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TffE MORNING QREQOSriAiy, FRIDAY, DECEMBER , 1903.
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THE United States "Weather Bureau
has just issued one of the most
interesting pamphlets ever pre
pared in a Government department, a
pamphlet treating a subject -which ap
peals to all parts of the country the
weather.
"Never mind the weather," goes an op
timistic old saying, but there are few
who can bring themselves to such a
happy frame of mind. Atmospheric con
ditions appeal too strongly to the hu
man, frame to be ignored, so this volume
of "Weather Folklore and Local "Weather
Signs" Is bound to prove of Interest not
snly to the amateur weather sage, but to
all who have noted the tendencies of the
elements to do queer things In certain
localities and still more unaccountable
things in other places.
The pamphlet is the "work of 'Professor
Edward B. Garrlott, meteorologist, and
was prepared under the direction of
Professor "Willis Moore, chief of the bu
reau. The old weather saws and pro
verbs have been collected from many
lands by the author, who states that the
object of the paper Is to segregate from
the mass of available data the true say
ings that are applicable to the United
States. "With this material Is combined
the reports of the weather "bureau sta
tions in different cities, making one of
the most important features of the pub
lication the local weather signs as classi
fied by cities.
Old Weather Proverbs.
Tho old weather proverb3 in rhyme
and prose are classified under various
heads. These deal with the relations
of animals to the weather, of significant
arrangements of the clouds, vagaries of
the moon and sun, the wisdom of tho
fish and birds, the sagacity of Insects,
the sensitiveness of plants, and finally
the forecasts made from the weather
conditions on any given day, such as
groundhog day. All the sayings one ever
THE 1SAZA7VR SEASON IS IN FULL SWING
UNITARIAN CHAPEL IS FILLED WITH HANDSOMELY DECORATED BOOTHS
tf NE of the ' handhomest bazaars of
1 I the season opened at the Unitarian
V Church last night, the beautiful
decorations of the various booths and the
large crowd attending giving the church
parlors and chapel quite a gala air.
Banta Claus will have to work over his
regular hours this Christmas if he prop
erly delivers all the pretty and dainty
gifts which were purchased at this ba
zaar last night, for many a mysterious
looking bundle went home under cloaks
and In overcoat pockets. Eight hand
some sooths fill the chapel and there was
a constant stream of purchasers at each
of them all evening. Articles ranging in
price from 5 cents to many dollars were
displayed, and It seemed as though the
patrons had all brought their nickels and
dollars to exchange for these pretty
things. The younger patrons never got
very far away from tho doll booth, which
seemed to have a great attraction for
them.
The Japanese booth was a glow of
many colored lights from the many Jap
anese and Chinese lanterns hung about in
great profusion. A bevy of pretty maids
in Japanese costume, who attended to
the customer's wants and poured tea,
gave an Oriental coloring and atmosphere
to this corner. Misses Alta Smith,. Malda
Hart and Lindley Morton poured tea, and
the Misses Harper, May Batchelor, Ger
aldine Aitken and Jessie Jones attended.
All sorts of dainty little conceits In fancy
work were sold here, and the booth
-was not only novel, but entirely suc
cessful. For all artistic articles in the line of
burnt work, pictures and ornamental
bric-a-brac, one had to go to the art
booth in charge of Mrs. J. P. Wager and
Mrs. Ferry Henshaw. Dainty little cal
endars and artistic score cards were dis
played here and were quickly picked up
by eager customers.
Mrs. A. L. Pease, Mrs. E. P. Walte and
Mrs. Ernest Crlchton had charge of the
fancy-work booth, and a prettier collec
tion of dainty embroideries and fancy
articles for the home has not been seen
this season. Many women who have not
the time to do this work themselves
found this an excellent opportunity to
supply their needs.
The housekeepers' booth is always at
tractive to those who have homes, as
well as to those who have not, and the
sale of jellies, preserves, mincemeat,
cakes and other good things for the table
was lively. Mesdames W. A. Buchanan
and Ryan McLaren were in charge here,
and at the neighboring domestic booth
Mesdames W. 'T. Bodely and O. W. Sloan
sold aprons, sunbonnets and all sorts of
homely but useful household articles.
A baby booth "was something which has
not been seen so far this season. Mes
dames F. M: Batchelor and W. H. Peter
son sold here little caps, bootees, aprons,
dresses, fancy rattles, teething rings, and
rX articles necessary to baby's trous
A Sick Woman's Devotion to Duty is a Heroism which a Well Person Cannot Understand.
How distressing to see a woman struggling with her daily round of household duties,, when 'her back and head are aching, and every
new movement brings out a new pain I
One day the poor woman is wretched and utterly miserable; m a day or two she is better
there is nothing much the matter after all ; but before night the deadly backache reappears,
it seems as though all the imps of Satan were. clutching her-vitals; she "goes to pieces " and is flat on her back
No woman ought to arrive at this terrible state of misery, because these symptoms are a sure forerunner of womb troubles.
must remember that LydiaE. Piflkham's Vegetable Compound is almost an infallible cure for all
of periods, which cause weak stomach, sick headache, etc., displacements and inflammation of the
of illnesseswhich beset the female organism. Read how Mrs.- Frake wrote to Mrs. Pinkham
tells the result, and how a
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
"I have read of your medicine making bo many cures and hare been
advised to write to you, but I feel that it is of no use. The doctor says
that I have "womb trouble, but he does not seem to help me a great deaL
I have such a "weakness across me most of the time have backache, am
very nervous, and am troubled with leucorrhcea. I am Yery weak, cannot
walk any distance or stand long unless I ache all over. I Wuld like to
know if you think your medicine "would do me any good." Mrs. Samuel
Fbjuee, Prospect Plains, 25T. J.
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hill III letter! and signatures of above tMtuaonialj, which will
luUUU prove their absolute genuineness.
I.ydl E. Pinkham Med. Co.. Xyna. Mm.
OF THE WEATHER
NATIONAL BUREAU ISSUES AN INTERESTING PAMPHLET r BOOK OF
OMENS AND PREDICTIONS, ANCIENT AND MODERN
heard of seem to have been collected by
Professor Garrlott, who refers to his work
by way of introduction as follows:
"It is safe to assume that our first par
ents acquired weather wisdom by observ
ing weather sequences and noting the
foreshadowed effects of certain atmos
pheric conditions on objects animate and
inanimate. "We may assume further that
the knowledge thus Required was com
municated to their descendants, and
that it was handed down, with additions
and amplifications, from generation to
generation. "We find in the earlier writ
ings and in the Scriptures expressions of
weather wisdom, many of which appear
in collections of the popular weather
sayings of today. Thus by assumption
and education we know that man has
ever employed "inherited and acquired
weather wisdom in the dally affairs of
life. "When flocks and herds have con
stituted his earthly possessions he has
been prompted to lead nis charges to
places of safety when signs of impend
ing storms appeared. As a navigator his
interpretation of the signs of the air has.
In Innumerable Instances, enabled him to
adopt measures calculated to avert dis-'
aster to his frail craft. As a husband
roan he has closely scanned the sky, the
air -and the earth for signs that would
indicate the weather of the coming day
and season.
"The wisdom thus acquired has "been
perpetuated in the form of trite sayings
and proverbs. Many of these sayings are
polished gems of weather lore, others
have lost their potency by transfer to
foreign lands where dissimilar climatic
conditions obtain, and a -large propor
tion nave been born of fancy and super
stition." One of the trite rhymes to which tho
Government, experts give credence runs
Rainbow at night, sailors' delight;
Rainbow in morning,. sailors' warning.
Another:
Evening red and morning gray
Will aet the traveler oa his way;
.But evening gray and mornlns red
"Wi brine down rain upon his head.
seau. Tho doll booth just across from
this seemed ready to furnish customers
for the small articles of apparel. Mes
dames R. Greenleaf, J. D. Hart, D. Moore'
and R. S. Lambson were kept busy with
tho sale ofthe dolls which the women of
the congregation had tastefully dressed
and all looked ready for their Christmas
visit There will be many happy little
hearts In Portland when they all reach
their destination about the 25th of this
month.
Sweets and confections wero dispensed
by Mrs. J. H. Peterson and Mrs. Cox
at the candy booth, and refreshments
were served at tables. Hot lunches can
ho had today and this evening also.
There will also be music this evening.
BUSY BEES GIVE BAZAAR.
Order of Maccabees Have Christmas
Wares for Sale.
The women of tho Golden Rule Hive
No. 17, Order of Maccabees are holding
a remarkably successful bazaar at Mor
rison and West Park. Bees were never
busier and their fine collection of fancy
work and useful household, articles are
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When the peacock loudly bawls.
Soon we'll have both rain and squalls.
Even Shakespeare Is referred to as an
authority on weather signs:
A red morn, that ever yet betokened.
Wreck to the seamen, tempest to the field.
Sorrow to sheDherds, woe unto the birds.
Gust and foul flaws to bcrdmen and herds.
Isaak "Walton's wise advice to fisher
men Is given prominence:
When the wind is la the North,
The skillful fisher goes not forth;
When the wind is In the East,
"lis good for neither man nor beast;
When the wind is in the South,
It blows the flies in the flsh'smouth;
When the wind Is in the West,
There It is the very best.
The influence of the days has one ex
ample quoted thus:
If on Friday it rain,
'Twill en Sunday again;
If Friday be clear.
Have for Sunday no fear.
Meteorological' Lore.
Professor Garrlott includes all the old
sayings. "When the sun draws water,
rain will soon follow. When the sun is
red, he has water In his eye. When
rheumatic people complain of more than
ordinary pain, rain is almost sure to fol- I
low. 'The larger the halo about the
moon the nearer the rain cloud. "When i
me genuine ot nowers is unusually per
ceptible, rain is indicated. When birds
cease to sing, rain and thunder are about
to appear. "Clamorous as a parrot
against rain," said Shakespeare as a
simile. A bee was never caught in a
shower. Expect stormy weather when
ants travel in a line; good weather when
they scatter. When fliea congregate In
swarms, rain follows soon. A blur of
haziness about the sun indicates a
storm. The moon with a circle brings
water In her beak. When the stars
flicker in a dark background, rain or
snow follows soon.
When the stars begin to huddle.
The earth will soon become a puddle.
H. Lambson, State Commander, 13 chair
man. While a great many of the fancy
articles on sale have been made and
donated by tho resident rnembers of the
Golden Rule Hive, others have been do
nated by Hives of the Order In different
parts of the country, which makes great
variety.
A handsomely decorated fancywork
booth is in charge of Mesdames H. A.
Belding and F. I Benedict Pretty ar
ticles of every description can be had,
tho sofa pillows being a special feature.
Mrs. Emily Lucas and Mrs. Bertha Els
ton preside over the art booth, which is
plentifully supplied with all kinds and
varieties of artistic bric-a-brao, which
make pretty Christmas gifts. Small
pictures, etchings and burntwork are In
evidence, and Judging from the way they
-were selling they will. all find their way
Into some Christmas stocking;
Jellies, preserves, mincemeat, cake and
Innumerable good things to eat, all home
cooking, too, are displayed at the house
hold booth, where Mrs. Frances Koessal
takes orders. Anrons of ewrv efiA on
useful household articles are handled by
Mrs. Emma Hopkins and Mrs. Kate
Driscoll, while Miss Ruth Tackabury sells,
the delicious home-made French candles.'
The members bespeak fair patronage
from the public at large, as their lunds
go to help those who are sick or nave
met with accidents In their lodge. Hot
lunches can be had at noon or any hour
throughout the day and the best of homo
prepared food will be served. Mrs. Flor
ence Klelnsmith is in charge of the dining
room.
xae decorations are unusually pretty
and music is furnished every evening.
MAKE MERRY AT HUSKING BEE
Young Folks Give Entertainment at
First Christian Church.
About 20 of the young folks of the
First Christian Church took part in an
old-fashioned New England husking bee
last night which was given in conjunction
with the bazaar which the women of the
congregation are holding this week. The
stage setting was a perfect reproduction
of the Interior of an old barn, and the
great heaps of corn in the husks lying
around the floor, the harness hanging on
convenient nails, and lanterns to furnish
the merry crowd of huskers light all
made the scene very realistic
Uncle Nathan and Aunt Peggy Peter
kin were the hosts of the evening, and
.their guests Included several quaint char
acters, all of whom contributed to the
entertainment of the bee. Songs and reci
tations were In order, and much sport
was made by Sclpio, the black servant
Little Hazel Hoopengarner's rendition of
"Money-Musk" to a piano and violin ac
companiment aroused spontaneous ap
plause. An old-fashioned melodeon was brought
on 'the stage to accompany Uncle Nath
an's songs which must have been a relic
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"I cannot thank you enough for "what ILydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta
ble Compound has done for me. When I first "wrote to you I had suffered
for years. The doctor said I had congestion of the "womb, was troubled
with, my kidneys and bladder, my back ached dreadfully all the time, and
I suffered "with bearing-down feeling, could scarcely walk about to do my
own nouseworK. i stopped aocconng witn ine pnysician ana tooic your
medicine, and am now able to do my own work, have no more backache or
weakness across me, and can do all my own work. I cannot praise your
medicine enough, and would advise all suffering women to try it." Mrs.
Sa2toel Frake, Prospect Plains, N.J.
Tho Medicine that bu Restored j
a Million Women to Health la
LydiaE. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound
of early pioneer days. The church parlors
were crowded and the audience was great
ly pleased with the programme. Those
participating were:
Grant Robinson, Hiss Bertha Crounse,
E. E. Gabriel, R. S. Durkee, Mrs. Me
serve, James Johnson, Nell Crounse,
Misses Una and Catherine Lennahan,
Miss Monroe. Miss Boston. T. F. Haley,
Mr. Frye. Miss Blanche Johnson, Albert
Meserve, Miss Lucy Ball, Jewel Watkins,
Hazel Hdopengarner, Frank Waterman
and little LloyoVFrost
PAESNIPS HOT POISONOUS.
If Cultivated and Not Wild, May
Safely Be Fed to Cattle.
SHELBURN, Linn County, Or., Dec 2.
(To the Editor.) Will you please state if
parsnips are dangerous to feed to cattle
or not? I have been told that they would
kill them, but would like more informa
tion on tho subject without experiment
ing. R. D.
The cultivated parsnip is not poisonous,
a.nd Is widely cultivated as a culinary veg
etable as well as a valuable fodder for live
stock. It is not much used for feeding
stock in this region, as it Is too valuable I
for this, and carrots, turnips, etc, are .
more easily raiseo. it is, nowover, grown
extensively in parts of Europe, and cows
there, fed on parsnips and hay, yield but
ter little inferior in color or flavor to that
produced from -pasturage. In "Money in
the Garden," a book published by Orange.
Judd Company, It Is stated that when par
snips are fed to milch cows the quality of
tho milk is Improved, and tho butter of
finer flavor. This Is quite probable, as the
nutritious roots of the parsnip have a pe
culiar and agreeable flavor.
The parsnip belongs to a very large or
der of plants, comprising some 1500 spe
cies, of many various and widely different
properties. In the wild parsnip, from
which the cultivated plant originated un
der cultivation, the root is poisonous; in
others, as tho carrot parsnip, celery, etc,
the roots and herbage are wholesome and
nutritious, while in others, as the poison
hemlock, fools parsley, etc, both the roots
and herbage are poisonous. Roots of a
species of poison hemlock have been mis
taken for parsnips, and fatal results have
been produced by them. The seeds of
plants of this order are never poisonous,
but often stimulant and narcotic, as In
caraway, anise, dill, etc
The wild parsnip is a native of Europe,
which has becomo acclimated In the
United States. The root 13 small, hard,
acrid and poisonous. It grows abundantly
along fences, In waste or uncultivated
fields and In low, moist lands, and is
known to most farmers, as well as the
poisonous nature of the root
PEAYEES PAIL TO SAVE rTTW.
Veteran Actor Embraces Christian
Science, but Dies on Way Home
NEW YORK, Dec 3. While his wife
and daughter prayed over him and read
texts from Christian Science tracts,
George Thompson, a veteran actor, saia
to have been the first to play the part of
Uncle Tom in the dramatization of Har
riet Beecher Stowe's novel, died in the
rear room of a First-avenue saloon.
Thompson was seized by heart failure
while on his way home from a Christian
Science meeting and with his wife and
daughter entered the saloon to rest De
spite tho fervent prayers, his exhaustion
became more marked and as a crowd of
saloon habitues looked on, awe-struck,
his head sank on the table, which had
been swept clean of glasses a moment
before, and he passed away, amid prob
ably the strangest scene ever witnessed
in an East Side resort
Thompson had been ill for several days.
He complained of a pain about his heart,
but yielded to the entreaties that be leave
it to Christian Science. Finally he at
tended a meeting in West Twenty-third
street where special prayers were offered
for his recovery. After the prayers were
ended he said be felt much better-
"I feel so well again' he told his wife,
"that I think it would . do me good to
walk home."
The trio started out and happily faced
the snow and cold. They continued their
walk until First avenue and Sixteenth
street was reached. Thompson then sud
denly grew faint and, pushing open the
side door of a saoon, threw himself into
a chair. He grew worse immediately and
the two women joined in prayer. The
saloon-keeper immediately summoned an
ambulance, but the doctor who come with
it found life, extinct
City Defeats Railway In Court.
NEW YORK,' Dec 3. A referee ap
pointed by the Supreme Court to hear
tho evidence in a long pending case of the
City of New York against the Manhat
tan Railway Company has decided
In favor of the former. If the referee Is
sustained by the court, the city exchequer
will be enriched more than $300,000. The
suit which began three years ago, was
for the use of the streets and avenues
by the elevated railway structure on the
West Side, below Eighty-third street
"Visitors to Portland
Should not mls3 the delightful trips up
and down the Columbia River. Particu
lars at O. R. & N. city ticket office.
Third Afid Washington.
and laughs at her fears, thinking
the limbs tremble, the lips twitch
female ills, such as irregularity
womb, or any of the multitudes
when she was in great trouble.
WANT RAILROAD BUILT
PROPERTY-OWNERS ON BASE
LINE SIGN PETITION.
G. W. Gay Says That Nine-Tenths
of the Possible Signatures
Have Been Secured.
-G. W. Gay, who circulated the petition
asking for a franchise for an electric rail
way on the BaseVdne road to Montavilla,
reports that he secured signatures of nlno
tenths 'of the property-owners on both
sides of the road. William Ladd, who
represents the Ladd property on the Base
Line, which has an extended frontage
on the road, gave assurances that he
would not oppose the granting of the
franchise If the property-owners desired
the electric railway built This would
make the petition for the road almost
unanimous as far as the property-owners
are concerned.
Mr. Gay says that the railway proposed
will be built to Montavilla. In answer to
the question whether the Portland Rail
way would build tho line if granted a
franchise, he replied:
"I think the copipany will build the
line If given a franchise. It is proposed
to press tho matter in the Spring. The
other petition which has been circulated
at Mount Tabor asking the County Court
to grant the franchise Is being signed by
those property-owners not living on the
Base Line road, but who are anxious that
the road should be built"
If the franchise is given the new
Mount Tabor branch will connect with
the new line the Portland Railway Com
pany is building out East Burnslde street
at the intersection of East Stark and East
Eighteenth street, and reach the Base
Lino road at East Twentieth, street
FREE TO THE GIRLS.
May Join Physical Culture Classes at
Sunnyside This Afternoon.
All girls from the Sunnyside School and
the neighborhood are Invited to be at tho
Boys' Brigade hall this afternoon at the
close of school. At that time classes in
physical culture are to be organized. This
work will be under the auspices of the
Sunnyside W. C. T. U., and the Instruc
tion will be by a competent teacher. An
effort will also be made to organize
classes for the adults as for girls, but
the main object now Is to enroll tho girls
above 6 years.
The Boys' Brigade Is now in charge of
the Y. M. C. A. and is looked after by a
committee. The management has taken
the place of the brigade, of which W.
O. Nlaley was the head. A class of 29
boys has ben enrolled under C. W. Carl
son for, athletic training, and it Is ex
pected that there will be at least 50 by
the first of the year. The cost Is small,
besides it will keep the boys off the
street while they are getting physical
training.
The meeting this afternoon is in the na
ture of an experiment to ascertain how the
people feel about allowing thefr girls to
take physical culture. There will be drills
and physical exercises in the large hall,
which do not differ materially from the
instructions the boys receive, but the
work will be lighter. Some of tho mem
bers of the Sunnyside W. C. T. U. are in
clined to oppose the movement but the
majority favor it and if there is a suffi
cient number present this afternoon the
classes will be organized. The classes
that are now being formed will have the
privilege of the shower bath and swim
ming tank, both of which are soon to be
put in. The swimming tank will be 18x24
and nine feet deep.
THREE-STORY BUILDING.
Malarkey and Metscham to Build on
Union Avenue and Burnslde.
Work will be started about the first of
the year on a three-story frame building,
100x50, on the northwest corner of East
Burnslde street and Union avenue. The
lower floor will be arranged fbr stores
while the second and third will be for
apartments. The cost will be about $7000.
The buildings now on the corner will be
moved.
The Intersection of Union avenue and
East Burnslde street promises to be a
business center, and East Burnslde will be
a business street up to East Tenth, where
the new street railway turns south.
Street-cars now pass the corner every
seven minutes, and when the two other
branches of the Portland Railway Com
pany are completed and In operation cars
will cros3 Burnslde bridge every Ave
minutes.
The three-story building of James
Marshall on East Burnslde street is nearly
completed. Excavations are in progress
on East Third and Davis streets for the
foundation of the building for the San
Francisco Cracker Company. Another
building will be put up on the northwest
corner of East Burnslde and East Third
street When all these buildings are com
pleted and the various street railways
converging on Burnside-street bridge ara
In operation. East Burnslde street will
rival East Morrison- Burnside-street
bxidaua carries the Vancouver, the Wood-
She
lawn, "Vernon and Broadway street-cars,
and next year will carry the North Al
bina and the East Pine-street branches.
TO PAY OFF DEBT.
Milwaukle District Will Make Large
Levy at Annual Meeting.
At the coming annual meeting of the
taxpayers of the Milwaukle School it is
expected that a tax will be levied large
enough to pay off the present debt of
$3000. The proposition to rebond the dis
trict accepting money from the state
school fund at 5 per cent, was voted
down with the expectation that tho debt
would be paid off with the next levy. The
debt now bears 7 per cent Interest Next
year the intention is to provide the High
School grade by introducing the ninth
and tenth grades. An addition to the pres
ent four-room building may be required.
At present Milwaukle School has about
25 pupils from Oak Grove, Harmony and
Wlllsburg districts, and this outside at
tendance made it necessary to employ an
other teacher and put in more desks. Mrs.
Maggie Johnson, clerk of Milwaukle dis
trict says that Harmony and Oak Grove
districts have turned over the school
money for pupils from those districts, but
the Wlllsburg directors have so far re
fused to do so. In this case the parents
of ,the pupils attending from. Wlllsburg,
says Clerk Johnson, will be required to
pay tuition to the amount of the school
money for their children, which will be
about $15 a year. There are 12 pupils from
Wlllsburg district The parents will be
called on to pay, and they must collect
the school money from the Wlllsburg dis
trict If they' want to be reimbursed.
Petitions for Brooklyn Sewer.
Petitions in circulation for the Brook
lyn sewer are being signed freely. There
seems to be less opposition to the sewer
than when first agitated two years ago,
and it will probably go through next year.
Those who want to sign may find peti
tions at F. G. Urfer's store, on Milwau
kle Btreet or by calling on S. F. White.
Plans are so advanced in the City En
gineer's office that the property-owners
can have the sewer built whenever they
ask for it
East Side Notes.
The women of the Third Presbyterian
Church, East Thirteenth and East Pine
streets, conducted their annual bazaar
yesterday and yesterday evening. It was
very successful financially, and was en
joyed by all who attended.
Washington Chapter, No. IS, R. A. M.,
will hold Its annual banquet this even
ing in Burkhard Hail. Tho attendance is
confined to members and Invited guests.
Elaborate preparations have been made
for the event J. W. Roland will be
toastmaster.
Tho old Salvation Army barracks, on
East Oak and Sixth streets, is now used
as a storehouse and salesroom for second-hand
articles that have been donated
to the army for charitable purposes. The
room is lighted up in the evening, and the
articles are being sold off.
Gravel for redressing East Oak street
has been dumped' In the middle of the
street up to East Twelfth. The contract
for the Improvement of East Oak Btreet
beyond the west lino of Sixth simply
calls for redressing, as the street was im
proved before and was worn down. There
is a good foundation and with new gravel
spread East Oak will be well Improved to
East Sixteenth.
UNCLE SAM TO BUY COAL.
He Will Need 6000 Tons During the
Coming Year.
Sealed proposals for furnishing and de
livering 000 tons of coal to the United
States at various points on the Columbia
and Willamette Rivers during the com
ing year will be received at the office of
Major W. C. Langfltt United States En
gineer Department until 11 o'clock A. M.,
December '22.
The coal will be delivered at Astoria
and Fort Stevens, Oregon, and at Kala
ma, Washington, in such quantities and
at such times a3 the Government may
order it The coal will be used In con
nection with tho work of improving the
river, harbor and the defenses at the
mouth of the Columbia. All coal fur
nished by the contractor must be of the
best quality and bituminous coaL
At Astoria and Kalama the coal must
be delivered on board United States
barges, tugboat or the dredgeboat "W.
S. Ladd," and at Fort Stevens must be
loaded on cars on the Engineer side
track. From 150 to 400 tofts will be taken
at one time on the barge at Astoria and
Kalama, and nothing less than carload
lots will be required at Kalama and
Fort Stevens, but at Astoria the contrac
tor may be called upon to furnish coal
in smaller quantities.
The United States dredgeboat "W. S.
Ladd" cqnsumes 150 tons per month when
working in full capacity and the tugboat
from 30 to 50 tons per month. Fifty tons
per month is consumed at Fort Stevens,
,and the United States dredge Chinook
consumes about 50 tons per day.
Preference will be given to coal of do
mestic production, conditions of quality
and price being equaL
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Pope Shows Deep Concern.
ROME, -Dec 3. The Pope was .most
concerned at the receipt of the news of
tho destruction by Are yesterday of tho
Roman Catholic University at Ottawa,
and was especially solicitous in Inquiring
about the injured priests and students.
He Instructed Mgr. Sbarrettl, the apostolic
delegate in Canada, to send a detailed re
port of the disaster, and will decide on the
best measures to be taken to -repair tho
damage done. The news caused great
excitement at the Canadian College here,
as the rector and students have many
frlencs at the Ottawa College.
Freshman Is Severely Hazed.
NEW YORK, Dec. 3. The faculty at
Rutgers College, at New Brunswick, N.
J., has suspended 22 members of the
sophomore class for hazing a freshman.
The latter Is said to have been so roughly
.treated that tho services of a doctor were
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