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--rswft","l "W 1 THE SUNDAY OKEGQNIAN, PORTLAJTD. APEIL 1, 1900. 31 l,-tFip"j-'l9P rrOAITrnr,n "NT"" sYr-VI II Wl UV II L li i II II I I I llr --vV VJlWjJLiW JL Vast Forests of Mahogany and Other Valuable Hardwood Tim ber, and Indications of Gold a-Plenly. MANILA, Feb. 14. I visited one of the biggest saw mills of the Philippines to day. It was owned by Chinese, and Chi nese Jaborers were turning the great logs Into boards. The Paslg River, on which the mill stands, was lined with logs. Other saw mills above and below were busily working, and the scratch, scratch of the saw as It cut through the hard wood could be everywhere heard. Each aw mill had scores of men employed, and tho scenes In all of them were far differ ent from anything jou will find in the United States. In the first place, tho logs had been barked In the forests, some having been straightened by chipping AH were of the heaviest of hardwood, and 1 all had a grain and color which would These ants sometimes attack warehouse, have made them exceedingly valuable when they arc not made of hard woodo, could they have been sold In our coun- and a slight earthquake ehocks brines tho try. The most wonderful thing about the buildings to the ground. They" are fond mill was Its absolute lack ofmachlnery. apparently of mucilage and paste, for they It was an immense building covering al- . have eaten the labels off the bottles In the most an acre, and consisting of merely a I hospital dispensaries and attacked tho roof and the poles which upheld it. The ! corks- long ago one of our surgeons, .. ... ...... ... I upon opening a box of bottles contalnr.g floor was the earth and there were no j a,cohol. found that the bottles were only walls at the sides. j half full. He suspected that the box ha-1 The logs were placed upon trestles about j been tampered with, until it was found as high up from the ground as your waist, j that the ants had honeycombed tho corks and at each log four half-naked Chinese and that the liquor had evaporated. There were sawing away. With a pencil they J s "ot "l"1?.? U,"JS!. .-.i. . 7u .i.i- . j ... ! to show it had been touched. The ants ir.arked off the width of a board from the ha(1 .j,, a very j, hole nnd crcpt top of the log. and then at each end be- J through one nt a time. They usually do can to pull crosscut saws acrois It. The I their work on the Inside of the wood, leav log lay horizontally on the trestles, and ins the surface untouched. They may eat the handles of the saws were so ar- the legs of a chair, leaving little more than runaed at right angles with the blades the paint. o that when you sit down you that y nulling them back nnd forth the , find tho legs go to dust and yourself on men could aw a trlp of board off the the floor. They will eat clothing and log. ..e two pairs of men were cawing , pasteboard cartridge wrapp.ngH. and it Sj toward each other, beginning at the op- ! even said thf-y sometimes scratch iron It posite ends of the log and carefully , may bo for this reason that in building watching the Unfa till they met In the ' n"-d furniture the hardwoods only are used center. They then made a second mark nere. and went on to saw off the next board. 1 I have seen It often stated that there is Such work reaulres careful watching to no pine In th Philippines. Captain Batch- saw straight, and a long time to cut a ' single board, but It Is In this way that all t tho lumber used in this city of 2D0.0M peo- pie is made. The planing is also done by saw straight, and a long time to cut a ' hand, and so are all clashes of woodmak ing operations. Hnril.rouiln of the Philippines. When I was toM In the United States that there were in the Philippines rose wood logs nine feet in diameter, and that f.ie ties of the Manlla-Dagupan railroad were made of mahogany, I was Inclined to duubt the statements. Now that I am on the ground I doubt them no longer. There Is enough mahogany here to fur nish ties for a railroad across the con tlnent, and the varieties of hardwood aro sn numerous that a nine-foot rosewood log would not surprise mo. I talked yes terday with an Army officer who has trav eled extensively in tho mahieany forests of the West Indies and Central America, and who hjs Just returned from a march through the woods of Northern Luzon. He says the mahogany trees there sur pass in size the trees of Santo Domingo, Mexico and Honduras. I hear similar stories of the eastern provinces, and also of those which face the Pacific All this Is on tho Island of Luzon, which Is less timbered than many of the southern isl ands. There are said to be more than 300 va- -& 6JS'- . w-Jl omsFi 'i-cU, w:2:ft tfms&ixFSRsr'' . .fts-'--- iii&&2sr3F-Httrm- rr , I" frU W' s i t "w-W,. yV T-. sen. s"- ' ?mz vrdJSvJ rlctles of hardwcod on the islands, of which at least SO have'-a iilgh commercial vaiue. i rave seen- may oi une diner- ent ltlnds. but know the names of but few. Yesterday I visited a piano mnnu factory where the instruments are made from the ground up. The metal is cast, the sounding-boards sawed out and the polished cases dressed and finished. The results are as good as In the best piano factories of the United States, and in all cases native woods are used. Our ordi nary piano woods will not stand the Philippine climate. The sounding-board, In this damp, moist air lose their reson- ance. and within a few months the best Instruments uecome tinny. Tnere is wood here which stands the climate, and which thls piano-maker thinks will eventuallj be used for musical Instruments in all damp regions. Floors of MnhosTany. Nearly all of the floors of the best nouses of Manila are of narra, a wood much like mahogany. It has the same grain, and takes a beautiful polish. The Oriente Hotel, where I am stopping, ii a great building of three stories, with wide staircases and Immense halls. Its floors are made of these Filipino mahog any boards, each of which is from 13 Inches to two feet in nldth and from IS to 20 feet long. The stairs are of the same rich material, and the railings have a polish equal to that of a piano. The beds are of hardwood., with grea't hard wood canopies over them, and such of the furniture as Is not Imported is of the samo material. There are churches here which have columns and floors and ceilings of ma hogany, and I see that this same wood forms most of the timbers '-i tho barges and boats of the Paslg fjir. boats an hundred and more fee: sng being made of it. The churches are floored with It, and it is, in fact, cs common as pine in the United States. This wood Is. however, only one of the hardwoods. There are others of different colors. Some woods take a polish like the finest rosewood, but have a grain and a color like birdseye maple: others are of a rich coffee hue. others red. and oth ers much like black walnut. Some of the woods aro hard like teak, and some are so heavy they will not float. In the Isl and of Mtndoro alone. 30 miles from here, it Is said, there are lO". different varieties of woods, nf which M are hard, many being fitted 'for shipbuilding and finefur-nlture-maklng. Thero aro several vanrues 01 wooi nere which the white ants will not cat. Theso ssx. n vs-u fi - - min TiMMkrnn TUC Dill I TDDIMCV nr rnll llT I F 1 ilJLi 1 lllJLill 1 11 JLiW are the only kinds that are of much value for furniture or building in the Philip pines. The white ants are little insects about ox lame as our common small anc They feed upon wood, and they will cat (Mexican) an ounce. I have heard it said tarda came, and later on by the Spaniards up a trunk or store box in a night. They . tjt tj.e Chinese- are able. In places to and by an English syndicate. I under make a little hole in the wood and then J exchange tho silver for gold at tho same stand the English could not get the na go on eating away until It Is nothing but weight, but this. like many of the stories tlvcs to co-operate with them, and that a shell. Last week among the goods ' toja here, la probably without foundation. I their mining was for his reason unsuc whlch arrived on one of the transports , . . . ! ccssful. It is said, in fact, that none of the I were a dozen rolling pins for making bread. When the box which contained them was opened only a pile of white dust and two pins were discovered. 'When the pins were picked up one of them broke In two and the other dropped Into pieces. The white ants had liked tho flavor of the wood and eaten tlfem. Unt Mont Any Old Thlnsr.- "'er. wno "a lately returned from a "'" wo nu laieij i march of about 300 ml Cagavan Valley and the It. tells me thV Is not so miles uiruuK" i"c mountains along so. The captain is a North Carolina man. ana ne Knows n pine tree when he seen one. He fays ho marched for days througn pine lorcsts. using pine knots to make torches for nis men when the- camped at night. He tells mo the trees are large, and as full of resin as the turpentine pine trees of the South Atlantic Coast. There I also a poft ccdnr wood here like that we use for.c'gar boxes. It Is cut from logs from 30 to 40 feet long and almost a yard square. Another wood is called bul let wood, because It Is as hard as a bullet: it is fo hard that It can be driven right through ordinary wood, and for thlfl rea rcn it romctlmcs takes the place of nails. It Is largely employed in the making of lioats nt Manila, and also in hoase-milld-Ing. Then thero arc the Sanan woods, which when cut Into pieces nnd boiled fur nish a bright red dye: the Ac!e wood, which will resist fire a long time, and the Aranga, which furnl'hcs logs two feet n-iuaro and 73 feet long. This wood will withstand the attacks of the eea worms, and Is, therefore, valuable for wharves, piles and shipbuilding. Mnny I.nrce Trees. In addition to these there are many J other varieties of timber which might bo x-aM-" 1".?5 -f( WATER nCFPALOns. sold at a profit In the United States. One j of tho marked characteristics of the for- s thelr man la t t whlcn .,., ,, trnrn t . - ft , ,.,h . and from two feet and upward in thick' r.cis. I have seen mahogany tables six feet wide and 12 feet In length, the top be- ing mado of one board, and have walked over great tcakwood logs in crossing a I canal on a stream. I I hav ask"d several people why these l foreots havo not becn exploited by the ' , """' ".'"0 JTZ "' "'", .... . l-LiLi LnnlHlnntn .cut Umber lj.,? anhera. the heavv Slxm which were loosed Tho ouestloi of et. IT?!..?"0.. ? x?i- .. ?uff r5".0.. K.t! "' 0tv'Ujri .JiZ one and , 'wWch ruTres corderlMo SrttiT TfcJ which requires conelderablo capital. The ,1 ?"" """r"1 ' "'Pi - Lli, Zr, ,C . .Ti,t . -nfl u stop work on the slightest pretext, and 1 isonly by getting them into a sort of debt Siavcrj ur pcuiiafcc iui icuu) uii. v.. be secured. There aro but few roads and no railroads. The only beasts of value are tho water buffaloes, which are the freight cans and lumber haulers of the Iplands. Much of the timber lies near the sea. and now that Uncle Sam has the isl ands. meaures will probably be under taken to get It out. I am told thnt the best of the forests are in the southern Islands, and that a great part of Mindanao Is one vast woods, made up ot valuable virgin forest trees. There Is no doubt that gold exists all over the Philippines, but whether it is in paying quantlesi remains for the prospector to settle. I hav reports every day of th existence of small placer deposits and of streams of beds of which when washed show color. The mrwt of the stories are from the troops who have becn in the mountainous districts-districts which are lnhab'ted -,--.1 .... M.M..AA wn wnmn nf TK-Tilrh tisvft not been access tble to the ordinary pros- not Deen cce ' "" l" pjJJ,nft .. .,. .; SiJrf ?s nt fl Tracer H .tlrta Z-.llV, mnes be! yond it. The head-hunting natives navo to some CTtfnt kept the Spaniards out of tho mountains, so thnt the country la to a large extent unexplored. Gold In the Philippines. A few weeks ago General Grant led his regiments across the mountains northeast of Luzon into the province of ZImbalcs. Tho men tell .me their way was through the woods and across streams which bore Isood indications of carrylns gold. At one Mi 11 . N T t -j&r-" W '. place Captain ParCIe and aome other oia- cers washed a double handful of gravel 1 and In It found five flakes of Bold. In most of tho beds of the streams color was found, j but nowhere were there any signs of ' auartx deposits. About 300 miles by sea norm or jiaoua U a. port called Vlcan. There are now soldiers there, and cxpedltlcno have been recently made Into the mountains at the . cast. In this region gold Is alto to be seen I l ., honrt. f hi rntr. Thev wasn i it. It is said, out of the beds of creeks ' and trado the dust ond little nuggets to the Chinese, who give them about i (Mexican) an ounce. I have heard It said I that the Chinese are able. In places to How the Savuees Sell Gold. 1 It Is Impossible for one to understand m m .i w fnr hundred nf . . ..k .v. , . ,h ,. of th -- " - ments of one Kino ana another, ana that Spaniards, without its being discovered sQ fap nolnIng nns becn mie. and rained, unless he knows the conditions . Tnat thero is gold in many places, how whlch prevail In most parts of the jnoun- ever, there Is no doubt. When the Span tains. They aro wild and without roads lards first took possession of the islands SAAVMILL OF THE PHILIPPINES. 1 'i E " )MMW,t'lf-,MriM. U'.iMfiiihLMill-dJH Mlf in y lif n,,, r f f . j ,i JimFS" WMI! t tKjglftMWft. ' "pM'-r- 3 - " T -'T.A.W,e' of any kind. Their only inhabitants are tho Negritos, Igorrotcs, Gaddenes and other savages. The mare peaceful parts of the island have always had their thieves and brigands, so that mining has been, to say the least, extremely danger ouk. Such gold as has been discovered . ha" also been kept secret, for fear of i roooery, From the American, one of the dally paers or Manila, I give an extract from a report of a correspondent who has Just re- turned from tho Zlmbales region. Said he: "I saw a long rosary of gold in the hands , 1 ot one ot the natives. Is was made up of ' resets of virgin gold, the smallest of I wh,ch waB as b,B as a P- H: had been pierced through the nuccets nnd Vi , thWTrcre.tningonsillkcord. The.gold WB of a llht ye,Iow coIor and had "--lT dcntly come from tho surface of the ound. It, owner had purchased the nug. sets of a Negrito, but he could not learn where h haQ At the q rtch Fmvlno of on9 nf fh ,. ,,, .. ., th ,.. talns. finding that the soldiers did not in- tend to steal from him. pulled nut a .small buckskin sack and showed about three ounces of gold, which he had recently Dougnt from the Negritos. This was coarse gold, most of the grains being about the size of a kernel of rice. The man said he understood that the Negritos picked the grains out or tne clear mountain streams, and that they had no other methods of mining, nor did they seem to wish to cn I gage in mining. J Gold In Mindanao. General Bates tells me he has heard re ports ot gold being found in the Island ot ' Mindanao. This Is the second largest of the Philippine group, being almost as large as Kentucky. It Is practically unex plored, and Is Inhabited chiefly by sav ages. The chief washings are now on the ! ttm Pa" of the Island, far away , from the part occupied by our troops. The Kla "nds " la " hands of tho I Ptr sultans and datos. who sell it to tho foreigners. It is said that the amount of alluvial gold which has been thus cold leads to the belief that there must be quartz veins in Mindanao. I have not visited the Island of Mtndoro. This lies only a few miles cast of South ern Luzon, and Is inhabited almost entire ly by savages. Its name Is a corrustlon of "mlna-de-oro." or mine of gold. It Is J reported that the Island has many rlser deposits. When Dean Worcester visited it he was told by the natives that they could take him to a place where thero was so much Bold that it would dazile his eyes, but he does not say that he accepted their offer. There lire mines In Luzon which have produced considerable gold In the past, Tne opanua uovernment Kepi recoras 01 mc ....., .i.tmwi, aim a u& time a certain percentage of all the gold mined went to the King of Spain. Ac cording to the records, so I nra told, the mines at Mambulo once produced weekly as raucn iwj uuuera. iflu, ui me rJ of IM an ounce, would be $20,000 worth of gold per week. These mines were I worked by the Indians before the Span- attcmDts by foreigners at mining in the Philippines have paid. Foreman, who is one of the best authorities, estimates that J1.300.COO have been spent in vain expert- niOM xonni luzox. after the discovery by Ferdinand Magel lan, they sent home great quantities of it. in the shape of gold bracelets, chains and ornaments. Two of their ships were bootv vas no Front It ! until th.it Tlrnkft ! fitted out his vessels with silken sails and silk ropes, and thus sailed Into London. Tho mining now being done by the na tives is of tho rudest character. They use wooden bowls to wash tho gold from tho gravel. They pound the larger pieces of gold-bearing rock to pieces on anvils, and then grind them to dust between mill stones, the stones being pulled around by water buffaloes. . In tho few mines "of Luzon the water Is taken out by hand by tho natives, who pass it up from one to another in buckets or palm leaves. Each bucket holds about two gallons, and It takes hundreds of natives to make tho hu man chain which thus drains a mine. I hesitate to advise Americans to come out here to prospect. As far as present indications go. It Is all a gamble, and the man who comes risks everything. The field may, however, soon develop into one of great possibilities. Just now nothing in tho interior can be done from lack of roads and facilities for getting machinery into the mountains. There aro some placer regions near tho sea. but If there aro quartz veins, they are probably In the mountains, some distance back from ,the coast. It would for the present, at least. be best for men to go In companies of a dozen or more, well armed and ready to fight. In companies they will be able to I go almost anywhere, and can easily main- . ., u....u.. ...., ......... ..u wu ......., ........ 'tain themselves both against tho savages na tne mcrones or f uipino Danans. They will find the climate of the moun- tains ncauntui ana oracing. anu ine coun try, in tne winter at least, a aeiigntiui one for traveling and prospecting. I am not yet prepared to write of the coal resources here. There are, I am told, large beds of coal on many ot the Phlllp- , Pines, both anthracite and bituminous. eposlt' ellit h,efly on tne UIands I which are nearest tho east, but there are also evidences of coal near Zamboanga, 1 'n the far south. Captain Batcheler saw many indications of copper and son. evMencs of ,,. ,Sm. In thn Car.lv.-in Vallov Thrt TJ- ' grltos and Igorrotea frequently show specimens of lead, antimony and other ' minerals, but it is impossible to get them ( to say where they find them. The lead usually carries gold and silver with it. J The copper of North Luzon was worked, it is said, by the Igorrotes long before the Spaniards came. They softened tho rocks by building fires upon them. This enabled them to break out tho ore, and they then roasted it again and again be fore smelting. Their smelting was done in little clay furnaces not much bigger than a four-gallon crock, bamboo blowers being used to make the requisite draft Tho Spaniards later on tried to work theso same mines with machinery and zaiied. Tho editor of tho Manila Times, who v.. , -..!.! .nniMi.n).i. ..- t ...... .... .". f .! consIccrably over Luzon, and who Is the author ot a number of guide- ifuuiu. aj.u rap relating 10 mat isiana, iciis me tnere is an iron mountain within less than K miles of Manila. It is near mineral springs, and not far from the best-settled part of the island. Iron is also said to exist In other parts of Luzon, and in Cebu and other Islands. Some of tho ores are very rich, those of Angat, In the Bulacan province, not far from Ma nila, containing from 73 to 5 per cent of pure iron. None of the mines are worked, the incentive under the iniquitous Spanish Government having becn to let them Ho undeveloped and untouched. FRANK G. CARPENTER. Jefferson "IHsself." Officer Storey, of tho fourth district. - was recently assigned to duty in the sev- cntb. district in citizens' dothM. with orders to patrol Avondale with omcer Sandman and arrest all suspicious char- acters. As is well known. Thomas Mc- uratn owns a Deautiiut resilience in mat iduuuiu, u suaiu jswa . i..... statue of Thomas Jefferson on his grounds, with the words, "AH men aro equal" chiseled on the base. Sandman had been long patrolling Avnndals and wan a srreat admirer of the statue, and also the principle conveyed In the words Inscribed on the base. He also ,was quite well acquainted with Mr. Mc- uratn, out never Knew nis name. Ono afternoon, shortly after Storey had been assigned to duty in Avondale, Sand man and he were walking up Rockdale avenue, and Sandman was pointing out tliA rMpr nt thA Tciltiv In flirt lin- tutored Storey. "When they arrived at tho gate leading to Mr. McGrath's grounds, that gentlemen was standing there. As the two coppers approached, McGrath nodded In a genial manner and Sandman, introducing his companion, said: "Officer 'Storey, shake hands with my friend. Thomas Jefferson. He's got all kinds of money, and up there on his lawn he has got a statue of hlsself." Cincin nati Enquirer. i Ilctort Dlsconrteoas. A lady had in her employ nn excellent girl who had one fault Her face was al ways in a emudge. Her mistress tried without offending to tell her to wash her face, and at last resorted to strategy. "Do you know, Bridget." she remarked in a confidential manner, "it Is sold that if you wash the face every day in hot. soapy water it will make you bcautlfuir "Will It?" said Bridget. "Sure, It's a wonder ye nlver tried It. ma'am." Our jjumo Amioau. The woman wfco puts her head in the lion's mouth, seems the type of reckless women. But she isn't. The really reckless woman Is the one -who braves Nature day after day, by neglect of the health of the delicate womanly organs. "Crime and punishment blos- -,.,. rtr iin : " " r ,r . TT1 , " ," the cycle of self-neglect is complete it includes the pains and sufferings which are the inevitable penalties inflicted by outraged Nahtre. The drain which to day is counted an inconvenience, be comes in succeeding days a horrible and offensive stigma. The passing depression of an hour grows into a permanent mcl- 4 aDll' The timely use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription will save young women from suffering, as it "will . cure those who through neglect have become martyrs after marriage. No woman who suffers with backache, pain in the side, bearing down pains, debilitating drains, ulcera tion or inflammation, should delay an other day the use of "Favorite Prescrip tion." Its use helps every woman and heals ninety-eight per cent, of all who give it fair trial. It contains no opium, cocaine or other narcotic. 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Steamer Elmore, for Dayton and way pelnts, leaves Portland Tuesdays. Thursdays and Sat urdays at 7 A. M. Returning:, leaves Dayton lor Portland and way points Mondays. Weonesdayj and Fridays at O A. M. SNAKE TtlVER ROUTE. RIPARIA. WASH.. AND LEWISTON. IDAHO. Steamer Spokane or etearrer LewlKon leaves Rlparla daily at 1 20 A. M.. arriving at Lewlitst at 12 o'clock coon. Returning, the Spokane r Lewlstoa leaves Lewlaion dally at 8:30 A. M.. arrlvlne at 111 t aria same evening-. W. H. HURLHURT. General Pasnenser Acect. V. A. SCHILLINO. City Tlckst Agent. Telephone Mala 712. NewSteamsMpLmetothcOricat CIHNA AND JAPAN. FROM PORTLAND. In connection tilth THE OREGON RAILROAD U NAVIGATION CO. Schedule. 1000 (subject to change): Steamer. Due to Leave Portland. AHEROELDTE" March 3 "MONMOUTHSHIRE" April II "BRAEMAR" May2 For rates, accommodations, etc.. arply to DODWELL & COMPANT. Limited. General Agents. Portland. Or. To principal points In Japan and China. THE FASTEST AMD MOST DIRECT lINE TO THE EASTANDSOUTHEAST IS THE - rprv The Direct Line to Denver, Omahx Kansas City and St. Louii. Onfy 3$ Days to Chicago, 0niy43 Days to New York and other Principal Eastern cities Thronsli Pallmnn Palace Sleepers Tourlat Sleepers Dlnlntr Cars (nienls a In carte), and Vree Kecllninir Clialr Cars Operated Dally an Fast Mall Trains Tbroaah tickets, baggage checks anJ sleeping. ear accommodations can be arranged at CITY TICKET OFFICE 135 Third SteS Portland, Oregoa J. IL LOTHROP. Gen'l Agent. OEOnOE LANO. City Pass. A Tk- Act. FOR CAPE NOME Tho Masnltlcent Trara-PaclQc Passcncer Stearrahlp TACOMA Reslstered tonnage, 311 tons; capacity, 4000 tons; passenger accommodations, 10) first class, 00 second class. Thlfi 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 Tacoma and Seattlo on or about the S5th of May. For rates and full Information apply to DODWELL & CO.,- LTD. Telephone, Main, SC 2S2 Oak StrceL . Astoria & Columbia River Railroad Co. LEAVES UNION DEPOT. For Maygers. Rainier. Clatskanle, '.Veslporr. Clifton. lUtoria. War- rea:oa. Klavel. Ham- mond. i'url Stevens, Gtarhart Park. Seaside. Astoria and Seashore Express. Dally. Attorla Express, Dally. ARRIVES UNION DEPOT. 6:00 A.M. I :COP.M. HUB A. M, 0:10 P. M. Ticket ofilee. 256 Morrison st. and Unton depot. J. C. MATO. Gen. Pass. Agt.. Astcrts. Or. WHITE COLLAR LINE COLUMBIA RIVEIt PCOET SOUND NAVJ. OATION CO. PORTLAND AND ASTORIA. 5fi DAILET GATZERT (Alder-street dock) Leaves Portland dally every morning at 7 o'clock, except Sunday. Returning, leaves As toria every night at ? o'clock, except Sunday. Oregon 'phone Main C31. Columbia 'phone aSL U. D. SCOTT, President- CAPE NOME VIA DAWSON Alaska SteamshipCompany NEXT SAILING. ROSALIE. APRIL 4. The only company havlns through traffic ar rangements to Atlln and the Klondike. Weeklr sailings from Tacoma. For full Information ap- I p iy to j. I haktaian. Agent, i-oriund. or.. Chamber of Commerce. LzLfoiiu ILl.l W P rVTVISJttAl v T TRAVELERS GUIDE. EAST via SOUTH Leave Cejol filth iii I Streets Arrive OVERLAND EX PRESS TRAINS tor Salem. Roie burg. Ashland. Suc ramrnto. O g d e n. San Francisco. Mo Jave. Lea Angeles. El Paso, New Or leans and the Eat At Wcodbura (dally except Sun day), mornlnc train connecu with train for Mt. Angel. Sll v e r t on. Iirown vllle. SprlngfleU and Natron, anl evening train for ML Angel and 31--verton. Corvalllo rassenjer Sheridan pawenger 7.-00 P. M. 30 A. M. 0:13 A. M, 7.-00 P. M. 17:30 A. M. t:SOP. M. ri:S0 P. M. J3:23A.M. Dally. JDally except Sunday. Rebate tickets on sale between Pcrtland. Sao rainento and San Francisco. Net ratt SIT first class and $11 second clac-. including sleeper. Rates and tickets to Eastern points ana Eu rope. Also JAPAN. CHINA. HONOLULU and AUSTRALIA. Csa be obtained from J. O. KIRKLAND. Ticket Arvnt. 140 Third St. YAMHILL DIVISION. Passenger Depct, foot of JeZreroon Street. Leave for Cweg-o dally at 7:10, OrtO A. M.; 12-30. 1:53. 3:23. 3:15. b.2S. 8:u3, 11-30 P. M.: and O.UI A. M. on Sundays only. Arrive at Portland dally at C-3S. 6.30. "lD-SD A. M.; 1:33. 3:13. 4:.-0. :M. 7:4-.i. lO.-t'O P. M-: 12:40 A. M. dally, except Monday. 8-30 and 10:03 A. M. on Sjndays only. Leave fjr Dallas dally, except Sift-day. at 4:30 P M. Arrive at Portland at D-no A. M. Passenger train leaves Dallas for Airlle Mon dajH. Welneidays and Frldaya at 2:43 P. M. Returns Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays. Except Sunday. R. KOEHLER. Manager. C. 11. MARKHAM. Gen. Frt. St. Pass. Art. iVore Bouquets "A gentleman who recently made a trip over the Durllngton to Chicago -writes that In his opinion thero is not a bctter manajred railway In America, lie further rays that from tho time you enter the car till you reach Chicago, every employe of the road Is on the alert to add to your comfort." Hotel Bulle tin. Omaha. Chicago, Kansas City, St. Loute ALL points East. Ticket Office, 100 3rd St.. C8r.Stari.Pjr.1u). 0::)t. R. W. rOSTER. Ticket Agent. OEO. 3. TATLOTt. City Passenger Agent. GO EAST VIA Jrsr27t?r' 'jjRfetRla ON THE FAMOUS Chicago - Portland Special And Travel in Luxurious Comfort Dlalnir Car. Service n In Carte. Llbrury-IlutTct Suioklni; Cars. Palace and Ordinary MecpInK Cars. Free HcuHulntr Clialr Cars. The only train running through solid from Portland to Cnlcsgo. No charge of cars. Every car Illuminated with Plntsch gas. Leaves S P. M.. Portland. Arrives 0:43 P. IL CITY TICKET OFFICE 124 Third St. Phone Main 363 TV. E. COMAN. General Agent. J. R. NAGEU aty Ticket Agt. Wt c Ticket Orncei 1Z Third St. 'Phono O30 LEAVE. No. 4 3:45 P. M. The Flyer, dally te ai-J from St. Paul. Minne apolis. Duluth. Chlcagr and all pelnts East. ARRIVE. No.. 8:00 A.M. Through Talace and Tourist Sleepers, Dining and IhiSet Smoking-Lluran Cars. JAPAN - AMERICAN LINE STEAMSHIP IDZUMI MARU For Japan. China and all Asiatic points will leave Seattle About March 28th. EMPIRE LINE SEATTLE CAPE NOME Yukon River Points S. 8. "OIHO." 3500 tons, after two- years service u U. S. transport, has beea released. end will sail from Seattle for Cape Nome about May 24. Rates First class. J1W and S1S3; second clacs. $75. For berths, etc. apply to any railroad agent, or agent of the Interna Moral Navigation Co.. or to EMPIRE TRANSPORTATION CO.. 601 First avenue, Seattle, Wash. Pacific Coast Steamship Co. FOX ALA3XA THE COMPANY'S elegant steamers. Cottage City, City of Topeka and Al - Kl leave TACOMA II A. M.. SEATTLE 0 P. M.. Mar. II. 18. 21. 20. 31. Apr. 3. 10. IS. 2u. 20. 30. May i. and every fifth day thereafter. For further Infor mation obtain company's folder. The company reserves the right to change steamers, sailing dates and hours of sailing, without previous notice. AGENTS N. POSTON, 249 Washington St.. Portland. Or.: T. Vi CARLETON. N. P. R. R. dodc Tacoma: J. F. TROWBRIDGE. Paget Muca bupu, ucean cocx. Seattle. GOODALL. PERXINS A CO, Geo. Ajta, a. T. ltn tctrrts Hfpl flflfl fefflPl mmm .,'Jj,- fa- i&Li!.!, agjj-j---. j'.Wflinfcii H r .