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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-03-18
In 1894, during the month Of Novem

In 1894, during the month Of Novem-
Der, the victorious japanese army
marched down one Of the two narrow
passes which lead through the sur
rounding mountains to the city of Port
Arthur, captured the city, and put to
the sword many of the inha bitants,
non-combatan as well as the men,
bers of the garrison. 1t was bloody
day, though the Japanese officers
stopped the slaughter as quickly as
was possible.
For a time then Port Arthur was
apparently in the permanent possession
of the japanese, until the pressure of
the allied powers forced her to give
it back to the Chinese in January,
1896. Before they marched out the
Japanese destroyed large part Of the
Chinese Notifications.
In 1898 Port Arthur was "leased" to
Russia, which Immediately began to
fortify it, with the intention Of max
ing it the strongest port in the East
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-03-18

when the tide went out hundreds of
lcres of mud flats were exposed to
yiew.
In the valleys between the cliffs
were built some fifty or sixty miser-
able mud huts, and in them lived 300
or 4OG Chinese coolies. That was the
situation up to 1860 in what is now
Port Arthur.
In that year three Or four ships Of
the British navy came that way on a
surveying expedition. One of these
ships was the gunboat Algerine, COM
manded by Lieut.. William Arthur.
Lieut.. Arthur daringly ran his vessel
in between the cliffs which guard the
harbor, which was thereupon named
Port Arthur in honor of his exploit.
But beyond the name, Port Arthur
years. In 1881 it was still merely a
convenient harbor into which coasting
junks could run for safety when great
storms swept the seas outside. On the
cliffs and in the valleys thereabouts
there still lived only a few hundred
wretched Chinese coolies.
Then the great Celestial empire be-
gan to wake up Foreign engineers
were sent along the coast to pick out
a safe harbor which might be fortified
and made the chief station for the new
and modern navy Of China. They set
tied ON Port Arthur. and it was plan
ned to transform the place into an i'm
mensely strong and completely fitted
naval station. Plans We're drawn for
great dockyards, workshops, dry docks,
refitting basins and foundries, while
above them on the comman nding cliffs
strong fortresses were to be erected.
The contracts for all this work were
let to French contractors, so that it
was France which first among the ma
tions had to do with this Gibraltar of
the far East. French contractors, with
the aid of swarms of Chinese coolies,
working like slaves for 15 cents or 20
cents a day. worked for years on the
works in and about Port Arthur. Not
until 1891 was the place turned over
to China, ready for occupancy as
great naval station.
BY that time Port Arthur-its name
sake already forgotten-had become a
fairly well built town, containing more
than 1000 houses and shops, outside
Of the government works. 1t then had
a commercial population of 5000, to
say nothing Of the Chinese garrison Of
1000 or more soldiers. The forts were
mounted with modern guns, and Chi
nese gunners were trained by German
and other foreign experts in the use
Of thu artillery.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-03-18

ern seas. Its importance to Russia is
great. Vladivostok. the other great
Russian port on the Japan Sea is ice
bound a large part of the year. The
possession of Port Arthur gives the
navy Of the Gar port which is never
frozen. Moreover, it is a port which
commands the approach to Pekin, the
Chinese capital. Never since the Rus
sian occupancy has there been any
cessation of activity in and about Port
Arthur.
One important result of the Russian
occupancy of Port Arthur has been
tremendous Increase in the imports
from the United States. During sew
eral weeks in 1902 American goods to
the value of more than 100000 week
~ were landed at Port Arthur and the
yearly commerce Of the United States
with that and the adjacent ports has
been estimated at nearly $1OOOOO,OOO.
But the Russian plan has been from
the first to make Port Arthur purely
military and naval center. With that
plan in view the Russians several years
ago began the construction of the Won
derful city of Dalny, 80 miles north
and 10 miles east of Port Arthur,
which they hope to make the CONNER
cial capital of the far East. The plan
contemplates that all commercial ships
shall be barred out of Port Arthur and
sent to Dalny and that the former
fortress shall be barred to civilians,
where, indeed, they are now allowed
only on sufferance, property being held
on merely temporary leases
Dalny-or rather the site of the
present city-was located on an open
roadstead, where the navies of all ma
tions might ride. In order to make
there safe harbor, an immense break
water, costing millions, was built and
is now completed, projecting into the
sea for a great distance and inclosing
a splendid anchorage. At Dalny, also,
great administration buildings were
erected and even-that rare thing in
the far East-a frst-o2ass and COM
Portable hotel.
Eventually, as planned, Dalny is to
be the final terminus of the great ST.
berian railroad by means of which
Russia has tied together her widely
scattered empire.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-03-18
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For hundreds of years Chinese coast
ing junks, beating along the Yellow
SEQ in the coastwise trade, had run
into the land locked harbor of Lu
Shun Kow, down at the extreme south
ern end of the Liaotung peninsula. All
along the shore great gray cliffs ran
up straight from the sea to height
which varied from 800 to 1900 feet.
If you came close enough in you could
make out a slit in the mountains
which gave entrance to a body Of wa
ter within. This slit was not more
than 200 or 300 yards wide. Once
you got through the passageway there
was a wide stretch on every side. At
high tide the water was deep enough
for the anchorage of big ship, but
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-03-18
Remarkable Bridges.

Perhaps the most remarkable bridges
In the world are the kettle bridges in
Russia and Siberia, of which Cossack
soldiers are expert builders. They are
built up on the soldiers lances and
cooking kettles. Seven or eight lances
are placed under the handles of num-
Der Of kettles and fastened by means
Of ropes to form a. raft. Each Of these
RATS will bear the weight Of half q
ton.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-03-18
RHEUMATISM
AN lNDESCRIBABL TORTURE

Rheumatism sometimes suddenly it doesn't
accidental 1t
develop and is at system before
blood attack
the aches and pains then dsri
circulation to different parts OF the SYSTEM
settle joints muscles and and when the system this
damp chilly weather. or winter,
sunbering poons bring rheumatism The severity
acid the blood and the
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-03-18

quantity OF acrid matter in the
Joints and muscles. Some peo-
pie are almost helpless from the
first, while others have occa-
siona1 spells or are uncomforta-
BILE, restless, nervous and half
sick all the time from the
nagging aches and pains. Rheu-
matism is a disagreeab1e COM
panion even in its mildest form.
It grows worse as we grow older,
and frequently stiffens the joints,
draws the muscles out of shape
and breaks down the nervous
system. A disease that origin
ates in the blood, as Rheumatism
does, cannot be cured with ex-
terna1 remedies like 1iniments ar
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-03-18
LAM.
SHEAP.
This Is Miraculous.

Manhattan, Kansas. March IA
One of the strangest cases that has
ever been heard of in Riley county is
that of the three year old daughter of
Mr.. Jonas Brubaker of this place.
Sometime ago the little girl took
whooping cough, which was followed
by pneumonia When the pneumonia
left her, she was taken down with ma
laria fever with at times symptoms of
Spinal Meningitis.
The family doctor brought her safely
through these troubles, but after the
fever Bright's Disease set in, and the
doctors gave her up. Her father tells
the rest of the story:
"We began to give her Dodd's Kid
ney Pills and after she had taken about
three and half boxes, she was entire
ly cured. Now she is we'll as any child,
rum ing and playing as if nothing had
ever leen the matter. The doctors
said she was beyond the reach of medi-
cine. Dodd's Kidney Pills certainly
saved our little girls life, when she
was so far into the chronic stage of
Bright's Disease that we thought moth
ing could save her."
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-03-18
Teosinte and Bnllon Dollar Grass.

The two greatest fodder plants on earth, one
good for IA tons hay and the other 80 tons green
fodder per acre.. Crows everywhere, SO does
Victoria Rape, yielding $1,000 lbs. sheep and
swine food per acrea
JUST SEND Ice IN STAMPS TO THE
John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis.,, and
receive in return their big catalog and lots oi
iarm seed samples. II. C. IL
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-03-18
The Enterprisins Drummer.

The Enterprisfng nrummer.
Shopkeeper (whose patience is COM
pletely sted)-Snippers, call the
porter to kick this fellow out.
Importunate commercial traveller
(undaunted)- while we're wait
ing for the porter I'll show you an en-
tirely new line-best thing you ever
laid eyes on.-Glasgow Evening Times.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-03-18
Beware Of Ointmento for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury.

As mercury will surely destroy the sense of
tenn when entering it through the mucous sur
faces. Such articles should never be used ex-
cept on prescriptions from reputable physi-
clans, as the damage they will do is ten fold to
the good you can possibly derive from them.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. ].
Cheney & Co., Toledo, o., contains no mercury,
and is taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
In buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get
the genuine. It is taken internally, and made
in Toledo, Ohio. by F. ]. Cheney & Co. Testi-
monials free.
Sold by Druggists price 75c. per bottle. s
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-03-18
Disappoiuted.

Gritty George young lady must
have been reading the comic papers.
Dusty Dennis-Why so?
Gritty George-She expected tramp
to be funny.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-03-18

The mind is refreshed and invigorated
by distractions and amusements; but
abuse of them leads to dissipation, and
dissipation to vice.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-03-18

About the Size of 1t.
Ideals die too fast, it's said;
But why should people mourn2
For every one that shuffles off y,
At least two more are born.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-03-18

Any wise little fish begins business
on q small scale.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-03-18
Poor in Spelling.

Poor In Spelling.
Charles Steckler and a friend were
driving along a country road on the
Canadian shore of Lake Ontario when
this sign, nailed to a gatepost, attract
ed their attention:
LAM. ,.:..
SHEAP.
"Now, what does that fellow mean?'
mused Mr.. Steckler. 'Is his name
Lamb, and has he got sheep for sale,
or Is his name Sheap. and has he got
lamb for sale?'
Hailing a native, Mr.. Steckler re-
peated the question. The native
grinned and dIawled:
'"Tis leetle bit complex, come to
look at it, amt it? Farmer Towle there
amt much ON spelling, but he's pow
erful strong at trading. What he's try
ing to let people know by that sign is
that he has lamb for sale and that he'll
sell it cheap"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-03-18
Hoods Jdrsdp0rilLd
and pills

Forming in combination the Spring
Medicine par excellence, of unequalled
strength in purifying the blood a.
shown by unequalled, radical and per-
manent cures of
Scrofula Salt Rheum
Scald Head! RoIls, PImples
All Kinds Of Humop Psoriasis
Blood Poisoning rheumatism
Catarrh Dyspepsia, Eto
Accept no substitute, but be sure to
get Hoods, and get it today.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-03-18
A Small Income.

A Small Income.
"Dolly Decollete, hear, puts every
penny her husband makes on her back"
"Then he can't be making much.''-
Brooklyn Life.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-03-18
Spring Hum0rs

Come to most people and cause many
troubles,-pimples, boil and other
eruptions, besides loss of appetite,
that tired feeling, fits Of biliousness,
indigestion and headache.
The sooner one gets rid Of them the
better, and the way to get rid Of them
and to build up the system that has
suffered from them is to take
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-03-18

RHEUMATISM IN ELBOWS, WRISTS
AND KNEES.
Urbana, Ohio, Aug. 2t, 1908.
Last winter had severe attack OF
rheumatism. It started in the right
right wrist was the worse. It became
swollen and extremely painful. MY left
knee joint was the next place to be at
tackled. It became swollen and OF course
painful. The next point to be affected
was the hip and ankle. which gave mo
about for some time. 7 was under treat
ment Of q physician for awhile, but get
taking it for some time I was entirely
relieved OF the Rheumatism. All swelling
s. s. s. an excellent remedy for Rheums-
tism and all troubles having their origin
in the blood.
GRIFFITH KELLY.
4O8 RloomHeld Ave
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-03-18
Another " Ifn

Another eff"
II grown-up folks, like children,
Were forgetful and forgiving,
This earth would be a paradise
And life would be worth living.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-03-18

II thought" said the irate strap
hanger, you claimed when trying to
get the franchise that you proposed to
build the road for the benefit Of the
public?" 'My dear SIR" replied the di-
rector Of the soulless corporation, who
occasionally condescended to patronize
his own cars, ''the road was built for
the benefit Of the public, but it is run
for the benefit of the officials .'-Chica.
60 Daily News.
There was once minister in Hart
ford" says Mark Twain, who had
lot of boys in his Sunday school who
were in the habit of staying away on
the Sunday when the big steamer City
of Hartford docked in the morning.
Zone Sunday the minister came
down to Sunday school and found all
the boys there. He was profoundly
affected.
Boys he said, you cannot imag-
inc how much this exhibition of loyal
U on your part to the Sunday school
affects me. When came by the docks
this morning and saw the City Of Hart
ford there
"'Gee whizr shouted the boys in
chorus, is she in? and they left in q
body."-Philadelphia Post.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-05-05
Notice to the Public.

have taken the agency for the Troy
laundry of Reno, and am prepared TO
serve the public with first class work
Mr.. Marks, who has been acting 81
their agent for some time has con-
cluded to leave Nevada and his pat
rons are anxious to keep up the agen-
cy, SO l have concluded to take the
same and hope to continue giving then
satisfaction.
Always bring your laundry on Mon
day and you will have it back the
same week. Don't think your private
washing will cost more by sending it
to Reno. You will find if anything, it
will be cheaper and better service. So.
liciting your orders. remain yours,
E. P. JAMES,
Leading Tonsorial Parlors.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-05-05
A Wild Village.

The new division town of MOntello,
New, which succeeds Terrace as the
division point next west of Ogden on
the Central Pacific, is in an interesting
state of growth. There are now about
$50 or 800 inhabitants. all railroad
men, in the town. but no houses Of
and description. The population sleeps
in the sagebrush and eat in boXcars,
except half dozen favored Inhabitants
who have put up a couple tents. The
population by sex is 29S male and two
females, as the railroad men have not
yet summoned courage to bring their
families into the town. A railroad no
tel and restaurant will be opened next
week and three saloons will be the
first three structures put up in the
new town. There are ten large freight
engines on the tracks and large
amount of material which will be used
in the construction of the shops.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-05-05
sMELJER FOR LONE MOUNTAIN
Tonopah Engineer Says Strong Eas..
srn Crowd viii Build Il.

Tonopah Engineer Says Strong East
srn Crowd viii Build Il,
In letter from W. J. stoneham, the
Well known Tonopah mining enginee-.
J. + Fulton IL advised that the lie Roi
property 1t Lone Mountain. which ia
being operated BY Mr.. hutton and rs.
sociates Of this city, IL looking exceed
ingly we'll, so well, intact, that Johu
Labata, from whom the option was &c.
cured. has expressed himself as hop
ing that .ae purchasing crowd will fail
to take over the ground.
As IN evidence Of the attention
which the Lone Mountain camp is now
attracting, Mr.. Stoneham states that
there is an increasing demand for lead
properties and great activity on every
hand. A strong eastern syndicate,
whose representatives have been siz-
ing up conditions at the camp. has sig.
nified its intention Of erecting 100.
ton lead smelter at the north end Ut
Lone Mountain. The same combination
is now negotiating for the purchase
of the coal mines twenty miles west
ON the line of the Tonopah railroad.
and everything looks favorable for the
early rounding out of the undertaking.
It is expected that corporation will
shortly be formed here to take over
the lie Roi property. which includes
five full mining claims and separate
location covering q valuable water
right.-Salt Lake Herald.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-05-05

Born.
In Empire, May 4, 1904, to the wife
of Matt Baxter. a son.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-05-05
OF For the City.

Clarence Marks. who has been hold.
ing down the telegraph key at the
Western Union Office in this city for
the past three years, was a departure
for San Francisco last evening, where
he will enter the employ of the COM
pany.
During his residence in this city, he
has made many friends who regret tc
have him leave and who " ish him pros
perity in the big city.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-05-05
Carmen Will Not Strike.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 4.-There
will be no street car strike By rising
vote at two o'clock this morning the
members OF the Carmens' Union ag-
reed to accept the latest proposal Of
the company. This proposition. added.
to other points, is definite agreement
to recognize and deal with the union
in the relations between the company
and the men. This clause was added
at the suggestion Of Mayor Schmitz {.
This means that wages and hours will
remain as proposed by the company,
and that union and non union men will
work together.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-05-05
Cosarove Concert Company.

cosgrove Concert Company.
This company will be here on May
9Th at the Opera house. You can't at
ford to miss this great musical trea..
This is their fourth grand tour around
the world, and we receive kilograms
every day from different organizations
which the company is playing under
in California that speak for them
selves. Miss Pauline scissors. concert
soprano and Miss Louise Ferguson,
concert violinist, are alone worth the
price of admission. After the concert
the full orchestra will play two hours
for dancing.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-05-05
Wonderful Specimens.

Specimens from sixteen claims To-
Gated at Friburg, Nevada, and con.
trolled by J. v. Brooks, are attract
Ing a great deal of attention, says the
Salt Lake Tribune. The samples en-.
brace gold, silver lead and copper val.
ues and the metallic contents of some
of them is startling. The properties
are located about sixty miles west OF
Phoebe.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-05-05
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Rich Gold Strike.

1t is reported from Calientes that a
group of eight claims on Mormon noun
tain, thirty miles southwest of Calien-
ties, has magnificent showing from
two veins. From one assays show val
ues of $2O4O gold per ton, and from
the other, results show $500 in val
ueS
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-05-05
A GREAT WATER SYSTEM.
a Pumping Plant Run With River
Motive Power.

Motive Power.
Jake Rodenbaugh. who has maintain
ed Rodenbaughs station, about twenty
miles south of here for the past quar-
ter Of . century, and who has been
compelled to buy hay and grain from
the farmers all that time has adopt
ed q scheme that is most profitable
to the proprietor Of this wayside stat
ion.
During the past two years he has
installed . pumping plant that has
turned the tables, and he now has hay
and grain for sale. The river at his
place is some twenty feet below the
tilable soil on the bench below. Mr..
Rodenbaugh conceived the idea Of put
ting in turban wheel in race and
making it pump water for the farming
lands above him. Some of his neigh
bors believed that he had slipped q
cog, but the plan was carried out AMI
the big wheel installed. To this the
pump is attached and it raises .
voulmne Of water SUFFICIENT for all
the land he has cleared. Last year
some eighty acres was cultivated while
this season nearly twenty acres more
OF new land will be placed under cul-
tivation.
The plant when looked over Is sim.
plicity itself. There is no engine 20
bother with, no electric wires to get
Z shock from and the simple applicat-
ION Of a little grease in the working
parts constitutes the days work on the
machinery. Since the installing Of the
plant the water system has been clear
ed as far as he is conserved, and the
wheel is developing twice the power
that is utilized. Mr.. Rodenbaugh
states that he has expended over q
hundred thousand dollars In hay and
grain since he conducted his place.
but from this time on that portion OF
the expense is solved. It was only
after many experiments that this plan
WAS made feasible and water brought
over the bench in quantity to prove
of value.
The plant will be started on the
summer run in a few days or as soon
as the water Is needed for irrigation
The land that he has converted into
bearing ground was considered useless
for many years as 1t was thought t
be too high from the water level te
be Of any use or in reach of the rivel
water. It only goes to show the value
Of pumps as q means of irrigation Il
just becoming appreciated and other
will follow the practical example Sc
by Mr. Rodenbaugh.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-05-05

At the annual meeting Of the direc-
tors Of the cemetery water works held
April 20, 1904. it was
Resolved. That the water be turned
ON, at the cemetery May Let and that
NO person or persons in arrears for
water In former years be allowed the
use Of water until the amount now
due 10 paid.
J. p. NEDER,
President.
GEORGE w. KEITH,
Secretary and Collector. sm