Portland new age. (Portland, Or.) 1905-1907, March 23, 1907, Image 6

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THE W. G. M'PHERSON COMPANY
Heating, Ventilating and Drying Engineers
WARM AIR FURNACES
"NOTHING BUT THE BEST" 47 Firt Street PORTLAND, OREGON
DRIFTED SNOW
FLOUR
"The Purest of Pure Foods"
Tacoma Warehouse
TACOMA,
THE BITULITHIC PAVEMENT
BEST BY EVERY TEST
For Streets, Driveways and Crosswalks.
WARREN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
314 Lumber Exchange Building, Portland, Oregon
HENRY WEINHARD'S BREWERY
Manufacturers and Bottlers of the
Well Known Brands of Lager Beer
" EXPORT "
"KAISERBLUME"
! "COLUMBIA"
. IN KEGS AND BOTTLES
Trade, and Families Supplied
Brewery and Office
DAVID II. IlKI'.ntKIl, HID.NKV CI.AHK,
rrciWoiit. Cnshlor.
Union National Bank
Incorporated 1800
CAPITAL $100,000
Pays Interest on Time Deposit
THE OLD BANK CORNER
Grnntl Forks,
NORTH DAKOTA
O. C. HCINTZ, Manager.
PACIFIC IRON WORKS.
STRUCTURAL, STEEL AND IROIN
Steel Bridges, Upset Rods and Bolts, Cast Iron
Colums and all Architectural Iron. Sidewalk Doors
and Lights. All Kinds of Castings.
CAST END BURNSIDE STREET BRIDGE, PORTLAND, OR
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SPOKANE
First National Bank of Rook Springs
HOCK arillNdri, WYOM1NO
. CAPITAL and SURPLUS, $180,088
BVHRY ATTHNTION OIVUN TO BUSINUSS
UNTRUSTliU TO US
s mKIlE 5P0KAN6
The Model Dry Goods Store
of the Model Western City
VISIT SPOKANE. When you do, visit THE CRESCENT,
its model store, and one of the most interesting show place in
what Elbert Hubbard has called the model city of America.
Visitor will fial fcer a Bureau of laforaaattea wltere
reliable information of all kinds rag ardiag the city taay
be obtaleed. Also free Parcal Ckack Rooau, Public
Telephone astd cocafertable waltia- rooau with lava
tori for women.
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Spokane Agents for North Star Blankets, the kind used on
11 Pullman coaches.
and Sperry Mi
U. S. A.
BURNSIDE & 1 3th STS.
Phone East 57
Watson Drug Co.
Wholesale and Retail
The moat complete stock of Drue and
Patent Medicines to be found In the Inland
Empire. Prices guaranteed as low as the
lowest. Our Prescription Department
merits your confidence.
421 Riverside Ave.
Marlso Block
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Tlint frlond of yours, Bklllreti, Is
f?rtnln1y ono of the most clmrltnblo
i on I over met," remarked the paRseu
tur with the fur-Ilnwl overcont
"I haven't noticed lilm giving nwny
nnythlng," said the passenger with the
lcatherlno suitcase, folding his news
paper and pocketing It "What hap
pened to touch his heart?"
"I don't mean that exactly," said tho
passenger In tho fur-lined overcoat. "I
don't know whether he's easy or tight,
but I know ho takes charitable views."
"That's easy," commented tho man
with tho lcatherlno suitcase. "His
Ideas may be liberal, but ho Isn't not
to speak of. Horrowed his wheelbar
row last spring and I happened to
break ono of tho handles. At least, I
didn't break It; It was broken already,
or splintered. Well, I offered to pay to
have It repaired, of course, and darned
if ho didn't take mo up on Itl"
"That was pretty smnll," ngroed tho
man with tho fur-lined overcoat. "I
don't wonder you're soro on him."
"I don't know that I'm sore, particu
larly. It wiib only iifl cents, but It
didn't seem to mo very neighborly.
Kind of a cranky disposition, too."
"Well, of eoutte, I don't know any
thing about that, but I was talking
with him about old Ilrackcnbury. Talk
about a crank, Hrackenburk Is one for
your whiskers. He's got a grouch
against humanity. Hanged If I ever
know such n mean old rooster. I was
telling this Skllllvcn about the way ho
acted up nil tho tlmo In his olllce. I
guess thcro Isn't ono of his clerks who
wouldn't K)lson him If ho got a good
chancu. Skllllven, It seems, knew htm.
'"I bcllevo nil that Ir greatly exag
gerated,' he says. 'Of course, he's n
little Irritable at times, but he's suf
fered with dyspepsia a good deal to
my certain knowledge. Wo mint mako
allowances. He's a pretty nlco old man,
when you know him.'
"'I know htm pretty well by repu
tatlon,' I wild. 'Ho's got the reputation
of being tho meanest old skinflint that
A proccwi for stinking rubber from
wheat lias boon Invented.
Them woro l.'-U'J78 OiM Fellows In
tho United States January 1.
Tho total number of liiiinlKrnnt" to
tho United StntoH. 100(1, wan 1,100,735.
Karl Gray, Governor-General of Can
mlu, rccoIvvH a Halnry of $50,000 n
year,
Tho lower pcnliiHUln of Michigan In
a til to bo entirely underlaid with rock
milt.
Tho churches are thi Portuguese
(Killing places' and votes In Portugal
n ro cant now hero eluo.
There aro !UM stock and 231 mutual
tire liiBurauco comiinutes In tho United
Mates January 1, 1007.
Workmen In ono of tho streets of
.Madrid dug up nn old walnut-wood
chest containing 300 gold doubloons.
Medals of honor for distinguished
gallantry in war In which tho Unltod
Htntos wna engaged are held by 458
Americans.
Tho result of tho first six months'
working of the Sliuplon tunnel have
been tabulated, and show tlmt nn aver
ago of 8,000 pnsseugors were carried n
day.
If not absolutely tho oldest, theStora
Koppnrborget In Sweden Is tho oldVst
pper mlno of which there are nny of
llclal figures. It has leen worked con
tinuously for nearly 800 years.
Tho dreaded mm butterfly Is appear
ing everywhere In lloheiiila, threaten
ing the devastation of the forests. The
neighboring woods of Saxony nnd SI
IcBla aro also threatened. The Minis
try of Agriculture has named a com
mission to Investigate.
Andrew Carnecle's "hero fund" was
established In 100-1 with $5,000,000 at
Its disposal. Tho commission nail
awarded sixty-three medals up to Jan.
1, 1007, and disbursed about $10,000,
aside from about $05,000 given Sau
Frauclsco and other sufferers from dis
asters. Perhaps for concentrated inaccuracy
of statement nothing can surpass the
r.tllowlnir sentence, which occurred In
an account of a burglary given a short
time back In a paper: "'After a rruit
Us search all the inonev was recov
ered, except one pair of boots." Tit-
lilts.
One of the Drincesaes of the Bur
mese court, a young woman not yet 20,
Is said to be tho possessor of the costli
est dress In tho world. It Is a court
costume and worn only on rare occa
sions. It Is studded with Jewels re
puted to be worth In tho aggregate sot
leas than one million four hundred,
thousand dollars. Leslie's Weekly.
Several New York postmen, accord
ing to the World, have made fortunes
of more than $200,000. These men, al
though Independently wealthy, through
extra effort during leisure hours, still
trudge from house to house dally with.
mallbag and whistle, content to ac
cept a salary of 11,000. a year wWca
ever pored cheese with a razor. They
tell mo lie won't hnve his shoes pol
ished because the friction might wear
them out and that he's had tho barber
snvo tho hair ho cuts olt him for tho
last thirty years to stuff a mattress.'
"Thnt's nonsense,' ho says. Tho
poor old gentleman has Itcen bald for
tho last thirty years. He's frugal, I
know, but don't consider that n vice.'
"Well, then I mentioned tho old rat's
lovo of money and ho excused that by
saying that most old men were more or
less nvarlclous.
" 'Not to tho extent of dishonesty,' I
says. 'I've heard of things he's done
that ought to havo landed him In tho
penitentiary.'
"Well says Skllllven, 'wo'ro nil hu
man nnd'wo'vo got our little faults. If
It Isn't one thing It's another, and wo
don't want to be too hnrd on people,
especially old people. I don't suppose
Mr. Hrnckcubury tins a great many
mora years to live, and I'm sorry for
that, because he really Is, when you get
to know him, a very nice old geutlo
mnn. Ho hns some excellent qualities
nnd my family thinks tho world of
him.' Now, I don't enro what you sny,
when n man can talk that way about
a hoary old scoundrel Ilka W. D. Urack
cnbury. ho's mighty charitable."
"Huh!" ejaculated tho man with tho
lcatherlno s ill ten so contemptuously. "I
don't supposo he told you that his wlfo
Is Brack's Jioxt of kin and that they
expect to come In for tho bulk of bis
money when ho dies. Oh, ho's a clmrlt
nblo duck, nil right, nnd when It comes
to wheelbarrows with broken han
dles "
"Well, that wasn't tho only thing,"
said the man with tho fur-lined over
cont "Wo talked nbout other peoplo
too you ninong them and ho spoko
pretty well of you."
"I don't seo nny particular reason
why ho shouldn't," said the man with
tho lcatherlno suitcase. "I never bilked
him out of 23 cents." Chicago Dally
News.
Undo Sam provides for his postmen.
In ovory case tho fortunos were made
through shrewd Investments In real es
tate London now has six underground
electric railways (tubes) In operation,
and flvo more aro undor construction
or projected. Tho railways of London,
underground nnd surface, carry more
than 1)00,000,000 persons each year, of
which underground Hues nccommodato
258,000,000. There are nearly 000 rail
way stations In Orenter London, and
Into tho trunk lino stations nlono there
pour annually more than 300,000 pas
sengers. A dip Into an olllclal return showed
that there aro 1,201 Loudon cabmen
between tho ages of IK) and 70, 210 bo
twecn tho nges of 70 and SO, while 7
return their ago between 80 and l0.
Ono almost suspects these seven old
patriarchs of having carried sedan
chairs In tho pregrowlor days. At nil
ovents, thoy aro n living advertisement
of London as a houlth nnort, with beef
steak, overcoat and inufttcr. London
Chronlclo.
Tho name "Polly," applied to the
parrot, Is said to havo been brought
to tho North In an early day by flat
boatmen, who took grain nnd provis
ions down the Ohio and Mississippi
rivers to New Orleans. Parrots were
In cages at the doors of many French
shops and the Westerners heard the
French say to the bird, "Parlex, par
ies," pronounced "parley, and meaning
"speak! speak I" This word, as they
brought It back, came to bo polly.
SUCKS 1,800 MILES AT SEA.
Bird Circle Around Htcainahlp, Tak
In It (or au lalaud.
The Oceanic Steamship Company's
liner Mariposa, Captain Lawless, ar
rived from Tahiti with twenty-three
passengers and a cargo of tropical
products. Among the passengers was
W. h Doty, former American consul
at Papeete and recently promoted to
represent Undo Sam In Persia as Unit
ed States consul.
The Interests' of America In Persia
have been represented hitherto by tho
secretary of tho British, legation a Te
heran, who acted as United States vice
consul whenever necessity arose. This
government, lwwever, recently appoint
ed three consuls for Persia, among
them Mr. Doty, whoso post will bo at
Fabrls. This Is In the same latitude as
San Francisco and Is one of the most
Inaccessible consular posts In the world.
In Journeying to his new station Con
sul Doty will have to travel camel
back for 1,500 miles.
On the afternoon of Nov. 0 Captain
Lawless was surprised to see twelve
black and whlta ducks flying overhead.
They came from the eastwurd. After
circling around the Mariposa a num
ber of times, as If they were wondering
what kind of an Island the liner was,
the ducks wheeled Into line and re
sumed their flight, heading due wast.
The ducks were 1,900 miles from San
Francisco and 1,300 miles froaa Ha
waii, tka nearest land. Baa FraacUc
Call.
Oil PaJattaa of Aaeteat Dare.
Oil painting was an art tkoroaghly
understood by the ancients, bat was
lest sight of and only revived about tka
ead the thirteenth century, A. IX
ST. PAUL MINN. f
Alfred J. Krank
(Successor to SCIINEUi & KRANK.)
DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OP
BARBERS' FURNITURE
AND SUPPLIES
FINE CUTLERY
RAZOR WORK A SPECIALTY.
142 n. Sixth St., Opp. Ryan Hotel.
St. Paul,
Minnesota
Aguilas and
Seal of Minnesota
Cigars
ARE SOLD ON ALL TRAINS
Kubles &, Stock Co.
MAKERS
ST. PAUL - - MINNESOTA
EL FIRMA and
DUKE OF PARMA
CIGARS
You Will Like Them
HART & MURPHY, Makers
ST. PAUL
Established 182
Incorporated 1900
GRIGGS, COOPER & GO.
Manufacturers, Importers
and Wholesale Grocero
242-264 East Third Street
ST. PAUL MINN.
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THE ONLY WAY"
Have your Baggage checked from hotel and Residences over
any railroad to any place in United States by -
Omaha Transfer Co.
Office 208 So. 14th St.
When Coming into' Omaha give your checks to our uniformed
agents on trains or at depot and receive cheapest and best service
New cabs to all parts ofcity.
! MINNEAPOLIS MINN, j
NORTH STAR
WOOLEN
MILL CO.
Manufacturer ol
Blankets, Flannels
and Blanketings
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Minneapolis , Minn.
A. 1UCIDAUL
C. A. Backdam.
A. Backdahl A, Co.
DRuaaievra.
Opposite Milwaukee Depot, inscriptions
are fully compounded. 113 Washington ave
nue South.
Minneapolis,
Minnesota
Wmmr
CYGNUS $3.50 SHOE
Manufactured by
North Star Shoe Co.
MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA
MINNEAPOLIS
OMNIBUS AND
MATTISON it
237 Hennepin Av
MINNEAPOLIS,
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UNION MEAT MARKET,
A. O.HASELER, Pro.
CHOICEST
FRESH M SILT MEATS
Oamo and Fish In Season.
Livingston, - - - - - Montana.
F. B. TOLHURST
Taxidermist
for the Tourist
OPPOSITE DEPOT,
Livingston, Montana.
GEO.W.HUSTED
Prescriptions, Drugs,
Patent Medicines, Ci
gars, Toilet Articles,
Finest Soda Fountain
on the N. P. Railway.
Opposite the Depot
This card entitles you to a trip through the
National l'ark, providing you patrouli
"THE SOLO"
And can make satisfactory arrangements with
the translocation companies,
The only first-class place of the kind in
Livingston. Bottle Good a specialty
FRANK BUSS, Proprietor
117 W. Park St LIVINGSTON, Mont
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8. Washington, Prop. I.. Wilkinson, Manager
The Alpha
Fine Wines, Liquors & Cigars
NICELY FURNISHED ROOMS
Headquarter" for Ilullroml and All ProT
fcnaional Peoplo.
Phone Pacific 151
101 N. Tark St., PORTLAND, OREGON ,
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S. T. McATEE
Fancy Groceries, Bakery
Goods and Meats .
Supplies for Dining and Private
Can Given Special Attention j j
230-32 Main St. 22941 Pearl St.
Tckpbooc 191
Council Bluffs Iowa
For Medicinal Purposes
Wo recommend our
Black Buffalo
Pure Rye Whiskey
Unexcelled in
Quality and Excellence
The Pederson Mercantile Co.
Wholesale Liquor Importer and
Wholesale Liquor Dealer
Northwestern Agents Anheuser-Busch Brew,
lng Association' Celebrated "Bndwelser" Beer
CARRIAGE UNI
FOYE, Proprietor.
Nicollet Houm Block
MINNESOTA
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