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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-15

Individual miners using only the primitive
pick, shovel and grizzly. Scientific in
VestlSatlons have. however, been made
with the result that some Of the newest
and best dredging and gold-saving ma
cElnery has been out in operation on the
river by number of experienced miners
With capital. Meanwhile, those best in
formed on tie subject consider that the
dredging OF the river bed and the hydrau-
lie sluiclnG OF the flats. and terraces of
the valley will yield enormous. profits to
capital skillfully applied It is also be-
!leVed that cheap and simple apparatus
Will be devised to enable the poor mans
dlSglngs to be prosecuted with greater
preflt and success. Men of science de-
clare tie existence of continuation of
those metalliferous deposits which are
now making the fortunes of the gold min
ers of the Rainy River and Lake of the
Woods, cast of Manitoba, and of those of
the Canadian Yukon in the vast unor-
ganized districts lying north of Alberta
and Saskatchewan. No investigation into
these latent possibilities has as yet been
made.
GaIenn.
Enormous veins. OF galena have been 10
Gated which are pronounced by experts
to contain large percentage of silver.
+ Capital alone is wanting to make them
treasures of wealth to the country. Cop
per ore in vast quantities has also been
fOuGh, said to contain 60 per cent of pure
copper. Iron Gre has been discovered in
various parts of Alberta A forty foot
seam of hematite iron, said to contain 81
per cent. of ircn, exists at the base of
Storm Mountain, quite close to the rail
way line, and other large seams have been
located in the Macleod district, in south
ern Alberta.
Petroleum has been discovered. from
time to time in various portions of the
territories. The Dominion geological
surveys staff has recently explored
northern Alberta and made several test
borings with most satisfactory results 1t
might also be appropriate to mention the
fact that natural gas exists all through
western Assiniboia and Alberta. In
some cases wells have been flowing for
upwards of fifteen years without any ap-
! parent evidence of decrease in pressure.
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OUT ON The RANGES
Western Canada's inducements to
the Stockman.
BIG AND LITTLE RANCHES
Tendency Is Toward Small Herds
With Better Care Than in
the Past.

Cattle raising has brought large for
tunes to many men engaged in the indus
try in western Canada. There is an i'm
mense grazing area yet unoccupied
amounting to 100000 square miles.
1t is quite safe to state, that there are
very few farmers in the Canadian west
who do not make cattle raising a more
or less important feature Of their opera
tons. An examination of the above fig
ures will show that the farming section
is no inconsiderable cattle producer, al
though the bulk of the stock, of course,
comes from the ranchng section. The
cattle stock of the farming section is gem
orally we'll cared for owing to the neces-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-15

souri, couteau. 1t covers an area of over
100000 acres, which twelve months ago
was either open for homestead entry OF
else for sale by the Canadian Pacific rail-
way at the price Of So per acre.
Going Like Hot Cakes.
OF the 1900, 900 open year ago probably
homesteaded or .unsold. From the fringe
Of settlements bordering the tract and
from as far east as Portage la Prairie
and Brandon old settlers have been Sc
curing lands within it. while from the
United States numbers of people have
been buying eagerly from the railway and
land companies, making homestead en-
tries. Meanwhile the lands for sale have
been rapidly advancing in price. A map
issued by the Canadian Pacific railway on
Jan. Is. 1902 showed that over large
area their prices had advanced from 81 to
81, S. and Sc
More significant still is the latest rail
way land map which for the first time in
the history Of the company no prices are
given bu. in lieu thereof have been in
serted notices at TOP and bottom, For
prices apply to the land department of the
company ard Prices subject to revision
without notice. Similarly wild, lands
held by private corporations have within
the past few months advanced from "a
and S. per acre to S. and 81.
Evidence of High Opinion.
But perhaps the very best evidence od
the high opinion entertained by compe-
tent Judges Of the value Of the section
is shown by he intention of the Canadian
Pacific railway. in portion OF the coun7
try where the. have no competition, &c
parallel their own 500 road by the con-
struction during the present year OF an
extension of their PiDestone branch from
Arcola west to within twenty miles OF the
500 line, then northwest parallel thereto
to Regina. Thus the settler between
these roads will nowhere have to haul MS
grain greater distance than ten miles
to market. -. 80: =. =, 7
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THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

stores, blacksmith shop and grain ware
house. ~
At Milestone, tanks, two stores, hotel
and grain warehouse.
At Rouleau. a blacksmith shop grain
warehouse. school, store and boarding
house.
Where there are only sdings now the
/ railway company will establish stations
and between these sidings to meet and
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accommodate the greatly increased bust
ness expected, and IN, these little new
places there exist many opportunities for
men starting in business.
Price of Building Material.
The price of building material brought
from British Columbia is $1S@22 for rough
and S24@2S for planed per 1000 feet. Coal
from Estevan is delivered at the stations
along the line at from 50 to SO per ton.
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about As pounds (the average weight Of
the original stocll) to about so pounds,
which represents the average weight of
Well-bred ranch wethers to-day. 1t may
be argued that this marvellous develop
ment has partially been brought about by
the use OF mutton sires. While that is to
some extent true, this Improvement has
evidently not been accomplished at the ex
pense of the Wool-growing capacity Of the
sheep, in view of the fact, that the aver
age weight per fleece for the Northwest
Territories is Z % pounds, while the aver
age for the United States does not reach
6 pounds per fleece, Montana being $50
pounds, Wyoming 7.75 pounds, and Idaho
| 7.50 pounds. These figures speak for
| themselves.
| On the ranches sheep are usually herded
| in focks numbering up to $500 head in
charge of one herder. The only outlay
necessary in the way of buildings is fer
rough winter shelter and a house for the
shepherd. During the summer season the
sheep are moved from place to place and
the herder camps with them. The largest
sheep owners in the country report an
! increase, by actual count, of "a per cent
on the eve focks, while the average
losses seldom reach 5 per cent of the total
number of sheep. The total absence of
endemic diseases, doubtless due to- the
healthfulness of the climate, is, Of course
/ largely responsible for this low mortality
| of sheep.
The bulk of the rams purchased an
nually by territorial fockmasters are cure
bred Shrc-'shires and Oxford Downs.
Some Leicestershires, Cotswolds and
SouthdoWns are also used. There are
very few breeders Of pure bred sheep in
the Canadian northwest and there would
appear to be a good opening in this line
of business for experienced men with the
right class Of stock. Strong, close
wooded rams are required for range pur-
poses and $12 to SIS per head is paid for
home bred, acclimated stock.
Hogs ana Poultry.
I Most of the hogs raised in Eastern AS
siniboia are marketed in Winnipeg. Man
itoba. Two large pork packing estab-
lishments have, however, recently been
erected in Alberta, at Calgary and Ed
. monitor, where tie highest cash price is
paid for all classes Of hogs.
British Columbia also furnishes good
market for the hogs and poultry Of the
/ Canadian West.
| The Dominion government has COM
pleted a scheme havin. in view the de-
velopment Of the poultry industry. A
{. number of egg gathering stations" have
! been organized along the Calgary e Ed
| monitor railway. ana the main line OIL the
! Canadian Pacific where government Oft
GERS collect the eggs from the farmers,
and, when q sufficient number are avail
able, ship them to the mining districts
and in due course remit the proceeds to
| the proper owners. All OF this is done
free Of expense to the patrons.
Butter Making
1t has been pretty we'll demonstrated in
| past years that individual butter making
and butter marketing will never place a
country in the front rank of butter pro-
ducers. The phenomenal success of Den
mark, since cooperative dairying was
brought to a state of perfection there,
we'll illustrates the point. Some years
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% h HudonsBa yCompa Winnipeg Manitoba
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THE CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

CHICAGO, Aug. 2S.-Wheat was weak
from the start. and showed only tho
usual little scalpng rally at the close.
Fine weather in the Northwest was
again the influence. The near futures
lost more than any others in all mar
kets- There was again a break In cash
wheat in the Northwest, Duluth being
particularly weak. The weather abroad
was as favora BILE as at home, and for
eign news generally bea-ish. The grad
ing Of the grain in the Northwest con-
tinues 10 improve.
Corn gave way under general selling,
which was t-aceable to the fine weather
everywhere in the corn belt. The sell
ing appeared to be rather overdone.
which resulted in some rally from early
20 lower figures. Any gain in prices
however. brought moro stuff on the
market. Receipts of old corn were hard
ly as large in the West as yesterday,
but the offerings were nevertheless lib
eral enough TO make holders OF Septem-
her little nervous New corn is being
offered in the large quantities at Kan
sas City for shipment within The next
ten 10 fifteen days
Oats developed more strength than
any other grain on the list. They
opened easier in sympathy with other
grains and on fine weather. but rallied
and closed strong On covering by shorts
on good buying by consumers. Septem-
Der was the strongest month of the list
Low grades OF cash oats were again
weak and dragging. but good grades
held steady.
Provisions closed at the low points Of
the day. Liquidation In lard for Sep
temher and October deliveries and the
decline Of % to 10c in hogs a. the yards
counted against values. Although there
was fair investment early and some
buying by packers and shorts later, the
weight was greater than could be cas-
lily sustained. Along with the liquida-
tion in nearby deliveries, there was
more or less short selling Of January
product. There was little talk %
manipulation in September ani October
pork. but it was noticed that rhe selling
of lard came from the same source as
The buying of the pork. The packing
was 1000, against 375. 600 a year ago.
The following are the quotations:
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THE COTTON MARKET.

NEW YORK, Aug. 2S.-Spot cotton
here was unchanged. Sales, 541 bales
for spinning and 100 delivered on con-
tracts. Middling uplands, &C. against
Sssc last year; New Orleans and Gulf.
9Ac against sBc. Southern spot market
was generally unchanged: Augusta de-
clined lis cent. Liverpool advanced
1-32d on spot with sales of 5000 bales;
futures advanced Y to points, but re-
acted slightly. Manchester was quiet.
The cotton market was less active
with prices irregular. but in the main
tending downward on disappointing Liv-
erpool advices. Prices there advanced
only to II American points and then
lost part of the rise. Beneficial rains
in the Mississippi Valley and eastward,
light precipitation in northeastern
Texas. predictions OF showers for the
eastern portion of that State during the
next thirty-six hours, and heavy selling
to realize for local and Southern ar-
count, aided the decline, while there
was also more or less short selling, en-
couraged by the prediction of further
rains in Texas.
The market closed barely steady. with
quotations to % lower as compared
with yesterdays closing prices.
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BALTIMORE PRICE CURRENT.

BALTIMORE. Aug. 2S.-Following are
today's quotations in the local whole
sale provision and grain markets:
Wheat-Stock in elevators, 1,063,356
bus. Southern wheat today was weak
and lower Sales on grade at 72A d73c
for No. red, 70A d7O12c for steamer .
red, and 67a4 G6sc for rejected. Bag lots
sold by sample, as to quality and con-
dtion, at 70a72c.
COrn-Stock in elevators, 1915 bus.
Receipts of Southern corn today were
very small in amount, white corn beiLg
entirely absent Market was firm for
lot OF yellow sold by sample pt re
Cob was frme- at s3.45G3.50 per bbl en-
spot.
Western corn was dull and easy. No
change was observed in ina'iiry fer cash
or September, and prices remained nom
irai Year corn was not in request at
the lower prices. the option being 4iMc
sellers January was 44c sellers. Pri-
yate cables Indifferent. Western adviccs
unsettled and lowe commission houses
selling on fine weather. Market ,losed
quiet; November (new or old. SC bid;
.ear, 44Ac bid; January. 1870 asked.
Sales, car mixed (high color, track,
jail yard 69Isc
Flour-The market was quiet. Win
ter Extra, sz.30G3i0, Winter Clear,
s3.25M3.30: Winter Straight. s3.30d3.5O;
Winter Patent. s2.7O93.S5; Spring Clear.
$3.10G3.30; Spring Straight. s35OG $40;
Spring Patent, s2.7564.00: City Mills
Best Patent. $3.50: City Mills High
Grade Patent. Sii0; City Mills High
Grade, Straight, $500; City Mills Choice
Family. s3.75; City Mills Super. $1,000
. n.
medium to choice. SS.20@3.5o.
Oats-Marlset unsettled. Stock in ele-
vators. 19g. .l57 bus: No. white new, ,
$50 40c; No. 3. 35G 36c; No. 4, 32a 33c;
mixed. No. 2. 32G321sc; No. 8. 31d31kc;
do, No. 4. 3OG501sc.
Rye-Market vas steady. Stock In eie-
vators. 2.75S bus; No. spot. in carloads,
5Cd56lc; No. 3 rye. soc; No. rye. 54c:
No. Western rye, 57@57kc. in export
elevators.
Butter-Market was steady. Creamery.
separator. extra, 22N 23c; extra first, 21
M2i12c; creamery first, 20G2lc; do imi-
:ation extra, l9d lsl2c Iowa and n. W.
ladle. extra, l9c; do. extra first. 1Sd
1s12c; Elgin creamery prints. 1s-lb. 25d
25l2c; do, lib. 24d241sc' do. 2-lb. 24c:
Maryland and Pennsylvania creamery
prints. lib. 2ic; lib, 23d24c.
EssS-l ne market is steady. Strictly
fresh lcandledJ. 19l.m2 zoe: Western. l"c.
Poultry-/ arket quiet. Old fowls. M
G12c: spring chickens. 13Q13hc; ducks,
3ml0c; spring ducks. 1Oq11c; roosters.
each. 25G3Cc.
Green cohce-Aiarket dull. No. tRio
Grade) 5%d53.c
Roasted conce- Market steady. Bulk
roasted coffee-Pure Java. 321kc; Mar
acaibo. 22iac; pure Laguayca. 22iac;
pure Santos, 19c; African Java. 29Isc;
Rio blend. 1Sc; Peaberry mixture. 1712c;
pure Mocha, 30Iac; Jal Mocha blend,
2Sc. These cofTees are in fancy bags,
paper-lincd. II packed in cans or tubs.
l5c higher)
Package hrands-E. L. C.. l00-lb cases,
i0lkc; 60lb cases. TO- Cor; 36-lb cases.
i0.70c; Lion coffee. in 1Or.lb lots. 10.lSc:
In 60-lb lots, 10.2Sc.
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Aug. 2s. Aug. %.
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.

NEW YORK. Aug. 2S.-Money on cali
at the stock exchange today opened at
3lA per cent. highest 4, lowest 3, clos
ing at 31a. Most of the days loans were
at Jl2 per cent.
Time money continues unchanged, the
same conditions prevailing as have for
the past ten days Offerings at per
cent for short time. and borrowers bid
ding same rate fer long time. Very lit
tie business being done. Rates PEI
cent for all dates
Mercantile paper very quiet in this
market, and only n moderate amount pc-
ing done out of town. Supply is increa..
ing slowly, but market shows some ac-
cdmulatiop. Rates ) per cent.
Boston call money rate Y per cent
higher. Other interior money rates I'M
changed. Quotations at four important
POINTS reported by telegraph today were
as follows:
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New York clearing house exchanges
today were S2S6, ,055, 1857; balances. s3.-
329 ,295: United States Treasurys debi.
balance. s623,204.
Foreign exchange-Sterling exchange
of all naturities declined Conspicuous
among the changes was a fall of nearly
20 points in demand bills upon London
to 1850, the price afterward rallying to
1864. Sixty-day bills were offered for
sale without brokers finding free takers.
Good bankers bills could be had at 4.Si
a i.si05 The chief factor in the weak
ness appeared TO be a more liberal sup
ply OF commercial bills, drawn against
grain. and some pressure from drawers
of bankers sight.
Rates for actual business were as fol-
lows: Sixty days, 4S4; demand. 4.S6s4 m
4.S690, cables. 4.S7H; commercial bills
were 4.S3%4. The supply OF grain and
cotton was less scant.
Continental bills were quoted as fol-
lows: Francs. 5.1Sz less 1-1Gd 5.1S%
and 5.16%G5.l6 1-32; reichsmarks,
"a l3-16a947s and 95 1-16G95M guilders.
3gA and 10 1l5.
Following are the posted rates of the
leading drawers Of foreign exchange:
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The New York Quotations.

NEW YORK, Aug. 2S.-The following
quotations were recorded on the pro-
duce exchange today:
Cash grain-No. . red quoted at 1hd
11ac over September, t. o. b. afloat to
arrive. export; No. northern Duluth,
&c over September, to arrive; No. l hard
Manitoba, l3l2c over September, TO ar
rive: No. corn. G71ac. f. O. b. afloat.
export; No. white. tic, and yellow.
Tic: oats nominal; No. 2 Western rye
Coo. new. (. O. b. afloat
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Call money in London 2izd3 per cent.
shorts bills, 21s Fer cent: three months
tills. 2AG27s per cent. Bullion 20 the
amount OF a50000 was Withdrawn from
the Bank OF England today for shipment
to South America.
The Bank OF England's minimum dis
count rate was left unchanged today al
3 per cent, the rate established Feb-u-
airy G. The banks official rate now con-
lares as follows with that of ,hc corre-
spending week in previous years:
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COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

oFfICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS d. C..
Washington. August 81 1902. SEALED PRO-
PUSALS will be received at this office until Il
NJ on MONDAY, SEPTEMBER Is, 1902, tor con-
structing an Eight-room School Building on
lots S. 9, q and 10, square gSS, southeast cor
ner Ninth and Streets northeast. Blank
forms of proposals and specifications. together
with all necessary information. can be obtai;ied
upon application therefor at the office o. the
Inspector of Buildings. ID. C., after September
3, 1902. and bids upon these forms only will he
considered. The right is reserved TO reiec; any
or all bids. Proposals must be inciosed IN Il
envelope scaled, ami iidorsed the 0utsi ic
Proposal for Constructing an Eiebt-Room
School Building" By order of the Board ot
Commits ioncrs of the District of Columbia.
WILLIAM TINDALL, Secretary. au2s-6t-exsu
OFfTCB OF THE COMMISSIONERS D. c..
Washington. August %, 1902. SEALED PRO
POSAI.s will he received al this office until 10
M. on MONDAY. SEPTEMBER Is, 1g02 ior eon-
structing an Eight-roOm School Building on
lots 81 and p, and part of lot 81.
square 557 Pierce Street, between First
street and New Jersey Avenue northwest. Blank
forms OF proposals and specifications, together
with all necessary information. can be obtained
upon Application therefor at the office of the
Inspector of Buildings, u. C., after September
3. 1902. and bids upon these forms only will be
considered. The right is reserved 10 rejec. any
or all bids. Proposals must be inclosed IN an
envelope. sealed. and inlorsed on the outside
Proposal for Constructing an Eight Room
School Building BY order of the Board Oi
Commissioners Of the District OF Columbia.
WILLIAM T1NDALL. Secretary au2s-Gt-exsu
The Washington times., 1902-08-29
New York Stock Exchange, Aug. %.

The following table shows the high
est, lowest, and last prices of all stocks
sold on the New York Stock Exchange
today in amounts of 500 shares or more.
and the net changes from yesterdays s
closing prices:
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Per cent.
o

Berlin, Hamburg and Vienna money
markets each went 4 per cent higher.
Other European rates unchanged. Open
market and bank rates at important
Continental centers. reported by spe-
cial dispatches today as follows:
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Goyernment Bonds.

NEW YORK, Aug. 2s.-The following
shows today's closing quotations for
Government bonds as compared with
Yesterday:
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MONEY TO LOAN.

500, 500, 500 10 LOAN: rca! estate IL d.
IpHDON. lawyer, ClJ lith ST. est
MONEY TO LOAN at 3I3 to ) per cent, in sums
OF >l,pp TO flO.p1. on u. G.. real estate: pay
on and t. per cent mortgage and begin anew;
al transactions conducted with economical cor
sderation for BORROWERS WM. II. SAUNDERS
& 90. 1907 st. NV
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FOR RENT OR SALE-SUBURBAN

FOR RENT OR SALE-9-room cottage firc
well water; ; minutes walk from electric line:
rent for flG per month: Sc for 500; easy
Nd. m9T3
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Following are the posted rates of the
,ading drawers of foreign exchange:
STOCK MARKET

sales-Wash. Loan and Trust, 1G225.
2d225: c. and p. Telephone, 25G 46,
10G46; Wash. Gas, 10d75&. 25q75Xi )
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Below Wednesdays Aggregate.

The volume of dealings was consid-
erably below yesterdays aggregate, and
the course of prices very irregular.
The transactions. however, were
fairly well distributed. The most
active shares included Union Pa
ciic, Atchison common. Baltimore and
Ohio, and Illinois Central, which sus-
tained net loss OF IA per cent In
the industrial list Colorado Fuel and
Iron accounted for the bulk of the deal
ings and after fuctuating within a
range of nearly five points left of frac-
tionally higher than on Wednesday.
The railroad bond market was fairly
irm, with Detroit, Marquette and Mack
inac land grants again conspicuous.
American Bicycle 5s declined two points
on nominal dealings.
In the curb market business was light
but steadiness of tone obtained The
satures were Northern Securities, Ore
Fon Short Line Is, United States Realty
Issues. Rock Island issues, and Ameri-
tan Light and Traction common.
The stock market closed irregular.
The Washington times., 1902-08-29
LOCAL AND GENERAL MARKET REPORTS

Mergenthaler 1OG1S6. 5G1S6, 1OO@1Ss.
SASS. 4d1S6; Lanston 50d12; Amer.
GRAPHIC common 1OOd5. 5OG5. 2OG5. After
call-Cap. Traction 20G125ls.
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FINANCIAL.
FINANCIAL.
THE SOUTHERN
RAILWAY MONARCH. Z"

The story of road that is steadily enhanc-
ing in value; the reasons for its so doing and
appertaning to its probable course in the
stock market. fully explained in a special let
ter Issued Friday, August %. Send for it i'm
mediately, mailed gratis.
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PROPOSALS.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT Office OF the Su-
pervising Architect, Washington, ID. c., August
l6, 1O2.-SEALED PROPOSALS will be re-
celved at this Office until O'CLOCK p. NJ.
then opened, for furnishing the low pressure
steam heating apparatus, etc, complete in
place for tie HyGienic Laboratory of the MA
RINE HOSPITAL SERVICE at Washington. d
C., in accordance with drawings and specid-
cation. copies of which may be had at this
office at the discretion of the Supervising Arch
itcc;. JAMES KNON TAYLOR. Supervising
Architect auI0. .2l. %. .25,27,29
UNITED STATES ENGINEER OFFICE, 735
North Capitol St. Washington, d. c.. Angus,
%, lgO2.-Sealed proposals will be received here
until NOON. SEPTEMBER 26, 1902 and then
publicly opened, for furnishing electrical fix
turcs and supplies for new building for Gov
ernment Printing Office. Information furnished
on application. JOHN STEPHEN SEWELL.
Captain Enyineers. au2I Is. g. .3O-se24.s5
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Money Loaned Salaried People,

Retail merchants tcamstrrs, boarding houses.
without security! largest business in q prin-
opai cities. TuLMAN. Room iyl. 53s 18th st
nv. mli-tf