The Hood River glacier., September 19, 1902, Image 6

A STUDY IN SCARLET
BY A. CONAN DOYLE.
CHAtTEBVli-dontinued;
Mr. Gregson, who had listened to
thlg address with considerable impa
tience, could contain himself no longer.
"Look here, Mr. Sherlock .Holmes"
he said, "we are all ready to acknowl
edge that you are a smart man, and
that you have your own methods of
working. We want something more
than mere theory and preaching now,
though. It Is a case of taking the
wan. I have made my case out, and
It seems I was wrong. Young Char
pentier could not have been engaged in
this second affair. Lestrade went after
his man, Btangerson, and it appears
that he was wrong, too. You have
thrown out hints here and hints there,
and seem to know more than we do,
but the time has come when we feel
that we have a right to ' ask you
straight how much you do know of
the business. Can you name the man
who did it?"
"I cannot help feeling that Gregson
Is right, sir," remarked Lestrade. "We
have both tried, and we have both
failed. You have remarked more than
once since I have been In the room
that you had all the evidence which
you require. Surely you will not with
hold It any lQngor?"
"Any delay in arresting the assas
sin," I observed, "might give him time
to perpetrate same fresh atrocity."
Thus pressed by us all, Holmes
showed signs of irresolution
He continued to walk up and down
the room with his head sunk on his
chest and his brows drawn down, as
was his habit when lost In thought.
"There will be no more murders," he
said, at last, stopping abruptly and fac
ing us. "You can put that considera
tion out of the question. You have
asked me if I know the name of the
assassin. I do. The mere knowing of
his name is a small thing, however,
compared with the power of laying our
hands unon him. This I expect very
shortly to do. I have good hopes of
managing It through my own arrange
ments; but it is a thing which needs
delicate handling, for we have a
shrewd and desperate man to deal
with, who Is supported, as I have had
occasion to prove, by another who is as
clever as himself. As long as this man
has no Idea that any one can have a
clew, there Is some chance of securing
him; but if he had the slightest sus
picion, he would change his name, and
vanish In an instant among the four
million inhabitants of this great city,
Without meaning to hurt either of your
feelings, I am bound to say that I con
alder these men to be more than a
match for the official force, and that Is
why I have not asked your assistance.
If I fall I shall, of course, incur an me
blame due to this omission; but that 1
am nrenared for. At present I am
ready to promise that the Instant
1 can communicate with you without
endangering my own combinations I
shall dn so." - .
Gregson and Lestrade seemed to be
far from satisfied by this assurance, or
by the deprecating allusion to the de
tective police.
The former had flushed up to the
roots of his flaxen hair, while the
other's beady eyes glistened with curl
osltv and resentment.
Neither of them had time to speak
however, before there was a tap at the
door and the spokesman of the street
arab. voune Wiggins, introduced his
lnstenlflcant and unsavory person
"Please, sir." he said, touching his
forelock, "I have the cab down stairs."
"Good boy," said Holmes, blandly.
"Why don't you introduce this pattern
at Scotland Yard?" he continued, tak
lne a pair of steel handcuffs from
drawer. VSee how beautifully the
Brrlne works. They fasten In an in
stant."
"The old pattern is good enough,"
remarked Lestrade, "if we can find the
man to put them on.
"Very good, very good," said Holmes,
smlline. "The cabman may as well
help me with my boxes. Just ask him
to step up. Wiggins."
I was surprised to find my compan
ion speaking as though we were about
to start out on a Journey, since ne naa
not said nothing to me about It.
There was a small portmanteau In
the room, and this he pulled out and
began to strap.
He was busily engaged at it when
the cabman entered the room.
"Just give me a help with this
buckle, cabman," he said, kneeling
over his task, aad never turning hU
head.
The fellow came forward with a
somewhat sullen defiant air, and put
down his hands to assist
At that Instant there was a sharp
click, the Jangling of metal, and Sher
lock Holmes sprang to his feet again.
"Gentlemen," he cried, with flashing
yes, "let me Introduce to you Mr Jef
ferson Hope, the murderer of Enoch
Drebber and Joseph Btangerson.
The whole thing occurred in a mo
mentso quickly that I had no time to
realize It.
I have a vivid recollection of that In
stant, of Holmes' triumphant expres
sion and the ring or nis voice, or tne
cabman's daied, savage face, as he
glared at the glistening handcuffs,
which had appeared as if by magic
uDon his wrists.
For a second or two we might have
been a group of statues. T&en, witn
an Inarticulate roar of fury, the pris
oner wrenched himself tree from
Holmes' exaso. and hurled himself
through the window.
Woodwork and glass gave way be
fore him; but before he got quite
through Gregson, Lestrade and Holmes
sprang upon him like so many stag
hounds.
Ha was dragged back into the room,
and then commenced a terrific conflict.
So powerful and so fierce wag he
that the four of us were shaken off
again and again. He appeared to have
the convulsive strength of a man in
. an epileptic fit.
His face and hands were terribly
mangled by the passage through the
glass, but loss of blood had no effect
In diminishing his resistance.
It was not until Lestrade succee'ded
in getting his hand inside his neck
cloth and half strangling him that we
' made him realize that his struggles
were of no avail; and even then we
felt no security until we had pinioned
his feet as well as his hands. That
done, we rose to our feet, breathless
and nantlng.
. "We have his cab," said Sherlock
Holmes "It will serve to take him to
Scotland Yard. And now, gentlemen.
ha continued, with a pleasant smlie,
"we aava reached the end of our little
' mystery. You are very welcome to
put any questions that you like to me
row, and there is no aaner wat i win
refuse to answer them."
PART II. ,
The Country of the Saint
war.. .- ain't nothing, J
You'll 'just nee dto be patient awhile
and then you'll be all right. Put yom
head up agin me, like that, and then
you'll feel better. It ain't easy to talk
when your lips arc like leather, but I
guess I'd best let you know how the
cards lie. What's that you've eot?"
"Pretty things! fine tmnfts: cneu
the little girl, ethuisasttcally, holding
p two glittering fragments 01 mica.
When we goes back to home I'll give
them to brother Bob."
"You'll see prettier things than them
soon," said the man, confidently. "You
wa f a hit. 1 was going vu icu
you thOUgh YOU rememuer WUCU w o I maac buid ui. in uwvwwu u mo Timlin
CHAPTER I.
In the central portion of the great
North American Continent there lies
an tirid and repulsive desert, which for
many a long year served as a barrier
against the advance of civilization.
Frbm the Sierra Nevada to Ne
braska, and from the Yellowstone riv
er in the north to the Colorado upon
the south, is a region of desolation and
silence.
Nor Is nature always in one mood
throughout this grim district. It com
prises snow-capped and lofty moun
tains and dark gloomy valleys.
, There : are swiftly -flowing rivers
which dash through jagged canyons;
and there are enormous plains, which
in winter are white with snow, and in
summer are gray with the saline alkali
dust. They all preserve, however, the
common characteristic of barrenness,
lnhosDltalltv and misery.
There are no inhabitants or this lana
of despair.
A band of Pawnees or or liiackreet
may occasionally traverse it in order
to reach other hunting-grounds, but the
hardiest of the braves are glad to lose
sight of those awesome plains and to
find themselves once more upon their
nrairlea
The coyote skulks among the scrub,
the buzzard flaps heavily through the
air. and the clumsy grizzly Dear mm-
bers through the dark ravines, ana
nicks ud such sustenance as it can
among the rocks. These are the sole
dwellers in the wilderness.
In the whole world there can De no
more dreary view than that from the
northern slope of the Sierra Bianco.
As far as the eye can reach stretcn
es the great flat plainland, all dusted
over with patches ot alkali, ana inter
sected by clumps of the dwarfish chap
arral bushes.
On the extreme verge of the horizon
lie a long chain of mountain peaks,
with their rugged summits flecked with
snow. In this great stretch of coun
try there is no sign of life, nor of any
thing appertaining to lire.
There is no bird in tne steei-Diue
heaven, no movement upon the dull,
gray earth above all there is abso
lute silence. Listen as one may, there
is no shadow of a sound in all that
mighty wilderness; nothing but silence
complete and heart-subduing silence.
It has been said there is nothing ap
pertaining to life upon the tfioad plain.
That is hardly true.
Looking down from the Sierra Blan
co, one sees a pathway tracea out
across the desert, which winds away
and is lost in the extreme distance.
It is rutted with wheels and trodden
down by the feet of many adventurers,
Here and there are scattered white
objects which glisten in the sun and
stand out against the dull deposit of
alkali.
Approach and examine them! They
are bones; some large and coarse,
others smaller and more delicate. The
former have belonged to oxen, the
latter to men.
For fifteen hundred miles one may
trace this ghastly caravan route by
these scattered remains of those who
had fallen by the wayside.
Looking down on this very scene,
there stood upon the 4th of May, 1847
a solitary traveler.
Hig appearance was such that he
.might have been the very genius or
demon of the region. An observer
would have found it difficult to say
whether he was nearer to forty or to
sflxtv.
His face was lean and haggard, and
the brown, parchment-like skin was
drawn tightly over the projectln
bones; his long, brown hair and beard
were all flecked and dashed with
white: his eyes were sunken In his
head, and burned with an unnatural
luster, while the hand which grasped
his rifie was hardly more fleshy than
that of a skeleton.
As he stood, he leaned upon his
weanon for support, and yet his tall
figure and the massive framework of
his bones suggested a wiry and vigor
ous constitution.
His gaunt face, however, and his
clothes, which hung so bagglly over
his shriveled limbs, proclaimed what
It was that gave him that senile and
decrepit appearance.
The man was dying aying irom
hunger and from thirst.
He had tolled painfully down tne ra
vine, and on to this little elevation,
m the vain hope of seeing some signs
of water.
Now the great salt plain stretched
before his eyes, and the distant belt
of aavaze .mountains, without a sign
anywhere of plant or tree wnicn mignr
indicatethe presence ot moisture.
In all that broad landscape mere
was no gleam of hope. North, and
east, and west he looked with wild,
questioning eyes, and then he realized
that his wanderings naa came to an
end, and that there, on that barren
crag, he was about to die.
"Why not here, as well as in a feath
er bed, twenty year hence," he mut
tered, as he seated mmseii in tne snei-
ter of a bowlder.
Before sitting down, he had depos
ited upon the ground nis useless rifle,
and also a large bundle tied up in a
gray shawl, which he had carried slung
over his right shoulder.
It anneared to be somewnat too
heavy for his strength for, in lowering
It, it came down on tne ground wun
some little violence.
Inatantlv there broke from the gray
narcel a little moaning cry. and irom
It there protruded a small, scared face.
with very bright, brown eyes, and two
little speckled, dimpled lists.
You've hurt me!" said a cnnaisn
voice, reproachfully.
"Have I. though?" the man mi
swered. penitently; "I didnt go for to
do it."
As he spoke, he unwrapped the gray
shawl and extricated a pretty little
girl of about five years of age, wnose
dainty shoes and smart pink frock,
with Its little linen apron, all bespoke
a mnther'a care
The child was pale and wan, but her
healthy arms and legs showed that she
had suffered less than ner companion
"How is it now?'' he answered, ant
lously, for she was still rubbing the
towsy-golden curls which covered the
back of her head.
"Kiss It and make it well." she said
with Derfeet gravity, shoving the in
Jnred part up to him. 'That's what
mother used to do. Wherei mother?"
"Mother'a gone. I guess you'll see
har hefora lone."
-Gone, eh?" said the little girl.
"Funny, she dldnt ssy good-bye: she
most alwav did if she was Just goln
over to anntle's for tea. and now she's
been away for three days. Say. It's
awful dry, ain't It? Ain't there bo
water nor nothing to eat?"
U.ft th river?"
Well we reckoned we strute an
other river soon, d'ye see. But there
was somethin' wrong.; compasses or
xnap, or sometnin', ana h oiuui mm
Witor run nut. jnsi excew a -
i Hr-n for thfl likes of you and
and"
' knA vnn rnnlrtn't wasn yourseu, in
terrupted his companion, gravely, star- ference, as an examination of location
ana surrounuings win suuw.
In the first place, the location of Port
Orchard bay, on which the station is
built, is 100 miles Interior from the Pa
cific, reached only through the straits
of San Juan de Fuca, that wonderful
body of water through which pours the
present enormous streams of North
western commerce. This water Is sus-
ing up at his grimy visage.
"No nor drink. And Mr. Bender, he
was the first to go, and then Indian
Pete, and then Mrs. McGregor, and
then Johnny Hones, ana men, ueuu,
your mother."
"Then mother's a deader too, cried
the little girl, dropping her face in her
pinafore and sobbing mtteriy,
. . . a. 1U warn a unm A
me. Tnen 1 tnougni mere "
-hon-A of water in this direction, so
heaved you on my mourner ana we
tramned it together. It don t aeem as
thnntrh we've improved matters
There's an almighty small chance for
us now!'
I Uncle Sam's Puget Sound W
m , Navy Yard and Dry Docks fa
m ft
NCLE SAM had no need to
erect formidable fortifica
tions and extensive naval and
military works, In order to
and commercial Interests of the Pacific
Northwest, but when our Uncle Sara
located the Puget Sound Naval Station
he assured such protection for all time
to come under all possible events, do
mestic or foreign. At the same time
he located these works in a position
absolutely impregnable, a very Glbral-
ter of security against attack or inter
Administrative building and naval of
fices. Marine barracks with modern appli
ances and conveniences.
Officers' quarters, fiva Una resi
dences for naval officials
Buildings In process: Equipment,
ordnance and other shops.
Considering the magnitude of the
Citation as it exists today, it seems al
most Impossible that it has all been
accomplisned in ten short years. The
location was made in 1891, the first
work commenced the year following.
The very land enclosed in the station
yards, was part of an -original home
stead entry made in October 1875, al
though the land, which had been "lum
bered," had been entered upon for that
purpose as early as 1858. This home
stead was patented to one Williams
As to the three ships first mentioned, j
tbrte is yet considerable to be done to
thorn in painting and overhauling fori
two of them, the Iowa having long de
parted, while the Philadelphia is ex
pected to be made Into a receiving
ship, by the removal of one of her
decks.
Bremerton, the city of the Station,
to-be, hag its foundation of course in
the labor employed, and the traffic of
the Station and of Its officers and
managers. Suddenly rising to several
thousand of population, the little city
U struggling to keep pace with its own
unexpected importance and growth,
and fortunately is in the hands of en
terprising men of high character, who
are seized with the spirit and charac
ter of the enterprise that has come to
them, and who evince a disposition to
co-operate with the government pur
pose and to make their city a credit.
This is shown In the character of im
provements, in street construction and
all the municipal improvements as fast
aa undertaken. There is a water sys
tem already installed, by utilization of
fine streams of pure water, with suf-
Yes; they all went except you and coptible of fortifications andNrt defense
beyond the ability of the combined war
fleets of all earth to force an entrance.
Forts at Port Townsend and other
points eastward from .the en
trance of the straits already protect
the passage, while beyond, as the
course lies further In toward the naval
nn vrrn mean that we are going to Rfatlon. the channel narrowa Into abut-
die too?" asked the child, checking tjng natural defenses.
her sobs, and raising her tear-stained
race. .
"I mesA that's about tne size oi n.
"Why didn't you sy so before?" she
said, laughing gleefully. "You gave me
mifh a frleht Why. ot course, now as
long as we die we'll te witn momer
again."
Yea vnu wi l. dearie.
And you, too. I'll tell her how
awful good you've been. I'll bet sft
meets ug at the door of heaven with
w nitnhpr of water, and a lot oi
buckwheat cakes, hot, and tonste'i 0n
Should the naval powers of earth
ever force these, there would remain
torpedo, bomb, dynamite mines, chains.
and like means of destruction of the
advancing engines of war, strung and
hung In the narrower channels nearer
the station-, beyond any conceivable
ability of present or future naval pow
ers to pass. On such situation Is based
the claim that the location, for safety
and strength. Is the finest that the
world knows today. Other features
are quite as favorable. Including depth
of water, character of anchorage
v...... -. - .. . i MIl Wtt
both sides, like Hon ana me was luuu oundg Bhorn for dook, uni wharfs,
Of. How long win li oe nrbv; niirroiindine: lands and conditions. In-
"I don't know not very long. rfnMnz climatic conditions and protec-
The man's eyes were fixed on tne , . ,. . , b an absoiutely
northern horizon. In the blue van t or lan(1.loclfe(, narbor, set within densely
the heaven there appeared three little t!mbere(1 hIll9t
specks which increased in size every station. Its works and
moment, so WW surrmlnQlnK8 nerewlth glven, di8C,0Se
They speedily resonlv.e.ath1! but a small part of the Interesting and
Into three large brown birds, which clr- .,... reatre. t0 be jearned by a
cled over the heads of the two wan
doror and then settled upon some
rocks which overlooked them
if, ,
'-vyetomm-..s. -it mil tin i i iftnatftffll Tffo -,
Sv
A:
r ! "If
-v. .'
jMWWiatjH'"""" J "if 1 S3
GEO. P. GROWELL,
(Sncci-ssor 10 E. I- Smith,
Oldest Etubliahed llmiso in ttia valley.
DEALER IN
Dry Goods, Groceries,
Boots and Shoes,
Hardware,
Flour and Feed, etc.
This old-established house will con
tinue to pay ash for all its goo(ls; it
Says no rent;' it employs a clerk, but'
oes not have to divide with a partuer.
All dividends are made with customer!
in the way of reasonable prices.
Lumber
Wood,
Posts, Etc.
Davenport Bros.
Lumber Co.
Have opened an office in Hood River.
Call and get prices ami leave orders,
which will be promptly filled.
Regulator Line
STEAMERS
Regulator and Dalles City
Between The Dulles and Portland
Daily Except Sunday.
BIG FIGHTING MACHINE IN DRYDOCK.
visit to Rremerton, as the little city
surrounding the Station, has been nam
ed. Carved out of the virgin forest,
Thev were buzzards, the vultures or i , , ,.
the West, whose coming Is the tore- My acreg of leve, ,and that comes
runner of death.
(To be continued.)
WENT HIM SOME BETTER.
Qlrl Improved on Excuse Offered by Het
Little Brother.
down to the water on Just the level
needed for works and docks, while far
ther hack the ground rises by ridge
and terrace, giving attractive natural
locations for the administrative build
ings, offices and. quarters. Central to
all lies the great dry dock, now the
largest possessed by the government;
with dockage and wharfs in front, ann
Annie was late, and like a sensible shops and repair and equipment bulla
child, she recognized the fact and stop
ped running. JNot so jonnnie. lie
belonged to the class that never Knows
when it has enough of either joy or
trouble, so he kept up his laborious
trot until the school door was readied,
There he leaned dejectedly and breath
ed heavily. Annie eyed him with a
scorn that grew as she looked. Later
on they stood in the office looking like
a set of illustrations for a new version
of the "Lives of the Hunted," and
Johnny was talking. "I couldn't
mean it," he sobbed. "It wuz me big
sister Katie's fault. She made me eat
three eggs, an' me mndder says I can't
hold that much til) I'm nine years old,
and" He would have babbled on
indefinitely, the tears rolling off his
fat, foolish little face, but the principal
handed him his admission slip and
turned to Annie. That, young lady
had a passion for acquisition, so with
out further ado she acquired Johnnie's
excuse.
"I ate too many epgs, too, and it
made me late," she explained,
"Indeed." said the principal, "and
how many did you eat?"
Annie's lips curled scornfully as she
remembered Johnny and his miserable
little three epgs.
I ate seventy-four," she replied,
blandly. New York Evening Sun.
The Origin of 'Windfall."
Did you ever have a "windfall,"
and did you everwondei why you called
it so, when the wind bad nothing at
all to do with your gjod fortune? It
was to the peasants in William the
Conqueror's time that an actual wind
fall meant good luck. They were for
bidden; under severe penalty, to cut a
forest tree, but whatever the wind blew
down was their own; hence their
area test fortune was a heavy wind
atorm and its consequent "fall." An
hence the name we give our modern
good luck.
ings adjoining. Notwithstanding the
completeness of the works all Is still
who sold to William Bremer, from flcient head for Are protection, and on
whom the government purchased tha tt scale for all future requirements.
station tract of 86 acres, which was up-1 The young city government keeps pace
on recommendation of two commta- ' l"e ' " ' u
, . ,, terests, in short there is that harmony
i iii nr .Z nM. th r. anl co-opsration so desirable under the
tll.n? i"! circumstances. Among other steps in
this direction, the town Is at present
organizing a Sailor's and Marine Club,
Dort of those commissions. Bremerton
City takes its name from its original
land owner. No foot of the land where
the station Is was cleared until the
government commenced it In the year
stated. Mr. Bremer had built a small
dock, for the bay boats, which still
stands pioneer finger mark com
pared with the extensive docks of
modern equipment and construction
where now float the mightiest fighting
machines of modern times.
While the government authorities
vt.''W' ' pfri i
INTERIOR VIEW OF DRYDOCK UNOCCUPIED.
What Alligators Eat.
More than once curious things have
been found in the stomach of a shark,
1. 1 maota ka. annli an art ranrAi narv
collection been found as was discovered larger than either of the other two, ani
i .l- i 1. t - i with rntiTpmn aiea i 11 uunniiciua
mmnT v in iiih rloiiihi 11 ui hii uuiuniur.
bustle and animation In extensions
constantly on foot, the largest of the
present works under construction ne
ng an Immense equipment building o'
brick, that win be completed this sea
5on. Brick and steel structure Is main
tained throuKhout. and every speclop
of construction, brick, steel, stone and
Umber, is of the superior quality ror
which Uncle Samuel Is noted. A point
nf ereat Bleniflrance as bearing on the
Wal adaptability and economy of the
site, is that nearly a totality or an ma
terials comes from the Puget Sound
and Pacific region, excepting barely
structural steel and Iron. Stone,
brick, timber and coal, are all at Uncle
Sam's finger tips.
Details of these great works, are to
be found in the reports, but a few
Items will suffice, emphasizing in the
main, as they do, the local Importance
of the Station, and comparison wun
the sister stations of Mare Island and
Rrnnklvn. Pueet Sound is aireany
This alligator was killed in the Soudan,
and was more than 12 feet in length.
In its stcmach were discovered eighty-
five stones, several birdb' claws, two
human finger nails and three hoofs of a
ready under the protecting ncgls of
government appropriation, will shortly
be among the largest In the world. Its
present dry dock has such rank, hav
ing "nnacltv of containing the larg
est battle ship' in the world, and yet the
donkey, to one of which a piece of rope extensions now contemplated, to he
was attached. covered In the next appropriation call
ing for $4,000,000, already approvea oy
tha nenartment. call for another dry
dock double the size of the present one.
deemed necessary by our naval exten
sion on the Pacific side of our domain,
inrt our Interests In the far east.
Other extensions covered in the re
cent appropriations of $1,200,000 are
oal bunkers of Za.uuo tons capacity.
Bremerton being one of five such coal
ing stations ordered, the other four be
ing San Diego, San Francisco, Sitka,
and Dutch Harbor for the Pacific and
Behring Sea. This coaling provision
' nnw a'neeessity. but the future sys
tem for the Station is said by govern
ment officials to be to utilizze the Lake
Washington fresh water canal now nn-
constructlon, snips ronnin
Medals for First Volunteers.
Governor Crane, of Massachusetts,
has signed the bill awarding a medal to
every man Irom his state who went out
in response to President Lincoln's first
call for troops. The pen with which
he signed the bill hag been presented
to Pre-ndent Pierce, of the "minute
men of 'til."
Baltimore to Honor Schley.
Baltimore is considering a plan of
changing the name of its North avenue
to Schley avenue, lu honor of the rear
admiral. The present name is no
longer appropriate, the northern boun- A.r
dary of tha city having extended far through that body of water directly up
beyond that avenue. !o tn9 coal bunkers near the mines,
'ini lQ going na coming clean their
Praises American Scenery. hnfinmi f barnacles, saving the scrap-
Panl I i mi a ii ila larpa in a nwnl Ina- nrocesl In dry dock. The rolls of
.,ti..u ht ti, a.i im. emDlnvea at present exceed 800 men.
have proceeded with increasing confi
dence, ever since the establisment or
the Puget Sound Station 10 years ago,
there has been no practical test on a
large scale, until since the close of the
Spanish war. and our sequestered ana
scarred battleships of the first class
have reached the Station. First to
come was the Iowa, followed by the
Wisconsin and latterly the great Ore
gon after Santiago and her double
chase around the continent, with the
Philadelphia as the latest comer. All
these ships steamed in from the Paci
fic, up through the straits, and by the
Interior fastnesses, with probably no
small misgivings. Arrived at the Sta
tion each and all have now been
through the paces of test of the facil-
hfter the manner ot those clubs at
Mare Island and Brooklyn, In the In
terest of Improvement, and advantages
for the seafaring employes when at
the Station. Schools, churches, and
society of the rising order are features
of the young city of Port Orchard Bay,
which also has that modern necessity
the newspaper, the Weekly News, con
ducted by the Gale Brothers. This was
established one year ago.
Kltsan Is the Inexpressive name of
the interior, sound-encircled county
hat has received this great Improve
ment and development. A region
densely timbered, sparsely settled, and
with Its chief business shore and Day
traffic hitherto, finds its solitudes
transformed into noise and bustle,
with hints of the mighty world out
side, by comparisons of the hulls and
machinery of the world's hitherto to
them unknown fighting monsters, with
the pigmy bottoms so long their pride
and admiration. The wilderness is De-
ginning to blossom as the rose, and
numerous small towns are springing
ud. testifying to the immense expend
Itures by the government, and that all
sections are getting some share. The
county seat Is across the bay from the
Naval Station, with no doubt an ambi
tion on the part of the Bremerton peo
ple, that some time In the near future
Bremerton will be the capital of the
county, as it has already become the
commercial center. Farms are rapidly
develoDlng. and the fruit raising in
dustry Is exnected to be large In all
that region in the very near future.
Moreover the people settling the re
gion are hardy, Industrious and conse
quently thrifty people, that will soon
set the mark of wealth and high char
acter upon the region where Uncle
Sam has placed so Important national
interests
As to management. It Is universal
testimony that the government has
made no mistake in the assignments
of Commandant, and other adminis
trative officers, who in the order of
Commandants since opening of the
Station have been. Lieutenant Wykoff,
Commander Morong. Capt. Whiting,
Commander Green, Capt. Coghlan, and
Capt. W. T. Burwell.
As to accessibility for the traveler
and the visitor, as well as for commer
cial communication with Bremerton,
it Is easy. Involving mere rail and de
lightful water trips from all coast and
'Si! C
"Sfc-r-.
, y M XI r t. .
OFFICERS' QUARTERS AT PUGET SOUND STATION.
pression lie had ever received on hie
travels in the new or old world was
given by the Grar.d canyon of the Colo
rado river, in A' isona.
A Chinese Clarionet.
The sona, a Chinese clauoi.et, is tin
favorite inttr anient among the common
people, especially at marriage and fun
eral entertainments, its araie is frrn
F to U above.
with tha certainty of constant large in
creases as the works are extended.
The present works comprise we ioi-
Icwlng:
Drvdock. the largest government
lock In the Uited States.
Wharf and docks, lareest and most
commodious on the Pacific Coast
Brick and steel flre-proor construc
tion and repair buildings.
Steam engineering ouuaing, wun
equipment.
Brick waranouse ana aior duubo.
It'es for repair and overhauling, with ! Inland points. Portland. Spokane. Ta-
tfie most complete satisfaction to all coma, Seattle and other Sound points,
i ojcerned. In maneuvering, docking. I The visitor may ever feel sure of wet-
or what cot, each and every faaturf ' come, end that Instruction and pleas-
baa been a success. As to the Oregon
her broken plates wrenched asunder
when the ship was on the rocks In
Asia, have been replaced with the ease
that a skiff would be handled by the
shiDS enroenter. Tha dry dock thus
ure will reward the trip. 8wift boata
make hourly trips from Seattle and Ta-
coma while no more delightful trip
could be found anywhere than the en
tire trip by boat from Portland, whil
visitors from further down the Coast
Leave Dalles . .'. 7 A. M.
Arrive Portland 4 P. M.
Leave Portland 7 A. M.
Arrive Dalles 5 P. M.
Leave Hood River (down) at 8 :30 A.
Arrive Hood River (up) at 3:30 P.
M.
M.
"w C ALLAWAY,
General Agent.
White Collar Lino
Portland -Astoria Route
Str, "BAILEY GATZERT."
Dally round trips except Sunday.
TIME CARD.
Lmti Portland 7:00 A. M
iTe Astoria 7:00 P. M
Through Portland connection with Steamer
Vahcotta from llwaco and Long Beach points.
White Collar Line tickets Interchangeable
with O. R. k N. Co. and V. X. Co, tickets.
TheDalles-Portland Route
STEAMERS
"TAHOMA" and "METLAKO"
Daily trips except Sunday.
Str. "TAHOMA."
Leaves Portland, Mon., Wed., Frl 7:00 A. M
Leaves The Dalles, Tucs., murs. au,v:uu A. M
Str. "METLAKO."
Leaves Portlend, Tues., Thu., Hat 7:00 A. M.
Leaves The Dalles Mon., W ed., Fri 7:00 A. M.
Landing and oltice: Foot Alder Street. Both
atones Main nil. Portland, Oregon.
AGENTS.
JOHN M. FILLOON The Pallas, Or
A. 3. TAYLOR Astoria, or
J J. LUCK EY Hood River, Or
WOLKOKl) A Y VERS White Salmon, Wun
J. C. W'VATT Vancouver. Wash
R. B. GILnKKTH 1-516, an
JOHN M. TO'ITOV.. -....Stevenson, W asii
HKNKY OLMSTED. Csrxon, Wosh
WM. BUTLER Butler, Wash
E. W. CRICHTON,
Portland, Oregon
W&m
wo -&o & Mo
-airrtli
KCUUII
Short Line
AND Union Pacsrc
first tested by these greatest of battle . or Faciflc tourists will never tire of the
shirs, proved adequate for even much beauties of the Sound reelon. The Sta
larger vessels. All machinery and ap- tion ir'.'.l never, from this time oa, be
paratus worked to a charm, so that this without features of world-wide Inter-
evidence, if needed, closes the cnapter.est, being sure to nave representation
of approval for the Puget Sound bta-everon hand or the mighty naval pow
Lon. Besides the mechanical test, re-jer of tha Uulted States, and thus, by
suits have been equally satisfactory comparison, at least, of that of tha
with respect to health of men, and at- whole world, from diminutive torpedo
tractive sunrondlngs. In fact as to all i boata up to the mightiest war mar
other elements entering Into tha case, chines tha world baa yet produced.
n....r TIE "SCHEDULES ......
PlfT Portltna, Or.
Chicago Belt lake, Denver, 4:3" p. m.
Portland Ft. Worth.Oinaha,
Special Kansas Citr, St.
:00a. m. luii,Chicagoau.l
via La-t.
Huntington.
At antic Walla Walla lwls- 8:10 a.m.
Express ton, Spokane, Mili
ar p.m. iieH-ills.St. Paul,
via Dulutli, Milwan-
Huntington. kce,( lixauoAKni
(
Rt. Paul Hit Lake, Denver, 7.00a.m.
Fast Mail Ft. Worth.Omalia,
G;16 p. ni. Kanan City, Hi.
via Louis.Cflimgoand
Spokan East.
OCEAN AND RIVER SCHEDULE
MtO.H PUltTLANU.
I Ml p.m. All railing daten 4:00 p. aa,
subject to change
For Han Francisco
bail every 6 days
Dally Cahimala Rlvar 4 00 p.m.
Ex.bumlay . Steamers. Kz. Sunday
l :WI. m.
Saturday To Astoria and Way
K.Ou p. m. Landings.
45a m WlitiiMtts Rim. 4:Jp. m.
Hon., W ed. W ater permitting. K. buaday
and Frl. 'Oregon City, New.
berg. Salem, ln.i-
renilcnr, Curval
ia and Mar 1-aud-lnja.
7:00am. WlllaaieMe 4 Tas- J 0p. ra.
Tues., Thur. iil lrt. Hon.. Wad.
and Sal. Water permitting. aud Kru
Oregon 'ity, iaf
tou.A Way Land
lugs. Lv. Riperia tasks liver. LT.Lea-lMOB
4:06 a.m. I 7:Moa.m.
Dally exeapt P.iparia to Lewiston Dailv an-ept
Monday, j Monday.
k. ,
A. L. CRAIO,
fieaeral Paaaenger Agent, Portland. Ot.
BOAR, Ag.ar, Hg4 BlTer.