The New Age (Portland)

Peltand Library Stark St. VOL. XI. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KALISPELL KALISPELL, MONTANA D. R. PEELER, Pres. F. J. LEBERT, V. Pres. R. E. WEBER, Cash. W. D. LAWSON, A. Cash. Transacta a general banking business. Drafts issued, in all of the United States and Europe, Hong Kong and Manila. Collections made on favorable terms. LADD & TILTON, Bankers Portland, Oregon Established in 1899, Transacta a General Banking Business. Interest allowed on time deposits. Collections made at all points on favorable terms. Letters of Credit issued available in Europe and the Eastern States. Sight Exchange and Telegraphic Transfers sold on New York, Washington, Chicago, St Louis, Denver, Omaha, San Francisco and various points in Oregon, Indiana, Hawaii and British Columbia. Exchange sold on London, Paris, Berlin, Frankfurt, Hong Kong. UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK J. C. AINSWORTH, President. W. B. AYER, Vice-President. R. W. SCHMEER, Cashier A. M. WRIGHT, Assistant Cashier. Transacts a general banking business. Drafts issued, available in all cities of the United States and Europe. Hong Kong and Manila. Collections made on favorable terms. Capital, fully paid up, $25,000.00. Surplus and undivided profits, $3,000.00. Commenced Business June 5, 1905. OFFICERS; J. W. FORDNEY, President; R. T. PLATT, Vice President; C. A. WOOD, Cashler. OARD OF DIRECTORS: J. W. Fordney, R. T. Platt, F. C. Knapp, W. A. Brewer, H. L. Powers. Thos. Cochran, M. L. Holbrook, C. A. Wood. Deposits $7,589,000 profits $425,000 Accounts of Northwest Pacific Bank solicited upon terms which will grant to them the most liberal accommodations con-stent with their balances and responsibilities. Wm. M. Ladd, President; N. H. Latimer, Manager; M. W. P. Peerson, Cashier, Seattle, Washington. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PORT TOWNSEND katalished 1882. Collections promptly remitted. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PORTLAND OREGON Surplus, $1,000,000 Deposits, $13,000,000 FIRST NATIONAL BANK of NorthYakima, Wash. # UNITED STATES DEPOSITARY Capital $200,000 Supplies $200,000 SAVINGS DEPARTMENT OFFICERS—Chester Thorne, President: Arthur Albertson, Vice President and Cashier; Frederick A. Rice, Assistant Cashier; Delbert A. Young, Assistant Cashier. JNO. C. AINSWORTH, Pres. JNO. S. BAKER, Vice Pres. P. C. KAUFFMAN, 2d Vice Pres. A. G. PRIGHARD, Cashier F. P. HASKELL, JR., Assistant Cashier. General Banking CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $390,000 Safe Deposit VaultSAVINGS DEPARTMENT: Interest at the Rate of 8 per cent per Annum, Credited Semi-AnnuallyTACOMA, WASHINGTONALFRED COOILDGE, Pres. A. F. McCLAINE Vice Pres AARON KUHN, Vice Pres. CHAS. E. SCRIBER, Cashier. D. C. WOODWARD, Asst. Cashier. THE COLFAX NATIONAL BANK of Colfax Wash. Capital. $120,000.00 Trausacs a general banking business. Special facilities for handling Eastern Washington and Idaho items. CAPITAL, $50,000 SURPLUS, $50,000 ASSETS, $1,000,000 LEVI ANKENY President; E. G. CRAWFORD, Vice President; W. P. CONNAWAY, Cashier DIRECTORS Levi Ankney, Harry Ladd Corbett, W. P. Crawford, E. G. Crawford, W. W. MeCredile JOHN LAMB, DAVID ASKEGAARD, LEW A. HUNTOON, ARTHUR H. COSTAIN, President Vice President Cashier Asst. Cashier Interest Paid on Time Deposits FIRST NATIONAL BANK of East Grand Forks, Minn. Farm Loans Negotiated. Fire and Cyclone Insurance Written. Does a General Banking Business. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DULUTH, MINNESOTA. DIRECTORS: J. M. Berry, A. B. Conley, F. J. Holmes, F. M. Byrkit, F. L. Meyers, Geo. L. Cleaver, Geo. Palmer. The Merchants National Bank Of St. Paul, Minnesota UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY Capital, $1,000,000.00 Surplus, $500,000.00 Transacts a general banking business. Correspondence invited Transacts a general banking business. Correspondence invited OFFICERS—KENNETH CLARK, President; GEO. H. PRINCE, Vice President; H. W. PARKER, Cashier; H. VAN VLECK, Assistant Cashier. DIRECTORS—Crawford Livingston, Kenneth Clark, J. H. Skinner, Louis W. Hill, Geo. H. Prince, C. H. Bigelow, R.D. Noyes, V. M. Watkins, L. P. Ordway, F. B. Kellogg, E. N. Saunders, Thomas A. Marlow, W. B. Parsons, J. M. Hannaford, Charles P. Noyes. WILLAMETTE IRON & STEEL WORKS FOUNDERS • MACHINISTS • ENGINEERS PORTLAND—OREGON—U.S.A. Our new plant on Front St., between Seventeenth and Nineteenth Sts., is the most modern Engineering Plant on the Pacific Coast. Work placed with us will be executed with efficiency and despatch. ```markdown ``` PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1907. NEWS OF THE WEEK In a Condensed Form for Our Busy Readers. BAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS A Resume of the Less Important but Not Less Interesting Event of the Past Week. Floods in Nebraska have blocked railway traffic. Castro has caused the wholesale arrest of suspected enemies. The British cabinet has announced the first step towards Irish home rule. Senator Knox, of Pennsylvania, defends Smoot's right to a seat in the senate. The Massachusetts legislature has petitioned congress to revise the present tariff laws. The Thaw trial has been postponed on account of the death of the wife of one of the jorors. Trouble with employees has caused all papers in Butte and Anaconda to suspend and in a statement the publishers declare they will not issue another paper until the men give in. Hermann's original letters have been admitted as evidence in his letter book trial. Postponement has also been granted to give further time for the defense to prepare for the admission of these letters. Kuropatkin says he met defeat at the hands of the Japanese because his generals disobeyed orders. He makes a ghastly contrast between Japanese valor and efficiency and Russian indifference and incompetence. Ex-Governor Higgins, of New York, is dead. A new Santo Domingo treaty has been sent to the senate. Roosevelt has a way to settle the Japanese trouble and will call on congress for help. The British parliament is open. The king's speech foreshadows war between the two bouses. Jerome will attempt to send Thaw to an insane asylum if he escapes conviction for killing White. Fourteen persons were injured by a freight train on the Northern Pacific crashing into a passenger train near Seattle. The San Francisco unions which struck against the street car company will win their point through an arbitration board. The Hermann jury is almost complete. This is for the trial of the representative for burning letter books while in the general land office. In twelve states Lincoln's birthday is a legal holiday and February 12 was appropriately remembered. The states are: New York, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Washington and Wyoming. Nicaragua is preparing to invade Honduras. A revolt against the government is on in Persia. Ex-Governor Higgins, of New York, is again failing in health. Boers are gradually securing control of the Transvaal parliament. A Clinton, N. C., grand jury has indicted a number of county officials for embezzlement. The break in the Colorado river has been closed and no water is now going into the Salton Sink. Great Northern and Northren Pacific traffic is still badly crippled between Spokane and the Sound. Venezuelan officials are accused of grafting by an American. Parades has begun his revolution on Castro. The Canadian Pacific has just declared a dividend of 2 per cent for the half year ending last December. The United States Circuit court at San Francisco has just put an end to another get-rich-quick concern, the Cumulative Trust Co., of Washington. The Minnesota attorney general has commenced proceedings to compel 10 railroads in that state to adopt a reduction in freight rates ordered by the State Railroad commission. Baton Rouge, La., has a case similar to the Thaw shooting. The house committee has a substitute for Roosevelt's plan of leasing coal land. The South Carolina legislature has passed a bill to discontinue the state liquor dispensary. Russian authorities have arrested a number of girls attending a seminary for complicity in riotous acts. MOST LIBERAL IN HISTORY. River and Harbor Bill Gives Almost All Northwest Asked. Washington, Feb. 15.—Never before in the history of rivers and harbors legislation has any congress dealt so liberally with the Pacific Northwest as the present congress will do in the pending river and harbor bill. Not only is the aggregate appropriation larger than ever before, but the appropriations more nearly approximate the estimates of the engineers. This is in a very large measure due to the remarkably efficient work of Representative Jones, of Washington, who is on the river and harbor committee as representative of his own and neighboring states. Mr. Jones was in a position to do things, and his accomplishments speak for themselves. Indeed the house has been so very liberal that the senate has nothing left to do, unless it be to raise a few appropriations that fall below the house figures, and it is doubtful if many such increases can be secured, for in every instance where the house cut the estimates on Oregon and Washington projects it was for some specific and very good reason. In his work in committee Mr. Jones had the active support of Senator Fulton, and the Oregon senator did everything that a man not a member of the committee could do to aid in getting liberal recognition for Oregon and Columbia river projects. There was absolute harmony throughout, and the two men worked together to a common end. The effectiveness of Mr. Jones' work is found in the figures themselves. The total amount recommended by the engineers for Oregon and Washington projects was $5,110,244; the total appropriation carried by the house bill is $4,670,244, a difference of $440,000. The reductions were on the Cellio canal, $150,000 being taken from the amount recommended and given to the upper river, for which a new project was recommended late in December; on the Willamette and Columbia rivers below Portland, where $150,000 was deducted because Portland business men had assured the committee that a new taxation district was to be formed to raise money to aid in this improvement; and the Cascade locks on the Columbia river, where $105,000 was recommended for grading and filling in behind the completed locks. The committee felt that this work was not urgent, as the canal lock is itself completed. With these exceptions, the house bill provides the amounts recommended by the engineers, and in the case of Coquille river the committee appropriates $60,000 when only $40,000 was asked by the War department. The $60,000 will complete this project, as shown by the figures of the local engineers, so the committee decided to clear up the whole matter at one time. The following table gives the various projects and the amounts appropriated by the house bill: Mouth of Columbia river, $2,450,-244; Dalles-Celilo canal, $600,000; rivers, Portland to sea, $300,000; Columbia between Celilo and mouth of Snake river, $120,000; Upper Columbia, between Wenatchee and Bridgeport, $42,000; Upper Columbia and Snake, $10,000; Coquille river, $60,-000; Coos river, $3,000; dredge, Oregon and Washington coast harbors, $100,000; Tillamook bay, $10,000; improvement of Upper Willamette, $60,000; Clatskanie, $500; Cowlitz and Lewis rivers, $50,000; Willapa harbor, $25,000; Gray's harbor, $60,-000; Gray's inner harbor, $177,000; Gray's river, $2,500; Puget sound and tributaries (dredging) $75,000; Lake Washington canal, $10,000; Swinomish slough, $75,000; Okanogan and Pend d'Oreille, $20,000. Two Dead, 1,000 Homeless. Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Feb. 15.—Notwithstanding the rumors in regard to the loss of life as a result of a fire which last night destroyed 90 cottages and residences, three hotels, the Carr memorial church and fully 200 barns and outhouses, entailing a loss of $200,000, so far as can be learned only two persons lost their lives. They were John Springer, a foreman in the Cotton Belt railroad yard, and a man named Reed, who is said to have gone into a burning building while intoxicated. Nearly 1,000 people are homeless. Finds Huge Spot on Sun. Pittsburg, Feb. 15.—Professor John M. Brashear, of the Alleghany observatory, announces the discovery of one of the greatest sunspots ever brought to the attention of astronomers. He says as a result electrical disturbances will be experienced throughout the country tomorrow night. The spot can be seen through smoked glass, but the scientist adds that it is one of the most active of solar spots. Its approximate length is said to be 150,000 miles and 30,000 miles wide, covering an area of about 3,500,000 square miles. Treaty for Prohibition in Africa. Washington, Feb. 15.—The senate committee on foreign relations today authorized a favorable report on a general treaty with the powers looking to the suppression of the liquor traffic in Africa by enforcing a prohibitive tariff. MAKE SHIPPERS PAY Railroads Will Ralse Money by Raising Rates. CANNOT FIND SALE FOR BONDS Committees Working on New Tariffs Which Abolish Commodity Rates and Make Advances. Chicago, Feb. 14. — Railroads of the entire country are preparing to make general increases in freight rates which will bring them several hundred millions added revenue annually. In Chicago conferences are being held between the highest traffic men of both Eastern and Western roads with a view to eliminating hundreds of rates which are known as "commodity rates" and to compel shippers to submit everything to classification rates, which are substantially higher. The preliminary work is being done by committees representing both sections of the country and the real magnitude of the increases and of the general move for more revenue will not be known until these committees make their report, which may not come before June. The plan for a general increase in rates is due to the alarm which is felt in Wall street and among the stockholders and directors of all railroads over the growing difficulty in securing money with which to make needed improvements, build extensions and provide equipment and facilities for carrying the traffic of the country. It was stated today that more than $1,800,000,000 had been appropriated by the railroads for these purposes, but that it is impossible to float the securities in any of the markets of the world. Accordingly the railway presidents and the men who control the transportation facilities of the country have come to the conclusion that the only way to raise the necessary money is to increase the price of what they have to sell, which is transportation. In some way it is expected that many hundred articles which are now transported on "commodity rates" will be restored to the classification, which will operate to increase the rates from three to fifty, and in some cases even 100 per cent. In connection with the elimination of many commodity rates, it is stated that all of the lines have agreed that uniform classification would be a good thing, as the shippers, desire it. When this is finally obtained, it may be found that the classification rates on many articles have been increased. At present fully 75 per cent of the tonnage of the country is carried on "commodity rates," which are very much under the corresponding classification rates. All of the heavy tonnage, such as flour, grain, iron, steel, coal, are moved on the lower rates. TURNS DOWN LEASING PLAN. House Committee Proposes a Slight Change in Coal Land Law. Washington, Feb. 14. — A compromise of the coal land bill was finally agreed upon today by the house committee on public lands and recommended for a favorable report. It falls far short of the program President Roosevelt outlined for the withdrawal of all coal land from entry and the leasing of such land, instead of selling it. In the bill agreed upon the coal land is reserved under the same restrictions as land entered under laws other than coal land laws, with the exception of homesteads, the patents for which are issued without commutation. To encourage the development of coal land in the Rocky Mountain states, the bill largely increases the amount of coal land which may be taken by one corporation. It provides that an association of four persons may be granted patents on 2,560 acres of coal land after having expended $10,000 for improvements. The bill permits an association of four persons to receive patents for 1,280 acres after $5,000 has been expended in improvements. Concession on Land Order. Washington, Feb. 14. — President Roosevelt today told Representative Stevenson, of Minnesota, that he had made a modification of his suspension order of January 25, relating to entries on public land, which would except from the operations of the order all homestead proofs on ceded Indian land where there are deferred payments. The exceptions made by the president do not, in the opinion of the representatives of the Northwest, go far enough and they will continue in their efforts to obtain further concessions. Eight-hour Day for Dispatchers. Jefferson, City, Mo., Feb. 14.—The house today passed the bill applying the eight-hour law to all train dispatchers and telegraphers who handle the running of railroad trains. NO. 43. COLLISION DURING BLIZZARD Believed 175 Lives Were Lost—Many of Tham Froze. Block Island, R. I., Feb. 13.—A marine disaster with appalling loss of life and entailing suffering almost beyond the limit of human endurance came to light today, when a life boat of the Joy line steamer Larchmont, bound from Providence to New York, drifted into Block Island harbor. In the boat were several bodies of men who had died from the effects of long hours of exposure to a death-dealing temperature. In the boat also were 11 men whose suffering was so intense that they seemed oblivious to the fact that death was in their midst and they had escaped only by virtue of their ability to withstand the rigor of zero weather in an open boat at sea. The boat brought a tale of disaster that has rarely been equaled in New England waters, and it is believed that, when the final outcome is known, it will be found that not less than 150 lives were lost. Following closely in the wake of the solitary lifeboat came bodies, lifeboats and rafts, cast on the beach by the angry waves. Owing to the condition of the survivors it was impossible to get from them an estimate of the loss of life. From 150 to 175 persons went to their death, and at a late hour tonight it was believed that the latter figures are nearer correct The cause of the accident has not been satisfactorily explained. It occurred just off Watch Hill about 11 o'clock last night, when the three masted schooner Harry Knowlton, bound from South Amboy for Boston with a cargo of coal, crashed into the steamer's port amidships. Captain McVey, of the Larchmont, declares that the Knowlton suddenly swerved from her course, luffed up into the wind and crashed into his vessel. Captain Haley of the Knowlton asserts that the steamer did not give his vessel sufficient sea room. ORDERS NEW VENIRE. Jury Panel in Adams Case Exhausted Second Day. Wallace, Idaho, Feb. 13. — At the close of the second day of the trial of Steve Adams for the murder of Fred Tyler, 34 talesmen had been examined, exhausting the panel and the court had ordered the summoning of a new venire. Eleven jurors remained in the jury box and the defense still retains the right to four peremptory challenges and the state one. When the court ordered a new venire Attorney E. F. Richardson, counsel for the defense, made an affidavit that the sheriff is biasee, and asked that a special commission be appointed to summon the venire. In his affidavit it is alleged that Angus Sutherland, whose term as sheriff expired last month, was made sheriff in 1899 during the labor troubles by the Mine Owners' association, and that as sheriff he cannot serve two consecutive terms. The present sheriff, William Bailey, was nominated with the understanding that Sutherland should still be in complete control under the direction of the corporation hostile to the Western Federation of Miners. A session was held last night to decide the point. BOUND FAST BY RED TAPE. Down Timber Goes to Waste Because Law Forbids Sale. Washington. Feb. 13. — There's money going to waste in Klickitat county owing to departmental methods and red tape, as well as to the fact of there being no law under which action can be taken. Last spring a severe storm passed through this country, felling an immense number of trees, practically all the timber in two townships being razed. This timber is on the ground, is rapidly bluing and unless something is done by which it can be utilized it soon will be worthless for lumber purposes. There is a sale for this timber, but the lumber companies are afraid to touch it, as the home-steaders upon whose land it is lying have not in all cases commuted their claims and if they should abandon them after selling the down timber, the buyer might be placed in a very embarrassing position. Travelers Rebel at Food: Leavenworth, Wash., Feb. 13.—Another trainload of passengers arrived here today, making about 600 stranded at this place. Conditions in the day coaches are terrible. The rairoad is giving two meals a day, and the food is revolting. Passengers will not patronize the dining cars unless allowed to order their dinner in preference to the meal banded them. The large ice-house at the depot was wrecked today, the roof caving in from the weight of snow. A Japanese was buried in the debris and sustained a broken arm. Demurrage Bill Passed. Pierre, S. D., Feb. 13. — The house today passed the reciprocal demurrage bill. The bill to prohibit corporations to contribute to campaign funds was passed. Another bill approved by the house prohibits "treating" in saloons. All these measures have passed the senate and new go to the governor. In Mr. Harriman's opnlon, apparently, there is only one capable railroad man in this country. If you want rabbits to taste good, you should live on dog meat a while, says Peary. Please pass the chicken. The sugar trust won't mind a little fine of a few hundred thousands so long as there is a cranberry crop to sweeten. There is some talk of devoting a newspaper especially to flying machines. A new kind of fly paper, as it were. If, as one paper says, "shipping is a symptom of prosperity," a remarkably large number of people seem to have been exposed. "God save the country!" says Mr. Shaw. But won't this make Congress sit up and wonder what Shaw thinks it is there for? One of the scientists says there will be no blondes 600 years from now. But why worry over a future that is 600 years distant? While Curtis Jett is serving two life sentences, is it possible that he will reflect on what he would do if he had his two lives to live over? There is in Kansas a man who is a minister, a doctor, an undertaker and a dealer in tombstones. We have not heard why he doesn't practice dentistry. The news columns tell of a woman 105 years of age who has made application for divorce. Some of 'em live happy ever after and some never get too old to regret. The battleship Kansas has stood its trial test, and all Kansas will expect it to become the Gen. Fred Funston of the navy the first time any world power makes faces at us. It must be a great trial to a young man to spend a long time considering which of two girls he has been paying attention to is best for him to marry, and then to find that neither one will have him. With the race question unsettled we can see where the country grocers are going to lose a lot of money during the winter. The cracker barrel orators will help themselves to a lot of cheese during the debates. It is just as we thought: Paris was not "shocked" at that play in the Moulin Rouge after all. The protest was political in its inspiration. We are glad to see an old friend thus set right in the eyes of the world. This is, of course, the day of the young man, but, judging from the way railroad wrecks are charged against the mistakes of youthful telegraphers, it would seem possible that enterprising and economical captains of industry may be catching them too young. Mrs. Florence Maybrick declares the American prison system is far inferior to that of England. We should naturally suppose there was nothing so abhorrent to Mrs. Maybrick as the English prison where she was so long and, as she claims, so unjustly confined. Quite a number of valuable friendships have been hurried by the picture postcard to a premature grave. Absence does not make the heart grow fonder when the interval is bridged solely by the receipts of a picture with a cross on the sky line and the words, "We are staying just under this mark; you can't see the house." For some time past vests have been made of paper, also cuffs, collars, shirt bosoms, etc., but it has remained for a firm in Saxony to spin narrow strips of paper and cotton into finished fabrics of common use. Paper and cotton and paper and wool are so combined that serviceable outing suits, jackets, skirts and many other articles of dress wear are now being produced. The new textile, if so it may be called, is cream colored and may be washed repeatedly without injuring the surface and is marketed for a ridiculously small price. Sufficient xylolin, as it is called, to produce a complete plain suit costs $2 or $3. The way the boy goes through his present clothes would indicate that paper clothes would not last him around the corner. Most of us, if asked how many points a star should have, would say five, and cite the flag as proof; but the director of the mint has lately corrected this misapprehension in answering an inquiry on the subject. He calls attention to the fact that the stars on the great seal of the United States and on the seal of the President are five-pointed, but that the stars are six-pointed on the seal of the House of Representatives; and further to the six-pointed stars on the obverse of the half and quarter-dollar coins and the five-pointed stars on the reverse. The reverse of these coins is a copy of the great seal with the clouds and stars omitted. So far as known, the six-pointed star comes from copying the colonial coins made after the manner of English heraldry, which sanctions that star. The stars on the flag are copied from the Washington cont of arms. An editorial article in a religious monthly calls renewed attention to the shortage of Protestant preachers of ability. It is said that the ministry as a profession has lost its attractiveness for able men, despite the rapid growth of the churches in membership, the marked increase in the population of the country, and the constant demand for thoroughly equipped persons to fill places of importance, a demand unpredicated in the history of the Christian church. The theory is advanced that independent and energetic students are not attracted by the modern plan of ministerial education which provides free tuition, free room rent, and often cash payments as well to such as feel that they are called to preach. An endowment of a million dollars for education of preachers sometimes lies particularly idle for lack of students to use the income. The same conditions are to be found in the schools of all Protestant denominations. The future physician or lawyer is placed in sharp contraposition. He usually has much higher fees to pay, has much smaller funds in the way of scholarship aid to draw up, and knows that a discouraging wait is certain after he is admitted to practice before the first patient or client appears. The theological student steps at once from the commencement platform, with his diploma certifying to the completion of a given course of training, during which he has been carried along financially into a waiting pupit. His salary and his life work begin when his preliminary preparation ends. And yet few able youths seek the preacher's career. The editorial writer suggests that this easy way of getting an education and a livelihood does not appeal to the active and energetic and that, as a consequence, the ministry gets only those who like the easy life. But there are other reasons which might be adduced for the famine in ministers. There was a time when the preacher was the most important personage in the community. His influence was commanding. The church afforded the only avenue to fame for the bright young man. The industrial worker, the manufacturer, the merchant, the farmer, were not supposed to need education. The administrator as such had not developed. But recent years have witnessed a complete change in conditions. Educated men are welcomed and win success in many lines of life, independence and wealth both awaiting the industrious who may have great influence and power. No longer having a monopoly of education and information the minister is compelled to compete with great newspapers, with many magazines in reach of the masses, with a flood of useful and helpful books, and with constantly improving methods of influencing thought. His hearers often are as well educated as himself. He is restrained by church creeds. He is poorly paid. If he is an orator the lecture platform is open to him. There are many reasons why the pulpit should not be so attractive for able men as it was once. ERIN SENDS OUT 5,000,000. Irish Emigration to This Country Has Been Enormous. No page in history reveals such a migration as that of the Irish to America. The figures are astonishing. From 1840 to 1860 not fewer than 2,000,000 crossed the ocean to settle in the United States; from 1860 to 1880 an additional 1,000,000 made a fresh start in life in the great republic over the seas, and from 1880 to the present time another 1,000,000 was added to our population. Since 1860 the average has been 500,000 a decade. The twelve agricultural States, represented by Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska, North and South Dakota, contain one-fourth of the 5,000,000. Of the portion settled in the North Atlantic States but one-fifth are on farms; but this tendency to crowd into the towns disappears when the surroundings are agricultural, as is shown by the large percentage—more than 50—of those who have taken to farming in the twelve agricultural States above mentioned. It is only because the bulk of the Irish in America are not in the midst of farming districts that they are less an agricultural people than the other immigrant elements added to the population. They have found an outlet for their energies in the congested districts and their wonderfully adaptive natures have allowed them easily to enter upon the industries of the people among whom they were thrown. It is in the Eastern States that the Irish promise to ultimately constitute a majority of the population. This is already the case in three New England States and in many New England cities. In New York City they are barely behind the Germans and slightly in Chicago. The Tact Market. Chancellor James R. Day was once advising a young undergraduate of Syracuse University to cultivate tact. "But, alas," he said, "I fear that advice on such a subject must always be wasted. On tact the last word was spoken by Barbey d'Aureville when he said: "If tact could d'Aureville want to buy it." A mother is in jail while her children are little, but isn't it a fact that a father's sentence is longer? If you make a success of your business, you must "get along" in spite of opposition. THE NEW AGE. PORTLAND. OREGON Phone Pacific 2369 Work Done On Short Notice The Never Regret Cleaning and Pressing Parlor Cleaning, Pressing, Dyeing and Repairing, Steam and French Dry Cleaning a Specialty. Suits Pressed While You Wait. 132 N. Sixth Street, PORTLAND, OREGON Michigan T Company H. CRAW, Proprietor Phone East 2806 154 Grand Avenue Ericson Undertaking Co. Incorporated Phone Main 6133 409-411 Alder Street PORTLAND OREGON THE BUREAU SALOON FRANK HOFFMAN, Proprietor Choice Imported and Domestic Telephone Main 5506 Southeast Corner First and Morrison PORTLAND OREGON A. H. Willett & Co. Wholesale and Retail Special Prices to Restaurants Prompt Delivery Phone East 283 128 Grand Avenue S. Washington, Prop. L. Wilkinson, Manager The Alpha Fine Wines, Liquors & Cigars NICELY FURNISHED ROOMS Headquarters for Railroad and All Professional People. Phone Pacific 151 101 N. Park St., PORTLAND, OREGON A. H. Griswold Successor to GRISWOLD & PHEGLEY TAILOR No Branch Store 131 Sixth St. PORTLAND, OREGON Horse Collars Farmers, Teamsters and Horsesmen, look for Horse Collars, buy the best—the P. SHARKEY & SON Portland, Oregon The Portland Flouring Mills Co. OLYMPIC PATENT FAMILY FLOUR PORTLAND, ORE. W.C. MOON BARCO, PORTLAND, ORE. OLYMPIC. A Flour Whose Is the Fact that the Number of People Who Use It Multiplies Every Year LODELL'S PLACE A. E. LODELL, Proprietor Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars WEINHARD'S BEER Telephone Pacific 1984 414 North Nineteenth St. PORTLAND, OR. Pioneer Soda Works GUNDEL BROOK, & CO. Manufacturers of SODA WATER, EXTRACTS, SYRUPS, ETC. Factory, 416 Water Street Telephone, Main 2966 PORTLAND OREGON Crane Bottle Co. Carry the large st stock of Bottles on the Pacific Coast. Mail Order shipments given prompt attention- Office, 14th and Couch Sts. PORTLAND, OREGON STAR BREWERY NORTHERN BREWERY CO. Brewers and Bottlers of HOP GOLD PORTLAND OFFICE: Corner East Third and Burnside Streets "The Judge Demands the Best" LA TOCO Key West Cigar EL PATERNO Ten-Cent Leader SIGHT DRAFT King of Five-Cent Cigars W. S. Conrad Minneapolis st. Paul Distributor WESTERN BAKING COMPANY PORTLAND, OREGON REGISTERED TRADE MARK. A WESTERN SUNRISE PEERLESS SODA CRACKERS AND MAZAMA BISCUITS Ask your grocer for them and take no other kind if you want the best. THE TOKE POINT OYSTER CO. Sole Growers of the Celebrated Toke Point Oysters An Eastern Oyster Transplanted and grown on our beds at TOKELAND, WASHINGTON "UNEQUALED IN FLAVOR AND FRESHNESS" Cannery at South Bend, Wash. Wholesale Dealers in All Varieties of Native Oysters. DEVERS GOLDEN WEST SPICES, COFFEE, TEA, BAKING POWDER, FLAVORING EXTRACTS Absolute Purity. Finest Flavor, Greatest Strength, Reasonable Prices. CLOSSET & DEVERS PORTLAND, OREGON. --- JUCHÉMICH & CRAMER, Props. Manufacturers of Carbonated Beverages, Syrups, Extract, Mineral Waters and Champagne Cider. Sole distributors of Sedaville Mineral Water. Phone Pacific 1793. Office and Factory, 204 Mill Street PORTLAND, OREGON Phone Pacific 2263 PORTLAND Everything in the Best Properties Jersey Street ST. JOHNS, OREGON H. HENDERSON 108% Jersey Street, ST. JOHNS, OREGON I have choice Business and Residence-Tracts in all parts of the city. Corr spondence solicited from non-resident owners of property or those-seeking investments here. ABBETT All Kinds of Galvanized Iron and Tin Work a Specialty ALL WORK GUARANTEED NOT TO LEAK Quaker Mfg. Co.'s Steel Furnaces 449 Union Ave. North Shop Phone East 6177 Residence Phone East 1868. JAMESTOWN, N. D. The Seiler Co. OSCAR J. SEILER, Attorney-at-Law President Paid Up Capital and Surplus $35,000 Collections Investments Real Estate Jamestown, North Dakota BY RAIL AND WATER Columbia River Scenery REGULATOR LINE The excursion steamer "BAILEY GATZER1" makes round trips to CASCADE-LOCKS every Sunday, leaving PORTLAND at 9 a. m., returning arrives 6 p. m. Daily service between Portland and The Dalles, except Sunday, leaving Portland at 7 a. m., arriving about 5 p. m., carrying freight and passengers. Splendid accommodations for outfits and livestock. Dock foot of Alder street Portland; foot of Court street, The Dalles. Telephone Main 914. Portland. ASTORIA & COLUMBIA RIVER RAILROAD CO. Two Straight Passenger Trains Daily WITH THROUGH PARLOR CARS BETWEEN Portland, Astoria AND Seaside Leaves Daily 8:00 a.m. 7:00 p.m. Union Depot For Maygers, Rainier, Clatskanie Westport, Clifton, Astoria, Warrenton, Flavel, Gearhart Park and Seaside. Astoria & Seashore Express Daily. Astoria Express Daily. Arrives Daily. 11:10 a.m. 9:40 p.m. C. A. STEWART. Comm'1 Agt. 248 Alder St. Telephone Main 906. J. C. MAYO, G. F. & P. A. 240 Washington Street Corner Second PORTLAND OREGON C.A. STEWART, Comm'l Agl., 240 Tele ELDERBRAU GROTTO ERICKSON & BERG, Props. Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars 54 Sixth Street MAIN 4402 PORTLAND, ORE. WESTERN SODA WORKS START 1907 RIGHT Begin With Electric Light IT IS CHEAPER Make 1907 an ELECTRIC year in your HOUSEHOLD as well as in your Store, and enjoy the conveniences, the labor saving, the healthfulness, the safety, the economy and the prosperity that attends the use of ELECTRICITY. FREE LAMP RENEWALS--The Company will henceforth furnish free of charge, to meter customers, new Edison base lamps of 4 8, 16, 32 and 50 candle power, in exchange for old lamps, heretofore furnished by the Company. Lamp renewals will be made at Nos. 147-49 Seventh St. ONLY. FREE LAMP RENEWALS mean better light, and is EQUAL TO A SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION IN THE COST OF LIGHTING. For information call Main 6688 Portland Railway, Light & Power Company FIRST & ALDER STREETS SAVINGS BANK of the Title Guarantee & Trust Company PAYS 4 Per Cent Yearly Interest On Savings Accounts Interest Compounded Semi-Annually We Also Pay 4 Per Cent Interest on Certificates of Deposit And 3 Per Cent on Daily Balances of Check Accounts Save a Dollar Today and It Will Work for You Tomorrow A Bank Account is the first step to toward happiness, prosperity and comfort Banking Hours, 9 a. m. to 4 p. m.; Saturdays, 9 a. m. to 1 p. m.; Saturday evenings, 5 p. m. to 8 p. m. DIRECTORS — Wm. M. Ladd, J. Thorburn Ross, T. Burkhart, Frank M. Warren, George H. Hill. OFFICERS—J. Thorburn Ross, President; George H. Hill, Vice President; T. T. Burkhart, Treasurer; John E. Aitchison, Secretary. PORTLAND COFFEE & SPICE CO. PORTLAND COFFEE & SPICE CO. Importers and Manufacturers Tca, Coffee, Spices, Extracts and Baking Powder 24 ann 26 Front Street PORTLAND, OREGON Lewis & Clark Cigar Co. Ask for the Celebrated Lewis & Clark Cigar - 12½c Sacajawea - - 10c KING & GILMORE Telephone UNION 4088 Real Estate Dealers Real Estate REGULATOR LINE Branch Banks at Butte, Anaconda and Gardiner Transact a General Banking Business Pay interest on Savings Accounts and Time Certificates of Deposit. We start Savings Accounts with a deposit of one dollar or more. PREMIUM HAMS, BACON And All Fresh Cuts for Hotels MAIL ORDERS THIRD AND COLUMBIA PHONE Main 18 MAIL ORDERS PROMPT ATTENTION BONNY & WATSON CO (SUCCESSORS TO) BONNY & STEWART FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS Lady Assistant AI- ways in Attendance. Seattle, Wash. GRAYS HARBOR COMMERCIAL CO. COSMOSCOPE WORK FLAT HOOPS-IRON DRAW-LUGS THE SEATTLE SEATTLE LOW FREIGHT RATES ON HOUSEHOLD GOODS - TO AND FROM THE EAST WRITE US Seattle, Wash. MISSOULA MONT H. E. CHANEY, A. A. HOWARD, Proprietor. Manager. Florence Steam Laundry THE GOOD ONE Established 1890. Telephone 115 Work Done On Short Notice 112-114 West Front St. MISSOULA, MONTANA THE GRAND PACIFIC SALOON Missoula, Montana. Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars Draught Beer, Fine, 5c. Bottled Beer, 25c. a Quart. All trains Stop 15 Minutes. Opp. N. P. Depot. THE BANK OF NEW YORK THE MUSEUM OF THE ARTS. THIS modern establishment with its immense and varied stocks merits the patronage of all. Whether it be something to wear, to eat, to furnish your house, or anything else, you can get it here. We want every reader of The New Age within our territory to join the mighty ranks of pleased and prosperous customers already dealing with us. REMEMBER OUR MOTTO—"We Sell Everything and Everything the Very Best." So. Omaha, Nebraska PROMPT ATTENTION SEATTLE WASH When in Seattle visit HANSON & CO'S Billiard Parlors The Finest in the Northwest 621-23 First Avenue SEATTLE WASHINGTON WATER TANKS Fir Spruce and Cedar Lumber BoxShooks Cedar Shingles Grays Harbor Commercial Co Seattle, Wash. TRANSFER CO. TLE COPYRIGHT Just a Word About Rolls Little Rolls and big Rolls; plain Rolls and fancy Rolls; Rolls for breakfast; Rolls for lunches; Rolls for desserts; Rolls to grow to perfect proportions at the reliable bakery most people in Missoula know about — Hay, Grain, Flour, Fruits, Vegetables Confectionery, Etc., Etc. 131 Higgins Ave. Missoula, Montana THE NEW AGE, PORTLAND, OREGON ... Great indignation has been aroused in some quarters in Europe by the announcement that the beautiful towered bridge of Cahors in the department of Lot is to be demolished. This is one of the most wonderful medieval relics of the country and has long been noted for its beauty and picturesequence. It appears that there is no chance of preventing the vandalism, which is said to be exceedingly unusual in France, where historical monuments are generally regarded as sacred. This famous structure over the river at this point has figured in many of the early wars in France and has been a favorite topic with romantic novelists of ancient and modern times. The bridge has stood for centuries and is now in a very fair state of preservation, but the people of the city have come to think they want a more modern structure and so it must be torn down. The three towers of the bridge are remarkably fine specimens of early architecture and the high arches are also features of unusual beauty. It is said that the towers were erected for purposes of defense and that from them the citizens of Cahors have in times past kept close watch on the movements of enemies who have threatened them. Some romantic legends are associated with the bridge. THE CATHEDRAL CATHEDRAL OF THE SACRED HEART IN RICHMOND, VA. CHURCH AND MAUSOLEUM. $1,000,000 Cathedral, the Gift of Wealthy New York Couple. The new Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, erected by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Ryan, of New York, and in which their bodies, together with those of the Catholic prelates of Virginia, will rest after death, was recently consecrated in Richmond with all the impressive ritual of the church. Monsignor Falconio, the apostolic delegate, was present, and Bishop Augustin Van de Vymer, of Richmond, saw realized the results of thirty-six years of effort in CATHEDRAL OF THE SACRE Virginia, in the completion of the finest house of worship in the entire South and one of the greatest four cathedrals in the United States. The corner stone of the cathedral was laid in 1903. The immense stone pile occupies an entire block in the heart of the fashionable quarter of the city, and facing Monroe Park. At the east end of the edifice is the organ loft, in which one of the largest organs in the country has been installed. At the south end is the choir, surrounded by a great iron grille, and the simple altar. To the right of the altar, facing the east, stands the bishop's throne and the stalls for the priests, while on the opposite side is set the pulpit. Massive bronze gates separate the choir from the transept. The cathedral is lighted with electricity. There are five altars and two chapels. The actual cost of the cathedral can only be estimated. On this point the dignitaries of the church in Richmond will not talk. It is known, however, that the statuary in the church, the gift of Mrs. Ryan personally, cost about $50,000. Architects and builders who have looked over the structure say that the cathedral, including the houses of the church dignitaries, cost in the neighborhood of a million dollars. HARVEST FOR PROMOTERS. Present Prosperity Offers Great Field to Dealers in Wildest Stores to Dealers in Wildest Stocks. The promotion boom is here. It would warm the cockles of Colonel Mulberry Sellers' heart to read the Sunday newspapers these days, for they carry page after page of advertisements of "millions-in-it" schemes, such as the colonel never dreamed of. This promotion boom already exceeds in proportions the memorable one of the two years following the flotation of the United States Steel Corporation. The man who has money to invest, and who rightly demands that it shall bring him a larger return than is made to him by the savings banks, wants to know what return he is likely to receive from investments in the stocks of all these companies now offering their shares through the newspapers all over the land. How many of these companies, in the advertising of which the English language is drained of superlatives, are going to live and pay dividends? The same question was asked five years ago about a mass of new companies adver- tised with the same reckless use of superlatives. During the winter of 1900-01, the investors of the country went mad over stock speculation. The shame of it was that the debauch was led by men of standing in the community, who were intoxicated by their greed for gold. Investors were credulous as they had not been since the days of the South Sea Bubble, and the promoters—good, bad and indifferent—reaped a harvest. How many of all these one hundred and fifty companies of 1901-02 are making money to-day and paying dividends to their stockholders? One—just one! ED HEART IN RICHMOND, VA. In all this brave array of wonderful ventures that were to make fortunes for the credulous, one company is paying a dividend—and a dividend smaller than that paid by the savings banks. One other is a going manufacturing concern, that ignores my request for information; a third is a going real estate company, that repurchased from investors the stock sold to them; a fourth is a plantation company waiting for its rubber trees to grow up; two are struggling oil companies in need of money; eighteen are gold mines, still hoping to strike it rich, and nearly all are in need of money. Of the one hundred and twenty-six other ventures, twenty-two may be classed as morlumb, while the remaining one hundred and four are dead and gone, forgotten by all but the investors who bravely put their money into them—Frank Fayant, in Success Magazine. Maine's Abandoned Farms The buying of abandoned farms in Augusta, Malne, by 7 people, who convert them into summer places, has assumed such proportions that it has been called to the attention of the State Agricultural Department. Commissioner Gilman, who has investigated the subject, says that in his opinion this movement, if continued, would materially reduce the total agricultural output of the State. In recent years hundreds of rich New York and Massachusetts people have bought up farms and occupied them during the summer only, cultivating only such land as they wished for the raising of flowers and garden vegetables. This policy is not in line with that advocated by the Agricultural Department. Vigorous efforts have been made, aided by the authorities of the University of Maine, to interest rural communities in the possibilities of farming and fruit-raising. Trains have been sent throughout the country bearing lecturers, who gave talks to the farmers on scientific agriculture. The movement met with a cordial reception and was supported by the national Agricultural Department at Washington.—New York Post Fully Qualified. In the Employment Office: "So you are from the country, don't understand cooking and haven't learned anything else? Well, for the present you must go out as a maid-of-all-work."—Fleigende Blaetter. L. R. MANNING, Pres. A. T. HOSMER, Secy L. R. MANNING & CO., Inc. Real Estate Loans and Investments. City and Farm Property. Timber and Coal Lands. First-Class Mortgages and Investment Securities. EQUITABLE BUILDING TAC MA. WASH. THE SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN BANK Commercial Banking Savings Department Capital $5,000,000 Surplus $350,000 Total Available Assets $7,500,000 A. CHILBERG, President GEO. H. TARBELL, Manager A. V. HAYDEN, Cashier Tacoma Office No. 955 Commerce St.. N. E. Cor. South 11th St. WHEAT-HEARTS Makes a delightful breakfast dish: with fruit added, a lovely dose. It Requires little time to cook. A light expense for fuel. It is intended absolutely pure and costs less than any other cereal. Sold by all grocers. Five pound package, 25 cents. THE PUGET SOUND FLOURING MILLS CO., TACOMA, WASH. MONTY'S THIRST STORE Berlin Building. 113 South 11th St. Telephone, Main 194. The Best is None Too Good for You. Get It at The Trail Saloon & Cafe RUSSELL ORMSBY, Proprietor 113 S. 12th St., Tacoma, Wash. Ivory Wood Fibre Plaster Ivory Cement Plaster F. T. CROWE & CO. STYLES RIGHT PRICES RIGHT Latest Styles in HATS, MEN'S FURNISHINGS AND CLOTHING SPECIALTIES 913 Pacific Avenue Provident Bldg. TACOMA, WASH. Puget Sound Electric Railway Leave Tacoma—6:00, 7:10, 8:10, 9:15 (Ltd., no stops) 10:10, 11:10 a, 12:10 m, 1:10, 2:10, 3:10, 4:15 (Ltd., no stops) 5:10, 6:10, 7:10, 8:10, 9:15, 11:15 p m. Leave Seattle—6:30, 8:00, 9:00 (Ltd. no stops) 10:00, 11:00 a m, 12 m, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, 4:00 (Ltd., no stops) 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 11:15 p m. PUYALLUP DIVISION Leave Puyallup—5:30, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00 11:00 a m, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00 6:15, 7:15, 8:15, 9:15 p m. Leave 9th and Commerce Sts.—5:40, 7:00, 8:00, 10:00, 12:00 a m, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, 6:15, 7:15, 8:15, 11:15 p m. (5:30 a m omitted Sundays) 4 Tacoma Trunk Factory A good Trunk is always a good bargain. You can't judge from mere appearances. We sell Trunks that not only look well but wear well. Suit Cases and Bags of all sizes, styles and prices Repairing done. Phone Red 2772 1931 C Street TACOMA, WASH L. R. MANNING, Pres. L. R. MANNING Real Estate Loans and Investments. City Coal Lands. First-Class Mortgages EQUITABLE BUILDING THE SCANDINAVIAN Commercial Banking TACOMA THE ABBEY F. J. MOONEY. Proprietor Telephone James 2121 Wines, Liquors & Cigars Rooms in Connection TACOMA WASHINGTON THE ANNEX MARTIN ANGEL, Prop. House of Fine Liquors Cor. Eleventh and Pacific Avenue THE McDONALD CIGAR CO. Sells the Highest Grades of ...CIGARS... Manufactured by the best factories of New York and Tampa. Also a complete line of Imported Cigars, Cigarettes and Smokers' Articles Tel. Main 765. 956 Pacific Avenue THE DAMFINO P. T. McGLOIN, Proprietor Telephone Main 164 ESTABLISHED BEFORE THE WAR Imported and Domestic Wines, Liquors and Cigars 1502 Jefferson Avenue, Corner Pacific TACOMA WASHINGTON L. L. ROBERSON. Pres. and Treas. C. H. ROBERSON. Sec'Y. EAT T. B. C. BREAD Made by TACOMA BAKING COMPANY Wholesale Manufacturers of Bread, Cakes, Etc. We also make a specialty of GOOD BREAD. Tel. James 261. 943 Tacoma Ave., Tacoma, Wash. Phone Main 748 Paving Plant, 15th and Dock The Barber Asphalt Paving Co. ASPHALT For Roofing, Street Paving and Reservoir Lining CONTRACTORS Street Paving, Driveways, Floors and Sidewalks 203-4-5 Providence Bldg. TACOMA WASH. We make a Specialty of FINE POULTRY Private Car Trade Solicited Retail Dealer in Fresh and Salt Meats 1114 C Street Telephone Main 292 TACOMA J, B. TERNES, Pres. and Mgr. Tel. 43 Tacoma Carriage and Baggage Transfer Company OFFICE 101 TENTH ST. Carriages and Baggage Wagons at All Hours Private Ambulance Perfect in Every Detail FIRST CLASS LIVERY Hand your Checks for Baggage to our Messengers, who will meet you on all incoming trains. TACOMA, WASH A. T. HOSMER, Secy' G & CO., Inc. City and Farm Property. Timber and Images and Investment Securities. TAC MA, WASH. AMERICAN BANK Savings Department Total Available Assets $7,500,000 GEO. H. TARBELL, Manager EN, Cashier St.. N. E. Cor. South 11th St. Portland New Age puasiien! oo awe une E sacaeea Saks cei aii Sara eatceigdit seal aon oa Sr ae ase erersigiion Bite, one wer, ‘payable in ad- SL eae ee sar ee ee oe lke ‘Mrs. Marie Penny is suffering with rheumatism, Mrs. Cora Scott is confined to the house with a severe attack of neu- ralgia. Remember the apron social at the A.M. E, Zion church Feb. 28th and March Ist. Mrs. R. Vernon and her two sons are able to be out agam after several week's illness, Arthur Harris, chief cook of the steamer Ruth cut his hand severely while cutting up a quarter of beef. Mrs. Anna Smith, the genial boarding house mistress is quite caused primarily by an ulcerated tooth. Sim Ready of the Hotel Portland has taken an enforced vacation caused by a return of his old trouble acute rheumatism. King D. Brock who is engaged at Rutherford & Hyter’s tonsorial par- lors is able to be at his post again after a severe attack of lagrippe. Mr. Craddock one of the employ- ees of the Pullman Palace Car Co. has taken a trip to the springs seek- ing relief on account of rheumatism. Mrs. Belle Craig whose death was noted in our last week's issue was buried on Monday last from Finley's undertaking parlors, interment at Lone Fire a large number of her friends attending. On the 12th inst. Joseph Cole was arrested in Vancouver, Wash., by Officer Secrist and taken to Tacoma where he was lodged in the county Jail charged with assault to commit murder ten days ago. All of our older citizens will be pleased to hear that Hon. John F. Coples who was stricken with paraly- sis the first of last October has so far recovered as to be able to visit his office. Whilst the judge has re- gained the use of his legs he still suffers from an impediment in his speech. ‘The Valentine party given Wed- nesday anid Thursday evenings by Mt. Olivet Baptist church was well ‘attended. An excellent program was presented on each evening and an excellent repast served. The Cusine under the superintendence of Mr Frazier was as usual one of the fea- tures of the entertainment. A neat gum was netted for the church. Why is it that so many of our peo- ple will aspire and accept of positions that they are not qualified to fl. Are they not aware that each and every failure injures us as a whole people. Whilst we do not condemn any one for trying to better their condition we must learn that very few employers are willing to hire n- experienced workmen, pay them the highest wages and allow them to Keep the positions in which they are not able to make good. Let us qual- ify ourselves before we accept a po- sition then we will succeed. It has been asserted by some nar- row minded persons that the New Age is partial in giving items of a social nature. We desire to correct any erroneous impression that may exist in that direction. The columns of this paper are always open for the publication of items of a social nature or anything that will tend to elevate or build up our people. We never have nor never will expect to permit our paper to be used to vent little petty animosities or personal spite. As it is not possible for the reporter to be omiscient we would be pleased to have items of interest sent 80 as to reach this office not later than Thursday noon if intended for the current issue. What is this, a policeman resign- ed his position, is It possible that it is true? On closer investigation we find that it was only a member of an organization that had been cloth- ed with a special’s commission in or- der to try and protect the meetings of his society from being disturbed by the riff raff and hoodlums of our city. In attempting to arrest one of this element he was severely handled by “the gang” and only by the timely arrival of a regular officer was he saved from serious bodily harm. On the failure of the municipal court to punish the offender the special officer decided that if he was not to be sup- ported in his efforts to keep peace by the authorities, he had better re- sign ere he received more serious in- juries. 2 Did you attend the experience so- celal given last Tuesday by House- hold of Ruth No. 844. If not you missed a rare treat. The hall was filled to overflowing as is always the case when the announcement is made that the Household of Ruth are in charge such has been the success of their previous efforts and this added another star in their crown. The audience commenced to gather early and as the affair was to be of an in- formal nature the committee had posted up large placards announcing that a prize would be given to the ‘one who could tell the greatest num- ber of interesting things about the smallest United States coin announc- ing that their were 19 different ar- ticles depicted on each penny. The contestants were given a list of the game, also the committee had thoughtfully provided a supply of pennies so that a number were busily engaged in examining and giving more attention to the penny than they had ever done in the past. At 10 o'clock the audience was called to order and the announcement made that the time had arrived for the ex- pertence social proper. Each member of the order was in possession of a dollar which they presented to the secretary and then in a poetical effu- sion informed the audience how they came into possession of the same. ‘Many and varied were the modes and methods used. Sewing buttons on, begging, cooking, giving entertain- ments, washing, caulking, etc., were some of the more common methods whilst one sister in verse related that one of the brothers had given her a dime and claimed a kiss in payment of the same. She announced that if he wanted it “he must come and take it then and there or the account would be canceled and called fair.” ‘The brother lacked the courage to come forward and claim his dues. ‘The essays were a surprise from a poetical standpoint both in quantity whilst nearly all were filled with wit and humor. During the evening light refreshments were served and just before the evening closed the prizes were awarded. Mrs. M. E. Fullilove being awarded the prize for the best composition whilst Miss Ora Rhoades was awarded the first prize for the best paper on the penny and Miss Me- Davett the second. Ere the excite- ment had died down from the suc- cessful “Experience Social” the members of the Household announce that in the near future they will hold a “Hatchet Social.” No other explanation is forthcoming but the members promise that it will be a record breaking event. NEGRO OUTRUNS FAST MEN. Wins 600-Yard Special for Pennsyl- vania, g New York, Feb. 9.—J. B. Taylor, the colored runner of the University of Pennsylvania, won the principal event, a special race at 600 yards, of the indoor meet held by the Pastime Athletic Club at Madison Square Garden today. Taylor competed with three of the fastest men in New York and at the finish had a lead of only, six inches over Barry Hillman, Jr., of the New York Athletic Club.’ Bil R. Parsons, of Yale and the New RSs Athletic Club, ran in the col- ors of the latter organization, and Charles Bacon, of the Irish-American Athletic Club,’ finished in the order named. The time was 1 minute and 14 seconds. GALLANT NEGRO SAVED ROOSEVELT. W. H. Givens, Who Made His Mark | ae emttemn: Whew fx Melilaataes. | Bellingham, Wash., Feb. 9.—The death of W. H. Givens, Tenth United States Cavalry, colored, who died in this city a few days ago, recalls an interesting story involving President Roosevelt, Givens enlisted in the Regular Army in 1869, and served contin- uously for 30 years, For gallantry displayed in the Indian war on the plains in the '70s he was advanced to the rank of First Sergeant, and his troop also received letters of com- mendation from Lieutenant-General Nelson A. Miles. It was in the battle of Santiago, in the Spanish war, that Givens showed his mettle. At the first volley of the Spanish works all of the commission- ed officers of Givens troop were elth- er killed or wounded. The other troops of the regiment suffered even worse, there being not left one com- missioned officer to maintain order in the ranks. By this time the Rough Riders had almost reached the Spanish works, which they had orders to storm ‘as soon as support came. Ow- ing to the swiftness with which the cavalry charge was made, the other forces were slow in coming up, and ‘the demoralized Tenth Cavalry was the only body near enough to be 0: any assistance. The wildest confu- sion prevailed in the ranks of the negro troops, and not an officer was to be seen. The cavalry were think- ing of retreating when they noticed the Tenth Cavairy, with W. H. Giv- ens at their head, coming to support. It is believed that had it not been for the cool nerve displayed by Giv- ens in rallying his men, every man of the regiment of Rough Riders, from the Colonel down, would have been wiped out. Letters of commendation from Colonel Roosevelt, General Corbin and General Miles were found among the dead man’s effects. When. his 30 years’ service was completed he [was retired on half pay, but enlisted again, and was made Second Lieu- tenant of Troop B, Tenth Volunteer Cavalry, and went with them to the Philippines, where he saw much ac- tive service. He was a mulatto, and 54 years old. Death was caused by apoplexy. The President and War Department were communicated with relative to transporting the body for burial in the National cemetery at Arlington.—Telegram. i OUR CHICAGO LETTER i ‘The New Age is on sale at Levy's News Stand, 506 Thirty-seventh st., Chicago. Chicago, Feb. 11, 1907. Dr. M. A. Majors has been on the sick list for several days. Mr. and Mrs. George Mead and Mr. and Mrs. Littleton Jones went to Mil- waukee, Wis., last week. ‘The Wilson House, 3247 Wabash ave., is a splendid place for persons to stop at when they come to the city. F. C. Long, head waiter at the Windemere hotel at High Park is regarded as the best headwaiter in Chicago. ‘The Keystone hotel of 2025 State street is now being well patroniz=\, under the management of Mr. Frye, the proprietor. ‘The colored men in Chicago are giving up and abandoning the wait- THE NEW AGE, PORTLAND, OREGON ee ieee a eee ae ae school and was surprised to find peo- ple who come from the slums and skums of Chicago there attempting to. teach children in the Sunday school. This is a disgrace to the eity of Chicago. Some of the colored papers in Chi- cago seem to be very much surprised about the truth being told, and the same appearing in papers’ that are published outside of the city of Chi- cago. Whether or not these many things come under the notice of the Chicago papérs no one knows, but nevertheless these things exist and are true. Mr. Fillmore of Washington, D. C. who is interested in the Fire Insur- ance Company is in the city. There is no doubt that the company will make a great suecess, but _ before they do any business in Chicago they must get rid of some certain individ- uals that are in the company be- cause the colored people in Chicago know them too well and have no faith or respect for them. ‘A meeting of a number of colored people was held In Chicago last week to take into consideration the adopt- ing some plan to organize a club for the purpose of collecting some exhibits to send to the Jamestown ex- position, but nothing definite was ac- complished, and the meeting ad- journed. It looks like the colored people in Chicago will not have any exhibits to the Jamestown exposi- tion, Mr. Bird, who shot and killed Mrs, Josephine Morris in Chicago three or four months ago was convicted in the criminal court on the charge of manslaughter and sent to the peni- tentiary.. The killing of Mrs. Joseph- ine Morris by Mr. Bird was regarded as the most cowardly and brutal murder that has ever been commit- ted in the city of Chicago. Mr. Bir was ably defended by Lawyer B. H. Morris. Lawyer Morris’ address to the jury was foreible, brilliant and eloguent. A committee of the National De- fense League have reported that the State Employment Agency under the authority of the state on Wabash ave., that the management of that office is discriminating against, col- ored people. Quite a number of col- ored persons have applied there and they have been turned away, with 0 statemeat that there were no posi- tions vacant there anywhere. And in a very short time white persons have applied there and have been accom- modated. | Gov. Charles S. Deneen of the state of Illinois it is reported has ap- pointed one, James H. Porter of Chi- cago to represent the colored people as a commissioner to the Jamestown exposition. If it is true that Gov. Deneen has done that Gov. Deneen has made a great mistake. The col- ored people of Chicago and of the state of Illinois seriously _ protest and object to messengers and jani- tors representing them at anything. We have a number of very prominent colored men whose reputations are above reproach. Some of them have been members of the legislature of the state of IMlinois who will shed luster and grandeur upon any posi- tion that the governor of the state of Illinois might select them to rep- resent the colored people of this state. ‘They object to Governor De- neen hunting around in the midnight and selecting such individuals as Jas. H. Porter to represent them in any- thing. The colored people of the State of Illinois will repudiate the whole matter by not sending any ex- hibit or collecting any exhibits at all in the state of Illinois for the Jamestown exposition. . | Prof. W. T.Vernon registrar of the United States treasury at Washing- ton, D. C., was in Chicago last week and spoke at the Quinn chapel A. M. E. church in this city. The place was crowded and the people expected to hear a great speech, but they were all very much disappointed. "His speech fell like a wet blanket on the audience, and everybody was disap- pointed and dissatisfied. All through Prof. Vernon's speech In every way and manner, he undertook to defend President Roosevelt. When a man that is employed by the federal gov- ernment cannot see his way clear to deliver a speech without attempting to apologize for some person or to defend the present national adminis- tration, he had better stay at home, and Prof. Vernon had better not hereafter attempt to appear before any andience of colored people in this country and deliver a speech un- til his term of office has expired, or when he has the manhood to speak out right on all matters. He must nnderstand that colored’ people of Chicago at least are not asleep. It sv dappens that whenever a colored man gets into office these days his mouth is closed about the wrongs and injustice and abuse that is per- petrated upon his race. Let such in- dividuals as that stay at home. We have no need or use for them. | ‘The Most Worshipful St. John's Grand Lodge of A. F. & A. Masons of the state of Iilinols and Masonic Jurisdiction, met in special session on last Monday. A constitutional number of lodges being represented it was opened in due and ample form with 42 Delegates being present. The following resolutions were unani- mously adopted: | Whereas, The Masonic Fraternity among colored men in the United States fs being greatly imposed upon and misrepresented by some colore” sonic impostors, Therefore be it resolved, That we now eall the attention of the public and the craft to these expelled and spurious masons and ask that they be‘published and driven out of every state and territory. Resolved further, that a copy of these resolutions be published in the papers, MEMBERS THE COLORED RACE Who Have Won Fame, and Who Have Achieved Success and Recog- nition by Eugene Fields, of Chi cago Hon. Edward H. Morris of Chicago who is the foremost colored man in America was several times elected a member of the legislature of the state of Illinois, is recognized to be one of the most brilliant and success- ful lawyers at the Chicago bar. He has won a large number. of law-suits in the supreme court of [Mlinois also in the supreme court of the United States. He is a great orator, ex-Grand Master of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in the United ‘States, and a few years ago he rep- resented the order of Odd Fellows in the United States in England and he was received with distinguished honor in England and other foreign countries. He is a 33rd degree an- cient and Accepted Scottish Rite Ma- son. He has been offered several couneilships and ministerships by the national government but he has al- ways declined them. Prof. W. E. B. DuBois of Atlanta, Ga., is the leading colored educator in America. He believes in the high- er education of the colored people and he believes and advocates that the colored people of the United States should have the same educa- tional, etvil, and political rights that are accorded to the white race. He is the founder of the great Niagra movement. Henry 0. Turner who was born in the United States but is now resid- ing in Paris, France, has won fame in the United States and Europe as an artist, and is recognized to he one of the best artists in the world. His picture, Daniel in the Lion’s Den was purchased by the French government and now hangs on the wall of Luxenburg. Another work of his “The Two Disciples at the Tomb” was purchased for the art collection of the Museum of Chicago. He has been awarded both the Wal ter Lippincott prize offered by the Pennsylvania academy of fine arts and the Harris prize for the best ex- hibit shown in the Chicago art insti- tute, | Hamonia Lewis, the colored seutp- tress, has for many years remained abroad. She was born in the state of New York, She has gained an in- ternational reputaion as a sculptor. Her first exhibition having _ been made in Boston, Mass., in 1865. Her statute, “The Freedwoman,” was completed prior to her departure for Rome. Upon her arrival in the Bter- nal City her work gave so much evid- ence of genuine talent that she was greatly befriended by Harriet, Hos mer, ‘lotte Cushman and others. ‘Two of the finest specimens of her work are “The Marriage of Hia- watha” owned in New York, and the portrait bust of Abraham Lincoln, which is in San Jose, Cal. The Hon. John G. Jones, who is a prominent lawyer at the Chicago bar was elected a member of the legis!” ture of the sfate of Illinois in 1200 from the Chicago district. In 1882 he was appointed by James A. Gar- field, United States minister, to the Republic of Liberia, but declined tne appointment. ife is the author of the book entitled “Some footsteps of the Progress of the Colored Race.” He is a learned and distinguished free mason, and was the first colored mason in the United States to have the Mystic Shrine Degree conferred upon him, and is now the Soy. “rand Commander of the United Supreme Couneil of Scottish Rite Masons of the United States. Mr. A. H. Roberts is one of the prominent colore1 men of this city, and is a lawyer by prcfession, and is a pleasing talker, and orator. He has been lately appointed a clerk of the municipal court in Chicago. Mrs. Fannie Jackson Coppin of Philadelphia, Pa., has probably at- tained more fame as a teacher, lec- turer and writer than any other col- ored woman in this country. She is the wife of Bishop Coppin of the A M. E. church. She Is a lady of high scholarly accomplishments Miss Victoria Overall now of Kan- sas City, Mo., was born in the city of Chicago but moved with her par- ents to Omaha, Neb., over 25 years ago. Miss Overhall graduated with distinguished honors at the Omaha, Neb., high school. Miss Overall has a national reputation as being one of the best elocutionists in the United States. Mr. A. D. Griffen, of Portland, Ore- gon, fs one of the leading and prom- {nent colored men in the western part of the United States. He has been editor and manager of the New Age, published at Portland, Ore., for several years, and on all occasions he has been the advocate and champion for the advancement and the defense of his race, Mr. W. M. Farmer of Chicago, IIl., who has been for several years a successful and prominent lawyer at the St. Louis bar, is a man that stands high in the estimation of the people all over the country. He has removed lately to the City of Chi- eago where he is now engaged in the practice of his profession as a law- yer. Miss Ida Overall of Kansas City, Mo., occupies a very high place among the great educators of the race. Her work in the school room portrays the success to which our race has attained and she takes high een SSREREG BEG Ene Takes REN PORTLAND FUEL COMPANY Successors to PIONEER, C. R. DAVIS ond PHOENIX FUEL CO. | PHONE EAST 26 287 E. MORRISON ST. COAL—Rock Springs, Diamond, Richmond, Roslyn, New Cas- tle, New Castle Nut; Franklin, Carbon Hill, Cake. | WOOD—4-Foot Fir, 4-Foot Oak, 4-Foot Ash, Sawed Oak, Sawed Fir, Sawed Ask, Sawed Knots. Jumping Jack Manbatian Mining Co. ow Dien Goldged Mining Co. 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When you do, visit THE CRESCENT, its model store, and one of the most interesting show places in what Elbert Hubbard has called the model city of America. Visitors will find here a Bureau of Information where reliable information of all kinds regarding the city may be obtained. Also free Parcel Check Rooms, Public Telephones and comfortable waiting rooms with lavatories for women. Spokane Agents for North Star Blankets, the kind used on all Pullman coaches. O. E. HEINTZ, Manager. ays and Crosswalks. AUCTION COMPANY Belling, Portland, Oregon ARD'S BREWERY and Bottlers of the lands of Lager Beer "BLUME" "COLUMBIA" AND BOTTLES BURNSIDE & 13th STS. THE BANK ON WORKS. STEEL AND IRON Duds and Bolts, Cast Iron Nural Iron. Sidewalk Doors of Castings. ET BRIDGE, PORTLAND, OR Watson Drug Co. Wholesale and Retail The most complete stock of Drugs and Patent Medicines to be found in the Inland Empire. Prices guaranteed as low as the lowest. Our Prescription Department merits your confidence. 421 Riverside Ave. Mariso Block THE CENT SPOKANE'S GREATEST STORE Phone East 57 Treatment of the Soil. We have but little more de- knowledge of the soil and the princi- nly involved in its treatment than we sixty years ago, says the Sole American. Fertility is not nitr- phosphorus, and potassium a though the potential value of any or State, or country, from the agri- tural standpoint, is measured by constituent elements in its soil; y has been demonstrated that soils w **Ack for Demonstration.** The illustration shows a rack to be used either for dehorning cattle or ringing hogs. For sills use three pieces 4 feet long and 4 inches by 4 inches mortised for bottom of posts 8 inches each side of center to allow the sides and bottom boards to drop into place. Four posts 4 inches by 4 inches and 5 feet 4 inches long and two posts 4 inches by 4 inches, and five feet 8 inches long are tenoned to the sills. Three cap pieces 2 inches by 4 inches and 4 feet 2 inches long are mortised at the ends to receive tops of posts. The caps are of oak. One oak piece in front of the cap, which holds the stanchion, is 2 inches by 2 inches, and 4 feet 2 inches long. The lower oak piece in front of the stanchion is 2 inches by 4 inches and 2 feet long. The lumber is 2 inches thick and 7 feet long for sides. One board 2 inches by 17 inches and 7 feet BACK FOR PERFORMING BACK FOR DEHORNING. long is used for the bottom. For stanchions in front use one board 2 inches by 10 inches, 5 feet 6 inches long; one board 2 inches by 10 inches, 5 feet 2 inches long. For back gate use two pieces 2 inches by 12 inches, 4 feet 4 inches long, cut sloping to fit the frame. It is put on with hinges. The stanchions in front are bolted at the bottom between a 2 inches by 4 inch piece, and the sill, leaving a space up and down in front 5 inches wide. Two and a half feet from the bottom of the stanchion slope, cut a place for the animal's neck. The 2 inches by 2 inch oak piece is bolted to the side of the cap with blocks to allow the top of the stanchions to open and close and work with a lever. The lever, which can be made of wagon tire, is 5 feet 6 inches long. A $ \frac{1}{4} $ inch hole is punched in the top of the lever, a second hole $ 13 \frac{1}{2} $ inches from top hole, and the third hole 11 inches from second hole. The upper hole is for attachment of two iron straps, one on each side, which are fastened to the left hand stanchion. From the lower hole two pieces of iron 14 inches long go to the right hand stanchion. When the stanchions are closed bore one or two half-inch holes in post back of lever, in which to use an iron pln to hold the stanchions in place—Montreal Star. Water and Salt for Cows. Eight gallons of water a day is the average quantity required for a cow, and the milk given is about 87 per cent water. In some pastures there is no water, the cows being supplied night and morning, which forces such cow to drink four gallons at a time in order to be supplied. As the cow does not know that she must drink four gallons, she may use less, and she will reduce her milk supply accordingly. Extensive tests and investigations have been made by the experiment stations to determine the advisability of adding salt to the ration of dairy cows. As a result of these trials, it is recommended that dairy cows be given at least one ounce of salt per day. Exceptionally heavy milkers will require more than this. The uniform results obtained with all cows employed in these trials indicate that salt in addition to that obtained in their food is absolutely essential to the continued health of a dairy cow, while producing milk. It is evident, moreover, that the amount of salt which must be supplied directly will greatly vary in different localities, it being more at high elevations and at places remote from the sea.—Agricultural Epitomist. A Kettle Support. At butchering time and whenever water is to be heated it is a bother to set the kettle or to hang it with chains A simple hoop with three or four legs welded on, saves the time and trouble. Any blacksmith will make it for a few cents if you furnish an old cart tire for boots A simple hoop with three or four legs welded on, saves the time and trouble. Any blacksmith will make it for a few cents if you furnish an old cart tire for boops and legs. Order the legs the right length to hold the kettle just high enough. It is easily moved then from house to barn, or to a neighbor's. Farm and Home. Kaffir corn is being cultivated successfully in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico, and its cultivation is to be extended. This corn, which is a native of Egypt, requires only the moisture of the dew for its wants, and appeals to the farmer for planting during the dry season. Treatment of the Soil. We have but little more definite knowledge of the soil and the principles involved in its treatment than we had sixty years ago, says the Scientific American. Fertility is not nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium alone, though the potential value of any field, or State, or country, from the agricultural standpoint, is measured by these constituent elements in its soil; yet it has been demonstrated that soils which contain an abundance of these elements, and which are potentially capable of producing crops for centuries perhaps, are not capable of producing profitable crops without the addition of further amounts of these constituents. The chemical investigator is, therefore, compelled to take into consideration other facts than this. He must, if he would cover the whole field, know something of geology, of botany, of physics, of biology, of bacteriology, and of the other natural sciences, because chemistry alone is not capable of fully compassing the problem; thus, the opportunity for specializing in any branch has been very great, and it is because of the broadness of the subject, and the opportunity, as already pointed out, and the necessity, also, for giving immediate help from the knowledge that we have that has prevented in a degree a broad study of the fundamentals essential for enabling genuine progress to be made. Alfalfa a Swine Tone. Raising 1,000 hogs a year without ever having any sign of cholera in the herd is the claim put forth by M. Barber of Bloomington, Neb. He makes a specialty of this industry and has 300 acres of alfalfa, where the hogs are raised. "My hogs are raised in the field from the time they are pigs till they are about 8 months old, when I put them on a feed of corn," said Mr Barber to a representative of the Kansas City Drovers' Telegram. "If fed in summer time I soak the corn. But the alfalfa is the most important feed they get, and is the one great thing that keeps them healthy all the year around. In all the years that I have been raising and handling hogs in this way, I never had a case of hog cholera on my farm. This is due to the alfalfa, which keeps the hogs healthy." Improved Butter Churn. The old-fashioned hand butter churn, so long associated with fresh air and country life, seems destined to be overtaken by other up to date churns and which require less labor to operate. The old-fashioned churn was a clumsy affair, and not a little "elbow grease" was required to manipulate it. In the illustration is shown one of newer hand NEW CHURN. NEW CHURN. churns, which nevertheless contains most of the principles of the older churns. The only change is in the application of the power mechanism. In this machine the power is so placed that little effort is required to operate it. A foot pedal is added, and the hand power is entirely different from the old method. Instead of forcing the paddle up from the churn after every descent with the hands, springs are placed beneath the hand grips which do the forcing automatically. It would be possible to operate this churn and at the same time read a book or newspaper. Young Farmers Going to Cities. A recent news telegram from York, Pa., says: "With the return to the county commissioners to-day of the last registry assessor's book it was shown by the totals that the population of voters in the county has decreased in six months nearly 400. The shrinkage in the male population is attributed by the commissioners to the desertion of the farms by young men, most of whom have lured to Philadelphia and other cities under the impression that they can speedily make fortunes. "In the borough of Red Lion sixty voters have gone to the city within six months. The decrease in population is greater than in the boroughs. The total registration in the boroughs and townships of the county last spring was 22-802. The present registration shows 388 less." Renovating Worn Soils. Prof. W. J. Spillman, in bulletin No. 245 on the renovation of wornout soils, says: "To build up and maintain fertility in the soil, feed a large part of the crops, and return the manure to the land. If manure is not available, plow under crops grown for the purpose. Plow deep, but do not subsoll. Grow leguminous crops for the nitrogen they add to the soil. "Commercial fertilizers and lime may be important means of improving the soil but the fertilizer requirements of different soils and different crops in different seasons are so little understood that we are not yet in a position to make positive recommendations that are of general application." The Decline of the Peach. The introduction of new varieties, budding, and the attacks of insects, as well as diseases formerly unknown, have curtailed the usefulness of the peach tree and confined it to certain localities. Budding or grafting the trees, whether apple, peach or pear, is now but a reproduction of the original variety, and may introduce all the imperfections as well as the advantages of the variety, to every portion of the country. ST. PAUL MINN. Alfred J. Krank (Successor to SCHNELL & KRANK.) DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF BARBERS' FURNITURE AND SUPPLIES FINE CUTLERY RAZOR WORK A SPECIALTY. 142 E. Sixth St., Opp. Ryan Hotel. 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