n I t I" J 27ie fleiiiiif the Gi. It has been agreed that there is h fjood deal of "pie." and other desirable thinjra connected with a (lovernment job Imt a Chicago man who visjted the navy-yard re cently fays the fact was never so forcibly impressed upon him as on t lie occasion of his trip to where the l.ijj guns are made. The big whistle of t lie navy-yard was just blowing the. noon hour ax the Chicago man ' entered the gate. A moment after - the first blast hundreds of workmen What Ireland Thinks. rushed out of shop to the road, Th)J f()ok;st ool yeil th;lt ha3 where a huge wagon stood, whose yet (m,an.lt,,,i from ttnv PCouree sides bore the sign.'Tie", in gaudy, j,,, to i)e mn capped, comes painted colors. In a few minutes .om th(J Unitwl gtates logical afterward each of the mechanics gurvfy at Washington, which ad was lunching on a huge section of voe.uls tJie cutting 0 fire lanes a huge pie. The Government al-j (r;chtlv called throuuh the Cas- lows no private undertakings suie any 01 us ouuuuij(, mm mo navy-yard is no exception. As the men have but half an hour for lunch, they do not have time to go t - e . l. "l 1: ... outside of the yards, so they have! orth witlin the reservtltion. If secured the concession from the! that j3 Direetor WaleoH's idea we regular rule which allows the pie I suept a cammor-bath for his wagons to come in. Every dayihead. j jt8 tjie jjea 0 wmt three immense loads of pie areLmartie pn tw gurvcv Waleott had consumed bv the men who build the guns for our fighting ships. Sneak (h er Border. A special to the New York Her ald from Washington says: Assist ant secretary of the Treasury Tay lor will appoint in a few days an immigration inspector and assign him to the special duty of making an investigation of the fraudulent! admission of immigrants into the United States. Steamship lines at New York have found recently that their steamers have brought compara tively few immigrants to the United States, and inquiry devel oped that persons desirous of avoiding mspeeuou em lo -, da and then tried to enter the j : ; ft ' states over tho border. New York! has received many of this class. ; Mexico- lias again served as a base for the entranc of Chinese in- to this country. A report received j t the treasury department shows that 2000 Chinamen were taken) to Mexico and employed on tnei Mexican Central railroad. Fif teen hundred of these men quickly crossed the border, and all ex cept 300, who were arrested and deKrted, are now under the Amer ican flag. Investigation of the situation on the Mexican sidei is in progress Gigantic Poultry. In order to enable the juvenile visitors at the Portland Free Museum to realize the immense size of the bird;, that lived in the John Day country before that locality was covered to a depth of ,00 feet with molten lava, L. L. Hawkins is having a woodee egg turned to life size, says the Orego niart. "This egg," Mr. Hawkins said, "is to be 13 inches long and 9 inches through, and will suggest to museum visitors the size of the poultry of the now remote cre taceous period. That was ages be fore man existed on the earth, and all animals were giants compared with those of modem times. I will write a story to explain the ltresenrf of this end and mve iif i - ' r-'- . .. u , -j. i given for suggesting that the lady those fossil mammoths which exist- ; , , ,,, . , , I was a "bird." Albany Democrat, ed on the edges of the great lakes : , . J , , , ., ., , When the Robing nest again and rul swamps More the earth s , , , , ... , , . i the Sparrows homeward fly there 11 crust and finally settled down to.;, ' , , , , . ., a safe bais for man's occupancy. This story will appear on a neat cxrd, so tint visitors may rsad, wonder and same time." ponder all at the A girl who will spend 17 min utes tying your necktie for you will marry you, if you ask her at the proper tlmo and jdace. M. R. BIGGS REAL ESTATE and INSURANCE AGENCY. Buy and $tll t ' v '" ' r . Rent Ettate on crmmmum. ' If yoH want to iclllid your land with in. If you wantlohuy, we hare land for tale at reammblc prieth- - PRINEVILLE, in-jca(Je (0K reservation,, (some body's graft for timber, perhaps), that the fire departments at Port- and. Dalles city, etc., may enter to tight fires that might belch better send the chap out here where he can herd sheep and learn something. "Fire-lanes," indeed. They'd become Grand Avenues for flames. Moro Observer. u0ld Dick" is Dead. Long years ago, when John De vine went upon the Alvord ranch to found and build up one of the b- caUe runchM o U)e wwtwn country, he took there two tame elks Dick and his mate from which has sprung a numerous herd of noble brutes. "Old Dick" was well known to all who have visited Mr Devine's ranch, and admired the herd in which the owner has just pride. Dick is said to have ke a 6lWill specimen of his anJ jnny gret to learn that death has taken him rom t,je part The posgeil(lion of euch a herd is a novelty, and is ; one of the delights of Mr. Devine's life on his ranch) d jn th(j guf di o broad anJ ar from centcManJ gcenM . , i,.: t.. i. I ui Human ujjuiawuu. may iiic ! decendants of old Dick live long and multiply. Burns News. U'iH Ask No Trial for Green. Attorneys McCredie and Rands have prepared a motion for a new trial for James Green, the con victed Skamania county murderer. The grounds set out in the motion are error in the method of empan neling the jury; error of the court in refusing to grant the defendant's motion for a change of venue; errors in law during the trial, to which exceptions were taken by the defendant's attorneys, and error of the jury in not rendering a verdict for murder in the second degree. li ": A Bird. A woman in Chatficd, Minn, has been married three thmes. Her maiden name was Partridge, her first husband's name was Robbing, the second Sparrow and the present one is Quayles, and they live on Jay street. There are two young .Robbing, one Sparrow and two Quayles. One might almost be for- j he Huaies at home in mat lanniy i if not on toast. The largest fish wheel on the Columbia rifer has just been com pleted by W. II. Warren at the Cascades on tho Washington side. The wheel occupies the best posi tion on the river, and no dout dur ing the open season will more than pay its cost of 110,000, & CO. ORE. It is not generally known that marking an unpatented article "Article Patented" renders the party so designating his goods liable to a penalty under Section 41)01 of tho Revised Statutes, one half of the penalty to the person who shall sue for the same, and the other half ' to the use of the United States. This has, however. been held not to apply to a case where the manufacturer of a pre viously patented article continued to aflix to it the word "Patented" and the date after the patent there on had expired. This, the Supreme Court has held, could be done by the manufacturer without incurring any penalty. Opinion submitted by E. G. diggers, Patent Lawyer, Washington, I). C. , Plans have been completed for the building of a vessel at Vancou vcr B. C. for another Arctic ex plorer. Captain Joseph Bernier will have charge of the expedition and expects to be absent ftvo years The vessel will cost $80,000 and be fitted up in the most perfect man ner possible. The millions and tens of millions of dollars which the Government has received from the West through the sale of its public lands, give that half of the continent the right to expect liberal assistance from Uncle Sam in reclamation of its re maining aridvlaLds which only re quire the building of storage reser voirs to make fertile and populous. T-Burns Items. D. P. Ketchum yesterday sold his clip of new wool to The Dalles Scouring Mills for 10 cents a pound. Mr. Ketchum says the clip was the cleanest he ever had. Chas. Mc Allister, also sold 25,000 pounds to the mills at 10 cents. This clip was also bright and cleaner than usual. These and other recent small sales may be fairly taken as an indication that this year's prices will probably range between 9 and 11 cents. Dalles Chronicle. The board of classification of the United States general appraisers has announced a decision in the Russian sugar case. The board, by a majority vote, holds the United States government was justified in imposing a countervail ing duty on Russian sugar. The opinion was written by Judge Sornerville, and General Appraiser Fisher concurs with them. Colon el Tichenor writes a disscntiing opinion. Baker City has begun laying pipe for the new system of water works soon to be in operation at that place. Water mill be brought from Elk creek nine miles away. Wool Hale. Tho following wool rates for the present season, taking effect at once have been established: Wool compressed in bales, car loads, minimum weight 24,000, from Shaniko to New York, Chi cago, Boston, Hartford, Philadel phia, Baltimore, and points there with, $1.40,"er 100, pounds. Wool in Backs, or bales, any quanity, from Shaniko to The Dalles, 30, cents per 100 pounds. Wool in sacks, any quanity, from all stations on the Columbia Southern Railway to Shaniko 5 cents per 100 pound's. C. E. Lytle, G. F. A. SOUTH END BlaclsiitiMOp. Machine Work ami IMuinhliiar. I'n nit Machinery of till Kinds. STILL HEADQUARTERS FOR Fine llurscskociiig and Wagon Work hum Work fulled lor uiirf Delivered To Any r;irt ofllu' ltj, Call 'Plmae ix Frank XHE JJEDBY ( Corner 4thud U S1h.". Prineville, - Oregon. FEEB SAMPLE BOOM ON MAIN 8THEBT (JIT RATKS, f 1.25 to $2.00. 10" I'ATKOXAGK SOLICITED. Vho 0iy Jirst Class Jfouso in Vown. Special Accommodations for Uravelinj Tljcn. CHRIS COHRS, Manager. Type Writers of all makes sold and rent ed. Minengraphs, Ilekto graphs, Otlice and Dupli cating Goods, Desks, Let ter Presses, Etc. Write us for price on Rubber Stamps, Henls, Etc. Coast Agency Company. 200) STARK BT. Portland. Oregon. I Prineville Planing Mill. John B. Shipp, Proprietor. Manufacturer and dculer in all kinds of rough and dressed lumber, shingles, brackets, mouldings, turn ing and band sawing. House Finish made to order. Agent for Rambler and Ideal Bicycles and Snndrics. Mill opposite Prineville Flour Mill. Yard, 2d St., opposite I. O. O. F. Hull. PrinsviUe, Oregon. ' 9 A ft .uippmsii Sells Furniture, &c. for ! Cash and on H down, balance POSITIVELY, XO Coal, Iron and Steel. Wagon Tops a Specialty at this smun of tlie year. Elkins & Co. OUll LUADEK. The Very Best. Write for Booklet Easy Payments. ., i in monthly payments j 1: GOODS CHARGED. ji