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LUMBER TRADE IN NAY.
The Markets of the Coast Re
borted Weak and 0meter.
acinc Coast Woo ana Iron says:

Pacific Coast Wood and Iron says;
There has been hardly any noticeaole IN
movement IN the local lumber trade during
the past month Prices have been -unaltereo'
while the demand still remains dormant ne
srrinF orders have been entered. but active
competition has served 20 keep down reason
able profit Pine and redwood are equal SUI
ferers although the latter Is not as hard MT
As the other wood However. there Is Sun
little benefit IN handling either commodity
Cornplaints are heard from all over the Pa
cifc Coast and the Pacific Northwest is sur
fe-irr greater business depression than In Cal
ifornia. oregon g. also affected. and many
of the smaller and larger mills have seen nj
O. close down and await better. more re-
% munerative prices
The pine from Washington and Oregon is
coming 10 the san Francisco market in heavy
shipments. which are placed on the curb at
almost any old price as long as business is
being done. The general orders given by lum-
Der managers to-day is 10 sell lumber and
sell it quick The redwood manufacturers
have agreed 70 uphold card prices. but there
Is much doubt expressed upon the street as
- tie strength Of this agreement
Redwood is a trihe stronger. The dealers
are looking for business but it seems 70 be
p general feeling that the new agreement VIII
not. hold for long.
Building operations all over the coast are
active ans contract work Is being done each
day with millions OF feet Of lumber liable 10
be used before the end OF the current year
However. with the late slump in lumber build
ers a-e awaiting further developments, al
though they fail 70 realize that even a drop
of - per thousand would not save them a very
heavy amount OF finances
''Irterior reports show the same condition
of unrest although the summer demand for
lumbcf Is soon To- be at hand.
-. Shingles are active. with plenty Of orders
coming into the various agencies and combi-
nation offices. The Eastern and Middle West
err States markets are sending in good orders
Tor redwood varieties. while the red cedar
single seems 70 90 a-begging in many In
stances The mills ere all actively engaged IN
u-arker cutting"
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Flour and MiHStttfS.

FLOUR-California Family Extras, 81 Goa
90 usual terms Bakers Extras. 81 5094 so;
Oregon and Washington, jobbing at SO S5q4 25
per bbl
NuLLSTUFFS-Prices in packages are as
follows: Graham Flour, 50 90 per 100 lbs;
Rye Flour. So SO; Rye Meal 50 %: Rice Flour.
81: Corn Meal. SO so; extra cream do. 81 %;
Oat Groats. 81 so; Hominy S4a4 IS; Buck
wheat Flour, 81 5014 IS: Cracked Wheat. 81;
Farina. 81 so: Whole Wheat Flour. So 75i
Rolled Oats, bbls. 81 25ds 90: in sacks Sc T5G
10; Pearl Barley, So; Split Peas. boxes. S7i
Green Peas, 50 80 per 100 lbs.
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STOCK MARKET.
AH Stocks Very Dull, With No
Marked Changes.

Yesterday was an extremely dull day Sales
on the Bond Exchange were few and small,
and beyond a slight improvement in Ha-
changes worthy OF note The oil and min
ing shares were equally quiet.
The Andes Mining Company has levied
assessment OF 10c.
Ex-coupon yesterday: Northern California
Railway IS Q92g regular sem-annual.
amounting to S26. $50 Northern California
Power Company Is G932l. regular semi-an-
Water Company As C906). third mortgage. reg
ular quarterly. amounting to $40 900; Pacific
Gas Improvement As. quarterly. S4I, 500.
Ex-dIvidend yesterday Twenty-eight Ice,
$4,000; Peerless lac S14OCO; Oil City Petro-
leum, half a cent $500: West Shore, DC,
$4,000
The Onomea Sugar Company will pay a.
monthly dividend OF 2Oc per share, June s.
The California Wine Association has declared
a regular monthly dividend 81 6Oc per share,
payable June 10.
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Ne5U York Grain and Produce.

NEW YORK. June 1. - FLOUR Receipts
2S 500: exports. $500. Market steady With
light trade. Winter straights 81 p0d$5
WHEAT Receipts. 23.cO0 bushels snot
hrrn: No 2 red nominal elevator and nominal
I. o. b. anoat: No, Northern Duluth. 81 0iss
T. o. b. afioat.
Options acted bullish all day on demand by
shorts The liberal decrease = the world 3
stocks higher market and active soiit h.
west demand all contributed 10 the advance
The close was strong at A9hc net higher.
Der. s4%c.
HOPs-Quiet.
HIDES-Steady.
WOOL-Steady
PFTROLEUM-Easy.
COFFEE-Spot. steady: mild. steady The
market for coffee futures closed steady al a
net decline of 5 points. Total sales 80, $50 bags
Including: June, b.50c: July. 5.55c; September
May. 6.5Oc.
SUGAR = Raw. firm: fair refining 8 7-1ec:
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Beans and Seeds.

Receipts of Beans in May were 81. .3T7 bags
against % 901 in April. The stock in regular
warehouse and on wharf June l was 1881
bags against So $40 May /. The market con-
tinues quiet and unchanged.
BEANS-Bayos. 50 25lt2 so; Pea. 50 9oT3
Buffers So; small White 50 S563 10; large
White So 1902 SIS; Pink So 1903 90: Red,
81 o5: Lima IS 25G3 so; Red Kidneys 81 75d
{: Blackeye. 81 9oq2 10 per ctl; Horse Beans.
SEEDS Brown Mustard. s444 %: Yellow
Mustard. S3dS 20; Flax, 81 s0a1 90; Canary.
h1Sa5&c for Eastern: Alfalfa. 14l59l6c: Rape,
i%m2c: Timothy. 6d6Mc; Hemp. 3kq4c per
Ib: MiIlet 3Q311c: Broom Corn Seed. $2oq21
DRIED PEAS-Blackeye, SO per ctl: Niles,
So 25: Green Peas. s3G3 25.
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WEATHER AND CROP CONDITIONS.
Napa-Cuttlng hay; light crop.
Merced-Crain and fruit prospects good.
Hollister-Hay crop not so large as last
year.
stockton-Grain doing well fruit crop good.
Riversde-Fruit and vegetables generally
backward. but promise fair crop.
Palermo-Hay being cut and secured; me-
dium cru-.N
Colusa-Cool weather benefiting late grain:
fruit doing we'll: grain and fruit about half
crop.
Livermore-Haying; cutting nearly finished;
quality good
Newman-Grain ripening; barley 10 cut.
Santa Maria--Barley and oats average;
wheat average light: sugar beets excellent;
beans just
san Jose-Grain fair; fruit good. ripening
good.
Santa Rosa-Cool. cloudy; general fruit crop
not heavy. but excellent quality; haying well
along. good crop.
Willows-Haying about finished; crop ex-
celient
Porterville-orange crop setting we'll; very
little Grain
CIoverdale-Threatening rain will damage
hay. A. G. McADIE, Section Director.
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livestock Market.
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO. June 1-CATTLE-Receipt
% ooo. steady: good to prime steers, S5G5 90;
poor TO medium. 81 5o95 40: stockers and feed
ers. So 25a4 90; cows 81 1904 90; heifers
30; calves So 5Oa0; Texas fed steers. SO 500
10
HOGS-Receipts to-day. 5000; tomorrow
1 40: good 70 choice heavy, 81 1904 s5: rough
heavy s4 5oa4 IS; light. 81 5od4 10; bulk OF
sHEEPwReceipts, 20. 600: sheep and lambs
steady to lower: good to choice wethers, IS 758
so: fair to choice mixed. 81 1905; Western
sheen S1 7s65 so; native lambs. $5@G 30;
esR Western II lambs IS 5ot6 GO; April lambs. IS 50
&C so
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General Merchandise.

BAGs-Grain Bags 5%c spot and sac June
July; San Quentin. IS 80: Wool Bags. 32635c;
Fleece Twine. 74Sc.
cOALs-wellington. So per tom New welling-
ton IS; Seattle SO 30: Bryant IS so; Beaver
Hill S5 so: Stanford 81; Roslyn, 81: Coos
Bay. $5 so. Greta 81 Wallsend. 81; Richmond.
sacks; Pennsylvania Anthracite Egg, S14;
Welsh Anthracite Egg. $13; Welsh Lump.
$11 so: Camel So 30 per ton; Coke. $11 50913
per ton in bulk and SIS in sacks Rocky Noun
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AUailable Grain Supply.

NEW YORK, June Especial cable and
tclegraphic communications received by Brad
streets show the following changes in avail
able supplies. as compared with last account:
the Rockies decrease, 4934 600 bushels; a1oat
for and In Europe. decrease. eoo. 600 bushels.
Total supply. decrease. e.534, 600 bushels.
Corn-United States and Canada. east of the
Rockies decrease 9b4. 600 bushels
Oats-United States and Canada. east OF the
Rockies. decrease GIL, 600 bushels
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EASTERN MARKETS.
Ne7v York Money Market.

NEW YORK June Money call. easy.
1Ldlls per cent; closing bid. J.; offered u. ..
Time loans. very easy; sixty days. per cent:
ninety days. % d3; six months, 3Aq3ia-
Prime mercantile paper. 3Sad4h per cent
Sterling exchange firm. closing steady. with
actual business in bankers bills at S4S735 for
demand and AZ 81 S5s5 for sixty days Posted
rates 81 S6d4 s.. Commercial bills 81 S5k
a S5L. Bar silver 55c. Mexican dollars
441sc. Government bonds strong; railroad
bonds Irregular.
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centrifugal o6-test 3 15-16c: molasses sugar,
3 3-16c; refined quiet.
DRIED FRUITS.
EVAPORATED APPLES The market is
ouiet with demand fair. Common, 4Q5Ac;
prime. 5Ed5&c; choice, 6Aq6ac: fancy,
1G711c
PRUNES-Show no change, remaining easy
as to tone at recent prices Quotations range
from 2z.c to 5Ac.
PEACHES-Are being well taken in a quiet
way and rule firm. Choice. 7G7Ac; extra
choice, 7[aSc; fancy, 9hQ10c.
APRICOTS-Are quoted steady. Choice, 915
nloc: extra choice, lO1bc: fancy. l1Q13c.
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rices. Game was in light receipt and un-

prices. Game was in light receipt and un-
changed.
POULTRY-I.ive Turkeys. 15616c per ID;
Geese, per pair, 81 50d1 70: Goslings. 81 $50
2: Ducks. $4Q5 per dozen for old and
$5q6 for young; Hens. $6Q7 for large and
$515 80 for SMALL young BOOSTERS, 81 SOQ
s 50; old BOOSTERS, s4 50d5; Fryers, SIS 5Oa6 so:
Broilers $3G4 for large and $292 so for
small; Pigeons 81 25G1 so per dozen for old
and 81 5OGf2 for Squads
CiAME-Hare. 81 so per dozen; Rabbits, 81 %
az for Cottontails and 81 per dozen for brush
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Cash Grain and Provisions.

CHICAGO. June Cash quotations were
as follows: Flour steady No spring wheat
92a95c; No. 3 s5q95c: No: red 81 04G1 oo;
No 2 corn soc: No 2 yellow. 50hd51c: No.
2 oats, 4i% G42c: No. 2 White 43he No 3
white. 41AG43c; No rye. T5c; good feeding
barley 3S641c fair to choice mailing Asa
56c: No ] haxseed. 81; No. ] Northwestern.
81 Oe1s: prime timothy seed. SO o5; mess pork
per bbl $i1 45Gi1 5O lard. per 100 lbs. $6 40
nc 4TI6: short ribs sides Cloose). So 50f6 T5:
short clear sides (boxed), SO 5o06 rs; whisky
basis OF high wines. 81 2s; clover contract
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Northern Business.

SEATTLE, June 1.-clearings. ss47. 400;
balances, $1o2.375.
TACOMA. June 1.-Clearings, $479.1s0;
balances, SSs. .530
PORTLAND. June 1.-Clearings. s5s7 .os4: f:
SPOKANE. June 1.-clearings, $500. .ss4 /;
balances. S44.S42.
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Poultry and Game.

No more Western Poultry was put on sale
and dealers reported that there was no more
expected for some days. Receipts of domestic
stock were moderate and poor and scrubby
stock was inclined to drag but large fowl.
particularly young Roosters and good. heavy
Hens cleaned up quickly at well sustained
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WEATHER CONDITIONS AND G
FORECAST.

WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GENERAL
FORECAST
Uneettied weather prevails a large por-
tioa Of the Pacific Slope There has been a
slight fall in pressure during the past twenty
-four hours along the oregon coast
Light showers are reported IN the Sacrs-
uelto Valley and moderately heavy rain on
the nCrfhefn coast Of California ..
The Temperature continues below normal in
the sEfeat valley.
Forecast made st San Francisco for thirty
hours ending midnight. June 2:
NorH1eTn California-Cloudy unsettled
weather Thursday, with showers In northern
portion; fresh sOutherly wind.
Southern Csiifornia-Clondy unsettled
weather Thursday; fresh southwest wind.
Nevads-Cloudx Thursday
San Francisco and vicinity-cloudy unset
tied weather Thursday, possibly light show
era fresh southerly winds.
a. g. McADIE. District Forecastcr.
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Ne7O York Cotton Marker.

NEW YORK June l. Cotton futures opened
steady. prices points higher TO points
lower. and closed within n point or two Of
the bottom and barely steady at a decline Of
1858 points.
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ST. Louis Wool Market.

gT LOUIS June 1.-Wool firm; medium
grades combing and clothing. 1Sd23Ao: light,
1ne ibaiso; heavy. fine. l2a15c; tub washed.
21d32c.
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Cash IN the Treasury.

WASHINGTON. June 1.-To-day's treasury
statement: Available cash balance $163 PSI. :
sic: gold. S67. 500. .391
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Butter, Cheese and Eggs.

change to-day the butter market firm
creameries. 13hd1715c; dairies. 12g16c: eggs,
steady, 14hG15Ac; cheese. steady. tAq
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Goveriment Money Here.

Julius Jacobs Assistant Treasurer Of the
United States At san Francisco reports the
cash in the sub Treasury al the close OF bust
ness on Nav 81 as follows
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LOCAL MARKETS.
Exchange and Bullion.

Silver and Exchange remain unchanged.
: The Doric took out treasure list of $500
694, consisting of $11 ,269 in Mexican dollars.
1925 in gold dust and $120 700 in silver bullion
for Hongkong and $15s, 600 in Mexican dollars
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Stocks Of Grain.

> Henry @ Bunker. chief grain inspector Of
the Merchants Exchange reports stocks OF
grain On hand in regular warehouse and on
wharf June as follows IN tons:
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Weather REPORT.

G2Oth Meridian-Pacihc TimeD
SAN FRANCISCO, June I-5 .. m
The following maximum and minimum tenn
yerstpreE Tor the previous day are. reported
from Eastern stations:
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Northern Wheat Market.
OREGON.

OREGON.
PORTLAND. June 1.-wHEAT-Walla
Walla, 71G72c; bluestem. soc; valley. Sl@S2c
WASHINGTON.
TACOMA. June 1.-wHEAT-1c lower
bluestenl SIC: club, 72c.
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BONDS AND STOCKS.

sales on the Stock and Bond Exchange II
May were as follows:
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Miscellaneous Markets.
Foreign Futures.
LIVERPOOL
Wheat and Corn in Liverpool.

LIVERPOOL, June Following are the
stocks of wheat and corn in store and on
ouevs railway and canal depots not in
Guided: Wheat, 2224, 900 centais; corn, sl2,-
600 centale
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London Closing Stocks.

Bar silver-bteady. 259sd per ounce.
Money-2G2k per cent
The rate OF discount in the open market for
short bills is Is l6d2 per cent and for threa
months bills 1HG2 per cent. -
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Receipts IN May were 1n.424 tons Wheat
II 8e2 tons Barley. 1881 tons oats, Cal tons
Corn l43s tons Bran and 31.377 sacks Beans.
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Total sales .161 300 shares.
UNITED RAILROADS OF SAN FRANCISCO.
NEW YORK, June No bond transactions
to-day.
AMERICAN CAN COMPANY.
Common-Bid, 3; asked. 3&. Preferred-Bid.
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STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE.
WEDNESDAY. June 1-2 p. l
United STATES BONDS

UNITED STATES BONDS.
Bid Ask Bid Ask
4s or coup 1O6a. 1O7 u As or CD new.1 1872 133
As or reg 1O5% 1O6ial3s ar coup. ..105as 1861
MISCFII;ANEQUS BONDS.
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Continued on Page Fourteen.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-22

Nothing better illustrates our pro-
gress in things dietetic than the con-
troyersy of the doctors over the nutri-
tive value of ice cream. Perhaps it is
wrong to call it controversy" for
most physicians appear to have aban-
donedthe old-time contention that the
CONCEALED milk fat is poison" In
deed, there appears to be general
agreement on the proposition that in
certain kinds of ailments, particularly
in fevers, ice cream may be eaten
with positive benefit to the patient.
Time was when the fever patient was
even denied cold water. Now the doc
tor not only gives the fever-stricken
sufferer all the cold water he wants.
but they quite frequently pack him in
ice ALL Of which shows that therapy
is an experimental science, and that
the wise doctor Is not bound by the
traditions Of the past. But what the
doctor believes and what the food
expert will sanction are quite often
two distinct propositions. When the
national commission Of food experts,
appointed under act Of Congress to fix
standards Of purity for food products,
reached ice cream it baked at the job.
1t found little difficulty in fixing stand
ards for milk, cream, butter, meats
and spices, but when it came to the
frozen delicacy that has reached such
an enormous sale in this country it
hesitated and pondered. To say that
ice cream must have fixed percentages
of milk-fat and milk-sugar and certain
kinds of flavoring would be to rule out
"brick'' ice cream, which is given SOL
idity by the use of rolled crackers or
corn starch, and many other kinds Of
ice cream which could not be charac-
terized as unwholesome. If the COM
mission Of experts tackles the ice
cream question at all it should set a
standard Of purity for the cream that
Is to be used in the manufacture of the
delicacy and should set the seal Of dis
approval upon davoring extracts and
adulterants that are known to be dele
terious.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-22
JUDICIAL DECISIONS.

A chartered street railroad is held,
in Savannah, T. & 1. H. r. Company
VS.. Williams (Ga.), 81 L. R. A. 249, to
be a railroad company within the
meaning of statute making railroad
companies liable to one servant for in
juries inflicted by the negligence OF
fellow servant.
A subscription contract to pay money
for the cost of a railroad in consider
alton of its equipment and the running
Of trains on or before specified date
is held, in Garrison VS.. Cooke Cex),
81 L. R. A. 342, not to be enforceable
if the road is not completed by the
time specified, since time is of the es-
sence Of the contract.
The construction of roundhouse for
the housing of engines, and leasing it
for that purpose, are held, in Louisville
& N. Terminal Co. VS.. Jacobs CTenn.),
81 L. R. A. 1873, not to render the
owner liable for a nuisance created
by the manner in which it is used, if
improper, and not ordinary, use of it
is necessary to make it a nuisance.
Where property intended to be COW
cred by the policy has been destroyed
and it's owner has received from other
insurers more than it's value it is held,
in Insurance Co. of North America VS..
Schall (Md.), 81 L. R. A. 800, that
equity will not compel the Issuance of
a policy of insurance in accordance
with the provisions Of a contract to in
sure.
Good faith on the part Of the appli-
cant for insurance in denying the ex-
istence of a bodily in6rmity is held, in
Standard Life and A. Ins. Co. VS.. Sale
&C. C. A. 9Th c., 81 L. R. A. 337, not to
prevent its rendering the policy void,
where the policy expressly states that
if a statement of its non-existence shall
be untrue in any respect the policy
shall be null and void.
Land in possession of persons pros
pecting for oil thereon with the inten-
ton of locating it as mineral land is
held, in Cosmos Exploration Company
vs.. Gray Eagle Oil Company &C. c. A.
9th c., 81 L. R. A. 23O, not to be
vacant and open to settlement within
the meaning of an act of Congress per-
hitting the exchange thereof for land
within a forest reserve, although no
oil or mineral is known to exist there
in, and no claim thereto appears on the
records Of the land Office.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-22
Skee Runners Of the West.


During the last ten years skeeing
winter sport in the northern and north
western States as tobogganfng in Can
ada, says Country Life in America.
Where the snowfall, as in Oregon, Ne
vada, Michigan and Wisconsin, lies on
the ground for weeks together, to the
depth Of several feet, skees virtually
boone the life presewers of the in
habitants. They furnish the only
means by which the mail carriers can
reach the inaccessible and outlying
mountain districts of the Rockies.
Skees differ radically from the Cana
dian or Indian snowshoe. They are
about seven feet long. four inches
broad, and taper from an inch thick
at the center to three-quarters.
The western skee-runner can cover
on an average about four to eight
miles an hour, going up and down
hill. Down hill an experienced runner
can let himself go, but for beginner
it would be like turning on the clutch
valve of an automobile without know
ing where the brake was.
Skees were first known to have been
used in the thirteenth century. Eight
centuries passed before the trappers,
lumbermen and woodchoppers of
America learned the vast superiority
of the skee over the Canadian snow
SHOE In a century more the latter
will be looked at in museums as the
clumsy implement of the bygone age.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-22
PICTURE POST CARDS.
Fad IL Being Overdone in Most of the
European Cities.

Fad IL Being Overdone In Most of the
European Cities.
If you want to see the postcard
mania with all the current turned on,
visit one of the interior cities of Eu-
rope-say of southern Germany or Of
Switzerland. At the station restaurant
the waiter will place a plate of post
cards in front Of you as a sort of in
PRODUCTION. When you take the bill to
the desk you find that the young lady
who acts as cashier has much better
collection OF cards than the soup plate
full supplied by the waiter. On the
way to the hotel the driver takes his
official drive card out Of vest pocket
of the carriage, and with it collection
Of post cards illustrating the beautiful
drives around the city. He is looking
for business, and has been so nice
about it, and his charge Of 1 franc for
YOU and your bag has been so moder-
ate, that you cannot resist buying a
few post cards just to help him along.
But not until you reach your hotel are
you really introduced to the postcard
business. Here the concierge, the man
who talks all languages and who un-
derstands all knowledge and all mys-
teries, controls the market. The head
porter has cards, the second porter has
cards, the twenty-seventh porter has
cards, the man who handles your bag
gage and who works for the twenty
seventh porter has cards, boots has
cards, and boots first assistant has
cards. Cards are served with your
after dinner coffee, and the maid who
does up your room leaves little pack
age on your dressing table for you to
look at. Then you go on the street and
you find shop after shop given over ex-
clusively to post cards.-Booklovers'
MapaZine.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-01-22
SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON.

Stamp Of Prominence IL to Appear in
the "A1ways Invited" List.
Ten years have brought a number
Of changes to Washington society. The
dignified old Southerners who made
up the residential set have been IL
vened and freshened, and, If the truth
must be told, sometimes pushed to
the rear by the influx of rich men who
have built or are building palaces
around the circles In addition to
this, there are now for the first time
adequate apartment-houses and hotels
for the man who desires to spend the
winter in Washington and live in the
same comfort and luxury he has at
home.
The diplomatic society was never
more pleasant than to-day. There are
more ambassadors and younger ones,
and the attaches seem to be in great
demand. Official society is predicated
always on the President, of course.
Mr.. Roosevelt Is the greatest enter
tainer at the White House since the
days of President Arthur.
The stamp Of social prominence
not worth, perhaps. but prominence
in Washington is to appear in the "al-
ways invited" list at the White House.
Some strange people get on this list,
through political exigencies, but the
real ones get there, too.
Washington is dinner-giving city.
One never dimes at his own home
there, even down to the humber cir
cles of society, unless one is giving a
dinner to his friends. Invitations &c
out weeks ahead, and the society OF
Senators and other officials, the diplo-
mats, the army and navy men, to say
nothing of the millionaires who enter
tain all these and their wives, are at
great straits to distribute themselves
properly. Each winter the season is
more brilliant than the one before
Golfers Weekly.