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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-
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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
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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
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sold at a profit In the United States. One
j of tho marked characteristics of the for-
s thelr man la t t whlcn
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. 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.
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I hav ask"d several people why these
l foreots havo not becn exploited by the '
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which were loosed Tho ouestloi of et.
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'wWch ruTres corderlMo SrttiT TfcJ
which requires conelderablo capital. The
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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
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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
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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 .
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-- " - 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
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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
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, 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-
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'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
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.". 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-
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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-
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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.
" I was tempted to try your medicines after
seeing the effect upon my mother," writes Mrs.
Flora Am, of DalU, Jackson Co Mo. "At
an esrly sta?e of married life I ws greatly
bothered with pslnful periods, alio a trouble
some drain which rendered me very wmk
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I and boae. Mr hmband Tj-rame siarmed and
and bone. My husband oecnme alarmed and
got me a bottle of Farontc Prricriptloa After
he saw the wonderful effects of that one be got
me two more, and after I used those up there
i was no more pain, ana l oejm logain in uesn
rapidly. I believe I weigh twice as mnch
as I did then, and can do all of my work. I
think I owe all praise to Or. Fierce and his won
derful cumtire medicines."
Doctor Pierce's Pellets are specially
adapted" to the needs of delicate women.
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OCEAN DIVISION fiteamsalpj salt fr-m
AlEswonh dock at 8.-00 P. M. Leave 1'ortlawl
Columbia sails Saturday, March 3: Tue.sdar.
March 13; Friday. March a: MonJar. April 2:
Thursday. April 12. State of California lalla
Thursday. March 8: Sunday, March IS:
neauar. March !3: Saturday. April ".
From San Francisco Slate of California enll
Saturday. March 4; tVednMay. March 14; Sat
urday. March 24: Tuesday. April 3: Friday.
April 13. Columbia aalls Friday. March 9: M"
dar. March J; Thursday, March 59: Sunday.
April 8.
COLUMDIA niVER DIVISION.
PORTLAND AND ASTORIA.
Steamer Ilassalo leaves Portland dally, except
Sunday, at S.OO P. II.: en Saturday at 10:00 P.
M. Keturr.lnit. leavea Astoria dally, axeept Sun
day, at 7:00 A. M.
"IVILLAaiETTTS RIVEIt DIVISION.
PORTLAND AND CORVALLIS. OB.
Steamer Ruth, for Salem, Albany. Corvallta
and way points; leaves Portland Tuei"days.
Thursdays and Saturday at O.CO A. M. Return
ing;, leaves Corvallli Mondays. Wednesdays aal
Fridays at COO AM.
Steamer Mcdoc fcr Salem. Independence snd
way points. leiTto Portland Mondays. Wednes
days .and Fridays at e.PO A. M. Returning,
leaves Independence. Tuesdays. Thursdays and
Saturdays at s.30 A. M.
YAMHILL niVEU HOUTD.
PORTLAND AND DAYTON. OR.
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.
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