T illamook NXHALEM TASKS JUMP. ** — ■ ■ Vast Poasibilities Seen and 1911 Pri m ■ ses Proeparity. '■ N ehalem , Ore., Feb. 11—Slowly but surely the vast possibilities of - this part of Oregon are becoming iknown and appreciated both by the ”old settlers and what the Nelialeui- i.ites call the ‘‘outsiders.” The railroad now being built to ^the coast from Portland is mote ^frequently called "the Tillamook and Nehaletn road,” rather than >the Nehalem and Tillamook Rail- v«road The general impression is ■that the P. R. & N. Railway reaches .•‘.the coast first at Tillamook. Then win some way, up or down the coast, later reaches Nehalem. I The facts are that the railroad reaches Nehalem fully one hour 8 sooner than it reaches Tillamook. So that Nehalem is the place where 'passengers from Portland to the coast this Summer will get their ; first glimpse of the Pacific Ocean. One other interesting fact not K generally known is that, while ■ Tillamook Bay and bar intprove- H uients have been appealed to for ® Government aid in such iniprove- ,>J meats, Nehalem Bay people, with- out noise or flurry, organized the K- Port of Nehalem aud the Governor .. , appointed a board of commission­ ers which at once proceeded to issue bonds for the amount of $50,000. A contract was let for jetty work and now for four months the work has gone steadily forward and several hundred feet of jetty has al­ ready been built and it is the opin­ ion of Government engineers that the Port Commission will have sufficient funds to complete 1000 feet of jetty. This will practically cut off what is known as the "south channel” at the mouth^of the Ne­ halem River, and it is the opinion of engineers in charge of this work that in thus confining the strong current of the river to one outlet will insure it depth of 20 feet on this bar, almost equal to the depth of water on the Columbia River bar. No bay or bar on the Pacific Ocean can be as easily or cheaply improved aa the Nehalem Bar and Bay and thia ia now being done without any appeal to Congress or Government aid. Another evidence that Nehalem ia awakening ia found in the changed attitude of the County Cotnmiaeioners and Court touching good roads for thia part of Tilla­ mook County. It will be a glad surprise to automobiles this Sum­ mer to find a splendid, well-built drive-way from the Town of Ne­ halem to the fine beaches two miles west of town. Another and more important highway lias been ordered opened from Nehalem around Necarney (Mountain (the highest mountain peak along tlie Pacific Coast between California and British Columbia) to connect with a like road now being built When this by Clatsop County, automobiles road is completed can atari at Seaside, go to Ne- haleru on a 5 per cent grade, thence go on to Portland via Till­ amook and Sheridan. An attractive resort depot will be erected at Fishers’ Point to accotn modate the beach dwellers. This will be finished within a month. A driveway from bay to ocean is also under contract to be built without delay. Several attractive cottages will be built before the first of June, I while one enthusiastic beach-holder haa established himself on the I ocean front, where he intends to erect a large number of well-built and well-furnished tents. Tobi A Anderson have recently j moved into their new depart-1 meat store. The bote! double ba* been enlarged to it/ctapacity and bank deposits of the city show a constant increase. Gaoline launches and other crafts on the bay are being overhauled and made ready for Summer traffic. Much interest is now taken in the oil well by ihe people of Nehalem Nearly every citizen haa invested in some of the stock. The oil well is now down over a thousand feet and i the formation shows 2 per cent oil. A prominent California oil man haa arrived to take charge of the well aa superintendent. I FREAKS OF NATURE. COAXING SLEEP. Quesr Rock Formations on the Island of St Helena. Three are at least two queer freaks of nature on the Island of St. Helena— or, rather, four, for one of them la • group of three figures — known world over as the ‘'Devil’s Nose” “Lot and His Daughters.” Any one who is able to study the Island as It Is and not run wild over the Napoleonic legends which have clustered about that ''seabound rock” since the days when the “Little Corporal" was boused there in bis living grave will find much that will repay for investigation, time and study. The queerest of the natural forma­ tions are the oddities above alluded to. The first of these Imitative forms is a rocky promontory which has been known by names which signify Old Nick's misa! projection since May 22, 1502, when Juan Castella aud bls men sighted the island Just in time to see the devil disappear beneath the waves in the best harbor, leaving his nose as a reminder of what might happen should the venturesome Spaniard seek to take possession of his Satanic inaj ettv's favorite haunts. "Lot and Ills Daughters” are three coni« al rocks which can only be con Jure«! Into representing a man and two women by a strong play of the Imag­ ination. A«x-ordlng to the views of some writers they are weather worn statues of colossal size, probably the work of some aborigines of the Island. Their gigantic size, however, would seem to preclude this Idea. When or by whom they were dubbed "Lot and His Daughters" no authority has ven- t ured to say. limply a Question of Will Power and Self Suggeetion. Ordinarily we do uot sleep by acci­ dent or haphazard. We simply resolve to sleep, and Belf suggestion plays a great part In the production of sleep. We go through a variety of actions, all suggestive» of a change from our normal waklug condition. We un­ dress; we place ourselves In a com­ fortable position; we close our eyes; we believe aud expect we are going to sleep, and the result is—sleep. One of the great preventives of sleep is the fear of not sleeping, but a writer in Harper's Bazar says that once this fear Is broken down we sleep anyhow. The insomniac worries about his In­ somnia. and this very worry deepens the mischief; hence the sufferer should suggest to himself again and again, “If I sleep, well; If I don't sleep, I will at least gain rest by keeping my mind calm aud my body relaxed.” In a word, our chances of getting sleep Increase if we assume the ex­ ternal physical attitude which corre­ sponds to sleep if we relax every muscle and let It May relaxed, if we breathe lightly and regularly. If we call up the Imagination of a sleeping person and talk and think sleep to ourselves, repeating silently and in a quiet, dreamy faslik'n such a formula as this: “There is no reason why I should not sleep. Therefore I can sleep. Therefore I will sleep. My mind is at peace. Sleep is coming. I am gettlug sleepy. I am about to sleep. I am asleep.” CONJURING BIRDS. John Newcomb Was a Close Observer and Was Hard to Suit. The sister of Simon Newcomb, the great astronomer, tells in McClure’s of their father's John Newcomb’s wan­ derings In search of a wife, whom lie had decided to select in accordance with scientific theories: “John Newcomb stopped at farm­ houses for his refreshment, and in each house. If there was a daughter of marriageable age, he tarried perhaps a day or even longer to make a study of the maiden. He always made him­ self 'handy' about the place, drawing up water with the great well sweep, bringing in firewood—doing anything that he could do and still keep near the daughter. “Disappointment met him at every door. At one house the cooking was poor, at another the house was not neatly kept, at a third there was scold­ ing or faultfinding, a want of har­ mony—and In all the maidens a lack of desire for learning or education. One young woman little knew by whnt a narrow margin she missed her fate. All was going smoothly till, when sits was molding the dough for the baking pans, he noticed that a considerable portion of the dough wa> left In the wooden kneading trough. He ask««l her the reason for this, and her reply was that she left It for the horse be­ cause be was fond of It. She alwaya did this, she said; there was plenty. ‘Want of thrift,’ decided the young man. and he shouldered bls bundle aud walked on.” Trick Sparrows of Hongkong and One of Their Feats. The famous Chinese conjuring birds are Java sparrows, At street corners in Hongkong sedate old Chinese may be seen putting the birds through their tricks for the benefit of strangers. Each birdcage has a sliding door, and Just outside this is a pack of little cardcases, each containing a picture and a small pot holding half a dozed grains of rice. When the stranger, pursuant to the suggestion of the owner, bands over the necessary coin this Is placed with the pack of cards at the cage door. Then the owner will undo the fasten­ ing of the door. The bird, eying the coin, then the cards, then the colli again, as If he thought his perforin ance too cheaply valued, descends from his perch, oiiens the door with 91.« beak, bops outside, draws a card from the pack and passes It to bls master, lie receives In reward one grain of rice. The man takes the little picture from the case received from the bird and hands It to the stranger to inspect. He then returns it to the case, accom­ panied by the tiniest flat slip of bam­ boo, aud shuffles the case up with the rest of the pack. The bird descends aud selects a case, and the stranger opens It, to find the Identical one con- talaing the bamboo. How cnn this be accounted for? The only possible way of explaining Is that the bamboo slip Is slightly scent­ ed.—Exchange. Rough on the Pianos. Once In the company of President Diaz I spent a few nights lu the Mex­ ican earthquake zone as the guest of the governor of the state. As a meas­ ure of precaution the plaster ceilings of our sleeping rooms had been re- plai-ed with strips of matched board­ ing. “If it trembler should come In the uigbt.' senor,” remarked my host as he was bidding me good night, “wait for nothing, but make straight for the pa­ tio. I think these boards will bold un­ til you get from under cover.” And that evening, when I took the gover­ nor’s wife out to dinner, she had re­ marked sadly: 'We are so beniabted here In the hot lands. It is impossible evmi to have music, for no sooner do I have my grand piano tuned than an earthquake comes along and tips It over.”—E Alexander Powell, F. R. G. 8., in Every ixjdy's. Origin of the Opera. The opera, like nearly everything else interesting in th? world of mind, had Its origin In ancient Athens. The earliest librettos were by Sophocles and Aeschylus, such as the "Abamem- non” and "Antigone,” a band of flutes and lyres constituting the orchestra, the dialogues being musk-ally declaim­ ed and the choruses sung to the beet music of the time. Thus do we have the germ of all later developments la the line of opera.—Exchange. Enforcing ths Rule. The passenger with the huge nqaars ps< knge persist««! la riding on tbs rear Tortured For IS Years. platform of the car. By a cure-defying stomach trouble "Wb»t have you got tbereF 6s that baffle«! doctors, and resisted all fBmediea he tried, John W. Mod­ ma tided the conductor. "It's a painting of Mount Vewuvtao— der*, of Moddersville, Mich., seeme«! dootoed. He bad to sell his farm If you think you bars to know,” aaM aud give up work. His neighlmrs the passenger said, “ be can't live much longer.” Well, you'll have to take It to the *' Whatever I ate distressed me,” front platform.” said the "-ndsrtU be wrote, “till I tried Electric Bit-; ters, which worked such wonders ~No emokltur Is allowed back for me thst I can now eat things I Chicago Tribune. could not take for years. Its surely a grand remedy tor stomach Siuble " Just as good tor the liver d kidneys Every tmttle guar hoteed. Only 5Uc. at Charles 1. Clough’s. You are probably aware that pneumonia always results irom a cold, but you never heard of ■ cold resulting in pneumonia »hen Chamberlain's Cough Remedy was used. Why take the risk when this remedy may tw had for a trifle'-For •ale by Lamar« Drug ¡Move. * headlight , HIS QUEST FOR A WIFE. F ebruary GOETHE ON HAMLET. Patronizing. That man Pnfferton has a very an- perrllloua manner" "Yea.” replied Mine Cayenne. “He can't even say It'a a pleasant day' without imniM tn patrontea the cll- —Washington Star Just a Bluff. “How bi It that the quail on year Mil of fare I« always stnu-k of y "That's Jn«t a faney to*«-h. u" ex“lah»- We never ed the besnerv »•Iter. bad a «inali Is the Jotat." l'hll»«1el pipa Builutia. Synopsis of the annual statement Y ear . of the Total risks written dur­ ing the year................. $4,798,445.00 Gross premiums re- ceived during the year ................................ 24,533,91 Of Portland, in the State of Maine, Premiums returned on the 31st day of December, 1910, during the year 3,418.44 made to the Insurance Commis­ Losses paid during sioner of the State of Oregon, pur­ the year ..................... 9,398,38 suant to law ; Lonsee incurred dur­ ing the year ......... < Al’ITAL. Total amount of p Amount of capital paid iniuttia outstand: up.......... ...... . No capital. in Oregon, Dec. 31, I xi O'l8. 1910 .............................. 4,007. Premiums received dur­ A merican S urety - C ompany of ing the year................. $2,230,273.16 N ew Y ork . Interest, dividends and By H. D. Lyntan, Sec.; Statut«- rents received during resident general agent and s’ the year ......................... 715,223.06 ney for service: William J. T Income from other sour- Portland. ces receive«! during the year ........ 1(M, 626.63 Union Mutual Life Insur­ ance Company, The Great German Poet’s Analysis of "ths Melancholy Dane.” Figure to yourself this youth, this son of princes; conceive him vividly, bring Ills state before your eyes aud then observe him when he learns that I his father's spirit walks. Stand be­ fore him In the terror of the night when the venerable spirit appears over him. A horrid shudder passes aver him; he siteaks to the mysterious form; lie sees It beckon to him; lie fol­ lows It aud hears. The fearful accu­ sation of his uncle rings in bis ears, the summons to revenge and the pierc­ ing oft repeated prayer, "Remember me!” And when the ghost has vanish««! who Is it that stands before us? A young hero panting for vengeance? __ Total............. ... $3,059,1'23.45 No! Trouble and astoulshinent take D isbursements . hold of the solitary young man. He Paid for losses, endow­ grows bitter against smiling villains, ments, annuities and swears that he will not forget the surrender values . . . $1,158,845.24 spirit and con hides with the signifi­ Dividends paid to policy holders during the cant ejaculation: year..................................... 145,967.48 The time Is out of Joint. O cursed spite. Commissions and sal­ That ever I was born to set it right! aries paid during the In these words, I imagine, will lie year.................................... 332,416.44 found the key to Hamlet's whole pro­ Taxes, licenses and fees cedure. To me it is clear that Shake paid during the year. 61,888.55 speare meant in the present case to Amount of all other ex­ penditures ..................... 276,008.01 represent the effects of a great ac­ tion laid upon the soul unfit for th«* Total expenditure». $1,975 120.72 performance of it. In this view the A ssets . whole piece swtns t«i be composed. There is an oak tree planted In a cost­ Market value of real estate owned ............... $056,782.37 ly Jar which should have borne only pleasant flowers in its bosom; the Market value of stocks and bonds owned .... roots expand, the Jar Is shivered. — (Loans on mortgages From “Wilhelm Meister.” I and collateral, etc.... 2,338,152.70 Premium, notes and policy loans ............ SACKING A THEATER Cash in banks and on hand............ 227,527.40 Tribulations of the Drama In New Net uncollected and de­ 200,978.85 ferred premiums .... York In 1765. 302,601.99 Here is an account of the sacking of Other assets (net).......... a theater in New York from the Ga­ Total asseta ............. $17,170,964.81 zette of May 3, 1765: Total assets ad- "The play advertised to be acted last initti-«! in Oregon $17,17O.!t>l.8l Monday evening having given offense LIABILITIES. to sundry and divers inhabitants of Net reserve ..................... $ this city, who thought it highly Im­ Total policy claims . proper that such entertainments should All other liabilities be exhibited at this time of public dis Surplus ............................. 1” tress, when great numbers of poor fieo $17,170,964.81 pie can scarce find means of subsist­ ence, whereby many persons might be tempted to neglect their business and squander that money which Is neces­ B usiness in O regon for the Y ear . sary to the payment of their debts and the support of their families, a rumor Total risks written $147,068.43 during the year .... was spread nbout the town that if the Gross premiums re­ play went on the audience would meet ceived during the with some disturbance from the multi­ 38,052.78 year......................... tude. Premiums returned “This prevented the greatest part of during the year........... 1,794.28 those who Intended to have been there Losses paid «luring the from going. However, many people year ............................... 15,500,00 came, and the play was begun, but Losses incurred «luring 16,714.15 soon Interrupt««! by the multitude, who the year........................... burst open the doors and enter«! with Total amount of risks outstanding in Ore­ noise and tumult. The audience es­ gon, December 31, caped In the best manner they could. 1910....................................... ’ 1.160,912. 72 Many lost their hats and other articles U nion M utual L ife I nsurance of raiment. A bov laid Ills skull frac­ C ompany . tured and was yesterday trepanned. By J. Frank Lang, Sec. ; Statu Death Is hts. Several others were tory resident general agent and sorely set upon ami Injured. But we attorney for service: T. 11. Mc- beard .of no Ilves lost. The multitude Allis, Portland, Ore. Immediately demolish««! the house, ear- rb-d the pieces to the common, where Synopsis of thè annua! statement they consumed them in a bonfire." of thè A Cautious Scot. Stonehaven lies to the south of Aber­ Told Who He Was. " Dr. Beadoil, a former rector in El- deen. The London train had drawn tham, Kent, England, one Sunday up at Stonehaven on account of u preached from the text "Who art slight mishap a mile or two ahead, am! thou?" After reading >t he miido a Andra, the old porter, had got into pause for the congregation to reflect conversation with a Salvation Army U[K>n the words, when a man In mili­ officer, who ha<1 ixipfHxl Ills head out tary dress who at that Instant was of the compartment to ask the reason marching very sedately up the middle for the delay. "A.vc. aye.” tmis««l An- •Isle of the church, supposing It a er- tion that the sertnon was concluded d«ea ." Like lightning came frotn the old porter the pawky I eply. ■*8ee he ' with considerable difficulty. drive him north, chlel; haul him well to the north!" Ringing Far Gofer. Among the queer church customs In Hs Got His Answer. England Is the one observed at New­ “They who ask unpleasant ques­ ark parish church, called 'ringing for gofer.” This custom. Which has lasted tions.” said a senator, "mustn't be sur­ for over 301» years, arose through a prised If they get unpl««i>lltlclnii too of­ himself one October night In the forest ten finds himself in the lioots of Gobsa that then surrounded Newark. lie Gold«*. "The ag««l Golisa Golde was quarrel­ carried much money, ami the forest was infested with thieves. Eit-ldenly ing furiously with bls young and bean be heard the Bound of Newurk bells ttful wife. “’Didn’t you marry me for my mon­ and was guided safely home by their musk- To commemorate bls escape ey?1 he yelled. “Mrs. Golisa Golde tosrwl her head Gofer left a goodly sum for Newark “ ‘T«"W, of course I did,' she said, bell ringers on condition that they “rang for Gofer” every year on Rnn- 'and if you weren't so stingy with It we’d never have a cross wold.' ”— day nights In October and November. Washington Port. Patti at Fifty-twe. Adelina Patti wrote In a letter to Mr Klein In 1895: “Do you not feel proud of your little friend, who via flfty-two last month and has been singing nn Interruptedly every year from the age of «even? I am really twglnnlne to ta­ ller«- what they all tell me- that I am a wonderful little woman!"—Musk al Life in Ijondon. 16 American Surety Com­ pany of New York, Of New York, in thè State of New York, on thè 31st day of December, 1910, made to thè Insurance Coni- missioner of thè State of Oregon, pursuant to law ;__________________ C apitai . Amount of capital paid up ................ ............... $2,500,00ft (Ml _____________ I ncome . Premiums re?eive«l during the year ........ $2,443,611.98 Interest, dividends and rents received during rar.......... .. 523,067.07 I ncome from ot her sources received dur- 22,801.63 ing the year........ $2,989.560.70 Total income ' DlSHrkSF.MF.NTF. Ixissex paid ‘luring the year, including ad- inatment expense«, etc........................................ Dividends paid during the year on capital stock ................................ Commissions and sal aries (mid «luring the year ................. ............... Taxes, licenses anti fees paid «luring the year Amount of all otherex- |>enditurea................... $54,246.09 375,000.00 1,146,531.1X1 124,1X17.55 460,628.83 Total expenditures $2,161,344.16 A ssets . Vallie of real est.ite «■wned . ................... $3,106,047.91 Value of st«x'ks and liondw owned............... 3,612.561.63 Ixianx on mortgages and collateral, etc. 197,166.67 Cash in banks nn 1 on ffifl, 804.07 hand;............ ................. 8teel and Iren. Rsnnmsr discovered the direct pror- Prems. in course of collection and in S*m of making steel In 1722, or there- 271,726.70 transmission about«, by Immersing ma Ilea hie Iron Interest an«l rents due In n bath of cast Iron, A steel msnu- <6,222.08 and accrue»!............. factory 1« said to have liéen set up by Total asset« $8,243,529.(16 Beniamin Huntsman near Sheffield In 1740. It was about 1800. however, tie l-ess special deposit* in any stnte (if any fore steel fairly became the fashion. 337.728.11 there lx-1 ....................... The greatest boost to the trade came from Bes s e mer tn 1850, Total assets a«L milted in <>r«-g«m. $7.wn,MD. 95 Maids of Moods. L iabilities . “Do yoor daughters help tlwfr moth Gross claims for losses er «Illi the housework?" $ 825,487.48 unpaid ......................... “We wouldn't think nf ei|ie>-tlng It Amount of unearne«l Muriel Is feinfs-minental, and Zaza Io prams, on all out­ 1,377.822. Kl Intense."— Pittsburg I’lsrt standing risks ........... (hie lor «'omtuission 15,215.7U and brokerage ........ Hadn't Rvttlsd 121.666 UK All other liabilities.... Ranni Ami y««* say y«mr broth«* ba* •efried In Canada? Egbert-No. I Total hsbllHirs . . $'2,340.1(13.09 in didn't any an. I think he »ent there Total premiums foree Iler. 31, I9KL, »2.684.137.63 to get ..nt of Battling - Yonkers glutea lit l\ OkMHJ.X row THE Synopsis of the annual t|n- of the In West Coast Life .- ance Company Of San Francisco, in the $ California, on the 31st di December, 1910, made Io the In ance Commissioner «if the Sta-t Otegon, pursuant to law C apital . Amount of capital paid up .. . ...................... $305,896.81 I ncom K. Premiums received «lin­ ing the year................... $423,731.62 Interest, dividends, and rents received during the year ............................ 28,933,08 Income from other sources received dur­ ing the year..................... 150,'261.45 Total income. $602,947.05 D isbursements . Paid for losses, endow- . • ments, annuities and ihi'L am render values . $ 59,35ft 80 Dividends paid to policy holders «luring the * ' year.................................. 2,699.23 Commissions mid sal- aries paid during the 330,(723.70 7 ♦ vear...................................... Taxes, licenses, an«l oun<1a and have be«m well and atrong for o.iri " t^tuck, safe, aure, it« the (»•st remedy on earth for coughs, colda, lagrippe, asthma, croup, and all throat and lung troubles. Vic. and $1 (II. Trial l«»ttle free- Guar­ anteed by Chas. I. Clough. Foley Kidney Pills are a reliable remedy lor backa« he, rheumatism Hnd urinary irregularities. They are tonic in a< tion, r«ler.—C. I. Clhugh. Seilenfary habits, lack of outdoor exercise insufficient mastii atioo of l