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VOL XLIX.
ASTOJUA, OKKGOX. HATMDAY M'MNLNO. JANUARY 21. WM
NO. I S3
The Only
IN ASTORIA ...
Our Hpoclnlty; MTOVI2M AND IIAINCJI2H
Wo know tint liimiiHm Twi-nly years x riciin.' f you wnnt
(00l KIovp, hoc tiio htock nt the
Eclipse Hardweire Co.
Pockot and Office Diaries
Tide Tables
Calendar Pads
Blank Books
World's Almanac
lluriiiin in Cloth Ilouinl Rook.
Griffin & Reed.
nnAuuuuivaruviuuvuAvvnj uvuvnivrw uuuvfuvaruvALorvAB
Kc'ji litnlthv iuhI ui li nly-(tf
Dried Fruits, Canned Fruits
Canned Vegetables
FOAflD &
"WE 5ELL
Pacific Sheet
MANUFACTURERS OF
Salmon
Vegetable
Frnit
...CANS...
Lithographing on
San Francisco. Cat.
Astoria, Ore.
Wrlto Um for Prices
C. HEILBORN & SON.
The Oldent Houwe in AHtorin.
Tito Lnrc-t tinil Onlv
Carp
et and Furniture House
in Aslorin.
Tlio lartt iiiitl-fnit'st htock
by any liouw in Oregon outside of
Reduction Sale...
To close out onr overstock wo offer at Hig Hotluctions
Fancy Columbian Soups, eight or
ten varieties.
Fancy Sliced Peaches and Apri
cots, in small cans.
Fancy Evaporated Bartlett Pears.
All tho ubovo strictly fancy gootk
ROSS, HIGGINS & CO
COLUMBIA IRON WORKS
Blacksmiths
BoilerMakers
Machinists
Foundrymen
LeOBglna BnglncM Unlit and Repaired.
Heavy Forging Under Power Hammer a Specialty
Sole Manufacturers of the Unsurpassed
... " Harrison Sectional" Propellor Wheel ...
Manufacturers for the I'adflc Const for the
ROBERTS WATER-TUBE BOILER.
Stove Store
t?
At this time of the vonr.
STOKES GO.
EVERYTHING."
Metal Works
spice
and
Syrup
Tin a Specialty.
Falrhaven, Wash.
of .('nrpcls nntlJFHrnitiuo carried
I'orllaml.
Loggers'
Supplies
Kept In Stock
pjp
I
Our 25 per cent
REDUCTION
SALE
For cash
Ends positively
On the Last
Day of this
Month.
Herman Wise
The Reliable
CLOTHIER k HATTER
CUT PRICES
We are making a great cut In special
lines Your opportunity Is nt hum!. You
nro buitnd to neeJ shorj and should buy
now while the nilvantouo It. o ohvlon-ly
In your favor. These shoes are not back
number of uncrrtnln age, a te and
quality. They're all standard stock and
good value for twice what we nsk.
Laird, 8chober Co.'s reduced from H.W
and S5.00 to Ji.M and 75.
Petersen & Brown.
THE PROOF
of the pudding m In th eating
and th proof ot liquors
IS IN SAMPLING
That' an anrumeat that' con
clulva demonstration.
Our will stud th tl
HUGHES & CO.
U LCBECK
Cnrpcntcr nnd Ilullder
General Contractor
HOUSE RAISING AND
HOVINQ A SPECIALTY
H.F.PraelTransferCo.
Telephone 8,
DRAYING AND EXPRESSING
All Good Shipped to Oar Oare
Will Reoeir BpeoUl Atteattna.
W. J. COOK. ICfT.
Rs. TeL UL
aJtorta. Or.
WARPING
IN NEED OF
PROTECTION
America's Special Mission lo
Cubans, Porto RIcans and
Filipinos.
SITUATION DEMANDS IT
Events of the Past tight Mombs
Have Compelled Is to
Elevate Them.
ADDRESS TO ENDEAVORERS
! t
President Clarke Says tot Question Is
as to the Best Maiair of Civilizing-the
People ofj Ue Islands
!
JIOSTON. Jon. -T'r HJ. nt K. E
Clarke. D.D., of Uwj United Bclfly ,f
Clirtmian Endeavor, has undrtak-n to
f-t bToro th Kiidaavon-rs certain nrln.
clplns to b considered In d.-termlnltig the
annua or the member of ihe oelcty
a to lniH-rl.iljni or ntWnul cxpiinilun.
rmridrnt Clark. aj':
"Ttu itrcit qurnilum Involved are not
wh-lher diiaJialon will tnctroja our it.
irt or Itiipuria; noi uti.-iher It will In.
volv. a great taiu!ln army and a vaxt
ttavy; not whether U mcrcaac our
nuKonal pn-atlg,, and lmirtan-; not
wiiotlhtr It will Involve a airlct or llboral
liaoriiroution of th er.tltuUon; not
wtvnhxr U will Involv. th,. aheivlnir of
tlm ll'iiirmi dix-trlne, hut whrhcr or nor
lni rliiliKiii will miblu Ani.-ricu U-iti-r 1
ti (M-rinrm Kn mlitiitoii jtiiik tin- ynat
iiaiiinm i in,, wvriu a u civuinnu. up
lifting fore."
In fiilumii uiu tti.i mutUT. l'iidcnt
Cliiko on tlmn:
romi for do.
nti I i" ? u OI'1'," W ''ou'1'
, ...... , uaiiuiwi
""'. which ceruln udvucnt.a nt
impiHallntn would aiiiile uvfor,. mir eye.
m (i(kiI. w MMred out of our duty
by tlx- timid dor. oy wnw who dare
not attempt ret thlngn f.r Ud und
hunmiilty. .
Th Kvcnt of the m eight months
have glvr-n Amrli a special mlnalon lo
tlm CutNtns. tho I'orto Kicans and the
HllpUvie. And now the question In. How
can we IkhI perform it?
"W'm cannot. If we would, plaoe our.
selves where we wrre a jeer ago. The
bwin of Dewey gun In Manila and of
Hatnpson's at Bantlgo will never ceae
to echo. We owe a peculiar duty to at
least twelve millions of people, who a
ymr ago wvr under bur nwrilculur uphere
of Influence.
"Can we most quickly elevate these
people and bring them Into the front
rank of the civilised Christian races by
annexing them, or by converting thWr
lands to colonies, oi can U bent U- done
by fostertnar. tru-tn and protecting trum
for a llttlu until thvy are able to go aloic
s frvn mii-1 independent etatcaT That.
It dvirn to me, is the ttreat question of
tho ihiy. as fur as trn-se nations are
cvncvriiMl.
If this qutwtlon is not settled as liotl
would have U willed. It will be. n sorry
ily ' for America. If it la settled right.
It will not only tiring uniold WoKslnrs
lo lliois, ihmpIch of the Wtntf Indies ami
l lie coin li 4M. but It will bring the dawn
f a new era to tint world, for It will
show that a strung nation goes even to
tlio Klni of wiir. not for tts own glory
and ugKraiullEeincnt. but for tho eleva
tion and iKlvuiRvnuuit of a wwik and
dowtiirtHldoii people.
"If this, Amorlca's avow.'d puriKtac,
ptwea to ly, lur real purpose, It will lc
a prouder thing tluin ever to b calloil un
AnHrlitui. if U hIiouM prove that we
have gonu to war uml are exploStihg these
nopio simply for our own commercial ad.
vantage, with llttlo thought of their in.
tor.wts or advancement, wo should Ih
como, as we deserve to teconio, a hissing
byword uinoin; tho tuitions,"
THE MCI 1 A I. KM EXTENSION
Oi' THE ASTORIA RAILROAD.
With It Astoria Would Heconio a DU
trllnitlng Point for S00.0" Acres of
Pino Timber Lund.
VKUNONIA, Columbia county. Ore..
Jan. H. 1MW. Editor Astorlan: In a late
OroKonlun appears a little diagram and
an article designating a short route from
tha present terminus of the Astoria &
So&eido Railroad, through a newly dls.
covered and suurt route, to tho Nehalem
river from Seaside. The lutter place, by
government map, la situated In section 29,
T. ( N., R, 10 W., about 16 miles south
of Astoria. The suggestion is that the
north fork of tho Nohalom river can be
reached and followed south to Its Junc
tion with the main river In T. J N.. H.
10 V.. (about IS miles south of Seaside)
and a few ratios northeast of Nehalem
Hay. This point on the Nehalem is near
tho line surveyed tor the Astoria and
South Coat Railroad a few year lnce,
and near the only pas and Inlet Into the
Tillamook oountry. The building of
about 15 mllea mora of road, It teems, is
all that Is necessary to complete railroad
connection betweon Astoria and the No.
halam valley.
The first question presenting Itself Is,
will tho results of such an undertaking
(costing J2.-.0.WO or $300,000) Justify uch
an outlay of capital?
In my Juugmmt there is no part of tho
Paclflo coast whero so small an outlay
for railroad building will bring more sat.
Isfactory result than this one. In the
first place, 1500,000 has been expended to
build to Seaside, which, up to thla time,
I utterly profitless for eight month In
very rear, and will continue io until
extended to reach some freight producing
vlcmlty.
Without any reference to any extension''
f.inhfr outh Into tha rich Tlllnmoolc
country, ind to Tllinmoolc Bay-twIv
mll aouth of th Ndhn;m uiK.n roarh
Irnf thi Nhiil-m rlvur th-re U rfachrd
the wt'rn e4n of th. val!-y of that
iivr r,d i trlhutar!, with an area
of fi o.Uiira nillra lylnn abaolutftly un.
d'rt I.pfd, In- It natlv. rlchnma. wliich
In only waiting for an enttrprln. liki
HiU lo hiiiM Op on. of the forrmoat pro.
dii'-ltig tomiTiuiiltlm In all Oregon. The
nntural outlet of ililn vnllry la down the
river lowiinU Antorta. No rwid ran pa
over to th. Columbia rtv-r, jri mllea dl
lant. at ! thun on a grade of more
limn yti f.t per mile.
The product of rtila territory, first
available, ) it wonderful growth of
tlmtwr, chli-fly of fir and cedar, for lum
ber, now demanded In many of the mar.
ket of lh world. Where th. rod can
II rut reach navigable water point li to
Ilin rtvr and neaport at Aitorla aa a
d(trllnitliig point for thli product, Just
a Chicago waa for forty years a point
of dlatrlbutlon for th. millions of wealth
out of the pinery at flreen Bay.
l pon the main river, and on a few of
Ita (urge brum ! Ilk. the Flan Hawk,
Northrup. Ue.-p Cr-k. Crooked Crk.
Hock Klver Eaat fork and Clear Creek
ther li 'MOKE THAN 1M MILKH OF
WATKIIWAY FOR DHIVI.VO lJKiH To
TIIK WATEIt near the mouth of the
river; uii;eiiiing that if mllli of un.
Iinlted capacity are located there, they
"ill never want for log until they have
mrlpped Mm acre of thla forest of "
llnilr. There U absolutely no other
practicable outlnt to water navigation
than thin one-, vix.. down th Nehalem
river, and no other lumbering district of
any nuigniiud-, within my knowledi.
ever had a bctUT.
As I have Hated, tho lmpa.sable moun.
t.dru which shut this country off from
the Columbia river, Jut as effeclually
cm It 'jff from all service by, or arenas
lo your "(Joble Road" to I'ortland. which
ail tho way cllncs to the bank of that
river, where It Is no niore needed up to
this time than a blryclo or race track
for fimt horie. although It coat your
good city a subsidy worth millions of
money.
I think it is Mr. J. H. M. who recently
In a Tiinlund paper thinks that that road
with its nuUl.llcs. I ready to go Into
receiver's hands. Correct or not correct,
any embarnusment, or want of business,
lo any arm of commerce stretching out
from the nvmih of the Columbia can
only be a temporary affair, If our state,
lis people and Its capitalists are to have wav building In this part of British Co
any share in the expanding, world-wide j lumbla, and controls the only moan of
traffic which 1 now, as never before, to access to and from the Kootenals until
i offered to the raclne states.
Kutabllshlnit manufacturing in Oregon . Corbin's road, the Spokane Falls St Nor
lua been fli'.un, fully neglected. We arc 1 them, runs north from Spokane. It con.
ourselves1 shamefully dependent on dis- "'s with the Great Northern, Northern
unt state for thousands of articles ' Pacific, Union Paclflo and! genera'ly with
WHICH WE Ol'OHT NOW TO hAVE tbe railroad sj-stem of tha rmti
iTfi sin.l. tii ihstivt lat iviu
j THE PACIFIC Even our Oregun saw
, null lor one Hundred mile above Ainri
loiw fully oive-thlrd of th.-ir gross pro. i en-i and the Red mountain rroni
eeed paid for timber grown on the soil : Northport across the boundary to Ross
of anottu r state. . ! land.
r huv stated that there Is In this for- i The proposed new line to the Kettle
est Nw.twl acre within reach of the j River will make a southern outlet to the
witters of tho Nehalt m. Experienced ' Boundary creek district, whose rich de.
Iumlermen estimate one to two bun-! Posits of copper, gold and sliver have at.
dred thouxand feet broail measure per i traded the eye of shrewd capitalists a
acre from these mourners of the forest, j showing mineral wealth equal to. If not
There is. then, a crop here, all ready for ! "weeding, the famous country surround
harvesting, the garnering of which must ! taf Butte, Mont. For the mastery of the
add -hundreds of millions of dollars to the ! situation In this country the Canadian
wealth of Oregon In the near future;
and heat of all there will be created an
Industry in the very suburbs of your
city yielding hundreds of ton of freight
dally for distant markets, while a solid
wlltk-rnes of 2.mV square mile lying
between Astoria and Portland will gred-
ually. but surely as I have stated, be
transformed Into one of the garden spots
of Oregon swarming in these beautiful
valleys with a population of 30.000 people
enjoying the wealth which their own
hands hath chiefly created. I01 Kvernment policy, the ministry. was
Very respectfully. j no called upon to give its unanimous
JOHN CAMPBELL. Influence as a body either way.
I Mr. Corbin's syndicate asks no subsidy
EAQAN DISMISSED AS land ha-s rweived none for any of the
COMMISSARY GENERAL. ' rowJs hlcn It ha constructed In Can.
! adian territory, and offers the means of
Colonel John W. W'eston Appointed His . ""'O'ng the ores of the Boundary creek
o i i i country across the boundary for treit-
Successor and Ordered to Report ,,, . , . lnf-u
ment at rejusonable rates and with all due
For Duty at Once. ' guarantee for the protection of Canaa"tui
; interests. But It is Just lu re that tho
NEW YORK. Jan. JO.-A dispatch to the Canadian Pacific railroad steps in with
Herald from Washington says: What. th,. argument that U is prepared and
ever may bo the outcome of the Kag-.m I int1rtHl. engaged, in this very s.ime under,
court martial, it may be contlJently ' taking, and that the peopte. of British
stated that Eagan's career, as com mis. : Columbia want no trwisissing on Can
sary general of the nrm.v Is ended. adian territory bv American companies.
His successor. Colonel John F. Weston. , and that, in short, the interests of Can
has been selected. Orders have been ada will b. best serve) by ke. ping trade
telngraphed liim at New York directing within her own borders Instead of divert
him to report for duty at once to the into American channels. . Th
seeTctary of war. This means that he Is
uiu.nai.i, u. ...He w.mge ui uie will.
mlssary general s dej'artment. He can. ,
not be nominate,! by the senate to sue-
c.e,! General Kagan as commissary gen. j
eral until tho latter has been dismissed '
or relegated to the retired list.
Colonel Weston, who Is commissary I
gonoral, Is one of the best known officers j
of the subsistence department. He was
the chief commissary officer during the
Suntlago campaign.' He has been In the
subsistence department since 1SS5. hav.
lng previously served In the line' of the 1
army.
PHILIPPINE TRADE
FOR THE PACIFIC COAST.
Large Supply of Canned and Froxen ;
Meats Go From California to 1
I
Feed Our Soldiers. j
""""" ;
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 20. The trans- i
port Scandto and Morgan City, which )
are soon io van tor wanna, win carry those submitted by MiJee in substintia
a large supply of -California meat to feed atlon of his attack on the beef supplies. '
the soldiers stationed In the Philippines. On belne sworn the witness identified
On the Morgan City 4000 cases of
oanned meats have been placed, while I
40,000 pounds of frosen beef will be put t
on Doara tne tscwtdla next Sunday morn,
'n'-
This Is the first shipment of California i
dressed beef in any considerable quan- !
tity sent rrora nere for American rations, j
Tha supply has been carried to tha
kdands from New Zealand and the bulk j
of It I still supplied from that source.
The commissary department of this city :
has been making efforts to bring the
trade to this coast
MINE DESTROYED BY FIRE.
SALT LAKE, Jan. 20. A Tribune spe. '
elal from Kemmer, Wyo., says: The
fire which, on December 26, broke out In i
the Dlamondvllle mine, at DlamondvUle,
continues to apread, despite all efforts to
control It and It 1 feared that the mine
will hav to b abandoned. A final ef
fort, will be made to lubdue It today, but
there Is little hope ot It being successful.
CANADIAN IS
IN TROUBLE
Its Formliatle Rival AgaKi
After Grants In British
Colombia.
AMERICANS INTERESTED
Kettle River Valley Railway
Wants to Build Its Line in
the Territory.
THE FIGHT JN PARLIAMENT
Canadians Claim Trade Should Be Kept
at Home and Oppose Crantlnr
Access to Americans.
NEW YORK. Jan. 20.-A dispatch to
the Tribune from Ottawa. Ont. says;
Th meeting of parliament will e the
rcnswal of hostilities between the Can
adian Pacific railroad and it moat for.
mldable rival in the rich mining districts
of southern British Columbia. An applu
cation la pending on behaif of the Kettle
River Valley railroad In terms similar to
the measure which last session waa de
feated through the influence of the Can
adian Pacific. (
The promoters of the Kettle River nro.
position are Americans the D. C. Cor-
o:n syndicate which
waa the qIoiiapp mtl
w, trow Nest line la completed. Mr
stme ir .
known as the Nelson & Fort Shplurd.
wnicn ooens un a rich inn nt n-.,..
Paclflo Is straining- every Influence that
an mfluentlal corporation knows so well
to command and apply. The applicants
have shown themselves capable of put.
ting up an exceedingly strong case, which
i " but won for them last session against
tn Canadian Pacific railroad In. parlia.
where, for many year, the.lnfiu-
mce of the. latter was fenvartably para.
I mount, tven the ministry Itself gave.
! m ,h whole, support to the Kettle river
! b"1- sJthough the matter, not being one
nunt is one that carries some weight.
aJ'.JlOUgh Uto minister of rall:lv h.
expressed himself as satisfied that the
fullest provision mav lw m.u f.
ml!(,n protection and to guard against
handlliiK valuable franchises to American
capitalist to the hurt and prejudice of
Canadian trade,
BEEF FURNISHED ARMY
WAS NOT FIT FOR USE.
Major Daly Testifies That the Meat at
Tampa Was Allowed to Stand
in tho Sun.
WASHINGTON, Jan. SO.-MaJor W. H.
Daly, chief surgeon with ereral Miles.
I whose field service stretched from Tampa
to Porto mvo ml w,10se rePrt con-
th th telia-
tlonary forces created a senwition some
vwk9 ago. mad his longwalted ap.
pearance as a witness before the war ln-
vastitation commission todav. Dalv-a r
port was the strongest In language of
th rennrt submitted as his own. H
witling, he said, to stand bv his renort
it was wholly voluntary and was not
called out bv any reauest or In obedience
- to anv circular latter. At Tamnn ha
had noticed a Quarter of beef hanartnr
free In the sun on shipboard and he be-
came Interested in an experiement of
having fresh slaughtered beef placed
atSSOIUTUIYPlir.E
Makes the food more delicious end wholesome
WM ftARIMf)
under such molit climatic condition to
see how long It could stand it.
"I observed," he Ud, "that flls, especi
ally bull flies, did not affeat (t. did not
alight on It, or If they did they got awrvy
from It quickly."
He had cut on a piece of that beef at
Tampa and cooked It, but It neither
smolled nor touted naturally. n noticed
Indications of chemicals present In th
meat.' which brought back recollection
of chemical stuff he had used to presorts
elk In hunting- expedition In the Rockr
mountains ome year before. AH that
day and the next he bad an unpleasant
taste.
NO CHOICE FOR SENATOR
IX THESE SEVEN BTAIw.
Washington, Delaware, Pennsylvania.
Nebraska, Utah, California, and
Montana Still Voting.
0MTMP1A, Jan. .-Fiv more fruitless
ballot were taken for enator today,
each result. na- as follow: Foster, 17;
Vllson. r,; Humea. a; Ankenjr. 1; Lewis,
IK DELAWARE.
DOVER, Jan. .-Th last ballot for
Cnited State senator today resulted a
follows: Gray, U: Addlcks, 15; Dupont
11; Nicholson, i; T. A. Dnpont, t
IN PENNSYLVANIA.
HARRISBCRO. Jan. .-Today vote
for senator reeulted as follows: On
; Jenk (democrat), a; Stewart, ;
Stone, ; Huff, ; absent, 42: necessarr
to choice, lOi.
TS NEBRASKA.
LINCOLN, Jan. JO.-The vote for sena
tor resulted ae follow today: Allen, a-
Hayward, 40; Webster. 10: Thorn nar,
7; Field, 1; Lambertson, 1; Reese, ;
nun, i; nesion. i; jiinsfiaw, 2; Haln
r, I; Tom, 2; Cornish, I; Van Dusen, L
IN UTAH.
SALT LAKE, Jan. Jfl.-Todav" ballot
for entor resulted:' King. 14; Medina
IS; Powers, g; Cannon, ; Hammond, (re.
publican), 16; absent, 1 The four can
didate first named are democrat.
IN CALIFORNIA. '
8ACRAMENTO. Jan. 2u.-Two ballot
were taken in joint session today but
there was no change In the situation.
Burns and Grant being the leading can
didates. IN MONTANA.
HELENA. Jan. 20.-Today ballot for
t"nltd States senator resulted aa follows
Conrad, as; Clark, ; Toole, ; Fox, 5
Malone (republican). 15; scattering. 5;
necessary to choice, 46.
THE COPPER INDUSTRY
BOOMING IN CHILI.
Big French Syndicate In the Field. Ready ,
to Develop the Mmes-Opposltlon
to Paper Money.
NEW YORK. Jan. 20.-A dispatch to'
the Herald from Valpartoo, Chile
says: The copper boom Is creating great
enthusiasm among the miner. Caw
vans are starting to work new mine
and those that were cloed down are now
In full activity.
A yndlcate has recently been formed "
in Pan with a capital of two million
franc to work the copper mine which
ar so abundant here. Another syndi
cate ha been formed at Iquique with a
capital of 800,000 franc to develop the ,
oorax deposits.
The estimate contemplate a subven
tion of $500,000 yearly for a ateanuhlp
line which will ply between Chilean and
Brasiltan ports.
The opposition against the new paper
issue is Increasing. President Erraiurig
answering the chamber of commerce,
stated that he was strongly opposed
to the Issue as an vfl to the national
Interests. Gold Is 50 per cent premium.
Two millions of dollars In gold have
been exported this month.
Sir Martin Conway has arrived at
Punta Arenas to ascend Mount Sarmt.
onto, which has never yet been explored.
ADMIRAL CERVERA'S WATCH.
WICHITA. Kan., Jan. aO.-Admiral rr.
vera's watch; It Is claimed is owned by
Lieutenant Belts, company E. Twenty,
third Kansas volunteers, a negro who
Is home from Cuba. It Is a fine gold
watch, the case set with diamonds and
rubies. Inside "Paschal Cerveri" Is en
graved. The watch waa secured by Betts
according to his story, from a Spanish
pllot-the man who KUided Ceivera's
ships out of Santiago harbor July 3. As
a reward Cervera gave him this watch.
Being In straightened circumstances and
wanting to go home, he sold It to Bett3
for $52,
BIO ADVANCE IN CENTRAL STOCK.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 20.-The Central
Pacific railroad stock, which, less than
throa months ago, waa quoted at 13, has
advanced to 48. Mrs. Stanford own 35,.
333 shares of the stock and at 13 it wa
worth $133,329. At the present rate she
can sell It for $1,599,984. and It is said
she has received even a better offer. The
Examiner this morning suys that some of
the local directors of the Central Pacific
Intimate that within 30 days the scheme
of the financial reorganization ot the
road will be mode public.
NEW GUNS COMPLETED.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 20.-Four of the
new l!.lnch breech loading rlflod coast
defense mortars which the Nile Tool
Works, of Hamilton, Ohio, are building
for the United States government were
shipped to the government proving
ground near Sandy Hook. N. J. The
guns are It feet In length, weighing 30,.
000 pounds and throw a 600-pound dyna
mite shell ten miles.
rtjn$tf CO H?W VOW.