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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1906.
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HAS MODEL FARM
Animal Husbandry and Forage
Plant Production Are
Studied,
EXPERIMENTS WITH FRUIT
Ten of 150 Acres Devoted to Horti
culture Blooded Stock Kept
for Analysis of Food Values
by the Students.
CORVALLIS. Or., June 17. (Special.)
During the commencement exercises last
week many of the visitors took occasion
to Inspect the college farm and Its ap
pointments. The farm comprises about
150 acre. . Ten acres are devoted to
horticulture and the balance to pasture
and general crops. In the horticultural
division a large number of varieties of
tree and bush fruits are grown for the
purpose of ascertaining and studying their
characteristics and are' also made useful
for testing the efficiency of various spray
ing mixtures. '
Animal husbandry and forage plant pro
duction are the major industries on the
farm. In addition to the maintenance of
a good working dairy herd several classes
of livestock are kept for feedine experi
ments. Including small herds of Jersey
and Shorthorn cattle. The Shorthorns
represent two classes, the dairy type and
the beef type. . There are also two breeda
of sheep and a few swine.
Steamed Silage Is Fed.
The livestock is kept for experimental
feeding and also to serve as object lessons
to students In animal husbandry. The
animals are managed under practical,
modern farm conditions. .Various classes
of feed stuffs are employed, mostly pro
duced on the farm. The main object of
this work Is to determine the most eco
nomical ration for dairy cows and fatten
ing stock. In the Winter seasos a good
deal of experimental work with the feed
ing of silage Is conducted. Steamed silage
Is extensively fed.
This method of preserving silage origi
nated at the Oregon Experiment Station
and Is known as the Oregon method. It
consists of forcing Bteam into the silo
until the contents are heated to a degree
that Is destructive to the germs of fer
mentation, thus the formation of organic
acids which sour the silage is largely
arrested.
In the "Winter months soiling Is prac
ticed. An effort is made to provide a
continuous supply of green, palatable and
nutritious feed from early Spring to late
Fall. Upon high-priced land this system
is much more profitable to the dairyman
than is the common practice of permit
ting the cows to pasture the crops. Al
falfa enters largely into this scheme. The
second crop this season will soon be
ready to cut.
Much Success With Alfalfa.
1 The Experiment Station . has demon
strated conclusively that alfalfa can be
successfully grown in Western Oregon.
In order to encourage the more general
production of alfalfa the Experiment Sta
tion. In co-operation with the Southern
Pacific Railroad officials, has sent out
gratuitously to farmers this Spring- about
40 tons of Inoculated soil.
Much valuable work is done In the de
partment of entomology in the control of
fungus and insect pests. In the bacterio
logical department investigations of con
siderable economic Interest are constantfy
in progress. The department of chemis
try keeps the chemist and several assist
ants constantly employed in analytical
work of great economic value to many
productive industries.
ECHO IS XO LOXGEK DRY.
New Wafer System Completed With
out Tax or Bond Sale.
ECHO. Or., June 17. (Special.) The
City Council has made the final payment
on its new waterworks of $678.75 to Fair
banks. Morse &Co. This closes an un
dertaking of the citizens of Echo that is
peculiar in several respects. The works
have been built without any taxes or
bonds and consist of an engine and pipes
and a reservoir holding 2110,000 gallons.
The latter la on a hill luO feet above the
town, and will soon be supplemented
witli another of the same size, so as to
provide an abundance of water for irri
gation and for conflagrations!. The total
cost of the works was tlO.OOO, of which a
portion was raised by subscriptions to be
paid back in water, and the remainder
derived from saloon licenses.
It is now proposed to establish munici
pal electric light works, which can be
run with the same engine as pumps the
water, and- the citizens and Council are
so encouraged with, the success of the
undertaking just completed that there will
be no opposition to the establishment of
an electric light plant.
Arthur Hammer was elected superin
tendent of the waterworks. ' Rates are
placed very low so as to encourage lawns
and gardens.
FKVIT IN THE GRAND RONDE
Trees Are Filled and Conditions
Could Not Be Better.
La Grande Chronicle.
An equated estimate based on the
reports of four of the principal fruit
growers of this section shows that the
fruit output of . this valley this year
will be approximately 400 carloads.
The estimate for apples, which con
stitute the main fruit crop, is 314 cars;
prunes, 65 cars; pears, peach plums
and cherries, 20 cars. ..These figures
are considered reliable, as there was
but little variance in any of the four
estimates given, and on the estimate
for prunes the figures were exactly the
same. This forecast is made on the
expectation of a continuation of the
present favorable conditions. Fruit
trees are filled and the conditions and
prospects could hardly be Improved
upon.
In the effort to secure the foregoing
report, some interesting figures have
been received in regard to the in
crease in apple-tree acreage in this
valley.
There are now 200,000 apple trees
in this valley, and of this number
146,000 trees are in bearing that
Is to say, this is the number of
trees of five years old and upwards.
Five years hence, when the whole
200.000 trees come. Into bearing, the
yield of an average crop year will be
1.000,000 boxes, or about 1666 carloads.
It is not too much to say that within a
short time the apple crop income of
this valley will be $1,000,000 a year.
Even at the cider factory prices of
$3 per ton, 10-year-old trees will, on
average years, yield at the rate of
$142.63 per. acre.
While the apple is in the ascendency
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as. the commercial fruit of this val
ley, the cherry is not to be overlooked.
Cannery, representatives are here now
making contracts for cherries at 4 to
4 cents per pound. The old cherry
trees on the Geer place In Cove, for
instance, and in other orchards in this
valley, have yielded a crop of 800
pounds to the tree. The price paid is
$80 per ton, and at this rate old trees
will yield $3200 and upwards per acre.
All these figures and estimates are
based on as reliable facts as are ob
tainable. It is not necessary to use
Munchausen stories in connection with
the fruit Industry of Grand Ronde.
The truth is big enough.
CONDON'S NEW WATER STJPPIiY
Well Jnst Completed Gives Abun
dant Flow Under Test.
CONDON", Or., June 17. (Special.) Con
don's water supply is at last assured.
A flow of 40 gallons per minute was re
cently struck in the new city well at a
depth of 400 feet, and it Is now being
pumped into the two reservoirs above the
city, there being now a depth of six
feet of water In each. A test of the fire
hose In the lower part of the city shows
a pressure of 80 pounds, and a great feel
ing of relief and security now pervades
our community.
Condon will soon be a "rose city," in
stead of a sagebrush town, as heretofore.
A new water right, a big spring, has
also been acquired, four miles from town.
Already the bonds for this new addition
to the system have been voted and their
sale arranged for, so in truth it can be
said that Condon has at last solved the
water problem to the satisfaction of
everybody. There will be plenty of
water for every purpose.
Owing to the Increased water supply a
new fire company has been organized.
with William Dunlap as chief and C. .L.
Bornville assistant. It is planned to per
fect the organization and have weekly
drills' and a fire patrol.
ASIA MINOR INTERESTS.
Germany Starting Colonies and Ex
ploiting the Country. 1
United States Consular Report.
German commercial interests in Asia
Minor date from the beginning of the
present empire.
Prior to that time but few people of
German nationality ever found their way
to the Euphrates Valley, much less to
establish trading posts in that country
for the purpose of bartering with the
native Arabs. To what extent this has
all changed Is fully and comprehensively
shown by the German Bagdad Railway
enterprise, which is practically being
flnanoed, built and managed by capital
ists. The German government has done
much to encourage and support commer
cial enterprises in Asia Minor gener
ally. In 1894 a German Consulate was
established in Bagdad. The excavation
expenditions sent to Babylon and Assur
have also done much to make the natives
acquainted with the push and organiza
tion of the German people. Not very
long ago the Turkish government ap
pointed a commission consisting of three
German experts to explore and examine
the oil fields of Mesopotamia.
Such enterprise on the part of German
residents in a country which is acknowl
edged to be exceedingly rich, and re
plete with vast opportunities in connec
tion with cotton, grain, oil, fruit, etc.,
will unquestionably lead to the establish
ment of large German agricultural colo
nies In the vicinity of the cities and sta
tions along the Bagdad .route, similar to
the one which has been so prosperous
at Jaffa in Palestine. It may not be a
generally known fact, but It is true never
theless, that there are already a num
ber of exclusive German colonics scat
tered over Asia Minor, engaged chiefly
In gardening, which are as thriving as
any colony of the same race situated in
Brazil, or any part of Russia, and which
today form such valuable assets to those
countries.
It is claimed by many here in Germany
that if a good part of the surplus popu
lation could be diverted to Minor and An
terior Asia, the field for emigration and
colonization would be happily chosen for
the reason that the German would never
assimilate with the Turk or Arab, there
fore the colonies would remain German
in sentiment, and not sacrifice their na
tionality as has been the case in the
United States, South America and the
English colonies, by becoming citizens of
those countries. There Is something in
this argument, and undoubtedly true is
the fact that such colonies are destined
to play an mportant part in the expan
sion of German commerce In Asiatic
countries.
THE WORD "NICKEL."
Derived From Appellations of His
Satanic Majesty.
Chicago Chronicle.
About 200 years ago, in one of the
German copper mines, an ore was dis
covered which had all the appearance
of copper, but every known process
failed to get any copper from this ore.
The German miners of those times
were superstitious In fact, most min
ers are today. They claimed they could
hear the kobolds, the pixies and the
gnomes at work in the mine from
which this ore was taken, and when
the smelter failed to produce copper
from the ore they one and all refused
to go Into the workings again, saying
the ore had been cursed by an evil
spirit. They named this ore "kupfer
nickel," or Old Nick copper. Cobalt, a
name which has become so familiar of
late, Is nothing more than the German
for an evil spirit.
This curious ore aroused the interest
of the scientists of the world, and for
years chemists worked on it. Cron
stedt, a famous German chemist, be
gan a series of experiments with this
copper and succeeded in isolating a
metal unlike anything- that was seen
before. It was not copper, it was not
silver, though it looked more like the
latter. Although the ore was proved
to be of value, the name of Old Nick
stuck to it, and it is still known as
nickel.
Several years later" another mineral
was discovered in this ore, and on ac
count of its hidden qualities was called
kobold, for the reason already given.
In time kobold became cobalt, the
name by which the mineral is now
known. That an Ontario town should
owe Its name to a German evil spirit
seems strange, but It Is a suitable one
on account of the millions of dollars'
worth of silver cobalt found there. '
The name of Sir Hussey Herbert Vivian
of Swansea, Wales, is among the earliest
associated with nickel. He was successful
in getting nickel from Norwegian and
Swedish ores, but only In small quanti
ties. Later Joseph Wharton started a
factory at Camden, N. J., to develop the
deposits at Lancaster, Pa. Wharton knew
nothing of what Vivian had done, but
worked on a process of his own. After
years of labor he produced a few tons a
month of a low-grade nickel, which Bold
at fancy prices. The first samples of
nickel seen in America were at the Phil
adelphia Exposition in 1876, when several
small articles made of this metal were
shown as curiosities.
Pat's Idea of an Island.
Pilgrim.
Teacher Patrick, describe an island.
Patrick Sure, ma'am. It's a place ye
can't lave without a boat.
The average monthly Income in Japan, after
recent advances In wages, la officially stated
at less than $8.
WILL SHIP 400
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Bountiful Yield From Orchards
of Grand Ronde Valley
Is Assured.
BIG INCREASE IN APPLES
Prunes Come Next in Importance.
Cherries, for Canning Will Net
Growers Large Profits Fu
ture of the Industry.
LA GRANDE, Wash., June 17. (Special)
-It is. estimated by the principal tfruit-
growers of Grand Ronde Valley that the
output for this section this year will be
400 carloads. The estimate on apples,
which are the largest crop. Is 314 cars;
prunes, 65 cars; pears, peaches, plums
and cherries, 20 cars. These figures are
considered reliable, as there was but little
variance in the different estimates given
and the estimates on prunes all agreed.
This forecast Is made on the expecta
tion of a continuation of the present
favorable conditions, which could hardly
be improved upon; the fruit is set on
the trees as full as it can bevto give first
class quality. n.tlMtJ
Big Increase in Apples.
In securing the forgoing report it was
also possible to obtain some interesting
figures relative to the enormous increase
in the apple orchard acreage. There are
now 200,000 apple trees in this valley and
of this number 146,000 are In bearing, that
Is to say this is the number of trees of
five years old and upwards. Five years
hence, when the whole 200,000 trees are In
bearing the yield of an average crop
year will be a million boxes, or about
1,666 car loads. It is not too much to
say that within a short time the apple
crop income of this valley, will be a
million dollars a year.
Even at the cider factory price of $5
per ton. ten year old trees will on aver
age years yield at the rate of $142.63 per
acre.
Cherries Cut a Figure.
While the apple is in the ascendancy
as the commercial fruit of this valley,
the cherry plays quite a part Cannery
representatives are here now making con
tracts for cherries at 4 to 4 cents per
pound. The La Grande fruit growers
will have about twenty tons to offer, but
this includes only the sweet varieties
suitable for canning, such as Royal Anns
and Centennials.
Old cherry, trees In some orchards in
the valley . have yielded as high as 800
pounds to the tree. The price paid Is
$80 per ton and at this rate old trees
will yield $3,200 and upwards per acre.
All these figures and estimates are
based on as reliable facts as are obtain
able. It Is not necfessary to exaggerate
the fruit industry " of Grand Ronde. The
truth is good enough.
MAKING BIG IMPROVEMENTS
Booth-Kelly Lumber Company Bet
tering Its Plants. -
EUGENE, Or., June 17. (Special.)
The Booth-Kelly Lumber Company,
whose head offices are here, is making
extensive Improvements In Its mills
throughout the county. At Springfield
the already well-equipped mill will be
improved to make It the best plant of
its kind in the state.. This mill will
have a planing capacity of 150,030 feet
of lumber daily. The improvements
being made include two new 100-horse-power
boilers, a 300-horsepower engine.
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OREGON BEAUTY STRAWBERRIES, 86 BERRIES
ON ONE STOCK
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RAISED BY FRANCIS CXARNO,' 3S8 LARRABEE STREET.
Francis. Clarno, of 358 Larrabee street. Is a strawberry-grower as well as a
Democratic politician. The photograph shows one strawberry plant of the Ore
gon Beauty variety, from his garden, which bore 86 berries of . the delicious
fruit.
a new band re-saw, two new planers
and a blowpipe system and dust col
lector, besides a new dry kiln and
large lumber sheds.
Similar changes will be made at the
CoburK mill.
Danger and an Umbrella.
The Critic.
An umbrella or a cane have within
them potentialities for evil which are
perfectly appalling. Many a worthy gen
tleman who goes to church on Sundays
accompanied by his umbrella,' and offers
up a silent prayer Into the lining of his
hat as he stands at the head of his pew,
is really a menace to the public, for as
he files out, after having Just requested
to have his sins forgiven him, he is more
likely than not to carry that umbrella
across his shoulder, or high under ' his
arm, where the point endangers the eye
sight of his fellow-man; or he drags It in
such a way that unwary sinners trip over
it and make remarks that are distinctly
out of place in the sanctuary.
Yes, umbrellas and canes are among
the most dangerous of modern weapons.
More harm is done by umbrellas poking
and maiming mankind than by the dead
liest ammunition known in warfare. In
view of this, one would like to suggest
MUST
Portland's Oldest and Finest Exclusive Ladies' Emporium Must Vacate Present Quarters
H. B. LITT'S LARGE AND BEAUTIFUL STOCK OF LADIES' AND MISSES' APPAREL, FANCY EVE
NING GOWNS, SILK AND LINEN SHIRTWAIST SUITS, OPERA COATS, DEMI-STREET SUITS, LINGERIE
WAISTS, PETTICOATS ALL MUST GO AT TREMENDOUS REDUCTIONS. SALE OPENS TUESDAY
MORNING STORE WILL BE CLOSED TOMORROW (MONDAY) TO REARRANGE STOCK.
The entire stock of ladies' and misses' apparel, carried fcy H. B.
Litt, Portland's oldest and finest exclusive ladies' establishment, must
be sold at once, owing to the present quarters having been leased by
an, ontside concern. Entire stock of up-to-date ladies' finery will be
offered at tremendous reductions. "
The present large stock, acknowledeged the finest and most ex
clusive in the entire Northwest, contains the fashion's latest creations in
exclusive patterns and styles. Exclusive Paris gowns have been our spe
cialty, and each and every garment has been personally selected for style,
fit and beauty. It is an unusual opportunity for discriminating dressers
to secure the season's smartest offerings at actual wholesale cost and
less. -
FANCY SHIRTWAISTS IN SILK AND LINGERIE
The smartest creations shown this season hand-made models of the
most exclusive designs now go at sacrifice prices; nothing reserved.
WALKING SKIRTS
Unquestionably the 'greatest values in really fine skirts ever offered.
All the latest and fanciest styles in Voiles, Panamas, Homespuns, Mix
tures, Checks and Stripes, in gray, blue and black. Values as high as
$35.00, now go for ?7.50 and up.
SHIRTWAIST SUITS
In exclusive designs and latest colors old rose, blue, green, white
and other shades, valued up to $38.50, now go as low as $15.00 and up.
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modestly to the War Office that a regi
ment equipped with umbrellas to be hoist
ed In the midst of an unsuspecting enemy
would do untold damage. Also regiments
armed with sticks carried over the shoul
der and playfully twiddled would cause
an amount of destruction compared to
which a Maxim gun, no matter how live
ly, but laboring under the disadvantage
of being miles off, wouldn't be In it. Even
In private life there is nothing so de
structive . as an umbrella, especially In
the irresponsible grasp of a woman. The
umbrella seems to be endowed with a
sentient existence all Its own, and its
gambols, when not fatal, are of a most
painful playfulness. Really the owners
of some umbrellas deserve a long sen
tence with hard labor much more than
many an erring man whose crime has
been possibly more ostentatious, t but less
subtle. - .
IRRIGATION- IN SPAIN.
Sew Aragon and Catalonia Canal
Waters Great Area.
U. S. Consular Report.
Barcelona reports the successful ter
mination of the monster siphon made to
carry the water of the Aragon and Cat
alonia irrigation canal across the val
leya of Sosa and Ribabona, which will
make fertile a vast tract of Spanish
land.
The system of construction employed
was concrete on frames (hormlgon ar
mado), and no little curiosity was
evinced by engineers in the result of
what many considered to be a haz
ardous experiment. All ' doubts, how
ever, were satisfactorily dispelled at
the recent opening of the sluices by
the King. Some 2000 men were engaged
on the work from July to October of
last year.
Bv means of this new canal the area
of irrigated land In Spain has been in- 1
creased by 10 per cent, while tne value
of the surrounding district will be en
hanced by about 200,000,000 pesetas at
an outlay of 30,003,000. It Is estimated
the canal will bring water to more than
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247,000 acres now virtually barren
land through lack of water. The most
remarkable feature of the work is the
siphon referred to. It Is composed of
two main tubes five-eighths of a mile
in length and 12 feet 5 inches in- diam
eter, with a capacity of about 7700 gal
lons of water per second. The tubes
have a lining of'steel plates three mil
limeters in thickness, bound round by
iron hoops, the whole being covered
with concrete, which preserves the
metal from the action both of the
water and the air, and enables any
necessary repairs to the tubes to be
effected at little cost.
. A Princess of Medicine.
London Tit Bits.
Princess Elizabeth of Belgium, wife
of Prince Albert, heir-apparent to the
throne, is probably the most accom
plished -and versatile of continental
princesses. She is the daughter of
Duke Charles Theodore of Bavaria, the
famous oculist. The princess, who has
inherited her father's scientific tastes,
has taken her degree of M. D.; and
could, if necessary, act as physician to
her husband and children.
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PORTLAND'S MOST EXCLUSIVE LADIES' ESTABLISHMENT
2 74 WASHINGTON, CORNER OF FOURTH STREET
ItlTSIN OREGON
Soil in the Vicinity of Aurora
Ideal for Their Production.
PORTLAND ALSO FAVORED
Deep Sandy Loam Absolutely Neces
sary to Success Trees on Dekum
Home Site Illustrate Possi
bilities of Jfut Growing.
On the Dekum home grounds on Thir
teenth street are at present two magni
ficent walnut trees which are as fine
specimens as can be found anywhere on
the Pacific Coast. As these trees are
likely very shortly to be removed it would
be of great interest and benefit to any
one Interested In walnut culture to study
these trees before they are cut down. -
The trees are of the Chill variety and
were grown from' two nuts taken at
random from a lot of nuts by I. G. -Pfun-der
about 1869. They, were planted on the
block south of, the Ladd residence. When
Frank Dekum built the home on Thir
teenth street the two trees were trans
planted and have grown now to im
mense slge.
Some time ago one tree measured
twenty inches In diameter and sixty-seven
inches in circumference, and the other
measured 'sixteen Inches in dlametor and
fifty-seven inches In circumference, and
both had a spread of at least sixty feet.
They would have grown much larger were
It not for the fact that during the last
few years the foliage of the surrounding
trees has encroached and shut out much
of the light and air.
Bear Heavy Crops Yeafrly.
The two trees have been bearing heavy
crops of nuts for many years past and
without a single failure. It has never
been possible to ascertain the exact
amount of nuts borne each year as the
trees are near the sidewalk and the pass
ing pedestrians and school children man
aged to get a great many of the nuts.
The soil here is a heavy clay to a
depth of from four to eight feet and
then there Is a deep sub-soil of sandy
loam. This kind of soil seems to be
found on the greater part of the town
site of Portland proper, and a prominent
California walnut authority has stated
that Portland is one of the finest loca
tions possible for a walnut orchard.
Above all things- the soil conditions
must first be considered most thoroughly
because if there is hard pan or the
soil Is thin It Is pbsitively a waste of
time, effort and money. The soil must
be deep for walnuts. Many farmers
swell with pride when they speak of
their soil as being three and four feet
deep; good walnut land must be at least
fifteen teet in depth.
Pudding River Valley Ideal.
All the California authorities say that
a deep sandy loam is best. There is
a section of land near Aurora which
seems almost ideal for walnut planting
especially along the high banks of the
Pudding River where good drainage Is
assured. On one of the streets of Aurora
there are several trees as large as the
two Dekum trees and on a farm within
two miles of Aurora there Is a walnut
tree that measures sixty-three Inches in
circumference and twenty-one inches in
dlametor.
Such unimproved walnut land as Is
found in that vicinity. If it were within
fifty or one hundred miles of Los Angeles,
would sell for two hundred and three
hundred dollars an acre.
Conditions in certain parts of the
Willamette Valley are the same relative
ly as they were In Portland only a few
years ago; then no one cared to buy real
estate now everyone wants to buy It
will practically be the same with much
of the walnut land, which. In a few years,
will be worth large sums of money. As
Aurora Is now the center of the hop in
dustry it will at some future time be the
center of the walnut culture.
Future of the Industry.
Oregon Is noted for Its fine apples, but
the day is not far distant when it will
be equally as well known for its superior
walnuts.
WORLD'S DEBT TO MIXER.
Civilization Depends Tpon ' Con
tinued Output of Useful Metals.
CARDINAL MINES, Or., June 13. (To
the Editor.) The existence of the human
race depends on the continuous operation
of its mines. This fact Is so evident as
to require no argument, even with the
most casual thinker once his attention is
called to the subject. With total sus
pension of mining and metal production,
the entire civilized race of man (what is
left of it), would eventually lapse into
its original state of savagery and bar
barisnv and repugnant as the thought
OUT AT
OPERA COATS
Here is a royal chance to secure a beautiful opera coat at less than
wholesale cost, and each garment is refined, original and decidedly ex
clusive. Some in the new Velure d Nord, retailing as high as $100; '
your choice now for $19.75 and up.
HERE ARE COATS
Three-quarter, tight-fitting coats, silk, fancy mixtures, broadcloths,
etc., selling as high as $65.00, go Tuesday morning at $8.50 and up.
DEMI-STREET SUITS
The most beautiful ever shown, in Voiles, Panamas, Etamines and
Broadcloths, handsomely tailored throughout; regularly retailing .at
$65.00 and up to $150, now offered at $48.50 and up.
FANCY GOWNS
Exclusive Paris Creations Creations of Paquin, Redfern, Madam.
Sarah also the best American designers, costing as high as $250 will go
Tuesday morning at $26.50 and up.
LINEN SUITS
Here yon will find the largest and most complete assortment of fin
Linen Suits, plain or elaborately trimmed.
Remember, sale will open Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock. Every
thing must go in the quickest possible time. Bear in mind that early
comers have advantage of selecting from large and complete assortment.
may be. this Is perhaps to be our ulti
mate end.
Mining is not a business, as some fairly
Intelligent though careless persons would
have us believe, that is tolerated merely
that the shiftless and undesirable ele
ment may have a means of livelihood
suited to their vitiated tastes, but, on
the contrary, is the one single, sole and
only individual business on which hangs
the destiny of the world.
Liberal employment of the metals means
racial Intelligence, while the reverse in
dicates degeneracy toward the low men
tal plane of the stone age. Mining is the
basis of enlightenment and civilization;
the stepping-stone of continued progress;
the foundation of every trade, profession
and occupation requisite to the needs and
comforts of mankind.
Notwithstanding all this, however, the
miner gets more curses than falls to the
lot of every other class put together. Or
dinarily a term of years is allowed in
which to succeed In a trade or profes
sion -or to build up a good business, but
the mining business must prove a howl
ing success right from the start or sub
mit to the severest condemnation. Banks
may break on x every hand and scatter
ruin broadcast (as they frequently do);
crops may fail and want may follow;
the lawyer may lose one-half his cases
and the doctor may lose all his patients
without bringing any ofthese trades, pro
fessions or occupations into odium, but
with mining "it Is different."
. With total decay of mining, manufac
turing must be discontinued, transporta
ton cease, cities fall into decay and their
warring inhabitants disperse; and lastly,
from repeated piratic onslaughts; agri
culture must fail to produce commodi
ties for which there are no paying con
sumers. TJieo, a few scattering nomadic
remnants of our once favored race, de
dependent wholly on domestic animals
and the rudest forms of husbandry, is
all that would remain to keep alive the
traditions of our degeneracy.
Of course this is presuming the total
suspension of the entire mining industry,
which is a most improbable catastrophe.
Nevertheless, the world's available metal
supply is getting pretty well In sight,
and there is no use harboring the Insane
delusion that it can be dispensed with
or that a substitute can.be found.
To recapitulate, the world is indebted
to the miner and the worker In the prod
ucts of his enterprise and courage for Its
well-tilled fields and its populous, well
built cities; Its art, literature and the en
lightened condition of its people gener
ally, for no race under the sun has ever
risen much above the dense Ignorance
of the stone age, until the various metals
were discovered and made use of.
Mining always has been and always will
be intimately allied with the most vital
interests of the race, and all those ill
conditioned indviduals who take advan
tage of every opportunty to express con
tempt for everything pertaining to the
business simply expose their ignorance
and degeneracy.
While mning flourishes the race will
flourish correspondingly, but when It
fails, as sooner or later It must, aborig
inal conditions will surely again prevail.
M. L. KEI2UR.
THE SMALL BOY'S WAYS
Characterization of an Individual
Often Misunderstood.
London Tit-Bits.
You will find that the boy fiend varies
in age from 4 to 12. His mother thinks
him intellectual, but visitors hate him
with a deadly hatred.
He has a feverish thirst for informa
tion. Nervous friends of the family are
driven to distraction by his irritating
questions and the still more irritating
answers he himself suggests.
If you get him in a serious vein, and
remind him that he is made of dust, he
at once prostrates you by asking why
he doesn't get muddy inside when he
drinks.
Talk to him of astronomy on a Winter's
night, and he wants to know if the stars
tickle the angels' feet when they twinkle.
When you shoot your dog because it is
old and cross he ruins your chances of a
legacy by asking when you are going to
shoot Aunt Sarah.
Taken all round, it is on theological sub
jects that he is most exasperatingly curi
ous and most fiendishly Inventive. When
he hears ihat the hairs of your head are
numbered he hints that the angel who
does the counting will be glad when he
comes to his father.
He Is a terror in company. The blood
stands still when he commences opera
tions. The hapless visitor an eligible
young man cannot take him on his knee
without provoking some such comparison
as this: "Am I as heavy as sister?"
The visitor of the vicar presents an op
portunity not to be missed. The boy
fiend cannot be praised for sitting still
In church without explaining that he was
afraid to wake his father, and expressing
a desire to see the skeleton which the
same hapless parent said he had in the
cupboard.
Uncles with false teeth are a sure mark.
Woe to the relative if the conversation
lags and some one asks, "What next?"
The boy fiend will reply at once: "Show
them your new teeth, uncle." The silence
that settles on the family group after a
remark like this can, almost be heard.
Don't instance the case of the chickens
when you want him to go to bed or he
will tell you that when the chickens go
to roost the old hen goes with them.
Yet, when he sees the fat boy in a side
show of the menagerie or circus, his first
ONC
E
impression is what a kind mother he must
have. The baby always seems nice to
him, although be is sorry It wasn't a par
rot; and he is consoled for the death of
his little nephew by tho new dignity of
being uncle to an angel.
SHOTS FOR SOCIALISTS
Rulea for Living In a Democracy
Under the Sea
Exchangn.
In his recent novel, "The) Scarlet Em
plre," David M. Parry carries out to the
very last term the leveling tendencies of
socialism. His characters live on the
Island of Atlantis under the sea, where
a thoroughgoing social democracy is in
active operation. The state regulates
everything Just how much It regulates
will be Indicated by the following sum
mary of the laws:
A citizen shall be given a state number
instead of a name.
He shall receive from the state kitch
en three-quarters of a pound of food,
per day.
No citizen shall weigh over 110 pounds,
or exceed 6 feet la height.
Male and female citizens shall wear as
raiment the common scarlet garment pro
vided by the state.
All citizens shall rise each morning at
the ringing of the state bell.
All citizens shall pray for 60 seconds
each morning at the ringing of the state)
prayer bell.
The speech of each citizen is limited to)
1000 words per day.
- The step of each citizen is limited to
10 inches.
Each citizen shall laugh aloud once)
every half hour.
No citizen shall snore in the publlo)
dormitories.
All food eaten by ctizens in the publla
dining-rooms shall be chewed nine times
on the right side of the Jaw and nine
times on the left, that perfect equality la
mastication shall be preserved.
The finger nails of citizens shall be cut
a uniform length.
All children of citizens shall he placed:
In the stats public nurseries until the ags
of 7 years.
All children of 7 years shall be placed
in the disciplinary asylums, and taught
the state code of rules, until the age of
14.
All citizens over the age of 14 shall be)
placed in the state public dormitories and
made to contribute their share of la
bor In state factories.
A ctizjai shall be officially notified by
an inspector of marriage when tho
state has appointed either a wife or &
husband.
State inspectors shall be present at the
first meeting of contracting parties, and
see that the law is obeyed.
One kiss shall be exchanged by. con
tracting parties.
At the end of three years the state
will grant a divorce at the request of
either one or both parties, and new per
son shall be appointed in marriage to
each one.
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