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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-21

mountains, slice off it's top SO that 1t
looks like table and plant 1t down
beside Boston you might have about
this effect that Table mountain has at
the city of the cape. The mountain
sides would need to be cut SO as to be
almost precipitous, and Its top should
be as regular as though the gods of
nature had smoothed it off with a
knife. Standing in Boston there would
he tirucs when the whole great Table
rock would be clear and clean-cut. AT
other times it would be lost in the mist.
and again low, ovcrhanging clouds
would rest upon 1t and fall down over
its sides like a tablecloth.
Table mountain Is $500 feet high One
side of it is such that it can be climbed
in three hours and in that space of
time you can reach one of the finest
views in the world. The mighty SOUTH
ern ocean stretches beyond you at the
front and on the right and the left You
can almost follow with your eye the
course of Bartholomew Diaz when he
discovered the Cape of Good Hope.
That was six years before Columbus
started out to find the new world, and
the ocean below us was then so rough
that he named that point the Cape of
Storms. 1t was along the same track
that Nasco da Cana went on around
the continent to India a few years later.
skirtinE Cape Agulhas, the southern
most point OF the African continent,
which lies down there q little Off to the
left.
Cape Town is just under you, so close
that you can toss a rock into its streets,
and beyond IT. is Table bay the great
port Of entry for the whole or South
Africa. Diaz and Da Cana had ships
of less than 100 tons, the mighty steam
ers which are tloating down there at
r>l, 4, tg,J tt,f
sands of tons and more than 1000 OF
them leave and call every year. Ships
with a tonnage aggregatng more than
10000,000 Went in and out of that port
within the last II months and this has
become one of the great water gates of
the world.
The harbor looks small from the top
of the mountain, but i has more than
two miles of quays, which can accom-
1nodate vessels drawing 30 feet. 1t Is
sheltered by a brealS-water &c hundred
feet long, and its larger division, VIC
toria basin. covers sc acres. Looking
along the quays you can see the cleo
trio cranes. and back of them the
warehouses, which can store seventy
thousand tons OF cargo at one time,
and at the reservoirs, which hold
mountains Of coal.
Among the ships are boats from
East and West Africa, from London
and Hamburg, and great liners Oh
their way to Australia and India,
There are the mail steamers of the
Union Castle company, which carry
not only passengers, and express, but
the vast treasures which are always
flowing out of the diamond and gold
mines of this great vault.
Now turn your eyes from the har-
Dor to the great hill which lies across
the ravine from where we are stand
ing That is the Lions Head which
forms another part Of the background
of the horseshoe valley surrounding
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CONSUMPTION STATISTICS

prove that a neglected cold or cough
puts the lungs in SO bad q condition
that consumption germs find a fertile
field for fastening on one. Stop tho
cough Just as soon us It appears With
Billiards. Horchound Syrup. Soothes the
torn and inf1amed tissues and makes you
we'll again Sold by z. c. NJ. I. Drug
Dept, liz and ia South Main ST.
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Cane Colony 10 tho Conc Of Good Hope

, Cape Colony to the Cope of GOOD rope.
/ The land is all high and dry ana inc
| most of it has q climate in whlch u
| white man can work. The Orange RlNei
colony is about as big as the state OF
New York. and its population OF wniteS
is not half as large as that OF Bullal2'
+, Tho country is mostly a grassy plain,
| fading out here and there into desert.
| Considerable stock is grazed near the
. railway l saw droves of cattle, q fe"
sheep and now and then herd OF An
CORA goats. Most of the territory mas
been practically inaccessible until with
in the past 10 years
AS to Cape Colony, its northern por-
ton is of much the same nature. The
land drops in mighty steps known as
the Karoos. The upper karoo at the
north ranges in altitude from 5000 to
5000 feet. 1t is almost desert ana
drouths are frequent Below this is
what is known as the Great karoo.
consisting Of rolling plains rising grad
ually to a height of about 1000 feet.
This country Is covered with sort
OF a sheep bush. upon which the cattle.
goats and sheep feed. Il is dry and
healthy and is fitted for stock raising.
Still further south about the cape and
west of here back of the ocean is a
large area devoted not only to stock
but to grain and fruit raising. Back
/ OF the Cape of Good Hope are large
| vineyards, which produce something
i, like 100000 gallons of wine and l,500-
/ 0co gallons OF brandy every year They
!, raise peaches, apricots. apples and
pears and ship fruit in cold storage 10
London and the United States.
A GOOD STOCK COUNTRY.
A great part of Cape Colony is we'll
trvo al ~ TO 81 n oral ct
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CAPE COLONY.

In many respects Cape Colony is bet
ter off than the Transvaal the Orange
Free State and other provinces or
South Africa, 1t is given up TO farm
ing and stock raising ana Is q land Of
mixed industries. The colony Is one or
the largest of the British possessions
of this part of the continent. It is 600
miles long and 400 or 800 miles wide,
being more than four times the size
OF either New York or Pennsylvania. 1t
Is twice rs big as Great Britain or Ire
land, and including Bechuanaiand,
which was annexed some years axe
it is bigger than Texas or any country
in Europe with the exception OF RUS
STA,
Cape Colony is the oldest part of
South Africa and is by far the best
settled Ii has almost as many white
people as Boston, and its colored pop
ulatfon numbers almost as many as
there are souls in Chicago. There are
many good-sized towns. This place,
with its suburbs, has 200 ,0Q0; Kim
berley has, about $1,000, and Port Eliza
beth $4,000 or more. Woodstock has
$4,000; Graha,nstown, $4,000 and East
London, $4,000 There are towns OF
from 5000 To 10000 scattered here and
there over the country, ana there are
many thriving farming communities.
THE FARMS OF THE CAPE.
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I.ptogrp tn "News"b FRANKIE Capent
THE PARLIAMENT HOUSES

great banks, with branches reaching
10 all parts OF South Africa. These.
big banks report to each other ana,
although competitors, work largely
in harmony If a. mans credit Is
bad it soon becomes generally known
and If one bank drops him he mas
little hopes from the others.
AS to the extent OF the banking. l
have before me some reports Of the
big institutions The Standard Bank
of South Africa is now doing q pu ISL
ness of something like S15O,0oO. ouo
per annum on a capital Of less tnan
eight millions. 1t has about Sl0o,ooo,-
600 worth of deposits, and It's pron.s
are sG.000,OO0 and upwards per year.
During n great part Of its existence
IL has paid as much as Is per cent,
and is now paying 16, Notwithstanding
the hard times.
Another big institution is the Bank
of Africa, which has q. capital or %, :
100000 This bank has deposits OF
$50 oOO, 900 or s350O0,0oo, and Its assets
and liabilities are about $50, 100000. 1t
has been paying 10 per cent until re-
Gently, when the dividends were cut to
10 per cent, with . prospect Of going
down still lower. The Natal bank.
which does business chiefly in Natal
and the Transvaal, has n capital OF
only $500 600, but its deposits amount
to something like S1s,o0o,00O or $40,
900 600 and 1t pays about II per cent:
The National Bank of South Africa,
with a capital OF over S5,o00.o0o, has
| deposits OF SIS, 100000 and pays s per
| cent, while the African Banking Cor
| poration has running accounts OF from
! $40 600, 900 to 100000 on a capital OF
| $1,000, 900, and pays per cent dividend.
| Nearly all of these banks have had u
! considerable reduction Of deposits dur
| ing the past two years, and their stocks
| have fallen In value.
A. COUNTRY INFLATED.
When it is remembered that South
Africa is largely a desert and that It
| has. all told, only about 100000
| white people, the wonder is that il can
| support such banks at all. II seems to
me that business of all kinds is much
! overdone. The steamship lines are too
many, the railroads too expensive and
| the cities too big for the populations.
| This is especially SO considering that
| the products of these 100000 whites
| are almost altogether owned in Europe
| and the profits Of their labor are spent
| there. The diamond mines and gold
| mines are owned abroad. They arc
| worked by cheap native and Chinese
| labor. and the country lacks the means
| OF prosperity of the great producing re-
| gions of the United States. Indeed,
| the Beers claim that South Africa
| would be far better off If it had less
| gold and diamonds and went more into
| agriculture They think that the high
| CT wage rate would benefit its indus
! tries. causing more Of the money to
| be spent at home
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ecial Core spondence.
~APE TowN.-cape Town.
How shall J describe it2


" 1t is the biggest city of South
Africa, and it has nothing in
common with this savage black CONT
nent. Its buildings and its people are
all European. The town is az bright as
button and as clean as q pin. II lies
right on the Atlantic, washing its feet
in Table bay, Behind and above IT rise
the two mighty rocky formations
known rs Table mountain and the
Lions Head They are hedded in
green and they shut out the half das-
ert lands which fade away into the
great Karoo, farther north.
TABLE MOUNTAIN.
Table mountain Is rightly so called.
It is mighty block of rock which rises
almost straight up behind the town to
height more than six times that of
the Washington monument, cutting the
sky line with q jagged horizontal front
two miles in length. If you could take
one of the highest of our Allegheny
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of property began to drop. and the
competition for tenants brought down
the rents.
This situation has almost steadily
continued since the war and the
country is now getting down to a
hard-pan basis 1t will probably
improve later on but just now it's
condition is bad.
SOUTH AFRICA's BANKS.
Banking here is not the same as
in the United States. With us every
little town has its individual bank,
and there are hundreds of small in
stitutions operating with capitals of
$4,000 and upward. Here all the
money Is handled by u half dozen
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In coming here from tho Transvaal
rode for day through the orange
Hiycr colony, and from there across
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A GOOD STOCK COUNTRY.
A great part of Cape Colony is we'll
grassed and there is considerable stock
farming The average ranch contains
about 5000 acres and upward, land Of
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-08-24
Why lie Gave
Constitution
SULTAN AFRAID OF ALBANIANS.
FOUND HE DID NOT HAVE
THEIR SUPPORT

CONSTANTINOPLE, Turkey. July
24.-The trade issued yesterday or
dams the assembling of a chamber of
deputies in accordance with con-
stitution which has been elaborated
by the Sultan. The trade has been
communicated to the walls and to the
district lieutenant governors with
the necessary orders for the holding
of elections.
The constitution which the trade
now makes effective is practically the
one worked out In 1876.
Startling as was the sudden dis
missal of Ferid Pasha from the grand
vlziership. and the appointment of
Said Pasha in his place, this step was
nothing as compared with the SEN
sation created in all quarters this
morning by the official announce
ment that the Sultan had decided to
convoke a parliament.
/ II was felt that in view of the gem
eral revolt In the army, unprecedent-
ed in the history OF the Turkish en-
pire, some change was inevitable.
and that far-reaching measures of re
form In the central government were
bound to be inaugurated. But the
drastic action of the Sultan. who
took the reins In his own hands and
by the stroke of a pen suddenly yiel-
ded to the demands of the young
Turks. and restored the constitution
OF 1876. has taken the palace clique,
the members of the diplomatic corps,
in fact, the entire population of Con-
stantinople completely by surprise.
Although it was thought the long
sustained agitation might possibly
Bring about some form of parliament
airy administration, nothing so dra-
matically abrupt was regarded as
possible.
The immediate cause of the Sui
tan's raising of the white flag was
the receipt of telegram addressed
to him from the Albanians of Uskub,
informing him that they had taken
their oath to favor the re-establish-
ment of the constitution This mes
sage landed like thunderbolt at the
Yildiz Kiosk The Sultan had been
under the impression that he could
depend upon the Albanians under all
circumstances. Ferid Pasha. who IL
an Albanian, had fostered this con-
1 ceit When the facts became known
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-08-24
How Panic
Did Good
INTER STATE COMMERCE MAN
SAYS MORE INVESTMENT,
LESS SPECULATION
tStaff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, d. c.. July ca
That some important readjustments
in the national financial system will
result from the financial furry of
last autumn is the belief of Chair
man Martin -. Knapp, of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission.
lie anticipates that Investments
will be in increasing measure sub
stituted for speculation in securities,
and that as the tendency develops
there will be also a growing insist
sion of the capitalization and ac-
counting OF great corporations as
will presently compel legislation
along these lines.
great inGustrials," said Mr.. Knapp,
represent large proportion of the
objects of quick and easy Investment.
Instead of investing In these direct
ly. however, there has been II ten
dency on the part of people with
money to let others, representing Il
more or less speculative class. do the
actual investing.
Banks throughout the country
have found that New York was ready
to pay attractive interest on their
balances, the New York banks be-
ing able To do this because they
could loan the money to people deal
ing In these securities. Thus the
man who deposits his $500 or 5000
In country bank. which in turn
deposits 1t in New York. becomes
in fact an investor In the securities
in which New York deals.
But he insists on the security of
the banks credit standing between
him and the investment. That is, in
u general way. because the country
at large is not sufficiently familiar
with this kind of investment. and
also because many people with mon
ey in banks do not have confidence
enough In this class of investments
to care to use their own judgment In
buying.
I'm the past, even such excellent
securities as the bonds of cities,
towns, counties, school districts, etc,
have generally been sent away from
home TO find market. The average
Western town may have, through its
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banks, big balance in the financial
district of New York; yet when that
town issues bonds, instead of bring
ing home its own money and buying
Its own securities, the town has al
lowed those bonds to be sold in the
East.
at seems altogether likely that
Investments In this kind of securities
will soon become more popular; that
the sections Of country where bank
ers and investors have not in the
past sought after this class of prop
erty will more and more want It. The
new currency law doubtless will tend
to encourage this kind of investment
throughout wider area, because
banks will want to equip themselves
with the most acceptable security on
which they may issue currency. The
tendency to private investment will
grow at the same time. and I believe
the result will be that more money
will be directly invested. and less
sent away from home, through the
banks. to be loaned I'm the more or
less speculative centers.
"Tbis seems In ma IN ho n h;yh,v
desirable contamination II viii
promote n wider knowIedpo nj aud
interest in the immense mass of So
curities which repreaent n rreot nro-
norton of the wealth of tho nation.
II will Lessen the volume of those so.
curities held in n speculative WAY.
win ,aJuoo ,ho ,oss,,,,,,,, ,ra ,,.,
the danger or monipu,atiop of tho
market with disnstrous results
"If the securities of States and cit
les, etc. are the first ones Tins IN ne
ropularized as subjects of invest
ment. the time will come before ling
when there will NOT no enoupb or
these To meet the demand and than
the country ot large will seek after
securities of rail and industrial, cor-
norotiops
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BEWARE OF ELEVATORS

NEW YORK, n. Y, July 24.--The
first serious accident in the Singer
building since It was thrown open to
the public resulted today in the in
slant death of Samuel Alpert. 23
years old. of 3 East One Hundred
and Sixth street. a plumbers helper.
Alpert was crushed to death be-
tween the floor of elevator No. l, the
last Of the row Of elevators on the
main promenade, and the ceiling
Scores OF persons in the promenade
and woman and four men in the
elevator. besides the conductor, wit
messed the accident. .;
The operator received the sigma
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to start and turned on the power
and swung the door shut. The plum
Der was few feet from the car and
he made a jump, squeezing in half
way through the closing door. He
was caught by the ascending lift and
in an instant his life had been crush
ed out against the Jam of the eleva-
tor shaft.
In the car were four men and a
girl stenographer. The girl was
panic-stricken and began to shrek
and cry for help. The men made in
efrectual efforts to save Alpert. but
could not drag him out OF danger.
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From New York Herald.

President Rooseyelt's secretary said
that no letter had been received by
the President from the Receivers and
shippers Association of Cincinnati,
o.. ASKING that a decree forbidding an
increase In rates be enforced against
several railroads.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-08-24

The Hochi. a newspaper published
at Tokyo, Japan, In an editorial
praises American Ambassador O'Brien
for his work in that country and his
words spoken Mt home. 800.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-08-24

Carl Goodwin. who deserted from
the British army in Bermuda that he
might be with his American bride.
was captured fifty miles out at sea
through wireless messages
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-08-24

H-"For Rent" cards on sale at
6uIIetln office, :.
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BULLETIN ADS PAY .
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-05-01
Wood Wanted.

Sealed bids to furnish Moscow indie
pendent School District No. S, one
hundred cords OF dry wood, or any
part thereof, amounting to not less than
Is cords, will be received by the clerk
Of the board of trustees of said district
from the date of this notice, until May
18th, 1908, and then be opened pub
lcly.
Wood must be red fir and yellow
pine, four feet in length, cut from
green trees, and split fine enough for
use in medium sized, school heating
stove. Wood to be properly piled on
the public school grounds in Moscow
prior to August 1st, 1908. The right
Sresetved to reject any and all bids.
]. Richcreek, Clerk.
Dated April 16, 1903.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-05-01
" c. T. U. Column.
- yrRaiSIA GREEN. Editor.

NJ. miserable fabrications concern
-. The effects OF prohibition in this
ln .a,. which are being made by the
S 'soIssale in other states are enough to
m.ys one indignant. l have copy OF
n 'u ore which says The Camera Can
Wv lie" and which pretends to give
lectures uH of the pad-locked buildings in
Kansas City, Kansas.
Well in the first place, that docu-
..rt Is valuable as an admission from
the whisky people and from the saloon
tseners that prohibition prohibits in
Kansas City, Kansas; that the law is
being eforced. They have been telling
the people always that it was not and
could not be enforced in the larger
cities. Now they furnish pictorial proof
that il can be and is. In the second
Mace. I have full and complete re-
tutation by the Mercantile club of Kan
COG citv. Kansas, to the SANDER that
nrohibition has ruined the town. This
cmb is not composed of prohibition
franks nor temperance fanatics; it is
composed Of the best business men of
the town, many of them always hereto
fare anti-prohibitionists and many Of
them opposed to the new policy at the
beginning of the closing movement.
They are now, however, thorough con-
yerts to my old proposition that the
devil never invented bigger lie than
that saloons are necessary to the pros
uerity Of any town. Kansas City was
never so prosperous as it is today.
By the way, the spectacle OF the
brewers printing big illustrated circu-
lar and saloonkeepers displaying it
prominently in their windows to prove
that prohibition is failure, from a
temperance standpoint, is enough to
make bronze statue laugh.
(Signed) E. w. HOCH.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-05-01
What About Fire2

II your house or barn should burn
now would you leave it7 Are you in
sured' Why not3 Do you know that
spollcy will be written by Thompson
Bros. OF Moscow for 80 per cent of the
board rate, and in a company that pays
It's losses promptly? If you have not
seen them do it now. Write them for
PARTICULARS. They also have a complete
set OF abstract books and will give
prompt attention to any business you
may place with them. 41-tf
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-05-01
Mrs. Mary Frantzick.

After suffering several years with
dropsy, Mrs. Mary Frantzick, aged so
years, died on last Saturday afternoon
at her home at the Frantzick mill on
Boulder creek, this county. She was
buried al l o'clock Tuesday in the
Mattson cemetery.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-05-01

Politically The News has boss collar red hot
republican, believes speaking right out from the shoulder
Why not your the list and watch the dust fly!
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-05-01
Making Il Clear.

A college professor, in company
vi his son, was enjoying walk in
@e country, when he met an old farm
a' 1t had been a very wet season,
anu the professor, thinking to start the
conversation in way that would prove
'p'sesrestlng to the farmer, remarked:
There has been a rather abnormal
Precipitation of late"
Inc farmer seemed somewhat en-
OAlrassed, and the professors son, who
useu different verlacular, though he
was student in the college to which
.ls iather was attached, attempted to
suAghten out the matter. Drawing the
way;
Inc governor means that we've
Zen having hell of lot of rain
naFper's Weekly.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-05-01

nv. Nez Perce Herald: Kooskia young
p :, have new game. 1t takes two
=. mem to play it. He takes big red
dr. rS'e ana throws it up. If it comes
s, S~n ne has to kiss the girl. If it
N.Y. ags Up the stuff's all off and there's
NOUN Oalng doing. 1t is becoming very
Washington telegraph., 1908-02-21
Stolen $4,000 Located.

Minneapolis, Minn.-It became
known here Tuesday that through the
arrest in Cincinnati of w. b. Breitner
of Minneapolis on a charge of stealing
a fur boa from Gladys Farr, Mime
apolis woman, the Cincinnati police To-
Gated bonds and securities valued at
$4,000. which were stolen from the
office of Daniel C. Hopkins, Mime
apolis real estate broker, February
8. The arrest of Breitner was made
in Cincinnati last week on request OF
the Minneapolis police. A Minneapo'
lis officer was sent to bring Breitner
home. When his trunk was search
ed, the box containing the papers was
found