"' .Wn. .iiK'-nii .f-ylppr. r1frt kim" '""" " ''"" mii '4-'" " 1 "iy it""""ii i yi jn.y i7i'yi.ii,l,wi.,a .,., Jt- - axr.xr-f . v ." V xbif I w . ' I i - kl . mSL .. - ' V -,, - j, t ,,, . If WE .. Mi w . . fei dBed? Jib t IV- c '! VOL XXI. LABOR SCARCE Central West Suffer- ing For Men, MANUFACTURING ACTIVITIES STILL 01! THE INCREASE Especial Dearth of Hired Girls Makes HouseYlfo'o Life a Burden A Chicago dispatch .iya: N'ovor In tliu history of tho Central U'mt linn tho general demand for labor baon greater, nor within thu nntnory of Him oldoit business men hai ouch n itcarlty ol wogo corners oxlstcd. Tlio condltlonu arc unprecedented. An it remit Indust triut uro suffering, in that thoy cnunot opornto to capacities warranted by thu condition). Manufacture nro offer In;; tho groaUiit Induonninti to Ubar In tlio hblory of tholr oporation, ilundroda,f tlio largest and hardest pushed concur nn fnlha Contral-WMt Ijavo '.tonm! that tholr only salvation Hub In thu impor tation of Inbor fiom tho Knot, whore, according to tho Westerners, tho activity le not nearly ao fcrcat. They havo bn?ii hblo to obtain eomo relief from thin source. All linos of trade aro being pushod as tiovor before, and, Instead of diminish ing, tho actvity nepms to grow more pronounced. Students of tho comnior jcalaud industrial f.tuatIoa,in tlio Cen tral "Went, any pretont conditions nro hssurod for a year to'como. Railroads having tcrmlr.nls horo aro greatly Jiamporod. Within tlio loit month 3,000 railroad laboiora havo bcon Importod to tlila city from tho Woelorn sections, but tho number aoema to Itnyo rnadollttlo impression. Tho railroads ay thuy ohohld havo 20,000 tnoro mon, but dojpalr of ottln thorn, Tho ora ploympnt agonulus, ospcclully thoto h'nvln contracts to provlda labor to the railroads, bavo tnkou off tholr feoa to applicants of whom thoro uro fow nnd notlfiod tho Htato labor bureaus to Bend all tho bolp thoy can rmntor to , thorn, Thoy havo acnt noticoo to othor cities tliat will pay for trnntpoitatlon to this city, but tho conditions oleo whoro Btand in thu way of n realization of tholr doslros. This ecarclty of labor Is not conf.nod to thn railroads or any othor lino of business, buUu genoral in tl o bromloat CotiBO of tho word. Mftny n 'houoowlfo Mb doing hor own work 'bocauee of tho dearth of domoetlcD, In no othor flold ia tho shortage of holp more pronouncod. Tho gonoral avorogo of wngoa for domes. tlo holp lias increased, but girls who ' formerly worked in hotnoa aro moro content with labor in factories nnd stores, Boys aro Jioodod ovorywuoro, hut cannot ho found, Tlio rcnrolty lioya linn como lo be n pioblmn for Hit busiuons men to nolvo, Thmcanda of youngtterd that wcro com pel ltd lo nnflr.t in tlio tnaliiluiiruico of Ihulr femlllcn in forlnor yciire aro now utijoyhiy tho bene fits of tho rubeola. Another idronj; Indication of tho but (onrient of tho laboring data ia nhotvn In tho statlillci of tlio charltablo oranI gallons, Within tba last few tnontlm tho colls for annUlahco from n'mJy fnml Ilea haro been few and tcatlored, and have come chlcflv from famllica render od ponnlluen by lllncro.' Miss Marion jones Mfei Marlon Jonei, dnocbtor of Sfnur tor Jones of Novadn, who is roon to ncd Hobort Furquhar of Itoston, Alias Jones is a fnmod athloie and holds tho woman's tennis championship of tho country. Her summer homo ia at Ban ta Monica, Cal. REFUSED "TO ANSWER QUESTION Operat org1 woman t 1 1 r ii i State Prices. Boy Tells of Opera tors' Methods Hcranton, Dee. 11 Darrow sprung n surprieo this morning by calling John Crawford, Independent opera tor, to tho stand as a witnoas, and at tempting to compoll Crawford to glvo a stntomont of prloes rccelvod for coal durltig tho striko, Crawford objectod and Judgo dray eustaincd him, caying that prices uudor eucb oxtra-oidlnary conditions could not.bo mado acrltion for fixing tho minos, wagOB Bcalo. A 12 year old boy was put on tho stand, r who eaid he loit n leg in tho mines, nnd got no pay whllo recovering, Ho returned to worjc whon nblo, but got no monoy, Ida wages boing hold by the company on account of n debt incurred by his fathor. ; MARSHFIELD, COOS COUN&Y.'QREGON, Dec. 13, CHANCE Hftm FOR A r wan n m Win u m A 1 Jt AAA Venezuela Will Resist Aggressions 1 Of the Big European Bullies This Country May Take ii Hand l.i Guayra. Pfc. 11 Reports from Corneal rxy Castro ia gathering an, army to rositt thu ogi;rcsiona of tho nlllea. Two thousand men and 18 ruuh have bcon sent from Caracas to rcinforco the earrieon hero. Tho men aro now en-. camped four miles from town. Fort La Vli-a ;ie being stocked with provicionn and ammunition, nnd great preparations are being made for -joeiat- Cftslro'a poaitioo cccms very popular, and volunteura are offering in large num bcra, ncfirly 10,000 boing armed bcro. Tendon, Dec. 1 1 Tho Central Nowa aiccrta that tho allies in Venezuela havo attempted to capturo President Castro hlmcelf. I'rivAto information received lays tho Anitlo-Gorman allies havo landed a force of bluo jscketaand marines at LaGuayra, and lighting has commenced on tho Btrcots. Washington, Dec. 11 Undor yoster- day's dato a cablegram was received from Minister Rowcn at Caracas this morning which says: "Castro informs mo ho has cleared all tho Germans and Urltlsh arrestod." Moro confirmatory dlspatcuos woro received from Rowan regarding the landing of tho allied forcoa at LsQuayra. Poreonally ho has securod tho release of.tho Rritlsh Consul Goneral. Washington, Dec. 11 Congressman Bchofroth, of Colorado, offored n joint resolution today, whoroas tho Venezue lan dlsputo ia llablo to involvo an in fringement of the Monroo doctrino. with possibilities of Borloua complica tions with tho United States, tho presi dent bo authorised tn proposo to Great Rritalu nnd Gormany that tlioir claims bo submitted to arbitration tho United Blatos to guarantee tho payment of any awards made against Venenuela, To imnrovo tho annotito and stroncth en thodigobtion, try n fow doses of Chamberloin'n atomach and Liver Tab lets. Mr. J. II. Boits, of Dotrolt, Mich, eays, "Thy roBtorod ipy appotito whon imnalrod. relieved woof a bloated f lellug and coueod a ploaeant and eutis- (netory movement oi tno uowoic." Tiioro aro pconlo in tliio community whonued just such a modlcine. For leniooy jouu cruuua iTory pui yrrtu( Jed. MAKING COMBINE IMFrotectiojEi of Their Interests fspcclal.to the Mall. . BtJuie. Duo 11 Tho National Lum ber Mfgf. crtoclation was formed today and the body adjourned to bold thooex't mcetlnu In Wesbington, April 6ih. RovenlY lumber makors of tho United States wcro in attendance, and perfected tfio organization for protection of tboir t . . . own mieretu -FIVE f TRIBES y OBJECT o Merging the Two Territories W:iral;Expe.nse.Allow 4w'. Wfswani"i &! ance Waibington. Dec. 11 Senator Quoy submitted a retoiution which had been packed by tho flvo civilized tribes, ob- jectini: to morgingOklubomnand Indiau Torrilory. Jonos, of Ark. alto submitted a pro test from Indian Territory. Tho Aulhracito commission bill wan omonded eo that thcmcmbbraaro allow ed 15 datly, tbclr assistants 10r and all others employed by tho government $0 In llou of traveling and other expenses. Tho House occupied tho fo'ronoon in consideration ol election conteata. FRISCO MAKING EFFORTS ". ToAvbid LosingTrans- port Trade. IIHt.ll1 '" " Washington Dec. 10 Senator Torklns, Messrs Pholan, Echwerln and Ducker man, called at tho White Housd and war department this afteruoou and talked with tho Protldont and Sccrotary Root about thn proposod transfer of tho trans port corvico from San Francisco to Seat tle Tho Callfornians claim that Seattlo hna no tacllitlos for handling fho groat volumo of business. ' They offored to charter or buy alUho army transports from tho' government at a prlco to bo fixed by tho doyaitraont 1902. nnd conduct tho buslncfs at San i'rancTeco at thcaamopricopcrnoldier and per ton freight a it costs tho government under tho present system. yOLCANO STILL IN ERUPTION Guatemala Plantations , Suffer Saa Faancisco. Dec. 11 Advices from tho volcano district of Guatemala say that Banta Maria continues in crruptlon. Capt. Ruieell of tho steamer Acapnlco eays thcwholetldeof the mountairn ie oflamofrom three distinct craters. The (Iovatticnof the coffco plantntbn's for 30 miles around continues. ANOTHER PLAGUE SCARE Texas Officer Gomes to Investigate IallaV Tex.Dari.ll IJeUU OCVoer JWlll.fiylacAuirrairtia.tovl day. It ia Hated be fMA imK-rrm, .ip., nnvnfli.it OiA mat bnbonle dIiwhb con- ditlon exisVtd in that city, news of which had been anpprcseed, and an alarming apread of tho Jiseaeo was taking placo. Iieiacolng to make a personal investi gation. Funeral of Wmllillop Tho funeral of Win JIIollop, who wni killed in tho Daniel creek logging camp- Wadnesdoy took placo bore yesterday. The body waa brought-down 6n Ujo Coos Rivor, accowpthied by tho ctow of the camp, and was taken, directly to the cemstor.v whero services woro perfor med by tbo Roy B. F. Reuctseu. PHCtor oi tbo Lutheran chnrcb. miiiunEinuiMZEviiimaiiMmunmw.MmX pi JeftarKabl Stoc;K of Boys Iotl7ii( frH - 3"H SSfrotmt II E Samo rigid H tho samrt tallorlnR for boys cloth" w ing as for men's; styles that have boyish graco with tho manly fluteh. Beautiful suits for tho little fellow; sirong sturdy euita for tho older boys Tho practical and tho novol A splendid X V il'lio New Twc llutton Double Breasted Sack collection of boys clothes that is not matched any where That no parents-of boys can offord to miss seeing. : : :::::: The Mother's Friend shirt watst The little suits, shoes, caps shirts and neck wear. MAGNES iOUTFITTERS & FURNISHERs llllMIHIIMHIMiWHlllMIIIMMiWWiSMIs NO. SO Lots of Young Salmon. Frank Smith, superintendent of the South Cooa rivor hatchery, was In towi yettcrday after lnmbor tobulld onto ho hatchery. Ho reports that tho ealmou eggs tskon tills season, which trero nil Chinook?, prove lo havo been in perfect condition and ate alt hatch ing. About 200.0C0 yqung fiati aro fish aro alreads out, and about l.COO.000 eggs aro all eyed, showlns that tbejr wIU makn dth. Tho report that tho racks nad bacn washed oat by a recent freshet was nn crrcr, as tho racks aro ctill In position, under Ave or sir feet ol water, flomo of tho lower traps, put in temporarily, ncro washed oat, howeyer. 3Ir. Smith oscms to have demonstrat ed pretty thoroughly that no mbtako was mado by putting him In charge of the hatchery. This is tho oeason of the year when tho prudent and careful housewifo re plenties hor supply 6f Chamber.lin'a Coiwh Remedy. It is certain to V nrcdod boforo tho winter Is over and rcfriiHe are -much moro prompt and ratK'uctory when it lo kept at band and i?tvrn uioon aa tho cold is contracted aud bitt'jrn it has become eottled in tba Lixin-n Tn Imn.t nvnrv lntanc3 a suvoTtf cold may be warded off by taring tlila remetty neeiy za roon a "fv imliiratfon of tho cold appearp. Thoro Ja no dineer ii) giving it to children for t,t contains no harmful snb3taace. It Is plcooaHt to Inko both adults and.child rcidikn it. Bnv it and you will get tho best. It always cures. For sale by John PrcuK, Regular services at the MethodUt Chmch Sermon by Dr. flnmm'er'rnie, P. E.at ll:C0 A. M, followed with the Adinhtrattoa,o(pe tprd'a Sappr. &Mai6iLBt.73 .30 P.M. to ; r. t v-aj- im.'T I vuw. JSiJ-, l?i Epworth twzua 0:JO M. Ep-Laguo 2:30, "VANTD EiUiful poreou to travel for well, tsfebliehod home in a few cotuitl calling ori xotail merchants and agents. Local territory. Balaif tl021 a year and expenses, jjayaV. $W 70 a week in earn and cxyenees advance. Position permanent' Busincas auccetp folacd ru?h?. Standard House, 334 Drorlorn St., Chicago. 12 13 2ft 1 Tho Norfolk, in NnttyMateriaJe, p'1 es. - 55 - r tcrntiny of febuc & MATSON tl 9 10 M l i J L, lt' -f-IJ. Vt 'vrKi: -ltfr- t