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Evening star., 1902-03-24
PERSONAL.

AND ALI. WENT AS MERRY AS A MARRIAGE
bell All because he accepted standard cash
values for all kinds Of mems worn garments
VIII call for hat a pair Of shoes. Drop that
postal. JUSTHS OLD STAND. 619 d. mh24-6, If
NATIONAL DETECTIVE AGENCY AUTHOR.
ised and bonded. eos 18th Ct. NV. Phone Main
9626, Open day and night Strictly confidential
Branch in Baltimore. Nd. aul6-tf
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AUTOMOBILES.

New and second hand; very low figures; first
class condition: steam surrey, mobile and loco
mobile runabout: electric dos a dos; Columbia
and Waverly runabout; Woods brougham cab
at q bargain. AUTOMOBILE STORAGE AND
REPAIR CO.. Stanton court, bet 18th sand 14th
and and L SITS. w. mh19-6ts
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WANTED-BY FIRST-CLASS ALI~AROUND HUST
mh243ts
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]. T. BATES,
rubllc Accountant and Auditor,
Room 10. Warrington Loan and Trust building
oel.0 9th and = StO. NV. Telephone No. e72.
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BOARDING.

% GRANT PLACE N.W.-EXCELLENT BOARD;
private tables; coed SERVICE spring water served :
terms. $16 per month. mh22-3t'
BOARD-MOST EXCELLENT BOARD CAN BE
obtained at 1890 Yer. ave-. at reasonable rates.
mh223ts
TABLE. D'HOTE AND A LA CARTE DINNER
al day Sundays and holidays; midday lunch for
ladies md gentlen.en from II until 2: electric
fsne.- CAFE R0BISSON. 1902 18th st NV ]
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FUR RENT-
1120 Conn ave, rooms and ba S35 no
1881 Conn. ave. rooms and bath 25 N,
Rear of 112O Conn. ave-. rooms. .. 10 20
mh22- st X. ii. T. LEOPOLD 1902 + ST NV
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WANTED-BY COIORED MAN, PLACE IN PRI-
vate family TO do general housework; good ref.
Apply 3O5 st NV 1t"
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MANIFESTATIONS.
MALE.

WANTED-A PLACE FOR BOY To WORK
for doctor or in store. 1922 st. it,
WANTED-PLACE AS JUNIOR CRAFTSMAN IN
Treasury Department. W. b. SOMERVH.LE
1905 30th st. NV. mh24-2t"
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WANTED At O\CE-A THOROUGHLY ENPERI-
srrrd itdl">' tailor. who uuderst anis alter
ing ladies tailor made suits. Address Box 2G3
Star OH e. uh24-3t
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LOST AND FOUND.
LosT-TURQUOIsE AND DIAMOND RING, OVAL
shape. Liberal reward paid II returned to ONCE
OF the Mutual Life Ins Co., New York. 1888 and
1885 st. NV, city. mh4-2t'
LOST on SATURDAY, A BLACK FEATHER BOA.
between l. and 14th and treasury. Owner
will call If card sent to E. l. G., l34S l. ST. It,
LOsT-sUNDAY MORNING., ON 9TH ST. BE
tween and SITS. NV. alligator skin pocket
book containing change and cards Miss Smiley
Reward II returned to Mrs. L. KNAPP 917
at It,
LosT..ON SUNDAY MORNING. MARCH 2sD,
on ct. between 10th and 10th sts., a black
chiffon boa edged with white. Finder please
turn to 1880 II OF. NV. 1ts
FOUND CANE TO NY PLACE SUNDAY
night, March %. white and yellow marked
male setter dog. Owner will please call ad-
dress II. J. MORGAN. Woodburn, d. c. 1t'
LOST - ENVELOPE CONTAINING PAPER.
Please return to THE MITCHELL ROOFING
CO., and Sd SITS. s.w. 1ts
LOST-FRIDAY EVENING. BETWEEN BROOK
land and 267 st. NV, lady's silver watch,
with gold l0cket attached; lOcket valued % q
keepsake. Reward II returned to 2b7 ct. 1ts
LOST ST-BETWEEN 1886 PA. AVE AND NATION.
al Metropolitan Bank. check for fl64. Is. drawn
on American Exchange National Bank. New
YORK, By New York World IN favor Samuel @.
Blythe; payment stopped Reward for return to
WORLD BUREAU, 131l0 Pa. ave- mhzl2t
LOSTITHURSDAY MORNING, ON METROPOLI.
tan ar line going west, gold watch, marked
III r. j." with gold brooch. Liberal reward
returned to Star once. mhASt'
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The Evening Star
Branch Offices.


Several important changes have re-
Gently been made In The Star branch
offices. ALL POSTAL TELEGRAPH
OFFICES are branch offices of The
Evening Star.
one cent a word for Rooms For
Rent-ROoms and Board-Boarding-
Wanted Help and Situations.
If not convenient TO call at main
office with Your advertisements leave
them at the following places:
NORTHWEST.
y. J. ave. and II st. n.w.-Stanhopc Pharmacy.
Conn. snd l. st.-wood's Drug Store.
Vermont ave. and ! st.-King's Drug Store.
18th st. and Il. /. ave-Huddeson's Drug Store.
15th and L sts.-Portner Drug Store.
18th ST. and yelling place -Eppey's Drug Store.
1th and T sts.-Crlswell's Drug Store.
Woodward x L"throp's-Postal Telegraph Office.
s. Mann. Sons 4 Co.-Postal Telegraph Office.
tl2 Pa. ave.-Postal Telegraph Office.
sth and F sts.-Postal Telegraph onice.
9Th and sts.-Postal Telegraph Office
T. s. Captol-Postal Telegraph Office.
City Post Otcc-Postal Telegraph Office.
Columbian Building Postal Telegraph Office.
Ebbitt House-Postal Telegraph Office.
Jenifer Budinc-Postal Telegraph Office.
Riggs House Postal Telegraph Office.
New Wiard's Hotel-Postal Telegraph Office.
National Ho'rl-Postal Telegraph Office.
Regent iIutcl-Fostal Telegraph Office.
The Barton liotel-Postal Telegraph Office
Tie Gordon Hotei-Postal Telegraph Office.
EAST WASHINGTON.
1ith and East Capitol sts.-Ilaley's Drug Store.
tih and ii SITS. nc.-t;riifith's Drug Store.
Id and Ia. ave. s.e.-Dobyn's Drug Store.
SOUTHWEST.
Postal Telegraph Ofice-foot 11th st.
GEORGETOWN.
S2j and NJ sts.-O'Donnel's Drug Store
3.l aud q sts.-O Donnell's Drug Store.
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FOR RENT-l744 ORENiON AVE NEW BROWN
STONE AND PRESS BRICK; IL rooms aud tiled
bath: open plumbing; all in best order; rent only
S45 including water Keys at l142- next door.
2ts
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-05-24
ONE MANS OPINIONS

In his wonderfully interesting book, "The Desert" John c. Van Dyke has given all artistic, and generally accu- rate, description of the Colorado des- ert, though viewed from the stand point of pure aesthetics, a standpoint which does not always place him in harmony with the utilitarian. Tn one place he says:
 ''Yet here is more beauty destined to destruction. It might be thought that this fOrsaken pot-hole in the ground would never come under the dominion of man, its very worthless ness would be its safeguard against civilization, that none would want it, and everyone from necessity would let it alone. But not even the spot de- serted by reptiles shall escape the in- dustry or the averice as you please) of man. A great company has been formed to turn the Colorado river into the sands, to reclaim the desert basin, and make it blossom as the rose. The water is to be brought down to the basin by the old channel of the New river, lin reality,the Carter river-ED.l Once in reservoirs it is to be distrib-
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-05-24

Island company and the information
 given out from President Leeds office
 that further expansion is contem
 plated. During the past year the
 Rock Island has added something be
 tween 1000 and 1700 miles to it's road
 and has made known that it intends
 to construct more. With the new mile
 age it has completed connections with
 the Pacific coast and the City of Mex
 ico, the latter by a joint trackage
 agreement with the Mexican Central
 It also now reaches Memphis and is
 building to Galveston, with Albuquer-
 que as another possibility. During
 the year there was added to the system
 new mileage equal to about double
 that acquired in the immediately pre- ceding twelve years, and there is ev- cry reason to believe that this year
 will see further large additions to the length of the track. Last year the stock capital was increased by $10, ,000,- 900; this year it is to be increased by $15,O00,000. Besides these and other additions to capital, bonds for $24,- O00,000 have been issued to pay for the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf road that was lately purchased by the Rock Isl and. The official statement of the company shows that it earned net in the fiscal year 19O1-2, $7 ,22O, ,941, which is equal to 12 per cent on the $6O, ,000,- 900 of stock outstanding.
 It is claimed with d degree of posi- tiveness that the Rock Island has ac- quired control of the Phelps-Dodge railroad from Benson, Arizona, to El Paso. and that it is also financing the Phoenix and Eastern to connect Phoe- nix with the Phelps-Dodge line at Benson, and also the Phoenix, Yuma and California road, projected to ex- tend from Phoenix to Yuma. From the latter point to San Diego bay is all open field, say the promoters of the San Diego-Eastern railroad, who are going ahead with the financing of their company, but with the under standing that the survey and right-of- way is open to whatever railroad will give necessary assurances that line will be built. The Rock Island has al- ready completed arrangements for all from Memphis to Savannah, Ia., and the belief is that it cOntem- plates outstripping all competitors and securing the first ocean to ocean line, 70 be from the mouth of the Savannah liver to San Diego bay, the very short est cut across the continent.
 The Rock Island has had periods of expansion, but they have been spas nodic; It's policy has been rather to it's operations and build up | restricted territory. Now, however, t is becoming known as the most az sressive of the ''independent" rail- .oads, and there is no nluits placed on ts possibilities.
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-05-24
THE RAILROAD SITUATION
 IS VERY ENCOURAGING
TIES AND RAILS WILL BEGIN TO ARRIVE AT OLD
 BEACH WITHIN TWO WEEKS FROM TEXAS

There is a most encouraging railroad situation now, indicating that the Inn perial and Gulf road will be in opera tion by September 1, according to con- tract between that road and the South ern Pacific company. Engineer Hood of the latter company visited the val ley this week, and is engaged in ex- amining the sites for bridges, it being the plan to bring the roadbed up to the standard of the main line of the Southern Pacific. As long as 1t was the idea to have simply spur of the Southern Pacific road run into the valley, it was not necessary to make strictly first-cass roadbed, but HOW that it seems evident that the road is to be used in time as the main line of the Southern Pacific the situation is different.
 PRESIDENT HEBER TALKS
 The Los Angeles Herald says:
 ''President A. H. Heber of the Inn perial Land Company was here yester- day from San Francisco, where he had just concluded arrangements with the Southern Pacific Railroad company for building branch line of railroad to Imperial, and through the Con1- pany's lands to Calexico, on the Mex can border. Contracts were signed this week for building twenty-seven and cne-half miles of railroad from Old Beach station on the Southern Pacific to Imperial. The Southern Pacific made the contract with the California Development Company-a company composed of officers and di- rectors of the Imperial Land Company for grading the railroad line.
 .sSurveys for the road are made and between seven and eight miles of the grade built. This work was done by the Imperial people before the South ern Pacific company became inter- ested in the colony in the south end of the state. The contract that was made this week with President E. H. Hartman of the Southern Pacific is for rebuilding that portion of the grade already made, which will be improved and raised about four feet, and for completion of the grade to the town of Imperial. The Southern Pa cific will lay the rails and equip the road. All the work must be done and the road placed ill operation by Sep tember 1.
 ''There is nothing to hinder speedy road building, says MT. Heber. Rights of-way are all secured and are made in the name of the Southern Pacific com pany, and large part of the mater ials needed is already on hand, and other material and rolling stock have been ordered by the railroad company.
 "The line from Old Beach to Impe- rial will be but part of the road building that the Southern Pacific will do in the Imperial district. MT. Hartman gave assurance that other branch lines will be built once the first line is completed. There will be an extension to Paringa, in the center of the colony lands, and from there a bra anch will extend to CaleXico, on the Mexican line, and another to Blue Lake. In all there will be between fifty and sixty miles of railroad in the
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-05-24


 colony, which it is expected will be increased to 10000 or 12,O00 by next fall. The Southern Pacific railroad has become greatly interested in de velopment of this section of the state which after this season will be made one of the principal destinations for homeseekers' excursions."
 The Los Angeles Times gives the following additional information:
 ''The early completion of the rail road is to be secured by novel pro- cedure. Steel rail manufacturers are d present so rushed with orders that new material could not be secured for fully year. To meet the date of Sep tember l, d small railroad in Texas has been purchased and will be torn up and transplanted bodily from Texas to Southern California;"
 SOUTHERN PACIFIC PLANS
 The Herald, which recently told of the plan of the Southern Pacific to build from Yuma through Imperial valley to junction with the main line northwest of here, HOW gives an outline of the general plans for re- building the road:
 Before he returned to New York, President E. H. Hartman of the Southern Pacific gave orders for the expenditure of the fund of BPS, 1000 900 which, upon his arrival in Los Angeles six weeks ago, MT. Hartman said would be put into betterments of the ern Pacific. The plan of improvements is the practical rebuilding of the lines of road from Ogden to San Francisco, and from New Orleans to Los Angeles Large orders for new locomotives and passenger and freight cars have been placed with the eastern factories, to train equipment that will, MT. Hartman said, be unsurpa ssed by any western railroad. The Herald has already told the plan of better ments for the Sunset route, between this city and New Orleans. A part of this work is already under way, where west of Fl Paso the old light rails are being replaced by eighty pound steel.
 ''Mr. Harriman's order is that for 16O miles east of El Paso and $40 miles west of the same point, the entirely new rails shall be laid, and west of Fl Paso 273 miles of the roadbed shall be rock ballasted and all will be sprInkled with oil. Forces of workmen are HOW engaged in carrying out this order. East from El Paso 141 miles of the road will be reballasted, and there has been ordered ?, 500,0OO ties for rebuild ing of the road.
 About 150 miles of road between Los Angeles and Yuma will be rebuilt, and eighty pound steel will replace the present sixty-two pound rails. One 1undred miles of the road to Yuma has already been rebuilt.
 "The plan of Improvements includes the track at several points where now there are dangerous curves, and with a number of cut-offs here will be considerable saving of distance"
 SAN DIEGO'S OPPORTUNITY
 Tn New York and Chicago railroad
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-05-24

uted over the tract by irrigating
 ditches, and it is said million acres
 of desert will thus be made arable,
 fitted for homesteads, ready for the
 settler who never remains settled.
 GA most laudabe enterprise, people
 can find fault with it. Money made
 from sand is likely to be clean money,
 at any rate. And economically these
 acres will produce large supplies of
 food. That is commendable, too, even
 if those for whom it is produced waste
 a good half of what they already pos
 sess. And yet the food that is pro- duced there may prove expensive to
 people other than the producers. This old sea-bed is, for it's area, proba bly the greatest dry-heat generator in the
 world because of its depression and it's barren, sandy surface. It is fur
 mace that whirls heat up and out of the bowl, over the peaks of the Coast range into Southern California, and eastward across the plains to Arizona and Sonora. In what measure it is responsible for the general climate of those States connot be accurately sum- marized; but it certainly has a great influence, especially in the matter of producing dry air. To turn this des- ert into an agricultural tract would be to increase humidity, and that would be practically to nullify the finest air on the continent.
 "And why are not good air and eli mate as essential to human well-being as good beef and good bread? Just now, when it is a world too late, our Government and the forestry societies of the country are awakening to the necessity of preserving the forests. National parks are being created wherever possible and the cutting of timber within them is prohibited Why is this being done? Ostensibly to preserve the trees, but in reality to preserve the water supply, to keep the pure, 10 maintain a uniform stage of water in the rivers. Very proper and right. The only pity is that it was not undertaken forty years ago. But how is the water sup ply, from an economic and hygienic any more important than the air supply?
 ''Grasses, trees, shrubs, growing grain, they, too, may need good air as well as human lungs. The deserts are not worthless wastes. You can not crop all crea tion with wheat and al falfa. Some sections must lie fallow that other sections may produce. Who shall say that the preternatural pro- ductiveness of California is not due to the warm air of it's surrounding des- erts? Does anyone doubt that the healthfulneSS of the countries lying west of the Mississippi may be traced directly to the dry air and heat of the deserts. They furnish health to the human; why Eot strength to the plant? The deserts should never be reclaimed. They are the breathing spaces of the West and should be preserved for ever."
 In the above what effort there is to conform to the utilitarian idea seems to miscarry, for while there is merit in
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-03-02

-HERE is as much noticeable an
ference between well dressed
man and one who is careiessiy
attired as between a perfectly
proomed race horse and roughly co"1eu
nag that has spent the winter months
nm bleak pasture lands. II is All very
,ro,I IN saw that clothes do not make the
man. that is granted; but clothes IN
cosmopolitan city, frequently lhhueh'e
srst impressions, and it Is upon mrs.
;mpressions that We are frequently iorceu
10 depend for many things.
When the expression well dressed
man" Is used. [ do not refer, exclusively
70 hire a competent and tasteful! tailor
IN hire a competent and tasteful taiio
IN select and cut his clothes; but rather
IN the man on a salary, whose appearance
de,ends primarily upon his own good
Judgment and the care which he e1er-
cises in its use-
7, is much better for a man OF Limited
means to purchase one good piece OF cloth
and have it made up by competent tail
or every SIX months, than to spend the
same amount Of money for two or three
ilI-ntting suits of inferior quality, thrown
together In sweatshop. The latter sort
of clothes quickly lose whatever shape
they have. and, once pressed. retain no.
the slightest semblanee of style.
The leyeliDg democracy OF American
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-03-02

dressy than the ordinary sack suit, and
they give variety to ones attire, il
worn alternately with sack suit. 1t is
not advisable, however, for one of limited
means to purchase the cutaway frock; for,
when continually worn, it becomes mo-
notonous to the eye and does not retain
its shape en- the ordinary figure quite so
well as the sack.
The conservative cutaway frock will
have moderately wide shoulders, built up
slightly to give an effect Of squareness.
The variety Of suitings from which they
may be cut is endless. Grays. browns, and
mixed blues make up into very pretty
cutaway frocks. The selection. of course.
depends in great degree upon the COM
plexion and physique of the wearer.
Light garments containing a plaid of
some sort should be worn by slim men
whenever possible, as they give a broad
ening effect and tend to shorten the fig
ure. On the contrary, thin stripes and
dark materials should be selected by the
stout man in order TO produce the oppo-
two axioms-stripes for the short man and
squares for the tall-should be borne in
mind VIXEN one is ordering clothes.
The cutaway frock cannot be worn with
proper effect by a bow-legged man. Good,
straight legs are absolutely essential, as
the long curves in the front of the coats
i've to the lower limbs q prominence that
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-03-02

dress puts 1t within the power of every
man to look well. Beyond the uniforms
Of the army and navy, we have, fortunate
ly, no distinctions of costumes. A pair Of
knee breches. silk stockings, and a GER
tain number of glittering baubles on the
coat front are not essential conditions of
the American gentleman. Fashion is a
combination of art and utility and good
style is result of the two.
In the approaching seasons of spring
and summer these qualities of art and
utility will be more nearly realized in
masculine costume than ever before. For
spring wear the variety Of cloths is great
er In weave, pattern, and coloring than
hitherto. The fancy fabrics in suitings.
trouserings, and oyercoats are superior
from an artistic viewpoint than ever be-
fore. They run from delicate colors and
merely suggestive designs TO strong, bold
and strikingly effective patterns, without
either prudish or 9ashy colors, without
either audacity or timidity of design.
Probably the most important part of a
mans wardrobe is his business suit and
II is this attire that will describe in the
present article. Although sack suits will
BE- as usual. the most popular for BUSH
He wear, the GETAWAY frock suits, spe-
ciaiiy designed for the business man, will
dul more favor with the well dressed pub
&c than for many years. They are more
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-03-02

is fatal when they are not properly mod
eled.
With the long, frock getaways, fancy
vest may be effectively worn. 1t should
be double breasted. with sewed-on lapels
and peaked lapel roll; but full length
lapels and sewed-on collar will some
times be preferred in fancy vestings, and
should be invariably worn when the vest
is made from the same material as the
coat. The double breasted vest is proper
ly a garment for men of good figure only.
1t should not be attempted by others,
particularly the fat man. whose waist line
lists only in the photographs which
aitedate his marriage.
The single breasted vest. whether of
fancy vesting or of the same material as
the coat, will have notched collar. will
be fastened with six buttons. and should
average about twenty-five inches in
length.
The trousers for this year will be mod
erately full at the hips, and slightly
shaped to the outer curves of the leg.
The average width of properly cut trou-
sers should be in the neighborhood of
eighteen inches at the knee, and seven
teen at the bottom, with a slight spring
over the boot
One is always safe in having black
suit, made in the style of sack. If prop
erly cut. sack suit with moderately
The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-03-02
Gen. OrdWay's Death.

General Ordway died in 1897 and was
succeeded by George H. Harries, at pres
ent brigadier general and commander Of
the National Guard.
Another thing in which it is peculiar is
that the adjutant general is always a
regular army officer detailed to that duty
by the War Department. Col. Theodore
Mosher, U. S. A, is the present adiutant
and the splendid condition of this depart
ment OF the Guard attests his ability.
The National Guard is seen to best ad-
vantage in July when it is in camp. Then
it is that the full efficiency is shown. The
conditions at these camps are as nearly as
possible those of active service, although
OF course the sanitary conyeniences are
much better than those OF war.
The brigade goes into camp generally in
July at point usually within fifty miles
Of Washington. Last year Camp 0rdway
it is always Camp ordway in honor of