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That OIL and natural GAS have been discovered in paying quantities across the Columbia River from Astoria at Onieda,
Washington, f has been important enough to a number of well-known reliable parties Jto cause the organization of the Pacific
Coast Gas & Oil Col, with a capital stockof $300,000. This company has just placed a number of shares of stock on the market
at the low price of $50.00 per share. READ ON- ,
What the Company Is
The Pacific Cont Cat & Oil Co. It
competed of reliable bui'ineii men of
Oregon and Washington whoie only
purpose it to develop the property to
the beat of iti ability and produce a
paying mint of oil and gaa that all
who have purchased atock may ihare
In hi profits. The officer aerve with
out salary and include among them
tome of the moit reputable cltizena
of the State. To make the company
atrong on account of Iti brilliant fu
ture it hat tecured leasee on over
6000 acrea of land. It hat obtained
the highest expert authority on the
geological formation of the landi
employed the strongest expert work
men to operate the drilling apparatua
and given aucb other evidence of good
faith to wartant any man making an
investment with them.
Alex Sweek, president, Portland.
Clayton S. Barber, tec. and treaa.
R. A. Wade, vice-president.
Directori John Melton, Oneida,
Wash.; Geo. I Hutchins, Portland;
Wm. Anderson, Deep River, Wash.
The plant is now
in constant opera
tion. The drilling
is being done under
the supervision of
two expert oil well
operators. You can
see them at work
any day of the
week at Oneida
right opposite As-
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The picture opposite is
a view of the derrick in
actual operation.
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If you have any
doubt as to the la
bility of the com
pany, or in the
manner in which
it-is operating, be
fore you make any
investment visit
the property any
day and satisfy
yourself. Oil and
gas will be found
in paying quanti
ties. After the
"tfrike" fit will be
too late Etoo buy
Stock. Do it NOW.
StocH for Sale
For Development Pa ' o3ei
The per value of the stock is $100
per share, but is now offered at one
half ($50) and it is worth it The
company has already told a limited
amount of stock, equipped the prop
erty with the best working machinery
in the world and it hat plans for a
great future. The money tecured
from the sale of stock will be to push
the work. Every dolar will be used
to prepare for the best interest of the
company. As the drill goes down the
stock will surely rise. The price it it
now offered at will only be a short
time. A good rule it to let oppor
tunity in when it knocks at the door.
For an investment there it nothing
more tangible, brighter or more surer
dvidend paying than this stock, par
ticularly at $50 per share. ' Don't wait
until it goes to par, but buy now. It
is really a chance that comet seldom.
Further particulars at the addresses
given below.
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402 Commercial Block, Portland, Oregon, Higgfns;& Warren, Savings Bank Building, Astoria, Oregon.
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WAR
DEPARTMENT
Scheme to Put Country on Fine
Military Basis
PLAN OBVIATES CONFUSION
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The War Department Will be Ab!
to Put 250,000 Men in the Field
Almost Immediately Under New
Conditions.
NEW .YORK, Jufi,? 23. The War
Department has m'rfecfed a plan for
the virtual amalgariUfin into a train
ed army of 250,000 nifif ready to
answer the call of the PrVsi'dt'nt, of
all the regular and Nationaf Giiafd
troops in the United States. Assist
ant Secretary of War Oliver, who is
now at Pine Camp, witnessing the
department of the East maneuvers,
has given 'out this information:
: Assistant Secretary Oliver, in out
Kning , the plan for the reorganiza
tion of the National and State troops
declared that the word militia men as
now a misnomer and that the troops
since the passage of the Dick Bill by
Congress,, the U, S. Volunteers. ,
ihf War -Department, plan' means
nothing more or less than the mo
ment this country gets into trouble
the so-called National Guard organi
zations will cease to . exist as such
am! immediately units of the regular
army absolutely tinder the coutrot of
the president and the secretary ' of
war... ,. .( : , ... s
' This scheme", said Gen Oliver," is
the first move in the, plan to put this
country o'iy a military basis.Before
this we have. had no authority over
the state 1etter than a militia1 and as
guard organizations and what we
propose to do" is to organize these
state troops' and all the regular
forces into eight army corps and the
New England' S'tates, New York and
other states in' the' military division.,
The department of the East will con-K
stitute the First Army Corps organ-1
ization. The maneuver grounds here
on Pine Camp, if the government
buys them, will be the place where
the National and State troops that
i
will be in the first army corps will I
have their field training. In other I
words, it means that two years hence j
50,01X10 men will be mobilized on
this plain,
"As at present planned the war
Department will be able to put into
the field almost immediately an army
of 250,000 men. Part will be perfect
ly trained and the efficiency of the
rest will be so increased that they
will form a smooth working force.
''This new plan obviates all pos
sibility of confusion in the , event
of a sudden call to arms.
There will be no troops around the
country in haphazard fashion and
every regiment, state and regular will
know exactly where it belongs and
where it is to go. The plan will facil
itate every feature of mobilization.
It will be my duty to put this
plart into operation but should the
iiWessity arise my , successor can
cSfr'y' bri the work without the slight
est ffitVrruption, so perfectly and so
thoroughly worked out are the plans
of the (fepa'rf merit .
"Prior to the' passage of the Dick
Law, the iWstd'erit of' the U. S. had
practically no power at" all over' t'he'
militia organisation',' but now', in view
of the recent legislation, tlie militia
men enlist for, reltl' service a"ri'd' in' the
event of war his status is that of a
regular and no re-elilisfhiehV on his
part is necessary", 1
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NO DKINIUNG WATER
Chicago's Hottest Day Finds
Publi Fountains Dry
FORGOT TO FIX THE PIPES
People Pant Through the Scorching
Streets Department Stores Give
the i Only Relief Crowds Line up
For" Their Turn.
CUIC'AGO, June 23. On the hot
test dAy ot tne summer wbn thous
ands of persons were sweltering un
der" the burning rays of the sun and
the1 suffocating atmosphere in the
carijori-Iike of towering skyscrapers
not' a public drinking fountain was
to be found in operation in the heart
of Chicago yesterday.
Me' women' and children panted
through the scorching thoroughfares,
there were cafes, where fountains
j splashed gratefully, but ih no place
was water to be had free except in
the big department stores. There the
women and children crowded in rows
t, The Drake fountain at the City
Hall was as dry as a bone. The
bronze statue of Christopher Colum
bus glared in the burning heat. The
four drinking basins . ' were covered
with the boards that had protected
them all through the winter months.
At the Woman's Temple, the
bronze figure of a child , held out a
cup invitingly but no water flowed.
This is the fountain that in 1902,
was given by the 300,000 children of
the United States,' each contributing
ten cents, that, the. little, children of
Chicago might never go .thirsty on
a hot day. It was made by" George
Wade, a famous London sculptor.
Another fountain is just inside the
North entrance of the : Temple the
basin is surmounted by a little bronz
bay holding a trident but the figure
guarded no precious water.
The only explanation obtainable for
the lack of water at the fountains was
that the pipes had been neglected.