THE SUNDAY OBEGONIAK, PORTLAND, .AUGUST . 31, 1902.
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The total receipts are -usually over $150.
000 every festival season. The next festi
val Is now set for ISOl.
Signor Rlvela. and his Royal Italian band
have met -with great success at their Min
neapolis concerts, and are now en route
Cor the Pacific Coast
Ferdinand, Strakosch, younger brother o
Max and Maurice Strakosch, died In Paris
August 2, aged 62. Ho was an impresario
at Rome and Trieste at the time that his
two more famous brothers were dividing
honors in operatic management In Paris
and New York. Ferdinand Strakosch was
the father of Miss Feba Strakosch. who
Bang In 1900 in the season of opera in Eng
lish at the Metropolitan.
"The Bailey Gatzert March," by Henry
Decker and Richard "Velguth, Is a com
position which will especially appeal to
all Oregonians. The music Is bright,
catchy, and does not present any great
difficulties to the average pianist. The
key is an easy one, and the march Is
sure to become popular this Winter. The
lithograph work Is excellent, and the
pages are beautified by striking pictures
of Columbia River scenery.
Raoul Pugno, the French pianist, who
visits this country in October, has been
enjoying a succession of popular triumphs
in Germany and England during the past
two years, and will open his American
season with the Boston symphony or
chestra, at Boston, October 17 and 18.
Pugno will also be heard in New York
City, after which he will play with the
Thomas orchestra in Chicago, the Cin
cinnati. Pittsburg and ,St. Louis choral
symphony societies.
A tablet has been placed In front of the
"White Swan, at Marionbad. where Chopin
resided In 1S3C. The Inscription is both
in Polish and French. It was then that
the composer is said to have proposed to
Maria "Wodzlnskn, whose brothers he nad
known from boyhood; they were, in fact,
boarders in his father's establishment.
Chopin proposed, but' the parents objected
to the union, and in the following year
they betrothed Maria to Count Frederick
Skir.be!:. 'c marriage, an unhappy one,
was soon dissolved.
It is not many years since prices of 300
and 500 sterling caused one to look with
awe upon a Stradivari violin. But since
then 1000 has been paid for the "Tuscan,"
which was sold for 40 In 1794; 1200 for
the "Setts." which Arthur Betts bought
for one guinea and sold in 1852 for 500.
and 2000 for the "Messle," which was sold
by the helm of Vu'ilaume for 4S0. These
are prices which account for the fact that
there exist no longer today "collections"
of violins like the Adam, the Fountalne,
the Gillott and other historic collections.
The one hundredth "concert In New York
by the John S. Duss band, from Penn
sylvania, took place ttysre last night. The
band has been a great financial and ar
tistic success since it arrived last May In
New York, and the conductor has striven
Ingeniously to vary the programme and
the soloists. One recent Sunday night's
programme included: Mendelssohn's "Ruy
Bias" overture, Bendlz' "In Beauty'
Bower" (new). Dubs' "The Trolley," the
Bridal Chorus from "Lohengrin." Pon
chlelli's "Dance of the Hours," from "La
Gioconda"; "Wober's "Invitation to Dance"
(new arrangement by Duss and V. Ra
gone), Liszt's first Hungarian Rhapsody.
Morse's "Isls" (new), Bial's "Gambrinus"
and the usual encores.
When the Town Council of Pesaro re
cently decided to deprive the famous Mas
cagnl of the directorship of the Musical'
Conservatory, which was Instituted at
Pesaro by Rossini, Mascagnl sobbed and
protested. The action taken against the
composer was because he has been en
gaged almost continuously abroad. He
appeared at his native Leghorn, August
21. and was received with flags and brass
bands, along with cheering crowds. Mas
cagnl's opera troupe for his tour in this
country will 'be: Marie Fornestl and Elena
Blanchlni Cappelli, sopranos; Fede Fas
slnl and Eugenia Mantelll, contraltos;
Carlo Caffetto, Antonio Paollzzi and
Petro SchlavazzI, tenors; Francesco Cam
pana and Vlrgillo Beilatti, baritones; and
Francesgo Navarrin, basso.
The 45th Worcester County music festi
val will open at Worcester, Mass.. Septem
ber 20. and will end October 3. Wallace
Goodrich will conduct the choral works,
and Franz Kneisel, the orchestral pieces.
The chief choral works will be: Chad
wlck's "Judith," with Madame Gertrude
May Stein, Giuseppe Campanari. Herbert
Wlthcrspoon and Theodore Van Yorx, as
soloists; Horatio Parker's "Hora Novis
Elma," with Madame Suzanne Adams, Miss
Janft Spencer. George Hamlin and Her
bert WItherspoon: Parts I. and II. of
Bach's "Christmas Oratorio." with Madame
Marie Zimmerman. Miss Spencer, Mr. Van
Yorx and Frederic Martin; the flnale of
Act I. of Wagner's "Parsifal," with Mr.
Martin as Gurncmanz, and Gabriel Faure's
"The Birth of Venus," new to this coun
try, with Mesdames Adams and Stein, nnd
Messrs. Hamlin and Campanari. Osslp
Gabrllowitsch will be the pianist of the
festival.
The first full chorus rehearsal at the
Metropolitan opera-house. New York took
place August 21. The last of the singers
for tho ensemble, which is 96 strong, was
engaged the afternoon previous. Before
completing the list Mr. Kronberg heard
over 200 voices, and he says he never met
so many capable and well-trained singers
willing to take subordinate positions.
Among the applicants were a number of
ambitious students anxious to be associ
ated with a composer o? Mascagnl's stand
ing. The chorus assembled at 10 In the
forenoon and were met by SIgnor NIc
oclas. the chorus master, and Signor Buz-il-PeccI.
the composer friend of Mascagnl,
who is to be general supervisor of prelim
inaries. The choruses of "Cavalerla Rus
ticana" were sung until 1 In the afternoon.
When Starr & Wilbur take possession of
the Boston Music Hall tomorrow, several
new ideas as to the management will be
Inaugurated. It is the intention of the
managers to make the Music Hall Bos
ton's family resort, and everything pos
sible will be done to make the place com
fortable and attractive to women and
children attending the matinees In the
afternoons. The entire lower floor of
the theater, which has been used for
eome time as the Japanese Tea Garden,
will be continued, but, instead of con
fining it solely to the patrons of the
theater, the management intend making
It a sort of semi-private ladles' club
room, where all ladles visiting Boston
may make their headquarters, meet their
friends, and transact their business. Ad
mission to those quarters will be free, and
a matron will be In constant attendance
to administer to the wants of the lady
visitors. A checking-room will also be
established, where ladles may check their
parcels, and for those who desire to wit
ness the performances a box office will
be conveniently located for the sale of
tickets.
Plan for Removal of Scourge.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Cal., Aug.
80. Dr. Vernon Lyman Kellogg, head of
the department of entdmology, who ac
companied Dr. Jordan on his Summer trip
to Samoa, has returned to the university,
bringing with him manx specimens of sea
and island life, to be added to the Na
tional Museum at Washington. His most
Important work In Samoa, however, from
a practical point of view, was his Invest
igation of the fallaria, a wormlike animal
living on mosquitoes and producing in hu
man kind the dread skin disease, elephan
tiasis. Almost half 'the native population
of Samoa Is afflicted with this disease,
and at the suggestion of Captain Sebree,
U. S. N., Governor of the American isl
ands, Dr. Kellogg has devised a plan look
ing to the removal of the scourge by
preventing the use of Infected water, etc,
by the natives.
THROUGH THE COLUMBIA RIVER
GORGE.
A delightful trip of a few hours will
take you through the famous "Columbia
Jiiver Gorge," the greatest combination of
river and mountain scenery on earth. O.
R. & N. train leaves Portland dally at 9
A. M. Return can be made by .steamer
from Cascade Locks. Special low rates for
this trip. Get particulars at O. B, & N.
ticket office. Third and Washington. -
Phone:
Oregon, North 1076
GEORGE L. BAKER. MEAGER?
Phone:
Columbia 506.
ONE WEEK, STARTING SUNDAY AFTERNOON, A T TOT TQT 1
MATINEES EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AT 2:15 O'CLOCK KJ V KJ kJ Jl
MANAGER BAKER TAKES PLEASURE IN PRESENTING
THE INEILL STOCK CO.
IN THE BEAUTIFUL SOCIETY PLAY-
A Social Highwayman
' PRODUCED UNDER THE PERSONAL DIRECTION OF ROBT. MORRIS.
CHARLES WYNGATE
WILLIAM BERNARD
ROBT. MORRIS
FRED MOWER -HOWARD
RUSSELL
WILLIAMJMLLS
ROBERT SIDDLE
PERSONNEL
OF THE
COMPANY
CATHERINE COUNTISS
ELSIE ESMOND
MJNA GLEASON
LILLIAN RHOADS
ELSPETH McNEILL
ROY BERNARD
WM. SOUTHARD
LITTLE DOT BERNARD
Special Scenery . Elegant Wardrobe Elaborate Stage Settings
PRICES Evening, 15c, 25c, 35c and 50c. Matinees, 10c, 15c and 25c.
SEATS ON SALE ONE WEEK IN ADVANCE.
S&gftffi "MR. BARNES OF NEW YORK
CALVIN HEILIG
MANAGER .
MARQUAM GRAND THEATER
CALVIN HEILIG
MANAGER
ONE WEEK, Commencing MONDAY, SEPT. 1.
RETURN ENGAGEMENT OF THE IMMENSELY POPULAR
Pollard Juvenile Opera Co
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Evenings
and Saturday Matinee,
The Sparkling Nautical Opera,
" PAUL JONES."
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
Evenings,
FI TheMusical Comedv Success.
"A GAIETY GIRL"
Popular Carnival Prices '"??. Seats Now Selling
SAWMILL FOR SELLWOOD
OLD SITE "WTIili BE USED FOR A
$40,000 PLAXT.
IVesotlatlons Are In Prosrresa lor
Purchase Mill Will Supply
Local -Trade.
It Is announced at Sellwood that the old
sawmill site at tho foot of Spokane
avenue, formerly occupied by the Young
Bros., will be used again as the site f
a sawmill plant' that will cost 140,000. It
has been known since tho lire destroyed
the East Side Mill plan, that negotiations
have been in progrera to secure this site,
and the names of the former owners of
the Bast Side Mill have been coupled with
the enterprise. It is alio said that the
Oregon "Water Power & Railway Company
Is backing the movement, but there Is no
authority for this report
Parties have been negotiating for a
mill site on the Peninsula at St. Johns,
and it seems almost assured that another
eawmlll will be started In Portland to
supply the local demand for lumber. The
complaint is made wherever lumber Is
being ,used that it cannot be had
promptly, and that buildings are being
delayed In consequence Contractors all
over the city will hall with delight the
starting up of a sawmill that will supply
the local trade, as the ast side mill was
doing before it was destroyed by fire.
TO TVIDEX STREET,
Vancouver Avenue "Will Be 2kla4le &
Fine Thoroughfare.
Definite steps havo been taken for the
widening of Vancouver avenue to a uni
form width of 60 feet between Morris and
Alberta streets. Councilman Flagel, by
request of the Alblna Board of Trade, has
taken, the matter In hand and will push
the Improvement. It will be started by
resolution, as it seems that a considerable
majority desire the street lines to be
made uniform so that the avenue may
be Improved.
B6tween Morris and Alberta streets,
about one mile, the width of Vancouver
varies from, 60 to 2S feet. With such
variance of the street lines it would not
be wise to make Improvement. The In
tention is to have Vancouver avenue Im
proved north from Morris street when the
widening Is accomplished, so that there
will be an Improved street through to the
stfcel bridge other than "Williams avenue.
Tho contract for Improvement of Van
couver avenue from Russell street to a
connection with McMillan street will soon
be let. Then by improving northward
Upper Alblna will be provided with an
other fine thoroughfare not taken up with
street-car tracks. Owing to the growth
of Upper Alblna northward the need ot
a well Improved street extending to the
steel bridge is very great. - Besides, the
grade of Vancouver aVenue Is very mod
erate and uniform.
COLLEGE GYMNASIUM CONTRACT.
James Buchanan Will Put Up Build
ing for Columbia University.
The contract for the erection of -the
gymnasium building on the grounds of
the Columbia University, at University
Park, has been let to James Buchanan.
He has taken out a- building permit for a
$7,000 structure. The concrete foundation
for the gymnasium has been completed,
and the frame will be raised after Labor
day.
It will be 66 yards long and 40 yards
wide, tho largest structure of the sort
owned by any college on the Pacific
Coast. The grounds inside will be tor
Indoor baseball and gymnastic exercises
of all kinds. The roof, which will be
arched, will bo supported by trusses and
will be 60 feet high.
At the University building about 13000
worth of school furniture and fixtures
have been placed in the rooms. The
structure has been overhauled and reno
vated. Preparations are being mado to
issue a college paper called The Columbia.
EVADE TAX COLLECTORS.
Subterfuge Are Used to Explain
Want of Tags on Wheels.
The bicycle tax collectors are out on the
paths most of the time, making a pretty
clean sweep. A number of wheels, how
ever, are sent to the Courthouse almost
every day. On the Baseline path yester
day the collector stopped every one who
went along on a bicycle to inquire
whether there was a tax tag on the wheel
or not. It Is quttc an annoyance to those
who have paid their tax to be held up
every time they go out on the path, but
it seems there is no other way. The
collectors are not able to eee the tags
without stopping the rlde'rs and making
an examination of the tags to see if they
are for the right year.
The subterfuges that are resorted to by
those who come along without tags are
very amusing. Some .will say that their
small boy must have removed the tag,
as it was certainly on tho wheel the day
before. The most difficult person to deal
with is a. young and handsome woman
without a tag. "With most bewitching
smiles they will say, "Why, I didn't know
I had to have a tag," and very few col
lectors are hard liearted enough to take
the wheel; but on the whole the majority
of those who use the cycle paths have
paid and others are paying. It la not
safe to ride on the paths without a tag,
as tho collectors may appear at any time,
which means a trip to the Courthouse for
those who have not paid, and the collec
tion of a H 50 penalty besides tho ?1 tax.
Social Event at Mllwaukie.
Linden Circle No. 4S, "Women of Wood
craft, gave a basket and ice cream social
In Woomen Hall, in Mllwaukle, Saturday
evening, which was largely attended,
guests coming on the trolley cars and by
vehicles. ,The hall had been tastefully
decorated with ferns, sweet peas and wild
flowers. Mrs. Mary Bilyeu was master
of ceremonies and presided with grace
and dignity. The following programme
was rendered: Piano solo. Miss Lucia
Caffel: reading, Mamie Agreda;. duet, "Miss
Lenaltell and Fred Holrdey; reading, G.
Price; solo. Miss Mamie Mullan; dance,
Mamie Agreda; reading; Jennie Hagen
berger; reading, Mrs. G. Kellar; solo, Mrs.
Agreda; quartet. "Will Lehman, John
Stuckey, Henry Stuckey. G. Kellar; shad
owgraph. Charles H. Read. Ice cream
and cake were served by Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar Wlsslnger. Baskets were sold
which were attractively decorated to rep
resent the emblems of the order. One
resembling a log cabin brought $4. Lunoh
n was then followed by dancing. Much
credit is due Mrs. Bilyeu, Mrs. WIsslnger
and other women of Mllwaukle for the
success of the event.
Build Concrete Basement.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors
of the Mississippi Avenue Building Asso
ciation Alblna Board of , Trade Thursday
evening. M. E. Thompson, presiding, it
was decided to let the contract for the
concrete basement for tho hall oh Missis
sippi avenue and Shaver street at once.
J. W. Boothe, C. E Steelsmlth and David
Dupee were appointed a committee with
power to ac,L The building will not be
put up this Fall.
Smoldering: Fire Put Out.
Hose Company No. 3, Stephens addition,
was called to Hawthorne avenue and
East First street Friday to extinguish a
fire that had sprung up In Dr. Surman's
building. It came from some smoldering
embers of the big fire. The new hydrant
at this Intersection was used for the first
time and tho pressure wbb found to be
excellent.
St. David's Episcopal Churca.
The services today in St. David's Epis
copal Church, corner of East Morrison
and East Twelfth streets, Rev. George E.
Van "Waters, D. D., wll be as follows:
Holy Communion, 8 Ar M.; Sunday school,
9:45; morning prayer and sermon, 11;
evening prayer and Bcrmon at 8 o'clock.
The services in St. Paul's Church, "Wood
mere, will be at 3:15 P. M-
Rev. W. B. Holllngshcad Home.
Rev. W. Holllngshead, pastor of Cen
tenary Methodist Church, returned Satur
day evening from an outing in the moun
tains in Washington at Gecr Lake across
the Columbia River from the Cascades.
He came home much refreshed from his
trip. Today he will occupy his pulpit
morning and evening.
East Side Notes.
The Woodstock public school has been
renovated preparatory for tho Fall term
of school. .The building will bo provided
with a now flagstaff, sidewalks, and a
new system of water pipes.
The dipping and packing department of
tho St. John Match factory, which was
destroyed by fire several weeks ago, has
been rebuilt, and operations will be re
sumed. X. K. West, who formerly conducted a
mercantile houso on Grand avenue, but
now in business at La Grande, is visiting
Portland on business. Mr. West Is sat
isfied with his venture at La Grande,
where he conducts a large store, having
In his employ eight clrks.
A Ore broke out In the dwelling of Rob
ert Monica at Glencoe Station yesterday
In the first floor. A holo was burned
through the celling. Hose Company No.
5, of Sunnyslde. responded to a telephone
call, but the Are was extinguished before
the hose wagon arrived.
Mexican Luncheon.
Miss Maryllne Barnard, of Honolulu,
the guest of Mrs. Sylvester Riggin, was
delightfully entertained Friday afternoon,
the 29th InsL, at a Mexican, luncheon given
by Mrs. A. F. Rogers at her residence,
Front street. The decorations and menu
were Mexican, and tho table-cloth and
napkins wcro of Mexican drawn work.
Those present were: Miss Maryllne Bar
nard. Mrs. .Riggin, MIes Grace Riggin,
Mrs. Matlock, Miss E. Nichols, Mrs. J. L.
Barnard, Miss Joyslln, Mrs A. F. Rogers.
i
Miss Cleland's House Fartr.
Last week Miss Cleland gave a delight
ful house party at the Summer homo of
her brother. T. H. Cleland, in Klickitat
County. Washington. In- honor of MI83
Steen, of Boise, Idaho, who is spending
the Summer In Portland.
Origin of a Name, Maybe.
PORTLAND, Aug. SO. (To the Editor.)
The following story will explain to those
who are not familiar with tho country
around Walla Walla why Straw day was
Inaugurated:
At a ministerial conference Walla Walla
was mentioned, and a clergyman present
remarked that ho thought "Walla Walla
to be the most appropriately named city
In tho United States. "I have been there
twice," he said; "once Jnho Winter and
once In the Summer. The first time I wal
lowed In the mud and tho second tlmo I
wallowed in tho dust. It was Wallow
"Wallow all tho time." R. M. S.
PERSONAL MENTION.
B. D. Crocker, the Walla Walla poli
tician, is at the Imperial.
Congressman-elect J. N. Williamson, of
Prlnevillp, Is at the Imperial.
Henry Blackman, the well-known Hepp
ner merchant, is at the Perkins.
Secretary of State F. I. Dunbar and
wife, of Salem, are at the Portland.
Dr. Osman Royal and family have re
turned from a week's outing at Seaside
and Elk Creek.
L. H. McMahan, a well-known attorney
of the Capital City, spent yesterday trans
acting business In Portland.
Professor IL T. Condon, of the Uni
versity of Idaho, Moscow, 13 In the dry,
accompanied by his family. j
J. Harvey Phillips, advertising manager
for the Spencer Medicine Company, of
Chattanooga, Tenn., is visiting Portland.
Mr. George "W. Hazeh returned homo
yesterday from an extended trip in the
Puget Sound country, where ho had been
on legal business.
Rev. P. S. Knight, one of tho pioneer
Congregational ministers of Oregon, was
In the city yesterday for a brief risit
with frlend3. Ho resides In Salem.
Mrs. Lee M. Clark, of 457 East Grant
street, has returned from a visit to her
sister, Mrs. L. D. "Whltehurst (nee Gam
bell), at Tacoma, and friends in Seattle.
Mr. and Mrs. "W alter Cook will leave for
New York on Wednesday, and will go to
Europe tho latter part of Ocjober. They
will be absent seven months, returning to
Portland in April.
George A Dyson, a mining man from
Eugene, left last night on the O. R. &
N. for Butte, Mont., where he goes as a
delegate to tire International Mining Con
gress that meets there on September 1.
J. C. Eggleston has been promoted from
assistant superintendent to superintend
ent of the Portland office of the Tontine
Loan & Security Company, to succeed S.
W. Wlthrow. who is gone to tako charge
of the Seattle office.
A. B. Cherry, great representative from
Oregon to the great council of the United
States Improved Order of Red Men, left
last night over the O. R. & N. to attend
the annual session at Norfolk, Va. An
effort is being made to secure the great
council meeting for Portland in 1903.
Raises Almonds in Oregon.
Almonds can be successfully grown In
some sections of Eastern Oregon, as -is
shown by some nuts that ex-Governor Z.
F. Moody brought down from his Des
chutes ranch yesterday, while on his wray
to Salem. Governor Moody has about five
acres of almond trees 3 years old, and
they are 'bearing nuts which equal in
quality the almonds Imported from Cali
fornia. Many will be surprised to learn
that these nuts can be grown In Oregon,
especially cast of the Cascades. From the
development the trees .have already attained-
Governor Moody is certain that
almond-growing will prove to be profit
able where his orchard is located. He
CORDRAY'S THEATER
JOHN F. CORDRAY, Manager
ONE WEEK
COMMENCING
SUNDAY EVENING
AUG. 31
First Appearance in Portland of the
BELASCO
GEORGE JUVENILE SPECIALTY COMPANY
WTWrLWa BRASS BAND
Organization of Its Klndiln
the Theatrical World
3HGKOX EARLEV
The Only
16
rWonderfnl Little Performers
14
Big Vaudeville Acts "by
Little People
MOTHERS
Don't fall to bring your chil
dren to .see our children,
DON'T FAIL
TO-HEAR THE LITTLE
BRASS BAND
CONCERT IN FRONT-OF
THEATER. AT 7:45.
Ladles snd Children's Matinee
Saturday Afternoon, 2:13
SEATS NOW ON SALE
PRICES!
Evenlnar ...25c, BOo
Matinee .............. ...... 25o
to nil parts ot tho house.
Children, ..... .loQ
NEXT ATTRACTIONS
Three Nights, Commencing Sunday Evening, September 7
RICHARD & PRINGLE'S MINSTRELS.
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday Matinee and Evening.
the Beautiful Drama "THELMA."
Shields'Park
EDWARD SHIELDS, Proprietor.
13th and Washington Sts.
Every Night
No Liquors Sold
ONLY WO MORE WEEKS
SEASON CLOSES SUNDAY, FOURTEENTH
RETURN ENGAGEMENT MATSUDA'S
ROYAL
JAPANESE
ACROBATS
SIX IN NUMBER
DIRECT FROM JAPAN
Versatile Sketch Artists;
THE THOMPSONS
Chinese Comedy Act.
A Pleaalnjr Feature,
HELEN LAMAR
Illustrated Recital.
The Irish Comedian,
W.H. McBRIDE
Will sing a hit. talk a hit and dance
a bit.
Always a Feature,
THE POLYSCOPE
Comic and Interesting:
Famous Swiss Duo,
SEPPEL & FRANZ
Tyrolean 8ongs.
22i Serpentine Qua
ATLANTIS
Posea PlastlQua.
A Permanent Fixture,
JOSEPH THOMPSON
New Illustrated Songst
"With Its Usual Excellence,
SHIELDS' ORCHESTRA
Ten Star Musicians.
GENERAL ADMISSION IOc SEATS FOR EVERYBODY.
BIG AMATEUR BILL FRIDAY NIGHT.
has about 100 acres at the mouth of tho
Deschutes. 16 miles above The Dnlles.
Tho place Is particularly favored in soil
and climatic conditions, as is shown by
the fact that he raises peaches success
fully, while this fruit does not thrive at
Hood River. The peaches aro now ripe
and are being marketed. Besides this
fruit Governor 2Ioody raises strawberries,
prunes, apples and nectarines, the latter
a semi-tropical fruit that is not supposed
to do well in Oregon.
Busy Days for "Wood-Sawyers.
These aro busy days for wood-sawyers,
who are now reaping their harvest.
Householders who have not yet laid In
their "Winter's supply of wood are be
ginning to feel anxious about it. and are
looking for wood-sawyers and Inquiring
into prices both-of wood and sawing, and
also of piling In wood. Most are told that
every dealer is getting $4 a cord for wood,
but some get a supply for $3 73. Sawyers
say they charge 40 cents a cord for saw
ing, but a good, big pile of good wood
some will take at 33 cents per cord. As
to putting In the cut -wooc;. the cost de
pends on the labor involved, and cannot
be fixed till the place Is seen. Not so
very long ago wood was sawed by hand,
a wood-sawyer's kit consisting of a saw
buck and a bucksaw. A man could saw.
about two cords of wood per day. Now
all the wood is cut by steam woodsawins
machines, which cut 40 cords, more or less,
per day. Tho machine Is a small engine
on a wagon, with a circular saw connect
ed. "When a sawyer was asked why ha
did not get a larger engine and saw M
cords per day instead of 40, he said: "I
could saw 50 cords a day with that engine,
but 40 cords a day is about as much as I
can comfortably handle." The inquirer
had forgotten that both the men who op
erate the saw have to handle every stick
cut. Any man looking at 40 cords of
wood in a pile would bo likely to con
clude that It would be about as much as
be cared to handle in one day. There are
some 15 or 20 of these woodsaws In the
city, and thpy are all kept busy at this
3cason cutting from 30 to 40 cords per
day, but at other seasons they are not
steadily employed, so that but few of
Jthem have become millionaires.
TV. C. T. U. Organizer TVI12 Lecture.
Mrs. Adah Unruh, National organizer
for the W. C. T. U.. will give her address,
"The New Home for the New "Woman,"
this evening at First Christian Church.