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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1900.
First Arrival of
Spring Tailor Suits
Suits that will please the most fastidious
as to style, quality and tailoring.
Of BcMMckbora Tweeds and striped
Tailor Suitings la the Spites shades
of grays, modes and navies.
NEW THINGS IN
CRUSH BELTS
More New Dress Goods
Taltor and Demler Checks.
Skirt Plaids, Plain Homespuns.
PlaM-wack
Three Days' Special of Ladles' Hosiery
and Underwear
OUT SISB-
JPaet black cotton hose,
ftitt fashioned, Mek
spaced heels. double soles
and toes. Sic hose at
Fleece lined cotton hose.
full fashioned; fast Mack;
c grade, at
23c pr
25c pr
Infants' New Eiderdown
Colors, pink, blue and cream; daintily
PORTLAND-NEW ORLEANS
ILLINOIS OHSVTRAL "WILL establish
XX AGKSOl HERE.
Company Will Skip Cotton From the
SewCk te tkc OrleHt via Colum
bia River.
The Itttnote Central railroad will estab
lish a commercial agency and ticket offlce
la Portland at an early date. Th-s is an
assured fact. It mesne that this great
system of railroads, whose branches rami
fy the cotton-growing section of the South
and the gralngrowing states of the Kiddle
"West, is looking for Oriental trade, and
that Immense quantities of Illinois and
Iowa corn and Lower Mississippi valley
cotton will be shipped from the port of
Portland to China, Japan and all the
Orient.
J. T. Hanrahaa, second vice-president; SI.
H. Hanson, general passenger agent, and
M. C. Markham. assistant traffic man
ager, were In Portland yesterday in Mr.
Hanrahan's private car, having come to
the Pacific coast to look over the situa
tion and to study the prospect for Ori
ental trade.
We now have, said Mr. Hanrahan, last
evening, "direct connections over our own
tracks from New Orleans, Natchez, Mem
phis, Vlcksburg, Louisville, St. Louis and
Chicago to Omaha, and we have amicable
arrangements with all roads from that
point into Portland. We cover all the
great cotton-producing country of the
South and the great gralnproduclng sec
tions of the states of Illinois and Iowa,
and have formed a direct line to the Pa
cific at Portland. The Illinois Central has
6000 miles of its own tracks which run
through the richest lands on the continent.
This territory Is opened up to Portland's
shipping Interests. There is a demand in
the Orient for Southern cotton. It 1e
now being loaded at Memphis, V cksburg
and New Orleans. Many thousands of
miles can be caved by hauling the cotton
to Portland and loading it here. This will
be far the cheapest and quickest route, and
we prefer to encourage it. because it gives
us a much longer haul.
"Some Southern states' cotton has been
sent to the far Seat already by way of
Vancouver, and much more will come
through Portland as soon as means of
ocean transportation have been secured."
Mr. Hanrahan said that no details of
the establishment of the Portland offlce
had been made, but that It would be done
within a very short time. This is his
first visit to Oregon, and he was some
what surprised at the wealth and solidity
of the metropolis of the Pacific North
west. In connection with the establishment of
an Illinois Central agency in Portland, it
Is worthy of note that S. H. Harriman is
one of ite managing directors, and that
his influence in the board is probably
greater than that of any other man. Mr.
Harriman is the strongest personality In
the Union Pacific, Oregon Short Line and
O. R. Sc N.. Inasmuch as he represents
not only the traffic but the financial In
terests involved in the Portland-Omaha
line. He is scarcely less a controlling per
sonality In the Illinois Central. For these
treasons, a good understanding and har
monious working arrangement between the
Illinois Central and the Union Pacific and
allied lines te fraught with great nosei-
feliities for Portland. It is not too much
to say that It mar lad to practically a
through line between Portland and New
Orleans.
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WO SYMPATHY FOR THE BOERS
Miner "Whs Spoilt Five Years in the
Transvaal Talks of the AVar.
J. B. Dttton, & mining man, who spent
nearly five years In the Transvaal, te at
the St. Charles. He thinks it only a ques
tion of time when the British will con
auer the Boers and that "after th Tlutrh
have been treated to one good licking,
they will become discouraged and scatter.'
He believes that every available Boer in
the Transvaal Is now In the field, and that
the Boer arm must, therefore, become
weaker as the war proceed.
"Who does the work at home while the
Boers are swarding the passes?"
"The KaJBrs. The Boer never works,
and so his absence from, home makes no
difference. These Kaffirs are captured
-when the Boers are at war with native
tribes, and they are then need as serfs,
a pood deal like those of Ruooia used to
be The Boer will ride a horse or take
charge of an ox team, but he is always
assisted by the blacks, who take care of
the stock."
Although no soldier, Mr. DMes thinks
General White should have Mown up the
railroad tunnel at Lain nek. and thus
cut the Boers off frcm their base of sup
pile This would also have prevented
them from entrenching themselves around
Ladysmlth. and given the British soldiers
a great advantage In the outset
He considers the Boers are a tyrannical
set who want all the liberty tor them
delves but none for the UiUanders, as
English-speaking people are called. Ootn
Paul's government Is not only intolerant
dui corrupt, nu nr un wi .i...
will soon take entire poasemon or tne
country, thus assuring equal rights te alt
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CHANGE OF BILL TONIGHT.
Arrk-a-resHe Will Be Presented
at Osrdr-s Theater.
Roa4eaults famous Irtt comedy, "Ar-
rah-na-Pocua," will ba presented "by the 1
Moore-Bonercs company . - w
night ad W"! ttractkm tor the
remainder of the week. This Is one of
the best Irish comedies ever written, and.
although 't has been played for many
years Is e tr wtleome. It ha been thor
oughly rehearsed by the company, and
Mr. Roberts believes that It will prove
one of the strongest attractions he has
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Skirts made -with box pleat backs,
percaltne lined and velvet bound. Jack
ets tight fitting, single or double-breast
and silk lined.
Of best silk ribbon, plain, striped or
corded, solid colors, or fancy effects,
with, seal leather fastenings.
Galashiels Tweeds,
Bannockburn Tweeds, and
Evening shades.
Fleece lined cotton, hose,
fast black, double heels,
toes and soles; 40c value,
at
VESTS AND PANTS
Natural gray wool plated,
correctly shaped; pants
with French bands; 65c
values, at
27c pr
49c ea
Jackets at 40c Each
silk stitched and ribbon trimmed.
ever put on. The play will be staged
according to the directions of the play
wright himself, whose copy of the manu
script is In Mr. Cordray'a possession. The
advance sale has been a very large one
for tonight and for the remaining perform
ances, and there Is every prospect that
the theater will be packed for the rest
of the week, including the matinee.
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NATIONAL MUSEUM REPORT
Exhaustive Chronicle of Fornminif
era, Finely Illustrated.
The report of Charles D. Walcott, act
ing assistant secretary in charge of the
United States national museum, upon the
work accomplished in the various depart
ments of the museum during the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1897, has just been
Issued. A copy has been received by The
Oregonian. Some .Idea of the growth and
importance of this institution can be
formed from the fact that this report,
with appendices and papers describing
and illustrating collections In the mu
seum, comprise ovor a thousand pages
of letter press, beside some 150 finely exe
cuted full-page plates and numerous il
lustrations. Among the contents of the volume ara a
number of papers describing and illus
trating collections in the museum, as fol
lows: Recent foramlnifora, a descriptive
catalogue of specimens dredged by the
United States fish commission steamer
Albatross. The foraminifera are minute
aquatic, mostly marine, animals, having
semifluid bodies composed of granular
protoplasms inclosed in shells or cases.
They are Interesting objects of study to
the biologist or geologist, but, except for
their beauty and delicacy of structure,
would not arrest the attention of the
casual observer. An exhaustive article on
pipes and smoking customs of the Ameri
can aboriginal, profusely illustrated, cov
ers 300 pages.
There is also an Illustrated paper on the
properties of minerals, and an Interesting
article on Easter island, in the southern
Pacific. It Is of volcanic origin, celebrat
ed for the number of large stone idols
foiind there, the work of an ancient race
almost entirely destroyed) by some calam
ity. The present Inhabitants live in
houses made from lumber which formed
the cargo of an Oregon vessel wrecked
there some years ago. "The Man's Knife
Among the North American Indians," a
study of articles In the museum, pro
fusely Illustrated, covers some 20 pages.
Nearly 200 pages are devoted to an arti
cle on arrowpolnts, spearheads and
knives of prehistoric times, illustrated
with hundreds of cuts of every imagina
ble form of such articles from all parts of
the United States and foreign countries.
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MAY ORGANIZE TODAY.
Oregon
Bureau of Mines to Be
Launched.
A meeting of the incorporators and
others interested in the recently Incor
porated Oregon Bureau of Mines will be
held this morning at 31 o'clock in the
office of L. B. Cox, in the Chamber of
Commerce building. At this meeting it is
probable that the mining exchange will
be fully organized and placed on a working
basts.
W. P. Kinney, secretary of the Mining
Stock Exchange, of Colorado Springs, was
in the city yesterday, and by invitation
met a dozen or more gentlemen who ara
Interested in the Oregon Bureau of Mines,
at Ladd & Tilton's bank, and explained
to them at length the workings of the
institution of which he is secretary, and
the benefits it has bestowed on Colorado
Springs and on the state.
Mr. Kinney said that at the time of the
organization at Colorado Springs, Cripple
Creek was an unknown quantity, and the
towns had suffered much from the opera
tions of curbstone brokers, but, through
the influence of the exchange, as much
progress bad been made in mine develop
ment In a few years as would have been
accomplished In a century through pri
vate agencies alone.
He said that the natural advantages are
greater In Portland, apparently, than they
were in and around Colorado Springs be
fore the organization of the exchange,
and that Portland has a better showing
for success than his town did when the
organization was made there.
Mr. Kinney said he saw no reason why
the Portland enterprise snould not be emi
nently successful, and he advised those
interested to organize on a sound and
staple basis, and to fight shy of all booms,
schemes and properties whose values are
i unknown.
I Mr. Kinney described at length the
workings of the stock exchange of which
he is secretary, and answered many ques
tions asked him.
GOOD TRAIN SERVICE.
Between Portland and Chicago Via
the O. n. & X.
The time to Chicago by either of the O.
R. & N. trains, the St Paul fast mail, or
the Portland-Chicago special, is only
three and a half days. This is several
hours faster than by any other route
from the coast The cars nn nithaf
the above trains are new and strictly u
vo aaie. Being ntted with all the latest
improvements, and are vestlbuled through
out Dining cars are attached to all
trains, thus doing away with the pro
verbial " minutes for dinner."
For full information, call on
V. A SCHILLING.
City Ticket Agent, 254 Washington street
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Smoke Shells Suggested.
Chicago Times-Herald.
The great loss of life Incurred by the
English troops is mainly attributable to
the charges they have had to make across
open spaces in order to dislodge the en
emy from the sheltering kopje. In order
to minimise the death roll it has been
suggested that just before a charge takes
place smoke shells should be fired, which
would temporarily hide the English sol-
diets.
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OPENING OF ADVANCE STYLES
OF DRESS TRIMMINGS FOR 1900
Black and white silk fringes some in straight edges,
others in pointed effects. Another style is shown where
the silk fringe has a graceful applique scroll-design head
ing. Specially rich are the spangle bands, spangle gimps,
spangle headings. Row upon row of spangles, fash
ioned into waveline and scroll designs. '
$5.00 yard, $4.50, $3.75, $2.50, are the fair prices for
some of the best; $1.75, $1.25, $1.00, will purchase very
pretty new trimmings also; some as low prices as 25c,
too.
IN ART DEPARTMENT
New Battcnberg Point Lace Honiton Braids
DRESS GOODS -.
New rough effects in Dress Goods, specially made for tailor-made suits
SUGGESTIONS FOR EVENING WEAR
.Solid Colors The Correct Idea In the following
Point de A sheer silk and cotton fabric of finest texture, embroid-
Sole ered in self-colored dots. In pink, blue, lilac, cardinal,
60c yard new blue, gray, etc
Mouselinede Silk wash cotton filling, sheer material equal in finish
Sole and sheen to pure silk. Pink, blue, lilac, gray, new
50c yard blue, etc.
Stripe de
Sole
60c yard
Like point de soie, a .silk and cotton fabric with self
colored satin stripes. Pink, blue, lilac, gray, etc.
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PROPOSED SMELTER WILL DEVEL
OP UNTOLD WEALTH.
Any Quantity of Low-Grnde Ore
Avrnitincr Shipment, and Uncount
ed Tons In Sight.
S. P. White, a Clark county, Washing
ton, citizen, who was in Portland yester
day, said he was more than pleased at
the prospect of a smelter being set in
operation here, as he has unnumbered
tons of go'.d-bearlng rock in his mines
on the Washougal, 38 miles northeast of
the metropolis, and within sight of town
on a clear day. He has owned and devel
oped these diggings for the past 14 years,
but, owing to the distance to a smelter,
no ore has been shipped.
On the Blue Jacket, he says, he has a
tunnel' 114 feet long, and a shaft 150 feet
deep, which tap a 12-foot ledge of rock
that assays $7 to $31 a ton In gold, 15 per
cent copper, and shows traces of silver.
This ore can be shipped to Portland at an
expense of $1 a ton. The mine is 21 miles
distant from Washougal, and the building
of five miles of wagon road will give an
all down-hill grade to the bank of the
Columbia river, when the ore sacks can
be loaded on steamboats or barges for this
city.
"There are a great many claims up and
down tributaries of the Washougal," he
said, "which have undergone more or
less development within the past 10 years,
and we can go a long way toward keeping
SUPPOSED MURDERER
JA3CES Ij. WARREN, THE MISSING BOATSWAIN.
The murderer of "William Kirk, first mate othe American ship Clarence S. Bement, is now
supposed to be Jaiaei? I- Warren, whose picture Is herewith presented. The Portland police
have been VHtse every means within their power to trace "Warren, since the morning the
mate's body was found in hie cabin aboard t,he essel, January 24.
"Warren, who had shipped as boatswain on the essel, shortly after sot into a fight with
the crew, who threatened to quit unless he was discharged. Kirk was in charge of the vessel
while Captain Fernauld was in San Francisco, and he dismissed "Warren, but continued on
very friendly terms with him, having known him before. "Warren, in fact, spent eeveral
nlchts in Kirk's cabin, after the two had been in companionship all day, and he knew Kirk
had several hundred dollars in his possession, as the mate waa In the habit of handing the
men arloue amounts from dOFOritq In his possession. ,
On the morning of the murder "Warren disappeared, and no trace of his whereabouts has
yet come to light. He Is well known in Puget sound ports, and has beea master of a veasel
out of Seattle. His last command was the schooner Hera, which was wrecked on the coast
of Vancouver Island last fall. The cargo caught fire, and an attempt had been made to beach
her.
On his arrival In' Portland last month, "Warren took up hla quarters at the sailor board-Ing-hooae
of Sullivan & Grant, but he gave n name, and was only known as "the boat
swain" to the sailors with whom he associated.
Should "Warren b apprehended, the detectives have doubts ss to their ability to convict
him, unless he is found In possession cf two watches known to have disappeared from the
mate's cabin on the night of the murder. The only circumstance that points to him as being
the guilty one is the fact of his disappearing so suddenly and mysteriously. That he will
soxne day be brought baok to Portland to fac hi accuser?. Chief McLauchlan has no doubt;
bat it may be from some very distant seaport, as "Warren had money enough as a result of
the robbery tb carry him to the uttermost bounds of the earth.
Warren is an American, 34 years of age, has sandy hair and mustache, and the index
finger of the right hand is mUsing. He usuallj dresses well, and Is a man of very good ad
dress, though poesesstrg & violent temper, which frequently gets him into trouble, and has
given him the character of a "hard caee," according to the police.
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a smelter busy ourselves. Portland capi
talists with a shrewd eye to the future
have purchased groups of ledges along
the Little Washougal, and work on these
progressed steadily all last summer, and
the present winter. The result Is a large
amount of good ore on the dumps, only
awaiting a smelter to ship to. On the
Blue Bird, or has been struck that will
go $500 to the ton in gold, and 30 10,75
ounces in silver. The ore chute here ' is
30 feet wide, having been cross-cut with a
68-foot tunnel.
"The Gray Eagle group has ore that
goes high In copper, but its development
has been retarded because there is no
place to ship the ore."
He thinks that district will be one of the
richest mining regions in the world, with
in five years, and yet it is only a few
hours' travel from Portland, while people
have been rushing to Alaska and British
America without paying any attention to
what is right under their noses here at
home.
"At night, from our mines," he says,
"we can plainly see the electric lights of
Portland glittering while the city's people
are also asleep to the great wealth slum
bering Imbedded in their own hills. A
smelter here will rectify all this." "
"Will Rebuild Hotel.
At Troutdale, where the hotel and sev
eral other small buildings were swept
away by fire several weeks ago, a large
hotel Is to be erected to take the place
of the one burned down. It will be three
stories, and will be a credit to the pla.ee,
and it is thought it "will be needed. Trout
dale is a great shipping point for railway
ties, and many men are employed In load
ing ties for shipment. If the spur is built
to the Cone Bros, sawmill, for which a
route has been surveyed, it will still fur
ther add to the importance of the place.
OF WILLIAM KIRK.
561st Friday
urprise
Tomorrow Only
Boys' and Misses'
Fast Black, Ribbed
A PAIR
Spliced heel and toe; sizes
5 to 9; excellent value.
See Display
In Fifth-Street
Window.
LEASE OF PUBLIC LANDS
SPOKANE XXD BOISE INDORSE
PORTLANIVS ACTION.
Both Cities Promise to Work for the
Defeat of All Measures Sow
" Before Congress,
But little business came before the reg
ular monthly meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce yesterday afternoon. So busy
have the trustees been each -week since
the annual meeting in January that all
bulness matters before the chamber have
been cleaned up, or are in fair way of
completion. Reports were received from
the chambers of commerce in Spokane
and Boise City indorsing the action of
the Portland body regarding the proposed
law to lease public pasture land. An
other communication was received from a
private individual in San Francisco ask
ing the chamber to Indorse by resolution
or , otherwise the shipping subsidy bill
now before congress. This was simply
referred to the trustees, where it doubt
less will sleep.
President Taylor and Secretary Fleisch
ner were both present when the meeting
was called to order. The minutes of the
last convention were affirmed. The work
of the trustees since the previous monthly
meeting, being so well known, was not
reviewed. Levi W. Myers, a resident of
Portland, but not a member of the Cham
ber of Commerce, had In the hands of the
secretary a, long communication asking
the chamber to protest against ratification
of the Pauncefote-riay treaty between
the United States and Great Britain, and
demanding that construction of the NIc
aTaugua canal be made a separate issue.
The matter did not impress those present
as a proper one to be taken up at this
time, and the communication was laid
on the table.
The following communication from the
Boise City chamber of commerce was read:
"I. N. Fleischrfer, Secretary Portland
Chamber of Commerce. TVe are in receipt
of your communication of February S,
with inclosed resolutions adopted by you,
regarding the leasing of public lands ly
ing west of the 99th meridian.
"Replying will say -that the board of
directors of the Boise chamber of com
merce, at a meeting held on the 10th inst.,
unanimously passed a similar resolution,
and have also sent copies of the same
to the members of the Idaho delegation
in congress, requesting them to use their
united Influence In defeating any measure
now pending in congress bearing upon this
subject. "We fully appreciate the im
portance of this matter to the entire
Northwest.
"We are also in receipt of a communi
cation from the National Irrigation As
sociation of Chicago, touching In a way
on the leasing of public lands. As- you
are more thoroughly Informed on this
subject, will you kindly notify us if such
is In any wise antagonistic to the resolu
tion passed by your chamber? Kindly
return the enclosure.
"Wishing the proposition success, and
thanking you for the interest you have
taken, we are, very truly, the Boise Cham
ber of Commerce,
"W. E. PIERCE, President."
From Spokane came the same heartv
assurance of support In defeating the land-
leasing measure now In congress. Mr.
Zan cave notice that at the next meetlne
he would move an amendment to the by-
laws regarding meeting, which gave rise
to some dlpcusslon.
FINE VALENTINE PARTY.
Bible Class of 221 Have an Enjoyable
Evening.
The girls' Bible class of the First Pres
byterian church gave a delightful party
last night in honor of the anniversary of
good St. "Valentine. The class, which was
organized by Mrs. Dr. Ford-Warren only
two years ago, contains 221 members, and
is the largest one in the United States.
The party given last evening is one of a
series given every three weeks.
The Sunday school room, in which the
party took place, was suitably decorated
for the occasion. Long strings of Oregon ,
grape roofed the entire hall, and upon
this was hung large hearts of a deep red
color. Coming in from the hallway was
a complete lattice work of the same ma
terial, while choice flowers of various
kinds were placed around the room.
The programme was rendered by mem
bers of the clas9 only. The Warren string
orchestra opened with "The First Sun
day in Church," and gave a reverie for art
encore. The girls have been organized
less than two months, and already play
like professionals. The recitations by Miss
Ballls went far to show her versatility
In dialect Her first number was "A
Yankee in London," the second "An Irish
man in a Street-Car." Mr. Palascious
played "Salute to Spain' on the bandurla,
with "Caprice Brilllante" for a well
merited encore, x
The feature of the evenign then came
In the way of a vocal solo by Miss Helen
Goes, entitled "You and I." from, the pen
of Liza Lehman. Miss Goss' voice ap
peared' to be at Its best last night, and her
high tones were exceedingly clear. Her
response was "Neapolitan Boat Song."
by Denza. "Non e Vev" was next played
on the French horn oy Miss Jones. After
much applause, she played "I Have
Cotton Hose
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In Dress Goods
New Gray and Brown
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New ZIbettne Plaids
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The newest and smallest
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New Stripes' and Plaids.
Other popular Shirt
"Waist materials are
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Silk-Striped Dimity,
Foulardines and Zepayrines.
Ladies' Tailor Suits
Children's Jackets
Sizes 2 to 6 years, and
Children's Capes
Sizes 6 to 12 years, And
Ladies' Jersey Waists
New styles just received!
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New Silk-Front
Negligee Shirts,
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Weight.
Boy's Wear
New "Waists,
New Vestee Suits,
New two-piece Suits.
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Sighed to Rest Me." Miss Jones plays
beautifully, and has traveled with a la
dies' band in the East for nearly two
years. Mies Hotter then recited "Miss
Penelope P." very well, after which the
orchestra closed the exercises with
"Dreams."
Refreshments were served in the way
of ice-cream and cake. Then the real fun
began. Valentines, cut in half, were given
out, one-half to a boy, and one-half to a
girl, while the amusement came by "going J
around to find the missing half and thae
read the love poetry, AH present were
reluctant to go home until nearly mid
night. PORTLAND WAKING UP.
"Will Hereafter Reorganize and En
courage the Mining Industry.
Lewiston Tribune.
Portland Is undergoing an awakening to
ward industrial affair in the Northwest.
A smelter company has been organized
there and the most conservative men in
the city have subscribed freely to the en
terprise. A few days previously a mining
exchange was organized to handle and pro
mote the mining interests of Oregon, Ida
ho and adjoining sections. The turn Port
land is taking toward the mining industry
Is significant. It has not been long since
that center of wealth and conservatism
took especial pride in its exemption from.
the follies and uncertainties of mining, and
discouraged and derided the energies of
less selfish localities in that direction.
Instead of contributing to the opportuni
ties that the varied mineral resources of
the country have afforded to industrious
and needy men, Portland has boastingly
excluded theee fundamental values and
occupations from the legitimate means by
which men might acquire a living and
a competency. The result has been unfor
tunate for Portland and ror legitimate in
dustry. Instead of stimulating the ex
traction of new and clean wealth from the
earth with all of its resulting benefactions,
Portland has been concent to leave the
basic operations, to others, while still ex
pecting to participate in the usufruct.
But by all the known laws of fairness
and reciprocity, the usufruct has gone
elsewhere, and Portland is now realizing
its mistake. That city has been dil gent
and unsparing in providing for the esthe
tic eido of its population, and has de
voted great sums and broad enterprise
in building parks, libraries, public edifices,
cheap transportation and similar useful
municipal adornments and utilities. A.
city has been made there fit to charm the
senses and indulge the desire of a people
of independent minds and circumstances.
But probably there is no city of opulence
and pretensions where the horizon of the
poor is so limited and their lot so hope
less. The reason Is the. city has failed
to look to the earth for the abundance
that can only come from the earth. The
trouble began with that and grew with
the spirit that contended that the true
function of mankind was to deal in mar
gins on goods and to exact interest tolls
from the necessities and enterprises of
others. The scheme of the universe was
not organized on that line, and no satis
factory success was ever attained on that
line. If men may not go into the mountains
and channels- for the precious and useful
metals that constitute the great force that
binds and loosens every fiber and fabric
of organized society, they may at least
extend encouragement and assistance to
those that do.
Portland has virtually regarded mining
as a- speculation, and, contrary to all the
. known rules and percentages of commerce.
It was willing to Invest its money and
its commercial honor in wildcat banking
and impossible Insurances, because there
was a conventional table of percentages
that could be calculated. If not achieved;
but there was no proven ratio of returns
that could be reliably anticipated from a
mining adventure, and consequently min
ing was visionary and uncommercial.
Portland knows, or, at least, has evidence
enough to know, differently now, and there
it pverv reason to believe that the entire
Northwest will be the better for fee con- j
version of this commercial giant. Ail
through the Northwest the knowledge that
any one of a score of Spokane mining
firms is operating in a district inspires
a feeling of confidence that there will
be employment for men, a market for
products and, perhaps, a permanent camp
in the silence and wilds of the mountain
side. Portland has beenworse than
laegard In the work of bringing out the
free riches of the earth within its proper
field, but it has suffered for its derelic
tions and is endeavoring to repair its
failure and error.
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Chicken Thieves Operating-.
Chicken thieves have been operating in
the neighborhood of East Eleventh and
East Market streets. The other night the
poultry-house of Mrs. Rebecca. Peffer, who
lives at 315 East Eleventh street, was
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Daring this, the test week of csi
Remnant Sale, we allow purcha:
speti discount of 10 per (o- c
Rajaaant Sale prices on Kemnan s
the following Uses: Silks, I
Goods, Ginghams, Calicos, C l ,
FteRBte, Muslins, Sheetings, En: :
deries, Laces, Ribbons, Linings T .
mings, Table Linens, Towels, Nap' 3
and Table Cloths.
raided, and a clean sweep made A
places had been raided Mrs. PeffT w
ed her chickens, but to spite of -cautions
she lost them. Her 1 -, "
peared at the same time, but h -come
back. Angeio Cereghlno t
at 316 Saet Market street, is aKu .i
of poultry, and others In the same r
borhood are In the mme category .
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Tbe r Army.
Frank Leslie's Popular Month
Intagtoe an army of expert rUN-m " :r '.
riders, animated by the sentimtr. 3 r ' :
hymn and fighting, not in batt i
cording to military methods, but f r i c
bush, after the manner of the An
Indians. Such has been, and in a
measure still is, the Boer army
it the British have gone down in bb a. ;
defeat, because they failed to rck a w
this Invisible host. British troops ; i :
past have marched across the Su x ,.
rican plateau and have been um (
locate the Boer army. Sometimes a u
er on horseback would be seen 'Ih .
m the distance, galloping rapid y i. -i
tag a moment to sesn the plain TV" ' :
would disappear as If the earth had tsi
lowed him. Regarding these varvis
figures as frightened ranchmen h ir
to escape the nwaders, the English c
ers thought little about them, an 1 1
ly marched forward, confident in
ability to crash the disconcerted ir j.--
t&MtS.
Suddenly, from behind in-numpnu i
kopjes, or htltocka, deadly un."
fustlade would begin to decimate x'-v
vaders the fatal accuracy of the L !
nre resulting in the destruction or c im
pelling the capitulation of the ene in I
such warfare every member of i L
I commando Is, in many ways his ov g
eral, flghtmg without explicit ord
finding has own fortress behind 7
available rock or mound, and thn '
maneuvering as his own military cur.;
may dictate.
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FowerfHl Naval BHariiies.
Philadelphia Record
The engines of the new British. 1 1
ship Montague are to be the mrx-- i a
ful ever placed In a man-of-war T
are to develop 18468 lnolicatel I
power. There will be two se's of (r
expansion engines and 36 BelleM1!? 1
ers, which will coat JB150,(0 Tb f
cost of the vessel will be over Jul "
MAN AND WIFE.
See ChRMSfes as They Change.
To sweeten sour human nature, Te of
the best methods is to leave off ff t
It stves vou dyspepsia or mak'-s lOi
nervous.
"I asked husband this morning t w :
out a testimonial for the Postum i r
Co., and fjom It I quote, 'I am pi i
to be able to state that my wife lu.3 h
eured of sick headaches and g v i.
cussednese" by leaving o coffee ml a
tog your Postum Food Coffee. My nurr
is now a happy one.'
"I am forced to admit that hL- 31 k n
tains more than a modicum of tn.it1- '
I find now that I have complete con t i
my nerves, while formerly I was o'u 1 ir
ritable, and husband himself has
entirely cured of Insomnia by lea r
eoffee and taking up Postum He -.
now like a baby, from the time hf 3 .
to bed, until morning, and perhaps h. 3 !
Improvement is partly a reason for 7 3
seeing such an Improvement in m- At
any rate, our old sickness and tr ur 3
have disappeared.
"I had tried everything for my a'"
headaches, but as long ae I stuck t. t
coffee, the headaches stuck to m It
took us a little while to learn that wa j
must follow the directions in making 1
turn, In order to obtain a really pair 1 j
delicious beverage. People must gtt j -
the Idea that they can make it ir i-y
kind of a slipshod way and have it go
The great element in making good I '-
turn Is to allow it plenty of time to r
That Is certainly simple enough a-11
when the cook becomes accustomed
making Postum, one can depend upon a
regular quality every morning
"I know people who seem to be aos
to drink coffee, with no bad effects a 1
I on the other hand, I know that pru 1
one-half of all my friends are more or 1
unpleasantly affected with coffee, w n
they persist In using It, but Postum ' 13
obtained a strong hold since Its vi 1 3
have become known, and a grat mav
of our friends are steady users of F 3' m
a , 1& p, o ordmaxy coffee, vl : 1
may be sure every family that has
Postum for even one month will be r-i
to testify to the improvement in hex 1.
'If you should publish this leM -
please suppress my name, as I nav a!
horror of undue notoriety. If any
will take the trouble to write you f r m
name and address, I will certain.: a"
swer any questions that may be askd, I
and furnish satisfactory evidence to su :-1
stantiate my statements. Respeotfu'ly,
Mrs. , Hyde Park, London. "an.