THE MORNIXG . OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1907.
5
CITY RUNS SHORT
ON FOOD SUPPLY
Housewives in Arlington Find
It Difficult to Buy Staple
Groceries at Any Price.
NO TRAINS FOR SEVEN DAYS
l'ced for Stock Also Scarce Ferry
boat Slakes First Trip to Xorth
Bank in Six Weeks High
AVater In All Streams.
ARLINGTON. Or.. Feb. 7. (Special.)
The1 snow is going with a rush before a
warm Chinook which lias been blowing
for 24 hours. Small streams are over
thefr banks and many people are moving
their household goods to higher ground.
There has been no communication with
Fortland by train for seven days. The
city Is in darkness tonight. Staple gro
ceries are hard to buy at any price and
feed for stock is very scarce. Stockmen,
who have driven cattle and sheep to the
yards In this city are seeking to get
them out as fast as possible.
Washouts on the railroads are reported
in ail directions. The ferryboat to the
north bank resumed operations today for
the first time since the freezeup, six
weeks ajjo. Xorth bank contractors at
once made a rush on the city's coal sup
ply, but dealers' have very little to sell.
Train service on the Heppner branch is
again at a standstill, owing to the high
water.
XO TRAINS RKAC1I SEATTLE
Service Between Puget Sound and
Spokane Badly Blockaded.
SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 7.-(SpeciaI.)-So
far as the great transcontinental
lines are concerned, Seattle is cut off from
the outside world. No trains on the
Great Northern have arrived since Sat
urday, with no prospect of any for sev
eral days. On the Northern Pacitic the
service is in puch ehape that nothing
can be predicted, although the North
Coast limited got in yesterday morning.
The Canadian Pacific reports overland
trains 26 hours over time.
The service on this side of the Cas
cades is practically uninterrupted, but
on the other side snowwlides and floods
have worked great damage. No Eastern
mall has come in for several days, the
Great Northern carrying the bulk of it.
The service ove rthat line during the
past six weeks has been the worst in its
history. Traffic, except purely local, has
dropped SO per cent during January. Hun
dreds of caret containing Puget Souffd
shipments are scattered along the lines in
Minnesota, the Dakotas and Montana..
The Burlington is trying to help some
by carrying freight from Chicago to Pu
get Sound via Billings, thus avoiding the
blockades in the other state?.
ROAD BUYS IiAXI) OX THE SLY
Union Pacific Gets Right of Way Be
; tiveen ICero'anil Tacoma. '.'
TACOMA. Wash.. Feb. 7. (Special.)
Plans of the Cnion Pacific with refer
ence to the terminals in Tacoma are
taking thape, and an announcement of
what those plans are will be made on the
return of John D. Farrell from the East.
From Portland to Chehalis .in as di
rect a line as possible, the Union Pacific
has purchased the entire right of way
for the line from Portland to Tacoma.
Between here and Chohulis it has all
been secured with the exception of a few
small tracts owned by individuals. The
right of way was purchased over one of
the first surveys made by the Union Pa
cific, and which was supposed to have
been abandoned.
While the tnirveying crews were work
ing on another line, agents of the Union
Pacific were quietly picking up property
along the other survey, and before the
public was aware of what the road was
doing the right of way had practically
been secured.
REPORT TWO MORE WASHOUTS
Railways Entering, Pendleton En
counter Further Difficulties.
PENDLETON. Or., Feb. 7.-(9pecial.)
New washouts near Athena, on the Spo
kane branch of the O. R. & N.. and in
Van Srycle Canyon, on the line of the
W. & C. R., are the latest developments
of ttie traffic blockade. The latter wash
out prevented the departure of the prom
ised train to Seattle, and the fo:0er
means a long delay in placing the branch
in' operation.
There has not been a train on either
line for more than a week.
Two trains arrived today from The
Pallrs. being the first from the Far West
in five days. Trains are arriving daily
from the East, but from 6 to 12 hours be
hind schedule.
The weather has been clear and colder
during the past 24 hours, and the snow
is melting very clowly.
The streams are rapidly resuming nor
mal condition.
Serious Flood at Starhiiok.
SPOKANE. Feb. 7. The waters are re
ceding at Starbuck. Reports today indi
cate great damage to the little town. It
is stated the water was five feet deep
over a large part of the town and several
houses were washed away. Another flood
Is threatened when warm weather comes.
The Pomeroy branch of the O. R. & N.
Railway is badly damaged and may not
be opened for several days.
Tied Up at Yakima.
NORTH' YAKIMA, Wash., Feb. 7.
(Special.) Tho Northern Pacific is
still tied up betwen here and Pasco as
a result of the washout in Badger
Coulee, east of Klona. Only ono train
has arrived here from the East sinre
Sunday. Those from the West are still
delayed several hours.
Floods Relay Mail Stages.
WALIX)WA, Or., Feb. 7. (Special.)
High water In the Wallowa Canyom
has greatly interfered with the postal
service here. The mail has been late
every night for a week, and sometimes
does not arrive for two days.
COROXER'S AERDICT SECRET
W. A. Dell, However, Is Detained for
Further Examination.
BLAINE. Wash., Feb. 7. A Coroner's
Jury at midnight last night returned Its
findings in the supplementary inquest
over the body of Miss Adelaide Roper,
who was cruelly murdered at Blaine on
the night of January 19. The jury rec
ommended that William A. Dell, who was
night watchman on the night of the crime
be held for further Investigation. The
public was not admitted to the hearing
and officers refused to divulge what was
brought out. About 15 witnesses were
examined: many of whom were not at
the first inquest. The body of the young
woman was exhumed, and placed in the
courtroom and it took the jury less than
half an hour to reach a decision.
Xo Salvage Suit Begun.
VICTORIA, Feb. 7. No salvage pro
ceedings have yet been undertaken
against the American bark St. James,
of San Francisco, which was rescued
from being- wrecked at Danger Rock
near Cape Beale by the steam whaler
Orion.
Mrs. ffolt Beaten for
Salting Holt Down
Jury Shown Sympathy fr Eyei
Killed With lilorWc of Sodium
by Ankins JutlKr ' Be Lenient
With ItetuliatlnK Owner.
HANS HOLT is a wifebeater, but
then he had considerable temptation
to become one. Such was the verdict of a
jury which tried Holt in Judge Cleland's
division of the Circuit Court yesterday
afternoon. The jury recommended len
iency, otherwise Holt might have been
sentenced to the whipping-post.
The case revealed an unhappy domestic
state in the Holt household. Wife and
husband agree that a few mornings ago
the head of the family wanted to lace his
shoes from a comfortable nook in front
of the kitchen hearth. Mrs. Holt ob
jected to this, as she was preparing
breakfast 'at the time. There was an ex
change of words, Mrs. Holt threw a
handful of salt intended for the steak
into hubby's eyes and then
Thereafter their stories conflict. Mrs.
Holt says her lord and master arose and
blacked her eyes, striking her twice with
clenched fists. Holt says he seized her
to save himself from further salt and
that in getting away she struck her eyes
against the door-knob. There was no
third party to the affair and the jury
made allowances for possible deviation
from the truth by finding Holt guilty and
recommending the mercy of the court.
Judge Cleland will pass sentence on the
convicted man this morning.
AT THE THEATERS
What th Ptom Amenta Say.
CKAXK-JEFFIIEYS TONIGHT,
Celebrated Artists With All-Star Cast
in Delightful Comedy at lleilig.
Tonight and tomorrow night at 8:15
o'clock the Heilifc Theater, Fourteenth and
"vVashinKton streets, will offer William H.
Crane and Kills Jeffreys in Goldsmith's
icreat comedy, "She Stoops to Conquer."
These celebrated artists are presented un
der the joint management of Charles Froh
man and Liehler & Co., and are supported
by an all-star cast, the like of which has
never been seen on the Pacific Coast.
Georpe Giddens comes forward as Tony
Tumpkin. a character of which he is the
het living exponent on the stage. Fred
Thome will be Diggory. Herbert Sleath,
Hastings, "Walter Hale, Marlow, a part all
of the leading juvenile 'men of long ago
were ambitious to play, and Leslie Kenyon
will be Sir Charles Marlow. Fanny Addi
son Pitt will be Mrs. Hardrastle, and the
handsome Margaret Dale will be Miss Ne
ville. The five acts are beautifully mount
ed, and every attention has been paid to
detail. Seats are now selling at the thea
ter office for engagement. A matinee will
be given tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon.
Baker Company in "If I Vere King."
It is seldom, if ever, in the history of
stock companies that such a perfect and
successful production of a strictly hiRh
class drama ts given as that of the Baker
Company this week, which is presenting
Justin McCarthy's famous romantic play,
"If 1 Were King." There will be a Sat
urday matinee. -
Empire Matinee Tomorrow,
"Nettie, the News Girl," which is show
ing, at the Empire Theater this week, fs
pronounce d one of the greatest attractions
that house has ever offered. The Eastern
specialties which are interspersed through
out each act make it doubly attractive to
theater-goers. Popular matinee tomorrow.
"Out of the lIrt" at the Star
in sharp contract to the busy hustle of city
life, with its commercialism, is the peaceful
and attractive country. It is in the country
that the story "Out of the Fold" is laid. This
pastoral play is the attraction of the Allen
Stock Company at the Star Theater this week.
SEAT SALE TODAY.
Klaw & Erlanger Present Mdn
tyre and Heath in "The Ham Tree."
This morning at 10 o'clock the advance
seat sale will open for Klaw & Erlanf?er's
bis: musical -comedy vaudeville show, "The
Ham Tree," at box office, the Heilig Thea
ter, Fourteenth and Washington streets.
The famous negro impersonators, Mclntyre
and Heath, together with a company of SO
people, will present this musical play next
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday nights
February 11, 12 and 13, with a matinee Wed
nesday. "Brother Officers," Baker Company.
The Baker Stock Company will present
"Brother Officers" next week, beginning1 the
enjraitement with the Sunday matinee. This
hlRh-class comedy was one of the greatest
successes of the Empire company in New
York last season, and tho right to pro
duce it on the PaciHc Coast was obtained
by Manager Baker from Frohman with
great difficulty.
Empire to Present "Human Hearts."
"Human Hearts,.' a melodrama with a
wide and well-established character, will
be presented by the Empire Company all ot
next week, opening Sunday at the matinee.
'Human Hearts" Is so realistic In Us pre
sentation of right and wrong, and of the
human emotions, that even the clergy has
stamped it with universal approval.
Paul Gilmore in "At Yale."
The favorite actor, Paul Gilmore, sup
ported by an excellent company, will present
his latest success, "At Yale," next Friday
and Saturday nights, February IS and Hi,
with a matinee Saturday, at the Heilig
Theater.
AT THE VAUDEVILLE THEATERS
"A Man and a Half."
"A Man and a Half" is the odd way in
which Quig and Mack are advertised at the
Grand. When they are seen it is understood
why they have the atrar.ge title. They ore,
Irish comedians with the newest of material.
George F. Armstrong i one of the individual
hit of the show with his eccentric singing and
dancing.
Hits at Pantages.
Some of the season's biggest hits are at
the Pantages Theater this week and ca
pacity houses are greeting every perform
ance. Van Gofre, the greatest of all equi
librists, has a big act which is taking well
with the public. Bell and Dal ton are the
next biggest hit in their clever sketch,
"The German Senators." All the others
are good.
London Keen for Thaw Evidence.
LONDON, Feb. 8. The case of Harry
K. Thaw is attracting: almost as much
attention on this side as in the United
States. The newspapers this morning
publish many columns of the evidence
given yesterday.
Those who practice economy should buy
Carters Little Liver Pills. Forty pills
in a vial; only one pill a dose.
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BACK fiT CITIES
House Members Take Revenge
on Senate for Death of
Road Tax Bill.
VOTE EACH TIME DECISIVE
Friction Shown In Olympia legisla
ture Governor Signs Bill Con
solidating State Funds.
Other Work Yesterday.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Feb. 7. (Special.)
This morning the Senators, most of whom
are city residents, calmly slaughtered the
bill which had passed the House increas
ing: the annual levy for state roads from
one-fourth to "not to exceed one-halt
mill," and this afternoon the country
members of the House defeated by an
equally decisive vote the bill designed to
allow the use of part of the county road
and bridge fund in improvements to
streets within cities which connect with
county highways.
The chief argument against the Senate
action was along the line that it was
unwise to slap the House by indefinite
postponement when it was so easy to kill
the bill in committee. The argument the
city House members put up for the pass
age of the bill is that the cities have for
years contributed a majority of the county
road and bridge funds and have received
no benefit so far as improving any city
streets Is concerned, but the farmer mem
bers declared they have to pay their share
of maintaining courts and the rest of tne
county government, largely for the use
of the city, and that they wanted their
road funds for their county highways.
This was the first time this session the
House has killed on final vote one of its
own bills and the first time the Senate
has killed a House bill. The Senate in
cidentally killed by the vote of 6 ayes
to 32 noes the bill offered by Jones, the
President Pro Tern, which sought to re
peal the old territorial law prohibiting
enticing sailors from one ship to .another.
Consolidate All State Funds.
The Governor today signed the House
bill which provides for a consolidation
of all current funds in the general fund.
This bill will prevent recurrence of the
peculiar situation which has often existed
in the past of the state having thousands
of dollars of idle money on hand in some
special funds and being compelled to bor
row money to meet the needs of other
funds.
The House adopted the joint railroad
committee report on its recent investiga
tion of the Commission, and also ordered
printed the report of Governor Mead's
Commission which investigated the Sol
diers', Home and of Pure Food Inspector
Davies on his investigation of the packing-houses
and slaughter-houses of this
state.
This first bill introduced in the House
was a substitute for H. B. 133. dedicating
to the City of Tacoma certain blocks in
the Tacoma school section for boulevard
purposes.
Megler pointed out that under the en
abling act the state cannot part with
school land except on payment of at least
$10 an acre, and urged the bill to be re
ferred to the Judiciary committee, which
motion Reid seconded. The reference was
made, and later in the day the Attorney
General pronounced the bill unconstitu
tional. Keport on Ross, This Session.
At the afternoon session the House
committee on rules reported back with
amendments the resolution passed by the
Senate yesterday providing for a search
ing investigation of charges against Land
Commissioner E. W. Ross. The amend
ments provide that the committee make
its findings and report to the present
Legislature, while the original resolution
permitted the investigation to extend be
yond this session.
A resolution by Bassett of Adams was
passed authorizing the open river con
ferees to meet Oregon and Idaho legis
lators at Portland Saturday. The House,
on motion of Reld, concurred in the Sen
ate amendments to H. B. 43, which creates
a State Board of Finance, consisting of
the Governor, Treasurer and Auditor, and
directs the investment of all permanent
state funds in bonds drawing not less
than 334 per cent interest.
There are today in excess of $670,000
cash to be invested under this bill, money
that has been accumulating in banks for
years with no return to the state. The
bill has an emergency clause and will take
effect when signed by the Governor, which
will probably be tomorrow.
Relatives to Help Care for Insane.
At the morning session of the House
18 new bills were introduced, two of which
provide different methods for requrrrng
relatives financially able to pay for the
care of patients in the insane asylum.
Another bill provides for the erection of
a statue of Isaac I. Stevens, first Gover
nor of Washington, in the National Statu
ary Hall at Washington.
Reid fathered a bill to increase the
salaries of the State Treasurer, Secretary
Auditor, Land Commissioner and Attorney-General
to J3000 a year.
By indefinite postponement the House
killed H. B. 63, 188 and 209, providing re
spectively for a change in estray fees by
order of the County Commissioners, for
county inspectors of apiaries and for state
aid of county farmers' institutes.
Four new bills were introduced in the
Senate, one of which, like a new House
bill, authorizes the state to purchase a
bridge across the Columbia River at Wen
atchee. The Senate passed three bills in
cluding the House bill for a 16-hour labor
limit for railroad employes and a bill
allowing Pomeroy to reorganize. That
city has a territorial charter.
COMMITTEE GETS TANGLED VP
Lively Session Over" Bills for Con
gressional Apportionment.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Feb. 7. (Special.)
Megler's House committee on con
gressional apportionment finally got
busy with the congressional apportion
ment matter today. It had one of the
liveliest sessions in the history of any
committee this year, and wound up in
a tangle. Megler, the Nestor of tho
Legislature, 'has some strongly im
bedded convictions and possesses to a
marked degree what friends call firm
ness and others, less charitable, desig
nate as stubbornness. Megler is op
posed to dividing the state at this time
into congressional districts, arguing
for one reason that there has been no
state census taken for years and that
an apportionment at best must be
based upon guesswork.
The committee got together this
afternoon to discuss the Gregg appor
tionment bill, and Halleman, of Stev
ens, moved that the bill be reported
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for passage. It places east of the
mountains in one district; King County
and the northwest In another, and
Pierce County and the southwest in a
third.
Chairman Megler offered a substi
tute bill to a district of counties
bordering on the Columbia River, as
follows:
. First District Island, King, San Juan,
Skapit, Snohomish, Whatcom, Clallam, Jef
ferson and Kitsap.
Second District Mason, Pierce, Thurston,
Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Kittitas, Lincoln,
Okanogan, Spokane, Stevens.
Third District Chehalis, Clark, Columbia,
Franklin, Garfield, Kllckitt, Walla Walla.
Whitman, Yakima, Cowlitz, Lewis, Pacific,
Skamania, Wahkiakum, Adams, Asotin,
Benton.
Mr. Dickson, of Yakima, offered as
an amendment another bill giving
west of the mountains one Congress
man, east another, and electing one
Congressman-at-large. He said that
would comply with the constitution.
Dickson's amendment was lost by the
narrow margin of 6 ayes to 7 noes.
The Holteman motion to report
favorably Gregg's bill was put and
carried, 8 to 5, but before the vote
was announced Dickson asked for a
roll call on the motion to substitute
the Megler bill. This .carried 7 to 6.
Ayes Henderson, Lambert, Blackmore,
Dickson, Fancher, Cameron, Megler.
Noes Strobridge, Glenn, Byerly,
Holteman, Connell and Gregg.
In the midst of this, somebody moved
to adjourn, and Chairman Megler de
clared the committee adjourned to
meet again Monday.
After adjournment, Gregg and his
backers, encouraged by the Speaker of
the House, began drawing up a ma
jority report on the Gregg bill. It will
probably take a long session of the
committee to back out of the tangle,
or it may be that the contending forces
will attempt to give a majority re
port for both the Gregg bill and the
Megler substitute.
Those voting against reporting the
Gregg bill were Megler, Henderson,
Dickson and Fancher.
Near the close of the session. Speak
er Falconer dropped in and declared
that unless the committee reports
soon he will have the Gregg bill
called out and referred to the judi
ciary committee.
Discuss an Open River.
OLYMPIA. Wash., Feb. 7. (Special.)
Nearly 40 members of the Legisla
ture assembled this afternon in x re
sponse to a call for a meeting of "all
friends of the open river." A general
discussion was had of the situation,
particularly of the letter of Congress
man Jones, stating, in his opinion, the
bill before the Legislature providing
for a state commission, etc., was ill
advised. This expression of opinion was gen
erally commended by those present,
and the committee decided to frame
a new bill which would simply provide
an appropriation of $300,000, or as
much thereof as the Legislature will
appropriate, to be expended under the
direction of the United States Govern
men, as provided for in Jones' amend
ment to the rivers and harbors bill.
The bill will be drawn at once, and a
fight will then be made to get the ap
propriation. GIRL WIFE LEFT PENXILESS
Tacoma Man Brings Young Woman
to Portland and Deserts Her.
TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 7 (Special.)
The child wedding that recently took
place in Judge Linek's office, by which
Anna Kiselburg became the wife of
Sam Galiuccl, has terminated in
abandonment and beggarly distress for
the girl.
Gallucci operated a place on C
street, and the Kiselburg girl, who was
only 14 years old, was enticed there
and kept by him for several days. She
was finally rescued by the officers.
Gaiucci took his infant bride to Port
land and deserted her, according to a
letter received today by the girl's
mother, in which she says:
"I sat up all night and cry like a
child. He told me he will never 'have
anything more to do with me. Sam
went to Oregon City, mamma, and took
all the money with him."
XO DAX'CE FOR THE SENIORS
Faculty Says University Has Had
Enough Gaiety This Winter.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene,
Or., Feb. 7. (Special.) At a meeting of
the faculty this evening the Senior Class
presented a petition for permission to
give the Senior dance, which was re
fused recently by the faculty committee
on entertainments. Without special dis
cussion, the faculty sustained the action
of its committee on the ground that a
sufficient number of college functions
have already been given, and the dance,
if permitted, would seriously interfere
with the work of the class in the prep
aration of the Senior theses. The con
test over the dance has gone on for some
two weeks, and the final action by the
faculty will prove something of a dis
appointment, though the Seniors are pre
pared to submit gracefully.
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you may count him as a real friend
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been troubled with a very bad cough for
over a year. She says, " a friend told me
about Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, but
as I had tried several cough medicines
and none of them did me any good, I
had no faith in it, did not get it and
went on coughing. Later on my friend
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and insisted that I should take it. I did
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OX MID-OREGON KOAD.
President Wallace Calls for Partial
Payment on Bonds Pledged by
Eastern Oregon City.
ONTARIO, Or., Feb. 7.T. C. Eggleston.
special agent for the sale of bonds of the
Christian Co-operative Federation, states
that President Wallace is making prep
arations to begin active operations on the
Mid-Oregon Railroad, and that his visit
here is to close the bond deal with Ontario
citizens. Of the $50,000 bonds pledged all
but JSO00 has been subscribed. Twenty per
cent of the bonds must be paid immedi
ately, and the balance when active con
struction of the road begins, which it is
stated will be on or before April 5, to start
from Ontario, as the franchise for the
right of way will expire on April 5 of the
old Corvallis & Eastern, the route to be
used by the Mid-Oregon.
SUITS TO GET RIGHT OF WAY
Southern PaciTic Begins on Natron
Klaniath Extension.
EUGENE, Or.. Feb. 7. The Southern
Pacific Company has Instituted con
demnation proceedings in the Circuit
Court for Lane County against two
property-owners east of Eugene for a
right of way through their lands for
the proposed Natron-Klamath exten
sion. In the County Court yesterday the
railroad company, through its agent,
J. B. Eddy, right-of-way man, an
nounced its intention to erect a depot
at Springfield Junction, formerly Hen
derson Station, two miles east of Eu
gene. Springfield Junction is the point
where the Springfield cutoff branch, re
cently completed by the company, jo4ns
the main line, and is where all the trains
of the proposed Natron-Klamath exten
sion and the Natron-Ontario extension
will proceed on the main line to Port
land and San Francisco. It is probable
that a town will be built there, and
it is possible that a division point may
be established in that vicinity, with
tne consequent roundhouses, shops and
other terminal buildings.
NO SPECIAL RATE TO SOUND
Northern Pacific Cancels Special Re
duction Granted Portland.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Feb. 7. The North
ern Pacific has canceled Its special 7H
cents per hundred weight freight rate
made from Portland to Seattle and Ta
coma on goods destined to Alaska. Two
weeks ago Seattle and Tacoma jobbers
made complaint to the railroad commis
sion, demanding that the railroad lower
south-bound rates to a tariff not exceed
ing this north-bound 7-cent rate. Pre
liminary to ordering a formal hearing on
this complaint, the commission sent cop
ies of the complaint to the railroad. The
commission announced the receipt of a
notice from the railway, canceling the
rate, which, of course, blocks proceedings
on the Seattle-Tacoma complaint.
Officers of Bickleton Northern.
BICKLKTON, Wash., Feb. 7. The fol
lowing are the first set of officers of the
Bickleton Northern Railroad Company,
and were elected to Berve six months:
President. G. W. McCredy; vice-president,
R. E. Jackson; secretary, S. A. Rossier;
treasurer, C. E. Flower; directors, G. W.
McCredy, R. E. Jackson, C. E. Flower,
Stephen Matsen and S. A. Rossier.
The surveys have about all been made,
and right of way for the road has been
promised almost the entire way. Con
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struction work is to begin as soon as the
weather will permit. It is declared.
Another Yukon Railway.
VANCOUVER. B. C, Feb. 7. The
Yukon is to have another railway, which
is to connect with the Grand Trunk Pa
cific. Recent arrivals from Dawson City
say Captain J. J. Healy and a party of
engineers, surveyors and Indian guides
have left on a long and arduous trip up
the White River, where they are to sur
vey for the White River Valley Railroad,
for which a charter will be sought from
the Ottawa government, and which Is
to be a part of the Trans-Alaskan-Siberl-an
road.
Plans Grand Trunk Paciric.
VICTORIA, B. C, Feb. 7.-The Chief
Commissioner of Lands and Works for
British Columbia today approved the
plans of the route of the Grand Trunk
Pacific Railway in British Columbia.
The route to be taken by the Grand
In the Face
of Competition
We have secured fifteen per cent, of the
cigar business of this country.
How?
By making better cigars of every grade than
any other manufacturer has produced, and tell
ing the truth about them.
By making the strongest definite claims
that any cigar manufacturer ever dared to make
and by living up to tliem.
By marking the boxes of our standard brands
with the Triangle A so that every smoker of
this country could shut down on the hit-or-miss
way of buying cigars on anybody's say-so, and
make his selections from brands that he knows
are the best his money can pay for better in
every way quality and grading of leaf, even
ness of blend, and perfection of condition.
Now put that to the test Smoke a cigar of some
brand bearing the "A" (Triangle A and find out.
You can't do better than begin with
The New CREMO
Every box is extra-wrapped in glassine paper sealed
to maintain perfect smoking condition and cleanli
ness until tlie box is opened.
AMERICAN CIGAR
Manufacturer
Price $16.50
Price $13.50
Price $10.85
Price $ 7.95
Neckwear
THIRD AND
'OAK
Trunk avoids the bridging of the princi
pal rivers other than the Skeena, which
will be crossed by a bridge above Hazel
tnn. The line will tap the Telqua coal
fields and other rich mineral properties
located to the east of Hulkeley.
Pay $20,000 for Iloquiam Store.
HOQUIAM, Wash., Feb. 7. (Special.)
A. Evrnson and Porter Thompson today
purchased the Iloquiam branch general
store of Veney & Co., the consideration
being Kfl.orm.
CASTOR I A
Por Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears tho
Signature of
COMPANY Merit
Mark
A