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?HE MORNING- OREGONIAN, MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1904. GUESTS OF THE ELKS Children of The Dalles Have a Merry Christmas. LOADED TREE 1N.OPERA-HOUSE Every Youngster in Town Receives Some Handsome Gift From a Fur Clad Santa Claus Needy Are Best Remembered. THE DAXiL.ES, Or., Dec. 25. (Special.) Fully 3800 porsons packed the Vogt Opera-Heuse to Its doors this afternoon to witness the exercises and Christmas tree given to all children of The Dalles under 12 years of ae by Cascade Lodge, B P. O. E.. and more than 1300 happy children received gifts at the hands of the ernerou Elks, who spared neither money x. -r effort In giving to the children of this city the greatest Christmas treat Festoons of lie and cedar, mingled with purple and -white bunting, adorned the entire front of the theater. Two superb elk heads tipped with electric lights were pltcsed on either side of the stage, in the center of which rose the enormous Christ mas tree. SB feet high, IS feet broad, light ed by over 4 electric lights and loaded w.th sparkling decorations and presents. Irto one side of the stage was built a ro "my fire-lighted chimney, hung with stockings running over with toys, its mantel bearing the timepiece pointing to tho hour emblematic of the order. Leading ap to the footlights a double sdrway, railed and divided by ever greens and bunting, gave opportunity for the children to pass to and from the stage during the distribution of gifts. The en tire orchestra pit, enclosed and decorated in like manner, was filled with bags of candy and nuts and presided over by nembers of the order, while stationed about the hall wore barrels of popcorn where all might help themselves at will. At 4 o'clock the doors of the Opora House wore opened to a crowd of already waiting children and their escorts, who poured into the auditorium, filling all available space. Here they wore enter tained with a musical programme by the orchestra and several soloists. Promptly at 5 o'clock a "Western Union messenger hurried -up to the stage, bearing a tele gram to the secretary of the lodge, who read the announcement that Santa Claus was on his way from Baker City and Slight be expected immediately. Then, amid a tremendous flourish of trumpets, rlown the chimney came the children's saint, (Hon E. O. McCoy) capped, booted and cloaked in furs, while through the snain entrance of the theater pranced his reindeer toam and sleigh, their driver, J, S. Fish, guiding, them straight through the crowd of delighted children onto a iiroad driveway covered with purple and whlte, leading onto the stage. After short formalities distribution of gifts commenced, during whloh every child In tho theator received a present graduating from a penny whistle to a suit of olothos, and as they loft the stage candy and nuts were given each. .Prob ably no other charity in The Dalles has ever reached so many homes or so many individual want& .as this gonorous act of the Elks' Lodge. From tho inception of the plan no pains have been spared to seek out the needy. Through the teach ers of the public schools the pupils have been listed, the particular needs of each ascertained and their wants supplied. The executive committee, R. H. Lonsdale, P. W. Dehuff and Y7. E. Walther, supple mented by a corps of teachers, have sys tematically searched for those to whom Christmas cheor might be given and have afforded opportunity of a Christmas frolic 10 every child In the city. Ball and Church Services. LA GRANDE, Or., Doc. 25. (Special.) The Christmas ball given by the Com mercial Club In La Grande was tho most successful of their annual balls. Exer cises wore held at the different churches fcy the Sunday schools Saturday evening, and Christmas sermons at the different churches today. It was the most pros perous Christmas in La Grande history. One hundred new homes have been built here and new people have come in with dn the past year. Official Holiday at Salem. SALEM, Or., Dec. 25. (Special.) At all the state Institutions Christmas dinners were served today. Tomorrow Christ mas exercises will bo hold at tho Peni tentiary and at some of the othor places in which state charges are maintained. Most of the business-houses will remain closed tomorrow, and In" official circles the holiday will be observed. IMMENSITY OF THE MINNESOTA. Visitors Would Get Lost Aboard Her But for the Guards. SEATTLE, "Wash., Dec 25. (Special.) Because her berth at the Oriental dock was occupied by another vessel the Min nesota, Hill's new trans-Pacific liner, was compelled yostorday to tie up olsewhere. As a result the most startling comparison of hex size possible was given the people of Seattle. The nose of the big liner was n a line "with the northern end of pier C, and her stern oxtonded a few feet south of the southern line of plor L In the epacc she occupied a small fleet of ordi nary boats is usually accommodated. In fact, one of the ordinary Alaska liners lies comfortably in one oL the two slips covered entirely by the Minnesota and tlll enough room is spared for another lost to lie alongside. AU of today and yesterday the big liner has been open for public inspection. She t.xs nine decks and five of these were thronged j'esterday by 10,000 persons. The number of visitors today doubled yester cay's total. So vast Is the steamer that persons would have been lost but for the fact that guides wore stationed through out tho boat to direct visitors. CENTRALIA BLOCK IS BURNED Druggist and Furniture Dealer Lose Their Entire Stock. CENTRALIA, "Wash., Dec. 25. A fire Vrke out shortly after midnight in tho tlock In the North End occupied by Fred Hanson, druggist, and Jesse Latshaw, furniture dealer. The entire block was destroyed, but the efforts of the fire hrlgade prevented tho flames spreading to adjacent buildings. Nothing was saved la the burned block. The two stores belonged to W. T. Blnkley and were Insured. Latshaw is said to have very little insurance on his stock and Hanson could not toll the amount of bis insurance. Mr. and Mrs. James Foley, of 564 Taylor street, which occurred last night, was made tho occasion of an evening of pleas ure by their many friends. About 40 guests took Mr. and Mrs. Foley by surprise, al though they proved fully equal to the oocaslon. The evening was one of merri ment and pleasure, vocal and Instru mental music serving to enliven the party. Light refreshments were served just be fore the good-nlgbts. BACK TO THE TABUS. Indication That the Tide Toward the Cities Is Rapidly Decreasing. Chicago Chronicle Secretary "Wilson conveys to the Ameri can people the more than welcome infor mation that the desertion of the farms for city life, which has been going on at an alarming rate for the last 20 years, seems to have come to an end, and that something like a reaction has set in. If this is true, nothing could be a more hopeful sign for tho future prosperity and happiness of this country. Until a few years ago American cities prided them selves greatly on their rapid growth in population, and never wearied of present ing statistical tables showing an annual Increase of 10 to 20 per cent. After a while It was observed that all the cities not only of this country, but of all countries, were growing in the same way. .Finally it dawned on our under standings that the farms were being pro portionately deserted, and that what we had been priding ourselves on was noth ing more nor less than a deplorable Na tional disease. "What we had hailed as solid municipal muscle and fat was seen to be dropsical wind and water. This wild flight of the country, people to the cities la something of a mystery, be cause it has taken place simultaneously with an Immense amelioration of the lone liness and hardships of farm life. In our day the trolley-car darts by the far mer's gate, the letter carrier hands him his mall, and a 'bus calls to take his chil dren to school. Farm work Is now begin ning to be done by storage batteries. The farmer Is no longer compelled to manufac ture everything he needs, but can buy It for a trifle at the nearest town. On his table are tho finest periodicals and books in the world; he reads them by an elec tric light; he telephones his orders around the farm or his gossip to his neighbors, and rides to tho depot in aa automobile. How Is it that men so pleasantly situ ated, with tho sweet priviloge of looking Nature in tho face, breathing unpolluted air, drinkingpure water and eating pure food, can give it up for the grime and filth, the smoke and stench, the close quarters and adulterated food, the starva tion wages and Incessant strikes, lockouts and mobs of the city, will always be re garded as an insoluble problem. . Not only do the farmers wrong them solves when they flock to the city, but they Inflict a terrible injury on socloty. Agriculture is paralyzed and the cities are glutted, impoverished and corrupted. "When they have come to the city and made themselves and evorybody olse mis erable they thon propose as a romedy not a return to tho farm, but socialism. "Back to the farm" should be the watchword of Americans. It is to be feared that Secretary "Wilson is far too sanguine, but if his prognostication is cor rect, it is the best news this country has hoard since the surrender at Appomattox. production of altjmnitm:. Dollar Has Rich Fur Cargo. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 25. Tho steamer Harold Dollar, Captain Thwing, arrived today, 14 days from Potropavlovskl, via Bchrlng Boa and Copper Island, with a cargo of furs. Her cargo consisted of E7 sea ottor, worth at least 518,000: 309 salted sealskins, worth about $133,000; ono box of furs, one sack of sablo skins, four sacks of fox skins, 377 bundles of bear skins, one box of sable skins and 15S dry sealskins. The cargo is very valuable in the aggregate. The voyage of the Harold Dollar was the first made by tho steamer. Celebrate Wedding Anniversary. 25th. amiivrsarx-pj; jthja Redding of Output in United States Estimated at 7,500,000 Pounds. "Washington Special to St Louis Republic In his report entitled, "The 'Production of Aluminum and Bauxite In 1903," Mr. Joseph Struthers, of the United States Geological Survey, expresses regret that It has not been possible to obtain exact statistics of the production of aluminum, for the reason that the sole producer in the United States, the Pittsburg Reduction Company, declines to state even approxi mately Its output. This is considered un fortunate, as a free interchange of ideas on the reduction, refining and working of the light metal, as well as on the special practices followed in making its various' alloys, would help to develop this branch of the metal industry and ia consequence would benefit each and every contributor to the general fund of knowledge. In spite of the secretive policy of the Pittsburg Reduction Company, It is safe, however, to estimate the production of aluminum in the United States during 1903 at 7,500,000 pounds, as compared with 7,300,000 in 1902 and 7,150,000 pounds in 1901. Mr. Struthers bases this assumption on the fact that the uses of the metal and its alloys have recently been greatly ex tended. Bauxite, the crude mineral from which aluminum is extracted, has been consumed during the last few years in successively larger and larger quantities, and this also would seem to indicate that the production of aluminum is steadily increasing. Owing to development of the industry in Arkansas, there was a largo Increase in the production of bauxite in the United States during the year 1903. The total quantity shipped amounted to 4S.0S7 long tons, valued at 5171,300, as compared with 29,222 long tons, valued at I12S.206, In 1902. At the present time Georgia, Alabama and Arkansas, in the order of their out puts, furnish the total supply of bauxito In the United States. The mineral occurs In other states, notably North Carolina and South Carolina, but the deposits are not of sufficient extent or purity to be of commercial value. The chief factor of interest during 1903 was the completion of the mining plant of the Pittsburg Reduction Company at Bauxite, Ark. A second point ofMntereBt to the industry is the fact that the new refining plant of the Pittsburg Reduction Company at East St Louis was put In operation during the latter part of tho Summer. Carted to Gallows, Boston Herald. In the reminiscences of Sir Henry Haw kins, just published, we read how, when he was a schoolboy, ho was looking out of tho window ono market day in Bed ford, when he saw, emerging from a by Ftreet that led from Bedford Jail, a farm cart drawn by a honse. which was led by laboring man. The horse moved slowly mong, while behind the cart walked a poor, sad coup.a with their heads bowed dr-wn, each with a hand on the tailboard of the cart ea:u overwhelrr.ed with grief, lhe cart contained the body of this poor couple's only son, a youth of 17, hanged that morning at Bedford Jail for setting fit e to a stack of corn. Years afterward, when Sir Henry became a Judge, this picture, photographed on his mind, gave him many a lesson which was turned to good account on tho judicial "bench. It was mainly useful in impressing on his mind the grave consideration of the sur rounding circumstances of every crime, the degree of guilt In the criminal and the difference In the degrees of the same kind of offense. And this spectacle was witnessed only 70 years ago. Opera In America. The first question asked by tho average American opera-goer on the approach of a new season Is, "What singers have been engaged this year?" After that he may express curiosity as to the works which the singers are likely to Interpret It -would be absurd for the director of an institution like the Metropolitan Opera House to affect ignorance of the popular attitude towards lyric drama. In the In terest of art he may regret It In many ways, no doubt, grand opera, as we know It here, is infinitely finer, more brilliant and more satisfying to our own public than anything to be found in Europe might "bo. But except as to the singing, it is not ideal, In tho same sense as grand opera in "Vienna, under the direction of MablerA max ba called ideal. COUNT PEA80DY IN Radical Programme Proposed , in Colorado Assembly. PROOF OF FRAUDULENT VOTES Republican Majority of More Than Thirty In the State Legislature Will Have the Canvassing of the Ballots. DENVER, Colo., Dec 25. If the 15th General Assembly of Colorado, which is to meet on "Wednesday, January 4, shall effectuato the plans formulated by the managers of the Republican post-election campaign, Governor James H. Pea body may serve as chief executive of this state for two years more, despite thofact that Alva Adams still has nearly 10,000 plurality, since the votes of five Denver precincts were thrown out bodlly by order of the Supreme Court in con sequence of frauds exposed in contempt proceedings against election officials. There will bo a Republican majority of 30 or more in the General Assembly, which will canvass tho vote for state offices. It is proposed to have tho Gen eral Assembly appoint a special contest committee of nine to 12 members, to which will be submitted the evidence of wholesale election frauds in Denver, and possibly some other counties, which the Republican committees have been col lecting ever since the election. Tho Republican managers maintain came in, observed the cakes, gazed ap preciatively, on the chowder, and re quested the latter. The first chowderer finished and departed, and tho woman who Immediately took her place looked around tho table and ordered cakes and coffee. By this time the first two cake and cof feeltes had finished, and an uncertain looking woman sat -down on that side of the table. She looked at the two oppo site, glanced at the card, and said, "Bring me a clam chowder." This a fact, and there Is every reason to suppose that nothing but coffee and cakes and chowder were served at that table all the afternoon, or at least as long as wavering ladles sat down at It 10BD CUBZON'S PB0PHECY. "Britain's Work in India Righteous, and Shall Endure." Lord Curzon, In World's "Work. It is 17 years since I first visited India; it is 14 years since I first had the honor of being connected with its administra tion. India was the first love, and throughout all that time It has been tho main love, of my political life. I have given It some of my best years. Perhaps I may be privileged to give it yet more. But no man could do this unless he saw before India a large vision, or were him self Inspired with a fuller hope. It our empire were to end tomorrow I do not think we need be ashamed of Its epitaph. It would have dono Its duty by India and 'Justified Its mission to mankind. But It Is not going to end. It is not a mori bund organism. It Is still In its youth, and has in it the unexhausted purpose. I am not with the pessimists In this matter. I am not ono of those who think that wo have built a mere fragile plank "between the East and "West which the roaring tides of Asia will presently sweep away. I do not think our work Is over or that it Is drawing to an end. On tho contrary, as the years roll by the call seems to me more clear, the duty more Imperative, tho work more majestic, the goal more sublime. I believe that wo TIME IS WELL SPENT . SECRETARY REED'S STATEMENT. The statement of Henry E. Becd, secretary of tho Lewis and Clark Ex position Corporation that the enterprise of holding the big Fair in Portland next year would involve a total investment in excess of $25,000,000, a statement published for tho first tlmo In yesterday's Orcgonion, has attracted much pop ular interest. Tho Exposition will be opened on Juno 1 next. The New Year's Orcgonlan for 1005 will contain illustrations of every building that will grace the grounds of the 'pair site. The paper will bo mailed to any address in tho United States or Canada, postago prepaid, for 10 cents. Address The Orc gonlan, Portland, Or. that with the fraudulent vote of Denver eliminated. Governor Peabody will havo at least 7000 plurality In this county and of 2000 in the state. These politicians do not Intend that the legal votes shall be sifted from the Illegal and then count ed, or that the Legislature shall reject the entire vote of Denver County, be cause to do this would not accomplish their purpose to reseat Governor Pea body, but they propose that about 100 Democratic precincts shall bo thrown out on the ground of alleged frauds, and that the voto of the Republican precincts shall bo counted. They assert that tho Supreme Court has establlsh'ed a prece dent for such a procedure." This radical programme Is opposed by some conservative Republican leaders. In cluding Judge N. "Walter Dixon, of Pueblo, and Dr. John Grass, of Trinidad, and until the Legislature meets and takes action it cannot be. known certainly whether Peabody or Adams will bo Gov ernor for the next two years. The Dem ocratic leaders are preparing to contest vigorously the attempt to reseat Pea body. Bi-partisan massmeetlngs arc to be held In Denver, Puoblo and other cities to protest against tho line of action mapped out for the Legislature by the Republican leaders. The Liberty League, a political organization of union work ingmen, is also preparing to take an ac tive part in the efforts that will bo made to defeat the attempt to continue Gov ernor Peabody in office. The Democratic leaders declare there is a monstrous conspiracy behind the disclosures of fraud shown In contempt proceedings before the Supremo Court. They say that the bunches of spurious ballots, all In one handwriting, found in the boxes from different precincts could not have been placed In the boxes on election day without having been ob served by the watchers, and charge that the boxes have been tampered with since election, legal votes being abstracted and spurious ballots substituted therefor. No proof In support of these assertions has been presented, but it is pointed out that the boxes were left unwatched for two days after being delivered to the Election Commission, and that for an other day they were in charge of only two Republican watchers. WISCONSIN ANTIQUITIES. Their Manufacture a Flourishing In dustry in That State. Milwaukee Sentinel. "The manufacture of imitation antiques especially In the form of copper and flint Implements, is quite a prominent industry fn "Wisconsin, in spite of the fact that It Is forced to flourish secretly, and that tho "Wisconsin Archaeological Society 13 doing all in its power to put an end to these frauds," sala tno prcsiueni vl uo state archaeologists yesterday. "We have been able to locate a number of men throughout the state who have made a business of manufacturing these imitations, and we have recently secured the promise of one of tho men in tho In terior part of the state that he will go out of the business. "A blacksmith is almost always con nected with the fraud, although he may not bo the originator of the plan. Ho hammers out the copper implements at his forgo and then they are treated with chemicals or burled in a river bed to give them the appearance of age. Thon they are burled, and after a little it be comes necessary to plough up the field whore they are hidden, the manufacturer hires a man to do the ploughing and Inci dentally to find the recently manufac tured antiquities. This Is necessary, as the members of society require the name of the finder before purchasing the article. "One man north of this city has dono an extensive business, and the large num ber of the same kind of implements found by him aroused our suspicions. Then tho majority of them get In too much of a hurry and do not wait for the chemicals to work properly, and this gives them away. Mistakes are also mado by tho men who make antiquities out of flint. As a rule they have no scientific knowl edge, and they pound tho flint into shapes never dreamed of by the Indians. "The great objection to these Imitations is that they gef into really fino collec tions. Perhaps tho collector buys them knowing that they are fine Imitations, but when he dies, unless his cabinet Is labeled, the Imitations are sold as gen uine, and It Is Important for scientific investigation that this should bo avoided. The new law will aid the society in put ting an end to these frauds, who -aro to be found in all parts of the state and many of whom havo been located." Luncheon by Suggestion. Philadelphia Bulletin. Lots of women order their luncheons meroly by force of suggestion. If you don't think so watch tho wavering ones sit down, look on the card, glance at their nearest neighbor's plate, and then order whatever the latter happens to be eating. In a crowded luncheon-room on matinee day one little round table seating four women bore out this statement. Two of the women refreshed themselves on cake and coffee. The third was putting away a savory clam chowder. A fourth have in our power to weld the people of India to a unity greater than any they havo ever heretofore dreamed of, and to givo them blessings greater than any they now enjoy. Let no man admit the craven fear that thoso who havo won India cannot hold it or that we have only made India to our own or to Its unmak ing. That is not the truo reading of history. That Is not my forecast of tho future. To me tho message is carved in granite, it Is hewn out of tho rock of doom our work Is righteous and it shall endure. A BEGGAB TRUST. New York Panhandlers Together In Powerful Corporation. (Everybody's.) Several years ago a one-legged youth named Kemptpn, who har left a comfort able home to f?ngago deliberately In beg ging, concelvetL the Idea of organizing a community of interest among panhandlers In the Park Row district. He picked out strategic spots throughout the city and selected a man to beg In each. These men were always particularly well adapt ed to their posts, a blink (blind man) here, a crust-thrower there, a maimed youth somewhere else. In order that the beggars might not be molested by the police, a lookout was appointed foe each, and in order that tho syndicate's inter ests might be conserved, Kempton em ployed roundsmen to observe how faith fully tho beggars attended to business, and to collect hourly the earnings of each. In case of arrest each member of tho band was assured of legal repre sentation, to bo paid for out of the earn ings of the pool. The scheme thrived for many months, and at ono time there were 20 men in the combination, which became a close cor poration of profit and power. There is no knowing to what extent It might havo expanded nor how influential it might have become at last had not the nature of the organization given it undue promi nence, and caused it to fall directly under the ban of tho mendicant squad. Ono by ono tho members were captured and sent to the Island, and In the end the gang was broken up. Art of Skin Sculpture. Pearson's. Imagine that famous piece of animal sculpture, Bayre's lion, enveloped In a splendid, soft, pliable lion's skin, drawn tight as a kid" glove, showing every outline of tho lean flanks, the knotty mueoles and sinews and each massive rib and bone in the frame of the gaunt, mighty, magnificent monarch. This, in a nutshell, is a description of tho modern method of taxidermy, the art of skin sculpture, which has raised the taxidermist's trade of yeStorday to tho dignity of a science and a pro fession. But the animal modeler of today has not stopped merely with the improved method of mounting and posing his subjects. On the contrary. almost throughaut, the old trade has been revolutionized. In these days, slnglo specimens are rarely, if ever, mounted. "Wherever possible, groups of beasts herds, or wild animal families aro clustered, showing not only tho rela tions between the parent, but also the characteristic postures of tho adults when with their young. A Bengal tiger group is shown. Startled, the gorgeous, orange-and-black-striped male, grimly suspicious, has bounded to his. feet, scenting dan ger. Desperately alert, and head up lifted, the tigress lies like a ponder ous spring, the incarnation of fero ciousness, ready to Jump to her feet in defense of the family. In poses of un sophisticated kittens the golden cubs stand on tottering legs, wondering what the disturbance is about. Llko a perfect, living picture of a tiger family lifted out of the Innermost Jungle of darkest India, stands this group. And yet the modern taxidermist goes even further. Not only the individuals of a group and the groups themselves must be true to life, but even tho beasts' settings must be realistic im itations or their wild forest homes. Rocks and leaves and shrubs and flow ers surrounding groups are not, aa formerly, cheap imitations consisting of sticks and saml-strewn paper, or tho floral decorations procured ' from tho over-stock of a millinery shop. EachN rock and leaf and blade and berry is accurately molded from plaster casts taken from nature and fashioned out of wax in tho most puzzling coun terfeits of the actual subjects. Lastly, to complete a circle of wonder fully artistic Illusions, Is Installed the perspective background of the groups, paintings of real and appropriate scenery by no means the work of mere scene painters but paintings, so perfect that at a distance of ten feet it is impossible to discern where the painting begins and where the foreground ends, while photo graphs of finished groups show pic tures which defy detection that the like ness is not a snapshot of nature itself. Dawes Commission Reviews Work in Indian Territory. TASK IS NEARLY AT AN END Safeguarding Rights of Government Wards In Making Allotments Has Cost Only About Ten Cents an Acre. "WASHINGTON, Dec 25. The annual report of tho Dawes Commission in Its work for tho five civilized tribes of In dians in tho Indian Territory, which was mado public today, Is a general review of the partition and allotment of land to those Indians during the past six years. "The tlmo consumed In the change from the old system to the new," tho Commissioners say, "has been a most irksome period to the people of Indian Territory, and the Commission Is not unmindful of the fact that to many candid observers the execution of the task has seemed to be both tedious and expensive.' "While admitting that criticism was to bo expected, tho report goes on to say It Is not Just and to show that the tlmo has been well occupied in securing a correct roll of the people. In obtaining a correct inventory of their property and in locating Improvements. Of the difficulties of these various divisions of the work the report says: "Every adult or head of a family in a total of more than 200,000 citizens and claimants, was personally exam ined and his previous tribal record was looked up. Of this number and in thl3 way more than 120,000 have been ex amined since June 28, 18J8. Tho pro ceedings were all taken down, espe cially as every case could be carried to "Washington on appeal, and often the record of a slnglo person was hundreds of pages In extent. Of the above num ber of people approximately 90,000 will be finally adjudged to lawfully possess tribal membership and property rights, and it can be readily seen how a less careful course of procedure would havo -utterly dissipated the properties of tho tribes. "As to appraisement of tho land, it was thought that tracts of 40 acres. Or a quarter of a quarter-section, was as small a division as could have reason ably been made the subject of personal Inspection. This acreage was adopted as the unit In determining the grade and valuo of lands, but oven this re quired the locating, inspecting, classi fying and valuing of nearly 500,000 acres of land. "As for safeguarding the occupancy and improvement rights of the people, their houses, barns, fences and other improvements had to be located by actual surveys and with minuto accur acy. Perhaps hardly a man in the ter rltory knew the sectional divisions of his farm or the sectional location of a single ono of his improvements, and hence there was no source of accurate information respecting these matters except the surveys and location of Im provements made by tho Commission." Tie report adds: "We have been daily witnesses of the distress of the people caused by delay, not only of the approximately 90,000 citizens of the tribes, but also of the estimated 600,000 other residents of the territory, whoso legitimate Interests suffer from an unsettled state of af fairs. There will havo been seven years consumed In this work if It is com pleted, as we expect, by July 1, 1905, and the administration of these com munal estates, amounting to nearly 20,000,000 acres of land, and to perhaps hundreds of millions of dollars In actual values, will then have consumed that amount of time and have cost less than 10 cents per acre, we trust that a consideration of the facts here stated will lead to the conclusion that under the circumstances the time consumed has not been unreasonably or tho cost unduly great." Speaking of the difficulties connected with the allotment work, the Commis sloncrs say that "speculators, not over scrupulous in their business methods, havo attempted In every way to influ ence tho work with a view to personal gain." WOULD TRADE WITH AMERICA Sultan of Mcrccco Not Afraid His Country Will Be Seized. NEW YORK. Dec. 25. James Langer- man, ex-United States Vice-Consul-Gen- eral at Tangier, Morocco, Is In New York on his way to report to tho Sultan of Morocco, whose personal representative he was at the St. Louis Exposition Speaking tonight of Morocco and its de sire for American, trade, Mr. Langerman said: "Never before was such an opportunity presented to American industries to secure a foothold in Morocco. It seems strange, but it is a fact nevertheless, that In this country, where about 16,000,000 people llvo there Is but one American industry doing business, and that Is the Standard Oil Company. "Tho Sultan and In fact all his subjects want to trade with Americans. They realize that the American people in busi ness will treat them fairly and will not try to seize tho country. I know per sonally that tho Sultan 13 ono of the most ardent admirers of President Roose velt. "It is impossible for Frenech troops to make any progress In Morocco, especially at .tfil3 time of tho year. They havo a difficult task before them, it is now the rainy season. It Is Impossible for them to transport troops, as there are no high ways. Ferrying Is their most modern method of crossing rivers. There Is not "ft The most delicious, cheeii ing winter breakfast you can take is a cup of steaming Ghirardelli's Ground Choco late. It put3 warmth and comfort into your body and snap and energy into your brain. Made festxnlly with hot mSSk CLOSED ALL DAY TODAY Our store will be closed, all day today in order that our employees may enjoy a well earned rest. . OPEN TOMORROW AS USUAL TULL& GIBBS SECOND AND MORRISON STS. 4 a telegraph or telephone line or railway In the country." Mr. Langerman recently discussed the Moroccan situation with this President, but he refused to say whether he visited President Roosevelt on any particular mission. Novel Way to Get Bargains. ' LIppincott's. "Get your nickels ready," warned the voice. "Get your nickels ready, ladies. At this 'Flve-Minuto Sale' I'll have no time to make change. Get your nickels rready! I won't be looking at your hands. I'll be so busy I couldn't tell If a hand la pretty or ugly. What I'll be looking at will be your nickels. Get your nickels ready for the great Five-MInutc Sale.' Wo shall sell a box of 50-cent razor-edge shears for f-f-f-flvo cents!" A very fat woman In a bursting purplo gown clutched his arm. "A whole box of 'em for 5 cent3?" she gasped Interrogatively. "Madam," said the floorwalker, "do you expect a miracle? One pair for 5 cents 60-cent ehears at that! Hurry up to the center right In front of the trans fer office and have your nickel ready!" Tho fat woman rushed blindly up tho aisle, and the floorwalker, striding to the back of the wire-inclosed transfer of fice, suddenly mountpd the clerks' desk and appeared above tho. netting like a jack-in-the-box, grinning down at tho ex cited women crowding frantically round him below. As the seller held up tho first pair of shears the women massed madly toward him. Hats were knocked sideways, giv ing their owners a decidedly tipsy appear ance, toes were trodden on ylolontly, skirts were divorced from their vainly clasping belts, but the crowd only surged up harder and held up wildly quivering fingers, flourishing the all-neceesary nick el between forefinger and thumb. "The dominant human desire," mut tered Weyman, "to get something for nothing! No doubt they could duplicate those shears for a dime at ordinary times. By Jove! tho avoirdupois In pur ple is wading in for a second pair. Con found her! she deliberately knocked Gold en Locks out of tho way." Golden Locks, slender, gray-gowned, her nickel upheld In a childishly small hand, made a pitifully Inadequate effort to re gain her lost advantage. She was not strong enough, and with a gesture abso lutely trnglc she turned from tho crowd. As she faced Weyman he saw to his ut ter astonishment that unconscious tears were rolling down her cheeks. Then her eyes violet, long-lashed, de cpalrlng met his. Something In tho girl's glance moved Weyman to the very thing he most objurgated In others unreason ing Impulse. Ho sprang forward, lifted tho girl as though she were a feather, and held her over the heads of the other women just In time to exchange her nickel for tho very last pair of ehears. Sociological. Atchison Globe. Effingham people aro giving shingle so cials. The only affair we ever knew that was connected with a shlnslo was not ex actly social. The Literary Life. Atchison Globe. This Is why an Atchison man is up against It: His literary wife has traded off tho kitchen range for a set of en cyclopedias and gone to boarding. Amateur cocks have erocd luck with Falcon Pancakes because the recipes are so simple and no yeast or bakinjr powder is used. Is packed in two pound packages and six pound sacks, and is an economical food because it is unusually substantial. Th wheat, corn and ryo combination makes ideal all-the-. year-round pancakes, muffins, gems and other easily pre pared breakfast rations. Winter or summer, here is a good Pancake Recipe To two cups Fdcon Pancaka Flour add enough mlBc or water to make a comparatitely thin batter, or use two cups Panc&ks Flour, two cups mlllc one Ublespconau sugar or syrup. one eez : nave endoia not : btxa most aasr turning. Falcon Pancake Flour at the Best Grocers' SHANNON & FIOTT COMPANY, Mfllsrs of Falcon Pure Foods, Dos Moines, la. r si ft a Medical of the St. Louis iicaI SPECIALISTS IN DISEASES OF MEN VARICOCELE, HYDROCELE NERVOUS DEBILITY BLOOD POISON, RUPTURE, KID NEY AND URINARY DISEASES and all disease anu weaknesses ox men, due to in heritance. nuDiis, excesses, or tao result or specmo diseases. . 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