WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN",. FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1900.
MUCH SURPRISED
Union- Acog Over the Action ot
Qaeen Victoria.
Btr latmtiM to Tbl( Ireland, for th
First Tim Sine Her Widowhood,
Create AtonUhmcnt.
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LONDON, March 7.1 At no f other
time, since the .diamond jubilee, hal
the queen been so conspicuous an re
ject in the pubile mind as she is to-
night This promises to be even more
strikingly the ; case tomorrow. The
announcement is made this evening
that, for the first time since the jubilee,
she will tomorrow drive from Buck-
ingham palace along the embankment
to St. Paul's cathedral j back through
Holborn and Picadilly. Beyond, all
this is the announcement of the queen's
intention to visit Ireland for the first
time, it is said, since the death of the
prince consort. ji This ;is regarded as
one of the most remarkable acts of the
queen's life. : No minister of the crown
has-ever dared ao suggest such a1 re
markable undertaking. 1
SAUM WILL ADVERTISED.
The War Cry Has an; -Excellent Ac
count of the Advantages of
Oregon's Capital City.
The War Cry; of this week, publish
ed. by the Salvation Army at its head
quarters in New York city, contains
an excellent article on Salem, written
by 'Mrs. R. Kuhn, wife of Captain
Kuhn. the officer in charge of the work
ot that organization in this city. The
article occupies i the major1 portion of
the sixth page of the War Cry, and is
handsomely illustrated, containing ex
cellent views of the capitol, the city
hall, the court house, ! Captain Kuhn's
residence, and also portraits" of Rev.
If. A. Ketchum, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, and Captain R.
Kuhn. Following are a few excerpts
from the article: '
"Salem, which is not only the cap
ital of the state of Oregon, but alio
the county seat of Marion county, is
the city of beautiful homes, having a
population "of 15,000. jit is situated in
the centre of the largest fruit-growing
district in the Pacificj Northwest. It
it surrounded with a'i i rich auricultural
country. Here; too, is the largest hop-J
tiii'wjiiK uiMiiti in inc woria. kjti tne
7 west of the city, separating it from
Polk county, is the Willamette river,
and as there is a great deal of traffic
up and down the river, and Salem has
many manufacturing interests, there is
a great deal of shipping both by water
and rail. Among others there is at wool
en mill and a lumber mill, tWobox
factories and a sash and door factory.
and two. iron I foundries. There arc
electric lights i throughout the whole
city, and an electric Mreet-car service;
a complete system of iwater. works sup
plies the city j with Iwater and good
drainage. j i
"All the purely state institutions are
located h-re. fThese i include the Ore
gon state hospital for the' insane, school
for the blind, ! and a school for deal
mutes, a reform school for boys, and
the penitentiary. The fourth largest
school for the training of Indian youth
is aIo here. I i '
"There is a beautiful state house and
court house, and a vety' handsome city
hall. The buildings generally are large
and substantially built, and as th?
streets are very wide, and lined with
stately maple j trees,! Salem is a truly
beautiful -cityi
"There are; about twenty different
churches here Many of the buildings
are very large and 'twautiful. Among
the members arc ntany friends of the
Army. When wc made an appeal at
Christmas for food and clothing for
the poor families of the town, every
one responded, and we had plenty to
give them alt Our present officers,
who took charge the first of Novem
ber, have been doing their lest. and
by the help oi God the work is going
on. S :- I .
! "The War Crys Went up to the 100
mark. . Almost every one is pleased
each week to see the paper come into
their office or storcj Even our govern
or buys a-paper every week, and is a
kind friend.; The editor of the Ore
gon Statesman, our leading1 paper, has
been a valued friend, allowing space in
the paper any time we wish it."
March and the Lion
Something Better Than the Old -Saw.
The avintr iabotit the Hon and the
Iamb in, Mareh often proves false, but4
there is another j and a better one
which i literally 'true. When March
comes in and finds you taking Hood's
Satsaparilla to purify, enrich and vital
ize your blood, -you may expect, when
it goes out. that it wll leave you free
from that tired feeling and with none
of the boils J pimples and eruptions
which manifest themselves because of
impure blood in the spting. -If. you
have not airradv becun- taking Hood s
Sarsaparilla ior your spring medicine.
we advise you to begin tonay. vvc as
sure you it will make you feel better all
through the coming summer.
LADY WARWICK'S HOSTELS.
:ftirh-Merded Von:ns Training
Schools and Their ; Work, j
! f - y '' '
IjHw Warwick hostels: are situated
on the outskirts of Reading. In those
hostels a number of women study and
practice poultry, f rait and flower farm
iniz. and other branches of agricultural
Production i savs the London Daily
News. At j the ? agricultural college.
which is in: the heart of the town, iney
attend lectures and examinat ons.
A nartr of visitor from London in
spected the hostel recently. After
luncheon they were driven to the col
lege, where a meeting took place un
der ihe nresidencv of Mr. Asauith.
iJady Warwick read, the report of
Miss Bradley, warden of the hosjtels. It
testifiedvto' "a year of steady progress
and remarkable i success, 'A; second
hostel was opened at Michaelmas,
boardinsr honse for short-course stu
dents would be opened after Christmas,
and a large pott tag shed had been pro
vided. Instead of ii students they had
41. and instead of three acres to work
upon they; had tl. The dairy students
had attained thorough proficiency in
butter making , milk testing and' in!
soft cheese making, and besides having
acquired x enrui .a: : s
,.f " r 1 ,& l,lc man-
l?t. 'io ard-Pred cheese. Hor
ticultural students had been well trained
tnthe propagation, of vines, bush fruits,
roie and shrubs, in raising all kinds
o, vegetables and seeds, and in the
cu.ture of tomatois end cucumbers.
1 heir strong point was the profitable
pursuit ot mushroom growing. Over
300 head of poultry had been reared,
the two runs having increased to 10.
I ne apiary, started last year with two
m a 0 fcet3 had rown considera
bly. A most valuable adjunct to the
work was the Lady Warwick Agricul
tural association, formed in February.
'ALr- Asquith made the ' confession
that when he first heard of Lady War
wick scheme, he regarded it as pos
sessing a Utopian flavor. He acknowl
edged that, confronted by the logic of
accomphsred facts, he now had a firm
and fixe(i belief in its practical utility.
Hitherto the association ir this coun
try , Of women with outdoor work had,
he thought, been mainly confined to
what might be called the ruder opera
tions in the field. The new departure
due to the initiative ot Lady Warwick
consisted in this, that it professed to
tram women of culture and education,
who either wished to supplement their
means, or were compelled by the stress
of circumstances to earn their own
livelihood it proossed to train women
of that class, by a judicious combina
tion of theoretical and .experimental
teaching, for the lighter, more refined,
the more exacting (from a technical
point of view), and certainly not the
least renumerative branches of agri
culture. :'j !
PADEREKSKI ON CHILDREN'S
MUSIQ
In my opinion, says Paderewski in
Harper's Bazar, every child should be
taught the piano. I know that it is
considered an open question nowadays
as to whether it is worth while for ra
child to study music unless it hows
special aptitude in that direction. It jis
not now unusual to find young women
in society totallly ignorant of the piano;
but. to my mind, genera culture de
mands that every crvilized - person
should be acquainted with all the man
ifestations, of culture. The only way
to comprehend art is to ; have some
knowledge of art. As the piano -is the
best instrument to show all species of
music, every child should study it.
jas to tne length ot time to be de-
Oted to nrartir tnr thmo uhn --,t
music as an additional subject of gen
eral education, one hour and a half or
two hours daily are usually sufficient.
For children I should recommend sev-
rai periods ot practice a day, each of
bout a Jia!f hour ,tl1rnlion Vnxnrr
students should never be allowed to
practice over an hour at a time, as the
this kind is apt to counterbalance any
good attained. The two hours daily
practice can easily be divided into two,
three, or even four periods.
Advanced students should devote at
eat three hours a day to practice.
Th firet ttiincr in h lornrl ' (ti.
elementary study of theory.
inc time at wnich a chiid may take
called, depends entirely upon the pu-
: I 1 f '.t T
pn s apmuae ana zeai. ; 4jve eacner
must be the best judge of that.
A great deal of attention should be
V n t H f mmnrtrintr nnA it cfm1.4
be begun as soon as possible. Phila
delphia Times.
MAKES. CHAIN ARMOR SHIRTS.
An Old IndustryRevived by an Eng
lish Manufacturer.
Owing to the cleverness of a Sheffield
manufacturer the ancient custom of
wearing chain and mail is likely to be
revived. The abandonment of the
coat-of-mail was due to the superior
piercing ability of the modern missil.ij
which rendered the coat useless for
ordinary purposes of protection. More
over, its unwicldiness made it worthless
as a protection against the attack of
steel. Now, however; the cleverness
of a Sheffield manufacturer has pro
duced a shirt of mail that weighs less
than 2 pounds that can readily be
worn beneath the coat, which' is imper
vious to every attack except that of the
composition bullet. His product is
having a large sale and is likely to be
more widely used as it becomes better
known. 1
It is composed ot small steel rings
linked together so finely that even the
point of a pin cannot penetrate through
them. At the same time they are so
flexible that they can be worn without
the slightest discomfort.
They cover the entire breast and
back; from the neck to the thighs and
extend down the arm to the elbow.
Thus it will protect anyone from an at
tack of dagger or sword in every vul
nerable place. Its value as a protec
tion against assassination is evident.
WAR AND WHISKERS.
'Lord Roberts does not comply with
the queen's regulation directing the
shaving of the chin, writes a corres
pondent on the subject of -war and
whiskers. Lord Roberts lather, ac
cording to his .portrait in "Forty-one
Years in India," -wore side .whiskers,
but shaved the upper Itp. At Majuba
Sir George' Pomeroy Collcy wore a
beard, which is common on active
service: at Halifax. N. S.. the wearing
of a beard is compulsory in. the win
ter months. The late General Wau-
chope shaved the upper lip, and in
deed the whole face, just as did Major
"Roddy- Owen; some young orhcers
have lately been reprimanded for do
ing the same. I ne V captain wun
His Whiskers' of the Dundreary
cf vie was a contemporary ; of Lord
Alicasn in rra uiavom vui suwu
ide-whisker extending as low as the
. .. . T- T-V ' 1 .1 . T1
Inhr' ni the ear was worn by military
nffii-er until the davs o the Z.um and
Afghan wars, when it went out i of
fashion, though his royal highness the
Duke ot Camonage siuck 10 wis.
Kif-H are even a trine larger. Naval
officers must either be clean-shaved.
like Lord Charles eresora. or must
wear a full beard, like his royal highness-
the Duke of York. , Bluejackets
formerly had to be clean-shaved, re-
i.rtr, twnmissicn to -wear beards
from M r. Childers. London Chron
icle. . : i ; VJ '; - ,y
Winston Spencer Omrchill. the Brit-
.r -rrretoondem now in -
i..nfVor tia nuh'iished his first noveL
It bears the title "Savrola. and de
picts the political mtngw y
tion in the imaginary republic ol Lau
rania. . - !
Twice-a-week Statesman $1 a year.
rOliR Of? KiSPEGTO
STATE OFFICERS TISITFJ THE IX-
8AXE ASYIXM YESTEEDAT.
S WUt Is Betaf JTcmUbrd aad Will B
Jttmdj for Cccapanry th First -of
Nxt Month.
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(From Daily, March 7th.) r
Gov. T. T. Geer, Secretary of State
F. I. Dunbar and! State' Treasurer Chas.
S. Moore, composing the board ot
asylum trustees, accompanied by Arch
itect Lazarus, of Portland, went to the
asylum yesterday I afternoon, on a tour
ot inspection through the new wing.
The visit was the result of a report, re
ceived by the board, that the plaster-
r:g in a portion (of the new structure.
though it has lone been on the walls.
has not dried, and it was thought ad
visable to make an examination ol it,
and ascertain the best course to pursue.
After a thorough inspection the board
was assured by Mr. Lazarus that the
plastering was in every way satisfactory.
and that, as soon las the weather mod
erated and the air became dryer, the
plasterin-g would harden and dry, there
being, therefore, no necessity of tear
ing off the plastering and doing the
work over. f
The new wng is nearly finished.
some painting and furnishing being, all,
that is new . required before the
structure can be? occupied : the heat
ing apparatus an4 light wires are now
being connected ! up., and the entire
wing will be in readiness for occupancy
by April st.
Gov. T. T. Geir yesterday received a
etter from Win. iG. Buchanan, direct
or ucneral of the Pan-American Ex
position, to be held in Buffalo. New
York, in 1001. ccnuestang the Oregon
executive to appoint two ladies to be
honorary members of the board of wa
rren managers of the exposition. The
p!an of the executive comhiittee of the
board of managers is to have a wor
men's board, to consist of not less tWan
twenty-five ladies, to take charge ol
the department of woman's work. ant;
the governor of each state and terri4
tory has been asked to appoint two hon-
orary members of this board. x
Uovernor (ieer has taken no actsonl
in the matter as; yet. but if any repre-;
sontative Oregon ladies desire to serve
on the board, he will doubtless con
sider their wishes, and make the ap
pointments, j
FINAL EXAMINATIONS. At a
recent meeting 6f the faculty of the
medical depaftepnt of Wallamette
University, it was decided that tlAc
final examination should begin on
Thursday, the 15th inst. There arc
six candidates for graduation honors,
viz: J. H. Robnett. F. R. Bowersox.
Bovd Rishardson. E. 'G. Kirby, I. N.
Sanders, and F. E. Brown. The grad
uating exercises of the class will prob
ably take place on April 3d. Last
year the exercises" were deferred un
til commencement week at the .univer
sity, but this year the class is larger
and as it would be impossible to keep
the class together, it has been decided
a hold the eraduatine exercises im
mediately following the close of the
school year.
ABOUT KLAMATH COUNTY.
On i the 1st inst..T Joseph G. Pierce,
proprietor of the Klamath Falls Ex"
press, issued a neat pamphlet Contain
ing a general write-up ot Ktamatn
county, its resources and advantages,
ts present and its tuture. the pam
phlet contains twenty-four pages, is
well printed and appropriately illus
trated. It is a very valuable publica
tion for general distribution for the pur
pose of encouraging immigration, for
which it was designed as the tollowing
inscription on the cover page would
indicate: "Its productive land needs
thousands of people for its proper de
velopment." . The souvenir reflects
not a little credit upon the enterprising
publisher.
A R4H FAT TIRiith the in
months old daughter of Chief oi Police
L. W. jwson, received a severe. Jail
nd sustained a bad gash on the tore
iead,. while, playing about the family
iome on South Hijfh street. The
liftln midcrr-t u-a iiit tp.-innintr t r walk
when she fell, striking her head
iiraincf th ii-ainrnfincr and rtlttintr
quite a gash. Dr. W. H. Byrd was
called and found it necessary to take
two or three stitches.
VFAV riTf7F.V;?J. Hoodinff. S
Merten atfd J. Blombcrgcr, residents
rf RtittvitITreoiru"t. veterdav took
itnir final naturalization naners before
the county court; they were formerly
subjects ojf the emperor of Germany.
Carl Jansen, a native, of Denmark, de-
lared his intention to become an
American citizen.
WI I AT ON E WOMAN THINKS.
Every man is a hero to some wo
man.
A huckster is necessarrily a man of
high calling.
Be kind to the-tarkey. he will not
be long with us. -
Most oeoole practice economy be
cause they have to. i
About the" onljr thing some men
take to heart is.thei pocket-bock.
Jove and friendship are ootn anis
hich thrive under cultivation.
Mn man ran exist respectably with
out a good woman Jlo look atter turn
A (Woman always
enjoys the play a
1
ittle more if she is
certain of the be-
coming
arrangemeijit of her back
nan ...
The only man that does not object
1 wearintr an awon, is either a
to
butcher, a baker, a shoemaker of a
Mason. ? - A,-
tv,. mUinniirrt hd are constantly
preaching about the blessings of pov-
erty 00 not exnioiii any
in securing them- ' .. ' fr
Knact nf hit superior
courage, but whenever any peculiar
noises are heard arouna cne houm
night, it is always? the -woman who
gets up to hunt tor;. mem
Shake Into! Your Shoes
Allem's Foot-Easl. a powder. It cure
painful, smarting, Bervous feet and lh
growing nails,, and instantly takes the
sting out of corni and bunions. I
tu err9ts romfort discovery of the"
age. Allen's Foot Ease makes tight
. u. r.i It ii a. certain
cure for sweating, fcallous and hoUtrredl
aching feet. Try I " tooay. iwia oj
all druggists and ihoe stores By mail
tOT .25c. in tiatnpa. .
FREE. Address,? Allen S. Olmsted, T-e
Roy, N. Y. r ,
i;j SEVERAL COURTS
JTDGE Jt. F. BOISE'S DEPAKTMEXT IS !
IX SESSION. J
New ronclMttr Salt Filed Testerdajr
' " Minor Orders Mad by itie j
gapnme Coirt. !
! . (From Daily, March 7th.)
Judge R. Boise held a brief ses
sion of the equity department of the
circuit court yesterday, when a nn;.n
ber of cases were disposed ol. Min
or 'orders were entered as follows:
Mary M. Mothorn, plaintiff, vs. Mat
tie A. Parrish. et ai., defendants; con
firmation; confirmed.
J, H. Brewer, plaintiff, vs. Henery W.
Hencke. defendant; foreclosure; de
tairlt and decree of foreclosure.
Salem Building & Loan 'Association,
plaintiff, vs. G. W. Harris et al., de
fendants ; foreclosure ; demurrer over
ruled: ho further answer.
Salem Building & Loan Association,
plaintiff, vs.' W. A. AWerson, et al.,
defendants: default as to aU defend
ants and decree of foreclosure,
W. T. Slater receiver, plaintiff, vs.
C. M. 'Talbott, defendant: confirma
tipn; confirmed.
The Salem I Building & Loan Ass:o
ciation, plaintiff, vs. H. C. Downing,
et al., defendants, is the title of a new
case filed in i judjre Boise's court yes
terday. 1 Judgment is asked for $1575
raid interest, 1 and $ioo attorney's fees,
and the foreclosure oi a mortgage,
hdd by the plaintiff, on lot No. 4, in
block Noi 7. Watt's addition to Si
!em. F.A. Turner is attorney for the
plaintiffs. !
In the supreme court, yesterday, or
ders were made as follows, in cases
now pending: . "
Julia C Ridiardson, appellant, vs.
Bertrarid Orth. et al.. respondents: or
dered on stipulatkVi that appellant
have until April 10th to serve and file
the abstract.?
Thomas Ji ; Hammer, respondent, vs.
F. O. Downing, et at. aopellants; or
dered on stipulation that respondent
have until April 15th to serve and file
'tis brief. :
R; Kerslake et al.., respondents, vs.
The Brower & Thompson Lumber
Company et al.. respondents a?nd ap
pellants; ordered on stipulation that
appellants time to serve and file their
brief be extended to April 1st.
IN MARION COUNTY SCHOOLS.
Considerable Money in Hands of the
District Officers School Li
braries "Very Popular.
Many reports jof, school district clerks
are being received in thte office oi
County Supt. G: W. Jones, for thr
year ending March 1st, and nearly al:
of them show considerable balances
if cash on hand. This condition of
iffairs is tile result, partially, of the
change made by law; in the manner
of . distributing school moneys, there
being' four apportionments, annually,
instead of two, as was the custom in
the past. This change was made last
year, after the district boards had made
their plans- for the year, erroneously
basing them fori the quarterly distribu
tion which wa believed to be the
,fmi-annuar apportionment. As a re
sult the money apportioned to the dis
tricts was hot all used, and, the bal
ance -will therefore be returned to the
county, save $50 for each district, M'hich
amount will be retained.
( During the past few morsths the mat
ter of creating libraries for the school
districts has received much attention,
and Supt. Jones reports that fully one
halt of the districts in, Marion county
will be provided with choice libraries
during the ensming school year, and
these 4ibraries will do much to aid
the work of the teachers, by creating
a desire for reading among the pupils
and thus' fostering a taste for good
literature to the great benefit of the
pupils and society in general. i
AN OBITUARY.
Editor l Statesman: Kindly publish
the following obituary:
William Rodney Barnett, son of John
and Temperance Barnett. was born
February 27, 1884, and died February
21, 1900. During his entire life he was
afflicted, and from the time he was four
years old was a great sufferer with
spinal Weakness; his last illness was
brief and terminated fatally within a
day or two after he was seized with
mcnengiiis; he was patient and un
complaining during the years of suffer
ing, a beautiful spirit, and his end was
peace. le was one of thirteen child
ren,, forif of whom preceded him; eight
brothers and sisters, a father and
mother jremain. and a goodly number
of relatives and friends were present at
the funeral, which was conducted by
the writer.
j EDWARD GITTINS.
f Pastor M. E. church.
Turner, Or., March 6, 1900.
NOT! WORTH 'MENTIONING.
Mauser! Bullet Through Your Neck
(Need Not Spoil Your Appetite.
Xh rlc-rinlinn whirJl have OTe-
vaitd hirhertr. in works of sureery
of the lesions inf.icted by bullets
must be completely rewritten. The
remarkable changes oi recent years
in the i diameter and velocity of rifle
hnllrts have been followed bv changes
equally! remarkable in the wounds
produced by.; them. When only the
sott, parts ot 1 limb are perioratea ana
nn "imnnrtant vessels have been torn.
the shock at thetmie of infliction of
the; injury is but slight and recovery
is rapid and complete. Sir William
ff f .-a 1 .'lir a faft-
Jlflkuiiiiak ill" " -" " ' - -
ifT htilletl' iraversed both thiffh. pass
ing in front of one femur, and behind
therother. ITiere was very utile nem-
nrrhace: and the man was ablev tO
run another 800 yards after receiving
the injury. fcven wnen a oone nas
been hit the bullet may make a clean
hn thrrmcrh it. without anv splinter
ing, or with very little. ' It has oc
curred in the case o tne Done. cm tne
lfn!l fin mint ases. even when im-
nnrnf strurtures have been in the
line ot the (bullet, no narm seems o
have resulted, i In one instance a
kii- rd jn nie nc-ht side ot the
neck.1 and its point4 of exit -was in a
similar position; on the other side.
Some: .difficulty' in swallowing and
mnkim Wlfnred. bat this Passed Off
almost, completely in a r very -short
trniti In "another case, from the sit-n-if'mn
nt t ne anerture of entrance
and :exit. and remembering that a
Mauser bullet passes straight from
one to the other, turning neither, to
the right hand nor tohe lefu we are
justified in thinking : that the bullet
must have pierced the stomach, but
no symptoms of any such injury ap
peared. ;
The patient took his food trom the
beginning without any inconvenience.
and had a rapid and uneventful con
valescence. In .yet another instance,
from the situation of the wounds, and
from the fact that a most Lobstinate
constipation followed the' injury,' it is
almost certain that I the colon was
perforated, yet no peritonitis arose.
Not the least remarkable of the ef
fects of the Mauser bullet is the very
slight hemorrhage sesulting from per
foration of the lung. There is gen
erally a little haemeptys:s, which soon
ceases and convalescence ensues.
The term "wounded" will soon
cease to have theT fearful significance
which it once had, says the editor of
the Polyclinic in some notes on the
surgery of the war. and those com
ing under it will hardly be counted as
fosses' when it is recognized that
two-thirds may probably be back in
the ranks within a fortnight. Now
that it is found that to be shot through
the lungs involves but little risk, and
that bullet wounds of the limbs Count
for almost nothing, "while those of
the abdomen, the liver, and even the
head, are far from being necessarily
fatal, it nceras possible that some re
turn to defensive armor may bT prac
ticable. The reeion of the heart is
the part which remains mortally, vul
nerable, and it may. perhaps, be found
practicable to contrive a breastplate
which mav oe worn witnout incum
brance and yet conduce much to the
Mltarer's security, London .Lancet.
IN INLAND EMPIRE
ELLTOit SHAW WRITES TROM THE
IDAUO AlJCIKO COl'NTRV.
description of th JHBr of Convey ln(
Ore In Wrdnr and wIU
HoBker HtU MlUa.
The Statesman is in receipt of a' letter
irom Ellton Shaw, of Brooks, who is
traveling in ihe inland empire, givihg
a description of the scenes he is pass
ins throuirh in that section of the
country. The letter is as follows:
"Wallace, Idaho, Feb. 27, Wc spent
only a short-time in Spokane., I w
somewhat disappointed- m mat cnj.
Ii had heen represented to me. by peo
ple who had lived there, as a model
city, comparing favorably with Eastern
cities of the same size, but in my opin-
on it is not so. About the cn:y beau
i.iul spot that 1 1 viewed in Spokane
vv.ts the falls' 'ell the Spokane river,
ihey are magnificent. The city is
built along eiihti side of te river.
There are bridges at interva s 01 n:
or two blocks. This enables one to
ee tne rap as on an t;uc. uc
s constantly ericroaching rpon " the
Stream, Ihe Danics are soua sione,
but-they are constantly being blown to
pieces by powderj. and the crooks and
bumps straightened and smoothed out.
I st?ppose some day the stream ana its
bank-lined buildiings -will present an
altogether different appearance
"Spokane county hns a beautifu'
court house, composed of compressed
brick. The building is .cream color or
nearly white, and indeed is a very pret
ty siruciure. the Keview biock is the
taliest building; it is six stonies, and is
quite modern ini structure. The busi
ness portion of the city is quite com
pactly built, but the rcs'dence portion
is scattered over miles of territory.
The Hotel Spokane is a. very nice
building. It is the best house of the
kind we have seen since leaving Port-,
land.
"The city celebrated the 22A of Feb
ruary in fitting style. The city band
and state militia paraded tne main
streets .in the afternoon; many of ihe
store windows were very prettily decor
ated. "Leaving Spokane at 4:30 p. m., on
February ' 22A, we ran down to Tekoa
and lay there until 0:45 a. m. to make
connection for Wardner and -Wallace,
Idaho. Wc passedan uneventful night
in Tekoa, and left on time Friday
morming for Wardner, a distance of
eighty miles. Just before 'our . train
left 'Tekoa the fire alarm sounded, and
as we, pulled away from the place wc
could see the darting flames rapidly
consuming a dwelling house near the
railroad depot, f '"'','
"The country j from Tekoa to Ward
ner is very mountainous, and we saw
some very pretty scenery in passing
the various canyons. I have forgotten
the name of the1 place . where we come
to the Coeur d'Alene( lake, and as I
nave not my map at nana. 1 cannot give
vou the name, j We crossel. the lake
here on a steel drawbridge. During the
summer months the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company runs a line, of steam
ers along the Hake for a distance of
forty miles, thus enabling passage di
rect from Spokane to Wallace by the
Northern Pacific Company's line.. The
lake is frozen ;over at present. We
sak flocks of Ivild geese on the ice;
also what I at Ifirst took to be stumps
sticking up .through the ice. Wit as we
neared them we found they were In
dian women, J sitting ' down, fishing
through holes they had cut in the ice.
We saw a couple of steamboats frozen
fast in the lake, and many log booms
along the shore, awaiting the arrival of
warmer weather. .There 13 a great
quantity of timber cut; and transported
by means of the lake along here. ,
We reachedl Wardner at 12:30 that
is, reached the railroad depot. The
town is strung along up a canyon for
two miles. The main town is .built up
at the mines; it is built on the two sides
of a canyon, as in the bottom is only
room enough for a street and a row of
store buildings on either side. The
houses are arranged in terraces up the
hillside. It iSf not laid out in blocks
at all. Theyj are just, built anjr GJd
way.' . Aknost pevery house has to be
reached by a iteep path or a flight of
steps; everything was covered with
snow, which had been packed br con
tinual traveling; thawing and then get
ting in and freezing again, until it was
like ice. You could see some one
picking himself up almost any time. I
took my turn at the above mentioned
exercise the same as other people. I
remember very distinctly, trying three
times before making a certain ascent,
the first and second attempts ending
by my sliding down the hill four or
five times the .length of myself on the
from side of my abdomen.
"The mountain sides are very steep,
and it is. they telL me. half a mile at
least from the street to the top. The
town is 2900 feet above sea leveL The
ore from the f Hill mine is car
ried by Urge buckets on a tramway a
d'Star.ce of a coup'e of mi'.es to the
mil!. In its Iransist it passes over the
town. The cable is beiween 300 and
co feet above the s'.rcet. These buck
et carry from 700 to 1000 pour, is of
ore each. The cab'.e carries 12S buck
ets p'iced- at in;evat of't4- ieet, ti e
nan-, wen ride ovtr the line in the e
buckets so oil thebcarings and inspect
the-machinery' twice ca h dy. Satur
day morning 1 saw a loaJed bucket
slip from the grip, run back down the
cable and knock five others from their
places; they ftll in the street, but hit
no one. A j few years ago one fell
through the roof of a. house (floor too;
and killed a woman liv:hg in the build
ing. No One would occupy the house,
so she secured it I without paying any
rent, but it finally cost her her lite.
Another time one. of the buckets fell
on a team of horses and kil.ed them
both, but did , not hurt the driver. .
' "It is quite interesting to see how
easy one ot these heavy loads of ore is
switched around and emptied by one
man at the ore bin in the mill. No
power is used except a brake to keep
the thing from running away, and the
loaded buckets pull the empties. The
company is building a tunnel to take
the place of j the tramway. . They arc
back V miles at present.
"I went through the big mill from
top to bottom, and found it very inter
esting. It is quite noisy in-the neigh
borhood ' of the crushing machinery.
'An abundance of water is found in all
parts of the mill. The compressor,
where the air is compressed to furnish
the power which runs the mill,- was a
beautiful sight to me, as I am naturally
fond of machinery. They have from'
ninety to ninety-five pounds of press
ure to the square inch, -giving them
500 horse power. -There I saw a mass
ive wheel, twenty feet in diameter,
being broad enough on its corrugated
face to carry twenty-one large cables.
"This is a new, mill on the spot where
the old one! was blown up last April,
by the miners going down from this
region. 1 ney tooK wna inoa
pounds of dynamite, which was placed
in the mill' and set off in three charges
at intervals 01 oniy a-icw srcomiv nc
mill men at Wardner took to the hills.
"It is onlv fourteen miles from Wal
lace to Wardner. Wallace . is hemmed
in closely by .mountains, but the town
is nearly all built on. a. level spot, and
it is a much nicer looking place "than
Wardner. ; I called on and had a very
pleasant conversation with Walter A.
Jones this morning. He is one of the
eading attorneys 01 vvanace. ne as
sisted in. the defense of the mcn who
were .in the suit grow ng out 01 tne
striKe, ana tne oiowmg up 01 ic
. t A A 1.
P.imker Hill mine j last April.
"I have; so'-.je 'very prerty specimens
o: ore. ccripr:?'?!g l a l nd silver.
(-niiini? iio'ii 'hf H.mkcr IT 11 and Last
l:''.vu-e miitt:. -Tije V.te 'irom ihe L:i
Chpn.ce i-ij h.nilc l Ivy e,viiis from ihe
!i.'l 1.-1 iH i -.iirnad i Thf v I Iti ilnvi'll
"Main street all the'wsy down hill, and
haul no li ng less man nve tons .at a
load. It' is hard work for the four big
1 . 11 . t- . ... ; 1 1 -
:l0es 10 pun inricnijJij wj.'uhj uavx
the hill. Thf b -y c i me these
eir.wv w.icrons -w ign, 4' pounds, ana
they are mnnssersl
rj . ti.l.lU. ..11."V.
BIO OtMASD iTOR I RUT TRH S.
.f-. MPo:u'! 1M'; h-rt oi" ihe Orcgo:i
W lii.iic: lc rNurtef.v ..Coini'-j.i'-y. Has
..' Ki tu. i.ed from M"nr.ina,
M. McDonald, piesi lcn of the Ore-
i-rnn WhIesa e Ncrery Company, re
turned Tuesday ceni(ie from a busi
I'css sojourn at Mis'oula. Montana.
-If. McDonald s!C' mp. n maintains a
ranch agency at Mis'ou'a thfoughout.
:he year and he has charge of the busi
ness there, spend ng a great part . of
each season, a'i Missoula. . The secre
tary of the corporat on A. McGill,
conducts the affairs of the company's
ncaa orncc in inis ciiy. f
Mr. McDonald says Wie winter sea
son justf closed has been an unusually
mild one! in Montana, ffhe raising of
fruit is very exicnsivc'yrertgagcd in by
the people of Montana. By reason of
the usually severe c.imate of that sec
tion, a more hardy variety of fruit trees
than those suited to the mild climatic
conditions of the Willamette valley, is
required or the Alontana trade and the
Salem Company: aims to supply this
demand. I
There is a gf;ater demand than ever
in- Montana this spring for fruit trees,
reports Mr. McDonald, who also says
the company's shipments will this. year
surpass those of I any previous year, by
several carload., The company has a
single order, for 15.000 trees and an
other requisition for 10.000 trees ' has
been received. The shipp-ne of trees
for the Montana trade will begin about
the latter part of this month, and the
packing of the trees preparatory to ship
ment will soon be Commenced.
NOT! AT ALL JEALOUS.
But the Other Fellow Would Better
JVot Presume on That Fact.
"As vou know." said W'inkleton to
hi wife, wbo sat calmly enaaured in
the .intricaoies of a half-completed sofa
pillow, ! I am not of a jealous dispo
sition, j I noticed at the dancin"g clu!
last night that young Dribbton paid
you marked attention. I have been
thinking over the ' matter- since then,
and Ijafm glad to say that I have no
petty, feelings upon the subject, t
have seen some men wh would have
been furious over even such a small
mst4 tl,a I rvl-w! . u
that the whole evening I wasn t even
ruffled. I It is a pleasure I may. say
a source of great satisfaction for
ie to know that I am broad-minded
enough; to ignore a thing like this.
IndeedJ it was really a delight for mc
to know that you are such an attrac
tive jwoman. I should, I believd,.
have j some secret cbagrin my pride
would ; be. touched if you failed to
attract i any notice from other men.
I realljr dont think, my dear, that
there; is one, particle .of jealousy in
my whole nature."
"I am glad ; to hear you say that,"
smiled Mrs. W'inkleton, in reply.
"No ' doubt I have misjudged you,
but I did think that possibly you were
annoyed by Mr. Dribbton.'
rNever!" said Wihkfleton. finmly
"neverf Such a thing did not occur
to me. ' At the same time. I don't
mind saying this,"! and his voire rose
at a bound "Irom 70 degrees Fahren
heit to 160 in the. shade ."if he goes
one step farther, or even dares to re
peat the smallest fraction of his odi
ous attentions to you of last evening.
I'll horsewhiphim written an inch of
his life rHarper'i Bazar.
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