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THE HOOD RIVER NEWS; WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1910 s STORY OF DABNEY'S TRIP TO KLONDIKE (COXTIM Ml HIOM I.AT WI'.KKI It In now !t a. in. anil ur hip hn plowed nml forced Hh way. dodg Inn Icebergs, until It hn reached the middle of the luiy, directly In front ami to within a few hundred yard of that limit ami in vsteriou he Held The cky In clear ami the bright nuh Jut rounding the mountain of jnirple granite to the right and throwing its bright ray down on the great ley lunaeleN and domes iih they tower high up in the air and cat their nIwuIown over Icy cavern and crevice below, produc ing the m out beautiful opalescent colors. Intermingled with the white cry stals. This is the chief requisite for making Perfect Bake Day Foods. WYAJL taking .Ptowder Absolutely Pure The only Baking Powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar made from grapes No Alum No Lime Phosphate Jjr m mi Real Estate Bulletin $7500 Ten acres, one mile of town, 8 acres in trees, 2, 3 and 4 years old and some full bear ing. Two acres of good pasture with running water. Barn and all tools, five inches water. One acre of berries between trees. Terms, one-half down. $9500 - Seventeen acres in one and two year old trees, house and barn, also three acres of berries. Best part of WILLOW Flat. Two miles from railroad. Terms, one-half down. G. Y. EDWARDS & CO. Office Oregon Motel Building fHOME 228 A great roar breaks In on the In tense stillness resting over the bay, and we look and behold one of the high pluuaele bodies drop off Into the deep waters below, throwing up a great spray Into the sunlight, showing all the leautlful colors of the rainbow. The Icebergs contin ued to fall, one after another, while we watched them with Intense In terest. Taku (ilacler Is about one mile wide at the water's edge, and broad ens tmt for mauy miles farther back In the mountains. To the left of our ship about a mile Is the once fa mous N'orrls Glacier, which Is about three miles wide uud nearly fifteen hundred feet high, but Is now tt mo nine and gradually melting away, but mauy generations will pass until it Is entirely obliterated. A few lonely fishermen were seen slowly wt ruling their way around the differ ent icebergs. They were after the halibut which Inhabit those Icy waters in great numbers. A few seal were unletly sleeping on some of the benches and tops of the Icebeigs, and t us their lieds were not at all inviting. At last our ship steamed away, leaving the mysterious grand eur fading away In the distance, but In our memory it will ever be close and beautiful. The next place of Interest was at I he Tread well mines on Iiouglas Is land. On landing, we were met by a guide with a long tin horn, who conducted us through the stamp mills and the hoisting works, where the cars of ore, weighing about a ton, were continually coming up and dropping ore Into receiving troughs which cunlcd It along anil distribu ted it at the different stamps, where It tvas crushed and pounded Into tine dust and washed down Into the receiving vats, where the gold was separated from the (pulverized rock. There are vn stamps runulng and they run through .",0M tons of ore per day, working continually night and day the year around, with the exception of two holidays. To carry on this Immense enterprise it requires I.'iini men working under the ground and about ."00 on the surface. The ore Is low grade, yielding about f .'xo per ton. We were taken to the large and very well equipped mess house, the club rooms, the swimming baths, etc., and all Indicated that the men were well provided for. Douglas Is the residential city f jr many of the miners and has a population of near ly I'.WH). Juneau, the capital of that vast empire. Is across (iastlnan Hay, about a mile distant, and has a pop ulation of almost 2,000. It Is situa ted at the base of snow-capped mountains and Is quite a picturesque place. This city Is headquarters for many miners aud fishermen, Is quite metropolitan and has all the modern Improvements. It Is 100 miles north of Seattle. On leaving Juneau we are soon steaming up Linn canal, and an all night's ride lands us at Ft. William H. Seward and llaynee Mission. The latter place Is leautlfull.v situated near the mouth of the C'hllkoot river. It Is headquarters for the miners on Porcupine creek and other mining districts of the northwest, and has a population of r00. The I'nlted States government has about 400 soldiers stationed at the fort. The ('hllkoot and Stick Indians Inhabit this section of the country, and are queer looking eople. An hour and a hilt's run lands us at Skagwny, at the head of Lynn canal and l.nno miles north of Seattle. Skagwny Is situated In a little vol ley one-half mile wide, with the Skagwny river, with Its white, foamy and Icy waters from the glaciers, running through It and down Into the canal. Mt. Dewey, C.IMW feet high, covered with the snow and Ice of many centuries, looks down upon the city. About l.VK) feet above the town, on the side of the moutaln. Is Lake Dewey, a beautiful body of clear, blue water, and on Its borders, and overlooking the town, one may get n glimpse of a real Swiss chalet. It inak'n one feel as If they were faraway In the Alps mountains In Switzerland, and one almost looks around for some of the big dogs that K'J out to llnd the people who get lost In the snowy mountains. . And as we stand on the border of the rocky cliffs and gaw at the snowy mountains and the gla ciers which cover many thousands of acres, we cannot help but wonder at the great nml mysterious panorama around us. Hut let us go back lown thut winding trail, slowly, or we might lose our fooling and tumble and roll down 1.100 h-et to Ihe luiv of the mountain. On reaching the town we find the train on the White 1'ass and Yukon Kallroad is ready to start, aud as we tnkeoijr seats In the small, narrow-gunge cars the two engines ts-gtu to puff aud snort as they slowly w Ind their way over the most scenic railroad route In the world, following up some of the foaming mountain streams and across the dark, di-ep gorges and caverns, while the solid grunlte mountains, covered with snow, reach out over us and wonder at the great Ingenuity of mankind (TO I IK COM IMWi The Deserted House Br EDITH V. ROSS Copyright, 1910. by Amarlcmn Press Association. There was smuggling on the coast, but we revenue officers were not able to locate the point where the goods were being ruu iu. We were told that it was a beach midway between the two principal ports of the region. We watched the coast night and day for weeks, hut not a sign of Illicit work did we see. Driving to the city, 1 reach ed a point ou a rocky const. Night was comiug ou. and no hotel or other shel ter was at hand. I espied a house a short distance ahead of me, set on rocks against which the waves were beating. It was of brick and colonial In style, with long pillars extending from the porch to the roof, which was built out to cover It. The place had forlorn look, and on coming up to it I found it unoccupied. I went arouud it, thinking that If I could effect an entrance I would at least And shelter there for the night, but there was not a wludow or a door that was not perfectly secured. I was about to drive on. when 1 espied a limb of a tree brushing against an upper window, one shutter of which had rotted away. I climbed the tree, went out on the limb, broke the glass and entered the house. dad It not been for curiosity I would have gone out as quick as 1 came In. While It was furnished throughout, there was not un article in It that was not rotting away. There was bed clothing, but It was moth eaten; there were curtains, but tbey were dropping from their supports; there were car pets, but they came apart as I walked over them. The only live things in the house were millions of hugs. I would have retired from this dis mal abode and slept In the open air, but the night was cool and I espied a fireplace in one of the rooms. So with the fragments of once handsome chairs and other articles I built a fire. Then, having gone out for my blan kets and stabled my horse, I rolled my self In the former, lay down before the fire and slept. Something awakened me, I knew not what. The fire was out, but there was a strip of light on the celling above my head. While I was viewing It with perplexity it moved. In a moment, re membering that I wait on the ground floor and the flooring bad shrunken so as to leave cracks. It occurred to me that there was some one In the cellar. Noticing a round spot of light on the celling, I knew It came through a knot bole, and, crawling to the bole, I could look Into the cellar. Several men were storing bales and boxes. "Oho!" I exclaimed to myself. "Here la the leak! While we have been watching the smugglers above they have been running goods In down here. I warrant the man who put us on to the false location was one of them." I made up my mind very quickly as to my course of action that Is, In case tbey didn't go to the stable and find my horse, which would betray me. I would remain where I was till morn ing, then pursue my Journey, return with others, lie in wait for the smug glers and capture the gang. Tbey were not In the cellar ten minutes aft er I awakened. Then the light ceased to shine, and there was no further evi dence of their presence. I listened to bear them go out, to make sound of locking a door or give other evidence of their departure, but not a whisper did I bear. Tbey seemed to have gone Into the ground or flown up a chimney. In the morning I went Into the cel lar, examined the goods, consisting of silks, laces and other articles to which a high duty Is attached. I then went above and looked carefully to the openings. They were all barred and bolted on the Inside. Returning to the cellar, I looked about for some means of egress there. I found none. There seemed to be no way the men could get out except as I had come In, through a window. But bow did tbey bring in the cases of goods ? Not willing to leave the place with out further investigation, I walked all over the premises and down to the rocks on which the waves were break ing. Unfortunately the tide was high. It was unfortunate because I could bare made a more satisfactory exami nation of the rocks If It had been at the ebb. I resolved to drive to the nearest farmhouse, get a breakfast aDd return In six hours when the tide would be at the lowest point. When I went back I found that a rock bad been left exposed which I couldn't see from the shore. There was no boat at hand, but the water was sufficiently shallow for me to get on to a small rv:k farther out. After reaching It I turned and aw an opening In the t'Kk Into whU b a boat could be pulled at half tide. I was bound not to go away without knowing all about It. so I made a raft, pulled myself to the opening and walked through a pas sage leading In the direction of the bouse, till I was barred by an iron door. That satisfied me for the time. I went borne, brought assistance, enter ed the bouso when no one else was about, waited for the next aprcarance of the smuKK'Ts aud took them alt In. Subsequent Investigation showed that they bad concealed a trapdoor In a subcellar with earth, the trap open ing Into the passage leading to the water. At high tide the mouth of the passage was concealed and at low tldo resembled a mere cleft In the rocks. ....V6',m VOTE FOR ROCIAL1 ISM WHY? Because the fundamental principles of Socialism lies in this sentence from Karl Marx: "All wealth is produced by labor; the laborer should receive the full product of his toil." Abraham Lincoln emphasized this in the following words: "The strongest bond of human sympathy, outside the family relation, should be one uniting all working people of all nations, tongues and kindreds." "Inasmuch as all good things are produced by labor, it follows all such things of right belong to those whose labor has produced them. This is the goal for which all Socialists are striving: "To so adjust indus trial conditions that it will be possible for every laborer to receive the full pro duct of his toil. Hood River County Socialist Nominees Joint Representative, E. O. San ders. County Judge, S. VV. Heppner. Commissioners, N. T. Chapman and J. D. HcLucas. Sheriff, Bert Kent. Clerk, Floyd L. Lewis, Assessor, Marry Da no. Treasurer, L. F. Morris. Coroner, John Sosey. Those desiring information about Socialism may obtain same by address ing the following individuals and firms: National Secretary Socialist Party, J. Mahlone Barnes, 180 Wash. St., Chicago, 111.; Oregon State Secretary, S. P., C. W. Barzee, No. 68, E. 30th St., Portland, Ore. Send for catalogue of books on Socialism to: Chas. II. Kerr & Co., 118 W. Kinzie St., Chicago, 111.; "Appeal to Reason", Girard, Kansas, a weekly Socialist newspaper, 50 cents per year. The "Progressive Woman'', Girard, Kan., a woman's Socialist magazine, 50 cents per year. Chicago Daily Social ist, Chicago, 111., and New York Call, New York City, daily Socialist news papers. Anybody desiring a copy of the Socialist party platform may secure same by addressing, L. F. Morris, 8th St., Hood Kiver, Oregon, (gratis) Signed, Floyd L. Lewis, County Chairman, S. P. SPECIAL PRICES ON BUGGIES AND HACKS To make room for a Carload of Mitchell Wagons soon to arrive we are making some very attractive prices on Buggies and Hacks for next Ten Days. See them before buying. : : : : Blowers Brothers Phone 99 Cor. Oak and First "Benjamin Clothes Made in New York and carried exclus ively by the most prominent dealers in all cities. We are now showing the correct models; very large assortment of grays and browns fenjQotha if -I rja $20.00, $22.50, $25.00 nana J. G. Vogt