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THE SUNDAY OKEGONIAN, PORTLAND', DECEMBER 1, 1901. ALASKA TELEGRAPH LINES LIEUTENANT MITCHELL OX THE PROGRESS MADE THIS YEAR. Land Cable Will Xever Be Sacccnafal Some of the Obstacle Whlck Have to Be Overcome. WASHINGTON. Nov. 25. General A. W. Grecly, Chief Signal Officer of the Arnfy, has received from First Lieuten ant William Mitchell, of the Signal Corps, an Interesting: report on work that has been accomplished on the Alaska telegraph lines during the past Summer. The re port contains a brief description of the telegraph line from Skagway to the sum mit of the White Pass, and thence along the White Pass Railroad to White Horse, Yukon Territory- The White Horse Pass Railroad Company owns and operates this line. It is slrarlar to those In use In the United States., The experience of the past Winter shows this line to be sub stantially constructed, and sufficiently strong to withstand the hard "Winters. The Canadian Government telegraph line, beginning at the summit of the White Pass, is constructed on lines similar to the White Pass line Just described. Close circuit Instruments and gravity bat teries are used on this and the other line. The Canadian line runs from the White Pass to Bennett, thence to Caribou, -thence to Taglsh. At Tagish starts the telegraph line running to a point on the Canadian Pacific Railroad, and thence to the United States. This line is constantly patrolled by repairmen, who are responsible for its maintenance. There are three men to every 40 miles of line. At Dawson sev eral operators are employed at $150 per month and expenses. The repairmen are paid $2 50 per day, with rations, quarters, tools, transportation, etc This line was built from Bennett 10 Dawson City, a distance of about 530 miles, between May 1 and August 1, 1S99. The tariffs over the line are as follows: Bennett to Dawson, $3 for 10 words, and 15 cents for every additional word, address and signature included, and from White Horse and Inter mediate points to Dawson, $2 50 for 10 words, and 10 cents for each additional word. The American Line. The American line begins at the Alaskan-Canadian boundary 12 miles up the Yukon from Fort Egbert- Here it joins the Canadian line. The construction of the American line from the boundary to Fort Egbert is excellent On poles 20 feet high the line is stretched from iron brackets. The Fort Egbert-Valdez line Is now un der construction. Great difficulties have been encountered along this route, as there is no navigable stream that can be utilized in transporting supplies. Poles have been set for a distance of 69 miles from Fort Egbert, over a hilly and un even country, and across numerous creeks. There is an abundance of timber in this section, enabling men to get a ready sup ply of poles. Frequently standing trees have been utilized, after chopping off all branches. No wire has yet been strung, and it is the opinion ofLieutenant Mitch ell that many of the poles and trees will not be able to withstand the strain of the wire while being strung. Strength, in his opinion, has been sacrificed to speedy construction over this portion of tho line, as poles are not set deeply, and trees take root for only a few inches. The Valdez-Fort Egbert line, that is be ing built from the former point to meet the l'ne just described, runs from Valdez to Lowe River, thence to Helden Canyon, across Thompson Pass, towards Copper Center. This section of line has been constructed for about 200 miles, and eight telegraph stations opened. The country north of Valdez Is one of the hardest to travel of any in Alaska, due to glaciers and -mountains running up to 5000 feet In height. There is a route from Valdez to Fort Egbert 430 miles In length, over which the mail is carried, it taking 16 days to go over this route In Winter, but this route is not practicable for a tele graph line. A great deal of time and la bor has been required to locate a suitable route. From Fort Egbert down the Yukon to Fort Gibbon, a distance of COO miles, there is a gap In the military telegraph line, which, when closed, will connect all the military posts of the Yukon River. From Egbert to Circle City, a distance of 200 miles, the banks of the river are hilly. Timber is plentiful. From Circle City tht Yukon makes an angle to Fort Yukon and to Fort Hamlin, a distance of S00 miles by river. In this section the river spreads over a great flat country known as the Yukon Flats. In the Spring this entire country is covered with -water. Land Cable Xot Practicable. The building and maintenance of a land cable would be uncertain, if not impossi ble along this part- It has' therefore been decided to have the course of the tele graph line leave the Yukon, cutting across the angle of the river from Fort Hamlin and strike the Fort Egbert-Valdez line somewhere near the forks of the Forty 3dile River, thereby avoiding the Yukon Flats, and saving in distance about 100 miles of line. This route has not yet been entirely surveyed. It is the intention of the signal officer to run a land cable from Fort Gibbon to Rampart City, a distance of 80 miles. In this way Rampart will be placed in communication with St Michael and Nome City during the coming Win ter, as the work is to be promptly under taken. The line from Fort Gibbon to St Mich nel is undoubtedly complete at this time. This line follows the old portage train from Fort Gibbon to Kaltag, a distance of 270 miles. There are 10 stations be tween Fort Gibbon and St Michael, with three men in charge of each. Iron poles are used between St Michael and Una lakllk, and wooden poles from the latter point to Fort Gibbon. It is said the wind on the St Michael portion of the line is so strong that even the iron poles have been bent by Its force. Communication between St Michael and Nome is had by a cable operated by the Northern Commercial Company, 120 miles from St Michael, thence by military tel egraph line to Nome, a distance of 40 miles. The cable is broken every year by the ice. It is not believed a cable can be operated in that section the year round. Lieutenant Mitchell believes land cables "will never be successful In Alaska. Tele graph lines, he says, can be built to any part of Alaska, and will be cheaper and more satisfactory. The supply of poles In all parts of Alaska, except at some points up to 50 miles from the coast, is good. (Spruce and birch timber is abundant All timber in Alaska is stunted, the trees va rying from three Inches to two feet and a half in diameter at the base. The life of telegraph poles has not yet been deter mined. Some poles erected near ifebring Bea in 1M5S by Dall's party, when the ques tion of communication by a land route was contemplated with Europe, are still standing and in a strong condition. Poles, it is believed, will undoubtedly last longer In Alaska than elsewhere, as few para sites are found to attack them. Many Difficulties Encountered. The difficulties incident to the construc tion of a telegraph line in Alaska are proo ably greater than those encountered in any country in which a line has hitherto been built, due to climatic conditions and the difficulties of transportation. The high winds and heavy snows of Winter, the swollen rivers of early Summer, the boggy swamp lands and the heavy rains of August are all great impediments to steady progress. The fact that there are no good roads, except a few miles around some of the principal places, makes it necessary to follow mere trails and water courses. The river steamers on the Yukon nnd Its larger tributaries are a great help in the open season, but away from these streams transportation can only be had by small boats and canoes and by pack horses. The horse seems better adapted for packlnug purposes than other animals. It stands the hard weather. Yet In the Winter, although many forms o transportation have been tried, such as mules, horses, reindeer, moose and even auiomooues ana bicycles, notning seems equal to the dog for light sledging, says Lieutenant Mitchell. Where trails can bo beaten down hard and kept so, horses and miile3 are preferred. A horse or mule can draw 1000 to 1500 pounds over a fair trail or pack from 20 to 200 pounds over good trails in Winter. A dog can pull a sled of 200 to 300 pounds over a trail where -a horse cannot go, a distance of 15 to 35 miles per das. The expense attached to any work In Alaska Is enormous as compared to tho same amount of work in the United States. The labor on the United States military line is thdt of the enlisted men of the Army. These men who receive 515 per month and subsistence, do not work in the same manner nor can they be expected to, as men who receive SO cents to SI per hour. In concluding Lieutenant Mitchell says: "I consider the construction of the tele graph line from Valdez to Fort Egbert to be the most difficult in Alaska for the reason that it is remote from any easy mode of transportation, no navigable stream running along its course, and on account of the extremely rugged nature of the country. On this line the Winter will have to be utilized for haullns the line supplies, rations, etc, which will be distributed at advantageous points. The Summer will be used for digging the holes and setting the poles. Along the Yukon, where supplies can be easily transported, the won: will not he so difficult. The same conditions which apply to the Valdez-Fort Egbert line will be encountered on the line between Fort Hamlin and the forks of the Forty-Mile River, though in a less degree. "I think the telegraph lines in Alaska can be built and maintained. The prog ress of the work will be slower as long as the labor of troops is used, than It would be if hired men were employed to do the work at prices prevailing In Alas ka." Ticket for Albany City Election. ALBANY, Or., Nor. 30. The city elecr tion will take place Monday, with the following tickets in the field: Republican Mayor, Dr. W. H. Davis; Recorder, J. S. Van Winkle; Marshal. L. O. Coates; Treasurer, H. B. Cuslck; Coun cllmen. First Ward, Ed Goine; Third Ward, P. B. Marshall; Second Ward, va cant Democratic Mayor, F. P. Nutting; Re corder, C. G. Burkhart; Marshal, W. A. McClain; Treasurer, J. R. Ream; Council men, C. H. Stewart, J. M. Ralston and H. Bryant Immense Scaffold Gave "Way. SAN FERNARDINO, Cal., Nov. 30 An Immense scaffold, on which 15 carpen ters were at work today, gave 'way, pre cipitating the men a distance of 30 feet to tho ground. All were more or less in jured. Frank Knadler, an appretnee, will probably die of his injuries. Received at the Axylam. SALEM, Nov. 30. Ethel Crouch, aged 19 years, was brought to the asylum to day from Josephine County. This is the second time she has been committed to the asylum. Mrs. Cora A. Martin, aged 25 years, of Astoria, was received at the asylum today. Good- Price for Farm Land. WESTON, Or., Nov. 30. Benjamin Os born has sold to W. P. Hopson 90 acres land near here, for $5000, the price be ing about $S7 per acre. This is an ex ceptionally good figure. AT THE HOTELS. THE PORTLAND. P J Quealcy and wf Harry Frank, N Y E H Leiter. N Y X D JosenhL N Y !J C Robinson J Mccracken Alex Miller t iff. S T Mrs Jaa S Mitchell. "W A Pinkerton. Chgo C J Malljow. Chicago Boston. Mass John Arnett S F M Levlnson and wife, Minneapolis Fred Barker. Tacoma. w . xaii. at 1'aui Joe Dorner. S F Geo W WrlKht Spo Dr and Mrs W A Hen dryx. Loc Anccles G F Wentvorth. Tac c G Jacobs, Or City 1 N Peyton, wife & 2 servants, Spokane Horace Peyton, Spok Harlan Peyton. Epok c j won. ic y G J Scharlach, N Y S W Zelmer Jaa Prenoe, do F Marytham and wife. iiunaio. rw i H F Atwood & wife, Rochester. N Y IPh Joseph. S F J M Keith Si wife. F A Kenny, s F 'J T McCheaner. Ever't Missoula, Mont Miss Beckwlth. do ITheo Mansfield. N Y A G McKenny. Toron Dr E A Lawbaugh. Ch f Johnson Article Gilchrist Ash land. "Wis F w Kozer. Chro Max Stlcfel, Chicago Jas Haganne. do Miss Hazel Gay. SeatjH L Rothschild, S F THE PERKINS. M V Brown, Appleton E B James, Franklin, H Johnson. Anaconda A S Hall. City Geo Cohen. TUlamk P Mclntosch, do Mrs P Mclntosch, do A J Henderson. Ante F H Mrrlth. T.irawria. Nebraska. Mrs E B James, do Mast John James, do MUs James, do Mrs W L Hlckeby, Arlington, Or W B Kurtz, Dalles Mrs Schultz. Seattle W B Morton, Cisco Mrs D F Stuart Or II c Lindsiey. Peoria City. Neb Mrs H C Llndsley. do G W Bishop. Ill Miu Linasier, do Mrs Briggs, TillamookE Rees. S F Master Brlggs, do Ira M Kurtz. N Yak F C Goes, Tacoma P H Penkston, Baster G H Lockley, Nome Ches Avery. Corvallls T Lenvllle. Astoria Mrs F II penkston. do L R Crocker. St Paul Mrs T Lenvllle. do T H Claffey. SeattleiAna Stewart, Corvallls J J Jeggy. Tacoma A A Newman, Monte- T L Williams, Eugene W W McCrlde. Van eano V Newman, do couver. ash G Morehouse, S Dak A K Hlggs. Long Cr" Mrs -Morehouse, do Robt Lyle, do Master Morehouse, do M Baker. do Ed Swluler, Pendleton W Williams, do IE B Cox, Seattle Mrs T Bonner, Seattle! T Wlgman, Seattle Hugh McGrcer. Antel Ethel Merrill, s ir J O Johnston. Daw Cy J F Dutble, Bremertn E S Collins, Ostndr Mrs E S Collins, do L B Heebt Iowa Cy A C Kafleld, Oswego Mrs A C Raficld, do E Vaughan. Buttevllle Mrs E Vaughan. do K J Eakman. Baker Cy J M Hartley. San Dleg! R a Graham, St Paul I J Singer, Cheballa B Bromeyer, do E E Whiting, Chicago Chas Tenblln. Wash Norman Reeves. S F E J Calley. S F S C Jackson, Hood R THE IMPERIAL. C. W. Knowles. Manager. T H Cover, city Capt Rio. Astoria Capt Chris tlen, do J Reld. do Capt Learmont do W W McCredle. Vane J S Delllnger. Astoria Mrs Delllnger. do Miss Delllnger. do W L Dudley. Seattle Master Dudley, do John H Kemp. S F W 0 Durrell. Neb Chas K Levy. Mpls Ben Rosenfeld. S F S G Hoffman, S F Dr E E Ball, W W ! Mrs Ball, do Mrs C E Nichols. Junction City Mrs Lula E Myers, Salem VlrgH Myers, do D R Sterling. Chgo F D Hawkins, do E V .Hoemerer. Seattl). Mrs H G Klrkpatrlck, Colvllle Walter B Seals, Seattl Chas A Malarky, city W G Humknlght Chso Mrs Humknlght, do W L Bradshaw. Dalles A. MacCoTQUodale, O R ftNCo Mrs MacCorquodale, do O R Dinwiddle. Ilwaco M W McKlnney Brownsville C Jones, S F W H Linton. N T T T Geer. Salem Mrs Geer. do Frank Strong, "Eugene H D'Arcy. Salem Mrs L F Griffith. Sa lem J W Fraser. Seattle L D Arlington, do Mrs Arlington, do H T Prael, Astoria W Nelson, S J? W E Warrooth. St L Mrs E L Doty, Great! Bend Master Doty, do THE ST. CHARLES. W W Hepburn, city Miss Madge Hepburn, city B O Phclon. Nome W E Savage, Dawson B Dennis, Dallas Mrs E Jloe. OlvmDia Ed Carrow, Cathlaxnet Ben Quln & wf, Butte- ID McClung. Albany ESlscel & ram. IVaseo vlle R S Mason, .do IW Jones Tacoma jH M Kershaw. Grand ( Ronde Rev J B Little & wf, Vancouver T A Walker. Rainier iiuo. .striker, do R J Moses. Philomath W Way, Skamania A C Schevrer, ButteVfN C Lucy, Gales Ck Geo Kaufman, city (J M Archibald. Goble V N Bulllngton, Ft Stevens Wm Flick, Mont Wnv Hoarlng, city H Hall, Everett T W DIdes. Amity IF J Coad. Dallas D J Klely. do JW Webb, Aberdeen L Michael. Stella B M .Winkle. Stella B W Winkle, do C E Farell & wf. C&- F S Thomas, do B P uornenus. uiencoe) mas Ezra Miller, do jj E Brooks. McMInnv C W Chapman. Fulda Wm Campbell, do Oscar Weed, Phllomth A. B Schneider. Asto Geo Nerton, Vancouv I Ed Roy & wr. do C G Monroe, Cathlamj T H Burton &. wf. do Jas Emery. Ft KlamjTohn Ewald. Scappoose Niels Futtrup & wf, I Mrs A H Gattis. Tenn Chinook I A W Shepherd, Seattle F Batter. Tillamook Hotel Brunswick. Seattle. European, lirst-class. Rates. 50c to $1.5 One block from depot. Restaurants near by. Tacoma Hotel. Tacoma. American plan. Rates, $3 and Up. . Doanelly Hotel. Tnrnaia. European plan. Rates eQc and up. IDAHO MURDERER HANGED RICE PAS THE PENALTY FOR KILLING "A "WALLACE MAN. Met His Fate Without Seeming Coa- cern-First Lepal Execution in Shoshone Conaty. BOISE, Idaho, Nov. 30. Edward Rice was hanged in the penitentiary at 8:15 this morning for jjie murder of Matt Mailley at Wallace. Idaho, September 4, 1SO0. His neck was broken. Rice went to his death -without showing any signs of fear. That was the first legal execution for murder in Shoshone County. The crime for which Rice was hanged was the murder of Matt Malley at Wal lace, Shoshone County, on the morning of October L 1900. Malley was the keep er of a cigar stand at Wallace. Rice was a bartender. Malley wa3 found at about 8:30 o'n the morning 6f the crime, lying on the floor in the salesroom of his store, blood being bespattered all over the floor, counter, safe and furniture. When found, the body was .still warm. I At about 5 o'clock that morning, Malley I and Rice were together seen to en- ter the cigar store, and, after probably I a half hour. Rice came out alone. His constant plea was not guilty. Malley was killed either by being hit upon the head with a piece of Iron or by having his throat cut with a small penknife, both these crimes having been committed. When arrested and taken to the jail a little later, on the morning of the mur der. Rice's underclothing was found to be bloody and in his pocket was a knife Edward Rice, "Who Wat Hnngcd at Boise. from which a small piece of brass had been wrenched, and such a piece found on the floor of the cigar store fitted the knife perfectly. The evidence throughout was circumstantial, but so strong as to almost preclude possibility of mistake. Rice, it will be remembered, some time since attempted suicide In the peniten tiary by cutting his threat with a case knife that he had in some manner se cured and kept from the knowledge of the guards. He cut his throat from car to ear, making a terrible wound, but as it missed the Jugular vein it was not fatal. While watching the erection of the scaffold Rico several times said they might as well hurry, as he was tired of the continual and exasperating delays. HEYDUnX OUT FOR SENATOR. That I, It the Republican Cnrry Next Election In Idaho. SPOKANE, Nov. 20. Judge W. B. Hey burn, of Wallace, Idaho, today said that In the event a Republican Legislature is elected in Idaho next year, he will be a candidate for the United States Senate, to succeed Senator Henry Heltfeld, Dem ocrat. Judge Heyburn has lived in Idaho for IS years. He ran for Congress on the Republican ticket in 1S9S, and waj defeat ed. His home is at Wallace, but he has a law office in Spokane. FARMERS' INSTITUTE. Programme of the Meetlnpr to He Held at Sodnvllle This AVeelc. SODAVILL.E. Or., Nov. 30. Following Is the programme of the Farmers' Insti tute to be held under the auspices of the Oregon Agricultural College and the citi zens of SodaviUe at Sodaville December 5-6: December 5, 1:30 P. M. Address of Welcome James Mitchell Response Professor A. L. Knlsely Instrumental music The Best Forage Crops for the Oregon Farmer Dr. James Withycombe Discussion Music What Ruts Ought We-to Get Out Of? Professor F. I.. Kent Discussion 7:30 P. M. Instrumental music Will It Pay to Spray Fruit Trees, and How Shall It Be Done? Professor A, B. Cordley Discussion Music The Kind of a Woman the Times De mand Mrs. Harford Music The Farmers' Garden as It Usually Is "and as It Should Be Professor A. L.. Knlsely Discussion .". Music December G, 9:30 A. M. The Drainage Dr. James Withycombe Discussion Music Is the Dual Purpose Cow Here to Stay; William Preston Discussion ., Wrill It Pay to Try Dairying If We Are Not in Reach of a Creamery? Professor F. L. Kent Discussion 1:30 P. M. Instrumental music The Education for the American Boy.. Hon. M. A. Miller Discussion Music What Constitutes an Up-to-Date Farmer? C. D. Stcen Discussion Music ". Is the Farmer's Wife as Well Equipped to Do Her Work as the Farmer Is to Do His? Mrs. Mamie Mitchell, Discussion 7:30 P. M.-5 Instrumental music Fertilizers Kinds of. How to Apply Them and the Soil fdr Each Professor A. L. Knlsely Discussion Music The Vetch Its Properties nnd Uses.... G. W. Curtis Discussion Music The Agricultural College and Its Re lation to the Farmer, Illustrated... Professor A. B. Cordley FRUITGROWERS' UNION. Salem Concern Files Articles of In corporate. SALEM, Nov. 30. The Salem Fruitgrow ers' Union today filed articles of incorpo ration In the offices of Secretary of State Dunbar and County Clerk Hall. The capi tal stock of the corporation is 5500. divided into 100 shares of ?5 each. The principal office will be in Salem, and the incorporat ors are: Henry B. Thielscn, A. McGHl and E. Hofer. The objects of the corpora tion are "to secure to the fruitgrowers of f Salem and vicinity all possible advan tages In the marketing of their fruits, ns well as to build up a standard of excel- lence, and to encourage and create a de W Couahed It's the experience of every one. Sooner or later we all take cold. Colds naturally tend downward, that's the trouble. Ayer's Cherry Pec toral stops this downward tendency and quickly cures these early colds. Ask your doctor. If he says this isn't so, don't believe us. "I know from personal experience that Ayer's Cherry Pectoral quickly breaks up a heavy cold on the lungs." D. u. sneaeter, fine rim, n. i. 23c.. SO:.. S!.C J. C. AVER CO.. Lowell, Mas. mand for the same; and to do any and all things necessary for the convenient and satisfactory carrying out of these pur poses." The by-laws adopted by the union are similar to those under which the Hood River Union is being so successfully man aged. They provide for a board of direc tors, five in number, three of whom must reside in Salem. The directors must qual ify within five days after election, and within ten days thereafter shall elect from their number a president, vice-president and secretary. They shall also select a treasurer, who will be required to give bonds. The directors may refuse to receive for ship ment any fruit not considered prlmo from any cause. They may also refuse to receive fruit for shipment from any person not a stock holder, or from any stockholder who has not shipped with tho ui)lon regularly theretofore during the shipping season for such fruit, when In their Judgment the receiving and ship ping of the same would be detrimental to th Interests of tho regular shippers of the union. The election of the board of director will be held annually in Salem, on the first Saturday In December. A majority of the stock subscribed, upon which all legal calls or asspssments shall have been paid, shall constitute a quorum at any stockholders' meeting, and in voting no person shall be allowed to cast more than five shares, either owned by himself or for which he holds written proxies. A meeting of the growers interested In the organization was held at the City Hall this afternoon, but adjournment was tak en to next Saturday, when permanent or ganization will be effected and a board of directors elected. The leaders of the union expect soon to file supplemental ar ticles of incorporation, Increasing the capital stock from 5500 to 51000. Prune Prices May Be Advanced'. A meeting of the heavy prunegrowers ot this district was held at the office of tho association In this city yesterday arter noon. A rather careful estimate shows that the Italian prunes remaining unsold in the state and In the hands of the pack ers will not exceed 23 per cent of the to tal crop, and much of what remains is not desirable In either size or quality. It was argued that with a scarcity of all fruits, especially apples, throughout the entire country, Oregon prunes have not brought the growers a fair return, and a strong Inclination was manifest to advance the prices of the association for what remains unsold. Tho association price is a 3&c basis for fancy packed stock in 25-pound boxes. This price was ordered maintained and a meeting called for two wceks hence to consider the possibility of advancing to a 3?ic basis. PLUM MAY BE PICKED ONCE MOnE. Day of the Ajjcnt at Umatilla Res- crvntlon In Drawing o a Clone. PENDLETON, Or.. Nov. 30. Charles Wllklns, agent at the Umatilla Indian reservation, stated today that he does not expect to be affected by the new amended civil service rules, which are stated in the Associated Press dispatches as hav ing been Issued by order of President Roosevelt. The new rules look toward reducing the number of Indian asencles in the United States just as rapidly as possible, the agencies to be placed under the charge of the superintendents of the Government Indian schools, who will at tend to all the duties of both superintend ent and agent, looking after the leasing of the Indians' lands, and everything now done by the agents. This has been dono on some agencies in Oregon and Washing ton, but It Is not thought here by Mr. Wllklns or others who should know about It that the rule will find application on. the Umatilla reservation very soon. At any rate, several" applications are in for tho position of agent, besides the name of the present agent, and It appears to be the opinion of the Oregon delegation in Congress that the job of tJmatllla agent will be one of the plums to be picked from the political tree once more, at least. However, it is known to be the intention of the President to enforce the applications of the revised civil service rules just as rapidly as possible to the various agencies, and this reservation will in time, perhaps before not very long, bo placed upon the new list. IRRIGATION HAS DONE IT. Malhcar Lands Once a Barren Wnite Now a Garden Spot. BAKER CITY. Nov. 29. The benefits of irrigation ire well illustrated in the neighborhood of Ontario, In this state. In no other section of tho West where Irri gation prevails are there to be found as fine farms as In the northeastern part of Malheur County. This Is one of the typ ical arid land regions of tho West. Six years airo it was a barren waste, but to day it is a perfect garden spot. On the Kiesel, Shilling & Donnclson ranch this last Spring a plot of grxund containing a scant 33 acres was cleared of the tage brush, plowed and seeded to alfalfa. From this plot of ground three crops of hay were harvested during the season, the combined tonnage of which was 120 tons, which, at 55 per ton, amounted to over ?17 per acre for the first year. As high as 10 tons to the acre of the very finest hay EM9 PREVENTS AND BREAKS UP If you will read this notice each week, and be guided by its precepts, you will keep free from sickness, because the ad vice pertains to the prevention and treatment of Grip and Colds. Twenty per cent, one person in five, die of pulmonary disease; and Colds arc the seat of nearly all sickness; something else may develop, but a Cold is usually at the bottom of the malady. The use of "77" checks a Cold at the start and "break up" Colds that "hang on." At all Druggists' 25 cents, or mailed on re ceipt of price. Doctor's Book mailed free. Hum, hrcys HMreopntHc Mc11cln Cc Cor ner William and John Btretts, New York. 6 S3 a a If you want lo know what smartly dressed men will wear this season ask BEN SELLING about it. - e 9 e c a e e e e o 0 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 THE MOST CONVINCING THING that I could do that would tend to Induce you to try my READY-TO-WEAR CLOTHES would be to intro duce you to a man who has worn them. I cannot command the lan guage with which to tell you how good these clothes are. Every one of my garments bears my label, which is a guarantee of absolute trustworthi ness. And I am ready to back them up ail the time, and your money cheer fully refunded when you ask for it. You don't know how good BEN SELLING'S clothes arc until you have worn them. Their quality can only be matched by a few of the high-class custom tailors, and are about one half the latter' s prices. FOR THE BOYS. Just Received 100 Rugby Footballs To be given away "with-Boys' Suits and Overcoats, at 5 up. They "won't Inst long so hurry up, boys, before they are all ROLLER SKATES Boys' Suits and Overcoats. LEADING CLOTHIER eaeecaccetet9(iao8et99ttiaitettits(8e8esstt( were grown on this ranch this season on S land that has been seeded for three years or more. Shlnsrle Mill Employe Killed. EVERETT, Wash., Nov. SO. Thomas Hogan, an employe In a shingle mill 'at Sultan, was Instantly killed today by the breaking of a knee-bolt saw. DAILY CITY STATISTICS. Marrlasc Liccnaen. Edward Sutton. 23. Grace Bucknum. IS. Bert IV. Hollls, 23. Xelllo K. Hopkins. 19. Daniel M. Aiken. CC. Hester A. Knox. 63. Charles C Fox. 22, Wasco County, Mjrtlo F. ilcdlock. 10. Birth Return. November 27, girl to the wife of F. La JIo roux. 215 Tenth street. November 10. boy to the wife of W. G. Ober teufer. "West avenue and Belxnont street. November 15, girl to the wife of F. G. Wheel er, 7S6 Irving street. November IS, girl to the wife of Charles Iloseman, S07 Falling street. Denth Returns. November 20, Ethel L. Turney. aged 37, St. Vincent's Hospital; peritonitis. November 18. R. M. Bingham, aged 74, Hunt er's Station: heart disease. November 2S, Charles S. Walte, aged 54, C65 Johnson street; acute pneumonia. November 28, Michael McCavltt, aged 04, 041 First street; heart failure. November 2G, G. Kawamota. aged 30, Good Samaritan Hospital; tuberculosis. November 26, Pierre Rio, aged 40, French ship Louis Pasteur; fracture at base of brain. November 20. Mary Charleston, aged S2; 303 Thirteenth street; senile debility. November 27, Christine O. Finke. aged 11 years, Montavllla; scarlet fever. BnlltllKsr Permits. S. E. Mennlngo, two-story dwelling, lot 0. block 4, Portsmouth avenue; 15C0. A. J. Stltes, two-story dwelling. Grand ave nue, between Shaver nnd Failing streets; $13C0. Mrs. E. GoISn, cottage. East Twenty-third street, between Tenlno and Umatilla; 000. Mrs. Emma E. Ingram, two-story dwelling. East Taylor street, between East Thirty-second and East Thirty-third; fVJSO. Rcnl Estate Transfers. William M. Ladd et al. to H. Baumhoe, lots 1, 2, 3, Bodley's Addition to East Portland .".$1370 E. T. Lee et al. to E. P. Lee. quitclaim Interest, real and personal property as heirs of W. B. Lee. deceased Edward Oalton and wife to Peter Schmccr. parcel land, sections 7, 8. 17, 18, T. 1 S., R, 3 E., W. M 600 W. E. Burke and wife to Peter Schmeer. 7.6 acres, sections 7. 18, T. 1 S.. R. 3 E. 400 Rachel Campbell et al. to E. L. Hall, lot 10. block 10. Miller's Addition to Sellwood l Lincoln Bennett and wife to Edward E. Aldrlco. 370 acres, sections 24 and 25. T. 1 N., R. 1 W. 7000 City of Portland to George Prosser, lot 6, block E, Kern's Addition 1 Sophia Sutton to W. J. Hill, lots 1, 3. .', 7, block 2, Midway 1 Pacific Coast Abstract, Guaranty & Trust Co., A. B. Manley, secretary; W. 1. Masters, attorney, 204-5-6-7 Falling bldg. From 'A JfeTre Herhall." 1551. Nineteenth Century. Artichokes were not held In estimation by tho ancients. "Galen sayth that the archlchock hath a naughty juice and giv eth evell nourishment to the body" but this opinion Is the less surprising when we learn that It was the root of our crown artichoke, which they used to eat "bothe rawe and sodden." We are re minded of the savages cpoken of by Mark Twain as having an equally poor opinion of oranges. "Baked they were tough; and even boiled they weren't things for a man to hanker after." Cucumbers also "Ingendre In the body a naughty juice; howbelt ye shall flnde sum that can digest them by the reason of a certayn familiar ities that Is betwene their naturea . . . Tho gourd giveth small nourishment, but it goeth easily unto the bottom of the etomack by reason of hys slypperynes." Apples, on the contrary, "are colde, and go slowlie downe," while of pears we are told that "if sodden wyth todestollcs they will not hurt them that eat them." But the doctor adds a caution to the effect that "if a man fill himself with peares, oftymes they brede the collck" the truth of which many a modern schoolboy will be able to confirm from experience. Galen holds that all fruit to be wholesome should be SUITS, $15.00 to $30. OVERCOATS, $15.00 to This week we show the NEW SCOTCH MIXED HAT in all the new shapes. A smart, dressy hat at the nominal price of FREE with You may pay $2.50 and not secure a better one. See Morrison -street window. eaten before Instead of after other food. Of peaches particularly he saya: "They ought not to be eaten, after meat as some used to do. And thys rule must be holden In all those meates that arc of evell juice, and are moyst and slyppery. that they be taken before all other meates." Kitchener's Talents Criticised. NEW YORK, Nov. 30. Commenting up on the sltuat'on in South Africa, the Lon don correspondent of the Tribune says: Sir Charles DHke draws an analogy in the Fortnightly Review between the Brit ish operations against the Boers and the French campaign in Mexico, where guerril la warfare was suppressed by the aboli tion of transport and the equipment of mo bile columns of picked men. Military men, while admitting the force of the paral lel, assert that the moral Is artificial, since Lord Kitchener during the last year has been attempting to carry out the French tactics used in Mexico, but has been thwarted by the persistent hostility of a wary foe armed with Mauser rifles and bent upon tiring out their pursuers. There is a growing feeling that Lord Kitchener's talents for organization, so conspicuous in the Soudan, have been a source of weakness and dissatisfaction in South Africa. Mnnlcal Tnnte of Monkeys. Mr. R. L. Garner often gave bells to monkeys to play with. The monkeys liked them when they had clappers, and a sort of "music" could be evoked. If the clappers were not there the monkeys re mained Indifferent. Mr. Garner tells us that he repeated to monkeys various mu sical records on the phonograph. Some times the monkeys were Interested, some times they were not. Mr. Garner's belief was that music as we know It Is too high for them. But he has expressed the con viction, that their taste will Improve In this as In other matters. London Mall. CAUSE OF DEAFNESS. The Most Common Caaoe Only Re cently Discovered. It has been stated on good medical au thority that nine-tenths of cases of deaf ness are caused from catarrh or from sore throat trouble. The little tube which leads to the ear from the throat Is lined with a sort of vel vety structure called mucous membrane. This membrane Is simply a conlnuation of the mucous membrane lining the throat. When disease of any sort attacks the mu cous membrane of the throat it Is very liable to extend into the Eustachian tube and up into the ear. The history of nearly all cases of deaf ness Is like this: a cold Is contraacted and neglected, other colds are taken, the throat becomes sore and Inflamed, which Is aggravated by particles of dust and germs from the air. This condition causes the disease to spread into the tube that, leads to the ear. It seems a little far fetched to say that most cases of deafness are caused from catarrh, but it Is certainly true, and any one who has had a severe catarrhal cold must have noticed how the hearing was affected while the cold lasted. "With catarrh sufferers this impairment of- hearing becomes chronic and grows worse the longer the catarrh Is neglected. You can cure catarrh and deafness by the regular use of an excellent new prep aration called Stuart's Catarrh Tablets, composed of antiseptic remedies which act both on the mucous membranes but principally and most effectually on the blood, eliminating the catarrhal poison from tho system. People whose hearing Is defective may think it a little remarkable that a simple and harmless tablet would very often re move all traces of deafness, but when It is remembered that catarrh causes the deafness and that the catarrh Is easily cured by the regular use of Stuart's Ca tarrh Tablets, there is no mystery auouc it. If you are subject to nasal catarrh or catarrh of throat, bronchial tubes or ca tarrh of stomach and liver, the safest and most effective treatment Is the new ca tarrh specific. Stuart's Catarrh Tablets, sold by all druggists at 50 cents for full sized package. 9 ' S. E. cor. Fourth and Morrison Sts. Cigarette of Quality At your dub or dclacB READ! READ! READ! What the Well-Known Peo ple of Portland Say of C. GEE THE GREAT CHINESE DOCTOR Can it be wondered that he is called freat, when his won crful remedies euro and help so many sick and suffering people, not only here, but throughout the United States? Many are given up to die: others told that an operation v.a.s the only help for them, yet their lives were saved without the ?F5cr!r'iS great suffering or an R'&MfoS&ft? operation. Cured by nese herbs, roots, buds, barks and vegetables, that are .en tirely unknown to medical science In this country. Through the use of these harm less remedies he treats any and all dis eases of men women and children. Ihia famous doctor knows the action of over 600 different remedies that he has suc cessfully used In different diseases. He guarantees to cure catarrh, asthma, lung troubles, rheumatism, nervousnesb, stom ach, liver, kidney, female troubles, lost manhood and all private diseases. Read following testimonials. He has hundreds more at his olllce. Testimonials of well-known people: Thomas Walsh, Tenth and Everett streets, city, cured of stomach trouble two years" standing. C. A. Blakely. 232 Washington street. city, room 6, cured of kidney, liver, stom ach trouble and eczema of five years' standing. Eduard Lawler. 509 Flanders street, cured of asthma after many years' suffer ing. Mrs. Fanny Smith, Mount Tabor, cured of indigestion and female weakness. Was unable to attend to her home work for ever two years. Mrs. Frank Reld, S72 East Ankeny street, cured of inflamed ovaries and falling of the womb. Doctors said she never could be cured without operation. M. Downey. Cathlamet. Wash., kidney and bladder trouble. Mr. D. F. Baker. Vernonia; Or., cured of backache, rheumatism and catarrh, several years' suffering. Charges moderate. Call and see him. Consultation free. Patients out of the city write for blank and circular. Inclose t tamp. Address' The C. Gee Wo Chinese Medicine Consnany, 112 Third street. Portland, Or. Mention this paper. I Egypt! son I