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About Wallowa County chieftain. (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 30, 1909)
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST OREGON RICH IN GOOD OIL. Reported Big Strike Hat Been Made in Malheur County. Vale Every day's boring in the Vale oil fields increases the certainty that Oregon is destined to become one of the greatest oil producing states in the country, say prospector and oil ex perts who have witnessed the results of the well-sinking now in progress by half a dozen different companies in Northern Malheur county. The Malehur Oil & Gas company, af ter sinking a well 1,700 feet and get ting well into a chocolate formation, which is regarded as a sure forerunner of oil, capped the well and refuse ab solutely to allow visitors to approach it. This action is believed by others operating in the district to have been prompted by the fait that oil was act ually struck in the Malheur well and that the company prosecuting the de velopment work has some reason for not allowing it to become known that oil has actually been found in commer cial quantities. The Baker-Malheur company is down 900 feet and has let a contract for sinking its well 1,100 feet deeper, having taken this action after oil expeits from Pennslyvania and California had expressed the be lief that oil would be struck at a depth of 1800 to 2000 feet. The Columbia Oil & Gas company, which is largely owned in Spokane, is down 1200 feet with a 12 inch drill and is passing through the same form ation that was found in the cel ebrated Kern river district in South ern California. It was from this well that the sample of oil was procured by the special government representative of the geological survey whose report on the discovery resulted in a recom mendation being made by Secretary of the Interior Ballinger that the whole district be withdrawn from entry and reserved as a source of fuel supply for the future use of the United States navy. The well being sunk by the East ern Oregon Oil company is down 800 feet and has passed through two atratas of oil sand. The drill in this well recently encountered hot salt wa ter, which is regarded as a sure indica tion of oil in commercial quantities. The Mammoth Oil & Gas company is another of the companies sinking a well in the district. This company is owned by men who have operated in other oil fields, and they express the greatest confidence in the district. One of the best drilling rigs in the dis trict has just been set up by the Vale Oil & Gas company, which is prepared to expend $25,000 in developing its claim. D. M. Hunt, who has had 25 years' experience in the oil fields of West Virginia, Ohio and California, and who is now superintending the de velopment work of one of the largest concerns operating in the . Vale oil fields, says: "The Vale district is the most promising that I have ever seen, and I shall be greatly surprised if it does not turn out to be one of the greatest oil producing sections of the United States." Buys Apple Land. Pleasant Ridge Dr. J. A. Pettit, S. C. Pier and Stanhope Pier have re cently purchased a 400 acre tract of apple land at Pleasant Ridge, Wasco county, 12 miles south of The Dalles. The land is to be planted in the best varieties of apples and sold in 10 acre tracts. An abundance of water may be had for irrigation purposes, which it is proposed to -bring to the tract. The country around Pleasant Ridge is very .similar to the Hood River dis trict, the soil and climate being much the same, and it is believed by scien tific apple growers that the famous Hood River apple will grow to perfec tion there. Best Peach Land In Oregon. Portland W. H. Lang Co., have sold the Cliff farm, located on the Wil lamette river 18 miles above Portland and two miles from Canby. It has one half mile of river front, boat land ing on the place and is one of the best located farms on the Willamette River, is nearly all improved, has fairly good buildings and is well stocked. The consideration was $18,750. It contains 150 acres, part of which is the best peach land in Oregon. The peaches off 450 trees adjoining this land this season sold for $1,500. Water Fight Promised. Salem Judge William Galloway, in tlie equity division of the circuit court for Marion county, lias granted an or iler allowing State Senator Hart, of Baker county, to fiio a writ of review demanding that the state board of water control be required to remand its order relating to the proposed irrigation pro ject of Thief valley. Senator Hart rep resents the Cookingliam and Finklen burg interests, who are attempting to gain rights in the valley. Local Men Invest In Apple Land. Winston Dr. Byron E. Milller and ' Henry Foz. a retired capitalist from Dulutb, Minn., have closed a deal with T. R. Sheridan, president of the First National bank of Roseburg, for the purchase of a portion of the Sheridan and Agee holdings of apple lands, lo cated near Winston. This is one of the choicest tracts of fruit lands in Southern Oregon. The purchasers in tend planting about 250 acres of the tract to commercial apples during the poming year. SURVEYORS FINISH WORK Now Ready to Establish a Permanent Survey to Klamath Falls Klamath Falls Southern Pacific surveyors who have been establishing the permanent survey between Klam ath Falls and Natron have completed the work and have departed for Red ding, Cal., where they are to take up the permanent survey of the road from Redding to Alturas and thence to this city. Large forces are employed on the road to the north of Klamath Falls. Winter quarters have been es tablished. About three miles north of Klamath Falls a small temporary city has been established. In this vicjnity it is necessary to make several deep cuts and large fills. It will require several months to complete thsse diffi cult undertakings. Construction camps are strung out for a distance of more than 20 miles. - New Partner in Weston Mill. Weston E. S. Isaac, of Walla Walla, one of the northwest's most successful flouring mill men, has pur chased an interest in the Weston flour ing mill. The mill has been running with power from a large gas engine, but under the new management it is probable that the long contemplated plan of using the waters of Pine creek during a portion of the year for pow er will be put into execution. Several thousand bushels of wheat still remain in the hands of farmers in this section, who are holding out for the expected" $1 a bushel." Never theless, close to 8.000 busheU were bought by Frank Price the past week, the agent here for the Kerr-Gifford company, paying 95 cents per bushel. Petition for Train. Salem A petition signed by several hundred people residing along the line jf the Corvallis & Kastern railroad, be tween Albany and Hoover, was for warded to the Tailroad commission by E. L. Payne, asking for a train for the passenger traflic alone. The .petition sets forth that patrons of the road are compelled to use a logging train, and that it takes five hours to go from Hoover to Albany, a distance of 5S miles. A.-Y.-P Prize Certificates Received Salem Certificates for grand prizes awarded to the state of Oregon for its general educational display, for its hops, wool and complete display of woods at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific ex position have been received by Govern or Benson. A certificate of honorable mention for the flax display from this state was also received. Hood River Will Pave Streets. Hood River It has been decided that Hood River will have paved streets before another winter. It is estimated that it will cost between $50,000 and $60,000 to do the project ed street work. ' Oil Near Oufur. Dufur J. E. Porter, who has been drilling a well at Three Mile, struck a small flow of oil at a depth-of 167 feet. Operation has been stopped and a com pany is being formed to raise money to sink a deep well. " PORTLAND MARKETS Wheat Track prices : Bluestem, $1211.22; club, $1.10; red Russian, $1.08; Valley, $1.05. Barley Feed and brewing, $3031 per ton. Corn Whole, $35 ; cracked, $36 per Millstuffs Bran. $26 Der ton: mid dlings, $33; shorts, $28.50(29.50; rol led barley, $31. Oats No.l white, $32.5033.50. Hay Timothv. Willamette ValUv. $18(220 per ton ; Eastern Oregon, $18 '21.50; alfalfa, $16(S16.50; clover, $1516; cheat, $1516; grain hay, $15Ca)16. Butter City creamery extras. 39c: fancy outside creamery, 3c35c per lb.; store, 2224c. Butter fat prices average lc per lb. under regular butter prices. Poultry Hens, 145?14c; Springs, 140)14 Wc: roosters. 9(a)10c: ducks, is g)19c: geese 14c: turkevs. live. 22 He: dressed, 26(6,28c. Eggs Fresh Oregon extras. 42 ner dozen; Eastern, 30fe35c per dozen. rresh Fruits Ami es. $13 hnx- pears, $11.50 per box; cranberries, $9 per barrel. Potatoes - Carload buvinsr ericas ; Oregon, 60f 80c per sack ; sweet pota toes, l(f2c per pound. Vegetables Artichokes. 75c ner dozen; cabbege, lcper pound; cel ery, $2.753.25 per crate- garlic, 10c per pound; horseradish, $1.60 per box; pumpkins, liftlJ6c: sprouts. 8c Der pound ; squash, llUc; tomatoes. 75c $1. Sack Vegetables TurniDs. SI ner sack; carrots, $1 ; beets,$1.60; parsnips $1.50. Onions Oregon, $1.50 per sack. Cattle Best steers, $4.504.76; fair, to good. $4(S4.25 : medium and feeders, $3.50(3.75; common to me dium. $2.5003.75: bulls S2fffi2.50: stags $2.603.60-; calves, light, $5.25 5.50; heavy, $4(34.76. Hogs Best, $8.508.75; medium, $7.50g8; stackers, $6.60(36.75. Sheep Best wethers, $5.005.75; fair to good, $4.254.75; best ewes, $4.5005.00. Hops 1909 crop, 1822Kc; 1908 crop, normal; 1907 crop, 12c; 1906 crop, 8c. ? Hides Dry hides, 1819c per pound; dry kip, 1718c per pound; dry calfskin, 19(S21c per pound; salt ed hides, 104llc; salted calfskin, 1516c per pound; green, lc less. CONFLICT SEEMS IMMINENT. Railroads Say They Can't Pay Higher Wages. Washington, Dec. 27. Some members of the interstate commerce commission and many railroad officials believe they can see rapidly approaching one of the severest contests between labor and capital in recent history. This does not necessarily mean thnt railroad men gen erally are expecting big strikes in the labor world. Such strikes, however, are always among the possibilities when labor and capital clash. It is firmly believed by the railroad men that this struggle will be begun by the railroad labor organizations, will rapidly spread to other lines of work and may even tually result in a complete readjust ment of industrial conditions. The situation with respect to railroad labor is unique in the history of this or any other country. Never before has labor enjoyed such high wages. During the recent, periods of great pros perity wages in the railroad field have mounted very high. As a result, labor men have become accustomed to living on an entirely different plane from for merly. They are living in better neigh borhoods, are dressing better, are edu cating their families, and altogether are taking a different view of life. Notwithstanding the fact, however, that exceedingly high wages, compara tively speaking, have enabled the la boring classes in the railroad field to better their conditions, they now find themselves unable to live on their pres ent rates of pay. One of two things must result, namely, either the railroad laborer mint return to his old sty!- of living or he must have increased wagt-s. Kailroad managements everywhere rec ognize this economical fact.' They say, however, that they would be willing to increase wages if they could do so without menace to the" property intrusted to their care. They say, with some show of reason, that it is impossible for railroads to continue to absorb the increased cost of living on behalf of their employes and at the same time stand the increased cost of all material and everything which en ters into the operation' and maintenance of a railroad. The point has been reached, they insist, where railroads must receive more for the transporta tion services if they are to continue in creasing wages. Upon this platform the railroads say they must stand firmly. BLIZZARD IN THEEE STATES. Trains Stalled and Chicago Faces Coal Famine. Chicago, Dec. 2". The entire west and northwest, from Winnipeg, Man., to the lower tier of Illinois- counties, along the Ohio river, are hard and fast in the grip of the Storm King. An average of seven inches of snow blan kets all this vast territory, crippling all transportation lines, bringing intense suffering to the poor, making acute the coal famine which menaces Chicago and other big cities and reducing supplies of all kinds because the railroads can not transport farm products to the cities. Meager reports from Michigan indi cate that state iias suffered most se verely. A few telegrams drifting through tell of blockades in all direc tions. Grand Trunk and Pere Mar quette trains are absolutely snowbound. At Detroit streetcar traffic is badly im paired, and the car ferries bave been fast in the ice of the Detroit river for 24 hours. Trains into Chicago from all direc tions are from three to ten hours late, and unless the storm soon abates con ditions will be much worse. While the elevated trains are running fairly well the surface roads are badly handi capped. Not only is Chicago's trans portation badly hampered, but the city is facing a coal famine. It became apparent three days ago that the supply would run short, and every railroad tapping Illinois and Indiana coal fields had made arrange ments to take advantage of the doul l,j holiday to rush a big supply to this .nd other cities. With the roads bend ing every effort to get passenger trains through the snow, however, the moving of freight was absolutely out of the question, and the Urge supply of coal waiting to be moved still remains on the sidetracks. Charitable associations are burdened to the limit by calls for assistance. Jump to Save Is Fatal. Camden, N. J., Dec. 27. White Christmas brought death and sorrow to two families at Malaga, N. J., this afternoon. Mrs. Mary Price was killed by a train. William Hageman, who made an attempt to save her, received injuries froin which he died. Mrs. Price was standing on the platform at Malaga .when she slipped and fell on the tracks, just as the train was pulling in. Without hesitation Hageman jumped to rescue her, but before he couid drag hr from danger both were struck by the locomotive. "Tramp" Pays Old Score. Denver, Colo., tiec. 27. Seven years ago James L. Harvey, now a Rio Grande switchman here, was brakeman on a freight in Oklahoma, and befriend ed a tramp. Today Harvoy received a letter from the trump, Charles Mc- Namara, now a Tich miner of Mur.-ay, Idaho, enclosing a check for $500 n a Christmas gift. Harvey permitted Mc- iNamara to rule over his division, gave him clothes, a meal, a bed and a $2 bill. Dying Woman Bef uses Aid. Los Angeles, Dec. 27. Mrs. Polly Bolotin, who suffered frightful burns last night, when she used kerosene to encourage the fire under the family's Christmas turkey, die,d early today. De spite her fatal burns, Mrs. Bolotin re fused to accept medical aid until as sured by sight .that her five children were safe. What Gold Cannot Buy Tty MUS. A.LEJTA.SfDE'R Autheref "A CmkU Peth." "Meld. Wife or Wld.w." "By Wimu'l Wit," "BMttn'l Barf tin." "A LIU InMrat," "Mene'a Cheloe." "A Wimu'l Heert." CHAPTER X. The young heiress was much upset, and, besides this, she bad felt for some time what she would have termed an "aching void" for want of a confi dante. A confidante had always been a necessity to her, as It generally Is to persons much taken up with them selves. Her last devoted friend, the depositary of her secret troubles, pro jects, and love affairs, had lately mar ried a brutal Jiusband who had taught his bride to laugh at Mary Dacre's storms in a teacup and .two-penny-halfpenny tragedies; so her heart was empty, swept and garnished, and ready for the occupation of Another "faithful friend and counsellor," when fate threw Hope Desmond In her way. In Miss Dacre's estimation, she was eminently fitted to fill the vacant post; there was Just the difference of station between them which would make the confidences of the future Baroness Cas tleton flattering to their recipient, to whom also her friendship might be useful. There was a short pause. Miss Desmond's eyes looked dreamy, as If she were gazing in spirit at some dis tant scene, and not as if she were quivering with Impatience for the revelations about to be made to her. The silence was broken suddenly by a somewhat unconnected exclamation from Miss Dacre: "He Is certainly very nice-looking." "Who? Lord Everton?" asked Hope. "Lord Everton! Nonsense! He might have been forty years ago. I mean Captain Lumley. There Is something knightly In his look and bearing: one could imagine him go ing down into the lion's pit for one's glove, and that sort of thing." "I do not think I could." smiling. "I do not fancy Captain Lumley or any other logical modern young man doing anything of the kind. He might, if extra-chivalrous, bring you a dozen new pairs to replace the one you had dropped." "Ah, my dear Miss Desmond, I fear you are not imaginative. Or perhaps you have only known prosaic men." "I have only known very few of any kind." "And I have had such a wide expe rience!" said Miss Dacre. with a sigh, "You can see I am no beauty; yet I have the fatal gift of fascination in an extraordinary degree. Yes, really It Is quite curious." Another sigh. "I feel In something of a difficult position Just now, and I have no friend near with whom to take counsel. Now, dear Miss Desmond, I feel attracted to you. I am certain you could be a faithful friend, and silent as the grave." "I should be very happy to be of any use to you," said Hope, seeing she paused for a reply. "I knew you would. I am so tired of feeding on my own heart! I want a friend. Now, I dare say you are sur prised to see how earnestly I advocate Hugh Savllle's cause. Ah, there Is a little tragic story which will color my whole life." "Indeed!" with awakening Interest. "I trust your life will he free from all tragic Ingredients." "Ah, no; that It cannot be. You must know that I saw a great deal of Richard and Hugh Savllle when I was a little girl; my father worried a great deal about politics, and I used to live at the Court all the summer, that he might see me sometimes (my mother died when I was a baby, you know). Well, as soon as I left off playing with dolls and began to feel, I was In love with Hugh; and he was very fond of me. Then he went to sea, and we did not meet for years, until after I had been presented and had refused half a dozen men. I shall never for get our first meeting when he return ed from oh. I don't know where. He was so pleased to sen me; but soon, very soon, I saw that he who was the light of my eyes was the one man of all I had met who resisted the attrac tion I generally exercise." Here she paused In her voluble utterance and pressed her handkerchief to her eyes. Hope was so amazed at these unex pected revelations that the bright col or rose In her cheek It seemed to her delicate nature almost Indecent to thus lay bare one's secret experi ences to a stranger and a look of embarrassment made her drop her eyes; but these symptoms were lost on her companion, who thoroughly enjoyed holding forth on the delight ful topic of self and exhibiting her own fine points. "That must have been very try ing," said Hope, feeling that she ought to say something. "Awful, my dear Miss Desmond. By the bye, may I call you Hope? It Is a good omen, your name." "Certainly, Miss Dacre." "Well, my dear Hope, I nearly went mad; but It Is curious that I never looked better. I flirted wildly with every one; still of course Hugh knew quite well that I was desperately In lova with him." "Did he? How very trying! Per haps he did not." "Oh, yes, he did; and of course I did all sorts of wild things to show I did not care." ' " . "Yes, I understand." "Then I had that disturbance with my father about poor Lord Balmutr. I behaved rather badly. , I did In tend to marry him, but I couldn't! And so we went abroad; and I felt better. But It was an awful blow when I found 'that Huguwas abso lutely married! Just think of it! and to a mere adventuress, a nobody! such an ambitious man! He will get sick of her, you may be quite sure." "Why?" asked Hope, looking ear nestly at her. "Is he very change able?" "No, not at all; he Is as steady as a rock, and very proud. But most men tire of their wives, especially when they have brought them no advan tages. I never thought Hugh Savllle could fall In love and forget himself. Now, when I saw George Lumley, his likeness to his cousin made my heart beat I soon saw thr.t he was a good deal struck with me, and I believe' I could love- him passionately if If memory was not so importunate. He Is very charming; and why should I not grow young again? for one does feel awfully old when one has no love affair on. Don't you think George Lumley is very much taken with me?" "I suppose that sort of attraction Is more perceptible to Its object than to any one else," returned Hope Desmond, hesitatingly. She had grown pale and grave, while Miss Dacre rattled on: "Then, you see, when I heard about Hugh saving that man's.JIIfe, I thought I might make use. of the story to wake up Mrs. Savllle's good feelings. It would be rather an heroic proceeding If I were to reconcile the mother, son, and wife. George Lumley said I was splendidly generous.' "What! did he, too, know all about Hugh I mean Mr. Savllle?" cried Hope, more and more disturbed. "Oh, yes; we have quite Interesting talks about hjm'. I tell him confiden tially how fond I was of Hugh, and then, of course, he wishes he was lit Hugh's place: so we get on very well. He Is always coming over to the Court, except when he goes away for a few days' shooting. I am not quite sure my father likes It. You have never met Lord Castleton? He Is very nice rather old-fashioned. Lord Ev erton was a great friend of his In ear ly days. Now, my dear Hope, you know my heart history; and you will notice Captain Lumley's manner. You know the Lumley estates are rather encumbered, and I dare say he feels shy of approaching me poor fellow! but. If I like him that Is of no conse quence." "I am always Interested In what you like to tell me! Miss Dacre," said Hope, with some hesitation, as If choosing her words, "but I am not very observant, and some older and wiser person would be more deserving of your confidence than 1 am." "Nonsense! I could not tell all these things to a stiff old frump! Now, mind you ask Mrs Savllle If you may come and practice every morning for the concert. I Intended to ask ber, but my anxiety about Hugh quite put It ont of my head. That is always my way: I never think of myself." Hope was too bewildered wl;h her energet ic rapidity to reply, so Miss Dacre went on: "She has really no feeling at all. She Is fearfully hard. I am afraid she will never forgive Hugh. But I will do all I can." "If you will take my advice, Miss Dacre," said Hope, earnestly, "you will leave the matter alone. The less Mrs. Savllle hears of her son for the pres ent, the better. Attempts to force him on her notice only harden her." "Well, perhaps so; but you must back me up whenever you can." "Trust me, I will." "Now I had better go home. I dare say Captain Lumley Is waiting for me on the way. I am so glad you made me open my heart to you. It Is such a comfort to have some one to speak to." ( , "Thank you," returned Hope: "So good-by. You are looking quite pale and ill. Be sure you ask Mrs. Savllle about the concert." And Miss Dacre departed through the open win dow. " Hope threw herself on the sofa as soon as she was gone, and sat there lost In thought, her elbow on the cushion, her head on her hand, un conscious of the large tears which, after hanging on her long lashes, rolled slowly down her cheeks. What unhapptness and confusion Hugh Sa vllle's headstrong disobedience had created! and for what? Perhaps only for a temporary whim; perhaps only to regret It, as Miss Dacre said.. The thought of these -things depressed bar. Bom. incident In her own llf, maa. her mora knly allveY trouble In Mr Savlll.-.: & Desmond was an exceeding!, tlv glrl. graceful, gentle. " of humor and fire, .ugge,tln. aT ful poaslblllt.-. TheTa,! LS trying, for her good friend u7 on bad not brought too flourUhW account of her affair and .h, njoy th. Idea of being a S f an her life. At this .Ug,? fi.ctIon...hadowfellacroVfc looking up. she uw Georw il contemplating her with iS She was always pleased to Se bright, good-looking face, and m on him kindly, said. "You ".dC5 Mis. Dacre. She ha. lwt Are you all right. Mis, Ummtm he asked, with much drawing a step nearer ' "Yes of course." .he returned; the. becoming suddenly aware that her was wet with tears, she blushed r Idly and put up her handkerchief ta remove them. m r "The terrible effect'of a private h. tervlew with one's legal adviser" Z said, with a brave attempt to lauri He must have brought you k,, news. I fear." And Lumley eat dor, beside her. "Old Rawson paused. ' "Is one of the best and kindest a friends," put In Hope. "Now I al go away. I should have been In ai room before this, only Mis, dI chose to atay and talk about Umn. affair.. If you follow you will (J overtake her; she has taken the rtet age path." "Why, you don't suppose I want hi overtake her?" "She expects you." ' "Well, she may do so. She hai nearly talked me to death once to day. I am not going to run the sum risk again." (To be continued.) qoooooooooooooooooooooooq ijj MEN OF ACTION. oooooooooooooooooooooooooo "How did you like Professor New. man? one of the summer reeidenti of Wlllowby asked Hiram Oale "I saw his name on the list of lecturer! in your last winter's course." , Mr, Gale stroked his chin reflective ly. "Well, some thought he was kind o' stiff In his speech at first, but 1 tell ye what happened: "lie got kind o' worked up telling im what 'men of action' meant; what the gover'ment o' these United Statei was doing In Alasky, the Philippines, an' so on; an' he stepped a mite too i-.lgh the atdge o' the platform an' lost his balance; but as he begun to fall, 8:im Hobart an' Pick WIIUs, that wm in the front seat, stood up an' ketciied him, one by each arm, an' brounht him up standin. He bulged on, at the kcees for a minute, but nothlnj to speak of. "Ar,d says Pick to him, The lait word you spoke was "omnivorous," and mebbe before you mount afiin you'll give us some kind of a ialnt what It means." "The Professor looked from Pick to Sam an' back to Pick again, kind o' dried, and then he begun to laugh. '"You-let me mount,' he says, W I'll see to It that the rest o' my talk is such you won't need a dictionary an he kep' bis promise. "ej, air, he gave us a fine talk after that, an' hq's coming again. Wi had him to breakfast next morning, nnd my wife said she wouldn't want tohear anybody -talk more sensible nor ant more common an' friendly than he did. But there was a piece In the Sentinel next week referrin' to Pick an' Sam as 'Wlllowby'a Mfn of ictlon' an' I reckon the nanie'U otlck to 'em long as they live. - lllatorr of m. Continent. Strange have been the historical vicissitudes of the antarctic continent, the Century says. A figment of geogra nhie. fane.v evolved bv Ortelius in 1570, the great Capt. Cook thought tnat n had demolished it in 1773. Resuscitated by an American sealer, N. R Palmer. In 1820. it took form kand definite location explorations o 1840. supplemented by those oi r'TT-..n i tPnn.Ktr anA Vamn. '-. Ross eliminated Wilkes discoveries from his charts, but the continent was theoretically and scientifically re constructed by the great physicists, Carpenter and Murray. Slowly evolving its tangible snap through the discoveries of the German Drygalakl, the Scotsman Bruce, ta Belgian ; Gerlatfhe, ' the Frenchman Charcot, the Norwegian Larsen and the EngHshman Scott, through th late labors of Shackleton, the antarc tic continent now appears to extend from Victoria Land to Enderby Una and from Wilkes Land across tM south pole to Palmer Land. f Taken all In all, Shackleton's dis coveries are the most important and extensive ever made within the ant arctic circle. . He ihaa determined th location of the Magnetic pole, largely Increased the known area of the south ern . continent, , virtually reached tin south pole and added materially to our general knowledge of those regions. Fmvorablr Impressed. "Why do you Insist on having a na tive of Italy to w6rk on your fannr "Becuz I've read so much abou them fine Italian hands." Washing ton Herald. , According to the latest figures, th water-power development of this coun try is reported at 6,357.000 horse power, and . the number ol wheal which It turns at 62.827.
