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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-15

PORTLAND, Feb. l4.--trhcrc Is Z
shortage Of frst-grade cauliHower Ii
the local market while stocks o'
sccond-grade stuff are fairly large
Prices on fancy stock were unchang
cd. The celery market continues
firm, with the supply Of fine stock
rather limited. Cabbage Is in goot
supply and the market about steady
with no change in prices. Head let,
tluce is trifc higher, the best selling
at rs cents dozen.
Grain, Flour, Feed.
Wheat-Club, s3c, Valley, s5c, blue
stem, S5cj red Russian. Sic.
oats--ProduoerS prices, White sos,
gray, s27.
Hay--valley timothy. sls@lo, East.
ern Oregon. s20@22, clover, Sl3; cheat,
slsj alfalfa, $l3, grain hay. sl4@lb.
Flour--Hard wheat. patent, $4.os,
straight, M.40; graham. M.60, rye, %,
whole. wheat four M.75, Valley -four,
S4.40; Dakota, $6.A0@8.00; Eastern rye.
$685. Pillsbury, Nj Corvallis, e4.40.
Ryc--$l.25@l.30 per cwt.
Grain Bags--Domestic, S1c; Calcutta,
o..
Corn--whole. ss2, cracked. sss per
ton.
Barley--Producers prices, Brewing
$3.50, feed, $27, rolled. s30@3l.
Buckwheat--$a6 per ton.
Milifeed-Cty bran. $25j country
bran. "a, shorts. s24.so; country shorts.
go, chop, sls; middlings. go.
Oregon Graperoot-Per 100 lbs- %
@s7.
Cereal ds--Rolled oats. cream, 90.
ID. sacks, $s, lower grade, e6.6o@7.50;
oatmeal. steel cut. 40-lb. sacks, $3.50;
Glib. sacks. $4.25 per bale; oatmeal
iground). 4e.lb. sacks. $3.50 per bbl.;
e.lb. sacks. $3.50 per bale; split peas.
t4.25 per l00-lb. sacks; 25-lb. boxes,
el.2s, pearl barley. s450 per 100 lbs..
e5lb. boxes. sl.25 per box; pastry -four,
lob. sacks, $3.50 bbl.
Groceries. Provisions. Etc.
Sugar tsack basis) ID. a.. $500; Xxx,
$3.50; beet, $40; Golden q e5, extra.
G. $40; powdered. $3.50; boxes 80
cwt.. fruit or berry sugar. $780, boxeA
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-15
N0AH'S RAVENS.
A knotsy Question Answered by q
Blacksmith Preacher.

A knotty Question Answered by q
Blacksmith Preacher.
Many years ago there lived In ono OF
the mountain counties OF Tennessee a
blacksmith who to bis reputation FOR
honest work during the week added
that Of being powerful exhorter on
Sundays Held In high esteem by bis
neighbors. possessed OF sufiiciency OF
this worlds goods for that primitive
community. he seemed to have solved
tho question of terrestrial happiness.
but the thorn In the ncsh" Ii indigo.
nous to all climes and conditions. and
for the blacksmith II grow In the per-
son Of ono Tom Bradley. a tall, lank
mountainecr. who was the wit and
wag Of the neighborhood and who also
occupied the unenyiable position Of
skcptic In that orthodox community.
Tom delighted to prod the smith with
certain inexplicable Biblical state.
ments. and these encounters sometimes
resulted disastrousiy for tho exhorter.
causing him much humiliation and
making him. as he said. "wrassle In
prayer and cry to the Lord and spare
not"
Once at the yearly camp meeting the
old man was giving his experience
In the tone and manner that were con.
sidered devotional in those parts. MY
brethren, ah." he said, ''as was
a-standin' In my shop an gittin' ready
TO shoe Billy Hite's old gray mare. ah.
long come that son Of q gun Tom
Bradley. ah. He ast me Of believed
everything In the Bible. nh. l said
everything from kiver to kiver, ah.
Believe that yarn about Noah bein'
shet up In the ark with all them dif-
ferent sort Of critters, ahr sezze. 81,
! done swallered Jonah an the whale,
ah. an I want a.goin' to gag at Noah,
ah.' 'well.' sezxe. ah, of that raven
Noah sent out got lost. ah. where did
oil these here ravens come frum, abr
Brethren. thought fer minute. ah.
that old Satan had got the underholt
on me. nh, an was about to thoe me,
ah; but, thank tho Lord. nh. Jest
thoed back my head, ah. an the sperrit
Of knowledge plum filed me, ah. an
SEE. sezzi. II was the old no raven. ah,
that got lost an the old she raven
was a.settin' on five eggs in the nest,
ah, an that's where these here ravens
come frum, ah.'"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-15
TRAMPINd ACROSS COUNTRY
BUTTE. Mont, Feb. l4.--A special

BUTTE. Mont, Feb. i4.--A special
10 the Miner says: Charles S. Raupp
OF Chicago has arrived in Helena
from Tacoma having left that city
on foot December 10 for Chicago TO
make 3000-mile walking record
to beat pedestrian Watson's 26-day
record. Raupp says the weather has
been very disagreeable and nasty
since he started. He declares that
two weeks ago he walked from Bon.
ner's Ferry, Idaho, TO kalispell, a
distance OF 1888 miles, wi,hou, having
a thing to cat from the time he left
Bonner's Ferry until he reached
kalispell.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-15

Sugar tsack basis) ID. a.. $5.o0; Xxx,
$3.50; beet, $40; Golden q t5, extra.
9. s5.40; powdered. $3.50; boxes. 80
cwt.. fruit or berry sugar. $500, boxeA
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-15

90 cwt. Advance over sack basls fIess
ac II paid for In 10 days..
Coffee Mocha, 24G12Sc, Java, fancy,
D@2scj Java. good. 20024cj Java, or.
dinary, l7@20cj Costa Rica. fancy, 1870
Mni Costa Rlca, good. l0@l8c, Ar.
buckle. 1868 cwt.; Lion. 1858 cyt, !;
Colombia coffee, l4c lb; Salvador, llac
@141c
Rice--Imperial Japan, No. ], &e.26;
Southern Japan. 0i@6scj broken, Sc;
head, fancy, Tic, choice, 10.
Sago and Tapioca--Scarce, 0ac.
Flgs-White, per pound, 607c, black,
6097c
provislons--Hams, large, 1910, small.
l2hcj picnic, DC; boiled hams, 22c; boiled
picnic, lscj breakfast bacon, fancy, 22c;
English, l6cj dry salted short clears,
l0ac, backs, l0ac.
Dates--Golden, GO.lb. boxes, 6a6lc;
l.lb. packages, Scj Fard, l5.lb. boxes,
9l.40 box.
Raisins--Loose muscatels, S.rown,
l0cj 2.crown. Ole; bleached seedless
sultanas, l0@l3ac; unbleached seedless
Snltanas. 8acj London layers, 3-crown,
whole boxes Of 20 pounds, 92.25; q.
crown. &2.l0.
Canned Salmon Columbia River, /.
ID. tails, 500; 2.lb. tails. $2.06; fancy,
lib. flats, $Ql0; lib. flats, 4l.30;
fancy, lib. ovals. s2.S6; Alaska tails,
pink. o5c; red. sl.3t; nominal. %. tails.
S2.2D.
salt--Bales Of 75-2s, bale, S2.2S; bales
Of 6o.3s, S225, bales Of 40-4s, bals,
SEES, bales Of l5.l0s. bale, $2.2C; bags,
SOs. fine. ton. $l7.60j bags, Soc; genuine
Liverpool go; bags, sos. ! ground. sls,
zoos. ton. $3.50, r. 8. v. p. 20 S-Ib.
cartons, s2.26, r. 8. v. p. 3-lb. cartons.
sl75I Liverpool lump. per ton. t20.50.
IArd--Kettle.rendered, tierces. 1lac;
tubs. l2c; C0s, l2c; 20s. l21; los,
l2bc, 80. l2sc. Standard pure Tierces.
10 lessj compound. .tierces, So; leaf. l3c.
Walnuts, No. !, soft shell. lSc,
filberts, l7c, Brazils. zoe; Pecans, lo@
20c; filberts. l7c, Brazils, EOc; Pecans,
23c; hickory, &C.; Virginia peanuts. Sic;
Jumbo Virginia peanuts, loo, Japanese
peanuts. TIC, chestnuts. Italian lOc. Ohio
25cj cocoanuts, dozens, $4,000; pine
nuts, i71c.
Spices-Cloves, l9ic h., chillies. lslc
per pound.
Vegetables.
Cabbage--75c@$l cwt.; cauliflower, rs
@sl doz.; celery. s5c@sl doz; parsley.
sl25; hot house lettuce. elO0@
si2S boz; heads. s5 cents dosen;
spinach, box. $l.25, Brussels sprouts. Be-;
artichokes, 90c@sl.l5 doz; okra, 35e
h., tomatoes. $l.25@2.00 crate; pepperA
s@l4c ID; pumpkins. SIPS crate;
beans, green and wax. l5c lb.; egg plant,
l5c h.; beets, 81 per cwt.; turnips. 75c
@si per cwt.; carrots. 5oc@$l per cwt.
Peas, loo ID.
Hops, Wool, Hides, etc.
Hops-l907 crop. 4@7ac pound
Feathers Geese. white, 35@40c;
geese. gray or MIXED. 25@30c; duck.
white. l6@20c; duck, mixed, l2@l6c.
Wool-valley. 1920; Eastern Ore
gon, l2@l8c, M to shrinkage.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-15
PROPOSALS.
SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BIZ


SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE
received at this building until 2
o'clock p. m, Friday. February 81,
1908. for furnishing fuel, lights. water,
miscellaneous supplies, washing
towels, hauling ashes, and sprinkling
streets for this building during the
fiscal year ending June 80. 1909, or
such portion Of the year as may be
deemed advisable. The right to re-
ject any and all bids is reserved by
the Treasury Department.
c. w. CARNAHAN,
Custodian
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-15

Cascara Sagrala tchittim bark k)--Sa@
10 per pound.
Beeswax-Good. clean and pure. 2al
&c per pound.
Tallow-Pnme. 30; No. 2 and grease
e@Sc per pound.
Fruits.
Domestic Fruits--Apples. fancy, Sl.50
@& box; good. 75c@$l.25 box; pesrs,
50c@Sl.50 box; cranberries. S8@li per
barrel.
Tropical Fiuts--Lemons, $3.50@5.O0
box; oranges. new navels, $2.25@2.75
box; grapefruit. M.25 box; bananas. 81
ib.; Grated, SIC b.; pogegranatea q
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-15

When the doctor 10 called he asks.
How are the bowelSi" They are gen.
orally wrong. His visit might have
been saved by a timely dose Of Lanes
Family Medicire.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-15

No one is immune from kidney
trouble, SO just remember that Foleys
Kidney Cure win stop the irregui-
larities and cure any case Of kidney
and bladder trouble that ID mot be-
yond the reaclsof medicine. For sale
by T. F.. Laurin.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-15

crate; tangerinss. % box, pineapplsA
A@5 dozen
Dried Fruits-Applies. s@l0c per h.;
apiicots, l6@l9c; peaches. 1I@l3c;
pears, lll@l4c; Italian prunes. 2a@6c;
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-15
PORTLAND MARKETS
Latest Quotations In the Portland
Markets.

Complete Market Reports Corrected Each
Day Giving the Wholesale Prices Of
Commodities Farm Produce and
Vegetables.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1908-07-30
Beginning Saturday, August and Continuing
TwinFa only Dec


# You have not the money you can
afford to borrow it to buy in this great
department. We do not believe in car
rying oyer stocks from one season to
the other, and in order to prevent this
we are putting on our firstSemi- Annual
Clearance Sale Mems Young Mems
and Children's Clothing Everything
is guaranteed to be irst-class Notice
carefully the Red Tag price.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1908-07-30
Mems Work Gloves.
Mems Iinon Collars.
Lot 10, &c each.
Boys Long Pant Suits.

Lots / 2 and at reduced prices.
Lot l, 2sS Lot 2, 4 80 Lot 3, COS
Boys Long Pant Suits Arranged Ac-
c0rf1inc to prica
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1908-07-30
Look for the Murderous Red Tag on
Wash Goods and Domestics.

Thousands Of yards Of Lawns and Challes,
fine selection Of colors. take your choice while
the last at &c PEI yd worth SC
50 pcs. Amo,heg Ginsharns, all new pat
terms; also Apron checks. fine for school dresses.
only &c per yard, limit 10 yards to the custo.
mer owing toow limited quantity; they are worth
s l-3c regular.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1908-07-30
Semi Annual

SO pcs, fine dress Ginehalns, special Red Tag
pnce Of q f-3c per yard. worth Zoe.
$50 pcs. Standard Cslicos. reds, blues, grays
and black and whites; take your choice at only
&c per yard. They are all worth 7c yd
Ladies Black Hose. fast colors. no matter
what they cost the Red Tag says 3 pairs for
25c. Children's Black Hose. all sizes and fast
eoors, Red Tag reads ; prs. for 25c
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1908-07-30

Corsets. One lot Corsets. values up to $780,
Red Tag 38c % Kid Fitting Corsets, to clear
out at "a off regular price.
Toilet Soap, 'Jergens. ---Nine-cake assortment.
only 23c for cakes worth 35c.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-17
coLF LINKS AND COTTAGES

i + q.
Of which there are many At least
four largely capitalized concerns are
engaged in fishing. Pound nets are
here set, extending miles into tn ocean,
and from these are caught daily huns
dreds, even thousands, of dollars worth
of fish. These fish are shipped from
here in refrigerator cars and other Ice
pass, and a great deal OF money
changes hands in the transactions. In
addition, the fisheries do a splendid bus
mess In supplying the local demand.
All of the Beach hotels and boarding
houses together with the private cot
tages. call for great many, fish. The
pound nets supply these with fish two
last night I saw fine sea bass and
TO the frying. pan. and all tho while
.theyWere kicking. That Is what may
be called fresh fish sure enough
In addition to fish, which are large-
lY shipped from here in ice vast guam
Titles of crabs and Lynn Haven Bay
oysters are loaded on the cars here
on route to epicures all over the coun-
try. = 5s
Variety Of Bricks.
Other Industries worthy of mention
are the concrete block plant and the
brick making establishments, The con-
crete block plant does but little ship
pretty. much aH Of It's output. There
is q large brick making plant here,
which not only supplies the local de-
mand, hut ships very largely to Nor
folk and other cities. It may seem
strange to the uninformed, but the fact
lis that beneath the covering of sand
that, has been blown upon the beach
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-17

600 church building on Seventeenth
Street. and the Methodists have com.
pleted their arrangements to build tha
summer or fall.
The town has bank which handles
the paper of the guests and does also
good business with the country people,
and very soon 1t Is to have weekly
paper which is scheduled to appear next
week under the appropriate name OF
Sand" That is all. 1t Is to be an
eight-page weekly devoted to the m
terests of Princess Anne county and
her towns. or course. II will have /
pecial interest to the sojourners here.
Sand is the property of an experience
cd newspaper woman, who is one of the
brightest writer's in the State. She
some years ago gave up journalism
in the West to venture upon tho
matrimonial sea. But who ever had
taste Of printers ink and then kept
away from 1t for good? This good
lady. whose pen name is II. H. Mitch
ell. finds she cannot, and hence Sand
will come to the ffbnt next week
In Conclusion.
With the finest beach In the world;
with a superb town government; With
hundreds of cottages; with ample places
of amusement: with magnificent
drives through the forests: with bath
houses galore; with church facilities;
with public libraries, with banking
facilities: with the most up-to-dalo
railway service and complete telegraph
and telephone service with sufH-
cheney of medical force; with superb
life-savtng service, and with every
thing else that heart could wish, why
should not Virginia Beach become the
most popular seaside resort on tho
continent? That is just what It is So-
ing to do or the Woman's Civic Im-
provement League and other organiza-
lions here will know the reason why.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-17
THE PAVILION
Grande,t of Baths


The bathing facilities Of the place
are unsurpassed. The whole beach is
free to the world, and 1t Is not less
than twenty miles long, extending from
Carolina; but the part that is under
the town government Of Virginia
Beach and under the protection Of the
gowernments Ife saving service Is en-
Within this two miles that is to say,
within the corporate limits of the town
there are not less than five pub,
lie bathing houses. supplied with all
of the paraphernalia of up-to-datc
lighthouses, to say nothing of the hun
The amusement end of the beach is
immoral features OF that famous fans
tnstlcal outlay Around the Virginia
Beach Hotel there is the famous pa
vilion. With all of it's accommodation
on accommodation trains and, eXcur-
sion ventures during the summer sea-
son. There may be found the switch :
back In it's perfection the merry-g :
round in all of its beauty, and various
othersthings to entertain and heartily
please an amusement seeking public.
The season opens here about the
first of March, and 1t continues
for the spring and summer sea-
son until about the first OF October.
| auu tHeN tne winter season opens up.
From March to June the Northerners
and the Westerners are mostly In evil
dence Beginning with June and until
| October the Southern people and the
| Westerners hold the fort. and then
tho winter guests begin to fiji the
lcottaSes.
Tho winter guests are becoming
| more numerous ms the years go by
and as the Beach becomes more fla
nous as a winter resort This feature
| is becoming more profitable to The
owners of cottages, and the wisdom
of the providers for winter guests is
becoming more manifest.
The Life Savers.
One Of the features of Virginia
Beach that attracts national attention
4 Is the government life-sRYing station
4 that has been established here. The
i United States has erected here one
. of the most expensive and up-to-dat,
I liie-saYing stations ION the coast. The
: OUTFIT which WAS commenced ahou
I three years ago, provided for the bes
], building ON the coast. The servic,
maintains here a keeper and eight rnei
who patrol the beach for ten mile,
either side of the town. Tho station
!, Is equipped with lise-boats. surf-boa is
TIL, Lie guns for sending the lifs-llns
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-17
to distressed ships in the distance, and

to distressed ships in the distance, and
all the other paraphernalia necessary
to make the lite-saving service COM
Simply perfection. the only defect be-
ing that the men are off duty two
months in the year. and the Moments
civic Improvement League, OF virginia
Beach, are arranging to. have this de-
What the Women Can Do.
BY the way. this Moments Civic I'm
provement League Is u great force az
somehow got 1t into their heads that
something ought to be done to adj
something more than the men We're
doing. They organized last March, and
since. that time they have been mov-
ing things. TO them Is largely due the
tciyic improvements. that have been
isfed, and they are not only loo king to
the hyGlenic and moral conditions OF
the community, hut they are seeking to
advance the INDUSTRIAL and commercial
interests of Virginia Reach. TIL Q OH I
GERS of this we'll organized assocla- :
tiop are Miss Monte Wilkinson, pres
ident; Mrs. ]. =, Allen, first vice pres
lldent; Mrs. Marmaduke third vice-preas-
Iident Miss Wilkinson. secretnry, MISS
Lola Bailey. treasurer The objects OF
tho league are to beautlfy, advertise
Land In all ways to bring to the front
| Virginia Beach
Natural Industries.
The Industries OF theNS Beach, I. aside
from thu hotels and the cottage indus
! try, are largely confined to stlsher!es,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-17
yyhat.tha TOWN Has Done.

Virginia Beach is an Incorporated
town with q full complement of eff
cient officers, and the people of the
town have not failed to vote to tax
themselves to provide all of the i'm
provements necessary to make this the
most healthful seaside resort on the
Atlantic coast.
Within the past year the town gov
eminent has expended $4,000 In I'M
provements, and all OF these improve
ments have been made with an eye sim
gle to making the. Beach truly health
full aud attractive. The people know
what a good thing they have. and they
are determined that the balance Of the
world shall find 1t out.
Within the last Year three and half
miles of granolithic sidewalks have
been laid, q water system has been
completed, followed by a frst-class fire
department service. sewer system
which reaches state of perfection has
been Installed. the streets have been
graded, and all of the receptacles for
stagnapt water have been filed or
drained. and the festive mosquito as a
natural pest has been reduced to the
minimum.
Fcvers and malaria have been eradi-
Gated and Virginia Beach is to-day
health resort that has the real
health in fact rather than on paper.
Good Water In Abundance.
The water supply of the town comes
from deep wells that go far beyond
the salt water faint and bring from
several thousand feet below the sandy
surface the best and purest of water
This water is pumped from the bowels
3 of the earth, two mammoth gasolent
engines, each Of thirty-six horse power
IL I l,,, l,,jI ,,t. tan
tank elevated l40 feet above the sur
face of the earth, and which holds
A. 10000 gallons. This elevation not only
gives a thorough pressure for flush
ing the complete sewer system, bu
thoroughly equips the fire. fghtni
brigade, which can play successful,
on any fire with reels. engines no
being necessary. There are four rec
companies located in different part
of the town, and each of the four fir
department stations are furthc
equipped with ladders. chemical ex
"A tinguishers and other fre-tighttng ap
raratus.
The sewer system of the town Is tn
most approved and up-to-date know
to modern science. The system. whic
has been so satisfactory In Norfoll
N was adopted by the Council OF V'r
ginia Beach and she lay Of the Ian
< made X more adaptable to the beae
section than TO Norfolk, and here !
is even a grtnter success than 1t ha
been In Norfolk, even though 1t ha
heen provided on somewhat smalle
III scale.
TWO miles OF sewer pipe have bee
laid. and all OF The accumulation
thereof are emptied by natural gravst
into cesspool arrangement. and fror
W. this pool, which As amply protected, III
sewerage Is discharged through
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-17

TWO miles OF sewer pipe have been
laid. and all OF the accommodations
thereof are emptied by natural gravity
into a cesspool arrangement. and from
this pool, whichis amply protected, tho
1 sewerage Is discharged through a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-17
VIRGINIA BEACK
WHERE SURGES ROLL
9(continued from First Page.)

CONTINUED from Flrst PaEe.J
ginia Beach, There are here now
hotel and cottage accommodations for
not less than 5000 visitors. The hotels
and cottages, great and small, that
are open the present summer season
for guests number not less than 100.
OF course, the most of these are open
only in the summer. but at least twenty
of them are winter houses. as we'll as
GUNNER. and more are ready to open in
the winter months as rapidly as the
Increasing winter demand calls for
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-25
LOW STEAMSHIP RATES
TO THE NORTHLAND.
Effort Being Made to incuce Men to Go
into Fa rbanks and Tanana
Districts.

SEATTLE, May 25.-With the OBJ
ject of inducing laborers to go into
the Tanana and adjoining districts, the
Alaska Steamship company will give
a rate Of $65 to Fairbanks. Alaska. to
become operative on the first boats 60
ing nCrth to st. Michael this season.
The Olympia will be the first vessel to
leave Seattle carrying men at the re-
duced rate, difference of $35 from the
regular fare, and she has accommoda-
ti2ns for 800 second class. She sails
Saturday, May 80.
The mines of the Tanana need
men, said John H. Bunch, passenger
agent of the Alaska Steamship COM
pany, yesterday. They have got the
dirt, but if they have not got the men
TO make the cleanup, the gold in the
gravel is not going to be of any use to
them or to anyone else The merchants
Of Fairbanks and the camps IN the min
ing districts near by have been car
ry:ng the mining companies, extending
credits to them for supplies and the
like, and the Seattle merchants nave
given the same credit to the Alaska
merchants. The Seattle merchants IN
turn are being carried by the .ocal
banks This state of affairs has been
going on for practically two business
seasons, and unless the men go to work
the mines, very serious consequences
to the business community will result.
We expect to have a full load on the
OLYMPIA, and more to follow on the
other boats"