Show TALKS WITH TRAVELERS J F Shields icturned yesterday from an extended Northwestern business trip and Is at the Kmilsford He says While the commercial situation in the Northwest Is not really booming it is very encouraging The farmers especially espec-ially are Jubilant over the wheat prospects pros-pects In Washingtons great wheat district they say they never saw such a crop before and the failure of the crop back in tIme northern middle States has sent prices upward Fiftycent wheat Is the talk now which will bring I lots of money Into Washington State I The great trouble is lack of shipping I ship-ping facilities to gel the wheat over I onto tho other side of the Pacific The Government has seized about all the I available vessels for transport service I and new ones can not be built fast enough to supply the demand Of I course they will como In time but the cry Is for boats for the Asiatic trade now There is I bound to be tremendous I business possibilities In the great Northwest The weather up there has I been cool and comparatively pleasant t a I Fort Douglas Is one of the most Interesting In-teresting scenic spots I have ever visited 1 vis-ited said Principal Bradley of the manual training high school Denver I yesterday Mrs Bradley and myself I I went up there this morning and were very much taken with the grand view of the valley and southern Hike spread out KO romantically rwrt M th I W bpaulltiilly before us The trip an a l11h r way over on the Rio Grande w remarkable treat and the fact th had rained made it more plen that i t This Is our first trip to Utah ln II a delightful country W lirml When questioned as to cUuoatln progress in Colorado Mr Bradley u The aim Is to reach higher and hlcvT1 81 In thoroughness and tr efficiency Ttr manual training high school will hat 500 pupils the coming year the cnl have Ing class alone numbering 200 nl Is a steady struggle to ro get Into t M school because of Its I practical thi 11 manii work and there are as many boys manual a girls there where in the East Denvr high school for Instance there nrofln 1 girls to two boys reva Principal Bradley was formerly Lieutenant In the Ninth a cavalry aol war pleased to find part of his old regi ment at Fort Douglas yesterday wl and Mrs Bradley and daughter leav0 week for a Visit 0 next to Ophlr dvhfre Mrs Bradlcys brother Mr Beach 1 u place with the Clark copper mill at that t There ought to belmore experienced in the Philippines Eti surgeons Phllfi Ines said Dr A S Polhemus at the Manltou be i fore continuing East from San Fran Cisco Thcro aro a good many army doctors In the islands but they lire largely young and not experienced In i army work This makes It harder for the older surgeons who are not only responsible for the general work but have to look after their younger and less experienced brethren Of courj in time the younger men will Uarn bu p that is not much consolation to thd older and hardworked surgeons There will have to be rotation of troops In the Philippines Many of our men cannot stand the climate very long and after u regiment has been stationed there a certain length or tin I it will have to be sent home to give Limo men a change and for recupera tion a a t Lieut S T Ullman of the Fourth Maryland volunteers iu in this city from Baltimore visiting with the famU ly of Sol Siegel Ho Is now a practic ing physician at the Maryland capital where he is highly thought of The doctor tells some amusing stories of the afillctlon of sand fleAs and tick which the soldiers camped at Chickamauga Chicka-mauga had to endure They would much preferred to have fought the i Spaniards before Sdnllago than the Insect nests at Chlckanuiuga but that was not their good fortune Ho eaya the Fifth Maryland has had the reputation repu-tation of being one of the finest marching march-ing regiments In the American National Guard but it was the Fourth that had the reputation of being the moat thoroughgoing soldiers Time doctor Is going on a hunting trip into Wyoming He has been hunting In the far West before and expects to enjoy himself the coming season It was Dr Ullman who kindly volunteered volun-teered his services In caring for Hod gert the Injured blcyclo rider at the track Friday night |