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s w-v$:$ 'pTT7'jvwr't ' ' jffp r?rT7 , 24 THE S0KD-AY-OKBGONIANr - POKBLAKD, "NOVEMBEB.- 3, 190X. ft r r r h t r- p h E' K .' AFTER COPPER ORE Portland Men' Control 'Rich Fields in Washington. OWNERSHIP GAINED .QUIETLY Charles E. Ladd, Jonathan Bourne and. W. A. Howe Are Back of tbe Enterprise, Which Assures a, Smelter for Portland. John Young, a -well-known mining man, "who has been operating in' Skamania County, Wash., tbe past Summer, thinks that region will soon become a great copper-mining center. At the Imperial yesterday, Mr. Young said: "The people of Portland do not 6ecm to fully realize the variety and magni tude of the latent natural resources or wealth that are scattered abound In close proximity to their doors, and may not therefore be Interested In knowing -what Charles E. Ladd and Jonathan Bourne, Jr., of Portland, -with State Senator w. A. Howe, of Yamhill County, are doing to wards the development of a great copper industry over In Skamania County that is destined to be of great benefit to this Vclty, though I think they ought to be fereatly Interested In It. 'Several years ago these gentlemen (heard of some copper prospects situated ton the north fork of the Washougal River, 35 mites -on an air line northeast of Port land, arid about 10 miles in an air line Sorth of tidewater on the Columbia River, n Investigation resulted In their taking tover th& claims from the original owners, fend In the Inauguration of development work. At that time, reached only by diffi cult trail, the development of two claims, the last Chance and the Skamania, a xmle and a half apart, "was commenced) under circumstances that none but men Jot means and unlimited confidence In the properties could or "would undertake. "Not only were obstacles Incident to tho Inaccessibility of the country to be overcome, but the deterrent of "no pay' anywhere on the surface was a fact 'that vdld then and does now turn miners out ot Jthe Cascade Range, who almost unani mously concur In the verdict that there are no mines In those mountains. The new owners had not, however, bankea wholly upon their own Judgment In the matter. They had called In the services of an old experienced mining engineer, geologist and metallurgist, R. M. Brere ten, who, after spending weeks- In the study of conditions at the claims, reported ithat the veins were wholly leached of their valuable minerals on and near the surface, and perhaps seriously impover ished down to the dead-water level, at which point, in his Judgment, an enriched zone would be discovered, but that the depth of the unknown water level could be determined only by development work. "In addition, the opinion was given that along the course of the veins .at depth a replacement by chemical processes of the country rock with mineral had taken place, and that by reason of this re placement, extensive ore bodies might be found. Accordingly, adits were driven upon the ledges east and west from the creek beds disclosing at first a complete leaching .of the Quartz; but as work pro gressed, a little more mineral appeared, until finally, in driving from 100 to 200 Teet, large bodies of pay-grade ore were opened. The verification of the engineer's theory up to this point prompted the broadening of the company's purposes. As the whole region is interlaced by quartz ledges, the company "began securing title to other lands. Development "Went on Quietly. "Nothing was concealed from the pub lic, and is not now; but nothing was said to the public about what was going on, and hence the public has known nothing and knows nothing now of the opening of the treasure hills of Skamania County. Thus it happened that homesteaders were bought out, state land3 were pur chased, and Government lands secured "without trouble or friction, until the hold, lngs of the company today embrace an area of about four by eight miles. "About the time this mining develop ment was commenced, the Government's forestry reports were published and dis closed the fact that the Washougal and Its tributaries are included in the best timber area in the State of Washington. Hence Messrs. Ladd, Bourne and Howe enlarged the 6cope of their enterprise by projecting a railroad from the Columbia to the head waters of the Washougal River for the transportation of ores from their mines land logs from the forests. Meantime de velopment work at the mines went on; roads were built, machinery moved in, and o. telephone line constructed connecting the Amines with Portland. By the courtesy or tMr. Brereton, the consulting engineer un der whose advice the work is conducted, and 21r. Lawton, the superintendent of the various camps. I was permitted to exam ine and sample the various properties. Rich Copper Mines. "Tho Last Chance mine is equipped with 'a sinking plant, consisting of hoist, pumps nnd power drills, sufficient in capacity to sink .1000 feet; and recently tho Skamania has been equipped with a like plant with a -capacity for sinking a 2000-foot shaft, jln addition a core drill has been insta.. for prospecting outside ledges. The Last Chance shaft is now down 330 feet. The Vein, as are all the veins in tho district. Is pronounced by experts a truo fissure. The east adit is in 800 feet, and the whole 'distance is in ore four to ten feet wide, ,Sand still in the face thl3 ore Is undimin ished in size,' and enriched in its copper, gold and silver values. At tho 200-foot station in the shaft, the vein has been drifted on both east and west. It there (maintains its regular size, and the ore has improved In. quality so that its aver age value in this level is about 6 per cent copper, six ounces In silver, and $1 in gold per ton, owing to the Increased quan tity in the vein of that form of copper 'ore known as 'bornlte.' At tho 300-foot level a station has recently been cut out and a large duplex pump installed to handle the water, though at present the water flow in the mine is very light. The vein at this station is 40 feet between ,walls, and gives unmistakable evidence of the replacement of country rock by ore, as predicted would be the case by Mr. Brereton, on whose initial repftrtHhe en terprise was launched; and in addition to tuis satisfactory indication the Increased percentage of 'bornlte in the whole ore jnass has raised the general average or tbe copper contents to about 10 per cent, with a corresponding Increase In the gold and silver values, while there are two streaks of 'bornlte from six to twelve Inches wide banded in the vein structure that will run from 40 to 60 per cent in copper. It is believed the shaft Is now entering the enrich zone, and the work of clnking Is to be prosecuted with all vigor. "The Skamania east adit is in 700 feet, nnd the shaft is already down 130 feet. The ore showings that these develop ments make simply stamp the Skamania as a twin to the Last Chance. A descrip tion of one Is a description of the other, both as to the vein characteristics, the mineral contents and their values. "A large amount, in the aggregate, of preliminary development work has been done on other ledges owned by the com pany. In "Silver Creek, to the east, on five or six different veins, where the ores carry lead in addition to copper and the pre cious metals, much work has been done. The work there has been in progress for two years, but necessarily it has been slow on account of tbe inaccessibility of the region, which is reached only by trail ireri the Skamania mine. Dugan Creek, also to the e&st," shows several largo J leases ana many amau veins, upon somg of which a limited amount of development work has been done the past Summer. On Texas Creek, east of the Last Chance, there are numerous outcrops of large ledges, but as yet none of them has been prospected, nor is there even a, trail into the place. A mile and a half south ot the Last Chance, in the Wild Boy gulch, several hundred feet of prospecting work has been done on "six or seven very prom ising ledges, whose gold and silver values are proportionately higher to the percent age of their copper contents "than occurs elsewhere in the company's holdings. To the west, on the west fork pf the Wash ougal, a good deal of prospecting work has been prosecuted Jn the past two years, by both adits and shafts, with grat ifying results. To the north, in Canyon Creek, on the Lewis River side of the divide, several" claims are being opened. Magmitnde .of Enterprise. "Swinging around this circle conveys only a limited ideavof tho magnitude of the enterprise undertaken by this com pany of Portlanders. That they are doing business and Intend to do it is evidenced by the fact that they have quietly secured 1 miles of river frontage on the north bank of the Columbia, between Washou gal and La Camas,, for railroad terminals, yards and emelter and mill sites, where deep-seagoing vessels can come and an chor as safely as at any wharf In Port land. They have also secured large water powers on the upper tributaries of the Lewis and the Washougal Rivers, lnclud- MUCH IN LITTLE. f A Grent Chicago Paper Praises J Tiie uregronian Jttanuoooic. Chicago Tribune. Tho Morning Oregonla, of Portland, 1 In that for "Western State, haa per- T 'formed, a handsome service In Its pub lication of a neat and useful compendi um of facta concerning the material things of that city and its tributary ter ritory. "We do not remember- .to have eeen anywhere so many faots put intel ligently in so small a spacer Mr. H. "W. Scott Is responsible for the running story In this little pamphlet. The half tone pictures are really beautiful, and the maps and statistics clear and valu able. . s tmHMMMMMnt Jng a magnificent one on the Hanlon. tract, on the m main Washougal River, where their engineers estimate they can develop about 3000 horsepower for transmission to Tjoth the mines and the smelters. "During the past Summer they have completed the survey of their railroad from the Columbia River to the mines, and have secured a good grade nearly the whole distance. At ionly one place on the road at the Last Chance mine does it reach a maximum of 3 per cent, while the curves are all below the maximum. It so happened that while surveying for the easiest grade and securing it at the expense of a little greater length of line, this line will tap the very heart of the great Washoagal timber belt, nd render accessible not only the mines In all the localities named, but every foot of timber in the region besides. The railroad engi neer Tvho had the work in charge has finished his field work, and his Teports have been submitted. It may be put down as a certainty that the road will be built, for the tonnago Is In sight in the timber alone to make it exceedingly profitable from the start. One expert whose services were secured to go over the proposition, and whoso services some of the big Iron, timber and mining syndicates frequently call In for similar work, said to me in August: The Washougal Basin will yield z,uw,tt,w feet of sawlogs for transporta tlon over this road. I could contract now m London for the delivery In Johannes burg of 1,000,000,000 of mining timber, not withstanding the war. The prjee of Ore gon lumber on the Rand ranges from ?95 to .$115 per thousand.' , Means Installation of Smelter. "What the successful fruition of this gigantic enterprise means for Portland and the whole State of Oregon is easy to foresee. The development primarily of the Last Chance mine into a real copper bonanza, which Is now practically assured, presages the opening of others, and pos sibly greater mines in the district, with an ore tonnage great enough- to warrant the installation of a large smelting plant on the Columbia at a point near enough to Portland to give her the full advantage of Its business without any of its incon veniences; the drawing to that smelter of all the dry and refractory shipping ores of Eastern and Southern Oregon, and all which that would mean in thve way of se curing to Portland the trade of the mines in the regions named; the employment of a small army of men in the Washougal mines, who would, directly or indirectly, draw all their supplies from Portland; the springing up of a new mining town of several thousand people on the Upper Washougal; new life and a greatly in creased population near the smelters, and large crews of loggers on th Washou gal with all roads leading to Portland. "There are now employed and on the payrolls of the company constantly over 100 persons, with many others indirectly benefiting by this enterprise, while in the acquirement of the property and Its ex ploitation up to its present stage of devel opment these owners are accredited with having expended a large sum of money. "In conclusion, I can only say that I IiHABER, OF MAKQTJAM ORCHESTRA. Prank M. Griffin. Frank M. Griffin Is the new leader of the Marquam orchestra. Owing to an error his name appeared last week as Vincent. Mr. Grif fin has been leading the orchestra a month, and has notably improved it. think every business man, every property-owner and every laborer In Portland Is especially and vitally concerned In what Messrs. Ladd, Bourne and Howe are doing for tholr city and state, and are Interested in their final and complete success." SOMETHING WRTH KNOWING New picture store, artistic burnt leather and fine framed pictures. 351 Morrison. There are 30 minutes' of solid comfort and keen enjoyment rolled In every La Slncerldad cigar. You have but to smoke one to find It. , Place to Go Sunday Afternoon, Metropolitan, Hi Henry's minstrels. WILL MEET ft SALtM JTEXT ANNUAL FARMERS CONGRESS JANUARY 6-0r Invitation of Nevr Commercial Clnb of Capital City Accepted To ' Be a Notable Meeting". The next annual Oregon Farmers' Con gress will be held in Salem, January 6-9, 1902. This was decided at a meeting of the directors held yesterday afternoon at the ofllce ot Secretary Wisdom, of the North Pacific Rural Spirit. The others present were; Dr. James Wlthycombe, vice-director state agricultural experiment station; Richard Scott, of Mllwaukle, president of the Oregon Dairymen's Asso ciation, and J. W. Bailey, State Dairy and Pood Commissioner. Mr. Wisdom repre sented the Oregon Livestock Association. W. H. Egan, of the Oregon Hbpgrowers' Association; E. L. Smith, president of the State Board of Horticulture; W. H. Weh mng, president of the State Board of Ag riculture, and B. G. Leedy, master of the Oregon State .Grange, could not be pres ent at yesterday's meeting, but they wrote letters consenting to any action the direc tors might take, and pledging their hearty support to make the congress a success, ho matter where or when held. President H. B. -Thlelsen, of the New Commercial Club, Salem, telephoned a, cordial Invitation for the annual meet ing to be held at the Capital City again this season. He said tbe citizens of Sa lem would give the congress a hearty, welcome and do everything possible for the success of the meeting. The directors concluded to accept the invitation, and so notified Mr. Thlelsen. .Each branch o section of the congress will select the subje'ets for its part of the meeting, and all will be assembled on one general programme. The congress as "a" Body w ill provide the subjects- for consideration on the first day. The second day and part of the third will be demoted to the dairymen's, hopgrowers'. stock- .men'a, horticultural and grange organi zations, .b'ach subject will be discussed by competent specialists. Including a num ber of prominent workers from theEast The aim is to make this 'thej-largest and most Interesting Industrial meeting ever held . in "Oregon. The interest In all branches of agriculture Is Increasing, and Is deemed certain to make this congress a notable one. A REPLY TO J." C. JAMIESON' The Committee Mnst Arrange Mutters for the Voters, PORTLAND, Or., Nov. 2. (To the Editor.? I will preface my remarks by saying that while I am not a member at present' of the county central committee, or the "advisory board," I feel that I ought to be, as I am In complete sym pathy with it, and earnestly believe in and advocate "organized politics," and from that standpoint will briefly reply to Mr. Jamieson, and the writer under the nom de plume of "Blucher." Mr. Jamieson says that he has "neither time nor inclination to act on an 'advisory board,' whose advice would be seldom asked, and never acted "upon," and fur ther he questions the power of the com mittee to appoint such an "advisory board." Now It is quite evident to me that Mr. Jimleson does not even faintly understand organized politics. If he did he would know that the central commit tee never expected to either ask or fol low the advice of the "advisory board," as it was merely selected with a view td give the committee an additional power and influence- in the several wards, and enable It successfully to carry out its plans of political campaign. Upon the county central committee devolves the serious duty of running the politics of the county and stite, and in order suc cessfully ,a accomplish this end, it 4s abr solutely necessary to have an organiza tion, which organization is necessarily the central committee alone, and it cer tainly could not be hampered by being obliged to follow the advice of an "ad visory board," or. anybody else. "Blucher" asserts that there Is now nothing to be done by .the committee but to apportion the delegates and call the conention. He was never more mistaken in his life, as the chief work for which the committee was created is just now being commenced, and will not terminate until the next county convention ad journs. And for his enlightenment, as well as that of Mr. Jamieson, I will briefly set forth some of the duties of the county central committee. In the first place there are the judges and clerks of the primaries to be appointed, and if the new Supreme Court affirms the new primary law (which I earnestly hope It will not) it will be the duty of the commltteo to present a list of the persons to the County Court whom it de sires appointed as judges and clerks of the primaries, and If the said County Court Is in. complete harmony with or ganized politics, their selections will be named; which will insure the success of the "organization" at the primaries. Then it will be necessary to select proper per sons In each ward and county district to act as delegates to the county conven tion. These must necessarily be per sons who will carry out the programme as mapped out by the central committee, and It requires a great deal of care and thought on the part of the members thereof, assisted perhaps by some mem bers of the "advisory board." The dele gates cannot properly be chosen promis cuously by the voters of the ward, as suggested by "Blucher." That method may have been all right In he days of primitive politics, but not In this day of progress and expansion. The next thing to be d6ne Is to select the candidates for the various offices which are to be filled, which duty naturally devolves upon the central committee, and requires a vajt amount of carexand earnest thought, par ticularly the legislative ticket, since each member thereof should be under the di rection and control of the central com mittee, as there may bo a United States Senator to elect, who must also be select ed by the committee; and it must also control the legislation to see that no laws are passed antagonistic to organized politics, and a pledge must also be-taken from each candidate for the Legislative Assembly that he will faithfully carry out the programme outlined by the central committee. The committee jriusf also see that the county and state officers are In complete harmony with the organization. Then there are the state delegates, to tho state convention to be selected, and it is no easy task to select 70 mdn who will without question carry out the pro gramme of tho committee and will not jump over the traces. Upon the commit tee also devolves the task of selecting- a WARMING To Piano Buyers. "STEINWAY & BONS WARRANT THEIR OWN SECOND-HAND INSTRU MENTS WHEN RESOLD BY THEM SEVLBS. They DO NOT GUARANTEE SECOND-HAND STEINWAY PIANOS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN RENEWED IN THEIR OWN FACTORY. STEIN WAY PIANOS HAVE MORE THAN ONCE BEEN EXHIBITED INTEN TIONALLY IN BAD ORDER BY DIS HONEST DEALERS." The above is an extract from the regular catalogue Issued by Messrs. Stelnway & Sons. They also warn the public In these words: "DO NOT TRUST AGENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY UNLESS THEY ARE FULLY ACCREDITED BY STEINWAY & SONS AS THEIR AGENTS." Wfe are the EX CLUSIVE and ONLY AUTHORIZED AGENTS for STEINWAY PIANOS in this TERRITORY. If you want jour GUARANTEE backed up by Messrs. STEINWAY & SONS, come and figure With us. SOULE BROS. PIANO CO., (Stelnway Dealers.) 226 Washington street, near 6th street. chajrman of the county convention that will appoint the -various committees as desired, and who will reappoint the cen tral committee and carry out the pro gramme. Also it must prepare and write out the reports of the committees on cre dentials, on- organization and order' of business, and "select such committees,' which selection will be ratified by the chairman. Also to prepare and print the ballots tovte cast for the various can didates in order that no mistakes may be made. Does all of this labor and thought constitute "nothing to he done"? Why, our central committee will be overloaded with business for the next six months. It will, In fact, have "more than it can do." As to their power to appoint an "advisory board," it cannot he questioned, as all power not specially divested by the Legislature is inherent in the county cen tral committee. The Utopian ideas ad vanced by Blucher In Thursday's Ore gonlanr are too impractical and nonsensi cal to be noticed. It is very evident to me that 'neither Mr. Jamieson nor "Blucher Vknow anything whatever about j organized jjoUUcs, and It- is for 'their en- ' lightenment' that I have taken the pains j to explain in part the working thereof, i as well as for the benefit of the general public v ORGANIZER. WHY BUFFALO FAIR FAILED Greed of Its People and Lack of Ad rertlslnsr. Fred. R. Mellls. one of the old dry goods i merchants of Portland, and who ha been i engaged In mining enterprises at Baker CityJn .recent years, made t a most mag nificent exhibit ot Oregon's minerals at . the Pan-American Exposition. In recent- , ly writing from Buffalo to Dan Mc Allen, Mr. Mellls said: "In answer to your nqulry as to 'how .' much of an attendance can we expect, from the East . during the Lewis and Clark Exposition?' I will say that, pro- ' vld.d you make satisfactory arrange ments with the' railway companies, you will have to entertain more people than Portland can take care of, even If you quadruple your present hbtel capacities. "The 1905 exposition has a better start than is usually given to such enterprises. Over 6,000,000 of people -have read, that beautiful 3entiment, 'Where Rolls the Oregon, and -I can often hear people re cite tho .whole verse commencing with that immortal line. "The heautlful little-Oregonlan handbook! ' ia dolng wonderful work In advertising the 1905 exposition. All over the East we hear of It, and alKthe newspapers are no ticing' It and commenting on it and com mending its worthy mission. The hand some handbook Is eagerly sought after hexe, and is doing great things In calling the people's attention to the .Northwest. "The 1905 exposition impresses itself upon the minds of the people better than anything that is advertised nere, Decause and I make this statement without any attempt at self-laudation, for the credit of it belongs to Henry E. Dosch Oregon has a better collective exhibit at the Pan American Exposition than has any other state in the Union. "Be sure to have your railroad arrange ments perfected in time, for that is where Buffalo tripped up, and keep on adver tising up to within one week of the close of the exposition. Bufralo spent aii1 im mense lot of money In advertising up to the beginning pf its fair, arid then quit. The result was that what had been so diligently drummed Into the people up to Hon. Thos. B. Reed Editor-in-Chief. ASSOCIATE EDITORS t Hon. Justin McCarthy, M. P.; Clark Howell. Rosslter Johnson. Albert Ellery Bergh. Jonathan P. Dolliver, Edward Eerett Hale, Nathan Haskell Dole, QorBe Mc- Tan TTnTwr Tnhn "R Oordnn. James B. Pond, Lorenzo Sears, i'ru- HlU.ll V. iClYTSCac, uunm .. - con, Champ Clark. erein Vital Questions Historical personages and events, literatures, religions, fi nancial problems, political the ories, statescraft, discoveries and inventions, individual rights and class and social relations, are ably and eloquently dis cussed. Leaders of thought and creators of great enterprises, men of gigantic affairs, and men whose .victories of peace are no less renowned than those of war, men skilled in statescraft and great in invention, have dis cussed the themes that have filled their souls; each subject bring presented with the con centration of training and expe rience, with the vigor of Intel lectual masterfulness, and with the charm uid fascination or wit and genius. To enumerate the contributors would be to name tho foremost modern statesmen, divines. Jurists, ora tors, diplomats, writers and leaders in many walks of life. Special Articles Introductions by Albert Ellery Bergh; "The Various Features and Phases of Oratory," by the Hon. Thomas B. Reed; "After Dinner Speaking,'. by Professor Lorenzo Sears; "The Lecture and the Lecture Platform," by Edward Everett Hale; "Literary and Occasional Addresses," by Hamilton Wright Maie; "The Use of Humor and Anecdoto in Public Speech,' by Hon. Champ Clark; "Tho. Eloquence of the Stump," by J. P, Dolliver. B" j V V . ' ' it ' 3 .'"'.'. ' ' . ....". ...'' ' - - '. ..f NT RW iron BEDS The very latest designs, the rn ost reason , able prices, and the largest stock in the ; "city can beseen at our warero-oms. Large, white enamel bed. heavy bras3 mountings, extra large brass knobs. 9 K Q $12.50 JfcHrlJJ i iUlririr LMMSr Very heavy fancy-shaped bed (not , exactly like cut), worth 517.50, in whtte, j cream or green enamel, $14.00 H. E.EDWARDS ,185 that time met the usual fate of oblivion when newspaper services are dispensed wun. The Buffalonlans themselves have kept away hundreds of thousands of visitors by their grcedv and rapacious dispositions. This, of course, you do not hae to aonrehend In Portland. If you have the right class of responsible busl- ness men at the head of ydur enterprise there will be no question as to Its suc cess. Otherwise It will be otherwise." Conrt 'otes. The will of Philip T. Smith, deceased, was filed for probate- In the County. Court yesterday. The estate Is valued at about 5100,000. and Is distributed -as follows: To A LIBRARY OF FAMOUS AFTER-DINNER SPEECHES, CLASSIC AND POPULAR LEC--TURES, THE BEST OCCASIONAL ADDRESSES, ANECDOTES, REMINISCENCE AND REPARTEE. 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To properly present this eclectic library, portfolios comprising table of contents, fine photogravures, chromatic plates, sample pages and other interesting material, have been prepared. One of these portfolios, with full particulars regarding bindings, prices, terms, etc., will be mailed on receipt of annexed inquiry coupon containing name and address. The Library, In three styles of binding, is now on exhibi tion at room 200, Oregonian building, where It can be exam ined at leisure. What gift for Christmas could be more ap propriate? THE OREGONIAN PUBLISHING CO. A very neat bed at a very low special price this week only; vajuet5 50; spe cial. $4.35. Seasonable Specials Blankets', 11-4. Z pounds, white fc-i 7 c or gray, value ?2 25, for P Blankets, 5 pounds, all graycJ flfl wool, 10-4, per pair J.V-U Comforters, full size, cotton-C-f AR filled, regular ?2 00 vaUae P J lOOO yards all-vrool Ingrain Car petv, sewed and laid, per nrd, 56 Cents ' Monday, Tnesday, "Wednesday, only. Mary Ann Smith, a daughter, block 10 and lot9 1 and 2, block 3, P. T. Smith's addition to St. Johns. To Effle Lavel, a daughter, Philip Arthur Smith, a son, and Lizzie P. Smith, a daughter, lots and blocks In the same addition. To Mary Jane Smith, the wife. Is devised a large number of lots In the same addition, and also 22 acres of land. The rest and real- her natural life, and at her death Is to be divided equally among the children, Henry W. Smith, Martha Francis Poff, Sarah Isabella Smith, Mary Ann Smith. Effle Lavel Smith, Philip Arthur Smith, Lizzie P. Smith, in equal shares. The children who do not receive special bequests In the w'll have already received property. Mary Now Is the time to buy a stove cheap. The Imper ial, full nickel base and trimmings, front door and screw draft $7.85 to wi first st. Jane Smith is named as executor with out bonds. The Citizens' Bank has sued John Wat rin to recover a balance of $200 due on notes. Lands Sold for Cash. We want unimproved agricultural land, In large tracts, to sell for cash. We han dle such lands exclusively and solicit correspondence with owners. A. L. "Van Patten & Co., 403 Bowen avenue, Chicago, III. Dvsnonsla and sick headache are re- moved by Hood's Sarsaparilia, the blood purifier. reat Partial List Of Contributors Lord Beaconsneld Henry Ward Bcecher James G. Blaine Mark Twain William M. Earts Henry V. Grady John Hay Joseph Jefferson Oliver Wendell Holmes Robert G. Ingersoll Sir Henry Irv lne Seth Low Charlea A. Dana Robert J. Burdette Russell H. Conwell Canon Farrar John B Gough Andrew Lane Wendell Phillips Josh Billings John T ndull Wu Tlnir Fane William McKlnley Geo. William Curtis Artemu Ward Paul de Challlu John B. Gordon Newell Dttisnt Hlllls John ilorley John Ruskln Henry 11 Stanley Champ Clark Lyman Abbott Chas. Francis Adams Charles Dudley Warner John L. Simuldlns William Cullen Bo ant Joseph Chamberlain Rufus ChOate Grexer Cleveland Theodore Roose'elt Arthur J. 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