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Editorial Page of lEe Journal PORTLAND. OREGON. MONDAY. AUGUST 22. 1904. THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, Small Change AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Oregon Sidelights t.'S. JACKSON Publlhed every evening (sxcspt Sunday) and every Sunday morning at The streets, Portland. Oregon. OFFICIAL. PAPBR OF THE CITY OF A SURPRISE TO THE DELEGATES. UNFORTUNATELY the very aort of weather that the people of Portland have been praying for 1b . the kind that -will be least satisfactory to the mining congress visitor. They expected not alone to aee Portland but to enjoy its natural setting. The combina tion Is a picture which no one who once sees It ever for gets. Unfortunately the smoke from the forest flrea hems In the horizon and In thla way limits the view to what ordinarily Is simply 4he foreground of the picture. And that condition cannot be altered without a soaking rain which, having extinguished the firea, wlU clear the atmos phere and bring once more to view the now long van ished anowcapped mountains which are so characteristic of the Portland outlook and such an Inspiring feature of Its landseapa. ' We observe that prudent delegates from the arid belt corns prejperly fortified with umbrellas, most of them prehistoric In design, for they have little need of them In their own homes. All of these had the impression that It always rains in Portland and were only a little less sur prised at the beauty of the city than they were over the absence of moisture. None of them was aware that New Orleans and Mobile, and not Portland or Seattle, hold the palm for wet weather In the United States or that In such an arid belt as that surrounding Boston, for Instance, ths rainfall has averaged greater for the past 10 years than It has in Portland. This simply by the way of Injecting a little Information and not by way of apology for rain which Is above all others the very greatest factor as a atable wealth producer on the west side of the moun tains. But what a fine, hustling energetic lot of people these delegates are. The Journal confesses to havs felt an In clination amounting to weakness for the national livestock men when they were here last January. It was Inclined to think that the hlghwater mark of sturdy, self reliant and nergetlc manhood had been reached by that aggregation, hut the mining men, on similar lines, are showing char acteristics of their own which are peculiarly attractive and which doubtless will place them In the very forefront before the week Is over. Those who enjoy ltvely battles would do well to keep an eager eye on the struggle to land the permanent head quarters of the mining congress. That fight was put in motion the moment the delegates reached the city and very hour will grow In Intensity and plcturesqueness. The Journal takes great pleasure In welcoming the dele gates to Portland. It hopes they will find the surround ings congenial and the session in every wise profitable, leaving with each one such a good Impression that h will decide to come here next year to the fair which we will now tell them in strict confidence Is going to be well worth white. PORTLAND AS A MINING CENTER. PORTLAND la not strictly a mining center In the sense or to the relative extent that Denver or Salt Lake is a mining center. It Is not so for these reasons: First, mining la not the chief or pre dominant Industry In the region geographically tribu tary to Portland. Ita agricultural, lumbering, dairying and horticultural Interests and activities are greater than its mining interests, and will probably continue to be so. As a corrollary to thla fact, comparatively few of our people, proportionately to the whole population, are directly Interested in mining; hence here most men think and talk about other things, whereas In Denver and Salt Lake, more especially the former, mining, being the chief Industry of ths surrounding regions, is constantly In the air," Is the principal theme of active business men's thought and conversation. Stockralsing and mln- lng and great and are, too are What active, forceful men most though In the region tributary to Salt Lake hor ticulture, agriculture, and the sugar beet Industry, are by no means Insignificant or neglected Industries. In these respects our eastern Oregon metropolis. Baker City, while yet a small place In comparison with Denver, or Salt Lake, more nearly resembles them. It, too. Is in the center of a region producing great quantities of livestock and no Inconsiderable amounts of grain, hay or fruits; yet one In Baker City hears little but mines and mining. Second, the mining districts of Oregon do not He closely contiguous, physically, to this city. They are from 100 to 400 miles remote. Tet Portland, owing to its situation, its prestige as a metropolis, and the configuration of the country all around. Is really, or should be, in a large sense, the great mining center of the Pacific Northwest. The great min eral districts of Oregon He in the eastern portion of the state Immense mineralized areas in Baker, Union. Wal lowa and Grant counties and southward In eastern Linn and Lane, and then across the Callipoolas in Douglas, Jackson and Josephine. Though some of these districts are several hundred miles from Portland, they are all In a commercial sense nat urally tributary to this metropolitan seaport. This Is the great commercial and financial center. It is the point whither naturally gravitate products seeking markets over eaa. It la the suitable place, then, fer a representative mining congress, such as Is now assembled here. It Is greatly to be hoped that this congress will awaken In this city a greater Interest in the mining industry irt general, and in Oregon In particular; In the vast and for the roost part undeveloped mineral districts of thla great MOW rxAHCB aids worn France has taken the lead In the matter of bringing employers who need help and employes who need positions toother. Free employment agencies are provided for by the terms of a new law recently promulgated. And by the same law paying employment agencies are abolished except In the rases of the atrical agencies, operatic agencies SAd agencies for circuses and music halls and nurses. The provisions of the law have been forwarded to the American authorities by Consul-General Robert P. Skinner. It Is provided that free employment agencies created by municipalities, syn dicates of worklngmen or employers or both, labor exchanges, farmers' ex changes, mutual aid societies, and . 11 other legally constituted associations are subjected to no authorisation, but with the exception, of those created by mu nicipalities they are required to deposit a declaration at the mayor's office of the commune where they are estab lished. The declaration will b renewed with every transfer of location of the agency By another section of the law govern ment agencies are created, the law set ting forth that In every commune a reg ister setting forth the offers and di ssswils for work and for situations shall be ogsosd at the mayor s office sad PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. state of varied and wealth. We cannot take sides and show them rich mines, but they may rest as sured that the truth about Oregon's mineral wealth, how ever enthusiastic and sanguine the speakers having knowledge of the subject may be, will not be exaggerated, nor half told. That both these great sections of Oregon have hidden mineral wealth In unlimited amounts no one familiar with them doubts. The need Is development, which means the Investment of large amounts of capital Judiciously, EASTERN OREGON "WHEAT. THE HARVEST is far enough along so that a pre diction of a very large wheat crop in eastern Ore gon, If not a record-breaking crop, may safely be made. The yield In several counties Is greater than ever before, and It Is heavier than the average In all, with possibly one exception. Not only so, but the price la far above "the average, between 60 and 70 cents, which leaves the farmers who have raised a considerable crop a com fortable profit. Those who have harvested large areas will count their net profits in numbers of four, and not a few of them of five figures. With a large farm, say a full section of land or more In wheat, and such yields as are generally pouring put this year, a man can raise wheat for less than 25 cents a bushel; with a still larger farm, and considerable more than an average yield, for 20 cents or less, leaving him a net profit of about 40 cents a bushel. A farmer who has, say 12,000 bushels to sell thus pockets about $5,000 profit on one crop. Hundreds of wheat raisers in eaatern Oregon and adjacent counties in east ern Washington will do this or better this year. One especially gratifying feature of the wheat harvest AS eastern Oregon this year la the amount of new land in cultivation, particularly in Oilllam, Morrow, Wheeler and Sherman counties, and the unexpectedly large yields therefrom. These lands, hitherto devoted only to grazing, had become of small value for that purpose, and were bought by the wheat raisers at low prices, 41D or $12 an acre. So In many instances a farmer will very nearly or 1 1 1 1 1 - pay fur his farm out of tho profits of this one crop. Indeed, there are instances of farmers doing this and hav ing a comfortable surplus left to put In the bank or to ex pend on improvements or for other land. Such crops and such prices cannot be expected every year. But the farmer, though, he would like them, doea not need them every year. He can stand a lean year oc casionally, and still prosper. The light semi-arid lands have yielded exceptionally well this summer' because It has been an exceptional year as to rainfall. The Inces sant rains of last spring, that delayed Willamette valley farmers from putting In their crops, were the making of the surprisingly large crops on this loose, dry eastern Oregon soli. But while that ground will not get such a soaking every spring. It Is remarked by close observers that with In creased cultivation the rainfall Is also gradually Increas ing, and the arid belt along the Columbia Is narrowing. Growing crops. It Is surmised If not scientifically ascer tained, -attract moisture, so that where a good crop 20 year ago could be raised only occasionally, if at all, such a crop can now be raised usually or a majority of sea sons. In this development, as In many other kinds, the sons are gathering the harvest of profit from their fathers' seeding of experiment and lose. The men on the northern outskirts of the wheat belt of eaatern Oregon have often tolled with scant reward or none, and some times with such failure as compelled removal; but their labor was not In vain. Others, If not they, have profited by It. The weather gods seem to have been touched by such laudable and persistent efforts. Farther eastward, toward and Into the foothills of the Blue mountains, where the yield Is uniformly good. It Is, except In patches hit hard ' by .late frosts, better than are Interested In and Milton publish scores of Items recording yields, on farms of anywhere from 100 to 1,200 acres, of from 85 to 40 bushels an acre. In many cases, the yield went up to 46, In not a very few from 46 to 60, and one good slsed field near Weston turned off 67 bushels an acre. People back east who scarcely if ever saw more than 26 bushels an acre harvested, and who think 20 a large yield, and 15 fair, and this perhaps after fertilising, will scarcely be lieve such reports as these if they read them. Tet they are nothing new or strange along that marvellous wheat belt lying this, side the Blue mountains. It is probably the most profitable piece of wheat raising country In the world. And, by the way, the facts and figures concerning wheat yields in that territory ought to be collected In an at tractive and convincing form, and distributed as thor oughly as possible, along with facts and figures about Its climate, throughout eastern states next fall and winter. The circulation of the Oregonlan's New Tear's edition, printed January 1. H04, received a tremendous boost today when many cartloads of it were removed from cold storage in the basement of the Tall Tower and sent forth, pre sumably for the enlightenment of the mining congress. In this way our Interesting contemporary acquired a cir culation which otherwise might be lacking. President Roosevelt, following the good example of Ms Democratic competitor, took a plunge this morning. There haa been so much talk of Parker's capacity in this direction that the president apparently determined to prove to the world that even in the domain of aquatics he was a factor to be reckoned with. placed at the disposition of the public gratuitously. In connection with this register there shall be prepared classi fied lists of the Individual notices which may be added freely to the demands for work. The communes having more than 10,000 inhabitants shall create mu nicipal agencies. That there shall be no corruption or favoritism In these free employment agencies the lawmakers havs declared that every director of a free employ ment agency who shall have collected a payment of any character, on the oc casion of procuring a situation for a la borer or employe, shall be punished. a snma keasobt. In Cuba one night during the El Canay affair General Lawton was watching a lot of his soldiers file past, and among them he noticed, a burly negro corporal, a six-footer, who In addition to two guns and two full cartridge belts, was carry ing a dog. The soldier, to whom the extra gun belonged was limping along side his comrade. The general halted the overloaded soldier. "Look here." he said; ."you marched all night, fought all day and are marching again." Yes, sah." responded the negro. "Then," said Lawton. "why on earth are you carrying that dog?" "Why, general," said ths negro, with a grin, "the dog's tired." J ':. ! JNO. P. CARHOLL Journal Building. Firth and Tamhlll PORTLAND unbounded resources and natural visitors out on adjacent mountain Adam. ma nil fob La Porte, Ind.. Dispatch to Chicago News Driven almost to desperation by the continued drought, hundreds of farmers throughout the Kankakee valley assem bled In the churches in their neighbor hood yesterday and fervently prayed for rain. The drought has been so protract ed that fires are devastating the country, destroying Immense quantities of grain and hay and entailing untold financial loss. Farmers fear the drought will become as severe es that of Or years ago, when hundreds of cattle perished and thou sands of acres of land were laid In a barren waste. WZAKAST IS CO a. From the Marshfleld Mall. The little squib In the Portland Journal a few days ago, to the effect that people might he riding to Cons bay In a Pull man oar before long was only a slight outcropping of a feeling which Is on the Increase In Portland, that Coos bay may amount to something, after all. It la only a qaestton of a little time new, when big things will begin to ma terialise here. Within the last two years there has been a greater change than moat of us realise unless we stop to give It some consideration. Is "What' is the issuer' to be the Issue? Great is wheat, but the corn ears are pricking up. A general's bravery often costs a loU or uvea needlessly sacrificed. It seems that the close season salmon-fishing is wide open. for If experience in running for president is any advantage, Debs haa it Both parties suy West Virginia is safe. Then that Is settled; so let It alone. Perhaps Abdul Humid wants to keep a rew warships near by Just to look at. No cyclone in or around Portland dur ing the Lewis and Clark fair next year. Was It Dr. J. P. Morgan that admin istered a quieting dose to the president? Chicago has had the coolest summer ever so far. But look out for a bllssard soon. If Port Arthur Is waiting for fall to fall. It won't have to stand It very much longer. Those few Populists left in the mid dle of the road should look out for au tomobiles. Don't some of the men who are abus ing Bishop Potter keep model saloons In their cellars? Rid Alexis already has a htgh military title, but he won't be any great acquisi tion to Kuropatkln. He who fights and runs away too often will become unable after awhile either to fight or run. It Is suspected in Missouri that Sen ator Bill Stone Is carrying on a gum shoe campaign against Folk There appears to be no need of a law extending the fishing season; It won't shut up according to law, anyway. The Weston Leader publishes many wheat-field Items wherein the crop went from 40 to 50 bushels per acre one 67. Down in southern California there Is a sect of Holy Jumpers. But they can- pot bAany crazier than our Holy Rollers were. The spellbinder who undertakes to prove that the country will be In great danger if the other man is 'elected will have a hard Job. Secretary Shaw Is coming out to tell worklngmen of Portland how happy they ought to be when the trusts raise the price of beef, sugar, etc. The birth of the czar's son brought good luck to some people In a period of leniency and the abolition of corporal punishment for slight offenses. .Dollar wheat la a very different af fair to the farmer with a big crop or the speculator who Is long from what it is to the worklngman .with a long family. That man who told of driving a freight wagon through a river -or wall of snakes, lizards and toads, half a mile wide and several feet high. In Nevada, must have had some horrible liquid stuff aboard. ,xNow the St Louis fair managers wish they could keep the fair open on Sun days, and may do so hereafter. Sunday closing was a big mistake, or rather an imposition put upon the fair by con gressmen anxious for re-election. WASTED, 100,000 CtlRLB. N. Y. Special to Chicago Record-Herald. It' developed today that places could readily be found for nearly 100,000 ser vant girls If the latter could be secured. The demand comes not only from this the clamor for domestic help is as in sistent as In this city and vicinity. This remarkable shortage In the sup ply of household maids was developed by the Inquiries by an Industrial organ ization Into the proportion of female Immigrants arriving here within the last six months. The authorities on Ellis Island could place 40,000 domestic servants in posi tions within a radius of twenty miles of the metropolis within three hours after their arrival. More than as many more could be place In the weat "The only trouble is we haven't the 40.000," said an official of the Immigra tion bureau. "Never before In the his tory of this bureau baa there been such a great demand for domestic help. It la a notable Illustration of the good times that prevail. When times are poor do mestic servants are among the Srst to suffer. "Emigration from the British Isles Is a disappointment so far as the numbers are concerned. The British government ts doing all In Its power to discourage emigration. A few years ago Great Britain was doing all In her power to encourage emigration. "My estimate of 40,000 homea wanting servants Is a low one, but It la based on actual knowledge and first class infor mation:" BISHOP SPALDIHO OK TAVERN Interview With Bishop Spalding at Pe oria. 111. I suppose we can rely upon New York to meet her own civic and social problems, but In general it seems to me that so far as this new saloon tends to militate the old evils. It may be ac cepted as a fortunate compromise meas ure. I should welcome any Innovation that would tend to minimize the gross er manifestations of the drink evil, and while this experiment can scarcely be thought to be of significance when the scope of the liquor traffic Is considered, It may be looked upon as an Indication that the old and righteous battle for a more orderly, a more decent condition of life in our cities, is not being suf fered to decline. To my mind. It is visionary to suppose that prohibition can be established in our great cities. Certain highly immoral tendencies which exist at thia time In connection with the- saloon, however, can be erad icated, and the blow should, to my mind, be struck first in that direction." STBJDIOATB XDXTOKIALS. From the Eugene Journal (Rep.). The national Republican committee at Washington, D. C. Is sending out ready prepared editorials on printed slips to the newspapers all over the country In great abundance. We receive enough every week to (111 the whole paper. They are well written and no doubt come very handy to the party organs, as the editors can take vacations all summer and Improve their papers at the same tlms. But we prefer to stay st home and write our own. even If they aee not so good ss those furnished by either party. We like them better. . August 22 About three miles distant we Joined the men who had been sent to the Maha village and who brought with our horses two deer. The bluffs (elsewhere called Mineral bluffs) or hills which reach the river st Shis place on the south, contain alum, copperas, cobalt, which had the appearance of soft Isinglass, pyrites and sandstone, the first two very pure. Above this -bluff comes In a small creek on the south which we call Rologue creek. Seven miles above is another cliff on the same side, of alum rock of a dark brown color and containing In ita crevices great quantities of cobalt, cemented shells and red earth. From this the river bends eastward and approaches the Sioux river within three or four miles. We sailed the greater part of the day and made 19 mtles to our camp on the north side (near Elk, Point, Union county. 8. D.) The sand bars are as usual numerous: there are also considerable traces of elk. but none is yet seen. 1 Captain Lewis In proving the quality of some of the substances In the first cliff wss con A HOMESICK I often wonder If there are any home sick Callfornlans In Portland. Not wish ing to disparage the beauties of this de lightful city, we who are still loyal to the poppy state cannot help making comparisons which are far from being "odious." For although a "native son" may tarry awhile In the great green valley of the Willamette and enjoy an ideal summer In Portland, still like the loyal Scot hla heart is in the High lands the highlands of the sunny south. Yes, I must confess that I am home sick I long for the state that offers every kind of scenery, every diversity of climate, every variety of fruit and flowers and almost every nationality. I long for the halcyon days of a summer among the redwoods of the north or the palm trees of the south. There la some thing In the atmosphere of California that breathes of life end love and happi ness; It seems good to be alive and to revel In the beautiful things which God haa given this fairest of states. The air seems to contain an elixir that is a tonic to the body and a stimulant to the brain. It is Irresistible; we willingly yield to Its dreamy Influence and are content to live and let live" to ceaae struggling against the current of life and to allow ourselves to drift and be happy. Are we Callfornlans over-enthusias tic? If so. It Is In the blood. We can no more help raising up our voices in a continual paean of praise for our native state than can the loyal son of Erin for his emerald isle. "Once an Irishman always an Irishman," and we may add "Once a Callfornian always a Callfor- nlan." To us It Is a "land individual" a country apart It draws out the best that Is In us and gives back to us Its beat Why should we not love it? AtM what now In praise of California's metropolis, the city of the western seas? I should not express my admira tion for . San Francisco while still a stranger within the gates of this hos pitable city; It would be base ingrati tude if not rank treason. But neverthe less, in spite of its summer's wind and fog and Ita winter's heat, we love tne bay city that Mecca of all our hopes and fears that shrine where worships every devout son and, daughter of El Dorado. I shall never forget my last view of Golden Gate from, the ocean. I was coming In on the good ship Umatilla ("You-may-klll-'er") and after a three days' sojourn in my stateroom I was, the last morning, able to breakfast on deck, and at the same time, enjoy the Imposing scene before me ft" was a beautiful morrrrnr tn-4Oy and the waters of the harbor glistened like glass In the sunshine. We passed the lighthouse, and as we came In sight of the famous Seal Rocks and the Cliff House and neared the Presidio, the city in all its splendor loomed before us. Built as It Is on the brown hills over looking the bay, and with the long, low range of blue mountains In the back ground. It became a modern Acropolta set high on the eternal shores of the great Pacific, and "the city of the west ern seas" resembled a magnificent drop curtain hanging In the grandest of Mother feature's theatres. With what delight did I find myself back In "the city!" To one who has been away from the home town the very streets seem to be dear old friends. How pleasant It was to tread again tho pave ments of Market and Montgomery and Kearny to "elevate up" to the Call cafe that I might gaze over the pano rama of city and sea and mountains and sky, and the moving masses In the streets so far below. Where did they come from and whither bound? Like some swiftly-flowing river they rushed on, constantly changing but ever the same; always hurrying on somewhere but never seeming to reach any perma nent destination. A few hours later I boarded one of the clanging ears en route to Golden Gate park. Who could remain long In " 'Frisco and neglect to pay his re spects to this western garden of Eden? Why, the very cobble stones In the streets would cry out a protest against the seeming slight And to the lover of the beautiful the spot Is .ueal. These summer days In Portland bring back to me the last visit I made to the psrk before coming north. It was then late In December, but the sun shone brightly, the air was warm and balmy and the sky wore the blue of May. Hundreds of song birds were carrollng among the sugar pines snd the Eucalyptus trees, and the breezes were fragrant with the breath of lily and rose, of honeysuckle and myrtle, of mag nolia and Jasmine. These blended with the perfumes of other sweet semi-tropical flowers that grew In profusion along tne wide driveways or on the well trlmmea green slopes, bringing to my memory my childhood's potpourri Jsrs whrtse Intoxicating fragrance suggested dreams as roseate as fairyland. Oh, wasn't It delightful? for my dreams had "come true." I said "Auf Wledersehen" to the great conservatory, the aviary, the lake and the tea gardens, and then followed th" drive past the music building to the museum. Here I sat down on a rustic seat facing the main driveway and look ing down an avenue bordered by ststely palms. Beyond waa a hazy hill where grew the Italian cypress trees festooned In gray Spanish moss; and the red Mansanltas who had abed their bark and now stood naked and bare In the sun shine. The shadows lengthened, and before I had realised that the afternoon had waned, the sun nropped suddenly behind the western hills and evening wss at hand. I sat In the red duskllght enjoy ing the glory of a California sunset It siderably injured by ths fumes and taste of the cobalt and took some strong medicine to relieve him from Its effects. The appearance of these min eral substances enabled us to account for disorders of She stomach with which' the party had been affected since they left the river Sioux. We had been In the habit of dipping up the water of the river Inadvertently and making use of It till on examination the sickness was thought to proceed from a scum cover ing the surface of the water along the southern shore but which, as we now discovered proceeded from these bluffs. The men had been ordered before we reached the bluffs, to agitate the water so as to disperse the scum and take the water not at the surface but at some depth. The consequenee was ghat these disorders ceased, the bolls too which had afflicted the men were not ob served beyond the Sioux river. In order to supply the place of Sergeant Floyd We permitted the men to name three persons, (Gass, Bratton and Gibson) and Patrick Gaas having the greatest num ber of votes was made a sergeant CALIFORNIAN lingered so long that the moon rose over the tree tops before the colors had faded In the weat; then without the mediation of twilight 'that short arbiter 'twist light and shade" the moon-glow blended with the sun-glow and the day gave place to night It was all ao beautiful verily the heaveus declare the glory of God! I rose to go, but lingered to gase in won der, almost In awe, at this manifestation of His power. Tears of gratitude filled my eyes that I was given to see and to feel the greatness of His works. Surely Ella Wheeler Wilcox saw Just such a scene when sheavrote: "Attune your ear TO all the wordless music of the stars. To theTmoonbeams' melody In ths night. And to the voice of Nature, And your heart shall turn to truth and goodness As the plant turns to the sun." Not many miles from San Franclaeo, well away from ita noise and dust, there Is a delightful retreat nestled among the foothills which border a beautiful valley. The grounds are luxuriant In the semi-tropical growth of trees, bushes, vines and flowers, which to the northerners seem a ver itable, paradise of beauty and peace and rest Ah, 'tis an Ideal spot In which to dream away the mellow golden hours of midsummer In close harmony with God and the beautiful! How pleasant It is to "go forth (st noon) Into She open woods and list to nature's teachings," or to lie in delicious Indolence on some grassy bank or rocky wall while the heart echoes the lines: "What bo, for the woods In the bright noontime Of a Bummer's golden glowl What ho, for the glades and ths wood land shades. And the merry brooklet's flow! "Just to lie and dream the hours sway After our work Is done; Just to bask and play In a lazy way Like a lizard' In ths sun. "To forget all care In God's free air With no thought of toll or strife; Here Is peace and rest on Nature's breast. Here Is love and Joy and life!" There the days are long and languorous with a bright sunshine fall ing on the shimmering white build ings and the shrubbery, and filling the lir odors. "-Big bumblebees buzz among the red roses and the jasmine by the spring, and up on the hillside among the oranges and lemons gay songsters are turning the day Into melody. Along the pretty winding paths bloom the tall geran iums and oleanders, the blue hydran geas, the scarlet carnations, the purple fuchsias, the sweetsacented verbenas, the gaudy tulips and the golden pop ples; while hidden In some damper nook bloasom the English violet like some tarrying guest loath to leave so brilliant an assembly. Up on some sunny slope stand the stately amaryllts, pretty pink poster girls bending like Clytle toward the sun, and blushing defiance to their paler sisters, the Callaa, across the way. "Now comes still evening on, and twi light grey Has in her sober livery all things clad: Silence accompanies; for beasts and birds. They to tbelr grassy couch, these to their nests Are sunk all but the woeful night ingale. The busy world Is still; the solemn moon Smiles forth her golden beauty; and the stars, Like living diamonds In a sea of glass, Dance in the sapphire canopy of heaven; While Luna fair In russet mantle clad does forth her princely way among them all In slow and silent brightness.". And the nights those glorious golden nights of a golden summer! How often did I stand at my window to gaze In rapture over the fairy-like scene ! The sleeping grounds were bathed In yellow light and the nlght-wlnd seemed hushed In breathless ex pectancy. Now and then the stillness would be broken by the faint rustling of the palms, the snapping of the manzanita twigs or the droning of In sects in the myrtle below. There was a little leaf-strewn path that want winding away among ths orange trees on .. the hillside, and across It wavering, lace-like shadows were cast as If inviting the sprites from England to come and dance there In the moonbeams. The bare white trunks of the gum trees resembled sheeted ghosts, and their fluttering stripes of papery bark took- on weird,- goblin-like shapes ss they swung to Snd fro In the moon light. In the shadows beneath the fig trees fantastic forma were flitting, but they vanished when "Came midnight's holy hour And silence brooded, like a gentle spirit. O'er the still and pulseless world." Once far down the valley I heard a whlppoorwlll, and the purple hills echoed his mournful cry. A wander ing zephyr stirred the lonely century plant that whispered back the secret of her wonderful blossoming, as she awaited, like Patience on a pedestal. Marshfleld Is to have a new national bank. A Urge, new sawmill la being built In New be irg. Hop-pickers are getting ready to be gin their annual outing. Dufur needa more houses. Some fam ilies are living in tents. Umatilla county's wheat yield will probably reach 6,600,000 bushels. A Dayton man shipped over 1,000 pounds of veal to Portland last week The good roads movement Is gaining ground around Dayton mostly gravel. Smiths are numerous In Newberg. Three of them are building new houses. Twenty women and as many men are working In the Corvallls packing plant. A lot of Una large logs have been towed from the Nehalem around to Rainier. Improving Athena's streets with crushed rook cost only 00 cents per front foot A The finest peaches ths editor of The Dallas Chronicle ever saw were raised within the limits of that city. The Philomath correspondent of the Corvallls Gazette writes that the shed on the east side of the livery barn haa been removed. The editor of the Forest Grove Times raised In his garden a cucumber 10 inches long and ftt Inches around; weight 4 pounds. Clatskanle merchants elose their stores now at 1 p. m. Sundays, and are as happy Sunday afternoons sa boys Just out of school. An old Dufur citizen went early, with his dog, to feed his hogs. A big sow with a litter of young pigs ran furi ously at the dog; man Interfered, and sne pitcnea into mm ana du mm se verely. Misses Amanda and Amelia Smldt and brothers, Herman and Edward, at tended the dance at Needy last Saturday and report a good time. Aurora Bore- 11s. Surely not together. If so the Smldt young folks must be queer. Rsndon Recorder: There was a very dark cloud overhanging our town last Saturday afternoon, portending a very severe storm. As it arrived at the Rtv ertnn hotel It burst out with terrible violence. The dsrk skinned warblers could obtain no sleeping apartments In this town, which occasioned a cloud burst. The assessment roll of Columbia county, says the St. Helens Mist, will show an Increase of about one-third In the assessed valuation of the county. The valuation of timber land has been raised from $2.15 to $$.06. This bears heavy upon the non-resident land own ers, but Is not nearly as high ss in Clat sop county, and Is far below the actual cash value of the property. The assess ment of ths Benson compsny amounts to $126,000, and the cash value la cer tainly three times that amount A Forest Grove man, who has been to North Bend, says It la the coming city of Coos Bay. It haa a fine natural harbor, and haa at the present time In the line of manufacturing institutions, already in operation, two large lumber mills, a saah and door factory, a milk condenser, a woolen mill, a large iron foundry and a machine shop, and a fur niture factory Is being built. There Is no city In the United States that haa a larger payroll in pranprtion to Its pop ulation than North Vend more than $40,000 monthly' is paid out In thia city for labor, and Its population la only a little more than 1,200. the birth of her next flower-child In the years to oome. "This dead of night this silent hour of daskness. Nature for rest ordainedT'and soft re pose." My night's vigil was ended, but I waa not weary. Away to the south- west was barely discernible the dark crest of Mount Tamalpals bearing the outline of the Indian princess who lay guarding the rocky shores of the great Pacific. Like her I felt I could watch always. In daylight or in darkness. In sunshine or in storm, the ever-changing beauty of the valley and the hills. I longed to linger until "Day gllmmcr'd In the east and the while moon Hung like a vapor In the cloudless sky." I longed to see the dawn break over the vineyards and orange groves and waving cornfields; to hear the morn ing calling to the birds In the oak trees; and to feel the glad awakening of mother earth after her night's re pose. But, "some other time," thought I; and leaving my windows wide open that I might still Inhale the fragrance of the night I fell asleep to wander, like Ceres, in Poppy Land, and to dream the dreams that are inspired by moonlight and music; by flowers and fragrance; by love of life and Cali fornia! . CLAIRE MACDONALD. or From the Chicago Journal. Gentlemen who enjoy the luxury of slapping their wives, or think they may sometimes adopt this thrilling pastime, more or less popular at all seasons of the year, should first consult ths slapping price list as established in the Harrison street police court. To the uninitiated It may be a surprise to learn that a comparison- of prices shows soms methods to be placed In the category of luxuries, and others sra so proportionately cheap as to be within the reach of the poorest husband. For laatanoe, who would refrain from a left swing with the left hand when It la assayed In the court at a value of but $1 plus the costs of examination? On the other hand, the right a good, hard spank with the working palm Is considered to be cheap at $1. The following piles list of slaps, as outlined by Justices Caverly and Prln dlvllle. should Interest many: A slap with the left hand $t A right-handed slsp $ A slap while sitting dowfi A slap while standing up $ A slap while standing "flaf'-footed. . $ A slap while stsndlng on your toes.. T Thla lattar price must be left open until August 20, when Justice Caverly will have returned from his vacation, during the progress of which ha will give some thought to the case of Mrs. Williams. $664 La Salle street, whose Husband Is charged with being a warm advocate of slapping as an exercise, "His ordinary siape are not hard," said Mrs. Williams, "but oh, my. when he standa on his toes they do hurt" "I always try to keep this schedule In mind," said Justice Caverly, t -1 1 the toe Jab Is a new one on me. I must think it over."