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14, MBERANDSTQNE ACTI5SUPERSE0EO New Legislation of Greatest Importance to States of Northwest. TIMBER TO BE AUCTIONED If Not Cat in 20 Tears From Time of Sale, It Reverts to Government. Mineral Rights Do Kot Go With Sale of Timber. OKHGONIAN KBWS BUREAU, "Wash ington. Feb. 18. Of all the conservation legislation recommended by President Taft, and drafted in detail by Secretary Ballinger. none is of greater importance to the Pacific Northwest than the bill providing for the sale of timber and tim ber lands. This bill repeals the timber and stone act, and provides for an alto gether new method of disposing of Gov ernment timber land and the timber on such land. Because of its importance, the Administration bill, as drawn by Secre tary Ballinger, and introduced by Sena tor Nelson, is here quoted at length: Section 1. That all leal subdivisions of surveyed, vacant and unreserved landa of the t'nlted States, west of tho summit of the Cascade Rajige and Sierra Coast Range of mountaLoa. bearing; milling; timber which averages 600O feet per acre, and all such lands east of the summit of said mountains bearing; such timber which averages SrtOO feet per acre, and the timber thereon, shall be disposed of only 1n the manner prescribed by this act. Sell to Highest Bidder. tee. 2. That the timber on all lands men tioned in the foregoing; section shall be sold by the Secretary of the Interior to citizens of the United States, or to associations com- Tosed of such cltlsena. at public sale at not less than Its appraised value, in unui tier ntut amounts, and under and subject to sucfh regulations, terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, but a purchase of timber under this act shall not e construed or operate to give the purchaser thereof any right, title or Interest m or 10 the land upon -which such timber Is stand ing, except the right to such use and occu pancy thereof as may be necessary to the cut ting and removal, or to the sale or manufao- nr-. of t.-h lmher Into lumber, and all tim ber so sold shall revert to the United States If It is not cut and removed witnin &t years th. Hot. Af it. jnle. except in cases where the timber is purchased by entrymen or lo cators to whom patents issue unaer uu ci for the lands on wihich such timber is located. Mineral Location Separate. a Tht h lands affected by this set may be disposed of under the mineral or coal land laws or to actual seiners der the provisions of the homestead laws; but no right, title or interest in or to the tim ber thereon shall be claimed or acquired un j mnnmi inaction or coa.1 land or h,.mMrf ntrv. or under any patent Issued thereunder: nor shall such location, entry or patent preclude the puronase 01 mi ber on the land covered thereby from the right to such use ana occupancy ol lands as may be necessary to the cutting and removal or to the sale or milling of the Sec 4. That any person who has made a location or entry under the preceding section shall have a preference right to purchase the , tiT- nv l.'trn subdivision or subdivi sions of the land covered by his location or entry, at the top price bid tnereior at a puu Ilo sale at which such timber is offered, upon payment within SO days from the date or such public sale of $1.25 per acre for all lands covered by the timber purchased by him. and he shall pay the purchase price of such timber In such installments and at ueh times as the Secretary of the Interior mav direct, but no locator or enirjmau -purchasing timber shall sell or cut and re move the same or any part thereof from any legal subdivision covered by his pur ,hiu until the whole of the purchase price of all timber on such legal subdivision has been fully paid; provided, that the $1.25 per acre paid by . the locator or entryman for land covered by timber purchased by him shall be applied and credited to him upon the last installment due for the pur chase price of the timber; and further pro vmdh that nn intent shall issue to any locator or entryman for any lands covered by timber purchased by him until- after he has fully paid for such timber and per formed all the acts required toy the law under which his location or entry was made. TIow Proceeds Distributed. See. C. ' That the proceeds from the sale of all timber disposed of under this act shall, after paying the expenses of ap- nralsal and sale, be distributed as follows, to wit: One-fourth shall be paid to the state or territory, to be expended under the direction of the Legislature thereof, for roads and schools In the counties where the timber sold was located at the time of the sale. The residue of said proceeds from the sales of timber in the states and terrltoriesssubject to the provisions of the National irrigation act. shall be paid Into and remain a part of the reclamation fund, and the residue of the proceeds from the sales of timber in states not subject to the provisions of said act shall go into the gen eral funds of the treasury. Sec. ft. That as soon as any timber sold under this act has been removed from the land, such land shall become subject to entry- or disposal under the general pro visions of the public land laws of the United States if it is not at that time covered by a valid subsisting entry. Section. 7 of the bill repeals all of the timber and stone act. except section 4, 5 and 6. but provides that all pending entries made under that law may be per fected upon compliance with ts pro visions. $25,000 ASKED FOR KISS Younfr Woman Seeks Damage for Smack That Caused Bruises. " NEW YORK, Feb. 18. The dearest kiss on record, considered from a cold cash basis, has come before the Supreme Court for consideration. Marguerite Smyth, a 19-year-old. wife, and "as pretty as a picture." the court was assured, asserts that the kiss in question was a resounding smack on her ruby lips, placed there against her will by Israel Lichtenstein. She asks $25,000 damages for the- bruise which she says followed the kiss. Lichtenstein is loth to admit that he even kissed her, but says that if he did it wasi a mere "love peck" that did no harm. He has employed Epstein Broth ers, lawyers), to fight the suit Mrs. Smyth, who lives' at 309 Bast 79th street, charges' that Lichtenstein, who was her employer, slipped up behind her one day and- "without her knowledge, privity or consent, pot his arm about her waist and did - later kiss her upon the mouth, causing certain bruises. Her husbands as her guardian. Is suing Lichtenstein for her. Justice Hendrick de cided that the comely young matron must answer the questions that are asked her about the klR9 during an examina tion before the trial. BOY MADE OVER IN YEAR Youthful Immigrant Turned Into American on Ellis Island. NEW YORK, Feb. 18. It is probable that when 6-year-old Abraham Rotman arrives at the home of his parents, in St. Louis, his mother and his two older brothers will have hard work In reco: nlzlng him as the youngster who accom panied them across the Atlantic a year ago. For more than a year little Abraram has been detained on Ellis Island under treatment for a disease of the scalp which. If not cured, would have debarred him from admission to this country, in that time he has learned English, and picked up a surprising knowledge of this country and Its institutions. The bov's father came to this country some years ago and settled In St. Louis. When fortune smiled upon him he sent for his wife and his three children. 1 ney arrived here on the steamsnip isieuw Amsterdam in November, 1908. On ex amination the Marine Hospital surgeons found Abraham was suffering from a scaln disease. He was ordered deported. but on appeal his father agreed to pay 76 cents a day for the boy's care in the hospital on Ellis Island, me roomer ana her two children then went on to St. Louis. Little Abraham was aeciarea curea mm nriicrpH discharged on January S. The officials were loth to allow him to make the lone iourney alone, so he remained In care of Agent Lipschitz, of the Hebrew Aid Society, who found an immignuu family destined to SC Louis, ix was a neatlv dressed, thoroughly American boy who took his departure a striking con trast to his appearance when ne got nere in the steerage. REAL DRAMA IN COURT MOTHER'S LIFE BARED; DATTGH TER FAIXTS AWAY. Hearing for First Time That No Formal Ceremony Made Parent Wife, Proves Too Much. CHICAGO, Feb. 18. When she learned for the first time that her mother had not been wedded to the late Charles G. Hutchinson by formal cere mony, but was a common-law wife, Mrs. Jennie C. Schuette, 18 years old, arose from her chair In Judge Walker's court, staggered toward the bench with a cry of- "Oh, my dear mother!" and sank fainting to the floor. The dramatic scene brought to a halt the proceedings, which Involve the disposition of the estate of $500,000 left by Mr. Hutchinson, his will having re sulted in family strife and a lawsuit. Judge Walker ordered that the .young woman be carried from the room, and then Attorney Patrick Haley, represent ing the defense, moved that the Jury be discharged, on the theory that the scene might tend to create a prejudice against his clients in the minds of those who had been, selected to weigh the evidence. Judge Walker granted the motion, and as the Jurors filed out of the box It was announced that efforts would be made to obtain a new Jury. Charles G. Hutchinson, Mrs. Schuette and Grace and Violet Hutchinson are the complainants In the suit. The lat ter two were given $2000 each and the others disinherited. The bulk of the property was given to William A., Ches ter M. and Douglas W. Hutchinson, brothers, who are the defendants. Hutchinson was sued ten years ago for separate maintenance. His defense was that Mrs. Hutchinson was not his wife. The Supreme Court decided against him. The relatives allege he was of unsound mind when he made the wilL BLANKS FAIL TO KILL MAN New Yorker Wanted to Die Shoots Self, but Inflicts No Wound. NEW YORK, Feb. 18. William Muller, 25 years of age and the superintendent of three flat buildings, shot at himself four times the other night, but inflicted no wound. Next to Dr. Touart, who came from Harlem Hospital to save Mul ler, the patient was the most surprised man in his neighborhood when a. search failed to reveal four bullet holes in his breast. Patrick Franey, a boy, heard two shots in the Muller apartment and entering found Muller standing in the oenter of his front room holding a pistol. "What's wrong?" asked the boy. "Stand back," tragically exclaimed Mul ler, "I am going to finish It all." Bang! bang! went the pistol. It was aimed straight at the place where Muller's heart was presumed to be located. Mulleivsell in a swoon. Fra ney assisted him to a sofa and ran for a policeman. He brought Policeman Rlgel man and Dr. Touart came hurriedly from Harlem Hospital. The doctor went care fully over the patient and was astonished to find no trace of a bullet wound. Then it dawned upon Muller and the doctor that the hardware man had sold him blank cartridges. At the East 104th street station, after being charged with attempting, suicide, Muller said: "Anyway, it will give my wife a good scare." DEADLY KING COBRA DIES Little Black Roach Bores Into Cra nium of Reptile. NEW YORK, Feb. 18. Rex. the king cobra at the Bronx Park, one of the deadliest snakes on earth. Is dead. He was murdered while he slept in the most cowardly and atrocious man ner by a little black roach. The king of all snakes had suffered Indignities for some weeks, but the ighoble way his earthly career was ended was the climax. Rex ate only on Sundays, and this season of the year he slept most of the time between meals. Last Sunday he had a square meal and. snakelike, went to sleep. He did not stir after this meal. This morning Keeper Snyder, whose special pet Rex was. discovered Rex was dead. He hadn't been sick, and bore no marks of violence. This puz zled the keeper. Dr. W. Reid Blair, the veterinarian, was called in to perform an autopsy. It was thought something the snake had eaten had disagreed with him, but the autopsy proved this theory unsound. Upon further cutting up, it was found that the cause of Rex's death lay in his head. The head was cut. open and in side the brain was found a little black roach, still alive. This roach had bored into the cobra's cranium. , This is the first case of the kind on record. Sixty-Pound Chinook Caught. ASTORIA. Feb. 18. (Special.) A 60 pound Chinook salmon was on exhibition at a local fish market this morning. It was a perfect specimen and was one of three, each about the same weight, caught in a single drift Wednesday night. The other two salmon were shipped to San Francisco, one to the Palace Hotel and the other to the St. Francis. Oregon Postmasters Are Named. OREOONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Feb. 18. Oregon Postmasters were appointed today as follows: Dix onvllle, Elijah J. Howe; Gardiner, Douglas County, Lizzie M. Perkins; Stanfield, Umatilla County. Edith M. fTTE MORXING OREGONIAX, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 191Q. MORE SCANDAL DUE Conger Not Allowed t0Give Further Names. MAY BE FORCED TO TELL Final Disposition of $400O Given to Burnett Yet Unsolved On Re publicans Is Bribery Respon sibility Said to Lie. ALBANY, N. Y Feb. IS. The Senate's investigation of the Conger bribery charges was adjourned today with a question unsettled that may vitally af fect the Introduction of further evidence when sessions are resumed next Tues day. This -question was whether Senator Bern Conger can be forced to tell - what he knows about the final disposition of the $4000 that he says was given to As semblyman Jean L. Burnett in 1901 as part of the alleged price of Immunity for the bridge company from "strike legisla tion." Although they directed their client to answer when he was told to reveal the names on the other two envelopes yes terday and day before. Conger's counsel today objected to the effort to drag from him any more names. The argument made it clear that tne Legislature confidently expects further Investigation of the Legislative scandal. Republican Held Responsible. The Legislative bribery scandal, so far as ,the bridge companies are concerned,' was definitely put up to the Republican party today in the closing of Senator Benn Con ger's - cross-examination. Conger made It clear that the contribution ne maae to the Republican campaign fund in 1902 was for the purpose of buying protec tion for the bridge interests. Further more, he declared, the bridge companies made no contribution to the Democratic state campaign fund. Conger voiced a new charge against Allds when he accused him of trying to "hold up" the bridge companies again In 1907. when the present highway law was being drafted by the committee of which Allds was chairman. On re-direct ex amination. Conger said he wanted it un derstood that he cast no reflections on any Legislators whose names had ap peared In his testimony, except Allds, Speaker Nixon and Assemblyman Burr nett. During general discussion Just before the Senate adjourned. Attorney Littleton took full responsibility for the defense in disclosing the names of Nixon and Burnett. "The delivery of $6000," he contended, "constitutes the entire story. If there is one man living outside of the respon dent (Alldsj who can be named as having accepted money, we propose to summon him here." Guilty Ones Not All Dead. Then he referred scornfully to the idea that all the guilty but Allds were supposed to be dead. Two Important questions were put to Senator Conger during his cross-examination today. They were: "Who shared with the late Jean L. Burnett the $4000 which Conger says Burnett received from Hiram G. Moe on April 23, 1901?" "Who made the demand for $10,000 'protection money' which the bridge companies refused in 1905?" Conger's answers were disappointing so" far as further revelations were con cerned. The witness said his brother Frank gave him instructions regarding the distribution of the $6000 Into the three packages, and Insisted that he knew nothing about how the $4000 was to be divided. The witness could not give details re garding the alleged demand for $10,000 that came to the bridge companies from Albany, in 1905. All he could recall was that such a demand was made. Lewis E. Carr asked Conger why he did not announce in the Assembly that an attempt had been made to blackmail the bridge companies. "I didn't think it would do any good," he replied. Conger declared that he had mentioned his charges against Allds to two Senators Just before the "insurgents" held their meeting. He said he did not give his information to the Republican caucus that chose Allds, but disclosed It at the "Insurgent" con ference, x ESTATE HANGS ON MESSAGE Telegrapher Who Sent It Is- Now Colorado Banker. MONTROSE, Colo., Feb. 18. A tele gram sent by John F. Hill, cashier of the Security Loan and Savings Bank of Montrose, and a brother of Judge Hill, of the Colorado Supreme Court, when he was a telegraph operator at the little town of Woodburn, la., 23 years ago, 'may be the means of de ciding the possession of an estate worth $80,000. Hill has just been subpoenaed as a witness in a law suit which Involves the final disposition of this estate. The telegram in question was sent to a man named Qulnes from the widow of Ralph Voorhees, who had Just died at Woodburn. The telegram read as follows: "Your brother died today. Signed, Mrs. Qulnes." The Qulnes of Chicago and a man at Woodburn who had been known as Ralph Voorhees were brothers. It was stated, but for some reason the Wood burn man had been living under a different name. Hill will be taken to Iowa to identify the telegram in order to establish the fact that the two men were really brothers. Hill had forgotten about the occur rence years ago. but when subpoenaed had no difficulty in recalling the tele gram, by reason of the peculiar fact that It was signed by one name and told of the death of a man by another name. THEFTS PUT ON SPIRITS They Take Hold of Me, Says Girl Shoplifter In Gotham. NEW YORK. Feb. 18 When Rae Brown, a pretty 16-year-old girl, wlio said she lived with her parents at 150 South Second street, Brooklyn, was arraigned In Jefferson Market Court charged by Mrs. Lucille Mayer, a de tective in a Broadway department store, with stealing collars, ribbon and hosiery valued at $9.56, she created a sensation by declaring she led a dual existence. "I am a spiritualist," declared the prisoner. "I am frequently controlled by a bad, black soul. Perhaps you won't believe ifte, but the evil spirit takes hold of me in the street some times and I shriek at its clutch. I have tried to conquer this black shadow, but I can't. I did not know THE BEST IRRIGATED FRUIT AND ALFALFA LANDS Of the Pacific Northwest Are Those of the WESTERN LAND & IRRIGATION CO. At Echo, Umatilla County, Ore gon, on the Columbia. Butter Creek lands of this project are the richest and most fertile lands in the -world. They are noted for their exceptional productiveness. These lands produce as high as 1200 bushels of onions to the acre, other things in similar proportion. "What they produce is phenome nal. For intensified farming there is no better lanu. Here a five and ten-acre tract will make a family an independent living. Those wanting to locate on the hcighth of perfection, on land having the greatest productiv ity, it is here on Butter Creek. Here it is no only an oppor tunity to make money, but to be located in the most favorable cli mate, the coming country of this Northwest, with transportation at your door, and markets of the world. For fruit of all kinds incident to a semi-tropical cli mate, here is the opportunity of all opportunities. Here you have the most favored climate as well. Here you have social advantages and the like. Here you will, in another year, be located on the main line of the O. R. & N. This favored land has been held back all these years on ac count of the inability of the lo cal peonle to supply an irrigat ing system, but over two years ago the "Western Land & Irriga tion Co. took a hand in, and after spending over one-half mil lion dollars, has completed the most perfect irrigating system of this "Western country. "We also have some forty-acre snaps. The analysis of the soils show it to be superior for fruits to those of our now famous districts. Aside from all this, a home is a comfort, as well as a big money-maker. "We are now pre pared to take contracts, in five and ten-acre tracts up. Don't fail to get to the bottom of this opportunity, the PREMIER ir rigated land of the "WORLD. For all facts, write or call on August G. Teepe Room 414, Henry Building, Portland, Or. what I was doing today until the de tective tapped me on the shoulder and told me to come with her. Help me win this battle against the evil one.-' Magistrate Kernochan sat agape during the girl's recital, and when she had finished said: "Well, this is a new defense on me." As the stolen articles were found in the girl's muff, the magistrate said he was compelled to hold her for Special Sessions. Bail was fixed at $500, which was not furnished. FACE SLIPS; CONTEST LOST Favorite in Betting Makes Mistake of Shifting to Mince. NEW YORK, Feb. 18. Amid great en thusiasm, 35 young men, trained to the minute, in Junior hall, in Bloomfield, N. J., entered the annual pie-eating con test for the championship of New Jersey. Five of the contestants, as well as the state record of 26 pies in half an hour, fell during the battle. - Walter W. Tappin, of Bloomfield, was the winner of the championship. He managed to put himself on the outside of 27 pies in the allotted time, while at least three more, considerably mussed up,, clung about his features. Besides the honors which go with the title he won the first prize of a $5 gold piece. Mr. Tappin, after the title, declared himself willing to sign articles with any oppo nent on three months' notice. Second honors went to John Winthrop Brewster, of Newark, the favorite of the outsiders. Mr. Brewster reduced the mountain of 200 pies by 'disposing of 22. For a long time at the start of the race he was in the lead by three mouthfuls, and he blames his defeat to the fact that when his face lipped on No. 17. he changed by mistake from peaCh to mince. Sylvester Pollltt, last year's winner, was third. He declared, while being led from the arena by friends, that he was satisfied to have been able even to enter the contest and not let the title go by de fault. GIRL BALKS AT "MADONNA' So Addressed by Ardent Admirer, She Pokes Him, Trouble Starts. CHICAGO. Feb.- 18. "Tou are my Madonna, my angel of light." Saladino Dlcesero told Miss -Margaret McNam ara, 18 years old, last night. In answer the young woman struck him with her fist and screamed. Pedestrians chased Saladino several blocks, finally capturing him. In the meantime a riot call was sent to the Maxwell street police station and the desk sergeant was told that a man had been murdered. Dlcesero was- arrested. He told tho police the girl was so pretty he could not help saying what he did. GIRL OF 17 IS BIGAMIST Newark Maiden Admits She Has Been Married Twice. NEW TORK. Feb. 18. Altough only 17 years old. Florence Anderman Kneipp, of Newark, will be arraigned HOTEL OREGON I ; CORNER SEVENTH AND STARK STREETS J Portland's New and Modern Hotel. Rates $1 per Day and Dp J EUROPEAN PLAN J J WRIGHT - DICKINSON HOTEL CO, Props. Z The Imperial Oregon's Greatest Hotel 350 Rooms, 104 Suites, "With Private Baths. NEW FIREPROOF BUILDING Moderate Rates. S Phil Metschan & Sons. Props. THE PORTLAND PORTLAND, OR. ET7KOFBAX HAM MODERN RESTAURANT COST ONE HOUON POT.IJIW8. Nortonia Hotel ELEVENTH, OFF WASHINGTON ST. BEAUTIFUL GRILL ROOM European Viun Rates to Families Oar 3 as Meets All Trains ample 8 altos with Baths for Commercial Travelers. MODERN COMFORTS MODERATE new SEWARD Corner 1 Oth and Alder The leading hotel of Portland, opened July 1909. Modern in every detail, furnished i elegance. Most beautiful corner lobby In Northwest. Commodious sample rooms. European plan. Rates $1.60 and up. 'Bus meets all trains. W. M. SEWARD, Prop.- , OPENED SEPT.. 1909 HOTEL LENOX E. D. and V. H. JORGENSEN Props, and Mgrs. COR. 3D AND MAIN STS. Hot and Cold Water. Long Distance Phone in Every Room. RATES $1.00 and up in the First Criminal Court to answer to "a charge of bigamy," of which she has admitted her guilt. Florence, whose maiden name was Stumpf, was married a little over a year ago to Harry An derman, who was 20. Last September Florence was mar ried to John Kneipp, Jr., of Irving ton. Shortly before the marriage young Knelpp's father had been summoned to court for assaulting the lad. He told the Justice at the time that he beat, the boy because he was. paying attention to a married woman, the mar ried" woman being Florence. JUDGE'S HEAD HELD BIRDS Prisoner Tries to Catch Them, bnt .Magistrate Prevents. NEW TORK, Feb. 18.-Magistrate Steinert is stoutly denying that there are any birds on him, in spUte of the testi mony of an eye witness in Essex Market Court. The man who did see them is James Walsh. He entered the courtroom, took a seat and began staring with in terest at Magistrate Steinert. Once in a while he looked away and began diving under the benches In search, he said, of a mouse. Again Walsh turned a troubled eye in the direction of the court, but he left the room and began pounding loudly on tho door of Lieutenant Hackett's office, call ing out that the ceiling was falling. He came back to the courtroom under the charge of Policeman Faney. Suddenly he NEW PERKINS Fifth and "Washington Sts. Opened Tune. 1908. A hotel In tho very heart of Portland's business ac tivity. Only hotel equiDped with wireless telegraph. Every convenience for comfort of commercial men. Modern in every respect. Rates $1.00 and up. Cafe and grill; music during lunch, dinner and after theater. ' F. J. Rlcbardson, Pres. 5- - Swetland, Sec. and Mgr. aira,H,a,a,al5S33S5a3Br r e&3 ' a 'a a-a m iQQm . JluiiSaa a 'B'a-iseiiiiJBisiiajii. HKAPOCARTfRS l'OK TOCRlSTtai and COMMERCIAL. TRAVELERS. Special rates made to families ud sin gle KntlrineD. The maaacement will.bs pleased at all times to show rooma and give prices. A mod era Turkish Bath establishment In the hotel. H. C. BOWERS, Manager. PRICES SS5-::iTi ' I II - THE CORNELIUS "The Honse of Welcome," corner Park and Alder Portland 's newest and most modern hotel. European plan. Single, $1.50 and np. Double, $2.00 and up. Our omnibus meets all trains. C. W. CORNELIUS. H. E. FLETCHER, Proprietor. 'Manager. HOTEL RAM APO Corner Fourteenth and Washington New Hotel, Elegantly Furnished Rates $1.00 and Up Special Rates for Permanent European Plan. Bun Meets AH Trains, M. E. IOLEY, PROPRIETOR. r PRIVATE BATHS TOU WILL LIKE THE WOODS American Plan TT"V' I ' L'T European Plan $2.50 Per Day XIV X Pi I i $1 & J1.60 Per Da Ifs AH Comfort." Our Table d'Hote Meals One Feature. In heart of business district, center of city, half bloclr from O. N. Ry. and N. P. Ry. Depot, close to all steam ship wharfs and C. P. R. fcepot. VANCOUVER, B. C. TV". D. Wood, Mgr. reached a long arm across the bench and shouted: "Pluck the birds from the judge's bald head." The court dodged, and when Walsh made another grab he intrusted him to the care of a physician from Bellevue. He went off. - shaking his head sadly and Insisting the birds were there. "Next!" called Magistrate Steinert, rub bing his head thoughtfully. BOY SAVES MAN'S LIFE Youth Drags Policeman From Ten der Wheels of Car. NEW TORK, Feb. 18. Henry Bonce, of Brooklyn, a swltchboy at Flathush and Atlantic avenues, saved Police-Sergeant John McConville from certain injury and possible death during the rush hours recently. McConville was standing between the car tracks at the loop when a Bergen street car Jumped the track, struck him and knocked him down, his legs going between the trucks of a car on the other track. This car had just started, and Bonce, Jumping forward, dragged the policeman out. McConville was dazed and unable t6 help himself. He was taken to his home on Vander bilt avenue. The new South American bank to be es tablished by American capitalists will have behind it probably the most powerful finan cial coeJitton ever formed. Spokla. The" ne- of the North" IN THE Inland Empire of Canada It Is in Central British Columbia Central Rrith Columbia occupies the same relative position between t ho Rockies and the Coast Range as does th country tributary to Spokane, Wash., known as the Inland Empire. Each comnimdn the Intel-mountain country. Bach will have m central metropolis. But Central British Columbia Has (1) A larger agricultural region. s 2) A better rainfall no Irrigation. 3) More extensive gold and other ni!n erpl deposits. (4) More extensive coal deposits. B More extensive timber resources. (6) Petroleum, salt, asphalt, etc. Central British Columbia has Its tm land along the S keen a as the Inland Km plre has in Yakima and Wena tehee. It Is a New Townsite on the Grand Tunk Pacific Ry. eorge is the Geographical Center of British Co lumbia and of the largest undeveloped area of good land on the American continent at the Junction of Great Rivers Headquar ters for Steamers, plying thousands of mile Xorth, SouUi. East. West. Kort George is half-way between Ed monton and Prince Rupert, the "gateway to the great Xecliaoco, Bulkley, Kraeer, Peace River, S keen a and other valleys. Initial offering of business lots on easy terms. Title guaranteed and insured toy, the Province of British Columbia. Here Are Some Reasons for Fort George's Position In Relation to National and International Commerce It Is On main line of G. T. P. Ry. between Edmonton and Prince Rupert: 430 miles east of Prince Rupert, 4S0 miles west of Edmonton. On proposed line between Edmonton and Vancouver, G. T1 P. Ry. Terminus of projected line from Yukon, Terminus of projected line opening- up; Peace River Country. Terminus of projected line from Vic tori a. The "above will make Fort Gewge one ot the principal railway centers of Canada, Fort George, the central point and hub of river systems of British Columbia. Fort George, the commercial center, dis tributing point and shipping point for all products, trade and manufactures of Cen tral British Coluirfbia. Fort George will ba the greatest ship ping point for lumber in the interior ot Canada. THE SEATTLE TIMES PRINTS THE FOLLOWING: "There is no better chance for a farm Investment in a new country than In the fertile lands of Central British Co lumbia. A part of the country is one beautiful chain of meadows and lakes. Most of the land Is covered by poplar and cottonwood growth, which is easily burned off, when the land can quickly be placed In condition to cultivate and at an expense of not more than $5 an acre. The climate is Ideal, and no arti ficial Irrigation is necessary. All kinds of fruits can be raised and the entire country Is tilled with wild raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, etc Hazel nuts grow in great quantities. Wheat, barley, oats, rye. timothy, alfalfa and clover can be grown easily and profitably. The land Is especially suited to wheat growing. The uplands are of black loam and gravel sub-soil, and In many places there is slit soil, the same as the farms In the Yakima and Wenatchee Valleys in Washington." WHY FORT GEORGE IS SURE TO GROW A Careful Distinction; In making our announcements of thsl sale of lots in CENTRAli FORT GEORGE we wish to make a careful distinction be tween this sale and the promiscuous sale of townsltes, subdivisions and additions. We hear of "subdivisions here an4 "subdivisions" there. We hear of new "townsltes and "addle tlons put upon the market. But some of these considered In th light of future development are trivial ami unimportant. We believe that we are offering to yorf one of the REALLY GREAT opportunities the opportunity to participate In the be ginning of the "Last Great Metropolis o North America.' This being the rase, we are not offering? to you an outlying subdivision or addi tion; nor - are we offering lots in a places destined to rema In a village. Central Fort George is not the beginning of a town It Is the beginning of a city It Is the foundation of a place that win quickly become a metropolis. SOME FACTS FOR COMPARISON Thirty years ago Spokane, Winnipeg anif Vancouver were just where Kort George Is today no railroad transportation, and little population, with lots selling at $100 to $lo0 each. Today the population of each city la around 100,000. Realty values are about tha same in each, as follows Inside business property, $3000 to $4000 per front foot; $75,000 to $100,000 for a 25 foot lot. Fifteen years ago Calgary and Edmonton were whero Fort George Is today as regards population, realty prices and development. Today these two cities have a population, of 30.100 each. Central business property Is selling at $1000 to $2000 per front foot: $25,000 to $50,000 for a 26-foot lot. Today We Offer You Business Lots at Fort George $150 to $300 Each Payable $10.00 down and $10.00 per month No Interest. Taxes Fald for 1909 and 1910. Ten per cent Discount for Cash. Title to these lots Is indefeasible, guaran teed and Injured by the Government of the Province of British Columbia. It is an abso lute certainty that inside, of one year Fort George will be a bustling 'city, and will in crease in population and realty value sev eral times faster than any of the cities named above, arriving at the position they now occupy in much less time than taken by them. Because none of the cities named above, with the possible exception of Vancouver, have such natural advantages, and because Central British Columbia Is the last "last west." Therefore the time to act is now not to morrow, not In one hour but Now! Let s send yon Maps, Flans and all In formation Free. Addrest Natural Resources Security Co. Ltd. 412 Winch BIdg. VANCOUVER, B. a Fort G