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Abstracts and Deeds Now Ready-ABSOLUTE TITLE During the past week we have received hundreds of inquiries regarding Turah townsite, which we started to advertise the first of the month; we have been compelled to wait until now for the marketing of these lots on account of a delay in the preparation of the abstract of title. Now we are ready; the abstract is filed and is absolutely all right; there is not a flaw in the title to these lots and you can get one or more of them if you will hasten; there are not many of the lots and they will go quickly; the' Northern Pacific will before long begin the construction of its freight terminal plant at this place; these lots are within 100 yards of the roundhouse. There will hbe a lively little town at Turah; get in on the ground floor and own a lot. There will be openings for hotels, restaurants, stores and other lines of business. If you are to enter any of these lines, you will need a lot. We have the lots. They are ours. We are not agents for anybody. You pay us for the lot and we give you a deed, then and there. Location Terms Turah townsite is about 10 miles These lots are all 40-foot front east of Missoula; the lots are sit- age; the depth of the business lots uated on the north side of the is 100 feet and of the residence lots, tracks of the Northern Pacific; they 150 feet. The latter are close up are high and dry above the river; against the hills, with a fine south they have a southward slope that ern exposure, affording a splendid gives them a fine exposure. The opportunity to make gardens in the section that has been reserved for yards. The arrangement of the residences is close to the hills, ab- business lots is such that they are solutely sheltered and with a com- compactly grouped near the rail manding view. The business lots way center, where the business of are near to the railway yards and the town will be needed. All of shops and the opportunity for se- these lots, 40 bya00 and curing a good location for a hotel we will sell at a low price and on is right here for you now. You can easy terms. The corners are listed also get a good site for a store; at $100 and the inside lots are $75. there will be stores needed and you The terms require a cash payment might as well be there when the of 25 per cent.; the balance of the town starts. The situation is per. cost will be distributed in payments feet for the purposes for which the to suit the purchaser, interest at 8 townsite was laid out. There are per cent. At these figures there not many of these lots and we have should be no delay in disposing of to sell them quickly. For a man the entire townsite in a few days; in who is seeking a business opening, fact, this offer will not remain 6pen here is a good chance; for the man for many days; we want to sell who wants to make a good invest- these lots quickly and we have made ment, these lots present an inviting the prices so low and the terms so opportunity. You can't miss it, easy that we have not a doubt that either way, if you take advantage easy illthatgo we have not a doubt them to. of this offer. they will go as we expect them to. of this offer. $75 and $100 $75 and $100 Yesterday brought a lively renewal of interest in this investment proposition. l'lere were inquiries from men who expect to live at the new town, by reason of their employment; they were well pleased with the arrangement and the location of the residence lots. There were Other inquiries from maen who expect to engage in business in Turah; these were pleased with the conditions which they found; the business lots are close to the railway plant and are convenient for hotels, restaurants, stores and other enterprises which will follow the establishment of the new town as a necessity. . And those who investigated found that we have not misrepresented matters in any particular. We are very careful not to do that; we depenld upon our reputation for correctness as our principal capital; we do not ask a customer to take our word for condi tions at Turah; we want him to investigate for himself. We are sure that if you will inquiire into the details of this proposition you will find that it possesses special attractiveness. Let us show you and start your inquiry. Then you'll buy; you can't resist; the opportunity is too good. 108-110 East Main Street STODDARD & PRICE 108-110 East Main Street I HOMES ARE PASSING RAPIDLY THE SACRED AMERICAN INSTITU TION IS BECOMING ONLY A TRADITION. New York, Feb. 25.-New York will soon be a city absolutely without homes. Even at the present time it may be called the greatest homeless city in the world and estimates based on the latest census figures show that by 1912 more than 6,000,000 persons, or practically the entire population of the city will be without homes of their own and that the private house will be entirely extinct on Manhattan island. The disapearance of the in stitution known as the great Ameri can Home is proceeding rapidly in all the large cities of the country but conditions are such that it is advanc ing with ftar greater speed in the met ropolis than anywhere else. A cen tury ago nearly if not quite a major ity of families owned the houses in which they lived. Today, in all the large cities of the country, not ten percent do so, and in New York the proportion is only about two percent. At the present time the total num ber of residents in New York is only a little short of 4.500,000. Of these less than 20,000 families, or, on the basis of five to a family, 100,000 persons, owns the homes in which they live. All the remainder, 98 percent of the total population, occupy homes owned by someone else. Sitting under one's own vine and fig tree is purely an imaginary occupation, so far as New Yorkers are concerned. The twen tieth century in fact may be said to mark the beginning of a new era. After the stone age, the Iron age, the fire age, and all the other ages, the homeless age seems now to be at hand. This change is partly the result of choice. At the tremendous prices ob tained for New York real estate even a modest home represents an invest ment of from $25,000 upward, which of course, puts honme-owning quite out of the reach of the ordinary man who is compelled to house his family in a hotel, apartment, tenement or boarding house--or else go to the suburbs. More than 2,000,000 people in New York live in flats, which, on the one extreme, are called apart ments and may cost $50,000 a year rental, and, on the other extreme, are known as tenements and rent for $10 a month. Approximately 400,000 per sons make hotels their residences and 100,000 more, bachelors chiefly, live in clubs. Perhaps a million and a half are housed in boarding establishments which occupy the buildings once used as private homes. The remainder is made tip Of those who rent houses. Even among those who can afford to own homes, a rapidly increasing number are turning to hotels and apartments. Those who elect to dwell outside the city in many cases pre fer the convenience of hotel life to the responsibilities of a house of their own with the inevitable servant prob lem. Many of those who are classed as suburbantls are hotel dwellers and to accommodate these elaborate and luxurious hotels are springing up in suburban points about the city. The truth of the whole matter is that domestic life has been brought to a realization of exactly the same factor that has marked the commer cial development of the country, that is. that consolidation means a saving of expense-to some one. In the field of the great industries it is still a question as to whether the consumer profits, but in the field of domestic activities there is no doubt that the uset, that is the consumer, of a home i can get more for his money in com forts and luxuries through ia corpor ation than as an individual, a state ment which is borne out by the fact that the man of moderate means on the one side, and fashionable society on the other, are both coming more and more to inhabit country hotels. The two most exclusive and aris tocratic suburban fields of New York are Long Island on the one side and Westchester county on the other. They are both sections where rents are not high, as compared to the New York standard, and yet curously enough the homeless spirit has in vaded them to such an extent that where the facilities are good more people live in hotels than in their own homes. Out on Long Island there is a nest of millionaires. The Vanderbilts. the Whitneys, the Mackays, and many others have famous places scattered about the island. Yet for many months each year these homes are closed and the headquarters of so ciety people of large and small means alike are not these famous homes, nor those less pretentious, but a hotel. At Garden City, the center of the Long Island society colony, the local hotel is the cenlter of activities for many people who while they own their own homes prefer to close them up. More people live in the hotel than in the whole town. At the last Vanderbilt cup race it was there that W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., made his headquar ters instead of at his nearby but un opened mansion. When the famous Brlarcliff trophy automolille race was held in Westchester county It was not at the palatial but idle homes of its wealthy promoters that head quarters were established, but at a local hotel famous for its appoint ments. Why is it then that this homeless spirit seems to be developing so rap idly? Professor Ferrero, the famous Italian historian who recently visited this country, and likened New York to ancient Rome, pointed out tile European influence in this respect. First of all people even in the coun try live in hotels because it is less expensive to do so, and because they are enabled to meet and know many persons of social and business import ance, a thing which would never hap pen if they lived in their own homes. That is one of the great factors In the coming of the homeless age-the desire to mingle with the people who make hotels their headquarters. More over, the tendency is steadily growing to follow the European custom of moving from hotel to hotel in keeping with the seasons, and as a result chains of hotels under one manage ment dot the coast from Florida to Maine, in each of which according to the time of year one may look to find a circle of hotel friends living the peripatetic society life. As a matter of fact, it is becoming apparent that the corporation shelt ering thousands can give them com- s forts never dreamed of in the old idea of the individual home. Golf links, tennis courts, billiard rooms and swimming pools-these are only a few of the attractions aside from the greatest-that is, the social features, which the suburban hotel furnishes at a cost to the person making his home there far less than the annual rental, let alone up-keep of a most insigni ficant house in New York. The whole tendency is to furnish something new, and in the search for novelties the hotels lead the way. Perhaps the most striking illustration of this, the first of its kind in the country, is the proposal of the proprietor of the Hotel Gramatan in Westchester coun ty to equip not only that house but his Long Island, Boston and other hostelries as well with the wireless telegraph to be used in intercommun ication, or, if a guest wishes, in talk ing to a friend in mid-Atlantic. The American as a home-seeker would seem to be lazy, at least about New York. The desire to have his menage run with no worry for his wife is largely responsible for the present con ditions. Then, too, the possibility of having all sorts of modern appliances and opportunities for indoor and out of-door sport ready to hand, such as could never be afforded outside a hotel, are leading more and more peo ple to make their homes in suburban establishment of this sort. The spirit of combination is invad ing the home just about as thor oughly as the field of business. The finishing touch to the achievement of the homeless age about New York, however, must be charged to society's account. Where society goes, would be society, which includes a far great er number, follows, and the stamp of society's approval at the expense of uninhabited country mansions has been a large factor in extending the homeless age to the country and causing many persons in suburban communities to make their homes in the suburban hotels which rival the city caravansaries in appointments. though not in price. And so the extension of the home less age goes. About the only field left for it to invade is the farm. and the prediction that it may yet .do so Is no more incredible than a fore cast of present suburban conditions would have seemed thirty years ago. It has been proposed already with the extension of good roads and the in- e-ormBo-htpcrdwIkegtani MH 0 increasing use of automobiles it will become possible in time for tillers of the soil to live in village communi ties and still conduct their farms. Perhaps rural hotels and apartment houses for local residents may yet come. When they do, however, it will be farewell to the already fast dis appearing home. Save Money by Buying Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. You will pay just as much for a bot le of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as for any of the other cough medicines, but you save money in buying it. The saving is in what you get, not what you pay. The sure-to-cure-you qual Ity is in every bottle of this remedy, and you get good results when you take it. Neglected colds often develop serious conditions, and when you buy a cough medicine you want to be sure you are getting one that will cure your cold. Chamberlain's Cough Rem ,edy always cures. Price 25e and 560 a bottle. For sale by all druggists. HOW VANILLA GROWS IN HAWAII INTERESTING PROCESS OF POL LENATING BLOSSOMS AND CURING BEANS. The growing of the vanilla hean of commerce has attained considerable im; ritlance in H'wail, where a num ber cf successful small plantatimns ;i.i\c I en produc:.ng fo. a number of years. Jared G. Smith, late director of the United States agricultural ex periment station in Honolulu, gives the following interesting description of the growing of vanilla in his book, "Agriculture in Hawaii." "The vanilla bean is the cured and fermented fruit of a climbing orchid. The finished fruit pods are very dark brown or black, gloss, somewhat wrinkled on the surface, from five to eight inches long and about as thick as a lead pencil. The vanilla extract of commerce is simply an alcoholic ex tract. "The vanilla plant is grown either on a trellis or is planted at the base of a tree so that it can clamber up the trunk. Any soil is suitable, provided the drainage is good. It grows well in regions of abundant rainfall on the Kona (south or southwest) side of the islands. A mean temperature of from 65 to 75 degrees gives good re sults. "The plants are propagated from cuttings, which are simply lengths of the vine itself, from two to six feet long. The length of the cutting has some relation to flower production, the longer ones yielding flowers in a shorter period. The leaves are cut from the lower end of the cutting and the stripped portion of the stalk is buried horizontally under two or three inches of soil and rotting leaves. The upper end of the cutting is fast ened to the trunk of the supporting tree to which it soon becomes tightly attached by its aerial roots. Begins to Flower. "The vanilla plant begins to flower during its second or third year and continues flower production until sev en or eight years old. Cultivation consists in keeping down the weeds and underbrush in the plantation. "The vanilla plant only bears pods when the flowers are hand pollenated. This is a delicate operation not diffi cult to learn. Any one who attempts it becomes quickly proficient so that a good many flowers can be pollen ated in the course of a day. The pod matures in from six to eight months, becoming hard. thick and greenish yellow. They are gathered before ripe. "The curing process is a somewhat complicated one. After gathering, the green pods are spread out and ex posed to the air for 24 hours, being roughly assorted into grades accord ing to size. After being graded, the pods are sweated between the folds of woolen blankets exposed to the heat of direct sunshine. During the period of fermentation the pods turn dark brown, becomes soft and leathery and sweat freely. The pods are manipul ated for several days until the pro per degree of color and aroma have dev eloped. After the fermentation they are dried in the sun for a few hours and finally in cloth covered trays in the shade with gentle heat. When fully dried, that is when the pods no longer lose weight, but are still moist and pliable to the touch, they are packed tightly in tin boxes and are again manipulated in bulk for one or two months. When com pletely cured the pods are sorted to size and color, tied in bundles and these packages packed in tin lined boxes which are soldered when full. Yield Is Large. "The yield per acre in Hawaii has been estimated at about 13,000 pods, producing about 120 pounds of fin ished vanilla beans fully cured and ready for the market. "The industry is a very profitable one for persons having sufficient means who will give this industry personal supervision. The price of the vanilla bean depends as much upon the outward appearane of the finished product as upon its actual quality as indicated by aroma and flavor. Care is therefore necessary at every stage in the growth and fer mentation of the crop. Five acres of vanilla in bearing should yield from $400 to $500 worth of beans per acre per annum after the third y.ar. There are vanilla plantations in the Kona district on tie island of Hawaii and in the .or.a district of Oahu near Honolulu. Much land is still available which is en tirely suitable for the cultivation ef this crop." SONG OF THE BULLOCK DRIVER. (By P. D. Chesterfield, in the March Metr politan Magazine.) Through groves of palms, through arid sands, My bullocks strain along the way Thit trends from the high pasture lands Of Minhla to Sandoway. What though the way be long and drear? At last it reaches to the bay Where heavy palm fronds bend to hear My Khamba' voice at close of day. For Khamba's eyes are solf as sloes And Khamba's hair is black as night: Where e'er the Irawadi flows There is not half so fair a sight Oh, Khamba with the go!den skin And laughing lips that call to me, Before the new moon's crese ant thin Bedecks the west, I'll be with thee. When drowsy night with i,,oll.lg breeze And white stars hung above the sea Enfolds us. 'neath the darkening trees We'll know what paradise may be. Strain, bullocks, bravely at your yoke Though toll be long, for Buddah sends To all who his great name invoke Contentment at their journeys' ends. A patent has been granted in Ger many on a starch, insoluble in hot water and unaffected by strong alka lies, which is useful as a filler in plastic compositions and in the man ufacture of paper. The first bacteria ever seen by man were discovered by a Dutch philos opher who was examining under his micoroscope scrapings from his own teeth. SOUTHERN GOVERNOR TO ATTEND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF MISSISSIPPI WILL BE AT IRRIGATION MEETING. Spokane, Feb. 25.-Governor E. T. Noel of Mississippi, will, be one of the distinguished visitors from the South land at the Seventeenth National Ir rigation congress in Spokane August 9 to 14, if he can arrange his state affairs to permit making the trip to the northwest. In a letter to R. In singer, chairman of the local board of control, Governor Noel says among other things: "I am sure that the convention will do much toward encouraging irriga tion, drainage, forestry, deep water ways, good roads and home-building work and to quicken the interest of the whole country in this form of de yelopment. "You and those associated with you in the work have my best wishes. Our legislature does not meet until next January and has made no pro vision for representation at Spokane. It may be that I can attend, but I am not certain now. It would not be convenient for the governor's staff to go." One of the features of the gather ing of representatives from all parts of the American continent and points in Europe, the southern republics and the Orient will be Governors' day, to which the chief executives of every state and territory in the Union have been invited. Another will be the parade of the irrigation army with 10,000 men in line, and there will also be an industrial parade, headed by Indians from four reservations in Idaho, Washington and Oregon. A chorus of 1,000 will be organized to sing the Irrigation Ode. It is expected that President Taft will pass one or two days in Spokane on the way to or returning from the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition. The heads of the irrigation, reclamation, forestry and other departments will also be in attendance. Chemists in Europe are trying to rediscover the method of dyeing the color known as Tyrian purple with secretions from certain forms of mol lusk. The secret was lost in the mid dle ages. Ha!Ha! HH That's the way to feel-EVERY ONB doe that takes a CASCARET night BBFORE, when he looks at the fellow who didn't, Por OVER-BATING and DRINKING nothing o Ea Brth elms you out as a CASCARBT, aturally-essily, without that upset eik feelIng. Don't seleet-at bId time-A P.M. or 4 A. M. -.o dWifrose-you'll eued it. CASCAaTS nel a box for a week's ttstmedt, all t. Usel.t seller in the werl. bones a moeth. Chamber of Commerce Hammond Block Near the bridge. Phone 67 Permanent exhibits of western Montana products wanted. All interests are invited to bring products to chamber headquarters for display purposes; due credit will be given all exhibitors. Regular meetings second and fourth Tuesdays at 8 p. m. All those interested in the promotion and welfare of western Montana are in vited. THE NEW Central Market FOR CHOICE MEATS And everything to be had in a first-class meat market. The Sealshipt Oysters are unequaled. FOR Wines, Liquors and Cigars For the holidays phone J. E. POWER Family Liquor Sore Corner Mati and Woody Ask Yourself the Question. Why not use Chamberlalns Linlment when you have rheumatism? We feel sure that the result will be prompt' and satisfactory. It has oured others, why not you? Try it. It costs but a trifle. Price Seo; large sse< 0o. 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