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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-07-31
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

,...... For County Auditor. ~. ~
HUGH r. SCOTT, countysauditor. candidate
for denomination on the republican ticket al
hte primary election.
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An Albumin UNI Automobile.

A new achievement to- the credit of
American automobile manufacturers is the
building of a new machine with an alumni
mum body. The advantages of aluminium
are its lightness and strength, the ease
with which IL can be nodded into graceful
shapes, and tie high polish which ii
takes. The French have used it for au-
tos but always over awood frame. Speak
ing of strength, do you use golden grain
belt beer in your home? If not. you GER
tainly should order a case to-day. II
makes ono strong and healthy for it's
brewed from the purest barley malt and
hops. &s
. THE 500 LINE rs THE FISHERS
LINE. .ss- ~a-~..-. ~ .. ~ -
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hardly dared to believe that such good for
tune was mine, but 1 have not lost 9 meal
nor had an ache OF pain since. Words seem
but poor to express my gratitude. ~ Yours
truly, H. M. STUDIO alderman, 9th Ward.)
WARMERS SAFE CURE is purely vege-
table and contains no narcotic or harmful
drugs; 1t is free from sediment and pleasant
to take; it does not constipate; it is now put
UP in two regular sizes and is sold by all
! druggists or direct, at so CENTS. AND $lOl
| A BOTTLE. "a.
Refuse substitutes. There is none "just as
| good as Warmers Safe Cure. 1t is pre-
scribed by all doctors and used In the leading
| hospitals. -
| oopf oil ID spoedv cl:re
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For Congress.

EUGENE G.. HAY, republican candidate for
congress- from the fifth district; primary cleo
ton Sept 49, ~ Headquarters, 1885 Guaranty
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$4,000 to San Francisco and Return

DR.. u. g. Williams. coroner republican
candidate for denomination. s
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For Representative,
For Sheriff.

CORNELIUS B. SHOVE, candidate for rep
ion Of the republican primary election. :. gid
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For Coroner,

W. II. vANDERBURGH is a candidate for
member Of congress at the democratic primary
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PERMANENTLY CURED.

"144 Roscoe Boulevard, Chicago.-Gentle-
men: About two years ago had one foot
in the grave, as the saying goes, and life
looked pretty black to me; the doctors called
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TRIAL ROTTLEFR

The manufacturers so firmly believe that
WARMERS SAFE CURE Will absolutely and
permanently cure any diseased condition Of
the kidneys, liver, bladder or blood that they
will send postpaid, without any cost to- you,
a large trial bottle II you will write Warner
Safe Cure Company, Rochester, y. and
mention having seen this liberal offer In The
journal. The genuinen OF this offer is fully
guaranteed Write the medical department foz
advice, medical booklet, diagnosis and analy-
sis, which will be sent you free OF charge.
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Lv. Depot, 90 and Washington Avs s. AZ.
Gas am -. Pacific Express, daily ....s 500 pm
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Depot, 9TH and Washington Avs N. -
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e:55 am Rhinelander Local. ex. Sun. 1905 pm
WISCONSIN CENTRAL RY.
TR"'f See MILWAUKEE and CHICAGO
Leave 7:25 a. M and 7:O5 p. M. daily.
Arrive $3.50 a. m. and 5:35 >. m daily.
Burlington Route 9ass q bsgo.
LeaYeSor Terminal Points. Ar. from
7:80am Chicago = Except Sunday. l:apm
7:3EtmSt. Louis-Except Sunday. ..:..:.. ).
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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-05-02
AN INTERRUPTED LUNCHEON.

Roll Call Necessitates Senators Leav-
ing Their Guest and Oysters.
Senator Hoar gave a luncheon at the
capitol. at which the guest Of honor was
Earl de Grey, the British economist,
who is making a tour of this country.
Invited to meet him were Moreton
Manager Kendrick of the Santa Fe
Road. and a large contingent of Sen
ators, including Frye, Lodge. Aldrich,
Kean, Hanna, Warren, Hale, Platt Of
Connecticut, Burrows, Elkins, Foraker,
Depew, Spooner and Mcmillan. The
table was spread in the room of the ju-
dicary committee and presented beau
tiful appearance, with its wealth of
flowers, handsome china and cut glass.
The menu, of course, says the Washing
ton Post. was epicurean.
But the interesting fact concerning
the luncheon occurred after all the
guests were seated and the oysters had
been served. Then some one upstairs
in the Senate chamber, suddenly dis
covering that many desks were empty,
suggested that a quorum ought to be
called. The bells were rung. and, of
course, they sounded in the impromptu
lunch-room. The Senators looked at
one another. They did not want to
leave the hospita BILE board, and yet
their duty called them away. Duty
won the day. They filed upstairs, only
to find that Senator Clay was about to
begin a speech on the ship subsidy bill.
AS they entered the chamber their less
fortunate colleagues who had not been
invited to the luncheon gave them a
laughing greeting.
The Senators answered to their names
and then went back to the table. After
that they were not disturbed.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-05-02
Bananas by the Million.

How largely the toothsome banana
and the festive cocoanut enter into the
diet of the American people may be
judged by the fact that the United
Fruit Company alone, during the past
year, distributed in the United States
and Canada, approximately, no less
than seventeen million and half
punches of bananas and thirteen mil
hon and a half cocoanuts, in addition
to other tropical fruits, says Leslie's
Weekly. Sixty ocean going steamers
We're engaged exclusively in the ba-
mana trade Estimating not over one
hundred good bananas to a bunch,
these figures show an average con-
sumption of more than twenty bananas
each for every man. woman and child
in the United States, and a few mil
lion extra for good boys and girls. But
an attempt TO divide up the cocoanuts
per capita will probably get us into
trouble, for, while the bulk is enormous
it means only one cocoanut to every
half dozen persons, enough for all,
perhaps, if the division were made on
strictly equitable principles.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-05-02
Sufferer Settles for Fire.

Fire Chief Dutton, of Washington,
was seated in his office few days ago
when he received a report of a fire.
The blaze had been disastrous one and
the chief was naturally interested in
the matter of its origin.
''Does the report state that an over
heated stove caused the fire?" he in
quired.
81 think it does," he was Informed.
"It's a pretty good thing for the own
er Of the property that he lives in the
United States,' added the chief, land
not in one of the foreign countries. If
he lived in Germany, for instance. the
fire would prove rather expensive for
him.
''Why sop he was asked.
HE would have to pay the expense
of the run made by the fire depart
ment," the chief explained, says the
Washington Star, "and unless he paid
the money the amount would be charg-
ed as lien against his property. Such
is the law in several countries, The
law holds to account in this way all
persons whose carelessness or negli-
gence causes work for the fire depart
ment"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-05-02

1t is said that the groat ape of Siam
is in great request among the Siamese
merchants as cashiers in their count
ing houses. Vast quantities OF base
coins are known to be in circulation in
Siam, and no living human being can
discriminate between the good and
bad coinage with as much accuracy as
these apes. These monkey cashiers
possess the faculty of distinguishing
the rude Siamese counterfeits in such
an extraordinary degree that no train
ed banker can compete with them in
their unique avocation
In plying his trade the ape cashier
meditatively puts each coin presented
to him in his mouth and tests it with
grave deliberation. From two to five
seconds is all the time this intelligent
animal requires in making up his de-
cision. If the coin Is all right, 1t is
carefully deposited in the proper re-
ceptacle; if base, it is thrown violent
ly to the floor, while the coin tester
makes known his displeasure at being
presented with the counterfeit by CIV
ing vent to much angry chatter.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-05-02

panies. some of the concerns having
least merit advertising the most. \
good share of these companies were
swindles. pure and simple. Opportuni-
tbs for bunko games were many and
were all improved.
Most of the manufacturing plants in
southern Texas have given up coal and
are using oil as fuel. This at first costs
considerable. but the saving is great.
after the first start is made. One firm
which paid $1,000 for the necessary al
terations in their furnaces. says that
amount was saved in the first six
months. Several of the divisions of
the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific rail-
roads have also given up coal for oil.
Arrangements are-being made for pip
ing the fluid even as far away as New
Orleans. where, it is asserted, it is to
be distributed to houses in the same
way as gas.
"Bringing in" a Well.
The two engrayings accompanying
this article were made from snapshot
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-05-02
IN THE OIL COUNTRY.
"BRINGING M A GuSHER NEAR
BEAUMONT, TEXAS.
Tales of the Great Boom When For
tunes Were Made in Day-The In
itiaI Discovery of Oil and the De-
veiopment of the Oil Industry.

The chase of oil is almost as fascinat-
ing as the chase of gold. And. in the
main it is nearly, if not quite, as profit
able. The greatest oil field in the coun-
try to-day is IN Texas, with the town
of Beaumont as its center. Other fields
notably those of Pennsylvania and
Ohio. are probably more remunerative
at the present. but the Texan, in look
ing into the future. sees his own State
industry. The future of oil in Texas
is, beyond cayil. bound to be sensa-
tional. For that matter, it is sensation
al already. Nowhere else on earth has
so much ever been accomplished in SO
short time; nowhere else have lands
worth barely a few cents an acre adj
vanced in value far up into the thou
sands as they have in the Beaumont
district. Nowhere else. in fact. has de-
velopment been as rapid and remunera-
tive. And as yet. the Texas oil indus
try is in its infancy, though millions of
dollars have changed hands since its
start
The advance of any wonderful boom.
whether in gold, oil or nything else, is
always attended with marvellous sto-
ries Of individual strikes and conse-
quent enormous profits. Beaumont is
no exception to this rule. 1t is but lit
tie more than year since Beaumont's
first car of oil was sent into the outside
world. Since that time more than 3
100000 of barrels have been exported,
there are now nearly 100000 of bar
rels in storage and probably 100000
of barrels have been wasted before the
gushers could be capped or controlled.
The Beaumont Fields.
When the oil excitement was at it's
height in Beaumont, the influx of peo-
pie was so great that trains were daily
run between that city and Houston, a
people could obtain hotel accommoda-
tions. Some men with little more than
the clothes they wore organized COM
panies with capital of millions-on pa
per. Anything in the shape of lease
or land title was foundation enough
for an airy structure to attract the at
tention of the gullible. The lust for
money was rampant. 1t was all gaul-
BILE. If fortune smiled, you made
million; if not. you lost what you had.
But everybody seemed willing to take
the chance, to the full extent of his
pile.
Prices paid for land in the oil dis
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-05-02
PANAMA ROUTE SAVES TIME.
One-Third as Long to Pass Through 1t
as Through the Nicaragua.


as through the Nicaragua.
The time required for passing
through transisthmian canal is an
important feature of the problem; 1t
is affected by the length, by the num-
Der of locks. by the number of curves
and by the sharpness of the curvature,
for, in general, it is not feasible to run
. ship on curve in narrow channel
with the same speed as on straight
course, unless, indeed, the curvature Is
very slight.
The speed is also affected by the
depth of water under the keel OF the
ship. 1t is we'll known that the same
power applied TO a ship in deep water
of unlimited width will produce much
higher rate of movement than the same
power applied to the same ship in a
restricted waterway, especially when
the draught of the ship is but little less
than the depth of the water.
These considerations all have their
bearing upon the dimensions of ship
canal, and they have probably never
before received such careful considera-
tion in connection with the designing
of a waterway as by the isthmian canal
commission. The effect of the depth
and width of the canal on the time OF
passage by either route was determined
with as great a degree of accuracy as
the data at the command of engineers
at the present time will permit. Equal
ly careful consideration was given to
the effect of curvature and to the time
of passing through the locks on each
line, the latter including the delay of
slowing on approaching the lock and of
increasing the speed after passing 1t,
the time of opening and closing the
gates and the time of emptying or fill
ing the locks.
The computations based upon all
these elements of the question indicate
that what may be called an average
ship will require thirty three hours for
passing through the Nicaragua canal
and twelve hours for the Panama ca
nal. 1t is thus seen, says writer in
Scribner's, that the time of passage
through the Panama canal will not
much exceed one-third of the time re-
quired by the Nicaragua route.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-05-02

have been there later that season, with
your namesake in the party? Do you
know, l always wondered why you re-
ferred with so much earnestness to
Mackinac. because-I actually snubbed
him. most unkindly, that summer. My
letter was really kind of tardy apol-
ogy to him-and he never got it,
do you wish he had?" said George.
when am better acquainted with
you. perhaps I can tell,' said Isabel.
with demure smile.
And George knew, then and there,
that the letter had come to the right ad-
dress-for him.-Waverley.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-05-02
HOW TO JUDGE A DIAMOND.
Common Sense and Good Eyesight the
ONLY ReuuisiteS.

Common Sense and Good Eyesight the
Only Requisites.
NO." said the dealer, you don't need
to be an expert in order to tell good
diamond from poor one. You need
only to have common sense and good
eyes and a magnifying glass. First
you examine the diamonds table. The
table is the surface. and it should be
perfectly fiat and perfectly octagonal.
Then examine the circumference, and
if that is round the gem is at least,
you may be sure. we'll cut. Now, for
flaws you look into the diamond using
the glass here, for the reason that
flaw imperceptible to the naked eye
will often lower gems value so or
go per cent.
FLAWS in diamonds resemble those
little featliery marks i'll ice that we SO
often see, though scratches on the sur.
face are also flaws. If none are to be
found you study next the color, re-
membering that the steel blue. because
it is the most brilliant, is the most de.
sirable and costly hue and that the
white comes next. Yellowish or off
color stones are practically worthless.
but perfect violet or amber or rose
diamond brings a fancy price.
STUDY finally the depth and weight
and if the depth is good you won't be
cheated if you pay $3.50 or $160 carat
for your stone. Before the South Arr.
can war;" concluded the dealer accord.
ing to the Philadelphia Record. you'd
only have paid $1G0. but $50, thanks
to this war and the diamond trust and
to the heavier customs duties, is now
the market price"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-05-02
Hiphest Balloon Altitude,

DR.. Bersen and DR.. Surfing, Of the
Berlin Meteorological Institute, have
reached in a balloon ascent the high
est altitude on record. They first went
up to the height of 10000 feet, losing
consciousness for brief intervals. In
spite of the risk they continued to as
cend to 33,790 feet, when one of them
became completely unconscious and
could not be aroused. The other aero
naut, after making great effort in
opening the valve to descend, also be-
came insensible, and neither of them
recovered till the balloon dropped to
10000 feet, at the end of an hours
time.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-05-02
BLIND SPOT IN THE EYE.
Phenomenon Not Discovered Till the
Time of Charles II.

Phenomenon Not Discovered Till the
Time of Charles II.
If l wrote an article about the eye
and said nothing about the blind spot,
which is where the optic nerve comes
through into the retina, about one
tenth of an inch nearer the nose than
the center, suppose my readers would
go to the box office and demand their
money back
Just to be different from other peo-
pie, though, l will not print a cross
mark here and dot over there and tell
you how to look at it so that thedot will
disappear. / could make a big round
spot more than three quarters of an
inch in diameter realize that it was
only Mortal Mind and had no real enti-
ty, but won't. know better scheme.
Close your fists with your thumbs out
side and held against each other. Ex-
tend your arms. Shut your left eye
and look fixedly with your right eye
at your left thumb. Separate your
hands, and when they are about six
inches apart the right thumb will go
out of business temporarily, for it's pic
ture will fall on the blind spot.
Now, here's the curious part of it.
Though men have tried all sorts of ex-
periments on themselves for unknown
thousands of years, this phenomenon
was not discovered until the time Of
Charles ii. of England. The blind spot
leaves no hole in the picture of the
c,ti
ulation on that spot, there is not con-
sciousness of lack, but lack of con-
sciousneSs-" s-"-Ainslee's Magazine.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-05-02
Wh Makes Great Successes.

1t took me some time to learn, but
did learn. that the supremely great
managers, such as you have these days,
never do any work themselves worth
speaking about; their point is to make
others work while they think. l ap.
piled this lesson in after life SO that
business with me has never been
care. My young partners did the work
and l did the laughing, and l commend
to you the thought that there is very
little success where there is little
laughter. The workman who reioices
in his work and laughs away it's dis
comforts is the man sure to rise, for it
is what we do easily, and what we like
to do, that we do well.-Andrew Carne-
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-05-02

photographs taken at the bringing" Of
a gusher at Beaumont. After the drill
had been sent through the quicksand
and the cap rock, the f1inty substance
which is the roof of the cavern in
which the oil has long been stored. it
was known that success had crowned
the efforts of the drillers after just a
year of labor. The drill was immedi-
ately hoisted out of the 1.1OO-foot pipe
which incased it. and the bailer was
brought into use. This is a bucket
fastened to contrivance which forces
it down into the tube and then pulls it
back out full of the mud. water and
grease which weighs down the oil at
the bottom. With each dip of the bali
er, gas rises higher in the pipe. and
when the pressure has been reduced to
point where it is less than that of the
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-05-02

trict were fabulous. Two negroes, liv-
Ing in tumble-down shacks, received
for them $4,000 each. Men who want
ed to start bank paid $4,000 for the
privilege of using little barber shop.
and the same amount was paid to q
small dry goods dealer whose lease was
wanted by SPECTATORS. A firm paid
$3.50 a month for the use of a platform
Sx1O, on which to conduct their opera
tions. Land went from 81 to 100000
an acre in a few days.
"O1d Man" Higgins.
"Old Man. Higgins, who had been
looked upon for some time as crank
Is the man who is responsible for Beau
mont's boom. For five or six years he
had been talking about the possibilities
Of striking oil at Spindle Top, his talk
at last becoming so incessant and
wearisome that the people refused
longer to listen to him. That there
was oil in southwest Texas was con-
ceded, but that Spindle Top had great
possibilities in that direction was look
ed upon as absurd.
At last, however, "Old Man" Higgins
succeeded in interesting George w.
Carroll. president of a lumber company
and a wealthy resident. Carroll put up
the cash and Higgins began the search.
The first well struck oil at about 500
feet. but quicksand stopped operations.
This was repeated in a second we'll.
Then Carroll drew out and the folly"
of Higgins and Carroll was the joke
of the town. An observant man named
Lucas did not believe the venture was
an entire failure, however. He leasei
small patch near by and sunk shaft
GOO feet, finding oil and being stopped.
as were the others, by quicksand. Be-
lieying that if this vein of quicksand
could be pierced oil would be struck
below it, Lucas went to Pittsburg, and
after much hard work obtained enough
capital to bore a we'll deep enough so
that his theory could be thoroughly
tested. When the drill had passed
through the quicksand, what is claimed
as the greatest reservoir in the world
was struck, and in a night Beaumont
went crazy.
Scores of Spouters.
There are now in the district between
lao and 100 spouters. AS one conse-
Huence, coal, the lowest price for
which had hitherto been Sc a ton, is
now very rarely used in southeast
Texas, oil having taken its place as
fuel.
Within four months. 100000 was
spent in advertising Beaumont oil COM
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-05-02

of time and the demand for destroy uf
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birthplace Mrs Phil Sheridan old New Mexico me
Town possessed Built
the official residence local
American
Mai Rue commanded the garrison at Old ouq
que Sheridan
Aside the attached this the building passed through all the
adobe corral the
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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-05-02
A SnaSher.

"Did you hear that Cholly's automo-
bile had broken the record?" asked Mr..
Perkins.
NO, but I'm not surprised" replied
Mrs. Perkins. Il suppose he lost con-
troll of it. What else did it break DE
troit Free Press.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-05-02
A SONG OF CHOICE.

a SONG OF CHOICE.
When up the valleys Spring
Comes laughing lovingly,
And gold and tawny wing
Make melody,
Then hey for meadow air,
With my lore there,
When Summers haze and heat
The dreamy landscape blur,
And browsing in the wheat
The crickets chirr,
Then hey for mountain air,
With my love therei
When Iargess from her urn
The lavish Autumn spills,
And sunset splendors burn
On all the hills,
Then hey for woodland air.
With my love there!
When Winter grips the land,
And chains the long blue lakes.
And sows with open hand
The fieece-white fakes.
Then hey for ingle air,
With my love there!