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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-17

We do not rememhey time when
coats were so various at one seasOn as
now; the long coat 10 the thing, and so
is the short one; the eight fitting is tho
mode, and the loose Que hanging in
straight lines is by no means banished;
redingotes are esteemed, equally SO the
clipped-Of bolero. But certain points
are adhered to; sleeves largest above the
elbow, broad but not dropping shoulders
One OCCASIONALLY sees coats with pocl-
cts, and snowy lace-trimmed handker-
chief peeping from the breast pocket Of
la trim coat adds rather than detracts
from the ensemble.
If the coat pretends to fit it must fit
perfectly, have the tailored air. "A num-
Der of long and three-qlarter length
coats are of the Empire style, fit about
the shoulder and hang in straight lines
below.
Be sure and have one or more fluffy
white waists in your wardrobe and trim
it or them as daintiiy as possible; with
the smallest Of tucks, the finest OF in
sertion, the most delicate embroidery.
The shirt-waist girl is with us, prim
and unadorned, but still more is there
noticed of fluffy, feminine, ruffly cos
tuning. These waists can be gotten up
at home, and even if exquisitely fine
trimmings are used need not cost for
tune. They are generally becoming, a
welcome return to womanly attire away
from the stiff mannish order introduced
a decade or so ago by that tyrant the
''woman's tailor"
It is hard to get used to the new hats.
they are so squat, SO awfully old-fash-
toned, SO decidedly queer But every one
is buying them. It is almost certain that
we shall have to adapt the couture to
these intruders, the more's the pity
Just as one gets used to doing the hair
low, along comes crazy looking hat
and demands the ha1f-low style of hair
dressing. One good thing, this last man
ner is almost universally becoming, can
! be worn by short and tall.
The short walking skirt is noticed not
only in the mornings but also with quite
dressy jackets for afternoon wear. The
French dislike it, but it is favored by
English and Americans. Everybody has
at east one tucker" dress, gown with
Ehemisette.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-17
oREGoN's FIRST LOCOMOTIVE.

things Of interest. which could not be
seen at any other worlds fair.
The Oregon Pony was born in the
year 1861, in the Union iron works at
San Francisco, and Immediately enter
ed upon its life labors, going into COM
mission as portage connecting steam
boats on the Columbia river at place
where for seven miles the rapids made
IL impossible for boats to pass.
1t was the discovery of gold at Can
yon City, Ore. that made the Pony a
necessary factor in western transpor-
tation, ana the story of that discovery
in itself forms an interesting tale that
few people know.
Az about the time Of the outbreak of
the civil war. party of emigrants,
making their weary way over the
mountains, crossed a stream which led
into lake. In the bed of the stream
they found a yellow metal which, they
discovered could be flattened out into
a thin sheet by laying a chunk of it
on wagon wheel and pounding it
with hammer The emigrants were
Interested and left a blue bucket to
mark the place where they had picked
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-17
SONG OF THE SUNRISE.

Tho night breaks. The light shakes
Down from the sky. II s=S
The darkness trembles, shlVers. d assemblies,
Unwilling to die. .H9z: + ,sz5: rs "so
And facile and fleet, on dusky5feet.t
Out OF the dripping sunlight tripping,
Shadows pass by, a. 4
All sprinkled aud spattered = s
With golden rain, 1917 T.
All shlvered,t all shattered, like dream,
ghosts scattered -.
BY the waking brain. ~
The light dawns The night mourns, J.
And the stars SILVER. - - j" = -
The moon palcs, The loon walls
Far down the river.
And strong in the might of perfect delight.
Fearless and bold. with lis wealth of gold.
Stronger than sadness.
Brighter than g!adness,
Mad with the madness
or victory Won
Above nights gloom. above LIES bloom.
Higher and higher. like a passioned desire,
TO the highest height OF earth's blinded
sight
Rises the sun,
And the battle is done.
Yet afar. unforgctting.
Hid by the hill, :,
Night awaits the days setting,
Revengeful and still.
Grace DEMO Litchticld. In n. 7. indie
pendent.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-17
\ ORTLAND. 49, Standing

AORTLAND. 49, Standing in
I'd q front of the Machinery,
NJ Electricity and Transporter
~ ton building at the Lewis
W. tiny locomotive, little
larger than an automobile.
The four wheels of the locomotive ap-
pear slightly larger than barrel hoops.
the boiler is about as big as an apple bar
rel. and the whole engine is only Is feet
long.
This little engine. which bears the
title Oregon Pony" was the first To-
connective used in Oregon, and the
thronss OF people who crowd the
grounds daily during the pre-exposition
period read the legend on it's side
Which proclaims that fact, and sniff
contemptuously as they point to it's
oaoy-carriase wheels and its puny boil
er and the big stack, so out of proper
t!on 10 the other parts of the machine.
The Pony, as almost every visitor
takes occasion to remark, is mot so
snuch to look at" But in it's day it
was great engine to work, and it's
history is so entangled with the his
tory OF early days in Oregon as to-
make it worthy of more than passing
attention. When exhibited at the
western worlds fair this summer. side
bS side with 90-ton mogul of the
latest pattern. the Pony will prove one
OF the most enthrallins exhibits at an
exposition where there will be many
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-17

" AHAt "A COStuue u due ClOLu,
Y gNI for afternoon and street
1N wear, is made with bolero,
waistcoat and girdle. The
bolero is close-fitted, draped to outline
the figure. The waistcoat and girdle are
OF blue velvet, the collar of white silk
trimmed with gold braid; the sleeves
pun at the top, fit closely lower down,
are of three-quarter length and end In
4 frill of batiste.
Another gown is of red cloth, the skirt
on; the new bell-shape order, and
trimmed at the bottom with wide band
The short jacket has two short basques
which are attached under a narrow
band-like girdle. The fronts may be
turned back in revers, have facings of
white silk edged with narrow black
embroidery. The waistcoat is of black
and white checked taffeta, the collar
and cuffs are of black velvet The black
and white tone down the color Of the
cloth, give added style to very effective
toilette.
gray costume was made with the
basque coat, which had belt of gray
suede, and the hat worn with this was of
soft red trimmed with much ribbon of
the same shade. A very fetching cos
tune was of mauve and violet checked
wool, made with plated skirt, and a
Louis XIV. corsage trimmed with black
silk gallon. Flat braids are seen on in
Vulnerable dresses, as rule matching
the cloth in color. AS pretty gown as
we have to chronicle was made of
violet cashmere with trimmings Of
checked violet and white taffeta; the
skirt fitted smoothly over the hips, then
fell in voluminous fullness; the corsage
was on the popular Louis XIV. order. A
gray gown was relieved of colorlessness
by means of collar and cuffs of green
taffeta.
The Introduction of contrasting color
In collar and cuffs is in favor; a light
gray is charming with such a touch in
soft violet. Another well-liked trim
ming is the addition of velvet. Frills of
batiste give daintines, and will be seen
a great deal this summer on outer
wraps.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-17
As It Planned Out.

If every married man would take
home a bunch Of flowers or a box of
candy occasionally" remarked the be-
nignant bachelor, 1T would make
welded life move along good deal more
smoothly"
= THAT shows what you know about
it," retorted McRobinson. II tried that
once, and my wife promptly went into
Mysteries over the horrible confession
she thought was coming, and only got
out of 1t by admitting that was drunk.
and hadn't touched a drop for over
three months, by hoky!"-Chicago
Sun.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-17

354 heavy guns in their main batteries,
ranging. from the monster 13-inch and
the new improved 12-inch rifles down to
the five-inch rapid-fires, besides carry
ing an armament of innumerable quick
firing and automatic guns of smaller CAL
ibers.
BY comparison, this feet is about
three times Il powerful as the entire ar
mored war fleet of the Japanese.
A prominent naval officer connected
with the preparation Of the plans said re-
Gently: "Never before have the coast ar
tillery and the navy been in position to
hold so extensive and instructive joint
exercises as will be the case in their next
bout with each other, which takes place
in June. The navy has better ships than
ever, and more of them; their offensive
the guns of the newest ships are marvels
in point of range, power and rapidity of
fire, while the personnel of the fleet has
been so thoroughly drilled and trained
they are keyed up to q pitch only
equalled by Togos veteran jackies."
None the less confident in the ability
of the coast artillery to give good &C.
count Of themselves are the officers and
men of that branch of the service, who
are taking the greatest, interest in the
coming opportunity to cross swords, so
to speak, with the men of the navy. Said
an aStilleryman the other day In refer
ence to the preparedness Of his corps:
"F'ewpsGsons outside the service realize
the vast sG:des that have been made In
everything that pertains to the artillery
defense of the coasts Of the United States
In the past few years. Never before In
the history OF the country has the feel
ing Of security against hostile attack by
sea been so justified, even though the
projected scheme Of defense 40 applied
to the whole coast is only about two-
thirds completed. The modern batteries
constructed at the important ports and
harboSo are the best that engineering
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-17

up the yellow metal The search for
the blue bucket began in hurry. The
bucket never was found, but the men
who went in search of it found other
streams as rich as the one which the
bucket had been left to mark. Certain
holdings there are named the Blue
Bucket mines.
Canyon City has been called "The
last stand of the Argonauts." Thither
docked the ''forty-niners" from Cali
fornia, pioneer gold-seekers who had
sought the rainbow's end in many
places. The "forty-niners" made the
trip overland, but when the news of the
new find reached San Francisco, hun
dreds of people set sail from that city
for the north in the sailing vessels
that then piled the Pacific coast. The
ships brought the gold-seekers to Port
land, then a struggling town of about
1000 inhabitants.
Beyond Portland ocean vessels could
not sail, and Immediately the Oregon
Steam Navigation company was formed
to put in commission ON the upper COL
umbia steamboats, of light draft which
could navigate the stream. The company
built steamboats, to carry passengers
and freight from Portland to the Cas-
.:ades, a little more than half way to The
Dalles, which point was then, and still is,
the head of navigation, and other boats
to ply the water above the Cascades. Be-
tween the end of one steamship run and
the beginning Of the other there was q
stretch of seven miles of rapids, where
no steamboats, could navigate on account
OF the rocks which blocked the channel.
i, At first, the steamboat company built
a wagon road, and made the portage ut
gold seekers and their goods by team.
But the road was poor one, and the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-17

perturbab bly,: but if@ one should see.
strange faces and places hat then, Mr..
Halbeath? How would you account for
that Surely Mr.. Meicklej ohm could not:
think OF what shall be happening three
years hence s z5E Is ..@@. =
Johnny, Z. I exclaimed. angrily,=
you're a fool!: And the Rajah s q bigger
one. Hasn't he done harm enough al.
ready?" ~ @: INF NJ Sc. .!s..zs.
"Ah, quite So" Singh said, very quiet
". '"'You think am to blame for what
happened. ). forgot. will So Pa. @=.. : !
But Johnny would not think of that.
mo, Rajah, you shan't do anything
Of the sort; at least, not yet. Hal, YOU
oughtn't to have said that, you know.
It the thing is nonsense, as you say.
what's the sense Of losing you'll hair over.
1t? Anyhow, I'm going TO try it. Heaven,
knows, my luck can't be any worse than
1t is now, and I'd like to think It's going
to be better. Come ahead, you chaps,
and I'll give you a peep into my future ;"
feared to protest further lest they
should think that believed, and so,
fool that l was. sat there and allowed
the thing to happen.
We drew up our chairs to the table and
Johnny. leaning his head upon his hands.
began to stare eagerly into the fateful
ash tray before him.
Il don't see anything. Rajah," he said
after moment, looking up at me with a
smile. Il don't see, anything except a
few bright spots floating about, and
they're the reflection of the gas lights"
you may speak," Singh instructed,
but you must not permit your eyes to
leave the ink
"Or you won't be hypnotized," I
sneered. So sure did feel that some
thing frightful was about to happen that
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-17

ability can devise, ana as sp:enc1dly
armed and equipped as skill, ingenuity
and experience can suggest, while tho
torpedo system is Of the most approved
and advanced type. The navy will have
no easy Job of it, can tell you"
At the present time probably the bust-
est servants of the government are the
officers and employees Of the engineer.
ordnance and signal departments of tho
army in putting the finishing touches
upon the defensive works at the points
embraced in the artillery district of the
Chesapeake.
The work of the signal corps men and
engineers together in this latter under
taking is the browning work OF fort
building.
One of the unique instruments, very
recent invention, used in connection
with the perfected system of fire control,
is the 'telautograph," so-called. This
machine accomplishes the end Of trans
hitting and reproducing at distances
by electricity written message in ex-
act fac simile. The use of this invention,
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be communicated with great rapidly.
and with accuracy unobtainable by other
means, and insures against misunder-
standing of orders, which, under modern
battle conditions. might perhaps be IA
tai to success. Movements of ships of the
enemy beyond the range of vision will
be communicated from scout ships of the
defense by the perfected wireless sys-
tenn of the signal corps.
A new feature to be introduced in tho
manoeyers of 1905 will be the participa-
ton by the navy in the defense as we'll
as in the attack. Heretofore the navy
alone has attacked and the army de-
Tended, but as an approximation of actu-
al war conditions the coast squadron OF
harbor-defense vessels and torpedo craft
will aid the artillery in the defense
against the onslaught of the big battle
ships and armored cruisers of tho '@en-
emy." For the first time as yet in real
or mimic war the new submarine tor
pedo boats recently added to tho navy
of Uncle Sam will be called upon to show
the stuff they are made Of in assisting the
defense. The moral effect upon the hos
tile" feet in the known presence os these
little craft awaiting its destruction will
induce greater caution on the part of tho
attacking commander than has been tina
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-17

Parma blue. Light blue always looks
well with fluf6ness, but seems a little
more commonplace than the tints men.
toned.
II one wants a cool negligee that will
not have to be washed after being used
but short time, we would recommend
cambria of gray-blue or perhaps some
what darker shade. This looks pretty
and does not show the dirt quickly: it
also Is generally becoming, especially il
trimmed with a touch of white. Then
there are offered cotton Examines and
other materials that come in the darker
colors; one has no call to complain OF
want Of variety nowadays. Anybody
can get up q very pretty negligee, in fact
a number OF them, at a ridiculously low
price. 1'T = :
ELLEN osMoNDE.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-17

the pony on the fine new tracks, which
extended for II miles on the Washington
shore, without a curve which the pony
would have considered worthy of the
name. The pony, being now of no use,
was sold to David Hewes eof San Fran
cisco for $1,000, and entered upon a pro-
sale existence, hauling sand to fill I'D
San Francisco bay.
The circumstance of the engine falling
into the hands of David Hewes is doubt
less responsible for its being exhibited
at the Lewis and Clark exposition.
Hewes was a '49-er, who lost his all
in the fire which swept the future cap-
ital of California in November, 1852, and
was flooded out the following month
after rebuilding his burned buildings.
He went then to San Francisco, began
grading work with a wheelbarrow, a
shovel and Chinaman, and by 1862
had prospered sufficiently to enable him
to purchase the Pony, which was ad-
mirably adapted to his needs.e A year or
two later, Henry E. bosch, then a boy.
now director of exhibits at the Lewis
and Clark exposition, was hired by MIR.
Hewes to count the loads of sand which
the Pony dumped into San Francisco
bay. f.
In 1872 the Pony was retired from &C.
tive service. Hewes had it stored. and
until 1889 Oregon's first locomotive re-
manned unnoticed among the accumu-
lations of household goods in storage
house. Then came a fire which con-
sumed all of the Pony that was con-
sumable. But the man whose senti-
mental attachment for the Pony had
saved her from the scrap heap again
came to the rescue. The Pony was re-.
stored to former appearance, and the
process cost Mr.. Hewes $4,000, twice as
much as he originally paid for the en-
CINE.
When Col. Bosch was in San Fran
cisco last winter he called on his old
employer, and the two renewed the
friendship begun 40 years before. MIR.
Hewes agreed to send the Pony to the
Lewis and Clark exposition, and stipu-
lated that after the close of the fair the
engine was to be given to the state Of
Oregon. This will be done.
There is little to attract admiration
in Oregon's first locomotive as she
stands in front Of the Transportation
building on the fair grounds. She is
weather-beaten and looking. Her
oollers create amusement in every one
who has seen a modern engine. They
say that when she was in use the pumps
winch connected with. the tanks that ex-
tended around three sides of the fuel
tcar-the Pony burned wood-could be
made to work only when the engine was
running; and that when the water sup
ply ran low, the engineer used to run
the Pony up and down the oak rails to
fill the boilers. But these Incidents are
trivial. The Pony was Oregon's first
locomotive, and people who live in the
Oregon of to-day, a land Of plenty, whose
marvellous growth seems destined to
continue for centuries, will pay willing
tribute to the relic that once took the
gold seekers along seven miles Of the
weary journey from Portland to the
gold fields, and aided materially IN
opening up a country famous now for
agricultural products more valuable
than the gold that the hunters for the
blue bucket sought.
W. T.. BR1NDLEY.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-17

Will CO1Qe q Jay OF TWO now
and then when one will want to discard
all the garments possible, and If the
cool negligee be wanting in the ward
robe one will be in sad lack indeed.>
These little trifles that count for 50
much at certain hot weather periods, can
really be gotten up for song; especially
if made at home. The model here shown
is suitable for linen, cambria, many of
the thin cottons. 1t is in the popular
Empire style, feature of this particu-
lar design the gathers that at intervals
conflne the fullnes and which give q
more graceful appearance than the or
binary Empire, which is apt to make the
wearer look more or less shapeless.
Where skirt and waist are Joined, a
soft scarf. matching the embroidered
border, is folded, and is finished in
front with a rosette and long ends.
It may be a comfort to the woman too
busy, or not able, to make wrapper or
dressing-sack, that the shops now offer
an infinite variety of summer negligees
at very reasonable prices. While the
designs may not be just suited to in1li-
vidual taste, these ready-made garments
have much style, enough mayhap to es-
cape the criticism from members Of the
family that express distaste for loose ap-
parel even about the house. AS a rule
they are not finished very carefully, but
that can be done by oneself at the cost
of only fraction of time. Among those
noticed as low-priced were very pretty
colored lawns trimmed with borders In
contrasting color, or with a border in q
sort of Persian design.
Long, loose summer negligees come in
dotted swiss and in lght-colored dimi-
ties and mulls; these are trimmed with
lace insertion and lace rufles, and
fasten with ribbon streamers. They are
very voluminous. OF course these are
merely for lounging, not for practical az
fairs. For hours of labor wrapper OF
any sort is a delusion and a snare any,
way, short shirt-waist suit much more
suitable.
And shirt-waist suits this season are
trim and neat as primrose, woman
that has one that fits well and is q good
color may feel we'll dressed no matter
how simple it is. The shops show shirt
waist suits ranging in price from dollar
up to 800, suited to all purses. =;
In schoosing the color for ones negli-
gees one may as well be governed by
the tints in style at the moment. We
would suggest for those that can wear it
lowered designs that have some little
bf the violet about them, all the puppies
now being In good standing. Certain
blink on the coral order is in favor. and
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-17

e1X2M army and navy this year
y I'll are to be the most elaborate
/ ,1A Of any previous attempts to
SA,N1 work out problems such as
~ might arise in case of actual
warfare. While this play
ing at war is not so exciting, or so dan
gerous and costly, for that matter,
either, as conflict with a real enemy,
still 1t affords Uncle Sam an oppor-
tunlty of demonstrating something of
what his coast defenses and his splen-
did navy could do if called upon to
measure strength with a foreign foe.
Last year the maneuvers were held
along the northern coast of the Atlantic
seaboard, of Maine and Massachusetts,.
This year they are to center about Ches-
apeake bay, the defenses of Hampton
Roads, Baltimore and on the Potomac
below Washington. covering from attack
by hostile fleet of the cities Of Norfolk,
Richmond, Baltimore and Washington,
together with the large shipyards, naval
and ordnance establishments, the naval
academy and the large private interests
bordering the bay and its tribu taries
Brig. Gen. Frederick D. Grant, COM
mander of the Department of the East,
will direct the operations of the land
forces, seconded by the artillery COM
manders of the districts embraced in the
maneuyer zone, while Rear Admiral
Sands will command the defense fleet,
comprising the battleship Texas and the
new monitors Arkansas, Nevada and
Florida, assisted by large flotilla OF
torpedo craft and submarines.
The North Atlantic feet. which will
engage in the attack, will be under the
command of Rear eAdmiral Robley D.
Evans, the Fighting Bob of the navy,
which fact is an assurance of the splen-
did achievement on its part.
Admiral Evans will have under his
command the finest and most powerful
fleet ever assembled under the American
flag, the composition of which will in
clude in the two main squadrons the bat
tleships Maine, Missouri, Alabama, Hill
nois, Kearsarge, Kentucky, Iowa, Mas
sachusetts, Georgia, New Jersey, Rhode
Island and Virginia, and the armored
cruisers New York. Brooklyn, Pennsyl-
vania, West Virginia, Colorado and
Maryland, total Of IL battleships and
six cruisers for the armored portion of
the fleet. TheseWessels are armed with