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<.<>M \IH K lOOK'S HKIOHDS. Harry Wltltiww and l*ai > Off For \rctlc Hunt. Boston, Mass.. Juno 19.?Carrying a bountiful supply of trinkets anil gum-drop.; for the Igloo dwellers of the frosen North, the steamship I?*> thlc. (bartered by Henry Whitney, of New Haven. Conn., and Paul J. Kaln SJg, of Cleveland. Ohio, for a hunting ?Spedition In the Arctic. SSllS* from South Boston today. The ftfjgtfck SI under the command of ('apt. HohOfl Hartlett. who made the trip with IVarv. others on the statiner were I>r M. J. Johnson, of X**lngton. Ky.. and Hugh M. Inman. of New York. Speculation as to whether Mr. Whitney would attempt to reeover the records, alleged to have been left by Or. Frederick A. Cook at Etah, re? nal nad unsatlsted by the last word of Capt. Harriett, who said, with a smile: "We probably will not bother to take the time to hunt up Cook's rec? ord*" I \STF.It\ ST AH HF.t r.PTlON. One of the Mont Pleasant Occasions of the Week. The recepMon tendered the dele? gates to the Eastern Star neetlng In the Armory Hall Monday n ght was a most pleasant and successful occa srtoa. All present enjoyed It i > *he ut? most. The programme as published was carried out. I be t arn? \gnin?t Halllnger. Mr. Brandete' brief in the Halllnger case, filed with the Joint Investigating Committee today, Is not likely to have much effeet upon the committee's ver r, f??r that verdict, there Is go...j reason to suspect, was substantially dec Idr i upon before a Word of testi? mony was heard, and even before the committee Itself was appointed; but the people of the United States, with whom, after all, the final decision ) rests, will probably find the argument of Olavis' attorney sufficiently con i lneing. It sets forth the case against Baliinger with accuracy and ability, it arraigns blm before the bar of public opinion as a shifty and Insin? cerity, an utterly Inefficient and un? faithful public offcer. Baliinger cut a sorry figure before the committee. As Mr. Brandels nits out. "he did not seem able to glv? a direct answer." When con? fronted with the evidence of his own duplicity, he evaded and quibbled. When laassallable records. In black and white, were set before him. be did not hesitate to Interpret them gro? tesquely and Incredibly, giving com? mon words a meaning opposite to their plain sense. Time and time again he took refuge behind the plea that he did not know what was going on In his own office. And, to top it all. he assumed an attitude of blatant defiance. He seemed to be firmly con? vinced, in a word, that he would be triumphantly vindicated, and he plainly regarded the whole Inquiry ? as an Invasion on his right to do as he pleased. It Is upon his slnslster connection with the Cunningham coal claims in Alaska that the case against Ballinger chlefty rests. When he came to Wash? ington as Commissioner of the Gen? eral Land office the effort of the Gug? genheims and their associates to seise enormoun tracts of coal land was al? ready under way. It whs Balllngors doty, as Commissioner, to oppose that piracy, to break up that bold and In? tolerable conspiracy. But what did he actually do? As Mr. Brandels points out. he gave a hundred proofs that he was on the side of the pirates. While his own subordinates were collecting evidence against him, he himself was In friendly communication with them. He "let them know what evidence the agents had secured and what they ftpropoeed to do." In the end he clear llsted the Cunningham claims?and then resigned his office and appeared In the open as attorney for the claim? ants. It Is difficult to Imagine a public officer betraying hi* trust more openly and flagrantly. Whatever Balllnger s * honest opinion regarding the validity of the Cunningham claims?and It Is only fair to him to n*surne that he was more <?r lens tineON In that mat? ter?It was plalnlv a grgSg hfOJM h of propriety for him |g aor. pt the re? tainer Ol thr claimants after ho bad ?coe,?t? 1 Toe Government's retainer sgalnst tbom. A lawyer who appears Upon one abb* and then upon the other la not a lawyer worthy of confidence. By the laws of many Stntes. In truth, he Is a lawyer In serious 4 mger of losing his right to practice. All fair men \lew such duplicity with ahhor renoe. It Is repugnant to every notion of honesty and Justice and decency. And yet It seems necessary. In the fncs Of the gtffgaJ e\ Idenee, to beliefs that Bellinger was guilty ' r. This Is the SMS Cted by Mr. Taft to sit at bis Cabinet table. This r Is the man who seeks to pose before the oountry as a martyr. This Is Dal? linger the Unfit.?Baltimore Sun. Gr? a?n. ? I* In on n torment.? The "b>ro Parker TOO HAINY IN CAROLINAS. Memphis NrwspniM'r Publishes Sum? mary of < (?Mim Crop Conditions. Memphis, Tonn.. June 19.?The Commercial-Appeal will tomorrow publish the following summary of otton crop conditions: The past week was favorable to the OOtton ?Top. except in the two Caro? linas and parts of Georgia, where the rainfall was excessive, washing the fields and delaying cultivation so that grass Is feared. North Carolina fields were damaged by Hooding. Elsewhere It appears that a week .if bright weather Will repair much of the loss. The crop has not grown rapidly, and is still small for the season. The plant generally looks healthy, how? ever, and would grow very fast with high temperatures day and night. In man\ sections, where there are com? plaints, correspondents anticpate much better reports next week, i' the weather is warm. It would seem that a week of dry weather would put the crop In excellent shape, as to cultiva? tion, throughout the South. In Texas the soil Lfl dry, but as yet little hurt has been received. Mois? ture is needed, however, to stimulate plant growth. Boll weevils do not ap? pear numerous, although in Mississip? pi and some sections of Louisiana they are more so. In general, dry, warm weather is needed in East Texas and Oklahoma, while rains would be beneficial in these two States. Some Senators are seeing stars and some have visions of stripes.?Char? leston News and Courier. AUTO ENDURANCE RUN. The Hun From Sumter to Charleston Is Taking Shape. The endurance run from Sumter to Charleston is taking definite shape. The secretary of the Chamber of Commerce has taken the matter of getting across Santee swamp up with l the freight traffic department of the Atlantic Coast Line. The idea is to load the machines on flat cars, either at Pinewood or at Sumter and trans? port them to Lone Star on the other side of the river. As soon as a re? ply is had from the railroad the mat? ter will be taken up with the automo? bile association. Sumter should have a good con? tingency in this run, and other near? by counties might be Induced to make the start from here. Such a trip would be greatly enjoyed by all who would take part. The programme in Charleston is an attractive one. There is no chance in results.?Em? erson. Follow the man who is wise and knows that he is wise CRUDE OIL?oil as it comes out of the ground==is making vast fortunes for many individuals in various parts of the country. But in no country have as steady and regular incomes been derived as from the California oil fields. This business last year brought to the oil producers the immense sum of nearly $3,2000,000 ?nearly twice the total value of its gold production, and far in excess of the total pro? duction of gold, silver, lead, copper and all other precious metals. Stockholders in these various producing crude oil companies are receiving, each month, dividends of from one cent per share to$2.00 per share, and from 30 per cent to 100 per cent on their investment, and very often a second divided in one month is de? clared. This means that over $600,000 is being paid out each and every month in div? idends by the California oil companies to stockholders. Are you getting your share of the profits? 1 These facts are commanding the attention of investors in all parts of the world, as evidenced by this company's correspondence and clientele. CALIFORNIA. Can you imagine anything more de? sirable than to live in a mild and even climate, where winter is only a name; where the trees and the grass are always green; where flowers bloom under spring and summer skies all the year round; where there are no sudden changes in temperature to draw upon the vitality of man and beast, and to chill the feebleness of advancing age? "Yes." you say, "that would be nice, but where you have no winter, I always thought there must be a season of very hot weather." Generally speaking, that is true, but In our favored Southern Cali? fornia the thermometer ranges be? tween 55 degrees and 95 degrees above zero; the average high tem? perature is about 85 degrees. This is truly the land of "sunshine and roses." Flowers flourish out-of doors the year round; we have straw? berries eleven months in the year, and green vegetables the year round. California is not only a pleasant place to live, but it Is profitable as well: fortunes are made here every year In fruits, alfalfa and other farm products, and there are millions of dollars In gold taken out of the ground every year, which was for several years the greatest wealth pro? ducer in the State of California, but for the last two years gold has had to take second place. OH npw heads the list of wealth producers In Cali? fornia and it has not reached its limit yet. in fact it is admitted by oil experts that the Oil Industry of California is but in its Infancy. Pack In the early eighties, long be? fore the discovery of oil in the Coalin ga oil field, a man by the name of La Grange came out from Virginia, where he had spent several years, drilling with rather indifferent suc? cess. Soon after he arrived a man came to him with a mining scheme which he thought would pay well if he only had a way to get the samls from a certain creek bed in Merced County. Mr. La Grange agreed to ob? tain the sands for him and worked ?>n the prospect more or less of the tlrnc for several months. While there he went to his trunk one day and in taking out some things accidentally broke a bottle of the oil that he bad brought from the saltern fields. A workman who was standing near by asked what it was, and when told that It was petroleum oil seemed very much Interested, That night he called upon Mr. Le Orange and tohl him that he knew where there were Indications of a large amount of the sann- kind of oil and that If he would g<> with him he would nhow him where It was. About two years later, they started from Huron with provisions for a trip of several days They camped the first night m ar where the Home (?ii Company later put down Its wells. They found the prospect so favorable that, after getting back to Huron, thev tried to organise a company te drill a well, but few seemed willing to take chances on a scheme that seemed so great a speculation and the project was Anally abandoned. Eight years later Mr. C. A. Can field started his first well In that part of the Coallnga field known as "Oil City," which was greeted as a foolish undertaking and very little money could be raised to cover the' expense of drilling. It is stated as an actual fact, that Mr. Canfield was often compelled to gather sage brush wdth which to fire his boiler. But in the face of all these obstacles, the well progressed, and in a comparatively short time was brought in, insuring success to Mr. Canfield and the other promoters. Stock that had been selling for a pittance rose to a fabulous price. It Is understood that Mr. Canfield at one time sold 30,000 shares of his stock In the company for no less than $150, 000 or $5.00 a share on a par value of $1.00. Fortunes were made in a few days and peorie flocked in from all sides, locating land for miles around. The stock of any company organized to operate in the Coallnga field was always salable at a good price. At that time the oil brought $1.75 per barrel at the wells and was often hauled away in tank wagons and considered a cheap fuel even at that high figure. From this time on the development of the field has been comparatively rapid. At first the "Oil City" pool was developed, operations branching out from here gradually followed, for the most part, near the outcropping of well defined oil formations. By the year 1902 the output of the field had reached the modest amount of 500,000 barrels and unlimited capital was at hand for the further develop? ment of what promised to be the greatest oil producing field in this country. Then came the Standard under the mask of "Pacific Coast Oil Company" and the price of oil comrhenced to de? cline rapidly, finally reaching the "low water" mark of 18 cents per bar? rel for contract oil and even less for dally runs. This was about two years ago and will probably go on record as being the lowest price ever paid for California oil. But the majority of producers were familiar with Standard Oil tactics. Many of them had operated in the Eastern fields, where the monopoly had held full sway, and they knew that they could expect no mercy :rT its hands. With the first law of nature In mind tiny commenced the only ef? fective remedy, curtailment, by shut? ting down their wells and ceasing drilling. As Coalings had been no exception in low prires it was aided by a slm lar movement in the other fields Of tin- Stat?' with the result that dr illing vvas discontinued almost all to? gether and the productive walls of tin- state shut down to the exenl of at least l'.'i per cent, of their capacity. Several combiantlons of companies were made and a general movement for independence was inaugurated. The result has been telling. It his practically driven the Standard from the fuel business of the state and it is stated, on good authority, that it Is experiencing the greatest difficulty in securing sufficient light oil to keep its refinery at Point Richmond in operation. The Associated, by con? tract and by purchase of land, has protected Itself for its present re? quirements, but is in the market for more oil at constantly increasing prices. The present status of the Coallnga field shows a remarkably prosperous condition. The few wells drilled du? ring the past two years extended the limits of the oil field beyond the great? est expectation of the most sanguine. To the east more than a mile in width and a strip over six miles in length has been added to the proven territory. While to the south prac? tically a township, or over 23,000 acres, has been added to the prob? able productive field. The company to which credit is due for this latter addition is the Lucile. It was started with a small capital by local oil men, and Is, beyond doubt, the record for cheap drilling. Many of the drilling crew took their pay in stock in the company. The officers devoted their time without compensa? tion, and many of the bills for sup? plies were paid for in stock. Very few of the shares were sold to the general public. Three hundred feet of very prolific oil sand was encountered at 2,800 feet, which proves conclusive? ly that the productive area in the locality is very extensive. This well came in a gusher and has produced 700 barrels daily since it was com? pleted, some four months ago. The credit for the extension of this terri? tory goes to R. W. Dallas, S. R. Bow en and other local oil men of Coa linga. Notwithstanding the already enor? mous area of the Coallnga field, which together with the average thickness of the oil sands, makes it the greatest oil field in the San Joaquln Valley, there is every reason to believe that its productive area has hardly been determined. In the north, south and east lies almost positive oil sand, while to the west sand after sand out? crops in uniform regularity until the coast is reached. With higher prices for oil. extensive wild-catting will again be in vogue which will, beoynd a doubt, open up extensions to the field now thought to be as barren as was Section Seven, when Bob Smith started his first well there and which later yielded him 45,000 barrels monthly for several years. There is an old saying that there are "just as good fish in the sea as ever were caught," and there are just as good oil wells yet to be drilled as ever have been drilled. With 6,000 acres of good oil lands well located in the Coalinga Oil District, the Cali? fornia National Crude Oil Company are offering you an opportunity to spend part if not all of your time in the lau d of "Sunshine and Roses." A few hundred dollars invested in the stock of the California National Crude Oil Company at 60 cents per share will, without doubt, within a year or two provide you an income that will enable you to get away from the severe winters of the east and spend a few months at least free from the snow and ice. You have seen this stock double in value in two months. Are you going to wait for another rise before you get in? THIS STOCK GOES TO 80 CENTS PER SHARE SATURDAY, JULY 2. There is no reason why you should be poor unless you refuse to act when a good proposition is presented to you. It has been said that "all things come to him who waits," but that is not true. The good things of this world come only to the man who im? proves his opportunity. THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY. DO YOU KNOW IT? THEN ACT UP? ON IT. After midnight, July 1, there will be no more stock sold at 60 cents. See that your letter containing your order is postmarked before that date and hour. On and after July 2, until further notice, the price of California Nat? ional Crude Oil stock will be 80 cents per share. Buy now and save 33 1-3 per cent. California National Crude Oil Co. BUTOCBIPTION BLANK I. W. HELLMAN BLIKL, Los Angeles, Cel. Gentlemen: Unclosed find-?_ for which please issue tnc_ of the Treasury Stock of the above Corporation. Name_ Dollars .Shares Address_ California National Crude Oil 1. W. HELLMAN BUILDING, Los Angeles, California.