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ton is an old German, scarcely able to
speak English, who refuses to tell his
name, but is referred to by the people in
the vicinity as Mike" incongruous
though the name be.
1t is little over year since Mike took
possession of the hulk. He says that he
rented it from the owner and intends to
have the full use of it. His first work was
to put up several notices, such as, keep
Off" 'No admittance, "Loafers not al
lowed" etc. In several places he painted
a rude representation OF a skull and cross
bones as deadly warning to all tres
passers.
After Mike had the notices fixed to suit
him he constructed rude house on the
stern of the hulk. It is made of all sorts
of odds and ends of lumber that he found
in the vicinity, and presents most dllap-
idated appearance. 1t is here that he lives
alone and works at his trade of shoem aker.
Every few days he takes his finished work
to town and brings back more to do.
If nobody attempts to board Mixes do
main, he may not venture where he can be
seen for days at a time; but should q
stranger dare to set foot on the edge OF the
hulk he will be sreetsd with howl of in
dignation. mingled with all the well-known
oaths of the Fatherland. II the trespasser
understands German he will quickly make
his escape, but if he don't and attempts to
explain in English, Nike will unceremo-
niously attack him with his shoemaker's 8
hammer that be always carries with him
on such occasfons-that is, provided the
man is not larger than Mike, who weighs
Ito pounds. There is man who has al
ways fished from the old hulk and Mike
never says a word. The man is we'll
built young giant and weighs over 200
pounds.
Why the old man should wish to make
his home on the decaying hulk Is mys-
terry. The vessel is so far gone that it is
hardly worth breaking up for firewood.
! The timbers have rotted to such an extent
| that the first sou u'easter is likely to break
it to pieces and endanger the occupants s
| life. Mike has been warned of this by the
| Iongshoremen, but it has had no effect,
except to increase his vigilance at keeping
away trespassers.
Old Mike has never been known to have
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growing. These curious little homes are
well worth inspection. Some OF them are
set exactly on line with the pavements
of Broadway, while others have been built
few feet behind neat little front gardens,
which bloom in season. Many of these
quiet home nests rest on foundations some
fifteen or twenty stories in height, and are
consequently free from damp cellars and
similar complaints.
These apartments, the highest in the
METROPOLIS, rent for few dollars month !,
value of real estate on Broadway. They
are inhabited by the janitors of the i'm
mense buildings which form the founda-
tions of the modest cottages. Real estate
on the lower end of Manhattan Island has
grown so enormously IN value that even
the roofs of twenty-story buildings cannot
be allowed to go to waste. The architect
ure in many of the small homesteads fol-
lows the style Of the eighteen or twenty
story foundations on which they rest. In
many cases the cottages have been con-
structed at a cost OF many thousands OF
dollars. Some OF them are built entirely
of stone or terra Gotta, or other valuable
materials, and are elaborately decorated.
The most picturesque of them oil is located
in the tower of the Produce Exchange
building. Viewed from the street this
tower looks more like dovecote than a
human habitation. But it is two and
half stories high, and contains dozen
comfortable rooms which shelter the jani-
tor and his family, not counting the dog.
A parapet keeps the household gods from
dropping to death while viewing the pass
ing show on sea and shore far below.
These high homes have their advan-
tages. Few homes here can boast of so
large front yard as the one enjoyed by
the tenants Of the Produce Exchange roof
top. 1t is nearly block in length and
quite as bright in summer as any city or
suburban yard can be, barring natural eff
fects. He has fresh air to breathe at all
seasons, both OF the land and the sea
breeze sort. Housekeeping goes on up
near the sky much the same as on the
solid earth 200 feet below. The front yard
is we'll supplied with clotheslines, on which
the wash is regularly hung out to dry.
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dan, and among other things he spoke
of the great good the native remedy had
done for him. Said he: II praise joys
Vegetable Sarsaparilla because it is well
worthy of such praise, because it as
sisted my friends and helped my own
health. now feel in the prime vigor of
good bodily health, and I believe joys
Vegetable Sarsaparilla brought this
about. I was not suffering from a
broken leg or any very serious trouble.
but was tired, easily exhausted, all run
down and did nos feel my true self. One
bottle changed all this. am now 80
much the better for that one bottle of
joys Vegetable Sarsaparilla that would
not forego its taking for many dollars.
There is good health locked up in joys
Vegetable Sarsaparilla, and during these
spring months every one should use the
native sarsaparilla. No, I never had
pimple on my face, never experienced
the least bad effect. took Joys Vege-
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Eighth heat-E. Languetin t65), Bay City.
Time, PIG 4 IS.
~. Ninth heet-E. LANCER uoo), Imperial
First semi-fnal-T. S. Hall (7O), Bay City.
Time, 2:18 As.
=! Second semi-fnal-P. R. Mott (45), Reliance.
Time. 2:171-5
Final-P. r. Mott (45), Reliance, frst: second,
L. Delmas, Garden City. Time. "a 80.
The evenings programme commenced
with a one-mile post race. There were
seven preliminary heats, three semi-tinals
and final. In the final the men leading
the end of every lap were credited with b
certain number of points and the winner
SO many, prize being given for each win
ner at post and the final.
In the first heat Edwards, Olympic;
Robinson, San Francisco Road Club, and
Ward, Y. NJ. c. A., started. Edwards won
easily in 2:29 3-5.
Yeoman, Reliance; Cushing, Garden
City. and Raynaud and Hall, Bay City,
started in the second heat Yeoman won,
though his lead over Hall was but trifle.
Time, 2:3l AS.
Leavitt, San Francisco Road Club L. A..
Griffiths, Bay City, and Alborelle, I'M
per,al, started in the third. Gritiiths won
in 2:24 3-5.
II. W. Squires, Acme, won the next heat
in 2:33 As, against Smith, Garden City;
Ackerman, San Francisco Road Club. and
Lefevre. Acme 1t was close race, how
ever, as Smith led almost to the tape.
The starters in the fifth heat were: {:
Menne and Languetn, Bay City; Agnew,
Acme, and Thiel, San Francisco Road
Club. Languetin ''won in walk" the
sporting element said, having lead of ten
yards or so at the finish. Time, 2:28 3-5.
Vincent, Bay City; Goodwin, Road Club,
and Barley, Imperial, rode the next heat.
Vincent won in 2:32.
In the seventh heat were Thomas, Cali
fornia; Day. Bay City, and LANCER, Impe-
rial. The latter made runaway race of
it, winning in 2 :2S 1-5.
The mile scratch invitation gave prom
ise of being a fine race. 1t was run in
seven heats, two semi-inals and final
The starters in the first heat we're: Day,
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"New York for sights, Chicago for
nights and San Francisco for ease,
comfort and good shave" Frisco's
BARRIERS bear knowing. Polite, cool, in
telligent, up-to-date and easy shaving.
True, 1t is not only in the glide of the
razor, the clip of the scissors and the
part of the hair that San Francisco bar
bers excel-no, it is for those delicate
finishing touches, here and there; it is
the knowing how and when to use hot.
cold, lukewarm cloths, where to part
and how to part the hair, and, lastly, to
leave the customer the free option of
tipping or not at his own sweet will.
Yet, hold, let me pause to bring you into
the presence OF one OF Frisco's gifted
BARRIERS. You see his portrait above;
his nam is George Jordan. He is well
known and it is well to know him, for
he is the true type of a "Sunset" bar
ber. Yesterday / did chat with Mr.. Jor-
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REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.

John Gilmour to Sarah Gilmour, lot n line Of
Page street $3.50 E Of Laguna, 27:6 by N 12o:
Clement L. G. Blethen to Robert R. Hind lot on
Sc corner of Sacramento and Buchanan streets,
5O:1A by 127:S14 $40.
George D. Gilmour to Sarah Gi,nour lot ON N
line of Page street, s2:s + OF Laguna, 27:6 by i
NV of BRYANT NV 25 by SW 10: gift.
j. A. and Mathew M. Clover to L. 3. Edwards,
lot on y, line Of Lyon street, 30 Of Hayes rs
e. D. and Libby A. salfeld to Emily s. Newell,
lot on line OF Waller street. 137:6 w of Shrader.
Pacific Improvement Company TO John and
Mary sommers, lot on S corner Stevenson and
Brady streets, SW 5O:6 by SE 64 So
Josephine Golden 10 +. ]. Kierce, lot on w line
Of Dearborn place, 125:s of Seventh street, rs,
John F. Mullen and Thomas F. o'Day (execu-
tSrs e estate at Thomas oDayl S 6s + 6 G 9Ne 95 on
street, ea' = 81 81 by S 100 100; sso75 S y "
Lucr B. Kapp to Louise Ellwin lot on E line Of
Castro street. 26:6 of Twenty-third street. N SO
by E leb: $40.
John and Ada N. Hinkel to Patrick g: Jordan:
ISt on line Of J nv g. street sss f
texecntrlx Of estate Of a. alootz) to H. Fishbeck,
streets. w 900 by s 1885: $2l, 600.
Carl A. P. Jurgens to Joseph statt, lot on line
Of Of Twenteth n avenue. 146 Of California street.
salie :. ciark to Elizabeth F. Haskell, lot on
W Il line Of e. Second Avenue, 1926 OF Clement street
Joseph Meyers 70 NJ. Maier, lot on sw corner Of
LOT l444, gift map 3, n ~ Dy n IU also lois Z, ~,
block 65, tide lands, South San Francisco; SO.
George B. NJ. and Alice NJ. Gray to Charles N.
Wood lot l6. gift map A: $40
J. F. Turner to Moritz A: Rose, lots 22 and 23,
block 81 lot 26, block 49, lot i, block 10, lots %
and 23, block AS, Sunnyside $40.
Lake View and Sunnysde Improvement Com
pany to John Miller, lot 90, block "a, same; 80
violetta c. Nudge to John T. Coe, lot on w line
Of Ford street, 100 n Of Shields, n 100 by w 100,
City Land Association; S5.
Henry Marshal to James 8. Mackie, lot on Sc
corner Of X street South and Eighth avenue
South, E IS by 100, ON. and II. l69; $40.
James A. and Ida L. Clark to Donald Mcdonald
and Harry Cohen, lot l3, block V, Park Lane
Tract Q: SO.
Odd Fellows Cemetery Association to Mathilda
8. Engwer, lot 2l, Plat 3, Omega Section; 1915.
ALAMEDA COUNTY.
W. B. Shant to Carl w. Elfving, receiver in ac-
ton No. 4S,442, Sophia Komke vs. Home Benefit
Life Association ct alias, lot ., block A, Fanny
Davenport Tract, being subdivision Of lot 8,
Yoakum Tract, Brooklyn Township; $40.
Nicoo Ratti 10 Luigi and Giovanni Voltsoni,
Giovanni B. and Pietro G. Ratti, undivided 40 on
n line Of Pleasanton avenue, 400 w of Morton,
w 400 by n 1000, containing 10 acres, and being
lots and II, Amended Map Oakland Land and
Improvement Company's subdivision Of portion
of the Santa Rita rancho at Pleasanton Murray
Township; $3.50.
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tactics. They exchanged setting pace, bat
tied Tor favorite positions and generally
rode out the race in good style.
Charley Fong, who halls from Oakland,
who has frequently competed in Chinese
races at Oakland and San Jose, was the
form. he passed all but one man, j. u.
Sheuk OF Oakland, who had 200 yards
handicap, and won in 5:31. Fong was q
close second.
The one-mile handicap. run in ten pre-
Iiminary heats, two semi-finals and q final,
proved an interesting event, all the heats
being well contested. T. Delmas, Garden
City. F. R. Haley. Liberty, H. Sternb berg,
California, and T. NJ. Byrne, Imperial,
the scratch mark, was over-handicapped
and never got near the limit men. Del
mas won easily from IS yards in 2:14 Is.
In the second heat were; f. L. Day and
S. B. Vincent Bay City; NJ. Hewitt, Gar
den City; Charles Goodwin, San Francisco
Road Club, and P. NJ. Lefevre, Acme. This
was pretty heat, as the men were soon
punched and riding furiously for home.
Vincent m ade a good sprint on the last
lapaad came IN slightly in the lead. Time,
2:l9 3-5, from the So yards handicap.
Wells, the Bay City crack, had the
scratch mark in the next heat, with r.
Cushing, Garden City, n. Ackerman, San
Francisco Road Club, and C. A. Parks,
Alameda, handicapped over him. Wells
caught his men in three laps and finished
the half mile in 1907. 1t was easy for
Wells at the finish and he won in 2:23 3-5.
A fast quartet came out for the next
heat-Yeoman, Reliance, Menne, Bay
City, and MetcaH and Ortion, Imperial.
The four made fine sprint for the tape
on the last lap. Ortion rode wide on the
last curve and his wheel struck the rail-
ing, bending the handle-bars, but never
even scratching him. Metcalf beat out
Yeoman by few inches. Time, 2:1S, from
20 yards handicap.
In the fifth heat the starters were Boy
den, Reliance, Hall and Mckay, Bay City,
and Leavitt, San Francisco Road Club.
A pretty finish resulted between Hall and
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-08
ACTIVITY IN OREGON.
II. Il. Ankeny Says the Mining, Fruit
and Grain Outlook Was Never
Better Than Now.


Better Than Now.
H. e. Ankeny, manager and q large
owner in the widely known Sterling placer
mine, eight miles west of Ashland and the
same distance south of Jacksonville. in
Oregon, is at the Occidental. accom- panied
by his family. The Sterling is conceded
to be about the best placer property in
Oregon. 1t is an old mine, having been
worked for over eighteen years.
The mine is being worked night and day.
The water is obtained from Applegate
Greek. Along this stream Mr.. Ankeny
a nd his partner, Mr.. Cook, own the ground
for five miles. There is o force of twenty
two men at work.
"This is probably the best-known mine
in Oregon said Mr.. Ankeny yesterday.
at is paying handsome profit. There
are number of both quartz and placer
mines in that vicinity that promise good
the last few months gone in and made To-
cations and bought other mines out. They
will all make some money.
about Ashland; too, work has been re-
newed in the quartz mines. The old Ash
land mine. which is situated right in the
town, has started up and I understand is
doing well. Then below there is a con-
SioIneIate eioImatlou, pedlluS SOlQ III Wnlcn
a crusher has lately been placed. Other
quartz properties along Bear Creek are also
being worked. The mines all through
that part OF Southern Oregon look well.
1.-The fruit and gyain around Ashland,
Medford, jacksonville and other sections
OF the Rogue River Valley also promise
big yields l do not know that l ever saw
better indications. The recent snow we
had there fell just at the right time. AL
tooether IT looks as thOugb there would ha
good deal of prosperity in Southern Ore
gon this year"
Mr.. Ankeny, after remaining here a
short time, will visit Monterey and other
places. He has been an owner in the Ster-
ling mine for five years.
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table sarsaparilla as would take tea or

table Sarsaparilla as would take tea oI
coffee, with pleasure, with palatable
qualification. 1t is the only sarsaparilla
have ever taken that is nice to tho
taste, and yet it is so efficacious.
I have endeavored to give the language
of Mr.. Jordan, so all may Judge the true
tone OF this young gentleman. He is
given to no exaggerations. He speaks
with feeling, speaking from the heart.
Wherever I have been throughout the
length and breadth of the coast all the
good people are praising the native
remedy, Joys Vegetable Sarsaparilla. I
have endeavored to do away with all
coloring, to give the facts, to speak sim
cerely, and believe that joys Vege-
table Sarsa parilla will be the gamer.
Every day the remedy gets closer and
closer to the masses. Every day it be-
comes harder and harder for druggists to
substitute. This is as it should be.
HENRY TILLMAN.
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NEEDS A WHOLE SHIP.

An Old Shoemaker Who Lives Alone
on Hulk in China Basin.
Years ago when the steamer Orlfamme
was in service she was considered large
enough to accommodate 200 or 300 men.
Now, although she measures the same
from stem to stern, there is only room on
her for one man, at least that is what the
man thinks. In her day the Orifamme was
good ship, but for the last ten or fifteen
years she has been but dilapidated hulk,
lying in the mud back Of the Arctic Oil
Company's works. The man who needs
the whole of the vessel for his acccmmoda-
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a friend. He owns dog, but the creature
is afraid of him and would most likely
make it's escape were it not tied. Mike is
disliked by the neighbors and some of them
whisper that he has treasure concealed in
the depth of the old vessel he guards so
carefully.
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Kern County Indictments Set aside.

BAKERSFIELD, CAL, March THE
indictment against Thomas Orr of Delano,
returned some time ago by the present
Grand Jury, was set aside this morning in
the Superior Court on the ground of
prejudice of grand jurymen. w. B. Tim
mons, member of the Grand Jury,
testified to that effect.
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A MISSION FEUD.
William Mccarthy, n Ship Ca1ker,
Arrested for S:abbing G. Meagher,
NeighbOr.

Neighbor.
William Mccarthy, ship-calker, Iiv-
ing ON York street near Army, was ar
rested yesterday morning and taken to the
Seventeenth-street Police Station, where
he was charged with assault with deadly
weapon.
The complaining witness is c. Meagher,
q neighbor. The families have been at war
for years, and arrests for threats to kill
and disturbing the peace OIL both sides
have peen frequent. On Friday nigh,
Meagher and his wife and Mccarthy got
mixed up in fight and Meagher was cut
on the chin, side of his head and under
the left eye. They are only flesh wounds.
He notified the police yesterday morning
that Mccarthy had stabbed him, ana the
com plant led to the latter's arrest.
Mccarthy was released on $1,000 bonds.
He denied having used the knife, but de-
tended himself the best way he could.
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ON THE TWENTIETH FLOOR.

Families Who Live at tho Top OF Sky.
Scrapers.
High life on lower Broadway differs
somewhat from high life on Fifth avenue,
of course. But both are picturesque.
High life downtown is confined to the
roofs OF the sky-scrapers, and the colony is
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BuildersI Contracts,

Peter A. Smith with c. Krecher, carpenter work,
etc, for double two-story brick building on w
line of Fourth street, 4S \ of Bluxome; $257l.
Same with ]. NJ. Hanavan, concrete work. etc,
same; $4,000.
Robert Wannenmacher with J. Bucker carpeD-
ter work, etc. on SW corner OF Baker and Meal
lister Streets $7S72.
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TWO MORE
WORLDS RECORDS
Edwards Again Lowers the
Mile Mark at the
Tournament.
THE RECORD NOW o:14.
OSen, the Professional, Rides an
Unpaced Quarter, Flying
Start, in :2e 3.5.
ALL RACES HoTLY CONTESTED.
Raynaud, Mott, Edwards and Tantau
Won the Mile Events and Wells
the Ten.Mile.
ALL RACES HoTLY CONTESTED.

There was racing yesterday afternoon
and evening at the indoor track, and it
was OF very high-class order. The pre-
llminary heats and sem:-ina,s were ali
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-09-17

Trade generally has opened with some
activity at Charleston
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NORTHWEST NEWS.
IDAHO.

The largest teachers institute ever
held In Lewiston adjourned on the 9th.
The old mining camp OF Pierce City,
under the new developments, promises
to exceed its former Importance.
All manner Of Industries are now car
ried on at the Nez Perez Indian
agency. 1t is all life and activity.
Thunder, lightning and rain storms
in southern Idaho this year are unpre-
cedentcd. so far as the memory of the
whites extend.
1t is reported that "all the fish in
Dry creek were killed by cloud burst.
Water killing fish Well If the story
were told OF Kentuckians we might
believe it.
Two hundred sheep were poisoned
on Camas Prairie few days ago. il
is believed it was done by spreading
saltpeter over the grass, and the CD
ject was to drive the sheep herds from
the ranges.
The suit against ex-County Treas
urer Hattabaugh Of Latah county,
has been dismissed, by consent OF the
commissioners, Hattabaugh's bonds
men to pay into the county treasury
$3.50 and the court expenses Incurred.
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OREGON.

j. G. Miller has started a new daily
at The Dalles.
Peter Wildaner of Baker City. COM
mitted suicide last week by cutting his
throat.
Richard Kloster. an old timer of The
Dalles, sought better times by the
suicide route.
Recent heavy rains in eastern Oregon
have delayed harvesting and greatly
damaged grain.
Work on the Astoria-Goble railroad
Is making good progress. there being
over 600 men and It's teams employed.
| The wooden mills at Pendleton will
soon be again in operation. The work.
ing force will be increased when work
is resumed
Placer claims on the north fork of
Powder river abandoned years ago. are
being reopened and worked with good
results.
In drunken row at Huntington
one day last week, Dave Mccall bit eff
the under lip of John Keefe. He is
now in Jail at Baker City.
There are 23567 school children in
Multnomah county. and the apportlon-
ment of the school funds for the pres
ent year gives $6.15 to each pupil.
The store OF Johnston Bros, at Du-
fur, was destroyed by fire recently.
Loss $4,000, with 1880 insurance They
have ordered another stock and will
resume.
Mrs. Cosbi Townsend died last week
at Pendleton at the advanced age of
9S. She came to Oregon in 1853 and
leaves numerous descendants in Ore
gon and Washington.
James II. Montgomery, when in the
custody of a Prineville constable on
the charge of criminally assaulting the
daughter of one of the most respected
citizens of Prineville, was permitted
to step into a water closet, and while
there cut his throat from ear to ear
dying almost instantly.
Finding the body of Charles Perry
in an old well on the old wagon road
between Kirbyville. In Oregon and
Crescent city, in California, forms the
final link OF evidence in a murder case.
A man named Nealson decoyed Per-
ry to go with him on prospecting
trip, knowing Perry had a valuable
watch and well filled purse. and killed
and robbed him near where the body
was found. Nealson has been arrest
ed
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ALE President
Weiser Land and Improvement Co,
ALFRED EOFF, President.
THE CONFERENCE CELEBRATES
A. VI. E. Zion Church Assisted In the
Work at Chicago.

Chicago Sept. 1.-Under the aus
pieces of the Missouri annual confer
ence of the African Methodist Episco-
pal Zion church, and which has been in
progress for several days, the Centen-
NAL celebration of the Missouri confer
ence took place today in the Bethesda
Baptist church. Among those partlc-
ipating were Presiding Bishop G. W.
Clinton of Charlotte, N. c.. Bishops
John Holiday, A. Walters and j. 3.
Small and President w. II. Caller Of
Livingstone college, salisbury, N. c..
The delegates were welcomed by city
officials and representatives of the To-
cal churches and Sunday schools
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PREDICTS A BIG MAINE MAJORITY
Joseph ii. ManIey Makes an EIec-
ton Prediction.

Augusta, Me-, Sept. 11.-Joseph II. Man
ley, chairman of the republican state
committee, tonight summarized the situa-
ton in Maine as follows:
I'VE shall throw in Mondays election
the largest vote ever thrown. We shall
give the largest majority ever given in
presidential year"
Mr.. Manley points out that the largest
majority the republicans have had in Sep
TENDER elections in presidential years was
1855, and shows how much smaller 1t
was in others.
IF it is pleasant day the republicans
expect to throw $4,000 votes on Monday.
The combined opposition can not throw
60 0O0."
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population of $4,000. 1t is supposed the
animal was driven IN by forest fires.
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BRITISH COLUMBIA IN 1T, TOO
London Labor Gazette Comments on
the situation.

London, Sept. 1.-THE latest issue of
the Government Labor Gazette reports
that the labor conditions in the Austral-
ian colonies have greatly improved. that
Manitoba is in need of foreign servants.
and that mining in British Columbia has
greatly developed during the past two
months.