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Show Is roivj and the abundance of cane has enabled grinding to be carried on wlth-j out Interruption," the cost of production Is excessive. The Portland. Or.. Railway. IJght and! Power company announced last niKht an' Increase In the wage? of itt street car men of from two to thre cents an hour., Thp new scale went Into effect March 1,! and runs from 23 and 24 cents to an cental en hour, according to length of service,! Elgin hundred men are affected. ' 1 ! CREAM OF THE NEWS i I , i I The Prince of Wales, who held the title j of Vre-Adnlral in the navy, has been I promoted to be a full-fledged Admiral. The Grain. Coal, Steamship and Milling company of I,o Angeles hag purchased 3",0iio acres of coal land on Graham Island, northernmost of the Queen Charlotte Char-lotte Islands. It Is the Intention to sup-plv sup-plv Prince Rupert, future terminus of the Grand Trunk Pacific railroad, with coal. The present sugar crop of Cuba will prove a financial failure unless the price of sugar advances. Although the weather |