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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 7, 1906. 35 Ten Thousand Miles on FACTS ABOUT THE DEWEY AND HER TKII. Tlio dock was three years in build ing and cost f 1,134,000. Weigh 11,000 tons and can lift a battleship welshing, 22,000 tons. Covers two acres of the ocean, be ing over 500 feet long and 134 feet wide. Floats SO feet above the surface .of tho water. Voyage to the Philippines will take four months and will cost over $i,ooo,oop. Tolls through Suer. Cnnal $25,000. Towed by three big United States colliers. Cables used for this purpose are of heaviest steel over IVi miles long. Is equipped with wireless telegraph, plant for warning vessels of her whereabouts. Captain I). .T. Wood In command with eight engineers and electricians and 22 sailors. Copyright. 1906, by S. N. A. F. S. ALTIMORE, Md.. Jan. 2. (Special Correspondence.) A few days ago a great, black sea-monster that had been lying placid in the waters of Ches apeake Bay stirred sleepily from her moorings, like a whale aroused from a siesta, and crept slowly out to sea. Busy little tugs screeched out their mes sage of bon voyage, battleships saluted, thousands cheered and the Dewey Dry dock, the biggest ocean craft ever float ed, started 0$ her 10,000-mile journey to the Philippines. In maritime history the voyage of the Dewey is unique. A mile and a half ahead of her three huge colliers, the Glacier, Caesar and Brutus puff and strain at their cables, the heaviest towllnes ever used. For the Dewey Is taking it easy. She, like her commander, Tugmaster Wood, of Norfolk, has- nothing to do but He back and wait while Uncle Sam's pow ?rful dray ships pull her across the At lantic, down through the Suez Canal and up Into the harbor of Cavlte. Voyase Will Take 120 Days. The passage will take 120 days and will cost the Government over $1,000,000. A single item of expense is 525,000 for tolls through the Suez Canal. "What will I do?" said Captain Wood, a few hours before the start, "bh. maybe I'll try a game of billiards or two, for that wouldn't be Impossible, you know! The Dewey won't understand what an ocean wave means. The most delicate old maid could ride on her and never think of sea sickness. The dock won't even feel tho swell. She'll be as solid as an Island." And Captain Wood's view, according to naval officers at Solomon's Island, where the big dock lay for a month making her "tryouts," In none too sanguine. They pay that one could play billiards on her In mid-ocean if she boasted a table. But if the Captain's charge doesn't hold out this enjoyment to him there are plen ty of others shes does offer. The sleep ing and eating accommodations are as good as on the best man-of-war and ftored In one of the big air-chambers of ihe dock are food and "bottled goods" that would gladden the heart of any sailor and make him smack his lips In contemplation. "o Rush for the "Promenade." In this respect the Government hag stinted nothing. The usual allowance for a merchant sailor's ration has been dou bled. Even a landsman, pleasure-bent, would And much to make life on the Dewey one long round of solid comfort. With two acres of sipace for the crew to roam there will be no crowding, no rush for some choice spot on the "prom enade." "I look forward to one of the most pleasant experiences of my life," contin ued Captain Wood. who. in addition to the pleasures of a four months' jaunt at sea, receives $1000 for his services. He will have. too. plenty of congenial com pany, for he has a permanent crew of eight, machinists, engineers, electricians and firemen. These arc to remain on the dock when she arrives at .her desti nation. There are also 22 sailors who will return to America at the Govern ment's expense. Tho Dewey Drydock was. built by the United States Government at a cost of $1,124,000. The company that constructed her was three years at the task. She Is the largest floating dock ever put to gether, and is the peer of all in power. Can Sink Forty Feet. Imagine a great bulk of steel over 500 feet In length. 131 feet wide, floating, when unincumbered. 50 feet above the surface of the water, capable of sinking fw feet to permit the reception of a vessel drawing 35 feet of water, and you may form some Idea of this marvelous speci men of marine architecture. In its construction- 100,000 plates and 2.O00.O00 rivets were used, and the huge fabric of steel weighs 11,000 tons. In its contract the Government de manded that the dock should have a lift ing power of not less than 16.000 tons, -while tests made before her start, with the battleship Iowa and armored cruiser Colorado, showed that the Dewey can readily lift a vessel of 18.500 tons. And this is a bigger task than Uncle Sam can ask or her, for the Navy has not yet ac quired a deep-sea fighter of sucli great displacement. The first test of the Dewey at Solo mon's Island was made by means of the Colorado, which has a displacement of 13,000 tons, distributed over a length of KO feet. The ship was lifted clear of the -water in two hours and 16 minutes. Eqnal to All Tests. A more severe test was that maue with the Iowa, which has a displacement of 31.600 tons and a length on the keel blocks of 330 feet The battleship was lifted in one hour and 37 minutes, but the pumping was continued until tho dock had such a freeboard as to represent the raising of a 16,000-ton vessel, and this was accomplished in two hours and 42 min utes. Other tests showed that with the re quired freeboard of two feet that is, with the main deck of the dock two feet abo'e the water. It was possible to raise a vessel of 18.500 tons. With only one foot of freeboard the lifting capacity of the dock is 20,400 tons, and with the deck awash the capacity Is 22,400 tons. . The Dcwcy is self-docking; that is, she can raise and lower herself, a tremen dous advantage, especially at sea, when tho dock can be sunk Into the waves and escape a hurricane that might drag her from her course, retard the speed of the colliers? or, perhaps, tear asunder the al most impregnable towliries that hold her. The docking process, that is, the .lift ing and lowering, is conducted by steam power. The Dewey Is unequalled in. her equipment of boilers, engines, -pumps, feed-water heaters, steam separators and other auxiliaries that go to make up the equipment of a floating drydock. This ol&nt Is of eoo-horsepower. A small nm- GREAT DRYDQCK DEWEY IS NOW ON VOYAGE TO CAV1TE THAT WELL COST UNCLE SAM ONE MILLION DOLLARS 4 ,yY,;&.' MOUNTAIN OF STEEL AT 5 ISA THE BATTLESHIP IOWA DOCKED ON THE DKU EY AFTER SLIPPING UNDER THE DEWEY LI I TU D HER AS SHE IS SHOWN HERE IN ONE HOUR chlne-shop, suitable for repairs to the dock, especially while at sea. Is Installed In one sldewall. Storage has been pro vided for fuel and fresh water sufficient for two successive dockings of the maxi mum load. Has a 'Wireless" Plant. The dock Is also equipped with a thorough electrical plant, a blowor sys tem for ventilation and a wireless tele graph outfit. By moans of this last Captain Wood can communicate with Captain Fullam. of the rogular Navy, who will have his headquarters oil the towing collier Glacier, of the Brooklyn Navy - yard. Captain Fullam Is nominally in charge of the entire expedition, but he will play no part in the active management of the Dewey herself. By the wireless, alsq, Captain Wood, during his long period of isolation, can keep In touch with the world through communication with passing steamers, and he can warn them, too, of his whereabouts, for the towering form of the Dewey, if a ship should suddenly sight her. might give the other vessel's commander a worse scare than tho "Flying Dutchman." A working head of steam is being maintained on the boilers of the dock so that every possible emergency may be prepared for. This is done with an Idea of submerging the big craft to any ehind the Scenes With Bernhardt Essays in Comedy and Tragedy Seen by Only a Limited Audience. T IS the first Bernhardt performance. All of fashionable French New York is crowding Into the theater, and a Sun re porter and artist are waiting to be es corted behind the scenos to interview Mme. Bernhardt. Mr. Sullivan, press representative for Mme. Bernhardt, leads the way faltering, ly. and only after whispered colloquies with other employes. He explains his hesitation In various ways, and ends by advising the visitors to mention his name if they "are thrown out." . In tho state of mind natural after this piece of advice, the visitors plunge through a door Into the cold air, walk across a frail Iron grating, and pushing through another door are suddenly thrust Into a melee of conflicting temperaments. Hardly has a foothold been found In the narrow entrance when a fiery - eyed, square-headed, muscular-shouldered per sonage advances threateningly. He is called Monsieur Pierre by members of the company, and Is said to be tho trtage di rector. He really Is "IL" His pathway from the center of- the darkened stage, where Che ast bits of still life are being placed. Is marked by the devastation of a tornado. There Is one pretty, dark-eyed girl who wants to write about Bernhardt. She is talking Park Row French to a cartoonist, who seems to understand her. She weeps hysterically, after the passing of Pierre, and explains that she has been accused of playing with the truth In a shameless way. Her explanations regarding her presenco aro treated with sniffs and sneers. Then M. Pierre spots a llght-complex-loned soubrette. Why does she cumber the earth? She attempts to explain, but she might as well attempt to explain to a tidal wave. He doubles himself Into prise-fighter knots and pounds the air. She Is ordered to remove herself In accents that ranee the Largest DEMKY. TOWERING 50 FEET ABOVE TI1E WILL, LOOK TO MARINERS. depth weather contingencies may demand and to have the power at hand to pump out the chambers expeditiously so as to economize the time used in the towing. Can't Steer Herself. While the colliers Glacier. Caesar and Brutus act as power craft, they also set the course for the great dock, for no constructor has been able to devise a rudder big enough to shape a course for the Dewey, which could be safely at tached and operated. Kach of the col liers also has Its own wireless plant, so that they may freely communicate with the dock and with each other. The great length of the tow lines IVt miles Is regarded as necessary to guard against sharp strains in a heavy sea. and even with this, big towing bits, with pneumatic cushions, have been placed In the colliers to reduce the chance of breaking the cables. That the Dewey dock is the peer of all like affairs can be readily seen by the following comparisons: The Bermuda dock, built in England and now a part of the equipment of the British naval station at the Bermuda Islands, has a lifting capacity of 16.500 tons; the Austrian dock at Pola is rated at 1S.O00 tons; the German dock at Stettin has a capacity of 11,000 tons, and the Pcnsacola dock, owned by the United States Government, but which was for merly owned by Spain and was a part of the naval equipment at the port of from a high crescendo to the uttermost deptns of sound. She Is ordered to dress, not but she Is dressed, but M. Pierre must say something, and that is as good us anything else. She disappears. Then he falls upon half a dozen mal supes and with prods of the elbows and pushes with the shoul ders gets rid of them In short order. There are a half dozen supernumerary girls who for the sake of hearing the Divine Sarah have hired themsolvcs for the productions. Love of art Is respon sible for this art and art alone. They have not even rehearsed, and their mental perturbation Is keen. "Of course. I don't suppose anybody'll notice me." says one, "when Sarah's on, but I would like to lenow at least whether I'm to appear In the third or fifth act." To them Monsieur Pierre! There Is a dressing-room up aloft, far. far from the madding crowd and the mad dening, magnetic Sarah. To that th'ey ate bidden to hie themselves. If they want to see Mme Bernhardt there are 3 seats for them. If they are part of the coming spectacle they must get out until such time as they may be needed. They go. leaving a wave of recriminat ing sound. One can distinguish more agony. "Well, we were fools!" "Never again!" "I told you so!" "Not a cent of money!" "Hot. stufTy room!" "I told you so!" "They're frog-eaters, all of urn." The Inevitable young man of the help ful order has preceded the entree of Pierre. He has sharpened slate pencils; he has Interpreted between members of the French company and the American supes; he has displayed a knowledge of the theater .which bespeaks the experi ence of a veteran. On him next descends the wrath. Who Is he, anyway, and how dare he be that particular person, whoever that may be? In Franco-American he explains that he he carries a spear In the last act, and how dare What happens to Mm Is vague, it Craft Afloat WATEK'js SLKKACE HOW SHE BIG MAN-OF-WAR'S KEEL, TIUS AND 37 MINUTES. Havana, Cuba, has a capacity of 10.000 tons. The nearest approach to the Dewey in this country is the dock now stationed at Alglors. La., which has a lifting ca pacity of leas than 16.000 tons. The course of the Dewey is due east across the Atlantic to the Madeira Islands, off the west coast of Morocco. A little farther northeast the Mediterranean Sea will bo entered through the Stralt-s of Gibraltar, and this great Inland body will be traversed to the Suez Canal, near its southeastern corner. After passing the canal the squadron will find itself in the Red Sea. between Arabia and Africa. The Arabs from the eastern coast above and bolow Mecca or the Egyptians. Abysslnlans and Berbers upon the African shore will doubtless stare In awe when they see the monstrous thing pass. Passing out the Strait of Beb-ol-Mandeb the four craft will find them selves In the Gulf of Aden, and will pro ceed eastward to the Indian Ocean. There will probably be a stop at Singa pore, at the lower point of the Malay peninsula. Then, after going through the Straits of Malacca, the boats will pass up the China Sea to Manila and thence to Uncle Sam's naval station at Cavlte. If the Dewey reaches her destination In the Philippines safely Uncle Sam will have accomplished a towing feat never before attempted In the history of navi gation. might have been a trandoor. or 1u.st solar plexus. It was effective, whatever It was. and the place that had known him knows him no more. Pierre breathes and turns his attention to the Sun visitors. The Sun viHtors have learned wisdom by experience. Against his hectic vocabulary they say meekly In chorus: "Je ne comprends pas!" Pierre dances beforn them. Turin rr white hair fall about like a stage snow storm. iou understand enough to stay where you are not wanted! No one could understand better than that!" There are two of thn visltnra ani nn of him, and agalnpt the repeated "Je ne comprends pas" his syllables fall like pop corn on a sanded floor. There may be those who still doubt tho efficacy of the Gaelic language rc vIvaL If they could have witnessed tho power of the magic name of Sullivan at this crisis! Monsieur Pierre subsides. Why did not somebody, why did not everybody, say "Sullivan" before? He was In a mood, and all he wanted was that. Through trapdoors, from behind chairs and underneath benches, down spiral fire escapes and dropping from the fly gallery come back the dispersed ones, supes, mas culine and feminine, nuns and spear carriers, soldiers and sister, ladles of the court and monks, reporters and artists, all those" who wept and walled and had teeth gnashed at them. , Pierre Is a lamb with tempered wind. He finds scats for the abused. One even has the chair of the Divine Sarah, for the nonce out of commission. He pats spear carriers on the back. He explains how desolate it has made him to seem a leetle serious. It Is necessary. If madams should find her way blocked by just plain people, what might happen? What might not? He shows the San visitors how by opening a small window In the scenery they can see every motion of the divine one. It-Is all very amusing, very tempestu ous, very Gallic. After the stem of emo t tions there Is a breathing space, and then comes the second hurricane. It come In the person of the divine one, who advances to make her initial entrance, closely guarded by maids and members of the company, the stage car penter bringing up the rear in company with a plumed Toledo blade. Something is wrong with the spotlight and a flood of French eloquence falls upon the ear. It Is French of the good old classic order. It Is French which runs tho full gamut of wrath and Invective, and there is not a man or woman who does not agree with her. She holds out rigidly her arm, and on Its surface, spanned by a sextet of gor geous bracelets, a ghastly blue flight that would make an Infant look as If in its second childhood plays in frightful gle. No wonder that she does not want to face her first-night audience In that glare. It Is slowly remedied by an electrical expert. Through the tiny window the house is j seen, waiting patiently, but as If one should say: "All this delay. Is but one of the tricks that you are mistress of." Little do the spectators know that the emotional scene of the evening- is taking place then behind the scene. The word "tigress" Is worked overtime by the ad miring witnesses of . Mme. Bernhardt's fury. This debut has been so quick that bo fore one has waked to it It is all over. There Is an impression of spangled drap ery, of a whirl of emotions, of a mobile face, of aquamarine eyes. And there is the volx d'or. which after all Is what you remember best and longest. Later, there are pictures of her that re turn. There Is one of her when she sits at the entrance of the stage in a chair of state with half a dozen of her people gathered about her. She has on one of the many little crocheted shawls which are found waiting for her at each and every exit and .entrance. .Tbey give a pathetic touch to her those same lunettes of worsted, a very human touch; they are the kind that New England spinsters of the Mary Wllklns order wear when they go 'cross lots to drink tea with a neighbor, the kind that country rela tives send to the dwellers in steam-heated flats. Over the spangled gown, the wondrous necklaces, against the loose falling tress es and the coronet, it seems Incongruous and pathetic. For the first time you are conscious of the woman not the artist. It Is that touch of humanity which at tracts the crowd in the wings who little by little encroach on the space about her. The$ seem to think that all of Pierre's fears were groundless. To her the people In the wings are as much her audience as the boxes. She reaches out with Indefinable charm and holds them, not across the footlights In the carefully prepared stase perspective, but almost face to face in the cruel searchlight that beats down about and around her. The supes. especially those who are serving without pay. make the most of their opportunity. They are not praising unduly, for the stage has few illusions, and to bo hypercritical marks the expert. She is Sarah to them all. Not once dur ing the evening is the name Bernhardt with or without prefix heard. "But she's a wonder." says one. an old man whose eyes have seen many comets and falling stars. "I got as close as I am to you" and two elbows touch says another, "and I give you my word her face Is like a baby's a 2-ycar-oId's!" "I can't understand a word she says." ejaculated a coworker In doublet and hose. "It all sounds like so much monkey talk the way two Italians quarrel over a nickel but It's enough to see her and hear that voice. I thought Terry could move your heartstrings, .but this Is dif ferent someway." And a stout person wearing a red skirt of knee length, a tasselled cap and a striped blouse says In awestruck accents, the obvious, canning factory" criticism: "Isn't she well preserved?" Whether conscious or not of this closc-at-hand criticism, she is conscious of the admiration not so subtly expressed. She throws a glance full of humor and under standing at the motley crowd now and again as she rouges her nails and pours some green liquid Into her eyes that green liquid Is a mystery In Itself; Is it responsible for their sea green color? There Is no tigress about her now. There have been curtain calls unnum bered and violent hisses when some too ardent admirer has attempted applause at the wrong moment and cut off for a second the too rare tones. A few red roses have managed In spite of hard and fast rules to scramble over the footlights. From platform to sky line there Is not a gap visible In the auditorium, and the indefinable spirit of hostility which marks the average first night Is absent. It would take a more exacting- person than the divine one to be on edge with her clrcumstapccs. After all It was a mistake, that first Impression; she Is really only a lamb masquerading. This bland, smiling, hu man person you are sure Is the real Sa rah. You will believe It in spite of the opening episode. The stage carpenter becomes quite mel ancholy at the end of the great act of "The Sorceress." "Ain't Sarah going- to make a speech?" he Inquires. Then he excuses her. "I don't suppose It would do to make a speech In that talk, but I should think a woman as bright as she is could learn English." Then he goes on sawing. Once an impression Is gained of the workwoman. There Is a bit of scenery badly propped. Nobody has noticed It and It may mean a serious accident. As soon as Mme. Bernhardt crosses from her dressing-room, she sees It. points It out and stands at attention until It Is rem edied. And in the dressing-room she holds the hands of a young American actress, a friend, and protege, and says softly: "This Is my swan song." And you are glad to have been there, amid the toppling scenery and the unre hearsed supes. with crusty old Pierre and the ardent stage carpenter, there amid the dust and the debris which the divine one shares with you at odd minutes! College Football In California. UNIVERSITY Or CALIFORNIA. Iterkeley. Jan. 2 ITo the Editor.) I have noticed In nome of the California paper extracts from The Oregonlan Indicating the fact that soma of onr friemls In the Northwest felt a llttla aggrieved that lhy were not called In to tho conference at the tlma that Stanford aci California, took up the matter of college foot ball on December 11. A little misunderstanding- has caused the un happiness. 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Saa Francisco, first cabin. $12; secesd-clasf. $S. Los Angeles, first class. $21.59: second-clas?. $13, Including meals and berth. Ticket office. Ml Wash iBEtoa st. Malm 1314. H. YOUNG. Ageat. TRAVELERS' GUIDE. ( OREGON md Union Picshc 3 TRAINS TO THE EAST DAILY Through Pullman standards and tourist sleeping-cars dally to Omaha. Chicago. Spo kane; tourist sleeping-car daily to Kansas City: through Pullman touriat sleeping-car (personally conducted) weekly to Chicago. Reclining chair-cars (seats free) to the East dally. UNION DEPOT. Leaves. Arrives. CHICAGO-PORTLAND 0:13 A. M. 5:23 P. M. SPECIAL ror the East Dally. Dally. via Huntington. SPOKANE FLYER. 6'ACy 8iDartfr.M' For Eastern .Washington. Walla Walla. Lewiston. Coeur' d'AIene and Great Northern points. ATLANTIC EXPRESS o.I5 p jt. 7;15 A. M. tor the East via Hunt- Dally. Dally, 'nrton- K1VEK SCHEDULE. FOR ASTORIA and S:0O P. M. 5:00 P. M. way polntfl. connecting Dally. Dally, with steamer for llwa- except excl)t co and North Ben.cn, Sunday. Sunday, steamer Hassalo. Ash- Saturday st. dock (water per.) 10:00 P.M. FOR DAYTON. Ore- 7:00 A. M. 5:30 P. M. con City and Yamhill Dally. Dally. River points. Ash-st. exceDt except dock (water per.) Sunday. Sunday. For Lewiston. Idaho, and -way points trom Rlparla. Wanh. Leave Rlparia 5:40 A. M. or upon arrival train No. 4. dally except Saturday. Arrive Rlparia 4 P. M.. dally except Friday. Ticket Office. Third and Washington. Telephone Mala 712. C. W. Stinger. City Ticket Ant; A. L. Crnljc. Gen. Passenger Act- EAST via SOUTH Leaves. j UNION DEPOT. OVERLAND EX PRESS TRAINS tor Salem. Roae aurg. Ashland, saeramento. Og len. San Francis co. Mojave. Los Angeles. El Paso, New Orleans and the East. Morning train .onnecla at Wood burn daily except Sunday vlth tiain tor Mount Ansel. JUverton, Browns ville. SprlngtlHld. Wendling and Na tron. Eugene passenger connects at Wood lurn with ML An gel und SUverton local. Jorvallls pasenger jnerldan passenger Forest Grove Passenger. S:43 P. M. :23 A. M. S:30 A. M. 5:55 P. Mi 4:13 P. M. 10:35 A. M. 7:30 A. M. 4:50 P. M. 110:45 P. M. 3:50 P. M. S:23 A. M. tt:30 P. M. Dally. tDally except Sunday. PORTLAND-OSWEGO "SUBURBAN SERVICE AND YAMHILL i DIVISION. Depot. Foot of Jefferson Street. Leave Portland dally for Oswego at 7:30 A. M.: 12:30. 2:03. 4. 3:20. 6:23. Jj:SO. 10:1. 11:30 P. M. Dally except Sunday. 5:30. t:30. 8:33. 10:25 A. M. Sunday only. D A. M. Returning from Oawego, arrive Portland, dally. 8:30 A. M.; 1:55. 3:03. 5:05. 6:15. 7:33. l:35. 11:10 P. M.: 12:53 A. M. Dally except Sunday. 6:25. 7:25, 0:30. 11:45 A. M. Sunday onlr. 10 A. M. Leave from same depot for Dallas and In termediate points dally. 4:15 P. M. Arrive Portland. 10:lp A. M. The Independence-Monmouth Motor Line operates dally to Monmouth and Alrlle. con necting with S. P. Co.' trains at Dallas and Independence. First-class fare from Portland to Sacra mento and San Francisco. S20. Berth. $3. Second-class fare, $15. Second-class berth. 2.50. "Tickets to Eastern points and Europe; alto Japan. China. 'Honolulu and Australia. CITY TICKET OFFICE, corner Third and Washington utreets. Phone Main "12. C. W. STINGER. A. L. CRAIG. City Ticket Agent. Gen. Puss. Agt. Astoria and Columbia River Railroad Co. Leaves. UNION DEPOT. Arrives. Dally. For Maygers. Rainier. Dally. Clatskanle. Westport. Clifton. Astoria. War renton. Flavel. Ham S:OU A. M. mond. Fort Stevens. 11:20 A. M. Gearhart Park. Sea side. Astoria aad Sea shore. Express Dally. 7:00 P. M. Astoria Express. 8:30 P. M J Dally. C. A. STEWAP.T. J. C. MAYO. Comm'l Agt.. 248 Alder st. G. F. & P. X. Phone Mais 000. SAN FRANCISCO 6 PORTLAND STEAMSHIP COMPANY Operating the Only Passenger Steamers for San Francisco Direct. Sailing Dates from Portland S. S- Sena tor, January 16. 28; February" . 15, 23; S. S. Columbia. January 11. 21. 31: February 10, 20. REDUCED ROUND-TRIP RATE. $23. Berths and Meals Included. JAS. H. DEWSON. Agt. Phona Main 268. 248 Washington St. For South -Eastern Alaska Steamers leave Seattle 0 P.M. j S. S. Cottage City, via Van- ptcouver and Sitka. Jan. 10. 24. For San Francisco direct: Queen. City of Puebla. Uma tilla. 0 A. M.. Dec 29; Jan. &rg&& 3. S. 13. IS. 23. 2S. Portland Office. 240 Washington st. Main 220 G. M. LEE. Pass. & Ft, Agt. C. D. DUNANN. G. P. A.. 10 Market st. S. F. WILLAMETTE RIVER ROUTE FOR Corvallls. Albany. Independence and Salem. Steamer Pomona leaves 6:45 A. M.. Tues day. Thursday and Saturday, for Oregon City. Salem and way. Steamer Altona leaves 6:45 A. M.. Monday. Wednesday and Friday. OREGON CITY TRANS. CO.. Office and Dock Foot Taylor St. ALASKA FAST AND POPULAR STEAMSHIPS LEAVE SEATTLE 0 P. M. "Jefferson," January 3. 17 and 31, 3 P. M.. via WrangeL "Faralloa." about Jan. T. 26. 0 P. M. CHEAP EXCURSION ItATES. On excursion trips steamer calls at Sitka. Metlakahtla. Glacier. Wrangel. etc.. ha addition to regular ports of calL Call or send for "Trip to Wonderful Alaska." "In d las Basketry.'' "Totem Poles." THE ALASKA S. S. CO.. Frank WooUey Co.. Airents. 232 Oak St. f "PortlaBd; Or. Ik