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if- 'V "Xi Hair-Riddle Hardware Co. USEFUL CHRISTMAS GIFTS Silverware, Choice Crockery, Lamps, Cutlery Etc, Etc., Etc. Hair-Riddle Hardware Co. AW anon for the Bovi Nothing affords a boy more pleasure than an Kxpress Wagon or Wheelbarrow. Nothing couid tie letter for a Christmas gift. They range iu price from $i 50 to $2.75. I ALSO HAVE A GOOD ASSORTMENT OF Carving Sets Silver Knives and Forks Pocket Knives and Razors I handle a complete line of Shelf iiimI I.uiluVrs Hardware T00N, Taints and Oils Wnirons, (anlairos and Farm Implements. IN FIIOZEN ALASKA Rich Opportunities for Stockmen It That Country. I, .'I'll S" (" r -i ' j: t1 briny l' t ii e nrcttr v:i te. w iitmut ('(). 11 ml mail? rlv ilflivert'i! imrtli nf F. II. Schmidt Sixth and I Streets, (rants Pass. Oregon F. G. BCltiNS & SON CITY M EAT MARKET "Mary had a little lamb," but that was long ago; Now it's grown so big and fat it's features you'd not know; We call it mutton, fine and good, for roast, or chop or stew, And everybody wants some; shall we send a piece to you? Order your Christmas Turkey early. Aa-rlrnltoral roaalltllltlea of th Hi-Mlon Have liven Found to Far nrpaai Kipectatlone 4iold. Fl.h and Fur. A million dollars a month is the cs titnate mad by the bureau of statjs tics of the. present value of the mar ket which "fm.en Alaska" offers the producers ami manufacturers of the 1'uited Stntes, states n special to the St. Ivouis (ilobe-llemocrnt. "Commercial Alaska in 1901' is the title of a inonngrn ph just issued by the treasury bureau of statistics. In it are preserved some striking figures Alniut this (until recently) litllti ex plored and little understood tiTritory of the United States. Ity reason of the application of molern systems of travel and transportation, Alaska is now as accessible a Arizona. Three days of travel by modern ocean steam ers front Seattle tint ong the i hinds and alorg the coast whieh forms tl.e southeastern extension of A hku In in Is the traveler at Skngua); la hours by rail over the mountain, carries hitn to the headwater of the Yukon, where comfortable and wc U-eiiipped river steamers carry him to the gold field of central Alaska it down the Yukon river, which in nuvfgahle for more than 2.IKKI milei nt thin immjii of the year. From the n th of the Yukon another comparatively short trip by steamer carries him to ( n e Nome the latest nnd greatest of the gold fieldb of A Inska. (odd, fish and furs are. neordinir to this monograph, the principal indus try of Ala, kn at the pre-ent tin e. mid they tend t" the t'nited States i' ' ' Hi'. find worth of their products. -,oiio,ioi of (fold, II.OOO.IKIO of fish, chiefly sal mon, and the remainder fur. The cost of Alaska was f7.2nO.rKiO. The revenue which the government has derived from it since its purchase amounts, to over $'' ii'io.iiiiri, and the value of the products nre ri"W' twice as much every year as it est. The total mine if the products of A!nkn brought to tl.e I'trU"' State since its purchase is (aeconiilig to tl.e Lest t s timates that the hureau of stiitl.tic. is able to lllkel about t'.l'i.l'-' '".0. of which ..(! (M 'to is prccii us metals. f ,V i" n. d' c products of tl e fi-h-eries, ehie; sit!::'!!, arul J'iOiT (t(Hj(( more fur. chicf c:ii furs. . J'roliabiy f '.'.( uo ( ou i f America nea e ital is imestcd in Alaskan industries and business enterprises, ir.rlud.t;(f t rn nsportat ion wti'ii.i. In the al tr -'n fisheries abine tha e..int':i!.i s ( n-p-il'ed have a cat)i' i! ! : -a t i'-n of i ; ( i'o,. 0'o, and ttie talus of their plant, in cluding vee!s. is riven at f ": (( r .(tit. In the tn'ioi tr indu-tries tl.rre are lartre itive-1 u.ents tlie (rre.it rpiart mill at Juneau heir;? thr largest ipiart stamp mill in lti- world, wi.i'e several other quarli mills represent larye in vestmenta. With the inflow of cap ital, the development of trnnsjsorta tion systems, and tlie irold disfoieriea. hat come the bnildii jr up of ihmm and the derel.ipurf-iit of c-ities with modern conser.icm-es. of life. Nomefiti. which ia located hut a comparatively short distance south of the arctic circle, has now a population i f over 13000; postal fac.i ;iis f :ve Aijrlculiunil possibilities iu Alaska 1..". e. u n : il within a ri'ci-n ' " riod. been eorivi,:,-! ,-,1 ,;f ,U( .iyit nitj'oi tance. As the coiittlry ex:!iti'd, hovv- eter. and its ci nditi. us of elbiiate and st il studied, its ifituriil ii-'.duct.s oti si rved. n ml t er in cuts nuide with vti rious chis-cs of ji f i I-1 1 1 1 m i'ii I pn due- ti'itts. il bica-l'e HpO'irel'I th:,1 tl.e tl (T ri.ttlt ural il ii'ticf, of tie e iintry. rind e.peiitrv of s-r i ii t ! i and "outh e;ivt. where the elitiitite is modified by the .i.iimn current, were of consider able importance in view of the prac ticnbrily of fiimUhiny nt least a put of the food supply of the popula tion which the vtircd resources of A l.iska em liheU to u-1 ii Iu n nd make pf''!l;:H!ent. Tin e i life ei a t i n s and ev i i itui tits lend those v ! o 1 n v e pa r t.il'.alii! in them to the belief that ti tal !, ;n I'jvnt jirii ! v can he pro- di:.i il all :i li ti'.' 1 1 e mill ' et it i M and in li e Milhy of the Yukon. Mud by SMli-e the pn'Mliilitv of the succesfp' p: . - ttct i'.i "f w iea t a ltd oats is si n ly -ti;!,. rtei'. The if-u -e- for the support of cut t Ic are a bit 't! it nt . and the ixpciinert with lite .Ltd, thus far ju-tify the belief that ti i- ft Mt-ire o' the f. . ! i, ( II ire Hull I . ' 'l I. I unit I e f III 11 ed by the di .-! i ui i lit nf r t n 1. ' mi. in ti e soitihei n .ec ii, i. In t..,- north ta-t arejis nre entered with a mos siuiilnr to that ii o n which the reili doer thri es in othi r parts of the n re tic ri'1,'1,,11.. and in view of this f;)et the introduction i,f reindeer from Si beria w as b (rim n fi t en rs t inre n nd has proved extrinilv sueceM-ful r l-eil-lf ('l-t riblitei' ate. ut It.ii'iti r)IMv t h rout'li ti nr t h v e. f.crit'unt has ad ji! -t I fy t I il rt in1' i r will -,vi;i a ti hit ten ! :i nt fi ;i t I h e i fka. i eil -nit ei. i,tj I I l.e' cf that' I ti ii few i ars pr. lire in furnish! nation ti nd food sup and northweaicrn both the I ramp ply of norther Alaska. The ("Toss urea of Alaska is, accord ing to the l'juo census., irXI,sri4. The (iovernor of Ala-ka In a re cent report Mates that this is ftpllll to the cull, blued area of the 211 slates, of .'.(.lire. New lla tups Ii ire. Ver mont, M:taehil-el ts. pho.ie l.hn.d. ( onneetieiit. New York. New ,li rey I'ciiii -v iv a ii In . I li 1. 1 vv a re. Mart liiiid. Virginia, West YiieMiia, V.rth (uro llr i. S'uith ( a rolii.a (ienrirl-,. I'lnrii'ii .' li.ima. M : si :j n rf '1 , e r e.. ee SAVKDAf (UtAVKrt IlltlNK. "I kiiow I wouhl lotij; tt(,o have Iki n in my jrrave," writea Mrn. H. II. Ncwsom, of Decatur, Ala , "If it had not In en for Kh i tric jiitters. For tlini' yeurH I au'Tor-il untold iicony from the; worst forma of Imli ireHtifiu, Walerbrasli, Stomal Ii and liowi-l I)ys mlH. liut Ibis eicel lent medicine did me a world ut K'""l Sinee nsnut it I i an cat heartily ami have Ruined :;." jsiuii'Ih. " KoT Indi gestion, Iisn of appetite, Stomach, I.ivcr anil Kidney trouble Kleetrie iiittern ar a -isisitive, uariintei'tl core. (July .Vtc at Kremer'a lruji Store;. FOILS A IJKADLV ATTACK. "My wifit a so ill that (fixxl phvsn tans werei on.ihlii to help her." writca M. M. Austin, of Wiui heater, Ind, "but waa completelr rnn-4 bv In. Kinif'a New Life IMIIk " They ok o:i''e iu stomal li ami liver troubles. Cunt const it ion, auk In-tviai ho. at Kn uil r'a drux atore. j Interesting Phases of the Struggle I for New Territory. Lnrcsd br Btoelea ( Snddea Rieaea, Men Hsn Floraed In from All larta of the World Odd Inoldenta. . ,X-S1 .. For tn yean, mure or less, any from ISTa to ltM, and later than thia in the northern rane, there waa universal prosperity and plenty of money; to be a cowman meant being a small, but powerful ling with a princely, king dom, the boundaries of which were set by precedent and by the honor of cus tom iar as a man on horseback could see, aud by water as firmly as if corner-marked and Litle-deedod. T iter was no rent, and virtually no uivs to pay. A man might own a hundred thotivuid cattle, and not an acre of land, though heclnimeil "rang-e rights" to 40.000 acres, and enforced those rights with brood and Iron, writes Kay Swiinarcl linker, In Century. Apparently thia was a new sort of free life in which man had risen above the old slow rules of thrift. It was a simple business; turn the cnUlo to grabs, and when money was needed, round them up and sell them. Hut the lucky dog sometimes had ditliciilty in enjoying his bone in peace. Lured by the stories of sudden riches in the cattle country, other men, as bold and hardy as the first, flocked in from all irts of the world, and began raising big and little herds. The build ing of the railroads across the conti nent stimulated immigration; the great Texas boom followed the com pletion of the Texas I'acitic railroad in ls3. At first the curly comers wel comed the new rangers, sold them cnO tie at exorbitant prices, chuckled at their innocence, allowed them t come in en the ranges, and grew richer and richer. There were times wi.en Texas steers, big and little, brought each nn the range. Hut the tide swelled, and the cattle continued to increase enormously, l'resently the first real settlers, the "nesters" of Texas, who wished to fence the land for farms, appiTircd in numbers, aud the early comers, the original ciiwbovs, began to chafe. "Who's elbowing tne?" they iuipiired, nnd t-hcrc was prompt and effective shooting, and the wholesale cutting of the new fences. Many good men lay down in the hot sand, never to rise again. Hut thnt, had as it was, did not tell the whole story of destruction. If cattle had been killed instead of men, the trouble might have been averted, but the herds went on mutt iplv iug tint il tlteycovered all the range, giving it no rest w inter or summer. Kaeh citw-mnn scrambled for all he could (ret; he argued that if he did not take the grass his neighbor would. And who cared a rap for the future? Life was short and money tangible. At first there had been enough grass to support one steer to every tw o acres of land; in hnlTa dozen years a steer did well to make his liv lin'ou five acre. After that the ratio slciiiiily widened. So great was the struggle for new territory that whole herds of cattle sometimes went, 20 miles or more to water and then Imck ngain, galloping every step, and work ing hard between times to get enough from tlie failing ranges to keep life within their lean ei.rensn'S. And to day there are ninny part. of the range that will not supnort ten entile to the siptare mile, one steer to every 'it acres, and it is a good rnii'.'e indeed thnt will feed rv steer tn everv ?l Meres. There arc whole raiigts in Tcmik. New Mex ica and Ari nna, once rich beyond be lief, that are completely deserted and (rivctf over to the desert. anhslltiites for Panama Hals. rnnania straw hats are highly fashionable in Japan, though on ac count of the price, which is much higher than that of the ordinary straw hats, they nre bought only by the rich or the fashionable. This obstacle may be removed if, as re ported in an Osakn piper, the sub stitutes for the 1'aiu'mta straw found iu middle Formosa nre really adapt ed for the purpose. The substitutes are said to bo the libera of the leaves of a certain tropical tree of very rapid growth. Six fibers can be obtained from each leaf, which ia about four inches wide and four feet long, and it is said that the cost of 10,000 fibers is about six yen. A cer tain foreign firm of Y'oUohama ia said to have nlre'idy given a large order for the fillers, and the Panama hats made "with thia new material may therefore appear on the mar ket this summer. If the new- fibers are really united for headgear For mosa may lie said to have hit upon a new resource. Tupnn 'cckly Times. Chances fur a Divorce. lie I understand young Simkini and his wife are not living happily together. She What seems to be the trouble? "IncnnipMiliilltv of temper.'' "Which is nt fault?" "lloth. lie furnishes the incompati bility and she supplies the temper," Chicago lhiily News. Her Mnrtvrduas. Sylvia-Tin surprised to heap that Isabel married young. Diuhingti.n af ter declaring' that he wasn't good enoiiirh for her. I'll) Ills -Yes but later she declared that he was too good for any other girl, so she married him out of sheer sympathy.-Chicago lhiily News. lath In nnd Out, I'orroughs Is Mr. Lenders In? Office Itov (who has been "posted") No. he's cut. 'Well. hM run In and fell him he's out more than he thought. lvalue to return fill I borrowed last week. Oood tin v."- l'liihn'i'liihla I'ress. The War nr (he Frontier, The way of eivilbtition in a new land passes cotnpi-c liciiHiou. Its mot to seems to I-,-: ruin tlrst; there is time nf'i'rw ir I to save. CiviliiU ion is a good deal like n wild, full blood- l bov; it must tli-Nt sow wild oats, wnste its ptittiniouy, disgrace jta nil tecedenlH; then it Is ready to begin the her' ins work of life. That has been tl.. history of the range coun try; swift ruin for :io or 40 years, with a resulting wreck that It will require a century of hard work, per severance nnd self-control to save. Ceutury. TRUE SAYINGS. Ilia dentils-. llnnro Steerer (suavely) Pardon me, but aren't you n: obi friend Farm er Mossbiicl.cT, of (iiislikonoligV Flintier llr.uidiieiid ( in) steriously) No; I am old Nick Sleuth, the fa mous detective, iiisguiset as a good thing;" but don't gimme away, young man. Puck. FAVOKITK FAMILY HKMKDY. Frci'iii'iitly iii'i'iili iiiH occur in llie household, wli it'll caiiKii liiirim, cutH, HprtiitiH nnd bruises; for iihii in Hiirh cases, Dullard's Snow Liniment has for many yeaia licon the comiliiiit favorite family reinedv. S.V', 60c, ami 1 1. 110 at Sint er Drug Co. if my religion can teach me to live without a regret, it wiU also enable me to die without a fear. George II. Hep worth. . Every evil to which we do not suc cumb la a benefactor. W'a gain the strength of tha temptation we re sist. II. Y. Emerson. For tho use of the world and the glory of God cross-bearing i not enough, but cheerful cross-bearing. To be burdened and rejoice that ia the enviable life that draw men to its Lord. God knows me better than I know myself. He knows my gifts, my pow ers, my failing and weaknesses, what I can do and what not to do. So I de sire to be led, and not to lead; to fol low Him. Norman McLeod. Alike for the nation and the Indi vidual, the one indispensable requisite Is character character that doea and dares as well as endures, character that is active In the performance of virtue no less than firm in the refusal to do aught that is vicious or degraded. Theodore Koosevelt, The Victorious 1.1 fa. lite Christian life may be viewed In many aspects, types of Christian char acter are various. Of every truly Christian career, however. It may just ly be said that it Is a victorious life. The Christian is logically a victor. For tho word Christian denotes one called after the name of, nnd related to. the Christ, or aa we might say, a Christ- man. And Jesi.s Christ is the great conqueror of the human heart, the powers of darkness and the historio world process. Faith, which unites tho soul of man vitally and dynamical ly with this victor Christ, Is the over coming principle of history. Tho truly victorious life Is triumphant in the mural sphere. Of mere physical prowess, of mechanical mastery over the forces of nature, of military dom ination, of political ascendancy, the Hilda makes but little. In its view the grcntest man ia not he who tukes a city, but the man who wins his own soul by mastering it. Victory is first within, thence working outward. The victor spirit resists temptation, curbs appetite, abhors that which is evil, cleaves to that which Is good, delivers its fellows from sataulo bondage, builds up the kingdom of God. N. Y. ObnxUsts , COUG1IIXO SPKLL CAUSED DEATH. "Harry Dnrkwoll, aged S3 years, clinked to dentil early yesterday morn ing ut his homo, iu tho irewiico of his wifo and child. Ho contracted a alight cold a few duys ngo nnd paid but little attention to It. Yesterday morning ho wiih seized with a lit of coughing which continued for some time. His. wifo sent for a physician, but befom ho cnuhl arrive, another coughing him H ramo on and Duckwcll died from so ffociit ion. St. Ixiuis Ulolm-Dmiiocrnt, Deo. 1, llltll." Ilnl bird's Ilorelionnd Syrup would luivn Hiived him. 2.V, 60V, and fl.tK) nt Shiver Drug Vo. THE 1'IUDE OF HEROICS. Many soldiers in the last war wrntu to any that for st nstolies, bruises, cntH, womids, corns, soro fuet, and stiff Joints, Huckliu's Arnica Siilvn is tho best In tho world. Sumo for Hums, Scalds, Hoils, Ulcers, skin Eruptions nnd piles. It cures or no pay. Only 2m at Kremer's Drugstore. DUESS MAKINO. Dross making and plain sewing by tlio day. Inquire of Mrs. It. LHh brow, t'th street, trvost of brick ynrd. BASEBALL IN EARLY TIMES. Waaa tha Plarsra Wm Ctiaaen Mara to Their ToeaJ rvwan Thaat Kaowleda-a ot tha Gaaass It was on those rural fields In the heyday of baseball that the sport. If less refined, was more picturesque. That the game was vocal goes with the saying. Not far away from the truth was thecottntry captain whodescribed his tram as "men who can't bat much, or field much, but first-rate talkers." To dispute the umpire on every close decision was orthodox duty s fashion not yet outlived and it made the rural ball game forensic as well as spectacu lar, says Outing. The country umpire, who was nsO' ally selected by the home team, meritt his specific picture. In the earlier day t of the sport he was chosen for knowl edge of the rules simply because thi opposing bucolie nine had so llttlt (nuw ledge themselves. Later, technic lore became somewhat secondary ai a credential, and In the ideal rural um pire was sought a kind of Iloanerges a Son of Thunder, bellowing out hli decisions until the welkin echoed, ant side, on the one hand, either to plscatt the crowd by good temper or to daunt it with strong speech. That is to say the umpire of th time and place had t own no middle terms of personal tem perament, but be either extremel) crisp nr superlatively goodnatured and tactful. A MILLION V01TES Would linrdlv exnress tbn thanks nf Homer Hull. -of West Point. Ia. List. en why : A sovere cold hud settled on his lungs, causing a most obstinate couglu Several physicians said lie had consumption, bnt could not holp him. When all thought ho waa doomed, he began to use Dr. King's New Dis covery for consumption and writes "It completely cored ma and saved my lift). I now weigh 227 poaudg. " It's positively guaranteed for coughs, colds aud Lung troubles. I'rico 600 and f 1.00. Trial bottles free at V. V. Kremer's. BALLARD'S HOREIIOUND SYRUP Immediately relieves hoarse, cronpy cough, oppressed, rasping and difllcult breathing. Henry 0. Steams, -Druggist, Shallsburg, Wisconsin, writes May 20, luol : "I have been selling lhtllnrd's Horehound Syrnp for two years, and huvo never hud a prepara tion that him given better satisfaction. I'notioo that when I sell a bottle they coino back for more. I can honestly recommend it. 25o, 50o and fl.OO at S lover Drug Co. DYSPEPSIA. Peoplo that have dyspepsia have weak stomachs, weak hearts, weak eves and are nsually weak kneed. Hioy feel bilious and the world in general has a bilions look to them ; they huvo so niuny symptoms that it is tliltlcnlt to locate tho place where .they fool the worst. The fact is the source from where they get thoir strength has beeu cut off aud thoy are sick all over. Tho food taken into tho stomach remains undigested, causing belching, and bilions attacks, followed by sick-honthsche, and gen eral weakness. Tho medicine that pnts tho stomach iu condition so that tho food can lw readily digested, will euro dyaMpsin and nutko strength where there wits weakness. Wo have cured thousands of persons during tho past 20 yeurs. of dyHpotwia, witli Dr. (iuiiu'H Improved Liver Pills. A 25o box of theso pills aro worth more to IH-oplo with poor digestion than six months of dieting or a gallon of pt'Iiain. It only tukes one for a dose. Wo will scud two of these pills to tirovo what they will do. For aulo by W. F. Kxcuicr. i i i i i i wo uooci Signs The vSig'n of Excellence "U-U'.tfjr- tii UU.i."Ttti we River Courier Grants lann, Oregon. Rogue iver Courier &f)e Sifjri of Enterprise "WjM! '.Ti'." :LA.sJVJTUi Tim Courier's Type Setting Machine.