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FOREIGN MARKETS.


LONDON. Feb. T.-whest-Carsoe. OF coast,
nothing doing; cargoes passage rather easier and
ID lower.
LIVERPOOL, Feb 17.-wheat. dull: wheat and
-four in Paris. dull Futures closed quiet March.
Is l0sd; May. IS l0d.
Closing wheat-Spot duh; No. Q red Western
winter. stocks exhausted; No. / Northern spring
C I'D; No. ! California. S. I'D.
Corn-Spot quiet; American mixed new, 3s sd !;
American mixed old. IS nd; futures quiet; Febru-
airy, IS Sad March, s. SD May. Is I'D
Hops at London-Pacfc coast duh, f3 losd4
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NEW YORK MARKETS.


NEW YORK Feb T~-Flour- Receipts n,1sl
barrels exports, ei6S barrels market dull fairly
steady Minnesota patents. s3s5a4l5; winter
straights, S.i5sa355
Wheat Receipts 600 bushels; exports. ss.ses
bushels. spot. easy; No, red, Issc I. o. b. OPP
tions opened easy account Of lower cables. mod
crate liquidation. foreign selling and reports 81
snow In the West Later they held steady with
corn. Closed steady at i1tc net decline March
closed 76ac May. Tiic; July 7ite; september 7itc
Wool Steady.
Hops-Quie
Cofee~Options closed quiet at a net decline ~
ga points Sales, $50 bags. including: March
7lsd72or; Nav, 2sc; August 7Sic Spot Rio,
barley stvdyi No invoice, sii-i6c No. jobbing
3l6c. mild. steady; Cardpva. l0ai3tc
Sugar-Raw, steady; fair refining. &c: centrifugal
as test, '-l6o; refined steady but quiet; grann-
lated. s. 3Dc, cut loaf. SOC.
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CHICAGO MARKETS.


CHICAGO. Feb r.-wheat-Lverpooi and Paris.
lower; Northwestern receipts liberal, and worlds
shipments expected TO show increase Monday.
May wheat started the day &c under yesterday, at
sssr some covering by shorts early sent the price
to asaa Ga hut this lost The scaboard reported
cny ten loads taken for export II reported
that the Argentine plague bad been stamped out,
The cash demand slack and speculative trade
small Msy eascd on TO 6s.c. where the market
held for some tine. with some outside demand for
Mar, The local talent bearish, however, and
the close was weak MAY i9lo under yesterdays.
a. 6ssassic,
Corn opened easy had spssm Of irmncss and
then felApsed into Its original state sympathy with
wheat a hit iberalty in country offerings
lower cables and some profit taking hy longs were
influences. May closed shade under yesterday
At SikaSlic
Oats were easy with corn The marfst was small
MAY closed ie down. at $40 There some buy
ing by shorts,
Provisions dun and the price suffered
little IN Consequence The feature was qaietncss Of
speculation. There no noteworthy trade Nav
pork closed stdse under Yesterday MAY lard closed
a shade down, and May ribs closed 21c lower
The leading futures ranged follows
Wheat No. > Opening. Highest Lowest Cloeins
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Flour Dull winter patcnts s. saaSIe. straishts,
s. toss %, clear s. SNAIL 10. spiins specials. s. soa
80 pateuss. s. aAa3.@: s;Faishts s. sag2; bakers.
s. MAJ %
wheat-Nc. spring oi4Ste; No. ! red. le!s
fir
Curn-No 2 usc.
oais--So z, sasseSic. No white ~ No.
white g3ic
Bafry-Ne z sade
seed No. ] naS, $40 prime timothy. & 5cRs ga
rcrk-MsNs mr. hhi 81 &Aie&
Lard Fer 100 lbs. s. 0iANs
Rts-sl sides. hose g saaS IS
shoulders. Dry sslted. hcxet ttss@c
Sidss- short clear. hoNra s. %
WHISKY uEyiiilcrs' flushed scaads r<F gal y.s.
Alkar- Ont hat S as srannIateA s. %
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ally before spring. Money rates, Of course VIII be
dependent on the extent Of these calls but Market
II is conceded must follow, unless the movements
of money are at variance with known facts Last
year this period the surplus reserves q the oahAs
had already begun 70 decline, and the faH did NOT
stop until in April when the loss Of excess reserves
amounted to $1,000 600. Over a third OF this sum
had been absorbed in caring for increased deposits.
and the trend Of banking now to be following
closely the same lines.
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MARINE NEWS

SAN FRANCISCO Arrived Fsh r. ssanr Abr
deen. TueouA stnr Rehert Dollar lnssj GraFt
haraoy tux Tattict. Graya hartor. strnr soush
Portland 0gstsr bsftsqg Sailed, staT CoiuzhiA
ks.asia. stun Wellington Chseasisps
san PEDRO Arrived F-h. g. bark oakiasas
from Everett sailed bsss T14al Wave. fav Tsaoua
YOKOHAMA AsrlTsa Fta a. Rr stmr Empress
q japan husa fsusflrrf
SASAIHo. y aslef fsb r.. ssmr san slfiso
far Fa-t ias Aa-elrs
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PUBLISHERS NoTICE.-Trs,e,ins ,r,,,.
J. A Mcclellan. o. r. Loonis. r Rlanrhsns ~ ~
collectors are Il. T Hawley, John n sheehsn = ~ ~
dohtke. G H. Stencn and Robert Akin ~. -
masters everywhere car agents Paw 49,
oniy 70 these and 20 resident agenis 1, ~
various cities aud towns Of the Northwest -
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FOREIGN.
Finn ucinI.

NEW YORK. Feb. 1.-THE Commercial Adver-
Users London financial cahlegram
The wires stili interrupted today and hence
little business done In the market here. The
tone was Arm although Cronie's escape. with all
his artillery, disked The bank bought E23 600
in gold in German coin Call money in fair
demand and fixtures strong Bills idle
The discount rate would have been SIC but for yes
terday's gold shipment
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WASHINGTON. Feb H.-Today's statement
the condition Of the treasury shows:
Available cash balance ,+.....,,.-,......s29i 35I
Gold reserve ...... ........... ............ ~ $50
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snohomi.h County Leads.

Everett Independent.
This county now leads the world in
the manufacture of red cedar shingles.
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FINANCIAL AND
STOCK REPORTS.
Mining stocks,
SAN FRANCISCO.


SAN FRANCISCO, Feb r.-Stsrling London.
nxty days. 81 ssl; sterling London, sight, sAssA
Financial.
Silver bars sole; Mexican doliars. is94sic; drafts
sight, 5c; do telegraph, lie.
20 60 %
NEW YORK.
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DEATHS AND FpNERArs


STANBERG-in this c'+y, FEBRUARY II - !.
Providence hospital Albert Stanhers sred = =
81 consumption. He was member Il tAs sxsnaS
club. The body Is al ButtervoTth's
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LONDON, Feb. E.-Canadian Pacific, io1: Uuio
Pacific preferred, TSl. Northern Pacific preferred
76i; Atchison. ga. Grand Trunk "a Anaconda. q
Bar silver, quiet at g7ld ner ounce.
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FORECAST FOR SUNDAY.
Portland or. Feb r. 1900
Rain.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRI-
CULTURE. WEATHER BUREAU.
DAILY BULLETIN
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Metals.

Metals.
The brokers price for lead Is AS and for cop
per sis25
Merchandise Imports.
Imports of dry goods and merchandise at N. port
OF New York this week valued at $40. s92.773
% % %
-nnEyCN
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Receipts. and shipments.


On The pgcducc exchange TO-DAY the BATTER mGzkef
VS. steady, creamery. s3sic dtify ayls@c.
rhrsss Steady. Ia Isl
E.xs-Flrfn frcsh tte
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SEATTLE WHEAT MARKET.

wheat-EIport, No | club. SIC; No. I bluestem.
&c: milling. No. 1 club. Sic; bluestem. Sc.
% % %
TACOMA WHEAT MARKET.
TACOMA. Feb. T-wheat-- Export club. s3ic
bltsstem. 54c-
p % %
PORTLAND WHEAT MARKET.
PORTLAND, Or, Fob. r.--wheat--wana wsns.
sc; valley. Sc; bluestem, B8s7c.
q 20 %
SAN FRANCISCO MARKETS.
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The Brunsy,ick.


r. g. Tiusleg. sisia OK olson, stanEood
h s-at-h San r-4a WA Dale, E1asnn.
Il Issekcuweitf ArHnstr i r. i0aussu. Altoona.
y Il tAlue I-sn -slaaas. az.
T4es CH--l. Ta-a1ss I'tH DALI ssa Fran
Istaf. Nis-ts Narls Iftas Ha.Tif. StanNaed
T r. Nsr ee'la J. nap HetA fet
Az T.teaer. WtnAscaee ~ T. Mr5Eg d7
ktse HanHsr ~su Ffsn ~ a. Aciaitrson. Chs1
Mr. n H. Meianehlia. A,s Henderson. a..
Ner York Is Tagham. Duiufh
- p Hayn+ar WecleT We Mcf'hre Arlinxton
C A Bates Mspt l.. Hsrsch4cid- Sau "
NJ Resands. FaiTharsn- James Mason. Atin.
T. Chvisseranten. Ptld d A Ross. Winnipeg
p Il Victor 90 p l. Taylor. Pomeroy.
Jghu ForA Novelty. Mrs Taylor, Do
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Norey on can. ncninal; pIt@h mercantile PAPER.
sas rer cent sterling o1chAnss. frua. with actual
tstacss tn bankers hiih 81 siS-4st g far drrnar
sHd az A.s4ss4 siA for siy'y asys. posted rates.
s. sSsia ~ commercial bills s. s5sa4 S3 silver Ger.
utcatss. aa ae2sc bar silver ssic Mexican dollars.
Etc government bonds. strong state bonds mac
~ lall-.aA h.n-l.. arnl
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MARKET. ! AND TRADE REVIEW

Seattle wash. Feb. II, 1900.
Exchanges At the Seattle. Tacoma. Spokane ana
Portland clearing houses today were;
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CARD OF THANKS.


MRS. II. b. FRIEND and family thank
their many friends for the kindness
shown them during their late bereavs-
ment.
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SOCIETY NOTICES.

CUTLDREN's fancy dress ball. prize cake
walking and dancing Saturday afternoor,
February a. 1890. music by Wagner, ses
large s. cake in Palace Of Sweets win.
dow. Second avenue, between Columbia
and Marion streets. Admission. children
or adults, Toe, Ranke hail. Pike street
and Fifth avenue.
DANCING classes for new beginnssu;
private lessons daily at Wilson's Dene.
ing Academy, teaching all the very Mt
est ballroom aud theatrical dances; tsrms
lowest In city. once and academy. 4
Ranke hail, Pike St and Fifth svA
Telephone Green, 1890.
MASQUERADE ball given by the Royal
Tribe OF Joseph at Ranke han. wash
ington'a birthday, February 70: tickets.
per couple. SOC, spectators tickets. 8cs
costumes can be obtained at hall.
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LIVE sroCk MARKETS.


CHICAGO Fsh r. Cattle Nonainally stssay
seed O. cheies Sue ror 90 snedau,. SIS 9 u,iyfd
stogkrrs s. Usa9 p stit.fed Feeders, Stat'S. soca
e chcicr COWS. - 4saf a.. AelicGs s. tS4&eS CAM
ncrs, 81 &ase. h.iis, s. 'sstQ calves. &87s5,
fea Texas hsevcs. Sass
Haes-Mpre stress g. shade higher. tor, s. Is:
rnfrrA and butchers. 81 l,Gs e.f. good 10 chow
hsavy 81 sasSs rs. rough heaey 81 sses4 IS. light 81 70
az ~ bulk u SALES. 81 safA r.
sheep and hmhs, steady; native vethers, 81 80
SO lambs. SsnT Western wethcus. SsSss 60. West
efn iswhs. SAca86A
Ressip,s cattle Ie. hoss. n eoo: sArsp. Yao
Receipts this week -Cattle. y N0 hags, ias sg .
show. @SM
Omaha.
OMAHA. Feb E-Catfle f.srgirts % bead rna--
Re, Guu Native tgcf steers Sttit as Wes'ern sttris.
s. s1st65; FcAAs ,tee,s Ne1st 7 COWS ana hsifs.s.
s l7f 70. csurtrs. g. Agf23i .foekc-s snI fzcsls-s.
s. saa5. calves Sif1 s hllls sad s,aFs SisAS
Ilo.s- Rr.eirts. 500 bead, market e. lower.
HEAVY Stt5ai So. mised. StTsSAS9; hight. SaTN6
SIS: bulk q sales. 81 tSsAs1.
sheep RsesiT,s, so head; MARKET. dan. Lambs,
S. NSSa
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CENT .fsMEN and ladies as local CORE
gpondents and writer's Tor high.clsss rs-
per, good pay; stamped envelope fof ~
ply, beginners preferred. SubscFiners
Publishing Company, 80 Nassau street,
New York.
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Tho following letter. await advertiser
MT this cfflSe:
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WANTED-~A position as a housekeepor
or a nurse Address l. 1, care Post-in-
teiiigcncer,
WANTED-Piain sewing. chiidren's cloth
ing a speciality. SCI Yesler way.
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0,-su ruit~oyanSes, ssedilnsN UfAsf; na,.ls
- aseoss1ns to s,nds. earann. s2AgS; Pine
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Bound to Have Her Dipp.,

In a Philadelphia boarding house
lives a very clever cat. Dinner hour
is announced by the ringing Of bell,
and the cat on hearing the sound al
ways hastens to the room to procure
her meal. One day she was shut in a
room upstairs when the bell rang, ana
no one came to release her until din
ner was over. AS soon as she could
the cat scampered to the dining-room.
and finding no one there, sprang to
the side board and Selling the dinner
bell, tried her best to ring it. evident
ly surprising that the sound brought
the dinner. In this particular case il
brought her n dinner without DELAY.
from the delighted witnesses of her
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-23

mel; an oak log ten to fourteen inches
in diameter is fashioned like a wind
lass and attached to the posts, as
shown in illustration, with clamp
bands made from heavy iron and fas-
tened with lag screws to posts. The
roller is then bored "ull of two-inch
anger holes, the desired distance
apart, to receive the ricketts,, which
are split from tough oak. A weight
shown at A completes the job. This
weight is intended to Keep the gate
always in an upright position, and
should be placed upstream, i. e., above
the fiood-gate. When heavy freshets
are in evidence, the force of the water
raises the weight and allows easy pas
sage of water, driftwood, etc. and as
the water subsidies the weight settles
back, leaving the gate in proper posi-
tion, where hogs cannot root it out
nor other stock trespass into adioin-
ing fields. The weight must be made
to correspond with height and weight |
OF gate. If the weight be too heavy,
so that the force of current does not |
open it, saw piece off of weight.
Only actual test will determine this.
ID in the illustration is the surface
line OF the water.-George w. Brown,
in Ohio FARMER.
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USES OF TURPENTINE.
II has Rare Medicinal Qualities and
Is COmmon-Sense Cure for
Many little Ills

Turpentine, either in resinous form
or in spirits OF turpentine, has a lot
of household virtues well known TO
women on the frontier or in isolated
tarmhouses, but not so familiar to CITY
! housewives. Few barefoot bows are
ignorant that a cut toe heals quickly
II some resinous turpentine is used as
salve. But in cities spirits of tur-
| pentine can be more easily secured and
is more convenient for application. In
most cases it will produce the same
effect.
Let a child suffering from the Group
or from any throat or lung difficulty
lnhale the vapor and rub the little suf-
tererss chest till the skin is red end
ing by wrapping about it a flannel
moistened with the fiery spirits. Re-
lief will be almost Instantaneous.
AfterWard sweet oil will save the skin,
Use spirits of turpentine for burns.
the pain will disappear. and healthy
granulation at once set in. 1t can be
applied effectively on linen rag.
spirits of turpentine will take awav
the soreness of blister quickly. The |
skin vii. go down and healing will |
begin as soon as the remdv is applied. |
But outside of the family medicine
chest spirits of turpentine is a coed
thing to have at hand; it will clean
artists clothes and workmen's gar
ments from paint; it will drive away
moths if a few drops are put into clos
cts and chests; it will persuade mice
10 ma other quarters far away, if a
little is poured into the mouseho,es.
tablespoonful added to the water in
Which linens are boiled will make the
goods wonderfully white; a few drops
VIII prevent starch from sticking:
mixed with beeswaX it makes the best
ioor polish. and mixed with sweet oil
I Is unriva.ed for fine furniture. The
after mixture should be two parts of 1
Weet oil to one of turpentine.
Some physicians recommend spirits
I turpentine in external applications t
or lumbago and rheumatism. If is
lSo prescribed for neuralgia of the @
ace. 1t is an article that should al f
avs be kept about the house.-N. Y. il
Lerald. =
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=s s5sss7s5a H. s- -
AM!..,.s :: VT16JR]l5D)
->NssaEA.. ~
A GOOD FLOOD GATE.
One That VIII Stay in Place the Year
Around and Turn Stock from
Adjoining Fields.

Those who have large bitches OF
creeks running through their farms
are DESTROYS of getting good, serv-
-iceable fiood-gate, one that will stay
In place all times of year, and turn
stock from adjoining fields. The old
fashioned flood-gate, hung by the top
to foot log, was always being pushed
open by hogs and calves, unless staked
down, ana then the first heavy freshet
was sure to burst it from its fasten-
ings and carry it down stream.
The gate shown in cut can be made
upon any farm, and when in place
will take care of itself. Two posts are
set near the outer banks of the chan
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-23
Science of Seed sowinv

1t should not be forgotten in sowing
vegetable seeds, and. for the matter OF
that, all seeds, that they must have air,
moisture and darkness in order TO
sprout properly. If sown deeper than
they desire they rot; if too shallow,
the light is too intense or they do not
get moisture enough. As a rule they
should be as near the surface as pos>
sible, with the rather dry earth packed
around them as firmly as possible. The
surface earth should be rlther dry or
It will not powder well-and this is
important in connection with air.
There is no air in a soil pressed when
wet-but the more dry earth is pressed
and pounded the finer and more porous
it becomes. There is great art in get.
ting seed to grow properly-and yet
the art is very simple when the prin.
ciples are understood. = Mechanic
MONTHLY.
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WIT AND WISDOM.

You would hardly rank him a
major poet" mo, general nuisance. !"
Detroit Free Press.
1t is as easy for you to please every
body as it is for every body to please
you.-Chicago Daily News.
Economy.-He-"We've got to econ
omize.' She-"Very well. You shave
Yourself and II cut your hair
Pschutt.
The man who is born with a SILVER
spoon in his mouth" is expected by his
poor relations to fork out" otherwise
they have their knife in him. LON
don Tit-Bits.
One Was Both.-"Studying Latin.
Ell? You should take up Greek. too
Huh! Latin's Greek to me.r-Pitts-
burgh Times.
An Atchison woman, who has often
Dragged that she made" her husband,
will be divorced from him SHORTLY
Atchison Globe.
do you know, Willie, it pains me to
have to punish you?" ITS different
than the pain l feel, though, isn't it,
Statesman.
Captain-"What is strategy in war?
Give me an instance" Sergeant
We'll, strategy is when you don't let
the enemy discover that you are out of
but keep right on firing"
Cube.
Kitty (excitedly)-"Oh, my! You
are growing, dad." Paterfamilias-
Growing, child? Nonsense!" Kitty
oh but you are! Your heads grow
ng up through your hair!''-Denver
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SIX Hours In the Water

SIX hours in the water during a
storm must be trying experience for
man who cannot swim. and that ia
what a British sailor underwent. Il
is true he had life-preserver, but he
was in mortal terror all the time for
fear it would slip from his grasp, as
he knew he could never regain it. He
fell off the bow-chains of the vessel.
and from midnight to daylight the
iifeboat was searching for him while
the ship lay to. Many captain would
nave desisted in an hour or two, but
this one persevered, and the men were
finally rewarded with a sight of their
comrade mile away. One days rest
and nursing put him on his feet, and
he resumed his dangerous duties,
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-23
PHILIPPINE ROADS.
"A Million Dollars to BE Spent In the
Improvement of Roads mt and
Near Manila.

The Philippine commission has ap-
propriated $1O00,O00 for the improve
ment of the reads in the island of Luz
zon. If this sum be wisely and eco
nomlcally expended in constructing
highways connecting important towns.
so as to enable the inhabitants to have
easy communication with each other.
even during the rainy season, it will
have beneficial effect upon the people
Sof the territory through which the
roads pass probably greater than could
have been secured by any other expend-
iture.
The Spaniards did not seem to regard
a road as necessary or even desirable
unless 1t would serve military pur-
pose. The railway from Manila to Dag
upan gave them ample means of trans
porting troops, ammunition and stores
between those places, and beyond Dag
upan they built fine, broad maca6am-
lied boulevard as far as Vigan. There
is similar highway across the island
near its southern extremity. General
ly speaking, however, Luzon has no
roads, except these two. that can he |
Travelled by vehicle in the rainy sea-
son, and few Of them are navigable on
horseback. Naturally the Filipinos do
not stray far from their home villages.
and news as well as merchandise does
not circulate freely. 1t is no uncom-
mon thing to find a variety of dialects
spoken by the natives in traversinp 30
or 40 miles. and this diversity of lam
guage has been perpetuated by the diff
cuhies in the way of travel.
Already a start has been made by
the United States officers in Manila
where the streets have been greatly
improved. and this feature of American
progress has been one of the most noa,-
ular of any introduced by our people.
There seems to be noticeable connec.
ton between the means of communi.
cation of country and its progress to-
ward civilization. Bodily motion ap- Z
ears to stimulate movement mentally
md spiritually. II. therefore. the ST.
$4,000 just appropriated for good roads "
n Luzon is devoted to the making of
satisfactory highways and is not partly =
Inverted into the pockets of shiftless =
r dishonest contractors who give no =
quivalent therefor. it is probable that. ~ =,
whatever may be the ultimate fate Of y
be island, future generations of Fiji y
mos will applaud the first Legislative ~
ct of the American commission as one
the wisest steps 1t could have taken. o,
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