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GROCERY SPECIAL


? LBS. HONEY, 25C; FRESH UTAH
large cans milk. S5c, li4 lbs. sugar, 81
eggs. 22ic aud 25c; oranges. I5c 10 i0c
Goz.. best Walnuts. 20c. mixed nuts, l5c;
picnic hams i2lc; keg pickles. csc: hu3hc
good apples 9jc, 10 lbs. good apples, sc;
pkGs. cut oatmeal. 1bc: lbs. ginger
locna. l0c pound. corn, gloss starch. soda,
hall Uluoing any for t5c: cereal coffee
Zoe; anchovics, a H., l5c; Z boxes matches
2ic; lamp chimneys. Sc: > lbs. strong
pounds rcd apples 15c; rounds wheat
and oat meal 25c; packages mince
meat. 15c; , dozen eGcs. 45c; blue rib
bon ralsins, loc; l-poUud cans salmon,
25c: White house coffee. 40c, best hams.
iSc, boiled ham. zoe; mince meat
pound 1Oc; / pound 5O-ccut CO.
Co.'S 35c: best creamery butter, SOC;
pounds rice or beans 25c: good lemons.
"oc; 5-lb, pail compound lard. soc: ,
pounds butler, 45c; pounds strong
onions, JOG, kippcred herring, zoe: l1raut
pound, &c: 5 cans corn. 25c; cans
oysters. 25c; bars Crystal White
soap, 25c; mustard, per pound, 20c
6 cans oil sardines, 25c; NJ. j. B.
coffee. G5c; lO-pound can cotto-
best oleonarsarine. pound. 20c; Lip
tons tea. pound. soc: . packag ages
Corn Flakes. l5c: 4~pound can cottolene.
SOC; 5-lb. can lard, 65c, 10-pound can
Bakers chocolate. per pound, 35c; 5 cans
Snyder's pork and beans, 25c; pounds
soda crackers. 25c; gallon can syrup,
45c;, graham flour. per sack, 25c; Red
Seal Iye. s for 25o; pounds macaroni.
mustard sardines 25c. 0 bars washing
SOAP 25c. Chicago Store, 116 West lst
South. s976
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MONEY TO LOAN

AMOUNTS or $500 AND UP: LOW
rate OF interest. Houston Zeal Estate
Inv. Co, COL South Main ST. Phones %.
o12o
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order OF the board OF directors made on
the ?Srd day of November, 1911, so many
shares Of each parcel OF said stock as
may be necessary viii be sold at the or
fce OF the company. 35l South Main
street. Salt Lake City. Utah. on the 17th
day of January, 1912. at .. IN. OF said
day, 10 pay delinquent assessment thrre-
on, together with cost OF advertising and
expense OF sale.
By order of board OF directors.
CHAS. TYING. Secretary.
CITY Trust & Investment company, 351
oouth Main street, Salt Lake City, Utah
First publication Jan. 3. 1912 s113
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ANNOUNCEMENT


HERE Is SOMETHING HOESEMlGN
should know: ] am using Dr. Nuuus
Black Oil Healing Compound In my sta
bles and on my breeding farm, aud VIII
say that I have yet TO ind its equal as
"a stable medicine for all purposes II
has saved much valuable racing stock for
me Respectfully, G. b GLOW,
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DELINQUENT NOTICE.

Kinsley Development company. lota-
non or mines. r.Iko county, Nevada Prin
tyre building. Salt Lake City. Utah.
Notice there arc delinquent on the fol-
lowing described stock on account OF as
sessment No. ] OF two mills per share.
levied on the 18th day of October 1911.
the several amounts set opposite the
names OF the respective shareholders. as
follows:
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A FLOWER GIVEN AWAY FREE TO
every purchaser at Burton Cash Gro
Gerry and Meat Market 1926 South State
street. Saturday. January 10. Special cut
prices: cgg-o-see. 4 pcks., 25c; can to-
or Uncle Sam. per can. &c: , cans Eagle
milk soc; cans Sego or Honeysucke
milk. 25c; cans. baby size. CSC; bars
high grade soap. 25c; pot roast. per ~.
&c: boiling beef &c ID; steak. 10c 10 l7Ic
To-. mutton leg, 13c b.; mutton stew. &c
lb.; veal. 1eic To Ia 10. Ind. phone 1868
SSH
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And In accordance with the law and
an order Of the board ot directors made
on the 10Th day OF October. 1911. so many
shares Of each parcel Of stock as may
ton ct the office Of said company. 72i
Mcintyre building, Salt Lake City. Utah.
on Monday. January 10. 1912. AT 10 o'clock
noon. to pay the delinquent asssssm ent
thereon. together with the costs OF advey-
Using and the expense of sale
" A. DUNyON, Secretary
Office i2l Mcintyre Building
Salt Lake CITY. Utah. po5oe
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sHEPPAED'S EMPLOYMENT AGEM-v
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FUNERAL NOTICES


EVANS The remains Of lames Evans,
who died In This city January II, 1912,
VIII he shipped from O'Donne!l s. cos
parloTS Sunday, January IL, 1872, 10 Park
CITY Utah Iur final tntcrmant.
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PERSONALS

ANY GIRL NEEDING FRIENDS WILL
find them at the Salvation Army. Adj
dress all communications to Mrs. Adiu-
tant Sloate. 52l East Third South street
Salt Lake City. 1882
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SHEET METAL WORKS

COUCHMAN & CO, HEATING AND
sheet metal works, All kinds of furnace
repair work 233 South West Temple
1920
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SIGNS AND SCENERY


CIIAS. PETERSON, 20 RICHARDS ST,
brass. Clipped glass and painted. Both
phones. E2S
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DELINQUENT NOTICE.

City Trust 6 Investment company. Ia.
cation OF principal place of business, Isl
South Main street QorTnerly 81 Kearns
bulldlng). Salt Lake City, Utah
Notice.-There are delinquent upon tl,o
following described stock on account oi
assessent No. l. levied on tho 23rd dsu
of November. 1911, the several amounts
set opposite the names OF the respective
SHAREHOLDERS: InIaI,
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CARD OF THANKS

WE WISH TO THANK OUR MANY
friends for thcir kindness aud offerings
In tho bereavement md loss of our dear
mother Mrs, Sarah II. Wintcrowd.
i dAMES III. WINTEKOWD AND FAM
lIN
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Co. All kcarns bldg. Phones 27ai
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WAITED
whNTED-EEMALE HELP.


fki;E EMPLOY MENT AGENCY. BA2lE:, ~.
iuent F'lr3t CONGREGATIONAL churcn: W.
sct You y position free or charge. eLe
phone Ind. G6G6. Eell 5S22 tziio
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FIREPROoF STORAGE

HALF RATE FIREPROOF STORAGE.
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CHIMNEY SWEEPING

CHIMNEY SWEEPING AND FURNAoS
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Frankens Ind, leo. a ass
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optician, IL East Bird South ST. m3e
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FURNITURE AND FIXTURE
FINISHING


G. w. HAUCK OF NEW YORK CITY
Interior hardwood finishing. Ind, 1852.
pS36
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EXPERIENCED GIRL FOR CEN ERAls
o, housework; In family, Address oSs
Sth ave. Phone 4oS5-k Dllle
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DENTISTS

DIP. s, A. LEAVER is NOW LOCATSp
at Stauffer apartments. l64 East SoIsa S"Dosa
Temple. p-.-
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS

-~SN--r
EBGR w. HALL, UNDERTAKEN AND
embalmer i6I $. West Temple. Phones
1919 do
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ACCORDION PLEATTNG
WHERE TO STOP
WALLPAPER CLEANING

HOME PAPER CLEANING co. BEST
work: experienced men; prices right,
Office Duvals paper store. dS173
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licensed emhalmer llth East and 18th
South. Hyland 100. s275
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HAY, GRAIN AND COAL


u. & l. FEED co. l69 WEST SOUTH
Temple and 4s2 North md West. Ind
oa56. p539
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VETERINARIAN


DIR. w. II. GORDEN. SPECIALIST ON
dog disease. 322 South State. Ind. %,
Bell ITI0-Z. m2SS2
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FURNITURE REPAIRED AND REUP-
folstcred: cotton and hair mattresses
rnSde over. Up-to-Date Furniture 20: S0;:
80 s. w Temple. Bell 2l2i o.ov.
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ASSAYERS

UNION ASSAY OFFICE. l52 SOUTH
West Temple. p. O, box 1916. nI5l0
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BANK, BAR AND OFFICE
FIXTURES
Observation-Disclosures. u.


MOTOR AND BICYCLE REPAIRING
new and second hand machines on cas-,
payments. Lon Claflin 10 w 3rd South
III
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QUICK MONEY: ANY AMOUNT OR
time. Kelly Montrose. Brokers, Ok
| Main st. upstairs ao22S
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IN TIE DISTRICT COURT or THE
United States for the District OF Utah.
i'm tho matter OF w. &, Appleg7lte.
vol banlsruptcy.-In bankruptcy No
To the creditors OF W. &. Applesatc OF
Salt Lake City, in the county OF Salt
Lake, and district aforesaid, d bank
rupt
Notice Is hereby given that on the
9th day OF January 1872. the said ". q.
Applegate was duly adjudicated bank
ruDt. and that the first meeting OF his
creditors Will be held at my office in the
Continental block. Salt Lake City Utah
on the 2Srd day OF January. 1912. at 1890
O'Clock In the forenoon at which time
the said creditors may attend, prove their
claims. appoint a trustee examine the
bankrupt. and transaCt such other busi-
ness may properly come before said
meeting. CHARLES BALDWIN,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
salt Lake city, Jan L.. 1912. 500
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FURNITURE REPAIRING

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w. WILLIAMS d SON, IG6 n ST BELL
l545-K Upholsterlng, chairs receneo: .
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HAIR GOODS


HAIR SHOP. sos EAST 3RD
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TAILOR MADE CORSETS


LADIES, CALL MRS, MANN FOR a
Spirella Corset; one years guarantee.
Lad. 2549 D26lS
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E 9. O'DONNELB, UNDERTAKEN
and emEalmsr. has moved 10 new To-
"a ton. 225-227 South West Temple st.
realty. bldg. Both phones 6SG oS399
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PLENTY OF MONEY TO LOAN Gle
seyWslker Co. 7i2-14 kearns bldg.
nIS
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MONEY SUPPLIED SALARY PEOPLE.
women keeping house and others with
out security; cheapest rates, easiest pay
ments: offices in all principal cities. ID.
IT. Tolman. 33S Atlas bldg. al2l4
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SIX PER CENT IMPROVED PROP
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MONEY TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATE.
PoneroY 36 West LIST North u86t
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MONEY TO LOAN on REAL. ESTATE.
Hailoran Judge Co. 500 South Main,
eS2S
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BUILDING LOANS: FREE BOOKLET
of plans. Salt Lake Security 6; Trust
Co 30 Upper Main. b190c
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COULD WE MAKE MORE LOANS UP
on real estate than any five conpeU-
tors combined unless our methods are
right?
Nineteen years experience with only
Une foreclosure.
TRACY LOAN e TRUST CO..
II Z. lst South. m?66l
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ON UTAH AND IDAHO FARMS: LIB
eral options. Miller &; Viele. S03 kea rms
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MoNUMENTs, ToMBsToNEs

LARGE STOCK TO SELECT FROM r.
Mckenzie. Display yards. i22 So State.
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SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
Notice OF Sale Of School Bonds.

Notice is hereby given that sealed bids
will be received by the undersigned for
the purchase Of three hundred and TWEEN
ty-five a per cent bonds OF Salt Lake
City school district, Salt Lake county
Utah. of the denomination Of $1,000 each
Bonds dated and 10 be delivered and paid
for February /, 1912,
Interest payable semi annually I'm Salt
Lake City or New York City; principal
payable in Salt Lake City, in accordance
with interest coupons attached. All bids
10 be accompanied by certified checks OF
per cent OF the amount of the bid sub
mitted. payable to the undersigned. ms a
forfeit In case the bidder falls to com
ply with the terms OF his bid. checks to
DC returned TO unsuccessful bidders. All
bids to be in the hands of the clerk OF
the board by twelve (l2) o'clock noon
January 20. 1912.
Tho undersigned reserves the right to
reject any and all bids. No contingent
bid shall be received.
THE BOARD Or EDUCATION OF SALT
LAKE CITY
BY J. Il, Hammond, President.
BY l. p. Judd. Clerk. pt90
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night. 3SliI. Phone or wire rush
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REAL ESTATE LOANS MADE.
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WANTED sITUAEIoNs-FEMAIE.

DRESSES AND SUITS ALTERED. ANY
style. skirts cleaned and pressed, 60c.
I5c; satisfaction guaranteed: at Ilon's
Sultorium. 90 q. End So, upstairs, Phone
Bcll 1858. pl470
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Its tropical vegetation. There are
palm trees of hundred varieties.
Wild bananas and strang. .rees In
which are TO be seen air plants and
orchids hanging to the limbs and II est
ling ut the roots OF the branches.
There are great clumps of bamboo with
leaves as feathcry as those which line
the under wing of an angel. and great
beds OF tassalated papyrus, the same
plant as that used In old Egypt TO
make the boat-lke cradle In which
little Moses rocked when he was dis
covered by Pharaoh's raughter. Even
beyond the Gntun Dam the country IS
still gre IN. You are told you are on
the line OF the canal. and tho very dirt
over which you are passing will form
its bed In other places the woods
are jungle, and the hunter will
point out the marks OF n wild hog.
deer. or tapir. This country is full
OF wild gome. One OF my fellow
travellers of to-day. an American judge
OF the Canal Zone. tells me his chief
sport is hunting. He shoots many deer,
and he recently killed 4 tapir which
weighed l,l00 pounds, He says the
tapir meat tastes like Chicago beef,
and that the venison OF Panama is az
good as that of the Adirondacks or
the Rockies.
hIhIhS the tauul Level.
] shall not say anything here about
tn, locks nor the mighty Gatun Dam
which holds back tho Chagrcs. The
railroad took lis to the top OF the level
and then dropped us into the dam and
carried us over Its basin. Already
twelve feet OF water have been let In,
and by the time this letter is publish
cd tho lake will be very much high
er.
The railroad now skirts the edg, of
the filled portion at the twelve foot
level, and eventually there will be iiriy
or sixty feet OF water above that OF
the present track. Six months from
now the only way to traverse that
track would be in n tube tunnel like
that of the Pennsylvania Railroad un-
der the river on tha way to New
York
We wound our way for some miles
through the basin, passing little VIII
lagos OF rude shacks where negroes
and mulattocs are still living. notwith-
standing they hav, been warned by tho
government to move. They can see
the water come in. but they will hang
on until 1t comes to their doorways.
which time Will be soon.
Leaving the Gatum basin. you come to
n region where a great part OF tho
land Is made up OF the spoil that has
been taken out of the Culebra cut.
Never thel,ss. You cannot roaiizc 1t,
for the kind mother OF the tropics
has already spread n coat OF vegeta-
ton over the rocks and hidden the
scars. 1t Is only when you enter tn,
Culebra cut and cross It that you rca-
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MAIN STREET, COLON LAND You AT COLON
crossIng The I.hmu

, figuring. That would equal a ditch
yard wide and a yard deep and 1870
thousand miles long. would equal
ditch go big that tho. latest log ever
Killed a Chicago could walk through
IT with its back level with the top,
and the ditch would be long enough TO
reach four times around the Garth at
INC equator. ana sun leave 10000 miles
TO spare. Il would requir.. enough ex-
cavation to make fifteen tunnels
through the centre of the earth from
oHe side TO the other. and each tunnel
would be biz enough for that fat hog
to crawl through More. /, would
equal great column three Zee, square
reaching from hero on the earth Just
ha!t way 10 tho moon. II the tunnel
through thu Garth was increased 10 ten
or twelve feet square /: would not hold
me total excavation. and tina, tunnel
would be large enough 70 drive through
the biggest wagon load OF hly ever
hauled by four horses.
TIL: above estimates VIII give you
some idea Of tho work Uncle sam has
done aud is doing in iftiny earth here
at Panama.
At the Top OF the CnnnI.
The canal. Az every enc NOV Know.
Is 10 be lock canal The ships viii
be dragged up ana l., down By the
Chasrcs RIVER. which IS being ha.-
messed by the Gstun Dam so tha; It's
level will he eighty-,ivc feet above
that OF the -'aribbean and the Pacific
Ocean a either end OF tbs waterway
How high Is eighty-fve feet: l., Is
about the height OF a seycn-strry nat
or less than onc-siXth tbs height Of
the Washington Monument lie; a.,
make the reduction even more concrete.
Take some man that every one kuoiys.
You have all seen Champ Clark, tn"
stately Speaker OF the House Of Rep
resentativcs The Speaker is six Tee;
tall. II fourteen men OF the h,gh.
OF Champ Clark stood one on The head
Of the other and the last should play
the part OF Atlas by raising his hands
he could just support the world Oh the
icve! Of this canal at It's highest point
above til. ocean.
The minimum depth OF the water
way is forty-one feet. Lean out of
your fourth saory window and drip a
plumb line TO the ground. You might
he in canoe sounding the depth OF
the Panama Canal.
The Canal In n Nutshell.
Bat all this is only preliminary!
shall describe the canal in detail as
go ovet IL. In a nutshell (, is nifty,
miles long from deep water in the Pa
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lie what has been done. You SEQ
thousands OF men working as The rail-
way carries YOU dying by and an end
less river of earth is moving out on
the cars 10 be spread over tha hollows.
In one place I was shown & dump
which contained fifteen million cubic
Yards OF such spoil. Using our meth
od OF calculation above given. thut
spoil would equal ditch Il yard wide
and yard deep 5000 miles long. Ir
would fill tunnel running through
the globe and still leave enough 10
make ditch OF the above size from
Nav York to Chicago.
The railroad from the Culeura cut
to Panama now crosses the cut in ono
place. Further along it runs OH tho
canal bed, where II year from now
there Will be over forty feet OF wa
ter. and shortly thereafter leaves tho
canal. and com IS into Panama, at tho
edge of Ancon. This is the old rail
road. The new line has been located,
and the grading for il is going rapidly
on.
Copyright, 1912. by Frank G. Carpen-
ter.)
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cifc 10 deep water In the Atlantic.
From shore line TO shore line the length
Is forty miles. In going through it
tile vessels enter Limon Bay. :. mag
niiccni harbor and steam thence
through the first Atlantic stretcn.
Gatun. The ship Is st!.l on the level
OF the Caribbean when 1t gets TO
Gatun. but there IT meets the gr,
locks which. filled by the ChGgres. lift
It eighty-fiyc feet into Gatun Lake
VIII tell you Inter how IL goes through
these locks and what tn. locks are
like.
In the lake i,scif the steamer may
pass at fun speed 10 the entrance to
the cu!ehra cat, and the same level
IS maintained until you reach the oth-
or end OF that cut al Pedro Miguel.
There The vessel enters lock ana
drops about tn height OF a three
story house into a small lake which
is about htty-liyc feet above SEA level.
Tha, lake IS yet to be made, but 1t
wIll be Il mile ana a half long and
nfty-nve fest aboy. the sea. 4, the
end Of the lake there are tivo more
10 Ks one a1uve the other, winch sue
ccss!vcly drop Ii down from the height
oi hv:-story HAT 10 the channel and
on the level Of the Pacific Ocean.
Our ship is now only eight and half
miles from the ocean itSGIi ana is
ready TO steam on to Chine. Japan,
Australia, or anywhere else IN the
Pacitic.
Ignorance About the Zig Ditch.
That Is the story OF The canal in n
nutshell, hut il is one when many
do not understand During the com
Ing campaign we shall have stump
speeches where the orators will speak
OF bringing the waters OF til. Atlantic
and Pacific Oceans together rhcy do
not come together hero ~ Panama, ana
If ,hcy did they would have 10 flow
uphill to "A height of eighty-hvc feet
The salt waters have but little TO do
with moving the ships from ocean to
ocean. i; Is the fresh water OF the
Chagres River that does that work.
Nevertheless. some supposedly well
informed men canmo; appreciate this
One OF the chief officials OF the Island
OF Jamaica visited the canal the OH
or day. He was made much of and
was taken over IT from one side TO III.
other. Al the close he said TO Colonel
Cocktails:
1T IS a wonderful undertaking. but
ii seems TO some of our people in Eng
land dangerous onA. for they fear