t
foM Plitinttiwi la Thai,
Don't let my refusal of your nro
posal embitter you. Mr. Simpkins.
He Oh, not all. After all, it it
something to have been rejected by a j
girl who owns a $500 dog. Detroit I
i rce rres.
PACIFIC COAST NEWS AND C0M3IENT
Nethlnj New la That
"Ton can't dispute the miracles In
the Bible, man. Why Just consider
the raising of Lazarus!"
"Humph! I've seen people raised
that have been dead longer than Las-
srus. Why my wife raises Cain every I
flsyr Denver Times.
REPORTS OF INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL
DEVELOPMENT IN OREGON, WASHINGTON
CALIFORNIA AND IDAHO.
Down m a Palouie Firm.
A good idea of what can be done on
Te Cat TU Timber.
Articles incorporating a railroad
a farm in the Talouse country of company to operate in the timber in
Brooklyn, K. Y Nov. 15th. A Medical
authority aaya: "In many famine throughout
the world GarBeld Tea often take th place of
auffer at timet from disorder of atomaeh, liver.
aianer or coweie. lertaimy irora no otner
medicine ran auch food reeulta be obtained.
Thu Herb remedy make people well, Urna
Washington may be had by reading
the report of W. D. Mitchell, who
had the 676 acre farm of the Mitchel!
estate, one mile east of Colfar, leased
uunng me past year, un 2JU acres
Mr. Mitchell produced 20.754 bushels
BTNhttlv I n in a thai Aannlr 4nm ahn lw I n a I
uim. It la food lor jounj and old- of grain, an average of 63 bushels to
the acre. I he train was divided as
The Cheerful Wljht
"Tea, he's always happy when he's
Hunting for work."
"What a cheerful disposition,
And is he never discouraged, never
sad""
"Only when he finds it." Phila
delphia Press.
Btvtherty Assistance,
Rod rick They saw that Beaker
was held up by masked men the
other night
Van Albert Tea; It was at the mas
querade ball. If they hadnt held
him up he'd never got home. Chi
cago Dally News.
follows: 6,041 bushels of wheat. 5.
234 bushels of barley and 9,470 bush
els of oats. He also raised 200 sacks
of potatoes, 140 sacks of onions, three
tons of cabbages and other vegetables,
including C4 worth of melons sold to
Colfax citizens. He sold $280 worth
of hogs, $824 worth of milk, $210 worth
of calves and $40 worth of pears.
There are now on the farm about CO
tons of prunes, worth $8 per ton at
the dryer or $5 per ton on the tree,
which is net proht, the buver picking
and hauling the fruit The total
value of the products of this farm
this season will reach $9,235.
Long live the King I The King is
Wizard Oil; Pain his enemies, whom
he conquers.
Rather Serious.
Wife I had to get a policeman to
put out the cook.
Husband Gone, is she?
"Oh, no. He proved to be her
leit fellow, and they're both waiting
lor you in the back hall." Life.
the western part of folk county and
Lincoln county, Oregon, have been
filed with the county clerk in Multno
mah county and with the secretary of
state at Salem. The authoiucd cap
ital is $100,000, and the corporate
mime is Salem, Falls City A Western
Railway Company. The articles re
cite that the object is to acquire, con
struct and equip railroad, telephone
auu teiegrapn on a route to be desig
nated later between Salem, in Marion
county, and the mouth of tht Silets
river, m Lilcom county. This would
tie over a distance of about 75 miles.
w oi wnicn would be through val
uable timber. The main ohiM-t nf I
tins corporation js to provide an out
let for the line timber on the hills
hack of Falls City. The intention is
to extend the new line as the saw
mills shall eat into the timber, cross
ing the coat range and penetrating
mo oe country. it will be
standard gunge railroad.
Hnc Cinnabar Ore.
fnv - r Ml
ue uiscovery or mercury In pay
ing quantities in the Meadows dis
trict, east of Grant's Pass. Ore, has
caused much activity in that section.
Many claims nave been located and
are being worked, and many thou-
The Difference.
rater You are very forward, sir.
In my day the young man waited
until he was asked to call.
Young Man Yea,and now he waits
until be s asked not to call.
Millions in Talc. '
A recent incorporation is the Dar-
nngton Talc Company, that has been
formed for the purpose of opening up
and developing five full sixed talc
claims located in tho Whit Horse
mining district, about three miles
mm a. nam r rian t i dNiniWAn .v iicn ' j n a
-. .! iiufctvii, sana aonars worm or cinnabar ore
xnoBuriace snow mgs are particularly nave been removed from the mines.
wnue me work of development and
discovery goes on without abatement
From a small hole on the Mayfleld
claim $4000 worth of cinnabar ore
was removed a few days ago. The
ore Is pronounced the richest and
best grade of cinnabar ever found In
Oregon, and as good as any uncov
ered on the Pacific Coast
you
Good Reason.
Arthur Has the widow given
any reason to hope?
Chester Yes; she told me last
night that I reminded her of the
only husband she had ever really
loved.
good, with indications of a large de
posit of pure talc. Commercial talc
is used in the manufacture of paper,
of soap and of different lubricating
materials. It is also used in dressing
fine leather for shoes, gloves and book
binding. Toilet preparations, such
as face powder, clove powder, foot
powder, have for their basis pure tile.
ine value of crude talc, as it is quar
ried from the mine, ranges from $3 to
$30 per ton.
Ship Direct to New York.
An innovation in Puget sound ship
ping is projected by the American
FITS Perataamthr Cored. Ms fib i
110 tftv Ini V wrf Pr. KliM'iGml Kern i
Baetonr. Sand far rRBKfi-M trial botUeaadtm.
M. Ja.U.lLUUd-UlAjcb3UFIuladalplurft
Far Sighted.
Little Girl Please, mamma, can I
hold the baby for awhile
Mother No, dear; you're too lit
tle. You'd let him fall.
Little Girl Well, mamma, can I
have him when he's worn out
m.. i new material la being used. It will
lue t ,i, . ... .
e . . I
nrss steamsnip
- 'CUllIUIIilUUL
be a six-set woolen mill, and will give
to nrtv operatives, in
cluding men and women.
Sore tic Knew Best
Mamma Dora, your father says
that that young man of yours, Mr.
Hartt, is deceiving you.
Dora But he isn't mamma, for 1
asked him, and he said he wasn't
Of course he knows better than papa.
HINTED:
I K very man. woman and child snffer-
line wab colds, asthma, croup. pnvtr
Jnionia or consumption to write u.
AmerieaaLaes Halm Pad Co., Chattanooga
j.nn.
His Great Anxiety.
Athlete Did I break it, doctor?
Doctor I will be plain with you
The arm is broken, the collarbone
crushed, the skull is fractured
Athlete No, no, no! The did
I break t he
"What?"
"Eecord?" Tid-Bits.
Depressed.
"I am afraid Bliggins has met with
reverses."
"What makes you think so."
'JMe goes about with a gloomy look.
saying there is no such thing as dis
interested friendship. That is almost
a sure sign that a man lias been try
ing to borrow monej." Exchange.
I am tore Pivo's Cure for Coiisiiiititiou
saved my life three rears aso. Mrs Tiios.
Bobbins. Maple street, Norwich, N. Y
Feb. 17, 1900.
All Servants Alike.
Towne I could never understand
why political officeholders are called
public servants.
Browne Why not?
Towne Because they are really our
Dosses.
Browne Well, I guess you never
kept house, did you? Philadelphia
Press.
Not Unusual.
-Have you heard
May Have you heard of Clara's
hard luck?
Belle No. What is it?
"Now that they are married they
have to retrench awfully to make up
the money he wasted while courting
her." Life.
Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Sooth
ing Syrup the best remedy to use ior their
children during the teething period.
A Fantasy floored.
Bcribbs I'm getting up a fetching
article on "How Men Carry Their
Umbrellas."
Mrs. Scribbs Huhl Men don't
carry their umbrellas ; they lose
their umbrellas and borrow other
peoples. Chicago Kecord-Herald.
Wanted Newer, Truer Maxims.
Mr. Schermerhorn I hope you
had the new girl clean up the halls,
Lobelia. You know "A new broom
weeps clean."
Mis. Schermerhorn (wearily) Not
in this instance. She said sLe wasn't
' going to clean t.p" any of our former
girl's dirt Brooklyn Eagle.
The Hour Was Late.
' Now McBrane has more
sense than anyone I know "
tinued Mr. Staylate. "I tell
he's the coming man."
"If he has all the sense you say,"
remarked Miss Peppery, making an
effort to suppress a yawn, "I should
think he would be the going man at
this hour." Philadelphia Press.
good
I Portland Woolen Mills.
I Preparations are being made to eel-
, e urate the founding and starting of
the Portland Woolen Mill. It is ex
pected that the mill will be In opera
tion some time In the month of De-
TT. c w: n ,lr- macuinery, unaer me ui-
wwrauiamp vuini-aiij, ! rect on of Siiiwrlntn1nt W..W I.
which, in December, will dispatch rapidly being placed. The machinery
the big steamship American from , ""ora Dallas mill is being Installed
Tacoma and otbpr Pnwt sound nnrta 1 as rar as w . and corHderable
witn cargo for ew lork direct
American will be the
to take a cargo from Puget sound to
New York city. . Between San Fran
cisco and New lork "considerable
freight is shipped by sea, but none
has been shipped from Tacoma direct.
A cargo of salmon of 2.000 tons will
be taken as a beginning.
. Bit; Mining Deal.
A mining deal involving the sum of
ivrr aaa , , . . ...
iwo.uuu nas Deen recently closed in
the sale of the Belle and Crown prop
erty, at Silverton, Wash., in the Still
aguamish district, by Seattle parties
to Eastern capitalists.
The property is located about a mile
and a half south of the Stillaguamish
river and is on the big contact or
mother lode vein -which has made
famous the district in which it is
located. It is a gold, copper, silver
proposition.
New Bank for Vancouver.
Arrangements are being made for
the organization of a National Bank
In Vancouver, Wash., to take the
place of the First National Bank,
which suspended last April. The
preliminaries have been arranged and
application has been made to the Con
troller of Currency for authority to
establish the new bank. The new
bank is to be known as the National
Bank of Vancouver. The capital
stock will be 150,000.
Skyscraper for Seattle.
Plans are being made for the erec
tion of a new ten-story hotel In Seat
tle. It will be located on the Russell
property at me corner or Third ave
nue and Cherry street The building
will be ten stories high and con
structed entirely of stone. It will be
equipped with every modern conven
ience.
Shipped for Everett.
D. Jarvis & Son, who for several
years have operated a shipyard in
Stockton, Cal., have secured a site
on the Snohomish river, near Everett,
Wash., and will open a big shipyard.
The firm has been engaged in ship
building for jean in the Stockton
channel.
North Pacific Trade.
The Globe Navigation Company, of
Seattle, at a meeting in Syracuse, N.
Y., voted to build three vessels for
use on the Pacific , in addition to the
two now under construction.
New Industry for Eugene.
tu. b.. inapman & son nave com
pleted arrangements for the establish
ment of a new planing mill, sash and
door factory In Eugene, Ore. They
have purchased the machinery for
merly used In the old Dyslnger mill.
They Intend to greatly enlarge the
plant in the spring. The bonus of
$8000 asked by H. D. Wagnon for the
establishment of a three-set woolen
mill In Eugene is in sight The so
liciting committee has secured
pledges amounting to $7500, leaving
less than $500 yet to raise.
Small Town Big Pay Roll.
A conservative estimate places the
payroll of the lumber industries at
Centralla, Wash., at $25,000. From
the sawmills the payroll Is about dou
ble what It was last year, and with
the shingle mills It has been more than
double that of last year. The daily
cut for the four Centralia shingle
mills la 430,000 per day, or enough to
sningle over one square acre of
ground. There Is also about 210,000
feet of lumber cut dally by the saw
mills when In operation.
Will Develop Oil Lands.
A syndicate has been formed at
Baker City, Ore., to develop a large
tract of land in the Malheur County
oil district
Street Cars for Walla Wane.
The City Council of Walla Walla,
Wash., has passed an ordinance
granting a franchise to build and op
erate for 25 years an electric street
car line In Walla Walla. The right
to build in any and all streets Is prac
tically granted. Grantees may use
single trolley or other electric sys
tem.
A Valuable Ditch.
The dredger which Is engaged In I
--gging the Olympic Marsh drainage
ditch west of Sedov-Wooley, Wash.,
has nearly completed Its contract sol
far as the Olympic ditch is concerned.
When completed the ditch will have
cose upwards of $30,000.
Spuds and Spuds.
When it only takes 35 potatoes to
fill a sack they are considered pretty
good sized spuds, and the ground that
yields potatoes of that size lies adja
cent to Arlington, Wash. The yield
per acre ot potatoes is over 600
bushels.
Salisbury's Souvenir.
A peculiar souvenir Is kept In Lord
Salisbury's historic home at Hatfield.
It is a stone, over a pound in weight,
with which the window of Lord Salis
bury's carriage was smashed at Dum
fries on Oct 21, 1884. His two daugh
ters were seated with bis lordship m
the vehicle, tint fortunately all three es
caped uninjured. Lord Salisbury had
on that occasion delivered the last of a
series of speeches In Scotland.
How Conld It Be Expected V
"You sold," asserted the Irate cus
tomer, "that this tonic would make
hair grow."
T did," admitted the clerk.
The customer removed his hat and
showed a head as smooth as a billiard
balL
I've been using that tonio for three
months," he said.
On, that's all rlghf answered the
clerk promptly. "You have no hair to
grow. If you had the tonic would work
all right What more can you expect?"
Chi cage Post
Oranges for New York.
The first carload of 1901 oranges to
leave California was shipped October
27 from Porterville to New York.
The car was appropriately decorated
as it was a record breaker for that
state.
Yraen tne 'BTnr ffnines aunng a rain, is
It a sign that the devil Is getting mar
ried, or is It a sign that the devil is hav
ing a party? We have heard both
stories.
Peach cobbler is the sixteen-year-old
girl of the pastry family.
a snirt waist is made for men, bat
we d Just like to see a man wear one.
When a thing sells for 15 cents, you
ought to get two for a quarter.
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OREGON.
PORTLAND.
nartcs ue xnieves' Plnger.
a 1 ...
a- mercnam nas nit upon a novel
method of protecting his cash box from
marauding lingers, ue sprinkles the
box wltn a powder which has the pe
culiar effect of dying the skin blue, the
coior Deing merely intensified by wash
ing. . .. .. ...
A woman in love Is more or less fool
ish, but she never finds it out so long
as the man is good to her.
The most severe critics old-fashioned
people have are girls between 12 and
20 years of age.
St. Helen's School for Girls.
Thirtv-third vc.r rVimmndloimbiiild-
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14 CURLS
WHtKTaVniit MILS.
Cough Syrup. Tal UuwJ. VU
Cllmallc Courage.
"The Chinaman,'' remarked the
Orientalist, "is one of the meekest,
self effacing people in the world."
"Oh, I don't know," answered ftho
friend who is always doubtful. "The
Chinaman is the only person I know
of in this hot weather who isn't afraid
to go out in public injhis pajamas."
Washington Evening Star.
- i i t
A Jewel.
Mr. Gooph I tell you, Blithersby's
wife is a jewel,
Mr. Whooph Is that so?
Mr. Gooph I should say so. Why,
he went fishing yesterday and came
home with an empty jug, a can of
salmon and two salt mackerel, and
she complimented him on hi luck.
Optimistic'
'No," said the business man, "I
never lie about my business. It
doesn't pay."
"But how about your advertising
man?"
At this he liecame thoughtful.
"lie describes the bargains and
opportunities as ho sees theni," he
replied. "If he has a failing, it is
optimish nothing more." Chicago
Post, .
A Boy's Grit
A Swedish boy fell out of a window
and was badly hurt, but with clinch
ed lips he kept back the cry of puin.
The king, Augustus Adolphus, who
saw him full, prophesied that the boy
would make a man for an cinercencv.
I And so he did, for lie becamo tho fani
, ous General Dauer,
Why Pay High Prices?
For WATCHES, DIAMONDS and JEWELRY when yon can buy on
redeemed pledges' for Amount of Money Loaned with Interest at the
Portland Loom Office third stheet.
a a-l LIUI1U ftWUtin WlllWCf PORTLAND, OBEOO!.
New Jewelry et 40 per cent, lower (ban at any Jewelry Store In Portland.
At till Tailor".
"It's a magnificent suit, sir."
"Yes. What a pity I don't fit it."
Indianapolis News.
THE STAR OF STARS
MORE THAN HALF A CENTUZf
OPCXPKRlENCalr
AU BACK OP
EVERY
WATIBPROOF ei.i
6LICKER
OR COAT
tEAElNG TMIJTPAPE WSK
ON S-ALS evKMHTHfea' "
BEVVARE OP IMITATION.
SHOWING PULL UNI v
Of fiARMKMT.1 Ann u
A.I.TOWr!RCO..B0ST0N.MA33. a.
lifEiaS5
Summer Resolution
ftv iiooley Cure
kuie relief fjom liquor, opium and tobaoee
bablta. Bend lor partlonian M
KBhIBV Intitutfl Moved to 440 WIMIhiih
N. V. S. V.
So. 471901.
IV'UKN
I mentlao th
wrltlnar te adoartlaora nlui.
i pa pee. -
STEEL
STAR
WIND
MILL.
Haa ball bcartni- in torn-table.
Turna Ireely to the wind.
Hall bear I nut thrum In wheel, !nnr!n
llfhteat running qualities and reitervin(
greateat amount ot power lor pumping.
(lalvanlzed after making. 1'ut tovotlier
witb iralvanlzed bnlta, doiible-nutted: no
part can runt or fret looao and rattle.
, Weight regulator; perfect regulation. No
Sbrllie to ehanirA tfttiHirn, wlfh v.p nti.i....
jut tomjieraturo, and grow weaker with age.
wepaira alwaya ;n hand.
. iheto thlnga are worth money to you.
..Then why not boy a HTARr
MITCHELL, LEWIS
& STAVER CO.
PORTLAND, OREGON.
JOHN POOLE. Portland, Oregon,
foot ot Morrtaon Street
Can give von the best baro-aina in
Btigtriea. I'low. Hollers an. I Kninoi,
Win-imills ami Pumns linl (-vMria)riii
Machinery. Bee us beore buying,
Patents Sendno"Mone
But a model nr draurlmr uilili .1, .. V
and we will advlae y..n. J. 8. ftnillo nnijn
Co.. (Dept. A) Waahliifton, O. C, rKIULl
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