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Tin MOTTNG 0"REGOKIA2s: TVEDESDAY, OCTOBEE 31, 1&00. 10 NOT FIT TO GOVERN Captain Harry Wells' Analysis of Filipino Capacity. NATIVES ARE NOT HARMONIOUS Attj- Government Set Up for Them Would Fall After tlie Troops "Were "WIthdravrn. Few officers who have served In the Philippines have acquired so Intimate a knowledge of Filipino chancter as Cap tain. Harry I. "Wells, pi the Second Oregon. He has made frequent contributions to newspapers on the Filipinos and has al ways written entertainingly and impar tially. In a speech at Palo Alto. CaL, last Friday night, CapUin Wells dis cussed the governmental capabilities of the Filipinos and Drought out facts that will appeal to the unbiased mind as strong and pertinent. Captain Wells said that talk of giving the Tagals republi can, government is nonsense, and that any government which might be set up would not hold together after the American troops had been withdrawn. Captain Wells' speech follows: 'The Philippine Islands exceed 1200 in number, only about a dozen of them, however, being of any considerable size. Their total arei approximates 140,000 square miles, and they extend from north io south a distance exceeding 1000 miles. These various islands are Inhabited by not less than E0 different tribes, nearly all of them of 3Ialay stock, but speaking different languages and dialects to such an extent that in many places the people cannot understand the speech of others living but a. few miles distent. Not only that, but the great masses of the people are In utter ignorance of the geography of the islands and even of the existence of the other tribes. Many of them do not know the name, of the adjoining prov ince to the one In which they live. I arked quite an intelligent one once In telligent enough to speak Spanish, at least about the island of Mlndoro, the third largest of the group, and he did not even know of its existence. "The population is variously estimated from S.OCO.OO to lO.OOO.OiX). The most nu merous tribes arc the Tagals, occupying the centwr of L-uxon Tsland; the Iliocos, oc cupying he northern end, and the Bicols. the southern end of the sa.me island: the "Viavans, inhabiting the central Islands of the archipelaero, and the Moros, the great Island of Mindanao, at the south ern extremity of the group, .and the Sulu Iplandr. jesf below it Thefe tribes have a. varying degree of clvJlration, from the absolute swage of the small interior tribes, to the partially civilized Tagals about Manila. Not only ilo they vary in language, but In customs and religion. The partly clvil'zed -tribes of the northern and central Islands are CathMics In vary ing degrees. In the larger csnters of population and trade the religion ap proaches pure Catholicism, but as you progress from those centers It becomes mixed with native superstitions and re ligious rites until at last Christianity dis appears altos-ctfher. The Moros of the southern inlands not only rpeak a dif ferent languap-e from the Tagals of the north, have different tribal customs md are In the mass ignorant of their very existence, but they are utterly hostile to them In religion, being Mohammedans. Iernorant and Inharmonious. "It is all these incongruous elements, many inharmonious tribes, speaking dif ferent tongues, mutually ignorant of the existence of each other and of the very country In which thpy live, and hostile in religion and Immemorial customs, which many ignorant people in this country Imagine could carry on an independent republican form of government The idea is an utter absurdity. There is no com mon ground for them to stand upon, even were they possessed of the Intelligence and the necessary instinct of govern jnent A common government for the people of the Philippine Islands is an Impossibility, especially so one In which the various tribes are to participate joint ly; What we shall hre to do will be to adapt the government in various dis tricts to xhe capacity and needs of the popple of tho.-G districts, giving to the mo're highly civilized h territorial form of' government, in which they w ill partici pate, and to the lower permitting their old tribal relations. to continue, super vised and restricted by our own author ity. Any effort to bring them all to gether under one form of government which embraces participation of the peo ple in i representative and legislative way beyond the purest local affairs will be. a -failure from- the very beginning. The Irmnrscnt Tasrnls. "Now let us put to one side all the other tribes and turn our attention to the Tagals, Dae ones who arc in insur rection .-gainst the authority of the "United fctates. Tney number approxi mately 2,0W),C00, or not more than a quir ttf 6f -the population of the entire 'anchl pelago. Tney may be divided into two classes the full-blood Indian and the Mestizo, or half-cast, though the divid ing line is not strongly marked, there existing every degree of mixture from the single drcp of white blood on one side to theingic drop of black blood on the other. The greatest admixture of for eign blood in the Mestizos Is Chinese, the next greatest Spanish, and the remainder of various nationalities English, German, Japanese, eta The Chinese Mestizos are the brainiest and most energetic. The Mestizos, constitute the wealthy class and transact all the business or the Islands fioFlh the hands of pure blood Chinese and .other foreigners. The Tagal proper has no commercial instinct ana no In dustrial impulses. It Is this shiftless. Ignorant Indian class that constitutes SO per cent of the population, even In the moit highly civilized tribe of Tagals, while the Mestizos are but 10 per cent 7t i& heen "then the wealth, education, enterprise, commercial and industrial ac tivity are confined to tnls comparatively small class of Mestizos. They constitute the aristocracy and are in tiTect feudal lords of the country. Some of them are highly educated and very gentlemanly, indeed, in their deportment I never ex pect to be treated with more genuine courtesy and hospitality than I have been at the homes of some of these Mestizos. '1 remember particularly attending a fiesta at San Fernando as the guest of Senor Hosario, of Manila, going with his family by train. Agulnaldo was present, end I had a good opportunity .to observe niin, as. indeed, I had upon other occa sions. There was a review by him of the niipino Army in that department a grand banquet at the government house, and in the evening a ball at a fine private residence. But for the little differences of costume, complexion and language, the banquet and ball might well have been high functions in the United States, so far as elegance and deportment were con cerned. If all, or If any considerable part, of the Filipinos were like these ed ucated and wealthy Mestizos,, there might he some hope of a successful effort at carrying on an Independent government there by the Tagals and embracing only the Tagal territory, but with only a few thousand of this 'class, not all of them well educated either, and the remainder of the population densely Ignorant un ambitious and Indolent the effort would be a hopeless one. Any government of the Tagals at all must bo an oligarchy, a government by this small Mestizo class only. nd to call it a republican govern ment would be- farcical. Nor could It comprehend other tribes, except as it was iorced upon them at the muzzle of the rifle by the more -warlike and energetic Tagals, as is the case with the present insurgent government Such an effort would produce a condition ot continuous Srifej "unless our Government undertook the task of helping the Tagals impose their government upon the other tribes, which Mr. Bryan seems to contemplate when he declares that he would establish a stable government of the natives there and then pull out a government which would not remain stable 10 minutes after the United States Army left. "Now then let us understand what the Agulnaldo government is, or rather was, for it has no existence today except in that leader's hat Agtj'naldo is a Chines; Mestizo, now about 30 years of age. A great deal of imaginative romance has been written about him. The facts are that he Is not so highly educated as many others, nor so strong Intellectually as other leaders of the insurrection, but he possesses the faculty of leadership and a good fund of stubbornness and per sistence, a general Fil'plno characteristic. They are naturally belligerent, but not brave: persistent to an. unusual de gree, but not possessed of stamina. This explains why they are lighting the Amer icans and why the war drags along in a guerrilla fashion, without the Insurgents over having made a single creditable of fensive fight or determined stand aga'nst an attack. If the Filipino had only the qualities of courage and stamina added to his belligerence and persistence the losses of the Americans would have been far heavier than they have been "I will not go Into the history of the frequent Insurrections against Spanish authority, except to say that the last one had been completely suppressed at the time Dewey destroyed the Span'sh fleet in Manila Bay. During the wait for sufficient forces to hold Manila the Fili pinos under Agulnaldo organized an army of nondescript soldiers, and a revolu tionary government was formed by a ew of the Mestizo class. After the capture of Manila by the Americans and the signing of the protocol with Spain, which confined our army to the limits of that city, the Filipinos were left to do as they pleased outside these limits. Head quarters were established at Malolos, about 30 miles north of Manila, and a convention of self-selected Mestizos as sembled there to frame a constitution. This was finally completed and promul gated In January and Agulnaldo was pro claimed President As I said, this con vention was composed only of the Mes tizo class. Not one of them had been elected by the people he affected to rei resent Furthermore, they were all of the Tagal tribe and came from only five of the 28 provinces of Luzon Island, none of the other islands or tribes being represented, and most of them not even being aware of such a convention being held. The constitution provided for an oligarchial government, the only kind possible, the President to be elected by the Legislature, which -was. under the circumstances of the case, practically a self-perpetuating House of Lords, with no House of Commons to accompany It Having framed the constitution it was promulgated without being submitted to the peop!e for adoption, and the pep'e who framed it elected and installed Agulnaldo as President about three week3 hefr.re his army made the attack upon Manila which marked the beginning of the insurrection. It will thus be seen that the people of the Philippine Islands had no voice In the formation of the Agulnaldo government, not evn the peo ple of the Tagal tribe, and that it was Imposed upon them by a handful of Mes tizos, backed by an army of the young and Irresponsible of the full b'oods under Mestizo officers, the whole representing but a small part of the entire population. This government has been completely dispersed, and nothing is now left of It but portions of the army broken up into small bands carrying on a guerrilla war fare In a country peculiarly well adapted to that style of operations. The soldiers are but little more than boys, and most of them are in the army because they like that kind of life and would far rather enjoy themselves as warriors and live a life of practical brigandage than to follow more peaceful and Industrial pursuits for a living. ImpoxMhllity of Native Government. "I have tried hastily to give you an idea of the character of the population of the Philippine Islands, to make you realize the impossibility of a government embracing all the stranger and incom patible tribes, or even a representative government for the one the most ad vanced. I have tried to show you the character of the Agulnaldo government, how it does not represent the people of the various tribes nor even those of-his own tribe. I have tried to show you that such a government could only be imposed upon the people at the point of the bayonet and American bayonets at that for Agulnaldo could never bring the other tribes, especially the Moros, under his domination writhout help. In doing this I have tried to make you realize by log ical inference what would be the state of anarchy that would soon reign there if the Americans withdrew; and to make you realize this still further. I have only to sav that even the Mestizo ruling class would not submit to anv regular govern mental procedure. Individual ambitions would generate revolts and Insurrections constantly. The Flllp'no kn.ws no law but that of force. He has known none for three centuries of Spanish rule and from time immemorial in tribal rule prior to that Ills only idea of power is its arn'trary and despotic use. A President could only be a dictator, and only re main such so long as he was able to keep his rivals under military subjuga tion or put them under ground by sum mary and Illegal execution, as Agulnaldo has already repeatedlv done. "It follows there can be no govern ment by consent in the Philippines in the sense In which we understand that word, whether it be cne of the Mestizo oligarchy or one of the United States. There can only be a government of force, one in which a governing element rules the great mass that is unfitted to gov ern itself. We aro then left this ques- ! tion to decide: Shall that government of force be the force of th Mestizo Ta- j gnls applied despotically, arbitrarily and fitfully, without consideration for the in- dividual rights of the people, or shall it j be a government founded upon the eter nal principles of Individual liberty- that ! have made the United States the fore most nation in the world as a self-governing people? Shall we permit that l"nd to lap"e again into barbarism or shall w e j bestow upon It forever the blessings or ' O'tr free institutions that we promised i it when the silken folds of Old Glory were flung to the breeze from the walls of Fort Santiago on the 13th of August, 1F9S? Wherever that flag gos U means more liberty, more prosperity and the elevation of the people in civilization. That is where our duty lies, and that i what I believe the American people will do." Railroad anil Advertising. National Advertiser, New York. One of the most Interesting business changes, especially to newspaper men, is in the attitude of railway managers to ward advertising, says" the Poughkeepsie (N. Y.) Eagle. We can remember when the Hudson River Railroad Company would not so much as give a country newspaper publisher a free ride to the city in return for publishing Its time tables to an amount which at ordinary advertising rates was worth 20" times the value of a ticket The argument of the managers In those days was: "The news papers have got to publish our time tables for the benefit of their readers, whether we pay anything for it or not and so we won't pay. The. people have got to ride In our cars when they want to go anywhere, and there is no use of our paying anything for advertising." Since then they have found out that busi ness can be vastly increased by bringing it to the attention of the public, and probably the number who travel is nearly twice as great as it ever would have been if they had adhered to the old practice. All the Important lines make use of as much advertising matter, both by means of Illustrated circulars and publications, and through the newspapers, to bring their lines and the facilities they offer to the attention of the puhllc. as do the big department stores or any other live busl- l ness concerns of the country. ME CAITHNESS COMING BIG TURRET STEAMSHIP CHAR TERED BY GOVERNMENT. Will Take the Place of the Normaa Isles H. Bischoff Wrecked Good River Channel. The British turret steamship Caithness was yesterday chartered by the Pacific Export ISumber Company, and' will be substituted for the Norman Isles, which was under previous charter to load Gov ernment stores and forage at this port. The Norman Isles, which is thus released from the service of Che Government, will be headed for Portland at once, and will load a full cargo of lumber at Portland for Shanghai. She is due at Portland In about 10 days. The Caithness, which is to' take her place in the Government serv ice. Is, with the exception of the Guern sey, the largest of the turret style of vessels that has yet been listed for Port land. She was built at Sunderland In 1S9S, and is 2222 tens net, and 3503 tons gross register. Her dimensions are: Length, 340.5 feet; -beam, 45.5 feet; depth of hold, 24.6 feet. She has a dead weight carrying capacity of over CO00 tons, and Is well equipped with power. The Caith ness sailed from Hamburg for Klao Uhou September 5, and passed Port Said Sep tember 22. After discharging her cargo at Kiao Chou, she will proceed to Moro ran. the Japanese coaling port, and, after coaling, will sail direct for Portland, and Is due to arrive abnut December 1. BIG SHIPS AND DEEP WATER. River Chanel Is In Better Shape Than Ever Before. The German bark Altalr and the British ship County of Edinburgh will leave down the river this morning. The Altalr is drawing about 23 feet of water, and If she experiences any delay between Port land and the sea, It will be after she, leaves Astoria, as the river channel Is. In excellent condition. At yesterday', meeting of the trustees of the Chamber of Commerce, President Taylor ques tioned Trustee E. T. Williams, who is a member of the Port of Portland Com mission, regarding the depth of water in the river. Mr. Williams' answered: "The condition of the channel Is such that vessels drawing 25 feet of water cap go through to Astoria without delay." Despite the fact that the river was for a long time at a stage considerably below zero, there has been less cargo lightered and less delay to the grain fleet between Portland and Astoria than ever before The good work that has been done in the river is showing practical results, for among the fleet of vessels headed for this port are some of the largest sailing ships that have ever entered the Colum bia River, at least two of them exceeding in size th mammoth Royal Forth, which now holds the record, by nearly 100 tons. UMATILLA AND WALLA WALLA. Well-Known Passenger Steamers to Enter Freight Service. The Pacific Coast Steamship Company" will put the theory of evolution in prac tice with the steamers Umatilla and Walla Walla. Both of these ships came out from the East about 18 years ago, to enter the coal trade. In this business they brought a great many cargoes from Puget Sound to Portland and San Fran cisco. After a few years in this service, the passenger business' lnoreaaed to such an extent that promotion was extended to the big colliers, and each of them was fiibted 'with passenger accommoda tions, and for the past 10 years they have been running regularly as passen ger ships between Seattle. Victoria and San Francisco. Now President Farrell announces that the passenger accommo dations will be removed ana tne vessels will again enter the freight service and coal trade. The Walla Walla has been a very lucky ship, but the Umatilla has cost the un derwriters many thousand dollars in the different accidents which she has met with. She was abandoned off Flattery 'rocks soon after coming to this coast, but Captain John O'Brien, who was at (that time third mate on the vessel, went back aboard of her, and sailed her Into EsqulmaK. where she sank and rested on the bottom several weeks, while the lawyers fought out the case of salvage, etc. About two years ago, she took the rocks at Point Wilson, near Port Town send and by the time she was ready for sea again, she had cost the underwriters over $100,000. The Pacific Coast company will replace these two steamers n the passenger service by a couple of larger and faster boats. TWO DISABLED VESSELS. The A. J. West, From Santa Rosalia for Gray's Harbor, Short of Grab. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30. The steamer Walla Walla arrived from the north to day and reports having passed two dis abled vessels, one the schooner A. J. West, bound from Santa Rosalia to Grayis Harbor, and 60 days out. The West was short of provi3clons, and Captain Hall, of the Walla Walla, notified the U. S. S. Albatross of her plight. The Govern ment vessel supplied tho necessary pro visions and the schooner proceeded on her Journey. Captain Hall also reports hav ing passed an unknown steamer towing1 the steamer Areata, bound for this -port from Coos Bay. THE H. BISCHOFF WRECKED. Ancient Sailing Ship That Was Well Known in Portland. HAMBURG, Oct. SO. The German shlR H. Blsoh'off. which left Calota Buena, July 2 for this port, has been wrecked at Grosser Vogelsand, at the entrance of Elbe. A boat containing eight of the srew put off from tho vessel ahd''an- v CAPTAIN HARRY I,. WEIAS. other boat in which were f our men, left" the lightship for the purpose of ren dering assistance. Bo'th of these boats are missing and have been given up for lost. (The H. BischofC loaded wheat at Port land Ihree years ago and was one of the most singular appearing sailing ships that ever came Into this port. She was originally the trans-Atlantic steamship Ville de Paris and was built in 1865. She was of 2708 tons net register, and was a very poor carrier for her tonnage, her wheat cargo out of Portland being smaller than that of some ot the 2000-ton ships' which loaded here. The-Bischoff canie round to Portland In Ballast from Port Townsend, when she loaded here In 1898 and that was her last visit to the Pacific Coast. She was owned by H. Blschoff, of Bremen.) Small Schooner Wrecked. SEATTLE. Wash., Oct. 30. The steam ship Ohio brought news of the wreck of the schooner Francis Alice, owned in this city, on the Siberian coast The schoon er was 130 tons register, and carried a crew of seven, all of whom were saved. The vessel was blown ashore during a fierce gale. Marine Note. The stoamer Columbia sailed from San Francisco yesterday afternoon and the Elder left San Francisco at noon. The steamships Scarpsno, from Hong Kong and way ports; Buckingham, from Tacoma; and Kvarvan, from Alaska, aro due at this port, and some of them, or all ofthem will probably arrive today. The British ship Conway arrived down at Astoria yesterday afternoon Just 16 days after her arrival In the river. Up to date she has had very quick dlapatoh from Portland. Fenrs for Schooner A. J. West. ABERDEEN, Wash., Oct. 30. West & Blade, lumbermen of this- city, entertain fears for the safety of the schooner A. J. West, on her way here from Old Mex ico to. load lumber. Tho vessel is 20 days overdue. Her master is Captain Ogilvie, of this city, and her crew numbers 10. West & Slade think the West has been blown way out of her course In the re cent storm on the Pacific. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA, Or., Oct. 30. Sailed Steamer Columbia, for San Francisco. Arrived down at 4 P. M., British ship Conway. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M., moderate; weather, foggy; wind, southwest. San Pedro, Cal. Arrived " October 29, barkentine Monitor, from Grays' Har bor. San Francisco, Oct. 30. Arrived Steam er Walla Walla, from Victoria; steamer Progreso, from Tacoma. Sailed Steamer Norman Isle, for Comox; steamer Geo. W. Elder, for Astoria; steamer Macki naw, for Seattle. Seattle, Wash. Arrived October 29, steamer Ohio, from Cape Nome; schoon er Alcalde, from Nome; steamer Robert Dollar, from Nome"; U. S. S. Patterson, -from Alaska; bark Coloma, from Alaska. Sailed, steamer Signal,' .for Portland; steamer Palatlna, for Tacoma. Newport, Or. Arrived October 29, schooner Excelsior, from Port Blakeley. Port Blakeley Sailed October 29, bark Sea King, for Sydney. Cape Nome, Alaska Sailed October 20. steamers Elihu Thomson and Senator, for Seattle. Klao Chou Sailed October 17, Gorman ship Alsterthal, for Puget Sound. Limerick Arrived October 29, British ship St. Mlrren, from Oregon. Comox Arrived. October 29, British steamer Manauense, from Skagway. Kobe Arrived, October 29, Norwegian steamer Thyra, from Portland, for Ma nila. Boston, Oct. 30. Arrived Devonian, from. Liverpool. Yokohama Sailed October 27, Victoria, from Hong Kong, for Tacoma. .Hamburg Sailed October 2S. Pennsylva nia, for- New York via Boulogne and Plymouth. Manila, Oct. 30. Arrived Minnehaha, from New York. Moville, Oct. 30. Arrivod Anchorla, from New York for Glasgow. Sydney Arrived "previously, Moana, San Francisco via Honolulu and Auckland. New York. Oct. 30. Arrived Sardinian, from Glosgow. Sailed Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, for Bremen via Cherbourg and Southampton: Cymric, for Liverpool; American, for San Francisco. Queenstown, Oct. 30. Arrived Ultonla, from Boston, for Liverpool. Auckland. N. Z.. Oct 30. Sailodr Steamer Mariposi, from Sydney, for Apia, Honolulu and San Francisco. Plymouth. Oct. 30. Sailed Steamer Pennsylvania, from Hamburg and Bou logne for New York. France a Loser in War Indemnities. New York Post. Of nations engaged in wara of the first magnitude, France has been both a galne and a loser in the matter of indemnities. Havfng, by the treaty of Presburg in 1805, mulcted Austria of J8.000.000 and 28,00V square miles of territory, she was in 1SH compelled to satisfy the allied powers by a monetary compensation of $140.000,00v and to suffer the partition of the greater .part of her colonial possessions, as well as the severe contraction of her European boundaries.- Again, in 1870, after hor war with Germany, she was enabled to div play her marvelous financial resources b the speedy payment of the huge sum oi 51,250,000,000, in addition to the Iobs Of 5658 squaro miles of territory. Bryan, and the .D Inner-Pall. New York Sun. Having argued that the dinner-pall was empty, and found it full, Bryan now ad vises the owners to kick it over for a contemptible "argument to the bellv." The advice of common sense ia to keep the pall full, and not upset it .. - MeGovern to FIrfht Broad. CHICAGO, Oct. 30. Terry McGovern has been matched to meet;Kid Broad, of New York, at Tattersalls, November 13, nva-six-roUncT contest at catch weights. SKAGWAVS FINE TRADE SUCCEEDS SEATTLE IN SUPPLYING YUKON COUNTRY. Rev. J. J. Walter Tells of the Alaska City's Grovrth and Prospects Work of Methodist Church. Rev. J. J. Walter, formerly pastor of Centenary Church, but now superintend ent of the missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Alaska, returned yesterday from Skagway, and will leave tomorrow for New York to meet the mis sion board, under which he la working. Two weeks before Mr. Walter left Skag way aTlch strike was reported on Bear Creek, at the headwaters of the Chilkat, and hundreds of prospectors had flocked thither. Gold in considerable quantities was found on a bar In the river, and the bearers of the news to Skagway believed that the strike was one of the biggest that had yet been made. Mr. Walter says that Skagway Is more prosperous than ever; that the Alaska Commercial Company, the North American Trading Company and other big corporations sup plying the Yukon country have found it cheaper to send in supplies by way of Lynn Canal than via St. Michael, and that as a result a large wholesale and warehouse business Is being built up at Skagway. The Atlin country, he says, continues to produce large quantities of gold, and appears to be a rich and perma nent camp. "New discoveries," said he, "have been made all through Alaska, and will be made constantly as the country Is devel oped. In the Atlin country hydraulic propositions are being developed with great success. On Stuart River and Big Salmon rich strikes have been made, and each has received its rush of miners, many of whom have remained, while oth ers physically unable to endure the hard ships have returned to Skagway in dis gust. Skagway now occupies much the same position with regard to the mines as did Seattle when the Klondike strikes were first made. Miners are able to outfit there, and use the city as a base of departure, returning from districts that prove to be 'fakes' and starling out again at the news of a fresh discovery. When word is brought to the city that a now strike is made, the scene on the water front is remarkable. Every available craft that is fit for service tugs, launches, schooners, sloops and steam shipsis pressed into service, and carry away loads of argonauts bound for the new Eldorado, if it happens to be any where on the coast line. Similar parties are continually starting out overland when strikes are reported in the interior. The population of the city now is between 3000 and 4000, and it is rapidly growing. Work of the Church. "There are now five missionaries in Alaska, and all are doing good work. We have a mission among the Chilkat Indians at their old capital on the Chil kat River, which has met with great suc cess. The Chilkats are a very intelligent race of Indians. The Alaska Indians liv ing on salmon streams are very pros perous this year, having made big wages fishing. It was not uncommon this sea son $or one man to make an average of $40 a day, which is pretty good wagos for an Indian. They get 10 cents apiece for their fish, and 400 was not a big day's catoh, as all they have to do is to take gaffs and throw the fish out of the water near the headwaters of the spawning stream. "The now code gave the school direc tors of Skagway $20,000 a year to spend on their public schools, which rendered a church school there unnecessary. Conse quently wo had our handsome new col lege buildims on our hands, and arrange ments were recently made with the United States Judge at Skagway to sell It to the Government for a United States courthouse. The price paid is $9000, and, as the matter is now In the hands of the Attorney-General, I suppose that the deal will be closed very shortly. The building is the only granite structure in Alaska, and will serve the needs of the Govern ment exactly. "Rev. G. M. Irwin, formerly State Su perintendent of Schools in Oregon, is In charge of the mission at Juneau, and Is doing excellent work. He Is a fine pulpit orator, and crowds his church every time he speaks. Mrs. Irwin, who Is a prac ticing physlcaln, has more patients than Bhe can attend to, and Is In receipt of a handsome income from her practice. Ju noau is a very flourishing city, and prom ises to be one of the most prosperous in Alaska. "The church in Skagway has a large membership, and is in fine condition. A new stone church building, costing $5000, will be built next Summer. "At Ketchikan, V. Ray Bennett has charge of a mission, which is doing much good among the Indians and miners. Copper and Gold Mines. "The copper industry of Alaska prom ises to take a place by the side of gold mining in developing the country. A fine property has been developed at White Horse Rapids, the ore running from 7S to 80 per cent copper. Fine copper mines on Prince of Wales Island are also in course of development, and will yield largo returns to tne men who have In vested In them. At Douglas City a Phil adelphia company has dug a tunnel 7x6 feet and I860 feet long, which taps a gravel bed which is unusually rich. I be lieve that with tho new mines that will be discovered, and the development of those, already discovered, a great future is In store for Alaska, and that Skagway will bocome ono of the prominent cities of the Pacific Coast, as the railroad to the Interior has made that city the dis tributing point for the whole territory." Oregon Industries. J. M. Young, of Echo, states that one acre of onions brought him $200. F. Weber, of Spears Canyon, Umatilla County, sold 600 yearling wethers at $2'10 per head. Nearly 6003 50-pound boxes of prunes have been packed by an evaporator at Union. Nine carloads is the total ship ment of tnls drier. The Sumpter Light & Power Company has ordered a complete alternating arc electric light system, which is expected to be installed within three weeks. Outside buyers have been purchasing in tho vicinity of Union every milch cow they could procure. Good prices wero offered, but the number of sales was not large. Farmers throughout Wasco County say Fall grain looks better at present than over before at this season of the year, according to The Dalles Tlmes-Moun-talneer. It is up several Inches high and an even stand all over the ground. They account for this in the improved sys tem of farming deep plowing and per fect cultivation and the favorable weather that has prevailed since seeding began. i The La Grande sugar faotory has shipped five carloads of Its product to Portland. The sugar was of excellent quality and it is expected more orders will be received. The total output of the factory this year is estimated at 2.000,000 pounds, which in proportion to acreage is the best record yet made. Less than 1000 tons of beets remain to be delivered, and they will be in by the end of the week. After the last beets are received the factory will continue work one week longer. The company will endeavor to secure a larger amount of beets next year. An offer has been mode of 3000 acres in Idaho along Snake River. The managers of the company say the factory will receive next year three times the amount of beets handled this season. Hauling gravel on the Southern Pacific Mohawk branoh road from the Arlington gravel pit In the McKenzle River bot tom, hOS keen -m-ipqrided on account Ot Miltiosa havQ Jfoesn reilovBti of female troubles by Mrs Pinkham's advice and medicine The letters of a few are geriaiod regularly in this paper If any one doubts the efficiency and sacredly confidential character of Mrs Pinitham's methods, write for a book she has recently published which contains letters from the mayor of Lynn, the posi masiar, and others of her city who have made care ful investigation, and who verify all of Mrs Pink ham's statements and claims The Pinkh&m claims are sweeping investigate them THIRTY YEARS OF CURES the rise of the river. The Japanese work gang employed there has been moved to the branch road. The work of ballasting will be continued, but dirt will be used Instead of gravel. The approaches of all bridges and trestles have beeen well graveled, and it is thought by keeping the construction train at work this Win ter the road can be kept up with dirt ballast This track will continue to transfer lumber cars from Wendling to Springfield. There is considerable specu lation as to the feasibility of the dirt ballast. It Is a question If the line can be run ore a dirt foundation during Win ter months. Oreson Notes. A football team has been organized at Sumpter. The Catholic Fair at La Grande last week netted $425. The Stockmen's Union will meet at An telope, November 3, A wagonload of Siuslaw salmon found a ready market at Eugene Monday. Eugene wants the Southern Pacific local service to Albany extended to that city. The Roseburg Water & Light Company has about 75 men at work on Its various constructive enterprises. fininmhla Collece. at Milton, has an en rollment of SO students, which, it is ex pected, will be Increased to 100 before the end of the year. Arrangements are being made for a football game between The Dalles and Goldendalo one week from Sunday. Scarlet fever is prevalent at The Dalles. The case of Hugh Strickland at Condon, who was charged with willful destruction of a fence, was dismissed last week, the jury having rendered a verdict on the first ballot. John Stiger, o. Condon sheepman, who ranged his' sheep In the mountainss of Grant County, was compelled to dip his herd before he could get a permit to leave tho county. The fourth annual meeting of the Ante lope Fair Association was a big success, measured by other meotings of the asso ciation, says tho Herald, and yet In point of attendance it was not up to expecta tions. This is attributed primarily to tho fact that there has been an "over-production" of fairs this season in Eastern Ore gon. The paper suggests that next year the towns intending to have fairs "pool" the attractions and have one good tran sient show. Washington Notes. The schoolteachers of Aberdeen will meet every Saturday to study zoology and botany. The Commissioners of Pacific County have ordered construction of bridges across the North Nema and Salmon Creek. Young men of Ritzville have formed a social club called the Manhattan. It will be incorporated with 1000 shares of $1 each. The county will build a bridge over Che halls River, near Garrard Creek. It will have a 210-foot span. 30-foot cylinder piers and a 16-foot roadway. Democrats and Republicans of Farm lngton have mode a novel election agree ment If McKInley shall be defeated the Republicans will buy and set off $25 worth of fireworks. If he shall bo elected the obligation will devolve upon the Demo crats. It Is reported that a rich gold-bearing lodge has been dlBCOvered on Silver Creek. 25 miles east of Chehalls. The country is being staked by ronchmon. The shaft was started several years ago by Daniel Shaner, who was prospecting for coal. He found some gold, but abandoned the work. The Seattle & International engineers have been making preliminary surveys up the Eauk for some time, and It is re rwirtwi thaf n. contract has been let for surveying 60 miles of additional road, ex tending from Arlington tnrougn incuan Pass, and connecting with a proposed ex tension of the Washington Central west ward via Wdterville. The heavy rains have washed out sev eral dams at Gray's Harbor and brought many logs to market. From 3,000.000 to 5, 000.000 feet of logs floated down Hump tulip and about 600,000 to 800,000 down the WIthkow. Larklns Bros, have released 3.000.000 or 4.000,000 feet more. Young & Thompson brought down 2,000,000. The price on logs seems stationary at $5. FROM PURE! HEALTHFUL!! I IH IIA" AND CHOCOLATE SOLD AT OUR STORES ANB BY Grocers everywhere ffi&bs v""gTT til P3""V C L --e ir r Hw jo v VYJE vy JV 9 THE PALATIAL Not a dark office In the hnlldlnpr; absolutely fireproof; electric llchtrt and artesian water; perfect anitiv-. tion and thorough ventilation. 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