember, arrived at the Boston Navy yard today frcm Bath. Xott She'll Be Popnlnr. MILWAUKEE. Nov. .20. The Journal says: Mis3 Bell Brown, living at 60S Vliet street, this city, has fallen heir to a for tune estimated at over- $10,000,000. through Do you know the most luxurious bath in the world? Have you used Pears' Soap ? Sold all over the world. the death of a great-uncle named L. O. Lawrence, of New York City. Mr. Law rence was at one time member of the New Torjk Stock Exchange. Miss Brown la now 18 years old. The will provides that the money will not be turned over to Miss Brown until she reaches the age of 25 years. , Architects and Engineers. NEW YORK. Nov. 20. The 10th annual meeting of the Society of Naval Archi tects and Marine Engineers was begun here today with many representative naval constructors and engineers pres ent. Papers were read by Henry S. Pritchetr, LL. D., Edwin A. StevenB. Charles P. Paulding, Jr., assistant United States Naval Constructor. J. W. Powell, William A. Falrburn, George C. Cook and .woressor c. H. Peabody, Irish Leaders Reach Chicago. CHICAGO. Nov. 20. John Dillon and Michael Davitt. the Irish Nationalist leaders, reached Chicago today from To ledo, and will speak here Sunday night at the Auditorium. Both declare that this Winter will witness the passage by the Imperial Parliament of Great Britain of an Irish land purchase act that will settle the agricultural question. AT THE HOTELS. THE PERKINS. J M Garrison. Forest Grove Mrs Thos Morgan, Aberdeen Mrs M Larsen. Kelso Mrs B Olsen. Catlln Mrs Llewellyn, Butte Frank Wilbur, city H S Dorman, Dulatn J B Jamleson. Olymp Airs jamieson, ao jars e ti Keith. Rhlnelander. Wis J F Reynolds, Seattle Frank Cardwell. Wal lace. Idaho Mrs M A Collins, Grants, Or Chas I Chambers. Sac Mrs O D Brownlns, ramento A M Rider, St Paul J Collins, San Fran A L Thomas, Slletz Bellevue. Or W S Lysons. Kelso Mrs Korsebaum, Kan Herbert Halstead, Con don, Or Mrs Halstead, Condon J 8 Boyer, Condon A R Bell. Dallas. Or R Brett, Vancouver A L Powne, Antelope Wra Ulrlch. Medford J A Hayeo, Dallas R N Adams. Mlnnpls A II Carvell, Springnd Mrs Carvel, do JT A Kumler. do Mrs W E Beaudamp, Easton, Wash Mrs J E Cole. Helena G W Nlnemeier, Mon- tesano Mrs Ninemeler. do W J New. Wis Mrs M J Fuller, Cor vallis H Overhardt. Hood R H S McGowan, Mc- Mrs Thomas. Siletz E W Topplns. N Y Mrs E L Bond. Seattle Charles Cleveland, Qresham Mrs Cleveland, do W H Pullen, Ontario C A.ilcGrew, Dundee, Or Miss Lulu Ronard. NT Mlas Brown Miss Lcota Mayer Jos Katus. N Y O M Haroldson,Seattle Mrs H&roldson. do It A Horton, San Fr W H Karr. Hoaulam J A Karr. Hoaulam w T Llewellyn. Butte Miss Llewellyn. Butte V F Korsebaum, Kan D H Neplow, Pendletn C M Ruhlehs, Tacoma Mrs Rublens. do Gowan, Wash H B Catton. Walla W THE IMPERIAL. T B Kay, Salem E R Applegate, Drain C D Drain. Drain C A Holder, Goldendl C P Krouso. Or S Krouse, do C H Gray. Salem Mrs Gray, Salem Mrs J w McKay. W J S Wilson, Kan City Mrs J M Patterson. The Dalles J B Wolf. Wash M M Jackson, do S J Radcllfte. N D C H Lake. Dalles John M May, Nome Mrs May, Nome Jas Withycombe, Cor vallls Nolo M .Osborn. Sactmo Mrs Harry L Patrick, Sacramento J S Crooks, MInnpla C L Gilbert, Hood R F B Ellsworth. N Y H G Van Dusn, As toria Gen C Osburn. Seattle W'C Towne, Skasway V C Stayte. Seattle Ray Klrkfleld. Ala Chas H Green. S F Mrs C M Mclntyre, Hoqulam G S Jones. San Fran E 'E McMahill. Salem iCapt J J Reynolds, Ab J B Wolf. Wash torla Foley Cralff. "Belle of'Jas Darling. N Y New York" W W Bo?cow, Hlllsbro Mr3 W H Snyder. Castle Rock S L Balrd. Seattle Mrs Balrd. Seattle Max Bloom, N Y Violet Letters. N Y L I Welst. Bend J A Webb. Medford W E Fraaler. Albany W A Williams, Chgo Thos Carmlchael, Gas ton J W Maxwell, Tacoma A C Sturrett. Vancvr Mrs Sturrett. Vancvr W Murlln. Portland II M Peyser. San Fr W E Phlpps. Medford Mrs B D Crocker. WW,C E Barrett. Ft Brldg THE ST. CHARLES.' E Stafford, city" W O Matchett & wf, C A Hawkins. Ilwacoj city Harry Reve, Scranton.iG W Richmond. Cen- Pa tralla John Wake. do M R Jameson. do F R Wlsder & wf, Salem W J Muckle. Rainier ; M Patton, Olympia B J Burke. Seaside E Wllron. Mich A J Laws. Mich A H Pnll-r. Sookane W G Rhiide, Gray's R Edward V llklnon. Baker City Clyde Bueh. do C A Nordlke, Scott's Mills Mrs- B M Turk, do Mrs F O Wing, do C R. Hill. McMlnnville C H'Klmr. do W ScAtt & fam. La III West. ScanDOOse Camas M Chcevcr & wf, IG- Richmond & wf, city Stel-'.I Cloiuet. Little Falls la . ID Sullivan, do Mr- D A Coffman. Sea-iValtf r George, Deer side ( Island D II Mclntyre. Wllla-IC J Llttlepage & wf. mma i city Mrs A M Hopson. Ft Douglas J A Ker3ey. Newberg L A May. Warrenton J C Cochran. Glenwd Elizabeth Beaman. Oregon City E E Quick. St Helens IC A Benson. Rockwood I F Vaughn, Heppner U E Cheever & wf, Stella C A Rodfgeb. Ariel J Harris, Knlama C Bryant. Junction Cty M Freeman & wf, do A M Gay & wf. Castle Rock "lyde Fln?h. RMS J A Tozler, Heppner H W Holden. city Wm Hlgglns. Bohemia A Strldell, Eurauia O H Mess, do J M Forbes. Etna A E Cooper, S D Hotel Brunswick, Seattle. European plan, popular rates. Modern improvements. Business center. Near depot Tncomn Hotel, Tncomn. American plan. Rates. $3 and up. Hotel Donnelly, Tacoma, Flret-class restaurant in connection. does not overtax the in fant's stomach with in soluble, indigestible or unsuitable material. SEND A POSTAL FOR A FREE SAMPLE OF MELLIH'S FOOD. Mellin's Food Co., Boston, Mass. AND FOR TOILET AND BATH Fingers roughened by needlework catch every stain an I lo)k hopelessly dirty. Hand Sapnlio removes not only the dirt, but also the loosened, injured cuticle, and restores the fingers to their natural beauty. ALL GROCERS AND DRUGGISTS ML-M1DY Thiscitlny Capsules arc superic- to Ualsam ot cp3-arUrrw Cubobsor Injections. rUuiUI r.URp in 4a HOUR- v the same diseases without inconvenience. Sold by ell druggizts. AN EASY WAY To Keep "Well. It is eaav to keeD well if we would only observe each day a few simple rules oC health. The all-important thing is to keep the stomach right, and to do this it is not necessary to diet or to follow a set ruie or blli of fare. Such pampering simply makes a capricious appetite and a feeling- that certain favorite articles of food must be avoided. Professor Wiechold gives pretty good ad vice on this subject: he says: "I ana 6S years old, and have never had a serious illness, and at the same time my life has been largely an indoor one. but I earl y dis covered that the way to keep heaithy was to keep a healthy stomach, not by eating bran crackers or dieting of any sort; on the contrary, I always eat what my ap petite craves, but dally for the past eight years I have made it a practice to take one or two of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets after each meal, and I attribute my ro bust health for a man of my age to the regular daily use of Stuart's Tablets. '"My physician first advised me to use them because he said they were perfectly harmless, and were not a secret patent medicine, but contained 'only the natural digestives, peptones and diastase, and aft er using them a few weeks, I have never ceased to thank him for his advice. "I honestly believe the habit of taking Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets after meals is the real health habit, because their use brings health to the sick and ailing and preserves health to the well and strong." Men and women past 50 years of ago need a safe w digestive after meals to in suro a perfect digestion and to ward oft disease, and the safest best known and most widely used is Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. They are found in every well regulated household from Maine to California, and in Great . Britain and Australia are rapid ly pushing their way into popular favor. All druggists sell Stuarts Dyspepsia! Tablets, full sized packages at 50 centsv and for a week stomach a 50-cent packaga will often do 550 worth of good. "COLDS 9J Radway's Ready Relief Cored and ProTsntaj Colds, Coughs. Bore Throat, Influenxa, Bron chitis. Pneumonia, Swelling of the Joints, Lum bago, Inflammations, Rheumatism. Neuralgia, Headache, Toothache, Asthma. Difficult Breath-, lng. Radway's Ready Relief Is a Sura Cure fori Every Pain. Sprain, Bruises. Pains In the Back. Chest or Limbs. It was the First and la the only Pain Remedy that Instantly stops tha most excruciating pains, allays Inflammation and cures congestions, whether of the lungs, atomach. bowels or other glands or organs, bjf one application: For Internal and External Use. A half to a teanpoonful In half a tumbler of water will in a few minutes cure cramps, spasms, sour stomach, heartburn, nervousness, sleeplessness, sfck headache, diarrhoea, dysen terv, colic, flatulency and all Internal pains. There Is not a remedial agent In the world that will cure fever and asue and all other malarious, bilious and other fevers, aided by R AD WAY'S PILLS, so quickly as RADWAT S READY RELIEF. Sold by Drugfists. RAD-' WAT & CO.. 55 Elm Street. Xew York. Was Always Very Pale and Thin. Nervous Prostration." Faint Spells. Dr. Miles' Nervine Saved My Life, There is great danger in a run down con dition. Overwork, mental strain, the cares and worries of business and the home, all have a deleterious effect upon the nerves, which in their devitalized condition readily fall prey to the attacks of disease. Aside from the danger there is no condition at tended by so many disagreeable symptoms; such as loss of appetite, indigestion or nerv ous dyspepsia, headache, tired feeling and loss of ambition together with the agony of sleepless nights spent in tossing restlessly about, only to rise exhausted in the morning. Dr. Miles' Nervine is a true nerve tonic which, by strengthening the nerves, restores health and appetite ana brings sweet sleep. "For six years I suffered almost constantly from a complication of troubles which culmi nated in complete nervous prostration. I had no appetite, I could not sleep, I suffered from indigestion and nervousness. As is so often the case in nervous prostration X fre quently had weak, fainting spells. Doctors did not help me. They said my blood was very poor, and I know my face was always very pale. The very first bottle of Dr. Miles' Nervine I took gave me noticeable relief and I felt stronger than I had in years. My neighbors in Puyallup, Wash., where I then lived will testify to this. I also used some of Dr. Miles' Restorative Tonic and Anti-Pain Pills. I believe the Dr. Miles Remedies saved my life." Mrs. J. C. Benedict, Tuck er, Utah. All druggists sell and guarantee first bot tle Dr. Miles' Remedies. Send for free book on Nervous and Heart Diseases. 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