THE SU0)AT OREGCXNIAN, PORTLAND", MARCH 25, 1900.
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FARING LANDS
Odd Features of Country Life Observed by Correspondent Car
penterIndomitable "Joe" Wheeler.
(Copyright, 1000, by Frank G. Carpenter.)
PANIQUE. Feb. 7, 1900. I have been rid
ing all day through one of the richest
valleys of this Island of Luzon. I have
come with General "Wheeler and his staff
'trom Manila over the railroad to the
Jlttle town of Panlque, where the General
now has his headquarters. "We are S3
miles north ot Manila and within 40 miles
of the end of the railroad on the Gulf of
Llngayen. This Island reaches for 150
miles north of that point, and below Ma
tnlla its tall extends out to the southeast
a distance of at least 250 miles further.
From this you may get some Idea of the
great size of Luzon. If a railroad were
to be built from Its southernmost point
to the "extreme north it would be longer
than the distance between New York City
and Pittsburg.
The biggest part of the Island Is north
of Manila, where it Is on the average,
over 100 miles wide, and longer than from
New York to "Washington. It has an area
fully as great as that of the State of
Ohio, and an enormous amount of good
land. I have met during my stay In the
Philippines men from nearly every part
of It, and all speak of its lertlle valleys
and rich rolling foothills. It has moun
tains covered with valuable timber and de
posits of copper and gojd. Some of the
olhcers who have just returned from the
extreme north tell me the fcavages there
showed them gold nuggets, and quills of
gold dust and coarse gold. They ay the
people wear rude rings made of puie gold,
and, that the Chinese travel to ihe north
and trade with them for the precious
metaL I expect to make an expedition
north before 1 leave the Philippines, wnen
I shall be able to give a luher detail of
its mineral resources.
Valley North of Sltmiln.
I wish I could show you the rich valley
which extends all along both sides of the
railroad from Manila to the Gulf of L.in
gayen. It Is a vast Hat rice field from
U) to 59 miles wide and more than 100
mi es long. Here and there Is a little patch
of corn, and above Calumplt some few
plantations of pa.e green sugar cane, but
the ret is all rice, rice, rice. There are
few fences. I saw none except some aDout
tne cane fields. You can look over miles
of level fields, now gray with the harvest
ed rlue, but green where the vegetation
la sprouting up through tne cut-oft stalks.
Is ear the railroad at least there is no
irrigation. The fields are very small and
tu.cn is surrounded by a little mud grass
grown wall to keep the water, but the
water comes from the Hoods of the rainy
fceason, when It rains for days and days,
somet.mes dropping the -water almost in
streams. I am told that the rainfall In
parU of the valley is as much as eight
feet In a year, bo that If all the water was
held In It would almost cover the head of
the average Filipino stand.ng upon the
shoulders of one of his brothers. Now
ever j thing Is comparatively dry-
The wajls about the lields are usually
about a foot high and not more than eight
inches wide. Thty form the paths through
the country as the water falls, and tome
of them are quite worn. Some parts of
the valley hve a slight slope and In such
places the fields arc terraced, rising gep
tly from one platform to another.
The valley Is spotted with groves and
clumps of jail bamboos, great bunches of
,green featheis witn stalks 0 feet tall and
branches, which quiver with every pass
ing breeze. You see but few houses. They
-are in most casts hidden by the bamboos,
which, hhade them. The people do not live
on their farms, but In ihages and towns
spattered along the roads just as do the
futmers of Frar.pc una"U6nnany. Many
of them walk several miles to 'their work
every day. I am told that the roads are
nearly everywhere lined with houses and
that some little towns consist of a single
street several miles In length.
Queer Country Scene.
But let me give you some pictures df
our Filipino subjects as they work in their
fields. You must first Imagine the beauti
ful vajley made up a great patchwork
-of these little silver gray patches sewed
together with wide stilps of green and
embroidered with wild flowers. You must
add magnificent mountains as blue asthe
Blue Ridge or the Alleghanles, rising "and
falling In rugged vo.canlc beauty away
off at the right and left, and through the
valley these tall tufts of bamboo green.
Upon this as a background the Filipinos
stand or rather stoop, more picturesque
even than their surroundings. There are
.hundreds of women dretsed in queer
clothes In which bright red often forms
the principal color. They have great round
hats like bread bowls turned upside down,
short Jackets which always seem to be
Just about to fall off their shoulders, bag
like skirts which are often tucked up to
that half a leg shows, and bare feet. The
men wear their whirls outside their thin
cotton trousers and many of them have
on great hats like the women. There are
also children of all ages, some dressed
mqch like their parents, and a few with
almost no clothes at all. See that boy
over there. He .has a white hhlrt, the tall
of which Just T'o'u'b'hes his hips, with a
black belt round his waist. The rest
of his body is as bare as when he was
Jjorn.
The most of the rice has been cut some
weeks ago. The heads have been taken off
one by -pne.'Hleu up In bundles not much
bigger than a good-sized .bouquet, ana
carried home to be threshed. Half of the
straw, for some reasqn. Is left In tne
field, and people are now goipg through
nd cutting the stalks. They tie them in
bundles and shock them up in low wind
rows and small piles. Each girl has a
hook like a knife, with a long handle, and
she bends over low as she cuts. Some .of
the girls are quite pretty, and visions or
Ruth as se gathered the straw for old
Bcaz come before you.
A Human Threshing: Machine.
But. what are they doing In that field
pver there? A man and a woman, facing
each other, are hanging on to a pole nailed
to. bamboo stakes in the ground, and
jumping up and own on the rice straw
which lies under their feet. That is the
human threshing machine of Luzon They
tre treading out with their weight the
rice left in the straw. The crop Itself Is
threshed when the grain Is first cut. The
little bundles are stacked up about the
hut, or placed, with their heads down-
ward, on the ground Inside an Inclosure to
dry. "When thoroughly ripe the heads of
the stalks are put in a mortar made by
hollowing out a block of hard .-wood and
men or women pound unon tho ' u
great wooden pestles, thus threshing the-
.Vc "m mis siraw. xne winnowing Is
dQne by the wind, the rice being thrown
into the air again and again caught In a
tray.
We lopk in vain for cows and horses
to the fields of this valley. The ponies of
Luzon are raised in other stinnc nn
Ltfce only animals visible are the water
oun-ajoes or cariDou. and now and then
n ugly black pig. The caribou nr pM,v.
where. They drag great farm carts with
Wheels a yard in diameter: thev m i..
hrough the rice fields, for the ground Is
'o soft that no wagons are used there.
' Y6u see them plowing, going along with
inc-ir HCO.US uuttu, uragging rude one
handled plows like those of the Scrip
tures. They are ridden as well as driven
The men usually mount their backs go
home from the fields. You see them rid
den by the children, and, still stranger
they are ridden by tho birds. '
Erery other buffalo you see In the field!
ht & bird on Us back. There i w-Mr
. uu vy( Wat, xnere is a black
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caribou now. with a great white crane ,
roosting on him. Further on there is an-
other, with a crow on Its back. Each bird
ls pecking at its buffalo, but the buffalo
understands It. He realizes that the birds
are good fly-catchers, and that they live i
uii me macuu wuiuii e irjms 10 nve uu. ,
Battle of the RIce-PoHaera. (
Speaking of threshing rice reminds me
of an incident which created quite an ex
citement in General Wheeler's brigade
some weeks ago. The pounding of the
pestle in the ace mortar makes a boom.
boom, boom, which In its, irregularity
sounds like the firing of musketry.
The lngurrectos were supposed to be
very close to General Whtfeler one day,
when Captain E. V. Smith, of the Gen
eral's staff, thought he heard tiring. It
seemed to be about two miles off, and It
came In Irregular shots boom! boom!
boomety boom! He was standing by Gen
eral Wheeler at the time, and asked:
"General, do you hea rthat?"
"Yes. sir," xeplled the General; "It
sounds to me as though they -were llrlng
over at Bacalor. I think we had better
go to the 'look-out and And whether any
thing can be seen." The 'look-out' was a
tall tree. In which a man was stationed
with a pair of glasses to scan the country
and guard against surprise. Upon being
asked as to whether he saw anything, the
sentinel replied that he did not, but that
he was certain there was firlpg about tto
miles off.
Upon this the General and his staff
started with the regiment in that direc
tion. As they came nparer the sound they
were able to locate It, and they found that
the shots came not from muskets, but
from the pounding of the rice. There
were a half dozen women and one man at
Work, and that was all. Since then tho.
ILSn Hi kn,!ln !.n Wheeier's
htlw b?-U f f the r,Se-)ounders' I
A somewhat similar case of -premature
excitement occurred Just outside Manila,
near La Loma Church, In which the
Twenty-fifth Infantry formed the actors.
It was when the regiment was new to the
Philippines. The soldiers had been placed
there on guard, when they saw what they
thought were signals, Hashing here and
there through the darkness. They shot at
them, only to learn afterward that they
had been fighting the fireflies. It Is said
that General "Andy Burt sent to the men
orders for them to forward him a list ol
the casualties.
Only Railroad In Philippines.
The railroad which goes through this
valley ls the only railway of the Philip
pines. It ls now In bad condition, having
been torn up again and again by the in
surgents. Many of the stations are in
ruins, and thero are eight locomotives ly
ing near Banban in one of the rivers
which cross the track. You see the "re
mains of Intrenchnients at every few
miles, and in some places the fortifica
tions thrown up by our soldiers, behind
which they lay and shot at the enemy.
The railroad belongs to an English syn
dicate, which "will undoubtedly attempt to
make the Americans pay heavily for their
use of the road. It ls a question whether
anything should be paid, for the road, I
S S&2K2 S VrJz&gKjZ
t,. , nnoc rrUn W t,o. D A
to tho railroad. Its depots and rolling
stock.
The railroad is 120 miles Jong. It goes
through a country as flat as a floor, and
its construction must have been compara
tively easy and cheap. It has 50-pound
rAnnnfail nn1 ItlVtCkllksl tt-I Vi Vv Vknn1 ft I
. tt.i.-j o... r .
the United States Government.
Tliey are old, box-like affairs, uncom-
fortable to an extreme. There Is first, sec
ond and third class, the first not being
. .. . .. - . . .
oeiter tnan xnat 01 our immigrant cars.
m, i , i t v,.i ..aJZ
three feet above the surrounding country. cKtd ,sUt ? m- l00' J0 mCV ' fimC ple"3 r burIep' and wItn e a,d H MffliTh? pn for her
nnd it iflm5 to b enough to nrPSPi-L-n it i L . J"11.1!1 n woman, who squats j some rope made them Into a lohg coat, I -? her slae am .her worshlperl
f, th flnnd, of thn rainv MVnn
This railroad has been in operation for
about eight years. It was orlglnajly built
on a guarantee of 8 per cent from the
Spanish Government. But the first con
tractors failed, and those who followed
claimed they had to pay so much to the
- - -- - j .v..,
government In the way of bribery that
they could make no money. The orjgtnal
capltal was to be less than tf.COQ.O00. but
the road ls now bonded up to the neck.
and what will be done with it when peace
permanently comes is not known. It
should be a very valuable property, for It
runs through one of the richest parts of
t V .' ana mufil nave ,n ine ne,sn
j borhood of 50 square miles of rice and
tne islands, and must have in the nelgh-
1 sugar lands along the track. It has also
other territory -which It taps, connecting
the northern part of the Island with Man.
11a.
PUIUILTII ". .U Afcuou .
Col.ll... Y 41ia TTnaiY
At present the road is run entirely by ; h to Wilted. Qeneral Whee,er has
the soldiers. They are the brakemen and we, notwIthstandlng nls age te an evi
the engineers, the mail clerks and the ta- j dence, 50 he thinks, of the salubrity of
tton men. 'Every train has guards In unl- , the climate of the Philippines. He eaya
from upon It, and at ever' station there j these islands are as healthful as any part
t j.. ArA .m.t. i of hi TTnltptl Stnts. "He tells me ho has
i or , ru, i ""-'"
tack. ow ana men some one 8aa
the cars as they go flying along. "We had j
one such shot on the way to Panlque. but (
n0 one was hurt Until recently none, hut j
soiajers were allowed to travel on the road i
wlthout a pQS3t but it will soon be open
to both passengers and freight of all kln'Ie, '
and it may be that It will be handed back j
to Its owners In a short time. i
Panlque Is a typical country village. At
least, It is typical of this part of Luzon. '
Nearly every section of these Islands has
peculiarities of its own. The dialects arc j
so different that it is said that the com- '
mon people of Southern Luzon are unable he took the soldier's gun and :rnarched
to make themselves understood In the ' with the regiment. He kept up" all the
porth. At the same time, the Tagalo and way, making tho 12 miles n less than four
SCENES IN THE PHILIPPINES.
"" - i . i "irrLUfeMb-lyil fir-! Irn wfc.7"
A Gonntry Honqe.
RIcp Pounders.
Spanish are enough to enable one to trade
anywhere. The common people are not
travelers,
The ordlnarr man does not know any
thing about the country 10 or 15 milea
beyond him. Not long, ago a priest was
asked If there were not some mpn In his
village who could guide one of the regi
ments over the mountains. He replied that
he supposed there was not a man In tho
town who had ever been In the mountains.
Only the fewest of the Fillpiios of North-
ern Luzon have ever visited Manila, and.
as a rule, the averatre man seldom aoca
five miles away from home.
Outside the savage regions, the houses of
the people are much the same everywhere.
Every village has a plaza or open space In
the center, with the church, the govern
ment offices and some of the best houses
facing it. Back of this, often running for
miles Into the country, the roads are
lined wfth thatched huts, made of poles of
bamboo and having walls of woven bam
boo and roofs of nlpa palm. These huts
are usually from three to six feet above
the ground In order to be out of the way
of the water during the rainy season
They are so high up that the water buf
falo and other livestock of the owner can
be stabled under the hut.
This often forms a shelter for the farm
ing tools, carts and sleds. The houses of
the better class have a first story of stone
1 "- """ " l"C lUUUWa. HUltll UlC
very large, usually consist of a lattice
work, filled with thin oyster shells. Th
a6 ManllaTue the ground floor for tha
stable, and the lady or gentleman who
COeS Out to mil nn n t-1iVi TTIllnlnr. rrton,!
i ,oolc In times of peace. Just now they are
ilr In 4lmA.
vow i',n. Dmnit t i .i ii-i.i. .- --i
h '' ,, "V " V" J". t ,
unK jou wouiq
aue and leaver
considerable change after the purchaso
was maae. The averace store Is n smnll
v.,, nmn in ,, '"',. .. - L.J
ntu Pcn to the street, the goods being
i Z"rl"OI,s ine oods as she waits for
- iiht rusinmora
T r ""
-i ""vc y ome "me with General
Whee er at his headquarters In the field,
- i k 's"3Ilderfll1- He Is as active
at C3 as he was when he was at the head
nni if3r ? ot the Confederacy.
Zr?Z aZ as0;He si:e"d6
, been In active mtr IZr ' iT
' hrrp h h, ??"'?,! f.Ves n5e.h.e cam"
I mont nn ,V .YC" " "...i1, enPa?-
, m h dashing mlltarv T .T Jl-111
qnntmi,. ri u ,"-" - -""v .4w
SawoVk. 3n? S .k"Cr. "" ???''
,r,r hchcmor,-,dsri
., . ..vu. ,4,tf lWuj.s tcic
under Are directly In. front or the enemy's i
Xortiflcatlons. He. was In" a number ol j
skirmishes, and It was- a great regret to
mm tnat ne was ioj. given uenerai i,aw
ton's command In the south after that
" -,- .... dK ,taM h.eL.' hm. mm
tn notwithstanding he has marched for
rtayjj wJth hJa clothes wet to the sklnj
has slept on tne &r0Upd ana imdergona
au sorts of hardships,
At one time I am told tljat some of hla
officers objected to allowing- the troops ta
march further on a certain day. The Gen- j
eral thought it was impqrtant to reach the.
next town, 12 miles distant, and he said;
"I will not ask my men to do anything
-which I am not willing to do .myself. Here,
Captain, you take my horse. Give it to
that sick soldier and I will carry a gun
and walk." With that, as the story goes.
Paniqnc, Luzon-Typical Tagalog
and Correspondent Carpenter.
hours, and came out of It without Ijelng
especially fatigued.
At another time he had charge of the
provisions for General MacArthur's divis
ion. It was very important that some J
24,000 rations be moved across one of tho
principal rivers These rations weighed
about 120,000 pounds. The soldiers needed
them immediately, and there was no
bridge or boats to get them across the
river. When the General arrived at the
stream he found that the soldiers had
j built a raft which would carry.only about
S00 pounds at a time. He saw that with
such means the train would bo delayed
for days, so he decided to build a pontoon
brldee.
bridge.
The only wood was on the other s'de
of the river, but he tpok 20 men .with
him, and, stripped to the!r skin, they
swam the river, with their axes, and cut I
the bamboo necessary to make the bridge.
Notwithstanding that he was several houre
without clothes, he says he experienced
no evil results from this action. His work
resulted In the rations being carried across
that river In less than four hours.'-
FRANK G. CARPENTER,
MADE A GRASS COAT.
Clnd In Vivid Green, a Snn Quentln
Convict AttcmptH Escape.
Green Casey, a convict at San Quentlir.
has won, says the San Francisco . Call,
tho admiration of his feHow-convicta. for
tho novel contrivance he Invented ln".or-
I der tott mako hIs escaPe 'rora th toop
some tIme 3C0.
1 CaSOV Was a kind of tniStv nrrmnrl "fho
!-. . - . " - f -
. he strolled around on the irreen erniw nn
iaea sirucK mm tnat. if he could Imitate .l
m . ,. .. ... .- . ." . '
. T, """?: 1""1 "lttt' lL "e, coum muate
i the irrnss hv snmr mAins Via nmii ninn
i the watchful sentries and' make cood his
escano.
rw . .....
. Through convict friends h
procured
, that would cover him completely when
lying on me grass, tie tnen secured some
.i - - .. - -'
wheat from the prison stable, and sowed
i it one the first layer qf his cont. Ho cast
it down carelessly at pne end of the prls-
I on grounds, and watered It dally. In a
few weeks the grass grew up through the
isack coat' and beff a srent while the
P ece f Dur,ap was transformed into a-
grassy lawn. - .
.11C was. now ready to carry out his.
P a.VS ' " pa"en"y wa"!d. an ?PPortu-
, mi. ai iu&i ob succccaeu in getting his
I mw wtrtvnnc. across lo the noMhwS
Isjz&s&Af ---
-ag too rapta' ana v
rery soon he l?eard
foqtsteps- coming-In. his direction.- They
- were those of a guard, who- had noticed
the grass moving ,and came to Investigate
;the phenomenon. A kick In the ribs ap
prised Casey that his plan had been dis
covered. The guard took Casey, and put
him behind lock and key.
FEW NATIVE TO AMERICA.
Nearly All -Y.eKetables Have Their Or
- - islix Elsewhere. .
"Sow many housekeepers picking over
thV vegetables on the stall know anything
about) them'? asked a contemplative cus
tomer of. a friend, says the Philadelphia
Inquirer, as he watched his green grocer
l fill a small measure' with potatoes.
"Lots of thenjJ.' promptly replied tno
other marketer, "Why, here are the po
tatoes In my hand, for Instance. They
are natlveAmerloan."
'fi guess -not. They went to Europe from
the hills of South America, and a strange
matter of fact, when you come to Uhlnk
0 it Is that in tho United States none
save' maize, and the -"ground artichokes are
native 'products."
"Nonsense," said the amazed Yankee.
f'No nonsense about It," continued the
contemplative customer. Europe, Asia,
Africa and South America are all more
richly endowed than we. I used to think
tho watermelon was ours, but bless -you
the North African trjbes grew the big.
Juicy fellows and gavfs us our first seeds.
As to the muskmelon. It is a vegetable of
such ancient lineage that, like the cabbage
and lettuce, nobody knows Just who were
their first wild ..progenitors. The melon
came out of Persia as a developed table
delicacy, while tho Adam of the cabbage
,famlly flourished 'way back In Central
Asia. The Romans ate. cabbage salad.
"Thero is another Roman delicacy,"
continued the customer, pointing to a box
of beets. "They do say that xtho Greek
philosophers thought a dish of boiled
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General "Joe" Wheeler
beets, served up with salt and oil. a great
aid to mental exercise. For my part,
though, I don't know a vegetable that
should be prouder of Its family history
than the radlbh. Radishes, come from
China, but a scientific Journal the other
day announced the discovery, from a
Translation of Egyptian hieroglyphics,
that Pharaoh fed his pyramid builders on
radishes. He even went-so far as to spend
1900 silver talents in order to regale his
Jnasons with tho crlsD and snlcv rent
Again, It you read the Old Testament
carefully; you will be sure to come across
ine announcement that Ip Egypt tho Chll-
j dren, of Israel ato melons, beets onions
i nnH o-o,-h '
"Besides tho melons and nonphK nn.i
geraniums," continued the sarrulous cus
tomerf "for all of which we have to thank
productive Persia, water cregs comes from
her valleys and brooks, and she taught the
world how to grow and .head lettuce.
However, the Roman gourmands ' who
adop-ted both these salads ate green peas
and stringed beans that the4r trnrHPnT
found j;rowing!n France and South Gor-
jnan, ana cucumbers were popular.
'To Arabia honor is due for the burr
artichoke. They at,e, it for liver difficul
ties. Rhubarb, they say, was ne.vpr known
until the loth century, when tb.e Russians
found It on the banks of the Volga, and
if. you will Relieve It. the only European
people that appreciate the egg-plant as
we 'do arc tho Turks. North Africa first
produced this fruit. However, the potato
had to, make a desperate struggle for pop
ularity, and for nearly a century after it
-was imported and grown in Europe no
body could be persuaded to touch It."
" -
Jlnllnd of Lost Love.
The fair Anita has eone away;
"Sh Is mad with her lover." the wise ones
- - say, ,
And never that lover she will recall,
V"- "--r- "" " " recall.
anousn ms tears ujte rain in mimmer fall.
. TTn.i.iniihicun rri.i-n i ..-.
i "He'll die for love." oo the- w '
j The fair Anita In grief returns:
I urue; jspe was, ana her proud heart yearns
..fiP 0, " that lover nndr
Jfot groplnj; hla way through
' blind.
Z;,i ""'""" a lost world,
r ".nr prnmni? nm vav tiMSMu
But playlnjr billiards to aa his mind!
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Sunday, at 8.00 P. M.: on Saturday at 10:00 P.
M. Returning, leaves Astoria dally, except Sun
day, at 7:00 A. M.
WILLAMETTE RIVER DIVISION. .
PORTLAND AND CORVALLIS. OR.
SteamSr Ruth, for Salem. Albany, Corvallla
and way points, leaves Portland Tuesdnya,
Thurodaj a and Saturdays at 6.CO A. 31. Returning-,
leaves Corvallls Mondaj-fi, Wednesdaa aaJ
Fridays at 6:00 AM.
Eteamer Modoc, for Salem. Independence and
way points, leaves Portland Mondays. Wednes
days and Fridays at 0.00 A. M. Keiurmnsj
leaves Independence Tuealajs, Thuradaya and
Saturdays at r.30 A. M.
Y'AMHILL RIVER ROUTE.
PORTLAND AND DAYTON. OR.
Eteamer Elmore, for Dayton and way points,
leaves Portland Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat
urdays at 7 A. M. Returning-, leaves Dayton for
Tortland and way points Mondays. Wednesday
.and Fridays at 0 A. M.
SNAKE RIVER ROUTE.
RIPARIA. WASH., AND LEWISTON. IDAHO.
Steamer Spokane or steamer Lewlston leaves
Rlparla dally at 1:20 A. M., arriving at Lerrlston
at 12 o'clock noon. Returning:, the Spokane or
Lwlaton leaves Lewlston dally at S:30 A. M..
arriving at Rlparla same evening:.
W. H. HURLBURT.
General Passenger Agent.
V. A. SCOTLLING. City Ticket AcenC
Telephone Main 712.
NewStcamsMpLinetottaOricnt
CHINA AND JAPAN. FROM PORTLAND.
In connection with THE OREGON RAILROAD
& NAVIGATION CO. Schedule. 1900 (subject to
change):
Steamer. Dua to Leave Portland.
"ABERGELDIE" March 23
"MONMOUTHSHIRE" April 11
"BRAEMAR" May2
For rates, accommodations, etc.. apply to
DODWELL & COMPANY. Limited.
General Agent3, Portland. Or.
To principal points In Japan and China.
THE FASTEST AND MOST
DIRECT lINE
TO THE
EASTANDSOUTHEA
IS THE
0?CT05V
The Direct Line to Denver, Omaha,
Kansas City and St. Louis.
Only 3 Days to Chicago,
Only 4j Days to New York and
othqr Principal Eastern cities
Through Fnllman Palace Sleepers
Tourist Sleep era
Dining- Cars (meoli a la carte), and
Free Reclining- Chair Cars
Operated Dally on Famt Mall Tralna
Throush tickets, haggago checks and sleeping
car accoinmoJatlons can be arranged at
CITY TICKET OFFICE
1 35 Third Street Portland, Oregon
J. H. LOTHROP. GEORGE LANG,
Gen'l Agent.
City Puj. tc Tkt. Agt.
Tho Magnificent Trans-Pacific Passenger
Steamship
TACOMA
Registered tonnage, 2SU tons; capacity,
4000 tons; passenger accommodations, 100
first class, 900 second class. Thla steam
ship has Just been released from the gov
ernment service as a troopship, and has
every modern comfort and convenience and
Is the largest steamship in tho Cape Nome
trade.
Will sail from Tncoma and Seattle on or
about the 25th of May.
For rates and full Information apply to
DODWEKL & CO., LTD.
Telephone, Main, 96. 252 Oak Street.
Astoria & Columbia
River Railroad Co.
LEAVES
UNION
DEPOT.
For Maygers. Rainier,
Clatskanle. Wtstport,
Clifton. Astoria. War
renton. Flavel, Ham
mond. Fort Stevens,
Garhart Park. Seaside.
Astoria and Seashore
Express.
Dally.
Astoria Express,
Dally.
ARRIVES
UNION
DEPOT.
8:00 A. M.
r:ob p. m.
11:15 A. iL
0:40 P. it.
ticket offlco. 225 Morrison sL an4 Union depot.
" J. C MATO. Gen. Pass. Agt.. Aatoria. Or.
WrHTE COLLAR LINE
COLUMBIA RIVER & PUGET SOUND NAV3-
GATION CO.
PORTLAND AND ASTORIA.
BADLEY GATZERT (Alder-street dock)
Leaves Portland daily every morning at 7
o'clock, except Sunday. Returning, leaves As
toria every night at 7 o'clock, except Sunday.
Oregon 'phone Main 351. Columbia 'phone 351.
U. B. SCOTT. Presldent-
CAPE NOME VIA DAWSON
Alaska SteamshipCompany
NEXT SAILING, THE DIRIGO, MARCH 2S,
The only company having throush traffic ar
rangements to Atlln and the Klondike Weekly
sailings from Tacoma. For full Information ap
ply to J. L. HARTiTAN. Agent. Portland. Or..
3 Chamber ot Commerce.
pv:io"ve?!x
TRAVELERS' GUIDE.
MOT $&&&
ST vi &Ngy
A YlA iTi sunset Y-n
O Oal?rS4ASTA -1 1
SOUTH W
Leave
Depot FIfta and I Slreets
Arrive
OVERLAND EX
PRESS TRAINS
for Salem. Rose
burs. Ashland. Sac
ramento. OffdcD,
San Francisco. Mo
Jave, Lcs Angeles.
El Paso, New Or
leans and the East
At Woodbum
(dally except Sun
day), morning train
connects ivlth train
for Mt. Ansel. 311
V e r t on. Browns
ville. Sprtngrleld
and Natron, and
evening train for
lit. Angel and Sll
verton. Corvallls passenger
Sheridan passenger
7:00 P. 3J.
S:30 A. M.
0:15 A. 3L
7:00 P. M.
t7:30 A. 7J.
14:50 -P. M.
XZZ0 P. 1Z.
JS:25 A. M.
Dally. JDally except Sunday.
Rebate tickets on sale between Portland. Sac'
ramento and San FrancIsco. Net ratea 17 first!
class and $11 aecond class, including steeper.
Rates and tickets to Eastern points ana Eu
rope. Also JAPAN. CHINA. HONOLULU anii
AUSTRALIA. Can be obtained from J. B,
KQtKLAND. Ticket Agent. HO Third St.
TAMHILL DIVISION. '
Passenger Depot, foot of JefTerson Street
Leave for Oswego dally at 7:20. "9-40 A. M.J,
12:30. 1:55, 3.25. 5:15. ft.25. S:W, 11:30 P. M.;5
and Q.00 A. XI. en Sundays only. Arrive at
Portland dally at 0.35. S:30. '10.50 A. M.;
1:35. 3:15. 4MO, 6:20. 7:40. 10.00 P. 3L: 12:4C
A. M. daily, except Monday. S.30 and 10.05 A,
ji. on aunuays oniy.
Leave for Dallas dally, except Sunday. atT
4:30 P. M. Arrive at Portland at 0:30 A. M.
Passenger train leaves Dallas for Airlle Mon
days. Wednesdaj-3 and Fridnjs at 2:45 P. M.
Returns Tuesdajs. Thursdaja and Saturdays.
Except Sunday.
1
R. KOEHLER. C. H. MARKHAM,
Manager. Gen. Frt. & Pats. Agt.
Turn it this way, it 's on. Turn it
that way. it 'soft the berth light on
the Burlington's
Electric-Lighted Limited
between St. Paul and Chicago.
The Limited is the train the "know
ing ones " take. They take it because
it is as homelike a their own homes;
as luxurious as a Sio-a-daj hotel.
m
A. C. SHELDON".
General Agent,
icoThird St.,Portland,Ore.
GO EAST VJA
aoiS-
ON THE FAMOUS
Chicago - Portland Special
And Travel in Luxurious Comfort
Dinlner Cnrs. Service a In Cnrte.
Llbrnry-ISuffet Smolclnp Cnrs,
Palnce and Orillnary Sleeping: Car 34
Free Ilecliningr Clinir Cars.
The only train running through solid frcnj
Portland to Chicago. No change of cars. Ever;
car Illuminated 'nlth Plntsch gaa.
Leaves 8 P. M., Portland. Arrives C:45 P. M.
CITY TICKET OFFICE
1 24 Third St. Phone f.!aln 569
W. E. COMAN,
General Agent.
J. R. NAGEL,
City Ticket Agt.
lj&mlimimm
Ticket Olflce: 122 Third St. Theme (ISO
LEAVE.
No. 4
3:45 P. M.
The Flyer, dally to anl
from St. Paul. Minne
apolis. Duluth. Chicago
anl all points East.
ARRIVE.
No. 3.
8:00 A. iL
Through Palace .and Tourist Sleepers. Dlntns
and Buffet Smoklng-Llbrary Cars.
JAPAN - AMERICAN LINE
STEAMSHIP IDZUMI .MARU
For Japan. China and all Asiatic points will
leave Seattle
About March 28th.
SEATTLE
IE
Yukon River Points
Steamer OHIO (3300 tons) has been re
leased by the United States Government
after nearly two years' service as a trans
port to tde Philippines, and wlil sail for
CAPE NOME on or about MAY 24. 19C0.
For passage and freight rates, apply to
any railroad atrent or sub-agent of the
International Navigation Co.. or direct to
EMPIRE TRANSPORTATION CO.,
607 First avenue. Seattle, "Wabh.
Pacific Coasi Steamship Co.
rOR ALASKA
THE COMPANY'S elegant
steamers, Cottage City, City
of Toreka and Al - Kt leave
TACOMA 11 A. M.. SEATTLE
! P. M. Mar. 11. 10, 21. 20.
31. Apr. 5. 10. 15. 20. 25. 3U.
May 5. and every fifth day
thereafter. For further Infoi-
The ci mpar rcwrves the right to change
steamers, sailing dates and hourti of sailing,
Without previous notice.
AGENTS-N. POSTON. 240 Washington at..
Portland. Or.; F. V. CARLETON. N. P. R. r!
fleck Tacoma: J. F. TROWBRIDGE. PuSet
Sound Supt.. Ocean dock. Seattle.
GOODALL. PERKINS & CO.. Gen. Agt. 8. Jm
II OF THE WR3ST,
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