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DAILY rAPITAL JOOMMF BALEM. OREGON, MOSY, JULY 80, 1008
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Tile lHlanl Waterways of , China,-
Theoreailzatlon of Imminent peril
from the Inland waterway of tho
prlvlnfea Jias led China to adopt
mch means aa seem most available
and practicable for the moro ade
Hato jirotoctlon of hor river system
Provinces that have hitherto had no
stcla( provlfllon for- policing .by
water patrol aro to have their rivers
And other navigable, channel s-lhland
gaardod aflko for jjUre;uFpreS9fon of
plracyand also with a vlow to pre
tent tie nuggllpgjnjq the Interior
t arn and munitions of war,
We (notice that tho provinces of
Huoanand HupcV.aro to ha'vJ a
"provincial admiral," under whose
WrIs4Illon will bo the charge of
rlverlng dofonso. Thus far In th
Wwtoryjof administration of tho etn
pro this class of officials has, wo
bllvot held offlco only In the sea
board provinces. Whon, however,
tbe extent and oxccllonco of InlnnJ
waterways within tho bounds of tho
provinces under consideration are
appreciated It becomes ctoar that on
their proper control tho fate of the
country In tlmos of omergoncy may
conceivably depend.
Hunnn U drained by four rivers,
which all empty Into tho Tung-ting
lake A glaiico at nny rollablo map
will show that tho basin of theso riV
ors covers llttlo less than half tho
province, and tho fact that tho river
Hslang ChlntiK and certain of Us nu
merous tributaries aro navigable for
cargo boata Is algnlflcant In rolatlon
to facllltloi for easy transportation
belweon tho YangUo and all tho
eastern part of Hunan to tho bord
ers of tho provlnco of ICwnng-tung
To ludttu of tho extended systom.
porno of Its ramifications, the Jour
nor -acroi) from tho
north river of Llon-chau to n point,
in Jlunan whore a navigable stroam
is roaoliod that connects with chan
nels by which tho travolor may go
through to th Ynngtjo -Is qulto
practicable, and has been undortnk
en roflontly with fair frequency by
licrnoun bout on Kottlng views of
threo of the flnoijt provlnooi In
China.
As foi, llupol, a province divided
by tho YaiiKtso Intnj a southorn anl
a northern part, tho meant of trans
portation' afforded by this rlvef and
by tho Han, which Joln tho Ynngtso
nt Hankow, aro among the marvoli
of Inland navigation We havo In.
illeated sumo of tho circumstance
leading to n more careful and com
plete control of theso gront water
wayi Other consent nro presum
ably to bo AouKht In tho tendency
rocontly manifested by western na
tions to take upon themselves tho
duty of patrolling- Chlnolo rlvdri
Japan hair been the last to Intimate
an Intonllon of sotidlUK wnr vessels
up the Yangtze, nud In view of the
itltuntlon that now obtains betweon
theso two countries the rontons, for
proper control and safe-gunnllng of
their avunuot of ncctMt to hr terri
tory have received addttlounl weight
nud Itnptirtnnoo. CIiIhh Mall.
yond remitting the tax, and but lit
tie has ueen aone iu mo v "
vflte nromotlon. Pending the oper
.luldated Us accounts and restored It
to its owners with a cost of liuu,
of which 6CG was receiver and coun
vate promotion, i-enoing ';"; ' ' a9 tho flrat fruits of
"" '! IS ST'S ar?s Jc ttSn law. No provision
Alrohol for I. lulit unit Ileal.
Turning now to the other clnai nf
uwrj we come to the most Itnpoi
tant point upon wlileli the people
need lulriutlou to derive the full
bonofit if tUa new law. Th inortl
of denatured aluohol as u source of
heat. light and power must ba
brought U the Httvntlon of each In
dividual before tit full deveJopmont
of (Ikwo uihm ran he realised. Ger
many has made the grenieet pro
gra of any nation Ih ibis respeel
nnd tho uw of ileaatKred alcohol
there htia Inerittted from 85 mtlltoii
Kullons In 100 1 to 3T millions gal
lon tu 1901.
IUr no prevision has been wad
)t for goverHMettl promotion be-
LOOKING
OVER
TU entire tbtld of eelence. no
where but tbere been ueh pr$
r as Ut tbe entente ot OpMm
aatl the Ktlttaf t THsasm. Our
HrcK in UU lta t, Un, In a
wutir. ! ta (t aat w
Ko&av( h mtrttvftoK l.'
V cs)utiy aavv- m urxliutr
or (uUv. mh mot adds sf Q&w
leuco that mi,, ta mj way U tu
In, the iwaclW of PUttas Cla
..! n. Lntiana- VPfl tO team E&mi.-
.Li tha tnorlfa nf alcohol for Of
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domestic usea. .
For lighting purposes alconoi is
burned In a lamp provided with an
Incandescent mantle or Welsbach
burner, oi precmy "- u -" w
ly used w'th Illuminating gas, and
with identical results, uaijncauuu
Is secured by burning a llttlo alco
hol around the burner to heat It up
at the-sfart. No further attention Is
required, and tho beautiful, steady,
white light U maintained as long as
the supply of nlcohol continues.
When burned In this manner alco
hol has a decided advantage 83' an
lllumlnant over kerosene burned In
any form of wick lamp.
Probably nine-tenths of tho com
pletely' donatured alcdhol consumed
In aeTmany la burned for hqat pro
duction In tho household. Alcohol
gasifies quite readily, and, on ac
count of Its low content of carbon,
the gas produced burns with a blurt
flame without tho Introduction of
air for complete combustion, a Is
necessary with tho gaies produced
from gasoline and koroscno, or with
ordlnnry Illuminating gai. Thero Is,
theroforc, an ontlro absence of tho
production of soot, or unconsumed
carbon. Charles A. Crompton,
Chlof Chemist, Internal Ruvenue
Service
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OiTinnii nnd KnglMi Friction.
Is Englnnd bent upon nagging
nornmny Into declaring war against
i...i Vnllilntr 1na til nil tills Is
ICwniig-tung nferroj ,y many obsorvers of Kmo
,ponn affairs. One or tnem, uen
ornl Gnlllfet, formorly Franco'
irtlnlstor of wnr, Is quoted as snlng
that In his opinion Groat Ilrltaln is
Intent upon provoking war In Kur
opo for tho sakb of retaining hor
mnstory of tho sea. In flvo yearj.
nt the present rato of building, Ger
many will hnvo moro Dreadnought!
allont that Orent Ilrltaln, while tho
United Statos will bo a respectable
rival of Hrltafn In naval power. A
war lu Kuropo, with Gormauy in the
nrauii u-nitlil rortalnlv tend to
dlvort German onerglos from naal
expansion, nnd If the proces of Iso
tntlng Germany Is perfected, Groat
Ilrltaln would hnvo tho satisfaction
of BoeliiB hor nllles lighting her
principal rival.
The warlike oxprosslon of Em
peror William nt Dnberltr on May
29th nro variously receltwl. Ger
mnu iwvapapors, while nffoctlnu to
bolleve thnt tho kaiser was mis
nuoted. nro thomsolvo In n bell'ger-
ent mood In eonsequonco of tho rap
id strides mode by. Great Ilrltaln lu
coneantratlwg the powers agalnt
Germauy. One of the most Inlluontlul
organs, the North Gerntnn Gaxot'i',
on Friday puhltahad a seml-ofn.litl
tatiaut. wkleh rtcognltfit the pit
vailing uaaaslaass nud attilbut.-i 1'
to "wltlMprentl utieartnluty a t
wbbr a new grouping of the pow
ers l being effected which mlKht Im
pede the pacific sett lew nt ut pond-
tag questions.
lu the meantime It U IkuU rant
thflt QfuutBi' ,lj Imuortlug guld In
large quantities from the I'rtttol
States. Iaet week she took JS."""
000. and farther enftsuirnt U I
bring the total gold expoit fumt
N'ew York up to J50.oort.ooo. mr
of It going to Uerlln The demand
for gold Its' fjfrntany u o xrut that,
the loea qf tntereat In transit U no
obstpb. No clear reason lias bon
given for this bead ut goW, and cr
lalMty It Is not being ip4 tu exti.i
inlsh AwerkftK obllgftUous
Tnat Kwteror Willis nt VII not be
bile while ItHgtasaJ Sa at woik try
ing to "lotaU" btw m be taki
for gmntad. lie proved long s
tnat be poaessMd JndKment m w.
as nnianelty It It out at ait mv
Ual bja coo 14 be oaMd Into a lot let lot
eos: war. bat on th "thr haul ! I
mlpbt not be dlfftrult to 'nturr htm 1 1
to Hint if be peueived that uai
advantaam Gtnn io,m .
llniMiMkte adaniaie oer th r-t of'
Unrope In army again She tan
Mobollae an ar) qutcke mul U h
vr i nl lite n- of i lu t.'t
trim than any other poaer Wtthu
ftre yeni tt a I' he pow'h'.r I n .''
satny to i-m uh an a uv , B .
Uk joil. In split of the Mi'tuh ik., .
nalet U tao tueantliu u-
taken by tb Ulsndir. to susrd u . ,
trejtj telr nortnentrn c i
At taattei-i stand. I' t !t.' to
th IntereM of Euglanj tht Uo--asanj
tb u'4 bo subroi.d :-t t i
WMM war. 1( Bsjpe-or W I.Utu
Leonid wrlt.dt tht bU lntrti
are It the aaa directlan. L'mt m,i
, will et hav any tronbk In nam n
biu t (be ftrfh uj ,t.nt Vs ;,
iHRt lf4t
thnt net was more angrily op
iinncd by the professional politician
than that which committed to th-s
state department of banking liqui
dation, of failed banking institu
tions. ' To soe theso rich political
"plunu" disappearing was enough
to nxclto wrath. With tho Knicker
bocker Trust company receivers, ap
pointed before thd enactment or mi
law asking $300,000 .for their five
months' services, and with recollec
tion of what political debts havo
been paid In the past by appoint
ment of bosses, largo or small, to
sinecures of this sort, tho feollng
of ttto politicians over such a show
ing as that of tho Home Dank must
naturally be mingled contempt and
oxasporatlon. Even the minor In
solvencies which helped along wor
thy private secretaries and retired
dancing mastors aro to no handled
with thU shameful parsimony by
i. ,in.rtmnt. Evorvono will e-
0f Chicago
... .. ..r'onnmt .Tnckaon's dec- of tuo cuy where
can iniunio,-"'"-- ----- j k !.,.(., a ong me -
prll: "This is tno r",""-(. Park commIsslon w
..,-.4i Kot hns GVer Ueeil i --- .,,.il nnrk
laratlon In Ap;
nn.P,l The sentiment or mo s-
eral public, any ono Of whom may
some day be a stockholder or depos
itor In a crippled bank, and whose
share In the funds recovered can
no longer bo taxed for the benefit
of political Jobs, will be somewhat
different. Of one thing we may be
8ure: the new law, thus vindicated
In lis results, has come to stny.
for Kefiisc
Chicago Subtvnys Used
a Disposal.
' Therl has Just been placed In
operation In Chicago an electrically
operated disposal station for receiv
ing ashes, dirt from excavations and
refuse of all kinds, tho handling of
tho material being by electric pow
er in tho Bubways of the Illinois
Tunnel company. This station Is lo
cated on tho rlvor, and tho tunnel
cars aa elevated will dump Into
scow- which, In turn, convey tho
refuse several miles out into the,
lako' before dumping.
For years tho excavation refuse
of tho city
. iiia in iff iiutiM
as fill
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. ..nrpiitneo oi -"" "
large jw.-
wlth-tho Illinois Tunnel compsny.te,
receive u tt"oi'uH uy irain all
of tho refuse rriatqrinl through lu
vast system ofAundorground tunnels
Tho central location of this dis
posal station, wun us complete
-ge percent - - I)03ai station, wun us complete con-
cavation u ' v I ? nf rGfu3olnections wun fau mimoi system by
This; year an a u.p .- nm,n trunk llnos and by pa9ges
the laKO uuw .. --- ...n ... facilitates tne movement of train.
and on this account they can be
.filled quickly, transported and- tho
contents oispoawu ,o, nuer which
on tno lane ".. - f ,h0
tWB nrces9.tatesvdeposllnB of he
material by means oi scuD
L U on railway cars and shipping
He the outskirts of the cl y. An
article in Municipal Engineering
atlne points out the advantas
of this now method of tho Illinois
Tunnol company through the dec
trlcally operated disposal station.
Preparations havo been made to
receive, transport and entirely did
pole of all excavated or surplus ma
torlal from basements, sub-base-ments
and caissons, as well m
foundations, through these , .ubw-1
tunnels, also refuse and J
building, and all waste material
which engineers, contractors and
building owners may wish o H
.,n,i. This disposal station was
constructed V George W. Jackson
and a traffic contract. n ---
they Inny bo roturnMtoithe point of
-! fn lm rftflllBT-.- wltllma I.. i.
hampered or delaydd by weather
conditions. vv
o o oi o 6 p o p o o A.J
O by secminglauverso clrCuin- rjl
O stnnccs than' by Uioir wives, o I
O A little ndvertisliiK, mny, hcjprj
O you to boss j'ottr own.clrcuni.' 0
O stances.
O Classification" of your want 0
O nd. mnkes it ns easy to find as o
O your house. rj
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Barr's Jewelry Store
State and Uberty StrU.
Xw York's lUnktHg u.
Tbe a )' tta th ute
sperlnbadeMt of bauWns. acttu a,
rr In tbe tno!vncy of the
Henw Rjk of Urooklyn, has Uq-
CHERRIK ARE RIPE
And so arc the prices of our suits. Now is the time
to pick-while you can save from $3.50 to $7.00
per suit. This is a rare opportunity to save money
on Clothes, Hats, and Men's Furnishings. It de
serves the attention and patronage of every man
and young man in town. The values are excep
tional, especially those offered in the celebrated
ishop's Ready
Tailored Clothes
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For $6.50
Pick any Suit that was $1 0.00
For S8.50
Pick any Suit that was $1 2.00 to $1 2.50
For $10
Pick any Suit that was $1 5
For $1 3.50
Pick any Suit that was $1 8.00
For $15
Pick any Suit that was $20 to $22.50
For $18
Pick any Suit that was $25 to $27.50
Don't forget the Young Men's Suits, reg
ular vales $8.50 to $15.00.
Pick them now
$5.00 $7.00 $9.00
BOYS' KNEE PANT SUITS
h ?lck ctT now $2'00' $3-00 $5-00
Hats, Shirts, etc. reduced 13 1-3 ar
u per cent
Salem Woolen
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Mill trire
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