, . ww rotualn
tnUott bo fomd to our
-4 , ' ,
i tnXtMrly Jov maintain.
A happy New Year to Canada
, It ruler and people fr-v.
Long flourish in cttt, lu river and
kit
Th pitw and th niaiW tre.
A happy Now Year to Africa
And tunny a hro bnrvo
."Who boa ufferd much with good
omir&fM and lovs
Ita perishing one to savo,
A happy New Year to tho Britten Isle,
f Kurne, and Asia vast,
May days for their trouble b quickly
away,
And warfare forever past
A hapny Now Yoht, and ntnny returns
To Sslotii aiht Umvvo. tw,
A happy Now Year to lb rich and ths
Ioor,
A happy New Year to you.
-RliY. LAURENCE SINCLAIR.
Tlie Brakeman's Story.
a. T vas ho quiet outsit! a that
(W. vhun t in l.niiy fnliht trftltl
f would como to a aiamisuu
with an abrupt awkward
Jork, w could almost hwir
tho Mir. drtftlug flakes as
thty Ml. Not a btvnth of
air was stlrrtnir. and the
bl. round moon filtered down through
the guowstoriu with a white softouvd
light that revealed nearby object lu
a traniw. ghostly sort of a way. Tho
aoft coaLnre that spljtt.-tvd tlifully
lu tha oH fashlouiH', cast-Iron upright
stove lacked chow euutigh to btvuk
ths spot! of the outside air. Wltluut
knowing precisely why. wo an most
ly In sllonre or tuuttoiod au occnslonnl
luonoay'rbtc bservatlor as to how
noon ws might roach Jorsoy City. Wi
wura four hour bWilud tluio, aud
sxtmowhero back of u we kuow was
the Wwt Shore Express likewise be
hind time, and ciuloavcrlug to make
up eomothlng of Its lost run.
Sitting In the Uttlo nl calicos In
the roar of the big freight trrln, rum
bling along thiottgh a blind fog of
.snow with a flying express at our
hoelg fare an uncanny sensation that
I. for oue, did not relish lu the least.
The drummer who had boarded the
train at Newburg sat morosely on a
pile of grips, which afforded hint a
eofter seat than the hard. wooden
benches atrnug along the sides of the
car. A couple of shippers anxiously
dlacusred tho prospecta for getting
their stock to marktt without bavlts
them half frozen to death.
At the entracs of Joe, tha brake
man, however, tho glum little party
ootnod to thaw at once. He swung
down off the roof of the last box car
and In through the door In a cherry,
wholesome sort of fashion that
warmed ua at one.
"Joe." said one of tho shippers, "be
we going to reach Jersey City afore
Christmas r
"Isn't this good enough for you to
live lc? How'd you like te he out
braklne tonlcht?"
Taint no snap, that's a fact," tho
shipper assented.
"No. you bet It ain't," said Joe, de
cisively. "But this ain't a patching
to what It la sometimes."
Something In the manner in which
Joe carofiillv filled his cob pipe, took
bit of stick from the floor, poked It
Into the fire and lit hla pipe slowly
and thoughtfully. Indicated that a
storv was coming. .
"Strange," said Joe at last, with a
ruminant look Into the Ore and a
long, steady pnll at his pipe, "some
how tonight reminds me of the day
afore Christmas two years ago. That
was when we brought Johnny Haines
home. Guess you must 'a known
Johnny," he added, trra'nz to tho
shipper.
"Nope. Heard of him. Go on, Joe.
What was the story r
"Not mech of a one," Joe replied
deprecatlngly. "Ju: t a brnkcninn's
yarn, enly It's i little cut tf tho com
mon run. The first dny I ever saw
Johnny, names I thought he was
about the handsomest lad I ever set
eyes on. He came up on No. 6 on her
first trip. We rsta to meet often up
and down the read and got to know
each other pretty wel'. He was one
of these lads with a fresh, pink and
white complexion and a jolly Inugh
that made you warm up to him at
once. He was straight and strong,
and when he used to stand jaunt ly
on top of the car, tho train golug
forty miles an hour and he not seem
ing to think It was moving at all.
there wasn't a girl along the road
that hadn't a smile for him as he
went by. The lad was anxious to
stick and worked hard, and, as he
kept his mouth shut pretty close, It
was a long time before we found out
anything about who he was. Ho bad
little ways about him that made us
think once In awhile that he hadn't
Iimm hrnticht tin in work, n nil 111
bands at first were as soft and white
as a girl's. One of the fellows told
ns a story of how Johnny belonged
to a good family, but got kicked out
for somo reason or other; but we al
ways thought he made It np, and, In
fact, we never did find out his story
nntil that night I mean the night
we took him home."
Joe stopped, pulled vigorously at
bis pipe for a few minutes, blinked
rather suspiciously several times, and
Anally the rather husky voice went
on: , .
"It seems that tho lad's name wasn't
Haines at all. He took that to con
coal his own. His first name really
was Johnny, though, and, as that was
what everybody called him, the lust
didn't seem to make so much differ
ence. When ho first came on the road
be was a little puirt twenty, and bis
vvw Doywn ways maae souks oi tne tal
lows guy him and want to play tricks
on him at first. Hut it didn't take
them long to find out that he had
plonty of mettle. A gang of us were
laying around the Albany round house
one day, waiting for a train to be
made up, when 'Bill' Ilawson began
to nag him and see if bo couldn't get
a fight out of him. It sccms they had
some trouble down the road, and
when 'Bill' had offered to fight, John
ny had refused. He tried to keep out
of 'Bill's' way, but when 'Bill said
he was afraid, Johnny turned and
walked Squarely up to him and said
quietly, 'You take that back.' I
never knew Just how It was done,
but 'BUI" made somo sort of a feint,
and the next moment tho big, hulking
lubber was lying on the ground.
JBIU didn't seem to know what hit
him. But. he went at Johnny with
such a savage look that a lad without
genuine pluck .would have turned
feather. But when 'Bill lay sprawl
ing on the ground a second time, we
found out that Johnny was a scien
tific boxer. There was an ugly gleam
In 'Bill's eye when be got up, and
as he got close up to Johnny, all of
a sudden bo flashed a big jnckknlfe
be always carried. How he had got
It out of bis pocket I never could tell.
He made a lunge, b.it Johnny dodged
cleverly and the knife just grazed
his face. He was on 'Bill' quicker
than It takes to tell it, choking the
life out of him. We started to sepn-.
rate them, but when we found that
Johnny had 'Bill' so that ho could not
do any damage with tha knife, we let
them fight it out 'Bill' finally held
up bis hand for mercy, and then John
ny let him up. After we got them
oooiud off, Johnny made 'Bill' shake
'tands, and, though he didn't show It
I think afterward 'Bill' came
as much of him as the rest
not Tprr tnr from
prettyf llttlei farm j
. A
I,
VI IT
to the river, aud right.
K . J corner OI It wdi winner um.
It happened that ou this rami utero
was a dark-eyed little girl who was
the Idol of atl the boys along tho
road. She wouldn't flirt .with us, but
shu used often to ccuie down to the
witter tauk si'd &et little package
which the engtueor, who was a frleud
of tho family, ucd to brtug down
from Albany. Sue was plump ana
teehy, with Onry eyebrows and long
lushes, and under them tne pntucst
pair of eyes I ejfer saw. There wttMi't
one of us who wouldn't have married
her quick If she'd had us. But she
was sort o' reserved sud shy ami
none of us had nerve enough to make
love to her. All except Johnny. All
tho girls smiled on Johnny and be
smiled ou them. He dldu't hnvn to
see the lass twice Ufore he was bend
over heels In love with Iter and It
wasn't very long before be made her
know all about It To woo was to
win with Johnny, ami regular as his
trnln passed tho farm Jeuny-lhnt
na tha little tiamo's namewas al
ways there to meet him. We used to
chaff Johnny a good deal over the
matter, but we couldu't get much out
of him. Somehow, through tho en.
glneer or somebody, though, ws found
out that Johnny was going to marry
tho girl If ho could get his father to
couseut He couldu't very well marry
on the salary ho was getting as a
raw brakemau.
"Things rnn along through tho sum
mer and Into tho fall, aud we noticed
that Johnny had got very quiet and
reserved llkrs and was evidently
brooding over something. At last we
found out that Johnny had been prom
ised a raise, and thut along about the
holidays ho . was to Im made a pas
senger brakempu, and then ho was
golug to get married. There wnau't
one of us that warn't glad of It, or
who envied him his gted luck. The
fall stretched w;y Into the winter, I
romemlxr, and my, wasn't It beauti
ful weathei! You'd etaud up ou top
cf a car, ard a the train wound
along the river short, mile after mile.
Jinn drinking In the air and view.
Braking Is a bard life, with lots of
danger and pretty slim pay. Hut
those days we'd forget all plaint the
hardships and everything e'so. John
ny was on the rnme train w'lh me
and happy as a lark, thinking how he
would marry and go up to Albany
to live. I used to notice, though, that
every once in a while his brow would
cloud up, as If be was thliikltiR of
something that hurt him.
"Such weather couldn't Inst, though,
and when the end came. It canto with
sitimll. Tho theriHomitT rimpiod
forty degrees, and a cold, driving
rahi that tad set lu In the aftertuou
turned toward ulght Into a drifting,
blinding show. We had a big train
that night, and with the snow and the
sl.Hit and the cold It gave us no end
of trouble. She patted three or four
times, going not more than twenty
miles, and It was cold, dangerous
work slipping ft long the top setting
brakes or gettlug down to make emt
lings. Tho wind howled and whistled
and tho scow cut your face, like git
Ing through a hedge. It was dark
and the lanterns didn't show plain
through the snow, and everything
seoned to go wrong. Several times
we thought we were stalled In the
drifts, but we'd uncouple and send
the engine and two or three cars
through the drift, and then back up
and take 'the rest of the train through.
We wanted to get through to Albany,
for tho next day was a lay-off. aud
two days after that canto Christmas.
"Johnny and 1 fought llk Isnvers
against the cold, and, I tell you, It
was ticklish work. I felt more anx
ious about Johnny than I did about
myself, for I was old nt tho business
ami bo was new, and I knew how
easy It was for a sudden jerk to send
a man flying down lietween the
wheels. But Johnny wouldn't listen.
He said ho wasn't, afraid, and Just
then the whlstlj sounded 'down
brakes.' Wo were fitting in the ca
boose, shivering around a dirty little
lire. I had frown three of my An
gers, and I thought my ears were
frosted, too. You n tho storm came
so sudden wo didn't have time to get
any mulllers, and tho mittens wen
pretty thin. Well, wo cllmltcd out,
and Johnny ran on ahead, saying
that lie was all right and he'd. take
tite front Tho cars on top were ns
slippery ns glass, and we had almost
to creep along from one car to ait
otber to keep from fulling off, for
she was running at a good pace, and
the snow' cn the tracks inado tho cars
lurch and swing. I looked up, and
through the snow and the dark I rec
ognized tho landmark, and knew we
wero rearing the water tank, where
Johnny's girl lived. Just at that mo
ment the train gave a frightful Jerk,
and I saw the engine go rearing In
tho air. nud about a hundred feet
abend I saw a lantern swing wildly
lu tho air ond go down. I went Hat
on th car rnd bung thie for dear
life. Wo stopped la ten or twenty
yards and I swung off tho ear like
mad. '(.Jrent God, I thought, If that
was Johnny!'
"Something made me feel that he
had gone under the wheels, and when
I crawled ahead a few cars there 1
found him, lyli g all white and still.
Ho wus too much stunned to say a
word. We picked him up and started
to carry him to tho housewhere
Jenny lived. I saw that tho wheels
had gouo over both legs over one
near the thigh and the other below
tho knee. My, but be was a game
lad, for all the torture of carrying
him up tho hill couldu't wring a
word from him. We knocked at the
door and said that one of the Itoys
had got hurt that the engine hail
Jumped tho track. A white little face
chiikj to the door aud looked at us
a moment, aud then as soon ns she
saw nto and my fueo Jenny shrieked
out, 'It's Johnny!' But she didn't faint
or cry, nor say another word. We
Just curried him In and put him on
the bel and site took cliargo of hlm.
One of tho boys rode over to get n
doctor, but when be came he saw at
once that it wus no line, Johnny
could not survive the shock, lie lay
there very quietly, and finally, when
the doctor's examination was finished,
ho said, 'Is there, any show, old man?'
"I couldn't rop'y, but bo knew as I
turned my head uway what tho an
swer was. Johnny war quiet for a
moment, and ther. pulling Jenny's
hand with his own weakly, ho said
In a husky voice, 'Little girl, I want,
to go homo, And tbnt he Insisted cn
all tho rest of the night. Wo didn't
think thut he'd be nil vo by morning.
But ho was, and we decided to put
lit m on board tho morning express.
The wrecking train had thrown the
englno out of tho road and eh-ared
the track, and when tho express come
down wo flagged her and took Johnny
aboard. All Jenny would tell us was
that his father lived In New York.
But she gave tho conductor an ad
dress for a wire.
"Wo didn't think that he would Inst
the Journey, and about half- way
down ho suddenly clutched Jenny's
hand hard, jind then lny back still.
Tho little girl threw herself uiton him
sobbing as If her heart would break,
but it didn't do any good. Poor John
ny was gone."
.Too paused a moment and looked
Into tho fire.
"Well," ho said, "to cut It short,
when wo got Into Jersey City John
ny's father was there. It didn't take
more than a glance at bis clothes and
his portly bearing to toll mo that he
was a rich man. He sprang Into the
car, and would have pushed mo out
of ,th road. I knew who ho was,
and held onto him, nnd I said, 'Walt
a minute. Johnny Was pretty badlv
iiuri.' jie granoea nie line a vise,
and said, In a set voice, 'Can he live?'
I tytook my head, and he gasped, 'Is
ne v
ql led him over
lie boy
t4Ehereti
lay, but ho didn't want to see him.
lie looked very hard at tho little girl
who sat ther sobbing, and said, slow
ly, 'Is tbls-Jeunyr And thou he took
her very quietly la his arms and
kissed her.
"I went to the funeral the next day,
That was tho day before Christmas,
Tho old man's hair, had turned white,
and his fa was as lined and rigid
as though he was mounting a siaf
fold. Ho wus twenty years older
than tho morning 1 saw him first. II
seems that Johnny had been brought
up, like most boys, to hnvo all the
money ho wnuted. He got wild and
In with a fast gang, and, to try to
curb htm. hi father, who was
wealthy barker, get hlm a placo lu
a store as cashier. Johnny's allow
ance wasn't enough, and ho ntiulo It
up cut of tho cash drawer. When It
was discovered his father made up
the r incur t, aud then sent Johnny
adrift. He never spoke to him after
ward, and when Johnny, aftor
year's good service on tho road, ap
pealed lo hlm for money enough to
get married on, tho old matt returned
bis letter. I found It In Johnny's
(Hint pocket tho morning we took hlm
home,"
Tho train whistled for a station,
and "Joe," grabbing his lantern, es
caped Into tho night and tho falling
snow. N. Y. Herald.
The Fruit' Industry,
The Intending fruit grower will be
glad of reliable Information concern
ing thai Industry, so wo will briefly
consider tho subject, giving reliable
Information.
The writer of this I Interested tor
sunnily in ihls brunch of horticulture,
nnd has had alt to learn by experi
ence and no Hluble Information to
commcme with. Seventeen years
japs, hu. commenced planting fruit
trees, aud now has fifty acres of -orchard,
consisting of one half of
prune, several hundred cherry trees,
lotto peach trees, )isj Hr trees, and
lou plum tree. He states hoe
faots to let the rodr see that his
experience Is not limited.
There are well understood varie
ties of fruit that are marketable ami
desirable. I'ruue growing will be a
longing fauture of orclutrd work, and
time has shown vs that the Italian In
Hie most dcolrahle prune, to grow,
and tho lVtlts d'Ahgeu or French
prune. Is tho nsurt prolific bearer.
Tho writer grows live varieties, but
If to plant again would con line him
self to Uiceo two kinds. Strange to
say, thee two varieties are tho most
hardy trees and the most regular
lMaW, while other kinds are very
tender trees and the fruit Is not so
valuable or so prolific.
California grows almost exclusively
tho French prune, which I small,
rather sweet, aud lacking In flavor.
It Itears largely, and ttx touuds of
cured prunes have boon made off a
single acre. These sold for 7 cents
per pound, or tCH) an acre. Ihe
Italian prune Is dark fruit, rather
large state, cures easily and well, Is
of a delicate and tart flavor, and
though not so prolific as the Polite
d'Angen, yields well and sells for
one-th I nl more moucy, Tho popular
ity of these fruits, the hardiness of
their trees, and the reliability of their
production, rentier them far prefers
ble to any other varieties In general
use.
Therj are standard varieties of
pears, peaches, cherries, etc., so well
understood that tho begin nef neett
have no fears. Ho - can plain
with certainty ami gather with equal
ee-rtaluty, and fruitgrowing mhm
likely to IsHtitn a n-Uablo business.
It Is not welt to be over sanguine,
but a good orchard, of the best varle
ties of fruit well handled ad well
iUsHMtsl of. should repay the owner
who "etays with U two hundred tioi
birs an aero every prosjM'rotia year,
It seems to bo a fta-mldable under
taking to wage war against so many
post end oleUieIe, bnt courage will
wlu ami lively effort must succeed.
There is no ocviipmlon more agree
able, more pleasant to follow, inor?
henltlirul, nnd, when well done, more
literati vo, than that of tho orchardlt
In Oregon,
Iet us lok at the matter from the
standpoint of experience, nnd recite
what hniMncd In an orchard near
Kaleiti during one season. 'Ihe pre
vious winter was very stormy
ami knew unusual vicissitudes.
No work was done until spring
opnil, and theu fifty or more
acres and ten thousand tn-es needed
a Uvu lion, pruning was done, every
tree examined for the borer and,
where It was found, It was dug from
:t 1mi lu the roots. Afterwards
every peach and plum tree wus care
fully pa I iiti-d with a mlxri.ro otmox
ions to tho miller that lays the egg.
Tltls was a slow process applied to
seven thousand tro. Then every
tree, at n later time, was carefully
dug about to kill Urn weeds and clean
the soil. Three tliiHW tho pear trees
wero sprayed to ki-ep off tho codlln
moth. All this time tho teams were
running plows, cultivators and har
rows and six times during tho spring
and early summer lias this orchard
toon some way cultivated. This oc
cupied six to eight men three mouths,
and you may think was expensive.
We must not forget to recite how,
for weeks, at nn expense of over IKXJ,
men went carefully from tree to tree
itjticklng itff tho surplus fruit and
only leaving on ouch tree ns much
ns It could comfortably carry and
hold Its own.
Atl this was done at a cost of not
less thou 1750, before tho fruit sea
son oftoned. (Jo now , thrcrgh that
orchard, ond you will see chitn earth
and trivo with largo beautiful fruit.
It Is not too much to pjaeo tho pro
duct nt a value of SJ(!,(KJ( when cured.
The owner has cherries, pears, plums
and peaches 4(KK) tr-es In nilthat
hn depends on to furnish green fruit
to ship abroad to talso niotioy to
carry on the ojtoratlons, and cxpeots
to iiiako 7.VMJ0 pounds of cured
prunes to pack, ilo eat I mates that In
time, when his orchard Is nil In good
bonirlng, this green fruit will meet
all tho current expor.sos, and that he
will have 100,000 pounds of choice
cured prunes remaining for his profit
worth from l,000 to f7,000 per
annum. Tie results of recent years
justify this calculation.
TUB FRUIT GROWING INTEREST
From nn address beiforo tho Marlon
County HortMiluiral Society, by
rrah.ut II. W. Coltlo.
The Wlllrmetto valley is destined
to lHxorro itho (ei.ter rf the great
frulit-a.-owlnj dlsttiot of the TaeHIc
Northwest The magnitude which
tho fruit Inddstry Is assuming lg sim
ply asroi Isblug to quyono who will
tnko the trouble to InvesMgu-to. It
will bo but a short tlnio until thou
sands ard thousands of wngon loads
of frult will be delivered yearly to
the markets of Halem, where, In the
past It line been so Insignificant as to
bo hardly worthy of mention, Fruit
growing Is tho foundation of the
fnturo prosperity of this valley,
In Santi Clara county, California,
there nro, as shown by -the assessment
rolls, over 1400 fruit farms of 10
acres or less. There re about as
many mora of from 10 to 40 acres.
Upon each of those farms there are
employed more mon than are today
employed by the average wheat
grower of this counity Hjxm his 10o
acre farm. A few years ago, that was
a wheat-growing district, where land
was cheap and tho farmers were poor.
Today, it Is one of the richest and
most prosperous districts located
upon tho Pacific cot Fruit-grow-lug
has been the cans of this great
change. An equal amount of lm
provement Is tobo seen there In theft,
homo Tho plain, cominotiplaeo sort
of a house has given way to a beauti
ful aud even clcgaitt dwelling, sur
rounded by spacious lawns and beau
tiful flowers,
Tho fruits grown -there which are
considered tho ittitst profitable are the
prune and the cherry. The cherries
of Mils valley ore; as you know, sec
ond to noue; while tho prunes, bets
thu Italian and Petite, are stiprlor
to those grown In the slate of Cali
fornia, TLIs has born pro en wher
ever our prunes have been well cured,
prHrly sorted, and put Into cointe
tlthm wlfi tho Callfiwnla prune. The
reisrts of Hie agricultural depart
n out of this government show Hint
the largest and Iswt-flavorcd idtim
grown in tho United Htntos Is grown
In tint tittt of Oregon and Washing
ton. The prune Is a plum. What
fruit-growing bns dons fir Hants
Clara county, California, It wilt ris
for ararlon county, Oregon. Chang
ing a country from grain growing lu
friilt-growlttg, minus that from ten
to twenty times the number of em
ploycs are furnished employment.
This moans good times whwre times
were hard before,
"But" says one, "tills means over
production and ruin to tho grower."
You always find men lu every com
munity ready to prophesy trouble,
disaster ami ruin. As a gcivtlcmau
said lately, everyone must have u
occuimtloti, and It dsa not take mtn-h
money or brains to become a grum
bler. It Is an easy business to get
Into.
Some ten years ago, tho amount of
fruit snd vegetables shlpNd from the
Southern states was so Insignificant
as to be deemed tut worthy of a place
In the census. Wo find that over
IKMMss) car Imi'l are shipped an
r unHy to tho N mi horn states. The
growers of those fruits aud vegetables
luive not met with disnsier, mid the
market still keeps good, ami with
this Immense nimum h!pMd atr
mmlly, there has been no over pro
duction. A pttsulm-nt Cnltfornlan
told me lust full that he bad boos
growing prunes for sixteen yours;
tnnt ho had heard talk of ovecuro.
doorlou alt that time, but that (he
business lutd been more profitable to
htm as the years rolled by, and bt
tor tnothotl of cultivation, pruning
and grading prevailed. Ills prunes
Inst year brought hlm over fK) tor
tu-rts
Andes have boon ahlped from this
tn,u for several ytsirs arms the
newn to Rnglaml. It seem te m
that the planting of the proper kinds
of apple has mt been carried to the
extent Mint other fruits have bn
planted, aud to tho extent that N
justified by reason of lu keeping and
milting qualities. -tlraM-growIng
Is lu Ha Infancy
here, but It Is commencing to look
up. Smaller fruits have peered re
muneratlvo where Intelligent and
thorough care tins Itocu given them
ItaMpbttirlcs and bliu-kberrlos should
ho planted more extensively and pro
fttnbly. 'liters are fruits that have
been considered too tender for this
cllmato, that by prqer trial may
prove to bo weh adapted to cultiva
tion la this valley,
There Is still room lu Oregon for
thousands of Intelligent fruit grow
ers, such as will plant the right thing
In the right place, tuko printer caro
of the Irti's when growing, prune
proiM-ny, ami w'len bearing thin prop
erly, pick at the right stage of rl pe
nt mm a.-ui pack nicely in clean isixes
fight sll dnmiglng Insects and fungi
With ttte beet implctiM-nts and Insect
loldes to lm bad, and otherwise using
all the Intelligence Uley have lu their
htiMliicsa, I believe eternal vigilance
Is the price of good fruit In this or
any other country, ami lor that res
Mm think there will always lm a bxk
price for good fruit Concert of ne
turn ami union of purpose among
rult growers. Is all thst Is necessary
to utnko fruit shipping profitable and
IIUMllUIIU it so,
Tho Nicaragua Canal.
The ioop!o of the Pool fie sltqMt are
fully aware of the fuct , tiimu which
is based our solidity, and Indeed our
t'cry existence as a state, and that
oiiiiiiorclal reciprocation Is the foun
dation of all prosperity. The eiillght-
siout of the world, with all the phys
ical and Intellectual ndvniilagi-s It
implies, Is the mntheiitutlcnl exponent
f Its commerce. U mo assure you
that your fellow cltlxcits of the Pu
clllc are profoundly Imbued with this
fact, which is the mainspring of their
initiation In s.-tklng the closest and
btoiu'est and the chuipcst ilinnncl of
Di.tium rclul union with the states of
i ho Gulf and Athtutlc leauoutd, the
IIiHInIi Islands, nod Uuioc. As pro
ducers of ruw unit ilul we cf the
I'uclllc -possess uniii' stluiinlily the
list VUlled, the I Idlest and mist
jbiii'd-ipt ntpp'y ofi'ti' d by any other
u ogiuphloul urea tf tqiittl extent. If
ytu deimtttd a uiel.il or lulnoiul, or a
oral or a fruit, give us a ( heap trans
jtoi tntlon nud wo will tlood you. Your
d rests of thu Lust uio already ilan
ki rcusly denuded; wo possess mil
lions of ncr;s of the finest timber.
Our fruits, even with the exurblluiit
charge of txti ndtid railroad transiMir
iatlou, ate found lu your markets,
.nut we nro ranly to flood your mar
kets with delicious, pure, and cheap
wltus. Itut gentlemen, 1 must pause,
for already within these few days I
have sadly learned that a citizen of
tho Put-lllc slope must speak with
grtnt caution and oxtromo reserve of
the enormous resources, almost 1m
iiicfisiircnhle possibilities, the accus
tomed associations nnd conditions of
his homo environments, lest he be
nhargod with gross exaggeration, The
ordinary fuels of dully experience with
hlm become extraordinary tales of
wonder to people who nro aootistotned
to nn Nustorn stardard of mieh facts.
Rut how fhnll I iiuiko tho resources
of the Puclilo domain completely avail
able for tho benefit of all, nnd re
dounding to the solidity nnd glory of
our nation? Tho reply Is, a shortcut
waterway connection Ixttwoen ihe
Western and KiiMtern seaboards,
Tho completion of the Nicaragua
nititl, this missing link, this national
innrltliiio highway, Is nn Imperative
iKicesslty for us of the Paeltle Nortii
west, 'opening (ho Mexican gulf, to the
entire Mississippi valley nnd the states
of tho Atlantic sendoard, not only to
tho reciprocal Interchange among our
selves, but tho whole commercial field
f the Occident.
Now, we b.ero In Oregon nro unfile-
tilorly Interested In tho constniell'm
nnd early completion of this cunal, In
f!oi roboratlon of which permit me to
givo you a few statistics, and in dohir
will cover tho outlro field, n we
are not fruit growers psnluslvely, but
most of us nro more or leg interested
n other lines.
Our chief product Is wheat: our next
'irentost product Is lumber! our third
fruit; our fourth Is comprehensively
llsh, wool, cattle, hides, and rich -min
imis. All of theso articles are heavy
ijommodltles and somo of them are.
perishable, with cheapened freight
rates thousands of acres nro In readi
ness to bo converted Into vlncvnnlH.
orchards, and ginln fields In addi
tion to the IhuiHPtid? of acres now
being planted with apple, pfar, ond
prune trees. Rut let mo particularize.
Tako whent, for Instnnco, nnd what
holds good !n th's rrMolo annllcs with
equal foroo to our fruits,
The present route of our wheat pro
duct Is 17,000 miles, from Portland to
nivorpool, and o Havre or the North
wa It Is 18,500 miles or more. Five-
sixths ot. this shipment goes to the
uuiteu Kingdom nnd ono-telxth to
the con Bent. Tho Nicaragua cnnal
would furnish the means of exporting
this In vessels of fl,omiton burden
which would ent ry so cheap that every
fitrmer hi orogciii could reap a large re
ward In tint difference of values of
stir present and these fuluro freight
rates vln Nlcuriigna canal. Tho sort
wheat of the Houtherii stales, pnrtlcu
Isrly of Texas ami Arkansas, could be
mixed with th hard wheat of Orog in
and an Improved product manufiio
ttind for Kottiheru home consumption
and exportation to Houlh American
countries. This would rrt-uto a now
market for Oregon, in values preisir
tinned as five to one of tho present
market
To ship a cur loud of wheot from
Portland to New Orleans nt present
isist -to cents per bushel, white with
the Nicaragua canal finished the
freight ought not to, and most prob
ably would not. exceed l'! to IS cent
Iter bushel. Including canal charges,
etc, Hero Im i ens.! where the benefit
would Its rtvlpris-nl; tho grain growers
of Oregon would find mi additional
market nt remunerative prince for
their product, and cvry bushel of
wheat raised lu the South, and the
dour innds therefrom, would be en
hanced in value by mixing or blending
of both products,
Then, ngnlu. tnko salmon: this entire
product is exttorred nnd must find Its
way through the Nlenrnsu.i cniml, tine
lira I n furnishing to the Houlh, the Mhk
He West, nnd th Smet American
oitntrlos a cheap food supply of this
stest royal of fish, and giving us an
Increased litarket for It. It Is a fair
estimate to place the salmon puck at
t-m.imi eases; (It railroad freight on
ss ennes of salnum to New York of
711,1100 iKiunds Is 7to, or t er lm
sounds. Complete the Nlcnrngtm cnnal
tttd the freight ou 1.K onset of 7,
0 pounds weight would not exceed
to oolite s-r loo pounds, or say I'JM)
as ngulust 7oo, the present rate. Now
let us look Into fruit. A car load of
evaporated prunes to New York costs
I cent per siutiu or saw; m jvow nr
leans t costs cents per itouiul,
tr J.vi. A ear load of green apples
r ienrs. In refrigerators, to New York
costs, $ and te New Orleans f.V.0
for 3I.KHI pounds, while In cold storage
Reamers, through this canal the east
would h$i0ns' $11 respectively,
for the same quantity, taking ns a guide
prevailing freight rates lu oiiid storage
steamers to other Kiliits ol ti:tl ins
tances. On ovnsirtled fruits the
freight would lint exceed 40 cents sr
imi pound, or o for '.M.noo pounds ns
!igalnt f'.tNl and $i"s) for the sanm
quantity by rail. It requires no ml
erosooii or uinthetttiillcttl cab-ubittr
to so, lite margin to ihe prodi.ccr; nor
Is this nil; the greatest is'iMU roinos
In' the small grower, who cannot ship
In car lnd lots, and must sell nt home
lu nu ok-ii market for whatever may
bn offered him. l'sn the eomple'lotl
of tltls canal the freight per pound n
to or M case lots, w III lie the same on
dm sti rnwrs ns on Son or 5,(s case
lots. There will lie fifty buyers lu
our home market where there l one
now. snd If the prhva offered d not
ntlt, you can hsik up your own mar
ket nud ship direct to small ib-nlets.
knowing that In the matter of freight
von nro on an equal fitting with
everylmtty else. Nor Is the fruit
grower and general fanner nhme In
terested; every man, woman, and
child lii Oregon, no matter what their
oectipnttoii. Is Indirectly luti-restcd lu
the completion of this canal, and we
should never cease talking It until
It bns IsHimie nu established fact.
Our representatives In emigre should
lie urged to give It their untiring sttp
isirt. urn! they should strengthen the
luted of ttioko who have the bill In
charge.
In nn article in the Oregon Inn of
recent date appears Ihls: "All talk
of planting tree, but the prune bitsl-ii-s
Is liable to Ite overdone. Already
this coast produces over M.tsSMSsi
isiniids, nud the trees planted will
modtu-o SHi.isHi.iSMi pounds. If nil Cal
ifornia, nud all the North Pacific is
planted to fruit, what will Is the out
"mite?" This writer has evidently not
studied the stsslhlliilcs of the eon
sttiiqiiioii of di-cldnotis fruits lu nrnt
producing countries, especially Is litis
true of the Italian or Fellohberg prune,
I do not fear sticceesful eontriullolloii
when I nssert that nowln-rn In the
world can this fruit lie grown so
Abundantly, so easily, and of such fine,
hirco, rind luscious quality, fre from
all Insect pests, ns lu Oregon, lie
uiomtnr yii have the. whole of the
t'nlted Stiiti-s of America for a mar
ket, tint with the completion of the
Mi-nrngtia canal, the whole of the
SfMith American states. We certainty
rti'se as line apples and pears ns any
where, nnd with the cheapened freight
rates, new markets will open at our
very doors.
Monts have I toon trnnsMirtod In cold
storage steamers through all climes
and to every hind, and so w ill tie our
green frulls. Tramp steamers, which
are row traveling our sitts In every
direction, seeking cargoes from uny
where to anywhere, will crowd our
docks, eager to enrry our surplus gr'ii
fruits to the markets of the world,
ond coiitsth.lon will make freight
low enough to allow a good margin
to the grower, lu my htmiblo opinion
overproduction of line marketable
fruits Is a myth.
I.et lite now present lo you a few
getiernllsutions which must compel our
admiration ami stimulate a patriotic
pride, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho
are three grand and glorious states,
whose lands are washed by the Co
lumbia, whoso waters are peculiarly
national. Tho sources of this river are
far Interior, ami Interwoven with,
and almost touch the western nlUttents
of tho Mississippi, tho basin of one
resting Its brim against the basin of
the other. Tho t'olumbla drains over
ISun.OiiO Hpunro miles, or in other words
a spneo larger than all New Kngland,
all New York, all Ohio, and half of
Pennsylvania. The population of these
'Mo.tHio square miles is but little more
than bulf n iitllllon-ooo.oiio certainly
comprises the whole. There are ikio,.
too human beings lu tho city of Cln
clntiatl nm Its environments; that Is
to say, there are more js-opie In the
city of Cincinnati than there are In
the 5u,(MI square miles, which we
have In part the honor to represent,
While tho cnpaclly of these 'JiHi.ot)
spuuro miles to support the population
at; home and abroad Is greater than
all New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio,
In addition to what these last, named
can show, wo hnvo gold, silver, nickel
and mercury. Wc hnvo west of the
Rocky Mountains nue-tltlrd of the en
tire territory of the United Stales,
Willi only iilmut ,1.000,000 people, while
you east of these mountains have
two-thirds of the, territory .with 57.
000,000 of people.-Henry E. Dosch lu
Hluto horticultural reports. -
LOCAL MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Floiir-Porlland and t Salem, $2.40
per btirrol. . " ' ,
Oats WJtlte, 2r.c (?J 20V per bushel;
milling, l!7c S!lie; gray, 25u Of! 27e.
Ilarley Riwlng, 80c 82'aC per
cental.
MlllsrttffsRnin. m.r,0! mhhlllnirs.
$13.50; chop feed, $15 (if, $17.
liny Oond, $1) m $10. per ton.
llittterFIrm; fancy creamery 2."k! JjJ
27Mio; fancy dairy, 20o ? 22',ie.
Cheese Oregon, fair, He U 10c per
pounid; fancy, lop. (t, 12iac.
Potatoe-.''.'? m 40c per sack.
Onions (lisid Oregon 7f)C tit) 00c nor
centnl.
Poultry-Chickens, $250 Q $.1.50 per
do.eu, ,
Fresh fruit Orecnn nnnlen $1 fit
$1.25 per box. ,
rcggs-Oregon, 2.1e 25r per dozen,
Oreiront vegetables floibhaure. n'.e ffi)
lc per pound; sptntsh, (15c per dozen. '
Wool Vallev. 7c fii) lie. neem-dl
quality; TJuipqim, 7c Oc; Eastern Or
egon,. e7. -
Hons Quotable nt 4e fffl 7o. nor
pound, according to quality,. , , I
WILL
JAMES G
Takes aa Entirely New
Departure.
ji -
Cuts off Possible Widows
and Children.
Lnrjro Iteqnests to Immediate Bela
atlvcsud to Chrli utile Itnttl
tutloiiluM,r"lo. BAN FHANCI8C0, !. 29.-t.7p to
10 o'clock this intilu no arrange,
inntrts had ben limito for the funernl
of tho lal ex-Kennir Jiwnos (1. Fair,
ami It will prolmbly ft take place for
several days yet. Oi or tne nrst ici
grams rts-olved by arb Fair, tho
Herman Oelrh-hs at W York, stut
Ine Hint ho and Mrs.lOelrteh would
leave nt onoo fir Hun tinclsco. Tho
funeral will bo dferrwl until tholr
arrival. Tlu-re wero iisny chIIits at
the Lick house this motilng, a mini-Ims-
of them being eld frmls of the
ilKpurted inllllotsitre, but no one wus
allowed admission to the loath cham
ber, An autopsy to dlwr the ex
act eatis of death Is In ngr this
morning. At Its eonclustsi the re
nuliis will be embatiuod liml bold
until the arrival of Mr. ni.-Mrs- Oct-rU-lis,
who are ctiMH-tl tdreaoh. tho
oily Friday next. 1
The will of the bite ex-feitr Jns.
(1. Fair was liled for phtte this
inomlog, The groat bulk of state
Is left to his three children;! trust.
The trustees are I J. Hn Jr., J.
H. Angus, T. I. Orolhors nisi V. K.
OisslelloW, All without Issti The
children are to hove the Incoitsiof the
staits during tiielr lives, In Ihi event
of the death of Ills daughters, thiS
share Is to go to their children, tould
Charles Fair die his share Is u be
dlvldl equally hetwwn tits slit ers.
Ausmg Un largo bequests aro tie fal
lowing: fAVi.txiO u Mary Andtn,
g sister, living at Ida Urove. l,,ittd
a llkn amount to her hiislmud. J-hn
Anlorn, and children; 250,tis ilso
lo notbir Wer, Margaret J. Croihcs,
who rldi at San J wltfc lu-r fau
lty; $.VMi Oitcli to. his stm-ui-lav,
Herman OelrMis, of New York, d
the dead iiililc-,lrw's liMher, Wit.
Fair, of Ida ('.rove, and f ji.otxi lo
another Itrother, Kdwnrd Fair, of Idi
(irovs. lUxpiests to clmrlil are
follows: f.Vi.ottO to be divided anion)
the CaUiolic orphan asylums, .VMs
to the Proiiwtnut asyliuiw, and X
ins) to the Hebrew asylums of th!
eoiitnv.
Tim will cuts off tlie widow and pes
sihla children of bis son. Charles T,
Fair, Trout any pn-ilun of the estate
beyond the oiie-Uilrd iwrt of ths rt-t
iH.titin which he will reevtvs during
bis life 1 1 no.
About a year ago "Charlie" Fair
mnerliil a notorious woman of Httn
From'soo. and tsH-nme estranged from
his father, In was only a short time
ago that a partial reconciliation was
effected. Young Fair Is In very poor
hmilth. mifferittg ftisu llrlghi's die
teese and bis physician do not believe
ho can live lisig. In view of the sonn-
dttlotis will contents Hint have arbs-n
In Fnllfornta itism the tlistth or so
many of the inllhMuitre plomrs, one
cluiise of ex-K.-imtnr lelrs will Is
partUnbirly Interesting. Ho writes:
"I do solemnly dwlars that I am not
married: also that 1 have no children
other, than my sou, ('buries T. Fair,
and my daughters, Tlteiesa A. nnd
Virginia. I have noted th facility
with which swiMii testimony may be
pnsnml and prisluoisl In si:ijss-t of
the cl-tlms of allcgi-d widows and
adupUsl chlldnm, ami the fnspient re
curreiice of stich cUttms In recent
years. I therefore imike an express
provbdon In this, my will, 'as follows:
1 give and bequeath to such per
son as shall be found, proved and es
tildUhed to be my surviving wife or
widow, whether ui'irrlnge b found
to have taken place lsforo or after
the execution of this will, the sum of
f.p(), and to each and every person
wlio shall 1st found, proved aud estab
lished to be my child hy ulrtu or
adoption, acknowledged or otherwise,
and w bother before or after the execu
tion of tills will, Hie sum of $,si, and
to enoh M-rrn who shall lo found,
proved and (stsibl Mied to bo n child
by birth, mlotston or nckmMvledg-
meiit or otherwise ot tny ileccaseii son,
Jiinii-s (J, Fair, Jr., nnd whether be
fore or aftiT the execution of this will,
the siini of $."t0, and 1 decfcire that I
do Inuutthntfllly omit to make fts any
of the persona in this paragraph re
ferred to, any other or farther pro vie
Ion."
In conclusion It Is provided that If
any of the Isniefldarlos named lu th
will shall at any tlnin eoinnwnce any
I'-nsHHsllngs to contest tho will, they
or uo suuu receive nothing.
THE PROPER EDICT.
Washington. Do 20.-Tho mnnner
of extcutlng tho Catholic church edict
against u.eniborshlp in tho .Knights
oi i-ytttias, tiaii Fellows and other
societies Is now receiving the careful
otiNlilerntluu of church authorities.
Mgs. Kutolll lms ttansuiltted the de
cision to the bends of all dioceses
throughout ths country and It remains
for them to convey It to the parish
prh-stM and for the latter to give It
practical application and execution,
each having considerable latitude ns
to how ho shall act. No time Is set
within which tho beads of diocese
tntty net.
MARKET PULSATIONS. -
San Francisco, Dec. 2I).-Whent.
very quiet; Wl4 for No. 1 shipping
lutd 87 Vi for choice; milling D2ViftU7Vi;
Walla Walln. 7(i!ifti7(l .'1-4 for fair
averngy qunjtmv; HWx:, for blue
stem, nnd "Of,i75 for damp stock.
New York-Hops, quiet; state, rom
tnoii to choice, old. 'Mtil; new, fiV,12
Pnolllo coast, old. at,-; new, 8612.
Portland-Wheat unchanged.
Llverpool-Whent, spot, steady; do
mand poor; No. 2 red winter, 4s Dd;
No. red sprlhg. stocks exhausted; No.
1 ''d Mnnltoba, 3s .f.d; No. 1 Call
foriihi, fist 2d.
llopls
nt Loiitlon-Puclilc const,
fa I5s,
UNCI LAND'S GREATEST.
Ismdon, Doe, 21) -At Ilswnwlen to
'lay William K, (iludntone is celebrat
ing the 8." th nnnlvet-Hnry of his' birth.
He received ninny congratulatory tell
egi'atiH. (Jhvlstom 's eyesight bns bn
rosttwed ntul his health Is -good, He
spends . hours dally In cI.inIi1 rnd
thoologlatl study. Ohwlstoue wlU re
celvn a tleputintlon fi-oin the Ameri
can nssiMila'ilons of London nud I'arls
today, Tiki oongralnltitilons iqoii this
oceiwlon by the tory i-owispapers soem
to bo mingled wllih the fear that
uuiiuetiono may ho prevnlhyl utwn
return to notlve political life.
to
HERE'S GOOD NEWS.
Olevelaad, Doc. 20, -Tho Cleveland
Mtlp Itulldlng company has decided to
grant Its employes a ten per cent In
crease of waues. About tm i,
nioni,
. - .w. 1 u
ij I
DROWNED I XNK
ran rnAN'CWCV'. S'-rAi"!;
t...,....i. ..u...,t n bill CligtiMST or
the lost steamer 1U ' rf
Tuchson were lo W
fo..rduy.lK.foroei"fJ';i
Is now stippwo. ie :
of the sa and th 'r ,i imtvti "
reason, ?v
Tit A IN ffffRW'
-Jl llAI-t M
Ixsi Augele. l.-c.$Tb ftml
Pncllto's w'',,fc,!"Ti.,,
well-known fast irJ'jf''H
(Unit horn
mlied
fan
Francisco and Ne'iOrlonns was
Ir-Hl and b..rn.4 southeastern
Ar,m this irDifit
10 advices rcociveii j-
I .t..u.,ea liiillH fif i
Irnlititieii or
wr.,a?3II.JUred,
The
wr -k "was caused l W
.resile work being h
weaken It, and the ! Vnn-t
UirouBli It : carrying tjiraln along.
A KEENK IUHAPPNTMENT.
Hacratnenle. Dec. 9' W'
Keen. th tragtsllan, w w 0
lllfit a two nights' mt
city owing to the fart
his mice. When be t'1 j"'" '
cmiM not stsvtk sb-e-. I"N- Iho
ln,L.,!liia silrlhllt' "'
to oventrk and A b1
He in a
vry sick iikio, but
he Will I
tlth'-Xt Week.
l
able to ajnwir .u H.
EABTKItX WBAIt-it-.
Washington, Hc. SMItPtughont
the Atlnniic Bid (itilf ' '
was one of the rolJeMiow;ii. In
Florida the teiiis-ratiua- 6 deg.
btaow any previous itw- ,
New York. Inn-. wM fca
Ims-ii exceptionally m vertie Inst .1
hours. 1'he mercury lierJil morn
ing marked H deg. at or. At
Karnnne Ijikit in tt .Urondiu k
inoiiiitjiliis, 32 deg Is-low recorded,
ut Huntington Ferry V) ftw.
had "faith jprrnn.
Unit Uke, Di-c. ai.-tfoWest has
withhold action on tho Motion of
(lev. Ponuoyor for the rrn of A.
a Hrown. charged w ith teeny by
balk. Oov. West Ihluksov. Pen
noyer has bwa lintsswltsin and
Hint the evidence show t some
biMly ts-hltid th rsjulsltlo acting
In bad faith. ' --. I
CHICAGO DEFATEI)
OTASrOBD I'JtlTEUSlTY S THE
BIU HHM'iiALL ilAl.
Llmk Win the SprcfL'ti t0 Han
dicap Kareat Man Frsntrt
Other retorts of the I).
ANOEI.FS, Dfft Sl.-l'iy-five
htllidreil js-oplo wltmsed tl'H-ond
footlmll gam Iwtwoen Ihelilingo
university and Stanford tnrsl.y
bius, which took pla k- Uils
sftornisin. Ktsuford ..; Hcore:
Hauforit. 12: t'blcage. o.
MSAK TIIK WIXNB
K:m Francisco, Di-c. "U.-TlulfliK'si
Jspm-kh handicap w as run tty and
ui was exisH-ted t'oi. jacKitiim
'..year-old wilt l.lsnk won, ati PMt
uuds np, the black oi.lt Juml Into
be lead at the start and wanevi-r
u-nded, winiilitg by a h-ngtfroiu
Admits, Other events were:
live furlongsTigress wou tl lot,.
live fin longs, solllng-l-lagst wou
In1.:!!. - tv; -
S.nvMi-s stake, mile and a irtor
hnttllctip, all ages-Llstik won
Hh plechnse, mile and a ha Jim
Norn) won In 3:Il'i. 5
l'h furlongs, s-lllugnoliIttligd
won In 1:M,
s A FOOL "AND A OUnI I
Anothtf Man Is 814 by a Orofclon
S; Hunting Dvr.
MnaMeld. Cr7Icc 2!).4n,k
King s a.-iib-ntiilyy shot yssljriy
by Win lowborn while the two r
out do litintlug. Lawhurn, whwd
s.tpnnifys from King, saw n dend
oMitil Viri', the snnd shot hug
King, uawhorn says that lin
within ilMy yaids of King and at
IhelatMf was thirty yard out ot,
F. L, Kilsy.
jty Livipy Stables.
Stylis Turnouts
Having fcoly imrcliaHwl tbe ,tlre interfst ia tho etalilffl of Teter
UM.k, we uh now better prrttat than ever to meet Uie demands oi
the public ul we are now niiikit and are preptvrhig to make many
iHiiiiruve'iieme. . im
i raveling niti a sjiecmlty.
- - '- 1 . "
Indepbndene
T. LAYTON JEJKS, Proprietor.
M
si I
SATISFACTION
n. m. i-itks.
INDEPENDII
Draying - aril - Hauling-,
DONETObRDER.
Charges 1
on will And our toains on tlietrect, or el
snd rinnos cnrorully moved,
5 -
I he WEST SIDE
Hat th
in roik
PRICES THE LOWEST.
A.. W.'Boolisteader,
City fiitk. ul Mis k
Independence,
Hauling done at Itwuonable Iiates.
of the der. Th leiil wWch was
from a -H-cnllbre rllte, struck King
on the l(4ib edge If e rlgfit slouidr
bhvla ami rsngl downward nd for
ward through th riglit lung, remain
ing la the body. King stUI llvw but
la a erlthwl romUUim.
CI II LDUKNMADB 1 1 A PPT,
lv-:tni.1, Dec. 29,FSrteen tlmn.
sand ijj, most of Hutu chlbbrw,
were at Urn exposition hlay as gu-i
of tlw Ongtlnn. Tliey came from
this city ami jsiiuf i In tlie WillsiiMtta
vniliT. Th children wr given ttt
froeilom of th building, uh one
holding ft th'ket pri-i.lKl by the Or
egonlsn entltllitg htm to admbwloa to
th fair and to all tite able low.
DOt HTFt'L COMPLIMENT.
Walla, Dec 29-Th p,rtillt
ce.ktral couniiilte i"luy
resolution endorsing ei-ht-Allen
for L Ulted HtatK Ku
oisifrfy
P'oimvI a
lor 1. II,
atnr.
ItL'INED Y COLD.
Itrunswlck, Qa., Dec. 20 -For th
past fw dsys It lw been colder In
ilrauewli-x than at any rime sloe
lH-vi, The orange crop Is ruined.
KTANFOUDH WIN.
IM Angeles, Jan. 1. The Htanford
fiMtttlt It win defitited the 1 Angole
Atbletle club today by a score of
2H to (.
ItAILIlOAD.I.
TlilK TAULE.
SeswaSaami lMMelh Malar Lis
leaves
IsdeiM-naooe.
fMives
Moiiikoo lb.
East and South
via
The SHASTA Route
oftu
Southern Pacific Co.
Cttliftirnla txvrrmt lmln run dally .slnrplng
si tl ie.tun Iwtwwu i'urtlsod sua Allmny.
Huuin
Nona
hotTa. m.
r a. a.
7siu e, at.
i"i r. .
wat r. .
IV ij A. .
pnrllsoit
AUny
Ksn Knatctwn
Ar.
Ar.
Lv.
l.v.
Ar.
Resburg Malt l'"r.)
lmr. Aniv.
Pnnlsnil .... . A, H. I ItiMPtiarg ..IA) r. K.
HiiMrOuts.... Ill) A. H, f IVrUuid ...AM A. M.
I
tta
PULLMAN lJL'FFFTT SLEEPERS
and
Hecond-tlass Weeping Cars attached
to all through trains.
West Side Division.
etwe Portland and Corvallls.
Mall Irulu daily (icrpl HundsyJ
T .v. . . -i"nrUiil.,
A r f i8S p ra
I loss m
A r.. I u Ui-rwnliit A r
13-4 p Itt
Ar ... I ortsiit l.v
At Albany and tvirt alltts ertnnwt wlu trains
Urrf-a -i(lo ralliid.
Krn train dallf (rxcvpl Huoday)
4 Si p tit
7;il p ut
l..
Zfiirtlatiit.
bin
Hepm
Ar..
..seainnviUo-
Orgoelae Railway Divlsloe and
Pertlaes)nl Vamhttl Ry.
Airll mall Trt-werkly.
learn
6 Alp Ml
60p m
t l'uiilnI..Art-i6 pn
tv Moiitnoulh i .7-& m
A r Atrlia I T a m
Tbmeitli ll-kl Ss all polnta In Ih Fan tern
tOaUM, Cnua.ta. and t-unipe, nn lm ntiai4
teitn T, M. tSTIVfe.lt, Agt-nt, tndeptodeeca.
R.KOEIH.RK, F,P.ltcXIFRH,
Maiinor. Ant. II. r. a Pasa. Aft
IMIU LAND. OKKUUN.
W. H. Ry-
iwavs; In Readiness.
inlal by the da
by the day or month.
(ELLEY & ROY Proprietors.
. . . - i ,
Tailor Shop
M;ule to order in any
stylo, A perfect line of
samples always ou hand
select from.
GUARANTEED.
W B. Elk is
,LKINS.
V. OREGON-
1-09 1 SO
SI0 :
i '- - ' - hno '
in m
'1:10 l
1:14 ' H
l;tt
ow ana rompt Service,
! orders at the 1'slsc Hotel. Furnttur
Sjw
Most I
Qtjnty.
WORK THE BEST.
regon.
It
Slab Wod fr m!,
f
.