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EDNESDAV. MARCH 11. IMS. (';' , THEMpttNlNGlASTORiAX mi IMVflf Thirteen Parties Will Be It Work In Alaska. " - PRELIMINARY , EXAMINATIONS -lU '-ill' Plant Ar Now Completed for th Continuation of These Surveys and Investlgatlona During 1908 and the Personnel of Parties Determined. - The first systematic surveys and in voilgatlon of the mineral resources of Alaska were begun ten years ago. Since , then toHKTniUlc, . retanoals- aance surveys have been carried over about 117,000 square miles and geo- logia I reconnaissance survey -ovar. 95,00Q square IjifUa bf the total area of Alaska 586,000 .aiiuate miles, , In sWUlltlon. detailed topographic surveys of 25(10 square miles and geologic - f IffVI II I surveys ui iuu square nines imve been made, and the investigations of , the water resources have covered an area of about 35000 square miles. ' ' The mere figures representing the arcal (napping do not tell the story. Much of the money appropriated for the investigation of the mineral re sources have been devoted to special studies of mining districts. Though the time baa not yet come when any given mining district can be invest!- (rated exhaustively, yet every produc ing camp, throughout the Territory has received at least preliminary examination by tba 'experts 'of the. Geological Survey, and the most im portant have been studied in detail. For example, the two most important coal fields of the Controller Bay and Matanuska territory have been map ped and described in reports, as has tbe Juneau gold belt. Similar work has been done In the Nome and Pair banks places district. ? 5 Tlans are now completed for the continuation of these surveys and in vestigation during 1908, the person nel of the parties have been deter mined, and many of the preparations have been completed. Field opera tions will be begun a toon as the weather will permit. Two . of the parties will leave Washington about DAmnorovDER, inrcn;naEcrRACTs jUttJuh fatty,: flntsfFhw. PORTLAND, CRXOON. More than two-thlrda of your lif you wear ahoes. Did you ever think I that? 1,1 J i"Vu,l :'u ,K The)Dr. A Rccdj Cushion Shoe Wa built to give your feet comfort two-thirila of your life the rett you eloep. , : ' y. , The W.L. Douglas .-r'i,:Shoe-;V--:i' Ha a world-wide reputation. Wear one'tnd b pto'date.il:!t f s, a:;giwe: V4- ,b.i '- J'"""-" 543 BOND 8TREET. ' Opposite Fisher Bros. ' ' Best kind of logging shoes, hah made, alway on handf , . ASTORIA 'D'ANeilSIG-;'!' SCHOOL Kearney Hall, Exchange St special 'Course ictf 10 Lessons 'for Ladies. The latest and most approved idea in Dancing. $2.50 for full Course. School open every after .noon and evening. Tel. Black 2415. the first of March, .and the other will, follow during the next two months' v "" ' "" ' Thirteen parties in all will be en gaged in this work. Of these six will give their time to investigation ot geology and 'mineral " resources, two will combine this clai of work with some topographic surveys, three will be enuaued in tonoeraohlc man plug,' and two will be employed In the InvcMigation of the water resources of aorW of the- Important ' mining ' Unequalled a Cure for Croup. . t "''Beside being an excellent remedy for colds and throat troubles, Cham berlain's Cough Remedy'! unequalled at a cure for croup," says Harry Wilson of Waynetowo. lad, ) When given as soon as the croupy cough appear, thi remedy will prevent the attack. It I used successfully In many thousands of homes. For sale by Frank Hart and leading druggist. . !l"',z. - ' .:"'.'ifU'l V,,a;;: , Work in Southeastern Alaska. . Jft iUi if. liii. lilin'. I e southeastern Alaska Mr, C W. Wriulit will continue his detailed Studies of some of the important min ing districts of Prince of Wale Is land, including the Kasaan Pennin sula and Copper Mountain regions. Tim permitting, he will also do some work in the northern extension of the Juneau gold belt. Mr.Wright will leave Washington about the middle ot .May and will spend about , four month in the' field, v ! I The completion of the detailed topographic mapping of Kasaani Pe ninsula and the mapping of the Cop per? Mountain f mining 'district, on Prince of Wales Island, will be under taken by Mr. R. H. Sargent, with otie assistant. This work wilt, be done on the scale of 1 mile to 'the inch, with contour intervals of 25 feet. If suf ficient time is available, Mr Sargent will also undertake similar work in the Eagle River district north of Juneau. He will begin his field work about the first of May and continue It as late in the fall a the weather will permit' ' A HOLE Kl THE ROCK The Story of an Attempted Es . t Jinei Cem ft Ik ma 14 mm THE STORY OP STARLIGHT. August Belmont, president of the Jocky Club; at a dinner in New York, said of racing: "Racing i honestly conducted in the main, The stories that one hears about it are rather absurd. They are like the story of Starlight. "Once there was a group of sports men who were all quite broke. They must, however, gef? In to, the races. And one at ' a time they presented thcmclvcs at the paddock gate. 1 'I am the owner of Starlight,' the first said. He was well-dressed and imposing. They believed and passed him in. , . s; ij '-Af "I am Starlight's trainer,' said the second. His red face and bluff man ner bore out hi atory, and they ad mitted hitn. ' ? "The third man, small and thin, next appeared. ; ' : to " 'Starlight'a Jocky,' he said short ly, and hurried through the gate. "The fourth and last man of the group was very shabby indeed. " 'Well, who are you?" they said impatiently, when he presented him self. . i " 'I am Starlight,' wa the meek re ply."' ' NO REASON AT ALL Joseph Richards, the Detroit jockey complained on his return from Rus sia of the fall in Jockeys' fees there. "Of course' they give you reasons for this fall," he aid. "People al ways have their reasons, their more or less ridiculous reasons. It's like Detroit fish man. Once a relative of mine went to this man to get some fish, and found that they were selling very high.1 She complained and the man'-snldr ; :(;) " 'Fish is dear, ma'am; oh, yes, very dear. You see, it' getting so scarce on account of all these here aqua riums.'' ''''ni; -'i-- TWO LEGAL ONES. ; Senator Galllnger, lunching in the Sonate restaurant, said fit a new and unsophisticated ; young office-seeker; t,"He reminds me of a witness in a damage suit in Newport. This wit ness, a farm hand,- when he was cal led to give his. testimony, said excit edly and earnestly,, as: he, took his place in the box: u I " 'Which side am I on?' " ' Senator Aldrich smiled. ! . , '.'An ignorant? uninformed chap he is," said he. "As Ignorant and unin formed as a cross-examiner I once heard in Providence in a perjury case. BURROWING OUT OF PRISON. The Wenderfut tMrei Work That Cen. vlet ftealff Perfermad In the Teeth of Constant and lyitematle Supervision ' by Hle'-Jaifera. 3 ' Ambrose Itoalff wa undergoing life aontence on the towering rock of Gibraltar for acultllng bis snip fyr tit mi !of fM ?!Mart)ac nionoyl Jht governor told the atory of Itealtre at tempt to encaper-.' j j f "That fellow led roving life daredevil that obeyed, every Impulse, good or bad. . A.nd yet for three whole yean i rouno nun p. uiouui prwouer, At first be waa employed ae carpen ter, and a little later we put him on the harbor work. But euddesJy to Hi! wild nature came an nnquencba ble thirst for freedom. ; At that time Itealff waa la charge of all the labor- era' pick baudlea and whoelbnrrowa In tbe Itosla fltiart-r." where be was in- VtaJU-d to a little lean-to aheci egnlnst a hollow In the mlgbty cliff. ' Every report put before me extolled the man' good behavior. Well, every afternoon at 4 tbe work ing party of convict would form up and return , to tbe prison which, ae you know, contains eome of the tough- eat character ot both east and west nA. to offlcef would go to Eealff ehed to unlock him and bring htm along with the fast "But thla afternoon tbe door wa opened la vain. Itealff waa not there. And yet twenty minute previously be had been aeen through the little win dow when visited by tbe chief warder. Ha had even answered to ble neroe as heatood planing at hi bench in a dark recet,' He war gone, how w' where not a ioul knew! TJnmieetlonablv the I1 abed was locked on the outside, and tbe Jock' bad not been tampered with. 'And there -appeared no other exit ex cept the door, nothing but solid rock. Tbe little shanty waa ransacked, emp tied, but without result '"Could the man, I wondered, have discovered some accret recess T Ton know the whole rock is fairly honey combed with holes, both natural and artificial, like Cruyere cheese. Alarmed at the results each an escape would have on tbe morale of my dangerous gangs, I had tore he brought and per sonally examined every nook and cran ny of tbe cliff against which the ahed waa built Then my beat officer went over It all with hammer and crowbar. But no, nothing but solid rock. Now for the floor. It waa JeveJ and fairly smooth, Just covered In places with a little loose shingle. '"" "'Bring me a bucket of water I cried with sudden inspiration. When it came, I threw It carefully put and we all watched. "More and morel We fairly inundated tbe floor and shouted with excitement ae we saw it ebb al most a awlftly as we poured.1-' t ; i i "Mere absorption was . impossible. Tbe rock waa not porous. There mnst be a cave or tunnel below. The man hunt waa growing hotter now. Relent lessly we traced the ebbing streams to a dark and distant corner, where I had to get down on all fours to crawl un der a massive rock shelf. Hers the last trickle disappeared. . "Like a flash our crowbars were at work, and, lo, a big block was pried up, revealing a dark gulf below. I ap proached it cautiously. 'Now, RealflV I cried sternly, 'it's all npl We've got your v , "There waa no reply. My chief warder poked a pole down and found a depth of eight feet He and two giant subordinates got out their re volvers, seised lanterns and awnng themselves in -t as ticklish a Job as routing out a wounded tiger from his lair. We above waited long and breathlessly.- Suddenly a faint shout traveled up to us, followed by sounds of a desperate struggle in the cavern. By and by back they came, with Realff aecurely handcuffed. Lowering ropes, we hauled blin up, battered, but amll Ing." ' ;: ' ; !" : "He faced his disappointment with rare pluck, flashed a smile on me and said, 'Better luck ,nex,t. time, colonel.' i "That was the end of four long and patient years of endeavor, ' I think he discovered tbe pit shortly after he was first put in the shed. - And he had not only enlarged it with a, scrap of Iron and the patience of another Baron Trench,. , but he had, also extended It laterally, no doubt hoping for ultimate escape to the sea by the subterranean passage. "' " '; "But even this In any event was only the first stage, Realffs provision went much farther.' He had actually, built himself a boat out , of , , nondescript scraps of canvas,; old sacks .and odds and ends, of timber. . It waa a marvel of constructive skill, yet surely none but a desperate man would think of committing himself to the Mediter ranean or Atlantic In such a craay skiff a mere tiny coracle barely capa ble of keepings man,af(oat Of course be reinsure tnat once launched ne would soon be picked; up by some passing craft In the crowded strait ot Gibraltar,' and he: had. a story ready for hla saviors as well as provisions for himself. Of .these last he had abundance-chlefly n biscuit,, and salt pork laid by , bit blttijom bis ra tions and carried 'out dally from the , prison1 111 such small quantities as to elude tbe aearcn made at every parade. "But that tbe man was able to labor In, his. cave and. build and crovlslon " . j . Has just four njiore days in which to do business in Astoria and we do riot hesitate to I lsathatudiiting that time" people ;wiU;hvthe!ortunity-'to get The Greatest Bargains That Have Ever Been Offered by Any f,Ai Sm Ui, . I , V: ilhP tiuuse mwrea on Cloaks, Suits, Skirts, Ladies' andf Gents', Furnish ings, Dress Gps,iIVinimings Sheetings, and in fact everything in the store will go at prices that will compel the people to buy. 9 to 10 Today IVc Will Clean Up All P. N. Corsets at 19c, 23c and 49c All 75c and 95c Ladies' Union Suits .... . 2?c All children's and misses' hats and caps, worth up to $1.50, for : : " 4 lpc All 20c Colored Oil Cloth for, . : ...... . 10c , Be on Hand When the Doors Open All FixtureslFor vSale at Bargain Prices The Boston Store X '"'! 1 bis boat in the teeth of constant and systematic supervision seems to me lit tle short of marvelous." New York Tribune. . SAVED BY HIS TEETH. Quick Wit of a Missionary Among Trib. of Cannibals. Missionaries have much to contend with in dealing with the tribes on some of the Islands of the, southern Pacific, and I am reminded of an In cident happening on a remote Island of tho FIJI group whose tribes were still Influenced by the savagery of cannibalism. , A . Gorman missionary had made excellent progress toward the enlightenment of a tribe of sav ages in tbe Interior when he waa tak en III and forced to abandon his work and aeek ; recuperation In a village along the coast , ,,, During his absence a native medicine man succeeded In undoing all that the good German father had accomplished. The latter was warned that under tbe circumstances It would be unsafe for him to return to the scene of bis la bors upon bis recovery, but he decid ed that his duty called him there, and upon regaining bis strength he Jour neyed Inland to the village whose in habitants bad gone over to the teach ings of the medicine man. Els reception was decidedly a warm one, and he was Informed that unless be made a practical demonstration of the superiority of his teachings over those ot the medicine man he would be converted In abort order into food for the hungry tribesmen. He at once realised that his life bung upon a alender thread and endeavored to show to the savages by argument that their conclusions as to bis edible qualities were entirely erroneous and that they should turq their, thoughts to other kinds of food as well aa to higher sub jects. His efforts were in vain, however, and Just as he was about to be struck down by the, uplifted, clubs of the chief men In the tribe, he happily, bethought himself of the fact that his upper teeth were false,' Opening his month, he hastily extracted his set flourished it in the faces of his astounded oppo nents, and particularly the featurea of the medicine man, and,; replacing the teeth as suddenly as he bad extracted them, rebuked lhl8 charges, in, a man ner which can, better be Imagined (nan described.",' The tribe','1 believing that he had performed a mlracle'ih taking out and replacing his own teeth, drove the medicine man from the village and restored the missionary to his former place aa uptlfter of their material and spiritual destinies, Washington Star. UP-TO-DATE PMTJT ., Abnyi om the lookout for the most approved ways of-oWng thing, wt hare secured tbe rigkt to seB tbe weS known paints, .nnnte, stains, Tarnishes, made and sold under the mark at mnnM wwm w wmmw. tf ! A aaark (bat enables anyone, novice or expert, to get, without AoBbt, exactly the right finish for wood or aMtal, old or new, inside or cut. 1 WIm en aortaf, for a eapy of MX heM""" , Th Setocttoo and rjMtt famaad PtaJMua," a (aM that sa a aaaaar f atiHn tac waym. - ALLEN WALL PAPER AND PAINT CO. i Uth & Bond Sole Agts. :LffiH? . A KicliirtoiGlieiies Try'em 75c and $1.00 a bottle at the ' " ' ' "' ' "' " '" Ul;.Si Sirs 7;H ! ,j' 1J ' American importing co. Vs 589 Commercial Street " ' PRINCIPAL, AND JANITORS. ! CHICAGO, Mar. 10. The . arrest j . , and prosecution of one principal arid jthe janitors and engineers of seven public and private5 schools was de manded yesterday by Acting' Build ing Commissioner Robert Knight in a letter to Geo. H. White, city prosecu tor. : .- . The demand followed a conference held by Commissioner, Knight, Archi tect Dwight H., Perkins of the Board of Education and Fire Marshall ,Horan,'at which reports as to the fire protection of Chicago schools, made by 130 fire captains and 30 building inspectors" w'erT reviewed, ''The''; ar rests asked for are those of custodians of school buildings where doors have been found locked when pupils were in their class and study rooms. .