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Show TIIE Your New Years Resolution Should Be MORNING WE CURE MEN Drs. Elliott A. Norris Olsen, Grocer, veil. ALLEN CO. Phone 12 for yonra. - fm1 fai'h. bit.:. i ail! hoii.irg. ir. wrxc wi'.l i:i, i.olief l.iai is. liir- - managed. IMfi. n ah. it Kvptif-u;t:i.- s be iriej in in street li pair..ml in diggng earth ing. in and risk. Xna aiui :hen an experiment will be a failure; and a mom; ho bear uf it. a certain pi .j.mr-'i-'t- i ttn'stf uf do.ibiiug Tliuina-e- s will at oute beliex e that the wVle work is a failure Doubtless here and (here some minor rsM'aiii.v ad! in- unvote. ed; but i.) this, 1 have ; tbit' after the most paiuvaking inquiry I hate been unable to t:n a sitig.e repuiuldt person a l.o briJ so noil'll us of auy nP eo. i:.n ihe honserious aivus-aiiouesty uf the v.'minUhb i or of an..- officer muter i!. 1 append a Utter dealing wi'h ilie tu,it se.iou ehstse. that iff the ownership uf jt iu I'olou: the charge was not advanced I i.mjibl' in .in. un.l is utterly baseless. It Is not too much to say that the whole atmosphere of the it utalh.'K a pouestx breathes efficlt-ueand energy. Above all. the work line been kept absolutely clear of poiiilrt.. 1 hare neier heard even a suggt-dlo- u uf spoils politics in connection with it. Lxgt-i'r- . - Ppo Two) tiuarely Pp gowinmmt feed them. 1 looked ini 'i. wut am having this ilbiif ly call fur um;u-- r d yr . e intelligiT-ii-- . p tva-v- renee. 1 I; iisij executive i. the work upon which nuai labor - duius will TL.will lure to be bp.tii. Ik- composed of the earth Juki u out of the cut sad veiy bly the building of 'ho locks anil dams will take even longer thau the cutting in I'ulebra list li. In Culcbra Cut. The main work i now lieiug done ; in the Culebra cut. It a liking and miprewhs to see the huge slcsm shovels In full play . the dumping trsius currying a way the rock and earth they dislodged. The In'.pfouteu'x of French excavating machinery, which often si and a little way trim the line of work, though of excellent contractions. look like the veriest toys when compared wish there new steam shovels, just s the French dumping cars ieeui like toy cars wlieu compared with the long trains of huge curs, dumped by steam plows, which ate now In use. This represents live enormous adi sure that has beeu made In machinery iluriug the past quarter of a century. No doubt a quarter of a century hence this new machinery . of which we are now so proud, will similarly seem out uf date, but it i certainly serving its purpose well now. The old French car had to he entirely discarded. We still have in use a few of the more modern, bur not most modern, cars, which hold but IS yards of earth. They can be employed on certain lines with sharp curves. But the recent cars hold from 5 to :sn yard apiece, and instead of the old clumsy methods of unloading them, a team plow 1 drawn from end to end of the wltufo veslibuted train, thus Immensely cronnmiilug labor. In the rainy season the steam shovels ran do but little In dirt, but they work stead-llIn rock and In the harder ground. There were some twenty-fivat work during the time I was on the Isthmus, and their tremendous ppwer snd efficiency were most impressive. New Records for Excavation. Aa soon as the type of canal was decided this work began in good earnest. The rainy season will shortly be over and then there will lie an Immense Increase in the amount taken out; but even during the last threo months, in the rains season, steady progress la shown by the figures: In August, 242, (MX) cubic yards; In September, 2(1,000 cubic yards, and .a October. 315 cubic yards. In October new records were established for the output of individual shot els aa well as for the tonnage haul of Individual locomotives.' 1 hi.pe to see the growth of a healthy spirit' of emulation between the different shovel and locomotive crews, Just such a spirit sa has grown on uur battle ships between tho different gun crews In matters of marksmcnthlp. Passing through lh) cut the amount of new work ran lie seen at a glanre. in one plane the entire side of a hi. I Imd been taken uni recently by 27 ton of dynamite, which were exploded st one lilaat. At another place 1 wffc'jrfven a Presld-i-rl- sf salute iff twenty-oncharges of dynamite. On the top notch of the Cule-br- a cut the iirlam la now as wide an It will tic; all told, tbo canal bed al this point has now been sunk shout 200 feet below what It originally was. It will have to lie sunk about tod feet farther. Tbrouphdui ihe cut the drilling, Masting, shoveling, and hauling aa going un with constantly Increasing energy, the huge shovel being preened up, aa If they wek-- mountain howitzers, Into the ninsl unlikely looking places, where they eat iheir way Into the hillsides. The most advanced methods, nol only In construction, but In railroad management, have been applied In the Zone, with corresponding economics In time and coat. This has been shown in the handling of the tonnage from ships Into cars, snd from cars Into ships on the Panama railroad, where, thanks largely to the efficiency of General Manager Blerd. the saving in time and cost tins been notcwiirthy. My exsmlnstlon tended to show that some of the departments had (doubtless neceaaarlly) become overdeveloped, and could now be reduced or subordinated without impairment of efficiency and with a saving of coat The chairman of the commisdon, Mr. Bhonta, lias all ns tiers of this kind cona'antly in view, and la now reorganizing the government of the Zone, s as to make the form of administration both more flexible and less expensive, subordinating everything to direct efficiency with a view to the work of the canal Commlarlon. From time to time changes of this kind will undoubtedly have to be made, for It must lie rememuered that in this giant work of construction, It is conto tinually necessary develop departments or bureaus, which are vital tor the time being, but which soon become useless ; Just as it will be continually necessary to put up buildings, and even to erect towns, which In ten years w'lll nee mure give place to Jungle, or will then be at the bottom of the great lakes at the ends of the canal Critics and Doubting Thomases. ir Is not only natural, but Inevitable, that work as gigantic aa this which has been undertaken on the laihmna should arouse every species of hostility and criticism. The conditions are so new and so trying, and the work so vast, that It would be abaolutely out of the question that mistaken should not be made. Checks will occur. Unforeseen difficulties will arise. From d time to time seemingly plana will have to be changed. At present 25,000 men are engaged on the task. After a while the number will be doubled. In such a multitude It Is Inevitable that there should be here and there a scoundrel. Very many of the poorer class of lalmrara lack the menial development to protect themselves against the rascality of others or their own folly, and It la not possible tor human wisdom to devise a plan by which they can Invariably be protected. In a place which has been for unhealthful-nesfor ages a and with so large a congregation of strangers suddenly put down and aet to hard work there will now and then be outbreaks of disease. There will now and then le sbortoomlnga in administration; there will be unlooked-for accident to delay the excavation of the cut or the building of the dama and locks. .Each such Incident will be entirely natural, and. even though serious, no one of them will mean more than a little extra delay or trouble. Yel each, when discovered mongers and retailed to . The superinieudeui haling immediate charge of one gang iff uvu ai the lulua reservoir stated lhai he endeavored to gel ihriu lo Mibxtitu're beaus aud otliei uuuiiahiLg food tor the stringy, watery yarns, because the n.en keep their strength and health better on the untie nourishing food. Inasmuch. however, as they are accus-tociuto yams ij la difficult to gel them to em the more food, and some time elapses before they grow accustomed to It. At this reservoir there ha been a curious experience. It la off in the Jungle by itself at the end of a coup.e of milt-- s of a little toy railroad. In older to get the laborers there, they were given free food (and of course free lodgings): and yet proved difficult to step them, because they wished to be they could reach the dramshop and places of amusement. 1 was struck by the superior comfort snd respectability of the lives of the married men. It would. In n.y opinion, be a un. st admirable thing if a mm-l- i latter number of the men had their wive, for with their advent all complaint! about the fund and cooking are almost sure to cease. 1 had an Interview with Ur. Mallet, the Brit lab consul, to find out if there was auy Just cauae for coin plaint aa to the treatment of the West India negroes. He informed me moat emphatically that there was not. and auihor-liene to give his statement publicity. He said that not only was the condition ff the laborers far better than had been the case under the old French company, but that by year the condition was Improving under our own regime. He slated that complaints were continually brought to him, and that he always Investigated them; and that for the last six months he had failed to find a single complaint of a serious nature that contained any Justification whatever. Recreation and Amusement One of the greatest ueeds st present la to provide amusements both for the white men snd the black. The Young Men's Christian association is trying to do good work and should be in every way encouraged. Hut the government should do the main work. 1 have specifically called the attention of the commission to this matter, and something has been accomplished already. Anything dune for the welfare of the men adds to iheir efficiency and money devoted to that purpose la therefore properly to be considered ea spent in building tnr canal. It la imperatively necessary to provide ample recreation and amusement If the men are to be kept well and healthy. I call the. special attention of congress to this need. This gathering, distributing, and car Ing tor thegreat force of la bur era is one of the giant features of the work. That friction will from time to time occur In connection therewith la inevitable. Tin- - astonishing thing Is that the work has been performed to well and that the machinery runs so smoothly. From my own experience I am able to say that .more care had been exorcised In bousing, feeding, and generally paying heed to the needs of the skilled mechanics and ordinary laborer In the work am this canal than la the case In the const ruction of new railroads In any other similar private or public work In the United K latea proper; and It Is the testimony of all peoplq competent to apeak that on no other similar work anywhere in the tropica indeed, aa far as I know, anywhere else Ua there been such forethought and such Biirecaa achieved In providing for the needs of the men who do the work. 1 have nuw dealt with the hygienic conditions which make It possible to of force a laborers, and employ great with the task uf gathering, housing and feeding these laborers. There remains to consider the actual work which has to be done; the work because of which these laborers are gathered together the work of constructing the canal. This Is under the d.recl control of the chief engineer, Mr, Stevens, who has already shown admirable results, and whom we can safely trust to achieve similar results in the future. - Our people found on the Isthmus a certain amount of old French material and equipment which could be used. Seine of It, In addition, could be sold as scrap iron. Some could be used for furnishing the foundation for filling in. For much no possible use could be devised that would net coat bouses. more than It would.bring In. Negroes Do Their Own Cooking. Work of Construction. The negroes generally do their own The work la now going on with a the bachelors cooking In cooking, sheds provided by the Covernment and vigor and efficiency pleasent to witusing their own pots. In the different ness. The three big problems of the campa there was, a wide variation in canal are the La Bora dams, the fiit-uthe character of these cocking sheds, dam, and the Culebra cut. The nl some, where the camps were com- Culcbra cut must be made, anyhow; pleted, the kitchen or cooking sheds, but of course changes as to the dams, as well aa the bathrooms and water-closet- or at least as to the locks adjacent to were all In excellent trim, the dams; may still occur. The La Boca dums offer no particular problem, while there were hoard sidewalks leading from building to building. In other the bottom material being ao good camps the kitchens or cook sheds had that there la a practical certainty, nut not been floored, and the sidewalks merely as to what can be achieved, had nut been put down, while In one but as to the time of achievement camp the bath houses were not yet. The Gatun dam offers the most serious up. In each case, however, every ef- problem which we have to solve; and fort was being made to hurry on the Jet the ablest men on the Isthmus that this problem la certain of construction, and I do not believe that the delays had been greater than were solution along the lines proposed; alInevitable In such work. The laborers though. of course, It necessitates great are accustomed to do their own cook- loll, energy, and Intelligence, and aling; but there was much complaint, though equally, of course, there will especially among the bachelors, aa to be some little risk la connection with the quantity, and aome as to the qual- the work. The risk arises from the of the material near the fact ity, of the food they go from the commissary department, especially aa re- bottom Is not so good as could be degards yams. On the other hand, the sired. If the huge earth dam now conmarried men and their wives, and the templated la thrown across from one more advanced among the bachelors, foothill to the other we will have what almost Invariably expressed them-- 1 Is practically a low, broad, mountain selves as entirely satisfied with their j ridge behind which will rise the Intreatment at the commissary stores; ; land lake. This artificial mountain except that they stared thst they gen- will probably show less seepage, that erally could hot get yams there, and Is. will hare greater restraining capachad to purchase them outside. The ity than the average natural mountain chief complaint was that the prices range. The exact locality of the locks were too high. It Is unavoidable at this dam aa at the other dams that the prices should he higher than Is now being determined. In April next in their own bouses; and after careful Secretary Taft, with three of the ablest Investigation I came to the conclusion engineers of the nountry Messrs. Nothst the chief trouble lay in the fact ble. Stearns, and Ripley will visit the that the yams, plantains, and the like Isthmus, and the three engineers will are rather perishable food, and are make the final and conclusive examinavery likely compared to the amount tions as to the exact site for each of nourishment they contain, so that lock. Meanwhile the work is going It la costlv to Import them In large ahead without a break. The Culebra cut doe not offer such quantities and difficult to keep them. Nevertheless. I felt that an effort great risks; that Is, the damage liable should be made to secure them a mors j to occnr from occasional land slips ample supply of their favorite food. will not represent wbat may he called and so directed; and I believe thst uL major disasters. The work will mere that-som- TRANSFER itiMw work is t s, y time yon say ws'il ba on your job and hhudle It expeditiously and timid tola of !iii d:i HE SAW ALONG THE PANAMA CANAL n b the character o the transfer rTc we supply our patrons. Inmpt, rellablt and at low coat. mvemrer MORNING I get well at any coat. I increased aa f j r u poasMe. It has hall do everything I can to get noi provt-poesiMe. however, in get well. I will coneult with a capa- - R thent iu ut:ifug like the numbers needed for the eurk. and pivaeut ble physician at once. I shall 1 appeal ances we shall In the main havt! io for tiie oruiuai' unskilled not delay. rely, jl Wirk, partly upon colored laborers from the West Indie, partly upon Chinese labor, it certainly ought to be unnecessary to point, out i hat the American workingman in ihe United Slates has no concern whatever In the question aa to whether the rough work on the Isthmus, which la performed by aliens in any event, is done by aliena from nue country with a black skin or by aliens from a no' her country with a yellow skin. Our business Of that frame of mind, quickly, Is to dig the caual as efficiently and a quickly as possible; provided aland at moderate permanently ways that nothing is done that 1 incoat We guarantee to do so. humane to any laliurer. and nothing that interferes with the wage of or lower the standard of living of our own workmen. Having In view this & principle, 1 have arranged to try several thousand Chinese laborers. This is desirable both because we must try to find out what laborers are mast efficient, and. furthermore, because we should not leave ouraelvea at the mercy of any one type of foreign labor. At preienl the great bmk of the unskilled 2361 Washington Avc. labor on the Isthmus la done by West India negroes, chiefly from Jamaica. Barbados, and the other English possessions. One of the governors of the lands In question has shown an unfriendly disposition to our work, and baa thrown obstacle In the way of our ge'tlng the labor needed; and It la highly undesirable to give snv outsiders the Impression, however 111 founded, that they are Indispensable and can dictate terms to ua. Negro Laborers and Their Quarter. The West India laborers are fairly, but only fairly, satisfactory. Some of the men do very well Indeed; the better class, who are to be found as foremen, aa skilled mechanics, aa policemen men, are good men; and many of the ordinary day laborers are also good. But thousands iff those who are brought over under contract (at unr expense) go off Into the Jungle to live, or loaf around Coion, or work so CHRISTMAS badly after the first three or four daya PREScNltf as to cauae a serious diminution of QALOREi Fribecause of their Infinite variety and tha amount of labor performed on of eah week. I quea" and day Saturday artlaUe superb beauty In decorated cblna and cut glasa, are found more tinned many of the Jamaica In borers pleasing and better appreciated gifts as to the conditions of their work and than any other. At Olsen'a you bare what, If any changes, they wished. I aa extremely large stock to select received many complaints from them, from, ranging from dinner, tea, lunch but aa regards most of these comand breakfast seta to fancy and ornaplaints they themselves contradicted mental creatlona that are always a tme another. In all cases where the source of Joy and beauty. In cut glass complaint was as to their treatment wa have a fine line of useful things. by any individual it proved on examination that this individual was himself a West India man f color, either E. a'pollceman, a storekeeper, or an assistant storekeeper. Doubtless there 22 59 Washington Ave. must be many complaints against ' Americans; but those to whom I spoke did not happen to make shy such complaint to me. Thera was no complaint on the housing; I saw but one set of quarters for colored laborers which I thought poor, and this was In an old FTench house. The barracks for unmarried men are roomy, well ventilated and clean, with canvas bunka fur each man, and a kind of false attic at the top, where the trunks and other belongings of the different men are kept The clothes are hung on clotheslines, nothing being allowed to be kept on the floor. In each of these big rooms there were tables snd lamps, end usually a few books or papers, and almost every room there was a Bible; the books being the property of the laborers themselves. The cleanliness of the quarters Is secured by dally inspection. The quarters for the married negro laborers were good. They were neatly kept, and In almost every esse the men living Jit them, whose wives or daughters did the cooking for them, were far better satisfied and of a higher grade than the ordinary bachelor negroes. Not only were the quarters In which these negro laborers were living much superior to thoe In which 1 am Informed they live at home, but they were much superior to the huta to be seen in the Jungles of Panama Itself, beside the railroad tracks, In which the lower class of native Panamans live, as well aa the negro workmen when they have the employ iff the canal and go into the Jungles. A single glance at the two seta of buildings Is enough to show the great superiority In point of comfort, 'cleanliness, and heal&fulnesa of the government housei aa compared with the native I will TI'ESPAY UTAII. ROOSEVELTS ACCOUNT OF WHAT iCon'inueil fro;:i ' EXAMINER: OGDEN, ;! v e e well-settle- by-wo- s, 3 . stupendous work iipuu which our fob l Hie cow II eligi.ed there on the ithniii-- . and while we ibilitr r .n- tbe way iu wirli l lo y per- - ! Pirni it. we should tel recegnU.-- wbh ! I. auk eueiosit!. the epic n.iHire of 'be task on which ibex are engi-gcj ft world wide imporiaiue. They) a::.l are doing something which will re- diiund in:nit iisuraiily io :be credit or America, which will benefit nil the world, and which will lust lor ages to j conic. Under Mr. B'lOiiis slid Mr. S'e- triis nd D.tctor Gurgas this work ha siarUM with every uuieu uf good fur- - j ;ime. They and tb!r worthy uxu- - j . I j i ! B B Order a package of this famous health and brain building flour and enjoy heme good old Xashionea Brown New England Bread. A chanue at a right hot loaf will make you think you are in Boston.. With Allens B. B. B. Flour you can rnaae brood Just like the Puritans used to make. via'.is. fioiu the hiphesi t.j the lowest, are entitled to the same credit that wo j would give t the picked men iff a vie- - i titriuiir army; lor this conquest of peace will, iu h great and lug effect, stand as among the Pancake Flour1 conquests, whether of peace or of war. which have ever been won is also a purs food; seif to auy uf the peoples of mankind. A rising sad all ready to badge is lo be giveu to every Amerimix with water and bake can citizen who tor a specified time Trade on a hot griddle. has taken par; in thl work; tor parMark ticipation in It will hereafter be held ALLENS BBB FLOUR CO. to reflocr honor UMin the man participating just as it reflects honor upou a 1 have Pacific Coast Factory, Ban Jta intest'.gsred eieiy complaint soldier to have belonged to a mighty . CaL Eastern Factory, Little brought to me for which there seem- army in a great war for Wolf Mills, Manawa, Wla, ed lo be any shadow uf foundation. In Our on the isthmus two or three cases, nil uf which 1 have are working for cur Interest and for indicated In the course of this mes- ihe national renown Iu the saute spirit sage. 1 cauie to tbe eourluaiou that and with the same efficiency t..at ihe there was foundation fur the com- men of the army and navy work in plaint, and that the methods of ihe time of war. It beboowa us in our D0X0T0 & COMPANY commission in the respect complained turn to do all we can to hold up their of could la bettered, in the other in- hands and to aid them in every war to stances the complaints proved abso- rbing their great work to a triumphant 155 25th' Street lutely baseless, save in two or throe conclusion. Instances where they referred to misTHEODORE ROOSEVELT. take which the commission had al- Tbe White House, iiecember 17, lkuG. ready itself fouad out and corrected. For a mild, ussy action of the bowSlanderers and Libelers. So much for honest criticism. There els. u single dosaof Ihtuns ReguU ta la f a t'tmugli. remains au Immense amount Treatment cures habitual reckless slander a has ever been pub- constipation. 25 cents a box, Ask lished. Where the slanderer are of your druggist fur them. foreign origin I have no concern with i. "Bo you're In loxe with that penniWhere they are Americana, I V feel for them the heartiest contempt less youngster, eh 7 said her father, and Indignation: because, in a spirit sternly. Now, I propose to cure you ' DRY GOODS FOR FALL of wanton dishonest j and malice, of that." J)ut you can't." retorted the willful they are trying to luterfere with, and JUST ARRIVED lumper the execution of, the greatest young glrL I'm deiermiued to marry work of the kind ever attempted, and him." are seeking to bring to naught the efExactly! That's wliat I propose to fort of their countrymen to put to the let you do. WANT ADS YIELD BIQ RESULTS, Philadelphia 1resa. eff America one of the giant credit feats of the ages. The outrageous accusations of these slanderers constitute a grow libel upon a f public servaniM whu, for (rallied Intelligence, Go expert ability, high character and devotion lo duty, have never been excelled anywhere. There Is not a man among those directing the work on the Isthmus who has ohtained hla position on any other basis than merit aloue, and not one who has used Ms position In any wsy for his own personal or pecuniary advantage. Plan to Build by Contract After moat careful consideration we have derided to let out most of the ; work by contract. If we ran ccme to contractthe terms with saiinfaniury ors. The whole work, la of a kind nulled to the jiecullar genius of our lieupto; and our people have develoiied the tpe of nqiirac.toi- - best filled to grapple will) It. II la of course much better to do the work In large part by contract than to do It all by the govYou will find ; ernment. provided li Is possible n the one hnnd to aertire to the contractor a the quality, style atifflrionl remuneration to make li to ami juice worth while fur rvspliislhle contractnuit, and a child ors of the best kind to undertake the cau buy ns cheap work; end provided on the other band It can be dune on term which will nol ug a man. give sn excessive profit to the conHorn blgb-m- t tractor at the expense of the government. After much rotiKlde ration the Bln a gpecial plan already promulgated by the secly. retary of war was adopted. This plan In its essentia! features was drafied, after rn refill and thorough study and consideration, hv the Chief Engineer, Mr. Bicvena. who, while In the employment of Mr. Hill, the president of the Great Northern Railroad, had personal experience of this very type of Mr. Stevens then submitted Ihe plan to tho chairman of the commission, Mr. Bbonls, who went carefully ovey it with Mr. Rogers, the legal odvUer of the oonimiNsiun. to ace that all legal difficulties were met. He then submitted copies of the plan to both Secretary Taft and myself. Secretary Taft submitted It to some of the best Counsel at the New York bar, and afCures when ethers faiL Modem methods. Free terwards I went over It very rarefully consultation for any Chronic Disease of any name wlth klr. Taft and Mr. Bhonta. and we laid tbe plan In Iu general .feature or nature. Every case guarantead. before Mr. Root. My conclusion is that it. combines the maximum of advanA Partial List of Diseases Cared tage with the minimum of rilxidvnu-tage- . Under it. a premium will be put Catarrh, Drai'seca, Ringing In the Ears, Dissaves upon the speedy and economical conof th-- Head, Throet, Nose, Eye or Ear. All Disstruction of the canal, and a penalty ease of the Lungs, Bronchial Tubes and Chert. imposed on delay and waste. The plan Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, Kidneys and Bladder.- Heart Disease, as promulgated la tentative; doubtless Rheumatism, Asthma, Nervous Troubles, BL Vitus Danes, Piles, FIs. It will hate to be changed In some retula sad all Rectal Trouble. Tap Worm, Blood Poieonlng from any come can a we to before satisaped cause. Dme-s- e peculiar to Women. ANT PRIVATE DldKABK UP factory agreement wllh le.pomdble MEN quickly cuied to stay cured. even ' contractor after the perhaps Remember the examination snd advice Is FRB2. Come at ones bids have been received; and of course Tomorrow may bo too ate. Call or writs. Ir Is possible that we can not come to an agreement, in which case the government will do the work Itself. Meanwhile the work on the Isthmus ! progressing Steadily and without . any A Single Commissioner Desired. A commission la of course a clumsy executive Instrument. Office boors. 19 e. m. to 6 p. m. I46S Washington Ave. (Boyle We should hare but one commissioner, Block). Ogden. Utah. Entrance Room 19. Rememher the number of heads euch with departments and other officers under him as we may find necessary. , We should be expressly permitted to employ the best engineers in Ihe country as consuliing engineers. I acosmpsuy this paper with a map showing substantially what the canal will be like when it is finished. When r the Culebra cut has been made and the dams built Cif they are built as at present proposed (there will then lie at both the Pacific snd Atlantic ends of Ve canal, two great fresh-wate- r lakes, connected by a broad channel running at the bottom of a ravine, across the backbone of tbe Western Hemisphere. Those beat informed believe that the work will be completed In about eight years; but It is never pafe to prophesy shout such a work a tola, especially In the Tropics. DeI am Informed that representatives of tbe commercial clubs of tour cities ' Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati and Bt. InLouis the membership of which cludes most of tho leading business men of those cities, expect to visit tbe Isthmus for the purpose of examining Prose- the work of construction of tbe cansl. I am glad to hear It, and I shall direct that every facility be given them to see all that Is to be saen In the work which the government h doing. Such Interest as a visit like this would Indicate will have a good effort upon the men who are doing the work, o.i one hand, while on the other hand It will offer as witnesses of the exact conditions men whose experience ax business men and whose Impartiality will make the result of their observation of value to the country as. a whole. Confident of Ultimate Success. Of the success of the enterprise I am as well convinced as one can be of any enterprise that 1 human. It Is a a far-reac- vert-greate- -- .i Self-risin- g 3-- rlght-ousnes- leliuw-rountryme- FANCY CASH GROCERIES th-n- . !ly to Putnams For Mens, Boys and Childrens Overcoats Suits, Etc... . mui-trac- t. Putnam Clothing House n Doctor Specialist - - DR. let-up- seven-heade- ESTES, SPECIALIST d - Any Person Cutting or stroying Evergreens on Our Lands in Ogden Canyon Will Be Vigorously cuted, UTAH LIGHT & RAILWAY CO. E. W. WADE. Agent |