'THE MOROTSG- OKEGONTAN, .5EB2JESBAl?f . "JAMJ-AY 2tj 1904.
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF'
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AMUSEMENTS.
MARQUAM GEAXD THEATER (Morrison Ft.
between 6th and 7th) Tonight at 8:15, Al
berta. Gallatin, In Ibsen's drama, "Ghosts."
CORDRATS THEATER. Washington St.
Evening, 8:15. "Lost River."
THE BAKER THEATER, Third and Tamhlll
streets Evening. 8:13, the Baker company
In "A Celebrated Case."
ARCADE THEATER. Seventh and "Washing
ton Continuous vaudeville, 2:30 to 10:30.
All who are interested In removing
power from self-constituted bosses
and lodging It is tile hands of the
people should make haste to sign the
petition for the direct primary nom
ination bill to be enacted under the
Initiative at the June election. Copies
have been placed In the County
Clerk's office and with C. E. Lock
wood, room 12, Breed en building,
Third and Washington.
Bad Potatoes in the Market. Many
people have been complaining of being
supplied with potatoes of poorer quality
than usual, and say that the Burbank
seedling, which for some time has been
considered the best potato for all pur
poses ever known here, is retrograding.
The potatoes furnished under the name of
Burbank are frequently found to he
coarse, rank, watery and altogether dif
ferent from the fine, dry mealy Bur
hanks of past years. This is attributed
to carelessness of cultivators, who raise
potatoes year after year on the same
piece of ground and use their own product
for seed, which the least experienced ag
riculturist knows will soon cause any
kind of crop to deteriorate. Many differ
ent kinds of potatoes have been consid
ered the best during the past 50 years,
from the old Bluenose. or Calico, down to
the Burbank, but they all give way in
time to new varieties. A large number of
horticulturists are constantly producing
new varieties from the seed produced by
the blossom of the potato and occasion
ally, when they make a hit and produce
a superior "variety they are rewarded for
their trouble. The potato Is the most im
portant of all edible roots or tubers cul
tivated, and many books have been writ
ten about It and its history since the dis
cover of America, when It was also dis
covered, under cultivation In Peru and in
suitable temperatures north and south of
there, with every evidence of ancient
usage. It has been little changed under
the cultivation of nearly 300 years, and
has been the friend of the poor in every
country into which it has been introduced.
Many say that no better variety than the
original Burbank has ever been known
and growers, therefore, should spare no
pains to maintain the quality by exchang
ing seed and giving fields a rest or change
of crops, for there are certainly many
rather poor potatoes in the market under
the name of Burbanks.
Mudholh "Which Nesds Filling. Com
plaint is made of the bad condition of
Fifth street, at the curve where It in
tcrsects Ankeny street, or rather the con
dition' of both streets at that point. The
Council provided for extending Fifth to
a union with North Fifth, cutting oft th
obtruding corners, and the railway track,
which makes a violent curve there, was to
be straightened. This has not been done
so far. and no one knows when it will be.
and there is a mudhole at several corners
of the intersection of Fifth and Ankeny.
and more mud and no crosswalks at other
corners. One person says he was unable
to pass the Intersection on foot and had
to make a detour and try the long way
round as the only safe way home. The
worst of It is that many people. Including
most of the strangers visiting the city,
como up town from the railroad depot by
way of Fifth street. If they are on
foot, they are liable to be mired In trying
to cross Ankeny street, and. If they are
on a street-car, the car slows up while
going around the exaggerated curve there,
which is not calculated to give them a
very favorable opinion of Portland. The
complaints noted are only a few of those
made dally. Any one can be convinced of
their justice by looking at the intersec
tion. "Wish to See Other "Victims. Opera
tions for the cure of appendicitis have be
come so common these days that all are
interested in them, as no one knows
whose turn will come next, Few have a
desire to witness the "operation. butthose
who have undergone It usually have a
curiosity to see some other victim ope
rated on. This, the surgeons consider a
natural curiosity, and usually accommo
date those on whom they have operated
by allowing them to be present while they
operate on another. A patient whose
case was rather difficult and who was
five hours on the operating table, a few
days ago witnessed an operation which
was "pulled off" In about 20 minutes. He
imagines that his case was disposed of
in about the same style, and wonders
why he was kept on his back for nearly
a month, as to this he attributes his
weakness and inability to walk for a
week after he was out of bed. The opera
tion is nothing serious where everything
goes well, but no one hankers for a second
performance.
Seagulls Like Inland Life. The vast
flocks of seagulls which have been men
tioned as spending the Winter here, to
get away from, tha violent storms on the
coast, appear to have takon a liking to
inland life. At all events they show no
signs of any Intention of leaving, and
many Imagine that they Intend to remain
here permanently. Thousands of them are
to be seen on the Italian vegetable gar
dens In the eastern part of the city dally,
following the ploughmen or hopping about
at the heels of the man spading up the
ground, apparently without any fear of
being molested. They find a lavish sup
ply of earthworms, slugs, etc., and are
becoming as plump as partridges. Every
evening they wing their way to the river
in flocks of 500 or more to "roost," if
spending the night on the water can be
called roosting. The gardeners ar$J
pleased to have them around, as they
destroy many noxious Insects.
Back From Torn op Europe. A. A.
Llndsley, who. accompanied by his wife,
has been making a tour of all the prin
cipal countries of Western Europe, ar
rived home a few days ago. He has been
away from Portland about five months,
this being his first trip across the At
lantic. He returned to New York about
a month ago and spent some time visiting
friends and relatives In New England
and more Southerly states, and left his
wife in "Washington. After looking over
France, Germany. Italy and other for
eign lands he says ho has decided that
there Is no country in the world like the
United States, and no other state in the
fnion like Oregon.
Skaukn's Institute Concert. The con
cert to be given this evening at the Sea
men's Institute will be under the aus
pices of Mrs. St. Martin. Jr.. and Miss
St Martin. The following are the num
bers on the programme: Soprano solo.
Miss Amy Thomas: vocal duet, the Misses
Harwas: contralto solo.. Miss St. Martin,
Jr ; tenor solo, A. Cain; soprano solo.
Miss E. Harwas: vocal duet. Mrs. St
Martin. Jr.. Miss Amy Thomas; vocal
solo. Miss Lena Harwas.
Arions Exchange Greetings. The
Alton Club, of New York, the most cele
brated musical organization In the coun
try, s now celebrating the 63th onnlvor
sary of Its organization. The Arlon Club
of this city was invited to send delegates
to participate, but no one was found who
could go, so congratulations were tele
graphed. The present is not a desirable
time for pleasure excursions to New York
even as guests of the Arion Club.
BoasRa, printer, moved SO 1st Phone 353.
New Nickels in Circulation. A lot of
brand-new nickels, bearing the date of
1904. has just been received from the
Philadelphia mint hy the United States
National Bank. They are. as bright as
silver and are not likely to be mistaken
for 53 by any one who sees them. This Is
the first lot of 1904 coins received here. A
man was met on the street yesterday
holding one of them In his hand and gaz
ing admiringly on it. He explained bow
he came to have It and said, that he had
quite a collection of nickels, as every
year, for many years, he had made It a
point to hold on to the first nickel of, the
year and put It away, as a good-luck
token, and, said he: "It beats a rabbit's
foot all hollow. You Just try it." On In
quiring at the United States National
Bank it was found that several hundred
dollars worth of the new nickels had been
received, and also a batch otall varieties
of silver coins of 1904. This bank always
makes it a point to secure a shipment of
new coins of every year as early as pos
sible, to satisfy some of its patrons who
want them. The Arlington Club, for in
stance, always makes change with new
coin, and there is a popular saloon at
which the same is done. When asked
what was the reason for this, the clerk
said he did not know,, but probably it was
a fad, if so, it is harmless and deserves
encouragement, as it is possible that
germs of some kind may be transferred
on change. No one has been known, how
ever, to refuse change on this account.
Countt Roads in Good Condition.
Most of the principal county roads in the
eastern part of Multnomah County are
in very- good condition for travel. The
surface is a little sloppy, of course, but
they have good, solid foundations and one
can just skim along over them as fast as
horses can travel, though he must sub
mit to be a little splashed if he drives
fast This is the report of Deputy Sheriff
Moreland, who is constantly driving from
one end .of the county to the other serv
ing papers, and who was met by a re
porter alighting from his buggy, his hat
and coat looking as if he had been driv
ing through a shower of mud. "The cross
roads in that part of the county north of
the Sandy," continued he. 'tare also in
very good condition for this lime of the
year, but those south of the Sandy are
'simply awful. There are not less than
50 teams employed in hauling railroad ties
to Troutdale from the many sawmills
along the Sandy, and as theyhaul rather
heavy loads, they cut up the! roads in a
style that renders them almost impas
sable. Such deep ruts and mudholes as
those teams create and then have to
flounder through are enough to terrify
the ordinary traveler. There is no way
of avoiding this trouble."
Mud hens Arouse Curiositt. A pile of
the raw, red carcasses of birds which had
been skinned and from which the heads
and feet had been removed was exposed
for sale on Front street yesterday. Many
halted to examine them, imagining that
they might be game birds killed out of
season and deprived of their heads, feet
and skins to conceal their Identity. One
glance was enough to convince the most
amateurish sportsman that they were
neither pheasants, partridges nor ducks,
as there was no white meat about them,
nor much of any other kind, except a
very spare allowance of breast. A curious
fellow kept inquiring until he found that
the birds were coots, or mudhens, a sort
of betwixt and between, neither an up
land bird nor a webfooted bird, and pos
sessing few of the game qualities of
either. The dealer said the breasts were
about all there was of them, and there
wts not much of the breasts. The mud
hen may have some place on the line be
tween land and water, but it has no place
in the cookbook or potpie.
Loan Exhibition Opens Todat. A loan
exhibition of etchings by James McNeill
Whistler is now hung In the gallery of
the Art Association on the second floor
of the Library' building, and will remain
in place until April 1. The exhibit Includes
about 100 impressions, most of them of
very rare excellence, covering the differ
ent styles of the artist's work from the
early prints of tho "French", and
"Thames" sets to his latest manner In
the Venetian and even more recent Dutch
subjects. The gallery Is open daily from
2 to 4:30 P. M. On Thursday and Saturdays
admission is free.
Fraternal Building Indorsed, The
project to erect a fraternal building at the
Lewis and Clark Fair is arousing great
enthusiasm among various orders. Last
night a committee of nine representing
the A. O. U. W. visited the Eureka Lodge,
No. 125, of Albina, and laid the matter
before them. The members received the
idea with a prompt financial contribution
toward the 530.000 which it Is estimated
the building will cost, and now have the
distinction of being the first lodge to con
tribute toward the building.
Lecture b to Students' Senate. The
first of a series of lectures before the
Students Senate, an organization of the
Y. M. C. A. night classes, will be de
livered next Thursday evening, when At
torney A. King Wilson will talk upon
"Law Partnership Contracts." The fol
lowing Thursday evening John F. Car
roll will speak upon "The Making of a
Modern Newspaper." These lectures are
looked forward to by the students with
much interest.
The Second Term of tho current school
year at Portland Academy will begin Mon
day, February 1. 1WH, at 9 o'clock A. M.
Catalogue may be obtained on request.
Portland Academy, Portland, Or.
The second session of St, Mary's
Academy and College opens Monday, Feb
ruary 1st.
The four-story brtck building on Front
and Couch streets is for rent.
Aune, the photographer, open for busi
ness Thursday.
Carnations, floral pieces and house
plants at Burkhardt's. 23d and Gllsan.
Is Wooster alive? 7th and Morrison.
No better Pancakes than Olympic.
PERSONAL MENTION.
J. P. Mclnerny, a leading merchant of
Tho Dalles, was an Imperial guest yes
terday. R. B. Jones, one of Hood River's suc
cessful orchardists, is registered at the
Imperial.
C. W. Thompson, a prominent lumber
man from Cascade Locks, was In Port
land yesterday.
F. O. Baker, a well-known Spokane
newspaper man, was among yesterday's
arrivals at the Portland.
State Senator John L. Rand, projector
of the Sumpter electric railroad, is among
the guests at the Portland.
Dr. F. W. Cramer, of Grant's Pass, a
leading politician and former Mayor of
that city, is at the Imperial.
C. H. Wilson, a merchant of Kla
math Falls, accompanied by his daugh
ter, was an arrival at the Imperial yes
terday. M. Kaufman, formerly of Portland and
now in business at Aberdeen, Is visiting
this city for a" few days. He says Aber
deen is recovering from the effects of
the recent fire, and that many new brick
buildings are in course of construction.
NEW YORK. Jan. 26. Northwestern
people registered at New York hotels to
day as follows:
From Portland At the Murray Hill.
F. F. Burnhart.
From Baker City, Or. At the Park
Avenue, C M. Sage.
From Tacomn At the Normandie, A. C.
Tousey.
From Spokane At the Manhattan. D.
C Corbln: at the Grand, R. G. Howell;
at the Grand Unlon,-J. F. Redr.
From Seattle At the York, J. W. Miller;
at the Victoria, J. Blether and wife.
Card of Thanks.
I desire to express my heartfelt thanks
to the numerous friends whose sympa
thies and active attentions have been so
kindly shown in ray bereavement. I also
especially thank the order of Elks. Port
land Lodge NcC 142. for their kind services.
MRS. WILLIAM FABER.
Burnett's Extract of Vanilla
Imparts superior delicacy of flavor, try it, ute It.
NEW YORK PAPERS' FIGHT
THE "PRESS" CONTINUES TTS
PRESIDENTIAL. JIM-JAMS.
Not Mr. Hanna's Railroad Presidents,
but the Republican Party Must
Make -the Nomination.
Mr. Perry Heath, who is the chief
bottle-washer of the Banna bureau, un
packed his trunk at the Waldorf-Astoria
on Sunday and hauled forth the old,
familiar Hanna boom. No man, he said,
can refuse to be a candidate, not even
the unique Hanna, If his party demands
he shall be. The party, as Mr. Heath
sees It, is demanding Hanna, for' the.
friends who supported not Major- McKln-t
ley and the Republican party, but "his
(Hanna's) candidates in 1S96 and 1900."
are determined to have Mr. Hanna. and
there is no way to stop them, for, of
course, to stop them he "can't take the
nearest baseball bat and brain them with
it. He must treat them with considera
tion." Asked if Mr. Hanna could not induce
his good friends to support Mr. Roosevelt,
as they had supported "Mr. Hanna's can
didates In 1SS6 and 1900," Mr. Heath dis
missed the proposition forever with this
eloquence: "There are 15 railroad presi
dents in this hotel here now. Ask them!"
Mr. Hanna's bureau thinks he can swing
the Republican party around his head by
the tall, but not the railroad presidents!
When It cornea to them and the rest of
the trust power it Is they who do the
swinging, even to Mr. Mark Hanna him
self. A preliminary ten-mlllion-dollar
fund Is not to be argued with by the Re
publican party or by the American people.
So Mr. Heath has it that, whatever the
Republicans of the United States may
be bent upon and whatever the American
people may demand, the 15 railroad presi
dents in the Waldorf-Astoria and the.
others who are holding down the Roose
velt movement by sitting on it at the
Hanna boom centers must settle the ques
tion, and "Mr. Hanna always means what
he says. He is not a candidate any
more than Garfield was, but if the Re
publican party should desire to nominate
him he would have to accept the situation
and he will!"
Meanwhile Senator Hanna himself de-.
clares that it would not be becoming in
him, the chairman of the Republican
National Committee, either to favor or
oppose any candidate. Surely not! He
could not fittingly favor President Roose
velt's nomination, and he could not oppose
his own! He can, however, with perfect
propriety lead Hanna shouters to the
convention, so that when they have
acted for the 15 and other railroad presi
dents in the name of the Republican
party his loyalty to the party and his
neutrality as to the candidates will have
been vindicated!
Perhaps so! Perhaps so if the 15 rail
road presidents to whom Mr. Heath re
ferred the question are. In fact, to settle
it. But if they are not and we are
counting on the 7,M,000 to 5,000,000 voting
Republicans having something to say in
answer to them before the convention as
the 15,000,000 voting' Americans willl have
something to say after the nomination
Mr. Hanna can remain a useful member
of his party he cannot become President
in any event only by assenting to its
present purpose and submitting to its
present will the nomination of Mr.
Roosevelt
Nobody has asked, nobody will ask, Mr.
Hanna to make Mr. Roosevelt, as his
modest representative Mr. Heath puts It,
one of "his candidates of 1SS6, 1900 and
1904.". What the Republicans of the
United States demand is that Mr. Hanna
cease to obstruct, with methods danger
ous to the Republican campaign, and to
delay, with $10,000,000 funds and other
means of the railway presidents and
trust power, the Republcan Presidential
movement of 1S04. They want him to
get out of the way of the Republican
party. He may favor any candlate he
pleases, himself or anybody else, but he
must get out of the way of the party!
And the Republicans of the United States
must put him out of the way; for neither
Mr. Hanna nor any other Hanna candi
date selected by the railroad presidents
and the trust power can command enough
Republican support to come within a
million votes of the Presidency.
If Mr. Hanna desires the success of
the Republican ticket in this Presidential
campaign he will leave his party free
to send to the National Convention the
Roosevelt delegates that it demands, for
the man who is not for Theodore Roose
velt now Is against the Republican
party!
COMING ATTRACTIONS.
Ibsen's Powerful Drama, "Ghosts," at
the Marquam Tonight.
Tonight at the Marquam Grand The
atre the celebrated actress Alberta Gal
latin, supported by an excellent company
of players will begin an engagement of
two nights in Ibsen's widely-discussed and
Interesting drama, "Ghosts." Miss Gal
latin has appeared in the support of such
stars as Richard Mansfield, T. W. Keene,
Mrs. Fiske. Henry Miller and Joseph Jef
ferson, and has also appeared as Sapho
In the original Olga Nethersole version
of the play of that name. Her greatest
success, before she appeared as Mrs. Al'
lng, was Rosalind, In "As You Like It,"
supporting Otis Skinner. Ibsen's "Ghosts"
Is a great domestic tragedy. It illustrates
the Inexorablenss of the saying: "The
sins of the father are visited upon the
children." The play Is of surpassing In
terest to fathers and mothers. In fact to
all members of every household. Some crit
ics have gone so far as to assert that this
drama of heredity is the greatest problem
play ever written. Spectators, with intel
lectual minds, experience the keenest sat
isfaction In studying the developments of
the play, while minds of an Inferior cali
ber are impressed with the wonderful
truths which It illustrates.
At the Baker.
"A Celebrated Case," which is running
ail this week at the Baker is a drama
with a strong original plot and gives the
company excellent opportunities for both
emotional and comedy work. It Is a play
everyone was eager to see when it first
came out, and though the younger the
ater-goers now know but little af It it is
most familiarly recalled by those of a
few years ago.
"Maloney's Wedding" Tomorrow.
"Malonev's Weddlnc' nncno hww o
gagement at Cord ray's tomorrow. Thurs
day, nlcht This Is said tr h fimnv
farce comedy, and will please those who
go 10 tne uieater to laugn. jt promises
mis ana notning eise.
"The Fatal Wedding."
The greatest of all melodramatic plays.
"The Fatal Wedding." will be the attrac
tion at the Marquam Grand Theater next
Monday and Tuesday nights. February -1
and 2, played at popular prices.
Sale for Elks' Benefit.
The entertainment for the Elks, on Fri
day evening of this week at the Mar
quam, . promises a most enjoyable time.
The curtain will rise promptly at S:15
Box office, opens this morning.
At the Arcade.
The best bill of the season, with six re
fined and novel vaudeville acts is on at
the Arcade. To hear Jessie More, soprano,
sing Is a treat not to be missed.
"Lost River" Closes Tonight.
"Lost River," one of the biggest attrac-
tions of the year, closes a too short en-
gagement at Cordray's Theater tonight.
This Is really a dollar show.
KlNSrllP OF WOMEN AND BAZOXS
The Eloquent Barber Discourses as to
Their Common Points.
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
When the man in the chair- asked the
barber to give his opinion upon the razor
he paused a moment for consideration, as
was proper when such an lmportant.sub
Ject was under consideration, and said:
"Are you married, sir? No? Got a sis
ter or mother or daughter? Well, you
know, "how nice a woman can be If she
wishes it so. I speak from experience
when I say that a good-natured woman is
the very nicest thins In the world. Talk
about man being the noblest work of God!
Why, man wasn't in It when Eve waltzed
info the world. He played second fiddle
an3 she had the whole stage to herself,
with the limelight full upon her and he
in the shadow. From that time to this she
has held the audience spellbound.'
"I asked you about razors," said the
man in the chair suggestively.
"Yes, I'm coming to if1 replied the
barber, as he drew the lather brush over
the man's lips. "You Just watch a woman,
and for weeks together she will be the
loveliest thing on earth to everybody
all smiles and delicate little attentions.
She wili be willing to do anything and
go a. long distance out of her way to oblige
you. She will laugh you out of your ill
humor and beg you to forgive and forget
Rhat others do to trouble you. She will
go li and out as silently as if on wheels
with rubber tires, full of smiles and gentle
words, and you vote her a darling.
"The day comes, however, when the
soft harmony of the bells becomes dis
cord, the bells jangle and the machinery
Is alt at sixes and sevens through her en
tire delicate mechanism. You try every
thing to pacify her and only make the
matter worse. Yon hrlng her sweet flow
ers and dollar a pound candy and every
thing dear to her heart when she Is in
good humor, but nothing will pacify her,
nothing you may do will please her and
everything is wrong. She won't have it
and "seems determined to be ugly, her best
hold being to snap at you for a while
arid then melt into tears.. If you are a
man of experience you will leave her
alone. Do not try to please her and do
not suggest anything by way of amending
the situation, for she will contradict you
and pul' the other way. Leave .her alone,
for she wants a rest anej time to find out
haw ugly she Is. After awhile she will
come around again and be the bright
angel she was born to be."
"About the razor," suggested the man
In the chair, shutting his Hps tightly.
"Well," said the barber, "that's it A
razor io just like a woman. When it gets
tired It must and will have a rest Noth
ing you can do to it will make it do its
duty. You may hone and grind and strop
it till you are tired, and still It will not
stDD being nasty. The poor thing Is tired.
Put It away all alone by its lonesome in
some dark place with the point to tho
north and heel to the south for a whole
month;, then take It out and find it as fine
as a fiddle."
"You have no lady customers," said the
man In the chair.
"Oh," cried thebarber. catching the
suggestion promptly, "they know all I've
said about them Is true. So does the
razor. I've had 40 years experience and I
tell you that a razor knows as well as a
horse who is driving him. A razor may go
all right for me, but If I give It to one
of my men it will kick and' the customer
will groan, and the. man can't do any
thing with it It's just like a "Human be
ing. You think it over, sir, and Next!"
cried the barber, as he whisked the cov
ering, off the man In the chair.
STRANGE BIRD FROM AT.ASTTA.
Said to Change Its Colors and to Lay
Differently Colored Eggs.
'New York News.
There Is an Alaskan ptarmigan in the
Bronx Zoo. Naturalists say It Is one of
the most wonderful, of birds. The bird
was contributed to the Zoo by Alfred H.
Dunham, a prosperous Nomo businessman.
Mr. Dunham started with three of the
birds, but only one survived the sea trip
of 21 days. The bird belongs to the
grouse family, closely resembling in size
and generaly aspect the common field
grouse of the United States. Its flesh
is darker than that of any American
grouse, and It Is said one would relish
it as fare 363 days In the year. Many a
sick Alaskan miner owes his life to the
wholesomcness of the meat and Its nour
ishing qualities'. The birds are gregari
ous, and the Alaskan housewife who finds
a flock in her yard on a cold morning
can kill them as easily as chickens with
a club in any locality where they have
not been shot at
Mr. Dunham, after his arrival In Nome,
could find no satisfactory treatise on the
bird, so being an amateur naturalist he
studied the ptarmigan and learned many
marvelous things concerning the bird's
habits. In April, when the snow begins
to melt a change is noted in the pure
whiteness of the Winter plumage, and
about the neck feathers of Drown appear.
During the Spring and early Summer
months the dress of brown gradually
grows, and by the first of August a com
plete metamorphosis has taken place, and
the bird Is entirely clad in delicately pen
ciled shades of the most beautiful brown.
which, with the first snow of the early
Fall, reverts again to white. .
It is interesting to note that the change
from white to brown takes a month long
er than the transformation to Winter
garb. At no time when the change Is
taking place does the bird exhibit the
rough and ragged appearance of moult
ing. When one feather is about to fall
a pin feather Is ready to take Its place,
and the plumage presents a uniform ap
pearance all the while. If. when the bird
Is ready to lay an egg in the Spring, there
yet remains a vestige of snow on the
ground the egg Is white. But should the
ground be clear of snow the egg Is brown
The birds feed exclusively on willow
buds and shoots, and are thus found in
the greatest quantities along the water
ways, although they exist in large. num
bers in the vicinity of Nome. It had
been believed impossible to keep the birds
alive In captivity, but by proper mixture
of other food of their accustomed diet
Mr. Dunham kept a number caged.
The Gold Output in 1903.
St Paul Pioneer Press.
The world's gold production in 1903
amounted to $327,000,000, according to the
Engineering and Mining Journal, against
C99.000.000 in 1502 and 5306,720,000 in 1809. the
largest annual output heretofore. Last
year's large production is almost entirely
owing to the resumption of operations In
Transvaal gold mines, which were put out
rof commission during the war. In 1502
the production of this district amounted to
about J35.000.000. against an average of
about 55,000,000 during J900 and 190L as
compared with about 5S1. 000.000 in 19S.
when the maximum was reached. In 1903
the output was about JS1.000.000. In other
words, while the Transvaal mines have
not been wholly restored to their former
producing capacity, the increase in that
district was heavy enough last year to
account for 526,000.000 of the 52S.0O3.O00 of
the worlds Increase.
With this exception and that of Aus
tralia there was practically no large in
crease anywhere. In the minor countries
gains were about balanced by losses. Can
ada's production fell from 0,70,000 In 1S02
to 519.500,000, while Mexico's increased from
J11.254.CO) to J12.55O.O0O and Russla-'a produc
tion of J24.400.0CO In 1S02 showed an In
significant decline- The principal fail'
ure of the world's output outside of the
Transvaal was owing to a decline In the
production of the United States from $79,
S92.000 in 1902 to J74.425.000, which just about
balanced the increase In the Australian
output from $32,454,000 in 1902 to JSS,170,000,
RECORD
BROKEN
Piano Selling That Beats
All Previous One Day
January Records.
Nineteen Pianos Sold Mon
day Co-operative Clubs
Still Risking Things Live
lyThis Week Likely to
Close Two oTThem.
Eilers Piano House knows no dull sea
son. Piano buying is always lively here.
Low prices and easy terms of payment
make piano purchasing possible on a very
slim income. But Monday's sale, for
what is commonly termed the "dull sea
son," is enough to make any dealer proud.
Nineteen choice Instruments in a single
day. Of these, one. was Crown, the
piano of many tones, and it went to one
of our lovely homes in Mount Tabor; a
Weber baby grand was purchased by a
leading musician of Oregon; a Brlnker
hoff went to a prominent resident of Ni
agara. Or.; three of the choice and pop
ular Kimballs found homes, two in Port
land and one at Sumpter, Or.; a very
handsome Hobart M. Cable went to
Woodburn, a Lester to a well-known Port
land resident; another Portland man took
a dainty little Wescr.; still another Port
land citizen showed his good Judgment
by selecting for his new home an ex
ceedingly choice Chlckering, Colonial
style; the Highland School purchased a
Hobart M- Cable: another Hobart M.
Cable went to Whatcomb, Wash.; an ex
quisite Weber upright, just like the one
used by Louise Homer, of the Metropoli
tan Opera Company, went to a Port
land residence; a very fine Bailey made
a conquest of a Portland man; two more
Lesters and three more Hobart M. Cables
were purchased, eleven of the Instruments
being sold in Portland and eight In the
towns of Oregon and Washington.
Likely to Close
If buying continues at the present rate
there is no doubt that two of our clubs
will complete their limit of 100 members
and close. And after they do, there will
be absolutely no more pianos sold at the
prices and terms at which members have
been securing them.
Prices and Payments
Members joining Club "A" now obtain
a fine new piano upon payment of J5.00
down and weekly payments of J1.25 (pay
more if yoa like, but this Is all that is re
quired). Members of Club "B" pay J6.00 upon
delivery of piano, and then at the rate of
JL60 a week.
Club "C" members pay $12.00 down and
the balance In payments of $2.00 weekly.
Members of Club "D" will be asked to
pay $20.00 down and $2.50 a week.
Those joining Club "E" pay J25.00 down
and the balance as suits them best, pro
vided the remainder Is paid within two
years.
Payments in all clubs can be made by
the month Instead of weekly if more con
venient Every Instrument Is fully guaranteed
and Is further accompanied by our writ
ten agreement to refund all money paid
if it falls to prove exactly as we have
represented it to be and not entirely sat
isfactory. Eilers Piano House. 351 Washington
street, corner Park, the largest leading
and most responsible piano concern on the
Pacific Coast St6res at San Francisco
and Sacramento, Cal.; Spokane and Se
attle, just as big and as busy as the
Portland one.
the falling off in the American output be
ing due to labor troubles in. Colorado.
B&t an aggregate production of $327,000,
000 was doubtless sufficient for all pur
poses. In the '50s the average output was
only $133,000,000 a year, after which for the
next three decades it averaged $126,000,000
-$115,000,000 and $105,000,000 a year. In 1891
the annual output was $130,000,000, and
since that time, owing to the discovery of
new mines and the perfection of the
cyanide process of extraction, which has
made ores formerly refractory commerci
ally available, it has steadily Increased
except when interfered with by the closing
of the Transvaal mines. How rapid the
Increase has been Is shown by the fact
that the production reached the $200,000,000
mark in 1S93 and passed the $300,000,000
mark only three years later. That It will
now go rapidly ahead there Is every rea
son to suppose. In fact, the prospect of
$400,000,000 within the next decade Is re
garded almost as a certainty.
WHERE TO DINE.
All the delicacies or the season at tha
Portland Restaurant; fine private apart
ments for parties. 205 Wash., near 5th.
Imperial Hotel Restaurant 2d floor, six
course dinner, 50c; first-class service, a la
carte, 6:30 A. M. to S P. M.
Nothing Serious.
New York Sun.
He was angry.
His eyes rolled madly and his pearly
teeth were clenched.
"I'll pull her hair out!" ho hissed.
And Immediately he extracted from the
butter a silvery tres3 which he knew be
longed to the boarding mistress.
Many persons keep Carter's Little Liver
Pills on hand to prevent bilious attacks,
sick headache, dizziness, and find them
Just what they need.
Five-room flat for rent Graves & Co.,
32S Washington.
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature
PIANOS
Visit our store and see for yourself
the fine pianos we are now selling
For $290
On payments of $8.00 per month.
We also have several bargains in
used upright pianos ranging in
price from $125 10 $1.75. Easy
terms of payment.
Soule Bros. Piano Co.
(STER4WAV SEAIXICS)
372-374 MORRISON ST.
CUTLERY
For prices and any further information in regard to
Electric Heating Appliances, Electrical Supplies or Electric
Light, call or address
Portland General Electric Co,
SEVENTH AND ALDEFJ STS. PORTLAND, OR.
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and properties are present, unadulterated
and unimpaired.
We are ready
for your 1904 busi
ness with the largest
and best lines of
Loose Leaf Ledgers,
Filing Devices and
General Office Sta
tionery ever shown
in Portland.
The Kilham Stationery Co.
Everything for the Office
246 WASHINGTON STREET
Issaquah Coai
is UKEXcr r.r.KB as a iiousk fuel
$7.00 Ton, Delivered
Jlaln 1423.
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380 BURXSIDE ST.. OPP. P. O.
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It is always hot, always
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matter where you want to
use it, whether in kitchen,
sewing room or laundry, it
is but a small matter to con
nect it to the electric light
circuit, ft is quickly heated
and remains heated as lonz
as the current is on. Espe
cially in the sewing room,
where a hot iron is often
needed, will this be appre
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$1.00
Gallon can Pure Maple .Synrp,
10 Cenjs
Package Falcon Pancake Flour,
10 Cents
Package H. O. Buckwheat or Pancake.
20 Cents
10-pound sack Cornmeal,
25 Cents
3 cans Condensed Cream,
5 Cents
Can Alaska Salmon,
5 Cents
One-pound can Pork and Beans In Tomattf
Sauce.
15 Cents
Pound best fresh roasted Costa Itlca
Coffee,
$5.30
100-pound sack best Dry Granuiatea augai
BOSTON
PAINLESS DENTISTS
Iioxt prices for jrood work are possible to
os. We do so much of it
Silver fflllnra 35
Gold fillings, pure $1.00
Gold crowns, S2-lc S3.50
Full set teeth
Bridge work $3.5 (
TEETH .
We tell exactly what your work will
cost by free examination. Our plates glva
satis ruction, comfort and natural expres
sion. Crown and bridge work of the best at
lowest prices is our specialty. NO PAIN
Our name alone is a guarantee that your
work will be of the best. Lady attendant
always present.
Boston Dental Parlors
COR. FIFTH AND MORRISON STS.
Opposite Meier & Frank. Entrance 2914
Morrison.
Hours 8:30 A. M. to 6 P. M.; Sunday
till 1.
Miss Harker and Miss Hughes
SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
AT
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tures open 'to students. Pleasant home life.
Horseback-riding, tennis and wheeling. Ont
hours' ride to San Francisco. Term begfni
January C
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(Dr. Miles') prevent as well as cure head
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kind. Carry In your pocket
No opiates. Non-laxative. There are no
substitutes. Sold and guaranteed by all drug
gists. 25 doses 25 cents. Never sold In bulic
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FRED PREHN
DENTIST
Room 405
Dcknm Bulldla
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BEST WORK, REASONABLE FBICE3
247 Stark Street Phone Main 178